[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O (6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 {Ivanchuk-Gelfand Tilburg 1990}) 6... dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5
9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 (10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Qe2 Be4) 10... Qa5 11. Bb2 Nd5 {Gelfand is
repeating Holzl-Mikhalchishin Budapest 1990} 12. Rac1 b6 13. Nd2 e6 14. Nb3 $1
{N. I don't know if Ivanchuk had prepared this or just played natural moves at
the board but black is now worse} (14. e4 Ba6 15. Ndc4 Nde7 16. e5 Qa4 {
is the aforementioned game}) 14... Qa6 15. c4 Ndb4 (15... Nde7 16. dxc5 $16)
16. Nb5 Qa4 $4 (16... Qxa2 17. Rc3 Qa6 18. Nc7 Qb7 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. dxc5 $16)
17. Nc3 Qa6 18. a3 1-0

[Event "Paracin Summer op-A 11th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. f4 Bg4 $5 $146 (17... Kf8 18. Rfd1 {is my
game with Jovana Rapport from Belgrade some days before this one.} (18. Kf2
$142)) 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rc7 Rab8 (19... Kf8 20. Rfc1) 20. Rfc1 Kf8 21. Kf2 (21.
b3 a6) 21... Ke8 22. e4 Nb5 $1 23. Nxb5 (23. Rxd7 $2 Rxd7 24. Nxb5 Rd2+ 25. Kf3
Rxb2 $17 {could only be better for Black.}) 23... Bxb5 24. R1c2 Bd3 (24... Bc6
25. e5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rd3 $11) 25. R2c3 Bb1 (25... Ba6 $5) 26. Ke3 Bxa2 27. Ra3
Be6 (27... Bb1 $4 28. Rc1) 28. Rxa7 Rd7 (28... Rd1 $2 29. Rcxb7 Rbd8 30. Rxe7+
Kf8 31. f5 $18) 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 (29... Bxd7 30. Bf1 Kd8 31. b4 Kc7 32. Ra5) 30.
e5 Kc7 31. g4 Bd7 32. Ra3 Bc6 (32... f6 $5) 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Ra7+ Kd8 35. f5
$1 $11 gxf5 (35... g5 $5) 36. gxf5 Rxb2 (36... f6 37. exf6 exf6 38. Rxh7 Rxb2
$11) 37. Ra8+ Kc7 38. Rf8 f6 (38... Rb3+ 39. Ke4 Rxh3 40. Rxf7 Rh4+ 41. Ke3 Kd8
42. e6 $11) 39. exf6 exf6 40. Rxf6 Rb3+ 41. Kd4 Rxh3 42. Kc5 Kd7 43. Rf7+ Ke8
44. Rc7 h5 (44... Rh5 45. Kd6 $11) (44... Rh6 45. Rxc6 Rxc6+ 46. Kxc6 $11) 45.
Kd6 Re3 (45... Rd3+ 46. Ke6 Re3+ 47. Kf6 h4 48. Rxc6 h3 $11) 46. Rh7 c5 47.
Kxc5 Rd3 (47... Re5+ 48. Kd6 Rxf5 49. Ke6 Rf1 50. Rh8+ Rf8 51. Rxh5 $11) 48.
Kc4 Rd1 49. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Summer GM 1st"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rapport, Jovana"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 (6... c5 $5) (
6... Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bf4 $1 {may be a
theoretical problem these days.} (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4)) 7. Na3 c5 (7... Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5) (7... c3 8. bxc3 c5) 8. dxc5 c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10.
Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 (11. Bf4 Qb6) 11... Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 $1 (15... Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nd6 17. Nb5 Bg4 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6
exd6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $14 {is unnecessarily passive.}) 16. Rac1 Rd8
17. f4 Kf8 (17... Bg4 $5) 18. Rfd1 $146 (18. Kf2 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. e4 Nb5 $1
$11 (20... Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Nb5)) 18... Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Rc7 Ke8 $1
(20... Nb5 21. Rxb7) (20... Ba4 21. b3 Nb5 22. Rc4) 21. Rdc1 (21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22.
Rxb7 Bxh3) 21... Rdc8 $1 {Keeps in hand Kd8 so should be preferred} ({to} 21...
Rac8) 22. Rxc8+ (22. e4 Kd8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Kxc8 25. e5 Nb5 26. Nxb5
Bxb5 $11) 22... Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Kf2 f6 $1 {I really thought that after
this very move everything may happen over the board.} 25. g4 e5 26. fxe5 fxe5
27. Nc2 (27. Nf3 Nf7 $5 (27... Be6 28. Nxe5 Bxa2 29. Ke3 $13)) 27... Be6 28.
Nb4 g5 (28... a5 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 g5 $11) 29. b3 Kf7 30. Nd3 (30. Nd5 Bxd5
31. Bxd5+ $11) 30... Kf6 31. Nc5 (31. Ke3 $11) 31... b5 $5 32. Ne4+ (32. a3 a5
33. b4 axb4 (33... a4 34. Bc6) 34. axb4 $11) (32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Ke3 (33. b4 e4)
33... b4 34. Bc6 Ke7 {and with his pawn on b3 Black has some chances too.})
32... Nxe4+ 33. Bxe4 h6 34. Bc6 b4 35. Bf3 $6 ({She misses the chance to close
the position with} 35. e4 $1 h5 (35... Ke7 36. Bb5 Kd6 37. Ke3 Kc5 38. Bd3 $11)
36. Kf3 h4 37. Bb5 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Be2 Kc5 40. Bf1 a5 41. Bd3 a4 42. Bc2
Bc8 43. Bd3 $11) 35... e4 $3 {Even if this does not win the game it is
absolutely the only move.} (35... a5 36. e4 (36. Be4) 36... a4 37. Bd1 a3 $11)
36. Bxe4 Ke5 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. Bb7 a5 39. Bg2 Be8 (39... a4 40. bxa4 Bxa4 41. Be4
Bd7 (41... Be8 42. Bc2 h5 43. gxh5 Bxh5 44. Bb3 $11) 42. Bc2 $11) 40. Kd2 $6 (
40. Be4 h5 41. gxh5 Bxh5 42. Bd3 Be8 43. Kf3 Bd7 44. Kg3 Kd4 45. h4 gxh4+ 46.
Kxh4 Kc3 47. Kg5 Kb2 48. e4 Kxa2 49. Bc4 $11) 40... Kf4 41. e3+ $2 {The losing
mistake!} (41. Bf3 Kg3 42. Kd3 Kxh3 43. e4 Kg3 44. Ke3 h5 (44... Bd7 45. e5 $1)
45. gxh5 g4 46. Bxg4 Kxg4 47. h6 Bg6 48. Kd4 $11) 41... Kg3 42. Be4 (42. Bf1
Bc6) 42... Bb5 $1 $19 (42... Kxh3 $2 43. Bf5) 43. Bd3 Bxd3 (43... Bc6 44. Bf5
Bg2 45. Kd3 Bxh3 46. e4 Bxg4 47. Bxg4 Kxg4 48. Kd4 {runs into the same ending
we reached in the game.}) 44. Kxd3 Kxh3 45. e4 Kxg4 46. Kd4 h5 (46... Kh5 $2
47. Kd5 $1 (47. Ke5 $4 g4 48. Kf4 g3 $19) 47... g4 48. e5 g3 49. e6 g2 50. e7
g1=Q 51. e8=Q+ $11) 47. e5 Kf5 48. Kd5 h4 49. e6 h3 50. e7 h2 51. e8=Q h1=Q+
52. Kc5 Qb7 $1 $19 {White's king should go further than the c-file.} 53. Qh5
Qe7+ $2 (53... Qd7 $1 54. Kb6 Qd5 {is the way to proceed.}) 54. Kb5 $11 Qe5+
55. Ka4 Qc5 (55... Qd5 $142) 56. Qf3+ Ke6 57. Qh5 $2 {The black king should
not be allowed to the queenside either.} ({White forgets about the stalemating
trick.} 57. Qa8 $142 Ke5 58. Qb8+ Kd4 59. Qg3 Qe5 60. Qg4+ Kc3 61. Qf3+ Kb2 62.
Qg2+ Ka1 63. Qh1+ Kxa2 64. Qb1+ $1 $11) 57... Kd6 $1 $19 58. Qh8 Kc7 59. Qg8
Kb7 60. Qh8 g4 (60... Qd5 $1 $19 {steals the important g8-square.}) 61. Qg8 Qf5
62. Qg7+ Kc8 (62... Kc6 63. Qh6+ Kc7) 63. Qg8+ Kd7 64. Qg7+ Kd8 65. Qg8+ Kd7
66. Qg7+ Kd6 67. Qh6+ (67. Qd4+ Kc6 68. Qc4+ Kb7 69. Qg8 Qf3 70. Kxa5 g3 $19)
67... Kc7 (67... Qe6 $142) 68. Qg7+ $2 ({Black had to sweat more in mutual
time trouble.} 68. Qh2+ Kd7 69. Qb8 Qc2 70. Qb7+ Kd6 71. Qb8+ Qc7 72. Qh8 (72.
Qg8 Qc6+ 73. Kxa5 Qd5+) 72... Kc6 $1 $19) 68... Qd7+ $1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Banas,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Na3 $1 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. e3 {Portisch, Adorjan} Nc6 10. Bb2 (10. Qe2 Qa5 (10... e5 $2 11. Nxe5
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. f4 $18) 11. Bb2 Nd5 $5 $132) 10... Bf5 11. Qe2 Be4 (11...
Qa5 12. Nd2 $5 $36) 12. Rfd1 $5 (12. Nc4 {(P cd2)} Na5 (12... Bd5 13. Rfd1 Qc7
$13 {Stempin-Schmidt,W, Polska 1990}) 13. Ncd2 Bc6 14. Ba3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne4 {
Voiska-Peng, Azov izt 1990}) 12... cxd4 $6 (12... Qa5 $5 $13) 13. exd4 $1 $14 (
13. cxd4 {(P h3, d2)} Qb6 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Bf1 Na5 16. Nfd2 Bc6 $10) 13... Qa5
14. c4 e6 15. Nb5 Rfd8 16. a4 {P c3} Bxf3 $8 (16... Rd7 17. Bc3 Qd8 18. Ne5 $1
$18) 17. Bxf3 Rd7 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 (19... Re8 $2 20. dxc6 $18) 20.
d6 Nf5 (20... Nc6 21. Bc3 Qd8 22. Rab1 $16) 21. Rab1 Qd8 $2 (21... Qxa4 22. Ra1
Qb4 (22... Qb3 23. Nc7 Rad8 24. Rdb1 $18 {P f6}) 23. Ba3 Qa5 24. Bc5 Qd8 25.
Nc7 $16) (21... a6 $1 $132) 22. Be5 $16 Ne8 23. Bf4 Nfxd6 $2 (23... g5 24. Bg4
Qf6 25. Rd5 gxf4 26. Bxf5 Rdd8 27. d7 $18) (23... a6 24. Nc7 Nd4 (24... Rb8 $2
25. Nxe8 Qxe8 26. Rxb7 $18) 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27. Qe4 Bg7 28. Qd5 $1
$16) 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. Qd2 $18 Bf8 26. Bg4 f5 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Bf3 h6 29. Qe6
Qe8 (29... Kh7 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxb7+) 30. Rxd6 $1 Bxd6 31. Qf6+
Kh7 32. Bxd6 Rad8 33. Rxb7 $1 Qh8 34. Qxh8+ Kxh8 35. Bc7 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 $5 (11. Bb2 e5 (11... Qa5 12. Rfc1 (12. Nd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rfd8 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Nxd4 $1 {Ftacnik/}) 12... Be4 13. Nc4 Qa6
14. Bf1 Bd5 15. Nfd2 Rfd8 $10 {Gulko,B-Kudrin,S/USA-ch/1990/0,5/40/}) 12. Nc4
e4 $5 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 $10 {Bandza,
A-Ivanov,Se/Katowice/1993/0,5/29/}) 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 h5 15. f3 exf3 16.
Bxf3 Be4 $13 {Boensch,V-Hoffmann,M/Lippstadt/1994/0:1/55/}) 11... Be4 12. Bb2
cxd4 (12... Qa5 $5) 13. exd4 $1 (13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Bf1 Na5 $10)
13... e6 (13... Qa5 14. c4 e6 15. Nb5 Rfd8 16. a4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rd7 18. d5 $1
exd5 19. cxd5 $16 {Nikolic,Pr-Schmidt,Wl/Novi Sad olm/1990/1:0/35/}) 14. c4 Re8
15. Ne5 $14 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rc8 17. f4 a6 18. Qf3 Nd7 $5 (18... Qe7 19. Nc2 (19.
d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. d6 Qe6 $13) 19... Red8 20. Ne3 $14) 19.
Rab1 (19. Rac1 $5 Ndxe5 (19... Qe7 20. c5 Ndxe5 21. fxe5 Red8 22. Nc4 Nb4 23.
Nd6 Rc7 24. Qb3 $16) 20. fxe5 b6 21. Nb1 f6 22. exf6 Qxf6 $14) 19... Ncxe5 20.
fxe5 b6 21. Rbc1 Qc7 (21... f6 $5) 22. Nb1 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nd2 Bg7 25. Ne4
Rf8 26. Qe2 Rf5 27. Ba3 (27. d5 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 $10) 27... Bf8
28. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 29. Qxe6+ Rf7 30. Qxd6 (30. Bxd6 Qb7+ 31. d5 Nf6 $132) 30...
Qxd6 31. Bxd6 Rf6 32. Bf4 Rfc6 33. c5 $1 bxc5 34. d5 Rb6 35. Rb1 $1 Rb5 $1 (
35... Rxb1 $2 36. Rxb1 c4 37. Rb7 Nc5 (37... Nf8 38. Be5 $18) (37... Nf6 38. d6
Rd8 39. Kf3 c3 40. Rc7 Ne8 41. Rxc3 Nxd6 42. Rc6 $16) 38. Ra7 Nd3 39. Bh6 c3
40. d6 c2 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rc7 Rd8 43. d7 $18) 36. Re1 (36. a4 Rb4) 36... c4 (
36... Kf7 37. Bd6 (37. d6 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Ke6 39. Rb6 c4 40. Rxa6 c3 $132) (37.
d6 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Ke6 39. Rb6 c4 40. Rxa6 c3 $132) (37. Rxb5 axb5 38. d6 $2 Re8
$15) 37... Re8 38. Rf1+ Kg7 $14) 37. Rxb5 axb5 38. Re7 Nc5 $2 (38... Nb6 39. d6
(39. Be5 Nxd5 40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Rxh7 Re8 $10) (39. Bh6 Nxd5 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rd7
Nb4 $15) 39... Nd5 40. Re5 Nxf4+ 41. gxf4 Rd8 42. Rd5 c3 $10) 39. d6 $18 c3 (
39... Rd8 40. Be3 Nd7 41. Bd4 $18) 40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nd5 (9... Nc6) 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Qe2 Nb6 $5 {N} (11... Nc6 12. Rfc1 Bg4
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 (14... Rfd8 $6 15. Nc4 Qa4 16. Nd2 $16 {Akopian,
V-Kasparov,G/Ljubljana/1996/0,5/31/}) 15. Nc4 Qa4 16. Nd2 c4 17. Ne4 Nd7 18.
Qc2 Qa6 19. a4 $14 {Marin,M-Vlad,D/ROM/1995/}) 12. Rac1 (12. Rfc1 $142 Nc6 13.
Nd2 Na4 14. Nb3 $14) 12... Bg4 $1 (12... Nc6 13. Nd2 Na4 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Rb1
cxd4 16. cxd4 Bf5 17. e4 Nxb2 18. exf5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 $13 {Konopka,
M-Lagunov,A/GER/1992/0,5/30/}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nc6 $10 15. Qb5 (15. Nc4
Qxa2) 15... Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Nc4 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Be2 (18. dxc5 $6 N6e5 19. Be2
Rxc5 20. Nd4 Rfc8 $17 {Shabalov,A-Krasenkov,M/Gausdal/1991/0;1/64/}) 18... Nxb2
19. Rxb2 a6 (19... Rfd8 $5 20. Bf3 a6 21. Na3 b5 22. Nb1 e5 $15) 20. Na3 Na5 (
20... b5 $5 21. Nb1 Rfd8 $15) 21. Nb1 e5 (21... b5 22. a4 $132) 22. d5 e4 23.
Rb6 $1 c4 (23... Rfd8 24. c4 Be5 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nb3 Bc7 27. Re6 Nxb3 28. axb3
Rd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 $10) 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. d6 {[#]} Rc5 (25... Bf8 26. Rd5 Nc6 27.
Rxb7 Bxd6 28. Nd2 $16) 26. f3 exf3 (26... f5 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Nd2 $36) 27.
Bxf3 Bh6 28. Kf2 Re5 29. e4 Bf8 30. Kg2 Re6 (30... h5 $5 31. Rd4 Rd7 32. Nd2
Re6 33. Nxc4 Nxc4 34. Rxc4 Rexd6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 $10) 31. Rd5 Nc6 32. Nd2 Ne5 33.
Rxb7 Rexd6 34. Be2 Rxd5 (34... Rxd5 35. exd5 Rxd5 36. Nxc4 Nd7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Black "Simonenko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3
8. bxc3 c5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 (10... Na5 11. Qb2 Bf5 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4
Be6 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Rc1 Qd7 $10 {Kirov,N-Honfi,
Karoly/Budapest op/1987/}) (11... Be6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Bf4 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 g5 16. Bc1 Ba4 17. Rd3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Bd2 b6 $10 {Timoshenko,
G-Chekhov,V/URS/1988/}) 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Be1 $14 {
Velikov,P-Miralles,G/Marseille/1990/}) 11. cxd4 Na5 (11... Qd5 12. Ne5 Qxb3 13.
axb3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. b4 Nb3 17. Rb1 Be6 18. Be3 a5 19. b5 Rab8
20. b6 $16 {Georgiev,Ki-Van Mil,J/Wijk-B/1984/1:0/44/}) 12. Qb4 Nc6 13. Qe1 $1
Ne4 (13... Bf5 $5 14. Nc4 Be4 15. Bb2 Rc8 $10) 14. Bb2 Be6 (14... Qb6 15. Rab1
Bf5 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. d5 $16) 15. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 $14 Qb6 17. e3 Rac8 18.
Bc3 Qa6 19. Qb2 Na5 20. Rac1 b6 (20... Nc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxb7 $18) 21. Qb5
$1 Bc4 (21... Qxb5 22. Nxb5 Bxa2 (22... a6 23. Na7 Rc7 24. Bxa5 Rxa7 25. Bxb6
$18) 23. Nxa7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Rcc8 25. Bb4 Bf6 $16) 22. Qxa6 Bxa6 23. Bb4 Bf6 24.
Bh3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Rc7 e5 $1 27. Rxa7 (27. dxe5 $2 Bxe5 28. Rxa7 Rd1+
29. Kg2 Bf1+ $17) 27... Be2 28. Bxa5 (28. dxe5 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Bxe5 30. Bxa5 (30.
Bc8 Nc6 31. Ra4 Nxb4 32. Rxb4 Bd6 33. Ra4 Rd2 $10) 30... bxa5 31. Rxa5 Bc3 32.
Ra8+ Kg7 33. Nb5 Bf6 34. Bc8 $16) 28... bxa5 29. Bf1 $1 (29. Rxa5 exd4 30. exd4
Rxd4 31. f4 Rd2 $40) 29... Bxf1 30. Kxf1 exd4 31. exd4 Rxd4 32. Rxa5 Rd2 33.
Nc4 Rc2 34. Ne3 Rb2 35. Kg2 Bd4 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. h4 Bc3 (37... h5 $142) 38. Rc5
Bd4 39. Rc2 Rb4 $2 (39... Rb1 $16) 40. Rc4 Rxc4 41. Nxc4 {HechT: [#]
entfernter w a-Freibauer bindet sK === Einbruch und Gewinn am K-Flügel} f5 $6 (
41... h5 42. a4 Kf6 43. a5 Ke6 $16) 42. a4 Kf6 43. a5 Ke6 44. a6 Kd5 45. Ne3+
Kc6 46. Kf4 Kb6 (46... Bf6 47. Nd5 $1 Bd8 (47... Kxd5 48. a7 $18) 48. Ke5 $18)
47. Kg5 Bg7 (47... Kxa6 48. Kh6 Kb5 49. Kxh7 Kc5 50. Kxg6) 48. Nd5+ Kxa6 49.
Nf6 $18 Kb7 50. Nxh7 Bd4 51. f4 Bf2 52. Nf8 Bxg3 53. Nxg6 Kc7 54. h5 Bf2 55. h6
Bd4 56. h7 Bg7 57. h8=Q Bxh8 58. Nxh8 Kb6 59. Kxf5 Ka5 60. Ke4 Ka4 61. f5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 91st"]
[Site "Agen"]
[Date "2016.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Black "Jolly, Jean Francois"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:41]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:02:
00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 6. Na3 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:10:01]} (6... c3 {L'alternative} 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
O-O c5) 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:53]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 8. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]}
c5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Be6 {[%emt 0:09:02]} (9... Bf5 10.
Bb2 Be4 11. Ncd2 Bc6 12. Qb1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc7 14. Qb2 Ne6 15. Bc3 Qb6 16. Nc4
Qa6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. a4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {1/2-1/2 (20) Erdos,
V (2621)-Edouard,R (2659) Germany 2014}) 10. Bb2 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:
09:29]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:06:27]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:14:55]}
Ne4 $146 {[%emt 0:25:25]} (12... b5 13. Nce5 c4 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16.
Nxg2 Ne4 17. Qc2 c3 18. Qxe4 cxb2 19. Rb1 Qb6 20. e3 Qb5 21. Nd3 Rc2 22. Rfd1
e5 23. Nge1 Rc7 24. dxe5 Rc4 25. Rxb2 Qa4 26. Qf3 Rd8 27. Rdb1 Nc7 28. Rb8 Qe8
29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qb7 Ne6 31. Qxa7 Rc8 32. Qa4 Qd5 33. e4 Qd8 34. Kg2 h5 35. h4
Qc7 36. Rc1 Qb7 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. Nf3 Qb7 39. Qc4 Qa7 40. a4 {1-0 (40)
Motwani,P (2536)-Goloshchapov,A (2574) Belgium 2004}) 13. Qe3 {[%emt 0:07:22]}
Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 14. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:14:22]} exd6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 15. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:00:32][%cal Gd2b2]} Be4 $132 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:03:40]}
Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 17. Ne1 {[%emt 0:09:33]} Rfe8 $1 {[%emt 0:03:01][%csl Re2]
Provoque un léger affaiblissement des cases Blanches} 18. e3 {[%emt 0:04:37]}
b6 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 19. dxc5 {[%emt 0:05:01]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. Bxg7 {
[%emt 0:02:25]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:04:46]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:
02:39]} 22. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:08:44]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 25. f3
{[%emt 0:01:01]} Ree7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Red7 {[%emt 0:
01:56]} 27. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 29. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:06] le N
revient enfin au centre mais les Blancs n'ont rien obtenu de concret de sa
position hors-jeu} 30. Ne1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 31. Nd3 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:02][%cal Gb6b5]} 32. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nxf4+
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Rxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 34. g4 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 35. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:
28]} 36. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 38. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 39. hxg5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Re4+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:42]
Schwarz trifft eine extrem verpflichtende Entscheidung, denn auch wenn das
Bauernendspiel remis aussieht: Wer kann das schon in allen seinen Varianten
richtig einschätzen?} (40... Kd7 41. f4 gxf4 42. exf4 {gefiel Jolly
vielleicht nicht, weil es hier so aussah, als würde Weiß schneller einen
Freibauern bilden können. Doch nach} b4+ 43. Kc2 (43. Kc4 Kc6 44. f5 Rd2)
43... f5 44. gxf5 Rxf5 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. Ke3 Rh5 47. Kf3 Rh3+ 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. f5
Rc2+ 50. Kg3 Rxa2 51. f6 Ra1 52. Rf4 Rg1+ {erreicht Weiß nichts.}) 41. Rxe5+ {
[%emt 0:17:24]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 42. a4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:
58]} 43. axb5 {[%emt 0:04:43]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Kd5 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 45. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 46. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:01:44]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 47. Kc2 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:10:
09]} 48. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:07:14]} 49. b4+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Kb6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 50. f4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} ({Oder} 50. bxc5+ Kxc5 51. Kb3 b4
52. f4 Kd5 53. Kxb4 Ke4 54. f5 Kxe3 55. Kc5 Kf4 56. Kd5 Kxg4 57. Ke6 Kh4 58.
Kxf6 g4 59. Ke7 g3 60. f6 $11) 50... Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 51. f5 {[%emt 0:00:
41]} c4 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 52. Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 53. Kc3
{[%emt 0:02:03]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 54. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} 55. e4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 56. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kd7
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:10] Diagramm [#]} 58.
e5+ {[%emt 0:00:04] '!' Das sieht plausibel aus: Weiß braucht unbedingt einen
Freibauern, koste es, was es wolle.} fxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Ke4 {[%emt 0:
00:41]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 60. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 61.
Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 62. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 63. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 64. Ke3 $2 {
[%emt 0:00:13] Der entscheidende Fehler? Jetzt entsteht eine Situation, in der
Schwarz den Bf5 schließlich einfach laufen lassen kann, was Weiß natürlich
unter allen Umständen hätte verhindern müssen.} (64. Kd1 $1 c3 (64... e3 65.
Ke2 c3 $4 66. Kd3 e2 67. Kxe2 Kc4 68. Kd1) 65. Kc2 Ke5 (65... e3 $4 66. Kxc3
Ke4 67. f6) 66. Kxc3 Kd5 $11) (64. Kc3) 64... c3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 65. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 66. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 67. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 68. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:21]}
Kc4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 69. f6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 70. Kd2 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 71. f7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 72. f8=Q {[%emt 0:00:14]} c1=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 73. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 74. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qc3+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 75. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vukic, Milan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nbd2 (6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3
Nc6 8. Nxc4 a5 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. e3 a4 12. Qe2 Ra6 $10 {Vukic-Korchnoi,
Sarajevo 1969}) 6... dxc4 7. Nxc4 Be6 8. b3 (8. Nfe5 Bd5) 8... c5 $1 9. O-O Nc6
10. Bb2 (10. Nfe5 $5) (10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Bb2) 10... Qc7 11. Qc1 (11. dxc5 $5)
11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Rac8 14. Be5 (14. Nd2 $10) 14... Qd7 15. Qb2
(15. Rd1 Qb5 $1 16. Qa3 $5) 15... Bxc4 16. bxc4 b6 17. Rac1 (17. a4 $1) 17...
Rfd8 18. Bxf6 (18. e3) 18... Bxf6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22.
Qc2 $6 Qc5 23. e3 Qa5 $17 24. Qb3 (24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qxa2 $19) 24... Rd2
25. a4 Rxf2 $1 $19 26. Kxf2 Qd2+ 27. Kf3 Qxc1 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Kf2 h5 30. Bf3 h4
31. Kg2 Qb2+ 32. Qe2 Qc3 33. Bc6 Bg5 34. e4 (34. Kf2 f5 {/\..e5,..e4}) 34...
hxg3 35. hxg3 Bf6 36. Bb5 Be5 37. Qf3 Qc2+ 38. Qf2 Qd3 39. Qf3 Qd4 40. Qe2 Bd6
41. Qf3 Kf8 42. Qe2 e6 43. Qf3 Ke7 44. Qe2 Be5 45. Kh3 Qg1 {*} 46. Qf3 Bd6 47.
Bc6 (47. Kg4 Qh2) 47... Qc5 $1 48. Bb5 Qc8 $1 {/\a6} 49. Qd3 Bc5 50. a5 bxa5
51. Qc3 a6 52. Ba4 Bd4 $1 53. Qb3 Qc5 54. Qc2 Be5 55. Qd3 Qg1 56. Qf3 Qc1 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fyllingen, Roy Harald"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 $6 {
Bedre er 7.Sa3.} Nc6 8. Qxc4 Be6 9. Qa4 Nd5 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Qa3 (11. Qc2 Nb4 {
og ...Sxa2}) 11... Bg4 12. Nc3 (12. d5 e6 13. e4 $5) 12... Bxf3 $1 {Leads to
complications where black has tremendous activity.} 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14. Bxb7
Nxe2+ 15. Kf1 Nd4 16. Be3 (16. Bxa8 Qxa8 {med farlig angrep.}) 16... e5 17. Ne2
(17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Ne2 Nc4 20. Qb4 Nxb2 $1 21. Qxb2 d3 {og svart
vinner.}) 17... Rb8 18. Qxa7 c5 19. Bg2 (19. Qa6 Qc7 20. Be4 (20. Bg2 Nc2)
20... f5) 19... Nc4 20. Bxd4 exd4 (20... cxd4 $5 21. b3 Nb2 22. Rd2 d3 23. Nc3
(23. Rxb2 e4) 23... e4 24. Nxe4 Nc4 25. Rad1 Nxd2+ 26. Rxd2) 21. Qxc5 Rc8 22.
Qb5 (22. Qd5 $5 Nxb2 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Kg7 {med klar svart
fordel.}) 22... d3 23. Nf4 Nxb2 24. Nxd3 (24. Bd5 {is a bit tougher.}) 24...
Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Qd4 $1 {Preparing to press f2.} 26. a4 Rc2 27. a5 Rd8 28. a6 (28.
Nb2 Qxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Rxd1# {matt.}) 28... Bf8 $1 29. Bf3 Bc5 30. Kg2 $1 Ba7 (
30... Rxf2+ 31. Nxf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh3) 31. h4 Rd6 $1 32. Qb1 (32. Kh3 $5) 32...
Rc3 33. Be2 Rf6 34. Rf1 Qe4+ {[#] Tisdall} 0-1

[Event "Dublin Clock sim"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Qb2 Qb6 {There are four games with this position
in our database, with two white wins, one loss and a draw.} 12. Qxb6 $146 ({
Relevant:} 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nac4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Qa6 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. a4 cxd4 17.
cxd4 Bd7 18. a5 Na4 19. Qb4 Qxe2 20. Rxa4 Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Rad8 22. Ba3 Qa2 23.
Bxb7 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb1+ 25. Qd1 {1-0 (25) Inarkiev,E (2649)-Kurnosov,I (2668)/
Moscow 2010/CBM 134 Extra}) 12... axb6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. f4 Bd5 16.
Bh3 Rd8 17. c4 Be4 18. d5 h5 19. Rac1 Ng4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Nb5 Bf5 22. Ba1 f6
23. Nd3 Bd7 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. d6 exd6 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29.
f5 Bxf5 30. Nf4 Rc6 31. Nd5 {Black has given a rook for bishop and two pawns.
So far he is doing fine, but now inaccuracies start to slip in.} Be4 (31... Bh6
{was the more advantageous choice.}) 32. Rf1 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Rc8 34. Rf4 g5 35.
Re4 b5 36. Re6 ({White is now calling the shots. We would have loved to see
the continuation} 36. Rf1) ({or even the foxy} 36. Rb4) 36... Re8 37. Rxd6 Rxe2
38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. d6 Nc4 40. Re7 Rxe7 $6 {Black should probably not allowed
White the pawn on e7. It plagues Topalov for the rest of the game.} 41. dxe7
Kf7 42. a4 b6 43. axb5 Nd6 44. Re1 Ke8 45. Re6 Nxb5 46. Rxb6 Nd4 47. Bxd4 cxd4
48. Re6 Bh8 49. Kf2 f5 50. Ke2 f4 51. Kd3 Bg7 52. Ke4 d3 53. Kxd3 Bb2 54. Ke4
f3 55. Kd3 Ba3 56. Re4 ({after} 56. Re4 Bxe7 57. Rxg4 Kf7 58. Ke3 {Black has
no defensive resources left.}) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Nc4 (9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nac4 Be6) (9. e3 $5 Nc6 10. Bb2 e5 11.
Nc4 exd4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 $10) 9... Nc6 10. Nfe5 (10.
Bb2 Be6 11. Nce5 Bd5 12. c4 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Na5 $10 {Sanchez-Salo/
Moscow(ol)/1956/}) 10... Nd5 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 (13. Ne5 $5 Qc7
(13... Bxe5 $5 14. dxe5 Qb6 {1/4a6,<<b8/}) 14. Nd3 Rab8 15. Qc1 cxd4 16. cxd4
Nb4 17. Nc5 $14 {Florian,T-Honfi,K/HUN/1965/}) 13... Qc7 14. e3 (14. e4 Nb6 15.
Ne3 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfe1 Qa5) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 (17... Kxg7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qb2+ Nf6 20. Ne5 Qb6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Qe2 Qa4 13. Nb3 b6 14. Rfd1 Ba6 $4 {
Die Qa4 ist überlastet, sie muß zwei Figuren auf c6 und a6 decken.
Fehlerursache: Schwarz hat nur den Angriff Ba6->Qe2 gesehen, nicht aber die
Angriffswirkung der beiden weißen Figuren Bg2->Nc6 und Qe2->Ba6.  Merke: Der
angreifende Ba6 ist selbst auch angegriffen.} 15. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Nc6 (6... c6
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5) 7. Ne5 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 $14) 7... dxc4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 (
9. Bxc6 Bh3 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Na3 Nd5 12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. Be4 Be6 14. a3 Bxc4 15.
axb4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 $10 {Sveshnikov,E-Mihalchishin,A/URS/1981/}) (9. Na3
Be6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bf3 Bd5 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. exf3 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Qc5 $13) 9...
Rb8 10. Bxc6 Bb7 11. Bf3 (11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. e4 Qd7 $132) 11... Bxf3 12. exf3
Nd5 13. Qe2 Nb4 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxc4 (14. Rd1 $2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc3) 14... Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bg7 16. Ba3 $14) 14. Qxc4 Nc2 (14... Qxd4 15. Qxc7 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5
17. Qxe7 Qxf3 18. Qxa7 Rfd8 $44) 15. Rb1 Rb4 16. Qd5 Nxd4 17. Be3 e6 (17... Qb8
$5 18. Kg2 Rd8 $132) 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Kg2 Rdb8 20. Rfd1 h5 $6 (20... Nxf3 $5
21. Kxf3 (21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bc5 Rc4 $10) 21... Bxc3 $10) 21. Ne4 Nf5 22. Bxa7
Ra8 23. Bc5 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Rd2 Ba3 $14 26. Bxa3 Rxa3 27. Rc2 c6 28. f4
Kf8 (28... Ne7 $5) 29. Rxc6 Rxa2 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rc7 Kg8 (31... Ra8 $2 32. Ng5
$14) 32. Rd7 Ne3+ $6 (32... Ra8 33. h3 Kf8 34. Ng5 Nh6 $10) (32... Nh6 $10) (
32... Kf8 33. Ng5 Ne7 (33... Nh6 $10) 34. Nh7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Rd8+ Kg7
37. Ne8+ Kh7 38. Rd7 Kg8 $1) 33. Kf3 Nd5 $2 (33... Nf5 34. Ng5 Nh6 $10) 34. Ng5
Nf6 35. Rxf7 Ng4 36. h3 Rxf2+ 37. Ke4 Nh6 38. Ra7 $14 Re2+ (38... Nf5 39. Ke5
Nxg3 40. Kf6 Rxf4+ 41. Kxg6) 39. Kf3 Re1 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Nxe6 Nf7 (41... Rb2+
42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Ke4 Rxg3 44. Ke5 $40) 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Rb6 44. Re7 Rb3 45.
Ke2 Ra3 46. g5 Rb3 47. Ra7 Rb6 48. Nc5 Nd6 (48... Rb5 49. Ne4) 49. Kd3 Rb1 50.
Ra6 Rd1+ 51. Ke2 Rd4 52. Kf3 Kf7 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. Nd7 Nf7 55. Nf6+ Kf8 56. Nd7+
Ke8 57. Ne5 Nxe5+ 58. fxe5 $18 {Hecht: schlechte Schwarze Verteidigung, indem
J. Polgar 1. sich ihren K auf g7 abschneiden läßt und mit Tempo Tf6+ und e6
zuläßt; 2. daß dadurch der wK weder horizontal noch vertikal eingeschränkt
werden    und die B-Schwäche g5 angegriffen werden kann} Kf8 (58... Rb4 59. Ra6
Rb5 60. Ke4 Rb4+ 61. Kd5 $18) 59. Ra6 Kf7 {Versuch einer besseren Verteidigung:
} (59... Kg7 $1 {Hecht} 60. Rf6 (60. e6 Kf8 61. Ra7 Rd6 (61... Rb4 62. Rf7+ Ke8
63. Rf6 Ke7 64. Rxg6 Ra4 65. Kg3 (65. Rf6 Rb4 66. Rf4 Rxf4+ 67. Kxf4 Kxe6 68.
Kg4 Kf7 69. Kh5 Kg7 $10) 65... Re4 $10) 62. e7+ (62. Rf7+ Ke8 63. Rf6 Ke7 64.
Rxg6 Rxe6 65. Rxe6+ Kxe6 $10) 62... Kf7 63. Ke4 Rd1 $10 (63... Re6+ 64. Kd5
Rxe7 65. Rxe7+ Kxe7 66. Ke5 $18)) 60... Rd1 61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kd5 Rg1 (62...
Rd1+ 63. Ke6 Rg1 64. Rf7+ Kg8 65. Ra7 Rxg5 66. Kf6 Rg1 (66... Rf5+ 67. Kxg6 $18
{Gewiin für Weiß in 9 Zügen (ENDSPIEL-CD)}) 67. e6 Rf1+ 68. Kxg6 Kf8 69. Rf7+
Rxf7 70. exf7 $18) 63. Kd6 Rxg5 64. Rf1 Rg2 $10) 60. Rf6+ Kg7 61. e6 {Oder
Remis? - Analyse!} Rd1 62. Rf7+ Kg8 63. Ke4 Rg1 64. Rf3 Re1+ 65. Kd5 Kg7 66.
Rf7+ Kg8 67. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:00] A good move to play for a
long technical battle!} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (7... c3) 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
c3 {[%emt 0:00:00] The approved method of gaining equality, but I think Black
might have to take the pawn on the next move to prove it.} (8... Qxd1 {was
tried recently, but it is more unpleasant for Black.} 9. Rxd1 Nfd7 10. Nxc4
Nxc5 11. Be3 $16 {Meier,G-Edouard,R Germany 2017}) 9. Nb5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Na6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} (9... cxb2 10. Bxb2 Bd7 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Rfd1 {was a
previous Kramnik game: Kramnik,V-Topalov,V London 2016; here I think ...Qa5
and then ...Nbd7 offers Black reasonable play.} Qa5 $132 (12... Nbd7)) 10. Nxc3
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:00][%cal Gg2a8,Gg7a1]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nfe4 {[%emt 0:10:18]} 12. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13.
Bd4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 14. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} 15. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:08][%csl Gd6]
Unbelievably, this had all been seen before, and from Wei Yi's next move, it
is clear that he had seen the precedent.} 16. Rac1 $146 {[%emt 0:03:03]} (16.
Rfc1 Rd8 17. Rc7 Kf8 18. Rac1 Ne8 19. R7c4 Nd6 20. Rc5 Bd7 $11 {Ding,L-Giri,A
Palma de Mallorca 2017, was equal and ultimately drawn.}) 16... Rd8 {[%emt 0:
10:01]} (16... e5 17. Nb3 Be6 {was now worthy of note, and while I might think
it's an equalising route, we will just have to wait for Kramnik to beat
another elite player to find out what he had in mind here!}) 17. f4 {[%emt 0:
03:19][%cal Gg1f2] This approach goes better with the rook on f1 than a1, as
White wants to bring it to d1 next.} Kf8 {[%emt 0:20:37]} 18. Kf2 {[%emt 0:05:
11]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:08:32]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 20. e4 {
[%emt 0:19:50][%cal Ge4e5]} (20. Rc7 $5 {appeals to me, as I think the e4-e5
push gains in strength from there being no rooks on the board.}) 20... Rac8 {
[%emt 0:07:03]} (20... Nb5 $1 {was still objectively equal if a little
unpleasant over the board:} 21. Nxb5 (21. Rfd1 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Be6 $15) 21...
Bxb5 22. Rfd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Rd2 f6 $11) 21. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:13:34]} (21.
e5 {may have been good, taking advantage of a moment when Black is not able to
reply with ...Nb5 and must worry about the b7-pawn.} Nf5 22. Ne2 Bb5 $1 {
This accurate move may be needed to hold the balance. There could follow} 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 b6 26. Be4 {and Black should just be equal
with one or two more good moves.}) 21... Rxc8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 22. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:31] The point seems to be that after ...Nb5 White now intends Ne2!,
a4, and Nc3.} Ke8 {[%emt 0:22:30]} (22... Nb5 23. Ne2 {[%cal Ga2a4,Ge2c3]}) 23.
e5 {[%emt 0:07:21]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:42][%cal Gc8c2]} 24. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} (
24. Nxf5 Rc2+ {[%csl Gg2]}) 24... Bc6 {[%emt 0:07:27]} (24... Rc2+ 25. Rd2
Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 b6 {would have led to a similar ending to the last note.'} 27.
g4 Nd4 28. a3 $14) 25. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:57] Now I think White has a little
something!} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:02:27]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
27. Nd3 {[%emt 0:07:15]} (27. Na6 $5 {is rather flashy for a move that is only
trying to inflict pawn weaknesses on the opponent, but Black seems to be fine
after the accurate} Nd4 $1 $11) 27... Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 28. g4 {[%emt 0:07:
53] Giving Black a major headache - his best move now requires a wrinkle to
make it playable.} Nd4 $6 {[%emt 0:08:05]} (28... Bxg2 29. Rxc8 (29. e6+ {
[%csl Gc8,Gd7]} fxe6 30. Ne5+ Kd8 31. Nf7+ {DF} Kd7 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. Kxg2 Nd6
34. Ng5 {looks slightly unpleasant for Black, though the machine notes that he
draws with the only move} e5 $1 35. fxe5 h6 $1 $11) 29... Kxc8 30. Kxg2 $14)
29. Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. f5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} gxf5 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} 31. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} (31... Nd8 $14 {
limited the damage by not allowing another isolated pawn, though the
co-ordination and space deficits are still there.}) 32. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:02:55]}
bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (32... Rxc6 33. e6+ $1 Ke8 {[%cal Ge6f7]} (33... fxe6 34.
Ne5+) 34. exf7+ Kf8 (34... Kxf7 35. Ne5+) 35. Rxc6 bxc6 36. b4 Nxf5 37. Ne5 $16
Nd4 {DF} 38. a4 $18) 33. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:02:16]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Rh4 {
[%emt 0:03:31]} (34. Rb4 Nxf5 35. Rb7+ Kd8 36. Rxa7 $16) 34... h5 {[%emt 0:02:
00]} (34... Nxf5 35. Rxh7 Rf8 36. h4 $16) (34... Rh8 {DF} 35. Rb4 Nxf5 36. Rb7+
Kc8 37. Rxa7 $18) 35. f6 {[%emt 0:00:44] Winning a pawn by force} exf6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 37. Rxh5 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 38. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:
49]} 39. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Black has
played these last ten moves well, keeping active even at the cost of a pawn,
but unfortunately White's position is probably winning with best play.} 42.
Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (42... Kd4 43. Nxa5) 43. Rh7 {
[%emt 0:03:25]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:10:07]} 44. Ke2 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:13:
06]} (44... Rb4 45. Rh6+) (44... a4 $142) 45. Rh6 {[%emt 0:06:04]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:05:24]} 46. h4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 47. Kd3 {[%emt 0:
01:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} (47... Rd8+ $16 {would have continued to put up
more active resistance}) 48. Ne3+ {[%emt 0:03:34]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. h5
$6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} (49. Rg6 $142 $1 $18 {forces Black's king back for
tactical reasons. The position can't be held anymore.}) 49... Rd8+ {[%emt 0:01:
08] In the game again! I suspect there was an element of time pressure here.}
50. Kc4 $6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Ne4 $4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (50... Rd2 $1 $11 {is a
sudden draw; the subtlety here is that while Black can't take on b2
immediately, he does have} 51. Kxc5 Ne4+ 52. Kc6 Kd4 $1 53. Nf5+ Ke5 {The
knight has no good way to avoid the attention of the black king, and ...Rxb2
is always on the cards.}) 51. Kb5 {[%emt 0:02:08] Now White picks up the
a-pawn and there should be no further drama.} Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 52. Nc4 $18
{[%emt 0:02:26]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 53. Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nd6+ {[%emt 0:
01:47]} 54. Kc6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Nb5+ {[%emt 0:01:37]}
1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Rfd1 Qc8 (13... Na4 14.
Ba1 $14) (13... Bxa2 $2 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. c4 e5 16. Qc2 $16) 14. c4 (14. dxc5 $5
Nd7 (14... Na4 15. Qb5 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 Bg4 17. Nc2 Nd8 18. Qa3 Ne6 19. c6 bxc6
20. Qxe7 $14) 15. Nd4 (15. Qb5 a6 $11) 15... Nxc5 16. Qb5 Nd8 $13) 14... Bg4
15. h3 $6 {A strange pawn sacrifice, white hopes to compensate with an active
play in the center with his well prepared pieces.} (15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nd7
17. Rd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxc5 $14) 15... Bxf3 (15... Bxh3 16. Bxh3 (16. d5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nb4 $17) 16... Qxh3 17. dxc5 Na4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) 16.
Bxf3 (16. Qxf3 Rd8 17. Qf4 Qd7 $15) 16... Qxh3 17. Nb5 (17. Bg4 Qh6 18. Kg2
cxd4 19. exd4 Nxd4 $1 $17) 17... Na4 (17... Qc8 18. dxc5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nd7 20.
Nd4 $11) 18. Ba1 Rfd8 (18... Qc8 $15) 19. Bg4 Qh6 20. Kg2 e5 $2 {[%mdl 64]
Ehlvest is missing the chance to improve his dubious queen on h6 with the help
of more natural move 20..Bf6.} (20... cxd4 21. exd4 a6 22. Rh1 $1 Qg5 23. f4
Qf6 24. d5 e5 25. dxe6 $18) (20... Bf6 21. Rh1 (21. Nc7 Rab8 22. Nd5 Bh8 23.
Rh1 Qf8 $15) 21... Qg7 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. Nc7 Rab8 24. dxc5 Nd7 $13) 21. d5 Nb4 (
21... Ne7 $2 22. Rh1 Qg5 23. f4 $18) 22. a3 Na6 23. f4 $1 exf4 (23... Bh8 24.
fxe5 Qg5 25. e6 $16) 24. Rh1 f3+ (24... Qg5 25. exf4 Re8 26. fxg5 Rxe2+ 27.
Bxe2 $18) 25. Qxf3 Qg5 26. Bxg7 {The knights on the edge of the board can only
dream about helping their own king.} f5 (26... Kxg7 27. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 28. Qxf7+
Kh6 29. Rh1+ $18) 27. Be5 $1 Qxg4 $6 (27... fxg4 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. exf4 Rd7 30.
Nd6 h5 31. f5 $16) 28. Qxg4 fxg4 29. Nd6 Nb6 (29... h5 30. Nxb7 Rd7 31. Nd6 $16
) 30. Rxh7 $1 (30. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 31. Rh1+ Kg8 32. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cuba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 e5 $5 (10... Qa5) 11. Nxe5 (11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nc4 Ngxe5 13.
Nfxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. c4 Nxe5 14. Qb3 Qd2
$1 15. Bxe5 (15. Rad1 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxb2 18. Nb5 $13) 15... Bxe5
16. Rad1 Qb4 $1 17. Rd5 (17. Nb5 Be6 18. Qxb4 cxb4 19. Bxb7 Bxc4 $15) 17... Bf6
18. Rb1 Be6 19. Rdd1 Bg4 20. Rdc1 (20. f3 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Bc8 22. f4 $13) 20...
Qd2 21. Rc2 (21. Bxb7 Rab8 $17) (21. Qxb7 Qxa2 22. Qa6 Bb2 $17) 21... Qa5 22.
Bd5 $1 Rad8 (22... a6 23. Qb6 $1) 23. e4 Rd6 $6 (23... Bh3 $5) 24. Qd3 Rb6 25.
Rxb6 Qxb6 26. Kg2 $1 a6 27. h3 Bc8 28. Re2 Qc7 29. f4 Bg7 30. Nc2 Bd7 31. Ne1
Qc8 32. g4 b5 33. Nf3 Bxg4 $2 (33... Bc6 34. e5 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Qb7 $132) 34.
hxg4 Qxg4+ 35. Kf2 Qxf4 36. e5 $16 b4 37. Qe3 Qxe3+ (37... Qg4 38. e6 $18) 38.
Kxe3 Re8 39. Kd3 Kf8 40. Rf2 Re7 41. Ng5 Bxe5 42. Bxf7 Bd4 (42... Kg7 43. Ne6+
Kh8 44. Nxc5 $18) 43. Rf3 Re1 44. Bd5+ Ke7 45. Rf7+ Kd6 46. Ra7 Re3+ 47. Kd2
Ke5 (47... Ra3 48. Nf7#) 48. Nf3+ Kf4 49. Rf7+ Kg4 50. Nxd4 cxd4 51. c5 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT qual"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Bd5 (10... a4 $2 11. Ng5 $1 Bd5 12. e4 $16) 11. Rc1
a4 12. bxa4 Ra6 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qa8 15. Nxc6 (15. Kg1 $5 Rxa4 16. a3 $13
) (15. a5 $4 b5 $1 $19) 15... bxc6 $1 (15... Rxc6 16. Kg1 (16. a5 $2 Rxc4 17.
Rxc4 b5+ $19) 16... Ra6 17. a5 $14) 16. Kg1 (16. a5 c5+ 17. Kg1 Rd8 $36) 16...
Rxa4 17. Qc2 $2 (17. a3 Rb8 18. Qd2 (18. Ba1 Ne8 {/\ Nd6=/+})) 17... Rb8 (17...
Rxa2 $2 18. Ra1 Rxa1 $8 19. Rxa1 $44) 18. a3 (18. Ne5 Rxa2 19. Ra1 c5 $1 (19...
Rbxb2 $2 20. Qxb2) 20. dxc5 Nd5 21. Nd3 Rbxb2 $1 (21... Bxb2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23.
Rb1) 22. Nxb2 Rxa1 $19) 18... Rxc4 (18... c5 19. Ba1 $1 (19. dxc5 Rxc4 20. Qxc4
Rxb2 $17) 19... Ne4 20. dxc5 (20. f3 Nd6 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. dxc5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1
Rc8 $15) 20... Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxc5 22. Rfb1 $13) 19. Qxc4 Rxb2 20. Rb1 (20. Qxc6
Qxc6 $6 21. Rxc6 Rxe2 $6 (21... Ne8 22. e3 Ra2 23. Ra6 f5 $15) 22. Rxc7 h5 $1 {
/\ Ng4-/+}) 20... Rd2 $1 (20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qxa3 22. Qxc6 Qd6 $15) 21. Rfd1
$6 (21. Qb4 Ra2 $1 (21... Rxe2 22. Qb8+ Qxb8 23. Rxb8+ Bf8 24. Ra1 $1 Kg7 25.
a4 $132) 22. Qb8+ Qxb8 23. Rxb8+ Bf8 24. Rc1 (24. Rc8 Nd5 25. e3 Kg7 26. Rc1 e6
27. e4 Bxa3 $1 $19) 24... Kg7 25. Rxc6 e6 26. Rxc7 Bd6 $19) (21. Rfc1 Nd5 $1 (
21... Ne4 $6 22. Qxc6 $1 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Qxc6 24. Rb8+ $1 Bf8 25. Rxc6) 22. e3 (
22. Qxc6 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Nf4+ $1 24. gxf4 Qxc6+ 25. Rxc6 Rxb1 $19) 22... c5 $1 23.
dxc5 Nxe3 $17) 21... Ne4 22. Rdc1 (22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nc3 25.
Re1 Bf6 $19) (22. f3 Bxd4+ 23. Kf1 Nd6 24. Qb4 Rxd1+ $19) (22. Qb4 Rxe2 23.
Qb8+ Qxb8 24. Rxb8+ Bf8 $19) (22. e3 Rxf2 $17) 22... c5 $1 (22... Bxd4 $2 23.
e3) (22... Rxd4 23. Qxc6 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Qxc6 25. Rb8+ $1) 23. d5 (23. dxc5 Bd4
24. e3 (24. Rf1 Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Qe4 26. Rc1 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qxc4 $19
) 24... Nxf2 $19) 23... Rd4 (23... Qxd5 24. Rb8+ Bf8 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc8 $132
) 24. Qc2 (24. Qb3 Rxd5 25. Qb8+ Rd8 26. Rb3 (26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb3 c4 $1) (26.
Qxc7 Nc3 $1 27. Rb2 Nd5 $19) 26... c4 $1 $19) 24... f5 (24... Qxd5 25. Rb8+ Bf8
$17) 25. Rb5 (25. e3 Rd2 26. Qc4 Qxd5 27. Rb8+ Kf7 $19) (25. f3 Rd2 26. Qb3 Nd6
$17) 25... Qxd5 26. Rb8+ (26. f3 Nc3 $1 $19) 26... Kf7 27. e3 Rd2 (27... Rd2
28. Qa4 (28. Qc4 c6 $5 (28... Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Nxf2 30. Rxc5 Ng4 $19) 29. f3 Ng5
$19) 28... Nxf2 29. Qe8+ Kf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[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. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Ne3 Nc6 11. Bb2 h6 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Qb1 Rfd8 13. Rd1 $11)
12. Qd3 Rc8 (12... Qa5 13. Rfd1 (13. d5 Rad8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Nxe3 $17)
13... Rfd8 $13) 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Rab1 $11) 14... Nb4
15. Qd2 Nbd5 (15... Nxa2 $5 16. d5 Ne4 17. Qd3 (17. Qe1 Bxb2 18. Rxa2 Bc3 19.
Qf1 Bd7 20. Rxa7 b5 $17) 17... Nac3 (17... Bxb2 18. Rxa2 Nc3 19. Rxb2 Nxd1 20.
Qxd1 $18) 18. dxe6 Nxd1 19. Nxd1 Qxd3 20. exd3 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Nxf2 22. Nd4 $14)
16. Ne1 {Not the most natural move, but white main hope is to build strong
pawn center.} (16. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15) 16... b6 (16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd5 18. f3 $11)
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. f3 Bb7 19. e4 e6 20. Nd3 Ne8 (20... Nd7 $5 21. Rac1 Qe7 $11)
21. Ne5 Nd6 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 $14) 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 (23.
Rxc1 $2 Nxe4 $1 24. fxe4 Bxe5 $17) 23... Qc8 24. Bf1 Rd8 25. Be2 h5 26. Kf2
Qxc1 (26... b5 $5 27. Qc5 $140 Bf8) 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $2 {Black
position was a bit worse, but this inproper move gives up the bishop's pair.} (
28... Nxc8 29. Ba3 Bf8 $13) 29. Nc6 $1 a5 (29... Bb7 30. Nxa7 f5 31. e5 Ne8 32.
h4 Nc7 33. Nb5 $16) 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxc8 Nxc8 32. a4 $1 {xb6} Nd6 (32... Na7
33. Ke3 Nc6 34. f4 $16) 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Ba6 $1 {White bishops have lot of
potential, black has to sit back and suffer.} Kd7 35. Kd3 Kc7 (35... f6 36. f4
$16) 36. Bc1 f6 37. f4 Bf8 (37... f5 38. e5 Ne4 39. Bb5 Kd8 40. Be3 Bf8 41. Bc6
Kc7 42. Be8 $18) 38. e5 fxe5 39. fxe5 Nf5 (39... Nf7 40. Ke4 $16) 40. Bc4 Kd7
41. Ke4 Bh6 42. Bb5+ Kd8 (42... Ke7 43. Ba3+ Kf7 44. d5 $16) 43. Bxh6 Nxh6 44.
d5 $1 {White bishop is clearly a more suitable piece for this position with
weaknesses on both sides.} Ng4 (44... exd5+ 45. Kxd5 Ke7 46. Kc6 $18) 45. h4
Nf2+ 46. Kf3 Nd1 47. d6 Nc3 48. Bc6 (48. Bc6 b5 49. axb5 Na4 50. Be4 Nb6 51.
Bxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Be4 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Nb3 Qd8 (
14... Qb6 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. Nc5 Qc6+ 18. Qf3 b6 $6 (18... Rfc8 19.
Rac1 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Nd5 21. Ba1 Nb4 22. Rb1 Nxa2 23. Nxb7 $11) 19. Qxc6 Nxc6
20. Na6 Nd5 (20... Ne4 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Nb5 $16) 21. Nb5 Rfc8 22. Ba3 $1 Nb8 (
22... f5 $5 23. Rac1 Kf7 24. Rd2 Ke8 25. Rdc2 Kd7 $14) 23. Nxb8 Raxb8 24. Rac1
{1-0 Georgiev,K-Svidler,P/Las Vegas/1999/ (47)}) (14... Qc7 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16.
cxd4 $14) 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 (16... Qd5+ 17. f3 Rac8 18. e4 Qg5 19.
Rac1 $14) 17. e4 {White enjoys serious pull due to his strong center and good
supporting pieces.} Rc8 (17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. d5 Qxb3 20. Rdb1 $1 Qb6
21. Be5 Qc5 22. Rxb7 $16) 18. d5 a6 19. Rac1 Qb6 (19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxb3 21.
axb3 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Nc4 $14) 20. Bd4 Qb4 (20... Nxb3 21. Bxb6 Nxc1 22.
Qf3 (22. Qb2 $6 Nxd5 23. Bd4 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxb7 Rxa3 26. Rxc1 Rxa2 $14)
22... Nxa2 23. Bd4 $16) 21. Qb2 Rxc1 (21... Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Qxc4 24.
Nc5 b6 25. Rc1 Qb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nd7 $16) 22. Rxc1 Bh6 (22...
Nxb3 23. axb3 b5 24. f3 Ne8 25. e5 (25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nb1 $14) 25... Qa5 26.
Rc5 $14) 23. Nxa5 Qxb2 $6 {Kudrin's choice is understandable, but still
dubious. Two pieces will be stronger than the rook and pawn.} (23... Qxa5 24.
Rc5 b5 25. f3 $14) 24. Bxb2 Bxc1 25. Bxc1 Nxe4 26. N3c4 Rc8 (26... b5 27. Nb6
e6 28. Nc6 $16) 27. Ba3 Rc7 (27... b5 28. Nc6 Rc7 29. N4e5 Kf8 30. Kf3 Nd6 31.
Bxd6 exd6 32. Nd3 $16) 28. Bb4 Nf6 (28... b5 29. Ne3 Nc3 30. Nc6 Nxa2 31. Bxe7
$16) 29. Nb6 Kg7 30. Kf3 {Black pieces are tied down, so it is time to improve
the white king.} g5 31. h3 h5 32. Ke3 Nd7 (32... g4 33. h4 Kg6 34. Kd4 $16) 33.
Nac4 Nxb6 34. Nxb6 f5 35. h4 $1 gxh4 (35... f4+ 36. Ke4 gxh4 37. gxh4 Rc2 38.
Kxf4 Rxf2+ 39. Ke3 Rxa2 40. Bxe7 Kf7 41. Bg5 $16) 36. gxh4 Kf6 $2 (36... Kf7
37. a4 Rc2 38. a5 $16) 37. d6 $1 Rc6 (37... exd6 38. Nd5+ $18) 38. d7 (38. d7
Rxb6 39. Bc3+ Kf7 40. d8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3
8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. Ne1
{Black has excellent pieces and his only worry is white's central majority.} (
14. Ne5 Be4 15. Bh3 e6 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bf1 Bc2 18. Rdc1 Ba4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20.
Qd2 Nc6 21. Nac4 Rd8 22. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Makarov,M-Svidler,P/Togliatti 2003/ 
(22)}) 14... Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 (16. Qxf3 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nbxd5 $15) 16...
Qd5 17. Ne5 Nxa2 (17... Rfd8 18. f3 Qe6 19. e4 Nxa2 20. Kg2 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Rxc3
22. Nb5 $11) 18. Nac4 b5 $1 (18... Nb4 19. Rxa7 $14) 19. Rxa2 bxc4 {Nakamura's
c pawn is a lone runner, but with support of black pieces could become very
dangerous.} 20. Rda1 (20. Rxa7 c3 21. Ba3 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxe7 Ne4 24.
Nd3 Qb7 25. Bc5 Ng5 26. Qc2 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxh2+ 28. Kg1 $11) 20... c3 21. Bc1
Ne4 22. Ra5 Qe6 23. Nd3 Nd6 (23... c2 24. Rxa7 Rfd8 $15) 24. Rxa7 (24. Nc5 Qh3
25. Ba3 Rfe8 26. Qd3 Qf5 27. Qxc3 e5 28. Qb4 $11) 24... Nb5 25. Nf4 Qc6 26.
R7a5 (26. Rxe7 $6 c2 27. Ra5 Bf6 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rxb5 Qc3 $15) 26... Rb8 27.
Nd3 Rfc8 28. Qc2 Qb6 (28... Qe4 29. R1a2 $11) 29. Nc5 Qd8 30. Qa4 {Granda
Zuniga is slowly improving his position, but chances are still about equal.}
Nc7 (30... Nd6 31. Nd7 Rb7 32. Nc5 Rbc7 33. Ra3 e5 34. Rxc3 exd4 35. exd4 Nf5
36. Bf4 Nxd4 37. Bxc7 Ne2+ 38. Kg2 Nxc3 39. Bxd8 Nxa4 $11) 31. Nd7 Ra8 (31...
Rb7 32. Qc6 $16) 32. Nb6 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 Rb8 34. Nc4 Nd5 (34... Nb5 35. Qxd8+
Rxd8 36. Rb1 $11) 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Kf1 c2 $6 {It was more exact to let white
sweat and fight for balance after} (36... Rc8 37. Ra4 c2 38. Ke1 Nc3 39. Nb6
Rb8 40. Rc4 Na2 41. Nd7 Rd8 42. Rxc2 Nxc1 43. Nc5 e5 44. Rxc1 exd4 45. e4 $11)
37. Bd2 Rc8 38. Na3 e5 39. dxe5 Bf8 (39... Bxe5 40. Rc1 f5 41. Rxc2 Rxc2 42.
Nxc2 $14) 40. Bc1 Bb4 ({It is a paradox, but black might have had to take on
a3 in order to save the half a point} 40... Bxa3 $5 41. Rxa3 Nc3 42. f3 h5 43.
h4 Kf8 44. Ke1 Ke7 $11) (40... Nb4 41. Ke2 Be7 42. e4 Rc3 43. f4 $14) 41. Ra2
Ra8 $2 (41... Bxa3 $5) 42. Rxc2 Bxa3 (42... Rxa3 43. Bxa3 Bxa3 44. e4 Ne7 45.
f4 $16) 43. Ra2 Bxc1 44. Rxa8+ Kg7 45. Ra5 {[%mdl 4096] Black pieces are
poorly coordinated so white has a fair chance of making his life difficult.}
Nc3 (45... Ne7 46. Ra7 Kf8 47. Ke2 Bb2 48. f4 $16) (45... Nxe3+ $5 {Hecht} 46.
fxe3 Bxe3 47. Ke2 Bg1 48. h3 Kf8 (48... h5 $142 {leaving the king behind und
den König hinten lassen} 49. Rb5 Kf8 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bc3 52. Rb7 Kg8 53. g4
hxg4 54. hxg4 Bd2 55. Kd5 Bc3 56. e6 fxe6+ 57. Kxe6 $11 {[%csl Yf6,Yg5]}) 49.
g4 h6 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. Kd5 Be3 53. Rb5 Ke8 54. Rb7 Bf2 55. e6 fxe6+
56. Kxe6 $18) 46. Ra7 (46. Rc5 Bb2 47. Rc7 Kf8 48. Rb7 Ba1 49. g4 $16) 46...
Kg8 47. Ke1 Bb2 48. Ra5 Ne4 (48... Bc1 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7 Kf8 51. g4 $16) 49.
Ke2 Ng5 $2 {Serious tactical mistake since white will now get the trapped
bishop on b2.} (49... f5 50. f3 (50. Kd3 Nxf2+ 51. Kc2 Bxe5 52. Rxe5 Ng4 53.
Rb5 Nxh2 54. Rb1 Ng4 55. Kd3 $16) 50... Ng5 51. h4 Nf7 52. f4 $16) 50. f4 Ne4 (
50... Ne6 51. Kd2 f6 52. Kc2 $18) 51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. Kd3 $1 Nf2+ 53. Kc2 Bxe5 54.
fxe5 Ng4 55. Ra5 Nxe3+ (55... Nxh2 56. Ra7 (56. Kd3 {(Hecht) with the
disadvantage that a white passed pawn will be created on the e-file. hat den
Nachteil, dass auf der e-Linie ein weißer Freibauer entstehen wird.}) 56... Kf8
57. Kd3 Nf1 58. g4 Nh2 59. Ra4 $18) 56. Kd3 Ng4 {Hecht: '[#] We have here a
line to compare to the variation after move 45. In rook vs. minor piece
endings, the knight is generally the weaker defensive piece because it is more
easily attacked and more prone to zugzwang. The main winning plan involves
flanking. The bishop on the other hand can be rock-solid in defence, because
it can defend pawns and squares from a distance, whilst remaining free from
attack.  ' Hecht: 'Ein Vergleich zur Variante im 45. Zug bietet sich an.  In
Endspielen mit dem Materialverhältnis Turm gegen Leichtfigur erweist sich in
der Regel der Springer als der schwächere Verteidiger, weil er leichter
angreifbar ist und in Zugzwang kommen kann. Umgehung lautet zumeist der
Gewinnplan. Mit dem Läufer dagegen läßt sich eher Verteidigungsbeton anrühren,
weil er aus der Ferne also ohne angreifbar zu sein, Bauern und Felder decken
kann. '} 57. h4 {Nakamura doesn't even have a pawn for the missing exchange,
white just needs patience to win.} h5 58. Ke4 Nh6 59. Ra7 Nf5 (59... Kf8 60.
Rd7 Nf5 61. Kf4 Ke8 62. Rb7 Kf8 63. g4 hxg4 64. Kxg4 $18) 60. e6 $1 Kf6 (60...
Nxg3+ 61. Kf4 Nf5 62. Rxf7+ Kg8 63. Rxf5 gxf5 64. Kxf5 Kg7 65. Kg5 $18) 61.
Rxf7+ (61. exf7 Nd6+ 62. Kf4 Nxf7 63. Ra6+ Kg7 $16) 61... Kxe6 62. Rf8 Nd6+ (
62... Nxg3+ 63. Kf4 Nf5 (63... Ke7 {Hecht} 64. Ra8 Nf5 65. Kg5 Kf7 66. Ra6 Ne7
{After the successful entry to g5 by the king, the knight is defending the
extra pawn. Der Springer verteidigt mit Mehrbauer Material nach erfolgtem
Königseinbruch auf g5.} 67. Rf6+ Kg7 68. Re6 Kf7 69. Rd6 Kg7 70. Rf6 Kg8 71.
Kh6 Nf5+ 72. Kxg6 Nxh4+ 73. Kxh5 Ng2 (73... Kg7 74. Rf2 Ng6 75. Rg2 $18) 74.
Rg6+ $18) 64. Kg5 Ne7 65. Rf6+ Ke5 (65... Kd7 {Hecht} 66. Ra6 Ke8 67. Kf6 Nf5
68. Ra4 $18) 66. Ra6 $18) 63. Kf4 Nf7 {Hecht: 'Here the knight is defending
entry squares.' Hecht: 'Hier verteidigt der Springer Einbruchsfelder'} 64. Ra8
Kf6 65. Ra6+ Kg7 66. Ke4 Nh6 67. Ke5 Ng4+ 68. Ke6 Kg8 69. Ra7 Kf8 70. Kd5 Kg8
71. Ke4 $1 {If the king gets to g5 the game will obviously be over.} Nf6+ (
71... Nh6 72. Ke5 Ng4+ 73. Kf4 $18) 72. Ke5 Nh7 73. Ke6 g5 74. hxg5 (74. hxg5
Nxg5+ 75. Kf5 Nf3 76. Kg6 Ne5+ 77. Kxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt 9th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. Rc1 a4 12. bxa4 Ra6 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Qa8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Kg1 Rxa4 17. a3 Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 8] The idea is well known,
but black usually inserts 17...Rb8. The main advantage is the tactical trick
with Rxc4 in one of tactical lines.} (17... Rb8 18. Ba1 Ne4 (18... Nd7 19. Qc2
(19. Qd2 Qa6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxa3 22. Qd7 e6 23. Rxc6 Qxe2 24. Qxc7 Rba8
{0-1 Keglevic,P-Vujakovic,B/Makarska Tucepi/1995/ (30)}) 19... h5 (19... e6 20.
Rfd1 (20. e3 c5 21. Rfd1 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Nb6 23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. Nxb6 Rxb6 25. Qc8+
Bf8 26. Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Bogdan,D-Vokarev,S/Bucharest/1998/ (26)}) 20... Nb6 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxa3 {0-1 Sale,S-Rogulj,B/Medulin/1997/ (39)}) (19... c5 20.
Rfd1 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd7 Rxa3 25. Rxe7 Ra7 {
0-1 Antunes,A-Atalik,S/Pula/1997/ (60)}) 20. Ne3 c5 21. dxc5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxa3
23. Rxa3 Qxa3 {0-1 Graf,J-Ftacnik,L/BL8990/1990/ (38)}) (18... Nd5 19. Qc2 Nb6
20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rxa3 22. e6 f6 23. Qc5 Re8 {0-1 Koskinen,H-Kekki,P/
Helsinki/1997/ (72)}) 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxc5 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23.
Rxb1 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Rc1 c5 {0-1 Gruen,P-Waldschlaeger,J/BL8384/1984/ 
(95)}) (17... Nd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rb8 20. Rc2 e6 21. Qd7 Ra5 22. e3 Bxe5
23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxc6 Ra5 25. Rxc7 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Piket,J/Tilburg/1996/
(25)}) 18. Ne5 $6 (18. Qc2 c5 19. Ne5 (19. dxc5 $2 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxb2 $17) (19.
f3 Nc3 $3 20. Bxc3 Rxc4 21. Qd3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxd4+ 23. Kg2 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qa6
$15) 19... cxd4 (19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 c4 21. Rfd1 $14) 20. Nc6 Nc3 21. Nxd4 Bxd4
22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxa3 24. Qxc7 $11) 18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rd8 20. Qc2 (20.
Qe1 $2 Nd2 $19) 20... Rd2 21. Qb3 c5 {Black is clearly doing much better than
in many other lines.} (21... Rxe2 22. e6 f6 23. Rfe1 $15) 22. f3 (22. e6 f6 23.
f3 Qa7 $1 24. Qe3 Rxb2 25. fxe4 Rxa3 $19) 22... c4 23. Rxc4 (23. Qe3 Rxb2 24.
fxe4 Rxa3 25. Qf4 Qe8 26. Rxc4 Rxe2 $17) 23... Qa7+ $1 24. Kh1 $2 (24. Bd4 $5
Rxd4 25. Qxa4 Qxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. fxe4 Rxa3 28. Rc1 Ra5 29. Rxc7 Rxe5 30.
Rc4 f6 $15) 24... Nf2+ 25. Kg2 (25. Rxf2 Rxc4 (25... Qxf2 26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. e6+
f6 28. Bxf6+ Kxf6 29. Qh8+ Kxe6 $19) 26. Qxc4 Qxf2 $19) 25... Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Nd1
$1 {The knight does a great job of jumping to unexpected squares with
devastating effect.} 27. Rxd1 (27. Bc1 Ne3+ $19) 27... Rxd1 28. e6 fxe6 (28...
f6 $5 29. Bxf6 Qe3 30. Bxe7 Qg1+ 31. Kh3 Rd4 32. Qxc7 Qf1#) 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30.
Be5 (30. Bg7+ Kxg7 (30... Ke8 31. Qc8+ Rd8 32. Qe6 Qxa3 $17) 31. Qxe7+ $11)
30... Qb6 31. Qc8+ (31. Bg7+ Ke8 $1 32. Qxb6 cxb6 $19) 31... Kf7 32. Qxc7 Qg1+
33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kg4 Qxe2 35. Qc3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nc4 (12. Rfc1 Bg4 (12... e4 13. Nd2 Re8
14. Nb3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Nb5 Nfd5 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. N7d6 Bg4 20.
Qf1 Nd3 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxd3 Re6 23. e4 Rxd6 24. Nxd6 Nb4 25. Qc4 Qxd6 26. a3
Qe7 27. axb4 Qxe4 {Dizdarevic,E-Horvath,J/Solin/1994/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 13. Qb5
exd4 14. cxd4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 cxd4 16. Rd1 Ne8 17. Bxc6 Nc7 18. Qa4 bxc6 19. Bxd4
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qf6 21. Rc1 Ne6 22. Rd6 Rad8 23. Nc4 c5 {Spassov,L-Huenerkopf,H/
Munich op9192/1992/1/2-1/2 (47)}) (12. Rfd1 e4 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Qb2 $16) 13. Ne5 (13. Nd2 Bg4 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3
Re8 $15) 13... Nxe5 (13... Qc8 14. Nac4 Qe6 15. a4 h5 16. a5 Rac8 17. a6 b6 18.
Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. h3 Rfe8 21. c4 cxd4 22. exd4 Nd7 23. g4 Nxe5 24. dxe5
hxg4 25. hxg4 Be6 26. Qxe4 Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 Gerber,R-Hort,V/SWZ-chT/1995/ (46)}) (
13... Re8 14. Nac4 $16) 14. dxe5 Nd7 {/\ Qe7, Ne5=/+} 15. g4 Be6 16. Bxe4 Qh4 (
16... Bxe5 $13) 17. f4 Bxg4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nb6 {פa3, Bb2} 20. c4 (20.
Qxb7 $6 Na4 21. Qg2 f6 $1 $36) 20... f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rab1 Rad8 (22... Rae8
$5 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rd3 Rfe6 25. Rc1 $15) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Konopka,M-Lagunow,A/BL2-N/1993/ (31)}) (12. e4 Bxe4 13. dxe5 Bd3 14.
Qd1 Ng4 15. Re1 c4 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Nd4 Ngxe5 {0-1 Miguel,F-Aguilar,J/
Miraflores 1993}) (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bd3 14. Qd1 (14. Qe1 Nd7 15. f4 Bxf1
16. Qxf1 Qe7 {/\ f6}) 14... Bxf1 15. exf6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxg2 17. fxg7 Rfd8 18.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Kxg2 Rd2 20. Bc1 (20. Nc4 Rc2 21. a4 b6 22. Kf1 $1 a6 23. Ke1 b5
24. axb5 axb5 25. Kd1 Rxf2 26. Nd2 c4 27. Ba3 Kxg7 28. h4 $13) 20... Rxa2 21.
e4 Kxg7 22. Nb5 b6 23. Bf4 a6 24. Nc7 a5 25. Nd5 a4 26. Be5+ Kg8 27. Nxb6 a3 {
0-1 Pert,N-Kasparov,G/Oakham sim/1997/ (43)}) (12. h3 exd4 13. cxd4 Be4 14.
Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qd5+ 18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 b6
20. Nb5 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rd5 22. a4 {Karpov,A-Pribyl,M/EE Internet sim/1998/}) (
12. dxe5 Bd3 13. Qd1 Bxf1 14. exf6 Bxg2 15. fxg7 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bxf3 17.
gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 $15) 12... exd4 (12... e4 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 h5 (14... Nd7 15.
Nc4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Re8 17. a4 Rc8 18. a5 Nd5 19. g4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rc2 21. gxf5
Rxb2 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qe1 Bxd4 24. exd4 Nf4 25. Nxe4 Kg7 26. d5 {1-0 Paehtz,
T-Horvath,J/Elekes mem/1991/ (31)}) (14... Qc8 15. c4 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Qc2
cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bf3 19. Bxg7 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Ninov,N/BUL-chT/1991/}) 15. Ba3 (
15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Be4 17. c4 Qe7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Qg2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd7 21.
Nd3 Qe4 22. Ne5 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Re7 24. Ba3 Rfe8 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Bh6 {
Boensch,U-Hoffmann,M/Lippstadt/1994/0-1 (55)}) (15. h3 Qc8 16. Kh2 Nd7 17. Nc4
Qc7 18. Kg1 Rfe8 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. Qf1 Rac8 21. Ba3 Na4 22. Nb2 Nxb2 23. Bxb2
Qa5 24. a4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,D-Horvath,J/
Odorheiu Secuiesc zt/1995/ (48)}) (15. c4 Ng4 $13) (15. h3 $5) 15... b6 16. h3
Qc8 17. Kh2 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Kg1 Rfe8 20. c4 (20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rxe5 $1
$17) 20... cxd4 21. exd4 Nd7 22. g4 (22. Nxd7 Qxd7 $17 {><d4, h3}) 22... hxg4
23. Nxg4 (23. hxg4 Be6 $17) 23... Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Abramovic,
B-Paunovic,D/JUG-chT2/1993/ (61)}) 13. cxd4 Be4 (13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Qd2 (17. Rf4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 b6 19. Rd1 Rc5 20. Nd6
Ne5 21. Qe2 Bc2 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Rfd4 Bb1 24. h3 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 h5 {1/2-1/2
Vaulin,A-Mansurov,V/URS-ch Club Pavlodar/1991/ (28)}) 17... b5 18. Na3 Qb6 19.
Rd6 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Bxb2 21. Rd1 Rc5 22. Qa6 Rfc8 23. h3 Ne5 24. Nxb5 {1-0
Gorjatschkin,W-Brettschneider,S/Baden Baden op/1991/ (30)}) (13... cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 (14... Bg4 15. Qd3 $14) 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Qb2 Be4 (16... Rac8 17. Na5
Rc7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 b6 22. Nc6 Qe6 23. Qa3
Bf8 24. Qxa7 {1-0 Zhang Zhong-Wang Zili/Tan Cup/1996/ (28)}) 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18.
Nb6 (18. Nd6 Qe7 19. Nxb7 Rab8 20. Rab1 Rfc8 21. Bxa7 Ne8 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4
Ra8 24. Bd4 Rxa2 $14) 18... axb6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 b5 21. Rfd1 Qc2 22.
Rdc1 Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Bandza,A-Ivanov,S/Katowice op/1993/ (28)}) 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Nf3 (17. f3 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2
Andersson,U-Yermolinsky,A/Keres mem/1998/}) 17... Qb5 (17... Qe6 $5 18. Nd6
Rab8 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Rab1 h6 $11) 18. Rab1 Qa6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qc2 Rac8 (
20... b5 21. Nd6 b4 (21... Rab8 $2 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Nc5 Qa3 24. Nd7 $18) 22. Ne4
$14) 21. Qb3 Na5 $6 {Forcing and very dubious, black can not hope to play any
position with N+4 pawns against B+3 pawns on the kingside with any pleasure or
even success.} (21... Rfd8 $5 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Nc3
$13) 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. Rd6 (23. Qxb7 $5 Qxa2 24. Rd6 Kg7 25. Ra6 Qe2 26. Ng1
Qc2 27. Rxa7 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8 Qxb1 30. Nf3 $16) 23... Rc6 24. Rd5 Qb6
(24... Qa6 25. Qxb7 $16) 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Rxb7 Rc3 27. Qd5 Rc2 28. Rd7 (28. Nd4
Bxd4 29. exd4 Qf6 30. Qf3 Qxd4 $14) 28... Qxa2 {Yermolinsky managed to keep
the a7 pawn on board, but his psoition is still far from equal.} (28... Qe2 $2
29. Nd2 $18) 29. Qxa2 Rxa2 30. Rbb7 a5 31. Ra7 (31. e4 Re2 32. e5 Bg7 $14)
31... a4 32. Nd2 a3 33. Nc4 Bb2 $1 34. Rd1 (34. Nxb2 $2 axb2 $1 35. Rab7 (35.
Rxa2 b1=Q $19) 35... Ra7 $1 36. Rxa7 b1=Q $19) 34... Rc8 35. Nb6 (35. Nxb2 Rxb2
36. Rxa3 Rcc2 37. Rf1 Kg7 $11) 35... Rb8 36. Nd5 Bg7 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nc6 Re8 (
38... Rbb2 $4 39. Rd8#) 39. Rdd7 Kg8 40. Rxf7 Bf8 41. Rfc7 (41. Kf3 Rd2 42.
Rxh7 a2 43. Rhb7 Re6 44. Nd4 Rf6+ 45. Ke4 Rfxf2 46. Ne6 Rd1 47. Nxf8 a1=Q 48.
Rxa1 Rxa1 49. Nxg6 Rxh2 $14) 41... Rb2 42. Nd4 (42. Kf3 a2 43. Nd4 Re7 44. Rxe7
Bxe7 45. Ne2 Rc2 46. Nd4 Rb2 $11) 42... Rxe3 {Black managed to prove, that he
can defend and create counterplay at the same time.} 43. Rc8 a2 44. Raa8 Kg7
45. Rxf8 a1=Q 46. Rg8+ (46. Rxa1 Kxf8 $17) 46... Kf7 47. Rgf8+ Kg7 (47... Ke7
$2 48. Nc6+ Kd7 49. Rxa1 Kxc6 50. Ra7 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 {This modest move have given this line a new life, white wants to
build a small, longterm advantage.} Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Be4 12. Bb2 Qb6 (
12... cxd4 13. exd4 e6 (13... Qa5 14. c4 e6 15. Nb5 Rfd8 (15... a6 16. Nd6 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 $14) 16. a4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rd7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. d6 Nf5 21.
Rab1 $1 Qd8 22. Be5 Ne8 23. Bf4 Nfxd6 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. Qd2 $1 $16 {Nikolic,
Pr-Schmidt,Wl/Novi Sad olm/1990/1-0 (35)}) 14. c4 Re8 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rc8
17. f4 a6 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Rab1 Ncxe5 20. fxe5 b6 21. Rbc1 Qc7 22. Nb1 f6 23.
exf6 Bxf6 24. Nd2 Bg7 25. Ne4 Rf8 {Drasko,M-Popovic,P/JUG-ch Novi Sad/1995/1-0
(40)}) (12... Qa5 13. Bf1 {/\ Nd2}) 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Bf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. exd4
Rac8 16. Nfd2 Bf5 17. Qe1 Qa4 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. d5 Na5 20. c4 b5 21. cxb5 Bxb5
22. Bh3 Rcd8 {0.5/Korotylev,A-Zvjaginsev,V/St.Petersburg op (03)/1994/}) 15...
Rac8 16. Nfd2 Na5 17. Na3 (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 (17... Nxc4 $2 18. Nc5 Rxc5 (18... Qb5
19. Qxc4 Qxb2 20. Rdb1 Qd2 21. Rxb7 $16) 19. dxc5 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 $18) 18. Nxa5
Qxa5 19. Bg2 f5 $13) 17... Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Bd5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rdb1 (20. e4 Be6
21. Rdb1 Bh3 $13) 20... Nb6 21. Nb5 (21. e4 Bc4 22. Naxc4 Naxc4 23. Nxc4 Nxc4
$15) 21... a6 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Nce4 Nbc4 24. Bc3 (24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Bc3 Bf5)
24... Bf5 $1 {[%cal Ye7e5] Palac plays very skillfuly against the static white
ecnter, idea e7-e5 looms in the air.} 25. Rc1 (25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Rb3 (26. Rxb7
$2 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Nd6 $19)) 25... Rfd8 26. Bf1 (26. Nc5 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 b6 $13)
26... b5 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28. Nc5 Rd6 29. a4 (29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Bb4 e5 $1) 29...
e5 $1 30. axb5 (30. Bxc4 bxc4 (30... exd4 31. Bxd4 bxc4 32. Rxc4 $14) 31. dxe5
Rdc6 32. Nb7 Bf8 $44) 30... axb5 31. dxe5 $2 (31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. dxe5 Rd5 33.
Nb7 Bxe5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Nd6 $14) 31... Nxe5 (31... Rdc6 32. Nb3 Nxe3 33.
fxe3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Ra8+ Bf8 36. Nd4 $13) 32. Bxe5 (32. Bd4 Nf3+) 32...
Bxe5 33. Ra5 Bb2 $1 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9596 6th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nd5 12. Rfc1 Bg4 13. Nc4 (13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Nb6 (14... e6 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Nd6 Nxd4 (16... Qxe2 17. Bxe2 b6 18. e4 Nf6 19.
Rd1 $14) 17. cxd4 Qxd6 18. Rxc5 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 b6 21. Rc1 Rd8 22.
Kg2 Ne7 23. Qa6 e5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Rd1 Qxd1 (25... Qc7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Bxe5 $18) 26. Bxd1 Bxb2 27. Bb3 {1-0 Sherbakov,R-Ebeling,M/Helsinki op (05)/
1992/ (44)}) 15. Nc4 (15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Na4 19.
Ba1 a6 20. Na3 b5 $17 {Petrosian,A-Belov,I/Russia/1992/}) (15. Qb5 Qxb5 16.
Nxb5 Nc4 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. dxc5 N6e5 19. Be2 Rxc5 $17) 15... Qa6 (15... Qb5 16.
Nxb6 Qxe2 17. Bxe2 axb6 18. a4 Na5 19. Rcb1 Nb3 $5 20. Ra3 Nd2 21. Rd1 Ne4 22.
Rda1 $1 {Titenko,V-Belov,I/Moscow/1993/ (27)}) (15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rac8 17.
Qb3 Rc7 (17... Qc7 18. Ba3 b6 19. Bg2 e6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rab1 $16 {Titenko,
V-Belov,I/Russia/1992/}) 18. a4 b6 19. Bxc6 (19. Be2 Rfc8 20. d5 c4 21. Bxc4
Ne5 22. Be2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qb5 R4c5 25. Qd7 R5c7 26. Qb5 Bxc3 {1/2-1/2
Bandza,A-Belov,I/Karvina op (04)/1992/ (32)}) 19... Rxc6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5
Rc7 22. Kf1 $14) 16. Nd2 (16. Nxb6 axb6 $10) 16... Qxe2 17. Bxe2 cxd4 18. cxd4
e5 $1 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Rfc8 21. Nb3 $1 {1-0 Salov,V-Khalifman,A/Wijk aan
Zee (m1)/1994/ (61)}) 13... Qa6 (13... Qa4 14. h3) 14. Bf1 Nb6 (14... Rac8 15.
h3 cxd4 16. cxd4 (16. hxg4 $6 dxc3 17. Ba3 b5 $17) 16... Bd7 17. e4 $14) 15.
Ncd2 (15. Nxb6 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 axb6 $10) 15... Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Na4 (16... cxd4 17.
cxd4 Rac8 18. Rab1 $14) 17. Ba3 Nxc3 (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 $14) 18. Rxc3 cxd4
19. Nxd4 (19. Rxc6 bxc6 (19... dxe3 20. Rc7 Bxa1 21. fxe3 $16) 20. exd4 Rfd8
$14) 19... Bxe2 (19... Nxd4 20. Bxg4 Nb5 21. Rb3 Nxa3 22. Rd1 Nc2 23. Rxb7 $16)
(19... Bxd4 20. exd4 Bxe2 21. d5 Nd4 22. Bc5 Nf5 23. Re1 $14) 20. Nxe2 Rfd8 21.
Nb3 (21. Rd1 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Rd3 23. Nde4 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Rd8 $13) 21... Bxc3 22.
Nxc3 Rac8 23. e4 e6 $6 {This move terribly weakens d6 square, so white will be
able to take the benefit of unexpected outpost.} (23... Nd4 $2 24. Bxe7 $18) (
23... Rd3 24. Nd5 e6 25. Nf4 $14) 24. Nb5 Rd3 25. Nd6 Rb8 (25... Rc7 26. Rc1
$16) 26. Rc1 Na5 (26... Ne5 27. Rc7 $18) 27. Rc7 (27. Nxa5 Rxa3 28. Naxb7 Rxa2
29. Rc7 f6 $14) 27... Nxb3 28. Nxf7 $5 {Soul of a true adventurer, white plays
for an attack and in effect sacrifices an exchange.} (28. axb3 Rxb3 $14) 28...
Nd4 (28... Na5 $2 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Bb2+) 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Be7 Kg7 $8 (30... Rg8
31. Bf6+) 31. Ng4 (31. Bg5+ Kf8 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ $10) 31...
Nf3+ 32. Kg2 g5 (32... h5 33. Bd6+ Kh8 34. Nf6 Ng5 35. Be5 $18) (32... Kg8 33.
Bc5 Kh8 34. Nf6 Ng5 35. h4 $18) 33. Bf6+ Kg6 (33... Kf8 34. Rxh7 $18) 34. Rg7+
Kh5 35. h3 (35. Rxh7+ Kg6 36. Rg7+ Kh5 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. Rxg5+ Kh6 39. Rxe5 $16)
35... Rf8 (35... Rc8 36. Rxh7+ Kg6 37. Rxb7 Rc1 38. Rg7+ Kh5 39. Ne3 $18) 36.
Be7 Rc8 (36... Rh8 37. Rf7 Ne1+ 38. Kf1 Nc2 39. Rg7 $18) 37. Rf7 Ne1+ 38. Kf1
Rd1 39. Rf6 $138 (39. Rf6 Nc2+ 40. Ke2 Re1+ 41. Kd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Na6 8.
Nxc4 c5 9. b3 Bf5 10. Bb2 Be4 11. Rc1 Rc8 (11... b6 $5) 12. Qd2 (12. Bh3 e6 (
12... Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. dxc5 (14. Qc2 {/\ Rfd1+/-}) 14... Rxc5 15. Qxd8
Rxd8 16. Bd4 Rc7 17. Ne3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bh6 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bd4 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxc1 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Nxf5 {1-0 Sandor-Gibbs,P/Hoogovens-B 1964 (40)}) (12...
Rc7 $2 13. Ng5 $1 (13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ba3 Rc7 16. Nce5 e6 17. Ng5
Bd5 18. Rxc7 Nxc7 19. Rd1 Nb5 20. Nxe6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,A-Antic,D/
Kecskemet 1991}) 13... Bf5 (13... Bh6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. e3 $16) (13... Bd5 14.
Ne3 Bh6 15. f4 $1 $16) 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. dxc5 h6 (15... Rxc5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17.
Ba3 Rc7 18. Ne5 $18) 16. Nf3 Qxd1 (16... Nxc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Nd4 e6 19. Nb5
$16) (16... Rxc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. Na5 $1 $16) 17. Rfxd1 Rfc8 18.
Nh4 $1 e6 (18... Rxc5 19. Ba3 $18) 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Bd4 {1-0 Adorjan,A-Szekely,
P/Magyarorszag (ch) 1992 (40)}) 13. dxc5 Bxf3 (13... Rxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15.
Rfd1 Rcd5 16. Rxd5 Bxd5 17. Nd4 Nb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11) 14. exf3 Rxc5
15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Rcd5 17. Ne3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 {1/2-1/2
Jimenez,J-Graves,J/Seattle Washingt-ch 1995 (35)}) 12... Qd5 (12... b6 13. Rfd1
Rc7 14. Qf4 Qa8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Nce5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bh3 Rc8
20. Qe3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Ng5 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Sorri,K-Kekki,P/Helsinki 1989 
(40)}) 13. Rfd1 Qh5 $2 {White can never feel safe when black queen looms
around his king. In this special case Karpov manages to literally corner her
and win on the other side.} (13... Rfd8 $5 14. Qa5 (14. Ne3 Qh5 15. Qa5 cxd4 (
15... e6 $2 16. dxc5 $16) 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 $11) 14... cxd4 (14... e6 15. Ne3 Qc6
16. dxc5 $14) 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd4 $11) 14. h3 cxd4 (14... Rfd8 15. Nce5 Qf5
16. g4 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qd5 18. f3 $18) 15. Bxd4 Rfd8 (15... b6 16. Nce5 $14) 16.
Nce5 $1 {The difference in the location of the e5 and a6 knights is striking.}
Rxc1 (16... Bh6 17. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 18. Qa5 Qf5 19. Bxa7 $16) 17. Qxc1 Bxf3 (17...
Qf5 18. Bxa7 $16) 18. Bxf3 (18. Nxf3 Qa5 19. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Nb4 $14) 18...
Qxh3 (18... Qf5 19. Bxb7 Ne4 20. g4 Qe6 21. Nc6 Bxd4 22. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 $18
) 19. Bxa7 (19. Bxb7 Nh5 20. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Bxe5 $132) 19... Ra8 $2 {
Polgar had no wish to defend her queenside in an extremely difficult ending,
but the alternative i even worse.} (19... Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qc8 (20... Qe6 21.
Qd8+ Bf8 22. Nd3 $16) 21. Bb6 $14) 20. Bd4 Rc8 (20... Qe6 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bg2
$18) 21. Qa3 Re8 (21... Rc7 22. Bb6 $18) 22. Bxb7 Nc7 23. Bc6 Rf8 (23... Rc8
24. Qxe7 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Nxe6 26. Bb2 Ng4 27. Nxg4 Bxb2 28. Bd7 $18) 24. Qxe7 {
White has two pawns and a nice premium: an attack!} Ne6 (24... Nfd5 25. Qd7 Qe6
26. a3 Rb8 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Bxd5 $18) 25. Bc3 Qf5
(25... Ng4 26. Nxg4 Bxc3 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Qxf6 $18) 26. Rd3 h5 (26... Ne4 27.
Rf3 Qg5 28. Rxf7 (28. Qxg5 N6xg5 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Bb2 $18) 28... Qxe7 29. Rxe7
Nxc3 30. Rxe6 Nxe2+ 31. Kg2 Nd4 32. Re7 $18) 27. Rf3 Qc2 28. Nxf7 (28. Nxg6
Qxg6 29. Bxf6 $18) 28... Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe2 (29... Rxf7 30. Qxe6 $18) 30. Re3 (
30. Ne5 Nd8 31. Nxg6 Qxe7 32. Nxe7+ $18) 30... Qc2 (30... Nf4+ 31. gxf4 Qg4+
32. Rg3 Rxf7 33. Bd5 Nxd5 34. Qd8+ $18) 31. Qxe6 Rxf7 32. Bxf6 (32. Bxf6 Bxf6
33. Bd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2004.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. e3 Qc7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nb5 Qe7 {Black has chosen a line with
very bad reputation. Black starts central activity in the moment, when white
is much better developed.} (12... Qb8 13. dxc5 Na5 (13... e4 14. Nfd4 Bg4 15.
Qc2 Qe5 16. Nd6 Qxc5 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Ne5 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Qxb7 Nd3 21.
Qb5 Qxb5 22. axb5 Nxb2 23. b6 {1-0 Adorjan,A-Fogarasi,T/Hungary 1995/ (26)})
14. Nd6 Nd7 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Ng5 Qa6 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. c4 Rb8 20. c6
bxc6 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Nd6 {1-0 Kabatianski,A-Schmidt,B/Budapest 1994/ (36)}) (
12... Qa5 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. c4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Rab8 17. Nd6 Qa6 18.
Rfc1 Nb6 19. a4 {1-0 Mikhalchishin,A-Schaefer,M/Bern 1996/ (25)}) 13. Ba3 e4 (
13... Nd7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. d5 Na5 16. d6 $16) 14. Nd2 (14. Bxc5 exf3 15. Qxf3
Qd8 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. c4 Bg4 $11) 14... b6 15. dxc5 Bg4 (15... bxc5 16. Qc4 a6
17. Nd4 $16) 16. Qc4 Ne5 17. Qd4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Granda Zuniga is ready for
spectacular tactical complications, the queen will be sacrificed on a central
square.} (17. Qa4 bxc5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Ng5 21. Bxa8 Bh3+
22. Kg1 Rxa8 $11) 17... Rfd8 18. cxb6 Qe6 (18... Rxd4 19. exd4 $1 (19. Bxe7
Rxd2 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 (20... axb6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bxe4 Raxa2 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24.
Nd4 $16) 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. bxa7 Rdd8 $1 (22... Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. a8=Q Rxa8
25. Nxa8 Bxc3 26. Rac1 Rxa2 27. Rxc3 Rxa8 28. Rfc1 Kg7 29. h3 $16) 23. a8=Q
Rxa8 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxe4 Ra3 $11) 19... Qd7 20. dxe5 axb6 21. exf6 Qxb5 22.
Be7 Bh6 23. Nxe4 $16) 19. Nc7 Qf5 (19... Rxd4 20. cxd4 Qd7 21. dxe5 Qxd2 22.
Nxa8 Nd5 23. b7 Bxe5 24. Rab1 Bb8 25. Bxe4 $18) 20. Nxa8 $1 Rxd4 21. cxd4 Nf3+
{Rojas understands, that his only chance is the desperate counterattack on the
kingside.} (21... Ned7 22. Rab1 axb6 23. Nxb6 Qa5 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Bb4 Qxa2
26. Ra1 $18) 22. Nxf3 exf3 (22... Bxf3 23. b7 Nd7 24. Rfc1 $18) 23. b7 Nd7 24.
Rfc1 Bh6 (24... fxg2 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. Bxf8 h5 27. Rd8 $18) 25. Bf1 Bxe3 26. Rc3
$1 (26. fxe3 $2 f2+ 27. Kh1 Bf3+ 28. Bg2 Qe4 $1 29. h3 Bxg2+ 30. Kh2 f1=Q 31.
Rxf1 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Qxb7 $19) 26... Bxd4 (26... Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qd5 28. Rd1 Qxb7
29. Nc7 $18) 27. Rd1 Bxc3 28. Rxd7 {White is prepared to push the b7 pawn to
promotion square at any cost.} Be5 (28... Qxd7 29. b8=Q+ Qc8 30. Qxa7 $18) 29.
Rd8+ Kg7 30. Bf8+ Kf6 31. Rd6+ (31. Bd6 $18) 31... Bxd6 32. Bxd6 (32. Bxd6 Bh3
33. b8=Q Bxf1 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Bf8+ Kg8 36. Bh6#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Nb3 Qb6 (
14... Qc7 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 $14) 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 (16... Rfc8
17. e4 Nb4 18. Nc5 $14) 17. Nc5 Qc6+ 18. Qf3 b6 $6 {Black was doing great in
the fight for the control of the center, but this move lets the knight to the
active square a6. From there the control of b4 and c7 spots will be rather
vital.} (18... Rfc8 19. Rac1 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Nd5 21. Ba1 Nb4 22. Rb1 Nxa2 23.
Nxb7 $11) 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Na6 Nd5 (20... Ne4 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Nb5 $16) 21.
Nb5 Rfc8 (21... Ndb4 22. Nac7 Rac8 23. a3 a6 24. axb4 axb5 25. Nxb5 Nxb4 26.
Ra7 $14) 22. Ba3 $1 Nb8 (22... f5 $5 23. Rac1 Kf7 24. Rd2 Ke8 25. Rdc2 Kd7 $14)
23. Nxb8 Raxb8 24. Rac1 (24. Nxa7 Rc2 25. Kf3 Ra8 26. Nb5 Ra5 27. Rdb1 f5 28.
Rb3 $14) 24... a6 25. Na7 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 {Georgiev enjoys the clear advantage
with active pieces and control of the only open file.} f5 (26... b5 27. Nc6 Rb7
28. e4 b4 29. Rb1 Rc7 30. exd5 bxa3 31. Rb3 $16) 27. Nc6 Rb7 (27... Re8 $1 28.
Nb4 (28. Kf3 Kf7 29. e4 fxe4+ 30. Kxe4 Nf6+ 31. Kd3 Nd5 $13) 28... Nxb4 29.
Bxb4 a5 30. Ba3 b5 31. Bc5 $14) 28. Nd8 Rb8 29. Nc6 Rb7 30. Nd8 Rb8 31. Ne6 Bf6
(31... Kf7 32. Ng5+ (32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Kf3 b5 34. e4 fxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Rd8 $14)
32... Kg8 33. Kf3 b5 34. Rc5 Bf6 35. Nxh7 Kxh7 36. Rxd5 b4 37. Bc1 b3 38. axb3
Rxb3 39. Ke2 $16) 32. Kf3 Kf7 (32... b5 33. e4 fxe4+ 34. Kxe4 Nb6 35. Rc6 $14)
33. Rc6 a5 34. e4 $1 fxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Nb4 (35... Nc3+ 36. Rxc3 Kxe6 37. Rc7 b5
38. d5+ Kf7 39. Bxe7 Bxe7 40. d6 Re8 41. Kd5 b4 42. Kc4 $18) 36. Bxb4 axb4 37.
Nc7 $1 {[%mdl 4096] The knight limits the freedom of black rook and prepares
for the attack on the weak black pawns.} Rb7 (37... Rc8 38. d5 Bh8 39. Na6 $16)
38. Nd5 e6 (38... Ra7 39. Nxb4 b5 40. Rc5 Ra5 41. f4 $16) 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. d5
Ra7 (40... Re7 41. Rxb6 $18) 41. Rxe6+ Kf7 42. Rxb6 Rxa2 43. Rxb4 Rxf2 44. Rb7+
Kf6 45. Rxh7 Rd2 46. h3 Rd1 47. g4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. Rab1 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. d5 Ne5 15. c4
e6 {Black has no reason to worry unduly about the position, but he is obliged
to find one of the ideas promising rough equality.} (15... Rb8 16. Rfe1 Qe8 17.
Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qa4 $11) 16. Rfc1 Rc8 (16... f5 $5 17. Qe3 (17.
Bxe5 Bxe5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qf6 21. Rb3 Rf8 22. Kg2 exd5 23.
cxd5 Kh8 $15) 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Ng4 20. Qb3 Nxf2 21. Bg2 $11)
17. Qe3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Re8 (18... exd5 19. cxd5 Qg5 $5 (19... Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3
Bxb2 21. Rxb2 f5 22. e5 $14) 20. Bxe5 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxe5 22. Nb5 Bb8 23. e5
Rfe8 24. e6 c4 $11) 19. Bg2 exd5 20. cxd5 (20. exd5 $2 Nexc4 $19) 20... c4 21.
Qd2 (21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nb5 Bb8 23. d6 Qf6 24. a4 (24. f4 Bxd6 25. e5 Qe6 26.
Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxb7 Rcd8 $11) 24... Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. a5 Na4 27. Qxa7 Qd2
$13) 21... Nd3 (21... f5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nb5 a6 $11) 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 $2 {Nedev had not found the courage to eat the exchange, he might have
been worried about white's promising compensation.} (22... Nxc1 $5 23. Bd4 Nd3
24. Nxc4 (24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxd3 Qc8 $11) 24... Nxc4 25. Qxd3 b6
26. f4 f6 27. Re1 b5 28. Qb3 $14) 23. Rc2 Nc5 (23... Qd6 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxd3
Ne5 26. Qb3 $16) 24. Nxc4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 (25... Nxc4 $2 26. Qd4+ Ne5 27. f4
$18) 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. d6 {The passed pawn is more than
unpleasant, black forces will be completely tied down with its blockade.} Qd7 (
28... Re6 29. d7 Qd8 30. Qc3+ Kf8 31. Rd1 f6 32. Qc8 Ke7 33. a4 $18) 29. Rc1 (
29. Rxb6 Re6 30. Qb2+ Kh6 31. Qd4 $18) 29... Re6 30. Qd4+ Kh6 (30... Kg8 31.
Rc7 Qd8 32. d7 $18) 31. Rd1 b5 32. h4 f6 (32... Re2 33. a3 Re8 34. Qc3 $16) 33.
Qd5 Kg7 $2 (33... Re2 34. Rc1 $18) 34. Qxe6 $1 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Szekely, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 Na6 (7...
c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rac1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Nb6 $13 {Shabalov-Krasenkov/Gausdal/1991/}) 8. Nxc4 c5 9. b3 $5 Bf5 10.
Bb2 Be4 11. Rc1 Rc8 $2 (11... cxd4 $1 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Rfd8 14. f3 Bd5
$10) 12. Bh3 $1 Rc7 13. Ng5 Bf5 (13... Bc6 14. Ne5) (13... Bd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Be5 $16) 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. dxc5 $1 h6 $6 16. Nf3 Qxd1 $2 (16... Nxc5 $142)
17. Rfxd1 Rfc8 (17... Nxc5 18. Ne3 e6 19. Be5 $18) 18. Nh4 e6 19. Nd6 Rd8 20.
Bd4 Nb4 21. Nf3 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Rxa7 Rb8 24. Ne5 Nfd5 25. Nb5 Re7 26. Nd6
Nc6 $2 (26... Rc7 27. Rd2 {/\ f3, Kf2, e4+/-}) 27. Rxb7 $1 Rexb7 28. Nxc6 Rxb3
29. Nxb8 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxb8 31. Nxf5 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. c6 h5 (33... Rxc6 34.
Rxd5 exd5 35. Ne7+ $18) 34. e4 Nb6 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Nd6 Kg6 37. Rg8+ Kh7 38.
Rb8 Rxc6 39. Nxf7 Kg7 40. Ne5 Rd6 41. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Rfc1 (12. Nd2 $5 {Schmidt,Wl}) 12...
Be4 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Bf1 Rfd8 {N} (14... Rac8 15. Nfd2 b5 16. Ne5 c4 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bg2 f5 20. a4 $1 $16 {Adorjan,A-Groszpeter,A/Ungarn/
1989/}) 15. Qd1 Bd5 $8 16. Ncd2 Qb6 17. Qc2 (17. Ba3 cxd4 18. cxd4 e5 $1) 17...
cxd4 (17... e5 18. e4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxb2 21. dxe5 Re8 22. Rab1
Qa3 23. Bc4 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 (24... Bxe5 25. Qxb7 Rf8 26. Bxf7+ $16) 25.
Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qxb7 Rf8 27. Rc2 $16) 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Bc3 e5 $5 20. Rab1 Qc7
21. dxe5 Nd7 (21... Ng4 22. Qa4 $1 Ngxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxb7
$16) 22. e6 (22. e4 $5 Ncxe5 23. exd5 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26.
Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Rxb7 $14) 22... Bxe6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qb2+ Nf6 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 $2
(25... Bxa2 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rb2 Bd5 28. Rbc2 Rcd7 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxd2
31. Nxd2 Rxd2 $10) 26. Rxb7 Bxa2 27. Bh3 Rb8 28. Rc7 Nb4 29. Rxa7 Bd5 30. Nd4
Ra8 31. Rac7 Ra2 $6 (31... Ne8) 32. Be6 $5 (32. Ne6+ Bxe6 33. Bxe6 Raxd2 34.
Rxf7+ Kh6 35. Rxf6 R2d6) 32... Rxd2 (32... Rf8 33. N2f3 $16) 33. Rxf7+ Kh6 34.
Rxf6 Nd3 35. Rf1 Be4 36. Bh3 Ne5 37. Re6 Rd5 (37... Nf3+ 38. Nxf3 Bxf3 39. Rb6
Rd1 40. Rb1) 38. Bg2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Nd3 40. Re7 Rd6 41. Nf3 Re2 42. h4 {Ftacnik,
L} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Rfc1 Be4 13. Nc4 Qa6 $1 (13... Qa4 14.
Ncd2 Na5 15. c4 Rac8 16. d5 a6 17. Bh3 $1 $16 {Adorjan,A-Kindermann,S/
Altensteig/1989/ ->CBM 14}) 14. Bf1 Bd5 $1 (14... Rfd8 $2 15. Qd1 $1 Bd5 16.
Ncd2 Qb6 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Bc3 $14 {Nikolic,Pr-Popovic,P/Manila
izt/1990/ ->CBM 19}) 15. Nfd2 Rfd8 $1 16. a4 (16. e4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 cxd4) 16...
b6 17. Na3 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Na5 19. f3 Bc6 20. Nac4 Bh6 21. Re1 $6 (21. Kf2 $5)
21... cxd4 22. cxd4 Nd5 23. Bf1 Nb4 $1 24. Nxa5 bxa5 25. f4 (25. Kf2 e5) 25...
Rac8 (25... Nc2 26. Rec1 Nxa1 27. Rxc6 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxa1 Rc1 30. Bb2
Rc2 31. Nc4 $18) 26. Rec1 e5 $1 27. Nc4 exf4 28. gxf4 Be4 29. Rc3 Rb8 (29... g5
$5 $40) 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Nd5 32. Rc2 Rdc8 33. Kf3 Rb3 (33... Rxc4 34. Rxc4
Rxb2 35. Rc5 $132) (33... Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Rxc4 35. Rb5 $132) 34. Rac1 Bxf4 $2 (
34... f5 $1 $17) 35. Ke4 $1 Bxe3 36. Kxd5 Rd8+ 37. Ke4 Re8+ 38. Kd5 Rd8+ 39.
Ke4 Re8+ 40. Kd5 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Be4 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Bf1 Rfd8 (
14... cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. exd4 Rac8 16. Nfd2 Bf5 17. Qe1 Qa4 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. d5
Na5 20. c4 b5 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Bh3 Rcd8 {0.5/Korotylev,A-Zvjaginsev,V/St.
Petersburg op (03)/1994/}) 15... Rac8 16. Nfd2 Na5 17. Na3 (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18.
Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Bg2 f5 $13) 17... Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Bd5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rdb1 (20. e4
Be6 21. Rdb1 Bh3 $13) 20... Nb6 21. Nb5 (21. e4 Bc4 22. Naxc4 Naxc4 23. Nxc4
Nxc4 $15) 21... a6 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Nce4 Nbc4 {0-1 Kurajica,B-Palac,M/Vinkovci
1995 (33)}) 15. Nfd2 (15. Ne1 {/\ f3} Rac8 16. f3 Bd5 $13) (15. a4 $5) 15...
Bc2 16. Rdc1 Ba4 17. Nb3 Nd7 (17... b6 18. dxc5 Bb5 19. Nd4 (19. a4 $1 Bxa4 20.
Ncd2 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 bxc5 23. Rc2 $14) 19... bxc5 (19... Bxc4 $1
20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Ne5 22. Be2 bxc5 $11) 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. Qc2 Qb7 22. Rab1
Qc7 23. Ba3 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Kozul,Z/Erevan olm 1996/ (38) ><c5, ^^}) 18. dxc5
Nce5 $5 (18... Rac8 $13) 19. Nxe5 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxe5 21. Nd4 e6 22. Rab1 Bf8
23. Ba1 Rab8 (23... Rd7 $6 24. Rb4 Bc6 25. f4 $16) 24. c4 Nd7 $1 (24... Bxc5
25. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Bxe5 $16) (24... Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Bd4 $14) 25. c6 $1
(25. Bf3 Nxc5 $15) 25... bxc6 26. Bd1 Rxb1 (26... Nc5 $2 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Bxa4
Nxa4 29. Nxc6 $16) 27. Rxb1 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Nb6 (28... Ne5 29. Rb1 Nxc4 30. Nxc6
Rd2 31. a4 $11) 29. Rc1 c5 30. Nb3 Bg7 (30... f5 31. Be5 $11) 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32.
Nxc5 (32. Nxc5 Rc8 33. Nb3 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Nxc4 35. Kf1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nec4 $5 {N} (11. Nac4) (11. Nxc6 bxc6) 11... Rb8
$6 (11... Nb6 $5) 12. e4 Nc7 (12... Nb6 13. d5 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Ne5 (14... Na5 15.
Ne3) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 $16) 13. d5 b5 (13... Ne5 14. f4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16.
Ne3 $16) 14. Ne3 Ne5 (14... b4 15. dxc6 (15. Nb1 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd4) 15... bxa3
16. Bxa3 Bxc3 17. Bxc5 $1 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 $36) 15. f4 b4 16. Nb1 $1 Nd7 17. Qd2
Nb5 (17... bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 $16) 18. e5 Qa5 (18... bxc3
19. Nxc3 Qa5 20. Rf2 $16) 19. c4 Nd4 20. Qd3 Nxe5 $2 (20... b3 21. Nc3 (21.
axb3 Rxb3 $132) 21... bxa2 22. Rxa2 $16) 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Kh1 (22. Nd2 Ne2+
23. Qxe2 Bxb2) 22... Qc7 23. Nd2 Nf5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rae1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nh4 (12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Nc4 (13. Bf1 Ne4
14. Ne1 e5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. f3 Nd6 17. e4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Be6 19. d5 Na5 20. Qe2
Bd7 21. Nc2 Ba4 {1/2-1/2 Jankovic,A-Rogulj,B/Pula 2001/ (21)}) 13... Qa6 14. a4
Na5 15. Bf1 Ne4 16. Nfd2 Nxd2 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Rxd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 {
1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Linares 2001/ (36)}) (12. Nc4 Qa6 13. Bf1 Na5 14.
Nce5 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 Ne4 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Ba3 b6 {
1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Leko,P/Bastia 2001/ (50)}) 12... Bg4 13. f3 Nd5 $1 {White
pieces are lacking harmony, so black has room to play with tactical phantasy.}
14. Nc4 (14. Bb2 Nxe3 $1 15. d5 (15. fxg4 Nxd1 16. Rxd1 cxd4 $17) (15. dxc5
Qxc5 16. Qf2 Be6 17. Nc2 g5 $15) 15... Nxd1 16. Rxd1 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. dxc6
Bxc6 19. Bf1 e6 $17) 14... Qa6 (14... Nxc3 $5 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Qxc3 Be6 17. Na3
g5 18. Qxc5 gxh4 19. gxh4 $14) 15. Bb2 Nb6 (15... Be6 16. Bf1 $13) 16. Bf1 (16.
fxg4 Qxc4 $15) 16... Qxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Na5 19. Be2 Be6 (19... cxd4
20. cxd4 (20. fxg4 $2 dxc3 $17) 20... Be6 $11) 20. d5 {Karpov is solving
problems of the center in the ambitious manner in the hope to fight for an
advantage.} (20. Ba3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bf6 $11) 20... Bd7 21. e4 e6 (21... b5 22.
f4 $13) 22. Ng2 exd5 23. exd5 (23. Rxd5 Bc6 24. Rxc5 b6 25. Rg5 Rad8 $44) 23...
b5 24. Rd2 Rfe8 25. Kf2 Nb7 (25... c4 $5 26. Rc1 Nb7 $11) 26. c4 b4 (26... Bh6
27. Nf4 (27. f4 Nd6 $15) 27... b4 28. d6 f5 $13) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rb2 (28. d6
$2 Red8 29. Rad1 Ba4 $17) 28... Nd6 29. a3 a5 (29... bxa3 $5 30. Rxa3 a5 31.
Bd3 (31. Rb6 $2 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Nxc4 $17) 31... Ra6 $11) 30. Ne3 Kf6 (30... bxa3
31. Rb6 $1 $14) 31. Nf1 $1 {[%mdl 32] Typical Karpov's manouver, the knight
would gladly work his way towrads the weak c5 pawn. In the span of the next 5
moves Leko will fail to solve the situation successfully, after the surprising
move 36.Ra6! his position will become very serious.} Reb8 (31... Nb7 $5 32. Nd2
Ke5 33. axb4 cxb4 $15) 32. axb4 axb4 $6 (32... cxb4 33. c5 Nf5 34. c6 Bc8 $13)
33. Rba2 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Bf5 $6 (34... b3 $6 35. Rb2 Bf5 36. g4 Bd7 (36... Bc2
37. Ne3 $16) 37. Nd2 Ba4 38. Ke3 $14) (34... Rb6 35. Nd2 h6 36. Nb3 Nb7 37. Ke3
$14) 35. g4 b3 $2 36. Ra6 $1 (36. Rb2 Bd7 37. Nd2 $14) 36... b2 37. Nd2 Ke7 38.
gxf5 b1=Q 39. Nxb1 Rxb1 40. f6+ $1 Kd7 41. Rc6 Rb2 (41... Nb7 42. Bf1 $1 $18)
42. Rxc5 Nf5 43. Rb5 $1 {Despite the whole lot of isolated pawns white is
enjoying technically winning endgame.} Rxb5 44. cxb5 Kc7 (44... Kd6 45. b6 Nd4
(45... Nh6 46. Ba6 Ng8 47. b7 Kc7 48. d6+ $18) 46. Bc4 $18) 45. Bd3 Nd6 46. Ke3
Ne8 47. Kd4 Nxf6 48. Bc4 Nd7 49. d6+ Kxd6 50. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rfc1 (12. Rac1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Nb6 15. Qb5 (15. Nc4 Qxa2 $1) 15... Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Nc4 17. Rc2 Rac8 18.
dxc5 N6e5 19. Be2 Rxc5 $17 {Shabalov,A-Krasenkov,M/Gausdal Int/1991/}) 12...
Nb6 13. Nd2 Na4 14. Nb3 Qd8 (14... Qb6 15. Rab1 cxd4 (15... Nxb2 16. Nxc5 $1
$16) 16. cxd4 Nxb2 17. Rxb2 $14) 15. Nxc5 (15. Qb5 $5 Nxb2 16. Nxc5 Qb6 $8 (
16... e5 17. Qxb2 exd4 18. cxd4 $16) 17. Rcb1 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Nc4 19. Nc7 (19.
Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nc7 Bf5 21. e4 Rac8 $17) 19... Bf5 20. Rxb7 Rac8 $22 21. Bxc6 Na5
22. Nd5 Nxc6 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Rxe7 $13) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qa5 (16... Ne5 $5
17. Rd1 Qc7 $10) 17. Nb5 (17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Bf5 $132) 17... Bg4 18. Qxg4 (
18. f3 Be6 $13) 18... Qxb5 19. Rab1 Qxc5 (19... Ne5 $6 20. Qb4 $16) 20. Qa4 Na5
(20... Rab8 21. Ba3 Qh5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Bxe7 $16) 21. Ba3 Qc7 22. Rb5 Nc6 23.
Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 24. Bxc6 Qc7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. c4 $18 h5 27. c5 Rc8 28. c6 Bf6 29.
Qa6 h4 30. Bb4 h3 31. Ba5 Qb8 32. c7 Qa8 33. Qf1 $1 Qd5 34. Qxh3 e6 35. Qg2 {
Ftacnik,L} (35. Qg2 Qxa5 36. Qb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[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 c5 6. d4 d5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qc2
Qd5 9. Na3 Qxc5 10. Qxc4 Qh5 (10... Qxc4 11. Nxc4) 11. Ng5 {/\12.Sf7, /\12.h3,
13.Lf3} Nc6 12. h3 Ne5 13. Qb5 h6 $5 (13... Ne8 14. f4) 14. Qxe5 hxg5 (14...
Nh7 $2 15. Qxe7 Bf6 16. Qxf8+ Nxf8 17. Bf3 $18) 15. g4 Qh8 16. Qxg5 Be6 17. Nb5
Rac8 {/\18... Tc4, 19... Lg4} 18. Nc3 Rc4 19. e4 Re8 20. Be3 a6 21. Qa5 Nd7 22.
Rac1 Be5 {/\23... Lg4} 23. Nd5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bd6 (24... Bxb2 25. Rc7) 25. Qd2 {
/\25.Sc7} Bxd5 26. exd5 Qe5 27. Re1 {/\28.Ld4} Qh2+ 28. Kf1 {/\29.Ld4, 30.Dh6}
f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bd4 Qf4 (30... Bf4 31. Qd3) 31. Re3 Kh7 32. Qd1 Qg5 33. h4
Qg6 34. Re6 Qg4 (34... Qf7 35. Qd2 $18) 35. Qxg4 fxg4 36. Be4+ (36. Be4+ Kg8
37. h5 Nf8 38. h6 Nxe6 39. dxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. Rc1 a4 12. bxa4 Ra6 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Qa8 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 (15... Nd7 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 cxb6 18. Qd5 Nc5 19.
Qxd8 Rxd8 20. a3 Na4 21. Ba1 b5 22. Ne3 Bh6 23. f4 {1-0 Quinteros,M-Kavalek,L/
Las Palmas (10)/1974 (40)}) 16. a5 c5 17. a3 b5 18. axb6 Qa8 19. Kg1 Nxb6 20.
Nxb6 Rxb6 21. Rc2 Rfb8 22. Qa1 h5 23. h4 g5 24. hxg5 h4 25. Rfc1 Qe4 {0-1
Krallmann,M-David,Ad/Cuxhaven op (06)/1993 (36)}) (14... Qd5+ 15. f3 Rfa8 16.
e4 Qd8 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. a5 Ne8 19. Qb3 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. e5 Rd5 22. Bc3 c5
23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Qxb7 Bxe5 {Buturin,V-Chudinovskih,A/Smolensk op/1991/1/2-1/2
(60)}) (14... Nd7 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qb3 Qa8 17. Kg1 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. Qa3
c6 20. Bc3 e6 21. a5 Rd8 22. Qc5 Rb5 23. Qc4 Rbd5 24. e4 R5d7 25. e5 Rd5 {
1/2-1/2 Ilivitsky,G-Szabo,L/Goteborg izt (03)/1955 (35)}) 15. Nxc6 (15. a5 b5
16. d5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxd5 18. Kg1 Rxa5 19. e4 Nf6 20. Nc6 Rxa2 21. Qb3 e6 22.
Rfe1 Qa4 {0-1 Vukovic,D-David,P/Triberg 25' (07)/1991 (28)}) (15. Kg1 Rxa4 16.
a3 Rb8 (16... Ra6 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Rfd1 e6 19. e3 Ne8 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Qf3 f6 22.
Nd3 Na5 23. Nxa5 Rxa5 {1-0 Pomar Salamanca,A-Andersson,U/Olot/1971 (45)}) 17.
Qb3 e6 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Ne5 Qd5 21. Qc3 Rb7 22. f3 Nd7 23. e4 Qd6
24. f4 f6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Nxc6 {Pomar Salamanca,A-Gheorghiu,F/Siegen olm (12)/
1970/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 15... bxc6 16. a5 (16. Kg1 Rxa4 17. a3 Rb8 (17... Nd7 18.
Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rb8 20. Rc2 e6 21. Qd7 Ra5 22. e3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxc6
Ra5 25. Rxc7 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,An-Piket,Je/Tilburg Fontys (09)/1996/}) 18.
Ba1 Nd7 (18... Ne4 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxc5 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23.
Rxb1 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Rc1 c5 26. f3 Nd6 27. Nxd6 exd6 28. Rd1 Ra6 {
Gruen,G-Waldschlaeger,J/BL 8384/1984/0-1 (95)}) 19. Qc2 (19. Qd2 Qa6 20. Ne5
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxa3 22. Qd7 e6 23. Rxc6 Qxe2 24. Qxc7 Rba8 25. Bd4 h5 {0-1
Keglevic,P-Vujakovic,B/CRO-chT Makarska Tucepi/1995 (30)}) 19... h5 20. Ne3 c5
21. dxc5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Qxa3 24. c6 Nf6 25. Rd1 Qb4 {0-1 Graf,
J-Ftacnik,L/BL 8990/1990 (38)}) 16... c5+ 17. Kg1 (17. f3 $5 Rd8 18. e3 cxd4
19. exd4 Nd5 20. Qd2 $13) 17... Rd8 {For the sacrificed pawn black has got
excellent coordination of pieces and counterplay in the center. Schwarz hat
für seinen geopferten Bauern Freude an ausgezeichneter Figurenkoordination und
Gegenspiel im Zentrum.} 18. e3 (18. Qc2 cxd4 19. Rfd1 Ne4 $15) 18... cxd4 19.
exd4 Ne4 20. Qf3 (20. Re1 Ng5 21. Rxe7 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Rf6 $17) (20. f3 Ng5 21.
Kg2 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne6 $15) 20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. h4 (22. Rc2 Rf6 23. Qe3
Nxf2 (23... Qd5 24. f3 Ng5 $17) 24. Rcxf2 Rxc4 25. Rxf6 exf6 26. Rxf6 Rc2 27.
Rf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Qxa5 $17) 22... Rf6 23. Qe2 (23. Qe3 Qd5 24. Qe2 Rxf2 25.
Rxf2 Nxg3 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Ne2+ 28. Kg2 Nxc1 $19) 23... Qa6 24. Rc2 Re6
25. Ne3 (25. Nb2 Qxa5 $17) (25. Re1 Nxg3 $19) 25... Qxa5 26. Rb1 h5 (26... c5
27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. h5 Qc7 $19) 27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. Kg2 (28. Rc8 Rf6 29. Nd1 Qd5 30.
Ne3 Qe6 31. R8xc7 Rxf2 $19) 28... c6 29. Rc8 Nxg3 $1 30. fxg3 (30. Kxg3 Rg4+
31. Kh3 (31. Kf3 Rf6+) 31... Qa4 32. Rc5 Rxh4+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ $19) 30... Rde4 31.
R8xc6 (31. Kf3 Rxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Qf5+ 33. Qf4 Qd3+ $19) 31... Rxe3 32. Rxe6 (32.
Qf2 Qd5+ 33. Kh2 Re1 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Re2+ $19) 32... Qd5+
(32... Rxe2+ $6 33. Rexe2 $15) 33. Kh2 (33. Kf2 Rxe6 34. Qd2 Qh1 $19) 33...
Qxe6 34. Qb5 (34. Qf2 g5 35. hxg5 h4 36. Qf4 hxg3+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Kh3 Qh1+
39. Kg4 Re4 $19) 34... Qg4 35. Rg2 e5 36. a4 Re1 37. Rf2 (37. a5 Qd1 38. Ra2 (
38. Kh3 Rh1+ 39. Rh2 Qg4+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh3 Rg1 $19) 38... Rh1+ 39. Kg2 e4
$19) 37... Qe4 38. Rg2 Ra1 39. Qb6 (39. a5 Qe1 40. Kh3 Rxa5 $19) 39... Rxa4 40.
Rf2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 a5 8. Nxc4
Nc6 9. Bg5 (9. Nce5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 c6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Nc4 e5 13. d5 c5 14. a4 Nb6
15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Qc2 Qd6 17. e4 b6 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Bc3 Rae8 20. Rae1 f5 21. f3
f4 22. g4 Bf6 {Vadasz,L-Barczay,L/HUN-ch/1968/1-0 (58)}) (9. e3 Be6 10. Qe2 Qc8
11. Bd2 Bh3 12. Rfc1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rd8 14. Nfe5 Qe6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 16. Qf3
Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 b6 18. g4 Nd7 19. Bc3 a4 20. Rc2 Rdb8 21. a3 Rb7 22. Rd1 {
1-0 Barczay,L-Honfi,K/HUN-ch/1968 (41)}) 9... Be6 10. Rc1 Bd5 (10... Ne4 $5 11.
Be3 (11. e3 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Nfe5 Bd5) 11... f5 $13) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e3 a4
13. a3 Na5 14. Nfd2 (14. Ncd2 Nb3 15. Nxb3 Bxb3 16. Qd2 c6 $10) 14... Bxg2 (
14... Nxc4 15. Nxc4 c6 16. e4 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 b5 18. Rxc6 Qxd4 $10) 15. Kxg2 Nxc4
16. Nxc4 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 (17. Kg1 Rfd8) 17... Rfd8 18. Nd2 c6 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 $1 (
19... cxd5 20. Rc7 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 $14) 20. Ne4 Rb5 (20... Bg7 21.
Rc4 e5 22. Nc3 Rd6 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Nxa4 b5 26. Nc3 Rd2 $10) 21.
Rc2 (21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Rc2 f5 $10) 21... Bg7 22. f4 (22. Rfc1 e5 $1 23. Nd6
Rb3 $10) 22... f5 23. Nc5 (23. Nc3 Rb3 24. Rfc1 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxb2+
$10) 23... Kf7 24. Rff2 b6 25. Nd3 c5 26. dxc5 (26. Ne5+ Ke6 $15) 26... bxc5
27. Kf3 (27. Nxc5 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxc5 $10) (27. Rxc5 Rb3 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. Rxe5
Rab8 $10) 27... Rab8 28. h3 (28. Nxc5 Bxb2 29. Nxa4 Bxa3 30. Nc3 $10) 28... Rb3
29. Rfd2 (29. Nxc5 Rxb2 30. Nxa4 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rb3 32. Ra2 $140 Bd4) 29... h5 (
29... Rd8 30. Nxc5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxb2 32. Rd3 $14) 30. Rxc5 Bxb2 31. Nxb2 Rxb2
32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Ra5 Kf6 $2 (33... h4 $1 34. Rxa4 (34. gxh4 Rh2 35. Kg3 Re2)
34... Rh2 35. gxh4 Rxh3+ 36. Ke2 Rxh4 37. Ra8 Rh2+ 38. Kd3 $14) 34. h4 $1 Ra2
35. Rxa4 Kf7 (35... Rb2 36. Rb4 Ra2 37. Rb6+ e6 38. Rb3 $16) 36. Ra5 Kf6 37. e4
$1 {White has to run with the king to queenside without loosing all of his
pawnside structure. He opens the position and weakens the opponent structure.
Weiss muss mit seinem König am Damenflügel durchbrechen, ohne den ganzen
Königsflügel aufzugeben. Er öffnet die Stellung und schwächt die gegnerische
Bauernstruktur.} fxe4+ (37... e6 38. Ra7 $16) 38. Kxe4 Rg2 39. Kf3 Rb2 40. Re5
Ra2 (40... Rb3+ 41. Re3 Rb2 42. Ke4 $16) 41. Ra5 Rb2 42. Re5 Ra2 43. Re3 Kf5
44. Rb3 e5 (44... Ra1 45. Ke3 Kg4 46. Kd4 Rg1 47. Ke5 Rxg3 (47... Rg2 48. Ke6
Re2+ 49. Kf7 $18) 48. Rxg3+ Kxg3 49. a4 Kxh4 50. a5 Kg3 51. a6 $18) 45. fxe5
Kxe5 46. Ke3 Kf5 47. Kd4 Kg4 48. Kc4 g5 (48... Rg2 49. a4 $18) 49. hxg5 Kxg5
50. Kb5 Re2 (50... Kg4 51. a4 Rg2 52. a5 $18) 51. a4 Re5+ 52. Kb6 Kg4 53. a5
Re6+ 54. Kb7 Re7+ 55. Kc6 Re6+ 56. Kd5 Rg6 (56... Ra6 57. Ra3 Kf5 58. Kc5 $18)
57. Ra3 (57. Kc5 Rg5+ 58. Kb4 Rg6 59. Ra3 $18) 57... Rg5+ 58. Ke4 Rg8 59. a6
Re8+ 60. Kd5 Rd8+ 61. Ke4 (61. Ke4 Re8+ 62. Kd4 Rd8+ 63. Ke5 Re8+ 64. Kf6 Rf8+
65. Kg7 Ra8 66. a7 Kg5 (66... Rxa7+ 67. Rxa7 Kxg3 68. Kg6 h4 69. Kg5 h3 70.
Ra3+ Kg2 71. Kg4 h2 72. Ra2+ Kg1 73. Kg3 $18) 67. Ra4 Kf5 68. Kf7 Kg5 69. Ke6
Kg6 70. Ra5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rac1 Bg4 $5 {N} (12... b6 13. Nd2 e6
14. Nb3 (14. e4 Ba6 15. Ndc4 Nde7 16. e5 Qa4 17. Be4 $10 {Hoelzl,
F-Mikhalchishin,A/Budapest/1990/ ->CBM 19}) 14... Qa6 15. c4 Ndb4 16. Nb5 Qa4
17. Nc3 Qa6 18. a3 {1-0/Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Linares/1991/ ->CBM 22}) 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 (14... e6 $13) 15. Qb5 $6 (15. Rfd1 Rac8 $132) 15... Qxb5 16.
Nxb5 Nc4 17. Rc2 (17. Ba1 Rac8 {xBa1}) 17... Rac8 18. dxc5 $6 (18. Bxc6 Rxc6
19. Nxa7 Ra6 20. Nb5 Rxa2) (18. Na3 Nxa3 19. Bxa3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 $1 $19) (
18. Rfc1 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 $1 $19) (18. Kg2 $5) 18... N6e5 19.
Be2 Rxc5 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. Rb1 b6 22. Bc1 Nd6 23. Ba6 (23. Rb3 Ne4 $17) 23...
R8c7 24. Ba3 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxd6 exd6 27. Nb5 Rc2 28. a3 (28. Nxd6 Rxa2
29. Bb7 Bf8 $17) 28... Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nd2 30. Rb4 d5 $1 31. Bb7 a5 (31... Ne4 32.
Bxd5 Nxf2 33. Rc4 $132) 32. Rg4 Nc4 33. Kf1 (33. Bxd5 $2 Nxe3+ $19) 33... h5
34. Rf4 Be5 35. Rh4 Nd2+ 36. Kg2 Ne4 37. Bxd5 Nxf2 38. Kf3 (38. Rc4 Rb2 $19)
38... Nd3 39. Rc4 Rb2 40. Nd4 Ne1+ 41. Ke4 Bxg3 42. Rc6 Kg7 43. Bc4 (43. a4 f5+
$19) 43... Ng2 44. Kd3 (44. Kf3 Be5) 44... Rb1 45. Ke4 Nh4 46. Nb5 Nf5 47. Kf3
Rc1 48. Bd5 Rf1+ 49. Ke4 Re1 50. Rc3 Bf2 51. Kf3 Bxe3 (51... Rxe3+ $2 52. Kxf2
Rxc3 53. Nxc3 $14) 52. Rc7 Nh6 53. Re7 Bf2 54. Rxe1 (54. Rb7 Bc5 $19) 54...
Bxe1 55. Nd6 Bh4 56. Ke4 Be7 57. Ke5 Bxd6+ 58. Kxd6 Nf5+ 59. Kc7 b5 60. Kb6 Ne3
61. Be4 Nc4+ 62. Kxb5 Nd6+ 63. Kxa5 Nxe4 64. Kb4 Kf6 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. Rc1 a4 12. Ne3 Be4 13. bxa4 Ra6 14. Ne5 $146
(14. Qb3 $6 Qa8 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rxa4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. a3 Ne4 19. Rfd1 c5
20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. Qxc4 Rb8 22. Ba1 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Rd8 24. Ne3 Ng5 25. f3 Bxd4 26.
Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxa3 $17 {0-1 Podzielny,K-Banas,J/Trnava (12)/1984 (44)})
14... Bxg2 15. Nxg2 $1 (15. Kxg2 Nd5 (15... Qa8 16. d5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 c6 18.
dxc6 bxc6 19. Rc4 Rd8 20. Qc2 $14) 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Qb3 Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 Rb6 $11
) 15... Qd5 (15... Qa8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rc4 Rb8 18. Ba3 e6 19. Qc2 Nd7 $14) (
15... Nxe5 $6 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 c6 18. Ba3 $16) 16. a3 (16. Ne3 Qxa2 $15) (
16. Qb3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxb7 Rxa4 $11) 16... Qa2 $6 (16... Rfa8 $5 17.
f3 Rxa4 18. e4 Qb5 $11) 17. Nd3 (17. Nc4 $5 Rd8 (17... Na5 $2 18. Nxa5 Qxb2 19.
Nc4 Qa2 20. Nge3 $18) 18. Qd3 (18. Nge3 Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxb2 20. Nec4 Qxd4 21.
Nxb7 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxa4 $11) 18... Rxa4 19. Rc2 b5 20. Nce3
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qe6 22. Nf4 Qa6 (22... Qc8 23. Nfd5 Nxd5 24. Bxg7 Nxe3 25. Qxe3
Kxg7 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. Rxc7 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rxe7 Rxa3 30. Rb1 $16) 23.
Nfd5 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Nxd5 25. Qd3 $16) 17... Rd8 18. e3 (18. Qc2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4
Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxd4 21. Rxc7 Raxa4 22. Rxe7 b6 (22... Nd7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nc5
Rad4 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Rb1 $16) 23. Rb1 Rd7 $14) 18... e5 19. dxe5 (19. Ra1 Qc4
) 19... Ne4 (19... Ne8 20. f4 (20. Ngf4 g5 21. Nh5 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxb2 23. Nxg7
Kxg7 24. f4 Rxa4 $14) 20... Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Rxb7 $16) 20.
Qc2 (20. f3 Bxe5 $1 (20... Ng5 $6 21. f4 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24.
Rc2 Qb6 25. Qd7 $18) 21. Rxc6 (21. fxe4 Bxb2 22. Qc2 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxc1) 21...
Rxc6 22. Bxe5 Nc3 23. Bxc3 (23. Nb4 Rxd1 24. Nxa2 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Nxa2 $17)
23... Rxc3 24. Nb4 Rxd1 25. Nxa2 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rxa3 27. Nb4 Rxa4 $13) 20...
Nd2 $3 {Brilliant move in a difficult position. Wunderschoene Zug in eine
schwierige Lage.} (20... Ng5 21. f4 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Rc2 Qb6
25. Qd7 $18) 21. Ngf4 $1 (21. Rfd1 Rxd3 22. Ne1 (22. Qxd3 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2 $15
) (22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Rb6 24. Rc2 Qb1+ 25. Ne1 Nxe5 26. Qd8+ Bf8 27. Bxe5
Qxe1+ 28. Kg2 Rb1 29. Rxc7 Qh1+ 30. Kh3 Qf1+ 31. Kg4 Qxf2 $13) 22... Rd8 23.
Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Rxa4 $14) (21. Qxd2 Nxe5 22. Qc2 Nxd3 23. Qxc7 Rad6 24. Bxg7
Nxc1 $13) 21... Nf3+ (21... Nxf1 $2 22. Ra1 $18) (21... Rxd3 22. Nxd3 Nxf1 23.
Kxf1 Qd5 24. Kg1 $16) 22. Kg2 Nfxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 (23... Nxe5 24. Qxc7 Rad6 25.
Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Qxb7 $18) 24. Bxe5 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Nxe5 26. Rxc7 Rxa4 (26... b6 27.
Rb1 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Rb4 Nc5 30. Nd5 Nxa4 31. h4 $16) 27. Rb1 Rxa3 28. Rb5
$5 (28. Rbxb7 Raa8 $1 29. Re7 $140 Re8) 28... Nd3 (28... Re8 29. Nd5 Kg7 30.
Rbxb7 $16) 29. Nxd3 Raxd3 30. Rbxb7 Rf8 31. g4 Rdd8 (31... Rd5 $5 32. Kg3 (32.
h4 h5 33. g5 Rdd8 34. f4 Rc8 $16) 32... h5 33. h3 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rdd8 35. f4 Rc8
$16) 32. h4 Rc8 33. Kg3 (33. Re7 Rce8) 33... Rxc7 34. Rxc7 {Holding this
endgame is very difficult. Es ist sehr schwierig solche Endspiel zu halten.} h6
$6 (34... Ra8 35. Rc5 Kg7 36. h5 $16) 35. f4 Ra8 36. Rc5 $1 Ra1 37. h5 Rg1+ 38.
Kf3 Kg7 39. Ra5 (39. hxg6 Kxg6 40. Rc6+ Kg7 (40... f6 41. Rc7 h5 42. gxh5+ Kxh5
43. Ke4 $18) 41. e4) 39... gxh5 40. Rxh5 Ra1 41. Rd5 Rg1 (41... Ra4 42. e4 f6
$5 43. Rd7+ Kg8 $16) 42. Rd6 Kh7 $6 (42... f6 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. Ke4 Rxg4 45. Kf5
Rg3 46. e4 $16) 43. e4 Rf1+ 44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kh3 Rf1 46. Rf6 $1 Kg7 47. e5 $18
Rf3+ 48. Kg2 (48. Kh4 Re3 49. Ra6 Re4 50. Kg3 Re3+ 51. Kf2 Rb3 52. Ra7 Kf8 53.
Rd7 $18) 48... Ra3 49. Rd6 Rb3 50. Kf2 Ra3 51. Rd7 Ra2+ (51... Kf8 52. Rd8+ Kg7
53. f5 Ra5 54. f6+ Kg6 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Re8 $18) 52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Ke4 Ra4+ 54.
Rd4 (54. Kf5 Ra5) 54... Ra1 55. f5 Re1+ 56. Kd5 Rf1 (56... Ra1 57. Kd6 Ra6+ 58.
Ke7 Ra7+ 59. Rd7 Ra5 60. e6 fxe6 61. f6+ $18) 57. Kd6 Ra1 58. Rc4 (58. Ke7 Re1
59. e6 Re2 60. Rd7 $18) 58... Ra8 (58... Rd1+ 59. Ke7 Rd5 60. e6 $18) 59. Rc7
Ra6+ (59... Kf8 60. Kd7 Ra5 61. Rc8+ Kg7 62. f6+ Kh7 63. e6 $18) 60. Ke7 Ra4 (
60... Rb6 61. e6 $18) 61. e6 fxe6 (61... f6 62. Kd8+ Kg8 63. e7 $18) 62. f6+
Kg6 63. f7 Rf4 64. f8=Q Rxf8 65. Kxf8 e5 66. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rfc1 Be4 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Bf1 b5 $6 {N}
(14... Rfd8 15. Qd1 Bd5 16. Ncd2 Qb6 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Bc3 $14 {
Nikolic,Pr-Popovic,P/Manila izt/1990/ ->CBM 19}) 15. Ncd2 c4 (15... Bd5 16.
Qxb5 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Rab8 18. c4 $16) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bg2 f5 (17... Rad8 18. a4
$1 bxa4 19. Qc2 $16) 18. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rad8 20. Qc2 e5 (20... Qb6 21. a4
a6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ba3 $16) 21. a4 $1 Na5 (21... bxa4 22. Qxa4 $18) 22. axb5
Qxb5 23. Rcb1 Nb3 (23... Rf7 24. Qa4 Qxa4 25. Rxa4 Nb3 26. Bf1 Nd2 27. Rba1
Nxf1 28. Kxf1 $18) 24. Rxa7 e4 25. Ba3 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Bf1 Rb8 (27... Rc8
28. Bc5 Qa4 29. Bxc4+ Qxc4 30. Qxb3 $18) 28. Bb4 Na5 29. Ra1 Nc6 (29... Nb3 30.
Qxb3 cxb3 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rb1 $18) 30. Ra4 $1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ebeling, Mika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nd5 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rfc1 (12. Rac1 Bg4 $1 13. h3 (13. Qc4
Nb6 14. Qb3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. c4 Na4 17. Ba1 Nc5 18. Qc3 Qa6 19. h3 Bf3 20.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Ng5 22. f3 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Qa4 24. h4 Nge6 25. Rd2 Nxd4 26.
exd4 $10 {Spassov,L-Stohl,I/Munich op9192/1992/}) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15.
Qb5 (15. Bg2 Rfd8 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rac8 18. Rc2 a6 19. Na3 Na4 20. Ba1 b5
21. d5 Na5 22. c4 b4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nb1 e6 25. e4 exd5 26. exd5 $15 {
Iskusnyh,S-Svidler,P/URS-chJ Jurmala/1992/}) 15... Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Nc4 17. Rc2
Rac8 18. dxc5 $6 N6e5 $1 $17 19. Be2 Rxc5 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. Rb1 b6 22. Bc1 Nd6
$1 23. Ba6 R8c7 24. Ba3 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxd6 $17 {Shabalov,A-Krasenkov,
M/Gausdal/1991/}) 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 (14... Nb6 15. Rab1 Rac8
16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Na4 19. Ba1 a6 20. Na3 b5 21. Nc2 Na5 22.
Ne1 Nc4 23. Bb7 Nd2 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb3 Nxb3 26. axb3 $10 {Petrosian,A-Belov,
I/Moscow 25'/1992/}) 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Nd6 Nxd4 (16... Qxe2 17. Bxe2 b6 18. e4 (
18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Ne4 Rfb8 20. Rab1 Rb6 21. Nxc5 Rab8 22. Nb3 (22. Nd7 Rxb2 23.
Nxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 25. c4 Nc3 26. Rc2 $13) 22... Na5 23. Bd1 Nc4) 18...
Nf6 19. Rd1 $14) 17. cxd4 Qxd6 18. Rxc5 Rfc8 (18... b6 19. Rc4 Rfc8 20. Rac1
Rxc4 21. Qxc4 $16) 19. Rac1 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 b6 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Kg2 Ne7 (22... e5
$2 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 $18) 23. Qa6 e5 (23... Rd7 $2 24. Ba3
Qb8 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rc8+ $18) 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Rd1 Qxd1 (25... Qc7 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Bxe5 $18) 26. Bxd1 Bxb2 27. Bb3 Nc8 28. Qb7 Rf8 29. Qd7 Bf6 30. e4 Be7
31. e5 $18 Rd8 32. Qb7 Rf8 33. f4 h5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7 36. f5 gxf5 37.
gxf5 Bg5 38. Kg3 Be7 39. f6+ Bxf6 (39... Kg6 40. Qe4+ $18) 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41.
Qc7 Kg6 42. Kf4 b5 43. Qc6+ Kg7 44. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. e4 {N} Nb6 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. Rb1 Rc8
15. Ba1 Ba4 $1 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. h4 Rc7 18. Kh2 e6 19. Nb5 (19. h5 Rfc8) 19...
Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Na4 21. Rb3 Rfc8 22. Rf2 b6 (22... cxd4 23. cxd4 Rc2 24. Qxc2
Rxc2 25. Rxc2 $13) 23. Qe3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rc1 $17 25. Bb2 Rd1 26. Ba3 (26. Rd3
Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Bxe5) 26... Rxd4 27. Bd6 Rxd6 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Rd3 Qc7 30. Rd1
Nc5 31. Rdf1 Rf8 32. h5 Qe5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qf4 Qh5+ 35. Qh4 Qxh4+ 36. gxh4
Be5+ 37. Kh3 Kg7 38. h5 f5 $1 39. exf5 (39. hxg6 $2 Rh8#) 39... gxf5 40. Re2
Kf6 41. Bf3 Nd3 42. Rd2 Nf4+ 43. Kg3 Nxh5+ 44. Kf2 Bg3+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Kd1
Ng6 47. Rd7 a5 48. Rb7 Rd8+ 49. Kc2 Rd6 50. Bh5 Ne7 51. Be8 Nd5 52. Kb3 Ne3 53.
Rc1 Bf2 54. Ka4 f4 55. Rf7+ Ke5 56. Bc6 Nf5 57. Ba8 Rd2 58. a3 Rd4+ 59. Kb3 a4+
60. Kc3 Nd6 61. Rf8 Nb5+ 62. Kb2 Rd3 63. Rh1 Rb3+ 64. Kc1 Be3+ 65. Kd1 Nd4 {
Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nd2 cxd4 (12... Rad8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14.
Nxc5 b6 15. Nb3 e5 16. d5 Nb8 17. e4 Bc8 18. Nb5 Ba6 19. c4 Qd7 20. a4 {
1-0 Cosma,I-Lupulescu,C/Baile Tusnad 2001/ (31)}) 13. cxd4 (13. exd4 Bg4 14.
Qe3 Qh5 15. f3 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. c4 b6 20. Nc2
Na5 21. Qe2 Rc8 22. Ne3 Qd7 23. Bc3 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Qb5 {0-1
Scarella,E-Escandell,J/Villa Martelli 2001/ (48)}) 13... Rac8 {Black is
struggling to equalize the position, white pawns and pieces are controlling
the center.} (13... Qb4 14. Nb3 Rfd8 15. e4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18.
Nc2 Qb6 19. Ne3 Nb4 20. Nc5 Bb5 21. Qe1 Na6 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. f4
Rdd8 25. Ba3 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-De Boer,G/Groningen 1990/ (37)}) 14. Nb3 Qb6 15.
Rfc1 Na5 (15... Be4 16. Bh3 $14) 16. Qb5 $5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Nc4 (17... Nxb3 18.
axb3 a6 19. Nc3 Rc7 20. Na4 Rfc8 21. Nc5 $16) 18. Nxa7 $1 {[%mdl 1024]
Nogueiras correctly sacrifices two pieces for the exchange and two pawns, with
good pieces his position will be very promising.} Nxb2 19. Nxc8 Bxc8 (19...
Rxc8 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bg2 $16) 20. Rc7 b6 (20... e6 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Nc5 Be8
23. Rxb7 $18) 21. Rxe7 Be6 22. Rb7 (22. Rc1 Nd3 23. Rc6 Rb8 24. Ra7 Nb4 $14)
22... Na4 (22... Nc4 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. e4 $18) 23. Bc6
Bd5 (23... Bc8 24. Ra7 Nc3 25. a4 $16) 24. Rc1 Bxc6 (24... Rc8 25. Bxd5 (25.
Bxa4 $2 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Bxb7 $17) 25... Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Nxd5 27. e4 Ndc3 28. e5
Bf8 29. Kg2 Ba3 30. Nb3 Nxa2 31. d5 $16) 25. Rxc6 Nd5 26. Nd2 $1 Ra8 27. Ne4 {
The knight is joining the attack and its aim is to make mischief on the
kingside.} f5 (27... Nb2 28. Rd6 f5 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. Ne6 $18) 28. Ng5 Nac3 29.
Ne6 Bf8 (29... Bf6 30. Rd7 b5 31. a3 g5 32. Rc5 $18) 30. Ng5 Bg7 (30... Ne4 31.
Nxh7 Be7 32. Rd7 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Rc8 Kxh7 35. Rxd8 $18) 31. Rd6 $1 Bf6 (
31... Bf8 32. Rdd7 Nf6 33. Rf7 Ncd5 34. a4 h5 35. Ne6 $16) 32. Ne6 Be7 33. Rdd7
Rxa2 (33... Kf7 34. Nf4 Ra5 35. f3 Ke8 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 37. e4 $18) 34. Rxe7 Nxe7
35. Rxe7 Ne4 (35... Nd1 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rb7 Kg8 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Ng5+ Ke7 40.
Rb7+ Kd8 41. Nh3 $18) 36. d5 Rd2 (36... Nxf2 37. d6 Ng4 38. d7 $18) 37. f3 (37.
Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rd7 h6 39. Nf8 $18) 37... Nc3 $2 {Zugic is missing his golden
chance to show real resistance with the sophisticated defense 37...Rd1+!} (
37... Nf6 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rf7 Ng8 40. Ng5 $18) (37... Rd1+ $1 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39.
Kh3 Nf2+ 40. Kh4 Rxd5 41. Rg7+ (41. Kg5 $4 f4+ 42. Kxf4 Rf5#) 41... Kh8 42. Rb7
Kg8 43. Rxb6 $16) 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rc7 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Dumpor, Atif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Nc6 9. dxc5 Ne4 10. Be3 Qxd1 (10... Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14.
Qa3 a5 15. Nb6 {1-0 Horvath,A-Szakall,T/Budapest 1997/ (15)}) 11. Rfxd1 Be6 12.
Nce5 $1 {[%mdl 8] Simple and logical novelty, white pieces are excellently
developed and after some piece exchanges his spare pawn can play a distinct
role.} (12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Rd3 Nb4 14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nfe5 Nxa2 16. Ra1 Nd2 17.
Bxd2 Bxe5 18. Ba5 b6 19. Nxe5 bxa5 20. Nc6 Rd2 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Nc6 {1-0
Sandner,G-Graf,R/Germany 1995/ (88)}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxc5 (13... Nxg3 14.
hxg3 Bxe5 15. Bxb7 Rad8 (15... Rab8 16. c6 $18) 16. Bh6 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rb8 18.
b3 $18) (13... Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Bxe5 15. Bxb7 Rad8 16. c6 $18) (13... Bxe5 14.
Bxe4 Rab8 15. Bf4 $16) 14. Bxc5 Bxe5 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 (15... Bxb2 16. Rab1 Rfe8
17. Bc5 Rad8 18. Bxb7 $16) 16. Ba3 Rac8 (16... Rad8 17. Kf1 Bc4 18. Bf3 $16)
17. Bxb7 Rc2 (17... Rb8 18. Bf3 Bxb2 19. Bxb2 Rxb2 20. a4 $16) 18. Be4 Rxe2 19.
Bd3 $1 {The rook is trapped and black will not even have a pawn to compensate
for his lost exchange.} Rxb2 (19... Bxb2 20. Bxe2 Bxa3 21. Ba6 $18) 20. Bxb2
Bxb2 21. Rab1 Ba3 22. Bb5 Rb8 23. Ba4 Rf8 (23... Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxa2 $2 25. Ra1
$18) 24. Rb7 Bc5 (24... Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bd5 26. Rd7 Bb2 27. Rb1 $18) 25. Bb3 Bh3 (
25... h6 26. Kg2 $18) 26. Re1 a5 27. Re5 Bb4 28. Re4 Bd6 (28... Kg7 29. g4 g5
30. Be6 $18) 29. Rd4 Bc5 30. Rf4 Bf5 31. Rxf7 $1 {Transfering the game into
technical endgame with no chances for the defender.} (31. g4 Bd6 32. Rd4 Be5
33. Rc4 Bd3 34. Rc5 $18) 31... Rxf7 32. Bxf7+ Kg7 (32... Kxf7 33. g4 Bd6 34.
Rf3 Ke6 35. gxf5+ gxf5 36. Rh3 $18) 33. Bb3 h5 34. Rc4 Bb4 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. f4
g5 37. Rc6+ Ke7 38. fxg5 Bd7 39. Rc2 Bf5 40. Re2+ Kd6 41. g6 $1 Bc3 42. Kf2 a4
43. Bxa4 Bxg6 44. Be8 1-0

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. a4 Bd5 11. Bb2 Qb8 12. Nfe5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Rd8 15. Qe1 $5 $146 (15. Qc1 Nd5 16. e4 Nb4 17. Qg5 e6 18. Rad1 b6 19. Ba3 Nc6
20. f4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qe8 22. Ne3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 De Fotis,G-Kaufmann,L/Chicago
1973/}) 15... Nd7 (15... Nd5 16. Nxa5 $14) 16. e6 $1 Bxb2 (16... fxe6 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Qc3+ Nf6 19. Nxa5 $14) 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Nxb2 b6 (18... Nf6 19. Nd3
$14) 19. Nd3 Qb7+ 20. f3 Qd5 21. Qc3 {White enjoys better pawn structure and
prospects of a mild attack against the king. Weiss erfreut sich der besseren
Bauernstruktur und hat Chancen auf einen milden Angriff gegen dem König.} c5 (
21... Nc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Rad1 $16) 22. Rad1 Qd4 23. Qc2 (23. Qc4+ Qxc4 24.
bxc4 Nf6 $14) 23... Nf8 24. Nf4 Qe5 25. Qc4+ e6 (25... Kg7 26. h4 $14) 26. h4
$1 Qc7 (26... Rd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Rc1 $14) 27. h5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1
Rd8 29. hxg6+ hxg6 30. Rd3 $1 (30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Nd3 $14) 30... Rxd3 31. Qxd3
g5 (31... Qd7 $2 32. Nxg6 $1 Qxd3 33. Ne5+ $18) (31... Qe5 32. Qd8 Qe3 33. Qxb6
g5 34. Nd3 Qxe2+ 35. Nf2 $16) 32. Nh3 Qe5 33. Nf2 Qd5 34. Qc3 (34. Qxd5 exd5
35. e4 dxe4 36. Nxe4 Kg6 $13) 34... Qd4 35. Qc1 Qe5 36. Ne4 Nh7 (36... g4 37.
Qe3 gxf3+ 38. exf3 $14) 37. g4 Ke7 $2 {Black slips in attempt to control the
penetration squares. Schwarz macht einen Fehler bei dem Versuch,
Einbruchfelder zu decken.} (37... Kg6 38. Qc2 Kg7 39. Qd2 Qd5 40. Qc3+ $14) 38.
Qh1 $1 Qg7 (38... Nf6 39. Qh8 Kf7 40. Qxf6+ Qxf6 41. Nxf6 Kxf6 42. Kf2 $16) 39.
Qh2 e5 40. Ng3 Qg6 41. Nf5+ Ke6 42. Qh1 e4 (42... Nf6 43. Qd1 Ne8 44. Qd8 $18)
43. Qh2 $1 exf3+ 44. exf3 Kd7 (44... Kf7 45. Qc7+ $18) 45. Kf2 Nf8 46. Qe5 Qh7
(46... Qe6 47. Qg7+ Ke8 48. Qxg5 $18) 47. Ke3 (47. Qd6+ Ke8 48. Qxb6 $2 Qh2+)
47... Ng6 48. Qd6+ (48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "De Boer, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nd2 $5 {N} (12. Rfc1 Be4 13. Nc4 Qa6)
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb4 (13... Rfd8 $22 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Nxd4 $1 $13) 14. Nb3
Rfd8 15. e4 $1 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc2 Qb6 19. Ne3 $1 Nb4 20. Nc5
Bb5 21. Qe1 Na6 (21... Nd3 22. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 $16) 22. e5 $1 Nd5 23.
Nxd5 Rxd5 24. f4 Rdd8 25. Ba3 $16 Nxc5 (25... e6) 26. Bxc5 Qc7 27. Qb4 Bc6 28.
d5 Ba4 29. Rdc1 $18 b6 30. Bxe7 Qxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Bf1 Re8 33. Qxa4 Rxe7
34. d6 Rb7 35. Qe8+ Bf8 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Ba6 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. e3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Ba3 Be4 $6 {This tactical mistake
will have far reaching consequences and will hardly find followers.} 13. Nxa5
$1 Nc2 (13... Rxa5 14. Bxb4 $16) 14. Nxb7 Qd5 (14... Qe8 15. Nc5 Nxa1 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. Qxa1 $16) 15. Nc5 (15. Bxe7 Qxb7 16. Rc1 Nb4 (16... Qxb3 $2 17. Bxf8
Kxf8 18. Nd2 $18) 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Ne1 $16) 15... Nxa1 16. Nxe4 Qxb3 (16...
Nxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qxa1 $16) 17. Bxe7 (17. Qxa1 $2 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Rxa4 $15)
17... Nxe4 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 (18... Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxa4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne5 $18)
19. Ne5 Rxa4 (19... f5 20. Qxa1 Rxa4 21. Qb1 $16) 20. Bxe4 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 {
[%mdl 4096] Black has lost a pawn and his knight on a1 sits on a miserable
square.} Kg7 (21... c5 $2 22. Bd5 $18) 22. Rc1 c5 (22... Bd6 23. Nc6 $16) 23.
Bd5 f6 (23... cxd4 24. Rc7 Bd6 25. Rxf7+ Kh8 (25... Kh6 26. Ng4+ Kg5 27. h4+
$18) 26. Ng4 $18) 24. Nc6 (24. dxc5 $5 fxe5 25. c6 Bd6 26. c7 Bxc7 27. Rxc7+
Kh8 28. Re7 $18) 24... cxd4 25. Nxd4 (25. Nd8 Kh6 26. exd4 Rxd4 (26... Bb4 27.
h4 $18) 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Ba2 $18) 25... Bd6 (25... Kh6 26. Ne6 Be7 27. Rc7 $18)
26. Ne6+ Kh6 27. Nd8 $1 {Seirawan has much more than just an extra pawn,
black's king is a target of a ferocious attack.} Be7 (27... Kg7 28. Rc6 Be5 29.
f4 Bb8 30. Rb6 $18) 28. Nf7+ Kg7 29. Rc7 Kf8 (29... Bb4 30. Ne5+ Kf8 31. Rf7+
Ke8 32. Bc6+ $18) 30. Nh6 Ra5 31. e4 f5 32. Ng8 $1 Bg5 (32... Bd6 33. Rd7 Bb4
34. Nf6 Be7 35. Nxh7+ Ke8 36. Bc6 $18) 33. h4 fxe4 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Bc4 Nc2 (
35... Bd2 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Nf6 $18) 36. hxg5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Nd4 38. Rc7+ Kh8 (
38... Kf8 39. f4 $1 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 $18) 39. Nh6 Nf3+ 40. Kh3 Nxg5+ 41. Kg4 Ra5
42. Rd7 (42. Rd7 Re5 43. Bd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nd5 12. Rfc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rfd8 15.
Nc4 Qa4 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Ne4 b6 18. c4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Nxd4 20. Kg2 Nc2 21. Rxc2
Qxc2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ng5 h6 24. Qe5+ Kg8 $16 {#} 25. Ne6 $2 (25. Nxf7 $142 $1
$16 Kxf7 26. Bg4 Qxc4 (26... Rc6 27. Re1 Kg8 (27... Rf8 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Rxe7+
Kh8 30. Re2 Qa4 31. Bd7 $18) 28. Be6+ Rxe6 (28... Kh7 29. Bd5 $1 $18) 29. Qxe6+
Kh8 30. Qxe7 Qd3 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Re7 $18) (26... Rf8 $5 27. Re1 (27. Bxc8 Rxc8
) 27... Rcd8 (27... Kg8 $142 $1 28. Re2 Qd3 29. Be6+ Kh7 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 (30...
Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Rxc8 32. Qxe7+ Kh8 33. Rd2 $16) 31. Qxe7+ Kg8 (31... Kh8 32. Qf6+
Kg8 33. Re7 $18) 32. Qe6+ $16) 28. Re2 Qa4 29. Be6+ (29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Qxe7+ Kh8
$10) 29... Ke8 30. Bd5 Qd7 31. Qg7 Rb8 (31... Rc8 32. Be6 Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Rb8 (
33... Qd6 34. Re3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 $18) 34. Qxg6+ Kd8 35. Qg7 Ke8 36. Qxh6 $1 $18)
(31... Qd6 32. Re6 $18) 32. Re3 $1 Rc8 (32... g5 33. Be4 Qd6 34. Bg6+ Kd7 35.
Rd3 $18) 33. Be4 $1 $18 Rxf2+ {Fritz4} 34. Kxf2 Qd2+ 35. Re2 $18) 27. Re1 Qd4 (
27... Qd5+ 28. Qxd5+ Rxd5 29. Be6+ $18) 28. Qxe7+ Kg8 29. Rd1 $1 (29. Bxc8 Qd5+
30. Kh2 Rxc8 31. Re6 $18) 29... Re8 (29... Qxd1 30. Bxd1 Rxd1 31. Qe6+ $18) 30.
Qe6+ Rxe6 31. Bxe6+ Kg7 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Bxc8 $18) 25... fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kg7
27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Bd5+ (28. Bg4 Rf8) 28... Rxd5 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Qxe7+ Kg8 31.
Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linklater Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.03.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Altounian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rac1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15.
Qb5 a6 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Bc1 Na4 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Kg2
e6 22. e4 Nc6 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Ne5 25. Be2 c4 26. Nc2 Nc5 27. Nb4 a5 28.
Nc6 Nxc6 29. dxc6 Nd3 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Bf4 Rb6 32. c7 g5 33. Bxg5 Be5 34. Rd1
f6 35. Rxd3 Rxc7 36. Be3 Rbb7 37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. cxd4 b4 39. a3 Rc4 40. d5 Kf7
41. d6 Rd7 42. Rd5 bxa3 43. Rxa5 Rc3 44. Rd1 Rc6 45. Rxa3 Rcxd6 46. Rc1 Rd3 47.
Ra8 Rd8 48. Rc7+ R3d7 49. Rxd8 Rxc7 50. Rd5 {[#] 3-2 Bauern am Königsflügel
sollten trotz der schwarzen Bauern- und Felderschwächen ein Remis ergeben. Was
dennoch alles passieren kann, ersehen Sie aus dem Endspiel Saizew,A - Hübner,R,
Büsum 1969.} Kg6 51. g4 Rf7 52. Kg3 Rb7 53. h4 Ra7 54. Rd6 Kg7 55. g5 fxg5 56.
hxg5 Ra4 57. f4 Ra3+ 58. Kg4 Ra4 59. Kf5 Ra5+ 60. Ke4 Ra4+ 61. Rd4 Ra1 62. f5 {
[#] Vergleichen Sie bitte diese Schlussstellung mit dem Endspiel
Bobozow-Juhtman, Kiew 1964 im Magazin-.Beitrag} 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2000.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. Nce5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bc6
15. d5 Bd7 16. Qxb7 Rfd8 17. Bf4 Qb5 18. Rab1 Qxe2 19. h3 Nf6 20. Ne5 Qxa2 21.
Rfe1 Bf8 22. Bg5 Be8 23. d6 exd6 24. Bxf6 dxe5 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxe5 Ba4 27.
Rbe1 Rd7 28. Qa6 Bb3 29. Qxa2 Bxa2 30. Re8 Kg7 31. Ra1 Be6 32. Bc6 Rc7 33. Bg2
c4 34. Rd8 Be7 35. Rb8 Bf6 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. Bxb7 Bxc3 38. Rxa7 Bd4 39. Ra4 Kf6
40. Kg2 c3 41. Be4 Ke5 42. Bc2 h5 43. h4 Kd5 44. Kf1 Kc5 45. Ke1 Bd5 46. Ra5+
Kd6 47. Ra6+ Kc5 48. Ra7 Be6 49. Rb7 Kc6 50. Rb8 Kd6 51. Rd8+ Kc5 52. Rb8 Kd6
53. Ra8 Kc5 54. Ra5+ Kb6 55. Ra4 Kc5 56. f3 Bd5 57. Ke2 Bc6 58. Ra7 Bd5 59. g4
Bf6 60. Ra5+ Kd6 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Ra7+ Ke6 63. g5 Be5 64. Ra6+ Ke7 65. Ke3 Bg3
66. Ra4 Kd6 67. Bd1 Bc6 68. Rc4 Bd5 69. Rxc3 Bxh4 70. f4 f6 71. Rd3 Kc5 72.
gxf6 Bxf6 73. Bf3 Bc4 74. Rd1 g5 75. f5 g4 76. Be2 Bxe2 77. Kxe2 {[#]} h4 78.
Ke3 Bg5+ 79. Kf2 Bf6 80. Ke3 Bg5+ 81. Ke4 h3 82. Rd3 Kc6 $1 (82... h2 83. Rd1
Kc6 84. Rh1 g3 85. Kf3 Bf4 86. Kg2 Kd5 87. Re1 Be5 88. Rf1 Bd6 (88... Bg7 89.
f6 Bf8 90. Re1 $18 {[%cal Rf6f7,Re1e8]}) 89. Ra1 (89. f6 Ke6 90. f7 Bf8 $11 91.
Kxg3 h1=Q) 89... Ke5 90. Ra6 Bf8 (90... Be7 91. Re6+ $18) 91. f6 Kf5 92. f7 $18
{[%cal Ra6a8]}) 83. Rd1 Kc5 84. Rd3 Kc6 85. Rd1 Kc5 86. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Tyumen Gazovik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Nc4 Nd5 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Rfd1 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qb6 15.
Ba3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfc8 17. Ng5 Nd8 18. Qa4 Nc6 19. Rac1 a5 20. Bc5 Qd8 21. Qb3
e6 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qc7 24. Rb1 Rab8 25. Qb5 Qd7 26. Bb6 Ra8 27. Kg2 Bf8
28. Rd3 Qe8 29. a3 Bd6 30. Rc3 Qe7 31. Qa4 Kg7 32. Rcb3 Qf8 33. R1b2 Ra6 34.
Bd3 Raa8 35. Rc2 Qe7 36. Rcc3 Bb4 37. Rc4 Bd6 38. Be4 Ra6 39. Bc5 Bxc5 40. Rxc5
Rc7 41. Rbb5 Qd6 42. Qc4 Ra7 43. Qc3 Kg8 44. h4 h5 45. a4 Ra6 46. Kh2 Qd7 47.
Bf3 Rc8 48. Bg2 Rc7 49. Rc4 Qd6 50. Bf3 Qd8 51. Qa3 Ne5 52. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 53. Kg2
Nxh4+ 54. gxh4 Qxc7 55. Qb3 Qc6+ 56. d5 exd5 57. Qxd5 Qc8 58. Qe4 Rc6 59. Re5
Rc4 60. Re8+ Kh7 61. Rxc8 Rxe4 62. Rc7 Kg7 63. Rxb7 Rxa4 64. Kg3 Rg4+ 65. Kh3
Rb4 66. Ra7 {[#] Randfreibauer mit Turm vor (Partie) oder neben (Variante) dem
Freibauer sowie 3-3 Bauern am anderen Flügel mit weißer Bauernschwäche h4.} Ra4
({Die Idee mit der Seitendeckung ist nicht umwerfend.} 66... a4 67. f3 Kf6 68.
Kg3 Ke6 {[%cal Ge6b3]} 69. e4 f5 70. Kf4 fxe4 71. fxe4 Kd6 72. Ra6+ Kc5 73.
Rxg6 Kc4 74. Ra6 Kb3 75. Kg5 $11) 67. Ra6 Ra1 68. Kg2 a4 69. Kh2 a3 70. Kg2 Kf8
71. Ra7 Ke8 72. Kf3 $6 ({Warum eigentlich nicht} 72. Kh2 Kd8 (72... f6 73. Kg2
g5 74. hxg5 fxg5 {bewirkt gar nichts}) 73. Rxf7 Rf1 74. Ra7 Rxf2+ 75. Kg3 Ra2
76. e4 Kc8 77. e5 Kb8 78. Ra4 Kc7 79. e6 Kd6 80. Ra6+ Ke7 81. Kh3 Ra1 82. Kg2
$11) 72... Rg1 73. Rxa3 Rg4 74. Ra7 Kf8 75. Rb7 Rxh4 {[#] Wegen des freien
h-Bauern bietet dieses Endspiel "2-3 auf einem Flügel" einige praktische
Chancen.} 76. Kg3 Rg4+ 77. Kh3 Kg7 78. Ra7 (78. f3 Ra4 79. e4 {sieht besser
aus, weil damit der Vorwärtsdrang der schwarzen Bauern eher gehemmt wird.})
78... Re4 79. Kg3 g5 80. Ra5 Kg6 81. Ra8 Rb4 82. Rg8+ Kf5 83. Rf8 f6 84. Rf7
h4+ 85. Kh3 Rb2 86. Kg2 g4 {[%cal Rg4g3] der schwarze Raumgewinn hat
beängstigende Formen angenommen.} 87. Rh7 h3+ 88. Kg3 Rb1 89. f3 (89. Rh5+ Kg6
90. Rh4 f5 91. f3 Rg1+ 92. Kf2 Rg2+ 93. Kf1 Kg5 94. Rh8 Ra2 95. Kg1 Re2 $19)
89... Rg1+ 90. Kh2 (90. Kf2 Rg2+ 91. Kf1 Kg6 92. Rh8 f5 $19) 90... Rg2+ 91. Kh1
gxf3 92. Rxh3 Kg4 (92... Ke4 93. Rh4+ Kxe3 94. Re4+ Kf2 95. Re2+ ({aber} 95.
Ra4 Rg8 96. Ra2+ Kg3 97. Kg1 {mit der schlauen Pattverteidigung Tg2+}) 95...
Kg3 $19) 93. Rh6 (93. Rh8 Kg3 94. Rg8+ Kf2 95. Ra8 Rg7 96. Ra2+ Kg3 97. Kg1 Rb7
{und die Pattidee Tg2+ fällt wegen des noch vorhandenen e-Bauern ins Wasser})
93... Kg3 94. e4 Kf2 95. Rxf6 Rg7 96. Rh6 Ke2 97. Ra6 Rh7+ 98. Kg1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simonenko, Sergei"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Ne8 8.
Nxc4 Nd6 9. Nce5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bf4 c6 12. Be5 Qb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qc1
Be6 15. Qg5 Rae8 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. b4 Bd5 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. a3 Kg8 20. Qf4 a5 21.
bxa5 Qxa5 22. h4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qf5 24. Qc1 e5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Kg2 Nb5 27. e3
h5 28. a4 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nd6 30. Ra3 Re6 31. Rd3 Kg7 32. Rd4 Rf6 33. a5 Nf5 34.
Rb4 Nd6 35. Qa4 Nf5 36. Rxb7 Qc3 37. Qf4 Qxa5 38. Rb8 Ne7 39. Qe4 Qc7 40. Re8
Nf5 41. Qa4 Nd6 42. Ra8 c5 43. Qa1 c4 44. Ra6 Qe7 45. Bd5 Ne8 46. Ra7 Nc7 47.
Qa5 Rf5 48. Qa1+ Rf6 49. Qd4 Qd6 50. Bxc4 Qc6+ 51. e4 Ne6 52. Bxe6 Qxe6 53. e5
Qc6+ 54. Kg1 Re6 55. Kh2 Qb6 56. Qxb6 Rxb6 57. Kg2 {[#] Epishin misslingt die
Verteidigung, indem er zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt die Umgehung seiner
Stellung via g7 durch den weißen König zuläßt.} Kf8 58. Kf3 Rb4 (58... f6 $2
59. Ke4 fxe5 60. Kxe5 Kg8 61. Rd7 Rb2 62. Kf6 Rxf2+ 63. Kxg6 $18) 59. Ke3 Kg8
60. f3 Kf8 61. Rd7 Ra4 62. Rd4 Ra5 (62... Ra1 63. Kf4 Rg1 64. Rd6 Kg7 65. Rf6
Rg2 $14 {Die Bindung des Königs an den g-Bauern mindert erheblich die weißen
Aktivitäten, der ohne besonderen Effekt g4 spielen kann.}) 63. Kf4 Ke7 $6 (
63... f6 $2 64. exf6 Rf5+ 65. Ke3 Kf7 66. Rd6 Rxf6 67. Rxf6+ Kxf6 68. Kf4 Ke6
69. Kg5 Kf7 70. f4 Kg7 71. f5 gxf5 72. Kxf5 $18) (63... Kg7 $142 $1 {mit
besserer Kontrolle der wichtigen Felder und der Bauern.}) 64. Rd6 Ra4+ $2 (
64... Rb5 $142 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rb5e5]}) 65. Kg5 Ra5 (65... Ra3 66. Rf6 Re3 (
66... Kf8 67. e6 $18) 67. f4 Rxg3+ 68. Kh6 Kf8 69. e6 Re3 70. Rxf7+ Kg8 71. Rf6
$18) 66. Kf4 Ra4+ 67. Ke3 Ra5 68. Kf4 Ra4+ {Zum dritten Mal die gleiche
Stellung mit Weiß am Zug - Schwarz hätte Remis reklamieren können!} 69. Kg5 Ra5
70. f4 $1 Ra3 (70... Kf8 71. Kf6 Ra8 72. Rb6 Rc8 73. Ra6 Rb8 74. e6 fxe6 75.
Kxg6 Rb3 76. Kf6 Kg8 77. Ra5 Rb6 78. Kg5 Rb3 79. Kxh5 Rxg3 80. Rg5+ $18) 71.
Kh6 Rxg3 72. Kg7 $18 g5 (72... Rg4 73. Rf6 Rxh4 74. Rxf7+ Ke6 75. Rf6+ Ke7 76.
Kxg6 Rh1 77. Kf5 h4 78. Rh6 h3 79. Rh7+ Kf8 80. Kf6 Kg8 81. Rg7+ Kh8 82. Rg3 h2
83. Kf7 $18) 73. hxg5 h4 74. Rf6 h3 75. Rxf7+ Ke8 76. Rf8+ Ke7 77. Rh8 Rf3 78.
g6 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation EST-HUN"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1957.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Annotator "Koch,B"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.10.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 23/1957 Seite 359 Turm als Nachtwächter} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7
4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 {Durch Zugumstellung ist eine bekannte Stellung der
Grünfeld-Verteidigung entstanden.} dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2
Bd5 11. Rc1 Qc8 {Alles schon dagewesen;} 12. e3 ({falls nun} 12. Nfe5 {so} Bxg2
13. Kxg2 Qe6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 15. Kg1 a4 {mit Ausgleich.}) 12... Rd8 13. a3 Qe6
14. Qc2 h6 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Red1 Nd6 17. Ne1 a4 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. b4 Na7 20.
Ne5 Nab5 21. N1d3 Qe4 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. Nc5 Ra7 $2 {Eine traurige Stellung für
eine Figur, die nach offenen Linien verlangt. Sicherlich wollte Großmeister
Keres den Turm nur vorübergehend auf a7 zu stehen haben, doch schließlich wird
ein Dauerzustand daraus, welcher der schwarzen Partei zum Verhängnis wird, als
Barczas überraschender Überfall auf f7 die schwarze Königsstellung demoliert.}
24. e4 Qh3 25. Ncd3 g5 26. f4 Qc8 27. d5 e6 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. Rf1 exd5 30. exd5
Qh3 31. Nxf7 $3 {[#] Der große Stratege Barcza erweist sich hier und im
folgenden als Kombinationskünstler von Format.} Nxf7 32. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 33. Rf1+
Kg8 34. Bxg7 {Diesen Läufer kann Schwarz wegen 35.De7+ usw. nicht gut
wiedernehmen.} Qd7 ({Näher lag zweifellos} 34... Raa8 {um diesen Turm zu neuem
Leben zu erwecken, doch wäre darauf} 35. Qe7 {möglich, denn nun scheitert} Qd7
{an} 36. Rf8+ $1 {usw.}) 35. Bf6 Qe8 36. Qg4 Rxd5 37. Ne5 $1 {Wieder ein
schöner kombinatorischer Springerzug. Er gibt der prekären Stellung des
Nachziehenden quasi den Rest.} Rxe5 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Rf7+ Kg6 41.
Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Re1 {Not the most popular move but it has been played by some of the top
GMs.} Nc6 10. Bb2 (10. e4 {looks natural; then after} Bg4 11. Bb2 (11. Nc2 Qa5
12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qa4 $132 {0-1 (24) Lindstrom,A (1932)
-Akesson,R (2451) Vaxjo 2015}) (11. d5 Ne5 12. Rb1 e6 13. c4 Qa5 14. Re3 Bh6
15. Reb3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Nxe4 $11 {1/2 (37) Banusz,
T (2612)-Ceschia,I (2229) Nova Gorica 2016}) {Black's most logical reply is}
11... Ne8 $5 {Black obtained an excellent position in the following game:} 12.
e5 ({or} 12. Nc2 Nd6 13. Rb1 {1/2 (44) Tadic,B (2513)-Djukic,N (2539) Cetinje
2013} Nc4 14. Ba1 Qa5 $132) 12... Nc7 13. h3 Bf5 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Kh2 cxd4 16.
cxd4 Nb4 17. Red1 Ncd5 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Rdc1 Qd7 20. Nc4 Rac8 {0-1 (89) Saeed,I
(2428)-Tomczak,J (2596) Warsaw 2017}) 10... Nd5 (10... Qb6 11. Nc4 Qa6 {
is probably worse although it has been seen in a number of games. Grandmasters
usually reply} 12. Ncd2 {[%cal Yd2b3]} (12. Nce5 $5 {is possible, too; here is
the latest game:} Bf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc1 Be4 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. Bh3 Bf5 (16...
Bxf3 $142 17. Bxd7 Bxe2 18. Bxc5 Rfd8 19. Bh3 e6 $14) 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. e4 $16
{1-0 (38) Petrosian,T (2609)-Darini,P (2478) Sharjah UAE 2018}) {e.g.} 12...
Rd8 13. e4 (13. e3 $5) (13. Bf1 $5) 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nd7 16. Bf1
Qa5 17. d5 $14 {1/2 (35) Wen,Y (2618)-Zhao,Y (2195) Shijiazhuang 2015}) 11. Qc2
{A quiet continuation.} (11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Rb1 Qa6 14. Qb3 Be6 15.
Qa3 Qxa3 16. Bxa3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxe7 Bxa2 20. Rxb7 Rfe8
$11 {1-0 (34) Atakisi,U (2373)-Strugnell,C (2271) Paracin 2017}) (11. Rb1 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nb6 13. e4 {- see 11.e4}) (11. e4 {is the most principled:} Nb6 12.
Rb1 (12. d5 Na5 $1 13. Rb1 Nac4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Ba1 e6 16. Bf1 exd5 17. exd5
Nd6 18. c4 Bg4 19. Qb3 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Re8 $11 {1/2 (45) Bellia,F 
(2452)-Valsecchi,A (2466) Milan 2015}) (12. h3 Na5 13. Bf1 (13. Rb1 {1/2 (45)
Efimenko,Z (2655)-Salem,A (2608) Warsaw 2016} Bd7 $11) (13. Qd3 Na4 14. Bc1 Bd7
15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Bd2 a6 17. d5 b5 $132 {0-1 (43) Socko,B (2593)-Salem,A (2638)
Riadh 2017}) 13... Be6 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. d5 Bd7 15. Rc1 e6 16. Qd2 c4 17. Rcd1
exd5 18. exd5 Qc7 $11 {0-1 (55) Picard,R (2326)-Tari,A (2510) Vienna 2015})
12... cxd4 $1 (12... Na5 13. Ba1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. d5 c4 16. Nd4 Rc5 17. Qe3
Na4 18. Rb4 $14 {1-0 (38) Eljanov,P (2717)-Tari,A (2518) Germany 2016}) (12...
Bg4 13. d5 Ne5 14. c4 e6 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 exd5 17. exd5 Re8 18. Bg2 Qd7
19. h3 Qf5 20. g4 Qf4 21. Re4 Qd2 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Be3 $14 {1-0 (42) Meier,G 
(2647)-Van Wely,L (2656) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Nc2 (14. d5 Bxb2
15. Rxb2 Ne5 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rc8 19. h4 Qd6 20. Kg2 Qe5
21. Qe2 f5 $11 {1-0 (74) Giri,A (2776)-Grandelius,N (2573) Doha 2014}) 14...
Nc4 15. Bc3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Nb6 (16... Rac8 $5 17. Qxc4 $140 $2 Nxd4 $1) 17. Red1
Rac8 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Na4 20. Ba1 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 $13 {0-1 (49)
Khismatullin,D (2617)-Lugovskoy,M (2436) Sochi 2016}) 11... cxd4 $146 {[%mdl 8]
} (11... Nb6 12. Rad1 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc8 16. Bg2 $14 {
0-1 (67) Dreev,A (2652)-Puranik,A (2509) Bastia 2017}) 12. Nxd4 {A harmless
recapture leading to a symmetrical pawn structure.} (12. cxd4 {is not
dangerous, either, due to} Bg4 $132 {[%cal Yd8a5,Ya8c8]}) 12... Nf6 $5 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. c4 (14. Bxc6 Rb8 {[%cal Yc8f5,Yf6g4,Yd8a5,Gb8b2] is quite risky for
White.}) 14... Bf5 $5 15. Qc1 (15. e4 Be6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bxc6 Rc8 $44) 15...
Qc7 $11 16. Nc2 Rab8 17. Bc3 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne8 19. h4 c5 20. Red1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3
Nf6 {White's bishop is not stronger than Black's knight because the position
is not open enough, and White's c4-pawn is fixed on a light square.} 22. Bf3 h5
23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Rb5 Ne8 26. Qe3 Rxb5 27. cxb5 Nd6 28. a4 c4 29.
Kg2 c3 30. Bc6 Qa5 31. Qc5 a6 32. e4 axb5 33. axb5 Kh7 34. e5 Nxb5 $4 $138 {
A tactical oversight.} ({After} 34... Nf5 {passed pawns of both sides are
equally strong, and the game should end in a draw, e.g.} 35. Be4 e6 36. Bd3 Kg7
{and} 37. Qc6 $2 {is bad due to} Nd4) 35. e6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Black overlooked
this blow under time pressure.} (35. Bxb5 $2 c2 36. e6 {(too late)} c1=Q 37.
Qxc1 Qxb5 38. exf7 Qd5+ $11) 35... Qa3 (35... fxe6 36. Qxe7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh7
38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Be4 $18) (35... c2 36. exf7 $18) 36. Qxb5 c2 37.
exf7 Kg7 38. Be4 $1 c1=Q 39. Qe8 {Black's pair of queens is useless.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 cxd4 {This move is rarely played.} ({
Kasparov's} 11... Qb6 {is the main continuation.}) ({Old moves} 11... Be4) ({
and} 11... Qa5 {should not be discarded either.}) 12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13.
cxd4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Yd7a4]}) 12... Qa5 (12... Rc8 13. Bb2 Nb4 $6 14.
Ne5 $1 (14. Ne1 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Qd5 $132 {1-0 (74) Granda Zuniga,J 
(2581)-Nakamura,H (2571) Wijk aan Zee 2004 CBM 099 [Ftacnik,L]}) 14... Be4 15.
Bh3 e6 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bf1 Bc2 18. Rdc1 Ba4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qd2 Nc6 21. Nac4
Rd8 22. Rc1 $14 {1/2 Makarov,M-Svidler,P/Togliatti 2003/ (22)}) (12... Be4 $5 {
M.Gagunashvili}) 13. Nc4 {Hardly a good continuation leading to an unpleasant
pin. It is amazing how quickly even top players forget strategic ideas of
systems which for some reason go out of fashion! In this case I mean the
Nf3-d2-b3 manoeuvre.} (13. Nd2 Nd5 (13... Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nb3 Bxb3 16. axb3
Rfd8 {1/2 (48) Gagunashvili,M (2584)-Teran Alvarez,I (2402) Calvia 2007} 17.
Bd2 Qb6 18. Nc4 $14 {M.Gagunashvili}) 14. Nb3 Nc3 15. Qe1 Qb4 16. Bd2 Qxa3 17.
Bxc3 Rac8 $13 {M.Gagunashvili}) (13. Bb2 $5 Rac8 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Nb3
Qd8 17. Nc4 Nb4 18. Rdc1 Bb5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Bf1 Nbd5 $13 {1-0 (45) Van Wely,L 
(2686)-Edouard,R (2621) Melilla 2011 CBM 146 [RR]}) 13... Qa6 14. Bf1 {Quite
an awkward setup. White's queen has no good square to retreat to if needed.}
Rac8 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Be1 Rfd8 17. Rdc1 Bd5 {Black has a comfortable position.}
18. a4 b6 {Probably it was a bit better to leave the pawn on b7, where it was
well-protected:} (18... Ne4 19. a5 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8d7]}) 19. a5 Qb7 20. axb6 axb6
21. Rab1 b5 22. Qd1 (22. Ncd2 $5 {[%cal Ye3e4]} b4 $1 23. e4 Ba2) 22... Ne4 (
22... b4 {was double-edged as this pawn could become weak. Black prefers a
simpler course.}) 23. Na5 {[%mdl 64] This leads to big simplifications and a
draw. Of course, White had hardly anything better.} Nxa5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 ({Or} 
24... Qxc8 25. Bxa5 Nc3 26. Bxc3 Qxc3 27. Rxb5 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Bxd4 $11) 25. Rxb5
(25. Bxa5 $143 Qa8 {[%cal Ye4g3,Ye4f2]} 26. Be1 $140 $6 (26. Rxb5 $2 Bc6) 26...
Nxf2 $1 27. Kxf2 $6 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 $2 Qa2+) 25... Nxf2 $1 26. Kxf2 Bxf3 27. Rxb7
(27. Qxf3 $2 Rc2+ 28. Be2 $2 Qxb5) 27... Bxd1 28. Bxa5 Bf6 {White's pawn
advantage in the centre is insufficient to obtain winning chances.} 29. Bc7 Kg7
30. Ra7 Bb3 31. Ba6 Re8 32. Bb5 Rc8 33. Bd7 Rh8 34. Ra5 e6 35. Bc6 Rc8 36. Ra7
Bd8 37. Be5+ Bf6 38. Rc7 Rd8 39. Rd7 Rxd7 40. Bxd7 Bxe5 41. dxe5 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,88,19,31,14,30,45,35,12,5,1,1,4,-2,59,30,19,14,59,25,21,-15,20,21,74,
73,78,78,155,157,124,118,95,90,97,89,59,109,75,22,0,-66,-72,-77,-62,-70,-77,
-82,-73,-74,-88,-101,-93,-79,-67,-72,-80,-98,-76,-67,-67,-67,-77,-77,-77,-77,
-77,-92,-124,-124,-89,-212,-58,-202,-225,-238,-238,-265,-280,-291,-287,-288,
-302,-354,-355,-401,-378,-512,-557,-558,-589]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4.
c4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Re1 Nc6 {This line was
examined in CBM 184, annotations to Mamedyarov-Grischuk.} 10. Bb2 (10. e4 cxd4
(10... Bg4 $5 11. Bb2 Ne8 {is probably more appropriate, e.g.} 12. Nc2 (12. e5
Nc7 13. h3 Bf5 $13 {0-1 (89) Saeed,I (2428)-Tomczak,J (2596) Warsaw 2017})
12... Nd6 (12... Rc8 $5) 13. Qd3 Qa5 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb5
$11 {1-0 (48) Vrolijk,L (2445)-Howell,D (2697) Muelheim 2019}) 11. cxd4 Bg4 {
was tested in another European Championship game:} 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rb1 (13. Nc2
Nb6 14. Rb1 {0-1 (66) Stefanova,A (2522)-Muzychuk,M (2526) Sochi 2015} Rc8 $11)
13... Nb6 14. d5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Ne5 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Na4 (17... Nxf3+ 18.
Qxf3 Rc8 19. h4 Qd6 20. Kg2 Qe5 21. Qe2 f5 22. exf5 Qxd5+ 23. Qe4 Rxf5 24.
Qxd5+ Nxd5 25. Rxb7 $14 {1-0 (74) Giri,A (2776)-Grandelius,N (2573) Doha 2014})
18. Rc2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rc8 20. Rec1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Qd7 22. Nc4 $14 {1-0 (53)
Artemiev,V (2736)-Esipenko,A (2603) Skopje MKD 2019}) 10... Qb6 {Alternatives
seen in recent games:} (10... Bf5 $6 11. d5 $1 Nxd5 12. e4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 Nxc3
14. Qxd8 Raxd8 {0-1 (73) Dreev,A (2670)-Negi,P (2656) chess.com INT 2019} 15.
Bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rb1 b6 17. Bf1 $14) (10... Nd7 $5 11. Qc2 (11. e4 $5) 11... Nb6
12. Rad1 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. d5 $6 (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 $132)
14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. e5 Qd7 {0-1 (50) Amin,B 
(2709)-Adhiban,B (2683) Astana KAZ 2019 - White's compensation for the
exchange was insufficient.}) (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nd6 13. Ne5 Be6
$5 14. e3 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc6 $6 (15. Bxc6 $6 Rb8 $44) 15... Rb8 $44) 14...
Nb4 15. Qd2 a5 16. Bc3 Nd5 17. Bb2 f5 18. Qe2 Nb4 19. Nc2 Bxe5 20. Nxb4 axb4
21. dxe5 Ne4 $11 {1/2 (136) Howell,D (2697)-Naiditsch,A (2736) Germany 2019})
11. Nc4 Qb5 $5 (11... Qa6 {is usually played:} 12. Nce5 (12. Ncd2 Rd8 13. e4
Bg4 14. Qb3 (14. h3 $142 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nd7 16. Bf1 Qa5 17. d5 $14 {1/2 (35)
Wen,Y (2618)-Zhao,Y (2195) Shijiazhuang 2015}) 14... e6 15. Bf1 Qb6 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Nxf3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Ne8 19. Rad1 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rac8 $11 {1/2 (31) Haria,R 
(2441)-Howell,D (2696) London 2018}) 12... cxd4 (12... Bf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Qc1 Be4 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. Bh3 $14 {1-0 (38) Petrosian,T (2609)-Darini,P (2478)
Sharjah 2018}) 13. Nxc6 (13. cxd4 $142) 13... bxc6 14. Nxd4 $6 Rb8 15. Qc1 Bd7
16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. e4 Ng4 18. Bf1 Qa5 $132 {0-1 (33) Atabayew,S (2434)-Sjugirov,
S (2663) Moscow RUS 2019}) 12. Qb3 Qa6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting new
idea by Nils Grandelius.} (12... Qxb3 13. axb3 {leads to a slightly better
position for White, due to his pawn advantage in the centre, e.g.} Be6 14. Nfd2
(14. e4 $5) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfd8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Na5 Rdc8 18. Rec1 $14 {
0-1 (64) Krylov,I (2424)-Grigorjev,I (2314) Lipetsk 2018}) 13. e4 (13. Nce5 Nd7
$5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 $132 {[%cal Ya8b8]}) 13... Be6 $1 14. d5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 {
[%mdl 512] An unexpected piece sacrifice. Black obtains compensation due to
the awkward position of White's pieces.} 16. Nfd2 $8 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b5 18. Ne3
Ne5 19. c4 {White tries to free his bishop but that allows Black to regain
material.} Nxc4 20. Ndxc4 $6 (20. Bxg7 $142 Nxd2 21. Qd1 (21. Qb2 Qb7+ 22. Kh3
Rfd8 $17) 21... Qb7+ 22. f3 Nxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Kxg7 {This endgame is
hard to evaluate but White is not better in any case.}) 20... bxc4 21. Nxc4
Rab8 22. Qa3 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Qxb2 25. Qxa7 c4 $15 {Black's passed
pawn is clearly stronger than White's.} 26. Qxe7 Rfc8 (26... c3 27. Qe5 $1 (27.
a4 $143 $2 c2)) 27. a4 c3 28. Qf6 (28. Qa3 $5 {trying to simplify the game.})
28... Qb4 29. a5 $6 (29. Re7 $132 Qc4 30. Rc1 Qd5 31. Qe5 $1) (29. Qe7 $5)
29... c2 30. Qf4 Rc4 (30... Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3a1]} 31. Kg2 (31. Rac1 Qxa5) (31.
Qc1 Rb5 32. a6 Re5 $1 $17) 31... Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a3]} 32. Qa4 Kg7 $1 33. a6
Rc4 34. Qe8 Ra3 {, and White can't save his a-pawn. Impressive centralization!}
) 31. Qe3 Qb2 32. Qc1 Qc3 33. a6 Rbc8 34. Kg2 R4c7 35. a7 Ra8 36. Qh6 $4 {
Just losing the a7 pawn and subsequently the game.} (36. Qf4 $1 {was the only
way to save the day. If} Kg7 (36... Rcxa7 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Qb8+) (36... Qc6+
37. Qf3 $1 Qxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Raxa7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Rc1 Rc7 41. Ke3 $11) {then}
37. Rec1 $1 Raxa7 38. Rxa7 Rxa7 39. Rxc2 $1 Qxc2 40. Qd4+ $11) 36... Rcxa7 37.
Rac1 Qc6+ 38. Kg1 Rd7 39. Qe3 Rad8 40. Qb3 Rd2 41. h4 h5 42. Rf1 Qe4 43. Rfe1
Qd4 44. Qf3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 {A well-known system of the Grünfeld Defence has arisen via a
transposition of moves.} 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Nd2 (11. Qe2 {is played
much more often.}) 11... Qc8 $6 $146 {An experimental move, after which White
seizes the centre and obtains an edge. Common continuations (most of them give
Black a good position):} (11... e5 $6 {(but not this one!)} 12. d5 Na5 13. e4
Bd7 14. c4 Ne8 15. Qc2 a6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. gxf4 Qh4 19. Qc3 b6 20.
Nf3 $16 {1-0 (29) Drasko,M (2527)-Atakisi,U (2406) Novi Sad 2009}) (11... cxd4
12. cxd4 Be6 (12... Qd7 13. Nb3 (13. Nac4 Bh3 14. a4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rac8 16. Qf3
Rfd8 17. Rfc1 b6 $11 {1/2 (27) Rashkovsky,N (2523)-Bogdanov,V (2425) Bydgoszcz
2000}) 13... Bh3 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. Rc1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b6 17. Nd3 Qd7 18. Nc4 Rfc8
19. Qb3 Ne4 $11 {1/2 (58) Drasko,M (2543)-Jakovljevic,V (2419) Sarajevo 2007})
13. Qe2 (13. Nc2 {1-0 (45) Temirbayev,S (2484)-Krutko,A (2428) Nizhnij Tagil
2007} Rc8 $132) (13. Qa4 {1-0 (31) Drasko,M (2504)-Jakovljevic,V (2436) Teslic
2006} Nd5 $132 {[%cal Yd5b6]}) 13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Ndc4 Qa6 16. Bf1 Rfd8
17. f3 {1/2 (17) Drasko,M (2504)-Jankovic,A (2516) Sarajevo 2006}) (11... Be6
12. Nb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd5 14. Re1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Qf3 e5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd5 Nf3 $5 20. Reb1 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Qe7 $11 {1/2 (41)
Korpics,Z (2325)-Horvath,C (2515) Balatonbereny 1992}) (11... Bg4 12. f3 (12.
Qa4 Qd7 13. Qb5 (13. Rfe1 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nac4 Qf5 16. Qxc6 Rfc8 17. Qa4
Ne4 $40 {0-1 (33) Radulov,I (2288)-Cheparinov,I (2669) Albena 2011}) 13... cxd4
14. cxd4 Bh3 15. Rfc1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 a6 17. Qc5 Rfc8 18. Nac4 Nd8 $13 19. Nb6 $4
Rxc5 20. Rxc5 {1-0 (38) Szabo,G (2552)-Antal,G (2526) Hungary 2011} Qg4 {
[%cal Rg4e2]} 21. f3 Qe6 22. Nxa8 Qxe3 $19) 12... Be6 (12... Bc8 13. Nb3 b6 14.
c4 cxd4 15. exd4 e6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Nb4 $13 {0-1 (40)
Temirbayev,S (2490)-Riazantsev,A (2632) Salekhard 2006}) 13. Nb3 (13. Qe2 Rc8
14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Ndc4 Qa6 16. Bf1 {0-1 (55) Lemos,D (2553)-Caruana,F (2721)
Caleta 2011} cxd4 17. cxd4 Rfd8 $132) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 $11 (14... Nd7
$143 15. Rf2 Bd5 16. e4 Bxb3 {1/2 (16) Manninen,M (2375)-Hellers,F (2560)
Haernoesand 1994} 17. axb3 $14)) (11... Qb6 12. Nb3 (12. Nac4 Qa6 13. d5 b5 14.
Na3 {1/2 (14) Nogueiras Santiago,J (2557)-Garcia Martinez,S (2378) Las Tunas
2001}) 12... Rfd8 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be4 (14... e5 15. d5 Nb4 16. Nc4 Qa6
17. e4 Rac8 18. exf5 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Na5 Rc2 21. Bxe5 $14 {1/2 (40)
Ibrayev,N (2407)-Negi,P (2600) New Delhi 2009}) 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17.
Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a6 20. Nc3 b5 $11 {0-1 (56) Nguyen Dang Hong,P
(1857)-Mu,K (2274) Ho Chi Minh City 2013}) (11... Rc8 $5 {The most logical
move: it is useful in any case, and the exact arrangement of Black's pieces
can be defined later.} 12. Qe2 (12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 cxd4 $1 14. fxg4 (14. cxd4
Be6 15. Nb3 Ne8 16. e5 $8 b6 $15) 14... Nxg4 $1 15. Qxg4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17.
Rad1 Bxd2 $19 {0-1 (28) Radulov,I (2265)-Bassel,C (2070) Sunny Beach 2013}) (
12. Re1 cxd4 (12... Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nb3 {1/2 (14) Drasko,M (2478)-Piscopo,P
(2373) Amantea 2011}) 13. cxd4 Nb4 $1 14. e4 Nd3 15. exf5 Nxb2 16. Qb3 Ng4 $1)
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 $5 (13... e5 14. d5 Na5 15. e4 $14 {1/2 (55) Maiorov,N
(2481)-Shomoev,A (2528) St Petersburg 2006}) 14. e4 Bg4 $13) 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3
cxd4 $6 {With Black's queen on c8 - a very strange decision. White will now
develop his rook to c1 with a great effect.} (13... Bh3 14. d5 {was a lesser
evil, albeit hardly pleasant for Black.}) 14. cxd4 Bh3 15. Rc1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qd8 {So, Black has just lost two tempi.} (16... e6 {[%cal Yc8d7] was
relatively better.}) 17. Nb3 Nb4 18. Nc2 Nxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 20. Qe2 {White
kindly returns half of Black's gift.} (20. d5 $1 {looks strong. If} Qd7 {then}
21. Nc5 Qb5 22. Qc1 $1 {seizing the c-file.}) 20... Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Qd7 22. Rc1
$6 (22. Nc5 $142 Qc7 (22... Qc6 23. d5 Qc7 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Qa4) (22... Qb5 23.
Rb1) 23. Qa4 $36) 22... Bh6 23. f4 Qa4 $1 {Black has obtained counterplay but
not fully equalised as his h6-bishop is not well placed.} 24. Rd1 (24. Re1 $142
$1 {[%cal Yd4d5] overprotecting the e4-pawn, e.g.} Qd7 (24... e6 $2 25. d5) 25.
Nc5 Rc8 $1 26. Qe2 $14) 24... Qd7 ({Here} 24... e6 $1 {led to full equality,
also after} 25. d5 Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. dxe6 fxe6) 25. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Yd4d5]
} Rc8 26. d5 Bg7 27. Rd2 Qa4 28. Nd4 {White sacrifices a pawn to weaken
Black's position. However, the following exchanges simplify the game too much.}
(28. Bxf6 $142 $1 Bxf6 29. e5 Bg7 30. Nd4 $14) 28... Qxa2 (28... Ne8 $5 $13)
29. Nf5 $5 gxf5 30. Bxf6 Qa3 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. e5 $44 Rd8 33. d6 Qb4 34. Kh3
exd6 $6 {Missing a tactical trick.} (34... Rd7 $142 $11) 35. Qh5 $1 Rd7 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] This definitely loses due to the invasion of White's rook along
the c-file.} (35... Qxd2 $2 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Qxd8+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. exd6
$18 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yf6e7,Yd6d7]}) (35... h6 $8 36. Qxf5 Qxd2 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38.
Qxd8+ Kh7 39. exd6 Qe2 40. Qe7 Qh5+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ {. The absence of the f5-pawn
favours Black in this line; still, White retains winning chances, e.g. in the
pawn ending after} 42. Kf2 Qc5+ 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Qe5+ Qxe5 45. fxe5 Kf8 {
, which leads to another queen endgame:} 46. Ke4 (46. g4 $143 a5 47. Ke4 a4 48.
Kd3 Ke8 49. h4 Kd7 {[%cal Yf7f6]} 50. h5 f6 51. Kc3 b5 52. Kb4 Ke6 53. Ka3 Kd7
$11 {- neither side can make progress}) 46... a5 47. Kf5 a4 48. Kf6 Ke8 49. d7+
Kxd7 50. Kxf7 a3 51. e6+ Kc7 52. e7 a2 53. e8=Q a1=Q $14) 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Rc2
$1 $18 Re7 38. Qf6 Re8 39. exd6 Kg8 40. d7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Iljin, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 (10... Bf5 {is the more accurate move order.} 11. Rd1
Qa5 12. Bb2) 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Rfd1 {White transposes to a familiar position. He
had some other options, e.g.} (12. Rfc1 {or}) (12. Nd2 {. In the latter case,
incidentally, Black can play in a manner similar to the game:} Bg4 13. f3 Be6
14. Rfb1 Rfd8 15. Nb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rac8 18. f4 Nd5 19. Kh1 e6
20. Nc4 Qb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bu Xiangzhi-Zhang Pengxiang/Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108 (27)}
) 12... Rfd8 (12... Be4 {is premature as the bishop will be pushed out of the
centre:} 13. Bf1 (13. c4 a6 14. Nb1 Bxb1 15. Raxb1 e6 16. Ba1 Rab8 17. Ne5 Qc7
18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. dxc5 Qe7 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Be5 Rc8 22. Qb2 Ne8 23. Bxg7 Nxg7
24. Qb6 Nf5 25. Bxc6 Qc7 26. Bb7 Qxb6 27. cxb6 {1-0 Antunes,A-Paunovic,D/
Mondariz 1994/EXT 98}) (13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17.
Nc5 Qc6+ 18. Qf3 (18. Kg1 $5 b6 19. Nd3 {Ftacnik}) 18... b6 $6 (18... Rfc8 {
Ftacnik}) 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Na6 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Svidler,P/Las Vegas 1999/
CBM 072/[Ftacnik] (46)}) 13... Rfd8 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Nd2 Nb4 16.
Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nc4 Qa4 18. a3 Nd5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Rasmussen,
R-Keatinge Clay,A/Budapest 2000/CBM 077 ext (25)}) 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. exd4 Bf5
16. Nb3 Qc7 17. c4 e6 18. Bg2 $36 {1-0 Manninen,M-Yrjola,J/Tampere 1991/EXT 99
(40)}) (12... cxd4 13. exd4 Rac8 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Bf1 Be6 (15... Nd5 16. a4 Na5
17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. c4 Nb6 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kuljasevic,
D-Szeberenyi,A/Hengelo 2002/CBM 089 ext (34)}) 16. Ne3 Qxe2 17. Bxe2 Na5 18. d5
Bg4 19. Ba3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rfe8 21. Bb4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Re1 Rc7 24. Rac1
Bf8 25. c4 $14 {1-0 Horvath,P-Mitter,G/Feffernitz 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) 13. Nd2
{[%cal Rd2b3] A typical manoeuvre.} (13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Bf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15.
exd4 $5 Nd5 16. a4 Nb6 17. Ne3 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Na5 19. c4 Be6 20. c5 Nd5 $13 {
1-0 Matnadze,A-Gasanov,E/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005 (46)}) 15... Rac8 16. Qe1 Qa4 17.
Nce5 Ne4 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bd3 Rb6 20. Qe2 Nd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jirovsky,
P-Froehlich,P/Prague 1991/EXT 97 (30)}) 13... cxd4 (13... Bg4 {is less
accurate:} 14. f3 Be6 15. Nb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qb6 {Black has no b4 square -
that's important!} 17. Qb5 $6 (17. Qc2 Na5 (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Nd5 19. Nc4 Qc7
20. Qf2 $16) 18. b4 $1 cxb4 19. cxb4 Nc6 (19... Qxb4 $2 20. Bc3 Qb6 21. Rdb1
Qa6 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Nb5 Qb6 24. Nc7 $18) 20. b5 $14 {Kaidanov}) 17... Nd5 18.
Qxb6 axb6 19. Nc2 cxd4 20. exd4 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Ra8 22. f4 e6 $11 {0-1 Zaichik,
G-Kaidanov,G/Seattle 2003/CBM 093 (45)}) 14. cxd4 Bg4 $1 {An important move,
forcing f2-f3 to shut up White's g2 bishop.} 15. f3 Be6 16. Nb3 (16. Nac4 $6
Qa4 17. Rdc1 Rac8 18. Bf1 b5 19. Na3 a6 20. Nab1 Nd5 21. Nb3 Nxd4 $1 22. exd4
Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 Ne3 $40 {0-1 Ortega Hermida,D-Fernandez Garcia,J/
Seville 2004/CBM 101 ext (43)}) 16... Bxb3 17. axb3 {So, White has a pair of
bishops. However, they (and especially the b2 bishop) are quite passive.} Nd5 (
17... Qb4 $5 18. Rd3 (18. Qc4 Nd5 19. Nc2 Qb6 20. f4 e6 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. Rac1
Na5 23. Na1 Nb4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kuljasevic,D-Jukic,B/Medulin 2002/CBM 090 ext (39)
}) 18... Rac8 19. Nc4 Qb5 20. e4 (20. f4 $142 Nd5 {Smirin}) 20... Nd7 21. Rad1
Nb6 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 $15 {[%csl Rd4] 0-1 Karpov,A-Smirin,I/Moscow
2002/CBM 091}) 18. f4 Nc3 $6 {Not a good idea - to trade a blockading knight
for a passive bishop.} (18... e6 $142 {Karpov}) 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rab1 {
White starts playing very passively.} (20. Nc4 $142 Qb4 (20... Rac8 21. d5 Nb4
22. Rxa7 Qxb3 23. Na5 Rc2 24. Nxb3 Rxe2 25. Rxb7 Nc2 26. Rxe7 Nxe3 27. Bf3 $14)
21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Na5 Rac8 23. Qc4 Qb6 24. b4 Rc7 25. Rac1 Rdc8 26. Qb3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Podgaets,M-Lerner,K/Moscow 2002/CBM 088}) 20... Rac8 21. Nc4 e6 22. Nd2
$6 (22. Ne5) 22... Qb4 23. Kf1 Ne7 24. Rdc1 b5 25. Bb7 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 a5 {
The a-pawn becomes formidable.} 27. Rc5 $6 Nf5 28. Rxb5 $6 {I think White
realized that he was losing material after this but he simply didn't know what
to do.} (28. Rc7 a4 29. bxa4 bxa4 30. Nc4 a3 $19) 28... Nxe3+ $1 29. Kf2 Qxd4
30. Nf3 {Perhaps White hoped for an endgame after} (30. Qxe3 {but then
realized that Black had a better option:} Qb2 $1 {[%cal Rd8d2,Rg7d4]} (30...
Qxd2+ $143) 31. Ke2 Bc3 32. Bd5 exd5 $19 {[%csl Re2][%cal Rd5d4]}) 30... Ng4+ (
30... Nd1+ $1 31. Kg2 Qa7 $19 {[%cal Ce2a2,Ca2a5,Rd1c3] was even simpler.}) 31.
Kg2 Qc3 $19 {Black has an extra pawn, White's king is poor and his b5 rook is
out of play.} 32. Ba6 e5 $5 33. fxe5 (33. Kh3 $5 {didn't help:} Ne3 (33... e4
$5 34. Ng5 Ne3 35. Nxe4 Qd4) 34. fxe5 (34. Nxe5 Rd2 35. Rb8+ Bf8 36. Qf3 Qc2 $1
$19) 34... h6 $19 {[%cal Ce2e1,Ce1c3,Yg6g5]}) 33... Nxe5 $1 34. Nxe5 (34. Rxe5
Bxe5 35. Qxe5 Rd2+ $19) 34... Rd2 35. Rb8+ Bf8 36. Re8 Kg7 37. Kh3 Rxe2 38.
Bxe2 Qe3 39. Bb5 Qxb3 40. Bc4 Qa4 41. Bxf7 Qa3 42. Kh4 Be7+ 0-1

[Event "SCG-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Bf5 {This order of moves is considered
inaccurate.} 12. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b3]} Bg4 {An attempt to rehabilitate the
line. Black provokes f2-f3 to "shut up" White's g2 bishop. If White plays
f3-f4 later on, Black will be able to blockade these pawns (with ...f7-f5 etc.)
.} (12... Rad8 $2 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 b6 15. Nb3 e5 16. d5 Nb8 17. e4 Bc8 18.
Nb5 Ba6 19. c4 Qd7 20. a4 {1-0 Cosma,I-Lupulescu,C/Baile Tusnad 2001/ (31)}) (
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8 (13... Rfd8 14. Nb3 (14. Nac4 $5)) (13... Qb4 14. Nb3
Rfd8 15. e4 $1 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc2 Qb6 19. Ne3 $1 Nb4 20. Nc5
Bb5 21. Qe1 Na6 22. e5 $1 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. f4 Rdd8 25. Ba3 $16 {1-0
Rashkovsky,N-De Boer,G/Groningen 1990/CBM 022/[Ftacnik] (37)}) 14. Nb3 Qb6 (
14... Qb4 15. Rfc1 Be4 16. f3 Bd5 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Qf2 b6 19. Nd3 Qa4 20. Bf1
Nb4 21. Ne5 Nxa2 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. e4 Bb3 24. Bb5 Qb4 25. Nc6 $18 {1-0 Kharlov,
A-Gajsin,E/Tomsk 2004/CBM 102 (39)}) 15. Rfc1 Na5 16. Qb5 $5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Nc4
18. Nxa7 $1 Nxb2 19. Nxc8 Bxc8 20. Rc7 b6 21. Rxe7 $16 {1-0 Nogueiras,J-Zugic,
I/Montreal 2002/CBM 091/[Ftacnik] (39)}) 13. f3 Be6 14. Rfc1 (14. Rfb1 Rfd8 15.
Nb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rac8 18. f4 Nd5 19. Kh1 e6 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Bf1
Ndb4 22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Qf2 Qd5+ 24. Bg2 Qb5 25. Bf1 Qd5+ 26. Bg2 Qb5 27. Bf1 Qd5+
{1/2-1/2 Bu Xiangzhi-Zhang Pengxiang/Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108}) 14... Qa4 {The
following series of White's moves doesn't look too impressive. It remains an
open question what to do instead as the position needs a serious analysis.
Here are some suggestions:} 15. Nb5 (15. Qb5 $5) (15. Nb3 $5 Bxb3 $140 16. axb3
Qxb3 17. c4 (17. Nc4) (17. e4)) 15... Ne8 16. f4 Rd8 17. Na3 $6 cxd4 18. Bxc6 {
Alas,} (18. cxd4 {runs into} Nxd4 $1) 18... bxc6 {Voluntarily destroying his
own pawn structure but... it's not a bad move!} (18... Qxc6 19. cxd4 Qd7 $15 {
was good for Black, of course.}) 19. cxd4 Rb8 $2 {Missing} (19... c5 $1 20.
Rxc5 Rxd4 $1 $15 {, which would justify 18...bxc6.}) 20. Nb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Qxb3
{Black has temporarily won a pawn but his c6 and a7 pawns are doomed and his
g7 bishop is passive.} 22. Nc4 Nd6 23. Ba3 Nf5 24. Bc5 h5 25. Kf2 Qb7 26. Rxa7
Qc8 27. Qa2 (27. Nb6 Qe6 28. Nd7 Nxe3 $1 $132) 27... Qe6 28. Ne5 Rb3 $4 {
A blunder but White misses it, too.} (28... Qxa2+) 29. Ra3 $4 (29. d5 $1 Qxd5
30. e4 $1 $18) 29... Rxa3 $2 {Black consequently ignores the pawn structure
issue.} (29... Rfb8 {was quite appropriate as after} 30. Rxb3 Rxb3 31. d5 $4 {
was not possible anymore:} Qxd5 32. e4 $2 Rf3+) 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Bxa3 {
[%mdl 4096]} Ra8 (31... Bxe5 {was more accurate as after the text move White
has an additional possibility.}) 32. Rc3 (32. Nc4 $5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 32... Bxe5
33. dxe5 Kf7 34. Kf3 Ra6 35. Bc5 Ra2 36. e4 Nh6 37. h3 Ke8 38. Rb3 Rc2 39. Rb8+
Kf7 40. Be3 Ng8 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 c5 43. Rc8 c4 44. Rc6 (44. g5 {looked
attractive, caging the g8 knight. Then White could easily win the c4 pawn and
prepare the f4-f5 break. However, it was not easy to evaluate his winning
chances over the board! Therefore he opted for another plan.}) 44... Rc3 45. f5
gxf5 46. gxf5 exf5 47. exf5 Rb3 48. Ke4 Kg7 49. Rxc4 Nh6 (49... Rb1 $140 50.
Rc6 $16) 50. Bxh6+ $1 {Going to the rook ending should be always
well-considered. This time White's evaluation was apparently right. According
to the monograph edited by GM Averbakh, such positions, with both white pawns
on the 5th rank, are "often winning". Well, not a very helpful hint in a
particular position...} (50. Bd4 {was not enough to win, e.g.} Rb1 $1 51. e6+
Kh7 52. f6 exf6 53. e7 Rb8 {etc.}) 50... Kxh6 51. Rc6+ (51. Rc7 Kg5 $1 52. Rxe7
(52. f6 exf6 53. e6 Rb5 $11) 52... Rb4+ 53. Kd5 Kxf5 54. Rf7+ Kg6 55. e6 Ra4 $1
$11) 51... Kg7 52. Rc7 Kf8 (52... Kf7 $4 53. f6) 53. Kf4 $4 (53. Kd5 $1 {
was correct:} Rb5+ (53... Rb6 54. Rc6) 54. Ke6 Rb6+ 55. Kd7 Kf7 $1 56. Rc8 $18
{-see below annotation to Black's 55th move. After the text move Black can
prevent the white king from invading to e6. Besides, he has an important
resoursce e7-e6, which, however, only works in a situation when Black can
immediately attack the white king from the rear after White plays f5-f6.})
53... Rb1 (53... Rb4+ {was an easy way to disrupt White's play:} 54. Ke3 (54.
Kg5 Re4 55. e6 Re1 56. Rc8+ Kg7 57. Re8 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Rf1+ 59. Ke4 Re1+ 60. Kd5
Rd1+ 61. Kc6 Kf6) 54... Ra4 {. Now White must start pushing the black rook
away from the 4th rank:} 55. Rd7 Ke8 56. Rd4 {but after} Ra1 57. Rb4 Kf7 $1 {
, then continuing rear checks, Black should not lose.}) 54. Ke4 Rb6 {
"Lengthening" the rook didn't help Black:} (54... Ra1 55. Kd5 Ra5+ 56. Ke6 Ra6+
57. Kd7 Kf7 58. Rc8 Ra7+ 59. Kc6 Ra5 60. e6+ Kf6 61. Rf8+ Ke5 62. Kd7 {etc.}) (
54... e6 $1 {was the simplest way to a draw.} 55. f6 Re1+) 55. Kd5 (55. Kd4 Ra6
{and White can't improve his position.}) 55... e6+ $1 {Passive defense was
hopeless:} (55... Rb5+ 56. Ke6 Rb6+ 57. Kd7 Kf7 58. Rc8 (58. Ra7 Rb5) 58...
Rb7+ 59. Kc6 (59. Kd8 Rb5) 59... Ra7 (59... Rb1 60. e6+ Kg7 $2 61. Kd7 $18) 60.
e6+ Kf6 (60... Kg7 61. Rc7) 61. Rf8+ Ke5 62. Rf7 Ra6+ 63. Kd7 Ra7+ 64. Ke8 Kd6
65. Kf8 Ra8+ (65... Rb7 66. f6 $1 Rb8+ 67. Kg7 Rb7 68. Rf8 Kxe6 69. Re8 $18)
66. Kg7 Ke5 67. Rf8 Ra1 68. Kg6 Ra2 (68... Rg1+ 69. Kf7 Kxf5 70. Kxe7+ Ke5 71.
Rh8 Rg7+ 72. Kf8 $18) 69. Rb8 Ra7 (69... Ra1 70. f6 $1) 70. Rb5+ Kd6 71. f6 $1
$18) 56. Kc5 (56. fxe6 {is an easy theoretical draw.}) 56... Rb1 57. f6 Rd1 58.
Kb6 Rd5 $4 {Wrong! White easily pushes the black rook away from this square.} (
58... Re1 $1 59. Rc5 Kf7 60. Kc7 Re2 {and White can't improve his position.})
59. Rc5 $1 Rd1 (59... Rd8 60. Rc6 Kf7 61. Rc7+ Kg6 62. Kc6 Kf5 63. Rd7 Ra8 64.
Kd6 $18) 60. Rc8+ Kf7 61. Rc7+ Kg6 {Desperation.} (61... Kf8 62. Re7) 62. Rg7+
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Nagykanizsa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O {This plan is
less popular than 6...c3 but it has its own merits.} 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be6 9.
b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 Qc8 (10... a5 {is more common.}) 11. e3 Rd8 12. Qe2 h6 (12...
Qe6 13. Rac1 a5 14. Nce5 $5 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Ne4 15. Nd3 Qd6 16. Nfe5 f5 17. f3
Ng5 18. Nc4 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Ne6 20. Nde5 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 b5 22. d5 bxc4 23. dxc6 Qe8
24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Qxc4+ $18 {1-0 Pfleger,H-Garcia Martinez,S/Camaguey 1974/EXT
2000 (28)}) (12... a5 13. a3 h6 14. Rac1 Qe6 15. Rfd1 {-game}) 13. Rfd1 {
Here is a game in which both sides tried different plans:} (13. Rac1 Qe6 14.
Rfe1 Rac8 $6 15. a3 (15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 $1 {is the point
of Black's last move}) (15. Ncd2 $5) 15... Ne4 16. Red1 Nd6 17. Ne1 Nf5 18.
Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. Nd3 g5 $6 (20... Qf5 $5) 21. Nd2 (21. Nce5 $1 $16)
21... Qg6 22. Nc5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 e5 24. Nxb7 Nxb7 25. Rxc6 exd4 26. e4 (26. exd4
$16) 26... Rc5 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 $6 (28. Bxc1) 28... c5 $14 {0-1 Van der
Vliet,F-Kortschnoj,V/Leeuwarden 1977/EXT 1998 (70)}) 13... Qe6 14. Rac1 a5 15.
a3 (15. Nce5 {is now quite harmless as there is no Nf3-g5 threat. Black can
play, say,} a4) 15... Ra6 $146 {With the idea to play ...Ra6-b6 if the white
knight moves away from c4. Black didn't equalize in the following game:} (15...
Be4 16. Bf1 g5 17. Ne1 g4 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. Nd3 Qf5 20. Nf4 e6 21. Nxd5 exd5 22.
Bg2 Ra6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 $14 {1-0 Padevsky,N-Whiteley,A/Nice 1974/EXT 2000
(33)}) 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 g5 18. Rd3 (18. f3 $142 $1 {[%cal Ye3e4]} g4 19.
Nf4 gxf3 20. Qxf3 Qe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. d5 $14) 18... Qf5 19. f3 g4 20. Nh4 $6
(20. fxg4 $142 Qxg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Nf4 $14 {preventing ...e7-e5}) 20... Qe6
{There was no point avoiding the exchange of queens.} (20... gxf3 $142 $5 21.
Nxf5 fxe2 {and Black is OK}) 21. fxg4 Qxg4 22. Qg2 (22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. Nf5 Bf8 {
[%cal Ye7e6]}) 22... Qe4 23. Qf1 e6 24. Nf3 Qd5 (24... Qf5 $5) 25. Nfe5 b5 26.
e4 $1 {An interesting attempt.} Qxe4 27. Nd2 Qd5 28. Rc5 Qd6 29. Rxb5 (29. Nxc6
Rxc6 30. Rxb5 Rc2 31. Nc4 Qc6 32. Rc5 Qe4 33. Re3 Qg6 34. Ne5 Qg5 $13) 29...
Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Nd7 (30... Nd5 31. Re1 $16) 31. Nc4 Qc6 32. d5 $5 Qc5+ $6 (32...
Nxe5 $5 33. dxc6 Nxd3 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 36. Qxa6 Rd2 37. Qf1 f6 (
37... Nxc6 $143 38. Qf4 $1 Nd4 39. Kh1 $1 Nxb3 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qc4 Nd4 42.
Qxc7 {and White keeps some winning chances.}) 38. Qf4 Rc2 {and White can
hardly win}) 33. Bd4 Qf8 (33... Qe7 34. Re4 $16) 34. Ree3 $2 {Letting White's
advantage slip.} (34. Re4 $1 exd5 (34... Nc5 35. Rg4 $1) (34... Bxd4+ 35. Rdxd4
) 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Rg4+ Rg6 37. Rxg6+ fxg6 38. Rxd5 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rc7]})
34... Nc5 $1 35. Bxc5 $2 {There was no reason for panic.} ({After} 35. Rd1 exd5
36. Nxa5 Rxa5 37. b4 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Ra6 39. bxc5 Qxc5 40. Qxa6 Qxd4 41. Qxh6 {
White holds on.}) 35... Qxc5 36. dxe6 Rxd3 37. Qxd3 Bd4 38. exf7+ Kf8 39. Kg2
Bxe3 40. Nxe3 {White's compensation for the exchange is insufficient.} Rf6 (
40... Rd6 $142 41. Qh7 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Qh5+ 43. Ke4 Qg5 44. Qh8+ Kxf7 45. Qh7+ Qg7
46. Qf5+ Qf6 47. Qh7+ $6 Kf8 $19) 41. a4 Qc6+ 42. Kh3 Qe6+ 43. Kg2 Rxf7 44. Nc4
Qf5 45. Qe2 h5 46. Qd1 $2 (46. h4 $142) 46... h4 $19 47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kg8
49. Nd2 h3+ 50. Kg1 Qe6 (50... c5 $142 51. Qe3 Qf6 $19) 51. Qd8+ Kg7 (51... Kg7
52. Qg5+ Kf8 53. Qd8+ Qe8 54. Qxe8+ Kxe8 {leads to a winning endgame for Black.
}) 0-1

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. Rc1 a4 12. bxa4 Nd7 $5 {N} (12... Ra6) 13. e3
(13. Ne3 Be4 $1 (13... Bxa2 14. Ra1 Be6 15. Ng5 $16)) (13. Ne1 Bxc4 14. Rxc4
Nb6 15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Ra6) 13... Bxc4 14. Rxc4 Nb6 15. Rc1 Rxa4 (15...
Nxa4 16. Ba1 Nb6 {Wojtkiewicz}) 16. a3 Qa8 $6 (16... Na5 $5 {Wojtkiewicz} 17.
Ne5 c6 (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nbc4 20. Bc3 $14) 18. Nd3 Nac4 (
18... Qa8 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Bb4 Nac4 21. Qb3 Nxa3 $2 22. Nc5) (18... Rc4 19. Bc3
Nd5 (19... Na4 20. Bxa5 Rxc1 21. Qxa4) 20. Bxa5 Rxc1 21. Bxd8 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Rxd8 23. Rb1 Ra8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxb7 Rxa3 26. Rb8+ Bf8 27. Ne5 Ra7 28. Rd8
e6 29. Nd7 $18) 19. Nc5 Nxb2 20. Qb3 Ra7 (20... Bxd4 21. exd4 Qxd4 22. Nxa4
N2xa4 23. Rfe1 Qf6 24. Re4 Ra8 25. Rf4 Qg7 26. Rb4) (20... e5 21. Qxb2 exd4 22.
Nxa4 Nxa4 23. Qxb7 d3 24. Qxc6 Nb2 25. Bf3 d2 26. Rb1) 21. Qxb2 Qc7 {/\Nd7=})
17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Qb3 Ra6 (18... e5 19. d5 Na5 20. Qb5 Rd7 21. Rc2) 19. Ne4 (19.
Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Na4 21. Bc3 $140 $6 c5 $1) 19... Na4 20. Nc5 Nxc5 (20... Rb6
21. Qxa4 Rxb2 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxb7 $18) 21. Rxc5 $14 Na5 22. Qc2 c6 23. Bc3
$1 e6 24. Rb1 $2 (24. Bb4 Bf8 25. Rc3 Rd7 26. h4 $16 {פa5} h5 $6 (26... h6
$142 27. Bf3 Qd8 28. Kg2 Qf6 29. h5 g5 30. Rb1) (26... Rd8 27. Bf3 Rd7 28. Kg2
Rd8 29. h5 Rd7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh1 $40) 27. Bf3 Qa7 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Qe4 Rb6 (
29... b6 30. Qc2) 30. g4 hxg4 31. Qxg4 Bxb4 32. axb4 Rxb4 33. h5 $18) 24... Bf8
$1 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 Qxa5 27. Rxb7 c5 $1 $15 28. Qd3 (28. dxc5 Qe1+ 29.
Bf1 Rd2) (28. Qe4 cxd4 29. Qf4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. exd4 Rxd4 $15 {><f2})
28... cxd4 29. exd4 Qxa3 30. Qxa3 Bxa3 31. Ra7 Bb2 (31... Bf8 32. Bc6 Rxd4 (
32... Bg7 33. Ra8) (32... Rd6 33. Be8 f6 34. Rd7) 33. Be8 Bc5 34. Rc7) 32. Ra8
Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Bxd4 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 {To begin the game this modestly has become very popular. It's
an invitation to the Reti Opening, where computer preparation is not very
effective and there is plenty of room to get a positional game.} g6 {From a
theoretical standpoint, this is a clever choice. While White enjoys an array
of options against most other setups, here he will be quickly restricted. It's
either allowing Black to post a claim in the centre with e7-e5 or go into the
rock-solid Symmetrical Grünfeld. It's no coincidence that most of the players
in the London field see this line quite regularly in their games.} 3. Bg2 Bg7
4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 {Kramnik has played this position so many times
that recently he felt compelled to toy with alternatives like 6.Nbd2 and even
6.c3.} c5 {A very odd choice to me. When Black keeps the centre closed, you
can barely feel White's extra tempo. Now that the position will open up,
speedy development matters and White's chances to get a real edge certainly
improve.} (6... c6) ({and} 6... dxc4 {are far and away the main options.}) 7.
dxc5 dxc4 8. Na3 c3 ({Symmetry won't work for too long:} 8... Na6 9. c6 c3 10.
Qxd8 Rxd8 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Nd4 {leaves Black struggling.}) 9. Nb5 $1 {In a
moment we'll get to why this is so strong... but here I actually figured out
what Topalov is doing! After the first couple of times I played and lost to
Vladimir in Dortmund I shared my approach with a friend: I would come to the
game, let Vladimir show what he had prepared and then try and see how I would
fare against him at his best. My friend was certainly amused, likening this
ritual to a kind of fetish and closing with the remark: "Certainly there would
also be someone who would try to survive against the Terminator until the
stage of arguments!" To cut a long story short, if you ask Kramnik to show his
improvement in a type of position he likes anyway and you arrive empty-handed,
you won't make it far. As of late, Topalov has claimed that he does not take
tournaments as seriously as before. I believe it shows in moments like these.}
(9. Nd4 Nfd7 10. bxc3 Nxc5 {½-½ (73) Kramnik,V -Giri,A Leuven 2016, and
things worked out for Black.}) 9... cxb2 ({After} 9... Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11.
Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 {Black still has to tread carefully with the
Bg2 soon putting pressure on the black queenside.}) 10. Bxb2 $14 {Instead of
giving Black a nice spot for his knight on c5, Kramnik has kept his pawn there.
Supported by superior development, this pawn is an asset, ready to drive a
wedge into Black's queenside at any point.} Bd7 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Rfd1 Qc8 $6 {
In the early years of my work with the now famous coach Vladimir Chuchelov I
tried to develop a mantra, that I consider still very helpful: When there is
an obvious natural move, try to make it work the best you can. Only if you are
then convinced it fails, look for something else. Chess is a game of harmony,
and I would feel compelled to consider the developing move 12...Nbd7 before
looking at something as clumsy as ...Qc8.} (12... Nbd7 13. Rac1 (13. Ne5 Bxg2
14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rac1 {White will keep trying, but
as so many pieces have come off, Black can breathe and gradually unravel.})
13... Qa5 14. Nbd4 $1 {The key is to break through on c6.} Bd5 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16.
Bxa3 Rfc8 (16... Rac8 17. Bh3 $1 e6 $2 18. c6 {[%csl Rf8]}) 17. c6 bxc6 18.
Bxe7 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 13. Rac1 {White's play flows naturally, while his
opponent must already feel cramped.} Nbd7 14. Nbd4 Bd5 15. Qa3 Re8 16. c6 $1 {
All of White's pieces stand well, there can be no other move. White creates
targets to exploit his far superior coordination.} Nb6 $2 (16... bxc6 17. Nxc6
Qb7 {was the only choice, but} 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nfe5 {leads to a grip that is
already hard to shake off.}) 17. c7 {It is very hard to sharpen play and go
for the throat, when continuing at a leisurely pace conserves a very large
advantage. While c7 is certainly a good move, it passes up on a decisive
assault, starting with} (17. Ng5 $1 h6 (17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 bxc6 19. Qb3 e6 20.
Nxc6 Qb7 21. Kg1 Rac8 22. Ne5) 18. Bh3 Ng4 19. e4) 17... Nc4 18. Qb4 Nxb2 19.
Qxb2 b6 20. Qa3 $2 {This indecisive move opened a window of resistance for
Topalov, but he was not ready.} (20. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Rac8 23.
Qb3 e6 24. Nb5 {is overwhelming} Ne4 25. Nc4 Bf8 26. Qf3 $18) 20... e6 $4 {
[%csl Rd6] Somehow, all 3 decisive games got decided by crude mistakes in this
round. But here I am sure Topalov was already despising his position in any
case. Still, when defending it is crucial to avoid making new weaknesses. The
new hole on d6 is too much for Black.} (20... Bh6 $142 $1 21. Rc2 Qb7 22. Bh3
$1 {White is ready to go to great lengths to provoke the weakening of the
d6-square.} e6 23. Nb5 {is of course no picnic either.}) (20... Qb7 21. Bh3 $1
e6 22. Ng5 h6 23. e4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Nb5 {looks winning}) 21. Nb5 Bf8
22. Qb2 Bg7 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. a4 {With Ne5 imminent, Black can't avoid
collapsing.} Ne4 25. Qf4 a6 26. Qxe4 axb5 27. Qd3 f5 28. Ng5 {A trademark game
by Kramnik! Powerful play with all the pieces, and only a short moment of
hesitation that didn't spoil anything this time.} (28. Ng5 bxa4 29. Nxe6 Bxe6
30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 {and all White's pieces push the c-pawn through.}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Ellers, Holger"]
[Black "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Qb5 a6 13. Qxc5 Bd3 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qxe5 Ne4 16. Qf4 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Qb6 18. Bxe4 Qxb2 19. Nc4 Qxc3 20. Nd6 Qa5 21.
Qf3 Qxa2 22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Bd5 Qa5 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Nb7 Qc3 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27.
Qb7 a5 28. Qe7 Rf8 29. h4 a4 30. Bd5 a3 31. Qe6 Qb2 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. h5 gxh5 34.
Ba2 Rf8 35. Bb1 Qb7+ 36. Be4 Qb2 37. Bd5 h4 38. gxh4 Qe2 39. Bc4 Qf3+ 40. Kg1
Rb8 41. Kh2 Rf8 42. Qd5 Qg4 43. Qg5 Qe4 44. Qg3 Qc2 45. Be6 Qe2 46. Rg1 Rxf2+
47. Rg2 Rxg2+ 48. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 49. Kxg2 Bf6 50. h5 Kg7 51. Kf3 h6 $2 {Gives away
an important tempo. Verschenkt ein wichtiges Tempo.} (51... Bd8 $1 52. e4 Bb6
53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Ba2 Bc7 {would have held things together, because hätte den
Laden zusammen gehalten, weil} 55. e5+ Bxe5 56. dxe5+ Kxe5 {is a draw. remis
ist.}) 52. Ba2 Kf8 {It is now too late Nun ist es für} ({for} 52... Bd8 {
bereits zu spät:} 53. e4 Bb6 54. Ke3 Kf6 55. e5+ Kf5 56. Bb1+ Kg5 57. Ke4 Kxh5
58. e6 Bd8 59. Kf5 Be7 60. d5 $18) 53. Kg4 Ke7 (53... Bg5 54. e4 Be3 55. d5 Bd4
56. Kf5 $18 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 54. Kf5 Bg5 55. e4 Bd2 56. e5 Kd7 57. d5 Bg5 58.
Bb3 Be3 59. d6 Bg5 60. Bd5 Bh4 61. Kg6 Bg5 (61... Bg3 62. Kf6 Bf4 63. Be6+ Kd8
64. Kf5 Bg3 65. Ke4 Bh2 66. Bb3 Bg3 67. Kd5 Bf4 68. e6 Bg5 69. Ke5 Ke8 70. e7
Bxe7 71. dxe7 Kxe7 72. Kf5 Kd6 73. Kg6 Ke7 74. Ba2 $18) 62. Bb3 Bf4 63. Kf5 Bg5
64. Kg6 Bf4 65. Kf6 Bg5+ 66. Kf7 Bd8 67. Ba4+ Kc8 68. Bb3 Kd7 69. Be6+ Kc6 70.
Ke8 Bg5 71. Ba2 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nc6 {It was a very
serious question what to do in open ing against Vasiliy Ivanchuk. His opening
knowledge are really tremendous. After long preparation we choose very rare
variation in Gruenfeld defence.} 7. Nc3 {This move was a big suprise for us,
but not unpleasant one. Usual 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 looks more promising for White.
} dxc4 8. d5 Nb4 $1 {Stronger than} (8... Na5 9. Qa4 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Qxc4
Qa5 12. Qh4 Rd8 13. Bh6 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Ng5
$14 {1-0 Roos,J-Schmitt,A/French tch 1994 (29)}) 9. e4 $2 {[%csl Rd3] N/ New
and not very good move.White produced weakness on d3 and closed diagonal h1-a8.
It was played before} (9. Ne5 {and still Black has to fight for equality. For
example:} c6 (9... e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxb7 (11. Qa4 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxc4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qc2 c6 $10 {0-1 Di,M-Maier/Switzerland 1986 (46)})
11... Rb8 12. Bg2 $14) 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 (12. Bxc6 Bh3) 12...
Be6 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Be3 a5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Voskanian,
V-Howell,J/Cannes op 1995 (35)}) 9... e6 $1 {Very strong and unexpected move
for Ivanchuk and it made big influence for a game. He waits just natural 9...
c6.} 10. Bg5 (10. Qa4 a5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qd1 Nd3 $17) 10... h6 11. Be3 (11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. e5 Qd8 13. dxe6 Bxe6 {also not to promising for White. also not
promising for White}) 11... Nd3 12. dxe6 (12. Ne1 {Maybe stonger} Nxe1 (12...
Nxb2 13. Qd2 exd5 14. exd5 (14. Qxb2 d4 15. Bd2 dxc3 16. Bxc3 c6 $17) 14... Nd3
15. Nxd3 cxd3 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bf5 18. h3 $13) 13. Rxe1 exd5 14. exd5 Bf5
$15) 12... Bxe6 13. h3 (13. Nd2 $2 Ng4 $19) 13... Qd7 $5 ({Good alternative
was also} 13... Nxb2 14. Qxd8 (14. Qb1 Nd3 15. Qxb7 Qd7 $17) 14... Rfxd8 15.
Rab1 Ng4 $5 16. Bc1 (16. Bd2 Rxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxc3 18. hxg4 Bxd2 19. Rxb2 c3 20.
Rc2 Bc4 $19) (16. Rxb2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc3 18. Rxb7 Ba5) (16. hxg4 Bxc3) 16...
Bxc3 17. Bxb2 (17. hxg4 Nd3 18. Rxb7 c5 19. Bxh6 Bxg4 $17)) 14. Qd2 {What else?
} (14. Kh2 Nxb2) (14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $19) 14... Bxh3 15. Bxh6 Rae8 $17 {
I'll be very surprised if Judit even dreamed about position like this, just
after 15 moves , before game. Ivanchuk was so disappointed now, that I suspect
it was mutial desire to finish game as soon as possible.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5
{Lose immediately, but} (17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng5 Qg4 19. Kg2 Nh5 {not much
better.}) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rd3f4,Rh5f4,Rf8h8]} 19. Qe3 (19.
Rfd1 Qg4 20. Nh3 f5 $5 21. exf5 (21. Qg5 Ndf4+ $1 $19) 21... Rxf5 $19) 19...
Ndf4+ $1 {Vasili decided stop his sufferings and resign immedeately.Any case
his position after} (19... Ndf4+ 20. Kf3 (20. gxf4 Qg4+ 21. Kh2 Rh8 22. Nh3
Nxf4 $19) (20. Kh2 Rh8) (20. Kg1 Qg4 21. Nf3 Nxg3 $19) 20... f6 21. Nh7 {
Ivanchuk} (21. gxf4 fxg5 22. f5 Rxf5+ $1 23. exf5 Qxf5+ 24. Kg2 Nf4+ $19) 21...
Kxh7 (21... g5 22. gxf4 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Nxf4+ 24. Kd2) 22. gxf4 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Qg4+
$19 {totally hopeless.}) 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8 14. Nd2 Bg4 15.
f3 Bd7 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Nc4 Nb4 18. Rdc1 Bb5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Bf1 Nbd5 21. Qe1 Bh6
22. f4 Nb6 23. Ncd2 Bxf1 24. Qxf1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qd5 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Ba3 Bf8 28.
e4 Qh5 29. Nc5 e6 30. Nf3 $6 (30. a5 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 $14) 30... Rc7 $6 (30... Nc4
31. Bb4 b6 $17) 31. Rb1 Nfd7 32. Rb5 Qh6 $6 (32... Nxc5 33. dxc5 Nxa4 $16) 33.
a5 $18 Nc8 $2 (33... Na8 34. Nxb7 Bxa3) 34. Nxd7 $18 Rxd7 35. Ne5 Rc7 36. Ng4
Qh3 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. d5 Bxa3 39. Qxa3 Nd6 40. Rc5 Rxc5 41. Qxc5 Kg7 42. Qc3 Nb5
43. Qb2 a6 44. Nd7+ Kh6 45. Qh8 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Barbot, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:47:45"]
[BlackClock "1:26:16"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. c4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} (7... c3 {La grande ligne}) 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (8. Nxc4 Na6 9. b3
Bf5 10. Bb2 Be4 11. Rc1 {Karpov,A (2735)-Polgar,J (2670) Hoogovens Wijk aan
Zee 1998 (10) 1-0}) 8... Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 9. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} (9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Ne4 11. Be3 Be6 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Rd3 Nb4
14. Nfe5 Nxd3 15. exd3 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Rac8 18. Bxe7 Rxd3 19. Bf1
Rd7 20. Re1 Re8 21. Bb4 Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Rd1 23. Bb4 b5 24. Ne3 Ra1 25. b3 a6 26.
Bc5 Rxa2 27. Nd5 Rc2 28. b4 a5 29. Bxb5 axb4 30. Bxb4 Bd4 31. Be1 Rc5 32. Bc6
Kg7 33. Bb7 Rb5 34. Bc6 Rc5 35. Bb7 Rb5 36. Bc6 {1/2-1/2 (36) Zysk,R (2437)
-Guilleux,F (2388) Paris 2011}) 10. Nce5 {[%emt 0:08:56]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:18:09]}
(10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qc7 12. Nd3 $14 {[%cal Gd3c5]}) 11. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:05:06]}
bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:33][%cal Gf1d1]} Bf5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:
48][%cal Ge4g3] Un coup naturel mais qui va être réfuté} (12... Bd5) 13. g4
$1 {[%emt 0:04:27] Gagne une pièce et le reste de la partie sera une lente
valorisation du matériel par le GMI} Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 14. gxf5 $18 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:
00:40]} 16. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:01:28]}
Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 18. Bf4 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 19. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:08:31]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 20. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 21. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. fxg6 {[%emt 0:04:22]
} hxg6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:25]} 24. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:58]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 25. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 26. Nb4 {[%emt 0:10:15]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 27. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 29. Ra1 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 30. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 31. a5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 32. f3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rd4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} 33. Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 34. Nc6 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 35. Kd1 {[%emt 0:05:53]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36.
Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rbxe2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Ra4 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Re3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 39. Nxa7 {
[%emt 0:04:32]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 40. a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 42. Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rutkowski, Maciej"]
[Black "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Dankowice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 (7...
c3) 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 (9... a5 10. Bb2 Bd5 (10... a4)) 10. Bb2 a5 11. a4 {
[%csl Rb4]} (11. Rc1) (11. Ne3 Be4 12. a3 Qc8 13. Nc4 $14 {Nikolic,P (2619)
-Drazic,S (2473) SRB-chT Kragujevac 2013 (4.4) 1-0}) 11... Nb4 12. e3 c6 13.
Nce5 $146 (13. Qe2 Be4 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 b5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18.
Nf4 Rfb8 19. Rfd1 e6 20. h4 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rb6 22. Ba3 bxa4 23. bxa4 Qb7 24. Rc4
Bf8 25. Bc1 Qa6 26. e4 Rd8 27. Rd2 Rb7 28. Rb2 Rbd7 29. Be3 e5 30. dxe5 Rd1+
31. Kh2 Ra1 32. e6 fxe6 33. Nxe6 Rdd1 34. Rd4 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxd4 36. Bxd4 Rxa4
37. Nxf8 Kxf8 38. Rd2 Ke8 39. Bb6 Na2 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Ra8 Nc3 42. Bc5+ Kf6 {
Karpov,A (2696)-Ye,J (2616) Shenyang 2000 1/2-1/2}) 13... Nd7 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 $1 $11 17. Qe2 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 e6 (18... Re8 19. Rfd1 Qc7
20. Rac1 e5 21. d5) 19. Rfc1 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} 20. Qd1 Rfd8 21. Qc2 Rd5 22.
Rab1 Rad8 23. Qc4 h5 24. Bc3 Qc7 (24... h4) 25. h4 R5d7 26. Qc5 Rd5 27. Qc4
R5d7 28. b4 axb4 29. Bxb4 e5 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Be1 b5 $2 32. axb5 (32. Qe4 {
[%csl Rc6,Re5][%cal Ge4c6,Gc1c6]}) 32... cxb5 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Bxc7 35.
Rxb5 Ra8 36. Bc3 {[%csl Rg8]} Bd6 37. Kg2 Bf8 38. f4 (38. Kf3) 38... Bg7 39.
Bxg7 Kxg7 40. f5 gxf5 41. Rxf5 Kg6 42. Rg5+ Kh6 43. Kf3 f6 44. Rd5 Kg6 45. g4 (
45. e4 Ra3+ 46. Kf4) 45... hxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Ra4+ 47. Rd4 Ra5 48. e4 Re5 49. Kf4
Rh5 50. Kg3 Re5 51. Kg4 Rxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wisla Hugart op (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Socko, Monika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ramon,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 {
La alternativa 7...c3, se encuentra en la preferencia de la eliteajedrecistica
: Karpov, Anand, Topalov y Gelfang, entre otros, y luego de 8.bxc3 hay dos
posibilidades principales: 9.e3 Cc6 10.De2 y 9.Cc4 Cc6. El plan elegido por Bo}
8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. Rc1 a4 12. bxa4 Ra6 {Es un antidoto
contra 13.Cfe5.} 13. a3 {En caso de} (13. Nfe5 {sigue} Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qa8 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Kg1 (16. a5 c5+ 17. Kg1 Rd8 {por el peon sacrificado las negras
tienen una excelente coordinacion de piezas y contrajuego en el centro.}) 16...
Rxa4 17. a3 Nd7 (17... Rb8) 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rb8 20. Rc2 e6 21. Qd7 Ra5
22. e3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxc6 Ra5 25. Rxc7 Rf8 {como ocurrio en la
partida Karpov-Piket, Tilburg Fontys1996.}) 13... Qa8 14. a5 {Tambien se ha
jugado 14.Ce3.} Rd8 {Mas usuales son los movimientos que defienden al peon c7 
(17...Tc8 y 17...Ce8) El movimiento de la partida habia sido ensayado en la
partida Paelitz-Stohl, Bulgaria 1992.} 15. Re1 Nxa5 {Interesante es 15...Ae4
que parece el complemento de 14...Td8.} 16. Nxa5 Rxa5 17. Rxc7 e5 $5 18. e4
Nxe4 {La captura} (18... Bxe4 {conduce a algunas escaramuzas tacticas:} 19. Re7
Nd5 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Bxe4 {con una posicion dinamica.}) 19. Qc2 {
Mejor 19.dxe5 b6 ventaja blanca.} b6 $6 {El negro pudo conseguir la igualdad
con} (19... exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Nd6) 20. Nxe5 Ng5 21. Nc6 $1 {Ahora la
ventaja blanca es indiscutible.} Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rb5 $2 {De todas maneras la
psocion negra es desesperada:} (22... Ne6 23. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Kg1 {Ventaja
blanca.}) (22... Bf8 23. Qc3 Bxa3 24. d5 $1 Bxb2 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Qxb2 {
con ataque de mate.}) 23. Ra7 Rxb2 24. Rxa8 Rxc2 25. Rxd8+ Bf8 26. h4 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. Re1 Bf5 $6 {This has been played once before by van Wely against Simen
Agdestein.} (9... Nc6 {is much better.}) 10. Ng5 $1 {A strong move attacking
the b7-pawn.} Bc8 {A sad retreat. At this point White should surely have an
advantage.} (10... Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. Be3 {gave White a
clear opening edge in Agdestein-van Wely.}) 11. Rb1 h6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. h3 $6 {
A very tame move and the reason for such a quick draw.} (13. e4 $1 {was
definitely the best move and would have given White a clear edge.} Bg4 14. d5
$1 Ne5 15. Rxb7 $14) 13... Bf5 14. Rxb7 Be4 (14... Ne4 $1) 15. Rb5 {A draw was
agreed although one can argue that White is slightly better in the final
position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m4"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wolff Belov Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rfc1 (12.
Rac1 {Belov} Bg4 $1 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15. Qb5 (15. Nc4 Qxa2) (15. Bg2 {
Wolff} Rfd8 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rac8 18. Rc2 a6 19. Na3 Na4 20. Ba1 b5 $15 {
Iskusnyh,S-Svidler,P URS-chJ 1992}) 15... Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Nc4 17. Rc2 Rac8 $15 {
Shabalov,A-Krasenkov,M/Gausdal/1991/0:1 (64) Inf 52/454/}) 12... Bg4 {?!
Hansen,LB; !? Wolff} 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 (14... e6 {Wolff} 15. Nc4 Qa6 16.
Nd6 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd6 18. Rxc5 $14 {Sherbakov,R-Ebeling,M Helsinki 1992}) 15.
Nc4 (15. Rab1 {Belov} Rac8 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Na4 19. Ba1 a6
20. Na3 b5 $17 {Petrosian,A-Belov,I/Moscow/1992/0,5 (40)/}) (15. Qb5 {Belov}
Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Nc4 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. dxc5 N6e5 19. Be2 Rxc5 $17) 15... Qa6 {
?! Wolff} (15... Nxc4 {Belov} 16. Qxc4 Rac8 17. Qb3 $1 Rc7 (17... Qc7 $6 18.
Ba3 b6 19. Bg2 e6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rab1 $16 {Titenko,V-Belov,I/Moscow/1992/0,
5 (44)/}) 18. a4 b6 {Bandza,A-Belov,I/Karvina/1992/0,5 (32)/} 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20.
Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rc7 22. Kf1 $14) (15... Qb5 $5 {Belov Hansen,LB} 16. Nxb6
Qxe2 17. Bxe2 axb6 18. a4 Na5 19. Rcb1 Nb3 20. Ra3 Nd2 21. Rd1 Ne4 22. Rda1 $1
Rfc8 23. Rb3 Rc6 24. Bf3 Nd2 $1 25. Bxc6 Nxb3 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Ra3 Nxd4 $1 $10
{Titenko,V-Belov,I/Moscow/1993/0,5 (32) Inf 58/501/}) 16. Nd2 $1 (16. Nxb6 axb6
$10) 16... Qxe2 17. Bxe2 cxd4 {? Hansen,LB} (17... Rac8 $142 $14 {Hansen,LB}) (
17... e5 $6 {Belov} 18. dxc5 Na4 19. Ba3 $16) (17... Rfd8 $5 {Belov} 18. Nb3
Na4 19. Ba3 (19. Nxc5 $2 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rd2 $19) (19. Rab1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nxb2
21. Rxb2 e5 $10) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 e5 21. Bb5 Nb6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 exd4
24. exd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Bb2 $14) 18. cxd4 e5 $1 19. dxe5 (19. d5 $5
Nxd5 20. Ne4 Nde7 21. Ba3 $44) 19... Nxe5 (19... Bxe5 $6 {Hansen,LB} 20. Bxe5
Nxe5 21. Rc7 $16 (21. Nb3 {Wolff} Rac8 22. Na5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rd8 $1 {/\ ...
Rd2, ...Rd7} 24. Rd1 $1 (24. Nxb7 Rd2) 24... Rc8 $1 (24... Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 $16 {
><b7}) 25. Nxb7 Rc2 26. Kf1 Rxa2 $132)) 20. Bd4 Rfc8 (20... Nc6 {Belov} 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf3 Rfc8 23. Nb3 Nd7 $14) 21. Nb3 $1 (21. Ne4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8
23. Rc5 Ned7 $1) 21... Rxc1+ {?! Belov} (21... Nc6 {Belov} 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Nc5 Nd8 24. Bf3 Rc7 $14) 22. Rxc1 Rc8 {!? Wolff} 23. Rxc8+ (23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24.
Bf3 $14) 23... Nxc8 24. Na5 b6 $8 (24... Nc6 25. Bxg7 (25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Bc5 (
26. Bxg7 {Wolff} Kxg7 $14 {/\ ...c5, ...Nb6, ...g5, ...h6, ...f6, ...Kf7-e7-d6}
) (26. Bf3 Bxd4 27. exd4 Ne7 28. Kf1 f6 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd3 Ke6 31. Kc4 Kd6 32.
Kb4 Nf5 $1 $10) 26... Bf8 $1) 25... Nxa5 26. Bc3 $16) (24... Nd6 {Belov} 25.
Bxa7 $16) 25. Bxe5 {! Belov} Bxe5 26. Nc6 Bc3 $1 27. Ba6 Nd6 28. Nxa7 Kf8 (
28... h5 $5 {Hansen,LB Wolff}) (28... f5 $5 {Belov} 29. g4 Kf7) 29. Kf1 Ke7 30.
Ke2 Ke6 {פa7} (30... h5 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 31. g4 (31. Kd3 Be1) 31... Kd5 32. Kd3
Bb2 33. g5 Kc5 (33... Bg7 $5 {Hansen,LB /\h6}) 34. a4 f6 {?! Hansen,LB} (34...
Bg7 $5 {Hansen,LB /\h6}) (34... Kb4 {Belov} 35. f4 Kxa4 36. e4 Ka5 37. e5 $1
$16) 35. gxf6 Bxf6 36. Bb5 Bh4 (36... g5 $142 {Hansen,LB /\h6}) (36... Nxb5 {
Belov} 37. axb5 $5 Be5 38. f4 Bb8 39. Nc6 Bd6 40. Nd4 $16) 37. f3 Bf6 38. Bd7
Nc4 (38... g5 $5 {Belov}) 39. Bb5 Nd6 40. Bd7 Nc4 41. Be8 Nd6 42. Bb5 Nf7 $2 {
?! Belov} (42... g5 $5 {Hansen,LB /\h6}) (42... Nxb5 {Belov} 43. axb5 Be5 44.
f4) (42... Bh4 $5 {Belov}) 43. f4 $1 g5 (43... Nd6 44. e4 $18) 44. Nc6 gxf4 45.
exf4 Bh4 (45... Nd6 {Wolff} 46. Nb8 $1 Nxb5 47. Nd7+ Kb4 (47... Kd6 48. Nxf6
$18) 48. axb5 $1 Bd8 49. f5 $18) 46. Nb8 $1 {קb6} Kd6 {?! Belov} (46... Nd6 {
Belov} 47. Nd7+ Kb4 48. Nxb6 Nxb5 49. axb5 Kxb5 50. Nd5 Kc6 $16) 47. Nd7 Bd8 (
47... Bf2 48. Nf6 $18) (47... Kc7 {Belov} 48. Kd4 Nd6 49. Nf8 $18) 48. Nf8 h5 (
48... h6 {Hansen,LB} 49. Bc4 $18 {>< Nf7}) 49. Bc4 Nh6 (49... Ke7 {Hansen,LB}
50. Ng6+ (50. Bxf7 $2 Kxf8 $1 51. Bxh5 Kg7 $10) 50... Kf6 51. Bxf7 Kxf7 52.
Ne5+ Ke6 53. Ke4 $18) 50. Ke4 $1 $18 {פh6} Kc5 {?! Hansen,LB; ? Wolff} (50...
Bf6 $142 {Wolff}) 51. Ne6+ Kxc4 52. Nxd8 Kb4 (52... b5 53. axb5 Kxb5 54. f5 Kc5
55. Ke5 $18) 53. f5 Kxa4 54. f6 b5 55. f7 Nxf7 56. Nxf7 b4 57. Kd3 Ka3 (57...
b3 58. Kc3 Ka3 59. Ne5 Ka2 60. Nc4 h4 61. Nb2 Ka3 62. Nd3 $18) 58. Ne5 Kb2 59.
Kd2 b3 (59... Kb3 60. h4) 60. Nd3+ Ka3 61. Kc3 1-0

