[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Fluvia Poyatos, Joan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The truth is that
Fluviá´s choice surprised me. His results with the Sveshnikov have been quite
good in the past few years, and although he has flirted with other lines, this
has always been his favourite weapon. Although in the first round Fluviá had
already gone for the Najdorf against López Martínez, I thought that was part
of some specific preparation. It took me a while before I settled for...} 6.
Be3 {The English Attack is my usual choice against the Najdorf, although 6.Be2
and 6.Bc4 are also part of my repertoire. For some reason, I had the feeling
that my opponent likes 6...e5 set-ups against 6.Be2, which is considered by
theory as the easiest route to equality. But something made me believe he
would rather play with 6...e6 against the English Attack. Thus, I came up with
the following "trick": I play 6.Be3, and after 6...e6, I go for 7.Be2, as
Adams has tried so many times. Ok, it is not like this is so great, but those
structures suited me fine in a must win situation.} Ng4 {Hmm, and now what. I
did not feel like going for those crazy lines after 7.Bg5, so...} 7. Bc1 Nf6 {
and back to where I was. So, I am not the best psychologist. After some more
thought I decided to go for a line I consider interesting but had never
employed before,} 8. g3 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 {Personally, I prefer 9...Nbd7, followed
by ...b5 (or ...b6 if White plays 10.a4). Fluvíá adopts a very "Najdorf"
approach, controlling d5 and not giving any contact points on the queenside.}
10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a4 {White´s plan is to first put a pawn on a5,
fixing the queenside, and then jump into d5 at some point. Black will have
nothing better than taking the intruder, and after exd5, a typical position
with flank majorities will be reached. I like White because he has a little
head start on his side of the board, but these positions a very complicated in
practice.} O-O (12... b6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. f4 {leaves the bishop
in trouble, since} exf4 {is met by} 16. Nd4 $16) 13. a5 {This position
resembles the Karpov Variation of the Classical Scheveningen, but here the
bishop on g2 gives White a superior version. The main advantage is the extra
support of d5; on the downside, not having a bishop on e2 putting pressure on
a6 allows Black to play ...b5. This, however, does not give him full equality.}
b5 ({Another idea would be} 13... Qc7 14. Be3 Rfc8 {trying to hold back Nd5
for the time being. The truth is, though, Black cannot manage this in the long
run. One possibility is} 15. h3 {, followed by 16.Qd2 and 17.Rfc1. In similar
positions in the Karpov variation, Black puts his queen on c6 and controls d5,
but the extra control exerted by the g2 bishop makes this attempt futile.}) 14.
axb6 Nxb6 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Nd5 {During the game I thought this move was clearly
the best one and played it instantly. In a similar situation, the great 6.g3
expert, Petar Popovic, preferred to finish his devolopment first, not giving
Black any clear play on the kingside. I now believe} (16. h3 $1 {, followed by
Be3 and Qd2 might be more precise.}) 16... Bxd5 {A strange decision, but the
idea will be clarly understood after Black´s next move. The alternative is} (
16... Nfxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 {, and try to push the kingside pawns. White,
meanwhile, should take advantage of the weakened c6 square. One idea could be}
18. Be3 ({the direct} 18. Nc6 {is not convincing} Bxc6 19. dxc6 d5 20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Rfd8 22. Qf3 Rd6 $11) 18... Nc4 (18... Na4 $2 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20.
dxc6 Nxb2 21. Qe2 $18) (18... Bb5 19. Re1 Na4 $2 20. c4 Nxb2 21. Qc2 Nxc4 22.
Bf1 Rfc8 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rec1 $18) 19. Nc6) 17. exd5 e4 {Forced. If White is
allowed to protect d5, then the weakness on c6 will tell.} 18. g4 $5 {Risky,
but the tournament situation was crying out for this one.} ({After the game my
opponent suggested} 18. f3 {, which I rejected because it seemed to me that my
dark squares were weakened too much. But what was really worrying me was the
necessity of parting with my light-squared bishop, which would leave my king
exposed. On the other hand, maybe these were nothing more than excuses thought
up to convince myself to play 18.g4.} Nfxd5 ({we looked at} 18... e3 {in the
postmortem, but} 19. f4 Nfxd5 20. c4 {refutes it.}) 19. fxe4 Nf6 20. e5 dxe5
21. Bxa8 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Rxa8 $14 {Black has very reasonable compensation, but I
am not quite sure if is sufficient.}) (18. Re1 Nbxd5 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxd5 Nf6
21. Qc6 {Might be a litle something, but I was looking for more.}) 18... h6 $2
{A clear mistake. After the game my opponent told me he believed my king would
be weaker after the exchange of the h-pawns, but he underestimated the rook
manoeuvre on move 22.} (18... Rae8 {and now:} {The thematic} 19. Ra3 {is also
possible here} (19. c4 Nxc4 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. g5 (21. Nc6 Ne5 22. Rxa6 Nxd5 23.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Qxe4 {deserves attention. The kingside had advanced a little
more the would be desirable, but the two bishops could prove to be dangerous.})
21... Nxd5 22. Bxe4 Ne5 (22... Nxa5 $2 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Qf5 $18 {is a nice
trick. There is no way to stop 25.Qh3, with a decisive attack.}) 23. Bxh7+ Kh8
24. Qe4 (24. Qf5 $2 g6 25. Qh3 Qd7) 24... g6 25. Ra3 $5 (25. Qxd5 Kxh7 26. f4)
25... Qd7 (25... Kxh7 $2 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Rh3) 26. Qxd5 Kxh7 27. f4 {, and
White is better.}) 19... Nfxd5 (19... h6 20. c4 Nxc4 $2 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Nxc4
Qxc4 23. Rc3 $18) 20. Bxe4 Bg5 (20... Nf6 21. Rc3 {is very annoying}) 21. Bxh7+
Kxh7 22. Bxg5 Kg8 23. Qd3 Re5 24. Bd2 Rfe8 25. h3 {and Black does not have
enough for the pawn. So, after 18...Rae8 White retains the initiative, but it
is very murky.}) (18... Rac8 $2 {allows} 19. g5 Nfxd5 20. Bxe4 Nb4 21. c3 d5
22. Bf5 $18 {and the rook hangs.}) 19. h4 Rae8 20. g5 hxg5 ({No way back now} 
20... Nfxd5 21. gxh6 f5 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. Qh5 Rh8 (23... Nf6 24. Qxf5 Qxc2 25.
f3 $16) 24. Qxf5 Rxh4 25. Ra3 $1 {, with an attack.}) 21. hxg5 Nfxd5 22. Ra3 $1
{The threat is simply Rh3 and Qh5, a very strong idea with an open h-fle.
Black´s next is forced.} g6 23. Rh3 {Black has neutralized the main threat,
but has weakened the a1-h8 diagonal in the process. Besides, Qg4-Qh4 is still
a possibility Black needs to be prepared for. Right now there is ...Kg7,
followed by ...Rh8.} Bd8 {More stubborn was} (23... f5 {, but the attack
continues after} 24. c4 (24. Qd4 Qxc2) 24... Nb4 (24... Qc5 25. cxd5 Qxa5 26.
Qd4 Nxd5 27. Rd1 $16) 25. Qd4 {and now:} Qc5 (25... Kf7 26. Rh7+ Ke6 27. Bh3 $1
({interesting, but not quite clear, is} 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Qxe4+ Kd7 29. Re1 Nc8
30. Nb3 Qc6 31. Qg4+ Kc7 32. Nd4 Qd7 33. Ne6+ Kb8 34. Qh3 Rg8 35. Bf4 $40)
27... Kd7 28. Qxe4 $16) 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Ke6 28. Nb3 Qxc4 29. Rc3 Qd5 30.
f3 {and the attack keeps going.}) 24. c4 Nxc4 $2 {This loses quickly, but the
position is difficult already:} (24... Nb4 25. Qg4 $5 (25. Qd4 Re5 26. Bf4 $16
{wins the exchange with no complications}) 25... Kg7 26. Bd2 Nd3 27. Bc3+ Ne5
28. b4 $1 {protects the knight and gives the bishop some room to retreat.} (28.
Qxe4 Na4 29. Bxe5+ dxe5 (29... Rxe5 30. Qh4) 30. b4 Nc5 {is not too convincing.
}) 28... d5 (28... f5 29. gxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxe4 $16 Nbxc4 $2 (30... Nexc4 $2 31.
Qh4 $18) 31. f4 Nxa5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. Qh4 $18) 29. c5 Nbd7 30.
f4 exf3 31. Qxf3 Bxg5 32. Qxd5 f6 33. Nc4 $16) 25. Nxc4 $1 Qxc4 26. b3 {
Now the bishops enters the long diagonal with decisive effects.} Qc5 $6 ({
A little better would be} 26... Qb5 {, controlling d7} 27. Qg4 f5 28. gxf6 Rxf6
29. Qh4 $18 (29. Bb2)) 27. Qg4 f5 (27... Qd4 28. Rd1 $1 {wins on the spot.})
28. gxf6 Rxf6 29. Qd7 $1 {Hitting e8 and h7. The rest is easy.} Re7 30. Qxd8+
Kf7 (30... Rf8 31. Rh8+) 31. Rh7+ Ke6 32. Bh3+ Rf5 33. Qg8+ Ke5 34. Qxg6 Rxf2
35. Rxe7+ Nxe7 36. Qe6+ Kd4 37. Kxf2 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Nd5 39. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[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. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 {sobald der Sb8 sich für das Feld d7 entschieden hat, kann Weiß mit
a4 das Feld b4 vernachlässigen} b6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O (11. g4 $5 Bb7 12. Ng3 {
verhindert das schwarze Gegenspiel} b5 $6 (12... Nc5 $142 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4 $13
) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nf5) 11... Bb7 12. g4 b5 $5 {Diagramm [#]} (
12... Nc5 13. Ng3 g6 $13) 13. Ng3 (13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. b4 d5 $1 $13
) 13... b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 {Mamedyarov kann mit dem Verlauf der
Eröffnung zufrieden sein. Hou Yifan hat Schwächen auf d5 und c2, dies wird
durch die Kontrolle der weißen Felder f5 und e4 kompensiert.} Rc8 $6 (15... a5
{um das Feld b6 zu sichern und die potentiellen Schwächen auf a6 und b4 zu
einer Kette zu verbinden.}) 16. a5 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gc1d2]} Rc5 17. Nf5 Re8
18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bd2 Rb5 21. Re1 Qc8 {Diagramm [#]} (21... Bxd5 $2
22. Bf1 Rb8 $2 23. Bxb4 $18 {[%cal Gd1d5]}) 22. c3 {ein sicherer Ansatz - Hou
Yifan opfert zeitweilig einen Bauern, aktiviert dafür jedoch all ihre Figuren
und kann Druck auf den weißen Feldern erzeugen} (22. Re4 $5 {wäre ebenfalls
interessant gewesen} Rxd5 (22... Bxd5 $5 23. Rxb4 Bxg2 24. Rxb5 Ba8 25. Rb3 Re8
$44 {obwohl der weiße König nach f3 einigermaßen sicher steht}) 23. Rxb4 e4 $1
24. Ra3 (24. Bxe4 $2 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Bxe4) 24... Nc5 $13) 22...
bxc3 23. bxc3 Bxd5 24. Bxd5+ Rxd5 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Be3 {nun hat Hou Yifan auf
jeden Fall genug Kompensation um Ausgleich reklamieren zu können, vermutlich
jedoch nicht mehr} Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Qc4 {Diagramm [#]} Kf8 29. Qe4 g6 30.
Rad1 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Rb1 Kg7 33. Rb6 Qd2 34. Rb7 (34. Qf3 $5 Rf7 35. Rxa6
e4 36. Qe3 Qd5 $14) 34... Qd6 35. Rxe7+ Qxe7 36. Qc6 Qa7 (36... e4 37. Qxa6 Qd7
38. Kg2 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Qe2 $14) 37. Qb6 Qa8 38. Qxc5 (38. Qc7+ $1 Kh6 39.
Qd6 {[%csl Gf6]} Qf3 40. Qxa6 e4 $1 (40... Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Kg3 $18) (
40... Qxh3 41. Qxf6 Qxg4+ 42. Kh2 Qh5+ 43. Kg3 $1) 41. Qe6 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qf3 43.
Qa2 e3 {und Schwarz kämpft ums Überleben}) 38... Qb7 39. c4 Qd7 40. Kg2 Qb7+
41. Kg1 Qd7 42. Kh2 Qb7 {jetzt hat Mamedyarov genug Gegenspiel} 43. Qd6 Qf3 44.
Qd7+ Kf8 45. Kg1 Qxh3 46. c5 f5 $1 47. Qd6+ Kf7 48. Qd5+ Kf6 49. c6 Qxg4+ 50.
Kf1 Qh3+ 51. Ke2 Qc3 52. Qd8+ Ke6 53. c7 Qc2+ 54. Kf1 Qc4+ 55. Kg2 Qg4+ 56. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 {This move
represents the common attitude to the openings nowadays - instead of trying to
win the game by preparation, White is simply aiming for a playable game. It's
not a big surprise that 6.g3 has become more popular recently - it's hard to
imagine that White can fight for anything special in the main Najdorf.} e5 {
The most principled reply. Black could try many moves, but this one seems most
logical.} 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 (8... O-O {was another option. The move in the
game is a bit more aggresive and there is absolutely lot of sense in delaying
castle for a moment. If Black managed to put his pieces on the best squares 
(Bb7, Nbd7, Rc8), White could be worse.}) 9. Be3 $5 {This is a new move, I
believe. It's not impressive, not at all, but it makes some sense, as the
bishop takes the a7-square under control and that square is useful for the
black rook in many lines.} ({The main move here is} 9. a4 {which leads to an
equal position after} b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd3 Rb7 {.})
9... Nbd7 ({The point of 9.Be3 is easy to see in the following line:} 9... O-O
$6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 $14 {and Black can't take on d5.}) ({However, Black could
try the simple} 9... Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 $11) 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5
a5 $2 {A big positional blunder. when you have the knight on b3 you dream of
seeing the black pawn on a5, which makes the knight position very good, if not
perfect. Of course, there are a lot of situations where there is nothing wrong
with moves like a6-a5, but in this position Black gets nothing in return.} ({
The most natural alternative was} 11... Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 {. Now White would
be rather forced to play} 13. Qa5 {in order to show that the whole plan had
some idea in itself. However, the position after e.g.} (13. Na5 $2 Nf6) 13...
O-O 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Be6 {is simply equal - White can't make
any use of the a5-square and all other factors, especially the c-file, show
that Black must be fine.}) 12. O-O ({It's not a bad move, but it was better to
play} 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 $1 {with a nice edge, as White can press on the
d-file. Unfortunately, this line works only because of the tactical trick
which I missed - after (now or later)} Bb7 $2 {White can play} 14. Nxa5 $1 Rxa5
15. Qxb4 $16 {. Missing this, I could decide on this line, as I thought White
is losing his e4-pawn.}) 12... O-O 13. Re1 $6 {Again, Nxe7 was better. As I
didn't see the tactical trick mentioned in the previous comment, I decided to
put the rook on the e-file in order to have the e4-pawn protected in some
lines.} Bb7 14. c4 $1 {This is not what White could get after taking on e7 on
more 12th or 13th, but after c2-c4 White still keeps some advantage - all in
all the pawn on a5.} bxc3 $6 {I believe this is a mistake.} ({Probably better
was} 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bg5 $1 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 {and it seems that Black is just
in time to coordinate his forces in defence, e.g.} 17. Rc1 (17. Qc1 Qd8) 17...
Nb6 $1 18. Rc7 Bc8 $11 19. Rc6 $6 Qd8) 15. Nxc3 $14 {Now White is better, as
it's much easier to press on the queenside than to prepare a counterattack in
the centre.} Qb8 16. Qd3 $1 {A strong move. White's goal is to put the knight
on b5, but since the knight is protecting the e4-pawn, it's neccessary to find
a new defender for the pawn first.} Rc8 $6 ({Black could have tried} 16... Bc6
17. Nb5 Nb6 {, but White still would keep an advantage after} 18. Rec1 Bd7 19.
Bf1 $14 {. Still, it was better than the game.}) 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Bd2 Nc5 {
This move is not a dream scenario for Black, but sooner or later it was
neccessary to exchange the superstrong knight from b3.} 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. b3 {
A solid move, which should always be useful.} Rd8 21. Qe2 $1 ({Better than} 21.
Qc2 {where White sacrifices a pawn for a long-term initiative:} Bxb5 22. axb5
Qxb5 23. Bf1 Qb6 24. Bc4 $14) 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxd2 24. Rad1
Rxd1 25. Rxd1 {This is the position I was aiming for when playing 21.Qe2.
White is a pawn down, but it's just a question of time when he will win it
back. Once the material becomes equal, White will keep a serious plus, as the
knight is a powerful piece and can attack the a5-pawn on many occasions. At
the same time White is much more active.} Qc8 ({It was probably better to keep
the pawn by playing} 25... Bf6 {. However, it's visible that after} 26. Rd7 {
White would be much better.}) 26. Qxe5 Bf8 27. Qd5 {I must admit that during
the game I was sure that my position was not just better, but simply winning.
I felt that it should be rather easy to exchange queens at the correct moment
and come closer with the king. The reality wasn't as I wanted it to be - Black
is worse, but White must be very precise.} Qg4 $2 {In such positions it's
better to wait. Much better was the calm 27...g6.} 28. Nd6 $1 {After this move
Black is even worse coordinated than before 27...Qg4.} Ra7 (28... Rd8 {wasn't
possible:} 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Re1 $1) (28... Bxd6 $4 29. Qxa8+) 29. Nc4 {
Now White has a perfect position. The only problem in such situations is the
number of options the better side has. You think that you are winning after
every move and it's easy to lose control and miss the moment when you should
play precise moves again!} g6 30. Re1 $6 (30. Rd3 $1 {was much better, because
the rook on d3 would be really multifunctional, defending b3, sometimes
helping to exchange the queen on d8 and also, sometimes would be ready to join
a direct attack on the f7-pawn. On e1 the rook is much worse placed, as it
only targets the e8-square, which is not a big deal.}) 30... Qd4 31. Qf3 Qd8
32. Rd1 Qe7 33. Qc6 h5 34. Kf1 Kh7 35. Re1 Qd8 36. Kg2 Qd4 37. Re4 Qd1 38. Re3
$1 {Finally, after playing a lot of pointless moves, I realised that the rook
is best placed on the 3rd rank.} Bh6 {Objectively - a mistake. However, from a
practical point of view, it could bear some fruit.} 39. Rf3 h4 $2 ({The best
try was} 39... Re7 $1 {and White would need to think seriously, e.g.} 40. Nd6 (
40. Qd6 {is always an option, but can White win the endgame after} Qxd6 41.
Nxd6 Kg8 42. Nc4 Ra7 {? I have serious doubts.}) 40... Re1 (40... f5 41. Rxf5
$1 Bg7 42. Rf7 Rxf7 43. Nxf7 Qxb3 44. Ng5+ Kh6 45. h4 $16) 41. Rxf7+ Bg7 42.
Qd7 $8 Qd5+ 43. Kh3 {and White is winning, but such lines seem easy only
sitting at home...}) 40. gxh4 $2 (40. Ne5 $1 {was much better, but I was too
lazy to calculate} h3+ 41. Kxh3 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 {and the game would be over.})
40... Qd4 41. Qf6 ({My first intention was} 41. Rg3 Qxh4 42. Ne5 $16 {, but
for some strange reason, I didn't play it.}) 41... Qg4+ 42. Rg3 Qe4+ 43. Kh3 $2
({This is another inaccuracy. White could play} 43. Qf3 {, but to play such a
move, you must see the nice tactical shot:} Qxh4 44. Nxa5 $1 {and the pawn is
untouchable:} Rxa5 $2 45. Qxf7+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ {. Actually, this is what I
mentioned earlier - I had the position, where the "price" of each move was
very low, I could do what I wanted and when the situation had changed, it was
very difficulf to switch and make correct decisions from a very limited choice.
}) 43... Bf4 $6 ({Both players missed that after} 43... Bg7 $1 44. Qf3 Qxf3 45.
Rxf3 Bd4 {Black would be more or less safe.}) 44. f3 Qf5+ 45. Qxf5 gxf5 46. Rg2
{Luckily for White, this is still complex to play. However, it's clear that
the drawish chances are pretty high.} Rd7 $2 {This natural move seems to be
losing!} ({The engines suggest the calm} 46... Ra6 {giving nice chances for
escape, e.g.} 47. Re2 Ra8 48. Re7 Kg7 49. Rd7 Kf6 50. Rd5 Re8 {and it's close
to draw.}) 47. Nxa5 Rd3 ({After the game Andrei suggested} 47... Bc7 {as a
better try, but it also doesn't help:} 48. Nc4 Rd3 49. Rb2 $1 {and the a-pawn
would decide the game.}) 48. Rc2 Kg6 ({During the game I was afraid of} 48...
Rxf3+ 49. Kg2 Rd3 50. Rxc5 Kg6 {with the potential Kg6-h5-g4, but it seems
that even straightforward} 51. b4 Kh5 52. Nc4 Kg4 53. a5 Rh3 54. a6 {is enough
to win.}) 49. Kg2 Be3 (49... Bc7 50. Rxc5 Bxa5 51. Rxa5 Rxb3 52. Ra8 {would be
easily winning.}) 50. Nc4 {Now the a4-pawn is winning the game.} Rxb3 51. a5
Bf4 52. a6 Bb8 53. Ra2 Rb4 54. Ne5+ Kf6 55. Nc6 Rb6 56. Nxb8 Rxb8 57. a7 Ra8
58. Kf2 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 103rd"]
[Site "Bournemouth"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Eggleston, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Ngf6 13. a5 Qc7 14. b3 Rfc8 15.
Ra2 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Qa1 Qb7 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Bg5 Rc6 20. h3 h6 21. Be3 Qc8
22. Kh2 Bd8 23. Rd2 {Diagramm [#] Adams hat getan, was man so tut, wenn man
als Michael Adams auf einen schwächeren Gegner trifft: Er hat seine Figuren
gegen a6 und d6 in Stellung gebracht, hat sich um ausreichende Deckung für
das wichtige Feld g4 gekümmert - und geduldig auf eine Chance zum Losschlagen
gewartet.} h5 {Der Lohn für Adams bisherige Anstrengungen: Er hält die
Initiative fest in der Hand, während Schwarz nicht viel tun kann. h6-h5 ist
vielleicht kein Fehler, aber der Zug stellt eine "Lockerung" dar, die Adams
mit Sicherheit willkommen gewesen ist.} 24. Rd3 Ne8 25. Qd1 a5 26. Nb5 {
Diagramm [#] Besetzt sofort das neu geschaffene "Loch".} Qb8 27. f4 $1 {
Diagramm [#] Mehr "Vorbereitungen" konnte Weiß wohl nicht mehr treffen. In
einer Situation, wo Schwarz noch in der Lage war, alle seine Schwächen zu
decken, schafft dieser Hebel einen neuen Brandherd. Dass der schwarze König
auf seiner Brettseite ziemlich alleine zu Hause war, hatte Adams dabei mit
Sicherheit einkalkuliert.} Bf6 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Nbd4 Rc8 30. Nf3 {Diagramm [#]
} Be6 $6 (30... Bb5 $1 {häufig ist es für den Verteidiger besser, seine
aktiven Möglichkeiten zu nutzen.}) 31. Nf4 Bxf4 $2 (31... Nd7 $1) 32. gxf4 a4
33. Ng5 {Diagramm [#] Jetzt profitiert Weiß so richtig von dem schwarzen
h6-h5.} axb3 34. Rxa8 Nxa8 (34... bxc2 35. Rxb8 cxd1=Q 36. Rxc8 Qa4 37. Rxe8+
Qxe8 38. Bxb6 $16 {war hartnäckiger.}) 35. cxb3 g6 (35... Nf6 36. Nxe6 fxe6
37. Rxd6 $18) 36. f5 d5+ 37. Kh1 gxf5 38. exd5 Bd7 39. Qxh5 Nd6 40. Bf4 Qb4 41.
Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. h3 $5 {/\g4} (9. O-O $6) (9. a4) 9... b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 $1 Nb6 $6 (
11... Nc5 12. Ng3 O-O $14) 12. Ng3 g6 13. O-O $6 (13. Bh6 $142 $14) 13... h5
$10 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4 Rc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rc4 (17... Qc7 18. Be4 Nc5 19.
Bg2 Nd7 $10 (19... f5 $13)) 18. f4 $1 Qb6+ $6 (18... f5 $142 $13) 19. Kh1 Qd4
20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. b3 $8 (21. Be3 Rc4 22. c3 f5 $17) 21... f5 $2 (21... Bxd5 22.
Be3 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rd5 24. f5 $44 {>< Rd5}) 22. Be3 $2 (22. Ne2 $1 {/\} Rxd5
23. c4 $18) 22... Rxd5 23. Ne2 $6 (23. Bxd5 $142) 23... e4 24. Nc3 Rc5 25. Bxc5
Nxc5 26. Rad1 Kd7 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc8 $17 {<->c; >< f4} 29. Rf2 Ne6 30.
Bf1 Rc3 31. a4 Kc6 32. Rd1 Bd8 $1 $19 {>< f4} 33. axb5+ axb5 34. Rfd2 (34. Ra1
Bb6) 34... Bc7 35. Rd5 Nxf4 36. Bxb5+ Kb6 37. Be8 Rh3+ 38. Kg1 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 f4
40. Bxg6 e3 41. Rd3 Rh1+ 42. Kxh1 e2 43. Kg2 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 (
7. Nb3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bh3 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1
Qc7 {remis; Popovic - Spraggett, Manila izt 1990}) 7... b5 8. Bg5 Be7 (8...
Nbd7 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nec3 Be6 12. a4 b4 13. Nxb4 Qa5 14. Nc6 Qc5
15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. Qd2 Rhb8 17. Rb1 Rb4 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. O-O a5 20. Qc1 h6 21.
Re1 Ng4 22. Nd1 Rxa4 23. c3 Ba2 $13 {Ivanov,Al - De Firmian, USA-ch 1989}) 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. c3 Nc6 (12... a5 $5) (12... bxc3 13. Nexc3
$16) 13. cxb4 Nxb4 $5 $13 14. Nxb4 Bxe4 15. Rg1 Rb8 16. Qd2 (16. Nd3 Bxd3 17.
Qxd3 Rxb2 18. Qxa6 O-O 19. Bg2 d5 20. Rd1 $13) 16... Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 (
18. Nxf4 Qb6) 18... Bh4+ 19. Ng3 O-O (19... Qb6 20. Nxa6 Qxg1 21. Nxb8 O-O 22.
Qf2 $14) 20. a5 {Verhindert Db6!} Re8 21. Be2 Qc7 22. Kf1 Qe7 23. Re1 Qf6 (
23... Qd7 {/\ Dh3}) 24. Nh5 Qe6 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Rd1 (26. Rd1 Rxb4 $2 (26...
Bg6 $1 $19) 27. Rg4 $1 (27. Qxd6+ $2 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Bg6 $19) (27. Qxb4 $2 Qh3+
28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Qf2#)) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 (8... Nbd7 $1 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Rb8 $1 $14) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 bxa4 (10...
b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Qd2 (12. a5 $1 $16 {><b4})) 11. Rxa4 O-O (11... Nc6 $1 12.
Nd5 $5 O-O 13. Qa1 a5 14. Bb5 (14. c3 Bg5 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxa5 f5
$36) 14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. O-O Bb7 $14) 12. Na5 Be6 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. Bxe6
(14. Bd5 $1 Ra7 15. O-O Bd8 16. Nc4 Be7 (16... Bc7 $5) 17. Qa1 Nc6 $5 $14)
14... fxe6 15. Nc4 Be7 16. O-O (16. Nb6 $4 Qa7 $1 $19) 16... Ra7 17. Qg4 Rf6
18. Rfa1 Bf8 19. Ne2 Qc8 (19... Qc7 $5 {/\ d5}) 20. Nc1 Nc6 21. c3 Qb8 22. Qd1
Qb5 23. Nd3 a5 24. Qe2 d5 25. Nd2 Raf7 26. f3 (26. c4 $1 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Bc5 $5
28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qe3 $1) 26... g6 27. Qe3 d4 (27... Bh6 $1 28. Qxh6 Qxd3) 28.
Qe2 (28. cxd4 exd4 29. Qe2 Ne5 $1 $19) 28... dxc3 (28... Bh6 29. c4 $1) 29.
bxc3 Bh6 30. Nc4 Rxf3 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. R1a2 (32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Kxf3 Bb4 $1 $19)
32... Bb4 (32... g5 $5) 33. Ncxe5 Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Rf2+ (34... Qxe5 35. cxb4 Rf2+
36. Qxf2 Qxe4+ 37. Kh3 $1 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 axb4 39. Rb2 $15) 35. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 36.
Kxf2 Bxc3 (36... Qxe5 37. cxb4 axb4 $13) 37. Nf3 (37. Nc4 $1 $10) 37... Bb4 38.
Kg2 Qd3 39. e5 Qe4 40. Rb2 g5 41. h3 h5 42. Ra1 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Rf1 gxf3+
45. Rxf3 a4 46. Rbf2 a3 47. g4 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Frohnleiten"]
[Site "Frohnleiten"]
[Date "1998.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosanski, Stanko"]
[Black "Freitag, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfb8
15. Rfc1 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. b3 Bd8 19. h4 b4 20. c4 bxc3 21.
Nxc3 Qd7 22. Kh2 f5 23. Bh3 Rc8 24. Qd3 g6 25. h5 Qf7 26. Rd1 Nd7 27. Nb5 Be7
28. Na7 Rc7 29. Qb5 Nf6 30. Nc6 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxc6 32. Qb8+ Qf8 33. Qxc7 Bxd5
34. b4 f4 35. gxf4 Qf6 (35... exf4 36. Bc1 Qf6 $17) 36. Qc2 {[#]} gxh5 $6 (
36... exf4 $17) 37. b5 Qh4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qf5 Bf3 40. Kg1 Bg4 41. Bxg4 Qxg4+
42. Qxg4+ hxg4 43. b6 Bd8 44. fxe5 dxe5 45. b7 Bc7 46. Ba7 h5 47. b8=Q Bxb8 48.
Bxb8 Kf6 49. Bc7 Kf5 50. Bd8 Kf4 51. Kg2 e4 52. Bc7+ Kg5 53. Bd6 h4 54. Be7+
Kh5 55. Bf8 g3 56. fxg3 hxg3 57. Kxg3 e3 58. Kf3 e2 59. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. a4 (9. O-O {ist die Hauptvariante} b5) 9... Nc6 {Wojtaszek nutzt den
Umstand aus, dass sein Springer noch nicht auf das Najdorf-typische Feld d7
entwickelt wurde und sichert sich den Vorposten b4.} 10. O-O Nb4 11. b3 Be6 12.
Ba3 a5 {anders kann das Feld b4 nicht verteidigt werden. Das nachvollgende
Spiel zeigt jedoch, dass der Verlust den Feldes b5 nicht schwerwiegend ist.} (
12... Qa5 $2 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Nd5 $18) (12... Qb6 $6 13. Qd2 Rac8 (13... a5)
14. a5 $1 $18) 13. Qd2 (13. Nb5 d5 $1 14. c3 Nc6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. exd5 Bxd5
$11) 13... Rc8 14. Rac1 Re8 15. h3 d5 {Diagramm [#] kommt Schwarz vernünftig
zum Durchbruch d5, hat er in der Regel mindestens Ausgleich. Diese Stellung
ist keine Ausnahme, Lupulescu muss nun bereits aufpassen.} 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qe1 Nb4 {attackiert sofort die
Schwächen am Damenflügel} (20... Qc7 21. c4 Nb4 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Rd1 Bc6 {
die bessere schwrze Struktur wird durch die Besitznahme der d-Linie durch Weiß
aufgewogen} 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Qd2 $11) 21. Bxb7 Rcc7 22. Bg2 (22. Be4 $1 f5 23.
Bg2 Nxc2 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qc3 {und im Vergleicht zur Partiestellung hat Weiß
mehr Gegenspiel, da der Bauer auf f5 mehr eine Schwäche denn Stärke darstellt.}
Nb4 $2 26. Qxe5 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Bxb3 27. Nf4 $16) 22... Nxc2 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24.
Qc3 Nb4 25. Qe3 (25. Qxe5 Nd3 $19) 25... f6 $15 {Wojteszek hat die bessere
Struktur und aktivere Figuren} 26. f4 $2 (26. Kh2 $142 Rd2 (26... Rd3 27. Qa7
$132 {[%cal Rc1c7,Rc1c5,Rc5a5]}) 27. Be4 Rb2 28. Rb1 $1 Rxb1 (28... Ra2 29. Rc1
Qd2 $4 30. Qb6 $18) 29. Bxb1 g6 $15) 26... Rd3 27. Qc5 Rd2 28. Qb5 h6 29. fxe5
Nd3 30. Rc3 Nxe5 {der schwarze König ist in Sicherheit während Weiß sich um
seinen Monarchen sorgen muss.} 31. Re3 Rb2 32. Kh2 (32. Nf4 $142 Bf7 33. Bd5 $1
Rd2 (33... Bxd5 34. Qxd5+ Qxd5 35. Nxd5 Kf7 36. g4 $15 {mit guten Remischancen}
) 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qb7+ Rd7 36. Qe4 $17) 32... Bc4 $1 {wickelt in eine
gewonnene Stellung ab. Die weißen Figuren sind zu unkoordiniert um genug
Gegenspiel organisieren zu können.} 33. bxc4 Rxb5 34. cxb5 Qd2 35. Re4 Qb2 36.
Nd4 h5 37. Kg1 g5 38. Nf3 Qb1+ 39. Ne1 Nd3 40. Kf1 Nc5 41. Rc4 Nxa4 42. Rc8+
Kg7 43. Rb8 Qf5+ 44. Kg1 Qc5+ 45. Kh2 Nb6 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Nf3 a4 48. Nd2 a3
49. Ne4 Qd4 50. Ra7 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 {Schränkt die schwarze Auswahl etwas ein. Je nachdem, was
Schwarz im zweiten Zug zieht, könnte Weiß auf d4 verzichten.} d6 3. Nbc3 a6 {
Das deutet darufhin, dass Schwarz die Najdorf-Variante spielen will.} 4. g3 g6
5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. O-O O-O {Nun ist eine Position des
Fianchetto-Systems der Drachenvariante auf dem Brett.} 9. b3 ({Alternativen:} 
9. h3) (9. a4) 9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 (10. Nde2 Bg4 11. Bb2 Qc8 12. Qd2 Bh3 13. f3
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 b5 {1-0 (60) Bykova,E-Rudenko,L Frauen-WM, Leningrad 1953}) 10...
bxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Na4 Bg4 13. Qe1 {Damentausch?} Qh5 14. f3 Bh3 15. g4 $5 (
15. Rd1) (15. c4) 15... Qh6 16. Rd1 $14 g5 17. Bc1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qg6 19. h4 (
19. Nb6 $5 Rab8 20. Nc4 h5 21. h3 $14) 19... gxh4 20. Qxh4 d5 {[#]} 21. g5 $2 {
Zu impulsiv. Nun gerät Weiß in Nachteil.} (21. exd5 cxd5 (21... Qxc2+ 22. Rd2
Qg6 23. dxc6 Rac8 $11) 22. Qg5 Qxc2+ 23. Rd2 Qc6 24. Bb2 $11) 21... dxe4 22. f4
{Für den Bauern erhält Weiß zu wenig Spiel. Vor allem steht der Sa4 viel zu
weit weg vom Geschehen.} (22. fxe4 Nxe4 {mit Bauerngewinn und sehr unsicherem
weißen König.}) 22... e6 23. c4 Rfd8 24. Rde1 Ne8 25. Nc5 Nd6 26. Qf2 f5 27.
Bb2 {[#]} Nf7 {Früher oder später kommt e5 und das schwarze
Bauernübergewicht im Zentrum wird spürbar.} 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg3 Rd6 30. Rd1
Rad8 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qc3+ Kg8 33. Rf2 Qh5 (33... e5 $5 34. fxe5 ({Oder} 34.
Qg3 Qh5 {mit der Idee} 35. Z0 Rd1 36. Z0 Qh1#) 34... Qxg5+ $18) 34. Qh3 Qd1 35.
Qe3 e5 36. Qg3 (36. fxe5 Rg6 $1 ({Auf} 36... Nxe5 {kann Weiß vielleicht} 37.
Nxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe4 {probieren. Nach} Qg4+ 39. Qxg4 Nxg4 40. Re2 {muss Schwarz
noch etwas arbeiten.})) 36... Rg6 37. Kh2 exf4 38. Qxf4 {Weiß verwaltet eine
Ruine, die im Folgenden rasch eingerissen wird.} Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qh5+
41. Kg1 Nxg5 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kh6 44. Qf4 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd4 46. b4 Kg7 47.
Qc7+ Kh8 48. Qc8+ Rg8 49. Qxf5 Nf3+ 50. Kh3 Qd6 (50... Qd6 51. Rg2 Qh6+ {
und Matt.}) 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[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. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 (13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Re8
15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bg5 Nfd7 19. Bh6 Be7 20. Re3 Nf8 21.
Nce2 Nfe6 22. f4 exf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Rcd8 25. Re2 Ne6 26. Be3 Bf6 {
1/2-1/2 Wolf,V-Gerbert,P/BL8081 1981/BL 80}) (13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Ne6 (14... f5
$5) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nd4 17. Kd1 b5 18. a5 Rc8 19. c3 Rc5 20. Qa2 Nc6 21.
Bd2 Ncb8 22. b4 $14 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Palac,M/EUCup f 1996/CBM 56 (43)}) 13...
Ne6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. O-O-O $5 (15. O-O $5 {normal}) 15... Rc4 16. Kb1 Qc7 (16...
g5 $2 17. Nf5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qd5 Rxa4 21. Qc6+ Qd7 22.
Qa8+ Nd8 23. Bg7 Rg8 24. Bxe5 $40) 17. Rhe1 Rd4 18. Qc1 Rb4 19. Bd2 Rd4 20. Bh6
Rb4 21. Bd2 Rd4 22. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2
Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O $13) 7... b5 (7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O $10) 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O
(9. a4 $5 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nb6 (11... Rb8 12. Be3 $14) 12. Qa5 d5 13.
exd5 Qd6 14. Be3 Nc4 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Nxb2 17. d6 $14) 9... Bb7 10. a4 b4
11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 a5 (12... Be7 $2 13. a5 $16) 13. f4 Be7 14. Be3 (14. fxe5
dxe5 (14... Nxe5 15. Nd4 $14) 15. d6 $2 Qb6+ 16. Rf2 Bxg2 17. dxe7 Bb7) 14...
O-O 15. f5 $6 (15. fxe5 Nxe5 (15... dxe5 $2 16. d6) 16. Nd4 Rc8 $132 {/\ Bg5})
15... Nb6 16. Be4 (16. h4 Nc4 17. Bf2 Nxb2 18. Qg4 Rc8 19. Be4 $13) 16... Bg5 (
16... Nc4 $5 17. Bf2 Nxb2 18. Qh5 $44) 17. Bf2 f6 18. Qf3 Nc4 19. Ra2 (19. Rab1
Qd7 20. h4 Bh6 $15) 19... Rb8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. Kg2 (22. Nc1 Ba6 $40
) 22... Qf7 23. Qf3 Rc7 24. Kg1 Bc8 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. Bd3 $6 (26. Nc1 $5 Rbc8 $2
27. b3 Na3 28. c4 $16) 26... Rbc8 (26... Qxd5 $2 27. Be4 Qf7 28. Bd5 $18) 27.
Nc1 $2 (27. Qe4 $10) 27... e4 $1 28. Bxe4 Re8 29. Qd3 (29. Rd4 $2 Nd2 $40)
29... Ne5 30. Qe2 Rc4 $17 (30... Nc4 $10) 31. Nb3 (31. Rd4 $2 Rxd4 32. Bxd4
Bxc1) 31... Rxe4 $1 32. Qxe4 Qh5 33. Rd3 Ng4 34. Qg2 Re2 35. Rf3 Rxf2 36. Rxf2
Be3 37. Kf1 0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. a4 O-O (12... b4 13. c4 bxc3 14.
Nxc3 O-O 15. a5 Rc8 16. Be3 f5 17. f4 $10) (12... bxa4 13. Rxa4 O-O 14. Be3 Bg5
15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. c4 $14) 13. Be3 (13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 $1 15. Nc3 b4 (
15... Qa5 $5 $10) 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qxb4 Nxd5 18. Qb3 Nb4 $1 $10) 13... Qc7 (
13... Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qd3 $14) 14. Qd2 (14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qd2 Rfc8 16. Qb4 Qc4 $1 $10 (16... Qxc2 17. Qxb5 $14)) 14... Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Nb6
(15... bxa4 16. c4 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxa4 $14) 16. c3 (16. axb5 Nc4 (16...
axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. b3 Ra2 19. Qb4 $13) 17. b6 Qd7 18. Qb4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5
20. Ra3 Qb5 $1 $10) 16... bxa4 (16... Nc4 $5 17. Qc2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 $15) 17.
Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Rxa4 f5 19. c4 a5 (19... h6 $5) 20. Nc3 Rf8 21. Rca1 Bf6 22. Nb5
$14 e4 23. R1a2 f4 $6 (23... Rfc8 24. b3 $14) (23... Ra6 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5
Qxa5 26. Rxa5 Be5 27. b4 $16) 24. gxf4 Rae8 25. Qe3 (25. Qxa5 Qc5 26. Nc7 Qxa5
27. Rxa5 $16) 25... Qd8 26. Rxa5 $16 Bc8 27. Ra7 g5 28. Rc7 gxf4 29. Qxf4 e3
30. fxe3 Bg5 31. Qg3 Rxe3 32. Raa7 (32. Rxc8 $5 Rxg3 33. Rxd8 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2
Rxd8 35. Ra7 $18) 32... Bf5 (32... Rxg3 $2 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rag7#
) 33. Bf3 (33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Qxg5 $2 (34. Bf3 $142) 34... Re1+ 35. Bf1 Rxf1+ $1
36. Kxf1 Bg6+ $19) 33... Bg6 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Qh3 Bh4 36. Qg4 Qf6 (36... Qg5
37. Qxg5 Bxg5) 37. Nd4 Rd3 $2 (37... Re1+ $142 38. Kg2 Bd3 {/\Bf1} 39. Ne2
Qxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Rxf3 41. Kxf3 Bxe2+ 42. Kf4 Bd3 43. Rgc7 Re8 $14) (37... Re5
$142 $13) 38. Rxh7+ Bxh7 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40. Be4+ Kh6 41. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. c3 Nd7 14. a4 a5 15.
Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 e6 17. b4 $6 {[#]Aggressive but weakening.} ({More solid and
careful was} 17. Ne3 {with a roughly equal position.}) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 e5
$1 {Leading to a structure in which Black's knight is much better than White's
bishop - particularly so if Black manages to free c5 for his knight.} 19. Qd3
Qb6 20. Rfb1 Rc7 21. Bf1 Ra8 22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. Rb5 Qa7 24. a5 Rc5 25. Rab1 Rxb5
26. Qxb5 Nc5 27. Qb6 {[#]} Qxb6 {Black prefers a solid edge in a good knight
vs bad bishop endgame that he cannot lose to the complications that might
arise after} (27... Qxa5 28. Qxd6 Qxc3 29. Qc7 {Black is a pawn up and might
objectively be better but White's d-pawn looks dangerous.}) 28. Rxb6 Rd8 29. a6
bxa6 30. Bxa6 e4 31. Be2 Kg7 32. f4 exf3 33. Bxf3 f5 34. Rc6 Kf6 35. Kf2 h6 36.
h4 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bg2 Ke5 39. Rc7 Ra8 40. Re7+ Kf6 41. Re2 Ra3 42. Re3
Ra2+ 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. g4 fxg4 45. Be4 Rd2 46. Ke1 Rh2 47. c4 Ke5 48. Bg2+ Kd4
49. Rg3 Nd3+ 50. Kf1 Nf4 51. c5 Kxc5 52. Be4 Nxd5 53. Bxd5 Kxd5 54. Rxg4 Rh5
55. Kf2 Ke5 56. Rg1 d5 57. Re1+ Kd4 58. Rd1+ Kc5 59. Kf3 Rh4 60. Rc1+ Rc4 61.
Rg1 g4+ 62. Ke3 g3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. Bd2 $5 O-O 11. a4 {[%mdl 4] The plan with Bd2 is very
dangerous against black's pawn structure as his defense is complicated by the
weakness of a5 square.} b4 (11... bxa4 12. Nxa4 Bb7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Naxc5 dxc5
15. Na5 $14) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... a5 $5 13. Nxe7+ (13. c3 Nxd5 14. exd5 bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Qb6 $13) 13... Qxe7 14. c3 Qe6 15. cxb4 axb4 $13) 13. exd5 a5 14. c3 Rb8 (
14... bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb6 16. Ra3 Nf6 17. Qd2 Bd8 $13) 15. Re1 Ba6 (15... bxc3
16. Bxc3 Ra8 17. h4 (17. Qd2 Bg5 $1) 17... Qb6 $13) 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Re4 Nc5
18. Rxb4 (18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. f4 c4 20. fxe5 Qxd5 21. Be3 $11) 18... Rxb4 19.
Bxb4 Nd3 (19... Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Qb6 21. a5 Qb7 22. Qa3 $16) 20. Ba5 $1 (20. Bc3
Qb6 21. Qc2 Nxf2 22. Qxf2 Qxb3 $11) 20... Qb8 (20... Qd7 21. Qc2 (21. Bc3 Nxf2
$1 22. Kxf2 Qa7+ 23. Kf3 (23. Bd4 exd4 24. Qxd4 Qb7 $13) 23... e4+ 24. Kxe4 Qf2
$19) 21... Rc8 22. Bc3 $14) 21. Bf1 $1 {Black played with lots of phantasy and
came close to the real counterplay. Atlas finds a fine way of eliminating the
intruder knight.} Nxb2 (21... Bc4 22. Bxd3 Bxb3 23. Bc2 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Qa8 25.
Qd2 Bg5 $14) (21... e4 22. Bc3 f5 (22... Qb7 23. Qg4 $18) 23. Nd4 Bf6 24. Nc6
$16) 22. Qc2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 (23. Rxf1 Nxa4 $17) 23... Qb7 24. Qxb2 Rb8 25. Rb1 (
25. Ra3 Qxd5 26. Qc2 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 d5 28. Ra2 Qxh2 $14) 25... Qxd5 26. Kg1 Qc4
27. Qa2 (27. Bd2 Qxa4 28. Qc3 $16) 27... d5 28. Rc1 {This move may be winning
in a long run but it was probably more exact to opt for 28.Bd2! and a pawn
march.} (28. Rc1 Qxb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Rc8+ Bf8 31. Bd8 (31. Bc7 Rc3 32. a5
Rc6) 31... Rb7 32. a5 f6 33. a6 (33. Kg2 Kf7 (33... d4 34. a6 Ra7 35. Bb6 Rxa6
36. Bc5 $16) 34. a6 Ra7 35. Rc7+ Rxc7 36. Bxc7 Bc5 37. Bb8 $18) 33... Ra7 34.
Bb6 Rxa6 35. Bc5 Kf7 36. Rxf8+ $16) (28. Bd2 $1 e4 29. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Nf1 Rc5 $6 {This
artificial move loses time for black, white has pleasantly clear strategic
plan.} 14. Be3 Rc7 15. g4 Nc5 16. Ng3 g6 17. h3 (17. Qf3 Bc8 18. h3 Be6 19.
Red1 $14) 17... Nfd7 18. Qe2 (18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bg5 20. Qxd6 Bxe3 21. Rxe3
Qc8 $14) 18... Ne6 (18... Bg5 19. Red1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nf6 21. b4 Ncd7 22. b5 Rc8
23. Rxd6 Qc7 24. Rd3 $16) 19. Nd5 Rc8 (19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Qxe7 fxg3 23. c3 gxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Nc5 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Re2 $14) 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. Qd2 Nf4 $1 {Kulaots lashes out for complications since otherwise d6
pawn weakness would become intolerable.} (21... Rfd8 22. Red1 Ndc5 23. b4 $16)
22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Ne2 f3 $5 (23... g5 24. Nd4 Qe5 25. b4 $14) 24. Bxf3 Qf6 25.
Bg2 (25. Nd4 Rc4 26. c3 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxf3 28. Qxd6 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxd7
Qc2 $11) 25... Qxb2 26. Qxd6 Rfd8 27. a5 $1 b5 (27... Qxc2 28. Rac1 Qb2 29. Rc7
Nc5 30. Qe7 Rf8 31. Rxb7 Qd2 32. Kf1 Nxb7 33. Qxb7 Qxa5 34. e5 $14) 28. Rab1
Qe5 $1 {White queen had to be eliminated as a dangerous piece, all the other
black pieces are doing fine.} (28... Qxc2 29. Rbc1 Qa2 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Qc7
Re8 32. Nc3 Qe6 33. Nd5 $16) 29. Rbd1 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Ne5 (30... Rxc2 31. e5 Rc7
32. Red1 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Ra7 34. Ng3 Kf8 35. Ne4 Ke7 36. Nc5 $16) 31. Red1 Rxd6
32. Rxd6 Rxc2 (32... Nc4 $1 33. Rd7 Nxa5 34. Nd4 Kf8 35. e5 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Nc6
$11) 33. Nd4 Rc1+ (33... Rc8 34. f4 Nc4 35. Rd7 Nxa5 36. f5 $13) 34. Kh2 Rc8 (
34... g5 $2 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Rg8+ Kf6 39. g5+ Ke6 40.
Re8+ Kd7 41. Rxe5 $18) 35. f4 {[%mdl 4096] Smirin choses a very risky strategy,
since under normal conditions black has better prospects.} (35. Rb6 Rc7 36. Bf1
Kf8 37. f4 Nc4 38. Bxc4 bxc4 $15) 35... Nc4 36. Rd7 Nxa5 37. f5 b4 (37... Re8
38. f6 Kf8 39. e5 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 Nc4 41. Ra7 b4 42. Rxa6 Nxe5 43. g5 $11) 38. f6
Bc6 (38... b3 39. Nxb3 Bc6 40. Rd3 Bb5 41. Rf3 Nc4 $11) 39. Ra7 Bb7 $2 {
Kulaots has got too ambitious, but this lost tempo will have dire consequences.
} (39... b3 $1 40. Rxa6 b2 41. Rb6 Nc4 42. Rb4 h6 $17) 40. e5 $1 Bxg2 41. Kxg2
b3 (41... Rb8 42. e6 fxe6 43. f7+ Kh8 44. Nxe6 Nc6 45. Rxa6 Ne5 46. Rb6 $18)
42. e6 fxe6 43. Nxe6 (43. Nxe6 b2 44. f7+ Kh8 45. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 {A surprising choice.
Wolff is usually well-prepared for side lines such as this. Perhaps gata
simply wanted a quiet game today of his morning loss.} e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. Bg2
b5 9. h3 Be7 (9... Bb7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 g6 {was an alternative
Wolff considered during the game, but didn't like the looks of the position
after 13.a3. Still, it deserves further consideration.}) 10. g4 {Kamsky took a
long time over this move.} O-O 11. Ng3 (11. g5 Ne8 {and it is hard to see how
White continues the attack.}) 11... Nc5 12. O-O (12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 b4 $5
14. Nd5 (14. Bxa8 $2 Qxa8 $17) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rc8 {/\ Bg5. Wolff said he
would be happy with his game in this case.}) 12... Bb7 13. Be3 (13. Re1 $5)
13... Rc8 14. a3 g6 {Black moves to take care of the hole at f5.} 15. Qd2 {
Wolff thought for a long time here. White is planning Rae1, Bh6, f4 and a
kingside attack. So Black has to come up with an idea, even though his
position is satisfactory.} Nfd7 (15... Ne6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nf4 (17... Nc5
18. Bh6 Re8 19. f4 {was also possible.}) 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Ne2 Bg5 $5) 16. Rad1
Nb6 17. b3 Qc7 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Nge2 Ne6 {Black wants to get in Nd4, but
Kamsky doesn't allow it.} 20. Nd5 Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Nc5 {is an
interesting alternative.}) 21. exd5 Nf8 22. Rc1 Nd7 (22... Qc5 23. Be3 Qxa3 24.
Ra1 Qb2 25. Rfc1 {and White has no less than a draw, with constant rook
attacks on the queen.}) (22... Qb8 $5 23. f4 Nd7 24. f5 $5) 23. c4 Qb8 (23...
Nc5 {was Patrick's original idea.} 24. cxb5 Qd7 25. bxa6 Nxb3 (25... Bxa6 $5
26. Rc3) 26. axb7 Rxc1 (26... Nxd2 27. bxc8=Q Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Bxd2 $16)
27. Qb4 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 $16) 24. Kh1 $2 {This is much too slow.} (24. cxb5 axb5
25. Qa5 {has a lot of potential for White.}) 24... bxc4 25. bxc4 {[#] White's
backward pawn at c4 is a real problem.} Rc7 $1 26. Be3 Rec8 27. Qa2 {White is
clearly on the defensive here.} (27. Qb4 {would have been more active.}) 27...
a5 28. Rc2 Ba6 29. Rfc1 Nc5 (29... a4 $5 {might have been stronger.}) 30. Rb1
Rb7 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Ng3 Qb3 (32... Nb3 33. c5 $1 dxc5 $2 34. d6 $16) 33. Qxb3
Nxb3 34. Bf1 a4 35. Kg1 (35. c5 Bxf1 36. cxd6 Rxc2 37. dxe7 Bb5 $19) 35... Na5
36. c5 $1 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 {[#] Now the draw is pretty much forced.} dxc5 38. Ne4
f5 $1 39. d6 fxe4 (39... Bf8 40. d7 Rd8 41. Bg5 Rxd7 42. Nf6+ $18) 40. dxe7 Kf7
41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Bxc5 Nc6 43. e8=Q+ Kxe8 44. Ke2 Kd7 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kxe4 Nd8
47. h4 h5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. f4 exf4 {Here Wolff offered a draw, which Kamsky
declined.} 50. Kxf4 Nf7 51. Bf8 Ne5 52. Kg5 Nf3+ 53. Kxh5 Kd5 54. Kg4 Nxh4 {
Here Kasmsky stopped the clock, signed the scoresheet and said "draw". But
Wolff wasn't satisfied. He required Gata, as per the rules, to make a move
before offering a draw. So...} 55. Kxh4 {(Notes after comments by Wolff in the
Analysis Room following the game.)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b6 $5 (
7... b5) 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. h3 (9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Nc5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Nd5 b5 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qb4 Bc6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. h4 g6 19. b4 Nd7
20. Ne3 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Kostic,V-Stangl,M/Austria/1997/ (46)}) 9... h5 10. Bg5 Be7
11. O-O (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. O-O h4 $13) 11... Nbd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13.
Rfd1 (13. a4 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7 $11) 13... b5 14. a3 Rc4 15. b3 Rc7 16. h4 (16.
Rac1 O-O $11) 16... O-O 17. Rac1 Qc8 (17... Qa8 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Bh3 $14) 18.
Bh3 Qa8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. c4 f5 $1 {Black is truly
squeezed in the center, but he finds his chance in the opening of the new
front along the f file.} 23. exf5 (23. Nec3 bxc4 24. bxc4 f4 $15) 23... Rxf5
24. Nec3 Rf3 25. Qe2 Rdf7 26. Ne4 bxc4 (26... Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Bb6 28. Rf1 Rxb3
29. Rxd6 (29. Nxd6 Rff3 $1 (29... bxc4 30. Qxe5 Re7 31. Qxe7 Qxd5 32. Qe8+ Kh7
33. Ne4 $11) 30. Ne4 Rxa3 $17) 29... Bd4 30. Rxd4 $1 exd4 31. Ng5 $11) 27. bxc4
Bxd5 (27... Rxa3 $2 28. Nxd6 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rf8 30. Qxe5 $16) 28. Rxd5 Bb6 {
This bishop is the key to the pressure along the f file. Black pawn d6 is
doomed, but can be protected indirectly.} 29. Rf1 Qf8 30. Kg2 (30. Rxd6 Rxg3+
$1 31. Nxg3 (31. Kh2 Rg4 32. Rxb6 Qd8 33. Rb3 Qxh4+ 34. Rh3 Rxe4 35. Rxh4 Rxe2
36. Rxh5 Rf3 $17) 31... Qxd6 32. Qxh5 Qe6 $15) 30... Bd4 (30... g6 31. Rxd6
Rxf2+ 32. Nxf2 Qxd6 33. Ne4 $14) 31. Rxd6 Bxf2 $2 {Stangl is careless and
misses the great shot of his enemy.} (31... Rxf2+ $1 32. Nxf2 Qxd6 33. Ne4 Qe6
34. Rxf7 Qxf7 $11) 32. Rd3 $2 (32. Qd1 $1 Rxg3+ (32... Qe7 33. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 34.
Nxf2 Qb7+ 35. Qd5 $18) 33. Nxg3 Bxg3 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ e4 37.
Qxe4+ g6 38. Qd4 $18) 32... Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Bd4 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. c5 (35. c5 Qd5
36. Kf3 Kf8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a4 {This variation with the move 10.
Bd2 was propagated by Sergej Movsesian around the year 2002. Until Black has
found the antidote, the concept seemed dangerous enough but after this game
the evaluation might change.} b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3
Qb6 16. Ra3 {A logical move, even though from the point of harmony of white
forces not a nice one. White is preparing the move Qd2 with the pressure
against the a5 pawn.} f5 17. Re1 (17. Qd2 Bd8) 17... Bd8 18. Nd2 Ba6 (18... f4
19. g4 Ba6 20. Ne4 Rb8 $15) 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rc8 (20... Ba6 21. Nb3 $11) 21.
Nb3 (21. Rb3 Qa7 22. Qe2 Qa8 $17) 21... Qa7 22. Qd2 Ra8 {Karjakin has managed
to defend himself and he prepares to start the counterattack. Socko is poorly
prepared for the defence.} 23. Nc1 (23. Raa1 Bb6 24. Bh3 Nf6 25. Bxf5 Nxd5 $17)
23... Nf6 (23... Bb6 24. b4 Nf6 25. bxa5 Bc5 26. Bb4 e4 $17) 24. b4 Ne4 $1 25.
Bxe4 (25. Qb2 Nxf2 26. Bd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 exd4 28. Kxf2 axb4 $19) 25... fxe4 26.
bxa5 (26. Re2 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 e3 28. Rf8+ Kxf8 $19) (26. Rf1 Bb6 27. bxa5 Bc5 28.
Bb4 Bxb4 29. Qxb4 Ba6 $19) 26... Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Karjakin was the most
successful player of the Calvia Olympiad on two counts - percentage of points
and rating performance. Here he demonstrates, how to play simple, logical and
very efficient chess.} 27. Qa2 (27. Qxg5 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 e3 $19) 27... e3 (27...
Qc5 28. a6 Bxd5 29. Bb4 Qxb4 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 $19) 28. f3 (28. Nd3 Ba6 29. Bxe5
Bxd3 $19) 28... e2+ 29. Kg2 Rxf3 $1 {White forces are so poorly coordinated,
that Black can engage in shooting practice against White King.} 30. Qxe2 (30.
Kxf3 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 (31. Kg4 Bc8+ 32. Kh5 g6#) 31... Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Rf8+ 33. Kg1
Be3#) 30... Bxc1 (30... Bxd5 31. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rf8+ $19) 31. Kxf3 (31.
Bd4 Qxd4 32. Rxf3 Bg5 33. Rd1 Qxa4 $19) 31... Bxa3 {It is hard to tell, if
there was a mistake in the bulletin. Normal mortals would go for 31...Bxd5+,
but the youngster from Ukraine might have decided, that anything logical wins.}
(31... Bxd5+ 32. Kg4 (32. Qe4 $19) 32... Qd7+ 33. Kh4 g5+ 34. Kh5 Qh3#) 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 13th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2003.12.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Saldano Dayer, Horacio"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.11.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. h3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bg5 {White is
strong on white squares so black reserves the right to dominate on dark ones.
The exchange of bishops will slow done Saldano's kingside initiative.} (13...
a5 14. Ng3 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. a3 Ba6 17. Re1 Qd8 18. axb4 axb4 19. Qd2 Qb6
20. Nf5 (20. Re4 Rfb8 21. Ra4 b3 22. Reb4 Qc7 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. cxb3 {1-0
Grigorov,J-Szekely,P/Lvov 1986/ (62)}) 20... Nc5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. b3 Ra7 23.
Nc6 Rb7 24. Kh2 f5 25. g5 f4 {0-1 Kuzmin,G-Mokry,K/Polanica Zdroj 1984/ (41)})
14. Ng3 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 a5 16. a3 Rb8 (16... Ba6 17. Re1 Nb6 18. axb4 axb4 19.
Nf5 $13) 17. axb4 axb4 18. b3 Nc5 19. f4 Qb6 20. Kh2 (20. Qe3 Re8 21. Rfe1 $11)
20... exf4 21. Qxf4 Rb7 22. Rae1 f6 (22... Rc7 23. Rf2 f6 $11) 23. Ne4 Nxe4 (
23... Rd7 24. g5 Ba6 25. Rf3 f5 26. Ng3 Rdf7 27. Rfe3 Bb5 $11) 24. Rxe4 Bd7 25.
g5 (25. Re7 Qc5 26. Be4 Bc8 $11) 25... f5 (25... Rf7 $2 26. Re6 Qc7 27. Rxd6
Qxc2 28. gxf6 $16) 26. Rc4 (26. Re7 Qc5 27. Rfe1 Rf7 $11) 26... Re8 27. Rc6 $5
{[%mdl 128] Brave move trying to distance the game from it's balanced phase.} (
27. Qd2 Rc8 $11) 27... Bxc6 (27... Qa7 28. Rxd6 Re2 29. g6 $16) 28. dxc6 Rbe7 (
28... Rc7 29. Qxf5 Qb8 30. Be4 g6 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Rg7 33. Rf2 $14) 29.
Qxf5 Qd8 (29... g6 $4 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Qf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rg8#) 30. g6
hxg6 (30... h6 31. Rf4 Kh8 32. Rxb4 d5 $13) 31. Qxg6 d5 32. Rf4 Re2 $2 {
Gomez Esteban lashes for counterplay, but he had forgotten the dangers for his
own king. Black could have hold with} (32... Rf8 $1 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf5+ Rf7
35. Qxd5 $11) 33. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 b5 {Black usually tries to initiate counterplay on the queenside and
prepare the restraining move a2-a4.} 9. h3 Bb7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5
Be7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 {Karjakin underlines the fact, that White is not
especially strong on the dark squares. On the other hand it is not clear,
which of the candidate moves played in this position is the most promising for
Black.} (14... Re8 15. a3 a5 (15... bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nb6 17. Rb3 Bc8 18. f4 exf4
19. Bxf4 Bd7 20. Re1 Rc8 21. Nh5 Bf8 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Qd4 $14 {0-1 Kindermann,
S (2570)-Lutz,C (2590)/Gladenbach 1997 (39)}) 16. Be3 Ba6 (16... Qc7 17. Qd2
Ba6 18. Rfc1 Reb8 19. b3 Nc5 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Qe1 Rab8 22. Bd2 {1-0 Lima,D 
(2550)-Leitao,R (2587)/Sao Paulo 2001 (38)}) 17. Re1 Qb8 18. axb4 axb4 19. b3
Rc8 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Rea1 $14 {1-0 Spangenberg,H (2565)-Kasparov,G 
(2820)/Buenos Aires 1997 (28)}) (14... Qb8 15. Nf5 (15. a3 a5 16. Kh2 Rc8 17.
f4 Qc7 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Rf2 g6 20. Ng3 Nc5 21. Be3 exf4 22. Bxf4 Bg7 23. axb4
axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 $17 {1-0 Movsesian,S (2666)-Svidler,P (2689)/Shenyang 2000 
(48)}) 15... Bd8 16. a3 a5 17. Kh2 Ba6 18. Re1 g6 19. Ng3 Be7 20. f4 Rc8 21.
fxe5 Nxe5 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. c3 Qb6 $15 {1-0 Movsesian,S (2666)-Svidler,P (2689)
/Shenyang 2000 (45)}) (14... g6 15. a3 a5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. f4 Ba6 18. Rf3 Bh4
19. Kh2 exf4 20. Rxf4 Bf6 21. axb4 Be5 22. Re4 Qh4 {0-1 Kudrin,S (2485)
-Ftacnik,L (2545)/Wijk aan Zee 1985 (38)}) 15. Bxg5 (15. a3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 a5
17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Nf5 g6 19. Be4 f6 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. axb4 axb4 22. Nc6 Nc5 23.
Qe3 b3 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc1 Ra2 {0-1 Filipowicz,A (2385)-Malisauskas,V (2500)/
Bydgoszcz 1990 (57)}) 15... Qxg5 16. Nf5 (16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rab8 18. Nf5 Qf6
19. c4 Bc8 20. Qd2 Nb6 21. Ne3 Qf4 22. Rc1 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. b4 Nc8 25. Rxa6
{1-0 Swathi,G (2316)-Karavade,E (2331)/Pune 2007 (39)}) 16... Qf6 17. f4 a5 18.
fxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 $5 {Alekseev uses radical meassures to prevent the move of
the black knight.} (19. Qd4 Bc8 $1 20. Qe3 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Qh4 $11) 19... Qd8 20.
Qd4 Bc8 21. Ng3 Qc7 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. c3 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qb8 $1 {The defender has
a rock solid structure in the centre. Despite active pieces it is proving very
difficult for White to create any problems.} (24... Qa7 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. Ne4
Ra6 27. Rc7 $14) 25. g5 Qb4 26. Qxb4 (26. Qd2 $6 Rac8 $15) 26... axb4 27. Rc2
Bb5 28. Rf4 Bd3 $1 29. Rd2 Rfb8 {The middlegame position without queens seems
dynamically equal. Both players have weak pawns and not enough power to
unbalance the situation.} 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rb6 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Ke3 Ke7 34.
Ng3 (34. Rh4 Ra3 (34... Ng6 35. Rxh7 Kf8 36. Rh5 $14) 35. Ng3 g6 36. Ne2 Kf8
$11) 34... Rc8 35. Nf5+ Kd7 {[%mdl 4096] Karjakin decides to force the
simplifications and get real counterplay.} (35... Kf8 36. Ke4 Nd7 37. Kd4 Rc3
38. h4 $11) 36. Nxg7 Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Rxh3 38. Nf5 Rh1 39. Re2 Rb8 40. Nh6 Rd1 41.
Ng4 (41. Nxf7 $2 Nd3 42. Rf6 Re8+ $19) 41... Nxg4 42. Rxf7+ $1 {The last phase
of the game sees a fine piece sacrifice. Black will have to react precisely in
order to avoid problems.} (42. Rxg4 Re8+ 43. Kf3 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 Rxd5 45. Rxb4
Rxg5 $15) 42... Kd8 43. Rxh7 Rb5 $1 (43... Rc8 44. Kf5 Ne5 45. Ke6 Rc5 46. Rf2
Ng6 47. Rg7 Rdxd5 48. Rxg6 Rxg5 49. Rxg5 Rxg5 50. Kxd6 $16) 44. Kf5 Rdxd5+ (
44... Ne5 45. Rc2 $11) 45. Kxg4 Rxg5+ 46. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 08th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2007.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. g4 $6 {White can not really claim advantage in
this position, but the agression against fianchetto fortress seems a bit
misplaced.} (11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 b5
16. a3 a5 17. Rd2 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qb6 21. Re1 {1-0
Zhang Pengxiang (2638)-Jobava,B (2614)/Internet CC/2006/ (72)}) (11. a4 Rb8 12.
Nde2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nd5 Ne8 15. Nd4 Nc7 16. Re1 Ne6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ra7
Re8 19. Nb4 Ba8 20. c3 {1/2 Renner,C (2414)-Gershon,A (2562)/Bad Wiessee 2002/
(48)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Ne8 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4
Ne6 16. Qe3 f6 17. f4 g5 18. fxg5 Nxg5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxb7 {1-0 Kubacsny,L 
(2325)-Papp,Z (2130)/Hungary 1994/ (39)}) 12. g5 Ne8 (12... Nh5 13. Nf5 Bxc3
14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Rb1 $13) 13. Nxc6 (13. Qd2 Nc7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. a4 $13) 13...
Bxc6 14. Qd2 f5 $1 {The first sign of a problem for Alekseev. Who is better
prepard for the opening of the kingside?} 15. gxf6 (15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Bxc6 Rxc6
$15) 15... Nxf6 16. Bd4 $2 {A rare ocassion, when a very strong grandmaster
practically loses two tempoes. The critical square f4 has to be defended!} (16.
Qd3 Qa5 $15) 16... Nh5 17. Be3 (17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 Qb6+ 19. Kh2 Qxb2 20. Rab1
Qa3 $17) 17... Qa5 18. Rab1 (18. Rfd1 Rf7) 18... Rf7 19. Rfd1 Rcf8 20. Ne2 (20.
Nd5 Qxa2 21. b3 a5 $17) 20... Qe5 {Istratescu is consequent and refuses to
indulde in eating the pawn on a2.} (20... Qxa2 21. b3 Bd7 $17) 21. Qd3 (21. Qc3
$5 Qb5 22. Qd3 $15) 21... Qf6 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Rd4 $1 {The centralizaction of
the rook at least prevents unpleasant Qh4, even though objectively 23.f3!?
might have been the stronger move.} (23. f3 $5 Qe5 (23... Qh4 24. Bf2 Qg5 25.
Be3 $13) 24. Qb6 Nf4 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 $15) 23... g5 (23... Qh4 24. e5 $1) 24. Rd2
(24. Rb4 Qg6 25. Nd4 a5 26. Rc4 Bxe4 $15) 24... Qg6 (24... Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4
26. f3 Qg5 $17) 25. Qd3 (25. Nd4 Nf4 (25... Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Ne6 Rg8 28.
Nd8 Rf5 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Nf4 31. Bxf4 gxf4 $17) 26. Bxf4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4
gxf4 28. Qf3 Qf6 29. c3 Rg7 $17) 25... Be5 (25... Nf4 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. f3 Bd7
28. Kh1 Be5 $17) 26. Bd4 {The bishop returns to the scene of crime, but in the
meantime black has made a huge progress in preparation for the kingside attack.
} (26. Nd4 Bd7 27. c3 Nf4 $17) 26... Bxd4 27. Qxd4+ (27. Nxd4 Bd7 28. Qc3 e5
29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. exf5 Qxf5 $17) 27... Kg8 28. f3 (28. Qc4 Bb5 29. Qb3 Bxe2 30.
Rxe2 Nf4 31. Re3 d5 32. Bf1 d4 33. Rg3 Qxe4 34. Rxg5+ Kh8 $17) 28... Rxf3 $1
29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Rf1 (30. Qc4+ Kh8 (30... Kg7 31. Nd4 Qxe4 32. Ne6+ Kf6 33.
Qxe4 Bxe4 34. Re1 Rg3+ 35. Kh2 Bf5 36. Rde2 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Ng3 $19) 31. Qd4+ (
31. Rf1 g4 $17) 31... Nf6 32. Nc3 (32. e5 Rxh3 33. exf6 e5 34. Qxd6 Rh1+ 35.
Kf2 Qf5+ $19) 32... Rxh3 33. Rf1 Qh6 34. Kf2 g4 $17) 30... g4 $1 {[%mdl 128]
White king is naked and Alekseev is still unable to get some counterplay.} 31.
h4 (31. Rxf3 gxf3+ 32. Kf2 fxe2 $19) 31... Bxe4 32. Nc3 Nf6 (32... Rg3+ 33. Kf2
Bxc2 (33... Qf7+ 34. Ke1 Bf3 35. Rdf2) 34. Nd5 Kf7 35. Ke1+ Rf3 $17) 33. Nxe4
Nxe4 34. Rd3 (34. Qc4+ $1 Kg7 35. Rg2 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 g3 $17) 34... e6 35. Re3
$2 {Defender's task was very difficult, but this impulsive move puts the rook
to the false square.} (35. Rb3 b5 36. Ra3 e5 37. Qd5+ Kg7 $19) 35... Ng3 $1 36.
Rfxf3 (36. Rfe1 Nf5 $19) (36. Rexf3 Ne2+ $19) 36... gxf3 37. Kf2 (37. Rxf3 Ne2+
38. Kh2 Nxd4 $19) 37... Nf5 38. Qc3 (38. Qf4 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Nxe3 40. Qxe3 e5 $19)
38... Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. Bg2
b5 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 Ba6 {Black has surely exposed his
queenside pawns beyond limits, but at least white pieces had to retreat to
modest locations.} (12... bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nb6 (13... O-O 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Be3 h6
16. h3 Nb8 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Qb1 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Takhirov,V (2176)
-Biriukov,O (2384)/St Petersburg 2000/ (43)}) 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Bc3
Be6 17. Re1 Qb8 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. b3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Nd7 21. Reb1 Nc5 22. Qd1 Ra6 {
0-1 Adams,M (2737)-Topalov,V (2778)/Sofia 2005/ (54)}) 13. Re1 bxc3 14. Nxc3
O-O 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 Bc4 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nd5 $11) 15... Bc4 $1 16. Nb5 (16. Rc1
Qb8 17. Nd5 Bxb3 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Qf3 Bxa4 20. Qa3 Bb5 21. Bg5 $44) 16... Qb6
17. Bf1 (17. Be3 Qb7 18. Bd2 Bxb5 19. axb5 a4 20. Na5 Qxb5 21. Qxa4 Qxb2 $15)
17... d5 $1 {Nielsen is not struggling with any problems as he gets in the
thematic pawn advance in the center.} 18. Be3 (18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Qb7 20.
Rc1 Rfc8 $15) 18... Bxb3 $5 (18... Qb7 19. exd5 Bxd5 $15) 19. Qxb3 (19. Bxb6 $4
Bxd1 $19) 19... Nc5 20. Qd1 (20. Bxc5 $2 Bxc5 21. Re2 Nxe4 22. Qxd5 Nxf2 $19)
20... Rad8 (20... d4 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qg4 $15) (20... dxe4 $5 21.
Bg2 Rac8 22. Qe2 Qe6 $17) 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Qe2 f5 23. Qc4 $6 {Dutreew wanted
to get activity for counterplay, but in fact white queen will be missed for
the defense of the kingside.} (23. Nc3 $1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 e4 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Nd5
Qb7 27. Nxe7 Qxe7 $15) 23... Kh8 24. Bxc5 (24. b4 Nxb4 25. Rac1 Rc8 $17) (24.
Nc3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 f4 $1 26. Rxe5 fxg3 27. hxg3 (27. Rxe7 Nb3 $19) 27... Nb3 28.
Ne4 Nxa1 29. Rxe7 Qxb2 $17) 24... Bxc5 25. Rxe5 (25. Re2 f4 $1 26. g4 Nb4 27.
Rxe5 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qb7+ 29. Qe4 Qxe4+ 30. Rxe4 f3 $17) 25... Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Ne3
27. Qc7 (27. Rxe3 Qxe3 28. Bg2 f4 $19) 27... Qh6 $1 {[%mdl 128] The danish
grandmaster has an honest ambition to mate his happless opponent.} 28. Re7 (28.
Rxe3 Qxe3 $19) 28... Ng4 29. h3 (29. h4 f4 $19) 29... Bb6 30. Qc3 Rd2 (30...
Rd2 31. Bg2 Qxh3+ 32. Bxh3 Rh2#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 11-12"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. O-O Qc7 {The first interesting moment. Other games feature
black set up without early move of the black queen.} (10... Bb7 11. Re1 O-O 12.
Nd2 Rc8 13. Qe2 (13. Nf1 Nc5 (13... Rxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5 15. Nd2 Bc6 16. a5 bxa5
17. Ba3 Nb7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 Rd8 20. Qd3 Qb6 21. Reb1 Qa7 22. Qc4 {1-0
Ivanov,A (2590)-L'Ami,E (2531)/Moscow 2005 (42)}) 14. Bg5 Kh8 (14... Ne6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 g6 17. Ncd5 Bg7 18. c3 Kh8 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Red1 Ba8 21. Qc2
Qc8 22. Qe2 $16 {0-1 Popovic,P (2540)-Polugaevsky,L (2585)/Sarajevo 1987 (45)})
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 g6 17. Nc4 Rc6 18. Nd5 a5 19. Bf1 Bg7 20. b4 axb4 21.
Nxb4 Rc7 22. Nxd6 Ba8 {0-1 Arnason,J (2535)-Renet,O (2535)/Reykjavik 1993 (37)}
) 13... Nc5 14. Nc4 Ncxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qxe5 Bf6
19. Qf5 Rxc4 20. c3 d4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22. Bg5 Qc8 $15 {0-1 Makarov,M (2530)
-Smirin,I (2670)/Moscow 2004 (43)}) 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Nf1 Nc5 (13...
Rfe8 14. Ne3 Rac8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Be3 $14) 14. Bg5 Ne6 (14... Rac8 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Ne3 $14) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Qc5 {Vallejo is prepared to use his
queen in active play, but on c5 her prospects are not great.} (16... Rac8 17.
Bh3 Bg5 18. Ncd5 Qd8 19. c3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rb8 21. b4 $14) 17. Ncd5 Bd8 (17...
Bg5 18. b4 Qc6 19. a5 b5 20. Rf1 $16) 18. c3 (18. Nf5 Kh8 19. Re3 Bxd5 20. Qxd5
Bc7 21. Rc3 Qb4 22. Ra2 $16) 18... g6 (18... Nc7 19. b4 Qc6 20. Nf5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 Bc7 23. f4 $14) 19. Qb3 (19. b4 Qc6 20. Qd3 $16) 19... Rb8
20. Red1 Kh8 (20... Bg5 21. Nc4 Rfd8 22. Ndxb6 f5 23. a5 Bxe4 24. Nd2 d5 25.
Nxe4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 $16) 21. Qa3 {Malakhov insists, that the middle game
without queens is better for him due to the vulnerability of black's pawn
structure.} Qc6 (21... f5 22. b4 Qc8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. f4 $14) 22. h4 (22. b3
b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qb4 Qc5 $14) (22. f4 $5 exf4 (22... f6 23. b4 $16) 23.
gxf4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. c4 Qd7 26. Qc3+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. b4 $16) 22...
Nc5 23. Nc4 (23. b4 Ne6 24. b5 Qd7 25. bxa6 Bxa6 26. Nb4 Bb7 27. Nc4 $16) 23...
Qxa4 $6 {This sign of impatience will be costly, since white knights in the
center will dominate the board.} (23... f5 $5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Qb4 Bc7 $13)
24. b4 $1 (24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. Nxd6 Nxb2 26. Rd2 Bxd5 27. exd5 Be7 28. Rxb2 Bxd6
29. Rxa6 Bc5 $14) 24... Qxa3 25. Rxa3 Na4 (25... Ne6 26. Ndxb6 Bxb6 27. Nxb6
Rfd8 28. Nc4 $16) 26. Nxd6 Bc6 27. c4 (27. f4 f6 28. c4 $16) 27... b5 28. c5 a5
29. Rc1 Kg7 $2 {The king belongs to the center of activity, but in this moment
black simply loses precious time.} (29... Bxd5 30. exd5 axb4 31. Rb3 f5 32.
Rxb4 (32. c6 Nc3 33. Rc2 e4 34. Rxb4 Nxd5 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Nxb5 Bb6 37. Kh2
$11) 32... Be7 33. Nb7 $1 Rxb7 (33... Nxc5 34. d6 Bxd6 35. Nxd6 Nd3 36. Rcb1
Nxb4 37. Rxb4 Rbd8 38. Nxb5 $14) 34. d6 Bxd6 (34... e4 35. c6 Rc8 36. dxe7 Rxe7
37. Rxb5 $18) 35. Bxb7 Nxc5 36. Rxb5 Nd3 37. Rc6 $14) 30. Rb3 axb4 (30... f6
31. bxa5 Bxa5 32. Ne7 Bd7 33. c6 Be6 34. Rxb5 Bc7 35. Nb7 $16) (30... Bxd5 31.
exd5 axb4 32. Rxb4 (32. c6 Nc3 33. Rc2 Be7 34. Nb7 Rxb7 35. cxb7 Rb8 36. d6
Bxd6 37. Rd2 $16) 32... Nxc5 33. Rxc5 Be7 34. Ne4 Bxc5 35. Nxc5 Rfd8 36. g4 $18
) 31. Nxb4 Bd7 32. c6 {The omens are not good as white passed pawn is only two
steps from promotion square.} Rb6 (32... Be6 33. Nd5 Be7 (33... Bc7 34. Nb7 Bb6
35. Rxb5 $18) 34. Nxe7 Bxb3 35. c7 Ra8 36. c8=Q Rfxc8 37. Nexc8 $18) 33. Rd3 (
33. Bf1 Be7 34. Nd5 Be6 35. Nxb5 $18) 33... Be6 34. Nd5 Nb2 (34... Bxd5 35.
exd5 Bc7 36. Nb7 Nb2 37. Rb3 Nc4 38. Nc5 Rd8 39. Nd7 Rxd7 40. cxd7 Kf6 41. Bf1
$18) 35. Rb3 Be7 (35... Nc4 36. Nxc4 Rxc6 (36... bxc4 37. Rxb6 Bxd5 38. exd5
Bxb6 39. d6 Kf6 40. Rxc4 Ke6 41. c7 Kd7 42. Bb7 $18) 37. Rxb5 $18) 36. Nxb6 {
Malakhov's only problem was to chose the line with the highest probability of
an easy win.} (36. Nxb5 Na4 37. Rbb1 Bxd5 38. exd5 Rfb8 39. c7 Rc8 40. d6 Bxd6
41. Nxd6 Rxd6 42. Bb7 $18) 36... Bxb3 37. Nxb5 Be6 38. c7 (38. Nd5 Rb8 39. Nbc7
Bxd5 40. Nxd5 Bd6 41. Bf1 $18) 38... Nd3 39. Rc3 Bc5 40. Nd5 (40. c8=Q Bxf2+
41. Kf1 Bxc8 42. Nxc8 Nb2 43. Ncd6 $18) 40... Bxf2+ 41. Kf1 Bd7 (41... Bxg3 42.
Rxd3 Bxh4 43. Nd6 $18) 42. Nd6 Bc5 43. Nb7 (43. Rxd3 Bxd6 44. Nc3 Rc8 45. Rxd6
Rxc7 46. Nd5 $18) 43... Bd4 (43... Bb5 44. Nxc5 Nxc5+ 45. Kg1 Ne6 46. c8=Q $18)
44. Rxd3 Bb5 45. Ke2 Ra8 46. Nd6 {Despite all the heroic tricks black is left
at the lost position as a missing piece and white pawn on c7 are a bit too
much.} Ra2+ (46... Bxd3+ 47. Kxd3 Bf2 48. g4 Bxh4 49. c8=Q Rxc8 50. Nxc8 $18)
47. Ke1 Bxd3 (47... Bd7 48. Ne8+ Kh8 49. Nef6 Bc8 50. Bf1 Ra1+ 51. Rd1 Bf2+ 52.
Kxf2 Rxd1 53. Ne8 $18) 48. c8=Q Ra1+ 49. Kd2 Ba6 50. Qd8 (50. Qd8 Ra2+ 51. Kd1
Ra1+ 52. Kc2 Ra2+ 53. Kb3 Rb2+ 54. Ka3 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 b5 (6... e5) (6... e6
7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O Bd7 9. g4 $1 $16 {Szabo-Stoltz/Zaandam/1946}) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O e6 9. Qe2 (9. a3 Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. g4 Nc6 12. Be3 h5 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14.
Nxb5 Qa5 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Nxg4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. Bxc6+ Bxc6 19. Qxc6+ Kf8
20. Rf3 Qa7 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Re1 Nf5 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. cxd3 g6 25. b4 Kg7 26. b5
Qf2 27. Rg1 h4 {0-1 Czerniak,M-Kotov,A/Venice (12) 1950}) 9... Nbd7 10. a3 Qc7
11. f4 Rc8 12. h3 Qc4 13. Qf2 $1 d5 (13... e5 14. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Yb3a5] /\15.Sa5
} Nxe4 $4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd2 $18) (13... Nc5 14. Re1 e5 15. Nf3 $1 Nfxe4 $2
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 $3 Bxe4 (17... Qxe4 $4 18. Ne1) 18. Nd2 $18 {Fine} Qc7
19. Nxe4 (19. Bxe4 $4 d5 $1 $19) 19... d5 20. Ng5 $8 Bc5 21. Be3 d4 22. Bd2 d3
23. Be3 dxc2 24. Rc1 exf4 25. gxf4 O-O $13) 14. e5 Bc5 $2 (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Be3 Be7 17. Rad1 Qc7 {+/-Fine/-/+Najdorf}) 15. Be3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Nb3 $1 Qxc2 (17... f5 18. exf6 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nxf6 20. Rac1 O-O 21. Nd2 $16)
(17... Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxc2 $2 19. Rac1 Qxb2 20. Na5 $1 $18) (17... O-O $4 18.
Na5 (18. Bxc5 $6 Nxc5 19. Na5 Qd5 20. Rfd1 e3 $3) 18... Bxe3 (18... Qd5 19.
Rfd1 $18) 19. Qxe3 Qc7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxe4 $18) 18. Nxc5 (18. Qxc2 $4 Bxe3+)
18... Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxc5 20. Rc1 Nd7 (20... Nb3 $142 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rc2
O-O $18) (20... Na4 $2 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rc2 Bd7 23. b3 $18) (20... Nd3 $2 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rc2 Bd7 23. Bxe4 Ne1 24. Rc1 $18) 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rc2 O-O 23.
Bxe4 f6 24. Bd4 fxe5 25. fxe5 Rd8 26. Rc7 Nf8 27. Bc5 Bd7 28. Ra7 Be8 29. Bd6
Bg6 30. Bc6 Bd3 31. b4 h5 32. Rxa6 Rc8 33. Kf2 h4 34. gxh4 Ng6 35. Kg3 Kh7 36.
h5 Nh8 37. Kf4 Nf7 38. Bc5 {[%cal Yc6d7] /\39.Ld7} Rc7 39. Bf3 Bc4 40. Be4+ Kh6
41. Bf5 (41. Bg6 $6 Nh8 42. Bf5 $2 Rf7) 41... Ng5 42. Bg6 Nxh3+ 43. Kg3 Ng5 44.
Ra8 (44. Ra8 Nf7 45. Be3+ Ng5 46. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 $6 5. Nc3 (5. c4 $1) 5... Nf6 6. g3
Bg4 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg2 e5 10. f4 Bd7 11. h3 Be7 12. g4 (12. Be3
$142 {/\Tad1, 0-0+/-}) 12... O-O 13. f5 d5 14. O-O (14. exd5 Nxd5 (14... e4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bh4+ 17. Kf1 $16) 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Bh4+ 17. Kf1 Rc8 (
17... Qb6 18. Qe3 $1) 18. Kg2 $16 (18. Be3 Bb5 19. c4 Qxd5 $1)) 14... d4 15.
Ne2 c5 16. a4 Qb6 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. g5 Ng8 19. c4 Rab8 20. Rf3 f6 21. h4 Be8 22.
Rg3 Qb4 23. b3 Bh5 (23... Qe1+ 24. Ng1) 24. Bd2 Qb7 25. Rg1 Rfd8 26. Bf3 Bxf3+
27. Rxf3 Qc6 28. Ng3 Qe8 29. Qe2 Rb7 30. Rd3 Rdb8 31. Qf3 Bd8 32. Kg2 Rc8 33.
Kf2 Rc6 34. Nh5 Rd6 35. Qe2 Rdd7 36. Kf1 Rd6 37. gxf6 Nxf6 (37... Bxf6 38. Bg5
$40) 38. Nxf6 Bxf6 39. h5 Bd8 (39... h6 $2 40. Rg6 {/\41.Lh6}) 40. Rdg3 $2 (40.
h6 $1 gxh6 (40... g6 41. Rf3) 41. Rdg3) 40... h6 $1 41. Rd3 Bf6 42. Rg6 Kh7 43.
Qf3 Qf7 44. Kg2 Qf8 45. Kh3 Rdb6 46. Rg3 Rd6 47. Rg6 Rdb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... Nc6 6. g3 Bg4 $5 7.
Qd3 (7. f3 Bd7 8. Bg2 Qb6) 7... e5 8. Nb3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Qe4
Qxd5) 6. g3 Bg4 $6 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 (8. Bg2 Ne5 {/\9... Sc4}) 8... bxc6 9.
Bg2 Bd7 $6 (9... e5 {/\10... Lc8}) 10. h3 e5 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Rad1
O-O 14. f4 {/\15.fe de 16.Tf6} exf4 15. gxf4 {/\16.e5} Qa5 16. a3 Rfd8 17. b4
Qc7 (17... Qxa3 $2 18. Ra1 Qxb4 19. Rfb1 $18) 18. Bd4 Be6 {/\19... c5} (18...
c5 $2 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5) 19. f5 Bc8 20. Qg3 Bb7 21. Bf3 Ne8 22. Kh1 c5 $1 (
22... f6 $6 23. Be3 c5) (22... Bf6 $2 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rg1 Ne8 25. f6 g6 26.
Qf4 $40) 23. bxc5 dxc5 $2 (23... f6 $1) 24. Be5 Qb6 (24... Bd6 25. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6
26. Bxg7 $1 Nxg7 27. f6 $18) (24... Qa5 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Bd6
28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Rg1 Ne8 30. Rb7 $40) 25. Rb1 Qa7 26. Rg1 f6 (26... Bf8 27.
Bxg7) 27. Bf4 Bd6 $8 28. Bxd6 (28. Rxb7 $5 Qxb7 29. e5 $40) 28... Rxd6 29. Rxb7
$5 (29. e5 Rd7 30. e6 Re7 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Rd8 33. c4 Nd6 $13) 29... Qxb7
30. e5 Rc6 31. Qg2 Rac8 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 (32... Qxc6 33. Nd5) 33. Nd5 {/\34.ef,
34.Se7} fxe5 34. Ne7+ (34. f6 Re6) 34... Qxe7 35. Qxc6 Nd6 36. Rd1 (36. Rg6) (
36. Qxa6) (36. Qxc5) 36... Nf7 37. Qe6 $2 (37. Qxa6 Qh4 (37... e4 38. Qc8+ Kh7
39. Qe6 Qh4 (39... Qb7 40. Qd7) 40. Qg6+ Kg8 41. Qg4 Qe7 42. Rg1 $18) 38. Qa8+
Kh7 39. Qg2 $18) 37... Qh4 {/\38... Dh3=, 38... De4=} 38. Qb3 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 c4 (
39... Qxf5 $2 40. Rf1 Qg6+ 41. Kh2 $16) 40. Qc3 Ng5 (40... Qxf5 41. Qxc4 Qxh3
42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Qd3+) 41. Rf1 Qe2 42. Qg3 (42. f6 $2 gxf6 43. Rxf6 Ne4) 42...
Ne4 (42... e4 43. f6 Nf3+ $4 44. Rxf3 $1 $18) 43. Qg2 (43. Qxe5 $2 Qe3+) 43...
Qe3+ 44. Kh2 Nf6 $10 45. Rg1 Qa7 46. Rb1 e4 47. Qg3 Kh7 48. Rb8 Ng8 49. Rb1 (
49. Kg2 Qd4) 49... Nf6 50. Kg2 Qd7 51. Rf1 Qd5 52. Kh2 Kh8 53. Rg1 Qd7 54. Rg2
Kh7 55. Qe5 Kh8 56. Qc5 Kh7 57. Rf2 Qf7 58. Rg2 Qd7 59. Qxc4 Qxf5 60. Qc7 (60.
Qxa6 Nh5 61. Qd6 Nf4 62. Rg4 Nxh3 $10) (60. Qc7 Nh5 61. c4 (61. Qc4 Qf4+ 62.
Kg1 Qe3+ {/\63... Sf4}) 61... e3 62. Qe7 Qf4+ 63. Kg1 Qd4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nf3 {The
ambitious young player is trying to improve the popular line usually played
with the retreat of the knight to e2.} (7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2) 7... Qc7 $6 {
I strongly suspect that this queen move is playable, but should be called an
inaccuracy. Black should develop the other pieces first and wait for the
suitable moment to use his strongest "card".} (7... Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 (8... b5 9.
O-O Be7 10. Nh4 g6 11. Bh6 Nb6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Re1 Bf8 14. Qc1 Ng8 15. Bd2 Be7
16. a4 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 a5 $14 {0-1 (61) Mrva,M (2485)-Dydyshko,V 
(2562) Slovakia 2006}) 9. Nh4 g6 10. Bh6 Nc5 11. Bg7 Rg8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3
Be6 14. Qd2 g5 15. h4 h6 16. Rd1 Be7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nh2 Qb6 19. b3 O-O-O 20.
Nf1 g4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 $11 {1-0 (98) Morozevich,A (2731)-Agrest,E (2569)
Mainz 2006}) (7... Be7 8. Bg2 b5 (8... O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... b5 10. Nh4 g6 11.
Bh6 Re8 12. h3 Bb7 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. a3 Qb6
18. axb4 axb4 19. Ng5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Ne4 Bb7 $15 {
1-0 (46) Gorovykh,E (2416)-Kuzubov,Y (2545) Kirishi 2007}) 10. Nh4 g6 11. Bh6
Re8 12. h3 Nb6 13. Qd2 Nc4 14. Qc1 Kh8 15. Nf3 b5 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Bg5 Bb7 18.
Bxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rad8 $11 {0-1 (36) Dutreeuw,M (2401)
-Miroshnichenko,E (2646) Antwerp 2007}) 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. a4 Bb7 11. axb5 axb5
12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. O-O b4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. c4 Bxe4 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 O-O 18.
Qd2 Nc5 19. Nd4 Nfe4 20. Bxe4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 exd4 22. Bd5 $11 {1-0 (38) Safarli,
E (2638)-Adhiban,B (2561) Moscow 2012}) 8. Bg2 b5 (8... Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O
Nc6 11. Bg5 Nb4 $11) 9. O-O Be7 10. Nh4 $5 {Safarli is pointing to the
vulnerable squares d5 and f5 with both his knights.} b4 (10... g6 11. Bh6 b4 (
11... Ng4 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bd2 $16) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nd7 14. Qd2 $14) 11.
Ne2 {A modest retreat, but White hopes to go to d5 under much more favourable
circumstances.} (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 (12. exd5) 12... Bb7 13. Qd3 (13. Qb3
Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nc6 $11) 13... g6 14. Bh6 $14) (11. Na4 Bg4 12. Qe1 Nc6 13. Be3
Rb8 $11) 11... O-O 12. a3 Bb7 (12... bxa3 $5 13. Rxa3 Nc6 $13) 13. Nf5 (13. Qd3
bxa3 (13... a5 14. axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nf5 $14) 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bxa3 g6
$11) 13... Nxe4 {Brkic must have understood the danger connected with this
brave capture, but the e4-pawn is too important for White in the Sicilian
Defence.} (13... Bxe4 $2 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qd5 Nc5 16. Qxa8 Nc6 17. Qxc6 $18) (
13... bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nxe4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qd7 17. Qg4 g6 (17... Bf6 18.
Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Rc7 Nc5 22. Nxf7+) 18. Nh6+ $18) (13...
a5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 $1 $14) 14. axb4 d5 $2 {A model case of a conceptual
mistake in a critical position. Black has experienced difficulties in
finishing the development of his pieces, but resorting to the pawn moves does
not solve the problem. Especially in the opening phase of the game players
should be very careful with pawn moves as the absolute priority is to develop
pieces.} (14... Rd8 $1 15. Qd3 d5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. c3 Qe6 $11) (
14... Re8 15. Ra3 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rd3 Rd8 18. g4 a5 19. b5 $14) (14...
Nf6 $6 15. Bxb7 (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qxd6 Nc6 $11) 15... Qxb7 16.
b5 $1 Re8 17. Nc3 $16) (14... g6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Nc1
Nbd7 19. Nb3 $14) 15. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 (15... Rd8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qg4 Bf6 (17...
g6 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qxe4 $16) 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bxe4 $16) (15... Nf6
16. Bg5 e4 (16... d4 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5 $16) 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7
18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nxd5 Qe5 20. Nb6 $16) 16. bxc3 Bf6 {Suddenly the brave pawn
on d5 is a perfect target for the white forces and Black is not able to cope
as his queenside is still undeveloped.} (16... Rd8 17. Qg4 $1 (17. Ra5 Bf8 18.
Bg5 f6 19. Rxd5 Nc6 (19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Qf3 $16) 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Qh5
$16) 17... Bf6 18. Ra5 d4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. cxd4 exd4 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg7 $1
$16) 17. Ra5 Qxc3 (17... Rd8 18. Qg4 $16) (17... d4 18. cxd4 Bxg2 19. dxe5 Bxe5
20. Kxg2 $16) (17... e4 18. Rc5 (18. Ne3 $14) 18... Qd7 19. Bh3 Qd8 20. Bf4 $16
) 18. Bxd5 Qxb4 {Black has intuitively avoided the big problem that would have
arisen after 18...Rd8. White would be winning by exploiting the unstable setup
of the black pieces wavering on the brink with the shock move 19.Bg5!!} (18...
Rd8 19. Bg5 $3 (19. Bxb7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Ra7 21. Rc5 Qxc5 22. bxc5 Rxb7 $14)
19... Bxg5 (19... e4 20. Rc5 Qe5 (20... Rxd5 21. Rxc3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxg5 23.
Rc7 $18) 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qh5+ $18) (19... Nd7 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Qg4 $18) (
19... Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxf6 Qf3 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxd5 $18) 20. Qh5 Rxd5 (
20... Bf6 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Nh6 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 $18) (20... g6 21. Qxg5 Nc6 22.
Qf6 $18) 21. Qxg5 g6 22. Rxd5 $18) 19. Bd2 Qb6 (19... Qb2 20. Bb3 e4 21. c3 Rd8
22. Ra2 Rxd2 23. Rxb2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 $18) 20. Be3 Qc7 {Brkis is retreating step
by step, as his poorly developed pieces would suffer in any direct clash.} (
20... Qxa5 21. Bxb7 Nc6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Qf3 $18) 21. Qg4 $1 Bxd5 {Black is
showing signs of extreme suffering and the exchange of the bishops will not be
a solution. White would win with a direct attack after the strongly desirable
move 21...Nc6.} (21... Nc6 22. Nxg7 Kh8 23. Qf5 $1 Nxa5 (23... Ne7 24. Qxf6 Ng8
(24... Nxd5 25. Rxd5 $18) 25. Ne8+ Nxf6 26. Nxc7 $18) 24. Ne8 Qd8 25. Nxf6 $18)
(21... Qxa5 22. Bxb7 Nd7 23. Nxg7 $18) (21... Kh8 22. Rc5 Nc6 23. Rb1 $18) 22.
Rxd5 Kh8 (22... Nc6 23. Rd7 (23. Rd6 Ne7 24. Rxf6 Nxf5 25. Rxf5 f6 26. Rh5 $18)
23... Qc8 24. Nxg7 $18) (22... g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Rfd1 a5 25. Qf3 Ra6 26. Ng4
$18) 23. Rd6 Rg8 24. Rfd1 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Chess is primarily dependent on good
piece play and bringing the last reserve into play can not be a bad move.
Please note the huge disparity between coordination of the white and black
pieces.} (24. Qe4 Nd7 25. Qd5 Rad8 26. Rd1 Nb8 27. Bb6 $18) 24... a5 (24... Be7
25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. Qe4) (24... Nc6 25. Rd7 Qa5 26. Nd6 Nd8 27. Qf3 Rb8 28. Ne4
$18) (24... Qxc2 25. Rxf6 Nd7 26. Nh6 gxh6 27. Qxd7 $18) 25. Bb6 Qb7 (25... Qc8
26. Rd8 Bxd8 27. Rxd8 $18) 26. Rxf6 Nc6 {The final combination now offers
White the chance to play with motifs of double attacks or threats as Black
should try to recapture the piece on the next move.} (26... gxf6 27. Qxg8+ Kxg8
28. Rd8#) (26... Ra6 27. Rd8 g6 28. Nd6 $18) 27. Qh4 $1 (27. Rd7 $5 Qxd7 (27...
Qxb6 28. Rfxf7 $18) 28. Nh6 (28. Nd6) 28... Qe8 29. Nxf7+ $18) 27... Qxb6 (
27... g6 28. Nd6 Qxb6 29. Rxf7 Rg7 30. Qf6 $18) 28. Rh6 {Black is not able to
prevent mate and had to admit defeat.} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. Bg2
b5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 {The knight retreat to b1 is
surprising, since white is now bound to make the idea c2-c3 work.} (12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. c3 Rb8 15. Re1 Ba6 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Re4 Nc5 18. Rxb4 Rxb4
19. Bxb4 Nd3 20. Ba5 Qb8 21. Bf1 Nxb2 22. Qc2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qb7 24. Qxb2 Rb8
25. Rb1 {1-0 Atlas,V-Olafsson,H/Chalkidiki 2002/ (28)}) 12... a5 13. c3 Nc5 14.
cxb4 (14. Nxa5 $5 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rxa5 16. b4 Ba6 17. Re1 (17. bxa5 Bxf1 18. Qxf1
Nfxe4 $15) 17... Rxa4 18. Rxa4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qb6 $11) 14... axb4 15. Bxb4 (15.
Nxc5 dxc5 16. Be3 Qa5 $15) 15... Ba6 16. Nxc5 $1 {Felgaer correctly feels,
that tactics with the black knight on d3 would most likely favour the enemy.} (
16. Re1 Nd3 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Re3 (18. Re2 Bc4 19. Re3 Qxb3 20. Qxb3 Bxb3 21.
Rxd3 Bc2 22. Rc3 Bxb1 $19) 18... Nxb2 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Rc3 Rc8 $15) 16... Bxf1
17. Qxf1 (17. Kxf1 $5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bc3 Rd1+ 20. Ke2 Rg1 21. Bf3 Bd6
22. Kd3 $11) 17... dxc5 18. Bc3 c4 (18... Qe8 19. a5 Bd6 20. Na3 $11) 19. Qxc4
(19. Bxe5 Ng4 20. Bc3 Bc5 21. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bb6 23. h3 Ne3 24. Qe2 Qc7 $15
) 19... Qd1+ 20. Qf1 Qc2 21. Nd2 (21. Bxe5 Ng4 (21... Nxe4 $6 22. Qe1 f5 23.
Nc3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Ra1 Qc5 27. Bxe4 $14) 22. Bc3 Bc5 23.
Na3 Qxa4 $15) 21... Rfd8 22. Nc4 (22. Rc1 Qxa4 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. h3 Nd7 25. Nxe5
Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rd2 27. Rxc5 Rd1 $15) 22... Rxa4 23. Rc1 Qb3 24. Nxe5 $6 {
Objectively not the best move, since taking with a bishop would practically
secure a draw.} (24. Bxe5 Ra2 25. Ne3 $11) 24... Nxe4 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Qd3 (26.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Qd3 Qe6 28. Re1 f5 29. Qb5 (29. f3 Qb6+ 30. Qe3 Nc5 31. Qxe7
Ne4+ $19) 29... Qd7 30. Qb3+ Kh8 31. Rd1 Qe8 $15) 26... Bc5 $2 (26... Qe6 27.
Be5 Nf6 (27... Bf6 28. Bxe4 Bxe5 29. Bd5 $16) 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Bc6 Rg4 (29...
Qc8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qc3) 30. f4 $14) (26... Bf8 $1 27. Qd7 Raa8 $15) 27. Qd7
$2 {Even two very strong players can be blind towards the witty and surprising
tactics in a messy position.} (27. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 (27... Kf8 $2 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7
29. Qxb3 $18) 28. Bxe4 Rb8 (28... h6 29. Bh7+ Kf8 30. Bxg7+ $18) 29. Bxh7+ Kf8
30. Be4 $16) 27... Qe6 (27... Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rf8 $17) 28. Qxe6 (28. Ne7+ $2 Rxe7
29. Qxa4 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kf1 Nd2+ 31. Bxd2 Qe2#) 30... Nxg3+ 31. hxg3 Qh6+
32. Qh4 Qxc1+ $19) 28... Rxe6 29. Bd4 (29. Nd4 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Rb6 $17) 29...
Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Re8 (30... Rxd4 $2 31. Rc8+ $18) 31. Bxe4 (31. Nf5 g6 32. Ne3 Kf8
$17) 31... Rxd4 {Dominguez has managed to reach the technical position with
excellent chances for a full point.} 32. Bf3 Rb4 33. Rc7 (33. Rc2 Reb8 $17)
33... Rxb2 34. Bd5 Rf8 35. h4 g6 36. Kg2 (36. h5 Kg7 37. hxg6 hxg6 $17) 36...
h5 37. Rd7 Rb6 38. Rc7 Rf6 39. Rc2 Rd8 40. Be4 Rd4 41. Ba8 Rfd6 42. Kg1 Rd2 43.
Rxd2 (43. Rc3 Ra6 44. Bc6 Raa2 45. Rf3 f5 46. Kg2 Kf7 $19) 43... Rxd2 {White's
last hope is the difficult nature of the pawn structure, black king seems to
have no access.} 44. f4 Kg7 45. Bc6 Kf6 46. Be4 Ke6 47. Bb7 Kd6 48. Be4 Kc5 49.
Bb7 Kd4 50. Bc6 Ke3 51. Bb7 f5 $1 52. Bc6 Rd6 53. Bb7 (53. Be8 Kf3 54. Kh2 Kg4
55. Kg2 Rd2+ 56. Kf1 Kf3 $19) 53... g5 $3 {[%mdl 4096] Very instructive
situation, black manages to break whites fortress on dark squares.} 54. hxg5 (
54. fxg5 f4 55. gxf4 (55. Kg2 f3+ 56. Bxf3 Rd2+ $19) 55... Kxf4 56. Kg2 Kg4 57.
Be4 Rd4 58. Bh7 Kxh4 59. g6 Rf4 60. Kh2 Rg4 61. Kh1 Kg3 62. Kg1 h4 $19) 54...
h4 55. Kg2 (55. gxh4 Kxf4 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. Bc8 Rc6 58. Bd7 Rc7 59. Be6 Re7 60.
Bc8 Rg7 61. Kh2 Rh7 62. Kg2 Rxh4 63. g6 Kf4 64. Kf2 Rg4 $19) 55... hxg3 56.
Kxg3 Rd4 57. Bg2 Rxf4 58. Bh3 Rf3+ 59. Kh4 (59. Kg2 f4 $19) 59... Kf4 60. g6
Rb3 $1 (60... Rg3 61. Bxf5 Rg1 62. Bc8 Rxg6 63. Kh5 $17) 61. g7 (61. Bg2 Rg3
$19) 61... Rg3 62. Bxf5 Rxg7 63. Bd3 (63. Bb1 Rg1 $19) 63... Rd7 64. Bc4 (64.
Bg6 Rd8 65. Kh3 Rh8+ 66. Kg2 Rg8 $19) 64... Rh7# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bb7 10. g4 d5 $6 11. exd5 b4 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. c4 bxc3
15. Nxc3 Bb4 16. Qa4+ Qb5 17. Qxb5+ axb5 18. Bd2 O-O-O {The whole tactical
line is somewhat dangerous for black as his pieces and pawns are overexposed.}
19. O-O-O Bc5 (19... Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 $16)
20. Nxb5 (20. Be3 Bxe3+ 21. fxe3 b4 22. Na4 Rd6 23. g5 Nd7 24. Rhf1 $16) 20...
Nxd5 (20... Bxf2 21. Rhf1 Bb6 22. g5 Nxd5 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Na7+ Bxa7 25. Rxa7
$16) (20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Ba5 Rd7 23. Rhe1 f6 24. Re2 $16) 21. Ba5
Bxf2 (21... Rd7 22. Rhe1 Bxf2 (22... f6 23. Rd3 Bxf2 24. Red1 Bc6 25. Rxd5 $18)
23. Rxe5 Nf6 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nd6+ Kb8 26. Rb5 $18) 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd3 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] Excellent move, that enables complete mobilisation of white forces.
} Kb8 (23... Bc6 24. Rhd1 Bxb5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Bc6 27. Rxe5 Bxg2 28. Re2
Bxh3 29. Rxf2 $18) 24. Rhd1 Rc8+ (24... e4 25. Bxe4 Rc8+ 26. Kb1 Nb4 27. Bxb7
$18) 25. Kb1 Nc3+ 26. Nxc3 Bxg2 27. R3d2 Rxc3 (27... Bxh3 28. Rxf2 Bxg4 29. Rh1
h5 30. Rxf7 $18) (27... Bf3 28. Rxf2 Bxd1 29. Rxf7 $1 Bxg4 30. hxg4 $18) 28.
bxc3 Be4+ 29. Kb2 Bg3 (29... Bh4 30. Rd7) 30. Rd7 {The fight of two rooks
against the bishop pair is quite hopeless for Lapshun.} Bg6 (30... Bf3 31. Rd8+
Kc7 32. R1d7+ Kc6 33. Rxf7 $18) 31. Re7 Kc8 32. a4 $1 e4 33. a5 Bh4 (33... f5
34. a6 Bb8 35. Rdd7 $18) 34. Re8+ Kb7 (34... Kc7 35. a6 Kb6 36. Rb8+ Ka7 37.
Rb7+ Kxa6 38. Rb4 $18) 35. Rd6 f5 36. a6+ Ka7 (36... Kc7 37. Rxg6 hxg6 38. a7
$18) 37. Rc8 e3 38. Rc7+ Ka8 39. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2
Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. g4 (10. a3) 10... b4 $1 {N} (10... O-O 11. Ng3 b4
12. Nce2 a5 13. O-O Nb6 14. f4 Nc4 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. b3 Qa7+ 18.
Kh2 Ne3 19. Bxe3 Qxe3 20. fxe5 Bxg4 21. exf6 Bxe2 22. Qe1 $16 {1-0 Kholmov,
R-Stodola,J/Policka 1995/EXT 99 (31)}) 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 (12. Qxd5 Rb8 $11)
12... a5 13. Ng3 (13. a3 Ba6 14. Bd2 Bh4 $1) 13... Ba6 14. h4 {'!' Ftacnik.}
O-O 15. Be3 (15. Nf5 Re8 $15) 15... Qc7 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. b3 $6 (17. c4 $5 bxc3
18. Rxc3 Rab8 $13) 17... a4 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. h5 axb3 $2 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (19...
Bc8 $142) 20. axb3 Bc8 21. g5 (21. Bh3 Bd7 $15) (21. Qe2 Ba6 22. Qf3 e4) 21...
f5 {Ftacnik: 'Both kings now have to feel vulnerable, black chances are not
worse.'} 22. f4 Ba6 23. Bh3 exf4 (23... Rbe8 24. fxe5 $140 (24. Kd1) 24... f4
$5 (24... dxe5 25. Nxf5 (25. Bxf5 e4 $13) 25... Ne4 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 (26... Rxe7
27. Qxb4) 27. Qg2 $16) 25. Bxf4 dxe5 (25... Rxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Rxe5+
28. Qxe5 dxe5 29. Rd1 Qb6 (29... Nxb3 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. cxb3 Qc3+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+
33. Kf3 Qxb3+ 34. Kg2 $18) 30. Ne2 Bxe2 (30... Ne4 31. Rf1 Qd8 32. Be6+ Kh8 33.
Rf3 $13) 31. Kxe2 Ne4 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Kf3 Ng5+ 34. Kg2 Qe3 $11) 26. Be3 Rf3
27. d6 Qc6 $1 (27... Qxd6 28. Nf5 Qxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Ne4 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. Ra1 $13
) 28. Bg2 Bxd6 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Qf2 Qg4 $40) 24. Bxf4 Rbe8 25. Kd1 (25. Kf2
Bxg5 (25... Ne4+ 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Kg3 Bc8 $13) 26. Bxg5 Re2+ (
26... f4 27. Bxf4 Qf7 28. Kf3) 27. Nxe2 Ne4+ 28. Kf3 Nxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Bxe2+ 30.
Kxe2 Qc5 $13) 25... Bd8 (25... Bc8 $5 26. Qxb4 (26. h6 gxh6 $1 (26... g6 27.
Qxb4 Ne4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Qd4 $18) 27. gxh6 (27. g6 hxg6 28. Bxh6 Bf6 $1 29.
Bxf8 Bc3 30. Qf4 (30. Qh6 Qf7) 30... Rxf8 31. Ne2 Ne4 $17) 27... Bf6 28. Qxb4
Ne4 29. Nxe4 (29. c4 Nf2+ 30. Kc2 Qa7) 29... Rxe4 30. Bxd6 (30. Qxd6 Rd4+)
30... Qf7 $19) 26... Ne4 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Be3 Bxh3 29. Rxh3 Rf5 (29... Rf1+
30. Kd2 Rf5 31. Qxe4 Re5) 30. Qxe4 Re5 $44) 26. Ra1 (26. Bxf5 Bc8) 26... Bb7
27. h6 (27. Bxf5 Bc8 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Rh4 Ne4 $17) (27. Bg2 Ne4) 27... g6 (
27... gxh6 $5 28. Nxf5 (28. Bxf5 Bc8 29. Be6+ Bxe6 30. dxe6 Qb7 $17) 28... Ne4
29. Nxh6+ Kh8 30. Qd4+ Bf6 $3 31. gxf6 Nc3+ 32. Kd2 Re4 $40) 28. Bg2 Ne4 29.
Nxe4 fxe4 30. Ra7 (30. Be3 $5 Rf5 31. Ra7 (31. Qxb4 Rxd5+ 32. Kc1 Bxg5 $19)
31... Rxd5 32. Qxd5+ Bxd5 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 34. Ke2 $44) (30. Re1 Rxf4 31. Qxf4 Qc3
) 30... Qf7 $2 {Ftacnik: 'Black misses a great chance to stirr trouble for
white with timely exchange sacrifice 30...Rxf4!?'} (30... Rxf4 $1 31. Qxf4 e3
$5 (31... Qc5 32. Rf1 Qxd5+ 33. Qd2 Qxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Bxg5+ 35. Ke2 Re7 36. Bh3
Bxh6 37. Be6+ Rxe6 38. Rxb7 $13) 32. c4 $1 (32. Re1 Qc3 33. Re2 Bxg5 34. Qxg5
Qd4+ 35. Kc1 Qxa7 $19) (32. Qxb4 e2+ 33. Kc1 Bxg5+ 34. Kb1 Bf6 $1 (34... Re7
35. Re1 $13) 35. c4 Qe7 $1 (35... Qc5 36. Qxc5 e1=Q+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kc2
dxc5 39. Rxb7 (39. Bh3 Re7) 39... Re2+ 40. Kd3 Rxg2 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ $132)
36. Re1 (36. Rxb7 Qe5) (36. Qxb7 e1=Q+) 36... Qe5 37. Qd2 Bc8 $19) (32. Kc1 e2)
32... bxc3 33. Kc2 e2 34. Qb4 $1 (34. Re1 Qb6 $17) 34... e1=Q (34... Re7 35.
Re1) 35. Rxe1 Rxe1 36. Rxb7 Re2+ 37. Kd1 Rd2+ (37... c2+ 38. Kxe2 c1=Q 39. Rxc7
Qxc7 $13) 38. Ke1 Qc5 39. Qxc5 (39. Qf4 Qf2+ 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 c2) 39...
dxc5 40. Rb8 (40. Bh3 Bxg5 41. Be6+ Kf8) 40... Rxg2 41. Rxd8+ Kf7 42. Kd1 $11)
(30... Qb6 $1 {Ftacnik} 31. Be3 Qb5 32. Ra4 Qxd5 33. Qxd5+ Bxd5 34. Rxb4 Re5
$11) 31. Be3 $1 $16 Re7 (31... Qxd5 32. Qxd5+ Bxd5 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Bd4 Re5 35.
Rd7 $18) 32. Qxb4 Qxd5+ 33. Kc1 Rc7 (33... Qc6 34. Rd1 d5 35. c4 $16) 34. Rd1
Qc6 (34... Bxg5 35. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 36. Rd2 Bxa7 37. Bxe4 $16) 35. c4 d5 36. Qc3
dxc4 37. b4 $1 $18 Qb5 (37... Qe6 38. Bf1) 38. Bh3 Re8 39. Ra5 Qc6 40. b5 1-0

[Event "Budapest Hunguest Hotels"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3
Nbd7 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Re1 Nb6 $1 $146 12. a4 $6 (12. Na5
$142 Bg4 13. Qc1 $13) 12... Bg4 $1 13. Qc1 (13. f3 Bd7 $15) 13... Qd7 (13... b4
$5 14. Nd5 (14. Nd1 a5 15. Ne3 Be6 $15) 14... Nfxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. c3 (16. c4
Qc7) 16... Qd7 $1 17. cxb4 (17. f3 Bf5) 17... Rfc8 18. Qb1 axb4 $15) (13... Bd7
14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Be3 b4 (16... Nc4 17. Bg5) 17. Bxb6 bxc3 18.
bxc3 $11) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na5 $1 Be6 (15... Rfc8 16. Nd5) (15... Bh3 $5 16.
Nc6 $5 (16. Bh1 Be6 17. Bg5) 16... Bxg2 (16... Qxc6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxh3 b4
19. Nd5 Nbxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bg2 $11) 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Kxg2
b4 20. Nd1 $15) 16. Bg5 $1 $11 (16. Be3 Na4 (16... b4 $5) 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. b4
d5 $15) 16... b4 {Ftacnik: 'Gelfand doesn't seem to believe, that he could be
better from the opening.'} (16... Na4 $5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. b4 Rfc8
$15) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Nc6 (20. Qd2 Qb5
21. Nc6 b3 22. c3 $13)) 19. exd5 Qb5 20. Nc6 Rxa1 (20... Qc5 21. Qd2 $11) 21.
Qxa1 Qc5 (21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nxb4 $11) 22. Qa5 $1 Qxa5 23. Nxa5 Ra8
24. Nc6 Ra2 25. Rb1 Nc4 (25... Na4 26. b3 (26. Bf1 Rxb2 27. Ra1 Nb6) 26... Nc3
27. Nxb4 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 (28. Ra1 Rc1+) 28... Nxb1 29. Ne3 $11) 26. b3 Nd2 27.
Nxb4 (27. Rc1 e4 28. Nxb4 Ra8 (28... Rb2 29. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 30. Re1 Bc3 31. Rxe4
f5 32. Rc4 $16) 29. Nc6 Bc3 $44) 27... Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Nxb1 29. Ne3 Bd8 30. Nc4
Bc7 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Nc3 33. Kf2 f5 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Kd3 Nb5 36. b4 Kf6 37.
Bf3 Na7 38. Bd1 Nc8 39. h3 h6 40. Bf3 g5 41. fxg5+ hxg5 (41... Kxg5 42. Ne3)
42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. a4 Bg4 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfd1 Ng4 14. Rac1 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5 17. Re1 h5 18. Nb1 Na2 19. Rcd1 Bg4 20. a5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1
b6 22. Na3 bxa5 23. Nxa5 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qxa5 25. Bf1 Nc3 26. Rxd6 Nb5 27. Rd5
Qa4 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. c3 b4 30. Rxe5 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rfe8 32. Rxh5 Qxe4 33. Qxe4
Rxe4 34. c4 Ra8 35. Rf5 Ra1 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Kg1 Rd4 {[#]} 38. Rf2 (38. h4 $5)
38... Rdd2 39. Rxd2 Rxd2 40. Bg2 Rc2 41. Bd5 Kf8 42. h4 {Es liegt keine
theoretische Remisstellung vor, weil Schwarz über den wirksamen Hebel f4
verfügt, wonach der weiße h-Bauer sehr schwach wird.} Ke7 43. Kf1 f6 44. Kg1
Kd6 45. Kf1 Ke5 46. Kg1 Kf5 47. Bf3 Rxc4 48. Kf2 Rc3 49. Kg2 Ke5 50. Kf2 f5 51.
Kg2 Ra3 52. Bc6 Rc3 53. Be8 f4 54. gxf4+ Kxf4 55. Bd7 Rc7 56. Be6 Rc6 57. Bd7
Rh6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[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. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. a4
Nbd7 9. Bg2 b6 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rc7 15.
Qe3 Rc4 16. b3 Rc5 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. h4 Rc8 19. Bh3 Rd8 20. Rac1 Kf8 21. Be3 Qc6
22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5
Bxd5 28. c4 Bf3 29. Kf1 g5 30. hxg5 Bxg5 31. Re1 f6 32. Ra1 a5 33. Nc3 Ke7 34.
Ke1 f5 35. Nd5+ Bxd5 36. cxd5 Kd6 {[#] Nach Reduzierung des Bauernmaterials
ergibt sich ab Zug 46 ein technisches Endspiel von 2-2 Bauern am Damenflügel,
das in drei Etappen gewonnen wird: 1. Umgehung durch den weißen König 2.
Abdrängen des schwarzen Königs von b6 3. Nehmen von b6 und a5 unter
Qualitätsopfer  Endspielmedaille für die interessante Strategie (Umgehung).}
37. Ke2 h4 38. gxh4 Bxh4 39. Rh1 Bd8 40. f3 Be7 41. Rh5 Kxd5 42. Rxf5 c4 43.
bxc4+ Kd4 44. Kd2 Bh4 45. f4 Bg3 46. fxe5 Bxe5 47. Kc2 Ke4 48. Rh5 Bd4 49. Kd2
Bc5 50. Rh4+ Ke5 51. Kd3 Kd6 52. Rh6+ Ke5 53. Rh5+ Kd6 54. Ke4 Ba3 55. Rd5+ Kc6
{[%csl Rb6][%cal Ye4e5,Ye5e6,Ye6f7,Yf7e8,Ye8d8,Yd8c8,Yc8b8,Yb8a7,Ya7a6] [#]
Beginn der Umgehung der schwarzen Stellung durch den weißen König.} 56. Ke5
Bb2+ 57. Ke6 Ba3 58. Kf7 Bd6 59. Ke8 Bg3 60. Kd8 Bh4+ 61. Kc8 Bg3 62. Rg5 Bf2 (
62... Bh2 63. Rg2 Bd6 (63... Bf4 64. Rg6+ Kc5 65. Kb7 Kxc4 66. Rg4 $18) 64. Rg6
Kc5 65. Kb7 Bh2 (65... Bf4 66. Ka6 Bd2 67. Rxb6 Kxc4 68. Rb5 Bc3 69. Kb6 $18) (
65... Bf8 66. Rxb6 Kxc4 67. Ka6 Bb4 68. Rb5 Kb3 69. Rxa5 $18) (65... Be7 66.
Rxb6 Kxc4 67. Rb5 Bd8 68. Ka6 Bc7 69. Rb7 Bd8 70. Rb8 $18) 66. Rxb6 Kxc4 67.
Rb5 $18) 63. Kb8 Be3 64. Rb5 Bf2 65. Ka7 Be3 66. Ka6 Bc5 67. Rb3 Bd4 68. Rb1 {
[#] Wartezug und Beginn der Abdrängung des schwarzen Königs vom Bb6.
Anschließend Eroberung von b6/a5.} Be3 (68... Bc5 69. Re1 Bd6 70. Re6 $18) 69.
Re1 Bd4 70. Re6+ Kc5 (70... Kc7 71. Kb5 Kb7 (71... Bf2 72. Re7+ Kd6 73. Rb7 $18
) 72. Re7+ Kb8 73. Kc6 Ka8 74. Rb7 $18) 71. Rxb6 Kxc4 72. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.05.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Be3 g6 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. c3 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Rc4 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Bf1 Rc8 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qa5 20. Re3 Qc5 21.
Rd1 b5 22. a3 Rc7 23. Kf2 Bf5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd4 Kf8 26. Ke1 Rb8 27. Kd2 Bc8
28. b3 Bb7 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rbc8 31. f4 a5 32. a4 R8c7 33. g4 Bc8 34. h3
Bd7 35. Kd3 h6 36. g5 hxg5 37. fxg5 Bf5+ 38. Kd2 Kg7 39. h4 Rb7 40. Rf3 Bd7 41.
Re3 Bf5 42. Rf3 Rb8 43. Re3 Rc7 44. Rf3 Rh8 45. Re3 Rd8 46. Ke2 f6 47. gxf6+
exf6 48. Rf4 Rh8 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Kg3 Rcc8 51. Rf2 Rce8 52. Rxe8 Rxe8 53. Re2
Rxe2 54. Bxe2 {[#] In spite of the better bishop and the somewhat better pawn
division, Black cannot win, because his king lacks space. [#] Trotz des
besseren Läufers und der etwas günstigeren Bauernverteilung gelingt Schwarz
kein Sieg, da sein König an Raummangel leidet.} Ke7 55. Kf4 Bc2 56. Bc4 Kd8 57.
Ke3 Kc7 58. Kd2 Be4 59. Ke3 Bf5 60. Kd4 Kb6 61. Be2 Bb1 62. h5 gxh5 63. Bxh5
Bh7 64. Be2 Bf5 65. Bh5 Bh3 66. Bf7 Bg4 67. Be6 Bd1 68. Kc4 Bc2 69. Kc3 Be4 70.
b4 f5 71. Kc4 f4 72. bxa5+ Kxa5 73. Kd4 Bc2 74. Bd7 Kb4 (74... Bxa4 75. Bxa4
Kxa4 76. Ke4 Kb4 77. Kxf4 Kc5 78. Ke4 Kc4 79. Ke3 Kxd5 80. Kd3 $11) 75. Bc6 Bf5
76. Bb5 Bb1 77. Bd3 Ba2 78. Bc2 f3 79. Bd1 f2 80. Be2 Kxa4 81. Ke3 Bxd5 82.
Kxf2 Kb4 83. Ke3 Kc3 84. Bd3 Bg2 85. Ba6 d5 86. Ke2 d4 87. Kd1 Bd5 {white
claim a draw. Miodrag Marjanovic, FIDE arbiter, accepted this , but some
players convinced him, that it was not a drawn position, and he changed his
decision. When he order to continued the game, Matulovic, lost on time, after
only two further moves. Matulovic lodged a complaint to The Appeals Committee,
and they declared the game as the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
(8. Bg2 {is usually played here. Can you believe that White's f1 bishop is
going to take another square?}) 8... Nbd7 (8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 $5 (
10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. c3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16.
a4 {1/2 (16) Czerniak,M-Gheorghiu,F Bucharest 1967}) 10... Be7 (10... Nc6 $5)
11. O-O-O Nd7 12. f4 Nf6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Be2 Bc6 15. g4 h6 16. h4 Nd7 17. Qg3
$36 {1-0 (30) Cornette,D (2405)-Brunello,M (2378) Budva 2019}) 9. a4 (9. Bg2
O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qa5 Qc6
16. Rac1 Rfc8 $15 {0-1 (43) Kedrov,V (2385)-Yuferov,S (2440) Moscow 1996}) 9...
h6 {It is useful to clarify White's intentions.} (9... b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qe2
O-O 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Nd2 Qc5 16. Bb3 $14 {1/2 (75)
Netzer,J (2284)-Meszaros,M (2355) Budva 2019}) 10. Be3 (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bc4
Qc7 12. Nd2 h5 $5 $132) 10... b6 {After this move White comfortably places his
bishop to c4 and obtains a small but clear advantage.} (10... O-O $5 11. Bc4 ({
or} 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Na5 Qc7) 11... Nb6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 {is
definitely more active.}) 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15.
Rad1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfe1 $14 g6 {Black fails to understand White's plan
or simply doesn't find a good reply.} ({He had an interesting idea of
counterplay:} 17... Bd8 $5 {[%cal Yb6b5] but after} 18. Qd3 $1 (18. Bb3 $143 b5
$1 19. axb5 Ba5 20. b6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 $13) 18... b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5
Bb6 21. Re2 {Black hardly gets sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 18. Bb3
$1 Kg7 (18... Qb4 19. Nc4) 19. Qc4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black's queen is an important
defender, after its exchange Black's b6 and d6 pawns become very weak.} Qxc4
20. Nxc4 Rc6 21. Nd5 {This move leads to material gains.} Nxd5 22. exd5 Rc7 23.
Nxe5 (23. Nxb6 {was quite good but the text move gives White a huge advantage,
too. White was probably unsure about} Rb8 24. a5 Bc8 {, e.g.} 25. Ba4 Bd8 26.
Bc6 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Rcxb7 28. Nc4 Rb5 {although this position is close to winning.
}) 23... dxe5 24. d6 Rd7 25. dxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd6 b5 27. a5 {A 'potential queen'
fixes the weakness on a6.} Rc8 (27... Bf3 {was better at once.}) 28. c3 Bf3 {
Black gives up his a6 pawn in order to obtain counterplay but fails to get
enough.} 29. Rxa6 Rd8 30. Rb6 Rd2 31. Rxb5 Rxb2 32. a6 (32. Ra1 {was more
accurate. If} Be2 {then} 33. Rb4 {[%cal Yb3d5]}) 32... Rc7 (32... Be2 $1 33. c4
Ra7 34. Ra1 e4 {[%cal Ra7a6] , and it is difficult for White to make progress.}
) 33. Bc4 $1 Rxb5 34. Bxb5 {[%mdl 4096]} Rxc3 35. Bf1 Rc5 36. Ra1 $16 {White
has consolidated his position, and his outside passed pawn gives his good
winning chances.} Ba8 37. Be2 e4 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. Ke1 Ke5 40. Kd2 f5 41. Rb1 (
41. a7 $5 g5 42. Ra6) 41... g5 42. Rb5 {An interesting idea. The bishop
endgame is probably drawn but Black should display extreme accuracy.} Kd4 $2 (
42... Rxb5 43. Bxb5 f4 {was correct} ({but not} 43... Kd4 $2 44. Bd7 f4 45. Bc8
) {After} 44. Kc3 {, and, say,} h5 {I don't see a win for White, e.g.} 45.
gxf4+ gxf4 46. h4 ({or} 46. Bd7 Kd6 47. Be8 h4 48. Kd4 Kc7 49. Bg6 e3 50. fxe3
fxe3 51. Kxe3 Kb6 52. Bd3 Bg2 53. Kf4 h3 54. Kg3 Ka7 55. Bf5 Kxa6 56. Bxh3 Bc6
{with a drawish endgame}) 46... f3 47. Kd2 (47. Be8 e3 48. fxe3 f2 49. Bb5 Ke4
50. Kd2 Kf3 $11) 47... Kf4 48. Bd7 (48. Ke1 e3) 48... e3+ 49. Ke1 (49. fxe3+
Kg3) 49... Be4 50. Bc8 Bd3 51. Bb7 exf2+ 52. Kxf2 Bxa6 $11) 43. Rxc5 Kxc5 44.
Ke3 $18 {White has stopped ...f5-f4 and wins.} Bc6 45. Bh5 Kd5 (45... Kb6 46.
Bg6 Bd7 47. Kd4 $18) 46. a7 Ke5 (46... Kc5 47. Bg6) 47. f4+ (47. f4+ gxf4+ 48.
gxf4+ Kf6 (48... Kd5 49. Be8 Ba8 50. Bd7) 49. Be8 Ba8 50. Bd7 Kg6 51. Kd4 Kf6
52. Kc5 {[%cal Rd7c6]} e3 53. Bb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 ({This looks like a very risky strategy to me. White is allowed to play
a4-a5 which Black normally prevents by playing} 8... b6 {himself. White then
continues with the 'simple' Bg2, O-O, Re1, Nd2-f1-e3 (perhaps with Bg5xf6
included, to get a firmer grip on the d5-square) and has a rather risk-free
game ahead.}) 9. a5 O-O 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Na5 {The
knight is on his way to the excellent outpost c6 after a subsequent Nd5 Nxd5
exd5.} Bg4 $6 ({This doesn't stop White from executing his plan. It was
essential to challenge the knight on a5 with} 13... Nc4 {after which} 14. Nxc4
Qxc4 15. Re1 {is a little bit better for White.}) 14. Qd3 Rfc8 {Stopping Nd5
for the time being.} 15. Bd2 h6 ({In our brief analysis after the game we
concluded Black has enough counterplay after} 15... Nfd7 16. Rfc1 Nc5 17. Qf1
Ne6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 {. But instead of 18.Nd5 White should first make
some prophylactic moves: 18.h3 Bh5 19.Be3! with a big advantage.}) 16. Rfc1
Nfd7 ({The ending after} 16... Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 {isn't much fun
of course:} 19. f3 Bc8 (19... Be6 20. Bf1 Rc6 21. Bb5 $1 {and the a-pawn falls.
}) 20. Bf1 {and White can start the torture.}) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Nc6
$1 {Mission completed.} Bf6 20. Ba5 Qb7 21. Qa3 $1 Nc5 22. Bb4 {It turns out
Black already has to give a pawn.} e4 ({The best chance as} 22... Qb6 23. Bxc5
dxc5 24. Qa5 $1 {is even worse. (} Qxb2 25. Rab1 {)}) 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Qxc5
Re8 25. c3 $2 ({Here I began to drift. Vladimir Chuchelov immideately pointed
out} 25. b4 $1 {after the game and although I saw this move I rejected it
because I felt it wasn't necessary for such 'drastic' measures like an
exchange sacrifice. In fact I greatly underestimated Black's chances in the
game whereas after} Bxa1 26. Rxa1 {Black hasn't got much counterplay left and
White is ready to push his c- en d-pawns.}) 25... Bg5 26. Rc2 f4 27. Re1 $6 f3
28. Bf1 Qd7 {Things got terribly out of hand.} 29. Qd4 Bf5 30. h4 Bf6 31. Qe3
Bh3 32. Kh2 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Qxd5 ({Even more convincing is} 33... Bxh4 $1 34. Qd4
(34. gxh4 Qg4 $1) 34... Bf6 35. Qc4 Qf5 {which looks pretty disgusting.}) 34.
Nd4 Qh5 35. Qf4 (35. Kh3 {is asking for Bxh4!}) 35... Be5 36. Qf5 Qxh4+ 37. Qh3
(37. Kg1 {would be met by} Bxg3 $1 38. fxg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kh1 Re5 $1 40. Rg1 Rxf5
41. Rxg3 f2 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 {winning.}) 37... Qf6 {This position should of
course be technically winning for Black but some accuracy is still required.}
38. Nf5 Rad8 39. Ne3 Bb8 $6 ({Here the Bishop is misplaced.} 39... Rd3 {
followed by Red8, would have been preferable.}) 40. c4 h5 $6 41. Kg1 g6 42. c5
$1 {Trying to complicate matters.} Qc6 43. b4 Rd3 44. Rd1 Red8 45. Rcc1 Be5 46.
Qh4 Rxd1+ $2 ({Now White should be more or less OK, White still had a tough
struggle ahead of him if Black had gone} 46... Bf6 47. Qf4 Kg7 {.}) 47. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 48. Nxd1 Qd5 $6 ({Still} 48... Bf6 {was better after which I planned} 49.
Qf4 Kg7 50. Ne3 {with compensation for the pawn.}) 49. Ne3 Qd2 50. Qg5 Bd4 $1
51. Qxg6+ Kf8 52. Qf5+ Kg8 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qd6+ ({And because of} 54. c6 Qe1+
55. Kh2 Qxf2+ 56. Kh3 Bxe3 57. c7 Qf1+ 58. Kh4 Qh1+ 59. Qh3 Bg5+ $1 60. Kxg5
Qxh3 {winning, we agreed to a draw.}) 54... Kg8 55. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. h3 Nc5 $1 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Na4 $1 14. b3 (
14. Rb1 Rc8 {/\ Bd5, Rc2} 15. Nec3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 O-O $11) 14... Nb6 15. Ne3 O-O
(15... Bg5 $2 16. Nf5) 16. h4 d5 $5 (16... Qc7 17. O-O Rfd8 18. c4 bxc4 19.
bxc4 Qc5 (19... Nxc4 $2 20. Rc1 Nxe3 21. Rxc7 Nxd1 22. Rxb7 $18) 20. Qb3 $11)
17. exd5 e4 18. c4 $1 (18. Rc1 Bb2 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Bxe4 Nxe3 (19... Qa5+ 20.
b4 Nxb4 21. Bxb7 Rad8 22. axb4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxb4+ 24. Kf1 $16) 20. Qxd8 Raxd8
21. Bxb7 $16) (18... Re8 $5 19. c4 Bb2 20. Rc2 Bxa3 21. O-O Bc5 22. Qd2 bxc4
23. bxc4 a5 $132) 19. Rb1 (19. c4 $2 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 bxc4 21. bxc4 Rc8 22. O-O
Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Qxd5 $19) 19... Bxa3 20. Bxe4 (20. b4 $2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22.
Qxd5 Bxd5 23. c3 a5 $17) 20... Bc5 21. Qd3 Re8 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Bxh7+ (23. Bf3
Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 26. Kf2 Rc3 $15) 23... Kh8 24. O-O Bxe3 25.
fxe3 Qxe3+ $36) 18... Bxa1 19. Qxa1 bxc4 20. bxc4 Rc8 21. Qd4 (21. Nf5 $2 f6
$17) 21... Qf6 $1 22. Bh3 $1 {[]} (22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Bh3 Rc5 $1 24. O-O Bc8 (
24... Nxc4 25. Rc1 Nxe3 26. Rxc5 Nxd5 27. Nd4 $44) 25. Bg2 Bd7 26. Rc1 Rfc8 $15
) 22... Qxd4 (22... Nxc4 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. O-O Nxe3 (25... Nxa3
26. Nf4 Nb5 27. Nf5 $44) 26. fxe3 Bxd5 27. Rxf6 $11) (22... Rc7 $1 23. d6 (23.
Qxf6 $6 gxf6 24. O-O Bc8 (24... Nxc4 $2 25. Rc1 $16) 25. Bg2 Bd7 26. d6 Rc5 (
26... Rc6 27. Bxe4 Rxd6 28. c5 Re6 29. Bf5 Re5 30. Ng4 Rxe2 (30... Rxf5 $2 31.
Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nxf5+ Bxf5 33. cxb6 $16) (30... Rxc5 $2 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Nxd7 $16
) 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Bxd7 Rc2 34. c6 Rb8 35. Re1 Rb3 36. a4 $13)
27. Nc3 (27. Nd4 $6 Nxc4 28. Rc1 Rfc8 29. Nb3 Rb5 $1 (29... R5c6 $2 30. Bxe4
$16 (30. Nd4 $2 Rxd6)) 30. Nd4 Nxe3 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Nxb5 Nxg2 33. Na7 (33.
Nc3 Ne1 34. Nxe4 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Nxf6+ Kg7 $17) 33... Bd7 34. Kxg2 f5 $17)
(27. Bxe4 Nxc4 $15) 27... f5 (27... Nxc4 $2 28. Nxe4 Nxe3 29. Nxc5 Nxf1 30.
Nxd7 Rd8 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Ne4 $18) 28. Ncd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Kg7 $15) 23... Rc6
24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. O-O (25. Nd4 $2 Rxd6 26. c5 Rxd4 27. cxb6 Rd6 $19) (25. Bf5
Rc5) 25... Nxc4 (25... Rxd6 26. c5 (26. Rb1 Bc8) 26... Rd2 27. Rb1 Bc8 28. Rxb6
Bxh3 29. Nf4 Bc8 30. Rxf6 $13) 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. d7 Rd8 28. Rd1 Bc6 29. Rd6 $44
) 23. Nxd4 Nxc4 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Ndf5 $1 Kf8 26. Ke2 g6 $1 $11 (26... Nxa3 27.
Nd6 Rc7 28. Ra1 Nb5 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxa6 $14) 27. Nxc4 (27. Rc1 $6 Nxa3 $15)
(27. Rb1 Bxd5 $1 28. Nxd5 gxf5 29. Rc1 Rd8 $1 $11 (29... Nd6 30. Rxc8+ Nxc8 31.
Ke3 $14)) 27... Rxc4 28. Rb1 (28. Nd6 $2 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 (29. Kd1 Ra2 $17) 29...
Bxd5 $17) (28. Ne3 Rd4 $11) 28... gxf5 29. Rxb7 Rd4 30. Ra7 Rxd5 31. Rxa6 Kg7
32. a4 (32. a4 Rd3 33. Rb6 (33. Ra5 Kf6) 33... Ra3 34. Rb4 Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Ra3+
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bb7 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Ng3 Re8
15. a3 a5 16. Be3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nf5 Ra6 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 21.
Re1 Qf6 22. Qd2 Rb8 23. b3 g6 24. Ng3 Qf4 25. Qxf4 exf4 26. Ne4 Rb6 27. g5 Kg7
28. Ra1 h6 29. h4 hxg5 30. hxg5 Kf8 31. Bf1 Bb7 32. Bc4 Ke7 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. Rh1
Ba6 35. Rh8 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Nd7 37. Ra8 Rb7 38. Ra4 Nc5 39. Nxc5 dxc5 40. Kf3 b3
41. cxb3 Rxb3+ 42. Kxf4 Rb2 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. f4 Rc3+ 45. Ke4 Rc1 46. Ra7+ Kd6
47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. d6+ Ke6 {[%tqu "En","","","","d6d7","",10]} 49. d7+ $1 Kxd7
50. Kd5 Rf1 51. Rf6 Ke7 52. Kxc5 Rc1 53. Kd5 Rd1+ (53... Rc3 54. c5 Rb3 $18)
54. Kc6 $18 Rb1 55. c5 Rc1 56. Kb6 Rb1+ 57. Kc7 Rb4 58. c6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 $5 {An interesting
weapon against the Najdorf Sicilian - White plays positionally and mostly
focuses on the queenside in the long term, contrary to the standard idea that
White always has to attack on the kingside.} e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2 $5 {is more
popular nowadays, usually trying to play Nd5 at some point, exchange a pair of
knights and then bring the e2-knight to c3 and d5 as well. A recent example
between strong players:} Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Ra7 11. Be3 Rb7 12.
O-O O-O 13. Qd3 Be6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. a4 $1 $14 {1-0 (35) Vidit,S 
(2693)-Areshchenko,A (2652) Linares 2017, with a small edge for White.}) 7...
Be7 8. Bg2 Be6 (8... O-O 9. O-O b5 $1 {is the fashionable response, Black
wants to build a very consistent setup with ...Nbd7 and ...Bb7 quickly, so
White normally acts with either a4 or Nd5.} 10. a4 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7
12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Ra8 14. a4 Nc6 $1 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ra1 Qb7
18. Qd1 Ra8 $11 {½-½ (58) Naiditsch,A (2710)-Vidit,S (2693) Linares 2017,
with excellent play for Black.}) 10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6
14. Qd3 Ra8 15. f4 {I normally don't like this move, it doesn't achieve much
and weakens the white king in the long term - White should generally try to
play in the centre and on the queenside in this variation} (15. a5 $1 {is a
very important nuance - White wants to create a permanent weakness on a6})
15... Qc7 $6 16. Nd2 $6 (16. Rfc1 $1 {followed by c3, taking advantage of the
queen standing on c7}) 16... a5 {now Black has a perfectly sound position and
went on to win a convincing game:} 17. Rf2 f6 18. f5 Bf7 19. Rc1 Na6 $1 $15 {
0-1 (39) Hou,Y (2652)-Grischuk,A (2750) Moscow 2017}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 (10.
a4 $5 {was played by Maze himself earlier in 2017:} Qc7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nd2 $1
{one of the central plans of this variation - bringing the knight to e3} Bg4 $1
{is the typical move when White plays Nd2. ...Bg4 is nice to disturb White's
harmony, since White has to play Bf3 and put an awkward piece on f3 (either
the knight or the queen)} (12... Rfc8 $6 13. Nf1 Qc6 14. Ne3 $16 {1-0 (33)
Maze,S (2613)-Pustovoitova,D (2407) Caleta 2017, achieving perfect piece
coordination, White has a very nice advantage.})) 10... Nbd7 (10... b5 {
is usually well met by a4, but here it would be fine for Black} 11. a4 b4 12.
Nd5 Nxd5 $1 13. exd5 Bf5 $11 {with a balanced position, the bishop is well
placed on f5 - c2 is a target now with the semi-open c-file.}) 11. a4 {A
typical reaction against ...Nbd7 - Black wants to play ...b5.} Qb8 (11... Rc8
12. Nd2 Bg4 $1 {disturbing White's harmony, as shown above - 13.f3 is simply
too ugly, so White is more or less forced to exchange bishops and worsen his
knight (which was supposed to land on d5 after Nf1 and Ne3)} 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14.
Nxf3 Re8 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Rb1 Nc4 17. Qd3 d5 $1 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20.
exd5 e4 21. Nd2 Nxd2 $11 {Karjakin,S (2785)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Wijk aan
Zee 2017, and a draw was agreed.}) 12. Nd2 $1 {Starting the journey to d5 (Nf1
followed by Ne3 is a nice threat).} Bd8 13. Nd5 (13. a5 $5 {looks like a nice
try} b5 (13... Bg4 $5) 14. axb6 Bxb6 15. h3 Bd4 {Black activates the bishop,
but positionally White may still claim an advantage.} 16. Na4 h6 17. Nf1 Rc8
18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 a5 {and White achieved something, maybe with b3 followed
by Qd2 and Red1 hitting on d6?} 20. Nf5 $5 (20. b3 $5 $14) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5
Ra7 22. Re3 Rc4 23. Rd3 Ra6 24. b3 Rb4 25. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (59) Predke,A 
(2566)-Giri,A (2785) Sochi 2017}) 13... b5 (13... Bg4 $1 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bf3
Bxf3 $11 {and Black should be fine after starting counterplay on the c-file as
soon as White recaptures on f3.}) 14. a5 $6 {This is a weird move, because
with the black pawn on b5, White does not achieve much by placing this pawn
here. Now there is a very slim chance that White will be able to expand on the
queenside (normally with the black pawn on b7, and the white pawn moving from
e4 to d5, White has hopes of playing c4-b4-c5 in a distant future).} (14. Nf1
$13 {felt like a more logical move.}) 14... Nxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bf5 $1 16. Nf1 $6
Bg6 17. Bd2 f5 $17 {After some passive moves from White, Black has a fantastic
Najdorf position.} 18. b4 $6 Ra7 $1 19. Ra3 Rc7 {Black is playing very strong
chess so far.} 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Bxc3 Bf6 (21... Qc7 $1 {was more precise,
keeping the option to play a quick f4} 22. Bb2 f4 23. Bh3 (23. Nd2 fxg3 24.
hxg3 Nf6 {and White is in trouble} 25. c3 h5 $1 $19 {followed by h4 with a
direct attack against the white king}) 23... Kh8 24. Be6 Bg5 $1 {wanting to
play ...fxg3 and ...Nf6, with all the pieces directed against the white king}
25. Bc1 h6 $1 $17) 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Bb2 e4 $2 {This is a typical move in the
Najdorf, but here it throws away all the advantage and soon puts Black in a
difficult position.} (23... f4 $5 $40 {similar to Black's 21th move idea.}) 24.
Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Re3 $1 {White finds good outposts for his pieces with Rc3 and
Qd4.} Ne5 26. Rc3 Qd7 (26... Qa7 $2 27. Qe3 $1 $16 {with deadly invasions on
the queenside.}) 27. Qd4 Rf8 $2 (27... f4 $1 $132 {had to be played, Black was
forced to put all his chips on the kingside attack. For example:} 28. Bxe4 (28.
gxf4 Rxf4 $132 {with complicated play; White is not able to explore the weak
queenside as in the game} 29. Qb6 Rf8 $1 30. Rc7 Qf5 31. Ng3 Qf6 $132) 28...
fxg3 29. Nxg3 (29. hxg3 $2 Qg4 $1 30. Re3 Nf3+ $19) 29... Qg4 $1 $132 (29...
Rf4 $5 30. Qe3 Rf8)) 28. Qb6 $1 {Now White grabs the initiative and there is
no way back.} f4 {Too late.} 29. gxf4 $1 Nf3+ (29... Rxf4 {this is clearly
worse than before because Black has simply lost a tempo} 30. Rc7 Qg4 31. Qxa6
$18 {surprisingly Black doesn't have a direct attack, mostly because Qc8+ is a
winning threat, exchanging queens.}) 30. Kh1 h5 31. Qc7 Qg4 ({The endgame is
hopeless:} 31... Qxc7 32. Rxc7 Rxf4 33. Ne3 $18 {threatening Ra7 for example.})
32. Qxd6 $18 {It's already lost for Black.} Bf5 33. Rc7 Rf6 34. Qd8+ Rf8 35.
Qd6 Rf6 36. Qd8+ Rf8 37. Qe7 $1 {Threatening a simple Ne3.} Qg6 38. Rc6 Qg4 39.
Rc7 Qg6 40. Ng3 Ne1 41. Bxe4 $1 {The simplest.} Bxe4+ 42. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 43. Nxe4
Rxf4 44. d6 $1 {With a forced win in the endgame.} Rxe4 45. d7 Rd4 46. c3 Rd1
47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. d8=Q Nd3+ 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. h3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. g4 O-O 12. Ng3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Re8 15.
a3 (15. Be3 Nb6 16. Qd2 a5 17. b3 Rb8 18. a3 a4 19. axb4 axb3 20. cxb3 h6 21.
Ra5 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Ne4 f6 24. Rc1 Nc8 25. Nc3 Ne7 26. Be4 Bc8 27. Nb5 f5
28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Bg2 Ng6 {Felgaer,R-Anastasian,A/Anibal Open ESP 2001/The
Week in Chess 323/1-0 (53)}) 15... a5 16. Be3 Qc7 (16... Ba6 17. Re1 Qb8 18.
axb4 axb4 19. b3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ba8 24. Ne4
Nd7 25. Ra4 Qc7 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. Ng3 Bf8 28. Qxb4 {1-0 Spangenberg,H-Kasparov,G/
Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 98 (28)}) 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Reb8 19. b3 Nc5 20. axb4
Rxb4 $2 21. Qe1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ye3d2,Yd2a5]} Rab8 22. Bd2 Bd8 (22... R4b7 $5
$16) 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qc5 26. Ra4 Rxa4 27. bxa4 g6 28. Rb1
Bg5 29. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Qxd5 31. Qe4 Qa2 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. Qc4 Qxc4 (33...
Qd2 $5) 34. dxc4 Bd2 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 Bc3 37. Kd3 Be1 $2 (37... Bd4 38. f4
$18) 38. Rb1 (38. Rb1 Bb4 (38... Bxf2 39. Rf1 $18) 39. Rxb4 axb4 40. a5 $18)
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Meleghegyi"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 (7. Nb3
Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nd2 $5 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Rc5 $5 13. Nf1 Qa8
14. Ne3 $5 {Popovic,P-King,D/Palma de Mallorca GMA-qual/1989/0-1/37/}) 7... Be7
8. Bg2 b5 (8... Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 O-O $1 13. O-O Rc8
$1) 9. O-O {9.Bg5} Nbd7 10. h3 Bb7 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. Ng3
g6 $6 15. Bh6 Bg5 16. Ne4 $1 Bxh6 $6 (16... Be7 17. f4 exf4 18. Qd4 Qb6 19.
Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rae1 $1 O-O-O 21. c4 $16) 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. Nxb7 Qb6 19. d6 Bf4 (
19... Kg7 $2 20. g5 $1 Bxg5 21. Qg4 $1 $18) 20. c4 $1 Rb8 21. Qd5 Nf6 22. Qf3 {
22.Qc6} g5 {22...Kg7} 23. c5 Qa6 24. Rfe1 h5 25. gxh5 Rxh5 26. Qe2 Qa7 27. d7
$1 e4 28. Bxe4 Rxh3 29. Bg2 Rh2 30. d8=Q+ Rxd8 31. Qe7+ Kg7 32. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "SVK-ch"]
[Site "Kaskady"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3
Nbd7 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 $5 $146 {[%csl Ra5] A try to improve white's
play compared to my game against Kasparov} (10. Nd5 {Movsesian-Kasparov,Prague
2001}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 $5 Nc5 ({Another critical move is} 11... Bb7 12. a4 b4
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. c3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 $14 {[%csl Ra5] and I think,
white has better chances in the game}) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxb3 ({Black has
no time for} 13... Bb7 $2 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. d6 $18) 14. axb3 {[%cal Ra1a6]} Bf5
(14... Bb7 15. c4 $14 {[%csl Rb7] and black pieces have to remain passive}) 15.
c4 Qb8 16. Ra2 $1 {An important move, which allows white to increase a
pressure on a6 pawn} Rc8 17. Bf1 Bd8 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Rea1 Qb7 20. Qe4 Bb6 21.
Qe1 $1 Bc5 (21... Bd4 22. Be3 Qb6 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Qb4 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rd6]})
22. Bb4 f6 ({A try to escape tactically} 22... bxc4 {fails after} 23. Bxc5 cxb3
24. Bxa6 Qxd5 25. Bc4 $1 (25. Bxc8 $4 Bc6 $19) 25... Qxc4 26. Rxa8 Qxc5 27.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qd2 $18) 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Ra5 {[%csl Rb5]} b4 {'?' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Serious strategical mistake, black will lack any counterplay as the
planned Bf5-c2 loses due to the weakness of the c8-h3 diagonal.'} (24... bxc4 {
Ftacnik} 25. Bxc4 (25. bxc4 {Ftacnik} Qxb2 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 $14) 25...
Bb5 26. Qc3 Rab8 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Qd2 Qd7 30. Ra7 Rb7 31. Rxb7
Qxb7 32. d7 Rd8 33. Rd1 $14) 25. R1a2 $1 {[%cal Re1a1] Black has no time to
re-group his pieces and protect an a6 pawn now} Bf5 26. Qa1 Qe7 27. Rxa6 Rxa6
28. Rxa6 $16 e4 29. Qc1 Qe5 $138 30. Qe3 Bd7 (30... Qxb2 31. Qf4 Bg6 32. Qd6
$18) 31. Ra7 Rc7 {The endgame is lost, but black had no specially wide choise
here.} 32. f4 Qd6 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34. Qxe4 Qd6 35. h4 g6 36. h5 Kf7 37. hxg6+
hxg6 38. Bd3 Bf5 39. Qe3 Bd7 40. Kf2 Qf8 41. Kg1 Qd6 42. Qe1 Bg4 43. Kf2 Bd7
44. Bc2 g5 45. Qe3 Qe7 46. Qd3 gxf4 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. Qg8+ Qf8 49. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 $5 {
Not very usual continuation} ({More frequently played is} 7. Nde2) 7... Nbd7 8.
Bg2 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd5 $5 ({After} 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 {black
would hardly play} Nb6 $2 (12... Rb8 $142 $5) 13. Qa5 $1 O-O 14. Qxb4 Be6 15.
Na5 $16 {Vul-Kokanovic, Kladovo 90}) 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 a5 $5 (11... Bb7 $6
12. a4 b4 13. Bd2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3 {[%csl Ra5]} Qb6 16. Ra3 Bd8 17. Nd4
$3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Re1+ Kd7 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bd4 $16 {[%csl Rd7]
Civric-Djukanovic, Tivat 95}) 12. a4 b4 13. Bd2 Bg5 $5 (13... O-O 14. c3 bxc3
15. Bxc3 $14) 14. f4 (14. Be1 Ba6) 14... Bf6 15. c3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 O-O 17. Ra3
$6 ({Objectively better is} 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Ba6 $13 {but white is
looking for complications}) 17... Qb6+ 18. Kh1 exf4 19. Nd4 $5 ({After} 19.
Rxf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Ra3] white rook on a3 would be completely
out of play}) 19... Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5e4,Gc5d3]} (19... fxg3 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nc6
$44 {[%cal Rc3f6,Rb3g3,Rc6e7] looked pretty dangerous for black}) 20. Rxf4 Be5
21. Rh4 (21. Rf2 Ba6 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rf2] and all black pieces are placed
perfectly}) 21... Re8 22. Qf3 Ba6 {[%cal Ga6d3,Gd3g6]} 23. h3 Bd3 24. Kh2 Bg6
25. Nf5 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rab8 $5 (26... Qxb2 27. Nxd6 Re2 28. Rxc5 Rf2 29. Rb5 Qa2
30. Qxf2 Qxf2 31. Rf4 $44) (26... Bxf5 27. Qxf5 g6 28. Qf2 (28. Qf4 Qxb2 29.
Rf3 f5 $17) 28... Rab8 (28... Ra7 29. Rcc4 Rae7 30. b4 axb4 31. Rxb4 $13) (
28... Nxa4 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. Rc6 Nc8 31. Ra4 $1) 29. Rxh7 (29. Rc2 $5) 29...
Kxh7 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Rc4 Re4 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Qf4+ $11) (26... Re5 27. Ne3
$13 {[%cal Ge3c4]}) 27. b3 $1 Nxb3 (27... Bxf5 $143 28. Qxf5 h6 29. Rg4 $1 $40
{[%cal Rg4g7]}) 28. Rc6 Qa7 29. Rg4 $8 Bxf5 (29... Re1 30. h4 Qg1+ 31. Kh3 {
[%cal Rf3c3,Rc3c8,Rc3g7]}) 30. Qxf5 g6 (30... Nd4 $4 31. Qf6 $18) 31. Rxd6 Nd2
$1 {[%csl Rh2]} (31... Re1 32. h4 Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Re2 34. Qf1) 32. h4 (32. Rd7 $2
Nf3+ $1 $19) 32... Re1 33. Kh3 Qg1 34. Qf4 Re2 $2 ({The winning continuation
was} 34... Rb2 $3 35. Rd8+ (35. Qf6 $2 Qxg2+ $3 36. Kxg2 Re2+ 37. Kh3 Rh2+ $3
38. Kxh2 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Rh2#) (35. Qd4 $2 Qh2+ $3 36. Kxh2 Nf3+ 37. Kh3 Rh1+ 38.
Bxh1 Rh2#) 35... Kg7 36. Qd4+ Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Re2 38. Rf4 f5 $1 {and black has a
mating attack}) 35. Rdxg6+ hxg6 36. Rxg6+ fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7.
Nde2 Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Rc8 $5 {A very promising idea!Instead of
moving pawns on king's flank [10...h6?!,10...h5?!],or finishing the
development [10...Be7],that gives white some chances on the king's flank,black
starts immediatly [!] playing his usual sicilian game.After all,his king is
not under fire yet! 10...Qc7 has the same idea and should be checked too.I
can't say the same about 10...b5?! though.} (10... h6 $6 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 g6
13. Be3 Ne6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. O-O h5 $6 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Be7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
exd5 Ng7 20. f4 $1 $16 {Putzbach,G-Mowsziszian,K/Hamburg Wichern op 1993/1-0 
(110)}) (10... h5 $6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. h4 (12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Rc8 14. h4 Qc7 15.
Rc1 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. Bh3 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Yudasin,L/
Minsk URS sf 1985 (51)}) 12... Rc8 13. Qd2 Rc7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfd1 Qa8 16. f3
$14 {Kholmov,R-Ivanov,M/Moscow2 1991/1/2-1/2 (54)}) (10... Qc7 $5 11. g4 Nc5
12. Ng3 Ne6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Nge2 $6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,
R-Orso,M/Budapest Spring op 1991 (20)}) (10... Be7 {The main line.}) (10... b5
$6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bg5 Bc6 13. O-O $14 {0-1 Fernandez,A-Bouaziz,S/Luzern olm
1982 (30)}) 11. g4 (11. O-O g6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 $1 14. Nxf4 Bg7 $13 {
Ivanov,A-Kosten,A/Reykjavik 1990/1-0 (67)}) 11... Nc5 12. Ng3 g6 $5 13. O-O (
13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 h6 $5 $13) 13... Ne6 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. Be3 $6 {Holmov played
here Re1,but wasn't better.After 15.Be3?! [as in game] it will be simular
position with one tempi less - white won't even equalize! I would think here
about 15.c3!?} (15. Re1 O-O 16. c3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Ne2 Qg5
20. Nd4 Rc5 {= Kholmov,R-Fedorov,V/USSR 1981}) (15. c3 $5 $146) 15... Nxd5 $1
16. exd5 Nf4 $36 17. c3 (17. Bxf4 $2 exf4 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Be5
$17) 17... O-O 18. Qd2 (18. Bxf4 $6 exf4 19. Ne2 Qg5 20. Nd4 (20. Qb3 f5 $1)
20... Rc5 $1 $15) 18... Rc4 $1 {Very strong!} (18... Nxg2 {[%cal Rb7g2]} 19.
Kxg2 f5 $6 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. f4 $1 $13) 19. b3 (19. Bxf4 $6 exf4 $5 20. Ne2 f5
21. b3 Rc7 $17) 19... Rc8 20. Rac1 $2 (20. c4 $1) 20... b5 $1 $17 21. axb5 axb5
22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qxf4 Rxc3 $6 (23... Bxc3 $5 24. Rfd1 Re8 25. Ne4 Be5 26. Rxc8
Bxc8 $17 {and f5!}) 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25. Ne4 Be5 26. Qh6 Bg7 27. Qd2 Qb6 $6 {
It is clear that black is better.But in order to win he should play as well as
he did before.Now he starts playing slovently.Black's game is on the king
flank but he will understand it latter.} (27... f5 $1 28. Ng5 $1 (28. gxf5 Rxf5
29. Ng3 Rf8 $1 (29... Re5 $6 30. f4 Qb6+ 31. Kh2 Re3 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 $15
{With idea f5!}) 30. Re1 (30. f4 Bh6 31. Ne4 Rf5 $17) 30... Be5 $17) 28... Bh6
29. f4 fxg4 30. hxg4 (30. Ne6 Qb6+ 31. Kh2 gxh3 32. Bxh3 Rf6 $17) 30... Bxg5
31. fxg5 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qe7 $15) 28. Rd1 f5 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Qb4 Be5 $1 (30...
Bxd5 $6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Bxb3 33. Rb1 Bc2 34. Rxb5 Rxb5 35. Nxb5 Be5 $15
{But draw}) 31. Rd3 Kg7 32. Qd2 Qd8 $1 {Back to the weakness!But now white is
ready for defence.} 33. Rf3 Bc8 $6 {Not exact.} (33... Rxf3 $5 34. Bxf3 Bc8 (
34... Qh4 $6 35. Ng5 $1 (35. Bg2 $2 Qf4 36. Qxf4 Bxf4 37. Nc3 b4 38. Ne2 Bd2
$17) 35... Bc8 36. Bg2 (36. Ne6+ $2 Bxe6 37. dxe6 Qxh3 $17) 36... Kf6 37. Qc1
$1 $13 Bf5 $140 38. Qc7 $3 $18) 35. Bg2 Qf8 $1 $15) 34. Rxf5 Bxf5 35. Ng5 $2 (
35. f4 $1 Qb6+ (35... Ba1 36. Qb4 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 $11) (35... Bf6 36. Qb4 Bxe4
37. Qxe4 $11) 36. Kh2 Bf6 37. Qb4 $1 $11) 35... Qf6 36. Ne6+ {That's why white
missed 35.f4!He wants to use the draw-ideas of the multicolored bishops.But on
practice black has more chances to win than white to make a draw.This time,
even after exchanging the queens, black has some chances to win.} (36. Ne4 Qh4
$17) 36... Bxe6 37. dxe6 Qxe6 {[#] Hecht Die ungleichen Läufer lassen Weiß
trotz Minusbauer und zerfieselter Bauernstellung auf ein Remis hoffen. Ein
kapitaler Bock im Schlußzug - deshalb die Medaille! - zerstört diese Hoffnung
abrupt.} 38. Qd3 b4 $17 39. Bd5 Qf6 40. Kf1 Bf4 41. Bc4 h5 42. Qf3 Kh6 43. Kg2
Kg5 $6 (43... Qg5+ $5 44. Kf1 Qe5 $17) 44. Qe4 Be5 45. Bd3 Bd4 46. f4+ $5 Kh6
47. Kf3 (47. f5 {Hecht} Qg5+ $5 (47... Kg5 48. h4+ Kh6 49. Kh3 (49. fxg6 Qf2+
50. Kh3 Be5 51. Qg2 Qe3+ $19) 49... Be5 50. Qe3+ $15) (47... g5 $1 48. Qe6 g4
$17) 48. Kf3 (48. Kf1 Qg1+ 49. Ke2 Qf2+ 50. Kd1 Be3 51. Be2 Qg1+ 52. Kc2 Qc1+
53. Kd3 Qc3#) 48... Qg1 (48... Be5 $5) 49. Qf4+ Kg7 50. fxg6 $11) 47... Bc5 {
[#]} 48. Kg3 $4 (48. h4 $1 {/\ f5}) 48... Qh4+ (48... Qh4+ {Hecht} 49. Kh2 Qf2+
50. Qg2 Qxf4+ 51. Kh1 (51. Qg3 Qd2+ 52. Kh1 Qd1+ 53. Kh2 g5 $19) 51... g5 52.
Be2 Qe3 53. Bc4 d5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Polugaevsky,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Inf.26/492} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7.
Nde2 Nbd7 (7... Be7) 8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nc5 (11... h5 12. g5
Nh7 13. h4 Nhf8 14. f4 $16) 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Be3 (13. O-O g6 $13) 13... g6 14.
Qd2 $6 (14. O-O $1) 14... b5 $1 15. g5 $6 (15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 $17) (
15. O-O $5) 15... Nfd7 16. a5 (16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. b4 Ne6 $1 19.
Nxb5 Nf4 $1 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qa3 $17) 16... b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rb8
$17 {[/\ Rb5]} 19. Bf1 f5 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Be2 e4 $1 22. Ra2 b3 23. cxb3 Rxb3
24. O-O Qe7 25. Rc1 (25. Bd1) 25... Be5 $1 {[/\ 26...Rxe3 27.Qxe3 Bf4]} 26. Kg2
Qh4 (26... Rf3 $1 27. Bxf3 exf3+ 28. Kxf3 (28. Kf1 Qh4) 28... Bxg3 29. fxg3
Qe4+ 30. Ke2 Rd3 $19) 27. Ra3 (27. Bg4 Rxe3 $1 28. Qxe3 Bf4 29. Qc3 Bxc1 30.
Qxc1 Rxf2+ $1 $19) 27... Rxa3 28. bxa3 Nb3 $19 29. Qd1 Nxc1 30. Qxc1 Bxg3 (
30... Bf4 $5 31. Bxa6 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Nc5 33. Be2 Qf4 34. Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Nf1 Kf7
36. Nd2 Ke7 {/\ Rf8-+}) 31. fxg3 Qf6 $1 32. Qd2 (32. Qc4 Qb2 $1 33. Qxa6 Nc5)
32... Nc5 33. Qb4 Qe5 34. Bd4 (34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. Qxc5 e3) 34... Qe7 $1 35. Bxc5
(35. Be3 Nd3) 35... dxc5 36. Qc4 Qe5 $1 37. d6+ Kg7 38. Qxa6 e3 39. Qb7+ Kh6
40. h4 Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kramnik has started with this move quite a number of times in 2016 so
it must not have been a complete surprise for Anish Giri. Kramnik in the past
has mentioned he likes to try to outplay his younger opponents in a positional
struggle and this game is no different.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 {The most popular modern Sicilian Najdorf is on the board. It is not a
surprise as Anish has been using it with Black in his past 10 games against e4.
} 6. g3 {Even though the game started with the Sicilian Kramnik opts for one
of the quietest responses against the Najdorf.} e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. Bg2 h5 {
Anish shows the depth of his preparation. Even though ...h5 is no longer a
surprise idea in the Najdorf. It has never been played in the position and it
is usually played to hinder White's g4-plan.} 9. Bg5 {Kramnik refuses to
transpose to familiar theory and keeps the position fresh and novel.} (9. h3 {
transposes to the 6.h3 Fischer variation.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. a4 Rc8
12. O-O Nf8 13. Bxf6 {Kramnik tries to keep the position under control and in
positional territory.} (13. a5 N8h7 $1 (13... h4 14. Bxh4 Rxh4 15. gxh4 Ng6 16.
f4 Nxh4 17. Nd5 (17. Kh1 Nxg2 18. Kxg2)) 14. Be3 h4 15. f4 Nf8 {leads to a
dynamically balanced position with chances for both sides. Facing a new idea
at the board, Kramnik's decision is both practical and sound.}) (13. Rfd1 N8h7
14. Be3 Ng4) 13... Bxf6 14. Rfd1 {The game moves into the slow manoeuvring
phase.} Be7 15. Nd5 h4 16. Nec3 (16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Ra3 hxg3 18. hxg3 Bg4 19. f3
Be6 20. Rd3 Bc4 21. Rxd6 Ne6) 16... Nh7 (16... Rc6 17. Ra3 Nd7 18. Rb3 Qc8) 17.
Ra3 Rc6 18. Rb3 Qb8 19. Na2 (19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Nd5+ Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc4 (21...
Rc7) 22. Re1 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qc8 24. f4) 19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qc8 21. Nb4 Nf6 22.
Qd2 Rc5 23. Rc1 hxg3 24. hxg3 g6 25. Rd3 Kf8 26. c3 Kg7 27. Rd1 Qd7 28. b3 Qg4
29. c4 Nxe4 {An interesting decision. Anish decides to solve his positions
dynamically instead of with passive defence.} (29... Rcc8 {was also okay for
Black.} 30. Nc2 Qh5 31. Ne3 Ng4 32. Nxg4) 30. f3 Nxd2 31. fxg4 Nxc4 32. bxc4
Rxc4 33. Nd5 Bd8 34. Ra1 (34. Rb1 {could have given White some chances. It was
important to stay active and on the offensive. After the move in the game
Black has no troubles whatsoever.} Rxg4 35. Rxb7 Rxa4 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. Bh3 $1 {
[%csl Re6]} e4 38. Rf1 Ra3 39. Nf4 Kg8 40. Kg2 Ra2+ 41. Rf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 {
Of course the most likely result is a draw but Black still has to be careful.})
34... Rxg4 35. a5 e4 36. Rb3 Rh5 37. Ne3 Rgg5 38. Kf2 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Rxa5 40.
Bxe4 b5 41. Rd3 Be7 42. Kf3 Ra1 43. Nd5 Bd8 44. Nf4 Be7 45. Rc3 d5 46. Bxd5 Ra3
{White has absolutely no objective chances after the exchange of rooks - a
draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2015.07.27"]
[Round "11.13"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.04.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tianjing"]
[BlackTeam "Shandong"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 $5 {Une variante
solide} e5 (6... e6) 7. Nde2 {le Ne2 sera ensuite recyclé vers l'aile-roi par
h3g4 et Ng3} (7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 (8... O-O) 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5
Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 $132 {Leko,P (2752)-Grischuk,A (2736) Wch Blitz 4th 2009 (14)
0-1}) 7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O {Les Noirs ont aussi le choix de jouer des
poisitions plus aigues en retardant le roque avec la poussée b5} (8... b5 $5
9. h3 (9. Nd5) 9... Nbd7 10. g4 b4 $1 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 a5 13. O-O h5 $5 {
[%csl Rg1,Gh8]} 14. gxh5 Rxh5 15. Nd4 {Alekseev,E (2708)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2708) Biel GM 41st 2008 (8) 0-1} (15. Nf4 $142)) 9. a4 Nc6 (9... Be6 10. O-O
Nbd7 11. h3 Rc8 12. Be3) 10. O-O Be6 11. Nd5 (11. h3 Nb4 {[%csl Gd5]} 12. f4
Qc8 $6 (12... Rc8 13. Be3 d5 $1 14. fxe5 Nxe4 {Al Qudaimi,B (2405)-Al Sayed,M 
(2501) Arab-ch Elite 3rd 2015 (5) 0-1}) 13. f5 $14 {Eliskases,E-Pilnik,H Mar
del Plata 1953 (18) 0-1}) 11... Rc8 (11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. a5 Nbd7 14. b3
Rc8 15. c4 $14 Qc7 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Re1 g6 19. Na4 {1/2-1/2 (19)
Manolov,I (2259)-Enchev,I (2302) Sunny Beach 2007}) 12. b3 $146 (12. Be3 Bxd5
13. exd5 Nb8 14. h3 Nbd7 15. c3 Re8 16. a5 Bf8 17. g4 g6 18. Ng3 h6 19. Qd2 Kh7
20. b4 Qc7 21. Ra3 Qc4 22. Rd1 e4 23. Bf1 Qc7 24. Bd4 Nxd5 25. c4 N5f6 26. Rc3
Ne5 27. Qc2 Qc6 28. b5 Nf3+ 29. Rxf3 {1-0 (29) Bruno,E (2266)-Fusco,L (2296)
Buenos Aires 2004}) 12... Bg4 $6 13. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Ge3g4,Ge3c2] Gagnant un
tempo important et le Ne3 occupe une excellente case centrale défendant la
faiblesse c2 tout en pouvant s'activer à l'aile-roi} Bh5 14. Bb2 Bg6 15. Nc3
$1 {[%csl Gd5]} Nb4 $6 {[%csl Gd5] Un coup naturel pour lutter pour le
contrôle de la case "d5" tout en faisant pression sur "c2" mais les Blancs
vont trouver une forte idée} 16. a5 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Ga1a4]} Re8 (16...
Nc6 {[%cal Gc6a5]} 17. Ned5 $1 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 $16) 17. Ra4 d5 {[%cal Ge7b4]
Tente de pêcher en eaux troubles mais les compensations Noires sont
insuffisantes} 18. Ncxd5 Nfxd5 19. exd5 {[%csl Rb4,Gc6][%cal Gb2a3] Menace de
gagner le N par Ba3} Bc5 $8 {[%cal Gc5e3]} 20. Qe2 Qd7 (20... Bxe3 21. Rxb4 {
[%cal Gb4b7]} Rxc2 22. Qxe3 Rxb2 23. Rxb7 Qxa5 (23... Qd6 24. Rb6) 24. Qxe5 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 21. Bc3 Nxc2 $1 22. Nxc2 Bd4 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 23. Bxd4 exd4 (23...
Rxc2 24. Qd1 exd4 25. Rxd4 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 24. Qd2 Bxc2 25. Qxd4 f5 $6 {
[%csl Re6,Rg8][%cal Gc2e4] Très affaiblissant} 26. d6 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gd6,Gg2]
Le P passé est trés fort} Be4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Qd5+ Qf7 29. Qd3 $1 Rxa4 30.
bxa4 {L'échange de la R n'a pas soulagé la défense des Noirs malgré
l'affaiblissement de la structure des Blancs} Qe6 31. d7 {Forçant la R Noire
à occuper une positon passive et le K Noir devra monter au centre pour tenter
de participer à l'attaque du P passé mais au risque d'échec intermédiaire}
Rd8 32. Rd1 Kf7 {Courageusement le K tente de monter au centre mais avec les Q,
c'est trés risqué} 33. Qd4 Qe4 $5 {[%cal Ge4a4] Permet de forcer l'échange
des Q mais toutes les finales de R ne sont pas toujours nulles} 34. Qxe4 $8 (
34. Qb6 Qxa4 {[%cal Ga4d1,Gd8d7]}) 34... fxe4 35. Rd4 Kf6 (35... Ke6 36. Rxe4+
Kxd7 37. Rd4+ Kc7 38. Rxd8 Kxd8 39. Kf1 Kd7 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. Kd3 Kd5 {[%csl Gf2,
Gg3,Gh2]} (41... Kc5 42. Kc3) 42. f3 $18 Kc5 43. Kc3) 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Rd1 Ke6
38. Ke2 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 40. Ke3 Kc6 41. Kxe4 b5 (41... Kc5 42. f4 (42. Kd3
$2 Kb4) (42. Ke5 Kb4 43. Ke6 Kxa5 44. Kf7 b5 45. axb5 axb5 46. Kxg7 b4 47. Kxh7
b3 48. f4 b2 49. f5 b1=Q) 42... Kb4 43. g4 Kxa5 44. f5 Kxa4 45. g5 b5 46. f6
gxf6 47. gxf6 b4 48. f7 b3 49. f8=Q) 42. axb6 Kxb6 43. f4 Ka5 44. g4 Kxa4 45.
f5 Kb4 46. g5 Kc5 47. Ke5 Kc6 48. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 {For some reason,
games between Carlsen and Naiditsch tend to be very interesting and
complicated. This time, however, Naiditsch aims for a more quiet, positional
struggle.} e5 7. Nb3 {A less played, but still interesting option.} (7. Nde2 {
is the main move, White plans to improve this knight by means of Nd5 followed
by Nec3 or h3-g4-Ng3.}) 7... Be7 8. Bg2 (8. a4 {a normal move to keep Black's
queenside under control, but not a good one in this case, as Black can play}
Nc6 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Yc6b4] and with the b4-square available to this knight,
Black establishes a firm control over d5} 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. Bg5 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 {
Black's development not only protects the important point d5, but exerts
pressure against the c-file; Nd5 is also prevented} 12. a5 {[%cal Ya1a4]} Qd7
$1 {Guo,A (2219)-Quintiliano Pinto,R (2451) SPICE Cup Open 2017 (4.18) 0-1 and
Black is fine -} 13. Ra4 $2 Nxc2 $1) 8... O-O 9. O-O Be6 ({Some recent games
proved that} 9... b5 $5 {is also playable} 10. Nd5 $5 (10. a4 {used to be
considered favourable for White, but times and evaluations change} b4 11. Nd5
Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd3 Ra8 $5 {the best way to avoid problems
with the a6-pawn under attack in many variations} 15. f4 Qc7 16. Nd2 a5 $1 {
[%cal Yb8a6,Ya6c5];Hou,Y (2652)-Grischuk,A (2750) Moscow FIDE GP 2017 (5) 0-1
and Black is ok -}) 10... Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Ra8 14. a4 (14.
Na5 $5) 14... Nc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ra1 Qb7 $11 {Naiditsch,A 
(2710)-Vidit,S (2693) ESP-chT CECLUB Honor 2017 (6.2) 1/2}) 10. Re1 {[%csl Gd5]
[%cal Yb3d2,Yd2f1,Yf1e3] Preparing the standard manoeuvre Nd2-f1-e3, typical
in such positions.} ({Naiditsch had also played the main move} 10. a4 Nbd7 (
10... Nc6 $6 {is not so strong now due to the direct} 11. Nd5 $1) 11. Re1 {
now White goes for the same plan without the queenside expansion for Black,
but the time spent on the move a4 allows a good idea. It is nice to remember
the line} (11. a5 {doesn't really prevent Black's counterplay on the queenside}
Qc7 12. Re1 Rfc8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 b5 $1 15. axb6 Nxb6 {[%cal Yb6c4]} 16. Na5
Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 $11 {Leko,P (2740)-Topalov,V (2801) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2006 
(13) 1/2}) 11... Qc7 12. Nd2 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Yd8a5,Ya5e1] a very nice plan,
Black is improving his bad bishop and at the same time preventing White from
using the d5-square} 13. Nf1 Qc5 14. Ne3 ({Naiditsch's game went} 14. h3 Ba5
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Ne3 {Naiditsch,A (2684)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2536)
Douglas IoM op 2016 (8) 1-0} Bxc3 $1 18. Bxc3 Nc5 {[%csl Ye4] and Black is
fine, for example} 19. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 {[%csl Ya4]} 21. a5 Na4 22. Re3
f5 $1 $36) 14... Ba5 15. Bd2 Rac8 {Wei,Y (2706)-Giri,A (2798) Tata Steel-A
78th 2016 (5) 1/2 and Black had no problems in}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nd2 ({White
had the chance to transpose to the last move's previous lines with} 11. a4)
11... b5 $1 {Although in the positions in which White avoids this move Black
is also ok, allowing it looks even worse for me. Black simply has no problems
and now has more space and possibilities on the queenside.} 12. Nf1 Bg4 $1 $146
{Carlsen shows excellent understanding of this position, this move provokes
weaknesses in the dark squares in White's camp, besides making the Bg2 (even
more) bad.} (12... Nb6 {was played by a Najdorf specialist and also gave a
nice position to Black} 13. Ne3 b4 14. Ncd5 Nfxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Bd2 a5 17.
a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 a4 19. Bb4 Qb8 20. c3 Bg5 21. Ra1 f5 $36 {Balogh,C (2648)
-Wojtaszek,R (2715) HUN-POL m Budapest 2014 (4.6) 0-1}) 13. f3 (13. Qd2 {
looks very unnatural, but it is probably better as White keeps his position
untouched, and Ne3 is coming in the next move, then he will be able to
correctly replace the queen.}) 13... Be6 14. Ne3 Rc8 15. a3 (15. a4 $5 b4 16.
Ncd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 (17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bg5 $1 {is a typical idea, looking
to endgames in which the knight will be much superior to the light-squared
bishop}) 17... Rc5 $132 {[%cal Yd7b6,Gd8c7,Yd8a8]}) 15... Nb6 {Black has
solved the positional problem of d5: White is not able to place his knights
there and recapture with a piece, which would be the ideal plan.} 16. f4 $5 {
Necessary to prevent d5.} (16. Bd2 d5 $1 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. Nexd5 Nxd5 19. Rxe5
Bf6 {[%csl Yc3] and Black regains the pawn with a better structure} 20. Re1
Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 $17 {[%csl Ga3,Gc2][%cal Yf8d8]})
16... Re8 (16... exf4 17. gxf4 Re8 $15 {also seems easier for Black due to
White's unstable centre.}) 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. f5 $1 {Black was ready to take on
f4 and exert pressure against White's centre.} Bd7 19. Qd3 {White should keep
an eye on d5. The position remains balanced.} (19. Bd2 Bc6 20. Rc1 d5 $1 {
is very good for Black.}) 19... h6 20. b3 ({Against the direct} 20. Bd2 {
Naiditsch was maybe worried about} Nc4) 20... Bc6 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 {
Carlsen has improved the queen and is looking for ideas with d6-d5 or pressure
against the e4-pawn.} 23. Ned5 (23. Rcd1 Nbd7 $1 {[%cal Yd7c5] would force a
similar position to the game} 24. Ncd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 (25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. exd5
Be7 $1 {[%cal Ye7g5]}) {but here Blackalso has the interesting idea} 25... Be7
$5 {[%cal Ye7d8,Yd8b6]}) 23... Bxd5 24. exd5 Nbd7 $1 {[%cal Yd7c5] After the
exchange on d5 the kinight is misplaced on b6, so Carlsen hurries to improve
it, via c5.} 25. Nd1 {[%cal Yd2b4,Gd1e3] White is also trying to improve his
pieces.} (25. Ne4 $5) 25... e4 $5 {Looking for complications, although Black
had another idea which was very good.} (25... Be7 $1 {[%cal Ye7d8,Yd8b6] would
be simple and good} 26. Nf2 (26. Bb4 e4 $1 {[%csl Yd5]} 27. Bxe4 a5 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gd7c5]}) 26... Bd8 27. g4 $5 Bb6 $1 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Bf2 $1 30. Re2
Bh4 $15 {[%cal Yh4g5,Gd7c5,Yb7e7] with a pleasant position.}) 26. Qd4 (26. Bxe4
$4 Nc5 $19) 26... Ne5 {The only continuation that makes sense for Black.} (
26... Qxd5 {is harmless} 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Bxe4 N5f6 29. Bb7 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Rb8
31. Bg2 $11 (31. Bxa6 $2 Nc5 {[%csl Ga6]})) 27. Nf2 $2 {After this move White
has problems.} (27. Nc3 $1 {would be better, keeping d5 protected} Nf3 $1 28.
Bxf3 exf3 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Qf4 $1 a5 {[%cal Yb5b4]} 31. b4 $1 (31. Qxf3 b4 32.
axb4 axb4 33. Na2 Ne4 $1 34. Bxb4 Qxd5 35. Rf1 Qb7 $44 {[%cal Yd6d5]}) 31...
axb4 32. axb4 Rc8 $1 33. Qxf3 Rc4 $132 {and the position is unclear}) 27... Nf3
$1 28. Bxf3 exf3 {[%csl Yd5] The d5-pawn hanging forces White to expose his
structure even more.} 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Re5 $1 {A very practical and strong
move.} (30... Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 (31. Rxe1 Qb3 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4]}) 31... Re8 32. Kg1
Nd7 $17 {[%cal Yd7e5] is also very unpleasant for White.}) 31. Re3 (31. Rxe5 $2
dxe5 32. Qxe5 Bxa3 $19) 31... Rxe3 (31... Rxf5 32. Qd3 {[%cal Ye3f3]}) 32. Qxe3
(32. Bxe3 Re8 {with the dangerous threat Qb3} 33. Qc3 Qe7 34. Re1 {Black has a
beautiful idea here} Ne4 $3 {seemingly falling into a trap} 35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36.
Bf2 Qxf5 $1 37. Rxe8 Qh3 $1 {[%csl Rg2] and it is mate} 38. Qxf3 Qf1+ 39. Bg1
Qxf3#) 32... Qb2 $1 {The queen's invasion is very unpleasant and puts White
under serious pressure. Nxd5 is already a threat.} 33. Nd3 (33. Qc3 Qa2 34. Qd3
(34. Kg1 Nxd5 $1 35. Qxf3 Qxd2 36. Rd1 Qc3 37. Qxd5 Rxc4 $17) 34... Rb8 $19 {
[%cal Yb8b3,Yb8b2] the rook also comes and White can't avoid material losses.})
33... Qxa3 34. Qxf3 Qa2 $17 {White's position is collapsing, and the time
trouble is just an additional problem.} 35. Bc3 (35. Qd1 {is not better:} Rxc4
36. Ra1 Qc2) 35... Rxc4 (35... Nd7 $5) 36. Ra1 Qb3 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Kg2 $2 (
38. Qd1 $1 {would had offered better chances:} Qb5 39. Nf4 a5 $17) 38... Rc3
39. Rd1 (39. Qg4+ Bg7 40. Nf4 {doesn't work:} Qb2+ 41. Kh3 Qxa1 42. Nh5 Qf1+
43. Kh4 Rc4 $19) 39... h5 $1 {One last touch of precision by the World
Champion: Qg4+ is not possible now.} 40. Kh3 Bh6 $19 {The time control was
reached, but it just enough to realise that White's position is hopeless and
lost.} 41. Re1 (41. Qxh5 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Qxd3 43. Qxh6 Qxf5+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kh4
Qg5+ $1 45. Qxg5+ fxg5+ 46. Kxg5 a5 $19) 44... Qg5 45. Qh3 Qxd5+ 46. Kf2 Qd4+
47. Ke2 a5 $19 {the endgame is a simple win for Black.}) 41... Rxd3 42. Qxh5
Re3 {If 43. Rc1 Rxg3! A typical strategic win by Carlsen, building a sound
position, taking the right opportunity to create some complications that lead
to new weaknesses in his opponent's camp, then exploiting them very
convincingly.} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 {[%csl Rd5] la
ligne principale} (6... e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 (10. a4 {
[%csl Gb6][%cal Ga4a5]}) 10... Nc6 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nb3 $1 {[%csl Rd7]} b5 13.
a3 $14) (6... g6) 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2 {La ligne principale} Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Bb7 12. g4 $14) 7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O (8...
Nbd7 {Edouard,R (2334)-Gharamian,T (2412) FRA-ch Accession 2005 (8) 1/2}) 9.
O-O (9. a4 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a5 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7]}) 9... Nbd7 10. a4 {
[%cal Ga4a5]} b6 11. Re1 {[%cal Gb3d2,Gd2f1,Gf1e3]} ({RR} 11. Nd2 $142 {
[%cal Gd1e2,Gd2c4]} Qc7 12. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4e3] Avec la même idée que
la partie d'amener un Ne3 pour surcontroler "d5"} Bb7 13. Nc4 Bc6 (13... Rac8
14. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) 14. Ne3 $14 Nc5 15. Nf5 Rfe8 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Ne6
18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxa6 Nd4 21. Qd3 Qh6 22. Ne2 d5 23. Nxd4 dxe4
24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Qc4 {1-0 Adams,M (2719)-Nunn,J (2617)/playchess.com INT 2003/
EXT 2004}) 11... Bb7 12. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f1,Gf1e3]} Rc8 (12... Qc7 13. Nf1 {
[%cal Gf1e3]} Rfc8 14. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5]} Bf8 15. Re2 Bc6 16. Ned5 Qb8 17.
Bg5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Nc5 19. c3 h6 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Rd2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8
Rxa8 24. b4 Ne6 25. Qb3 Nc7 26. Ra2 Nxd5 27. exd5 {Ivanov,A (2408)-Onischuk,V 
(2411)/Narva 2006/CBM 113 ext/0-1 (59)}) 13. Nf1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gf1e3]} Rc5
$5 {[%cal Gc5d5] Cette idée de Kulaots luttant pour le contrôle de la case
"d5" n'avait jamais été rejouée et elle est peut-être sous-estimée par la
théorie. Le même thème de Rc5 existe dans la B33} (13... Re8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxc2 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Bf1 a5 20. Bh3 Rd8 21.
Be3 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L (2575)-Pigusov,E (2520)/Sochi 1987/TD}) (13... Nc5 {
Le coup normal, Rc5 est un peu artificiel} 14. Bg5 Ne6 {[%cal Ge6g5]} 15. Bxf6
$1 {[%csl Rd5]} Bxf6 16. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5] Les N blancs sont trés forts})
14. Ne3 $146 {Un nouveau plan: curieusement Smirin avait choisi Be3 chassant
la Rc5 au lieu du naturel Ne3 surcontrolant la case "d5"} (14. Be3 {[%cal
Gg3g4,Ge3c5]} Rc7 15. g4 $1 Nc5 16. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3e4,Gg3f5];Smirin,I (2670)
-Kulaots,K (2530) Moscow Aeroflot op 2004 (7) 1-0}) 14... g6 $1 {[%csl Gf5]}
15. h3 (15. Bd2 Qa8 $132 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf8c8]}) (15. Ra3 $5 {[%cal Ga3b3,
Ga3c3,Gc3d5]} Qa8 $5 (15... Rc7 $143 {[%cal Ge7a3]} 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5
18. Qxd5 Rxc2 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Rf3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd5f7,Gf3f7]} Nf6 21. Qb3
Rc5 22. Be3 Rc6 {[%csl Rf3]}) 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {[%csl Rc6]}
Rfc8 19. Re2 f5 20. Be3 {[%cal Ge3c5]} R5c7 $11) 15... Qa8 16. Ng4 $6 (16. Ncd5
) (16. Ned5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfc8 $132 {[%csl Rc2]}) 16... Rxc3 $1
17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. bxc3 Nxe4 $36 19. c4 Rc8 20. Bf1 f5 21. Qe2 f4 22. gxf4 Bh4
$40 23. Kh2 $2 {L'écriture de Romain sur feuille de partie commençait а se
dégrader depuis le 20ème coup et il devait être en zeinot} (23. Be3) 23... Bxf2
{[%csl Rh2]} 24. Rd1 Bg3+ 25. Kg1 exf4 26. Qg4 Rf8 27. Bg2 Qe8 28. Bb2 f3 29.
Bxf3 h5 30. Bxe4 hxg4 31. Bxb7 Qe2 {[%mdl 520]} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. f5 Bc8 14. a4 b4 15. Nd5
a5 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. O-O Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. Qd5 Bb7 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Ke7
22. c3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rhc8 24. Qd3 Ba6 25. Qd2 Bb7 $6 (25... Ra7 26. Nxa5 Rac7
$19) 26. Qd3 $15 Qb4 27. h4 Rc4 28. Rac1 Rac8 29. Kh2 Ba6 30. Ra1 $2 (30. Qd5
Rxc1 31. Nxc1) 30... Qb6 $2 (30... R4c6 31. Qe3 Rc2) 31. Qf3 $19 Rc2 32. Nd2
Qxb2 33. Qe3 R8c3 34. Qxh6 Rd3 35. Rab1 Rdxd2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 {The fianchetto for
white in an open sicilian has never been a main line. Yet in my opinion they
do hold some venom.} e5 {The "Najdorf" approach, the Scheveningen way would be
with e6, which transposes back to the B80s.} 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2 {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Gc3d5,Ge2c3,Gg2d5,Gf1g2] Is more popular}) 7... b5 8. a4 {Now we are
definetley out of theory. White players used to employ either the natural
developing Bg2, or Bg5 pinning the kings knight, trying to grab control over
d5.} b4 {Basically forced, as well as whites move.} 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Bg2 a5 {
Classical games didn't look like this! White has forced black to gain lots of
space in the queenside, while he gets a good grip over the d5 square. Black on
the other hand is not in a hurry to exchange whites knight on d5 (leaving him
with a pawn) and considers it rather harmless, just playing around it.} 11. O-O
Nbd7 12. Re1 Be7 {Black is simply developing. Whites position does look nice,
but it lacks a concrete plan so far.} 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 {White liquidates
the b and c pawns, and achieves a queen side majority. For the moment this is
not really a good thing, since his b pawn is backwards. Black should have an
equal game now.} O-O 15. Nb5 {Pressuring the weak d6 pawn, but Sadvakasov just
defends it tactically.} Bc6 $1 16. Bd2 {The best, white refuses the d6 pawn
and focuses on a5.} (16. Nxd6 Nb6 17. Nf5 Bb4 $15 {[%csl Ya4] And whites a4
pawn falls. Blacks pieces turn out to be better placed, and therefore gives
him the more comfortable game. Some sample variations:} 18. Qxd8 (18. Be3 Qxd1
(18... Bxe1 $2 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bxb6 Rdb8 21. Nxa5 Bxa5 22. Bxa5 Bxe4 (22...
Rxa5 $4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc6 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Gb8][%cal Yc6a5,Yc6b8]}) 23. Bxe4
Nxe4 24. b4 $44) (18... Nxa4 $5 19. Qc2 $1 Bb5 20. Red1 $6 (20. Bd2 $13) 20...
Qc8 $1 21. Rac1 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rfd8 $15) 19. Rexd1 Bxa4 20. Bxb6 Bxb3 21. Rdc1
a4 $15 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf8b8,Gb8b2]}) 18... Rfxd8 19. Bd2 Rxd2 20. Nxd2 g6 (
20... Bxd2 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Nxc6 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 $14) 21. Rec1 Bd7 22. Nh6+ Kg7
23. Nf3 Kxh6 $15 {Of course, I very much doubt Sadvakasov could see this far 
(sorry if you did, Darmen!) but he must have felt that his position had lots
of resources, and that the pawn would at least be regained.}) 16... Qb6 $6 (
16... Bxb5 17. axb5 a4 18. Nc1 Nc5 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3 (20. Rxa8 $6 Qxa8 21.
Nxb3 Ncxe4 22. Be3 $13 {Leaves white with the pair of bisohps on an open game,
with an outside passed pawn. It is not clear if it's enough for the pawn,
though}) 20... Rxa1 21. Nxa1 Qb6 22. Qe2 Rb8 23. Rb1 $11 {White shouldn't
really be able to make any type of progress here, his pawn is well blocked and
his pieces aren't coordinating.}) 17. Nc3 $2 {Black should be better after
this move} (17. Qe2 Rfb8 18. Rec1 $1 Bxb5 19. axb5 a4 20. Rc6 Qd8 21. Nc1 $13)
17... Rfb8 {It is obvious that black has organized a nice queen side pressure,
while whites knight manouvre has been fruitless. Now the awkward 18. Ra3 is
the only move that doesnt lose material in the act, but is of course
uncomfortable to play.} 18. Ra3 Qb7 {Pressuring e4, thus trying to force f3
burying the g2 bishop, and more important excluding it out of the fight of d5.
Normally in a Najdorf Sicilian when black has won his d5 square, he stands
better. Of course it is stupid to play by dogmas, but this is a good general
indication of what has happened here. That and all the queenside pressure!} 19.
Bc1 {Defending b2, it is sad to make this moves, but when you are a GM you
won't just give your pawns away for nothing!} Nb6 {[%cal Gd6d5] Preparing the
liberating d5, after which white's position is aweful.} 20. Nd2 {The only
decent move, since Nc4 was also being threatened.} d5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge7a3]}
21. exd5 {The Rook is of course taboo due to dxc6, but black can simply retake
on d5.} Nfxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxa3 $2 {No! Sadvakasov takes on a3 too soon, and the
following simplifications only help relieve white. There was no need to give
up the e5 pawn. Much better was:} (22... Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rae3 f6 $17 {
When blacks advantage is obvious.}) 23. Nxb6 $1 {Black cannot create any
threats on the h1-a8 diagonal, and therefor white is fine.} Bxg2 24. Nxa8 Bb4 {
The best, whites knight is trapped on the corner, and it wont go anywhere,
black still has the initiative, yet he has to build up his big advantage up
again.} 25. Rxe5 Qxa8 {Blacks pressure and pair of bishops compensate for the
pawn deficit, and it is still white who is arguably somewhat worse, yet with
some good play Movsesian extinguises the threats against his king.} 26. f3 Bh3
27. Ne4 {Slowly whites pieces crawl out.} Rd8 28. Qe2 Qc6 29. Nc3 {Of course!
Giving the pawn back is simplest, despite whites king being weak, black can't
really make any use of it in the opposite colored bishop endgame, even with
two major pieces still on the board. Darmen decides not to take on c3, and
tries to do some damage with his bishops.} h6 (29... Bxc3 30. bxc3 Qxa4 (30...
Qxc3 $4 31. Re8+) 31. g4 $5 {Forces the queens off.} h5 32. Kf2 hxg4 33. fxg4
Bxg4 (33... Rc8 34. Bd2 $11) 34. Re4 $11) 30. Bd2 f6 31. Rh5 {White is trying
to scare blacks unopposed bishop away.} Qe6 {Exchanging queens will leave
white with basically nothing to worry about... or one would think! Darmen has
a sneaky plan under his sleeve, but unfortunately it backfires. Better was:} (
31... Be6 32. Rh4 Bb3 $15 {And black still has some pressure.}) 32. Qxe6+ Bxe6
33. Be3 g5 $2 {The "idea". Whites rook is trapped, so white must do something
quickly.} (33... f5 {With the same plan, was a much better way of doing it,
yet whites minor pieces should hold the queenside, and the game probably would
end in a draw.}) 34. Rxh6 Kg7 35. Bxg5 $1 {Perhaps Darmen missed this strong
move, now in the resulting endgame only white can win.} Bc5+ 36. Kg2 Bd4 37.
Ne4 {Everyone pressuring f6! White could alo have run back with his bishop:} (
37. Bc1 Bxc3 (37... Rc8 $1 38. Bd2 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Rc4 $16) 38. bxc3 Rd3 39. Bg5
$18) 37... Rf8 38. Bxf6+ $1 $18 Bxf6 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Nxf6 Kxf6 {And
interesting endgame. White has for the moment 4 pawns for the piece which will
be converted into just 3 pawns after a4 falls. Blacks bishop is well known to
be able to hold the 3 pawns, since he can sacrifice himself for them. Yet the
presence of the b and a pawns will make a huge difference, since if timed
right white can transpose into a winning pawn edgame. Perhaps Sergey did
calculate everything here, since blacks defensive set-ups aren't many.} 41. g4
Bb3 42. h4 Bxa4 43. f4 {Rollin the pawn forwards, nothing else makes sense of
course.} Bd1 44. Kg3 a4 $1 {This move might be important on a resulting
endgame.} 45. f5 Ke5 46. h5 {Here, probably white already saw everything that
follows. The next moves are forced for black, and the issuing endgame is
winning.} Bb3 47. h6 Bg8 48. Kh3 $1 {Zugzwang, black is forced with his bishop
to h7, now or on the next move, so it wont be able to avoid whites king to
settle in h5.} Bh7 $22 (48... Kf6 49. Kh4 {and Bh7 is forced}) 49. Kh4 Kf6 50.
Kh5 Bg8 51. g5+ Kxf5 52. g6 Kf6 53. h7 Bxh7 54. gxh7 Kg7 55. Kg5 {Whites king
is much, much faster to the kingside. Many people would just resign (and I
could stop commenting!) but this game's surprise stock isnt gone yet.} Kxh7 56.
Kf6 Kg8 57. Ke7 {The way, whites king doesn't allow blacks to follow him
closely, anything else is of course drawn} (57. Ke6 $4 Kf8 58. Kd6 Ke8 59. Kc6
Kd8 60. Kb5 a3 $11) 57... Kg7 58. Kd6 Kf6 59. Kc6 $4 {Such a pity! After
conducting a tough defense, then slowly getting his position organized, then
gaining a decisive advantage, white throws his many hours work away with this
aweful blunder. This things hurt, trust me!} (59. Kc5 {Was quite simply
winning, since then blacks king doesnt reach c8.} a3 (59... Ke7 60. Kb4 a3 61.
Kxa3 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4,Gc4] Any endgame book will tell you that if whites king
can get into b4, the endgame is winning.}) 60. bxa3 Ke7 61. Kc6 Kd8 62. Kb7 $18
) 59... Ke6 60. Kb5 a3 {Ouch, white of course must take the pawn, and
transform his own into the most useless type of pawn in a kings endgame: the
rook file's pawn.} 61. bxa3 Kd7 62. Kb6 Kc8 {Black's king reaches his goal,
and stops the a pawn. A dissapointing result... for both players!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 (10... Bb7 {has been tried on the top level a
couple of times, but it doesn't seem sufficient for solving the problems:} 11.
a4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Nf6 (12... O-O 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. O-O $14 {
1-0 Adams,M (2740)-Navara,D (2724)/Biel SUI 2015 (56)}) 13. Nxe7 (13. axb5 {
offers less:} Nxd5 14. exd5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 $132 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2876)
-Grischuk,A (2781)/Stavanger NOR 2015 (45)}) 13... Qxe7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+
Bxa8 16. Qd3 $14) 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 $146 {Anish comes up with a natural
novelty in a rare theoretical position.} ({The previously played} 12. Be3 Rb8 (
12... Nc4 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. b3 $14) 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 b4 ({Perhaps,} 14... Be6
$142 {was the more precise way of handling the position. In this case Black's
position looks quite solid.}) 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. c4 $14 {(Salgado Lopez,I (2615)
-Asis Gargatagli,H (2487)/ Linares ESP 2015) was slightly better for White.})
12... h6 {There is no reason for delaying this move - the pin on the Nf6 is
very annoying.} ({After} 12... b4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Rb8 16.
O-O O-O 17. a3 bxa3 18. b3 Bb7 19. Qd3 $14 {Black suffers from weak pawns in
his camp.}) ({Black's position is quite passive also in the event of} 12... Bb7
13. O-O O-O (13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18.
Qd3 $14) 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Qd2 $14) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a4 bxa4 (14... b4 $2 {
is dubious:} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Ra7 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qb6 $16 {and Black
loses the pawn.}) 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 {White has a small, but long-lasting
advantage due to a better pawn structure.} O-O {The most natural.} ({However,} 
16... Bd7 $5 {deserved serious attention:} 17. Ra5 Qd8 {The best is} 18. Qd2 $1
({Now White achieves nothing with} 18. Rd5 O-O 19. O-O ({Black is doing well
also after} 19. Rxd6 Qa5+ 20. c3 Bb5 $132) 19... Be6 20. Rxd6 Qb8 21. b3 a5 $44
) {, and then after} 18... Bb5 19. b3 Qb6 20. c4 Bd7 21. O-O O-O 22. Rfa1 Be6 {
Black gets a slightly worse, but very solid position.}) 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ra5
Rfb8 {This move is connected with an idea of simplifying matters.} (18... Rfc8
19. Re1 Bb5 20. Qd2 Qg5 21. Re3 $14) 19. b3 Rb5 20. Qd2 $6 {This move has a
concrete drawback.} ({A much better one was} 20. Ra2 Rc5 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Re1
Rc3 23. Re3 $14) 20... Rxa5 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({Black could have
solved all the problems by means of} 20... Qg5 $1 21. Qxg5 ({White's setup is
too passive after} 21. Qe1 Rc8 22. Ra2 a5 $11) 21... hxg5 22. Rfa1 Rxa5 23.
Rxa5 Rc8 24. Ra2 (24. c4 Rb8 25. Rxa6 Rxb3 $11) 24... a5 25. Bf1 g4 26. Bd3 Ra8
$11 {with equality.}) 21. Qxa5 Qd8 {Liquidating into an endgame wouldn't fully
solve the problems, but Black's practical task is getting somewhat easier.} (
21... Rc8 22. c4 Rc6 23. Rd1 $14) 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 $1 ({Correctly
rejecting} 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Ra2 a5 $1 {and Black manages to consolidate.}) 23...
Bc6 24. Ra1 {Now, when the c-file is blocked by the Bc6, it makes sense to put
pressure on another weak pawn.} Ra8 25. Ra5 {A decent prophylactic move. It is
important to fix the pawn on the light square.} Bb7 26. f3 {The Pe4 is
over-proteced, so White's bishop can be used for other functions.} Rc8 27. Ra2
Rc5 {The rook is placed somewhat awkwardly here, but} ({the alternative} 27...
a5 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Bf1 Ke7 30. Ke3 Ra8 31. Bc4 $14 {just looks very passive.})
28. Kf2 a5 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Ke3 d5 {A doubled-edged decision. Black manages to
get a rid of weak pawn, but now the c-pawn is potentially a dangerous passer.}
(30... Bc8 31. Bd3 Be6 $14) 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. c4 Be6 33. Kd2 ({Another way of
handling the position was:} 33. g4 {seizing some space on the k-side. The play
might continue:} Ke7 34. Bd3 g6 35. h4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. f4 $14) 33... Ke7
34. Bd3 f5 35. h4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kc3 Kf6 {GM Wojtaszek prefers to keep
his king on the k-side in order to cover some vulnerable squares along the
h-file.} ({A waiting strategy was also possible:} 37... Kd6 $5 38. Ra1 Ke7 $14
{and White cannot make any progress without major simplifications.}) 38. Ra1
Bc8 $6 {There was no reason for letting the opponent's rook come in.} ({
A better move was} 38... Ke7 39. Rh1 Rc8 40. Rh7+ Kf6 {and if} 41. Ra7 {, then}
Bd5 $1 42. Be2 Ra8 43. Rh7 Be6 {and Black is OK.}) 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Rh5 Kg6 41.
Rh8 Kg7 42. Rd8 {Obviously, activating the rook is White's indisputable
achievement. However, it's not easy to make further progress.} Kf6 43. Rd6+ Be6
{A correct move - White cannot benefit from the pin.} (43... Ke7 $6 44. Rg6 {
led to the loss of pawn.}) 44. Ra6 Ke7 45. Rb6 Kf7 46. Ra6 Ke7 47. Be2 $1 Kf7
48. g4 {It was impossible to make any progress without this advance.} Ke7 49.
Rb6 {Now Black had to make the choice...} (49. gxf5 Bxf5 50. Bd3 Be6 $14) 49...
Kf7 $6 {Switching to active play is always a tough task.} ({A much better way
was} 49... fxg4 $1 50. fxg4 Rc8 51. Rb5 Kf6 52. Rxa5 Rh8 53. b4 Rh2 {with good
drawing chances due to activity of all the pieces.}) 50. Rd6 $6 {Returning the
favour!} ({It looks, like both players overlooked the following possibility:} 
50. gxf5 $1 Bxf5 51. Bd3 Bxd3 ({Even worse is:} 51... Be6 52. Be4 g4 53. fxg4
Bxg4 54. Bc6 Be6 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. Bb5 {and the Pa5 is gone. White's position
seems winning here, though the technical task is not easy yet.}) 52. Kxd3 Ke7
53. Ra6 Kf7 54. Ke4 {and Black's position is very difficult.}) 50... Ke7 $6 ({
Once again, a better way was} 50... fxg4 51. fxg4 Rc8 52. Ra6 Rh8 53. Rxa5 Rh3+
$14) 51. Ra6 fxg4 52. fxg4 {Now White gets access to the light squares.} Kf7
53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Bf3 Bf7 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Bc6 Be6 57. Bb5 $2 {A serious
mistake, which could have spoiled all his advantage!} ({Instead, Anish had to
grab the pawn by means of} 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. Bf3 Bd7 59. Ra6+ Ke7 60. Rg6 $16)
57... Bxg4 58. Rxa5 Bf3 $2 {Being tired from passive defence, Radoslaw doesn't
withstand the pressure.} ({At the same time, after} 58... Rc7 $1 59. b4 Bf3 {
, followed by 60...g4 Black would get sufficient counterplay.}) 59. Ra7+ Kf6
60. Bd7 $1 {That's it. The rook is trapped, so Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[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. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bg2 Nc6 (11... Qd8 12. a5 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nc5 14.
Bxb4 Nxe4 15. O-O Be7 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qe2 d5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. c4 Nf6 20. cxd5
e4 21. Rfc1 Bxd5 22. Nc5 O-O 23. Nxa6 Rfc8 24. b4 Ng4 25. h3 Nf6 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8
27. Nc5 Rb8 28. Qd2 h4 29. g4 e3 30. Qxe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Rxb4 32. a6 Bxg2 33.
Kxg2 Rb8 34. a7 Ra8 35. e4 g5 36. Ra5 Kg7 37. Kf3 {1-0 (37) Smirin,I (2649)
-Kotrotsos,V (2337) Athens 2007}) 12. a5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Bc8 15. f4
exf4 16. gxf4 Bb7 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Ra4 Bd8 19. Nf5 ({Die schwarze Idee war} 19.
Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxb4 Bxa5) 19... Bc7 20. Rxb4 Ba8 21. Rc4 Rce8 22. Qg4 Bxa5 $2 {
[#]} ({Nötig war} 22... Qg6 $16) 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bxc6 {mit Figurengewinn,
denn die Dg6 ist überlastet.} 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf1 Nc5 $6 {This move is
leads to a passive position. c5 square has to be reserved for a rook.Therefore
the most precise move order is} (13... Re8 14. Bg5 (14. g4 Nc5 15. Ng3 g6 16.
g5 Nfd7 17. h4 Ne6 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nd5 hxg5 21. hxg5 a5 22. Rad1 Bg7
23. Nc3 Bf8 24. Nd5 Bg7 25. Nc3 Bf8 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Na7 Rc7 28. Nb5 Rc6 29. Na7
{1/2 Wang Hao (2622)-Zhao Jun (2539)/Singapore}) (14. Ne3 g6 15. Re2 Rc5 16.
Ra3 Qa8 17. Ned5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 {1/2 Smirin,I (2652) -Lerner,K (2524)/
Jerusalem 1/2 Smirin,I (2652) -Lerner,K (2524)/ Jerusalem}) 14... Rc5 ({or} 
14... Rc4)) ({immediate} 13... Rc5 {gives white an initiative after} 14. Be3
Rc7 15. g4 $1) 14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 g6 17. Ncd5 Bg5 18. c3 Kh8 19.
Qb3 Rc6 $2 {Simply a losing move.Black should have to exchange one of white
knights in order to hold his central pawns} (19... Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rb8 $14) 20.
Nc4 Nc5 21. Qd1 $1 a5 {Not a dream move black would like to make, but 22.Nb4
was too much of a threat.} 22. b4 Ne6 23. Bf1 axb4 24. Nxb4 Rc5 25. Nxd6 {
The weakness on b6 decides. White is playing with some surgeon like precision
for the rest of the game} Ba8 26. Nc4 Bb7 27. Qb3 Qc7 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5
Rxd5 30. Qxb6 Rc8 31. a5 Rc5 32. Nd6 Ra8 33. Bg2 Rb8 34. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 41st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2008.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 {Alekseev used to
play the English Attack, but now he prefers other systems. Even the text move
is not so innocuous in his games - White's P doesn't intend to stay on g3.} (6.
h3 $5 {[%cal Yg2g4] /\g4 is connected with similar ideas and was tested
already by Fischer. After} e6 (6... b5 $5 {is the sharpest reaction}) 7. g4 b5
8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Nd5 ({This sortie is not
too effective, interesting is} 12. a4 $5) 12... Bb7 13. Qd4 Ne5 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Qf2 (15. Qb6 Rb8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ne3 g6 $11) 15... exd5 16. exd5+ Ne7 17. a4
Kd7 $1 18. Be3 Bxd5 $5 ({This practically forces a draw; it is risky to play} 
18... Nxd5 19. Qd2 $1 {/\} Nxe3 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Qb6+ 23.
Kh2 Qxa6 24. Qf5+ $40) 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. Rxe7+ Bxe7 21. Bxd5 Bh4 22. Qd4 Bf6 23.
Qf2 Bh4 24. Qd4 Bf6 {1/2, Carlsen,M (2775)-Dominguez Perez,L (2708)/Biel/2008/}
) 6... e5 {The typical Najdorf move, but it's not the only way to achieve
full-blooded <=>.} ({The Scheveningen continuation is} 6... e6 7. Bg2 {More
usual is} Qc7 (7... Bd7 {can be met with the ambitious} 8. g4 $5 (8. O-O Nc6 9.
Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Nd7 $11 {is the positional alternative,
which is nowadays considered too tame.}) 8... h6 9. h4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5
Be7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rhe1 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qf4
Rd8 18. Qf6 Rh5 19. Rd2 Kf8 20. Bf3 Ng8 21. Qf4 Rh6 22. h5 {Alekseev,E (2639)
-Najer,E (2648)/RUS-ch Moscow/2006/}) 8. O-O Be7 {, here} 9. g4 {is less
convincing:} h6 $1 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 $1 14. Bf4
Bb7 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Qh3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Bd4 18. Ne4 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rad1
O-O 21. g5 c5 $15 {Rublevsky,S (2687)-Volokitin,A (2660)/RUS-chT Sochi/2006/})
({Black can go also for the Dragon setup:} 6... g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O
Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. g4 $6 (11. a4 $11 {is more usual}) 11... Rc8 12. g5 Ne8 13.
Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qd2 f5 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Bd4 $6 Nh5 $1 $15 {0-1 Alekseev,E (2661)
-Istratescu,A (2619)/Poikovsky 2007/CBM 117 (38)}) 7. Nde2 (7. Nb3 {is roughly
equivalent and until lately Alekseev preferred this retreat. Here White's play
concentrates more on the <<; another fan of this line used to be Movsesian. He
was presumably somewhat discouraged by} Nbd7 ({Another good move order is} 7...
Be7 8. Bg2 b5 {, after} 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nb6 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13.
Qd2 f6 14. O-O Be6 15. c3 Rc8 16. h4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Qb6 $11 {[%csl Ge7] Alekseev,
E (2639)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2545)/RUS-ch Moscow/2006/ Black is fine - his K is
quite comfortable in the [+].}) 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11.
exd5 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Bd2 Bg5 14. f4 Bf6 15. c3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 O-O 17. Ra3 $6
Qb6+ 18. Kh1 exf4 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Rxf4 Be5 $15 {Movsesian,S (2631)-Kasparov,G 
(2838)/Prague simul/2001/}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Nb6 $1 (11... Nc5 $6 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. c4 Qb8 16. Ra2 Rc8 17. Bf1 Bd8 18. Qf3 Bd7 19.
Rea1 $36 {׫, Movsesian,S (2624)-Stohl,I (2550)/SVK-ch Kaskady/2002/}) 12. a4
$6 (12. Na5 $142 Bg4 13. Qc1 $13) 12... Bg4 13. Qc1 {Movsesian,S (2659)
-Gelfand,B (2700)/Budapest/2003/} b4 $1 14. Nd5 Nfxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. c3 Qd7 $1
17. cxb4 Rfc8 $36) 7... Be7 {A restrained move. Dominguez had certainly seen
his opponent's recent games with Karjakin and prepared an altogether different
idea.} (7... b5 8. Nd5 Nbd7 9. Nec3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nb6 12. Bg5 Qxg5
13. Nxb6 Rb8 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qd3 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 Bg5 18. c3 Bc8 19.
Qe2 a5 20. a4 Bd7 21. axb5 Bxb5 $132 22. Qc2 {1/2, Alekseev,E (2711)-Karjakin,
S (2732)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/}) ({Karjakin possibly didn't relish the
Sveshnikov character of the position and in a later encounter he preferred} 
7... Nbd7 8. Bg2 b5 9. h3 Bb7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Be7 13. Ng3 O-O
14. O-O Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. f4 a5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 ({
Possibly somewhere here White had an improvement in his mind, maybe} 19. Qd4 {
, or}) (19. a3 $5) 19... Qd8 20. Qd4 Bc8 21. Ng3 Qc7 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. c3 bxc3
24. Rxc3 Qb8 25. g5 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Rc2 Bb5 28. Rf4 Bd3 $11 {Alekseev,E 
(2711)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Foros/2008/}) 8. Bg2 ({The prophylactic} 8. a4 {
has also been played, but with the N on e2 White usually plays more attention
to the >>.}) 8... b5 9. h3 {Consistent with White's >> ambitions.} (9. a4 b4
10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 $11 {doesn't promise White much.}) 9...
Nbd7 ({Nobody has yet ventured on the provocative prophylactic} 9... h5 {
, the text move is not only more natural, but also less committal.}) 10. g4 {
This straightforward continuation invites Black's << expansion.} ({White can
also consider} 10. a3 $5 Bb7 11. g4 {and now:} Nc5 ({The simple} 11... O-O $132
{is rare, but also deserves attention.}) (11... Nb6 12. Ng3 g6 13. g5 (13. O-O
h5 $132 {is fine for Black, but}) (13. Bh6 $142 $5 {gives White more chances
for an edge.}) 13... Nfd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Kg1 Rc4 17. Be3 Rxc3 $6 (
17... Rc7 $1 $11 {/=/+ seems simply fine for Black}) 18. bxc3 Nc4 19. Nf1 Qa5
20. Rh3 Rc8 21. h5 $1 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bxg5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qxd6 $16 {Short,N 
(2690)-Gelfand,B (2700)/Novgorod/1997/}) 12. Ng3 h6 (12... g6 $5 {[%cal Yc5e6]
/\Ne6 is also playable}) 13. O-O g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne6 16. e5 $2 (16. Be3
$13) 16... Qb6+ 17. Kh2 Bxg2 18. exf6 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Ne4
Be5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. c3 Qh4 $17 {Navara,D (2491)-Aronian,L (2562)/
WChJ Athens/2001/}) 10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 (12. Qxd5 Qc7 $11 {/=/+ and
as the R is taboo, Black has a pleasant position.}) 12... a5 {This is one of
the reasons why the bishop hasn't gone to b7 - now it can go directly to the
more active square a6 (if necessary).} ({After} 12... Bg5 13. a3 $5 $14 {
White wil break up the << to his advantage.}) 13. O-O (13. Ng3 Ba6 14. h4 $5 (
14. Nf5 O-O $15) 14... O-O 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. b3 (17. c4 bxc3 18. Rxc3
Rab8 $13 {/<=>,=/+}) 17... a4 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. h5 {Ye Jiangchuan (2670)
-Gelfand,B (2681)/WCup Shenyang/2000/} {Here Gelfand recommends} Bc8 $1 $36 {
and White has problems with his exposed K. In the game Black prematurely
opened the <->a, which in the end contributed to his downfall.}) ({Here} 13. a3
Ba6 14. Bd2 {is met by} Bh4 $5 $36) 13... h5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A brave, but
very interesting novelty. Black's B will remain on c8 after all, targetting
White's exposed >>, while the Ke8 will stay in the [+] for the time being.} (
13... Ba6 $143 14. Re1 O-O (14... Bxe2 {also isn't ideal:} 15. Qxe2 O-O 16. a3
Nc5 17. axb4 axb4 18. Be3 Qb6 19. Qc4 Rac8 20. c3 $16 {Stanojoski,Z (2479)
-Vydeslaver,A (2430)/ECC Chalkidiki/2002/}) 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. a3 Qc7
18. axb4 axb4 19. Qd2 Reb8 20. b3 Bb7 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ra1 Nc5 23. Be3 Bd8 24.
Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Ne4 Qb6 26. Ra4 Kg7 27. Bf1 Qb7 28. Bc4 Qd7 29. Ra6 $36 {
Stanojoski,Z (2506)-Fedorchuk,S (2671)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}) 14. gxh5 $6 {
White opts for a double-edged tactical solution, but now Black has clear play
against the >> targets.} ({More circumspect was the modest} 14. Ng3 hxg4 15.
hxg4 Nf6 $13 {/=/+} (15... g6 $5 {[%cal Yf8g7,Ye8f8,Gh8h1] /\Kf8-g7,|^<->h}))
14... Rxh5 {[%csl Rg1,Rh3][%mdl 132] ׻ Dominguez will profit cleverly from
the <->h in a model way. His initiative will finally culminate in a deadly
attack in the final phase of the game.} 15. Nd4 ({The second tactical motif} 
15. Nf4 Rh4 (15... Rh8 $5) 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. dxe6 Rb8 (17... Nb6 18. Bc6+ Kf8
19. Bxa8 Nxa8 20. Qf3+ Bf6 21. Qxa8 Qe8 $44 {[%csl Rg1] ע}) (17... Ra7 $5 $15)
18. Qf3 Bf6 (18... Nf6 $2 19. Qg3 $36) 19. Bg5 Rh8 20. exd7+ Bxd7 $15 {[%csl
Rc2,Rh3] ><c2,h3 also doesn't quite resolve the resulting long-term
strategical problems.}) 15... Nf6 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Qf3 Bf5 $15 {Again
consistent >> play.} ({Dominguez isn't tempted by the materialistic and rather
unclear} 17... e4 18. Qg3 Rxd5 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Bg5 $44 {/~~}) 18. Re1 (18.
Nxe5 $2 Be4 $17 {loses material, but the text-move costs precious time. White
needs active <=> as soon as possible, therefore}) (18. Qg3 {, or the immediate}
) (18. a3 $5 Be4 19. Qg3 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 b3 21. cxb3 Qd7 $15 {/~~ deserves
attention.}) 18... Qd7 19. a3 b3 $1 {[%csl Ra1]} (19... bxa3 $6 20. Rxa3 $132 {
is weaker, after the strong text move the Ra1 will remain offside for a while.}
) 20. cxb3 Bxh3 21. Bd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rf5 (22... e4 $2 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxh5
$18 {/\} Nxd2 25. Qh8+ Bf8 26. Re1+) ({However, viable alternatives are} 22...
Rh4 23. Rh1 e4 $36 {, or}) (22... g6 {[%cal Re5e4,Ye8f8,Yf8g7,Ya8h8] /\e4,
Kf8-g7,Rah8->}) 23. Qd3 Nh5 $1 $36 {The point of Black's previous move,
Dominguez already rightly has higher ambitions than repetition with} (23... Rh5
24. Qf3 $11) 24. Rh1 g6 25. b4 ({More circumspect was} 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Rh4
$15 {Alekseev relies on his strong Nc6, but now Black exchanges his passive B
anyway and gains control over the >> dark squares.}) 25... Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rf4,
Rg5]} 26. b5 {[%csl Gb5] o^b5} (26. bxa5 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Rf4 {is very similar to
the game, now at least White's o^ will be more dangerous.}) 26... Bxd2 27. Qxd2
Rf4 28. Rh3 (28. Rag1 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qf3 {[%cal Rh5g3] /\Ng3} 30. Rh2 Kd7 $5 (
30... Ng3+ $2 31. Rxg3 Qxg3 32. Rh8+ Kd7 33. Rxa8 Qh3+ 34. Ke1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2
Qf3+ 36. Kf1 $11 Rh4 $4 37. Rd8+ $18) {Black safeguards his K and renews the
main threat, after} 31. b6 {he has} Qb3 $17 {/-+}) 28... Kf8 {[%csl Ga8][%cal
Yf8g7] /\Kg7} ({Computers prefer} 28... Rc4 $5 29. Kh2 Qf5 $40 {Dominguez
chooses a sound positional solution, his K heads for safety to free the 8th
rank for the still passive Ra8.}) 29. Rah1 $6 ({Probably this is the decisive
error, considerably more resilient was} 29. f3 $1 Kg7 30. Rah1 $15) 29... Qg4+
30. Kf1 {White invests an exchange to get some <=>, hardly much better was} (
30. Kh2 Qf5 $1 31. Kg1 Kg7 $40 {/\} 32. b6 Rg4+ 33. Kf1 Rh8 $1 34. Ke1 Qb1+ 35.
Ke2 Nf4+ 36. Qxf4 Qc2+ 37. Qd2 Re4+ 38. Re3 Rxe3+ 39. fxe3 (39. Kxe3 Qb3+ 40.
Qd3 Qxb6+ $19) 39... Qc4+ 40. Qd3 Qg4+ 41. Kd2 Rxh1 42. Qe2 Qxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Rh2+
$19) 30... Ng3+ 31. Rxg3 Qxg3 32. b6 Qf3 (32... Qb3 $142 $1 {/\} 33. Rh8+ Kg7
34. Rxa8 Qh3+ 35. Ke1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qf3+ 37. Ke1 (37. Kf1 Rh4 $19) 37... Re4+
$19 {and White can avoid mate only at a very heavy cost.}) 33. Rh2 Kg8 $6 ({
Black makes life slightly more difficult for himself, he still had the simpler
} 33... Qb3 $1 $19) 34. b7 Re8 35. b4 (35. b8=Q $2 Rxb8 36. Nxb8 Rd4 $19) (35.
Qc2 $142 Kg7 36. a4 Qxd5 37. b3 Qf3 $1 {/\} 38. b8=Q Rxb8 39. Nxb8 Rd4 40. Ke1
Qg4 41. Rh1 Qg2 42. Rf1 Qf3 43. Rg1 Re4+ 44. Kf1 Qh3+ 45. Rg2 Rg4 $19) 35...
axb4 36. axb4 Qg3 37. Rh1 Qf3 38. Rh2 Qg3 39. Rh1 Qb3 $1 {Finally...} 40. b8=Q
{This loses quickly, but also} (40. Rh2 Kg7 {is hopeless:} 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42.
Nxb8 Qb1+ 43. Qe1 (43. Ke2 Re4+ 44. Kf3 Qb3+ $1 45. Kxe4 f5#) 43... Rxb4 $19 {
and White loses his N at the very least.}) 40... Rxb8 41. Nxb8 Rxb4 $19 (41...
Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3h1,Rf4d4] /\Rd4-+}) 42. Nd7 {White's <=> comes too late,
Black has a mating ->.} (42. Qh6 Qd3+ 43. Kg2 Rg4+ 44. Kh2 Qf3 $19) (42. Nc6
Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Qe4 $19) 42... Qc4+ 43. Kg2 (43. Qe2 Rb1+ $19) 43...
Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Rg4+ (45... Rg4+ 46. Kf3 Rf4+ 47. Kg2 Qf3+ 48. Kg1
Rg4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "George Marx Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2006.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. g4
Nc6 9. Be3 h6 10. Qd2 e6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 (12. h4) 12... Ne5 13. Qg2 (13.
Qe1) (13. Bd3) 13... b4 14. Nce2 Nc4 15. Bc1 e5 16. Nb3 (16. Nf5 Be6 (16... d5
17. exd5 g6 18. Neg3 $16) 17. b3 $14) 16... Qc7 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Bxc4 (18. h4 a5
19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rxh1 21. Qxh1 Nd7) 18... Qxc4 19. Nf5 a5 20. g5 hxg5 21.
Bxg5 a4 22. Nc1 Nd5 $1 23. Rxd5 Bxf5 24. Nd3 b3 (24... Be6 25. b3 $44) 25. cxb3
axb3 26. a3 Bh3 $1 27. Qd2 Qc2+ 28. Qxc2 bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Bg2 $19 30. Re1 Bxf3
31. Nb4 Rxh2+ 32. Kb3 f5 33. a4 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 fxe4 35. a5 Be7 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37.
a6 e3 38. Rd1 e2 39. Re1 g5 40. Ka4 g4 41. Ka5 Ke6 42. Nc2 g3 43. b4 g2 44. Ne3
Rh3 0-1

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 (9... Be6) ({and} 9... Nbd7 {are also popular lines.}) 10. Nd5
Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd3 $146 {A novelty by Adams.} (13. Qd2 {
was played by Nakamura,} Rb7 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... Nf6 $5) 16. Qxd5
Qc7 17. c3 Nb6 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Rfd1 $14 {Nakamura-Popilski, Eilat
2012, with a comfortable position for White.}) 13... Rb7 14. b3 {White
prepares for Nc3-d5, but first he prevents ...Bc4.} Nd7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. a4 $1 {
The right positional move. White would like to open the a-file for his rook.}
Qd7 ({Black can't close with} 16... b4 $2 {, because of} 17. Qxa6 $1 $16) 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 {White starts the penetration on the a-file.} Rc8 19. Rfa1 b4
20. Na4 Qc7 21. Ra2 Nd7 22. Qf1 {He goes out from ...Nc5 and prepares for f4.}
Rcb8 {Black controls the b6-square more.} (22... h6 23. f4 $1 Nf6 24. Nb6 $14 {
is unpleasant for Black.}) 23. Qd1 ({Now} 23. f4 $6 {is dubious, as} Nf6 $1 {
and Black looks nicely placed.}) 23... h6 24. h4 Bf8 25. Bf3 $6 {Inaccuracy.} (
25. Nb2 $1 $14 {was better followed by Nd3.}) 25... Nf6 26. Bg2 $2 {An
unexpected decision, Adams went back to g2 with the B. Moreover now Black can
gain the initiative.} ({Still} 26. Nb2 {was important.}) 26... Bd7 $1 {Black
finds a nice bishop manoeuvre.} 27. Nb2 Bc6 $1 {Now White has a big problem
with his e4-pawn.} 28. Nc4 {Still the best chance.} (28. Qd3 $2 {is bad, as}
Bb5 $17) ({or} 28. f3 $2 d5 $1 $17 {and Black is much better.}) 28... Bxe4 29.
Ba7 (29. Nxd6 $2 {does not work, because of} Rd8 $19 {and Black wins.}) 29...
Re8 30. Bb6 Qd7 31. Na5 $6 {A dubious move, but White's position was already
difficult.} (31. f3 Bc6 $17 {is also better for Black.}) 31... Bxg2 32. Kxg2
Rbb8 $19 33. Ra7 Qb5 ({The engine suggests} 33... Qe6 $19 {followed by ...d5.})
34. Bc7 Ra8 35. Nc4 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Qc5 37. Qa1 Ng4 (37... Qc6+ $1 {was easier,}
38. Kg1 Ng4 $19 {with a completely winning position for Black.}) 38. Bb6 Qc6+
39. f3 e4 $5 40. fxg4 e3+ 41. Kh2 e2 42. Qe1 d5 $1 {This is the point! Black
wins back the piece and he has a pawn on e2.} 43. Be3 dxc4 44. Qxe2 Qe6 45. Qf2
Qxe3 46. Qxf7+ Kh8 47. bxc4 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qd1 $1 49. g5 h5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 (8... O-O {is the other main line.}) 9. Nd5 {A quite rare move, because
sometimes White delays this N move.} Nbd7 10. Nec3 Bb7 11. a4 Nxd5 $146 {
A novelty by Grischuk.} (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 O-O 13. O-O Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 f5 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Rc4 $14 {Mestre Bellido-Colon Garcia, Catalunya 2013,
and White was more comfortable.}) (11... O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14.
Nxb5 (14. O-O $5) 14... Bxd5 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 $14 {and White
is a healthy P up.}) 15. exd5 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. O-O Bd8 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Qe2
Bb6 20. Nb1 $1 $14 {Lutikov-Magerramov, Moscow 1983.}) 12. Nxd5 Nf6 13. axb5 (
13. Nxe7 $5 {was also an interesting option,} Qxe7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8
16. Qd3 $14 {and White has a slight advantage.}) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qd3 O-O 17. O-O ({The greedy} 17. Qxb5 $2 {does not work,
because of} Qa1 18. O-O Ba6 $17 {and Black wins an exchange.}) 17... Bc8 ({
The solid} 17... Qa6 {was also possible.}) 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Rc1 {The start of a
deep plan.} (19. f4 Bf6 $11) 19... h6 20. Qd1 Qb7 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. h4 Ra6 23. b3
Bd8 24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Bb6 26. c5 $1 {The only practical chance! With this
move Carlsen creates complications.} Bxc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. d6 Qb6 (28... Rxa1
$1 {was more accurate,} 29. Qxa1 e4 30. Qe5 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 e3 $1 32. fxe3 c4 $11
{and Black has also a dangerous passed-P.}) 29. Rxa6 Qxa6 30. Bd5 $1 {White's
P on d6 and the weakness on f7 create a slightly uncomfortable position for
Black. With a couple of accurate moves Black should be out of trouble, but in
a practical game, it is always difficult.} Qc8 $2 {A passive retreat.} (30...
Qb6 $1 {was more accurate} 31. Be4 (31. Qh5 Qb1+ $1 {an important resource,}
32. Kg2 Qf5 $11 {with equality.}) (31. Kg2 Be8 $11) 31... c4 32. Qd5 Qb8 33.
Qxe5 c3 $11 {is also drawish.}) 31. Qb3 $1 {Now White exerts some pressure, it
is difficult for Black to find moves.} Be8 32. Qc3 $1 {Another accurate move,
now White gains back a P.} c4 (32... Qf5 $1 {was the best reply,} 33. Qa5 $5 {
A very nice deep move by Mr. Houdini!} (33. Qxc5 g5 $1) 33... Qd7 34. Qxc5 Qb5
{and the passed d-P gives White a slight edge, but Black should hold with
perfect play.}) 33. Bxc4 Bd7 34. Qb3 Qe8 35. Qf3 Kf8 36. h5 $6 (36. Bd5 $1 $16
{was more accurate to avoid Black's counterplay.}) 36... Kg8 $2 {An error in
reply.} (36... e4 $1 {should have played} 37. Qc3 (37. Qe3 Qe5 38. Qb6 e3 $1)
37... e3 $1 38. Qxe3 (38. fxe3 Qe4 $132) 38... Qxe3 39. fxe3 Bc6 $11 {and
Black will survive.}) 37. Qe4 {Now White is fine again.} Bc6 38. Bd5 Bd7 {
Of course Black can't exchange the Bs, because the d-P is decisive.} 39. Kg2
Kh8 {Black can only defend passively.} 40. f4 {A tricky move by Carlsen,
moreover just on move 40! So still Grischuk needs to play 1 move before the
time control.} exf4 $2 {Losing immediately, but it was a difficult situation
especially in time trouble.} (40... f5 41. Qxe5 Qxh5 42. Qe7 Kh7 43. Bf3 (43.
Qxd7 $2 {is bad, because of} Qe2+ $11 {and perpetual checks.}) 43... Qe8 44.
Qxe8 Bxe8 45. Bd5 Bd7 46. Kf3 $18 {should be winning for White.}) (40... f6 $1
{was tougher} 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. g4 (42. Qf3 Qb8) 42... Qc8 {and Black has some
chance to survive.}) 41. Qxe8+ Bxe8 42. Bxf7 $1 $18 {This is the point! Now
Black has no hope left.} Bc6+ 43. Kf2 fxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Bd7 45. Bg6 {and Black
resigned.} (45. Bg6 Kg8 46. Kf4 Kf8 47. Ke5 (47. Bf5 Ba4) 47... Kg8 48. Bf5 Ba4
49. d7 Bxd7 50. Bxd7 {and thanks to the g7-P, Black gets a zugzwang.} Kh7 (
50... Kf7 51. Be6+ Ke7 52. Kf5 $18) 51. Kf5 Kg8 52. Kg6 Kh8 53. Kf7 Kh7 54.
Bf5+ Kh8 55. Kf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
{Adams chooses a solid line against the Najdorf. Usually he feels very
comfortable in this type of position.} b5 (8... O-O) ({and} 8... Nbd7 {are
more common continuations.}) 9. Nd5 (9. O-O {has also been played, but the
text move is more ambitious.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nec3 Bb7 11. a4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 O-O
$146 {A novelty by Navara.} ({Recently Grischuk played} 12... Nf6 13. axb5 Nxd5
14. exd5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qd3 O-O 17. O-O Bc8 18. Be3 Bd7 $11 {
Carlsen-Grischuk, Stavanger 2015, should be an equal position, but White
managed to win.}) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. O-O Nc5 $6 {An inaccuracy,
which only helps White.} (15... Nf6 $5) 16. b4 Ne6 17. h4 $1 {White has a
slight advantage, he avoided ...Bg5. The position is very similar to the
Sveshnikov Variation, White holds the d5-square and Black fights for equality}
Bxd5 ({In the event of} 17... Nc7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qd3 $14) 18. Qxd5 Nd4 (
18... Qc7 19. Be3 Qxc2 20. Qxb5 $16 {and thanks to the b-P and two Bs, White's
chances are better.}) 19. c3 Ne2+ 20. Kh2 Nxc1 ({If} 20... Nxc3 21. Qd3 Qc7 22.
Bd2 $16 {and White gains back the b5-P.}) 21. Rxc1 Qb6 22. Kg1 Rb8 23. Ra1 {
The opposite coloured Bs are only helpful for White, because the b5-P will be
an unpleasant target, which he can't protect after Bf1 and Ra5.} g6 24. Ra8 (
24. Bf1 $5 {was the alternative,} Qb7 25. Qxb7 Rxb7 26. Ra5 Rc7 27. Rxb5 Rxc3
28. Rb7 $14 {and White continues his long torture.}) 24... Rxa8 25. Qxa8+ Kg7
26. Bf1 (26. Qc8 $5 {was also strong.}) 26... Qc7 27. Qe8 Bf6 $6 {Too passive.}
({Probably} 27... d5 $1 {was tougher} 28. Qxb5 (28. exd5 e4 $1 29. Kg2 Qe5 $132
{with some practical counterchances.}) 28... Qxc3 29. Qxd5 Bxb4 30. Bc4 Kh6 31.
Qxf7 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe4 {and Black survives.}) 28. Bxb5 Qxc3 $6 {The most human
reaction, but this move allows White's strong reply!} ({Even now} 28... d5 $1 {
was the best practical chance} 29. Qc6 $1 (29. exd5 Qxc3 $132) 29... Qxc6 30.
Bxc6 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Be7 {and still Black can hope for some drawish chances.})
29. Bc6 $1 {White prepares for Bd5, his main target is the f7-P.} Qf3 (29...
Qxb4 $2 {does not work as} 30. Bd5 $18 {and White wins.}) 30. Qd7 $1 {The
strongest reply by Adams! Now the white K is completely safe.} ({The careless} 
30. Bd5 $2 {could have been met by} Bxh4 $1 31. gxh4 Qg4+ $11 {with perpetual
check.}) 30... g5 31. hxg5 (31. Bd5 $1 {was more accurate} gxh4 32. Qxf7+ Kh6
33. Qf8+ Kg6 34. Bf7+ Kg5 35. gxh4+ Kf4 36. Be6 $1 $18 {and White is winning.})
31... Bxg5 32. Qxd6 Qc3 33. Kg2 $1 {A nice cool-headed reaction. The K is safe
on g2 and now White is ready to push his b-P.} Qb2 $1 {Still the best chance.}
34. Qc5 (34. b5 $2 {does not work, because of} Be3 $1) 34... Qd4 35. Qxd4 exd4
36. f4 Be7 37. b5 {White is only one P up in this opposite coloured B endgame,
however the b-P is too dangerous, in my opinion White should be winning.} Bc5
38. e5 d3 39. Be4 d2 40. Bc2 f6 41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. Kf3 h5 43. Ke2 Bd6 44. Ke3 (
44. Kxd2 $2 h4 45. gxh4 Bxf4+ 46. Kd3 Bc7 $11 {and a draw, as Black will
sacrifice his B for the b-P.}) 44... Bc7 45. Bd1 h4 (45... Bb6+ 46. Kxd2 Bf2
47. g4 hxg4 48. Bxg4 $18 {with a theoretically winning endgame.}) 46. gxh4 Kf5
47. Bc2+ Kg4 48. Ke4 Kxh4 (48... Bxf4 49. Bd1+ Kg3 50. h5 $18 {is also
hopeless for Black.}) 49. Bd1 Bd8 50. Kd5 Kg3 51. f5 Kf4 52. Ke6 Ke4 53. Bc2+
Kd4 54. Kd7 Bb6 55. f6 Kc3 56. Bd1 {What a nice victory by Adams!} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Grischuk is a great
expert in the Najdorf with both colours.} 6. g3 {The solid reply, Adams
prepares for a positional game.} g6 (6... e5) ({and} 6... e6 {are more popular
lines.}) 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd5 ({Recently
Naiditsch played} 11. Nde2 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. Nd4 a5 15. Qd2 Re8
16. Rfe1 Na6 17. Re2 b5 18. Rae1 b4 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. c3 e5 $2 {A decisive
mistake.} (20... Be5 $1 {was the important move to make.}) 21. dxe6 fxe6 22.
Nxe6 bxc3 23. Qd5 $1 Nb4 24. Nd8+ $1 Nxd5 25. Rxe8+ Bf8 26. Bxd5+ Kg7 27. R1e7+
$1 Bxe7 28. Rg8# {1-0 Naiditsch-Esen, Reykjavik 2015. What a wonderful game by
Naiditsch!}) (11. Qd2 {is also a typical continuation.}) 11... Rc8 12. c3 $146
{A novelty by Adams.} ({There was a drawish game with} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bb6
Qe8 14. Nc7 Qd8 15. Nd5 Qe8 16. Nc7 Qd8 17. Nd5 {1/2 Motylev-Nepomniachtchi,
Jerusalem 2015.}) 12... Ne5 13. a4 Nxd5 (13... Nc4 14. Bc1 {is similar to the
game.}) 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Bc1 {White prepares for b3 to remove the knight from
c4.} Qa5 16. Re1 ({Of course now} 16. b3 $2 {does not work, because of} Qxc3
$19 {and Black is winning.}) 16... Rfe8 17. Ra2 $1 {A deep prophylactic move,
moreover White prepares for b3, because now ...Qxc3 could have been met by Ne2
and White wins.} b5 $6 {Probably a little inaccuracy, because he weakens the
c6-square.} (17... Ne5 {was more accurate,} 18. Bf4 (18. f4 $6 Nc4 19. b3 $2 {
does not work now, as} Qxc3 $1 20. Ne2 Ne3 $3 {This is the point!} 21. Nxc3
Nxd1 $19 {and suddenly Black is winning.}) 18... Qb6 {with a balanced
middlegame.}) 18. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 19. dxc6 e6 {Black wants to play ...d5.} 20. Qe2
$1 {The right reply.} Ne5 (20... d5 $2 {is bad, as} 21. Bxd5 $1 $18) 21. b4 (
21. Bf4 $1 {was stronger,} bxa4 (21... Nxc6 22. Bxd6 $14 {and White has a
clear advantage.}) 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxa4 $14 {and White is more
comfortable.}) 21... Qc7 $1 {The most precise move.} ({In the event of} 21...
Qb6 22. Be3 Qb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ba7 Qc7 25. Qxb5 d5 26. Ra6 Nxc6 27. Bb6 $14
{and White has a slight edge.}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Nxc6 24. Be3 d5 (24...
Bxc3 $2 {is a losing move, because of} 25. Rc1 $18) (24... Ne5 $5 {was also
possible.}) 25. Bf4 {This is a provocative move.} Be5 (25... e5 $6 {was the
point of White's previous move,} 26. Bd2 $14 {and Black is in trouble.}) 26.
Bd2 Bg7 27. Bf4 Be5 28. Bd2 Bg7 29. Bf4 {and repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 (9. O-O {is the other main line.}) 9... b6 10. Nd5 (10. h3 {is a
more common move.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 ({2 years
ago} 13... Nf6 {was played by Naiditsch against Carlsen,} 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Qxa6
$1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bc4 17. Qf3 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 $44 {Carlsen-Naiditsch, Baden Baden
2015, with great compensation.}) 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. Re1 $146 {A novelty by Giri.}
({Or} 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bg5 Rc5 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. h4 Be7 20. Rd2 Qa8
21. Rad1 Rfc8 $11 {A.Ivanov-Najer, Moscow 2004, with a balanced middlegame.})
15... h6 $6 {An inaccuracy, this move involves some problems for Black, which
we will see after 2 moves.} ({The solid} 15... Qc7 {was a natural continuation.
}) 16. Bh3 $1 {The best reply, White is threatening Bxh6 followed by Qg4.} Rc6
(16... Rc7 17. Be3 {is also unpleasant for Black.}) 17. Bxh6 $1 {This is the
point of White's previous move.} gxh6 18. Qg4+ Bg5 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxd7 Rc7
21. Bf5 Bd2 22. Red1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 $14 {White is a P up, but the c-Ps are weak
enough. The most important is the b-file for White, he will continue with Rab1.
} Rd8 ({In the event of} 23... Rxc3 24. Rxd6 Rxc2 25. Rxb6 $16 {and White is a
healthy P up.}) 24. Rab1 Rc6 25. f4 $1 {Black just protected himself and now
White continues the pressure.} exf4 $6 ({Probably the passive} 25... Rf8 {
was tougher.}) 26. e5 Bc8 27. Be4 Rxc3 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. exd6 {Black wins back
the material, but the strong d-P is too dangerous for him.} Rc4 30. Bd3 Rc6 (
30... Rxa4 31. Rxb6 $16 {and White is better.}) 31. Rd1 $1 Kf8 $6 {Loses
immediately, but Black's position was already difficult.} ({Of course} 31...
Rxd6 $4 {could have been met by} 32. Bh7+ $1 $18) (31... fxg3 {was the best
practical chance,} 32. Bxa6 $1 Rxc2 33. d7 Bxd7 34. Rxd7 gxh2+ 35. Kh1 Rc6 {
followed by ...Rg6 and still Black can hope for something.}) 32. Bxa6 $1 fxg3 (
32... Bxa6 33. d7 $18) 33. hxg3 {and Black didn't want to continue this
hopeless endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe m2"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Van den Doel,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.11.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:26:12"]
[BlackClock "0:58:58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 {The Naidorf
becomes a Dragon.} 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Nd5 Nd7 {
This is a bit passive. My opponent had played it before.} 12. c3 e6 13. Nb4 {
The novelty I has prepared. My opponent continued to play rather quickly.} (13.
Nf4 e5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 Nf6 16. Qc2 d5 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. c4 d4 19. Nxd4
exd4 20. Bf4 Qa7 21. Bxb8 Qxb8 22. Rxd4 Nd7 23. Rd2 Nc5 24. Rad1 Ne6 25. Qa4 c5
26. a3 Bd4 27. Kh2 h5 28. h4 g5 29. hxg5 h4 30. Rxd4 hxg3+ 31. fxg3 Nxd4 32.
Qa5 Ne2 33. Qe1 Qxb2 34. Rd6 Be6 35. Qf1 Qe5 36. Rd3 Qh8+ 37. Bh3 Nd4 38. Re3
Rb8 39. g4 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 Rb2 41. Bg2 Qxg5 42. Rh3 Bxg4 43. Rh2 Rc2 {0-1 (43)
Yanichkin,A (2126)-Kevlishvili,R (2361) Porec 2015}) 13... Nxb4 14. cxb4 {
The pawn ending may be lost, but White has the freer piece play.} Nb6 15. b3 d5
16. Ne2 $1 {But here he thought for a long time.} Bxa1 {I was pleased to see
him play this, but now I think it is not so bad.} (16... Bd7 {was the main
line in my preparations. Play could continue} 17. Rc1 Bb5 18. Bc5 (18. a4 Bxe2
19. Qxe2 d4 {followed by ...e5 is ok for Black}) 18... dxe4 (18... Re8 19. Re1
Bxe2 20. Rxe2 d4 21. e5 $1 {is better for White. The pawn on d4 lacks support
and the bishop on g2 is great.}) 19. Bxe4 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Bxe2 21. Re1 Bh6 22.
f4 Rfd8 23. Bxb6 Rd2 24. a4 {is slightly better for White according to the
engines. The bishop on e2 is strange and White has chances on the queenside.})
17. Qxa1 {Here my preparation stopped. White has great compensation.} Re8 (
17... dxe4 18. Bh6 f6 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Bxe4 {is clearly better for White due
to his much better development.}) 18. Qd4 Nd7 19. exd5 e5 $2 (19... exd5 20.
Nc3 Ne5 21. Qf4 $1 (21. Bf4 {was my intention. Things are not that clear
however.} f6 22. Re1 Nf3+ (22... Bxh3 23. Bxd5+ Be6 24. Bxe5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 fxe5
26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Kf7 28. Qf4+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ $11 {is a draw}) 23. Bxf3
Rxe1+ 24. Kh2 Be6 25. Nxd5 (25. Bxb8 Qxb8 26. Nxd5 (26. Qxf6 Qf8) 26... Bxd5
27. Qxd5+ Kf8 $1) 25... Bxd5 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Bxb8 Qxb8 28. Qf7 Qd6 29. Qxb7 {
is unclear.} (29. Bxb7 Re2) (29. Bd5 Qd8 30. Qxb7 Re7 31. Qc6 Re2 32. Kg2 Rxa2
{and Black is better.})) 21... d4 22. Rd1 g5 23. Qxd4 $14) 20. Qa7 $1 {The
queen won't get trapped. Black does not have any counterplay.} b6 21. d6 e4 22.
Rc1 Rb7 (22... Bb7 23. Rc7) 23. Qxa6 Rb8 24. Qa7 Rb7 25. Qa4 b5 26. Qa5 Qf6 27.
Nc3 Qxd6 (27... Ne5 28. Nxe4 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Qa8 {wins for White.}) 28.
Nxb5 {White is winning.} Qb8 29. Nc7 Rf8 30. Bxe4 Nf6 31. Bg2 Bf5 32. Na6 Qa8
33. Nc5 Qxa5 34. bxa5 Rc7 35. g4 Be6 36. Bf4 Rcc8 37. Bb7 Rcd8 38. Nxe6 fxe6
39. Bg5 Rd7 40. Bc8 Re7 41. a6 Kg7 42. b4 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay CA"]
[BlackTeam "Merida Patrimonio"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 {After suffering on
the black side of this line in the previous game, I decided to play this line
just before I went to sleep. I didn't have much time to prepare as the last
round started early in the morning.} e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10.
Qxd5 Ra7 11. Be3 Rb7 {Until here my opponent was playing fast.} 12. O-O {
This retained some flexibility regarding the queen's position.} O-O {He played
this after a long period of thought. From now on Areschenko played all the
moves after thinking for a considerable amount of time.} 13. Qd3 Be6 14. b3 Nd7
(14... b4 {I remembered that this was the main move. But over the board, I was
wondering why not the simple ...Nd7? And he indeed played ...Nd7!}) 15. Nc3 (
15. f4 Nf6 16. f5 Bd7 17. h3 Bc6 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nd7 {I was a bit
hesitant to play like this. My kingside looks more vulnerable than dangerous.})
15... Nf6 16. a4 {I wanted to open the a-file before I fought for the
d5-square.} Qb8 (16... Qd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5 {The play would be similar to
the game. Of course one can argue if the queen is better placed here than on
b8.}) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5 (18. Ra5 b4 19. Nd5 {I always am a bit surprised
to see the engine giving such positions as better.} Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd8 21. Ra6
Bb6 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 {I actually think Black is very comfortable here.}) 18... b4
19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bd8 (20... Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Rc8 22. Ra2 $14) 21. Rfd1 (21.
Ra6 {Later on I thought that this was probably a better way to play. To fight
for the a-file immediately} Bd7 (21... Bb6 22. Nxb4 Bd7 $1 {I didn't see such
cheeky moves!}) 22. Rfa1 Bb5 23. Qe3 Bxa6 24. Rxa6 Qc8 {Probably I
over-estimated the compensation. Black has a fine position.}) 21... Bxd5 (21...
Bb6 22. Nxb4 Qc8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rc7 25. Qxd6 Bd4 26. Bh3 Qb8 27. Ra8 $14
) 22. Qxd5 Bb6 23. Bf1 (23. Qxd6 {was my original intention, but after ...Rc7
I didn't see a clear way to play and the moves were too easy for Black} Rc7 24.
Rd2 Bd4 $132) 23... Bc5 (23... Ra7 {I thought the best way was to not allow ...
Ra6 and with it the control of the a-file, but apparently it's not that clear}
24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Qxd6 $1 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 $14) 24. Ra6 g6 25. Bc4 Kg7 26. Kg2 {
I purposefully delayed Rda1. I wanted to provoke some kingside weakening!} (26.
Rda1 Qc7 {and the queen comes to e7. I don't see a clear plan to improve my
position.}) 26... f5 {A questionable decision. It weakens the king more than
providing any activity.} (26... Ra7 $11) 27. Rda1 {I missed a tactic in this
line. Probably f3 or exf5 is stronger:} (27. f3 Rbf7 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Rf1 $1 {
White keeps a bind on the light squares}) (27. exf5 {is probably even better
than 27.f3:} Rxf5 28. f3 Rbf7 29. Ra8 Qc7 30. Qe4 $14) 27... Ra7 (27... fxe4
28. Ra8 Rxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qc7 30. Qxe4 $1 {White has to be accurate!} (30. Rg8+ Kh6
31. Qxe4 (31. Re1 Rb8 $19) 31... Qe7 32. Bd3 {I thought this wins} Qf6 33. Qxb7
e4 $1 {I stopped my calculation one move too early! Now the tables are turned!}
) 30... Rf8 (30... Qe7 31. Re8 Qxe8 32. Qxb7+ Kf6 33. g4 $1 e4 34. h4 Ke5 $1
35. Qg7+ Kf4 36. Qf6+ Kg3 37. Rg1+ Kh3 38. Bf1+ Rxf1 39. Qxf1+ Kxh4 40. Qf6+
Kh3 {[#] And it's a DRAW?!!?!!}) 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Rf1+ Kg7 33. g4 Ra7 34. g5
Qb7 35. Bd5 Qc8) 28. exf5 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 gxf5 (29... Qc8 $1 {was a nice move}
30. Bd3 gxf5 31. f3 $14) (29... Rxf5 30. f3 $14) 30. Ra5 $1 Kh8 31. Rb5 Qe8 (
31... Qa8 32. Rb7) 32. Rb7 e4 33. Qd1 $1 {I am proud to find the strongest
move and a nice trick which made me 2700! :)} f4 $2 (33... Qg6 34. Bd5 Qf6 35.
h4 $16 {White keeps the pressure.}) 34. Rb8 f3+ 35. Kh1 {I was very happy to
win this game and also crossing 2700! It's not a big deal of course, but it
did give me a very nice feeling :)} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was my second game against Artyom Timofeev. In Krasnoyarsk I had played a
quiet Paulsen and had had to fight for a draw. This time I decided to play
more sharply, and that's why I preferred another opening.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 {Recently this move has
become very popular but I don't understand why.} ({Another continuation is} 7.
Nb3) 7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O ({I forgot, that in the game Jakovenko,D-Belov,V/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 Black had some troubles because he didn't castle in time.
} 8... Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 Ne6 14. Qd2 Rc8
15. Rd1 Ng8 16. Be3 Nf6 17. O-O O-O 18. Nd5 $14) 9. O-O Nbd7 ({I can't reveal,
why} 9... b5 $5 {is not good.}) 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. g4 Rc8 ({Another way
is} 12... Nc5 13. Ng3 g6 $5 {and White's knight will never get to f5 .}) 13.
Ng3 Nc5 14. g5 ({During the game I liked} 14. Nd5 {even less.} Nxd5 15. exd5 a5
$132) ({or} 14. Be3 g6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18.
Bxf4 a5 19. Qd2 $13) 16. exd5 a5 $13 {But, now I think that Black is ok here.})
14... Nfd7 15. h4 {Too slow - a non-Sicilian move.} ({More concrete was} 15.
Nf5 Bxg5 16. Qg4 Ne6 (16... h6 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 Ne6 20. Qh4
$14) 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. Rfd1 {and the black pieces are slightly "hanging in the
air". But even here Black retains enough resources to find some counterplay.
For example:} Rc7 (18... Ne6 19. Rxd6 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Rad1 Rc7 22. Nxf7 $14
) 19. Rxd6 g6 20. h4 Ne6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Rxe6 Nc5 $44 {and
active counterplay for Black compensates for the lack of material.}) 15... g6
$132 {Now Black has solved all his opening problems.} 16. Be3 ({I would prefer
} 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 $13 {, though even here
White can't count on an advantage.}) 16... Ne6 17. Bh3 $2 {An artificial move,
after which Black, thanks to an original combination, gets a decisive
advantage.} ({After} 17. Qg4 {my opponent disliked} Rc4 $132) ({In the event of
} 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {Black has the opportunity to play} Nf4 {with a more
pleasant game.} 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Ne2 h6 $15) 17... Nf4 $1 18. Bxf4 {
Consistent, but bad.} ({It is hard to recommend} 18. Qg4 Nxh3+ 19. Qxh3 Rc4 $15
) ({Maybe} 18. Bg4 $5 {was preferable.}) 18... exf4 19. Nge2 f3 20. Nd4 {
White plays very logically. However, there is no way back.} ({It's hardly
possible to save the game after} 20. Ng3 Ne5 $17) 20... Bxg5 $1 21. hxg5 (21.
Nxf3 Bf6 $17) 21... Qxg5+ 22. Kh1 Rxc3 $1 {The point of the combination! The
exchange sacrifice on c3 in the Sicilian Defence looks so strong, that it even
helps in an attack on the kingside.} 23. bxc3 Qh4 24. Kh2 {The only move.} (24.
Nxf3 Bxe4 25. Kh2 Qf4+ 26. Kg1 Bxf3 27. Qd4 Qh6 28. Kh2 (28. Bg2 Qg5) 28... Ne5
29. Rg1 Bg4 $19 {Loses by force. When I had seen 27...Qh6, I calmed down.})
24... Ne5 {The knight gets into attack with tempo.} 25. Rg1 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qh4
27. Kh2 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Qh4 29. Kh2 h5 $1 {Black was not satisfied with a draw
and continued his attack. Fortunately, he has firm foundations for it.} 30.
Nxf3 {At least White has annihilated the f3 pawn, which caused him so much
trouble. But it brings him no relief.} (30. Nf5 Qf4+ 31. Rg3 h4 32. Nxh4 Qxh4
$19) 30... Qf4+ 31. Rg3 Bxe4 $1 {Only this move allows Black to end the game
immediately} ({If there was any delay, White could organise a defence.} 31...
h4 32. Nxh4 Qxh4 33. Qxd6 $17) 32. Ng5 (32. Nxe5 h4 $1 $19 {lost nicely.})
32... h4 33. Nxe4 hxg3+ 34. Nxg3 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Nh4+ 36. Kh1 Qxg3 37. Qg4 Qxc3
38. Rf1 Qc6+ 39. Kg1 Qc5+ 40. Rf2 Nf5 $19 {The time control had passed. The
black position is winning, three extra pawns mean that he has no trouble.} 41.
Qf4 Re8 42. Bxf5 Qxf5 43. Qxf5 gxf5 44. Rd2 (44. Rxf5 Re1+ 45. Kf2 Rc1) 44...
Re6 45. c4 Re4 46. Rxd6 Rxc4 47. Rxb6 Rxa4 48. Kf2 Kg7 49. Kf3 a5 50. Ke3 f6
51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Rb8 Ra1 53. Rg8+ Kf7 54. Rg2 a4 55. Kf4 Rf1+ 56. Kg3 Rb1 57.
Rc2 a3 58. Kf4 Rb4+ 59. Kxf5 Rb5+ 60. Kf4 Ra5 {In this game I managed to
calculate and implement a wonderful and correct combination.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 O-O {A small, but
significant improvement over} ({Giri-Wojtaszek, 2015, that saw} 12... h6 13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a4 $1 {It's crucial for White to soften up Black's queenside.})
13. Qf3 ({Now} 13. a4 {is pointless. Black goes} b4 {and easily equalises after
} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bg4 17. h3 Bf3) 13... Be6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qxf6 gxf6 {Black's pieces are active and he can combine attack with
defence - ...Nc4 which hits b2 and protects d6 is a case in point.} 16. O-O-O
b4 17. Nd5 $6 (17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. b3 a5 19. Kb2 Kf8 20. Rd2 $11) 17... Nxd5 18.
exd5 Bf5 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Rd2 Rc5 21. Re1 a5 22. Rf2 Rac8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4
{I guess MVL was content with just salvaging what was left of his tournament,
particularly since his win over Kramnik in round eight had already put him on
the scoreboard.} Rxd5 $6 ({Otherwise, there was no reason to downgrade the
obvious} 24... f5 25. Re3 e4 26. Rd2 h5 27. a3 Kg7 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rb3 Rc4
$17 {There's a dinstinct possibility of Black winning this ending. It has been
done before by generations of Sicilian players, including the author of these
words.}) 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rg4+ Kf8 27. Rh4 Kg7 28. Rg4+ Kf8 29. Rh4 Kg7 30.
Rg4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

