[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{[%mdl 49318]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. dxe6 (6. e4
exd5 7. cxd5 c4 8. g3 (8. Be2 $6 Bc5 9. O-O Qb6 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 10. h3 O-O 11.
a4 a6 12. Nh2 Re8 13. Bf3 d6 14. Ng4 Nbd7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tunik,
G-Fominyh,A/Vladivostok 1995/CBM 50 (41)}) 8... Bc5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11.
Ne1 d6 12. Nc2 Nbd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Ba7 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Ne1 Rc8 18.
Ra3 Rc7 19. h3 Nfd7 20. Kh2 f5 21. f4 Nf7 22. g4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf8 $13 {
0-1 Epishin,V-Fominyh,A/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (35)}) 6... fxe6 7. cxb5 $5 $146 (7.
e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ng5 Bg6 10. Bd3 Qf6 (10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. cxb5
Nd4 13. O-O $40) 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. cxb5 a6 $13 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Sluka,R/
Pardubice 1997/EXP 59 (73)}) 7... Be7 $5 (7... d5 8. g3 Bd6 9. Bg2 (9. Bh3 e5)
9... O-O 10. O-O a6 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. b3 Nb4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Bb2 $14) 8. g3 O-O
9. Bg2 Qa5 10. a4 a6 11. bxa6 Qxa6 (11... Nxa6 $143 12. O-O Nb4 13. Nc4 Qa6 14.
b3 $14) 12. b3 $1 (12. O-O $143 c4 $44) 12... Nc6 13. O-O Na5 {[%csl Rb3]} 14.
Ba3 Rab8 15. Rc1 Rfc8 (15... Bd5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Nxb3 (17... Bxb3 18.
Rxa5 $1 $16) 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxb3 Nc3 20. Qc2 Rfc8 (20... Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 Qxa4
(21... Rfc8 22. Nc5 $1) 22. Qxe2 Qxb3 23. Ng5 $1 {and white is clearly better.}
(23. Ne5 Qb2 $1)) 21. Nbd4 $16) 16. Re1 Qa8 $2 (16... Bd5 17. Rc3 (17. Nd4 $6
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 cxd4 (18... d5 19. Nb5 $16) 19. Bxe7 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5c3]}) 17...
Qb7 18. Nh4 Bxg2 (18... g5 $2 19. e4 $16) 19. Nxg2 d5 (19... Nd5 20. Rd3 {
[%cal Ge2e4]}) 20. Re3 $13 (20. Qc2 Nd7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge7f6]})) 17. e4 $1
$16 Bf8 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxd7 Bxf3 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22.
Qxe7 Nxb3 23. Bb2 Rg8 24. Rcd1 $16) 18. Ne5 Qa7 (18... d6 19. Ng4 $1 (19. Nec4
Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qg4 d5 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Ne5 Ng5 25. Qf5
Rxb3 $13) 19... Nd7 20. Bb2 $16) 19. Re3 g6 $2 $138 (19... d6 $142 20. Ng4 (20.
Nd3 $5) 20... Nd7 {[%cal Gh7h5]} 21. h4 $16) 20. Rf3 $1 d6 (20... Bg7 21. Rxf6
$1 Bxf6 22. Nxd7 $18) (20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23.
Bxc5 {also win.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxe4 Nxb3 24. Rc4 d5 25. Bxd5
$1 exd5 26. Qxd5+ Kg7 (26... Kh8 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Bb2+ Nd4 29. Rxd4 $1 Rxb2
30. Rh4+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ $18) 27. Nc6 $18) 21. Nxg6 $1 $18 (21. Rxf6 dxe5 22. Rxe6
c4 $132) 21... Bg7 (21... Nxe4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nxf8 Nxd2 (23... Nxf2 24.
Kxf2 Rxf8+ 25. Kg1 c4+ 26. Kh1 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rf2+ 28. Kh3 Qg7 29. Nf3 $18 {
[%cal Gf3h4]}) 24. Nxe6 Naxb3 25. Qg4+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Kxe6 27. Re1+ $18) 22. Ne7+
Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd3 (24. b4 $142 $1 cxb4 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bxb4 Nc6 27.
Bc3 $18) 24... d5 25. b4 (25. exd5 exd5 26. Rdc3 Nd7 27. Re3 $18) 25... c4 26.
Rf3 Nc6 (26... dxe4 27. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 28. bxa5 e3 29. Bxb7 exf2+ (29... Qxb7 30.
fxe3) 30. Kf1 Qxb7 31. Qf3 $18) 27. Bb2 Nd4 28. Rf4 {[%cal Gf4h4]} e5 29. Rh4
Rf8 30. exd5 Nxd5 (30... Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qh5 Bf6 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Rxc4
(34. Qxd5 c3 35. Nc4 $18) 34... d3 35. Qh6 $18) 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Rxc4 Ne3 (
32... d3 33. Rc5 Nxb4 $140 $2 34. Qh5) 33. Qh5 h6 34. Rc7 $1 Nxg2 35. Qg6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7.
g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 (8... Bg7 9. Rb1 $5 Nbd7 10. a4 (10. b3 $142 {gives more
chances for an opening advantage, Ilincic's move is very committal.}) 10... Ne5
11. b3 O-O 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. O-O Rfb8 14. Nf4 Ra7 15. Bh3 Qd8 16. Ng2 Rab7 17.
Ba3 Neg4 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Nf4 g5 20. Ng2 Ne3 21. Nxe3 Qxh3 $44 {|^,Ilincic,
Z-Gunnarsson,J/EU-ChT Leon/2001/}) 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O (10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 $1
O-O 12. O-O Ne8 (12... Ra7 $142 {/\Qa8,Rb8}) 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Nh4 Ra7 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Ba1 Bc8 18. a4 Rba8 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. e4 Bc8 21. Re1 Qd8 22.
h3 c4 23. Qe3 Ne8 24. Nb5 Ra6 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nfd4 $16 {Kasimdzhanov,R-Ghaem
Maghami,E/WChT Yerevan/2001/}) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 {is the main move, but
lately White has been successful with Karpov's} 11. Nh4 $5 O-O 12. Qc2 Ra7 13.
Rd1 Qa8 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bb2 c4 16. b4 Bb7 17. e4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Rxa4 19. Bc3 Ra3
20. Bd4 c3 21. Nf3 e5 22. dxe6 Bxe4 23. exf7+ Kh8 24. Qe2 Rf8 25. Ng5 $1 Bxg2
26. Qe7 $1 {/\Qf6!} Nh5 27. Ne6 Bh3 28. Bxg7+ Nxg7 29. Qxf8+ Qxf8 30. Nxf8 Ra8
31. Rxd6 Rxf8 32. Rc6 Ne6 33. Rxc3 Rxf7 34. Re1 $18 {Kuemin,S-De Vreugt,D/Zug/
2001/}) 11. Qc2 $14 Ng4 $5 {Probably Black's best option. If he can anchor his
N on c4, White's << will get under considerable pressure.} (11... Ne8 12. Rd1
Nc7 13. Bf4 (13. a4 Rb8 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. e4 Na6 16. Bf4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Bf1
Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qa5 20. Qe2 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. Nb5 {Krasenkow,M-Miton,K/
POL-chT Glogow/2001/} f5 $5 $14 {<=>}) 13... Nb5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5 15. a4 Ba6 16.
Rab1 Qb6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. e4 Be2 20. Re1 Qa6 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1
Rfc8 23. a5 $1 c4 24. b4 c3 25. Be3 Rc4 26. Rfd1 Ne5 27. Ne1 Qb5 28. Qe2 Qa4
29. Ra1 Qd7 30. Rd4 $16 {Bareev,E-Miton,K/POL SuperCup Warsaw/2001/}) (11...
Qc7 12. Rd1 Rfb8 13. h3 Bc4 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. b3 Ne8 17. Bb2 Qa7 18.
e4 Nc7 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qa6 21. a4 Ra7 22. Nd1 e6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. dxe6
Nxe6 25. Nf3 $14 {Sakaev,K-Martinovic,S/JUG-chT Novi Sad/2000/}) (11... Nb6 12.
Rd1 Bc4 $2 13. e4 Ng4 14. b3 Ba6 15. Bb2 f5 $2 16. h3 Ne5 17. Ng5 f4 18. gxf4
e6 19. Nxe6 Qh4 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. f4 $18 {Arencibia,
W-Stamenkov,V/WChT Yerevan/2001/ A clear example how not to play this line.})
12. Rd1 Qa5 $1 (12... Qc7 $143 13. Bd2 Rfb8 14. Rab1 Qa7 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. b3 Bd4 18. Be1 Rb7 19. a4 Rab8 20. e3 Bg7 21. Bf1 Ne5 22. Nb5 Nf3+ 23.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 $14 {/+/-,Stohl,I-Vaganian,R/Manila izt/1990/}) 13. Bd2 (13.
Rb1 Rab8 (13... Bc4 $5 14. Bd2 Qa6 $132) 14. Bd2 Bc8 15. b3 Qa6 16. Bf1 Nde5
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. a4 Qb7 19. Bg2 $14 {Pukkila,M-Penttinen,J/Kuopio/1995/})
13... Rfb8 14. h3 $146 (14. b3 $142 $5 Qb6 (14... Qa3 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Bb2 $14
c4 $2 17. Nd4 $36) 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rab1 Bc8 18. Kh2 (18. a4 Bf5
19. e4 Bd7 20. Be3 Qa5 21. f4 Nc4 $1 22. bxc4 Bxc3 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Rb1 Rb4
$1 $17 {Van der Sterren,P-Adams,M/Ter Apel/1992/}) 18... c4 19. Be3 cxb3 20.
Rxb3 Qc7 21. Bd4 $14) (14. Be1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Bc8 17. Na4 Qb5 18.
Rab1 Bf5 19. Be4 Bg4 20. Nc3 Qa6 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bd3 Qa7 23. Kg2 Nb6 24. Be4 Qd7
25. a4 c4 26. b4 Nxa4 27. Nxa4 Qxa4 28. Qxc4 Rc8 $14 {<=>,Grigore,G-Vajda,L/
ROM-ch Iasi/1999/}) 14... Nge5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 $1 (15... Nxe5 16. b3 $14 {/\} Qa3
17. Nb1 $18) 16. e3 (16. b3 Qa3 $44 {/\c4}) (16. Rab1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxa2 18.
Qe4 Re8 $13) (16. Be1 $5) 16... Bg7 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rd7e5] /\Ne5,><d3} (16...
Nb6 17. Ne4 Qb5 18. Bc3 $16) 17. b3 (17. Ne4 Qb5 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qb2 $132
) 17... Qa3 18. Bc1 (18. Rab1 {-20.Rab1}) (18. Nb1 $2 Qb2 $17) 18... Qb4 19.
Bd2 (19. Bb2 c4 $11) 19... Qa3 (19... Ne5 20. f4 Bd3 21. Qc1 Nd7 22. Na4 Qb5
23. Bc3 $14) 20. Rab1 Ne5 (20... c4 $142 $5 $44) 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. a3 $1 (22. Bb2
$6 Bd3 $1 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 c4 25. Qd2 (25. Qc2 cxb3 26. axb3 Qxb3 27. Be4
Qxc2 28. Bxc2 Rc8 $19) 25... Rxa2 $36 (25... cxb3 26. a3 $16)) 22... Qa5 23.
Na2 (23. Bb2 $2 Bd3 24. Rxd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxb3 $17) 23... Rb7 (23... Qb5 $142
24. Nc3 (24. f4 Qe2 $1 25. Qxe2 Bxe2 26. Rd2 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 $36) (24. Bf1
Qb7 $44) 24... Qa5 25. Ne4 $1 Qb5 26. Bf1 $14) 24. Bb2 Rab8 (24... Bd3 25. Rxd3
Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Qxa3 28. Qc3 $14) 25. Nc1 $14 {White has managed
to consolidate his << and can finally start thinking about [+] and >> activity.
} Nc4 $6 {A waste of time, as the tactics don't work. But White was ready to
prepare f4 anyway.} 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $8 (26... Nxa3 27. Qa2 Kxg7 28. Ra1 $18 {
wins a piece.}) 27. Ra1 Ne5 28. Qd2 (28. f4 $142 $36) 28... Qb6 (28... Qxd2
$142 29. Rxd2 f5 $14 {It is quite often on Black's interest to swap Q in the
Volga despite the minus pawn, as it diminishes White's possible attacking
chances.}) 29. Qc3 Kg8 30. f4 Nd7 31. Kh2 $36 {+/-} Ra7 32. e4 Bb5 33. e5 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge5] While looking for << targets costs Black precious time, White
has become active in the [+].} Rba8 34. a4 (34. e6 $5 Nf6 35. exf7+ Kxf7 36. a4
$16) 34... Ba6 35. Re1 $138 {Just before the control White is reluctant to
change the character of the position.} (35. e6 $5) 35... Rb8 36. Ra2 Qb4 37.
Qe3 Rab7 38. Rd2 (38. Rf2 $5 $40) 38... Nb6 (38... dxe5 39. fxe5 Nxe5 $2 40.
Na2 Qa5 41. b4 cxb4 42. Qxe5 b3 43. Nc3 $18) (38... c4 39. Rd4 {[%cal Rg2f1] /
\Bf1+/-}) 39. exd6 {White decides to force matters, but perhaps} (39. h4 $5 {/\
} c4 40. Rd4 Qa5 41. f5 $40 {was more to the point.}) 39... exd6 40. f5 c4 ({
Safer was} 40... Nd7 $142 41. Rf2 $36) 41. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Rd2e2,Rf5f6] /\f6,Rde2
} (41. f6 Nd7 $13) 41... Nd7 $8 42. fxg6 (42. bxc4 $5) (42. Rde2 Nf6 43. fxg6
hxg6 44. Re3 $5 (44. Qh4 cxb3 45. Qxf6 Bxe2 46. Rxe2 b2 47. Nd3 b1=Q 48. Nxb4
Qxb4 49. Re4 Qb2 $15) 44... cxb3 45. Nxb3 Bd3 $1 $132) 42... hxg6 43. Re4 Qc3 (
43... Nf6 44. Rh4 Nh5 45. Bf3 $18) 44. Rdd4 (44. bxc4 Bxc4 45. Ne2 Bxe2 46.
Rdxe2 Nf6 47. Rh4 Nh5 48. Qg5 Ng7 $16 {<=>}) 44... Nf6 45. Ne2 (45. Rh4 Nh5 46.
Rdg4 Qg7 $1 47. Rxh5 cxb3 $44) 45... Qb2 (45... Qa1 46. Rh4 Nh5 47. g4 $18) 46.
Rh4 $6 (46. Rd2 $5 Qa1 (46... Qxb3 47. Rh4 Nh5 48. g4 c3 49. gxh5 cxd2 50. hxg6
Qb2 51. Nd4 $18) 47. Rh4 Nh5 48. bxc4 $16 {/\} Rb2 49. Re4 $1 $16 (49. Rxh5
Rxd2 (49... gxh5 50. Be4 $18) 50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Qh8+ Qxh8 52. Rxh8+ Ke7 53. Rxb8
Rxe2 $16 {/+/=})) 46... Nh5 47. Rd2 (47. g4 $5 Qxe2 48. gxh5 Qe5+ 49. Rdf4 g5
50. Rhg4 f6 51. Qxf6 Qxf6 52. Rxf6 cxb3 53. Be4 $40) 47... Qg7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7
49. bxc4 {Black has survived the -> and in the _|_ he has drawing chances.} Rb4
(49... Rb2 50. Rxb2 Rxb2 51. Nd4 Bxc4 52. Nf5+ gxf5 53. Rxc4 $16) 50. Nc3 Rxc4
(50... Bxc4 $2 51. Rdd4 Rc8 52. Nb5 $18) 51. Rxc4 Bxc4 52. Nb5 $6 (52. Ne4 $142
$1 {/\} Rb6 53. Rd4 Ba6 54. a5 Rb2 55. Rd2 $16) 52... Rb6 53. Rc2 Bxb5 54. Rb2
Nf6 55. axb5 Nd7 56. Bf1 Nf6 57. Bc4 Ne4 $14 58. Bd3 $138 {With the last 5
minutes against Black's 25 I decided not to take risks anymore by attempting
to solve the already difficult technical task.} (58. Ra2 Kf6 59. Ra6 Rb7 $14 {
/\Ke5,Nc3<=>}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 {Both players are experts in this
line, although Iljushin with White stopped playing it a while ago. This time
he decides to try it from the other side of the board.} e6 6. e4 c4 $5 {
A rare side-line, Black invests more material to keep White's K in the [+].
However unpleasant this may seem, his compensation is still rather vague.} (
6... exd5 7. e5 ({Volkov plays} 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. Nc3 {, recently he
was confronted with the interesting novelty} Bb7 $5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12.
Bg3 Bxg3+ 13. hxg3 Kg7 14. Qd2 Re8+ 15. Kf2 Qb6 16. Rd1 c4+ 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18.
Rxd4 axb5 19. a3 Ra5 20. Nge2 Na6 21. g4 d6 22. Ng3 Bc8 23. Nce4 Nxe4+ 24. Nxe4
Rd8 25. Be2 Nc5 $15 {Volkov,S-Mecking,H/playchess.com 5'/2004/}) 7... Qe7 8.
Qe2 Ng8 $13 {/+/= is the main line, but nowadays it's not so popular as in the
late 1990s.}) 7. Bxc4 axb5 8. Bxb5 {White will have to suffer discomfort
anyway, so he at least cashes in.} (8. Bb3 Bc5 9. Ne2 (9. Nh3 O-O 10. dxe6 $5 (
10. Bg5 $6 h6 11. Bh4 exd5 12. Bxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 b4 15. Na4 b3+
16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Qxb3 Rb8 18. Qa4 Rxb2 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 $40 {Vallejo Pons,F-De la
Riva Aguado,O/Pamplona 1999/}) 10... fxe6 11. e5 $13) (9. Kf1 $6 O-O 10. g3 d6
11. Kg2 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Ne2 Ra7 $1 14. Re1 Rae7 15. Bd2 Ba7 16. Ng1 Rxe1
17. Bxe1 Qb6 18. Nh3 Bxh3+ 19. Kxh3 Re5 20. g4 h5 21. Bg3 hxg4+ 22. fxg4 Ne4
23. Nd2 Nf2+ 24. Bxf2 Qxf2 25. Nf1 Re2 26. Qd3 Qg2+ 27. Kh4 Bf2+ 28. Kg5 Re5+
29. Kf4 g5# {Jakab,A-Predojevic,B/Budapest/2004/}) 9... Qb6 10. Nbc3 d6 11. Bg5
$13 (11. dxe6 $6 fxe6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Nd1 Na5 15. Qd3 Nc4 $1 $40
16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 d5 18. Qc2 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Bh4 Ba6 21. Nec3 Ne5
22. Qb3 Qd6 {0-1,Rippis,T-Kulashko,A/Auckland op/2003/})) 8... Bc5 (8... Qa5+
9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qd3 Na6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qc4 exd5 13. exd5 Nb7 14. Bf4 O-O 15.
Bc7 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qa3 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Nd4 Qe7+ 19. Kf2 Nbd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21.
Qd3 Bb7 22. c4 Ra3 23. Qd2 Qh4+ 24. g3 Qh5 25. Qf4 $16 {Carron,J-Kogan,A/
Zurich/2001/}) 9. Ne2 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nge2 {-9.Ne2}) 9... O-O (9... exd5 $2 10.
e5 $16) 10. Nbc3 Qb6 (10... exd5 $6 11. e5 (11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3
d6 14. Qd3 Na6 15. a3 d5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Qd1 Bd4 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. axb4 Qxb4 20.
Bd3 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Qxc3+ {Pinho,P-Alvarez,R/Mondariz/1996/} 22. Qd2 $11) 11...
d4 12. b4 (12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. Nb3 $5 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 $16) 12... Ba7 13. exf6 dxc3
14. Qd5 Qb6 15. fxg7 Re8 $132 16. Bd3 $6 Qf2+ 17. Kd1 Rxe2 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.
Qh5+ {1/2,Martinez,D-Alvarez,R/Mondariz/1996/}) (10... Bb7 $5 11. Kf1 (11. d6
Nc6 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. a4 Ne8 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Rb1 Nb4 $44 17. Rd1 $2
Bxb5 18. axb5 e5 $1 $17 {Wojtaszek,R-Predojevic,B/Halkidiki/2001//\} 19. Bxe5
Be3 $19) (11. Qd3 exd5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16.
Bxc6 dxc6 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd4 Qb5 20. a4 Qa6 $44 {Lahlum,
H-Kolas,T/Oslo/2000/}) 11... exd5 12. exd5 Ba7 13. g3 Qb6 14. Kg2 Qf2+ 15. Kh3
Qxf3 16. Nf4 Qf2 17. Rf1 Qc5 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bd4 21. a4 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Bxd5 23. Ba3 Be6+ 24. Kg2 Bd5+ 25. Kh3 Be6+ 26. Kg2 Bd5+ 27. Kh3 {
1/2,Wojtaszek,R-Harikrishna,P/WChJ Goa/2002/}) 11. Qb3 $146 {[%mdl 8] White
gets ready to castle <<, but there his K won't be safer than in the [+].} ({
The most usual reaction is the developing move} 11. Bg5 Na6 (11... Ne8 12. Rc1
Bf2+ 13. Kf1 f6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 Nd6 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. Na4 Qa7 18. Bb4 $18 {
Llanos,G-Felgaer,R/Torre Blanca/1997/}) (11... exd5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd5 Bb7
14. Qf5 (14. Qh5 Be3 15. Rd1 Kh8 16. Ng3 Bg1 17. Rd2 Be3 18. Rd3 Bc1 19. Ke2
Bxb2 20. a4 Nc6 21. Nf5 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Ne5 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Rc6 Rxg2+ 25. Kd1
Rg1+ 26. Ke2 Rg2+ 27. Kd1 Qd8 28. Rc2 Rg6 29. Qe3 Bc6 30. h4 Rxa4 31. h5 Rg5
32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. Rhh2 Bxc2+ 34. Rxc2 Nc6 35. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Simonet Pons,M-Jose
Ramon,G/Andorra 1998/LF_11 (35)}) 14... Ra5 15. a4 Na6 16. Nf4 Nc7 17. Nh5 Ne8
{Rylander,D-Holving,R/Stockholm/1999/} 18. Rd1 Bg1 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh4 $18)
12. Bxf6 (12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. d6 Bxd6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4
Qa5 18. O-O d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Bd3 $16 {Solodovnichenko,Y-Sergeev,V/SVK-ch
Presov/1997/}) 12... gxf6 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. Bc4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Kf1 exd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rfa8 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rb8 21. Nc3 Rxb3 22. Ke2 Ba3
23. Rhd1 Rxb2+ 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6,Rf7,Rh7] _|_ק,
Hauchard,A-Guidarelli,L/Vichy/2000/ Schreckliche schwarze Bauernstruktur gegen
einen riesigen Springer.}) ({Similar to the text-move is} 11. Bc4 Bb7 $6 ({
This wastes a tempo.} 11... Na6 $142 {, this can transpose into the game
position after} 12. Qb3 Qa7 13. Bg5) 12. Qb3 Qa7 13. Bg5 Na6 14. O-O-O exd5 15.
exd5 Be3+ 16. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kb1 Rab8 18. Ne4 Qh6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qc3 Qg6+
21. Bd3 Qb6 22. Qd4 Nc5 23. Rd2 Rfc8 24. Ng3 Qa5 25. Nh5 f6 26. Qg4 g5 27.
Nxf6+ Kf7 28. Qf5 $1 $18 {Postny,E-Guseinov,E/EUR-ch Warsaw/2005/}) 11... Na6
12. Bg5 Nc7 13. Bc4 Qa7 14. O-O-O (14. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 15. Kf1 Rb8 16. Qc2 d6
17. g4 $5 $14 {/\Kg2}) 14... Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ga8a1,Gb8b1] <->a,b|^} 15. Bxa6 Qxa6
16. Qc2 Rfb8 17. Rd2 $6 (17. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 18. Rd3 $14 (18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Rd7
Nb5 $13)) 17... Nfe8 $1 $13 {Black avoids the exchange and transfers his N to
the <<. White must defend with care.} 18. Qd3 Qa7 {[%cal Rf7f6] /\f6} 19. Nd4 (
19. Rc2 Na6 $5 20. a3 Rb3 $44 (20... e5 21. Nd1 $5 $14)) 19... e5 {Now White
must rely in his defence, as at the moment he has no active <=>.} 20. Nb3 (20.
Nf5 Qa5 $44 {/\Nb5}) 20... Rxb3 {An enterprising sacrifice, but Black could
have increased his pressure also by quiet methods.} (20... Na6 $5 $44) 21. axb3
f6 22. Bh4 (22. b4 $6 Bxb4 $1 23. Be3 (23. Bh4 Qa1+ 24. Qb1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3+
26. Rc2 Qe3+ $40) 23... Qa1+ 24. Nb1 $8 Bxd2+ 25. Bxd2 Nd6 $17) 22... Nd6 (
22... Be3 23. Na4 Rc8 24. Kb1 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Nb5 26. Bf2 $14) 23. Kd1 (23. Kc2
Na6 24. Na2 Nb4+ 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 $44 26. Rdd1 Qc5+ 27. Kb1 Qa7 28. Kc2 $11) (23.
Na4 $5 Be3 24. Kb1 $14) 23... Qa1+ 24. Qb1 {White must try to escape with his
K, the alternative} (24. Nb1 $6 Ncb5 25. Bf2 Bxf2 26. Rxf2 Nd4 $40 {is
extremely dangerous.}) 24... Ncb5 25. Ke2 (25. Kc2 Qa5 {[%cal Rb5d4] /\Nd4|^})
25... Qa6 26. Qd3 $6 ({Simplification helps and gives White chances to
disentangle:} 26. Nxb5 $142 Nxb5 (26... Qxb5+ $2 27. Qd3 $16) 27. Qd3 Nd4+ 28.
Kf1 Nxb3 29. Qxa6 $1 (29. Rd1 Qb6 30. g4 $14 {/\Kg2}) 29... Nxd2+ 30. Ke2 Rxa6
31. Kxd2 $16) 26... Nd4+ 27. Kf1 Nxb3 28. Qxa6 {Here White can't retain his
material advantage.} (28. Rd1 $143 Nc4 29. Bf2 $8 Bb4 $5 $36 (29... Bxf2 30.
Kxf2 Nxb2 $36)) 28... Nxd2+ 29. Ke2 Rxa6 30. Kxd2 Nc4+ $11 31. Ke2 (31. Kc2
Ne3+ 32. Kd3 Nxg2 $15) 31... Nxb2 32. Rb1 Rb6 (32... Nc4 33. Rb7 (33. Rb8+ Kf7
34. Rc8 Ra5 35. Be1 Nd6 $11) 33... Ra7 $11) 33. Nd1 Nxd1 34. Rxb6 Bxb6 35. Kxd1
{[%mdl 4096] White has survived a dangerous attack and forced a liquidation
into an _|_, in which he has a minimal advantage due to his better B. However,
Black still should be able to draw comfortably.} h5 (35... d6 $142 36. Kc2 Kf7
37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kc4 Kd7 $11 {and it's not clear how White can improve his
position, Black avoids a P_|_ and just shuffles his B.}) 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kd3
Bg1 38. h3 Ke7 39. Kc4 g5 $2 {[%csl Rf6][%mdl 16384] ><f6 Creates a second
weakness apart from the d-pawn.} (39... d6 40. Kb5 Kd7 41. g4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Be3
43. Be1 Bf4 $11 {and Black holds, White's K has nowhere to penetrate and his B
can't get in via f8.} (43... g5 $2 44. h4 $1 gxh4 45. Bxh4 Ke7 46. Kc6 $18))
40. Be1 h4 (40... d6 41. h4 $1 g4 (41... Bc5 42. g4 $1 gxh4 43. Bxh4 hxg4 44.
fxg4 {[%cal Rc4b5,Rb5c6,Rc6c8,Rh4e1,Re1a5,Ra5d8] /\Kb5-c6-c7-c8,Be1-a5-d8+-})
42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Gh4] /+-,o^h}) 41. Kb5 Be3 (41... d6 42. Kc6
$1 (42. Bb4 $2 Kd7 $11) 42... Bc5 $8 43. Ba5 Ke8 44. Kc7 Ke7 45. Kc8 Ke8 46.
Bd8 Bd4 (46... Kf7 47. Kd7 $18) 47. Bxf6 Be3 48. Bd8 Bd2 49. f4 $1 Bxf4 (49...
exf4 50. e5 Bb4 51. exd6 Bxd6 52. Bxg5 $18) 50. Ba5 $18 {/\Bb4,Kc7}) 42. Bb4+
Ke8 43. Bd6 $18 Bd2 (43... Kd8 44. Ka6 {[%cal Ra6b7,Rd6c7] /\Kb7,Bc7} Kc8 $2
45. Be7) 44. Kb6 Bc3 (44... Kd8 45. Kb7 Ba5 46. Bc5 Bd2 47. Bb6+ Ke7 (47... Ke8
48. Kc8 {[%cal Rb6d8] /\Bd8+-}) 48. Kc8 Kd6 49. Kd8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6c7] /\Bc7}
) 45. Kc7 Ba5+ 46. Kc8 Bd8 47. Ba3 {Playing for zugzwang is the simplest, but
White already has more ways to win.} (47. Bc7 Be7 (47... Bxc7 48. Kxc7 Ke7 49.
Kc8 $18 {is the game.}) 48. d6 (48. Ba5 $22 Bf8 49. Bd8 Bg7 50. d6 Bh8 51. Be7
Bg7 52. Kc7 Bh8 53. Bf8 $18 {is the same}) 48... Bf8 49. Bd8 Bg7 (49... Bxd6
50. Bxf6 $18) 50. Be7 Bh8 51. Bf8 Kxf8 52. Kxd7 Kf7 53. Kc8 f5 54. d7 Bf6 55.
d8=Q Bxd8 56. Kxd8 $18) 47... Bb6 (47... Ba5 48. Bc5 Be1 49. Bb6 $18 {[%cal
Rb6d8] /\Bd8}) 48. Bb4 Bd8 49. Bd6 $22 Bb6 50. Bc7 Bxc7 (50... Bd4 51. Bd8 $18)
51. Kxc7 Ke7 52. Kc8 (52. Kc8 Kd6 (52... Ke8 53. d6 $18) 53. Kd8 f5 54. exf5
Kxd5 55. Kxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.01.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Stisis, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Tel Aviv Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 $5 4. Nc3 {Transfer to 3...b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 and
so on. Besides white has three options:} (4. f3 $5 {Is the main line}) (4. Qc2)
({and} 4. a4) 4... b5 5. cxb5 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 ({Impossibly:} 7... Nxe4
$4 {in view of:} 8. Qe2 {[%csl Ye4,Re8][%cal Gb5d6]} f5 9. f3 $18) 8. Bf4 Nbd7
{[%mdl 4]} ({Other alternatives are:} 8... g6 $5 {See comments to Golod,
V-Nesterov,J/Bratislava,1993/Inf59/96 (1-0)(Golod,V)(35)}) (8... g5 $5 {
See comments to Sokolov,I-Hendriks,W/NLD 1996/CBM 54(1-0)(Stohl,I)(42)}) ({and
} 8... Nxe4 $5 {See comments to Korniushin,N-Kostin,A/St. Petersburg,1999/CBM
71(1/2-1/2)(Stohl,I)(27)}) 9. Nf3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Nh5 ({Can be recommended:} 
9... Nxe4 $5 10. Qe2 (10. Bc4 $5 $44) (10. Bd3 $143 f5 $13) 10... f5 11. Ng5
Ndf6 12. f3 (12. Ne6 $2 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Qa5 $17 {[%cal Gb4b3]}) 12... Nxd5 13.
Nxe4 Nxf4 (13... fxe4 $5 14. Qxe4 $13) 14. Nbxd6+ (14. Nexd6+ $5 {See comments
to Chetverik,M-Dobos,J/ Revfulop,1997/Inf 71/62(Chetverik,M)(21)}) 14... exd6
15. Nxd6+ Kd7 16. Qb5+ Ke6 17. Bc4+ $2 (17. Qc4+ $142 Kf6 $2 (17... Nd5 $145 $1
) 18. Qf7+ Kg5 19. h4+ Kh6 20. g4 $1 g6 21. g5+ Kh5 22. Ne8 $1 $16) 17... Kf6
$19 {See comments to Ivanisevic,I-Adorjan,A/ Szeged,1997/CBM 62(0-1)(Ribli,Z)
(23)}) ({Dubious:} 9... Nb6 {because of:} 10. Rc1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc1c5]} Bb7
$2 (10... Nxe4 $142) 11. Rxc5 $1 $16 {Timoshchenko,G-Roder,P/Hastings,1991 
(1-0)(16)}) ({Badly:} 9... Ng4 {because of:} 10. h3 Nge5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Qh5 $16 {[%csl Re5] Hernando Rodrigo,J-Parras Arca,R/ Mondariz
Balneario,1999(1-0)(25)}) 10. Bg5 $6 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gb5d6]} ({Better is:} 10.
Bd2) 10... Nhf6 $1 {[%csl Re4]} ({Weakly:} 10... Qb6 {in view of:} 11. Nd2 g6
12. Nc4 Qb8 13. a4 $14 {Rashkovsky,N-Zilberman,N/USSR,1975/Inf 20/112 (1-0)(33)
}) 11. Bf4 $5 (11. e5 $6 dxe5 12. Qe2 Bb7 $2 (12... Ra6 $1 13. Nxe5 $140 Nxd5 {
[%cal Ga6e6]}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 $16 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Nxd5 $2 (14... Kd7 15.
Bc4 $16) 15. Nd6+ $1 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 f6 (16... exd6 $2 17. Bb5+ Bc6 18. Bxc6#)
17. Bb5+ Kf7 18. Qd7 $18 {Barsov,A-Petronic,J/Budapest,1991(1-0) (25)}) 11...
Nh5 ({Again possibly:} 11... Nxe4 $5) 12. Bd2 g6 13. a3 $14 {[%csl Rb4] With
this move i am breaking strong black's chain.} (13. e5 $6 dxe5 14. Be3 Qb6 $2 (
14... Bb7 $5) 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. a4 $36 {Mueller,U-Gabriel,M/Bellheim,1994/GER 
(1-0)(44)}) 13... Bg7 {Yakov Stisis is sacrificing pawn in the right way and
getting conterplay.} (13... bxa3 $2 14. Rxa3 Rxa3 15. bxa3 Bg7 16. Qa4 $36 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd2a5]}) 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 O-O 16. Na7 $1 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Ga7c6] It's the best move, my knight is tending on ideal parking c6.} ({
Badly:} 16. Be2 {in view of:} cxb4 17. Bxb4 $140 Nf4 $36 {[%csl Re2,Gf4,Rg2]})
(16. Bc3 $6 cxb4 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (17... Kxg7 $5 $13)) 16...
cxb4 17. Nc6 Qe8 $2 $146 {[%mdl 16384]} ({It is necessary:} 17... Qb6 $1 18.
Be3 (18. Nxe7+ $5 Kh8 $140 19. Qa4 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} (19. Nxc8 $143 Rxc8 $44)
19... Nc5 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Bxb4 Nxe4 $44) 18... Qb7 (18... Nc5 $143 19. Nd2
$14 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Qb1 Qg4 23. O-O
Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. b3 Bc3 $11 {Sygulski,A-Paehtz,T/Potsdam,1985(1/2-1/2) 
(68)}) 18. Bxb4 $16 f5 ({Loses:} 18... e6 $2 {because of:} 19. Bxd6 exd5 $140
20. e5 $18) 19. e5 $1 ({Badly:} 19. exf5 $2 Rxf5 $140 20. Bd3 {because of:}
Rxd5 $1 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bxd5+ Nxd5 {[%csl Yb4,Rc6][%cal Gd5b4,Ge8c6,Yc6b4]} 23.
Qa8 (23. Qc1 Bd7 (23... Nhf4 $143 24. Qc4 $13) 24. Ncd4 (24. Nfd4 $2 e5 $19 {
[%csl Rb4,Rc6,Yd4,Gd7,Re1,Ge8][%cal Yc6b4,Yd4c6]}) 24... Nhf4 $36 {[%csl Rb4,
Rd3,Rg2][%cal Gf4d3,Gf4g2,Gd5b4]}) 23... Nhf4 $36 (23... Bd7 $2 24. Nxe7+ $1
Nxe7 25. Qxe8+ Bxe8 26. Bxd6 Nf5 27. Be5 Bc6 28. Bxg7 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Nhxg7 30.
Kd2 $14 {_|_})) 19... Nf4 $6 ({In my opinion it's better to:} 19... dxe5 20.
Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge5e4]} 23. Nd2 $16) (
19... Nb6 $6 20. Qa5 $18) 20. Qa5 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga5b6,Ya5d5] Black
didn't see that move. Now black's position is very difficult.} (20. Nxe7+ $2
Qxe7 21. Bxd6 Qe8 $13) 20... Nxe5 (20... dxe5 $142 21. Bxe7 e4 (21... Rf7 $143
22. d6 $18 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gf1c4]}) 22. Ng5 {+/-/+-}) 21. Nfxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 dxe5
23. g3 $1 Nh5 24. Bc4 {[%csl Yb4,Gc4,Rg8][%mdl 128] /\25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.d6+} Rf7
25. O-O $1 $18 {The main rule is not to rush.Now from numerous threat is no
protection.} (25. d6 $6 e6 $140 26. Qxe5 $4 (26. O-O $5) 26... Qc6 $19 {
[%csl Rc4,Rh1]}) 25... Nf6 26. d6 e6 (26... exd6 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (27... Qxf7
$143 28. Qd8+ Qf8 $8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bxd6+ {[%csl Re5]}) 28. Bxd6 e4 29. Rc1
$18) 27. Qxe5 Ne4 (27... Qc6 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Qxe6 $18) 28. f3 Rb7 $2 $138 (
28... Nf6 $142 29. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3,Gc4,Ge5,Rg8]}) 29. Be1 (29. Ba5 $144 $18) (
29. Be1 Ng5 30. Bc3 Qf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qf6+ {[%csl Rg5]}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 Bxa6 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 {[%csl Rd3] ><d3} (12. Bf4) ({and
} 12. Nd2 {occur more often in top-level games, but the text-move is quite
popular in general and perhaps better, than its reputation. It has one
drawback-once White fianchettoes his Bf1, he usually postpones the [+] advance,
which can cause him problems with the d3-square (or force him to play Bf1
anyway).}) 12... Nfd7 ({More critical for the whole line is} 12... Nc4 $5 {
/\Qa5} 13. Bf1 $5 (13. e5 Ng4 14. exd6 (14. e6 f5 15. Bf1 Qa5 16. h3 Nge5 17.
Ng5 $6 Nxb2 $1 18. Bxb2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nc4 20. Rb1 Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Qxc3 $17 {
Guliev,S-Nesterov,J/Moscow/1995/}) 14... exd6 15. Bf1 (15. Qc2 Qa5 $132) 15...
Qa5 $5 $44 (15... Qd7 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nh2 Nb6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20.
hxg4 Rfa8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Re7 Qd8 23. Qf3 Qf8 24. Bf6 $14 {Gordin,A-Radovanovic,
D/Bucharest/2003/})) 13... Nd7 (13... Qa5 $5 14. Qc2 Rfb8 $44) 14. Bxc4 (14.
Qc2 $5 {transposes into the game.}) (14. Nd2 $143 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxf1 16. Rxf1
Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfb8 $44 18. Na4 $2 Qb5 19. b3 Qd3 20. Bg5 Qxe4 21. Re1 Qf5 22.
Bxe7 Bd4 23. Rf1 Qxd5 $40 {-+,Maris,I-Tsorbatzoglou,T/GRE-ch Athens/1988/})
14... Bxc4 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Bg5 (16. Bf4 $142 $5 $13 {/+/= is similar to the
game and gives White chances for an advantage.}) 16... h6 $1 17. Bd2 Qa6 18.
Re3 Rfb8 19. Nd1 h5 20. Ra3 Qb5 21. Nc3 $6 Bd3 $1 22. Qc1 Qc4 23. b3 Qb4 24.
Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qe1 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qxe4 $17 {Vaulin,A-Nikolaidis,I/St Petersburg/
1994/}) 13. Qc2 (13. Bf4 Nc4 14. Qc1 (14. Qc2 {-13.Qc2}) 14... Qa5 {/\} (14...
Nce5 $5 $44) 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rfb8 $1 17. e5 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne4
f6 $13) 13... Nc4 14. Bf1 (14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Nd2 Na3 $1 16. bxa3 Qxc3 17. Qxc3
Bxc3 18. Rb1 c4 19. Nf3 Rfb8 20. Be3 Bb2 21. Nd4 c3 22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Bxa6 Rxa6
24. Nc2 Ra4 25. Kf1 Rxe4 $36 {Averkin,O-Miles,A/Dubna/1976/}) (14. Bf4 Qa5 15.
Rac1 Rfb8 16. b3 Nce5 (16... Na3 17. Qd2 c4 18. Nd4 $5 $36) 17. Red1 Nxf3+ 18.
Bxf3 c4 (18... Ne5 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qa6 21. Rc2 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Rb4 23. Bxe5
Bxe5 24. f3 f5 $44 {Vezzosi,P-Borgo,G/Reggio Emilia/1992/}) 19. bxc4 Bxc4 20.
Ne2 Bb5 21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Qd2 Qa3 24. Rc7 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rb1
Bf6 $11 {Ruck,R-Ehlvest,J/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) (14. b3 $2 Qa5 $1 $17 {is a
well-known trap White must avoid.}) 14... Qa5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Yc4a3] /\Na3} (
14... Nde5 $142 $5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Kg2 Bxf1+ (16... Qa5 17. f4 Bxf1+ 18. Rxf1
Nc4 19. Rf3 Rfb8 20. Rb1 Rb7 (20... Qb4 $5 21. b3 Na3 $44) 21. a4 Qb4 22. b3
Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Na3 24. Bxa3 Qxa3 25. h4 Rb4 26. Re1 $14 {1/2,Andresen,S-Busch,K/
BL9293/1993/}) 17. Rxf1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. a4 (19. Rad1 Rfb8 20. Bc1 c4 21. a3
Nd3 22. Rd2 Rb6 23. Nd1 Rc8 24. Re2 Rb3 $17 {Eperjesi,L-Brustkern,J/Budapest/
2004/}) 19... Qd3 $5 $132 (19... Nc4 20. Nb5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qb7 22. Qc2 $14 {
/+/-,Erdogan,H-Arduman,C/Ankara zt/1995/})) 15. Bxc4 $1 {Getting rid of the N
is a wise precaution, otherwise Na3, or Rfb8 and Nb2 are always in the air.
The weakening of the >> is only a minor consideration, as Black can't
effectively profit from it.} Bxc4 16. Bf4 (16. Bd2 $143 Qa6 17. Bf4 Rfb8 18. e5
Qb7 19. Qe4 Nb6 20. Red1 Rd8 21. b3 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5
Nxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ne5 e6 $11 {Gerusel,M-Miles,A/Bad Lauterberg/1977/})
16... Nb6 {For the time being prevents the immediate e5-break and aims with
the remaining N for c4.} (16... Rfb8 17. e5 $1 Qa6 18. Qd2 $14 {|^[+]}) (16...
Qa6 17. e5 $14 {is similar to the above note.} (17. Qd2 $5)) 17. Re3 {[%cal
Yb2b3] /\b3 Prepares b3, but lacks harmony.} (17. Qd2 $142 {-19.Qd2}) 17... Bd4
{This gives White a chance to rectify his rather unnatural previous move.} (
17... h6 $142 $5 18. h4 Qb4 $44) 18. Ree1 Bg7 19. Qd2 Rfd8 (19... Ba6 20. Bh6
$1 Nc4 21. Qc1 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 f6 (22... Nxb2 $4 23. Ng5 $18) 23. Qc1 Bc8 24. b3
$14) 20. Bh6 Ba6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A serious strategic mistake, as now White
can not only exchange the important Bg7, but immediately launch an -> in the 
[+] and against Black's K, deserted by his major pieces.} ({Good or bad, Black
should have played} 20... Bh8 21. Rac1 $5 $14 (21. e5 Rd7 $1 {/\} (21... dxe5
22. Nxe5 $16 {/\} Bxd5 23. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Nc6 $18) 22. b3 $6
Bxd5 $1 23. Nxd5 Qxd2 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bxd2 dxe5 $36)) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. e5
$1 $16 {[%mdl 128] ->>>} Nc4 (22... dxe5 23. Nxe5 (23. Rxe5 $6 Nc4 24. Qf4 Qc7
$1 $132) 23... Nxd5 24. Nc6 Nxc3 25. Qc1 $5 (25. Nxd8 Ne2+ 26. Rxe2 Bxe2 27.
Qxe2 (27. Ne6+ $5 fxe6 28. Qxe2 $16) 27... Rxd8 (27... Qxd8 28. Qe5+ $16) 28.
Qxe7 $36) 25... Ne2+ (25... Rd1 26. Qxd1 Nxd1 27. Nxa5 Nxb2 28. Rxe7 $16) 26.
Rxe2 Bxe2 27. Nxa5 Rd1+ 28. Qxd1 Bxd1 29. Nb7 $16) 23. Qc2 Qc7 (23... dxe5 24.
Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 $16) (23... Qb4 24. b3 Na3 25. Qd2 $40) 24. exd6 exd6 $6 (
24... Nxd6 $142 25. Ne5 $16) 25. Ne4 f6 (25... Qa5 26. b3 Ne5 $8 27. Nxe5 dxe5
28. Qc3 $5 $18 (28. Qxc5 Rxd5 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 $16)) 26. Qc3 $1 Ne5 (26... Rf8 27.
Nfg5 Bc8 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Ne4 $18) 27. Nd4 $1 {White already has an
overwhleming position, Huebner understandably plays for the attack.} (27. Nxe5
fxe5 28. b4 $18) 27... Bc8 28. f4 $18 Ng4 (28... Qb6 29. fxe5 (29. Nc2 $5 $18)
29... cxd4 30. exf6+ Kf7 31. Qc6 $18) 29. h3 Nh6 (29... Qf7 30. Ne6+ $18) (
29... Qb6 30. Nc6 c4+ 31. Kg2 $18) 30. Nxf6 $1 Qf7 (30... Kxf6 31. Ne6+ $18)
31. Nc6 Qxf6 32. Re7+ {Now Black loses too much material.} Nf7 $8 33. Nxd8 Qxc3
34. bxc3 Bxh3 (34... Kf8 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 36. Re1+ Kxd8 37. Rf8+ Kd7 38. Ree8 $18)
35. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2005.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Llorens Sepulveda, Marcelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 g6 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O b4
({Black advances his Pb5, as White might well change his mind about accepting
the gambit:} 8... Nbd7 9. cxb5 a6 10. h3 $5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13.
Qc2 Qa8 14. a3 Rb8 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. b3 Nfd7 17. a4 Qb7 18. Ba3 Ra7 19. h4 h6 20.
Rfe1 Rc8 21. Bb2 Nf6 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Qa6 24. e5 $36 {Eljanov,
P-Mirovshchikov,S/St Petersburg/1999/}) ({But perhaps an equally promising
treatment of the position was} 8... bxc4 9. Nxc4 Nfd7 $5 10. Bg5 Nb6 11. Nfd2
Qc7 12. f4 e6 13. dxe6 (13. e5 $5 $13) 13... fxe6 14. Qe1 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Nc6 16.
Qd2 Rb8 17. Rad1 d5 18. exd5 exd5 $36 {Donnelly,M-Corkett,A/GBR-ch cr/1989/})
9. Nb3 $146 {White wants to finish his development first before undertaking
any serious action.} ({The straightforward} 9. a3 a5 10. axb4 $6 {isn't ideal:}
cxb4 11. h3 Nfd7 12. Nb3 a4 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Nbd4 Nc5 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Qd2 Re8
17. h4 Qa5 18. Bc2 {Ftacnik,L-Gyorkos,L/AUT-chT2S/1995/} Nb6 $15) ({However,
White more often chooses a different route for his N:} 9. Re1 e5 10. Nf1 (10.
dxe6 Bxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Ng4 $5 13. Ndf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Bxc4
16. Re3 Nc6 17. b3 Qf6 18. Rb1 Bxd3 19. Bb2 Qf5 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Rad8 $17
{Levitt,J-Wolff,P/Hastings/1990/}) 10... a5 11. Ng3 Ra7 (11... Ng4 $5 12. h3
Nh6 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5<=>}) 12. h3 a4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16.
Nh2 Ng8 17. Ngf1 Ndf6 18. g4 $1 Ne7 19. f4 (19. Rad1 $5 {()}) 19... exf4 20.
Bxf4 a3 21. b3 {Vyzmanavin,A-Kalegin,E/St Petersburg/1996/} Nd7 $1 22. Bxd6
Bd4+ $44 {/\Ne5}) 9... Nbd7 {As we have seen in the above examples, Black
often closes the diagonal of his Bg7 with e5 just to gain more influence in
the [+]. However, here after} (9... e5 {he must seriously reckon with} 10. a3
$1 $14 a5 $2 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Bd2 a4 13. c5 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rb4] ׫ so Llorens
also decides to develop his pieces first.}) (9... a5 $5 $11) 10. h3 Qc7 11. Be3
a5 12. a3 bxa3 (12... Bb7 $132 {was also playable, bult Black wants to leave
the B on the open /^c8-h3.}) 13. Rxa3 a4 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rfa1 (16.
Re1 {seems more natural, but Black can still returne to the plan, mentioned in
the note to his 9-th move with} e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 $132) 16... Rfb8 ({This was
still a good moment for Black to play} 16... e5 $5 $11) 17. Nb1 $1 {White
improves his N.} Qb7 18. Nc3 ({Premature for tactical reasons is} 18. e5 $143
dxe5 $1 {/\} (18... Ne8 19. Bf4 $14) 19. Bxc5 (19. Nxe5 Nfxd5 20. cxd5 Bxe5 $17
) 19... e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxb2 $15) 18... Ne8 ({Here already} 18... e5
{is not quite ideal, White can consider:} 19. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Yb2b3] /\b3+/=} (
19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. e5 $5 (20. Nxa4 Nxa4 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Nd7 23. Bf4 Ne5
$44) 20... dxe5 21. Nxe5 $14)) 19. e5 $5 Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 16512] This is a grave
mistake, Black deserts the >> and moreover gives White tempi to build up a
dangerous ->.} (19... dxe5 20. Ne4 $1 $16 (20. Bxc5 f5 $132)) ({Necessary was} 
19... Qc7 $1 20. Ne4 Bf5 $14 {/<=>}) 20. Bf4 $1 Ne8 {Taking on e5 is a
concession, so Black decides to take a move back...} 21. Re1 $16 dxe5 {
Inconsistent, but the pressure on the <->e, together with threats as h4-h5 and
e6 would sooner or later force this: the [+]-tension is in White's favour.} 22.
Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Nd6 24. Ne4 Qc7 {Black would like to exchange some pieces,
but} (24... Nxe4 25. Bxe4 $16 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6 loses material.}) 25. Ng3 $5 {
On the other hand White has transferred his N to the >> and for the time being
avoids exchanges.} Be8 $6 ({Black needs the Q in the defence, the text-move
makes it only more difficult.} 25... Qd8 $142 $16 {/\Qf8}) 26. Qc1 $1 $40 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Rc1h6,Rg3h5] /\Qh6,Nh5 A >> storm is brewing...} e6 $2 {
White has a strong attack, but this weakening of the dark squares eases his
task considerably.} (26... Nd7 $2 27. Nc6 $18) (26... Bd7 $142 27. Qh6 Qd8 28.
Ne4 $5 $16) (26... f6 $2 27. Qh6 $1 {/\} (27. Ng4 $143 $16) 27... fxe5 28. Nh5
e6 (28... gxh5 29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8#) 29. Nf6+ Kf7 (
29... Kh8 30. Qf8#) 30. Qxh7+ Kxf6 31. Qxc7 $18) 27. Ng4 $1 $18 Qe7 (27... exd5
28. Nf6+ Kg7 (28... Kh8 29. Qh6 $18) 29. Ngh5+ $1 gxh5 30. Qg5+ $18) 28. Qc3 {
[%cal Rg4h6,Rg4f6] /\Nh6,Nf6} Qh4 $8 (28... h5 29. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 30. Nh6+ Kf8
31. Qh8#) 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Rd8 31. Qe5 Ndc8 32. Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rg4h6,
Re5g7] /\Qg7#,Nh6} (32. Nh5 Qxh5 (32... gxh5 33. Nh6+ Kf8 34. Qh8#) 33. Nf6+
$18) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 d6 $6 {[%mdl 16384] This slip
allows White to transpose into an advantageous line of the accepted Volga, as
he gets in the central advance without any strategic concessions, as losing
time or castling rights.} 6. e4 Qa5+ $146 (6... Bxa6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Nc3 g6 9.
Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Rb1 Kh7 14. Re1 Rfb8 15. e5 Nh5
16. Bd2 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc7 18. Nc6 Re8 19. Qf3 e5 20. g4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22.
a3 Rac8 23. Rbd1 $16 {Kruppa,Y-Papenin,N/UKR-chT Alushta/2001/}) (6... g6 7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ $5 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nxa6 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O Bxa6 11. Re1 Ng4
12. Nd2 Ngf6 13. Qc2 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 Nb6 15. b3 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bb2 Ng4 18.
h3 Ne5 19. Nb5 Nc8 20. Nc4 $16 {Genov,P-Badev,K/BUL-chT Pamporovo/2001/}) 10.
O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Nd2 $5 Nd7 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Nc7 15. Bh6 Ba6 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Ne3 Qb8 18. Rfc1 Qb4 19. Nc2 Qa5 20. a3 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qb6 22. b4 $16 {
Staniszewski,P-Kurr,G/NRW-chT 9192/1992/}) 8... Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bxa6 11.
Bg5 f5 $6 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qh5 Qd6 17. g4
f4 18. Rad1 Nd7 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Qg6 Bxb5 21. axb5 c4 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Nxf6+
exf6 24. Rxe5 $18 {Formanek,E-Plaskett,J/Hastings/1985/}) (6... Nxe4 $4 7. Qa4+
$18) 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Na3 $5 {[%cal Ya3c4] /\Nc4} Bxa6 (8... Qxb2 9. Nc4 $1 (9.
Nb5 Nxe4 (9... Nxa6 $2 10. Bc3 $18) 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Nxd2 12. Bd3 (12. a7
Ne4 13. Be2 Qb4+ 14. Kf1 Nd7 $13) 12... Bxa6 $14) 9... Qd4 10. f3 Bxa6 11. Qc1
{/\Bc3+-} Nxe4 12. fxe4 Qxe4+ 13. Ne3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 $16) 9. Bxa6 Qxa6 10. Qc2
Qa4 {In the Volga gambit the <<|^ often persisits into the _|_, but here
White's uncastled K will takeover the defence of the b-pawn, while White will
concentrate his efforts on the >>.} (10... g6 11. Nc4 Bg7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O
$16) (10... Nbd7 $142 11. Nc4 (11. Nf3 Qa4 $1 $13) 11... e6 12. Ne2 $5 (12. Nf3
exd5 13. exd5 Be7 $132) (12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 e4 16.
Ng5 Qd3 $14) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Be7 14. Nf4 $14) 11. Qxa4+ Rxa4 12. f3 g6 13.
Ne2 Bg7 14. Nc3 Rb4 (14... Ra6 15. Nc4 $16) 15. b3 Nfd7 (15... e6 16. Nc4 Ke7
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 $18) 16. Rb1 Rb7 17. Nc4 $16 O-O 18. a4 {White has
consolidated his position and Black has no compensation left. He therefore
strives for some activity on the other flank.} f5 (18... Na6 19. Na5 Rb6 20.
Nc6 $16 {/+-}) 19. Ke2 Na6 20. Rhf1 Rbb8 (20... Rfb8 21. Nb5 {[%cal Rc4a5] /
\Na5+-}) 21. h3 Nc7 22. g4 $1 $40 {/\gf5, Rg1} fxe4 $6 (22... Bd4 23. gxf5 gxf5
24. Ne3 $5 (24. Na5 Ne5 {/\} 25. f4 Ng6 26. Nc6 Bxc3 27. Bxc3 fxe4 $1 28. Nxb8
Nxd5 $132) 24... Bxe3 25. Bxe3 $16) 23. fxe4 Rfe8 (23... Rxf1 24. Kxf1 Bd4 25.
Ke2 $18) 24. Kd3 Ne5+ 25. Kc2 $1 (25. Nxe5 Bxe5 $14 {[%cal Yb8b4,Ye7e6] /\Rb4,
e6<=>}) 25... Ra8 (25... Rb4 26. Nd1 Rb7 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Ne3 $16 {/+-}) (
25... Nxc4 26. bxc4 Na6 27. Nb5 $18 {[%csl Ga4] o^a}) 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bf4 Bd4
(27... Bxf4 28. Rxf4 e6 29. Rf6 $1 $18) (27... Bg7 $5 $16) 28. Rbe1 (28. Rf3
$142) 28... Ra7 29. Rf3 Bg7 30. Bg3 (30. h4 $142 $1 $40 {[%cal Rh4h6] /\h6-h6})
30... Bd4 (30... Na6 31. e5 Nb4+ 32. Kd2 dxe5 33. Bxe5 Rd8 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35.
Kc1 $16) 31. Ref1 Raa8 32. h4 {[%mdl 128] After some hesitation White
concentrates on his plan of a >>->} Reb8 33. Bf4 Bg7 (33... c4 34. bxc4 Bxc3
35. Kxc3 Rxa4 36. Bh6 Ra3+ 37. Kd4 Rxf3 38. Rxf3 {/\e5+-}) 34. h5 Rb4 (34...
gxh5 35. gxh5 $18) 35. Bd2 $1 $18 Rab8 (35... Bxc3 36. Bxc3 Rxe4 37. hxg6 Rxg4
(37... Nxd5 38. gxh7+ Kxh7 39. Rf7+ Kh6 40. Rh1+ Kg5 41. Rh5+ Kxg4 42. Rxd5 $18
) 38. g7 Rxg7 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rxe7 Nxd5 42. Rg1+ $18) 36. h6 Be5
(36... Bf6 37. g5 Be5 38. Rf7 Re8 (38... Bf6 39. R1xf6 exf6 40. Rxc7 $18) (
38... Rxb3 39. Rxe7 Rb2+ 40. Kd1 $18) 39. Nd1 $5 Rxe4 40. Bc3 Nxd5 41. Bxe5
Rxe5 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Rff7 $18) (36... Bxc3 37. Bxc3 Rxe4 38. Bg7 $18) 37. Bg5
Bf6 (37... Re8 38. Bxe7 $18) (37... R4b7 38. Bxe7 Ne6 39. dxe6 Rxe7 40. Nd5
Rxe6 41. Rf7 $18) 38. Bxf6 exf6 39. Rxf6 c4 (39... Rxb3 40. Rf7 (40. Rxd6 $18)
40... Rb2+ 41. Kc1 $18) 40. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7c7,Rf7g7,Rf1f7] /\Rc7,Rg7,Rff7} cxb3+
41. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. a4 a5
9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 {A typical position from the 5. (6.) b6
complex. The material is equal, but Black's play on the << is squashed for the
time being and it's not so easy for him to get effective <=>. White on the
other hand has a () and controls the [+], he will gradually turn his sights to
the >>. Black should combine operations on the <->b with a possible central
break (e6, possibly even f5).} (11... Qxb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Bb5 $5 $36 Bxb5 14.
axb5 a4 15. Nc4 Qb7 16. h3 h6 17. Be3 Ne8 18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. Qxa4 Nb6 20. Nxb6
Qxb6 21. Qa6 Qxa6 22. bxa6 Nc7 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. a7 f5 25. f3 Kf7 26. Ra5 Ke8 27.
Na4 Rd8 28. b4 f4 29. Bf2 {1-0,Mollov,E-Pantaleev,P/BUL-chT/2001/}) 12. Bf4 (
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. h3
Qb7 18. Nd2 Nfd7 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Ndb1 c4 21. Na3 Nc5 22. e5 Nd3 23. e6 f5 24.
Nab5 f4 $36 {Chiburdanidze,M-Sedina,E/FIDE WChW Moscow/2001/}) 13... e6 14.
dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Qc1 Rfc8 17. Bf3 Nfd7 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.
Bxf3 Kh7 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Bf4 Nc4 $15 {Kobylkin,E-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar/2002/
}) (12. Re1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Bf4 Qb7 16. Rab1 Raa8 17. b3 Rfc8
18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Nd2 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Nc4 Rcb8 22. Bd2 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Bb2
24. Bh6 Bc3 25. Rec1 Rb4 26. Qc2 Bd4 27. Bd2 Qd7 $1 28. Bxb4 axb4 $44 {|^,
Gaprindashvili,V-Zubov,O/Alushta/1999/}) (12. h3 Ne8 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. Qd2 Ba6
15. Rfe1 Nc4 16. Qc2 e5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 Nb6 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. b3 Nb4 21. Qe2
Qe7 22. Ba3 $6 f5 23. Rad1 Bh6 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Rf5 27. Re2
Raf8 $17 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5, Hoethe,C-Krivoshey,S/Schwabisch Gmund/2002/}) 12...
Bg4 $6 {[%mdl 16416] This sortie, although often played, is in my opinion
strategically suspect. By exchanging his light-squared B Black hands over the
squares b5 and c4 to White, which in turn makes it extremely difficult to
achieve any effective <=> on the <<.} (12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Bg4 $6 (13... Nc7 $142
14. Bh6 $14) 14. Rfe1 (14. h3 $5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc4 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. b3 Ne5 18.
Be2 Nc7 19. Nb5 (19. Be3 $5) 19... f5 20. Rad1 fxe4 {1/2,Martyn,R-Erwich,F/
Millfield School/2002/} 21. Qxe4 $14) 14... Nc7 $6 (14... Rb8 $142 $1 {/\Bf3})
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Nb5 Ne5 19. Be2 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qd7 21.
Bg3 Qb7 22. Rad1 Kh8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bc4 Nb6 25. b3 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4] Shaked,
T-Shirov,A/Tilburg/1997/ This game well illustrates the words above-White has
nothing to fear on the << and rules supreme in the [+].}) (12... Ba6 $142 $13 {
as in the examples from the above note.}) 13. h3 $1 {As indicated White wants
to exchange Black's B and keep his own.} (13. Nd2 $143 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qd7 15.
Nf3 Nh5 16. Bg5 $13 Bxc3 $6 17. bxc3 Nxa4 18. Ra3 f6 19. Bh6 Rfb8 20. Rfa1 Rb2
21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Kf7 24. Qd1 Qb7 25. Ra1 Ng7 26. h4 $36 {
Saric,I-Vasilev,M/Rijeka/2002/}) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nfd7 $146 (14... Ne8 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. Be2 Na6 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Bc4 Nb6 21. b3
Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qc7 23. Nb5 Qb8 24. Bg3 Rcd8 25. Bh4 Rd7 26. f4 $16 {Bagirov,
R-Afshari,M/Dubai/2001/ is similar to the Shaked-Shirov game.}) 15. Rb1 (15.
Qc2 $5 f5 16. Rfe1 $14) 15... c4 {[%csl Rc4] Here the P will soon be very
vulnerable.} (15... Ne5 $142 16. Be2 e6 17. Bg3 $14) 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qc2 Rb8 (
17... Nc5 $5 18. Bg4 Qb7 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nb5 Rab8 21. Na3 $14 (21. b3 $5 $36)
) 18. Nb5 Rb7 (18... Nc5 19. Na7 Qa6 (19... Qc7 20. Nc6 Ra8 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22.
Be2 $16) 20. Nc6 (20. Bxc5 Qxa7 $14) 20... Nbxa4 21. Nxb8 (21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22.
Nc6 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Nxb2 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Be2 $16) 21... Rxb8 22. Be2 Rxb2 23.
Rxb2 Nxb2 24. Rb1 $16) 19. Bg4 $1 $16 {Now Black loses material by force,
while White keeps control of the position.} h5 (19... Qb8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 (20...
Rxd7 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxc4 $18 {[%cal Gc1c8] <->c}) 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qe2 $16)
20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Rfc1 (21. Na7 Qa8 22. Nc6 Ne5 $14) 21... Ne5 (21... f5 $5 {
׻,<=> was the last chance to get at least some <=> despite the weaknesses
this move creates. On move 24 it will be already too late.} 22. exf5 (22. b3 $5
$16) 22... Rxf5 23. Qe4 Nf6 24. Rxc4 Qd7 25. Qe6+ $16) 22. b3 Nd3 (22... f5 23.
exf5 gxf5 24. bxc4 f4 25. Bd4 $16 {/+-}) (22... c3 23. Qd1 f5 24. Rxc3 {/\}
Nf3+ 25. Qxf3 Bxc3 26. Rc1 $18) 23. Rd1 Nb4 24. Qxc4 f5 $6 (24... Qxc4 $142 25.
bxc4 Rc8 26. Na3 $16 {[%cal Rc4c5,Ra3c4] /\c5,Nc4} (26. f3 $5 Rxc4 27. Rdc1 $16
)) 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rbc1 Rbb8 (27... Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Rb8 29. Bd2
Nxd5 30. Bxa5 {/\} e6 31. Nxd6 Rxb3 32. Nxf5 $1 $18) 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Bb6 $18
Rc2 (29... Be5 30. Nc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6a5] /\Ba5} (30. Bxa5 Nxd5 $16)) 30.
Bxa5 Na6 31. Bd8 (31. Rb1 {[%cal Yb5a3,Yb3b4] /\Na3,b4} Rc5 (31... Bb2 32. Bb6
Kf7 33. Bd4 $18) 32. Bd8 Kf7 {forces White to return with his R, or sacrifice
a P.}) 31... Kf7 32. a5 Rb2 33. Nd4 Bxd4 {This only simplifies the position
and White's task.} (33... f4 $142 34. Bb6 Nb4 35. Ne6 Be5 36. Bd4 Rxb3 37. Bxe5
dxe5 38. Re1 Nxd5 (38... Kf6 39. Nc5 $18) 39. Rxe5 Rb5 40. Kh2 (40. a6 Kf6 $1
41. a7 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. Rxd5 Kxe6 $14) (40. Nxf4 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Nxf4 42. Rf5+
Kg6 43. Rxf4 Ra1 $16) 40... Kf6 41. Nd4 Rxa5 42. Rxh5 Kg6 43. Re5 Kf6 44. Rf5+
Kg6 45. h4 $18) 34. Rxd4 Rxb3 35. Rf4 e6 (35... Kf6 36. g4 (36. Rh4 Kg6 37.
Bxe7 Rd3) 36... hxg4 37. hxg4 Kg5 38. Rc4 Rb7 39. Rc6 $18) 36. dxe6+ Kxe6 37.
Rh4 Nc5 (37... d5 38. Rxh5 {[%cal Rh5h6] /\Rh6} Nb4 39. Rh6+ Kd7 40. Bb6 $18)
38. Rxh5 Ra3 39. Rh6+ Kd7 40. Bb6 (40. Bb6 Ne4 41. h4 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Gh4] o^a,h
}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 {A popular line in the nineties,
this variation has gradually fallen out of fashion.} axb5 (5... e6 {is the
main alternative, but the continuation} 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3
Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Be3 axb5 12. O-O-O Qb4 13. Nf4 Ne7 14. Qf2 $1 {still
remains problematic for Black.}) 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 Qd8 (
9... Qc7 10. a3 $14) 10. Bd3 {Continuing his development. Practice has shown
this is more solid than} (10. a3 e6 $1 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 d5
$44) 10... g6 {Black also develops his >> and postpones any [+] activity.} (
10... e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O Be7 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Be4
$1 $36 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qa4+ Bd7 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qa4+ Bd7 22.
Qa6 Nc7 $6 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Qb6 Rb8 25. Nb7 $1 Ne6 26. Qa6 Ra8 27. Qc4 Qb6 28.
Nc5 $16 {Kasimdzhanov,R-Tregubov,P/FIDE WCh New Delhi/2000/}) 11. Ne2 (11. a3
$142 $5 bxa3 12. Rxa3 Rxa3 13. bxa3 e6 $2 (13... Bg7 14. Ba5 $36) 14. Qa4+ Nfd7
(14... Nbd7 $2 15. Ba5 Qe7 16. Qc6 $18) (14... Bd7 15. Qa7 exd5 16. Ba5 $16)
15. Ne2 exd5 16. exd5 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qe7 18. Nb6 Qd8 19. Ba5 Ba6 20. Na8 $1 Qc8
21. Nc7+ Ke7 22. Nxa6 {1-0,Kerek,C-Vajda,S/Eger op/1995/}) 11... Bg7 12. a3 (
12. O-O O-O 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rxa3 15. bxa3 e6 (15... Ba6 16. Qc2 e6 17.
dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Kh1 Nc6 22. Rb1 Ne5 23.
Bb5 Rd8 24. Ng3 Nf6 25. Bg5 $14 {Ortiz,W-Chan,M/WChJ Halle/1995/}) 16. dxe6
Bxe6 (16... fxe6 17. Ba5 Qe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nd5 20. Nc4 Ba6 (20... Qa7 {
-see the game.}) 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Qc2 Nc6 23. Rb1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 $13 {
Varga,P-Gyimesi,Z/HUN-chT/1995/}) 17. Nf4 Nc6 18. Bc3 Nd4 19. Re1 (19. Nxe6
$142 $11) 19... Nd7 20. Ba5 $6 Qg5 21. Bd2 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rb8 24.
Kh1 Rb2 $36 {Miniboeck,G-Plachetka,J/AUT-chT/1998/}) 12... bxa3 13. Rxa3 Rxa3
14. bxa3 O-O 15. Ba5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Azmaiparashvili's novelty is very natural,
the intermediate move disturbs the coordination of Black's pieces.} (15. O-O {
-12.0-0}) 15... Qd7 16. O-O (16. Bc3 Ba6 17. O-O $14) 16... e6 $5 17. dxe6 (17.
Bc3 exd5 18. exd5 (18. Nb6 Qa7 $15) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Be4 Nf6 21.
Qxd6 Ba6 $15) 17... fxe6 (17... Qxe6 $2 18. Nf4 $16 (18. Bc7 Ba6 19. Qb3 $1 $36
)) 18. e5 (18. Bc3 d5 $13 (18... Ba6 $132)) (18. Nb6 $6 Qa7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20.
Be1 (20. Bc4 $2 d5 $1 $19) 20... c4+ 21. Bf2 Qxa3 $15) 18... dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qa7
20. Nc4 Nd5 $13 {[%csl Re6] <=> The resulting position is similar to the game
Varga-Gyimesi above. Although White's forces are well developed and he has a
better P structure (><e6), Black has good piece play and should hold the
balance.} 21. Be1 Nc6 22. Bf2 Rd8 (22... Ba6 23. Re1 Bb5 $11) 23. Qb3 (23. Qc2
$6 Ndb4 $1 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Qb3 Nxd3 (25... Rxd3 26. Qxb4 cxb4 27. Bxa7 Ba6
28. Rc1 b3 29. Kf2 b2 30. Nxb2 Bxb2 31. Rc6 $14 {/=}) 26. Rd1 Rd5 $1 27. Nb6
Qb7 $5 $15 (27... Nxf2 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Qxd5+ Qf7 30. Qd8+ Qf8 31. Qxc8 $11))
23... Nc3 $5 (23... Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bg3 $14) (23... Ba6 24. Qa4 Nd4 25.
Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bg3 Ra8 $11) 24. Qc2 (24. Nxc3 $2 Rxd3 25. Rc1 Nd4 $17) 24... Qd7
(24... Nxe2+ $142 25. Qxe2 (25. Bxe2 Nd4 $11) 25... Qd7 26. Be4 Ba6 $132) 25.
Nxc3 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Ne4 Nd4 $5 (27... Ba6 28. Nxc5 Bxc4 29. Nxd3 Bxd3
30. Rc1 $36 {[%csl Ga3] o^a3}) 28. Rb1 $1 (28. Nxc5 $2 Rc3 $19) 28... Bf8 (
28... Ba6 29. Nxc5 Bxc4 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Nxd3 $14) 29. h4 {
[%cal Rb1b8] /\Rb8} Rb3 (29... Ba6 30. Ne5 $1 Rb3 (30... Rxa3 $2 31. Rb8 Kg7
32. Ra8 $40) 31. Nf6+ $14) 30. Rd1 Ba6 $5 (30... Ne2+ $143 31. Kh2 {/\} Ba6 32.
Rd7 $1 $36) 31. Bxd4 cxd4 {Black decides to rely on his ^^ rather than fight
for a draw in a slightly unpleasant _|_ after} (31... Bxc4 32. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 33.
Nxc5 Rxa3 34. Rd7 Bd5 35. Re7 $14) 32. Rxd4 Be7 $44 (32... Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxa3
34. Rc7 Bg7 35. Rc8+ Bf8 $14 {is similar to the above note.}) 33. Ne5 (33. Rd7
$5 Kf8 $14 (33... Bxh4 34. Ncd6 {/\g3+-}) (33... Rb7 $5)) 33... Bxh4 34. Nd2 (
34. Nc5 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Bf6 36. f4 Rb5 $1 {/\} 37. Nxa6 Rxe5 $11) 34... Re3 35.
Rxh4 Rxe5 36. Re4 Rxe4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This lands Black in a bad _|_.} (36...
Rd5 37. Rxe6 $14) (36... Ra5 $142 37. Re3 $14 {/= with only a rather academic
advantage for White.} (37. a4 Bb7 38. Rc4 Bd5 $11 {/\Bc6})) 37. Nxe4 e5 (37...
Kf7 38. Ng5+ $18 {also wins a pawn.}) (37... Bc4 38. a4 {/\} Kf8 39. Nf6 h6 40.
Nd7+ Ke7 41. Ne5 $18) 38. Nf6+ Kf7 (38... Kg7 $142 39. Nd7 Bb5 40. Nxe5 Kf6 41.
Ng4+ $16 {/+-}) 39. Nxh7 $18 {White has an extra P and Black's P are weak-the
game is decided.} Ke6 40. Nf8+ Kf5 41. Nd7 g5 (41... e4 42. Nc5 $18) 42. Kf2
Bc8 43. g4+ $1 Ke6 $8 (43... Kf4 44. Nf8 {[%cal Rf8g6] /\Ng6#}) 44. Nc5+ Kd5
45. Ne4 Kd4 46. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Cheboksary"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
Bd2 Qb6 9. Bc4 (9. Qb3 {occurs only rarely nowadays, Black is doing fine in
the older line} e6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxd5 12. Qd3 Qb7 13. f3 c4 14. Bxc4
Bxc4 15. Qxc4 d5 16. Qc2 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 18. fxe4 Nd7 19. Ne2 Nc5 20. Nc3
Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nxb2 22. Nb5 Ra4 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. Nb5 Ra4 25. Nc3 Ra8 26. Nb5 {
1/2,Karpov,A-Miles,A/Tilburg/1986/}) (9. Qf3 e6 10. e4 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 Qe6+ 13. Ne2 Bxd5 14. Qg3 Bd6 $5 15. Qxg7 Be5 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qe3 Bxb2 18.
Rb1 Qxe3 (18... Bd4 $2 19. Qg3 Kf8 20. O-O Be5 21. Nf4 Qd6 22. Rfe1 Rg8 23.
Rxe5 $1 Rxg3 24. Rxd5 $18 {Graf,A-Felgaer,R/Calvia olm/2004/}) 19. Bxe3 Rxa2
$13) 9... e6 10. e4 (10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Na6 $1 12. Nf3 (12. Nge2 Nb4 $36)
12... exd5 13. O-O Be7 $11 {/~~ is comfortable for Black, as White can't put
his [+] under direct pressure and force the compromising c4 advance.}) 10...
Nxe4 11. dxe6 {White doesn't insist on maintaining his [+] outpost, which
isn't so simple to achieve advantageously:} (11. Nf3 Nf6 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2
Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Na6 $5 (14... Bf6 15. Rad1 Na6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Qc1 d6
18. Ng4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 exd5 $2 (19... Bxd5 $11) 20. Bd3 Bc8 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22.
Qh6 f5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Re3 {1-0,Annakov,B-Ivanov,V/Moscow/1994/})
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 d6 19. Qh5 e5 20. Ne4 f6 21.
Qh4 h6 22. Nc3 f5 23. f4 e4 $13 {/=/+,Annakov,B-Kalegin,E/Moscow/1995/}) 12.
O-O Be7 (12... exd5 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Bb3 c4 $13) 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bb3 Na6 15.
Ne5 Qd8 (15... exd5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rxe7 Nf6 18. Bg5 d4 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qf5 Nb4 $1 $11 {Christiansen,L-Sarfati,J/Wellington/
1988/}) 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qg4 Nc7 20. Bc2 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Qf6 22. Qg3 Rf7 23. Na4 Ra5 24. Rae1 Bc6 25. Nc3 Ra8 26. f3 Qf4 27. Qf2
Qd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Ne2 Rxa2 30. Nxd4 Rxb2 $11 {1/2,Lukacs,P-Fogarasi,T/
Budapest/1994/}) (11. Nxe4 $2 exd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 Qe6 $17) (11. Nge2 Nf6
12. Nf4 Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Re1 Be7 $13 15. b3 $6 exd5 16. Bd3 d4 17. Na4 Qc6
18. Qe2 Ne6 19. Bb5 Qd6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Kf7 $36 {[%csl
Gc5,Gd4,Gd7] [+],Nikolic,S-Vaisser,A/Forli/1989/}) 11... dxe6 (11... fxe6 $5
$13 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6] [+] is more ambitious and probably even more promising. If
White doesn't play energetically enough, Black's [+] pawns can become
dangerous indeed:} 12. Nxe4 (12. Qh5+ $2 g6 13. Qe5 Qxb2 14. Rd1 Rg8 15. Bxe6
Bd6 $1 $19) 12... Bxe4 13. Qh5+ Bg6 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Ne2 d5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 (16...
Bf7 $5) 17. Qxd3 Ne5 18. Qg3 Nc4 19. Bc3 d4 20. Qf3 Rb8 21. b3 Na3 22. O-O dxc3
23. Nf4 Nc2 24. Qh5+ Kd7 25. Rad1+ Nd4 26. Rfe1 c2 27. Qf7+ Be7 28. Rxd4+ cxd4
29. Nxe6 Qb4 30. Kf1 Qxe1+ {0-1,Ferrari,J-Wachinger,G/Wattens/1994/}) 12. Nxe4
(12. Bb5+ $6 Nc6 $1 $36) 12... Bxe4 13. Nf3 $146 {[%mdl 8] A natural move,
White first of all wants to finish his development.} (13. f3 $143 $6 Bd5 14.
Bxd5 exd5 15. Ne2 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. Nc3 Rfd8 20. Rab1
Nb4 $17 {Spicak,K-Ehrenfeucht,W/Krynica op/1998/}) 13... Nc6 14. Bc3 Be7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Qe2 Bxf3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Black gains a [+] outpost for his N, but
it's not worth the strong B.} ({Definitely more logical is} 16... Bd5 $142 17.
Ne5 (17. Bd3 $6 Nd4 $36) 17... Rfd8 $11 (17... Nxe5 $6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxe5
Bf6 20. Qxd5 $14)) 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. a4 $36 {[%csl Ga4,Gc3,Gc4] ^^,
o^a White's B support the a-pawn and give him a solid advantage.} Qb8 (19...
Qc6 $5 $14) 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. a5 f5 {Black lashes out, but creates only new
weaknesses in his set-up.} (21... Bf6 22. a6 $16) 22. Qh3 {[%csl Re6] ><e6} e5
{The point of the previous move, but now White wins material.} 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 (
23... exd4 24. Qxf5 $16 {/\} Qxb2 $2 25. Bd3 g6 26. Qe5+ $18) 24. Qxf5 $1 Rxc4
25. Qe6 Rc2 (25... Qb5 26. Qxe7 Re8 27. Qc7 $18 {[%csl Ga5] o^a5}) 26. Qxe7 h6
(26... c4 27. a6 $1 Rxb2 28. a7 Qb7 (28... Qb5 29. Rad1 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31.
Rb1 $1 $18) 29. Qxe5 $16 {/+-}) 27. Rad1 (27. a6 Ra7 $16) 27... Qe8 (27... Qxb2
$5 {/\} 28. a6 (28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ Kh8 31. a6 $16) (28. Rd7
Rg8 $14) 28... Qb8 29. Rb1 (29. a7 Rxa7 (29... Qxa7 30. Rd7 $18) 30. Rd8+ Kh7
31. Qf8 Qc7 32. Qg8+ Kg6 33. Qd5 Rc4 $1 {[]} (33... Kh7 34. Rd1 $18) 34. Qd3+ (
34. Rd1 Rd4 $132) 34... e4 35. Qxc4 Qxd8 36. Qxe4+ Kf7 $14) 29... Qg8 30. Qxe5
Ra2 $1 $16 {/+/=}) 28. Qb7 Qc8 29. Qb3 $5 (29. Qxc8+ Rxc8 $14) 29... Qf5 30.
Ra1 Ra6 (30... c4 31. Qb5 (31. Qb6 Qf6 $5 $16) 31... Rf8 32. a6 Rxf2 33. Qxc4
$18) 31. Rae1 Rf6 (31... Rxa5 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxc2 $16) 32. Qe3 Ra6 (32...
Rxb2 $142 33. Qxc5 e4 $5 $16 {/\} 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. Ra1 Rb7) 33. Qb3 Rf6 34.
Qe3 Ra6 35. Ra1 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Rh8] /+- White has consolidated his extra P. In
the final phase of the game his safer K will play a major role, as Black can't
defend both on the >> and against the o^a5.} e4 36. b3 Qe5 37. Ra4 Rc3 38. Qe2
$18 Qd6 (38... Re6 39. a6 $18) 39. Rxe4 Qd3 40. Qg4 $1 $40 {The a-pawn drops,
but the -> decides.} Rxa5 41. Re7 Qd4 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ (43. Qf5+ Kg8 44.
Re8#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3
d6 9. Bh3 $5 {A rare alternative to the more usual} (9. Bg2 {On h3 the B is
more active, moreover it stops the possible Ng4 sortie. On the other hand d5
is not so well protected and the B doesn't support the advance e4 so well.})
9... Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rd1 Rfb8 13. Rb1 Nb6 (13...
Rb4 14. b3 Rab8 15. Ba3 R4b7 16. Bb2 Qa5 17. Ba1 Rb4 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Nc3 Qb7
20. e4 h5 21. Bg2 Ng4 22. h3 Nge5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 h4 26. g4
$36 {Vaganian,R-Vasiukov,E/Vilnius/1975/}) 14. b3 Bc8 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. h3 Qc8
17. Kh2 Ne8 18. Bb2 Nc7 19. e4 h6 20. Nd2 Kh7 21. f4 Ra7 22. a3 Qh8 23. Bf1
Rab7 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Qc8 26. h4 Qh8 27. Re1 Ne8 28. h5 $16 {Polugaevsky,
L-Seirawan,Y/Monte Carlo act/1993/}) 10. O-O Nb6 $5 (10... O-O 11. Qc2 {
-9...0-0}) 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 (12. Bf4 Nc4 (12... Nfd7 13. Qc1 (13. Rc1 $5 {/\}
Nc4 14. b3 $14) 13... Bb7 14. e4 Nc4 {Szabo,L-Bellon Lopez,J/Montilla/1975/}
15. Bh6 $14) 13. Qc1 Qa5 14. Rb1 Rfb8 (14... Rab8 15. Nd2 {Kraidman,Y-Bellon
Lopez,J/Haifa olm/1976/} Nxb2 16. Nb3 Qa3 17. Qxb2 Qxb2 18. Rxb2 c4 19. Reb1
$16) 15. Nd2 Qb4 $1 16. a3 (16. Nxc4 Bxc4 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5] ><d5,a2}) 16... Qa5
17. Bg2 Nd7 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Bf1 Rb3 21. Qc2 Rab8 22. Nd1 R3b7 23.
b4 cxb4 24. Bxb4 Bxd5 $15 {Van der Vliet,F-Bellon Lopez,J/Wijk aan Zee/1977/})
(12. Bg2 Qd7 13. Nd2 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. e4 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. f4 Nec4 18.
Nxc4 Nxc4 19. b3 Bd4+ 20. Kh2 Na3 21. Qd2 Bc8 22. Bb2 Qb7 23. Nd1 Qb4 $5 $44 {
Szabo,L-Vasiukov,E/Wijk aan Zee/1973/}) (12. Rb1 $2 Bc4 13. e4 Bxa2 14. Nxa2
Rxa2 $11 15. Bd2 Qa8 16. Bc3 (16. b4 $11) 16... Na4 $1 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5
dxe5 19. Qb3 Nxb2 20. Rxb2 Ra3 21. Qb6 Rxf3 22. Qxc5 e4 23. Rb5 Qa2 24. Bg2 e3
$1 {0-1,Farago,I-Knaak,R/Novi Sad/1979/}) 12... Nfd7 (12... Nc4 $5 13. e5 (13.
Qc2 Qa5 $44 (13... Nd7 $143 {-12...Nfd7 13.Qc2})) 13... Ne8 (13... dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxd5 $5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxe5 17. Nxe7+ Kg7 $132) 14. exd6 exd6 15.
Qc2 Qa5 (15... Nf6 $5 $44) 16. Bd7 Rb8 $132) 13. Bf4 (13. Qc2 $142 $1 Nc4 (
13... Qc7 14. Bg5 $14) 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. b3 Ne5 (15... Nb6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Rad1
f6 18. a4 g5 19. Bc1 h6 20. Bb2 Rf7 {Tisdall,J-Bancod,R/Jakarta/1997/} 21. Nd2
$14) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bb2 Rfb8 (17... f5 18. Nd1 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 f4 20. Nc4 Qh3
21. Qd3 Rf6 22. Qf3 g5 23. e5 Rh6 24. Qg2 Qf5 25. g4 $16 {Mustonen,V-Puronaho,
A/FIN-ch cr/1986/}) 18. Nd1 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Qb7 20. Re3 Bb5 21. Nd1 Bd7 22. Rc3
Ra3 23. Ne3 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Palatnik,S/Kiev/1978/}) 13... Nc4 14. Qc2 Nde5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 (16. Red1 Qa5 $44 (16... Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Nd4 $132)) 16... Bxe5
{[%csl Ge5][%cal Gh8a1] When the dark-squared B has no opposition Black is
usually fine, if he doesn't allow White to blockade the << as in the game.} 17.
Rac1 $146 (17. Bf1 Qa5 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Nd1 Rab6 21. Qc1 Qa4 22.
Kg2 Rb4 23. Nc3 Qa6 24. Rd2 Qc4 25. f3 f5 $44 {|^,Williams,A-Day,L/Haifa olm/
1976/}) (17. f4 $6 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfb8 20. b3 Qa5 21. Nb1 Rb4 22.
Bd7 c4 23. Nd2 Rab8 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. Ba4 f5 26. Ng5 Rxa4 27. bxa4 Rb2 28. Qd1
fxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxa2 $36 {Braakhuis,W-Lier,W/NED-ch cr/1994/}) 17... Qa5 18. b3
Rfb8 19. Bd7 $5 Ra7 ({Black doesn't want to exchange his powerful B yet and he
is probably right.} 19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxa2 21. Rb1 $1 (21. Ra1 Qxb3 22. Qxb3
Rxb3 23. Bc6 Ra7 24. Ra2 (24. Ra5 c4 25. Rea1 c3 $1 $15) 24... Rb6 25. Rea1 $13
{The pin on the <->a is permanent, on the other hand White has no suitable way
to exploit it.}) 21... Qa3 22. Bc6 Ra7 23. e5 $36) 20. Ba4 Bc8 {A step in the
wrong direction, the B was well placed on a6.} (20... c4 $142 $1 $44 {->}) 21.
Nb1 Bd7 $2 {[%csl Ra4][%mdl 16384] A serious strategic mistake. Black
exchanges the passive B and allows White to make a big step towards his ideal
setup (see move 26).} (21... e6 $5 $14 {/~~<=>}) (21... f5 22. Nd2 Bd4 23. Nc4
Qc7 24. Ne3 $1 $36) 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nd2 Ra7 24. a4 Bd4 (24... Qb4 $5 25. Re2
$16 {[%cal Yc1b1,Yd2c4] /\Rb1,Nc4} (25. Rb1 $6 Bc3 $44)) 25. Nc4 Qc7 (25... Qb4
$8 26. Rb1 $16 (26. e5 Qxb3 27. Qxb3 Rxb3 28. exd6 exd6 29. a5 Rf3 $14 {/<=>}))
26. Na3 $1 {[%mdl 4] Now White achieves the ideal position, as his N comes to
b5, stopping any <<<=>.} Rab7 27. Nb5 Rxb5 $6 {Desperation, but even after} (
27... Qa5 28. Qc4 $16 {/+- White has a decisive strategical advantage.} (28.
Re2 $16 {/+-})) 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Qd3 Qb6 30. Rb1 Rb4 (30... c4 31. bxc4 Bxf2+
32. Kg2 Bxe1 33. cxb5 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 $18 {leads nowhere.}) (30... Bxf2+ $4 31.
Kxf2 c4+ 32. Qe3 $18) 31. Rec1 Qa5 (31... e6 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Rc4 Rb5 (33...
d5 34. Rxb4 Qxb4 35. exd5 exd5 36. Qf3 Qb7 37. Re1 $18) 34. Ra4 $18) 32. Rc4
$18 Rxc4 (32... Qb5 33. Qc2 $18) (32... Rb8 33. Ra4 Qb6 34. Qc4 {[%cal Rb3b4] /
\b4+-}) 33. bxc4 Qa2 34. Rf1 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yg2f3,Yd3e2] /\Kg2-f3,Qe2 Although
White's forces are passive for the time being, he has a clear-cut plan to
untangle them and convert his extra exchange.} f6 35. h4 Kg7 (35... h5 36. e5
$1 $40) 36. h5 (36. Kg2 $5 $18 {is simpler.}) 36... Qb2 (36... gxh5 37. Kg2 Kf8
38. Kf3 $1 $18) (36... g5 $142 37. Kg2 Kh6 (37... g4 38. Qd1 Qxc4 39. h6+ $1
$18 {->}) 38. g4 $18 (38. Kf3 $5 {/\} g4+ 39. Kg2 $19 {[%csl Rg4] ><g4})) 37.
Kg2 (37. hxg6 $142 hxg6 38. Kg2) 37... Qa2 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Kf3 $1 g5 40. Kg2
$1 {The <->h is open and White can abandon his Pc4 and concentrate on the
mating ->.} (40. Qe2 $4 g4+ $19) 40... Kf8 41. Qf3 Qc2 (41... Qxc4 42. Rh1 {
[%cal Rf3f5] /\Qf5+-}) 42. Qf5 {[%cal Rf1h1] /\Rh1} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Nbd2 bxc4 6. e4 d6 {By transposition
we have reached a position from the 4.Nd2 lines, here Black's best bet is to
strive for symmetrical P-structure with} (6... c3 $5 7. bxc3 Bg7 $132 (7... d6
8. c4 $5 Bg7 9. Rb1 (9. Rb1 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bc2 Nb6
14. Re3 Bd7 15. a4 a5 16. Reb3 Ra6 17. Ra3 Bh6 18. Bb2 {Grachev,B-Tregubov,P/
Aeroflot Moscow/2004/} Ng7 $13))) 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 {Here Black's
task is easier, than in the similar positions, arising after 4.Nd2, as White
must invest a tempo to develop his Bc1 to the long diagonal.} (9. Qe2 Nbd7 10.
h3 Rb8 11. a4 Ne8 12. a5 Nc7 13. Nb1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nc3 Rb4 16. Rd1 Bd7
17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. b3 Nb5 20. Na2 Nd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23.
Bd2 Qb7 24. Qd3 Bf6 $11 {Knaak,R-Bielczyk,J/Polanica Zdroj/1979/}) 9... a5 $6
$146 {[%mdl 16384] Strategically dubious, as it clarifies the situation on the
<< in White's favour.} (9... Bg4 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Rb8 13. b3
Nh5 14. g4 Nhf6 15. Bf4 h5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rb6 19. f3 $14 {
1/2,Sosonko,G-Bosboom,M/Brussels/1993/} (19. Qe2 $5 $36)) (9... Nbd7 10. b3 (
10. Re1 Nb6 (10... Ng4 $5) 11. b3 Nxc4 (11... Rb8 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 $14 {1/2,Keene,R-Pytel,K/Manchester/1981/}) 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. Nfd2 (13. Bb2
$142 $13) 13... e6 $5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nd5 17. Bb2 Nf4 $36 {
Santos,M-Dumont,S/Sao Paulo/2004/}) 10... Ng4 $5 (10... Nb6 11. Bb2 $14) 11.
Bb2 Bxb2 12. Rxb2 Rb8 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Ba6 17.
Rc2 e6 (17... Rb4 $142 $5 $132) 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rd2 Qh4 20. Rxd6 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 Rxf4 22. Rxe6 $36 {Poluljahov,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar/1998/}) (9... Ba6
10. b3 Qa5 11. a3 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qa6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Nfd2 Rfe8 16.
Qc2 Nfd7 17. a4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Rab8 19. Bd2 Ne5 20. f4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Bd4+ 22.
Kf1 Qc8 $1 $11 {Barbero,G-Sarfati,J/Thessaloniki olm/1988/}) 10. a4 $1 $36 {
[%csl Ra5][%mdl 4] ><a5 Now after Black takes on c4, White will control the
<->b and moreover the Pa5 will be weak. Gagunashvili tries to get the typical
Volga <=>, but Lputian instructively combines his own [+] and << play with
effective prophylaxis.} Nbd7 11. b3 Nb6 12. Re1 (12. h3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 e5 $5 $11
) 12... Rb8 (12... Bg4 13. h3 (13. Bb5 e6 $5 $13) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 $14 {
[%cal Yc1d2,Yd2c3,Yd1c2] /\Bd2-c3,Qc2 is pleasant for White, now} Nxc4 $6 15.
bxc4 Rb8 16. Bd2 $16 {transposes into the game.}) 13. h3 $1 Nxc4 $6 (13... e6
$142 $5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $14 dxe5 16. Nxe5 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Re6]}) 14. Nxc4
Ba6 15. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Bxc4 (15... Qd7 16. Qc2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5] ><a5}
(16. Nxa5 $6 Bd3 17. Nc6 Bxe4 18. Nxb8 Rxb8 $44)) 16. bxc4 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Rb5]
The main difference on the <->b is White controls the entry point on b4 and
can himself penetrate via b5.} Rb4 $5 {A desperate bid for <=>.} (16... Rxb1
17. Qxb1 Qc7 18. Qb5 $16) (16... Qc7 17. Rb5 $1 $16) 17. Bxb4 axb4 (17... cxb4
18. Nd4 $5 (18. e5 Nd7 $5 19. e6 Nc5 $16) 18... Nd7 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Nxe7+ Kh8
21. Nc6 $16 {/+-}) 18. e5 {|^[+]} Ne8 (18... dxe5 19. Nxe5 {[%cal Re5c6] /
\Nc6+-}) (18... Nd7 $5 19. e6 Ne5 $16) 19. h4 $1 {Now Black's N is passive and
White can gradually improve his position.} Qc7 (19... h5 20. Qc2 {[%cal Yb1e1,
Ye1e3] /\Re3,Rbe1->}) (19... Qa5 20. h5 $40) 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. Qc2 h6 (21... Nc7
22. h5 Ra8 23. exd6 (23. hxg6 hxg6 24. e6 $5 $40) 23... exd6 24. Re7 $18) 22.
g3 Nc7 23. Kg2 $1 Na8 $6 (23... Ra8 24. h5 $5 (24. e6 f5 25. h5 Qxa4 26. Qd3 $5
$40 (26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27. hxg6 Bf6 28. Nh4 Kg7 29. Nxf5+ Kxg6 $16)) 24... Qxa4 25.
Qxa4 Rxa4 26. exd6 exd6 27. Re7 $18) 24. h5 {With all his pieces aiming at the
>> White quickly winds up his ->.} g5 (24... gxh5 25. Nh4 $1 Bxe5 26. Nf5 $18)
25. Qf5 $1 Qxa4 (25... Nb6 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. h6 $18) 26. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 27. h6
Bxh6 (27... Bh8 28. h7+ Kg7 29. Qxg5+ Kxh7 30. Rh1#) 28. Rh1 (28. Rh1 e6 (28...
Kg7 29. Rxh6 Kxh6 30. Rh1+ $18) 29. dxe6 (29. Qd3 $18) 29... Qc6+ 30. Kg1 $18)
1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 ({The most popular choice
nowadays is the sharp} 5... e6 $5 {A typical and brilliant game:} 6. e4 exd5 7.
e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Be3 axb5 12. O-O-O Qb4 13. Nf4 Ne7
14. Qf2 Na6 15. Bb6 h5 16. Kb1 Rh6 17. a3 Qb3 18. Nfe2 Nc8 19. Nc1 Qxc3 $1 20.
bxc3 Nxb6 21. Na2 Nc5 22. Qb2 Nba4 23. Qc2 Nb3 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 d4 $40 26.
Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Bd5 $1 $19 {Lotscher,R-Prusikhin,M/Zug/1999/}) 6. e4 Qa5+ 7.
Nc3 $5 {A very rare move.} (7. b4 Qxb4+ 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. Qc1 b4 10. Qxc5 Na6 11.
Bxa6 e6 12. d6 Bxa6 13. Qxb4 Qc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qb3 Bxd6 $5 16. exd6 Qxd6 17.
Nc3 Qe5+ 18. Kf2 Qd4+ 19. Kg3 g5 20. h4 Qxd2 21. Nxd5 gxh4+ 22. Rxh4 Qg5+ 23.
Kh3 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. g4 Bc4 $11 {Gretarsson,H-Gunnarsson,J/Gentofte/1999/
}) (7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 {is the main line.}) 7... b4 (7... Ba6 $143 8.
a4 d6 9. Ra2 b4 10. Nb5 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. g4 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. gxh5 Nxh5 15.
Rg2 Be5 16. f4 Bg7 17. f5 Nd7 18. Bh6 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Ne5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nf3
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 $40 {Hjelmaas,L-Hoff,T/NOR-chT/1993/}) 8. Nb5 ({Too passive is} 
8. Nb1 $6 d6 9. Bd3 g6 10. Ne2 Bg7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Nc4 Nxd3+ 14.
Qxd3 Qa6 15. O-O Nd7 16. a3 O-O 17. axb4 Qxa1 18. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 19. Kf2 Ba6 20.
Qb3 Rb8 $17 {Velitshko,J-Abramov,S/Smolensk/1992/}) 8... d6 ({Black shouldn't
commit his Bc8 too early:} 8... Ba6 9. a4 d6 (9... e6 10. d6 Bxb5 11. Bxb5 Qb6
12. e5 Nd5 13. Bc4 Qc6 14. a5 g6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. f4 Bh6 17. Nh3 $16 {(),
Niederwieser,P-Humenberger,S/Werfen/1994/}) 10. b3 g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. f4 O-O
13. e5 Ne8 14. Nf3 Qd8 15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Bxa6 Nxd5 19.
Bb7 Nxf4 20. Qe4 Ra7 21. O-O-O Ne6 22. Bd5 $44 {1-0 Menk,R-Bokelbrink,U/
Pinneberg 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) 9. a4 ({Too sophisticated and time-consuming is} 
9. Kf2 Nbd7 10. a4 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Ra2 O-O 13. g4 Ba6 14. Rc2 Ne8 15. Kg2 Nb6
16. Bg5 $2 f6 17. Be3 Nxa4 18. bxa4 Qxa4 19. Nh3 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Nf4 Nc7
$19 {Drazic,S-Liardet,F/Geneve/1991/}) (9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 g6 11. Be2 Ba6 12.
a4 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf2 Ne8 15. Rb1 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. b3 Qb7 18. Bxa6
Qxa6 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rfe1 f4 21. Bc1 Ne5 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Bb2 g5 24. Kf1 c4 $15
{Kurz,A-Marinkovic,I/Bundesliga 9192/1991/}) 9... bxa3+ $2 {[%mdl 16384] After
this premature opening of the position Black suprisingly quickly succumbs to a
strong attack due to his lack of development.} ({If Black keeps the position
closed, it's not easy for White to maintain control of b5 and c4, sometimes a
timely sacrifice on a4 as above exposes the Nb5. On the whole this line is not
too promising for White.} 9... Nbd7 10. b3 (10. g4 g6 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13.
b3 Bg7 14. Ra2 O-O 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Nh3 Ne5 17. Nf2 Qb6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bc4 Kh8
20. Bc1 Bd7 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Qd3 Bd7 23. Re2 e6 $1 24. dxe6 Bxb5 25. axb5 fxe6
$13 {Pesantes,C-Oblitas,C/Peru/1994/}) (10. Ne2 g6 11. Ng3 Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13.
O-O Nb6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. b3 Rfc8 16. Kh1 Be8 17. Rb1 Nxa4 18. bxa4 Qxa4 19. e5
dxe5 20. Qxa4 Rxa4 $17 {Santa,L-Safarzadeh,E/Moscow olm/1994/}) 10... g6 11.
Bb2 Bg7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Ne5 (13... Nb6 $5) 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. O-O Ne8 16.
Qd2 Nd6 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Nxd6 exd6 19. g4 Qd8 20. Nc1 f5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Nd3
Kh8 23. Kh1 Qh4 24. Rg1 Bh6 25. Qe2 Rf7 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Raf8 $132 {
Lobron,E-Milos,G/Tilburg/1993/}) (9... g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 Nbd7
13. Nh3 Nb6 14. Nf2 Bd7 15. Nd1 Rfc8 16. Kf2 $6 c4 17. Bxc4 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5
$36 {Fedorov,M-Raudive,A/Polanica Zdroj op/1996/}) 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Rxa3 Rxa3 (
11... Ba6 $2 12. Ba5 $18) (11... Na6 $6 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. Bc3 $16) 12. bxa3 e6 (
12... Nbd7 13. Qa4 {/\Ba5+-}) (12... Bd7 $142 {/\} 13. Qa4 g6 14. Ba5 Qa7 $1
$14) 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Ba5 Qb7 (14... Qa7 $142 15. Ne2 $5 exd5 16. Nec3 Qb7 17.
Qb3 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ Nbd7 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qb8+ $16) 15. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Rb5d6]}
Ke7 $8 (15... Bxb5 16. Bxb5+ Nbd7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. a4 $18) (
15... Qc8 16. Na7 $1 $18) 16. dxe6 fxe6 (16... Bxe6 17. Bc4 $40 {עe7}) 17. Nh3
Nc6 18. Bc3 Na7 19. a4 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 $16 Qb6 (20... d5 21. O-O Kf7 $5 $16) 21.
Qb2 Bxb5 22. axb5 d5 (22... Kf7 23. Ng5+ {doesn't help, Black has no time to
activate Rh8 and Bf8.}) (22... c4 23. Bd4 Qa5+ 24. Kf2 {/\Ra1+-}) 23. O-O ({
Also strong was} 23. exd5 $5 exd5 24. O-O $40) 23... d4 24. Bd2 Ne8 (24... c4
$2 25. Qb4+) (24... e5 25. Ra1 {[%cal Ra1a6,Rb2b3] /\Ra6,Qb3+-}) 25. Bf4 $1 (
25. Ra1 $6 Nc7 $13) 25... Kd7 (25... Nc7 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. b6 Qb7 28. Ra1 $18)
26. Ra1 $18 {->} Bd6 27. Ra6 Qb8 28. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5} e5 (28... Bxf4
29. Qxe6+ Kd8 30. Nxf4 $18 Qxf4 $2 31. Ra8+ Kc7 32. Qc6#) 29. Qf7+ Kd8 (29...
Kc8 30. Rc6+ Bc7 31. Bxe5 $18) 30. Bg5+ Kc8 31. Qe6+ Kc7 (31... Kb7 32. Qd5+
Kc8 33. Ra8 $18) 32. Rc6+ Kb7 33. Qd5 $1 (33. Qd7+ Bc7 34. b6 $18) 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 (10... O-O $6 11. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Yf1d1] /\Rd1}) 11.
Re1 (11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qc2 Bb7 $5 (12... Qc7 13. Rd1 (13. Re1 Rab8 14. e4 Ng4 15.
Nf3 Nd7 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qe2 Na5 21. e5
Qb6 22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Kh1 Nc4 24. b3 Nb6 25. Bb2 Nxd5 26. Rad1 Qb7 27. Qf3 Nb4
$36 {Andresen,S-Mainka,R/BL9293/1993/}) 13... Rfb8 14. Rb1 Qb7 15. Nde4 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 Nc4 17. b3 Qb4 18. bxc4 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Rb3 Bb4 21. Bd3 Bc8 22.
a3 Bd7 23. Rb1 Ba4 24. Rf1 Bc3 25. Bg5 f6 26. Be3 Rb3 $44 {Stohl,I-Greenfeld,A/
EUChJ Groningen/1983/}) (12... Ra7 13. Rd1 Qa8 14. Nf1 Bb7 (14... Nfd7 15. Ne3
Rc8 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. b3 c4 18. b4 Ra3 19. h4 Qa6 20. Rdb1 Nf6 21. Qc1 Ne8 22.
Ned1 Nc7 23. e4 e6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Bh6 Bh8 26. h5 $36 {Zagorskis,D-De Vreugt,
D/Groningen/1996/}) 15. e4 Na4 16. Ne3 (16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. b3 Rxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4
19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxd5 $132 {Rechlis,G-Mikac,M/Ostrava/1991/}) 16... Nxc3
17. bxc3 Ra4 {Ivanchuk,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Moscow olm/1994/} 18. a3 $14) 13.
e4 Ba6 14. Rd1 Ng4 $1 (14... Nfd7 15. b3 Ne5 16. Nf3 Nbd7 17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Na4 c4 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. Bd4 Rab8 22. Qc3 $16 {Burmakin,V-Khalifman,A/
St. Petersburg/ 1998/}) 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. b3 Qa5 19.
Bb2 c4 20. Na4 Rfb8 21. f4 Nd3 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. bxc4 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 25.
Kh2 Qxc4 $132 {Ginting,N-Ernst,T/Gausdal/1992/}) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5
h6 14. Bc1 Nc4 $6 {This helps White to coordinate his pieces in the required
way.} (14... Nf6 $142 15. a3 $5 (15. Rb1 Bc4 (15... Nfd7 $5 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Qc2
Qa5 18. Rbc1 Rfb8 19. b3 Na3 20. Qd2 $13 {1/2,Greenfeld,A-Alterman,B/Beersheba/
1991/}) 16. e4 Bxa2 17. Nxa2 Rxa2 18. e5 (18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nfd7 20. Qb3 Ra4
$1 21. Be3 Rxb4 22. Qxb4 Qa8 23. Nd4 Rb8 24. Qb5 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Nc6 Re8
27. Rb1 Nac5 28. Bh3 e6 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Bg2 Kf7 31. Rd1 Bf8 32. f4 Rc8 $11 {
1/2,Hulak,K-Sermek,D/Ptuj/1995/}) 18... Nfxd5 19. e6 Ra4 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qc2
Rf6 22. Nh4 Nb4 23. Qe2 g5 24. Nf3 e5 25. h4 gxh4 26. Nxh4 Ra7 27. f4 Re7 $17 {
Bacrot,E-Ponomariov,R/Lausanne/1999/}) (15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Rb1 Qb7 17. b4 $5 cxb4
18. Rxb4 Qc7 19. Bb2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Ng4 22. Na4 Rfb8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. Qd4+ Ne5 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Nb6 Qa7 27. f4 Rb8 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. Ra1 Qxe2 30.
Bf1 $18 {Krizsany,L-Turzo,A/Budapest/1995/}) 15... Ra7 16. Rb1 Qa8 17. e4 Nfd7
18. e5 $5 (18. Qc2 Nc4 19. b3 Nce5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. h3 Rab7 23. b4
cxb4 24. axb4 Rc7 25. Rb3 Bc4 26. Ra3 Qb7 27. Be3 Qc8 28. Qd2 {Cvitan,O-Milos,
G/Novi Sad olm/1990/} Bf1 $3 $17) 18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Ne4
Nxd5 22. Bxc5 Rd7 23. b4 Rcd8 24. Qb3 f5 25. Bb6 $1 fxe4 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. b5
Bb7 28. Bxe4 $16 {Koniushkov,I-Egin,V/Sochi/1997/}) ({Also not ideal is} 14...
Rb8 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. f4 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nhf6 19. h3 Re8 20. e4 e6 21.
dxe6 Rxe6 22. Rb1 Nb6 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Bf2 Qa5 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 $16 {
Van der Sterren,P-Fedorowicz,J/Wijk aan Zee/ 1989/}) 15. Nd2 $146 {White must
chase the N away from c4 as soon as possible, otherwise it might be late:} (15.
Qc2 $2 Qa5 16. Nd2 Na3 $1 17. bxa3 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. Rb3 Ba5
21. e4 c4 22. Rf3 Ng4 23. Rd1 c3 24. Nb3 Be2 $19 {Ansner,B-Malmstig,E/
Stockholm/1995/}) 15... Ne5 16. Qc2 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yc1b2] /\b3,Bb2} Qb6 17. Rb1
$5 (17. b3 c4 $5 $132) 17... f5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A positional mistake. Black
was hoping to get in f4 with an initiative on both flanks, but White can
prevent this and get on with his development at the same time.} 18. Nf3 Nc4 (
18... Nxf3+ 19. exf3 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e7] ><e7,<->e only leaves Black
with weaknesses.}) 19. Nh4 $1 {><g6 The point. Now because of ><g6 Black's >>
activity is curtailed.} (19. b3 $2 Qb4 {/\Qc3,Na3} 20. bxc4 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3
22. Bxh6 Bxe1 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rxe1 Bxc4 $11) 19... Ne5 $8 (19... Kh7 $2 20.
g4 $18) (19... Rf6 20. b3 {/\Bb2}) 20. b3 $16 Bc8 21. Bb2 Qa7 (21... g5 22. Nf3
Nxf3+ 23. exf3 $16 (23. Bxf3 $16)) (21... Bd7 $142) 22. Nb5 $5 Qb6 (22... Qxa2
$2 23. Ra1 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Bxb2 26. Rxa8 $18) 23. a4 Kh7 24. Nf3 ({
Also the immediate} 24. f4 $5 Ng4 (24... c4+ $2 25. Bd4) 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Bf3
$16 {was possible, but White wants to centralize his N first.}) 24... Nf7 25.
Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nd2 Ba6 27. Nc4 Qb8 28. Nc3 Qc7 29. f4 {Already this prophylaxis
is not necessary. More forceful was} (29. e4 $142 $16 {/+-,/\} Bxc4 30. bxc4
Ne5 31. f4 $1 Nxc4 $2 32. Nb5) 29... Rab8 30. e4 Nd8 31. e5 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Now it's White's turn to abuse strategy. Closing the position helps Black to
get into the game.} (31. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Rg6,Rh6][%cal Ye1e3,Yb1e1,Yf1d3] /\Re3,
Rbe1,Bd3->׻} fxe4 32. Rxe4 Nf5 33. Rbe1 Rf7 34. Bd3 $16) 31... Rb4 32. Bf1 Nf7
$1 33. e6 $2 {Another mistake in the same spirit.} (33. Nb5 $142 Bxb5 (33...
Qb8 34. Na5 Nd8 35. exd6 exd6 36. Re7 $40) 34. axb5 dxe5 35. Nxe5 $16) 33...
Nd8 {/\Nb7-a5 Now Black's >> holds together and he manages to get his pieces
over to the other flank and create <=>} 34. Ne3 Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Nb7 36. Nc4 Na5
37. Nb5 Qd8 38. Rfe1 Ne8 39. Re3 Qa8 $1 $13 40. Nxa5 (40. Rc3 Nxc4 41. bxc4
Rxa4 $132) 40... Qxa5 41. Rd1 Nc7 42. Nxc7 (42. Nxc7 Qxc7 43. Rc3 (43. Rdd3 c4
$1 44. Rc3 Qb6 $132 {/\} 45. bxc4 $2 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Rb2 $19) 43... Qb6 44. Rdd3
Rb8 $44 {White has no active plan to realize his extra pawn (no minor pieces
for a successful attack) and can just passively hold the position.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 {The
fianchetto system of the Accepted Volgam Gambit was very popular in the
European Championship, with White scoring well in this line (our game was the
only loss, Ruck-Ehlvest the only draw).} (7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bg7 10.
Rb1 $5 (10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 (12. Bf4 $142) 12... Nfd7 13. Qc2 Nc4
14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Rac1 Rfb8 16. b3 Nce5 17. Red1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 c4 19. bxc4 Bxc4
20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Qd2 Qa3 $11 {Ruck,R-Ehlvest,J/EU-ch
Ohrid/2001/}) 10... Nb6 11. b3 Bc8 (11... O-O 12. O-O Ra7 13. Re1 e6 14. dxe6
fxe6 15. Bh3 Re7 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Nge4 $16 d5 18. Nxc5 e5 19. Bg2 e4 20. N5a4
Nxa4 21. bxa4 Qd6 22. Rb5 d4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Ba3 $18 {Neverov,V-Gunnarsson,J/
EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. Nh4 h6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. O-O (14. Bd2 $142 $1 g5 15. Nf3
Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxg5 $14) 14... g5 15. Nf3 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2
(17. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 18. Bxd5 Qh3 $19) 17... Bb7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rbd1 Nf6 20. Ne1
Rb8 21. Bc3 $13 {Epishin,V-Halkias,S/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 7... d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9.
Nh3 {A speciality of the St.Petersburg players (Aseev, Ionov, Sakaev, S.Ivanov
etc.). By developing the N to h3 White takes the sting out of Nb6 (Pd5 is
protected, thus enabling Qc2 and Rd1). On the other hand here the N is not so
active as on f3, if White plays Nf4 later on Black's Ne5 becomes unassailable.}
(9. Nf3 O-O $6 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 {is the right move order, transposing
into the above note.}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 (11. Qc2 Ne8 (11... Ra7 12. Rd1 Qa8
13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Nf1 Rb8 15. Ne3 Nc4 16. b3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bc8 18. Bd2 Ra3 19.
Rab1 Bf5 20. e4 Bd7 21. h3 Ne8 22. Bc1 Ra7 23. Bb2 Rb6 24. Bf1 h5 25. h4 Qb8
26. Ba1 Rab7 27. Bc4 Nf6 28. f3 Be8 29. Kg2 Ra7 30. a4 Ra8 31. Re1 Nd7 32. f4
$36 {Hulak,K-Djuric,S/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. Rd1 Nc7 13. Bf4 Nb5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5
15. a4 Ba6 16. Rab1 Qb6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. e4 Be2 20. Re1 Qa6 21. Bf1
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rfc8 23. a5 $14 {Bareev,E-Miton,K/Warsaw SuperCup/2001/}) 11...
Qa5 12. Qc2 (12. Bd2 Nb6 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Qc2 c4 $6 15. b4 Qa3 16. e4 Bb7 17.
Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qd1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rc2 Rcb8 21. Bc1 Qa6 22. Be3 Bc8 23.
Bd4 $16 {Zueger,B-Gicov,Z/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12... Rfb8 13. Rd1 Ne8 14. Bg5
Kf8 15. Qd2 Nc7 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Bh6 Ng8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. a3 Bc8 20. Nd2 Nb5
21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. b3 Bd7 24. Qc3+ f6 25. e4 Qa6 26. Bf1 Bb5 27. a4
Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Qa5 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Bb5 Nh6 31. b4 $16 {Atalik,S-Ilic,L/EU-ch
Ohrid/2001/}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 (11. Bd2 Qa5 {A typical move.} (
11... Ra7 {immediately is also better than}) (11... Nb6 $6 {Black only spends
time to force a move White wants to make anyway.} 12. b3 Bb7 13. e4 Nfd7 14.
Nf4 Ne5 15. Re1 Ba6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. h3 Rfb8 18. Be3 Ra7 19. Qd2 Na8 20. Rc2
Rab7 21. Rec1 Nc7 22. Qd1 c4 23. Nb1 $1 cxb3 24. axb3 Bb5 25. Na3 Ba6 26. Nc4
$16 {Aseev,K-De Vreugt,D/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. Qc2 Rfb8 (12... Ne5 13. a3 Nc4
14. Be1 Bc8 15. b3 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Ne5 17. a4 c4 18. Nb5 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Qb6 20.
Bg2 Nfd7 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Qb4 Rfb8 {Aleksandrov,A-Van der Weide,K/Senden/1999/}
23. Be3 $14) 13. b3 (13. Rab1 c4 $5 14. Rfd1 (14. b3 cxb3 15. Rxb3 Rc8 $132)
14... Ne5 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Nge4 Ne8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Bg5 Rb7 19. g4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Rab8 21. Kg2 Nf6 22. f4 Ned7 23. Bf3 Nc5 24. Bh4 Kf8 25. Bf2 Rb4 26. Bd4 Nfd7
27. Qd2 Na4 $44 {Ivanov,S-Sivokho,S/St. Petersburg/1999/}) 13... Ne5 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nge4 Bc8 16. Rab1 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Bc3 Qa7 21.
Nd2 Bd7 22. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 23. Nc4 $36 {Solozhenkin,E-Salmensuu,O/Helsinki/2001/}
) 11... Ra7 {Ponomariov uses a rare setup to put White's << under pressure.} (
11... Qa5 {is the most usual method, after} 12. Bd2 {the play often transposes
into one of the above examples.}) 12. b3 (12. Nf4 $143 Ne5 13. b3 Qa8 14. Rb1
Rb8 15. a4 Rab7 16. Ba3 Qa7 (16... Rb6 $1 {/\Qb7|^}) 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Ne4 Nfg4
19. h3 Nh6 20. e3 Rb6 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. Nc3 Bf5 23. e4 Bd7 24. Kg2 $14 {Paramos
Dominguez,R-Carrasco Martinez,J/Mondariz/1996/}) 12... Qa8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Rd1
({It's still too early for} 14. a4 Rab7 {[%cal Yb7b6,Ya8b7] /\Rb6,Qb7 and
White doesn't have enough control over b5.}) (14. Bd2 $142 Rab7 15. Rfc1 {
would have saved a tempo, compared with the game. This perhaps gives White
chances for an edge.}) 14... Rab7 (14... Ne8 15. a4 (15. Bd2 $142) 15... Rab7
16. Na2 Rb6 17. Be3 Ne5 $132 18. b4 $6 Nc4 19. Bxc5 {Kadimova,I-Guzkowska,M/
Moscow olw/1994/} dxc5 20. d6 Qa7 21. d7 Na3 $1 22. Qxc5 Nd6 23. Rb3 Qxd7 24.
Rxa3 Bb2 $36) 15. Bd2 c4 $1 16. Rdc1 $146 (16. Be3 cxb3 17. axb3 Rc7 18. Qd2
Qb7 19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Na4 Rcb7 21. Qa2 Ng4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qa1+ Ngf6 24. Nf4
Ne5 $44 {Pedersen,N-Carrasco Martinez,J/WChJ Zagan/1997/}) 16... Nc5 17. bxc4
Bxc4 $132 {[%mdl 4] Ponomariov has effectively deployed his forces, because of
Black's activity the extra P isn't much felt.} 18. Nf4 Qa6 (18... Nfd7 $44 {
is similar.}) 19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. Rb1 Rxb1+ 21. Qxb1 Nfd7 22. Qc2 Qa3 $5 (22...
Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxa2 24. Qxa2 Bxa2 25. h4 $11 {/+/= Black doesn't hurry with
regaining the pawn, which would give White a small advantage.}) 23. h4 Ne5 24.
Bc1 Qa7 {[%cal Re5g4] /\Ng4|^} (24... Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. a3
$14) 25. Bh3 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa3 27. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] After this oversight the
advantage passes to Black. Aseev was probably negatively influenced by having
the prearranged draw turned down shortly before the game, which gave him only
about an hour to prepare.} (27. Bc1 Nf3+ 28. exf3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. a3 Be5
$11 {regains the P shortly.}) (27. Kg2 $5 {but anyway it's hard to see how
White can make any progress.}) 27... Nf3 $1 28. Nd1 (28. Nb1 Nxd2+ 29. Nxd2 (
29. Qxd2 Qxa2 $15 (29... Qa8 {/\} 30. a3 $6 e5 $1 $36)) 29... Bxa2 $15) 28...
Nxd2+ 29. Qxd2 Bxa2 $36 {[%csl Ga2,Rd5,Gg7] ^^,(),><d5 Black has retained his
piece activity, which gives him an advantage.} 30. Bg2 Bb3 31. Ne3 Ba4 {
[%cal Rg7c3] /\Bc3-+} 32. Qa5 Qa1+ (32... Bf6 $5 $15) 33. Qe1 Qb2 34. Bf3 Nb3
$1 (34... Bc3 $143 $6 35. Nd1 $11 {exchanges one of the B and squanders
Black's edge.}) 35. Kg2 Nd2 36. Nd3 Qc3 37. Qc1 Qxc1 38. Nxc1 Bb5 (38... f5 39.
g4 $5 $15 {<=>}) 39. Nf1 Nb1 $5 {[%mdl 4096] Even in the _|_ Black still wants
to keep his activity and the tension on the board.} (39... Nxf3 40. Kxf3 $15 {
is also promising, but perhaps not enough to win.}) 40. Nb3 (40. e4 Nc3 $36) (
40. Na2 $142 $5 {[%cal Ya2b4,Yb4c6] /\Nb4-c6}) 40... Nc3 41. e4 Bd3 42. Nfd2
Bh6 $17 {White is running out of moves.} 43. Kg1 f5 44. exf5 Bxf5 (44... gxf5
$142 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rd3a6,Ra6b7] ><d5,/\Ba6-b7} 45. Nf1 Be4 46. Bxe4 fxe4 $17
) 45. Bg2 Bc8 $6 (45... Kf7 $142 $1) 46. Ne4 $1 {White frees himself by a
simple tactic.} Bg7 (46... Nxd5 47. Nxd6 exd6 48. Bxd5+ $11) 47. Nxc3 (47. Na5
$1 $132 {= activating the N via c6}) 47... Bxc3 48. Nc1 Kf7 49. Be4 h6 50. Nd3
g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kf1 Ke8 53. Ke2 Kd8 54. f4 g4 $5 {Tries to keep his
winning chances alive.} (54... gxf4 55. Nxf4 $11) 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Bg6 (56. Nf2
$142 {[%csl Rg4] ><g4} Kb6 57. f5 Be1 58. Nxg4 Bxg3 59. Kd4 $11) 56... Kb6 57.
Be8 (57. Nf2 $11) 57... Bf5 58. Bf7 (58. Nf2 Bb4 59. Bh5 (59. Ne4 $5 $11) 59...
Bc5+ 60. Ke2 Bxf2 61. Kxf2 Kc5 62. Bf7 Kd4 63. Ke2 Be4 64. Be6 Bf3+ 65. Kd2 $11
{But even after Black activates his K the _|_ still should be a draw!}) 58...
Kb5 59. Be6 $6 Bxe6 60. dxe6 Kc4 61. f5 $2 (61. Ke4 $8 d5+ (61... Bd4 $2 62.
Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4d5] /\Nd5+-}) 62. Ke3 Bd4+ 63. Ke2 Kb5 64. f5 $11) 61... Bd4+
62. Ke2 Kd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5e4] The crucial difference, now the K invades.}
63. Nf4+ Ke5 (63... Ke5 64. Ng6+ Kf6 (64... Kxf5 65. Nxe7+ Kxe6 66. Nc6 Bc3 $19
) 65. Kd3 Bf2 66. Ke4 Bxg3 67. Nf8 d5+ $19) (63... Ke4 $142 $1 64. Ng6 Bf6 $19
{is even simpler. (Perhaps a mistake in the game score?)}) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Konikowski} Nf6 2. c4 g6 (2... c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. g3
(6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O Ra7
13. Re1 Nbd7 $146 14. h3 Qa5 15. Bb2 (15. Bd2 $5 $14) 15... Rb8 16. e4 Ne8 17.
Na4 $2 (17. Qc2 $14 {was still good enough}) 17... Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Bb5 19. Rd2
Bxa4 20. bxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22. e5 Kf8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Nc7 $17 {
Le Roch,D-Moret,V/FRA-chT/2003/}) 6... d6 7. Bg2 g6 8. Bd2 Bg7 9. Bc3 O-O 10.
Nh3 Nbd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nd2 Rfb8 13. Nf4 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Ne5 16. Qc2
Nf6 17. Rfe1 c4 $1 18. bxc4 Rc8 19. Reb1 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qa4 21. Nd4 Bxc4 22. Qd2
Qa5 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. Rc1 Rca8 25. Nc6 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Nxe5 {1/2,Ionov,
S-Sergeev,V/St Petersburg/2003/} dxe5 $11) 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5
b5 (6... d6 7. O-O b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. Nc3 axb5 10. Nxb5 Ba6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Qc2
Qb6 13. Rd1 Rfb8 14. h3 Ne8 15. e4 c4 $6 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 Nd3
19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Bf1 Qc5 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Qd2 Nh5 23. Kg2 Nf6 24. Ne1 Qd4 25.
f3 Ra7 26. Nxd3 Rc7 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Nxf2 $18 {Riazantsev,A-Harikrishna,P/
WChJ Cannes/1997/}) 7. cxb5 d6 8. Nc3 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. O-O {As Black has
first castled instead of Nd7-b6, White will be able to play Qc2 and doesn't
have to transpose into the Rb1 lines with} (10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2
Rfb8 13. Qc2 Qc7 $5 (13... Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 $1 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3
Nxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4
Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 $16 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 14. b3
Nb6 15. Ng5 h6 (15... Bb7 16. e4 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Ng4 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Be1 Nge5 20.
a4 Rb7 21. h3 Rab8 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. f4 Nd7 24. Kh2 $14 {Barsov,A-Kasparov,S/
Cairo/2001/}) 16. Nh3 Bb7 17. e4 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Ng4 19. Bf1 (19. Be1 Ne5 20. Nf4
$13 {/+/=}) 19... Ne5 20. Kg2 Qc8 21. f4 Ng4 22. Nf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Bxf1 24.
Rxf1 Qh3 (24... e6 $5 $132) 25. Kg1 Nd7 26. Nd1 Nf6 {Van Beek,L-Heinemann,T/BL
0203/2003/} 27. Nf2 $16) 10... Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. h3 (12. Rd1 {or}) (12. Rb1
{are played more often, White wants to prevent the manoeuvre Ng4-e5.}) 12...
Rfb8 13. Rd1 (13. Rb1 $5 {/\} Bc4 $2 14. Nd2 Bxa2 15. Ra1 $18) 13... Ne8 14.
Nd2 (14. e4 $5 $14 {-see Riazantsev-Harikrishna, there we had the same
position, only with an extra move.}) 14... Nc7 15. a4 $146 {[%mdl 2048] This
committal move prevents Nb5, but was it so necessary? Now Black gets good
piece play.} (15. Rb1 Nb5 16. Nc4 Qa7 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Na3 Ba6 19. b3 Qb7 20.
Bb2 Nf6 21. e3 (21. e4 $142 $5 $36) 21... Qb4 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24.
bxc4 Qa5 $11 {Csom,I-Gligoric,S/Ljubljana-Portoroz/1973/}) 15... Qa5 (15... c4
16. Ra3 Nc5 17. Nde4 $14) 16. Ra3 Rb4 (16... Rb7 $44) (16... Nb6 $5 {/\Nc4,
Bc3~~}) 17. Na2 Rb7 (17... Rd4 18. e3 (18. Nc3 Rb4 $11) (18. Nb3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1
Qb6 $132) 18... Rd3 (18... Bd3 19. Qb3 $1 (19. Rxd3 $2 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxa4 $15)
19... c4 20. Qb4 Qa7 $5 21. Nc3 $1 (21. exd4 Rb8 $14 {<=>}) 21... Rb8 22. Nb5
Bc2 23. Qc3 $1 $18) 19. Nc3 {[%csl Rd3] צd3} c4 20. Nxc4 $1 $14 {/+/-}) 18.
Re3 $5 {An original manoeuvre, White intends to play b3 without shutting out
the R.} (18. e4 Ne5 $44 {/\} 19. f4 $2 Bd3 $1 20. Rxd3 Nxd3 $19) 18... Kf8 (
18... Re8 {/\} 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nb1 c4 $1 $11) 19. b3 Nf6 $6 (19... Bh6 20. Re4 {
[%cal Rd2c4] /\Nc4+-} (20. f4 Bg7 21. Bb2 Bd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qb2 Qxa4 $13)
20... Bg7 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rab8 23. Bd2 Qa7 24. Rb1 Nb6 25. Rh4 $14) (
19... Bd4 $6 20. b4 $1 Rxb4 (20... Qb6 21. b5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 $16)
21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Rb3 $16) (19... Nb6 $142 20. Nb1 c4 21. Bd2 cxb3 22. Rxb3
Qxa4 23. Nbc3 Qe8 24. Rdb1 Rab8 $11) 20. Nb1 $6 (20. Nc4 $142 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 $14
{/+/-}) 20... Rbb8 {[%cal Ya6c8] /\Bc8} (20... Bh6 21. Rc3 Bg7 22. Na3 $14) 21.
Na3 {'?' Konikowski.} (21. Kh2 $142 {Konikowski}) 21... Qb6 {'?' Konikowski.} (
21... Ncxd5 $142 $1 {Konikowski} 22. Rxd5 (22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe1+ 24. Kg2
Bb7 25. Red3 Bd4 $19) 22... Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bd4 $17)
22. Kh2 Bc8 (22... Bh6 23. Rc3 (23. f4 $5) 23... Bxc1 24. Nxc1 $14) 23. Nc4 Qb7
24. Qd2 (24. Bb2 $1 $36 {/\} Nfxd5 $2 (24... Bh6 25. Red3 {/\} Bf5 $2 26. Bxf6
Bxd3 27. Rxd3 exf6 28. Nxd6 $18) 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxe7 $18 {->}) 24... Qa6
25. a5 $6 ({More solid was} 25. Bb2 $142 $5 Bb7 26. Nc3 $14) 25... Ra7 26. f4
Nb5 $5 (26... Bb7 27. Rd3 (27. Nc3 Ba8 $13) 27... Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nfxd5 29. Rxd5
Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxb3 $132) 27. b4 Nd4 28. Nb6 Bf5 29. Ra3 (29. bxc5 $143 Qxa5 $1
(29... dxc5 30. Ra3 {-29.Ra3}) 30. Qxa5 (30. Qxd4 Ng4+ $1 $17) 30... Rxa5 31.
Rxd4 (31. Ra3 Rxa3 32. Bxa3 Nc2 $15) 31... Rxa2 $36) 29... Qxe2 (29... Nc2 30.
Ra4 $1 (30. Rb3 cxb4 (30... Nd4 31. Rb2 $14) 31. Nxb4 Nxb4 32. Qxb4 Kg8 $5 $11
(32... Qxe2 33. Nd7+ $1 Nxd7 34. Qxb8+ $1 Nxb8 35. Rxb8+ Bc8 36. Rxc8#)) 30...
Nxb4 31. Nxb4 cxb4 32. Bb2 $36) 30. Qxe2 Nxe2 31. bxc5 Nxc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
This miscalculation ruins the game.} (31... dxc5 32. Be3 Nd4 $1 $36 (32... Rxb6
$6 33. Bxc5 Rbb7 34. Bxa7 Rxa7 35. Bf3 Bc2 36. Rd2 Nd4 37. Rxd4 Ng4+ 38. hxg4
Bxd4 39. Nb4 Bc5 $1 $14)) 32. Rxc1 dxc5 33. Rxc5 $16 Nd7 (33... Rxb6 $2 34.
axb6 Rxa3 35. b7 Rb3 36. Rc8+ Ne8 37. b8=Q $18) (33... Ne8 $5 $16) 34. Rc8+
Rxc8 35. Nxc8 Rc7 36. Nb6 {[%csl Ga5] o^a} Ra7 (36... Bd4 37. g4 Bb1 38. Nxd7+
Rxd7 39. Nb4 Bc5 40. Rb3 Bxb4 41. Rxb4 $16 {/+-}) 37. Nb4 $1 h5 (37... Nxb6 $2
38. axb6 Rxa3 39. b7 $18) 38. Nc6 Rc7 39. Nxd7+ Bxd7 40. a6 $18 Bxc6 $8 41.
dxc6 {White's o^ are unstoppable.} Bd4 42. Rd3 Bc5 (42... e5 43. fxe5 Ba7 (
43... Bxe5 44. Rd7 $18) 44. Rb3 $18) (42... Ba7 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7 $18) 43.
Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7 Rc8 (44... Rxd7 45. cxd7 Bb6 46. a7 $18) 45. c7 (45. c7 Bb6
46. Bb7 Rxc7 47. Rxc7 Bxc7 48. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 9288]} 1. d4 {Van Wely} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4
exd5 ({A dubious alternative is} 6... c4 7. Nc3 (7. Bxc4 $5) 7... axb5 8. Nxb5
Bc5 9. Bxc4 Qb6 10. Ne2 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Qb3 Bf2+ 14. Kf1 Bc5
15. Nec3 Bb7 16. Re1 d6 17. g3 Nbd7 18. Kg2 Qd8 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. Qd3 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 Qd7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Qd3 Bb4 $14 {Iljushin,A-Gershon,A/EUChJ-U18 Mureck/
1998/}) 7. e5 {The main line, although White occasionally plays also} (7. exd5
Bd6 8. Qe2+ (8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nh3 Re8+ 10. Be2 axb5 11. O-O b4 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Bc4
Bxb5 14. Bxb5 Qc7 15. Kh1 c4 16. a4 Qc5 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Rc1 c3 19. Bxe5 Rxe5
20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Nf2 Rxd5 22. Qb3 Nc6 23. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Re5 25. Qxf7+
Kh8 26. Rxc3 $1 $16 {Iljushin,A-Karatekin,T/EUChJ-U18 Mureck/1998/}) 8... Kf8
9. Nc3 axb5 10. Nxb5 Ba6 11. Qd2 Qe7+ 12. Kd1 Qe5 13. Nh3 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 f5 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nc6 19. Nf7 Nd4 20. Nxd6 Nxb3 21.
Rb1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 $13 {Iljushin,A-Moiseenko,A/EUChJ-U18 Mureck/1998/}) 7... Qe7
8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Be3 Qb4 $6 {A strange and very risky
attempt to avoid the topical line and perhaps confuse the opponent.} ({The
main move is} 11... axb5 12. Nf4 Qb4 13. O-O-O (13. Kf2 $5 Ne7 14. Rd1 Na6 15.
g3 Qa5 16. Bh3 Bc6 17. Nfxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bc5 19. Kg2 O-O 20. a3 Rfe8 21. Bd2
Qd8 22. Bc3 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Qd2 Re7 25. Rhe1 Rae8 26. Bf5 Qb7 27. Be4 h6
28. Bxc6 dxc6 29. f4 $36 {Ivanov,S-Sivokho,S/St.Petersburg-ch/1996/}) 13... Ne7
{White's most important try is the refined} 14. Qf2 $1 (14. Rxd5 Qxc3+ $1 15.
bxc3 Nxd5 {This Q-sacrifice is the crux of Black's defence/attack and in
practice has caused White a lot of problems.} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Be2
Nc6 19. f4 b4 20. f5 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Ra3 22. Qc2 Nb4 23. Qb2 Rxe3 24. fxe6 c3 25.
Qb3 Rxe2 26. exd7+ Kd8 27. Qc4 Rc2+ 28. Kb1 Rb2+ {0-1,Czerwonski,A-Gipslis,A/
Koszalin op-A/1998/}) (14. Bb6 h5 $5 (14... g6 15. Rxd5 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Kb1 Nc6 19. Qe3 Be7 20. Bc5 O-O 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qc5 Rfe8 23. a3
Bc6 24. Kb2 Nd5 25. Qd4 Re6 26. h4 h5 27. f4 d6 28. Rg1 dxe5 29. fxe5 Rae8 30.
g4 Rxe5 31. gxh5 Rxh5 32. Rg5 $14 {Miniboeck,G-Danailov,S/Vienna op/1996/}) 15.
Rxd5 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Be2 Nc6 20. f4 b4 21. f5
bxc3 22. Qxc3 Ra3 23. Qb2 c3 24. Qb5 Bxf5 25. Rf1 Rxa2 26. Rxf5 Nb4 27. Qa5 g6
$3 {0-1,Lalic,B-Khalifman,A/Linares op/1997/}) 14... Na6 (14... h5 $142 $5) 15.
Kb1 Nf5 16. Nfxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Nc3 Nc7 21.
a4 bxa4 22. Bxc4 a3 {Lalic,B-Alterman,B/EU-chT Pula/1997/} 23. b3 $1 Bb4 24.
Ne4 a2+ 25. Kb2 $16) 12. a3 $146 {A recent novelty.} ({But the older
continuation seems very convincing and one can hardly see potential for
improvement after} 12. b6 $5 Bc5 (12... Qa5 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. Rd1 Ne7 15. a3 Bxc3
16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nbc6 18. f4 Na5 19. Kf2 Bc6 20. Be2 Nb3 21. Bf3 O-O 22.
g4 Rab8 23. Rhe1 Rfd8 24. f5 d4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxb6 27. Rxc4 Bxf3 28.
Kxf3 Rb3 29. Rd1 Rxa3 30. Nf4 $36 {()[+],Soffer,R-Belotti,B/Biel op/1992/}) 13.
O-O-O (13. Bxc5 $143 $6 Qxc5 14. Qf2 d4 15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Ne4 Qxe5 17. Bxc4
Nge7 18. Rhe1 O-O 19. Kb1 Nf5 20. Nhg5 Ne3 21. Rxe3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Na5 23. Qd3
Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Rab8 25. f4 Qxf4 26. Bd5 Rxb6 27. Qc3 Nc6 28. Nd6 Nb4 {0-1,
Neverov,V-Bukhman,E/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 13... Qxb6 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nf4 (
15. Qf2 Qxf2 16. Nxf2 Ne7 17. Ng4 Ra7 18. Ne3 Nbc6 19. Nexd5 Nxe5 20. Nb6 N7g6
21. Nxc4 Kd8 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. Rd4 Kc7 24. Be2 Nf4 25. Rxf4 Kxd6 26. Rd1+ $36 {
Volke,K-Hertneck,G/BL/1991/}) 15... Ne7 16. Qd2 d4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nbc6
19. Rxc4 Nxe5 20. Rb4 Bc6 21. Bxa6 O-O 22. Re1 f6 23. Bf1 Rfc8 24. Kb1 Kf8 25.
Nd3 Nd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. b3 $16 {Zoler,D-Mencinger,V/Groningen op/1994/})
12... Qa5 13. Bd2 (13. Qf2 Bb4 $6 (13... axb5 14. Bb6 Qa6 15. Nf4 Ne7 $13) 14.
Bd4 axb5 15. Rd1 Bxc3+ (15... Bf8 $142 16. Nf4 $44) 16. Bxc3 Qc7 17. Qg3 Ne7
18. Qxg7 Rg8 19. Qxh7 Na6 20. Nf4 O-O-O {[#]} 21. Qxf7 Rde8 22. Be2 Kd8 23. g3
Ref8 24. Qh7 Rh8 25. Qc2 Rhg8 26. Qd2 Kc8 27. e6 Nc5 28. exd7+ Qxd7 29. Qe3 $18
{Krupenski,Y-Szilagyi,Z/EUChJ-U16 Mureck/1998/}) 13... Qb6 $8 14. Nf4 Ne7 15.
a4 $6 (15. Qf2 $142 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 d4 (16... g6 17. b6 (17. bxa6 {Van Wely}
Nxa6 18. Nb5 Nf5 $13) 17... Bg7 18. Re1 O-O 19. Na4 $36) 17. bxa6 $1 Bxa6 18.
Ncd5 (18. Ne4 Nec6 19. Nd5 Ra7 $132) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 $36) (15. Rd1 $6 {
Van Wely} axb5 (15... d4 $6 16. Na4 (16. Ne4 d3 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6 dxe2 19.
Bxe2 Nf5 $14) 16... Qxb5 17. Qxc4 Qxe5+ 18. Kf2 $36) 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Qd2 b4 18.
Ncxd5 (18. axb4 Qxb4) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 bxa3 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxc4 axb2 $15)
(15. O-O-O $2 {Van Wely} axb5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Nfxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Rxd5
Bxa3) 18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxa3 $17) 15... axb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 $1 {Sacrificing a
Q comes easy to Black in this line, where positions with material inbalance
are quite common.} 17. axb5 Rxa1+ 18. Kf2 Nf5 19. g4 Bc5+ 20. Kg2 Nd4 21. Qf2
Nb3 22. Qe2 Nd4 $11 {Already Black has the option of taking a draw by
repetition.} 23. Qf2 Nb3 {'?!' Van Wely.} (23... Ne6 $5 {Van Wely} 24. Qe2 O-O
$15) 24. Qe2 O-O $5 {Black decides to play this highly tactical position on.} (
24... Bd4 25. Bc3 $14) (24... Rb1 25. Bc3 O-O $44 (25... d4 $6 26. Qxc4 dxc3
27. Qxc3 Bd4 (27... Nd4 28. Qxc5 Bxf3+ 29. Kg1 Bxh1 30. Qd6 $1 Nbc6 31. bxc6
Nxc6 32. Qd3 $18) 28. Qc7 Rxb2+ 29. Kh3 O-O 30. Qxb7 $18)) 25. Be3 Bxe3 (25...
d4 $2 26. Qxc4 dxe3 27. Qxb3 $16) 26. Qxe3 d4 27. Qf2 Rc1 (27... Rc8 28. Bxc4
$1 (28. Nh5 {-27...Rc1}) (28. Nh5 {Van Wely} Bd5 29. Qh4 Nc5 30. Bxc4) 28...
Rxc4 (28... Rxh1 29. Bxb3 Rcc1 30. Qxd4 Rhg1+ 31. Qxg1 Bxf3+ 32. Kf2 Rxg1 33.
Kxg1 Bxg4 $16 {[%csl Rb8] פb8}) 29. Rxa1 Nxa1 30. Qh4 Rc8 31. Qe7 $5 $44 {
[%csl Rb7,Rb8][%cal Re7d6,Rd6b6,Re5e6] /\Qd6-b6,e6->,ץb7,Nb8 Despite his
material advantage Black has great problems with coordinating his pieces.}) 28.
Nh5 (28. Be2 $2 Rc2 $17) 28... Rc8 29. Qh4 Nc5 $8 {Black needs the Ne6
resource.} 30. Qg5 ({White misses a promising tactical shot} 30. Bd3 $5 Rxh1 (
30... Nxd3 $143 31. Rxc1 Nxc1 32. Qg5 g6 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Qxc1 c3 $14 {<=>})
31. Bxh7+ Kf8 (31... Kxh7 $4 32. Nf6+ Kg6 33. Qh5#) 32. Kxh1 Bxf3+ 33. Kg1 d3 (
33... Ne6 34. Bf5 $40 {[%cal Rh5g7] /\Ng7}) 34. Nf4 $14) 30... Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Ne6
32. Nf6+ Kf8 (32... Kh8 $2 33. Qf5 gxf6 34. Qxc2 $18) 33. Qf5 {'?!' Van Wely.}
(33. Nxh7+ Kg8 (33... Ke8 34. Qf5 Rxb2 35. Ng5 $14) 34. Nf6+ $11) 33... d3 34.
b3 $6 {'?' Van Wely. White goes astray in the tactical jungle.} (34. Nxh7+ Kg8
35. Ng5 Nxg5 36. Qxg5 Rxb2 37. h4 Rxb5 38. h5 f6 39. Qf4 (39. Qg6 Rxe5 40. h6
Rg5) 39... Rxe5 40. h6 Ba6 $5 (40... Bd5 {Van Wely} 41. hxg7 Kxg7) 41. hxg7
Kxg7 $15) (34. Qxh7 gxf6 35. exf6 Ke8 36. Qg8+ Nf8 37. h4 $44 {[%csl Gg4,Gh4]
o^h,g}) 34... Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2] /\d2-+} 35. Bxd3 $8 Rxh1 36. Bxc4 $2 {
This definitely loses.} (36. Nxh7+ Ke8 $142 $5 $17 (36... Kg8 37. bxc4 $44 (37.
Bxc4 Rc1 $17)) (36... Ke7 37. bxc4 Rg1+ 38. Kf2 Ra1 39. Ng5 $132)) 36... gxf6
37. exf6 d5 $1 $19 {Black finally frees himself and his material advantage
decides.} 38. Qxh7 Ke8 $8 39. Qh8+ Nf8 (39... Kd7 $6 40. Qh5 $1 $132) 40. Bd3
Nbd7 41. b6 Re1 42. g5 Rc3 43. Kf2 Ra1 44. g6 Rxd3 $1 45. g7 d4 $1 $40 46. Qh5
(46. g8=Q Rxf3+ 47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Re3+ 49. Kf1 (49. Kd1 Bf3+ 50. Kc1 Re1#)
49... Ba6+ 50. Kg1 Re1#) 46... Ra2+ 47. Kg3 Rxf3+ (47... Rxf3+ 48. Qxf3 Bxf3
49. g8=Q (49. Kxf3 Nxf6) 49... Rg2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 bxc4 {Dubious, as it allows White to
develop freely.} (4... Bb7 $142) (4... g6 $142) 5. Nc3 Qa5 $6 {A very risky
idea, White reacts with an enterprising pawn sacrifice.} (5... g6 6. e4 d6 7.
Bxc4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 (9. e5 $5 $14) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7
12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Bb5 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. e5 Nfd5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18.
Ne4 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Re6] ק,Maksimenko,A-Danner,G/
Graz op/1998/}) 6. Nd2 $1 (6. Bd2 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bxc4 g6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Re1
Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. Qe2 Ne8 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Bb5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Nd6 19. Bc6 Bb7 20. Qxe7 Rad8 21. Bxb7 Qxb2 22. Na4 Qxb7
23. Nxc5 $16 {1/2,Estremera Panos,S-Bellon Lopez,J/Linares op/1998/}) 6... Ba6
7. e4 d6 8. Nxc4 $5 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe4 {Consistent, otherwise
Black suffers for nothing.} (9... Nfd7 10. O-O g6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. Re1 O-O 13.
Rb1 a6 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Nd1 Qc7 16. Bc3 Ne5 17. Bf1 Nbd7 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Be2 Ngf6 22. Bf3 c4 23. e5 Ne8 24. Nf2 $40 {[+],Davies,
N-Sievers,S/Hamburg Wichern op/1995/}) 10. Qg4 $1 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] After
this Black's position is beyond saving.} (10... Nxc3 11. Bd2 $1 $40 (11. Qc8+
Qd8 12. Qb7 Nd7 13. bxc3 Qc8 $15)) (10... Nf6 $142 11. Qc8+ (11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12.
Qh3 $44) (11. Qe2 $5) 11... Qd8 12. Qb7 Nbd7 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. O-O $32) 11. Qxf5
Nxc3 12. Bd2 g6 13. Qe6 Bg7 14. O-O $40 {The opening has been a tragedy for
Black, his K is in mortal danger.} Nd7 15. Rae1 O-O-O $8 (15... Ne5 16. Bxc3
$18) (15... Qd8 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. f4 $18) 16. Qxe7 $1
Be5 (16... Qa4 17. b3 $1 Qa3 (17... Qxa2 18. Qxd6 Nb8 (18... Qxd2 $2 19. Ba6#)
(18... Nb6 $2 19. Qc6+ Kb8 20. Bf4+ $18) 19. Qxc5+ Kb7 20. Re7+ Ka8 21. Bxc3
Bxc3 22. d6 $18) 18. Qxg7 $18) 17. Bxc3 Qc7 (17... Bxc3 18. Qxd6 $1 Nb6 19.
Qc6+ Kb8 20. Re7 $18) 18. Bxe5 (18. f4 $5 Bxc3 (18... Rde8 19. Qf7 $5 {/\} Ref8
20. fxe5 $1 Rxf7 21. Rxf7 $18) 19. bxc3 Nb6 20. Bb5 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 Nxd5 22. Ba6+
Kb8 23. Rb1+ Nb6 24. a4 $18) 18... Nxe5 19. Ba6+ Kb8 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. f4 Nd7
22. Re7 Rde8 (22... Kb6 23. Bc4 $18) 23. Rfe1 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Kd8 25. Rg7 $18 {
White's pieces are more active and he is a pawn up-the game is decided and
even Black's desperate attempts to gain counterplay won't change the result.}
Nb6 (25... Re8 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Bb5+ $18) 26. Rxa7 Re8 27. Rxh7 Re1+ (27...
Nxd5 28. Bb5 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rb1 30. Rd7+ $18) 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Rb7 Nxd5 30. Kf3
Nb4 31. Bc4 Rc1 (31... d5 32. a3 $1 dxc4 33. axb4 $18) 32. Be6 Rf1+ 33. Kg4 (
33. Kg3 Re1 34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Bg4 $18) 33... Rf2 34. g3 Rxh2 (34... Rxb2 35. h4
Re2 36. Bf7 $18) 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Rxd6 Rxb2 (36... Ke7 37. Rb6 Rxb2 38. Bg8 $18
{[%csl Rg6] ><g6}) 37. Bc4 Rc2 38. Bb5+ Ke7 (38... Kf7 39. a3 Na2 40. Bd3 $18)
39. Rxg6 Rxa2 40. f5 Nd5 41. Re6+ Kf7 42. Kg5 Rc2 (42... Nc7 43. Bc4 $1 Rc2 44.
Rc6+ $18) 43. Rd6 Ne3 44. Rd7+ Kf8 (44... Kg8 45. Kg6) 45. Kg6 (45. Kg6 Nc4 (
45... Rg2 46. Rd8+ Ke7 47. Re8+) (45... Ng4 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Re7 $18) 46. Kf6
Kg8 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. Be8 {/\Bg6,Rh8#}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 b4 {Black gains space on the << and
deprives the Nb1 of it's most natural square. He also avoids the unclear, but
potentially dangerous line} (4... g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 $5) 5. a3 {Sokolov
plays the most testing move, which has already occurred earlier in his
practice-White undermines Black's << outpost.} (5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. a3 O-O
8. O-O a5 9. axb4 cxb4 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. h3 (11. e4 $142 $5 d6 $13) 11... Qc8 12.
b3 d6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ra2 Ra6 16. Qc2 e6 17. dxe6 (17. Nc6 $1 $132
) 17... fxe6 18. Rfa1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd7 20. f3 Qa8 21. g4 Rc8 22. h4 d5 $36 {
Hillarp Persson,T-Ramirez Alvarez,A/Moscow Aeroflot/2003/}) 5... g6 $5 {
Continuing his development is arguably Black's best option.} (5... Na6 $143 6.
axb4 Nxb4 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. Bg4 Ne5 17. Be2 Reb8 18. h4 Rb7 19. h5 $14
{|^>>,Sokolov,I-Georgiev,Kir/Sarajevo/1998/ leads to a typical King's Indian
type position, which is advantageous for White.}) 6. axb4 cxb4 7. e4 $5 {
Sokolov likes to play actively and spurns the more sedate} (7. Be3 a5 8. g3 Bg7
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 $5 (10... d6 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. h3 a4 13. Nd4 Qc8 $6 (
13... Qc7 $142 {[%cal Yf8c8,Yd7e8,Yf6d7] /\Rc8,Be8,Nfd7<=>,Rogozenko}) 14. Kh2
Qa6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bg1 Be8 17. e4 Nfd7 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. N2f3 Nb6 20. Rfc1 Na6
21. e5 Nc5 22. h4 $16 {()[+],Razuvaev,Y-Loncar,R/Maribor/1996/}) 11. Nbd2 d6
12. Bd4 Nbd7 {The position is similar to the abovementioned game Hillarp
Persson-Alvarez, also in this game Black successfully counters White's central
ambitions with a timely advance of his own Pe7.} 13. Re1 Qc7 14. e4 Nc5 (14...
e5 $5 $132) 15. Qc2 (15. e5 Nfd7 $13) 15... e5 $1 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rf1 Bc8 18.
Ne1 Bd7 19. b3 Ng4 (19... Ne8 $5 $11 {/=/+}) 20. h3 Nh6 21. Nd3 $11 {1/2,
Sokolov,I-Wilder,M/Preston/1989/}) 7... Nxe4 {Taking a [+]P (if it's not
completely poisoned, of course!) is always the most principled move, here it's
more or less obligatory as well.} (7... d6 $2 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. e5 $1 dxe5 10.
Nxe5 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 f6 14. Bd4 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5] [+]}
e5 15. Be3 Ng7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nd2 a5 18. Nb3 a4 19. c5 Kc7 20. Bb5 {
1-0,Kallai,G-Bricard,E/FRA-chT/1996/}) 8. Qd4 Nf6 9. Rxa7 Rxa7 10. Qxa7 Na6 11.
Be3 (11. Be2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 d6 14. Nbd2 Qd7 15. Ra1 (15. Qb6 $142 $1 {
could lead to the game position.}) 15... Qxa7 16. Bxa7 Nd7 17. Bd4 Ndc5 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 e5 $1 {Once again this important advance holds the balance.}
20. dxe6 fxe6 21. f3 Bb7 $11 {1/2,Kuzmin,A-Vaisser,A/Benasque/1997/}) 11... d6
12. Be2 Bg7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Qb6 $1 {[%mdl 8] A new idea, keeping the queens
on board leads to complicated play and gives White more chances to retain the
initiative.} (14. O-O Qxa7 15. Bxa7 Nd7 $11 (15... O-O 16. Ra1 {-Kuzmin,
A-Vaisser,A})) 14... Qb7 15. Qa5 Nd7 (15... O-O 16. O-O e6 {was more thematic,
but here after} 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 $14 {/~~ White's position is more
comfortable.}) 16. Nd4 Ndc5 17. O-O O-O 18. Ra1 Bd7 (18... e6 19. dxe6 (19. Bf3
e5 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxb4 f5 $44) 19... fxe6 20. Bf3 $36) 19. N2b3
Ra8 $1 {Black already wisely gives up the idea of advancing his Pe7.} (19... e6
20. Bf3 $14) (19... e5 20. Nb5 $5 Nxb3 (20... Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Qxb5 22. cxb5 $16 {
[%csl Gb5] o^b5}) 21. Qxa6 $36) 20. Nxc5 $5 {[%mdl 64] The only way to fight
for an advantage, which leads to exciting tactical complications. Black's Pb4
becomes dangerous, but to support it he must abandon his K and White's [+]P
also get their chance. (See the position after move 40!)} (20. Qa2 Nc7 21. Qb1
Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Bf5 $11) 20... dxc5 21. Nb3 Bxb2 22. Nxc5 Qc8 $8 23. Rb1 (23. Ra2
Bc3 24. Nxd7 (24. Nxa6 b3 25. Qxc3 bxa2 $17) 24... b3 $1 (24... Qxd7 25. Qb5 $5
$36 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5] [+]P} (25. Qb6 Rb8 $1 26. Qxa6 b3 27. h3 bxa2 28. Qxa2 $44)
) 25. Qxc3 bxa2 26. Nb6 (26. Bh6 f6 27. Qa1 (27. Nxf6+ exf6 28. Qxf6 Qb7 29.
Bd1 Nc5 $19) 27... Nb4 $1 {/\} 28. Nb6 Qf5 $19) 26... Qf5 27. Bd3 Qxd3 28. Qxd3
a1=Q+ 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 $13 {/=/+}) 23... Nxc5 (23... Bf5 $5 24. Rxb2 (24.
Bd3 Nxc5 (24... Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qxc4 26. Nxb2 Qc2 27. Rc1 Qxb2 28. Qb5 Qf6 29.
Rc6 Qa1+ 30. Rc1 $11) 25. Bxf5 Rxa5 26. Bxc8 Bf6 $15 {[%csl Gb4] o^b4} (26...
Ne4 $5)) 24... Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Ra1+ 26. Bf1 Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Bd3 28. h3 Rxf1+ 29.
Kh2 Bxc4 $11) 24. Qxc5 Bc3 25. Qxe7 Bf5 (25... b3 $143 $6 26. Bc1 $1 $16 {/\}
b2 27. Rxb2 $1 (27. Bxb2 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qxc4+ 31.
Re2 Bb5 $11) 27... Bxb2 (27... Ra1 28. Rc2 $18) 28. Bxb2 Qd8 29. Qe5 f6 30.
Qxf6 Qxf6 31. Bxf6 $18 {_|_}) 26. Rc1 b3 27. Rxc3 b2 28. Rb3 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 Bd3
$2 {[%mdl 8192] The complications take their toll and both sides err.} (29...
Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qxc4+ 31. Ke1 Qc1+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+ 33. Ke1 $11 Qxb3 $4 34. Qd8+ Kg7
35. Bd4+ f6 36. Qxf6+ Kh6 37. Qh4#) 30. h3 $1 Rxf1+ (30... b1=Q 31. Rxb1 Rxb1
32. Bh6 $1 Rxf1+ 33. Kh2 $18) 31. Kh2 b1=Q 32. Rxb1 Bxb1 33. d6 $2 (33. Bh6 $1
{[%cal Re7f6] /\Qf6+-} Qb8+ (33... Be4 34. Qf6 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 $1 $18) 34. d6 Rxf2
35. Qe5 f6 36. Qe7 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qb2+ 38. Kh1 $18) 33... Qf8 $1 {[]} (33...
Bf5 $2 34. Bh6 $18) (33... Rd1 $2 34. Bh6 Qb8 35. c5 $18) 34. Qf6 (34. c5 Rd1
35. Qf6 {-34.Qf6}) 34... Rd1 {Now Van Wely gives it a try, after all he is a R
up.} (34... Qg7 {forces a draw:} 35. Qd8+ (35. Qe7 Qf8 $11) 35... Qf8 36. Qf6
$11) 35. c5 Bf5 36. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4e5] /\Be5+-} Qg7 (36... Re1 $5 37. g4 (37. c6
Re6 38. Qd4 Re4 39. Qd2 Qd8 $15) 37... Bd7 (37... Re6 38. Qh4 Re1 $1 {[]} 39.
gxf5 Qa8 40. Qf6 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Qh1+ $11) 38. Be5 Rxe5 39. Qxe5 Qe8
$15) 37. Qd8+ Qf8 38. Qf6 h5 (38... Re1 {-36...Re1!?}) 39. Be5 Kh7 40. c6 $44 {
=} Rd5 41. f3 Be6 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\Rd6-+} 42. Qe7 {Both sides can't improve
their positions, so Sokolov finally forces a draw.} (42. c7 Rxd6 43. c8=Q Bxc8
44. Bxd6 Qg7 $11) 42... Qh6 (42... Kg8 43. Qf6 $11) (42... Qg8 $2 43. d7 {
[%cal Re5d6,Rd6c7] /\Bc7,Bd6+-}) 43. Qf6 Qf8 44. Qe7 Qh6 45. Qf6 Qf8 46. Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 $5 {A very unusual sideline,
which is however not so bad as it's reputation. Black apart from the usual
Volga << pressure wants to play in the [+], using his slight development
advantage. If White plays sensibly, he should be able to get an edge, but it's
still a long way from a full point-the below mentioned games
Magerramov-Annageldyev were both only drawn.} 6. Nc3 {Logical, otherwise
Black's pawn [+] gives him reasonable compensation.} (6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e3 (7.
Nf3 d5 8. g3 Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 Rxa6 12. e4 d4 13. Nb5 Nxe4 14.
Re1 Nf6 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxe5 h6 20. Qb3+
Kh8 $40 {Bangiev,A-Annageldyev,O/Simferopol/1989/}) 7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2
Bxa6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qe2 Ra8 14. Rd1 Kh8 15. e4 d4 16.
b3 Qb8 17. Na4 Ne5 18. Bf4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qb7 20. Bg3 Nxe4 21. Qg4 Nxg3 $132 {
1/2,Moehring,G-Bielczyk,J/Zamardi/1978/}) 6... Nxd5 (6... Bxa6 $143 7. e4 {
[%csl Gd5] is against the logic of Black's system, as White maintains the
d5-outpost.} (7. g3 $5 exd5 8. Bg2 $16 {is also possible})) (6... exd5 7. Nxd5
Bxa6 8. Bg5 $5 $16) 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. e4 (9. Nf3 Be7 (9... Bxa6 10.
Bd2 $5 {can lead to the same position.}) 10. Bd2 $142 $5 (10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6
dxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. e3 Bf6 14. Bc4 Bxa6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Ke2 (16. a3 c4 17.
Ke2 Rb6 18. Ra2 Rdb8 19. Kf3 Bxb2 20. Bxb2 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Rxb2 22. Rc1 Rb3 23.
Rxc4 Rxa3 24. Rxc6 h5 {1/2,Andruet,G-Rogers,I/Wijk aan Zee/1989/}) 16... c4 17.
Rd1 Rb8 18. Kd2 {Sahovic,D-Rogers,I/Nis/1985/} Rab6 $11 {/+/=}) 10... Bxa6 11.
e3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 O-O 13. g3 Nb4 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Kg2 Ra5 16. Qb7 Qa8 17. Qxa8
Rfxa8 18. Rhd1 R8a7 19. Rd2 Bf6 20. Rc1 g6 21. Rc8+ Kg7 22. Rb8 Be7 23. Nd4
Rxa2 24. Nb5 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxd7 Kf8 $14 {Magerramov,E-Annageldyev,O/
Azov/1991/}) (9. e3 Be7 10. Bc4 (10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc3 (12. Qb3 Qa7
13. Bc3 Bxa6 14. Qa4 Bxf1 15. Qg4 g6 16. Kxf1 d5 17. h4 h5 18. Qf4 Rad8 19. Rh3
d4 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. b3 Nb4 23. Rg3 Nd5 24. Qh6 Bf6 25. Ng5 Bxg5
26. Bxg5 Rc8 $132 {Gunawan,R-Rogers,I/Thessaloniki olm/1984/}) 12... Bxa6 13.
Qxd7 Rfd8 14. Qg4 Bf8 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Qe2 b3 19.
Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Ke2 bxa2 21. Rhc1 g6 22. Rc2 Bg7 23. Nc6 Rda8 24. Nb4 Rb6 25.
Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Nxa2 Bxb2 27. g4 $14 {Magerramov,E-Annageldyev,O/Pavlodar/1987/
A very similar endgame arose 4 years later in a game between the same
opponents.}) 10... O-O 11. Ne2 Bxa6 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. O-O Qxb2 14. Bc3 Qb7 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nf4 Nd8 17. Rfb1 Qc6 18. a4 Bd6 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5
Nc6 22. Kf1 $14 {Fish,G-Nun,J/Pardubice op/1996/}) 9... Be7 (9... Bxa6 10. Bxa6
Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Qd2 {[%cal Ye1g1] /\0-0+/-}) 10.
Bc4 {After this natural move White loses a tempo, if he later plays Bxa6-from
now Black will have full-blooded <=>.} (10. Nf3 $5 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Qa5+ 12. Bd2
Qxa6 13. Ne5 O-O (13... Nd4 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Nc2+ 17. Ke2
Nxa1 18. Rxa1 $16) 14. Nc4 Bf6 15. O-O Ne7 16. Qd3 $14 {/+/-,Derieux,C-Kuntz,P/
Cannes/1996/}) 10... O-O 11. Ne2 (11. Nf3 Bxa6 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. O-O Qxb2 14.
Rfb1 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qf6 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 (17... dxe6 $5 $11) 18. Bxe7
Nxe7 19. Rb7 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Rxa2 21. h4 Nc6 22. Rdxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Ra7 24. Rd6
Rc7 25. Ng5 $16 {Golod,V-Nun,J/Ceske Budejovice op/1994/}) 11... Bxa6 12. Bxa6
Qa5+ $1 ({Less natural is} 12... Nb4 $6 13. Qc4 Rxa6 14. O-O d5 15. exd5 Qxd5
16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. a3 c4 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Bf6 22.
Rc5 Re8 23. g4 {Atanu,L-Annageldyev,O/Sangli/2000/} Ra4 $16 {/+/=}) (12... Rxa6
13. O-O Nb4 14. Qc4 {-12...Nb4?!}) 13. Qd2 (13. Bd2 Qxa6 14. Bc3 {Note White
is a move down compared to 9...Ba6.} Nb4 15. Bxb4 cxb4 $132) 13... Qxa6 14. O-O
Bf6 $44 15. Nc3 (15. f4 $6 d6 16. Rf3 Rfe8 17. Ng3 Qc4 18. Qd3 Bd4+ 19. Kf1
Qxd3+ {1/2,Spicak,K-Bielczyk,J/Katowice/1995/} 20. Rxd3 Nb4 $36) 15... Be5 $5
$146 {[%cal Re5h2] /\Bh2} (15... Nb4 16. Qxd7 Nc2 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Na3 19.
bxa3 (19. Ra1 $11) 19... Bxc3 20. h4 Qd3 $13 {[%csl Gc5] o^c,Razuvaev,Y-Pytel,
K/Polanica Zdroj/1972/}) (15... Nd4 16. Qd1 Rfb8 17. Rb1 Nb5 18. Nd5 Bd4 19. a3
Qe6 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. a4 (21. Bf4 $142 $14) 21... Nd6 22. Re1 Rc6 23. Bd2 f5 24.
Nf4 Qc4 $132 {Brinck Claussen,B-Nielsen,P/Aarhus/1981/}) 16. Re1 $2 {White
looses a tempo and hands over the initiative to Black.} ({He has serious
problems with finishing his development and his best was probably the risky} 
16. Qxd7 $5 Rfd8 (16... Nb4 $5 17. Rd1 {-16.Rd1} (17. Be3 Nc2 (17... Nd3 $5)
18. Bxc5 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb7 21. Qe2 Qc7 $36)) 17. Qg4 $1 (17. Qh3
Rd3 $36) 17... Qc4 $13 (17... Bxh2+ $2 18. Kxh2 Qxf1 19. Bh6 $18)) (16. Rd1 Nb4
$5 (16... d6 17. Nd5 Rab8 $132) 17. Qxd7 Bd4 $44 {[%cal Yb4d3] /\Nd3} (17...
Nc2 18. Rb1 Na3 19. bxa3 Bxc3 20. Qb5 $14)) 16... Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d3] /\Nd3} 17.
Rd1 Qc4 (17... Rfd8 $5 {[%cal Yc5c4,Yb4d3] /\c4,Nd3|^}) 18. a3 (18. a4 f5 (
18... Qb3 $6 19. Ra3) 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. a5 (20. Qxd7 $143 Bxh2+ $1 21. Kh1 Raf8
$40) 20... d5 $36 {[+]}) (18. Qxd7 $142 $5 Bxc3 (18... Bd4 19. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 20.
Nxb5 Nc2 21. Rb1 Rxa2 22. b4 $16) 19. bxc3 Nxa2 20. Bd2 $11) 18... Qb3 $36 19.
Nd5 Nc2 20. Rb1 Rfb8 $32 {[%mdl 4] Black has nowhere to hurry, he has realized
the ideas of the 5...e6!? line in a model way and the a-pawn won't run away
from him.} (20... Nxa3 21. Ra1 Nc4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qxd7 Bd4 $15)
21. Qe2 (21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Qd5 (22. Qxd7 $2 Rd8 $19) 22... Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxa3
24. Bf4 Bxb2 $1 25. Bd6+ (25. Bxb8 Rxb8 $17) 25... Kg8 26. Bxb8 (26. Ne7+ Kh8
27. Bxb8 Nxb1 $17) 26... Rxb8 $17) 21... Nxa3 22. Ra1 Nc2 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Be3
(24. Qg4 $5 $15) 24... Nxe3 {Here Black is impatient (contrary to move 20) and
releases the tension perhaps too early.} (24... d6 $5 $17 {[%csl Rb2] ><b2})
25. Nxe3 Bxb2 (25... d6 26. Nc4 $132) (25... Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Rxd7 Bd4 (
27... Ra1+ 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Bd4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 $11) 28. Nc2 Kf8 29.
Kf1 $11) 26. Rxd7 Bd4 27. g3 (27. Nf1 g6 $17 {[%cal Ra8a2] /\Ra2}) 27... g6 $5
(27... Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Rc8 30. Kf1 c4 31. Ke2 c3 (31... Kf8 32. Kd2
$11) 32. Kd1 c2+ 33. Kc1 Kf8 34. Rd2 Rc3 $15 {/= gives only slight winning
chances, Black has higher ambitions.}) (27... Qe6 28. Qg4 Qxg4 (28... Bxe3 29.
Qxe6 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 fxe6 31. Ke3 Ra2 32. h4 $132) 29. Nxg4 h5 30. Ne3 Bxe3 31.
fxe3 Rc8 32. Kf2 c4 33. Ke2 c3 34. Kd1 c2+ 35. Kc1 Rc3 $15 {/-/+ is a better
version of the above endgame.}) 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. Rc7 (29. Rd5 Ra3 30. Qf4 Bxe3 (
30... Qh3 $4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ $1 $18) 31. fxe3 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Ra2+ 33. Kg1
Qb6 $17) 29... Ra3 30. Qg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Kg2 Bxe3 (30... c4 31. Qg4 $1
$132) 31. fxe3 Ra2+ 32. Kg1 Qc4 $40) (30. Qg4 $4 Rxe3 $1 31. Qxe6 (31. Rc8+ Kg7
$19) 31... Re1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Rfe1 {
White wants to make as many useful moves as possible before changing the
structure on the << and thus limits Black's <=>.} (14. a4 $5 Qc7 (14... c4 15.
Nb5 Qb6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Qxc4 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Nd4 Rb7 21.
b4 Na4 22. Rb3 $16 {Gustafsson,J-Szieberth,A/Budapest/2001/}) (14... Qb6 15. b3
Nc7 16. Rfd1 $14) 15. b3 Ra7 16. Rfe1 Nef6 17. h3 Rab7 18. e4 Ne8 19. Bf1 (19.
Na2 $5 $14 {[%cal Yd2c3] /+/-,/\Bc3}) 19... Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qc8 21. Kg2 c4 22.
Nb5 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Nc7 24. Qc2 Nxb5 25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. axb5 Rb8
28. Rb1 Nc5 $132 {Drasko,M-Cmiel,T/Porz/1991/}) (14. b3 Qa3 $142 $1 (14... Nc7
15. a4 Qb6 16. Rfd1 (16. Rfe1 {-14.Rfe1}) 16... Qa7 (16... Bb7 17. e4 Na6 18.
Na2 Rc8 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Bh3 Rd8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Bd2
Qa7 25. Be3 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa7 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Nf6 29. Qe3 $14 {Shaidullina,
S-Pogonina,N/RUS-chW Elista/2002/}) 17. e4 Rb6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Na2 e6 20. Nc3
$6 (20. dxe6 $5 Nxe6 21. Be3 $16) 20... exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Re2 $44 {
Gustafsson,J-Fogarasi,T/Budapest/2001/}) 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Bb2 (16. Bd2 $11)
16... c4 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Ba1 Rb4 19. Nd2 cxb3 20. axb3 Nc7 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. e4
Qa7 $44 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rdc1 Ne8 28.
Nc4 Ra2 29. Nb6 Rb8 $11 {Epishin,V-Krivoshey,S/Graz op/2001/}) 14... Nc7 {
[%cal Yc7b5] /\Nb5} 15. a4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Doesn't allow Black to exchange
the important Nc3, which cements the <<.} (15. e4 Nb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bf1 (
17. Bc3 Qd3 18. Rbc1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Bc4 21. Ra1 Bd3 $15 {Varga,
Z-Fogarasi,T/Budapest/2000/}) 17... Qb7 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. a3 Qa4 $44 20. b3 $6
Qxa3 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qb4 23. Qe3 f6 $15 {Krstev,R-Jacimovic,D/Skopje op/
1998/}) 15... Qb6 16. b3 {The pawn sacrifice is the point of the previous move.
} (16. e4 $6 Qb3 $1 $44) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 $1 {Connects
strategy with tactics. White gets a better P-structure.} Nxe5 $8 {Otherwise
Black loses material, or heavily compromises his position.} (18... N7f6 19. Nc4
(19. Bxd5 $16) 19... Qa7 20. Bxf6 $16) (18... dxe5 19. Bxd5 $16) 19. Bxd5 Bb7 {
A difficult choice-give your opponent a permanent advantage, or a dangerous
attack?} (19... Nc6 20. Qe4 Bb7 21. Qf4 Nd8 22. a5 $40) 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. Rec1 $14 {/+/-} f6 23. Qe4 (23. Qxc5 $2 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxa4 $11) 23...
Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 Qe6 (25... Rc7 $2 26. b4 $18 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4] o^a,b})
26. a5 Kf7 (26... Rb5 $5 27. Rxc5 (27. Ra1 Qd6 28. a6 Ra8 $14) 27... Rxb3 28.
Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Rc7 $14 {/+/-}) 27. Ra1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Qxc5
Qb2 30. Qc4+ Kg7 31. Qa2 $5 {White decides to go for further simplification,
but even a major piece _|_ was promising.} (31. Ra2 Qd4 $16 (31... Qb1+ 32. Kg2
Qb7+ 33. f3 $16)) 31... Qxa2 32. Rxa2 $16 {[%mdl 4352] White has transposed
into an ideal R_|_, he supports his o^ from behind. But despite this it's not
easy to demonstrate a forced win, Topalov continues to defend tenaciously.} Ra8
33. a6 Ra7 34. Kg2 Kf7 (34... e4 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke1 (36. Ra4 $5) 36... Ke6 37.
Kd2 $16) 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. g4 Kd6 (36... Kd5 37. h4 Kc6 38. Ke4 $16) 37. h4 h6
38. g5 ({Even after} 38. h5 {Black retains drawing chances:} gxh5 $142 (38...
g5 $6 {loses time and keeps more vulnerable P on the board:} 39. Ke4 e6 40. Ra3
Kd7 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Kc4 Kb6 43. e4 Kc6 (43... Rc7+ 44. Kb4 Ka7 45. Rf3 Rf7 46.
Kc5 $18) 44. Rf3 Rf7 45. a7 Rxa7 (45... Kb7 46. Kc5 Kxa7 47. Kd6 $18) 46. Rxf6
Kd6 47. Rxh6 Rf7 48. Rg6 $18) 39. gxh5 e6 (39... f5 40. e4 e6 41. Ra5 $16 {/+-}
) 40. Ke4 Kc6 41. Ra3 (41. Kd3 Kb5 $1 $11) 41... Kb6 (41... Kd6 $5) 42. Rf3 Rf7
43. Rg3 Kxa6 44. Rg6 Kb5 45. Rxh6 Kc6 46. Rg6 Kd6 $14 {[%cal Yf6f5] /=,/\f5})
38... hxg5 39. hxg5 f5 (39... Kc6 40. Ke4 Kb6 41. gxf6 exf6 42. Kd5 {[%cal
Rd5e6] /\Ke6+-}) 40. e4 (40. Ke3 e6 41. Ra5 Kc7 42. f3 Kb8 $14) 40... e6 41.
Ra5 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kb8 43. Rxe5 {This seems to be premature.} (43. f3 $5 {keeps
the tension, White's K strives to enter via c5, e.g.} f4+ (43... Kc7 44. Kd3
Kb6 45. Rxe5 Rd7+ 46. Kc4 Rd6 47. Rb5+ Kxa6 48. Kc5 $1 Rd3 49. Rb6+ Ka7 50.
Rxe6 Rxf3 51. e5 $18 {[%csl Ge5,Gg5] o^e,g}) 44. Kd3 (44. Ke2 $5 $16) 44...
Rd7+ (44... Kc7 45. Kc4 Kb6 46. Kb4 $22 $18) 45. Kc4 (45. Kc3 Rd6 46. Ra3 Rc6+
47. Kb4 Ka7 48. Kb5 Rc8 49. Rd3 Rd8 $5 50. Rc3 Rb8+ 51. Ka5 Rc8 $1 $14) 45...
Rd4+ (45... Rd6 $6 46. Ra3 Ka7 47. Kc5 Rd1 48. Kc6 {[%cal Ra3a5] /\Ra5} Rg1 49.
Kd7 Rxg5 50. Kxe6 $18) 46. Kc5 (46. Kc3 Rd6 {-45.Kc3}) 46... Rd3 47. Rb5+ Ka7
48. Rb7+ Kxa6 49. Rg7 Rxf3 50. Rxg6 $14 {/+/-}) 43... Rxa6 44. Rc5 (44. exf5
exf5 45. Re7 Kc8 46. Kf4 (46. Rf7 Re6+ 47. Kf3 Kd8 $11) 46... Kd8 47. Rf7 Re6
48. Rf6 Ke7 49. Rxe6+ Kxe6 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Ke3 f4+ 53. Kd3 Kf5 54.
f3 Kxg5 55. Ke4 $11) 44... Kb7 45. Kf4 Kb6 46. Rc8 fxe4 47. Kxe4 (47. Rg8 Kc6
48. Rxg6 Kd7 $5 $14 (48... Kd5 49. Rg8 $1 Ra2 50. Rd8+ Kc6 51. Kg3 Ra7 52. Kg4
Ra2 53. Rf8 $16)) 47... Kb7 48. Rg8 (48. Rc3 Ra5 (48... Ra4+ 49. Ke5 Ra5+ 50.
Kf6 Rf5+ 51. Kxg6 Rxf2 52. Re3 $18) 49. f4 Rb5 50. Rh3 Kc7 51. Rh6 Kd6 52. Rxg6
Rb4+ 53. Kf3 Ke7 {leads only to the game position anyway.}) 48... Kc6 49. Rxg6
Kd6 50. f4 (50. Rg7 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 e5 52. Rg6+ Ke7 $14) 50... Ra4+ 51. Kf3 Ke7
52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rb7 Rc4 $2 {Only this can be identified as the losing mistake.
} ({After} 53... Ra1 $1 {Black's position is holding:} 54. Kg4 (54. g6 $2 Rg1)
(54. Ke4 Re1+) 54... Rg1+ 55. Kh5 Rf1 56. Kh6 (56. Rb8+ Kg7 $11) (56. Rb4 Kg7
$11) 56... Rxf4 57. Rb8+ Ke7 58. g6 Rh4+ 59. Kg5 (59. Kg7 e5 $132) 59... Rh1
60. g7 Rg1+ 61. Kh6 Rh1+ 62. Kg6 Rg1+ 63. Kh7 Rh1+ 64. Kg8 e5 65. Rb5 Rh5 66.
Ra5 Ke8 $11 {and because the Pe5 shields Black's K from frontal checks, White
has no way to extricate his K from g8.}) 54. g6 $1 $18 Rc1 (54... Rc5 55. Rf7+
{[%cal Rf3g4] /\Kg4+-} (55. Kg4 $143 Rf5)) 55. Kg4 Rc5 (55... Rg1+ 56. Kh5 Rg2
(56... Kg8 57. Re7 $18) 57. Kh6 Rh2+ 58. Kg5 Rf2 59. f5 $1 (59. Rf7+ Ke8 (59...
Kg8 60. Re7 $18) 60. Kh6 Rh2+ 61. Kg7 $18) 59... Rxf5+ (59... exf5 60. g7+ Kg8
61. Kf6 $18) 60. Kh6 Rf6 61. Kh7 $18) 56. Rf7+ Ke8 (56... Kg8 57. Rf6 Rc6 58.
Kg5 $18 {[%cal Rf4f5,Yg5h6,Yg6g7] /\,f5,Kh6,g7}) 57. f5 $1 (57. f5 exf5+ 58.
Rxf5 Rc1 (58... Rxf5 59. Kxf5 Ke7 60. Ke5 Ke8 61. Ke6 Kf8 62. Kf6 $18) 59. Kg5
Rh1 (59... Ke7 60. g7 $18) 60. g7 Ke7 61. Kg6 Rg1+ 62. Kh7 Rh1+ 63. Kg8 $18 {
and White has reached a simple Lucena position.}) 1-0

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "1999.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Qc2 $5 (5. cxb5 $5 {Is the main line.}
) 5... bxc4 6. e4 Ba6 $5 {This move considerably better than:} (6... Bg7 {
(6...d6 7.Bc4 Bg7-transfer to 6...Bg7)} 7. Bxc4 d6 {-see comments to
Zvjaginsev,V-Topalov,V/ Pamplona,1995/CBM 46(1-0)(Zvjaginsev,V)}) 7. Nc3 $6 ({
Also dubious:} 7. Bxc4 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 (10. Qa4 $6 Bg7 $140
11. e5 $6 dxe5 12. Nxe5 O-O 13. Nc6 Nb6 $15 {Miralles,G-Koch,J/Val Thorens,
1988(0-1) (26)}) (10. O-O $5) 10... Bg7 11. O-O Rb8 $11 {Bender,S-Sam,C/
Muenster,1990(1-0)(31)}) ({Can be recommended:} 7. Nbd2 $5 Bg7 8. Bxc4 Bxc4 9.
Nxc4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 $11 {Priehoda,V-Collas,D/Budapest,1996/CBM 52 
(1-0)(32)}) 7... d6 $140 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Qa4+ {[%csl Ra6,Re8]} Nfd7
11. Bxc4 $5 $146 (11. Bf4 $6 {-was checked in the previous games:} O-O 12. Nc6
$2 (12. Nxc4 $142 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. O-O Qxb2 $15 {Slavina,
I-Melamed,T/Yalta,1996(1/2-1/2)(21)}) 12... Qb6 13. O-O-O Nxc6 14. dxc6 Ne5 (
14... Bxc3 $5 15. bxc3 $140 Bb5 $17 {[%csl Rc6]}) 15. c7 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 cxd3 $17
{Gofshtein,L-Van der Weide,K/Wijk aan Zee, 1998(0-1)(61)}) 11... Bxe5 (11...
Bxc4 $143 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. O-O $13) 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qxa6 O-O 14. O-O Nf6 $1
$15 ({Dubious:} 14... Nb6 {in view of:} 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 {()} e6 $140 $6
17. dxe6 Qh4 {[%csl Rh2,Rh6]} 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qb7+ $1 Re7 (19... Kg8 $2 20.
f4 $16 Bd4+ $140 $2 21. Rxd4 {[%cal Gb7g7]} Re7 22. Qxa8+ Nxa8 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24.
Rf8+ Ke6 25. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gf1e1]}) 20. Qf3+ Kg8 21. Qh3 $14) 15.
Rd1 {[%mdl 256]} ({Badly:} 15. Re1 $2 {because of:} Qd6 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd5]} (
15... Qb8 $5 {[%csl Rh2]} 16. h3 Rd8 $15 (16... Bxc3 $143 17. bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ba3
$44)) 16. Qe2 (16. Qxd6 $142 exd6 {[%csl Rd5] =/+/-/+}) 16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 {
[%csl Rh2]} Bf4 18. Bxf4 ({Loses right away:} 18. Qxe7 $4 Rfe8 19. Bxf4 (19.
Qxd6 $4 Rxe1#) 19... Qxf4 $1 (19... Qxe7 $5 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Bg5 Kg7 $19) 20.
Qxc5 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Ng4 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh4h2,Gh2h1]}) 18... Qxf4 $17 {
[%csl Rf2]}) 15... Qd6 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rh2]} 16. Qxd6 $8 exd6 17. Bd2 ({In my
opinion slightly better is:} 17. Rb1 $5 {/\Ne2,f4}) 17... Rab8 ({Can be
recommended:} 17... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 18. a4 Rab8 (18... Rfb8 $5 $15) 19.
Ra2 Rb3 20. Be1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc3b5]} Ra8 $15 {[%csl Ya8]}) 18. Rab1 Rb4 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb4d4]} 19. Kf1 Rfb8 (19... Bxh2 $4 20. g3 $18 {[%csl Rh2]
[%cal Gf1g2]}) 20. b3 Rd4 (20... c4 $2 {is refuted by:} 21. f4 $1 (21. Ne2 $2
cxb3 $1 22. Bxb4 bxa2 $17 {[%csl Ga2,Rb1,Rb4]}) (21. bxc4 $2 Bxc3 $1 22. Rxb4
Bxb4 $8 23. Rb1 {[%csl Rb4,Rb8]} Bxd2 $1 (23... Ne4 $2 24. Be1 $16 {[%csl Rb4]
[%cal Ga2a3]}) (23... a5 $143 24. a3 Bxd2 25. Rxb8+ Kg7 26. Rb6 $13 {[%csl Rd6]
}) 24. Rxb8+ Kg7 $15 {[%csl Ya7,Yd2,Yd6]}) 21... Bd4 $8 22. Ne2 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4]
} c3 (22... cxb3 $2 23. axb3 Bc5 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Bxb4 Ne3+ 25. Kg1 Nxd1+ 26.
Nxd4 Rxb4 27. Rxd1 $18) 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 $16) 23. Nxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxf4+ 25. Kg1
$14) 21. Be1 h6 {[%cal Gg6g5] Other possibilities are:} (21... g5 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Yg5f4]} 22. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 (22... Bxd4 23. Rd1 $11) 23. Ne2 $11 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gb1d1]}) ({and} 21... Rbb4 $6 22. Ne2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb7 $11) 22. g3 $5 ({
Another alternative is:} 22. Ne2 $5 Rxd5 (22... Rxd1 $6 23. Rxd1 $140 Bxh2 $2
24. g3 Re8 25. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf1g2]}) 23. f4 Rxd1 $5 (23... Bd4 $143
24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bf2 Ng4 26. Rxd4 (26. Bxd4 $5) 26... Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Nxh2+ 28.
Kg1 Ng4 29. Bxa7 Ra8 30. Bd4 Rxa2 31. b4 $132) (23... Bxf4 $5 24. Nxf4 Rf5 25.
Kg1 $5 Rxf4 26. Bg3 $11 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rd6]}) 24. Rxd1 Ng4 {[%csl Rd1,Rf1]
[%cal Gg4e3]} 25. Bf2 Bg7 (25... Nxf2 $2 26. Kxf2 Bf6 27. Rxd6 $14 {[%csl Ra7,
Rc5]}) 26. Rxd6 Nxh2+ 27. Kg1 Ng4 28. Bxc5 Bf8 $11) 22... g5 23. Rxd4 $1 ({
After:} 23. Ne2 $6 Rxd5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bd4 (25... Bxf4 $4 26. Nxf4 Rf5
27. Bg3 Nh5 28. Rd5 $1 {[%csl Yd5]} (28. Rd3 $4 Nxf4 29. Rf3 Nd5 30. Rxf5 Ne3+
31. Ke2 Nxf5 $19) 28... Rxd5 29. Nxd5 $18) 26. Nxd4 cxd4 {[%csl Re4] black has
a positional and material advantage.}) 23... cxd4 ({Probably better is:} 23...
Bxd4 24. Rd1 $11) 24. Ne2 Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} 25. Rd1 ({Strongly:} 25. Nxd4 $1
Bxd4 26. Rd1 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5]} Nb4 27. Rxd4 Nxa2 28. Rxd6 Rxb3 29. Rxh6 {
with slight advantage of white.}) 25... Nc3 26. Rd2 $11 Ne4 27. Rd1 (27. Rd3
$143 Nc5 28. Rd1 Ne6 29. f3 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge1f2]}) 27... Rb5 $6 ({
It is necessary:} 27... Nc3 28. Rd2 {with the equality.}) 28. f3 $1 Nc3 $140
29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nxa2 31. b4 $1 {[%csl Ra2] +/=/= White's plan is:Bd2,
Ke2-d3-c2-b3 (פa2)} Rb6 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Ga2c3,Gb6c6]} 32. Bd2 Rc6 33. b5 Rc5
34. Rxd6 Rxb5 35. Rxh6 $5 ({After:} 35. Ra6 Nb4 (35... Rb2 36. Ke1 $11) 36.
Bxb4 Rxb4 37. Rxa7 {-draw.}) 35... a5 36. Rh5 {[%csl Rg5]} (36. Ra6 $143 Nb4
37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Bc3+ f6 39. Ke2 $11) 36... f6 37. h4 Rb1+ (37... a4 $142 38.
hxg5 $140 a3 $1 (38... fxg5 $2 39. Rxg5+ Rxg5 40. Bxg5 Nb4 41. Ke2 a3 42. Bf6
a2 43. Kd2 {+/=/+/-}) 39. g4 fxg5 40. Rxg5+ Rxg5 41. Bxg5 Nb4 42. Ke2 a2 43.
Bf6 Nc2 $11) 38. Ke2 gxh4 ({After:} 38... Rh1 $2 39. Bxg5 $1 (39. Bxa5 $5)
39... fxg5 40. Rxg5+ Kf7 41. Rxa5 {I have a minimal chance to win.}) 39. Rxh4 (
{After:} 39. gxh4 Nc1+ 40. Bxc1 Rxc1 41. Rxa5 {theoretical draw.}) 39... Rb5
$11 40. Kd3 Nb4+ 41. Kc4 Re5 42. Bc3 (42. Bxb4 axb4 43. Kxb4 Re3 44. Rf4 Kg7
$11) 42... Re3 {[%csl Rf3]} 43. Bxf6 (43. Bxb4 $144 axb4 44. Rf4 b3 45. Rxf6 b2
46. Rb6 Rxf3 47. Rxb2 Rxg3 $11) (43. Rg4+ $6 Kf7 $140 44. Rf4 $4 (44. Bxb4 $11)
44... Rxc3+ $1 45. Kxc3 Nd5+ 46. Kb3 Nxf4 47. gxf4 Kg6 $19 {[%csl Rf3,Rf4,Gf6]
[%cal Gg6f5]}) 43... Rxf3 44. Be5 Nd3 {The rest is the unimportant.} 45. Bd6 a4
46. Kd5 a3 47. Bxa3 (47. Rg4+ Kf7 48. Bxa3 Nf2 {[%csl Ra3,Rg3]} 49. Rf4+ Rxf4
50. gxf4 $11) 47... Rxg3 48. Bd6 Rg6 49. Rh2 Rg4 50. Rd2 Nf4+ 51. Ke5 Nh5 52.
Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 bxc4 $6 {This move is not in the
spirit of the opening and gives White rather easy and clear-cut play.} ({
If Black plays the Volga gambit, he should be willing to sacrifice a pawn with
} 4... g6 $142) 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. e5 $5 {'!' Dautov.} (8. O-O
O-O 9. e5 Ng4 $5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rae1 Nge5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Be2 f6 16. Bh4 Rb8 17. b3 Qb4 18. f4 Nf7 19. Bc4 g5 (19... f5 $5 $11)
20. fxg5 $2 fxg5 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Qxg5 Bf5 23. Nb5 h6 24. Qg3 Rxb5 25. Re8+
Kh7 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 {0-1,Pesztericz,L-Abel,L/HUN-chT/1993/}) 8... dxe5 (8... Ng4
$143 $2 9. e6 $1 fxe6 10. Ng5 $36 {is very dangerous for Black.}) 9. Nxe5 {
()[+] White has more space and a better pawn structure, with potential targets
on c5 and especially e7.} O-O 10. O-O Ne8 {Somewhat passive.} ({Crucial for
the overall evaluation of the line is} 10... Nfd7 $5 11. Nxf7 $1 {A promising
sacrifice, otherwise Black has few problems.} (11. Nxd7 $143 Nxd7 12. Be3 (12.
Bg5 Nb6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. Be7 Rfc8 17. Bxd6 c4 18. Rab1
a6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 Be4 21. Rbd1 Bxb2 $17 {Pesztericz,L-Sziebert,A/Eger/
1994/}) 12... Rb8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Na4 Nb6 15. b3 Nxa4 16. bxa4 Bd7 17. Bb3 Rfc8
18. Rc4 e6 19. Rf4 c4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxa4 22. Qf3 Qc7 23. Rc1 exd5 24.
Bxd5 Qd7 25. g3 h6 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Rc5 a6 $11 {Moskalenko,V-Fominyh,A/Alushta/
1994/}) (11. Nc6 Nxc6 12. dxc6 Nb6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Bf3 Ba6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qb3
Bc4 17. Qa3 Bd4 18. Be3 e5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 f5 22. Nb5 Bxb5
23. Qxb5 e4 24. Bd1 Rf6 25. Bb3+ Kg7 26. Rac1 Rc8 27. Qa6 $11 {1/2,Balashov,
Y-Stein,L/Moscow/1971/}) 11... Rxf7 12. d6 Nb6 {'[]' Dautov.} 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {
Dautov: 'Stohl-Petr/Pardubice 1995'} 14. Qf3+ $1 (14. Nd5 $2 Bb7 15. Nxe7 Be5
16. Qb3+ c4 17. Qh3 h5 18. Rd1 Qd7 19. Qe3 {Stohl,I-Petr,J/Pardubice op/1995/}
Qe6 $5 $17) 14... Bf6 {'[]' Dautov.} (14... Kg8 $2 {Dautov} 15. Nd5 $18) 15.
Ne4 Bf5 {'!?' Dautov.} 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Bf4 N8d7 18. Rfe1 $36 {'+/=' Dautov.
Dautov: '/\ Re7|^ Stohl'}) (10... Ba6 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Re1 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nbd7
13. Qf3 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nb6 16. Ne5 g5 17. Bg3 Nbxd5 18. Rad1 e6 19. h4
Qe7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nb5 a6 22. Na3 Nb4 23. Qb3 Rad8 24. Nac4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Nbd5 26. Qa4 $44 {ק,Hebden,M-Arkell,K/Isle of Man/1995/}) 11... Bxc4 12. Nxc4
Nbd7 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Ne5 Nfxd5 15. Nc6 {'+/-' Dautov. Dautov: 'Sadler,M-Manca,
F/Cappelle 1993'} Nxc3 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nxd8 Ncd5 18. Nc6 e6 19. Rac1 c4 20.
Rc2 Rc8 21. Ne7+ Nxe7 22. Bxe7 Nd5 23. Ba3 $16 {Sadler,M-Manca,F/Cappelle/1993/
}) (10... Bb7 11. Qb3 (11. Re1 Ne8 12. Bg5 $1 $36) 11... Qb6 12. Re1 Na6 13.
Bg5 Qxb3 14. Bxb3 Rac8 15. Nc4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Nd6 c4 19.
Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Ba4 Rb8 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Be5 $18 {Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G/London/1980/}
) 11. Re1 ({White bases his strategy on the c4 outpost. But promising is also} 
11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Bb3 (12. b3 $5 $14) 12... Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. Re1 Nd7 (13... Nf5
$2 14. Nxf7 $1 {A typical motive in this line.} Rxf7 15. d6 e6 16. Bxe6 Bc6 17.
Ne4 Nd4 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxc5 Kg8 20. Rc1 Bd5 21. Nb3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Nd7 23.
Re7 Bf6 24. Be3 Nf5 25. Qd5+ {1-0,Browne,W-Wolff,P/Estes Park/1985/}) (13... c4
14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20.
Rcd1 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Qe3 Ba8 24. h4 Kh7 25. h5 $16 {Lempert,
I-Gorjatschkin,W/Pavlodar/1991/}) 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. dxc6 Nb6 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17.
Bxd6 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qh4 19. Nxc5 Rfd8 20. c7 Rxd6 21. Qxd6 $18 {Anderton,D-Bull,D/
Isle of Man/1994/}) 13. Re1 {'+/=' Dautov.} c4 14. Ba4 Qb6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Rab1
Qc7 17. Rbc1 Rd8 18. b3 Qc5 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Qxc4 21. Bb3 Qb4 22. Re4
Bxc3 23. Rxb4 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 $16 {Blagojevic,D-Djoric,D/JUG/1997/}) 11... Nd6
12. b3 $146 {'!?' Dautov.} (12. Bf1 Nf5 $5 $14 (12... Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qa5 15. Rc1 c4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Na6 18. b4 $1 $18 {Effert,K-Kessler,D/
Moeglingen/1989/}) (12... Bb7 {Dautov} 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. Rc1 Nd4 $14 {/\Nd7}))
12... Qc7 {'?!' Dautov.} (12... Nxc4 $142 {Dautov} 13. bxc4 Ba6 14. Qd3 (14.
Qa4 Qe8 15. Qa3 $14) 14... Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Nd7 (15... Nc6 16. Re4 $16) 16. Re4 f5
$1 $132) 13. Bf4 $36 Nd7 14. Nxd7 (14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. bxc4 (15. Nxg6 Qa5 $13)
15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Ba6 19. Rxe7 Bxc4 20. d6 Rfd8
$132) (14. Nb5 $6 {Dautov} Nxb5 (14... Qb6 15. a4 $1) 15. Nxg6 Qb6 16. Nxe7+
Kh8 17. Rc1 $13) 14... Qxd7 (14... Bxd7 $142 15. Rc1 (15. Qd2 $2 Nxc4 $1 16.
bxc4 Bxc3 $19) 15... Rfe8 $14) 15. Be5 $1 {[%mdl 32] '+/-' Dautov. Dautov:
'><e7, c5' White's strategy is to exchange the opponent's active pieces.} Rb8 (
15... f6 16. Bg3 $16 {בe}) (15... Nxc4 {Dautov} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. bxc4 Ba6 18.
Qe2 $16) 16. Qe2 Bxe5 (16... Re8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 $16) 17. Qxe5 Rb4 (17...
Re8 18. Ne4 $1 $16) 18. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 96] The same strategy as mentioned above,
plus simple tactics-Black's >> is weakened by the exchange of the Bg7} (18. Bf1
Re8 {/\c4<=>} (18... Re8 {Dautov} 19. Rac1 $16)) 18... Nxc4 (18... Nxe4 19.
Rxe4 Re8 20. Rae1 $40) (18... f6 {Dautov} 19. Qc3 $16) 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. d6 $40
Rxe4 $8 {'!' Dautov.} (20... exd6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qg5 $1 Qd8 23. Qh6 $1 $18)
21. Qxe4 exd6 22. Rad1 Bb7 23. Qe7 Qc6 $8 (23... Rd8 24. Qf6 {/\Re7+-}) 24. f3
d5 25. Rb1 Bc8 {'!' Dautov.} ({The pin decides after} 25... Rb8 $2 26. Rb2 $18
{<->b}) (25... Ba8 {Dautov} 26. Qxa7 $18 {/\Rb8}) 26. Qxa7 c4 (26... d4 $6 27.
Rec1 $18 {><c5}) 27. Qd4 $16 {'?' Dautov.} (27. a4 $1 {Dautov} Qf6 28. a5 d4 (
28... c3 29. Qb6) 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Rxb6 $1 (30. axb6 $2 c3 $1 31. b7 Bxb7 32.
Rxb7 d3 33. Rc7 c2 34. Rf1 Rd8 $11) 30... d3 (30... Be6 31. a6 Ra8 32. Re4 d3
33. Rd4 $18) (30... Rd8 31. a6 Bxa6 32. Rxa6 c3 33. Rc6 $18) 31. Kf2 c3 32. Rc6
c2 33. Ke3 Bb7 34. Rc7 Ba6 35. Kd2 Rd8 36. Rc6 $18) 27... Be6 28. Rb6 Qc7 29.
a4 Rc8 ({Black should have tried to prevent the a-pawn's advance for as long
as possible:} 29... Qa7 30. Ra1 Qa5 $5 (30... Rc8 31. a5 {-29...Rc8}) 31. Rb7
$16 (31. Rb5 Qa6 $16)) 30. a5 Qa7 {'<=>' Dautov.} 31. Ra1 (31. Qe3 $5 {Dautov}
Qd7 $1 (31... Qxa5 $2 32. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Re7 Qa1+
(35... Qb6+ 36. Kf1 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qb6+ 38. Kg3 $18) 36. Kf2 Qd4+ (36... Qb2+ 37.
Kg3 Qb8+ 38. Kg4 Rh8 39. Qxd5 Qc8+ 40. Rd7 $18) 37. Kg3 Rh8 (37... Kg5 38. Re4
$18) 38. Re4 Qc5 39. Rh4+ Kg5 40. Qe6 $18) 32. Qe5 Qa7 $13) (31. Qc3 {Dautov}
d4 32. Qxd4 Qxa5 $14) 31... c3 32. Rb4 Qa6 33. Qb6 (33. Rb3 $142) 33... Qd3 (
33... Qe2 $5 {Dautov} 34. Qf2 Qa6 $132) 34. Qd4 Qa6 35. Rb3 $1 {'(+)' Dautov.}
Qc4 {'(+)?' Dautov.} (35... c2 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Qe2 (37... Qa7+ {Dautov}
38. Kf1 (38. Kh1 Bf5 39. g4 d4 40. Qd2 Qb7 $1 41. gxf5 Qb1+ $17 42. Qe1 $2
Qxe1+ 43. Rxe1 d3 $19) 38... Qa6+ (38... Bf5 39. g4 d4 40. Qd2 Qa6+ 41. Kf2 Bd3
$13) (38... Bd7 $2 39. g4 Bb5+ 40. Kg2 $18) 39. Ke1 Qa7 40. Kf1 $11) 38. a6
Qd1+ 39. Kf2 d4 40. Qe1 $18) 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. a6 $1 {White has to simplify
the position, as Black's pawns are too dangerous:} (37. Rbb1 $2 d4 $1 (37... c2
38. Rc1 d4 39. Kf2 $1 $18) 38. Kf2 (38. a6 $2 c2 39. Rc1 d3 40. a7 Bd5 41.
a8=Q+ Bxa8 42. Rxa8+ Kg7 43. Rd8 Rb4 $1 $17) 38... d3 39. Ke3 d2 40. a6 c2 41.
a7 c1=Q $1 (41... Rc8 $2 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Rxa8+ Kg7 44. Raa1 $1 $18) (41...
cxb1=Q $2 42. a8=Q+ Rc8 43. Qxc8+ Bxc8 44. Rxb1 $18) (41... d1=N+ 42. Rxd1 (42.
Kd2 cxb1=N+ $1) 42... cxd1=N+ 43. Rxd1 Rc8 44. Rb1 Bd5 45. Rb8 Rf8 46. g3 $11 {
with a positional draw.}) 42. a8=Q+ (42. Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 43. Rxc1 Ra4 $19) 42...
Rc8 43. Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 44. Rxc1 Rxa8 $19) 37... c2 38. a7 {By exchanging a pair
of R Black's possible counterplay is limited.} (38. Rc1 Ra4 39. Rxc2 (39. Rb6
$143 Ra2 40. Rc6 Bf5) 39... Rxa6 $14) 38... c1=Q+ 39. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 40. Kf2 Ra1
41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Rxa8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Without the pawn on d5
the _|_ is easily won for White. (see also CBM 67) The extra pawn however
doesn't help so much, as Black is tied down to it's defence.} h5 (43... Kf6 44.
g4 $1 {><h7}) 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Kd4 {'+-' Dautov.} Kf5 $2 (45... h4 $142 $5 46.
Ra3 g5 {with possible <=> against g2 would create much more problems.}) 46. g3
Kf6 (46... h4 $1 {Dautov} 47. gxh4 Kf4 48. Ra3 Bc8 $1 (48... Bh3 $2 49. Kxd5
Bg2 50. Ra4+ Kf5 (50... Kxf3 51. Ke5 $18 f5 52. Ra6) 51. Kd6 Bxf3 52. Ke7 $18)
49. Rb3 $1 (49. Kxd5 Bb7+ 50. Kd6 (50. Kd4 Bxf3 51. Ra6 Kf5) 50... Bxf3 51.
Ra4+ (51. Ke7 f5 52. Kf6 Bh5 $11) 51... Ke3 52. Ke5 f5 53. Ra3+ Ke2 54. Kf4 Bh5
55. Rg3 Kd2 56. Rg5 Kd3 $11) 49... Bh3 (49... Be6 50. Rc3 $22 $18) 50. Re3 $1 (
50. Rc3 $2 Be6) 50... Bd7 (50... Bg2 51. Re7 Bxf3 (51... f5 52. Rg7) 52. Rxf7+
Kg4 53. Rf8 Be4 54. Rh8 $18) 51. Re5 Kxf3 52. h5 gxh5 53. Rxh5 Be6 54. Rg5 Kf4
55. h4 $18) 47. Ra3 Kf5 48. Re3 Kf6 49. Re5 Ke7 50. Kc5 Kd7 (50... Kf6 51. f4
Ke7 52. Kc6 $22 d4 $2 53. Re4 d3 54. Re3 $1 d2 55. Rd3 $18) 51. Re3 Ke7 52. Rd3
{'(.)' Dautov.} Kf6 (52... Kd7 $6 53. Ra3 {/\Ra7,Kd6}) 53. Kd6 Kf5 54. Rd4 g5 (
54... Kf6 55. Rf4+ Kg5 (55... Kg7 {Dautov} 56. Ke5 g5 57. Rd4 $18) 56. Ke7 $18)
55. h4 $1 $18 {Creating more weak points.} Kf6 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 57. Ke5 Kg6 58.
Rb4 Kg7 59. Rb8 d4 (59... Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kh7 61. Rg5 Kh6 62. f4 $18) 60. Kxd4 Ba2
61. Ke5 Bc4 62. Kf5 Bd5 (62... f6 63. Rb7+ Bf7 64. Ra7 $22) 63. f4 Bf3 64. Rb6
Bg4+ 65. Kg5 Bf3 66. f5 Bg4 67. f6+ Kh7 68. Rb7 Be6 (68... Kg8 69. Rb8+ Kh7 70.
Rf8 Be6 71. Kxh5 $18) 69. Kxh5 Bd5 70. Rb4 ({A possible winning plan is} 70.
Rb4 Be6 71. Kg5 {/\Rh4,Kf4-e5-d6-e7,Rh5-g5-g7-f7+-}) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Terme Zrece"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 axb5 8. Bxb5 Qb6 9. Bc4 {If White wants to achieve the _|_, which
arises after the 12-th move, this is the right move order to do it.} (9. Qb3 e6
10. Bc4 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Na6 $1 12. Nge2 {runs into} Nb4 $1 13. O-O (13. dxe6 $6
Nd3+ 14. Kf1 fxe6 15. f3 Be7 16. Bc2 Nb4 17. Bb3 O-O $32 {|^,Volosjuk,
J-Slavina,I/WChW U18 Menorca/1996/}) 13... Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rfd1 Be7 16.
e4 Nf6 17. f3 d5 $15 {1/2,Beliavsky,A-Georgiev,K/YUG-chT Niksic/1996/}) 9... e6
10. Nge2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Beliavsky prepared this novelty for the Vidmar
memorial, by cleverly inverting the move order he achieves a well-known
position, which gives White more chances of achieving an advantage.} (10. e4
Nxe4 $15 {is even more, than OK for Black, while}) (10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Na6 {
-9.Qb3 transposes to the above note.}) 10... exd5 11. Qb3 (11. Bb3 d4 $132)
11... Qxb3 (11... Qc6 $6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Nf4 c4 14. Qd1 $1 Bd6 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16.
Qxh5 Qc5 17. O-O O-O 18. a4 Na6 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Nd4 Qd6 22. b3
cxb3 23. Nxb3 $16 {[%csl Ga4] Beliavsky,A-Halkias,S/Terme Zrece/2003/ was the
first game in which White used the move 10.Nge2! and he achieved an ideal
position, as if with an extra o^a4.}) 12. Bxb3 Na6 13. O-O {The safest and
most usual alternative.} (13. a3 Nb4 $5 (13... Bc6 $6 14. O-O-O $1 Nc7 15. Be1
Be7 16. f3 c4 17. Bc2 O-O 18. Bg3 Ra7 19. Rhe1 Rb8 20. Nd4 Ba8 21. Nf5 Bf8 22.
Be5 Nfe8 23. Re2 g6 24. Nd4 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Nxd6 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Ndb5 28.
Ndxb5 Nxb5 29. Re3 $14 {Panchenko,A-Glek,I/Tallinn/1986/}) 14. O-O (14. Nf4 c4
15. Ba4 g5 16. axb4 gxf4 17. Nb5 fxe3 18. fxe3 Ke7 $15) 14... Nd3 $132) (13.
O-O-O Nb4 14. Kb1 c4 $5 15. Bc2 Nxc2 16. Kxc2 Bc5 17. Be1 O-O 18. Nd4 Ng4 19.
Kb1 Ne5 20. Nce2 Nd3 21. Nc1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 {Franzen,T-Geldmann,L/ICCF Email/
1996/} Bxd4 $11) 13... Nc7 ({White managed to blockade Black's [+]P and
contain any possible <=> in a model way after} 13... Be7 $143 14. Rfd1 O-O 15.
Be1 Nc7 (15... c4 $142 $5 16. Bc2 Bc6 $14 {is better, Black still retains
active options as Nc5 or Nb4.}) 16. Nf4 c4 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5] ק} 17. Bc2 Bc6 18.
Nfe2 Rfb8 19. Rab1 Ne6 20. a3 Rb6 21. Na2 Rab8 22. Nb4 Ba8 23. Bc3 h6 24. h3
Rc8 25. Ng3 g6 26. Ne2 d6 27. f3 Kf8 28. Kf2 Kg8 29. Rd2 Kf8 30. Rbd1 Rbb8 31.
Rh1 Kg8 32. g4 Kf8 33. Kg3 Kg8 34. Rh2 Kf8 35. h4 Kg8 36. Kf2 Bb7 37. Rd1 Kf8
38. Rg1 Ke8 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Nh5 41. f4 Nc5 42. Bd4 Ne4+ 43. Ke1 Bd8 44.
Nc3 Ba5 45. Nxe4 dxe4 46. Bd1 $16 {Pinter,J-Ernst,T/Thessaloniki olm/1984/})
14. Rfd1 Bd6 15. Be1 O-O 16. f3 (16. Rac1 Bc6 (16... Rfe8 $13) 17. Ng3 Rfb8 18.
Rb1 g6 19. f3 Rb7 20. Nge2 Rab8 21. Bh4 Nce8 22. Rd2 Kg7 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. hxg3
Nc7 25. g4 h6 26. Nf4 $14 {Ornstein,A-Biriescu,I/Vienna op/1986/}) 16... Rfe8
17. Bf2 (17. Ng3 Be5 {/\} 18. Nf5 $6 g6 19. f4 Bxf4 $5 (19... Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne4
21. Nh6+ Kf8 $15) 20. exf4 gxf5 21. Bh4 Ne4 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24.
Rxd5 Reb8 $36) 17... Be5 18. Rac1 (18. Rd2 Bc6 19. Rad1 $6 {White needs this
square for his minor pieces.} h6 20. h3 Reb8 21. Bc2 Nb5 $1 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23.
b3 Rxa2 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxa2 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxb3 $15 {|^,Razuvaev,
Y-Tseshkovsky,V/Calcutta/1986/}) 18... Bc6 $13 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5] The arising
position is double-edged, as Black's hanging P present a constant threat and
are unassailable for the time being.} 19. Rd2 h6 {Black keeps the R on the
e-file to prevent the exchange of his strong Be5, but playable seems even} (
19... Reb8 20. Bg3 (20. Bh4 d6 21. f4 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Ng4 $132) 20... d6 21. f4
Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Nb5 $5 $13 (22... Ng4 23. f5 c4 24. Bd1 Nxe3 25. Bxd6 Rb7 26. Bf3
$14)) 20. Bc2 g6 21. Bb1 Ra5 22. Nd1 Nh5 23. b3 Na6 24. Nb2 Nb4 (24... Ng7 25.
Nd3 Bf6 26. Ndf4 Nb4 27. e4 $5 $14 (27. Nc3 c4 $132)) 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Bxd3 Ng7
27. Bb1 Ne6 (27... d6 28. b4 Rb5 29. a3 Ra8 $132) 28. Bg3 Bf6 {Black still
avoids the exchange of B, but later White will more or less force it in a more
advantageous situation.} ({Simpler was} 28... Bxg3 29. Nxg3 (29. hxg3 h5 $11)
29... f5 $5 30. Ne2 Kf7 $11) 29. Bd6 Bg5 30. f4 $8 (30. Nf4 $6 d4 $36) 30...
Bf6 (30... Be7 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Kf2 {[%cal Yg2g4,Yf4f5] /\g4,f5+/=}) 31. Kf2
Kg7 32. Ng1 $5 d4 33. e4 Be7 {Now Black has little choice, the Bd6 has a
cramping effect.} 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. g3 (35. Ne2 f6 $11) 35... Nc7 $6 (35... d6
$5 36. Nf3 Rea7 $132 (36... f6 37. Nxd4 $5 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Rxc6 $44))
36. Nf3 Bxe4 (36... Na6 37. Ne5 $36) (36... f6 37. b4 $14) 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. b4
Ra3 ({Black is slightly worse even after the better} 38... Rb5 $142 $5 39. Rxc5
Rxc5 40. bxc5 Ne6 41. Re2 Nxc5 (41... f5 42. Nd2 $1 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Nxc5 44. Nb3
Na4 45. Kd3 Nc3 46. a3 $14) 42. Rxe4 Nxe4+ 43. Ke1 Nc3 44. a3 Kf6 (44... d3 45.
Ne5 d5 46. Nxd3 Kf6 47. Nb2 $14) 45. Nxd4 d5 46. Nc2 $14 {/\Kd2}) 39. Rxc5 Ne6
40. Ra5 $1 $14 {In comparison to the previous note the distant o^a5 gives
White more winning chances.} Rxa5 41. bxa5 d3 (41... f5 42. a6 Nc5 43. a7 (43.
Rxd4 $2 Re6 $11) 43... Re8 44. Rc2 $16) 42. Rxd3 Ra4 43. Rxd7 Rxa2+ 44. Kg1 g5
{[%mdl 4096] '!?' Hecht. In the final phase of the game Black still has
drawing chances, but White can continue probing practically for ever and it's
not easy to choose from the various versions of unpleasant _|_ the one, which
is objectively the best.} ({Hecht: Whilst: Hecht: Indes:} 44... Rxa5 {'!'
Hecht.} 45. Ne5 Ng5 $5 (45... g5 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rf6 Nd4 48. Kf2 $16) 46. h4
Ne4 (46... Rxe5 {Hecht} 47. fxe5 Nf3+ 48. Kf2 Nxe5 $11 {promises a problem
free draw. liefert ein problemloses Remis.}) 47. Rxf7+ Kg8 48. Rc7 $14 {/+/-})
({Dancing on a tightrope Der Tanz auf dem Drahtseil} 44... Ra1+ $5 {Hecht} 45.
Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Rxa5 47. Ne5 Ng5+ 48. Kg4 Kg8 {offered very good chances of a
draw. White must protect against bot sehr gute Remischancen. Weiß muss sich vor
} 49. Re7 Ra4 50. h4 f5# {hüten.}) 45. Ne5 (45. fxg5 $6 Nxg5 46. Nxg5 $8 hxg5
47. Rd5 g4 $11 {/+/= leads to a drawish R_|_}) 45... gxf4 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rf6
fxg3 48. hxg3 (48. Rxe6 $2 gxh2+ {/\Ra5=}) 48... Nc5 49. Nc6 Kg7 50. Rf2 Ra3
51. Kh2 Ne4 52. Re2 Ng5 (52... Nc5 53. Re5 Nd3 $14 {/+/-}) 53. Rb2 Kf6 $6 {
Keeps the N sidelined, hopimg for a <=>, but this allows White to advance his
o^a5 further.} (53... Ne4 $142) 54. Rb6 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 Kf5 56. a6 Nf3+ 57. Kf1
Kg4 (57... Nd2+ $5 58. Ke1 Nc4 59. Rb5+ (59. Rb4 Ne3 (59... Ne5 60. Rf4+ Ke6
61. Re4 Kd5 62. Rxe5+ Kxc6 63. Re6+ $18) 60. Rb5+ Kg4 61. Nb4 (61. Ra5 Ng2+ 62.
Kd1 Ne3+ 63. Kc1 Rc2+ 64. Kb1 Rxc6 65. a7 Rc8 $11) 61... Ra3 $16) 59... Kg4 60.
a7 {[%cal Rb5a5,Rb5b8] /\Ra5,Rb8} Kxg3 $16 {/\} 61. Rb8 $2 Ne5 $1 $11) 58. Nb4
Ra3 {'?' Hecht.} (58... Rd2 $1 $11 {(Hecht) with the well known drawing
manoeuvre Nf3-h2-f3 mit der altbekannten Remisschaukel Sf3-h2-f3}) 59. Rg6+ Ng5
60. Ke2 Kxg3 61. Rg7 Kh3 (61... Kf4 $142 {Hecht}) 62. Re7 $1 {White has
managed to free his K and keep Black's N offside.} (62. a7 $143 $2 Ne6 63. Rd7
Nd4+ $1) 62... Ra4 (62... h5 $2 63. Re3+ Rxe3+ 64. Kxe3 Ne6 65. Nd5 $18) (62...
Kg4 $142 {Hecht}) 63. a7 Ne4 64. Nd5 $1 $18 Ra2+ 65. Kd3 (65. Ke3 $2 Nd6 {
[%cal Rd6b5,Rd6f5] /\Nf5,Nb5}) 65... Nc5+ (65... Nf2+ 66. Kc4 h5 67. Nc3 Ra1
68. Kb5 $1 {/\Na4} Rxa7 69. Rxa7 h4 70. Rg7 Kh2 71. Kc4 $18) 66. Kc4 Na4 67.
Kb4 (67. a8=Q $4 Nb2+ $11) (67. Kb3 Ra1 68. Re3+ Kh2 69. Re2+ Kg3 70. Ra2 $18)
(67. Kb4 Nb2 68. Re3+ Kh2 69. Ra3 Nd3+ 70. Kb3 Nc1+ 71. Ka4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nge2 {A rare system, championed by Shulman and Akobian. White's N
usually goes to f3 to support play in the [+] with e5, here the idea is mainly
prophylaxis. By protecting the Nc3 White intends to avoid any problems on the /
^a1-h8, quietly finish his development and proceed with any active plans like
f4 only in due time.} Bg7 10. h3 (10. g3 {weakens the >> and doesn't fit so
well into White's plans, already Benko himself pinpointed it's drawbacks:} O-O
11. Kg2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Na6 13. b3 Nc7 14. f3 $6 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Qc6 17.
Qd2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bf4 d4 20. Na4 Nfd5 21. Rhf1 Ne6 22. Rf2 d3 $1 $19 {
Gross,R-Benko,P/Aspen/1968/}) 10... O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7 (11... Qb6 12. Rb1 Nbd7
13. Kh2 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Ne8 $5 (14... Qa6 15. Rd1 c4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Be3 Rb7 18.
Qd2 Nfd7 19. b4 $5 Nd3 $2 (19... cxb3 $142 $14) 20. Nc2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rab8 22.
a3 f6 23. Nd4 Ra8 24. a4 $18 {Shulman,Y-Friedel,J/Philadelphia/2001/}) (14...
Ne5 15. b3 (15. Rd1 Nc4 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Nec3 Rxa4 $5 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qxb3 Rxb3
20. Nxa4 Nxe4 21. Be3 f5 22. Rbc1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bh6 $44 {Shulman,Y-Vescovi,G/
WChJ Halle/1995/}) 15... c4 16. Be3 Qb4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Rxb8+ Rxb8 19. Rb1
Rc8 20. Qb3 $5 Qd3 21. Qb7 Rxc3 22. Nxc3 h5 23. Rc1 $16 {Shereshevski,M-Alburt,
L/Tbilisi/1974/}) 15. Bg5 Nc7 16. Rhd1 Na6 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. b3 Ra3 19. Na4 Qa6
20. Nec3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 f6 $11 {Shulman,Y-Fominyh,A/Minsk/1995/}) 12. Kh2 Qa5 (
12... Qb6 {-11...Qb6}) (12... Ne8 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. Qc2 f5 $5 15. exf5 (15. Be3
$142 $14) 15... Rxf5 16. Ng3 Rf7 17. Rd1 Nb6 18. Nge4 Qc8 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Bg5
Qf5 21. Qe2 Nxb2 $1 22. Rxb2 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qxg5 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5] ><d5,a2,
Van den Bersselaar,J-Ganguly,S/Gibraltar/2006/}) 13. Qc2 ({Akobian prefers the
slow} 13. Rf1 {, but this doesn't seem too flexible - the R can go to other
squares as well.} Rfb8 14. Qc2 Qa6 (14... Ne8 15. b3 Qa6 16. Bg5 Nc7 17. Rab1
Rb4 18. f3 Kf8 19. Qd2 Bh8 20. f4 Re8 21. Rbe1 Kg8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe7 $1 e4
24. d6 Ne6 25. Nd5 Qd3 26. Rd1 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rb7 28. f5 Be5+ 29. Kh1 Nd4 30. f6
$16 {Akobian,V-Leon Hoyos,M/Merida/2005/}) 15. Rd1 {see move 13!} e6 $6 (15...
Ne5 $132) 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Kg1 Rb4 18. Rb1 Ne5 19. Nf4 Kf7 20. b3 Rd4 21. Be3
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ne8 23. a4 Nc6 24. Nb5 Nd4 25. Qc4 $40 {Akobian,V-Martinez,L/
Las Vegas/2005/}) 13... Nb6 $146 {[%mdl 8] The N aims for a4, but one of the
pluses of White's set-up is the Nc3 is well protected and can't be removed so
easily. The typical Volga move} (13... Rfb8 {seems more to the point:} 14. Rd1
Rb4 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. f3 (17. b3 $142) 17... Ne5 18. b3 Rc8 19. Be1
(19. f4 $5 $14) 19... Nh5 20. a4 c4 21. bxc4 Rbxc4 $44 22. Qb3 $2 Rxc3 $1 23.
Nxc3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qf1 $1 {0-1,Gligoric,S-Nyback,T/Stockholm op/2003/}) 14.
Rd1 {On move 17 White will move this R again, so this doesn't seem ideal.} ({
In a later round Shulman tried to improve White's play with the useful move} 
14. Rb1 $5 {However, let's not forget this was already the rapid playoff and
the tension was extremely high.} Na4 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Rfb8 17. Rhe1 (17.
b3 $142 $1 $14) 17... Nd7 18. Bg5 (18. b3 {resembles the game, but with the R
already on b1 Black has} Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxa2 $13) 18... Kf8 19. Qd2 Bxc3 $5 20.
bxc3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qxa2 22. Rb2 Qc4 23. Rb7 Ke8 $13 24. Qf4 $2 Qxc3 25. Qh4 h5
26. Be3 Qe5+ 27. g3 Ra4 $19 {Shulman,Y-Khalifman,A/Khanty Mansiysk/2005/})
14... Na4 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Rfb8 17. Re1 (17. b3 Qa6 {- this can transpose
into the game, as} 18. a4 Ne8 $132 {is not so clear.}) 17... Nd7 18. b3 Qa6 (
18... c4 $5 19. bxc4 Qc5 $132) 19. Rab1 Ne5 {[%cal Ya6d3,Ye5d3] /\Nd3,Qd3} 20.
Re3 c4 21. Kg1 $1 $14 {White has managed to coordinate his forces and
safeguard his extra P. However, converting his minimal material advantage is
still very difficult, as Black's pieces remain very active right into the _|_
- also a typical trait of the Volga.} (21. b4 Nd3 22. b5 Qa3 $44) 21... cxb3 ({
Black could have still kept the tension with} 21... Rc8 $5 $14 {/<=>}) 22. axb3
Rc8 23. Qd1 Rab8 (23... Nd3 24. Ne2 (24. Qe2 Bxc3 25. Rxd3 Qa2 $14) 24... Rab8
$14) 24. Ne2 Qb6 {This allows White's B to the long diagonal and leads to
simplification.} (24... Nd3 $142 $1 {/\} 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3
Bf6 $14 {/<=>}) 25. Bc3 Nc4 26. Rd3 Ne5 27. Rg3 $1 {Shulman already doesn't
want to exchange his B for the black N as in the above note.} h5 28. Bd4 Qb4
29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 {[%cal Rc1a1,Rf2f4] /\Qa1,f4} Nf3+ {Black prefers
further exchanges before he will be forced into more serious concessions.} 31.
Rxf3 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. Qf4 $14 {/+/-} Rf8 (33... f6 $2 34. Qh6 Qxe4 35.
Re3 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 $40) 34. Kh2 (34. g3 $5 {saves time.}) 34... Kg7 35. g3 f6 36.
Qe3 {[%mdl 4096] White can't make progress without getting rid of Black's
active Q, Khalifman for the time being avoids the R_|_.} Qd1 (36... Qb4 $5) 37.
Qd3 Qe1 38. Kg2 Ra8 39. Re3 Qc1 40. Qc3 $1 Ra1 {Black at least activates his R,
as keeping the Q is dubious:} (40... Qb1 $143 41. Re1 Qa2 42. b4 $16) 41. Qxc1
Rxc1 42. Rd3 Rb1 43. Rc3 f5 $5 {Black must get some <=>.} (43... g5 44. g4 $16
{[%cal Yg2f3,Yf3e3,Ye3d4] /\Kf3-e3-d4}) 44. exf5 gxf5 {[%cal Rb1d1] /\Rd1} 45.
Rd3 Kf6 46. f4 Rb2+ (46... e6 $1 47. dxe6 Kxe6 $14) 47. Kf3 h4 $6 (47... e6
$142 48. dxe6 Kxe6 49. Ke3 d5 50. Kd4 Kd6 {was still more resilient despite
the lost tempo.}) 48. gxh4 Kg6 49. Ke3 Kh5 50. Kd4 Rf2 (50... Kxh4 51. Kc3 Rf2
52. b4 Rxf4 53. b5 Rf1 54. Kb2 $5 (54. b6 Rb1 55. Rd4+ Kxh3 56. Rb4 Rc1+ 57.
Kb3 Rc8 58. Ka4 Kg3 59. Kb5 f4 60. b7 Rb8 61. Kc6 f3 62. Kc7 Rxb7+ 63. Rxb7 f2
64. Rb1 Kg2 65. Kd7 $18) 54... Rf2+ 55. Ka3 Rg2 56. b6 Rg8 57. Ka4 $18) 51. b4
Rxf4+ 52. Kc3 Rf1 53. b5 $6 $138 (53. Kb2 $1 Rf2+ 54. Ka3 {/\b5,Rb3}) 53... f4
$2 $138 (53... Rb1 $1 54. Kc4 Kxh4 55. Rf3 Kg5 $132 {/\} 56. Rb3 Rxb3 57. Kxb3
f4 58. b6 (58. Kc2 Kh4 $1 $11) 58... f3 59. b7 f2 60. b8=Q f1=Q 61. Qg8+ Kh6
$11) 54. Kc2 $1 Ra1 (54... f3 55. b6 f2 56. Rf3 $18) 55. b6 Ra8 56. Rb3 Kxh4
57. Kd2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf4] Now Black's R is passive and White converts his
advantage by first annihilating the o^f4.} Rb8 58. Ke2 Rb7 59. Kf3 Kg5 (59...
Kxh3 60. Kxf4+ Kh4 61. Kf5 $22 Rb8 62. b7 $18) 60. Ke4 $22 f3 61. Kxf3 Kf5 62.
Ke3 Ke5 63. Rb5 e6 64. dxe6+ Kxe6 65. Kd4 Kd7 (65... d5 66. Kc5 $18) 66. Kd5
Kc8 67. Kc6 d5 (67... Rh7 68. Rg5 Rh8 69. b7+ Kb8 70. Ra5 $18 {This line shows
the Pd6 hampers Black and he tries to get rid off it, but it's too late.}) 68.
Ra5 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. Qc2 {One of the rare ways of declining the
Volga. White strives for a positional struggle with control of c4 and the [+].}
({The more usual way to transpose into this line is to play} 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 {
first, as here the central counter with e6 is very risky:} bxc4 6. e4 e6 $6 7.
dxe6 fxe6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxc4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb5+ Nfd7 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. Qd2
Bb7 14. O-O Re8 15. Nc3 d4 16. Bc4+ Kg7 17. Bh6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qa5
20. Qf4 $40 {Bosboom Lanchava,T-Sebag,M/Saint Vincent ztw/1999/}) 4... bxc4 5.
e4 e6 $5 ({Black can also do without this freeing move, in the above mentioned
positions he has ample counterchances.} 5... g6 6. Bxc4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. Nd2 Nfd7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bb2 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Nd7 14.
Nd1 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Qa5 17. Nd3 Rab8 18. f4 f6 19. Rae1 Nb6 20. e5
fxe5 21. fxe5 Qa4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qxa4 Nxa4 24. exd6 exd6 25. Re6 Nb6 $11 {
Videki,S-Hertneck,G/Kecskemet/1988/}) 10... Nxa6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13.
Rab1 Qb6 14. h3 Nd7 15. Qe2 Nc7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
Qxe5 Qd6 20. Rfe1 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Rfd8 22. Rxe7 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxa7 Rd2
25. b3 Re8 $44 {=,Kempinski,R-Baklan,V/BL 9798/1997/}) 6. Bxc4 (6. Nc3 {
mostly only transposes into 6.Bc4.} {The simplest transposition into the game
is} exd5 $142 (6... Be7 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. exd5 (8. Nxd5 Nc6 $132) 8... O-O 9.
Nge2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 (11. a3 Nb6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Rd1 c4 15.
Nf5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rac1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Be4 20. Qd2 Qxf5 21.
f3 Bd3 $17 {Kolpakov,M-Mochalov,E/Riga/1975/}) 11... Nb6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Bd2 Re8
14. Rae1 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Qd7 $6 (15... g6 $142 $5) 16. Nd1 Ba6 17. h3 Bf8 18. Bg5
Be7 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Ne3 g6 21. Bc3 Bg7 22. Qc1 $1 $40 {Gross,S-Nun,J/CZ-ch
Trnava/1980/}) (6... Bb7 7. Bxc4 exd5 (7... Na6 $2 8. Qe2 (8. a3 Be7 9. Nf3
exd5 10. exd5 Nc7 11. Qd3 d6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. h3 h6 16.
b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Bf8 18. Be3 g5 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxa7 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Ncxd5 22.
Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxa7 25. Nd3 Qb6 26. g4 $16 {Koutsin,S-Groetz,
H/AUT-chT2/1997/}) 8... Qb6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5+ Be7 12. O-O Kf8
13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Qg4 Nb8 16. Nxf7 Qf6 17. d6 {1-0,Steiner,
D-Voscilla,A/Caorle/1988/}) 8. exd5 d6 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bg5
h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Rad1 Nbd7 14. b3 a6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. f4 Re7 18.
Bf2 Rae8 19. Ng3 Qb8 20. Qd3 Nb6 21. Qf3 Nfd7 22. Nge2 f5 23. g4 Rf7 24. Rd3
Ref8 25. Qg2 fxg4 26. hxg4 Qd8 $36 {Blot,J-Guidarelli,L/FRA-chT/1999/}) 9...
Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 a5 12. b3 Na6 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. Qd2 Ne8 15. Ne4 Bf6 16.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nh4 Nh5 18. g3 Bc8 19. Rfe1 Ra7 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Bf3 Ne8 22. Rac1
$13 {Zaja,I-Leventic,I/Porec CRO-chT/1998/}) 7. exd5 d6 8. Bxc4 Be7) (6. dxe6
$6 fxe6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 Nb4 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 N8c6 12. Qe4 Nd4
13. Na3 Be7 14. Be3 Nbc6 15. Rg1 Qb6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rb1 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Qxe5
19. Nb5 Bf6 20. Rg4 Rc8 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxd4 Ke7 23. Bb3 a6 24. Nc3 Nxf3 25.
Rd3 Nd4+ 26. Kd2 Nxb3+ 27. axb3 d5 $19 {Omarsson,H-Nielsen,M/Copenhagen/1998/})
6... exd5 7. exd5 d6 8. Nc3 (8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 (10... Bg4 $5
$132) 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Rad1 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Bg4 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bf5
17. Nde4 Bg6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Qd2 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Re8 21. Rb3 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 23.
Ng5 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qa4 $36 {Brestak,P-Suriadnji,A/Zlin op/1996/})
8... Be7 9. h3 {A useful move, but perhaps White doesn't need to invest a
tempo.} (9. Nge2 {as in Gross-Nun above seems more to the point.}) 9... O-O 10.
Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. b3 Nxc4 {Perhaps Black deosn't have to hurry with
this exchange, as for the time being it won't escape.} (12... Re8 $5 13. Bf4
Bf8 $13) 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Bf4 Rb4 15. Nd2 g6 $1 16. a3 (16. g4 $5 Ne8 17. a3 {
() was a more committal alternative.}) 16... Bf5 17. Nce4 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Nxe4 19.
Nxe4 Bxe4 $6 {Seemingly a logical exchange, but again premature, as now Black
gets under unpleasant pressure.} (19... Re8 $142 {/\Bf8} 20. Qc3 {[%cal Ye7f8]}
Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf8 22. Rae1 Qd7 $11 23. Qf6 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Rb3 $132) 20. Qxe4 Bf6
21. Rab1 $36 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6 Although the Bf6 is seemingly active, more
serious is that d6 lacks protection.} Qd7 (21... Qc7 $5 22. Qd3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1
Rb8 24. Re1 $36 {/\} Bd4 25. Qg3 Rb2 $2 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Qg5 $1 Bxf2+ 28. Kf1
$18) 22. Qd3 Rfe8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qg3 Rb6 25. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8,Rd8,
Re8,Rf8,Rg8,Rh8] Another point against Bf6-the basic rank is weak.} Bg7 $2 {
[%mdl 4096] And for the third time Black goes for an exchange he should have
only prepared. Now White gets really an iron grip and shows necessary
technique in the major piece _|_.} (25... Qd8 $142 $1 26. Qe3 Rb8 $14 {/\Bg7})
26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ f6 (27... Kg8 28. Qf6 Rb7 $8 29. g4 $16 {[%cal Yg1h2,
Yh3h5] /\Kh2,h4-h5->}) 28. Re6 Qd8 29. g4 Kf7 30. h4 $40 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7] עf7,
f6} f5 31. g5 $1 (31. gxf5 $2 Qxh4 $132) 31... Rb7 32. Kg2 $22 Rd7 (32... Re7
$2 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Rxd6+ $18) 33. Qb2 $1 (33. Qe3 $143 Re7) 33...
Kg8 (33... a6 34. Qc3 Rb7 35. Qg3 Rd7 36. Qf4 {/\h5->}) 34. Qe2 $1 Kf8 35. Rf6+
Rf7 (35... Kg7 36. h5 $1 Rf7 37. Qe6 Rxf6 38. gxf6+ Kf8 (38... Qxf6 $2 39. h6+
$18) 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Kg3 $18) 36. Qe6 $18 Rxf6 $8 37. gxf6 Qe8 38. Kg3 Qd8 (
38... Qxe6 39. dxe6 Ke8 40. Kf4 h6 41. h5 $18) 39. Kf4 {[%cal Rf4h6] /\Kg5-h6}
h6 40. h5 gxh5 41. Kxf5 Qc7 (41... h4 42. Kg6 Qc7 43. Kxh6 {-41...Qc7}) 42. Kg6
h4 43. Kxh6 a5 44. Kg5 a4 45. f3 $22 Qf7 (45... Qd8 46. Kxh4 $18) 46. Qxd6+ Kg8
47. Qd8+ (47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7 ({For more detailed comments about the
opening phase, as well as Black's more usual reaction} 11... Qa5 {or the
possible setup}) (11... Ra7 $5 {see game Aseev-Ponomariov.}) 12. Qc2 (12. b3
Rfb8 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Nf4 Qa7 15. a4 Rb6 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Na2 Qb7 18. b4 Nc4 19.
b5 Na3 20. Qd3 Nxb1 21. Qxb1 (21. Rxb1 $142 $13) 21... Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxb5 $36 {
Cmilyte,V-Malakhatko,V/Swidnica/1999/}) 12... Rfb8 13. Rab1 Rb6 (13... Ne5 $142
14. b3 Bc8 15. Ng5 Qa7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nd7 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. h3 Bf5 20. e4
Bc8 21. Rfd1 Qa6 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Rbc1 Nd7 24. Rd2 Ba6 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. Ne2 Ne5
27. Qd1 Qa3 28. Nf4 Qb4 29. Rdc2 Qb7 30. f3 Bb5 31. Bf1 Ra3 $44 {Aseev,
K-Fominyh,A/RUS-ch Elista/1996/}) 14. b3 Qb8 15. Ng5 Ra7 16. Rfc1 Rc7 ({
Without a4 played} 16... Rab7 {loses sense:} 17. Na4 Rb5 18. e4 $16) 17. Nf3
Ne8 18. Na4 Rbb7 19. Bc3 Bh6 (19... Bxc3 20. Nxc3 $16 {/\} c4 21. Nd4 {[%csl
Rc6] ><c6}) 20. Re1 Rc8 21. Bh3 Rd8 22. e4 $36 {White has ideally placed his
forces and can start action in the [+].} Nc7 23. Ba5 ({More consistent was} 23.
Bb2 $142 $1 Nf6 (23... Nb5 $6 24. e5 $40) 24. Rbd1 $16 {[%csl Gd1,Gd5,Ge1,Ge4]
[+]|^}) 23... Qa7 (23... Bg7 24. e5 $1 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxc5 $40) 24. e5
Bd3 25. Qxd3 Qxa5 26. exd6 $6 {Rather soft.} (26. e6 $5 fxe6 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28.
Rxe6 Nf8 29. Re2 $40) 26... exd6 27. Bxd7 (27. Re7 Nf6 28. Nc3 Bf8 $14 {
leads nowhere.}) 27... Rxd7 28. Re2 Rb8 29. Nc3 Bg7 30. Nd1 Qb5 $1 31. Qxb5
Nxb5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] /= Black has survived the assault and typically for the
Volga looks for chances in the _|_, where his << pressure persists.} 32. Rc1
Ra7 33. Kg2 Bf6 (33... Nd4 34. Nxd4 Bxd4 $14 {/= is similar to the game.}) 34.
h4 h5 35. Ng5 Ra3 36. Ne4 Bd4 37. Ndc3 Nxc3 38. Nxc3 Kf8 $2 {White's N is the
better piece, as it pressures d6, later on it lands on c4. Black should have
exchanged his [+]Bd4, which however doesn't attack anything:} (38... Bxc3 39.
Rxc3 Rba8 40. Rcc2 Kf8 {and White faces a very tough technical task.}) 39. Ne4
$1 Rb6 40. Rcc2 Rba6 41. Ng5 Bf6 42. Ne4 {White already avoids the exchange
and proceeds to improve his position on the >>.} Bd4 43. f3 Kg7 44. g4 hxg4 45.
fxg4 Kh6 46. g5+ Kg7 (46... Kh5 $2 {lands the K in a mating net after} 47. Kh3
Be5 48. Rf2 Ra7 49. Rf4 $1 $18) 47. Kf3 $16 Ba1 (47... Rb6 48. Nd2 $1 Ra8 49.
Nc4 Rba6 50. Re7 $40) 48. Kg4 Bd4 49. h5 gxh5+ 50. Kxh5 {[%cal Re4g3,Rg3f5] /
\Ng3-f5->} Ba1 (50... Be5 51. Nxc5 $5 dxc5 52. Rxe5 Rxa2 53. Rxc5 $18) (50...
Rb6 $142 $16) 51. Ng3 Be5 52. Nf5+ Kh7 53. Ne3 $1 Ra7 54. Nc4 R3a6 55. Kg4 $5 (
55. Nxe5 dxe5 56. Rxe5 $18 {also wins, but White still doesn't want to
exchange his superior minor piece.}) 55... Kg6 56. Rf2 Bd4 57. Rh2 Bg7 58. Rce2
Ra8 59. a4 $1 {[%csl Ga4] o^a} Rb8 60. Rh3 $18 Rb7 (60... Rb4 61. Re4 Rb8 (
61... Rb7 62. Re8 $18) 62. Re7 $40 {+-}) 61. Re8 Rb4 62. Rg8 $1 {[%cal Rh3h6] /
\Rh6#} f5+ 63. gxf6 Kxf6 64. Rf3+ Kg6 65. Re8 Be5 (65... Rxc4+ 66. bxc4 Rxa4
67. Re6+ Kh7 68. Kf5 Rxc4 69. Re7 $5 $18) (65... Raxa4 66. Re6+ Kh7 67. bxa4
Rxc4+ 68. Rf4 $18) 66. Re6+ Kg7 67. Kf5 {All pieces join in the _|_->, Black
is helpless.} Rxc4 (67... Ra7 68. Rg6+ Kh8 (68... Kf7 69. Kg5+ Ke7 70. Re6+ {
mates.}) 69. Nxe5 dxe5 70. Rh3+ Rh7 71. Rxh7+ Kxh7 72. Rg3 $18) 68. bxc4 Rxa4
69. Re7+ Kf8 70. Ke6+ Kg8 71. Rb3 Ra8 (71... Rb4 72. Rxb4 cxb4 73. c5 $18) 72.
Rbb7 Rd8 73. Rbd7 Rf8 74. Rxd6 $1 Bc3 (74... Bxd6 75. Kxd6 $18) 75. Kd7 Rf4 76.
Rc6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 d6 ({More flexible is} 4... g6 {Now the b6
line loses most of it's sting, as Black has the effective} 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 a5
$1 7. Nc3 Ba6 8. Bg5 Qxb6 9. Qb3 Qb4 10. e4 Bg7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e5 Bg7 13. h4
d6 14. Qa4+ Qxa4 15. Nxa4 dxe5 16. Nxc5 O-O 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Bxa6
Rxa6 20. Ke2 Rd6 21. Rhd1 Nf6 22. Nc3 Bh6 $17 {Epishin,V-Hertneck,G/Vienna op/
1996/}) 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 g6 (6... a5 7. e4 $5 (7. Nc3 Ba6 $13) 7... Nbd7 8. Nc3
g6 9. Bb5 Ba6 10. b7 Ra7 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O (12. Qa4 $5 $36 {/\e5,Bg5})
12... Bg7 13. Qe2 Rb6 14. Nd2 O-O 15. f4 Rxb7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nc4 Qa8 18. Bd2
Nb6 19. b3 Rb8 20. Qe4 Nc7 21. exd6 exd6 22. Nxd6 Ncxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5
Nxd5 $11 {1/2,Urban,K-Ehrenfeucht,W/Police/1993/}) 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. a4
a5 $1 {[%cal Gb8b1] Although Black weakens b5, it's very difficult for White
to gain a firm foothold on this square and Black is usually able to retain the
typical Volga gambit play dow the b-file.} (9... Qxb6 $143 10. a5 $14 {()}) 10.
Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 (12. h3 Ne8 (12... e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qe2 d5 15.
exd5 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qh4 Nb4 20. Bh6 Bxb2 21.
Ng5 Bxa1 22. Bxf8 h5 23. Bd6 Qd8 24. Bc4 $44 {Comas Fabrego,L-Mendoza,L/Lleida/
1991/}) (12... Ba6 13. Bf4 (13. Re1 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfe8
17. Bf4 a4 18. Ra3 c4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Nd4 e6 $132 {1/2,Burijovich,L-Malbran,G/
Buenos Aires/1992/}) 13... Bxb5 14. axb5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Bxc3 $6 17.
bxc3 f6 18. c4 a4 19. Ra3 Ra7 20. Bc1 Re8 21. Nd2 Nf8 22. Bb2 e5 23. dxe6 Rxe6
24. f4 Qf7 25. Rg3 Re8 26. Qd3 $16 {Kiselev,S-Shliahtin,I/Podolsk/1992/}) 13.
Bf4 Nc7 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. e5 Ba6 16. Re1 Nc4 17. b3 Nb2 18. Qc2 Nd3 $36 {Purgin,
N-Martin,A/Moscow/1991/}) (12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nfd7 15. Nd2 Re8
16. f4 Qc8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Nb6 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Qc4 Nb6 21. Qd3 Nd7 22.
Qc4 {1/2,Avrukh,B-Leko,P/Duisburg WChJ/1992/}) 12... Ne8 (12... Nfd7 13. Bf4
Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Qa8 16. Nb5 Qb7 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ra2 c4
20. Be3 Nxa4 21. Nxd6 exd6 22. Rxa4 Bxb2 $11 {Karpov,A-Foo Hsiang Ming/
Singapore sim/1997/}) (12... Ba6 13. Qc2 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Ne8 15. Bg5 Nc7 16. Nc3
Qd7 17. Rad1 Na6 18. Qc1 f6 19. Bh6 Nxa4 20. Ne2 Rfb8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nf4 Nc7
$15 {Remlinger,L-Manion,J/Philadelphia/1992/}) 13. Bf4 (13. h3 Nc7 14. Bf4 Ba6
15. Qc2 Bxb5 16. axb5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. e5 Qd7 (19... Nc4 $5)
20. Qc1 Rad8 21. Bh6 Qb7 22. Re4 $1 $40 {Moskalenko,V-Bendersky,V/Simferopol/
1990/}) 13... f6 $6 {Black prevents e5, but was this ugly move necessary?} ({
More to the point as in the previous examples seems} 13... Ba6 $5 14. Bc6 Rb8 {
/\Nc4<=>}) 14. Nd2 (14. h4 $142 $5 Bg4 15. Qd3 $14) 14... Nc7 15. Bc6 (15. Bf1
f5 $1 $132) 15... Rb8 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Nb5 Na6 $1 $13 18. Qe2 (18. Qc2 Ne5 19.
Bxe5 fxe5 20. Na7 Qb6 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Bd7 Rf8 $11) 18... Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5
20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxc6 {Black has higher
ambitions than repetition.} (24... Rc8 25. Na7 $11) 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 $44
Qd7 27. Rb3 (27. Qxa5 Bb7 28. Qd2 $13 {/=}) 27... Bc8 $6 {[%csl Gc8] Now
thanks to a tactical trick White exchanges the more valuable part of Black's
^^.} (27... Kh8 $142 28. Qxa5 Bb7 $13) 28. Na7 $1 Ra6 (28... Qxa7 $2 29. Qd5+
$16) 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Rb5 $14 Rd8 31. Rd1 (31. Rxa5 $5) 31... e6 32. Nxa5 (32.
Rxa5 d5 $132) 32... Qc7 33. b3 Bf8 (33... d5 $2 34. Nb7 $18) 34. Nc4 d5 35. g3
Rc6 $6 (35... Be7 $142 36. Ne3 $5 $13 (36. exd5 exd5 37. Ne3)) 36. Na5 (36. Qd3
Be7 37. Ne3 Bg5 38. exd5 Bxe3 $11) (36. Qa5 $5 Qxa5 37. Rxa5 Bg7 38. Ra7 $36)
36... Rb6 37. Nc4 Rxb5 (37... Ra6 $5 $132) 38. axb5 Be7 39. Ne3 Bg5 40. h4 Bxe3
41. Qxe3 d4 42. Qg5 $36 {עg8} Rf8 43. h5 Qf7 44. Rd2 Qf3 (44... Qf6 $5 45.
Qxf6 Rxf6 46. Rc2 (46. b6 Rf8 47. Rc2 Rb8 48. Rxc5 Rxb6 49. Rxe5 d3 50. Kf1
Rxb3 51. Ke1 Kf7 $11) 46... Rf3 (46... d3 47. Rd2 Rf7 48. Rxd3 Rb7 49. h6 $1
$36) 47. Rxc5 (47. b4 $6 d3 48. Ra2 cxb4 49. b6 Rf8 $1 50. b7 d2 51. Rxd2 Rb8
$17) 47... Rxb3 48. Kf1 $1 $14) 45. Qxe5 Ra8 46. Qxe6+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kh6 $8 (
47... Kf7 $2 48. Qd5+) (47... Kf8 $2 48. Qh8+) 48. Qf4+ $8 Qxf4 49. gxf4 {
[%mdl 4096]} Rb8 (49... Kxh5 $2 50. b4 (50. f3 $5 Kh4 51. Kg2 {/\} Rb8 $2 52.
Rd1 $18) 50... Rb8 (50... cxb4 51. Rxd4 b3 52. Rb4 $18) 51. bxc5 Rxb5 52. Rxd4
$18 {/\} Rxc5 $2 53. Rd5+) 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Rd3 (51. b4 cxb4 52. Rxd4 Rxb5 $44
{=}) 51... Rxb5 52. Rg3 (52. Kg2 Kg7 $14) 52... Ra5 $2 (52... Rb4 $5 53. Rd3 (
53. e5 d3 $1 54. Rxd3 Rxf4 55. Rc3 Rb4 $11) (53. Kg2 $2 d3 $11) 53... Rb5 $14 (
53... Kg7 $14)) 53. Kg2 Ra1 54. Rg5 $1 $18 {עh6 Black's K is now cut off,
while White's R actively attacks the c5,d4 chain. White's own pawns will be
safe after f3.} Rc1 (54... d3 55. Rd5 Rd1 56. f3 $5 (56. Rxc5 Re1 (56... Rb1
57. Rd5 Rxb3 58. Kf3 Ra3 59. Ke3 d2+ 60. Ke2 $1 $18) 57. Rd5 Rxe4 58. Kf3 $16)
(56. Kf3 d2 57. e5 Rb1 58. Rxd2 Rxb3+ 59. Kg4 Rb4 $5 $16) 56... d2 57. Kf2 $18)
55. Rd5 $1 Rc3 56. f3 Kg7 (56... d3 57. Kf2 Rxb3 58. Rxc5 $18 {><d3}) (56...
Rxb3 57. Rxc5 $18) 57. Kg3 Kf6 58. f5 gxf5 (58... g5 $2 59. Kg4 {/\e5,o^e,f})
59. Rxf5+ {o^e,f} Ke6 60. Rd5 Kf6 (60... d3 61. Kf4 Rxb3 62. Rxc5 $18 {/\Rd5,
Ke3}) 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. b4 $1 cxb4 63. Rxd4 b3 (63... Rb3 64. e5 $18) 64. e5 Rc6
65. Rb4 Ra6 (65... Rc3 66. Ke4 b2 67. Rb6+ $1 $18) 66. Rxb3 Ra4+ 67. Kg5 Ra8 (
67... Kxe5 68. Re3+ Kd5 (68... Kd4 $4 69. Re4+) 69. f4 $18) 68. Rb6+ $1 (68. f4
$2 Rg8+ {/\Kf5=}) 68... Kxe5 (68... Kd5 69. f4 Rg8+ 70. Rg6 $18) 69. f4+ Kd5
70. f5 Rg8+ 71. Kh6 (71. Kh6 Ke5 72. f6 {/\f7,Kg7 with a well-know
theoretically won R_|_.}) 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nh3 Bxa6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qc2 {White's plan includes Ra1-b1,
b2-b3 but what to do later? That will depend on Black's actions but if Black
plays accurately, he can deprive White of any activity.} (12. Rb1 Rfb8 13. b3
Ne8 (13... Ne5 $142 $1) 14. Qc2 Nc7 15. a4 Nf6 16. Nf4 Ra7 17. b4 $1 cxb4 18.
Be3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Antoshin,V-Mihaljcisin,M/Sarajevo 1970/EXT 1998 (72)}) 12...
Rfb8 13. Rab1 Ne5 {This knight looks unsafe but it is active! Black played
much worse in the following game:} (13... Qa7 14. b3 Ne8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 Nc7
17. Rfe1 Nb5 $6 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. e4 Rab8 20. Bc3 {This bishop exchange is
White's dream in this system!} Bb7 21. Bf1 Rb6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rbd1 $16 {
1-0 Alekseev,E-Inarkiev,E/Moscow RUS 2008/(49)}) 14. b3 Bc8 {Black wants to
play ...Bf5 to force e2-e4 and thus weaken the light squares in White's camp.}
15. Ng5 {And here is Black's "dream game":} (15. Kh1 Qa6 16. Ng1 Bf5 $1 17. e4
{[%csl Rd3]} Bd7 18. Rfd1 Nd3 19. Bf1 Nb4 20. Bxa6 Nxc2 21. Bc4 Ng4 22. Kg2 Na3
23. Rbc1 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Ne5 $17 {0-1 Popov,V-Kryschilovskij,A/St Petersburg
2002/CBM 086 ext (41)}) 15... Bf5 $1 16. e4 Bd7 $146 (16... Bc8 17. Na4 Qa7 18.
Nf3 (18. Bc3 $5) 18... Nfg4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Nc3 c4 22. bxc4 Nxc4
23. Be1 Rxb1 24. Nxb1 Na3 25. Nxa3 Qxa3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Collutiis,D/
Cappelle la Grande 2003/CBM 092 ext (40)}) 17. Nf3 Nfg4 18. Ne1 $5 {White
wants to exploit the "hanging" position of Black's knights.} (18. Nxe5 Nxe5 $44
) 18... f5 $1 {A typical idea of dynamic counterplay.} (18... c4 $5 {was
another option:} 19. h3 Nf6 20. bxc4 Qc7 $44) 19. Nd3 {White can't bring
himself to "accept his mistake", which still led to a complicated position:} (
19. Nf3 Nxf3+ (19... fxe4 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe4) 20. Bxf3 Bd4 $44) 19... Nxd3
20. Qxd3 fxe4 (20... Bxc3 $5 21. Bxc3 Rxa2 {- Black regains the pawn and
creates pressure on the f2-pawn} ({rather than} 21... Bb5 22. Qd2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1
$44)) (20... Bd4 $5) 21. Qe2 $6 {"The greater evil".} (21. Bxe4 Bd4 $1 {
[%csl Rf2]}) (21. Qxe4 $5 Rf8 $5 $36 (21... Bd4 $6 22. Qxe7) (21... Bf5 22. Qe2
Qa6 $5 $36 (22... Bxb1 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Rxb1 Ne5 $15)) 22. Qxe7 $6 Rf7 23. Qe2
Bd4) 21... Qa6 (21... Rf8 $5) ({but the best of several attractive options was
probably} 21... Qa5 $5 22. Rbc1 (22. Nxe4 Qxa2 $17) 22... e3 $1 23. fxe3 Bxc3
24. Bxc3 Qxa2 {winning the b3-pawn with no compensation for White.}) 22. Qxa6
Rxa6 23. Bxe4 (23. a4 Nxf2 $1 24. Kxf2 (24. Rxf2 e3 $1 25. Bxe3 Bxc3 $17 {
[%csl Rb3]}) 24... Bd4+ 25. Ke2 Bg4+ 26. Ke1 e3 $17) 23... Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxa2
$17 {[%mdl 4096] Black has recaptured the pawn and has a clear advantage due
to his superior pawn structure.} 25. f3 (25. b4 cxb4 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Bxb4 Bb5
$17) 25... Nf6 26. Rf2 (26. b4 Nxe4 (26... cxb4 27. Rxb4 Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Ra4 29.
Rb1 Bf5 $17) 27. fxe4 Rc2 28. Rf3 Bh3 $19 29. b5 $140 Ra8 30. g4 $8 Bxg4 31.
Rg3 Bc8) 26... Ra3 (26... Nxe4 $1 27. fxe4 Ra3 28. Rfb2 Bb5 {[%cal Rb5d3]} 29.
Re1 Ba6 {winning the b3-pawn and consequently the game.}) 27. Bxf6 $1 exf6 28.
Rfb2 {At least keeping material equality although Black's positional advantage
is obvious.} Ra7 (28... Bb5 $5 {to prevent Be4-d3.}) 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bd3 Rab7
31. Ke3 Rb4 32. Kd2 Bb5 {A typical "exchange of a defender", although there
was no need to hurry with it:} (32... Rd4 $142 33. Kc2 (33. Kc3 Re8) 33... Kf8
$5 {and the d5-pawn falls.} (33... Re8 $143 34. Rd1)) 33. Bxb5 R8xb5 34. Kc3 (
34. Ra2 $1 Rb7 35. Kc3) 34... Rb7 (34... Ra5 $1) 35. Rd1 $6 {Passive defence
leads to a gradual defeat. It was necessary to immediately activate a rook:} (
35. Ra2 $1 {e.g.} Rd4 (35... c4 {is senseless due to} 36. Rab2) (35... Re7 36.
Ra6 Re3+ 37. Kc2 $1 Rxf3 38. Rxd6 $15) (35... R4b6 $5 $15) 36. Rd2 (36. Rba1 $5
Rxd5 (36... g5 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7+ Kg6 39. b4 $1 Rxb4 (39... Rxd5 40. b5 Rd1
41. Ra3 $1) 40. Ra6 $11) 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7+ Kg8 39. Rd7 $15) 36... Rxd2 37.
Kxd2 $15) 35... g5 36. Rdd2 Re7 37. Re2 Re5 38. Rbd2 h5 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40. Ra2 {
Too late!} Rd4 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rh7 Kg6 43. Re7 Rxd5 44. Re6+ Kg7 45. b4 $5 {
Otherwise 45...Rd4} cxb4+ 46. Kxb4 g4 $1 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Kc4 Rd4+ 49. Kc3 Kf7
50. Rh6 Ke7 {Black's central pawn pair brings him an easy victory.} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bensdorp, Marlies"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "232"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 $5 {Une ligne secondaire} (4. cxb5 {
Bensdorp,M (2303)-Gayon,B (1981) Rohde op 8th 2008 (1.17) 1-0}) 4... bxc4 5. e4
d6 6. Bxc4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 (10. h3 {plus courant})
10... Ng4 (10... Nb6 $142 11. Bf1 e6) 11. Bf1 (11. h3 $142 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. Bf1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Rb8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Be3) 11... Nge5 $146 12. Nd2 e6 $146
(12... Nb6 {Toth,E (2317)-Yaksin,O (2232) EU-chT U18 6th 2006 (5) 0-1}) 13. h3
exd5 14. exd5 f5 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]} 15. f4 $1 $14 Nf7 16. Nf3 a6 17. Be3 (17. Re6
Nb6) (17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. fxg5 f4 19. Ne4 Ne5 $132) 17... Rb8 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. a3
Ne4 $1 20. Bc1 (20. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxb2) 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qa5 22. c4
Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4,Ga4d1]} 23. Qd3 Qa4 24. Re3 (24. Re7 Rb3 25. Qe2) 24... Rb7
25. Rde1 Rfb8 $36 26. Be2 {[%cal Ge2d1]} (26. Re7 Rb3 27. Qe2) 26... Rb3 27.
Qd2 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Re8 29. Qd2 (29. Qd3 Re4) 29... Qb3 30. Qd3 Ba4 31. Qxb3 Bxb3
32. Bd3 Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1 Bc3 34. Kf1 $11 {La finale semble égale mais le MI veut
la gagner} (34. Nf3) 34... Nd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8b7,Gb7a5,Ga5c4]} 35. Nf3 $1 {
[%cal Gf3d2]} Nb7 36. Nd2 Na5 (36... Ba2 37. Nb1) 37. Nxb3 Nxb3 38. Be3 Bd4 39.
Ke2 Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Nd4 {Le N est meilleur que le mauvais B mais la position
blanche tient} 41. Kd2 Kf7 42. Bc2 $6 (42. Ke3 Ke7 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge7c7,
Gc7b6,Gb6a5,Ga5a4,Ga4a3]} 43. g4 Kd7 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Kf2 Ke7 (45... Kc7 46.
Kg3 $16) 46. Kg3 Kf7 47. Kh4 Kg6 $11) 42... Nxc2 $1 43. Kxc2 g5 $1 44. fxg5 Kg6
45. Kd2 Kxg5 46. Ke3 f4+ 47. Ke4 a5 48. a4 h6 $1 {Les blancs vont finir par
être en zugzwang!} 49. Kf3 Kf5 $4 {Mène а une finale de Q avec des risques
d'échecs perpétuels alors que les noirs avaient une gain immédiat dans la
finale de P} (49... h5 $1 50. g3 $22 fxg3 51. Kxg3 h4+ 52. Kf3 Kf5 {Les noirs
ont l'opposition} 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Kf4 $19 55. Kd2 Kg3 56. Ke2 Kxh3 57. Kf3
Kh2 58. Kf2 h3 59. Kf3 Kg1 60. Kg3 h2) 50. g3 fxg3 51. Kxg3 Ke4 52. Kg4 Kd4 53.
Kf5 Kxc4 54. Ke6 Kb4 55. Kxd6 c4 56. Ke6 c3 57. d6 c2 58. d7 c1=Q 59. d8=Q Qe3+
60. Kf7 Qxh3 61. Qd4+ Kb3 62. Qd5+ Kxa4 63. Qc4+ Ka3 64. Qc5+ Ka4 65. Qc4+ Ka3
66. Qc5+ Kb2 67. Qxa5 h5 68. Qe5+ Kc2 69. Qe2+ Kc3 70. Qe5+ Kd3 71. Qd5+ Ke2
72. Qb5+ Kf2 73. Qc5+ Kg2 74. Qg5+ Qg4 75. Qd2+ Kh3 76. Qd3+ Kh4 77. Qd8+ Kg3
78. Qa5 h4 79. Qe1+ Kg2 80. Qd2+ Kh3 81. Kf6 Qg3 82. Kf5 Qf3+ 83. Kg5 Qg4+ 84.
Kf6 Qg2 85. Qf4 Qg3 86. Qf1+ Kh2 87. Qe2+ Kg1 88. Ke7 h3 89. Qd1+ Kf2 90. Qd2+
Kf1 91. Kd8 Qg8+ 92. Kd7 Qg4+ 93. Kd8 Qh4+ 94. Kc8 h2 95. Qd1+ Kf2 96. Qd2+ Kf3
97. Qd3+ Kf4 98. Qd4+ Kg5 99. Qd8+ Kg4 100. Qd1+ Kf5 101. Qd5+ Kg6 102. Qg8+
Kf5 103. Qd5+ Kf4 104. Qd2+ Ke5 105. Qa5+ Ke6 106. Qb6+ Kf7 107. Qc7+ Kg8 108.
Qc6 h1=Q 109. Qe6+ Kf8 110. Qf5+ Kg7 111. Qd7+ Kg6 112. Qe8+ Kf5 113. Qd7+ Kf4
114. Qd2+ Kg3 115. Qe3+ Qf3 116. Qe1+ Kh3 {[%mdl 4096]} 0-1

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 {This move order is designed
to avoid the line} (5... axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Nge2 Nxd5 9. O-O $13)
6. Nc3 Qa5 $5 (6... axb5 7. Bxb5 Qa5 {can still transpose into the positions
mentioned above.}) 7. Bd2 ({Even the other alternative} 7. bxa6 Bxd5 (7... Nxa6
$5 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. e4 e6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxd5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Nb4 $132 {1/2, Farago,I-Krivoshey,
S/Graz/2001/}) 8. Bd2 Bc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Nb5 Qb6 $5 (10... Bxb5 11. Bxb5 e6 12.
O-O Be7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Be1 d5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. a4 Nxa6 18. Ne5
Nb8 19. f3 Nd6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 c4+ 22. Bf2 Qb7 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 24. Nxc4 Bf4
25. Rd1 Nc6 26. g3 Bc7 27. e5 $44 {Brynell,S-Vescovi,G/Malmo/1995/}) 11. Qb3
Bd5 $13 {doesn't promise White anything tangible.}) 7... axb5 8. Bxb5 (8. Nxb5
$143 Qb6 {loses the Pd5 in less favourable circumstances.}) 8... Qb6 9. Qf3 {
A rare and not very promising alternative to the more usual} (9. Qb3 e6 10. Bc4
(10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxd5 12. Qd3 Qb7 $5 13. f3 c4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 d5
$44 {is already for more than a decade known to be satisfactory for Black.})
10... Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Na6 $5 12. Nf3 exd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Be1 Nc7
16. Bc2 Rfb8 17. b3 d6 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Bb1 Ne6 20. Ne2 Ra6 21. Nd2 Bd8 22. f3
Ba8 23. Bg3 Nh5 24. Bf2 g6 $11 {Karasev,V-Sivokho,S/St Petersburg/2000/ and
Black's [+] doesn't pose serious threats, but is sufficiently protected.}) 9...
Na6 ({A more forcing and playable move is} 9... e6 $5 10. e4 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5
$1 12. Qe2+ $142 (12. Nxd5 Qe6+ 13. Ne2 Bxd5 $5 (13... Qxd5 $6 14. Qxd5 Bxd5
15. O-O Be7 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Nf4 Be6 18. a4 Bg5 19. Be5 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 d5 21.
Rfd1 Rc8 22. a5 Nc6 23. a6 Ra7 24. Bd6 Nd4 25. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 26. b4 Bd7 27. Bxd7
Rxd7 28. Bc5 $14 {/+/-, Mamedova,R-Hasanova,E/EU-chW Warsaw/2001/}) 14. Qg3 Bd6
$36) 12... Be7 13. Nf3 (13. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 14. Nf3 O-O $1 $36) 13... O-O 14. O-O
Bf6 $13) 10. Nge2 $146 {White continues his development.} ({More consistent was
} 10. Bxa6 Bxa6 $142 $1 $44 (10... Rxa6 11. Nge2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. e4 d6 14.
b3 (14. Rab1 $142 $14) 14... O-O 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Rfa8 17. Nc1 c4 18. Rb1
Bc8 $1 19. Re1 (19. Nb2 Nxe4 $1 {/\} 20. Bxg7 Nd2 $15) 19... Bg4 20. Qe3 Bd7
$36 {Hamann,S-Votava,J/Meisdorf/1996/})) 10... Nb4 11. O-O Nbxd5 12. e4 (12.
Qg3 Nxc3 (12... g6 $11) 13. Nxc3 Ne4 14. Qg4 e6 15. Qe2 Nd6 $5 $13) 12... Nc7 (
12... Nxc3 13. Nxc3 g6 (13... Nxe4 $6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxe4 $40 {[%csl Rd7]
עd7}) (13... e6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qd3 $16) 14. Qd3 $32 {->}) 13. a4 (13. Bc4 $5
e6 (13... Qxb2 $2 14. Bf4 (14. Rfb1 Qxd2 15. Rxb7 $44 {->}) 14... Qb4 15. Rfb1
Qxc4 16. Rxb7 $40) 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Rfd1 (15. Qg3 d6 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qh6 Nxe4
$15) 15... O-O 16. b3 (16. Qg3 Qb4 $1 $132) 16... Rfd8 $13) 13... e6 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Rad1 Nxb5 16. axb5 Rd8 (16... Nxe4 $6 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe7 Nxc3 18. Qxc3
Kxe7 $17) 17... Bxg5 (17... d5 18. Qc3 $1 f6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxf6+ Kf7 21.
Ng4 $40 {[%csl Rf7] עf7}) 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qa7 $16) 17. Rfe1 h6
$1 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Bxe7 Nxc3 19. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qxd8 21. Qe5 $18) (
17... O-O 18. Qe3 $132) 18. Bf4 d6 19. Ng3 h5 $5 {Black has done well from the
opening and starts getting ambitious. But more logical was the simple} (19...
O-O $1 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 $11 {/\} Bf6 22. e5 $132) 20. Nf1 d5 21. Ne3 $5 {
[%mdl 512] An enterprising positional sacrifice.} (21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5
(22... Bxd5 23. Qg3 $14 {[%cal Rf4c7,Rg3g7] /\Qg7,Bc7}) 23. Qe2 O-O 24. Ne3 $11
) 21... Nxe4 (21... dxe4 $143 $6 22. Qg3 {[%cal Re3c4] /\Nc4|^}) 22. Nxe4 dxe4
23. Qg3 Rxd1 $2 (23... O-O $142 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 $1 (24... Qxd8 25. Rd1 (25. Be5
$143 f6 26. Rd1 Qa5 27. Rd7 h4 $5 28. Qh3 fxe5 29. Nf1 $1 Bd5 30. Rxe7 Qe1 31.
Qe3 Qxe3 32. Nxe3 Rb8 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Rxe5 Rxb5 35. Rxd5 Rxb2 36. Kf1 $15)
25... Qe8 (25... Qb6 $2 26. Be5 {-23...Rd1}) 26. Be5 f6 27. Bd6 $44) 25. Bd6
Re8 (25... h4 26. Qe5 Bf6 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Bxc5 Rd8 $13) 26. Be5 f6 27. Nc4 $1
Qxb5 $1 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. Nxe8 fxe5 30. Qg6 Kf8 31. Qxh5 Qxe8 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33.
Qh5+ $11 Ke7 34. Qxe5 $13) 24. Rxd1 $40 O-O 25. Be5 f6 $5 {[%mdl 2048] []
White's pieces all coordinate very well together in the attack after} (25... g6
$2 26. Rd7 Ra8 (26... Re8 27. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rd7e7,Rg3e5] /\Re7,Qe5} Kf8 28. Nc4
Qxb5 29. Rxe7 $1 Qxc4 (29... Rxe7 30. Qe5 f6 (30... Re8 31. Qg7+ Ke7 32. Bf6+
Kd7 33. Qxf7+ $18) 31. Qxf6+ Rf7 32. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 33. Nd6+ $18) 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8
31. Qb8+ $18) 27. h3 Kf8 (27... h4 28. Qf4 g5 29. Qg4 {/\} Kf8 30. Nc4 $1 Qxb5
31. Qh5 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Ke8 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Bd6+ Ke8 35. Ne5 $18) 28. Bg7+ $1
Kxg7 (28... Ke8 29. Nc4 Qxb5 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Ne5 $18) 29. Rxe7
$18 {->}) 26. Rd7 Rf7 (26... h4 27. Qg6 $1 Rf7 28. Bd6 Qxd6 $8 29. Rxd6 Bxd6
30. Qg4 $16) 27. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 28. Qb8+ Rf8 29. Qxb7 Qa5 $5 (29... Qxb7 30. Rxb7
Bxb2 31. b6 Bd4 32. Rc7 Rb8 (32... Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rb8 34. b7 Kh7 35. Kf2 Kg6 36.
Ke2 $16) 33. b7 Kh7 34. Kf1 $1 (34. Nc4 Rf8 $1 35. Kf1 Rxf2+ 36. Ke1 e3 $1 37.
Nxe3 Rb2 $132) 34... Kg6 35. Ke2 {[%cal Re3c4] /\Nc4+/-} Be5 36. Rxc5 Bxh2 37.
Rb5 $16) 30. Rd1 Qa4 31. b6 (31. Qc6 $142 $1 Bd4 (31... Qb3 32. Qxc5 Rb8 33.
Qxh5 Qxb5 34. Qg6 $16) 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qe7 $5 (33. Qd5 Bxe3 (33... Qxb5 $2
34. Rxd4 $18) 34. fxe3 Rf5 35. Qxf5 Qxd1+ 36. Qf1 Qd2 $132) 33... Rb8 34. Qxe4
Qxb5 35. Nc2 Qxb2 36. Qf5 $14) 31... Bg5 $1 32. Re1 (32. Rd7 Bf6 {[%cal Rf6d4]
/\Bd4<=>}) 32... Bxe3 33. fxe3 Qc2 $11 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 (36.
Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kg3 $6 Qxe3+ 38. Kh4 Qf4+ 39. Kxh5 Qxh2+ 40. Kg5 Qxg2+
41. Kf4 Qh2+ {might also still be a draw, but is risky only for White.}) 37...
Qd1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 axb5 8. Bxb5
Qb6 9. Qf3 {Graf's specialty, he strives for more than the acclaimed} (9. Qb3
e6 $44 {/= can promise.}) 9... e6 (9... Na6 $5 10. Nge2 (10. Bxa6 Rxa6 (10...
Bxa6 $5 $132) 11. Nge2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. e4 d6 14. b3 (14. Rab1 $142) 14...
O-O 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Rfa8 17. Nc1 c4 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Re1 Bg4 20. Qe3 Bd7 21.
Bd4 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Qc3 Qc8 24. f3 Ra3 $36 {Hamann,S-Votava,J/Meisdorf/
1996/}) 10... Nb4 11. O-O Nbxd5 12. e4 Nc7 13. a4 ({Gaf probably intended to
improve his play somewhere, possibly with} 13. Bc4 $5) 13... e6 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Rad1 Nxb5 16. axb5 Rd8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bf4 d6 19. Ng3 {Graf,A-Halkias,S/Fuerth/
2002/} O-O 20. Nh5 $11 {and it's rather White, who has to be careful to keep
the balance.}) 10. e4 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qe6+ 13. Ne2 Bxd5 (13... Qxd5
$143 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O Be7 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Nf4 Be6 18. a4 Bg5 19. Be5 (19.
Nxe6 $5 $16) 19... Bxf4 20. Bxf4 d5 21. Rfd1 Rc8 22. a5 {Mamedova,R-Hasanova,E/
EU-chW Warsaw/2001/} Na6 $14) 14. Qg3 Bd6 {Felgaer probably unwittingly
follows my rather offhand recommendation in the notes to the Graf-Halkias game.
Although it looks superficially attractive for Black, matters are far from
clear, as the weakened >> and insecure Ke8 are very important factors as well.}
15. Qxg7 Be5 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qe3 (17. Qh5 $5 Bxb2 18. O-O $1 Qe5 (18... Bxa1 19.
Rxa1 $44 {[%cal Re2f4] ->/\Nf4}) 19. Qxe5+ Bxe5 20. Rae1 $36 {/\} Be6 21. Nf4
Rxa2 22. Rxe5 Rxd2 23. Rxc5 $14) 17... Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bd4 $2 {White needs only
to castle to start his -> and leaving the Q on board in such a situation is
extremely risky to say the least.} ({Safer and more natural was} 18... Qxe3 19.
fxe3 (19. Bxe3 Rxa2 (19... Ba3 $5) 20. Nc1 (20. Bxc5 Be4 21. Rd1 Bc2 22. Rd5
Ra1+ 23. Kd2 Rxh1 24. Kxc2 Bg7 $15) 20... Bc3+ (20... Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxg2 22.
Rg1 $44) 21. Kd1 Ra5 22. Bxc5 Bxg2 $13 {/=/+}) 19... Be5 (19... Rxa2 $6 20. Bc3
$1 Rg8 $1 (20... Bxc3+ 21. Nxc3 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Ra3 23. Be2 $16 {[%cal Rb1b8,
Rc3b5] /\Rb8,Nb5}) 21. Rxb2 $1 Ra1+ 22. Kd2 Rxh1 23. Bc4 Rg5 24. Rxb8+ $14) 20.
Bc3 Nc6 $11 (20... f6 $5)) 19. Qg3 Kf8 (19... Bxa2 20. O-O Be5 (20... Bxb1 $2
21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Rxb1 $40 {/\} Kd8 23. Bc4 $1 Qxc4 24. Rxb8+ $18) 21. Bf4 $36
{[%csl Re8] עe8}) 20. O-O Be5 $6 (20... Rg8 21. Nf4 $5 (21. Nxd4 Qf6 $8 (21...
cxd4 $4 22. Bb4+ $18) 22. Ne2 (22. Nf5 Rxg3 23. fxg3 Be4 24. Bxh6+ Kg8 $17)
22... Rxg3 23. fxg3 $44) 21... Qd6 (21... Rxg3 22. Nxe6+ dxe6 23. hxg3 Rxa2 24.
Bxh6+ Ke7 $14 {isn't so clear either, Black's [+] army complicates the
conversion of the extra exchange.}) 22. Qh4 $36 Qxf4 $2 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Qxg8+
Kxg8 25. Bxf4 Bxa2 26. Rbc1 $16) 21. Nf4 Qd6 (21... Qf5 $2 22. Bd3 Be4 23. Bxe4
Qxe4 24. Rbe1 $18) 22. Rfe1 $40 {[%cal Re1e5][%mdl 2176] /\Re5 White has
achieved ideal piece coordination and Black already has no good defence
against the coming attack.} Rg8 (22... Nc6 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxe5 Qxd2 25. Ng6+
$1 fxg6 26. Qxg6 $18) (22... Bxa2 23. Rxe5 Qxd2 (23... Bxb1 24. Nd5 $18 Qg6 25.
Re8+ $1 Kxe8 26. Qe5+ Kf8 27. Qxh8+ Qg8 28. Bxh6+) 24. Ng6+ $5 (24. Rbe1 $40) (
24. Rxc5 $18) 24... fxg6 25. Qf3+ Bf7 26. Bc4 $18) (22... Rxa2 23. Rxe5 Rxd2
24. Rxd5 $18) 23. Rxe5 $1 Rxg3 (23... Qxe5 24. Ng6+ $18) 24. Rxd5 $18 {White
wins material with a continuing attack.} Rxg2+ (24... Rg6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Be3
$18) (24... Qf6 25. hxg3 $18) 25. Kxg2 Qf6 26. Be3 Nc6 (26... Rxa2 27. Bc4 Ra8
28. Bxc5+ $18) 27. Bxc6 dxc6 (27... Qxc6 28. Rb6 $1 $18) 28. Rxc5 Ra4 (28...
Rxa2 29. Rb8+ $18 {is the same, as in the game.}) 29. Rb8+ Ke7 (29... Kg7 30.
Nh5+) 30. Nd5+ $1 (30. Nd5+ cxd5 31. Rc7+ Kd6 32. Rb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. e4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nf3 Bb7 (11... Rb8 $142 $1 {-9.Nf3
transposes into the game.}) 12. Qf5 Qxb6 13. O-O d6 14. Bd2 Bc8 15. Qh5 Be6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qh3 $1 e5 18. Qe6+ Kh8 19. Bc3 Rf6 20. Qd5 Raf8 21. Nd2 Rg6 22.
Nc4 Qc7 23. Rad1 Nd8 24. f4 exf4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Qc6 27. Rxf4 $14 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc5] /+/-,׫,Salov,V-Lautier,J/Enghien-les-Bains/1999/}) 9... Rb8 10.
e4 (10. Bd2 Rxb6 11. e4 Be7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O d6 (13... Rxb2 $5 $13) 14. Bc3
Be6 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Ne5 Re6 20. Rfd1
Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Re8 22. g3 $14 {Sasikiran,K-Ghaem Maghami,E/Kelamabakkam/2000/})
10... Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Qh5 (12. O-O Rxb6 13. b3 d6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Qd3 Bxc4
16. Qxc4 Bf6 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Qd5 Qxd5
22. exd5 {Jobava,B-Tregubov,P/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/} Rb7 $132 {/=}) 12... d6 (12...
Qxb6 $146 {Not a very impressive novelty, as Black's Q is better placed on d8.}
13. O-O d6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. b3 a5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Nd8 19. Rd3
Bxg5 20. Nxg5 $36 h6 $2 (20... Qe7 21. Rfd1 h6 22. Nh3 Nf7 23. Nf4 $14) 21.
Nxe6 Nxe6 (21... Qd7 22. Rxd6 $1 $18) 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 23. Rxd6 $18 {Gleizerov,
E-Lependin,A/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 13. O-O Rxb6 14. b3 {Apart from this
natural move White has in practice used 2 different alternatives, but in both
cases Black is holding his own:} (14. Rd1 Be6 $1 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Qc8 {
In the abovementioned game Salov-Lautier Black didn't have this important move.
} 17. Bd2 e5 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. Bc3 Nd4 20. Nd2 c4 21. Rab1 Kf7 22. g3 Ne2+ 23.
Kf1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bd8 25. Ke2 Ke6 26. Nf1 Rcb8 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. Ne3 Rb2+ 29.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Bg5 $11 {Vyzmanavin,A-Khalifman,A/Novosibirsk/1995/}) (14.
Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qe8 16. Bf4 (16. b3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rfe1 {Kuzubov,
Y-Nepomniachtchi,I/WchJ U12 Heraklio/2002/} f5 $1 $15) 16... Nd4 (16... Be6 $5
17. Bd3 c4 18. Bb1 Ne5 19. Qd1 Qb8 20. Bd2 Rxb2 21. Bc3 Rb5 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5
Bd7 {Milanovic,D-Vuckovic,B/Belgrade/2001/} 24. f6 $44) 17. Rae1 Be6 18. Bd3 f6
19. Qh4 {Lautier,J-Richter,W/BL2W 9798/1998/} Qg6 $1 20. Re3 Qg4 $11 {Lautier})
14... Be6 (14... Bf6 15. Ng5 $14 {loses a whole tempo.}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4
{Natural enough, but also interesting is} (16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rac1 Qe8 (17... Rb4
$142 18. Qg4 Qe7 $132) 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. Rfd1 Nb4 $6 20. Rd2 a5 21. e5 $1 $16 {
Mikhalevski,V-Wiersma,E/Dieren/1999/}) 16... Qc8 (16... Qd7 17. Bb2 Bf6 18.
Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qg3 e5 21. Rd5 Rb8 22. Nh4 Nd4 23. Qd3 Qb7 24. Qc4
Kh8 25. Nf5 Rxf5 $1 26. exf5 Qc6 27. a3 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Rfd1 Rf8 30. f3
Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxf5 32. Qd3 Rf6 33. Rxe5 h6 $11 {Delemarre,J-Foukakis,T/EU-chJ
Hania/1994/}) 17. Bb2 Bf6 (17... e5 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Nc4 {
Contrary to the abovequoted game Vyzhmanavin-Khalifman White firmly controls
c4 and this in connection with >> play (f4) gives him an advantage.} Rbc6 21.
g3 Bf6 22. Kg2 Kf7 23. f4 $1 Ke7 24. Rf2 Ra8 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bc3 Ke6 27. Raf1
Rd8 28. Ba5 Rd7 29. Nb6 Rdd6 30. Nd5 $16 {Giorgadze,G-Waitzkin,J/Pula/1997/})
18. Bxf6 (18. e5 dxe5 19. Rae1 Rb4 20. Qg3 e4 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nd2 Rg6 23. Qc3
Rd4 24. Nxe4 Rd5 25. Nxc5 Nd4 26. b4 a5 27. a3 Qc6 28. f3 Nb5 29. Qe3 Nxa3 30.
Qxa3 axb4 31. Qxb4 Qxc5+ 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {1/2,Bagirov,R-Vuckovic,B/Istanbul
olm/2000/}) 18... Rxf6 19. Nd2 (19. Rad1 Rg6 20. Qh5 Rh6 21. Qg5 Rg6 22. Qh5
Rh6 23. Qg5 Rg6 {1/2,Alekseev,E-Evdokimov,A/Oropesa del Mar WchJ U14/1998/})
19... Qf8 $5 $146 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf8f1][%mdl 8] A serious improvement of
Black's play. Tregubov protects the ><d6 and prepares <=> on the <->f.} (19...
Rg6 20. Qh3 Rh6 21. Qd3 d5 $6 (21... Nd4 $142 $14 {/~~<=>}) 22. exd5 Nb4 23.
Qc3 Nxd5 24. Qe5 Rb4 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Nxb6 Rxb6 27. Rac1 Rc6 28. Rfd1 $16 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Re6] ק,Dreev,A-Bellon Lopez,J/SWE-chT/2003/}) 20. Nc4 Rb7 (20...
Rb4 $5 {[%cal Rd6d5,Ra6a4] /\d5,a5-a4|^}) 21. f4 (21. e5 Rg6 $1 22. Qh5 d5 23.
Nd6 Rb4 $17) 21... Rbf7 (21... d5 22. Ne5 Qe8 $11 (22... Nd4 $5 $13)) 22. g3 d5
{[%mdl 2048] All Black's forces are active and well coordinated and it's White,
who must be careful not to get into trouble.} 23. Nd2 (23. exd5 exd5 24. Ne3
Rd6 25. Rac1 Qe8 $15) 23... Nd4 24. Rae1 (24. Rac1 a5 {[%cal Ra5a4] /\a4|^})
24... c4 ({Black decides to force the pace of the game, but the patient} 24...
a5 $5 $15 {seems quite promising.}) 25. exd5 (25. bxc4 Qb4 $36) 25... exd5 26.
bxc4 dxc4 (26... Qb4 $2 27. Rf2 dxc4 28. Qc8+ $16) 27. Ne4 {White decides to
maintain the tension, but now the o^c4 will become dangerous.} (27. Nxc4 $5 Qc5
28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Ne5 (30. Nb2 Qa3 $36) 30... Nc6+ 31. Kg2 Nxe5 (
31... Qd5+ 32. Qf3 Qxa2+ 33. Rf2 Nxe5 34. Rxa2 $11) 32. fxe5 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 $11)
27... Rc6 28. Ng5 Re7 29. Qd1 (29. Nxh7 Qe8 $1 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Ng5 c3 $44)
29... Rd7 30. Re4 h6 (30... Rd8 $5 31. Qb1 (31. Rxd4 Qc5 $15) 31... Rg6 (31...
Rb8 32. Qd1 Rd8 $11) 32. Rd1 Rxg5 33. Rdxd4 (33. fxg5 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35.
Rxd2 Nxd2 36. Qd1 Qa8 $1 $17) 33... Qc5 $15) 31. Ne6 (31. Rxd4 Qc5 32. Nf3 Rcd6
$15 {[%csl Gc4] o^c4}) 31... Rxe6 $6 (31... Qe7 $5 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 (33.
Qxd4 Qxe6 34. f5 $11) 33... Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Rd6 35. Re1 $11) 32. Rxe6 Qc5 33. Re8+
(33. Rf2 $5 {/\} c3 34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Re5 $40) 33... Kf7 34. Re3 $8 c3 $44 35.
f5 {[%cal Rd1h5] /\Qh5+-} Rd8 36. Kg2 (36. Kh1 $142 Qd5+ (36... c2 37. Qh5+ Kf8
38. Ree1 Qc6+ 39. Kg1 $14) 37. Kg1 Qc5 $11) (36. Qh5+ Kf8 (36... Kg8 $2 37.
Re8+ Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. Qg6+ Kg8 40. f6 $18) 37. Qh4 Rc8 $5 (37... Nf3+ 38.
Rfxf3 Re8 39. f6 $11) 38. Kh1 c2 39. Rc1 Nxf5 40. Rf3 Kg8 $36) 36... Nc2 $1 37.
Qxc2 (37. Qh5+ $6 Kf8 $17) 37... Qxe3 38. Qb3+ Kf6 {Black stops any further
advance of the Pf5, but exposes his K, which in turn allows White to force a
draw.} (38... Kf8 $142 $5 $36 {[%csl Gc3] o^c3,/\} 39. f6 Qd2+ 40. Kh3 (40. Rf2
Qd5+ 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42. fxg7+ Kxg7 $17) 40... Qd7+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+) 39. Rf3 $1 Qe5
(39... Rd2+ 40. Kh3 Qe2 (40... Qxf3 $4 41. Qe6+ Kg5 42. Qg6#) 41. Qxc3+ Kf7 42.
Qb3+ Kf8 43. Qb8+ $11) (39... Qe2+ 40. Kh3 (40. Rf2 Qe4+ $15) 40... c2 41. Qb6+
Kf7 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. f6 gxf6 44. Qc6+ Rd7 45. Rc3 $11) 40. Qxc3 $11 {White
finally gets rid of the nagging o^ and liquidates into a drawn R_|_.} Qxc3 41.
Rxc3 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Rxa2 (42... Rxh2 43. Ra3 Kxf5 44. Ra5+ $11) 43. g4 Rxh2 44.
Rc6+ Kf7 (44... Kf7 45. Rxa6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ng4 {Should Black try to
capitalize from White's omission of h3? This question is not fully resolved,
as the alternatives} (12... Ra6 {and}) (12... Qa5 {still remain viable.}) 13.
Qe2 (13. Nd2 Nge5 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nf3 $5 ({The main line is the
complex tactical} 16. a4 Ra7 17. a5 Qa8 $5 18. Qb5 Rb8 $44) 16... Na4 17. Nd1
Qb6 18. Rb1 Qa6 $1 19. Bd2 (19. Qc2 $5 Nab6 20. a3 Nc4 $132) 19... Rfb8 20. b3
c4 $1 21. Nf2 Nac5 22. bxc4 Qxa2 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $44 {Gurevich,M-Banikas,H/
Korinthos m act/2002/}) ({A nowadays mostly ignored, but playable and
interesting continuation is also} 13. Re2 $5 Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15.
Rc1 Nb6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qd3 Qb4 19. a3 Qa5 20. Nd1 c4 21. Qd2 Qa6
22. Ne3 Bg7 23. Ng4 Nd7 24. Bh6 Bh8 25. Be3 Rab8 26. Bd4 $16 {Spassky,
B-Vaganian,R/Linares/1985/}) 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. h3 Ne5
18. Ne1 Nec4 19. Bc1 Reb8 20. f4 Na3 21. Qd3 c4 22. Qf3 Nb5 23. e5 Nxc3 24.
bxc3 Qb7 25. Be3 Na4 26. Bd4 Nb2 27. Rb1 Rxa2 28. Nc2 $14 {Hernandez,R-Kallio,
H/Havana/2004/}) 13... Qa5 $5 ({The main difference between the text-move and
13.Nd2 is that now after} 13... Nge5 {White doesn't have to transpose into the
above line and can play the less committal and seemingly even objectively
stronger} 14. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 15. f4 (15. Bf4 Qa5 $44) 15... Nd7 16. Bd2 Nb6 $142
(16... Qb6 17. b3 Rfb8 18. Rac1 Qb7 (18... Qa6 19. Na4 Nb6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21.
Nxb6 Raxb6 22. Re2 Ra6 23. Rc2 Rba8 24. Be3 Kf8 25. g4 Ke8 26. Kf3 Kd7 27. h4
$16 {Genov,P-Kozhuharov,S/Plovdiv/2004/}) 19. Rc2 Nb6 20. h4 Qa6 21. Qf3 c4 22.
b4 Qc8 23. Bc1 Nd7 24. a3 Nf6 25. Bb2 e6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Rce2 Qd7 28. e5 $1
$18 {Hjartarson,J-Zueger,B/Winterthur/1996/}) 17. b3 c4 18. Rac1 (18. Rab1 cxb3
19. axb3 Qb8 20. Na4 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nd7 22. Re2 Qb7 23. Be1 Qa6 24. Nb2 Qxd3 25.
Nxd3 Kf8 26. Nb4 Bc3 27. Nc6 Bxe1 28. Rbxe1 Nb6 29. Rc2 f5 $14 {Zagorskis,
D-Hansen,C/ICCF Email/2000/}) 18... Ra3 (18... cxb3 $14) (18... Qb8 $5 {/\} 19.
bxc4 Rc8 $14) 19. bxc4 Qc8 20. c5 $1 (20. Rc2 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Nb1 Ra4
23. Rec1 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Nc4 Rf8 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5] <=>ק,
Livshits,R-Gurevich,D/Toronto/1998/}) 20... dxc5 21. Rc2 Qa8 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. e5
e6 {Horvath,P-Mensch,E/Budapest/2002/} 24. Rcb2 $1 $18) 14. Nd2 ({White can
fight for an advantage with} 14. Bg5 Rfb8 (14... Rfe8 15. Nd2 $1 Ngf6 16. Nc4
Qb4 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. b3 Ra6 20. Qf3 Nh7 21. Na4 Qa8 22. Bf4 g5 23.
Bd2 Nhf6 24. Bc3 g4 25. Qd3 e6 26. Ne3 h5 27. h3 Bh6 28. Rcd1 $16 {Lalic,
B-Aikhoje,O/BCF-ch Scarborough/1999/}) 15. Rab1 Qa6 16. Qd2 $5 Nge5 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. b3 {O'Dwyer,F-Ryan,J/Kilkenny op/1993/} c4 $5 $14 {/~~}) (14. Bd2 Rfb8
$44 {leads to a typical Volga position with reasonable compensation.}) 14...
Bxc3 15. Nc4 (15. Qxg4 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Qxd2 17. Qxd7 Rfe8 18. b3 Kf8 19. a4 Reb8
20. Rad1 Qc2 21. e5 Rd8 22. Qc7 Rac8 23. Qb6 Rb8 24. Qc7 Rbc8 $11 {1/2,Ruether,
R-Buettner,F/CServe email/1998/}) 15... Qa6 (15... Qa4 $2 16. bxc3 Nge5 {
loses a clear tempo due to} 17. Nb2 $1 Qa6 18. f4 Qxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6
21. g4 f6 22. e5 fxe5 23. fxe5 Kg7 24. exd6 {1-0,Vanderhallen,N-Van Gemert,R/
Vlissingen/2004/}) 16. bxc3 Nge5 $1 {As is often the case in the central Volga,
Black despite his minnus P himself aims for an _|_ to neutralize White's
possible -> chances in the [+] and on the >>.} (16... Ngf6 $143 $2 17. a4 Nb6
18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bg5 Qb3 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Qf3 Kg7 22. Reb1 Qc4 23. Rb6 Ra6
24. Rxa6 Qxa6 25. a5 $16 {Horvath,P-Hummel,M/Finkenstein/1998/}) 17. Nxe5 {
Now White can hardly claim an edge.} ({Hjartarson's recommendation} 17. Nb2
$142 $5 {hasn't been tested yet, but even here the issue after} c4 {or even} (
17... Nb6 $5 {isn't fully clear.})) 17... Nxe5 18. Bh6 (18. Qxa6 $143 Rxa6 19.
Bh6 (19. Bf4 Nd3 20. Reb1 f6 21. Rb7 Kf7 22. a4 g5 23. Be3 Rfa8 24. h4 g4 25.
Bf4 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Bxd6 Rxe4 $15 {Ellenbroek,T-Knoppert,E/Enschede/
1995/}) 19... Rfa8 20. Reb1 Ng4 21. Bc1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Rxa2 23. Rb2 Rxb2 24.
Bxb2 Ne5 $11 {Becker,C-Burschowsky,M/AUT-ch U16/1997/}) 18... Qxe2 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Black tries to make it more difficult for White to occupy the <->b,
on the other hand even the alternative} (18... Rfb8 {seems playable:} 19. Qxa6
(19. a4 $2 Nd3 $17 {/\} 20. Red1 Nf4+ $1) 19... Rxa6 20. Reb1 (20. a4 Rba8 {
can transpose into the lines below after} 21. Reb1) 20... Rba8 (20... Rab6 $2
21. Rxb6 Rxb6 22. a4 f6 (22... Nc4 23. a5 Ra6 24. Rb1 $18) 23. Bc1 $1 Ra6 24.
a5 g5 (24... Nc4 25. Ra4 Nxa5 26. c4 Ra7 27. Ra3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Ra7]}) 25.
f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Nd3 27. Bd2 Nb2 28. c4 $1 Nxc4 29. Bc3 Ne3+ 30. Kf3 Nc2 31.
Ra4 $18 {Danner,G-Van der Weide,K/St Poelten/2002/}) 21. Rb2 (21. Rb7 Ng4 22.
Bg5 f6 23. h3 Ne5 $1 $44) (21. a4 f6 22. a5 g5 $1 23. h4 $8 Nf7 24. hxg5 fxg5
25. Rh1 Rxa5 $11) 21... f6 22. Bd2 Ra3 23. Rc2 Kf7 24. Bc1 R3a4 25. Re2 R8a7
26. h4 h5 27. Bf4 Nd3 28. Bh6 Rc4 29. Bd2 Ra3 30. Re3 Ne5 $44 {/=/+,Krallmann,
M-Kopylov,M/Dortmund/1999/}) 19. Rxe2 Rfb8 {[%cal Gb8b1]} 20. a4 Nc4 (20... Ra5
$5 $44) 21. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra1a4][%mdl 512] /\Ra4 White decides to act before
Black sets up a blockade with f6 and Ra5. By sacrificing his extra o^ he
activates his forces and increases his pressure, Black's K will be in a tight
spot.} Rxa5 $8 (21... Ra6 22. Ra4 Nb2 23. Ra2 Nc4 24. e5 $1 $36 {/\} dxe5 25.
Re4 $16) 22. Rxa5 Nxa5 23. e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+]} Nc4 $8 (23... dxe5 $2 24.
Rxe5 Rb7 25. d6 $1 $18) 24. e6 $5 (24. exd6 exd6 $5 $11 (24... Nxd6 25. Bg5 f6
26. Bf4 Kf7 27. Re6 Rb3 $132)) (24. Bg5 Nxe5 25. Bxe7 Nc4 26. Bf6 Nb6 27. Rb2
Kf8 $11) 24... Ra8 (24... fxe6 25. dxe6 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re2e4,Re4f4] עg8,
/\Re4-f4} (25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re4 Ne5 $11)) 25. Re1 Nb6 26. Rd1 Rd8 {Now
untangling will not be so easy, Black could have gone for active <=> with} (
26... Na4 $5 27. c4 (27. Ra1 Nb6 28. Rd1 Na4 $11) (27. Bd2 c4 $5 $11) 27... Nb6
28. Rc1 Ra4 29. Rb1 Rb4 30. Ra1 Ra4 $11) 27. h4 Na8 $6 {Too passive.} (27...
Na4 $142 {was still possible.}) 28. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 256] Now Black must defend
with care.} Nc7 29. c4 (29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. c4 e6 31. Rb7 Rd7 $11) 29... fxe6
30. Rb7 Rc8 31. dxe6 Nxe6 32. Rxe7 $36 Nd4 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. g4 $6 (
35. Rxd6 $4 Nf5 $17) (35. Bf4 $1 Nc6 36. Bxd6 Na5 37. Be5 Nxc4 38. Rg7+ (38.
Bc3 $5 $36) 38... Kf8 39. Rxh7 $14 {and compared with the game White has an
extra tempo and more winning chances.}) 35... Nc6 $1 36. f4 (36. Bf4 Na5 $11 {
is already a move too late.} (36... Ne5 37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Rd5 $14)) (36. Rxd6
Ne5 $11) 36... Na5 37. Rxd6 Nxc4 38. Rd7 Nb6 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rb7 (40. f5 $2
gxf5 {/\} 41. gxf5 Rc6 $19) 40... Nd5 41. Bg7+ Kg8 42. Be5 c4 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44.
Rxh7 {[%cal Rh7h8] /\Rh8} Rc6 $1 $44 {[%csl Gc4] <=>o^c4} 45. Rd7 Nf6 46. Rd6 (
46. Bxf6 Rxf6 47. Kf3 Rc6 48. Rd2 c3 49. Rc2 Rc4 $11) (46. Rd8+ Ke7 $11) 46...
Rxd6 47. Bxd6+ Kf7 48. Kf3 $8 c3 49. Ba3 Ke6 50. Bc1 c2 51. Bb2 (51. g5 Nh5 $11
) 51... Nd5 52. h5 {The last attempt in this _|_, otherwise White can't make
any progress.} (52. Ke4 Nf6+ $11 {leads nowhere.}) (52. Bc1 Nf6 $11) 52... gxh5
53. f5+ (53. gxh5 Kf5 54. h6 (54. Bc1 Nf6 $11) 54... Nxf4 55. h7 Ng6 $11) 53...
Kf7 54. gxh5 Kg8 55. Bc1 (55. Ke4 Nf6+ $1 {[%cal Rf6h5] /\Nh5=}) 55... Kh7 56.
Kg4 Nf6+ 57. Kh4 Ne4 58. h6 Nd6 59. Kg5 Nf7+ 60. Kh5 Nd6 61. f6 Nf7 $11 {
[%csl Gc2] White has no way to break the blockade, the o^c2 is too strong.} 62.
Bf4 Ne5 63. Bd2 Nf7 64. Bc1 Ne5 65. Kg5 Nf7+ 66. Kf5 (66. Kh5 Ne5 {/\Nf7=})
66... Nxh6+ 67. Ke6 Kg6 68. Bxh6 Kxh6 69. f7 c1=Q 70. f8=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 (5... e6 {is rather more
popular nowadays - it leads to more lively positions.}) 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 {
Black doesn't let White gain () on the << to slow down his play. The text-move
is the most usual continuation, but perhaps deserving attention is the
less-tested alternative} (7... Qxb6 8. a5 Qb4 9. Ra4 Qb7 10. e4 g5 $5 11. Bxg5
Qxb2 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. f4 Bg7 14. Bc4 Ng4 15. Nge2 Bd4 $13 16. Ra2 Qb4 17. Ra4
Qb2 18. Ra2 Qb4 19. Ra4 {1/2,Volzhin,A-Conquest,S/Hastings/1993/}) 8. e4 g6 9.
Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 {Cheparinov leaves b5 free for his N, but White more often
plays} (10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Bf4 f6 (13... Ba6 14. e5 $5
Bxb5 15. axb5 Nc7 $132) 14. Nd2 (14. h4 $5 $14) 14... Nc7 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nb3
Nc4 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Ra3 Rc8
23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxc6 (24... Rc8 $11) 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rb3 $44
{Sokolov,I-Ponomariov,R/Hastings/1999/}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Qxb6 ({Black often
plays} 11... Nxb6 {, but the character of the position remains similar. White
first tries to "cement" the << and then turn his attention to the opposite
flank.} 12. Bf4 {Aimed to prevent [+]<=>} (12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 e6 $5 14. dxe6
Bxe6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Qc1 Rfc8 17. Bf3 Nfd7 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3
Kh7 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Bf4 Nc4 23. Be2 Nxb2 24. Rxd6 Rb3 25. e5 Rxc3 26. Qxc3
Qxd6 27. Qxb2 Qd4 $15 {Kobylkin,E-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar/2002/}) 12... Nh5 (
12... Bg4 $6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nfd7 15. Rb1 c4 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qc2 Rb8 18.
Nb5 Rb7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Rfc1 Ne5 22. b3 $16 {Nielsen,
P-Tseshkovsky,V/Hastings/2002/}) (12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Nb5 Ne5 19. Be2 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. Bg3 Qb7
22. Rad1 Kh8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bc4 Nb6 25. b3 Rad8 26. Bh4 Rd7 27. f5 $36 {
Shaked,T-Shirov,A/Tilburg/1997/ Especially this second example is very similar
to our game, exchanging the Bc8 for the N makes it difficult to get effective
<=>.}) 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nd2 Ra7 16. Rc1 Rb7 17. b3 f5 $5 18. g4
fxg4 19. Qxg4 Qd7 20. f3 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 Qxg4+ 22. fxg4 Rxf1 23. Kxf1 Nf6 $14 {
/<=>,Gleizerov,E-Sadatnajafi,M/Dubai op/2003/}) 12. Nd2 Ba6 (12... Ne8 13. Nc4
Qd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Nb5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nc7 19. Bc3 Bxc3
20. Qxc3 (20. bxc3 $142 $36) 20... Nxb5 21. axb5 Bd7 {Demasi,J-Bernard,I/Isla
Margarita/1998/} 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Rfa1 a4 $11) 13. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 4] This move
is in keeping with White's general plan.} (13. Kh1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rfb8 15. f4
Qa6 16. Qf3 Rb7 17. Rb1 Ne8 18. Nb5 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. b3 Rb8 21. Bb2 Bxb2
22. Rxb2 {Nakamura,R-Ali,G/Moscow olm/1994/} Rb4 $132) 13... Rfb8 $146 (13...
Ne5 14. Kh1 c4 15. f4 Nd3 16. Nxc4 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Bf3 h5
20. g3 Qh3 21. Bg2 Qg4 22. Qf1 Qd7 23. Nb6 $16 {Alonso Gonzalez,A-Munoz,M/
Asturias/1995/}) (13... Ne8 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Bd2 $16) 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nb6
16. Nca3 $5 (16. Nxb6 Qxb6 {[%cal Yf6e8,Ye8c7,Ye7e6] /\e6,Ne8-c7<=>}) 16... Ne8
(16... e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 Ne8 19. Nc4 $5 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Re6] ק}) 17. Rb1
Nc7 18. b3 $14 Bxb5 $6 {As we have indicated above, Black should be very
careful about giving White control over the light squares.} (18... Nxb5 $142
19. Nxb5 e6 $5 $14) 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. f5 $1
$40 {[%mdl 128] As in Shaked-Shirov, White stops any e6 ideas and starts
playing for a >>->.} Qe8 24. Rf3 Nd7 25. Rbf1 {While the Nb5 holds the <<,
White methodically concentrates the rest of his pieces against Black's K.} Be5
26. Rh3 (26. Bh6 $40 {[%cal Rf5g6] /\fg6}) 26... f6 27. Be3 {This allows Black
to put up a (at least temporary) blockade.} (27. fxg6 $5 Qxg6 (27... fxg5 28.
Bg4 $1 $40) 28. Rf5 $40) 27... g5 $5 28. g4 (28. Rh5 $1 Qf7 29. h4 $16) 28...
Rc8 29. Bc4 Bd4 $2 {Black wants to activate his Nd7 even at the cost of a P,
but he allows a powerful sacrificial blow.} (29... Qf7 $142 {[%cal Yg8e8] /
\Kf8-e8}) 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%mdl 512] The most energetic
move, Cheparinov tears up Black's >>.} ({The mundane} 31. Bxd4 $16 {/\ is also
quite good:} Nc5 32. Rh5 Nxe4 33. Qe3 Nc5 34. Rxg5+ $18) 31... Ne5 (31... fxg5
32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 34. Rf3 $18) 32. Bh6 d3 {Black's major pieces
are too far from the >> to help out the defence.} (32... Nxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 (
33... Qxa4 34. g5 Qc2 35. Qf4 $18) 34. Bg7 $1 Qf7 (34... Kxg7 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36.
Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7#) (34... e5 35. Bxf6 $18) 35. Rxh7 Qxg7 $8 36.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. g5 d3 38. Qg2 $18 {->}) 33. g5 Qf7 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. g6 $1 $18
hxg6 (35... Qe8 36. Rh3 {[%cal Rh6g7] /\Bg7+-} (36. gxh7 $18)) 36. fxg6 Nxg6
37. Rf5 Ne5 (37... Rg8 38. Rh5 Qh7 39. Qd1 $1 $18) 38. Bf8 (38. Bg7+ {-39.Bg7})
38... Qh7 39. Bg7+ Qxg7 (39... Kg8 40. Bxf6+ Ng6 41. Rxg6+ Qxg6+ 42. Rg5 $18)
40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5c8,
Rh5h8] /\Rh8,Qc8} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Bb7 $5 ({The usual
continuation is} 6... Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6) 7. e4 exd5 (7... Qxb6 $143
8. Nf3 Be7 9. Ne5 $5 Qc7 10. Nc4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 exd5 12. Qg4 dxe4 13. Bf4 Qc6
14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Qg3 d5 16. Nd6+ Kd7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. O-O-O d4 19. f3 $44 {
Fedorowicz,J-Ocampo,R/Mexico/1991/}) 8. exd5 d6 9. a4 a5 {To attack the Pd5
later on Black needs the b6-square.} (9... Qxb6 $143 $6 10. a5 Qc7 11. Bc4 Be7
12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. f4 Qd8 15. Qd3 Ne8 16. g4 Nc7 17. Bd2 Re8 18. g5
Bf8 19. h4 Rb8 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. b3 g6 22. Nce4 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Ng5 $16 {
Knaak,R-Mainka,R/GER-CupT/1991/}) 10. Nge2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting
idea, White doesn't want to define the position of his Bf1 yet and proceeds
with his attacking ideas, similar to Rogozenko-Milu below. It was probably
also a surprise for Black, who has had some success with 6...Bb7!? lately.} (
10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Nge2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng3 (13. Nf4 Nxb6 14. Re1 Ne8 15.
Ra3 Nc7 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Rb3 Bc8 18. Ne4 Na6 19. Rbe3 Nc4 20. R3e2 Ne5 21. b3
Bg4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Bb2 Bh4 25. Nf2 Qf5 26. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2
dxe5 28. Nd3 f6 29. Qc2 Qd7 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxb3 32. Qxa5 Rd3 $11 {
Tella,J-Salmensuu,O/Myyrmanni/1999/}) 13... Nxb6 14. Nf5 Nfxd5 15. Qg4 Bf6 16.
Bh6 Bc8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxg7 20. Qxd5 Bxb2 21. Rae1 Qf6
22. Re4 Kh8 23. Re3 $44 {1/2,Rogozenko,D-Milu,R/Bucharest/1999/}) (10. Nf3 Be7
11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Nfd7 $5 13. Bf4 Nxb6 14. b3 Na6 15. Ra2 Nb4 16. Re2 Ba6 17.
Nd2 Nd3 18. Bg3 Nb2 19. Qe1 N2xc4 20. Nxc4 Bf6 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Nxc4 23.
bxc4 a4 $36 {Kachur,A-Salmensuu,O/Polanica Zdroj op/1999/}) 10... Be7 11. Ng3
O-O 12. Be2 (12. Nf5 $5 Nbd7 13. Qf3 $14) 12... Na6 $2 {This loses time.} (
12... Nbd7 $142 $5 $13 {/\} 13. Nf5 Nxb6 {[%csl Rd5] immediately attacks ><d5})
13. O-O Nb4 14. Nf5 Nd7 (14... Nbxd5 15. Bf3 (15. Re1 $5) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3
Rb8 17. Re1 Re8 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Bg5 $16 {/\} (19. Rb1 $5 $36) 19... Rxb6 20.
Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Qg7+ Ke8 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxh7 $36 {
[%csl Re8,Gh2] עe8,o^h}) 15. Bb5 Nxb6 $8 16. Bh6 $3 {This bolt out of the
blue gives White a strong attack.} gxh6 $8 (16... Bf6 17. Bxg7 $1 {overloads
Black's Q after} Bxg7 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qe5 21. f4 h5 22. Qg5
$18) 17. Qg4+ Bg5 18. f4 {[%cal Rf5h6] /\Nh6} h5 (18... Kh8 $5 19. fxg5 hxg5 (
19... Qxg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Nxd6 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 N6xd5 23. Nxf7+ $16) 20. Qh5
$40) 19. Qg3 $1 (19. Qxg5+ Qxg5 20. fxg5 $14 {/+/- gives White a very pleasant
endgame, but he strives for more.}) 19... h4 (19... N4xd5 20. fxg5 $16 {->})
20. Qg4 h5 21. Qxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is still not interested in the
advantageous _|_ and sacrifices a piece for his ->.} Bf6 22. Ne4 Bc8 (22...
Bxd5 23. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 (23... Re8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bxe8 $18) 24.
fxg5 Qc7 (24... Be6 25. g6 $18) 25. Rf4 $1 $18) 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Ra3 $1 N6xd5
25. Rh3 {[%cal Rh3h4] /\Rh4,Qg7#} Bxf5 $8 26. Qxf5 Ra7 (26... Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qe7
28. Ng5 f6 (28... Nf6 29. Rxh4+ Kg7 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Qh3 Nfd5 32. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8
33. Qh7#) 29. Rxh4+ Kg8 30. Ne6 Rf7 31. Rf3 Rh7 32. Rg3+ Kh8 33. Rgh3 $18) 27.
Bc4 $1 $18 Ne3 (27... Bd4+ 28. Kh1 {/\Ng5,Bd5} Rg8 $5 (28... Ne3 29. Rxe3 Bxe3
30. Nf6 $18) 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 $18) 28. Rxe3 Bd4 29. Kh1 d5 30. Ng5 f6 (
30... Kg7 31. Qh7+ Kf6 32. Re6+ $1 fxe6 33. Qh6+ $18) 31. Ne6 (31. Ne6 Qe7 (
31... Qd6 32. Rh3 $18) 32. Rh3 Qh7 33. Qxh7+ Rxh7 34. Nxf8 Rf7 35. Ng6+ Kg7 36.
Nxh4 dxc4 37. Nf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 b5 $5 (7...
e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5) 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rb1 $1 (11.
Ne1 $5 Qb6 12. Nc2 Rfb8 13. Ne3 $13) 11... Qc7 (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2)
12. b3 Rfb8 13. Bb2 $146 (13. Re1 Ra7 14. Bd2 Qb7 (14... Rab7 15. Rc1 Ng4 16.
h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nb1 Qb6 19. Na3 Ra7 20. Nb1 Bb5 21. Rc2 Rba8 {
Heim,S-Plachetka,J/Thessaloniki ol 1984/0-1 (97)}) 15. e4 Ng4 16. a4 Bd3 17.
Rb2 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bc1 Nf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxc3 21. Qxd3 Bxe1 22. Bf3 Qb4 23.
Bd1 Qc3 24. Qb1 Qd4 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Be2 Bc3 27. Rc2 Rxa4 {0-1 Keck-Kempter/
Moskva 1990 (27)}) (13. Qc2 Rb7 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. a3 Ne8 16. Bb2 Rab8 17. Rfd1
Nc7 18. Bf1 h6 19. h3 Na8 20. Kh2 Nc7 21. f4 Ne8 {Snatenkov,V-Mirovshchikov,S/
Ural-ch Orsk 2001/RUS/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 13... Nb6 14. Re1 Qa7 (14... Bb7 15. e4
$16) 15. h3 Ne8 16. e4 Nd7 (16... e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qd2 $16) 17. Ba1 Nc7 18.
Qc2 Rb4 19. a3 Rd4 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (19... Rb7 20. b4 $5 $16) 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
Na2 $1 (21. Na4 Nb5) 21... Nb5 22. Bb2 (22. Qb2 Ne5) 22... d3 (22... Nxa3 $2
23. Bxa3 Bb5 24. Bb2 d3 (24... Qxa2 $2 25. Ra1) 25. Qd2 Qxa2 26. Ra1 $18) 23.
Qd2 Nd4 (23... Bxb2 $5 24. Qxb2 Ne5 25. Nb4 Nd4 26. Re3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf3]})
24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Nb4 Ne5 26. Nxa6 (26. Nc6 $142 Nxc6 27. dxc6 Rc8 28. Rec1)
26... Qxa6 27. Kh2 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c2]} (27... Qxa3 28. f4 $18) 28. Rec1 Rxc1
29. Rxc1 Qxa3 30. f4 Nd7 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Qxd3 Qa1 33. Qf1 Qb2 34. Qc1 $138 (
34. Rc7 Nf6 35. Rxe7 Bf2 $5 36. e5 Nh5 {[%csl Rg3,Rh2]}) 34... Qxb3 35. Rc4 Bf6
(35... Bc5 36. Qc3+ $18) 36. Rc7 Nb6 (36... Nc5 37. e5 $18) 37. Rb7 Bd4 38. Qe1
(38. Rxe7 Nc4) 38... Qa2 (38... Kf8 39. e5 $18) 39. Qb4 Qf2 (39... Qa1 40. h4)
40. h4 $1 $18 Nc8 (40... Kf8 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Qb5) 41. Rc7 Bc5 42. Qb7 Qg1+ 43.
Kh3 Bf2 44. Rxc8 Bxg3 45. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 Ra6 13. Re2 $5 (13. Qc2 Qa8
14. b3 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Rb1 d5 17. a4 Ng4 18. Nd1 c4 19. bxc4 Rxa4 20. cxd5
exd5 21. Qb3 Rc4 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. exd5 Nd3 25. Bd2 Nxe1+ 26. Bxe1
Ne5 $11 {Van der Sterren,P-Riemersma,L/NLD-ch/1995/}) (13. Bf4 Qa8 14. Qd2 Rb8
15. Rad1 Ng4 16. Re2 Rb4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 {1/2,Tichy,V-Borik,O/
CZE-chT/1995/} c4 $132) ({By far the most usual continuation is} 13. h3 Qa8 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 13... Qa8 14. Bg5 (14. Bf4 h6 $5 15. Qd2 (
15. h3 $142) 15... g5 16. Be3 e6 $1 17. h4 Nxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 exd5 19. Nexg5 {
Gyimesi,Z-Solozhenkin,E/Matarushka Banya/1997/} d4 $5 20. Bf4 hxg5 21. hxg5 Ne5
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qd3 Re8 24. Qe4 d3 25. Re3 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Rb8 $11) 14... h6
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (14... Rb8 15. Rc1 Kf8 $6 16. Rcc2 Ne8 17. Qd2 {White has
achieved the ideal setup.} Nc7 18. Bh6 e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. b3 Ne5 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Be3 Nd4 23. Nd5 Rd6 24. Rxc5 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Kg8 26. Qc2 $16 {Dubinka,
I-Abramov,V/St Petersburg/1999/}) 15. Bxf6 $5 (15. Bd2 e6 $13 (15... Rb8 $44))
15... Bxf6 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Rc1 {White has managed to stabilize his [+], but at
the cost of the important dark-sqaured B.} Rb6 (17... Rb8 $142 18. b3 Ra3 $132)
18. b3 Rb4 19. Rc2 (19. Na4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yd2d3,Ye2c2,Yf3d2,Yd2c4];Karpov,A 
(2765)-Gelfand,B (2700) Candidats FIDE f1 1995 (6) 1-0 /\Qd3, Rec2, Nd2-c4 A
similar regrouping was once successfully used by Karpov to contain Black's <<
play.}) 19... Nb6 20. Qd3 f5 $5 {A double-edged and risky break.} ({Solid, but
less enterprising was} 20... c4 21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Nd1 Qa4 $44) 21. e5 (21. exf5
Bxc3 (21... Rxf5 22. Rxe7 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5+ Rxd5 25. Rce2 $16) 22.
Rxc3 Rxf5 $5 {/\} (22... Nxd5 23. Re6 Nxc3 (23... gxf5 24. Rc4 $40) 24. Rxg6+
Kf7 25. Qxc3 $44) 23. Rxe7 Nxd5 24. Re6 Kf7 $1 25. Rxd6 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rd4 $15)
21... g5 $1 22. exd6 exd6 23. Re7 (23. Re6 $5 g4 24. Rxd6 gxf3+ 25. Qxf3 $44)
23... Nc8 (23... g4 $142 24. Nh4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd4 26. Qe3 Qxd5+ 27. f3 f4 $1
$13) 24. Re1 Nb6 25. Re7 Nc8 26. Re1 Nb6 27. Qe2 $5 Kh7 (27... Bxc3 $143 $6 28.
Qe6+ Kg7 29. Rxc3 g4 30. Nh4 Qxd5+ (30... Nxd5 $2 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8
33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Kg1 $1 $18 Nxc3 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Ng6+) 31. Qxd5
Nxd5 32. Rd3 Rd4 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Re6 $16 {/\} Rf6 35. Rxd6 $1) 28. Qe6 Rf6
29. Qe8 Qxe8 30. Rxe8 Rf7 31. Re6 Rd7 32. Nd1 $5 (32. Nd2 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd4 $11
) 32... f4 {Black prevents Ne3} (32... Nxd5 33. Rd2 Bd4 (33... Nb6 $6 34. Ne3
$1 c4 (34... f4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Nc2 Rb5 37. Rdxd6 $18) 35. Nxf5 $16) 34. a3 (
34. Ne3 Nc7 $1 $15) (34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Kf1 Nc3 37. Nxc3 dxc3 38.
Ke2 Ra7 39. a4 Rb7 40. Kd3 Rxb3 41. Rxd6 Ra3 $11) 34... Rxb3 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36.
Rxd4 Rb5 37. a4 Ra5 38. h4 Kg7 39. h5 $36) 33. g4 (33. gxf4 $2 Nxd5 $36) 33...
Na8 (33... Nxd5 $5 34. Rd2 Bd4 (34... Nf6 35. Rdxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Nxg4 37. Rc6
$14) 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Kf3 Nc3 $132) 34. Ree2 Nc7 35. Nc3 Bxc3 $6
{Black unnecessarily forces matters.} (35... Kg6 36. h4 Bf6 $5 $14) 36. Rxc3
Nxd5 37. Rd3 Nf6 38. Re6 Kg7 39. Rexd6 (39. h3 d5 40. Ne5 Rdb7 $11) (39. h4 $5
gxh4 (39... Nxg4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rdxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 c4 43. Rd4 $16) 40. Nxh4
Kf7 41. Rdxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Nxg4 {-39.Red6}) 39... Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Nxg4 41. h4
gxh4 42. Nxh4 Kf7 43. Nf5 $6 {[%mdl 256] Now active tactical defence saves tha
day for Black.} (43. Rd5 $142 $1 Rb5 (43... Rd4 44. Rxc5 Rd2 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46.
Rxf4 $18) (43... c4 44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Rxf4 Ne5 46. Nf3 $18) 44. Rf5+ (44. Kf3
Ke6 45. Rh5 Nf6 46. Rxh6 Ra5 $16 {/+/=}) 44... Ke6 45. Rxf4 Ne5 $16) 43... h5
44. Rc6 (44. Rd5 f3+ $1 {/\} 45. Kxf3 Ke6 46. Rxc5 Ne5+ $11) 44... f3+ $1 45.
Kg3 (45. Kxf3 $4 Ne5+ $19) (45. Kf1 h4 $1 46. Rxc5 h3 $44) (45. Kg1 Rb8 46.
Rxc5 Rd8 47. Ne3 Rd2 48. Rxh5 Nxe3 49. fxe3 Rxa2 50. Rf5+ Ke6 51. Rxf3 Rb2 52.
e4 Ke5 $11) 45... Ne5 46. Rxc5 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Nd3 $1 (47... Ke6 $6 48. Nh4 Nd3
49. Rxh5 Nxf2+ 50. Kh2 $16) 48. Nh6+ Ke6 49. Nxg4 (49. Rc6+ Kd5 50. Nxg4 hxg4+
51. Kxg4 Kxc6 52. Kxf3 Nc1 $11) 49... hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Nxc5 51. Kxf3 Nd3 {
White doesn't have enough time to coordinate his forces and advance his P.} 52.
a3 Kd5 53. Ke3 Ne1 54. a4 Nc2+ 55. Kd3 Nb4+ 56. Kc3 Kc5 57. f3 Na2+ 58. Kd3
Nc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas op"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Kogan,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kogan,Arthur} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7.
g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 $5 Qa5 (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bc8 $5 12. e4 (
12. Nh4 h6 $5 13. Qc2 Qd7 $1 14. Bb2 g5 15. Nf3 Qf5 16. e4 Qg6 $44 {Breyer-Van
der weide /OPEN99}) 12... Ba6 13. Bf1 Qc8 $44 {Cvitan-Matamoros/Cannes96}) 11.
Bd2 (11. O-O Nb6 $5) 11... O-O 12. O-O Bb7 $5 $146 {[%cal Ga5a6,Yd7b6] Black
intends to move his queen to a6 and the knight to b6. On the other hand 11.Bb7
prepares the central break e7-e6.} (12... Rfb8 {Stohl} 13. b3 Qa3 $1 14. Qc2
Nb6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Rd1 Ne8 $1 $146 17. Bd2 {[%cal Ya2a4,Rc3b5] /\a4,Nb5} Qa3
$1 18. e4 Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 $44 {0-1 Avrukh,B-Ponomariov,R/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/
[Stohl] (39)}) 13. Qc2 Qa6 $1 (13... Qb6 14. Nh4 $1 (14. e4 Ng4) 14... e6 $6
15. e4 exd5 16. exd5 $16) 14. e4 (14. Nh4 Nb6 (14... Ng4 $5) 15. e4 Ng4 $132)
14... e6 $5 (14... Ng4 $13) 15. dxe6 (15. Nh4 $2 exd5 16. exd5 Nb6) 15... fxe6
$44 16. b3 $1 {This accurate move is the strongest one. In other cases black
gets a strong counterplay:} (16. b4 $5 {Suggestion of Fritz, but black gets a
good play there:} Qc4 $1 (16... cxb4 17. Rxb4 Nc5 18. Rfb1 $16) 17. Rfc1 cxb4
18. Bf1 Qc5 19. Qb3 $1 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxe4 $1 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Rxc5 Ndxc5 23.
Qg4 Bc8 $17) (16. Rfe1 $5 d5 $2 (16... Ng4 $1) 17. exd5 exd5 18. Re7 d4 19.
Nxd4 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rc2b3]} Bxg2 20. Ne6 $18) (16. Ng5 d5 (16... Rfe8 $5
17. Bh3 d5 {[%cal Ya6e6]}) 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rbe1 Rae8 $44) 16... d5 17. exd5
exd5 18. Na4 Rac8 (18... Ne4 19. Ng5 $1 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5]}) 19.
Rbe1 $1 {R f1 should protect the f2-point.} d4 $5 (19... Rfd8 20. Bh3 $1 $16 {
[%csl Re6]}) (19... Ne4 20. Ng5 $1 Ndf6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nxc5
$16) 20. Nb2 (20. Re7 $6 c4 $1 21. Nxd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd6 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.
Bc3 $13) 20... Ng4 $1 {One unaccurate move and white gets an advantage!} (20...
Qa8 21. Nh4 $16) 21. Ng5 (21. Bf4 Qa8 22. Nh4 (22. Re7 Ndf6 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24.
Nxg2 Nd5 25. Qc4 Kh8 $13) 22... Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Nde5 $36 {[%csl Rf3]}) 21... Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Nge5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (22... Nde5 $2 {Kogan: "I lost a lot of time for
calculating many crazy lines like this one..."} 23. f3 $1 (23. f4 c4 $1 24.
fxe5 c3 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Nd3 cxd2 27. Qxd2 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Bxe5 $1 $44 {but
even after 24.Nxc4 Nxc4 25.bxc4 Rxc4 26.Qb3white is winning...}) 23... c4 24.
Nxc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qb3 $16) {Black threats are h7-h6 and then Nf3, or
just d4-d3 or c5-c4. White has an only way to continue:} 23. f4 d3 $1 24. Qb1
Qc6+ 25. Kh3 $5 {It looks like white is winning, but still black has a move!} (
25. Kg1 Ng4 {[%cal Rg7d4] The threat is Bd4+, so white has to play:} 26. Ne6 (
26. Nf3 $1 c4 27. Nxc4 Nc5 28. h3 $16) 26... Rfe8 27. Nxg7 Re2 $1 28. Rxe2 dxe2
29. Re1 Qf3 30. Nd3 c4 $1 31. bxc4 Nc5 $1 $17) 25... h6 $1 26. Ne4 (26. fxe5 $6
Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Nxe5 28. Bf4 hxg5 29. Bxe5 Qe6+ 30. Kg2 Qxe5 31. Nxd3 Qe4+ $40)
26... Qd5 $3 {[%mdl 128] Kogan:"with less than one minute on the clock I found
the right way!"} (26... c4 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Qxc4 29. Nd6 $18) (26... g5
$5 27. Nxd3 $1 g4+ 28. Kg2 Nf3 29. Rxf3 gxf3+ 30. Kxf3 c4 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qb3
$16) 27. fxe5 (27. Kg2 $2 Nf6 28. fxe5 Nxe4 29. Qxd3 Qxd3 30. Nxd3 Nxd2 $17) (
27. Nd1 $6 Ng4 $3 $40) 27... Nxe5 $1 (27... Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Qxe4 29. Qxd3 $18)
28. Bf4 (28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Kg2 Nf3 30. Qxd3 (30. Nc4 Nxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Re8 32.
Kf3 g5 $1 $36) 30... Qh5 31. Rh1 Bxb2 $44) 28... Ng4 $3 {[%mdl 128]} (28... g5
29. Bxe5 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 g4+ 31. Kh4 Qxe5 32. Qxd3 $18) 29. Nxd3 {Now black gets
a draw, but also other moves don't lead to white's advantage:} (29. Kg2 d2 $1
30. Bxd2 (30. Re2 Bxb2 31. Rxd2 (31. Qxb2 d1=Q 32. Rxd1 Qxd1 33. h3 g5 $1)
31... Bd4 $36) (30. Rd1 Bxb2 31. Rxd2 Bd4 $36) 30... Rxf1 31. Rxf1 (31. Kxf1
Rf8+ 32. Bf4 Qh5 (32... g5 33. Qd3 Bd4 34. h3 Ne5 35. Qd2 gxf4 (35... Nf3 $2
36. Qg2 Nxe1 37. Nf6+ $18) 36. gxf4 Qf7 $44) 33. h4 (33. Qc2 Qh3+ (33... g5 34.
Nd3 gxf4 35. Nxf4 Bd4 $40) 34. Kg1 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Bf2 36. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 37. Nxf2 $16
) 33... g5 34. Nd3 gxf4 35. Nxf4 Be5 $40 {[%csl Rf4]}) 31... Re8 $1 (31... Bxb2
{[%csl Re4][%cal Gg4f6] with the idea Nf6} 32. Qxb2 Qxe4+ 33. Kg1 Ne5 $13 (
33... Rd8 34. Bc1 $16) 34. Bxh6 $1 Kh7 35. Bf8 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 32. Re1
Bxb2 33. Qc2 Bd4 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. bxc4 Ra8 $11) (29. Rh1 Bxb2 $1 (29... d2 $5
30. Re2 $1 (30. Bxd2 $2 Rf2 $3 31. Bg5 Rxb2 32. Nf6+ Nxf6 33. Qxb2 Ne4 $1 $19)
30... Bxb2 31. Qxb2 d1=Q 32. Rxd1 Qxd1 33. Kxg4 g5 (33... Rce8 34. Qd2 $18) 34.
Bd6 $18) 30. Qxb2 Rce8 $1 $40 31. Qd2 (31. Bxh6 Qh5+ 32. Kg2 Qxh6 $17 33. h3
Ne3+ (33... d2 34. hxg4 dxe1=Q 35. Rxe1 $16 {[%cal Rg4g5] with g5!}) 34. Rxe3
Qxe3 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxf6 Qd2+ $19) 31... Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Qxe4 33. Rc1 Qf3 $19)
29... Qh5+ 30. Kg2 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 Qh5 32. Kg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf3 Qh5 (33... Qh3 $2 34.
Rh1 Nh2+ 35. Rxh2 Qxh2 36. Rh1 $18) (33... Rcd8 $5 34. Rh1 Rxd3+ 35. Qxd3 (35.
Kxg4 $2 h5+ 36. Kg5 Rd5+ 37. Kxg6 Rxf4 $3 $19) 35... Ne5+ 36. Ke3 Ng4+ 37. Kf3
Ne5+ 38. Ke3 Ng4+ $11) 34. Kg2 {Kevin didn't want to take a risk, and probably
he was right:} (34. Rh1 Ne5+ 35. Ke3 Qf3+ 36. Kd2 Qg2+ 37. Kc1 (37. Re2 Nf3+
$19) 37... Nf3 (37... c4 38. Nxe5 cxb3+ 39. Kd1 bxa2 40. Qb3+ Kh7 (40... Kh8
41. Nxg6+ Kh7 42. Ng5+ Kxg6 43. Re6+ Bf6 44. Qd3+ $18) 41. Ng5+ Kh8 42. Nxg6#)
38. Ref1 c4 39. Ndc5 Nd4 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd4e2,Rc4b3]} (39... Rxf4 $5 40. gxf4
Rxc5 $44) (39... Rxc5 40. Nxc5 Rxf4 41. Qc2 Qxg3 $13)) (34. Ndxc5 g5 (34... Bd4
$1 $40) 35. Ne6 gxf4 36. Nxf4 Qh3 $1 37. Ke2 Qh2+ $40) 34... Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 b4 {This move has a bad reputation, as
Black somewhat prematurely resolves the tension. But on the other hand he
takes away the best square for the Nb1 and gains space on the <<. If White
wants to get something tangible out of the opening, he must act very
energetically.} 5. g3 {Already this is a rather lame move. As indicated, White
should do something more concrete than just develop his pieces, thus stronger
moves are} (5. Nbd2 g6 6. e4 d6 (6... Bg7 7. e5 $5 Ng4 8. Ne4 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5
10. Nxc5 $14) 7. a3 Bg7 $5 (7... a5 $2 8. axb4 cxb4 9. c5 $1 dxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7
11. Bc4 $40) 8. axb4 cxb4 9. Qa4+ Nfd7 10. Qxb4 Na6 $44) ({or the immediate} 5.
a3 Na6 (5... g6 $5 6. Nbd2 {can transpose into 5.Nbd2}) 6. axb4 Nxb4 $6 (6...
cxb4 $5 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Nc5 9. Nd4 $1 $14) 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. Bg4
Ne5 17. Be2 Reb8 18. h4 Rb7 19. h5 $36 {Sokolov,I-Georgiev,K/Sarajevo/1998/})
5... g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. a3 (7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. e4 d6 10. e5 (10. Re1 e5 $11
) 10... dxe5 (10... Ng4 $142 $5 $11) 11. Nxe5 Nfd7 12. Nd3 a4 13. Rb1 Ra5 14.
Ne4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Re1 Bf5 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd7 20. Qe2
Qc7 21. h4 Bh2+ 22. Kf1 Nf6 23. Re3 Bf4 $132 {Miralles,G-Fedorowicz,J/Cannes/
1987/}) 7... O-O 8. O-O a5 9. axb4 cxb4 $13 10. Nd4 $146 (10. Nbd2 Bb7 (10...
d6 11. Nd4 Bd7 $5 {/\Na6-c5}) 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Nd4 d6 13. Nb5 Qc8 14. Nb3 Qxc4
15. Nxa5 Qxe2 16. Nc7 Nbd7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Qxb4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qb7
N7b6 21. Ra3 Rc8 22. Nc6 Bf8 23. Na7 Rc7 24. Qb8 Nd7 $44 {Sadler,M-Adams,M/
London/1993/}) (10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Be3 d6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. N2f3 a4 15.
Qd2 Nba6 16. Bh6 Ne4 17. Qe3 Nac5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nh4 Nf6 20. Qd2 {Lehmann,
Z-Claesen,J/Rotterdam/1998/} Qb6 $15) (10. d6 Bb7 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. dxe7 Qxe7 13.
Ra2 d5 $1 $36) (10. c5 Bb7 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5] ה}) 10... Bb7 11. h3 (11. e4 $142
d6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. f4 $13) 11... Qc8 $1 12. b3 d6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14.
Nd2 (14. Nc6 $6 Bxc6 15. dxc6 Ne5 16. c7 Ra6 $15) 14... Nc5 15. Ra2 Ra6 16. Qc2
e6 $5 {[%csl Gc5] White has played rather passively and Black already wants to
break up the [+] and take over the initiative. Especially strong is the
unassailable Nc5.} 17. dxe6 $6 (17. Nc6 $142 Qc7 (17... Bxc6 18. dxc6 $36 {
[%csl Gc6] o^c6}) 18. Bd4 (18. Bxc5 dxc5 {[%cal Rf6d5] /\Nd5}) 18... exd5 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. cxd5 $13) (17. Nb5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd6 Nxe3 20. Nxc8 Nxc2
21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Rxc2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ne6 $15) 17... fxe6 $36 {[%csl Gd6,Ge6] [+]
} 18. Rfa1 (18. Nb5 $5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd7 20. Bd4 $15) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd7
20. f3 (20. Rxa5 $4 Qa8+ $19) 20... Qa8 21. g4 Rc8 22. h4 d5 $17 {With White's
R on the <->a a central break is very unpleasant.} 23. h5 (23. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 24.
Qb2 $8 e5 $1 (24... Rd6 25. Nc4 $17) 25. Nc2 e4 26. Bd4 Rd6 $1 $40) 23... e5 $1
{[%mdl 128] Now Black shifts his attention to White's K, his attack against
the deserted >> will quickly become very dangerous.} 24. Nb5 d4 25. Bf2 Nf6 $6
{Leads to a rather murky position.} (25... gxh5 $142 $1 26. gxh5 Kh8 $17) 26.
hxg6 (26. Kh2 Bh6 $1 $36) 26... Nxg4 (26... hxg6 27. Qxg6 Nd5 $13) 27. gxh7+
Kh8 28. Qf5 (28. Ne4 Rg6 29. Ng3 d3 $5 30. exd3 Rf8 $40) 28... Nxf2 29. Kxf2
Rf8 30. Qg4 Rf7 (30... Qd8 31. Rg1 Bh6 32. Ke1 $132) 31. Qh5 Re7 32. Rg1 (32.
Nxd4 $2 Qa7 $1 $19) 32... Qf8 33. Ke1 Qf4 34. Kd1 (34. Qh3 $142 Rd7 $15) 34...
Bh6 $2 (34... Nxb3 $1 $17 {/\} 35. Nxb3 Qe3 $19) 35. Qh3 Ne6 36. Rg4 Qe3 37.
Rg6 (37. Re4 Qg1+ 38. Qf1 (38. Kc2 d3+ $5 39. exd3 Bxd2 $19 {/\} 40. Kxd2 Qf2+
41. Re2 Qxe2+ $1 42. Kxe2 Nf4+) 38... Qxf1+ 39. Nxf1 Nc5 $17) (37. Qg2 $5 Rg7
$15 (37... Nf4 $4 38. Rxf4 $1 $18)) 37... Kxh7 38. Qf5 $2 (38. Rg3 a4 $1 $40)
38... Ng7 $1 $19 {Black can ignore the discovered check, this nice move wins
an exchange and the game.} 39. Rxh6+ (39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {[%cal Re3g1,Rg1e1] /
\Qg1-e1-+}) 39... Kxh6 40. Qf8 (40. Qc8 Rf6 41. Rxa5 Ne6 $5 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43.
Ra8 Rh7 44. Qe8+ Kg5 45. Qg8+ Rg7 46. Ne4+ Kh4 $19) 40... Re8 41. Qf7 $8 Rg6
42. Rxa5 Rg1+ 43. Kc2 Qxe2 44. Nxd4 (44. Ra6+ Kh7 45. Qd5 Qd1+ 46. Kd3 Re1 47.
c5 Qc1 $1 $19 48. Nc4 Qb1+ 49. Kd2 Qd1#) 44... exd4 45. Qf6+ Kh7 46. Qxd4 Qe3 (
46... Qd1+ 47. Kd3 Rg2 48. Qf4 Qc1 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 ({The immediate} 4... g6 {is more
typical.}) 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 g6 (6... e6 7. Bxc4 (7. Bg5 $5 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 $2
9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Na3 Rg8 12. Rad1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bf4 14. e5 f5 15.
Nd6+ Kf8 16. Qxc5 $18 {Cramling,P-Fernandez Romero,E/Malaga op/2001/}) 7...
exd5 8. exd5 Be7 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bc6 Bxc6
14. dxc6 Qc8 15. b4 Qxc6 16. b5 Qb7 17. Rd1 h5 18. a5 Nc8 19. Bg5 $44 {
Tkachiev,V-Conquest,S/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O $2 {A
careless move. Black not only castles prematurely, but ignores (even provokes)
White's impending central expansion.} ({Necessary was} 8... d6 9. O-O O-O 10.
Re1 (10. h3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Rab8 15. a3 Rb7
16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rd8 $14 {1/2,Schiffer,K-Vogelmann,P/NRW-chT
9192/1992/}) (10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Ng4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bf1 Nf6 14. Nc4 Ba6 15.
Nd2 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Rb8 17. Rab1 Ng4 18. Nf3 Nc4 19. h3 Nge5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bh6 Re8 22. Nd1 Nb6 $11 {Nestorow,M-Abrahamian,T/WChW U12/2000/}) 10... Nbd7
11. h3 Nb6 12. Bf1 Nfd7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. g3 Ba6 16. Bg2 Qb7 17. Bc1
c4 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bd4 $14 {Rioseco,F-Schmidlin,E/Vina del Mar/1998/}) 9. e5
$1 Ne8 (9... Ng4 10. Qe4 Nh6 11. h4 $40 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5][%cal Rh4h5] [+]}) 10.
h4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Two energetic moves and White has a roaring attack.} d6 (
10... h5 11. Bg5 $16 (11. g4 $5 hxg4 12. h5 $40)) 11. h5 dxe5 12. hxg6 hxg6 (
12... fxg6 $2 13. d6+ Kh8 14. Qxg6 $18) 13. Qe4 Nd6 $6 (13... Nf6 $142 14. Qh4
Nbd7 15. Ng5 $1 $40 (15. Bh6 Nh5 16. g4 (16. Bxg7 $6 Kxg7 17. g4 Rh8 $1 $15) (
16. Qg5 Bf6 17. Qg4 Bg7 $5 {/\} 18. Rxh5 Nf6 $17) 16... Bxh6 17. gxh5 g5 18.
Nxg5 $16)) 14. Qh4 f6 $8 (14... f5 $2 15. Qh7+ Kf7 16. Nxe5+ Kf6 17. Bf4 $18) (
14... Re8 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Bh6 $18) 15. Bd3 e4 (15... Rf7 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+
Bxh8 18. Rxh8+ Kg7 19. Rxd8 $18) (15... Kf7 $2 16. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6 17. Qh5#) (
15... Nf5 16. Qh7+ (16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Bh6 $18) 16... Kf7 17. Rh6 $1 $18) 16.
Nxe4 Nf5 (16... Kf7 17. Neg5+ $1 {Most of White's forces are taking part in
hunting down the unhappy black K. It's fun to attack and sacrifice in such
positions} (17. Nxd6+ exd6 18. Bxg6+ Ke7 19. Qe4+ Kd7 20. Rh7 $18) 17... fxg5 (
17... Ke8 18. Ne6 $18) 18. Bxg6+ Kxg6 19. Qh5+ Kf5 (19... Kf6 20. Bxg5+ Kf5 21.
Qh7+ Kg4 22. Rh4#) 20. Qxg5+ Ke4 21. Rh4+ Rf4 22. Rxf4+ Kd3 23. Qg6+ $18) 17.
Qh7+ Kf7 18. Neg5+ $1 fxg5 {Now White mates by force.} (18... Ke8 19. Bb5+ $18
(19. Qxg6+ $18)) 19. Ne5+ Kf6 20. Qxg6+ Kxe5 21. Qe6+ Kd4 22. Qe4# 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 03rd"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2002.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O (10... Nb6 $142) 11. Qc2 {White has been allowed
to play Qc2 and he can protect his Pd5 and the <<(Pb2) more harmoniously and
without any premature pawn advances-notice White's Pe2 will stay on this
square till the end of the game.} Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Rfd1 Ne8 (13... Ng4 $142
$5 14. b3 (14. Be1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 (15... Bxe5 16. Rdb1 Ra7 17. a4 Rab7 18.
b3 Qc7 19. Ra2 Qc8 20. Nd1 $14 {Reefschlaeger,H-Kasparov,G/Hamburg sim/1987/})
16. b3 Bc8 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Rab1 Bf5 19. Be4 Bg4 20. Nc3 Qa6 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bd3
Qa7 23. Kg2 Nb6 24. Be4 Qd7 25. a4 c4 $5 26. b4 Nxa4 27. Nxa4 Qxa4 28. Qxc4 Rc8
$14 {<=>,עg2,Grigore,G-Vajda,L/ROM-ch Iasi/1999/}) 14... Qa3 (14... Qb6 15. h3
Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rab1 Bc8 {Van der Sterren,P-Adams,M/Ter Apel/1992/} 18.
Kh2 $14) 15. Bc1 $5 (15. Rab1 Bc8 16. Na4 Ndf6 17. Ne1 Nxf2 $5 18. Kxf2 Ng4+
19. Kf1 Nxh2+ 20. Kg1 Ng4 21. e3 Bh6 22. Qc1 Rxa4 23. bxa4 Rxb1 24. Qxa3 Rxd1
$44 {Kakageldyev,A-Vaganian,R/URS/1979/}) 15... Qa5 16. Bb2 $14) 14. Be1 $146 {
[%mdl 32] White proceeds by making a number of prophylactic moves and quietly
improving his position-typical strategy for the fianchetto Volga.} (14. Bh3 Bc8
15. Be1 Nc7 16. e3 Qa6 17. Bf1 Qb7 18. Rab1 Nb6 19. e4 Bg4 20. Be2 Nd7 21. h3
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Qa7 23. a3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Nb5 25. Re1 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 h5 27. Kg2 Qa5
28. Re3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 Ra4 $44 {Hort,V-Benko,P/New York/1974/}) (14. h4 Nc7 15.
h5 Qb4 (15... Nb5 $142 $5 $13) 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rab1 Nb5 18. Ne4 Nd4 19. Nxd4
Qxd4 20. Bc3 $6 (20. Bg5 $1 $36) 20... Qc4 $11 {Littlewood,J-Webb,S/Morecambe/
1975/}) 14... Ra7 15. h3 Qd8 ({Consistent was} 15... Rab7 {but White
nevertheless maintains his edge by} 16. Rab1 $14 {/\} (16. b3 c4 $5 $132) 16...
Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxa2 18. Nd2 $1 Bxe2 19. Ra1 (19. Re1 Qa6 $132) 19... Rxb2 (19...
Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Rxb2 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 22. Nc4 $18) 20. Qc1 $1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Qc4 22.
Rb2 $36) (15... Nc7 $5 $14) 16. Rab1 Nc7 17. b3 Qf8 18. a4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yc3a2,
Ye1c3] /+/-,/\Na2,Bc3} e6 $6 {In the A58 lines this [+] <=> is rarely too
effective, as White's >> is well protected by the Bg2.} (18... Rab7 $142) 19.
dxe6 fxe6 20. h4 $36 (20. e4 $5 Rab7 (20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Na2 {[%cal
Ye1c3,Yb3b4] /\Bc3,b4+/-}) 21. Na2 d5 22. Ba5 $36) 20... d5 21. Bh3 Nf6 22. Bd2
Re8 $2 (22... d4 $5 23. Nb5 $8 (23. Ne4 $2 Bxe2 $17) 23... Nxb5 $5 (23... Bxb5
24. axb5 Rxb5 25. b4 $14) 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 $14) 23. Bf4 d4 24. Bxc7
$1 (24. Ne4 $2 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Bb7 26. Qc2 e5 $40) 24... Rxc7 (24... dxc3 $2 25.
Bd6 $18) 25. Nb5 Bxb5 (25... Rb7 26. Ng5 $36 (26. Qc4 Ne4 $5 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28.
Bd5 Rbe7 $132 {/\} 29. Bc6 Nc3 30. Bxe8 Nxe2+ 31. Kg2 Qxf3+ $1 32. Kxf3 Bb7+
33. Kg4 Bc8+ $11)) 26. axb5 Nd5 27. Ng5 Qf6 (27... Qd6 28. Qd3 {/\Ra1+/-}) 28.
Ra1 $16 Bh6 (28... Nc3 29. Ne4 $16) 29. Ra6 $6 (29. Ne4 $142 Qe7 30. Ra5 $16)
29... Bxg5 (29... Nb4 30. Rxe6 Nxc2 (30... Rxe6 31. Qc4 $1 $18) 31. Rxf6 Bxg5 (
31... Rxe2 32. Ne6 $18) 32. hxg5 $16 {/+-} (32. b6 $5)) 30. hxg5 Qe5 (30...
Qxg5 31. Rxe6 (31. Bxe6+ $143 Kg7) 31... Rf8 32. Qc4 Rcf7 33. Bg2 Nc3 34. Rf1 {
[%cal Rb5b7] /\b6-b7}) 31. Qc4 Rf7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Now tactics become the main
consideration.} (31... Nc3 32. Re1 $5 $16 (32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Qxe6+ Qxe6 34.
Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Ra1 $16)) 32. Rf1 $2 (32. Qxc5 Rxf2 (32... Qxe2 33. Qxd4 Nc3 34.
Rf1 $16 {/+-}) 33. Kxf2 Qe3+ (33... Rf8+ 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxe6 $18) 34. Kf1
Rf8+ (34... Nc3 35. Bxe6+ Rxe6 36. Ra8+ Re8 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. Qc4+ $18) 35.
Qxf8+ $8 (35. Ke1 Qxg3+ 36. Kd2 Qe3+ $11 37. Kc2 $4 d3+ $19) 35... Kxf8 36. Rd3
$14) 32... Ne3 $1 {White was ready to take on c5, or advance his o^b5, this
tactical fling is Black's only chance.} 33. fxe3 Qxg3+ (33... Qxe3+ 34. Kh2
Rxf1 35. Bxf1 Qf2+ 36. Bg2 $18) 34. Bg2 Rxf1+ $2 (34... Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kh2
Qe5+ 36. Kh3 Rxf1 37. Bxf1 Qf5+ 38. Kg2 Qxg5+ 39. Kh1 Qh6+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ $11)
35... Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Qe4+ 37. Bg2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 (39. Bf1 Qg3+ 40.
Kh1 Qh4+ 41. Kg2 Qxg5+) 39... Qh4+ 40. Bh3 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 (41. Kg1 Qe3+ $11)
41... Qe4+ $11) 35. Kxf1 dxe3 (35... Rf8+ 36. Bf3 Rxf3+ 37. exf3 Qxf3+ 38. Ke1
Qxe3+ 39. Kd1 $18) 36. Kg1 $8 $18 Kh8 (36... Rf8 37. Kh1 Rf2 38. Qxe6+ $18 {
and White's attack comes in first.}) 37. Qc3+ (37. Qe4 $142) 37... Kg8 (37...
e5 38. Rf6 Rd8 39. Qc1 Qxg5 40. Rf3 e4 41. Qxe3 $1 $18 (41. Rxe3 $4 Rd1+ 42.
Qxd1 Qxe3+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ $11)) 38. Qc4 $138 Kh8 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Qf6 $1 Rf8 41.
Qxe6+ Kh8 42. Ra1 (42. Qe7 $4 Rf1+ $19) 42... Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qh4+ (43... Qxe2 44.
Qe5+ $18) 44. Qh3 Qxg5 45. b6 Qe5 46. Ra7 (46. Ra7 h5 47. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. Bd2 (10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bd2 {-leads to the
same.} (12. O-O {is a main continuation here.})) 10... Be7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. e4
Rxb6 13. Bc4 Nb4 (13... d6 {is another way for black here.}) 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. a3
$146 {Previously played 15.0-0-0 led to whites advantage in two games, but
probably black could play better there:} (15. O-O-O $5 Bxe4 (15... d6 16. Qf4
a5 17. Kb1 Qa8 18. Rhe1 $14 {1-0 Roos,M-Lazarev,V/Arco ITA 2000/The Week in
Chess 314 (25)}) 16. Qxd7 Qxd7 $6 (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 $14) (16... Bg5+ $142
17. Nxg5 Qxg5+ $132) 17. Rxd7 Bf6 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Krush,
I-Gunnarsson,J/Torshavn FAI 2000/The Week in Chess 310 (30)}) 15... d5 {
In spirit of Benko gambit.} (15... Nc6 16. O-O-O $5 $14) 16. exd5 Nxd5 (16...
Bxd5 $5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Be5 (18. O-O Nxc3 $15 {[%csl Ye7][%cal Ge7f6] Bishop
e7 gonna be very strong here.}) 18... f6 19. Bg3 Re6+ 20. Kf1 Qd7 {and black
looks better.}) 17. Be5 Rg6 $6 {Strange idea. This is clear, that white is
going to castle to the queenside here. By 17...f6 black could reach a good
play.} (17... f6 18. Bg3 (18. O-O-O fxe5 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Qxd5+ Bxd5 21. Rxd5
e4 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2]}) 18... Re6+ 19. Kf1 (19. Be2 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 20. h3
Re8 21. O-O Bg5 $3 $17) 19... Qd7 $15 {[%cal Gf8d8]}) 18. O-O-O Nb6 (18... Nf6
19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Bg3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf3e5] The
ending is clearly better for white: Ne5 is a strong threat, also the black
rook is trapped on g6.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","c4f7","",10]} 19. Bxf7+ $3 {
[%mdl 64]} Kxf7 $6 {Black accepts the sacrifice, but it leads to the killing
attack of white.} (19... Rxf7 20. Qxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rxd8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.
Nh4 $16 {Black can survive for a while in this ending.}) 20. Qf4+ {[%cal Yd1d8]
} Ke6 {[%csl Rf4]} (20... Kg8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Qe3 Re8 $1 (22... Rxg2 23. Bd6
$1 $18) 23. Re1 Rxg2 {The material here is bishop+rook for queen of white, but
black can create some complications here.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","e5f6","",10]}
21. Bf6 $3 {[%cal Gh1e1,Gf4e3][%mdl 64] White had to see this move, while
playing 19.Bxf7.} gxf6 $2 {Out of all captures, black probably had chosen the
worst one.} (21... Rfxf6 22. Qe3+ Kf7 23. Rxd8 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Rxf3 24. gxf3
Bxd8 25. Re1 {Material here is:3light pieces for queen and pawn, and it gives
white the advantage.}) (21... Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rfxf6 23. Qe3+ Kf7 24. Ne5+ Ke8
25. Nxg6 Rxg6 {The same as in the previous line the material balance is 3light
pieces for queen and pawn, and white is better also here.}) 22. Rhe1+ $18 Kf7
23. Ne5+ (23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Ne5+ {- as in the game.}) 23... Kg7 24. Nxg6 {
[%csl Rd8,Re7]} hxg6 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rd1 {[%cal Gf4b8,Rd1d8] After this move
black can not hold his position.} Bd5 27. Qd6 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Bb3 {[%tqu "En",
"Find the final blow.","","","d6f8","",10,"d6f8","",0]} 28. Qxf8+ $1 (28. Qxf8+
Kxf8 29. Rxd8+ Ke7 30. Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b3] White wins a piece, staying with
exchange and pawn up.}) 1-0

[Event "SVK-ch"]
[Site "Kaskady"]
[Date "2002.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Markos, Jan"]
[Black "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nd2 $5 {A rare plan, more
usual is} (6. e4 Nbd7 (6... g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. O-O $14)
7. Bxc4 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. Rb1 Ng4 12. Qc2 Nge5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Bf1 c4 15. Be3 Qa5 16. f4 Nd3 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 $44 {1/2,
Tkachiev,V-Nisipeanu,L/FRA-chT/2001/}) 6... Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. Nxc4 {Although
White has occupied the important c4-square with his N, he has lost time and
Black is ready to launch the typical Benko Gambit <=>.} Bg7 (8... Nb6 9. e5 $5
dxe5 (9... Nxc4 10. exf6 Nb6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. O-O $5 $32) 10. Nxe5 a6 11. Be3
Qc7 12. Bf4 $1 $36 (12. Nc4 Bb7 13. d6 exd6 14. Bg5 {Olszewski,M-Szwed,J/
Laczna/2002/} Qe7+ $15)) 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 Nb6 12. Na3 Nfd7
13. f4 Bb7 14. Qc2 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. b3 c4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19.
exd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Bd2 d4 22. Bc4+ Rxc4 23. bxc4 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Qb6+ $13
{Ippolito,D-Gelman,C/Bloomington/1997/}) 9... Nb6 (9... O-O 10. O-O Ba6 (10...
Nb6 11. Bg5 Rb8 $6 (11... Nxc4 $142) 12. Ne3 $1 Bd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. f4 a5 15.
Kh1 h6 16. Bh4 {()} Na8 17. Nc4 g5 $2 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Rb4 20. e5 $1 Ng4
21. Bxe7 Nxe5 22. Bxd6 Nxc4 23. Bxc7 Nxb2 24. Qd2 Nxc7 25. d6 Ne6 26. Nd5 {
1-0,Efimov,I-Sermek,D/Montecatini Terme/1999/}) 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne8 13.
Rab1 $14 {/=} Bxc4 $6 14. Bxc4 Nc7 15. a3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rbd1 c4 18. Be2
Nb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Bc3 Rfc8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b4 a5 23. Rb1 $36 {Ekstroem,
R-Kurz,E/Geneve/1995/}) 10. Ne3 O-O 11. a4 Rb8 12. O-O (12. a5 Na8 $5 13. O-O
Nc7 {[%cal Yc7a6,Ya6b4,Ye7e6] /\Na6-b4,e6<=>[+],<->b}) 12... e6 (12... a5 $5
$13) 13. Qc2 (13. a5 Na8 14. Bc4 Nc7 15. Qd3 $14) 13... exd5 14. exd5 Re8 15.
Rd1 (15. a5 $142 Na8 16. Bd2 Nc7 $11) 15... Qe7 16. Bb5 (16. Bd2 $2 Nbxd5 $1
17. Ncxd5 Nxd5 $17) (16. a5 $5 $11) 16... Bd7 17. Bd2 (17. Bxd7 Nfxd7 18. a5
Nc4 $1 19. Ra4 (19. Nxc4 $4 Qe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 19... Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bd4 $1 $36
) 17... Bxb5 $6 {Opening the <->a only gives White an object of attack.} (17...
Ne4 $1 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15) 18. axb5 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Qd7 (18... Qb7 $142 19. Qd3
Nfd7 $13 {/\} 20. Ra6 c4 $1 $36) 19. Ra6 Re5 (19... Rb7 $5 20. Rda1 Nh5 $132 (
20... Bh6 $5 $132)) 20. Qd3 (20. Rda1 Nfxd5 (20... Rb7 $5) 21. Nexd5 Nxd5 22.
Rxa7 Qe6 $11) 20... Ng4 (20... Bh6 $1 $13) 21. Rda1 Rb7 $6 {This P-sacrifice
is really means playing with fire, as the o^b5 will become White's main trump.
Despite some earlier inaccuracies the position stays more or less balanced
after} (21... Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Rb7 23. Bf4 Rf5 $132) 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 (
23... c4 $2 24. Ra8+ $1 Bf8 (24... Nxa8 25. Rxa8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Re1+ 27. Qf1
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 $18) 25. Bh6 Nd7 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Ra8 $18) 24. Rxa7 h5 $1 (
24... Nxd5 $2 25. Ra8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Re1+ 27. Qf1 $18) (24... c4 25. Qg3 $5 $14)
25. f4 {[%mdl 64]} (25. h3 Qc4 (25... Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Na4 $36 {[%csl Gb5]
o^b}) 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Bf4 Rf5 28. Bg3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxd5 30. Ra4 Rd1+ 31. Kh2
d5 $11 (31... Nd2 $11)) ({White goes for tactical complications instead of the
more circumspect} 25. Ra6 $142 $1 Nxd5 26. Rxd6 $14) 25... Re8 26. h3 Qh4 {
[%csl Rf4,Rg1,Rg3] <=>׻} 27. Kh2 (27. Ra1 $14) 27... Qf2 {[%cal Yg7c3,Yg7d4] /
\Bc3,Bd4} (27... Bd4 $142 $14) 28. Ne4 (28. Nd1 $5 Qd4 (28... Qe2 29. Qxe2 Rxe2
30. Ba5 {/\} Bh6 31. Bxb6 Bxf4+ 32. Kg1 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Rxd1 34. Bc7 Rd2+ 35. Kf3
g5 36. b6 $18) 29. Qxd4 cxd4 {[%cal Rb6d5,Ye8b8] /\Nd5,Rb8} 30. Ba5 Nxd5 31. b6
$16) 28... Rxe4 $8 29. Qxe4 Qxd2 30. Rb7 (30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qxf7 Qd4 32. Rb7 c4
$5 33. f5 Qe5+ $11) 30... Nxd5 (30... Qxd5 $2 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Rxb6 $18) 31.
Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxf7 Qd4 33. b6 Nb4 34. Re7 (34. Rc7 $1 Na6 35. b7 $16 (35. Ra7 $5
)) 34... Nc6 35. b7 $2 $138 (35. Rc7 Nd8 36. Qf8 Ne6 $1 37. Rxg7+ Nxg7 38. b7
Nf5 39. b8=Q Qxf4+ $11) (35. Re6 $142 Qd3 36. b7 $16) 35... Nxe7 $1 36. b8=Q
Nf5 37. Qbg8+ Kh6 38. Qc4 Qxb2 $2 (38... Qf2 $1 39. Qe4 Ne3 40. Qxg7+ $11 (40.
Qf3 Nf1+ 41. Kh1 Qe1 $1 $19)) 39. Qd8 h4 $2 $138 (39... Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Ne3+ 41.
Kf3 Nxc4 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. f5 $18) (39... Bf6 40. Qe8 Qf2 $16) 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41.
Qf7 {[%csl Rg6] ><g6} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. h3 Qa5 {Black chooses the
classical Volga move instead of the topical modern line} (12... Ra6 13. Re1 Qa8
{[%cal Ye7e6] /\e6<=>}) 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Qc2 {Seirawan,Y (2600)-Polgar,J (2550)
Roquebrune rapid 1992 (7) 1/2 A rare move, which however goes contrary to
White's idea of putting both his R on the 2-nd rank and effectively defending
a2 after a further b3. A typical model example is} ({The main alternative,
which promises chances for an edge, is} 14. Re2 Ne8 15. Rc2 Nb6 16. Qe2 Qa6 (
16... Na4 $142 17. Nd1 $5 $14) 17. Qxa6 (17. Ng1 Na4 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. Nge2 Nc7
20. a3 f5 21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Nb5 24. Nxb5 Rxb5 $44 {Beliavsky,
A-Khalifman,A/Linares/1995/}) 17... Rxa6 18. Rb1 $1 Na4 $6 19. Nd1 Nc7 20. b3
f5 21. Nd2 $1 Nb6 22. b4 Nd7 23. bxc5 Rxb1 24. Nxb1 Nxc5 25. Be3 $16 {Neverov,
V-Van der Weide,K/Hoogeveen/1999/}) ({Another often played continuation is} 14.
e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rb7 17. d6 (17. Qf3 Ne8 18. Re2 Nd6 19. g4 Nc4
$5 20. d6 Nxd6 21. Nd5 Raa7 22. Bg5 {Bekker Jensen,D-Van der Weide,K/
Copenhagen/1999/} Nc8 $5 $11) 17... exd6 (17... e6 18. Re2 (18. Qf3 $5) 18...
Qa6 19. Bf4 Qc6+ 20. Kg1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. b3 Bf8 23. Rd2 d4 24. Rc1 Qd5
25. Rdc2 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {Shirov,A-Tregubov,P/FRA-chT Montpellier/2004/}
) 18. Qxd6 Rc8 $1 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qa6 21. Re4 c4 22. Bf4 Bxb2 23. Rae1
Qb5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxe8+ Kg7 27. Rc8 Rb4 28. Bd6 Ra4 29. a3
Kf6 30. Bb4 Bxa3 $11 {1/2,Piket,J-Topalov,V/Amsterdam/1995/}) 14... Nb6 15. Rb1
{This gives White nothing.} (15. Bd2 Nc4 16. b3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Nd7 18. Re3 Nb6
19. a3 Rb7 (19... e6 $5 $132) 20. Ra2 Rba7 21. Ncb1 Kh8 22. Rf3 e6 23. Nc4 Nxc4
24. Qxc4 Qe1 25. Qc2 exd5 26. Re3 Qa5 27. exd5 Bd4 28. Re2 Qb6 29. a4 Rb8 30.
Nd2 $14 {Haba,P-Hess,M/Hohenloh/1994/}) (15. Nd1 c4 16. Bd2 Qa4 17. Qc1 Nbd7
18. Re3 Nc5 19. Ra3 Qb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nc3 Qb7 22. Qc2 e6 $44 {1/2,Uhlmann,
W-Espig,L/Dresden/1985/}) (15. Re2 $5 Na4 (15... Nfd7 $5) 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Rb1
c4 $5 18. Be3 (18. Qxc4 $142 Rc8 19. b4 $1 $14) 18... Nac5 19. Bd4 $6 Qxa2 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc3 Qa6 22. Qd2 Nb3 23. Qf4 f6 $15 {Gurevich,M-Benjamin,J/Cap
d'Agde/2000/}) 15... Nfd7 16. Bg5 Nc4 $146 ({Simpler was} 16... Bxc3 $142 $5
17. bxc3 (17. Qxc3 $142 f6 $1 $11) 17... f6 18. Bh6 (18. Be3 Qxa2 19. Rb2 Qa4
20. Qxa4 Nxa4 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $36) 18... Qxa2 19. Rb2 Qa4 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. Rbb1 (
21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Nd2 $11) 21... Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Qc4
25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. h4 h5 27. Rb7 Kf7 28. Kf3 Ra3 29. Rb8 Rxc3+ 30. Kg2 Kg7 (
30... e5 $5 $15) 31. Rb7 Kf8 32. Bh6+ Ke8 33. Rb8+ Kd7 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Rb8+
Kd7 36. Rb7+ {1/2,Anastasian,A-Alterman,B/Komotini op/1992/}) 17. Bxe7 Re8 $1 (
17... Nxb2 $2 18. e5 $1 Nc4 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8 20. Re4 Ndb6 (20... Ndxe5 21. Nxe5
Na3 22. Qa4 $1 $18) (20... Rb2 21. Qc1 Qa3 22. Bg5 $1 Ncxe5 23. Ra4) (20... Na3
21. Qa4 (21. Qc1 $5) 21... Qxc3 22. Qxd7 $18) 21. Na4 $16) (17... Rxb2 $2 18.
Rxb2 Nxb2 19. e5 $16) 18. Bg5 (18. Nd1 Qxa2 19. Rc1 $8 (19. Bg5 $2 Na3 $19)
19... Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Qxb2 21. Qxc4 (21. Qxb2 Nxb2 22. Bxd6 Nd3 $15) 21... Rxe7
$11) 18... Nxb2 19. e5 {[%mdl 64] Leads to tactical complications, which after
some mutual inaccuracies peter out into a drawn position.} (19. Bd2 Nc4 $44) ({
More ambitious was} 19. Rec1 $142 $5 Nc4 20. Nb5 Na3 21. Nxa3 Qxa3 22. Bf4 $14)
19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. Rxb2 Nxf3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kxf3 Bxc3 $15) 20... Rxe5
(20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4 Nc4 23. Nb5 $1 $36) 21. Ne4 $2 (21. Rxe5 $142
Bxe5 22. Ne4 $5 Qa4 $5 $132 (22... Qxa2 23. Bf6 Qa4 $5 $11 (23... Qxd5 $2 24.
Bxe5 dxe5 25. f3 $1 $18))) 21... Qxa2 $1 22. Bf4 $6 (22. Rxb2 Qxd5 {[%cal
Re5e4,Re5g5] /\Re4,Rg5} 23. f3 Rxe4 $1 (23... Rxg5 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Ra2 Rxa2 26.
Qxa2 $14 {[%cal Rh3h4] /\h4+-}) 24. fxe4 Qxg5 $36) (22. Bf6 Rxe4 23. Rxb2 Qxd5
(23... Qxb2 $2 24. Bxb2 Rxe1 25. Bxg7 $18) (23... Rxe1 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Qxa2
Bxf6 $11) 24. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Rxe4 Bxf6 $15) 22... Ree8 $1 (22... Rxd5 23. Ra1
$1 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Rxa1 25. Qb3 $1 $18) 23. Bxd6 Qxd5 $2 (23... f5 $1 24. Nc3 (
24. Ra1 Qxd5 25. Qxc5 Qb7 $19) 24... Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxd5+ $17) 24. Qxc5 $11 Qd3
(24... Qb7 25. Qc7 $11) 25. Qc6 $1 {[%cal Re4f6] /\Nf6} Rec8 26. Ra1 Rab8 $8 (
26... Rxc6 $2 27. Rxa8+ Bf8 28. Bxf8 h6 29. Ba3+ Kh7 30. Bxb2 $18) 27. Qd7 Qd5
(27... Rd8 $11) 28. Kh2 (28. Ra7 Rd8 29. Qe7 Re8 $11) 28... Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 {After Adams and
Topalov stopped playing the Benko almost a decade ago, the gambit went into a
decline and became a very rare guest at the higher level. Therefore Bologan
using it in Biel no less than 3 times came as a surprise. Although it brought
the out-of-form Moldavian GM only grief, the positions were perhaps not so
clear as the results indicate.} 7. e4 ({Another important line is} 7. g3 d6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rb1 {and now:} Nbd7 (10... Bc8 11. Nd2 $5 Bf5 12. e4 Bc8
$6 (12... Bg4 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Qc8 15. Nc4 Rb8 16. Na5 Bd7 17. O-O c4 18. Nc6
Bxc6 19. dxc6 e6 20. Rd1 Ng4 21. Bg5 Qc7 {Happel,H (2254)-Kohler,A (2298)/
Amsterdam/2002/} 22. a4 $5 $36 {[%cal Rc3b5]}) {was an unusual novelty, but
White quickly returned the pawn for a powerful initiative after} 13. O-O Ba6
14. Re1 Nfd7 15. Nf3 Bc4 16. Bf4 $1 Nb6 17. e5 Bxa2 18. Ra1 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxa1
20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxa1 d5 22. e6 $1 fxe6 23. Bh3 e5 24. Nxe5 Qf6 25. Qa7 $18 {
->,Wang,H (2739)-Bologan,V (2732)/Biel/2012/}) 11. O-O Qa5 {is the more
customary choice:} 12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Rd1 Nfd7 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Be1 Rfb8
16. Qc1 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. h3 Bc8 19. b3 c4 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qe3 cxb3 22.
axb3 Qd8 23. Na4 Nf6 24. Bf2 Bf5 25. Rbc1 Rb4 26. g4 Bd7 27. Rc6 Rab8 28. Rd3 {
Korobov,A (2660)-Caruana,F (2736)/Moscow/2012/} h5 $5 $13) 12... Bb7 (12...
Rfb8 13. Qc2 {Kramnik,V (2807)-Topalov,V (2743)/Wijk aan Zee/2003/ This game
seriously affected the popularity of the whole Benko Gambit. See the more
detailed notes in CBM 93}) 13. Qc2 Qa7 $5 14. e4 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Ng4 16. Be1 Rfb8
17. b3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. h3 $6 (19. a4 $1 $13 {/+/=}) 19... c4 $36 20. b4
Nd3 21. a3 $6 (21. b5 $142 $132) 21... Bc8 22. Ra1 Bd7 23. Ra2 Qd4 24. Ne2 Nxe1
25. Nxd4 $2 (25. Rxe1 Qd3 $36) 25... Nxc2 26. Nxc2 Ba4 $19 {[%cal Ra4b3] Le
Quang,L (2693)-Bologan,V (2732)/Astana blitz/2012/}) 7... Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9.
Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 {A rare idea, which Carlsen connects
with the plan of building an outpost on b5. It also stops the Ra6, Qa8, e6
plan, which Black employed after the more usual moves.} ({These are} 12. Re1) (
{or} 12. h3 {The two continuations occurred in an absolute majority of the
games which feature our position. As White mostly plays both moves in quick
succession, the lines often transpose into each other.}) 12... Qb6 ({The
typical Benko move is} 12... Qa5 {, but perhaps it's not ideal:} 13. Bd2 $5 (
13. a4 Rfb8 {prevents Nb5 for the time being...} 14. Bd2 $6 (14. Ra3 $142 $5)
14... Rxb2 $1 15. Nd1 Rxd2 16. Nxd2 Nxe4 (16... Nxd5 $5 $36) 17. Nc4 Qb4 18.
Ndb2 $2 (18. Rc1 $13) 18... Nc3 19. Qxe7 Ne5 $1 20. Qxd6 Nxc4 21. Qc6 Ne3+ 22.
fxe3 Qe4+ 23. Kh3 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Rb8 $19 {Ramirez,A (2559)-Leon Hoyos,M (2579)/
Vancouver/2012/}) (13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Ra7 (15... Rfd8 $1 $44 {
[%cal Rf6d5] shows up White's 13th move as rather premature.}) 16. Rd1 Rd8 17.
Qe2 Rad7 18. Qf3 c4 19. Be3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 (21. Bb6 $1 $14) 21...
Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc1 Bxb2 24. Rxc4 Ba3 25. Rc3 Ra5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2837)
-Andreikin,D (2700)/Astana blitz/2012/}) (13. Bf4 Ng4 14. Nd2 Nge5 15. Bxe5 (
15. Be3 Rfb8 16. f4 $2 Ng4 17. Qxg4 Rxb2 18. Ne2 Rxd2 19. Bxd2 Qxd2 20. Rad1
Qc2 $17 {Gerusel,M-Pedersen,K/Grossenbrode 1971/}) 15... Bxe5 $5 (15... Nxe5
16. f4 Nd7 17. Nc4 $14) 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Nxe5 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Nxe5 19. b3 Rfb8 (
19... Ra3 $44) 20. Rhc1 Nd3 $6 21. Rc3 Nb4 22. a3 Ra7 23. Kf1 Rba8 24. a4 Rb8
25. f3 Rab7 26. Ke1 $14 {Yarmonov,I (2324)-Matijasevic,I (2104)/Split/2012/
The Ukrainian IM Yarmonov often plays the 12.Qe2 line.}) 13... Rab8 (13... Qb4
14. Rab1 Rfb8 15. Rhc1 Ng4 16. b3 Qa3 17. Ne1 $1 Ngf6 18. Nc2 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6
20. f3 Ne8 21. a4 Nc7 22. Na3 Ne5 23. Ncb5 Nxb5 24. Nxb5 $16 {Yarmonov,I (2277)
-Cocogne,L (1965)/Turin/2006/ In this game White achieved his strategic ideal.}
) 14. b3 Qa8 15. Rac1 $14 e6 $6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bf4 Rb6 18. Rhd1 d5 19. Ne5
Ra6 20. a4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxc5 d4+ 24. Qe4 $18 {Horvath,
C (2505)-Gibicar,D (2085)/Vienna/2012/}) (12... Ng4 $5 13. Nd2 Ngf6 14. Nc4 Nb6
15. a4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qa5 17. Bd2 (17. Nb5 Rfb8 {[%cal Rb8b5] /\} 18. Ra3 Qb4 $1
$132) 17... Rfb8 18. Ra2 Nd7 19. Qe2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Rb1 Rb4 (21... c4 $5
$44 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 22. b3 c4 23. Rab2 (23. bxc4 $142 Rxc4 24. Rb7 $14) 23...
cxb3 $2 (23... h5 24. bxc4 Rxc4 $11) 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Kf8 26. Rb4 $14 {
Yarmonov,I (2340)-Tocklin,T (1885)/Bialystok/2010/}) (12... Qc7 13. Bf4 Rfb8
14. Rab1 Rb6 15. Rhc1 Qb7 16. Rc2 e6 (16... Nh5 17. Bd2 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxa2 $132
) 17. Rd1 (17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxd6 $5 Rxd6 19. e5 $14) 17... exd5 18. exd5 Re8
19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. b3 Nf6 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Bg5 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25.
Rc4 $14 {Yarmonov,I (2340)-Matijasevic,I (2101)/Bialystok/2010/}) 13. a4 $5 (
13. h3 e6 $5 14. Rd1 exd5 15. exd5 Rfe8 16. Qb5 (16. Qd3 $142 $14 {/<=>}) 16...
Qa7 17. Qc6 $2 Rac8 18. Qxd6 Nh5 19. g4 Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rc8d8]} 20.
gxh5 Nxf3 $2 (20... Rcd8 $17) 21. Qg3 Nd4 22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Rab1 Rcd8 24. Kh2 $14
{Tregubov,P (2545)-Barkhagen,J (2400)/Gausdal/1994/}) (13. Re1 Rfb8 14. e5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Rb7 17. Qe2 Ne8 18. Bd2 Nd6 19. b3 Qa6 $1 20. Rac1 Qxe2
21. Rxe2 c4 $44 {1/2,Sosonko,G (2525)-Topalov,V (2670)/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) (
13. Rd1 Qa6 $5 {A typical Benko motif - the queen swap limits White's
attacking potential without reducing Black's queenside chances.} (13... Rfb8
14. Rb1 Ne8 15. Bd2 Qa6 $5 16. Qe3 Nc7 17. b3 Rb7 18. Qg5 Bf6 19. Qh6 Nb5 20.
Nxb5 Qxb5 21. a4 Qd3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 (22... Qc2 $5) 23. Bxe3 Rab8 24. Nd2 Bc3 $132
{Muse,D (2230)-Boehle,L/Bundesliga/1991/}) 14. Qc2 (14. Qxa6 Rxa6 15. Nd2 Rb8
16. a3 Nb6 17. Ra2 Ng4 18. Ne2 f5 $1 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nf4 Na4 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Re1 c4 23. Nf1 Bh6 $1 $15 {Ivanov,I (2515)-Alburt,L (2570)/Hastings/1983/})
14... Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. b3 (17. Be3 Nc4 18. Rac1 Rfb8 19. b3
Na3 20. Qd2 c4 21. Qe2 h6 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. Rc2 Na3 24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. Rcc1 Rb4
$11 {Gerusel,M (2425)-Giorgadze,T (2535)/Dortmund/1979/}) 17... Rab8 18. Rb1
Rfc8 19. Be3 Qa5 (19... Rb4 $5 $44 {[%cal Yc5c4]}) 20. Ne2 Qb4 $6 21. Bd2 Qb5
22. Bc3 $36 {Kristiansen,E (2220)-Finnlaugsson,G (2072)/Reykjavik/2011/}) 13...
Rfb8 (13... Ng4 $6 14. Nd2 Ngf6 15. Nc4 Qb4 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nb5
e6 19. Bc3 exd5 20. exd5 Rfe8 21. Qf3 Nd7 22. Rhe1 Ne5 23. Bxe5 (23. Qd1 $5 $16
) 23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Qe2 $14 {Thorfinnsson,B (2421)-Rodriguez
Guerrero,E (2454)/England/2012/}) 14. Nb5 ({In the last round we saw} 14. Bd2
Ne8 (14... Qb3 15. Rhb1 $14 e6 $2 16. Ra3 Qb7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Rd1
e5 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Ng5 $18 {Bhat,V (2549)-Tirard,H (2451)/Metz/2010/}) 15.
Rhb1 Nc7 16. Nd1 $146 (16. Ra3 Qa6 17. Qd1 Ne5 $5 (17... Nb6 18. b3 $14) 18.
Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qc2 Rb6 20. Nd1 Rab8 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 (22. Nxc3 $142 Qa5 23.
b3 Rb4 $44) 22... Rb4 23. b3 Qb7 24. Rb2 f5 25. f3 fxe4 26. fxe4 e6 $36 {
1/2,Elsness,F (2499)-Byklum,B (2251)/NOR-chT/2012/}) 16... Qa6 17. Qxa6 Rxa6
18. a5 f5 19. exf5 Nxd5 (19... gxf5 $142 20. Nh4 (20. Ne3 f4 21. gxf4 Nf6 $13)
20... f4 $5 21. Bxf4 Nxd5 22. Bd2 e6 $14 {/<=>}) 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Ra4 Nb4 22.
Ne3 Rb5 23. b3 e6 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Rc1 $1 $14 {|^,Nakamura,H 
(2778)-Bologan,V (2732)/Biel/2012/}) 14... Ne8 15. Bg5 $146 ({The developing
text move seems more to the point than} 15. Nd2 Qa6 16. Ra3 Nc7 17. Re1 Nxb5
18. axb5 Qb7 (18... Qb6 $5 {/\} 19. Nb1 Ra5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Na3 Qb4 $44) 19.
Nb1 $1 $14 Rxa3 20. Nxa3 Nb6 21. Rd1 Re8 22. f3 Qa8 23. Qc2 Bd4 24. Rd3 e6 $6
25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Be3 $16 {Aliavdin,N (2382)-Licznerski,L (2269)/Lazy/2012/})
15... Qd8 (15... h6 $6 16. Bxe7 Rb7 (16... f6 $2 17. Nh4 Kf7 18. Nxg6 $1 Kxg6
19. Qg4+ $18) 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. f4 Rxe7 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Rhf1 Nc7
22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. a5 Rae8 24. a6 Bg7 25. a7 Ra8 26. Ra6 $16 {Shaw,P (2168)
-Ledger,S (2089)/GBR-ch North Shields/2012/ Curiously enough, this game was
played on the same day!}) (15... Kf8 16. Qc2 {[%cal Yf3d2,Yd2c4]} Nc7 17. Nxc7
Qxc7 18. Rab1 $14 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yg5d2,Yd2c3]}) 16. Ra3 (16. Ra2 h6 (16... Nc7 $5
{/\} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxc7 Ra5 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 19. Rha1 Nf6 20. Nb5 Qxe4 $13)
17. Bd2 Nc7 18. Nxc7 (18. Rha1 Nxb5 19. axb5 Rxa2 20. Rxa2 Qb6 21. Bc3 Nf6 22.
Nd2 Nd7 $5 $132) 18... Qxc7 19. Rb1 Rb3 $44) 16... Nb6 {Black ignores play on
the b-file and starts a more complex plan of undermining White's centre.} ({
However, this backfires in the end, so} 16... h6 17. Bf4 Nc7 18. Rha1 (18. Nc3
$5) 18... Ra5 $14 {[%cal Gb8b2] /<=> possibly promises better counterchances.})
17. b3 (17. a5 $5 Nd7 18. Rha1 $14) 17... Qd7 18. Ra2 (18. Rd1 Nxd5 $5 19. exd5
Rxb5 20. Qxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxe7 Rb7 $44) 18... f6 {Bologan follows his idea.} (
18... h6 19. Bc1 Nc7 {now favours White after} 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Bb2 $36) 19.
Bc1 f5 20. exf5 (20. Re1 fxe4 (20... Rb7 $5) 21. Qxe4 Nf6 22. Qxe7 Qxe7 23.
Rxe7 Nbxd5 {[%cal Rd5e7,Rb8b5]} 24. Ree2 Nb4 $14 {/<=>}) 20... gxf5 (20... Qxf5
21. Rd1 {also doesn't solve Black's problems:} Nf6 (21... Nxd5 22. Qc4 Rxb5 (
22... e6 23. g4 Qf6 24. Ng5 Rxb5 25. Qxb5 Nf4+ (25... Nc3 26. Qb7 Nc7 27. Qxc7
Nxa2 28. Be3 $18) 26. Kg3 Nc7 27. Qc4 $16) 23. axb5 Rxa2 24. Rxd5 Qf7 (24...
Qc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. b6 Nf6 27. Bg5 $1 Nd7 $8 28. Bxe7 Nxb6 29. Rxd6 $18 {
[%csl Rb6]}) 25. b6 e6 26. Rd3 $16 {[%cal Rb3b4,Yf3g5]}) (21... Bf6 22. h3 $16
{[%cal Yg3g4,Yc1b2] /\} Nxd5 23. Qc4 Rxb5 (23... e6 24. g4 Qb1 25. Re2 $18) 24.
axb5 Rxa2 25. Rxd5 Qe6 26. b6 $40) 22. Qxe7 (22. Nc7 $5 $36) 22... Nfxd5 23.
Qe1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 $16 {[%csl Ge6,Re7,
Rf5] Although Black's pieces are active, he can't effectively attack the
advanced e6-pawn and this in connection with the weakness on f5 (both pawn and
square) and consequently e7 give White a sizeable advantage.} Ne4 (23... f4 24.
Bxf4 Nbd5 {[%cal Rb8b5]} 25. Rc2 Nxf4+ 26. gxf4 Nh5 27. Rc4 Rf8 28. Nc7 $16)
24. Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 64] In the following short skirmish the tactics work in
White's favour.} c4 ({The passive} 24... Rf8 25. a5 $1 {[%csl Ga5]} Ra6 {
gives White a pleasant choice:} 26. Ra3 (26. Be3 Nc3 27. Nxc3 Bxc3 28. Bh6 Bg7
29. Bg5 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. axb6 Rxa2 32. b7 Rf8 33. Nxf5 $18) 26... Na8 27.
Ra4 {[%cal Rg3g4]} Nc3 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Rd3 Bd4 30. Rf3 $18) 25. bxc4 Nxc4 {
[%cal Rb8b5]} 26. Nc7 $1 Nc3 $8 (26... Ra7 27. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Rh4f5]}) (26...
Ra5 27. Nd5 Rxd5 (27... Rb7 28. Nxf5 $18 (28. Rc2 $5)) 28. Rxd5 Nc3 29. Rc2
Nxd5 30. Rxc4 $18 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Rh4f5]}) 27. Nxa8 Nxa2 (27... Rxa8 28. Rc2
Nxd1 29. Rxc4 $18) (27... Nxd1 28. Nc7 Nc3 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Na6 Nxa4 (30... Ra8
31. Nb4 Rxa4 32. Nc6 $18) 31. Nxf5 $16) 28. Nc7 Nc3 ({A more testing move was} 
28... Rb1 29. Nxf5 Bf8 (29... Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxc1 31. Nxe7+ Kf8 (31... Kh8 32.
Ng6+) 32. Ned5 $18) (29... Nxc1 30. Nxe7+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ hxg6 32. e7 Rb8 33. Rxc1
$18) 30. Nd5 Rxc1 31. Rd4 $16 Ne5 32. a5 Rc5 33. a6 Ra5 34. Nfxe7+ Bxe7 35.
Nxe7+ Kf8 36. Nd5 $40 {[%csl Ga6,Ge6]}) 29. Rd3 Rc8 (29... Rf8 30. Bg5 $18) 30.
Nb5 (30. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Nb6 32. Rb5 Nxa4 33. Bg5 $18) 30... Nxb5 (30...
Nxa4 31. Nxf5 Bf6 32. g4 $16 {/+-}) 31. axb5 Rc5 (31... Ne5 32. Rd1 Bf6 (32...
Rc5 33. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) 33. Nxf5 (33. Bh6 $5 {[%csl Rg8]}) 33... Rc5 34.
b6 Rb5 35. Ne3 $5 Rxb6 36. Nd5 $18) 32. Rb3 $18 {Black has managed to save the
f5-pawn for the time being, but now he can't cope with the passed b-pawn.} Na5
33. Rb1 Bd4 (33... Bf6 34. b6 Nb7 35. Bh6 {[%cal Yb1b3,Yb3f3]} Bxh4 36. Ra1 $1
Ra5 37. Rxa5 Nxa5 38. gxh4 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yg2b5]}) 34. b6 Nb7 35. Rb4
Bxf2 (35... Bf6 36. Bh6 Bxh4 37. Ra4 $18 {and White wins as in the previous
note.}) (35... Be5 36. Be3 $18) 36. Kxf2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rxc1 38. Nxf5 Rf1+ (38...
Kf8 39. Ra4 Rc8 40. Rf4 $18) 39. Kg4 Nc5 (39... Re1 40. Rc4 Rxe6 41. Rc7 $18)
40. b7 (40. b7 h5+ 41. Kg5 Nxe6+ 42. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Hummel, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 {Trying to confuse low-rated opponent by
rare variation} d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O bxc4 9. Nfd2 $146 {
[%cal Gd2c4,Yb1c3]} (9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Ne8 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. Be2 Qd7 16. b3 a5 17. a4 Na6 $11 {0-1 Meduna,
E-Hebden,M/Biel 1983 (44)}) 9... e6 $1 {Black choose the right way using
backwardness of white in development.} 10. Nxc4 (10. Nc3 $6 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5
$15) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Re8 {I guees that my opponent was afraided of
high-rated opponent and didn't want to riscue himself by 11...Nd5.Probably
that was the refutation of whites opening strategy. But after 11...Re8 white
gets wanted setup with Nc4 and Nc3.} (11... Nxd5 $142 12. Bf3 Nb4 13. Qd2 (13.
Qd1 d5 14. Nc3 (14. a3 Ba6 $1) 14... Ba6 15. Nxd5 Bxc4 16. Nxb4 Bxf1 17. Qxf1
Nd7 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 $15 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1,Gg7]}) 13... d5 14. Nc3 Ba6 (14... Bd4 15.
Ne3 N8c6 16. a3 $13) 15. Nxd5 Bxc4 16. Nxb4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nd7 19.
Bxa8 cxb4 20. Bf3 a5 $11) 12. Nc3 Na6 13. a3 (13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Qd2 Ne4 $1) 13...
Nc7 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6] xd6} Bf8 16. b3 (16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Rc8
$132) 16... Rb8 17. Rab1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bf3 {[%cal Gc4e3]} Bd7 20. Ne3 (
20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Bf5 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qb4 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 g5 $5 25. Bg3
Nxd5 26. Qg4 $44) 20... a5 21. g4 $5 {xf5} a4 $1 $132 22. bxa4 Ra8 $6 (22...
Qa5 $142 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nc4 Qa6 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rg4] xg4,a4}) 23. Rdc1 Rxa4
24. Nc4 Ra6 25. h3 h5 26. Bg5 $1 {Finally I found some target in position of
black.} hxg4 27. hxg4 Be7 $2 {Black still doesn't feel a danger.} (27... Bg7
$142 28. Qd1 (28. Rb7 Qc8 29. Rb6 Rxb6 30. Nxb6 Qc7 $15) (28. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2f4]
/\Qf4} Qa8 $1 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qf4 Qd8 $1 (30... Be5 $15) 31. Nxd6 $140 g5 {
/\Be5}) (28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qc8 $1 $15) 28... Qc7 $11 {[%cal Gf6e4] /\Ne4})
28. Re1 $1 {[%cal Rg5d8][%mdl 64] x/^ g5-d8} Nxg4 (28... Bxg4 29. Rxe7 (29.
Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Qe2 Bxg5 (30... Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxg5 32. Qxa6 $16) 31. Qxe8+ Qxe8
32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Rb6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga3]}) 29... Rxe7 (29... Qxe7 30. Bxg4 Qe4
31. Qxe4 Nxe4 (31... Rxe4 $2 32. Bxf6 $1 {[%csl Rg8]}) 32. Bd7 $16) 30. Bxf6
Bxf3 (30... Bf5 {[%tqu "En","","","","g1g2","",10]} 31. Kg2 $3 $18 {[%cal
Gb1h1,Gh1h8]}) 31. Qc3 $18) 29. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Rxe7 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Bxg4
Bxg4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qb2 Kh6 $2 (33... f6 $142 {Missing last chance.} 34. Rb7
Bd7 35. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc4b6] /\Nb6} (35. Nb6 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Qe4 37. Qb3 $1 Qg4+
38. Kf1 c4 39. Qe3 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qxd5+ 41. f3 $14) 35... Kg8 36. Nb6 Rxb6 37.
Rxb6 $16 {[%cal Gc3e3,Gc3g3] /\Qe3,/\Qg3}) 34. Rh8+ Kg5 35. Qd2+ Kf6 36. Qc3+
Kg5 37. Qd2+ Kf6 38. Qf4+ Bf5 39. Ne3 {[%cal Re3g4] /\Ng4} (39. Ne3 Qe4 40.
Ng4+ Ke7 41. Qg5+) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O (9... Nfd7 $5 $146 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 N8d7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. e4 (
13. b3 $6 Bxe2 $1 14. Qxe2 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. h4 Nf6 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Be3 Rfb8
19. Rbc1 Qd8 20. Rc2 Ra7 21. Bc1 Rba8 22. Nh3 $13 {Ezat,M-Kasparov,S/Abu Dhabi/
2003/}) 13... Nc4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Ne5 16. Be1 Qb6 17. Rab1 c4 18. b4 cxb3
19. Qxb3 Qa7 20. a4 Bc4 21. Qc2 Rfc8 22. Rb4 Rab8 $44 {Burmakin,V-Kasparov,S/
Deizisau op/2003/}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 Nb6 (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 Nb6
13. Nh4 Nfd7 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Rfc1 Bc4 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. b3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qxe2
19. Re1 Qa6 20. a4 c4 21. a5 {El Arousy,A-Sadathajafi,M/Abu Dhabi/2003/} c3 $1
22. Bxc3 Rac8 23. Re3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxa5 $15) 12... Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Rfe1
Nc7 15. a4 $1 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7
Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. a5 $36
{Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 12. b3 Ne8 $5 (12... Ra7 13. Re1 (13.
a4 Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Ba1 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1
Ne8 $6 (19... c4 $5 $132) 20. Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6
24. e4 Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 $16 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan
Zee/1999/}) 13... Qa8 14. e4 Bb7 (14... Ng4 $142 $5 15. Bb2 Rb8 $13) 15. a4 Rc8
16. Bh3 Nfd7 17. Nb5 Ra6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Qd2 c4 20. Rec1 Nc5 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22.
bxc4 Nbxa4 23. Qe3 $18 {Bacrot,E-Fontaine,R/FRA-ch Val d'Isere/2002/}) 13. Bb2
Nc7 14. Qd2 $146 (14. Nh4 Bb7 (14... Qd7 15. Qd2 Nb5 (15... Ra7 16. Rfe1 Nb5
17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a4 Qe8 20. e4 f6 21. f4 e5 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. a5
$16 {Pytel,K-Bielczyk,J/POL-chT/1975/}) 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfe1
Bb7 19. a4 $1 $16 (19. e4 Qb4 $1 20. Qb2+ Kg8 21. Nf3 Ra3 22. Bf1 Rfa8 23. Ra1
Qa5 24. Re2 Ba6 $44 {1/2,Kiseleva,N-Kummerow,H/Recklinghausen/2002/})) 15. Qd2
(15. e4 $5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxa2 17. Ra1 $14) 15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 (16. Qxc3 $142
f6 17. e4 Rxa2 18. Ra1 $14) 16... Nbxd5 17. Ba1 Ra7 18. b4 Nf6 $1 19. Bxf6 exf6
20. Rfd1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Ne6 $132 {1/2,Timoshenko,G-Derjabin,I/Alushta/2001/})
14... Ra7 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. e4 Qa8 (16... f5 17. Ng5 $5 $36) 17. a4 Nd7 (17...
f5 $2 18. exf5 Ncxd5 19. Nb5 $16) 18. Nd1 (18. Nb5 $5 Nxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
axb5 Ra5 21. Bf1 $14 {[%cal Rb3b4] /\b4|^}) 18... Nf6 $1 {Black must try to
avoid exchanges and keep both White's [+] and << under pressure.} (18... Bxb2
19. Nxb2 Nb6 20. b4 $5 (20. Qh6 f6 21. Nd2 $16) 20... Nxa4 21. Nxa4 Rxa4 22.
bxc5 dxc5 23. Ne5 $16) 19. Bc3 (19. b4 cxb4 (19... Rxa4 20. bxc5 Nxe4 21. Rxe4
Rxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qb2+ $16) 20. Qxb4 Na6 (20... Rxa4 $2 21. Qb6 $16 {
wins a piece.}) 21. Qd2 Nc5 $132) 19... Rb8 20. Nb2 {[%mdl 64] Now the
position explodes tactically and Black gets a lot of play.} (20. Qc2 $5 {
[%cal Rd1e3,Re3c4] /\Ne3-c4} e6 21. dxe6 Nxe6 (21... Bxe4 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. Qd2
$1 Qd5 24. Bxf6 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxb1 26. Be7+ Kxf7 27. Bxd6 $16) 22. Nd2 $14)
20... Nxe4 {Gains a handful of P and activity for the piece. Although the
sacrifice probably isn't fully correct, it certainly was a shock for White.}
21. Rxe4 Bxd5 $6 (21... Bxc3 $142 22. Qxc3 Nxd5 (22... Bxd5 23. Rxe7 Nb5 24.
Rxa7 Nxc3 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Re1 $18) 23. Qe1 Nc3 24. Rxe7 Nxb1 25. Qxb1 Bxf3
26. Rxa7 $1 (26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rxa7 Qxb3 28. Re7 c4 $1 $11) 26... Qxa7 27. Bxf3
Rxb3 28. Bd5 $14 {/+/-}) 22. Re3 $2 (22. Rxe7 $1 Bxc3 (22... Bxf3 23. Qf4 $1
Bd5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd1 $1 $18) 23. Qxc3 Rxb3 24. Qf6 Ne8 25. Rxe8+ $5 (25.
Rxa7 Qxa7 26. Qd8 Rb8 27. Qh4 $16) 25... Qxe8 26. Nd2 Bxg2 27. Nxb3 $16 {
White remains a piece up and Black has no real compensation.}) 22... Bh6 $44
23. Nd3 Ne6 (23... e5 24. Nde1 Rxa4 $5 (24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 {/\} Rxa4 $2 26.
Nxe5 $1 Bxg2 27. Nd7 Nd5 28. Qh6 $40) 25. Qd1 Ra3 $13) 24. Qd1 Bxe3 25. fxe3
Ng5 $5 26. Nxg5 (26. Nde1 Ne4 $36) 26... Bxg2 27. Qg4 (27. Nf4 Bc6 28. Qg4 e5
29. Qh3 f5 $1 $36) (27. Nf2 $5 Qd5 (27... Bc6 28. Ng4 $40) 28. e4 $14) 27...
Rxa4 $5 28. Qxa4 Qxa4 29. bxa4 Rxb1+ 30. Kxg2 Rb3 31. Ne4 f5 32. Nc1 Rb1 (32...
Ra3 $5 33. Bb2 Rxa4 34. Nc3 Rb4 $14 {/~~}) 33. Nxd6 $1 Rxc1 $6 (33... exd6 34.
Ne2 Rb3 35. a5 Ra3 $13) 34. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Ga4] o^a4} Rc2+ 35. Kf3 $1 Rxh2 36.
a5 Ra2 37. Kf4 {[%cal Rf4e5,Re5c5] /\Ke5-d5-c5} Ra4+ 38. Ke5 h5 $1 (38... Re4+
$2 39. Kd5 Rxe3 40. a6 Re2 41. Kxc5 Ra2 42. Kb6 g5 43. a7 {[%cal Rc3a5] /\Ba5+-
} Rxa7 44. Nxa7 $18) 39. Nc7 $6 (39. Kd5 $142 $5 g5 40. Kxc5 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4
42. Nd4 $1 (42. Kb6 $2 f4 $1 {[%csl Gh4] o^h4} 43. Nd4 Rxd4 44. Bxd4 h3 $19)
42... f4 (42... h3 43. Nf3 Ra3 44. Kb4 $16) 43. exf4 h3 44. Nf3 Ra2 $5 $14 {/\}
(44... Rxf4 45. Nh2 Rf2 46. Be5 $16) 45. Kb5 e5 $5 (45... h2 46. Nxh2 Rxh2 47.
a6 Ra2 48. Kb6 $18) (45... Rf2 46. a6 Rxf3 47. a7 $18) 46. a6 $1 (46. Bxe5 $2
Rf2 47. a6 Rxf3 $19) 46... e4 47. Nh2 $5 Kf7 $1 48. Kb6 Rxh2 49. a7 Ra2 50. Ba5
Rxa5 $1 51. Kxa5 h2 $11) 39... Ra3 (39... g5 40. Kxf5 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. a6
h3 43. Be5 Kf7 $14) 40. Bd2 ({After} 40. Nb5 Ra2 $1 {Black has an extra tempo,
compared to 39.Kd5-this should be sufficient to draw easily.} (40... Rb3 $2 41.
a6 Rxb5 42. a7 $18) (40... Ra4 41. Kd5 {-39.Kd5}) 41. Kd5 (41. Ke6 $5) 41... g5
42. Kxc5 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Nd4 h3 (44... f4 $5) 45. Nf3 h2 46. Nxh2 Rc2 $1
47. Kc4 Rxh2 48. a6 Ra2 49. Kb5 Kf7 50. Kb6 Ra3 51. Ba5 Rb3+ 52. Kc5 Rb8 53.
Kc6 Ra8 54. Kb7 Rxa6 55. Kxa6 Ke6 56. Bb4 f4 57. exf4 Kf5 58. Bd2 e5 $11) 40...
c4 41. a6 $6 {Now White will have to fight for a draw.} (41. Nd5 $142 $14)
41... c3 42. Bxc3 (42. Bc1 $2 Ra1 $19) (42. Be1 c2 43. Bd2 Ra1 44. e4 e6 $5 $15
) 42... Rxc3 43. a7 Rxe3+ 44. Kf4 Re4+ 45. Kf3 (45. Kg5 $4 Kh7 46. a8=Q Rg4#)
45... Ra4 46. a8=Q+ Rxa8 47. Nxa8 $15 Kf7 (47... g5 48. Nb6 e5 49. Nd7 (49. Nc4
e4+ 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Nd6 Kg6 52. Kd4 Kf6 $1 $17) 49... e4+ 50. Ke3 Kf7 51. Nc5
Kf6 (51... Kg6 52. Nxe4 fxe4 53. Kxe4 Kf6 54. Kf3 {/\} Kf5 55. g4+ $1 $11) 52.
Kd4 (52. Nxe4+ $2 fxe4 53. Kxe4 Ke6 $22 $19) 52... Kg6 (52... h4 53. gxh4 gxh4
54. Nxe4+ $11) 53. Ke5 (53. Nxe4 $11) 53... e3 54. Nd3 e2 55. Kd4 h4 56. gxh4
gxh4 57. Ke3 $11) 48. Nb6 g5 (48... e5 49. Nd7 Ke6 50. Nf8+ $11) 49. Nd7 Ke6
50. Nf8+ Ke5 51. Nh7 g4+ 52. Ke3 e6 (52... f4+ 53. gxf4+ Kf5 54. Nf8 h4 55. Kf2
e6 56. Kg2 $11) (52... h4 53. gxh4 f4+ 54. Kf2 Kf5 55. h5 g3+ (55... e5 56. h6
Kg6 57. Ng5 Kxh6 58. Nf7+ $11) 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. h6 f3+ (57... Kh5 58. Ng5 Kxh6
59. Ne6 $11) 58. Kg1 f2+ (58... Kh5 59. Ng5 $11) 59. Kf1 Kh5 60. Ng5 Kxh6 61.
Ne4 $11) 53. Nf8 Kf6 54. Nd7+ Kg5 (54... Ke7 $6 55. Ne5 Kd6 56. Kf4 Kd5 57. Nf7
Kd4 58. Ng5 Kd5 59. Nh7 Kd4 60. Nf6 e5+ $8 61. Kxf5 h4 62. gxh4 g3 63. Ne4 g2
64. Ng5 Ke3 65. Nh3 Kf3 66. h5 Kg3 67. Ng1 Kf2 $11) 55. Nc5 e5 56. Ne6+ Kg6 (
56... Kf6 57. Nc5 Ke7 58. Nd3 Kd6 59. Kf2 Kd5 60. Ke3 $11) 57. Nc5 h4 $5 {
The last try, otherwise White draws easily.} (57... Kg5 58. Nd3 (58. Ne6+ $11)
58... e4 59. Ne1 h4 60. gxh4+ Kxh4 61. Kf4 $11 {-57...h4!?}) 58. gxh4 Kh5 59.
Nd3 e4 60. Ne1 Kxh4 61. Kf4 g3 62. Kxf5 Kh3 63. Kxe4 g2 64. Nxg2 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Rogozenko} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Bb7 $5 ({
A less played alternative to the more usual} 6... Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6
9. e4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nf3 {[%csl Gd5] Black's idea is to deny White's
pieces the d5 outpost.}) 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 {Rogozenko: 'This system
against the 5.b6 line in Volga became popular lately. Black has a very
concrete approach - the attack of White´s pawn on d5. So far White failed to
demonstrate an advantage here, so I decided to play a completely new plan: to
sacrifice the pawn on d5 and try to organize an attack on the kingside. '} 9.
a4 (9. Bg5 $6 {Rogozenko} Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. a4 Nxb6 13. Ba2
Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxg5 15. Nxb6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxb6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Lomineishvili,
M-Jaehnisch,F/Chemnitz 1998/EXT 99 (20)}) 9... a5 $5 {The best reaction. It's
better not to give White too much space on the <<, as he will be able to stop
any counterplay by Black and concentrate on the Black >>:} (9... Qxb6 10. Bc4 (
10. a5 Qc7 11. Bc4 Be7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. f4 Qd8 15. Qd3 Ne8 16. g4
Nc7 17. Bd2 Re8 18. g5 Bf8 19. h4 Rb8 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. b3 g6 22. Nce4 f5 23.
gxf6 Nxf6 24. Ng5 Bg7 25. Rae1 h6 26. Qxg6 hxg5 27. fxg5 Ng4 {1-0,Knaak,
R-Mainka,R/GER-CupT/1991}) 10... Nbd7 11. f4 $1 Be7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Rab8
14. a5 Qa7 15. Ng3 Qa8 16. b3 Ne8 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Ra2 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 g6 20. Ba1
Nc7 21. Rd2 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rf3 N5f6 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 d5 26. Bxd5
Nxd5 27. Rxd5 $16 {Shirov,A-Andruet,G/Val Maubuee/1989/}) 10. Bb5+ (10. Nf3 Be7
11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Nxb6 14. Qd3 Ne8 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Nde4 Be5 17.
Bg5 Qd7 18. Rae1 {'~~' Rogozenko.} h6 19. Bd2 Qg4 20. Nb5 Qh5 21. f4 Bb2 22.
Rb1 Bf6 23. Ng3 Qg4 24. Nf5 h5 25. Rbe1 h4 26. Ne7+ Bxe7 27. Rxe7 h3 $1 $132 {
Mikhalevski,A-Kogan,A/Budapest/1997/}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nge2 {The most usual
move, although other alternatives have been tried:} (11. Nh3 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. Re1 Nxb6 14. Nf4 Ne8 $5 (14... Nfd7 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Nc3 (16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.
Rb1 Be5 18. Nd3 Bd4 19. Bc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Qc7 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qxc6 $17 {
Ulko,J-Dubinsky,R/Moscow/1994/}) 16... Nfd7 17. Ra3 Bf6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Rh3 Nf6
20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nh5 Qd8 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Qg4 g6 24. Bg5 f5 25. Qh4 Qc7 26.
d6 Qxd6 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Rd3 $18 {Krasnov,S-Dubinsky,R/Moscow/1995/}) (14...
Rc8 15. b3 Ne8 16. Ra2 Bf6 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Rae2 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {Barsov,
A-Polgar,S/Wijk aan Zee/1997/ (30) '=' Rogozenko.}) 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nb5 Nc4 17.
Nh5 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Ne5 19. Ra3 Nxc6 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Rh3 g6 22. b3 d5 23. Nf4 Nf6
24. Ba3 Nb4 25. Nd3 Bd6 $17 {Petran,P-Sziebert,A/HUN-chT1/1995/}) (11. Bg5 Be7
12. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 13. Qg4 Qe7+ (13... h5 {Rogozenko} 14. Qf5 g6 15. Qh3 Bxc3+
16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Qg3 O-O 19. b7 Rb8 20. Qxd6 Rxb7 21. Rd1 Qb6 22.
O-O Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb6 24. h4 Rbb8 25. Nc1 Rfd8 26. Rc6 Bd7 {1/2-1/2
Chiburdanidze,M-Shinkevich,V/Perm 1997/CBM 58 (26)}) 14. Kd2 h5 15. Qh3 Bxc3+
16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Qf3 O-O 19. Qxh5 g6 20. Qh6 Nxb6 21. h4 Nc4+ 22.
Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Nf4 Rab8 $40 {Ho,A-Gershon,A/Zagan WchJ/1997/}) 11... Be7 12. O-O
(12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nf5 Nxb6 14. Ne3 {Rogozenko: 'With the same common idea -
just to defend d5 pawn.'} Ne8 15. O-O Nc7 16. Bd3 g6 $6 17. Qb3 Na6 18. Nc4 Nb4
{'~~' Rogozenko.} 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Bb5 Rec8 22. Rad1 Ba6 23. Ne4
f6 24. Qh3 f5 25. Qc3 Bf8 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Nd7 {1-0,Roeber,B-Matthey,H/
OLO-A9798/1998/}) 12... O-O 13. Ng3 {[%mdl 64] '!?' Rogozenko. A pawn
sacrifice, which however doesn't bring White an advantage. Black holds his own
in the following short tactical skirmish.} (13. Nf4 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Rxe8
Qxe8 16. Be3 (16. b3 $142 $5) 16... Qd8 17. Qf3 Qxb6 18. Rd1 Ne5 19. Qg3 Rc8
20. h3 Rc7 21. Nd3 Ned7 22. Qf3 Qa7 23. g4 Qa8 24. Nf4 Ne5 $132 {Leuly,
M-Collas,D/Montpellier/1991/}) 13... Nxb6 14. Nf5 {Rogozenko: 'This is what I
meant. I had a brief look before the game and decided to give it a try. '}
Nfxd5 (14... Nbxd5 {Rogozenko} 15. Re1 $1 $16 {and Black is completely
paralized.}) 15. Qg4 (15. Bh6 gxh6 16. Qg4+ Bg5 17. h4 (17. f4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4
Kh8 $17) 17... Kh8 $5 (17... Nf6 $2 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. Qxg5 $14) 18. hxg5 Qxg5
19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nxd6 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bd5 $15) (15. Ne4 $5 {Rogozenko} Bc8 16.
Qf3 {is another possibility.}) 15... Bf6 (15... g6 $6 16. Bh6 Bf6 (16... Nf6
17. Qg5 $5 Nfd5 18. Qg3 $36) 17. Qg3 $14 {loses the exchange}) 16. Bh6 {
'?!' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: 'This was my initial idea, but it seems that after
a forced variation it leeds only to a draw.'} (16. Ne4 {Rogozenko} Bc8 17. Rd1
{looks promising.} (17. Ra3 $5)) 16... Bc8 $1 {'[]' Rogozenko.} (16... Nxc3 17.
Bxg7 (17. Nxg7 Kh8 $1 18. Bd3 c4 $19) (17. bxc3 Bc8 $17) 17... h5 $8 18. Nh6+ (
18. Qg3 $2 Ne4) (18. Bxf6+ hxg4 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 20. bxc3 {[%csl Rd6,Rg4] ק,=/+/
=}) 18... Kh7 19. Qxh5 Kxg7 20. Nf5+ Kg8 21. bxc3 $44 {White has a guaranteed
draw and can continue his attack. (Re1-e3,Bd3 etc.)}) 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxg7 {
Rogozenko} Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxg7 19. Nxd5 {with the same position as in the game.}
) (17. Bd3 {Rogozenko it doesn´t work because of the nice reply} Ne7 $1 $17)
17... Nxd5 18. Bxg7 $8 (18. Bc6 $2 {Rogozenko} Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ne7 $19) 18...
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxg7 (19... Kxg7 {Rogozenko} 20. Qxd5 Bxb2 {is also possible.})
20. Qxd5 Bxb2 {'!' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: 'Otherwise White is clearly better.
Now Black is a pawn up which is enough compensation for his weak light-squares.
'} 21. Rae1 Qf6 22. Re4 $44 (22. Re3 $142 $5) 22... Kh8 23. Re3 {Black's extra
pawn doesn't count for much due to a strong White-square blockade, but White
doesn't have enough pieces for a successful >> attack.} (23. Re3 Bd4 24. Rf3 (
24. Rh3 Qe5) 24... Qe5 25. Bc6 $5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Ra7 27. Rb1 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 a5 $2 $146 {
A dubious novelty, which costs Black time and weakens the light squares.} (7...
g6 $142 8. Nd2 (8. a4 Bg7 9. Nd2 (9. a5 Qb4 10. Ra4 Qb7 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 Bd7
13. Ra3 Bb5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. O-O Ne8 16. Rb3 Nc7 17. Nc4 Rab8 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19.
f4 Qa7 $132 20. e5 $2 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rb4 $1 $19 {Sutter,O-Bancod,R/Wohlen/1993/}
) 9... a5 $6 (9... O-O $5) 10. Ra3 Ba6 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 O-O
14. Rb3 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rfb8 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. h4 h5 20. g3
Qd7 21. Rc3 Rc8 22. Kg2 $16 {Nicoara Etchegaray,M-Etchegaray,M/Val Thorens/
1995/}) 8... Nbd7 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 Qd8 (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rb8 13.
O-O Nb6 14. Ne3 Ne8 15. Qd2 Qa7 16. a4 Nc7 17. Bg5 Re8 18. f4 a5 19. f5 Nd7 20.
Bb5 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 Qb7 22. Nc4 Ne5 23. Nxa5 Qd7 24. Bf4 Ba6 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26.
Nc6 Bxb5 27. axb5 $1 Rxb5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Ra3 $40 {Giorgadze,G-Zlochevskij,A/
Bad Woerishofen /1998/}) 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nc4 (13. a5 Ne8 14. Nc4 Nc7
15. Na4 Nb5 $5 (15... Nf6 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nab6 (17. Be3 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nd7 19.
Qd2 Nb5 20. f4 Nd4 21. Bd1 Qc7 22. Qd3 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. Ra2 Rb4
26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxb2 28. Rd1 Bd4 $17 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Baklan,V/
Groningen/1996/}) 17... Bb5 18. Bd2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd7 20. Rb1 Nb5 21. Na3 Qc7
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. b4 c4 24. Be3 e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. f4 $13 {Shaked,T-Baklan,V/
WChJ Zagan/1997/}) 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Nab6 Nf6 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Bd3
Nd7 21. Bd2 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. h4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Ne3 c4 26. Be2 Nf6 27.
Ng4 Ne4 $36 {Hellsten,J-Baklan,V/BL 9798/1997/}) 13... Nb6 14. Na3 Ne8 15. Be3
Nc7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rab1 Bd7 18. b3 Rb7 19. Bg5 Qb8 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Nc4 Nxc4
22. Bxc4 e6 23. Rbe1 Qd8 24. Re3 e5 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Bd4 27. Kh1 Qe7 28.
Ref3 $14 {Giorgadze,G-Baklan,V/BL 9798/1997/}) 8. e4 Nbd7 (8... g6 9. e5 $36)
9. Nd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. a4 $1 $36 Ne5 {This costs Black only more time.} (
11... g6 $142 12. Nb5 Qb7 $14 {/\} 13. Nc4 Nb6) 12. Nb5 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 Qb7 14.
Nc4 $32 Nb4 (14... Nxc1 15. Rxc1 {/\e5->} Nxe4 $2 16. Qe2 f5 17. f3 $18 {
[%csl Rd6]}) 15. Bf4 Ra6 (15... Nxe4 16. Qe2 f5 17. f3 Nxd5 18. Bxd6 $1 Nef6
19. Bxc5 $16 {->}) 16. Qe2 Kd8 ({Even after} 16... g6 17. Rd1 $16 {Black will
hardly be able to get his K out off the [+].} {/\} Bg7 $2 18. Bxd6 $1 $18) 17.
Rd1 g6 18. e5 Nfxd5 (18... dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nbxd5 (19... Ke8 20. Nc6 $18) 20.
Nxf7+ Kc8 21. Nc7 $1 Nxf4 22. Qxa6 $18) 19. exd6 e6 (19... Nxf4 $2 20. dxe7+
Ke8 21. Ncd6+ $18) 20. Bg3 Bg7 21. h4 $40 Nc6 (21... h5 22. Be5 Bxe5 (22... f6
23. Nc7 $5 (23. Bc3 $16) 23... fxe5 24. Nxe6+ Kc8 25. Nxc5 Qc6 26. Nxa6 Nf4 27.
Nb6+ $1 Qxb6 28. Qc4+ Qc6 29. Rc1 $18) 23. Qxe5 Rg8 24. Nc7 $16 {/+-}) 22. h5
g5 $6 {The final mistake, but Black's position was under heavy pressure anyway.
} (22... Kc8 23. d7+ $5 Qxd7 24. Nc7 $18) (22... Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Be5 $16)
23. h6 Bf6 (23... Bf8 24. Rxd5 $1 exd5 25. Nc7 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Qxc7 27. Qxa6 $18)
24. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] A simple, but nice tactical solution.} exd5 25. Qf3 $18
{The Bf6 is trapped.} Bd4 $8 26. Nxd4 cxd4 (26... Nxd4 $2 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Ne5+
$18 {/\Qh8#}) 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ $1 (28. Qxh8 dxc4 29. Qxh7 $18 {[%csl Gh6]
o^h6}) 28... Kc8 29. d7+ Qxd7 (29... Kd8 30. Nd6 Qxd7 31. Qf6+ $18) 30. Nd6+
Kc7 31. Nb5+ $138 (31. Ne4+ $18) (31. Nb7+ $18) 31... Kc8 32. Nd6+ Kc7 33. Ne4+
Kc8 34. Qxd7+ Kxd7 35. Nc5+ {White gains a piece and the game is over.} Kc8 36.
Nxa6 Re8 37. Nc7 Re7 38. Nxd5 Re8 39. f3 d3 40. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 bxc4 ({Grachev specializes in the 4.Nd2
line and knows its nuances well - a good example of this is the following game:
} 4... Qa5 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 Ba6 7. Bxc4 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 d6 9. b3 $5 g6 10. Bb2
Bg7 11. Bc3 $1 Qa6 12. f4 $1 O-O 13. Ngf3 Qxc4 14. bxc4 Nbd7 15. O-O Nh5 (15...
e5 $142 $5) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g3 Rab8 18. Rab1 Nhf6 19. Rb3 Rb6 20. e5 $16 {
Grachev,B-Martynov,P/St Petersburg-Moscow/2003/}) 5. e4 c3 6. bxc3 g6 7. c4 d6
8. Ngf3 (8. Bb2 Bg7 9. Ngf3 (9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe6 $6 Bxe6 12. Ne2 Nc6
13. a3 Rb8 14. Bc3 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O Qf6 17. Ra2 g5 18. h3 Nge5 19. f4
gxf4 20. Nxf4 Qg5 21. Kh1 Nd4 $40 {Grachev,B-Poluljahov,A/RUS-ch Krasnodar/
2002/}) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 e5 (10... Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Nf4 12. Bh6 Nxd3+ 13. Ke2 Nb4
14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Re1 Qg7 16. a3 N4c6 17. Kf1 Nd7 18. Rb1 Nb6 19. Kg1 h6 20. e5
$1 $14 {Postny,E-Shevelev,A/Ashdod/2003/}) 11. h4 $5 (11. O-O Nh5 12. Bc2 Nd7
13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Bc3 Bd7 15. Re1 Bh6 16. Bd3 f5 $1 17. exf5 Nf4 18. Bf1 gxf5 19.
g3 Ng6 20. Nb3 Rf7 21. Nfd2 Qf8 22. Na5 Re8 23. Nc6 e4 24. a4 e3 $40 {
Moskalenko,V-Ponomariov,R/Alushta/1999/ Model play by Black in these
structures.}) 11... Nh5 12. g3 Qe8 (12... f5 $142 $5 $13) 13. Be2 f5 14. Ng5
Nf6 15. h5 $1 h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Nc6 18. hxg6 (18. Bd3 $1 $14) 18... fxe4
19. Rh4 Qxe6 (19... Qxg6 $5 $15) 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23.
Bd3 $13 {Reich,T-Bischoff,D/GER-ch Hoeckendorf/2004/}) 8... Bg7 9. Rb1 {
After the game with Poluljahov Grachev came to the conclusion the Bc1 should
stay on the c1-h6/^, as Black usually closes the [+] with e5 anyway.} O-O 10.
Bd3 e5 {A typical move in this line, ignoring White's [+] usually causes Black
problems later on:} (10... Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qc3+ Kg8 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Bc2 Nb6 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 $36 {
Ornstein,A-Brynell,S/Sollentuna/1995/}) 11. O-O (11. Nb3 Nh5 12. O-O Nf4 13.
Bxf4 exf4 14. Qd2 g5 15. g3 Bg4 16. Kg2 Nd7 17. gxf4 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Qf6 19. f5
Ne5+ 20. Kg2 g4 21. Be2 Bh6 22. Qc3 Bf4 23. h3 h5 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Rh1 Kg7 $44
{Kortschnoj,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta act/1995/}) 11... Nbd7 $5 $146 {A slight
change in the move-order, compared with Ovetchkin's choice. Black wants to
play on the >>, but doesn't do it so directly (and stubbornly).} (11... Nh5 12.
Bc2 Nf4 (12... Nd7 13. g3 Nb6 $13) 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Ne3 f5 16. a4
fxe4 $6 (16... a5 $1 $132) 17. Bxe4 Ba6 18. Qc2 Rf7 19. h4 Qe7 20. Ng5 $16 {
Grachev,B-Ovetchkin,R/RUS-ch Krasnodar/2002/}) (11... Na6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Bc2
Rb8 14. Nb3 Ba4 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Bxb3 17. Bxb3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Qc3 Nc7
20. a4 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Jones,G/WChJ U16 Heraklio/2002/}) 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bc2
{Only this in connection with White's next move is a new idea, after} (13. Nf1
Nf4 (13... f5 $2 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Ng5 Ndf6 $8 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 {[%cal
Rd3f5] /\Bf5+-} e4 18. Be2 Qe8 19. e7 $1 $18) 14. Bc2 Nb6 15. Ne3 {we have the
position from Grachev-Ovetchkin.}) 13... Nb6 14. Re3 $5 Bd7 (14... Nf4 $13) (
14... Bg4 $5 15. a4 (15. h3 Bd7 {[%cal Yh5f4] /\Nf4|^>>}) 15... Bh6 $13) (14...
Bh6 15. Rc3 Bd7 $11) 15. a4 a5 16. Reb3 Ra6 $1 {[%cal Rd7a4] /\Ba4} (16... Nxa4
17. Nf1 f5 18. Bd2 $44 {[%csl Ra4] פa4}) 17. Ra3 Bh6 18. Bb2 Qe8 {[%cal Yf7f5]
/\f5} (18... f5 19. exf5 $16 {/\} gxf5 $2 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qxh5 Bxd2 22. Rg3+
Kh8 23. Bxe5+ $18) (18... Be8 19. Bc3 f5 $13 {was interesting, Black prevents
the tactic from the game and his Ra6 may rejoin the attack via a7. On the
other hand his B belongs on the c8-h3/^.}) (18... Ng7 $5 {[%cal Rf7f5] /\f5})
19. Bc3 f5 $6 {Consistent, but Black should have rather admitted his mistake
with} (19... Qd8 $14 {/<=>~~}) 20. exf5 {Opening the position helps Black to
get more counterchances.} (20. Bxa5 $142 $5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rxa5 22. Rb6 {
[%cal Rd2c4] /\Nc4|^+/-}) 20... gxf5 21. Bxa5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rxa5 23. Rb6 e4 24.
Nc4 Ra7 25. Nxd6 $6 {[%mdl 64] White starts to falter, inviting tactical
complications is downright dangerous and moreover not necessary.} (25. Nfd2 Nf6
26. Nxd6 Qe5 27. Nb5 $14) (25. Nfe5 $142 $5 dxe5 26. Rxh6 Nf4 (26... Nf6 27.
Qd2 $40) 27. f3 $36 {/+/-}) 25... Qd8 $1 (25... Qe7 $2 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Rxh6
Bg4 28. d6 $16) 26. Rb7 $2 (26. Nc8 $1 Bf4 $5 27. Nxa7 Qxb6 $15) 26... Rxb7 27.
Nxb7 Qc7 28. d6 (28. Ne5 Qxe5 29. Qxh5 Qb2 $17) 28... Qxb7 29. Ne5 (29. Bb3+ $2
Kg7 30. Ne5 Nf6 $19 {keeps White's Ra3 offside.}) 29... Nf6 (29... Nf4 $5 30.
Rg3+ Bg7 (30... Kh8 $5 31. Bb3 Bg7 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33. Bxf7 Bxa4 $19) 31. Qd2 (
31. Bb3+ Be6 32. Bxe6+ Nxe6 33. Rb3 Qa8 $19) 31... Qb4 $5 32. Qxb4 cxb4 33.
Nxd7 Rd8 $19 {[%cal Rd8d7,Rf4e2] /\Rd7,Ne2}) 30. Rg3+ Ng4 $2 (30... Bg7 $1 31.
Bb3+ (31. Qd2 Be6 $19) 31... Kh8 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33. Bxf7 Bxa4 34. Bb3 Be8 $17 {
/-+}) 31. h3 (31. Bxe4 fxe4 (31... Qxe4 $6 32. Nxd7 $36) 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33.
Rxg4+ Kh8 34. Rxe4 Rf6 $17 {[%csl Gc5] o^c}) 31... Bf4 32. Bb3+ Kg7 (32... Kh8
33. Nxg4 Bxa4 $1 (33... fxg4 $4 34. Qa1+ $18) 34. Bxa4 Bxg3 35. d7 fxg4 $8 36.
d8=Q Bxf2+ 37. Kh1 Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Qg5+ $11) 33. Bd5 $2 $138 (33. Qa1 $5
Bxg3 (33... Kh6 34. hxg4 Bxg3 35. fxg3 Qxb3 36. Qc1+ e3 37. Nxd7 $36) 34. Nxd7+
Nf6 (34... Kh6 35. Nxf8 Bxf2+ 36. Kh1 $132) 35. Nxc5 (35. Nxf8 Qxb3 36. fxg3
Qf7 $17) 35... Qb4 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Ba2 $1 $13) 33... Qb2 $138 (33... Bxg3 $1
34. Bxb7 (34. fxg3 Qb2 35. Nxd7 Ne3 $19) 34... Bxf2+ 35. Kh1 Nxe5 $19) 34.
Rxg4+ fxg4 35. Nxd7 e3 $1 36. Nxf8 $6 {Now Black wins nicely, but the game was
beyond saving even after the better} (36. fxe3 $8 Bxe3+ 37. Kh2 (37. Kh1 Rf4 (
37... Rd8 $5 {/\} 38. Qxg4+ Kh8 $40) 38. Qe1 Qf2 $19) 37... Rf4 38. Qe1 Qf2 (
38... Qd4 $5 $40) 39. Qxf2 Bxf2 40. g3 Rxa4 $19) 36... e2 $1 37. Qe1 (37. Qxe2
Qxe2 38. Ne6+ Kf6 39. Nxf4 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd4 41. g3 (41. Kg3 Ke5 $19) 41...
Qxf2+ 42. Bg2 Qd2 $19) 37... Qc1 $19 38. Ne6+ Kh6 39. Qxc1 Bxc1 40. d7 e1=Q+
41. Kh2 Qxf2 $1 {The mating attack decides the game.} 42. hxg4 (42. d8=Q g3+
43. Kh1 Qf1#) 42... Qh4+ (42... Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Be3+ 44. Kf1 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 (10. O-O Nb6 $1) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12.
Nh4 Ra5 13. O-O Qa8 14. Bd2 {[%csl Ga5]} O-O 15. a4 Ra6 16. e4 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6
18. Re1 Nbd7 $14 {Manor,I-Hansen,L/EU-chJ Groningen/1986/ (22)}) 11. O-O Ne8 $6
{I think this game shows a big problems for black in line with 11...Ne8 and in
my opinion black must switch to other moves.} (11... Nb6 12. b3 Ra7 (12... Ne8
13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Nh4 Qd7 $6 (14... Bxc3 $1 15. Bxc3 Bb7 16. e4 Nb5 $1 17. Ba1
Rxa2 $11) 15. Qd2 Ra7 16. Rfe1 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a4 $16 {
Pytel,K-Bielczyk,J/Augustow/1975/ (23)}) (12... Qc7 13. Re1 Qb7 (13... Rae8 14.
e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 $16) 14. e4 Ng4 15. Qc2 (15. Bb2 $5) 15... Nd7 {
[%cal Gd7e5]} 16. Rd1 Rfb8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20.
Be3 $16) 19. a4 Qc8 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nf6 {[%csl Gh3]} 23. Kg2
Ne8 24. Nb5 Rab7 {[%cal Ge8c7]} 25. f4 Bg7 $44 {/\Raa4,f5<=>,Skomorokhin,
R-Mayr,K/Berlin op/ 1994/ (30)}) 13. a4 (13. Re1 e6 (13... Qa8 14. e4 Ng4 (
14... Rb8 $142 {/\Ne8-c7}) 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. a4 Rb8 17. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nge5
19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Rab7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. h4 $16 {Antic,D-Perunovic,M/Nis/
1995/}) (13... Bb7 $5 14. e4 Ng4 $132) 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Bh3 Bc8
17. Nce4 Nfd5 18. Bb2 h6 19. Nf3 Bb7 $14 {1-0 Konnov,O-Dolomatov,N/Ufa 1999/
CBM 70 ext (41)}) 13... Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Re1) 15... Nbd7 (15... c4
16. b4 Bb7 17. a5 Nbxd5 18. Nb5 Ne3 19. Qd4 Nxf1 $6 (19... Bxg2) 20. Qxa7 Bxg2
21. Nxg2 Qxa7 22. Nxa7 Nd2 23. Nc6 Nd7 24. Nxb8 Nxb8 25. Rd1 c3 26. Bc1 $18 {
Baburin,A-Riemersma,L/Cappelle la Grande op/ 1996/}) 16. Ba1 Ne5 (16... Rb4 {
[%cal Gc5c4]} 17. Na2 Rb8 18. Re1 $14) 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 {1-0 Piket,
J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69/[Stohl] (44)}) (11... Qb6 12. b3 Rab8 13.
Qc2 Rfc8 14. Bd2 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Rfd1 d5 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Nc4
$1 Qa6 (19... dxc4 20. bxc4 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Bd6 (
22. a4 $1 {[%cal Gc3b5]}) 22... Rf7 23. e4 Ng4 $132 {0-1 Piket,J-Baklan,V/
Neukoelln GER 1999 (37)}) 12. Re1 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move is a srong
improvement to compare with previous game,where black get a good play after:} (
12. Qc2 Nc7 {[%csl Gd5]} 13. Rd1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 (14. bxc3 Bc4 15. Bh6 Re8 $13 {
[%csl Ga2,Gd5]}) 14... Bxe2 15. Bh6 Nf6 16. Rd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Re8 18. a3 Qd7 {
[%cal Gc7b5,Gb5d4] 1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Stanojoski,Z/Batumi GEO 1999 (45)
}) 12... Nc7 13. e4 Nb5 (13... Bc4 14. a3 (14. a4 Na6 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal
Ga6b4]}) 14... Qb8 (14... Nb5 $143 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. b4 $16) (14... Rb8 15. Bf4
) 15. Bf4 $14 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 14. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 32] The key move in my opening
srategy.White knight controlles d4-square and the most imortant fact-black
knight only disturb to black piecies to play on the queenside.} (14. Nxb5 Bxb5
15. a3 Qc7 {[%cal Gf8b8]} 16. b3 (16. b4 $140 c4 17. Nd4 Ba4 18. Qd2 c3 19. Qe3
Qc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc4a2]}) 16... Rfb8 $44 {[%csl Ga3,Gb3]}) 14... Qb6 (14...
Nf6 15. e5 (15. Nf4 $5) 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7 {[%csl Ga2,Gd5]} 17. Nf4 Nd4
$132 (17... Rxa2 $143 18. Qb3 Qa5 19. Be3 $16)) 15. Be3 (15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4
Qa5 $1 17. Ra4 Qc7 $44 {[%csl Ga4]}) 15... Rfb8 16. a4 Nc7 $1 (16... Na3 17. a5
$1 Qb7 18. bxa3 Qxb1 19. Qxb1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Bxe2 21. Rb7 Nf6 22. Rxe7 (22. e5
$2 Nxd5 23. exd6 exd6 24. Ng5 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxa5) (22. Nd2 Ng4 $1 (22... Rxa5
23. Rb8+ Bf8 24. Bh6 Nd7 25. Rd8) 23. Bf1 (23. Bf4) (23. Bg5 f6) 23... Bxf1 24.
Nxf1 Rxa5 (24... Nxe3 $2 25. Nxe3 Rxa5 26. Nc4 Ra4 27. Nb6 Rxe4 28. Rb8+ Bf8
29. Nd7 $18)) 22... Rxa5 23. e5 $1 (23. Ng5 Ng4 $1 (23... Rxa3 24. h3 Bh6 25.
Nxf7) 24. Re8+ Bf8 25. Bc1 Rb5 26. f3 Rb1 (26... Nf6 27. Ra8 Rb1 28. Kf2 Rxc1
29. Kxe2) 27. fxg4 Rxc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2 $11) 23... Rxa3 24. h3 dxe5 (24... Bxf3
25. exf6 $18) 25. Nxe5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gf7]}) 17. b4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 (18. Rxe2 Qa6
$132) 18... Rxa4 19. Bh3 $1 Ne5 (19... Nf6 20. bxc5 Qxb1 21. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 22. Kg2
Nxe4 23. Bd4 $3 (23. Qc2 $2 Nc3 $17) (23. cxd6 Nxd5 $1 (23... exd6 24. Bd4 Bxd4
25. Qxe4 Rbb4 26. Qe7 Nxd5 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Ng5 Ra7 29. Bd7 Nf6 30. Qxf7+ Kh6
31. Ne6 Rxd7 32. Qf8+ Kh5 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Qxf6 $18 {[%csl Gh5]}) 24. Bd4 Nxd6
25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd3 Rb5 27. Bd7 Rab4 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 $11) 23... Rxd4 (23... f5
24. cxd6 Nxd5 (24... exd6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc2 {[%csl Ga4,Gb1,Gc7]}) 25. Qd3
$1 $18 {[%csl Gb1,Gd5][%cal Gd4g7]} (25. d7 Rb8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28.
Qe5+ Nf6 29. Qxb8 Nxd7 30. Qe8 Rd4 31. Qxe7+ Kh6)) (23... Bxd4 24. Qxe4 Rbb4
25. Qxe7 Nxd5 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. cxd6 $18) 24. Nxd4 Nxc5 25. Qxe7 Nxd5 26. Qe8+
Bf8 27. Ne6 $16) (19... Rxb4 20. Rxb4 Qxb4 21. Bxd7 Qxe4 22. Bg5 (22. Bc6 Nxd5)
22... Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nxd5 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Rxe7 Kf8 $1 26. Re2 $16) 20. Nd2 $1
{[%cal Gb4c5,Gf2f4]} (20. Nxe5 $2 Bxe5 21. bxc5 Qxb1 22. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 23. Kg2
Rxe4 $17) 20... Rxb4 (20... Qa6 21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. bxc5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 dxc5 24.
Rb7 $1 (24. Bc8 $5 {[%csl Gc5]}) (24. f4 $2 Nd3 25. e5 Nab4 $11) 24... Ra1+ (
24... c4 25. Rxe7 {[%cal Ge7e8]} Kf8 26. Ra7 c3 27. Nb3 Nc4 (27... c2 28. Bf1
$18) 28. d6 Nxd6 29. Bf1 $18) 25. Kg2 Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e1]} 26. Bc8 Ne1+ 27. Kh3
Nc2 28. Bg5 $18) 21. Rxb4 Qxb4 22. f4 c4 $2 ({Of course more stubborn was} 
22... Nb5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rf1 $1 $16 {[%csl Gf7] and white piece must be
desicive in future.} Bd4 25. Kh1) 23. fxe5 c3 24. Nc4 ({More easy} 24. Rb1 $142
$1 c2 (24... Qxb1+ 25. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Bf1 Bxe5 27. Qc4 $18) 25. Rxb4 c1=Q+ 26.
Nf1 $18 {[%cal Ge3c1]}) 24... dxe5 25. Qd3 Na6 26. Kf1 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28.
Rc1 Bh6 29. Rxc3 Rb4 30. Bg4 (30. Nxe5 Rb1+ 31. Qxb1 Qxc3 32. Nd3 $18) 30...
Qb5 31. Be2 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Re1 33. Kh3 Qa6 34. Nxe5 Qb6 35. Nf3 Ra1 36. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 g6 ({The continuation with the best
reputation is} 4... bxc4 5. e4 c3 $1 6. bxc3 g6 7. Ngf3 (7. Nc4 d6 8. Bd3 Bg7
9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Na5 $2 c4 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Re1 Nbxd5 15.
Nxc4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxc4 17. Bb2 Bb7 $17 {Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Dortmund/1998/}) 7...
Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bb5 e6 (13...
Rb8 $142 $11) 14. c4 Bxb5 15. Rxb5 exd5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. a4 c4 18. a5 $2 (18.
Bb2 $1 {[%cal Yb2d4,Yb2c3] /\Bd4,Bc3+/=}) 18... Nbxd5 $1 19. Nxc4 Rc8 20. Ba3 (
20. Bd2 $142 $13) 20... Nf4 $36 {Prakash,G-Ehlvest,J/Dhaka/2001/}) 5. e4 d6 6.
b4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A radical new approach, White tries to make the << his
scene of action and take on b5 without allowing the typical Volga pressure on
the semi-open a+b <->.} ({Delayed acceptance of the gambit with the passively
placed Nd2 is not too popular:} 6. cxb5 a6 7. b3 (7. a4 Bg7 8. b6 Qxb6 9. Nc4
Qc7 10. a5 O-O 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne2 Bb5 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. f4 e6 15. O-O exd5 16.
exd5 Rfe8 17. f5 Rab8 18. Ra2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rb4 20. b3 Ne5 $36 {Hubert,
R-Stocek,J/Pardubice op/2000/}) 7... Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6
11. Ngf3 Nb4 12. O-O Rxa2 13. Rxa2 Nxa2 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Ra1 Qd7 16. Ra4 Qb7 {
Ksieski,Z-Thalwitzer,D/Leutersdorf/2000/} 17. Bc3 $11) ({The most usual
alternative is} 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O (7... bxc4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3
Nb6 11. Nfd2 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 (14. exd6 $2 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Qf6
$17) 14... Nd5 15. Be4 Nf4 16. g3 $6 (16. exd6 $142 $1) 16... d5 17. gxf4 dxe4
18. Nxe4 Bb7 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 $17 {Korpics,Z-Szabo,J/HUN-chT2 9394/1994/}) {
To avoid the above trick White can play} 8. Qc2 $142 $5 (8. Ngf3 Qa5 $5 (8...
b4 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 (10... Bxe6 $142) 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 a5 13. O-O
Ra6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Bf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Rfe1
Rf4 20. g3 Rf8 21. Bg2 $36 {Korpics,Z-Kopjonkin,G/Zalakaros/1993/}) (8... e6 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10. cxb5 a6 11. bxa6 Qa5 12. Bd3 Nxa6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nc4 Nb4 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd8 17. Be2 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a3 Nc3 21. Rd2
Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Ra5 24. Ne1 Rfa8 25. Re3 Nc6 $44 {Ornstein,
A-Sjodahl,P/Norrkoeping/1988/}) 9. Bd3 bxc4 10. bxc4 Nxe4 $1 11. Bxg7 Nxd2 12.
Bxf8 Nxf3+ 13. Kf1 Nd2+ 14. Ke2 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Bxe7 Ba6 $40) 15... Kxf8 16.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nd7 18. Bb5 Nb6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. Rhb1 Bb7 $15 {Schlager,
T-Mensch,E/Baden/1997/}) 8... b4 9. Be2 Bb7 10. f4 Bh6 $2 11. g3 e5 12. fxe5
dxe5 13. Bxe5 Re8 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 Qxg4 18. Ne2
Qh3+ 19. Kf2 Qh4+ 20. Kf3 Nd7 21. Ng3 Nf6 22. h3 Nh5 23. Nxh5 Qxh5+ 24. Kg3 g5
25. Nf3 $16 {Grigore,G-Vaidya,A/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1992/}) 6... cxb4 (6... bxc4
$5 7. bxc5 (7. Bxc4 cxb4 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Qxb4 Bg7 $36) 7... c3 (7... dxc5 8.
Bxc4 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+]}) (7... Bg7 8. Bb2 dxc5 9. Nxc4 O-O 10. Bd3 $14)
8. Nc4 (8. Nb1 Qa5 9. Qc2 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c2+ 11. Nd2 Qc3 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Ne2
Qxa1 14. cxd6 $44) 8... Nxe4 9. Qd4 Nf6 10. cxd6 exd6 11. Qxc3 Bb7 $13) 7. cxb5
Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ngf3 a6 10. a4 bxa3 $2 {Now Black gets into a strong pin on
the a-file, which results in White getting a o^ on a6.} (10... e6 $142 11. dxe6
Bxe6 $132) 11. Rxa3 Nbd7 12. Qa1 (12. bxa6 $5 Nc5 13. a7 $16) 12... Bh6 (12...
a5 13. Bc3 $16) 13. Be2 (13. bxa6 Nc5 14. Be2 {leads to the same position.} (
14. Bxf6 exf6 15. a7 f5 $44)) 13... Nc5 14. O-O $1 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. bxa6
$16 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga1h8] Although White will never manage to queen the Pa6,
it nevertheless requires Black's full attention and allows White to
concentrate his forces on other parts of the board.} e6 17. dxe6 {The simplest,
Black's central P can't get too far.} (17. Nd4 exd5 18. Qa2 Be6 19. Bb5 $36)
17... fxe6 18. Qd1 Qb6 19. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg7 (20... Nc5 21. a7 Rf7 22.
Nb5 Ba6 23. Rfa1 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 $16) 21. Ba1 $5 {[%cal Yd4b5,Yd4c6] Moves the B
to a protected square to enable Bc6 or Nb5.} (21. a7 $143 Rf7 22. Bf3 (22. Rfa1
Rb7) 22... Bb7 $132) 21... Nc5 (21... Rf7 $142 22. Nc2 $5 {/\Nb4+/-}) 22. a7
Rf7 23. Nb5 Bf8 (23... Bxa1 24. Rfxa1 Rd7 25. Rc1 $1 Bb7 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxc5
$18) (23... Ba6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rfa1 Rfxa7 (25... Raxa7 26. Nxd6 $1 Rfd7 27.
Nc8 $18) (25... Bxb5 26. Bxb5 $16) 26. Bf3 $5 Rd7 27. Bxa8 Bxb5 $16) 24. Bd4
Bb7 (24... Ba6 25. Rfa1 $16 (25. Bxc5 $2 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 dxc5 27. Rfa1 c4 $11))
25. Rc1 {[%cal Rb5d6] /\Nd6} Bd5 26. h4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black has contained the
a-pawn, so White turns his attention elsewhere. Instructive play on bothe
flanks.} Rb7 (26... Nb3 27. Rxb3 Bxb3 28. Nc7 Bg7 29. Be3 $18) (26... e5 27.
Bxc5 (27. Be3 $16) 27... dxc5 28. Nc3 $1 (28. Bc4 $2 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rb7 30. Ra5
Be7 $11 {/\Bd8}) 28... Be6 (28... c4 29. Ra5 Be6 30. Rxe5 $18) 29. Rca1 c4 30.
Ra6 Bb4 31. Ne4 $18) (26... h5 {[%csl Rg6] ><g6}) 27. h5 (27. Rcc3 $142 $16)
27... Be7 (27... Nb3 28. Rxb3 $1 (28. Rd1 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc6 30. Nxd6 Rbxa7 $11)
28... Bxb3 29. Rc7 Bd5 $8 (29... Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Bd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Bf3 $18)
30. Rxb7 Bxb7 31. Nc7 Rd8 (31... Rc8 32. Ba6 $1 Bxa6 33. Nxa6 {[%cal Ra6c7] /
\Nc7+-}) 32. Bf3 d5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Nxe6 $44) 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rg3 Kf7 30.
Rh3 (30. Rcc3 Rxb5 $5 31. Bxb5 Rxa7 32. Rh3 $16) 30... e5 (30... Nb3 31. Rxb3
$1 (31. Rh7+ $2 Kg8 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rxa8 Nxc1 34. Bc4 $1 (34. Rf8+ $2 Bxf8 35.
a8=Q Nxe2+ 36. Kh2 Kg8 $1 $19) 34... Bxc4 35. Nc3 Ne2+ 36. Nxe2 Bxe2 37. Rb8
Rxa7 38. Bxa7 $14) 31... Bxb3 32. Rc7 Rxc7 (32... Bd5 $4 33. Nxd6+ $18) 33.
Nxc7 Bd5 34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 $16 {/+-}) 31. Nxd6+ $5 {Although now White
lose his pride, he has managed to create other targets.} Bxd6 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33.
Rxc5 Ke6 (33... Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Ke6 35. Ra5 $18) 34. Rd3 Ba2 (34... Be4 35. Re3
Kd6 36. Ra5 $18) 35. Rc6+ (35. Rg3 $142 Kf6 36. Rc6+ $40) 35... Kf7 (35... Ke7
36. Re3 $5 Rbxa7 (36... Bf7 37. Rxe5+ Kf8 38. Bd3 $18) 37. Rxe5+ Kf7 38. Bd3
$18) 36. Rf3+ Kg7 37. Bd3 Bf7 38. Rg3 Raxa7 39. Bxg6 Bxg6 40. Rgxg6+ Kf8 41.
Rg5 Re7 42. Rf6+ Ke8 43. Rf3 {/\Re3+-} Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Re1 (44... Kd7 45. Re3 Kd6
46. Kg3 $18) 45. Kg3 Kd7 46. Ra3 (46. Re3 $5 Rxe3+ 47. fxe3 Ke6 48. Kf3 Kd5 49.
g4 $16) 46... Ke6 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Rf5+ (48. Rh5 $142 $1 Kg7 (48... Kg8 49.
Ra8+ Kg7 50. Rah8 $40) 49. Rah6 $16 {/+-}) 48... Kg8 49. Rg5+ $6 {The
R-exchange is premature, White should have kept his more active R on the board.
} Rg7 (49... Kf7 50. Rh5 {-48.Rh5}) 50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. Ra3 {[%cal Ra3e3] /\Re3}
Kf6 $2 (51... Rb1 $14 {and White still has to show a winning plan.}) 52. Rf3+
$1 Ke6 (52... Kg6 53. Re3 $18) 53. Kg4 Rg1 (53... e4 54. Re3 Rg1 55. Rxe4+ Kd5
56. Kf3 Rxg2 57. Kxg2 Kxe4 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. Kf3 $18) 54. g3 Rf1 55. Kg5 {
[%csl Gg3][%cal Yg3g4,Yg5h6,Yg4g5] o^g,/\g4,Kh6,g5 etc.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Martynov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 Qa5 ({The best antidote against White's
4-th move is} 4... bxc4 $142 5. e4 c3 $5 $132) 5. Qc2 (5. e4 $5 {/\} Nxe4 6. b4
$1 Qxb4 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Rxb5 $32 {|^}) 5... bxc4 6. e4 Ba6 {This leads to a
strategically inferior position.} (6... e6 $142 $5 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9.
Ne2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Nde4
a6 16. h3 Nh5 17. Re3 Ne5 18. Rae1 Bc8 19. Qd1 Nf4 20. Ne2 Nfg6 21. N2c3 Bd7
22. Bf1 Be7 23. g3 f5 24. f4 Nf7 25. Nd2 Bf6 $11 {Sosonko,G-Adams,M/Ter Apel/
1992/}) 7. Bxc4 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 d6 9. b3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty,
we'll see the point of White's idea a few moves later.} ({Earlier White also
had good results with the logical and straightforward} 9. Ngf3 Qa6 (9... g6 10.
O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O (11... Nbd7 $142 {-9...Nbd7}) 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14.
Bc3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Nfd2 e6 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. d6 Nfd5 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 $16 {Korotylev,A-Gurevich,D/Geneva/2001/}) (
9... Nbd7 10. O-O g6 11. b3 (11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nfxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxd5 16. Qxc5 Rd8 17. Rd1 Bxe5 18. Rxd5 O-O 19. h4 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Qe2
21. Bh6 Qxb2 22. Re1 Bg7 $11 {1/2,Popov,V-Meshkov,Y/Smolensk/1997/}) 11... Bg7
12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. h3 (14. Bc3 {1/2,Abolianin,A-Claesen,P/Antwerp/
2000/} Qa6 $132) 14... Rab8 15. Rab1 Nfd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Rb7 18. Nf1
Kg8 19. Ne3 Rfb8 20. Nd2 Qb5 21. f4 Nf6 22. Rf1 Qb4 23. Qd3 Nfd7 24. Kh1 Rc7
25. Rbc1 Rbc8 26. Ndc4 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Nb6 28. e5 $36 {Thinius,M-Heinemann,T/BL
9293/1993/}) 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. b3 g6 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15.
Nfd2 Nfd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 f6 {Svetushkin,D-Nanu,C/
Bucharest/2002/} 19. f4 $5 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] [+]}) 9... g6 10. Bb2 Bg7
11. Bc3 $1 (11. Ngf3 Nbd7 $14 {/=}) (11. f4 {is similar to the game, as the
tactical} Nxe4 12. b4 $1 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 Bxb2 14. bxa5 Bxa1 15. Nf3 $32 {|^
probably isn't good enough. However in principle it's sound to exclude random
tactics.}) 11... Qa6 12. f4 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4][%mdl 32] White develops his
N to f3 only after he increases his [+] influence-a common strategic theme
also in other lines of the Volga declined.} O-O 13. Ngf3 $14 {()} Qxc4 {
Black is consistent, but the _|_ will be unpleasant. Even a slight error can
leave him suffering without <=>.} (13... Nfd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O Nb6 16.
Qc3+ Kg8 17. f5 $40) 14. bxc4 Nbd7 15. O-O Nh5 (15... e6 $142 16. dxe6 $14 {
-15...e5!?}) (15... e5 $5 16. dxe6 (16. fxe5 Ng4 $13) 16... fxe6 17. Rab1 (17.
Ng5 Nh5 $1 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 $11) 17... Nb6 $14) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g3 Rab8 18. Rab1
(18. e5 Rb2 $132) 18... Nhf6 (18... Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20. Rxb8 Nxb8 21. e5 $16
{[%csl Rh5] _|_()פh5}) (18... Rb4 $5 19. e5 (19. a3 Rb6 $1 20. e5 Rfb8 $14)
19... Rfb8 20. Rb3 $5 $36) 19. Rb3 $1 (19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4 $132) 19... Rb6
(19... e6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Re1 $16) (19... e5 20. dxe6 Rxb3 (20...
fxe6 21. Rd3 $16) 21. Nxb3 $1 fxe6 22. Ng5 Re8 23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25.
Nxc5 $16) 20. e5 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge5,Gf4] [+]} dxe5 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Re1
Rfb8 23. h3 Nh6 {/\Nf5} 24. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} Ra6 (24... e6 25. Kf2 $16 (25.
Rd3 $5 $40)) 25. Rxb8 Nxb8 26. Rb1 Rb6 27. Rb5 $1 Nd7 (27... Rxb5 28. cxb5 Nd7
29. Nc4 Ng8 (29... Nb6 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Nd2 $1 $18) (29... f6 30. e6 Nf8 31.
Na5 $18) 30. a4 Kf8 31. a5 $18 {[%csl Rd7,Rg8] and the _|_ is hopeless for
Black, as both his N are out off play.}) 28. Ra5 Rb7 (28... a6 29. Nb3 $18) 29.
Nb3 Rc7 30. Kf2 (30. e6 $16 {/+- was also possible, but White has no need to
hurry.}) 30... g5 31. Ke3 Kg6 32. Ra6+ (32. d6 $142 $1 exd6 33. exd6 Rc6 34.
Rxa7 $18 {/\} Rxd6 35. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 36. Ne5+) 32... Nb6 (32... f6 $5 33. exf6
exf6 34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. dxc6 Nb6 36. Nxc5 Nxc4+ 37. Kd4 Nb6 38. Nd7 Nc8 39. Kc5
Nf7 40. Nd4 $16 {/+-}) 33. a4 $6 (33. d6 $142 $1 Rc8 34. d7 Rd8 35. Nxc5 $18)
33... f6 34. Nbd2 Nf7 $16 {Black has at least activated his פh6, but his
position remains dreary.} 35. a5 Na4 36. exf6 exf6 37. Ne4 (37. Kd3 $5) 37...
Nb2 $5 38. Nfd2 (38. Rxf6+ Kg7 39. Rc6 Nxc4+ 40. Kf2 $16) 38... Kg7 39. Rxf6 (
39. d6 $5 Rd7 40. Nxc5 Rxd6 41. Rxa7 $18 {[%csl Ga5] o^a5}) 39... Ne5 40. Re6 {
Now White allows some <=>, but his o^d5 still gives him a large positional
advantage, which should suffice for a win.} (40. Rf5 Nbxc4+ 41. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 42.
Kd3 Nxa5 43. d6 Rf7 44. Rxg5+ Kf8 45. Rxc5 $16) 40... Nexc4+ 41. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 42.
Kd3 Nxa5 43. d6 c4+ 44. Kc3 Rf7 (44... Rd7 45. Kb4 Nb7 46. Kxc4 $18) 45. Nxg5 (
45. Kb4 $5 $18) 45... Rb7 $8 (45... Rd7 46. Re7+ $18) 46. Re7+ Kg6 47. d7 (47.
Nxh7 Rxe7 48. dxe7 Kf7 $14) 47... Rb3+ 48. Kc2 Rd3 49. Ne4 (49. Nxh7 $5 Nc6 50.
Nf8+ Kg5 51. Re4 $18) 49... Nb7 (49... Nb3 $5 50. Re6+ (50. h4 $5) 50... Kf7
51. Nd6+ Kxe6 52. d8=Q Rxd6 (52... Nd4+ 53. Kc1 Ne2+ 54. Kb1 Rb3+ 55. Kc2 Nd4+
56. Kc1 Rc3+ 57. Kd1 Rd3+ 58. Ke1 Nf3+ 59. Ke2 Ne5 60. Qc7 $16) 53. Qg8+ $16)
50. h4 (50. Re6+ Kf7 51. Rh6 (51. Rd6 Nxd6 $5 52. d8=Q Nxe4 $14) 51... Rxd7 (
51... Kg7 52. Rd6 $16) 52. Rxh7+ Ke6 53. Rxd7 Kxd7 54. Kc3 Ke6 55. Kxc4 Ke5 $14
) 50... h5 51. Re6+ $5 (51. g5 Kf5 52. Nd2 $16) 51... Kg7 (51... Kf7 52. Ng5+
Kf8 53. Re8+ Kg7 54. Re7+ Kf8 (54... Kf6 55. Re6+ Kg7 56. gxh5 Rxd7 57. h6+ $18
) 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. gxh5 Nd8 57. Re7 Nc6 58. Re8+ Kg7 59. Ne6+ Kf7 60. h6 Rxd7
61. h7 $18) 52. gxh5 $1 Rxd7 53. h6+ Kf8 (53... Kh8 54. Nf6 $18) 54. Ng5 $18 {
[%csl Gh6] After some complications White's remaining o^ proves too strong.}
Rd4 (54... Nd8 55. h7 Kg7 56. Rg6+ $18) (54... Rd8 55. h7 Kg7 56. Re7+ $18) 55.
Rf6+ Ke8 (55... Ke7 56. Rf7+ $18) 56. h7 Rxh4 57. Rf7 Nd6 (57... Na5 58. Rg7
Nc6 59. Rg8+ $18) 58. Rg7 Nf7 59. Rxf7 (59. Nxf7 Kf8 60. Rg8+ Kxf7 61. h8=Q $18
) 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 55th"]
[Site "Kazincbarcika"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b3 ({The immediate} 11. O-O {is considered
better, White moves his pawn to b3 only when he is fully prepared.} Qa5 (11...
Ne8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. a4 $5 (13. Rd1 Nb6 14. e4 Nb5 15. Nxb5 (15. Ne2 $5 $14)
15... Bxb5 16. b3 Qc8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. a4 $6 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Bxa4 20. Qc4 Bxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Bf1 Ra1 24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25. Nd2 Kg7 26. h4 f6 27. Be3
h5 $44 {/+/=,Tregubov,P-Gharamian,T/FRA-chT Clichy/2004/}) 13... Bb7 14. Rd1
Nb6 15. e4 Na6 16. b3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Ba3 Nd3 19. Bf1 c4 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21.
Ne1 f5 22. Nxd3 Nd7 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Nb4 Ne5 25. Kg2 Qc8 26. f4 Nf3 27. Kxf3
Bxc3 28. Nc6 $1 $18 {Grischuk,A-Tregubov,P/FRA-chT Noyon/2005/}) 12. Bd2 Rfb8
13. Qc2 Ne8 (13... Ng4 14. a4 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Qc7 (16... Qd8 17. Rfe1
Ra7 18. h3 Rab7 19. Na2 Qc8 20. f4 Nd7 {Kramnik,V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo blind/
2003/} 21. Bc3 (21. b4 $1 $16) 21... Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rb6 23. e4 Qb7 24. Re3 Qa7
25. Kh2 c4 $6 26. b4 Nc5 27. Qc2 Bc8 28. a5 Rb5 29. Qxc4 $18 {Ushenina,A-Zhang
Jilin/WChJW Kochin/2004/}) 17. Rfe1 (17. Rfc1 Rb7 18. Bf1 Rab8 19. h3 Qc8 20.
Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Rxb5 $1 22. f4 Nd7 23. e4 Bd4+ 24. Kg2 Rb4 25. Be2 Qd8 26.
Bxb4 Rxb4 $44 {Epishin,V-Cherniaev,A/Nice op/2002/}) 17... Ra7 18. f4 Nd7 19.
e4 Rab7 20. Kh1 $14 c4 $6 21. b4 $1 Rxb4 22. Nb5 $16 {Savchenko,S-Heine,R/
Senden op/2002/}) 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 $1 Qb6 16. b3 $1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18.
Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24.
Rc3 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Re5,Re7] ק,Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/2003/ White's
better pawn-structure gives him a permanent advantage.}) 11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8
13. O-O Ng4 $6 ({The main reason why White tries to postpone b3 is} 13... Qa3
$142 $1 {, Cao Sang learned his lesson and successfully employed this move at
the EUR-ch:} 14. Qc2 (14. Bc1 Qa5 15. Bb2 Ne8 16. Qc2 c4 17. b4 $6 (17. Rfd1
Nc5 18. Ba1 Rb4 19. Nd2 cxb3 20. axb3 Nc7 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. e4 Qa7 23. Na4 Nxa4
24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rdc1 Ne8 28. Nc4 Ra2 $11 {Epishin,
V-Krivoshey,S/Graz op/2001/}) 17... Rxb4 18. Ba1 Rab8 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. Rd1 Nc5
21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. g4 Na4 24. Nd4 $2 (24. Qxb6 $13) 24... Bxd4 25.
Rxd4 Rb1+ $1 26. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 27. Bf1 Qxa1 $19 {Gurevich,M-Cao Sang/EUR-ch
Warsaw/2005/,/\} 28. Qxe7 Qxd4 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30. Qxa4 Qd2 $1 $19 {[%csl Gc4]
o^c4}) 14... Nb6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Rd1 Ne8 $5 17. Bb2 (17. Bd2 Qa3 18. e4 Bc8 19.
h3 Bd7 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 Nc7 24. a3 Qa6 25. Bf1 Qc8
26. Kh2 f5 $1 $132 {0-1 Avrukh,B-Ponomariov,R/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (39)}) 17...
Bc8 18. e4 $5 (18. Rbc1 Nc7 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. e4 Nb5 21. Qd3 Bg4 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23.
Bxf3 Nd7 24. Nxb5 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Rxb5 $14 {/~~,Barsov,A-Mensch,E/Metz/2002/})
18... Bg4 (18... Nc7 $142) 19. Qc1 Bxc3 $6 20. Bxc3 Qxa2 21. e5 Nd7 22. exd6
Nxd6 23. Re1 $36 {Kruppa,Y-Averjanov,A/Alushta/2001/}) 14. Qc2 Qd8 (14... Qa3
$142 $5) 15. h3 Ngf6 $6 {[%mdl 32] Now Black's 13-th move transpires as a loss
of time and White can use a stratgem, unusual for the Volga - he starts
playing on the <<.} (15... Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rfe1 $36 {is similar to
Kramnik-Van Wely above, with the Q already chased away from a5 White can play
a4 later on at the moment of his choice.}) 16. Rfe1 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7 18. e4 Ra7
19. Na2 $1 $16 {[%cal Yd2c3,Rb3b4] /\Bc3,b4} e6 20. b4 ({Simpler was} 20. dxe6
$142 $5 Nxe6 21. b4 cxb4 22. Nxb4 $16) 20... exd5 21. b5 dxe4 (21... Bc8 $5 22.
Nc3 (22. exd5 Nb6 $5 23. a5 Bf5 $132) 22... d4 23. Ne2 $14) 22. Ng5 d5 $5 {
Black must resort to tactics,} (22... Bc8 23. Nxe4 $16 {is depressing.} d5 $140
24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. b6 $1) 23. bxa6 h6 {Black regains the piece, but Berkes
keeps his calm.} 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Nc3 $1 {White cleverly activates his N
before recapturing the Pe4.} Rxa6 (25... f5 26. Nb5 Nxb5 (26... Rxa6 $2 27.
Nxc7 Qxc7 28. Qc4+ $18) 27. axb5 $16) (25... Bxc3 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Qxc3 $18 {
/\Bh6,Be4}) (25... Nxa6 26. Nb5 $1 Rab7 27. Bxe4 Rb6 28. Ba5 $18) 26. Nxe4 $16
{[%csl Ga4,Gd2,Gg2] With his ^^ and a distant o^ White has a clear advantage.}
Ne6 27. a5 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Ra7 29. Kh1 $5 {Avoids any future tricks with Ne2(f3)
+.} (29. Qd3 Nd4 {[%cal Rd7e5] /\Ne5}) 29... Kh7 (29... Nd4 30. Qc4 Nc6 31. Nd6
$16) 30. Be1 {Too passive.} (30. Qd3 $142 $16) 30... Nf6 31. Qc4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4
Qc8 (32... Qd6 33. Bg2 $16) 33. h4 (33. Bg2 $5) 33... Nd4 34. Bg2 Qf5 35. Rc1
Re7 $6 {Black should have kept an eye on the o^.} (35... Nf3 $142 $14 {/\} 36.
Bc3 Nd4) 36. a6 g5 37. Qd5 $1 Re5 $2 (37... gxh4 38. Qxf5+ Nxf5 39. Bb7 $18) (
37... Qc8 $8 $16) 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. a7 $18 gxh4 40. a8=Q f5 41. Qd5 Qe2 42.
gxh4 c4 43. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 $5 {Quite a clever move order, it's point is to avoid the line}
(9... Bxa6 10. Rb1 $5 {Kramnik,V (2807)-Topalov,V (2743) SuperGM Wijk aan Zee
2003 (10) 1-0 , which has lately been causing Black quite a lot of trouble-see
also}) 10. O-O (10. Rb1 {now makes no sense due to} Bf5) 10... Bxa6 {Now we
are back in the 9...Ba6 10.0-0 Nb6 line, where it's not so easy to prove an
edge for White.} (10... Rxa6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bg5 (12. Qc2 $5 O-O 13. Bf4 $14)
12... O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rfe1 Qa8 17. Rc2 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-De la Villa Garcia,J/Pamplona/1998/} Na4 $44) 11. Re1 {The most
usual continuation.} (11. Nh4 Nfd7 $5 {is an interesting idea to meet Karpov's
move:} 12. Qc2 Nc4 13. Nf3 $1 (13. a3 O-O 14. Ra2 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. b3 Nxa3 19. Rxa3 Rxe7 $36 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco blind/
2002/}) (13. b3 $6 Qa5 $17) 13... O-O (13... Qa5 $5 $44 {[%cal Yc4a3] /\Na3})
14. Nd2 Ncb6 (14... Ndb6 15. b3 $14) 15. Rd1 Ra7 16. Nf1 Na8 17. Rb1 Nc7 18. b3
Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Ne3 Qa8 21. a4 Ba6 22. h4 f5 23. h5 Nf6 24. hxg6 hxg6 {
Johannessen,L-Johannesson,I/Reykjavik/2001/} 25. Bb2 $16) 11... O-O 12. Nd2 (
12. e4 $6 Nc4 $44 {/\Qa5 is premature and gives Black sufficient <=>.}) (12.
Bf4 {is the most popular move, however after} Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Nf6 15.
Nd2 $5 {as in the text is one of the most promising tries-the extra h6 move
doesn't give Black anything positive.}) 12... Ra7 (12... Qc7 13. Rb1 Qb7 14. b4
$1 $14) 13. Nf1 Qa8 (13... Qb8 14. Rb1 Rb7 15. Qc2 Nfd7 16. b3 Na8 17. Bb2 Rc8
18. Ne3 c4 $5 19. bxc4 (19. b4 $5 Rxb4 20. Ba1 $14) 19... Bxc4 20. Ba1 Bxa2 $1
21. Qxa2 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 $11 {Lev,R-Hansen,L/Groningen/1985/}) (13... Nc4
14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. h3 Rb8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Kh2 c4 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Nf3
Bc8 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. Nh4 Bd7 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Red1 Rab7 25. Rd4 Qa6 $13 {
Ljubojevic,L-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo blind/1999/}) 14. Ne3 Rb8 $146 {This
natural Volga move is surprisingly a novelty.} (14... Bb7 15. Rb1 (15. a4 Rc8 (
15... c4 16. Ra3 Nfd7 17. b4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxa4 19. Qd4 Rxb4 20. Nc2 Rb5 21.
Bh6 f6 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Ne3 Rb4 24. h4 Nc5 25. h5 Nb3 26. Qd1 Qf7 27. Nxc4
Nxc4 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 {1-0,Grigore,G-Navrotescu,C/Timisu de Sus/1998/})
16. Ra3 Nfd7 17. Qb3 c4 18. Qa2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc5 20. Bd2 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Qxa4
22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. Rb1 Nab6 24. Nc2 Bxd5 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Rxb6 Nxb6 27. Bxb6 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Rb8 $44 {1/2,Grigore,G-Navrotescu,C/Bucharest/1998/}) 15... Nfd7 (
15... Na4 16. a3 $5 $14) 16. a3 Rc8 17. Bd2 {[%cal Rc3b5,Rd2c3] /\Nb5,Bc3} Ra6
$5 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Qb3 c4 20. Qa2 Ra5 21. Red1 h5 22. Nc2 (22. Rc2 $142 $5)
22... Nfxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 $1 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Bc3 Bh6 $44 {
Grigore,G-Navrotescu,C/ROM-chT/2000/}) 15. Qc2 Nc4 $6 {Now White will
gradually consolidate his position.} (15... Bb7 16. Rd1 c4 $5 $44 {/\ isolates
White's Pd5, prepares Ra5 and gives Black <=>.} (16... Na4 $2 17. Nb5 $1 Ra5
18. Nc7 Qa7 19. Bd2 $16) 17. Rd4 Nfxd5 (17... Ra5 $44) 18. Nexd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5
$1 Bxd4 20. Nc7 Rxa2 $1 21. Nxa8 Rxa1 $36) 16. b3 $1 (16. Nxc4 Bxc4 $11 {
[%cal Rc4a2,Rf6d5] /\Nd5,Ba2}) 16... Nxe3 (16... Ne5 17. Bd2 $5 c4 18. Rec1 $14
) 17. Bxe3 Ng4 18. Bd2 c4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Rec1 $1 $14 {The R belong on b1 and
c1, so that the Q gets a safe and unassailable square on d1.} Rc7 {[%mdl 32]
This allows White to continue with his strategic plan.} (20... Bc8 $142 $5 {
[%cal Yc8f5] /\Bf5 Forcing e4 would free d3 for Black's N and give him more
<=>.}) 21. Qd1 h5 22. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Rb3b4] /\b4+/-} cxb3 23. axb3 Rbc8 $6 {
Leads only to further simplification.} (23... Rcb7 $142) 24. Na4 $16 {White
has a healthy extra pawn.} Qb7 (24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rb8 (25... Rxc1 26. Bxc1
$16) 26. Rc7 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Bc3 $16) 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1
Qb4 (27... Qb5 28. Bg5 $5 $16 {/\} f6 29. Nc3 Qb4 30. Bd2 {׻}) 28. Bd2 Qa3 (
28... Qb5 29. Bg5 {-27...Qb5}) 29. Bf1 $1 {As often in the fianchetto Volga
White still doesn't move his Pe2, as this would invite the N to d3. By
protecting the P Tkachiev frees his Q for further action.} Bb5 30. Nc3 Ba6 31.
Qb1 {[%cal Rb1a2] /\Qa2+/-} Bb7 (31... Nd7 $5 32. Qa2 (32. Na4 Bb5 33. Qc2 $16)
32... Qxa2 33. Nxa2 Nc5 34. Nc1 $16) (31... Nc4 32. bxc4 (32. Be1 Na5 $11)
32... Bxc3 33. Qd3 $16) 32. Bg2 Ba6 33. Qc2 Nd7 34. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Rc2c7] /\Qc7}
Nf6 (34... Bxe2 35. Bg5 f6 36. Qxe2 fxg5 37. Nxg5 $40) (34... Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Nf6
36. Bc3 $18) 35. Nxf6+ Bxf6 36. Bf3 Kg7 $6 {And again Black allows White an
advantageous exchange, now the _|_ will be untenable.} (36... Qa1+ $142 37. Kg2
Qd4 $16) 37. Bc3 $18 Bb5 (37... Qc5 38. Bxf6+ Kxf6 39. Qb2+ e5 40. dxe6+ Kxe6
41. b4 $18) (37... Bxc3 38. Qxc3+ Kg8 39. Qc6 $1 $18 {and the Ba6 has no
squares.}) 38. h4 Bd7 39. Kg2 {White is patient, there is no need to hurry.}
Bf5 (39... Bxc3 40. Qxc3+ {[%cal Rc3c7] /\Qc7+-}) 40. e4 Bd7 41. Bxf6+ exf6 (
41... Kxf6 42. Qc3+ e5 43. dxe6+ Kxe6 44. g4 $1 $18) 42. Qc3 (42. Qc4 $142 $5 {
[%cal Rb3b5] /\b4-b5+-}) 42... Bb5 (42... Ba4 43. Bd1 $18) (42... Qc5 43. Qxc5
dxc5 44. Be2 {[%cal Rf2f3,Rg3g4] /\f3,g4+-}) 43. g4 hxg4 44. Bxg4 Qa2 45. h5 $5
{Consistent, although it gives Black some <=>.} (45. Qb4 Bd3 $5 {/\Qb1<=>})
45... Qb1 (45... gxh5 $143 46. Bxh5 Qb1 47. Qg3+ Kh7 48. Qf4 $18) 46. h6+ $1 (
46. Qe3 Bd3 $14) 46... Kxh6 47. Qxf6 Qxe4+ 48. Kg3 {/\Qh8-h4#} (48. Bf3 Qe5 49.
Qxf7 Qg5+ $14) 48... Qe8 $6 {This passive move can't hold the game.} ({
Somewhat better, but also insufficient was} 48... Qe5+ $142 49. Qxe5 dxe5 50.
d6 f5 51. Be2 Bd7 52. b4 (52. f4 exf4+ 53. Kxf4 g5+ 54. Ke5 Kg6 55. Bc4 f4 56.
Bd5 g4 57. Kxf4 Kf6 58. b4 g3 $11) 52... Kg5 53. b5 Kf6 54. b6 Bc6 55. Bb5 $1 (
55. Ba6 Ke6 56. b7 Bxb7 57. Bxb7 Kxd6 58. Kh4 e4 59. Kg5 Ke5 $11) (55. d7 Ke7
56. Bb5 Bd5 57. Kh4 Be4 58. Kg5 f4 $14) 55... Bb7 56. Bd7 {[%cal Rd7c8] /\Bc8!}
f4+ (56... e4 57. Bc8 Bc6 58. d7 $1 Ke7 59. Kf4 Kd8 60. Kg5 {[%cal Rb6b7] /
\b7+-}) 57. Kh2 $1 (57. Kg4 $6 g5 58. Bb5 (58. Kh3 e4 59. Kg2 (59. Kh2 e3 60.
fxe3 Ke5 61. Bc8 Kxd6 62. Bxb7 fxe3 63. Bf3 e2 $11) 59... e3+ 60. Kf1 Ke5 $1
61. Bc8 Kxd6 62. Bxb7 Kc5 63. Be4 Kxb6 64. f3 Kc5 65. Ke2 Kd4 $11) 58... e4 59.
d7 Ke7 60. Kxg5 e3 61. f3 $8 e2 $1 (61... Bxf3 62. Kxf4 e2 63. Bxe2 Bc6 64. Bb5
$1 $18) 62. Bxe2 Kxd7 63. Kxf4 Kc6 64. Ke5 Kxb6 65. f4 Bc8 66. Bc4 Kc7 67. Be6
Ba6 $11) 57... e4 58. Bc8 e3 (58... Bc6 59. Kg1 (59. b7 $2 Bxb7 60. Bxb7 e3 $11
) 59... g5 60. Kf1 (60. b7 $143 Bxb7 61. Bxb7 e3 $1 62. fxe3 Ke6 63. e4 Kxd6)
60... Bb5+ (60... Kf7 61. b7 Bxb7 62. Bxb7 e3 63. Bd5+ Ke8 64. Bc6+ $18) 61.
Ke1 Bc6 62. b7 Bxb7 63. Bxb7 e3 64. Bd5 $18) (58... Bxc8 59. d7 $18) 59. fxe3
fxe3 60. Kg1 Bf3 61. Kf1 g5 62. Bg4 $1 Bb7 63. Ke2 $18) 49. Qxd6 Kg7 50. Kf4 {
[%cal Rd6e5] /\Qe5} f6 (50... Kg8 51. Kg5 $5 $18) 51. Be6 $18 Kh6 52. Ke3 Qa8
53. Qc5 Be8 54. d6 Qd8 (54... Qa6 55. Qc7 Qf1 56. d7 Qe1+ 57. Kd3 $18) 55. Qc8
(55. Qc7 $142 $18) (55. Qc8 Qb6+ 56. Kf3 $1 Bc6+ 57. Kg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 $5 {An interesting new idea. White removes his R from
the long diagonal as soon as possible to play b3 and consolidate his <<. Black
still hasn't found a setup, whic guarantees active counterplay. The heavily
played} (10. O-O Nb6 $1 {doesn't allow Rb1 anymore, theory and practice show
Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 (
11. O-O $6 Bc4 $36 {wins the pawn back advantageously.}) 11... O-O (11... Bb7
12. Nh4 Ra5 13. O-O Qa8 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a4 Ra6 16. e4 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Re1
Nbd7 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Nc5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rxe5 $16 {Manor,
I-Hansen,L/EU-chJ Groningen/1986/}) 12. O-O {-10...0-0}) (10... Qa5 $6 11. O-O
(11. Bd2 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nfd7 14. Qc2 Nc4 15. Be1 Qc7 16. Nd2 Ncb6 17.
Nde4 c4 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nd1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Ne3 Na7 23. Rfc1
Rfc8 24. h4 $14 {Ilincic,Z-Marinkovic,I/Kladovo/1994/}) 11... O-O 12. Qc2 Nb6
13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e4 Nfd7 15. a3 $1 Nc4 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19.
Ne2 Qa6 20. Ned4 Qa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Bh3 Ncb6 23. Be3 Re8 24. Nc6 Kf8 25.
Rdc1 $18 {Baburin,A-Fedorowicz,J/San Francisco/1997/}) 11. O-O Nb6 (11... Qc7
12. b3 Rfb8 13. h3 (13. Re1 Ra7 14. Bd2 Rab7 15. Rc1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Nb1 Qb6 19. Na3 Ra7 20. Nb1 Bb5 21. Rc2 Rba8 22. a3 Ba6 23. b4 Bb5 24.
Qc1 Ba4 25. Rc4 Qa6 $36 {Heim,S-Plachetka,J/Thessaloniki olm/1984/}) 13... Qa5
14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Nh2 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Qxc3 20.
Qe4 e5 $2 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Bd2 Qd4 23. Qc2 $1 e4 24. Ng4 h5 25. Be1 $18 {
Sulava,N-Bauer,R/Berlin op/1990/}) 12. b3 (12. Nh4 Qc7 13. b3 Rae8 $5 14. Bb2
e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qd2 d5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Qc2 e5 $44 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nxe5
Qxe5 21. Nxd5 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxe2 23. Bxf6 Nxd5 24. Bxg7 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Ne3 $1
$17 {Kiss,A-Paehtz,T/Leipzig/1988/}) (12. a3 Nfd7 13. Nd2 Ra7 14. Qc2 e6 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 d5 17. h4 Ne5 (17... Nf6 $5 $132) 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bh6 Re8
20. Rfd1 Rf7 21. Ne4 Bd4 22. e3 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Qf6 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Bg5 $16 {
Lazarev,V-Verdier,P/FRA-chT/1998/}) (12. Re1 $2 Bc4) 12... Ra7 (12... Ne8 13.
Bb2 Nc7 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Qd2 Ra7 16. Rfe1 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a4
Qe8 20. e4 f6 21. f4 e5 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. a5 Nc8 24. b4 $16 {Pytel,K-Bielczyk,
J/Augustow/1975/}) (12... Qc7 $5 13. Re1 Qb7 ({The abovementioned plan of
central counterplay is now ineffective:} 13... Rae8 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16.
Bf4) 14. e4 Ng4 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Rfb8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. a4 Qc8
20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nf6 23. Kg2 Ne8 24. Nb5 Rab7 25. f4 Bg7 26.
Ba5 Ra8 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Nc7 29. Na3 Rb4 30. Nc4 Qb7 $132 {/\Raa4,f5<=>,
Skomorokhin,R-Mayr,K/Berlin op/ 1994/}) 13. a4 (13. Re1 Qa8 (13... Bb7 $5 14.
e4 Ng4 $132) 14. e4 Ng4 (14... Rb8 $142 {/\Ne8-c7}) 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. a4 Rb8 17.
Bf1 $1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Rab7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. h4 $16 {
Antic,D-Perunovic,M/Nis/1995/}) 13... Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Re1 $5 $14 {
/\} c4 $2 16. b4 Bb7 17. Be3) 15... Nbd7 $146 ({The thematic move, but also
very committal move is} 15... c4 $5 16. b4 Bb7 17. a5 Nbxd5 18. Nb5 Ne3 19. Qd4
Bxg2 $1 (19... Nxf1 $6 20. Qxa7 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Qxa7 22. Nxa7 Nd2 23. Nc6 Nd7 24.
Nxb8 Nxb8 25. Rd1 c3 26. Bc1 $18 {Baburin,A-Riemersma,L/Cappelle la Grande op/
1996/}) 20. Qxa7 Bxf1 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Nc7 $5 ({Piket had most probably
analysed this position and found something more convincing than} 22. fxe3 Bxe2
23. Nc7 Rc8 $13) 22... Ra7 $142 ({Baburin's suggestion} 22... Rc8 23. b5 {
[%csl Ga5,Gb5] is dangerous, the pawns are very strong.}) 23. Bd4 $5 Rxc7 24.
b5 c3 25. b6 c2 26. Rc1 $36 {If the complications don't work for Black,
Topalov's move deserves attention.}) 16. Ba1 Ne5 (16... Rb4 $5 {/\c4} 17. Na2
Rb8 18. Re1 $14) 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 {[%mdl 32] From now on for a couple of
moves Black has the possibility to play c4, but it never fully solves his
problems. Finally after Black misses all the chances, Piket takes a firm
control of c4 and his well thought out strategy triumphs.} Qa7 (18... c4 19.
bxc4 Bxc4 (19... Nxc4 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Ne4 $36) 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Nb5 $5 $36 {
/\} Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxb5 $6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. d6 $40) 19. Bf1 Ne8 $6 ({This was
probably the best moment, as after} 19... c4 $5 20. bxc4 Bxc4 {the threat is
Bb3 and it's not so easy to retain the extra pawn.} (20... Nxc4 21. Rxb7 Rxb7
22. Nb5 $16) 21. Rxb7 Rxb7) 20. Ne4 $1 Rb6 (20... c4 21. Bd4 (21. bxc4 Rxb1 (
21... Nxc4 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. e3 $16) (21... Bxc4 $2 22. Bxe5 Rxb1
23. Rxb1 Rxb1 24. Bxg7 $16) 22. Rxb1 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Bxc4 $132) 21... Qa8 22.
bxc4 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Bxc4 25. Nc3 $36 {[%csl Ga4] o^a}) 21. Nd2 $1
Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4] [+],><c4} Rb4 25.
Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 (27... Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Nd7 29. a5 $5 $36 {
A very similar position could arise later in the game.}) 28. Na3 $1 Nf6 29. Qc3
Nbd7 (29... Kg8 $2 30. Nc2 Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Qf3 $16) 30. Nc2 R4b7 31. Nc4
Kg8 32. f3 Ra8 (32... Nb6 33. Na5 $1 Nxa4 (33... Rd7 34. Nc6 $18) 34. Qe1 Rb6
35. Nc6 $16) 33. Rb2 Nb6 34. N2e3 Nxc4 (34... Nfd7 $5) 35. Nxc4 Rb4 $6 {
A mistake in the looming time-trouble, which finally allows White a switch
from prophylactic to active strategy. (a strong central break.)} (35... Nd7
$142 36. a5 $14 {/+/- White is undoubtedly better, but he still must crack
Black's position.}) 36. e5 $1 dxe5 (36... Nd7 37. f4 $5 $40) 37. Qxe5 Qb7 38.
d6 Qxf3 $6 $138 (38... Nd7 $142 39. Qe4 $5 $16 (39. Qxe7 Rxb3 40. Re2 Rxf3 41.
Ne5 Qb3 $132)) 39. Rf1 Qe4 (39... Qd5 40. dxe7 {-39...Qe4}) 40. dxe7 Qxe5 41.
Nxe5 $18 Re4 42. Rd2 Re8 (42... Rxe5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rxa8 Rxe7 45. a5 $18) 43.
Nc4 Re6 (43... Kg7 44. Nd6 $18) 44. Rxf6 $1 (44. Rxf6 Rxf6 45. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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 "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
d6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 {Ivanov varies from an earlier game of his
own:} (11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. b3 Ne8 14. Bb2 Nc7 (14... c4 $5 15. Ba1 Nc5
$132) 15. Rfc1 Ne5 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. h3 Bf5 $6 (17... Na6 $142 $14) 18. e4 Bc8
19. f4 Nd7 20. e5 dxe5 21. f5 Ne8 22. Rf1 Nef6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nce4 Qb6 25.
Nxf7 Nxd5 26. Ned6 c4+ 27. Kh2 Ne3 28. Qxg6 Nxf1+ 29. Rxf1 exd6 30. Nh6+ Kh8
31. Rf7 {1-0,Ivanov,S-Sakaev,K/St.Petersburg/1997/}) 11... Qa5 (11... Qc7 12.
Qc2 Rfb8 13. Rab1 Ne5 14. b3 Bc8 15. Ng5 Qa7 16. Nf3 (16. Nge4 Bf5 17. Nxf6+
Bxf6 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Bg2 Bg7 20. h3 Bf5 21. e4 Bc8 22. f4 Nd3 $1 23. a4 Nb4 24.
Qd1 Ba6 25. Rf3 Bd3 $17 {Benitah,Y-Nemet,I/Biel op/1998/}) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3
Nd7 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. h3 Bf5 20. e4 Bc8 21. Rfd1 Qa6 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Rbc1 Nd7 24.
Rd2 Ba6 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. Ne2 Ne5 27. Qd1 Qa3 28. Nf4 Qb4 29. Rdc2 Qb7 30. f3 Bb5
$44 {Aseev,K-Fominyh,A/Elista/1996/}) (11... Qb6 12. Rb1 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14.
b3 Nc7 15. a4 Bc8 (15... Bb7 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19. Qc2 Qa7
20. Rfe1 Rb6 21. e3 Rab8 22. Na2 Bb7 23. e4 e6 24. Nc3 Bd4 25. dxe6 Nxe6 (25...
fxe6 26. Ne2 Bg7 27. b4 $16) 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Nf8 28. Bg5 R6b7 29. Bf1 $16
{Berovski,K-Dimitrov,A/Sofia/1996/}) 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nf4 Na6 18. Na2 Bf5 19.
Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rb7 21. Bc3 Rab8 22. Ng2 Qc7 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. Ne3 Ng4 25. Nc4
Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Nb4 27. Qd2 $14 {Ivanov,S-Urban,K/Krynica/1997/}) (11... c4 $5
$146 {This is always a tough decision-() against the potential weakness of c4,
d4 and c6. In this line it's more justified, as the Nh3 is somewhat in offside.
} 12. b4 $6 (12. Ng5 $142 $5) (12. Be3 {[%cal Ye3d4] /\Bd4+/=}) 12... cxb3 13.
axb3 Qb8 14. Ng5 Rc8 15. Nf3 Ne8 16. Rc1 Ra7 17. Na4 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 Rb7 19. Bh3
f5 20. Bg5 Rxb3 21. Nd4 (21. Bxe7 Qb5) 21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxe2 23. Re1 Ne5 $1
$17 {Ivanov,S-Polovnikova,E/St. Petersburg/1998/}) 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Rab1 (13.
b3 c4 14. Rab1 cxb3 15. Rxb3 Rc8 16. Nf4 Nc5 (16... Ne5 $132) 17. Rbb1 g5 $6
18. Nh3 h6 19. f4 g4 20. Nf2 Bc4 21. Rfc1 Qa6 22. Be3 Ncd7 23. Qd2 h5 24. Bd4
$36 {Aseev,K-Sivokho,S/St.Petersburg/1996/}) 13... c4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 16] Again
this move. In the game Black even loses this P and for a moment is 2 pawns
down, but nevertheless saves the game.} (13... Ne8 14. b3 Ne5 15. a4 Qd8 16.
Ng5 Ra7 17. Rfe1 Rab7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nce4 Nb6 20. Ba5 h6 21. Nh3 Qd7 22. Bxb6
Rxb6 23. Nd2 Rb4 24. Nf2 c4 $6 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Qe4
Nf6 29. Qe3 Rb4 30. Rc1 Rxa4 31. Bf3 $14 {Aseev,K-Eliseev,A/St.Petersburg/1997/
}) 14. Rfd1 (14. b3 {-13.b3 Ivanov is not interested in repeating the game
Aseev-Sivokho as above and prefers to keep the << closed.}) 14... Ne5 15. Ng5
Bc8 16. Nge4 Ne8 $5 {Black rightly avoids exchanges.} (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {
[%cal Ya2a3,Yc3a2,Ya2b4] /\a3,Na2-b4|^}) (16... Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be4 $14)
17. h3 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\f4} (17. f4 Ng4 $132) (17. Be3 $5 $14 {/\Bd4}) 17... Bf5
18. Bg5 (18. f4 Nd7 19. g4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc5 $13) 18... Rb7 19. g4 Bxe4 20.
Bxe4 Rab8 21. Kg2 (21. Be3 Nf6 22. Bg2 $14) 21... Nf6 22. f4 Ned7 (22... Nxe4
$6 23. Nxe4 Nd3 24. exd3 (24. b4 Nxb4 25. Qxc4 Rc7 $13) 24... Rxb2 25. Kg3 $1
h6 (25... Rxc2 26. Rxb8+ Bf8 27. Bh6 $18) 26. Bxe7 $1 c3 (26... Rxc2 27. Rxb8+
Kh7 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 g5 30. f5 $18) 27. d4 $5 $18) 23. Bf3 Nc5 24. Bh4
Kf8 (24... Rb4 25. Be1 Qa6 26. a3 $1 Rb3 27. Na2 $16) 25. Bf2 Rb4 26. Bd4 (26.
Be1 $5 $36) 26... Nfd7 27. Qd2 Na4 $1 $132 28. Nxa4 Qxa4 {White will be left
with a passive B and will not be able to make any progress. Such a position
requires a N.} 29. a3 Rb3 (29... R4b7 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Rdc1 Rc7
33. h4 $5 $36) 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 {/\c3} 32. Rdc1 $8 Nc5 $1 33. Rxc4
Qb5 34. g5 (34. a4 Qb7 $44) (34. Rc2 Rxa3 {/\} 35. b4 Ra4 36. Rc4 Na6 $11)
34... Qb6 {Loses a tempo.} (34... Rxb2 $142 $5 {/\ immediately was possible.}
35. a4 $2 Rxe2+ $1 36. Bxe2 Qxb1 $36) 35. h4 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Qxb2 37. Qxb2 Rxb2
38. Rb4 (38. h5 $5 Ra2 (38... gxh5 39. Bxh5 Ra2 40. Rc3 f6 41. Re3 $1 fxg5 42.
fxg5 Kf8 43. Kg3 $16) 39. Rc3 $14 {[%cal Yh5h6,Yg2b1] /\h6,><h7,Kf2-e1-d1} (39.
h6 Rxa3 40. Rb4 Ra8 $11)) 38... Ra2 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Ra8 {/\h5} (40. Re8 e6 41.
Rd8 (41. Ra8 exd5 42. Kf2 d4 43. Bd5 d3 $1 44. Ra7 Kf8 $1 $36) 41... exd5 42.
Rxd6 Ne6 43. Kg3 Rxa3 44. Rxd5 h6 $14) 40... h6 $1 {[]} 41. Kf2 hxg5 42. hxg5
Rc2 43. a4 Rc4 (43... f5 $5 $11) 44. a5 Ra4 $1 (44... Rxf4 $2 45. e4 $1 {
[%csl Ga5] o^a} f5 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. a6 $18) 45. Kg3 Ra3 (45... f5 {was also
possible.}) 46. Kg2 (46. Re8 Ne4+ 47. Kg4 Nd2 48. Bh1 $5 Nc4 49. e4 f5+ $1 50.
gxf6+ (50. exf5 Ne3+ $36) 50... Kxf6 $11) 46... Ra4 47. Kf2 f5 $1 $11 48. gxf6+
(48. Kg3 Ra3 $11) 48... Kxf6 {Now Black's K gets out of the box and a draw is
inevitable.} 49. Kg3 g5 50. e3 (50. fxg5+ Kxg5 51. Kf2 Kf6 $11 (51... Kf4 $5
52. Re8 Rxa5 53. Rxe7 Ra2 $11)) 50... gxf4+ 51. exf4 Kf5 52. Re8 Kf6 53. Bh5
Rxa5 54. Rf8+ Kg7 55. Rf7+ Kh6 56. Bf3 Ra7 57. f5 Ra4 $1 $11 58. f6 (58. Rxe7
Kg5 59. Rf7 Ra3 60. Kg2 Nd3 $11) 58... Kg6 (58... exf6 59. Rxf6+ Kg5 60. Rxd6
Ne4+ 61. Bxe4 Rxe4 $11) 59. Rxe7 (59. Bh5+ $2 Kxh5 60. fxe7 Re4) 59... Kxf6 60.
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. e4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nf3 Bb7 $6 (11... Rb8 $142 $1) 12.
Qf5 Qxb6 13. O-O d6 14. Bd2 Bc8 15. Qh5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qh3 e5 18. Qe6+
Kh8 19. Bc3 Rf6 20. Qd5 Raf8 21. Nd2 Rg6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Rad1 Nd8 24. f4 exf4
25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Qc6 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Bxf4 Re6 29. Be3 h6 30. b3 $14 {
[%csl Gc4] /+/-,Salov,V-Lautier,J/Enghien-les-Bains/1999/}) 9... Rb8 10. Bd2 ({
There have been some new developments in the other line:} 10. Ne5 Qf6 11. Nxc6
dxc6 12. Qf3 $5 (12. Qe4+ Be7 13. Bd2 $5 O-O (13... Qxb2 14. Rd1 Rxb6 15. e3
Be6 16. Bc4 Bd5 17. Qd3 Qe5 18. Bc3 Qe6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5
Rb1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 $14 {Hillarp Persson,T-Dunnington,A/St Helier op/
1999/}) 14. Bc3 Qe6 15. Qxe6 Bxe6 16. e3 Rxb6 17. Be2 c4 18. O-O Bf6 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Rfc1 Rxb2 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rd8 23. Rxc6 Rxa2 24. Rcc1 Rdd2 25.
Rxa2 Rxa2 $11 {Shubin,A-Sumaneev,D/Volgograd/1997/}) 12... Be7 13. Bd2 Qxb2 (
13... Qxf3 14. exf3 Rxb6 15. Bc3 O-O $14) 14. Bc3 Qxb6 15. e4 $1 (15. Bxg7 $143
Rg8 16. Bc3 c4 17. Qe4 Be6 18. Qxh7 Rg5 19. e3 Bb4 20. Qc2 Qa5 21. Bxb4 Rxb4
22. Be2 c3 {0-1,Deiler,P-Degraeve,J/Metz op/2000/}) 15... Be6 16. Qg3 Rg8 (
16... Bf6 17. e5 Be7 18. Qxg7 Kd7 19. Qh6 Rhg8 20. g3 c4 21. Bh3 Qb1+ 22. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 23. Ke2 Rxh1 24. Bxe6+ fxe6 25. Qxh7 Rb8 26. h4 $16 {Hillarp Persson,
T-Kallio,H/Gothenburg/2000/}) 17. Be2 f6 18. O-O Rd8 19. f4 g6 20. Qe3 Rd7 21.
g3 Qa7 22. f5 Bf7 23. e5 fxe5 24. f6 Bd6 25. Bg4 Qc7 26. Rad1 Bd5 27. Bxd7+
Kxd7 28. Qh6 Qd8 29. Qh3+ {1-0,Parker,J-Claesen,P/Mondariz zt/2000/}) (10. e4 {
is the most usual move.}) 10... Rxb6 (10... Be7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. e4 Qxb6 (12...
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Qb3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxe4 16. Bxa6 Bf6 17. Be3 Bxg2 18. Rg1
Be4 19. a4 d5 20. a5 Qd6 21. Bd3 d4 $2 (21... Rbe8 $5 $14) 22. Bxe4 dxe3 23.
Qxe3 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Qb4 25. Rg4 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qa2 27. Rb5 $18 {Dreev,
A-Solozhenkin,E/Elista RUS-ch/1996/}) (12... Rxb6 13. Bc4 d6 (13... Nb4 14. Qd2
d5 15. exd5 Bb7 16. O-O Qa8 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Bf6 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. b3 a5
21. Qe3 Qc8 22. d6 g6 23. d7 Qc6 24. Qe8+ {Rowson,J-Ledger,S/BCF-ch Hove/1997/}
) 14. Qh5 (14. O-O {-see game.}) 14... Bf6 15. O-O h6 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Qf6 18. Rd3 Kh7 19. Re3 g6 20. Qd5 Bb7 21. Qd3 Re8 22. Bd5 Re7 23. Rb1 Rxb1+
24. Qxb1 Na5 $11 {Delemarre,J-Erwich,F/NED-chT Amsterdam/2000/}) 13. Bc4 Nb4
14. Qd2 Qg6 15. O-O Qxe4 $5 (15... d6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qf4 Na7 18. a4 Nc6 19.
Rad1 $14 Be6 $2 20. Bxa6 f5 21. Nh4 Qg4 22. Qxg4 fxg4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bc4+ Kh8
25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Rfe1 Ne5 27. Bd5 $18 {Dreev,A-Fominyh,A/RUS-chT Maikop/1998/}
) 16. Rfe1 Qxc4 17. Rxe7 Nd5 18. Bxg7 Nxe7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Re1
Bb7 22. Rxe7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qd4 24. Re4 Qxb2 25. Rg4+ Kh8 26. Qxa6 f5 27. Rg3
Qe5 28. a4 f4 29. Rg4 d5 30. a5 d4 $17 {Becker,M-Michalczak,T/BL2W 9900/1999/})
(10... Qxb6 $5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5+ Be7 13. Bc3 f6 14. Qh5+ $13 {1/2,Dreev,
A-Fominyh,A/RUS-ch Elista/1995/}) 11. e4 (11. Bc3 Nb4 $1 12. Qd2 Rd6 $13) 11...
Be7 (11... Rxb2 $6 12. Bc4 $32 {|^}) 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O d6 ({Now already
taking the pawn deserves more attention:} 13... Rxb2 $5 14. Rad1 (14. Bc3 Rb6 {
/\d6,Be6}) 14... Bb7 15. Qh5 $13) 14. Bc3 (14. Qh5 Rxb2 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Bc3
Bg4 $5 (16... Bxc3 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxf7+ Kh7 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21.
Qg8+ $13) 17. Qxg4 Bxc3 18. Rd3 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rf3 a5 22.
h4 g6 23. h5 Kg7 24. g3 Qe7 25. Kg2 $44 {Khurtsidze,N-Cramling,P/FIDE WCup
Shenyang/2000/}) 14... Be6 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qe2 (16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18.
b3 Qa8 $15) 16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Ne5 $1 (19. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11)
19... Re6 20. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5][%mdl 16] ׫} Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Re8 22. g3 h5
23. a3 (23. h4 $14) (23. b3 $5 $14) 23... Nc6 24. Kg2 h4 $132 25. Rd5 Nd4 $1
26. Rd1 (26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Re2 {[%cal Re7c5,Re7f6] /\Bf6,Bc5<=>}) 26...
Nb5 27. Be5 f6 28. Bf4 hxg3 29. hxg3 Re4 {Now White's control of c4 is
insufficient.} 30. Nb6 (30. Rc1 Rd4 $1 $11) 30... Re2 31. R5d2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2
Rd8 33. Nd5 (33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Nc4 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 $11) 33... Kf7 34. a4 Nd4
35. Nb6 Nb3 $11 {Now White's << is also weakened.} 36. Rc2 Rd3 37. Nc4 Nd4 38.
Rc3 (38. Rd2 Rxd2 (38... Rb3 $132) 39. Bxd2 Ke6 $11) (38. Rc1 $2 Ne2 $15) 38...
Rxc3 39. bxc3 Nc6 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. Kd3 g5 (42... Kd5 43. Nb6+ Ke6
44. Kc4 Na5+ $11) 43. Bc7 Bd8 44. Bd6 (44. Bxd8 Nxd8 45. Ne3 Ke5 46. Kc4 Ne6
$132) 44... Be7 45. Bxe7 Kxe7 46. f3 (46. Ne3 Ne5+ $11) 46... Ke6 47. f4 gxf4
48. gxf4 Ne7 49. Ne3 Nd5 50. Ng2 (50. Nxd5 Kxd5 51. c4+ Ke6 $11) 50... Kd6 51.
a5 (51. c4 Ne7 $11) 51... Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Ra7 {Practice has shown this set-up is not
too effective. Contrary to the lines with 7.e4, here the Q on a8 doesn't
create pressure on the /^a8-h1 against White's K on g2, ideas like e6 are out
of question due to the Bg2.} 12. Rd1 Qa8 13. e4 (13. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b3] /\b3}
Bc4 14. a3 $1 $36 Rb8 (14... Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nd2 e6 17. Nc4 $16) 15. Nd2
$14) 13... Ng4 (13... Rb8 14. Rb1 Ng4 15. h3 (15. b3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. h3
c4 18. bxc4 (18. b4 $1 Nd3 19. Be3 $16) 18... Rxb1 19. Nxb1 Bxc4 $11 20. a3 $2
{Grivas,E-Tayeb,S/Novi Sad olm/1990/} Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rc4b3] /\Bb3-+}) 15... Nge5
16. Ne1 $1 {Perhaps Granda was influenced by this game?} Bc8 17. b3 Nb6 18. Kh2
Ned7 19. Bg5 Nf8 20. a4 h6 21. Be3 Rd7 22. f4 Qa5 23. Nb5 Na8 24. Nd3 Ba6 25.
b4 $1 $18 {Golod,V-Freeke,C/Vlissingen/1998/}) (13... Nb6 14. Rb1 Nfd7 15. b3
Rb8 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. h3 Ne8 18. Re1 Nc7 19. Nd1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 e6 21. dxe6 Nxe6
22. Nc3 Re8 23. Qd1 Rd7 24. Rd2 Qd8 25. a4 $16 {Stohl,I-Devcic,D/CRO-chT2 Pula/
1999/}) 14. Rb1 $146 {[%mdl 12] Granda plays patiently and doesn't commit
himself prematurely. This model game is instructive in how White gradually
extinguishes all Black's <=> and then starts exchanging pieces one by one,
until he reaches a won _|_.} (14. b3 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Rb1 $142 {-Grivas-Tayeb})
15... c4 $5 16. Nd4 (16. Na4 $5 {/\} Bb5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 cxb3 19. Qb2 $14
) 16... Bxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Nge5 18. Rb1 Nc5 19. bxc4 Bxc4 20. Bc1 Rxb1 21. Qxb1
Bd3 22. Qb4 Rb7 23. Qa3 Qb8 24. Bf4 Rb2 $36 25. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 26. Rxd3 Nxd3 27.
Qxe7 Qb6 {0-1,Whiteley,A-Sahu,S/London/1987/}) 14... Nde5 15. Ne1 $1 {White
controls d3 and wants to win tempi by kicking around Black's N.} f5 {This
doesn't achieve the desired result and only weakens Black's >>.} (15... Rb8
$142) 16. h3 Nh6 (16... Nf6 17. f4 Nf7 18. exf5 $18) 17. f4 Nc4 18. b3 (18. e5
$5 dxe5 19. b3 e4 20. bxc4 Bd4+ 21. Kh2 Bxc4 22. Nxe4 $1 Bxa2 23. Nxc5 Bxb1 24.
Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6+- is also good, but White prefers to keep it simple.}
) 18... Nb6 (18... Bd4+ $5 19. Kh2 (19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. bxc4 dxc3 21. Qxc3 fxe4
22. Bb2 Rf6 23. Bxe4 $36) 19... Nb6 (19... Ne3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Nf3 $18 {
[%csl Re3] ץe3}) 20. Nf3 $5 fxe4 (20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 fxe4 22. Bb2 Rf6 23. Ng5
$40 {/\} Bd3 24. Rxd3 exd3 25. Ne4 $18) 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Bd3 23. Rxd3
exd3 24. Qxd3 $16) 19. e5 $1 $16 dxe5 20. fxe5 Qb8 (20... Nf7 21. b4 $5 $16 (
21. e6 $16)) 21. Nf3 Nf7 22. e6 Ne5 23. Bf4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Be5 25. Qd2 {
White prepares simplification, but only at his own terms.} g5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27.
Kg2 $1 (27. Qxg5+ $2 Kh8 $132 {[%cal Re5c3,Rf8g8] /\Qc3,Rg8}) 27... h6 28. Re1
Qd4 29. Rbd1 $1 (29. Qxd4 $2 cxd4 30. Ne2 d3 31. Nd4 Bb7 $14) 29... Qxd2+ (
29... Qf6 30. d6 $18) 30. Rxd2 Nc8 31. g4 $1 (31. Na4 c4 32. Nc5 cxb3 33. axb3
Bb5 $16) 31... Nd6 32. gxf5 Nxf5 33. Be4 Nd6 (33... Nh4+ 34. Kg3 $18 {only
misplaces the N.}) 34. Bc2 Bb7 35. a4 {/\Ne4} Ra6 36. Ne4 $18 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Rd8
{[%cal Ra6e6] /\Re6} 38. Kg3 Rb6 39. Re3 Ba6 40. Rc2 Rdb8 (40... Rc8 41. h4 $18
{->}) 41. Rxc5 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 43. Kg4 Kg7 {[%cal Yg7f6]} 44. Kf5 $1 {
Prevents Kf6 and traps Black's K in a mating net.} Bd3 (44... Rxh3 45. d6 $1
Rb3 (45... exd6 46. Rc7+ {/\e7-e8Q}) 46. Rc7 $18) 45. Rc8 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6}
Bxe4+ 46. Kxe4 Rb4+ (46... Kf6 47. Rf8+ $18) 47. Kf5 Rf4+ 48. Ke5 Rf1 (48...
Rxa4 49. Rc7 (49. Re8 Ra7 50. Rxe7+ $2 Rxe7 51. d6 Kf8 $11) 49... Kf8 50. Kf5 {
[%cal Rf5g6] /\Kg6+-}) 49. d6 Re1+ (49... exd6+ 50. Kd5 $1 Rd1+ (50... Re1 51.
a5 $18) 51. Kc6 Re1 52. Kd7 $18) 50. Kf5 exd6 51. Rc7+ Kf8 52. a5 Rf1+ 53. Kg6
Ra1 54. Ra7 ({Even more incisive was} 54. a6 $1 Rxa6 55. Kf6 Ra8 56. Rg7 $18)
54... Re1 55. e7+ Ke8 (55... Rxe7 56. Rxe7 Kxe7 57. a6 $18) 56. a6 d5 57. Kf6
Rf1+ 58. Ke6 Re1+ 59. Kd6 (59. Kd6 Kf7 60. Rc7 $1 Re6+ 61. Kd7 Rxe7+ 62. Kc6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7 12. Kh2 Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 (13... Nb6
$5 {[%cal Yb6c4] /\Nc4<=>}) 14. Re2 {Before White can concentrate on his [+]
and >> play, he must overprotect his << to relieve the pressure against a2 and
b2. If Black plays well this is not so easy to achieve.} Rb4 {This is not new,
but possibly it's inaccurate.} (14... Ne8 $142 15. Rc2 (15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Bd2 Qa6
17. Be1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc4 21. Qd2 f6 22. Rc1 Ra3 23.
Rc2 Nb6 24. Qe3 Qa6 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3] ><a2,c3,1/2,Roeder,M-Nedobora,M/
Mondariz/1996/}) {Black's best probably still remains} 15... Nb6 (15... Qa6 16.
Bd2 Qd3 $5 (16... Ne5 $2 17. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 18. f4 Bg7 19. Qf3 Rb4 20. Re1 Rd4 21.
Re3 Rb4 22. b3 Nc7 23. Ne2 Rb7 24. Bc3 Nb5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f5 $1 $16 {
->,Graf,A-Georgiev,K/Recklinghausen/1998/}) 17. Be1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nc7 19. b3
Na6 20. Nb1 Ra7 21. Na3 Rf8 $5 22. Nc4 f5 23. Re2 fxe4 {1/2,Tosic,M-Georgiev,K/
Vrnjacka Banja/1998/} 24. Rxe4 Nf6 $132 {This game also shows the
characteristic trend in the A59 Volga lines-Black is often not afraid to enter
an _|_ a P down.}) 16. Qe2 Qa6 $1 17. Qe3 $5 (17. Bg5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxc3 19.
bxc3 f6 20. Bc1 Nc4 21. Ne1 Kf7 22. Nd3 Nc7 23. f3 Ra4 24. Nf2 Ke8 25. Nd1 Kd7
$44 {Graf,A-Zueger,B/Geneve/1999/}) (17. e5 $6 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nc4 $1 19. exd6
exd6 20. a4 Nc7 21. Re7 Bxc3 22. Rxc7 Bxb2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 $15 {Ivanov,S-Sivokho,
S/St Petersburg/1999/}) 17... Nc4 (17... Na4 $5 18. Nd1 Nc7 $13) 18. Qe1 Nc7
19. b3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 21. f4 Bg7 22. Bb2 Rb4 23. Rd1 Qb7 24. Ba1 $14 {
Wilhelmi,C-Mainka,R/Bad Woerishofen/2000/}) 15. Rb1 $1 $146 {[%cal Yb2b3][%mdl
12] /\b3 A clever, but logical novelty allows White to impelement his plan in
a model way-b3, followed by further << consolidation. The Pa2 will be
typically protected via the 2-nd rank-see also Graf's games in this line.} ({
Also quite good is} 15. Qc2 $5 Rab8 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. Ree1 Nc7 19. b3
R4b7 20. a4 Rb6 21. Bg5 Kf8 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. Re3 h6 24. Bh4 c4 25. f4 cxb3 26.
Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Nxb3 {Polak,T-Salmensuu,O/Elista olm/1998/} Nc4 $14) (15. a3 $143
Rb7 16. Rc2 Qa6 (16... Ne8 17. Bg5 Bxc3 $6 (17... Ne5 $5) 18. bxc3 f6 19. Bc1
Qa4 20. c4 $1 {Compared with the game Graf-Zueger Black doesn't get his N to
c4 and simply stays a P down for nothing.} Rb3 21. Qe2 Rab8 22. Ne1 $14 {
Moldobaev,E-Guner,B/Antalya/2002/}) 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Qd2 Rb3 21. Re1 Kg7 $44 {Nikuljshin,K-Hudecek,J/Stare Mesto/1992/}) (15. Qe1
Ne8 (15... Qa6 $1 $132) 16. Nd1 Ra4 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. a3 Rb8 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20.
Nxc3 Ra6 {1/2,Kochetkov,G-Kasparov,S/BLR-ch Minsk/2000/} 21. Rd1 $14) (15. Kg1
Ne8 16. Qe1 Rab8 17. Nd1 Qa6 18. Bg5 $5 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Rxb2 21. a4
f6 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. Qc1 Rb7 24. Qc2 {Sherbakov,R-Vuckovic,B/Belgrade/2000/} Nb6
$132) (15. b3 $2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxa1 17. Bd2 Bg7 $17) 15... Rab8 (15... Qa6 16.
b3 (16. Bd2 $5 Qb7 17. Qc2 $14) 16... c4 17. Be3 cxb3 18. Bd4 $5 $14) 16. b3
Ne8 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Rc1 {[%cal Yc3a4,Yd2c3] /\Na4,Bc3} (18. Na4 $2 Rxa4 $1 19.
bxa4 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Qxe2 $19) 18... Ne5 (18... R4b7 19. Na4 $5 $14 {/+/-}) 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5+ 20. Kg1 Nf6 {><e4} 21. Qe1 Nh5 22. g3 $1 (22. Na4 $6 Nf4 23. Re3 Bd4
$132) 22... Bd4 {[%cal Rh5g3] /\Ng3} 23. Kg2 Rc8 $5 (23... R4b7 24. Na4 $16)
24. Na4 Rbb8 25. Bc3 {After careful prophylaxis White finally gets to swap
Black's active B.} (25. Rc4 Nf6 (25... e5 $5) 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Nd7 $14)
25... Bxc3 26. Nxc3 c4 {Black's only <=>, but now White defends his <<P by
playing in the [+].} 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. e5 $1 {פh5} Rbc8 29. exd6 Qxd6 (29...
exd6 $142 $5 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kg7 32. Qe2 Qc8 $14 {<=>><d5}) 30. Rxe7
Nf6 31. Re3 $16 Nxd5 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Qf8 (33... Kg7 $2 34. Ne4 Qc7 35.
Rxc4 Qxc4 36. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 37. Nd6+ $18) 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ne2 Ra4 36. Rc8+
Ke7 37. Nc1 {White has good winning chances in the _|_, but it requires
patience and technique.} Ra3 38. Rc2 Ke6 (38... Nb4 39. Rb2 $16 {/\} Nd3 40.
Rb3 $1 Rxb3 41. Nxb3 $18) 39. Re2+ Kf5 (39... Kf6 $142) 40. Rb2 Rc3 41. Ne2 Ra3
42. Nd4+ Ke4 (42... Kf6 $142 $16) 43. Nb5 Ra6 44. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d5] /\Rd5+-}
Rb6 (44... Ra5 $2 45. Nd6+ {Black's K has wandered too far and he has problems
with the deserted >>P.}) 45. a4 Rc6 (45... Ke5 $142 $5 46. Re2+ Kf6 47. Ra2)
46. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5] o^a Suddenly the passed pawn is really dangerous.} Rc5
47. Rb2 (47. Nd6+ $6 Ke5 48. Nxf7+ Kf6 49. Nd6 Rxa5 $14) 47... Rc6 (47... Nc7
48. Nxc7 Rxc7 49. a6 Ra7 50. Ra2 $18) 48. Rd2 Rc5 49. Rb2 (49. Re2+ $142 $1)
49... Rc6 50. Rd2 Rc5 51. Re2+ $1 Kd3 (51... Kf5 $4 52. Nd6+ {/\Ne4+-}) 52. Rb2
Rc6 53. Rb1 $1 f6 ({Similar to the game is} 53... Ra6 54. Rd1+ Kc4 55. Rxd5
Rxa5 56. Rd7 Rxb5 57. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rh7] ׻,Kc4}) (53... Re6 54. Rd1+ Kc4
55. Rxd5 $18) (53... Nf6 54. Ra1 Kc4 55. a6 $18) (53... Ke4 54. Re1+ Kd3 55. a6
$1 Rxa6 56. Rd1+ $18) 54. a6 $1 Rxa6 55. Rd1+ Kc4 56. Rxd5 Ra5 $8 (56... Kxd5
57. Nc7+ $18) 57. Rd7 Rxb5 58. Rxh7 Rb6 59. h4 g5 60. hxg5 (60. hxg5 fxg5 61.
Rd7 $1 $18 {and White will transpose into a winning R_|_ with the f of go^
against the distant K.}) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 axb5 (6... Nxd5 7. Qxc5
Bb7 8. Qd4 Nf6 9. bxa6 Rxa6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd1 Nb4 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. a3 Nbd5 14.
e3 Rb6 15. Na4 Rd6 16. Nc5 Bc6 17. Rc1 Ng4 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 h5 20. Be2 Qa8
21. O-O $14 {Kozak,M-Petrtyl,J/CZE-chT2/1997/}) 7. e4 {In this unexplored
sideline it still remains unclear what's Black's best even after the greedy
and risky} (7. Qxc5 Na6 $5 (7... d6 8. Qxb5+ Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2
Nc5 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Qb4 Nb6 14. Qh4 h5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nb3 17. axb3 Rxa1
18. Bh6 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 f6 20. Bxf8 {1-0,Tukmakov,V-Djukic,Z/Bor/1983/}) (7...
Bg7 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Qxb5 Rb8 10. Qa4 O-O 11. e4 Nc5 12. Qa7 Rb6 13. Be3 d6 14.
Bxc5 dxc5 15. Bc4 Rxb2 16. O-O Ne8 (16... Bg4 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Nxb2
Bxc3 20. Rab1 Qf4 21. Qa3 Be5 22. g3 Qxe4 {Anapolsky,S-Moraru,M/ROM-chT/1994/}
23. Rfe1 $16) 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Qxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qb8 (19... Be5 $142 $1 $44)
20. d6 Nxd6 21. Bb3 Bh6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qc3 Bg7 24. Qc7 $16 {Najer,E-Lempert,I/
Moscow op/1996/}) 8. Qd4 Bg7 9. e4 Bb7 10. Bxb5 (10. Nc3 b4 $5 11. Bxa6 Bxa6
12. Qxb4 $14) 10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. O-O Nc2 13. Qd3 Nxa1 14. Bg5 O-O 15.
Rxa1 Ba6 16. e5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Rfb8 18. Nc3 Ng4 19. Bxe7 Rxb2 20. Rf1 Nxe5 $17 {
Vegh,E-Adrian,C/Hampstead/1998/}) 7... Qa5+ (7... Bg7 8. Bxb5 (8. Nc3 b4 9. Nb5
O-O 10. Be2 b3 11. Qxb3 Nxe4 12. O-O d6 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Bf3 Na6 15. Nc4 Rb8 16.
Bd2 Nb4 17. a4 Nfxd5 18. Ncxd6 Be6 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Nc4 Qd3 $17 {Klebel,
M-Jukic,B/Vienna/1991/}) 8... O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Ne8
13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 $14 {1/2,Bagirov,V-Grigorian,K/Yerevan/1982/}) (7...
Ba6 $5 8. Qxc5 (8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Qxc5 O-O 10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O d6 12. Qb4 exd5 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Nf4 15. Bxb5 Qa5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. g3 Ne2+ 18. Kg2 Nc6 19.
Qc4 Rfb8 20. Re1 Ned4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rb1 Rxa2 25.
Nf3 Nb5 {1/2,Epishin,V-Bareev,E/RUS-ch St Petersburg/1998/}) 8... Nxe4 9. Qd4
Nf6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bxb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Ne8 14. Qc4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7
16. O-O Na6 17. Rfc1 Nf6 18. d6 exd6 19. Nxd6 Qe7 20. Rb6 Qe6 21. Qf1 Nb8 22.
Nc4 Nc6 23. a3 Ne4 24. Be3 Rfb8 25. a4 d5 $11 {Kortschnoj,V-Cramling,P/
Roquebrune/1998/}) 8. Bd2 Qa4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black doesn't allow White to
stabilize the position on the <<.} (8... b4 $143 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Be2
Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 (13. a3 $5) 13... Na6 14. a4 Rb8 15. b3 Bb7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rac1 Nc7 20. Ne3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23.
Nc4 d5 24. Nce5 $16 {Huzman,A-Kogan,A/ISR-chT/1999/}) 9. Qxa4 (9. Qxc5 Qxe4+
10. Be3 Na6 $36) 9... bxa4 (9... Rxa4 $2 10. Nc3 $16) 10. Nc3 Bg7 (10... d6 11.
e5 $5 dxe5 (11... Nfd7 12. Bb5 $14) 12. Nxe5 $14) 11. e5 (11. Bb5 $6 a3 $15) (
11. a3 d6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Bb5 O-O $132) 11... Ng4 12. Bf4 f6 $8 13. exf6 Nxf6
14. a3 O-O 15. O-O-O (15. d6 exd6 16. Bxd6 Re8+ $40) 15... d6 16. Re1 (16. Bb5
Bd7 $15 {[%cal Gg7a1,Gf8f2,Gb8b2] If Black is allowed to consolidate, he has
promising play on the <-> b and f, also on the /^a1-h8.}) 16... Ra7 $1 (16...
Re8 17. h3 $14 {is too passive, Topalov prefers to sacrifice a pawn.}) 17. Bb5
Ba6 18. Bxa4 Bc4 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5} 19. Bg5 (19. Bb5 Bxd5 (19... Bxb5 20. Nxb5
Ra4 21. Bg5 Nxd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rxe7 Rg4 24. Ne1 Rxf2 25. Re8+ Rf8 26. Nxd6
$14) (19... Ng4 $5 20. Bxd6 Bxc3 21. Rxe7 Bxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Bxb5 24.
Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Kc3 $5 $14) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Rxf4 22. Bxd5+ Kf8 (22... Kh8
23. Kc2 $14) 23. Ng5 Rf5 $13) 19... Nxd5 20. Bb5 $8 (20. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 21. Bd1
Nc6 $17) 20... Bxb5 21. Nxd5 Bc4 (21... e5 $143 22. Be7 $14) (21... Nc6 $142 $5
22. Nxe7+ Kh8 $44) 22. Rxe7 (22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. f3 Rb7 $36) 22...
Ra6 (22... Rxe7 23. Nxe7+ Kf7 (23... Kh8 24. Rd1 $16) 24. Nd2 $16) 23. Rd1 Nc6
24. Rb7 {Otherwise Black plays Rb8.} Na5 25. Rb6 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 {Now Black gets
enough play.} ({More ambitious was} 26. Kb1 $142 $1 Nd4 27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28. Nxd4
(28. Be7 Re8 (28... Rf5 29. Ne3 $16) 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxd6 Re2 $132) 28...
Bxd4 29. f3 $14) 26... Nd4+ 27. Nxd4 Rxf2+ 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Bxd4 30. Rb8+
Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kg8 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Rb7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ $5 {The last attempt. But
with ^- the extra pawn will be insufficient.} (34. Rb8+ $11) 34... Bxf6 35.
Bxf6 h5 36. Rg7+ ({More testing was} 36. Kc3 $5 Bf1 (36... Bd5 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38.
Rxg6 Kf7 39. Rh6 Bxg2 40. Bg5 $14) 37. Rg7+ (37. g3 d5 38. Be7 Rc6 $11) 37...
Kf8 38. Rxg6 d5 39. Bg7+ Kf7 $11) 36... Kf8 37. Rxg6 Kf7 38. Rh6 d5 $11 39. Bg5
Rxh6 40. Bxh6 Bf1 41. g3 d4 42. a4 Ke6 43. Ke1 Bd3 44. Kf2 Kd5 45. Kf3 c4 46.
Bd2 c3 $1 (46... c3 47. Bxc3 (47. bxc3 dxc3 48. Bxc3 Kc6 $11 {Black puts his K
on a8 and sacrifices his B for the o^ on the >>, with his "false" B White
can't queen his last remaining P.}) 47... dxc3 48. bxc3 Kc4 49. Kf4 Kxc3 50.
Kg5 Be2 51. a5 Kd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 (9... O-O $6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 $1 Nb6 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Bg5
Nc7 14. a4 Bb7 15. Qb3 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxb2 19. Ra2
Bg7 20. Nd2 Ra7 21. Nc4 Qb8 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. e4 Rdd7 24. a5 Rdb7 25. e5 Rb3 26.
Qc2 Rb1+ 27. Bf1 d5 28. Nd2 $16 {Karasev,V-Arykin,A/St Petersburg/1999/}) 10.
Rb1 $5 {This method of fighting Black's setup has become very popular lately
and it has become a serious alternative to the former main line.} (10. O-O Nb6
$1 $44 {<=>}) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 (13...
Ne8 14. Bb2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rxa2 16. e4 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Bxa1
Qe7 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qg4 Nef6 22. Qg5 Qe8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. e5 Bxg2 25. exf6 Bd5
26. f5 Rg8 27. fxe6+ Bxe6 28. Nf3 Qa8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Qh6 {1-0,Jussupow,
A-Kersten,U/GER-ch Altenkirchen/1999/}) 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Qd2 Ne8 16. e4 Nc7 17.
f4 Rd8 18. f5 $6 Qe8 19. Kh1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Nf3 Qf8 22. Nd1 Bb7 23. Bxg7
Qxg7 24. Ne3 Nb5 25. Rbc1 Rdb8 26. Nc4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Re2
Ba6 30. Rd2 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Ne5 32. Rcxd4 Rc8 $44 {Slipak,S-Hoffman,A/Buenos
Aires/1999/}) 11. O-O Qa5 (11... Ne8 $5 12. Qc2 (12. Bd2 Nb6 13. b4 cxb4 14.
Rxb4 Nc4 15. Be1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Ncb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. e3 Nf6 20. Nd4
Ne5 21. Qb3 Raa8 22. Bd2 Rfc8 23. f4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Na5 25. Qb2 Nc4 26. Qb1 Ng4
27. Rb5 Bxd4 $5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 $44 {Arkell,K-Mortazavi,A/Cappelle la Grande/
1991/}) 12... Nc7 13. Rd1 Bxc3 $5 14. Qxc3 Bxe2 15. Bh6 Nf6 16. Rd2 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 Re8 18. a3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Nb5 20. Qd3 Reb8 21. Re1 Nd4 22. b4 Nxf3 23. Qxf3
cxb4 24. axb4 Ng4 25. Bf4 f6 26. h3 Ne5 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Re4 Ra4 29. Rb2 Qb5
$11 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Stanojoski,Z/EU-chT Batumi /1999/}) (11... Nb6 12. b3
Ra7 13. a4 (13. Re1 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Nce4 Nfd5 18.
Bb2 h6 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Qd2 Nf4 $13 {Konnov,O-Dolomatov,N/Ufa/1999/}) (13. Bb2
Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Ba1 Rab7 16. Qc2 Nc8 17. Rfd1 Na7 18. e4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rb4
20. a3 R4b7 21. h3 Nc8 22. a4 Rb6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Na7 25. Nd2 Qb7 26. Na2
Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Qa6 28. Rfe1 $14 {Cebalo,M-Bancod,R/Genova op/1999/}) 13... Qa8
14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Ba1 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1 Ne8 20.
Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4 Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26.
Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 28. Na3 $1 $16 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1999/})
12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Bd2 {-12.Bd2}) 12... Rfb8 13. b3 {Although this move
fits White's plans, it's wiser to postpone (and prepare) it for a while, as
now it will not be so easy to repel Black's Q.} (13. Qc2 $142 $5 Ra7 $5 (13...
Qc7 14. b3 (14. Rfc1 Bc4 15. b3 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne1 e6 18. Nd3 Ra3 19.
e4 Ne7 20. Bb4 Ra7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Bf3
Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. Bd1 Nde5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Be2 Rb4 30. f3 f5 $17 {_|_|^,
Whiteley,A-Vukcevich,M/Hastings/1976/}) (14. Nh4 Ra7 15. b3 Rab7 16. a4 Qb6 17.
Rfe1 Ne5 18. h3 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nd1 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. Nf3 Na3 23. Bxa3
Qxa3 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Ne3 Qb4 $44 {Pavlovic,D-Pap,M/Nis/1995/}) 14... Rb7 $5 (
14... Nb6 15. Nh4 Qa7 16. a4 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. e4 Nd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be3 Rb4
21. Na2 Rbb8 22. f4 Bc8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxg6 Bf6 26. Nf4 Ne8 27.
Nc3 $16 {Konopelchenkova,T-Melamed,T/Moscow/ 1996/}) 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. h3 Ne8
17. Bg5 (17. e4 $5 $14) 17... h6 {1/2,Sarosi,Z-Rat,D/HUN-chT/1998/}) (13... Nb6
14. b3 Qb4 15. Rfe1 c4 16. e4 cxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bxb6 $2 (19.
Qb1 $14) 19... Rxb6 20. Rxb6 Qxb6 21. Qb3 Qc5 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Nc3 Ng4 $40 {
Papp,Z-Antal,S/HUN-chT/1998/}) (13... Ng4 14. a4 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Qd8
17. Rfd1 Ra7 18. Be1 Rab7 19. Na2 Qc8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Qxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nxb4 Bxe2
23. Nc6 $1 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Eliseev,A/St Petersburg/ 1996/}) 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
b3 Rba8 16. Be1 Ne8 17. h3 Qa5 18. a4 Rb7 19. e4 Rab8 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Bf1 Nc7
22. Na3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Na6 24. Nc4 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Kg2 Qc7 $132 {
Skomorokhin,R-Vajda,L/Budapest/1994/}) 13... Qa3 $1 (13... Ne8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15.
a4 Qd8 16. e4 Nc7 17. Rfe1 Na6 18. Na2 Rc8 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Nc7 21. h4 Qa5
22. Bh3 Rd8 23. Bg5 Nf6 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Nd2 h6 26. Nc4 Ra6 27. Bd2 e6 28. Ba5
Nfe8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rbd1 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Mudrov,V/Novgorod/1995/}) 14.
Qc2 Nb6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Rd1 Ne8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Bb7 $6 17. Bd2 Ne8 (
17... Qa3 18. Nb5 $1 Qxa2 19. Rb2 Qa6 20. Nc7 $16) 18. a4 Nd7 19. e4 Qd8 20.
Nb5 Ba6 21. Bf1 Nc7 22. Nxc7 Bxf1 $6 23. Nxa8 Be2 24. Kg2 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxa8
26. Be1 Rb8 27. Nd2 Qb6 28. Rb1 Qa6 29. Nc4 Ne5 30. Na3 $1 $16 {Gavrikov,
V-Lukov,V/Moscow/1989/}) 17. Bd2 {[%cal Ya2a4,Rc3b5] /\a4,Nb5} Qa3 $1 18. e4
Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 $44 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 {White decides
to play for a win, but Black has sufficient <=>.} (23. Bd2 Qa3 $11) 23... Nc7 (
23... Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Qxa2 25. Rb2 Qa6 26. e5 $40) (23... c4 $6 24. Nd4 $16) 24.
a3 (24. a4 c4 25. Nd2 Na6 $5 $132) 24... Qa6 {Black's Q has fulfilled it's
task, now it moves over to the >>.} 25. Bf1 $6 {Only weakens White's >>.} (25.
Kh2 $142 Qc8 26. Nd2 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 25... Qc8 26. Kh2 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4,Rd7f5]
/\fe4,Bf5} 27. Ra1 (27. Nd2 $5 Qf8 28. b4 $13) 27... Qf8 28. Rd2 fxe4 29. Qxe4
Qf5 $1 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 {[%csl Rb3,Rd5] ><b3,d5 As is quite typical for the Volga
gambit, an exchange of Q gives Black a good _|_, where he can attack White's
weaknesses without bothering about his K.} 31. Re1 Kf8 (31... Bxc3 $5 32. Bxc3
Ncxd5 33. Bb2 Ra7 $13) 32. Ng5 $2 (32. Nb5 $142 $1 Nxb5 (32... Bxb2 33. Nxc7
Bc3 34. Nxa8 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Rxa8 36. a4 $16 {/\} Nxd5 37. Bg2 e6 38. g4 $18) (
32... Ncxd5 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 35. Rxe7+ $16) 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Bxb5 Rxa3 35. Rxe7+ Kf6 36. Re3 $8 Nc8 37. Bc4 Nb6 $132) 32... h6 33. Nge4 Nd7
$36 34. b4 (34. Bc4 Ne5 35. Re3 Nxc4 36. bxc4 Rb3 $5 (36... Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Bxe4
38. Rxe4 Bxc3 39. Rb7 Ba5 $5 $17) 37. Nb5 Rxe3 38. Nxc7 Rxe4 39. Nxa8 Bxb2 40.
Rxb2 Rxc4 $17 {[%csl Gc5] o^c}) 34... cxb4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Bg2 Nf6 37. Nxf6
Bxf6 38. Rc1 $2 $138 (38. Nd1 $8 Bxb2 39. Nxb2 Ra2 40. Ree2 Nb5 $36) 38... Nb5
$1 $19 (38... Bg5 39. f4 Rxf4 $17) 39. g4 (39. Nd1 Ra2 $19) (39. f4 Rxb2 40.
Rxb2 Nxc3 $19) (39. Nxb5 Bxb2 $19) 39... Bg5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ra6 13. h3 (13. e5 dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Rd6 16. Qf3 e6 $1 17. dxe6 {1/2,Blazsik,Z-Pommerel,W/ICCF
email/1997/} fxe6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qe4 Rxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qf6+ $11 {
Morgado}) 13... Qa8 14. Bf4 {Aimed against Black's plan with e6, which is
popular against the more usual moves} (14. Re2 e6 $132 {and}) (14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qc2 g5 18. a4 d5 19. e5 $5 d4 $2 (19... Nh7 $142 20.
Nb5 d4 21. Ra3 $14) 20. exf6 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Nxf6 22. Ra3 h5 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24.
Qe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rf8 26. Nxg5 Bxb2 27. Ra2 $18 {Shishkin,V-Averjanov,A/
Polanica Zdroj op/2001/}) 14... Rb8 {Tseshkovsky plays the typical Volga moves,
concentrating forces on the <<.} ({Another way to do this is used even more
often:} 14... Nb6 15. Qc2 (15. a4 $5 {deserves attention, although after} Rb8 {
play will probably transpose into the below note.}) 15... Na4 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17.
a3 Rb8 (17... Qa6 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. e5 Ne8 20. Bg5 Kf8 21. Re4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 f6
23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qe6 Qc8 25. Qe2 Qf5 26. g4 Qd7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Rd2 Rb3 $44
{Gurevich,M-Manor,I/EU-chT Haifa/1989/}) 18. Rad1 Ra6 (18... Nd7 19. e5 Ra6 20.
Qe2 (20. Rd2 Rab6 21. b4 Qxa3 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. exd6 exd6 24. Re3 {Ruck,
R-Turzo,A/Gyula/1998/} Qb4 $1 25. Rde2 Qb5 $11) 20... Nf8 21. Bg5 Ra7 22. Bc1
$14 {Porper,E-Manor,I/Tel Aviv/1991/}) 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rab6
22. Rd2 Rb3 23. Qc2 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxa3 26. Rb7 Qa4 27. e5 dxe5
28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Qd4 30. Rexe7 Qxd5+ 31. Kg1 c4 32. Rbc7 $11 {1/2,DuCret,
R-Nilsson,J/corr/1998/}) (14... Nh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. b3 $5 (17. Qc1
Kh7 18. b3 f5 $13) 17... Bxc3 $6 (17... e6 $142 $1) 18. Bxc3 Rxa2 19. Qd3 Rxa1
20. Rxa1 Qb7 21. Qe3 Kh7 22. Bd2 Rh8 23. g4 Nf6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qf4 $16 {
Shneider,A-Bator,R/Koszalin op/1999/}) ({However, even against 15.Bf4 Black
can return to the plan with [+]<=> by playing} 14... h6 15. Qc2 (15. g4 Nb6 16.
Qc2 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Na4 18. Re2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ra3 20. c4 Rc3 21. Qd2 g5 {
Schoeppl,E-Fogarasi,T/Oberwart/2003/} 22. Be5 $1 Rxc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h4 $132
) 15... g5 16. Bd2 e6 17. Rad1 Nb6 $6 (17... exd5 $142 $13) 18. dxe6 fxe6 19.
Bxg5 $1 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nbd7 21. Nxe6 Rc8 {Marchand,F-Guidarelli,L/Paris/2002/}
22. Nd5 $5 $40) 15. Qc2 Rb4 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty is not too impressive.
Although it forces a slight weakening of White's <<, he gains tempi to
consolidate his ranks.} (15... Nb6 $5 16. b3 (16. a4 Ne8 $5 {On c7 the N will
be better placed, if White after ...c4 returns the P with b4 as in Ruck's game.
} (16... Nfd7 17. b3 c4 18. b4 $1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. Nd4 Ra8
22. Nc6 e5 23. dxe6 Qxc6 24. exd7 Nxd7 25. Qd4 Ra6 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Qxc4 $16 {Ruck,R-Adontaki,E/Chania op/1998/}) 17. b3 Nc7 18. Rad1 (18. Nd2
$5) 18... c4 $1 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Qxc4 $2 (21. axb5 Ra4 $11) 21...
Rxa4 22. Qc1 Nc3 $17 {Justi,L-Felgaer,R/Pan American ch-U18/1998/}) 16... c4 (
16... Rc8 17. a4 Ne8 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. h4 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Qd1 d5 22. Rc1 d4
23. Nb5 c4 24. a5 c3 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Nbxd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 cxd2 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8
29. Qxd2 Rd6 30. Qc2 $18 {Lugovoi,A-Murashko,V/St Petersburg/1997/}) 17. Rac1
Nfd7 18. Be3 Bxc3 $5 19. Qxc3 Rxa2 20. bxc4 Rc8 21. Bxb6 Nxb6 22. Qd4 Qa5 23.
e5 Qc5 24. exd6 exd6 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Ng5 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 {1/2,Arlandi,
E-Liardet,F/Geneve/1999/} Nxc4 28. Re7 Nb6 29. Rxf7 Nxd5 30. Rxh7 Ne3+ 31. Kf3
Nd1 $132) 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Bc1 Nfd7 (18... Nc4 19. Qe2 {leads
nowhere.}) 19. b3 $14 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nb1 (21. f4 Bg7 22. e5 Qb7 $5 $132)
(21. h4 Nd7 $44 {[%csl Rb3] ><b3}) 21... Rc8 22. Nd2 Bg7 {Black retreats the B
to avoid lines as} (22... c4 23. b4 $5 c3 24. Nf3 $16) 23. h4 c4 $5 (23... h5
24. Nf3 {/\} c4 25. b4 c3 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nc4 28. b5 Nxa3 29. Qb3 Ra5 30.
Rb4 $14) 24. h5 $1 (24. bxc4 Ra4 $44) (24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Ra4 $132) (24. b4
c3 25. Nb1 Nc4 $13) 24... cxb3 25. Qxb3 Nd7 26. Nf3 Rc3 (26... gxh5 $2 27. Qe3
$40) (26... Rb6 27. Qe3 Rc3 28. Qg5 Bf6 29. Qg4 $14) 27. Qb5 Qc8 28. h6 Rb6 (
28... Rc5 $5 {[%cal Yg7c3] /\Bc3+/=}) 29. Qe2 Rc2 30. Qe3 Rc3 31. Rd3 (31. Qf4
Be5 $5 (31... Ne5 32. hxg7 $1 Nxf3 (32... Rxf3 33. Qh4 $16) 33. Re3 $36 (33.
Rh1 g5 $8 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. exf5 $36))) 31... Rbb3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qf4 $6 (33.
Qd2 $142 Rc2 (33... Bf6 34. Bb2 $16 {/\} Rc2 35. Rc1) (33... Ne5 34. Nxe5 Bxe5
35. Bb2 $1 $16) 34. Qd1 Bf6 35. Nd4 $1 $36) 33... Ne5 $1 34. Nxe5 $8 (34. Re3
Rxc1 35. hxg7 Qa6 $15) (34. hxg7 $2 Nd3 $17) 34... Bxe5 35. Qd2 (35. Qg5 f6 36.
Qd2 Bxg3 $1 37. Bb2 Be5 $11 {is similar to the game.}) 35... Bxg3 $1 {Exposes
White's K; already Korotylev has to be careful not to lose.} 36. Bb2 (36. fxg3
$2 Rc2 $17) 36... Be5 $1 {[%cal Rc8g4] /\Qg4} (36... Rc2 $2 37. Rc1 $1 Rxc1 38.
Qxc1 Qxc1 $8 39. Bxc1 $16 {_|_,o^a3}) 37. Bxc3 $8 Bxc3 38. Qe2 (38. Qc2 Qg4+
39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Ke2 Qg4+ $11 (40... Bxe1 41. Kxe1 Qxh6 $11)) 38... Bxe1 39.
Qxe1 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ (41... Qg4+ $11 42. Kf1 $6 Qh3+ 43. Ke2
Qxa3 44. Qb1 Qa8 $15) 42. Kh3 (42. Kf3 Qxh6 43. Kg2 $44 {-42.Kh3} (43. a4 Qh3+
$36 {[%csl Gh7] and the o^h7 can be dangerous.})) 42... Qxh6+ 43. Kg2 Qg5+ 44.
Kh3 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 {[%csl Ga3] White's o^a3 saves the day, it's
rapid advance will force Black to take a perpetual.} Qf3 47. a4 Qa3 48. Qa5 $1
(48. a5 $143 $2 Kf8 $15 {Here White can't improve his position and his Q
remains passive, while Black's K can march to the <<, or advance his >>P.})
48... Kg7 49. Qa7 Qb4 50. a5 (50. Qxe7 Qxa4 51. Qxd6 Qxe4 52. Qd8 {was perhaps
also possible, but the text is simpler.}) 50... Qxe4 51. a6 ({Black's last
winning attempt is} 51. a6 f5 {The simplest way to parry it is} 52. Qe3 $1 (52.
Qb7 f4 53. Qb2+ (53. a7 $2 f3 $1 54. a8=Q (54. Kg3 g5 $1 $19) 54... Qh4+ 55.
Kg1 Qg5+ $19) 53... Kf7 (53... Kh6 54. a7 Qxd5 55. Qb8 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 $14) 54.
Qh8 $1 $11) 52... Qh4+ 53. Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. h3 $5 O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7 $5 ({Other options are:} 11...
Na6) (11... Qb6) (11... Qa5 $6) 12. Kh2 Qa5 $5 ({Other lines are:} 12... Qb6 $5
) (12... Nb6 $5) (12... Ra7 $6) (12... Ra6) 13. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e2,Ye2a2] -is
the best move.} ({Worse is:} 13. Be3) (13. Qc2) (13. Qe2) 13... Rfb8 {[%mdl 4]}
(13... Nb6 $5 14. Re2 Nfd7 15. Rc2 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Rb1 Rfb8 18. b3 Nce5 19.
Qxa6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Rxa6 21. Bd2 $44 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Vaganian,R/Oviedo 1992/
EXT 92 (44)}) 14. Re2 ({White has few options:} 14. Qc2) (14. Nd2) (14. Kg1)
14... Ne8 $5 ({Worse is:} 14... Rb4) (14... Ra7) (14... Rb7) 15. Rc2 $5 (15.
Qc2 $143 Nc7 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Be1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc4
21. Qd2 f6 22. Rc1 Ra3 23. Rc2 Nb6 24. Qe3 Qa6 {1/2-1/2 Roeder,M-Nedobora,M/
Mondariz 1996/EXT 97 (24)}) 15... Nb6 $5 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 
15... Nc7 $2 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Bd2 $143 Na6 (16... Nb5 17. a4 (17. Nxb5 $6 Qxb5
18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ra3 20. Qc1 Rba8 21. c4 Qa6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vosselman,
J-Felten,N/NLD-chT9495 1994/EXT 97 (29)}) 17... Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5
20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qd3 {+/=/+/-;1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Jimenez Zerquera,E/Palma de
Mallorca 1970/IZT (42)}) 17. a3 Rb3 18. Be1 Nc7 19. Nd2 Rb7 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Qe2
Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 23. g3 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Santos,C-Sorensen,J/Tunja
1989/TD 89\08 (37)}) 16... Kf8 17. Rac1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. b3 Ra3 20. Re2
Qa6 21. Rcc2 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 23. f4 Bg7 24. e5 $16 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Van der
Weide,K/Open, Groningen NED 1997 (32)}) (15... Qa6 $6 16. Bd2 $5 (16. Qe1 $143
Qd3 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nc7 19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 f6 21. Be3 Ra4 22. Rc2 Kf7
23. Nd2 f5 $14 {1-0 Bartels,H-Berg,K/Copenhagen 1987/EXT 87op (41)}) 16... Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 18. f4 Bg7 19. Qf3 Rb4 20. Re1 Rd4 21. Re3 Rb4 22. b3 Nc7 23.
Ne2 Rb7 24. Bc3 Nb5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f5 $16 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Georgiev,K/It,
Recklinghausen GER 1998 (40)}) (15... Rb7 $5 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Rb1 Nb5 18. Nxb5
Qxb5 19. b3 Qd3 20. Bg5 Ne5 21. Nd2 f5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Nc4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxg5
25. fxg5 fxe4 26. Re2 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Gipslis,A/MK Cafe Cup, Koszalin
POL 1998 (26)}) 16. Qe2 Qa6 $1 {(N! Stohl.)} 17. Qxa6 (17. e5 $6 Nc7 $1 {
[%csl Rd5]} (17... Qxe2 $6 18. Rxe2 Nc7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rd6]})
18. Qe4 Qb7 $13) 17... Rxa6 18. Bg5 (18. b3 $2 f5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd5,Re4,Gg7]
[%cal Gg7a1]}) 18... Na4 $5 $146 {From my point of view this novelty brings
black at least equality.} (18... Nc4 $5 19. Nd1 (19. Bxe7 $6 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Nxb2
21. e5 Nd3 $15 {Blees,A-Greenfeld,A,Tel-Aviv 1988-CBM 07}) 19... Nxb2 (19...
Bxb2 $2 20. Nxb2 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Rab6 22. Bxe7 f6 23. Bd8 $16) 20. Rb1 Rab6 (20...
Rxa2 $2 21. Bc1 $1 $16) 21. Bxe7 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 f6 $15) 19. Nxa4 ({After:} 19.
e5 f6 $1 $132) 19... Rxa4 20. e5 (20. Bxe7 $2 f6 {(ץe7)} 21. e5 fxe5 $15 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 20... f6 $1 21. exf6 Nxf6 $1 (21... exf6 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. b3 Rxb3 (
23... Ra6 $6 24. b4 $1 $14) 24. axb3 Rxa1 25. b4 Nxd5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Rxc5
Ne7 {with equal endgame.}) 22. Re1 ({Can be recommended:} 22. Re2 $5 Nxd5 $1
23. Rd1 Nf4 24. Rxe7 Bf8 $1 $15) 22... Rxa2 ({Better is:} 22... Nxd5 $1 23. Rd2
$140 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Ne4 25. Re2 (25. b3 Nxd2 26. bxa4 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 $15) 25...
Nxg5 26. Nxg5 $15) 23. Rxe7 Nxd5 (23... Rbxb2 $2 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Re6 Nxd5 26.
Rxd6 Nb6 27. Be3 $14) 24. Rd7 Raxb2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 (25... Rxb2 $2 26. Rxd6 Nb6
27. Be3 $14) 26. Rxd6 Nb4 (26... Nb6 $6 27. Rc6 $14) 27. Bf4 $1 {Otherwise
white will have difficulties to equalize.} ({Badly:} 27. Rd7 {because of:} c4 {
[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4c3]} 28. Rc7 c3 29. Bf6 $2 (29. g3 $5) 29... Nd5 30. Rg7+
Kf8 31. Ng5 c2 $1 (31... Nxf6 $2 32. Ne6+ Ke8 33. Nc7+ Kd8 34. Ne6+ $11) 32.
Ne6+ (32. Bxb2 Rxb2 33. Ne6+ Ke8 34. Nc7+ Kd8 35. Ne6+ Kc8 $19) 32... Ke8 33.
Nc7+ Nxc7 34. Bxb2 Ne6 $1 35. Rg8+ Nf8 36. Ba3 Kf7 {[%csl Rg8]} 37. Rh8 Kg7 $19
) 27... Rc8 ({Also equality,after:} 27... Rf8 28. Be3 (28. Bd2 $4 Rxf3 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rd6,Rh2][%cal Gb2e5]}) 28... Rc8 (28... Rxf3 $2 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+
Kxf8 31. Bxc5+ Kf7 32. Bxb4 $11) 29. Bd2 $5 {[%csl Rb4]}) 28. Be5 (28. Be5
Bxe5+ 29. Nxe5 Rc7 (29... c4 $143 30. Rd4 c3 31. Rxb4 c2 32. Nd3 c1=Q (32...
Rd8 $144 33. Rc4) 33. Nxc1 Rxc1 $11) 30. Nc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 (5... d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3
Bg7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 $5 $13) 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7
10. Rb1 Qa5 (10... Nb6 $143 11. b3 Ra7 12. O-O Qa8 13. Nh4 $1 O-O 14. Bb2 {
is unconvincing, after some more stereotyped moves from Black White took over:}
Rb8 15. Re1 Ne8 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. e4 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a4 Bd7
21. Nf3 f6 22. Nd2 Rc7 23. Bf1 $36 {Magalashvili,D-Kadziolka,B/EU-ch Warsaw/
2005/}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Re1 (13. b3 {is considered less incisive
due to} Qa3 $1 14. Bc1 Qa5 {and if White avoids repetition, Black can gain <=>
with} 15. Bb2 Ne8 16. Qc2 c4 $5 17. Na4 $5 (17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Ba1 Rb4 19. Nd2
cxb3 20. axb3 Nc7 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. e4 Qa7 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. bxa4
Rxa4 26. Qc3+ Kg8 $11 {Epishin,V-Krivoshey,S/Graz op/2001/}) (17. b4 Rxb4 18.
Ba1 Rab8 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. g4 Na4 24. Qxb6
(24. Nd4 $2 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 (25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 Rb1+ 28. Bf1
Rc1 $17) 25... Rb1+ $1 26. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 27. Bf1 Qxa1 28. Re4 Nf6 29. Rxe7 Nxd5
30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Qa7 Nc5 32. g5 Bb5 33. Rb8 Bc6 34. Rc8 Bd7 {0-1,Gurevich,
M-Cao Sang/EU-ch Warsaw /2005/}) 24... Nxb6 25. Nd2 $5 $11 (25. g5 Bxc3 $1 26.
Bxc3 Ra4 $36)) (17. Nd2 Nc5 $44) 17... cxb3 (17... Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Bb5 19. Nc3
cxb3 20. axb3 Rc8 21. Rc1 $14 {Purnama,T-Weber,J/Calvia olm/2004/}) 18. axb3
Rc8 19. Qd1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Bb5 $132) (13. Qc2 {is nowadays considered to be the
strongest, but perhaps the situation is not so bleak for Black, as
Kramnik-Topalov makes it seem:} Qc7 $5 (13... Ng4 14. a4 $1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. b3 {is different to the line with 13.b3, as now Black doesn't have the c4
advance:} Qd8 (16... c4 $2 17. b4 $1 $18 {/\} Rxb4 18. Na2 Qxa4 19. Nxb4) 17.
Rfe1 Ra7 18. h3 (18. Na2 Rc8 19. Bc3 Rb7 20. h3 Qf8 21. Kh2 h5 22. f4 Nd7 23.
Bxg7 Qxg7 24. b4 $1 $16 {Sakalauskas,V-Llorens,M/Calvia olm/2004/}) 18... Rab7
19. Na2 Qc8 20. f4 Nd7 {Kramnik,V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo blind/2003/} 21. b4 $1
$16) (13... Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 $5 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 $1
Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 $36 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,
V/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nh4 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bh6 (18. Bf4 $6 Nxf4 $1 19. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 20. Kg2 Bxb7+ {[%cal Re2c3] /\Nc3|^,
Zakharevich}) 18... Nb4 $1 19. Qd2 (19. Bxb7 Nxc2 20. Bxa8 Bxh6 21. Bf3 Na3 22.
Ra1 Bg7 23. Rac1 Bb2 $15) 19... Nc6 (19... Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qc8 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
Nf3 f6 23. Qe3 Kf7 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Qg8 27. Rb2 Bb7 28. Ra1 $16
{Williams,L-Situru,N/Bled olm/2002/}) 20. Nf5 $1 Bxh6 (20... Bf6 $2 21. Nxd6 $1
$16 {Zakharevich,I-Rudykh,S/RUS-chT/2003/}) 21. Nxh6+ Kg7 22. Rb2 $1 (22. Nxf7
Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Kf6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Bxe2 26. Rd2 Ra6 $11) 22... f6 (22...
Bb5 23. Bd5 $36) 23. Ng4 $14 {/~~}) 13... Ng4 $5 14. Qc2 (14. Qc1 Nge5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. b3 c4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Bc3 Bc8 19. f4 Bf5 20. Rb2 cxb3 21. axb3 Ng4 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. e4 Bd7 25. Reb1 Qa6 26. Qd4 $36 {Sulava,N-Pfeiffer,
G/Oberwart op/1995/}) 14... Nge5 15. b3 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 c4 $5 (16... Bc8
17. a4 Bf5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. f4 Nf7 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Qc4
Qd7 24. e4 $16 {Ree,H-Popov,L/Wijk aan Zee/1975/}) 17. Na4 cxb3 18. axb3 Qd8
19. h3 (19. Bc3 $142 Bb5 20. Bh3 $5 $14) 19... Rc8 20. Qe4 Bb5 21. Nc3 Bd7 22.
Qe3 Bf5 23. Rbc1 h5 24. Na4 Rcb8 25. f4 Nd7 26. Rc6 Rb5 27. Rec1 Rab8 28. b4
Nf6 29. Qb3 Be4 $36 {Moor,O-Belotti,B/SUI-chT/2001/}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. exf3 $146
{[%csl Rd3,Rd4,Rd5] Tempting, but double-edged, as it weakens White's [+]
pawns, as well as the d4- and d3-squares.} ({The solid} 16. Bxf3 $142 Ne5 17.
Bg2 {-15.Ne5 gives White more chances to fight for an advantage.}) 16... Ne5 {
[%cal Ra6d3] /\Bd3} 17. Re3 (17. f4 Bd3 18. Qd1 Bxb1 $1 19. Nxb1 Qxa2 20. fxe5
Bxe5 $44 {|^}) (17. Na4 Bd3 18. Qd1 Qxa4 $5 (18... Qa7 $132) 19. bxa4 Rxb1 $44)
17... Bc8 18. f4 Bf5 19. Be4 Ng4 20. Rf3 $6 {[%csl Rf3] Here the R will be
sadly misplaced and will never properly rejoin the play again. Once White
opened the <->e, consistent was} (20. Re2 $142 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Nh6 $132 (
20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxa2 23. Rb2 Qa7 24. f5 $1 gxf5 25. Re1 Qd7
26. h3 $40)) 20... Nh6 $5 {Black's N aims for d4, he already has higher
ambitions than equality.} (20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxa2 23. f5 Ne5 $5
(23... Nf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rxf6 $14) (23... Ra4 24. bxa4 Qxb1+
25. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Kg2 $14) 24. Bxe5 (24. Re3 Ra4 $1) 24... dxe5 25. fxg6 hxg6
$11) 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Qe4 h5 $1 {Black keeps the tension.} (22... Bxc3 23.
Bxc3 Qxa2 24. g4 Ra4 25. b4 $1 $13) 23. h3 Rb4 24. Qe1 Nd4 25. Rd3 Qa6 26. Qf1
c4 $44 {[%mdl 4] Another interesting moment. Black opens up the <<, with his
far more active pieces White's extra P doesn't make itself felt and is more of
a liability. In the following phase Cao Sang increases the pressure by
gradually manoeuvring his pieces to better squares. White finds it
increasingly difficult to cope with, as he has no direct targets and must
always watch his a- and d-P, all in all a model display by Black.} 27. bxc4 (
27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Ne2 c3 (28... cxb3 29. Bxb4 bxa2 30. Nxd4 axb1=Q 31. Qxb1 $14
) 29. Nxc3 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rb7 31. a4 Bxc3 32. Bxc3 Rxa4 $17) 27... Rxc4 28. g4
$5 (28. a4 Rac8 29. Nb5 Qxa4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Be3 $15) 28... hxg4 29. hxg4 Qc8
{[%csl Rf4,Rg1,Rg4] ׻} 30. Rg3 Rc5 (30... Ra3 31. Rb8 $5 Qxb8 32. Qxc4 $132)
31. a4 Nc2 $5 (31... Qd7 32. Qd3 Rac8 33. Kg2 $13) 32. Qd3 (32. Qh3 Na3 33. Rb3
Nc4 $36) (32. Rb3 $5) 32... Na3 33. Rb4 Nc4 34. Be1 Rb8 $5 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36.
Qe4 $6 {The Q achieves nothing here, White should have tried to move his
pieces in the direction of the >>.} (36. Ne4 $142 Rc7 37. Bc3 $13 (37. f5 $5))
36... Qb7 37. f5 $6 {This only helps Black, as it gives his N the ideal
e5-square and now White will have no >><=>.} (37. g5 Qd7 $1 $36 (37... Nb6 38.
f5 $132)) 37... g5 $17 38. Rh3 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} 39. Qe2 Rc4 40. Rg3 Qb4 41. Bd2
Bf6 42. Nd1 $6 (42. Kg2 $142 {/\} Nxg4 $2 43. f4 $1 $40) 42... Qxa4 43. Ne3 Rc8
44. Rh3 Rb8 {Material is equal and Black has a decisive positional advantage -
all his pieces are more active, than their counterparts.} 45. Bc3 Qe4 $1 46. f3
{[%csl Rh3] צh3} Qb1+ ({Black already wants more than} 46... Nxf3+ 47. Qxf3
Qxf3 48. Rxf3 Bxc3 $17) 47. Kh2 $2 (47. Nf1 Nd3 $5 48. Bxf6 exf6 $40) 47... Ra8
48. Ng2 Ra2 {The final triumph of the << invasion.} (48... Ra2 49. Qe3 (49. Bd2
Qb2 $19) (49. Qe1 Qc2 {/\} 50. Rg3 Nxf3+ $1 $19) 49... Qc2 50. Rg3 Ra3) 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 $5 (10. O-O Nb6 $1 {/\} 11. Rb1 $2 Bc4 {><a2,d5}) 10...
O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O {only transposes into the game.}) 11. O-O Nb6
{It's still not quite clear what's Black's best reaction against White's setup.
} (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 (12... Nb6 13. b3 Qa3 14. Ne1 $1 Bb7 15. Nc2 Qa6 16.
e4 Nfd7 (16... e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. a4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nb5
$36 {Kruppa,Y-Krivoshey,S/Kiev/2001/}) 17. a4 Qa7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nca3 Ba6 20.
Re1 Qb7 21. Qc2 Rfb8 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qc8 24. Bf1 Qd8 25. f4 $16 {Dautov,
R-Felgaer,R/Port Erin op/2002/ This is an ideal situation for White-his grip
on b5 stops Black's << play for a long time, enabling him to play in the [+]
and on the >>. Even exchanging Q would help Black now.}) 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Rfd1
Ne8 15. b3 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Bb2 (17. Bd2 Qa3 18. e4 Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Bc1
Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 Nc7 24. a3 Qa6 {Avrukh,B-Ponomariov,R/
EU-chT Batumi/1999/} 25. Nd2 $5 $14) 17... Bc8 18. Rbc1 Nc7 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. e4
Nb5 $5 {Barsov,A-Mensch,E/Metz op/2002/} 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc2
Qxd2 24. Nxd2 $14) (11... Ng4 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. b3
Rfb8 16. a4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. f4 Nd7 19. e4 Rab7 20. Kh1 c4 21. b4 Rxb4 22.
Nb5 R4xb5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Rb1 $16 {Savchenko,S-Heine,R/Senden/
2002/}) 12. b3 Ra7 13. Re1 $5 ({Earlier White used to play the rather committal
} 13. a4 Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Re1 $5 $14) 15... Nbd7 (15... c4 $5) 16.
Ba1 Ne5 (16... Rab7 $142 $1 {/\c4<=>}) 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1 Ne8 $6
({This was the last chance for an advantageous break} 19... c4 $5 20. bxc4 Bxc4
21. Rxb7 Rxb7 $44) 20. Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4
Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 28. Na3 Nf6 29. Qc3 Nbd7 30. Nc2
R4b7 31. Nc4 $16 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1999/}) (13. Qd2 Qa8 14. Rd1
Rb8 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. e4 Ne8 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. h4 Bc8 19. h5 Bg4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Qd2 Nd7 $132 {Johannessen,L-Djurhuus,R/NOR-ch Roros/2002/}) 13... Qa8 (13... e6
$6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bh3 Re7 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Nge4 $16 d5 18. Nxc5 e5 19. Bg2 e4
20. N5a4 Nxa4 21. bxa4 Qd6 22. Rb5 d4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Ba3 $18 {Neverov,
V-Gunnarsson,J/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) (13... Bb7 14. e4 Ng4 15. Qc2 {/\} Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 Rxa2 17. b4 $1 $40) 14. e4 Bb7 $6 {Black starts to lose track and White
quickly builds up a won position.} ({It was necessary to seak active <=> with} 
14... Ng4 $142 15. Bb2 Rb8 $5 (15... Nd7 16. a4 $1 (16. h3 Nge5 17. Bf1 Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 Bd4 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. a4 Ne5 21. Qd1 f5 $1 22. Nb5 fxe4 23. Nc7 Qb7
24. Nxa6 Nf3+ $36 {Fernandez,R-Vescovi,G/Guarapuava op/1992/}) 16... Rb8 17.
Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Rab7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. h4 $16 {
[%csl Gb5] Antic,D-Perunovic,M/Nis/1995/ is White's ideal-with the <->b
plugged Black has no <=> whatsoever.}) 16. h3 (16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Red1 $5 $14)
16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Nd1 c4 20. bxc4 Rab7 21. Nc3 Bxc4 22.
Ba1 Nc5 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rb4 $44 {Alexandrova,O-Schuurman,P/
EU-chW Varna/2002/}) (14... Ne8 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. a4 Bb7 17. h4 c4 $2 18. Nb5 $1
Nxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. axb5 cxb3 21. Qd4+ {1-0, Lalic,B-Struik,T/Zwolle/2002/})
15. a4 {White strengthens his control of the important b5-square.} Rc8 (15...
c4 $2 16. Nb5 Ra5 17. Bd2 $18) 16. Bh3 $1 Nfd7 17. Nb5 Ra6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Qd2
$16 {[%cal Yg5h6] /\Bh6,->>>} c4 $6 {[%mdl 4] Bacrot has squashed any <=> in a
model way. It's difficult to recommend anything else, but Black's forces are
too passive for this counter to work.} 20. Rec1 (20. Be3 $5 cxb3 21. Bxb6 Nxb6
22. Bxc8 $18) 20... Nc5 (20... cxb3 21. Nc7 $18) (20... Ra5 21. Be3 $5 (21. Bh6
cxb3 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nc7 (23. Bxd7 Bxd7 (23... Nxd7 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. Bxg7+
Kxg7 26. Nc7 Qa7 27. Ne8+ $18) 24. Qd4 f6 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qxb6 Bxb5 27. axb5
Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kg2 b2 30. Nd2 b1=Q 31. Nxb1 Qxb1 $16) 23... Qa7 24. Qc3
Nf6 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ne8+ $16 {->}) 21... cxb3 22. Nc7 $18) 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22.
bxc4 Nbxa4 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Bh6 $18 {Black has partly freed his position, but
White's material superiority is decisive.} Nac5 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ra1 Rb6 27.
Kg2 Nf6 28. Nd2 e6 29. Ra5 Ncd7 30. Rca1 h5 31. f3 (31. c5 $5 Nxc5 32. Nc4 {/\}
Nxd5 33. exd5 Bxd5+ 34. Kg1 Bxc4 35. Qd4+ $18) 31... h4 32. c5 $1 h3+ 33. Kg1
dxc5 (33... Nxc5 34. Nc4 Ra6 35. Ncxd6 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Qd8 37. Ra7 $18) 34. Nc4
Ra6 $8 35. Rxa6 Bxa6 36. Ncd6 Qa8 37. dxe6 fxe6 38. Nc7 Qb8 (38... Qa7 39. Ndb5
{/\Ra6+-}) (38... Qc6 39. Nxe6+ (39. e5 Qxc7 40. exf6+ Nxf6 41. Rxa6 $18) 39...
Kh7 40. Qf4 $18) 39. Nxe6+ Kh7 40. Ng5+ (40. Rxa6 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Qh1 {just
needlessly prolongs the game, White winds it up with a mating attack.}) 40...
Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kh7 42. Nf5 $1 gxf5 (42... Ng8 43. Qg5 Ndf6 44. Ne7 $18) 43. Qg5
Ne8 (43... Qg8 44. Qxf5+ Qg6 45. Qxh3+ Qh6 46. Qxh6+ Kxh6 47. Rxa6 $18) 44.
Qh5+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ (45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Ng5 $18) 1-0

