[Event "Novy Bor m"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Be2 Qxc3 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Rxc5 Qxa2 13. O-O Na6 14. Rc2
Qa5 15. Qb1 Qd8 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Qa1 Nb4 18. Rb2 f5 19. g3 e5 20. dxe5 Nd3 21.
Bxd3 Qxd3 22. Rxb6 fxe4 23. Qa2+ Kh8 24. Rd6 Qb5 25. e6 Qe5 26. Rcc6 Bb7 27.
Nc4 Qh5 28. Rc5 Rf5 29. e7 Bf6 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. exd8=Q+ Bxd8 32. Bd4+ Kg8 33.
Ne3+ Kf8 34. Rxf5+ gxf5 35. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Novy Bor m"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ng6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Bb5 Be7
15. Qa4 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe4 Rab8 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Rd5 20. h4 h6 21.
Rae1 Rbd8 22. h5 Nf8 23. Nh2 Bc5 24. Rc1 Bb6 25. Ng4 Qe7 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Qg4+
Ng6 28. exf6 Qc5 29. Be5 Rd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Qf3 Nh4 32. Qxc6 Qxh5 33. Rc3
Rg4 34. g3 Qg6 35. Kh2 Qxf6 36. gxh4 Qf4+ 37. Rg3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Novy Bor m"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6
15. Nf4 Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Ba6 Qh4 19. Rxd5 Rce8 20. f4 Qe7 21.
e5 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 f6 24. Qe4 fxe5 25. fxe5 Nc6 26. Qc4 Qb4 27. Rd1+
Qxc4 28. Bxc4+ Kh8 29. e6 Re8 30. Rd6 Ne7 31. g4 h5 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 Nc8
34. Rd2 Bc3 35. Rc2 Be5 36. Bb5 Rf8 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. e7 Kg7 39. e8=Q Rxe8 40.
Bxe8 Kf6 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Qa4 Nc7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Ne4 Ne6 11. Be3 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Qa3
Bc6 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. h4 f5 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Qd5+ 22. Kg1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 e5 24. Qa4 b5 25. Qa6 e4 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27.
Rxc6 a5 28. Kf1 Bb4 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Rd6 Rxa2 32. Rxd4 Rxb2 33.
Rxe4 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 b3 35. Rb4 Kf7 36. Rxb5 Ke6 37. f4 b2 38. Kf2 Kd6 39. g4 Kc6
40. Rb8 Kc7 41. Rb3 Kd6 42. f5 Ke5 43. f6 Rc1 44. Rxb2 Kf4 45. Rb3 Rc8 46. Rf3+
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. a3 Nd7 7. O-O Bg6 8. c3 c5
9. Re1 Rc8 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15.
Nf3 Be7 16. Kg2 cxd4 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Ng5 f5 21. exf6
Nxf6 22. Rxe6 Qc7 23. axb4 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Re3 h6 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. e4 Bd7 11. Qc2 a6 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Rab1 e5 15. Ne2
Qe7 16. Bc3 b4 17. Bb2 Nb7 18. Rbe1 Rbe8 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nc1 f6 21. f5 Nh6 22.
h4 Nd8 23. Bh3 Ndf7 24. Nd3 g5 25. Nf2 gxh4 26. gxh4 Kh8 27. Kh2 Rg8 28. Nf3
Nd8 29. Bc1 Qf7 30. Nh1 Bf8 31. Qe2 a5 32. Ng5 fxg5 33. hxg5 Be7 34. Rg1 Qf8
35. Qh5 Nxf5 36. g6 Rxg6 37. Rxg6 Nh4 38. Rg3 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Be7 10. e4 Nh5 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. g3 b5 14. Bg2 Kg7 15.
O-O Nhf6 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 a5 18. Ne3 Ba6 19. Nec4 Nb6 20. Nxa5 Bxf1 21. Nc6
Qd7 22. Bxf1 h5 23. h4 Rhe8 24. Bg2 Ng4 25. a5 Ne5 26. Rd1 Nc8 27. Nxe5 Rxe5
28. Nc4 Re8 29. f4 Qd8 30. Qa4 Rb8 31. Qc6 Re7 32. b3 Rc7 33. Qa4 Na7 34. Qa1+
Kg8 35. e5 Nb5 36. f5 Nc3 37. Re1 dxe5 38. Rxe5 Qf6 39. Qe1 gxf5 40. d6 Ra7 41.
Qe3 Rb5 42. Bc6 Rbxa5 43. Nxa5 Rxa5 44. d7 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Kh7 47.
Qf3 Kg7 48. Re8 Qg6 49. Rg8+ Kxg8 50. d8=Q+ Kg7 51. Qg5 Ne2 52. Qfe3 Qxg5 53.
hxg5 Rc2 54. Bf3 Nd4 55. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. e5 b6 12. Be4 Rb8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rae1 b5 15. Qc2
c5 16. Kh1 d5 17. Bf3 b4 18. c4 Bb7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. f5 gxf5 22.
Ng3 cxd4 23. Nxf5 Qg5 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. N3xd4 Rb6 26. e6 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28.
Rxe6 Kh8 29. Rfe1 Bf6 30. Nh4 Rg8 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. Ne7 Nf8 33. Nf5+ Kh8 34. Rd6
1-0

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2
Bb4 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. Be2 Nxc5 13. O-O f6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Bh5+ Ke7 16. Qg4 Bd7 17. Qg7+ Kd6 18. Bf7 Kc6 19. Qxf6 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rhf8
21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Qe7 Bc8 23. Rcc1 Qc7 24. Qh4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxf7 26. b4 Nd7
27. Qxe4+ Kc7 28. f4 Kb8 29. c5 Qg6 30. Qd4 e5 31. fxe5 Qf5 32. h3 Qxe5 33. Qd2
Nf6 34. Qf2 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Novy Bor m1"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 ({Die
populärere Alternative ist} 6... e4 7. Ng5 (7. Ne1)) 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2 ({Oder} 
8. Nd5 Bc5 9. e3 a6 10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rc1 f4
15. exf4 exf4 16. Rc4 Ng6 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qa1 Bd4 20. Rxd4 exd4
21. Qxd4 f3 22. Bh1 Be6 23. Nc3 c6 24. d6 Bd5 25. Ne4 Qd7 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Qe3
Qf7 28. h4 Qf5 29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Re1 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5+ Qxg5 33. Nxg5
Rxd6 34. Re3 Rdf6 35. Kg1 a5 36. Nh3 b5 37. Nf4 Rxf4 38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Kf1 Kf7
40. Ke1 Kf6 41. Kd2 a4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Bxf3 Rxa2+ 44. Kc3 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Anand,V (2786)-Gelfand,B (2755) Moscow 2013}) 8... a5 9. e3 ({Zumeist geschieht
} 9. a3 {z.B.:} Bc5 10. Na4 Re8 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bc3 Qd6 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. h3
Bd7 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. b3 b6 17. Re1 Nd4 18. e3 Nc6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne7 21.
Qc2 f5 22. Bf3 Bc6 23. Be2 Qe6 24. Rad1 Bb7 25. f3 Rd7 26. Rf1 Ng6 27. Rf2 Red8
28. Rg1 Rd6 29. a4 R6d7 30. Bb2 Rd6 31. Bc3 R6d7 32. Bf1 e4 33. dxe4 fxe4 34.
f4 Qe7 35. Be2 Rd3 36. Bxd3 exd3 37. Qd2 Qe4 38. f5 Ne5 39. Rgf1 Re8 40. f6
gxf6 41. Rxf6 Re7 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. R8f4 Qg6 44. e4 Bc6 45. Rf6 {1-0 (45)
Ponomariov,R (2743)-Cheparinov,I (2678) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 9... Bf5 10. Qe2
Re8 11. Rfd1 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Nh4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3
Qf6 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. c5 Nd4 $2 {Der schwarze Angriff erweist sich als nicht
so stark wie erhofft.} (18... Rd8 $11) 19. Qd3 Rxh4 20. gxh4 Nf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxh2+
22. Kg2 Nf3 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Qxd6 Nxh4+ 25. Kf1 Qf5 {mit der Idee Dh3 und
Gegenspiel.} 26. Qd7 Qf3 27. Qd5 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Ra6 (28... Qg4+ 29. Kd2 Nf3+ 30.
Kc1 h5 31. Rc4 $18) 29. Qe4 $18 ({Gut war auch} 29. Rc4 $5) 29... f5 30. Qd5+
Kh7 31. Rc4 (31. Qxb7 $4 Qg4+ $19) 31... f4 32. Rxf4 Ng6 33. Qf5 Qh2 34. Rd7 h5
35. Rd5 Rb6 36. Qxh5+ Qxh5+ 37. Rxh5+ Kg8 38. Rd4 Rxb2+ 39. Rd2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Laznicka,V"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 d5 {The most principled
continuation.} 6. cxd5 (6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nb4 8. d3 Nxd5 9. Nf3 Qe7 $11 {
was played recently with a more positional battle.}) 6... Nb4 7. Nf3 {Again
the most challenging move.} (7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Be7 $11 (8... Bxd4 9. Qa4+ $18)
) 7... Nd3+ 8. Ke2 Nxd5 (8... Bf5 9. Qa4+ $14 {was played already, but it is
not recommendable for Black.}) 9. Qa4+ Bd7 (9... c6 {was a quiter move, Black
should equalise after} 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Ne1 Nxc1+ 12. Rxc1 Qd6 13. Nd3 Bb6 14.
Rxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Qxd6+ Kxd6 17. Bxa8 f5 18. Bg2 Ba6 19. e4 g6 $11)
10. Qe4 {The position is pretty shaky, one inaccurate move and it might be all
over.} ({For example after} 10. Qc4 $2 N5b4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxc5 Nbd3 13. Qd5
O-O $17 14. h3 Qf6 15. f4 Bc6 $19) 10... N5b4 {And now it is clear that it
will not be a calm positional struggle.} (10... Nxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxc1+ 12. Rhxc1
f6 13. Qxb7 (13. d4 Ba3 14. Rd1 Bb5+ 15. Ke1 Bb2 16. Rac1 Bxc1 17. dxe5 Qe7 18.
Qxb7 Qc5 19. Qxa8+ Ke7 20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Qd5 Bxe3 22. Qe5+ Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Bb6
24. Nd7+ $14) 13... Rb8 14. Qe4 Ba3 15. Rd1 $14 {would lead to a position that
White was aiming for.}) 11. a3 $5 {Even after other moves it looks like Black
is doing fine.} (11. Nxe5 f5 12. Qc4 Nxe5 13. Qxc5 Nbd3 14. Qd4 (14. Qa5 Bc6
15. Bxc6+ bxc6 $15) 14... Qe7 15. Nd5 (15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 c5 17. Qh4 Qd6 $17)
15... Qd8 16. Nc3 (16. f4 c5 17. Qc3 Bc6 18. fxe5 Bxd5 19. Qxd3 Bxg2 20. Qxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rg1 Bh3 $11) 16... Qe7 $11 {could be a slightly boring finale as far
as the spectators' expectations are concerned.}) 11... Bc6 12. Qc4 (12. Qg4 Nd5
$15) 12... b5 $5 {Black has to attack, otherwise he will end up at least a
pawn down.} (12... e4 {was another good possibility} 13. Ne1 (13. Nxe4 b5 14.
Qc3 Bxe4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 $11) 13... Nxe1 14. axb4 Nxg2 15. Qxc5 Qd3+
16. Kd1 Bd7 17. Qe5+ Be6 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Bg4+ 20. Kc2 Bf3 21. d3 Nf4 22.
Re1 Nxd3 23. Nd6+ cxd6 24. Kxd3 $11) 13. Qg4 {White is dreaming only about
winning. It was the last time, when an easy draw could be achieved.} (13. Nxb5
e4 14. Nfd4 Bxd4 15. axb4 (15. Nxd4 Bd5 16. Qc3 Qf6 17. f4 exf3+ 18. Nxf3 (18.
Bxf3 c5 19. Bxd5 cxd4 20. Qc4 Qf2+ 21. Kd1 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 O-O $17) 18... Qa6 $17
) 15... Ne5 16. Qxd4 Bxb5+ 17. Kd1 Qxd4 18. exd4 Nd3 19. Bxe4 Nxf2+ 20. Kc2
Nxe4 21. Re1 Bc6 22. b5 Bb7 23. d3 O-O-O 24. dxe4 Rxd4 25. Rxa7 $11) (13. Qb3
e4 14. axb4 exf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Qf6+ 17. Ke2 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Qf5 19.
bxc5 Qxe4 20. f3 Qc6 21. Rxa7 Qxc5 22. Qa3 Nxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxc1 24. Ra8+ Kd7 25.
Qd3+ Ke7 26. Qe4+ Kd7 27. Qd5+ Ke7 $11) 13... Nc2 {Around this moment we both
got short of time, that is why the quality of the game is quite low at some
moments.} 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Ra2 $2 {The beginning of many miscalculations in
this game.} (15. Rb1 Qd6 16. b4 Bb6 17. Qg4 Rd8 18. Qf5 Ke7 $13) 15... b4 $17
16. axb4 Ncxb4 17. Ra5 Qd6 {Black tries to develop all his pieces in order to
develop a serious attack.} 18. Qg4 Bb6 19. Ra3 Rd8 20. Ne4 Qe7 $2 {Too passive,
Black could exchange queens with a huge edge.} (20... Qg6 $19) 21. Qf5 $4 {
With a couple of minutes and a full board of pieces one could be easily lost
at the board.} (21. Nh4 Qe6 22. Nf5 Qg6 23. Ng7+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ Ke8 $11 {with
funny repetition.}) 21... f6 (21... Qe6 22. Qxe6+ fxe6 23. Nfg5 Ke7 $17 {
and the white pieces are hopelessly pinned.}) 22. Nh4 Bb5 {A crucial motif.}
23. Kf3 (23. Kd1 Qf7 $19) 23... Nc2 $2 (23... Qf7 $19 {and what should White
do against the coming ...Bd7?}) 24. Rxd3 {It is not a good idea to take this
part seriously with analytical thoroughness, it was just a blitz game with
many errors.} (24. Qh5+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 $19) 24... Rxd3 25.
Qh5+ Kd8 26. Nf5 Qb4 27. Kg4 Rd7 $6 (27... Be8 28. Qxh7 Rd7 $19) 28. Kh3 Bd3
29. Qf3 c6 30. g4 h5 31. gxh5 Rh7 32. Neg3 Rfh8 33. e4 (33. Nh4 f5 34. Nhxf5
Rg8 $19) 33... Qc4 34. Kh4 Kc7 (34... Rxh5+ 35. Nxh5 Be2 36. d3 Bxf3 37. dxc4
Bxf2+ 38. Nfg3 Rxh5#) 35. b3 Qxb3 36. Bb2 Qxb2 37. Qxd3 Rd7 (37... Bxf2 38. Kh3
Ne1 $19) 38. Qf3 Nb4 (38... Rxd2 $19) 39. Ne3 Bxe3 (39... Rdh7 40. Qxf6 Kb7 41.
Nc4 Qd4 42. Nxb6 axb6 43. Rc1 Qxd2 $19) 40. dxe3 Nd3 $2 {By now it was
completely winning for Black, sometimes very easily sometimes with a little
accuracy. However, after the time control the position became just better for
Black and one could say that we were both on the starting line again.} (40...
a5 $19) 41. Rd1 (41. Qxf6 Rhh7 42. Rd1 Qxf2 43. Qxf2 Nxf2 44. Ra1 Kb6 $15)
41... a5 $2 {This move could definitively bury all my efforts.} (41... Qxf2 42.
Rxd3 Rxh5+ 43. Kxh5 Qxf3+ 44. Bxf3 Rxd3 45. Be2 Rxe3 46. Kg4 a5 47. h4 a4 48.
h5 a3 49. Bc4 Rc3 50. Bg8 $11) (41... Rf8 $15) 42. Bh3 {The white pieces
become very active suddenly. With sufficient compensation for a draw.} (42.
Qxf6 Rhd8 43. Bh3 Rd6 44. Qe7+ Kb8 45. Bf1 R6d7 46. Qf6 Rd6 47. Qe7 $11) 42...
Rd6 43. Qg4 Rhd8 44. Qg7+ Kb6 45. h6 {White's trump card now says it all.} Qxf2
46. Rb1+ Nb4 47. h7 Qxe3 48. Bf5 Rd2 {The last chance to confuse my opponent.}
(48... Qg5+ 49. Qxg5 fxg5+ 50. Kxg5 c5 51. Nf1 a4 52. Ne3 Kb5 53. Rc1 Rd2 54.
Kf6 R2d6+ 55. Kg5 $11) 49. Rh1 $6 {Even after this move the game is pretty
drawish, neverthless White has to be on guard.} (49. Kh3 {with an easy draw:}
Rh8 50. Qxh8 Qh6+ 51. Kg4 Qg5+ 52. Kh3 Qh6+) 49... Qg5+ 50. Qxg5 fxg5+ 51. Kxg5
a4 52. Kf6 (52. Ra1 Kb5 53. Nf1 Rg2+ 54. Kf6 Nc2 $17) 52... a3 53. Be6 (53. Kg7
a2 54. Be6 Rxh2 55. Bxa2 Rxh1 56. Nxh1 Nxa2 57. Nf2 Kc5 $19) 53... R2d6 54. Nf5
Rxe6+ 55. Kxe6 Rh8 56. Kxe5 {Still not the losing move. White could
immediately move his h-pawn ahead with a forceful draw.} (56. h4 Rxh7 57. h5 a2
58. h6 Nc2 59. Kxe5 a1=Q+ 60. Rxa1 Nxa1 61. Kf6 Nc2 62. Kg6 Rh8 63. Kg7 $11)
56... a2 57. Ra1 (57. Kf6 Rxh7 58. h4 Ra7 59. h5 a1=Q+ 60. Rxa1 Rxa1 61. h6 $11
) 57... Rxh7 58. h4 Ra7 (58... c5 59. Kf6 Ra7 60. Ne3 (60. h5 Nc2 61. Rxa2 Rxa2
62. h6 Nd4 63. h7 Rh2) 60... c4 61. h5 Kc5 62. h6 Kd4 63. Nxc4 Kxc4 64. Kg6 Nd3
65. h7 Ne5+ 66. Kf5 $11) 59. Ne3 $4 {And after this, there is no way back
after all. White was again short of time and could not evaluate long lines
correctly.} (59. h5 Nc2 60. Rxa2 Rxa2 61. h6 c5 62. h7 Ra8 63. Kf6 c4 64. Ne7
Rh8 65. Kg7 Rxh7+ 66. Kxh7 Nb4 67. Nf5 c3 68. Nd4 Kc5 69. Ne2 c2 70. Kg6 Kc4
71. e5 Kd3 72. Nc1+ Kd2 73. e6 $11) 59... Kc5 {Now it is not difficult.} 60.
Rc1+ (60. h5 Rh7 $19) 60... Kb5 61. Ra1 Ra3 62. Nf5 Kc4 63. h5 Nc2 64. Rxa2
Rxa2 65. h6 Ra7 66. Kf6 Nd4 67. Ne7 Ra1 68. h7 Rh1 69. Kg7 Ne6+ 70. Kg8 Rg1+
71. Kf7 Ng5+ 72. Kg6 Nxh7+ 73. Kxh7 c5 74. Nf5 Re1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Laznicka,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 (6. O-O {is
considered to be best.}) 6... c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3 Nd7 {My opponent started
to think from this moment, it is not easy to figure out what he was surprised
with.} 9. O-O Bg4 {Black has to be careful.} (9... Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. g4
Be4 12. f3 Bg6 13. f4 $16) (9... Nxc5 10. Nfd4 Bg6 11. Be3 $14) (9... Bxc5 10.
Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 $14) 10. Nfd4 (10. Bf4 Bxc5 {would be a difference, since
the bishop is better placed on g4 than on f5.}) (10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ndxe5
12. Be2 Be7 13. c3 Nd7 $11) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc5 13. Be3 (13.
c3 O-O $11) 13... O-O 14. f4 {The position is about equal, however it is
important to opt for a good plan and to prevent White from activity on the
kingside. First rooks and queen have to be switched to the game.} Qc7 {Also
aims at the e5-pawn.} 15. Rac1 {Black does not have to be afraid of c4, that
is why Rae1 should have been preferred.} (15. Rae1 Rac8 16. c3 a6 17. Rf3 Rfe8
18. Rh3 g6 $11) 15... Rac8 16. b3 {This is a committal move, it weakens the
queenside. Rae1 should again have been prefered.} a6 17. c3 {It is admitting a
mistake has been made. Black has improved his position, meanwhile White has
only weakened his position.} (17. c4 Nb6 $15) 17... Rfe8 {Prepares ...f6.} 18.
Bf2 b5 ({Attenttion could be paid to} 18... f6 19. Rfe1 fxe5 20. fxe5 b5 $15)
19. Kh1 g6 20. h4 Bf8 (20... f6 21. Rfe1 fxe5 22. fxe5 Bb6 23. Nf3 Bxf2 24.
Qxf2 Rf8 25. Qe3 Rf5 $15 {would be more forceable.}) 21. Nf3 (21. b4 Nb6 $15) (
21. h5 Nc5 22. Bh4 Ne4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qe3 Qa5 $17) 21... Nc5 22. Bd4 $2 (22.
h5 Ne4 $15) (22. Nd2 h5 $14) 22... Ne4 23. Kh2 Qa5 {Black has slowly got an
initiative. White`s activity has evaporated and now his weaknesses start to
tell.} 24. c4 (24. b4 Qa3 $17) 24... bxc4 25. bxc4 Ba3 26. Rc2 Qa4 {Black has
a huge advantage, nevertheless time pressure is coming, so the result is not
still determined.} 27. Qd3 Rc7 $2 {This move could have cost the win.} (27...
Rxc4 {could be the most decisive} 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Re1 Nc5 $17
31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc1 Rc8 $17) (27... Rc6 28. Rb1 Rec8 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3
dxc4 31. Ra1 Bb4 32. bxc4 a5 33. Rac1 $17) 28. Rb1 Rec8 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3
dxc4 31. Ra1 {There is no better option.} (31. Re1 cxb3 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxe4
Bc1 $17) 31... Bb4 (31... Bf8 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxa6 Nd2 35. Bf2
Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Bh6 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Bg3 Bxf4 39. Bxf4 Rxf4 40. Kg3 Rd4 $11) 32.
bxc4 Rxc4 (32... a5 33. Rac1 h5 34. Bb6 Rc6 35. Bd4 {is better for Black,
however it is not easy to break through.}) 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxa6 $2 (34. Bb6
Nc5 35. Bxc5 Bxc5 36. g3 (36. Rxa6 Rxf4 37. Ra5 Be3 38. Kg3 Re4 $17) 36... Rc3
37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Rc1 {with good chances to make a draw.}) 34... Nd2 35. Ra8+ Kg7
36. Bf2 (36. Rd8 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Be7 38. Rd7 Bxh4 $17) 36... Rxf4 $2 (36...
Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Bd2 38. Bg3 h6 39. Ra3 Bxf4 40. Bxf4 Rxf4 41. Kg3 g5 42. hxg5
hxg5 43. Ra2 Kf8 44. Rb2 Rf5 45. Re2 Ke7 46. Re1 Kd7 $17) 37. Kg3 {The series
of mistakes continues.} (37. Ra4 h5 38. Ng5 Rxf2 39. Rxb4 Rf1 40. Kg3 Rf5 41.
Rb7 Kf8 42. Nh7+ $11) 37... Rf5 (37... Rc4 38. Kh3 Ne4 39. Be3 Bc3 40. Ra2 h6
41. Rc2 $15) 38. Be3 $4 ({He still had very good drawing chances after Ra4.
Even a pawn up in the endgame is not a guarantee of a win.} 38. Ra4 Ne4+ 39.
Kh2 Nxf2 40. Rxb4 Nd3 41. Re4 Rf4 42. Rxf4 Nxf4 43. g4 Nd3 44. g5 Kf8 45. Kg2
Ke7 46. Kf1 Kd7 47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Ke3 Nh5 49. Nh2) 38... Nxf3 39. gxf3 Be1+ 40.
Kg2 Bxh4 41. Bc5 h5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 O-O {A solid alternative to the main 8...g5, usually leading to very
sharp play.} 9. e3 Be6 10. a3 {No doubt, this move was a part of Viktor's home
preparation.} ({Michael had a positive experience with this line before. In
his previous game he has successfully solved all the problems at an early
stage of the game:} 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nd4 Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11 {
0-1 Dreev,A (2662)-Adams,M (2752)/Bilbao 2014/CBM 163/[Adams,M]}) 10... Bxc5 ({
For some reason, nobody has tried:} 10... Bxc3+ $5 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13.
Qc2 Nd7 {Black's development advantage is now threatening, so it looks like
White has nothing better than giving the pawn back:} 14. f3 Nexc5 15. Ne2 Rc8
16. Qd1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bg6 $132 {The resulting complex position looks quite
acceptable for Black.}) 11. Rd1 {The text move looks most flexible - the
d-file definitely belongs to White's rook anyway, but White is not obliged to
put his knight on f3, as we could see later.} ({After} 11. Nf3 Nc6 (11... Nbd7
{seems too passive:} 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Bh7+
Kh8 17. Bf5 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Yu Yangyi (2724)/Tsaghkadzor ARM 2015})
12. Bd3 (12. Rd1 $5 Rc8 13. Be2) 12... Rc8 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 a6
16. Rac1 Ba7 17. Bb1 d4 $11 {Kavutskiy,K (2349)-Le Quang Liem (2697)/Saint
Louis USA 2015 (61), Black has easily equalised.}) 11... Nbd7 $146 {The
dark-squared bishop was hanging, but that move is a sort of concession - Black
doesn't fight for control over d4-spot.} ({In the preceding game Black didn't
achieve full equality after} 11... Be7 12. Bc4 Nbd7 (12... Qa5 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14.
Nge2 Rac8 15. O-O $14) 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Nge2 Nb6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Qd3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 $14 {0-1 Andrejic,V (2268)-Atalik,S (2565)/Kragujevac SRB
2015 (38)}) ({However, it was worth giving serious attention to} 11... Nc6 $5 {
with an idea to meet} 12. Nxd5 {with} Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Nge2 Rfc8 $44 {
getting excellent compensation for a pawn.}) 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nge2 $1 {Viktor's
harmonious setup neutralises Black's pressure along the c-file.} ({Another
natural way of development} 13. Nf3 {would enable Black to solve all his
problems by means of:} d4 $5 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 Bxa3 15. O-O Bb4 $132) 14...
Bxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 $1 {For instance,} 16. Rd2 Bb3 17. Qb1 Rfe8+ 18. Be2 Ne4 $1
19. Nxe4 Ba2 $1 20. Qxa2 (20. Qa1 Rxe4 21. O-O Bb3 22. Bg3 Rxd4 $11) 20... Rc1+
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rxe4 23. Bg3 Qxd4+ 24. Ke1 Nc5 25. Qb1 Qc4 26. Qd1 Nd3+
27. Kd2 Rd4 28. Ke3 Re4+ $11) 13... Re8 14. O-O $14 {Now Black has no
compensation for a weak isolated pawn.} Bd6 {This move is aimed at putting the
queen on b6.} ({Another possible continuation was} 14... a6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Qd2
$14) 15. h3 {A decent prophylactic move - Black's light-squared bishop
definitely lacks space now.} ({Another move deserving serious attention was} 
15. Nd4 $5 Qb6 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 $14 {with strong pressure
along the f-file.}) 15... Qb6 ({A safer way was:} 15... a6 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Bh7+
Kh8 18. Bf5 $14 {Black has a worse, but rather solid position.}) 16. Nd4 $6 {
This natural move is a serious inaccuracy.} ({Both players have overlooked the
following tactical idea:} 16. f4 $1 {the bishop is almost trapped, so Black
has nothing better than} g5 ({After} 16... Nf8 17. Bxf6 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 gxf6 19.
Nd4 $18 {Black's extra pawn is not worth much - there are too many weaknesses.}
) 17. fxg5 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. g6 $16 {In the subsequent position the
vulnerablity of Black's king offers White a powerful attack for free.}) 16...
g5 $2 {Returning the favour.} ({GM Adams has missed a golden opportunity of
getting rid of his main weakness:} 16... Ne4 $1 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 {
leaves White with a symbolic advantage, since the Pe4 can be protected. For
instance,} 19. Rd4 Qc6 20. Rxe4 Be5 21. Bg3 Bxc3 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. bxc3 Nf6 {
with a probable draw.}) 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 $16 {White's k-side pawn
structure isn't perfect now, but Black is unable to put pressure on the Pe3.}
Ne4 {A human decision. Black doesn't mind giving up a pawn in order to
simplify matters.} ({After} 18... Re7 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. g4 $16 {Black's position
lacks any active ideas - the pressure along the f-file is extremely annoying.})
19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe6 {White manages to win the pawn, but Black's play is
getting somewhat more easily.} ({Possibly, the attacking approach would offer
even more:} 20. Qf2 $5 Bc4 21. Nf5 Bxf1 22. Rd6 Rc6 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8
25. Rxd7 Rf6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qd2 Rxh6 28. Kxf1 $16) 20... Qxe6 21. Qxe4 Nb6 ({
Correctly rejecting} 21... Qxe4 $2 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxd7 Rf8 24. Rxb7 a5 25.
Ra7 $18) 22. Qxb7 {It definitely makes sense to exchange the weak Pe3.} ({
Less is offered by} 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd3 a6 $14) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Kh2 Re7 24.
Qa6 Rcc7 $2 {A tactical blunder, which makes Viktor's technical task much
easier.} ({The cool-blooded} 24... Qc5 $1 25. Rf6 (25. a4 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27.
Nd5 Re6 $16) 25... Kg7 26. Qf1 Rc6 27. Rf5 Qc4 $16 {would allow Black to stay
in the game.}) 25. a4 $1 {That is the point! White's knight can disturb all
Black's major pieces now, so it is impossible to avoid further material losses.
} Qe6 ({Possibly, the most stubborn was:} 25... Re6 26. Rfe1 $1 Qxe1 27. Rxe1
Rxe1 28. a5 Nc4 29. Nd5 Re6 {, but after} 30. Qb5 {Black is going to lose the
second pawn:} Rc8 31. Qb7 Rd8 32. Qxa7 Nxb2 33. Qd4 $18) 26. Nb5 Rc5 (26... Rc8
{is also hopeless:} 27. Rfe1 Qxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. a5 Ra1 30. Nd6 Rcc1 31. g4
$18) ({Or} 26... Rc2 27. Nd4 Qc4 28. Qa5 Rxb2 29. Nf5 Ree2 30. Nxh6+ Kh7 31.
Qf5+ Kxh6 32. Rd6+ Re6 33. Qxf7 Rxd6 34. Qf8+ $18) 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Nd4 $6 {
All of a sudden, Black gets one more chance to save the game!} ({There was no
reason to deviate from collecting another pawn:} 28. Nxa7 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30.
Qxe6 fxe6 31. Nc6 Rc7 32. Ne5 $18) 28... Qg6 29. b4 $2 {Allowing Black to swap
one pair of rooks.} ({There was still a winning way, though it was't trivial:} 
29. a5 Rd5 (29... Nc4 30. Rf6 Qg7 31. Nf5 $18) 30. Rf8 $1 Rxd4 31. axb6 axb6
32. Qc8 Qg7 33. Qc2+ Rde4 34. R1xf7 $18) 29... Rd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 $16 {The
activity of Black's pieces should not be underestimated now.} 31. Qc8 ({
The more precise way to liquadate into the endgame was:} 31. Qxg6+ Kxg6 32. Nc6
Re4 33. b5 Rxa4 34. Ne5+ Kg7 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rd7 $16) 31... Qd3 $1 {Perhaps,
this move was overlooked by GM Laznicka.} 32. Qf5+ Qxf5 33. Nxf5 {Obviously,
the resulting version of the endgame suits Black, who gets an important tempo
for activating the rook.} Re6 $2 {Unfortunately for Michael, this loss of
tempo turns out to be a decisive mistake. Most probably, this move was played
under strong time pressure.} ({At the same time, the correct} 33... Re2 $1 {
would offer Black decent drawish chances. For instance,} 34. b5 Ra2 35. Rd1 Nc3
36. Rd6 Rxa4 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 $14) 34. b5 Kg6 (34... Nc3 35. Nd4 Rd6 36. Rxf7+ Kg6
37. Nf5 Rd2 38. Rc7 Kxf5 39. Rxc3 $18) 35. g4 {Supporting the Nf5 and giving
more space to the king.} Nc3 36. Ra1 Re4 ({An attempt to exchange k-side pawns
by means of} 36... h5 37. Ra3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nd5 {doesn't work:} 39. Rh3 Kf6 40.
Nd4 Re4 41. Rh6+ Ke5 42. Nc6+ Kf4 43. a5 Kxg4 44. Rd6 Ne3 45. b6 $18) 37. Rc1
$1 Nxa4 38. Rc7 {Now there is a material balance on the board, but White's
pieces are dominating!} Re6 ({The most stubborn was:} 38... Re2 39. Rxa7 Nc5
40. Ra8 Rb2 41. Rh8 f6 {Forcing White to find the precise} 42. Nd6 $1 (42.
Rxh6+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 $16) 42... Ne6 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rb8 $1 $18) 39. Rxa7 Nc3
40. Rb7 $18 {Now the q-side passer easily decides the game.} Nd5 41. Rd7 Nc3 ({
Or} 41... Nb6 42. Rd6 Kf6 43. Kg3 Rxd6 44. Nxd6 Ke6 45. Nf5 $18) 42. Nd6 Ne4
43. Nc4 (43. Nc8 $18 {was also good enough.}) 43... Nc5 44. Rc7 Na4 45. Kg3 Re1
46. Rc6+ f6 (46... Kg7 47. b6 Rb1 48. Kf3 $18) 47. Nd6 h5 48. b6 {A
disappointing loss for GM Michael Adams. However, he was able to recover and
win the second game of this match very convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 cxd5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Qa6
Qb8 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Rfc1 Reb8 17. Rc2 Rb6 18. Qa5 Qd6 19. d4 Rab8 20. Qc3 Rb4
21. e3 Rc4 22. Qd2 Qa6 23. Rcc1 Qb6 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. d5 Bf5 26. Na5 Qxb2 27.
Qxb2 Rxb2 28. Nxc4 Rc2 29. Na3 Re2 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nd6 Bg6 32. e4 Kf8 33. Bf1
Rc2 34. Bxa6 Nc5 35. Bf1 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Bg2 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Rd2 39. a4
Rxd5 40. a5 Rd7 41. a6 Ra7 42. h4 h5 43. Ra5 f6 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. f4
exf4+ 47. gxf4 Kc6 48. Ke4 Kb6 49. Ra4 Re7+ 50. Kf5 Ka7 51. Kg6 Rd7 52. f5 Re7
53. Kxh5 Rd7 54. Kg6 Re7 55. h5 Rd7 56. h6 gxh6 57. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxe2 7. Ncxe2 Qb6
8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Qxb2 10. c4 Qa3 11. Rb1 Qa6 12. Qb3 b6 13. Ne5 Qb7 14. Nf4 Be7
15. Qa4+ Nfd7 16. d5 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. Nxf7 e5 19. Nxh8 exf4 20. Rfe1 Kf8
21. Bxf4 Bf6 22. Re6 g5 23. Bg3 Bxh8 24. d6 Nac5 25. Re7 Bf6 26. Rxh7 Kg8 27.
Rh5 Kg7 28. f4 Kg6 29. Rxg5+ Bxg5 30. fxg5 cxd6 31. Bxd6 Kxg5 32. Re1 Rc8 33.
Re7 a5 34. Rg7+ Kf6 35. Rh7 Kg6 36. Re7 Rc6 37. Bxc5 Nxc5 38. Kf2 Na4 39. Re4
Nc3 40. Rd4 Nxa2 41. Ke3 Nb4 42. Kd2 Kf5 43. g3 Ke5 44. Rh4 Rd6+ 45. Kc3 Rd3+
46. Kb2 a4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 {
This move is considered harmless here.} (8. Na4 {is the main line.}) 8... d5 9.
cxd5 (9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Nd2 e4 14. Bc2 Ba6
15. f4 Nbd7 16. Qe1 Nb6 17. cxd5 Rfd8 $15 {1-0 (48) Porat,Y-Szabo,L Amsterdam
1954}) (9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. Ba6 Qc7 {
1/2 (13) Arizmendi Martinez,J (2561)-Gozzoli,Y (2543) Lille 2011}) (9. Rd1 Nbd7
(9... cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 {leads to a well-known position, usually
arising when Black takes on c4 earlier}) 10. Bd2 (10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12.
Bxc4 Qc7 13. Bd3 e5 14. Bf5 cxd4 15. cxd4 e4 $132 {0-1 (58) Kovacs,L-Farago,I 
(2510) Budapest 1978}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nb8 14.
Rac1 Nc6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bf5 Rc7 19. Nxd5 Nd4 20.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qd3+ Kg8 23. Qxd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qh6 25. Qe3 Bxf3
26. Qxh6 gxh6 27. gxf3 Rd8 $11 {1/2 (57) Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Huebner,R (2620)
Biel 1984}) 9... cxd4 $146 {This exchange is unnecessary.} (9... exd5 {gives
Black a comfortable position:} 10. Bd2 (10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nc6
13. Nd2 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. f3 a5 16. e4 b4 $13 {0-1 (48) Polugaevsky,L-Geller,E
Tbilisi (Georgia) 1959}) (10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd2 {1-0 (64) Muzychuk,M (2554)
-Santiago,Y (2422) Gibraltar 2016} c4 12. Bc2 Nc6 $13) 10... Nc6 11. a3 Ba5 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. Rac1 c4 14. Bb1 Re8 $13 {0-1 (21) Curtin,E (2427)-Milovanovic,R 
(2404) Dallas 2002}) 10. exd4 Bxc3 (10... Nxd5 11. Qe4 g6 12. Bg5 Qd7 (12...
Be7 13. Qh4) 13. Qh4 f6 {1-0 (35) Hawranke,D (2139)-Von Malottki,R (1972)
Hamburg 2011} 14. Bd2 $14) (10... exd5 11. Bg5 $36) 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. c4 Qh5
13. Ne5 Qh4 $6 {[%csl Rh4] Black's queen will be just vulnerable here. It is
better to exchange queens although White keeps a tiny edge in the endgame due
to his bishop pair:} (13... Qxe2 14. Bxe2 Rd8 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. a4
{etc.}) 14. f4 Nc6 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Bb1 Qh5 (17... Nh5 18. Be4 $1
Nxe5 (18... Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Qxf4 20. g3 Qg5 21. Nxc6 $16) 19. Bxb7 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6
21. Bc6 Re7 22. Ba3 Rc7 (22... Ng3 23. Qe1) 23. d5 $16) 18. Qe1 {Of course,
White now avoids the exchange of Black's misplaced queen.} Ng4 19. h3 Ngxe5 20.
fxe5 Na5 21. Bc1 $1 Nxc4 22. Rf4 (22. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Rg2g4] was even more
stronger.} f5 23. exf6 {is clearly poor for Black.}) 22... Nxe5 23. Rh4 Nf3+
24. gxf3 Qxf3 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd5 28. Qe2 Qxh3 29. Rd3 Qh7
{Black has got 3 pawns for a bishop but White keeps attacking prospects.} 30.
Re5 $6 {Not this way, though. The rook exchange helps Black's defense.} (30.
Rg3 $1 {[%cal Ye2g2]} Rc8 $140 31. Ba3+ Kg8 32. Rxe6 $1 Qb1+ 33. Qe1 $16) 30...
Qg6+ 31. Kf2 Red8 32. Rg3 Qh7 33. Kg2 Rxe5 34. dxe5 Rd4 35. Ba3+ Kg8 $2 {
Black's king should have left the zone of danger:} (35... Ke8 {[%cal Yh7e4] ,
and Black should not lose.}) 36. Be7 {[%cal Re7f6] Suddenly Black is in a big
trouble.} Qf5 37. Bf6 g6 38. a3 {Probably played under time pressure. It was
not easy to find the right course:} (38. Rc3 Rg4+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40. Rh3 {
is not enough due to} Rh4 $1 {as the endgame after} 41. Qxh5 Rxh5 42. Rxh5 gxh5
43. Kg3 Kh7 {is probably drawn.}) (38. Qf3 $1 {was correct:} Qc2+ (38... Qxf3+
39. Rxf3 {[%cal Rf3c3]}) (38... Rd2+ 39. Kh1 $18) 39. Kh3 Kh7 (39... Rd5 40.
Qh5 $1) 40. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1h1]} Qf5+ (40... Rd3 41. Rh1 $1 Kg8 42. Kg4 Qc4+
43. Kg5 $18) 41. Kg3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 g5 43. Rxg5 $18 {_|_}) 38... Kf8 (38... b5
$142 {, and White must play} 39. Qf3 {anyway. After the game move Victor
Laznicka finds an easier way.}) 39. Rc3 $1 Rg4+ 40. Kh2 Qh5+ (40... Qf4+ 41.
Kh3 $18) 41. Rh3 Rh4 $8 42. Qxh5 Rxh5 43. Rxh5 gxh5 44. Kg3 $18 {Comparing to
the 38.Rc3 line (see above), Black's king is too far and can't protect his h5
pawn. White easily wins the ending.} b5 45. Kh4 a5 46. Bd8 b4 47. Bxa5 bxa3 48.
Kxh5 Ke8 49. Kg5 Kd7 50. Kf6 Ke8 51. Bc3 a2 52. Ba1 Kf8 53. Kg5 Ke7 54. Kf4 Kd7
55. Ke4 Kc6 56. Kd4 Kb5 57. Kc3 1-0

