[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.02.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ott, Frank"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. a4 $5 ({An interesting pawn
sacrifice yielding White a durable initiative. Dieses interessante Bauernopfer
verschafft Weiß eine dauerhafte Initiative.} 12. Nd5 {also deserved attention.
verdiente ebenfalls Aufmerksamkeit.}) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxa4 15.
Nc4 Bb5 ({Also possible was Ebenfalls möglich war} 15... Rc8 $5 16. b3 Bb5 17.
Be3 a6) 16. Qb3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 a5 18. Be3 Be7 19. c3 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bd8 21. f4
Rc8 22. Qe1 O-O 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. d6 Re8 25. Rd5 Re6 26. Qd2 Rg6 27. Kh1 Qf5 $6
({Not the best move. Nicht der beste Zug.} 27... e4 {was to be preferred. war
vorzuziehen.}) 28. Bc5 Bg5 $6 29. Qe2 Bf6 30. Rxa5 {After regaining the pawn,
White has better prospects in the middlegame. Nach dem Rückgewinn des Bauern
hat Weiß in dem Mittelspiel die besseren Aussichten.} Rg4 31. Ra1 Re4 32. Qd3
$4 ({A terrible blunder, severely punished by Black. After the prudent Ein
schrecklicher Bock, der von Schwarz drastisch bestraft wird. Nach dem
umsichtigen} 32. Qd1 {White retained better chances due to his passed pawn d6.
behielte Weiß dank seines Freibauern d6 die besseren Chancen.}) {[%tqu "En",
"White's last move was a terrible mistake. How would you prove it?","Exploit
the shaky position of the enemy queen and try to deflect White's d5-rook.",
"Use your c8-rook for the decisive blow.","c8c5","A capital punishment of
White's careless play. Now the game is over.",5,"De","Der letzte weiße Zug war
ein schrecklicher Fehlgriff. Wie würden Sie dies nachweisen?","Nutzen Sie die
unsichere Stellung der feindlichen Dame und versuchen Sie, den weißen Turm d5
abzulenken.","Der Turm c8 soll den K.o.-Schlag versetzen.","c8c5","Eine
drastische Bestrafung des sorglosen weißen Spiels. Nun ist die Partie vorbei.",
5]} 32... Rxc5 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Rd3,Rd5,Ge4,Gf5] A convincing refutation of
White's careless queen move. Eine überzeugende Widerlegung des sorglosen
weißen Damenzuges.} 33. d7 ({Or Oder} 33. Rxc5 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 Qxd3 {, winning.
mit Gewinn.}) 33... Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Rd4 {, and White resigned, as he has no
compensation for the piece. und Weiß gab auf, denn er hat keine Kompensation
für die Figur.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mueller,Karsten} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 Qa5 13.
Qd2 Qh5 14. h3 g5 15. Bg3 e5 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Nd2 d5 18. Bxe5 dxe4 19. Qe3 Nd5
20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bd4 f5 22. f3 Rfd8 23. c3 Rxd4 24. cxd4 f4 25. Qb3+ Bd5 26.
Qc2 e3 27. Ne4 Qf7 28. Nc3 Be6 29. d5 Bf5 30. Ne4 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Rd1
Qe6 33. Ka1 h5 34. a3 Kf7 35. Qa4 Bxe4 36. fxe4 Bf6 37. Qc2 Qc6 38. Kb1 g4 39.
hxg4 hxg4 40. Qd3 Qe6 41. g3 f3 42. Qxe3 Be5 43. Qg5 Bxg3 44. Qh5+ Kg7 45. Qg5+
Kf7 46. Qh5+ Kg7 47. Ka1 f2 48. Qg5+ Kf7 49. Qh5+ Kg7 50. Rh1 $6 {Too risky.
Draw by perpetual was the best option for White.} Be5 $1 51. Qh7+ Kf8 52. Qxb7
g3 53. Rc1 {'?' Mueller,Karsten.} (53. Rd1 $142 {Mueller,Karsten}) {[%tqu "En",
"Black's passed pawn are very dangerous, but White is threatening 54.Rc8+. Can
you find Topalov's brilliant winning move?","Exploit the power of Black's
passed f-pawn.","Sacrifice your queen to deflect the white rook.","e6c4",
"That's it. A remarkable queen sacrifice wins immediately.",6]} 53... Qc4 $3 {
[%csl Ra1,Rc1][%cal Gf2f1] The winning move.} 54. Qa8+ (54. Rxc4 {The queen is
invulnerable:} f1=Q+ 55. Ka2 Qxc4+ {, and Black wins.}) 54... Ke7 55. Qxa7+ Bc7
$1 {[%csl Gf2,Gg3][%cal Gg3g2,Gf2f1]} (55... Bc7 $1 {The shortest way to the
victory. After} 56. Qxc7+ (56. Rxc4 f1=Q+ 57. Ka2 Qxc4+) 56... Qxc7 57. Rxc7+
Kd6 58. Rc1 (58. Rf7 g2 59. Rxf2 g1=Q+) 58... g2 {Black's pawns are
unstoppable.}) 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.01.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vydeslaver, Alik"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Kb1 (11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nd4 Rfc8 13. f4 b5 $5
$132) (11. h4 $5) 11... O-O 12. h4 Rfc8 (12... Qa6 $5) 13. Nd4 b5 14. f3 (14.
Nxc6 $140 $2 Rxc6 15. Qxb5 Qc7 $36 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ga8b8]}) 14... b4 15. Nce2
Be8 $5 {[%mdl 8] In my opinion the best square for my bishop in such a kind of
positions.} (15... Bb7 $2 16. g4 Ba6 17. Qd2 $16) (15... Rab8 $143 16. g4 Qc7
17. Ng3 Be8 18. Nh5 $1 Nxh5 19. gxh5 h6 20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 21. Rhg1+ Kf8 22. e5 {
[%cal Gd3h7]} Ba4 23. Qh7 Ke8 24. b3 $16 {1-0 Folk,P-Jirovsky,P/Nymburk 1997/
EXT 99 (53)}) (15... h6 $5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 Bb7 18. f4 Qa6 19. g5 (19. Qe3
Qc4 20. g5 $140 $2 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 e5 {[%csl Gc2]}) 19... Qxd3 20. cxd3 Bd8 21.
gxh6 gxh6 22. f5 e5 23. Nc2 d5 $13 {0-1 Movsesian,S-Hracek,Z/CZE 1996/EXT 98 
(48)}) 16. g4 Rc7 17. f4 ({Another interesting option for white was:} 17. Ng3
Rac8 18. Nh5 $5 {sacrificing pawn,but open g-file} Nxh5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 (19...
Nf4 $143 20. Qe3 Rxe7 21. Qxf4 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) 20. gxh5 Qxh5 21. Rdg1 $44)
17... Rac8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. Rd2 $1 {defending c2-pawn} ({Too early
} 20. f5 $6 e5 21. f6 {[%cal Gd4f5]} exd4 22. fxe7 Bb5 $1 23. Qd2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2
Qe5 $1 $15) (20. h5 e5 $1 21. Nf5 Bf8 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Ge8b5]} 22. Rd2 Ba4 $1 (
22... Bb5 23. Qe3 Bc4 24. Nc1 $13) 23. Rc1 Bb5 24. Qe3 Bc4 25. b3 {[%csl Rb2,
Rc3]} Bxe2 26. Qxe2 exf4 $15) 20... Qb6 $1 {[%cal Gc7c3,Ga7a5,Ga5a4]} 21. Qf3 {
21...Rc3 was threatening} (21. f5 $2 Rc3) (21. Qh3 $5) 21... Rc3 (21... a5) 22.
Qg4 $6 (22. Rd3 $142 Rxd3 (22... R3c5 23. h5 $40) 23. cxd3 Qc7 (23... e5 24.
Nf5 Bf8 25. h5 Bd7 26. g6 $40) 24. Rc1 Qb7 $13) 22... Bd7 $1 {[%csl Ge6]} (
22... a5 $2 23. g6 $1 hxg6 24. h5 $18) 23. h5 (23. g6 fxg6 24. h5 g5 $1 25.
fxg5 R3c5 26. g6 h6 $13) 23... Re3 $5 (23... a5 $5) 24. Ng3 (24. g6 Rxe4 (24...
Bf6 $13) 25. h6 hxg6 $1 26. hxg7 Bf6 $17) 24... a5 $1 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ga5a4,
Gb4b3]} (24... Rcc3 $5 {was very nice ,but isn't clear for me during the game}
25. Nde2 Rc4 {[%cal Gc4g4]} 26. g6 fxg6 27. hxg6 h6 28. e5 $1 {[%csl Gd7]} Bc8
(28... Rxe5 29. b3 $16) (28... d5 $140 $2 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qxd7 $18 {[%csl
Gg8]}) 29. exd6 Bxd6 30. Rhd1 Be7 $13) 25. g6 (25. f5 {was another very sharp
option for white} e5 26. Nf3 Rcc3 $1 {[%csl Gf3,Gg3] very important to move
white rook from d-file} (26... b3 $2 27. cxb3 Qb4 28. Rhd1 $16) (26... a4 27.
g6 fxg6 (27... b3 $2 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. h6 g6 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. fxg6 $1 fxg6 (
31... Bxg4 32. g7#) 32. Qxd7 $18) 28. hxg6 h6 29. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 30. Rxd7 Qc6 {
[%csl Gc2]} 31. Qd1 b3 32. cxb3 Rxg3 33. Rxe7 Qxe4+ 34. Ka1 axb3 $13) 27. Rf2 (
27. Rf1 $2 Rxf3 $1 28. Rxf3 Qg1+ 29. Rf1 Qxg3 $19) 27... a4 28. g6 fxg6 29.
hxg6 h6 $40) 25... fxg6 $1 (25... Bf6 $2 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. e5 $1 dxe5 28. Ndf5
$1 $16 {[%csl Gd7,Ge3]}) 26. hxg6 h6 27. Nf3 $1 (27. f5 {was the first idea of
my opponent,but suddenly he discovered,that after:} e5 28. Ne6 a4 $1 29. Nxg7 {
this is the idea} (29. f6 Bxf6 30. Nf5 b3 $17) 29... b3 $40 {white achieved
nothing,on the other side black attack looks decisive}) 27... a4 28. f5 {
Typical sicilian game,with attack on both kings on different sidies.} (28. Ne5
$2 dxe5 29. Rxd7 Qc6 30. Rd2 b3 $17) 28... b3 29. cxb3 (29. fxe6 $2 bxc2+ 30.
Rxc2 (30. Kc1 a3 31. b3 Rxb3 $19) 30... Rxc2 31. Kxc2 a3 $1 {[%csl Gc2]} 32. b3
Qc5+ 33. Kd1 Rd3+ $19) 29... axb3 30. fxe6 $2 {For the first sight looks,like
white is first in his attack : the next coming Nf5 and black position will
collapse,but when i played 28...b3 i already found the idea of unexpected
tactics.} (30. a3 $142 $1 Qc5 $1 {[%csl Gc1,Gc2]} (30... e5 $2 31. Nf1 $18 {
[%csl Ge3]}) (30... d5 $6 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. Nf5 $36) 31. fxe6 Bb5 {[%cal Gb5d3]
} 32. Nd4 $1 (32. Nf5 $2 Bd3+ 33. Rxd3 Qc2+ 34. Ka1 Qc1+ $19) 32... Bd3+ (32...
Bg5 $2 33. Nxb5 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 Bxd2 35. Nc3 Bxe1 36. e7 $1 $18) 33. Rxd3 Rxd3
34. Ngf5 Bg5 (34... Bf6 $143 35. e7 $18 {[%cal Gf5h6,Gg4e6]}) 35. Qxg5 $3 hxg5
36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nxc8 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Qxc8 $15) 30... bxa2+ 31. Ka1 {Looks like
a quite place for white king,isn't it ?} Rec3 $3 $19 {[%csl Ga1][%mdl 64]
Suddenly white king doesn't look very safe.Black's attack is decisive.} (31...
Bc6 $2 32. Nf5 Bf6 33. e7 $1 {><c8} Re8 $140 34. Nxh6+ gxh6 35. Qe6+ $18) 32.
bxc3 (32. Rdd1 Rc2 $19 {[%csl Gb2]}) (32. exd7 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kxa2
Qa6+ 35. Kb3 Qc4+ 36. Ka3 Ra1#) 32... Rb8 33. Rxa2 Qb3 $1 {[%csl Gc3,Ge6][%cal
Gd7e6] Now suddenly black is winning} 34. Rc1 Bxe6 35. Qxe6+ Qxe6 {The
position is hopeless for white.The game continuous a few moves} 36. Nd4 Qxg6
37. Ngf5 Bf6 38. Ra7 {with idea Rg7} Qg2 {[%cal Gg2b2]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {Diagramm [#]} Nf6 ({Natürlich ist} 4...
Nc6 {an dieser Stelle der meistgespielte Zug.}) 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 g6 (6... Bxb5
7. cxb5 {wäre aus schwarzer Sicht durchaus möglich gewesen, wurde bislang
aber nur einmal im Amateurbereich erprobt. Der Sb8 hätte auf d7 ein gutes
Feld gefunden.}) 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 {Diagramm [#] Die Dame würde im
"Maroczy" auf d7 weniger gut stehen.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Rc8 {Diagramm [#]
Schwarz hat keine Probleme. Für Weiß kommt es darauf an, die beiden
Sprengungszüge b7-b5 und d6-d5 zu verhindern. Zugleich muss der Anziehende
aktive Optionen ausloten - keine einfache Aufgabe.} 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. b3 Rfd8 13.
Rac1 e6 14. Rfd1 a6 15. h3 h6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Qe2 ({Oder} 17. Qe3 Nh5 $5 18.
Bxh6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qe7 $11) 17... Nfd7 18. Be3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3
Qa5 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. Qe2 Rc6 22. Rc2 Rdc8 23. Na4 b5 {Diagramm [#] Jetzt ist
das passiert, was eigentlich - aus weißer Sicht - nicht hätte passieren
sollen, doch Hracek hat eine offensichtliche Lösung parat:} 24. Bc1 Qb4 25.
Bd2 Qa3 26. Bc1 Qb4 27. Bd2 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 $5 (
7... Be7) 8. Be2 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. b4 Be7 11. Rfd1 O-O 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Nd2 (
13. a3 $142 {/\ h3, Qd3, Bf4+/= ><d6}) 13... Rac8 14. Nb3 Qb8 15. f3 $6 (15. a4
$5 {/\ a5+/=}) 15... d5 $5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc8 $6 (18. exd5 $5
Rxc1 19. Bxc1 {/\} Qd6 20. a3 Nf6 21. Bf4 $1 Qxd5 22. Qxb6 Qxb3 23. Qxb7 $16)
18... Rxc8 19. exd5 Bd6 20. f4 Rc2 $14 {><a2, b4, d5, f4} 21. Bg4 $5 (21. Rd2
Qc7 $1 22. Bd3 (22. a3 Rc3 {/\} 23. Rd3 $2 Rc4 $15) 22... Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Nf6 $1
24. Bc4 Bxb4 $15 (24... b5 $2 25. Bb3 Qc1+ 26. Nf1 $16)) 21... Nf6 22. Bf3 Rxa2
23. Qxb6 Nd7 $1 24. Qa7 $5 (24. Qd4 Ra4 25. Bd2 a5 $1 26. Bc3 Bf8 $5 $13 (26...
Qf8 $5 27. Qa7 $13)) 24... Qxa7 25. Bxa7 Bxb4 26. Nd4 Bc3 $1 $10 27. Rd3 Ra1+
28. Kf2 Bb4 29. Nc6 a5 30. Re3 $6 (30. Rb3 $5) 30... Nf6 31. Rb3 Ra2+ 32. Kg3
Ra3 $1 33. Rxa3 Bxa3 34. Bd4 a4 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Bd1 Ba6 37. Bxa4 Bc4 38. Nd4
Bxd5 39. Bb3 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7.
Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 (10. Qd3 {Polgar,J-Yudasin,L Pamplona
1990 -CBM21}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 (11. Kb1) 11... Qa5 12. Kb1 (12. Nd4 Rac8 13.
Kb1 Kh8 14. f4 $16 {Tal,M-Byrne,R Biel(izt) 1976 -Inf.22/475}) 12... Qa6 (12...
Rfc8 $2 13. Nd5 $16) 13. Nd4 Rfc8 14. f3 (14. f4 $13) 14... b5 15. g4 b4 16.
Nce2 Be8 17. Ng3 h6 $6 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Bxh6 Bf8 $1 (19... gxh6 20. Qxh6 Bf8 21.
Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Ngf5 exf5 (23... f6 24. Nh6+ Bxh6 (24... Kh7 25. Nf7+
Kg8 26. Qg6+ Bg7 27. Nxe6 $18) 25. Qxh6 Bf7 26. g5 e5 (26... fxg5 27. Rg1 $18)
27. gxf6 $18) 24. gxf5 $18) 20. Bg5 (20. Bxg7 $2 Bxg7 21. Nh5 Qa5 22. Nf5 exf5
23. gxf5 (23. Qg5 Qe5 $19) 23... Qe5 $19) 20... Ne5 21. Nh5 Rc5 $1 $44 22. b3
Ra5 23. Qe2 Bb5 24. Nxb5 Rxa2 $1 25. Kc1 $8 Rc8 26. Nd4 Raxc2+ $3 27. Nxc2 Qa1+
28. Kd2 Qc3+ 29. Kc1 Nxf3 30. Kb1 $8 Qxb3+ 31. Kc1 (31. Ka1 Rc5 $19) 31... Qa2
(31... Qa2 32. Bf6 e5 {33...Qa1}) 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9091 1st"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7.
Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 $5 (10. Rhe1 {- Epischin,V-Dvoirys,S
URS-ch Leningrad 1990}) 10... Qa5 11. Bh4 (11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 Rac8 13. Nd4 Rfd8
14. f4 Be8 15. f5 h6 16. Bd2 Qe5 $13 {Panchenko,A.N.-Georgiev,Kr Plovdiv 1982
-ECO S.295}) 11... O-O 12. Nd4 Rfc8 13. f4 b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxc6
(16. Nxd5 $2 Bxh4 $19) (16. Bxe7 Nxe7 $17) 16... Rxc6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qd7 (
18. Qxb5 Qc7 $44) 18... b4 (18... Rc7 $4 19. Qd8+) 19. Nb5 (19. Ne4 Qc7 $15 (
19... b3 20. axb3 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. Qxe7 $13)) 19... b3 $1 $19 20. a3 (20.
axb3 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. Qxe7 (22. Rc1 Qxe5 $19) 22... Rxc2+ 23. Kd3 Qxb3+
24. Ke4 Re2+ 25. Kf4 Qe3+ 26. Kg4 Rxg2+ 27. Kh5 Qh6#) 20... Rxc2+ 21. Kb1 Ng6
22. Rhe1 Rac8 23. Nd4 Nxe5 24. Qb7 Nd3 25. Nxc2 bxc2+ 26. Ka2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Konikowski Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 $5 (4... Nc6 5.
Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 (7... h6 $146 8. Be3 Nf6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Qb4
Qb8 (10... d5 $2 11. Qb3 $18) 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bd7 13. Nd2 a5 14. Qb3 b5
15. f4 $13 {Imanaliev,T-Ajapbergenov,A Bishek 1993 1-0 31 -CBM 35}) 8. Bg5 e6
9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Re8 $146 (11... Qc7) 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8
14. Nd4 a6 15. Bg3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 $14 {Imanaliev,T-Nenashev,A Bishek zt
1993 1-0 44 -CBM 35}) 5. Bg5 (5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd1 (6. Qd2) 6... g6 (6... Bg4) 7.
Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Nd2 $14 {
Mariotti,S-Polugaevsky,L Budapest 1975}) 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4
14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qe3 Ne6 16. Rfd1 $14 {Godena,M-Gomez Esteban,JM Lisboa zt (09)
1993 1-0 42 -CBM 35}) 5... Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 (6... h6 {Konikowski} 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Bg7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Na3 Be6 12. Nc4 (12. Nc2 $5 d5 13. Qe3 $14 {
Polugaevsky}) 12... d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Qe3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Be6 $10 {
Schroeder-Pytel, Hamburg 1980}) 7. Bd3 (7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. e5
dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. Nxe5 Be7 13. f4 Bb7 $10 {Galdunts,S-Kruppa,Y URS-chJ
Kherson 1991 1-0 46}) (7. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 $10 {^^ /\f5}) 7... e6 8. c4 h6 9. Bf4 (
9. Bh4 $6 g5 $1 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nc3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg7 $15) 9... d5 $1 $10 10.
exd5 exd5 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 Bg4 $2 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd2 $10 (13... Qxd2
{Ftacnik} 14. Nxd2 O-O 15. Nde4 b5 (15... Rd8 {Konikowski} 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Nd6
Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Rd7 $10) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bd5 Bd7 18. Ne4 $14)) (12... Be6 {
Ftacnik} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Be4 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 $14) 13.
cxd5 Bxf3 (13... Nxd5 14. Be4 $16) (13... Nxd5 $8 {Konikowski}) 14. dxc6 (14.
d6 {Ftacnik} Bxd6 15. Qe3+ Qe7 $5 (15... Kf8 16. Bxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18.
Qg3 $14 (18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qh4 Nxd3 20. Qxh5 Nxb2 21. Rab1 Qa3 22. Qd5 Qxc3 23.
Qxb7 Re8 24. Rxb2 $14)) 16. Bxd6 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Bh5 $14 (17... Bh5 {Konikowski}
18. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 19. Nd5 Kd7 (19... Kd8 $2 20. Bc7+ Kd7 21. Bf5+ Ke8 22. Nxf6+
Ke7 23. Nxh5 $18) 20. Bf4 $1 Bg6 21. Nb6+ Ke7 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24.
Bxh6 g5 25. h4 gxh4 26. Rd1 Ke6 27. Bf4 Ne5 $10)) 14... Bxc6 15. Rad1 O-O (
15... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 16. Rfe1 $16) 16. Bxh6 $3 $18 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Re8 (17... Qb6
18. Rfe1 (18. Rde1 {Konikowski} Qxb2 19. Rxe7 Qxc3 20. Re3 $18) 18... Rfe8 (
18... Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 Nxh6 21. Rxe7 $18) 19. Re3 $18) (17... Qa5 {
Ftacnik} 18. Rfe1 Bd8 (18... Rfe8 19. Re3 {/\ Rg3} (19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Qxf6 $18)
) 19. Re3 $18) 18. Bc4 $1 Bd7 (18... Qb6 19. Rd3 $18) (18... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 19.
Rd3 Nh7 20. Bxf7+ (20. Rg3+ Ng5 21. h4) 20... Kxf7 (20... Kh8 21. Bg6 $18) 21.
Qxh7+ Kf8 (21... Ke6 22. Qg6+ Bf6 23. Re1+) 22. Rg3 Bg5 23. f4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 $18
) 19. Rd4 Bf8 20. Qg6+ Bg7 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Rh4+ Nh7 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+
Bh6 25. Bd3+ Kg8 26. Qxh6 {Boensch} (26. Qxh6 Qe7 (26... Be6 {Ftacnik} 27. Bh7+
Kf7 28. Bg6+ Kg8 (28... Ke7 29. Qg7+ Kd6 30. Rd1+) 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Bg8
31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Ke6 33. Re1+ Kd6 34. Rd1+ $18) 27. Nd5 Qg7 28. Nf6+ $18 (
28. Nf6+ {Konikowski} Kf7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nxd7 Rad8 31. Bf5 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Skei"]
[Site "Skei"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 $6 (4... Nc6) (4... a6) 5. e5 dxe5 $2
$146 (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 dxe5 10. Nc7+ Kd8
11. Nxa8 exd4 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. O-O-O Nxf4 14. Rxd4+ Bd7 15. Rxf4 g6 16. Rc4 Bh6+
(16... Bc6 $13 {Nunn}) 17. Kb1 Bc6 18. b4 e6 19. b5 Bxg2 20. Rg1 $16 {
Messa-Nunn Lugano 1982 -Inf.33/267}) 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nxe5 $16 Ke8 8. Nc3 a6 9.
Be2 $1 {/^ h1-a8} e6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Ra7 12. Bf4 b5 13. Na5 e5 14. O-O-O
$1 $18 Bc5 (14... exf4 15. Rhe1+ Be7 16. Nc6 Rc7 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Rde1 g5 19.
Nd8 $18) 15. Bg3 (15. Rhe1 Bxf2 16. Re2 Bb6 17. Nc6 Rc7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5
Re7 $16) 15... Ng8 16. Nc6 f6 17. b4 $1 Bb6 18. Ne4 (18. Ne4 Rc7 19. Nd6+ Kf8
20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "British CF-71 Championship"]
[Site "Brighton/ East Sussex"]
[Date "1984.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hasan, Younus"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1984.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be3 (6. e5 $5 Nc6 7. Qa4
) 6... Nc6 7. Qb6 Bg4 8. Qxb7 Bd7 9. O-O-O Rb8 10. Qxa6 g6 11. Bb5 Ra8 12. Qb7
Rb8 13. Qa6 Ra8 14. Qb7 Rb8 15. Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Nc3 (7. b3 Bh6
8. Qb2 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O)
7... Bh6 8. Qd1 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rc8
14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Qd1 h6 16. Be3 Nce5 17. b3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qd2 Kh7 (
19... Bxc3 $2 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 21. Qd4 $16) 20. f3 Qa5 21. Rfd1 Rfe8 22. Nd5 Qxd2
23. Rxd2 Ne6 24. b4 Rc6 25. Rd3 Nc7 26. a4 Na8 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Rcc8 29. b6
e6 30. Nb4 Bf8 31. Rb3 d5 32. exd5 $2 (32. c5 $2 Red8 (32... Nxb6 33. cxb6
Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Bxb6 36. Nd3 $18) 33. exd5 exd5 34. c6 d4 35. cxb7
Rxc1+ 36. Bxc1 Nxb6 37. Nc6) 32... Bxb4 33. Rxb4 exd5 34. Bf2 Re6 35. c5 Rxb6
$1 36. Rxb6 Nxb6 37. Rd1 Na4 38. Rxd5 Kg7 39. Bd4+ Kf8 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. h4 Rc6
42. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. O-O Bd7 7. Qd3 g6 8. c4
Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc5 15.
Qb1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf5 20. b4 Nxe4 21. fxe4
Bxh3 $5 22. c5 $1 (22. gxh3 e5 23. Ba7 (23. Bf2 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Rxf2+ $19) 23...
Rf3 {with a very strong initiative.}) 22... Bg4 23. Qb3+ e6 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.
Rxf1 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Qd2 $6 {Too ambitious.} (26... Qd7 {is probably holdable.
Even though Black is up a pawn his king is weaker than his opponent's, and
with the bishops of opposite color that is usually the most important factor
of a position.}) 27. Qg3 h5 {forced} (27... Bh5 28. Qe5 $18) 28. Qe5 Qh6 {
Black is barely holding on} 29. Bd4 (29. Rf6 $1 b6 $1 {Isn't clear cut, but
White should be better}) 29... h4 $1 {MVL understands how important it is to
create counterplay!} 30. Rf6 h3 31. Rxg6+ Qxg6 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qxc8 Qxe4 {
Black is threatening checkmate, so White has to force the perpetual.} 34. Qd7+
Kg6 35. Qg7+ Kh5 36. Qh8+ Kg6 37. Qf6+ Kh5 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Qg7+ Kh5 40. Qh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 (11. Kb1 $5) 11... Qb6 $5 (11... Qc7
$5) (11... h6 $5) 12. Nd4 Rfc8 (12... Rfd8 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. f3 Qa6 15. g4 b5
16. Nce2 $1 Bd7 17. Ng3 Rc4 18. Nh5 Ra4 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Qxd6 $18 {Nevednichy,B-Nasybullin,V/Pavlodar/1987/1|0/56/}) 13. f3 (
13. f4 $6 h6 14. h4 Qd8 15. Nf3 b5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Bxh4 18. Qe5 Qe7 19.
Nxh4 Qxh4 20. g3 Qh2 $15 {Bojkovic,N-Alexandria,N/Tivat/1995/0|1/42/}) 13...
Be8 14. Kb1 Rc4 15. Nce2 $1 Rac8 16. h4 a5 17. g4 a4 18. Ng3 $2 (18. c3 $1 a3
19. b3 R4c7 $132) 18... d5 $1 19. Qe3 (19. e5 Bb4 20. Qe3 Nd7 $17) (19. Nh5 Ba3
20. b3 Nxh5 21. gxh5 Bb4 $19) 19... Rb4 20. b3 axb3 21. Nxb3 (21. cxb3 Bc5 22.
Qc3 Bxd4 (22... Rc4 $19) 23. Qxc8 Rxb3+ 24. Kc2 Rb2+ 25. Kd3 e5 26. exd5 Qa6+
27. Qc4 Bb5 $19) (21. axb3 Bc5 $19) 21... Qc7 22. Qd2 Rc4 (22... Qxg3 $5 23. e5
Qxf3 $6 (23... Rbc4 24. exf6 Bb4 $19) 24. Rf1 Qxg4 25. exf6 $13) 23. e5 Bb4 24.
Qe3 Nd7 $19 25. Re2 Rxc2 26. Nh5 $6 (26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Nb6
$19) 26... Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Qxe5 28. Qb5 f6 29. Bf4 (29. Qxb4 Bg6+ $19) 29... Bg6+
0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bulletin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7.
Nc3 e6 8. O-O-O b5 9. e5 $5 dxe5 (9... Ng4 10. exd6 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 $16) 10.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Nxb5 $3 axb5 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 (12... Nd7 13. Nxe5 Rxa2 14. Kb1 Ra5
15. Bxd7+ Bxd7 16. Nxd7 $16) 13. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 14. Rd1 Ra5 (14... Rxa2 $6 15.
Rxd7 Ra1+ (15... Ra5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Bb6+ Kc8 18. Bxa5 f6 19. b4 $16) 16.
Kd2 Bb4+ 17. c3 Ba5 18. Bc5 $18) 15. Bxd7+ Ke7 16. Bb6 (16. c4 $1 f6 17. Bb6 (
17. Kb1 $5 e4 18. Nd4 $14) (17. Kb1 $5 {Bulletin}) 17... Rxa2 18. Kb1 Ra6 19.
c5 Ra8 20. c6 (20. Bb5 $1 $16) 20... Nf7 21. c7 Nd6 22. Rxd6 Kxd6 23. c8=Q Rxc8
24. Bxc8 Be7 25. Ba6 Rb8 26. Be3 $14) 16... Rd5 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Nxe5 Ne6 (
18... f6 $4 19. Bc5# (19. Bxd8+ $1 {Bulletin} Kxd8 20. Nf7+ Kxd7 21. Nxh8 Ke6
22. c3 {and by the time the Black king picks off the knight, the queenside
pawns will be airborne.}) (19. Nc6+ $2 Kxd7 20. Nxd8 Be7 {and the knight
cannot escape.})) (18... Kd6 19. Bxd8 Kxe5 20. a4 Bc5 21. Bc7+ Kf6 22. a5 $5 (
22. f3 $16) 22... Bxf2 23. b4 $16) 19. Bb5 $14 g6 20. a4 Bg7 21. Nc6+ Kd6 22.
a5 Rc8 23. Na7 (23. a6 $5 Rxc6 24. a7 Rc8 25. Ba6 Re8 26. Bb7 $14) 23... Ra8
24. Ba4 (24. b4 Bc3 25. Nc6 Rc8 26. Na7 Ra8 27. Nc6 Rc8 28. Na7 $10) 24... Nc5
(24... Bd4 25. Nb5+ Ke5 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. c3 Ne6 28. Bc6 $16) 25. Nb5+ Kc6 $8
26. Nd4+ Kd6 $8 27. Nb5+ Kc6 28. Na7+ Kd6 29. Nb5+ (29. Bb5 $5) 29... Kc6 30.
Na7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belfort"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Petursson HarZvi,R} c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6.
Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qa5 (11... Qc7
$5 {HarZvi,R}) 12. h4 (12. f4 {HarZvi,R} Rfc8 (12... Rfd8 $5) 13. f5 b5 (13...
Bd7 14. Nb3 $1 Qe5 15. Rhf1 $1 $16 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Qd4 Qb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6
19. Qe3 $18 {Vescovi,G-Dvoirys,S/Groningen 1994}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 b4 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Be5 18. Kb1 $16 {Polgar,J-Shirov,A/Las Palmas 1994/60/203 
[Shirov,A]}) 12... Rfc8 (12... Rfd8 $142) (12... Rfd8 {HarZvi,R} 13. g4 Qc7 14.
Rhg1 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd5 $15 {Polgar,
J-Anand,V/Monaco (rapid) 1994/60/(203)}) 13. f3 (13. f4 {HarZvi,R} Rab8 14. f5
b5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Kb1 b4 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne2 h6 19. Qb3 $1 Qe5 20. Nd4 $18
{Kamsky,G-Shirov,A/Monaco (blind) 1995}) 13... Be8 14. g4 b5 15. Kb1 (15. Ndxb5
Rab8 {ist für Weiß sehr gefährlich.}) 15... b4 16. Nce2 Qc7 {otherwise black
has no play on the Queen's side,but this is a lost of some time} 17. Rhg1 a5 (
17... h6 {HarZvi,R} 18. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 19. g5 Bxd4 (19... hxg5 20. hxg5 Be7 21.
g6) 20. Nxd4 $40) 18. Nf4 a4 (18... h6 {HarZvi,R} 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. g5 hxg5 (
20... Nd7 21. gxh6+ Kh8 22. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2g2]} Nf6 23. Qg2 Bf8 24. h7 $1 {
[%cal Gg2g8]} Kxh7 25. Nh5 $18) (20... Nh7 21. g6 fxg6 (21... Nf6 22. gxf7+
Kxf7 23. Nfxe6 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gg1g7]}) (21... Nf8 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nf5 $40)
22. Nxg6 Bxg6 23. Rxg6+ Kh8 24. Nxe6 $40) 21. hxg5 Nd7 22. g6 $40) 19. Nh5 {
Petursson: This important idea of transferring the knight to h5 was probably
seen first in the game Campora-Ilic,Z/Lugano op/1983. In that game the Black
rooks were on b8 and d8 and the White queeen on d2.} Qd8 {Harzvi: this is
really the begining of the game.white decides to open black defence with a two
pieces sacrifise Donev: In solch scharfen Stellungen, in denen beide Seiten
verschiedene Rochaden gemacht haben, ist es von sehr großer Bedeutung, wer
zuerst den gegnerischen König aufmachen wird, und die Initiative erlangt. Wie
wir im Partieverlauf sehen werden, können die beiden weißen Springeropfer die
Stellung am Königsflügel öffnen. Damit bekommt der Anziehende Schwung für den
Königsangriff.} (19... Nxh5 {HarZvi,R} 20. gxh5 {[%cal Gg1g8]}) 20. Nxg7 {
Das erste Opfer.} (20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. g5 Qd8 23. h5 $40) 20...
Kxg7 21. Nf5+ {Das zweite Opfer.} exf5 (21... Kh8 $2 {HarZvi,R} 22. Nxe7 Qxe7
23. Qxd6 $18 Qxd6 24. Bxf6+) ({Das zweite Geschenk konnte man auch ablehnen,
aber nach:} 21... Kg8 22. Qe3 $1 {Petursson} (22. Qd4 {here there is one nice
variation to show black has his play here} b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 (24. Nxe7+
$2 Qxe7 25. Bxf6 Qc7 26. Qc3 Qa7 27. Qxb3 Ba4 $19 (27... Ba4 {HarZvi,R} 28. Qa3
Bc2+ $1 29. Ka1 Qb6 $19 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxa2+ 32. Kxa2 Ra8+ 33. Ra6
Rxa6#)) 24... e5 25. Qe3 {gefolgt von h5 ist die Sache ebenfalls nicht
ungefährlich für Schwarz.}) 22... exf5 23. gxf5 Kh8 24. Qd4 {transposes to the
game}) (21... Kf8 {HarZvi,R} 22. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gg5h6]} exf5 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24.
gxf5+) 22. gxf5 Kh8 23. Qd4 h6 $2 (23... h5 $2 {!HarZvi,R: this is my second
big question for white,since the difference here is that for example in one of
the varioations in the game after white played Rg8 he has Qg1 with mate,and
with the pawn on h5 black has the solid Ng4!I think that after this move black
is just winning} 24. Rd2 $1 b3 25. Rdg2 {Der weiße Angriff ist entscheidend.}
bxc2+ 26. Kc1 Kh7 (26... Bb5 27. Bxf6+ Bxf6 28. Rg5 $3 $18 {[%cal Yg5h5]}) 27.
Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Rg7+ $1 $18) (23... b3 $142 $1 24. Bh6 (24. cxb3 h5 $1 {
kritische Fortsetzung.} (24... axb3 {Petursson} 25. Bh6 bxa2+ 26. Ka1 Ba4 27.
Rde1 Bb3 28. Bg7+ Kg8 29. Bxf6+ Kf8 30. Rg8+ $3 Kxg8 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Rg1+ Kf8
33. Qh8#)) 24... bxc2+ 25. Kc1 cxd1=Q+ 26. Kxd1 $11 {gegen das Dauerschach Lg7/
Lh6 gibt es kein Entrinnen.}) 24. Bxh6 b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. Rg8+ $3 Kh7 (26...
Kxg8 27. Qg1+ $18) 27. Rdg1 (27. Rdg1 bxa2+ 28. Ka1 Bf8 29. Rxf8 $1 $18 (29.
Bxf8 Rc1+ 30. Rxc1 Kxg8 (30... Kxg8 {HarZvi,R} 31. Bh6)) 29... Qe7 (29... Ra4 {
Petursson} 30. Qd2 $18) 30. Rfg8 Qe5 31. R1g7+ Kxh6 32. Qe3+ Kh5 33. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 $5 {Black is striving for a more
complicated game, so, he does not allow White to exchange the minor pieces.
The drawback of this move is, that Black can not play e7-e6, since in this
case his bishop on d7 will become misplaced. So, now it is clear that Black is
going to fianchetto his dark-squared bishop.} ({The main line is} 4... Nc6 5.
Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 {, where usually Black solves his
opening problems.}) 5. Be2 {White is not in rush to define his pawn structure,
but first completes his development.} ({In recent games, White has tried to
set up the Maroczy structure immediately with} 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd1 (6. Qd2 $5 Nf6
7. Nc3 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2) 6... g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O ({It was
worth consideration to get rid of the bishop with} 9... Bg4) 10. h3 $1 Rc8 11.
Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ng5 Qa5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Zvjaginsev,V (2635)-Naiditsch,A (2685)/Ohrid MKD 2009/The Week in Chess 779 
(29)}) ({White also can choose to keep the c-pawn unmoved:} 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2
g6 7. Nc3 (7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 $13) 7...
Bg7 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Qa5 11. a3 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. Rab1 Be8 14.
Qe1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bf1 e6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Nd5 Qxe1 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.
Rxe1 a6 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V (2635)-Grachev,B (2652)/Dagomys RUS 2009/
The Week in Chess 753 (106)}) 5... Nc6 6. Qe3 {This is probably the best
position for the queen. White protects his central pawn and takes control over
the important b6-square.} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 {Normally in the Sicilian Black
is trying to carry out the d6-d5 breakthrough in the centre or develop an
initiative by pushing the pawns on the queenside. Thus, the idea of this
advance is to prevent Black's counterplay. Now we have a typical position from
the Maroczy: White has some space advantage, whereas Black has a strong
dark-squared bishop and will seek to undermine White's centre.} (8. h3 {
deserved attention. Now Black can not exchange his light-squared bishop, which
is passive in this type of pawn structure.} Nf6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 {and White
can strengthen his position gradually, since the centre is closed.}) 8... Bg4
$1 $146 {Getting rid of the passive bishop.} ({White kept some pressure after} 
8... Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Rb1 Qb6 13. Nd5 Qxe3 14. Bxe3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,R (2351)-Kohlweyer,B (2455)/Recklinghausen 2000/EXT 2001})
9. Rd1 {Covering the d4-square and preparing to play c4-c5.} Qc8 $6 {Black had
to move his queen away, but, the question is whether the c8-square is the best.
} ({Black's pieces are extremely active, so it was worth considering} 9... Qb6
$5 10. Qxb6 ({After} 10. Nc3 Qxe3 11. Bxe3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nf6 $15 {Black is
simply better, thanks to a superior pawn structure.}) (10. Qb3 $142 $5 Bxf3 (
10... Qxb3 $140 11. axb3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Rd3) 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Qa4+ Qc6
13. Qxc6+ bxc6 $11) 10... axb6 {and now White's queenside is paralysed. If} 11.
Nc3 (11. Na3 $4 Rxa3) {then} 11... Bxc3 $1 12. bxc3 Nf6 $15) 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 Ne5 {That was the idea behind 9...Qc8. Black is attacking White's c4-pawn,
but his kingside is underdeveloped, which gives White some chances.} 12. b3 (
12. c5 {does not buy much, in view of} Qxc5 (12... dxc5 13. Be2 Nf6 14. f4 $36)
13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Nb5 Kf8 $1) {If White stabilises the situation, he'll be
slightly better, thanks to a space advantage. So, Black has to act immediately:
} 12... b5 $1 13. Bb2 $6 {Probably, after this natural move Black solves all
his opening problems at once.} ({It seems that White should be able to pose
some problems for Black, but, the analysis shows that Black can hold the
position in event of} 13. Be2 bxc4 14. h3 $1 (14. Bb2 {leads to the game})
14... Nf6 $1 (14... cxb3 15. axb3 Nf6 (15... Nf3+ $2 16. Bxf3 Qxc3 17. Rxa7 $18
) 16. f4 $16) 15. f4 Nd3 16. bxc4 $1 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 {It is quite difficult to
believe that White can be better after giving up on his dark-squared bishop,
but the activity of White's pieces does promise him a slight advantage.} O-O
18. c5 (18. e5 $5 Qe6 19. c5 dxe5 (19... dxc5 $2 20. Qf2 Ne8 21. Nd5 $18 {
[%cal Ye2g4]}) 20. Qxe5 $14) 18... Qxc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. e5 $14) 13... bxc4
14. Be2 Nf6 15. Na4 {Creating the threat of capturing the e5-knight.} (15. Rac1
O-O 16. Na4 Qe6 {leads to the game.}) 15... Qe6 $1 {Protecting the e5-knight
and moving the queen away from the c-file.} (15... cxb3 {Vugar had a good
reason not to be greedy in this position, since after} 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Bb5+
Kf8 18. axb3 $16 {[%csl Re5,Rg7] White's advantage is significant.}) 16. Rac1 (
16. f4 {is parried easily by} Nd3 17. Bxd3 cxd3 $11) 16... O-O (16... cxb3 {
was not worth the risk again:} 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. axb3 $44 {[%cal Yc1c7]}) 17.
Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Ng4 $11 {Black has solved all his opening problems. Despite
White's pawn majority on the queenside, the activity of Black's pieces provide
him with sufficient compensation.} (18... Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. f3 $11 {
[%cal Yd1c1,Ge3a7]}) 19. Qe2 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rac8 21. h3 ({There is no way to
complicate the position. In the event of} 21. Ra4 Rc7 {[%cal Yf8c8] , only
Black can be better.}) 21... Ne5 22. Rcc1 {Obviously, White does not give up
on the only open file.} Qf6 (22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 {was good enough for draw.
}) 23. Qd2 {Covering the dark squares and intending to play f2-f4 in the near
future.} g5 $1 {[%cal Ye5g6,Yg6f4]} 24. Nd3 $1 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 h6 {A good
prophylactic move, which protects the g5-pawn.} 26. Qe3 a5 27. Qe2 ({White
could have forced a draw with} 27. Rd5 Qb2 28. Rcd1 (28. Rxc8 $2 Rxc8 29. Rxa5
Rc3 $36) 28... Qxa2 29. Rxg5+ hxg5 30. Qxg5+ $11) 27... Qe5 28. Rc2 e6 29. Rdc1
Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Kg7 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Qc7 Rb4 {The position is absolutely drawish,
so, now that everything is exchanged, the game is over.} 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6
a4 35. f3 axb3 36. axb3 Rxb3 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borkowski, Franciszek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7.
Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 $5 {Ein neuer, interessanter Zug, der
in letzter Zeit oft in russischen Turnieren gespielt wurde.} (10. Rhe1 {Boensch
} O-O 11. Qd3 {N} Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfd8 13. f3 a6 14. h4 $13 {Svidler-Ernst
Kopenhagen 1991 - Inf.52/188}) 10... O-O (10... Qa5 $5 {Boensch}) 11. Nd4 Qc7
12. f4 Rfd8 13. h4 Rab8 14. f5 e5 15. Bxf6 (15. Nde2 {Boensch} d5 $1) 15...
Bxf6 16. Nde2 b5 17. g4 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rbc8 20. Rd2 h6 21. Ng1 Qb6
22. Nf3 Rc5 23. Qd3 d5 $1 24. exd5 (24. Rhd1 {Boensch} d4 25. g5 Rc3 26. Qe2
$13) 24... Rcxd5 25. Qe2 (25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qe3+ 27. Nd2 Bxh4 $17) 25...
Qa5 26. Qc4 b3 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxb3 e4 29. c4 (29. g5 exf3 30. gxf6 Qd2+ $19)
29... Rd3 30. Qc2 Rxf3 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qxe4 g4 33. Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 (6... Qc7 7.
O-O-O f6 (7... Nf6 8. e5 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qxf6 Rg8 $44) 8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 Be7
10. Nc4 $14 {Belikov-Obukhov/RSFSR-ch/1990/}) 8. Bh4 Nh6 9. Qd2 Nf7 $13 {
Ciric-Summermatter/Bern op/1990/}) 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Kb1 O-O 10. h4 $1
b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. h5 Rc8 13. h6 $14 g6 14. Qf4 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Be2 e5 (
16... Nde5 $14) 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Qxd6 b4 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd5 Nexd5 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Nxe5 Bxg2 23. Rhe1 a5 24. Bc4 $1 Rc7 25. f4 Re8 26. b3 Kf8 27. Kb2 Bh3
28. a3 Nh5 29. axb4 axb4 30. Nd3 $16 Rb8 31. Nf2 Bf5 32. Rd4 Nf6 33. Bd3 Rc5
34. Re5 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Ng8 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Rd6 f4 38. Rd4 $18 Ke7 39. Rxf4
Nxh6 40. Nd3 Rb5 41. Rh4 Rb6 42. Nxb4 Nf5 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Rh5 Rb8 45. c4 h6
46. b4 Rg8 47. b5 Rg3 48. b6 Rg8 49. Rxf5 $1 Rg2+ 50. Kc3 Rg3+ 51. Ne3 Rxe3+
52. Kd4 Rb3 53. Rf6+ Ke7 54. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bc1 Qc7 13. Qd3 Rfc8
14. Nd4 b5 15. Ndxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. f3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Qb5
{1-0 Titova Boric,E-Gocheva,R/Cetinje 1991/ (104)}) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qb6+ 15. Qb4 Qxf2 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Rxf5 20. Rxe6 Rxf3 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Rde1 {1-0 Stoian,V-Huberty,M/Duisburg/1992/
(44)}) 12... Re8 (12... Qc7 13. Qd2 (13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 f5 15. Qc4 Bxh4 16.
Nxh4 Kh7 17. Qxe6 Rf6 18. Qc4 Ne5 19. Qe2 f4 20. f3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Pichler,
M-Mescheder,W/DDR-Cup4 corr7677 1976/ (29)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Nd4 Rab8 15. f3
Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Bxc2+ 18. Qxc2 Qxe7 19. f4 d5 20. g4 Rbc8 21. Qf2
Rc4 22. h4 Rdc8 23. g5 h5 {1/2-1/2 Tringov,G-Groszpeter,A/Plovdiv/1982/ (34)})
13. Bg3 d5 $5 {Kasparov solves the problem of the d6 pawn with a small
sacrifice. As a compensation he will play with bishop's pair.} 14. e5 (14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Be5 Nf6 $11) 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 (16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Nd4
Red8 $13) 16... Rexd8 17. Nd4 Be8 (17... Bd5 18. Nb5 (18. b3 Bc5 $1) 18... h5
19. Bf4 $13) 18. c3 (18. Rxe4 Bc6 19. Re2 Bxg2 $15) 18... Rac8 19. Kc2 (19.
Rxe4 Bc6 20. Re2 Bxg2 $15) 19... b5 20. Rxe4 b4 21. Re3 (21. Rd3 f5 22. exf6
Bxf6 23. Kd2 Bg6 24. Rxe6 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 $11) 21... a5 22. Ne2 $2 {Svidler's
ambition to exchange the pieces is quite understandable, but this unfortunate
move will open space for black's bishops.} (22. Red3 $1 $13) 22... Bc6 $1 23.
f3 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Bc5 25. Rd3 (25. Nd4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bd5 27. Re2 Bxd4 28. cxd4
Rc4 29. Bf2 Ra4 $15) 25... Bb5 26. Rd2 Be3 27. Rd6 (27. Rc2 $2 Bd3 $19) 27...
bxc3 28. Nxc3 (28. bxc3 Bc4 $15) 28... Bf1 29. Bh4 (29. h4 Kf8 $15) 29... g5
30. Be1 (30. Bg3 Kg7 $15) 30... Bxg2 31. Ke2 Bf4 32. Bg3 Bc1 33. Na4 (33. Nd1
h5 $17) (33. Rb6 h5 $17) 33... h5 $1 {Black has all the advantage he could
have been dreaming about. Two bishops, pawn assymetry and lot's of potential
objects of an attack (e5,h2).} 34. Rd1 (34. Be1 Bf4 35. Bg3 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rd2+
37. Kc3 Re2 $17) (34. h4 gxh4 35. Bxh4 Rc4 36. Bf6 Rxa4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+
Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40. Rxg2 Rxa2 $19) 34... h4 35. Be1 Bf4 36. Bc3 (36. Bxa5 Bxe5
37. Bd2 Ra8 $1 38. b3 f6 39. Bb4 Bxh2 $17) 36... Kg7 37. Nb6 Rh8 38. Kf2 (38.
Bxa5 Bxh2 39. Nc4 h3 40. Ne3 Bxe5 $17) 38... h3 39. Bd2 Bxh2 {The h pawn will
decide the game.} 40. Nd7 (40. Bxg5 Bxe5 41. Nc4 Bc7 $19) 40... Kg6 41. Be3 g4
$1 42. fxg4 (42. f4 g3+ 43. Ke2 Kf5 $19) 42... Bc6 (42... Bc6 43. Nc5 (43. b3
Rd8 $19) 43... Bxe5 44. Nd3 f6 45. Bf4 Bxf4 46. Nxf4+ Kf7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 (7. Be2 Bg7
8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Qe3
Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rbd2 Nde5 20. Be2
Nb4 21. h4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Nbc6 24. a3 {1-0 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/
Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'/1995/ (28)}) 7... Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O
11. h3 (11. O-O a6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Rfe1 Qa5 16. Bf1
Rab8 17. Rad1 b5 18. Ba1 Rfd8 19. Rb1 e6 20. f3 b4 21. Ne2 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Qb6
23. Kh1 e5 24. Red1 Ne6 25. a3 bxa3 26. Rxa3 {Gorelov,S-Chiburdanidze,M/
Moscow-ch (15)/1981/1-0 (79)}) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. O-O (13. Nd5 Bxb2
14. Qxb2 e6 15. Nc3 Nde5 $15) 13... Qa5 14. Rab1 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 $6 (15. Rfd1 a6)
15... a6 16. a3 Bf6 $5 17. Bg4 (17. b4 Qg5) 17... e6 18. b4 Qg5 $1 (18... Qc7
19. Nd5 (19. f4 $5) 19... exd5 20. cxd5 Bxb2 21. Rxb2) 19. f4 (19. Qxg5 Bxg5
20. Rd1 Nce5 21. Be2 Nb6 22. c5 Nbc4 $15) 19... Qh6 20. Ne2 (20. Rd1 Nb6 21.
Be2 Nd4 $15) 20... Nde5 21. Rc2 (21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5 Na5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qc3
Qg7 $15) 21... Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bxb2 23. Rbxb2 Qh4 24. g5 (24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5
Nb8 26. Rb3 Qxg4 $17) 24... e5 25. b5 $2 (25. Rb1 exf4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4
Ne5 28. Nd5 b5 $10) 25... axb5 26. cxb5 Nd4 $1 27. Nxd4 (27. Rc7 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2
Rxa3 $19) 27... exd4 28. Rb3 (28. Qxd4 Qxf4 (28... Rxa3 29. Qd2 Ra4 $17) 29.
Rc7 d5 $19) 28... Re8 29. g3 (29. Qxd4 Qxf4 $17) 29... Qg4 30. Qxd4 Ra4 $1 31.
Rc4 (31. Qxa4 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kg2 Qxc2+ 33. Kf3 Rxe4 $1 $19) 32... Qxc2+ 33.
Kh3 Qd1 34. g4 (34. Kg2 Rc8 $19) 34... Qh1+ 35. Kg3 Rxe4 36. Qa5 Qg1+ 37. Kf3
Re8 $17) (31. Qxd6 Raxe4 32. Kg2 Re2+ 33. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Re2+
$19) 31... Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Rc8 $1 33. Qd3 $2 (33. Qf1 $1 Rc2 34. Rf3 Rc1 35. Qxc1
Qxf3) 33... Rc1+ 34. Kg2 (34. Kf2 Qh3 $19) 34... Qh5 35. e5 (35. Qxd6 Qe2+ 36.
Kh3 Rh1#) 35... Rd1 36. Qf3 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 (37. Kf2 Qg1+ 38. Ke2 Qe1#) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6
7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O (10... Qa5 11. h4 h6 $5 (11...
O-O 12. Nd4 Rfc8 13. f4 Rab8 14. f5 $40 {Kamsky-Shirov /Monaco/Blind/1995}) 12.
Bf4 d5 13. Nd4 dxe4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxe4 O-O $13 {Stangl-Gabriel/Altensteig/
1994}) 11. Nd4 (11. h4 Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfc8 13. f4 a6 14. Kb1 Rab8 15. Rhg1 Ng4 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxd6 Qf6 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Rxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Rb8+
22. Kc1 Qxc3 23. Qd3 Qb2+ 24. Kd2 Nf2 {0-1 Finkel,A-Loginov,V/Budapest FS12 GM
(02)/1993 (54)}) (11. Rhe1 Qc7 12. h4 Rfc8 13. Nd4 h6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qa5 17. Qg3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxa2 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. Qa3 Qc4 {1/2-1/2
Vydeslaver,A-Veingold,A/Benasque op (04)/1993 (27)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Qc7 12.
h4 (12. f4 h6 13. h4 Rfd8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g4 Rac8 16. g5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18.
Qf2 h5 19. f5 b5 20. g6 b4 21. gxf7+ Qxf7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc4 {1/2-1/2
Kunze,K-Baumstark,G/Halle-W (02)/1987 (33)}) 12... Rfd8 13. f4 Rab8 (13... a6
14. Kb1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bc5 17. Bxf6 Rxd4 18. Qg3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bf8
20. h5 Kh8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Be3 Rd8 {Movsesian,M-Novotny,Ja/CZE-chT2 9495 (01)/
1995/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 14. f5 (14. Kb1 Be8 (14... Rdc8 15. f5 Bd7 16. Nde2 Rd8 17.
Nf4 b5 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. h5 Kg8 21. h6 b4 22. Bh4 Ne8 23. Ncd5 exd5
24. Nxd5 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Leitao,R/WchJM-U16 Szeged (08)/1994 (28)}) 15. f5 Bd7
16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nce2 Re8 18. Nf4 e5 19. Bxf6 exf4 20. Bg5 Rbc8 21. Bxf4 Bf6
22. Nf5 Qb6 23. b3 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qf2 25. Bg5 {1-0 Malisauskas,V-Bakhtadze,G/
Berliner Sommer (02)/1995 (32)}) 14... e5 15. Bxf6 (15. Nde2 {Boensch} d5 $1)
15... Bxf6 16. Nf3 (16. Nde2 b5 17. g4 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rbc8 20. Rd2 h6
21. Ng1 Qb6 22. Nf3 Rc5 23. Qd3 d5 $1 24. exd5 Rcxd5 {0-1 Borkowski,F-Shirov,A/
Moscow5/1991 (33)}) 16... h5 (16... b5 17. g4 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rdc8 20.
Rh2 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Re2 Rc6 23. Rd5 Be7 24. g5 {1-0 De Gleria,F-Fehling,
M/Duesseldorf (02)/1994 (57)}) 17. Kb1 b5 18. Qe2 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 a5
21. b3 Rdc8 22. Qd3 Qa7 23. Rxd6 {1-0 De Gleria,F-Jajonek,R/Duesseldorf (08)/
1995 (28)}) (11... Qa5 12. f4 Rfc8 13. f5 $40 {Polgar,J-Shirov/Las Palmas/1994}
) 12. f4 (12. h4 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. g4 a6 16. g5 Nd7 17. f4 b5
18. a3 Bb7 19. f5 Rxc3 20. bxc3 d5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rdf1 {0-1 Levacic,D-Orso,
M/Eger op/1989 (33)}) 12... Qc7 13. h4 Rfd8 14. Kb1 h6 (14... Be8 15. f5 Bd7
16. Ndb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qc5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Qb3 d5 21. exd5 Qxd5
22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Nf5 Rd7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Votava,
J-Stohl,I/CZE-chT9495 (06)/1995 (54)}) 15. f5 e5 (15... hxg5 16. hxg5 d5 17.
Qh3 Kf8 18. Qh8+ Ng8 19. Rh7 $18) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxc6 (17. Nde2 b5 $1) 17...
bxc6 (17... Qxc6 $2 18. Nd5 $16) 18. g4 Be7 19. g5 {White can win only on the
kingside and for this he needs some open lines.} (19. Rdg1 f6) 19... hxg5 20.
hxg5 Bxg5 21. f6 $5 (21. Qh3 f6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 $13) 21... Bxf6 (21... gxf6 22.
Qh3 Kf8 23. Ne2 Bf4 24. Qf5 Ke7 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Rh6 $18) 22. Qf3 (22. Qh3 Kf8
) 22... Qd7 (22... Rb8 23. Ne2 Qb6 24. b3 Bg5 25. Qh5 f6 26. Ng3 d5 27. Nf5
dxe4 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Qxg7+ Ke6 30. Qe7+ Kxf5 31. Rdf1+ Bf4 32. Rh5+ Kg4 33.
Qh7 $18) 23. Ne2 Qe6 24. Rdf1 Bg5 25. Qh5 f6 (25... Bh6 26. Ng3 Rb8 (26... Kf8
27. Nf5 Ke8 28. Rhg1 {/\Rg7+-}) 27. Nf5 Rb7 28. Nxh6+ gxh6) 26. Ng3 Qe8 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 $6 {There was a good chance to survive the onslaught, since P chain
is not so easy to break.} (27... Kf8 28. Nh5 Qf7 29. Rhg1 g6 30. Nxf6 Bxf6 31.
Qh6+ Ke7 32. Rxg6 Rf8 33. Rfxf6 Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 $10) 28. Nh5 Qg8 29. Qf5 Ke7
(29... Ke8 30. Nxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rh7 Qg8 32. Rfh1 $18) 30. Nxg7 d5 (30... Qxg7 31.
Rh7 $18) 31. Rh7 Kd6 32. Qh3 c5 (32... Rd7 33. Nf5+ Kc7 34. Ne7 $18) 33. Nf5+ (
33. Nf5+ Kc6 34. Ne7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Vladivostok op"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vorontsov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 $5 (10. Rhe1) 10... Qa5 $5 (10... O-O) 11. h4 (11.
Bh4 O-O 12. Nd4 Rfc8 $13) (11. Kb1 $5 O-O 12. h4 $13) 11... h6 $1 (11... O-O
12. Nd4 $13 {/\ f4/}) 12. Bf4 $2 (12. Bd2 $6 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Rhe1 Ng4 15.
Re2 Bb7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Nd4 Kb8 18. f4 Rc8 19. Be1 Bd8 20. Nb3 Bc7 $15 {
Gaponenko,I-Dvoirys,S/Groningen/1994/0,5/44/}) (12. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 13. Nd4 O-O
14. f4 $13 {/\ g4-g5/}) 12... d5 $1 $17 13. Nd4 (13. e5 $2 Ne4 $17) (13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. a3 Rc8 $17 {^^|^<</}) 13... dxe4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxe4
Qxa2 $1 $146 (15... O-O $6 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nd5 18. Bg3 Qb5 19. Nd2 Bf6 20.
Qxb5 (20. Qb3 $6 Qa6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. c4 Nb6 23. c5 Nc4 24. Nd6 Nxb2 $1 $17 {
Stangl,M-Gabriel,Ch/Altensteig/1994/0:1/49/}) 20... cxb5 21. h5 $10) 16. Nxf6+
(16. Nd6+ Kf8 $17) 16... Bxf6 17. Qd7+ Kf8 18. Bd6+ Kg8 19. c3 (19. Ba3 $2 Rd8
20. Qxd8+ $8 Bxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kh7 22. Rxh8+ Kxh8 23. Rd1 Qc4 $17) (19. Qb7 $6 Kh7
$17) 19... Qa1+ 20. Kc2 Qa4+ 21. Kb1 Qe4+ (21... Rd8 22. Qc7 Qe4+ 23. Ka1 h5 $5
$17 {- 21...Qe4/}) 22. Ka1 Qa4+ 23. Kb1 Rd8 24. Qc7 Qe4+ 25. Ka1 h5 $5 (25...
Qxg2 $5 26. Bg3 (26. Be7 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxf2 $17) 26... Rd5 27. Qxa7 Qe4 $17)
26. f3 (26. g3 $5 a5 (26... Qa4+ 27. Kb1 Qb5 28. Kc1 $1 a5 $17 (28... Kh7 $2
29. Qxf7 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Rb8 31. b4 $1 Bxc3 (31... a5 32. Qxe6 Bxc3 (32... axb4
$2 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. Qxb4 $18) 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. Rhd1 Bf6 35. f4 $13) 32. Rxe6
Bb2+ 33. Kc2 Qc4+ 34. Kb1 Qd3+ 35. Ka2 Qa3+ 36. Kb1 Qd3+ $10)) 27. Ba3 Rxd1+
28. Rxd1 Qe2 29. Rd7 Qxf2 30. Rxf7 $17) 26... Qa4+ 27. Kb1 Qb5 28. Ka1 (28.
Rhe1 $2 Bxc3 $1 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 $19) (28. Kc1 $5 $17) 28... Kh7 $1 29. Qxf7 $2 {
Time/} (29. Ba3 $1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qa4 (30... Qe2 31. Rd7 Bxh4 (31... Qxg2 32.
Qxc6 $17) 32. Rxf7 Qxg2 33. Ka2 Qg6 34. Rd7 $17) 31. Rd7 Bxc3 32. Qxa7 Ra8 33.
Qxa4 Rxa4 34. bxc3 Rxa3+ 35. Kb2 Ra4 $17 {_|_/}) 29... Rxd6 $1 $19 30. Rxd6
Bxc3 $1 (30... Rb8 31. Rd2 $8 Bxc3 $19 32. bxc3 $140 $6 Qa5+ $19) (30... Bxc3
$1 31. bxc3 Rb8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Morocco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MAR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 $5 (6... Nc6)
7. O-O-O e5 $5 (7... e6 $14) 8. Qa4 Be7 (8... Rb8 $5 9. Qb3 (9. Bg5 $6 b5 10.
Qb3 Nc5 11. Qb4 d5 $5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxc5 Qxg5+ 14. Nxg5 Bxc5 15. Rxd5 Bxf2
16. Rxe5+ Kf8 $44) 9... Be7 (9... b5 $6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. f4 h6 12. Nf3 Bb7 $5 (
12... g6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 $36) 13. fxe5 Nxe5 {Gagarin,
V-Barkovsky,E/Moscow/1983/0,5/18/} 14. Be2 $1 g6 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 (15... dxe5 16.
Bxb5+ $1 axb5 17. Qxb5+ Nd7 18. Ba7 $18) 16. Bd4 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Bg7 18. Rdf1 O-O
19. h4 $18) 10. Bc4 (10. a4 O-O 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Nc4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 b5 14. Nxd6
Nc5 15. Qd5 Nxa4 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. Nxa4 bxa4 $17 {Imanaliev,T-Greenfeld,A/
Moscow(ol)/1994/0:1/26/}) 10... O-O 11. Ng5 (11. Bd5 Ng4 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. h3
Rxa7 14. hxg4 Nc5 15. Qa3 Bxg4 $17) 11... Qe8 12. a4 Ng4 13. Nd5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5
Nc5 15. Qf3 Qxa4 $17) 9. Bc4 (9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nh4 b5 12. Qb4 $5 (
12. Qb3 $6 Nc5 13. Qb4 d5 $1 14. Rxd5 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bxb4 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Nd5
Bc5 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 $17 (18... Kh8 19. Nf3 Rd6 20. Ne8 Rd7 21. Nf6 Rd6 $138 22.
Ne8 {Kantsler,B-Anikaev,Y/URS(ch 1/2)Nikolaev/1981/0,5(22)/})) 12... Nc5 13.
Nd5 a5 14. Qe1 Rb8 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Kb1 b4 17. Qe3 Kh8 18. Rhe1 $16 {Gagarin,
V-Kruglov,V/Moscow/1987/1:0/33/}) 9... O-O 10. Ng5 $5 (10. Qb3 b5 $1 11. Bd5
Rb8 12. Ba7 b4 $1 13. Bxb8 bxc3 14. Bxf7+ (14. Ba7 cxb2+ 15. Kb1 Nxd5 16. exd5
f5 $1 $44) 14... Rxf7 15. Ng5 cxb2+ 16. Kb1 d5 $8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. exd5 Nc5
19. Qxb2 Bd6 $44 {Veselovsky/}) 10... b5 $2 (10... Nb6 $2 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12.
Qb3 $18) (10... h6 $1 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. Nxf7 (12. Ne6 $6 Nb6 $1 13. Nxd8 Nxa4
14. Nxf7 Nxc3 15. Nxh6+ gxh6 16. bxc3 Nxe4 17. Kb2 Be6 18. f3 Ng5 $15) 12...
Kxf7 13. f3 Qg8 $1 14. Qb3+ Kf8 $13 {/\ Nc5/}) 11. Nxb5 $1 axb5 $6 (11... Nb6
$5 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Qb3+ Be6 16. Qxb6 Qxb6 17.
Bxb6 Nxe4 18. Rhe1 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Nd2+ 20. Ka1 $16) 12. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 13. Qxa8
$16 Qc7 (13... Rf8 14. Ne6 Qe8 15. Nxf8 Nxf8 16. f3 Ne6 17. Kb1 $16) 14. f3 Nc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 $6 (15... dxc5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. g4 $1 b4 18. a3 $5 bxa3 19. Qxa3
$16) 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Rd3 $1 Be6 18. Rhd1 Bc4 19. Ra3 b4 20. Ra7 d5 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Qb8 {>< e5/} e4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Rc7 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Nd5 26. Rc4 Qxg2 $2
(26... Nf6 $16) 27. Re1 $18 Bf5 (27... Nf6 28. Qe5 $18) 28. Qe5 $1 g6 29. Rc7
$1 Kg8 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 31. Qxe7 b3 (31... Qxc2+ 32. Ka1 $18) 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33.
Qc7+ Kh6 34. axb3 Qd2 35. Rf1 Qg2 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Rf2 Qh1+ 38. Ka2 Qa8+ 39.
Qa4 Qb8 40. Re2 h5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Preotu, Razvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "India"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 c5 {In recent times Preotu has mostly been replying 1...c5 against Nf3}
2. e4 {Hari simply transposes to a Sicilian but with this move order he has
simply made sure he has to see only the Sicilian and not 1...e5 which was the
other line Preotu plays.} d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {Not a big surprise. Recently
Hari beat Navara by playing this line} Nc6 (4... Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {
Was the actual move order of the Hari - Navara game}) 5. Qe3 {Not as popular
as Bb5 but since it has already played by Hari before and then followed by
Andreikin it will soon gain more followers.} Nf6 6. Be2 {Now we are back to
the Hari - Navara game.} Bg4 {There are many ways Black can chose his setup
and this is one of them. Both Hari and Andreikin have faced this move as White
against Navara and Korobov.} 7. O-O e6 (7... g6 {was David's choice} 8. Rd1
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bg7 10. c4 Qc7 11. Nc3 $14 {1-0 (33) Harikrishna,P (2732)-Navara,
D (2727) Prague 2018}) 8. Rd1 Qb8 {A novelty but it is not clear why the queen
should be better placed on b8 after all.} (8... Be7 9. c4 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3
O-O 12. Bb2 {1-0 (39) Andreikin,D (2702)-Korobov,A (2667) Minsk 2018}) 9. c4
Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 {White has achieved his typical setup with more space
and enjoys a slightly better position.} Bd8 {[%cal Gd8b6] getting the bishop
to a better diagonal} 12. Na4 {Hari didn't want to allow Bb6. However, in the
process Black now gets d5 tactically.} (12. Qd3 $142 Bb6 {Probably this is
something Hari didn't like as White is not really threatening to take on d6
yet.} (12... Ba5 13. Bb2) (12... Nb4 13. Qd2) 13. Bg5 $1 $14 {Now that black
bishop is not protecting f6 knight this causes some trouble for Black. It's
not much but White still maintains some pressure.} (13. Qxd6 Bc7 {[%csl Rh2]}))
12... d5 $1 13. h3 (13. exd5 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 {[%csl Ge2]} 15. Qd2 Nxd5 $132 {
[%csl Re2] As the knight is on a4 now the e2-bishop is hanging.}) 13... Bh5 (
13... Bxf3 $1 14. Bxf3 d4 {This way Black could solve his problems in the
centre.} 15. Qe2 (15. Rxd4 $2 {Not only it doesn't work on general grounds,
but also loses tactically on the spot.} Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ng4 $1 $19) 15... Nd7 {
The position remains dynamically balanced.}) 14. g4 (14. cxd5 {Now there was a
chance to grab the pawn. However, it involves a certain amount of
complications and things are not that obvious or else Hari would surely have
taken the pawn. He likes to grab pawns in general :)} exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Qd2
$1 Ne4 (16... Ba5 17. Qb2 {Cannot be the reason to refuse the pawn grab.}) 17.
Qf4 $1 (17. Qe1 Bf6 {also not very clear}) 17... Bc7 18. Qh4 {Seen quite a few
moves ahead this may look scary over the board.} Nf6 (18... Bh2+ {doesn't
really work for a number of reasons but one has to pay attention during the
game}) 19. dxc6 (19. Bg5 {Also strong but this is not the way the human brain
works especially when seeing such lines far in advance.} Rxe2 20. Bxf6 Bxf3 21.
Qg5 {is the point} Qf8 22. gxf3 $16) 19... Rxe2 {In a tournament game it is
natural to stop here and rather look for something less complicated way before.
Of course, while analysing and with the computer everything essentially comes
down to numbers and in this case that is +0.60} 20. Bb2 $1 Re4 21. Qg5 h6 22.
Qb5 bxc6 23. Qxb8+ Rxb8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd7 $14 {After a series of precise
moves White has finally got into a pleasant endgame.}) 14... Bg6 (14... dxe4
15. gxh5 exf3 16. Bxf3 {Looks much easier to play from White's side.}) 15. e5 {
Hari in his usual style keep things under control.} Ne4 16. Ba3 Be7 $6 (16...
Re8 $1 {Black had to stick to his active pawn sacrifice strategy here also.}
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Bc7 19. Bb5 (19. Bb2 Nf6 $1) 19... a6 (19... Nf6 20. Rc5
Bd6 21. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 22. Bxd6 Qxb5 23. Nd4 $36) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rd7 Bxe5 (
21... Nf6 22. Rd6 $5) 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bb2 Qg5 {Black should be able to hold
here}) 17. cxd5 $1 {The correct way. Now Black will be forced to accept a bad
pawn structure.} exd5 (17... Bxa3 18. dxc6 b5 19. Nc3 Bc5 20. Nd4 $16) 18. Bxe7
Nxe7 19. Nc5 {White has got clear advantage with Black having limited
counterplay. Hari plays the remaining part of the game flawlessly.} Rd8 20.
Rac1 Nc6 $2 {It was already worse but this mistake makes it irreparable.} 21.
Na6 $1 Qc8 (21... bxa6 22. Rxc6 $18) 22. Nd4 $18 {There are simply too many
threats which White has in this position.} Nxd4 23. Rxd4 (23. Rxc8 $4 {Turns
the tables} Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Raxc8 25. Nb4 Nc3 $19) 23... bxa6 (23... Qd7 24. Nb4
$18) 24. Rxc8 Raxc8 25. Bxa6 {I told you earlier! Hari likes pawns :) Although
here it was also partly in order not to let Black double on the c-file.} Rc3
26. Qe1 Rxh3 27. Qa5 Rf8 28. Rxd5 h5 29. Bf1 Rc3 30. Rd8 Rc8 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.
gxh5 Bxh5 33. e6 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. h4 h6 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Rhe1
Ng4 (14... e5 15. Nh2 O-O-O 16. g3 Rhe8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rd7 19. Ba5 Bd8
20. Bxd8 Kxd8 21. Nf1 {1/2-1/2 Kaminski,M-Renet,O/Erevan olm (13) ;EXT 96ch2
1996 (90)}) (14... Bb7 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. e5 Nh5 17. exd6 Nxf4 18. dxe7 Rxd1+
19. Rxd1 Re8 20. Ne5 Nxg2 21. Nxf7 Rxe7 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. Rd4 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanov,VI-Biriukov,O/St.Petersburg Chigorin (02) ;EXT 95 1995 (55)})
15. Re2 O-O $5 $146 (15... Bb7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Nd4 Kb8 18. f4 Rc8 19. Be1 Bd8
20. Nb3 Bc7 {1/2-1/2 Gaponenko,I-Dvoirys,S/Groningen op (05) ;EXP 45 1994 (44)}
) 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f3 Ne5 18. h5 $2 (18. Be1 Rfc8 19. b3 Rab8 20. a4 $11 {/\Na2}
) 18... Rfc8 (18... Nc4 19. Be1 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Rab8 21. b3 Ne3 22. Rd3 e5 23. Nf5
$15) 19. b3 Rc5 20. Be1 (20. Kb2 Bf6) (20. a4 Rac8 (20... Bf6) 21. Na2 Nd3+ 22.
Kb1 e5 23. cxd3 exd4 $17 {Kaminski,M}) 20... Rac8 $6 (20... Rb8 $1 21. Kb2 (21.
f4 Ng4 22. Nf3 Rxh5 23. e5 d5 $17) (21. Nb1 Bg5+ 22. Kb2 Nc4+ 23. Ka1 Ne3 24.
Rd3 e5 $19) 21... Bf6 $17) 21. Nb1 Rb8 22. Bf2 (22. c4 Bg5+ 23. Kc2 Nxc4 24.
bxc4 Ba4+ 25. Nb3 Rxc4+ 26. Kd3 Bb5 27. Na3 Rc1+ 28. Nxb5 Rxd1+ 29. Kc2 Rxe1
$19) 22... Bf6 23. Be3 (23. Nf5 Bg5+ (23... exf5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. f4 fxe4 26.
fxe5 Bg5+ 27. Nd2 Bg4 28. Rxe4 Bxd1 29. Kxd1 $13) 24. Kb2 exf5 25. Bxc5 dxc5)
23... Rbc8 24. Red2 (24. c4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rxc4+ 26. Nc2 Ba4 27. Rdd2 d5 (27...
Rb8) 28. exd5 exd5 29. Nba3 Rc3 30. Nb1 R3c7 31. Nba3 Be7 $19) 24... a5 25. c3
(25. a4 $142 a6) (25. Ne2 $4 Nd3+) 25... R5c7 26. Nc2 (26. a4 Rb7) 26... Be7
$17 27. c4 $2 (27. Bf4 f6) 27... a4 28. c5 (28. Nc3 axb3 29. axb3 Nxc4 30. bxc4
Rxc4 31. Nb1 d5 32. Rf2 Ba4 33. Rdd2 Bb4 34. Rde2 d4 $19) 28... axb3 29. axb3
Be8 (29... d5 30. exd5 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Nba3 $15) 30. f4 (30. Rxd6 Bxd6
31. Rxd6 Rb7 32. Nd2 Bb5 $19) (30. cxd6 $2 Nd3+) 30... Ng4 31. Kb2 dxc5 32.
Nba3 Rb8 33. Bg1 (33. Nc4 Bb5) 33... c4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chuprov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 {[%cal Rf3d4] freeing the d4 square
for the knight.} Qa5 {developing the queen to an attacking square and opening
the d8 square for the rook.} 12. Kb1 {a prophylactic move intending 13.Nd5} Kh8
{preventing the menavuer Nd5.} 13. Nd4 Rfd8 {[%cal Rd8d2]} 14. f4 {white
mounts up the pressure in the center, also intending the brakethrough in the
center via e4-e5.} Rac8 {activating the rook and preparing counterplay in the
queenside.} (14... Ng8 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Re3 (16. f5 $5) 16... e5 17. Nb3 Qc7
18. Rd3 exf4 19. Qxf4 $16 {1-0 Sharif,M-Balinas,R/Manila 1977/EXT 2004 (63)}) (
14... h6 15. h4 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nxe4 17. Rh1+ Kg8 18. Qd3 Nxg5 19. fxg5 Bxg5 20.
Qh7+ Kf8 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Rdf1+ Ke8 23. Qxg7 Be7 24. Rh7 $18 {1-0 Ciric,
D-Diaz,J/Vrnjacka Banja 1976/EXT 99 (27)}) (14... Be8 15. f5 $40 {1-0 Ciric,
D-Sedlak,N/Yugoslavia 2000/EXT 2005 (32)}) 15. Nb3 $6 {this move is dubios- on
one hand the knight exercises a role of driving the queen away from her
natural attacking square on a5, but on the other hand the knight also gives up
an important strategic square in the center. 15.g4 looks better for white.} (
15. g4 $5 Be8 (15... Qc7) (15... b5 16. Ncxb5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 $16 {1-0 Ciric,
D-Hartkopf,U/Baden-Baden 1988/TD (43)}) 16. f5 e5 17. Nb3 $16 {1-0 West,
G-Delion,L/Victoria 1992/EXT 97 (37)}) (15. f5 Bd7 16. Re3 b5 $132 {0-1
Stativkin,D-Deepan Chakkravarthy,J/Heraklio 2002/CBM 091 ext (25)}) 15... Qc7
16. Qf2 {[%cal Rf2h4,Gd1d3,Gd3h3] white tries to build an attack with the
heavy pieces on the king.} b5 $5 $132 {[%cal Gc7c2] black commences
counterplay on the c-file.} 17. Rd3 {white carries on with his plans.} (17. e5
Ng4 18. Qh4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 b4 $132) 17... b4 $1 $17 18. Rh3 {a piece sacrafice
intending to hack into the king's castle. a normal exchange Bxf6 provides
black with strong intiative.} (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd1 a5 $36) 18... bxc3 19. Qh4
cxb2 $1 $19 {A good defence. Most likely white overlooked this variation.} 20.
Nd4 {[%cal Rd4c2] this move protects c2 and also neutralising black's defence
specified in the previous variation.} (20. Bxf6 Bxe4 $1 $19) 20... Kg8 $1 {
A good defence. Providing the king with an escape root} 21. Ree3 (21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Qxh7+ Kf8 $19) 21... Kf8 22. e5 {white tries to make things complicated,
in light of his serious disadvantage.} dxe5 23. fxe5 Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4c2] A
desicive blow. White fails to find a proper defence.} 24. exf6 (24. Bxf6 Rxd4
25. Bxe7+ Kg8 $19) (24. Rxe4 Rxd4 $19) 24... Rxd4 25. fxe7+ Ke8 26. Rc3 Rd1+
27. Kxb2 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 {This line is not as common
as 5.Nxd4, of course, but also leads to interesting positions} Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 {Black gained the bishop pair while white is slightly
ahead in development} e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 {A typical move,
white frees the d4 square for the knight} (11. Kb1 {is an alternative, as the
games below show, black doesn't have an easy game} Qc7 (11... Qa5 12. Qd2 Qa6
13. Nd4 Rfc8 14. f4 h6 $146 15. h4 $5 Qc4 16. g4 Kf8 17. f5 $1 hxg5 18. hxg5
Nd7 19. fxe6 Ne5 20. Rh1 $1 {and white's attack proved to be too strong in
Vasiukov - Van Wely 2002 1-0}) 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Nd4 Rab8 (13... Rac8 14. f3 a6
15. g4 b5 16. Nce2 Bd7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Rg1 e5 19. Ndf5 {1-0 Vasiukov,E-Browne,W/
Reykjavik 1980/EXT 99 (33) with attack.}) 14. f3 b5 15. g4 Be8 16. Nce2 h6 17.
Be3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 {1-0 Stellwagen,D-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099 (33)
with mutual chances.}) 11... Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfc8 {Black decides to leave the rook
on a8, which would later support his attack. There is also another possibility
- to put the rook on d8} (12... Rfd8 {here are some examples} 13. f4 (13. Kb1
Rac8 14. f4 h6 15. h4 b5 16. f5 b4 17. Ncb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qc5 19. Nd4 hxg5 20.
hxg5 Nh7 21. g6 Nf8 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qe2 Bf6 {0-1 Fernandez,A-Beliavsky,A/
Alicante 1978/MCD (23)}) 13... h6 14. h4 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g4 Qb6 16. Kb1 Rac8
17. f5 Bd7 {0-1 Lautier,J-Timman,J/Belgrade 1995/CBM 051 (54) and black is
already a little better}) 14... b5 15. Re3 b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nce2 a5 18. Rh1
h5 {0-1 Jussupow,A-Psakhis,L/Moscow 1981/MCL (36) is unclear.}) 13. f3 {
white has two possible plans, the first one which he carried out in the game
is to play f3 followed by g4 and the advance of pawns on the kingside. The
second plan is to play f2-f4 and try to play in the centre with e4-e5 or f4-f5.
Both plans are quite possible} (13. Ndb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qc4 {is fine for black})
(13. f4 h6 14. h4 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 (16... Qc4 $5) 17.
Rxd6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 {is fine for black}) 14... b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. hxg5 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qg3 {0-1 Stoklasa,J-Sammalvuo,T/Irapuato
2001/EXT 2002 (47) and black is ok.}) 13... b5 {black immideatly starts his
counterplay on the queenside} 14. Kb1 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxd6
Bxc3 17. Qxc6 Rxc6 18. bxc3 {leads to a drawish endgame}) (14. Ndxb5 $2 {
of course, white shouldn't even consider taking such pawns} Bxb5 (14... Qa5 $2
15. Nxd6 Rd8 16. e5 {and surprisingly white is simply 2 pawns up}) 15. Nxb5 Qc5
16. Nc3 Rab8 {black has a very strong attack}) 14... b4 15. Nce2 a5 {It seems
that black is making more progress on the queenside than white has done on the
kingside} 16. h4 $6 (16. Nxc6 {Perhaps white should have simplified the
position with} Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qb7 18. g4 {and the position remains unclear})
16... a4 17. Rc1 $6 {white's play is too passive} (17. Qxb4 {allows black
comfortably break in the centre} d5 18. Qc3 Qb7 {with advantage for black}) (
17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd4 {still looks better}) 17... Qb7 $6 {the simple h7-h6
followed by d6-d5 was a direct approach} (17... h6 18. Be3 d5 19. e5 (19. Nxc6
Qxc6 20. Nd4 Qb7 21. e5 Nd7 22. Bf4 b3 {with a strong attack}) 19... Nd7 $1 (
19... Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qh5 21. g4 {is less clear}) 20. f4 Nb6 {should have given
black a clear edge}) 18. c4 $1 {the best defense, white brings more pieces to
the queenside} b3 $6 (18... bxc3 {opening lines on the white king was a better
option} 19. Rxc3 Bd7 20. Rec1 Rxc3 21. Nxc3 Rb8 $17 {black is clearly better})
19. a3 Qa6 (19... Bd7 {black could not allow white the possibility to
sacrifice a pawn with this move, after which black has an advantage}) 20. Nf4
$2 {White had an interesting pawn sacrifice, which allowed him to seize the
initiative} (20. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 21. Nd4 Rxc4 (21... Rc5 22. Nb5 {is unclear}) 22.
Rxc4 Qxc4 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Nc6 {with counterplay}) 20... h6 21. Nd3 {White is
practically forced to sacrifice the bishop as exchanging it is to black's
favour} (21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 {with great advantage for black}) 21...
hxg5 {Black isn't afraid of ghosts and takes the bishop} 22. hxg5 Nh7 23. f4 (
23. Nb4 {is met by} Qa5 $1) (23. g6 fxg6 24. Nxe6 {is obviously not enough for
the sacrificed piece} Nf8 $17) 23... Bb7 {[%cal Gc8c4] attacking the pawn on c4
} 24. Rc3 Rxc4 25. Nb4 Rxb4 26. axb4 a3 $1 {Black has a decisive advantage} 27.
Rxb3 axb2 28. Qxb2 e5 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. b5 (30. fxe5 Bxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Qf1+ 32. Kc2
Qxf5 $19) 30... Qa5 31. Re2 Qa4 $1 {The last finesse, e4 falls, white resigned}
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Prague SK Dum armady "]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Bg5 (5. Be3 Nc6 (5... e5 6. Qd2 (6.
Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bc4 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxa4 9. Nxa4 b5 10. Bd5 Nge7 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8
Rxc8 13. Bb3 Na5 14. O-O Nec6 15. c3 $14 {/+/- Panchenko,A-Raskhovsky,N/
Tashkent 1980}) 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nh4
Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O $14 {/+/- Antunes,A-Rodriguez,R/Manila (ol) 1992}) 6.
Qd2 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O-O Qc7 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Qd4 f6 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Bb5 Nc6
13. Qa3 e5 14. Nd5 $16 {Tseitlin,Mark-Zaichik,G/Krasnoirsk 1981}) 5... Nc6 6.
Qd2 h6 (6... Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. c4 Be7 (8... h6 9. Bf4 d5 $6 10. exd5 exd5 11.
O-O Be7 12. Nc3 Bg4 $2 (12... dxc4 $14) (12... Be6 $14) 13. cxd5 Bxf3 (13...
Nxd5 14. Be4) 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Rad1 $16 {Kamsky,G-Lautier,J/Dortmund 1993;57/
193 [Kamsky,G]}) 9. Nc3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rac1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 $36 {
Grosar,A-Ehlvest,J/Moscow (ol) 1994;EXP 44}) 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. Nc3 (9. c3
$6 Nf6 10. Bd3 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Na3 O-O 15. Nc2
Ne4 $15 {Tseitlin,Mark-Lerner,K/Moscow 1983}) 9... Be6 (9... Nf6 10. O-O-O Nh5
11. Nd5 Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. c3 f5 $2 (13... O-O $132) 14. exf5 Bxf5+ 15. Bd3 {
Rozentalis,E-Tyomkin,D/Beer-Sheva 1997;CBM 58}) (9... Bg4) 10. Nd5 $6 (10. Bd3)
(10. Be2) 10... Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Qa5 $1 {black is already better,by
actually doing nothing,white's bishop on "g3" is very bad,plus after g4 by
black white does not really has a place for his knight} 13. Be2 (13. h3 $5 {
just preventing g4}) 13... g4 14. Nh4 (14. Ng1 h5) 14... Rd8 $1 (14... Qh5 $6
15. h3 $1 Bxh4 $2 16. hxg4) 15. f4 $6 {I do not really know if white
sacrifised a pawn here,or simply missed that after 15...Qh5 now he can not
play 16.h3 because of 16...Bxh4 17.Hxg4 Bxg3 check!,but if he wanted to
sacrifise his pawn he could play 0-0 and get better chances} (15. O-O $142 $5
Qh5 (15... d5 16. exd5 Rxd5 17. Qe3 Rh5 $2 18. Ng6) 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qxf5
18. f3 $44) 15... Qh5 16. Nf5 $8 (16. h3 Bxh4 17. hxg4 Bxg3+) 16... Bxf5 17.
exf5 Qxf5 18. h3 (18. O-O h5 $17) 18... gxh3 19. Rxh3 d5 (19... Rg8 20. O-O-O)
20. Bd3 (20. O-O-O Nb4 $1 (20... d4 21. c4) 21. Bc4 Rc8 22. Bb3 d4 $36) 20...
Qg4 21. Kf1 (21. Be2 Qg7) 21... h5 (21... Rg8 $5) (21... Bg7 22. Bf2) 22. Re1
h4 23. Bh2 Rg8 24. a3 {to be honest the position is not simple,but the
question is not who is better,but how can black convert his advantage into a
win} Kf8 (24... Na5 $5) 25. f5 d4 26. c4 (26. cxd4 Qxd4) 26... Bg5 27. Qe2 Be3
$6 (27... Qxe2+ 28. Bxe2 Bf6 $17) 28. Qxg4 Rxg4 29. Be2 Rg5 (29... Re4 $4 30.
Bf3) 30. Bd3 $1 (30. Rxh4 Rxf5+ 31. Bf3 Kg7 $17) 30... Rg4 {just going for a
draw it was possible to play 30...Rh5 when after 31.b4 white has compensation
but I think black is still better} (30... Rh5 31. b4) 31. Be2 Rg5 32. Bd3 Rg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 (4... a6) (4... Nc6) (4... Bd7) 5. e5
(5. Nc3 a6 6. e5 (6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 (7. Qe3 h6 8. Bh4 e6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h3
Rc8 11. g4 Qc7 12. Nd4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne5 $13 {Kaminsky,M-Suba,M Biel 1995}) 7...
h6 8. Be3 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qe1 e5 $1 11. Nd2 Be7 12. f4 Rc8 $15 {Epishin,
V-Yurtaev,L Tashkent 1986}) 6... Nc6 7. Qa4 Ng4 (7... dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7
Qxd7 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. g4 $1 $40 {Votava,J-Demeter,P Hlohovec op
1995}) 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. h3 Nf6 10. Bf4 Qb4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne5
$14 {Movsesian,S-Vaulin,A Zlin 1995}) 5... Nc6 (5... dxe5 $2 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.
Nxe5 Ke8 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be2 e6 10. Bf3 $16 {Rausis,I-Djurhuus,R Skei 1993}) 6.
Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 dxe5 (7... Qxb5 $5) 8. Bxc6+ (8. Nxe5 Qxb5 $5 (8... Bd7 9. Bxc6
Bxc6 10. O-O $14) 9. Nxb5 Nxd4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Be6 $8 $13 {[%csl Ra8]})
8... bxc6 9. Nxe5 {[%csl Rc6]} Bb7 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qf4 e6 12. Nc4 Qa6 (12...
Qh5 13. Qc7 $1 Ba8 14. Qxa7) 13. b3 Be7 14. Bb2 {[%cal Ga1h8]} O-O 15. Rad1 {
white enjoyes a more active pieces plus black's pawn structure on the Queen's
side is very bad,all this gives white a very pleasent position} c5 {black now
opened the a8-h1 diagonal but the "c" pawn becomes now very weak white can and
will attack it immediately} 16. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Gg3g8]} g6 (16... Rd4 $5 {
[%cal Gd4g4]} 17. Qc7 Re8 $13) 17. Na4 {[%csl Rc5,Rf6]} Rd5 {an interesting
move was Bd5,when after Nxc5 black is ok as we will see} (17... Bd5 18. Nxc5 $6
(18. Ne3 Bc6) 18... Bxc5 19. Bxf6 Bxc4 20. Qh4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rc8) 18. Ne5 Nh5
$6 (18... Ne4) (18... Ne4 $5 {after this active move is seems black has good
game} 19. Qe3 (19. Qh3 $2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qe2) (19. Qf3 Nd2 $1 20. Qc3 Bf6 $17)
19... Bg5 $1 20. f4 Bf6 {and now white has weakened his king,when black holds
the initiaive}) 19. Qe3 Qd6 20. Rde1 $1 $14 {a very smart move defending the
Knight on e5 with two pieces on the "e" file so now Nc3 is possible is also a
serious threat} Bf6 $6 (20... Rd8 $5) 21. Nc4 Qd8 $2 {simply an unexplained
move just giving the "c5" pawn, black should have played Qc7 but white of
course has a very comfortable position} 22. Nxc5 $16 Ba8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Ne4
Qe7 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. Rxd5 exd5 (26... Rxd5 27. Re1) 27. Ng3 (27. Nc3 $4 Qf6 $19
{[%cal Gd5d4]}) (27. Nc5 $4 Qf8 $1 28. Ne5 d4 29. Qg5 f6 $19) (27. Ng5 Qf6 $1
28. Na3 d4 29. Qd2 Nf4 $17) 27... Qb7 {just losing immediately,necessary was
27...QxQ but of course white is much better,but still needs to work} 28. Na5
Qa6 (28... Qb6 29. Nxh5 gxh5 (29... Qxe3 $2 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. fxe3) 30. Qg5+ Kh8
31. b4) 29. Nxh5 Qxa5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Qe5 Qa6 32. Ne8+ Kf8 33. Re1 {[%cal
Ge5h8,Ge5e7,Ge5g7]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bakhtadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Bg7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nh5 $5 {according to the thoery and to recent games 10...
d5 is just 100% OK for black but also Nh5 seems not bad with even more
complicated game} (10... d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. O-O (12. Qe2 Bg4 (12... Bf5 13.
Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nc4 Nd5 16. O-O Rad8 17. a4 e5 18. Nfd2 Qg6 19. Rfe1
Rfe8 $13 {1-0 Grosar,A-Tratar,M/Maribor Pirc 1994/CBM 40 (40)}) 13. Nbd2 Rd8
14. Bc4 Qf5 15. Bb3 O-O 16. O-O-O Bh5 17. Bc2 Qa5 18. Kb1 Nd5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Maljutin,E-Odeev,H/URS-qualJ 1989/CBM 13 (33)}) 12... Bf5 (12... Bg4 13. Be2
Rd8 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Na3 f5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 f4 19. Bh2 Kf7
$17 {[%csl Rh2] 0-1 Nielsen,J-Ward,C/Aarhus int 1993/EXT 97 (31)}) 13. Bxf5
Qxf5 14. Na3 O-O 15. Nc2 Ne4 16. Qe2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. a3 e6
20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Rd3 b5 23. Qe4 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 g4 25. Nd2 Ne5 $15 {
0-1 Tseitlin,M-Lerner,K/Moscow GMA-op 1989/TD 89\02 (70)}) 11. Na3 e6 {this
move get's to control over the "d5" and "f5" but it makes the "d6" pawn quite
weak and black will have to find a nonstandard plan to defend him} (11... Bg4
12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qc7 15. Bh5 e6 16. Nc2 Ne5 17. Ne3 O-O 18.
Be2 Qc6 19. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Miljanic,B-Jovicic,M/JUG-chT FL 1990/EXT 90ch (31)})
12. Rd1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 b5 14. Be2 Ke7 $5 {this is the move! well at frist
moment you may think what is this?? but now think is it so clear that on "e7"
the king is much worse than on "e7" well I am not sure black now simply wants
to play Bb7-Qc7 and then place his rooks maybe one on the "d" file and the
other on the "c" file} 15. Qe3 (15. b4 $5 {[%cal Gc3c4] this is strange but
white simply wants to play c4} Bb7 (15... Rb8 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Rxb4 18.
Nxd6 Qc7 19. Qc2 $1 $40 {[%cal Gc2c5]}) (15... Bb7 16. c4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18.
Qe3 Qc7 $13) 16. c4 g4 17. Nh4 Nd4 18. cxb5) (15. c4 Qa5 $5 (15... b4 $5 16.
Nc2 Rb8 17. Qe3 Qa5) 16. cxb5 Bxb2 17. Nc4 Bc3 18. Nxa5 Bxd2+ $13) 15... Bb7
16. Nc2 Qc7 17. Ncd4 Rab8 18. Nxc6+ $6 {I think this is a wrong idea,
exchanging pieces in this position,since now black gets much more space then
before} (18. O-O $5) 18... Qxc6 19. Nd2 Qc5 {again of course exchanging Queens
is very good for black} 20. Qd3 Qb6 $6 {I do not understand why not to play b4
which must be the most natural move in the position,and when even I think it
simply leads to a better position for black} (20... b4 $5 21. cxb4 (21. Nb3 Qe5
$17) 21... Qxb4 22. b3 Qc3 23. Qb1 Rhc8 24. O-O Qc2 $15 {/-/+}) 21. f4 $6 {
[%cal Ra7g1] this is quite an unclear move what white has mate that he is
attacking this way?? or simply he just weakened his position so much.. well I
go for the second answer!} (21. O-O) 21... Rbd8 22. Bf3 h5 (22... Bf6 $5) 23.
Bxh5 (23. fxg5 Be5 24. Bxh5 (24. Nf1 Rdg8 $17) 24... d5 $1 {with a very strong
initiative for black}) 23... d5 $1 {and here comes the break in the center,
which was in the air for already few moves} 24. e5 (24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Qe2 g4
$19 {[%csl Rh5]}) 24... d4 25. c4 (25. Nf3 dxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 b4 28.
Qe1 (28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Qa4 Bxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qd4+ $19) 28... Qc5 $1 $36) 25... Bxg2
26. Rh2 Bc6 27. Ke2 $2 {well no explnations for this move,white should have
probably taken on b5} (27. cxb5 $5 Bxb5 (27... axb5 28. Nb3 $132 {[%csl Rd4]})
(27... Qxb5 28. Nb3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Be4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Nxd4 gxf4 32. gxf4 f6
$132 (32... Bg6 $2 33. Rd2)) 28. Qa3+ Ke8 29. Ne4 d3 (29... gxf4 30. gxf4 d3
31. Qc5) 30. Qc5 (30. Kd2 gxf4 31. gxf4 Qd4 $40) 30... Qxc5 31. Nxc5 gxf4 32.
Nxe6 fxg3 33. Nxg7+ Kf8 34. Rg2 Kxg7 35. Rxg3+ Kf8 36. Rg5 Rd4 $36) 27... Qc5 (
27... gxf4 28. gxf4 Bh6 29. Rf2 Qc5 {[%cal Gh6f4]} 30. Nb3 bxc4 31. Nxc5 cxd3+
32. Nxd3 Bb5 $36) 28. b3 $4 {this is just losing immediately! white had to
play Nb3} (28. Nb3 Qxc4 (28... bxc4 29. Nxc5 cxd3+ 30. Nxd3 (30. Kxd3 Bf3)
30... gxf4 31. gxf4 Rh6 32. Rc1) 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. Nxd4 Bd5 $36 {[%csl Rh2]
[%cal Rh8h1] when white's pieces seems so uncordinated}) 28... gxf4 29. gxf4
Bxe5 $19 30. b4 Qd6 31. c5 Qc7 32. Rf1 Bxf4 33. Rh4 Qe5+ 34. Kd1 Rxh5 35. Rhxf4
f5 36. R4f2 Qe3 37. Kc2 Rh3 {[%mdl 8288]} 0-1

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Khomyakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qa5 12. f4 Rfe8 (12... Rfc8 $6 13. f5
$1 b5 (13... Bd7 14. Nb3 Qe5 $8 15. Rhf1 $16 (15. Rhf1 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17.
Qd4 Qb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Vescovi,G-Dvoirys,S/Groningen op 1994/
EXP 45 (45)})) 14. fxe6 fxe6 $6 (14... b4 15. Nf5 $1 (15. exf7+ Kf8 $1 $13 {
Polgar,J}) 15... Kh8 $1 (15... Kf8 $2 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6+ $18) 16. e5 $3
Qxe5 (16... bxc3 17. exf6 $16) 17. Rhe1 Qa5 18. Nxe7 Qxg5+ 19. Kb1 $16 {
/\ 19...} bxc3 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. exf7) 15. Nxe6 (15. Nxc6 $2 Rxc6 16. Qxb5 Qc7
$44 {/\} 17. Qb3 Qc8 $1 18. Nb5 Rb6 $1) 15... b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... bxc3 17.
Bxc3 $1 (17. Bxe7 $2 Qxa2 18. Qxc3 Qxe6 19. Rxd6 Qxe4 $14) 17... Qxa2 18. Qg3
g6 19. Nf4 $16 {/\} Bxe4 20. Rhe1 Rc4 21. Nxg6 $1 $18 {Polgar,J}) 17. Nd5 Be5 (
17... Qxa2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 (18... Kh8 19. Nd5 $18) 19. Qg3+ Kf7 20. Rxd6 Rg8 21.
Qh3 $18) (17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 $16) 18. Kb1 $16 {1-0 Polgar,
J-Shirov,A/Las Palmas 1994/Inf 60/[Shirov,A] (34)}) 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. Rhf1 (14.
Rhe1 h6 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Red8 18. Qc5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe4 $1
$17 {0-1 Isupov,V-Kupreichik,V/Kemerovo2 1995/EXP 49 (40)}) 14... h6 (14... b5
15. Nxc6 (15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 b4 (16... Nd5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 19.
Qf3 $16 {[%cal Gd5e7,Gf3f7]}) 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. exf6 bxc3 19. fxe7 Qxg5 20. Qf3
$18 {[%csl Rc6,Rf7]}) 15... Rxc6 16. Qxb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Nxe4 18. Nxa7 Rc5 $1
$36 {[%csl Ra7]} (18... Rb6 19. Bxe7 Nc3+ 20. Ka1 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Ra6 (21... Rxe7
22. Nc8) 22. Bxd6 Rxa7 23. c4 {[%csl Ga2,Gb2,Gc4][%cal Gc4c5]})) (14... a6 15.
f5) 15. Bh4 b5 $6 {this just leads to a long force line which in it's end
white is left with a pawn up in an endgame,so it can not be black's way of
playing} (15... Nxe4 $5 16. Nxc6 (16. Nxe4 Bxe4 (16... Bxh4 17. Nxd6 $16) 17.
Qxe4 Bxh4 18. f5 e5 (18... Bf6 $2 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf6)) 16... Rxc6 (16...
Nxc3+ $4 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Nxe7+ {the end}) 17. Nxe4 Bxh4 18. Nxd6 Rb8 {
when black must be ok here}) 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxd5
Bxh4 20. Qf3 Rec8 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Nc3 $2 (22. Nf4 Rxc2 {[%cal Gc2b2]}) (22.
Ne3 Qc7 $1 (22... Bg5 $6 23. Rd7 Rg8 24. Ng4 {[%cal Gg4f6,Gf7g6]}) 23. Qxc7
R8xc7 {[%csl Re5]}) (22. Ne7 $1 {this just seems as white's only chance of
getting real advantage} Bxe7 23. Qxe7 Qa4 (23... Rxc2 24. Rf8+ Kh7 25. Rxc8
Rxc8 26. Qxe6 $16) 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Rc1 $16) 22... b4 23. Ne2 Rxc2 $4 {very
very strange why not Qxe5?? with about equal position now white wins back his
pawn} (23... Qxe5 24. Nf4 Qe4 25. Qg6 Qc4 {and it's black who has the
initiative}) 24. Qxe6 Qc5 25. Nd4 Rc4 (25... Rxg2 26. Qh3 $18) (25... Rf2 26.
Rxf2 Bxf2 27. Nc6 $1 $18) 26. Qd6 Be7 27. Qxc5 R4xc5 28. Nf3 R8c7 29. Rc1 Kg8
30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Rc1 Kf7 (31... Rd5 32. Rc7) 32. Rxc5 Bxc5 33. Kc2 Ke6 34. Kb3
(34. Kd3 Kd5) 34... Kd5 35. Ka4 {so white finds a way to break through black's
position his king via b5} g5 (35... Kc4 36. b3+ {[%cal Ga4b5]}) 36. h3 Be7 (
36... a6 37. Ka5 {[%cal Ga5a6]}) 37. Kb5 h5 38. b3 Ke4 $2 {well this is a
wrong move allowing white;s king to penetrate... black had to keep his knig on
d5} (38... g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Nh2 g3 41. Nf3 Bf8 42. Ka6 Bc5 43. Kb7) 39. Kc6
$1 $18 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Nh2 Kxe5 (41... g3 42. Nf3 {[%cal Gc6d7,Ge5e6]})
42. Nxg4+ Kf4 43. Nf2 Ke3 44. Nh3 Kd2 45. Kb5 Kc2 46. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5][%mdl
12292]} (46. Nf4 Kb2 47. Nd5 Bf8 48. Nxb4) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 {
the main line is 7.Nc3 Heute selten gespielt, populär ist 7.Nc3.} f5 $5 {
it's a big question what does white have after this moce since it according to
past games black is OK and also in this game black had a nice position,it's a
question for the white players} (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 e6 (8... g6 {is another
possible line}) 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 (11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Qe3
Bf8 14. Nd4 Be8 15. Rd3 Ng4 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Rg3 $36 {Swidler,P-Aseev,K St.
Petersburg op 1994}) 11... a6 12. Qd3 b6 (12... Qa5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a4 Rfd8 15.
Kh1 Qb6 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Ba1 Nd7 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Qg3 Bf8 $13 {Chandler,
W-Watson,W/BL 9394/1994}) 13. Rad1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6
17. Nxb5 Qxe4 18. a4 d5 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. f3 Bc5+ 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 {
and white seems to have the advantage in this position, Chandler,M-Bologan,V/
BL 9495/1995}) (7... e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. Nc3 Nf6 {ist eine Alternative.}) 8. Nc3 (
8. exf5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qxf5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 (10... e5 $5 11. Qd1 Rc8 12. O-O Nf6 13.
Re1 Bxd5 14. Nd4 Qh5 15. Qxh5+ Nxh5 16. cxd5 Kd7 17. Nb5 Be7 $15 {[%csl Rd5]
Damjanovic,M-Groszpeter,A/Prague/1986}) 11. cxd5 Nf6 12. Qa4+ Qd7 (12... Kf7
13. O-O Qxd5 14. Rd1 b5 15. Rxd5 bxa4 16. Ra5 $13) 13. Qb3 Qf5 14. Qb5+ Kf7 (
14... Qd7 15. Qd3 $1) 15. Qxb7 Qxd5 16. Qc7 Qe4+ 17. Be3 Qb4+ 18. Bd2 Qe4+ 19.
Be3 Qb4+ 20. Nd2 $13 {with a very unclear position in Mansurov,V-Avrukh,B/
Budapest/1993}) 8... e5 (8... fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qg4 Qd7 12.
Qh5+ Kd8 13. O-O Rg8 14. b3 Qg4 15. Qxg4 Rxg4 $15 {Heinemann,T-Gutman,L/
Ger-CupT/1992}) 9. Qd3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ (11. Nfd2 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qd7 $13 {Kunze-Riedel/Halle/1987}) 11...
gxf6 $5 (11... Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qg6 {Eine interessante Entscheidung, es geht
natürlich auch} (12... Qf7) 13. Qxg6+ hxg6 14. Ke2 Be7 15. Be3 (15. Bxe7 Kxe7 {
with Raf8 and Rh4 as in the game} (15... Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Kxe7 $10)) 15... Rf8
16. a4 a6 $13 {0-1 Rozentalis,E-Avrukh,B/Beer Sheva16th 1997/CBM 58/[Har Zvi] 
(45)}) (11... Qxf6 {transposes to our game}) 12. Nh4 (12. Qf5 Qd7 13. Qh5+ (13.
Qxf6 Rg8) 13... Qf7 14. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $15 {Silli-Pantaleoni/Corr 1985/Inf. 39/228}
) 12... Qd7 $1 {[%cal Gc8h3,Ga8h1,Gh8g8] black threat now is Qg4,and his
second idea is simply "d5" black has atleast equal here.} 13. f3 b5 $5 (13...
d5 $5) 14. b3 {white can not allow him self to exchange the "c4" since black
will get a massive pawn structure in the center} bxc4 15. bxc4 d5 16. cxd5 Bb5
{why to play this move,I understand black wants to prevent white from
casteling and thinks he has strong initiative,but in fact he lost the game in
12 moves while after Qxd5 you must prefer black,although even after Bb5 black
is better} (16... Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Gd5,Gf8]}) 17. Qb3 Rc8 (
17... Rd8 $5 18. Rb1 a6 19. Be3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Kf2 $13) 18. Be3 Rc4 (
18... Bc4 $15) 19. g4 Rb4 (19... Qxd5 20. O-O $36 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gf1d1,Gh4f5]
}) (19... Bb4+ 20. Kf2 {and it's not clear what is black's plan}) 20. Qc2 Rc4 (
20... Qxd5 $5 21. Rd1 Qc4 22. Qd2 Ra4 $1 $17 {[%csl Re1]}) 21. Qb3 Rg8 $6 {
a serioous mistake,not only losing a tempi but also the rook stands there very
bad because it's on the diagonal of white's queen} (21... Rb4 $5 22. Qc2 Qxd5
23. Rd1 Qc4 24. Qd2 Ra4 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) 22. d6 Qc6 (22... Bxd6 23. Nf5 Bb4+
24. Kf2 $36 {[%csl Rd7,Re8,Rg8]}) 23. Kf2 Bxd6 24. Nf5 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Re8,Rg8]
/+/-,->} Bc5 $2 (24... Bc7 25. Rac1 $36) 25. Rhc1 $1 Rxc1 $4 {must have been
time trouble but any way black's position seems losing} (25... Bxe3+ 26. Nxe3
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxc1 28. Qxg8+ Kd7 (28... Ke7 29. Nf5+ Kd7 30. Qd5+) 29. Qd5+) (
25... Be7 26. Rab1 $18) 26. Qxg8+ Kd7 27. Rxc1 Bxe3+ 28. Nxe3 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ (4... Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nxd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7.
Bf4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qd5 Bg6 10. O-O-O $1 Bxc2 11. Nd4 $1 Bxd1 12. Nxc6 Qc8 13.
Nxe7 Bxe7 14. Bxd6 O-O 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Bc4 $16 {/+- Tal,M-Gheoghiu,F Riga izt
1979}) 5. Bd2 (5. Nfd2 Nxe4 (5... Qxc5 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Bg5 g6 9. Qd4
Bg7 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nxe5 $14 {
Kaidanov,G-Gurevich,D USA (ch) 1995 65/(196)}) 6. cxd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nb3
Qe5+ 9. Be2 Bg4 10. f3 O-O-O 11. O-O (11. fxg4 Nc4 12. Bd2 Rxd2 13. Nxd2 Nxb2
14. Qc1 Qxc3 15. O-O $13) 11... Nb5 $1 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Qf6
15. Be3 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Qxc3 17. Bxa7 Qxd3 18. Qc1 $44 {Kaidanov,G-De Firmian,N
USA (ch) 1995 65/(196)}) (5. c3 Qxc5 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. h3 Bg7 9. O-O Nc6
10. c4 Nd7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 b6 $15 {[%csl Rc4]
Malakhov,V-Leko,P Canaries 1995}) 5... Qxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O (7. h3) 7... Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 $11 {white got nothing out of the opening black has a
solid pawn formation with a solid position} 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O
13. c3 d5 14. exd5 (14. Rfd1) 14... Nxd5 15. Be4 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Bd2 a5
18. a4 Ne5 {[%csl Rb2]} 19. Rad1 (19. Qb5 Qc4 20. Bc2 Qxb5 21. axb5 Nc4 22. Bc1
e6 $15) 19... Nb6 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 20. Bf4 (20. Qb5 Nec4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc4d6]
}) 20... Nxa4 21. Rxd8+ $6 (21. Ra1 $142 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24.
Ba6 $1 $14 {it is very important for white to cintrol the b5-c4 squares}) 21...
Rxd8 22. Ra1 b5 (22... Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxb7) 23. Qxb5 Nxb2 24. Nxa5 $6 (
24. Qxa5 $142 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 (25. Nxa5 Rc8)) 24... Rb8 (24... Qxc3 {I do not
know why not simply to take the pawn} 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nc6 Nc4 27. Rf1 Rd2 $1
(27... Nd6 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Nxe4 30. Re1 Nf6 (30... f5 31. Nc6 Rd7 32. f3
$11) 31. Nc6) 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Nd5 Qd4 $36) 25. Qc6 Nf3+ $5 {there was
another interesting move 25...Qxa5 but he leads to a minor pieces ending 2
bishops and 3 pawns against bishop+knight and 4 pawns with a think good
drawing chances} (25... Nxc6 26. Bxc7 Rc8 27. Nxc6 Rxc7 28. Ra8+ Bf8 29. Ra7
$11) (25... Qxc6 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 (27. Bxb8 $2 Nxb8 28. Ra8 (28. Rb1 Bxc3
) 28... Be5) 27... Rc8 28. Bb7) (25... Qxa5 26. Rxa5 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 Bxc3 $15)
26. Bxf3 Qxf4 {now with still the queens on the board black has more chances}
27. g3 Qd2 28. Qc7 Rf8 29. Nc6 e6 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Ra8 Nd3 {it is well knowen
and proven here once again that a queen with a knight is a very strong
combination,in most cases much better than a queen+bishop combination} 32. Qa7
Qe1+ $1 33. Kg2 (33. Kh2 Qxf2+ (33... Nxf2 $2 {it is never too late to make a
mistake!} 34. Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ga3f8]} f5 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Nxg6+ hxg6 37. Qxf8+
Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ $11) 34. Qxf2 Nxf2 $17) 33... Qxc3 {so now black won
a tempi since with the king on g2 black is threatening Ne1} 34. Be4 Ne1+ 35.
Kg1 (35. Kf1 $4 Qc4+ $19) 35... Qe5 36. Qb7 f5 37. Bc6 Nd3 38. Kg2 (38. Qa7 f4
$1 39. g4 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2 $19) 38... Qc5 {maybe this move is also good enough
to win but I would like to end the game now! after 38...Qe2 I think I will} (
38... Qe2 39. Qa7 f4 $1 40. Kg1 (40. gxf4 Nxf4+ 41. Kh2 Qe5 $19) 40... fxg3 41.
fxg3 Qe5 $1 $19 42. Kg2 Qf6 43. Rxf8+ Bxf8 44. Nc8 Qb2+) 39. Qa7 (39. Ra2 f4)
39... Qxa7 40. Rxa7 Nxf2 41. Bd7 f4 (41... Bd4) 42. Rc7 (42. Bxe6 f3+ 43. Kf1
Nh1 $1 44. Nc6 (44. Ra4 Bc3 $1 {threatening Nxg3 followd by Be1 after Kf2} 45.
Rg4 Re8) 44... Nxg3+ 45. Kf2 Ne4+ 46. Kf1 Bc3 47. Rf7 Ra8 $19) (42. gxf4 Nd3)
42... fxg3 43. Rc8 (43. Bxe6 Nd3 44. Nd5 Be5) 43... Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Be5 45. Nc6 (
45. Bxe6 Nd3) 45... Bc7 46. Nd4 Nd3 47. Bb7 $2 {just losing immediately,the
only move was 47.Ne2 although I can not beleive white can save the game} (47.
Ne2 $8) 47... Nf4+ 48. Kf1 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 {there should not be special advantage
for white in this position the maximum he can get is a slightly better
position,but this position is on the other hand very nice for white since he
has space advantage,and really his chances to stand worse here are almost zero.
this is a metter of taste I for example like very much to play this type of
position some other players maybe like it less} Qb6 (11... Nd7 12. b3 Re8 13.
Bb2 Nc5 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Rab1 a4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 axb3 19. axb3
Ra2 20. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Anka,E/Zalakaros op 1992/EXT 92op (78)}) (
11... Rc8 12. b3 Qd7 (12... a6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. f3 Nd7 15. Rac1 e6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8
17. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Kamiljanov,T/RUS-Cup2 1996/EXP 56 (33)}) 13. Bb2 e6
14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Re2 Ne8 18. Rc2 $14 {1-0 Watson,
W-King,D/Kilkenny op 1996/EXP 55 (32)}) 12. Rd1 (12. Ndb5 a6 13. Be3 Qd8 14.
Nd4 Ng4 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Benko,P/Las
Palmas 1972/MCD-r7}) 12... Ng4 13. Qd2 e6 $6 {I do not like this move very
much weakening the "d6" pawn} (13... Qc5 14. h3 Nf6 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. b3 Rac8 17.
Be3 Qe5 18. f3 a6 19. Rac1 Qa5 20. Qd2 $14 {0-1 De la Villa Garcia,J-Vazquez,R/
Palma de Mallorca op 1991/EXT 97 (51)}) (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 $14)
14. b3 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. f3 $14 {now there are no questions,white is
slightly better with very easy game,now we say the price black has to play for
his move "e6"} b5 (16... d5 $5 17. exd5 (17. Ba3 Rfc8) (17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 g5 $5
$132) 17... Nxd5 $132 (17... exd5 18. cxd5 Qc5+ 19. Qe3 Rfc8 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21.
Bb2 Nxd5 $11)) (16... Rfd8 17. Bb2 $14) 17. cxb5 (17. Nxb5 Nxe4) 17... Qc5+ 18.
Qe3 $8 (18. Kh1 Ng4 $1 19. fxg4 Bxc3 20. Ba3 Qe5 (20... Qxa3 21. Qxc3) 21. Bxd6
Qh8 22. Qc1 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 (23. Bxf8 $4 Bb2) 23... Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Rfc8) 18...
Rfc8 (18... Nd5 19. exd5 Bxc3 20. Rb1 exd5 (20... e5 $142) 21. Qxc5 dxc5 22.
Rxd5 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 $16) 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Bb2 Ne8 (20... Nh5 21. Na4 Bxb2 22.
Nxb2 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Na4 $14 (24. Rac1 $5) 24... Rc2 $132) 21. Rac1 Bh6 (
21... Rac8 $5 22. Na4 Rc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ra1 {[%cal Gb5b6]
and despite the white's passive pieces,a pawn is a pawn!}) 22. Rb1 Bg7 23. Na4
Rxb5 24. Ba3 (24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rbc1 $14 {/=}) 24... Bf8 (24... Rc8 25. Bxd6
Nxd6 26. Rxd6 {with just a pawn up}) (24... Be5 $5 25. Rbc1) (24... d5 25. exd5
exd5 (25... Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Bc5 $14) 26. Rbc1 $14) 25. Rbc1
$14 f5 (25... Rab8) 26. Rc6 {white is better here,he has the control over the
important "c" file and has pressure on black's "d6" pawn} Be7 (26... fxe4 27.
fxe4 Rab8 $14) (26... Kf7 $5) 27. Nb2 $6 (27. Nc3 Rb6 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Bb4 {
[%cal Ga2a4,Gc3b5]}) 27... Rb6 28. Rc2 Kf7 (28... Ra6 29. Nc4 fxe4 30. fxe4 Rc8
$13) 29. Nc4 Rc6 (29... Ra6 30. g4 $14) 30. Rcd2 (30. g4 $5 {this immediately
was a strong move,white played it two moves later,and this movegave him clear
advantage} fxe4 31. fxe4) 30... Rd8 31. Bb4 {black's pieces really can not
move he must defend his "d" pawn when all white has to do is to find a plan,32.
g4 is a good one} Kf8 32. a3 {do not hurry,black is going nowhere,white
improves his position to it's maximum} (32. g4) 32... Ra6 33. g4 $1 $16 fxe4 (
33... f4 $142) 34. fxe4 Kg7 35. Rd3 (35. e5 Bg5) 35... Rc6 $2 {a decisive
mistake losing immediately,probably in a time trouble,black paid no attention
to white's last move,a simple move moving the rook from "d2" to "d3" but now
after "e5" black does not have a move with his bishop since Bg5 attacks
nothing!} (35... Rd7) 36. e5 $18 Rd7 37. exd6 Bf6 38. g5 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6
7. c4 {the main line is 7.Nc3 Heute selten gespielt, populär ist 7.Nc3.} (7.
Nc3 {Horvath,T}) 7... f5 (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 e6 (8... g6 {is another possible line
}) 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 (11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Qe3 Bf8 14. Nd4
Be8 15. Rd3 Ng4 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Rg3 $36 {Swidler,P-Aseev,K St.Petersburg op
1994}) 11... a6 12. Qd3 b6 (12... Qa5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a4 Rfd8 15. Kh1 Qb6 16.
Rab1 Bc6 17. Ba1 Nd7 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Qg3 Bf8 $13 {Chandler,W-Watson,W/BL 9394/
1994}) 13. Rad1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxb5 Qxe4 18. a4
d5 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. f3 Bc5+ 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 {and white seems to have
the advantage in this position, Chandler,M-Bologan,V/BL 9495/1995}) (7... e5 {
Horvath,T} 8. Qd3 h6 9. Nc3 Nf6 {ist eine Alternative.}) 8. Nbd2 (8. Nc3 fxe4 (
8... e5 9. Qd3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 (11... Qxf6 {transposes to our
game}) 12. Qf5 Qd7 13. Qh5+ (13. Qxf6 Rg8) 13... Qf7 14. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $15 {
Silli-Pantaleoni/Corr 1985/Inf. 39/228}) 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qg4 Qd7
12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. O-O Rg8 14. b3 Qg4 15. Qxg4 Rxg4 $15 {Heinemann,T-Gutman,L/
Ger-CupT/1992}) (8. exf5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qxf5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 (10... e5 $5 11. Qd1 Rc8
12. O-O Nf6 13. Re1 Bxd5 14. Nd4 Qh5 15. Qxh5+ Nxh5 16. cxd5 Kd7 17. Nb5 Be7
$15 {[%csl Rd5] Damjanovic,M-Groszpeter,A/Prague/1986}) 11. cxd5 Nf6 12. Qa4+
Qd7 (12... Kf7 13. O-O Qxd5 14. Rd1 b5 15. Rxd5 bxa4 16. Ra5 $13) 13. Qb3 Qf5
14. Qb5+ Kf7 (14... Qd7 15. Qd3 $1) 15. Qxb7 Qxd5 16. Qc7 Qe4+ 17. Be3 Qb4+ 18.
Bd2 Qe4+ 19. Be3 Qb4+ 20. Nd2 $13 {with a very unclear position in Mansurov,
V-Avrukh,B/Budapest/1993}) 8... e5 9. Qd3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ (11. Nfd2
{Horvath,T} Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qd7 $13 {
Kunze-Riedel/Halle/1987}) 11... Qxf6 (11... gxf6 {transposes to
Silli-Pantaleoni in a line mentioned above}) 12. Bg5 Qg6 {Eine interessante
Entscheidung, es geht natürlich auch} (12... Qf7 {Horvath,T}) 13. Qxg6+ hxg6 {
This is a very interesting position, the advantages of black's are the pair of
bishops, the half open h-file, the half open f-file and in the near future an
active king on e6, white has one major factor in his side pawns of black the
double "g" pawn and the hole on d5, but unfortunately for white it is a very
very long way for the knight on f3 which is quite a bad one to c3 or e3 the
best places for him.} 14. Ke2 Be7 15. Be3 (15. Bxe7 Kxe7 {with Raf8 and Rh4 as
in the game} (15... Bxf3+ {Horvath,T} 16. Kxf3 Kxe7 $10)) 15... Rf8 16. a4 {
I am not sure about this move since it weakeness the b3 square a lot and in
the future indeed white will have problems with his b3 pawn.} a6 17. Rhd1 (17.
b4 Rc8 18. Rhc1 Bxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rh8) 17... Rc8 18. b3 Rf5 $1 19. Bb6 Kf7 20. Ne1
Ke6 21. Rac1 Rh8 22. h3 Rh4 23. Rc3 {[#] White is threatening Rcd3 followed by
Bc7, therefore black's move is quite clear.} d5 24. cxd5+ Bxd5 25. Rcd3 (25.
Re3 Rb4 26. Nc2 $8 Rxb6 27. Nd4+ Kf6 28. Nxf5 Bxb3 29. Nxe7 Bxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Kxe7
31. Rxe5+ $11) 25... Bc6 26. Bd8 $6 (26. Re3) 26... Rhf4 $1 27. Bb6 {Well, it
is quite clear that Bd8 was quite a mistake if white has to return with his
bishop to b6. This tempi is very important.} (27. f3 Bxd8 $1 (27... e4 28. Re3)
(27... e4 $1 {Horvath,T}) 28. Rxd8 e4 $36) 27... Rb4 28. Bc7 $2 {White could
and must have played 28.Ba7 since it is necessary to keep the a7-g1 diagonal
under white's control, now immediately black take over this diagonal and with
it the advantage.} (28. Ba7 $8) 28... Bc5 $1 {[%cal Ga7g1]} 29. f3 e4 30. Rc3 (
30. fxe4 $4 Rxe4+ 31. Kd2 Bb4+) 30... exf3+ 31. gxf3 $6 {Quite strange,
destroying your pawn structure in this way, when your knight is on e1 and
black has a powerfull bishop on c6, why not Nxf3 and now if you play BxN than
I have to take with the g-pawn but I exchanged black's bishop for my knight.} (
31. Nxf3 Bxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rh4 33. Rh1 {and I believe white should be able to
hold this position}) 31... Rh4 32. Ng2 Rh8 (32... Rxh3 $2 33. Nf4+ (33. Rxc5 $2
{Horvath,T} Bxf3+)) 33. Rdc1 (33. Rd8 $8 $15 {It seems a good idea for white
to exchange one pair of rooks since he has a very weak king with two rooks
black's initiative is much more dangerous.}) 33... Ba7 34. Bg3 (34. h4 Re8 $1
$17 {[%csl Rf3]}) 34... Kf7 $1 $17 {[%cal Gh8e8,Gh8h3] Black wins a pawn,
there is no defence against both, Re8 and Rxh3.} 35. Bf2 (35. h4 Re8+) 35...
Bxf2 36. Kxf2 Rxh3 37. Ne1 g5 38. Rc5 (38. Kg2 {setting a fantastic trick!!,do
not you think now g4 is the normal move for black} Rh8 $17 (38... g4 $4 {
well this was your last mistake this game} 39. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 40. fxg4 {[%csl
Rf5,Rh3] it's unbelieveable but the rooks can not be protected})) 38... g6 39.
b4 $2 {Now the h4 rook becomes active, with almost no chances for white any
more.} (39. Kg2) 39... Rh2+ $1 (39... g4) 40. Ke3 Rb2 41. R5c4 (41. Rxf5+ gxf5
42. Nd3 Rb3) 41... Rf4 42. Rxc6 bxc6 43. Nd3 Rb3 44. Rxc6 Rfxb4 45. Rxa6 g4 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qd7 {very rarly we see this
move,not to say that black's 7 move is even seen in less games,it's quite
interesting to think why did Tiviakov a player with fantastic opening
preperation playes this side way line,there are few ideas ,but maybe he just
wanted to avoid complications in this game and just get a slightly worse but
very solid position} 6. Qd3 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 $6 (7... Qxc6 8. O-O (8. c4 b5 9.
Na3 Nf6 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxa3 12. b3 gxf6 13. O-O Rg8 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Bxa3 e6
16. Rfd1 e5 $36 {[%cal Ga8h1] 0-1 Schneider,L-Ribli,Z/Buenos Aires olm 1978/
MCD-ol (40)}) 8... e6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Rxa4
Rc8 14. Nb3 Nf6 15. Na5 Ra8 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Bxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2
Prandstetter,E-Stefanov,P/Bucharest 1980/MCL 07 (40)}) 8. O-O Nf6 (8... e5 $5
9. c4 Nf6 (9... Qc7 $6 10. c5 Nf6 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 Be7 $2 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14.
Nc4 Qc7 15. f3 O-O 16. Be3 c5 17. Nc3 $16 {/+- 1-0 Andres,M-Quiroga,F/San Luis
Clarin GP 1995/EXT 95 (46)}) (9... a5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bg5 Ba6 $6
13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Bxc4 15. Nxe5 $16 {1-0 Meier,V-Gerber,
P/BL2-O 1996/BL2 (25)}) 10. Nc3 (10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rd1) 10... Be7 11. Bg5 Qe6 12.
Rad1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 Qg6 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. Kh1 Qg5 18. Ne2
g6 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Be6 $15 {0-1 Georgescu,G-Barbu,N/ROM-chT 1994/EXT 94ch
(36)}) 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. e5 $5 {after this white gets a slight but
permenent advantage thanks to black weaknesses on the Queen's side.and his
very bad light colored bishop,but even so it seems black can hold a draw,an
interesting try was 11.Rd1 trying to keep the pressure without exchanging
pieces} (11. Rd1 $5 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rb8 $1 (12... O-O 13. Bxf6) 13. b3 O-O 14. Bh4
$14) 11... dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd3 $6 {I am not sure about this move,black has to
check Qc7 deeply since here he just gets a position when his dream...is to
make draw I do not like this way} (12... Qc7 $5 13. Qf3 (13. Qg3 O-O) 13... Bb7
14. Bf4 c5 15. Qd1 {[%cal Gd1a4]} Qa5 $8 $13 (15... O-O 16. Ng6 $18)) 13. Nxd3
$14 Bb7 14. Be3 Nd7 $1 {there is in this endgame one very very important thing
for black to do,he has to avoid the exchange of the dark coloured bishop,if he
does not white will get full control over the "c5" and many other dark squares
when black's position will become critical,as we will see this is exactly what
black took care of} (14... O-O-O 15. Rfd1) 15. Na4 (15. b4 $5) 15... O-O-O 16.
Rfd1 Bf6 17. Rac1 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4] it is a well knowen and a correct idea,with
you are the defending side with no space exchanging pieces is normally good
for you,first Tiviakov exchanges the knight's then the rooks then bishop for
knight and draw!} 18. Nxe5 (18. Bf4 $5 {a very nice move,but does not lead to
more than a draw} Rxd3 19. Rxd3 (19. Nb6+ Kc7 (19... Kd8 $4 20. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1+ Ke8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rd7) 20. Rxd3 Kxb6) 19... Nxd3 20. Nb6+ Kd8 21. Rd1
Ke7 22. Rxd3 Rd8 $11) 18... Bxe5 19. f4 $6 {this creates weakness,Bb4 and b4
immeidately just seems very nice for white} (19. Bb6 $5 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc6]
}) (19. b4 $5 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc6]}) 19... Bc7 20. Kf2 h5 21. h4 (21. Nb6+
$5 Kb8 (21... Bxb6 22. Bxb6 $16) 22. b4) (21. g3 h4 {[%cal Gh4g3,Gh8h2]}) 21...
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ {after this there are no pieces left for white to
exploit black's weaknesses,and the game soon ends with a draw,but it was still
possible for black to go wrong here} (23. Rc1 e5) 23... Bxd8 (23... Kxd8 $2 24.
Bb6 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc6]} Bxb6+ 25. Nxb6 Kc7 26. c5 $5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Gb6c4,Gc4d6]} (26. Na4 a5 (26... Kd6 27. b4) 27. Nc5 Kb6 (27... Bc8 28. Ke3 {
[%cal Ge3d4]}) 28. Ne4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge4d6,Ge4g5]})) 24. g3 Bf6 25. b3 e5
26. Ke2 (26. Nc5 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bd4+ 28. Be3 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Kd8 $11 {[%cal Gb7c8,
Gc8f5]}) 26... Kd8 27. Kd3 exf4 28. Bxf4 Be7 29. Kd4 f6 30. Nc5 Bc8 (30...
Bxc5+ $2 31. Kxc5 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc6][%cal Gc5b6]}) 31. Ne4 (31. b4 g5 32. Be3
gxh4 33. gxh4 Bd6) 31... Ke8 32. a4 (32. Bd6 $5 {this was really white's last
chance} f5 33. Bxe7 fxe4 34. Bg5 (34. Bc5 Kd7 35. Kxe4 Kc7 $11) 34... Kd7 35.
Bf4 $1 (35. Kxe4 Kc7 $11) 35... e3 $1 36. Bxe3 (36. Kxe3 c5 {with Kc6 and a
draw})) 32... Bf5 33. Nd6+ (33. Nc5 Bxc5+ 34. Kxc5 Kd7 {[%cal Gf5c2]}) 33...
Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Bc2 35. Kc3 {in conclusion we can surely that white was better,
and I even feel that he missed fewchances to cause black serious problems,the
big question the still has no answer atleast in my opinion is what was
tiviakov looking for in this variation???} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levacic, Patrick"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. b3
Nf6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 Qa5 11. Rb1 (11. Bd3 Nh5 (11... Rac8 $6 12. O-O Qh5 $6
13. Ne2 Bh6 $2 (13... Qa5) 14. Qd1 a6 $4 15. e5 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge2g3] 1-0
Zarnicki,P-Quiroga,F/Buenos Aires Clarin op 1995/EXP46}) (11... a6 12. a3 (12.
O-O b5 13. Rfd1 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Bd5 Rab8 17. a3 Qd8 18. b4
$14 {Govedarica,R-Nemet,I/Yugoslavia ch 1977}) 12... Rac8 (12... b5 13. cxb5
axb5 14. b4 $14) (12... Rfc8 13. O-O Qd8 14. b4 $14) 13. O-O Qc7 14. b4 $14 {
/+/- Soltis,A-Braunlich,X/USA 1977/ 24/428}) 12. O-O Ne5 $5 (12... f5 13. a3
fxe4 14. b4 Qd8 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Nd5 e5 18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. Be4 $16 {
Bednarski,J-Saidy,A/Polanica Zdroj 1969}) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 $6 (14. Rad1
$142) 14... Qc5+ $1 15. Kh2 Nxf4 $1 16. Rxf4 g5 17. g3 (17. Nd5 Qxd5) 17...
gxf4 18. gxf4 Bg7 $2 (18... Bxc3 $8 19. Bxc3 f6 $17) 19. Nd5 $1 Rae8 20. Rg1 f6
21. b4 Qc8 22. e5 $40 {/+/- Tringov,G-Trifunov,D/Sofia 1981}) 11... a6 12. a3
Qh5 $5 {an interesting idea ,I think that this position just the structure is
slightly better for white but very pleasent to play with white since he has
nice space advantage,black idea now is of course correct only problem that he
looses too much time} (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bd3 Qh5 15. O-O Rac8 16. f4
$14 {Singer,C-Bech,H/AUT-chT 92/93 1993}) 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qh4
16. Rbe1 {defending the "e4" pawn and planning to move the bishop to "d1" in
order to play "f4"} (16. Kh2 $6 Ne5 17. Qe2 Qf4+) 16... Nd7 $6 (16... Rab8 $5
17. Kh2 b5 (17... Nd7 18. g3 Qf6 (18... Qh6 19. Qd1 {[%cal Gb2c1]}) 19. Bd1 $36
{[%cal Gf2f4]}) 18. g3 Qh6 19. Qxh6 Bxh6 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nd5 Nd7 $13) 17. Bd1
$14 Bh6 $2 {in my opnion there should be a very special reason for this bishop
to leave the long diagonal,I can not see a reason right now,and black just
very passive position} (17... Rab8) 18. f4 {[%csl Rh4]} Rfd8 $6 (18... Bg7) 19.
Nd5 $16 {in just 3 moves black has managed to take an unclear position and
make it a very clear one!white wants to play now very simple Qc3 and after f6
then Bg4...} Bg7 {so now you caomw back that means everything} (19... e6 $2 20.
Qc3 e5 21. Bg4 $18) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bg4 {[%cal Gg4d7,Yd5b6]} Nf8 (21... e6
22. Qc3+ Kg8 (22... Kh6 23. g3 {and checkmate to the Queen!}) 23. Nc7 Rac8 (
23... h5 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 $16) 24. Nxe6
fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qg7+ Kxe6 28. f5+ gxf5 29. exf5#) 22. Qc3+
e5 (22... Kg8 23. b4 $1 $16 {/+-}) 23. fxe5 Nxe5 (23... dxe5 $2 24. Qf3 $18 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 24. c5 $1 $18 {white simply moves the "d6" pawn and the "e5"
knight and black has no position at all} Kh6 25. Nf6 $1 Nfd7 (25... Qg5 26. g3
$1 {[%cal Gh3h4]} Kg7 27. h4 Qh6 28. cxd6) 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 (26... Nxd7 27. Ng4+
Kh5 28. Qg7) 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. cxd6 f6 29. Qc1+ Qg5 30. h4 Qxc1 31. Rxc1 Rd8
32. g4 Ne5 33. g5+ fxg5 34. Rc5 Re8 35. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 {5...Bg4 is the main move
in the position} 6. Bg5 (6. O-O Nge7 7. c4 a6 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Nc3
O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be3 b6 13. Rac1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Na4 Rb8 16. c5 $1 $16
{Vasiukov,E-Sakharov,Y/URS-chT Riga 1968}) 6... Qc7 7. Nc3 {I had very few
gamesw with this variation in my database,this position for example is new as
far I know} (7. c4 Nge7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Rac1
f6 13. Be3 Kf7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. f4 $36 {Romanov,
A-Lepeshkin,V/Sochi match 1968}) 7... Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O-O (9. O-O) 9...
f6 (9... e5 $5 10. Qc4) 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Rhe1 Ne7 12. Nd2 (12. Qxd6 $2 Nd5 13.
Qg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 e5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc1,Rd4,Rf4,Rg3]}) 12... Nc8 {[%cal Gb8b1]
black has quite strange position.all his pieces are very passive,his king is
still stuck in the center but he has mass of pawns in the center and play on
the half open "b" file} 13. f4 Be7 {white must act quite quickly,since if
black will manage to organize his position he will be 100% OK} 14. e5 c5 $1 (
14... d5 15. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 15. Qd3 fxe5 (15... d5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bf2)
16. Nc4 (16. fxe5 d5 {when black playes 0-0 on the next move since white can
not play Rf1 now because of "d4"}) 16... d5 (16... exf4 $5 {this is
interesting,since of course I understand white has initiative here but do you
see something force for him...?} 17. Bxf4 d5 (17... e5 $2 18. Nd5 $36) 18. Nxd5
(18. Na5 Qb4 19. Bc7 Nb6) 18... Qxd5 (18... exd5 $2 19. Nd6+ Nxd6 20. Bxd6 O-O
21. Rxe7 $18) 19. Qb3 Qf5) 17. Nxe5 O-O (17... d4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bf2 {
[%csl Re6]}) 18. g4 Be8 (18... d4 $5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bd2) 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. b3
Nd6 21. f5 c4 $6 (21... d4 $1 {simply moving the "d5" so that white will not
take after black takes on f5!} 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 (23. Rxe4 Bb5 24. Qf3 Bd6
$19) 23... Qxe4 24. Rxe4 exf5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 (25... Rb7 $5) 26. Nd7 Bxd7 27.
Rxe7 Rf7) 22. Qd4 cxb3 23. cxb3 (23. axb3 $5 {seems more natural}) 23... Nb5 (
23... exf5) 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. Kb1 (25. fxe6 Qa6 (25... Bh4 $5 $13) 26. Kb1 Qxe6
{and black is just OK}) 25... exf5 26. Bc3 Bh4 (26... fxg4 $6 27. Nd7 (27. Nc6
$2 Bf6 28. Qxd5+ Rf7 29. Nxb8 Bxc3 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Rd8+ Kf7 {[%csl Rb8,Re1]
[%cal Gc3f6]}) 27... Bf6 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxg4 $44) 27. Rg1 Bf6 $6 {this is
a very strange move in my opinion,why to give back the pawn,why to allow white
to open the "g" file what's wrong with 27...f4 which just gives black a big
advantage} (27... f4 $17) 28. gxf5 Rbd8 29. Qf4 Qc7 30. Bd4 Rde8 31. Rde1 Re7
32. Re3 Rfe8 33. Rge1 Qd6 34. Qg3 a5 $17 {[%cal Ga5a4,Ge8e1,Gh8a1] every one
just put there pieces where they wanted,along the "e" file along the h8-a1 and
h2-b8 diagonal and now white seems to be pinned inmany ways,but he manages to
find a fantastic why to free himself...is it???} 35. Nc6 $4 Rxe3 $4 {what
about 35...Bd3 lets look} (35... Bd3+ 36. Kb2 (36. Rxd3 Rxe1+) 36... Qxc6 37.
Bxf6 Qxf6+ {so after 35...black gets some advantage,but I suspect that both
players where in big big time trouble,just see the continuation of the game})
36. Rxe3 Qd7 $4 (36... Qxc6 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. Bxf6 Qf8 39. Bd4 Qxf5+ 40. Kb2
$11) (36... Qxg3 $6 37. Rxe8+ Kf7 38. hxg3 Kxe8 39. Bxf6 Bxc6 40. Bxg7 a4) 37.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. Bxf6 Qe4+ 39. Kb2 Qe2+ 40. Ka3 g6 41. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Be2 (7. Nc3
Bh6 8. Qd1 Bg7 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Ng5 (13. h3
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Be2 a6 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Be3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc6 $11 {
/+/= 1/2-1/2 Lutikov,A-Zuckerman,B/Polanica Zdroj 1972/MCL 05 (28)}) 13... Bxe2
14. Qxe2 Nd4 15. Qd1 h6 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 a6 18. Qe2 Kh7 19. b3 Rc8 20.
Qe3 $14 {1-0 Vasiukov,E-Ermenkov,E/Polanica Zdroj 1972/MCL 05 (40)}) (7. b3 Bg7
8. Bb2 (8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. O-O (13.
Nd5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 e6 15. Nc3 Nde5 $15) 13... Qa5 14. Rab1 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 $6 (15.
Rfd1 a6) 15... a6 16. a3 Bf6 $5 17. Bg4 (17. b4 {Ftacnik} Qg5) 17... e6 18. b4
Qg5 $1 $132 {0-1 Polgar,J-Topalov,V/Dos Hermanas 1996/CBM 53/[Ftacnik] (36)} (
18... Qc7 19. Nd5 (19. f4 $5) 19... exd5 20. cxd5 Bxb2 21. Rxb2)) 8... Bxb2 9.
Qxb2 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O (10... Bg4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nd5 e5 14. Ne3 Nd4
15. Nc2 Ne6 16. Qc3 Bc6 17. f3 a6 18. a4 a5 19. g4 h5 $17 {0-1 Ciocaltea,
V-Quinteros,M/Vidmar mem 1973/EXT 97 (41)}) 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2
a6 14. O-O b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Bronstein,D/
URS-ch39 1971/URS-ch}) 7... Bg7 8. O-O Bg4 (8... Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11.
b3 Qa5 (11... Rb8 12. a4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. Bb2 Qa5 16. Qe3 Bd4
17. Qc1 e6 18. Ne2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 $11 {0-1 Galego,L-Khalifman,A/Sevilla op 1993/
TD 93\03 (66)}) 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rxb2
Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rbd2 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Moscow
PCA-GP rapid 1995/EXP 46 (27)}) 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nc5
$6 {the knight on "c5" does not stand good at all,since in some position black
will have problems to play Qa5 because white is may play "b4",I like the
normal play,Qa5-Rfc8-a6 and one day I am going to take on "f3" and play b5} (
12... Qa5 $5) 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Qe3 Bxf3 (14... Qa5 $5) 15. Bxf3 $14 e6 $6 {
[%csl Rd6] I do not like move at all,just creating a big big weakness for all
the game,I mean the "d6" pawn,just look at the game Anand-Kasparov mentioned
above,even the world strongest player had terrible problems in this position}
16. g3 Qc7 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. Ne2 $1 {a good move,after the exchange of the
bishops white will be able to double his rooks on the "d" file quickly,another
factor is the weakening of black's king,the "f6" square} Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Rac8 20.
Nc3 $14 {white's plan now is very simple,double the rooks on the "d" file and
then starting to play on the king's side with h4-h5,the problem is that black
does really has counter play,and in order the get some he weakens his position
alot} Qa5 {I know this is bad,but I can not say what is good,since I can not
any active plan for black at all, maybe doing nothing is the best?} 21. Rbd2 b5
$6 {black must have some counter-play but by trying to get one,he makes the
end much closer since he weakeness his position so much} 22. cxb5 axb5 {
this is almost symetrical to the game Anand-Kasparov just look!} 23. Bf1 $1 Na7
(23... b4 24. Nb5 Nb7 25. Qf4 {[%csl Rd6]} (25. Qe2 e5)) 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6
b4 (25... Nxb3 26. axb3 Rxc3 27. Qg5 $1 Rc8 (27... Qc7 28. e5 $1 {[%cal Gd6d8,
Gg5f6]} Rf3 29. Be2) 28. Qe7 Rf8 29. Rd7 Nc6 30. Qc5 $16) 26. Na4 Nb5 (26...
Nxa4 27. bxa4 $16 (27. Ra6 Qc5)) 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Nb6 $1 Rb8 29. Nc4 $16 {/+-}
Na4 (29... Nd7 30. Qd4) 30. Qd3 Nc3 (30... Nc5 31. Rd8+ (31. Qd4) 31... Rxd8
32. Qxd8+ Kg7 33. Nd6 Nb7 (33... Qd7 34. Qb6 $18 {[%csl Rc5]}) (33... Qd3 34.
Qe7 $18) 34. Nxb5 Nxd8 35. f4 $18) 31. a4 $1 $18 {creating a pass pawn} Qg5 32.
Kg2 {there is nothing more to annotate} Qc1 33. a5 Qa1 34. a6 Rf8 35. Ne5 Ne2
36. Qxe2 Qxe5 37. Qd3 Qa5 38. Qc4 h5 39. h4 {probably time trouble but any way
the game is over here.this is a very interesting game not because of the why
white or black played here but just because I almost gave to variations here,
the reason is quite simple there is almost nothing to analyse here,no big
variation,just small advantage with clear plans,and very very easy to play
with white if black gives you what he must not give!} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 (6... bxc6)
7. Nc3 (7. c4) 7... Nf6 (7... e5 8. Qd3 h6 (8... Be7 9. O-O h6 (9... Nf6 $6 10.
Bg5) 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ne3 Bd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. b3 Be6 15. Bb2 $13 {
Shtyenkov,V-Stripunsky,A Volgograd 1994}) 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5
12. Qg3 (12. Nxe5 dxe4 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 $14) 12... dxc4 13.
Qxe5+ Qe7 14. Nd6+ Kd7 15. Nxc4 Bxg2 16. Rg1 $13 {Rozentalis,E-Borge,N
Copenhagen op 1996}) 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 (10. Qd3) 10... O-O 11.
Qd2 (11. Kb1) 11... Rc8 (11... Qa5 12. Kb1 Qa6 (12... Rfc8 $2 13. Nd5 $1 $16)
13. Nd4 Rfc8 14. f3 (14. f4 $5) 14... b5 15. g4 b4 (15... Qb7 16. Nce2 a5 17.
Ng3 b4 18. Rg1 Ne8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. g5 g6 21. h4 $40 {Yandemirov,V-Serper,G
Miedzybradzie 1991}) 16. Nce2 Be8 17. Ng3 $13 {Epishin,V-Dvoirys,S URS-ch
Leningrad 1988}) (11... Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfd8 (12... Rfc8 13. f3 b5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Nce2 a5 16. g4 a4 17. Ng3 $13 {David-Yudasin,L Moscow (ol) 1994}) 13. f3 (13.
f4 h6 14. Bxf6 $6 (14. h4 b5 $1 15. Re3 b4 16. Bxf6 $8 Bxf6 (16... bxc3 $2 17.
Rxc3) 17. Nce2 a5 $40 {Jusspuv,A-Pshkhis.L Moskva (ch) 1981 32/254 [Pshkhis,L,
Vaisser,A]}) 14... Bxf6 15. g4 $6 Qb6 $1 $17 {Lautier,J-Timman,J Beograd 1995
65/196 [Timman,J]}) 13... a6 14. g4 b5 15. Nce2 Bb7 $6 (15... Be8 $5) 16. Ng3
g6 17. Kb1 e5 $6 18. Ndf5 gxf5 19. Nxf5 $40 {/+- Rozentalis,E-Karson,A
Reykjavik op 1996}) 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. f3 Qa6 14. Kb1 Rfd8 15. g4 Be8 16. h4 b5 {
this is just something like a standard plan in this type of position it may
also sometimes transposes into the lines of 11...Qa5} 17. Nce2 Rc4 $5 {this is
quite an unusual move move normally black playes Qb7 followed by b4-a5-a4 but
Van der Wiel's plan is very interesting since for example now after 18.Ng3
black has Ra4 19.a3 b4} 18. b3 Rc7 19. Ng3 Rdc8 20. Rc1 {white first defend's
his c2 pawn before playing Nh5} (20. Nh5 $2 Nxh5 21. Bxe7 (21. gxh5 f6 22. Be3
Bxh5) 21... Ng3 $1 (21... Rxe7 $2 22. gxh5 $40 {[%cal Gg1g8]}) 22. Bg5 e5 $17 {
[%csl Rc2]}) 20... Qa3 21. Nh5 Nxh5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. gxh5 Qc5 {and in this
interesting position both players have decided to end the game piecefully,of
course the position is unclear white may continue with h6and after g6 maybe
f4-f5,maybe c4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 (10. Rhe1 {is the main move in the position}) 10...
O-O 11. Nd4 a6 $6 {quite a strange move which according to my database was not
played until this game} (11... Qa5 12. f4 (12. h4 Rfd8 13. g4 Qc7 14. Rhg1 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd5 $15 {/~~ Polgar,J-Anand,V
Monaco (rapid) 1994 60/(203)}) 12... Rfc8 (12... Rfd8 13. f5 Bd7 $14) 13. f5 b5
(13... Bd7 14. Nb3 Qe5 15. Rhf1 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Qd4 Qb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19.
Qe3 $16 {/+- Vescovi,G-Dvoireys,S Groningen 1994}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 (14... b4 15.
Nf5 $1 Kh8 16. e5 $3 Qxe5 17. Rhe1 Qa5 18. Nxe7 Qxg5+ 19. Kb1 bxc3 20. Nxc8
Rxc8 21. exf7 $16 {Shirov,A}) 15. Nxe6 b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... bxc3 17. Bxc3 $1
) 17. Nd5 Be5 18. Kb1 $16 {Polgar,J-Shirov,A Las Palmas 1994 60/203 [Shirov,A]}
) (11... Qc7 12. f4 Rfd8 13. h4 (13. f5 e5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rac8 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 g6 20. Rhe1 $14 {/+/- Panchenko,
AN-Ragozin,E RUS-Sf Kazan 1995}) 13... Rab8 14. f5 e5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nde2 b5
17. g4 b4 $132 {Borkowski,F-Shirov,A Moscow5 1991}) (11... Rc8 12. f4 Qc7 (
12... Qa5 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. Rhf1 a6 15. f5 e5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nde2 Qc5 18. Ng3
Kf8 (18... Bg5 $5) 19. Qe2 Bg5 20. Rd3 f6 21. h4 $1 Bh6 (21... Bxh4 22. Qh5
Bxg3 23. Rxg3 h6 24. Rxg7 $1 $18) 22. Nh5 b5 $132 {Vorontsov,N-Zagrebelny,S
Moscow (ol) 1994 62/200 [Zagrebelny,S]}) 13. h4 Rfd8 14. Kb1 h6 15. f5 e5 (
15... hxg5 16. hxg5 d5 17. Qh3 Kf8 18. Qh8+ Ng8 19. Rh7 $18) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Nxc6 bxc6 18. g4 Be7 19. g5 $40 {Kaidanov,G-Kudrin,S USA-ch Modesto 1995 CBM 51
}) 12. h4 Qc7 13. f4 Rfd8 14. Kb1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bc5 $8 {all other
moves will cause black big material loses} 17. Nce2 Be4 (17... Bxg2 18. Rhg1
Qxe5 (18... Be4 19. Bxf6 $3 Bxd3 20. Rxg7+ Kf8 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Rxc7 $18 {
[%csl Rd3,Rd8]}) 19. Rxg2 $16 {/+-}) 18. Qg3 Bg6 (18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20.
Rxd4 Qxc2+ 21. Ka1 Nd5 $14 {/+/-}) 19. h5 Nxh5 (19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Nxh5 23. Qf3 Rc8 24. Be3 (24. g4 f6 25. gxh5 fxg5 {[%cal
Gc2c1]}) 24... f6 25. Rdh4 $16) 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 (20... Qxd8 21. Qf3 $18) 21. Qc3
$1 $16 Qb6 $2 (21... Qxe5 $4 22. Nc6 $18) (21... Rd5 $1 {the only move} 22. g4
Qxe5 23. gxh5 Bxh5 $16 {/~~ indeed white has a big material advantage rook for
only 3 pawns but the position is not easy to play for both side,and in practic
anything can happen in such position,although a rook whould be more than
what's black initiative}) 22. Nb3 $18 {the game is over,black can not prevent
big material lose} Bf2 (22... Be7 23. g4) (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bf8 24. Qc8)
23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. g4 b4 25. Qf3 Qc8 26. Rc1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 (6... Nf6 7. Nc3
e6 (7... g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. a3 Bg4 13. Qe3 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Qxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxc3 17. Rd1 $14 {Kaidanov,G-Kreiman,B
Chicago 1996}) 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 a6 13.
Rac1 Rac8 14. a3 Qb6 15. b4 $14 {/~~ Svidler,P-Chuprov,A St.Petersburg (op)
1994}) 7. b3 (7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2
Rfc8 (12... b5) 13. Rfd1 Bg4 (13... b5) 14. Qe3 $1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rxb2
$14 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G Moscow Semi-Final PCA 1995}) 7... Bg7 8. Nc3 (8. Bb2
Bxb2 9. Qxb2 Nf6 10. Nc3 Qa5 (10... O-O 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 a6
14. O-O b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Bronstein,D
URS-ch39 Leningrad 1971}) 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qe5 14. Rd1 g5 $13
{Golod,V-Berkovich,D UFa 1993}) 8... Nf6 9. Bb2 Bg4 (9... O-O 10. h3 Qa5 {
[%cal Gf6e4]} 11. Bd3 Rac8 12. O-O Qh5 $6 13. Ne2 Bh6 $2 14. Qd1 a6 $4 15. e5 {
after Nxe5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Ng3 the queen is lost therefor 1-0 Zarnicki,
P-Quiroga,F Buenos Aires 1995}) 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Qa5 14. Rfd1 $146 (14. Rab1 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 a6 16. a3 Bf6 $1 17. Bg4 (17. b4 Qg5)
17... e6 18. b4 Qg5 19. f4 Qh6 $13 {Polgar,J-Topalov,V Dos Hermanas 1996 66/
167 [Topalov,V]}) 14... Rfd8 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Rab1 Nd4 $6 (16... a6 $5 {seems
like the normal continuation in the position}) 17. Bf1 e5 18. Qe3 Rf8 19. Nd5
Qd8 (19... Qxa2 20. b4 Na4 21. Ba1 $1 {[%csl Ra2] and the queen on a2 does not
seems to be right in the game,although I can not see a force way to win it but
it better to have white in this position}) 20. Bd3 Nce6 21. Kh2 f5 22. exf5
gxf5 23. f4 Qd7 (23... Qh4 24. g3 Qh5 25. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Rd4,Re5] /+/-}) 24.
Rg1 (24. g3 e4 25. Bf1 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Qg7 $13 {[%csl Rb2,Rg3]}) (
24. Kh1 $5) 24... Rae8 25. Qf2 exf4 (25... e4 26. Bf1 Nc6 27. Rd1 {[%csl Rd6,
Rf5]}) 26. Kh1 Be5 (26... Nc5 27. Nxf4 $16) 27. Bc1 $1 {this is white's key
move since without this move the position is not so clear,since black may try
to hold his extra pawn,now white wins the f4 pawn immediately and gets equal
material but big positional advantage thanks to black weak king and bad pawns}
Nc5 $6 {better was 27...Qg7,the exchanges of the e6 knight and white's d3
bishop are no problem for white maybe an advantage} 28. Bxf4 Nxd3 (28... Qg7)
29. Qg3+ Qg7 30. Qxd3 {in the middle game the position was complicated and the
pawn structure was not so important but as we go to the endgame we see the
difference,that's why I do not like the exchange on d3} Bxf4 31. Nxf4 Re4 32.
Rgf1 Qe5 33. Rbd1 $1 Re8 (33... Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Qxf4 35. Qxd4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 $16 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf5,Rh7]}) 34. Qg3+ Kh8 (34... Qg7 $2 35. Nh5 $1 $18) 35. Rd3 Rg8 36.
Qf2 Ne2 (36... b5 {the idea is to take white's control from the "d5" square,
and another thing in some variation black loses his "b7" pawn so maybe it's
better to give it now destroying white's pawn structure,the problem with this
move which makes it not a very good one is the fact that is opens another file
which can be used by white} 37. cxb5 Ne2 38. Rf3 Nd4 39. Rg3 Rxg3 40. Qxg3 Qxb5
41. Rc1 $16) 37. Rf3 (37. Nh5 f4 38. Rd5 Qe7) 37... Nxf4 38. Rxf4 Re2 39. Qf3
Qb2 $2 (39... Rgxg2 40. Qxg2 Rxg2 41. Kxg2 Qb2+ (41... Qg7+ 42. Kh1) 42. R4f2
$1 (42. R1f2 $6 Qg7+ 43. Kh2 Qe5) 42... Qg7+ 43. Kh1 Qg3 44. Rf3 Qh4 45. Kh2) (
39... Rxa2 40. Rxf5 Qb2 (40... Qg7 41. Rg1 Ra1 42. Rf6 Rxg1+ 43. Kxg1 $16) 41.
Rg1 $1 $16 {/+- when black is going to pay for his "a2" rook} Ra3 42. Rf7 $18)
40. Rg1 $16 {/+-} Rf8 $2 (40... Qxa2 41. Rxf5 Re7 42. Qc3+ Reg7 43. Rf7) 41.
Rxf5 $18 Rg8 (41... Rxf5 42. Qxf5 Qxa2 43. Qf8#) 42. Rf7 Qe5 43. Qxb7 Qh5 44.
Qxa7 Qh4 45. Qd7 Qe4 46. a4 Rb2 47. Re7 Qg6 48. Qb7 Rd2 49. Qf3 Rd3 50. Re3 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krakops, Maris"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 (5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3
Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxd4 8. Nfxd4 Kd8 9. c4 (9. Bg5 Nf6 10. f3 a6 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O-O
Bd7 13. Rd3 Be7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Bxe7+ Kxe7 16. exd6+ Nxd6 17. Re1 Rad8 $13 {
Glueck,D-Dlugy,M American op 1989}) 9... a6 (9... Nf6 10. f3 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12.
Nc3 e6 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. b3 Be7 15. Ke2 Bc6 16. Rhd1 $14 {Lutikov,A-Litvinov,V
Minsk 1981}) 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. f3 Bc6 14. Bd2 e6 15.
O-O-O $14 {Belikov,V-Shemiakin,A Simferopol 1989}) (5... Bg4 6. Nc3 Bxf3 (6...
Nf6 7. e5 Bxf3 8. exf6 e5 9. Qe3 Bh5 (9... Bxg2 10. Rg1 {[%csl Rg2]}) (9... Bg4
10. Qg3 h5 11. h3) 10. f4 a6 (10... Qxf6 11. Nd5) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qh3 g6 (
12... Bg6 13. f5) 13. g4 Qd7 14. Rg1 d5 15. fxe5 Bc5 16. Rg2 $18 {Campora,
D-Gutman,L Luzern olm 1982}) 7. gxf3 Nf6 8. Bg5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Qd7
11. O-O-O h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rhg1 $36 {Malisauskas,V-Kachur,A Katowice op
1995}) 6. Qd3 Be7 7. Nc3 (7. c4 h6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. c5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. cxd6
Bxd6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. h3 $14 {/= Yandemirov,V-Mukhametov,E RUS-chT
Podolsk 1992}) 7... h6 (7... Nf6 8. Bg5 a6 (8... O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 g6
11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Bb3 Na5 15. h4 Rc5 $132 {Vasiukov,
E-Balashov,Y URS-ch37 Moscow 1969}) 9. Ba4 Bg4 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Nd4 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Be3 $14 {/+/- Swidler,P-Kharlov,A Rostov op 1993}) 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. b3 Nd4 (11... Be6 12. Bb2) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13.
Bb2 d5 14. e5 $1 (14. exd5 $2 a6 15. Bc4 b5) 14... Bxe5 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 (15...
Bf5 16. Qxf5 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Bd3) 16. Qxd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5] white is
slightly better thanks to black's isolated "d" pawn which is fixed on a white
square the same as white's and black's bishop's but white's "b" pawn is at b3
not b2 there for after white will play c3 his "c" will have no defence that's
way I believe this game should end in a draw} Bf5 17. c3 a6 18. Be2 Re8 19.
Rfe1 (19. Bf3 Be4) 19... Re4 20. Qd2 Qg5 $5 (20... d4 $2 21. Rad1 {winning the
"d" pawn}) 21. Qxg5 hxg5 {[%csl Rc3]} 22. Bf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Be6 24. Re3 Rc8
25. Kf1 g6 26. h3 Kg7 27. Ke2 a5 $11 28. Kd3 b5 29. a3 (29. Kd4 b4 30. cxb4 (
30. Bxd5) 30... axb4 31. Bxd5 Rd8 $1 (31... Bxd5 32. Kxd5 Rc2 33. Rf3 f5 34.
Kd4 {with Kd3-Kc4 and black should fight for the draw}) 32. Re5 Kf6 33. g4 (33.
g3 Bxh3) 33... Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Ra8 35. Rd6+ Ke7 36. Rb6 Rxa2 37. Ke3 Rc2 $8 38.
Rxb4 Rc3+ $11) 29... d4 30. cxd4 (30. Kxd4 Bxb3 $15) 30... Bxb3 31. Re7 Bc4+ $6
32. Ke3 Rb8 33. d5 Kf6 34. Ra7 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Kd4 b3 37. Kxc4 b2 38. Be4
b1=Q 39. Bxb1 Rxb1 {[#] Hecht Mittelfreibauer mit Königsunterstützung und
indirekt gedecktem Bf2 sowie vertikal ausgesperrter schwarzer König sind
Gewinnmerkmale für Weiß.} 40. Kc5 Rb2 41. Ra3 Rc2+ (41... Ke7 42. d6+ Kd7 43.
Ra7+ Ke6 44. Re7+ Kf6 45. Re3 $18) (41... Rxf2 {Hecht} 42. Rf3+ Rxf3 43. gxf3
Ke7 44. Kc6 Kd8 45. Kd6 f5 46. Ke6 $18) 42. Kd6 Kg7 43. Rf3 f5 44. Ke7 Re2+ 45.
Kd7 g4 (45... f4 {Hecht} 46. d6 Kf6 47. Rd3 Kf7 (47... Rxf2 48. Ke8 Re2+ 49.
Kf8 Ra2 50. d7 $18) 48. f3 {geht's einfacher? Analyse!} Rxg2 49. Rc3 Rd2 50.
Rc4 Rd3 51. Kc7 Ke6 (51... Rxf3 52. d7 Rd3 53. d8=Q Rxd8 54. Kxd8 Kg7 (54...
Kf6 55. Rc5 $18) 55. Ke7 Kh6 56. Kf6 Kh5 57. Rc8 Kh4 58. Rh8+ Kg3 59. Kxg5 f3
60. h4 f2 61. Rf8 $18) 52. Re4+ Kf7 53. d7 Rc3+ 54. Kd6 Rd3+ 55. Kc6 {[%cal
Re4e8]} Rc3+ 56. Kd5 Rd3+ 57. Rd4 Rxd4+ 58. Kxd4 Ke7 59. Ke5 Kxd7 60. Kf6 Kd6
61. Kxg6 $18) 46. hxg4 fxg4 47. Rf4 g3 48. fxg3 Rxg2 49. Rf3 g5 50. d6 g4 51.
Re3 Rf2 (51... Kf7 {Hecht} 52. Rc3 Rd2 53. Kc7 Ke6 54. Re3+ Kf7 55. d7 Rc2+ 56.
Kd8 Rc4 57. Re5 $18) 52. Re5 (52. Re4 $1 {[%csl Rg4] Hecht}) (52. Re5 {Hecht}
Kf6 53. Rd5 Kf7 (53... Rf3 54. Ke8 $18) (53... Rc2 54. Rd4 Kf5 55. Ke7 $18) 54.
Rd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bg4 6. Qd3 (6. Nbd2 e5 7. Qd3
Nf6 8. Nc4 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne3 $16 {1-0 Adorjan,A-Stean,M/
Canterbury 1973/MCD-r7 (24)}) (6. Qa4 Qc8 7. Nd4 Bd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Ba6 Qb8
10. c4 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. h3 O-O 14. c5 dxc5 15. Qc4 Rd8 16. Na4
Be6 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bb7 Rxa2 22. Rxa2
Bxa2 23. Bxc6 Bc4 24. Re1 Rc8 25. Rd1 h5 26. Bd7 Ra8 27. Be3 b5 28. b4 Bc3 29.
Bc5 e5 30. Bc6 Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Pavlenko,O-Smyslov,V/URS-chT 1975/MCD-ch}) (6. Nc3
Bxf3 (6... Nf6 7. e5 Bxf3 8. exf6 e5 9. Qe3 Bh5 10. f4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12.
Qh3 $18 {[%csl Rh5]} g6 13. g4 Qd7 14. Rg1 d5 15. fxe5 Bc5 16. Rg2 O-O 17. Qg3
Rfe8 18. gxh5 Qf5 19. Bf4 d4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Ne2 Qxc2 22. Rc1 Bb4+ 23. Kf2
Qxb2 24. Qd3 Kh7 25. Rcg1 {1-0 Campora,D-Gutman,L/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) 7.
gxf3 Nf6 8. Bg5 (8. Qa4 g6 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. O-O-O Qc8 11. Nd5 a6 12. Be2 Bg7 13.
h4 Rb8 14. h5 b5 15. Qa3 Nc5 $132 {0-1 Panchenko,A-Vitolinsh,A/URS-ch otbor
1979/MCD-ch (33)}) 8... a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Rhg1 e6 14. e5 fxe5 15. Ne4 $44 {1-0 Malisauskas,V-Kachur,A/Katowice op
1995/EXP 47 (90)}) 6... Rc8 $5 $146 {a novelty according to my database} (6...
Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nd4 Nc5 9. Qg3 Bd7 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxd4 Ne6
13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Rxd4 g6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Rd3 Bg7 17. Qh4 $36 {[%csl Re8] 1-0
Malisauskas,V-Oll,L/Keres mem rapid 1997/EXT 97 (34)}) 7. c4 (7. Nc3) 7... g6
8. Nc3 (8. Qd4 Qa5+ (8... Nf6 9. Qxa7 Bxf3 10. gxf3 {when I do not where is
black's compensation}) 9. Bd2 $4 {it is quite strange but this natural move is
a decisive mistake} Qxb5 10. Qxh8 (10. cxb5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bg7 $19) 10... Qxc4
$17 {/-+} 11. Be3 (11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Kd1 Nf6) 11...
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4 $5 (12... Nf6 13. Nd2 Qb5 $40) 13. Bxd4 Qc1+ 14. Ke2 Qxh1 15.
Qxg8 e5 $1 (15... Rc2+ 16. Nd2 Qxa1 17. Bg7 Kd7 18. Qxf8 f6 $2 {[%cal Ga1b2]} (
18... Qxa2) 19. Bxf6 $11) 16. Bc3 Qc1) 8... Bg7 9. O-O (9. b3 $5 {this move
solves white probelm his "b5" bishop,on the next move you exchange it for
black's knight with about equal position} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. Bxc6+ Rxc6 12.
Bd2 $11) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. Rd1 (11. Qh3 $6 O-O $15 {now white has
problems because he can not take right on on "c6" since after Rxc6 back he can
not play "b3" because of Nxe4,and if he does not take then black may play Na5
or Ne5 attacking the "c4" pawn when white's bishop on "b5" seems very bad})
11... Nd7 $6 {I do not like this move,since it solves white's main problem his
bishop on "b5" which is very bad now white will be able to exchange it for on
of black's knights,11...0-0 seems interesting and may cause white some problems
} (11... O-O $5 12. Bxc6 (12. Qe2 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga7a6]}) 12... Rxc6 13.
e5 (13. b3 $2 Nxe4) 13... Nd7 $1 (13... Ne8 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. b3 $14) 14. exd6
Ne5 $36 {/=/+--/+} 15. Qe4 (15. Qe3 Rxd6 16. Rxd6 Qxd6 $17) 15... exd6 {
[%csl Rc4]}) 12. Qh3 O-O 13. Bh6 f5 (13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a6 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 (
15... bxc6 16. Rd3 $14) 16. Rd3 $14 Rxc4 $6 17. Rh3 Nf6 18. Nd5) 14. Nd5 $2 {
why?} (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. b3 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Re7]}) 14... Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 fxe4 $15 {white simply gave black the "e4" pawn and insted of getting a
slightly but very nice better position he is a pawn down,and not clear at all
for what} 16. Qh3 Kh8 $1 (16... a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20.
Qe6+ Rf7 21. Qxe4 Qb6 22. Qd4) 17. Re1 $6 {an incorrect move,black will win a
tempi with Nd3 in the near future} (17. Nc3 $142 $5 Nf6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. b3
$132) 17... Nc5 18. b4 Nd3 19. Rxe4 $2 (19. Bxc6 Rxc6 $1 (19... Nxe1 20. Bxb7
Rb8 21. Rxe1 Rxb7 22. Rxe4 $132) 20. Nxe7 (20. Rxe4 Nxf2 21. Qc3+ e5 22. Re2
Ng4 $17) 20... Qxe7 21. Qxd3 exd3 22. Rxe7 Rxc4 $17) 19... Nxf2 $17 {/-+} 20.
Qc3+ e5 21. Re2 $2 {the decisive mistake} Nd4 22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Qh4+ $1
24. Qg3 (24. Ke3 Nxb5 25. Qd3 Rxc4) (24. Kg1 Ne2+) 24... Rf8+ 25. Ke1 Qe4+ 26.
Ne3 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Biel 53rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Harikrishna,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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29,24,54,45,47,47,17,62,54,145,107,107,89,85,85,152,87,78,90,115,34,96,62,72,
55,67,44,54,69,65,41,67,49,58,-31,33,33,167,26,144,97,117,110,131,126,112,82,
135,135,192,205,886,144,180,127,140,87,115,188,188,212,322,330,330,390,394,460]
The Biel Chess Masters was the first major over-the-board event after the
Candidates got postponed due to corona crisis. This was my 5th time in Biel,
and I have to say I had good memories every time I played here. When I
received the invitation for the Biel Chess Festival, I was quite happy to get
a chance to play chess over the board after 5 months. The organisers took all
the required mesasures like plexiglass for Chess960, Rapid and Classical.
Since Blitz needs quick movement, it was decided to wear masks and play. I
also take this opportunity to highlight the excellent job done by the Biel
Chess Festival team who were disinfecting the chess boards, pieces and tables
after every round. Especially during the Blitz session this was quite tough,
so kudos to all of them!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {I decided to
play something less theoretical as Edouard is a well-known theoretician, so
one can say I was not really prepared for this game. As we had played 33 games
by now, I felt energy is quite important and as I expected it played an
important role in the crucial part of the game.} a6 {I don't like this move so
much as it is commital. I prefer ...Nf6. I had some games in this opening
against David Navara in a Rapid match in Prague 2018.} (4... Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6.
Qe3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Rd1 {Many games have been played here already,
and this is one of the crucial positions from this opening.}) 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3
Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. c4 {I decided to delay Rd1. As you can see in my
game against Zaven Andriasian, I started with Rd1.} (9. Rd1 Nd7 10. c4 O-O 11.
Nc3 Nde5 $2 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bd2 (13. c5 $1 $16) 13... Be6 14. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (146) Harikrishna,P (2730)-Andriasian,Z (2604) chess.com INT 2019})
9... O-O 10. Nc3 Rb8 $6 {This was a mysterious move to me. I really did not
understand the point of it.} (10... Nd7 {I expected this and eventually would
have gone} 11. Rd1 {transposing to my game against Zaven.}) 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Rb1
{Preparing b3.} (12. b3 $6 {I would like to play this move at some point, but
here it fails due to} Qb6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Bb2 Qa5 $13) 12... b6 $6 {I have a
feeling that Edouard forgot that he had one game in this position against
Maxim Lagarde where he played 12...Qb6. Good or bad, 12...Qb6 is preferable.} (
12... Qb6 $5 13. Nd5 $1 (13. Qd2 Qb4 $1 {This is the improvement compared to
what was played in the game Maxim Lagarde vs Edouard Romain.} (13... Nde5 $6
14. Nd5 $14 {1-0 (31) Lagarde,M (2540)-Edouard,R (2634) Saint-Quentin 2015}))
13... Qxe3 14. Bxe3 $14 {I prefer White's position here, although it is
unclear if he has big advantage.}) 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Ba8 {It is hard to
criticise this manoeuvre Bb7-a8. Black has quite a difficult position already.}
15. Nd5 (15. Rd2 $16 {[%cal Yb1d1] also gives White nice advantage as played
by Ni Hua in 2006!!}) 15... b5 {Black is following a wrong plan and after this
move he has clear weakness.} (15... e6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Qd2 $16)
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 $6 {Small inaccuracy from my side. It was much simpler to
first take cxb5 and then play b4.} (17. cxb5 $1 axb5 18. b4 Nce5 (18... Nde5
19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rbc1 $18 {[%cal Yd5c7,Yf2f4]}) 19. Nd4 Bxd5 20. exd5 $18 {
[%cal Yd4b5,Yf2f4]}) 17... bxc4 18. Bxc4 a5 {I would prefer 18...Bb7 for Black.
Edouard assessed the arising exchanges would give him some space to breathe.} (
18... Bb7 19. Rbc1 Rc8 20. Bf1 $18) 19. b5 Nce5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf1 Nd7 22.
Rbc1 {Making him take on d5.} Bxd5 (22... Nc5 23. e5 Ne6 24. exd6 exd6 25. a4
$18) 23. exd5 Nc5 {I considered that this position is too close to winning for
White even though material is equal. Black simply has no counterplay. White
just needs to make sure that Black does not play ...e5 which will give him
space.} 24. Rd4 {[%cal Yd4h4,Ye3h6]} Kg8 25. Rh4 {[%cal Ye3h6]} f5 (25... e5
26. Qh6 $18) 26. Rd4 {Making Black play f5 was quite important, in order to
stop all the breaks in the center.} a4 27. h4 {[%cal Yh4h5]} Qe8 28. Rxc5 {
This is the second part of the plan. Even though all white pieces are ideally
placed, Black's knight on c5 is defending, and therefore I decided to
sacrifice my rook for it. I had to calculate few variations.} dxc5 29. Rxa4
Rxb5 {Looking like a desperado, in fact this is the best attempt to save the
position for Black.} (29... Qf7 30. Bc4 $18) (29... Ra8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Bc4
$18 {[%cal Yd5d6]}) 30. Ra7 Rf7 (30... Rb6 31. Bc4 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Qb8+ 33. d6+
$18) 31. Bxb5 Qxb5 {Here I missed a simple win.} 32. Rxe7 (32. d6 $1 Qb1+ 33.
Kh2 Qb8 34. Rd7 {This is the move that did not occur in my calculation. It
would have been nice to finish the game this way.}) (32. Ra8+ {I was
calculating this move for a long time to figure out some mating ideas.} Kg7 33.
Qe5+ (33. h5 f4 34. Qc3+ Kh6 35. hxg6 Qb1+ $1 36. Kh2 Qxg6 {This is the
position I thought despite White being considerably better gave some chances
for Black to survive.}) 33... Kh6 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. h5 Qe2 $1 36. h6+ Kf6 37.
Qc1 Qd3 {White has lost a large part of his advantage. Draw would be the most
likely outcome.}) 32... Rxe7 33. Qxe7 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxa2 35. Qxc5 (35. Qe8+ Kg7
36. d6 Qxf2 37. Qe5+ Kf7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. d7 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42.
Ke2 Qc4+ {I saw this variation and White cannot escape the perpetual check.})
35... Qd2 36. d6 Kf7 37. f3 $1 (37. Qc7+ $1 {GM Ian Rogers, who was commenting
live from Sydney, found this winning continuation! In fact the simplest.} Ke6
38. Qc8+ $18) (37. Qe5 $2 Qxf2 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. d7 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2
Qf4+ 42. Ke2 Qc4+ 43. Kd2 Qd4+ 44. Kc2 Qc4+ 45. Kb2 Qd4+ 46. Ka3 Qc3+ 47. Ka4
Qc4+ 48. Ka5 Qd5+ 49. Kb6 Qd4+ 50. Kc6 Qa4+ 51. Kd6 Qb4+ 52. Ke6 Qe4+ 53. Kf6
Qxh4+ $11 {Luckily I noticed this perpetual check and decided to play it
simple!!}) 37... Qe1 38. Qd4 Qe8 39. Qd5+ Qe6 40. Qxe6+ Kxe6 41. Kg3 Kxd6 42.
Kf4 Ke6 43. Kg5 Kf7 44. Kh6 {A nice way to finish this game. With this victory
I managed to reduce the gap to half a point and get closer to the tournament
leader.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 (4... Nc6 {or}) (4... a6 {are the
most popular lines.}) 5. Bb5+ (5. Nc3 {or}) ({the direct} 5. e5 {, after which
a difficult struggle will arise} Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9.
Nfxd4 dxe5 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 exd4 $13 {Nakamura-Karjakin, Internet 2005})
5... Bd7 (5... Nc6 {would transpose to the 4...Nc6 line.}) 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O
Nc6 (7... g6 {is also possible} 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. h3 Qd8 $5
{Black reroutes the Q to a5.} (11... Qe6 {is also interesting, followed by Nd7}
) 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Qb1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 $13 {Shomoev-Dominguez
Perez, Loo 2014}) 8. Qd3 e6 {Black chooses a setup with ...e6. He could have
reached a position with ...g6, which usually arises after 7...g6.} (8... g6 9.
c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O {transposes to 7...g6.}) 9. c4 Ne5 $146 (9... Be7 {is the
solid move, but Black wanted to avoid} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 {and White has a
comfortable position, but objectively it's equal (this position is very
simliar to Carlsen-Anand, WCh 2013).}) 10. Qe2 (10. Nxe5 dxe5 $132) 10... Qc6 {
Black attacks White's structure.} (10... Be7 {is simpler} 11. Nbd2 (11. Nxe5 $5
dxe5 12. Bg5 $1 {White has to exchange this N if he wants something.} O-O 13.
Nd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 {and despite the double e-pawns, Black has
no problem, he just has to keep as many pieces on the board as possible to
avoid a worse endgame.}) 11... Ng6 $13) 11. Nfd2 $5 {White wants to avoid
simplifacations and play with b3 and f4 and place his other N on c3.} (11. Nxe5
dxe5 $132) ({If White defends the pawn with} 11. Nbd2 {Black has comfortable
equality} Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nd7 $11) 11... g5 $5 {Black
wants to prevent f4 and make his knight stronger on e5.} (11... Be7 {is a
normal move, there is nothing wrong with it} 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nfd7 14. f4 Ng6
$13) 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. b3 a6 (13... Nfd7 {is also good} 14. Ba3 Nc5 $13) 14. Nf3
$1 {I like this move. It's good to exchange the d2-knight for the Ne5, because
the black knight is clearly stronger.} (14. Bb2 h6 15. Rfd1 O-O $13) 14...
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 h6 {Black strengthens the g5-pawn.} (15... g4 {is a more active
try} 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qd2 Be5 18. Bb2 O-O-O $13) 16. Rd1 O-O {This move order
allows White to organise his pieces very well.} (16... Nd7 {is more exact} 17.
Bd2 Ne5 18. Qe2 O-O) 17. Ba3 $1 {The most simple move, which allows White to
organize his pieces very well.} (17. h4 $5 {would also be a strong move} Nxe4
$1 (17... gxh4 18. Bf4 $14) 18. Nxe4 f5 $1 (18... Bxa1 19. hxg5 $16) 19. Rb1
fxe4 20. Qg4 Rf6 $1 21. hxg5 Rg6 $1 (21... hxg5 22. Qg3 $1) 22. Bf4 Rd8 23. Rd2
$36) 17... Rfd8 18. Rac1 $14 {White has reached what he wanted, he is better
placed.} Rac8 {This move is very logical, but it allows a tactical strike.} ({
If Black decides to place the R on d7} 18... Rd7 {White can play tactically
with} 19. h4 ({or positinally with} 19. Rd2 $14) 19... gxh4 20. Qf4 h3 21. Rxd6
Rxd6 22. Qxd6 hxg2 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rd1 $14) 19. h4 $1 {Exploiting the
weakness of g5.} Nh7 20. hxg5 Nxg5 21. Qe2 (21. Qe3 $1 $16 {is stronger, it
can be very important to defend the g1-a7 diagonal in the future}) 21... Kh8 (
21... b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bb4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 $14) (
21... Kh7 22. Qe3 $14) 22. Qe3 $1 {Correcting the mistake.} (22. f4 Nh7 23. Rd3
$16 {is also strong.}) 22... b5 {Black wants to find some active resources in
this hopeless position.} 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bb4 Qb7 25. Qe2 $1 {The last exact
move, white has a very big advantage.} (25. f4 {isn't so good} Nh7 {and the
game is suddenly unclear.}) 25... Be5 26. Qxb5 Qa7 27. Qd3 Qb7 28. a3 $16 Rg8
29. Kf1 Rc6 ({The active} 29... f5 30. exf5 Rcf8 31. Bxd6 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 Rxf5
33. Rd2 {doesn't promise much for Black.}) 30. g3 (30. f3 $16) (30. Qe3 $1 $16)
30... f5 (30... Rcc8 31. f4 $16) 31. exf5 Rc7 32. Ke2 (32. fxe6 {is even better
} Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qh5+ 34. Kd2 $18) 32... exf5 33. Nd5 Rh7 34. f4 Ne4 35. fxe5
dxe5 36. Be1 Rhg7 37. Rc4 Nxg3+ 38. Kd2 f4 39. Kc2 e4 40. Qd4 Nf5 41. Qf6 Rb8
42. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endgame-CD Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. Be3 Nf6 6.
Nc3 Nc6 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. a3 e6 10. Nd4 a6 11. f3 Be7 12. g4 h6 13. h4
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Be6 16. Kb1 Rc6 17. Be2 Bd8 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nd5 Qxd2
20. Rxd2 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc8 22. gxh6 g6 {Baburin: Black plans to collect the
h6-pawn later after Bd8-e7-f8xh6. Then the Knight  will get a nice square on
f4 and will be superior to White's QB. In the game White tried to change this
scenario, but did not do well either.} 23. Bd3 Be7 24. Rg2 Bf8 25. Rxg6 fxg6
26. Bxg6+ Ke7 27. Bxh5 Bxh6 28. Bf2 Be3 29. Bxe3 Rxh5 30. Bg5+ Kd7 31. Kc1 Rh7
32. f4 exf4 33. Bxf4 Rf7 34. Be3 Rf3 35. Bd4 Rd3 36. Bc3 Rxd5 37. h5 Rcc5 38.
h6 Rh5 39. Rxh5 Rxh5 40. Bg7 {B+4P <-> R+3P} d5 (40... b5 $5) 41. a4 $1 Ke6 42.
Kb1 Rh4 43. b3 Kf5 44. Kb2 Ke4 45. Kc3 a5 46. Kb2 Rh3 47. Bc3 b6 48. Bg7 Ke3
49. Kc3 Ke4+ 50. Kd2 Rh1 51. Kc3 Rh2 52. Kb2 Rh3 53. Kc1 Ke3 54. Kb2 Kd2 55.
Bf6 Kd1 56. Bg7 Ke2 (56... Rh2 57. Kb1 Rxc2 $4 58. h7) 57. Kc1 Rh2 58. Kb2 Kf3
59. Kc3 Ke4 60. Kb2 d4 61. Kc1 Ke3 62. Kb1 Rh1+ 63. Kb2 d3 64. cxd3 Kxd3 65.
Bf6 $1 $10 (65. Bf8 Rh2+ 66. Ka3 Kc2 67. Bg7 Kb1 68. b4 Rh3+) 65... Rh2+ 66.
Kb1 Rxh6 67. Be5 $10 {Remisposition} Re6 68. Bg7 Re2 69. Bf6 Rf2 70. Bg7 Ke4
71. Bb2 Kd5 {[#]} 72. Ba3 (72. Bc3 $142 Kc5 73. Kc1 $10) 72... Rf3 73. Ka2 (73.
Kc2 b5 74. axb5 a4 $19) (73. Kb2 Kd4 74. Bd6 Rf2+ 75. Ka3 Kc3 76. Be5+ Kc2 77.
Ka2 Rf3 $19) 73... Kd4 74. Bd6 Rf6 75. Bc7 Rc6 76. Bg3 Kc3 77. Be5+ Kc2 78. Bd4
Rd6 79. Be3 Re6 80. Bd4 Kd3 81. Bg7 (81. Bg1 Rg6 $19) 81... Re2+ 82. Kb1 Re7
83. Bf6 Rf7 {[#]} 84. Be5 $2 (84. Bh8 $142 $1 b5 85. axb5 Rb7 86. Kb2 Rxb5 87.
Ka3 Kc2 88. Ka4 $10) 84... Rf5 85. Bg7 (85. Bc7 b5 86. axb5 (86. Bxa5 bxa4 87.
b4 Rf2 $19) (86. Kb2 b4 87. Bb6 Rg5 $19) 86... Rxb5 87. Ka2 Kc3 88. Ka3 Rxb3+
89. Ka4 Rb7 90. Bd8 Ra7 $19) 85... b5 86. axb5 Rxb5 87. Ka2 Kc2 88. Ka3 Rxb3+
89. Ka4 Rb7 90. Bf8 Ra7 {[#]} 91. Bc5 Ra8 92. Bb6 {[#]} Kc3 93. Bc7 {If White
would take the Pa5, he would loose the B because of Zugzvang. Der Pa5 kann
nicht genommen werden, weil dann der B wegen Zugzwang verloren geht.} (93.
Bxa5+ Kc4 $19 {Zugzvang Zugzwang} (93... Kc4 {Endgame-CD  Zugzvang Zugzwang}
94. Ka3 Rxa5+ $19)) 93... Kc4 {[#]} 94. Bb6 (94. Bd6 {Endgame-CD  This is the
most stubborn move. Das ist der harnäckigste Zug.} Ra7 95. Bb8 {[#]} Rb7 (95...
Ra8 96. Bd6 {führt nicht weiter.}) 96. Bg3 (96. Bd6 Rb5 97. Be7 (97. Bc7 Kc5
98. Bxa5 Kc4 99. Bd2 Rb2 100. Bc1 Ra2+ 101. Ba3 Ra1) 97... Rd5 98. Bf8 Kd3 (
98... Kd4 99. Bg7+ Ke4 100. Bf6 Kd3 (100... Kf5 101. Bc3 $10) 101. Bg7 Ke4 102.
Bc3 Kd3 (102... Rc5 $4 103. Bxa5)) 99. Bg7 (99. Be7) 99... Rf5 100. Bh6 Kc3
101. Be3 Kc4 102. Ba7 (102. Bb6 Rf1 103. Kxa5 Ra1#) 102... Rf7 103. Be3 Re7
104. Bf4 Kc5 105. Bd2 Re8 106. Bc3 Re2 107. Bf6 Ra2+ 108. Kb3 Rf2 109. Bg7 Kb5
110. Be5 a4+ 111. Ka3 Rf3+ 112. Ka2 a3 113. Bd6 Ka4 $19) 96... Rg7 (96... Ra7
97. Bb8 Rb7) 97. Bf4 Rf7 98. Bd6 {[#]} (98. Bd2 Rf2 99. Bxa5 Ra2#) (98. Bg3 Kc5
99. Bh2 Rf1 100. Be5 Kb6 101. Bd4+ Ka6 $19) 98... Kd5 99. Ba3 (99. Bb8 Kc5 {[#]
} 100. Bg3 (100. Kxa5 Rb7 $1 $19 (100... Rf8 $4 101. Ba7+ $10)) 100... Kb6 101.
Be1 Rf4+ 102. Ka3 Kb5 $19) 99... Ra7 100. Bf8 Kc6 101. Bh6 Rh7 (101... Kb7 $6 {
bring Schwarz nicht voran.} 102. Bg5 Ka6 103. Bd2 Kb7 104. Be3 Ra8 105. Bd2 Kb6
106. Be3+ Kc6) 102. Bd2 Rd7 103. Bc3 (103. Bxa5 Ra7 104. Kb4 Ra8 105. Ka4 Kc5 {
Zugzvang Zugzwang}) 103... Kc5 (103... Kb6 $4 104. Bxa5+ $10 Kc5 105. Kb3) 104.
Be1 {[#]} Rf7 $1 $8 {prevents Bf2+ verhindert Bf2+} (104... Rd1 $4 105. Bf2+ $1
Kc6 106. Kxa5 $10) 105. Bd2 {now, the idea is Be3+ with a draw nun droht Be3+
mit remis} Re7 (105... Rf3 $19) 106. Bg5 Re1 107. Bf6 Kb6 108. Bd8+ Ka6 109.
Bf6 Re4+ 110. Kb3 a4+ 111. Ka3 Kb5 112. Bg5 $19 {[#] the rest is easy, now der
Rest ist nun leicht}) 94... Ra6 95. Be3 Re6 {[#]} 96. Bg5 {This is no good
place for the bishop. White prevents Kxa5 himself because of the possibilty of
Re5+. Kein gutes Feld für den Läufer. Kxa5 ist nun wegen der Möglichkeit Re5+
unmöglich.} (96. Bf4 $142 {Endgame-CD /\ Kxa5=} Ra6 97. Bc7 Ra7 98. Bb8 {[#]}
Rb7 (98... Ra8 99. Bd6 Ra7 100. Bb8 {führt nicht weiter}) 99. Bg3 (99. Be5 $2
Rb4+ 100. Ka3 a4 {with a win of space mit Raumgewinn}) 99... Rg7 100. Bf4 Rf7 {
[#]} 101. Bd6 (101. Bg3 Kc5 {kein Schach auf f2 möglich} 102. Bh2 Rf1 103. Be5
Rf2 104. Bc7 Rd2 (104... Ra2+ 105. Kb3 Ra1 $8 106. Kb2 Ra4 107. Kb3 Kb5 $19)
105. Bb8 Ra2+ 106. Kb3 Ra1 107. Ba7+ Kb5 $19) 101... Kd5 102. Ba3 Ra7 103. Bb2
Kc5 104. Bc1 Kc6 105. Bh6 Rh7 106. Bd2 Rd7 107. Bc3 (107. Bxa5 $2 Ra7 108. Kb4
{[#]} Ra8 109. Ka4 Kc5 {Zugzvang Zugzwang}) 107... Kc5 108. Be1 Rf7 $8 109. Bd2
{/\ 110.Be3, 111.Ka5=} (109. Kxa5 Ra7#) 109... Re7 110. Bg5 (110. Bxa5 Ra7 $19)
110... Re1 111. Bf6 Kb6 112. Bd8+ Ka6 113. Bf6 Re4+ 114. Ka3 a4 115. Bg7 Kb5
116. Bh6 Rh4 117. Bf8 Kc4 (117... Rh3+ $19) 118. Be7 (118. Kxa4 Rh8 119. Bb4
Ra8+ 120. Ba5 Ra6 $19) 118... Rh3+ 119. Ka2 (119. Kxa4 Rh7 $19) 119... a3 120.
Bf8 (120. Bxa3 Rh2+ 121. Ka1 Kb3 122. Bc1 Rh1 123. Kb1 Rd1 124. Ka1 Rxc1#)
120... Rb3 121. Bg7 Kb4 122. Bf8+ Ka4 123. Bg7 Re3 124. Bf6 Re2+ 125. Ka1 Kb3
126. Bg7 Re1#) 96... Re2 {/\ Ra2#} 97. Ka3 Kb5 $19 (97... a4 $19 {Endgame-CD})
98. Bf4 Rf2 99. Be5 Rf3+ 100. Kb2 Ka4 101. Bd4 Rb3+ 102. Ka2 Rd3 (102... Rd3 {
Endgame-CD} 103. Ba7 Rd2+ 104. Kb1 Kb3) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nfd2 Qxc5 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Nc4 Nbd7
8. Bg5 g6 9. Qd4 Bg7 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.
Nxe5 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rc8 17. O-O-O+ Ke8 18. Rd4 b5 19. Na5 Nd7 20.
Rd5 a6 21. Re1 f6 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Nb3 Rf8 25. f3 Rf4 26. Rc5 Rd8
27. c3 g5 28. Re4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 {TS-TL: Freibauernrennen, Taktik} Rd3 30. Rc8+
Kf7 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Ra8 g4 33. Kc2 Rh6 34. h3 gxh3 35. gxh3 Rxh3 36. Rd8 h5 37.
Rd3 Rh1 38. Rd1 Rh2+ 39. Rd2 Rh4 40. Re2 a5 41. c4 bxc4 42. Kc3 Rh1 43. Kxc4 h4
44. Kb5 h3 45. Kxa5 Rg1 46. Rh2 Rg3 47. a4 Bh6 48. Kb5 Be3 49. a5 Bg1 50. Rh1
h2 51. a6 Rg2 52. b4 Ra2 53. Kc6 Ra1 54. Kc7 (54. b5 Bxc5 55. Rxa1 Bg1 56. a7
h1=Q 57. a8=Q Qxe4+ 58. Kc7 $13) (54. Nb7) (54. Kb7 Bxc5 55. Rxa1 Bg1 56. a7
h1=Q 57. a8=Q Qxe4+ 58. Kc7 $13) 54... e6 55. Kb8 Bxc5 56. Rxa1 Bg1 57. a7 h1=Q
58. a8=Q {e4 ist gedeckt!} Kg6 59. Qc6 Qh8+ 60. Qc8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chuprov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. a3 Qb6 15.
b4 Qa7 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne2 Ba4 20. Rf1 b5 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. c5 Qd7 23. Rc3 h6 24. Qb2 Bg5 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Ng3 Rd4 27. Qe2 Rcd8 28.
Nf1 Qd7 29. c6 Qd6 30. Bc2 Bd2 31. Rc5 Bxc2 32. Rxc2 Bg5 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. Rbc3
Bd8 35. Nd2 f5 36. exf5 exf5 37. g3 Bb6 38. Nf3 Rd5 39. Rd2 e4 40. Rxd5 Qxd5
41. Nh4 Qe5 42. Qa2+ Kh7 43. Qf7 e3 44. Kg2 e2 45. Rc1 Re8 46. c7 Bxc7 47. Nf3
Qe7 48. Rxc7 Qxf7 49. Rxf7 e1=Q 50. Nxe1 Rxe1 51. Rxf5 Ra1 (51... Kg6 52. Rd5
Re6 $5) 52. Rf3 Kg6 53. Rd3 Kf5 54. Kf3 Ra2 (54... g5 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. f4+ gxf4+
57. gxf4+ Kf5 58. Kd4 Kxf4 59. Kc5 $18 h5 60. Kc6) 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. f4+ Ke6 57.
Kd4 Kd6 58. Ke4+ Ke6 59. f5+ Ke7 60. Kf4 Rc2 61. Kg4 Rc4+ 62. Kh5 Rc6 63. g4 a5
(63... Rb6 64. h4 Rc6 65. g5 hxg5 66. hxg5 Rb6 67. Re3+ Kf7 68. Re6 Rxe6 69.
fxe6+ Kxe6 70. Kg6 $18) 64. bxa5 Ra6 65. Rd5 Rxa5 66. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 Be7 9. O-O h6 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ne3 Bd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. b3 Be6 15.
Bb2 a6 16. Kh1 Nh5 17. Ncd5 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. c4 Rfe8 23. Rac1 Re5 24. a5 g5 25. b4 Rd8 26. Rce1 Qe7 27. Rxe5
Qxe5 28. Rd1 Re8 29. h3 Qb2 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Kf8 (31... Re1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 (
32... Rb1 $5 33. c5 Kf8 34. cxd6 Ke8 $13 (34... Rxb4 35. Re2 $18 Rd4)) 33. c5
Kf8 (33... dxc5 34. d6 $18) 34. cxd6 Ke8 35. Re2+ Kd7 36. Re7+ Kxd6 37. Rxb7
$16 Kxd5 38. Rxf7) 32. c5 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Ke7 34. Rc2 Re4 35. c6 bxc6 36. dxc6 Kd8
37. c7+ Kc8 38. Rc6 Rxb4 39. Rxd6 h5 40. Rxa6 Rc4 41. Rf6 Rc2 42. f3 Rxc7 43.
Rf5 f6 44. Rxf6 h4 45. Rf5 Rg7 46. Rb5 Kc7 47. a6 Kc6 48. Ra5 Rg8 49. a7 Kb7
50. a8=Q+ Rxa8 51. Rxg5 Rh8 52. Rf5 Kc6 53. Rxf4 Kd5 54. Re4 Kd6 55. Kg1 Kd5
56. Kf2 Rh7 57. Ke3 Rh8 58. f4 Rg8 59. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4 Rab8 17. Rd3 Rb7 18. Nb3 Rfb8 19. Kc1 Rb4 20. g3 Bc6
21. Re1 Ba8 22. Nd2 Rc8 23. b3 Rb7 24. Nd1 Rbc7 25. Ne3 Kf8 26. c4 a5 27. a4
Rc5 28. Kb2 Rb8 29. Ka2 h5 30. Rg1 Kg7 31. Nd1 Rg8 32. Nc3 a6 33. Re1 Kg6 34.
Nf3 f5 35. exf5+ Kxf5 36. Nd4+ Kf6 37. Ne4+ Bxe4 38. Rxe4 d5 39. cxd5 Rxd5 40.
Re5 Rgd8 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Kb2 Bc5 43. Kc3 Rxd4 44. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 45. Kxd4 Kf5 {
[#]} 46. Kc5 (46. Ke3 Kg4 47. Kf2 f6 48. Kg2 e5 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Kf2 e4 $19 {
siehe Partie}) 46... f6 $1 (46... Kg4 $2 47. Kb6 Kxg3 48. Kxa5 Kxf4 (48... Kxh4
49. Kxa6 Kg4 50. b4 h4 51. b5 h3 52. b6 h2 53. b7 h1=Q 54. b8=Q Qf1+ 55. Qb5
Qxf4 56. a5 $14) 49. Kxa6 $11) 47. Kd6 (47. Kb6 e5 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. Kxa5 e4
50. Kxa6 e3 $19 {2 Tempi}) 47... e5 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. Kd5 Kg4 50. Kxe5 Kxg3 51.
Kf5 Kxh4 52. Kf4 Kh3 53. Kf3 h4 54. Kf2 Kg4 55. Kg2 h3+ (55... Kf4 56. Kh3 Ke3
57. Kxh4 Kd3 58. Kg3 Kc3 59. Kf3 Kxb3 60. Ke3 Kxa4 61. Kd2 Kb3 62. Kc1 $11) 56.
Kh2 Kh4 {Der weiße König wird patt gesetzt, wonach das verlustbringende b4
erfolgen muß und Schwarz anschließend das Patt aufhebt:} (56... Kh4 57. Kh1 Kg3
58. Kg1 h2+ 59. Kh1 Kh3 60. b4 axb4 61. a5 Kg4 62. Kxh2 b3) 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Nd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Qd2 Re8 14. f3 a6 15.
Rac1 Qa5 16. Rfd1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ncxb5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bb7 20. Rdc2 Rb8 21.
Nc7 Red8 22. b4 Ne5 23. a3 e6 24. Nb3 d5 25. Ba7 Rbc8 26. Na5 Ba8 27. exd5 exd5
28. Nxa8 Rxa8 29. Bb6 Re8 30. Rd1 Nc4 31. Nxc4 dxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxa3 33. Rdc1 Raa8
34. Re4 Rec8 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Bc5 f5 37. Re1 Bc3 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Rb3 Be5 40.
g3 f4 41. g4 Ke6 42. Rd3 Ra8 {[#] It is very questionable whether White can
win this ending because of his passive king. That he loses within three moves
is both astonishing and amusing: losing a rook on an open board! [#] Ob Weiß
dieses Endspiel angesichts des passiven Königs gewinnen kann, ist sehr
fraglich. Dass er es binnen drei Zügen verliert, ist ebenso erstaunlich wie
amüsant: Turmverlust auf offenem Brett!} 43. b5 Ra5 44. Rb3 Kd5 45. Bf2 $4 {
[%mdl 12288]} (45. Bf8 Ra8 46. Be7 Ra7 $11) 45... Ra1+ {for the unavoidable
Kc4 will cost White his rook. denn das unvermeidliche Kc4 kostet den Turm.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 {The point of this move is to get Black to put the
knight on f6 before playing d4. In this way White avoids some of Black's most
popular antidotes.} (3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {and Black has three main options:} a6
(4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 {(Compare this position to the one that arises after 5...
Nc6 later.)} 6. Qd3 {is one of those awkward lines that are aimed at getting a
Maroczy setup, even at the price of playing some strange moves.} (6. Bxc6 Bxc6
7. Nc3 {, is similar to the game, but here Black can also play} h6 {,
intending e7-e5 and Nf6.}) 6... g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6
11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 {could be called a tabiya.}) (4... Nf6 {has become more
popular lately and White usually continues} 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 $5 (6. Bxd7+ Qxd7
7. c4 Nc6 8. Qd3 Qg4 9. Nc3 (9. O-O Qxe4 10. Qb3 Rb8 $2 (10... Ne5 $1 {and
White has little to show for having squandered the centre.}) 11. Nc3 $36 {
Bozinovic,B (1969)-Vucinic,G (2294) Veliko Gradiste 2016}) 9... Qxg2 10. Rf1
Rc8 {Carlsen,M (2855)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Leuven 2016, was good for Black.
}) 6... g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 {with another typical Maroczy/
Bb5+-Sicilian.}) 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 $5 {The
let's-put-the-queen-on-a-strange-square has gone so far that "strange" has
aquired a different meaning. If it works it is good and work it does.} g6 7. h3
Bh6 8. Qc3 Qa5 9. Qxa5 Nxa5 10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. b3 (12. Nd5 $1) 12...
O-O 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 $15 {0-1 (49) Muzychuk,M (2528)-Edouard,R 
(2636) Cap d'Agde 2015}) 3... Nf6 ({After} 3... a6 $5 {White's only decent way
to avoid the Najdorf is} 4. g3 $5 {when Black can choose between a Dragon
setup and a more traditional Taimanov- or Najdorf-fianchetto.}) 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Qxd4 a6 ({White is hoping for} 5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 e6 9.
O-O-O {which is a whole different ball game. The last I checked, theory seemed
to agree that Black is all right here, but with the rise of the machines it is
quite possible that this verdict has changed.} Be7 10. Qd3 {[%cal Gf3d4]} Qa5
11. h4 {leads to a sharp game, but whether it is balanced I don't know.}) 6. e5
$1 {Otherwise Black gets a perfect Sicilian with Nc6 on the next move.} Nc6 7.
Qa4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 {White has gained the bishop pair, but Black
has a harmonious position and develops fast. Intuitively I would not evaluate
this position as "better for White", as my silicon friend does, but the more I
look at it the more I feel that I perhaps should.} 10. Bd2 {A logical move
that paves the way for 0-0-0, but there is also something to be said for the
alternative, more positional way:} (10. Be3 {White is aiming to play g3, Bg2,
Rd1 and then take it from there. Black cannot sit idly by and wait, but needs
to find a way to derail White's effort.} e6 (10... g6 $6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. g3 Bg7
13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rac8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 $14) 11. Rd1 Qc7 12.
g3 Bb4 (12... Be7 $6 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qb3 {and again
White gets a comfortable endgame advantage.}) 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Qb3 Ng4 15. Bf4
e5 16. Be3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rad8 {and Black is closing in on
equality. Still, this line clearly shows that Black is under some pressure.}) (
10. Bg5 {is less logical since it is Black's queenside that ought to be
attacked. After} e6 11. g3 Bb4 {White cannot play} 12. Bg2 $4 {due to} b5 13.
Qb3 Nd4 $1) 10... g6 {With white's king evacuating towards the queenside, it
is a good idea to aim the bishop towards b2.} 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bg5 {This is a
new move.} (12. Be3 Qc8 13. h3 $6 (13. g3 $5 {is more to the point, but I feel
Black should be fine here.}) 13... O-O 14. g4 {This arrangement is too slow
for White as it does not threaten the king while Black is not afraid to have
the knight kicked away from f6.} b5 15. Qb3 $6 Na5 (15... e6 $1 {[%csl Rb3]})
16. Qb4 {Blehm,P (2420)-Janssen,R (2345) Calicut 1998, was unclear.}) 12... Qg4
(12... Qf5 {is more ambitious. Perhaps Nakamura wanted to avoid Kramnik's
preparation, thinking "he probably thought I would keep the queens on, so I'll
swap them!". Maybe not.} 13. h4 (13. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 {is absolutely horrendous
for White}) 13... O-O 14. f3 b5 15. Qf4 Qxf4+ 16. Bxf4 Rad8 {and Black's
pieces are working together very well.}) 13. Bxf6 {From a general
which-piece-ought-to-be-swapped point of view, this move is a bit surprising,
but it soon becomes obvious that it is a good move.} Qxa4 14. Nxa4 ({Not} 14.
Bxg7 $2 Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Rg8 $19) 14... Bxf6 15. c3 $1 {This move restricts both
the knight and the bishop. Black has no equivalent move to neutralise White's
minor pieces and thus Black's queenside comes under pressure.} e6 {At some
point Black must take control of d5 and this is as good a time as any.} ({
The active} 15... b5 {doesn't solve Black's problems:} 16. Nc5 (16. Nb6 Ra7 17.
g3 e6 18. Bg2 Nb8 $5 19. Rd3 O-O 20. Rhd1 $36) 16... O-O {and although there
are other ways to get some advantage, the principled} 17. Nd7 {seems the
simplest. After} Rfe8 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. g3 Ne5 20. h3 Rac8 21. Kb1 {Black's
knight is not quite at par with the bishop.}) (15... Rc8 16. g3 Rc7 17. Nb6 e6)
16. g3 Rc8 17. Bg2 Be7 18. Rd2 h5 $1 {Since there is no way to exchange one's
way out of the pressure, priority number one becomes getting some counterplay.}
(18... O-O 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. Rhd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Kc2 {and White has
terrific pressure on the queenside.}) 19. Rhd1 (19. h4 $2 {would reduce
White's winning chances significantly as the kingside pawns are set to be
chewed on by Black's bishop.}) 19... h4 20. Nb6 (20. g4 $2 Bg5) 20... Rc7 21.
Na8 {This kind of repetition saves time and also sends a message to the
opponent about who is in the driver's seat.} Rc8 22. Nb6 Rc7 (22... Rd8 23. b4
hxg3 24. hxg3 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rh2 26. Bxc6+ bxc6 27. a4 {, followed by Nc4, is
difficult for Black as both a6, c6 and - at some point - f7 are weak.}) 23. f4
$1 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rh5 (24... g5 $6 25. f5 $1 exf5 26. Nd5 Rc8 27. Rf2 {is just
awful for Black. Observe that} Rh2 $2 {fails due to} 28. Nb6 $1 {followed by
Bxc6+ and Rxh2.}) 25. Na8 $1 Rc8 26. Rd7 $1 {A wonderful concept built on the
strength of the unopposed bishop.} Rh2 (26... Rxa8 27. Rxb7 Rc8 (27... Nd8 28.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Bxa8 $16) 28. Bxc6+ Rxc6 29. Rb8+ {and Black has to give up the
bishop.}) 27. Be4 $1 Re2 28. Bxc6 $2 {This move ruins it for Kramnik.} ({
The best move is} 28. Bf3 $1 {The point is that if Black plays} Re3 {, then} (
28... Rh2 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Rxb7 $16) 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nc7+ Kf8 31. Rh1 Bf6 32.
Rh7 Bg7 {looks almost exactly like the game, with the exception of the
placement of Black's active rook. In the game it is on e2, but here it is on
e3. But how can this be better for White? Now the rook is not just active but
also threatening a pawn! However, what is most important is that the rook is
not just on a casual stroll, window shopping for g-pawns, but on an important
mission to protect the e6-pawn. If the rook moves away White will strike with
Nxe6! So, White can continue with} 33. Kd2 $1 {and the rook ends up in a
pickle:} Re4 (33... Rxg3 $1 {might be the best still although} 34. Nxe6+ fxe6
35. Rdxg7 Rg2+ 36. Kc1 $1 (36. Ke3 Rxb2 37. Ra7 Kg8 {is less clear.}) 36...
Rg1+ 37. Kc2 Rg2+ 38. Kb3 Rb8+ 39. Rb7 Rxb7+ 40. Rxb7 Rg4 41. Ra7 Rxf4 42. Rxa6
g5 43. Rxc6 Kf7 44. a4 g4 45. Rd6 {and White should win.}) 34. b3 c5 35. Rh1 c4
36. b4 e5 37. f5 $1 gxf5 38. Rh5 Rg4 39. Rxf5 Rxg3 40. Ke2 $1 f6 41. Kf2 Rg4 (
41... Rxc3 $2 42. Ne6+) 42. a4 {with complete domination.}) 28... bxc6 29. Nc7+
Kf8 30. Rh1 Bf6 31. Nxa6 Ra8 $1 {Black's activity is no less valuable than
White's extra pawn.} 32. Nb4 (32. Rh7 $2 Rxa6 33. Rhxf7+ (33. Rdxf7+ Kg8) 33...
Ke8) 32... c5 33. Nd3 Rxa2 34. Kb1 Ra8 $1 35. Nxc5 Rb8 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. Nxb7
Rg2 38. Rh3 g5 $1 {Improving the scope of the bishop and opening up a road
towards g4 for the king.} 39. fxg5 Bxg5 40. Nc5 Be7 $1 {If White's knight goes
to d3, the bishop will control it from d6. If the knight goes to e4, then the
bishop is already in the right spot and Black can play f7-f5.} 41. Nd3 Bd6 42.
Nf4 Rf2 43. Rh4 (43. b4 Ke7 $1 {and White cannot go forward with the pawns
without the support of the king.} (43... Bxf4 44. gxf4 Rxf4 45. Kb2 Ke7 46. Kb3
f5 {also works, but there is no reason for Black to hurry with such an
exchange.})) 43... Ke7 44. Rg4 Rf1+ 45. Kc2 Rf2+ 46. Kb3 Rd2 47. Rg8 Rf2 48.
Rg4 Rd2 49. Rg8 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Martinez, Carlos Alejandro"]
[Black "Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 (3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7.
O-O g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 Qe6 11. Nd5 Qxe4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8
Qxc4 14. Nb6+ axb6 15. Nc3 Ra8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qb3 f5 19. Bg5 Qb4
20. Qf7 Be5 21. h3 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Qxh7 Bxb2 24. Qxg6 Qe4 25. Qf7 Bd4
26. Qb3 f4 27. Qf7 Be5 28. h4 b5 29. h5 Qc4 30. Qf5+ Qe6 31. Qxe6+ Kxe6 32. g3
fxg3 33. fxg3 b4 34. Bf4 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 b3 36. g4 Kd5 37. g5 e6 38. h6 Ne7 39.
Rd1 e5 40. Be3 Kc4 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Kg2 b2 43. Kf3 Kc3 44. h7 Ng6 45. Ke4 Kc2
46. Rh1 d3 47. Kf5 b1=Q 48. Rxb1 Kxb1 49. Kxg6 d2 50. h8=Q d1=Q 51. Qh7 b5 52.
Kf6+ Kb2 53. Qh2+ Ka1 54. Qf4 b4 55. Qxb4 Qf3+ 56. Kg7 d5 57. Qd4+ Kb1 58. g6
Qe4 59. Qg1+ Kb2 60. Qf2+ Kc1 61. Kf6 d4 62. g7 {1-0 Kasparov,G-The World/
Internet MSN 1999}) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 (5... Bd7 {Pereira,S-Leal,P/São
Paulo 1999}) 6. Qd3 h6 7. Nc3 (7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. c5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11.
cxd6 Bxd6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. h3 a5 15. Qc2 Ba6 16. Na4 Rab8 17. Be3
Rb4 18. Nd2 Qe6 19. b3 Be7 20. Bb6 Bd3 21. Qb2 Rxb6 22. Nxb6 Bc5 23. Na4 Bd4
24. Nc3 Bxe4 25. Qc1 Bd5 26. Qc2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Nh5 28. Ne2 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Qd5+
30. Nf3 Rd6 31. Qf5 Rg6+ 32. Kf1 Rf6 33. Qxh5 Rxf3 34. Re1 f5 35. Ng1 Rf4 36.
Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxe5 Qd3+ 38. Kg2 Qd2 39. Re2 Qc1 40. Re1 Qd2 {1-0 Yandemirov,
V-Mukhametov,E/Podolsk 1992/EXT 97 (40)}) 7... Nf6 8. Nd2 {d2-f1-e3-d5} Be7 9.
Nf1 O-O 10. Ne3 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. a3 Nd4 13. Ba4 a6 14. Ncd5 b5 15. Bb3 Nd7
16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bd5 Nb6 18. c3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd4 Nf6 21. Re1 Rc4
22. Be3 Rfc8 23. f3 Qc7 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rad1 a5 26. b3 Rc3 27. Qxb5 Rb8 28.
Qa6 Rc6 29. Rc1 Rxa6 30. Rxc7 Rxb3 31. Bc1 Rd3 32. Kf2 a4 33. Re2 Rad6 34. Ra7
Rc6 35. Rd2 Rb3 36. Bb2 Nh5 37. Bxe5 $2 (37. Rxa4 $16) 37... Rxa3 $11 38. h4
Rc8 39. g4 Nf6 40. Bxf6 gxf6 41. Rd6 Kg7 42. Rdd7 Rf8 43. Kg3 Ra1 44. Kf4 a3
45. Kf5 a2 46. f4 Rb1 47. Rxa2 Rc8 48. Raa7 Rb5+ 49. Rd5 Rb6 50. Rad7 Ra8 51.
Rc7 Re8 52. Ra7 Rc6 53. Rb7 Ra6 54. Rc5 Rd6 55. Rcc7 Rf8 56. Re7 Ra6 57. Rb5
Rd8 58. h5 Rc8 59. Rbb7 Rf8 60. Rec7 Re6 61. Ra7 Rb6 62. Rd7 Rc6 63. Rac7 Ra6
64. Rc5 Rb6 65. Rcd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 {Andere Möglichkeiten für Schwarz sind:} (3... g6
4. Bxc6 dxc6 (4... bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 (6... Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9.
d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qh4 $14) 7. c3 f6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf7 10. Nc3 d6
11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 $14) 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10.
O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 {/\f4 mit unklarem Spiel.}) (3... e6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 5.
d3 {ist auch eine Alternative}) 4... Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 {mit langem
strategischem Spiel mit Chancen für beide Seiten}) (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O
Nd4 6. Re1 (6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 9. c4 a6 (9... dxc3 10. Qb3
$44) 10. b4 $132) 6... a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. g3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 e6 11. d3
$132) 4. d4 (4. O-O {gilt hier als Hauptzug} Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4
8. d3 e6 (8... g6 $5 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. Be3 $14) 9. Nbd2
Be7 10. h3 Bh5 $13) 4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 (5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 (6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. f4
g6 8. O-O Bg7 $13) (6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 $13) 6... Nf6 7. O-O g6 {
und man kommt in die Drachenstellungen mit unnötigem Zug Bb5.}) 5... Bd7 (5...
Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxd4 8. Nfxd4 Kd8 9. a4 Nf6 10. f3 $14 {Weiß will Be3
spielen und danach versuchen mittels Nde2-a5 auf dem Damenflügel Initiative zu
entwickeln.}) 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 (7. Nc3 {ist der andere Hauptzug} Nf6 8. Bg5
e6 9. O-O-O Be7 $11 {und Schwarz hat relativ wenig zu befürchten}) 7... f5 {
Dieser Zug sieht zwar interessant aus, führt aber in Wirklichkeit zu unklaren
Stellungen, wo Schwarz um Ausgleich kämpfen muss. Während das einfache Nf6 die
Stellung ausgleicht und es Schwarz erlaubt, im Mittelspiel mit normalen
Mitteln um Vorteil zu kämpfen.} (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 e6 (8... g6 {ist ebenfalls
spielbar} 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Nd7 $132) 9. O-O (9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rd1
Qa5 11. O-O O-O $132) 9... Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a6 $132 {/\b5 Schwarz steht
sehr solide.}) 8. exf5 (8. Nc3 $2 e5 (8... fxe4 $5) 9. Qe3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6
$15 {hier kann sich Schwarz sehr schnell entwickeln und sein Läufer auf c6
bekommt alle Freiheiten der Welt.}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 $1 {ein seltener aber
für Schwarz sehr unangenehmer Zug} (9. Nc3 Qxf5 10. Nd5 $5 e5 $1 (10... Bxd5
11. cxd5 Nf6 12. Qa4+ (12. Bg5 $5 Nxd5 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 Kf7 {Swicarz -
Hracek (Pardubice, 2003)} 15. Qc4 $5 $44) 12... Kf7 (12... Nd7 13. Qb5 $1 $16)
(12... Qd7 13. Qb3 Qf5 14. Qb5+ (14. Qxb7 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11) 14... Qd7 15.
Qd3 $1 $16) 13. O-O Qxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Qb3 $16) 14. Be3 $44) 11. Qd1 (11. Qe3
Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nf6 $11) 11... Rc8 (11... Qe4+ 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ng5
Qg6 15. Ne6 Kf7 16. f4 $1 $16) 12. O-O Ne7 13. Be3 b5 $1 $13) 9... Qxf5 (9...
Bxf3 10. b4 $1 Qxb4 (10... Qxf5 11. Nxf3 $16 {strategisch gesehen hat Weiß mit
seinem Läufer den einzigen Trumpf abgegeben}) 11. Rb1 Qxb1 (11... Qc5 12. Qxc5
dxc5 13. Nxf3 b6 14. Ng5 $16) (11... Qa5 12. Rb5 Qxa2 13. Nxf3 $16) 12. Nxb1
Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 14. Rxg7 $1 Nf6 (14... Bxg7 15. Qxg7 $18) 15. Rg3 $16 {
Stevic - Fercec (Zagreb, 2004)}) 10. O-O e5 11. Qe3 Qg6 (11... Nf6 12. Nd4 $14)
(11... Be7 12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. Nxe5 $14) 12. b4 $1 a6 13. Bb2 (13. a4 Nf6 14.
Bb2 {->13.Bb2} (14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Rxa1 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxe5 $1 Qh6 $1 18.
Qxh6 gxh6 19. Nxc6 Bg7 $13 {Diese Komplikationen hat Weiß aber nicht nötig, da
er nach 13.Bb2 besser steht.})) 13... Nf6 14. a4 Be7 15. b5 Bxf3 (15... Bd7 16.
Ba3 $1 O-O $2 17. Nxe5 $1 $16) 16. Qxf3 $14 {Schwarz hat seine beste Figur
tauschen müssen und steht daher klar schlechter.} Rb8 17. c5 Qc2 18. Qc3 Qxc3
19. Bxc3 Rc8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. cxd6 Rxc3 22. dxe7 Kxe7 23. Rfe1 Nd7 24. f4 Rb8
25. Ra2 Rbc8 26. Nf3 Rc1 27. Rae2 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Leipzig Gohlis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 (4. O-O {gilt hier als Hauptzug} Bd7 5. Re1
Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 (8... g6 $5 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3
O-O 12. Be3 $14) 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 $13) 4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 (5. Nxd4 Bd7 6.
Nc3 (6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. f4 g6 8. O-O Bg7 $13) (6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 $13)
6... Nf6 7. O-O g6 {und man kommt in die Drachenstellungen mit unnötigem Zug
Bb5.}) 5... Bd7 (5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxd4 8. Nfxd4 Kd8 9. a4 Nf6 10.
f3 $14 {Weiß will Be3 spielen und danach versuchen mittels Nde2-a5 auf dem
Damenflügel Initiative zu entwickeln.}) 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 (7. c4 Nf6 (7... f5
8. exf5 (8. Nc3 $2 e5 (8... fxe4 $5) 9. Qe3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 $15 {hier kann
sich Schwarz sehr schnell entwickeln und sein Läufer auf c6 bekommt alle
Freiheiten der Welt.}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 $1 {ein seltener aber für Schwarz
sehr unangenehmer Zug} (9. Nc3 Qxf5 10. Nd5 $5 e5 $1 (10... Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nf6
12. Qa4+ (12. Bg5 $5 Nxd5 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 Kf7 {Swicarz - Hracek (Pardubice,
2003)} 15. Qc4 $5 $44) 12... Kf7 (12... Nd7 13. Qb5 $1 $16) (12... Qd7 13. Qb3
Qf5 14. Qb5+ (14. Qxb7 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11) 14... Qd7 15. Qd3 $1 $16) 13.
O-O Qxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Qb3 $16) 14. Be3 $44) 11. Qd1 (11. Qe3 Bxd5 12. cxd5
Nf6 $11) 11... Rc8 (11... Qe4+ 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Ne6 Kf7
16. f4 $1 $16) 12. O-O Ne7 13. Be3 b5 $1 $13) 9... Qxf5 (9... Bxf3 10. b4 $1
Qxb4 (10... Qxf5 11. Nxf3 $16 {strategisch gesehen hat Weiß mit seinem Läufer
den einzigen Trumpf abgegeben}) 11. Rb1 Qxb1 (11... Qc5 12. Qxc5 dxc5 13. Nxf3
b6 14. Ng5 $16) (11... Qa5 12. Rb5 Qxa2 13. Nxf3 $16) 12. Nxb1 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6
14. Rxg7 $1 Nf6 (14... Bxg7 15. Qxg7 $18) 15. Rg3 $16 {Stevic - Fercec (Zagreb,
2004)}) 10. O-O e5 11. Qe3 Qg6 (11... Nf6 12. Nd4 $14) (11... Be7 12. c5 $1
dxc5 13. Nxe5 $14) 12. b4 $1 a6 13. Bb2 (13. a4 Nf6 14. Bb2 {->13.Bb2} (14. b5
axb5 15. axb5 Rxa1 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxe5 $1 Qh6 $1 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. Nxc6 Bg7
$13 {Diese Komplikationen hat Weiß aber nicht nötig, da er nach 13.Bb2 besser
steht.})) 13... Nf6 14. a4 Be7 15. b5 Bxf3 (15... Bd7 16. Ba3 $1 O-O $2 17.
Nxe5 $1 $16) 16. Qxf3 $14 {Schwarz hat seine beste Figur tauschen müssen und
steht daher klar schlechter. Efimenko - Wang Yue (Moscow, 2006)}) 8. Nc3 e6 (
8... g6 {ist ebenfalls spielbar} 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Nd7 $132) 9.
O-O (9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. O-O O-O $132) 9... Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a6
$132 {/\b5 Schwarz steht sehr solide.}) 7... Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3
(10. Rhe1 {wird viel öfters gespielt, wobei der Turm auf der e-Linie keine
konkrete Funktion hat.} O-O 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qa6 (12... Rfc8 13. Nd5 Qxd2
14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Rxd2 Kxe7 16. Red1 Rd8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8
Kxd8 20. Nxe5 Ke7 21. Nxc6+ bxc6 22. c4 $14) 13. Nd4 Rfc8 $132) 10... O-O (
10... Qa5 $5 {ist stärker, da sich Schwarz auch die Möglichkeit der langen
Rochade lässt.} 11. h4 h6 12. Bd2 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd4 O-O-O $1 (13... Be5 $5
$13 {verhindert f4.}) 14. f4 Qc5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11) 12... Qa6 $1 13. Nd4 $1 (
13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Rhe1 Ng4 15. Re2 O-O $15 {Dem schwarzen Läuferpaar hat Weiß
nichts entgegenzusetzen. Die Doppelbauer können nicht angegriffen werden,
insofern sind sie keine wirkliche Schwäche.}) 13... Qxd3 14. cxd3 Rc8 $11 {
Schwarz hat gleichwertiges Spiel.}) 11. Nd4 a6 $6 {Das ist zu langsam. Schwarz
muss versuchen, möglichst schnell zum Gegenspiel zu kommen.} (11... Qa5 $1 12.
h4 (12. f4 Rfd8 $5 13. Rhe1 Rac8 $132) 12... Rfc8 13. Kb1 Be8 $1 {/\b5 or
Rab8-b5}) 12. h4 Qc7 13. f4 Rfd8 14. f5 $1 {Schwarz hat zu langsam gespielt
und bekommt Schwierigkeiten.} e5 (14... Bd7 $5 15. h5 h6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bd2
$14) 15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 16. Nde2 {Hier steht der Springer etwas besser als auf
f3, da er manchmal die Möglichkeit hat, über c3 nach d5 zu kommen (nachdem der
erste Springer gegen den weißfeldrigen Läufer getauscht wird).} (16. Nf3 Rac8
17. Rd2 b5 18. Kb1 Qa5 19. g4 $14 {ist auch gut}) 16... Rac8 17. Rd2 (17. g4 $2
d5 $1 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Qe4 Rc5 21. c3 Rc4 $15) 17... Qa5 18. g4
$40 {Man sieht, dass der weiße Angriff schneller aufrollt. Es droht g5 und
anschließend f6.} b5 19. g5 Be7 20. f6 Bf8 21. fxg7 Bxg7 22. Kb1 b4 23. Nd5
Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc4 26. Ng3 Rd4 27. Rf1 Rc8 28. b3 Rc5 29. Rxd4
exd4 30. Nf5 Re5 31. Nxd6 Bf8 32. Nxf7 Rxe4 33. h5 Rh4 34. h6 Be7 35. Ne5 Re4
36. Rf5 Re1+ 37. Kb2 Rg1 38. Nf3 Rg2 39. Kc1 Rf2 40. Kd1 d3 41. cxd3 Rxa2 42.
Nd2 a5 43. d4 a4 44. bxa4 Rxa4 45. Rb5 Ra2 46. Ke2 Kf7 47. Ke3 b3 48. Nf3 b2
49. Rb6 Bd8 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. Kf4 Ra4 52. Ne5+ Kh5 53. g6 hxg6 54. h7 Bg5+ 55.
Ke4 Ra8 56. Rxb2 Bh4 57. Nf7 Bf6 58. Rh2+ Kg4 59. h8=Q Bxh8 60. Rxh8 Ra1 61.
Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 56th"]
[Site "Szekesfehervar"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Szabo, Krisztian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 (4... a6 {ist ebenfalls eine gute
Alternative} 5. Be3 (5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Nc3 (8. Bb2 Bxb2 9. Qxb2
Nf6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Nd2 O-O $15 {und schwarzen Felder im weißen Lager erweisen
sich schwächer als schwarzen Felder im schwarzen Lager}) 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3
$5 10. Bxf3 Bh6 11. Qd1 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nf6 13. O-O O-O $11) 5... Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6
7. Bxb6 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 $11) 5.
Bb5 Bd7 (5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxd4 8. Nfxd4 Kd8 9. a4 Nf6 10. f3 $14 {
Weiß will Be3 spielen und danach versuchen mittels Nde2-a5 auf dem Damenflügel
Initiative zu entwickeln.}) 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 (7. c4 Nf6 (7... f5 8. exf5 (8.
Nc3 $2 e5 (8... fxe4 $5) 9. Qe3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 $15 {hier kann sich Schwarz
sehr schnell entwickeln und sein Läufer auf c6 bekommt alle Freiheiten der
Welt.}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 $1 {ein seltener aber für Schwarz sehr unangenehmer
Zug} (9. Nc3 Qxf5 10. Nd5 $5 e5 $1 (10... Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nf6 12. Qa4+ (12. Bg5
$5 Nxd5 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 Kf7 {Swicarz - Hracek (Pardubice, 2003)} 15. Qc4 $5
$44) 12... Kf7 (12... Nd7 13. Qb5 $1 $16) (12... Qd7 13. Qb3 Qf5 14. Qb5+ (14.
Qxb7 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11) 14... Qd7 15. Qd3 $1 $16) 13. O-O Qxd5 (13... Nxd5
14. Qb3 $16) 14. Be3 $44) 11. Qd1 (11. Qe3 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nf6 $11) 11... Rc8 (
11... Qe4+ 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Ne6 Kf7 16. f4 $1 $16) 12.
O-O Ne7 13. Be3 b5 $1 $13) 9... Qxf5 (9... Bxf3 10. b4 $1 Qxb4 (10... Qxf5 11.
Nxf3 $16 {strategisch gesehen hat Weiß mit seinem Läufer den einzigen Trumpf
abgegeben}) 11. Rb1 Qxb1 (11... Qc5 12. Qxc5 dxc5 13. Nxf3 b6 14. Ng5 $16) (
11... Qa5 12. Rb5 Qxa2 13. Nxf3 $16) 12. Nxb1 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 14. Rxg7 $1 Nf6
(14... Bxg7 15. Qxg7 $18) 15. Rg3 $16 {Stevic - Fercec (Zagreb, 2004)}) 10. O-O
e5 11. Qe3 Qg6 (11... Nf6 12. Nd4 $14) (11... Be7 12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. Nxe5 $14)
12. b4 $1 a6 13. Bb2 (13. a4 Nf6 14. Bb2 {->13.Bb2} (14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Rxa1
16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxe5 $1 Qh6 $1 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. Nxc6 Bg7 $13 {Diese
Komplikationen hat Weiß aber nicht nötig, da er nach 13.Bb2 besser steht.}))
13... Nf6 14. a4 Be7 15. b5 Bxf3 (15... Bd7 16. Ba3 $1 O-O $2 17. Nxe5 $1 $16)
16. Qxf3 $14 {Schwarz hat seine beste Figur tauschen müssen und steht daher
klar schlechter. Efimenko - Wang Yue (Moscow, 2006)}) 8. Nc3 e6 (8... g6 {
ist ebenfalls spielbar} 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Nd7 $132) 9. O-O (9. Bg5
Be7 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. O-O O-O $132) 9... Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a6 $132 {/\b5
Schwarz steht sehr solide.}) 7... Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 (10. Rhe1
{wird viel öfters gespielt, wobei der Turm auf der e-Linie keine konkrete
Funktion hat.} O-O 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qa6 (12... Rfc8 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+
Kf8 15. Rxd2 Kxe7 16. Red1 Rd8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20. Nxe5
Ke7 21. Nxc6+ bxc6 22. c4 $14) 13. Nd4 Rfc8 $132) 10... Qa5 (10... O-O 11. h4
Qa5 {->10....Qa5}) 11. h4 O-O (11... h6 $5 {ist auch empfehlenswert} 12. Bd2 (
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd4 O-O-O $1 (13... Be5 $5 $13 {verhindert f4.}) 14. f4 Qc5
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11) 12... Qa6 $1 13. Nd4 $1 (13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Rhe1 Ng4 15. Re2
O-O $15 {Dem schwarzen Läuferpaar hat Weiß nichts entgegenzusetzen. Die
Doppelbauer können nicht angegriffen werden, insofern sind sie keine wirkliche
Schwäche.}) 13... Qxd3 14. cxd3 Rc8 $11 {Schwarz hat gleichwertiges Spiel.})
12. Nd4 Rfd8 (12... Rfc8 13. Kb1 Be8 $1 $132 {/\b5 or Rab8-b5}) 13. f4 Rac8 {
Schwarz baut sich klassisch auf. Gegen diesen Aufbau kann Weiß nicht viel
machen.} 14. f5 {Die einzige Möglichkeit, um Vorteil zu kämpfen. Anderen Plan
hat man hier nicht.} Bd7 $1 (14... e5 $2 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nde2 (16. Nb3 $5 Qc7
17. Rd2 $1 (17. g4 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Qe4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxh4
$15) 17... a5 18. a4 $1 $13) 16... b5 17. Kb1 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc5 20.
Qd3 Rdc8 21. Rd2 $14 {/\g4-g5}) 15. Kb1 Qe5 $11 {Schwarz hat eine sehr solide
Stellung aufgebaut, Weiß hat kein Durchkommen.} 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. Nf3
Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2848"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 $5 {The Hungarian variation, that should
never be underestimated. Either a quick development or a Hedgehog-like setup
could be White's weapons here} a6 (4... Nc6 {the main line, naturally} 5. Bb5
Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 {and now White follows with Nc3-Bg5-0-0-0 or c4 straight away,
with a rich battle either way.}) 5. h3 $5 {A setup with Qe3, Be2, c4, Nc3 is
sought by White. A decision that proved to be very good, since Black's
troubles started already after his 15th move.} Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Be2
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rb1 $1 {The expansion with b4 is always a good
plan, and when Black plays ...a5 to stop that (and also secure c5 for his N),
White gets the b5-square for the c3-N.} a5 (11... b6 {was another way to fight,
Bb7, Rc8 coming. Play could go like this:} 12. b4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Na4 $5
$14 {and the b6-P will be slightly harassed.}) (11... Qb6 $5 {Possibly an
interesting novelty, forcing an early Q-exchange, that should work in Black's
favour.} 12. Nd5 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Nf6 {And I feel Black is ok, with natural
developing moves coming}) 12. b3 Nc5 13. Bb2 f5 {This is part of Black's plan
- if he doesn't try this, White is just building up an advantage with Rfd1,
Nb5, and a3-b4 later.} 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rbd1 $14 {This is the kind of
position where Black has to be careful, since central files are open and both
black Ps are still there. Highly typical of the Accelerated Dragon's Maroczy
like positions. Personally, I like White's chances in these structures. It
just feels like Black's position is highly unstable and moves like Ba3, Ng5,
Nd5, Nb5 must be watched all the time.} a4 16. Ba3 $1 Qa5 (16... Bxc3 $6 {
a highly concrete decision, that should be considered and could go like this:}
17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Qe3 $1 (18. Qc1 {would also be decent} axb3 19. axb3 Rxa3 20.
Qxa3 Nc3 {Even here, White claims a small edge with a simple move like 21.Rfe1,
because of Black's unstable central pawns and his open K} 21. Rfe1 $14) 18...
axb3 19. Bb2 {ideas like this should be considered, because it feels like 16...
Bxc3 should backfire somehow. Now g4 is a threat and in the event of 19...Rxa2,
then simply 20.Qb3, with huge compensation} Rxa2 20. Qxb3 $16) 17. Nb5 (17. b4
$5 {was attractive, but was probably not leading to much:} Nxb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4
19. Nd5 Qa5 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 gxf5 $14 {Keeping the pieces in a tense
position with 17.Nb5 is always more interesting than doing this. Of course, 18.
..Rf6! may change the whole evaluation and induce White to choose this line
instead.}) 17... axb3 18. axb3 Qxa3 {White was claiming a small, comfortable
advantage already, but this looks drastic. I mean, Black is far from stable,
and he's not even going to take on b3. There will be some piece play, indeed.
But it doesn't look right.} (18... Rf6 $1 {This is what I'm talking about - if
Black wants to claim a good position, he has to do it in a concrete fashion,
which probably was the thought process that occurred to Gawain, but he
overestimated the Q-sacrifice and didn't consider this odd-looking R
activation (I would hardly take this move seriously while analysing during a
game)} 19. Bxc5 (19. b4 {leads to a crazy position as well:} Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4
21. Nc7 Qa5 22. Nxa8 Re6 $1 23. Qd2 Bc3 24. Qd5 Be4 $44 {and Black's strong
piece positioning (and a P) surely compensate for the exchange}) (19. Ng5 h6
20. g4 {would be another direct try to refute Black's idea} hxg5 21. gxf5 Rxf5
22. Bxc5 Re5 $13 {same idea, on the 5th rank now :)}) 19... Re6 $1 {The point,
now the e2-B becomes a target} 20. Qc1 Rxe2 21. Bd4 Nxd4 22. Nfxd4 Re5 $13) 19.
Nxa3 Rxa3 20. Nd2 $16 {Slowly White coordinates so as to exchange some pieces,
when Black's problems will become bigger and bigger} Bd4 21. Qg3 Be5 $6 (21...
Kg7 $5 {a small K-improvement was possible, maintaining some positional
pressure.}) 22. f4 {This 'weakness' also helps White to gain some space.} Bf6
23. Bg4 Nd4 24. Kh1 Bc2 25. Rde1 Kh8 26. Re3 h5 27. b4 $1 h4 (27... Nd3 $1 28.
Bd1 $1 {disturbing completely Black's harmony} h4 $1 (28... Nf5 29. Qxg6 Nxe3
30. Bxc2 Nxc2 31. Ne4 $18 {and the material advantage becomes a deadly attack})
29. Qxg6 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Bxg6 31. Rxa3 {also good for White, but perhaps the
most stubborn idea.}) 28. Qf2 Nd3 29. Qg1 $18 {Now everything is hanging and
Ne4 is a very strong threat.} Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Nf3 Rc3 32. c5 Bb3 33. Ne1
Bd4 34. Nxd3 dxc5 (34... Rxd3 {wouldn't change anything:} 35. Rxd3 Bxg1 36.
Rxb3 Bd4 37. cxd6 exd6 38. Rd3 $18) 35. Qf2 Rf7 36. Rc1 cxb4 37. Rxc3 bxc3 38.
Qe1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bednar, Jaromir"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Corpora Lipovec"]
[BlackTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 (5... dxe5 $2 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8
7. Nxe5 Ke8 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be2 e6 10. Bf3 $16 {Rausis,I-Djurhuus,R Skei 1993}) 6.
Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 (9. Nbxd4 $6 dxe5 10. Nxe5 a6 $15) (
9. Nc7+ $2 Kd7 10. Nxa8 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Be3 b6 14. Kd2 Bb7
15. Nxb6+ axb6 16. Rxa1 b5 $17 {0-1 Barendregt,J-Stein,L/Amsterdam 1969/MCL 07
(26)}) 9... dxe5 (9... Nd5 $2 10. c4 a6 11. cxd5 axb5 12. Nxb5 $16 {1-0
Chutter,J-Karnazes,Z/Stratton Mountain, Vermont US 1999 (42)}) 10. Nf3 $6 (10.
Nc7+ $1 {ist kritisch:} Kd7 (10... Kd8 $6 11. Nxa8 exd4 12. Bf4 Nd5 (12... e5
$2 13. Bxe5 Bb4+ 14. c3 Re8 15. O-O-O $18) 13. O-O-O (13. Bb8 Bg4 $2 (13... b5
$13) 14. h3 Bf5 15. O-O-O Kc8 16. Rxd4 {1-0 David,A-Balje,J/Amsterdam 1996/EXT
96op2 (16)}) 13... Nxf4 14. Rxd4+ Bd7 15. Rxf4 g6 $13 {0-1 Messa,R-Nunn,J/
Lugano 1982/MCL 06/[Nunn] (36). (36)}) 11. Nxa8 exd4 12. Bf4 Nd5 (12... e5 13.
Bxe5 Bd6 $13 {0-1 Haznedaroglu,K-Iashvili,A/Ankara TUR 2002/The Week in Chess
406 (52)}) 13. O-O-O (13. Bb8 $5 Kc6 14. O-O-O e5 15. Bxe5 Bc5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17.
Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Be6 19. Rc4+ Kd6 20. Rh4 Rxa8 $14 {1-0 Horn,E-Gustafsson,T/
Skelleftea SWE 2001/The Week in Chess 336 (40)}) 13... e6 14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rc4
Kc6 (15... b6 16. Bg3 Bb7 17. Nc7 Nxc7 18. Bxc7 Bd5 19. Rxc5 bxc5 20. Bf4 c4 {
1/2-1/2 Dmitriev-Zilberstein,V/USSR 1984/Inf 38 (20)}) 16. b4 $2 (16. Nc7 Nxf4
17. Rxf4 Kxc7 18. Rxf7+ $15) 16... Nxb4 17. Nc7 (17. Be3 b6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19.
a3 Nd5 20. Rg4 Rg8 $17) 17... b5 18. Re4 Nxa2+ 19. Kb2 Nb4 20. Rd1 Nd5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Re2 a5 $17 {0-1 Dzhumaev,M-Vladimirov,E/Abu Dhabi UAE 2001/The Week
in Chess 356 (67)}) (10. Ne2 $6 Nd5 $6 (10... Kd7 $5) 11. Nec3 Nxc3 (11... Nb4
$5) 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Nd5 14. O-O $2 (14. Bg5 $142) 14... b5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Mariotti,S-Miles,A/Baerum 1980/MCD-r8 (25)}) 10... Nd5 $15 {wegen des
Läuferpaares.} 11. Nxe5 (11. c4 Bd7 12. Nxe5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 e6 $15) 11... a6 12.
Nd4 (12. c4 axb5 13. cxd5 e6 $15) 12... f6 13. Nd3 e5 14. Nb3 Bf5 15. Ke2 Rc8
16. c3 Kf7 17. Be3 $6 (17. Rd1 Be6 $15 (17... Be7 $2 18. Nxe5+ $1)) 17... Be7
18. Rhd1 Rhd8 19. f3 $2 (19. Rac1 $142 $17) 19... Rxc3 $3 {[%mdl 4160] wickelt
auf instruktive Weise in ein gewonnenes Endspiel ab.} 20. Nxe5+ (20. bxc3 Nxc3+
21. Ke1 Nxd1 22. Nxe5+ fxe5 23. Rxd1 {mit Übergang zur Partie.}) 20... fxe5 21.
bxc3 Nxc3+ 22. Ke1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Be6 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Bxa2
{das ungleichfarbige Läuferendspiel ist wegen der beiden verbundenen
Freibauern für Schwarz gewonnen. Er sollte allerdings aufpassen, dass diese
nicht schwarzfeldrig blockiert werden.} 27. Kc2 Ke6 28. Kc3 Kd5 29. Bf8 g6 30.
Bh6 a5 31. Be3 Kc6 32. f4 exf4 33. Bxf4 b5 34. g4 b4+ $1 (34... a4 $4 35. Kb4
$11) 35. Kd4 a4 36. h4 a3 (36... a3 37. Bc1 Kb5 38. g5 (38. Ke5 Ka4 39. Kf6 b3
40. Kg7 b2 $19) 38... Ka4 39. Kd3 Be6 40. Kc2 Bf5+ 41. Kd2 b3 42. Kc3 Be4 $19)
0-1

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Black "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rfe1 Ne8 $6 {recht passiv.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Qd3 (13. Rad1 $5 Qc7 14. b4 $14) 13... Nf6 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15. Qg3 (15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 e5 17. Nf5 Qd7 $11) 15... Rac8 16. b3 Bd7 17. Rad1 a6 18. a4 Re8 19.
h3 Rcd8 20. f4 (20. a5 $5) 20... e5 21. Nf3 Nh5 $6 (21... exf4 $5 22. Qxf4 Bc6
$11) 22. Qg5 Qxg5 (22... Nxf4 $6 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxd6 f6 25. Red1 Kf7 26. Nh4
g6 27. a5 $14) 23. fxg5 Be6 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Red1 Ke7 26. Ne2 g6 (26... f5 $5)
27. a5 $5 Ng7 $2 {[%cal Ge2c3,Gc3a4,Ga4b6] Volkmar Dinstuhl spielt zu passiv} (
27... f5 $142 28. gxf6+ Nxf6 29. Nc3 Rf8 $14) 28. Nc3 $1 $16 Rd7 29. Na4 Rb8
30. Nb6 Rdd8 31. Kf2 Ne8 32. Ke3 Nc7 33. Rd3 Ne8 34. Ne1 f5 35. gxf6+ Nxf6 36.
Nc2 g5 37. Nb4 h6 38. R3d2 $5 {der Beginn der Verlegung der weißen Türme auf
die f-Linie} Bg8 39. Rf2 Rf8 40. Rdf1 Nh7 41. N4d5+ Bxd5 42. cxd5 Rxf2 43. Rxf2
{Kallio überstürzt im Folgenden nichts und verstärkt in Ruhe seine Stellung,
bis Schwarz sturmreif ist:} Nf8 44. Kf3 h5 45. Ke3 Nh7 46. Rc2 Kd8 47. b4 Nf8
48. Rf2 Ke7 49. g3 Nh7 50. Rc2 Kd8 51. Rc1 Nf8 52. Rf1 Ke7 53. h4 $5 {[%mdl
4096] legt die Schwäche h5 frei} gxh4 54. gxh4 Ng6 $6 (54... Nd7 $5 55. Nxd7
Kxd7 56. Rf7+ Kd8 57. Rh7 Rc8 {war zäher.}) 55. Rc1 Rf8 (55... Kd8 56. Rg1 Nxh4
57. Rg7 $18 {und Schwarz ist total dominiert.}) 56. Rc7+ Kd8 57. Rd7+ Ke8 58.
Rxb7 Rf4 (58... Nxh4 59. b5 $18) 59. b5 (59. b5 axb5 60. a6 $18 {[%cal Ga6a8]})
1-0

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Na3 $146 (6. Bd3 Nxd6
7. O-O g6 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 e6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fink,L-Koernlein,D/
Winterberg 2002/CBM 88 ext (19)}) 8. Nc3 (8. Re1 Bg7 9. c3 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5
Qa5 $5 11. Rxe7 $2 (11. Bd2 $11) 11... Bg4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kokorev,D-Yevseev,D/St
Petersburg 2000/CBM 75 (56)}) 9... O-O 10. Bf4 $6 e5 $1 11. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Rxe5 Nc4 $1 14. Rb5 Bf5 15. Be2 Qxd1+ 16. Bxd1 Rfe8 17. g4 Re1+
18. Kg2 Bd7 19. Rb4 Rxd1 20. Rxc4 Bc6+ {0-1 Yandemirov,V-Ionov,S/St.
Petersburg RUS 1999 (20)}) 8... Bg7 9. Ne4 O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Be4
Qc7 13. Qa4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Moreno,J/
Ubeda ESP 1999 (34)}) (6. dxe7 $5 {is risky, but should be investigated
carefully as the following games show: ist zwar riskant, verdient es aber,
genauer geprüft zu werden, wie die folgenden Partien zeigen:} Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1
Nxf2+ (7... Bxe7 $6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Be2 O-O-O+ 10. Nfd2 $14 {1-0 Czebe,
A-Szeberenyi,A/Budapest 2000/CBM 79 ext (17). (17)}) 8. Ke1 Nxh1 9. exf8=Q+
Kxf8 (9... Rxf8 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Bc5 Rh8 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Nc3 b6 14. Be3 Rhe8
15. Kd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Ke2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nf2 19. Kxf2 Rxd3 20. Re1 $14 {
1-0 Varga,Z-Senff,M/Paks HUN 2000/The Week in Chess 303 (44)}) 10. g3 Bg4 11.
Bg2 Re8+ 12. Kf1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bd1 h5 15. c3 Nf5 16. Bf3 h4 17. g4
Nfg3+ 18. hxg3 Nxg3+ 19. Kg2 h3+ 20. Kxg3 h2 21. Nd2 h1=Q 22. Bxh1 Rxh1 23. b3
Kg8 24. Nf3 Re2 25. c4 Rf1 26. Bb2 Rxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Rxb2 28. Rd1 Rxa2 29. Rd8+
Kh7 30. Rd7 b6 31. Rxf7 Ra3 32. Ke4 Kg6 33. Rb7 Rxb3 {1/2-1/2 Bering,A-Bekker
Jensen,S/Copenhagen DEN 2001/The Week in Chess 350 (33)}) (6. Be2 e6 7. O-O
Bxd6 8. c3 Qc7 9. Qa4 Nc5 10. Qh4 Be7 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Vokarev,S-Vorobiov,E/St Petersburg 2001/CBM 82 ext (40)}) (6. Nbd2 Nxd6 7. Nc4
e5 (7... Nxc4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bxc4 f6 10. Be3 e5 11. O-O-O+ Kc7 $11 {0-1
Heidenfeld,M-Greet,A/Scarborough ENG 1999 (41)}) 8. c3 f6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Be3 (
10. Nxd6+ Bxd6 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Bf7+ Ke7 13. Bd5 Na5 14. Qc2 Bb5 15. Qe4 Bc4 16.
Be3 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. O-O Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Borgo,G-Rossi,C/Arco
ITA 1999 (19)}) 10... Bd7 11. Be2 Nf5 12. O-O Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares 1998/CBM 64 (25)}) (6. Be3 e5 7. Bc4 (7. Nbd2 Nxd6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc4 Nxc4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxc4 Bf5 13. c3 Bd3 14. Bxd3 Rxd3
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rxd3 Rxd3 17. Kf1 f6 {1/2-1/2 Brana Lopez,E-Munoz Agullo,F/
Cala Galdana ESP 1999 (17)}) 7... Nxd6 8. Bd5 Bg4 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11.
Bb3 Nf5 $11 {/=/+ 1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,A-Bekker Jensen,D/Aars DEN 1999 (35)}) 6...
Bg4 $6 (6... Nxd6 $5 {comes into consideration to avoid the burden of an
isolated d-pawn kam in Betracht, um die Entstehung eines d-Isolanis zu
vermeiden, z.B.} 7. Nc4 {transposes to 6.Nbd2 Nxd6 mit Zugumstellung zu 6.Sbd2
Sxd6}) 7. h3 $5 Bh5 (7... Qb6 $6 8. Be3 (8. Qe2 $5) 8... Qb4+ (8... Qxb2 9.
hxg4 Qxa3 10. d7+ Kd8 11. Bd3 $36) 9. c3 Qxb2 (9... Nxc3 $2 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.
Bd2 Qxa3 12. hxg4 $18) 10. hxg4 Qxa3 11. d7+ Kd8 12. Qc2 $36) 8. Nb5 exd6 9.
Be2 d5 $2 {this pawn sacrifice is not justified. Black should finish his
development: dieses Bauernopfer zahlt sich nicht aus. Schwarz sollte sich
zunächst ruhig weiterentwickeln:} (9... Be7 10. O-O O-O $11 {/+/=}) 10. Qxd5
Qa5+ $2 (10... Qxd5 {was the lesser evil: war das geringere Übel, z.B.} 11.
Nc7+ Kd8 (11... Kd7 $6 12. Nxd5 Nb4 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 $16)
12. Nxd5 Nb4 $14 {/+/-}) 11. c3 $16 Nf6 12. Qc4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 O-O-O
15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qxe8+ $1 (16. Nxa7+ $2 Qxa7 17. Bg4+ Kd8 18. Be3 Rxe5 19.
O-O-O+ Kc7 20. Bxa7 b6 {is of course not, what White wants. ist nicht im Sinne
von Weiß.}) 16... Nxe8 17. Bg4+ Kb8 18. Bf4+ Ka8 19. a4 g5 $2 (19... Bd6 $142
20. Be3 (20. Nxd6 $6 Nxd6 21. Bxd6 $2 Re8+ 22. Kd1 (22. Kf1 $6 Qa6+ $17) 22...
Qd5+ $15) (20. Bxd6 $6 Nxd6 21. Nxd6 $6 Qe5+ $15) 20... Bb8 21. O-O Nf6 22. Bf3
$16) 20. Bxg5 $18 a6 (20... Bd6 21. O-O Bb8 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Be3 $18) 21. O-O $1
{[%mdl 1152] Alexander Graf attacks very instructively. Black's queen is
powerless against the coordinated attack of White's forces. Alexander Graf
führt den folgenden Angriff in beeindruckender Manier. Es zeigt sich, dass die
Dame gegen das koordinierte Vorgehen der weißen Kräfte nichts ausrichten kann.}
Nd6 (21... h5 22. Bf3 Bh6 23. Be7 Bf8 24. Rfe1 Kb8 25. Bg5 Nd6 26. Bf4 axb5 27.
Re8+ Kc7 28. Rd1 Qxa4 29. Bxd6+ Bxd6 30. Rxh8 $18) (21... Rg8 22. Be3 Qd8 23.
Rfd1 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. g3 $18) 22. Rfd1 $1 Rg8
(22... Qb6 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Rd5 $18) 23. Bf4 f5 (23... Nxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25.
Rd8+ Ka7 26. Be3+ Bc5 (26... b6 27. Bf3 $18 {[%cal Gd8a8]}) 27. Bxc5+ Qxc5 28.
Rxg8 $18) 24. Bf3 Ne8 (24... axb5 25. axb5 Qxa1 26. Rxa1+ Kb8 27. c4 $18 {
[%cal Gc4c5]}) 25. Bc7 {A very nice finish! Ein schöner Schlusszug!} (25. Bc7
Nxc7 $2 26. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 {
7.Nc3 ist die Hauptvariante.} f5 $5 8. Nc3 (8. exf5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qxf5 10. Nd5
Bxd5 (10... e5 $5 11. Qd1 Rc8 12. O-O Nf6 13. Re1 Bxd5 14. Nd4 Qh5 15. Qxh5+
Nxh5 16. cxd5 Kd7 $15 {Damjanovic,M-Groszpeter,A/Prague/1986}) 11. cxd5 Nf6 12.
Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qb3 Qf5 14. Qb5+ Kf7 15. Qxb7 Qxd5 $13 {Mansurov,V-Avrukh,B/
Budapest/1993}) 8... e5 (8... fxe4 9. Nxe4 (9. Ng5 $5) 9... Nf6 10. Nxf6+ $6 (
10. Nc3 $5) 10... gxf6 11. Qg4 Qd7 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. O-O Rg8 14. b3 Qg4 15. Qxg4
Rxg4 $15 {Heinemann,T-Gutman,L/Ger-CupT/1992}) 9. Qe3 (9. Qd3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6
(10... Be7 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Nfg5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5
16. f3 Bh4+ 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ {1/2-1/2 Lauterbach,I-Baginskaite,K/BLW-9495 1995/
EXT 95ch2 (17)}) 11. Nxf6+ $6 (11. Nfd2 $6 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 d5 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5+ Bxd5 $15 {0-1 Heinemann,T-Wilhelmi,C/Hamburg HSK 
(8) 1996/CBM 56 (58)}) (11. Nfg5 Qd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Nc3 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 d5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Nc3 Rd7 19. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Heidenfeld,
M-Mozny,M/BL2-S 1992/BL2 (19)}) (11. Nc3 $5 {ist eine interessante Alternative,
z.B.} Be7 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 b6 15. Rad1 $11 {/+/= 1-0 Bykhovsky,
A-Kjartansson,G/Reykjavik ISL 2000 (48)}) 11... gxf6 (11... Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qg6 (
12... Qf7 $5) 13. Qxg6+ hxg6 14. Ke2 Be7 15. Be3 Rf8 16. a4 a6 $13 {0-1
Rozentalis,E-Avrukh,B/Beer Sheva16th 1997/CBM 58/[Har Zvi] (45)}) 12. Nh4 Qd7
$11 {/=/+ 1-0 Turov,M-Vaulin,A/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/CBM 66/[HarZvi,Ronen] (28)
}) 9... fxe4 (9... f4 $6 10. Qd3 $14) 10. Nxe4 (10. Ng5 $5 Nf6 11. O-O (11.
Ngxe4 $2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qh4 $1 $17 {Bruzon,L-Rodriguez,A/Cuba (ch) 71/(203)
1997/Inf 71/[Rodriguez,Am] (12)}) 11... Qc8 $5 (11... Qd7 12. b4 (12. Ngxe4 $5)
12... b6 (12... d5 $6 13. b5 d4 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qg3 $36) 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 Be7 15. b5 Bb7 16. Ba3 O-O 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Qg4 20. f3
Qxc4 21. Qxe5 Rde8 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Rf7 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26.
Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Bd6 Bd5 28. a3 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Borriss,M/BL9697
Dresden-Solingen 1997/BL9697 (28).}) 12. Ngxe4 (12. b3 Qf5 $13) 12... Bxe4 13.
Nxe4 Qxc4 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qf3 Qf7 16. Rd1 f5 17. Bd2 Bg7 18. Bg5 $13 {
1-0 Dzhumaev,M-Gallego Jimenez,V/Ubeda ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 272 (30)})
10... Nf6 $11 11. Ng3 (11. Nc3 Qd7 12. O-O Qg4 13. b3 Be7 14. h3 Qg6 $11 {
0-1 Mihailidis,A-Evdokimov,A/Mureck 1998/EXP 65 (47). (47)}) 11... Qd7 12. O-O
Qg4 $2 {dieser Damenausflug geht nach hinten los. Schwarz muss zunächst seine
Entwicklung vollenden.} (12... Be7 $1 {war angesagt, z.B.} 13. Rd1 $6 (13. h3
$5) 13... Ng4 14. Qd3 O-O 15. c5 $2 d5 16. h3 $2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bh4 $19) 13. b3
$1 $14 {[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3d6,Ga1d1,Gd1d6]} Be7 $6 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh3 15. Ba3
Be7 16. Rad1 Nh5 $14 {was better. war besser.}) 14. h3 $14 {/+/-} Qc8 $2 {
too passive. zu passiv.} (14... Qd7 15. Rd1 Bxf3 (15... Qc7 $6 16. Ng5 $36) 16.
Qxf3 O-O $14 {/+/-}) 15. Ba3 $1 $16 Bxf3 {Schwarz beschließt, sich von seinem
schönen Läufer zu trennen, denn guter Rat ist teuer.} (15... O-O {geht
taktisch nicht:} 16. Nxe5 $16) (15... Qc7 $5 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. Nxe7 (17. g4 $5)
17... Qxe7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 O-O 21. Qd3 $16) 16. Qxf3 O-O
17. Nf5 Qe6 (17... Qc7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qd3 $16) 18. Qxb7 Qxf5 19. Qxe7 Ne4 $6
(19... d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Qb7 Rfd8 22. Rfe1 $16) 20. Qb7 Nxf2 $2 (20... Rad8
21. Rae1 $16 Ng5 $6 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. f4 $18) 21. Qd5+ $18 Kh8 22. Bxd6 Rad8 23.
Qxe5 (23. Bxf8 Rxd5 24. Rxf2 $18) 23... Nxh3+ (23... Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Nd3 25.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Bd4 $18) 24. gxh3 Qg6+ 25. Qg3 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vainshtein, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 {ein typisch sizilianischer Zug, der
hier konkret dazu dient, eine Fesselung mit Lb5 nach Sc6 zu verhindern.} 5. Be3
$5 {diese Idee, sofort die Damen zu tauschen, wird zwar selten gespielt, doch
sie zeigt einen Nachteil von ...a6 auf, da Weiß im folgenden Endspiel recht
bequem Ausgleich erreichen kann, so dass sich Vainshtein's Wahl gegen den viel
eloschwereren GM Konstantin Lerner als recht geschickt erweist.} Nc6 6. Qb6
Qxb6 7. Bxb6 Nb4 (7... Nf6 {ist die Hauptvariante.} 8. Nc3 Bg4 (8... Nd7 9. Be3
e6 (9... b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Chudinovskih,A/
Podolsk 1993/TD 93\07 (32)}) 10. O-O-O (10. Nd2 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Nf6 13. f3
d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bf2 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Shtyrenkov,V/Volgograd
1994/CBM 41 (29)}) (10. Nd4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Rxd4 b6 14. Rhd1
Rb8 15. f3 $14 {1-0 Hasangatin,R-Cernousek,L/Olomouc CZE 2002/The Week in
Chess 405 (44)}) 10... Be7 11. Nd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
Nb3 O-O 16. Kb1 Nde5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Be2 Bf5 20. Rhe1 $11 {
1-0 Yandemirov,V-Ryskin,A/Minsk 1994/CBM 42 (49)}) (8... g6 9. O-O-O (9. Nd5 $6
Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 (10... Nb8 $6 11. Bd4 Rg8 12. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Voitsekhovsky,
S-Babaev,R/Barlinek 2001/CBM 85 (43)}) (10... Ne5 $6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be2 $14
{1-0 Antunes,A-Mandl,R/Lugano 1986/CBM 01 (33)}) 11. O-O-O Bh6+ (11... Bf5 $2
12. c3 Bh6+ 13. Be3 Bxe3+ 14. fxe3 Nxa2+ 15. Kd2 $16 {[%cal Gd1a1]}) 12. Kb1 (
12. Be3 Bxe3+ 13. fxe3 Nxa2+ 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. e4 a5 $15) 12... Bf5 13. Nd4 Bg4
$6 (13... Be4 $5) 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bg4 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Gobet,
F-Bouaziz,S/Reggio Emilia 1983/MCD-r8 (17)}) (9. Bc4 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nd5
Bg4 12. Rhe1 (12. h3 $5) 12... Nd7 13. Be3 Rac8 $132 {0-1 Grund,H-Chandler,M/
BL98/99 Solingen-Viernheim 1998/BL9899 (32)}) 9... Bh6+ 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Nd2 (
11. Nd4 Ne5 12. h3 Ned7 13. Ba5 b6 14. Bb4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Rhe1 $11 {
/=/+ 1/2-1/2 Nishimura,H-Farago,S/Budapest 1994/EXT 94 (57)}) (11. Bc4 Bg4 12.
Be2 Rac8 13. Rhe1 Rfe8 14. h3 Be6 $11 {1-0 Kiss,F-Hitzgerova,G/Szeged 1994/TD
94\01 (43)}) 11... Be6 12. Nc4 Rac8 13. Be3 Bxe3 {1/2-1/2 Malisauskas,
V-Stefansson,H/Lyon 1994/CBM 45 (13)}) 9. Be2 (9. O-O-O e6 $6 (9... g6 $5) 10.
Bc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bierenbroodspot,P-Crisan,A/Dieren 1989/EXT 89op (61)}) (9. h3
Bxf3 10. gxf3 g6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. O-O-O h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kuijf,
M-Hoeksema,E/NLD-ch 1991/CBM 26 (25)}) (9. Nd2 g6 10. f3 Be6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12.
Be3 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chutter,J-Shahade,J/Philadelphia USA 1999 (26)}) (9. Nd5
Rc8 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 $13) 9... Rc8 (9... g6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
Ne5 13. Be2 Bg7 14. O-O-O $14 {0-1 Lukovnikov,A-Pavlov,A/Voronezh RUS 2001 (57)
}) (9... Nd7 10. Be3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd4 Bxe2 13. Ncxe2 O-O 14. f3 {
1/2-1/2 Bielczyk,J-Hajek,M/CSR-chT 1992/TD 92\10 (14)}) (9... e6 $6 10. O-O-O
Be7 11. Bc7 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Kd7 13. Bb6 Nh5 14. Be3 g5 15. Na4 $14 {1-0 Hajdu,
L-Balazs,A/HUN-chT 1993/TD 93\08 (52)}) 10. O-O-O (10. h3 Be6 (10... Bxf3 11.
gxf3 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Kb1 Nd8 14. Nd5 Ne6 $11 {0-1 Gobet,F-Browne,W/Reno
1992/EXT 92op (41)}) 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 Bg7 14. f4 h6 $11 {
Venske,K-Dydyshko,V/Travemuende 74/(232) 1998/Inf 74/[Dydyshko,V] (21)}) (10.
Nd2 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 g6 12. Nd5 (12. f4 Bg7 13. Na4 Nd7 14. c3 O-O 15. Rad1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Holzhaeuer,M-Reeh,O/Baden/Wuert-NordD 1987/EXT 87 (31)}) 12... Bg7 13.
c3 O-O 14. a4 Rfe8 15. Rhd1 Nb8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. a5 $11 {0-1 Antunes,
A-Vilela,J/Santa Clara 1991/CBM 26 (115)}) (10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxe2 12. Kxe2
b5 13. a3 e6 14. f3 Be7 $11 {0-1 Tkacheva,L-Efremov,R/St.Petersburg Chigorin
1995/EXT 95 (48)}) 10... e6 (10... g6 11. Be3 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg7 13. Nd5
Ne5 14. Bd4 Nfd7 15. Bg4 e6 16. Ne3 Ke7 17. Be2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Antal,
G-Szeberenyi,A/Budapest HUN 1998 (32)}) 11... Bg7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Arizmendi Martinez,J-Danner,G/Leon 2001/CBM 86 (13)}) 11. Rhe1 Be7 12.
Nd2 (12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Be3 d5 16. exd5 Nb4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Popovic,M-Farago,S/Budapest 1990/EXT 90 (49)}) 12... Bxe2 13. Rxe2 Nd7 14. Be3
$11 {1-0 Yandemirov,V-Shneider,A/St.Petersburg op 1993/TD 93\09 (59)}) (7... g6
8. Nc3 Bh6 (8... Bg7 9. Nd5 Kf8 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Bd3 (11. Nxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd4
Bd7 (12... Kg7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Philipowski,R-Gonda,L/
Budapest HUN 2002/The Week in Chess 409 (33)}) 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 h5 15. Bc4
Rc8 16. Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Tunik,G/Orel 1995/CBM 48 (45)}) 11... Bg4
12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. c3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P-Shabalov,A/Gausdal 1991/CBM 25 (44)}) 9. Nd5 Kf8 10. Be2 (10. h3 $5
Kg7 11. g4 $14) 10... Kg7 11. O-O (11. Nd4 Nf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nxf6 Kxf6 14.
f4 Kg7 15. O-O f6 16. Rad1 c5 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,M-Paunovic,T/JUG-chT Igalo 1994/
EXT 94ch (16)}) 11... Nf6 12. Nxf6 Kxf6 13. Nd4 Bf4 $5 14. c3 Kg7 15. a4 h5 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. b4 Bg4 18. Bd3 Rhc8 19. a5 e5 20. c4 Bd2 21. Rab1 $5 c5 22. bxc5
dxc5 23. h3 Bd7 $1 $15 {Yandemirov,V-Atalik,S/Athens 1993/Inf 60 (23)}) (7...
f5 $6 8. Bc4 (8. Nc3 $5 {mit der Idee auf} Nf6 $6 {mit} 9. Nd5 {fortzusetzen,
scheint mir noch genauer zu sein.}) 8... Nf6 9. Nc3 fxe4 10. Ng5 Ne5 $11 {
/+/= 0-1 Mihailidis,A-Zhigalko,A/Peniscola ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 414 (32)}
) 8. Na3 (8. Nd4 Nf6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Nd5 Nxb6 12. Nxb6 Nxd4 13. O-O-O
Rb8 14. Rxd4 (14. Nxc8 $11) 14... g6 $11 {1-0 Lasanda,M-Kun,S/Sarospatak 1994/
EXT 99 (29)}) (8. Bd3 $6 Nf6 9. a3 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Ke2 O-O
13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rac1 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Nishimura,H-Diallo,M/Novi Sad 1990/TD (39)})
8... Nf6 9. c3 $5 (9. Nd2 d5 10. Bc5 e6 11. Bxf8 Rxf8 12. c3 Nc6 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. g3 $11 {1-0 Yandemirov,V-Savchenko,S/Podolsk 1990/TD (70). (69)}) 9... Nc6
10. Bd3 g6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Bh6 (14... h6 15. Nf3
$11) 15. h4 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Nxe4 17. O-O-O $44 Nd7 $6 (17... Nc6 18. Rhe1 Nc5 19.
Rxd6 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 h6 $11) 18. Bd4 e5 (18... O-O $2 19. Rxh7 e5 (19... Kxh7 $2
20. Rh1+ Kg8 21. Rh8#) 20. Rh6 Kg7 21. Be3 Ndc5 22. Bc2 $16) 19. Rhe1 (19. Be3
$5) 19... Nxg5 20. f4 $6 (20. Be3 $5 {war noch nachhaltiger, z.B.} h6 (20...
Ne4 $6 21. Bd5 Nec5 22. b4 $36) 21. Rxd6 Ne4 (21... O-O-O $6 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23.
Bxf7 $16) 22. Rdd1 $36) 20... Ne6 21. fxe5 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 dxe5 (22... Nxe5 $2
23. Rxd6 Ke7 24. Rb6 f6 25. Rxb7+ $16) 23. Bxf7+ $1 Ke7 24. Bd5 Rab8 25. Bf3 h5
26. Rc4 g5 27. Rd1 g4 $6 (27... Rh6 {war genauer:} 28. Rc7 Rd6 29. Bxh5 Rxd1+
30. Kxd1 Kd6 31. Rc4 b5 32. Rg4 Rg8 $11 {/=/+}) 28. Be4 Rbc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
28... Rh6 $6 29. Rc7 Rd6 30. Bf5 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Rf8 (31... Rd8 32. Rxb7 $16)
32. Rxd7+ Ke8 33. Be6 Rf6 34. Rxb7 Rxe6 35. Rh7 $16) (28... Nf6 {war vonnöten,
z.B.} 29. Rc7+ Ke6 30. Bxb7 h4 $132) 29. Rxc8 $2 (29. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 30. Bf5+
$18) 29... Rxc8 30. Bxb7 {Vermutlich hatte der Weiße aufgrund der hohen
Elodifferenz Respekt. Sonst hätte er sicher weitergespielt:} (30. Bxb7 Rh8 31.
Bxa6 h4 32. Be2 Nf6 33. Rh1 Ke6 34. Kd2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Asauskas, Henrikas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Rb1 a6 {an dieser Stelle wurden bereits viele
Züge versucht. Mit ...a6 bringt Schwarz die Möglichkeit ...b5 ins Spiel, läuft
aber das Risiko, sich selbst auf b6 eine Schwäche geschaffen zu haben.} 12. a3
(12. O-O $6 b5 13. a3 b4 14. Nd5 $2 (14. axb4 Qxb4 $11) 14... Nxe4 15. Qe3 Bxb2
16. axb4 Qa2 $17 {0-1 Andersson,U-Najdorf,M/Hastings 1971/MCD-r7 (35)}) 12...
Rfc8 (12... Bg4 13. O-O (13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 {
1/2-1/2 Csom,I-Olafsson,F/Athens zt 1969/MCD-r6 (16)}) 13... b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. b4 Qb6 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Be2 e5 19. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Peters,
J-Davis,T/Los Angeles USA 2000/The Week in Chess 297 (42). (41)}) (12... b5 13.
b4 Qb6 14. cxb5 (14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 $6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ Kg8 18. c5
$14 {0-1 Vogelmann,P-Ueter,H/BL2-W 1990/BL2 (44)}) 14... axb5 15. O-O $14 {
1-0 Vasiukov,E-Zheliandinov,V/Kharkov 1967/URS-ch (31)}) 13. b4 $5 (13. O-O Bg4
(13... Rab8 14. h3 Be6 (14... Qc5 $6 15. b4 Qa7 16. c5 $1 Ne8 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18.
Rxb2 dxc5 19. Qh6 f6 20. Nxe7+ {1-0 Ciocaltea,V-Csom,I/Vrnjacka Banja 1972/Inf
13 (20)}) 15. b4 Qd8 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20.
Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,E-Pytel,K/Polanica Zdroj 1972/MCL 05 (42). (42)}) 14.
Rfe1 (14. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Lanc,A-Votruba,P/Czestochowa 1981/MCD-r8 (14)}) 14...
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rab8 16. Be2 Ne5 17. f4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Neg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. h3
Nf6 21. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Tal,M-Jakobsen,O/Skopje olm 1972/MCD-ol (44)}) (13. h3 $6
{lässt} b5 {zu.}) 13... Qd8 14. h3 a5 $6 {dieser Versuch, Gegenspiel zu
erlangen, wirkt nicht sehr überzeugend, weil er nicht gut zur momentanen
Aufstellung der schwarzen Figuren passt.} (14... Be6 15. Qe3 Nd7 $14) 15. b5
Ne5 $2 {die entstehende Struktur ist ungünstig für Schwarz, weil das weiße
Spiel am Damenflügel in Verbindung mit Sd5 viel an Dynamik gewinnt, während
den schwarzen Leichtfiguren Möglichkeiten genommen werden.} (15... Nb8 $142 $14
) 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qe3 a4 18. O-O Be6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 $6 (19... Qa5 20. Nd5 Bxd5
(20... Nxd5 $2 21. exd5 Bf5 22. Rbc1 Qc7 23. c5 $18) 21. exd5 Nd7 22. d6 Qd8
$16) (19... Nd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qc7 22. Rc1 $14 {/+/-}) 20. b6 Qc5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] läuft direkt ins offene Messer} ({Die schwarze Lage war allerdings
ohnehin sehr schlecht, z.B.} 20... Qb8 21. c5 Bb3 22. Rdc1 h5 23. Nb5 Kh7 24.
Nc7 Bh6 25. Qf3 $18) 21. Rd8+ (21. Rd8+ Rxd8 (21... Bf8 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxa8
$18) 22. Qxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Griesheim GM 3rd"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. h4 O-O 12. Nd4 Rfc8 13. f4 Rab8 14. f5 b5
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 (16. Kb1 b4 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne2 h6 $2 (18... b3 $13)
19. Qb3 $16 {[%cal Ge2d4,Gd4c6,Gd4e6] 1-0 Kamsky,G-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 1995/
CBM 46 ext (33)}) (16. Nxc6 $5 {macht einen sehr interessanten Eindruck, z.B.}
Rxc6 17. Nd5 Qd8 (17... exd5 $6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxc6 Qxa2 21.
c3 Be5 22. Qd5 $14) (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Rc7 19. Kb1 $14) 18. Kb1 Rbc8 19.
Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qh3 Kf7 21. Rhf1 Rxc2 22. e5 $40 {Praktische Tests sind gefragt!
}) 16... b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 (19... gxf6
20. Qg3+ Kf7 21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. Nd4 $18) 20. Nd5 $18) 19. Qxd5 (19. exd5 $2 Qxa2
20. Kd2 Qxb2 $19 {0-1 Ambroz,J-Danek,L/Frenstat 1982/MCD (32). (32)}) 19... b3
20. axb3 (20. Qxa5 $2 Rxc2+ 21. Kb1 Rxb2+ 22. Kc1 Rc8+ 23. Nc7 bxa2 24. Rdf1
Rxc7+ 25. Kd1 Rcb7 {ist für Weiß gefährlich.}) 20... Rb5 21. Qd3 Rc3 $2 (21...
Re5 $1 22. Nf4 Rec5 23. Kb1 Rxc2 24. Qd5+ Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxb2+ 26. Ka1 Rxb3+ 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxd6 $15) (21... Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 $2 (22... Qa5+ $5) 23. Qxb5 {
geht wohl zu weit.}) 22. Qxd6 Rc8 {das Eingeständnis des Scheiterns} (22...
Qa1+ $2 23. Kd2 Rxc2+ 24. Ke3 Rxb3+ 25. Rd3 Rxd3+ 26. Kxd3 Rd2+ 27. Kxd2 Qxb2+
28. Ke3 $18) 23. Nd4 Rd8 $6 (23... Re5 24. Kb1 Rxe4 25. Nc6 Qf5 26. Rhf1 $16)
24. Qe6+ (24. Qxd8+ $5) 24... Kh8 25. Kb1 Rbb8 $2 (25... Re5 26. Nc6 Rxe6 27.
Nxa5 Rxe4 $16 {/+-}) 26. Nc6 $18 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qb6 28. e5 Bxh4 29. Qc4 (29.
Rh1 $18) 29... Re8 30. Qxh4 Qxc6 31. Rd8 h6 32. Qc4 Qxc4 $6 (32... Qg6 {
war zäher, verliert langfristig aber auch, z.B.} 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qd5 $18 {
[%cal Gc2c8]}) 33. Rxe8+ Qg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. c4 Kf7 36. c5 Ke6 37. c6 a5 38.
Kc2 g6 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 (5. Be3 Nd7 6. c4) (5. Bg5 Nc6
6. Qd2 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O) 5... Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Nc3
Bg7 8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qe3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qe2
Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Nd7 $10) 10... Qa5 $1 11. Nd5 (11. O-O $2 Nxe4 $1 $17) (11. Rd1
b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxb5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) (11. a3 $5 b5
12. b4 Qb6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nb8 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Nd4 Nd7 18.
Nc6 Rfe8 19. Na5 $14) 11... Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nd7 $1 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nb1 $6 (14.
O-O-O $5 Nd4 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Kb2 $13) 14... Nd4 15. Kd2 e6 16. Ndc3 $2 (16. Ne3
f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nc3 $10) 16... b5 $1 17. b4 (17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bd1 (18.
Nxb5 $2 Nxb3+ $17) 18... Nc5 $17) (17. Kd3 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rb8 $15)
17... bxc4 18. Na3 Ne5 19. Bxc4 f5 $1 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. f3 a5 $1 22. b5 Nxc4+
23. Nxc4 Nxb5 24. Nxb5 Rxb5 $17 25. Ke3 Ba6 (25... d5 26. Ne5 (26. Nd6 $2 Rb6
$1 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 $17) 26... Rb2 27. g3 Ba6 $17) 26. Nxd6 Rb2 27. Rac1 Ra7 (
27... Rxg2 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Ne4 Rf8 $17) 28. g4 Rxa2 29. h4 e5 (29... Rd7 30.
Rc6 Re2+ 31. Kf4 Bb7 $17) 30. Rhe1 $1 $8 Rd7 31. Rcd1 Kf8 32. Ke4 Ke7 (32...
Be2 33. Rd5 Ra4+ 34. Ke3 Bc4 35. Rd2 Bb3 36. Rb1 Rb4 $17) 33. Kxe5 Re2+ 34.
Rxe2 Bxe2 35. Rd4 Bxf3 36. g5 Bc6 (36... a4 37. Nc8+ Kd8 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39.
Nb6+ $10) 37. Nc8+ Kd8 38. Nd6 Ke7 $2 $138 (38... a4 39. Nc4 (39. Ke6 Kc7 40.
Ne8+ Kb6 41. Rxd7 Bxd7+ 42. Kxd7 a3 $19) 39... Kc7 40. Rxd7+ Bxd7 $15) 39. Nc8+
Kd8 40. Nd6 Kc7 41. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.28"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 (6. Qd1) (6. Qe3)
6... g6 7. b3 (7. Nc3 Nf6 (7... Bh6 8. Qd1 Bg7 {[%cal Gg7c3]} 9. Bd2 Nf6 10.
Be2)) 7... Bg7 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 (10. Be2) (10. Bd3 Bg4) 10... Qa5
11. Bd3 Rad8 $146 (11... Nh5 12. O-O (12. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Nf4 13. b4 Nxd3+
14. Qxd3 Nxb4 15. axb4) 12... f5 13. a3 fxe4 14. b4 Qd8 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bd3
Kh8 17. Nd5 e5 18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. Rfe1 Raf8 22. Bxf5
gxf5 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nxe5 Re6 25. Nd7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 {Bednarski,J-Saidy,A
Polanica Zdroj 1969 1-0 (47)}) (11... Nh5 12. O-O Nf4 13. Qxf4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Qxc3 15. Rad1 a5 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qh4 Bc6 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Bxc6
bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (20) Damjanovic,M-Soltis,A Reggio Emilia 1970}) (11... a6 12. O-O
Rfc8 13. Rfd1 Rab8 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. exd5 Nb4 18.
Re1 Kf8 19. Bb1 a5 20. Rde2 {1/2-1/2 (20) Sommerville,J-Blackstock,L Blackpool
1971}) 12. O-O Bc8 13. Rad1 {[%cal Gd3b1]} Nd7 $5 $132 {[%cal Gg7c3,Ga5a2]} 14.
a3 Nde5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. b4 (16. Qc1) 16... Qc7 17. c5 $14 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Be6
18. Qc2 a6 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nd4 (20... Rxd5 21. Bc4 $44) 21. Qc4 Qd7
22. c6 $1 bxc6 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Qxa6 {[%csl Gb4,Rd7]} Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]} 25. Qc4
Rc8 26. Qa2 Rfd8 $36 27. a4 Ra8 28. a5 Qb7 29. Bxd4 $1 {Eliminant le meilleur
défenseur des Noirs.} Rxd4 30. b5 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5]} e6 31. Be2 e4 32. Rb1 Rd5
33. Bc4 Rc5 34. Rfd1 Bc3 35. a6 $40 Qb6 36. Rd7 Be5 37. Qe2 Rxa6 38. bxa6 Qxb1+
39. Rd1 Qb6 40. Qxe4 Bc7 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {La solide variante hongroise qui donne
un petit avantage d'espace aux Blancs au détriment de la paire de B} (4. Nxd4)
4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 (7. c4 Nf6 (7... f5) 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O
Bg7 10. Qd3) (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 {Megaranto,S (2527)-Obodchuk,A (2372) Tromso ol
(Men) 41st 2014 (3.1) 1/2}) 7... Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O {[%csl Rd6]} (9. O-O
$143 {est moins dans l'esprit de la position}) 9... Be7 10. Rhe1 (10. Qd3)
10... O-O (10... Qa5 11. Kb1 O-O) 11. Kb1 h6 $5 {les alternatives Qa5 et Qc7
sont plus populaires mais h6 a été joué à haut niveau} (11... Qa5) (11...
Qc7) 12. Bh4 Re8 (12... Qa5 13. g4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxg4 15. Qd2 Qc5 16. Nd4 b5 17.
f4 b4 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Rxe7 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. fxg5 Be4 23.
gxh6 Bg6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 a5 26. b3 Nf6 27. Nf3 Kh7 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. h4
Ng4 30. Qg2 Nxh6 31. Qf2 Qd5 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Bxd2 Nf5 34. Be1 Ne3 35. Kb2 Nxc2
36. Bf2 Na3 37. Nh3 Be4 38. h5 Bc6 39. Bd4 a4 40. Ng5 Nb5 41. Bf6 a3+ 42. Kc1 {
Naiditsch,A (2710)-Areshchenko,A (2708) Kiev 2013 0-1}) 13. Qd3 (13. Qd2 Rc8
14. Nd4 Nxe4 $1 {[%cal Ge4d2,Ge7h4] Les Blancs évitent ce thème en jouant
Qd3 au lieu de Qd2}) 13... Rc8 $11 (13... a6 {[%cal Gb7b5] Bizarrement ce coup
naturel n'a jamais été joué selon les bases}) 14. Nd2 $6 $146 {[%cal Gd2e4,
Gd2b3] Un plan assez douteux car il est très lent et la paire de B des Noirs
peut jouer assez rapidement} (14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Ka1 {
1/2-1/2 (17) Morin,S (2366)-Rathbone,J (2217) IECC email 2002}) (14. h3 {
[%cal Gg2g4]} d5 $132 {[%csl Gc6]}) 14... Qc7 15. Nb3 b5 $1 (15... a5 $5 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5a4]} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Bxc3 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. bxc3 a4
$44 {[%csl Rc3]}) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 (17... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Ga7a5,Ga5a4,
Gf6c3] Les Noirs avaient d'excellentes compensations en gardant les Q} 18. e5
$6 (18. Qg3 a5 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 (19. Qxc3 Bxe4) 19... a5 $36 {[%csl Rb1]}))
18... Rcd8 19. Qb4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxe5 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Ge5]}) 18. Rxd6 b4 (18...
Be5 {[%cal Ge5h2,Ge5d6]}) 19. Nd1 Be5 20. Rd2 f5 $1 {[%csl Gc6]} 21. exf5 exf5
22. g3 Be4 $44 {[%csl Ge4]} 23. Nc1 {les deux N bloqués en première rangée
sont complètement dominés par la paire de B} a5 24. Nd3 Bf6 25. f4 Bf3 26.
Kc1 g5 27. Ne3 Be4 28. Nf2 Bf3 29. Nd3 {Les Blancs ne laissent pas passer
l'occasion de répéter la position} Be4 30. Nf2 Bf3 31. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.29"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Bukic, Enver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
Bxb2 9. Qxb2 Nf6 10. h3 Qa5+ $146 (10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Qa5 12. Rb1 b5 13. b4 Qb6
14. a3 Be6 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Be2 Nh5 17. O-O Nf4 18. Bd1 Nd3 19. Qc3 Nce5 20.
Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Be2 Rfc8 22. Qb2 Bc4 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rfe1 {
Sax,G (2565)-Savon,V (2540) Ljubljana 1977 0-1 (41)}) (10... O-O 11. Nc3 Bd7
12. Be2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Qa5 15. O-O Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxb5 17. Rfd1 f6
18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Re1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Qh6 Bd5 23. Ng5 e6 24.
Rc2 Ra7 25. Rec1 {Diaz,J (2305)-Donner,J (2470) Cienfuegos 1973 1/2-1/2 (52)})
11. Nbd2 Qc5 (11... O-O) 12. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nh5 {
[%csl Gf4]} 15. b4 $1 Qb6 16. Rfb1 Nf4 (16... axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nxb4
$2 19. Qa3) 17. Bf1 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 e5 20. c5 $1 dxc5 21. Nc4 Qc7
22. bxc5 $14 {[%cal Gc4d6,Gc4b6]} Ne6 23. Qa3 Ncd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Nb6 Kg7 (
25... Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Rc1 {[%csl Rc8]}) 26. Rc1 Qe5 27. c6 bxc6 28. Rxc6
Bb7 29. Nd7 Qf4 30. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 31. Nxf8 Qxf8 32. Qa7 Qf7 33. Qxd4+ Qf6 34.
Qd7+ (34. Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. f3 Ke5 36. Kf2 g5) 34... Qf7 35. Qd6 h5 36. Bb5 Kh6
37. f3 Bc8 38. Qd8 Qa7+ 39. Kf1 Qa1+ 40. Kf2 Qb2+ 41. Kg3 Qc3 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43.
Qf7+ Kh6 44. Qf4+ (44. h4 $2 Qe1+) 44... g5 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qd6 Kh6 47. e5
Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe3 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. Be8 $40 {[%csl Rc8]
Le Bc8 est hors-jeu} Qf4+ $2 53. Qxf4 gxf4 54. Bxh5 {[%csl Gh3]} Kh6 55. Bg4 (
55. Be8) 55... Kg5 56. g3 fxg3+ 57. Kxg3 $18 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gf3f4]} Bd7 58. h4+
Kg6 59. Kf4 Kf7 60. Kg5 Kg7 61. h5 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Soffer, Ram"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 (6... Bg4 7. Be2
g6 8. O-O Rc8 9. b3 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nf6 {Kaminski,M-Ehlvest,J/Polanica Zdroj/1995/
0,5/}) 7. h3 (7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 (8. Nc3 $5) 8... Bxb2 9. Qxb2 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11.
Nc3 Qa5 12. a3 Ne5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Be2 Nh5 15. g3 f5 $132 {Skripchenko,
A-Grosar,K/Matinhos WJG/1994/0:1/29/}) 7... Bg7 (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O
10. O-O Nd7 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bb2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 $10 {Totsky,
L-Motylev,A/RUS-sf Kazan/1995/1:0/32/}) 8. Bd3 {N} (8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Rc8 10.
Nc3 Qa5 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Qxb4 Qxb4 14. Nxb4 Nxe4 15. Ba3 Bxa1 16.
Rxa1 Be6 $15 {Ciric,D-Marjanovic,S/1979/0:1/41/}) 8... Nf6 9. O-O Nd7 $1 10.
Nc3 Nc5 11. Be2 (11. Bc2 b5 $1 12. cxb5 $140 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ba6 $36) 11... f5 $2
(11... O-O $15) 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Qd1 $1 O-O (13... Bxc3 $5 14. bxc3 Qa5) 14.
Be3 Rc8 (14... Ne4 $6 15. Nxe4 (15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Rxb7 Rb8 $13)
15... Bxe4 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Qd5+ e6 18. Nxe6 Ne7 $1 19. Nxd8+ Nxd5 20. Nxb7 Nxe3
21. fxe3 Bxb2 22. Rad1 $16) 15. Nd4 Bd7 (15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 e5
18. Qe3 $14) 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne6 $1 19. Qe3 Nf4 $10 20.
Rfe1 Rc5 $5 21. Bf1 Re5 22. Qd4 $6 (22. Qd2 $5 $10) 22... Ref5 {[%csl Rf2]
[%cal Gf4e6]} 23. Qe3 e5 $6 (23... Bc6 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 24. g4 (24. g3 Nh5 25.
f4 e5 $1 $40) (24. Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Nxh3+ $1 26. Kh2 (26. gxh3 $2 Rg5+ 27.
Kh2 Rxf2+) 26... Nxf2 $17) 24... Re5 25. Qd2 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 e6 $15) 24. Rad1 Bc6
25. Ne4 Qe7 $2 $138 (25... Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qb6 27. Rd2) (25... Qh4 26. Qg3 $1 $8
(26. Rxd6 $6 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 (27. g3 Nxh3+ 28. Bxh3 Qxh3 29. Qxe4 Rxf2) 27...
Nxh3+ 28. gxh3 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Rg5 (29... Qxe1 30. Qxe1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Rxf1+ $17)
30. Bg2 Rxg2 31. Qd5+ Kg7 32. Qxe5+ Kh6 33. Qe3+ Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxb2 $17) (26.
Ng3 $6 Nxh3+ $1 (26... R5f6 $13) 27. gxh3 Rxf2 (27... Rf3 28. Qe2 Rxf2 29. Qg4
$1) 28. Nh1 (28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxf1+ $19) (28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qf4+ $19)
28... R8f3 $1 $19) (26. g3 $2 Nxh3+) 26... Qe7 $5 $13 (26... Qxg3 27. Nxg3 (27.
fxg3 Bxe4 28. gxf4 Bc6 $10) 27... R5f6 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rxe5 b6 $14)) 26. Nxd6
$1 Rg5 (26... Bxg2 $6 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Bxg2 Rg5 29. Qxf4 $18) 27. g3 Nxh3+ 28.
Bxh3 Rf3 29. Nc8 $1 $18 (29. Qe2 $2 Rgxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rxg3+ 31. Bg2 (31. Kf1 Rxh3
$1) 31... Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qg5+) 29... Qf6 30. Qe2 Rgxg3+ 31. fxg3
Rxg3+ 32. Kh2 Rf3 (32... Qh4 33. Ne7+) 33. Qxe5 Qh4 34. Rd8+ Qxd8 35. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Henderson de la Fuente, Lance"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {Huschenbeth is an attacking player with
an aggressive style, so White wisely avoids the main lines of the Sicilian.}
Nf6 {This different move order gives some interesting options for Black.} 5.
Bg5 ({Against} 5. e5 {Black has the same idea} Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 $1
8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 dxe5 {now White wins the exchange, but not without some
problems to solve} 10. Nc7+ (10. Nf3 {is harmless and actually bad for White}
Nd5 $1 11. Nxe5 a6 12. Nd4 f6 $17 {[%csl Yc8,Yf8][%cal Ge7e5]}) 10... Kd7 11.
Nxa8 (11. Ndb5 $2 Rb8 {[%cal Ra7a6]} 12. Be3 $8 b6 13. O-O-O+ Kc6 {despite
some White pieces surrounding Black's king, it is safe, for example} 14. Rd3
Kb7 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 15. Ra3 a5 $17 {[%cal Yc8d7,Ge7e6]}) 11... exd4 {[%csl Ga8]
So White has won the exchange, but in return his knight is on a8 and at risk
of being trapped at any moment. It is not a big surprise that Black scores
very well in this position, as the engine claims a slight advantage for Black
already, which means that despite the skilfull resources that it is able to
find, White's position is still difficult. If the silicon monster is not able
to handle this position, can you imagine how difficult it is for a human in a
practical game...} 12. Bf4 e5 $5 {the shortest way to win the knight} ({
A recent game followed} 12... Nd5 13. O-O-O Kc6 14. Rxd4 e6 15. Rc4+ $2 (15. c4
Nxf4 16. Rd8 $1 Bd7 17. Rd1 {[%csl Yd7]}) 15... Bc5 16. b4 $2 {the same
mistake occurred in 5 games} (16. Bg3 $142 b5 17. Rxc5+ Kxc5 18. Nc7 Nf6 19.
Rd1 {White still has some problems, but Black also has no way to win the
knight, for example} Ne4 20. Bf4 Nxf2 21. Nxe6+ $1 {[%cal Yf4e3]}) 16... Nxb4
17. Nc7 b5 $1 (17... Nxa2+ $2 {helps White to finish the development} 18. Kb2
Nb4 19. Ra1 {Now White has all the pieces actively placed on the queenside,
and after} Nd5 {the strong} 20. Na6 $1 bxa6 21. Ra5 {[%csl Rc5];Plat,V (2447)
-Bernasek,J (2551) Pardubice Czech op-A 24th 2013 (7) 1-0 gave great advantage
in}) 18. Re4 $8 (18. Rxc5+ Kxc5 19. a3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Kxd5 21. Rd1+ $15) 18...
Nxa2+ 19. Kb2 Nb4 {now it is clear that this is a better version for Black, as
he has won the pawn, the knight remains misplaced on c7 and White's pieces are
not well organised} 20. Ra1 Rd8 21. Kb3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Re2 d4 {[%cal
Yc8e6,Ye6c4]} 24. Kb2 d3 {[%cal Gc5d4]} 25. Rd2 Bd4+ 26. c3 Bb6 $17 {Plat,V 
(2569)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2793) PRO League Group Stage 2018 (4) 0-1}) ({
Probably} 12... Kc6 $1 {is the more precise move order} 13. O-O-O e6 14. Rxd4
Bc5 15. Rc4 b5 {and White is already in trouble} 16. Rxc5+ (16. Rc3 Nd5 17. Rf3
f6 $19 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yc8e6];Dulenko,M (2140)-Alikulov,E (2401) RUS-chT2 Sochi
2015 (1.10) 0-1})) 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Bxd4 (14. f4 {seems to be the best try} Kc6
$146 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Bxd6 Kxd6 17. Rxd4+ Kc5 18. Rhd1 Rxa8 $15 {and Black
has just a small advantage}) (14. Bxd6 $2 {a wrong move order, now} Re8+ $1 {
avoids 0-0-0} 15. Be7 Rxe7+ 16. Kf1 b6 $1 17. Rd1 Ba6+ 18. Kg1 d3 $1 $19 {
Vaugeois,S (2094)-Roeder,M (2429) FRA-chT2 North 0809 2008 (10.1) 0-1}) 14...
Re8+ $1 {again this move is necessary to disturb White's development} 15. Be3 (
15. Kd2 {Dostan,J (2188)-Doric,N (2283) Vojvodina-ch 4th 2013 (4) 0-1} Kc6 16.
Bxa7 Bf5 $17) (15. Kd1 Kc6 {[%cal Yc8g4]} 16. Bxa7 Bg4+ 17. f3 Rxa8 $15) 15...
Ng4 16. O-O-O Nxe3 17. fxe3 Kc6 18. Rd3 Bf5 19. Rc3+ Kd7 $17 {[%csl Ra8];
Haznedaroglu,K (2370)-Iashvili,A (2380) TUR-GEO Chess Summit 2002 (9) 0-1})
5... Nc6 6. Bb5 ({Maybe White can avoid the complications by playing} 6. Qe3 {
Andreikin,D (2713)-Khismatullin,D (2658) Wch Rapid Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 (12)
1-0}) 6... Qa5+ {The natural continuation, once Black started with 4...Nf6.} (
6... Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 {merely transposes to the normal lines.}) 7. Nc3 Qxb5 $1
8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 Kd8 {The safest option, that promises a decent position
for Black.} ({Black can follow ideas similar to those showed in the 5.e5
variation and play the double-edged} 9... Nxe4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Nxg5 {
and compared to the previous analysis, it is more difficult for Black to
imprison the knight, but White still should count with this threat, and Black
has a flexible pawn structure, which can be useful to gain space in centre,
supported by the bishop pair. It makes sense to try to solve the knight's
problem as soon as possible with} 12. Nb5 $1 a6 13. Nc3 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Ga8b6]
now the Na8 has a route to home by using the b6-square} (13. Na7 $2 {[%csl Ra7,
Ra8] it is simply shocking} Bd7 14. b4 {Nakamura,H (2793)-Oparin,G (2604)
Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th 2017 (4) 1/2} g6 $1 {[%cal Yf8g7]} 15. b5 Bg7
16. bxa6 $1 Bd4 $1 17. axb7 Bxa7 18. Rb1 Bb8 $15 {[%cal Yg5e4,Ye4c5,Yd7c6]}) (
13. Nd4 $5 {Cornette,D (2404)-Sebag,M (2495) ch-EUR Women Rapid 2017 (6.5) 1/2}
Ne6 14. Nxe6+ Bxe6 15. Nb6 Kc7 16. Na4 g5 $44 {[%cal Yf8g7]}) 13... b5 {
despite the engine's evaluation that White has almost a clear advantage, the
practical problems of this position shouldn't be underestimated: there is aa
lack of open files for the rooks, and in many games Black's central pawns,
supported by the bishop pair, proved to be really annoying, specially in the
endgames} 14. Nb6 (14. h4 $5) 14... Bb7 15. f3 (15. O-O e6 $1 {[%csl Yb6]
keeping the knight under control} 16. h4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. a4 Kc7 {[%cal
Ya4a5]} 19. axb5 $2 Kxb6 20. Rxa6+ Kc7 $1 21. b6+ Kb8 $17 {Socko,M (2470)
-Sebag,M (2480) Tromsoe ol (Women) 41st 2014 (7.1) 0-1}) 15... Ne6 (15... e6 $2
16. h4 {[%csl Rg5]} Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Kc7 18. Nbd5+ $1 exd5 19. O-O-O $14) 16. a4
$1 {This way White manages to open the e-file for the rook, and solves the
Nb6's problem too} bxa4 (16... b4 17. Ncd5 a5 18. O-O-O Ba6 19. Ne3 $16 {
[%cal Yb6c4];Ni,H (2646)-Zhao,J (2580) CHN-ch Xinghua Jiangsu 2011 (6) 1-0})
17. Rxa4 Nc5 18. Rb4 Kc7 19. Nca4 $6 (19. Nbd5+ $142 Kb8 20. Rf4 f5 $1) 19...
Nxa4 20. Nxa4 e6 {Now Black started to advance the pawns and put the bishop
pair to work} 21. Rc4+ Bc6 22. b3 d5 23. Rd4 e5 24. Rd1 f5 {and after} 25. O-O
Bd6 26. Kh1 g5 $44 {Van Kampen,R (2581)-Grandelius,N (2572) Tata Steel-B 75th
2013 (4) 0-1 it is clear that Black's central mass of pawns gives nice
compensation for the exchange -}) 10. Nc3 (10. f3 {is more often played, now
if Black plays with h6-g5 like in the game, the bishop has the f2-square.})
10... h6 11. Bh4 $146 ({There are two games with} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O {
this is a usual structure that arises in some Sicilian variations, but in
general Black aims for the endgame in such variations, so I think that this is
not really promising for White.}) (11. Be3 $5 Ng4 12. Bd2 g6 13. f3 {could be
an option.}) 11... g5 $1 12. Bg3 Nh5 {Black takes the bishop pair, anyway.} 13.
O-O-O Bg7 14. Rhe1 {Logical and good play by Henderson: White hopes to take
advantage of his better development and open the centre to create some
problems for Black's king.} Nxg3 {This capture could be delayed in order to
make some prophylaxis against White's plan.} (14... Bd7 $1 {and since f4 is
not possible now, it is not easy for White to create pressure in the centre,
for example} 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {[%cal Yf3f4]} Be5 $1 17. Nde2 Rc8 18. f4 Bg7
19. Nd4 Ke8 $1 $15 {and Black is much better prepared for White's actions than
in the game.}) 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. f4 $36 {Black should be careful now, as White
is about to break in the centre.} Rc8 ({An interesting alternative was} 16...
gxf4 17. gxf4 h5 $1 {[%cal Yg7h6] Black is able to generate counterplay on the
kingside, for example} 18. Kb1 (18. e5 Bh6 19. g3 h4 $1 $132) 18... e6 19. Rd3
(19. Ndb5 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Ke7 $15 {[%cal Yd7c6]}) 19... Ke7 20. Red1 Rad8 21.
Ndb5 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Bc6 {and Black has no problems.}) (16... e6 $5 {also looks
playable} 17. Ncb5 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Ke7 19. f5 e5 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. Nc3 h5 $132) 17.
e5 dxe5 $6 {Now Black's position is a bit annoying.} (17... Rc4 $1 {[%csl Yd4]
[%cal Yg7d4,Yc4d4] was an adequate response, it is not easy for White to
increase the tension in the centre} 18. Rd3 (18. Nf3 $2 gxf4 19. exd6 e6 $1 {
is actually easier for Black}) (18. Kb1 gxf4 19. gxf4 dxe5 20. Nf5 Rg8 21. fxe5
Ke8 $11) 18... Rg8 $1 {[%cal Yg8g2] A good and multi-purpose move: the rook is
protecting the bishop against Nf5 ideas and ready to enter the game by using
the g-file} 19. Ne4 gxf4 20. gxf4 dxe5 21. Nf5 e6 $1 {and Black is not worse,
for example} 22. Nfd6 (22. Nxg7 Rxg7 23. Nf6 Rd4 $1) 22... Rd4 23. Nxf7+ Ke7
24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Rxg2 27. Rh1 Rg6 28. Kd2 Bc6 $11) 18. Nf5
$1 Bf8 (18... Rg8 {was also pleasant for White} 19. Nxg7 Rxg7 20. Rxe5 {
[%cal Ye5d5]} e6 21. f5 $1 Kc7 22. g4 {and White keeps some initiative.}) 19.
fxe5 $2 {But this wrong recapture allows Black to solve his problems.} ({
A stronger move was} 19. Rxe5 {[%cal Ye5d5] with the clear threat of Red5, now
if} e6 {White had the surprising and strong response} 20. Nb5 $1 {and White is
about to get a great advantage} Rh7 $8 (20... exf5 $2 21. Red5) (20... Rc6 21.
Nfd6 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Ke7 23. Nxb7 Rhc8 24. Rd2 {although Black has managed to
bring together his forces, White is a pawn up}) 21. Nfd6 f6 $1 {Black must
find difficult and only moves in order to stay with a just unpleasant position}
(21... Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Rc7 23. Nb5 Rc6 {and White can just take twice on g5 or
continue with} 24. Re3 {[%cal Ye3d3] and keep the pressure}) 22. Re2 Bxd6 23.
Nxd6 Rc7 24. Nb5 Rc5 25. Nd4 Ke7 26. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 27. Rde1 {[%csl Ye6] and
White wins material.}) 19... e6 $6 ({Even better was} 19... Ke8 $1 20. Nd4 (20.
g4 h5 $1 21. Rh1 Rc5 22. Rde1 h4 $15) 20... Bg7 21. Nd5 Be6 $1 {and Black is
fine.}) 20. Ne3 $6 {Henderson missed another chance to fight for an advantage.}
(20. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ge3d3] would use the same motifs seen in the notes on
White's previous move} Kc7 (20... exf5 $2 21. Red3 Rc7 22. Nb5 $18) (20... Ke8
21. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Gf6]}) 21. Nd6 $1 {this time this is good, as after} Bxd6
22. exd6+ Kb8 (22... Kd8 23. Ne4 Bc6 24. Nf6 $1 Bxg2 25. Rd2 Bc6 26. g4 $16 {
Black is terribly cramped despite being a pawn up}) 23. Ne4 {White obtains
unpleasant pressure against Black's kingside, for example} Bc6 24. Nf6 h5 $1 (
24... Bxg2 $2 25. Rd2 Bc6 26. g4 $16 {[%cal Ye3h3,Yd2h2]}) 25. Re5 Rh6 $1 26.
Rf1 Rg6 27. Rf2 Rh8 {and thoug for now Black is holding everything, his
situation is still unpleasant} 28. Rc5 Rhh6 $2 29. Nd7+ $1 Bxd7 30. Rxf7 $18 {
[%cal Rf7f8]}) (20. Nd6 {doesn't gets anything for White} Bxd6 21. Rxd6 (21.
exd6 Bc6 {[%csl Yg2]}) 21... Ke7 22. Ne4 Bc6 $11) 20... Bg7 {Now the position
is even.} 21. Rf1 Ke7 $4 {It's really difficult to understand why Huschenbeth
blundered like this. Maybe he got careless after regaining the control of the
position, but even in that case, it is a huge blunder for such a strong player.
} (21... Rf8 {was safe and good} 22. Ne4 (22. Ng4 Rc4 23. Nf6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 Ke7
25. Rxh6 Bc6 $132) 22... Ke7 23. Nf6 Bc6 {and despite White's pieces having
good squares on d6 and f6, everything is protected, Black is ok.}) 22. Rxd7+ $1
Kxd7 23. Rxf7+ Kc6 24. Rxg7 $18 {Simply there's no resistance to offer now.}
Rcg8 25. Re7 Re8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Ne4 Rd8 28. g4 Rd4 29. Nf2 b5 30. c3 Rf4 31.
Nd3 Re4 32. Kd2 h5 33. gxh5 Rh4 34. g4 {An unexpected ending for an
interesting game.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Rb1 Nde5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Be4 {Weiß hat nichts gegen Abtausch.} Qd7 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bd2
Rae8 19. Bc3 e6 20. Nb6 {Schwarz hat es geschafft, den Springer ins Abseits zu
stellen.} d5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc5 $1 {Rein objektiv sollte nun der d-Bauer
ziehen - entweder nach d4 oder tauschen auf c4. Aber Weiß könnte jeweils in
ein ausgeglichenes Endspiel abwickeln.} Rf6 $5 23. b4 Ne5 24. cxd5 Nd3 25. Qe3
Nxf2 $2 ({Korrekt wäre} 25... Nf4 26. Kh2 $1 Nxg2 $1 27. Kxg2 exd5 $1 28. Qxe8
Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 {aber dann müsste Schwarz Dauerschach geben.}) ({Auch das
Endspiel nach} 25... Qxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Nxf2 27. Re1 {bietet kaum die dringend
benötigten Chancen auf Gewinn.}) 26. Rf1 $1 Qe4 $5 27. Rbe1 ({Nach} 27. Qxe4 $2
Nxe4 28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. dxe6 Kxe6 {könnte sich Schwarz Hoffnungen machen.})
27... exd5 $5 {Schwarz muss zocken, denn} (27... Ref8 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxf6
Nxf6 30. dxe6 {bietet keine Chance.}) 28. Rxf2 $2 ({Nach} 28. Qc3 $1 {kann
Schwarz aufgeben.}) 28... Qh4 $1 ({Hatte Svidler auf} 28... Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3
30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Nxd5+ {gehofft?}) 29. Qd2 $2 {Verliert vollends die Nerven.}
({Nach} 29. Qxe8 Qxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qxb6 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Qd7 Qd6+ 33. Kg1 {kann
Schwarz noch kämpfen, aber die Remiswahrscheinlichkeit ist sehr hoch.}) 29...
Rxf2 $1 30. Qc3+ d4 0-1

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+
8. Kxd1 Nd5 $146 (8... Ng4 9. Ke2 Nc6 10. Bf4 g5 $11 {was played in many games.
}) 9. a3 $6 {Too slow.} (9. c3 Nc6 10. Kc2 $11) 9... Nc6 10. c4 Nb6 11. b3 g6
$2 (11... a5 $1 12. a4 g6 $15 {could cause some problems for white, because of
two weaknesses e5 and b4.}) 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Nbd2 a5 $6 {Now it is too late,
and white is ready to meet this.} (13... O-O-O $142) 14. Bc3 $1 g5 {Black is
looking for counterplay, as now a5 and c5 are weak pawns, while} (14... a4 {
can be met by} 15. b4) 15. h3 h5 16. Kc2 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19.
Rh1 Bg7 {[#]} 20. e6 $3 Nd4+ {Other possibilities also would lead to difficult
position.} (20... gxf3 21. Bxg7 fxe6 22. Nxf3 $16) (20... Bxc3 21. Kxc3 fxe6
22. Ng5 $16) 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Ng5 f5 23. Rh5 Rc8 24. Kd3 $4 {Natural move,
which lets black to escape.} (24. Nf7 $1 Rc6 25. Rg5 Kf8 26. Rxf5 $16) ({but} 
24. Nh7 $3 Rc6 25. Rg5 $18 {was winning at once}) 24... Rc6 $14 25. f3 (25. b4
axb4 26. axb4 Na4 $132) (25. a4 Na8) 25... gxf3 26. Ndxf3 a4 $1 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 (
27... Rd6 $2 28. Ngf3 axb3 29. c5 b2 30. Rh1 $18) 28. Kxd4 Kf8 29. Nf3 (29. c5
$2 axb3 30. cxb6 b2 31. Rh1 Rc1 $19) 29... axb3 30. Rxf5+ Kg7 31. Rb5 Nxc4 32.
Rxb3 Nd6 33. Ne5 Ra6 {Finally white is a pawn up, but weak white pawns and
good black pieces ensure a draw.} 34. Rg3+ Kf6 35. Nd7+ Kf5 (35... Kxe6 $2 36.
Nc5+) 36. Re3 Kg5 37. Nc5 Ra5 38. Rb3 Nb5+ 39. Kd5 Nd6 40. a4 Kf6 41. Rb4 b5
42. Rf4+ Kg5 43. Rf7 bxa4 44. Rxe7 Nf5 45. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden Post 7th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1987.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schoeneberg, Manfred"]
[Black "Dobrovolsky, Ladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Schoeneberg,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1987.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 2/1988} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {Nur als Überraschung
gut!} Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1
O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Nd4 {Beide spielten die Eröffnung zügig.} Rfc8 ({Schwarz
kann jetzt den älteren} 12... Rfd8 {oder den Partiezug wählen.}) 13. Kb1 Rab8 (
{Schärfer ist das sofortige} 13... b5 {In der Stammpartie Kallai,G-Perenyi,B/
Kecskemet 1981 [siehe Inf 32/253], folgte} 14. Ncxb5 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Qc5 {
und IM Perenyi gibt klaren Vorteil für Schwarz an. Das ist sicherlich zu
optimistisch, wie die Partie Schoeneberg,M-Chekhov,V/Leipzig 1986 beweist:} 16.
Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxd6 Qxc2+ 19. Ka1 Qxf2 20. Rf1 $1 {und die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen. Im übrigen braucht Weiss das Bauernopfer nicht
anzunehmen und kann mit 14.f3 in gebräuchliche Varianten einlenken.}) 14. f3 b5
15. Nce2 b4 16. g4 a5 {Der übliche Wettlauf auf beiden Flügeln.} 17. Ng3 Be8 {
Hier scheiden sich wieder die Geister: soll der Läufer auf c6 verbleiben und
somit abgetauscht werden können oder soll er "gerettet" werden, aber dafür die
unglückliche Stellung auf e8 einnehmen. Zaitshik,G-Loginov,Va/Borzhomi 1984
-38/239} (17... a4 18. Nh5 Ne8 $1 {und es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiss den
Angriff verstärken kann. Weiss versuchte es mit der Brechstange:} 19. Bxe7 Qxe7
20. e5 $2 (20. Rc1 {/\ c3}) 20... b3 $1 $17 21. c3 (21. cxb3 axb3 22. a3 dxe5
23. Rxe5 Bd5 $1 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qb7 $1 {/\ Rc8}) 21... dxe5 22. Rxe5 Qc7
23. Ree1 bxa2+ 24. Ka1 Bd5 $1 {und Schwarz gewann.}) 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7
20. gxh5 a4 ({Auf} 20... Qh4 {folgt} 21. Rg1 Qxh5 22. Rg5 Qh6 23. Rdg1 g6 24.
f4 {und Weiss hat gefährlichen Angriff.}) 21. Rg1 Qf6 {Es drohte Rxg7+} 22. f4
Rc4 $2 {Das verliert,} ({notwendig war} 22... a3 $1 {und Schwarz bekommt noch
Gegenspiel.}) 23. Qe3 $1 {Die Drohung e5 entscheidet jetzt erstaunlich schnell
und beweist auch die ungünstige Lage des Be8.} a3 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qh4
26. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Nf5+ $1 {Ein eleganter
Schlusszug. Die weisse Dame schleicht sich von d2 über h6 nach d6.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bodek, Michael H"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:28:15"]
[BlackClock "0:35:19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Bf4 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bh2 O-O 13. f4 Nc6 14. Kb1
b5 15. Be2 (15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. h4 a4 18. h5 Ra5 19. h6 g6 20. Bg1 e5 21.
Bc4 Be6 22. Bd5 Qd7 23. Be3 Rb8 24. Rhf1 b3 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. cxb3 axb3 27. a3
exf4 28. Rxf4 g5 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 f6 31. Rf3 Re5 32. Bc1 Rxe4 33. Qa7 Rc8
34. Qb7 Kf7 35. Rxb3 Kg6 36. Rbd3 Rec4 37. Bd2 Qe4 38. Qxe4+ Rxe4 39. Bb4 Bf8
40. Bxd6 Bxh6 41. b4 Re2 42. b5 Rcc2 43. Rb3 Bg7 44. Rc1 Rcd2 45. Bb4 Rd7 46.
a4 f5 47. b6 f4 48. a5 g4 49. a6 Bd4 50. b7 Re8 51. Rc8 Rdd8 52. b8=Q {1-0 (52)
Socko,B (2651)-Duda,J (2497) Chorzow 2013}) 15... Rb8 16. f5 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18.
b3 e5 (18... Ne5) 19. Bg1 Nd4 {Giving a pawn to get attacking chances on the
black squares.} 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Bb7 22. Nb6 Bf6 (22... Rfd8 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. Qxd5 Qa3 $14) 23. Nc4 Qb5 (23... Bxd4 $6 24. Nxa5 Be5 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Rd5
$16) 24. Qxd6 ({More careful was} 24. Qe3 Rbd8 25. Bf3) 24... Bxe4 {[#]} 25.
Bd3 $2 (25. Qf4 Bxf5 (25... Bxg2 26. Rhg1 Ba8 $11) 26. Bd3 $11) 25... Rbd8 26.
Qg3 (26. Qf4 Bxg2 $17) 26... Qd5 {Black now regains his pawn with interest.}
27. Qf2 (27. Bxe4 $4 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 27... Bxg2 28. Rhg1 Be4 ({Black
could also play} 28... Bxh3 {because after} 29. Rh1 Bg2 30. Rh2 Bf3 31. Rg1
Rfe8 $19 {White cannot use the open files on the kingside. With the text move
Black again makes use of White's weak back rank.}) 29. Rge1 h6 {A little
"luft" can't be bad!} 30. a4 Bc3 31. Nb6 $2 {This loses an exchange.} ({
Necessary was} 31. Rf1 $17 {though White still has a rather desolate position.}
) 31... Qc6 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Rg1 (33. Rf1 Bd4 34. Qf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Bxb6 $19)
33... Bd4 34. Qg3 {Thanks to the mating threat White loses "only" the exchange
and not a full piece.} Bxg1 35. Rxg1 Qd4 36. Nc4 Rfe8 37. Nb2 Re3 38. Qf2 Rxh3
39. Qg2 Rh5 40. Rf1 Rg5 41. Qh1 Qf6 42. Qe4 Rd4 43. Qe3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7.
Nc3 (7. c4 $5) 7... Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 (11. e5) (
11. Qd3) 11... Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfc8 (12... b5 13. Nxc6 (13. Ncxb5 $5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5
Qc4 15. Qd3 Qxa2 16. Qa3 Qc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd6 Qc6 19. g3 Rab8 20. e5 $16
{Kuksov,V-Dvoirys,S/Pavlodar/1991/}) 13... Qxc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 $5)
15. Qxd6 Qc4 16. Qd3 Qc5 17. f4 $2 (17. Qxb5 $2 Qxf2 18. e5 Rab8 19. Qe2 Qf4+
20. Kb1 Rxb2+ $1 $17 {Grottke,H-Kalinichev,S/Potsdam/1985/}) 17... Rfd8 18. Qf3
b4 19. Na4 Qc6 20. b3 $16 {Yandemirov,V-Ruck,R/Budapest/1993/}) (12... Rfd8 13.
f3 (13. f4 h6 14. h4 b5 $1 15. Re3 b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nce2 a5 18. Rh1 $6 h5
$1 19. g4 hxg4 20. Rg1 Bd7 21. Rxg4 e5 22. Nf5 d5 $1 $17 {Yusupov,A-Psakhis,L/
Moscow/1981/}) 13... a6 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 b4 16. Nce2 a5 (16... Be8 17. h4 a5
18. Bxf6 $2 (18. Ng3 $13) 18... Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. h5 d5 $1 21. g6 dxe4 22.
Qe3 Bf6 $17 {Polgar,J-Petursson,M/Budapest/1989/}) 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. h4 $14 {
Yandemirov,V-Anastasian,A/St-Peterburg/1993/}) 13. f3 (13. Kb1 Rab8 (13... b5
$5 14. Ncxb5 Qb6 15. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 16. Nxd6 Rd8 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxd6 $146 {
Braga,F-Sax,G/Benasque/1993/}) (13... a6 $5 14. f3 b5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Be5 $10 {Yandemirov,V-Mitenkov,A/Smolensk/1992/})
14. f3 b5 (14... Be8 15. Ndb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qc5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd6 Rd8 19.
f4 e5 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 $14 {Yandemirov,V-Aseev,K/Kostroma/1985/}) 15. Nxc6
Qxc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... gxf6 $5) 17. Qxd6 Bxc3 18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. bxc3 Rxc3
20. Rd7 $14 {Yandemirov,V-Aseev,K/Podolsk/1992/}) 13... b5 14. Kb1 (14. g4 Rab8
15. Nce2 b4 16. Ng3 Ne8 $1 17. h4 Bf8 18. h5 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Be3 Bd7 21. g5
e5 $1 22. Nde2 Be6 $15 {Zapolskis,D-Loginov,V/Kstovo/1994/}) (14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 $5 16. Ne2 a5 17. Kb1 b4 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. f4 a4 20. Re3 d5 $1 $132 {
Ostermeyer,P-Shneider,A/Weursburg/1991/}) 14... b4 15. Nce2 a5 16. g4 a4 17.
Ng3 (17. Qxb4 $6 Rab8 (17... d5 $2 18. Qc3 $1) 18. Qd2 Qb6 $40) 17... Ra5 (
17... b3 $2 18. cxb3 axb3 19. a3 $1 $16) 18. h4 Rc5 19. Rg1 {/\NhR/} Ba8 (19...
d5 $6 20. Nh5 $36) (19... Ne8 $5) 20. Rg2 Bd8 21. Nh5 Ne8 $8 (21... Nxh5 $2 22.
gxh5 $40) 22. Qxb4 (22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. g5 $5) 22... Bxg5 23. hxg5 e5 (23... Rb8
$5 24. Qd2 (24. Qxa4 $2 Ra5 $19) 24... d5 $1 $146) 24. Nf5 g6 $2 (24... Rxc2 $2
25. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 (25... Qxe7 26. Rxc2) 26. Nxc8 Rxg2 27. Rc1 $18) (24... Rb8 $1
25. Qd2 Rcb5 26. c3 (26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Rxb3+ $5 $13) 26... d5 $1 $132) 25.
Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 26. gxf6 gxf5 27. gxf5+ Kf8 (27... Kh8 $6 28. Qd2 {/\Qh6+-/}) 28.
Rdg1 $1 Ke8 29. Rh1 $16 Kd7 (29... Rxc2 30. Qxa4+ Rc6 31. Rxh7 $18) 30. Rxh7
Rf8 31. Rgg7 Ke8 32. Qxa4+ Bc6 33. Qb4 Bd7 (33... Qb7 $5) 34. Qd2 $1 Qa5 (34...
Bc6 35. Qg2 $1 {/\Rg8/}) 35. Qxa5 Rxa5 36. c4 $1 Ra6 37. Rh6 Kd8 38. b3 Kc7 39.
Rhh7 d5 $5 40. cxd5 Rxf6 41. Kb2 Kd6 42. a4 Ke7 43. Rg6 $1 $18 Bxf5 (43... Rxg6
44. fxg6 Kf6 45. Rxf7+ Rxf7 46. gxf7 Kxf7 47. Kc3 $18) 44. exf5 Rxf5 45. Rb6
Rxf3 46. Rh5 Re3 (46... f6 {Hecht} 47. Rh7+ Rf7 48. Rb7+ $18) 47. Rf5 Rh8 48.
a5 Rh2+ 49. Ka3 Rd2 50. Rb7+ Kd6 51. Rfxf7 Rxd5 52. Ka4 Re1 53. Rfd7+ Ke6 54.
Rxd5 Kxd5 55. Kb5 e4 56. a6 e3 57. a7 Ra1 58. Kb6 Ra3 59. b4 Kc4 60. Re7 Kd3
61. b5 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O $6 (10... Qa5 $142) 11. Nd4 Qa5 (11... Qc7 $142
12. f4 Rfd8 13. h4 (13. f5 $2 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Nc5) 13... Rab8 14. f5 e5 15. Nf3
b5 $132) 12. f4 Rfc8 $6 (12... Rfd8 $142 13. f5 Bd7 $14) 13. f5 $1 $146 b5 (
13... Bd7 14. Nb3 Qe5 15. Rhf1 $16) 14. fxe6 fxe6 $6 (14... b4 15. Nf5 $1 (15.
exf7+ Kf8 $3 {Polgar,J}) 15... Kh8 $1 (15... Kf8 $2 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6+ $18
) 16. e5 $3 Qxe5 (16... bxc3 17. exf6 $16) 17. Rhe1 Qa5 18. Nxe7 Qxg5+ 19. Kb1
$16 bxc3 $140 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. exf7) 15. Nxe6 (15. Nxc6 $2 Rxc6 16. Qxb5 Qc7
$44 17. Qb3 $140 Qc8 18. Nb5 Rb6 $1) 15... b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... bxc3 17.
Bxc3 $1 (17. Bxe7 Qxa2 18. Qxc3 Qxe6 19. Rxd6 Qxe4 $14) 17... Qxa2 18. Qg3 g6
19. Nf4 $16 Bxe4 $140 20. Rhe1 Rc4 21. Nxg6 $1 $18 {Polgar,J}) 17. Nd5 Be5 (
17... Qxa2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 (18... Kh8 19. Nd5 $18) 19. Qg3+ Kf7 20. Rxd6 Rg8 21.
Qh3 $18) (17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 $17) 18. Kb1 (18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc8
Rxc8 20. Kb1 Bb5 21. Qd5 Qa6 22. Nc7 $1 Rxc7 23. Qxe5 $18) 18... Bb5 $6 (18...
Bxd5 19. exd5 $1 {/\ Rhe1} (19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. exd5 Rc4 21. g3 Rac8 22. Rd2 h6
$16)) 19. Ne7+ $1 Kf7 (19... Kh8 20. Ng5 $1 (20. Qd5 Qa6 21. Nc7 $18) 20... h6
21. Nf7+ Kh7 22. Qh3 $18) 20. Qd5 $1 Kxe7 21. Ng5 $1 Re8 (21... Kd7 22. Qxe5
$18) (21... Kf6 22. Qe6+ Kxg5 23. h4+ Kh5 24. g4#) (21... Rxc2 22. Qe6+ Kd8 23.
Qxe5 Rc1+ 24. Kxc1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Bd3+ 26. Rxd3 Qxe5 27. Nf7+ $18) 22. Rhf1 $1 (
22. Qf7+ $2 Kd8 23. Qb7 Bc4 $13) 22... Bxf1 $8 (22... Rab8 23. Qxe5+ $3 dxe5
24. Rf7#) 23. Qxa5 Be2 24. Rd2 Bg4 25. h3 Rf8 26. a4 (26. hxg4 $4 Rf1+) 26...
Rf1+ (26... bxa3 27. hxg4 Rf1+ 28. Ka2 axb2 29. Qc7+ Kf8 (29... Kf6 30. Qf7+
$18) 30. Rd1 $1 Rxd1 31. Qf7#) 27. Ka2 Bd7 28. Rd5 $1 {/\ Re5} Kf6 29. Nxh7+
Kg6 30. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 31. Qa6+ Kxh7 32. Qxf1 Bxa4 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35.
Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Pardubice KB op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 $5 ({I did not want to play the more
usual} 4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 {
as I did in round 1. The text is even objectively not weaker.}) 5. c4 (5. Bg5
$5 Nc6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nf6 $132) (5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 Bg4
$5 $11) 5... Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. h3 {Prevents Bg4, but costs precious time. Also
other moves don't cause Black toomany problems.} (7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bh6 $1 $10)
(7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 Bxb2 9. Qxb2 Nf6 $10) 7... Nf6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 $5 $146
{A new move in this position, although the idea is not original.} (9... O-O 10.
O-O Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. b3 Rac8 13. Bb2 Qb8 14. Qe3 Qa7 15. Qxa7
Nxa7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Bf3 Rc7 21. Rd2
$14 {Ciric,D-Sziebert,A/Budapest2/1994/}) (10... Rb8 11. Re1 Nd7 12. b3 b5 13.
cxb5 axb5 14. Bb2 Qa5 15. Qc1 Nde5 16. Nd5 Bd7 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Qb1 e6 19. b4
Qa7 20. Ne3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Nd4 22. Bd1 Rc7 23. Nc2 Rbc8 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4
Qxd4 26. Bb3 Bc6 27. Ra2 Bb7 $17 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gc7c1] <->c,[+]Q,Nikolaiczuk,
L-Petursson,M/Hamburg op/1981/}) 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. Bf1
Qa5 15. Rad1 b5 16. Ba1 Rfc8 $15 {Ciric,D-Estrada Nieto/Budapest2/1994/}) 10.
Rb1 (10. O-O $142 Nc5 11. Rb1 (11. b3 $2 Nxe4) 11... O-O 12. b4 $5 Bxc3 13.
Qxc3 Nxe4 14. Qe3 $44) (10. b3 $6 Nc5 11. Bb2 Qa5 $1 {/\Ne4} 12. Rb1 f5 $36)
10... O-O (10... Qa5 $5 $36 {/\} 11. b4 $2 Nxb4 $1 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxa5 Bc3+
14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Bb2 Nxb1 16. Bxh8 e5 $17) (10... a5 $5 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yf7f5] /
\Nc5,f5<=>}) 11. b4 $6 {Risky with the K still in the center.} (11. O-O $142
Nc5 {-10.0-0}) 11... Nde5 $32 (11... a5 $5 12. a3 (12. b5 Nce5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
$15 {[%csl Rc5] ><c5}) 12... axb4 13. axb4 Nde5 14. Nxe5 (14. O-O Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Be6 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. Qa2 f5 $36) 14... dxe5 $1 {[%cal Rc6d4,
Ga8a1] <->a,/\Nd4}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd5 $13) 13. f4
$5 (13. O-O $2 Be6 14. Nd5 Rc8 $17 {[%csl Rc4] ><c4}) (13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 axb4
15. axb4 Be6 16. Nd5 Ra2 $32 {[%csl Re1] עe1}) 13... Nxc4 $1 {An interesting
tactical solution. The following complications favour Black.} (13... Nc6 $143
14. O-O Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qd4 $11) 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Qd3 (15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nd5 Qc4
17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Bd7 $1 $36 {[%csl Gd7,Gg7] _|_^^}) 15... b5 (15... Bxc3+
$4 16. Qxc3 b5 17. Bb2 $18) 16. Bxf7+ $8 (16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bd5 (17. Bxb5 Rxa2
$40) 17... Bb7 $17) (16. Nd5 Qxc4 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Qxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc8 Raxc8
20. Kd1 f5 $5 21. exf5 gxf5 $17 {[%csl Gc4,Gd6] o^c,d,@}) 16... Rxf7 17. Nd5
Qc4 $1 $8 {The only way to keep the initiative going.} (17... Qb7 $143 $6 18.
Be3 Be6 19. O-O $10) 18. Qxc4 bxc4 19. Bb2 $1 $8 (19. Be3 Bb7 $17 {[%csl Gb7,
Re4,Gg7] ^^,><e4}) 19... e6 (19... Bb7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. O-O Bxd5 (21... e6 $6
22. Nc3 $14) 22. exd5 Rf5 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. Re4 $1 $10) 20. Bxg7 $1 (20. Nb6 $6
c3 $1 21. Nxa8 cxb2 22. Nb6 Bb7 23. e5 Rxf4 (23... dxe5 24. Rxb2 exf4 25. Rc2
Bd4 $44) 24. exd6 (24. Rxb2 Bxe5 $17) 24... Rxb4 25. d7 Bf6 $17) 20... exd5 21.
Bh6 $1 {White keeps finding the only moves to fight on. He defends the
difficult endgame very well despite being short of time.} (21. Bc3 $2 Rxf4 22.
exd5 Bf5 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) 21... Re7 (21... dxe4 22. Rd1 $44) 22. Kd2 $5 Rxe4 (
22... d4 23. Rbc1 Be6 24. g4 $13) (22... dxe4 $5 23. Ke3 d5 $15 {[%cal Re7b7,
Ra8b8] /\Rb7,Rab8}) 23. Rbe1 Bf5 ({Also unconvincing is} 23... Rd4+ 24. Kc1 Kf7
(24... Bf5 $6 25. Re7 $36) 25. Bg5 Be6 (25... Ra7 26. Rd1 $1 (26. f5 Rb7 27.
fxg6+ Kxg6 28. Bd2 Bf5 $17) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Be6 28. Kb2 $44) 26. Re3 Re4
27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Kd2 $44 {with a tight blockade.}) 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Re1 Bxg2
{Risky.} ({But even the safer} 25... Kf7 $5 26. g4 (26. Re2 $2 Bd3 $19 {
[%cal Rd5d4] /\d4}) 26... Bg2 27. Bg5 $1 Re8 (27... Ra7 28. Kc3 $44 {/\} Bxh3
$2 29. Rh1 $18) 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Bf6 Bxh3 30. g5 Kf7 {[%cal Rh7h5] /\h5} 31.
Bd4 Bd7 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Bc3 Kf5 34. Bd4 Kg4 35. Bc3 Kg3 36. Bd4 Kg2 37. Bc3 Kf1
38. Bd2 $1 Bc6 39. Bc3 Bb5 40. Bd2 d4+ 41. Kxd4 Ke2 42. Bc3 d5 (42... Kd1 43.
a4 $10) 43. Bb2 Kf3 44. Bc1 $10 {is not sufficient to break White's fortress.})
(25... a5 26. b5 a4 27. Kc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b4] /\Kb4}) 26. Re7 Bxh3 27. Rg7+ $138
(27. Bg7 $5 $44) 27... Kh8 28. Re7 Kg8 $138 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Re7 Rc8 (30... Bf5
31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Bd4 h5 33. a4 Rb8 34. Kc3 $44) 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Bd4 Bf5 33.
Rg7+ $2 $138 (33. a4 $6 c3+ $1 34. Bxc3 Rc4 $17) (33. Kc3 $1 $10) 33... Kf8 34.
Rxh7 Re8 $2 (34... c3+ $1 35. Bxc3 Rc4 $17) 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rxe8 $11 {[%csl
Gd4,Gf5] ^-} Kxe8 37. Kc3 (37. a4 $1 Bd7 38. b5 $10) 37... Kd7 38. Bf6 (38. Ba7
$142 $10) 38... Be4 39. Kd4 Kc6 (39... Ke6 40. Bd8 Kf5 (40... Bc2 41. Bc7 $1
$10) 41. Bg5 $10 (41. a4 $2 Kxf4 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Bf5 $19)) 40. Kc3 Bf3 41.
Bd4 Kb5 42. a3 Bd1 43. Ba7 Be2 44. Bd4 (44. Bb8 Ka4 $5 45. Bxd6 d4+ 46. Kxd4
Kb3 47. Be5 $1 (47. b5 axb5 48. Bb4 Bg4 $22) 47... c3 48. Ke3 c2 49. Kd2 $10)
44... Ka4 45. Kb2 Bd1 46. Bf2 Kb5 47. Kc3 Bb3 48. Ba7 $1 Kc6 49. Bb8 Kd7 50.
Kd4 Ke6 51. Bc7 Kf5 {The last try, without sacrifices Black can't get anywhere.
} 52. Bxd6 Kg4 53. Be5 Kf3 54. a4 $1 $8 Bxa4 (54... Ke2 55. b5 Bxa4 56. bxa6
Bc6 57. Bc7 $10) 55. Kxd5 c3 56. Bxc3 Kxf4 57. Bd2+ Kf5 58. Kd4 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Playing with Julian Hodgson you have to be ready to the,,bloody fight''- I
had already this expirience- our previous encounter with Julian (draw,
Olimpiad'96,Erevan) was really interesting and required a lot of energy from
both of us.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Surprise!Normally, when Julian plays 1...c5
he opts for Dragon system.} 3. Bb5 {Stohl: 'Hodgson has recently been playing
mostly the Dragon, but the Najdorf and Rauzer have been in his repertoire as
well. Therefore Sutovsky wisely wants to avoid any unpleasant suprises.'} d6 4.
d4 $5 {One of the rare,but quite interesting attempts. Much more popular are 4.
0-0 or 4.B:c6 Stohl: 'But this is an unusual transposition.'} ({More played is
} 4. c3 Nf6 {and especially}) (4. O-O Bd7) 4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 {Stohl: 'This
position usually arises after 2...d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Qd4 Nc6 5.Bb5.'} ({Uncharted
territory after} 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Qxd4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e5 $5 8. Qa4 Qc7 9. b3 Nf6
10. Bb2 Be7 11. h3 Bd7 12. O-O-O a5 13. Nh4 O-O 14. g4 Rfb8 15. Qc4 Qa7 $15 {
Krauss,M-Jonsson,B/Cappelle la Grande op/1995/ is not very promising for White.
}) 5... Bd7 {Stohl: 'Best by test. Let us mention just one inferior
subvariation-'} (5... Qa5+ $143 $6 6. Nc3 Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxd4 8. Nfxd4 Kd8 9. c4
{[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4] (),[+] where White's central and space preponderance
outweigh Black's potentially powerful ^^.}) 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 (7. c4 {
as in the position above now allows a sharp counterthrust} f5 $5 8. exf5 (8.
Nc3 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Gf8][%cal Gg8g2] ^^,<->g})
8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qxf5 10. Nd5 e5 $5 (10... Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nf6 12. Qa4+ Kf7 $13)
11. Qd1 Rc8 12. O-O Nf6 13. Re1 Bxd5 14. cxd5 (14. Nd4 $6 Qh5 15. Qxh5+ Nxh5
16. cxd5 Kd7 17. Nb5 Be7 18. Nxa7 Rc5 19. Be3 Rxd5 20. a4 Nf6 21. Rac1 Rd3 22.
Red1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 d5 $17 {Damjanovic,M-Groszpeter,A/Prague op/1986/}) 14...
Qc2 15. Bg5 $132) 7... Nf6 {Stohl: 'A very natural move, but in fact Black has
an interesting alternative choice'} (7... h6 $5 {The idea is to play Nf6
unmolested, followed (preceded) by e5 in the Najdorf spirit. Black thus avoids
the unpleasant pin and the sharp fight with opposite-side castling, on the
other hand he loses time and weakens d5.} 8. Qd3 e5 ({Also playable is} 8...
Nf6 9. Nd4 g6 $5 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qb5+ Bc6 14. Nxc6
Qd7 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Be3 Ra4 18. c3 Rfa8 19. a3 d5 20. Rad1 e6 21.
Rfe1 Qc6 22. Qd2 Kh7 $11 {Kraut,R-Stohl,I/BL/1995/}) 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 Be7 11.
Nd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Ne3 Rfd8 14. Rd1 Rac8 15. b3 Bf8 16. a4 Qe6 17. h3 g6
18. Bb2 Bg7 19. b4 b6 20. b5 Ba8 21. a5 Qe7 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra4 Bf8 $132 {
Kaminski,M-Tiviakov,S/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 {
Choosing the classical(for this variation)set-up.Another(modern) idea is to
play 10.Qd3,then,Nd4,keeping the rook on ,,h1''. Stohl: 'Also a crossroads,
this time for White. Recently an alternative plan has become popular:'} (10.
Qd3 $5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yf3d4,Yf2f5,Yd3h3] /\Nd4,f4-f5,Qh3|^><e6 with the idea
of piling up the pressure against e6 and after forcing e6-e5 to storm the >>
with the g and h-pawns.} {Black should try to disrupt these plans, as we will
see the Qa5-a6 manevre plays an important role in this.} Qa5 $5 11. Kb1 (11. h4
h6 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Rhe1 Ng4 15. Re2 O-O 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f3 Ne5
18. h5 Rfc8 19. b3 Rc5 20. Be1 Rac8 21. Nb1 Rb8 22. Bf2 Bf6 23. Be3 Rbc8 24.
Red2 a5 25. c3 R5c7 26. Nc2 Be7 27. c4 a4 $36 {Kaminski,M-Gelfand,B/Polanica
Zdroj/1997/}) 11... O-O 12. h4 h6 (12... Rfc8 $5 13. Nd4 b5 14. f3 b4 15. Nce2
h6 16. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 17. g4 Bb7 18. f4 Qa6 19. g5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Bd8 21. gxh6
gxh6 22. f5 e5 23. Nc2 d5 $36 {Movsesian,S-Hracek,Z/CZE-chT/1995/}) 13. Bd2 Qa6
$1 14. Qxa6 bxa6 15. Rhe1 e5 16. Bc1 Rac8 17. b3 Ng4 18. Re2 f5 19. Nd5 Bd8
$132 {Movsesian,S-Lagunow,A/BL2-N/1996/}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 {11.Kb1 is the
serious alternative, but I prefered the move in text in order to bring my
knight to ,,d4'' as quickly as possible. Stohl: 'The main move.'} ({Ridiculous
is the greedy} 11. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Bxc3 13. Qxd8 (13. bxc3 Qa5 $40) 13...
Bxb2+ $15 {_|_}) ({A premature release of the tension is also} 11. e5 dxe5 12.
Qh4 Qc7 13. Nxe5 Rfd8 ({Rather risky, but more fighting is} 13... h6 $5 14.
Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Nh7 16. f4 Bf6 17. Rd3 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 f6 19. Rxe6 Rae8 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. b3 Kh8 22. Kb2 b5 $13 {Weinzettl,E-Timoshenko,G/Oberwart op/1994/
7}) 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Bxe7 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Qf5 18. f3 Ne3 19. Rd2 h6
20. Qd4 Nd5 $11 {1/2,Adorjan,A-Browne,W/Las Palmas/1977/}) 11... h6 $1 {
Strong move. Black uses the tacktics in order to misplace white's bishop- now
12.Bf4 has to be played,while 12.Bh4 is just bad: '?!' Stohl. Stohl: 'A
well-known strategic axiom says you shouldn't move your pawns on the flank
where you are under attack. Although the position is not completely clear,
this rule is valid even here.'} ({Better is the modest} 11... Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfd8
{Now it's White's choice again.} (12... Rfc8 $5 $13) ({Incorrect is the pawn
sacrifice} 12... b5 $6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxd6 Qc4 16. Qd3 Qc5 17.
f4 Rfd8 (17... b4 18. Na4 Qa5 19. b3 $16) 18. Qf3 b4 19. Na4 Qc6 20. b3 Bc3 21.
Re3 $16 {Yandemirov,V-Ruck,R/Spring op Budapest/1993/}) 13. f3 $142 (13. f4 $6
h6 14. h4 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g4 Qb6 16. Kb1 Rac8 17. f5 Bd7 18. Nce2 Ba4 19.
Nc3 Bd7 20. Nce2 d5 21. exd5 exf5 $17 {^^,Lautier,J-Timman,J/Belgrade/1995/})
14... b5 15. Re3 b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nce2 a5 18. Rh1 h5 $5 $15 {Yusupov,
A-Psakhis,L/Moscow-ch/1981/}) 13... Rab8 14. g4 b5 15. Nce2 Ba8 16. Ng3 Rdc8
17. Kb1 b4 18. h4 a5 19. Nh5 Ne8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. g5 g6 22. Nf4 Nc7 $132 {
1/2,Yandemirov,V-Moiseev,V/Kolontaevo RUS-chT/1994/}) (11... Qa5 $6 12. Kb1 {
[%cal Rc3d5] /\Nd5 is also not ideal, the Q on a5 stops it's own pawns and
Black has to take Nd5 in account too.}) 12. Bf4 {'[]' Stohl.} (12. Bh4 $2 Nxe4
13. Nxe4 (13. Rxe4 $2 Bxh4 14. Rxh4 (14. Rg4 h5 $1 $17) 14... Bxf3 $19) 13...
Bxh4 $15 {'-/+' Stohl. Stohl: '^^'}) (12. h4 $2 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nh7 $19) 12... e5
(12... Ne8 $6 13. g4 $40 {is too passive.}) (12... b5 $2 13. Bxd6 b4 {fails
tactically after} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd5 $1 $16) (12... Qb6 $6 {protects Pd6
indirectly, but is strategically dubious, the Q is misplaced on b6.}) ({
More complicated and interesting is} 12... d5 $5 13. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5}
(13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd4 Bd5 $13) ({Black survives even the suicidal
attack} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Bf6 16. Re4 Bg7 17. Rg4 Qf6 $17
) 13... Bb4 (13... dxe4 14. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 bxc6 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bd6 $36 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc6] _|_׫ leads to an unpleasant endgame with split pawns.}) 14. a3
Ba5 (14... Bxc3 $143 15. Qxc3 {/\} Nxe4 $2 16. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 17. Nxc6 $16) 15.
f3 $5 dxe4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. b4 $14 {and the endgame remains
somewhat better for White. This certainly doesn't attract an unorthodox player
like Julian Hodgson.}) 13. Bg3 b5 {Not a bad move,but,maybe 13...Rc8 was
stronger. Stohl: 'Logical.'} (13... Rc8 $5 14. Bh4 {The point of white's idea}
Nxe4 $1 15. Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Qxd6 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qxd6 (17... Bg5+ $5 18. Kb1 Qxd6
19. Rxd6 Rfd8 $1 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. c3 Rd1+ 22. Kc2 Rf1 {and black also
doesn't have any problems.}) 18. Rxd6 Bxf2 19. Rxe5 Rc7 {with equality.}) (
13... Qc7 $143 14. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f5] /\Nf5->|^} (14. Bh4 $6 g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5
16. Qxg5+ Kh8 $13)) 14. Bh4 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'The only consistent move,
although it's connected with a B sacrifice. After other moves the Bg3 reamains
out off play.'} g5 $2 {After a long thought,Julian chooses this dubious move.
In the post-mortem,we discovered,that 14...N:e4 would be the strongest; as for
14..Qb6 it appeared to be unsufficient to equalize: '!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'Very
risky, but definitely the crucial continuation.'} (14... Qb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Qe2 {'!' Stohl.} b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {+/= Tringov,G-Aleksic,N/Kragujevac
1985 '+/-' Stohl. Stohl: 'Tringov,G-Aleksic,N/Kragujevac/1985/' Stohl:
'subjects Black to a highly unpleasant positional massage.'}) (14... Nxe4 $1
15. Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Qxd6 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 (17. Qxe5 $2 Qa5 18. Rxe4 (18. Qxe4 Bxf2
19. Rf1 Qxa2 $1 20. Rxf2 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Rad8+ 22. Nd4 Qxb2 23. Rf4 Rfe8 24. Qd3
g5 25. Rg4 f5 $1 $19) 18... Bf6 19. Qd5 Bxb2+ $1 20. Kxb2 Rad8 $17) 17... Bg5+
(17... Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxf2 19. Rxe5 {when white is slightly better,thanks to
the active rooks.}) 18. Kb1 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {better was to
have this position with the pawn on ,,b7''(black could get it playing 13...Rc8
instead of 13...b5);now,white keeps slightly superior chanses after 21. a4} 21.
a4 $14) (14... b4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 (15... bxc3 $2 16. Qxc3 $16 {loses a pawn.})
16. Nd5 $16 {or}) 15. Bxg5 {This askes for himself.By the way,15.N:g5 wasn't
good- '[]' Stohl.} (15. Nxg5 $2 Ne8 $1 (15... Ne8 $1 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 $15)) (15.
Bg3 $2 a5 $36) 15... hxg5 16. Nxe5 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'More flexible than'} (
16. Qxg5+ Kh8 17. Nxe5 Nh7 {when White's Q can't go to f4.}) 16... Be8 {
the best move- bishop has to cover ,,f7'' pawn. '[]' Stohl.} (16... dxe5 $2 17.
Qxg5+ Kh8 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Re3 $18) 17. Qxg5+ Kh8 18. Nf3 $1 {
I managed to realize(after 40-minute thought),that all pseudo-attacking moves
like 18.Re3 or 18.Rd3 doesn't give anything- white has to push e4-e5 in order
to open the black's king and to use the active rooks on the ,,e'' and ,,d''
files.} Nh7 {Stohl: '>>Nh7' Stohl: 'Black's K needs the defensive N, after'} (
18... b4 $2 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Rxd5 f6 22. Nd4 $18 {its curtains.})
19. Qf4 {'+/-' Stohl. Stohl: '->' Stohl: 'White has 3 pawns for the B, active
pieces and an attack, Black's pieces are still uncoordinated.'} Rc8 (19... Bg5
20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 Nxg5 22. Rxd6 $18 {_|_}) 20. e5 {seems that black's
position will be totally destroyed,but Julian had something in mind.. '?!'
Stohl. Stohl: 'Too impatient, White now loses a part of his advantage.'} (20.
Nd5 $142 Bg5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Qxg5 Nxg5 23. Ne7 $16) (20. Rd3 $5 $40) 20...
Rxc3 $5 {'+/=!' Stohl.} 21. bxc3 (21. exd6 Rxf3 22. dxe7 Qxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rxf4
24. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 25. Rxe8 Kg7 $13 {_|_ would probably lead to a draw.}) 21...
d5 {the point of black's idea.He sacrificed the exchange,but closed the
central files,and managed to open white's king,which doesn't feel so safe now.
'[]' Stohl. Stohl: 'Necessary, too optimistic is'} (21... Qa5 22. exd6 Bf6 23.
Qb4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6d7] /\d7}) 22. Kb1 $1 {Good profilactic move before
starting the attack on black's king.} Rg8 $2 {Probably,the desicive mistake.
Black wants to activate his rook,but allows to white to push his e-pawn.
Stronger was 22...Qb6,trying to create some threats, e.g. Stohl: 'Now White's
attack prevails. Any of the Q sallies gave better fighting chances.'} (22...
Qb6 23. Rxd5 (23. Qd4 $6 Bc5 24. Qxd5 Bc6 $13) 23... b4 24. c4 Qxf2 25. Rd2 Qb6
26. Red1 {white is clearly better but he'll have to work a lot in order to
convert this advantage.}) (22... Qa5 $142 $14) (22... Qc7 $142 $14) (22... Qb6
$142 $14) 23. e6 $1 {'->!' Stohl.} f6 {Stohl: 'o^e' Stohl: 'A difficult choice
for Black, as'} (23... fxe6 24. Rxe6 Bf6 25. Rd6 {activates White's R.}) 24.
Nd4 {Now white starts the attack,and the strong e-pawn cutting th e black's
position.} Qa5 (24... Qb6 25. Nf5 {[%cal Rd1d5] /\Rd5+-}) 25. Nf5 Bc5 ({
Insufficient is also} 25... Ba3 26. Rd3 b4 27. Rh3 Bg6 (27... Rg5 28. Qb8 Qb5
29. Qxb5 Bxb5 30. Nd6 $18) 28. Rxh7+ $1 Bxh7 29. Qh4 Qd8 30. e7 Qb6 31. c4 $1
$18) 26. Rd3 {seems like it's over non,but black manages to create the
counterplay!} b4 27. Rh3 Bg6 (27... bxc3 $2 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh6#) (27... Rg5
$142 28. Nd4 (28. Nd6 $5) 28... bxc3 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. Nb3 Qa3 31. Qxc3 Bb4 32.
Qc8 Bxe1 33. Qxe8+ Rg8 34. Qd7 Rg7 35. Qd8+ Rg8 36. e7 Qa4 37. Re3 $1 $18) 28.
Qh4 Qd8 $1 (28... Bxf5 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. e7 $1 (30. Qxf5 $143 bxc3 31. Qxd5 $16
) 30... Bxc2+ 31. Ka1 $18) 29. e7 Qb6 $1 {Suddenly,it seems totally
unclear!!Black protected everything and his threats are obvious.But white saw
a bit further....} 30. e8=Q $3 {,,I was amazed!''- Julian Hodgson.White allows
to his opponent to take this new,just promoted, queen,with check!!But...let's
see,what was the point of my idea: '+-!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Initiates a wonderful
tactical sequence, which leads to a forced win.'} (30. Qxh7+ $2 Bxh7 31. e8=Q
bxc3+ 32. Kc1 Qb2+ 33. Kd1 Qb1+ 34. Ke2 Qxc2+ 35. Kf3 Qxf2#) (30. c4 $5) (30.
cxb4 $143 Bxf2 $5 31. Qg4 $1 (31. Qxh7+ Bxh7 32. e8=Q Qxb4+ $19) 31... Be8 $1
$14 {<=>} (31... Bxe1 $2 32. Rxh7+ $1 Bxh7 33. e8=Q $18) (31... Bxf5 32. Qxg8+
Kxg8 33. e8=Q+ Nf8 34. Rh8+ $1 $18)) 30... bxc3+ (30... Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.
Qxh7#) 31. Kc1 {Black didn't have too much time for calculating here- he had
only about 1 minute till time-control;in the post-mortem 31...B:f5 was
suggested,but then white wins in the very spectacular way-} Qb2+ (31... Bxf5
32. Rxc3 $1 Bxf2 33. Rc8 $3 {When I suggested it during the post-mortem,nobody,
including yours truly,couldn't believe his eyes.White has ALL his heavy pieces
(namely, 2 Queens and 2 Rooks)under the threat-but he wins!!Look on it:} (33.
Rg3 $1 {this is less spectacular,but still wins:} Bxg3 34. Qxg3 Rxe8 35. Rxe8+
Nf8 36. Rxf8+ Kh7 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Qxf6 $18) 33... Bxc8 (33...
Rxe8 34. Rcxe8+ Kg7 35. R1e7+ Kg6 36. Rg8#) 34. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36.
Re7+ Kf8 37. Qf7#) 32. Kd1 Qb1+ 33. Ke2 Rxe8+ {CHECK!!} (33... Qxc2+ 34. Kf1
Qxf5 35. Qc6 $18 (35. Qe6 $5 $18)) 34. Kf3 {What's that??Black took the queen
with the check,now can take the rook,but he gets mated!! Stohl: 'A fantastic
position. White's K retreats into safety with a deadly triple attack on b1,e8
and f6!'} Re3+ {The only way not to loose immideately;other moves would lose
on the spot;e.g. '[]' Stohl.} (34... Qxe1 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qg7#) (34... Qb6
35. Rxe8+ Bxe8 36. Qxh7#) 35. Rxe3 ({More consistent was further employment of
the decoy motive:} 35. fxe3 $142 Qb6 36. Rb1 $1 Qd8 37. Rb8 $1 $18) (35. Nxe3
$143 Be4+ {/\} 36. Ke2 $2 Qb5+ $11) 35... Qd1+ 36. Kg3 Kg8 37. Qf4 {'!' Stohl.
Stohl: 'Wraps up the game effectively.'} (37. Ne7+ $143 Bxe7 38. Rxe7 Qxc2 $18
{/+/-}) 37... Bxe3 38. Qb8+ Kf7 {Here ,my opponents flag was already down,but,
I wanted the mate on the board!} (38... Nf8 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Qc7+) 39. Qc7+ Ke6
(39... Kf8 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Qg7#) 40. Ng7# 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T HarZvi,R} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Bg5 (5. Be3 {
HarZvi} f6 (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O e5 8. Qa4 Be7 (8... Rb8 9. Qb3 Be7
10. Bc4 O-O 11. Bd5 Ng4 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. h3 Rxa7 14. hxg4 Nc5 15. Qa3 Bxg4 $17 {
Andres,M-Novikov,I Sagua la Granda 1987}) 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Ng5 $36 {Polgar,
J-Hamdouchi,H Moscow olm 1994}) (5... Nc6 6. Qd2 (6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 g6 (7...
Nf6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Nd2 g6 10. f4 Be6 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Bb3 Rc8 $13 {
Galdunts,S-Lerner,K Gelsenkirchen 1995 64/(198)}) 8. Nc3 Bh6 (8... Bg7 9. Nd5
Kf8 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Rhe1 Rc8 $13 {Swidler,P-Kharalov,A Gausdal
1991}) 9. Nd5 Kf8 10. Be2 Kg7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nxf6 Kxf6 13. Nd4 Bf4 $1 {
[%cal Gf4e5]} 14. c3 Kg7 15. a4 h5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. b4 Bg4 $11 {/=/+
Yandemirov,V-Atalik,S Ahens 1993 60/(203)}) 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 (7... b5 8. Bd3
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. a3 e5 14. Be3 d5 $13 {
Antonio,R-Gausel,E Moscow olm 1994}) 8. O-O-O b5 $6 9. e5 $1 dxe5 10. Qxd8+
Nxd8 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Rxd7 Nxd7 14. Rd1 Ra5 15. Bxd7+ Ke7 16.
Bb6 Rd5 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Nxe5 $14 {Yermolinsky,A-Shabalov,A USA (ch) 1993}))
5... Nc6 6. Qd2 h6 (6... Nf6 {HarZvi} 7. Bd3 e6 8. c4 Be7 (8... h6 9. Bf4 d5
10. exd5 exd5 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 Bg4 $2 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 O-O
15. Nde4 $14) (12... Be6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Be4 $14) 13. cxd5 Bxf3 14. dxc6 Bxc6
15. Rad1 $16 {Kamsky,G-Lautier,J Dortmund 1993 57/193 [Kamsky,G]}) 9. Nc3 b6
10. O-O Bb7 11. Rac1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 $36 {Grosar,A-Ehlvest,J Moscow
olm 1994}) 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nf6 (9... Be6 {After this move as you
can see later, black can think about advantage already in the opening.} 10. Bd3
(10. Be2 $6 Rc8 11. h4 $2 (11. O-O Qa5 {Black has great position} (11... Nf6
12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 O-O $11 (15... Bf5 16. Bf3)))
11... g4 12. Nh2 Qb6 $1 $17 13. O-O (13. Rb1 $2 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd4 {[%csl Rc2]})
(13. Nd1 Nf6 $17) 13... Qxb2 14. Nd5 Qd4 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Rab1 $4 (16. Nxf6+
$142 Qxf6 17. Rab1 Rc7 18. f3 $17) 16... Nxe4 {0-1 Kiselev,M-Rashkovsky,N/St.
Petersburg op 1994}) 10... Nf6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Nd5 f5 13. h3 f4 $15 {
Rozentalis,E-Ward,C/Copenhagen PC 1996 (39)/1-0} (13... f4 {HarZvi} 14. Bh2 O-O
15. c3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Nd7 $15 {/-/+ Rozentalis,E-Ward,C Copenhagen 1996})) (9...
Bg4 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qa5 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Rc7 15. Bd5 Nf6
16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Bb3 O-O 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Rfe1 e6 20. Rad1 Rd4 21. Nb1 Rcd7 22.
c3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 e4 25. Nd2 Qb5 26. Qf1 Qb7 27. Qe2 Bf8 28. Qc4
Qd5 29. Nf1 Qb7 30. Nd2 Qd5 31. Nf1 Qb7 32. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Priehoda,V-Robatsch,K/
Stary Smokovec 1987}) 10. O-O-O (10. Bd3 $6 Nh5 11. Be2 {Is it normal to play
twice with a piece in the opening?!} Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Qa5 14. O-O Nf6 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rfd1 g4 17. Ne1 (17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bg5 20.
Rdd1 h5 (20... Rc2 21. Bd3 Rxb2 22. Rab1 Rxa2 23. Rxb7 O-O $17) 21. f4 h4 22.
fxg5 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rc2 $17) 17... h5 18. Nc2 Bg5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qe5 $10
{Galdunts-Serper, St.Petersburg 1993}) 10... Nh5 $1 $146 {We found this move
in the preparation to this game together with my trainer A.Huzman. This move
prevents black from pushing e4-e5 and getting conviniant ending. We found this
move in the preparation to this game together with my trainer A.Huzman. This
move prevents black from pushing e4-e5 and getting conviniant ending.} (10...
Be6 {Tyomkin,D} 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Be2
Rfd8 16. Rhd1 (16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bf3 $14 (17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 $14)) 16...
Rxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne4 18. Bxg7 Nxd2 19. Bxh6 Nc4 20. Bxg5 $14 {Rozentalis,
E-Ftacnik Lubomir/Bundesliga 1995 (46)/1/2-1/2}) 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. c3
f5 $4 (13... O-O $142 14. Be2 (14. Bc4 Na5) (14. Bd3 f5 {Now it works
succesfully}) 14... b5 (14... Na5 {Horvath,T} 15. Nxg5 Nxg3 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
hxg3 exd5 (17... Rxf2 $1) 18. Qxd5+ {Der weiße Angriff sieht gefährlich aus
nach:} Kh8 19. Qg5 $1 Rf7 $1 (19... Rf6 20. e5) 20. Bg4 $36) (14... Nf6 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. h4 g4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bg7 19. f3 d5 $1 $132) 15. Nxg5 Nxg3
16. hxg3 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Rh3 $44) (13... Nf6 $5 14. Qe1 $1
(14. Qe3 Ng4 (14... Qa5 15. Bc4) 15. Qe1 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 $11) 14... Qa5 15.
Bc4 Ng4 16. h4 Nge5 17. Nxe5 $14) 14. exf5 Bxf5+ 15. Bd3 O-O $6 (15... Bxd3+
16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Qe4 {The threat is h4. It is important not allowing black to
play g4 after h4 by white.} (17. Qe2 e5 $16) (17. Qg6 Qe8) 17... Qe8 18. Rhe1 {
Again after h4 immediately there maybe some complications after e6 and maybe
knight back to f6 or d5, but this move just prevents e6 from black.} e5 19. h4
$16 (19. h4 {HarZvi} Nxg3 20. fxg3 gxh4 21. Nxh4 Qe6 22. g4 {and white is
about winning})) 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rg8][%cal Ge2e6,Ge2h5] +/
-/+-} Kh8 (17... e5 {HarZvi} 18. Ne3 Nxg3 (18... Rf7 19. Bxe5 $1 $18 {just
winning a pawn}) 19. hxg3 Rf6 (19... Rf7 20. Ng4 {and the h6 pawn is lost}) 20.
Qc4+ Kf8 21. Qd3 $16) 18. Rhe1 Nxg3 (18... Rf7 $2 {HarZvi} 19. Nxg5 $18) (18...
Bf8 {HarZvi} 19. Qe6 {[%csl Rf5]} Ng7 20. Qxh6+) 19. hxg3 Rf7 (19... Ne5 {
HarZvi} 20. Nd4) 20. Qe6 Qf8 {The only move for black was 20...Qg8. Of course
white is better, but I could not find a win.} (20... Qg8 {HarZvi} 21. Re4 $5
Re8 22. Rh1 Rff8 23. Nc7 Rc8 24. Nxg5 Qxe6 25. Ncxe6 Rxf2 26. Nf4 Kg8 27. Ngh3
Rd2 28. Kc1 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxa2 30. Kb1 $16 {is just one possible line}) 21. Rh1
{now black is completely hopeless against white's attack} Kg8 22. Qg6 Ne5 23.
Nxe5 (23. Nxe5 {Horvath,T: Schwarz verliert Haus und Hof.} dxe5 24. Rxh6 Rxf2
25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. Nxe7+) 1-0

[Event "Dallas UT Fall op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Vazquez,G"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 {A rare but playable move.
} (5... Bd7 {is by far the most common move.}) 6. Qd3 Qc8 {This move came as a
surprise for me. Usually Black waits for White to attack the knight on c6 with
Nf3-d4 before committing to moves as ...Qc8. I thought that the idea was to
play g7-g6 without playing ...Nf6 first.} 7. O-O {I considered this to be the
most flexible choice, although moves like Nc3 are also possible} Bxf3 {Again
another surprise. I did not expect Black to give up this bishop without being
provoked with h2-h3 first. I think that Black does to want to allow White to
recapture with a knight after Nbd2 and h2-h3.} (7... g6) 8. Qxf3 g6 (8... a6 {
is more accurate, to force White to decide what to do with the bishop.}) 9. Rd1
{I played this move to have the option to play Bb5-f1 after Black plays a7-a6.}
(9. Nc3 {seems to be better, immediately heading for d5.}) 9... Bg7 10. Nc3 a6
(10... Nf6 11. Nd5 {and it is difficult to make a move with Black. The engines
suggest} Kf8 {which is an indication something went wrong.}) 11. Bf1 (11. Ba4 {
is an option, but playing this would be admitting the move Rd1 was a useless
one.}) 11... Nb4 $6 {This move is not threatening to take the pawn on c2,
which would give White a big initiative.} ({After} 11... Nf6 {I was planning}
12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... Rb8 13. c3 $14) 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Qe4 $36 {and White has a
dangerous initiative, for example} Nxc2 15. Rb1 f5 $8 16. Qd3 (16. Qe2 Nd4 17.
Qe3 Nb5 18. Qb6 Kf7 $13) (16. Qh4 $5) 16... Nb4 17. Qa3 a5 18. Bg5) 12. Bf4 (
12. Bg5 $1 {provoking h6 is good for White and from g5 the bishop can put
pressure on e7 or f6 (after Nf6).}) 12... Bxc3 $2 {This is the idea of the
previous move. Black ruins White's pawn structure but now Black's king will be
permanently weak and Black is behind in development.} (12... Nf6 13. a3 $14) (
12... Nxc2 $2 13. Rac1 Nd4 14. Rxd4 Bxd4 15. Ne2 (15. Nd5 $18) 15... Qd8 16.
Nxd4 e5 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 f6 19. Qb3 $18) 13. bxc3 {Of course, White does
not exchange queens.} Nc6 14. Bc4 $16 {Now Black has problems defending f7.}
Nd8 (14... Nf6 15. Bxd6 {just wins a pawn.}) 15. Bb3 Qc7 16. Rd3 (16. Rab1 $1 {
was better and it would have given White an almost decisive advantage, making
it difficult for Black to play ...Ne6 because it would leave the b7-pawn more
vulnerable and he would have to worry about the break e4-e5.} Rc8 (16... Ne6
17. e5 $18) 17. Rd3) 16... Ne6 {During the game I did not want to exchange the
bishop, because it prevents ...Nf6 due to Bxd6 threats.} 17. Bg3 (17. g4 $5 {
is an interesting try to stop ...Nf6.}) 17... Nh6 18. Re1 $6 (18. e5 $1 Nf5 (
18... dxe5 $2 19. Re1 $18) 19. Ba4+ Kf8 20. Bb3 $16 {and} Kg7 $6 {loses a pawn
after} 21. exd6 exd6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd6 Nxg3 (23... Nxd6 $2 24. Be5+ Kg8
25. Qf6 $18) 24. Qxg3 $16) 18... O-O 19. e5 $2 {This move just allows the
knight on h6 to enter the game.} Nf5 20. exd6 exd6 21. Bd5 $6 {And after this
move Black even gets some initiative.} (21. Rxd6 $2 {was my idea but I missed
a simple defence based on a back rank mate} Nxd6 22. Rxe6 Rae8 $1 $19 (22...
fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Rf7 24. Bxd6 Re8 $1 $11) 23. Bxd6 Rxe6) (21. Qd1 {was the
chance to play for an advantage} Nxg3 22. hxg3 {and both sides have weaknesses,
but Black's king is potentially more exposed and the bishop is better than the
knight.}) 21... Rae8 $1 {Creating tricks with the hanging rook on e1 and the
back rank mate.} 22. Rdd1 Qa5 {Creating the threat of ...Ned4.} ({I expected} 
22... Re7 {and Black has no problems at all after playing Rf8-c8 next.}) 23.
Qd3 (23. Z0 Ned4 24. Qd3 Qxd5 25. cxd4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxa2 $17) (23. Bxb7 {
is possible, but I still considered I had more chances for an advantage after
the text} Qxa2 24. Ra1 Nc5 25. Rec1 Qb2 26. Bc6 Rc8 $13) 23... Rc8 $2 ({
Again, I expected} 23... Re7 {with the idea} 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Bxe6 Rfe8 $1 (
25... Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qxd6 Qxa2 28. h4 {is a risk free position for
White, because his king is safer, but it is probably still a draw with correct
play}) 26. Qxd6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qxb7 Qxc3 30. g3 Qxc2 $11)
24. c4 $2 {Missing a chance to get an endgame with an extra pawn.} (24. Rxe6 $1
{is winning, but I missed that after} Rxc3 (24... fxe6 25. Bxe6+ {and Black is
just a pawn down}) 25. Qe4 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. Qd7+ Kh8 {I could play} 28.
Qxd6 $1 {and the queen is untouchable due to Be5#} (28. Bxd6 $2 Nxd6 29. Qxd6
Qd8 $17) 28... Qc5 $8 (28... Nxd6 29. Be5+ {and checkmate}) 29. Be5+ Ng7 30.
Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Bd6 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd8 33. c4 {and the endgame with an extra pawn
and a good bishop should be winning.}) 24... Nc5 25. Qd2 Qxa2 $2 {Black gets
overly ambitious and underestimates White's chances on the kingside.} (25...
Qxd2 $142 26. Rxd2 Nxg3 27. hxg3 Rfe8 {is about equal.}) 26. Bf4 $1 $40 {
This is the only move that gives White an advantage. There will be too many
pieces attacking Black's king and this will be combined with the threats of
trapping the misplaced queen on a2. Here, I already did not see a defence for
Black and the engines claim White is winning. The immediate threat is g2-g4
and Bxd6.} Rfe8 (26... Qa3 27. g4 Ng7 (27... Nh4 28. Re3 {loses the knight
after Bg5 next move}) 28. Bxd6 $18) (26... h5 27. Qc3 {and Qf6 is unstopable,
with a winning attack.}) 27. Qc3 (27. g4 {might even be stronger, because
Black cannot play} Ne7 (27... Ng7 28. Bxd6 {requires no calculation}) 28. Bh6
Nxd5 29. Qd4 $1 {this is the intermediate move I missed} Re5 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31.
Qxe5 Ne6 32. cxd5 $18) 27... Ne6 (27... Ne7 28. Bh6 Nf5 29. Bd2 $18 {and Black
cannot stop both threats of Ra1 and Qf6-Bc3.}) (27... Qa4 28. g4 Ne6 29. Bc1
Nfg7 30. Bb2 $18) 28. Bc1 (28. Qf6 $1) 28... Ned4 29. Bb2 {Threatening g4+-.
White will be winning after solving the potential back rank problems and the
potential ...Ne2+.} h5 30. h3 {Solving the back rank problem and renewing the
threat of g4.} (30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Kf1 $3 $18 {is a very good resource that
solves both White's problems at once and wins on the spot, there is no defence
against both threats: Ra1 and Rxd4.}) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 h4 32. g4 hxg3 33.
fxg3 $18 {Black has run out of tricks and there is no defence against g4 now.}
b5 34. g4 b4 35. Qxb4 Nxc2 36. Qb7 Rf8 37. Qxf7+ (37. Qxf7+ Rxf7 38. Re8+ Kh7
39. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. h3 $6 {Ich bin verwundert, wie oft die Leute diesen Zug machen.} ({
Natürlich ganz normal ist die Rochade -} 9. O-O O-O {und nur jetzt -} 10. h3 a6
({Hier geht die Idee mit ...Bxc3 nicht:} 10... Nb4 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13.
Bd2 $1 {und Schwarz hat kein Schach auf c2}) 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 {mit
typischer Maroczy-Struktur. Zum Beispiel in der Partie Zvjaginsev-Areshchenko,
2012 St Petersburg.}) 9... Nb4 $1 {Das war keine Vorbereitung. Ich habe diese
schöne Idee während der Partie gefunden.} 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O
Bxc3 $1 {Eine typische Idee in solchen Stellungen. Auch ist es ein großes Plus,
dass Weiß kein Läuferpaar hat. Aus strategischen Gründen steht Weiß sehr
gefährdet. Die c-Bauern sind sehr schwach. Weiß muss dynamisches Spiel suchen.}
13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bh6 $1 {Weiß muss die kurze Rochade verhindern.}
Rc8 $1 {Ich habe hier lange nachgedacht und gewählt zwischen ...Rc8 und ...f6.
Beide Züge haben Vor- und Nachteile.} ({Nach} 15... f6 {schwächt Schwarz den
Punkt e6 und Weiß kann sofort mit aktivem Spiel anfangen:} 16. Nd4 $1 Nd8 ({
Nach} 16... Kf7 17. f4 $1 {kann Weiß schon angreifen. Es gibt viele Ideen, c5,
e5, f5. Zum Beispiel} Rac8 18. c5 $5 Nxc5 $8 19. Qc4+ Ke8 $8 20. e5 dxe5 ({Oder
} 20... b5 21. Qd5 dxe5 22. Nxb5 $1 axb5 23. Qxc5 exf4 24. Qxb5 $1 {mit gutem
Gegenspiel}) 21. Qxc5 exd4 22. Rfe1 $132 {mit der Idee Bg7, Bxf6; Weiß hat
gutes Gegenspiel.}) 17. Nc2 $1 {Dieses Manöver hat mir während der Partie
nicht gefallen. Der Springer wird nach d5 gehen.} Rc8 18. Ne3 Qc6 19. Nd5 Qxc4
20. Qg4 $44 {Diese Varianten zeigen, dass ich intuitiv die richtige Wahl
getroffen habe.}) 16. Nd2 ({Der Nachteil von 15...Rc8 ist mit dem Manöver} 16.
Bg7 Rg8 17. Bd4 {verbunden. Der Läufer kontrolliert auf d4 viele Felder, aber
Weiß hat kein aktives Spiel am Königsflügel, das ist wichtiger:} f6 18. Nd2
Nce5 $1 19. Qe3 ({Nach} 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxb7 e5 $1
23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Be3 g5 $1 $15 {hat Weiß ein sehr unangenehmes Endspiel.})
19... g5 $1 20. Rb2 b6 21. Bxb6 Nxb6 22. Rxb6 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 $15 {Schwarz
steht immer etwas besser und spielt ohne Risiko auf Sieg.}) 16... f6 17. Be3
Nce5 $1 {Stärker als} (17... Kf7 18. f4 $1) 18. Rb2 ({Nach} 18. Rb4 a5 $1 19.
Rb5 ({Nach} 19. Ra4 {steht der Turm sehr komisch.} b6 20. Rb1 O-O 21. Rb5 Nc5 {
mit klarem Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 19... Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22.
Rxb7 Rxe4 23. Rfb1 Rg8 $15 {mit unangenehmem Endspiel für Weiß.}) 18... b6 $1
$17 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxa6 {Schwarz bekommt eine Traumstellung.
Aber hier habe ich einen Fehler gemacht.} Nd7 $6 ({Nach} 21... Kf7 $1 {habe
ich gerechnet} 22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxb6 Rxc3 24. Ra1 Rhc8 $1 25. Nb3 {und dachte,
dass Weiß ein Gegenspiel mit dem a-Bauern hat, aber nach} R8c4 26. a4 Rxe4 27.
a5 Rcc4 $1 {muss Schwarz allmählich gewinnen.}) 22. Rc1 {Die Stellung bleibt
immer etwas besser, ist aber nicht einfach zu gewinnen.} Kf7 23. Qe2 Rc7 24.
Rb5 Qa3 25. Nb3 Rhc8 26. Qd2 {Hier war mein Gegner in Zeitnot.} Rc4 ({Stärker
war} 26... Qa6 $1 27. Rb4 Ne5 28. Qh6 Rh8 $1 29. Qe3 Qd3 30. Qe1 Ra8 $17) 27.
Rb4 Qa8 28. f3 Ne5 29. Kh2 Qc6 $2 {Ich hatte in diesem Moment auch knappe Zeit,
deswegen ist die Qualität der Züge gesunken.} ({Stärker war} 29... g5 $15 {
- Prophylaxe gegen Qh6.}) 30. Nd4 $2 ({Mein Gegner hatte hier eine schöne
taktische Kombination und konnte Remis halten:} 30. Qh6 $1 Kg8 31. Nd4 $1 Qc5
32. Rb5 $1 Qa3 33. Ne6 Kf7 34. Nf4 $1 Qxc1 35. Qxh7+ Ke8 36. Nd5 $1 Nxf3+ 37.
gxf3 Qd2+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 30... Qc5 ({Stärker} 30... Qc7 $15) 31. Rb5 $2 {
Ein Zeitnotfehler. Jetzt hat Schwarz eine schöne Kombination.} (31. Nb3 $1 $11)
31... Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Qxc1 34. Qxc1 Rxc1 35. Rxb6 {Wir haben also
ein Turmendspiel bekommen. Ich dachte, dass die Stellung gewonnen ist. Der
Plan des Schwarzen ist, den d-Bauern zu gewinnen, dazu muss Schwarz den Zug ...
f5 machen. Weiß hat nur ein einziges Gegenspiel - Rb8 und die schwarzen Bauern
angreifen.} Rc2+ $2 {Ein wichtiger Tempoverlust. Schwarz muss sofort seinen
Plan durchführen - mit} (35... Rc4 $3 {- der einzige Weg zum Sieg.} 36. d5 ({
Der a-Bauer spielt keine Rolle - zum Beispiel} 36. Ra6 Rxd4 37. Kg3 (37. a4 h5
38. h4 (38. Kg3 f5 39. exf5 h4+ 40. Kf2 gxf5 $19) 38... d5 $1 39. exd5 Rxh4+
40. Kg2 Rd4 $19) 37... h5 38. h4 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Ra8 e5 41. Rh8 Rd3 42.
Rxh5 Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. a4 (44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 d5 46. Rg8 e4 $19) 44... e4
45. Kg2 Rd2+ $1 (45... Rxf3 $4 46. Rg3 Rf4 47. a5 Rxh4 48. Rh3 Rf4 49. Re3 $11)
46. Kf1 d5 $19) 36... f5 $1 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Rb8 (38. Kg3 Rc5 39. Rb8 Rxd5 40.
Rh8 Kg7 41. Re8 e5 42. Re6 Rd3 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Rh6 d5 45. a4 Ra3 46. Rxh7+ Kf6
47. h4 e4 48. fxe4 dxe4 $19) 38... h5 $1 39. Rh8 h4 40. Rh6 Rd4 41. Kg2 Rd2+ $1
42. Kf1 (42. Kg1 Rxa2 43. Rxh4 Rd2 44. Rh7+ Kf6 45. h4 Rxd5 $19) 42... Rxa2 43.
Rxh4 Rd2 44. Rh7+ Kf6 45. h4 Rxd5 {Schwarz gewinnt hier wegen der schlechten
Stellung der weißen Figuren.} 46. Kg2 e5 47. Rh6+ Kg7 48. Rh5 Rd2+ 49. Kg1 Rd1+
50. Kg2 e4 51. fxe4 fxe4 52. Rg5+ Kf6 53. Rg8 Rd5 54. Kg3 Rh5 55. Kg4 Rh7 $19)
36. Kg3 Rxa2 ({Jetzt ist es zu spät für Rd2:} 36... Rd2 37. d5 f5 38. a4 $1
fxe4 39. fxe4 Rd3+ 40. Kg2 Ra3 41. Rb4 {Weiß sollte diese Stellung ohne
Probleme halten.}) 37. Rb8 $1 {Weiß hält das Remis in allen Varianten.} Rd2 ({
Oder} 37... d5 $5 38. exd5 $1 Ra4 39. Rh8 $1 h5 40. h4 Rxd4 41. Rd8 g5 42. hxg5
fxg5 43. Rh8 h4+ 44. Kh3 Rxd5 45. Kg4 e6 {Eine unglaubliche Position, Schwarz
hat zwei Bauern mehr, aber sowieso ist es remis.} 46. Ra8 Rf5 47. Rb8 Kf6 48.
Rf8+ Ke5 49. Ra8 h3 50. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 51. Kg4 $11) 38. d5 $2 ({Viel einfacher war
} 38. Rh8 $1 h5 (38... Rxd4 39. Rxh7+ Kf8 40. h4 d5 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Rd8 e6 43.
exd5 Rxd5 44. Re8 $15) 39. Rh7+ Kf8 40. d5 Rb2 41. h4 Rb7 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Rc8
Rb5 44. Kf4 Rb4 45. Kg3 f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Re8 Kf7 48. Rh8 Kg6 49. Rg8+ Kf6
50. Rh8 Rb5 51. Rh6+ Kg7 52. Rxh5 Rxd5 53. Rg5+ Kf6 54. Rg8 Rd1 55. Kg2 $15)
38... f5 39. Rh8 h5 40. Kf4 $4 {Ein grober Fehler.} ({Weiß konnte noch Remis
halten nach} 40. exf5 $1 gxf5 41. Rxh5 Kg6 42. Rh8 Rxd5 43. h4 e5 (43... Kg7
44. Re8 e5 45. Re6 Kf7 46. Rh6 Rd3 47. Kg2 e4 48. fxe4 fxe4 49. h5 Rd2+ 50. Kf1
Ke7 51. Rg6 Rh2 52. h6 d5 53. Ra6 $11) 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Rg5 Kf6 46. Rg8 Rd1 47.
Kg2 Rd2+ 48. Kg1 e4 (48... Rd4 49. h5 Rh4 50. Rg6+ Ke7 51. h6 d5 52. Ra6 d4 53.
Kf2 $11) 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. h5 Rd5 51. Rg6+ Kf5 52. Rg2 Kf4 53. h6 e3 54. h7 Rh5
55. Rh2 $1 e2 56. Rxe2 $11) 40... fxe4 41. fxe4 Rd3 42. h4 Rh3 43. Kg5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mueller,Karsten} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 {White protects the pawn e4
and prepares 11.Qd2.} ({In case of immediate} 10. Qd3 $5 {/\Nd4,f4-f5,Qh3
Black can prevent white's plans by} Qa5 $5 11. h4 h6 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6
14. Rhe1 Ng4 15. Re2 O-O 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f3 Ne5 18. h5 Rfc8 19. b3 Rc5 $15 {
Kaminski,M-Gelfand,B/Polanica Zdroj/1997/ (27)}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 {White
would like to bring the knight to d4 as quickly as possible.} ({The alternative
} 11. Kb1 {became less popular after the game Svidler,P-Kasparov,G/Linares
1999 where was} h6 $1 12. Bh4 Re8 $1 $146 13. Bg3 d5 14. e5 (14. Ne5 Qa5 $15)
14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. Nd4 Be8 $1 (17... Bd5 18. Nb5 $14)
18. c3 Rac8 19. Kc2 b5 $1 20. Rxe4 b4 21. Re3 a5 $44 {with an excellent
compensation for the pawn}) 11... h6 $1 {Important move.} 12. Bf4 ({Now} 12.
Bh4 $2 {is not good in view of} Nxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 (13. Rxe4 $2 Bxh4 14. Rxh4 (
14. Rg4 h5 $1 $17) 14... Bxf3 $19) 13... Bxh4 $15) 12... e5 13. Bg3 Rc8 $1 {
Mueller,Karsten: 'The following games indicate that it is White, who has to
play carefully in order to equalize.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Die mit dieser
Stellung gespielten Partien deuten darauf hin, dass es eher Weiß ist, der um
Ausgleich bemüht sein muss.'} (13... b5 $6 {is less precise in view of} 14. Bh4
$1 $14 {Sutovskij-Hodgson, Harplinge 1998. Now} b4 {doesn't work in view of}
15. Bxf6 bxc3 16. Qxc3 $1 $16) 14. Qd3 $146 {White protects the pawn and
prepares 15.Bh4.} ({But immediate} 14. Bh4 {probably is better:} Nxe4 $1 15.
Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Qxd6 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qxd6 (17... Bg5+ $5 {Mueller,Karsten}) 18.
Rxd6 Bxf2 19. Rxe5 Rc7 $11 {Sutovsky,E}) (14. Kb1 $2 b5 $1 15. Qe2 {'?!'
Mueller,Karsten.} b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 $17 {0-1 Karjakin Sergey (UKR)
-Topalov Veselin (BUL)/Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 2002 (33)}) 14... Nd7 $1 {
[%csl Rg3] ץg3} 15. Nd5 {'?!' Mueller,Karsten.} (15. Kb1 {Mueller,Karsten} a6
16. Qe2 b5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc5 (18... Rc6 $5 {Mueller,Karsten}) 19. Red1
Rxd5 20. Rxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 David,A-Tiviakov,S/Saint Vincent ITA 2000/The Week
in Chess 296 (35). (35)}) 15... Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Rc6 $1 {'=/+' Mueller,Karsten. 
What for I have conceded control over the point d5? I hoped that my attack on
the Q-side will become very strong while Nf3 and Bg3 will be in offside.} 17.
Kb1 Qc7 18. c3 Rc8 $36 {<< Mueller,Karsten: 'Black's attacking forces are
getting stronger and stronger. ' Mueller,Karsten: 'Da braut sich etwas gegen
den weißen Monarchen zusammen.'} 19. Bh4 {'?!' Mueller,Karsten.} (19. Nd2 Bg5
$1 20. Nb3 Nb6 21. Qd3 Nc4 $17) (19. Qd3 $15 {Mueller,Karsten}) 19... Nb6 20.
Qd3 (20. Qb3 $2 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Nc4 $19 {[%cal Rc6b6,Rc4b2]}) 20... g5 $1 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh4][%mdl 32] ><Nf3, Bg3 Mueller,Karsten: 'Such moves should not be
played lightly. But Yacovich has good reasons for g5: White's bishop has no
real influence now, which helps Black's attack. ' Mueller,Karsten: 'Solche
Züge sollte man nie leichtfertig machen. Doch Yakovich hat gute Gründe für ...
g5: der weiße Läufer ist für den Moment außer Spiel, in dem der schwarze
Angriff Fahrt aufnimmt.'} (20... Na4 $6 21. Bxe7 Qb6 22. Rd2 $1 (22. b3 Nxc3+
23. Ka1 Qa5 24. Rd2 Ra6 25. Qc2 Rcc6 $1) 22... Nxc3+ 23. Ka1 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rc1+
25. Qb1 $13) (20... Bxh4 $6 21. Nxh4 Na4 22. Re2 Qb6 23. Ka1 $13) 21. Bg3 Na4
$1 {[%csl Rb1,Rb2,Rc3] /\Qb6-+} 22. Re2 $8 (22. Nd2 $2 Nxb2 $1 23. Kxb2 Rxc3
24. Qb5 a6 $1 25. Qd5 Rc2+ 26. Kb1 Qc3 27. Qb3 Rxd2 $19) (22. Ka1 Nxb2 $1 23.
Kxb2 Rxc3 24. Qb5 a6 25. Qd5 Rxf3 $1 26. gxf3 Qc3+ 27. Kb1 Rc4 $19 28. a3 Qb3+)
(22. Qc2 Nxb2 $1 23. Kxb2 Rxc3 24. Qa4 Qc5 $1 {/\25...Rc2 26.Kb1 Rc6 -+} (24...
Rxf3 25. gxf3 Qc3+ 26. Kb1 Rc4 $19) 25. Nd2 b5 26. Qa5 Rc2+ 27. Kb1 Qd4 $19)
22... b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b4][%mdl 128] Mueller,Karsten: 'Black's pawn advances
are very impressive! ' Mueller,Karsten: 'Die schwarzen Bauernvorstöße
hinterlassen einen starken Eindruck.'} (22... Nxb2 $2 23. Rxb2 Rxc3 24. Qf1 $13
) 23. Rc2 {'?' Mueller,Karsten. Mueller,Karsten: 'White loses the path
completely.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Weiß kommt nun ganz vom Kurs ab.'} (23. Qxb5 $4
{Mueller,Karsten} Nxc3+ 24. bxc3 Rb6 $19) (23. Qc2 $15 {(Mueller,Karsten) /-/+
or oder}) (23. Ka1 $15 {(Mueller,Karsten) /-/+}) 23... b4 $1 24. Qb5 $6 {[#]} (
24. c4 $8 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 $17) 24... Nxb2 $1 (24... Nxb2 25.
Rxb2 (25. Kxb2 Rxc3 $1 26. Rcd2 Rc2+ $19) 25... bxc3 26. Rc2 Rb6 $19) 0-1

