[Event "Moscow op 01st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Novichkov, Valery"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.02.25"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 $5 {This line is
not bad at all!} dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 (7... Qd6 8. Nbd2 Be6 $14 {is another idea.})
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bd6 $5 {This time demoralised by so many draws I have
simply let the game to be a draw!} (9... f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5
Qd5 13. Qg4 $11) (9... Bf6 $6 {and I have never liked Romanihin's move neither
him.}) 10. d4 Qe7 11. Re1 exd4 12. Nxd6 (12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. f4 Ng4
$13 {gives some game for both sides.}) 12... cxd6 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 (14.
Bf4 Re8 $1 (14... Nxf3+ $6 15. gxf3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bh3 17. Kh1 $40) 15. Rad1 $140
$6 Bg4) 14... dxe5 15. Qc3 f6 (15... Qc7 16. Be3 b6 17. a4 a5 18. Rad1 Bb7 $11)
16. Be3 Qf7 17. a4 {He immediately wants to fix the queenside.} ({I was
expecting} 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bb6 Rfe8 19. Rd6 Re7 20. Red1 Rd7 21. Qd2 Rxd6 22.
Qxd6 Re8 $11) 17... Be6 18. Bb6 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Rd3 Rd7 21. Red1 Re8 22.
Rxd7 Bxd7 23. a5 Be6 24. f3 h5 25. Rd6 Re7 26. Kf2 Rd7 27. Qd2 f5 $1 {Black
can never lose this ending. However all of a sudden my fighting spirit came
back.} (27... Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Bxd7 30. Ke3 Kf7 31. Kd3 Be6 32. Kc3
f5 33. Bc7 (33. Kb4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Bg4 35. Kc5 Ke6 36. Bc7 Kd7 (36... Bd1 37. c3
Bc2) 37. Bxe5 g6 38. Kb6 Kc8 39. Bf6 Bd1 40. c4 Bb3 41. Kc5 Kd7 $11) 33... fxe4
34. fxe4 Ke7 (34... Kf6 $2 35. Kb4 Bf7 36. Kc5 Bg6 37. Kb6 Bxe4 38. Kxb7 Bxc2
39. Kxa6 $18) 35. Bxe5 g6 36. Kd4 Bg4 37. Bf4 Bd1 38. Kc5 (38. c3 Bc2) 38...
Kd7 $11) 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Ke1 (29. Kg1 fxe4 30. fxe4 Be8 31. Qd8 Kh7 32. Bc7
Qg6 $132) 29... fxe4 30. fxe4 Be8 31. Qg5 $1 {Safe.} (31. Qd8 Qg6 32. Kd1 Kh7
$40) 31... Qf6 {There is not much to write home about this game.} (31... Qe6
32. Kf2 (32. Bc7 Qc4 33. Bxe5 Qxe4+ 34. Kf1 Bg6 35. Qe7 Bf7 36. h4 Qxc2 37. Bc3
Qf5+ 38. Kg1 Qg4 39. Qg5 Qxg5 40. hxg5 Bd5 41. g3 $11) 32... Bg6 33. Ke3 Kh7
34. b3 (34. Bc7 Qc4) 34... Qd6 35. c3 Bf7 36. b4 $11) 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Kd2 Bg6
34. Ke3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Muenster"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 {
/\><e4;<->f /\f4} Nd7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 f6 (9... Bd6 $142 10. a4 O-O $6 (10...
Qe7 11. Na3 Nb8 $1 12. Nc4 Nc6 {/\Nd4<=>}) 11. Na3 f6 12. Nc4 Nb8 13. Nh4 Nc6
14. Nf5 Bxf5 $6 15. exf5 Qd7 16. Qe4 $16 {Blatny-Siklosi, Kecskemet 1992}) 10.
Nh4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb8 $1 {/\Be6,Nc6-d4} 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. d3 Bd6 14. Nf5 Re8 (14...
Bxf5 15. exf5 {/\Ng3-e4 ()}) 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 {<->d} (15... cxd6 16. f4 $36) 16.
f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 $14 Nd4 18. Qd1 (18. Qd2) 18... Bd7 19. Rf2 {<->f,<->2} f5 20.
exf5 Bxf5 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Raf1 Rf8 23. c3 Ne6 24. Ne2 (24. Nxe6 Bxe6 $10) 24...
Bc6 (24... Rxf2 $142 25. Rxf2 Rf8) 25. Ng3 {/\Nf5 ->} Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Rf8 (26...
Qd7 $142 27. Nf5 $40 Qxd3 $140 $2 28. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 (28... Nxg7 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30.
Qf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxf8#) 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ {/\c4#}) 27. Nf5 $1 $16 Qd7 (27...
Qxd3 $4 28. Ne7+ $18) 28. c4 $1 Kh8 (28... Nd4 29. Nh6+ $18) 29. Qg3 Rd8 (29...
Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Qe5 $18 {קd4 _|_}) 30. Nh6 $1 $18 Nd4 31. Rf7 $1 (31.
Rf7 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Nxg3 33. Bxg7#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 {Eine
tschechoslowakische Spezialität, die in den Händen der <<Jungen>> zu einer
gefährlichen Waffe geworden ist. Oft gebrauchen diese Variante auch Jansa und
Smejkal.} dxc6 7. d3 {Auf den ersten Blick sieht die Situation für Schwarz
ungefährlich aus. Das Läuferpaar sollte eine genügende Kompensation für den
Doppelbauern und das geschwächte Zentrum sein.} Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 (9...
Bf6 {ist auch möglich. Weiss setzt dann am besten mit} 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Bc3 c5
12. a4 b6 13. Qd2 {fort und bindet so lange wie möglich die schwarzen Figuren
an die Verteidigung des Bauern e5.}) 10. Nh4 Nc5 (10... g6 {ist schlecht wegen}
11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 {; Schwarz darf nun nicht mit} g5 $2 {auf Figurengewinn
spielen wegen} 13. Nf5 $1 gxf4 14. Qg4+ Kf7 15. Nh6+ Ke8 16. Qh5+ {matt.}) 11.
Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Re8 {[#] Eine kritische Stellung. Der Zug 12. T e8 geschah
auch in der Partie Jansa-Smyslow, Oberhausen 1961.} (12... Qd7 13. Qf3 b6 14.
Be3 Nb7 {nebst Sd6, und Weiss hat Sorgen, den Bauern f5 zu decken.}) 13. Be3
Qd5 (13... e4 {ist besser.} 14. d4 Na4 {mit Ausgleich.}) 14. Nd2 {Mit diesem
Zuge erreicht Weiss einen kleinen positionellen Vorteil, da er das Feld e4 für
seine Figuren gewinnt.} Rad8 15. Qg4 {Es ist nicht nötig, sich mit dem
Abtausch auf c5 zu beeilen.} Kh8 16. b3 Rg8 17. Rae1 (17. f3 g6 18. Ne4 {
ist sofort genauer, mit klarem Vorteil für Weiss. Nach dem Zug in der Partie
bekommt Schwarz etwas Gegenspiel.}) 17... g6 18. f3 Qd7 19. fxg6 Qxg4 20. fxg4
hxg6 21. Rf3 (21. g5 f5 22. Bf4 Nd7 23. Bxe5+ Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxg5 {mit
Ausgleich.}) 21... Rgf8 22. h4 {Einfach und gut. Weiss hat Druck auf der
f-Linie und will noch das Feld f5 erobern. Ein wichtiger Faktor ist, dass
Schwarz ohne Gegenspiel ist.} Ne6 23. Ref1 Rf7 24. Ne4 {Erst jetzt bringt
Weiss seinen Springer nach e4.} Rdf8 $2 (24... Kg7 25. h5 Rdf8 26. Rh3 {
mit besserem Spiel für Weiss. Der Textzug verliert die Partie.}) 25. Bh6 Rd8
26. Bg5 (26. Nxf6 $6 Nd4 27. R3f2 Nxc2 {und das Spiel steht etwa gleich.})
26... Kg7 27. Bxf6+ Bxf6 28. Nxf6 (28. Rxf6 $6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Nc5 30. h5 gxh5
31. gxh5 Nxe4 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. dxe4 Rd4 {und Weiss muss im Turmendspiel
etliche Schwierigkeiten überwinden. Die Hauptdrohung ist jetzt 29. Se8+.})
28... Nf4 29. g5 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 {Mit einem <<gesunden Mehrbauern>> mehr steht
Weiss klar auf Gewinn.} Re7 31. Ne4 Nd4 32. R3f2 Rh8 33. Kh3 Nf5 $2 {In
Zeitnot macht Ivkov noch einen Fehler. Die Partie war jedoch sowieso nicht zu
retten.} 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Rxf5 Rf7 36. g4 Rhf8 37. Rf6 {[#] In dieser
angesicht der weissen Bauernlawine hoffnungslosen Stellung überschritt Schwarz
die Zeit.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 {Kamsky has his
own way of dealing with the Marschall. Why shoould be this worse then all
those Anti-Marschalls anyway?} dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 8. b3 Be6 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nbd2 c5
11. a4 a5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 f6 14. Ne3 g6 15. Nd2 Nb8 16. Qf3 Nc6 17. Qg3 Nd4
18. h4 Kh8 19. Ndc4 Qd7 20. Rac1 b6 21. f3 Rae8 22. Qh2 Bd8 23. Rcd1 Bxc4 $2 {
A positional mistake. Black should have kept the light-squared bishop. Besides,
now White won't have to worry about the so-called "problem of the extra
knight", when it is more difficult to find good squares for both knights than
for just one of them.} 24. dxc4 Qf7 25. h5 gxh5 26. c3 $5 {A highly unusual
approach. It turns out that White wants to keep bishops on the board, not his
knight for opponent's bishop.} Ne6 (26... Nxb3 {leaves the knight too far away
from the kingside. After} 27. Nf5 {White will develop a strong attack. If} Qxc4
{then} 28. Rd7 {and Black won't survive.}) 27. Nf5 Ng7 28. Qh3 Nxf5 29. Qxf5
Re6 30. Kf2 Rd6 {Apparently Black is doing everything correctly: he exchanged
knights and now does the same with rooks, at the same time undoubling his
pawns and closing the d-file. But his position was so bad that all these
measures just create new problems.} 31. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 32. Rh1 Qg6 33. Rxh5 Qxf5
34. exf5 $1 {Now things are finally clear. White wins with the march of the
king on the light squares.} Rg8 35. Bc1 Rg7 36. Bh6 Rd7 37. Ke2 Be7 38. Rh4 Rd8
(38... d5 39. cxd5 Rxd5 40. Rg4 {and White wins the pawns with checks.}) 39.
Kd3 d5 40. cxd5 Rxd5+ 41. Kc4 Rd7 42. Rg4 Bd8 43. Kb5 Rf7 44. Kc6 Ra7 45. Bf8
h5 46. Rg6 Kh7 47. c4 Rf7 48. Rh6+ Kg8 49. Bd6 Be7 50. Bc7 Rg7 51. Rg6 Rxg6 52.
fxg6 Kg7 53. Kd7 Bf8 54. Bxb6 Kxg6 {A painful defeat for Georgiev and a very
good achievement for Kamsky.} 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 (8... Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. d4 $16 {Keres-Klein, Radio match
1946}) 9. Qxf3 Qd6 $1 (9... O-O 10. d3 {/\ Nc3-e2-g3->}) 10. d3 O-O-O 11. Qf5+
Nd7 (11... Kb8 12. f4) 12. f4 (12. Qxf7 $142 Rdf8 13. Qh5 $44) 12... f6 13.
fxe5 fxe5 14. Be3 Kb8 15. Qg4 $6 (15. a3 $142 {/\ 16.Ne2}) 15... Bf6 16. a3 h5
17. Qf5 Rdg8 18. Ne2 g6 19. Qf2 g5 20. Ba7+ $6 (20. g3 $8) 20... Ka8 21. Bc5
Qe6 22. Qf5 Qe8 23. g3 Bd8 $2 (23... g4 $1 $8 24. Be3 (24. h4 Bxh4 $1 25. gxh4
Nxc5) 24... gxh3 25. Kh2 $16) 24. Qf2 Qe6 25. Kh2 Rg7 26. Be3 Rhg8 {[/\ 27...
g4 (28.h4 Bxh4!)]} 27. Qg2 $1 Bf6 28. Rf5 Qe7 29. Raf1 Rg6 30. Kg1 c5 $2 31.
Qf2 b6 32. Nc3 c6 33. Na4 {[/\ 34.Nxb6 Nxb6 35.Bxc5; Rxf6 +-]} Kb7 34. b4 $1
$18 g4 35. h4 cxb4 36. Nxb6 Nxb6 37. Bxb6 Qe6 38. Ba5 Bd8 39. Rf7+ Kc8 40. Qa7
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 $5 {
The main difference between the delayed exchange variation of Ruy Lopez
Defence and exchange variation (4.Bxc6) is that Black has already developed
his kingside light pieces. The most popular reply for Black against exchange
variation in Ruy Lopez Defence is 4...f6. In this position, Black cannot
already play f7-f6, and his dark-squared bishop is located on e7, which is not
the best position.} dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 {transfering the knight to c4.} O-O
9. Nc4 {There is another plan with the fianchetto of the dark-squared bishop.}
(9. b3 f6 10. Bb2 Nc5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Rae1 $146 Qe7
15. f4 Bd7 16. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yb3b4]} Qf7 17. Nc4 f5 $2 18. exf5 Bxf5 19.
Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Qc3 $1 $16 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Van Beek,A/Hoogeveen NED 2004/The
Week in Chess 520/[Erenburg] (35)}) 9... f6 10. Nh4 {After Black plays f7-f6
White gets the possibility to move the kingside knight to h4 in order to carry
out the f2-f4 breakthrough. Other possibilities are:} (10. Be3 Nc5 11. b4 $5 {
1-0 Delgado,N-Matsuura,E/Osasco 2004/CBM 103/[Wedberg] (49)}) (10. d4 exd4 11.
Nxd4 Nb6 {N} 12. Ne3 Re8 13. c3 Bf8 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. f3 Qe5 17. Nf1
Bd6 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Bf2 c5 $10 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 c4 22. Qc2 Bc5 23. Re1
Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qd7 25. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Xie Jun/Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 042/
[Wedberg] (25)}) 10... g6 {Covering the f5 square.} ({Another option is} 10...
Nc5 {0-1 McShane,L-Bacrot,E/Biel 2004/CBM 102/[Wedberg] (51)}) 11. g3 {
Protecting the knight and preparing the f2-f4 advance. White has the following
alternatives:} (11. Bh6 Rf7 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Nf8 14. Rf1 Be6 15. Ne3 f5 16.
Nhxf5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bd7 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Rf3 Bd6 $13 {1-0 Wedberg,T-Kaiszauri,
K/Gladsaxe 1979/MCD (42)}) (11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Na5 Qc8 14. Qe1 Bd7 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. b4 $14 {1-0 Smagin,S-Khruschiov,A/
Moscow 2002/EXT 2003 (39)}) (11. f4 {can be met by} f5) 11... Nc5 12. Bh6 $146
{According to my database, this position appeared for the first time.} ({
In the preceding game White continued:} 12. Ng2 Bh3 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne6
15. Be3 c5 16. Rf2 b5 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Bd6 20. Rf2 Rae8 $15 {
0-1 Zatulovskaya,T-Zivaeva,T/Alma-Ata 1980/EXT 2002 (32)}) 12... Rf7 13. b4 $1
{Forcing Black's knight to rob the e6 square from the light-squared bishop.} (
13. Qd2 {is met by} Be6) 13... Ne6 14. Qd2 c5 15. Kh1 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4,Yg3f4,
Gf1g1,Yg1g8] White moves away the king from the a7-g1 diagonal in order to rob
from Black the resource of check from this diagonal. It should be noted, that
White frees the "g" file for his heavy pieces in case of changes on f4.} b5 ({
White has a serious compensation after} 15... cxb4 16. f4 exf4 (16... b5 17.
Na5 $44) 17. gxf4 f5 18. Nf3 fxe4 19. Nfe5 Rf5 20. Qg2 Qe8 21. dxe4 Rh5 22. Ng4
$44 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 16. Na5 Bf8 ({Worth consideration:} 16... cxb4 $5 17. f4 (
17. Nc6 Qd6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 (20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Be6 $17
) 20... f5 21. Nf3 fxe4 22. dxe4 Bb7 23. Qe3 Nc5 $17) 17... exf4 18. gxf4 f5
19. Nf3 Bf8 (19... fxe4 20. Ne5 $13) 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 $13) 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. a3 {
White strengthens his important b4 pawn, which fixes Black's queenside pawns.}
cxb4 19. axb4 c5 {Black opens the "c" file for his rooks.} 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4
Qh6 ({Black cannot allow White to play f4-f5.} 21... cxb4 22. f5 $16) 22. Ng2 (
{Deserves attention:} 22. Qf2 $5 cxb4 23. f5 Ng7 (23... Ng5 24. Rab1 $14) 24.
Rg1 $13) 22... cxb4 23. Qxb4 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 ({In case of} 24... Nxf8 25.
Ne3 f5 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. Nd5 $14 {White's position is slightly better, thanks to
his active knights.}) 25. f5 Nc5 ({Black doesn't equalize after} 25... gxf5 26.
Rxf5 Ng7 (26... Nd8 27. Rf2 f5 28. e5 Nb7 (28... Ne6 29. Raf1 Ng7 30. d4 Be6
31. Nf4 $16) 29. Nb3 $14) 27. Rf2 f5 28. e5 $14 (28. Raf1 Raa7 $11)) 26. Ne3
gxf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Rc8 {White has succeeded to get a superior pawn
structure, but the position is near to equality, due to small amount of the
pawns on the board.} 29. Raf1 (29. Nb3 {The exchange of the knights doesn't
promise anything special for White:} Nxb3 30. cxb3 Rc3 31. Rxa6 Rxb3 32. Raxf6
Rxf6 33. Rxf6+ Ke7 34. Rb6 Rxd3 35. Rxb5 Re3 $11) 29... Nd7 $6 ({After the
exact} 29... Ke7 {[%cal Gc5e6]} 30. e5 Nd7 $11 {Black equalizes.}) 30. c4 $1 {
[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7d6]} Rc5 (30... Nc5 31. cxb5 (31. Rd5 bxc4 32. Nxc4 Nxe4 $11)
31... axb5 32. Rc1 (32. Rxf6 Rcc7 $1 $11) 32... Rfc7 33. Rxf6+ Ke7 {is near to
a draw.}) 31. R5f2 $14 {threatening Nb7. After White succeeded to carry out
c2-c4, his position becomes better.} Re7 32. d4 Rc7 33. c5 Rxe4 34. c6 Nb6 35.
Rxf6+ Kg7 36. Rd6 Re2 $2 {After this inaccurate move, White gets an obvious
advantage.} ({Better was} 36... Rg4 $14) 37. Nb7 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb7c5]} Nc8 (
37... Ree7 38. Nc5 $18) (37... Rc8 38. c7 Nc4 39. Rg1+ Kf7 40. Rh6 $18) 38.
Rd7+ ({May be stronger was} 38. Rg1+ Kf7 (38... Kf8 39. Rd8+ Re8 40. Rxe8+ Kxe8
41. Rg8+ Kf7 (41... Ke7 42. Rg7+ $18) 42. Rxc8 $18) 39. Rh6 Kf8 40. d5 $18)
38... Re7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. d5 Nb6 41. Nd6 $1 {threatening Ne8+} ({After} 41.
Nc5 {Black has some chances:} Rc8 42. Rd1 Nxd5 43. Rxd5 Rxc6 $14) 41... Kg8 (
41... Kg6 {doesn't change the evaluation of the position.} 42. Rg1+ Kh6 (42...
Kh5 43. Ne8 Rc8 44. Nf6+ $18) 43. Nf5+ Kh5 44. Ne3 (44. h4 h6) 44... Nxd5 45.
Nxd5 Rxc6 46. Nb4 $16 {[%cal Gg1a1] /+-}) 42. Ne8 $6 ({White had excellent
chances after} 42. Ra1 $1 Nxd5 43. Rxa6 Kf8 44. Nxb5 Rc8 45. Nd4 $16 {/+-})
42... Rc8 43. Nf6+ $2 {throwing away the advantage...} ({White should have
played} 43. Nd6 Rd8 (43... Rc7 44. Ra1 {-42.Ra1!}) 44. Nf5 Nxd5 45. Rd1 Kf8 46.
Ne3 Rc8 47. Nxd5 Rxc6 48. Nb4 $16 {[%cal Gd1a1] /+-}) 43... Kg7 44. d6 Rxc6 45.
d7 Nxd7 46. Nxd7 a5 $11 {White has only one pawn, and his pieces are not so
coordinated... These factors promise Black an easy draw.} 47. Rg1+ Kh6 48. Ne5
Rc5 49. Nf7+ Kh5 50. Nd6 b4 51. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 13th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2004.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I haven't played against Alexander in over 13 years.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 {White is reluctantly declining to play
the main variation of the Spanish Game, and are hoping to receive a slight
positional advantage.} dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. b3 (8. Nbd2 $5 {It's main line.}) 8...
c5 {This move is directed against the mobility of "d" pawn.} 9. Bb2 Bd6 10.
Nbd2 b5 {If I were to allow the knight to move to "c4", with the following
exchange of my bishop, and allowing f2-f4, White would receive a positional
advantage.} 11. Kh1 $146 {/\Ng1-e2 and f4} ({It was checked up in previous
games:} 11. Qe2) (11. g3 {11.h3; 11.Re1 and 11.a4}) 11... O-O 12. Ng1 Qh4 $5 {
My main idea is to disallow f2-f4, and I am fighting for it with any means
necessary. Also it wouldn't be bad for me if after he would promote "f4" I
could answer with "f5".} 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qd2 f6 17. Ng1
{Now White's second knight is also trying to maneuver through square g1.} c4 $1
{It is time to improve my pawn structure.} 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. d4 {This only way
for White to struggle for advantage.} (19. dxc4 $2 Nb6 $36 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Ge7e6]}) 19... exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qxe4 22. f3 $44 Qd5 23. Qf2 Rad8 24.
Ne2 Qf5 {My Queen has a very good position on this square.} 25. Nc3 Rfe8 26.
Rfe1 $6 (26. g4 $5) 26... h5 $1 $15 {It is important to prevent White from
attacking my queen and forcing it to move from square "f5".} 27. Rab1 Ba8 $1 (
27... Bc6 $143 28. Qf1 {[%csl Rc4,Rc6,Rg8][%cal Gf1c4]}) 28. Re2 (28. Qf1 $6 c5
29. Qxc4+ Kg7 {[%csl Rf3,Rh1][%cal Gd7e5]}) 28... c5 29. Be3 Re7 {It is
important to get control of line "e".} 30. Bf4 Rde8 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Bd6 Re6
$1 33. Rd1 $140 Bc6 {All Black's pieces are located ideally.} 34. Kg1 {
Alexander offered me a draw here,but i had firm intention on refusing the draw
and playing towards a win.} Kf7 35. Qd2 g5 36. Bc7 Ne5 37. Bxe5 {White can no
longer stand this knight.} Qxe5 38. Kf2 Re7 39. Re1 $6 {It seems that White
shouldn't have attempted to exchange his heavy pieces, while being down a pawn.
} (39. Ne2 $5) 39... Qd4+ 40. Qxd4 cxd4 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. Ne2 d3 43. cxd3 cxd3
44. Nc3 {[%mdl 4096] Alexander planned this before exchanging his heavy pieces.
} (44. Nd4 $143 Bd5 45. a3 Kd6 46. Ke3 Bc4) 44... Ke6 $1 {I wasted 35 minutes
to find this move.} (44... Kd6 $143 45. Ke3 Kc5 46. Kxd3 f5 47. Nd1 {[%cal
Gd1e3]}) 45. Ke3 g4 46. fxg4 (46. Kxd3 $5 gxf3 47. gxf3 Bxf3 48. Ke3) (46. Nd1
$6 d2 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Rf3,Rg2,Yg4,Yh5]}) 46... hxg4 47. Kxd3 Ke5 $1 $17 {As we
can see, White's pawn on "g2" is under attack, however it will not run
anywhere and I will take Pg2 on following move. Ke5 is very important, because
my king takes control of square "d4".} (47... Bxg2 $143 48. Kd4 {[%csl Yd4]
[%cal Yd4e5]}) 48. Ke3 Bxg2 49. Ne2 Bd5 50. a3 Be4 51. Nc3 f5 {White cannot
prevent the mobility of the "f" pawn and at the same time stop my king from
going to the queen side.} 52. Na2 (52. Ne2 $143 Kd5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd5c4,
Gc4b3]}) 52... a5 53. Nc3 Bc6 54. Kd3 {White agreed to allow me to promote my
pawn to f4. If not right now, they would still be forced to allow such
movement after several more moves:} (54. Ne2 Be8 $5 55. Nd4 $140 Bd7 $22 {
[%csl Ye3][%cal Ge5d5,Gd5c4,Gf5f4]}) 54... f4 55. gxf4+ Kxf4 56. Ne2+ Ke5 57.
Ke3 Kd5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd5c4,Gc4b3]} 58. Nd4 a4 $1 {It is important to block
White's pawn on "a3" and also that it is close to being promoted to a queen.
White's only chance to a draw is to sacrifice the knight for pawn "g" and have
enough time to bring his king to the corner "a1".} (58... Kc5 $6 59. Nb3+ Kb5
60. Nd4+) 59. Nc2 {White has no defense:} (59. Kd3 Bd7 $22) (59. Nxc6 $2 Kxc6
60. Kf4 Kd5 61. Kxg4 Kc4 62. Kf3 Kb3 63. Ke3 Kxa3 64. Kd2 Kb2 $19) 59... Kc4
60. Nb4 Bd7 61. Nd3 Bf5 62. Nc1 (62. Ne5+ Kb3 63. Nxg4 Bxg4 64. Kd2 Kxa3 65.
Kc1 Bf5 $19 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Yf5b1]}) 62... Kc3 $19 {White could have resigned
right here but he decided to make a few more moves.} 63. Ne2+ Kb2 64. Kd4 Kxa3
65. Kc3 Ka2 66. Kb4 a3 67. Nc3+ Kb2 68. Na4+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Zaw, Win Lay"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Myanmar"]
[BlackTeam "Pakistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MYA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8.
b3 c5 9. Bb2 f6 10. a4 a5 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. d3 Ng6 14. Nd2 Be6 15.
Ne3 Qd7 16. Ndc4 b6 17. Rd1 O-O 18. c3 Rad8 19. Kh1 Rfe8 20. f3 Bf8 21. Rf2 Qf7
22. g3 Rd7 23. Rfd2 Red8 24. Qe2 Qe8 25. Kg2 Ne7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 exd4 28.
Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Nc6 31. Bc3 Qd7 32. Qd2 Qxd2+ 33. Nxd2 Bc5 34.
Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Ne7 36. Ne4 Ba3 37. g4 Nxd5 38. Bd2 Kf7 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Ke2
Bb4 41. Bc1 c6 42. Kd3 g6 43. h4 Be7 44. h5 f5 45. gxf5+ gxf5 46. Ng5+ Bxg5 47.
Bxg5 Kd6 48. Kc4 Kd7 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Bh4 c5+ 51. Kc4 Kd6 52. Bg5 Kc6 53. h6 Nc7
54. Bd8 Ne8 55. Be7 Nd6+ 56. Bxd6 Kxd6 {[#] Weiß verfügt über starken
Raumgewinn, kann damit aber nicht einmal im Remissinne etwas anfangen. Der
Raum ist sozusagen leer.} 57. Kb5 Kc7 58. Ka6 Kc6 59. f4 (59. f4 c4 60. bxc4
Kc5 61. Kb7 Kxc4 62. Kxb6 Kb4 63. Kc6 Kxa4 64. Kd5 Kb4 65. Ke5 a4 66. Kxf5 a3
67. Kf6 a2 68. Kg7 a1=Q+ 69. Kxh7 Qf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Rad1 Ne6
15. Qc4 Bd6 16. Bg3 Qf6 17. e5 Qxf3 18. Re3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Bc5 20. Qe2 Rad8 21.
Bh4 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 {It is surprising that Black loses this game, as his minor
pieces are all securely posted, his pawn structure is healthy, and White's
king is a little exposed.} Re8 23. Nf2 b5 24. Kh2 Bb6 25. Qf3 Nf8 26. Bg3 Rd8
27. Qe2 c5 28. h4 h6 29. h5 Bh7 30. Nh3 Ne6 31. Bf4 c4 32. g5 {White just
sneaks through on the kingside.} c3 33. bxc3 Ba5 34. Qf3 Bxc2 35. gxh6 Bd1 36.
Qc6 Bxh5 37. Ng5 Nxf4 38. h7+ Kh8 39. exf4 Bb6 40. Kg3 Rf8 41. Qd7 f6 42. Ne6
Rf7 43. Qe8+ Kxh7 44. Nd8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
d3 Nd7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. Nc3 {Meistens wird der Springer nach d2
entwickelt, vermutlich nicht ohne Grund.} (10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. d4 (11. Nc4 $5 Ne6
12. Ne3) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 $13) 10... Re8 11. Kh1 Nf8 12. Ne2 c5 13. Nh4 Ne6
14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. f4 Be6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Ng1 ({Man kann auch gleich
} 18. c3 {spielen, denn den Springertausch muss Weiß nicht fürchten. Aber der
Ne2 soll sowieso nach f3 gehen.}) 18... g6 $1 19. c3 Nc6 20. Nf3 {Weiß hat für
diese Aufstellung insgesamt 8 Springerzüge gebraucht.} Bg7 21. Qe1 $2 {Wenn
Weiß die Stellung weiterhin geschlossen hält, muss er nichts fürchten. Dazu
muss er auf ...a5 zu a4 in der Lage sein.} ({Prinzipiell spricht auch nichts
gegen} 21. c4 $5 {, aber aus irgendeinem Grund wollte McShane so nie spielen.})
(21. Qc2 a5 22. a4 $11) 21... a5 $1 $15 ({Natürlich nicht} 21... Qxd3 $2 22.
Rd1 Qb5 (22... Qxe4 23. Ng5) 23. Ng5 {und Schwarz sieht sich einem Angriff
ausgesetzt, bei dem seine Dame nichts zur Verteidigung beiträgt.}) 22. Rd1 (22.
a4 $2 Bxb3 23. c4 {funktioniert nicht, es folgt} Qxd3 $1 24. Ra3 Red8 25. Rf2
Nd4 {und Weiß kann aus der Stellung der schwarzen Dame keinen Nutzen ziehen.})
22... a4 23. bxa4 {Dies ist vermutlich notwendig.} Rxa4 24. a3 Rf8 25. Bc1 {
Das führt zu nichts, besser ist} (25. Qe2 {und Weiß sollte sich zunächst
passiv verhalten, Schwarz muss erst mal einen Gewinnplan finden.}) 25... Ra8
26. Qg3 $6 {Die weißen Ambitionen am Königsflügel erhalten sofort einen
Dämpfer:} Bb3 $1 27. Rde1 $2 (27. Rd2 Bh6 $1 28. Qf2 {mag hässlich sein, hält
aber die materielle Balance.}) 27... Qxd3 {Schwarz gewinnt nun mühelos.} 28.
Ng4 Be6 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Qh4 Bf6 31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Kg7 33. Qc1 Rf4 34. Rd1
Qc4 35. Rfe1 Raf8 36. Ng5 Bc8 37. g3 Rf2 38. Nf5+ gxf5 39. Nh3 Re2 40. Qg5+ Kh8
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nbd2
Be7 8. Nc4 Bf6 $6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 $1 $14 {0-1 Botvinnik,M-Stein,L/Moscow
1965/EXT 2002 (49)}) 5... Be7 6. Bxc6 {The Delayed Exchange Spanish. The idea
behind this tempo is to not let Black to play f6. In the meantime, the tempo
has cost White and does not leave him much he can ahcieve in the opening.} dxc6
7. Nc3 {The most aggressive continuation, otherwise the postion is harmless
for Black} (7. d3 Nd7 8. b3 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 (9. a4 c5 10. a5 f6 11. Nh4 Rf7
$1 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6,Ge6d4]} 12. Nf5 Nf8 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Be3
Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Topalov,V (2796)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra 
(32)}) 9... f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 g6 $1 $15 {0-1 Huebner,
R-Smyslov,V/Palma de Mallorca 1970/IZT (41)}) 8... c5 $6 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Nbd2
O-O 11. Nc4 f6 12. Nh4 Nb8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 {[%csl Gc4,Rd6,Ye4]} Nc6 15.
Qf3 Qd7 16. Qe4 Kh8 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Ne3 Nd4 19. c3 Nc6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. h4 $1
{[%cal Gg2g3,Gh4h5,Gg1g2,Ge1h1]} Rfe8 22. h5 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2825)
-Svidler,P (2690)/ICC INT 1998/EXT 1999 (54)}) 7... Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 (9.
Qxd4 {would be an equivalent alternative} O-O 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Qe3 (11. Qc4 Qe8
12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Bg3 b5 14. Qe2 a5 15. Re1 b4 (15... Bb7 $6 16. Nd1 c5 17. Nc3
c4 18. Nd5 a4 19. Rad1 a3 20. b3 cxb3 21. cxb3 Bd8 22. Qe3 h6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24.
Qxd4 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qd7 26. Qc5 Ra6 27. h3 Rg6 28. d6 cxd6 29. Bxd6 Re8 30.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qd5 Bb6 32. Kf1 Rf6 33. Bg3 Qe3 34. Kg1 Qxg3 {0-1 Radulski,J 
(2590)-Kolev,A (2575)/Plovdiv 2011/CB05_2011}) 16. Nd5 cxd5 17. exd5 Ba6 18.
Qe3 Bc5 19. Qe4 Bb7 20. Qc4 Ba6 $11) 11... Qe8 12. Nd4 Bd6 13. Qf3 Qe5 14. g3
Ne6 (14... f5 $5 $11) 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Be3 $11 Bf8 17. Rd3 {0-1 Benjamin,J 
(2565)-Onischuk,A (2699)/Saint Louis 2010/CBM 137 (64)}) 9... O-O 10. Qe2 Bd6
$5 $146 {The idea behind this move lies in the forthcoming black moves.} (10...
Ne5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Rad1 Qh4 13. h3 Re8 14. f4 Ng6 15. e5 Bc5 16. Qf3 Qe7 17.
Ne4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 f5 19. Ng3 Be6 20. b3 Rad8 21. c4 Rd7 22. Rd2 Red8 23. Rfd1
a5 24. Ne2 c5 25. Be3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 b6 28. Qd3 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Bxd7
30. Nc3 Bc6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. g3 Ke6 33. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Leko,P 
(2755)/Mukachevo 2007/CBM 121}) (10... Re8 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. Rad1 Qf6 13. Be3 Bb4
14. f3 Ne5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Leko,P (2755)/Mukachevo 2007/CBM 121
(56)} (14... Bxc3 $5 15. bxc3 c5 16. Nf5 Ne5 $13)) 11. Be3 Nf6 12. f4 Ng4 {
In return for his lack of development, Black obtains the permanent advantage
of the two bishops. However, White's advantage can evaporate due to
inaccuracies.} 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f6 15. Nce2 Qe7 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Ng3 Qf7
18. b3 Bg4 19. Rde1 Bd7 20. Nf3 (20. e5 Bc5 21. Qc3 Bb6 22. Nf3 Bg4 {and Black
is just fine.}) 20... Rad8 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Qg6 {[%csl Gd6,Gd7,Re5]} 23.
Qa7 {This move is not a srious mistake, but it seems it is the beginning one
of a series of inaccuracies made by Grischuk.} Bb4 24. Rd1 Bc8 25. Qf2 Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 Rf8 $15 27. Qe2 {[%csl Gb4,Gc8,Yf3,Yg3]} Be7 28. Rf1 h6 29. Nd4 $2 {
Now White goes astray, he had to keep the rooks on the board, now the
advantage of the bishop pair advantage could become more evident!} c5 30. Rxf8+
Bxf8 31. Nf3 Be6 32. Nf1 b5 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 Qb1 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4,Re5]
Black's advantage is decisive now. Aronian brings home the full point
comfortably.} 35. h3 Qc1 36. N3d2 Be7 37. Kh2 Bg5 38. g3 Qc2 39. a3 Qf5 40. g4
Bf4+ 41. Kg2 Qxe5 42. Qxe5 Bxe5 43. Ne3 Bb2 44. Nb1 Kf7 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke4 Kg5
47. Nd5 Bxd5+ 48. cxd5 Kh4 49. Nd2 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Zalakaros op 35th"]
[Site "Zalakaros"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kulon, Klaudia"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 10. b3 Re8 11. a4 Nf8 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. h3 b5 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qd7 17. Ne1 Be7 18. g3 Bc5 19. Kg2 Bb4 $2 {too slow} (19...
f6 {was necessary, to protect against invasion on the h-file.} 20. g5 {won't
work now} fxg5 21. Qh5 Re6 $1 {[%cal Ge6g6,Gh7h6]} 22. Qxg5 Nf4+ $1 $19) 20. g5
Bxe1 21. Rxe1 f6 22. Qh5 fxg5 23. Rh1 Nf8 24. Qxg5 Qd6 25. Rh5 h6 26. Qg4 Nd7
27. Rh4 Re6 28. Ba3 c5 29. axb5 Rg6 30. Qh5 Rg5 31. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Pyramiden Franken Cup 4th"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Naumann,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 f6 10. Bb2 Nc5 11. d4 {Wenn Weiss nicht d4 spielt, kommt
Schwarz zu Se6 und behaelt die Kontrolle ueber das Zentrum.} exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6
13. Nf5 Bxf5 {Auf Se4: waere Sh6+ mit guter Kompensation gefolgt.} 14. exf5 Qd7
15. Qf3 {Weiss ist verpflichtet den Bauern zu opfern, erhaelt aber genuegend
Gegenspiel.} Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qxd2 17. Ba3 Qd6+ 18. g3 Rfd8 (18... Rfe8 19. Rad1
Qf8 20. Rd7 $14) 19. Rad1 Qf8 20. Kg2 a5 21. Qf4 b5 22. Qxc7 b4 23. Bb2 Rdc8
24. Qf4 {Weiss hat die angenehmere Stellung. Die schwarzen Damenfluegelbauern
sind sehr anfaellig.} Qf7 25. Rd6 Nd7 26. Rfd1 Nb6 27. Qg4 Nd5 28. Re1 {
T1d5 scheitert an h5.} Re8 29. Ree6 {Jetzt begann die Zeitnotphase.} Rac8 {
Tc6: waere leichter gewesen.} 30. Qc4 Rxe6 31. fxe6 Qe8 32. Qc5 {Hier habe ich
etwas planlos gespielt.} h5 33. Qa7 Qg6 34. Qd4 Kh7 {Hier hat Schwarz seine
Chance verpasst. Nach Dc2: haette SchwarzguteAussichten auf Vorteil gehabt.
Allerdings hatte Schwarz nur noch Sekunden auf der Uhr.} 35. Qc4 Ne7 36. Rd7
Nf5 37. Qd3 Re8 38. Bxf6 $1 {Der Killer in Zeitnot.} Qxf6 39. Rf7 Qxe6 40. Rxf5
g6 41. Rxh5+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Qf6 {Verliert sofort. Allerdings gewinnt Weiss auch
nach Kf8.} 43. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 42-22"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1957.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.07.03"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 (9. g4 Nxg4 $1 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. Qe2 Qd6 12. Qe3 Bh3 13. Nh4 Bxf1
14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Kxf1 Bb4 $15 {Conquest,S-Stefansson,H/Hafnafirdi/1992/0:1 (68)
Inf 54/327/}) 9... Nd7 10. d3 (10. g4 Bg6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 h5 13. Nf5 (13.
Bf4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Bd6 15. e5 Bc5 16. e6 Bxd4 17. exd7+ Kf8 18. Kg2 Qxd7 19. f3
c5 $13 {Adams,M-Short,N/ENG(ch-m)/1991/0,5 (42)/}) 13... hxg4 14. hxg4 Bd6 15.
f4 Bxf5 16. exf5+ Kf8 17. g5 Nc5 18. b4 Qd7 $1 $13 {Sax,G-Ivkov,B/Rio de
Janeiro(izt)/1979/0,5 (28) Inf 28/281/}) 10... f6 11. Be3 Nf8 12. Rad1 $6 (12.
g4 Bf7 13. Nh4 Ne6 (13... g6 14. f4 $5 exf4 15. Bxf4 g5 16. e5 $40) 14. Nf5 c5
(14... Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nb1 $14)) 12... c5 13. Nd5 (13. g4 Bf7 14. Nh4 Ne6
15. Nf5 Nd4 $15) 13... Bd6 14. b4 cxb4 15. d4 Nd7 $6 (15... Ne6 16. dxe5 fxe5
17. Qc4 Bf7 $15) 16. g4 Bf7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nh4 O-O 19. Nf5 $44 (19. f4 $2
Nc6 20. Nf5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Ne7 $17) 19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe8 21. Rfd1 b5 22. Nxd6
cxd6 23. Rxd6 Nc4 24. Rd7 Rf7 (24... Qxe4 $2 25. Rxg7+ $1 $18) 25. Rxf7 Qxf7
26. Bc5 a5 27. Rd5 Re8 28. Qd3 h6 29. Bd4 Qb7 30. f3 Rc8 31. Kg2 Qc6 32. f4 $4
(32. Rc5 Qe8 33. Rd5 $10) 32... Nb2 $1 $19 33. Bxb2 (33. Qxb5 Qxc2+ 34. Kg3 Nd3
$19) 33... Qxc2+ 34. Qd2 Qxe4+ 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. Qd4 Qe1+ 37. Kf3 Qe2+ 38. Kg3
Rxb2 39. Rd7 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Rg2+ 42. Kh4 Qe1+ (42... Qe1+ 43. Kh5
Qe8+ 44. Kh4 g5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 f6 {Dominguez uses a modern approach: he holds back with 0-0.} 9. Nc4 (9.
Nh4 g6 10. Nc4 Nc5 11. Bh6 (11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Nf3 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Nxe4 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Bxc7 Bc5+ 18. Kf1 O-O $15 {0-1 (37) Pacher,M 
(2402)-Nyback,T (2636) Plovdiv 2012}) 11... Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14.
Qe1 Bxc4 15. bxc4 g5 16. h4 g4 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Nb3 $13 Kb8 $13) (9. d4 exd4 10.
Nxd4 Ne5 11. N2f3 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bd6 14. g3 Bg4 15. Rd3 O-O-O 16.
Nh4 Bc5 17. Kf1 Rhe8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. f3 Bh3+ 20. Ng2 $13 {1/2-1/2 (79)
Macieja,B (2633)-Berczes,D (2501) Richardson 2014}) 9... Nc5 10. Ne3 (10. Nh4
g6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qf3 Ne6 13. Qg3 Rf7 $13) 10... O-O 11. Nf5 (11. Bd2 Be6 12.
Qe2 Qd7 $13) 11... Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd7 13. Nh4 Rfe8 {Now an idea for White is to
control the e4-square with a knight but that is not easy to achieve.} 14. Be3
Na4 15. Qg4 b5 16. b3 Nc3 17. Nf3 Nd5 18. Qe4 (18. Nd2 g6 $17) 18... Nc3 19.
Qg4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Ba3 $1 21. Rae1 c5 {The idea is Bb4.} 22. c4 Ne7 23. Nh4 Bb4
24. Bh6 Nc8 $1 {A really nice strategic game.} 25. Re2 Nd6 26. Rd1 $6 (26. h3 {
it was necessary to defend the queen} a5 27. Bc1 a4 $15) 26... Kh8 27. Bc1 g5
$1 $17 {Black has triumphed in this strategic game.} 28. Bxg5 $6 (28. Nf3 Qxf5
$17) 28... Qg7 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 {White doesn't have enough compensation for the
piece.} 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. f4 exf4 {Not a very precise move.} (31... Rae8 $1 32.
Ng6+ (32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 $19) 32... Kg7 33. fxe5 Qxf5 34. Qxf5 Nxf5
$17) 32. Ng6+ Kg7 33. Nxf4 ({A better try was} 33. Ne7 Rge8 34. Re6 Qf7 35. f6+
Kh8 36. Qd5 Rf8 $15) 33... Qxf5 34. Re7+ Kh8 35. Qh4 Bc3 $19 36. Rf1 Bd4+ 37.
Kh1 Rg7 38. Ree1 Qg4 (38... Rg4 $1 39. Qh6 Bg7 {wins on the spot.}) 39. Qh6 Qg5
40. Qxg5 Rxg5 41. Ne6 Rh5 42. g4 Rh4 43. g5 c6 {Out of time trouble and now it
is a matter of technique.} 44. Kg2 h6 45. Kg3 hxg5 46. Nxg5 Rh6 47. h4 Bf6 48.
Kg4 Rg8 49. Rf3 Rhg6 50. Re6 Bxg5 51. Rxg6 Rxg6 52. hxg5 Kg7 53. Re3 Nf7 54.
Kf5 Rxg5+ 55. Ke6 b4 56. Kd7 Ne5+ 57. Ke6 Ng4 58. Re2 Rg6+ 59. Kd7 a5 60. Kc7
Kf7 61. Kb6 Re6 62. Rd2 Ne5 63. Kxa5 Ke7 64. Rh2 Kd6 65. Kb6 Nxd3 66. Rh8 Ke5
67. Rh4 Rf6 0-1

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1998.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 Bxe4 $1 11. g5 Rg8 $1 12. d3 (12. gxf6 gxf6+ 13. Ng4
f5 14. Nc3 Bxc2 $17) 12... Bf5 13. Re1 Bxh3 $1 14. Kh2 (14. gxf6 gxf6+ 15. Kh2
fxe5 16. Kxh3 Qd4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rd4h4]} 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Be3 Rd6 $1 $19 19.
Bxd4 Rh6+ 20. Qh5 Rxh5#) 14... Be6 $1 15. gxf6 gxf6 16. Nf3 (16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17.
Bf4 Qd7 $17) (16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Rg1 O-O-O 18. Rg3 Qd4 19. Kg2 Qh4 $19) {[%tqu
"En","Can you find the winning move for Black here?","Hia king is cut off on
the h file. If only you could give check with your queen from h5 it would be
mate!","Move your queen and threaten mate!","d8d5","",12]} 16... Qd5 17. Kh1
Bd6 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lejarre, Ludovic"]
[Black "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Bxc6
{[%emt 0:03:37] La variante d'échange différée} (6. Re1) 6... dxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 7. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (7. d3) 7... Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:45]} (7... c5 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 {Anand,V (2650)-Short,N (2660) Tilburg 1991
(7) 1/2}) 8. b3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:18]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:53]}
Bd6 {[%emt 0:06:44]} (9... f6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Na3 $5 {Kovalev,A 
(2545)-Biolek,R (2415) Ostrava 1993 1-0}) 10. d3 {[%emt 0:05:32]} (10. d4 exd4
11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Rd1 c5 14. Ne2 Qh4 15. Ng3 Nc6 16. f4 Bg4 17. Rb1
f6 18. e5 fxe5 19. f5 Rf8 20. Qe4 h5 21. Nc4 Rf7 22. Rf2 Raf8 23. Rbf1 Kh8 24.
Ne3 Be7 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Ba3 b6 27. Ne3 Nd4 28. Bc1 Bg5 29. c3 Nb5 30. Nxg4 hxg4
31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. c4 Nd6 33. Qxe5 a5 34. Kh1 Re7 35. Qb2 Ne4 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37.
g3 Rf6 38. Qc2 Qe3 39. Rd2 Rh6 {Shabalov,A (2611)-Safarli,E (2594) Moscow 2010
1/2-1/2}) 10... Re8 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:06:
37][%cal Gf8e6,Gf8g6]} 12. Nc4 {[%emt 0:07:46]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 13. Qe3 {
[%emt 0:15:53]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
15. Kh1 $146 {[%emt 0:03:17]} (15. h4 f6 16. g3 Qd7 17. Nh2 Qh3 18. Qf3 Ne7 19.
Ne3 Rf8 20. Nhg4 h5 21. Nh2 g6 22. Ng2 Nc6 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. f4 Nd4 25. Rf2 Qe6
26. Nf3 Bd7 27. Raf1 Qe7 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Ng5 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Rf8 31. Qxf8+ Qxf8
32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Ne3 b6 34. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 (34) Saulin,D (2375)-Kholmov,R (2465)
Moscow 1997}) 15... b6 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 16. Ng1 $5 {[%emt 0:10:34][%cal Gg1e2,
Gf2f4]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:14:39]} 17. Ne2 {[%emt 0:18:07]} f5 $1 {[%emt 0:05:34]}
18. exf5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxf5
$132 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 20. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:09:24][%csl Gd4]}
21. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 22. Rae1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Qe7 {
[%emt 0:08:49]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rab8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:09] Un coup
bizarre} (23... Rae8 {Plus naturel}) 24. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 25. Nexd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 26. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 27. Qe3 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Rh6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:22][%csl
Rh2][%cal Ge7h4]} 28. h3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} (28. Qf2 Rf8 29. Qg3 Rg6) 28... Rf8 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} 29. Rf2 {[%emt 0:05:33][%cal Gf2h2] Anticipant un sacrifice en
h3} (29. Nxb6 Qe6 $1 {[%cal Gh6h3,Ge6h3]}) 29... Qh4 $44 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 30.
Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} (30... d5 31. Rfe2 Rf5) 31. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:05:22]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 32. Nf1 {[%emt 0:01:45]} d5 $36 {[%emt 0:
00:42] Les pièces Noires sont trés actives contrairement à celle du rennais}
33. d4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 34. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} (34... d3 $5 35. cxd3 (35. Re8+) 35... d4 {[%csl Gb7]}) 35.
Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 36. Ree2 $6 $138 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 37. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 38. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:30][%csl Rf3]} 39. f4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rh6 {
[%emt 0:04:00]} 40. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 42. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:
08:21]} 43. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 44. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 45. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46.
Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (46... Kg6) 47. Rd2 {[%emt 0:06:28]}
Kg6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 48. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} 49. Kg3
Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} 50. Kh4 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Rxb3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51.
Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 52. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb4 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} 53. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 54. Rg5+ {
[%emt 0:02:41]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:04:23]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
45]} 56. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 30th"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Qf3 Rf7 (11... Ne6 $5 12. Nf5 Nd4 13. Nxd4
Qxd4 (13... exd4 14. Qg3 Be6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Na5 (16. a4 b6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. f4
b5 19. Na5 f5 20. Qf3 c5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rfe1 c6 23. c4 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Bd6 25.
g3 c4 26. dxc4 {Wedberg-Geller/Reykjavik open  YB/1-185 1987/0-1 (40)}) 16...
Qd7 17. Nxb7 Rb8 18. Na5 Rxb2 19. Bxc7 Bxa2 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Bf4 Bb4 22. Nc4
Bxc4 23. dxc4 {Perez,JJ-Short,P/Dubai olm (11) 1986/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 14. Be3 Qd8
(14... Qd7 15. a4 b5 16. Nd2 Bd6 17. Qg3 f5 18. exf5 e4 19. Qh4 exd3 20. axb5
Qxf5 21. bxc6 dxc2 22. Rac1 Rb8 23. Qc4+ Be6 24. Qxc2 {Watts-Hebden/London  YB/
2-177 1984/0-1 (43)}) 15. Na5 (15. Qg3 Be6 16. Nd2 Bd6 17. Kh1 Qe8 18. f4 Qg6
19. f5 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bf7 21. g4 h6 22. Rf3 Rfd8 23. Rh3 Rd7 24. Kg1 Kf8 {
Doncevic,D-Herbrechtsmeier,C/BL 8283 Zähringen-Koblenz [1] 1982/1/2-1/2 (52)})
15... Bb4 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. f3 a5 19. a4 Be6 $10 {Hort-Spassky,
Reykjavik m-12 1977, 23/(293)}) (11... Be6 12. Ne3 g6 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. b3 Bf7
15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne6 17. Rf2 Bd6 18. Qg4 {= Wedberg,T-Reshevsky,S/
Reykjavik (open) 1984}) 12. Nf5 (12. Qg3 $142 Ne6 (12... Kh8 $5) 13. Nf5 Kh8
14. Nxe7 Rxe7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 18. e5 Bxc4 19. exf6 {
1/2-1/2 Mestel,J-Geller,E/London 1982}) 12... Bf8 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Rad1 c5 15.
c3 Qe8 16. Rfe1 Kh8 17. h4 a5 $1 18. Bc1 Ra6 $1 19. g3 a4 20. Kg2 b5 21. Nd2 (
21. Na3 b4 22. Nc4 a3 $1) 21... g6 22. Ne3 h5 $1 23. Qe2 (23. Nd5 $1 Nd4 $3 24.
cxd4 Bg4 25. Qe3 cxd4 $19) 23... Rd6 $17 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Nc2 Rfd7 26. d4 c6 27.
d5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Nc7 30. c4 Ba6 $2 {At this point White had only
two minutes left and I wanted to have everything, so I made this quick and
silly mistake.} (30... bxc4 31. Qxc4 Nxd5 32. Qxa4 Bb7 {led to a big advantage
instead.} 33. Kg1 $2 Nb6 $19) 31. Qe4 $1 Kh7 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 bxc4 34. bxc4
Ne8 35. Ne3 Nd6 36. Qc2 Bh6 37. Nd2 Qa5 $2 38. Bb2 Rb7 (38... Bxc4 $2 {for the
last moves I played for this trap, only to realize that is was not good in the
very last minute.} 39. Ndxc4 $1 (39. Nexc4 Nxc4 40. Nxc4 Qxe1 41. Bc3 Qc1)
39... Qxe1 40. Bc3 $1 $18) 39. Bc3 Qb6 40. Rb1 Qd8 41. Ra1 Ra7 (41... Bxc4 $2
42. Ba5 $1 $18) 42. Kh2 Ra8 43. Ba5 Qc8 44. Ne4 Nxe4 45. Qxe4 Bb7 {The
position is about equal.} 46. f4 $2 exf4 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. d6 fxe3 $1 (48...
fxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Bxe3 50. d7 Qb8+ 51. Kh3 $13) 49. d7 Qc6 50. d8=Q+ Rxd8 51.
Qxd8+ Bf8 $6 (51... Kf7 52. Qc7+ Qxc7 53. Bxc7 Ke6 {offered better chances to
play for a win}) 52. Qd5+ Qxd5 53. cxd5 Bxd5 54. Re1 $1 Bh6 55. Bb6 Bf3 56.
Bxc5 e2 57. Bb4 Kf7 58. Ra1 f5 $6 (58... g5 59. Kg1 gxh4 60. Kf2) (58... Ke6
59. Ra6+ Kf5 60. Bc3 Ke4 61. Rxf6 Bg7 62. Re6+ Kd5 (62... Kd3 $2 63. Be1 Bc3
64. Bxc3 Kxc3 65. Kg1) 63. Rxe2 $3 $10) 59. Ra7+ Ke6 60. Ra6+ Kf7 61. Ra7+ Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Surprise. Until now Kramnik hasn't
played Ruy Lopez.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {I have been employing} (5... b5 6.
Bb3 Bc5 {recently but knowing that Anand played it against Kasparov in New
York I suspected that Kramnik would analyse it through with Garri and it might
be the reason he chose the Spanish against me.}) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 $5 {
A rare but very tricky line. I definitely didn't react in the best way.} Nd7 {
An interesting alternative which Paul Keres used to play would be} (7... Be6 $5
8. b3 Nd7 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. d4 f6 {.}) 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. a4 Qe7 $6 {An
artifitial setup. Simple development like} (10... O-O {is always better.}) (
10... O-O 11. Na3 Re8 (11... b6 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. d3 Qe7 14. Qe2 (14. Ne3 Rae8
15. Nf5 Qd8 16. N3h4 g6 {1/2-1/2 Gavrilakis,N-Lalic,B/Novi Sad olm (04)
GRC-JUB 1990}) 14... Rae8 15. Rfe1 Qd8 16. Bc1 Nb8 17. Ne3 Nc6 $10 {Hickl,
J-Wahls,M/Bern zt (2) 1990/1-0 (84)}) (11... f6 {Wedberg} 12. Nc4 Nb8 13. Nh4
Nc6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 $6 15. exf5 Qd7 16. Qe4 $16 {<=> Blatny,P-Siklosi,Z/Kecskemet
56/(372) 1992}) 12. Nc4 f6 13. d3 (13. Nh4 {Wedberg} Nf8 14. Nf5 Rb8 15. d3 Ne6
16. Nfxd6 cxd6 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bc6 $10 {Frendzas,P-Sturua,Z/Peristeri (03)
1993/1/2-1/2 (73)}) 13... Nf8 14. Nfd2 Ne6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 b6 17. Ne3 Bb7
$10 {1/2-1/2 Gullaksen,E-Berzinsh,R/Debrecen EU-chT (8) LAT-NOR 1992 (22)}) 11.
Nc3 $1 {A new and the most logical move. Black would be fine after} (11. Na3 $6
Nb8 $1 {which in fact has already occured in a few games.} (11... Nb8 {Wedberg}
12. Nc4 Nc6 $10) (11... Nf8 12. Nc4 Ng6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Rfe1 Bd7 $10 {
Ivanovic-Ajanski/Plovdiv/1977})) 11... Nf6 (11... c6 12. d3 $14) 12. d3 $14 Be6
13. Nd2 g5 $6 {Violating all the strategical rules. The f5 weakness will be
pain in neck for a long time. I should have chosen. Wedberg: Preventing f4 and
going for 0-0-0. Its quite logical, but unusual, to castle queenside in this
line. Compare it to the immediate exchange variation, 4.Bxc6, were 0-0-0 is
standard procedure for Black.} (13... Nd7 14. Nc4 O-O {with playable position
although after} 15. Ne3 {White is still slightly better.}) 14. Nc4 O-O-O 15.
Ba3 $1 $16 {Straight attack is the best in the situation. Black finds himself
in severe difficulties as his pieces are badly coordinated.} Nd7 (15... h5 16.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 (16... cxd6 $6 {Wedberg} 17. b4 $40) 17. a5 $40 {/\Na4, b4}) 16. Rb1
Nb8 {Trying to get some air. Otherwise it would be one side play, for example}
(16... Rhe8 17. b4 Bxc4 (17... cxb4 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Bxb4 $16) 18. dxc4 cxb4
19. Nd5 $16 {etc.}) 17. Nd5 $1 {White could force a slightly better ending
after} (17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 (17... cxd6 $2 18. Nd5 (18. b4 $40) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5
$16 {/\ 20.b4}) 18. Qe3 (18. b4 {Wedberg} cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nc6 20. Rb3 Qd4 21. Rb2
f5 $13) 18... Qd4 19. Ne2 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Nd7 $14 {but it's clear that he
aspires for more. Meanwhile}) (17. b4 cxb4 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Bxb4 Nc6 {
would already give Black certain defensive possibilities.}) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5
Rhe8 (18... f5 $142 {Wedberg}) 19. Qe4 $1 {A very precise move.} (19. Nxd6+
Qxd6 20. c4 c6 $1 {would promise Black counterplay, for example} 21. b4 cxd5
22. bxc5 Qe6 $13 {. Another interesting opportunity was}) (19. b4 $5 cxb4 $8
20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Rxb4 Rxd5 22. Qb1 $1 Nc6 23. Rxb7 Qc5 24. Ne3 $14 {.}) 19...
Nd7 $1 {Passive defence like} (19... Qd7 $6 20. Ne3 {is just a hell.}) 20. b4
$1 {White could capture the pawn with} (20. Qxh7 {But I think that after} Rh8
21. Qf5 g4 $1 {Black gets counterchances. I prefer the text.}) 20... cxb4 21.
Nxd6+ {Of course not} (21. Bxb4 $4 Bxb4 22. d6 cxd6 23. Rxb4 d5 $19 {.}) 21...
Qxd6 22. Bxb4 Qg6 $1 {The best practical try. After} (22... f5 23. Qxf5 $1 {
(but not} (23. Qc4 $6 Nb6 $1 24. Bxd6 Nxc4 25. Bxc7 Rd7 $1 {with draw as
indicated by Kasparov}) 23... Qxd5 24. Qxh7 {White would also grab a pawn but
this time without any compensation.}) 23. Qe3 (23. Qxg6 {Wedberg} hxg6 24. d6
Re6 25. dxc7 Kxc7 26. a5 $14) 23... Kb8 24. c4 f5 {[#]Making at least one
active move.} (24... Ka8 25. Ba5 $1 {would not be very promising for example}
b6 (25... Rc8 26. c5 Nf6 27. c6 bxc6 28. dxc6 Nd5 29. Qc5 Ne7 30. Rfc1 $18) 26.
Bc3 {(/\27.a5+/-)} a5 27. Rb5 $1 $16 {/\ 28.Bxa5!}) 25. c5 {The critical
moment. Kramnik opts for a rather forced continuation which poses Black big
practical problems but is objectively still not the strongest. His post-mortem
suggestion} (25. Ba5 {would also be very interesting. Black is then obliged to
play} f4 $1 26. Bxc7+ Kxc7 27. Qa7 Kd6 $1 (27... Rb8 $2 28. c5 $18) 28. Rxb7
Qxd3 29. Qxa6+ (29. c5+ Nxc5 30. Qb6+ Kxd5 31. Rc7 Qc2 $1 $15) 29... Ke7 {
and I think that he is still alive although many people would possibly prefer
White in this position. I personally consider}) (25. Rb2 $1 {to be White's
best. After} f4 (25... e4 $6 26. d4 f4 27. Qb3 $40) 26. Qe4 $1 (26. Qd2 $2 e4
$1 $132) 26... Nf6 (26... Qxe4 27. dxe4 $16) 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Rfb1 $16 {
Black has an extremely difficult endgame.}) 25... Nf6 26. d6 Nd5 {Seems
necessary in view of} (26... cxd6 $2 27. c6 $18 {or}) (26... c6 27. d4 $1 $16
Nd5 $140 28. Qb3) 27. Qd2 {Another option would be} (27. Qc1 $5 {Now
variations like} c6 $1 {is surprisingly the way to play it. I fail to
establish White's advantage, for example} (27... cxd6 $2 28. c6 Rc8 29. Ba5 Re7
30. Qc4 $18 {or}) (27... Nxb4 $2 28. dxc7+ (28. Rxb4 c6 $14) 28... Kxc7 29.
Rxb4 $16 {look very dark but}) 28. Ba5 Rd7 29. Qc4 (29. Qb2 Qg7 30. Bc7+ Rxc7
31. dxc7+ Qxc7 $44) 29... Ka7 (29... Ka8 $2 30. Rxb7 Kxb7 31. Rb1+ Ka7 32. Bb6+
Nxb6 33. Rxb6 Ka8 34. Rxc6 $3 Qg8 35. Rxa6+ Ra7 36. d7 Rb8 37. Qxg8 Rxg8 38. c6
Rb8 39. g3 Rxa6 40. c7 $18) 30. Rb2 Qg7 31. Rfb1 Rb8 $10 {I should also
mention that}) (27. dxc7+ Kxc7 28. Ba5+ Kb8 {seems acceptable for Black.})
27... cxd6 $2 {A very big mistake which should have become decisive. Again I
had to play} (27... c6 $1 {with ideas similar to previous variations.}) 28. c6
$1 Rc8 (28... Re7 $2 29. Ba3 $18) (28... b6 $2 29. Ba5 (29. Qa2 {Wedberg} Qg8
30. Qc4 Ka7 31. a5 b5 32. Bc5+ dxc5 33. Qxc5+ Kb8 34. c7+ Nxc7 35. Qb6+ Kc8 36.
Rfc1 Rd7 37. Qxa6+ Kd8 38. Qf6+ Rde7 (38... Ree7 39. Rxb5 Nxb5 40. Qb6+ Ke8 41.
Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rxg8 Kxg8 43. Qxb5 $16) 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 40. Qb6+ Kd7 41. Rc1 {+-})
29... Kc7 (29... Ka7 30. Bxb6+ Nxb6 31. Qe3 Rb8 32. a5 $18) 30. Bxb6+ Nxb6 31.
Qa5 Rb8 32. Qxa6 $18 {The best continuation was probably}) (28... Ka7 29. Ba5
bxc6 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Rb3 $16 {but still it's terrible for Black.}) 29. cxb7
Rc6 30. Rfc1 $2 {Natural but wrong.} (30. Ba3 $1 {would just win the game, for
instance} Qe6 (30... Rc3 31. Rfc1 $1 Rxa3 (31... Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Ne7 33. Rb6 Rd8
34. Qc4 {+-}) 32. Qa5 $18 (32. Qa5 {Wedberg} Nc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Qe6 35.
Qa5 d5 36. Rb6 {+-})) (30... Re7 31. Qa5 Qg8 32. Rfc1 Rec7 33. Rc4 $18) (30...
Nf4 31. Rfc1 d5 (31... Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Qe6 33. Qa5 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Nxc1 35. Qb6 Rd8
36. Qxd8+ Kxb7 37. Bxc1 {+-}) 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qb4 Rd8 34. Qe7 Qc7 35. Qf6 {+-
}) 31. Rfc1 Qd7 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxg5 $18) 30... Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Nxb4 32. Rxb4
Qe6 $1 {Now it's not easy anymore. Black is just in time.} 33. h4 $6 {Kramnik
was already in a time-trouble and he didn't play} (33. Qxg5 {which was his
best practical chance. Still I think that after} f4 $1 {Black gets some
counterplay although I am not completely sure whether it's sufficient.
Meanwhile in case of} (33... Re7 34. a5 f4 $14)) (33. Rb6 Qd5 $1 {or} (33...
Qd5 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. dxc4 Rd8 $13)) (33. Qc6 d5 34. Qc5 Qe7 35. Qb6 Qc7 {
he has already nothing to worry about.}) 33... Re7 $5 (33... gxh4 $5 {was
possible as well but I wanted to fix a draw.}) (33... gxh4 34. Rxh4 (34. Rb6
Qd5 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. dxc4 Rd8 $15) 34... Qd7 35. Rb4 d5 36. Qc5 Qc7 37. Qxd5
Qc1+ $10) 34. Qc6 (34. Rb6 $1 Rxb7 (34... gxh4 {Wedberg} 35. Rxd6 $1 Qg8 36.
Rxa6 Rxb7 37. Qc5 {+-}) 35. Qc6 Qe7 36. hxg5 $16) 34... d5 35. Qxe6 (35. Qc5 {
Wedberg} Rxb7 36. Qf8+ $10) 35... Rxe6 36. hxg5 {Here Vladimir offered me draw
and I accepted it thus making him ,as I realised afterwards, the tournament
winner. The position after} (36. hxg5 f4 $1 {is drawn.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m1"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
Qe2 $1 Bg4 (7... Nd7 8. d4 $14 (8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2)) (7... O-O 8. Nxe5 Qd4 9.
Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 f5 12. d3 $16) (7... Bd6 8. d4 Qe7 $14) 8. h3
Bxf3 (8... Bh5 $5 {Christiansen}) 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. d3 Nd7 11. Qg3 (11. Nc3 Nc5
12. Qg3 Bd6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 $14 {Wolff,P-Christiansen,L/USA-ch/1985/})
11... Re8 (11... f6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5 14. Nc3 (14. Bxc7 Qd4+) 14... Ne6
15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rf5 Ne6 18. Raf1 Nd4 19. R5f2 Qe7 $14 {Tiviakov,
S-Adams,M (13)/PCA WchQual4/1994/}) (11... Bd6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14.
Rxf4 $14) (11... f6 {Wedberg Tiviakov,S-Adams,M (13)/PCA WchQ NewYork /1994 /1/
2-1/2 /58}) 12. f4 exf4 (12... Bh4 13. Qg4 (13. Qf3 exf4 14. Bxf4 $14) 13...
exf4 14. Bxf4 Bf6 15. Nc3 $14) 13. Bxf4 Bd6 $5 (13... Bh4 14. Qf3 $14) (13...
Rc8 {Wedberg}) 14. Bxd6 (14. Nd2 $14) 14... cxd6 15. Qxd6 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 (16. d4
$2 Rad8 $17 (16... Qxb2 $2 17. Qxd7 Qxa1 18. Rxf7 Qxb1+ 19. Kh2 $18)) 16...
Qxb2 17. Na3 Ne5 (17... Rad8 18. Rab1 (18. Nc4 $5 Qxc2 19. Qg3 {/\ Nd6}) 18...
Qc3 (18... Qxa2 19. Rxb7 Ne5) 19. Rb3 (19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Re7 Qxa3 (20... Rf8 21.
Rexf7 $3 $18) 21. Rfxf7 Rxd6 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Rxh7+ $10) 19... Qc5 (19... Qa5
20. Nc4 Qxa2 21. Rxb7) 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Rb6 $16 Re7 22. Rfb1) 18. Rab1 Qxa2 (
18... Qc3 19. Rxb7) 19. Rxb7 Rad8 (19... Qe6 $16) (19... Qe6 {Wedberg}) 20. Re7
(20. Qc5 $16) 20... Rf8 (20... f6 21. Nc4 $3 Nxc4 (21... Rf8 22. Qc7 Nf7 23.
Rxf7) (21... Qxc2 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Qe6+) (21... Rxd6 22. Rxe8+ Kf7 23. Nxd6+
Kg6 24. Re7 Qxc2 25. Nf5 $18) 22. Qe6+) (20... Ng6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxc6 $18)
(20... Qb2 $1 21. Rb1 (21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. d4 Ng6 23. Qxc6 (23. Rb1 Qc3 24. Rb8
Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Nf8) 23... Rd8 24. Qc7 (24. Qxa6 Qxd4) 24... Qxd4 25. Qxf7+ Kh8
$14) 21... Qc3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rb8 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qf2+ $10) 21.
Qc5 (21. Qxe5 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Ra7 $16) 21... Ng6 (21... Nd7 22. Qc3 $1) (
21... f6 22. Ra7) 22. Ra7 h6 (22... Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qxc6) (22... Qe6 23.
Rxa6 $18) 23. Rxa6 Ra8 24. Qxc6 Rxa6 25. Qxa6 Kh7 26. d4 Re8 27. Qd3 Kg8 28.
Nc4 Rc8 29. Ne3 Qb2 30. e5 Qc3 31. Qe4 Re8 32. Nf5 Qc4 33. Re1 Qc3 34. Nd6 Re7
35. Rf1 Qa3 36. c4 (36. c4 Qxd6 37. Qa8+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Nf5 (11. Qf3 {is the main alternative.})
11... Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd7 (12... Qd5 13. Qg4 {leads to the same position.}) 13.
Qf3 Qd5 14. Qg4 Rad8 (14... e4 $1 {This break secures an equal game for Black.
Its the main reason noone wants to play this line anymore with White - unless
a draw is OK.} 15. Ne3 Qe5 16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Ne3 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Geller,E/
Moscow 1970/MCD (16)}) 15. Re1 (15. Bh6 $5 Qf7 16. b3 Rd4 17. Qg3 Rd5 18. Rae1
Kh8 19. Bc1 Nd7 20. Re4 $14 {1-0 Fedorov,V-Ivanov,I/Beltsy 1977/MCD (41)}) (15.
Be3 e4 $1 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. dxe4 Rd4 19. Na5 Bb6 20. Nb3 Rxe4 $15
{0-1 West,G-Rumens,D/Lewisham 1981/EXT 99 (78)}) 15... Rfe8 (15... Rf7 16. Be3
b5 17. Nd2 Na4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Tringov,G-Pietzsch,W/Lugano 1968/
MCD (37)}) 16. a4 $6 {A lax move. White should have taken the chance to block
the vital square e4.} (16. Nd2 $1 {Whites main hope for an advantage in this
line lies in blockading the e4-square.} Bf8 17. h3 Qf7 18. Nf3 Qd5 19. Nd2 Qf7
20. b3 Rd4 21. Qe2 Red8 22. g3 R4d5 23. Nc4 b6 24. Bb2 {1-0 Sax,G-Geller,E/
Moscow 1982/IZT (45)}) 16... Bf8 (16... e4 $5) 17. b3 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Ne3
$6 (19. Nd2 {doesn´t stop e4, but was preferable all the same.} e4 $1 20. dxe4
Nxe4 21. Nf3 Qc6 $11) 19... Qd4 $1 20. Ra2 Qxg4 21. Nxg4 e4 $1 {Usually this
advance means equality, this time Black even gets a slight pull.} 22. d4 $2 {
Not a good day for McShane.} (22. dxe4 $8 Rxe4 23. Ne3 Bd6 $15 {Better
P-formation and active pieces.}) 22... Rxd4 23. Bb2 Rd6 24. Rea1 Ra8 25. Ne3
Nb7 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Rd3 $19 28. g4 Rxb3 29. Nd2 Rb6 30. Nxe4 Nc5 31. Ng3
Nb3 32. Rd1 Rd6 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Nf1 Rd3 35. Kg2 a5 36. Re4 Nd2 37. Re3 Rxe3 38.
Nxe3 Nb3 39. Ra4 Bb4 40. h4 Rd8 41. Nc4 h6 42. Ra2 Nd2 43. Ne3 c5 44. Bc1 Nb3
45. Bb2 Rd2 46. Nc4 Re2 47. Kf1 Re4 48. Ne3 c4 49. Nd5 Re1+ 50. Kg2 Re2 51. Kf3
Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 $5 (8... Bxf3) 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 Bxe4 11. g5 Rg8 $1 12. Nc3 (12. gxf6
gxf6+ 13. Ng4 (13. Kh2 Rg2+ 14. Kh1 Rxf2+ 15. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 16. Kg2 Rxc1 $19)
13... f5 14. Kh2 Bd6+ 15. f4 Qh4 16. d3 Rxg4 $19) 12... Bf5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nc4
Nf8 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Na5 Bd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. d4 (19. Nxb7 Kd7
20. Na5 (20. d4 Ne6 $17) 20... Bxg5 $17) 19... Rb8 $15 20. c3 Ne6 21. f4 g6 22.
Re5 $6 c6 23. Bd2 Kd7 24. Rae1 Bd6 25. R5e2 b6 26. Nb3 Rbe8 27. Rf2 Ng7 $1 $17
28. Nc1 c5 29. Nd3 Nf5 30. dxc5 Bxc5 31. Nxc5+ bxc5 32. Rfe2 Re6 33. Kf2 h6 34.
Re5 Kd6 35. gxh6 Rh8 36. c4 dxc4 37. Rc1 Rxh6 38. Kg2 Rh4 39. Rxc4 Rxe5 40.
fxe5+ Kd5 41. Rc1 Re4 42. Bc3 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rh2 44. Kg4 Rg2+ 45. Kf4 Rf2+ 46.
Kg4 Nd4 47. Rd1 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-B"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Black "Boudre, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. d3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. Qe3 (12. Nc4 Ng6 13. d4 exd4 14.
Nxd4 Qg5 $132 {0-1 Schabanel,S-Shevelev,S/Paris 1993/CBM 38/[Bulletin] (31)})
12... c5 (12... Ng6 13. d4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Bf8 15. Qc3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Qc5 17. Nd4
Qxc3 18. Bxc3 c5 19. Ne2 f5 $36 {0-1 Glueck,D-Romanishin,O/Groningen 1990/CBM
22 (39)}) 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. a4 b6 15. Rfe1 f6 16. c3 Bf8 17. Red1 Bb7 18. Ne1 Qd7
19. f3 {White bolsters his centre, perhaps in preparation for d4.} Rad8 20. Qf2
Qf7 21. Ba3 Nf4 22. Kh1 Rd7 23. g3 Ne6 24. Ne3 Red8 25. Bb2 g6 26. Qe2 Bg7 27.
c4 {With d4 effectively prevented, White goes for a N-post on d5.} Nd4 (27...
c6 28. a5 b5 $11) 28. Bxd4 cxd4 (28... Rxd4 29. Nd5 $14 {/\Nec2}) 29. Nd5 a5
30. Nc2 Bf8 31. f4 exf4 32. Rf1 $5 {White is on the offensive.} Bxd5 33. cxd5
fxg3 34. Nxd4 Bd6 35. Nc6 Re8 36. Qg2 Qg7 (36... gxh2 37. Rae1 Qg7 38. d4 {
[%cal Ye1e2,Yf1e1,Ye4e5] Black is two P:s up but White has an easy plan.
Double R:s and play e5. I don´t see what Black can do against that.}) 37. d4
Qh6 38. Rae1 Qxh2+ 39. Qxh2 gxh2 40. Rxf6 Bg3 41. Re3 Bd6 42. e5 Ba3 43. Kxh2
Rxd5 44. Ref3 Rd7 (44... Rf8 $142 45. Rxf8+ Bxf8 46. e6 Bd6+ 47. Kg2 Rf5 $17)
45. Kg3 Bf8 46. e6 Rd6 47. d5 $1 Rxd5 $2 (47... Bg7 48. Rf7 Rxc6 49. dxc6 Rxe6
50. Rd7 h5 51. Rff7 $36) 48. Rxf8+ $1 $18 Rxf8 49. Ne7+ Kg7 50. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 {
One of the ideas behind this move is to later play d4 in one go, rather than
d3 and then d4, which is also possible. The other major point is that Bg4 does
not pin Nf3 anymore.} Nd7 8. b3 f6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 (11...
Ne5 12. f4 c5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Rxf3 Bg4 15. Rd3 Qe8 16. Nc3 $14 {1-0
Gullaksen,E-Diesen,B/Vettre 1992/EXT 98 (44)}) (11... Nb6 12. c4 Bc5 13. Qc3
Re8 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Rae1 Bg4 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. N2f3 Bc8 18. e5 f5 19. e6 $36 {
1-0 Rowson,J-Dhar,S/BCF-ch 1993/TD (40)}) 12. Nd2 Re8 (12... Ne6 13. Nf5 Bc5
14. Nc4 Nf4 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Ne3 Qe8 17. Rd1 Qg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Luther,
T-Krallmann,M/Hamburg 1992/EXT 97 (44)}) 13. Qe3 $146 {[%mdl 8] With the idea
of pushing forward fast with Rae1 and f4 etc.} (13. Nc4 Bd6 14. f3 Be6 15. Ne3
Qd7 (15... Qe7 16. Ndf5 Qf8 17. Qh4 Be5 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Qg3 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Qf6
$14 {1/2-1/2 Lang,H-Jackson,S/ENG-chT9697 1997/EXT 99 (20)}) 16. Rd1 Qf7 17.
Ndf5 Bf8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Qh4 Nd7 20. Kh1 Ne5 21. g4 $40 {1-0 Hebden,M-Lane,G/
BCF-ch 1989/CBM 15 (27)}) 13... Bd6 (13... Ne6 $5) 14. f4 Bd7 (14... Nxe4 $2
15. Nxe4 f5 16. Qg3 {[%cal Yg3g7,Yb2g7]} Rxe4 17. Nxf5 $40) 15. Rae1 Qe7 $6 {
Black tries to block the e5-square, but it only results in heavier casualties
when White plays it anyway.} (15... Ne6 $142) 16. Qg3 $16 {White´s threat e5
is difficult to meet.} Kh8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A "safe" move that blunders a piece
by unprotecting the vital square f8.} (16... Rad8 17. e5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19.
Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxe5 $16) (16... Ne6 17. Nf5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qf8 19. e5 $40) (16...
b6 {is the best chance since} 17. e5 (17. N4f3 $5 $14) 17... fxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5
19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxe5 Qd7 {is acceptable for Black.}) 17. e5 $1 {An old
scheme in a new setting.} (17. e5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 20. Rf8+
$1 {The deadly point made possible by Black´s 16th move.} Rxf8 21. Qxe5 b6 22.
Nf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Black "Svirin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[BlackTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 O-O $6
{I don´t believe in this sacrifice.} 8. Nxe5 Bd6 (8... Re8 9. d3 Bd6 10. Nc4
$16 {1-0 Gilbert,J-Nonaka/Siegen 1970/MCD (19)}) (8... Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 $2 10.
Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 f5 12. d3 $18) 9. Nc4 Bxh2+ 10. Kxh2 Ng4+ 11. Kg3 $8 h5 12.
Ne3 h4+ 13. Kf3 Nh2+ 14. Ke2 Nxf1 15. Kxf1 $16 Qd6 16. Kg1 {The white K is
rotating - but not in his grave.} Bd7 17. d3 Rae8 18. Nc4 Qg6 19. f4 h3 20. g3
f5 21. e5 h2+ $5 {Else White should win just by bringing out his pieces.} 22.
Kxh2 Qh5+ 23. Kg1 Rf6 24. Nbd2 Rh6 25. Kf2 (25. Nf1 Be6 26. Nce3 $16) 25...
Qh2+ 26. Ke3 {The K is quite safe here.} Rh3 27. Nf1 {Keeping the g-P but
losing the important c-P.There is some hope for Black after this.} (27. Kd4 $5
{with the intention of cocooning on the Q-side.}) 27... Qxc2 28. Qd2 Qa4 29. b3
Qb5 30. Qg2 Rh6 31. Bb2 Be6 32. Kd2 a5 33. Kc2 a4 34. Nfd2 Ra8 35. Rf1 axb3+
36. axb3 Qc5 37. Qf2 Qe7 38. g4 $1 $40 {With everything in order White goes on
the offensive.} Rh3 39. Qg2 fxg4 40. f5 Bxc4 41. dxc4 Qd7 42. Qxg4 Qd3+ 43. Kc1
Rg3 44. Qe4 Qxe4 45. Nxe4 Rxb3 46. f6 gxf6 47. exf6 Kf7 48. Rg1 Rb4 49. Rg7+
Ke6 50. Ng5+ Kd6 51. c5+ Kxc5 52. f7 Rc4+ 53. Kb1 Rf4 54. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m1 playoff"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. d3 Nd7 11. Qg3 f6 {N} 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5 $1 14.
Nc3 (14. Bxc7 $2 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 $17) 14... Ne6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17.
Rf5 Ne6 18. Raf1 Nd4 19. R5f2 Qe7 $10 20. Nd1 Qd6 21. Qg4 Qe6 22. Qxe6+ Nxe6
23. Ne3 Rad8 24. g4 Rfe8 25. Kg2 c5 26. Kg3 b5 27. b3 c6 28. Rf5 Re7 29. h4 h6
30. Kf2 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Nxc4 Nd4 33. Ne3 Nxf5 34. gxf5 Rb7 35. Nc4 Rb4 36.
Ke3 h5 37. a3 Rb5 38. Kd2 Kf7 39. Kc3 g6 40. a4 Rb7 41. e5 fxe5 42. Nxe5+ Kf6
43. Nxg6 Rd5 44. Nf4 Rxf5 45. Nxh5+ Kg6 46. Nf4+ Kh6 47. Kd2 Rbf7 48. Ke3 Re7+
49. Kd2 c5 50. Rf2 Ref7 51. Ke3 Re7+ 52. Kf3 Ref7 53. Kg4 R5f6 54. Kg3 Rg7+ 55.
Kf3 Rgf7 56. Ke4 Re7+ 57. Kf3 Ref7 58. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 c5 8.
d3 (8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. d3 Nf6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14.
Be5 f6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Kf7 $15 {0-1 Xie Jun-Nikolic,P/Monaco blind 1996 
(33)}) 8... Nd7 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. a4 a5 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. Nc4
Ng6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. b3 b6 $13 {1-0 Hernandez,G-Thipsay,P/Ubeda op 1996 (30)})
9... O-O (9... b5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf1 Bd6 12. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Poluljahov,
A-Ibragimov,I/RUS-ch Elista 1994}) 10. Nc4 (10. h3 Re8 11. Nc4 Bd6 12. Nh2 b5
13. Ne3 Nf8 14. a4 Bd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. g3 Ne7 19.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 $13 {Winants,L-Ziatdinov,R/Antwerpen op 1994/1/2-1/2 (101)}) 10...
Bd6 11. Nfd2 Nb8 $1 {The manouvre c5 followed by Nd7-b8-c6 is a standard way
to equalize in this line. Nevertheless its not used very often by Black.} 12.
f4 $6 (12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Nc4 (13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Nc6 $11) 13... Be6 $11)
12... exf4 13. e5 $2 {After this compromising move White has a poor game. As
the game opens up Blacks B:s come to life and Whites N:s finds no secure
squares to cling to.} (13. Nxd6 Qxd6 (13... cxd6 14. Rxf4 Nc6 $11) 14. Nc4 Qd4+
15. Kh1 g5 16. Bd2 $13) 13... Be7 14. Rxf4 Nc6 15. Nf3 Be6 16. b3 b5 17. Ne3 f5
$1 18. exf6 (18. h4 Nd4 19. Qf2 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 g5 (20... Bxh4 21. Qc6) 21. Qg3
Kh8 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Ba3 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qe7 $17) 18... Bxf6 19. Rb1 Qd6 20. Re4
Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Kh1 Bc8 23. Bd2 Bb7 24. Rg4 Rae8 $19 25. c3 (25. Re1 Qf6
26. Kg1 Re6 27. Rg3 Rfe8 $17) 25... Be5 26. Rh4 Bf4 27. Rh3 (27. Rf1 $2 Bxe3
$19) (27. Re1 g5 (27... Rd8 $17) 28. Rh5 Qg6 29. Rh3 Bc8 $19) 27... Bc8 $1 $19
28. Rh4 g5 29. Rh5 Qg6 30. Rf1 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Athens Acropolis op"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2005.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 {This is a fairly
good compromise for White. He avoids a lot of theory in the standard lines,
but he still retains chances to get a little something out of the opening.}
dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Nf5 {This is the old
mainline that Vlastimil Hort used to win games with in the 1960's. The basic
positional idea is to expoit the square e4 after Black has exchanged on f5.} (
11. Be3 {is possible but almost untried.}) (11. Qf3 {is also reasonable.})
11... Ne6 (11... Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd5 13. Qg4 e4 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Ne3 Qe5 (15...
Qd4 16. Nd1 Bf8 17. Be3 Qa4 18. d4 Nd7 19. c3 c5 20. b3 Qc6 21. Rc1 c4 22. Bf4
b5 23. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Hjartarson,J/Neskaupstad 1984/MCD}) 16. Nf1 $1
Bf8 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. h4 Qd4 19. dxe4 Qc4 20. Be3 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/
Monaco 2002/CBM 087 ext (37)}) 12. Nxe7+ (12. Qg4 Kh8 13. Qh4 Bc5 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 c5 16. Rf2 b5 17. Nd2 Ng5 18. Qg3 g6 19. Nh6 Be6 20. Raf1 Kg7 21. Ng4
Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qd6 23. h4 Ne6 24. h5 $36 {1-0 Hort,V-Kostro,J/Polanica Zdroj
1964/MCD (33)}) 12... Qxe7 13. b3 a5 (13... Rd8 14. Kh1 Qe8 15. a4 b6 16. f4
exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Be6 19. Ne3 b5 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. Raf1 c5 22. Qf2 c4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Sarwat,W-Tissir,M/Abu Dhabi 2002/CBM 089 ext (74)}) 14. a4 b6 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 f5 {Black wants to exchange down to a dead ending.} (16...
Nxf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 18. Ne3 $14) 17. exf5 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Bxf5 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Rf1
Rxf4 21. Qxf4 Rf8 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Be8 25. d4 $14 {Clearly
White must be slightly better with such a dominating knight in the middle of
the board. But is it lost?} Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Ke3 b5 $2 {Now a5 is a serious
wekness.} (27... Ke6 $142) 28. Nd3 Bg6 29. Nc5 Be8 (29... Bxc2 30. Kd2 Bf5 31.
b4 $1 $18) 30. b4 $1 $18 bxa4 31. bxa5 Bg6 1-0

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Be3 {Unusual, but as we will see
Xie Jun has a reason for waiting to develop the Q.} (11. Qf3 {is main line.}) (
11. Nf5 {also main line, but very drawish.}) 11... Re8 12. Qh5 $146 {The Q
always goes to f3 in this line, so this is a new twist. When the Q goes to f3
the destination is often g3 to put pressure on g7. I don't know the reasoning
behind putting the Q on h5, but it looks like White is trying to get a more
direct attack going. One point of the move is that g6 is prevented.} (12. f4
exf4 13. Rxf4 g6 14. Rf1 Be6 15. b3 Bf8 16. Qf3 f5 17. Qg3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Hort,
V-Nikolic,P/Wijk aan Zee 1982/MCD-r8 (29)}) 12... Ne6 13. Kh1 (13. g3 $5 {
this looks much more logical with the idea to start attacking with f4.}) 13...
Bf8 14. Nf5 Kh8 15. Qh4 c5 16. a4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Na3 Qd7 $17
{Black has a nice position now, P:s straightened out and everything. Whites
dreams have come to nothing on the K-side.} 20. a5 b5 (20... Qc6 $5) 21. axb6
cxb6 22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 b5 24. b4 Bd6 25. Qf2 Rac8 $2 {Why?} (25... Be5 {
Black is much better, some people would say winning, just look at that N at a3.
}) 26. Qxd4 {Thanks.} Qc7 27. Qg1 Be5 28. d4 Bd6 29. Rae1 Bf7 30. Re3 Bg6 31.
Rfe1 Qb8 32. R3e2 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Nd7 (
7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. d3 Nd7 11. Qg3 f6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5
$13 {Tiviakov,S-Adams,M/New York m/1994}) 8. b3 (8. d4 $5) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 Bf6
$6 {Always a bad square for the B in this line} (9... f6) 10. d3 Re8 11. Nbd2
Nf8 (11... g6 12. Nc4 Bg7 13. a4 a5 14. Bc3 b6 15. Nfd2 Nc5 16. Rae1 $14) 12.
Nc4 $14 {>< e5, >< Bf6} Ng6 13. Qe3 a5 $6 (13... b5 $5 14. Ncd2 Qd6 {/\ Be6, c5
}) 14. a4 b6 15. Bc3 $16 {By preventing b5 forever White secures the important
square c4 for a N} Qe7 16. Rae1 c5 17. Kh1 Ba6 18. Nfd2 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bc8 20.
Ne3 Be6 21. Ndc4 Qd7 22. Qd1 {Preparing for the standard attack with g3 and f4}
Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Qe6 24. g3 Ne7 25. Ne3 Nc6 26. Nd5 Rd7 27. f4 Nd4 28. f5 Qc6 29.
Bd2 {/\ g4-g5} Rxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5+ 31. Re4 Rd8 32. Rf2 h6 33. Kg1 Qd7 34. Bc3
Qd5 35. Qg4 Kf8 36. h4 Kg8 37. Qh5 Qd7 38. Kh2 Kf8 39. Bb2 Kg8 40. Bc1 Kf8 41.
g4 Nxc2 $5 42. g5 $1 (42. Rxc2 Qxd3 43. Ree2 (43. Rce2 $6 Qf3 $1 $132) 43... e4
44. Bf4 Qf3 45. Rf2 $18) 42... Qxd3 43. gxf6 $1 $18 Qxe4 44. fxg7+ Ke7 45. Re2
Qd3 46. f6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 {The old Stenwijk
variation. It's strictly positional, but not considered very dangerous these
days. In the sixties Vlastimil Hort scored heavily with this line.} dxc6 7. d3
Nd7 (7... Bd6 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Nc4 Qe7 {[%cal Yf6d7,Yd7b8,Yb8c6] planning to take
the N to c6 is an interesting but little played alternative.}) 8. Nbd2 {
White's hopes that his better P-formation and energetic N:s will be more worth
than Black's pair of B:s.} O-O (8... f6 9. Nh4 g6 (9... Nf8 $5) 10. Nc4 Nc5 11.
Be3 (11. f4 $6 {is tempting but bad.} exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 $1 {/\g5} (12... g5 $2
13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Bxg5 fxg5 15. Ne5+ $18) 13. e5 f5 14. Nf3 Bxc4 15. dxc4 Qxd1
16. Raxd1 Ne6 $15 {0-1 Repkova Eid,E-Pinter,J/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48 ext (59)})
11... Be6 12. Na5 Rb8 (12... Bc8 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 $14 {1-0 Wedberg,
T-Pinter,J/Helsinki 1983/MCD (45)}) 13. b4 Nd7 14. Qd2 c5 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16.
Rfb1 $14 {1-0 Wedberg,T-Schandorff,L/Naestved 1988/EXT 2000 (29)}) 9. Nc4 Bf6 {
This has always been considered inferior to 9. - f6. Black locks a lot of
resources in the defence of e5. The B on f6 is also vulnerable to both the
manouvre h3, Nh2-g4 and Bd2-c3 followed by a later f4.} (9... f6 10. Nh4 Nc5
11. Qf3 (11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd5 13. Qg4 e4 $11) 11... Ne6 12. Nf5 (12. Be3
$5) 12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 (13... exd4 $5) 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Na5 Bb4 16. Nb3 Bd6
17. Qe2 Qe7 18. f3 a5 19. a4 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Spassky,B/Reykjavik 1977/
Candidates (19)}) 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Bc3 c5 12. a4 b6 13. h3 {[%cal Yf3h2,Yh2g4]}
Rb8 (13... g6 14. Qc1 Bg7 15. Nh2 Nb8 16. f4 f6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Nf3 Nc6 19.
Qe1 Nd4 $14 {1-0 Hort,V-Barcza,G/Kecskemet 1966/MCD (47)}) (13... a5 14. Qd2
Re6 15. b3 Qe8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 f6 18. Qg3 Nf8 19. f4 $36 {1-0 Hort,
V-Geller,E/Prague 1966/EXT 99 (41)}) 14. Nh2 $146 ({White hurries with his
plans rather than waste time with} 14. b3 Bb7 (14... Re6 15. Qd2 h6 16. Ne3 Bg5
17. Nxg5 hxg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kostro,J-Ortega,R/Polanica Zdroj 1967/MCD (28)}) 15.
Nh2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Ng4 Bg5 $13 {1-0 Bjelajac,M-Nikolac,J/
Zagreb 1977/MCD (78)}) 14... Nf8 15. Ng4 Ng6 16. g3 {White is playing for f4,
but is it a threat? Black is feeling the pressure increasing and gives White a
helping hand.} Bg5 $2 (16... b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nce3 Be6 19. f4 $36) (16...
Bd7 17. f4 $6 (17. Qf3 $5) (17. Nce3 $5) 17... Bxg4 18. Qxg4 exf4 $15) 17.
Ncxe5 $1 h5 (17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxh3 19. Qh5 Rxe5 20. Qxh3 Re6 21. f4 $36) 18.
Nxg6 $1 (18. Nc6 Qd6 19. Nxb8 hxg4 $132 {[%csl Rb8]}) 18... fxg6 (18... hxg4 $2
19. Ne5 $18 {[%cal Ye5c6]}) 19. Ne5 Bxh3 20. Nxg6 $1 Bg4 (20... Bxf1 21. Qxh5
$16) 21. f3 Qd6 22. Ne5 Rxe5 23. fxg4 Rxe4 24. Qf3 $1 {White emerges from the
fight with a clear P to the good.} Re7 25. gxh5 Be3+ 26. Kg2 Bd4 27. Rae1 Bxc3
28. bxc3 Rxe1 29. Qf7+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kh8 31. Rxe1 Rf8 32. Qe6 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 c4
34. d4 Rf5 35. Re5 $1 $18 Rxe5 36. dxe5 a5 37. g4 b5 38. e6 Kg8 39. g5 bxa4 40.
h6 gxh6 41. gxh6 a3 42. e7 1-0

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 {N} (11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13.
Nb3 Qe8 $10) (11... Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. a4 Qe8 14. b3 b6 15. Qe2 Rf7 16. Bb2 Bf8
17. Rfe1 $14 {Semeniuk-Ibragimov/Smolensk/1991/1/4-1/4/20}) 12. Ne3 Re8 13. c3
Bf8 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. f3 Qe5 17. Nf1 Bd6 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Bf2 c5 $10
20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 c4 22. Qc2 Bc5 23. Re1 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qd7 25. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd7 13. Qf3 Rfe8 14. Re1 {
N} (14. Be3 $6 Qd5 15. Qg4 e4 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Ne3 Qf7 18. d4 Na4 $15 {Hort})
14... Bf8 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Ne4 Qf7 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 {+/=/=} Qd5 19. Kf1
Rd7 20. a4 Red8 21. g4 Qxe4 22. dxe4 Bb4 23. c3 Ba5 24. Ra3 Bb6 25. a5 Bxe3 26.
Rxe3 Kf7 27. Rb3 Rb8 28. h4 h6 29. c4 (29. Ke2 b5 30. axb6 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 cxb6
$10) 29... Rd4 30. c5 Ra4 31. Ra3 Rb4 32. Rab3 Ra4 33. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Osasco Franca Garcia Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Osasco"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Matsuura, Everaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 {When Black
has a choice in the Ruy Lopez (before d6 is played) he will almost exclusively
take with the d-P on c6. It violates the rule of taking towards the centre,
but has proven to be the right exchange in most cases. It keeps the Q-side P:s
together and opens up lines and diagonals in the centre.} 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O
9. Nc4 f6 10. Be3 {Unusual, but playable all the same.} (10. Nh4 {is the main
line.}) 10... Nc5 11. b4 $5 {Contrary to the plans of the main line, where
White aims his play against the K-side, he initiates a campaign on the Q-side.}
Ne6 (11... Na4 {might be the critical move} 12. Qd2 (12. a3 b6 13. d4 Be6 14.
Qd3 Qe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stoica,V-Dydyshko,V/Polanica Zdroj 1983/MCD (18)}) 12...
c5 13. a3 b6 14. c3 Be6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Ncd2 Bf7 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Ulibin,M-Timoshenko,G/Tbilisi 1989/CBM 12 (27)}) 12. c3 c5 13. a3 $146 {
[%mdl 8] There is a logic to keeping the position as closed as possible.} (13.
bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Ba7 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Rad1 Qe8 19.
Rfe1 Qb5 20. Qc2 Bg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,G-Eingorn,V/Tashkent 1980/MCL (55)})
13... Kh8 14. Qc2 cxb4 (14... b6 $5) 15. axb4 {After the exchange on b4
White's position looks more attractive.} Qe8 16. Rfb1 b5 17. Ncd2 c5 18. Qb3
Qd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. exd5 Nc7 (20... cxb4 $5 21. dxe6 bxc3 22. Ne4 Bxe6 23.
Nxc3 Rfc8 24. Ne4 b4 $44 {A bold suggestion by Fritz.}) 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5
Nxd5 23. Rxb5 Nxc3 24. Rb3 Nd5 25. d4 $14 {White is better due to his activity
and far advanced c-P.} exd4 26. Nxd4 Ra7 27. h3 Kg8 28. Nc4 Rc7 29. Ra5 Ne7 30.
Rb6 Nf5 31. Nc6 h5 32. Nd6 $16 h4 33. Ra4 Bd7 (33... g5) 34. Raxa6 Bxc6 35.
Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Nd4 37. Ra6 Rb8 38. Ra4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rd1 40. Rc4 $18 Ne6 41.
Nf5 g5 42. c6 Nc7 43. Rb4 Rc1 44. Rb7 Nd5 (44... Rxc6 $4 45. Ne7+) 45. Rd7 Nb6
46. Nd4 Kf8 47. Rb7 Nd5 48. c7 Ke8 49. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Biolek, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 $5 (7.
Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Nxg4 $1 10. hxg4 Bxg4 $44 {><f3}) (7. Qe2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Qg3 (11. d3 Nc5 $1 12. Qg3 Ne6 $1 $10 13. Qxe5
$140 Nd4) 11... Bh4 12. Qg4 Bf6 13. d3 Nc5 $10 {/\14...Ne6}) (7. d3 {Main Line}
) 7... Nd7 (7... Bd6 $2 8. d4) (7... Qd6 8. d4) (7... O-O 8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3
Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 $18) (7... c5 8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4
11. Re1 Nd6 12. Nc3 $14 Kd8 13. d4 c4 14. Bf4 Re8 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Bg4 17.
Ne5 Bf5 18. Nd5 Bxc2 19. Rac1 Bxb3 20. Nxf7+ $3 {1-0, Christiansen-Nunn, 1989})
8. b3 O-O (8... c5 $142 9. Bb2 (9. Nc3 Nb8 (9... c6 10. a4 a5 11. d3 $14) 10.
Nd5 Nc6 11. Bb2 f6 $10) 9... f6 (9... Bd6 $5 10. a4 Nb8 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Nc4 f6
$10) 10. Nh4 $1 $14 {><f5, /\Nc3, f2-f4}) 9. Bb2 f6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 $14
Nc5 12. Na3 $5 (12. Nd2) 12... Qe8 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nd2 Ne6 (14... Bd6 15. f4 (
15. Qe3 $14) 15... g5 $2 16. fxg5 fxg5 17. Rxf8+ (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Bf4
$132) 17... Kxf8 18. Qf2+ Kg8 (18... Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1+ Ke8 21. e5 Bf8
22. Nxc6 $16) 19. Nf5 $16) 15. Qe3 c5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. f4 Rd8 18. Rae1 c4 19.
f5 $1 Bf7 20. e5 Qc6 21. Ne4 Bd5 (21... cxb3 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Qh6 Bd5 24. Rf4
(24. Ng5 $4 Bc5+) 24... Rf7 25. cxb3 $16) 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Rf4 Kh8 24. bxc4 $2
{Why destroy the pawn structure?} (24. Rh4 $142) 24... bxc4 $2 (24... Bxe4 $2
25. Qxe4) (24... Qxc4 $4 25. Nxf6 $18) (24... Bxc4 $1 25. Rh4 Rf7 $15 26. Ng5
Rg7 27. Nxh7) 25. Bd4 $16 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Bb4 27. Re6 Qd5 28. c3 Rd6 29. Re8 Rxe8
30. Qxe8+ Qg8 31. Qe7 Qg7 32. Qe4 Ba5 33. Qa8+ 1-0

