[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 (10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 hxg5 12. hxg5 e5 13. Qg1 Ng4
14. Be2 exf4 15. Bxg4 Bxg5 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Kb1 Rc5 19. g3 fxg3
20. Rxg3 Re6 21. Rh5 Bf6 22. Nd5 b6 23. Rgh3 g6 24. Qg5 $3 {Dvoiris-Feher,
Budapest 1991} Bxg5 (24... Kf8 25. Rh8+) (24... a5 25. Rh8+ Bxh8 26. Qxd8+ Kg7
27. Qxh8#) (24... Rxd5 25. Rh8+) 25. Rh8+ Kg7 26. R3h7#) 10... Bd7 11. Nf3 Qa5
12. Bd3 Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhg1 Nb4 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qf2 Qb7 18. c4
a6 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Qe2 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Rab8 22. Rd2 Qb6 23. Re1 Qa5 24. Rc1 e5
25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Nf6 27. fxe5 Nd4 28. exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Clara"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Diaz Diaz, Joaquin Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nf3 h6 $6 (10... Bg4 $10) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. f5 $1
Nd4 13. Nd5 (13. Nxd4 $4 Bg5 $19) 13... Bh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. c3
Nc6 17. g3 Qd8 18. h4 Ne7 19. Ne3 Qa5 20. Kb1 Rfd8 (20... d5 21. f6 gxf6 22.
Nxd5 $16) 21. g4 d5 22. f6 $1 gxf6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Kg7 25. Qg2 Ba4 26.
b3 Qxc3 27. g5 (27. bxa4 Qb4+ 28. Qb2 Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Rxd5 30. Be4 $18) 27...
Bxb3 28. gxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rhf1+ Ke7 30. Rxf7+ $1 (30. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (30... Kd6
31. Qg6+ Kc5 32. Rc1 $18) 31. Qg6+ Ke7 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Rf1+ Kg7 34. Rg1+ Kf8 (
34... Kh8 35. Qxh6#) 35. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 (9... Qa5 {Ftacnik}) 10. e5 Nd7 11. h4 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. h4 Rac8 15. h5 h6 16. g4 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Rhf1
$14 {Oll,L-Tal,M Tallinn 1985 -Inf.39/239}) 11... Nb6 12. Bxe7 $146 (12. Qe3
Bd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h5 Na5 15. Nb3 Nac4 16. Qd4 Rfc8 17. Kb1 a5 18. f5 a4 19.
f6 Qf8 20. Rh3 Nxb2 $17 {Kuijpers,F-Minev,N Halle 1967 -Inf.3/456 0-1 35}) (12.
Qe1 Bd7 13. g4 Rc8 14. Rh3 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. g5
Kh8 19. Rg3 Qc7 20. g6 hxg6 21. Rxg6 e5 $13 {Bivshev,V-Fabisovich,V URS 1972
-Inf.14/419 0-1 40}) 12... Qxe7 13. h5 Bd7 (13... h6 $5 14. g4 f6 $13) 14. Qe3
(14. h6 $5) (14. Rh3 {Ftacnik} f6 $132) (14. Qe1 {Ftacnik} Qc5 $132) 14... Na5
(14... f6 {Ftacnik} 15. h6 g6 (15... fxe5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. hxg7 $40) 16. exf6
Qxf6 17. g3 $14) 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rh3 Nbc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qe1 f5 (18... Qb4
19. Nb3 $6 (19. b3 a5 20. f5 $16) 19... a5 $13) 19. exf6 Qxf6 (19... Rxf6 $2
20. Nxd5 $18) 20. h6 g6 (20... gxh6 {Ftacnik} 21. f5 Rce8 (21... e5 22. Nxd5
Qf7 23. Rxh6 Qxd5 24. Qg3+ Kf7 25. Rxh7+ Ke8 26. Qg6+ Rf7 27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. f6+
$18) 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Rf3 $14) 21. Rf3 Rce8 (21... b5 $5) 22. b3 Nb6 (22...
Nd6 {Ftacnik} 23. Re3 (23. g4 e5 $1 $132) 23... Nf5 (23... Qxf4 24. Nxe6 $14)
24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Rh3 $40 {/\ Ne2}) 23. g4 g5 (23... e5 {Ftacnik} 24. fxe5 Qxe5
25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qf2+ Kg8 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Qf3 $16) 24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. Rxf8+
Kxf8 26. Nf3 Qxh6 27. Ne5 Qg7 28. Qe3 Ke7 $2 (28... Kg8 29. g5 $40 (29. g5 {
Ftacnik} Rf8 (29... Re7 30. g6 hxg6 31. Nxg6 $40) 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Ne4 $16))
29. Qd4 Rf8 (29... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 30. Ne4 $1 Qf4 31. Qc5+ Kd8 32. Nd6 $18) 30.
a4 $1 (30. Nc6+ $6 Kf7 31. Rf1+ Kg8) 30... Rf6 (30... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 31. a5 Nc8
32. Qc5+ Ke8 (32... Nd6 33. Nc4 $1 $18) 33. Re1 (33. Qc7 Qd8 34. Qxb7 $18)
33... Qf2 34. Re3 $18) (30... Ke8 {Ftacnik} 31. Re1 $16) 31. a5 Nc8 32. Qb4+ (
32. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Rf4 $140 33. Nc6+ $6 Kf8 $1) 32... Kd8 33. Qxb7 $18 Qe7 34.
Ne4 $1 Rh6 35. g5 Rh2 36. Nc5 Rxc2 (36... Be8 37. Nxe6+ $1 (37. Nc6+ {Ftacnik}
Bxc6 38. Qxc6 Nd6 39. Re1 $18) 37... Qxe6 38. Rxd5+ $18) 37. Ncxd7 {Boensch}
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 $1 13. Qxf4 (13. Kb1)
13... d5 14. Bb5 $1 Qb6 $1 (14... Qa5 $2 15. Be1 $2 (15. Kb1 d4 16. Bxc6 dxc3
$40) (15. Qa4 $1 $16 {N}) 15... d4 $17) 15. Bf2 Bc5 16. Na4 Qxb5 17. Nxc5 b6 (
17... d4 $2 18. Bxd4 (18. Nb3 $2 Qa4 19. a3 (19. Kb1 Nb4 20. a3 Nxc2 $1) 19...
Rac8 $1) 18... Nd5 19. Qg4 $16) 18. a4 Qa5 19. Nb7 Qa6 20. Nd6 Rad8 (20... d4
21. b3 $8 Nd5 22. Qf3 $1 $16) 21. Nb5 Ne4 22. b3 Qc8 23. Be1 a6 $1 24. Nc3 (24.
Nd4 $2 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc5 26. Qe3 Rc8 $17) 24... Nb4 25. Kb2 $8 Rfe8 (25... d4
$5 26. Qxe4 Rfe8 27. Rxd4 (27. Qg4 $2 Rxe1) (27. Qf3 Re3 $1 $17) (27. Qh4 Qxf5
$1 28. Rc1 $1 dxc3+ 29. Bxc3 Nd5 $17) 27... Rxe4 28. Rxe4 a5 29. Rf1 $15 Rd1
$140 30. Re2 $1) 26. Rc1 a5 $6 (26... Qc6 {P d4}) 27. Rf1 Qc6 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29.
Qf3 Rde8 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. f6 g5 32. Qh3 Rh4 33. Qg3 Re6 34. Rf5 $1 $14 Kh7 35.
Qd3 Qc3+ 36. Qxc3 bxc3+ 37. Kxc3 Rxh2 38. Rg1 $1 Kg6 39. Rxd5 Rxf6 40. Kb4 $6 (
40. b4 $16) 40... h5 $13 41. c4 h4 42. Rd2 Rf5 $1 (42... h3 43. a5 bxa5+ 44.
Kxa5 Rf3 45. Rd6+ $16) 43. Rd6+ f6 44. Rxb6 Rf2 45. g4 $3 (45. a5 $2 Rhxg2 46.
Rh1 $15) 45... Rhg2 $6 (45... h3 46. Rb8 $1 $8 (46. a5 Rhg2 47. Rh1 h2 {P g1})
46... Rhg2 (46... Rfg2 47. Ra1 $1 Rxg4 48. a5 Rgg2 49. Ka3 $3 $16) 47. Rh1 h2
48. Rh8 f5 $1 49. gxf5+ Kxf5 50. a5 g4 51. a6 Ra2 $1 (51... g3 52. a7 Ra2 53.
Rf1+ $1 $14 {N}) 52. a7 Rxa7 53. R1xh2 Rb7+ $1 $10 54. Ka3 $140 (54. Kc3 Rg3+)
54... Ra7+) 46. Rh1 $1 Rxg4 47. a5 Rgg2 48. a6 Ra2 49. Rf1 h3 (49... Rgf2 50.
Rxf2 Rxf2 51. Rb5 $1 Ra2 52. Ra5 Re2 53. a7 Re8 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Rxa8 h3 56.
c5 $18) 50. Rfxf6+ Kh5 51. Rh6+ Kg4 52. Rb5 $1 $18 Rg3 53. Rb7 Kf3 (53... Rb2
54. Ka3) 54. a7 Kg2 55. Rh8 g4 (55... h2 56. Rbh7) 56. a8=Q Rxa8 57. Rxa8 h2
58. Ra2+ Kh1 59. Rh7 Rg2 60. Rxg2 Kxg2 61. c5 (61. c5 h1=Q 62. Rxh1 Kxh1 63. c6
g3 64. c7 g2 65. c8=Q g1=Q 66. Qh8+) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 (9... d5 {was seen in an Ivanov game earlier this year:} 10.
e5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf3 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qe3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Rhe1 {
and in Ivanov-Dranov, New York Open 1993, Black had a bad French sort of game
and got fried.}) 10. Bh4 Qb6 (10... Qc7 {is in Gurevich's repertoire.} 11. Ndb5
Qa5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd6 Rd8 14. Kb1 e5 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. Qd5 $5 Rd7 17. Qxa5
Nxa5 18. Bb5 Rdd8 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 {was Shirov-Gurevich, Biel Interzonal
1993.}) (10... e5 {is mainstream theory.} 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. Kb1 {
remains topical, being seen, for example, in the Short-Timman Candidate's
match earlier this year.}) 11. Bf2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Nb3 (13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Nd5 {is too clever by half:} Qd8 15. Nxe7+ (15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17.
Rxd6 Bxe4 $15) 15... Qxe7 16. Qxd6 $4 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxe4 $19) 13... Qc7 14. Be2
Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bf3 Qc7 {[#]} 17. e5 $1 Ne8 18. f5 Bg5 19. exd6 {[#]} Qa5
20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 exf5 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Bd5 Bd7 25. Bxb7 Rd8
26. Rd5 Qb4 27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. axb3 Be6 29. Rd4 Rxd6 30. Rhd1 Rb6 {White is
clearly better in this endgame and is effectively a pawn up.} 31. Bf3 Nf6 32.
Nc6 g5 33. g3 Rc8 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Nc4 Rbb8 36. Nd6 Rc7 37. b4 Nd7 38. c3 Ne5
39. Bd5 Ng4 40. R1d2 a6 {As usual, Ivanov reached time control with his flag
hanging. The position, however, is unclear.} 41. Re2 Kf6 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Nc4
{Now 44.h3 looks like a threat, but Gurevich has a saving grace.} Rb5 $1 44.
Nd6 Rb8 45. Nc4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 $6 (10... e5 $5) (10... Bd7 $5) 11. Bxe7 Nxd2
12. Bxd8 Nxf1 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be7 Re8 15. Rhxf1 Rxe7 16. Rxd6 Bb7 17. g3 (17.
Re1 c5 18. g3 Rc8 19. b3 Kf8 20. Kb2 Ke8 $10 {Szabo,L-Geller,E/Amsterdam/1956/}
) 17... c5 18. Rfd1 g5 (18... Kf8 19. Rd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Re8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8
22. Nb5 $18) (18... g6 19. Na4 Rc7 20. c4 $16) 19. Re1 $1 gxf4 20. gxf4 Kf8 21.
Re5 $16 Rc7 $6 (21... Rc8 $5) 22. Nb5 Rcc8 23. f5 $1 exf5 (23... a6 24. Na3 Ke7
25. Nc4 Bd5 $140 $2 26. Rdxd5 $18) 24. Rxf5 Be4 25. Rf4 $18 Bh7 (25... f5 26.
Nc3 Ke7 27. Rxh6 $18) 26. Rdf6 (26. Rxh6 $5 Kg7 27. Ra6 $18) 26... Bg8 27. Nd6
Rc7 28. Rxh6 Rd8 29. Nf5 Rcd7 (29... c4 30. Rh8 Rcd7 31. Rf1 {/\ Rg1/}) 30. b3
Rd1+ 31. Kb2 Rg1 32. Rc6 Rg2 33. h4 Bh7 34. Rxc5 Bg6 35. Rc7 Rh2 36. h5 $1 Bxh5
(36... Rxh5 37. Nh4 $18) 37. Nh6 Rdd2 38. Nxf7 Kg7 39. Ng5+ Kh6 40. Nf3 Rdf2
41. Rf6+ (41. Rf6+ Bg6 42. Nxh2 Rxf6 43. Ng4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 (10... e5 $5) 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Qe1 $5 (12. Kb1
Rfd8 13. Bd3 b5 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. Rhe1 Rab8 16. b3 Be8 $13 {Byrne,R-Ivanovic,B/
Reykjavik/1982/}) 12... Rfd8 13. e5 (13. Kb1 Be8 14. Bd3 {Mnatsakanian,
E-Tukmakov,V/Erevan/1980/1:0 (34)/Inf 30/387/} Rac8 {Pb5>=/}) 13... dxe5 14.
fxe5 Nh7 $1 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 $6 (16. Nd5 Nc6 (16... Qxa2 17. Nxe7+ Kf8 18.
Qb4 a5 19. Qc5 b6 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Ne7+ $10) 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Ne3 $10) 16...
Bc6 17. Rf1 $6 (17. Qg3 {P he1/}) (17. Kb1) (17. Nd5 $4 Rxd5) 17... Nf8 18. Nh4
$2 (18. Kb1 Neg6 {P f3, e5/}) (18. Qg3 $5 Neg6 $140 19. Rfe1) 18... Nd5 19. Qf2
(19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 {P a2,P e5/}) 19... Be8 $1 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Kb1
Rxe5 $19 22. Nf3 Rd5 23. g4 Qc5 (23... Rc8 $5) 24. Qe2 Rad8 25. Nd2 Bb5 (25...
Qc7 $5) 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. c4 Qa6 28. Rxf7 $8 Rxd2 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxd2 Rxd2
31. Qxd2 Qxc4 32. Qd8+ (32. Qf2+ Ke7 $1 33. Qxa7 Qe4+ 34. Kc1 Qh1+ 35. Kc2
Qxh2+ 36. Kc3 Qg3+ 37. Kc2 Qg2+ 38. Kc3 Qf3+ 39. Kc2 Qc6+ 40. Kd2 Qd5+ 41. Kc2
e5 $19) 32... Kf7 33. Qd7+ Kf6 34. Qd8+ (34. Qxb7 Qxg4 {P d1/}) 34... Kg6 35.
h3 Qe4+ 36. Kc1 Qc6+ 37. Kb1 Qd5 $6 (37... e5 $19) 38. Qe8+ Kg5 39. Qe7+ Kf4
40. a3 (40. Qxg7 $4 Qd1#) 40... Qd1+ 41. Ka2 Qd5+ 42. Ka1 Qh1+ 43. Ka2 Qd5+ 44.
Ka1 g5 $1 45. Qf6+ Kg3 46. Qxh6 b6 $1 47. Qh7 (47. h4 gxh4 48. g5 h3 49. g6 h2
50. Qe3+ Qf3 51. Qg5+ Kf2 52. Qd2+ Qe2 53. Qf4+ Kg2 54. Qg5+ Kh3 55. Qh6+ Kg4
56. g7 Qd1+ 57. Ka2 Qd5+ 58. b3 Qg2+ $19) 47... Qd4 48. Qh6 $6 (48. Qxa7 $5
Kxh3 49. Qe7 Qd1+ 50. Ka2 Qd5+ 51. Ka1 Kxg4) 48... Qd1+ 49. Ka2 Qd5+ 50. Ka1 a5
51. Qh7 Qd4 52. Qh6 Qd1+ 53. Ka2 Qd5+ 54. Ka1 b5 {Pb4-b3/} 55. h4 gxh4 56. g5
b4 57. axb4 axb4 58. b3 (58. g6 b3 59. Qe3+ Kg4 60. Qg1+ Kh5 61. g7 Qa5+ 62.
Kb1 Qa2+ 63. Kc1 Qa1+ $19) 58... Qe5+ 59. Ka2 Qe2+ 60. Kb1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 (9. Nb3 $5) 9... h6 $5 10. Bh4 Bd7 (10... Nxe4 $6 11. Bxe7 Nxd2
12. Bxd8 Nxf1 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be7 Re8 15. Rhxf1 Rxe7 16. Rxd6 Bb7 17. g3 c5
18. Rfd1 $16 {Unzicker,W-Stahlberg,G/Moscow/1956/}) (10... e5 $5 {modern line 
(Karpov-Kasparov)} 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 $13) 11. Ndb5 (11. Nf3 $5 Qa5 12.
Bc4 (12. Qe1 Rfd8 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nh7 $1 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 $10 {Karpov,
An-Timman,J/Buenos Aires ol(1980/}) 12... b5 $1 13. Bxb5 Rfc8 $44) 11... Nxe4
$1 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nd4 $14 {Beliavsky,
A-Kupreichik,V/URS-ch8081/1980/}) 12. Bxe7 (12. Nxe4 Bxh4 13. Qxd6 {+/=
Matanovic}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd8 Nxf1 14. Rhxf1 (14. Bc7 Ne3 15. Rd3 (15. Rxd6
Bc8 16. Rd3 Nxg2 17. Bd6 Rd8 $10 {Geller,E-Kupreichik/URS/1980/}) 15... Nxg2
16. Bxd6 Rfc8 $10) 14... Rfxd8 15. Nxd6 Rab8 16. Rd2 Ne7 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Nf5 (
18. a4 $10 {Matanovic,A-Timman,J/EU-Cup/1978/} Kf8 19. b3 a6 $10) 18... Re8 19.
Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock-11 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1985.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Black "Bielczyk, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1985.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 13. Kb1 d5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be5 16. Bc4 Re8 17. f6 $16 {[#]} Bxf6 18. Qxf4 Be5 19. Qf2 Rf8 (
19... Qg5) 20. h4 b5 (20... Qd6) 21. Bxb5 (21. Bb3) 21... Rb8 22. c4 a6 23.
Bxc6 Rxb2+ 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Kxb2 Qb8+ 26. Kc2 Kh8 27. Nc3 Qb6 28. Bd5 Re8 29.
h5 Qf2+ 30. Rd2 Qf5+ 31. Kb2 Re3 32. Re2 Rxe2+ 33. Nxe2 Qf2 34. Bf3 g5 35. hxg6
fxg6 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Rh1 Qc5 38. Rc1 Qb4+ 39. Ka1 a5 40. Rc3 a4 41. a3 Qc5
42. Ka2 Kf6 43. Bd5 Ke5 44. Rc2 Qe3 45. Nc3 Kd4 46. Nxa4 g5 47. Nc3 g4 48. c5
Qd3 49. Be4 Qc4+ 50. Kb2 Ke5 51. c6 g3 52. Bd5 Qc5 53. a4 Qa7 54. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wolff} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 (10... Nxe4 {Wolff} 11. Nxe4 (11. Bxe7
Nxd2 12. Bxd8 Nxf1 (12... Rxd8 13. Rxd2 $18) (12... Nxd4 13. Rxd2 $18) 13. Nxc6
Ne3 (13... bxc6 14. Rxd6 $16) 14. Rxd6 $1 $16 (14. Rd3 bxc6 (14... Nxg2 15.
Ne7+ Kh8 16. Rxd6 $16) 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxd6 Nd5 $14 (16... Nxg2 17. h4 $1 {
The knight is trapped.}))) 11... Bxh4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. g3 Be7 (13... Bf6 14.
Qxd6 $16) 14. Nxd6 $16) 11. Ndb5 $1 (11. Qe1 Rd8 12. Nf3 a6 13. g4 b5 14. Bd3
b4 15. Ne2 a5 $10 {Ehlvest,J-Fischbein,A/New York op/1993/}) (11. Kb1 $2 {Wolff
} Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxh4 13. Nb5 (13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nxd6 Rd8 $17) 13... Qb6 14.
Nbxd6 $15) (11. Nf3 {Wolff} Rd8 $132 {/\ ...Pa6,Pb5} 12. Nb5 $140 Qb8 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Nxd6 e5 15. Bc4 Be6) 11... Qa5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd6 (13. Qxd6 $2 {
Wolff} a6 $17) 13... Rd8 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxa2 15. Bc4 $16) 14. Kb1 (14. e5
$2 {Wolff} Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bg5) (14. Bc4 $2 {Wolff} Be7 15. e5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bg5)
14... e5 (14... Be7 15. e5 Nxe5 $2 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc4 $18) 15. Bc4 Bg4 (
15... Be7 16. Ncb5 Bg4 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Qxa5 (18. Bb3 Bxd1 19. Qd5 Bxc2+ $1
$19) 18... Nxa5 19. Rdf1 $1 Bxd6 (19... Be2 20. Rf2 Bxb5 21. fxe5 Bxd6 22. Bc4+
$18) 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. fxe5 $44) 16. Qd5 (16. Bxf7+ {Wolff} Kf8 $1 {The
threats of ...Bxd1 and ...Rxd6 cannot be met.}) 16... Rd7 (16... Qxd5 17. Rxd5
Be6 18. Nxb7 (18. Rd2 $4 Rxd6 $19) 18... Bxd5 (18... Rdb8 19. Rc5 Bxc4 20. Rxc4
Rxb7 21. Rxc6 exf4 22. b3 $16) 19. Bxd5 $18 (19. Nxd8 {Wolff} Bxc4 20. Nxc6
exf4 21. Nd5 $16)) (16... Bxd1 {Wolff} 17. Qxf7+ (17. Rxd1 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd6
$19) 17... Kh7 18. Nxb7 $16 (18. Rxd1 $13 Qc5 (18... exf4 19. Be6 Ne7 (19...
Qg5 20. Bf5+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 Ne5 $13) 20. Nd5 Rxd6 (20... Nxd5 $2 21. Bf5+ (21.
exd5 Rxd6 22. Bf5+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Bg6+ Ke7 $19) 21... Kh8 22.
Qg6 Nc3+ 23. bxc3 Qb6+ 24. Kc1 Qe3+ 25. Rd2 Kg8 (25... Qe1+ 26. Kb2) 26. Be6+
Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Ng5+ $18) 21. Nxf6+ Kh8 $13) 19. Be6 (19. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 20.
Nxd1 Qg1 $17) (19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qc7 exf4 $17) (19. Rd5 Qg1+ 20. Rd1 Qxg2)
19... Rxd6 20. Bf5+ Kh8 21. Qg6 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Kg8 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Bf5 $10))
17. Qxa5 (17. Rd2 {Wolff} Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 $17) 17... Nxa5 18. Bb5 Rdd8 19.
Be2 (19. Rd3 {Wolff} exf4 $17) 19... Bxe2 20. Nxe2 exf4 21. Rd5 (21. Nxf4 $4 {
Wolff} Be5) 21... b6 22. Rhd1 $1 (22. Nxf4 Bxb2 $1 23. Nxf7 $5 (23. Kxb2 Rxd6
$1 24. Rxd6 Nc4+ 25. Kc1 Nxd6 $15) 23... Rxd5 24. Nxd5 (24. exd5 Bf6 25. Nd6
Be5 $19) 24... Ba3 (24... Nc4 {Wolff} 25. Nd6 Nxd6 26. Kxb2 Re8) 25. Ne5 Re8
$15) 22... g5 23. Nd4 (23. Nf5 Kh7 $13) 23... Bxd4 24. R1xd4 Nc6 25. Rc4 Ne7
26. Rd3 Rd7 27. Nf5 Rxd3 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. cxd3 Kxe7 30. Rc7+ (30. Rc6 Rd8 31.
Kc2 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. d4 Ke6 34. Kd3 f5 35. e5 Kd5 $10) 30... Ke6 31. Kc2
f5 32. Rc6+ Ke5 33. exf5 h5 $1 34. f6 Rf8 35. Rc7 Rxf6 36. Rxa7 g4 37. Kd2 f3
38. gxf3 Rxf3 39. Re7+ Kd4 40. Re4+ Kd5 41. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. Ndb5 Qa5 12. Qe1 $1 $16 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 $44 {
Shirov,A-Gurevich,D/Biel(izt)/1993/}) 12... Rd8 13. a3 Rd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14...
gxf6 15. Rd3 $16) 15. Nxd6 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. f5 Kf8 19. Be2
Rc7 (19... Ke7 $2 20. Nxc8+ Rxc8 21. f6+ gxf6 22. Rxd7+ Kxd7 23. Bg4+ $18) 20.
h4 a6 21. Nc4 b5 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. Rd3 $18 Ne7 25. Ne3 Ng8 26. g4 g5
27. fxg6 fxg6 28. g5 $1 Rf7 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rf1 hxg5 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. hxg5
Ne7 33. Bg4 Ra8 34. Nd5 $1 Bb7 35. Rd7 Bxd5 36. exd5 Ke8 37. d6 Nc6 (37... Nf5
38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. g6 Rd8 41. g7+ Kg8 42. d7 $18) 38. Rc7 Nd8 39.
Rg7 Rb8 40. Rxg6 Kf7 41. Bf5 Rb6 42. Rh6 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "El Escorial"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rfe8 14. Bc4 $6
$146 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5) (14. g4 exf4 15. Qxf4 {Karpov,An-Timman,J/London/
1982/}) 14... Qb4 $1 (14... Rac8 15. Bb3 Nd4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $13) 15. Bb3
(15. Bxf6 Bxf6 (15... Qxc4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd5 Rd7 18. f6 $40) 16. Qd5 Re7
17. Ne4 $36) 15... Qxf4 16. Qxf4 exf4 17. Rhf1 Nh5 $1 18. Be1 $5 (18. Bxe7 Nxe7
19. Nb5 Nxf5 20. g4 Ne3 21. gxh5 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 f3 $19) 18... Rad8 19. Nd5 Bg5 (
19... Bf6 20. Nxf4 (20. Bd2 Be5 21. c3 $13) 20... Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Re2 $13) 20. h4
Bf6 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Bd2 Re2 23. Bd5 $14) 22. Rxf4 Re2 23. g4 (
23. Rf2 Rde8 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Bc4 Rxg2 26. Rxd6 Rg1 27. Rd1 Nd4 $1 $15) (23.
Bf2 Nh5 24. Rf3 Ne5) (23. g3 Rde8 24. Bc3 Ne4 $36) 23... Rg2 24. g5 hxg5 25.
hxg5 Rxg5 26. Bh4 Rh5 27. a3 Kf8 28. Bc4 Ne7 $6 (28... Ke7 $5 {/\ Rdh8}) 29.
Rdf1 Rc8 (29... a6) 30. Be2 Rh6 31. Bf2 Nc6 32. Rd1 Nd7 $1 33. b3 Nde5 $6 (
33... a6 34. Kb2 Nce5) (33... Ke7 34. Bh4+ f6 35. Rg1 Rh7 36. Rfg4 Kf8 $15) 34.
f6 $1 Rd8 (34... Rxf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. Rxd6 Kg7 37. Bh4 $14) 35. fxg7+ Kxg7
36. Bh4 $2 (36. Kb2) 36... Rdh8 37. Bf2 Rg6 $2 (37... Rh1 $1 38. Bf1 R8h2 39.
Bg3 Rg2 $15) 38. b4 Rh2 39. Rf1 b6 $6 (39... Nd8 $1) 40. Bb5 $1 Rh3 $2 41. Kb2
Nd8 $4 (41... Ne7 42. Bd4 f6 {=/=/+}) 42. Bh4 $1 Ne6 (42... Nec6 43. Bf6+ Kg8
44. Rd1 $16) (42... Ndc6 43. Bxc6 Nxc6 44. Rxf7+ Kh6 45. Be1 $40) 43. Bf6+ Rxf6
$8 (43... Kg8 44. Bxe5 dxe5 45. Rxf7 Rg7 46. R7f5 Re3 47. Bc4 Re7 48. Rf6 $18)
(43... Kh6 44. Bxe5 dxe5 45. Rxf7 e4 46. Re1 $16) 44. Rxf6 Nd4 $2 (44... Nc7
45. Be2 Ne8 46. R6f4 Kf8 $16) 45. Bd3 d5 46. R6f4 Ndf3 (46... Rxd3 47. cxd3
Nxd3+ 48. Kc3 Nxf4 49. Kxd4 Ne6+ 50. Kxd5 $18) 47. Rd1 $1 Rh2 48. Ba6 d4 (48...
Nd2 49. Rd4 Ndc4+ 50. Kb3 Rh3+ 51. c3 Rh2 52. Bxc4 dxc4+ (52... Nxc4 53. Rxd5
Ne3 54. Rg1+ $18) 53. Ka4 Rc2) 49. Rf1 Rh3 50. Be2 Nd2 51. Rg1+ Kh7 52. Kc1
Ndc4 53. Bxc4 Nxc4 54. Rxf7+ Kh6 55. Rxa7 Rc3 56. Ra8 Kh7 57. Rd1 Ne3 58. Rxd4
Rxc2+ 59. Kb1 Rh2 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.05.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Bd7 $6 {This move is narmally played after the moves: 9...h6
10.Bh4, the difference, for better or worse, will be seen later.} (9... Qb6 $2
10. Ndb5 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Na4 Qb8 15.
Qd6 Ng6 16. Bd3 Qxd6 (16... Nxe5 $2 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxf8 $18) 17. exd6 Bd7
18. Nc5 Rad8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Rhe1 Rfe8 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Sherzer,A/WchJ Mamaia
1991 (33)}) 10... Rd8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Na4 Qa6 13. b3 Rb8 14. Be2 Be7 15. Qe1
Bd7 16. Nxd6 b5 17. e5 $16 {1-0 Jakovenko,D-D'Acosta,L/Oropesa del Mar 1999/
CBM 72 ext (26)}) (9... a6 10. Be2 (10. Nf3 Qa5 (10... b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rhe1
h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. g4 Nfe3
19. Rxe3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 $18 {1-0 Paehtz,E-Weichhold,C/GER-ch U11 Pinneberg 1996
(33)}) (10... Qc7 11. Qe1 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Bxh7+
Kxh7 16. Qh4+ Kg8 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ng5 Rfe8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 {
1-0 Penzold,A-Vogel,R/BL2-N 1993 (23)} 21. Rhf1 $18) 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Bd3 h6 13.
Bh4 Bd7 14. Rhg1 b5 15. g4 $40 {1-0 Steinkohl,T-Leusing,A/Mainz 1997/EXT 2000 
(32)}) (10. Kb1 Nxd4 (10... Bd7 11. Nf3 Be8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qb6 14. Qd2
Rd8 15. Bd3 Na5 16. e5 Be7 17. Qe2 Ba3 18. b3 {[%cal Gd3h7,Yf3g5]} h6 19. g4
$40 {1-0 Videki,S-Oberst,T/Balatonbereny 1995/CBM 49 ext (30)}) 11. Qxd4 Qa5
12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 b4 14. Na4 Bb7 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18.
Qd7 Bc6 19. Qxe7 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 Qxa4 21. Rhf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,B-Touboulic,J/
FRA 1999/EXT 2000 (56)}) 10... Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nde2 Rac8 14.
Ng3 Kh8 15. Nh5 Rg8 16. Kb1 b5 17. g4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. h4 a4 20. g5 $36 {
1-0 Timoshenko,G-Vogel,R/Berlin 1998/CBM 66 ext (34)}) (9... Qa5 10. Nb3 Qb6
11. Be2 Rd8 12. Bf3 a5 13. a4 Nb4 14. Kb1 h6 15. h4 e5 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. f5 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Rac8 20. g4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Rachels,S-Wolff,P/USA-op Los
Angeles 1991 (32)}) 10. Ndb5 {After h6 Bh4 black would have Ne4 as a reaction
to this move} (10. g3 $6 Rc8 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. e5 $2 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nxe5 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Bxb7 Nc4 17. Qe2 Rc7 18. Bf3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Nd5 20. Nxd5
exd5 21. Rxd5 (21. Bxd5 $4 Bg5 $19 {0-1 Kaivos,M-Kayhko,R/Tampere 1994/EXT 99 
(37)})) 10... d5 11. e5 (11. exd5 $142 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 (12... Bxg5 13. Ndc3
$18 {[%csl Rd7,Rg5]}) 13. Qxd5 Be6 (13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qxg5 15. fxg5 Bg4 16.
Rd2 $16) (13... Bg4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%csl Gd1]} 16. Bc4 Bxg5 17.
fxg5 Ne5 18. Bb3 a6 19. Nc7 $16 {[%cal Gc7d5,Gc2c4]}) 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Bxe7
Nxe7 $16 {Black has the better development as a compemsation for the pawn,
however, I am sceptical about black's ability do get enough initiative before
white brings out his forces.}) 11... Ne8 12. h4 a6 13. Nd4 {A french structure
has been reached where white has succeded more than black in the flank play,
this is why black immediately blows the center.} f6 $1 14. exf6 Nxf6 {[%cal
Gh7h6]} 15. f5 {This move begins massive exchanges in the center, after which
white will have a slight edge in a R ending which Zvjagintsev beautifully
neutralizes.} (15. h5 $5 h6 16. Bh4 Rc8 17. g3 $13 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gh1e1]}) 15...
exf5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nxd4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxd4 Bc6 20. Rhe1 (20. Bxd5+
Bxd5 21. Qxd5+ Qf7 22. Rhf1 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 g6 {almost identical to the game})
20... Qd6 21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. Qxd5+ Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rf7 {[%cal Gf7a7] Now with an
identical paen structure black must neutralize white's more active rooks:
Zvjagintsev's plan is:1. protect the 'f' pawn with g7-g6 2.exchange one pair
of rooks whcich will drastically reduce white's pressure ( black must do it on
the seventh rank to to expose the pawn to the white rook that will be left on
the board.} 24. Kd2 g6 {[%csl Rf5]} 25. Re6 Kg7 26. c4 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8c7,
Gc7d7,Gd7e7]} 27. b3 Rcc7 28. h5 {[%csl Rg6]} Rce7 29. Rdd6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 {
Now the game is equal} Kh6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Ke3 Kh5 33. c5 g5 34. Kf3 (34. c6
f4+ 35. Kf3 (35. Ke4 bxc6 36. Rxc6 g4 37. Rxa6 $140 $4 f3 $19) 35... g4+ 36.
Kf2 bxc6 37. Rxc6 Rd7 38. Ke2 Kh4 39. Rxa6 Kg3 $19) 34... f4 35. g4+ fxg3+ 36.
Kxg3 Rd7 37. Rd6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. g4 (13.
Bc4 Qb4 14. Bb3 Qxf4 15. Qxf4 exf4 16. Rhf1 Nh5 (16... Na5 17. Rxf4 Nxb3+ 18.
axb3 d5 19. Rfd4 Rfc8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd5 $16 {Stefansson,H-Sloth,J/Nordic
Grand Prix 1997/1-0(40)}) 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. Bxb7 g5
21. Rf3 $2 (21. fxg6 $16) 21... Rfe8 22. Rfd3 Ng7 $11 {Leko-Piket, Wijk aan
zee 1994}) (13. Kb1 Rfe8 $5 {[#]} (13... Rad8 14. Bxf6 (14. Bd3 d5 15. fxe5
Nxe5 16. Rhe1 d4 17. Ne4 Qb6 $11 {Huebner-Sosonko, Tilburg 1980}) 14... Bxf6
15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 exf4 (16... Ne7 $6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. g4 Rd7 19. fxe5
fxe5 20. Bg2 $16) 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Be2 (18. Bc4 Rfe8 19. b3 Re5 20. Rhd1 b5
$5 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Nb4 23. Bd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Re2 $11 {Van der
Wiel-Ligterink, Nederland 1981}) 18... Rfe8 19. Rf1 Re4 20. Bf3 Re3 $5 (20...
Re7 $6 21. b3 Ne5 22. Bd5 $16) 21. b3 Rd7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxf4 $14 {
Geller-Sosonko, Malta ol 1980}) 14. g4 $5 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2
exf4 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Be2 Re3 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. b3 Kf8 21. Rf1 $14 {
Jansa-Bielczyk, Luzern ol 1982}) (14. Bc4 Qb4 $1 (14... Rac8 15. Bb3 Nd4 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $13) 15. Bb3 Qxf4 16. Qxf4 exf4 17. Rhf1 Nh5 $1 18. Be1 (18.
Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nb5 Nxf5 20. g4 Ne3 21. gxh5 Nxf1 (21... Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Re5 $1 23.
Nd4 Rxh5 24. Nf3 $13) 22. Rxf1 Rad8 $13 {Seirawan}) 18... Rad8 19. Nd5 Bg5 {
Short-Timman, Madrid WM/4 1993} (19... Bf6 $5 20. Nxf4 (20. Bd2 Be5 21. c3 $5 {
Seirawan}) 20... Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Re2 $13)) 14... exf4 (14... Nxg4 $6 15. Bxe7
Nxe7 16. Rg1 Nf6 17. Qg2 $1 (17. Bb5 Nxf5 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Ne4 Qd8 $1 $14 {
Beliavsky-Sosonko, Tilburg 1981}) 17... Nxf5 18. Bd3 e4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4
Rxe4 21. Qxe4 $16 {Beliavsky}) 15. Qxf4 d5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 d4 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Ne4 Qe5 (19... Be5 20. Qh4 $16) 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rg1 $14 {
Karpov-Timman, London 1982}) 13... exf4 14. g5 $146 (14. Qxf4 d5 $1 15. Kb1 d4
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Qf3 Nb4 19. a3 Nd5 $132 {Suetin,A-Krogius,N/
URS-ch34 1966/0-1(36)}) 14... hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxf5 16. h4 $13 Qa5 $6 ({Deserved
attention} 16... Ne4 $5 17. Nxe4 (17. Bd3 $6 Nxd2 18. Bxf5 Nf3 $1 (18... Nc4
19. Nd5 $1 Rfe8 20. Nc7 Ne3 21. Nxe8 Nxd1 22. Nc7 Ne3 23. Nxa8 Nxf5 24. Nc7 $14
) 19. Bxf4 Nxh4 20. Be4 Rae8 $17) 17... Qxe4 18. Bg2 Qe3 (18... f3 $5) 19. Bxc6
Bxg5 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. hxg5 Rxb7 22. Qxe3 fxe3 23. Rxd6 $11 {with equality})
17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Qxf4 Qe5 19. Qf3 d5 20. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gd1e1]} (20. Bf4 $5 Qh5
21. Qg2 Rg8 22. Nxd5 Rad8 23. Bc4 $14) 20... d4 21. Ne4 Nb4 22. Rde1 $1 $40 {
[%cal Ye1e7]} ({After simple} 22. Nxf6 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25.
Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rxd4 $16 {white could get ending with some winning chanses,but
after move in the game black's defensive task is even more complicated.}) 22...
Qd5 $5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 {[%tqu "En","","","","g1g5","",0,"d3c4","",10]} 24. Rg5 $2
({Missing nice,but very simple blow} 24. Bc4 $1 Qe5 $8 (24... Qxc4 25. Qh5+ Kg8
26. Nxf6#) 25. Ng5 Bxg5+ 26. hxg5 Qc5 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Qh5 $18) 24... Nxd3+ 25.
Qxd3 Bxg5+ 26. hxg5 Kg8 27. Rh1 Rfe8 $11 (27... Rfc8 $5) 28. Qh3 (28. Nf6+ $2
gxf6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. gxf6 Qg5+ $19 {[%cal Gg5f6]}) 28... Kf8 29. Qa3+ Kg8 30.
Qh3 Kf8 31. Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 13. Kb1 d5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be5 16. c3 Ne7 (16... Rb8 17. Qc2 b5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Bf3
Qc8 20. Rhe1 f6 21. Qe4 $16 {Lutz,C-Lugovoi,A/Vienna op 1996/1-0(48)}) (16...
Qd6 17. Qc2 (17. g3 $6 fxg3 18. hxg3 Ne7 $1 19. Ne3 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rfd8 $11 {
Garcia Martinez,S-Martin del Campo,R/Bayamo 1990/1-0 (71)}) 17... Rad8 18. Bc4
Qc5 19. Bb3 Rfe8 20. f6 $1 $16 {Koglin,A-Licina,A/Ptuj ztW 1995/1-0(37)}) 17.
Bc4 (17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bc4 (18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Rhe1 Qc5 20. Qe2 f6 $2 {[%csl
Rg8]} (20... Bf6 $11) 21. h3 Rab8 22. Be4 b5 23. a3 a5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1
$1 $16 {Kholmov,R-Baikov,V/Moscow-ch 1988/1-0(60)}) 18... Qf6 (18... Rad8 19.
Qe2 Qc5 20. Qe4 b5 21. Bb3 a5 22. a3 Qc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1
$14 {Lanka-Baikov, Moscow 1989}) 19. Qd3 (19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Garcia
Martinez,S-Hernandez,G/Santa Clara 1991}) 19... Rfe8 20. Rhe1 Re7 21. Re2 a6
22. Rde1 Rae8 23. a4 $1 $14 {Kholmov,R-Rodriguez,A/Sochi 1988/1-0(41)}) 17...
Nxf5 18. Qe2 Re8 $146 (18... Qb8 $6 19. g3 Ne3 $2 20. gxf4 Nxd1 21. fxe5 Nf2
22. Re1 Re8 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qh5 Qd8 25. Rg1+ {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Kveinys,A/
Dreszer op 1989}) 19. Bb5 $1 Re6 20. Nxf4 Rd6 21. Nd3 Bf6 22. Nc5 a6 $6 (22...
Qc7 23. Ne4 (23. Rxd6 Nxd6 24. Nd7 Bg5 $11) 23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Be5 25. Rd7
$16) (22... Qb6 $6 23. Nd7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qe6 25. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf3b7]})
23. Bd3 $16 Qf8 (23... Qb6 $142 24. Ne4 Re6 25. Rdf1 Ne3 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rf3
$36 {[%cal Gf3g3,Ye2h5]}) 24. Ne4 Re6 25. Bc4 Re5 26. Qg4 Kh8 (26... Be7 27.
Qf4 Qb8 28. g4 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. Qf4 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Rae8 29.
Bb3 $2 (29. Bd3 $142 Ne3 30. Qxf6+ Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rd2 $16) 29... Qg7
30. g3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Qg6+ 32. Ka1 b5 33. Rc1 (33. Rd7 $5 {[%csl Rf7]} Ng2 34. Qf2
Re2 35. Qf3 $16) 33... Kg7 34. Rd7 R5e7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. a3 (36. Qd6 $6 Nc2+
$1 37. Bxc2 Qxc2 38. Rf1 Re6 $132) 36... a5 37. Qf2 a4 38. Ba2 Qg5 39. Bb1 Qe5
40. Re1 f5 {[%cal Re3c2]} (40... Nc2+ $4 41. Qxc2 Qxe1 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qh8#)
41. Re2 Re6 42. Bd3 Qc5 43. Kb1 ({Promises nothing special} 43. Bxb5 Qxb5 44.
Rxe3 Rxe3 45. Qxe3 Qf1+ 46. Ka2 Qc4+ 47. Kb1 Qf1+ 48. Kc2 Qg2+ 49. Qd2 Qe4+ 50.
Kd1 Qh1+ $11) 43... Re5 44. Qf4 $16 f6 45. Qd4 $1 Qe7 $8 46. Bxb5 $18 Rxb5 47.
Rxe3 Re5 48. Rxe5 fxe5 49. Qxa4 Qb7 50. Qc4 {[%cal Ga3a4,Ga4a5,Ga5a6]} Kf6 51.
a4 Qh1+ 52. Ka2 Qxh2 53. a5 Qxg3 54. a6 Qg1 55. Qc7 Qd1 56. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfd8 13. Bd3 b5 14. g4 $5 {
[%mdl 512] White plays very determinely, tries to open the position of the
black king} (14. Rhg1 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. g4 Be6 17. b3 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5
$40 {1-0 Gufeld,E-Utasi,T/La Habana 1985/Inf 39 (23)}) (14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. Rhe1
Rab8 16. b3 (16. c3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. Rc1 Ncb4 $36 {0-1 Mrdja,
M-Giffard,N/Le Touquet 1995/EXT 2000 (25)}) 16... Be8 17. f5 Ne5 18. Nc3 a5 19.
fxe6 fxe6 20. Bf1 Rdc8 21. a4 Nc4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Byrne,R-Ivanovic,B/Reykjavik
1982/MCD (46)}) (14. Qe1 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. f5 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. exd5 Ne7 19.
Be4 Bxf5 $132 {1-0 Fogarasi,T-Jakobsen,P/Festuge 1991/EXT 97 (43)}) 14... b4 (
14... Nxg4 15. Rhg1 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Nf6 17. f5 $40) 15. Ne2 $5 {15. Bf6 was a
fine alternative as was played in the game given below} (15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16.
Ne2 e5 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Be6 19. Nc1 Be7 20. h4 d5 21. Qe2 Rd6 22. h5 $40 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S-Shmuter,L/St Petersburg 1993/TD (33)}) 15... Nxg4 {Black
accepts the pawn sacrifice. Well, although in case of a refusal white has the
initiative} (15... d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Be7 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qb6 20.
Rhf1 a5 21. g5 h5 22. g6 Qxd4 23. Qe2 $40 {1-0 Garcia,G-De la Paz,F/Santa
Clara 1996/EXT 99 (24)}) 16. Rhg1 Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Qh5 {Black transfers the queen
to the kingside where he finally ends his career. After 17...Nf6 white also
has the initiative} (17... Nf6 18. Rg3 $44 (18. f5)) 18. Qe1 Nf6 (18... Ne3 19.
Qg3 g6 20. Rde1 $36) 19. f5 {[%cal Re2f4]} e5 {Black defends against the
threat Nf4 but white's attack is very dangerous} 20. Qg3 Ne8 (20... Qg5 $5 {
was better and black is still able to defend} 21. Qf2 Qh5 22. Rg2 Kh7) 21. Qf2
Kh8 $2 {A decisive mistake. 21...Nf6 was essential with a stubborn defense.} (
21... Nf6 $5 22. Nf4 exf4 23. Be2 Nxe4 24. Qe1 Qg5 25. Rxg5 hxg5 26. Bf3 Nf6)
22. Nf4 $1 $18 exf4 23. Be2 Qg5 24. Rxg5 hxg5 25. Nf3 f6 26. Qg2 {[%cal Rh2h4,
Rg2h3] Bringing the queen and preparing 27.h4, also 27.Qh3 is threatened} Ne7
27. h4 g4 28. Qxg4 d5 29. Qxf4 Rac8 30. Nd4 a5 (30... dxe4 31. Qxe4 $18) 31. h5
{[%cal Rh5h6]} dxe4 32. h6 g6 33. fxg6 Nxg6 34. Qg3 Ne7 35. Bh5 {[%cal Rg3g7,
Gh5e8]} Nf5 36. Nxf5 Bxf5 37. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Yangon zt"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Myo, Naing"]
[Black "Zaw, Win Lay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 13. Kb1 d5 14. Qxf4 d4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. a3 b5 19. g4 b4 20. h4 bxa3 21. Qxa3
Qe7 22. g5 Qxa3 23. bxa3 Ne7 24. f6 Nd5 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Bd3 Nc3+ 27. Nxc3
Rxc3 28. Rdf1 Rxa3 29. Kc1 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Bf4+ 31. Ke2 Re8+ 32. Kf3 Rxf1+ 33.
Rxf1 hxg5 34. hxg5 Bxg5 35. Rg1 Kf6 36. Ra1 Re7 37. Ra6+ Kg7 38. Rd6 Be3 39.
Ra6 Bd2 40. Kg4 Bc3 41. Kf5 Bb4 42. Be4 Bc5 43. Ra1 Bd6 44. Bd3 Re5+ 45. Kg4 a5
46. Bc4 Kg6 47. Bd3+ f5+ 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Rh1 Bb4 50. Rh6+ Kg5 51. Rh7 a4 52.
Rg7+ Kf6 53. Rb7 Bc3 54. Bc4 Ra5 55. Rb6+ Kg5 56. Bf7 f4 57. Ke4 Kg4 58. Rg6+
Rg5 59. Rf6 Re5+ 60. Kxe5 d3+ 61. Ke4 Bxf6 {[#] Die beiden schwarzen
Freibauern a+f sind genьgend viele Linien weit voneinander getrennt und
bezogen auf das Umwandlungsfeld des Randbauern hat der Lдufer die richtige
Felderfarbe. Deshalb ist der schwarze Gewinn kein Problem, gleich wie der Bd3
genommen wird.Nicht zuletzt steht der schwarze Kцnig optimal.} 62. Kxd3 Kg3 63.
Kc4 Be7 64. Kd3 f3 65. Bd5 a3 66. c3 {Lxf3 ist keine Alternative, weil der Le7
nicht nur a3 deckt, sondern gleichzeitig den c-Bauern kontrolliert.} f2 (66...
f2 67. Ke2 a2 68. Bxa2 Kg2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 $1 (6. Bc4 $5) (6.
f3 $5) (6. Be3 $6 Ng4 7. Bg5 Qb6 $1) 6... e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6
10. Bh4 (10. h4 $5) 10... e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 13. Kb1 d5 14. Qxf4 d4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bc4 Qb8 17. Qxb8 Raxb8 18. Nd5 Be5 19. Bb5 Rfe8 20. a3 Rbc8
21. Rhe1 Kf8 22. g3 Bd6 23. c3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 dxc3 25. Nxc3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Johnson Romero Boensch Kramnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 $6 (10... e5 {
Romero}) 11. Nxc6 $1 {N A logical novelty.} (11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. Bd3
Rac8 14. Rg1 Nb4 15. Kb1 e5 16. g4 exf4 17. g5 $40 {Matulovic,M-Indjic,D
JUG-chT Tivat (08) 1995 1-0 42 - EXP 48}) (11. Bf2 Qc7 (11... Qa5 12. Kb1 Bd7
13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be2 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. e5 Ne8 18. f5 Bg5 19.
exd6 Qa5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 exf5 22. Nd5 $16 {Ivanov,AV-Gurevich,D USA-ch 
(07) 1993 1/2 45}) 12. Be2 e5 (12... Rd8 13. Bf3 a6 14. Kb1 d5 $2 15. e5 Nd7
16. Nce2 Nb6 17. b3 Bd7 18. h4 Rac8 19. g4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bb5 21. g5 $40 {
Gruenfeld,Y-Fishbein,A New York op (05) 1994 1-0 34}) 13. Nf5 (13. Ndb5 Qb8 14.
f5 a6 15. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 16. Bc5 Ne8 $19) 13... Bxf5 14. exf5 d5 15. fxe5 (15.
Nxd5 {Boensch} Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rac8 $1 $10) 15... Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qxf5 17. Nxd5 Ne4
$1 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 $10 {Ziadinov,R-Gurevich,D Bern op (03) 1995 0-1 26 - EXP 46}
(18... Nxe7 {Romero} 19. Qd7 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Nf5 {Ziatdinov-Gurevich,D Bern 1995.
And the black knights are becoming dangerous.})) 11... bxc6 (11... Qxc6 12. Bd3
$16) 12. e5 (12. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Qxd6 e5 $1 (14... Rd8 {Boensch}
15. Qa3 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 e5 17. f5 $14) 15. fxe5 (15. f5 {Boensch} Rd8 16. Qxd8+
Bxd8 17. Rxd8+ Kh7 $15) 15... Rd8 16. Qxd8+ Bxd8 17. Rxd8+ Kh7 $17) 12... dxe5
13. fxe5 Ne4 (13... Rb8 $2 14. Na4 $1) (13... Rd8 {Boensch} 14. Bd3 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Qf4 $14) 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. Qf4 $1 $36 Be7 16. Bd3 {Romero: Now,
the white bishop and knight seem to be stronger than the pair of black bishops.
Kramnik is undeveloped and white's attack looks promising.} Rb8 17. b3 Qc7 (
17... Ba6 18. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (18... gxf6 19. exf6 Ba3+ 20. Kb1) 19. Qe4 Bxd3 20.
Rxd3 g6 (20... gxf6 21. Qf4 Kh7 22. Rh3 $18) 21. Rh3 Kg7 22. Rxh6 $18) (17...
Qb4 {Boensch} 18. Kb1 a5 $132) (17... Ba6 $5 {Boensch}) (17... Kh8 {Romero} 18.
Kb1 c5 19. Nf6 $16) (17... Qb4 $142 $1 {Romero, Kramnik: This is the only
possibility for counterplay, avoiding the threat Nf6.}) 18. Kb1 $1 (18. Rhf1 f5
$1 19. exf6 Qxf4+ 20. Rxf4 gxf6 $13) 18... c5 {* Romero: Probably there is no
solution.} (18... f6 $2 19. Nd6 $1 fxe5 20. Qe4 Bxd6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rhf1+ Ke8
23. Bg6+ $18) (18... Rd8 19. Rhf1 Bf8 20. Nd6 $1 $16 (20. Rf3 $18 {Romero /
\Rg3,Nf6,Qh6 and mate.})) (18... f5 {Boensch} 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Bc4 $16) (18...
Kh8 {Boensch} 19. Nd6 f5 20. g4 $40) 19. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (19... gxf6 $2 20. Qxh6 (
20. Qg4+ {Boensch} Kh8 21. exf6 Rg8 (21... Bxf6 22. Qe4 $18) 22. Qe4 Rg6 23.
fxe7 Qxe7 24. Qe5+ $18) 20... f5 21. g4 (21. Bxf5 {Romero} exf5 22. Rd3 f4 23.
Rg3+) 21... Qxe5 22. gxf5 Bf6 23. Rhg1+ Bg7 24. f6 $1 $18) (19... Bxf6 $5 20.
Qe4 Rd8 $5 (20... g6 {Boensch} 21. exf6 Bb7 (21... Rd8 {Romero} 22. Qh4 Qe5 23.
Bxg6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 fxg6 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Qxh6 $18) 22. Qe3 $1 (22. Qg4 Kh8 (
22... Kh7 23. h4)) 22... Kh7 23. h4 c4 (23... Bxg2 24. h5 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 Rh8 26.
hxg6+ Kg8 27. g7 $18) 24. h5 cxd3 25. hxg6+ Kg8 26. Rxd3 Rbc8 27. Qxh6 Qxc2+
28. Ka1 $18) 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bg6 $1 $16) 20. Qe4 {Romero:
forcing 20...g6 which is a very serious weakening of Black's King position;
not only are the advanced g and h pawns targets but the f6 square is now a
permanent outpost for White's pieces.} g6 21. h4 Bb7 22. Qf4 Kg7 23. Ng4 (23.
Rdf1 $5) 23... Rh8 (23... g5 $2 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Qf6+ $1 Bxf6 26. exf6+ Kg8
27. Nxh6+ Kh8 28. Ng4+ Kg8 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nxf7+ Kg8
33. Rh8#) 24. Rdf1 Rbf8 25. Nf6 {With the threat Ne8]} Qd8 $8 (25... Bxg2 26.
Ne8+ $1 $18) 26. Qg3 {/\Nh5} h5 {Romero: White threatened 9.Nh5+ Kh7 (9...Kg8
10. Bxg6) 10.Nf4 with the double threat of 11.h5 and 11.Nxg6 White threatened
9.Nh5+ Kh7 (9...Kg8 10. Bxg6) 10.Nf4 with the double threat of 11.h5 and 11.
Nxg6} (26... Qd4 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. Bxg6 $1 $18) (26... c4 $4 {Boensch} 27. Nh5+
Kg8 (27... Kh7 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxg6#) 28. Bxg6 $18) 27. Qg5 {Black is
totally hopeless. White can whatever he want.} (27. Nxh5+ $5 Rxh5 28. Rxf7+
Rxf7 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qxh5) 27... Rh7 28. Rf4 (28. Nxh5+ $1 Rxh5 29. Rxf7+
Rxf7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qxh5 {would have been a much quicker way to win}) 28...
Kh8 29. Rhf1 Bxf6 (29... Qc7 {Boensch} 30. g4 hxg4 31. Rxg4 Rh5 (31... Qd8 32.
h5 Bxf6 (32... Rxh5 33. Rh4 $18) 33. Rxf6 c4 34. hxg6 cxd3 (34... Rh1+ 35. Rg1
$18) 35. g7+ Kg8 36. gxf8=Q+ $18) 32. Qxh5+ gxh5 33. Rg5 $18) 30. Rxf6 Rg8 31.
g3 (31. Rxf7 $2 {Boensch} Qxg5 (31... Rxf7 {Romero} 32. Rxf7 Qxg5 33. hxg5 Bxg2
$132) 32. hxg5 Bxg2 $13) 31... Qe7 32. Qf4 Rgg7 33. Rf2 Bd5 34. Kb2 {Romero:
Black has no useful moves. The queen cannot move because must defend the tacti
cal blow Bxg6.} Bc6 35. Bc4 Bb7 (35... Bd5 {Boensch} 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. e6 fxe6
38. Qe5 Rh6 39. Rf7 $18) 36. Rd2 {The pawn on e5 support the penetration of
the rook.} Rg8 37. Rd6 Qe8 $6 $138 (37... Qc7 $16) 38. Qf2 $18 Be4 39. Qxc5 Qe7
40. Qd4 Bf5 41. Rd7 Qe8 42. Qxa7 Rf8 43. a4 Kg8 44. a5 Qc8 45. a6 Qc6 46. Qc7
Qg2 47. Bxe6 $1 Bxe6 (47... fxe6 {Johnson} 48. Rxe6) 48. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 13. Kb1 d5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be5 16. Bc4 Re8 17. f6 $5 Bxf6 18. Qxf4 $14 Be5 19. Qf2 Rf8 20.
g4 Qd6 21. h4 Kh8 22. a3 Rad8 23. Bb3 Qg6 24. g5 Rd7 25. Rd3 Rfd8 26. Rhd1 Qh5
27. Ka2 Rd6 28. Ne3 $6 {Dolmatov probably didn't see black's 35 move ,
otherwise he would have kept the pressure in the center and on f7 pawn ..} (28.
Re1 $1 $36) (28. Rf1) 28... Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Qg6 31. Bxf7 (31. Qxf7
Qxf7 32. Bxf7 hxg5 33. hxg5 Bf4 $3) 31... Qxd3 32. Bc4 Qd8 33. Qf7 Bd4 34. gxh6
gxh6 35. Nf5 Bxb2 $5 36. Qg6 (36. Bd5 Be5 37. Nxh6 Ne7) 36... Qf8 37. Kxb2 Ne5
38. Qxh6+ Qxh6 39. Nxh6 Nxc4+ 40. Kb3 Ne5 41. Nf5 Kh7 42. Kb4 a6 43. Nd6 b5
1/2-1/2

