[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 g6 5. Qb3 $5 (5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3
O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qa4 a6 12. Rac1 $14 {Osnos,V-Malich,B/
Zinnowitz/1971/}) 5... Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 e6 (7... Ne4 8. Qxd5) (7... Nc6
$5 8. e3 (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qxd5 Qb6 $36) 8... Na5 $5 9. Qa4+ $1 (9. Bb5+ Kf8 (
9... Bd7 10. Qa4 $36) 10. Qa4 a6 11. Be2 h6 12. Bf4 b5)) 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6
10. O-O Na5 $6 (10... h6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bg3 (12. Be5 g4 13. Nd2 $140 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd7) 12... Nh5 {/\ Ng3,f5/}) 11. Qa3 Nc6 $6 (11... h6 12. Bf4 Re8 {/\ Bf8/
}) 12. Ne5 (12. Rfc1 $5) 12... Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Nb5 (14. b4 $5 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 {/\ Rfc1/}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 $6 (16... Nd7 17.
Nc7 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxa8 Bd6 20. Rfc1 Nc6 21. Ba6 $1) (16... Ne8 $5 17.
Rfc1 f6 18. Nf3 (18. Ng6 Rf7) 18... Nc6 {/\ Bd7,a6/}) 17. Rac1 Nxg3 18. hxg3
Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc6 20. f4 Bd7 21. Nd6 Rab8 22. e4 $16 Nb4 (22... dxe4 23. Bxe4
f6 24. exf6 Rxf6) 23. Bb1 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc6 (24... Nxa2 25. Rc7 Bc6 26. Bxc6
bxc6 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Nxf7) 25. b3 {/\ Nb7/} gxf4 26. gxf4 Nd4 (26... f5 27.
exf6 Rxf6 28. Nxb7) 27. Rc4 Nc6 28. Rc3 (28. Nxb7 $5 Rxb7 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30.
Rxc6) 28... f5 29. Bf3 (29. exf6 $5 Rxf6 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. Bxc6 Rc7 32. Rg3+
Kf8 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc3) 29... Nd4 30. Rc7 (30. Bxb7 $2 Ne2+) 30... Bc6 31.
Bxc6 bxc6 32. Re7 $6 (32. Rxa7 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Rf2) (32. Kf2 $5 {/\ Rh1/}
) 32... a5 33. Kf2 a4 $1 34. Rh1 (34. bxa4 Rb2+ 35. Ke3 c5 36. Rh1 Rxa2 37.
Rxh6 Rb8) 34... axb3 35. axb3 Rxb3 36. Rxh6 Ra8 37. Rg6+ Kh8 38. Re8+ (38. Ne8
Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Nf3+ $1 $19) 38... Rxe8 39. Nxe8 Kh7 40. Rg5 Rb8 $6 (40... c5 $5)
41. Nf6+ Kh6 42. Ke3 c5 43. Kd3 $1 Rb4 $1 44. g3 Nb5 45. Ke3 c4 46. g4 Rb3+ 47.
Kf2 c3 48. Rg8 $1 fxg4 49. Nxg4+ (49. Nxg4+ Kh7 50. Nf6+ Kh6 51. Ng4+ $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nd5 (7...
Be6 $142 8. Qd3 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 $10) 8. Be5 Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11.
Qc3 $14 {[+]} Nd7 12. Nxd7 (12. Nd3 {Too slowly} O-O 13. f3 f5 14. g3 Qc7 (
14... Re8 15. Bg2 e5 $1 $15) 15. Bg2 e5 $1 $15) 12... Qxd7 13. f3 f5 {To avoid
14.e4.} 14. e3 O-O 15. Be2 a5 (15... Rae8 16. O-O Qd6 {/\e5} 17. f4) 16. O-O
$16 Rfd8 17. a3 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rd6 19. Bd3 Bf7 20. Rf2 Rad8 {/\f5-f4} 21. f4 {
/\h3,Kh2,Rg1,g4.} b6 $2 (21... Bd5 $142) 22. Rc1 Qa7 23. Be2 Bd5 24. h3 Rc8 25.
Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 b5 27. Rfc2 a4 $6 28. Qb4 Qd7 29. h4 Kf7 30. Rc5 Rd5 31. Kf2
Qe6 32. Qc3 Rxc5 33. Qxc5 Qb3 34. Rc2 e6 35. Qa7+ Kg8 36. Re2 Qd5 37. Qe7 c5 (
37... Rd8 38. Rc2 {/\39.Rc5, 39.Qc7}) (37... Rf8 38. Rc2 Qb3 39. Rxc6 Qxb2+ 40.
Ke1 Qb1+ 41. Kd2 Qa2+ 42. Rc2 $18) 38. h5 {/\39.h6} Qd8 (38... cxd4 39. h6
dxe3+ 40. Kg3) (38... gxh5 39. Kg1 cxd4 40. Rg2+ Kh8 41. Qg7#) 39. Qxe6+ Kg7
40. Qe5+ {Time} (40. Qe5+ Kh6 (40... Qf6 41. h6+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Kf8 43. dxc5 $18)
41. Kg3) 1-0

[Event "Leningrad & Moscow"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1939.01.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Kasparov"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1939.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Asrian:Vladimir Makogonov.2016.Moscow. p.131 [Kasparov,G].} Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 c6 (5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4) 6. Bf4 dxc4 7.
Qxc4 Be6 (7... O-O) 8. Qd3 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 (9... cxd5 10. e3 Nc6 $11) 10. e4
$14 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Be2 Rd8 14. O-O a5 {/\Nb8-a6-b4/c7} 15.
Ng5 Bxd4 (15... Bc8 16. Qf3 Bf6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. e5 $18) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 (16...
Bxf2+ $2 17. Rxf2 Rxd3 18. Bxd3 fxe6 19. Bc4 c5 20. Rd1 $18) 17. Qh3 c5 18. Bg4
(18. Bc4 $142 Rd6 19. e5 (19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxe6+ Kg7 21. f4 Rd3 $11) 19... Rc6
20. Kh1 Na6 21. f4 Kh8 22. Rf3 Rg8 23. Raf1 a4 24. Rg3 Rg7 25. Bd3 $18) 18...
Kh8 (18... e5 19. Be6+ Kh8 20. Bxd4 (20. a4 Rd6) 20... exd4 21. f4 Qxb2 22.
Rab1 Qc3 23. Qxc3 dxc3 24. Rfc1 Rd3 $15) 19. Bxe6 $14 Na6 (19... Rd6 20. Bc4
Nc6 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. f4 Rdf6 23. g3 $14) 20. Kh1 $16 Nc7 21. Bg4 a4 22. a3 Bxc3
(22... Nb5) 23. bxc3 c4 24. Rab1 Qc5 (24... Qc6 25. Qg3 $14) 25. Rxb7 (25. f4)
25... Rab8 (25... Rd3 26. Qh6 Rxc3 27. Qf4 $18 Nb5 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kg7
30. Be6 $18) 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qg3 Rb3 (27... Qd6 $142) 28. Rd1 $18 {[#]} Rb6 (
28... Rxa3 29. h4 $18 Ra2 30. Rd7 e5 31. Bf5 Rxf2 32. Rxh7+) (28... Rb5 29. h4
Qe5 30. Kh2 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rb3 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rd7 $18) 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. h4
Rd6 31. Rc8 e5 32. h5 Rd3 33. Qh4 h6 34. hxg6 Qd6 35. Rh8 (35. Bf5) 35... Qxg6
36. Bf5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Smederevska Palanka Gosa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nd5 8.
Bg3 (8. Be5 Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc3 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f3 f5
14. e3 O-O 15. Be2 a5 16. O-O Rfd8 17. a3 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rd6 19. Bd3 Bf7 20. Rf2
{1-0 Kotov,A-Flohr,S/Groningen 1946/ (39)}) (8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. e3
Bd7 (10... Qb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qa3 f6 15. b4 Kf7 16.
Qb3 Bb5 17. Rfc1 Bc4 18. Qb2 a5 19. Nd2 Qxb4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Qc2 Qb5 22. Rab1
Qc6 23. Qxc4+ Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rhc8 25. Rc7 {Chen De-Deng Jianliang/PRC-ch 1987/
1-0 (49)}) 11. Qa3 Bf8 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 f6 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Qa6
Qb4 17. Bb5 Qxb2 18. O-O Qxd2 19. Rac1 Kf7 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6
Qxa2 {Legky,N-Karasev,V/URS Army-ch 1991/0-1 (40)}) 8... O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Nd7 (10... Be6 $5 11. Qb4 b6 12. Be2 $13) 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Nd2 $1 (12. Qd3
b5 13. O-O Nh5 $13) 12... Bg4 (12... Be6 13. Qb4 b6 14. O-O $14) 13. Bxg4 (13.
f3 Be6) 13... Nxg4 14. O-O Qd7 (14... e5 15. Qe2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. dxe5 $16)
15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. h3 (16. a4 Nh5 $10) 16... b5 17. Qe2 c5 (17... Nh5 18. Bh2 b4
19. Nb3 bxc3 20. Rac1 $16) 18. Nb3 $1 {Important move, since it helps to
control c5-d4 squares. Ein wichtiger Zug, weil es hilft c5-d4 Punkten zu
kontrolieren.} cxd4 (18... c4 19. Nc5 Qc6 20. a4 a6 $14) 19. cxd4 Rfc8 20. Nc5
Qe8 (20... Qc6 21. Rac1 a5 22. d5 Qb6 23. Qe3 $16) 21. Rac1 a5 22. d5 b4 (22...
a4 23. e5 Nh5 24. Bh2 Bh6 25. Rc2 b4 26. Rd4 $16) 23. e5 Nd7 (23... Nh5 24. Bh2
a4 25. Qe3 Bh8 26. Rc4 $16) 24. Na6 $1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rc6 {White could
have won earlier with direct combination, but the text is also logical. Weiss
konnte jetzt schneller gewinnen mit einer direkten Kombination, aber der
Textzug ist auch logisch.} (26. Nc7 $1 Qd8 27. e6 fxe6 (27... Nf6 28. exf7+
Kxf7 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. d6 $18) 28. Rc6 $1 exd5 29. Ne6 Qe8 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31.
Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Qxe7+ $18 Kh8 33. Bf4 $1) 26... Nb8 (26... Rxc6 27. dxc6 Nb6 28.
Qb5 Nc8 29. Nb8 $18) 27. Nxb8 Rxb8 28. Qa6 Ra8 29. Qc4 Qd8 (29... Rd8 30. Rc7
$16) 30. d6 exd6 (30... Qe8 31. Rc7) 31. exd6 Qe8 32. Rc7 Bf6 (32... Rd8 33.
Re7 Qf8 34. Qc7 (34. Ra7 Qe8 35. Rxa5 b3 $1 $132) (34. Qd5 a4 35. Qa5 b3 36.
Rxf7 Qxf7 37. Qxd8+ Qf8 $10) 34... Ra8 35. Re4 $16) 33. d7 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Rd8 35.
Rc8 Qe7 (35... Kg7 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. Qc8 Qe7 38. Bc7 $18) 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37.
Qc8 Kg7 (37... Kf8 38. Bc7 $18) 38. Bc7 Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Bxa5 (40. d8=Q+
Bxd8 41. Bxd8 a4 42. Bf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 Bf5 $5 {
[%mdl 8] The novelty very early in the opening, black believes in strong
compensation for the pawn c7. White is taking too much time needed for the
piece development.} (7... Be6 8. Qxc7 Qxc7 9. Bxc7 Na6 10. Ba5 b6 11. e3 Bc8
12. Bxa6 Bxa6 13. Bb4 Rfe8 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. f4 f6 18.
Nf3 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Sitnik,I-Gomboc,M/Bled/1998/ (44)})
(7... c6) (7... Na6) (7... Ne8) 8. Qxc7 Nc6 9. Qxb7 (9. Qxd8 Rfxd8 10. e3 Nb4
11. Rc1 Rac8 $13) 9... Nxd4 10. O-O-O (10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. e3 Qc5 12. Qb5 $14)
10... Ne4 (10... Ng4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. e3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Bxb6 14. Rd2 Rfd8 $13)
11. Nxe4 $2 {White misses black's dangerous attacking idea and quickly goes
under. Even after the best 11.Nxd4! black seems to have eneough counterplay.} (
11. Nxd4 $1 Bxd4 12. e3 (12. Nxe4 Rc8+ (12... Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Rc8+ 14. Kb1 Be3
15. Qa4 Bxf4 16. e3 Bd6 17. h4 $16) 13. Kb1 (13. Nc3 Qa5 14. e4 Bxc3 15. Kb1 e5
16. exf5 Rb8 $19) 13... Be3 $1 14. Qb3 Bxe4+ 15. Ka1 Bxf4 $19) 12... Qb6 (12...
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 (13... Qb6 14. Qxb6 Bxb6 15. Ba6 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rd1
$16) 14. Rxd4 Qxc3+ 15. Kd1 Rad8 16. Qxa7 Qc2+ 17. Ke1 Qc3+ $11) 13. Qxb6 Bxb6
$36) 11... Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nb3+ $1 13. axb3 (13. Kc2 Rc8+ 14. Kxb3 Qxd1+ 15. Ka3
Rc5 $17) 13... Rc8+ 14. Qc4 (14. Kb1 Qxd1+ 15. Ka2 Rc5 $19) 14... Qb6 15. Nd2 (
15. Qxc8 Rxc8+ 16. Kb1 Qxb3 17. Rd2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qd1+ 19. Ka2 Qa4+ 20. Kb1
Qxf4 $19) 15... Qf6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3
Be6 9. Qa4 c5 $5 $146 {Shirov is not afraid to play in the true spirit of
Gruenfeld defense, his active move is new.} (9... b5 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Nd2 Na6
12. Be2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 f5 17. Kd1 g5 18. Nb3
Qa4 19. Kc1 c5 20. Nxc5 Rac8 21. Bg3 f4 22. Qd3 Rxc5+ {0-1 Bevilacqua,
M-Gravagna,P/Milan 2000/ (22)}) 10. Rd1 (10. dxc5 Qc8 (10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc8
12. c6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Rfe8 $13) 11. Nd4
Nd5 12. Nce2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 $13) 10... Qb6 11. Qb5 (11. Bb5 Nbd7 12. d5 Bg4
$13) 11... Nd5 12. Bg5 (12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. dxc5 Qxb5 14. Bxb5 Bxf3 (14... Bxa2
15. O-O Rc8 16. Rd2 $14) 15. gxf3 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Ke2 $14) 12... Qxb5 13.
Nxb5 (13. Bxb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. Bf4 cxd4 16. exd4 Bxa2 $15) 13... a6 14.
Na3 (14. e4 axb5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. dxc5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxa2 $17) 14... h6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 b5 17. Nc2 (17. dxc5 Bxb2 18. Nb1 Nc3 19. Rd2 Na4 20. Be5 Bxa2
21. Bxb2 Bxb1 $17) 17... Nc6 $1 {It is rare for the second player to have such
an active position right after the opening phase.} 18. Be2 (18. e4 Ndb4 19.
Nxb4 Nxb4 20. dxc5 Bxb2 $17) (18. dxc5 Bxb2 19. Bd3 Nc3 20. Rd2 Bc1 $17) 18...
Bf5 (18... c4 19. e4 Ndb4 20. Ne3 $13) 19. Rd2 (19. dxc5 $1 Bxc2 20. Rxd5 Bxb2
21. h4 g4 22. Nd4 $11) 19... c4 20. h4 f6 (20... g4 $5 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5
Rfd8 $15) 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Nh2 Rad8 (22... Bxc2 23. Rxc2 (23. Bf3 Ncb4 24.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 25. Rxc2 Nb4 26. Rd2 Nxa2 $17) 23... Ncb4 24. Rd2 Nxa2 25. e4 Nf4
26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Bg4 Kf7 $15) 23. Bg4 e6 (23... Bxg4 $5 24. Nxg4 Ndb4 25. Nxb4
Nxb4 26. a3 Nd3+ 27. Ke2 f5 28. Nh6+ Bxh6 29. Rxh6 f4 30. Bh2 Kg7 $17) 24. e4
$5 {[%mdl 32] Kasimdzhanov has to find ways of creating some play, all his
pieces are more passive than the ones of the opponent.} (24. Bxf5 exf5 25. a3
Rfe8 26. Kf1 Ne5 $15) 24... Bxe4 (24... Bxg4 $2 25. exd5 $18) 25. Bxe6+ Kh7 26.
Ne3 Kg6 (26... Nxe3 27. fxe3 Nb4 $15) 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. f4 (28. Bc7 Rd7 29.
Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Nf3 Re8+ 31. Kd1 g4 32. Nh4+ Kf7 33. Bb6 Bh6 $19) 28... Be4 (
28... f5 $1 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. fxg5 Rxd4 $19) 29. d5 Nb4 (29... gxf4 30. Bxf4
Nb4 31. Bc7 Rd7 32. d6 f5 $19) 30. f5+ Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Rfe8+ 32. Kd1 Kxf5 33. d6
Kg6 $6 {Tactical inacuracy, but fortunatelly for Shirov his position remains
excellent.} (33... Nxa2 $5 34. Nf3 c3 $19) 34. d7 Rh8 (34... Re7 35. Bd6 Rexd7
36. Bxb4 Rxd2+ 37. Bxd2 f5 38. Nf3 (38. Kc2 Rh8 $15) 38... Bxb2 39. Kc2 Bf6 $15
) 35. Bc7 Nd3 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Nf3 Rxd7 38. Kc2 f5 39. a3 (39. Ne1 Nb4+ 40.
Kd1 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Bxb2 $19) 39... Re7 40. b3 g4 41. Nh4+ Kg5 42. bxc4 bxc4 43.
g3 (43. Rxd3 cxd3+ 44. Kxd3 Be5 $19) 43... Re3 {The coordination of black
forces plays a great role, white is passive and lacks any threats.} 44. Rdh2 (
44. Rg1 f4 45. gxf4+ Kxh4 46. Rh2+ Rh3 47. Rxh3+ Kxh3 $19) 44... Rxg3 45. Ng2
f4 46. Kb1 f3 47. Ne3 f2 48. Ng2 (48. Nf1 Rg1 49. Kc2 g3 $19) 48... Nf4 0-1

[Event "NED-ch49"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1994.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c5 $6 6. cxd5 O-O (6... cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Bxd4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nb5 Bg7 11. Bf4 $40) 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Qa3 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. O-O Re8 (12... Qxd5 13. Qxe7
Bxd4 14. exd4 $16) 13. Qb3 $1 Qd6 (13... Bxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Bg4 16. Bxg4
Nxg4 17. h3 $16) 14. Rd1 a5 15. Qc2 $1 Nc5 (15... Qxd5 16. Nb5 $16) 16. e4 Bd7
17. Be3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ba4 19. b3 $1 Nxb3 20. Qxc8 $1 Nxd4 (20... Rxc8 21. Rxc8+
Bf8 22. Bh6 $18) 21. Rxd4 $1 (21. Rxd4 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bf8 23. Bh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 e6 8. e4
(8. e3) 8... dxe4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 (9... Bd7 10. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,
Wl-Damjanovic,M/Prague Bohemians/1988/}) (9... Nc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Nd5 15. Ng4 f5 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. Qc5 h6 18. Nexd5
cxd5 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Qa3 Bc6 21. Rad1 g5 22. Bd6 f4 23. b4 {1-0 Wood,
B-Fairhurst,W/Hastings4849 (06)/1948/ (55)}) 10. Nxe4 h6 11. Qa3+ Kg8 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Rc1 (13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Ne5 Kg7 15. O-O Qd8 16. Rac1 Rf8 17. Rfd1 Na6
18. Qc3 f6 19. Bxa6 fxe5 20. dxe5 Qh4 21. g3 Qh3 22. Bf1 Qf5 23. Qe3 {1-0
Benko,P-Martinovsky,E/USA/1969/ (30)}) 13... Bg7 (13... Be7 $5 14. Qc3 Qd5 $1
15. Nc5 Nd7 $13) 14. Ne5 Qxd4 $2 (14... Bd7 $5 $15) 15. Rxc8+ Kh7 16. Rxh8+
Bxh8 (16... Kxh8 17. Nxf7+ Kh7 18. Nfd6 $18) 17. Qf3 f5 (17... Qb4+ 18. Nd2 $1
Bxe5 19. Qxf7+ Bg7 20. Bd3 $16) (17... Bxe5 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 (18... Bg7 19. Qxb7)
19. Qxb7 (19. Qxg6 Qb4+ 20. Nd2 Qxb5 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 $10) 19... Qd5
20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Nc3 $16) 18. Ng5+ hxg5 19. Qxb7+ Bg7 20. Nf3 Qb4+ (20... Qd5
21. Nxg5+ Kh6 22. Nf7+ Kh7 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. b3 $16) 21. Kf1 a6 (21... Qxb2 22.
Nxg5+ Kh6 23. Nf7+ Kh7 24. g3 $16) 22. Nxg5+ Kh6 23. Nf7+ Kh7 24. Qxa8 Qxb5+ {
White rook is still locked up, but black is still pawn down and without real
threats.} 25. Kg1 Nc6 (25... Qxb2 26. h4 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qf4+ 28. g3 Qxf2+ 29. Qg2
$16) 26. h4 Nd4 27. Ng5+ Kh6 28. Qg8 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Be5+ (29... Qe5+ 30. g3 Kh5
31. Qh7+ Bh6 32. Qxh6+ Kxh6 33. Nf7+ $18) 30. g3 Bxg3+ (30... Kh5 31. Qh7+ Kg4
32. f3#) 31. fxg3 Kh5 32. Qh7+ Kg4 33. Nxe6 Qxb2 34. Qxg6+ Kf3 35. Ng5+ Ke3 (
35... Kf2 36. Qxf5+ $18) 36. Qe6+ Kd2 37. Nf3+ Kd3 38. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 $6 7. e4 Bg4 8.
d5 $1 $146 (8. Be3 {-45/587}) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 (9. dxc6 $6 b5 $1) 9... Ne5 10.
Qe2 $1 (10. Qa4+ $6 c6 (10... Qd7 11. Qd1) 11. f4 Ned7 (11... Nf3+ $2 12. Ke2
b5 13. Nxb5 $16) 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rc8 14. Qa4 Rxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16.
Bb2 Nxf2 $1 $44) 10... c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. Bg2 cxd5 $2 (12... O-O $14) 13. e5 {
xBg7} Ne4 14. Nxd5 $1 $16 f5 (14... Nec5 15. Be3 $16) (14... Qa5+ 15. b4 Qxd5
16. Bxe4 Qd4 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. O-O $16) 15. Bxe4 (15. exf6 Nexf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bxb7 Rb8 $44) 15... fxe4 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. O-O O-O 18. Rd1 $6 (18. Nxe4)
18... Qe8 19. Nxe4 Bh6 20. Qg4 Nc5 21. Ng3 $1 Kh8 22. Be3 (22. Qh4 Bg7 {
/\23...Ne6} 23. Qh3 Qf7) 22... Qf7 23. Rac1 b6 (23... Ne6) 24. b4 (24. Ne2 $5)
24... Ne6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. f5 Bxe3 27. fxe3 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Qg8 {/\Rf8,Ng5} (
28... Qxf5 29. Nxf5 Rc7 30. Kf2 $16) 29. Rf1 Rc3 (29... Rf8 30. Qc2 Rxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 Ng5 $132) 30. Qe4 b5 (30... Ng5 31. Qd4 Rc4 32. Qd7 Rc2 $132) 31. Kh1 Ng5
32. Qf4 {/\33.e6} Rc4 (32... Ra3 33. e6 h6 34. Qe5+ Kh7 $132) 33. e4 Ne6 34.
Qf7 Rc7 35. Qf5 $138 (35. Qxg8+ Kxg8 36. Nf5 a6 $14) 35... Qg6 36. Nh5 Qh6 37.
Qf7 Rc1 $138 (37... Qg6) 38. Qe8+ (38. Ng3 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 (39. Nxf1 Qg6) 39...
a6 $132) 38... Nf8 39. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Kh3 Qh6 (41... Qd7+ 42. Qxd7
Nxd7 43. e6 $16) 42. Kh4 (42. Kg4 Qe6+ 43. Kf4 Kg8 $132) 42... a6 (42... Kg8
43. Qxb5 Qc1 44. Qd5+ (44. Qe2 Ng6+ 45. Kg4 h6) 44... e6 (44... Kh8 45. Qa8 Kg8
46. Ng3 $16) 45. Qd4 $1 (45. Qd3 Ng6+ 46. Kh3 Qg5 47. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1) (45. Nf6+
Kg7 46. Qb7+ Kg6 47. Qb8 Qg5+ 48. Kh3 Qe3+ $11) 45... Ng6+ (45... h6 46. Nf6+
Kh8 47. Kg4 $1) 46. Kg4 $1 $16) 43. e6 $1 Kg8 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Kg4 Qxe6+ 46.
Qxe6 Nxe6 47. Nf4 $1 (47. Kf5 Nd4+ 48. Ke5 Nf3+ (48... Nc6+ 49. Ke6 Nxb4 50.
Kxe7 Nxa2 51. e5 Nb4 52. e6 (52. Kd6 Nc2) 52... Nc6+ 53. Kd6 Nd4 54. e7 Nf5+
55. Ke6 Nxe7 56. Kxe7 b4 57. Nf4 b3 58. Nd3 Kg7 $11) 49. Kd5 Kg8 50. Kc6 Nxh2
51. Kb7 Nf3 52. Kxa6 Nd4) 47... Nd4 (47... Nxf4 $2 48. Kxf4 $18) 48. Nd5 e6 $6
(48... Kg7 49. Nxe7 (49. Kf4 Kf7) 49... Kf6 50. Nd5+ Ke5) 49. Nc7 Kg7 50. Kf4
Kf6 51. e5+ Kf7 $1 (51... Ke7 52. Nxa6 Ne2+ 53. Ke4 Nc3+ 54. Kd3 Nxa2 55. Kc2
$18) (51... Kg6 52. Ke4 Ne2 (52... Nc2 53. Nxa6) 53. Nxe6 Nc3+ 54. Kd4 Nxa2 55.
Nf4+ Kf5 56. Nd5 $16) 52. Nxa6 Ne2+ 53. Ke3 Nc3 54. Kd4 (54. Kd3 Nxa2 55. Kc2
Kg6 56. Kb2 Nxb4 57. Nxb4 Kf5 58. Nd3 Ke4 59. Kc3 Kd5 $11) 54... Nxa2 55. Kc5
Nc1 $1 (55... Kg6 56. Kxb5 Kf5 57. Kc4 $1 Kxe5 (57... Nxb4 58. Nxb4 Kxe5 59.
Kd3 $18) 58. b5 Kd6 59. Nc5 Nc3 60. b6 Ne2 61. b7 Kc7 62. Kb5 Nd4+ 63. Ka6 Nc6
64. Nxe6+ Kb8 65. Kb6 Ne5 66. Nc5 Nc4+ 67. Kb5 $1 Ne5 (67... Nd6+ 68. Kc6 $18)
68. Ka6 h5 69. h4 Kc7 70. Ka7 Nc6+ 71. Ka8 Kd6 72. Nb3 $18) 56. Kd6 (56. Kxb5
Nd3) 56... Nd3 57. Nc7 Nxb4 58. Nxe6 Nc2 $1 59. Nc7 (59. Ng5+ Kg6 60. e6 Ne3
61. Nf3 b4 62. Nh4+ Kf6 63. e7 Nc4+ 64. Kc5 Kxe7 65. Kxc4 Kf6 $11) 59... Nd4
60. Kd5 (60. e6+ Nxe6 61. Nxe6 b4 $11) 60... Nf3 61. Nxb5 Nxh2 62. Kd6 Ng4 63.
e6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 19th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 $5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 {An
interesting opening experiment. As Black will soon play ...c6-c5, he basically
loses a tempo with respect to the normal Exchange System lines. His main aim
is proving that Qb3 is not so useful, as it weakens the defence on d4 and
exposes the queen to ...Be6 or ...Nc6-a5. On the other hand, the queen defends
c3, so White can play an early d4-d5 as a reaction to Black's typical centre
undermining. So far, this line has been mainly used by lower rated players and
this is a first high level practical test.} 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Be3 {
A natural developing move, but possibly not the strongest.} ({Intuitively I
would say that the queen's development to b3 suits the plan based on} 9. Ba3 {
as Black will need some time to prepare ...c6-c5, thus ensuring the prolonged
stability of the queen on b3. Here are a few examples:} Nd7 (9... Qc7 10. Be2
Be6 {is not likely to offer Black enough counterplay:} 11. Qb2 Rd8 12. Ng5 Bc8
13. Qb3 $14 {Ivanisevic,I (2665)-Bitici,G (2068) Skopje 2016 (1-0, 36)}) 10.
Bd3 ({A very old game went} 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 {and now} 12. Nxd4 $2 $11 {
Bogoljubow,E-Saemisch,F Lueneburg 1947 (½-½, 47) was clearly not what White
should play,}) 10... c5 {Black has carried out his thematic break, but with
the knight on d7 the queen has no worries.} 11. O-O b6 12. Rad1 e6 13. Bc4 Qe7
14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Bc1 $14 {Leitao,R (2636)-Toth,C (2365) Joao Pessoa 2013 (1-0,
46)}) 9... c5 $146 {Obviously the critical continuation. In games between
lower rated players Black has delayed his counterplay, allowing White to keep
his space advantage.} 10. d5 {The most logical way of justifying Qb3.} ({But} 
10. Be2 {has no obvious refutation.} cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 (11... Qa5+ $5) 12. Rd1
Bg4 13. d5 {Kumaran,D (2310)-Rojas Keim,L Guarapuava 1991 (½-½, 34)} Ne5 $5
14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Bxe5 {White's space advantage remains impressive but
due to the slightly exposed king's placement on e2 Black has chances for
counterplay.}) 10... Nd7 {Defending c5 with a developing move and creating a
threat which White failed noticing.} 11. Bd3 $6 ({Abstractly, it makes sense
preparing to consolidate the centre with c3-c4 by unpinning the c-pawn. But} 
11. Rd1 {still allows} b5 {for instance} 12. Bxb5 Rb8) ({Therefore, the
critical move is} 11. Rc1 $1 {defending and unpinning c3, when Black still
needs to struggle finding a constructive plan.}) 11... b5 $1 12. Qc2 (12. Bxb5
Rb8 $17 {leaves White hanging to ...a7-a6 and ...Bxc3.}) 12... b4 $1 ({The
slow approach} 12... c4 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Nd4 a6 {offers White a free hand to
start a typical attack.} 15. h4) 13. Bd2 ({Had White anticipated what was
going to happen in the game, he might have sacrificed the pawn with} 13. O-O {
, when his strong centre and good development might have offered reasonable
compensation for the pawn.}) 13... c4 $1 14. Bxc4 (14. Be2 Nc5 15. Bxc4 bxc3
$15 {leaves the e4-pawn hanging, offering Black the initiative partly based on
the enemy king's presence in the centre.}) 14... Qc7 15. Be2 bxc3 $15 {The
opening has ended in an obvious fiasco for White. His centre is immobile and
the c3-pawn is very strong.} 16. O-O Ne5 17. Rfc1 ({The knight exchange
favours Black, as he can coordinate his pieces better for sustaining the
passed pawn, but White has no favourable way of avoiding it:} 17. Nd4 Ng4 18.
Nf3 Bd7 $15) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bd7 19. Bxc3 {A desperate attempt to save
the game. White has to eliminate the dangerous pawn at any cost.} (19. Bg5 Rab8
20. Bxe7 Rb2 $19) (19. Rab1 Rfc8 20. Bg5 Rab8 $19 {[%cal Gb8b2]} 21. Bxe7 Rb2
22. Rxb2 cxb2 23. Qxc7 bxc1=Q+) 19... Rfc8 20. Bxg7 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Bd4
a5 ({Now or on the next move it would have been simpler to force White into
passivity with} 22... Rac8 23. Be3 {White cannot allow the exchange of rooks.}
f6 24. g4 a5 $17) 23. h3 Rb8 24. a3 f6 25. e5 Rc4 26. Rd1 Ba4 ({White's saving
chances are not obvious after} 26... fxe5 27. Bxe5 Rb3 28. d6 e6 {either, as
the rook has no open files available, but of course it is not easy to allow
him to have such an advanced passed pawn.}) 27. Rd2 Rc2 28. Rxc2 Bxc2 29. exf6
exf6 30. d6 {Possibly fruit of a misscalculation.} ({But Black's winning
chances remain intact after} 30. Bxf6 Kf7 31. Bc3 a4 $17) 30... Kg7 31. d7 Ba4
32. Bg4 Bxd7 $1 {Probably this is what White missed. But if so, this was a
brilliant blunder from a practical point of view.} 33. Bxd7 Rd8 34. Bb6 Rxd7
35. Bxa5 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rd3 37. Bb4 Kf7 38. Bc5 Rd5 39. Bb4 Ke6 40. g3 f5 {
Black's position is simply won. The a-pawn does not really count and with the
actual pawn display White would have needed the light-squared bishop to retain
saving chances.} 41. Kg2 Rd3 42. Bf8 Kd5 43. Be7 Ke6 ({The typical plan in the
positions without the a-pawn would be a massive invasion starting with} 43...
Kc4 {It would work perfectly fine here, too.} 44. Bb4 Kb3 45. g4 ({Passive
defence would not do either:} 45. Bf8 Kc2 46. Bb4 Kd1 {Planning ...Ke2, ...Rf3
followed by preparing the pawn break ...f5-f4.} 47. Kf1 f4 $19) 45... Kc2 46.
gxf5 gxf5 47. Bc5 Kd1 48. a4 Ke2 49. a5 Rc3 50. Be3 Ra3 51. Kg3 (51. Bb6 f4 $19
) 51... Rxa5 52. Kf4 Rb5 {Putting White in some sort of zugzwang.} (52... Kf1
53. Kf3 {slightly complicates matters.}) 53. Ba7 (53. Kg3 Rb4 54. Bc5 Rb3+ 55.
Be3 Rxe3+ 56. fxe3 Kxe3 $19) 53... Kf1 {[%cal Gf1g2]} 54. Kf3 Rb4 55. Bc5 Rc4
56. Bb6 h5 57. Ba7 h4 58. Be3 Kg1 $19) 44. Bf8 g5 $6 45. Bc5 Rc3 46. Be3 $1 {
Obviously underestimated by Black.} h6 ({I failed to find a winning plan for
Black after} 46... g4 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. Bb6 Rxa3 {Cebalo,M (2515)-Nedev,T 
(2415) Cannes Martinez op 1996 (7) 1/2 which seems to be a fortress. Please
refer to}) 47. h4 gxh4 48. Bxh6 hxg3 49. f3 $1 {The saving move. White will
win the g-pawn and keep the favourable kingside structure.} (49. fxg3 $2 {
leaves the light squares undefended.} Rxa3 50. Kh3 Ra7 51. Kg2 Ke5 52. Bf4+ Ke4
53. Bb8 Ra2+ 54. Kh3 Kf3 55. Kh4 Ra8 56. Be5 Rg8 57. Bd6 Kg2 58. Be5 Rg4+ 59.
Kh5 Rxg3) 49... Rxa3 50. Kxg3 {This is a theoretical draw already, as the
bishop and the pawn complete their actions. The main thing White should avoid
is pushing his pawn to f4.} Ra4 51. Bg5 Ke5 52. Bh6 Rc4 53. Bg7+ Kd5 54. Bh6
Kc6 55. Bg5 Kb5 56. Bh6 Kb4 57. Bg5 Kc3 58. Bh6 Kd3 59. Bg5 Ke2 60. Bh6 Rc3 61.
Kf4 $1 Rxf3+ 62. Ke5 {[%cal Gh6f4]} Rh3 63. Bg5 $1 Rh5 64. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 ({
Die Hauptvariante in diesem Abspiel der Russischen Variante der Grünfeld
Verteidigung ist} 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 {und nun
z.B.:} Re8 (11... Bf5) 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Qf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Be5
Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Rxe5 18. Qxb7 Ree8 19. Bxa6 Rab8 20. Qc6 Qxb2 21. Bd3 Nc3 22.
Rde1 Rec8 23. Qa6 Nxd5 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Nc3 27. Rb3 Qd8 28. Bc4
Rc7 29. Qb6 Na4 30. Qb5 Nc3 31. Qb6 Na4 32. Qb5 Nc3 33. Qb6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Giri,
A (2730)-Ivanchuk,V (2769) London 2012}) 7... Na6 8. Rd1 ({Spielbar ist} 8. e4
$5 c5 9. d5 (9. dxc5 $5 Qa5 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3) 9... e6 10. d6 e5 11. Bxe5 Nb4
12. Rd1 Be6 13. Qxc5 Nc2+ 14. Kd2 Nd7 15. Qc7 Nxe5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Kxc2 Ng4
18. Rd2 Bh6 19. Re2 Rxd6 20. h3 Nf6 21. g4 Nd7 22. e5 Rb6 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. b3
Rd8 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Re4 Rc6 27. Bc4 a6 28. Rd1 Rdc8 29. Rd6 Nc5 30. Rxc6 Rxc6
31. Rd4 b5 32. b4 bxc4 33. bxc5 Rxc5 34. f4 Bf8 35. Rd7 Ra5 36. g5 h6 37. h4
hxg5 38. hxg5 Bb4 39. Nd5 Rxa2+ 40. Kb1 Rd2 41. e6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Piket,J 
(2633)-Kasparov,G (2851) Wijk aan Zee 2000}) 8... Be6 {Das ist praktisch schon
Neuland.} 9. Qa4 Nd5 10. Be5 Nb6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb1 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 c5 {Das ist
schon recht ungemütlich für Weiß, dessen Königsflügel überhaupt noch
nicht entwickelt ist und der mit seine König noch im Zentrum steht.} 14. dxc5
Qc7 15. cxb6 Qxe5 16. bxa7 Qa5 17. a3 Na2 ({Weniger genau ist} 17... Nd5 18. b4
Nxc3 19. bxa5 Nxb1 20. Rxb1 $15) 18. Rd3 ({Auf} 18. b4 {ist hier} Qxa3 {
möglich.}) 18... Rfc8 19. e4 $2 ({Weniger schlimm war} 19. b4 Nxc3 20. Rxc3
Qxa7 21. Qb2 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc8 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Ra8 $17 {allerdings mit
freudlosem Endspiel.}) 19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qb4 {Die Hoffnung auf
Damentausch erfüllt sich nicht.} Rc1+ 22. Kd2 Qg5+ {Ein grauenhafte Stellung.}
23. Re3 Ra1 24. e5 Rxa7 25. f4 Qg4 26. Rf3 Bd5 27. h3 Qe6 (27... Qh4 $1) 28.
Rc3 Ra8 29. Ke3 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Re4 31. Qc5 Rxf4+ 32. Kg1 Qxe5 33. Bb5 Qe4 34. Rg3
Rf5 35. Qb6 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nc3 b5 $5 (
7... O-O 8. e4 b5 9. Qd3 b4 10. Na4 Ba6 11. Qc2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 $14) 8. Qd3 b4 9.
Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bf5 (10... O-O $142 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Qh4 f6 13. Bxb8 Qxb8 14.
e3 $13) 11. Qe3 Nd7 12. g3 $6 (12. Bh6 $1 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g3 Nf6 15. Bg2
Be4 16. O-O $14) 12... Nf6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rc8 $6 (14... c5 $5 15. dxc5 Nd5
16. Qb3 Be6 (16... Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qc7 18. Ne5 $14) 17. Qc2 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Rc8 $44
) 15. Qb3 $1 Nd5 (15... a5 16. Rac1 (16. a3 $14) 16... Nd5 17. Bd2 Be4 $13) 16.
Be5 Bh6 $1 (16... Bxe5 $2 17. Nxe5 $16) (16... f6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Bd2 Bf7 (
18... Nf4 $2 19. Qe3 $18) 19. Qd3 $14) 17. Rfe1 $1 Be6 18. Qd3 f6 19. e4 Nb6 $1
(19... fxe5 $2 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Nxe5 $16 {x b4,c6,e7}) 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4
Qc7 $6 (21... Qd6 $1 22. Qe3 Bg4 $13) 22. Qd2 $1 a5 (22... Rfd8 $2 23. Qxb4) (
22... Bg4 $5) 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Rac1 Qd6 $6 (24... Bg4 $142 25. Qe3 Qd6) 25. Qe3
$6 (25. h3 $1 $14) 25... Bg4 26. Red1 c5 $5 (26... f5 $5 27. e5 Qd7 28. Rc5 $5
Nd5 29. Qd2 Nc3 30. Rxc3 $1 bxc3 31. Qxc3 $44) 27. d5 e5 $5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29.
Qg5 Bxf3 30. Bxf3 Rf8 31. Bg4 Rc7 32. Be6+ Kg7 (32... Kh8 33. f4 $1 Rxf4 34.
Rf1 $40 {Lutz}) 33. Rd3 $1 h6 34. Qg2 $1 Rf6 $1 {/\ 35...Re6} (34... c4 $2 35.
Rg3 Rf6 36. Kh1 $3 cxb3 37. Rg1 $18) 35. Rf3 $5 (35. Rg3 Nd7 $13) 35... Nd7
$138 (35... Rxf3 $142 36. Qxf3 c4 $1 37. Kh1 (37. bxc4 $6 Na4 $15 {/\ 38...Nc5}
) 37... c3 $1 (37... cxb3 $2 38. Rg1 bxa2 39. Qf5 g5 40. h4 $1 a1=Q 41. Rxa1 {
/\ 42. Rg1 +-}) 38. Rg1 c2 39. Qf5 g5 40. Rxg5+ hxg5 41. Qxg5+ Kf8 (41... Kh7
42. Qh5+ $10) 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. Qf7+ Kd8 44. Qg8+ $10) 36. Kh1 $6 (36. Bxd7 $142
Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Qxd7 38. Qe3 (38. h3 $1 $14) 38... Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Rf7 $132 {
/\ 40.Rc5 Qd1 41.Kg2 Qg4 =}) 36... Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Nf8 38. Bh3 Nh7 39. Qe3 Nf6 $1
40. Bf1 Nh5 41. Bb5 Nf4 42. Ba4 $2 (42. Bc6 $2 Ne6 $1 $17 {/\ ...Nd4}) (42. Rc2
$10) 42... Qa6 $3 {->} 43. Bc6 (43. Rc4 Rf7 $1 44. f3 (44. Qxc5 $2 Nd3) (44.
Bc6 {-> 43.Bc6}) 44... Qc8 $1 45. Qxc5 Qh3 46. Qf2 Nd3 47. Qg2 Qh4 $1 48. Qg3
Qh5 $40 49. Rc6 Rxf3 50. Rxg6+ Qxg6 51. Qxf3 Qxe4 $1 52. Qxe4 Nf2+ $17) 43...
Rf7 $1 44. Rc4 Qc8 45. Rc1 $6 (45. Qg3 $142 Qf8 $1 (45... Kh7 $6 46. Rxc5 Ne2
47. Qe3 $1 Qg4 48. f3 Ng3+ $1 49. Kg2 $1 Nf5+ 50. fxg4 Nxe3+ 51. Kg3 Nf1+ 52.
Kg2 $10) 46. Qe3 Qe7 $1 $40) 45... Nh3 $1 46. Rf1 (46. f3 Ng5 47. Qxc5 Nxf3 $19
{->}) 46... Ng5 47. f4 (47. Qxc5 $2 Qh3 $19) 47... Qg4 48. d6 (48. Qxc5 Nxe4
49. Qe3 Rxf4 $19) 48... Rxf4 $1 (48... exf4 49. Qxc5 $132) 49. Rg1 (49. Rxf4
exf4 $19) 49... Qh4 50. Qg3 (50. d7 Nf3 51. Rg2 Nd4 $19) 50... Qxg3 51. hxg3 (
51. Rxg3 Rf1+ 52. Kg2 Rf6 53. d7 Rd6 $19) 51... Rf2 $19 52. Rg2 (52. d7 Nf3)
52... Rf1+ 53. Rg1 (53. Kh2 Nf3+ 54. Kh3 Rh1+ 55. Kg4 Nd4 {/\ 56...h5 57.Kg5
Ne6 #}) 53... Rxg1+ 54. Kxg1 Kf6 55. Kf2 Nf7 56. d7 Ke7 57. Ke3 Nd6 58. Kd3 h5
59. Ba4 g5 60. Bc6 h4 61. gxh4 gxh4 62. Ke3 c4 63. bxc4 Nxc4+ 64. Kf3 Nb6 65.
Kg4 a4 {Shirov} (65... a4 66. Kxh4 b3 67. axb3 a3) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1977/78 North"]
[Site "Germany North"]
[Date "1978.01.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kiffmeyer, Constanz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Treppner,G"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1977.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. g3 $6 Nc6 (
7... Be6 8. Qa4 Nc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. O-O Nb6 $17) 8. Bg2 (8. d5 Na5 {/\c6}) 8...
Be6 9. Qd3 Nd5 {/\Ndb4} 10. O-O {?! Kiffmeyer} (10. e3 Ndb4 11. Qe2 $2 Bf5 12.
e4 Bg4) (10. a3 Nb6 {><c4,b3}) 10... Ndb4 11. Qb1 {? Kiffmeyer} (11. Qd1 {
Kiffmeyer}) 11... Nxd4 (11... Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. d5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bd1 {
/\a3}) 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxb7 Rab8 14. Bg2 $2 (14. Bf3 {Pachman deckt e2} Qc4
$140 15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxa2 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Rfc1 Rb3 19. Be5 $16) 14...
Qc4 {! Kiffmeyer} 15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxa2 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Rfe1 Rb3 {
! Kiffmeyer} 19. Rxa7 {? Kiffmeyer} Rb1 $1 20. Kf1 (20. Rxb1 $2 Nxe2+) (20. Bc1
$2 Rxc1) 20... Bf5 21. Rxc7 (21. Qd2 Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Bd3) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1
Qxc7 $1 23. Qxf5 Rd8 $1 24. Qc2 Qa5 {/\25.-Qa1+ 26.Bc1 Na2} 25. Bc1 (25. f3
Qa1+ 26. Kf2 Nd1+ $19 {/\Ne3+}) 25... Qa1 {/\Na2} 0-1

