[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2011.01.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Berger, Steve"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Albers,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bg2 Ndb4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 11. a3 Nd5 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. c4
Ne7 15. b4 Bxf2 16. b5 Bb7 17. Rb1 Bb6 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Ke2 Rad8 20. Nb3 Ba8 21.
c5 Bc7 {[#]} 22. a4 $6 {mag der Rechner gar nicht.} (22. Nd4 {und die Lage
scheint einigermaßen ausgeglichen zu sein.}) 22... cxb5 $1 23. Bxa8 bxa4 24.
Be4 axb3 25. Ba3 Rd4 26. Ke3 Ra4 27. Rxb3 f5 28. Bd3 f4+ 29. Kd2 fxg3 30. hxg3
h6 31. c6 Rf2+ 32. Ke3 Rf7 33. Bxe7 Rxe7 34. Rh4 Rxh4 35. gxh4 {ach wie schön
wäre es, wenn Karsten Müller da wäre und sinnvolle Sachen zu diesem Endspiel
sagen könnte. Mein Rechner sagt nur plump: "="! Aber so einfach ist die Sache
sicher nicht.[#]} g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kf3 Bf4 38. Ba6 Kf7 39. Bc8 Rc7 40. Bd7
a5 41. Ra3 Ra7 42. Ra4 Ke7 43. Re4 e5 44. Ra4 Kd6 45. Rc4 Kc7 46. Ra4 Ra8 47.
Ke4 Kd6 48. Kd3 Bg3 49. Bf5 Kxc6 50. Kc4 Kb6 51. Ra1 a4 52. Ra3 Rf8 53. Be4 Rd8
54. Bd5 Rc8+ 55. Kb4 Be1+ 56. Kxa4 Kc5 57. Bg2 Kd4 58. Ra1 Bd2 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Terzic, Safet"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.08.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 (7. O-O
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Bf3 $13) 7... bxc6 8. e5 $2 (8. Qd3 $142 O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10.
O-O d6) 8... Ne4 9. Qd4 (9. Bd2 Bxc3) 9... Qa5 10. Qxe4 $2 (10. a3 Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 Nxc3 12. Bd3 Nd5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Qe4 Ba6 15. c4 Qb2 16. Rc1 Qxa3 17. O-O
$44) 10... Bxc3+ 11. Kf1 Qxe5 (11... Bxe5 $142) 12. Qxe5 Bxe5 $19 13. c3 a5 14.
Ke1 (14. a4 Ba6) 14... a4 15. Kd2 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Kc2 d5 18. Be3 Kd7 19.
g4 h5 (19... g6 $5) 20. f4 Bd6 21. h3 c5 22. Rag1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Raa8 24. Rh5
Rxh5 (24... g6 25. Rhh1 c4 26. a3 Kc6 $19) 25. gxh5 Bf8 26. Rg5 f5 $1 (26...
Rc8 27. f5 exf5 (27... e5 $2 28. f6 gxf6 29. Rg8 Be7 30. Rxc8 Kxc8 31. Bh6 $18)
28. Rxf5 Ke6) 27. Rg6 Rc8 28. Bf2 Ke7 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. b3 Ra8 31. Kb2 Bd6 32.
Be3 axb3 33. axb3 Rh8 34. Rh1 Kf6 35. Kc2 Rh6 36. b4 $1 cxb4 37. Bd4+ (37. cxb4
Bxb4 38. Bd4+ Kf7 39. Rb1 Bd6 40. Rb7+ Ke8 $19) 37... Kf7 38. cxb4 Bxf4 $2 (
38... Bxb4 39. Rb1 Bd6 40. Rb7+ Ke8 $19) 39. b5 e5 40. Bc5 (40. Ba7 Ke6 41. b6
Be3) 40... Rh8 41. Kb3 Rc8 42. Ba7 e4 43. Rf1 Bb8 44. Bd4 $1 f4 45. Rg1 Rg8 46.
Rg5 e3 47. Kc2 e2 48. Kd2 Re8 49. Rxg7+ (49. Ke1 Bd6 $19) 49... Kf8 50. Rg1 f3
(50... Bd6 $2 51. h6 Bb4+ 52. Kd3 e1=Q 53. Rxe1 Bxe1 54. h7 $11) 51. Ke1 $2 (
51. Bf2 Bf4+ (51... Re5 52. Rh1 (52. h6 Rh5 53. Ke3 Ba7+ 54. Kxf3 Rf5+ 55. Kxe2
Rxf2+ $19) (52. Rg6 Kf7 53. Rb6 Re8 $19) 52... Bd6 53. b6 (53. h6 Bb4+ 54. Kd3
e1=Q 55. Bxe1 Rxe1 $19) 53... Bb4+ 54. Kd3 Re7 (54... e1=Q $4 55. Bxe1 Bxe1 56.
b7 Re8 57. Rxe1 Rb8 58. Rb1 $18) 55. h6 Kg8 56. h7+ Rxh7 57. Rxh7 Kxh7 58. b7
Bd6 59. Ke3 $11) 52. Kd3 d4 $1 53. Rb1 (53. Rg6 Kf7 54. Bh4 e1=Q 55. Rf6+ Kg7
56. Rg6+ Kh7 57. Bxe1 Rxe1 58. Rf6 Re3+ 59. Kxd4 Ra3 60. Kc5 Ra4 $19) (53. Kxd4
Bd2 54. Kd3 e1=Q 55. Bxe1 Bxe1 56. h6 f2 57. Rf1 Re6) 53... Be3 54. Bg3 Kg7 55.
b6 Bf4 56. Be1 Kh6 57. Rb5 Be3 $19) 51... Bd6 (51... Bd6 52. h6 Bb4+ 53. Kf2
e1=Q+ 54. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 55. Kxf3 Kg8 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 O-O 14. c4 Nb6
15. Qd2 a5 16. b3 Nc8 17. Ba3 Nxd6 18. Rad1 Ra6 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. Qf4 f6 21. Rd2
e5 22. Qg4 Bc8 23. Red1 Nf7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Qc8 26. Rd5 Rc6 27. Qh4 Ng5
28. Bd3 g6 29. Bc1 Ne6 30. Bh6 Rf7 31. Qg4 Qe8 32. Bf5 Rfc7 33. h4 Kf7 34. Bb1
Nd4 35. h5 f5 36. Qh4 Rd7 37. Bg5 Ke6 $4 ({Black's intention to evacuate his
king from a dangerous zone is understandable, but this untimely king's
centralization is a fatal mistake. Instead,} 37... Kg8 {was to be preferred.})
{[%tqu "En","King centralization turns out to be a fatal mistake in this
position. How can you punish Black for his careless king move?","Try to bring
your queen into action.","Open the e-file!","d5e5","Excellent! This elegant
sacrifice wins on the spot.",6]} 38. Rxe5+ {[%csl Re6,Re8][%cal Gh4e1,Ge1e8,
Gg5f4]} (38. Rxe5+ {, and Black resigned in view of an inevitable checkmate:}
Kxe5 39. Qe1+ Kd6 (39... Ne2+ 40. Qxe2+ Kd4 41. Qb2#) 40. Bf4+) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liechtenstein"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bb4 8.
Be3 Qd8 9. Bd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Bg2 b6 13. O-O $5 $146 (13. c4
Ba6 14. a3 $6 Bxd2+ 15. Nbxd2 Ne5 $1 16. Qa4 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 f5 $17 {0-1 Atlas,
V-Sermek,D/Ptuj zt (01) ;CBM 47 1995 (45)}) 13... Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Rc1 {/\c4
} Be7 (15... Bc4 16. Bxb4 Ncxb4 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nbd2 $14) 16. h4 $1 (16. a3 $6
Bc4) 16... h6 (16... Ne5 17. Nc3 $1 $14) 17. Nc3 (17. c4 $2 Ndb4 $17) 17... Bf6
$5 (17... Nf6 $10) (17... Ncb4 18. Qh5 $5 (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qg4 $2 Rc4 $17)
18... Nxc3 (18... Nf6 19. Qf3 $10) 19. Bxc3 Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nxc3 (20... Nb4 $2 21.
Red1) 21. Rxa6 Nd5 22. Rxa7 $14) 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qg4 (19. Rb1 d4 $15) 19...
Kh8 (19... Bxb2 $6 20. Bxh6 $40) 20. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bc4 22. Qf4 $6 (22.
Re3 Qf6 23. Rce1 $14 {<->e}) (22. Rcd1 $6 Qf6 $15) 22... Qc7 $1 23. Qf5 (23.
Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Re3 $10) 23... Rce8 (23... Ne7 $5 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Nc6 26.
Re3 $10) 24. Nd4 (24. Bxd5 $4 Ne7 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Be4 g6 $19) 24... Nxd4 25.
cxd4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxa2 27. Bxd5 (27. Ra1 Bc4 (27... Qc4 $2 28. Bf1 Qa4 29.
Bd3 $18) 28. Bxd5 $10) 27... Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxc2 29. Qd6 $1 Rc8 (29... Kg8 30.
Ra1 $10) 30. Qd7 Kg8 $2 $138 (30... a5 $2 31. d5 a4 32. d6 a3 33. Qxf7 a2 34.
d7 Rd8 35. Qe8+ $18) (30... Rc7 $142 $1 31. Qd8+ (31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. d5 Qd2 33.
Qe4+ (33. Qe5 g6) 33... g6) (31. Qd5 Qc6 $17) 31... Kh7 32. h5 $1 (32. d5 $2
Qd2 33. Re8 (33. Rf1 Rc5 $19) 33... Rc2 $19) (32. Re8 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 (33. Kh2 Rc1
34. Qd5 Qg1+ $19) 33... Rc1 34. Rh8+ Kg6 $19) 32... Rc8 (32... Qd2 $4 33. Re8
$18) 33. Qd7 Qc7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Re7 Qxe7 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ g6 38. hxg6+
fxg6 39. d5 $10) 31. d5 $1 $18 {[#]} a5 32. d6 Kh7 (32... a4 33. Qe7 (33. Re8+
Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. d7 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. f3 $18)) 33. Qxf7 (33. Qe7 Qd2
34. d7 Rd8 $1 $10) 33... Rd8 34. Re7 $4 $138 (34. d7 $1 Qg6 (34... Qc6 35. Re8
$18 (35. Re7 Qg6 36. Qe8 $18)) 35. Qe8 Qf6 36. Re7 $18) 34... Qg6 $19 35. Qxg6+
Kxg6 36. h5+ Kf6 37. Rb7 Rxd6 38. Rc7 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rd6 40. Kf3 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Knuth, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e5 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nd7 11. Qg4 Bf6 12. f5 h6 13. Be3 Bg5 14. Bg1 h5 15.
Qe2 h4 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Bc4 Nh5 18. Bf2 Qf6 19. Qd3 Rh6 20. Ba6 Ng3+ 21. Bxg3
hxg3 22. h3 Bf4 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne2 g5 25. fxg6 Rxg6 26. Nxf4 exf4 {[%tqu
"En","How would you continue here?","Open files for your heavy artillery!",
"Use the shaky position of the c8-rook.","e4e5","After this crasning move
White has good winning perspective.",4]} 27. e5 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Re8][%cal Gd1d7,
Gf1e1,Ge1e8] This is a very nice blow, which immediately puts Black on the
defensive.} Qg5 (27... Qxe5 {fails to} 28. Rfe1) (27... dxe5 {loses after} 28.
Qd7+) 28. exd6 {With the strong passed d6-pawn, White has durable advantage.}
Rd8 29. d7+ Kf8 30. Qf3 $6 (30. Qa3+ Kg8 31. Qxa7 {was sufficient for win. The
text move yiedls Black counterchances.}) 30... Re6 31. Rd4 Re3 32. Qd1 Qe5 33.
Rdxf4 Rxd7 34. Qxd7 Qxf4 35. Qd1 Qf2 $4 {A terrible blunder, after which White
wins on the spot} 36. Rxf2 gxf2 37. Kh2 Re1 38. Qd8+ Re8 39. Qf6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. c4 $5 {Relatively speaking, a rare
continuation.} ({Much more popular is} 11. Nd6+) 11... Ne3 $1 {Definitely the
best reaction.} ({Very dangerous for Black} 11... Qxe5 12. cxd5 Qxe4 13. Bf3
$44) 12. Nd6+ {This is the idea behind White's 11th move.} ({Black has nothing
to worry about after} 12. Bxe3 Bxe4 $11) 12... Bxd6 13. exd6 Qc6 14. Bf3 Nxd1
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxd1 {After a series of forced moves a very interesting
endgame has arisen. I don't believe Black has a serious problems to hold this
endgame. On the other hand White can play without any risk and it's Black who
requires to show an accurate defence.} Rb8 $146 {A new try, which seems to me
sufficient for the draw as well.} ({I believe the natural} 16... O-O 17. Be3
Rfc8 {is Black's best defence in this position} 18. Rd3 (18. Rac1 Rab8 19. Rd2
Be4 20. f3 Bg6 21. Rc3 Rb6 {and Black held quite easily in Shirov-Kramnik 2000}
) 18... a5 (18... Bb7 $5) 19. Rb3 a4 20. Rb6 Ra5 21. Re1 f6 22. f3 Kf7 23. Kf2
e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Murdzia,P-Lindinger,M/Hamburg 2003/CBM 096 ext (32)}) 17. Rd3
a5 (17... O-O 18. Ra3 Rb7 19. Ra5 $16) 18. Rg3 Kf8 $4 {An incredible blunder
for a player of Magnus' level. Black simply loses the game in 1 move.} ({
Black should have played} 18... g6 {and I haven't manage to find a way for
White to pose Black serious problems, despite the weakening of the dark
squares,} 19. b3 (19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Bd2 a4 21. Bc3 f5 $11) (19. Rb3 O-O) (19. Bg5
f5 20. Bf6 O-O 21. Bc3 a4 $11) 19... O-O 20. Ba3 Rfc8 21. Re1 a4 22. Bxc5 axb3
23. axb3 Bxg2 24. b4 Bb7 25. Ra3 Ra8 26. Rea1 e5 {and Black holds.}) 19. Rb3 $1
$18 {Strangely enough White is winning after this move , since Black loses one
of his pawns on the queenside.} Rxb3 (19... Rc8 20. Be3 a4 21. Rb6 f6 22. Bxc5
Kf7 23. Be3 $18) 20. axb3 f6 21. Rxa5 Kf7 22. Be3 (22. Rxc5 $4 Ra8 $19) 22...
Rb8 ({The rook exchange doesn't help Black} 22... Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. f3 e5
25. Bxc5 Ke6 26. Kf2 g5 27. b4 f5 28. b5 f4 29. b6 e4 30. b4 h5 31. b5 $18 {
with an easy win.}) 23. Ra3 Be4 (23... e5 24. Bxc5 Ke6 25. b4 $18) 24. Bxc5 Bd3
25. Ba7 ({Things are not so easy after the natural} 25. f3 e5 26. Kf2 Ke6 27.
Ke3 Bf1 28. g3 (28. g4 f5 29. Ba7 Rb7 30. gxf5+ Kxf5 31. Kf2 Bd3 $16) 28... g5
29. Kd2 (29. Ba7 Rb7) 29... h5 30. Ba7 (30. Kc3 Be2 31. b4 Bxf3) 30... Rb7 31.
Ke1 Bd3 {and it's not so clear how White is going to improve his position.})
25... Rb4 ({White wins nicely after} 25... Rb7 26. c5 Rb5 (26... Be4 27. Bb6
$18) 27. f3 e5 28. b4 Bf5 29. Ra4 $1 (29. c6 dxc6 30. Bc5 Bd7 31. Ra8 {might
be not enough}) 29... Ke6 30. Bb6 Bc2 31. Ra7 Rxb4 32. c6 Rxb6 33. c7 Rc6 34.
Ra8 $18) 26. Bc5 Rb8 27. Ra7 {Finally Emil finds a very nice tactical solution.
} Ke8 28. Ba3 e5 ({Another important line runs} 28... Rxb3 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Rd8
Rb7 31. Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8c7]} (31. c5 Be4) 31... Be4 (31... e5 32. Rc7 (32. f3
Bf5 33. Rc7 Rb8 34. c5 $16) 32... Be4 33. f3 Rxc7 34. dxc7 Bb7 35. Bd6 Ke6 36.
c5 $18) 32. f3 (32. Rc7) 32... Bc6 33. b4 Ra7 34. b5 Bxb5 35. cxb5 Rxa3 36. Rc7
e5 37. Rxd7+ Ke6 38. Rxg7 Kxd6 39. Rxh7 Rb3 40. Rb7 $18) 29. f3 Rxb3 30. c5 $1
$18 Bb5 (30... Rb8 31. c6 dxc6 32. Rxg7 $18) 31. Rb7 Bc4 32. c6 $1 dxc6 33. d7+
Kd8 34. Bb4 $1 {The deciisve blow.} Rxb4 35. Rxb4 Bb5 36. f4 $6 {A small
inaccuracy ,which slightly complicates the matters.} ({White could have won on
the spot after} 36. Rb3 $142 Kxd7 37. Ra3 Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. Rc7 $18) 36...
Kxd7 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Rb3 $1 {Transferring the rook to c3 , where it will
prevent Black from moving the B from b5.} Ke6 39. Rc3 h5 40. Kf2 h4 41. Kf3 Kf5
42. Ke3 g6 43. Rc5 g5 44. b3 {Now Black's position is hopeless.} Bf1 45. Rc2
Bb5 46. Rc1 (46. Rf2+ Ke6 47. Rf8 $18) 46... g4 47. g3 (47. Ra1 $18) 47... hxg3
48. hxg3 Ke6 49. Ke4 {The rest is quite easy.} Kd6 50. Rd1+ Kc5 51. Re1 Kb4 52.
Re3 Bf1 53. Kxe5 Bg2 54. Rd3 Bf3 55. Kd6 Kb5 56. Rd4 Be2 57. Re4 Bf3 58. Rc4
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O (10... d4 11. Qe2+ Be6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4
Qd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf4 O-O 16. O-O $14 {Fernandez Garcia-Illescas/Pamplona/
1991-92/}) 11. O-O d4 (11... Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 $5 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxb2 17. Qb1 $1 Qxb1 18. Rfxb1 f5 19. Bd3 b6 20. Rb5 $1 $16
{Ehlvest,J-Romero Holmes/Logrono/1991/}) 12. Ne2 (12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14.
Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 d3 $14 {Aseev-Sorokin/
St.Peterburg zt/1993/}) 12... Qd5 (12... Re8 13. b4 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Bb2 a6
16. Rf2 Ne5 17. Bxd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bg6 19. Qd2 $16 {Yudasin,L-Sorokin/Moskva/
1992/}) (12... h6 13. b4 $5 a6 14. Bb2 Kh8 15. Qd2 {Petrushin-Bangiev/
Simferopol/1989/} Qd6 $14) (12... Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Qe1 $16 {
Mokry,K-Stein/Gausdal/1988/}) 13. Nf4 $5 (13. b4 Rd8 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. Nf4 {
Ioseliani,N-Chiburdanidze,M/Telavi (m/8)/1988/} Qd7 $10) (13. c4 dxc3 14. Nxc3
Qa5 15. Bd2 (15. Bf4 Bg4 16. Qb1 h6 17. h3 Be6 18. Nb5 {Dolmatov,S-Nikolaev/
Moskva/1992/} Bf5 $1 $14) 15... Rd8 16. Nb5 Qa6 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. Be2 Bg4 19. Bc3
$14 {Dvojris-Maljutin/URS-ch/1991/}) (13. Bf4 Bf5 $10) (13. Ng3 Ne5 $10) 13...
Qd6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 (14... Bd7 15. Bf4 $14) 15. Qxh5 h6 16. Re1 $14 Bd7 17. Qh4
Rae8 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. Qg3 Re6 $6 (19... Kh8 $142 {/\ Bf5}) 20. Rxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd2
Qe5 (21... Re8 22. h3 (22. Re1 $6 Qxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bf1 Rc1 $13) 22...
Qe5 $14) 22. Re1 Qxg3 23. hxg3 $16 Re8 $6 (23... Be6 $142 {/\ Rd8+/-}) 24.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. f4 Bd7 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. Be4 Ke7 $6 (27... Be6 $142 28. b3 Ke7 29.
Ke2 f5 30. Bf3 Kd6 31. Bb4+ $1 $16) 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Kd3 b6 30. Bb4+ $1 $18 Ke6
(30... Nxb4+ 31. axb4 {/\ Kd4+-}) 31. Bf3 f5 32. Kc4 a5 33. Bd5+ $1 Kf6 34. Bd6
{/\ 35.Bc7 b5 36.Kc5+-} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 d6 10. Bf4 Rb8 (10... Be7 11. Qg4 (11. Qh5 Ba6 $1 $10 {/\Qa5})
11... Kf8 12. O-O dxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Qf3 g6 15. c4 Kg7 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. Rfe1
e5 (17... dxc4 18. Qxb7 cxd3 19. Rxe6 Kf7 20. Rxf6+ $18) 18. Rad1 $36 {
Kalinitschev-Dolmatov, USSR 1978}) 11. O-O Rxb2 (11... Rb4 12. Qf3 (12. Bg3
Rxb2 13. Qg4 h5 {/\h4}) 12... g5 13. Bg3 Bg7 14. exd6 $16 {
de_la_Villa_Garcia-Arencibia, Leon 1991}) 12. Qg4 (12. Qf3 g6 13. exd6 Bg7 14.
c4 $36) 12... g6 (12... h5 13. Qg3 $16) (12... g5 13. Bd2 $1 $16) 13. Bg5 Be7
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 (14... Kxe7 15. exd6+ Kxd6 16. Qd4 {/\c4}) 15. exd6 Qb7 (15...
Qf6 16. Qa4+ $18 {קa7}) (15... Qxd6 $4 16. Qd4 $18) 16. Ba6 $1 Qxa6 17. Qd4
O-O 18. Qxb2 Qxd6 19. Qd4 {/\c4} Ba6 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. h4 {/\h5-h6 ->>>} h5 (
21... Qxc2 22. h5 $40) 22. Re3 (22. g4 $5 hxg4 (22... Qxc2 23. gxh5 {/\h6}) 23.
h5 g5 (23... gxh5 24. Re5 f6 25. Rxe6 Kg7 26. Qxd5) 24. Re5 (24. Qf6 Qd8) (24.
h6 $5) (24. Qxg4 Qf4) 24... Qe7 25. Qxg4 f5 $132) 22... Bc4 (22... Qxc2 23.
Qxa7 $18) 23. Rae1 (23. g4 hxg4 24. h5 gxh5 25. Re5 f6 26. Rxe6 Kg7 $13) (23.
a3 {/\Rae1,Rg3 ->>>}) 23... Bxa2 24. Ra3 Qxc2 25. Rxa7 Bc4 26. Rxe6 Qb1+ 27.
Kh2 Qb8+ $10 28. g3 (28. Kh3 Qc8 29. Rae7 Qxe6+ 30. Rxe6 fxe6 $10) 28... Qxa7
29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxa7 Bd3 31. Kg2 (31. f3 Be2) 31... Be4+ 32. Kf1 Rf3 33. Qe7
Kh8 34. Ke1 Kg8 35. Ke2 Kh8 36. Qg5 Kh7 37. Qe5 Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kg8
40. Qe7 Kh8 41. Qg5 Kh7 42. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 (6. Ndb5 Bb4 7.
Bf4 Nxe4 8. Qf3 d5 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Nc7+ Kf8 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. Qxg3
Rb8 14. Bb5 {Polgar-Maskova, Novi Sad (ol) 1990} f5 $1 15. h4 f4 16. Qxg5 Qxc7
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Rd4 e5 20. Re1 Qg7 21. Qd8+ $10 {Polgar,J;
Polgar,Zso}) 6... bxc6 (6... dxc6 $6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. e5 Nd7 9. f4 Bb4 10. Bd2
$14) 7. e5 (7. Bd3 d5 $10) 7... Nd5 (7... Ng8 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 f5 10. g4 $1
$16 {Taimanov}) 8. Ne4 (8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 $1 $10) 8... c5 (8... Be7 9. c4
f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Ne4 13. Qe5 d5 14. Qxg7 Qa5+ 15. Ke2
Rf8 16. f3 $16) (8... f5 9. exf6 (9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. exd6 Qb6 $13) 9... Nxf6 10.
Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qb6 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bf4 $14 {^^}) (8... Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 (9...
c5 10. c4 Nb4 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nd4 13. O-O Bb7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf2 $16 {
L-A,Schneider}) 10. Bd3 (10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Bc5 13. Nd3 Ne3 14. Qb3
Nxf1 15. Qxb6 Bxb6 16. Rxf1 $10) 10... Ba6 $13) 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4
Nb4 12. b3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Qd2 Qf5 17. f3 Rfd8
18. a3 Nc6 19. Qd6 $16 {^^} Rac8 20. Bxc5 Ba8 21. b4 Ne5 22. Rac1 Nf7 23. Qd4
a6 24. Bb6 e5 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Re8 27. Rfd1 g6 28. c5 $18 {^^ _|_} Bb7 29.
Bc4 Re7 30. Rd2 Ra8 31. a4 Kf8 32. Rcd1 Ke8 33. Bc7 Rc8 34. Bd6 Nxd6 35. Rxd6
Rb8 36. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 $5 (6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 {--> B33 - Kouatly's idea}) 6... Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9.
Bd3 d5 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Qc1 Nxd4 12. cxd4 b6 $6 (12... Bd7 $142 13. Rb1 Bc6 14.
Bb4 Qc7 15. Qa3 a5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. c4 f6 18. Bd6 Qd7 {= Geller-Chasin, USSR
(ch) 1958}) 13. Rb1 (13. c4 $5 Ba6 14. cxd5 Rc8 $8 15. Qe3 $8 Bxd3 $13) 13...
Ba6 $2 (13... Qd2 14. Qb2 Qc3 15. Qc1 $10 (15. Qb5+ Bd7 16. Qa6 Qc8 $15)) 14.
Re1 O-O-O (14... Bxd3 15. cxd3 {/\Qc6} Nc3 16. Bb4 $18) (14... Rc8 15. Bb4 Qa4
16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qg5 $40) 15. Bb4 Qa4 16. c4 Kb7 17. Bc2 (17. Rxe4 $6 dxe4 18.
Bxe4+ Kb8 (18... Kc8 19. c5) 19. Qf4+ Kc8 20. c5 Rxd4 $13) 17... Qc6 (17...
Qxa2 18. cxd5 exd5 (18... Rc8 19. Rb2 Qxd5 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxc8+ $18) 19.
Rxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Bxe4+ Kb8 21. Qf4+ Kc8 22. Rc1+ Bc4 23. Qxf7 Rxd4 24. Qb7+ Kd8
25. Bc6 $18) 18. c5 bxc5 (18... b5 $8 19. Qa3 {/\Qa5,a4,Re3-a3 ->}) 19. Ba5+
Kc8 $2 (19... Ka8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. dxc5 $18) 20. Qa3 $18 cxd4
21. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bulletin} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 (
6... dxc6 $6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. e5 (8. Bf4 Bb4 9. O-O-O+ Ke7 10. f3 Rd8 11. Bd3
Nh5 12. Bg5+ f6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ne2 e5 {Gazik-Langner, Ostrava 1991} 15. g3 $10
) 8... Nd7 9. f4 Bb4 10. Bd2 $14) 7. e5 (7. Bd3 d5 $10) 7... Nd5 (7... Ng8 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 $14 f5 10. g4 $1 $40) 8. Ne4 (8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 $1 $10 (
9... d6 10. Bf4 Rb8 (10... Be7 11. Qg4 $36 {Kalinitschev-Dolmatov, USSR 1978})
11. O-O Rxb2 12. Qg4 g6 $13 {Romero Holmes-Nunn, Wijk aan Zee 1992})) 8... Qa5+
(8... Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 (9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 {Boensch}) 10. c4 Ne3 (10... Bb4+ {
Chandler-Kasparov, Hamburg(sim) 1985} 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 $36 {
Rublevsky-Rogozenko, URSchT Azov 1991, Lau-Schmittdiel Budapest Noviki-A 1990})
11. Qd3 Nf5 12. g4 $36 {Kasparov-Illescas Cordoba, Linares 1992,
Hector-Van_der_Wiel, Haninge 1990}) (8... f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11.
Qxd6 Qb6 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bf4 $14) (8... c5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O {+/=/=}) (8... Be7
9. c4 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nd6+ $36) 9. c3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. b3 f5 12. exf6
Nxf6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 $5 (13... Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. O-O $1 (15. Bb2 Qd5 16. Qxd5
cxd5 $10) 15... Qxc3 (15... Ne4 16. Qd4 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. Bb2 Ne2+ 19. Kh1
Nf4 (19... c5 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Be5 {+/=/+/- B>N _|_}) (19... c5) 20. Bxg7 Rg8
21. Be5 $14) 16. Ba3 Kf7 $8 17. Rac1 $40 (17. Rac1 {Bulletin} Qa5)) 14. Nc4 (
14. a4 {/\Ba3, ><a3-f8} c5 15. Bf4 g6 $13) 14... d5 15. Ba3+ Ke8 16. Qe2 c5 $1
(16... dxc4 17. Qxe6+ Kd8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. O-O $40) 17. Nd2 (17. Ne5 Qxe2+ 18.
Kxe2 Nd7 19. Nf3 a5 20. Ng5 Ra6 $15) 17... Qxa3 18. Qxe6+ Be7 (18... Kd8 19.
Nc4 $3 {Rublevsky} dxc4 20. Qc6 $1 $18) 19. O-O (19. Nf3 Rd8 (19... Kd8 $2 20.
Ne5 Re8 21. Qc6 Rc8 $6 22. Nf7#) 20. Ne5 Rf8 21. O-O {/\Re1->} Rd6 (21... Qa5
22. Qxe7+ $1) 22. Qc8+ Rd8 23. Qe6 $10) 19... c4 20. b4 (20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. b4 (
21. Nf3 Qd6 $19) 21... Re8 22. Nf3 Bxb4 $19) 20... Qa4 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Qe3 Kf7
23. Nf3 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gazik, Igor"]
[Black "Langner, Ladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 (6... bxc6 7.
e5) 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bf4 {עd8} Bb4 $8 9. O-O-O+ Ke7 10. f3 Rd8 11. Bd3 Nh5 12.
Bg5+ f6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ne2 e5 15. g4 $6 (15. g3 $142 Be6 $10) 15... Nf4 16.
Nxf4 exf4 17. Rdg1 Be6 18. g5 Be5 $1 19. a3 (19. h4 $6 Bxa2 20. b3 $4 Bxb3 $19)
19... c5 $1 20. gxf6+ Kxf6 {=/+/-/+ ץd3,Bd2} 21. Be1 $5 h6 22. Bh4+ $2 (22.
Be2 $2 Bd4 $1 {/\Bh3-+}) (22. h4 $5 {/\h5,Bh4+} Rac8 {/\c4-c3-/+ קf3,a3,c2}
23. Bc3 $5 {=/+/-/+ _|_}) 22... g5 23. Bf2 h5 $2 {/\24.Bxc5?? Rac8-+; /\24.h4?
g4} (23... c4 $1 24. Be2 c3 25. b3 (25. bxc3 Rac8 $1 26. h4 g4 $1 (26... Rxc3
27. hxg5+ hxg5 28. Rh6+ Kf7 29. Rxg5 Rdc8 30. Bd3 $1 (30. Rxe5 $2 Rxc2+ 31. Kd1
Rc1+ 32. Kd2 R8c2+ 33. Kd3 Bc4+ 34. Kd4 Rd2+ 35. Kc5 Bxe2+ 36. Kb4 Rb2+ 37. Ka4
Rc4+ 38. Ka5 b6+ 39. Ka6 Rc7+ $19) 30... Rxd3 31. Rxe5 Rdc3 32. Rexe6 Rxc2+ $10
) 27. fxg4 Rxc3 28. g5+ hxg5 $1 (28... Kg7 $6 29. gxh6+ Kh8 30. Rg5 $13) (28...
Ke7 $2 29. Be1 $1 {/\Bb4+,(gxh6),Bh5++/-} (29. gxh6 $2 f3 {/\Rxa3-+})) 29.
hxg5+ Kg7 30. Rh6 Rxa3 31. Bd3 Bc3 $1 32. Kd1 $8 f3 $1 33. Be3 Ra1+ 34. Bc1
Rxd3+ $1 35. cxd3 Bb3#) 25... Rd2 26. Re1 Rad8 27. Bxa7 Bxb3 28. cxb3 Ra2 29.
Rd1 $8 Rdd2 30. Rxd2 cxd2+ 31. Kd1 Ra1+ 32. Kxd2 Rxh1 $19) 24. Be2 $1 h4 (24...
c4 $2 25. h4 $1 {><g5,Kf6}) 25. Bxc5 Rac8 $6 (25... b6 26. Bf2 Rac8 $44 27. Rd1
$2 Bb3 $3 28. Rxd8 (28. Bd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxc2+ $1 30. Kb1 Rxb2+ 31. Kc1 Ba2 $1
$19) 28... Rxc2+ 29. Kb1 (29. Kd1 Rc8+) 29... Rxb2+ 30. Kc1 Rc2+ 31. Kb1 Rxe2
$1 (31... Rb2+ $10) 32. Bd4 $8 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 g4 $1 34. Rf1 (34. fxg4 f3 {/\f2-+
}) 34... g3 $19) 26. Bxa7 Rd6 $2 (26... Rc6 27. Bb5 Rcd6 28. Bc5 Rd2 29. Bb6
R8d6 30. Bc7 $18) (26... Bb3 $142 27. c3 Ba4 $1 $44 {/\28...Bxc3!,29...Rxc3+=})
27. Rd1 $1 (27. Bf2 $2 Bb3 28. c3 Ba4 $1 $44) 27... Rdc6 28. Rd2 Bb3 (28... b6
29. Ba6 $1 (29. Bb5 $6 Rc5 30. a4 $2 Rxb5 $1 31. axb5 Ra8 $19 {עc1}) 29... Rg8
$8 30. a4 $1 {/\31.Bb5,32.Bxb6+- _|_} g4 31. Bb5 Rc5 32. Bxb6 Rxb5 33. axb5 Ra8
34. Rdd1 $1 $18) 29. c3 b6 30. Ba6 $2 (30. Bb5 $1 Rxc3+ $5 (30... Rc5 31. Bd7 {
/\Bxb6+-}) (30... R6c7 31. Bxb6 Rb7 32. Ba6 $18) 31. bxc3 Rxc3+ 32. Kb1 (32.
Kb2 Rd3+ 33. Kc1 Rc3+ 34. Kb1) 32... Be6 {/\Rxa3; /\Rb3+} 33. a4 $1 $8 Ra3 34.
Rb2 $1 $18) 30... Rg8 (30... Rxc3+ $1 31. bxc3 Rxc3+ 32. Kb1 Be6 $1 33. Rb2 $1
Rxa3 34. Rxb6 $5 (34. Bxb6 $10) 34... Ra1+ 35. Kc2 Ra2+ $1 (35... Rxh1 $4 36.
Bc4 $18) 36. Kd3 (36. Kc1 Ra1+ 37. Rb1 $2 Rxa6 {-/+/-+ עc1,Rh1,b1}) 36... Ra3+
37. Ke2 Ra2+ 38. Kf1 Ra1+ 39. Ke2 (39. Kg2 $4 h3+ 40. Kf2 Rxh1 41. Bc4 Bd4+ $19
) 39... Ra2+ $10) 31. Rg1 $4 $138 (31. Bb5 $1 Rc7 (31... Re6 32. Bd7 $18) (
31... Rc5 32. Bd7 Bc7 33. Bxb6 Bxb6 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rxb6 Kxd7 36. Rxb3 g4 37.
Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rh7 $1 $18 {_|_}) 32. Bxb6 Rb7 33. Bd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Rxb5 $44)
31... Rg7 32. Bb5 Re6 33. Bd7 Ree7 $19 34. Bxb6 Rxd7 35. Bd8+ Ke6 36. Rxg5 $2 (
36. Rxd7 Kxd7 $1 37. Rxg5 (37. Bxg5 Bf6) 37... Kxd8 38. Rxe5 Rd7 $19) 36...
Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Rd7+ 38. Ke2 Rxd8 39. Rg6+ Kf7 40. Rh6 Bc4+ 41. Ke1 Bf6 42. Rh5
Rg8 43. Rf5 Rg1+ 44. Kd2 Kg6 45. Rc5 Rg2+ 46. Ke1 Rxh2 $1 47. e5 h3 48. exf6
Rxb2 49. f7 Bxf7 0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5
Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 (10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3
Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b3 c5 18. Rd1 Bb7+ 19. Ke3 Kf7
20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rxd7 {+/-/+- Chandler-Kasparov, Hamburg (sim) 1985}) 11. Qd3
Nf5 (11... Bb4+ {Anand} 12. Bd2 (12. Ke2 $2 Nxc4) 12... a5) 12. g4 Nd4 13. Bg2
(13. b3 Bb7 14. Be3 Nc2+ 15. Kf2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kxe3 c5 {+/=/+/-
Hector-Van der Wiel,Haninge 1990}) 13... h5 14. g5 Bb7 15. Be3 $1 Nc2+ (15...
c5 {Anand} 16. O-O {P b4!}) 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxb2+ (17... c5 {Anand} 18.
Rhd1 $16) 18. Kg3 {/\Rb1} Ba6 (18... Qb6 19. c5 $16 {ץf8; 20...Be7 /\ 21...
0-0 --> Rhg1,Nf6 ->>>}) 19. Rab1 h4+ (19... Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qxc4 21. Bf1 $18 {
N+|^ > 3P}) 20. Kh3 Qc2 (20... Qa3 {Anand} 21. Rb3 $18) (20... Qxa2 {Anand} 21.
Ra1 Qxc4 22. Bf1 $18) 21. Rhc1 Qa4 22. Qc3 {/\23.c5, 24.Rb4 Qa5 25.Rb8 +-} Ba3
(22... Be7 23. Rb3 {--> main line}) 23. Rc2 Be7 24. Rb3 O-O {/\<->b} 25. Nf6+
$1 $18 gxf6 26. gxf6 Bc5 (26... Qxc4 27. Qxc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 $1 (28. fxe7 {_|_})
28... Bd8 29. f5 {/\Rxh4,Rg3#}) 27. Be4 Rfb8 {/\Kf8} (27... Qxc4 28. Qf3 Qf1+
29. Rg2+ $18) 28. Kxh4 {/\Qg3} Kf8 29. Rg2 Qxc4 30. Qxc4 (30. Qg3 $6 Ke8 31.
Qg8+ Bf8) 30... Bxc4 31. Bh7 Bf2+ (31... Ke8 32. Rg8+ Bf8 33. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 34.
Rg3 {35.Rg8#}) 32. Kh5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 (8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 $10 {/\10.Ba6 Qa5+ =/+_|_}) 8... Qc7 (8... f5 9.
exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qb6 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bf4 $14 {><e7,d6,e5}) 9. f4
Qb6 10. c4 $5 (10. Bd3 Ba6 11. a3 Be7 12. Qe2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 f5 14. Nf2 $13)
10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 (11. Bd2 $2 Qe3+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nxf4
$19) 11... f5 12. exf6 (12. Nf2 Ba6 (12... Bc5 13. Nd3 Ne3 14. Qb3 Nxf1 15.
Qxb6 Bxb6 16. Rxf1 Ba6 17. b3 Bd4 18. Be3 $1 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 {/\Bc5-d6,Nc5+/-
Ivanov,A-Pesina, USSR 1981}) 13. Kf3 $5 Ne7 $13) 12... Nxf6 13. Be3 Qa5 14.
Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 (16... d5 $5) 17. Qe2 d5 18. Rhf1 Bc5 (18...
Bd7 19. Kg1 Bc5 20. Rf3 $40) 19. Kg1 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. c5 Qc7 (21... Qxb2
22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Rf3 $40) 22. b4 Rg7 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. Qd4 {[+]} Qd8 25. b5
cxb5 26. f5 $1 e5 (26... Qe7 27. fxe6 Bxe6 28. Bf5 $18) (26... Re7 27. fxe6
Rxe6 (27... Bxe6 28. Qxf6 Qd7 29. Rf3 {/\Rg3+-}) 28. Qg4+ $1 Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kf8
$8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Bf5 $1 Qe7 (31... Re5 32. Rxe5+ fxe5 33. Bg6+ $18) (31...
Re7 32. Bg6+ $1 $18) 32. Bxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxf6 $18) 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Rd1 $1 Qg8
29. Qxg8+ Raxg8 30. Be4 Rc8 31. Rd6 Rxc5 32. Rxf6 Be8 (32... Rc4 $2 33. Rf8+
$18) 33. Re6 Bf7 34. Re7 $18 Bxa2 (34... Kg8 35. f6 Rg4 36. Rd1 $1 Rc8 $8 37.
Bf5 $18) 35. f6 Rg4 36. f7 (36. f7 Bxf7 37. Rfxf7 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9192 2nd"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 d4 (10... O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 d4 13. Nb5 Nd5
14. Bg3 Be6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd6 {Polgar,J-Stein, Dortmund II 1990}) 11. Qe2+ (
11. Ne2 Bf5 12. O-O (12. Bxf5 Qa5+ $10) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O (13... h6 $5)
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 $14 {Estevez-Chaviano, Santa Clara 1983}) 11... Be6 12. Ne4
Nxe4 (12... O-O 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qe5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qe4 $36) 13. Qxe4 (
13. Bxe4 O-O 14. O-O (14. Qh5 g6 15. Qg5 Re8 $36) 14... Bd5 $10) 13... Qd5 14.
Qxd5 (14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. O-O $132 {Frolov-Maljutin, USSR 1989}) 14... Bxd5 15.
Bf4 (15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Bd2 Be6 18. c4 dxc3 19. Bxc3 $14 {
Chiburdanidze-Barlov, Biel II 1990}) 15... O-O (15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bd5 17. Rxg7
$16) 16. O-O {+/= ^^} Rfe8 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rd1 (19. h4 Ne5 $10)
19... g5 (19... Be4 $2 20. Re1 Bg6 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {+/=/+/- _|_ ^^}) 20. Bg3 Bf7
21. f4 (21. f3 $142 Bg6 22. Kf1 Bxd3+ 23. Rxd3 {+/=/=}) 21... gxf4 22. Bxf4 Bg6
23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Rd2 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Re4 $10 26. Rg3+ (26. Kf3 Re1 $36) (26. g3 {
/\Rb3 -><<} b5 27. Rb3 a6 $10) 26... Kf7 27. Bd2 (27. Bh6 Rh4 28. Rg7+ Kf8 29.
Rg6+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ $10) 27... Ne5 $15 28. h3 (28. c3 d3 29. Re3 f5 $17) 28... h5
29. Bh6 Ke6 30. Rg7 Nf7 31. Bd2 Re5 32. Bb4 (32. g4 $5) 32... a5 33. Bf8 Rb5
34. b4 (34. b3 b6 $1 {קc2 Rd5-d7-c7}) 34... b6 35. Ke2 (35. bxa5 $142 bxa5 36.
Ke2) 35... a4 $17 {קa3} 36. Kd3 (36. Rg3 $142) 36... Rd5 {/\Ne5-c4-a3} 37. b5
(37. Rh7 Rd8 38. Bg7 Ne5+) 37... Ne5+ 38. Ke4 (38. Ke2 Rxb5) 38... f5+ 39. Kf4
Kf6 40. Kg3 (40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Rh8 Ng6+ $19) 40... Nd7 0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 (10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Be3 Qc7 {Watson - Kosten Bayswater 1989  13...Da5!?}) 11. Qd3 Nf5 12. g4 Nd4
13. b3 Bb7 14. Be3 (14. Bb2 c5 15. Bg2 Rd8 16. O-O h5 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. g5 $16
{/\ g5-g6 Barua - Inf.45/202}) 14... Nc2+ 15. Kf2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kxe3
c5 $8 18. Bg2 O-O-O 19. Rhd1 h5 20. g5 Bxe4 (20... g6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxb7+
Kxb7 23. Rxd6 $16) 21. Kxe4 g6 22. b4 $1 Kc7 (22... cxb4 23. c5 $16) 23. b5 d6
24. Rd3 dxe5 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. fxe5 h4 27. Rd1+ Kc8 28. Kf4 h3 29. Bf3 Be7 30.
Rd3 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Bc6 $18 Ba5 33. Be8 Bd2+ 34. Kg4 Bc3 35. Bxf7 Kd7
36. Kxh3 Bxe5 37. Kg2 Bc3 38. Bxg6 Kd6 39. Kf3 Ke5 40. Bf7 Kf5 41. h4 Bd4 (
41... Be1 42. g6 Kf6 43. h5 Bd2 44. a4 $18) 42. a4 Bc3 43. Be8 1-0

[Event "Noviki-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 (9... Qa5+ $5 10. Bd2 Qb6 $13) 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2
f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qb7 $6 (13... Qa5) 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Kf2 d6 $2 (15...
d5 16. Be2 $16 (16. Qh5+ Qf7)) 16. a3 Bc5 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. Bxc5 Qxb2+ 19. Be2
dxc5 20. Qxc5+ (20. Qxc5+ Kf7 21. Rab1 Qc2 (21... Qd2 22. Rhd1 Qxf4+ 23. Bf3
Qc7 (23... a5 24. Rb7+ $1 Bxb7 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Qe7 Qh4+ 27. g3 Qxh2+ 28. Bg2
$18) 24. Qxc6 $18) 22. Qxc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Black "Day, Lawrence A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Byrne/Mednis"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

{Inf.26/400} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6
7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 f5 9. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 10. exd6 Qb6 $1 (10... O-O $2 11. c4 $16)
11. c4 Nf6 12. Be2 c5 $6 (12... Ne4 13. O-O c5 $1 14. Bf3 O-O $1 $13) 13. O-O (
13. f3 $1) 13... Bb7 $2 (13... Ne4 $1) 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Be5 $16 Bc6 16. Qd3 Rf7
17. f3 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Bf1 Nh5 20. Qc3 (20. Rd2 $1 {/\ Re1,
Kf2-e2-d1-c1-b1, g4}) 20... a5 21. Rd2 Qb6 22. Bd3 Qd8 23. Re2 a4 24. Qd2 Qh4
25. Rf1 $16 Ra6 $2 (25... Bc6 $16) 26. g3 $1 Qh3 (26... Qd8 27. g4 $1 fxg4 28.
fxg4 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nf6 30. Qf4 {/\ Rf2, g5+-}) 27. Qg5 $1 Ra8 28. Ref2 Raf8
29. Re1 $1 Nf6 (29... f4 30. Bf1 Qf5 31. Qxf5 exf5 32. g4 fxg4 33. fxg4 Nf6 34.
Rxf4 $18) 30. Bf1 Qh6 31. Qxh6 gxh6 32. Bf4 Kg7 33. Re5 Nh5 (33... Rc8 $2 34.
Be3 $18) 34. Bd2 $1 (34. Be3 $6 f4 $1 $132) 34... Rc8 35. g4 $1 Nf6 36. gxf5
exf5 37. Rxf5 $18 Ne8 $2 38. Rg2+ Kf8 39. Bxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Match/Clock sim HSK-Kasparov  4,5-3,5"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1985.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1985.06.07"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 (9... Qa5+ 10. Qd2 $5 Qb6 11. Bd3 f5 $6 (11... Ba6 $5 12.
Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 f5 15. Nf2 Rb8 $10) 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+
gxf6 14. Qe2 $1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Chekhov,V/Moscow/1992/1/2-1/2/49/}) 10. c4 Bb4+
11. Ke2 f5 $1 (11... Ba6 $6 12. Kf3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. c5 $1 Qb7 (14... Bxc5
15. Nxc5 Bxf1 16. Na4 $18) 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qd4 $16) 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7
14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 (16... Qa5 17. h4 $1 c5 18. Kg3 Kf7 19.
Be2 Rhd8 20. Bh5+ $1 g6 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. h5 $1 $16 {Ghinda,M-Chekhov,V/Halle/
1987/1:0/35/}) 17. b3 c5 18. Rd1 Bb7+ (18... Rd8 19. Nd3 $5 Rc8 20. Nb2 Bb7+
21. Kg3 $14 {Mokry,K-Vukic,M/Zenica/1986/}) 19. Ke3 {[#]} Kf7 $6 (19... Rd8 $5
20. Nd3 Rc8) 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rxd7 Bc6 22. Rd2 g5 23. Nh3 $1 (23. fxg5 Rag8
24. h4 (24. Nh3 Ng6) 24... h6 $1 25. gxh6 Rxh6 $44) 23... h6 (23... gxf4+ 24.
Nxf4 {/\Be2,Bh5/}) 24. fxg5 (24. Rg1 $5 Rag8 25. g3 gxf4+ 26. gxf4 Rg4 27. Be2
Rh4 28. Rg3 Rg8 29. Kf2 Ng6 30. Rd6) 24... Ng6 25. gxh6 Nxe5 26. Be2 Rxh6 (
26... Bxg2 $4 27. Bh5+) 27. Nf4 Rg8 28. h3 $1 $16 Ke7 (28... Bxg2 29. Nxg2 Rxg2
30. Bh5+ $18) 29. Rhd1 {[#]} Ng6 $6 (29... Bxg2 30. Rg1) (29... Nf7 $5 30. Bf3
(30. a4 $5) 30... Bxf3 31. Kxf3 Ng5+ 32. Ke3 Ne4 33. Rd7+ Kf6) 30. Bf3 $1 Bxf3
(30... Nxf4 31. Bxc6 Ng6 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rb7 $18) 31. Kxf3 Nxf4 (31... Ne5+
32. Ke3 Nf7 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rb7) 32. Kxf4 Rhg6 33. Ke5 (33. Ke5 Rxg2 34. Rd7+
Kf8 35. Rb7 Re2+ 36. Kf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Gaertner, Guntram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 (12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4
14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 (15. Bh4 g5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. f4 Ne4 19. Qh5
Kg7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rd3 c5 $132 {Kveinys,A-Sorokin,M/Slupsk/1992/1|0/42/})
15... Qxf6 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Na5
$10 {Xie,J-Polgar,Z/Jaen/1996/0,5/28/}) 12... h6 13. Bb5 (13. b4 a6 14. Bb2 Kh8
15. Qd2 b5 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qg3 $14 {Petrushin,A-Bangiev,A/Simferopol/1989/0|1/
44/}) (13. Bf4 $5 Nd5 14. Bg3 Qf6 15. Re1 Nde7 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Bc4 Rac8 18. Qd2
Rfd8 19. Nd3 $14 {Geller,E-Winants,L/Amsterdam/1987/1|0/43/}) (13. h3 a6 14.
Re1 Nd5 15. Be4 Nde7 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bf4 $36 {Ernst,
T-Prasad,D/Subotica/1987/1|0/70/}) 13... Bg4 14. f3 (14. Bxc6 Bxe2 (14... bxc6
$2 15. f3 Bh5 16. Qxd4 $16) 15. Qxe2 bxc6 $132) 14... Qb6 $1 15. Bxc6 d3+ 16.
Kh1 dxe2 17. Qxe2 Qxc6 18. fxg4 Rfe8 19. Qd1 (19. Qf3 Qxc2 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5
Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qe5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxb7 Re6 $10) 19... Rad8 20.
Qf3 Qxc2 21. g5 Rd3 $6 (21... hxg5 22. Bxg5 Qxb2 23. Rab1 Qe5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25.
Qxf6 (25. Qxb7 Qe7 $10) 25... gxf6 26. Rxb7 Re2 27. Rxa7 Rdd2 28. Rg1 Ra2 29.
h3 Kg7 $10) 22. Qxb7 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rb3 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 25. Qg1 Ne4 26. Be3 Ra8 $6
(26... Ng3+ 27. hxg3 Qh7+ 28. Qh2 Rxe3 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rxf7 Rxg3 $10) 27.
Bd4 Rb3 28. Rf3 Ra6 29. Rc1 Qa2 30. Qe1 Rxf3 (30... Nf6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Qe8+
Kh7 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34. Qxf7+ $18) (30... Re6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Rh6 (32...
Kg6 33. Qg4+ Ng5 34. Qf5+ Kh5 35. g4+ Kh4 36. Bf2+ $18) 33. Qxe4+ $18) 31. Rc8+
Kh7 32. Qxe4+ (32. Qxe4+ Rg6 33. Qxf3 Qb1+ 34. Bg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE m5"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 (10. Qd2 $5 Qb6 11. Bd3 f5 $6 (11... Ba6 $5 12. Bxa6
Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 f5 15. Nf2 Rb8 $10) 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6
14. Qe2 $1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Chekhov,V/Moscow/1992/0,5 (49) Inf 55/211/}) (10. c3
Be7 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Qe2 (12. c4 $6 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Ba6
16. Bd2 Bf6 $36 {Ye,J-Ivanchuk,V/Manila(ol)/1992/0:1 (32) Inf 55/211/}) 12...
O-O (12... Bb7 $5 13. c4 f5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 16. Be3 Qb4+ 17. Bd2
Qxd6 18. Bxf5 c5 19. O-O-O Qc6 20. Rhg1 $14 {Howell,J-Krasenkov,M/Hastings/
1992/ Inf 56/198/}) 13. c4 f5 14. cxd5 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 17.
Ke2 exd5 $10 {De La Riva,O-Braga,F/ Zaragoza/1993/ Inf 57/190/}) 10... Qb6 11.
Bd3 $5 $146 (11. c4 $6 Qd4 $1 12. Qb1 Rb8 13. b3 (13. cxd5 $2 Rxb2 14. Qd3 Rxd2
$1 $19) 13... f5 $1 $17 {Adams,M-Khenkin,I/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 11... Be7 (11...
Qxb2 12. O-O $36) 12. Rb1 (12. c4 Qd4 13. Qb3 (13. Qf3 Nb4 $36) (13. Qc2 Rb8)
13... f5) 12... Ba6 13. Qe2 (13. c4 f5 (13... Nb4 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Nd2) (
13... Qd4 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Kf1 $13) 14. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 13... Bxd3
14. Qxd3 f5 $1 $15 15. exf6 (15. Nf2 Bc5 16. Qe2 (16. O-O Ne3 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18.
g3 g5 $36) 16... Ne3 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. Nd3 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Qxa2) 15... gxf6 $5 (
15... Nxf6 $5 16. Nxf6+ (16. Be3 Qa5+ 17. Nc3 Nd5 $36) (16. Nd6+ $2 Bxd6 17.
Qxd6 Ne4) 16... Bxf6 17. b4 (17. Be3 Qa5+) 17... O-O 18. c4 (18. Qxd7 $2 Rad8
19. Qxe6+ Kh8 $17) 18... d5 $13) 16. f5 (16. a3) (16. a3 f5 17. Nc3 Rg8 $36) (
16. c4 $6 Nb4 17. Qb3 Qd4 $36) 16... O-O-O 17. a3 $6 (17. fxe6 dxe6 18. Qe2)
17... Rhe8 18. Kf1 exf5 19. Ng3 f4 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. b4 Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 fxe3 23.
Ke2 (23. Re1 Re5 24. Rxe3 Rd5 $19) 23... d5 24. Rhf1 Re4 $17 25. c3 (25. Rf3 $5
) 25... Bd6 $1 26. Rf3 Bb8 27. g3 (27. Rxe3 Rde8 28. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 29. Kf1 Bxh2) (
27. Nd4 Be5) 27... Rde8 28. Rbf1 (28. Ng7 R8e7 29. Nh5 Be5 30. Nxf6 Rc4 31. Rc1
Qa6) 28... a5 $1 29. Ng7 R8e7 30. Nh5 axb4 31. cxb4 (31. axb4 Qa7 $19) (31.
Nxf6 $5 bxc3 32. Nxe4 dxe4 (32... Qb2+ $1 33. Ke1 (33. Kd1 $2 e2+ 34. Qxe2 Qb1#
) 33... Rxe4 34. Rf8+ (34. Qa6+ Kd7 35. Rf7+ Re7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Qd3 Qd2+
38. Qxd2 cxd2+ $19) 34... Kc7 $1 35. R1f7+ (35. R8f7+ Kb6 $19) 35... Kd6 36.
Rf6+ Kc5 37. Rxc6+ (37. Rxb8 Qd2+ $1 38. Qxd2 exd2+ $19) 37... Kxc6 38. Qa6+ (
38. Rf6+ Kc5) (38. Rc8+ Kd7) 38... Kd7 39. Rf7+ Ke8 $19) 33. Rf8+ Kb7 34. Qxc3
(34. Qxe3 Qb2+ 35. Ke1 c2 $19) 34... Qb5+ 35. Ke1 Bc7 36. R8f5 $13) 31... Rd4
32. Qf5+ Kb7 33. Qxf6 Qa6+ 34. Ke1 Ree4 $19 35. Qg7+ Ka8 36. Rf8 Rd1+ $1 37.
Kxd1 e2+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Nantes"]
[Date "1993.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 (9... Qa5+ {Nijboer,F (2455)-Rogozenko,D (2305) EU-chT (Men)
1992 (2) 1/2}) 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. b3 c5 $10) 17. h4 c5 18. Kg3 Rc8 19. Rh3
Rc6 20. Qd1 $146 ({RR} 20. Qd3 Kf7 21. Kh2 Rc7 22. Qd1 Rf8 23. Ra3 Qb6 24. Qb3
Rb7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Qa4 Qxb2 27. Nd3 Qd4 28. Qxa6 Rb4 29. Qd6 Rxc4 30. Qxd4
Rxd4 31. g3 Rb8 32. Kg1 Nd5 33. Nf2 Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Rb1 {Degraeve,J (2470)
-Chevallier,D (2305)/Paris 1992/EXT 1997/1-0 (41)}) 20... Qc7 21. Qh5+ Ng6 22.
Qg5 d6 23. h5 Nf8 24. exd6 Rxd6 25. h6 gxh6 26. Rxh6 Qf7 27. Rf6 $6 Rg8 28.
Rxf7 Rxg5+ 29. fxg5 Kxf7 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. b3 Kg6 32. Re1 Kxg5 33. Ne5 Kf6 34.
Nxd7+ Rxd7 35. Be2 Rd2 36. Bf3 Rxa2 37. Rd1 e5 38. Bc6 Ra3 39. Rd6+ Kg5 40. Bf3
e4 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme op"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Qd5 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Nh5
Nxh5 15. Qxh5 h6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. h4 Rac8 (19... Rad8
20. Bg5 $18) 20. Qd5 Bh3 21. Kh2 Be6 22. Qe4 g6 23. Kg1 Kg7 24. Bd2 Bc4 25. Qf4
Qxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxd3 27. cxd3 f6 28. Rac1 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bd6 Red8 31. Be7
Rd7 32. Bb4 Rh8 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. Rcd1 g4 35. Re4 Rc8 36. Re2 Kg6 37. a4 Kf5 38.
Ba3 Rh7 39. Re4 Nf3 40. Rf4+ Kg5 41. Rxf3 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rc2 43. Kg2 Rhc7 44.
Bd6 R7c6 45. Bf4+ Kg6 46. b4 Ra2 47. a5 Rcc2 48. Rf1 Rab2 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Jaen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 (12. Ne2 $142 {game 8})
12... Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Rac8 18.
Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Na5 21. Re2 Nc4 22. Re4 d3 23. cxd3 Nxb2 24. Rb1
Nxd3 25. Ra4 Nc5 26. Rxa7 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Qd5 13. c4 (13. Ng3 $16 {
Nunn}) 13... dxc3 14. Nxc3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Nb5 Qa6 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. Be2 Bg4
19. Bc3 Rac8 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Qd3 Rd7 23. Qf5 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6
25. h3 a6 26. Na7 Rcd8 $10 27. Ba5 Ra8 28. hxg4 Rxa7 {Hier hätten die Spieler
gleich Remis annehmen sollen.} 29. Bc3 Ra8 30. Rfe1 Rad8 31. Be5 Ne7 32. Rxd7
Rxd7 33. f3 Kf7 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rd1 36. Rc2 Nc6 37. Bc3 Rd5 38. Rc1 Rd7
39. Ke3 Rd5 40. Rh1 Kg6 41. Ke4 h6 42. f4 Ne7 43. Rf1 h5 44. gxh5+ Rxh5 45. Rd1
Nd5 46. Be5 Rh4 47. g3 Rh5 48. Rc1 Nf6+ 49. Kf3 Nd7 50. Bd4 Rd5 51. Ke3 Nf6 52.
Rc7 Rd7 53. Rxd7 Nxd7 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Bc3 g6 56. Bb4 Ke8 57. Bd6 Kf7 58. Kd4
Ke8 59. Kc4 Kd8 60. Kd3 Ke8 61. Ke4 Kd8 62. Bb4 Ke8 63. Bc3 Ke7 64. Kf3 Kf7 65.
Kg4 Nc5 66. Bd4 Nd7 67. Kg5 Nb8 68. g4 Nd7 69. Kh6 Nb8 70. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Ba6 9. c4 (9. Bxa6 Qa5+ 10. c3 (10. Bd2 Qxa6 11. Qe2 (11. b3 f5 12. exf6
Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Ba5+ Ke7 16. c4 Rg8 17. Bb4+ d6 18. O-O-O
c5 19. Rxd6 Kxd6 20. Qxc5+ Kd7 21. Rd1+ Ke8 22. Qh5+ Rg6 23. Qxh7 Bxb4 24.
Qxg6+ {Horvath,T-Istvandi,L/HUN-chT/1991/1-0 (34)}) 11... Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 f5 13.
Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Kf7 15. c4 Nf6 16. f3 e5 17. b3 Rhe8 18. Bb4 Re6 19. Rhe1 g5
20. Rad1 {Somlai,L-Bakic,R/Timisoara (11)/1994/0.5 (20)}) 10... Qxa6 11. f4 Be7
12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 f6 14. c4 Nb4 15. Bd2 Nc2 16. Raf1 Nd4+ 17. Kd3 fxe5 18.
fxe5 c5 19. Bc3 Nc6 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Rb8 22. Rf3 Rb6 23. Bxg7 Rg8 24.
Rhf1 {Nijboer,F-Lemmers,O/NLD-chT9495/1995/1-0 (72)}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qh4 11.
g4 $6 $146 (11. Qc2 Ne3 $1 12. Qd3 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nxf1 14. Kxf1 Qf4 15. Re1 d5
16. g3 Qg5 $5 17. Kg2 O-O 18. Qc3 $15 {Drozdov,I-Bakic,R/Jugoslavija/1993/})
11... Ne3 12. Qa4 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxg4 14. Qxa6 Nxe5 $1 (14... Nxf2 15. Nxf2
Qxf2+ 16. Be2 Qd4+ 17. Kc2 Qxe5 18. Rae1 O-O $13) 15. Nc3 (15. Ng3 Qd4+ 16. Kc2
Rb8 17. Rb1 Qxf2+ $17) (15. Bg2 f5 16. Ng3 Qd4+ 17. Ke1 Nd3+ $19) 15... Qxf2+
16. Be2 Rb8 17. b3 (17. Raf1 Rxb2+ 18. Kc1 Nd3+ 19. Kd1 Qd4 $19) 17... Nf3+ 18.
Kc2 Nd4+ 19. Kd3 (19. Kd1 O-O 20. Qxa7 Qe3 21. Rc1 Ra8 22. Qc5 Rxa2 $19) 19...
Nf5 20. Rad1 O-O (20... Qe3+ 21. Kc2 Nd4+ 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qb6 $17) 21.
Rhf1 Qc5 (21... Qd4+ 22. Kc2 Ne3+ 23. Kb2 $1 Nxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qe5 25. Rxd7 $132)
22. Rf3 d5 23. Kc2 $6 (23. Kd2 Nd4 24. Re3 e5 $40) (23. cxd5 cxd5 $40) 23...
Ne3+ 24. Rxe3 (24. Kb2 Nxd1+ 25. Nxd1 e5 $19) 24... Qxe3 25. Qxc6 d4 26. Rd3
Qf2 27. Qc5 $8 e5 28. Qxa7 Qe1 (28... Qxh2 $5 29. Rd2 dxc3 30. Kxc3 Qf4 $19)
29. Bd1 (29. Bf3 dxc3 30. Bd5 Kh8 31. Rxc3 Qe2+ 32. Kb1 Qxh2 $17) 29... Ra8 30.
Qc5 dxc3 31. a4 e4 32. Rd7 (32. Rxc3 Rad8 $19) 32... e3 (32... Rad8 33. Qe7
Rxd7 34. Qxd7 e3 35. Qd3 Re8 $19) 33. Bh5 Qa1 (33... Qa1 34. Bxf7+ Kh8 35. Qxe3
Qb2+ 36. Kd3 c2 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzuev, Danil"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2
Qb6 8. Nb3 {It is surprisingly difficult to punish black for his opening
concept. The control of the center is so vital, that it seems strong even with
tempo down.} (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O (9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Na4 Qa6 12. b3
Bb7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qd4 Bc6 15. Nb2 Nd7 16. c4 Bf6 17. Qd2 O-O 18. cxd5 Bxd5
19. Bxd5 exd5 {0-1 Krason,J-Ehrenfeucht,W/Bydgoszcz 1980/EXT 99 (45)}) 9... Ba6
(9... Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. e5 (11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Rxe7 Be6 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Bxa7 Rc8 18. Bd4 Qa3 19. Qe2 Qd6 20. c3
{1-0 Viljava,T-Fastberg,J/FIN-chT 1988/EXT 97 (46)}) 11... Nd7 12. Bh3 Kh8 13.
Qh5 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nd1 g6 16. Qh6 e5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. a3 Qxc2
{0-1 Waldmann,I-Biriescu,I/Zamardi 1980/MCD (36)}) 10. Na4 (10. Be3 Qxb2 11.
Bd4 Bxf1 12. Nxd5 Qb7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qxf1 e5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Bh3 h5 17. Bf5
Ke7 {0-1 Schlick,V-Gerusel,M/BL8687 1987/Bundesliga (33)}) 10... Qa5 11. c4
Bxc4 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd5 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Qc2 a5
18. b3 Rab8 19. Nb2 Rfd8 20. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Van Riemsdijk,H-Dolmatov,S/Amsterdam
1979/MCD (36)}) (8. Be3 Qxb2 9. Ndb5 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Rb1 Qxa2 12. Nxc3 Qa5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. c4 d4 16. Rb5 Qa2 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. Rg5 f6 19.
Bd5+ Kh8 20. Rh5 {1/2-1/2 Mestel,A-Van der Wiel,J/Marbella 1982/MCD (42)}) 8...
d4 (8... dxe4 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Be7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14.
Qf4 Bd6 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qc3 e5 {
1-0 Kotsur,P-Rogozenko,D/Azov 1991/CBM 25 (73)}) 9. Ne2 (9. e5 Nd7 10. Ne2 Bb4+
11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 (12... Bc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. f4 O-O 15. a4 Rd8 16. Ba3
Qc4 17. Bd6 Nc5 18. O-O Ne4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc6 {1/2-1/2
Campora,D-San Segundo,P/ESP-chT 1993/Tourn D (35)}) 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f4 b6 15.
Ned4 Bb7 16. Nb5 Qc8 17. O-O O-O 18. Qe2 a6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. exd6 Na7 {1/2-1/2
Kagan,S-Arnason,J/Randers 1982/MCL (53)}) 9... e5 (9... Bb4+ 10. c3 dxc3 11.
Nxc3 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qe2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bg5 Qe7 17. f4
Be6 18. Rf2 a6 19. Raf1 b5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2
Karklins,A-Federl,A/Illinois 1987/EXT 97 (37)}) 10. c3 (10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. a4 Bb4 15. a5 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Qc4 h6 18. Bc1
Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Kharlov,A/Elista 1995/CBM 50 (73)}) 10... Be6 (10... a5
11. cxd4 a4 12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. e5 Bg4 15. f3 Nd5 16. fxg4 Ne3 {
1/2-1/2 Barczay,L-Kouatly,B/Budapest 1987/CBM 05 (16)}) 11. O-O (11. cxd4 Bb4+
12. Bd2 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxb3 17. O-O
O-O 18. Ra3 Qb6 {0-1 Gocheva,R-Bojkovic,N/Cetinje 1990/EXT 97 (48)}) 11... Rd8
{[%mdl 32] The whole strategy concentrates on the support of the central pawn.}
12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nf4 Be7 (13... Bxb3 14. axb3 Be7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb4
17. Bd2 O-O 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Qd3 $11) 14. Re1 (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bh3 e5 $17)
14... O-O 15. e5 Nd5 (15... Bxb3 $2 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Nd5 $14) 16. Be4 $6 (16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Rf5 18. Bh6 g6 $17) 16... Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Nb4 $1 18. Nc1 (18.
a3 Na6 19. Nc1 Nc5 20. b4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf5 $17) 18... d3 $1 {[%mdl 64] The
tactics works excellently for black, white is unable to stop dangerous central
pawn.} 19. a3 (19. Nxd3 Bc4 $1 (19... Nxd3 20. Bxd3 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Rxd1 22. Raxd1
Rc8 23. b3 $15) 20. Be3 Qe6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Nf4 gxh5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 $19) 19...
Nc2 20. Nxd3 (20. Rb1 Nxe1 21. Qxe1 Bc4 $19) 20... Nxe1 21. Qxe1 Bc4 22. Nb4 (
22. Be3 Qe6 (22... Qb5 23. a4 Qb3 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Rfe8 26. Bxa7 Qxb2 27.
f4 Rd2 28. Rb1 $15) 23. Qc3 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 Rc8 $17) 22... a5 23. Nc2 Bd3 (23...
Qxb2 $5 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. Rxb7 Bd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxe7 Qxc2 $19) 24. b4 a4 {
Fixing the weak a3 pawn, the technical part is played convincingly.} (24...
axb4 25. axb4 (25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. axb4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd4 28. Qf5 Rxb4 $19) 25...
Rfe8 $19) 25. Bxd3 (25. Rc1 Rd7 $17) 25... Rxd3 26. Ne3 Qe6 (26... Rfd8 27. Nf5
Qe6 28. Qe4 $17) 27. Qe2 Rfd8 28. h4 f6 (28... Qg6 29. Kh2 b5 $17) 29. exf6 (
29. Qa2 Rb3 30. exf6 Bxf6 $17) 29... Bxf6 30. Ra2 Rc3 $1 31. Kh2 Qe4 32. Qb5 (
32. Qg4 Rc1 33. f3 Qb1 $19) 32... Rc1 33. Ng2 Qc4 34. Qxa4 (34. Qxc4+ Rxc4 $19
{xa3}) 34... Qxa2 35. Bxc1 Qxf2 36. Bf4 h6 37. Qb5 (37. Qb3+ Kh8 38. Qf7 Bd4
39. Qxb7 Qg1+ 40. Kh3 h5 41. g4 Bf2 42. gxh5 Rd3+ 43. Kg4 Qd1+ 44. Kf5 Rd5+ 45.
Ke6 Qg4+ $19) 37... Qf3 38. a4 Qe4 {All other things in balance the difference
lays in the Rd8 against Ng2. No wonder that Kuzuev with the knight stands no
chance of survival.} (38... Rc8 39. h5 Bg5 40. Bxg5 hxg5 $19) 39. a5 Rc8 40.
Ne3 Kh8 (40... Bxh4 $5 41. Qd5+ Qxd5 42. Nxd5 Bd8 $19) 41. Qf5 (41. Qd5 $2 Qxb4
$19) 41... Rc2+ 42. Kh3 (42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Qxb4 $19) 42... Qxf5+ 43. Nxf5
Rb2 44. Bd6 h5 $1 45. Ne7 (45. g4 Rb3+ 46. Ng3 Bc3 47. gxh5 Bxb4 $19) 45...
Bxe7 46. Bxe7 Kg8 47. Bd6 Kf7 48. g4 (48. Bc5 {Hecht} Ke6 49. Bf8 g6 50. Bc5
Kf5 51. Bf8 Ke4 52. Bc5 Kf3 53. Be7 Rb1 54. Kh2 Kg4 55. Bd6 Rb2+ 56. Kg1 Kf3
57. Kh1 Ke4 58. Bc5 Kd5 59. Bf8 Kc4 60. Be7 Rxb4 $19) 48... Rb3+ 49. Bg3 (49.
Kg2 hxg4 $19) 49... g6 $1 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. b5 Rxb5 52. Bc7 Rb3+ (52... Rb3+
53. Kg2 Ke6 54. Kf2 Kf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
O-O (8... Nb4 $5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $10 {Shabalov,A-Atlas,V/Geneva/
1992/}) 9. a3 $1 Nd7 10. O-O b6 11. b4 $1 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe1 a5 (13... Bf6
14. Rd1 a5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Ne4 $40) 14. Nb5 (14. b5 Ncb8 15. Qg3 Nc5 16. Nd5 f6
$1) 14... e5 15. Rd1 axb4 16. axb4 exf4 $1 17. Be2 $1 (17. e5 Ndxe5 $1 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Bxh7+ (20. Be4 Qxd1 21. Qxd1 Bxe4) (20. Bf5 Qe8 21. Bd7
Rxc2 $13) 20... Kxh7 21. Rxd8 Rfxd8 22. Qxe5 Rd2 $13) (17. Bc4 Nce5 18. Nxe5 (
18. Bd5 Ba6 $1) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxc4) 17... Ncb8 $6 (17... Nce5 $1 $13) (
17... d5 18. exd5 Bxb4 19. dxc6 $1 Bxe1 20. Rxd7 $16) 18. c4 $1 Bxe4 19. Nxd6
Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe7 21. Qc3 f6 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Ba8 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. Qxf4
Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nbc6 27. b5 Ng6 28. Qe4 Qxe4 (28... Nce5 29. f4 $1 f5 30. Qd5+
Nf7 31. Rd7 $16) 29. fxe4 Nce5 30. Bh3 $2 (30. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 31. Bh3 Ra8 (31...
Nxc4 32. Bxc8 Nxd6 33. Bd7) 32. Be6+ Kf8 33. Bd5 Ra2 34. Rf1 $16) 30... Ra8 $2
(30... Nxc4 $1 31. Bxc8 Nxd6 32. Bd7 Rd8 $1 33. Rxd6 Nf8 34. Be6+ Nxe6 35. Rxe6
Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rxb2 $10) 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Ra1 Rab8 33. Ra7 Nf3+ 34.
Kf1 Ng5 35. Bf5 Nh4 36. Rdd7 Nxf5 37. exf5 Rbd8 38. c5 bxc5 39. b6 $6 (39. Rxd8
Rxd8 40. b6 $18) 39... Rb8 40. Rab7 Ra8 41. Rxg7 Ne4 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 43. Rbg7+
Kf8 44. b7 Ra2 45. Rg2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,28,14,78,36,56,38,32,27,41,27,55,31,35,24,5,13,5,8,-4,-43,40,3,38,
38,59,38,43,57,73,58,58,1,7,-33,91,62,67,69,79,50,99,113,124,124,124,131,230,
208,296,341,341,341,440,539,483,549,854,889,931,947,947,956]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4
Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7
16. g4 $5 {Extreme situations require extreme measures. White would like to
prove the superiority of his bishop pair, but the king on e2 complicates
matters immensely. The most serious and promising seems to be 16.Rd1, but
Dreev would know exactly what to do. The g-pawn move is an aggressive idea
trying to unbalance the position.} (16. Rg1 c5 (16... Ne4 17. Qe5 c5 18. Qxg7
Qh4 19. g3 Qxh2+ 20. Rg2 Qh1 21. Rg1 Qh5+ 22. g4 Qh2+ 23. Bg2 O-O-O $19 {
0-1 (34) Xu,Y (2533)-Li,S (2498) China 2018}) 17. Qxc5) (16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Rg1 (
17. Qc5 d5 18. g3 Ne4 19. Qxa7 Qd7 20. Qd4 c5 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23.
Bh3 g6 $11 {1-0 (44) Sindarov,J (2484)-Tabatabaei,M (2576) Manavgat 2018})
17... c5 18. g4 h6 (18... Rf8 19. f5 Qb6 20. fxe6 dxe6 21. g5 Nd5 22. Qxb6 Nxb6
23. Ke1 Nd7 24. Be2 $16 {1-0 (40) Karjakin,S (2762)-Yu,Y (2721) Baku 2015}) (
18... Rc6 19. Qe5 O-O 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bh3 d6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rgf1 Rb6 (23...
Bc8 24. Qd5 Bxh3 25. Qxc6 Bg4+ 26. Ke1 Bxd1 27. Kxd1 $16 {1-0 (72) Cornette,D 
(2462)-Melamed,T (2381) Germany 2019}) 24. b3 {1-0 (34) Wei,Y (2733)-Fier,A 
(2561) Moscow 2019} d5 $11) 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. g5 hxg5
23. fxg5 Nh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (47) Palac,M (2550)-Dreev,A (2671) Zagreb 2019}) (16.
Kd3 c5 17. Kc2 Rc8 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rhe1 (20. a4 Bxg2 21. Rhg1 Be4
22. Rxg7 Bg6 $11 {0-1 (43) Czarnota,P (2532)-Navara,D (2724) Katowice 2019})
20... Bxg2 21. Rg1 Be4 22. Rxg7 Bg6 23. Bxg6+ hxg6 24. Rg1 Rxh2+ $11 {1/2-1/2 
(67) Lu,S (2606)-Yu,Y (2723) Xinghua 2015}) (16. Kd1 c5 17. Qxc5 Be4 18. Rg1 d6
19. Qd4 O-O 20. Be2 Qe8 21. Ke1 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (44) Tari,A (2603)-Vidit,S 
(2707) Malmo 2018}) 16... c5 (16... Nxg4 17. Bc5 $1 Nh6 18. Qe5 Qh4 (18... Nf7
19. Qxg7 Qh4 20. Kd2 $14) 19. Kd2 $14) 17. Rg1 Ne4 18. Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 4]
Centralising pieces is nearly always good - unless it ocasionally proves to be
really bad! The goddess of chess Caissa must entertain some strange sense of
irony, since another game between top players was played in Douglas in the
same line - with the same weak solution! The queen on e5 is on a perfect, but
rather tight spot, and the king e2 could have contributed to White's undoing.}
(18. Qd3 $1 Qf6 (18... Qh4 19. Rd1 O-O 20. h3 Rxf4 21. Qb3 Rf2+ 22. Bxf2 Qxf2+
23. Kd3 Qxg1 24. Qxb7 Rf8 25. Qxe4 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kc2 Qxh3 $17 {
0-1 (52) Navara,D (2703)-Ris,R (2454) Budva 2019}) (18... Qb6 19. b3 d5 20. Bg2
dxc4 21. Qc2 $11) 19. Rc1 Qxb2+ 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Bg2 d5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qb3
$11) 18... Qh4 $2 {Both Dreev and Yu were driven towards counterplay, but both
missed that they can force the white queen to open up the e-file for really
strong retribution!} (18... O-O 19. Bg2 d6 $1 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Bxe4 Rf6 22.
Bxb7 (22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb2+ $19) 22... Rxe6 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. f5 Re8 25.
Rg3 Qe4 26. Rc1 h5 $17) 19. Bg2 $1 Qxg4+ 20. Kd3 {Fortunately for us, the game
of chess remains to be extremely rich with possibilities at every step. Shirov
considered it appropriate to play 20.Bf3 and got serious advantage in the
middlegame as well.} (20. Bf3 Nc3+ 21. Kd3 Qxf3 22. Kxc3 Rg8 23. Rg3 (23. Raf1
Qc6 24. Bxc5 $16) 23... Qc6 (23... Qe4 24. Bxc5 $16) 24. Bxc5 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 
(44) Shirov,A (2664)-Yu,Y (2763) Douglas 2019} 25. Bxa7 $16) 20... Nf2+ (20...
d6 21. Bh1 $1 (21. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Qh3 23. Bxa8 d5 $11) 21... dxe5 22. Rxg4
O-O-O+ 23. Kc2 $16) 21. Bxf2 Bxg2 22. Bxc5 Rc8 $2 {Typically, the inferior
position strongly reduces the possibilities for activity, but it also raises
the requirement for exact play. Black misses his best chance 22...Qf3+, and as
a consequence his position will quickly nose dive towards catastrophy.} (22...
Qf3+ $1 23. Kd2 O-O-O 24. Bxa7 d6 25. Qxg7 $16) 23. Rae1 $1 Kf7 (23... Qf3+ 24.
Kc2 Rxc5 25. Qxc5 Rf8 26. f5 Rxf5 27. Qc8+ Ke7 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30.
Rxg7+ $18) 24. Re2 Qf3+ (24... Qf5+ 25. Qxf5+ exf5 26. Rexg2 Rxc5 27. Rxg7+ Ke8
28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Ree7 Rc7 30. Ref7 $18) 25. Be3 d6 26. Qd4 e5 {Due to the
double threats against the poor bishop g2 and the terminally sensitive g7 spot
, Black is forced to fish in very murky waters.} (26... Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 28.
Kxe4 Rxc4+ 29. Kd3 Rhc8 30. Bd4 $18) 27. Qxa7+ Ke6 (27... Ke8 28. Rgxg2 Qc6 29.
b3 $18) 28. Rgxg2 {Even the former contender for the world crown is a human
being with limitations. Position is so good that Karjaking did not invest
enough energy to find the most devastating move 28.Rexg2!} (28. Rexg2 $1 e4+
29. Kd2 $18) 28... Rxc4 29. Kxc4 Rc8+ 30. Kb4 Qe4+ 31. Bd4 {Black decided to
spare himself the necessity to go through the motions of final painful stage.}
(31. Bd4 Qd5 32. f5+ Kxf5 33. Ref2+ Ke4 34. Rg4+ Kd3 35. Qa3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Jaen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Polgar,Zsu} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Qd5 13. Nf4
Qd6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 (14... Bd7 15. Bf4 $14) 15. Qxh5 h6 16. Bd2 {White enjoys a
bishop pair and d4 pawn is potentially weak, but black has enough freedom for
pieces.} (16. Re1 Bd7 17. Qh4 (17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Bc7 (
20. h3 Bf5 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qf4 Ne7 23. g4 Qg6 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Qxf5 Qxf5 26.
gxf5 Kg7 27. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Khenkin,I/Elenite (07)/1993/}) (20. Be4 Bf5
{1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Khenkin,I/Geneve op (06)/1995/}) (20. b4 a6 21. Qf3 Ne7 22.
Qg3 Nc6 23. h3 Bf5 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qf4 Ne7 26. g4 Kg7 27. gxf5 Qg5+ 28. Qg3 {
1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Boguslawsky,M/Voskresensk/1992/ (39)}) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 g6 25. Bf8 {1-0 Slobodjan,
R-Boguslawsky,M/Dortmund op-A (09)/1993/ (46)}) (17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Qf6 19.
Qd5 Bh3 20. Qd6 (20. b4 Rad8 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. b5 Be6 23. Qd6 Re7 24. bxc6 Rexc7
25. cxb7 Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Smirin,I (02)/New York PCA 25' (01)/1994/ (35)})
20... Be6 21. Be5 Qg5 22. h4 Qh5 23. Qc5 Red8 24. Bd6 Qg4 25. Re4 Qf5 26. Ree1
Qg4 27. Re4 Qf5 28. Ree1 {1/2-1/2 Tejero,J-Baron Isanta,J/Catalunia-chT/1995/})
(17. Bd2 Rae8 18. h3 a6 19. Qh4 b5 20. Bf4 Qd5 21. Bxh6 gxh6 {1/2-1/2 Namyslo,
H-Boguslawsky,M/Dortmund op-A (06)/1993/}) 17... Rae8 18. Bf4 (18. Bd2 a6 19.
Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Be4 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,
O-Baron Rodriguez,J/Barbera del Valles op (04)/ 1995 (42)}) 18... Qd5 19. Qg3
Re6 (19... Kh8 $142 {/\ Bf5}) 20. Rxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd2 Qe5 22. Re1 Qxg3 23. hxg3
$16 {Tiviakov,S-Sorokin,M/St.Petersburg zt/1993/}) (16. Qh4 Re8 17. Bd2 Bd7 18.
Rfe1 Re6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Re1 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Bxg4 22. f4 g6 23. b4 a6 24. a4 a5
25. b5 Nb4 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Re7 b6 28. Bc4 Be6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 d3 31.
cxd3 b3 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,V-San Segundo,P/San Sebastian op (04)/1995/ (42)})
16... Bd7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. f4 $1 Ne7 $6 (18... a6 19. Bc4 Qf6 20. Bd3 Qd6 21.
g4 Qf8 22. g5 g6 23. Qh4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. h4 Qxg5+ 27. hxg5
Rd8 28. Kf2 {Maahs,E-Chernosvitov,A/Dortmund op-A (02)/1993/1-0 (79)}) (18...
Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Qf5 $16) (18... Re7 $142 $1 {Polgar,Zsu}
19. Rxe7 (19. f5 $6 Qf6 20. g4 Rxe1 $1 (20... Ne5 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nf3+
23. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 24. Kf2 Qe5 25. f6 $40) 21. Rxe1 Ne5) 19... Nxe7 20. Bb4 Qf6 $10
) 19. Re5 $1 (19. Bc4 Qf6 (19... Be6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. f5 $1 Nd5 22. f6 Nxf6 (
22... Rf8 23. f7+ Kh8 24. Bxh6 Nf6 25. Rxf6 $18) 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25.
Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Bxh6+ Ke7 28. Qg7+ Kd8 29. Qxb7 Rc8 30. Bg5+ Re7 31.
Ba6 $18) (19... Rf8 20. f5 Nd5 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxh6 f6 (23...
Bxf5 24. Qg5+) 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Re7 $18) 20. f5 $16) (19. Bb4 Qf6 20. Bxe7 Rxe7
21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Qd5 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Bc6 $15) 19... Bc6 (19... Nc6 20. Rd5 Qe7
21. f5 $16) 20. Bb4 (20. Rfe1 $142 $36) 20... Qf6 (20... Qd7 $2 21. Bc4 $18)
21. Bc4 (21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qh3 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 dxe3 26.
Re1 Re8 $15) (21. Rfe1 $142 Ng6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. g3 Bc6 25.
Qf5 $16) 21... Bd7 (21... Ng6 22. Rf5 $18) 22. Rg5 $6 (22. Rfe1 $142 Nc6 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Bd2 $14) (22. g4 $5 {Polgar,Zsu} Rac8 $1 (22...
Nc6 23. g5 Rxe5 24. fxe5 Qxg5+ 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Bxf7+ Kh7 27. e6 $16) 23. g5 (
23. Bb3 d3 $1 $132) 23... Qg6 $13) 22... Be6 (22... hxg5 $2 23. fxg5 g6 (23...
Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 g6 25. Qf3 $16) 24. gxf6 gxh5 25. fxe7 Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Rf8+ Rxf8 28. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. Ke4 e5 33.
g3 b6 34. h3 a6 35. g4 $18) 23. Bd3 Nc6 24. Bd2 $5 (24. Rb5 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 b6
$13) 24... hxg5 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. fxg5 Qe5 27. Bf4 Qd5 28. Be4 Bf5 $5 (28... Qd7
$142 29. g6 (29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7 Kd8 31. Bg3 $44) 29... f6 30. Bh6 Ke7 (30...
Bg8 31. Rxf6+ $18) 31. Bxg7 Kd6 32. Bxf6 Qxh7 33. gxh7 Ne5 $13) 29. Bxf5 (29.
Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxd5 Bxc2 $17) (29. Bxd5 Bxh7 30. Bd6+ Kg8 31.
Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 $19) 29... Re2 30. Bh3 $2 (30. Bd6+ $142 $1 Qxd6 31.
Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxa8 $18) 30... d3 $1 (30... Ne7 31. Qh5 $1 d3 32. cxd3 Qxd3 33.
Bd6 $1 $18) 31. c3 $2 (31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxa8 (32. Qxg7 $1 dxc2 (32... Qd4+ 33.
Qxd4 Nxd4 34. cxd3 Ne6 $1 (34... Rxb2 35. Be5 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 $16) 35. Bc1 Rc8 36.
Bf5 Rec2 (36... Rcc2 37. Be4) 37. Be3 Rxb2 38. Bxa7 $14) 33. g6 (33. Qf6+ Kf8
34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qf6+ $10) 33... Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Nxd4 35. Bg5+ Kd6 36. gxf7 Rf8
37. Bg4 $1 (37. Bh6 Ke7 38. Bxf8+ $2 Kxf8) 37... Re4 38. Bh6 Ke7 39. Bh5 $13)
32... Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Qxf4 $1 34. Qxb7+ Kd6 35. Qd7+ Kc5 36. b4+ Kb6 37. Qf5 Qxf5
38. Bxf5 dxc2 (38... d2 39. Kg1 Nd4 40. Bg4 Re4 41. Bd1 Nb5 42. Kf2 $13) 39. h4
(39. Kg1 Nd4 40. Bxc2 Nxc2 41. Rxf7 Ne3 42. h4 Rxg2+ 43. Kh1 Rg4 44. Rxg7 Rxh4+
45. Kg1 Nc2) 39... g6 40. Bd3 Rd2 41. Bxc2 Rxc2 42. Rxf7 Ra2 $15) (31. Kh1 $142
$5 d2 $1 32. Bxd2 Qxd2 33. Qh8+ $13) 31... Ne7 32. Qh8+ Ng8 33. g6 f6 $138 34.
b4 Qd8 $6 (34... d2 35. Bxd2 Qxd2 $19) 35. Bg4 Re4 36. Qh5 Qe7 (36... d2 $1)
37. Bd2 Rd8 38. Bf3 Re5 (38... Re2 $1) 39. Qg4 Qd7 40. Qc4 b5 41. Qb3 Qe6 42.
Qxe6 Rxe6 43. h4 Ne7 44. h5 Nd5 45. Bg4 (45. h6 gxh6 46. Bxh6+ Kg8 $17) 45...
Re4 46. Bf3 Re5 47. h6 gxh6 48. Bxh6+ Ke7 49. Rc1 (49. Bxd5 Rexd5 50. Re1+ Re5
$17) 49... Ne3 50. Re1 Nc4 51. Rd1 Nb2 52. Rb1 (52. Rd2 Nc4) 52... Na4 53. Kf1
d2 54. Rd1 Rg5 $1 (54... Nxc3 55. Rxd2 Rxd2 56. Bxd2 Nd5 $17) 55. Bxg5 fxg5 {
White will suffer, because he can not approach the d2 pawn with his king.} 56.
g7 Kf7 57. Kg1 Nxc3 58. Rf1 Kxg7 59. Bd1 Re8 60. Kf2 Rf8+ (60... Rf8+ 61. Bf3
d1=Q $19) 0-1

[Event "Ankara zt"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 (11... h6 12. Re1 d4 13. Ne2 Re8
14. b4 $1 $14 {/\ Bb2, Qd2/}) 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Re8 14. f3 (14. Re1 Qd6 15.
Qd2 Rac8 (15... Rad8 $5 $14) 16. Ng3 $14 {Mikhalchishin,A-Guseinov,A/Baku/1983/
0,5/20/}) (14. Qd2 Bxe2 $5 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxe2 $4 Ne4 $19) 15... Qxf6 16. Bxe2
Rac8 $10 (16... Rad8 $5 $10)) 14... Bh5 15. Bh4 $1 $14 {/\ Bf2 ><d4/} (15. Qd2
Bg6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rf2 a6 18. Qf4 Nd5 19. Bxd8 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Rexd8 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. Re2 $14 {Zarnicki,P-Romero,M/ARG/1995/1:0/46/}) 15... Bg6 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. Bf2 Qb6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Rfe1 (19. Rab1 Rd5 (19... Rd7 $5 $14) 20.
Rfd1 Red8 $14) 19... a5 (19... Qxb2 $4 20. Reb1 $18) 20. b3 Qc5 (20... Nh7 $5
21. Rad1 Nf8 22. a4 Ne6 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 $14) 21. c3 $5 Qb5
22. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxb3 25. Qb1 Qd5 26. a4 $1 Nh5 27. Qb5 $1
Nf4 {/\ 28...Qb5 29.ab Ne2/} 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Kf2 Ne6 30. Ke3 b5 (30... Rh5
31. h3 f6 32. Rb1 Nd8 33. c4 Kf7 34. Rb5 $16) 31. Ke4 Rf5 32. Be3 bxa4 (32...
Nc5+ 33. Bxc5 $8 Rxc5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. c4 $16) 33. c4 Nc5+ (33... Kf8 $6 34.
g4 $1 (34. Rxa4 $2 Ke7 35. g4 Nc5+ 36. Bxc5+ Rxc5 $10) 34... Nc5+ 35. Bxc5+ $8
Rxc5 36. Kd4 $16) 34. Bxc5 $8 Rxc5 35. Rxa4 $16 Kf8 36. Kd4 Rf5 37. Ra2 Ke7 (
37... g5 38. c5 Rf4+ 39. Kd5 a4 40. g3 Rxf3 41. Rxa4 $16) 38. g4 $4 $10 (38. c5
$1 Rf4+ (38... a4 39. Kc4 $16 {/\ Kb5/}) 39. Kd5 $1 (39. Ke3 Rc4 40. Rxa5 Rc2
$14) 39... a4 40. Kc6 {/\ Kb5/} Rb4 41. Kc7 $16) 38... Rf4+ (38... Rxf3 39. Ke4
Rc3 40. Kd5 Rd3+ 41. Ke4 Rc3 $10 (41... Rh3 42. Rxa5 Rxh2 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. g5+
Kxg5 45. Rxf7 $10)) 39. Kd3 Kd7 (39... f5 40. Rxa5 Rxf3+ 41. Kd2 Rf4 42. gxf5
gxf5 $10) 40. Rxa5 Rxf3+ (40... Rxf3+ 41. Ke4 Rh3 42. Ra2 Kd6 43. Ra7 f5+ $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Vukic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ $5 10. c3 (10. Qd2) (10. Bd2) (10. Kf2 $5) 10... Be7 $1 11.
Bd3 Qb6 12. Qe2 $5 (12. c4 f5 $1 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Ba6 $1 $15
{Ye Jiangchuan-Ivanchuk,V/Manila(ol)/1992/0:1/32/}) 12... O-O (12... Bb7 13. c4
f5 (13... Nb4 $5) 14. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 (15... Nb4 $5 16. Bxf5 Qa5 17.
Bd2 Qxf5 18. Bxb4 Qxf4 $13) 16. Be3 Qb4+ 17. Bd2 Qxd6 18. Bxf5 c5 19. O-O-O Qc6
20. Rhg1 $14 {Howell,J-Krasenkov,M/Hastings/1993/0,5/30/}) (12... a5 13. a3 (
13. c4 f5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 16. Bxf5 $140 $6 Qb4+ $15 {Timoshenko/})
13... g6 14. c4 f5 $13 {Pikula,D-Timoshenko,G/Tivat/1995/0:1/54/}) 13. c4 f5
14. cxd5 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Bd2 $1 (17. Ke2 exd5 $1 $10 {
/\ d6/De La Riva,O-Braga,F/ESP/1993/0,5/33/} (17... cxd5 $6 18. a3 Be7 19. Be3
$14)) 17... Rxf4 $6 $146 (17... Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 cxd5 (18... exd5 $6 19. f5 $16)
19. g3 a5 20. Rac1 $5 (20. Rhc1 g5 $5 $132 21. Rc7 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Rg1+
Kh8 24. Rf1 Rxf1 25. Bxf1 Kg7 26. Bb5 Kf7 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kd4 Kd8 29. Rc3 Ba6
30. Rg3 Kc7 31. Rc3+ Kd8 32. Rg3 $10 {Van Der Wiel,J-Romero Holmes,A/Wijk aan
Zee/0,5/33/}) 20... Ba6 21. Rc7 (21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rc7 $16) 21... Bxd3 22. Kxd3
$16) 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 19. dxe6 dxe6 20. O-O-O $5 (20. b3 $5 c5 (20... a5 21. O-O
$16) 21. Bc4 Rb6 22. O-O Ba6 23. Rac1 Rf8 $16) 20... c5 21. b3 Bb7 22. Bc4 $16
Re8 (22... Rb6 $5 23. Rd7 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Kb2 (25. Kb1 Rf8 26. Rc1 Ra5
$16) 25... Rf8 26. Rhd1 Rf2+ 27. R1d2 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Kf7 $16) 23. Rd7 $2 (23.
Rhf1 $1 Bxg2 24. Bxe6+ $1 Kh8 25. Rf7 Rbb8 26. Bd5 Bh3 27. Re1 $16 Rbd8 $140 $6
28. Bc6 Re6 29. Bd7 Rh6 30. e6 $18) 23... Bxg2 $1 24. Rhd1 (24. Rg1 Rb7 $1 25.
Rd6 Bh3 26. Rc6 $10) 24... Bd5 $1 $14 25. a3 (25. Bxd5 $5 exd5 26. R1xd5 Rd4 $1
27. Kc2 Rxe5 $1 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxe5 Rh4 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rxa7 Rxh2+ 32. Kd3
h5 $1 (32... Ke5 $6 33. Kc4 $16) 33. Kc4 Rc2+ 34. Kd5 h4 $10) 25... Rbb8 26.
Rxa7 (26. Rxa7 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Ra8 28. Rdd7 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Rf8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 (9. c3 $5 {You can see my comments to Brodsky,M-Beshukov,S/
Krasnodar,1999/CBM 75(0-1)(63)}) 9... Qb6 ({The main line is:} 9... Qc7 {
[%csl Re5] For further details,you can see my comments to Tseshkovsky,
V-Beshukov,S/Krasnodar,1999/CBM 75(1-0)(42)}) 10. c4 Qxb2 $1 {This natural
looking move is almost a novelty! It was checked only once in previous games.}
(10... Qd4 $143 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Nf6 (12... Qe5+ $5 13. Be2 Nf4 14. Bxf4
Qxf4 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 $14) 13. Bc3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 c5 15. h4 {+/=/+/-
Svidler,P-Lautier,J/Cannes,2001(1/2-1/2)(102)}) 11. cxd5 $146 (11. f4 $2 Qd4
12. Qb1 f5 $1 (12... Nb4 $6 13. Bc3 Qe3+ 14. Be2 Rb8 15. Rf1 (15. Bd2 Qd4 16.
Bc3 Qe3 $11) 15... Na6 $13 {Claus,C-Amura,C/Santiago,1990(1/2-1/2)(40)}) 13.
cxd5 fxe4 14. d6 e3 15. Ba5 Qxf4 $17) ({Leads to favourable simplifications
for Black:} 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qe5+ 13. Be2 Nc3 14. f4 Qd4 15. Bxc3 Qxc3+
16. Kf2 $15) 11... Qxe5 12. Bd3 cxd5 ({Of course not:} 12... exd5 $2 13. Bc3
Qe7 14. O-O dxe4 15. Bxe4 {[%csl Re7,Re8][%cal Gf1e1]} d5 16. Qa4 $1 Qc5 (16...
Bd7 $143 17. Bf5 $1 Rc8 (17... Rb8 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. Rfe1+ Kd8 20. Rac1 {
[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc3a5]}) (17... Qd6 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rab1 {<->b;><b7}) 18.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. Rfe1+ Kd8 20. Ba5+ Rc7 21. Rab1 $18) 17. Rac1 $1 Bd7 (17... Be6
18. Bd3 {[%cal Yd3b5] protecting square "b5" from Qb5.} Rc8 19. Bxg7 Qxc1 20.
Rxc1 Bxg7 21. Rxc6 $16) 18. Bxg7 Qa3 19. Qd4 Bxg7 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Bxh7 O-O-O
22. Qd4 $16) 13. f4 Qd4 14. Nf2 $13 Bc5 15. Rf1 e5 $5 {[%csl Re1]} 16. fxe5 ({
Too dangerous is to allow to Black to create strong center after e4:} 16. Be2
e4 17. Ng4 d6 {[%csl Gd5,Gd6,Ge4]} 18. Bb5+ Kf8 $36) 16... O-O 17. Rc1 ({
Deserved serious attention:} 17. Be2 $5 {[%cal Yf2d3]} d6 $140 18. Ba5 ({
Of course not:} 18. exd6 $2 Re8 19. d7 Bxd7 20. Rb1 Rxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Re8 $19)
18... Qxe5 (18... dxe5 $143 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Rc1 Bf5 21. Kd2 Rfc8 22. Nd3 $32
{White's advantage is small but steady. His aim is to exchange one of the
bishops and then attack the Black's pawns in the center.}) 19. Nd3 Qxh2 20.
Nxc5 Qh4+ 21. Rf2 dxc5 22. Qxd5 {Although Black has a full material
compensation for a piece,his position very dangerous. All White's pieces
developed well while Black's pawn on c5 is weak.The only way to keep equality
is:} Qh1+ $1 (22... Rb8 23. Qh5 Qe4 24. Kf1 $16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ya1e1,Yf1g1]})
(22... Bg4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 (23... Qh1+ 24. Rf1 Qh4+ 25. Kd2 Qxg4 26. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7
27. Qxa8+ Rf8 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Rf1 $1 $18) 24. Kf1 (24. Rxf7 $2 Rae8+ 25. Re7+
Kh8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 27. Kf2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Qh6+ 30. Kg1 Qe3+ $11)
24... Rac8 25. Rc1 $16) 23. Bf1 Bg4 $1 (23... Re8+ 24. Kd2 Be6 25. Qg5 $16 {
[%csl Rd8,Rg7,Rh1][%cal Ya5d8,Ga5c3,Gc3g7]}) 24. Qg5 Rae8+ $1 ({Of course not:
} 24... Rfe8+ $4 25. Kd2 Qg1 26. Qf4 Bh5 27. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Yf1d3]}) 25. Kd2
Qg1 26. Qxc5 Rd8+ 27. Bxd8 Rxd8+ 28. Ke1 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Rd8+ $11 30. Ke3 Qh2 {
[%cal Gh2g3]} 31. Rf3 Qg1+ 32. Rf2 $11) 17... d6 ({It was dubiously:} 17... Re8
$2 {in view of:} 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. Nxg4 d6 20. Ne3 Rxe5 21. Kf2 $16 {[%csl Rd5,
Rd6]}) 18. Qc2 ({Hardly it was better:} 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qf3 dxe5 20. Be2 $13)
18... Qxe5+ 19. Kd1 Qxh2 $6 (19... h6 $142 {[%csl Rd1,Rh2][%cal Ge5h2]} 20. h3
Qg3 21. Ng4 Bxg4+ 22. hxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Be2 Qxg2 $15 {Black has five (!!) pawns
for a piece and White's king is still weak, though Black's advantage is clear.}
) 20. Rh1 Bg4+ 21. Be2 (21. Ke1 $143 Qe5+ 22. Kf1 f5 $15) 21... Bxe2+ 22. Kxe2
({Unfortunately,does not works:} 22. Ke1 $2 Rfe8 23. Rxh2 Bd3+ 24. Kd1 Bxc2+
25. Rxc2 Bxf2 $19) 22... Qe5+ 23. Kf1 h6 24. Rh3 (24. Qd3 $5 {><e2} Rae8) 24...
Rfe8 25. Qd3 Re6 26. Rf3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yf3f5]} Rae8 27. g3 (27. Rf5 $144 {
Obviously against:} Qh2 (27... Qb2 28. Qc2 Qd4 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ge6e2]} 29. Qd3
) 28. Qh3 (28. Rxd5 $4 Bxf2 29. Kxf2 $140 Re2+ 30. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Qxg2+ {
[%csl Rd5,Re2]}) (28. Qxd5 $4 Bxf2 $19 {[%cal Ge6e2,Gh2h1]}) 28... Qxh3 29.
Nxh3 g6 30. Rf3 Re2 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 $11) 27... Qh5 28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. Rxf5
Re2 30. Re1 Rxe1+ (30... R2e5 31. Rf3 $11) 31. Bxe1 $11 {After queens exchange,
it became clear that the position has strong drawish tendencys.} Re3 32. Nd1 ({
Another way to achieve the equality was:} 32. Rxd5 Rxg3 33. Nd3 Rf3+ 34. Ke2
Rh3 (34... Re3+ 35. Kf1 Rf3+ $11) 35. Nxc5 dxc5 36. Rxc5 Ra3 $11) 32... Ra3 33.
Nc3 (33. Rxd5 Rxa2 34. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Ra1 35. Ke2 $11) 33... d4 34. Ne4 Bb6
(34... Rxa2 $144 35. Nxc5 g6 36. Rd5 dxc5 37. Rxc5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc5d5,
Ge1f2]} f5 38. Rd5 Kf7 39. Rxd4 $11) 35. Nxd6 Rxa2 36. Rd5 ({Really dubious
move is:} 36. Rxf7 $2 Bc5 37. Rd7 Ra1 {[%csl Re1,Rf1]} 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Nc4 Bb4
40. Re8 h5 41. Kf2 Bxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Rxe1 43. Kxe1 Kg6 $19 {[%cal Gg6f5] and
white's knight unable to stop three leading pawns.}) 36... Ra4 37. Nf5 ({
I would prefer:} 37. Bf2) ({or} 37. Nc8) 37... Rc4 38. Bf2 a5 39. Bxd4 Bxd4 40.
Nxd4 a4 41. Ne2 g5 42. Kf2 Kg7 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. g4 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5] Drawn
game is inevitable.} f6 45. Rd6 Rb4 46. Ra6 Rb3+ (46... h5 47. gxh5+ Kxh5 48.
Rxf6 g4+ 49. Kf2 $11) 47. Kf2 a3 48. Ng3 Rb2+ 49. Ke3 a2 50. Ne2 (50. Nh5 $5 {
[%csl Rg6]} Rb3+ 51. Ke2 Rb2+ 52. Kd3 a1=Q $1 53. Rxa1 Rb4 54. Ra6 Rxg4 55.
Nxf6 Rh4 $11) 50... Rb4 51. Nd4 Rb2 52. Ne2 h5 53. gxh5+ Kxh5 54. Nc1 f5 55.
Rxa2 Rxa2 56. Nxa2 Kg4 57. Kf2 f4 58. Nc3 Kf5 59. Ne2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 {[%mdl 4] Besides this move,black has three principales alternatives:} (
8... Qc7 $5 {See comments to Azarov,S-Greenfeld,A/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(0-1)   
(Golod,V)(51)}) (8... Qa5+ {See comments to Brodsky,M-Beshukov,S/Krasnodar,
1999/CBM 75(0-1) (Golod,V)(63)}) ({and} 8... Bb7 $5 {See comments to Macieja,
B-Czebe,A/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(1-0) (Golod,V) (35)}) 9. exf6 {It's best reaction.
Now white has a slight,but constant positional advantage (BB) in the
middlegame and endgame.} (9. Nd6+ $143 Bxd6 10. exd6 $13) 9... Nxf6 10. Nd6+
Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qb6 $5 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 11... Qa5+) (
11... Qe7) ({and} 11... Ba6) 12. Bd3 c5 {[%csl Gb6]} ({Pretty dubiously:} 12...
Ba6 {in view of:} 13. Be3 $1 Qxb2 14. Bd4 Qb7 15. c4 $1 {[%csl Gd3,Gd4]} Qb8
16. Qa3 Bc8 17. O-O d6 18. Qa5 Qb7 19. c5 d5 20. Be5 O-O 21. Rab1 Qd7 22. Rb4
Qd8 23. Qa4 a5 24. Rh4 $40 {Nataf,I-Lautier,J/France,1996(1-0)(51)}) 13. Bf4 ({
Probably,a little worse is:} 13. Qg3 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. b3 Rae8 16. Be3 Be4 $1
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe5 d5 19. f3 Nf6 $11 {Tischbierek,R-Faibisovich,V/Berlin,
1991(1/2-1/2)(36)}) 13... Bb7 ({Very riskyly:} 13... Qxb2 14. O-O Qd4 15. Rab1
Kf7 16. Rfd1 $14 {Koch,B-Plater,K/Miedzyzdroje,1952 (1/2-1/2)(29)}) 14. O-O Rc8
{[%cal Gc5c4]} 15. c4 $5 {[%csl Yc4]} (15. Rfe1) (15. Qxb6) ({and} 15. Rad1 {
-was checked in the previous games.}) 15... Rc6 ({Main line is:} 15... Qxd6 16.
Bxd6 Rc6 17. Be5 $14 {and so on.}) ({25 years ago were checked in practice:} 
15... Kf7 16. Rad1 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Rhd8 18. f4 g6 19. h3 Be4 20. Be2 Rc6 21. Be5
$14 {Kurajica,B-Nicevski,R/Skopje,1976 inf.21/346 (1-0)(41)}) 16. Qb8+ (16. Qe5
O-O 17. b3 $5 (17. Rae1 $5 Qd8 18. Bg5 Ra6 19. a3 Qe7 20. Re2 Rb6 21. Rd1 Bc6
22. Bc2 Qf7 23. h3 $14 {Hort,V-Antonio,R/Biel,1991(1-0)(55)}) (17. Qe2 $143
Rcc8 18. Rad1 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Vaisser,A/France,1999(18)}) 17... Bc8
18. Qg5 d6 19. Bd2 Rc7 20. Bc3 Qc6 21. Rae1 Rcf7 22. f4 d5 23. Be5 $14 {
Hennigan,M-Byway,P/Swansea,1995(1-0) (39)}) 16... Rc8 (16... Bc8 $6 17. Qe5 {
[%csl Rc6] and the some pieces of black are on unsuccessful positions.}) 17.
Qd6 {Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} Rc6 18. Qe5 O-O 19. Rad1
$14 {<->d(><d6) Comments to19.Rfe1!?; 19.Qe2 and a19.b3!? you cand find in
annotations to 16.Qb8+ in this game.} Qd8 $6 {Black's plan is:Qe8-f7(to
protect weakness of king side).} ({Also white save a positional advantage,
after:} 19... d5 20. Rfe1 $14) 20. f3 {[%csl Yf3][%cal Yf3e4,Yf3g4]
Prophylactic move.} Qe8 21. Bc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2a4]} Qf7 {Many moves were made by
one piece.} 22. Ba4 Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Can be recommended:} 22... Rb6 $5
23. b3 (23. Qxc5 $6 Rxb2 24. Bb3 Qg6 25. Rf2 $14) 23... Rc8 24. Rd6 {+/=/+/-})
23. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5] Now to not avoid material losses.} Rxa2 $8 24. Qc3 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Gc3b3]} d5 {It's best practical chance.} ({Losese right away:} 
24... Nd5 25. cxd5 $1 Qxf4 26. dxe6 {[%cal Ge6e7]} dxe6 $8 27. Bc4 $1 Ra4 28.
Rd7 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rg7]} Qf6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Qxf6 gxf6 $8 31. Rxb7 $18) 25.
Qb3 Ra6 ({Weakly:} 25... Ra5 {in view of:} 26. Bd2 Ra6 27. Bxa6 Bxa6 {and now
possibly:} 28. cxd5 $1 exd5 (28... Bxf1 $143 29. dxe6 Qe7 30. Rxf1 Re8 31. Re1
$18 {[%csl Ge6]}) (28... Nxd5 29. Rfe1 $16) 29. Rfe1 $16) 26. Bxa6 Bxa6 27. Qa3
$1 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5]} ({Badly:} 27. cxd5 $2 {because of:} Nxd5 {[%csl Rf1,Rf4]}
28. Bd6 Rd8 29. Bxc5 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 {+/=/=}) 27... Bxc4 28. Rfe1 Rc8 (28... Qe7
29. b3 Bb5 30. Be3 Rc8 31. Rc1 Nd7 32. Qxa7 $16) 29. Bd6 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5]
It is impossible to protect both pawns at once.} a6 ({More stubborn resistance
after:} 29... Nd7 30. Qxa7 $16) 30. Bxc5 Rb8 31. Bd4 {/^a1-h8} h6 32. Qd6 Re8
33. Re3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd1e1]} Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Again tactical blunder.} (
33... Qd7 $142) 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. b3 $1 {[%csl Yc4,Rd5][%cal Yc4d5]} Bb5 36.
Bxf6 gxf6 37. Rxd5 $18 {[%csl Re7] The rest is the matter of technics.} Kf7 38.
Rd6 f5 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. f4 {/\Kg3-h4; h3,g4 and so on.} h5 41. Kg3 Bf1 42. Re1
Bb5 $8 (42... Rg7+ $2 43. Kf2 {[%csl Re6,Rg2]} Bxg2 44. Rdxe6+ Kf7 45. Re7+ {
[%csl Rg2,Yg7]}) (42... h4+ $2 43. Kh3 Bb5 44. Kxh4) 43. Kh4 Re8 44. Re3 (44.
Kxh5 $4 Rh8#) 44... Bf1 45. Rd7 $5 {Black resigns in absolutely losing
position:} (45. Rd7 Rb8 (45... Bxg2 $2 46. Rg3 Bd5 47. Rdg7 {[%csl Rf6][%cal
Gg3g6]}) 46. Rf3 $1 (46. Rg3 $2 Rb4 {[%csl Rf4]}) 46... Bxg2 (46... Be2 47. Rf2
Bb5 48. Rh7 Bd3 49. Rb2 {[%csl Rh5]}) (46... Bb5 $2 47. Rh7 {[%csl Rh5]}) 47.
Rg3 Bc6 48. Rdg7 {[%cal Gg3g6]} Be8 $8 49. Rg8 {[%csl Re8]} Ke7 50. R3g7+ Kd6
51. Ra7 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Bakalarz, Mietek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 $5 {Nowadays-12.Ne4 is not
actually.See comments to Leko,P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(52)} Qd5 $5 {Besides,was checked in the previous games:12...a6; 12...
h6; 12...Ng4; 12...Qd6; 12...Qb6;} (12... Bg4 $5 {You can comments to
Sadvakasov,D-Al Modiahki,M/Doha,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(Golod,V)(49)}) ({and} 12...
Re8 {You can see annotations to game: Bosch,J-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/CBM
69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(37)}) 13. c4 $5 {Differently,Black quietly will finish
development and will receive convenient game.Also repeatedly were checked up
in previous games: 13.Nf4!?; 13.Bf4; 13.b4; 13.c3?!; 13.Ng3; 13.h3 and 13.Re1!?
} dxc3 {It's the most logical reaction to the previous move of White.} ({
Also once were checked in the preceding game:} 13... Qh5 14. Ng3 Qh4 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Ne8 {+/=/= Miranovic,R-Novoselski,Z/Cetinje,1992(1-0)(58)}) 14.
Nxc3 Qh5 ({On:} 14... Qa5 $5 {you can find twelve games}) ({and after:} 14...
Qd4 {you can find only one game in Mega Database 2003.}) 15. Qxh5 ({Hardly it
was better:} 15. Ne4 Qxd1 $6 (15... Qe5 $5) 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rxd1 Be6 18. Be3
{+/=/+/- Moutzouridis,G-Kalaitzidis,P/Poros,1998(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 15... Nxh5 16.
Nd5 $5 $146 ({The game,which have reached this position were continued as
follows:} 16. Be3 $5 Be6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Bb5 (18. Rfd1 $5) 18... Nd4 19. Rfd1
Nb3 (19... Nxb5 $5) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Re1 b6 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Nb5 $14 {Coenen,
N-Doeve,M/Germany,1996(1-0)(50)}) 16... Rd8 {This move is much better,than:} (
16... Be6 $6 17. Nc7 {[%csl Ra8,Re6]} Rad8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 Nd4 20. Be3 {
[%csl Gc4,Ye3] +/=/+/-}) ({or} 16... Bg4 $6 17. h3 Be6 $140 (17... Rad8 $4 18.
hxg4 Rxd5 19. Be4 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5,Rh5]} Nf6 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 $18) 18. Nc7 Rad8 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bc4 Nd4 21. Be3 {[%csl Gc4,Ye3] +/=/+/-}) 17. Be4 Bf5 {It is
rather difficult to continue a game without this move.} ({Very weakly:} 17...
f5 $2 {because of:} 18. Bf3 g6 (18... Ne5 $2 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Bxh5 Kxe7 $140
21. Bg5+ {[%csl Rd8,Re7]}) (18... Nf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Be3 $16) 19. Bg5 Rd6
20. Rad1 $16) 18. Bxf5 ({Leads to absolutely equality:} 18. f3 $6 Bxe4 19. fxe4
Rd6 $11 {[%cal Yd6f6,Gh5f6]}) 18... Rxd5 19. Be4 {[%csl Yc1,Ge4] White has a
more preferable position,at the expense of advantage of two bishops.} Rb5 $5 {
[%csl Rb2]} (19... Rd6 $5 {<->d; /\Nf6}) 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Bf3 ({Absolutely
senselessly:} 21. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 $11) 21... Re8 22. Kf1 $14 {[%mdl 4096]} Ne5 (
22... a5 $143 23. Rb1 {[%csl Yb1][%cal Gc1e3,Yb1b2]}) 23. Be2 Rb3 {[%csl Ra3,
Rb2]} 24. h3 $6 {[%csl Yh3][%cal Yh3g4] /\Be3(קa7) In my opinion,this
continuation is worse,than:} (24. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Yc1f4]} a6 (24... Neg4 $6 25.
h3 Nh2+ $140 $4 26. Ke1 $18 {[%csl Rh2]}) 25. Bg5 $14) 24... Ne4 25. a4 $5 {
White keep two opportunities of development of the his Ra1.For example: a5 and
Ra4 or Bb5,Re1,Bf4 and Rad1.} (25. Be3 $6 Ng3+ {[%csl Re2,Re3]} 26. fxg3 (26.
Ke1 $2 Nxe2 27. Kxe2 Rxb2+) 26... Rxe3 27. Kf2 $11 {[%cal Yd1d2]}) 25... h6 {
[%cal Yg8h7]} ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 25... a6 26. a5 Rb4 (
26... Nc5 $143 27. Be3 $14) 27. Ra3 $14) 26. Bb5 (26. a5 $5 {/\a6 or Ra4})
26... Re6 ({Also it deserves attention:} 26... Re7 $5 {[%csl Ye7][%cal Ye7b7]})
27. Re1 Nc5 ({Too passively,but reliably:} 27... Rb4 $5 {[%csl Yb4][%cal Yb4e4,
Ga7a6]}) 28. Be3 Ncd3 ({Can be recommended:} 28... b6 $5 29. Re2 Rb4 {+/=/=})
29. Red1 a6 30. Bxd3 $6 {The wrong decision.} (30. Rxd3 $142 $1 Rxd3 (30...
Nxd3 $2 31. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Rb3,Rd3,Re6]}) 31. Bxd3 Nxd3 {and with
rearrangement of moves we receive a position from a game.}) 30... Rxd3 $6 {
Black did not use discrepancy of the contender.It was necessary:} (30... Nxd3
$1 31. Ra3 {[%csl Rb3,Rd3]} (31. Rd2 $143 Re4 32. a5 (32. Ra3 {[%csl Rb3,Rd3]}
Rxa3 $8 33. bxa3 Ne5 {=/=/+}) 32... Reb4 {[%csl Rb2]} 33. Rad1 Nxb2 34. Rd8+
Kh7 35. R1d7 $44) 31... Rxa3 $8 32. bxa3 $11) 31. Rxd3 Nxd3 32. b3 Rc6 ({
It's necessary to improve an location of the knight:} 32... Nb4 $5 33. Rd1 (33.
Rc1 $5 {+/=/=}) 33... Nc2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Bd2 Rb6 36. Rc8 Nd4 37. Be3 Rb4 $11)
33. Rd1 $2 {It's already,important mistake.} (33. Ke2 $5 Nc5 (33... Rc3 $4 34.
Kd2 Rxb3 $8 35. Kc2 {[%csl Rb3,Rd3]}) 34. b4 Ne4 35. Kd3 $14) 33... Rc3 $2 {
Again Mieczyslaw Bakalarz did not use discrepancy of the contender:} (33... Nc5
$1 {[%csl Ra4,Rb3]} 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd8+ $140 Kh7 36. Rd7 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]} (
36. Rb8 b5 $11) 36... b5 $1 37. Rxf7 bxa4 38. bxa4 Rc4 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 39. a5
Rc5 $11) 34. Ke2 Ne5 {[%csl Rb3]} ({This previous White's move is directed
against:} 34... Nc5 $6 {which now considerably loses in force:} 35. Rd8+ Kh7
36. Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Yc5][%cal Ge3c5,Yc5b7]} (36. Bxc5 $2 Rxc5 37. Rd7 b5 $1
$11) 36... Nxb3 37. Rxb7 {[%csl Ra6,Ye3] +/=/+/-}) (34... Nb2 $2 {is refuted
by:} 35. Rd8+ $1 Kh7 $140 36. Kd2 {[%csl Rb2,Gd2,Ge3][%cal Ge3d4]} Rxb3 $8 37.
Kc2 Rxe3 (37... Rb4 $143 38. Bd2 Rb6 39. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd2c3]}) 38.
fxe3 Nxa4 39. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Bd4 Rc2+ $6 ({
Probably it was a little better:} 36... Nc6 $5 37. Bxc3 Nxd8 38. Kd3 {[%csl
Ra6,Rb7]}) ({Impossibly:} 36... Rd3 $4 {in view of:} 37. Rd6 $18 {[%csl Rd3,
Re5][%cal Ye5d3,Gd4e5]}) 37. Kd1 Nc6 $8 38. Kxc2 Nxd8 39. Kd3 {[%cal Yd3c4,
Yc4d5,Yd5d6] In comparison with 36... c6, in this position White's bishop on
point "d4", that apparently for the benefit of Sergei Azarov.} Ne6 ({Can it
was necessary to decide on the more active continuation:} 39... Kg6 $5 40. Ke4
Nc6 41. Bc3 $1 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Ge4d5,Gd5c5,Gc5b6,Yc3a5]} f6 42. Kd5 Kf5 43. b4
$1 (43. Kc5 $6 Ke4 44. Kb6 Kd3 $1 $132) 43... h5 {+/=/+/-}) 40. Be3 {[%csl Ra6,
Rb7,Ye3][%cal Ye3a7,Gd3c4,Gd3e4,Ge4d5,Gc4d5,Gd5d6,Gd6d7,Gd7c8]} f5 41. Kc4 f4
42. Bd2 Kg6 43. Kd5 Kf5 (43... Kf7 $5 44. a5 Ke7 $16) 44. g4+ $1 {The game of
White corresponds to the requirements of a position.} fxg3 (44... Kf6 45. Bc3+
Kf7 46. h4 $16 {[%csl Rf4]}) 45. fxg3 $16 h5 {The rather doubtful decision,but
is very difficult to give good advice.} ({Immediately loses a game the
following move:} 45... Ng5 $2 46. Bxg5 hxg5 (46... Kxg5 47. Kc5 $18 {[%csl Ga4,
Ra6,Rb7][%cal Gc5b6]}) 47. a5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Ra6,Rb7,Rg5,Rg7]}) 46. g4+ $1 {
[%csl Re6]} hxg4 47. hxg4+ Kf6 48. Kd6 Kf7 49. Be3 {[%csl Ye3,Re6][%cal Ye3h6,
Ye3a7] Good example of the superiority of B above N.} Kf6 (49... a5 $143 50.
Bb6 Kf6 51. Bxa5 $18 {[%csl Ya5,Re6][%cal Ya5c3]}) 50. a5 $1 g5 51. b4 Nf4 ({
After:} 51... Kf7 {White has a beautiful way to win a game:} 52. Bd2 $22 Kf6
$140 53. Bxg5+ $1 Nxg5 54. Kc7 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Ra6,Gb4,Rb7,Gg4]}) 52. Bd4+ Kf7
53. Bc5 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Yb4,Rb7,Yc5][%cal Gd6c7,Yb4c5,Yc5b4] White have broken
through a defense of the contender.Further resistance is impossible.} Ne6 54.
Kd7 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7][%cal Gd7c8]} Kf6 55. Kc8 Ke5 56. Kxb7 Kf4 57. Kxa6 Kxg4 58.
Kb6 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Ga5a6,Ga6a7,Yc5g1] Sergei Azarov perfectly carried out a
final part of a game.} 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 {It's main line.} (9. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Ponomariov,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/ CBM 81(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(63)}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3
O-O 11. O-O d4 $1 {It's best move.} 12. Ne2 $5 ({Nowadays-} 12. Ne4 {is not
actual.See comments to Leko,P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(Golod,
V)(52)}) 12... Bg4 $5 (12... Re8 $5 {See comments to Bosch,J-Janssen,R/Wijk
aan Zee,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (37) Besides,12...Qd5;12...a6;12...h6;
12...Ng4;12...Qd6;and 12...Qb6-was checked in the previous games.}) 13. Bg5 Qd6
14. Qd2 Bxe2 $5 {Shipov."Beginning of concrete change operation. A task - to
destroy one of the white bishop".} ({Dubious:} 14... Bh5 {[%cal Gh5g6] in view
of:} 15. Nf4 {[%csl Rh5]}) 15. Qxe2 $6 (15. Bf4 $5 {The important intermediate
move.Differently,at white don't have a advantage.See comments to game: Leko,
P-Grischuk,A/Linares,2001/CBM 82 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48).}) 15... Rae8 $6 $146 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb7] This rook can be necessary for defence the pawns of the queen
side.} (15... Rfe8 $142 16. Qf3 $140 (16. Qd1 $143 Ne5 17. Bh4 Qb6 18. Rb1 Rac8
$11 {Short,N-Wiedenkeller,M/Esbjerg,1984(0-1)(40)}) 16... Ne5 $1 17. Qg3 (17.
Qf5 $143 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Re5 19. Bf4 Rxf5 20. Bxd6 Rd5 21. Bf4 Nd7 22. Rac1 g5
23. Bg3 Nc5 24. Rfd1 Re8 25. Kf1 f5 $11 {Weber,P-Rosen,B/Germany,1991(1/2-1/2)
(70)}) (17. Qxb7 $6 Reb8 18. Qa6 Rb6 19. Qa5 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Ng4 21. g3 Ne5 $1
$36) 17... Nh5 18. Qh3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Rfe1 (21. g3 $143
Qe5 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Rd2 Rc6 24. Rfd1 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Navara,D-Ptacnikova,L/
Olomouc 2000/CBM 77 ext (33)}) 21... g6 $6 (21... a6 $5) 22. Qb5 $1 Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Rc8 24. g3 Qf6 25. Re2 $14 {Yudasin,L-Sion Castro,M/Leon,1992(1-0)(49)})
16. Qd2 $6 {White refuse struggle for advantage.} (16. Qf3 $1 Nd5 ({Now weakly:
} 16... Ne5 17. Qxb7 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Ng4 19. g3 $16) 17. Rad1 $14 Ne5 $6 18. Qe4
{[%csl Rd4]}) 16... Ne4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 {[%csl Rg5] The white's bishop is
outside of the game.} 18. Rae1 $11 Rfe8 {<->e} 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Re1 $6 ({
Looks more logically:} 20. f3 $5 {/\Bh4-f2(קd4)}) 20... Qe5 21. Rxe4 ({After:
} 21. Kf1 {Black should be glad to repeat the moves:} Qb5+ (21... Rxe1+ $143
22. Qxe1 {[%csl Rg8]} h6 (22... Qxg5 $4 23. Qe8#) (22... Qb5+ 23. Qe2 $14) 23.
Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Bc1 Kf8 25. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf2f4]}) 22. Kg1 Qe5 $11 (
22... Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 h6 24. Bc1 $11)) 21... Qxe4 22. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4b8,Gf4h2]
On this diagonal,white's bishop can not bring any benefit.} ({Again it
deserves attention:} 22. f3 {/\Bh4-f2(קd4)}) 22... h6 23. f3 Qe6 24. h4 $6 ({
More safely:} 24. b3 $5) 24... Qa2 25. b4 $5 {[%mdl 512]} ({After:} 25. c3 d3
$1 26. Qxd3 Qxb2 {black has a positional advantage in the endgame}) ({Is a
possibly continuation of the play:} 25. Qc1 {[%csl Yc1]}) 25... Qxa3 26. b5
Qa1+ $1 {[%csl Ya1][%cal Ya1d4]} (26... Nd8 $143 27. Qxd4 Ne6 28. Qd6 $11) 27.
Kh2 Nd8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yd8e6,Ye6d4]} 28. Be5 Ne6 29. Qb4 $44 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gb4e7] The white figures are on ideal positions, and very difficultly to
use pawn up, because of weakness of the black's king.} (29. f4 $2 f6 30. Bd6 (
30. f5 $2 fxe5 31. fxe6 Qa2 32. e7 Qe6 33. Qb4 Kf7 $19 {[%csl Re7]}) 30... Qf1
$17 {[%csl Rb5,Rf4]}) 29... Qd1 30. Qe7 Qe2 ({Leads to equal endgame:} 30...
Qxc2 31. Qe8+ Kh7 (31... Nf8 $4 32. Bd6 {[%csl Rf8]}) 32. Qxf7 Qc4 33. b6 $1
axb6 $140 34. Bxg7 Qc7+ 35. Qxc7 Nxc7 36. Bxd4 $11) 31. Bg3 $2 {Decisive
mistake.} ({It was necessary:} 31. Qe8+ Kh7 $140 {[%csl Re5]} (31... Nf8 32.
Qb8 {[%cal Ge5d6]} Qe1 33. Bd6 Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 32. Bb8 $1 {[%csl Ra7,
Rf7]} Qxc2 (32... f6 $2 33. h5 $11 Nf4 $140 34. Qxe2 Nxe2 35. Bxa7) (32... Kg6
$2 33. h5+ Kf6 34. Bd6 $36 {[%cal Ge8e7]}) 33. Qxf7 d3 34. Qf5+ $1 {(The
important intermediate move!)} Kh8 35. Qxe6 d2 36. Be5 $1 d1=Q 37. Qxh6+ (37.
Bxg7+ $144 Kh7 (37... Kxg7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ $11) 38. Qe7 $1 Qg6 39. Bd4+ {
[%csl Rd1,Yd4]} Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kg8 (41... Kf8 $4 42. Bc5+ {[%csl
Rd1]}) 42. Qd8+ $11) 37... Qh7 $8 38. Bxg7+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kxg7 40. Qe7+ Kg8 (
40... Kg6 41. Qe6+ Kg7 $8 (41... Kh5 $4 42. Qg4+ Kh6 43. Qg5#) 42. Qe7+ $11)
41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Qg8 44. Qh6+ Qh7 45. Qf8+ $11) (31. Bxd4 {
(also it is better,than move made in a game)} a6 (31... Nxd4 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33.
Qxd4 $11) 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Qe8+ Kh7 $15) 31... Qxb5 32. Bf2 Qf5 {[%cal Yf5f7,
Gf5c2]} (32... a5 $2 33. Bxd4 Nxd4 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxd4 a4 36. c4 $17) 33.
Qxb7 (33. Qe8+ $143 Kh7 34. Qc8 a5 $19) 33... Qxc2 34. Bg3 Qc5 {[%csl Yc5]
[%cal Yc5a7,Yc5d4]} 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qb7 f5 37. Qf7 Qd5 {[%cal Gd4d3] Further
resistance is useless.} 38. Qxa7 (38. h5 $144 d3 39. Qg6+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Nf8)
38... d3 39. Qa4 d2 40. Qd1 Qd4 {[%csl Gd4,Rg3][%cal Gd4a1,Gd4g1,Gd4a7,Gd4a4,
Gd4d8,Gd4h4,Gd4h8] Please pay your attention to the fantastic work of the
black's queen.} 41. h5 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5a4,Ga4c3,Ga4b2]} 42. Kh3 Na4 43. Be1 $8 (
43. Qc2 Qd5 {[%cal Yd5f5]}) 43... dxe1=Q 44. Qxd4 Nc3 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gc3e2]}
45. Qd6 Qh1+ {[%csl Rh5]} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Bakalarz, Mietek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 $5 ({Less popular is:} 9... d4 {See comments to Svidler,
P-Al Modiahki,M/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(Golod,V)(48)}) 10. Nxe4 {In this line
White can hope only for the minimal advantage.} Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1
Bd7 13. Be3 {After exchange of the queens,White should play extreme precisely
to receive a minimal advantage.} O-O-O ({Also repeatedly were checked up in
previous games:} 13... f5 $5 {You can see annotations to game: Delchev,
A-Ivanovic,B/Subotica,2003/CBM 95(1-0)(Golod,V)(37)}) 14. Ke2 ({On:} 14. Kc1 {
you can find three games in Mega DataBase 2003.}) 14... Kb8 $146 {[%csl Yb8]
[%cal Yb8a7]} ({Also once were checked in the preceding games:} 14... b6 $5 15.
Rhd1 $140 f5 16. Bd3 h6 17. f4 e5 {+/=/=; 1/2-1/2 Vesterinen,J-Gobert,J/
Amsterdam,1954(17)}) ({and} 14... f5 $6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxa7 Rd6 (16... Bxg2
$2 17. Rhg1 {[%csl Rg7]} Be4 18. Rxg7 $16 Bxc2 $140 $4 19. Rc1 {[%csl Rc2,Rc8]}
) (16... e5 $142 $14) 17. Rhd1 {+/=/+/- Lip,C-Nguyen,N/Kuala Lumpur,2002 (0-1)
(56)}) 15. Rhd1 $5 ({Hardly it was better:} 15. Rad1 f5 16. Bd3 e5 17. Bg5 Rc8
{[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6d4,Gh7h6]}) 15... f5 ({Too passively,but reliably:} 15...
e5 $5 {/\Be6} 16. Bd5 f6 {+/=/=} 17. c4 $140 Ne7 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16. Bf3 {
[%csl Gd1,Rd7,Yd8][%cal Ge3g5,Yd8d7]} e5 17. Kf1 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Yf3e2]} ({
Leads to benefit of the contender:} 17. Bg5 $2 e4 $1 (17... Nd4+ $2 18. Rxd4
exd4 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Kd2 {+/=/=}) 18. Bh5 (18. Bxd8 $143 exf3+ 19. Kxf3 Rxd8
$15) 18... g6 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 17... Be6 {<->d This move is
compels of White ,early or late, to exchange the rooks.Black had no other
worthy alternative:} (17... Nd4 $6 {[%csl Rc2,Rf3]} 18. Bxd4 exd4 {[%csl Gd8,
Rf1][%cal Yd7b5]} 19. Be2 Be6 20. Bd3 $1 (20. Rd2 $143 Rhe8 21. Rad1 Rc8 {
[%csl Rc2]} 22. Bb5 Re7 23. Ba4 $140 $2 Bc4+ {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gb7b5]}) 20...
Rhe8 21. Re1 g6 22. Re5 $14 {<->e;קd4}) 18. Rxd8+ ({Leads to equal endgame:} 
18. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 19. b3 Kb7) 18... Rxd8 19. Rd1 Bc4+ {Can it was necessary to
decide on the more active continuation:} (19... Nd4 $5 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Yb8c7,
Yc7d8]} 20. Bxd4 (20. c3 $4 Bc4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Ke1 Nc2#) 21... Nxf3+ {[%csl Rd1]
}) 20... Rxd4 $1 (20... exd4 $143 21. Ke2 {+/=/=}) 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Ke2 Bc4+
23. Kd2 Kc7 {/\b6,Kd6-e5 =}) 20. Ke1 e4 $6 {Black,at all,do not try to create
a counterplay.Again it was better:} (20... Nd4 $5 21. Bxd4 $140 Rxd4 $1 (21...
exd4 $6 22. Kd2 {+/=/=}) 22. Rxd4 exd4 {[%cal Gb8c7,Yb7b6,Gc7d6]}) 21. Rxd8+
Nxd8 22. Bf4+ Kc8 23. Bd1 $1 {[%csl Gd1,Yf4] White has a more preferable
position,at the expense of advantage of two bishops, therefore it is necessary
to keep it.} Ne6 24. Be5 $14 Kd7 ({It deserves attention:} 24... g5 $5 25. b3
Bd5 26. Kd2 Bc6 27. g4 f4 28. Be2 Kd7 29. c4 $14) 25. Kd2 Bf1 $6 {The wrong
decision, this not too successful place for Black's bishop.} (25... g5 $5 {
[%cal Yc4b5,Yb5c6]}) 26. g3 ({Senselessly:} 26. g4 {in view of:} f4 {[%csl Ge4,
Gf4]}) 26... Kc6 27. b3 b5 {Besides Black has two main alternatives:} (27...
Kd5 28. Bb8 $14 {[%cal Gc2c4]}) ({and} 27... a6 $5 28. c4 $140 b5) 28. f4 $1 {
[%csl Rf1][%cal Gd2e1]} Kd5 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 28...
exf3 29. Bxf3+ Kc5 30. Kc3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4] |^}) 29. Ke1 Bh3 {[%csl Rh3] Now
B of Black is outside of game.} 30. Be2 {[%csl Rb5]} Nd4 (30... Kc6 $143 31.
Kf2 {[%cal Gf2e3] /\Ke3,c4}) 31. c4+ $1 {[%csl Rd5]} bxc4 $8 (31... Kc5 $4 32.
b4+ {[%csl Yc5,Rd4,Ge5][%cal Gb4c5,Yc5d4]}) 32. Bxc4+ Kc5 33. Kd2 $1 ({Leads
to favourable simplifications for Black:} 33. Bxg7 $6 Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Nxh2 {
[%cal Yh2f3,Yh3g4]}) 33... Nf3+ 34. Kc3 Nxe5 $2 {Black had a uneasy choice,
and he did not manage to find the best continuation.} (34... g5 $6 {[%csl Re5]}
35. Bb8 Kb6 36. fxg5 Nxg5 (36... Nxh2 $143 37. Bg8 {[%csl Gg5,Rh7]}) 37. Bf4
Nf3 38. Bg8 {+/=/+/-}) ({Can be recommended:} 34... g6 $5 35. Bg8 h6 $14 {
[%csl Rh2]}) 35. fxe5 {[%cal Gb3b4]} g5 36. b4+ Kc6 37. Kd4 Bg2 ({I do not
think that it was much better:} 37... h5 38. b5+ Kd7 39. a4 Bg2 {[%cal Gf5f4]}
40. Ke3 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5,Ge5][%cal Ga4a5] +/-/+-}) 38. Be6 $1 {[%csl Rf5]} Bh3
39. a4 Kc7 40. Bg8 h5 41. b5 $18 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5,Ge5]} (41. b5 {In this
hopeless position Mieczyaslaw Bakalarz stopped to resist:} Bg2 {[%csl Yg2]
[%cal Gf5f4,Yg2e4]} 42. Ke3 Bf3 43. a5 h4 44. e6 Kd6 45. b6 axb6 46. axb6 {
[%csl Gb6,Ge6]} hxg3 47. hxg3 Bg4 (47... Bh5 $143 48. Bf7 {[%cal Gb6b7,Ge6e7]}
Bd1 49. Bg6 {[%csl Gb6,Rf5]} f4+ 50. gxf4 gxf4+ 51. Kxf4 {[%csl Gb6,Yd6][%cal
Ge6e7]} Ba4 52. e7 Bd7 {[%cal Gd6c6]} 53. e8=Q Bxe8 54. Bxe8 {[%cal Ye8a4]})
48. e7 Bh5 $8 49. b7 Kc7 50. Bd5 {[%csl Yd5]} Bg6 51. Kd4 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Bh5 (
51... g4 $144 52. Be6 Kxb7 53. Bxf5 Be8 54. Kxe4 Kc7 55. Ke5 $18) 52. g4 $1
fxg4 53. Bxe4 g3 54. Bg2 Bf7 55. Ke5 $18 {[%csl Rg3,Rg5][%cal Ge5f6,Ge5f5]})
1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 {Besides,white has
two principales moves:} (6. Ndb5) ({and} 6. Nxc6) 6... Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
Nxe4 9. Bd3 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 9. Qd3 $5) 9... Nxd4 $6
{[%mdl 4]} ({Can be recommended:} 9... d5 {You can see comments to game:
Balashov,Y-Filippov,V/Maikop,1998/CBM66 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(56)}) ({Dubiously:} 
9... Nxc3 {in view of:} 10. Qg4 Qf6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Bg5 Qe5 13. Rfe1 h5 14.
Qh4 $44 {Grabarska,B-Kunicki,M/Polanica Zdroj,2001(1-0)(33)}) 10. cxd4 (10.
Bxe4 $143 Nc6 11. c4 (11. Ba3 d5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Qh5 $6 (13. c4 $5) 13... h6
14. f4 O-O 15. g4 Re8 16. g5 Nf5 $17 {Wortel,M-Kundin,A/EU-chJM U16,1997(0-1) 
(26)}) (11. Re1 $143 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 d5 $15 {Jukic,B-Sermek,
D/Vienna,1991(1/2-1/2)(43)}) 11... O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qd6 Na5 14. Bd3 b6 15.
Rfe1 Ba6 16. Qd4 f5 17. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Horvath,T/Pancevo,
1985(17)}) 10... d5 ({It deserves attention:} 10... Nf6 11. Bg5 (11. Ba3 d6 12.
Qf3 O-O 13. Rab1 Re8 14. Bb5 Re7 15. Qg3 e5 $13 {Apicella,M-Degraeve,J/Paris,
1992(1-0)(52)}) (11. Rb1 h6 12. Ba3 d6 13. Qf3 O-O 14. c4 Re8 15. Rfe1 e5 16.
c5 e4 (16... Be6 $5 $13) 17. Bxe4 Bg4 $6 (17... Rxe4 $5 $11) 18. Qg3 d5 19. Bd3
Qa5 20. Re5 $14 {Westerinen,H-Franssila,T/Jyvaskyla,1997(1-0)(33)}) 11... Qa5
12. f4 b6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. f5 $44 {Dolmatov,S-Franzoni,G/Graz,
1978 (1-0)(25)}) 11. Ba3 Bd7 $6 $146 ({Repeatedly was checked in the previous
games:} 11... Qa5 {but,after:} 12. Qc1 {White save a very strong compensation
behind pawn:} (12. Qf3 $143 Bd7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qg3 Bc6 15. Bd6 O-O-O 16. c4
Rd7 17. Qxg7 Qd8 18. Bg3 f6 19. Qg4 Rxd4 20. Qxe6+ Bd7 21. Qf7 Be8 22. Qe6+ Bd7
23. Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Kovacs,L-Horvath,T/Valby,1983(23)}) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 Bc6 14.
Bb4 Qc7 15. Qa3 (15. f3 $5 Nd6 $6 (15... a5 $5) 16. Qa3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18.
Rfe1 Bd5 19. Re5 Qd7 (19... b6 $5) 20. Bd6 O-O-O $2 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Qxa7 Qc6
23. Rb6 Qxb6 24. Qxb6 Rd7 25. Qa7 {1-0 Vesselovsky,S-Privara,I/Tatranske Zruby,
2000(25)}) 15... b6 16. f3 a5 17. Be1 $1 Nd6 18. Bg3 Rd8 19. Rfc1 {[%cal Gc2c4]
} O-O 20. c4 $1 dxc4 21. Bxc4 $14 {Geller,E-Trifunovic,P/Zagreb,1955(1-0)(59)})
12. Qe1 $1 {[%csl Ye1][%cal Ye1a5] (><a5;/^e1-a5);/\f3,Qg3} Bc6 $6 ({Can it
was necessary to return a pawn:} 12... Qc7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bc6 15. Qg4
$36) 13. f3 Nf6 14. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Ga3,Gg3] The pressure of white becomes
stronger with everyone move.} Rg8 $6 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 14...
Nh5 $5 15. Qg4 g6 16. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge1e6]} Qd7 {[%csl Yd7]}) 15. Rab1 $1 {
The "heavy artillery" is entered in fight.} Qd7 16. Rb3 O-O-O {Differently,
king of black for ever remain at the centre.} 17. Rfb1 $40 {[%csl Rc8]} Qc7 18.
Qe1 {Q will be is translated on queen side.} Kb8 (18... Nd7 $143 19. Be7 Rde8
20. Qb4 {[%cal Ge7d6]}) (18... Rge8 $142 {(><e7);/\Nd7}) 19. Bc5 $16 {[%csl
Ra7][%cal Ge1b4,Gb4a3]} Nd7 20. Be7 $1 Rde8 21. Qb4 {/^a3-f8(><d6)} Rxe7 ({
Also leads to bad position:} 21... Ka8 {because of:} 22. Bd6 Qc8 (22... Qb6 $2
23. Qc3 Qd8 24. Ra3 {[%cal Ga3a7]} Nb8 25. Rxa7+ Kxa7 26. Qa3+ Na6 27. Bxa6 $18
{[%cal Gd6c5]} Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Kxa6 29. Qa3+) 23. Qa5 {[%cal Gb3a3,Ga5a7]} b6 (
23... a6 $143 24. Ra3 $18 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd3a6]}) 24. Qa3 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gb3c3]} (24. Qxa7+ $2 Kxa7 25. Ra3+ Ba4 $8 (25... Kb7 $4 26. Ba6+ Ka8 27. Bxc8+
Ba4 28. Rxa4#) 26. Rxa4+ Kb7 27. Ba6+ Kc6 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 $15)) 22. Qxe7 Nf6 $2 {
Decisive mistake.It was necessary:} (22... Qf4 23. Rxb7+ $140 $1 (23. Qb4 $5
$16) 23... Bxb7 24. Ba6 (24. Qxd7 $2 Qc7) 24... Kc8 (24... Qxd4+ 25. Kf1 $1 (
25. Kh1 $2 Kc8 26. Bxb7+ Kc7 27. Qxf7 Rb8 28. Qxe6 Qf6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb7]})
25... Kc8 26. Bxb7+ Kc7 27. Ba6 {see 24...Kc8}) 25. Bxb7+ Kc7 26. Ba6 {[%cal
Gb1b7]} Qxd4+ 27. Kf1 $1 (27. Kh1 $2 Rb8 {[%csl Rh1]}) 27... Rb8 28. Rxb8 Qd1+
(28... Kxb8 $4 29. Qd8#) 29. Kf2 Qxc2+ 30. Kg1 (30. Kg3 Qg6+) 30... Qc1+ 31.
Bf1 Qe3+ $1 (31... Kxb8 32. Qxd7 $16) 32. Kh1 Qc1 33. Rb7+ Kxb7 34. Qxd7+ $16)
23. Qb4 $18 Ka8 24. Rc3 {Further resistance is useless.At black there is no
satisfactory protection against numerous threats of white.} 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 ({Less popular is:} 9... d4 {See my comments to Svidler,
P-Al Modiahki,M/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(48)}) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12.
Kxd1 Bd7 13. Be3 O-O-O ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 13... f5 $5 {
For further annotations you can see my comments to Delchev,A-Ivanovic,B/
Subotica 2003/CBM 95(1-0)(37)}) 14. Ke1 $146 {[%cal Ye1f2,Gf2f3] The idea
behind this move is to prevent Black's pawns impulse by putting "f" pawn on f3,
bishop on e2 and transferring the king to f2.} ({Repeatedly were checked up in
previous games:} 14. Ke2 {You can see my annotations to Pavlovic,M-Bakalarz,M/
Plovdiv,2003/CBM 98(1-0)(41)}) 14... f5 15. Bd3 ({Leads to equal endgame:} 15.
Bxc6 $6 Bxc6 16. Bxa7 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bf3 (17... Be4 $6 18. Rxg7 Rhg8 19. Rxg8
Rxg8 20. Ke2 Rg2 21. Rd1 b5 22. Rd6 $14) 18. Rxg7 Rhg8 19. Rxg8 Rxg8 20. Kd2 e5
21. Ke3 Bc6 $11 {[%cal Gg8g2]}) 15... e5 16. f3 {[%cal Gf3e4]} f4 $1 {Very
responsible decision.Black weakens a square "e4",but getting a strong
counterplay in the center.} 17. Bf2 g6 {[%cal Yd7f5]} 18. Rd1 Bf5 19. Bxf5+ ({
Also leads to equality:} 19. Ke2 Bxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Kxd3 Rd8+ 22. Kc3 b5
$11) 19... gxf5 20. g3 Rhe8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. gxf4 exf4+ 23. Kd1 Re6 ({
It deserves more attention:} 23... Ne5 $5 24. Rf1 (24. Bxa7 Kc7 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Gb7b6]} 25. Bf2 Nxf3 26. h4 Kc6 27. Rh3 Ne5 28. Rc3+ Kd5 $11 {[%csl Ge5,
Gf4,Gf5]}) (24. Ke2 Ng4+ 25. Kf1 Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 fxe3 27. Rg1 f4 28. Rg4 Rf8 29.
Rg7 (29. Ke2 Rf7 $11) 29... Kc8 30. Rxh7 Rd8 31. Rh4 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rd2+ 33. Ke1
Rxc2 34. Rxf4 Rxh2 35. Re4 Rxb2 36. Rxe3 $11) 24... Nc4 (24... Nxf3 $2 25. Bxa7
Nxh2 26. Rxf4 Re5 (26... Ng4 27. Rxf5 $16) 27. Bd4 Rd5 28. Ke2 Ng4 29. c4 Rd7
30. Bb6+ Ke7 31. Rxf5 $16) 25. Bd4 Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 $11 {White can not
improve his position,so drawn game will be acceptable result to both of the
sides.}) 24. Rg1 Rd6+ ({Of course not:} 24... Ne5 $2 {in view of:} 25. Rg7 $1 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd8,Rh7]} Rh6 26. h4 Nxf3 27. Rxb7 $16) 25. Ke2 Re6+ 26. Kf1 (26. Kd2
$6 Ne5 27. Rg8+ Kd7 28. Rg7+ Kc6 29. Rxh7 Nxf3+ 30. Kd1 Ne5 $11) 26... Rg6 27.
Rg2 ({Looks more logical,but doesn't change the matter:} 27. h4 $5 {><g5} Ke7
$11 {[%csl Ye7][%cal Ye7e6,Ye6d5,Ye6f6,Ye6e5]}) 27... Kd7 28. Bc5 Rxg2 29. Kxg2
a6 30. Bb6 Kd6 31. Kf2 Kd5 32. Ke2 ({It was dubiously:} 32. Bc7 $2 Nd4 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Yd4e6,Gd4c2,Ye6f4]} 33. Bxf4 (33. c3 Ne6 {/\Kc4-b3}) 33... Nxc2
34. Bg5 $15) 32... Kc4 $11 {Black defended well and got an equal position.If
white will try to attack Pf4, he will lose Pf3 or one of his pawns on the
queen side.} 33. h3 Kb5 34. Bf2 Kc4 35. Kd2 b5 36. b3+ Kd5 37. Kd3 Ne5+ 38. Ke2
Nc6 39. Bb6 h5 40. Kd3 Ne5+ 41. Ke2 Nc6 {The game was drawn by mutual
agreement. Well played positional game of Bojan Kurzjica!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd4 Be7 13. Bd2 $5 {A new move.
Artyom Timofeev tried to develop his queenside before castling.} ({Previously
was played:} 13. O-O $5 O-O (13... Rb8 $6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rad1 Nc7 16. Ba5 Qc8
17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 $16 {Peng,X-Zhang,Z/Heibei (zt),2001(1-0)(39)}) 14. Rd1
f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd7 Qxd7 17. Rxd7 Rfd8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rd6 Nxc5 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Be3 {+/=/= Svidler,P-Malakhov,V/Sochi,2005(1/2-1/2)(87)}) 13...
O-O 14. Rd1 Nc7 (14... f5 $5 {deserves attention:} 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6
17. O-O $14) 15. Ba5 {White's plan is clear - to prevent Black's knight from
occupying the "d5" square.} Qb8 16. Bxc7 $5 (16. Nf6+ $143 Bxf6 17. exf6 Nd5
18. fxg7 Re8 19. O-O Qb5 $14) 16... Qxc7 17. O-O {+/=/+/- White is much better
here, thanks to the advantage of his knight over Black's bishop.} (17. Qxd7 $2
Qxe5 18. Qd4 Qh5 19. O-O Rfd8 20. Nd6 Bf6 $11) 17... Rab8 18. b3 (18. Qxd7 $6
Qxe5 19. Qxa7 Qxe4 20. Qxe7 Qc2 21. b4 Qxa2 (21... Rxb4 $4 22. Rd8 $18) 22. Rd4
$14) 18... Rb7 $146 {Zhang Pengxiang prepared a stronger idea in comparison to
his previous game.} ({With the rearrangement of moves we receive a position
from the Wang Hao-Zhang Pengxiang game, which continued as follows:} 18... a5
$5 19. Rfe1 Rb7 20. Rd3 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Red1 Qf4 23. Rf3 Qh6 24. Qc3 a4
25. b4 Rf7 26. a3 $16 {Wang Hao-Zhang Pengxiang/Tiayuan,2005/CBM 108 (0-1)
(Golod,V)(50)}) 19. Rd2 $6 ({Deserves serious attention:} 19. Rd3 $5 {with the
idea to reinforce the pressure on the "d" file and at the same time think
about an attack: 20.Nf6+}) 19... a5 20. f3 {A very strange move. It seems like
a "mouse slip": White wanted to play 20.f4, but something happened on the way.
To be serious, the only explanation that I found: White protect his knight in
order to take on "d7" in case of 20...Rb4.} (20. f4 $5) 20... f5 21. exf6 (21.
Nd6 $143 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 (22. exd6 $6 Qb8 $132 {[%cal Ga5a4,Yb7b4]}) (22. cxd6
Qb8 $132) 22... Qxd6 23. cxd6 Ra8 {+/=/=}) 21... gxf6 (21... Bxf6 $6 22. Qd6 a4
23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. b4 Rb7 25. a3 $16) 22. Qe3 $6 {Allows Black to get his queen
out.} ({Much better was:} 22. Nd6 $1 {in order to close the black queen on
queenside:} Rb4 23. Qe3 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rf7 25. Rfd1 {+/=/+/-}) 22... Qe5 {
[%csl Re3,Ge5][%cal Gf6f5]} 23. Qf2 $6 (23. f4 $2 {is refuted by:} Bxc5 $1 24.
Qxc5 Qxe4 25. Qxa5 Qe3+ 26. Rdf2 Ra7 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Rfa8 $11) (23. Re1
$142 $14 f5 $140 $6 24. f4 $1 Qg7 (24... Qxe4 $4 25. Qg3+) 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26.
Rxd6 a4 27. Qd2 $16) 23... f5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 {White continued to keep
an advantage thanks to the better pawn structure and pressure on the "d" file.}
f4 {A good move. Zhang Pengxiang planned to attack the "c5" pawn, after 26...
Rf5.} 26. Qd4 Qxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Rf5 $11 {After the exchange of queens, the arisen
endgame is equal. Both sides don't have any obvious weaknesses, so it will be
very hard to win this position by one of the GM's. Frankly speaking, in the
game with opponents who are not fighting players, the agreement for draw in
such position was only question of the time. But Artyom Timofeev fought to the
end.} 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. Rcc4 e5 30. Rd3 Ke7 31. a3 (31. Ra4 Rb5 $11) 31... Rg5
32. Kf2 Rh5 33. Re4 Rb5 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Rb8 {After the exchange of the
"a" pawns Black's rook will have more space for free movement.} 36. Rd2 {
/\Rde2 קe5} Rg8 37. Kf1 (37. Rde2 Kf6 38. Kg1 Rhg5 39. Rd2 R5g7 $11) 37...
Rgg5 {Black aimed to take the "Ph2".} 38. Kg1 Rg6 39. Re1 d5 $1 40. b5 (40.
cxd6+ Rxd6 41. Rde2 Ke6 42. g4 fxg3 43. hxg3 Rd4 $11) 40... Rg8 $6 (40... cxb5
$142 41. Rxd5 Rhg5 42. Re2 (42. Rexe5+ $143 Rxe5 43. Rxe5+ Kd7 $132 {[%csl Gb5,
Rc5][%cal Yd7c6,Yc6c5,Gb5b4,Gb4b3,Gb3b2,Gb2b1]}) 42... Rc6 43. Rexe5+ Rxe5 44.
Rxe5+ Kf6 45. Rh5 Kg6 46. Rd5 b4 47. Rd4 Rxc5 48. Rxb4 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50.
Kf1 Rc1+ 51. Ke2 Rc2+ $11) 41. bxc6 $6 {White did not use the discrepancy of
the opponent.} ({This gives some chances for a win:} 41. b6 $5 Ke6 (41... Rhg5
$143 42. Ra1 Ke6 43. Ra7 R5g7 44. Rb2 Rxa7 45. bxa7 Ra8 46. Rb7 {[%csl Ga7,Yb7]
}) 42. Ra1 d4 43. Ra7 Kd5 $14) 41... Ke6 42. Rb2 (42. c7 Rc8 43. Ra1 d4 44.
Ra6+ Kd7 $11) 42... Rc8 $11 43. Rb6 Rc7 44. g3 Rf5 45. Rb8 (45. g4 $6 Rff7 46.
Kf2 Rfe7 47. h4 d4 {/\Kd5 =/+}) (45. Kf2 $5) 45... fxg3 46. Re8+ Kf7 (46... Kf6
$5 47. Rf8+ (47. hxg3 $6 Rxc6 $15 {[%csl Rc5,Rf3]}) 47... Kg6 48. Rd8 $1 gxh2+
49. Kxh2 Rh5+ 50. Kg3 d4 51. Rd5 $11) 47. R8xe5 gxh2+ 48. Kxh2 Rxf3 49. Rxd5
Rxc6 50. Rd7+ Kf6 51. Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 $6 {In the last years strong chess players do not go on this
line,as he is considered very dangerous to them.} 10. a3 {Logical answer.By
protecting square "b4", White wants to proceed "c4".} ({Repeatedly were
checked up in previous games:} 10. Bd3 $5 {You can see my annotations to games:
Adams,M-Radjabov,T/Enghien les Bains,2003/CBM 96(1-0)(29) and Naiditsch,
A-Radjabov,T/Dortmund 2003/CBM 97(1-0)(48)}) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 ({Pretty
dubiously:} 11. Bd2 $6 {in view of:} Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Re3][%cal Gd5e3]}) 11...
Ba6 $2 {Very principle move,Black wants to exchange the white color bishops,
but it looks like he had to pay too much for it.} (11... Qb6 $142 12. Qd3 {/\c4
} f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Be2 $14 {Tatai,S-Todorovic,G/Budapest,
2003(0-1)(33)}) 12. b4 $1 $146 (12. Bd3 $143 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16. O-O Qd5 $11 {Arakhamia,K-Fakhiridou,E/Istanbul,2003(1/2-1/2)(51)
}) 12... Qb6 (12... Nxb4 $4 {is refuted by:} 13. cxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Kf2 $18) 13. c4
Nxb4 $5 {It looks like Black has no enough compensation for the sacrificed
piece,however he has no other choice at all.} ({Of course not:} 13... Nc7 $4
14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Na8 16. c5 $18 {[%csl Ga3,Ra8,Gb4,Gc5,Gd6]}) 14. axb4
Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 ({In my opinion,more accurate way to get a clear advantage was:} 
15. Bd2 $5 Qd4 ({Gives nothing:} 15... Qe3+ $2 16. Qe2 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Qc3 18.
Rxa6 Rb1+ 19. Kf2 Rb2 20. Qe3 Rxd2+ 21. Be2 $18) 16. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 17. Qe2 Qxf4 (
17... Qd4 18. Rd1 Qxf4 19. Bc5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gg2g3,Gf1g2] +/-/+-}) 18. g3
Qf5 19. Bd6 $18 {The best position for the bishop!}) 15... Bxc4+ 16. Kf3 Bd5 {
/^a8-h1; עf3} 17. Be3 Qd8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (17... Bc5 18. Bd3 $1 {/\Rb1} (18.
Bxc5 $143 Qxc5 $44 {/\Rb2}) 18... Bxe3 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Rxb8+ Qxb8 21. Kxe3 Qb6+
22. Ke2 O-O 23. Qa1 {/\Rb1 +/-}) 18. Bd3 {Possible was to accept another pawn
sacrifice,but White decided to develop his pieces first.} (18. Bxa7 $5 Rb7 19.
Bd3 $16) 18... a5 19. Kf2 {/\Ng5|^} Be7 20. Qc2 {/^a2-h7; קh7} O-O 21. Rhb1
$16 {Black has enough material compensation for the piece,but his position is
very difficult: Pa5 is weak,White has a full control over the dark squares.}
Bb4 22. g3 (22. Kg1 $5) 22... f5 23. Nc3 $6 ({More active solution was:} 23.
exf6 $1 gxf6 (23... g6 24. Bd4 $18) 24. Nc5 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4,Rb8,Rh7][%cal Gc5a6,
Gd3h7]} f5 25. Na6 Rb7 26. Ra4 c5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 28. Qxc5 $18 {Already only
two pawns behind knight and Pa5 is a weakness.}) 23... Qe7 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25.
Rc1 Qf7 26. Be2 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Ye2h5]} g5 $5 {Position of Black is very
difficult ,so he tries to create activity on the king side.} 27. Qd3 $1 {
Calm answer,declining a next sacrifice.} (27. fxg5 d6 28. exd6 Bxd6 {/\f4 +/-})
27... gxf4 28. Bxf4 Qg7 29. Rc7 {<->c} Rfd8 30. Qe3 Ra8 31. Bb5 {/^a4-e8; קd7}
Rab8 32. Ba4 Bf8 33. Bg5 Rdc8 (33... Be7 34. Bxe7 Qxe7 35. Kg1 $18) 34. Rac1
Rxc7 35. Rxc7 h6 36. Bxd7 $4 {Really strange move.White worked hard during the
whole game and got an almost winning position and then he threw it in one move.
The most logical and the right answer was:} (36. Bf4 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Rb1+ 38. Kg2
Rb2+ 39. Rc2 Rb4 40. Ra2 Rc4 {/\Bc5} 41. Bb5 Bc5 42. Qd2 ({Also good enough is:
} 42. Qf3 Rb4 43. Rxa5 $18) 42... Bb4 43. Qf2 Bc5 (43... Rc5 44. Be2 {/\Be3-d4
+-}) 44. Qf1 Rc3 45. Rxa5 $18 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Ga5a8,Ga8d8]}) 36... Qxg5 37.
Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Qxg5 hxg5 39. Bxd5 ({After:} 39. Bxd5 {Teimour Radjabov is
agreed for draw, because of next variant:} Rb5 40. Rd7 Bc5+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42.
Kd3 Rxh2 $11) (39. Bxf5 $5 Re8 40. e6 a4 $132 {[%csl Ga4,Yf8][%cal Ga4a3]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $5 (8... Qc7 $5 {Is the main line.See comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/
Goteborg 1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(37) Besides:8...Qa5;8...f5;8...Qh4;8...Ba6;
8...Be7;8...Qb6;8...c5 and 8...h6-was checked in the previous games.}) 9. c4 $5
{[%mdl 4]} ({In my opinion slightly worse is:} 9. Be2 {See comments to Anand,
V-Leko,P/Dortmund,1999/CBM 72 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)}) 9... Nb4 {It's best
move.} ({Weakly:} 9... Bb4+ {in view of:} 10. Bd2 Qh4 11. Bd3 $1 (11. Qf3 $143
{[%csl Rb7,Re8][%cal Ge4d6]} f5 12. exf6 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O $1 (13... Nxf6 $2
14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nxb7 Rhb8 16. Qa3+ $18) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ng3 (15. Qg3 $2 Qh6+
$15) 15... Rxf6 $44) 11... Ba6 ({loses right away:} 11... Ne3 $2 12. Qf3 Bxd2+
13. Kxd2 Nf5 14. g4 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Re8][%cal Ge4d6]}) 12. g3 $1 (12. Bxb4 $2
Nxb4 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Be4 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga2a3]} Qf4 15. a3 Qxe5 16. axb4
Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxe4+ 18. Ne3 Qxb4+ 19. Qd2 $11) 12... Bxd2+ (12... Qd8 $2 13.
Be2 $18) 13. Qxd2 Qh5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxe5 16. O-O cxd5 17. Nc3 {+/-/+-}
) ({Quite badly:} 9... Qh4 {because of:} 10. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rh4][%cal Ge4d6,
Gg2g3]}) 10. Bd2 $146 ({After logiccaly move:} 10. c5 $5 {interestingly:} Qh4 (
10... Qb8 $6 11. f4 Ba6 12. a3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nd5 14. Qd4 Be7 15. f5 exf5 16.
Rxf5 O-O 17. Bd2 $14 {Topalov,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Cala Galdana,1999 (1-0)(22)}
) 11. g4 $140 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gc1g5]} (11. Bd3 $5) 11... Be7 $5 $13 (11... h5
$2 12. Qb3 $1 a5 13. a3 Qxg4 14. f3 $18)) 10... c5 {After this move black has
a normal game.} ({Also can be recommended:} 10... Qh4 $5 11. g4 (11. Nc3 $2 Bc5
) (11. Ng3 $5 d5 $13) 11... h5 $13) 11. Bxb4 ({Dubious:} 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6
Qf6 13. Bc3 (13. a3 $143 Nc6 14. Bc3 Nd4 $15) 13... Qg6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb4c2]
} 14. Bxb4 cxb4 {with better position of black.}) 11... Bxe4 ({Senselessly:} 
11... cxb4 $2 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 {and white has a positional advantage.})
12. Bc3 Qc7 $5 {/\Qc6;/^a8-h1} ({Another options is:} 12... Qg5) 13. Qg4 $5 {
This move a little better,than:} (13. f3 Bb7 (13... Bg6 $143 14. Bd3 {+/=/=})
14. Bd3 d5 $11) 13... Qc6 $140 14. f3 ({It deserves attention:} 14. Rd1 {
[%csl Yd1][%cal Yd1d6]}) 14... Bf5 15. Qf4 ({Probably,better is:} 15. Qg3 $5 {
[%csl Gg3,Rg7]}) 15... d6 {Make made the game approximately equal.} 16. Rd1
dxe5 (16... Rd8 $143 17. Be2 $36 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8]}) 17. Qxe5 ({Also leads to
equal position:} 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. O-O Bc7 23. Qg4 O-O {and so on.}) 17... f6 18. Qe3 Be7 19. Bd3 Bxd3
20. Rxd3 Kf7 $1 {[%cal Gh8d8]} ({Black lose at tempo after:} 20... O-O 21. O-O
Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd8 {[%cal Gg8f7]}) 21. Kf2 Rad8 22. Rhd1 Rxd3 23.
Rxd3 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Gb8] <->b;/\a5-a4 or Qa4(קa2).} ({Very badly:} 23... Rd8 $2
{in view of:} 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qd3 {[%csl Rd8,Rh7]}) 24. f4 $6 {It's a little
positional mistake.} ({It is necessary:} 24. b3 {[%csl Ya2,Yb3,Yc4]}) 24... Qa4
$6 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4]} (24... a5 $142 {[%csl Rb2,Gb8][%cal Ga5a4]}) 25. Qe4 $8
Qc2+ ({Very perilously:} 25... Qxa2 {because of:} 26. Rd7 $36) 26. Kf3 {
[%cal Gd3d7]} f5 $5 {Now black has a eternal weakness-pawn "e6",but
differently after:} (26... Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxe4+ 28. Kxe4 Bxd8 {white has a small
advantage in the B endgame.}) 27. Qe2 ({Another alternative is:} 27. Qe3 Rd8 (
27... Qa4 $2 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4]} 28. Qe5 Rg8 29. Qc7 $1 Qxc4 30. Rd7 Re8 31. Qe5
$40) 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 $11 29. Qxc5 $140 $4 Bb6 $19 {[%csl Gb6,Gc2,Rf3][%cal Gc2f2]
}) 27... Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Rb7 $11 {[%csl Yb7][%cal Yb7d7] _|_} 29. Kd2 (29. b3
$142 $5) 29... g5 30. g3 ({A little worse is:} 30. Ke3 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Bf6 {
=/=/+}) 30... h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 31. Be5 $6 ({From my point of view much better
is:} 31. b3) 31... gxf4 32. gxf4 Bf6 33. Kc3 $6 ({Again better is:} 33. b3 $11)
33... Bxe5+ 34. fxe5 Kg6 {/\f4 and Kf5(קe5)} 35. Rd6 Re7 36. Kd3 Kg5 {[%cal
Gg5f4]} 37. Ke3 $6 {Regular inaccuracy!} (37. Rc6 $142 Kf4 38. Rxc5 Rg7 $132 {
[%cal Gg7g2]}) 37... f4+ 38. Ke4 Rf7 39. Rxe6 $4 {Probably it's zeitnot
blunder.} ({It is necessary:} 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Rc6 Rd7 $1 (40... Kxe5 41. Rxc5+
Kd4 42. Rb5 $1 (42. Rxh5 $2 e5 $17 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4][%cal Ge5e4]}) 42... Kxc4
$140 (42... e5 $2 43. Rd5+ Kxc4 44. Rxe5 $16) 43. Re5 $11) 41. Rd6 $140 Rb7 (
41... Rxd6 $4 42. exd6 Kf6 43. Kxf4 e5+ 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. d7 Kxd7 46. Kxe5 $18)
42. b3 Kxe5 43. Rc6 Kf5 44. Rxc5+ e5 $15) 39... f3 $19 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Gf3f2,
Gf2f1]} (39... f3 40. Rf6 (40. h4+ Kxh4) (40. Rd6 f2 41. Rd1 f1=Q 42. Rxf1 Rxf1
$19) 40... Rxf6 41. exf6 f2 42. f7 f1=Q $19 {[%csl Yf1]}) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b3 c5 18. Be2 $5 {Comments to this part of the
game,also to 18.Kg3 and:} (18. Rd1 $5 {You can find in annotations to Zubarev,
A-Eljanov,P/Kharkov,2001/CBM 83(1-0)(Golod,V)(55)}) 18... Kf7 ({Also once were
checked in the preceding games:} 18... Rc8 19. Rhd1 Rc7 20. Ke3 $14 {You can
see comments to Shirov,A-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj,1998/CBM 67(1-0)(Shirov,A)
(56)}) ({and} 18... Nc6 19. Kg3 Nd4 20. Bh5+ g6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Rhd1 Qxd6 23.
exd6 Nxf3 24. gxf3 $14 {Kovalev,A-Rogovskoy,A/Pardubice,2002(1-0)(43)}) 19. Ke3
$5 $146 {[%cal Ye2f3] White wants immediately to make active the bishop.} ({
The game,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 19. Rhd1
Rhd8 20. Ke3 Bb7 21. Bh5+ Kf8 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rac8 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rd6
Rc6 $11 {Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V/Frankfurt,2000(1/2-1/2)(40)}) (19. Qxd7 $6 Rhd8 20.
Qa4 Bb7+ {[%csl Rf3,Rg2]} 21. Kg3 Rd2 $44) 19... Bb7 20. Bf3 {For White it is
certainly favourable to exchange these bishops.} Bxf3 21. gxf3 $5 {[%csl Ye5,
Yf3,Yf4] <->g; [+] Position of White more preferably at the expense of the
best pawn chain.} ({Also good enough:} 21. Kxf3 Rhd8 (21... Qxd6 $143 22. exd6
Nc8 23. Rhd1 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7,Gf2][%cal Gf2d3]}) 22. Rad1 $14) 21... Rhd8 (21...
Qxd6 $6 22. exd6 {[%cal Gf2d3,Gd3e5]} Nc8 23. Rhd1 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7][%cal Gf2d3]
with the idea: Rd2 and Nd3.}) 22. Rhg1 Nc8 ({Leads to favourable
simplifications for White:} 22... Qxd6 23. exd6 Nc8 24. Rad1 {[%csl Rc5,Rg7]
[%cal Gf2d3]} g6 25. Rg2 $1 {[%cal Gg2d2]} Rb8 26. Nd3 Nxd6 27. Nxc5 Ke7 28.
Rgd2 Rb6 29. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5,Gc4c5]} Nf7 30. Ne5 $14) 23. Qd2 {+/=/=} (23.
Qxb6 $143 axb6 {/\d6 or d5 with easy equality.}) 23... d5 $1 {Black have
calculated precisely all consequences of this move.} 24. exd6 Nxd6 (24... Qxd6
$6 25. Qxd6 Nxd6 26. Nd3 Rac8 27. Ne5+ Kf6 28. Rad1 $14) 25. Qc3 (25. Nd3 $143
Kg8 26. Qc3 Rd7 27. Ne5 Rb7 28. Rad1 a5 $132 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 25... Ne8 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd8d4]} 26. Rad1 {White prevent a following strong move: Rd4.}
a5 27. Rxd8 $1 {The exchange of RR for the benefit of White,because their K is
located at the centre.} Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 Qb4 $1 ({A little
prematurely:} 29... a4 {in view of:} 30. bxa4 Nd6 $140 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4][%cal
Gb6a6]} 31. Ke2 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4][%cal Yd1b2,Yb2a4,Yb2c4]} (31. a5 $2 Qxa5 $1 $17
{[%csl Re3][%cal Gd6c4]}) 31... Qd8 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd8h4]} 32. a5 $14 {
[%csl Ga5]}) 30. Kd2 ({After:} 30. Qxb4 $2 axb4 {Black has a obvious advantage
in endgame:} 31. Nf2 Nf6 32. Nd3 Nd7 $15 {[%cal Gf7f6,Gg7g5]}) 30... Nf6 ({
Can be recommended:} 30... h6 $5 {/\g5}) 31. Nf2 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Yf2d3,Gd3b4]}
Qa3 32. Qc2 Nd7 $6 {Besides Black has two main alternatives:} (32... a4 $6 33.
Nd3 axb3 34. Qxb3 $1 (34. axb3 $143 Nd7 $11) 34... Qxb3 (34... Qa7 $2 35. a4
Qc7 36. Qb5 {[%csl Ga4,Rc5][%cal Ga4a5]}) 35. axb3 Nd7 36. Kc3 Ke7 37. b4 $14)
({and} 32... Qb4+ $5 33. Qc3 $140 (33. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Gf2d3]} Nd7 34. Nd3 Qb8
35. Qc3 Qc7 $11) 33... Qa3 34. Qc2 Qb4+ $11) 33. Nd3 {[%csl Ra3]} Ke7 34. Ke3
a4 $4 {Absolutely unjustified sacrifice of the pawn.} ({It was necessary:} 
34... Kf6 $5 {and it is not clear,as White can use a unsuccessful position of
the Black's queen on "a3".}) 35. bxa4 $16 Kd6 36. Qb3 $1 {After exchange of
the queens White receive a absolutely won NN endgame.} Qxb3 37. axb3 Nb8 38.
Ne5 {[%csl Rb8,Ge5]} Na6 39. Kd2 $18 {White has a absolutely winning position,
but for realization of material advantage is required the certain time.} Nb4
40. Kc3 Na2+ 41. Kd2 {Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} Nb4 42.
a5 {/\Nd3,Kc3 and b4} Na6 (42... Kc7 $143 43. Nd3 {[%csl Rb4,Rc5]} Na6 $8 (
43... Kc6 $2 44. Nxb4+ cxb4 45. Kd3 Kc5 46. Ke3 {[%cal Ge3d4]} h6 47. h4 g6 48.
Kd3 h5 49. Ke3 $22 $18 {[%cal Ge3d4]}) 44. Kc3 $18 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 43. Kc3 Kc7
44. Nd3 g6 45. b4 $18 {[%cal Gb4b5] The rest is the matter of technics.} cxb4+
$8 46. Nxb4 Nc5 47. Nd3 Nb7 (47... Na6 $144 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. c5+ {[%cal Gd4e5,
Gd4c4]}) 48. Kb4 {[%cal Ga5a6]} Nd6 49. Nc5 $1 {[%csl Re6]} e5 50. fxe5 Nf7 51.
f4 Nd8 52. Kb5 Nc6 53. Ne6+ Kd7 54. Kb6 Nb4 (54... Kxe6 55. Kxc6 g5 56. a6 gxf4
57. a7 {[%cal Ga7a8]}) 55. Nc5+ {[%csl Ga5,Ge5]} 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 $5 (11... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc4] See
comments to Yagupov,I-Malakhatko,V/St.Petersburg, 1999/CBM 74 (0-1)(Golod,V)
(67)}) 12. exf6 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Also it deserves attention:} 12. Nf2 Ba6 13.
Kf3 Ne7 14. Qa4 $5 {You can see comments to De Firmian,N-Shabalov,A/Seattle,
2000/CBM 80 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(40)} (14. Be3 $5 {See comments to Zubarev,
A-Eljanov,P/Kharkov,2001/CBM 83(1-0)(Golod,V)(55)})) 12... Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 ({
Also was checked repeatedly in the previous games:} 13... Qa5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6
15. Kf2 (15. a3 $5 Be7 16. Kf2 O-O 17. b4 Qd8 18. c5 $14 {Timofeev,A-Nikolaev,
N/St.Petersburg,2001 (1-0)(38)}) 15... O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. Qe2 $5 {See
comments to Rublevsky,S-Rogozenko,D/Azov,1991/CBM 25(1-0)(Blatny,P)(36)} (17.
Qc2 $143 Bf8 18. c5 Ba6 $11 {Wiersma,E-Timoshenko,G/Groningen,1999 (1/2-1/2)
(25)}) (17. h4 $143 {[%cal Gh1h3]} Bc5 18. Rh3 Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Qc5 20. Qe2 Qd4
21. g3 Rb8 $132 {Sutovsky,E-Birnboim,N/Tel Aviv,1993(1-0)(35)})) 14. Nd6+ ({
Leads to equal position:} 14. Nxf6+ $6 Qxf6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 $5 (15... Be7 16. Rd1
Qf7 17. Kf2 c5 18. Qe5 O-O 19. Be2 d6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 $44 {Faure,
J-Domont,A/Geneve,1988(0-1)(34)}) 16. Bxd4 O-O 17. a3 Be7 18. Ke3 (18. g3 $5)
18... c5 19. Be5 d6 20. Bc3 e5 $1 $36 {Horvath,A-Czebe,A/Budapest,1996(0-1) 
(45)}) 14... Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7 $146 ({Probably,a little bit better:} 15... Qe7
16. Qxe7+ (16. Bc5 $5 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne4 18. Ba3 d5 19. Ke3 a5 20. Rc1 Kd7 21.
f5 Kc7 22. Be2 Nd6 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Rhd1 Rhe8+ 26. Kf2 Ne4+ 27.
Kg1 $14 {Martin Gonzalez,A-Li Zunian/Biel,1985(1/2-1/2) (54)}) 16... Kxe7 17.
g3 a5 18. Bg2 Ba6 19. Rhc1 Rhb8 20. Bd4 {+/=/= Lau,R-Thiel,T/Dortmund,1992(1/
2-1/2) (57)}) 16. Kd1 {[%cal Gf1e2] It is necessary to finish development.} Qe7
17. Qxe7+ ({Senselessly:} 17. Qc7 $6 {in view of:} d6 {[%csl Ye7]} 18. Qxe7+
Kxe7 $11) 17... Kxe7 18. Be2 $14 {Now white has a big positional advantage in
the middlegame( two bishops and better pawn chain).} ({Much worse is:} 18. Bd3
Ng4 19. Bd4 Rhf8 $36 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf8f4,Gf4d4]}) 18... a5 ({Can be
recommended:} 18... Rhf8 $5 {[%csl Rf4]}) 19. Kc2 d5 20. b3 Rhc8 ({Is a
possible continuation of the play:} 20... a4 $5) 21. Bf3 c5 22. Rhe1 a4 23. g4
$1 {[%csl Rd5,Yf6][%cal Gg4g5,Yf6d5] By game on the king side white loosen
pawns centre of the black.} Kd6 24. f5 axb3+ $6 {[%mdl 16384]} ({Better at
first:} 24... exf5 $5 25. gxf5 ({Now for black is not terrible the
intermediate move:} 25. Bf4+ Kd7 26. gxf5 Rd8 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Yd7c8,Yc8b7] +/
=/=}) 25... axb3+ 26. axb3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 $14) 25. axb3 Rxa1 ({It deserves
attention:} 25... exf5 26. Bf4+ Kd7 27. gxf5 $14) 26. Rxa1 exf5 $6 ({In my
opinion,the best protective resource:} 26... e5 $5 27. g5 $140 Ne8 28. cxd5 Nc7
$14 {[%csl Gb7,Gc7,Yd5]}) 27. Bf4+ Ke6 ({Nor decides of all problems:} 27...
Kc6 28. gxf5 Rd8 29. Re1 {[%csl Rc6,Ge1,Gf3,Gf4]}) 28. g5 $1 Ne4 29. Ra7 {
[%cal Ra7h7]} Bc6 30. Rxg7 dxc4 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Again positional mistake.} (
30... Ra8 $142 31. Bxe4 (31. Kb2 $143 {[%csl Yb2][%cal Yb2a2]} dxc4 32. bxc4
Ra4 33. Bxe4 (33. Rxh7 $2 Rb4+ 34. Kc1 (34. Ka3 Ra4+) 34... Rxc4+ 35. Kb2 (35.
Kd1 $4 Nc3+ $19 {[%csl Rf3]}) 35... Rb4+ $11) 33... Bxe4 34. Kb3 Rb4+ 35. Kc3
Rb7 $14) 31... fxe4 32. Rxh7 Kf5 33. Rf7+ Kg4 34. Rf6 Bb7 $16 (34... d4 $140 $2
35. h3+ Kxh3 36. Rxc6 $18)) 31. bxc4 Rd8 ({Senselessly:} 31... Ba4+ {in view
of:} 32. Kb2) 32. Rxh7 $16 Nf6 $2 {After this mistake white receive the
absolutely won position.} ({More stubborn resistance after:} 32... Rd4 33. Rh6+
(33. g6 $2 Rxc4+ 34. Kb2 Rb4+ 35. Kc1 Rc4+ 36. Kb2 (36. Kd1 $4 Nc3+ {[%csl Rf3]
} 37. Kd2 Bxf3 38. g7 Ne4+ 39. Ke1 (39. Ke3 Rc3#) 39... Kf7 $19) 36... Rb4+ $11
) 33... Kd7 {[%cal Yd7c6]} 34. Bxe4 (34. Be5 $2 Rxc4+ 35. Kd3 Bb5 {[%csl Rd3,
Rg5]}) 34... Bxe4+ 35. Kc3 Rd3+ 36. Kb2 Rf3 37. Be5 $16) 33. Rh6 $1 {It the
best decision!} Bxf3 34. Rxf6+ Ke7 35. Be3 $1 {[%csl Rc5]} Be4+ 36. Kb2 Rc8 37.
Kc3 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6]} Rc6 ({Does not rescue:} 37... Rh8 38. Bxc5+ Kd7
39. Bd6 $18 {[%cal Yd6h2]}) 38. Rxc6 Bxc6 39. Bxc5+ Ke6 40. Bf2 $18 {The rest
is the matter of technics.} f4 41. Kd4 Bg2 42. h4 {[%csl Gc4,Gg5,Gh4]} Bf3 43.
c5 Kf5 (43... Bg2 $144 44. h5) (43... Bh5 $144 44. Ke4 f3 45. c6 Be8 (45... Kd6
46. Kf5 Kxc6 47. g6 Kd7 (47... Kd5 48. Kf6 {[%cal Gg6g7]} Bg4 49. h5 $1 {
[%cal Gh5h6]} Bxh5 $8 50. g7) 48. Kg5 {[%csl Rh5]} Bxg6 49. Kxg6) 46. c7 Kd7
47. Kf5 Kxc7 48. g6 Bb5 (48... Kd7 49. Kf6 {[%cal Gg6g7,Gg7g8]}) 49. h5 Kd6 50.
h6 {[%cal Gh6h7]}) 44. Kc4 {[%cal Gc5c6,Yc4b5]} Bc6 {[%csl Yc6]} 45. Kb4 {
[%cal Gb4a5,Ga5b6]} Be8 46. Ka5 Ke6 47. Kb6 Kd5 48. Bg1 (48. Bg1 $22 f3 49. Bf2
{[%csl Yd5,Ye8][%cal Ye8c6,Ye8h5,Yd5c6]}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Wippermann, Till"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Kirchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Qd5 13. Nf4 $5 {It's one
of numerous opportunities in this position.} Qd6 $140 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 h6
16. Qh4 $5 {A very rare move, and was only seen once in another game. The main
continuation was 16.Re1 and only after 17.Qh4 and white's idea consists of
saving a tempo on the rook move, and start regrouping immediately.} Bd7 $146 (
16... Re8 $5 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Re6 {/\ Rae8 <->e} 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Re1 Qg4
21. Qxg4 Bxg4 22. f4 g6 23. b4 $14 {Vehi Bach,V-San Segundo Carrillo,P/San
Sebastian,1995(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 17. Bf4 $14 {White enjoys the bishop pair and d4
pawn is potentially weak, but Black has enough space for pieces.} Qd5 $6 {
Not a very good spot for the queen, there it can become a target for white's
pieces.} (17... Qe7 18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Rad1 $14) 18. Rad1 {
[%csl Gd1,Rd5,Rd7][%cal Gd1d7]} f5 $2 {Black weakens his kingside without any
good reason, thus quickly turns out in a tough position.} ({This is better:} 
18... Bf5 $5 19. Qh5 Be4 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 $14 {with good chances
for a draw.}) 19. c4 $1 $16 Qf7 (19... dxc3 $2 {would have lost the game
immediately in view of:} 20. Bd6 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf8,Rg8][%cal Gd6f8,Gd3c4]}) 20.
Qg3 Qf6 21. b4 {Zoltan Almasi gains space on the queenside. He has a very big
positional advantage.} Kh8 22. h4 {This prevents 22...g5.} Rfe8 23. Rfe1 {<->e}
Be6 (23... Rxe1+ {was hardly better:} 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. b5 Na5
27. Be5 $18) 24. b5 Na5 25. Be5 $18 {White has broken through the defense of
the contender.} Qf7 26. Bxd4 Bxc4 (26... Nxc4 $2 27. Rxe6 {[%csl Gd4,Gg3,Rg7]}
Rxe6 28. Bxc4 {and so on.}) 27. Bxf5 $1 {>< Pg7} Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nb3 29. Bb2 {
White develops a strong attack, all his pieces are located ideally for it.} Rf8
30. Bg6 Qd5 (30... Qg8 $144 31. Qe3 $1 {with mate in 8 moves.}) 31. Bxg7+ $1 {
[%csl Rd5,Gg3,Rh8][%cal Ch8g7,Gg6e4]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO (Women)"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Xu, Yuhua"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 {Nowadays
this move is not actual.} (6... Bb4 $5 {See comments to Bosch,J-Janssen,R/Wijk
aan Zee,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (37)}) (6... d6 $5 {See comments to
Solovjov,S-Beshukov,S/Moscow,1999/CBM 70(1-0)(Golod,V)(43)}) 7. Bf4 $5 ({
Pretty dubious:} 7. Be3 {in view of:} Bxe3 8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. fxe3 Qc7 10. Ndb5 (
10. Ncb5 Qb6) 10... Qe5 11. Qd2 a6 12. Nd4 b5 13. O-O-O Bb7 $15 {Wells,P-Hall,
J/Germany,1999(0-1)(34)}) ({It deserves attention:} 7. Nd6+) 7... O-O ({Badly:
} 7... e5 {because of:} 8. Be3 $1 d6 (8... Bxe3 $143 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10. fxe3 Ne8
11. Nxe8 Kxe8 12. Bc4 {+/=/+/- Groszpeter,A-Orso,M/Berlin,1996(1-0) (21)}) 9.
Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. Nd6 $14 {
Suetin,A-Osnos,V/Leningrad,1963(1-0)(41)}) 8. e5 $5 ({Also was checked in the
previous games:} 8. Bc7) (8. Bd6) ({and} 8. Be2) 8... Ne8 $146 ({Probably a
little better is:} 8... a6 $5 9. Nd6 (9. exf6 $6 Qxf6 {[%csl Rb5,Rf4]}) 9...
Ne8 10. Nce4 Nxd6 11. exd6 Ba7 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bd3 f5 $1 $13 {Roser,K-Janssen,R/
Glenalmond,1996(0-1) (35)}) 9. Ne4 Be7 {Control over point d6.} 10. Bd3 ({
Is a possible continuations of the play:} 10. c3 $5) ({and} 10. Ned6) 10... a6
({More safely:} 10... f6 $5) 11. Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 512] Very dubious sacrifice.} ({
It is necessary:} 11. Nbd6 $11) 11... g6 $6 ({In my opinion much better is:} 
11... axb5 12. Nf6+ (12. Ng5 $143 h6) 12... Nxf6 13. exf6 Bb4+ $1 {(maybe
black didn't see this move!)} (13... g6 $2 14. fxe7 Qxe7 (14... Qa5+ 15. Bd2
Re8 16. Bxa5 gxh5 17. Bc7 $14) (14... gxh5 15. exd8=Q Rxd8 16. Bxb5 $14) 15.
Qxb5 {+/=/=}) 14. c3 g6 15. Qh6 Qxf6 16. cxb4 Nxb4 $17) 12. Qh6 axb5 13. h4 {
[%csl Gh1,Rh7][%cal Ge4g5][%mdl 128]} f5 ({Senselessly:} 13... f6 $2 {in view
of:} 14. h5 $40) 14. h5 g5 ({After:} 14... fxe4 $5 15. hxg6 Bb4+ 16. c3 Qe7 17.
Bxe4 {white has a compensation behind two pieces.}) 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qa5+
({Another possibilities is:} 16... Qc7 17. f4 $13 (17. Bf4 $5)) 17. Bd2 b4 18.
f4 Rf7 $6 ({It deserves attention:} 18... Qd5 $5 {[%csl Ra2,Rg2][%cal Gd5g2,
Ga8a2,Gd5a2]}) 19. g4 Ne7 ({Badly right away:} 19... fxg4 $2 {in view of:} 20.
Rg1 Rg7 (20... Nxe5 $142 21. fxe5 Qxe5+ 22. Be3 g3 23. Kd2 $36 {[%csl Ga1,Gg1,
Rg8]}) 21. Rxg4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh6h7]} Rxg4 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Bg6 {
[%cal Gh7f7]} Rg1+ (23... Nd8 $4 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxe8#) 24. Kf2 Rxg6 25. hxg6
Qc5+ (25... Nd8 26. Rh1 $18 {/\27.Qh8+ and 29.Rh7+}) 26. Be3 Qxc2+ 27. Kg1 Qf5
(27... Nd8 28. g7+ {[%csl Rc2]}) 28. Bc5+ $1 d6 29. Bxd6+ Nxd6 30. g7+ $18) 20.
Rg1 Rg7 (20... Ng7 $2 21. g5 $40 {[%cal Gg5g6]}) 21. Ke2 Kh8 $2 {After this
mistake white gets a very strong attack.} ({Can be recommended:} 21... fxg4 $1
22. Bxh7+ (22. Rxg4 $2 Rxg4 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Bg6 Qb5+ 25. Kf2 Ng7 26. Qh8+ Ng8
27. Bd3 Qc5+ 28. Kf3 Qd5+ $1 29. Kxg4 $140 $2 (29. Be4 $142 Qxd2 30. Kxg4 Qe2+
31. Bf3 Qxc2 32. Rg1 Rxa2 $19) 29... Qg2+ 30. Kh4 Nf5+ 31. Bxf5 exf5 $19 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg2g4]}) 22... Rxh7 23. Rxg4+ Ng7 (23... Rg7 $143 24. Rxg7+
Nxg7 25. Qg5 $13 {[%cal Gh5h6]}) 24. Qf6 Nd5 25. Qg6 Qb5+ 26. Ke1 {[%cal Gh5h6]
} d6 {=/+/-/+}) 22. gxf5 Nxf5 ({Slightly better is:} 22... Ng8 {,but after:}
23. Rxg7 $1 (23. Qxg7+ $2 Nxg7 24. f6 Nxf6 25. exf6 Qxh5+ $19) 23... Nxh6 $140
(23... Nxg7 24. Qg5 $18 {[%cal Ga1g1]}) 24. Re7 {white has a decisive attack
in the next variations:} Nd6 (24... Nxf5 $143 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26. Rg1+ Kh6 27.
Rf8 $18 {[%csl Rh6] with the manifold threats}) (24... Qd8 $143 25. f6 {
[%cal Ge7h7]} Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Rg1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf6f7]} Nxf6 (27...
Rxa2 28. f7 $1 Nc7 29. e6 $1 Rxb2 (29... dxe6 30. Bxb4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gb4c3]}
e5 31. Bc3 Ra5 32. Rxe5 $18) 30. exd7 Qxe7+ 31. Be3 Rxc2+ (31... Bxd7 32. Rg8#)
(31... Qxf7 32. d8=Q+ Ne8 33. Bd4+) 32. Kf1 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg1g8,Ge3d4,
Gd7c8] picture position!}) 28. exf6 Ra6 29. Rgg7 Re6+ (29... Rxf6 30. Rxh7+ Kg8
31. Reg7+ Kf8 32. Bxb4+ d6 33. Rh8+ Kxg7 34. Rxd8 {[%csl Rc8,Rf6,Rg7][%cal
Gb4c3]} Rf8 35. h6+ Kf7 36. Rxd6 $18) 30. Be3 Rxe3+ (30... Rxe7 31. fxe7 Qe8
32. h6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge3d4]}) 31. Kxe3 Qb6+ 32. Kf3 Qxf6 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. h6 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge7g7,Gh7h8]} Qc6+ 35. Kf2 Qxc2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kh4 $18) 25.
f6 {[%csl Rh8]} Kg8 26. a3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Gd2]}) 23. Rxg7 Nxh6 ({Much worse
is:} 23... Nexg7 24. Qf6 $18 {[%cal Gh5h6]}) 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26.
Rxh6 Ke7 $6 ({Most probably more stubborn resistance after:} 26... d6 27. Rh8+
Ke7 28. a3 $1 $16) 27. Rh8 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gh5h6,Gh6h7] Now white's pawn
h5-future white's queen.} (27. Rh7+ $2 Kd8) 27... d6 28. h6 Bd7 29. h7 $18 dxe5
30. Rhg8 e4 {[%csl Re2,Rh7][%cal Ga5h5]} 31. h8=Q exd3+ 32. cxd3 Qc5 33. Qh6
Qf5 34. R1g5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gd2b4] After this move black resigns,because of
next variant:} (34. R1g5 Qf7 35. Bxb4+ Kd8 36. Rf8 {[%csl Rf7]}) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Qb8 {Very rare move.} ({I also analysed other
alternatives in this position:} 10... Qh4 $6) ({and} 10... Ba6 $5) 11. f4 $5 ({
On:} 11. Nd6+ $5 {I have found three games in my database.}) 11... Ba6 $140 12.
a3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nd5 14. Qd4 Be7 ({Also once was checked in the preceding game:
} 14... Qd8 $5 {/\Qh4+}) 15. f5 {Probably Daniel Stellwagen was studying my
comments to the below mentioned game:} (15. Bd2 $6 O-O 16. O-O-O f6 $1 $15 {
Najer,E-Yakovich,Y/Sochi,2005/CBM 107(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(59)}) 15... exf5 16.
Rxf5 O-O {Black finished development and ready to open the game by "f6".} 17.
Bd2 {White wants to castle queenside. Black governs the open "b"-file, and
could immediately start counterplay. Besides, the knight on "d5" is very
strong.} ({This deserves more attention:} 17. Bg5 $5) 17... f6 {The center
must be opened, Black doesn't have any other respective alternative.} 18. O-O-O
{Yet there was time to move the king to queenside.} Qb3 $5 $146 {Black doesn't
hurry to recapture on "e5" and first activates his queen.} (18... fxe5 19. Rxe5
Qb3 $2 (19... Bf6 $5 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Bg5 Rf7 22. Rde1 Qf8 {and Black has a
good defense.}) 20. Bg5 $14 Rae8 21. Bxe7 Ne3 $4 22. Nf6+ {[%csl Re3][%cal
Ge5e3] 1-0 Topalov,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Cala Galdana,1999}) 19. exf6 {It's
hard for me to suggest another move :)} ({For example:} 19. Re1 Rae8 20. exf6
Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {and Black is OK.}) 19... Bxf6 {Of course Black keeps his
pride and joy - his knight.} 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {Exchanging a pair of rooks favors
Black.} 21. Rxf6 Nxf6 22. Re1 Qf7 $5 {Magnus wants to get his king to safety,
and only then get his knight back to the center.} ({Even though after:} 22...
Nd5 {it is unclear how White can use the stuck black queen on the queenside:}
23. Bh6 (23. Qg4 $6 Rb8 {קb2}) 23... gxh6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 (24... Kf7 $4 25. Rf1+
Ke7 (25... Nf6 26. Qxd7+ Kg8 27. Rxf6 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qe4+ 29. Ka1 $18) 26. Qe4+
Kd8 27. Rf8+ Kc7 28. Rxa8 $18) (24... Kf8 $144 $4 25. Rf1+ {and so on}) 25.
Qd4+ Kg8 26. Qg4+ {with perpetual check.}) 23. Bf4 Nd5 24. Bd6 {It is unclear
which piece stands better: The bishop on "d6" or the knight on "d5". The white
bishop prevents the black rook from getting to the <->b or <->f. So Black puts
it on the <->e s in order to exchange them.} Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qe5 Qf7 $1
$11 {[%csl Rc1,Rg2][%cal Gf7f1] Of course it is bad to exchange the queens,
because after:} (26... Qxe5 27. Bxe5 Kf7 28. Kd2 g6 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. Bb8 {
Black has problems, in view of the weak "a" pawn. It is obvious that White has
the advantage here.}) 27. Kb1 h6 {Magnus Carlsen doesn't hurry to force a draw:
} (27... Qf1+ 28. Ka2 (28. Kc2 $6 Qxg2+ 29. Kb3 Qf3+ 30. Ka4 Kf7 31. Ka5 $44)
28... Qc4+ 29. Ka1 Qf1+ {and so on.}) 28. g3 Qf1+ 29. Ka2 Qc4+ 30. Ka1 (30. b3
$4 Qc2+ 31. Ka1 (31. Qb2 $143 Nc3+ 32. Ka1 Qd1+) 31... Nc3 $19) ({This doesn't
change anything:} 30. Kb1 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 (31. Kc1 $4 Ne3 $19 {[%csl Rc1][%cal
Gd3c2,Gd3d1]}) 31... Qf1+ 32. Ka2 $11) 30... Nf6 {Black continues to fight,
and he doesn't seem to be in a hurry to finish the game:} (30... Qc1+ 31. Ka2
Qc4+ 32. Kb1 (32. Ka1 Qc1+) 32... Qf1+ 33. Kc2 Qf2+ 34. Kb3 Qf3+ 35. Ka2 (35.
Ka4 $4 Qd3 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd3b5]} 36. b4 $8 Nc3+ 37. Kb3 $8 Ne2+ {with a
simple win.}) 35... Qf7 $11) 31. Qf5 Kf7 32. Qe5 Kg8 33. Qe7 {The position on
the board is dynamically equal, and the most predictable result of the game is
a draw.} Qg4 {Black's idea - get the knight to "d5" or "e4" and have some
counterplay, but easier said than done...} 34. Be5 Nd5 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qf7 {
[%csl Rd7,Rg7] White in his turn attacks the "d7" and "g7" pawns.} Qg5 37. Bd6
{It's hard to see how it is possible to improve the position, the players have
reached their first time control, perhaps it is time to agree a draw :)} Qc1+
38. Ka2 Qc4+ 39. Ka1 ({White avoids the last trap:} 39. Kb1 $4 Nc3+ {[%csl Rb1,
Rf7][%cal Gc4f7]}) 39... Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $5 (8... Qc7 $5 {It's main line.See comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/
Goteborg,1999/CBM 69 (1-0) (Golod,V)(37). Besides:8...Qa5;8...f5;8...Qh4;  8...
Ba6; 8...Be7;8...Qb6;8...c5 and 8...h6-was checked in the previous games.}) 9.
Be2 (9. c4 $5 {See comments to Khachian,M-Halkias,S/Yerevan,2000/CBM 78 (0-1)
(Golod,V)(39)}) 9... c5 $5 {/^a8-h1,/\Qc7(קe5)} 10. O-O {With the idea c4 and
Nd6.} ({Dubious immediately:} 10. c4 {in view of:} Ne3 $1 11. Bxe3 Bxe4 12. f3
Bc6 $11) 10... Qc7 11. c4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New attempt of white to get
advantage in this position.} ({After:} 11. f4 {black has two equals options:11.
..c4 or 11...f5}) (11. Nd6+ $5 {See my comments to three games: 1)Kasparov,
G-Leko,P/Linares,1999/CBM 70  (1/2-1/2)(48); 2)Svidler,P-Illescas Cordoba,M/
Dos  Hermanas,1999/CBM 71(1/2-1/2)(26) 3)Anand,V-Leko,P/Dortmund,1999/CBM 72 
(1/2-1/2)(29).}) 11... Ne3 $140 ({Very perilously:} 11... Qxe5 {because of:}
12. cxd5 Qxe4 13. Bf3 Qb4 $8 (13... Qc4 $2 14. dxe6 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Gd1d7]
} d5 15. b3 $16) 14. Bd2 $1 Qb6 (14... Qxb2 $4 15. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]}) 15. Bc3 {
with strong pressure of white.}) ({Too passive move:} 11... Nb6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6
13. exd6 Qc8 (13... Qc6 14. Bf3 Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qg4 $14) 14. Be3 $14 (14.
Qb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3g3] Fritz,6})) 12. Nd6+ ({Black equalizes after:} 12. Bxe3 $6
Bxe4) 12... Bxd6 {Now black has a forced transfer to slight worse endgame.} (
12... Qxd6 $2 13. exd6 Nxd1 14. Rxd1 $16 {and white's plan is:Be3,a3 and b4.})
13. exd6 Qc6 (13... Nxd1 $4 14. dxc7 $18 {[%csl Rd1]}) 14. Bf3 $8 Nxd1 ({Badly:
} 14... Qxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxf3 16. Bxe3 Be2 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. f3 Rc6 (18... Bd3 19.
Rc3 Bf5 20. Ra3 $16) 19. Kf2 Bd3 20. Rc3 Bg6 (20... Rxd6 $4 21. Rd1) 21. Rb3 $1
O-O $140 22. Rb7 $16) 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] +/=/=} O-O {[%csl
Rc5][%cal Yf8c8,Yc8c5]} 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 ({Senselessly:} 18. Bxc5 $2 {
because of:} Ba4 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Rc5,Gc8,Rd1]} (18... Bxg2 $143 19. b4 $13) 19.
b3 (19. b4 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 $15 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Ga2c2,Gc8a8]}) 19... Rxc5 20. bxa4 Rxc4 $15) 18... Rab8 19. Rd2 {[%csl Yd2]} ({
Leads to equality:} 19. b3 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 20. Bxc5 Bxg2 21. Ba7 Rb7 22. Kxg2
Rxa7) 19... Be4 $5 {[%csl Rc5,Yc8] /^b1-h7} 20. f3 Bg6 21. Rc3 $5 {[%csl Ra7,
Rc5][%cal Gc3a3,Ga3a5,Ga5c5,Ga3a7]} Rb6 {[%mdl 256]} ({Leads to same position:
} 21... a6 22. Ra3 Rc6 23. Ra5 Rbc8) 22. Ra3 a6 23. Ra5 Rbc6 24. b4 $5 {
Non-standard,but necessary sacrifice of pawn.} ({After:} 24. Rd1 {/\Rc1-c3-a3
black has a easy protective move:} Rb8 {[%csl Rb2]}) 24... cxb4 25. c5 b3 $1 {
In my opinion it's sound decision.} ({A little worse is:} 25... Rb8 26. Rb2 b3
27. Rxb3 Rxb3 28. axb3 Bd3 29. Kf2 {+/=/=}) 26. axb3 Rb8 27. Rb2 Bd3 {[%csl
Yb8,Yc6,Yd3] /^a6-f1} 28. b4 f6 29. Ra3 Bc4 30. f4 $5 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Yf4e5,
Yf4g5] Against advance e5 or g5.} h6 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 31. Bd4 Kf7 32. h4 {
[%csl Yf4,Yh4][%cal Yh4g5,Yf4g5]} h5 $5 $11 33. Kf2 Rcc8 34. Ke1 {In endgame
stage K must take part in the struggle!} Rb7 35. Kd2 Bb5 36. Kc3 {[%csl Rb4,
Yc3][%cal Yc3b4]} Rbb8 37. Ra1 f5 {Not obligatory,prophylactic move.From my
point of view slightly better is:} (37... Kg6 $5 {[%cal Gg6f5]}) 38. Rba2 {
[%cal Ga5a6,Ga2a6]} Rc6 39. Re1 g6 40. Ra5 {+/=/=} Rb7 41. Rea1 Rb8 42. Be5 Rb7
43. Re1 {White's plan is: Re3-g3-g5 and perhaps g4.} Rb8 44. Re3 Rb7 45. Rg3
Rb8 46. Ra1 Be2 47. Re1 Bb5 ({Quite dubious:} 47... Bg4 48. Kc4 {/\Ra3-a5 and
so on.}) 48. Bd4 Rbc8 ({It deserves attention:} 48... a5 $5 49. bxa5 Ba4 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gb8b3]} 50. Kc4 (50. Kd2 $143 Rb4 $44) 50... Rb5 51. Ra3 Rxa5
52. Kb4 Rca6 53. Rea1 Rb5+ 54. Kc4 Rba5 {+/=/=}) 49. Kd2 $5 {[%csl Yd2]
Against black's idea:Be2-g4.} Ra8 50. Ra1 ({Badly right away:} 50. Rg5 {
because of:} a5 $36) 50... Rb8 51. Rg5 Re8 52. Re1 Rcc8 53. Re3 Rc6 54. g4 $5 {
[%mdl 512] It's only chance play to win.} fxg4 ({Good enough:} 54... hxg4 $5
55. h5 gxh5 (55... Rg8 $2 56. h6 {[%cal Gh6h7]} Rcc8 57. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ge1h1]}
) 56. Rg7+ Kf8 57. Rh7 $44 (57. Bf6 $2 a5 58. Re1 $140 h4 $1 $19) (57. Rxd7 $2
Rxc5 $17)) 55. f5 exf5 ({Another alternative is:} 55... gxf5 56. Rxh5 $44) 56.
Rxe8 Kxe8 57. Rxg6 f4 ({Weakly:} 57... Bc4 {in view of:} 58. Ke3 $1 {with
obvious advantage of white.}) 58. Rg5 {[%csl Rh5]} f3 ({Loses:} 58... Bc4 $2
59. Rxh5 $140 Be6 {because of:} 60. Rh7 Kf8 61. h5 {/\Rg7;h6-h7-h8.}) 59. Ke3
Kf7 {[%cal Gc6c8,Gc8e8]} 60. Rxh5 Rc8 61. Rf5+ Ke6 62. Re5+ Kf7 63. Kf4 Re8 64.
Rf5+ ({Most probably draw after:} 64. Rxe8 Kxe8 65. Kxg4 Bc6) 64... Ke6 65.
Kxg4 Rg8+ 66. Kf4 Bc6 $14 67. Re5+ Kf7 68. h5 Rg2 {[%cal Gf3f2]} 69. Re7+ Kf8
70. Re1 Rh2 71. Kg5 Re2 {[%mdl 256]} 72. Rf1 Kf7 73. h6 Rg2+ 74. Kf5 Rh2 75.
Be3 Rh5+ 76. Kg4 Kg6 77. Rxf3 {Desperate attempt play to win.} (77. Kg3 $5 {
+/=/=}) 77... Bxf3+ 78. Kxf3 Rd5 {[%csl Yd5]} 79. Ke4 Rd1 80. Bd4 {[%cal Gc5c6]
} Rc1 {[%csl Yc1]} 81. Bg7 ({Also draw after:} 81. Be3 Rc4+ 82. Kd5 Rxb4 83. c6
Rb5+ 84. Bc5 dxc6+ 85. Kxc6) 81... Rc4+ 82. Kd5 Rxb4 83. Bd4 (83. c6 $4 Rb5+
84. Kc4 dxc6 $19 85. d7 $140 Rd5) 83... Rb5 84. Kc4 Kxh6 85. c6 dxc6 86. Bc5
Rb7 87. Bd4 a5 {Of course,black doesn't have any chances to win in this
endgame,but this game was played in rapid chess.} (87... Kg6 $144 88. Kc5 Kf7
89. Kxc6 Rb4 90. Bc5 Rb8 91. Kc7 Rg8 92. d7 Ke6 $11) 88. Kc5 a4 89. Kxc6 Rb4
90. Be5 Rb1 91. d7 Rc1+ 92. Kb7 Rd1 93. Kc7 {Please pay your attention to the
fantastic work of the white king.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 {It's main
line.} (13. Bf3 $6 {This move- the first cause of future difficulties.You can
see my annotations to Mitkov,N-Hernandez,G/Merida,2002/CBM 93(0-1)(50)}) 13...
c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 $5 {Black do not take away back at Pd6, he want
to exchange the queens and to receive ^- BB in the endgame.} (15... Qxd6 {
You can see my comments to Topalov,V-Leko,P/Dubai,2002/CBM 89(1-0)(64)}) 16.
Bb3 $146 {/\c4 Interesting novelty by Konstantin Landa,however it looks like
Black shouldn't have problems there. Besides White has two main alternatives:}
(16. b3 $5 {You can see annotations to game: Leko,P-Topalov,V/Dortmund,2002/
CBM 90(1-0)(Golod,V)(81)}) ({and} 16. Bxd5 $5 {You can see my comments to game:
Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Linares,2001/CBM 82(1-0)(45)}) 16... Qxd6 ({Useless is:} 
16... a5 $6 {/\a4, in view of:} 17. c4 $1 Nf6 ({Even worse is:} 17... Nb6 $2
18. Be3 a4 19. Qxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Ra6 21. Bxa4 $1 Rxb6 22. Bb5 {/\Rfd1 +-}) 18.
a3 $1 (18. a4 $143 {by this move White only creates a weaknesses to himself.}
Ba6 19. Bf4 Rab8 $14) 18... Ba6 19. Bf4 Rab8 20. Ba2 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. b3
$1 {/\Rfd1+/-}) 17. Rd1 {/\c4} ({In my opinion,less accurate is:} 17. c4 {
because it allows to Black immediately to play:} e5 $5 ({Of course possible
also:} 17... Qb6 18. Rd1 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nb6 {with transfer to the game.}) 18.
Qf2 $5 ({Leads to nothing:} 18. Qd3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Ba6 20. Rd1 (20. Re1 $143 Bxc4
21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxe5 Rac8 $13) 20... Nf6 21. Bg5 Bxc4 22. Bxc4
Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rxd7 $11) 18... Nb6 19. f4 $1 {[%csl Gf1,
Gf2,Rf7] Strong resource that keeps White chances for the advantage alive.} e4
20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Rd4 $5 $13 {/\Bd2,Re1 with really complicated position.}) 17...
Qb6 {After exchange of the queens, White should play extreme precisely to
receive an advantage.} ({Deserved serious attention:} 17... a5 $5 {the idea
behind the move is to have possibility of "a4" after "c4".} 18. c4 (18. Kh1 $5
$13) 18... a4 19. Bc2 e5 20. Qh4 ({Also leads to nothing:} 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Qe4+ Kg8 22. cxd5 Ra5 $1 {and Black is at least not worse.}) 20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1
Nf6 $8 ({Immediately loses unaccurate:} 21... g6 $2 22. Be4 $1 {ץb7} Qxc4 23.
Bh6 $1 {עg8 +-}) 22. Bd3 e4 $5 23. fxe4 Re8 {and Black has a strong pieces
play,that provides to him at least equal position.}) 18. c4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nb6
20. Bd2 {/\Ba5 The same position,with rearrangement of moves,has met in one
more game:} (20. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Cala Galdana,1999
(20)}) ({It was badly:} 20. Rd6 {because of:} Ba6 {קc4.}) 20... d5 ({It was
interestingly:} 20... e5 $5 21. Rd6 (21. Rg4 $140 d5 $1 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5
(23. Bd1 $6 Rc7 {/\Rac8 and white's rook on "g4" is out of the game.}) 23...
Nxd5 $11) 21... Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxd7 Bc6 24. Re7 e4 $11) 21. cxd5 Bxd5
$11 22. Bd1 ({Of course not:} 22. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 {/\Rc2 and black's strong
knight provides to him strong long period of initiative.}) 22... Nc4 ({In my
mind it was better:} 22... e5 23. Rd3 ({A little bit worse is:} 23. Rb4 $6 f6)
23... Be6 $11 {Although White has two strong bishops,Black has enough
counterplay,thanking to lack of coordination between white pieces.Black wants
to reconstruct his pieces,with both Nc4 and Nd5 ideas,while White has no real
plan to proceed his position.}) 23. Bc1 {/\b3} Rab8 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bb2 $5 {
In my opinion, it is better to place the bishop on the /^ c1-h6 ,and not in
the big diagonal.} (25. Bf4 $142 Rb6 26. Rd2 {[%csl Yd2][%cal Gd1e2,Yd2c2]
protecting from possible entries of the rook to "c2".} Rbc6 27. Be2 $14) 25...
Rc6 (25... Nb5 26. Ra4 Rb7 {/\Nc3 =}) 26. Ra4 Nb5 $6 ({Good enough for
equality was:} 26... a6 27. Kf2 Rbc8 $11) 27. Rb4 $6 {White misses a good
chance to get small advantage:} (27. Be2 $5 {קa7} a6 28. Be5 $1 Rb7 (28...
Rbc8 29. Rg4 g6 30. Rb4 {/\a4 +/=}) 29. Rg4 g6 30. Rd1 $14 {/\h4,and White has
small but a solid advantage, thanking to Black's bad pawn structure.}) 27...
Rbb6 28. Kf2 Nc3 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxb6 axb6 $11 {[%csl Gd5]} 31. Ke2 Kf8 32.
Kd2 Rc7 33. Rc1 Ra7 ({Also possible was:} 33... Rxc1 $5 34. Kxc1 Ke7 35. a4
$140 Kd6 36. b4 Ke5 $11 (36... e5 $5 {/\f5 =})) 34. a4 Ke7 35. Rc8 Kd6 (35...
e5 $5 {/\e4} 36. Bc2 g6 {/\Rd7}) 36. Kc3 Bc6 37. Rd8+ Rd7 38. Rg8 (38. Rxd7+
Bxd7 39. b4 g5 40. Kc4 Bc6 41. a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 f5 {+/=/=}) 38... g6 39. Be2 h5
40. h4 {[%csl Re6,Rf7,Rg6,Gh4,Rh5]} Bd5 41. Rc8 Bb7 42. Rb8 Kc7 43. Rf8 Bd5 44.
Bb5 Bc6 45. Ba6 Bb7 46. Bc4 Bc6 47. Kb4 Bb7 48. Ka3 Bc6 49. b4 b5 $2 {Decided
game mistake.Black loses his calmness after a long defence.} ({It was
necessary to keep tension with:} 49... Kd6 {/\Ra7} 50. Ba6 (50. Rc8 $5 {
with threat 51.Rxc6 Kxc6 52.Bb5+ with a winning endgame.} Ra7 51. b5 Bb7 52.
Rd8+ (52. Rf8 Bd5) 52... Kc5 53. Kb3 {/\Rd7} Bd5 54. Rc8+ Kd4 $13 {with strong
drawish tendency.}) 50... Ke5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge5f4,Gf4g3]} (50... Bd5 $5 51.
b5 Rc7 52. Rd8+ Ke7) 51. a5 bxa5 52. b5 Bd5 53. Ka4 Kf4 54. Rc8 Kg3 55. Rc2 e5
{/\e4 ~~}) 50. axb5 $16 Bd5 51. Bxd5 $5 ({Deserved serious attention:} 51. Kb3
$5 Kb6 52. Kc3 Bxc4 ({Of course not:} 52... Rc7 $2 53. Rb8+ Ka7 $140 $2 (53...
Bb7 54. Kd4 $16) 54. b6+ Kxb8 55. bxc7+ Kxc7 56. Bxd5 exd5 57. Kd4 Kc6 58. f4
$18) 53. Kxc4 Rc7+ 54. Kd4 Kxb5 55. Rb8+ Ka4 56. b5 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Rf7][%cal
Gd4e5,Ge5f6] White has good chances to win this endgame because of activity of
his king.}) 51... Rxd5 $2 {After this move,Black is completely lost.} ({
The only move,that left a some chances to Black was:} 51... exd5 $5 {o^} 52.
Kb2 d4 53. Kc2 ({Interestingly,but not effectively:} 53. g4 Kb6 $1 (53... d3 $6
54. Kc1 Kb6 55. gxh5 gxh5 56. Rb8+ Kc7 57. Rh8 Rd5 58. Rh7 Rf5 59. Kd2 $16 {
White remains with an extra-pawn and excellent chances for win.}) 54. gxh5 gxh5
55. Rb8+ Kc7 56. Rh8 Rd5 57. Kc2 Rxb5 58. Kd3 Rxb4 59. Rxh5 Kd7 $11 {and a
draw is only a matter of good defence.}) 53... d3+ 54. Kd2 Kb6 55. Rb8+ Kc7 56.
Re8 $1 Kb6 57. Re5 {with threat to create a leading pawn after "g4".} Rd4 58.
g3 Rxb4 59. Re7 $1 {Very strong idea. White gives up his extra pawn on "b" ,
but destroys Black's kingside pawns structure.} (59. Kxd3 $143 Rb3+ 60. Ke4
Rb4+ 61. Ke3 Rb3+ 62. Kf4 Rb4+) 59... Rb2+ 60. Kxd3 Rg2 61. Kc4 {and White has
a good chance to win.}) 52. Rxf7+ Kb6 53. Rg7 $18 {The rest is easy job for
White.} Kxb5 54. Rxg6 Rd3+ 55. Kb2 Kxb4 ({Does not help:} 55... Re3 56. Kc2
Kxb4 57. Kd2 Ra3 58. Ke2 $1 $18 {[%csl Ye2,Re6,Rh5][%cal Gg6g5,Gg6e6,Gg5h5]})
56. Kc2 Rd4 57. g3 e5 58. Rg5 e4 59. fxe4 Rxe4 60. Kd3 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal
Gg5h5]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miskolci"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bd3 (11. c4 $6 {See comments to Nataf,
I-Filippov,V/ Koszalin,1999/ 1-0 [Golod] (38)}) 11... Be7 (11... Ba6 $6 {
See comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/ Goteborg,1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(37)})
12. Qe2 ({Another options is:} 12. c4 $5 {See comments to Fedorov,A-Khalifman,
A/ Samara,1998/ 1/2-1/2 [Golod] (27)}) 12... a5 {In my opinion this
continuation better,than:} (12... Bb7 $6 {(and 12...f5).See comments to Smirin,
I-Filippov,V/Elista,1998/CBM 66 (1-0)(Golod,V)(54)}) 13. c4 f5 14. Nd6+ $1 $14
{[%mdl 4] This move was offered me in the CBM 76. Comment up to this move, and
also to-14.exf6?! you can see in the game: Peng Xiaomin-Ye Jiangchuan/Shanghai,
2000/ 1/2-1/2 [Golod] (25).} Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 {This deviation considerably
better,than:} (15... Qxb2 $2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Bc3 $16) 16. Bc3 {
Most probably this move is better, than considered by me:} (16. Qe5 $5 {
[%cal Gc4c5,Gd3f5]} O-O (16... c5 $2 17. Bxf5 $16) (16... Ng4 $2 17. Qxg7 Qf2+
18. Kd1 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rh8][%cal Gg7e7,Gg7h8]}) 17. c5 $14) 16... O-O 17. O-O-O
c5 $146 {I consider,that it not an absolutely successful novelty.} (17... Qc5
$5 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 $6 (19. fxe5 $142) 19... c5 20. h3 Bb7 21. Rhg1 Ne4
$14 {Macieja,B-Beshukov,S/ Saint Vincent 2000/ 1/2-1/2 (38)}) 18. Be5 $5 ({
On my sight is strong enough:} 18. Bc2 $5 {/\h3,g4 with the beginning of
attack.}) 18... Ng4 $6 ({It was necessary to deduce the bishop on the large
diagonal:} 18... Bb7 19. Rhg1 Rab8 20. h3 $14 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 19. h3 Nxe5 20.
Qxe5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rg8] On it the field queen carries out double work: 1)
accepts direct participation in attack; 2)attacks on pawn "c5" and thus
distracts the black's queen.} Ra6 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 20... Qb4 {/\Ba6
(xPc4)+/-}) 21. Bc2 {[%csl Yd1,Ye5,Rg8][%cal Gg2g4,Gh1g1]} Qb4 ({After:} 21...
Qd8 $5 {black bear material losses:} 22. Qxc5 Rc6 23. Qd4 Ba6 24. b3 $16 {
[%cal Gg2g4]}) 22. g4 $1 $40 {The rate in attack is more important, than
pawn"c4".} Qxc4 23. Rhg1 Qxa2 ({Also white has a easy win,after:} 23... fxg4
24. Rxg4 Rf7 25. f5 Qxa2 26. Rdg1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]} (26. Ra4 $5 Rxf5 27. Qe4 $18
{[%csl Ra2]})) 24. gxf5 Rf7 25. Rg3 $18 Qa1+ {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1g1]} (25...
Rb6 $144 26. Rdg1 Qa1+ 27. Bb1 Qxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. Kxb2 $18 exf5 $140 30.
Ba2 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8]}) 26. Kd2 Qa2 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Ga2d5]} 27. Bb3 Rxd6+ 28.
Kc2 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Rd6] Zoltan Varga purposefully enough has lead this game and
his play deserves all praise.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 $5 (11... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc4] See
comments to Yagupov,I-Malakhatko,V/St.Petersburg, 1999/CBM 74 (0-1)(Golod,V)
(67)}) 12. Nf2 ({Does not give advantage:} 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. Qc2 Bf8 18. c5 Ba6 $11 {Wiersma,E-Timoshenko,
G/Groningen,1999 (1/2-1/2)(25)}) 12... Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Qa4 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({
Was checked in the previous games:} 14. Be3 $5 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6
17. b3 c5 18. Be2 $5 (18. Rd1 $5 {Shirov,A}) (18. Kg3 $143 Nc8 19. Qd2 Ne7 20.
Be2 Rd8 21. Bh5+ g6 22. Bf3 d5 $11 {Rebel_Tiger 12.0e-Nimzo 7.32/Cadaques ESP,
2000(0-1)(38)}) 18... Rc8 (18... Nc6 $142 $13 {Shirov,A}) (18... Kf7 $5 19.
Rhd1 Rhd8 20. Ke3 Bb7 21. Bh5+ Kf8 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rac8 24. Qxb6 axb6 25.
Rd6 Rc6 $11 {Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V/Frankfurt,2000(1/2-1/2) (40)}) 19. Rhd1 Rc7 20.
Ke3 $1 $14 {See comments to Shirov,A-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj,1998/ CBM 67
(1-0)(Shirov,A)(56)}) 14... c5 $6 {[%csl Rb4]} ({Can be recommended:} 14... Rb8
$5) 15. h4 $1 $146 {This move is directed against g5 and also with idea to
hide the king on point h2. Therefore is weak:} (15. Be3 Bb7+ 16. Kg3 g5 17. Nd3
gxf4+ 18. Bxf4 Rg8+ $40 {Van Riemsdijk,H-Schutt,R/Sao Paulo,1991(1/2-1/2)(60)})
15... O-O ({After:} 15... Qc6+ 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 {white has a big
positional advantage,but after a move in the game at black unsoluble problems
with bishop "b4" and pawn "c5".}) 16. Be3 $16 {/^a7-g1;/\a3 and b4} ({Riskyly
enough:} 16. Qxd7 {because of:} Nc6 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 16... Rab8 $1 {
[%mdl 64] Unexpected tactical resource.} ({The figure is lost after:} 16...
Rfd8 $2 17. a3 Bb7+ 18. Kg3 Bc6 19. Qc2 $18) 17. a3 $140 Bd2 (17... Ba5 $2 18.
b4 {[%csl Rb6]} Qb7+ 19. Kg3 Bb6 20. b5 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 18. Bxd2 Qxb2 19. Bd3
$2 {Now all begins anew.} ({It was necessary:} 19. Rd1 $1 Rb3+ 20. Bd3 Nc6 $1 (
20... Rxa3 $2 21. Qxd7 $18) 21. Qxa6 Rxa3 {[%csl Ra6]} 22. Qxc6 $1 (22. Bc3
Qxc3 23. Qb7 Nd4+ 24. Kg3 Ne2+ $13) 22... dxc6 23. Bc1 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Gc1]}
Rxd3+ (23... Qa2 $5 $16) 24. Rxd3 Qc2 25. Be3 {[%csl Rc2,Gd3,Ge3,Gf2] with the
technically won position.}) 19... Qxd2 20. Qxa6 Nc6 $1 {/\21...Nd4+ and 22...
Qe3+(פf2)} 21. Rae1 ({Leads to very bad position:} 21. Rhf1 $2 Nd4+ 22. Kg3
Qe3+ 23. Kh2 Qxf4+ 24. g3 (24. Kg1 Qg3 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd4f3]} 25. Kh1 Rb2 $19
) 24... Qe3 {[%cal Gb8b2]} 25. Ra2 f4 $17) 21... Rb3 22. Kg3 Nd4 $1 {With two
threats:Ne2+ or Nc2(צe1,e3).} 23. Qd6 {[%csl Rd3,Yd6][%cal Yd6d3]} ({Badly:} 
23. Qxa7 {in view of:} Nc2 $1 24. Rd1 Qe3+ 25. Kh2 Qxf4+ 26. Kg1 Ne3 $40) 23...
Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 $8 (24. Kf3 Qxf4+ 25. Kxe2 Rb2+ 26. Bc2 Rxc2+ 27. Kd3 Qd2#) (24.
Kh3 Qe3+ 25. Kh2 Qg3#) 24... Qxe2 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge2e3]} 25. Qxc5 Rxd3+ 26.
Nxd3 Qxd3+ 27. Kh2 {The tactical complications were finished in approximately
equal endgame.} Rb8 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb8b2,Gb2g2]} 28. Re1 h6 {[%csl Yh7][%cal
Yg8h7]} 29. Re3 Qd2 30. Qxa7 Rc8 {[%csl Rc4,Re3] Black here win back pawn in
view of equation of white figures.} (30... Rb2 $143 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qf3) 31.
h5 Rxc4 32. Qa8+ Kf7 {Last attempt to play on a win.At once complete equality
after:} (32... Kh7 33. Qe8 Qxe3 34. Qg6+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 33. Qf3 Rd4 34.
Kg3 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Yg3f4]} Qc2 35. Kh2 $11 {Already here it was possible to
agree to a drawn game.} Rd1 36. Kg3 Qd2 37. a4 Ra1 38. Rd3 Qe1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+
40. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 {White first evade from the mainline theoretical variation: 9.
exd5!?} d4 {Rare move.More popular is:} (9... dxe4 $5) 10. Ne2 e5 {Simple and
good move. Black opens Bc8 and places PP on the black squares in view of
factor of black-squares bishop exchange.} 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 $5 {Peter Svidler
has decided to save on move:} (12. h3 {You can see comments to games:
Ponomariov,R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(63) and Shirov,
A-Grischuk,A/Linares,2001/CBM 82(1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 12... exf4 {From my point
of view,it's correct positional decision.} ({It was checked in the previous
games:} 12... Bg4 $6 13. h3 Bd7 14. f5 $14 {Cantin Zaborras,V-Sancho Cortes,M/
Aragon,1992(1-0)(33)}) ({and} 12... h6 13. h3 (13. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Ge1g3]}) 13...
exf4 14. Bxf4 Re8 15. Ng3 Ne5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rf2 Qb6 18. Raf1 $36 {Fontaine,
R-Golubovic,B/Kastav,2002/CBM 87(1-0)(26)}) 13. Bxf4 Ng4 14. Qd2 $146 ({
Hardly is better:} 14. Qe1 Nge5 15. Qg3 f6 16. Kh1 a6 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Nf4 Qd7
$11 {Rjabzev,K-Nikolaev,N/St.Petersburg,2002(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 14... Nge5 {
The a little bit hasty decision.Can be recommended:} (14... Be6 15. Bg3 {/\Nf4}
(15. Bb5 $2 {[%csl Yc6,Rd4][%cal Gb5c6]} {[%tqu "En","White's last move was a
blunder. How can black exploit it?","It is necessary to use a weakness of the
white king!","","d4d3","",10]} d3 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rg1][%cal Gd8b6]} 16. Bxd3 Qb6+
17. Kh1 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2) 15... Qb6 $13) 15. Bg3 Be6 ({Senselessly:} 15...
Bg4 {because of:} 16. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5,Gf4e6]}) 16. Nf4 ({Leads to equality:} 
16. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5 17. Qb4 Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg5e3]} 18. Qxd4 (18. Nxd4
$143 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 $132 {[%cal Gg4f2]}) 18... Rfd8 19. Qf2 Nxd3 20. cxd3
Rxd3 21. Nf4 Rd7 $11) 16... Qg5 {[%csl Rd2,Gg5][%cal Ya8e8] Black,using a case,
reconstruct the pieces.} 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Bb5 a6 $6 ({It was necessary to
withdraw the bishop from exchange:} 18... Bg4 $5 19. Qd2 $140 a6 $13) 19. Nxe6
fxe6 ({I am not sure,that it was better:} 19... Rxe6 20. Ba4 {[%cal Ga4b3] /
^a2-f7}) 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Bd6 $1 {<->f} Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rd8 (22... e5 $4 {
is refuted by:} 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qf7 {[%csl Rh8]} Qd8 (24... Rg8 25. Qxg8+ Kxg8
26. Rf8#) 25. Bf8 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rg7]}) 23. e5 ({Also it deserves attention:
} 23. Qf2 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8][%cal Gf2f8]} Qe3 $140 24. e5 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 $14)
23... Qe3+ ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 23... Ne7 {[%cal Ye7d5,
Ye7f5]}) 24. Qxe3 dxe3 25. Re1 $14 {This move is much better than:} (25. c3 Na5
26. Bc7 e2 27. Bxd8 (27. Re1 $143 Rd1 28. Kf2 Nc4 29. b3 (29. Rxe2 Rb1 {
[%csl Rb2]}) 29... Nxa3 30. Kxe2 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Nb5 32. Ba5 b6 $11 {[%csl Rc3]}
) 27... exf1=Q+ 28. Kxf1 Nc4 29. b3 Nxe5 {+/=/=}) 25... Nd4 26. Rxe3 $1 ({
There is no sense to give a counterplay for black:} 26. c4 e2 {[%csl Ge2]})
26... Nxc2 27. Rb3 b5 ({After:} 27... Rd7 {White begin to catch the knight of
the contender:} 28. Rd3 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Yg1f2,Yf2e2,Ye2d2]}) 28. Rc3 Nd4 29.
Kf2 h5 ({Leads to very bad position:} 29... Nf5 30. Rc6 a5 31. g4 $1 Nxd6 32.
exd6 Kf7 33. Ke3 e5 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. Rc5 {[%csl Rb5,Re5]}) 30. Rc7 Nf5 31. Bb4 (
31. Rc6 $143 a5) 31... Rd5 $2 {Now black will be doomed on passive defence.It
was much better:} (31... Rd4 32. Bc3 $140 Rf4+ 33. Ke2 Rg4 $132) 32. Bc3 {
[%csl Ra6,Yc3,Re6][%cal Gc7c6,Yc3b2,Yc3e5]} a5 ({After:} 32... Nh6 {white also
keep a big advantage:} 33. Rc6 Ng4+ 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Nxe5 36. Ra7+ {+/=/+/-
}) 33. Bxa5 Rxe5 34. Bc3 Rd5 35. g3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yh2h3,Yg3g4]} g5 36. b3 {
[%cal Ga3a4]} g4 37. a4 $16 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6] This pawn should
bring a victory for white.} Nd6 $6 (37... bxa4 $142 38. bxa4 Rd6 39. a5 Ra6 40.
Ke2 Kf8 41. Kd3 Ke8 {[%cal Ge8d8]}) 38. a5 Ne4+ ({Loses right away:} 38... Rc5
39. Rxc5 Ne4+ 40. Ke3 Nxc5 41. Kf4 $18 {[%csl Rf4,Rh5][%cal Gf4g5]}) 39. Ke3
Nxc3 40. Rxc3 b4 $8 {Differently,white will borrow this point:} (40... Rd1 41.
b4 Rb1 42. Ra3 Rc1 43. a6 Rc8 44. a7 Ra8 45. Kd4 $18 {[%cal Yd4c5,Yc5b6,Yb6b7]}
) 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. a6 Ra5 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. a7 Ra1 (44... Ke5 $2 45. Rc5+ Rxc5
46. a8=Q) ({More stubborn resistance after:} 44... e5 {[%cal Yf6e6,Ye6d6]} 45.
Kd3 $18 {[%cal Yd3c4,Yc4b4]}) 45. Kd4 $18 {[%cal Yd4c5,Yc5b6,Yb6b7]} e5+ 46.
Kc5 e4 47. Kb6 e3 48. Rc8 {After this move black resigns,because of next
variant:} (48. Rc8 Ke5 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kd4 51. Re8 Kd3 52. Kb5) 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bijeljina"]
[BlackTeam "Brijeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 {It's main line.} (9. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Ponomariov,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(63)}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3
O-O 11. O-O d4 $1 {It's best move.} 12. Ne4 {Nowadays- 12.Ne4 is not actual.} (
12. Ne2 $5 {You can see comments to Bosch,J-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/CBM 69
(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(37)}) 12... Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bh4 ({More
essentially:} 15. Bxf6 {You can see comments to Zapata,A-Lima,D/Santos,2001/
CBM 82(1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) 15... g5 $1 {Immediately it is necessary to
exchange one of bishop.} 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bg3 Qd5 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 18. f4 $5 {
[%mdl 4] A little bit risky idea.White want as soon as possible to reach the
black king.} ({Is a possible continuations of the play:} 18. Qd3 $5) (18. f3 $5
) (18. Re1 $5) ({and} 18. h4 $6) 18... Ne4 19. Qd3 {[%csl Yd3]} ({Also
deserves attention:} 19. Qh5 $5 Kg7 20. Rad1 Rad8 (20... Nxg3 $6 21. hxg3 Rad8
22. f5 $14) 21. Rd3 c5 (21... gxf4 $5 22. Qg4+ Qg5 23. Rxf4 f5 24. Qd1 c5 $132)
22. fxg5 hxg5 23. c3 f5 $6 (23... Nxg3 $142 24. Rxg3 f6 {+/=/=}) 24. cxd4 cxd4
25. Rfd1 f4 26. Be1 $14 {Kveinys,A-Sorokin,M/Slupsk,1992(1-0)(42)}) 19... f5 $6
({Can be recommended:} 19... Rad8 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Rae1 f5 22. h4 $140 $6 Qb5
$1 $36 {[%csl Rg3] Srebrnic,M-Moreno Tejera,E/Aviles,2000(1-0)(40)}) ({or} 
19... Rae8 $5) 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. h4 $1 $146 {[%csl Rg8]} ({Was checked in the
previous game:} 21. Rad1 $5 Rad8 (21... c5 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Rac8 {[%csl
Rc2]} 24. Bf2 $14) 22. Bf2 c5 23. c3 Qb3 24. cxd4 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 c4 26. Rdd1 Rb8
27. Be1 Rxb2 28. Rc1 Rfb8 29. Bb4 Rb5 30. Rxc4 a5 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kg6 33.
Rc6+ Kf7 34. Bc5 f4 $44 {Georgiev,K-Chandler,M/Leningrad,1987(1/2-1/2)(41)})
21... Rad8 ({Probably,it was possible to stop on:} 21... Qb5 {[%csl Yd3,Rg3]}
22. Be1 $140 g4 $1 (22... Qxd3 $2 23. cxd3 Nc5 24. Bb4 Nxd3 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26.
Rad1 Nxb2 27. Rxd4 $16) (22... gxh4 $143 23. Bxh4 Qxb2 24. g4 $36 {[%csl Rg8]})
23. Qxd4 Rad8 24. Qb4 Qd5 $44) ({Pretty dubiously:} 21... f4 $6 22. Bh2 gxh4
23. Bxf4 Rae8 24. Rae1 Rf7 (24... Re7 $144 25. Bh6 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rf7 27. Re1
$14) 25. Bh2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Re1 $14) 22. hxg5 c5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} (22...
Nxg5 $2 {is refuted by:} 23. Bh4 {[%csl Rd8,Rg5]} Ne4 (23... f4 $4 24. Qg6+)
24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Rae1 $18) 23. b3 Rd7 ({Again impossibly:} 23... Nxg5 $2 {
in view of:} 24. Bh4 {[%csl Rd8,Rg5]}) 24. Bf4 $14 Rc8 25. Rae1 c4 26. bxc4
Rxc4 ({It would seem not bad:} 26... Qxc4 {but,at disposal of white there is a
very strong objection:} 27. g4 $1 {[%csl Re4]} Rg7 28. gxf5 Nxg5 29. Re8+ $1
Kf7 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Kf2 $16) 27. Rb1 Rc3 $2 {After this mistake,white has a
easy win.Probably,Boris Golubovic blundered,because he didn't see 29.Qa6! It
was necessary:} (27... Rc8 28. Rb8 (28. Rb5 Nc5 29. Qh3 Rh7 30. Qf3 $14) 28...
Rxb8 29. Bxb8 Rg7 $14) 28. Rb8+ Rd8 ({Also loses:} 28... Kg7 {because of:} 29.
Qe2 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge2h5]} Kg6 (29... Rd8 30. Be5+ Kg6 31. Qa6+ $18) 30. Rh8
Rh7 31. Rxh7 Kxh7 32. Qh5+ $18) 29. Qa6 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Rxb8 $140 30. Qg6+ {
The important intermediate move!} Kf8 ({A little bit better is:} 30... Kh8 31.
Bxb8 {[%cal Gf1f4,Gf4h4]} Rc6 (31... Rxc2 $2 32. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qa2+ 34.
Kf3 $18) 32. Rxf5 Rxg6 33. Rxd5 Nc3 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Bxa7 $18 {[%csl Rd4]}) 31.
Bxb8 {[%csl Rf5]} Rc5 32. Bxa7 $1 $18 {[%csl Yc5,Rf5] Now black can not keep
the field "f5".} Ra5 (32... Rb5 $144 33. a4 Ra5 34. Bb6 {[%csl Ya5,Rf5][%cal
Gb6a5]}) 33. Bb6 {The rest is the matter of technics.} d3 (33... Rb5 $143 34.
a4 Rxb6 35. Rxf5+ Nf6 (35... Ke7 36. Qg7+) 36. Rxf6+ Rxf6 37. gxf6 {[%csl Ga4,
Rf8][%cal Gg6g7,Gg7e7]}) 34. cxd3 Qxd3 35. Qh6+ {[%csl Yh6]} Ke7 36. Qg7+ Ke8
37. Qh8+ {[%csl Yh8][%cal Yh8a1,Yh8h1]} Ke7 38. Bxa5 Qe3+ 39. Kh2 Qg3+ 40. Kh1
Nf2+ 41. Rxf2 Qxf2 42. Qd8+ Kf7 (42... Ke6 43. Qd1) 43. Qf6+ Ke8 44. Qe6+ Kf8 (
44... Kf8 45. Bb4+ Kg7 46. Qf6+ Kg8 (46... Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Bc3+) 47. Qg6+
Kh8 48. Bc3+) 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8... Qc7 $5 {-see comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/
Goteborg 1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(37) Besides:8...Qa5;8...f5;8...Qh4;8...Ba6;
8...Be7;8...Qb6;8...c5 and 8...h6-was checked in the previous games.}) 9. Be2 (
{Can be recommended:} 9. c4 $5 Nb4 $1 ({Badly:} 9... Bb4+ {in view of:} 10. Bd2
Qh4 11. Bd3 $1 (11. Qf3 $143 {[%csl Rb7,Re8][%cal Ge4d6]} f5 12. exf6 Bxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 O-O $1 ({Loses:} 13... Nxf6 $2 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nxb7 Rhb8 16. Qa3+ $18)
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ng3 (15. Qg3 $2 Qh6+ $15) 15... Rxf6 $44) 11... Ba6 ({
Loses right away:} 11... Ne3 $2 12. Qf3 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nf5 14. g4 $18 {[%csl
Rd6][%cal Ge4d6]}) 12. g3 $1 (12. Bxb4 $2 Nxb4 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Be4 {[%csl Rb4]
[%cal Ga2a3]} Qf4 15. a3 Qxe5 16. axb4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxe4+ 18. Ne3 Qxb4+ 19.
Qd2 $11) 12... Bxd2+ (12... Qd8 $2 13. Be2 $18) 13. Qxd2 Qh5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Qxe5 16. O-O cxd5 17. Nc3 {+/-/+-}) ({Also badly:} 9... Qh4 {because of:}
10. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rh4][%cal Ge4d6,Gg2g3]}) 10. c5 $140 Qh4 11. g4 {[%cal
Gc1g5]} (11. Bd3 $5) 11... Be7 $5 $13 (11... h5 $2 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 Qxg4 14.
f3 $18)) 9... c5 $5 {/^a8-h1,/\Qc7(קe5)} 10. O-O {with the idea c4,Nd6} ({
Worse is:} 10. c4 {in view of:} Ne3 $1 11. Bxe3 Bxe4 12. f3 Bc6 $11) 10... Qc7
11. Nd6+ ({After:} 11. f4 {black has two equals options:} c4 {and} (11... f5))
11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 $5 {[%csl Gb7,Gc6,Rg2]} ({Another alternative is:} 
12... Qb6) 13. f3 ({Dubious:} 13. Bf3 {because of:} c4) 13... c4 {/\Rc8,Qd6}
14. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} O-O 15. Bxc4 {with the idea:16.Bb3 and 17.c4} Qxd6 16.
Bb3 Qb6 $1 {Black transfers to nearly equal endgame.} 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. Qxb6 (
18. c4 $143 Qxd4+ (18... e5 $2 19. Qf2 $1 (19. Qxb6 $143 Nxb6 20. Be3 Nxc4 $14)
19... Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nb6 21. Be3 $16) 19. Rxd4 Nb6 {/\d5=}) 18... Nxb6 {
[%mdl 4096] +/=/=} 19. a4 $5 {[%csl Yb6,Rd7][%cal Ga4a5]} ({Senseless:} 19. Be3
{in view of:} d5 $11 {[%cal Gb6c4]} (19... Bd5 $2 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Bxd5 exd5
22. c3 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5,Rd7] +/=/+/-_|_})) 19... d5 (19... Bd5 $2 {is refuted by:
} 20. a5 Nc4 ({Loses:} 20... Bxb3 $2 {because of:} 21. axb6 Bxc2 (21... Rxc2
$143 22. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gb6b7]} Bd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. b7 $18) 22. Rd2 $1 {
[%csl Ra8,Rc2,Rc8][%cal Gb6b7,Gd2c2]} Rab8 $8 23. bxa7 Ra8 24. Rxd7 $18) 21.
Ra4 $1 {/\Rd4(פc4)|^}) 20. a5 Nc4 ({Worse is:} 20... Nd7 21. a6 Bc6 22. Ra5
$14) 21. a6 Bc6 22. Bxc4 $1 {only chance struggle for advantage.} dxc4 23. Be3
{[%csl Ra7]} Bd5 {Black's plan is: Rc6,f6,Kf7} 24. Ra5 Rc6 25. Rda1 {[%csl Ya1]
} f6 26. h4 $5 {[%cal Yh4g5]} ({Also can be recommended:} 26. Rb5 Rd6 (26...
Rc7 $5) 27. Raa5 {+/=/=}) 26... Kf7 27. Rb5 Rc7 {[%csl Yc7] /\Rd8} 28. Kf2 Rd8
29. Raa5 Ke7 30. Kg3 ({In my opinion better is:} 30. g4 $5) 30... h5 $5 {
[%cal Yh5g4]} 31. b4 cxb3 $8 32. cxb3 Rg8 $5 {/\g5(קg2)} 33. Rc5 Rd7 34. b4 g5
35. Rc2 $5 {with the idea Rac5,Rc7(קa7)} ({Dubious:} 35. hxg5 fxg5 {/\g4})
35... g4 36. Kf2 (36. f4 $6 Rb8 $132) 36... g3+ $1 37. Ke1 e5 38. Rd2 (38. b5
Rgd8 $132 {[%csl Re1]} ({Badly:} 38... Rb8 {because of:} 39. b6 $1 axb6 40. a7
Ra8 41. Bxb6 {+/=/+/-})) 38... Rgd8 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. b5 Rb8 $11 {[%csl Rb5]} 41.
Rd3 Rbd8 42. Rd2 (42. b6 {-see 44.b6}) 42... Rb8 43. Rd3 Rbd8 44. b6 axb6 45.
Rb5 Bc4 $1 ({Worse is:} 45... Bc6 {because of:} 46. Rxd7 Kxd7 ({Badly:} 46...
Rxd7 47. Rxb6 Kd6 $8 (47... Rc7 $2 48. a7 $18) (47... Kd5 $2 48. a7 Rxa7 $8 (
48... Rd8 49. Rb8 $18) 49. Rxc6 Ra3 (49... Ra1+ 50. Rc1 $18) 50. Bc1 (50. Rc5+
$2 Kd6 51. Bh6 (51. Bc1 Ra2 $1 $14) 51... Ra2 $1 $14) 50... Ra2 51. Rxf6 Rxg2
52. Be3 {+/-/+-}) 48. a7 Rd8 49. Rb8 Kd7 $16) 47. Rxb6 Ra8 48. a7 $1 {+/=/+/-})
46. Rxb6+ Kf5 47. Rxd7 Rxd7 48. a7 (48. Rc6 Bb5 49. Rb6 Bc4 $11) (48. a7 Rxa7
49. Rxf6+ Kxf6 50. Bxa7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 $5 ({Another
line is:} 6... Bb4 $5 {-see comments to Bosch,J-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/
CBM 69(1/2:1/2)(Golod,V)(37)}) 7. Bf4 e5 8. Nd5 $5 {[%csl Ra8,Re8][%cal Gb5c7]
[%mdl 4]} (8. Bg5 {-is the main line,also 8.Be3-was checked in the previous
games.}) 8... Nxd5 $8 9. exd5 exf4 $5 {Besides,black has two options:} (9...
Ne7 $5 10. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 11. d6 Qa5+ (11... Nc6 $6 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Bxd6
14. Qf3 $6 (14. Qg4+ $5) 14... Qf6 $1 $13 {0-1 Puhakka,E-Simula,P/Espoo 1994/
EXT 99 (55)}) 12. c3 Nc6 $1 (12... Nf5 $2 13. Nc7+ (13. Qd5 $2 Kd8 14. d7 Bxd7
15. O-O-O Nd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rd5 $11 {0-1 Moylan,
L-Son,O/Oropesa del Mar ESP 1998 (45)}) 13... Kd8 14. Nxa8 Nxd6 15. b4 Qa3 16.
Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Be6 18. Rxa7 $18 {1/2-1/2 Solomunovic,I-Karpov,A/Tuzla 1991/
EXT 97 (41)}) 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 (14. Qb3 $2 Nd4 $1 $8 15. Qxf7+ Kxd6 16.
Ne8+ Kc6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Be4+ Bd5 19. O-O (19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Qc7+ Kb5 21. c4+
Qxc4 22. Qxb7+ Ka5 $19) 19... Bxe4 $1 20. cxd4 Qd5 21. Qc7+ Kb5 {0-1 Sermek,
D-Todorovic,G/Caorle 1990/Inf 50 (21)}) 14... Bxd6 15. Qg4+ Ke7 16. Qxg7 Rf8
17. Bc4 $13) (9... Nb8 $5 10. Bxe5 $5 (10. Be3 $143 a6 11. Na3 (11. Nc3 Be7 12.
Be2 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. a4 Bg5 $11 {0-1 Bagirov,R-Kharlov,A/Biel 1997/CBM 60
ext (29)}) 11... Nd7 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O-O b5 15. c4 Bb7 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Lukianenko,E-Laptev,R/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (47)}) 10... dxe5 11. d6 Na6
$5 (11... Bxd6 $143 12. Qxd6 (12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Qxc8 14. Qd5 Rd8 15.
Qxe5+ Kf8 16. Qc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Reinaldo Castineira,R-Ruiz,J/
Santiago 1995/EXT 98 (45) +/=/=}) 12... Qxd6 13. Nxd6+ Ke7 14. O-O-O (14. Nxc8+
$5 Rxc8 15. Bd3 {/\ c3, 0-0, Rfe1+/= ><e5}) 14... Rd8 15. Nxc8+ Rxc8 16. g3 Nc6
17. c3 $14 {0-1 Kroeger,F-Thiel,T/Muenster 1993/EXT 99 (54)}) (11... Be6 $5 12.
Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Bxd6 $13 {0-1 Nguyen Thi Tuong Van-Delgado Crespo,M/Elista
1998/CBM 66 ext (49)}) (11... Nc6 {- 9... Ne7}) 12. Qd5 (12. Bc4 $5) 12... Qb6
$5 {Sveshnikov,E} (12... Be6 $2 13. Qxb7 (13. Qxe5 $2 Qa5+ 14. c3 O-O-O $17)
13... Qc8 14. Qxa6 $1 Qxa6 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa6 Bxd6 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. O-O $16
{Kuznecov,I-Golakov/Russia 1992/Inf 56 (18)}) (12... Be7 $2 13. Qxe5 Be6 14.
dxe7 Qxe7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. O-O $16 {1/2-1/2 Fierro Baquero,M-Delgado Crespo,M/
Cienfuegos 1997/EXT 98 (46)}) (12... f6 $5 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. O-O-O {/\ Nc3, Bb5,
Rhe1~~}) (12... Qf6 $5) 13. Qxe5+ Be6 14. d7+ (14. O-O-O $2 O-O-O $17) 14...
Kxd7 15. O-O-O+ Kc8 $1 (15... Ke8 $2 16. Bc4 Rc8 17. Rd6 $1 Bxd6 18. Nxd6+ Ke7
19. Nf5+ $16) 16. Rd6 (16. Bc4 $143 Bc5 17. Rd6 (17. Nd6+ $2 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qc7
19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kb8 $15 {Germanchuk-Kozirev,A/Cheliabinsk 1993/Inf 60
(27)}) 17... Bxc4 $1 (17... Qa5 $2 18. Rxa6 bxa6 19. Bxe6+ Kb7 (19... fxe6 20.
Qxc5+ Kb8 21. Qe5+ Kb7 22. Nd6+ Kb6 23. Nc4+ $18) 20. Qxc5 axb5 21. Bd5+ Kb8
22. Qc6 $18) (17... Bxd6 $2 18. Nxd6+ Kb8 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Nxf7+ Kc8 21. Nd6+
Kb8 (21... Kd7 $2 22. Rd1 $18) 22. Qxe6 Rd8 23. Rd1 $18) 18. Rxb6 axb6 19. Nd6+
(19. Qxg7 $5) 19... Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rd8 21. Qxb6 Nc7 22. b3 Be6 23. a4 Ra6 24.
Qe3 $13) 16... Qc5 $5 (16... Bxd6 $5 17. Nxd6+ Kb8 (17... Kd8 $6 18. Bb5 $40 {
/\ Rd1}) 18. Nxf7+ Qc7 19. Qxe6 Rc8 20. c3 $13) 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kb8 (
18... Kd8 $2 19. Be2 {/\ Rd1+-}) 19. Qe8+ Qc8 20. Qe5+ Nc7 21. Nxc7 Qxc7 22.
Qe8+ Qc8 23. Qe5+ Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Kuznecov,I-Kozirev,A/Cheliabinsk 1994/Inf60/180
(Kuznecov)(23)} (23... Bd6 $5 {Kuznecov,I} 24. Qxd6+ Qc7 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Bd3
h6 27. Kd2 $10)) 10. dxc6 bxc6 ({Possibly:} 10... a6 11. Nd4 Be7 12. Qf3 Qb6
13. O-O-O O-O 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bh4 17. f3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2
Todor,R-Klundt,K/Aschach 1996/EXT 98 (23) +/=/=}) 11. Qf3 {[%csl Rc6]} d5 $5 ({
Good enough:} 11... Qb6 $5 12. Qxf4 (12. Bd3 $2 d5 $1 (12... Rb8 $2 13. Qe4+
Be6 14. Nd4 Qa5+ 15. c3 Qe5 16. Qxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. b3 Kf7 19. Ke2 Ba3
{1/2-1/2 Cardoso Garcia,S-Haag,M/Malaga 1998/CBM 63 ext (19)}) 13. a4 Be6 14.
O-O cxb5 15. Bxb5+ Ke7 $19 {0-1 Osuna Vega,E-Haag,M/Malaga 1998/CBM 63 ext (30)
}) 12... Rb8 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxb2 15. Rd1 Qc3+ (15... Qb4+ $5 16. Qxb4
Rxb4 17. Bd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Turner,J-Ankerst,M/Bled 1998/EXT 99 (59)}) 16. Qd2
Qe5+ 17. Be2 Be6 18. O-O O-O 19. Bf3 (19. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 Jukic,B-Berebora,F/
Osijek 1993/CBM 38 ext (19)}) 19... Rb6 20. a4 Qc5 21. Be4 Rb4 22. Bxc6 Rc4 23.
Bb5 Rxc2 24. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 De Haas,P-Horvath,T/Haarlem 1998/EXT 99 (24)}) ({
Badly:} 11... Bd7 $2 {because of:} 12. Qe4+ Qe7 ({Loses right away:} 12... Be7
$2 {in view of:} 13. Nxd6+ Kf8 14. O-O-O Bxd6 (14... Bg4 15. f3 $1 (15. Qxf4 $4
Bg5 $19) 15... Bxd6 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bxd6 17. Qxc6 Ke7 18. Bh3 $18) 16.
Qxc6 (16. fxg4 $2 Qc7 $14) 16... Ke7 17. fxg4 $18 {1-0 Kuznecov,I-Lukshenkov/
Russia,1992/Inf 56/199(Kuznecov,I)(22)}) 15. Rxd6 Qe7 16. Qxf4 $18 {1-0
Jovanovic,Z-Keglevic,P/Zagreb 1998/CBM 62 ext (25)}) 13. Nxd6+ (13. Nc7+ $2 Kd8
14. Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. Nxa8 Kc8 16. O-O-O Kb7 17. Bc4 d5 18. Rhe1 Be6 $1 19. Bd3
Bc5 $44) 13... Kd8 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Bc4 Rd8 17. Bxe6 Rxd6 $1 (
17... fxe6 18. Ne4 $16) 18. Rxd6 Kxd6 19. Bxf7 $16 {1-0 Sermek,D-Vukic,M/
Zagreb,1990/Inf 50/202(Sermek,D)(65)}) 12. O-O-O Be7 $6 ({Good enough:} 12...
Be6 $5 13. Nd4 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Qb6 15. Rxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc5 17. Qe4+ Kf8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Hjorth,T-Thomsen,A/Aalborg 1995/EXT 97 (48)}) ({Strongly:} 12... a6 $1
13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qxf4 Be7 15. h4 O-O $15 {0-1 Ivanisevic,I-Stankovic,D/Tivat
1995/CBM 48 ext (51)}) (12... Bd7 $5 13. Qxf4 (13. Qc3 $2 cxb5 14. Rxd5 a6 $17
{0-1 Gamsa,M-Bennett,J/Geneva SUI 1999 (28)}) (13. Nd4 $5) 13... cxb5 14. Rxd5
a6 15. Bc4 $5 bxc4 16. Rhd1 Be7 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Qxf7 g6 20.
Qxc4 $15 {Kuznetsov,I-Guz/Cheliabinsk,1993/Inf 60/(188)(20)}) (12... cxb5 $2
13. Rxd5 Bd7 14. Bxb5 $16) 13. Qc3 cxb5 $2 ({Better is:} 13... O-O 14. Qxc6 Be6
15. Nc7 (15. Nd4 $6 Rc8 (15... Bg4 $5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Qa6 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bf6 $13
{1-0 Scholz,C-Roemhild,M/Germany 1997/EXT 99 (60)}) 16. Qa4 Bc5 17. Be2 Bd7 18.
Qb3 Qc7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Somlai,L-Rovid,K/HUN-chT 1994/TD (41)}) 15... Rc8 16. Nxe6
Rxc6 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Bd3 (18. Be2 $142 {/\ Bf3+/= ><d5}) 18... f3 $1 19. gxf3
Bh4 $13 {Kuznecov,I-Chelushkina,I/USSR,1991/Inf56/(199)(19)}) 14. Qxg7 Bf6 $2 (
14... Rf8 $142 15. Bxb5+ Bd7 16. Rxd5 Bxb5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Re1 {+/=/+/-})
15. Bxb5+ Ke7 $8 (15... Bd7 $4 16. Rhe1+ $18) 16. Rhe1+ Be6 ({After:} 16... Kd6
17. Qxf7 {white has a strong attack.}) 17. Rxe6+ $1 $40 Kxe6 18. Re1+ Kd6 $8 (
18... Kf5 $4 19. Bd3#) 19. Qxf7 Kc5 $2 ({Can be recommended:} 19... Rf8 $5 20.
Re6+ Kc5 21. Rc6+ Kxb5 (21... Kd4 $2 22. c3+ Ke4 23. Qe6+ Be5 24. f3+ $18) 22.
Qb7+ Qb6 23. a4+ Kxa4 (23... Ka5 $5) 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Qxb6 $16) (19... Be5 $2
{is refuted by:} 20. c4 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Re5][%cal Gf7d5] (Zaitsev,I)} Bxb2+ (
20... dxc4 21. Rd1+ $18) 21. Kxb2 Kc5 22. Re5 $18) 20. Re6 $1 $18 Kxb5 $146 ({
Loses right away:} 20... Be7 $2 21. Rxe7 Rf8 (21... Kxb5 22. Rd7 Qg8 23. Rxd5+
$18 {[%csl Rb5]}) 22. Qe6 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge6c6]} Qb6 23. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Ge7c7]
} Rac8 (23... Kxb5 $144 24. Qxd5+ Ka6 25. Qc4+ Qb5 26. Re6+ Ka5 27. b4+ Qxb4 (
27... Ka4 28. Qb3#) 28. Ra6#) (23... Qxb5 $144 24. Qc7+ Qc6 (24... Kb4 25. Qc3+
Ka4 26. Qa3#) (24... Kd4 25. Qc3#) 25. b4+ Kb5 26. a4+ $18) 24. a4 Qf6 25. Rc7+
$1 $18 Rxc7 (25... Kb6 26. Qxf6+ $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 26. Qxc7+ Kb4 (26... Kd4 27.
Qc3+ Ke4 28. Bd3#) 27. c3+ {1-0 Zaitsev,I-Kharlov,A/Minsk,1997/Inf 69/167
(Zaitsev,I)(27)} (27. c3+ Kb3 28. Qc5 $18 {[%csl Ya3,Rb3,Yb4][%cal Gc5a3,Gc5b4]
})) (20... Rf8 $143 21. Qb7 $1 (21. Rc6+ $2 {Zaitsev,I} Kxb5 22. Qb7+ Qb6 23.
a4+ Ka5 (23... Kxa4 $143 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Qxb6 Bxb2+ 26. Qxb2 $14 {|^}) 24.
Rxb6 axb6 25. Qxd5+ Ka6 26. Qd3+ $14 {|^}) 21... Rc8 22. b4+ $1 Kxb4 (22... Kd4
23. Qxa7+ Kc3 24. Qa3+ Kd4 25. Qd3#) 23. Be2+ Qb6 (23... Kc5 24. Qb5+ Kd4 25.
Qb4+ Rc4 26. c3#) (23... Kc3 24. Qb2#) 24. Rxb6+ axb6 25. Qxb6+ Ka4 26. Qb3+
Ka5 27. Qb5#) 21. Qb7+ Qb6 $8 (21... Kc5 $4 22. Qc6+ Kb4 (22... Kd4 23. Qc3#)
23. a3+ Ka5 24. b4#) 22. Qxd5+ (22. Rxb6+ $144 axb6 23. Qxd5+ Ka6 24. Qc4+ {
[%csl Rf6]} Ka7 (24... b5 25. Qe6+ $18) (24... Ka5 $4 25. a4 $18 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Gc4b5]}) 25. Qf7+ $18) 22... Ka6 23. Qc4+ Kb7 (23... Ka5 24. b4+ $1 Ka4 (
24... Qxb4 $4 25. Ra6#) 25. Qb3+ Kb5 26. c4+ Ka6 27. Qa3+ Kb7 28. Qf3+ $1 {
[%csl Rf6]} Kc7 (28... Ka6 $4 29. b5+ Ka5 30. Qa3#) (28... Kb8 29. Rxb6+ axb6
30. Qxf4+ Kb7 31. Qxf6 $18) 29. Qxf4+ Kb7 30. Qf3+ Kc7 31. Qxf6 $5 $18) 24.
Rxb6+ axb6 25. Qf7+ Ka6 26. Qxf6 $18 {_|_The rest is the matter of technics.}
Rhf8 27. Qc6 Rac8 (27... Rad8 28. Qa4+ (28. c3 $5 {/\Kc2}) 28... Kb7 29. Qe4+ {
[%csl Rh7]}) 28. Qa4+ {[%csl Rh7]} Kb7 29. Qe4+ Kb8 30. Qxh7 f3 $1 {This
move-only chance for black.} 31. gxf3 (31. g4 $6 Rfe8 {[%csl Rf2,Gf3]}) 31...
Rxf3 32. Qg6 Ka7 33. Qg7+ Ka6 34. b4 $1 {עa6} Rfc3 (34... Rxf2 {is refuted by:
} 35. b5+ $1 Kxb5 (35... Ka5 36. Qa7+ Kxb5 37. Qd7+ {-see 35...Kb5}) 36. Qd7+
Rc6 37. c4+ Kc5 38. Qd5+ Kb4 39. Qxc6 $18) 35. Qg6 Kb5 36. a3 Ka4 (36... Rxa3
$4 37. Qf5+ {[%csl Rc8]}) (36... Ra8 37. Qf5+ Ka4 38. Kb2 Rxa3 39. Qd5 $18) 37.
Kb2 R8c6 (37... Rxa3 38. Qxb6 Ra8 39. Qb7 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Ra8]}) 38. Qe4 R6c4
39. Qa8+ Kb5 40. Qd5+ Ka4 (40... Ka6 41. Qf5 $18) 41. Qd2 {[%csl Rc3]} Rxa3 $8
(41... Rf3 42. Qd7+ b5 43. Qa7#) 42. Qd7+ Kxb4 (42... b5 43. Qa7+ Kxb4 44.
Qxa3#) 43. Qd6+ {Please pay your attention to the fantastic work of the white
queen.} (43. Qd6+ {[%csl Ra3]} Rc5 44. Qxb6+ Rb5 45. Qxb5+ (45. Qd4+) 45...
Kxb5 46. Kxa3 $18 {[%csl Gc2,Gf2,Gh2]}) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 {It's main line.} (9. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Svidler,P-Al
Modiahki,M/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(Golod,V)(48)}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11.
O-O d4 $1 {It's best move.} 12. Ne2 $5 {Nowadays-12.Ne4 is not actually.See
comments to Leko,P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(52)} Bg4
{Comments to this part of the game (from 12...Bg4 to 16...Qd7) you can find in
annotations to game: Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)
(58)} 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Bxe2 $5 {From my
point of view this move brings white at least a slight advantage.} (17. Rxe2
$143 {It was checked on the very top level.See comments to Kasparov,G-Grischuk,
A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(58)}) 17... Ne4 $146 {Black pieces can
occupy the centre, but I do not consider that they have equality. BB is
stronger than NN.} ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 17... Re7 18. Bf3
Rae8 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Re1 Rxe1+ (20... Re6 $5) 21. Qxe1 h6 22. Qe2 $14 {
Kupreichik,V-Palatnik,S/Rostov,1980(1-0)(41)}) 18. Qd3 Qf5 {The a little bit
strange decision.} (18... Nc5 19. Qb5 Ne6 20. Bg3 $14) (18... Rac8 19. Rad1 {
and so on.}) 19. g3 $14 {[%cal Yg3f4,Ge2f3] The useful preventive move.} ({
Hardly is better:} 19. Bf3 Qxf4 20. Bxe4 h6 21. Rad1 Rad8 {[%csl Yd8][%cal
Yd8d4]}) 19... Qd7 {There is no sense to force exchanges:} (19... Qf6 20. Bf3
Nc5 21. Qb5 g5 (21... Ne6 $2 22. Qxb7 {[%csl Rc6]}) 22. Bxc6 $1 (22. Qxc5 $143
gxf4 $14) 22... bxc6 23. Qxc5 gxf4 24. Rad1 {[%csl Rd4]} f3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.
h4 $16) 20. Bf3 ({Also deserves attention:} 20. Rad1 $5) 20... Nc5 21. Qc4 Ne6
22. Bd2 Rac8 23. Qd5 Qc7 {This move, undoubtely, is better than:} (23... Qxd5
24. Bxd5 Rcd8 (24... Ne7 $2 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Kf7 27. Rae1 Rxc2 28. Bb4
Rc7 29. R6e4 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Re7]}) 25. Bg2 {with obvious advantage of white in
endgame.}) 24. Rac1 {[%cal Gc2c3]} Rcd8 25. Qe4 Re7 26. Qh4 Rde8 27. Bg2 h6 $6
{The not compelled easing of the king side!} ({Can be recommended:} 27... Qb6
$5) 28. Qh5 Ng5 {In my opinion, it's the next positional mistake.} 29. Rxe7
Qxe7 30. h4 ({Pretty dubiously:} 30. Re1 Qxe1+ $1 31. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Bf1 Ne5
$44 {[%csl Ge1,Ge5,Gg5,Rh5]}) 30... Ne6 31. Re1 Qd7 (31... Qf6 $143 32. Qb5)
32. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd2h6]} Nf8 $6 (32... Kf8 $142 33. Qf5 {[%csl Rf8]
[%cal Gf5h7]} Kg8 34. Be4 Nf8 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. c3 $1 {+/=/+/-}) 33. Qxd7 Rxe1+
34. Bxe1 Nxd7 35. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd4] This move emphasizes of black's
weakness on the queen side.} Kf8 $2 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 35...
Nde5 36. b5 Nd8 37. Bb4 b6 38. Bd5 {[%cal Yg1f1,Yf1e2,Ye2d2]}) 36. f4 $1 {
[%csl Rd4,Yf4][%cal Yf4e5,Ge1f2]} a6 37. Bf2 {The white bishops supervise all
board, and black have remained now without counterplay.White's plan is very
simple: Kf1-e2-d3.} Ke7 ({I am not sure, that it was better:} 37... Nb6 38.
Bxc6 bxc6 39. Bxd4 Nc4 40. a4) 38. Kf1 Kd6 39. Ke2 $1 ({Not of sense to hurry
up with material gains:} 39. Bxc6 Kxc6 40. Bxd4 g6 41. c4 $140 b5 $1) 39... b5
40. Kd3 a5 (40... Nf6 41. Bf3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf2d4]} (41. Bxc6 $143 Kxc6 42.
Bxd4 Nh5)) 41. Bxc6 {The accuracy is necessary up to the end.} Kxc6 42. bxa5
$18 Nc5+ 43. Kxd4 h5 (43... f6 44. g4 $22) 44. Ke5 f6+ (44... Nd7+ 45. Kf5 Kb7
46. Bd4 g6+ 47. Kg5 $18 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 45. Kf5 {[%csl Rg7,Rh5][%cal Gf5g6]
The rest is a matter of technics.} Nb7 46. a6 Nd6+ 47. Kg6 Nc4 48. a7 Kb7 49.
Bc5 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Gavric, Miladin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Banja Luka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 $5 {In my opinion, this very interesting reaction to previous
move of black.} Nb4 10. c5 {[%mdl 16]} (10. Bd2 $143 {You can see comments to
Khachian,M-Halkias,S/Yerevan,2000/CBM78(1-0)(Golod,V)(39)}) 10... Qh4 $6 {
After this dubious move,black gets in bad position.Instead of it,can be
recommended:} (10... Qb8) ({or} 10... Ba6) 11. Qf3 Nc2+ $146 {[%mdl 8] It also
nor decides of all problems.} ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 11... h6
$2 12. g3 Qd8 (12... Nc2+ $143 13. Kd2 Nd4 (13... Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxa1 15. b4 $18
{[%csl Ra1][%cal Gc1b2]}) 14. Qd3 $18 {[%csl Rd4,Rh4]}) 13. Qb3 {[%csl Rb4,Rb7]
+/-/+- See comments to Macieja,B-Czebe,A/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(1-0)(Golod,V)(35)})
({Also loses right away:} 11... Bxc5 $2 12. Bg5 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 $18) ({and} 11...
Qd8 $2 12. Qb3 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rb7]}) 12. Kd1 Nd4 $8 (12... Nxa1 $4 13. Bg5 $18
{[%csl Ra1,Rh4]}) 13. Qf4 ({Very weakly:} 13. Qd3 {in view of:} Qh5+ {[%csl
Rd1,Re5]}) 13... Qxf4 (13... Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf5 16. Bd3 $16) 14.
Bxf4 {+/=/+/- After exchange of the queens,white should not think of a
position of the king!} a5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 15. h4 $1 {It's a principal decision,
differently it is not possible to struglle for big advantage:} Ba6 $6 ({
Most probably,more stubborn resistance after:} 15... h5 $5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 16.
Rh3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rd3 Nf5 19. g3 {+/=/+/-}) 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. h5 $1 {
[%cal Gh5h6] Now black lose all counterplay.} h6 18. Rh3 {[%csl Yh3][%cal
Yh3a3]} a4 19. Rc1 {[%csl Re8]} Kd8 20. Rc4 $16 Nb5 21. Bd2 {[%csl Gh3][%cal
Gh3f3,Gh3g3,Gg3g7,Gf3f7] The black pieces are pushed aside all is further and
further!} Be7 22. Rg3 {Sergei Movsesian begins to attack on black's weakness
in the king side.} f5 ({Also leads to hopeless position:} 22... Rh7 23. Rf3 Ke8
24. Rb4 Rh8 $140 25. b3 $1 a3 (25... axb3 26. a4 $18 {[%csl Gb4,Ge4,Re8,Gf3]})
26. Ra4 $1 Rxa4 27. bxa4 Nd4 (27... Nc7 28. Rb3 $18) 28. Rd3 Nf5 29. g4 Nh4 30.
a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5]}) 23. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 (23... Nxd6 $143 24. cxd6 Bg5 (24... Bf8
25. Ra3 $18 {[%csl Ra4]}) 25. f4 Bh4 26. Rxg7 Bf2 27. Ke2 Ba7 28. Be3 $18) 24.
exd6 {[%csl Yb2,Rb5,Yc5,Yd6] The knight black is completely switched off from
game.} Rh7 25. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf4e5] The rest is the matter of
technics.} Ke8 26. Be5 Kf7 27. Rg6 {Full domination.} a3 28. b3 Ra8 29. g4 $1
Rf8 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Rf4 Kg8 32. Kd2 {/\Ke3,Ra4,Kf4 or Rg3-f3(קf5) and so on.
} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Black "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 $5 ({Another
line is:} 6... d6 $5) 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O {is the
main line.Other alternatives are:} (10... Bg4) (10... Be6 $6) (10... Qe7+) (
10... Ne5 $6) (10... h6) 11. O-O d4 $1 {is the best move.} 12. Ne2 $5 {
Nowadays- 12.Ne4 is not actual.} Re8 $5 {Besides,12...Qd5;12...Bg4;12...a6;12..
.h6;12...Ng4;12...Qd6;12...Qb6-was checked in the previous games.} 13. Bg5 (13.
b4 $5 Nd5 $5 (13... Bg4 $143 14. f3 Bh5 15. Bb2 a6 16. Rf2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Yudasin,L-Sorokin,M/Moscow 1992/CBM 33 (44)}) 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Bb2 Bxe2 16. Bxe2
Qf6 17. Bd3 Nf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Matsuura,E-Chernov,V/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (40)})
(13. h3 $6 Ne4 (13... h6 $5 {See comments to Bologan,V-Chernov,V/Kishinev,1998/
CBM 64/(1/2-1/2)[Kostakiev,D](44)}) 14. Bb5 Qb6 15. a4 $6 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16.
Qxd4 Ng3 $1 17. fxg3 Rxe2 $11) 15... Rd8 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qf3 Bg6 $15 {0-1
Gaponenko,I-Tufa,S/ROM-chT 1994/EXT 97 (54)}) 13... Re5 ({Worse is:} 13... h6
14. Bh4 a6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Seirawan,Y-Comp Leonardo
Maestro/Zuerich 1988/EXT 97 (35)}) ({Also worse is:} 13... Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15.
Re1 $14 {1-0 Zozulia,A-Pothika,L/WchJW U16 1996 (49)}) 14. Bf4 $5 {+/=/=} (14.
f4 $6 Re8 15. Ng3 Qd6 16. f5 Ne5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {=/=/+ 1/2-1/2 Kotronias,
V-Khenkin,I/Iraklion 1992/EXT 99 (47)}) (14. Qd2 $5 Bf5 $1 (14... h6 $143 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Ng3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Lautier,J/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (30) =/+/=}) 15. f4 (15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Rad1 h6
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Solak,D-Chernov,V/Brasov 1998/CBM 63 ext (30)})
15... Rd5 16. Ng3 Bxd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mortensen,E-Sorokin,M/Ostrava 1992/CBM 33 
(29)}) 14... Rd5 $1 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 15. Ng3 $5 {><f5} (15. Re1 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. h3 Rd8 19. Re2 h6 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Janovsky,S/Voskresensk
1992/CBM 31 (47) +/=/=}) 15... Ne5 $1 {is the best move.} 16. Bxe5 ({Can be
recommended:} 16. Re1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 {+/=/=}) 16... Rxe5 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. b4 $5
$146 {/\Rfe1;weakness(Pd4)} (18. Rae1 $5 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Be6 (19... Qxb2 $2 20.
Nh5 $40) 20. b3 Rd8 21. a4 Qc5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 h6 $11 {1-0 Kamsky,
G-Lautier,J/Paris 1992/CBM 33 (55)}) 18... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Ga8e8][%mdl 256]} ({
Slight worse is:} 18... Bg4 {in view of:} 19. h3) 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Rxe5 Rxe5
21. Ne2 {White's plan is:Rd1or Bc4 with pressure on Pd4} ({After:} 21. Qf4 Qd6
22. Ne2 Rd5 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 {equality}) 21... Rd5 $8 (21... Bc6 $4 22. Nxd4 Ne4 (
22... Qxd4 $4 23. Bxh7+ $18 {[%csl Rd4]}) 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Re1 $16) 22. Rd1 ({
Senseless:} 22. Bc4 Rd6 23. Rd1 {[%csl Rd4] because of:} Bg4 $1 $11 24. f3 $140
$4 d3+ $19) 22... Bg4 $1 23. h3 ({Dubious:} 23. f3 Bd7 $13) 23... Bxe2 $8 ({
Badly:} 23... Bh5 {in view of:} 24. g4 $1 Bg6 (24... Nxg4 $143 25. hxg4 Bxg4
26. Re1 $16) 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Nxd4 $16) 24. Qxe2 Rd8 25. Bc4 $5 {/\Bb3,Qc4}
Qc7 $1 {<->c(><c4)} 26. Bb3 g6 {Black's plan:Kg7,Rd7} 27. Qd3 {[%csl Rd8][%cal
Gc2c3]} Rd7 $11 {[%csl Yd7][%cal Yd7f7,Yd7d4]} 28. Ba4 Rd5 29. Bb3 Rd7 30. Re1
(30. Bc4 Re7 $5 31. Bb3 ({Loses:} 31. Qxd4 $4 Rd7 32. Qa1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qxc4
34. Qd8+ Kg7 $19) 31... Rd7 $11) 30... Kg7 31. Ba4 Rd6 32. Bb3 Rd7 33. g3 $5 {
><f4} h6 34. Ba4 Rd6 35. Bb3 Rd7 36. Ba4 ({Can be recommended:} 36. Qc4) 36...
Rd6 37. Bb3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 (10. c3 $5 {-see comments to Voitsekhovsky,
S-Yagupov,I/N.Novgorod,1998/(1-0)[Golod,V] (39)}) 10... Qb6 11. Bd3 Ba6 $6 {
After this move,white has a big positional advantage in the middlegame and in
the endgame.} ({Better is:} 11... Be7 $5 {-see comments to Fedorov,A-Khalifman,
A/Samara,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2)[Golod,V] (27)}) ({and also dubious:} 11... Qxb2 {
-see comments to Voitsekhovsky-Yagupov,I/N.Novgorod,1998}) 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. b3
$5 {with the idea:14.c4;15.0-0} ({Slight worse is:} 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ (13... Qb6
14. c4 $6 (14. b3 $5 $14) 14... Qxb2 15. O-O Nb6 16. Kh1 Qd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Emms,
J-Wagner,C/London 1994/CBM 45 ext (39)}) 14. Kxe2 f5 15. Nf2 Rb8 16. b3 $5 (16.
c4 $143 Nb4 17. Bc3 Bc5 18. a3 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. b4 Bxf2 22.
Kxf2 Ke7 {1-0 Manik,M-Hlavnicka,J/Lazne Bohdanec 1997/EXT 98 (37) +/=/=}) 16...
Bb4 17. g3 $14 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Kozlov,V/Voskresensk2 1993 (42)}) 13... Qb6 {
[%cal Gd5e3]} 14. Qe2 f5 $146 (14... Be7 {was checked in the previous game.}
15. c4 Nb4 16. Bc3 c5 $6 17. O-O O-O $2 18. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 19. exf6 g6 20. f5
gxf5 $2 (20... exf5 $8 $16) 21. Qh5 Kh8 22. Rf3 $18 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Cerisier,P/
Strasbourg 1992/EXT 97 (22)}) 15. exf6 {-is the best reaction to- 14...f5.
Dubious:} (15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 O-O (16... Qd4 $6 17. Qe5 $1 $14) 17. c4 Nf6
$15) ({and badly:} 15. Nf2 {in view of:} Nxf4 $1 16. Bxf4 Qd4 $17 {[%csl Ra1,
Rf4]}) 15... Nxf6 ({Loses :} 15... gxf6 {because of:} 16. c4 Qd4 (16... f5 17.
cxd5 fxe4 18. dxe6 $18) 17. Rd1 f5 $8 (17... Nb4 18. Bc3 $18) 18. Qh5+ Ke7 $8 (
18... Kd8 19. Ba5+) 19. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gh5f7,Gd2b4]}) 16. Nxf6+ $1
{[%cal Ge2h5]} gxf6 17. Qh5+ Ke7 ({Worse is:} 17... Kd8 18. O-O-O (18. Ba5 $4
Bb4+ 19. Bxb4 Qxb4+ $19 {[%csl Re1,Rf4]}) 18... a5 (18... Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Qd4 $4 {
is refuted by:} 20. Ba5+ $18) 19. Rhe1 {with strong initiative.}) 18. O-O-O $14
Qb5 $5 ({Dubious:} 18... a5 {(/\a4)in view of:} 19. a4 $5 $14 {[%csl Ra5]}) (
18... Bg7 $5) 19. f5 $1 ({After:} 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Bb4+ Ke8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22.
Rd6 Ke7 23. Rhd1 Rfd8 {/\Rac8-c7} 24. Ra6 Rdc8 $1 {white has a slight
advantage in the endgame.}) 19... e5 $6 ({Loses right away:} 19... Qxf5 {
in view of:} 20. Bb4+ $1 Kd8 (20... c5 $143 21. Bxc5+ Kd8 22. Qf7 $18) 21. Ba5+
$1 Ke7 (21... Kc8 22. Qe8+) 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rhe1+ Kf7 24. Rxd7+ Kg6 25. Re6
$18) ({Can be recommended:} 19... a5 20. a4 $5 (20. Rhe1 a4 $132) 20... Qxf5
21. Qxf5 exf5 $14 {_|_}) 20. Rhe1 a5 $2 (20... d5 $142 21. g4 $40 {[%cal Gg4g5]
}) (20... Kd8 $6 21. Qf7 Be7 22. Bh6 $16) 21. Kb1 $6 ({Very strong is:} 21. a4
$1 Qc5 ({Syn:} 21... Qb8 22. Rxe5+ Qxe5 $8 23. Re1 $16) 22. Rxe5+ $1 Qxe5 $8 (
22... fxe5 $4 23. Bg5#) 23. Re1 $16) ({Also good enough:} 21. Rxe5+ Qxe5 22.
Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Bxe1 $16 a4) 21... d6 {[%cal Yd6e5]} 22. a4 Qb8 $6 (22... Qc5
$142 23. Be3 Qb4 $14) 23. Bc1 $5 {/\Ba3(weakness:Pd6) or g4,g5->} Ra7 24. g4
$16 {[%mdl 128]} Rd7 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 24... d5 25. g5 $140 Bg7) 25. g5
Bg7 $8 26. Ba3 c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses right away.} ({It is necessary:} 26...
Qc7 $5 27. Rd3 c5 $16) 27. Bxc5 $1 Qe8 (27... dxc5 $2 28. Rxd7+ (28. gxf6+ $142
$5 Bxf6 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Qf7+ Kc8 (30... Be7 31. Rd1+ $18) 31. Qxf6 $18)
28... Kxd7 29. Qf7+ $18) 28. Rxe5+ $6 (28. Qh4 $142 $1 dxc5 $140 29. gxf6+ Bxf6
30. Rxe5+ $1 $18) 28... fxe5 $8 29. f6+ Bxf6 (29... Kd8 $143 30. fxg7 Rg8 31.
Bb6+ Kc8 32. Qxh7 $18 {[%cal Gh7e4]}) 30. gxf6+ Kd8 ({Loses:} 30... Kxf6 {
in view of:} 31. Qh4+ Ke6 32. Qc4+ Ke7 (32... Kf6 33. Rf1+ Ke7 (33... Kg7 34.
Qg4+) 34. Qh4+ Ke6 35. Rf6+ Kd5 36. Qc4+ Kc6 37. Bxd6+ $18) 33. Bxd6+ $1 Rxd6
34. Qc5 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Rh8][%cal Gc5e5]} Qd7 35. Qxe5+ Qe6 36. Qg7+ $18) 31.
Bb6+ Kc8 32. Qf5 {[%cal Gd1d6]} Kb7 (32... Qg6 33. Qe6 Re8 34. Qc4+ Kb7 (34...
Kb8 35. Rxd6 $1 $18) 35. Rxd6 $1 $18) 33. Bxa5 {/\Qe4+} d5 $6 ({Slight better
is:} 33... Qc8 {+/-/+-}) 34. Bb4 $18 {/\Be7(weakness:Pd5,e5)} Qf7 35. Qxe5 Rc8
36. Bd6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1d5]} Kc6 37. Qc3+ (37. Qc3+ Kb7 $8 38. Qb4+ Ka8 (
38... Kc6 39. Be5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb4b5]}) 39. Qa5+ Ra7 40. Qxd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 $5 (8... Bb7 $5 {-see comments to Anand,V-Leko,P/Dortmund,1999/CBM72 
(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)}) 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 (10. c3 $5 {-see comments to
Voitsekhovsky,S-Yagupov,I/RUS-Cup,N.Novgorod,1998/CBM 66(1-0)(Golod,V)(39)})
10... Qb6 11. c4 $6 {[%mdl 4]} (11. Bd3 $5 {Is the main line.See comments to
Hector,J-Ziegler,A/ Goteborg,1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(37)}) 11... Qd4 {
[%csl Rb2,Re4]} ({Dubious:} 11... Ne3 {in view of:} 12. Qc1 Nxf1 13. Rxf1 Qd4
14. Qc2 Ba6 15. Rc1 $14) 12. Qf3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({After:} 12. Qb1 Rb8 $1
13. b3 $8 (13. cxd5 $4 Rxb2 14. Qd3 Rxd2 $1 $19 {Clementsson,J-Loven,A/SVE-chT,
1996 (1-0)(40)}) 13... f5 $1 {-black has a positional advantage.See comments
to Adams,M-Khenkin,I/ Chalkidiki,1992/CBM32(1/2-1/2)(Horvath,Ta) (42)}) 12...
Qxb2 {Is the best move.} ({Badly:} 12... Nb4 {because of:} 13. Bc3 Nc2+ $140 $6
(13... Qb6 $5 14. Qe2 $14) 14. Ke2 Ba6 (14... Qxc4+ $4 15. Kd2 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4]}
Qa4 16. b3 $18) 15. b3 Bb4 16. Rd1 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 $16) 13. Rd1 ({Worse is:} 13.
Rc1 {in view of:} Nb4) 13... f5 $2 ({In my opinion considerably better is:} 
13... Nb4 {and it is incomprehensible how much strong compensation behind pawn.
}) 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. cxd5 $1 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6][%cal Gd5c6,Gd5e6]} (15. exd6
$6 Nf6 16. Bc3 Qa3 {=/+/-/+}) 15... Bb4 $2 ({Can be recommended:} 15... Bc5 16.
dxc6 {[%csl Ra8,Gf3]} (16. dxe6 $143 Qxa2 $13) 16... Rb8 17. Bc4 O-O $6 (17...
Qb6 $5 $14) 18. cxd7 Bxd7 19. Bc3 Bb4 20. O-O $1 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rxd7
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Re6]}) (15... Bc7 $6 16. dxc6 $36) 16. dxe6 dxe6 ({Also after:} 
16... Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Qb1+ 18. Kf2 Qb6+ {[%csl Yb6,Rc6][%cal Yb6c6]} 19. Kg3
dxe6 20. Rd6 O-O 21. Bc4 {white has a big advantage.}) 17. Qxc6+ Ke7 18. Bb5 $1
{[%cal Gc6c7][%mdl 128]} (18. Qxa8 $2 {is refuted by:} Rd8 $1 ({Loses:} 18...
Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Qc1+ 20. Rd1 Qe3+ (20... Qc3+ 21. Kf2 $18) 21. Be2 Qxe2+ (21...
Ba6 22. Qf3 $18) 22. Kxe2 Ba6+ 23. Ke3 Rxa8 24. Rd6 $18) 19. Qxa7+ (19. Kf2
Qd4+ $36) 19... Rd7 20. Qe3 (20. Qxd7+ $2 Bxd7 $36 {[%cal Gd7a4]}) 20... Bxd2+
21. Rxd2 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Ba6+ 23. Kf3 Bb7+ 24. Ke2 (24. Kg3 $6 Qxd2 (24... Rxd2
$143) 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 $15 {_|_}) 24... Ba6+ $11) 18... Rd8 $8 19. O-O $1 $16 ({
Slightly worse is:} 19. Qc7+ Bd7 20. O-O (20. Kf1 $2 Bxd2 21. Qd6+ Kf7 22. Bxd7
Be3 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb2f2]} 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Qd6+ Kf7 25. Qd5+ Ke7 26. Qe6+
Kf8 27. Qd6+ Kf7 $11) 20... Bxd2 21. Qd6+ Kf7 22. Bxd7 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Qxa2 24.
Rf3 $36) 19... Bxd2 (19... Rxd2 $4 20. Qe8#) 20. Qc7+ Bd7 $8 (20... Rd7 $4 21.
Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Qd6+ Ke8 23. Rxd2 $18) 21. Qd6+ Kf7 $8 ({Loses right away:} 21...
Ke8 {in view of:} 22. Bxd7+ $1 (22. Qxe6+ $5) 22... Rxd7 23. Qxe6+ $18 {
[%csl Ra8,Rd7][%cal Ge6g8]}) 22. Bxd7 {[%csl Rd2,Re6]} Be3+ 23. Kh1 Qxa2 {
[%csl Ya2,Re6][%cal Ya2e6]} 24. Qc7 $1 {wiht the idea:25.Bc6+ or 25.Bxe6+ Kxe6
26.Rxd8} Bb6 $8 (24... Kg6 $2 25. Bxe6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 $1 $18) 25. Bxe6+ $1 {
After this move white has a forced win!} Kxe6 26. Qxg7 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg7f6]}
Rd2 (26... Rd4 $143 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Rxd4+ Bxd4 29. Qd6+ $18 {[%csl Rd4,Rd7]})
27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. e6+ $1 $18 Kd6 (28... Kc6 $143 29. Qc3+ {[%csl Rc6,Rd2]}) (
28... Kc8 $143 29. Qc3+ {[%csl Rc8,Rd2]}) 29. Qe5+ $5 ({Slightly better is:} 
29. e7+ $1 Kd7 (29... Kc7 30. Qc3+) 30. Qxf5+ Kc7 (30... Kxe7 31. Rfe1+ Kd6 32.
Qf6+ {[%csl Rd2,Rd6][%cal Gf6c3]}) 31. Qe5+ {[%cal Ge7e8]} Kd7 32. Qb5+ Kxe7
33. Qb4+ {[%csl Rd2,Re7]}) 29... Ke7 $8 (29... Kc6 30. Qc3+ {[%csl Rd2]}) 30.
Qg7+ Kxe6 (30... Kd8 $143 31. Qf7 {[%cal Ge6e7]} (31. Qf8+ {[%csl Ra8]}) 31...
Bc5 32. e7+ $1 Bxe7 33. Qxa2 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8]}) 31. Rfe1+ Kd6 32. Qf6+ Kd5 {
Differently 33.Qc3+(צd2)} (32... Kd7 33. Re7+ Kc8 34. Qc6+ {mate in 1}) 33.
Qe6+ Kc5 $8 (33... Kd4 $2 34. Qxa2) 34. Rc1+ Kb4 (34... Kd4 $143 35. Qf6+ Kd5 (
35... Kd3 36. Qc3#) 36. Qe5#) (34... Kb5 35. Qc6+ Kb4 36. Qxa8) 35. Rb1+ Ka5 (
35... Kc3 $144 36. Rec1+ Kd3 (36... Kd4 37. Qe5+ Kd3 38. Rc3#) 37. Qxf5+ Ke2
38. Qe4+ Be3 39. Re1+ Kf2 40. Qf3#) (35... Kc5 $144 36. Rec1+ Rc2 (36... Kd4
37. Qe5+ Kd3 38. Rc3#) 37. Qxa2 {[%csl Gc1,Rc5]}) 36. Ra1 Qxa1 37. Rxa1+ Kb4 (
37... Kb5 38. Rb1+ Kc5 (38... Ka6 39. Qc6 {[%csl Ra6,Ra8,Gc6][%cal Gb1a1]}) 39.
Rc1+ Kb4 40. Qc4+ Ka3 41. Rc3+ Kb2 42. Qb3+ Ka1 43. Rc1#) 38. Qc6 {[%csl Ra8,
Rb4][%cal Ga1a4,Gc6a8,Ga1b1]} (38. Qc6 Rad8 39. Rb1+ (39. Ra4+ Kb3 40. Qc4+ Kb2
41. Ra2+ Kb1 42. Qb3+ Kc1 43. Ra1#) 39... Ka3 40. Qc3+ {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gc3a1,
Gc3b4]}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $5 (8... Qc7 $5 {Is the main line.See comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/
Goteborg 1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(37) Besides:8...Qa5;8...f5;8...Qh4;8...Ba6;
8...Be7;8...Qb6;8...c5 and 8...h6-was checked in the previous games.}) 9. Be2 (
{Can be recommended:} 9. c4 $5 {-you can see comments to game Kasparov,G-Leko,
P/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 9... c5 $5 {/^a8-h1,/\Qc7(קe5)}
10. O-O {with the idea c4,Nd6} ({Worse is:} 10. c4 {in view of:} Ne3 $1 11.
Bxe3 Bxe4 12. f3 Bc6 $11) 10... Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({After:} 11. f4 {black has two
equals options: 11...c4 or 11... f5}) 11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 $5 {[%csl Gb7,
Gc6,Rg2]} ({Another alternative is:} 12... Qb6) 13. f3 ({Dubious:} 13. Bf3 {
because of:} c4) 13... c4 {/\Rc8,Qd6} 14. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} O-O 15. Bxc4 {
with the idea:16.Bb3 or 16.Bd3 and 17.c4} Qxd6 16. Rd1 $5 ({After:} 16. Bb3 Qb6
$1 {Black transfers to nearly egual endgame. See comments to Kasparov,G-Leko,P/
Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 16... Rfc8 $5 {/\Qb6} ({Dubious
right away:} 16... Qb6 {in view of:} 17. Bxd5 $1 (17. Bb3 $143 Rfc8 $11) 17...
Bxd5 18. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Bc6 19. Ba3 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Rfc8 21. Bd6 {and white
has a slight positional advantage in the endgame.}) ({Badly:} 16... e5 {
because of:} 17. Qf2 $1 (17. Bf4 $6 {[%csl Gd4,Rd6,Gf4]} Qb6 $1 (17... exf4 $2
18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6+ 20. Qd4 {+/=/+/-_|_}) 18. Bxe5 $8 Ne3 19. Qxb6 axb6
20. Rd4 Ra5 $5 $11 (20... Nxc2 $5 21. Rg4 g6 22. Rc1 Ne3 $11)) 17... Rfc8 18.
Bb3 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17. Bd3 $6 (17. Bb3 $5 Qb6 {-transfers to game Kasparov,
G-Leko,P/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 17... Qb6 $11 {Black
transfers to nearly egual endgame.} 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 $5 {with the idea d5,a5 and
Ba6} ({Slightly worse is:} 18... axb6) 19. b3 $5 $146 {[%cal Gc1b2][%mdl 8]} (
19. a4 $144 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5] See comments to Svidler,P-Illescas Cordoba,
M/Dos Hermanas,1999/CBM 71(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) 19... d5 $5 ({Also
possibility:} 19... a5 $5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 20. c4 $140 (20. Bd2 $5) 20... d5 21.
Be3 (21. c5 $2 Nd7 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc5]} (21... Rxc5 $2 22. Be3 Rc6 23. Bb5 Rd6
24. Bc5 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]} Nc8 25. Bxd6 Nxd6 26. Bd3 $16)) 21... dxc4 22. Bxb6
cxd3 23. Rxd3 $11) 20. Bb2 a5 {with the idea Ba6(קc2)} 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. c4 f6
$5 {/\Kf7><e6} 23. f4 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24.
Rac1) 23... Kf7 24. Rac1 ({Can be recommended:} 24. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Ga1e1]})
24... dxc4 25. Bxc4 ({Worse is:} 25. Rxc4 {because of:} Bd5) 25... Ba6 26. Bb2
{[%csl Rd7]} (26. Be3 $5 Ke7 27. Bxa6 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 $1 Rxa6 $140 29. Ba3+ Ke8
30. Rc1 Kd8 31. Rc4 {+/=/=}) 26... Nb8 {[%csl Rc4]} 27. Bf1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxf1
29. Kxf1 ({Senseless:} 29. Rc7+ {in view of:} Kg6 30. Kxf1 Na6 {[%csl Ra2,Rf4]
[%cal Ga6b4,Gb4d5]}) (29. Kxf1 Na6 $11 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga6b4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 $5 {In my opinion, this is very interesting reaction to previous
move of black.} f5 {Very risky decision. Black definitely spoils his pawn
structure, but instead he rapidly develop his pieces.} ({I have already
commented four games after:} 9... Nb4 {and you can, though take a look
comments for the last of them:} 10. c5 {Movsesian,S-Gavric,M/Neum,2002/CBM 90
(1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 10. cxd5 {Differently black is fine.} fxe4 11. dxe6 $146 (
{It is pretty not logically to take another pawn:} 11. dxc6 dxc6 $6 (11... Bxc6
$5) 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bc4 Rf8 15. O-O $4 (15. Be3 $18) 15... Bc8 {
[%csl Re6] 0-1 Solodovnichenko,Y-Malakhatko,V/Alushta,2001(15)}) 11... Bb4+ (
11... dxe6 $143 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Bc4) 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 dxe6 14. Bc4 $1
{After exchange of queens white's king holds very strong position in center.}
Qxd2+ ({Hardly it is better for the black:} 14... Qe7 15. Rd1) 15. Kxd2 Ke7 16.
Ke3 {+/=/+/-} Rhf8 17. Rhd1 Rf5 18. Rd2 {Invading on <->d definitely more
important,then Pe5.} Rc8 $6 {Black decides to cover 7th gorizontal.} ({I
recommend:} 18... Rxe5 19. Rad1 $140 Rd5 $1 (19... Bc8 $143 20. Rd8 Rd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Rh8 $16) 20. Kxe4 (20. Bxd5 $6 exd5 21. Rc1 Kd6 22. Rdc2 $14)
20... Rxd2 21. Rxd2 c5+ 22. Ke5 Bxg2 23. Bxe6 Bc6 24. f4 $1 (24. Rd6 $143 Be8
25. Rd5 Rb8 26. Rxc5 Rxb2 27. Rc7+ Kf8 28. Rxa7 Rxf2 $11) (24. Rc2 $143 Bd7 $1
25. Bxd7 Kxd7 26. Rxc5 Re8+ 27. Kd5 Re2 28. Ra5 $14) 24... Rb8 25. b3 {with
good chances for white to win in endgame.}) 19. Rad1 Rc7 20. Rd8 Rxe5 21. Rg8 {
[%csl Rg7] White with tempo holds 8th gorizontal.Now black does not have
enough time to sacrifice the R on field "d5".} Kf7 22. Rdd8 c5 (22... Rg5 23.
g3 c5 24. Rgf8+ $16 {and so on.}) 23. Rgf8+ (23. Rdf8+ $5 Kg6 $140 24. Re8)
23... Ke7 ({Very bad:} 23... Kg6 24. Rd6 Re7 25. Kf4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf4e5,
Ye5e6]}) 24. g4 $1 {[%csl Re5,Yg4][%cal Ge3f4,Gf4e5]} g5 $6 (24... Bd5 $2 25.
Kf4) ({It was bringing some practical chances for the rescue:} 24... Rd5 25.
Bxd5 exd5 26. Kf4 $16 {[%cal Gf4e5]}) 25. Rh8 {Now white are using weakness of
the black king and 7th gorizontal.} a5 (25... Bd5 26. b3 {[%csl Re5]}) ({
Again doesn't get through:} 25... Rd5 26. Rhe8+ Kf6 27. Rf8+ Ke7 28. Rde8+ Kd6
(28... Kd7 29. Rf7+) 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rf6+ Kd7 31. Rh8 $18) 26. h4 $1 {
White is using the unstable position of Re5.} Bd5 $2 {Immediately leads to a
losing game, but it is difficult for me to give a good advise for black.} (
26... gxh4 27. Kf4 Rd5 (27... Kf6 $4 28. Rhf8+ {[%csl Re5]}) 28. Bxd5 exd5 29.
Ke5 $1 $18) 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 ({Maybe black hopes on:} 27... exd5 {but and there,
they immediately become defeated:} 28. Rhe8+ Kf6 29. Rd6+) 28. Rxd5 exd5 29.
Rxh7+ Kd6 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. h5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gh6h7,Gh7h8,Gh5h6]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 {[%mdl 4] Rare move.} 6.
Nxc6 {Differently,white,even can not expect for minimal advantage.} dxc6 {
It's best move.Much worse is:} (6... bxc6 {because of:} 7. Qd4 {[%csl Rb4,Rg7]}
Bf8 8. e5 $14) ({or} 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 bxc6 (7... dxc6 $143 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.
Ba3 {[%csl Ga1,Gd1,Rd8,Ye1][%cal Ga3f8,Ga1d1,Ye1c1]}) 8. Qd6 {with strong
pressure of white.}) 7. Qxd8+ ({After:} 7. Qg4 {black equalizes:} Qf6 8. Bd2 e5
9. Qg3 h6 10. O-O-O Ne7 $11 {Movsesian,S-Hasangatin,R/Trencianske Teplice,2002
(1-0)(46)}) 7... Kxd8 8. Bf4 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 8. Bd2
$5 Bd7 9. O-O-O Nh6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Ne4 Bxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Kc7 (12... Nxe5 $2 13. f4
Ng6 14. Nc5 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7]} Nf8 15. Nxb7+ $16) 13. f4 Rhf8 14. g3 Ne3 15. Be2
f6 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. c4 Nb4 19. Rb3 a5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. a3 Na6 22.
Nxa6+ Rxa6 23. c5 Ra8 24. Re1 $14 {Ribli,Z-Sveshnikov,E/URS,1969(1-0)(60)})
8... Nf6 9. O-O-O+ Ke7 ({Before Ramil Hasangatin played more cautiously:} 9...
Ke8 $5 10. f3 (10. Bd3 $5) 10... Nd7 11. Nb1 e5 12. Bg3 Ke7 13. Nd2 f6 14. Be2
b5 15. c4 Ba6 16. Bf2 Bc5 17. Bxc5+ Nxc5 18. Nb3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 b4 20. Kd2 c5
$11 {Jansa,V-Hasangatin,R/CZE,2002(1/2-1/2)(51)}) 10. Be5 $5 $146 ({Were
checked in the preceding games:} 10. f3 Rd8 11. Bd3 (11. Rxd8 Kxd8 12. Be2 Nh5
13. Rd1+ {+/=/= Simmchen,W-Rosen,W/GER,1994(1-0)(20)}) 11... Nh5 (11... h6 $143
12. g4 Nd7 13. Bc7 Re8 14. e5 $14 {Campora,D-Paglilla,C/Buenos Aires,1986(1-0)
(32)}) 12. Bg5+ f6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ne2 e5 15. g4 $6 (15. g3 $142 {Blatny,P} Be6
$10) 15... Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 {=/=/+ Gazik,I-Langner,L/Ostrava,1991/CBM 26(0-1)
(Blatny,P)(49)}) 10... Ng4 ({Pretty dubiously:} 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxe4 {
because of:} 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bd4 $14 {[%csl Yd4,Rf2][%cal Yd4f2]} e5 $140 $6
14. Re1 {[%csl Re7]}) 11. Bg3 f6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 12. h3 ({Weakly:} 12. Na4 {
in view of:} e5 13. a3 Ba5) ({and} 12. a3 {because of:} Bxc3 13. bxc3 e5 {
[%csl Ye5,Yf6,Gg3]}) 12... Ne5 ({After:} 12... Nh6 $6 13. a3 {[%csl Yb4,Rd6,
Gg3] White grasp the control above a /^a3-f8.}) 13. f4 Nf7 14. e5 $1 {[%cal
Gc3e4] +/=/=} Bxc3 {Just in time!} 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Bh4 Rad8 {[%cal Gd7c8]
with the idea to exchange all rooks.} 17. Bc4 Bc8 18. Rde1 {From my point of
view,white fairly deviate from exchange.} b5 19. Bd3 ({Leads to equality:} 19.
Bb3 $6 c5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc5c4]} 20. c4 bxc4 21. Ba4 (21. Bxc4 $143 Rd4 {
[%csl Rc4,Rf4]}) 21... Bd7 $11) 19... Rd5 20. Rhf1 Rhd8 21. Rf3 $14 {[%cal
Gf3g3] White,step by step,strengthen the position and create the certain
threats.} h6 22. c4 {It is necessary to improve a pawns structure!} ({Now:} 22.
Rg3 $4 {is refuted by:} g5 {[%csl Rh4]} 23. exf6+ Kf8 (23... Kd6 $5 {[%csl Rh4]
} 24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rd4) 24. Bh7 $140 {[%csl Rf8]} Ke8 $17) 22... bxc4 23.
Bxc4 Rd4 24. exf6+ ({Can be recommended:} 24. Bb3 $5 {[%cal Gh4f2]} Nxe5 $140
25. Rxe5 $1 g5 $8 26. fxg5 fxe5 27. g4 $1 {with obvious advantage of white.})
24... gxf6 25. Bb3 {[%cal Gh4f2]} Nd6 26. Bf2 Re4 27. Rd1 ({It deserves
attention:} 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxa7 c5 29. Rd3 $1 $16 Rd7 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. g4
Kc7 32. Bc4 Kb7 33. Bd3 {[%csl Rc5,Ye4][%cal Gd3e4,Ye4c5]}) 27... Nc4 28. Rxd8
$6 ({It was much better:} 28. Bxa7 $5) 28... Kxd8 {[%csl Rc1]} 29. Rd3+ $2 {
White with persistence do not want to take away of the pawn "a7":} (29. Bxc4
Rxc4 30. Bxa7 Ra4 31. Bb6+ Ke8 32. a3 {+/=/+/-}) 29... Kc7 30. Rd4 Re2 31. Bh4
Na5 32. Ba4 (32. Rd2 $143 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 34. axb3 f5 $11 {[%csl Yc8,Gh4]})
32... c5 $1 33. Rd2 {After this mistake,white lose the rest advantage.It was
necessary:} (33. Rd1 Rxg2 (33... Re4 $143 34. Be8 Nc4 35. Bxf6 Rxf4 36. Bg7 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 34. Bxf6 Nc6 {+/=/=}) 33... Re4 34. Bb5 Kb6 35. Be2 Nc4 $11 (35...
Rxf4 $2 36. Rd6+ Kc7 (36... Nc6 $2 37. Bf3 Bb7 38. Bg3 {[%csl Re6]}) 37. Bg3
Kxd6 38. Bxf4+ e5 39. Bxh6 $14) 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Rf2 f5 38. Bf6 h5 39. g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $5 (8... Qc7 $5 {-see comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/Goteborg,1999/CBM
69(1-0)(Golod,V)(37) Besides:8...Qa5;8...f5;8...Qh4;8...Ba6;8...Be7;8...Qb6;8..
.c5 and 8...h6-was checked in the previous games.}) 9. Be2 ({Can be
recommended:} 9. c4 $5 {-you can see comments to game Kasparov,G-Leko,P/
Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 9... c5 $5 {/^a8-h1,/\Qc7(קe5)}
10. O-O {with the idea c4,Nd6} ({Worse is:} 10. c4 {in view of:} Ne3 $1 11.
Bxe3 Bxe4 12. f3 Bc6 $11) 10... Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({After:} 11. f4 {black has two
equals options: 11...c4 or 11... f5}) 11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 $5 {[%csl Gb7,
Gc6,Rg2]} ({Another alternative is:} 12... Qb6) 13. f3 ({Dubious:} 13. Bf3 {
because of:} c4) 13... c4 {/\Rc8,Qd6} 14. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} O-O 15. Bxc4 {
with the idea:16.Bb3 or 16.Bd3 and 17.c4} Qxd6 16. Rd1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({After:
} 16. Bb3 Qb6 $1 {Black transfers to nearly egual endgame. See comments to
Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 16... Rfc8 $5 {
/\Qb6} ({Dubious right away:} 16... Qb6 {in view of:} 17. Bxd5 $1 (17. Bb3 $143
Rfc8 $11) 17... Bxd5 18. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Bc6 19. Ba3 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Rfc8 21.
Bd6 {and white has a slight positional advantage in the endgame.}) ({Badly:} 
16... e5 {because of:} 17. Qf2 $1 (17. Bf4 $6 {[%csl Gd4,Rd6,Gf4]} Qb6 $1 (
17... exf4 $2 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6+ 20. Qd4 {+/=/+/-_|_}) 18. Bxe5 $8 Ne3
19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rd4 Ra5 $5 $11 (20... Nxc2 $5 21. Rg4 g6 22. Rc1 Ne3 $11))
17... Rfc8 18. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17. Bd3 $6 (17. Bb3 $5 Qb6 {-transfers to
game Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 17... Qb6
$11 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 $5 {with the idea d5,a5 and Ba6} ({Slightly worse is:} 18...
axb6) 19. a4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5]} a5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 20. Be3 Nd5 (20... Nc4
$2 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxd7 Bc6 {[%csl Ra4,Rc2]} 23. Rd2 Rxa4 (23... Bxa4 $4 24.
b3 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4]}) 24. Rad1 $14) 21. Bd2 Nb6 $1 {/\d5 or Nc4} 22. b3 d5
23. Bb5 d4 $5 {[%csl Rc2,Yd4][%cal Yd4e3,Gb6d5]} ({After:} 23... Rxc2 24. Be3 {
[%csl Rb6]} Nc8 $6 (24... d4 $5 25. Bxd4 Nd5 $11) 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd6
27. Rc7 {white has a strong compensation behind pawn.}) 24. Bf4 Nd5 $5 (24...
Rxc2 $143 25. Rxd4 Nd5 26. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5] +/=/=}) 25. Be5 (25. Rxd4 Nxf4 $5 (
25... Rxc2 $143 26. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5] +/=/=}) 26. Rxf4 Rxc2 $11 {[%cal Gb7d5]})
25... Rxc2 26. Bxd4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2002.07.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 $5 {For the first time 8...Bb7 has entered in practice by
Leko in his game against Garry Kasparov in Linares 1999.} 9. Be2 ({Is a
possible continuation of the play:} 9. c4 {See comments to Movsesian,S-Gavric,
M/Neum,2002/CBM 90(1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 9... c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12.
exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 {This move twice applied Grischuk
in games against Garry Kasparov.} ({This position, with change of colours,
already was met in a game by the same contender:} 15... Qxd6 16. Rf2 Qb6 17.
Qh4 Rac8 18. b3 Ne3 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. Qf4 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Be3 Nc6 23. Bc5
Rfe8 24. Bd6 $14 {Topalov,V-Leko,P/Dubai,2002(1-0)(64)}) 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rf2 ({
Comments to:} 17. Bb2 {and also 20.c3 you cand find in annotations to games:
Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 17... Qb6 18.
Bb2 {[%csl Gb2,Gd4,Rg8]} Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb4 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6][%cal Gd7d5] Black
wants to start to move the central pawns.} 20. c3 d5 ({It deserves attention:} 
20... Nc6 $5 21. Be3 d5 22. Bf1 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5] +/=/=}) 21. Bf1 ({Leads to
minimal advantage of white:} 21. Bb5 Nc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Re1 f6 24. f4 Ba6
25. Rd2) 21... Nc6 22. Be3 Ne7 $6 $146 ({From my point of view it is more
logically at first:} 22... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 23. a4 $140 {(now for white it
will be very difficult to advance the PP on the queen side) and only now:} Ne7
{You can see comments to Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(48)}) 23. Rc1 a5 (23... f6 $5 {[%cal Gg8f7]}) 24. Rfc2 e5 ({Now
senseless:} 24... a4 $6 {in view of:} 25. b4 {[%csl Rc5,Re7][%cal Ge3c5] /\Bc5
and c4}) 25. c4 f6 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This solid defensive move is not
good enough to equalize for black against white's queenside pawn majority and
bishop's pair. Much more promising seems 25...d4!? with better chances to keep
balance.'} ({It was necessary to decide on a more risky continuation:} 25... d4
26. Bf2 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4] but,keeping thus determined counterplay} Rd8 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge5][%cal Gf7f5]} (26... f6 $13 {Ftacnik})) 26. cxd5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2
Nxd5 28. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Ya2,Ra5,Yb3,Gd2,Gf1][%mdl 4096]} a4 (28... Nb4 {Ftacnik
} 29. Rc5 Rd8 30. Be1 Nxa2 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Rc7 Bc8 33. Bxa5 $16) 29. bxa4 Rxa4
{Now white pawn "a2" can become a determinative factor for a victory.} 30. Bb5
Ra8 ({Black can not keep the pawn in point "a2":} 30... Ra3 31. Bc4 {/\Bc1 ,
Bb3 and so on.} Ra8 32. Rb2 Ra4 33. Bb5 Ra3 34. Bd7 $16) 31. a4 Kf8 ({Can be
recommended:} 31... Ba6 32. Bc6 Rd8 $14 {[%cal Yg8f7,Yf7e6]}) 32. a5 Ba6 ({
After:} 32... Ke7 33. Bd3 {[%csl Rh7] white begins pressure on weak king side
of contender.}) 33. Ba4 (33. Rc5 {Ftacnik} Bxb5 34. Rxb5 Nc7 35. Rc5 Ne6 $14)
33... Rb8 (33... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 34. Rc5 Bb7 35. Bc1 $14) 34. Kf2 Rb1 {[%csl Rf2]
[%cal Gd5f4]} 35. Rc1 Rb2 $5 {Without a rooks black will be completely
deprived a counterplay!} (35... Rxc1 {Ftacnik} 36. Bxc1 Ke7 $14) 36. Rc2 {
Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} Rb1 (36... Rxc2 $6 {Ftacnik}
37. Bxc2 g6 38. Be4 $16) 37. Kg3 {[%csl Rf4,Yg3][%cal Yg3f4]} Ne7 ({Weakly:} 
37... g5 $2 38. Rc6 {[%csl Rf6]} Bb7 39. Rd6 {[%cal Ga5a6]} Ke7 40. Rd7+ Ke6
41. Rxh7 $16) ({and also} 37... Nf4 $2 38. Rc6 Bf1 39. Bc2 Ra1 40. Bxh7 $16 {
[%csl Rf8]}) (37... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 38. Rc5 $16) 38. Bd7 Kf7 39. Rc7 Rb2 40. Bc3
Ra2 $6 ({Can it was necessary to decide on exchange of rooks:} 40... Nd5 $5 41.
Bxb2 Nxc7 $14) 41. Bh3 {[%cal Gc3b4] '!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Excellent move
combining defense of the g2 pawn with aggressive ideas of Bb4.'} Ra4 (41... h5
{Ftacnik} 42. Bb4 (42. Ra7 {Ftacnik} g5 43. Rxa6 f5 44. Bxf5 Nxf5+ 45. Kh3 Ra4
$14) 42... h4+ 43. Kxh4 Ra4 44. Rxe7+ Kg6 45. Be6 Rxb4+ 46. g4 Ra4 47. Ra7 $1
Bd3 48. Kg3 Ra3 49. Bd5 $18) 42. Ra7 Bb5 43. Bf5 h5 44. h4 ({Conducts to more
concrete game:} 44. Bc2 h4+ 45. Kh3 Rf4 46. Bb3+ (46. Be4 $143 g5 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Gg5g4]} 47. Bb4 g4+ 48. fxg4 Rxe4 49. Bxe7 Be2 $16) 46... Ke8 (46... Bc4
$2 47. g3) 47. Be6 $16) 44... Kf8 ({Much worse is:} 44... Rc4 45. Bb2 {[%csl
Re7][%cal Gb2a3]} Rf4 46. Be4 Ke6 47. Rb7 $18) 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Bc2 $1 {
Now rook is not kept in <->a.} Rf4 (46... Ra3 $2 47. Bb4 $18 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Ga8a7]}) 47. a6 $16 Bc6 48. Rd8 ({Also good enough:} 48. Rb8 $5 {[%cal Ga6a7]}
Nd5 49. Ba5 Ne3 $140 50. Rb7+ $1 {[%csl Ga6]} Ke6 51. Bb3+ Kf5 52. Rc7 Ba8 53.
Rc8 $18) 48... Nf5+ {'?' Ftacnik.} ({It was better:} 48... Rc4 $5 49. Bb3 Nf5+
50. Kh3 Ke7 {'!' Ftacnik.} 51. Bxc4 Kxd8 52. Ba5+ Kd7 53. Bb6 $16) 49. Bxf5
Rxf5 50. Rc8 $1 {An important intermediate move!} (50. a7 $143 e4 $1 51. Rc8 (
51. f4 $6 Rd5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd5d3]}) (51. a8=Q $6 Bxa8 52. Rxa8 exf3 53.
gxf3 g5 {+/=/+/-}) 51... exf3 52. Rxc6 f2 53. a8=Q f1=Q 54. Rc7+ Kg6 55. Qe8+
Kh7 56. Qe4 $16) 50... Bd5 51. a7 Rf4 ({Now impossibly:} 51... e4 $2 {because
of:} 52. Rc5 {[%csl Ga7,Yd5][%cal Gc5d5]} exf3 53. Rxd5 $18) 52. a8=Q Bxa8 53.
Rxa8 {+/-/+- The win of white does not cause doubts.} Rc4 54. Bd2 {Ftacnik:
'White's position is technically winning, but Leko plays cautiosly not to
spoil the deserved point.'} Kg6 (54... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 55. Be3 Rd7 56. Ra7 $18)
55. Ra7 Rd4 56. Be3 Rc4 57. Rb7 Rc3 58. Bd2 Rc2 59. Ba5 Ra2 60. Bd8 Ra8 61. Bb6
Rc8 62. Rc7 Rb8 63. Bc5 Re8 64. Kf2 Rh8 65. Ke3 {[%cal Ge3e4,Ge4d5,Gd5e6] The
white king prepares for translation in camp of black.} Ra8 66. Kd3 Ra4 ({
Also there is no rescue,after:} 66... Ra5 67. Bf8 {[%csl Rg7]} (67. g4 $143
hxg4 68. fxg4 Ra4 69. Bf8 Rxg4 70. Rxg7+ Kh5 71. Rh7+ Kg6 72. Rh6+ $16) 67...
Ra8 68. Bxg7 $1 (68. Rxg7+ $143 Kh6 69. Rg3+ $1 (69. Rg8+ Kh7 70. Rg7+ Kh6 71.
Rf7+ Kg6 $11) 69... Rxf8 70. Ke4 $16 {[%csl Re5,Rf6][%cal Ge4f5,Gg3g6]}) 68...
Rd8+ (68... Rg8 69. Ke4 Rxg7 70. Rxg7+ Kxg7 71. Kf5 Kf7 72. g3 $1 Kg7 $140 73.
g4 hxg4 74. Kxg4 $1 Kg6 75. h5+ Kh6 76. Kf5 $18) 69. Ke3 $1 Rg8 70. Ke4 Rxg7 (
70... Ra8 71. Bxf6 Kxf6 72. Rc6+ Kg7 73. Kxe5 $18) 71. Rxg7+ Kxg7 72. Kf5 Kf7
73. g3 {-see 68...Rg8}) 67. g3 (67. Bf8 $143 Rxh4 68. Rxg7+ Kf5 $16) 67... Ra8
({Also loses:} 67... Ra1 68. Ke4 Rc1 (68... Re1+ 69. Kd5 Rf1 70. Ke6 Rxf3 71.
Bf8 {[%csl Rg7]}) 69. Bd6 Rd1 70. Bf8 Rd8 71. Rxg7+ $1 (71. Bxg7 $5 Rg8 $140
72. g4) 71... Kh6 72. Kf5 Rxf8 73. Rg6+ Kh7 74. Rxf6 Rg8 75. Rf7+ Kh8 (75...
Kh6 76. g4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4g5]}) 76. g4 e4 77. g5 $1 exf3 78. g6 Rg7 79.
Rf8+ Rg8 80. Rf6 {[%cal Gf5g5,Gg5h6]} Re8 81. Kg5 $18 {[%csl Rf3,Gg6,Rh5][%cal
Gg5h5,Gh5h6]}) 68. Ke4 Rh8 69. Kd5 (69. f4 $1 $18 {Ftacnik}) 69... Rd8+ 70. Ke6
{White has achieved the purpose! The rest is a matter of technics.} Ra8 71. Bd6
Re8+ 72. Be7 Ra8 73. Rb7 Ra6+ 74. Bd6 Ra8 75. f4 $1 exf4 76. gxf4 Ra6 (76...
Ra5 77. f5+ Kh7 78. Bf8 Re5+ 79. Kf7 Rd5 80. Re7 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf8g7]} (80.
Bxg7 $4 Rd7+ 81. Rxd7 $11)) 77. Rd7 Ra8 78. f5+ Kh7 79. Kf7 Ra4 80. Bf8 Rg4 81.
Bxg7 $1 {Final chord. Good achievement of GM Peter Leko.} (81. Bxg7 Rxg7+ 82.
Ke6 Rxd7 83. Kxd7 Kg8 84. Ke7 Kg7 85. Ke6 {[%csl Rf6]}) 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5
Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 ({Another alternative is:} 8... Bb7 $5 {See comments to Anand,
V-Leko,P/Dortmund ,1999/CBM 72 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)}) 9. f4 Qb6 (9... Qa5+ $5
{Is the main line.See comments to Nataf,I-Filippov,V/Koszalin,1999/CBM 73 (1-0)
(Golod,V)(38)}) 10. c4 ({Another possibility is:} 10. Bd3) 10... Bb4+ ({
Slightly worse is:} 10... Ne3 {See comments to Kasparov,G-Illescas Cordoba,M/
Linares,1992/CBM 28(1-0) (Blatny,P)(32)}) 11. Ke2 Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc4]} ({
Another options is:} 11... f5 $5) 12. Kf3 f5 13. exf6 ({Another line is:} 13.
Nf2 {See comments to Shirov,A-Krasenkow,M/ Polanica Zdroj,1998/CBM 67(1-0)
(Shirov) (56)}) 13... Nxf6 14. c5 {This move better than:} (14. Nxf6+ $6 gxf6
15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Neumeier,K-Lockl,L/Vienna,1990(0-1)(33)}) ({and
} 14. Be3 c5 $4 (14... Qa5 $13) (14... Qb8 $5 $13) 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. a3 Ba5
17. b4 $18 {Grigorov,J-Zahariev,Z/Sofia,1984(1-0)(36)}) 14... Qa5 {[%csl Ra1,
Ya5,Rc5]} (14... Bxc5 $2 {is refuted by:} 15. Nxc5 Bxf1 $140 16. Na4 $1 {
[%csl Rb6,Yd1,Rf1][%cal Yd1a4]} Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 {+/-/+-}) 15. Nxf6+ ({
Senselessly:} 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qd4 Rb8 $13) 15... gxf6 16. Bxa6
Qxa6 17. Qd4 {[%csl Rb4,Rf6]} Qb5 ({Badly:} 17... Ba5 {in view of:} 18. Be3 (
18. Rd1 $5) 18... O-O-O 19. Qa4 $1 Rhg8 20. g3 e5 21. Rhd1 $16 {Panchenko,
A-Jailjan,M/Aktjubinsk,1985(1-0)(25)}) 18. Be3 ({By mistake:} 18. Qxf6 {
because of:} Qd3+ 19. Be3 Qd5+ 20. Kf2 Rf8 $36) 18... O-O-O ({In my opinion
slightly worse is:} 18... Rf8 19. Rhd1 (19. a3 $143 Ba5 20. Rhd1 Rf7 21. b4 Bc7
22. Rd2 $4 (22. Qe4 $5 $13) 22... Be5 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Rd4,Rf3,Gf7] Ott,
W-Klundt,K/Boblingen,1985(0-1)(31)}) 19... Rf7 (19... Qb7 20. Rd3 Ba5 21. Rad1
Rf7 22. f5 $1 $14 {Brunner,L-Chekhov,V/Prague,1989(1-0)(58)}) 20. Rac1 Ba5 21.
Rd3 e5 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 $14 {Brunner,L-Schmittdiel,E/GER-chT,1990 (1/2-1/
2)(43)}) 19. Rac1 $146 {Besides,19.Rhd1 and 19.a3 was checked in the previous
games:} (19. Rhd1 $5 Rhe8 $1 (19... e5 20. Qd3 exf4 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. Bxf4 $16
Bxc5 $140 $4 23. Rac1 d6 24. Bxd6 $18) 20. Rac1 $5 (20. Qxf6 $6 e5 $1 $13) (20.
a3 $5 Ba5 21. b4 e5 $14) 20... Ba5 (20... e5 $2 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Ba5 23.
Ra4 $16 {[%csl Ra7]}) 21. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Bc7 23. Rd3 $1 Kb7 24. Bd2 $1
$14 {[%csl Ra7,Rd7] Yakovich,Y-Kramnik,V/USSR,1988/Inf45/202 (1-0)(Yakovich,Y)
(42)}) (19. a3 $5 Ba5 20. b4 e5 $1 (20... Bc7 $6 21. a4 (21. Qxf6 $5) 21... Qb7
(21... Qb8 $143 22. g3 $1 {/\Rhb1,b5+/-}) 22. Rad1 e5 23. Qc4 exf4 24. Bxf4
Bxf4 25. Qxf4 $14 {Kulish,I-Velikhanli,F/Rostov,1995(1/2-1/2)(44)}) 21. Qc3
exf4 (21... Bc7 22. a4 (22. Rhe1 $5) 22... Qb7 23. Kf2 Rhg8 $132 {Hagarova,
Z-Milasiute,V/Halle,1995(1-0)(42)}) 22. Bxf4 Rde8 23. Rhe1 Bc7 24. Bxc7 $1 (24.
a4 Qb8 25. g3 Be5 $14) 24... Kxc7 25. a4 $16 {Gershkovich,E}) 19... e5 20. Qc4
$1 ({Badly:} 20. fxe5 fxe5 $140 21. Qxe5 Rhf8+ {[%csl Rf3] with strong attack.}
) ({Dubious:} 20. Qd6 {because of:} Ba5 {or 20...Rhe8|^}) 20... Qb7 ({After:} 
20... Qxc4 $2 21. Rxc4 Ba5 (21... a5 $6 22. a3 d5 23. cxd6 (23. Rcc1 $143 d4
$14 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Gb4d2]}) (23. Rc2 $143 d4 {[%cal Gd4d3]}) 23... Bxd6 24.
Rxc6+ $16) 22. Ra4 {[%csl Ra5,Ra7]} Bc7 23. Rxa7 {white has a material
advantage in the endgame.}) ({Can be recommended:} 20... Rhe8 {+/=/=}) 21. Rhd1
$14 Rhe8 ({Probably slightly better is:} 21... Rde8 {/\Rhf8}) 22. Qb3 $5 {
with the idea 23.Rc4 or 23.a3(ץb4)} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Dubious:} 22... d5 {
in view of:} 23. cxd6 Rxd6 (23... Bxd6 24. Qc4 $36 {[%csl Rc6]}) 24. Rxd6 Bxd6
25. Qd5 $1 $16) ({It is necessary:} 22... Ba5 23. Qxb7+ Kxb7 $14) 23. Rc4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} ({Good enough:} 23. fxe5 $16 Rxe5 $140 24. a3 $1 Ba5 25. Qxb7+
Kxb7 26. Bg5 {[%csl Rd7]} Rg8 27. Rxd7+ Kc8 28. Rxa7 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 23...
exf4 ({By mistake:} 23... e4+ {because of:} 24. Kf2 Ba5 $140 25. Qa3 $1 Qb5 (
25... Bc7 $4 26. Rb4 {[%csl Rc8]} Qa8 27. Qa6+) 26. Ra4 {[%csl Ga3,Ga4,Ra5,Ra7]
} Bc7 27. Rxa7 {+/-/+-}) 24. Bxf4 ({In my opinion a little worse is:} 24. Rxf4
{[%csl Rb4,Rf5]} Re4 25. Rxf5 Rde8 26. Rd3 Qb5 $1 $132) 24... Re4 {[%csl Rb4,
Yb7,Ye4]} 25. a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Again tactical blunder.} ({After:} 25. Bd6
Rde8 26. Rdd4 $1 Rxd4 (26... Re3+ $2 27. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 28. Kxe3 $16) (26... Qb5 $2
{is refuted by:} 27. a4 $1 (27. Qxb4 $2 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 $8 (28. Qxb5 $4 Rd3+ 29.
Kf4 cxb5 $17) 28... Qe2+ 29. Kg3 $8 (29. Kf4 $4 Qg4#) 29... Qe3+ 30. Kh4 Qh6+
31. Kg3 Qe3+ $11)) 27. Rxd4 Qb5 28. Qc4 (28. Qxb4 $2 Qe2+ 29. Kg3 $8 Qe3+ 30.
Kh4 Qh6+ 31. Kg3 Qe3+ $11) 28... Qxc4 29. Rxc4 {white has a big advantage in
the endgame.}) 25... Bxa3 $1 {[%csl Yb3,Gb7,Rc4,Ge4]} 26. Qxb7+ ({Unexpectedly
loses:} 26. Qc2 {in view of:} Rxc4 27. Qxc4 $140 Bxc5 $1 28. Qxc5 Qb3+ {
[%csl Rd1,Rf3]} 29. Kf2 (29. Ke2 $143 Re8+ 30. Kd2 (30. Be3 f4 $19) (30. Be5
Qxb2+ {[%csl Re5]}) 30... Qxb2+ 31. Qc2 (31. Kd3 Qe2+) 31... Re2+ 32. Kxe2
Qxc2+ $19) 29... Qxd1 30. Qxa7 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ga7c7,Ga7b8]} Qc2+ 31. Kg3 Qb3+
32. Kh4 Qb7 $19 {[%csl Yb7]}) 26... Kxb7 27. Rc2 (27. Rxe4 $2 fxe4+ 28. Kxe4
Bxc5 $17 {_|_}) 27... Bb4 {[%mdl 4096]} 28. h4 $6 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gf4g5]} ({
Much better is right away:} 28. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf5]} Re7 29. Bg5 fxg4+ 30. Kg3
Rde8 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Kxg4 Ka6 $44 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga6b5]}) (28. Bg5 $6 Rg8
$140 29. Rxd7+ $2 Kc8 {[%csl Rd7,Rg5]} 30. Rxa7 Rxg5 31. Rxh7 $17) 28... Kc8 $5
{[%csl Yc8,Rd7][%cal Yc8d7]} 29. g4 $140 Rf8 30. b3 $2 {Inexplicable move.} (
30. gxf5 $6 Re7 {[%csl Rf5]} 31. Rg1 Ref7 (31... Rxf5 $4 32. Rg8+ Kb7 33. Rb8+
Ka6 34. Rxb4 $18) 32. Bd6 Rxf5+ 33. Ke4 {=/=/+}) ({Can be recommended:} 30. g5
$44 {[%csl Gg5,Gh4]}) 30... Re1 31. Rxe1 fxg4+ {[%csl Re1,Rf4]} (31... Bxe1 $2
32. g5 {+/=/+/-}) 32. Kxg4 Bxe1 $15 33. Re2 h5+ $1 (33... Bxh4 $4 34. Bd6 {
[%csl Rf8,Rh4]} Rf2 $8 35. Re8+ Bd8 36. Be7 $18) 34. Kxh5 Bxh4 35. Bd6 (35. Bh6
$143 Rh8 {=/+/-/+}) 35... Rh8+ 36. Kg6 Bg3 $1 {[%csl Yh8][%cal Yh8g8]} 37. Kg7
(37. Bxg3 $2 Rg8+ 38. Kf5 Rxg3 $17) 37... Bxd6 $2 ({Logically:} 37... Rh4 38.
Re8+ Kb7 39. Re7 Bxd6 40. cxd6 c5 $1 41. Rxd7+ Kc6 42. Rxa7 Kxd6 {with small
chances to win.}) 38. cxd6 $2 {Probably because of the zeitnot white makes
this mistake.} ({It is necessary:} 38. Kxh8 Bxc5 39. Kg7 d5 40. Kf6 $11) 38...
Rh3 $17 {[%csl Rb3,Rd6]} 39. Kf7 $2 $138 (39. Re8+ $142 Kb7 40. Rd8 Rxb3 41.
Rxd7+ Kb6 42. Kf6 Kc5 43. Ke7 $1 {[%cal Ge7d8,Gd8c7] =/+/-/+}) 39... Rh7+ $2
$138 ({Wins right away:} 39... Rf3+ $1 40. Ke8 (40. Kg7 $143 Rd3 {[%csl Rd6]})
40... Rxb3 41. Re7 Rh3 $19) 40. Kg6 Rh3 (40... Rh8 $5) 41. Re8+ Kb7 42. Rd8 {
[%csl Rd7]} c5 $2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb7c6]} (42... Rxb3 43. Rxd7+ Kb6 44. Kf6
Kc5 45. Ke7 $1 {[%cal Ge7d8,Gd8c7] =/+/-/+}) 43. Rxd7+ $8 Kc6 44. Rxa7 Kxd6 {
Hecht: '[#] Das Problem des Weißen ist der schlecht postierte König, der
sogleich vertikal abgeschnitten wird. Wie aber soll Schwarz den Bb3 gewinnen,
und selbst, wenn er dies schafft, wie den weißen König an der Rückkehr
hindern? '} 45. Rb7 (45. Kf5 $2 {[%cal Gf5e4]} Rxb3 46. Ke4 Kc6 $19 {[%csl Yb3,
Re4][%cal Gc6b5,Gb5c4,Yb3h3]}) 45... Rf3 $1 {[%csl Yf3,Rg6][%cal Yf3f8]} 46.
Kg5 Rf8 47. Rb6+ $6 ({Good enough:} 47. Kg4 Ke5 (47... Kd5 48. Kg3 $11) 48. Rd7
Ke4 (48... Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Rb4 50. Kf3 Rxb3+ 51. Ke2 $11) (48... Rb8 49. Kf3 (49.
Rd3 $5) 49... Rxb3+ 50. Ke2 $11) 49. Re7+ $1 Kd4 50. Rd7+ Kc3 51. Rc7 $11 {
[%csl Rc5]}) 47... Ke5 (47... Kd5 {Hecht} 48. Rf6 Rxf6 49. Kxf6 Kd4 50. Ke6 Kc3
51. Kd5 $11) 48. Kg4 ({It is possible:} 48. Rb7 Rg8+ 49. Kh4 Kd6 $15 {[%csl
Yg8,Rh4]}) (48. Kg6 $6 Rf4 {[%cal Gf4b4]}) 48... Rf4+ $1 49. Kg3 $140 Rb4 {
[%csl Rb3,Rb6] Hecht: '[#] Über die Leiche des b-Bauern hat der weiße König
die Rückkehr in die südlichen Gefilde geschafft. Um auch noch die fehlenden
Linien zum c-Bauern zu überwinden, muss der Turm optmal eingesetzt werden. '}
50. Rh6 $2 {Hecht: 'Falsch!'} (50. Rxb4 $2 cxb4 51. Kf3 Kd4 52. Ke2 Kc3 $19) ({
Der Turm gehört hinter den c-Bauern, um jenen angegriffen zu halten und den
schwarzen König daran zu hindern, über d4-c3 entscheidend Land zu gewinnen.} 
50. Rc6 $1 {Hecht} Kd5 (50... Kd4 51. Kf2 Rxb3 52. Ke2 Rb2+ 53. Kd1 c4 54. Kc1
Rh2 55. Rc8 Kc3 56. Kb1 Rh1+ 57. Ka2 Rc1 58. Rh8 $11) 51. Rc8 Rxb3+ 52. Kf2 Rd3
53. Ke2 Rd4 54. Rd8+ Kc4 55. Rxd4+ $1 Kxd4 56. Kd2 $11 {Opposition}) 50...
Rxb3+ {Hecht: '[#] Jetzt erst ist das zum Thema "Turm + Bauer gegen Turm"
gehörende Endspiel erreicht. Der Vorspann dazu war indes von entscheidender
Bedeutung. '} 51. Kf2 Kd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd4c3]} 52. Ke2 Kc3 {'-+[]' Hecht.
Hecht: 'Dieser Zug ist nur möglich, weil der c-Bauer nicht angrgriffen ist.
Der weiße König kommt nun nicht zurück.'} 53. Rh3+ (53. Kd1 $144 Rb1+ 54. Ke2
c4 $19) 53... Kc2 54. Rh4 {[%csl Yh4]} Rb4 55. Rh5 c4 56. Rh4 Ra4 $1 {with the
idea Kb3 and so on.} 57. Rg4 Kb3 58. Rg8 {[%cal Gg8b8]} (58. Kd1 $143 Ra1+ 59.
Ke2 c3) 58... Ra2+ 59. Kd1 (59. Ke3 $144 c3 60. Kd3 Rd2+ 61. Ke3 Rd7) 59...
Ra1+ 60. Ke2 c3 61. Rb8+ Kc2 62. Rh8 Ra5 {[%cal Ga5e5]} 63. Ke3 (63. Re8 Rb5 {
/\Kb2,b3} 64. Rc8 Kb2 65. Kd3 (65. Kd1 Rd5+ 66. Ke2 c2 67. Rb8+ Kc1 $19) 65...
Rb7 $19 {[%cal Gb7d7]}) 63... Rd5 {[%csl Yd5,Re3][%cal Yd5d1]} 64. Rg8 Kb2 65.
Rb8+ Kc1 66. Rh8 (66. Ke2 {Hecht} c2 67. Rb7 Re5+ 68. Kf3 Kd2 69. Rd7+ Kc3 70.
Rc7+ Kd3 71. Kf2 Re4 72. Rd7+ Rd4 73. Rc7 Rc4 {Brückenbau}) 66... c2 67. Rg8
Rb5 (67... Rb5 {[%cal Gc1b1]} 68. Rc8 Kb1 69. Kd2 Rd5+) 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 15th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2002.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. Bf3 $6 $146 {
This novelty- the first cause of future difficulties.} (13. f3 $5 {It's main
line.You can see comments Leko,P-Topalov,V/Dortmund,2002/CBM 90(1-0)(Golod,V)
(81)}) 13... c4 {[%csl Rd6]} 14. Bxd5 {One more doubtful decision.In my
opinion,it was a little better:} (14. Bf4 O-O 15. Qd4 Nxf4 (15... Qa6 $143 16.
Bg3 Rfc8 17. c3 $14) 16. Qxf4 (16. Bxc6 $2 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxd4 18. Bxb7 Rab8 $17
{[%csl Rb7,Rc2]}) 16... Qb6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. b3 (18. Qxc4 $143 Rfc8 19. Qb3
Qa6 $36 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc8c6,Ga8b8]}) 18... Rfc8 19. Rfd1 $11) ({or} 14. Qd4
$5) 14... Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 {Clearly,that in it endgame for black there are
no problems.} 16. f3 f6 {Black's plan is:Kf7,e5 and Ke6(קd6).} 17. b4 {
[%cal Yc1e3,Ye3c5] Differently,it will be impossible to protect pawn "d6".} a6
{For the beginning it is necessary to limit progress Pb4.} (17... Kf7 $6 18. b5
{[%cal Ga2a4,Yc1a3,Ya1b1]} e5 19. f4 $132) 18. Be3 Kf7 19. Rfd1 g5 $15 {
Black's pawns grasp space on the king side.} 20. Kf2 Rhg8 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Ba7
({Can be recommended:} 22. c3 $5 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) 22... Rb7 23. Bc5 h6 {A
little passively.} (23... h5 $5) 24. a4 Bc6 25. Ra1 e5 26. Ra3 ({Badly:} 26. b5
$2 {in view of:} axb5 27. a5 $140 b4 28. Rdb1 b3) ({It was necessary to begin
to build a fortress:} 26. a5 $5 {[%csl Ya5,Yb4,Yc5,Yd6] /\c3,Bb6}) 26... Ke6
27. Rc3 ({Again it was better:} 27. a5) 27... Bd5 28. Re3 Rbb8 29. Rb1 Bc6 30.
Ra1 (30. Ra3 $142) 30... h5 {This move it was possible to make much earlier.}
31. Rc3 Bd5 32. Rb1 $2 {Leads to inevitable material losses.} (32. Re1 Rgc8 {
[%cal Ga6a5]} 33. a5 Rb5 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6][%cal Gc8c5]}) 32... Rgc8 $17 {[%csl
Rb1,Rc5][%cal Gc8c5,Ga6a5]} 33. Be3 Kxd6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Ra8 {Besides
this move black has two equal options:} (35... h4 $5) ({or} 35... Ke6 $5) 36.
h4 gxh4 37. Rh1 f5 38. f4 $2 {Decisive mistake.} ({More stubborn resistance
after:} 38. Rxh4 f4 39. Bc1 Bf7 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Yf7h5]} 40. g3 fxg3+ 41. Kxg3
Rab8 42. f4 Rg8+ (42... Rxb5 $5 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Re3+ Kd6 {[%cal Yd6c6]}) 43.
Kf2 e4 {[%csl Rb5] -/+/-+}) 38... Rg8 39. Rh2 Rg4 $1 40. fxe5+ Kxe5 $19 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Ga8g8]} 41. b6 f4 42. Bc1 (42. Bc5 $143 Rg3) 42... Rag8 {
[%csl Rg2] The further resistance is useless.} 43. b7 (43. Bb2 $144 Kd6) 43...
Rxg2+ 44. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 45. Kf1 Rg8 46. Ba3 Bxb7 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Yb7a6]} 47. Kf2
Rg2+ 48. Ke1 (48. Kf1 f3 {[%cal Gh4h3,Gh3h2]}) 48... f3 49. Re3+ Kf5 50. Bd6
Be4 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2002.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Rosito, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2002.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 ({Does not give advantage:} 
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. Qc2 Bf8
18. c5 Ba6 $11 {Wiersma,E-Timoshenko,G/Groningen,1999(1/2-1/2)(25)}) 12... Bc5
{[%csl Rf2][%mdl 4]} ({In my opinion,it was a little better:} 12... Ba6 {
(it's main theoretical line)} 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 $5 {See comments to Zubarev,
A-Eljanov,P/Kharkov,2001/CBM 83(1-0)(Golod,V)(55)} ({Also it deserves
attention:} 14. Qa4 {You can see comments to De Firmian,N-Shabalov,A/Seattle,
2000/CBM 80(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(40)})) 13. Nd3 Ne3 14. Qb3 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 $5 {
It is exacter move,than:} (15. Qxb6 axb6 $1 {(after 15.Rf1 there is no this
opportunity)} (15... Bxb6 $143 16. Rxf1 Ba6 {see the game after 16...Bxb6.})
16. Nxc5 Nxh2 17. Rxh2 bxc5 18. Be3 Ra5 19. Kd3 O-O $2 (19... Ba6 $10 {[%csl
Rc4] Boensch,U}) 20. Bxc5 $1 Re8 (20... Rxc5 21. b4 $18) 21. a4 d5 22. exd6 e5
23. Bb6 Ra6 24. a5 $16 {See comments to Smirin,I-Magomedov,M/Daugavpils,1989/
CBM 16(1-0)(Boensch,U)(41)}) 15... Ba6 16. Qxb6 Bxb6 ({Now very weakly:} 16...
axb6 {in view of:} 17. Nxc5 bxc5 (17... Bxc4+ $4 18. Nd3) 18. b3 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Gc1e3] +/-/+-}) 17. b3 $14 Rc8 {Black's plan is: to play "c5",after
exchange of the bishops (Bc1/Bb6).} ({In some games played in years 1983-1995,
more popular was:} 17... Bd4) ({and} 17... Kf7) 18. Be3 $1 ({It is possible to
avoid exchange of the bishops:} 18. Ba3 c5 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Rg1 h6 21. h4 $6 (
21. g4 $142) 21... Rg8 22. h5 g6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Rxg4 Be4 $14 {Kholmov,
R-Sveshnikov,E/Volgodonsk,1983(1/2-1/2)(38)}) (18. a4 $143 Bd4 19. Be3 $5 Bxe3
(19... Bxa1 20. Rxa1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Gd3,Ge3]}) 20. Kxe3 c5 21. Rg1 g6 22. a5
Ke7 23. g4 Bb7 {+/=/= Ivanov,A-Gorelov,S/Minsk,1985(0-1)(79)}) 18... Bxe3 19.
Kxe3 c5 $8 20. Rad1 Bb7 {/^a8-h1} ({Was checked in the previous game:} 20...
Rg8 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 21. h4 (21. h3 $142 g5 $140 22. g4 $16) 21... h6 22. Rd2 Bb7
23. Rfd1 $14 {Iglesias,J-Canellas Magide,L/Barcelona,2000(1-0)(37)}) 21. Rd2 $5
$146 {[%csl Yd2][%cal Yd2g2]} ({Is not necessary,to spend the tempo on:} 21. g3
h6 22. Rd2 g5 23. h3 Rg8 24. Rc1 Rg7 25. a3 a5 26. Rc3 Ke7 {+/=/= Kozlov,
V-Gorelov,S/Aktjubinsk,1985(1/2-1/2) (36)}) 21... Be4 $1 22. Nf2 $140 Bc6 ({
Very riskyly:} 22... Bxg2 {because of:} 23. Rg1 Bc6 24. Rxg7 Kf8 25. Rg3 $1 {
<->g} (25. Rg1 $143 Kf7 {[%cal Gh8g8,Gg8g6]} (25... Rg8 $2 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27.
Rd1 $16 {[%cal Gd1g1]}) 26. Rg3 {+/=/+/-}) (25. Rg5 $6 Rg8 $14) 25... Rg8 26.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd1g1]}) 23. g4 $5 {It is necessary to
open a position to reach up to weakness of black.} ({Senselessly:} 23. Rfd1 h6
$140 24. Nd3 {because of:} Be4 25. Nb2 Rc7 {[%csl Yc7]} 26. g3 g5 27. Na4 gxf4+
28. gxf4 Rg8 $132) 23... fxg4 {Probably,it's best decision!} (23... g6 $2 24.
gxf5 gxf5 (24... exf5 25. Rd6 $16) 25. Rg1 $16) 24. Nxg4 Rf8 25. Rg1 Ke7 $6 (
25... Kd8 $5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yc7b6,Yb6c5,Yd8c7] /\Kc7-b6(קc5).}) 26. Rg3 Rf7
$6 {Too passively.After this move, black are deprived counterplay.Can be
recommended:} (26... Rf5 $5 27. Nf2 $140 g5 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 29. fxg5 Rf8 30. Nd3
(30. Ne4 $2 Rf5 {[%csl Re5]}) 30... Rf3+ 31. Ke2 Rh3 $14 {[%csl Rg5,Rh2][%cal
Gh3h2,Gh3h5,Gh5g5]}) 27. Nf2 a5 {[%csl Ya5,Yc5]} 28. Rd6 a4 (28... Rcf8 $143
29. Nd3 g6 30. Rg4 {[%csl Rc5,Yg4][%cal Yg4f4]}) 29. Nd3 $16 axb3 30. axb3 {
[%csl Rc5] Black got rid of one weakness,but now white's rook will penetrate
into camp of black.} Ba8 31. Ra6 Bb7 32. Ra7 ({Also good enough:} 32. Ra5 $5 d6
$140 33. Rg5 {[%csl Ga5,Rc5,Gd3,Yd6,Gg5][%cal Ge5d6]}) 32... Rc7 (32... Ba8
$143 33. Ra5 d6 $140 $2 34. Ra7+ Kf8 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. exd6 $18) 33. Nxc5 Rxc5
34. Rxb7 Ra5 35. b4 $1 ({Dubiously:} 35. Ke4 Ra2 36. c5 $140 Rc2 $1 {+/=/+/-})
35... Ra3+ 36. Ke4 Ra2 37. c5 {[%cal Gc5c6]} Rc2 $8 {[%mdl 256]} ({Loses right
away:} 37... Ke8 {because of:} 38. Rb8+ $1 Ke7 39. b5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb5b6,
Gb6b7]} Ra4+ 40. Kd3 Raxf4 41. c6 {[%cal Gc6c7]} dxc6 42. bxc6 Rf3+ 43. Rxf3
Rxf3+ 44. Kd4 Rf4+ 45. Kc5 $18) ({Also badly:} 37... Kd8 38. c6 Rc2 39. b5 Rc4+
40. Ke3 Rcxf4 41. Rxd7+ Rxd7 42. Kxf4 $18) 38. Kd3 Rc1 $8 ({Impossibly:} 38...
Rxh2 {in view of:} 39. c6 Kd8 40. b5 Re7 41. c7+ Kc8 42. Ra7 Rb2 43. Kd4 $1
Rxb5 $140 44. Rc3 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ga7a8]}) 39. Kd2 {[%cal Gg3d3,Gd3c3]} Rc4
40. Rc3 $1 Rfxf4 $8 (40... Rcxf4 $2 {is refuted by:} 41. c6 {[%cal Gc6c7]} Rf2+
(41... Rd4+ 42. Kc2 Rf2+ 43. Kb3 {[%cal Gc6c7]}) 42. Kc1 Rf1+ 43. Kb2 R7f2+ 44.
Kb3 Rb1+ 45. Ka4 $18) 41. c6 Rfd4+ $8 42. Kc2 Kd8 43. Rxd7+ Rxd7 44. Rxc4 {
[%csl Gb4,Gc6]} Rd5 45. Kb3 {[%cal Gb3a4,Gb4b5]} Kc7 46. Ka4 Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 256]
} (46... Rxe5 $2 47. b5 $18 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gb5b6]}) 47. b5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal
Gb5b6]} Ra1+ 48. Kb4 Rb1+ 49. Kc5 g5 50. Ra4 (50. h4 $5) 50... Rc1+ 51. Kb4
Rb1+ 52. Kc5 Rc1+ 53. Kd4 Rd1+ ({Leads to absolutely winning position:} 53...
Kb6 $2 54. Rc4 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 Rd8 56. c7 Rc8 57. Rc6+ Kxb5 58. Rxe6 Rxc7 59. Rd6
$1 $18 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5][%cal Gd6d8,Gd6d1]}) 54. Ke4 Re1+ 55. Kd4 Rd1+ 56. Ke4 {
Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} Re1+ 57. Kf3 Rb1 $8 (57... Rxe5
$2 58. Ra7+ Kb6 (58... Kd6 59. Rd7+ Kc5 60. c7 Rf5+ 61. Ke4 Rf8 62. Rd8) (58...
Kc8 59. b6 {[%cal Ga7a8]}) 59. Rb7+ Ka5 60. c7 Rc5 61. b6 $18 {[%csl Gc7][%cal
Gb7b8]}) 58. Ra7+ Kc8 59. Ra8+ Kc7 60. Ra7+ Kc8 61. Re7 $1 ({After:} 61. Rb7 h5
62. b6 {[%csl Rb6]} Rb4 {The task of white becomes complicated.}) 61... Rxb5
62. Rxe6 {[%csl Gc6,Ge5]} h5 (62... Rb4 $143 63. Re7 {[%csl Gc6,Ge5] /\e6,Re8+
and e7.}) (62... Kc7 $143 63. Kg4 Rb2 64. Rh6 $18) 63. Ke4 Rb2 64. h3 Rh2 65.
Kf5 $18 Rxh3 66. Kxg5 Kc7 (66... h4 $144 67. Rh6 Rg3+ (67... Kc7 68. Rxh4 Rxh4
69. Kxh4 Kxc6 70. Kg5 $18) 68. Kf5 Kc7 69. Rxh4 Kxc6 70. Rd4 $18 {[%csl Rc6,
Gd4,Ge5][%cal Gd4d8,Gd4d1]}) 67. Rh6 Re3 68. Kf6 $1 Kxc6 $140 69. Ke7+ Kd5 ({
After:} 69... Kc7 70. Rxh5 {white get a theoretically winning endgame.}) 70. e6
{[%csl Rh5]} Re5 71. Kd7 Ke4 72. e7 {[%cal Gh6e6]} Kf4 73. Re6 {[%csl Ge7]
[%cal Ge7e8]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 $5 (6.
Ndb5 {Rogozenko: Here White must be ready to play aganst Sveshnikov variation
after 6. ... d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5, as well as against 6. ... Bb4 line.}) 6... bxc6
7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 {Rogozenko: The only way to fight for an advantage.} (8. Nxd5
{Rogozenko} cxd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 $10) 8... Qc7 (8... Qa5+ {Rogozenko: A relatively
new continuation, trying to avoid the main lines. However, Black faces some
problems here too.} 9. c3 Ba6 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bf4
Qf5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qd5 16. Qe5 Qxe5+ 17. Bxe5 $14 {1-0 Madl,
I-Shumiakina,T/Kischinjow sp 1998 (52)}) (8... f5 {Rogozenko} 9. exf6 Nxf6 10.
Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qb6 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bf4 $14) 9. f4 Qa5+ (9... f5 $5 10. Ng5 (
10. Nd6+ $6 Bxd6 11. exd6 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. b3 Qd4 15. c3 Qxd6
16. Bb2 c5 17. O-O-O Bb7 $15 {1-0 Pavlov,M-Nicolaide,V/ROM-ch 1988 (52)}) 10...
Be7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Be3 c5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 g6 15. h4 h6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17.
O-O-O Rhg8 18. Bd2 Bc6 19. Qe3 Qb7 $13 {Lima,D-Vescovi,G/ch-BRA, Rio de
Janeiro BRA 1998/1/2-1/2 (76)}) (9... Qb6 {Rogozenko} 10. c4 (10. Bd3 Ba6 11.
a3 Be7 $13) 10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15.
Kf2 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. Qe2 d5 18. Rhf1 Bc5 19. Kg1 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. c5
Qc7 (21... Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Rf3 $40) 22. b4 $16 {1-0 Rublevsky,
S-Rogozenko,D/URS-chT 1991 (35)}) 10. c3 $5 (10. Bd2 $5 Qb6 11. Bd3 (11. c4 $2
Qd4 $1 12. Qb1 Rb8 13. b3 f5 $1 $17 {Adams,M-Khenkin,I/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 11...
Qxb2 $6 (11... Ba6 $6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 f5 15. Nf2 Rb8 16.
b3 Bb4 17. g3 $14 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Kozlov,V/Voskresensk2 1993 (42)}) (11... Be7
$5 12. c4 $5 (12. Rb1 $6 Ba6 13. Qe2 (13. c4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 13... Bxd3
14. Qxd3 f5 $1 $15 {0-1 Yudasin,L-Kramnik,V/Wijk cm5 1994 (37)}) (12. Qe2 $5 f5
13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O-O Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. b3 Ba6 17. Qe1 Qd4 18. c3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Chevallier,D/FRA-chT 1996 (44)}) 12... Qd4 (12... f5 $5 13. Nf2
Ne3 14. Qf3 Qxb2 15. Ke2 Nc2 16. Bxc2 Qxc2 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 $44 {/\Nd3;Be3
}) 13. Qb3 Ba6 $5 (13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Bc3 Nxc3 16.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 (17. Nxc3 f6 $15) 17... c5 $1 $13 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Benjamin,J/
USA-ch 1994 (31)} (17... f6 $2 18. c5 $1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 fxe5 21.
fxe5 Rf5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Rxe5 24. Rxe7 Rxe4 25. Rc7 $16)) 12. O-O Ba6
13. Bxa6 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Qxa6 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 Be7 17. Qg4 g6 18. Rff1 h5 19.
Qf3 O-O 20. Bh6 $14 {Smirin,I-Vaisser,A/Munich op9293 1993/1-0 (65)}) (10. Kf2
$5 f5 (10... Qb6+ {Rogozenko} 11. Kf3 c5 12. c4 Nb4 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nc2
15. Rb1 Bb7+ 16. Kf2 Be4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Wiersma,E-Timoshenko,G/Berliner Sommer
1997 (41)}) 11. Ng5 Qb6+ 12. Kg3 g6 13. h4 h6 14. Nf3 Rg8 15. Bd3 Bc5 16. Qe2
a5 $13 {0-1 Gaponenko,I-Skripchenko,A/WchJW-U18 1993 (35)}) (10. Qd2 $5 Qb6 11.
Bd3 f5 $6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qe2 $1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Chekhov,V/
Moscow,1992,1/2 (49)}) 10... Be7 (10... Ba6 $5 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Qe2 (12. b3
$143 O-O-O 13. c4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Ne3 15. Qe2 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 d5 $1 17. exd6 Bxd6 18.
Rad1 Nd4 19. Nxd6+ Rxd6 20. Qe5 Rhd8 21. Ba5 f6 22. Qc5 $4 Rd5 $3 $19 {0-1
Hector,J-Kharlov,A/Haninge 1992 (25)}) 12... Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 f5 14. Nf2 a5 $5 (
14... Be7 $143 15. Nd3 Kf7 16. Bd2 Rhb8 17. Rhd1 a5 18. a4 Ke8 19. c4 Nc7 20.
Bc3 $14 {1-0 Emms,J-Lawton,G/BCF-ch 1994 (38)}) (14... d6 $143 15. Nd3 dxe5 (
15... c5 $10 {Rogozenko Chandler-Horvath,T/BL.Solingen-Tübingen/1995}) 16. Nxe5
Bd6 17. Rd1 Bxe5 18. fxe5 O-O-O 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. c4 Nb6 21. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Ivanov,A-Khenkin,I/World op 1994 (40)}) 15. Nd3 (15. c4 $6 Nb4 16. Be3 Nc2 17.
Rad1 Nxe3 18. Kxe3 Bc5+ 19. Kf3 Bxf2 20. Kxf2 Ke7 21. Rd3 Rhb8 22. b3 a4 23.
Rhd1 Ra7 24. R1d2 axb3 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Lobron,E/EUCup Gr4 1996}) 15... Be7
16. Bd2 Kf7 17. a4 Rhb8 18. c4 Nc7 19. Bc3 Rb7 20. Rhd1 Ke8 21. h3 Na6 22. Bxa5
Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Rogozenko,D/EU-chT 1992 (34)}) 11. Bd3 (11. Bd2 $143
Qb6 12. Qb3 f5 13. Nf2 Bc5 14. Nd3 Ne3 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. c4 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Ba6
18. Rc1 Kf7 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Rc3 Qd4 21. Be3 Qe4 22. Qc2 c5 $1 {+/=/=; 1/2-1/2
Mazi,L-Fercec,N/Open, Bled SLO 1998 (43)}) 11... Ba6 $6 (11... f5 $142 $5 12.
exf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be3 (15. Bxa6 $143 Qxa6 16. Be3 Qb7
17. f5 exf5 18. Bc5 O-O-O 19. Bd6 Rhe8 20. Rxf5 Re6 21. Bg3 Rde8 $15 {Landa,
K-Kozlov,V/Kobanya op 1991/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Rb7
18. a4 O-O 19. b4 Qd8 20. Bc5 Be7 21. Be3 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tseitlin,M-Priehoda,
V/Budapest FS06 GM 1996 (44)}) (11... Qb6 $6 12. Qe2 (12. c4 $2 f5 13. Ng3 Ne3
14. Qe2 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Nxg2+ 16. Kf1 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nh4 18. Rd1 O-O $17 {Gershon,
A-Krakops,M/WchJM U20 1997/1-0 (49)}) 12... O-O (12... a5 $6 13. a3 g6 14. c4
f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Ng5 a4 18. O-O Qa5 19. Kh1 O-O 20. Rf3 Nh5 21.
Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Rh3 Kg7 23. Qg4 Rf5 24. Rxh5 $18 {1-0 Sanz Alonso,F-Rojo Huerta,
G/ESP-chT 1997 (29)}) (12... Bb7 13. c4 f5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 16. Be3
Qb4+ 17. Bd2 Qb6 $10 {Howell-Krasenkov/Hastings/1993}) 13. c4 f5 14. cxd5 fxe4
15. Qxe4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Ke2 (17. Bd2 {Rogozenko} Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 cxd5
$10 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Romero Holmes,A/Wijk op 1995 (33)}) 17... exd5 $10
{De La Riva,O-Braga,F/ Zaragoza,1993}) 12. O-O (12. Bxa6 $6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+
14. Kxe2 f5 15. Nf2 a5 16. Bd2 c5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Bc3 Kf7 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rad1
Ra7 21. g4 g6 22. gxf5 gxf5 $11 {0-1 Tomczak,R-Chekhov,V/BL2-N 1996 (34)})
12... Bxd3 $6 $146 (12... f5 $5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16.
Be3 Qb5 17. Rf2 a5 18. Bd4 Qf5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c4 Qc5 21. Qd3 O-O-O {1/2-1/2
Reeh,O-Chekhov,V/Hamburg HSK 1996}) 13. Qxd3 f5 14. Nf2 $14 (14. exf6 $6 Nxf6 (
14... gxf6 $6 15. c4 f5 16. Qd4 $1 $14) 15. Nxf6+ $13 (15. Nd6+ $2 Bxd6 16.
Qxd6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Ne4 18. Qd4 $8 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Rb8 $15) (15. Be3 $13 {Rogozenko
})) 14... Qb6 $6 (14... Rb8 $5 15. a3 $140 $6 (15. c4 Nb4 16. Qd2 $14 {/\b3,Bb2
}) 15... Rb3 $1 $13) 15. a3 $6 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gc3c4,Ya3b4]} (15. c4 $5 Nb4
16. Qe2 $14) 15... c5 $2 (15... Qb3 $1 16. c4 Qxd3 17. Nxd3 Nb6 18. b3 a5 $11)
(15... a5 $5 {Rogozenko}) 16. c4 Nc7 17. Rd1 Rd8 (17... Qc6 $5 {/\a5,a4}) (
17... Qc6 $5 {Rogozenko}) 18. b4 $1 $36 d5 $6 {Rogozenko: With this move Black
only gets new problems. He should take into consideration the very bad
position of the Queen on b6 (the Knight on c7 doesn´t look brilliant either),
which after the opening of the qeenside will become the target of White´s
pieces.} (18... cxb4 $6 19. Be3 Qc6 (19... Bc5 $2 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. axb4 Qxb4
22. Rdb1 $1 Qc5 (22... Qe7 23. Rb7 $1 $18) 23. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 $8 24. exd6 Na8 25.
Rxa7 $18 {[%cal Gf2d3,Gd3e5]}) 20. axb4 $36) (18... d6 $5) (18... d6 {
Rogozenko Necessary.} 19. exd6 Rxd6) 19. Be3 {[%csl Rc5]} O-O (19... d4 $6 20.
Bd2 Na6 21. b5 Nc7 22. a4 {+/=/+/-}) (19... dxc4 {Rogozenko} 20. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23. bxc5 $1 (23. b5 Nc7 24. Rc1 (24. a4 Nd5 25. Bd2 Kd7
$13) 24... Nd5 25. Bxc5 Nxf4 26. Kf1 $14) 23... Nxc5 24. Rc1 Na4 25. Rc8+ Bd8
26. Bxa7 Kd7 27. Rb8 $16) 20. Rdc1 d4 $2 (20... Na6 $5) 21. Bd2 cxb4 $6 (21...
Na6 22. b5 Nc7 23. a4 {+/=/+/-}) 22. axb4 $140 Bxb4 $2 23. c5 $1 $16 Bxc5 (
23... Qb7 24. Rcb1 Nd5 (24... a5 $2 25. Rxa5 Nd5 26. Rb5 Qxb5 $142 (26... Qc6
$2 27. R1xb4 (27. Bxb4 $4 Ne3 $19) 27... Nxb4 28. Bxb4 $18) 27. Qxb5 Bxd2 28.
Qc6 $1 $16) 25. Qc4 Rb8 (25... Qc6 $143 26. Ra6 Qxc5 27. Rxb4 $1 $18) (25... a5
$143 26. Rxa5 Ne3 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. c6 $18) 26. Bxb4 Nxb4 27. c6 $1 $16) 24.
Ba5 $1 Qc6 (24... Qb2 25. Rcb1 {[%csl Rb2]}) 25. Bb4 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc1c5,
Gb4c5,Gd3c4]} Rd5 $8 (25... Nd5 $2 26. Rxc5 Qb6 (26... Nxb4 $143 27. Rxc6 Nxd3
28. Nxd3 $18) 27. Rxd5 $1 Qxb4 (27... Rxd5 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qa3+ $18 {[%csl
Ra7,Rf8]}) 28. Rb5 Qc3 29. Rba5 {[%csl Ra7]} Rf7 30. Qxc3 dxc3 31. Rc5 $18 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 26. Qc4 {[%csl Gb4,Gc1,Gc4,Rc5]} d3 $2 (26... Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5c3]
} 27. Nd3 (27. Ra5 $4 d3 $1 $13) 27... Nc3 28. Nxc5 Rc8 29. Rxa7 Qb6 $1 (29...
Rxc5 $2 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Kh1 $1 $18) 30. Rca1 Rcxc5 31. Bxc5
Rxc5 32. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga1a8]} h6 33. Qd3 $16) 27. Bxc5 $18 Rfd8 $6 (
27... d2 $142 28. Rc2 $18 (28. Bxf8 $4 d1=Q+ $1 29. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kf2 Qxc4 31.
Rxc4 Rxa1 $11)) 28. Bxa7 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Nb5 30. Bb6 R8d7 31. Rd1 h6 32. Rc5 $1 {
><d3} g5 (32... Rxc5 33. Bxc5 d2 34. Be3 $18) 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35.
Nxd3 Kf7 36. Be3 g4 37. Kf2 Nc3 38. Bd2 Ne4+ 39. Ke3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2088]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 $5
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ ({Black has few options:} 9... f5 $5) (
9... Qb6 $5 {See comments to Voitsekhovsky-Yagupov,RUS-Cup,N.Novgorod,1998
(cbm66)}) 10. Bd2 $5 (10. c3 $5 {See the game: Voitsekhovsky-Yagupov,1998
(cbm66) 1-0(39),(Golod,V)}) 10... Qb6 11. Bd3 (11. c4 $2 Qd4 $1 (11... Qxb2)
12. Qb1 Rb8 13. b3 f5 $1 $17 {Adams,M-Khenkin,I/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 11... Be7 $5
({Worse is:} 11... Ba6) (11... Qxb2 {(see comments to Voitsekhovsky-Yagupov)})
12. c4 $5 (12. Rb1 $6 Ba6 13. Qe2 (13. c4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 13... Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 f5 $1 $15 {0-1 Yudasin,L-Kramnik,V/Wijk cm5 1994 (37)}) (12. Qe2 $5 f5 13.
exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O-O Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. b3 Ba6 17. Qe1 Qd4 18. c3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Chevallier,D/FRA-chT 1996 (44)}) 12... Qd4 $5 ({Good enough} 
12... f5) 13. Ke2 $5 $146 (13. Qb3 $143 {because of:} Ba6 $1 (13... f5 $143 14.
exf6 Nxf6 $13) 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Bc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 (17. Nxc3 $6
f6 $15) 17... c5 $1 $13 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Benjamin,J/USA-ch 1994 (31)} (17... f6 $2
18. c5 $1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 fxe5 21. fxe5 Rf5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7
Rxe5 24. Rxe7 Rxe4 25. Rc7 $16)) 13... Ba6 $13 ({Worse is:} 13... Nb4 {in view
of:} 14. Bc3 Qxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nxd3 16. Kxd3 {and white transfers to better
endgame}) 14. b3 {/\Qg1} (14. Qg1 $2 Qxb2 $1 (14... Qxg1 $2 15. Rhxg1 $14) 15.
cxd5 Bxd3+ 16. Kxd3 Qb5+ $1 {and black has strong initiative} (16... cxd5 $2
17. Nc3 $16) (16... exd5 $2 17. Nc3 $16)) (14. Qa4 $4 Nb4 $1 15. Bxb4 Bxc4 {
[%csl Rd3,Re4][%cal Gd4e4]} 16. Nf2 $8 Bc5 $1 17. Bxc4 (17. Rhf1 Bxd3+ 18. Nxd3
Qe3+ 19. Kd1 Qxd3+ 20. Ke1 Qe4+ $19) 17... Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 (18. Kd3 Qd4+) 18...
Qxb2 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Rb4]}) 14... f5 $142 15. exf6 $8 (15. Nd6+ $2 Bxd6 16. exd6
Nxf4+ 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 $19) 15... gxf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6f5]} (15... Nxf6 $143 16. Bc3
Qb6 {and white is slightly better}) 16. Qg1 Qxg1 17. Raxg1 $5 {(play on the
king side)} Nb6 {/\d5(><c4)} 18. Rc1 {[%csl Gc1,Yc4]} f5 $5 $11 (18... d5 $5
19. cxd5 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 cxd5 21. Nc5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gh1e1]} e5 22. Rhe1 $13)
19. Nf2 h5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh5g4]} 20. Rhg1 {/\g3,h3;g4} c5 $5 {[%cal Ga6b7,
Gb7h1]} 21. g3 O-O-O {[%cal Gd8g8]} 22. h3 Rdg8 23. Be3 (23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4
fxg4 25. Rxg4 Rxg4 26. Nxg4 $11) 23... Bb7 24. g4 hxg4 (24... fxg4 25. hxg4 h4
$2 (25... hxg4 {See- 24...hxg4}) 26. Nh3 $14) 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Nxg4 (26. Rxg4
Rxg4 27. Nxg4 Rh3 28. Rg1 Bf3+ 29. Kd2) 26... d6 27. f5 (27. f5 exf5 28. Bxf5+
Kc7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frolov, Denis"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Politekhnik-Yantar"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 ({More in
principle:} 6. Nxc6 $5) ({or} 6. Ndb5 $5) 6... Bb4 $5 ({Also possibly:} 6... a6
) ({and} 6... d6) 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Another alternative is:} 8.
Nxc6 $5 {You can see comments to Hector,J-Hansen,S/Skaenninge,1998/CBM 65(1-0)
(Golod,V)(39)}) 8... Nxd5 {This move considerably better,than:} (8... exd5) 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 ({Very weakly:} 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 $140 Nxe3 $2 11. Nxd8 Nxd1 12.
Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Rxd1 $16 {De la Riva,E-Del Corral Abancens,A/San Jose,1998(1-0)
(35)}) ({It deserves attention:} 9... Nxe3 10. Nxd8 (10. fxe3 $143 bxc6 11. O-O
Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O $11 {Saltaev,M-Bousios,H/Ikaria,1994(1-0)(45)}) 10... Nxd1
11. Rxd1 Kxd8 12. Bxh7+ Ke7 (12... Kc7 $5 $44) 13. Be4 Rh4 14. Rd4 Bxc3+ 15.
bxc3 e5 16. Bxb7 Rxd4 $2 (16... exd4 17. Bxa8 dxc3 $11 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2]}) 17.
Bxa8 Ra4 18. Bd5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Kxe6 20. Kd2 Rxa2 21. Rb1 $14 {Frolov,
D-Bondarenko,V/Smolensk,2000 (1-0)(36)}) 10. Bd2 {It's main line,other options
are:} (10. Qg4) (10. O-O) ({and} 10. Bd4 $6) 10... O-O $5 {Also was checked
repeatedly in the previous games:10...Nxc3!?;10...Bxc3;10...Rb8!?;10...Qa5;10..
.Be7?!;10...Qf6?!} 11. O-O Nxc3 {Practically transfer to 10...Nxc3} 12. bxc3
Bd6 ({Another possibility is:} 12... Be7 $5) 13. Qh5 $5 {Probably,it's best
continuation of the play.} (13. f4 {(is the first game in this variation!!)}
Bc5+ 14. Kh1 g6 15. Rf3 Qf6 $11 {Anderssen,A-Paulsen,L/Leipzig,1877(0-1) (39)})
({Much worse is:} 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. h3 f5 $1 (14... Rb8 $143 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. Qe4
g6 17. Rfe1 c5 $11 {Amonatov,F-Liang,J/Kuala Lumpur,1993 (1/2-1/2)(57)}) (14...
Bb7 $5 15. Qe4 g6 16. Qh4 (16. Rab1 $5) 16... c5 17. c4 Be5 {=/=/+ Venturelli,
R-Mazzini,M/Lunigiana,1998 (0-1)(22)}) 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. Qe2 e5 17. f3 Bb7 18.
Rfd1 Rae8 19. Be3 e4 $15 {0-1 Garkov,M-Chekhov,V/Warsaw 1989/EXT 97 (37)}) ({
and} 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. g3 Bb7 15. c4 c5 16. Rab1 Qc6 17. f3 $11 {Gunnarsson,
A-Kumaran,D/Gausdal,1994 (1/2-1/2)(37)}) 13... f5 ({Slightly worse is:} 13...
g6 14. Qh6 Qf6 15. Be4 (15. Rab1 $5 $14) 15... Ba6 16. Rfd1 Be5 $11 {Shadrina,
T-Mashinskaya,I/Moscow,1996 (1-0)(65)}) 14. Rfd1 $5 $146 {<->d} (14. f4 $143
Kh8 15. Rae1 Qf6 16. Rf3 Bd7 17. Kh1 Rae8 $11 {Mahdi,S-Murshed,N/Thessaloniki,
1984(0-1)(45)}) (14. Rae1 $6 e5 15. Re3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge3h3]} Qe8 16. Qh4
Rf6 17. Rh3 h6 18. f4 e4 $15 {Fischvogt,E-Stein,K/Grand Rapids,1988 (1/2-1/2)
(58)}) 14... Kh8 {Not obligatory,prophylactic move.} ({From my point of view
slightly better is:} 14... Qe8) ({or} 14... Rb8) 15. Bc4 {+/=/= White's plan
is:Be3,Rd3(or Rd2) and Rad1 with pressure on <->d.} Bc5 ({Again can be
recommended:} 15... Qe8) 16. Be3 ({After:} 16. Bf4 $1 Qf6 (16... Qa5 $2 17. Qf3
{[%csl Rc6]} e5 18. Qxc6 (18. Bxe5 $143 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qxe5 20. Qxc6 Rb8 21.
Qd6 {+/=/+/-}) 18... Rb8 19. Rd5 exf4 20. Qxc5 $18) 17. Rd3 $36 {[%cal Gd3h3,
Ga1e1] white has a strong initiative.}) 16... Qa5 $6 ({In my opinion better is:
} 16... Qe7) 17. Rd3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qc5 ({Loses right away:} 18... e5 $4 {
because of:} 19. Rh3 h6 20. Qg6 {with the idea 21.Rxh6 gxh6 22.Qxh6 mate}) (
18... Rb8 $5 $14) 19. Bb3 {+/=/+/-} Qe7 ({Again impossibly:} 19... e5 {in view
of:} 20. Rh3 h6 21. Qg6 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh3h6]}) 20. Rae1 {[%csl Re6] Now
black has a eternal weakness-pawn"e6".} Rf6 21. Re5 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gh5e2]}
({Dubious straight away:} 21. Qe2 {because of:} f4 {[%cal Gf4f3]}) 21... Bd7
22. Qe2 (22. Rxf5 $4 {is refuted by:} g6 $19 {[%csl Rf5,Rh5][%cal Gg6f5,Gg6h5]}
) 22... Re8 {[%csl Gb3,Yd7,Ge1,Ge2,Ge5,Re6,Ye7,Ye8,Yf6]} 23. Qa6 $16 {[%csl
Ra7,Re6] Play on the second weakness!} Ra8 24. Qb7 Qd8 ({Badly:} 24... Qe8 {
in view of:} 25. Bxe6 $1 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qg8 (27... Qxe6 28. Qxa8+
Qg8 29. Qxa7 $18) 28. h3 {+/-/+-}) 25. Rd1 Rf7 26. h3 {[%csl Yh2][%cal Yg1h2,
Gb3e6] Useful,prophylactic move.} ({Senselessly:} 26. Bxe6 {because of:} Bxe6
$1 (26... Rb8 $143 27. Qa6 Re7 28. f4 Qc7 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qd3
$16) 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qb1 Bxa2 $1 $14 {[%csl Rg1] _|_}) 26... Qb8 {[%csl Rb7,
Re5]} ({Differently after:} 26... Qe8 27. Rd6 {it's difficult to give a good
advise for black.}) 27. Qxb8+ $8 Rxb8 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096]}
h6 $5 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Yh7][%cal Yh8h7,Gb8b2]} ({More passive method of the
defence:} 29... Rc7 30. Rdd6 h6 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Rb2 33. a4 $1 Rxc2 34.
a5 {+/-/+-}) 30. Rxc6 Rb2 31. a4 Rxc2 32. h4 $5 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh4h5]} ({
Also good enough:} 32. a5 $5 {/\a6(קa7)}) 32... Kh7 $6 ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 32... Re7 33. h5 (33. a5 Kh7 $5 $16 (33... Ree2 $6 34. Rd7
Rxf2 35. Rg6 Rf4 36. Rgxg7 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rxh4+ 38. Kg3 Rg4+ 39. Rxg4 fxg4 40.
Rxa7 Rxc3+ 41. Kxg4 $16) 34. h5 {transfer to 33.h5}) (33. Rd8+ $143 Kh7 34. h5
f4 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge7e5,Ge5h5]} 35. Rcc8 g5 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rcg8+ Kf7 38.
Rh7+ Kxg8 39. Rxe7 Rxc3 40. Rxa7 g4 $14 {[%csl Rg1]}) 33... Kh7 (33... Ree2 $2
34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rcc8 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 34. a5 f4 (34... Ree2 $2 35. Rd7 Rxf2
36. Rg6 $18) 35. a6 $16) 33. Rd3 $1 {[%csl Yf3,Gg3][%cal Yd3f3,Gd3g3]} Re7 34.
Rf3 Re4 35. g3 Re5 ({Also white has a good chance for win after:} 35... Rxa4
36. Rxf5) 36. Rf4 {[%csl Yf4]} a5 ({Can be recommended:} 36... h5) 37. h5 $1 {
[%csl Rh7]} Ra2 38. Rc7 Rd5 ({Leads to easy win for white:} 38... Re4 39. Rxf5
Raxa4 40. Rc8 Re7 $8 41. Rff8 $140 g5 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Rcg8+ Kf7 44. Rg6 $18 {
[%csl Rf7,Rh6]}) 39. Kg2 Kg8 40. Kg1 $138 {Sometimes it is desirable to repeat
the moves.} Re5 ({After:} 40... Re2 {[%cal Ge2e4] strongly:} 41. c4 Rde5 $140
42. Rd4 $18) 41. Kg2 Kh7 42. Rc8 {[%csl Gc8,Rh7][%cal Gc8h8]} Rd2 43. Rf8 Rdd5
44. c4 Rc5 45. Rd4 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd4d8] The rest is the matter of
technics.} Re7 46. Rdd8 g5 $8 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rdg8+ Kf7 49. Rg6 {[%csl Rh6]}
Rxc4 50. Rhxh6 Rxa4 (50... g4 51. Ra6 $5 Rxa4 $140 $2 52. Rh7+ Ke8 53. Ra8+ Kd7
54. Ra7+ {[%csl Re7]}) 51. Rh7+ Ke8 52. Rxe7+ Kxe7 53. h6 {Whole this game,
despite the black's mistakes,Denis Frolov conducted very strong.} (53. h6 Kf7
54. Rg7+ $1 (54. h7 $143 Kxg6 55. h8=Q) 54... Kf6 (54... Kf8 55. Rxg5 {[%cal
Gh6h7]}) 55. Rg8 $18 {[%cal Gh6h7]}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 $6 (6. Ndb5 $142) (
6. Nxc6 $142) 6... Bb4 {[%csl Re1,Re4][%cal Gf6e4]} 7. O-O $5 (7. Bf3 $143 Qa5
(7... d5 $5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Qd3 Qc7 13.
c4 Bd6 14. g3 Rd8 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. Qb3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gutierrez,J-Delgado
Crespo,M/Capablanca mem Masters II, Havana CUB 1998 (22)}) 8. Nde2 Ne5 9. Bd2
Nc4 10. a3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 a6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nd4 d6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rfc1 O-O 16.
Na4 e5 17. Nb3 b5 18. Nb2 Be6 $13 {Khan,M-Ballon,G/Open, St Helier JER 1998/
0-1 (41)}) (7. f3 $143 Qa5 8. Qd3 d5 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12.
Bg5 b6 $6 (12... h6 $142) 13. O-O Bb7 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17.
Bb5 a6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bh4 Ne4 20. Qe1 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Nf6 22. Qd2 $14 {Zatloukal,
V-Cernousek,L/GP Mladi Open, Litomysl CZE 1997/1-0 (62)}) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3
Nxe4 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Qd3 $142 $5 d5 (9... f5 $6 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Bf3 Ne5 12. Qe3
Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 $1 Nf6 14. Ba3 a6 15. Qe5 Kf7 16. Rad1 $36 {1-0 Winiwarter,
F-Marti,G/Linz op 1997 (30)}) 10. Ba3 $1 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Ba3 Qf6 12. Bf3 Ng5
13. Be2 Ne4 14. Bf3 Ng5 15. Be2 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Benares de sa Leitao,R-Rodrigues,
A/Brazil op 1997}) 10... Qa5 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nd6+ Nxd6 13. Bxd6 Qd8 14. Qg3 Qf6
15. Rfd1 Qg6 16. Qe3 Qe4 17. Qd2 f6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bf3 Qf5 21.
Bxc6+ bxc6 22. Bc5 Qd5 23. Qa5 {1-0 Wach,M-Gaertner,G/AUT-chT9697 1997}) 9...
d5 (9... Nxd4 $5 10. Bxe4 Nc6 11. Ba3 d5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Qh5 $6 (13. c4 $5)
13... h6 14. f4 O-O 15. g4 Re8 16. g5 Nf5 $17 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Bc5 hxg5 19.
fxg5 Re4 20. Kh1 d4 21. Bxd4 Rg4 22. Rf3 Bd7 23. Rg3 Bc6+ 24. Kg1 Qd5 25. Kf2
Rxd4 26. g6 Rd2+ {0-1 Wortel,M-Kundin,A/EU-chJM U16 1997}) 10. Ba3 $1 {[%csl
Re8][%cal Ga3f8]} Qa5 11. Qc1 Nxc3 $5 (11... Qxc3 $2 12. Nb5 Qa5 13. Qb2 $1 $40
{[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb2b5] /\Be4,Nd6+}) (11... Nxd4 $6 12. cxd4 $44) 12. Nb3 Qc7
$5 (12... Qd8 $5 13. Qf4 d4 14. Nd2 Qf6 15. Qc7 Nd5 16. Qg3 Qe5 17. Ne4 Qxg3
18. fxg3 $1 $44 f5 19. Nd6+ Kd7 20. Rae1 g6 21. Nf7 Re8 22. Bb5 Ne3 23. Rxe3
dxe3 24. Rd1+ Kc7 25. Bd6+ Kb6 26. Rb1 a6 27. Be2+ Ka7 28. Bc5+ Kb8 29. Nd6 $2
(29. Bd6+ Ka7 30. Bc5+ Kb8 $11) 29... Rd8 $17 {Borrego,M-Reinaldo Castineira,R/
Mondariz op 1996/0-1 (53)}) 13. Re1 e5 $5 $146 {/\Be6,0-0-0} (13... f6 $143 14.
Qd2 Ne5 15. f4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 $1 $36 Nb5 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Bb4 Kf7 19. a4 Nd6 20.
Nd4 Re8 21. Ba5 b6 22. Bb4 Ba6 23. Rc6 Nf5 24. Nxe6 Qb8 25. g4 Nh4 26. Qf2 Ng6
27. Bd6 Qb7 28. Rc7+ Qxc7 29. Nxc7 {1-0 Rivera,D-Santo Roman,M/IV It, Loures
POR 1997}) 14. Qd2 $142 (14. Bb2 $6 d4 15. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 16. Qd2 $15) 14... d4
$140 15. f4 $1 $13 {[%csl Re5]} Be6 $142 {/\0-0-0} 16. fxe5 O-O-O 17. Bd6 Rxd6
$1 (17... Qb6 $143 18. a4 $5 $44 (18. Bc5 Qc7 19. Nxd4 (19. Bd6 Qb6 20. Bc5 $11
) 19... Rxd4 $1 (19... Nxd4 20. Qxc3 $36) 20. Qxc3 Rd5 21. Bd6 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qd4
$1 $11)) 18. exd6 Qxd6 $15 19. Qg5 $5 {[%csl Rg7] ><g7;/\Nc5} g6 20. Nc5 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gc5e4]} (20. Qc5 $2 Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxa2 22. Ne4 Bd5 $17) 20...
Bd5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 $6 (22... Rd8 $5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25.
Re2 $15) 23. Rxe4 f5 $5 (23... Rd8 24. Qb5 $5 {[%cal Ga1b1]}) 24. Ree1 (24. Re2
$2 d3 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rg1]} 25. Rf2 (25. Ree1 dxc2 26. Rac1 Nd4 $19) 25... dxc2
26. Rc1 Nd4 $19) 24... Qc5 {[%csl Rc2,Rg1]} (24... Rd8 $5) 25. Kh1 $5 (25. Rac1
$5 d3+ $140 $2 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 dxc2 28. Rxc2 $11) 25... Rd8 (25... Qxc2
26. Qf6 Rd8 27. Rac1 {see 25...Rd8}) 26. Qf6 $1 {[%csl Rc8]} Qxc2 $6 (26... Qd6
27. Qh4 $5 $13 (27. Qxd6 Rxd6 {=/+/=})) 27. Rac1 {[%csl Rc8]} Qxa2 $4 (27...
Qa4 $5 28. Re7 d3 $8 (28... Qb5 $2 29. Rxh7 Qd5 (29... d3 30. Qf7 $16) 30. Qxg6
d3 31. Qg7 Qd7 32. Qxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. h4 $16) 29. Qe5 Rd7 30. Re8+ (
30. Rxd7 $5 Kxd7 31. Qd5+ Kc7 $13) 30... Rd8 31. Re7 $11) 28. Rxc6+ $1 bxc6 29.
Qxc6+ Kb8 30. Rc1 $1 $16 {/\Qc7+} (30. Qb5+ $6 Ka8 (30... Kc7 $4 31. Re7+ Kd6
32. Qe5+ Kc6 33. Rc7+ Kb6 34. Qc5+ Ka6 35. Rxa7#) 31. Qc6+ Kb8 32. Rc1 {
see 30.Rc1}) 30... Qa5 (30... Rg8 $142 31. Qb5+ (31. h3 $5 {[%cal Gc1c5,Gc5b5]}
Qb3 32. Rc5) 31... Ka8 32. Rb1 Qxb1+ 33. Qxb1 Rd8 34. Qd3 $16 {[%csl Yd2][%cal
Gh1g1,Gg1f2,Gf2e2,Ge2d2]}) 31. Rb1+ Qb6 32. Rxb6+ axb6 33. Qxb6+ Kc8 34. Qc5+
Kb7 (34... Kb8 35. Qe7 $1) 35. Qe7+ $1 $18 (35. Qb5+ $143 Kc7 36. Qd3 Rd6 37.
h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gh1h2,Gh2g3,Gg3f4]}) 35... Kc8 36. Qxh7 d3 $8 (36... Rd6 $2
37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Qf7+ Kd8 39. Qa2 d3 40. Qd2 $18) 37. Qxg6 d2 38. Qxf5+ Kc7 $1
{/\Kc5-b6,c5-c4-c3;><d2} (38... Kb8 39. Qb1+ Kc7 40. Qd1) 39. Qc2+ Kb6 40. Qd1
Kc5 41. Kg1 $6 (41. h4 $1 Kc4 42. h5 Kc3 43. Kh2 (43. h6 $5 Re8 44. Qf3+ Kd4
45. h7 $18) 43... Re8 44. Qa1+ Kd3 45. Qa3+ Kc2 46. Qc5+ {[%csl Rc2,Re8]} Kd1
$8 47. Kg3 $1 $18) 41... Kb4 42. Kf2 $5 (42. h4 $1 Kc3 43. g4 Re8 44. Kf2 Rf8+
45. Kg3 Re8 46. Qa1+ Kd3 (46... Kb3 47. Qd4 Kc2 48. Qc4+ Kb2 49. Qd5 $18 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd2,Re8]}) 47. Qa3+ Kc2 (47... Ke2 48. Qf3+ Ke1 49. h5 $18 d1=Q $140
50. Qf2#) 48. Qa4+ $18) 42... Kc3 43. Qa1+ Kc2 44. Qa4+ Kc1 45. Qc6+ Kd1 $8 (
45... Kb2 $4 {(45...Kb1??)} 46. Qb6+ Kc2 47. Qxd8 $18) 46. g3 $5 (46. Qc4 $1
Rf8+ 47. Ke3 Re8+ 48. Kd3 Rd8+ 49. Kc3 Ke1 (49... Rf8 50. Qd4 Rc8+ 51. Kd3 $18
{[%csl Rd1][%cal Gd4g1,Gd4a1]}) 50. Qh4+ $18) 46... Rf8+ 47. Ke3 Rb8 48. Qa4+ (
48. Qh1+ $1 Kc2 49. Qe4+ Kd1 $8 (49... Kc1 50. Qc4+ Kd1 51. Qe2+) 50. Qg4+ $1
Kc2 51. Qc4+ $16) 48... Ke1 49. Qa5 $4 (49. Qe4 $1 Rb3+ 50. Kf4+ $1 (50. Kd4+
Kd1 $8 (50... Kf1 $4 51. Qc2 $18) 51. Qe6 $4 (51. Kc4 $1 $18) 51... Kc2 52.
Qc4+ Kb2 53. Qe2 Kc1 54. Qc4+ Kb2 55. Qe2 $11) 50... Kf2 51. Qc2 Rb4+ 52. Kf5
Rd4 (52... Ke1 53. Qc3 Rb5+ 54. Kf4 $18) 53. Qd1 $18) 49... Re8+ 50. Kd3 Rd8+
$3 51. Ke4 (51. Qxd8 $4 d1=Q+ 52. Ke3 Qxd8 $19) 51... Re8+ 52. Kf5 Rf8+ 53. Kg4
Rf2 $1 $11 54. h4 Ke2 55. Qe5+ Kf1 56. Qd4 Ke2 {(57.Qe4+ Kf1 58.Qd3+ Ke1 59.
Qe3+ Kf1=)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 {It's main line.} (9. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Ponomariov,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(63)}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3
O-O 11. O-O d4 $1 {It's best move.} 12. Ne2 ({Nowadays-} 12. Ne4 {is not
actual.See comments to Leko,P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(Golod,
V)(52)}) 12... Bg4 {Shipov makes the following comments in "Club Kasparov" to
game Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82 (1/2-1/2)  (Golod,V)(58) :
"Black provoke white on a move f2-f3,which will weaken a point e3.At a case,
the black bishop passes on g6".} (12... Re8 $5 {See comments to Bosch,
J-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(37) Other optons are:
12...Qd5;12...a6;12...h6;12...Ng4;12...Qd6; and 12...Qb6.}) 13. f3 {In my
opinion,it's most basic decision.} (13. Bg5 {(Golod,V) You can see comments to
game: Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(58)}) 13...
Bh5 {A well known position for this variation.} 14. Bg5 {[%mdl 4]} ({In my
opinion,much better is:} 14. b4 $1 {[%csl Yc6,Rd4][%cal Gc1b2,Gb4b5] You can
see comments to Galkin,A-Rabiega,R/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(1-0)(Golod,V)(57)}) 14...
Bg6 $5 ({It deserves attention:} 14... Qd6 {See comments to games Rocha,W-Maia,
L/Sao Paulo,1999/EXT 2000 (1-0)(Hindemburg,Melao)(45) and Mokry,K-Stein,B/
Gausdal,1988/Inf 46/232 (1-0)(Mokry,K)(32)}) 15. Nf4 $5 {Besides this move,
white has five alternatives:} (15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Rf2 a6 (17... Qb6
$6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ng3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb2 21. Nh5 $40 {Petrushin,A-Jailjan,M/
Aktjubinsk,1985(1-0)(43)}) 18. h3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 h6 20. Bc1 Qb6 21. Ng3 Re3 $1
22. Qf1 (22. Bxe3 $4 dxe3 23. Re2 $140 Rd8 $19 {[%csl Rd1]}) 22... Re6 $11 {
Matulovic,M-Filipowicz,A/Polanica Zdroj,1965(1-0)(39)}) (15. Bh4 Re8 $6 (15...
Qd6 $5) 16. Bxg6 (16. Bf2 $143 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd5 (17... Ne5 $5 {/\d3=}) 18.
Rfe1 $14 {Wedberg,T-Ingbrandt,J/Sweden,1999(1-0)(55)}) 16... hxg6 17. Bf2 {
[%csl Rd4] Ornstein,A-Helmertz,P/Gothenburg,1975(1-0)(37)}) (15. Bxg6 hxg6 16.
Nf4 Qa5 (16... a5 $6 17. a4 (17. Re1 $5) 17... Qd6 18. Qd2 Nh7 19. Nd3 Nxg5 20.
Qxg5 Rac8 $11 {Acher,M-Manolov,I/Cannes,2000 (1/2-1/2)(49)}) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Qe1 Qf5 19. Qe4 $11 {Koeller,O-Schwarz,P/Germany,1989(1/2-1/2) (42)}) (15. Ng3
$5 Qd6 (15... h6 $142) 16. Qd2 (16. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 17. f4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Qe6 {
=/=/+ Velimirovic,D-Krivokapic,R/Banja Vrucica,1991(1/2-1/2) (45)}) 16... Bxd3
17. Qxd3 h6 $6 (17... Ne5) (17... Nd7 $5) 18. Nf5 Qd8 19. Bh4 $16 {Todorovic,
V-Timon Piote,S/Halle,1995(1/2-1/2)(71)}) ({and} 15. Re1 Qd6 (15... Re8 $5) 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc5 $11 {Schuster,B-Mashinskaya,I/Halle,2000
(0-1)(29)}) 15... Bxd3 $5 $146 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 15... Qd6
$6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Qc5 19. Bh4 Ne5 20. Bf2 $14 {[%csl Rd4]
Drescher,M-Schwarz,P/Germany,1989 (1/2-1/2)(60)}) 16. Nxd3 {+/=/=} Qd6 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Gf6d5]} ({Also it deserves attention:} 16... Re8 {<->e}) 17.
Bxf6 ({Leads to equality:} 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Nd5 {[%csl Re3]})
17... Qxf6 18. Qd2 Ne5 $5 {It is necessary to exchange the protective knight
of the white.} 19. Nxe5 {Otherwise,after:} (19. Rfe1 Nc4 20. Qb4 Ne3 21. Re2 b6
{[%csl Ge3] black has a strong counterplay.}) 19... Qxe5 20. Rae1 {[%mdl 4096]}
({Nothing changes:} 20. Rfe1 Qc5 {[%csl Rc2,Rg1][%cal Gd4d3]}) 20... Qc5 {
[%csl Rc2,Rg1][%cal Gd4d3]} 21. Qd3 Rfe8 {<->e} 22. Re4 ({Also nor gives of
advantage:} 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd1 h6 $11 24. Rd2 $140 {[%csl Yd2][%cal Yd2c2]}
Qe5 $132 {[%csl Rg1]}) 22... Rxe4 23. fxe4 Rc8 $11 {[%csl Rc2]} 24. Rf2 Qc4 $2
({From my point of view,it was much better:} 24... Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rb2]} 25. Qf3
Rf8 (25... Qe6 $5) 26. b3 {with equal odds in the endgame.}) 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26.
Rd2 f6 {[%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e6,Ge6e5]} ({Dubiously:} 26... g6 {because of:} 27. Kf2
{[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf2e2,Ge2d3]}) 27. b3 ({It deserves steadfast attention:} 27.
Kf1 $5 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Kd3 Ra4 30. Rf2 {[%cal Gf2f5]} g6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 31.
g4 b5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} (31... h6 $6 32. h4 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gh4h5]}) 32. g5 $1
fxg5 33. Rf8 b4 34. axb4 Rxb4 35. b3 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rd4]}) 27... Rc3 28. Rxd4 (
{White can try to protect pawn"c2":} 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Rxd4 (29. Ke1 $2 Ke6 30.
Kd1 Ke5 $17 {[%csl Re4,Ye5][%cal Ge5d4]}) 29... Rxc2 $1 (29... Ke6 $6 30. Rd2
$14 {[%cal Rh7a7,Ra7h7]}) 30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Rxb7 a5 {with transition in a
similar position, in comparison with a game.}) 28... Rxc2 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rd7+
Kg6 31. Rxb7 a5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gc2a2]} 32. Rb5 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 32.
a4 Rb2 {[%csl Rb3]} 33. Rb5 {[%cal Gb5a5,Gb5h5]} h5 34. h4 {/\g3,Kf1-e1-d1-c1+/
=}) 32... a4 $1 {Leads to theoretically equal position.} 33. bxa4 $140 Rc3 34.
Kf2 {Precisely also it is necessary to play for black,and after:} (34. Ra5 Rxa3
35. Ra7 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Ra3+ 38. Kf4 Ra2 $11 {[%csl Rg2]}) 34... Rxa3
35. Ra5 (35. a5 $144 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Ra3+ 37. Kf4 Ra2 $11 {[%csl Rg2]}) 35... Ra2+
36. Kf3 Ra3+ 37. Kf4 Ra2 $11 {[%csl Rg2]} 38. Kf3 Ra3+ 39. Kg4 h5+ $1 {The
accuracy is necessary up to the end.} (39... Ra2 $143 40. Kh3 {[%csl Yh3]}) 40.
Kf4 (40. Rxh5 Rxa4 $11) (40. Kh4 $2 Re3 {[%csl Re4]}) 40... Ra2 41. Kf3 Ra3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 {It's main line.} exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O h6 $6 {From my
point of view,it was much better:} (11... d4 $5 {It's best move! See comments
to Sadvakasov,D-Al Modiahki,M/Doha,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(Golod,V)(49)}) 12. Bf4 {
Also were checked up in previous games: 12.h3 and 12.Re1} a6 {Besides Black
has five main alternatives: 12...Re8; 12...Qb6; 12...Bg4; 12...Be6} ({and} 
12... d4 $5 {Tal,M-Olafsson,F/Zuerich,1959(1-0)(Bulletin)(64)}) 13. Re1 {
Also once were checked in the preceding games:} (13. Qd2) (13. Qf3) ({and} 13.
Ne2) 13... d4 $146 ({The game,which have reached this position were continued
as follows:} 13... Be6 14. h3 (14. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) 14... Qd7 15. Bh2 $6
Bf5 16. Qd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 $11 {Lutring,A-Bagdi,T/Paks,1996(1/2-1/2)(20)})
14. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Yd3,Gf4] Position of white more preferably at the expense
of the best pawn chain and advantage of the BB.} Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move
is connected to the elementary tactical miscalculation.} (14... Nd5 $6 15. Bd6
(15. Qf3 $5) 15... Re8 16. Bg3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge4d6]}) ({In this position I
would accept the following decision:} 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 $14 {[%cal Yc8f5]
}) {[%tqu "En","?Black's last move was a blunder.How can White exploit it.","",
"","f4c7","",10]} 15. Bc7 $1 {[%csl Gc7,Gd3,Yd8,Ge4,Rf5,Rf6][%cal Yd8f6,Gc7d8,
Ge4f6]} Qxc7 (15... Qd7 $2 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd1h5]})
16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bxf5 Qf4 ({Hardly is better:} 17... Rae8 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19.
Qh4 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]} Kg7 $8 20. Re4 {[%cal Ge4g4]} Rxe4 (20... Ne5 $4 21. Qg3+
Kh8 22. Rh4 {[%csl Rc7,Rh8][%cal Gh4h6]}) 21. Bxe4 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh4g4,
Gg4f5]}) 18. Be4 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6] /^a8-h1 It was necessary to use a
weakness of the Black's queen side.} Rad8 19. g3 Qg5 20. h4 $5 {In my opinion,
this move a little better,than:} (20. f4 Qb5 (20... Qg7 $143 21. Qd3) 21. Qg4+
Kh8 22. Bd3 {[%csl Yb5,Rf5,Rh8][%cal Gg4f5,Yb5f5,Gf5h7,Gd3b5]} Qa5 23. b4 Qd5
24. Re2 {<->e} Rfe8 25. Rae1 $16) 20... Qg7 ({Can be recommended:} 20... Qb5
21. Qg4+ (21. Qf3 Kg7 {[%csl Yg7]}) 21... Kh8 22. Bd3 Qd5 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Rad1
$16 {[%csl Rd4]}) 21. Qh5 Rd6 22. Qc5 Rfd8 {Black had no other worthy
alternative:} (22... Re6 $143 23. Bxc6 $1 Rxc6 24. Qxd4 Rxc2 25. Rac1 $1 Rxc1 (
25... Rfc8 $2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Qd8+ Kh7 $8 28. Re7 {[%csl Rc2,Rh7][%cal Gd8d3]
} Rc1+ 29. Kg2 {[%csl Rb7]} Qg8 30. Qd3+ Kg7 31. Rxb7 $18) 26. Rxc1 {with big
advantage in the endgame.}) 23. Re2 {<->e} Re6 24. Rae1 Rde8 ({Can it was
necessary to decide on the more active continuation:} 24... Qg4 $5) 25. Kf1 $5
{[%csl Yf1][%cal Yf1e2,Yf1e1]} ({Senselessly:} 25. Qh5 {[%csl Re8] /\Bxc6 in
view of:} R8e7) 25... Re5 26. Qc4 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge4c6] The game of White
corresponds to the requirements of a position.} ({Leads to favourable
complications for Black:} 26. Bxc6 $6 Rxc5 (26... bxc6 $2 27. Qxc6 $18) 27.
Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Bxb7 Qg6 29. Be4 (29. b4 $6 Rc3 30. Be4 $140 f5 31. Bd3 Rxa3 32.
R8e5 Kg7 $13) 29... f5 30. Bd3 $14) 26... Qg4 27. Bxc6 {[%csl Re8]} bxc6 (27...
Rxe2 $2 {is refuted by:} 28. Bxe8 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Qe4+ 30. Qe2 $18 {[%csl Ye2]})
28. Rxe5 fxe5 (28... Qh3+ $142 {(it's important intermediate move)} 29. Kg1
fxe5 (29... Rxe5 $143 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Qxc6 Qf5 $16 {[%csl Rc2]}) 30. Qxa6 $16
) 29. Qxc6 Rc8 ({Now,after:} 29... Qh3+ {very strongly:} 30. Ke2 Rc8 $140 31.
Qe4 $16 {[%csl Ye2,Ye4][%cal Ye2d1,Yd1c1]}) 30. Qxh6 Qh3+ ({Unexpectedly at
once loses a game:} 30... Rxc2 {because of:} 31. Rxe5 Qd1+ (31... Qh3+ 32. Kg1
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Yh6c1,Ge5e8,Ge5g5]}) 32. Kg2 Rxf2+ $8 33. Kxf2 Qc2+ 34. Kg1
Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kh3 Qc8+ 37. g4 $18 {[%csl Yg4]}) 31. Kg1 {[%csl Re5]}
Qf5 ({Impossibly:} 31... Rxc2 {in view of:} 32. Rxe5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge5e8,
Ge5g5]}) 32. c3 d3 (32... dxc3 $143 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Qxa6 Rc2 35. Qb6 $18) 33.
Qd6 {[%csl Re5]} Re8 $6 (33... e4 $142 {[%csl Yd3,Ye4] It is sole practical
chance on rescue:} 34. Qxa6 Rd8 35. Qh6 {+/-/+-}) 34. Qd5 $18 {White prevent a
progress "e4".} Re6 35. Kg2 Qg6 36. h5 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Yg6][%cal Gh5g6]} Qf5 (
36... Qxh5 37. Qxd3 Rh6 38. Qe4 {[%csl Ye4]} Qh2+ 39. Kf1 $18 Rf6 40. Qe3 Qh3+
41. Ke2) 37. f3 {[%csl Rd3,Yf5][%cal Gg3g4]} Qxh5 $2 {It's last mistake in a
hopeless position.} 38. Qd8+ $1 {[%cal Ge1h1]} ({After:} 38. Qd8+ {Black
resigns,because of next variant:} Kg7 $8 (38... Kh7 39. Rh1 {[%csl Rh5,Rh7]})
39. Rh1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qf5 (39... Qg6 40. Qh8#) 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qh6#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 $6 {In the last years strong chess players do not
go on this line, as it is considered very dangerous for him. Besides, Black
has three alternatives:} (9... Qa5+ {It's main line.See comments to Varga,
Z-Filippov,V/Neum,2000/CBM 80(1-0)(Golod,V)(28)}) (9... Qb6 $5 {You can see
comments to Felgaer,R-Rosito,J/Pinamar,2002/CBM 88(1-0)(Golod,V)(73)}) ({and} 
9... f5 $5) 10. Bd3 ({Also were checked up in previous games:} 10. a3 {[%csl
Ya3][%cal Ya3b4,Gc2c4]}) ({and} 10. c4 $6 Bb4+ $36) 10... Qb6 ({On:} 10... Ba6
$5 {you can find three games in Mega Database 2003.}) 11. a3 $5 $146 ({
Recently was checked up another continuation:} 11. Qe2 $5 {You can see
comments to Adams,M-Radjabov,T/Enghien les Bains,2003/CBM 96(1-0)(Golod,V)(29)}
) 11... Be7 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 11... Ba6 $5 12. Bxa6
Qxa6 13. b3 {/\Bb2 or c4} f5 $1 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17.
Bb2 Be7 18. Rd1 $14) 12. Qe2 ({A little prematurely:} 12. c4 {in view of:} f5
$5 (12... Ne3 $143 13. Qe2 Nf5 {[%csl Rd4]} 14. b4 $14) 13. Ng3 (13. cxd5 $143
fxe4 14. Bxe4 cxd5 15. Qh5+ Kd8 $13) 13... Ne3 14. Qf3 Ng4 (14... Bc5 $2 15. b4
Bd4 $140 16. Bxe3 $1 Bxe3 17. c5 {[%csl Rb6,Re3]} Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Be2
$18) 15. h3 Nh6 {+/=/=}) 12... f5 13. Nf2 $5 ({Leads to favourable
simplifications for Black:} 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 c5 {[%csl Rd6]} 15. c4 Nf6
16. Bxf5 (16. Qe5 $6 O-O {[%csl Rd6,Ye5][%cal Gf6g4,Gf6e8]}) 16... Qxd6 17. O-O
O-O 18. Bd3 {+/=/=}) 13... Bc5 (13... Qd4 {Ftacnik} 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qf3 Qa4 16.
O-O Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. b3 $14) 14. Nd1 {/\c4 Ftacnik: 'Naiditsch is not
averse to investing a lot of time into attempt to control central squares.'} ({
Leads to equality:} 14. c4 $2 Ba6 15. cxd5 Bxf2+ 16. Qxf2 Bxd3 17. dxe6 dxe6
$11) 14... d6 $6 {Already here Black have planned not an absolutely correct
sacrifice.} ({In this position I would accept the following decision:} 14... a5
$5 15. c4 $140 Ne7 {[%csl Rd4] +/=/=}) 15. c4 dxe5 {[%mdl 512]} ({Still it was
possible to change the previous dubious decision:} 15... Ne7 16. exd6 Bxd6 17.
b4 c5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. O-O {[%csl Ra7] +/=/=}) 16. cxd5 $140 e4 17. Bc2 exd5 (
17... Ba6 $143 18. Qd2 (18. Qh5+ $2 g6 19. Qh4 Be7 $1 20. Qh6 $140 Bf6 $36 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Gb6b5,Gb5e2,Yf6c3]}) 18... exd5 19. b4 {[%cal Gc1b2] with
obvious advantage of White.}) 18. b4 {[%cal Gc1b2]} Bd4 $2 {It was not
necessary to hasten with this exchange of the bishops:} (18... Be7 $1 {[%csl
Yd5,Ye4,Yf5][%cal Ge7f6,Yd5d4]} 19. Bb2 {[%csl Re5,Rg7][%cal Gb2g7,Gb2e5]} (19.
Ba4 Be6 20. Bb2 {[%cal Ge2e3]} O-O $44 (20... d4 {Ftacnik} 21. Rc1 $16)) 19...
d4 20. Ba4 {[%csl Rc6,Rd4][%cal Ga1c1,Ge2c4]} Ba6 $44) 19. Bb2 a5 ({Hardly it
was better:} 19... Bxb2 20. Nxb2 $140 c5 {in view of:} 21. Na4 Qf6 22. Rd1 {
[%csl Rc5,Rd5]} cxb4 23. axb4 d4 24. Qc4 d3 25. Bb3 Ba6 26. Qc5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,
Re8][%cal Gc5a7]}) 20. Qd2 (20. bxa5 $4 {is refuted by:} Qxa5+ {[%csl Rb2,Re1]}
) 20... Bxb2 21. Nxb2 axb4 22. Na4 e3 {Teimour Radjabov had a rather uneasy
choice between it and another continuation: Ftacnik: 'The pawn mass needs
dynamics, otherwise white's pieces will be able to get reasonable control.'} (
22... Qa5 23. Rb1 $16 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga3b4]} c5 $140 24. Qxd5 $1 b3+ 25. Kf2
{and now badly:} Qxa4 {because of:} 26. Bxb3 $1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd5f7]} Rxb3 (
26... Qxa3 $4 27. Qf7+ Kd8 28. Rhd1+ Bd7 29. Qxd7#) (26... Qa7 $2 27. Qe5+ Kd8
(27... Kf8 28. Qd6+ $1 Ke8 $140 29. Qxb8 $1 Qxb8 30. Ba4+ {[%csl Rb8]}) 28.
Rhd1+ Bd7 29. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 30. Be6+ {[%csl Rb8]} Ke7 $8 (30... Kc6 31. Qd5+
Kc7 32. Qd7#) 31. Bxf5+ {[%csl Rb8]} Kf7 $8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qd6+ Kf7 34. Be6+
Kg6 35. Bg8+ Kh5 36. Qe5+ Kh4 37. Qg5#) 27. Qxb3 Qd4+ 28. Qe3 {+/-/+-}) 23. Qd3
Qa7 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 23... Qb5 24. Qxb5 (24. Qxe3+ $6
Kf7 $14 {[%cal Gh8e8]}) 24... Rxb5 25. Bd3 Rb8 26. Ke2 $16) 24. Rb1 O-O {
'?' Ftacnik. Besides castle,Black has two main alternatives: Ftacnik:
'Radjabov is refusing to sacrifice valuable e3 pawn, but his breathing space
will become very narrow.'} (24... bxa3 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Qxe3+ Kf7 27. O-O $16
Re8 {Ftacnik} 28. Qd4 (28. Qxa3 Ba6 29. Rd1 Qxf4 $11) 28... Re2 29. Rb1 Qc7 $13
) ({or} 24... b3 25. Rxb3 {[%csl Rb8]} Rxb3 26. Bxb3 O-O 27. Qc3 {/\Nc5 and
0-0 +/-}) 25. axb4 $16 Ba6 26. Qc3 Bc4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Yc4f1]} 27. Nc5 {
It is necessary to improve an location of the knight. White's plan is: Bd3 and
0-0} Rb5 (27... Rbe8 $143 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 e2 (29... Qa2 30. O-O) 30. Kf2
Re4 31. Kg3 {+/-/+-}) 28. Bd3 {'?' Ftacnik.} (28. Ne6 {Ftacnik} Re8 29. Nd4 Qc7
30. g3 Rb7 31. Nxf5 $18) 28... Rxc5 {[%mdl 512] '?!' Ftacnik. The next
sacrifice, but this time in a rather difficult position. Ftacnik: 'The best
moves are hard to find in somewhat irrational position, black is trying hard
to break material balance. More modest move 28...Qa2! was probably promising
equality.'} (28... Qa2 $1 {Ftacnik} 29. Qc2 (29. Rb2 Qa1+ 30. Bb1 Re8 $13)
29... Qxc2 30. Bxc2 Rfb8 31. Nd7 R8b7 32. Ne5 Rxb4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Nxc6 Rb2
35. Nd4 g6 $11) 29. bxc5 Bxd3 {Black had no other worthy alternative:} (29...
Qa2 $2 30. O-O $140 Qd2 31. Qxd2 exd2 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. Rf3 {[%csl Yb1,Yf3,Yg1]
[%cal Yf3c3,Yb1d1,Yg1f1,Yf1e2]}) 30. Qxd3 Qa5+ $8 {Differently,after:} (30...
Qxc5 31. Ke2 {[%cal Gh1c1] it is possible to stop resistance:} Ra8 32. Rhc1
Ra2+ 33. Kf3 Rf2+ 34. Kg3 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Re3]} Qe7 $140 35. Rb8+ {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Gd3f5]}) 31. Kd1 (31. Ke2 $143 Qa2+ {[%csl Gf8,Rg2] you can see
annotations to 32.Ke2.}) 31... Qa4+ (31... Qxc5 $143 32. Rc1 Qb6 33. Ke2 $18)
32. Kc1 {At last,White have removed the king from the centre.} (32. Ke2 $143
Qa2+ 33. Kxe3 Qxg2 34. Kd4 Re8 35. Rhe1 $1 Qf2+ 36. Kc3 Qxc5+ (36... Rxe1 $4
37. Rb8+ Re8 $8 (37... Kf7 38. Qxf5+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Ke8 (39... Kd8 40. Qd7#) 40.
Qc8#) 38. Rxe8+ Kf7 39. Qe3 d4+ 40. Kxd4 Qb2+ 41. Kd3 $18 {[%cal Yd3e2,Ye2f3,
Yf3g3]}) 37. Kd2 Qf2+ 38. Re2 (38. Kc3 Qc5+) 38... Qxf4+ 39. Ke1 Rxe2+ (39...
Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Qf4+ 41. Rf2 $16) 40. Qxe2 Qh4+ 41. Kf1 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 $16) 32...
Re8 $5 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ge8e4,Ge4c4]} ({Same position with rearrangement of
moves also it is possible to receive,after:} 32... Qxf4 33. Re1 Re8) 33. Re1
Qxf4 {Black had no other alternative:} (33... Re4 $2 34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rxe3 Rc4+
$140 (35... Qa1+ 36. Rb1) (35... Rxe3 $2 36. Qxf5+) 36. Kb1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Gd3f5]} Rxf4 37. Rf3 Rb4+ 38. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 39. Kc2 Qxc5+ 40. Qc3 $18) 34. g3 Qe5
(34... Qf2 $143 35. Re2 Qf3 36. Rb4 {[%cal Gb4f4]} g5 37. Rb7 $18 {[%csl Rg8]})
35. Rb2 {[%csl Yb2]} g5 {[%csl Rg8] '?' Ftacnik. Black weakens the position of
his king. It's a rather doubtful decision, but it is very difficult to give a
good advice. Ftacnik: 'Radjabov simply has to juggle with his impressive pawn
chain, unfortunatelly this move is a serious inaccuracy.'} (35... d4 $1 {
Ftacnik} 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Ra2 (37. Kc2 Qe4+ 38. Qd3 Qd5 $14) 37... g5 38. Ra3
f4 $132) 36. Kb1 d4 ({Very weakly:} 36... Qe4 {because of:} 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38.
Kc2 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gc2d3]} f4 39. Kd3 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb2b6]} Rc4 $140 40.
Rb7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge1a1,Ga1a8]}) 37. Rb7 $1 Kh8 {Black can not find
protection against numerous threats.Also loses a game:} (37... Qxc5 38. g4 $1 {
[%csl Rg8]} Qd5 39. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 40. gxf5 Re5 (40... d3 41. Rd7 d2 $140 (41...
Rb8+ 42. Ka2 {[%csl Rd3,Re3]}) 42. Rxd2 $1 Rb8+ (42... exd2 43. Rxe8+ Kf7 44.
Rd8 {[%csl Yd8]}) 43. Rb2) 41. Rd7 c5 42. Rf1 $1 {[%csl Yf1][%cal Yb1c2,Yc2d3,
Yf1f5]} Re4 (42... e2 43. Re1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Yb1c2,Yc2d2]}) 43. Kc2 Rf4 44.
Ra1 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Rxf5 $8 45. Ra8+ Rf8 46. Rxf8+ Kxf8 47. Kd3 $18 c4+ $140
48. Ke2 {[%csl Rc4,Rd4,Re3]}) 38. g4 {[%csl Rh8]} Rb8 39. Rxb8+ (39. Rb6 $2 f4
40. Rd1 $140 f3 $132 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3]}) 39... Qxb8+ 40. Kc2 {[%csl Rd4]} Qb4 (
40... Qe5 $143 41. Qxf5 Qxh2+ 42. Kd3 Qd2+ 43. Ke4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf5f8]}) (
40... Qxh2+ $143 41. Re2 Qf4 42. Qxf5 $18) 41. Rb1 $18 Qxc5+ 42. Kd1 Qd5 ({
Immediately loses a game the following moves:} 42... f4 $2 43. Rb7 {[%csl Rh7,
Rh8][%cal Gd3h7]} e2+ 44. Qxe2 {[%cal Ge2e8]} Qf8 45. Qe4 Qg8 46. Qe5+) ({or} 
42... fxg4 $2 43. Rb7 e2+ 44. Kxe2 Qe5+ 45. Kd1 {[%csl Rh7,Rh8]} Qxh2 46. Qxd4+
Kg8 47. Qd8#) 43. Qxf5 {[%csl Rh8] It is necessary to use a weakness of the
Black's king!} Qh1+ (43... Qxf5 44. gxf5 Kg7 45. Rb4 c5 (45... Kf6 46. Rxd4
Kxf5 47. Ke2) 46. Rc4 {[%csl Rc5,Rd4,Re3]}) 44. Ke2 Qxh2+ 45. Kd3 Qd2+ 46. Ke4
{[%csl Gb1,Rd4,Gf5,Rh8][%cal Ge4d4,Gf5f8]} Qc2+ 47. Kxd4 Qd2+ 48. Ke4 ({
Further resistance is impossible:} 48. Ke4 Qc2+ 49. Kxe3 Qc3+ 50. Kf2 Qd4+ 51.
Kg2 Qd2+ 52. Kf1) 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {McShane} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 {
McShane: 'Black's move order often transposes to a Sveshnikov Sicilian, with
an extra tempo 'wasted' by both sides after'} (6. Ndb5 {McShane} d6 7. Bf4 e5
8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5) 6... bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 {McShane: 'In some
ways the position is critical already, since if White can boot the knight from
d5 and home in on the d6 square, he will be positionally winning.'} Rb8 $6 {
[%mdl 4] In the last years strong chess players do not go on this line, as it
is considered as very dangerous for them. Besides, Black has three
alternatives:  McShane: 'I don't quite feel this is in the spirit of the
position. Several games continued'} (9... Qa5+ {It's main line.See comments to
Varga,Z-Filippov,V/Neum,2000/CBM 80(1-0)(Golod,V)(28)}) (9... Qb6 $5 {You can
see comments to Felgaer,R-Rosito,J/Pinamar,2002/CBM 88(1-0)(Golod,V)(73)} 10.
c4 {McShane} Bb4+ 11. Ke2 {which is at the very least uncompromising!}) ({and} 
9... f5 $5) 10. Bd3 ({Also were checked up in previous games:} 10. a3 {[%csl
Ya3][%cal Ya3b4,Gc2c4]}) ({and} 10. c4 $6 Bb4+ $36) 10... Qb6 ({On:} 10... Ba6
$5 {you can find three games in Mega Database 2003.}) 11. Qe2 ({Recently was
checked up another continuation:} 11. a3 $5 Be7 (11... Ba6 $5) 12. Qe2 f5 13.
Nf2 (13. Nd6+ $5) 13... Bc5 14. Nd1 d6 15. c4 $14 {Naiditsch,A-Radjabov,T/
Dortmund,2003(1-0)(48)}) 11... Be7 $146 {/\f5} ({Were checked in the preceding
game:} 11... h5 $2 12. a3 $5 {[%csl Ya3,Rb4][%cal Ya3b4,Gc2c4]} a5 13. c4 Nc7
14. Rb1 Ba6 15. Be3 Qb3 16. O-O $16 {Van Leeuwen,E-Goossens,E/BEL,1992(1-0)(22)
}) (11... Nb4 $5 12. Bc4 Ba6) 12. c4 $6 {It's a discrepancy, which allows to
improve the position of the Black's pieces.} ({From my point of view,it was
much better:} 12. a3 {-transfers to 11.a3!?}) 12... Bb4+ $2 {Black did not use
the discrepancy of the contender. It was not necessary to make this
intermediate move:} (12... f5 $1 13. Nd6+ (13. cxd5 $6 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb4+ $1 {
[%csl Rb2,Re1][%cal Gc8a6]}) (13. exf6 $143 Nxf6 $11) 13... Bxd6 14. exd6 Qb4+
(14... Nb4 $6 15. Bb1 c5 16. a3 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gb1f5]} Nc6 17. Bxf5 Nd4 18.
Qh5+ Kf8 19. Bd3 Qxd6 (19... Nb3 $6 20. f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ge1g1,Gh1f1]
}) 20. Rb1 $14) 15. Kd1 (15. Qd2 $6 Nxf4 {[%csl Rd3,Re1]} 16. Bf1 $44) 15...
Nf6 16. Qe5 O-O $13) 13. Kf1 {McShane: 'Here White is going to very little
trouble for his positional gains, as compared with the line above.'} f5 {
Now this progress is much worse, than on the previous move. McShane: 'Mixing
things up a bit, as'} ({Hardly is better:} 13... Nc7 14. Be3 $16 {McShane:
'would be a strategical nightmare.'}) (13... Ne7 $2 14. a3 {[%csl Rb4]} Bc5 15.
b4 Bd4 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. c5 $18) 14. exf6 ({Less essentially next continuation:
} 14. Ng5 Nc7 (14... Ne7 $143 15. a3 {[%csl Rb4]} Bc5 16. b4 Bd4 17. Rb1 {
+/=/+/-}) 15. a3 (15. Rb1 $5) 15... Be7 16. b4 $14) 14... Nxf6 $8 15. Nxf6+ $1
({Also good enough:} 15. Be3 $5) 15... gxf6 {McShane: 'Black's central pawns
are potentially useful, but at the moment the lack of cover for his king is
the more salient feature.'} 16. Be3 $14 {[%csl Re8,Yf1] Position of White more
preferably at the expense of the best pawn chain and location of the king.} Qa5
$6 (16... Qc7 $142) (16... Bc5 $4 {McShane} 17. Qh5+ {picks up a piece.}) 17.
Kf2 Be7 ({It deserves attention:} 17... d6 $5 {[%csl Yc6,Yd6,Ye6,Yf6] /\Bc5})
18. c5 $1 {McShane: 'A key move, cementing White's positional advantage, and
shattering Black's dreams of mobilizing his central phalanx.'} d5 {Again a
dubious decision.} ({Can be recommended:} 18... f5) ({Impossibly:} 18... Bxc5 {
'??' McShane. in view of:} 19. Qh5+ {[%csl Rc5,Re8] McShane: 'is the tactical
justification for 18.c5!'}) 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Rhd1 $16 {McShane: 'Now Black's
pawns are very fragile, and once Adams has finished castling 'by hand' all the
advantages of a safer king become obvious.'} Ke7 21. Kg1 Bc5 22. Bxc5+ {
For White it is certainly favourable to exchange these bishops.} Qxc5+ 23. Kh1
{[%csl Re7,Yh1] McShane: 'The next few moves are very systematic, as White,
with his king safe, gangs up against e6.'} Qb4 $6 ({More stubborn resistance
after:} 23... Qd4 $5 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4]} 24. Qg4 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gg4g7]} f5 25.
Qh4+ Qf6 26. Qf2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7]}) 24. Qe3 {[%csl Ra7,Re6] Black can not
simultaneously protect all weaknesses.} Qa5 (24... Qxb2 $4 25. Rab1 {[%csl Rb2,
Rb8]}) (24... Qb6 25. Qg3 {[%csl Re7,Rh8][%cal Gg3g7]} Kf7 26. b3 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Gd3c4]}) 25. b3 Bd7 26. Bc4 Rbd8 27. Re1 $18 {[%csl Re6,Re7] White
perfectly uses the weakness of the Black's king and there is no protection
against the numerous threats.} (27. Rxd7+ {(McShane) would be premature, as
Black has good chances after} Kxd7 28. Qxe6+ Kc7 29. Qxf6 Rhe8) 27... Qb6 (
27... Qf5 $144 28. Rad1 {[%csl Ra7,Re7][%cal Ge3a7]}) 28. Qg3 Rdg8 (28... Rhg8
$143 29. Qh3 {[%csl Re6,Rh7]}) 29. Qh3 (29. Qh3 {[%csl Re6] McShane: 'There is
no good way to defend e6, for example,'} c5 {McShane} 30. Bxe6 Bxe6 31. f5 {
sees White crashing through.}) 1-0

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 $5 ({Another alternative is:} 10. c3 $5 {See
comments to: Voitsekhovsky-Yagupov,1998/CBM 66(1-0) (Golod,V)(39)}) 10... Qb6
11. Bd3 {It's main line.} (11. c4 $6 {See comments to Nataf,I-Filippov,V/
Koszalin,1999/CBM 73(1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) 11... Be7 ({Dubious:} 11... Ba6 {
See comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/ Goteborg,1999/CBM 69(1-0)   (Golod,V)(37)})
12. Qe2 ({Another options is:} 12. c4 $5 {See comments to Fedorov,A-Khalifman,
A/ Samara,1998/CBM 67 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)}) 12... a5 $5 {In my opinion this
move better,than:} (12... Bb7 $6 {(and 12...f5).See comments to Smirin,
I-Filippov,V/Elista,1998/CBM 66 (1-0)(Golod,V)(54)}) 13. c4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]}
(13. a3 $143 {(was checked in the previous games)} Rb8 (13... Qxb2 $5 14. O-O
Ba6 15. c4 (15. Bxa6 $143 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxa6 17. c4 Nb6 18. Rfc1 $15) 15... Qd4+
16. Kh1 O-O $13) 14. b3 (14. c4 $143 f5 (14... Qxb2 $5) 15. Nf2 Qxb2 16. Rb1
Qxb1+ 17. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 18. Nd1 Ba6 $132 {Staniszewski,P-Filippov,V/Polanica
Zdroj, 1999(1-0)(39)}) 14... O-O 15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rae1 a4 $11 {Olafsson,H-Filippov,V/Reykjavic,1999(0-1) (44)})
13... f5 {It's best reaction to 13.c4} ({Impossibly:} 13... Nb4 14. Bb1 $140
$14 {(with the idea 15.Be3;16.0-0 or 15.a3)} (14. Be3 $6 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qb4+ $5
(15... Qxb2 $143 16. O-O Qa3 17. Qxa3 Bxa3 18. c5 {[%csl Ra3]}) 16. Kf2 Qxb2+
17. Kf3 $13) 14... Nd5 $2 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc8a6] because of:} 15. cxd5 (15.
Bd3 Nb4) 15... Qxb2 16. O-O $1 (16. Bc3 $2 Qc1+ 17. Qd1 (17. Kf2 $2 Qxh1 $17)
17... Qe3+ 18. Qe2 (18. Kf1 $4 Ba6+ $19) 18... Qc1+ 19. Qd1 $11) 16... cxd5 {
[%csl Ra1]} (16... Qxa1 17. Bc3 Ba6 18. Qf2 {[%csl Ra1]}) 17. Qe3 $1 {[%cal
Gd2c3]} dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ra6 $8 19. Rab1 Qa3 (19... Qxa2 $2 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rfb1 {
[%csl Rb2]}) 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. Rb8 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 14. exf6 $6 ({Much better
is:} 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 (15... Qxb2 $2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18.
Bc3 $16) 16. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gd3f5]} O-O (16... c5 $2 17. Bxf5 $16) (16...
Ng4 $2 17. Qxg7 Qf2+ 18. Kd1 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rh8][%cal Gg7e7,Gg7h8]}) 17. c5 $14
) 14... Nxf6 15. Bc3 ({It deserves attention:} 15. Be3 Qb4+ 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. Rb1
{/\0-0 +/=/=}) 15... Nxe4 ({Slightly worse is:} 15... O-O {in view of:} 16. c5
$1 Bxc5 (16... Qb8 $143 17. g3 $14) 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. O-O-O $5 $132 (18. Qg4+
Kf7 (18... Kh8 $4 19. Qh5 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 19. Qh5+ (19. Bxh7 Bf2+ 20. Kd1 Bd4
$13) 19... Ke7 20. Qxh7+ Rf7 21. Qh4 $13)) 16. Bxe4 ({Probably better is:} 16.
Qxe4 Bf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qe2 {+/=/=}) 16... Bb4 ({Simply and safely:} 16...
O-O $5 17. Qd3 h6 $11 {[%cal Gd7d5]}) 17. Qh5+ Kf8 $8 (17... Kd8 $2 18. Qg5+ {
[%csl Rd8,Rg7]}) (17... g6 $2 18. Bxg6+ Kd8 19. c5 $1 $18) 18. Qf3 $6 {After
this inaccuracy black has a slight better position.It is necessary:} (18. Qe5
Qe3+ 19. Kd1 {[%cal Gh1e1]} Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qf2 21. f5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rf8]}) 18...
d5 19. Bd3 Ra7 {[%csl Ya7][%cal Ya7g7]} ({After:} 19... d4 20. Bxb4+ Qxb4+ 21.
Kd1 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qa3 $8 (22... Qxa2 $4 23. Qxc6 $18) (22... Qc3 $4 23. Ke2 $18
{[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb1b3]}) 23. Qe4 {it may well be three results in this game.})
20. a3 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Rf7 ({Probably dubious:} 21... Qb2 22. O-O Qxc3 23. Qe3
$44) 22. Rb1 Qc5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc5g1]} 23. cxd5 exd5 $6 ({Now possibly:} 
23... Qxc3+ 24. Ke2 exd5 25. Rhc1 Qf6 26. Rb8 Re7+ 27. Kf1 Re8 $15) 24. Kd2 g6
{[%cal Gf8g7]} ({Loses right away:} 24... Qxa3 {because of:} 25. Rb8 Rc7 (25...
Ke7 26. Qe3+) 26. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Rf8][%cal Gh5f5]}) 25. Qe3 ({After:} 25.
Qe3 Qxe3+ (25... Qxa3 $2 {is refuted by:} 26. Qe5 $1 (26. Rb8 $143 Kg7 27. Qe5+
Rf6 28. Qc7+ Rf7 29. Qe5+ Rf6 $11 {[%cal Ga3d6]}) 26... Kg8 27. Rb8 Rf8 28.
Rhb1 $18) (25... Qd6 $143 26. g3 Kg7 27. Qd4+ $14) 26. Kxe3 Kg7 27. g3 {
white has a slight advantage in the endgame.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Subotica TS03 GM"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 $5 ({Less popular is:} 9... d4 {See comments to Svidler,
P-Al Modiahki,M/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(Golod,V)(48)}) 10. Nxe4 {In this
variation White can hope only for the minimal advantage.} Nxe4 {Other moves
did not meet in this position!} 11. Bxe4 $140 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bd7 13. Be3 f5 $5
({Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} 13... O-O-O) 14. Bf3 {
In my opinion,this move is better,than 14.Bd3} e5 15. Kc1 $1 {[%cal Gh1d1]
After exchange of the queens,White should play extreme precisely to receive a
advantage.} ({Were checked in the preceding games:} 15. Re1 $5) (15. Bd5 $6) ({
and} 15. b4 $5 {[%cal Yd1c1,Yc1b2]} O-O-O 16. Kc1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Re1
Rhe8 19. Kd2 {[%csl Rd4] +/=/= Fischer,R-Bolbochan,J/Mar del Plata,1959(1-0)
(50)}) 15... Rc8 $6 $146 (15... e4 $142 16. Bh5+ g6 17. Be2 O-O-O 18. b3 Be6
19. Kb2 Nd4 20. Bf1 {+/=/= Lawrence,T-Van Vliet,L/London,1900(1/2-1/2)(43)})
16. Rd1 e4 ({It deserves attention:} 16... b6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf5f4] /\f4 and
Nd4}) 17. Bh5+ $1 {[%csl Ge3,Re8] White perfectly use weakness of the Black's
king,and opens up to the end a diagonal "a1-h8" for his bishop.} g6 ({Hardly
is better:} 17... Ke7 18. Bc5+ Kd8 19. b4 $36) 18. Be2 Be6 19. b3 {[%csl Ya1,
Yd1][%cal Yc1b2] At last,White connect the rooks.} Kf7 ({Leads to favourable
complications for White:} 19... Bxb3 20. cxb3 Nd4+ 21. Bc4 $5 (21. Kb2 $5 Nxe2
(21... Rc2+ $4 22. Kb1 {[%csl Rc2,Rd4]}) 22. Rd2 (22. Re1 $143 f4 $8 (22... Nc3
$4 23. Rac1 {[%csl Rc3,Rc8][%cal Gc1c3]}) 23. Rxe2 (23. Bxa7 f3) (23. Bxf4 {
[%csl Re8]} O-O 24. Be3 Nf4 $11) 23... fxe3 24. Rxe3 O-O $11 {[%csl Rf2]})
22... f4 23. Bxa7 f3 24. gxf3 exf3 25. Rad1 $14) (21. Kd2 $143 Rc2+ (21...
Nxb3+ $6 22. Ke1 Nxa1 23. Rxa1 $14) 22. Ke1 Nxe2 (22... Rxe2+ $2 23. Kf1 Rxe3
24. fxe3 Nc2 {[%csl Ra1,Rd1,Rf1][%cal Gc2a1,Gc2e3]} 25. Rdc1 $1 Nxa1 26. Rc8+
Kd7 27. Rxh8 $16) 23. Rd2 $140 Rc1+ $1 (23... Rxd2 $2 24. Kxd2 f4 25. Kxe2 fxe3
26. Kxe3 $16) 24. Kxe2 Rxa1 25. Bd4 {[%csl Ra1,Rh8]} Rxa3 26. Bxh8 Rxb3 {+/=/=}
) 21... Nxb3+ 22. Kb2 Nxa1 23. Be6 {[%csl Ra1,Rc8]} Rd8 24. Rxa1 Ke7 25. Bb3
$14) 20. Kb2 $14 a6 {[%cal Ye3a7]} ({Is a possibble continuation of the play:} 
20... b6 $5 {[%csl Ya7,Yb6,Ge3]}) 21. f3 {[%csl Ye2] It is necessary to open a
/^ a8-h1 for the second bishop.} exf3 (21... Rhe8 $143 22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Rf1+
Kg8 24. h3 {+/=/=}) 22. Bxf3 Rhe8 23. Bf4 {[%csl Ga3,Ra6,Gb3,Rb7,Gc2][%cal
Yf4b8,Gf3a8] Two bishops and pawns advantage on the queen side- gives the big
hope for a victory.} Red8 24. Bg5 $1 {<->d} Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc7 {[%csl Yc7][%cal
Yc7b7]} 26. c4 $6 {It's discrepancy,which allows to improve a position of the
Black's pieces.} (26. Bf4 $142 Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. c4 {+/=/+/-}) 26... Rd7
$2 ({Bozidar Ivanovich did not use an opportunity,given by his contender:} 
26... Ne5 $5 27. Bf4 Kf6 $14 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg6g5,Ye5d3]}) 27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 28.
Kc3 $16 Be6 $2 {It already decisive mistake.} ({Can be recommended:} 28... Ke8
{[%cal Gb7b5]} 29. Bd5 $16 b5 $140 $6 30. cxb5 axb5 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Ne7 {
[%csl Ra4,Rd5]} 33. Bb3 Nc6 34. Be3 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ge3b6]}) 29. Bxc6 $1 bxc6
30. Kb4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gb4a5,Gb4c5] Black can not simultaneously protect
all weaknesses.} f4 31. Ka5 ({Also good enough:} 31. Kc5 Bf5 (31... Bd7 32.
Bxf4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gc5b6]}) 32. Kxc6 Be4+ 33. Kb6 Bxg2 34. Bxf4 $18)
31... Ke8 (31... Bc8 $144 32. Kb6 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]}) 32. Kxa6 $18 Bg4 33. c5 Bd1
34. a4 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Rd1][%cal Ga4a5,Yg5d8,Ya6b7,Ga5a6,Ga6a7,Ga7a8] It is
necessary to give back the Black's bishop behind this pawn.} Bxb3 35. a5 f3 36.
gxf3 Kd7 37. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 {It's main line.} (9. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Ponomariov,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(63)}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3
O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 ({Nowadays is not actually:} 12. Ne4 {See comments to
Zapata,A-Lima,D/Santos,2001/CBM 82(1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) 12... Bg4 13. Bg5 Qd6
14. Qd2 Bxe2 ({Pretty dubiously:} 14... Bh5 {[%cal Gh5g6] in view of:} 15. Nf4
{[%csl Rh5]}) 15. Bf4 {The important intermediate move.Differently,at white
don't have a advantage:} (15. Qxe2 $6 {See comments to Barua,D-Thipsay,P/
Calcutta,2001/CBM 85(0-1)(Golod,V)(45)}) 15... Qd7 ({Was checked in the
previous game:} 15... Qd5 $5 16. Bxe2 Rfe8 {You can see comments to Leko,
P-Grischuk,A/Linares,2001/CBM 82(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 16. Bxe2 Rfe8 {
[%csl Yd5,Ye4] Black pieces can occupy the centre, but I do not consider,that
they have equality.NN is weaker than the BB.} 17. Bf3 $6 $146 {A little hasty
move. Now black can destroy the bishop of white.} (17. Rfe1 $142 Re7 (17... Qf5
$5 18. Bd3 Ne4 19. Qc1 Qd5 20. Qd1 {[%cal Gd1f3] +/=/=}) 18. Bf3 $14 {[%csl
Gf3,Gf4]} Rae8 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 h6 22. Qe2 g5 $2 (22... Qf5
$142) 23. Bc1 Qc7 24. h4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6] Kupreichik,V-Palatnik,S/Rostov,
1980(1-0)(41)}) 17... Ne5 $1 18. Bxe5 (18. Be2 $143 Ng6 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf6e4,
Gg6f4]} 19. Bd3 Ne4 $11) 18... Rxe5 19. Rad1 {[%csl Rd4]} ({In my opinion it
was better:} 19. Rfe1 {with idea to exchange a pair of rooks.}) 19... Rd8 $11
20. Qb4 ({Again deserves attention:} 20. Rfe1) 20... a5 ({Can be recommended:} 
20... Re6 $1 $11 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge6b6]} 21. Qxb7 $140 $2 ({Loses right away:
} 21. Bxb7 $4 Rb8 $140 22. Bc6 {because of:} Qc8 {[%csl Rb4,Rc6]}) 21... Qxb7
22. Bxb7 Rb6 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Rb7]}) 21. Qc4 h6 {[%csl Yh7][%cal Yg8h7] The
useful preventive move.} 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ $1 ({Weakly:} 22... Qb5 {in view of:}
23. Qc7 {[%csl Rd8,Re5]} Rxe1+ (23... Rde8 $143 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 {[%csl Rg1]} 25.
Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Kf1 Rc5 27. Rd2 b5 28. Ke2 {[%csl Rd4,Ye2][%cal Ye2d1,Yd1c2,
Gd2d4]}) 24. Rxe1 Rd7 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. b3 $14 {[%cal Gf3e2,Ge2d3]}) 23. Rxe1
$140 d3 {Black get rid of the sole weakness.} 24. cxd3 (24. Rd1 $6 d2 $13 {
[%csl Gd2]}) 24... Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 {[%cal Gd3b3]} 26. Rd1 (26. Bxb7 $143 Rb3
27. Bf3 Rxb2 $11) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 {Symbolical advantage on the party of
white, but,it is obviously,not enough for a victory.} Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2
Kd6 30. Kd3 Nd5 ({A little worse is:} 30... Kc5 31. Bb3 $140 Ng4 {[%csl Rf2,
Rh2]} 32. f4 {[%csl Rf7] +/=/=} (32. f3 $143 Ne5+ 33. Kc3 b5 {[%cal Ge5c4]}))
31. Kd4 Ne7 32. Bb3 f6 33. Bc2 b6 {[%csl Ya5,Yb6,Gc2,Yf6,Yg7,Yh6] Black's
pawns leave a field of sight of the white bishop.} 34. f4 Kc6 {[%csl Ye7]} 35.
g3 Kd6 $11 {Black have constructed an impenetrable fortress!} 36. h4 Nc6+ 37.
Ke4 Ne7 38. g4 Ng6 39. h5 Ne7 40. Bd1 Ke6 41. Bb3+ Kd6 42. Bf7 Nc6 43. Bd5 Ne7
44. Ba2 Nc6 45. g5 Ne7 46. gxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 $5 6. Ndb5 $5 (6. a3 $6 {
is the first(!!!) game in this variation.} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Nb5
d6 10. f4 a6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Nxe4 15. Be3 Nf6 16.
c4 Bg4 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qb4 $44 {1-0 Lasker,E-Celsito/Havana 1893/EXT 99 (34)})
({Another line is:} 6. Nxc6 $5) 6... a6 $5 (6... Nf6 $5 {Is the main line.}) 7.
Nd6+ Ke7 (7... Bxd6 $2 8. Qxd6 Qe7 (8... Nge7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O-O {1-0 Luett,
M-Beciraj,M/Berlin 1994/EXT 97 (41) +/=/+/-}) 9. Qg3 $1 (9. Bf4 $143 e5 10.
Qxe7+ Ngxe7 11. Bg3 (11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bc5 $14 {1-0 Nolte,R-Regis,I/
Manila 1997/EXT 98 (34)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O-O f5 13. f3 b5 14. Nd5 $14 {
0-1 Mlotkowski,S-Eisenberg,L/St.Louis 1904/HCL (35)}) 9... f6 (9... Qf6 10. Be3
Nge7 11. O-O-O Qg6 12. Qd6 O-O 13. h4 $16 {1-0 Burijovich,L-Prince,M/
Thessaloniki 1988/EXT 97 (31)}) 10. Be3 Qf7 11. Be2 Nge7 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd5
exd5 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Qc7 $16 {0-1 Creyghton-Keller,H/Barmen 1905/EXT 99 (32)})
8. Nxc8+ $6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8. Bf4 $142 Nf6 (8... e5 $5 9. Nxc8+ (9. Bg5+ $5
f6 10. Nf5+ Kf8 11. Bd2 Nge7 12. Ne3 d6 13. Ncd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Benend,
A-Klingenberg,H/Baden 1995/EXT 99 (24)}) 9... Rxc8 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nf6
12. Bd3 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,R-Schweber,S/Buenos Aires
1963/MCD (43)}) (8... Qa5 $2 9. Qd2 Nf6 (9... Bxc3 $143 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Be2 b5
12. O-O Rd8 13. Nf5+ $1 exf5 14. Bd6+ Ke8 15. exf5 $18 {1-0 Hartston,W-Roth,D/
Bath 1963/EXT 99 (22)}) 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Bd6+ Ke8 (11... Bxd6 12. Qxd6+ Ke8 13.
e5 $16) 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. a3 Nc6 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qf4 $16 {1-0 Hillenbrand,A-Von
Reth,A/Neuwied 1993/GER (38)}) 9. Bc4 $2 (9. a3 $1 Bxc3+ (9... Bc5 10. e5 Ne8
11. Nce4 $16) 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Be2 Qc5 13. Rd1 $16) 9... Qa5 $1 10.
O-O Ne5 11. Nxc8+ Raxc8 12. Bb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 (13... Nxe4 $4 14. Qd4 $18 {
[%csl Re4,Re5]}) 14. Re1 d6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Larsen,B/Moscow,1959
[Chekhov] (39)}) 8... Rxc8 9. Bd3 $5 {(/\0-0)} ({Worse is:} 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Bd3
d5 $11) 9... Nf6 10. O-O Bxc3 $5 ({Dubious:} 10... Ne5 {because of:} 11. Bd2 d5
$140 12. exd5 Nxd3 (12... Bxc3 $5 13. Bxc3 Qxd5 (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qxd5 15.
Qg3 $14 {[%csl Rg7]}) 14. Be2 $14) 13. cxd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Bxc3 $2 Qxd5 $15
) 14... Qxd5 15. c4 {and white has a strong initiative.}) 11. bxc3 d6 12. Rb1 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb1b7]} Qc7 13. Qe1 $1 {White's plan is:f4,Qh4 with the
initiative.} e5 $5 (13... d5 $2 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 $16 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Gc1a3]}) (13... Ne5 $6 14. f4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 14. Qe3 $6 ({
Better is:} 14. f4 $5 Rhe8 (14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Bg5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 $14) (
14... h6 $6 15. Qg3 $36) 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5 $36) 14... Rhe8 $6 (14... Nd8
$142 $5 {/\Ne6(><c5,f4,g7),Nd7(><e5)}) 15. Qh3 {/\Bg5 or f4} h6 {[%cal Yh6g5]}
16. Qh4 $5 $36 {(with the idea after 16...Kf8?17.Bxh6!)} Nd8 $1 {/\Ne6(><f4)}
17. f4 Ne6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Kh1 $5 ({Worse is:} 19. Ba3+ Nc5 $8 (19... Kd7 $2
20. Rfd1 Kc6 21. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Gc4d5]}) 20. Qf2 Kf8 21. Bxc5+ Qxc5 22. Rxb7
Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxc3 24. Rfb1 {+/=/=}) (19. Bxh6 $2 Rh8 20. Bxg7 Rxh4 21. Bxf6+
Ke8 22. Bxh4 b5 $13) 19... Nc5 20. Rf3 $6 (20. Bxh6 $2 Rh8 21. Bxg7 Rxh4 22.
Bxf6+ Kf8 23. Bxh4 b5 $13) ({Can be recommended:} 20. Ba3 $5 {+/=/+/-}) 20...
Nxd3 21. Rxd3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gc1a3,Gc1h6]} (21. cxd3 $143 Qxc3 22. Rxf6 $5 (
22. Bxh6 Rh8 $13) 22... gxf6 23. Rxb7+ Rc7 24. Rxc7+ Qxc7 25. Ba3+ Kd7 (25...
Ke6 $4 26. Qg4+ f5 27. Qxf5#) 26. Qxf6 Rb8 $13) 21... Kf8 $2 ({Good enough:} 
21... Red8 $5 22. Ba3+ Ke8 23. Qg3 (23. Rg3 $143 Qb6 $1 $36) 23... Rxd3 24.
Qxd3 (24. cxd3 $2 Qxc3 25. Bd6 Qc1+ 26. Qe1 Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rc2 $17) 24... b5
$13 (24... Qxc3 $4 25. Qd6 {[%csl Re8]} Rc7 26. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Gd6f8]})) 22.
Bxh6 gxh6 ({Loses:} 22... Nxe4 $4 {in view of:} 23. Qxe4 gxh6 24. Rxb7 Qc6 $142
(24... Qc4 25. Qh7 Rc7 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 (26... Kg8 27. Rg3+) 27. Qd6#) (24... Qc5
25. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26. Qf5+ Kg7 (26... Ke7 27. Rd7#) 27. Rg3+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kh7
29. Qg7#) (24... Qa5 25. Qh7 Rc7 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 (26... Kg8 27. Rg3#) 27. Qd6#)
25. Qh7 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gh7h8,Gh7f7]} Qf6 26. Rf3 Rcd8 27. Rxf7+ Qxf7 28.
Qxf7#) (22... Re6 $6 23. Bg5 $16) 23. Qxf6 Re6 24. Qf5 $16 ({Worse is:} 24.
Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qh7 Rf6 $1 $14) 24... Kg7 25. Rf1 {/\Rdf3 or Rg3} Rg8 $5 {[%mdl
256]} 26. Rdf3 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 26. Rfd1 $5 $40 {[%csl Gd3,Rd7][%cal
Gd3d7]}) 26... Kh8 ({The move:} 26... Rf8 $2 {is refuted by:} 27. Rg3+ Kh8 28.
Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rxf8+ Kh7 30. h3 {+/-/+-}) 27. Qh3 $5 {/\Rf6(קh6)} (27. Qxf7
Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Rg7 {and white has a slight advantage in the endgame.} (28... Rb6
$5)) 27... Rg7 28. Rf6 Qd6 $1 29. Rxe6 (29. Qxh6+ $143 Rh7 30. Rxe6 Rxh6 31.
Rxd6 Rxd6 32. h3 Kg7 33. Rb1 Rd2 34. Rxb7 Rxc2 35. a4 Rxc3 36. Rb6 Rc4 37. Rxa6
Rxe4 $14) 29... Qxe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Rf6 {[%mdl 4096]} Kh7 $1 {/\Rc7(קc3,
Pc2,Pa2)} (31... Rg4 $2 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33. Rxe6 Rxe4 34. Kg1 $18) 32. Rxe6 Rc7
33. Rb6 (33. Rxe5 $143 Rxc3 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Rxb7 Rxc2 {[%csl Ra2,Rh1] +/=/=})
33... Rxc3 34. Rxb7+ Kg6 $1 35. Rb2 (35. Rb6+ Kg5 36. Rxa6 Rxc2 {[%csl Re4,Rh1]
[%cal Gc2c4,Gc4e4] +/=/=}) 35... Re3 36. Kg1 Rxe4 37. Kf2 Kf5 $5 38. c3 (38.
Rb6 h5 $142 39. Rxa6 $140 Rc4 {[%csl Rc2]}) 38... Rc4 39. Rb3 a5 $1 $11 {
/\a4(קc3) By the exact play in the middlegame and the endgame black equalizes.
} 40. h3 h5 41. Ke2 a4 42. Rb4 Rxc3 43. Rxa4 e4 44. Ra8 (44. Ra8 Rc2+ 45. Ke3 (
45. Kf1 $2 Kf4) 45... Rxg2 46. Ra5+ Kg6 47. Kxe4 Rg3 48. a4 Rxh3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 $5 {Besides white
has two principales moves:} (6. Nxc6) ({and} 6. Ndb5) 6... d5 7. exd5 ({
Another alternative is:} 7. Bg2 {See comments to Kuzuev,D-Filippov,V/St.
Petersburg,1998/ CBM67(0-1)(Ftacnik,L)(52)}) 7... Nxd5 ({In my view a little
worse is:} 7... exd5 {See Ligterink,G-Kouatly,B/Budel (zt),1987/ Inf 43/223
(1-0)(Kouatly,B)(52)}) 8. Bg2 {It's main line,other options are:} (8. Nxc6) ({
and} 8. Nde2) 8... Nxc3 {[%mdl 4]} ({Also was checked repeatedly in the
previous games:} 8... Ndb4) ({other possibilities are:} 8... Bb4) ({and} 8...
Qb6) 9. bxc3 Nxd4 ({It deserves attention:} 9... Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Rb1 Na5
12. Qh5 (12. Nb5 O-O $6 (12... Bc6 $5) 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Nxa7 Rxc3 15. Bd2 $14 {
Georgieva,L-Zimina,O/Oropesa del Mar, 1998(0-1)(49)}) 12... O-O 13. Rd1 Rc8 14.
Be4 g6 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Be4 Nc4 $44 {Bengtsson,
B-Helmertz,P/SWE-ch,1975 (0-1)(40)}) 10. Qxd4 Be7 ({In Chekhov's opinion after:
} 10... Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Bc3 13. Rb1 Bxd4 14. Ba3 {[%csl Ya3,Re8]
white has a big advantage.}) 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $6 ({Probably better is:} 11...
Bxd8 12. O-O {See Movsesian,S-Chekhov,V/Deutschland, 1996/Inf 65/185(1/2-1/2)
(Chekhov,V)(35)} (12. Rb1 $143 Ba5 13. Ba3 Bxc3+ 14. Ke2 Be5 15. f4 Bc7 16.
Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Rxb7 Kd7 18. Rb3 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Sveshnikov,E/Podolsk, 1990
(18)})) 12. Bf4 $146 {'!' Chekhov,V.} ({Also good enough:} 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. Be3
Ke7 14. c4 Rb8 15. c5 Bc7 16. O-O $14 {Dolmatov,S-Sveshnikov,E/Minsk,1979 (1-0)
(57)}) 12... f6 {/\e5(point c7 for black's king)} 13. Rd1+ Ke8 14. Bc7 $14 {
[%mdl 4096] (+/- Chekhov,V)} a5 $1 {Black's plan is: a4-a3 and maybe Ra4-c4}
15. O-O {From my point is the best decision!} ({Senselessly:} 15. a4 {in view
of:} Bd7 {and badly:} 16. Bxb7 {because of:} Ra7 17. Rb1 Bxa4 $17) (15. f4 $5)
15... a4 16. Rb1 {With the idea 17.Rfd1<->d and 18.Bxb7.} Kf7 ({Much worse is:
} 16... Kd7 {because of:} 17. Bb6 e5 (17... Bd6 18. Rfd1 Ke7 19. c4 $16) 18.
Rfd1+ Ke8 19. Bc7 Ra7 $140 20. Bb8 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} Ra5 ({Loses:} 20... Ra8 21.
Bxb7 $140 Rxb8 $2 {in view of:} 22. Bc6+ {[%csl Rb8,Re8]}) 21. Bxb7 $16) 17.
Rfd1 a3 18. Rb3 {/\19.Bb7} ({Badly right away:} 18. Bxb7 {in view of:} Ra7 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc7]} 19. Bxc8 Rxc7 {[%csl Rc3,Rc8]} 20. Ba6 Rxc3 $11) 18... e5 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Gc8e6]} 19. Bxb7 Ra7 ({Worse is:} 19... Bxb7 20. Rxb7 Ke6 {
[%cal Ga8a4,Ga4c4,Gh8c8] because of:} 21. f4 $1 {[%csl Re6] +/=/+/-} (21. Rb6+
$143 Kf7 22. Bd6 (22. c4 Rhc8 23. Rb7 Ke6 $11 {[%cal Ga8a4]}) 22... Bxd6 (22...
Ra7 $5) 23. Rdxd6 Rhd8 24. Rb7+ Kg6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rb3 Rd2 27. Rxa3 Rxc2 $11
{[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rf2]})) 20. Bd5+ (20. Bxc8 $143 Rxc8 (20... Rxc7 $6 21. Bb7 {
/\22.Bd5 and 23.c4+/=/+/-}) 21. Bb8 Ra6 {+/=/=}) 20... Be6 21. Bxe6+ (21. Bb6
$143 Rd7 22. Bxe6+ (22. c4 Rc8 $11 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4]}) 22... Kxe6 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 {
+/=/=}) 21... Kxe6 22. Rb6+ (22. Bb6 Rd7 {-transfer to 21.Bb6}) 22... Kf5 23.
Bb8 $6 {Important inaccuracy.} ({It is necessary:} 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Rxe7 Raxc7
25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rb3 {+/=/+/- R_|_}) 23... Ra8 24. Bd6 ({After:} 24. Bc7 {
black equalizes in the following way:} Bd8 $1 25. Rd7 (25. Bxd8 $144 Rhxd8 26.
Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rb3 Rd2 28. Rxa3 Rxc2 $11 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rf2]}) 25... Rc8 26.
Bxd8 Rhxd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rb3 Rd2 29. Rxa3 Rxc2 $11 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rf2]})
24... Rhd8 25. Rd3 {[%csl Yc2][%cal Yc2d3,Gd6e7]} Bxd6 26. Rdxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6
Rc8 $5 ({Also good enough for equality:} 27... Rb8 28. Ra6 Rb2 29. Rxa3 Rxc2 {
[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rf2]} 30. Ra7 (30. Kg2 e4 $11) 30... Kg6 $11) 28. Rd3 e4 ({
Weakly:} 28... Rc4 {in view of:} 29. f3 {[%csl Yf3][%cal Yf3e4,Gg1f2,Gf2e2,
Ge2d2]}) 29. Re3 Ke5 $1 {/\f5,g5 and f4(צe3;c3).By the exact play in the
endgame and with the slight help of white Valerij Filippov equalizes.} ({
Again dubious:} 29... Rc4 {because of:} 30. f3 exf3 31. Rxf3+ Ke4 32. Rd3 {
[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2e2,Ge2d2]}) 30. c4 {Differently 30...Rc4} Rxc4 31. Rxa3 Rxc2 32.
h4 (32. Ra7 $143 g5 $11) 32... g6 33. Ra5+ Kd4 34. Ra7 Kd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3e2]
After this move black has a forced way to draw.} 35. Rxh7 Rxa2 36. Rh6 Ke2 37.
Rxg6 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Rf1 39. Rxf6 ({Also draw after:} 39. h5 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3 e3 41.
h6 Rf1 42. Kg4 (42. Kg2 Rf2+) 42... f5+ 43. Kg5 Kf3 44. h7 Rh1 45. Rh6 Rxh6 46.
Kxh6 e2 47. h8=Q e1=Q $11) 39... e3 40. Re6 ({Dangerously for white:} 40. f4
Rf2+ 41. Kh3 $8 (41. Kg1 $2 Kf3 42. Rc6 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Rxg3 $19) 41... Kf3 42.
Re6 Rf1 43. Rxe3+ Kxe3 44. Kg4 {and most probably draw:} Ke4 45. h5 Rb1 46. h6
Rg1 47. Kg5 Rxg3+ 48. Kf6 $11) 40... Rxf2+ 41. Kh3 Rf3 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Ge2f2]}
42. Kg2 (42. h5 $144 Kf2 43. h6 e2 (43... Rxg3+ 44. Kh4 Rg1 45. Kh5 $11) 44.
Rxe2+ Kxe2 45. Kg4 $11) 42... Rf2+ 43. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. c3 $5 ({Another alternative is:} 10. Bd2 $5 {See
comments to Nataf,I-Filippov,V/Koszalin,1999/CBM 73 (1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) 10...
Qb6 $6 $146 {[%cal Gb6g1][%mdl 8] A novelty and the first cause of future
difficulties.} ({Comments to} 10... Be7 {and also10...Ba6!? you cand find in
annotations to game: Voitsekhovsky,S-Yagupov,I /N.Novgorod, 1998/CBM 66 (1-0)
(Golod,V)(39)}) 11. Bd3 {White's plan is:a3,Qe2,c4(><b4,e3); Be3 and 0-0.} Bb7
({Now somewhat illogically:} 11... Ba6 {after 10...Qb6,though perhaps is the
best decision.}) 12. a3 {[%csl Ya3][%cal Ya3b4]} a5 ({It deserves attention:} 
12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qh5+ Kd8 $14) 13. Qe2 ({Dubious
right away:} 13. c4 {in view of:} Ne3 14. Qe2 Nf5 $13) 13... Ba6 {Nevertheless!
} 14. c4 $140 ({Much worse is:} 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 (14... Rxa6 $2 15. c4 Nc7 16. Be3
$16) 15. Qxa6 (15. c4 Nb6 16. b3 a4 17. c5 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Nd5 19. b4 $11) 15...
Rxa6 16. Ke2 f5 $11) 14... Qd4 {[%csl Rd3]} 15. g3 $2 {/\Nd2-f3(פd5)} ({
Good enough:} 15. Rf1 {[%csl Rd3,Yf1][%cal Yf1f3,Yf3d3]} Rb8 {[%csl Rd3][%cal
Gb8b3,Gb3d3]} 16. Rf3 f5 17. Nf2 $5 (17. Qf2 $143 Qxf2+ 18. Nxf2 Nb6 19. b3 {
+/=/=}) 17... Nc3 {[%csl Ra1,Re1]} 18. Qc2 Ne4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rc3 {[%csl
Rd4][%cal Gc1e3]} Qb6 21. Rb1 $14) 15... Rb8 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gb8b3,Gb3d3]} 16.
Nd2 Nc3 $1 ({Impossibly:} 16... Nb6 $4 {in view of:} 17. Nb3 {[%csl Rd4]}) (
16... Nc7 $6 17. Nf3 Qb6 $13) 17. Qf3 {With the idea 18.Bc2(פc3)} ({Loses:} 
17. bxc3 $4 Qxc3 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]}) 17... Na4 $1 {[%csl Rb2] This move better
than:} (17... c5 {[%csl Rf3,Rh1][%cal Ga6b7]} 18. Rf1 Bb7 19. Nb3 $8 Bxf3 20.
Nxd4 Bg2 $1 21. Rg1 $140 Be4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nb5 d5 24. b3 $11) 18. Rb1 Nc5
$2 ({It is necessary:} 18... Nxb2 19. Be2 (19. Bc2 $143 a4 {[%csl Ya4][%cal
Ya4b3]}) 19... a4 {with big advantage of black.}) 19. Be2 $14 f5 ({Can be
recommended:} 19... d5 20. exd6 Qxd6 (20... Bxd6 $4 21. b4 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,
Rd4][%cal Gc1b2,Gf3c6,Gb4c5]}) 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nd7 $14) 20. exf6 Qxf6 ({
Very weakly:} 20... gxf6 {because of:} 21. b4 Na4 (21... axb4 22. Bb2 {[%csl
Rd4]}) 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Qxa5 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Ra6]}) 21. b4 $1 axb4 ({In my
opinion much better is:} 21... Qf5 {[%csl Rb1]} 22. O-O (22. Qh5+ $6 Qxh5 23.
Bxh5+ g6 24. Be2 axb4 25. axb4 Na4 $13) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Na4 $14) (21... Na4
{is refuted by:} 22. Qh5+ {[%csl Ra5,Re8]}) 22. axb4 Na4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({
Again better is:} 22... Qf5) 23. Qh5+ $1 g6 $8 ({The rest loses right away:} 
23... Ke7 $2 24. Qa5 {[%csl Ra4,Ra6]} Nc3 25. Bb2 Ra8 26. Rc1 Bb7 27. Bxc3 $18)
(23... Kd8 $2 24. Qa5+) ({and} 23... Qg6 $2 {(=23...Qf7?)because of:} 24. Ra1 {
[%csl Ra4,Ra6]}) 24. Qa5 {[%csl Ra4,Ra6]} Nc3 $8 25. Rb3 {[%csl Ra6,Rc3][%cal
Gc1b2]} c5 $2 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 25... Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Ra8 27.
Bb2 e5 28. Bxe5 $5 (28. Qxe5+ $143 Qxe5+ 29. Bxe5 Rg8 30. Ra1 $16) 28... Qe6
29. Kd1 {[%cal Gh1e1]} Rg8 30. Re1 Kf7 {+/-/+-}) 26. Qxa6 cxb4 27. Bb2 $18 Bc5
28. Ne4 ({More easy way to win:} 28. Bxc3 bxc3 29. Rxb8+ (29. Ne4 $5 Rxb3 $8
30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. Bd1 Rb1 32. Qa4 Kxf6 (32... Rhb8 33. Ne4 $18) 33. Qc2 {
[%csl Rb1,Rc3]} Bb4 34. Qxb1 c2+ 35. Qxb4 c1=Q 36. O-O $18) 29... Ke7 30. Rxh8
cxd2+ 31. Kf1 Qxh8 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Rf1 $18) 28... Qd4 29. Nxc5 O-O 30. Qa7 {
[%csl Rb8,Rc5][%cal Ya7c5,Gb2c3]} Ra8 $8 31. Qxd7 Qxc5 32. Qxe6+ Rf7 $8 ({
Impossibly:} 32... Kg7 {(=32...Kh8)because of:} 33. Rxc3 bxc3 34. Bxc3+ Kh6 35.
Qh3+) 33. Qe5 $5 {After this move white has a forced passage to winning
endgame.} Qc6 34. O-O Re8 35. Bf3 ({Also good enough:} 35. Bxc3 Rxe5 36. Bxe5
$18) 35... Qa4 $8 (35... Qb6+ $2 36. c5) 36. Ra1 Qxa1+ $8 (36... Rxe5 $2 37.
Rxa4 Re1+ 38. Kf2) 37. Bxa1 Rxe5 38. fxe5 Rxf3 39. Rxb4 $18 {The rest is the
matter of technics.} Rd3 40. Bb2 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rd3 (41... Ne4 $144 42. e6 Kf8 (
42... Rd2+ $143 43. Kf3 Ng5+ 44. Ke3 Rd8 45. Bf6 $18) 43. Ba3 Ke8 (43... Rd2+
44. Kf3 Rd3+ 45. Kxe4 Rxa3 46. Rb7 $18) 44. Rb8+ Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Kxd8 46. Bb4 Ng5
47. e7+ Kd7 48. Bd6 $18 {[%cal Gc4c5]}) 42. e6 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb4b8]} Kf8 43.
Rb3 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Nd1 (44... Rd3+ $144 45. Kg4 Ne4 (45... Rd4+ 46. Kh3 {[%csl
Rc3,Rd4]}) 46. Rxd3 Nf2+ 47. Kg5 Nxd3 48. Bf6 Nc5 49. e7+ Kf7 50. Kh6 $18) 45.
Ba3+ Kg7 46. e7 Kf7 47. Rb8 {Despite the mistakes the game was very
interesting.} (47. Rb8 Rf2+ 48. Kg4 {[%cal Ge7e8]} Re2 (48... Ne3+ 49. Kh3) 49.
Rf8+ Kg7 50. e8=Q) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 (10. c3 $5 {See comments to Voitsekhovsky,S-Yagupov,
I/N.Novgorod, 1998(cbm66)1-0(39),(Golod,V)}) 10... Qb6 11. Bd3 (11. c4 $2 Qd4
$1 12. Qb1 Rb8 13. b3 f5 $1 $17 {Adams,M-Khenkin,I/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 11... Be7
$5 ({Worse is:} 11... Ba6) (11... Qxb2 {(see comments to Voitsekhovsky-Yagupov)
}) 12. Qe2 $5 (12. Rb1 $6 Ba6 13. Qe2 (13. c4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 13... Bxd3
14. Qxd3 f5 $1 $15 {0-1 Yudasin,L-Kramnik,V/Wijk cm5 1994 (37)}) (12. c4 $5 {
See comments to Fedorov,A-Khalifman,A/Samara,1998(cbm67)1/2-1/2 (27) Golod,V})
12... Bb7 $6 $146 (12... f5 $5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O-O (14. Bc3 $5 O-O 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $6 (16... Rxf6 $5) 17. O-O-O Rb8 18. b3 $14 {1-0 Emms,
J-Sutovskij,E/Gausdal 1995/CBM 47 ext (26)}) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. b3 Ba6
17. Qe1 Qd4 18. c3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Chevallier,D/FRA-chT 1996 (45)}) 13. a3
$6 {(><b4;/\c4)} ({Good enough:} 13. c4 $5 Nb4 (13... Qxb2 $4 14. Rb1 $18 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd5]}) 14. Bb1 c5 $5 (14... O-O $2 15. c5 $1 Bxc5 $140 16. Nxc5 Qxc5
17. Qe4 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rh7]}) (14... Nd5 $2 15. cxd5 Qxb2 16. Qd3 $1 (16. Bc3
$2 Qc1+ 17. Qd1 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 Qc1+ $11) 16... cxd5 (16... Qxa1 $143 17. Bc3 Ba6
18. Qc2 $18) 17. Qc3 $16) 15. Bc3 $14) 13... f5 $6 {After this move white has
a slight positional advantage} (13... Qxb2 $1 14. O-O Rb8 $5 $15 {[%cal Yb8b7]}
15. c4 $140 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Ba6 {[%csl Rd3]}) 14. exf6 {The best move.} Nxf6 15.
O-O-O $14 O-O 16. c4 $1 {White's plan is:Bc3,Ng5->} c5 $5 {[%cal Gb7e4]} 17.
Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Smirin is well known as a strong tactical player and he
starts his play.} ({Worse is:} 17. Bc3 {in view of:} Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxf4 $15)
17... h6 (17... Rab8 $6 18. Bc3 $40) 18. Bc3 Qc6 $5 {(/\19...hxg5 20.fxg5 Ne4!)
} (18... hxg5 $2 {badly after:} 19. fxg5 Ne8 20. Qh5 {[%csl Rg8]} Bxg5+ 21.
Qxg5 $16) 19. Nf3 {[%csl Gc3,Rg7,Gh1][%cal Gf3e5]} Bd6 {[%csl Rf4]} (19... Rab8
$2 20. Ne5 $1 Qxg2 $140 21. Qxg2 Bxg2 22. Rhg1 Bc6 23. Ng6 $16) 20. Ne5 $1 Qxg2
({Badly:} 20... Qb6 {because of:} 21. Bc2 $40) 21. Rhg1 $1 (21. Qxg2 $143 Bxg2
22. Rhg1 Bb7 23. Nxd7 Bxf4+ 24. Kc2 e5 $1 $44) 21... Qxe2 $8 (21... Qh3 $2 22.
Nxd7 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Bf3 (23... Kh8 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 $16) 24. Bxf6 Bxe2 25. Rxg7+
Kh8 26. Rh7+ Kg8 27. Rg1+ Bg5 (27... Bg4 $143 28. Bg6 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gh7h8]} Rxf6 29. Nxf6+ Kf8 30. Rf7#) 28. Rxg5+ $1 hxg5 29. Rxh3 Bxd3+ 30. Rxd3
Rf7 31. Bxg5 $18) 22. Bxe2 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7,Rg7][%cal Gd1d6,Gc3g7,Gg1g7,Ge5d7]}
Ne4 ({Worse is:} 22... Ne8 {in view of:} 23. Bh5 $1 (23. Rxd6 Nxd6 24. Nxd7 {
and see the game after 24.Nd7}) 23... Bxe5 24. Bxe5 $18) 23. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl
512]} Nxd6 24. Nxd7 {[%csl Rf8,Rg7]} Rf7 $8 25. Nxc5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Re6,Rg7,
Rg8] White has a strong initiative,black has weaknesses:Pa7,e6,g7and Kg8.} Rc8
$5 ({Dubious is:} 25... Bc8 {because of:} 26. Be5 (26. Bf3 $143 Rb8 27. Be5 Rb6
$14) 26... Nb7 27. Bf3 Nxc5 $1 28. Bxa8 Nd3+ (28... Ba6 $5) 29. Kd2 Nxe5 30.
fxe5 Rf2+ 31. Kc3 Rxh2 32. Rd1 Rf2 33. b4 g5 34. b5 h5 35. c5 $16) (25... Re8
$2 26. Bh5 $18) 26. Nxe6 $140 Re8 27. Bg4 (27. Rg6 $2 Kh7 $1 (27... Be4 $2 28.
Rxg7+ Rxg7 29. Nxg7 Rc8 30. Bg4 $18) 28. Bd3 Be4 $13) 27... g6 28. Nc5 Kh7 (
28... Bc8 {loses after:} 29. Bh5 $1 (29. Bxc8 $6 Rxc8 30. Rxg6+ Kh7 31. Rxd6
Rxc5 32. b3 $16)) 29. Nd7 $6 {[%cal Gd7f6]} (29. Nxb7 $5) 29... Ne4 $2 (29...
Rxf4 $1 30. Nf6+ Rxf6 31. Bxf6 Nxc4 32. Rd1 Nb6 $14) 30. f5 $1 {[%csl Re8,Rf7,
Gg4,Rg6,Rh7]} gxf5 ({Also loses:} 30... g5 31. Bh5 Ree7 32. Ne5 Rxf5 (32...
Rxe5 33. Bg6+ $1 $18) 33. Bg6+ Kg7 34. Bxf5 Nxc3 35. Re1 Ne4 36. Ng4 $18) 31.
Bh5 $1 (31. Bxf5+ $143 Rxf5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Re7+ Nxc3 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 35. bxc3 {
+/=/+/-}) 31... Rg8 (31... Nxc3 $143 32. Bxf7 Ne2+ 33. Kd1 Nxg1 (33... Re7 $4
34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Rg8#) 34. Bxe8 $18) 32. Rxg8 Kxg8 (32... Rxd7 $4 33. Rh8#) 33.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096]} 34. Bd4 {><a7;/\Nc5} Ke6 35. Nc5+ Nxc5 36. Bxc5 a6 37.
Be3 $6 $16 {Because of this inaccuracy white has to play exactly.} ({Better is:
} 37. b4 {and white's plan:Kb2-c3(b3),a4,b5.Also badly 37...} Bc6 {[%cal Gc6a4]
} 38. Kb2 Ba4 39. Kc3 Ke5 {in view of:} 40. b5 $1 axb5 $140 41. Kb4 $18 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb5]}) 37... Ke5 $1 (37... h5 $2 38. Bf4 $18 {[%cal Gc1d2,Gd2c3,
Gb2b4]}) 38. Bxh6 Kd4 39. Kd2 $8 Kxc4 $140 40. Ke3 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Yg7b2,
Gh2h4,Gh6g7]} Kd5 41. h4 Bc6 {[%cal Gc6e8,Ye8h5]} 42. Bg7 a5 $6 (42... Be8 $142
43. Kf4 Ke6 44. Kg5 $16 (44. b4 $2 Kf7 45. Bd4 Kg6 $14)) 43. h5 Ke6 (43... Be8
$143 44. h6 Bg6 45. b3 $1 {(weeknessPa5;/\Bc3,Bxa5)}) 44. Bc3 $1 $18 {[%csl
Ra5,Gh5][%cal Gh5h6]} Kf7 (44... a4 $4 45. h6 $18 {[%cal Gh6h7,Gh7h8]}) 45.
Bxa5 Kg7 (45... Kf6 $143 46. Bd8+ Ke5 47. Bc7+) 46. Kd4 {/\Kc5;b4-b5} Be8 47.
b4 Bxh5 48. b5 Kf6 49. Kc5 Ke6 (49... Bf3 50. Kd6 $18) (49... Ke5 $142 50. Bc3+
$1 Ke6 (50... Ke4 $2 51. b6) 51. Kc6 Be8+ 52. Kb6 Kd5 (52... Kd7 $143 53. Ka7
Kc8 54. b6 Bc6 55. a4 $18) 53. a4 Kc4 54. Be1 f4 (54... Kb3 55. a5 Kc4 56. a6
Bxb5 57. a7) 55. Ka6 Kc5 56. b6 $18) 50. Kc6 Ke5 (50... Be8+ 51. Kb6 Kd5 52.
Be1 Kc4 53. a4 $18 {/\Ka6;b6-b7}) 51. Be1 $1 Kd4 52. a4 Kc4 53. b6 f4 54. b7 (
54. b7 Bf3+ 55. Kc7 Bxb7 56. Kxb7 f3 57. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $5 9. Be2 (9. c4 $5 {In my opinion, this very interesting reaction on
the previous move of black.See comments to Shabalov,A-Vescovi,G/Paget Parish,
2001/CBM 81(0-1)(Golod,V)(33)}) 9... c5 {/^a8-h1,/\Qc7(קe5)} 10. O-O {With
the idea c4 and Nd6.} ({Dubious immediately:} 10. c4 {in view of:} Ne3 $1 11.
Bxe3 Bxe4 12. f3 Bc6 $11) 10... Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({Also it deserves attention:} 11.
c4 $5 {You can see comments to Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Frankfurt,2000/CBM 78(1/2-1/
2)(Golod,V)(93) (Golod,V)}) ({After:} 11. f4 {black has two equals options: 11.
..c4 or 11... f5}) 11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 {/\Rc8,Qd6} 14. Qd4 {
[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} O-O 15. Bxc4 {With the idea:16.Bb3 or 16.Bd3 and 17.c4} Rfc8
$146 {[%mdl 8] Black do not take away back at pawn"d6".Black want to exchange
the queens and to receive ^-(multi-coloured bishops) in the endgame.} ({
Was checked in the three previous games.} 15... Qxd6 $5 {See comments to Anand,
V-Leko,P/Dortmund,1999/CBM 72(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)}) 16. Bxd5 $5 ({In the
following meeting of the same contenders was checked up:} 16. b3 $5 {See
comments to Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82 (1/2-1/2)(rapid)(Golod,V)
(48)}) 16... Qxd5 ({Badly:} 16... Qxd6 {because of:} 17. Bh6 $1 gxh6 $8 (17...
f6 $2 18. Qg4 Qb6+ 19. Rf2 $18) 18. Qg4+ Kf8 19. Bxb7 Qb6+ 20. Rf2 Qxb7 21. c3
{+/=/+/-}) 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rf2 $14 {Shipov,S makes the following comments in
"Club Kasparov": "White has a pawn up.Their task - competently to place at
pawns of queen side.I have in a kind b2-b3 and c2-c4".} Rc6 19. Bf4 Rac8 (19...
f6 $5 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 20. Rd2 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 20. Rc1 ({Dubious:} 20. c3 $6 {
in view of:} a5 {[%cal Ga5a4] and white practically it will be impossible to
move pawns of the queen side.}) 20... Ra6 (20... f6 $143 21. b3 e5 22. Be3 {
[%csl Ra7]} Rc3 23. Re2 {/\Bf2-e1 and c4 +/=/+/-} (23. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 {[%csl Ra2,
Ra7]} 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Bf2 Rxa2 $44 {[%cal Ge6b3]})) ({Weakly:} 20... Bxa2 $2 {
because of:} 21. Ra1 {[%csl Ra2,Ra7]}) 21. a3 ({Senselessly:} 21. b3 {in view
of:} Rxa2 22. c4 $140 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Bb7 24. b4 a6 {[%csl Yb7][%cal Yb7a6] +/=/=
}) 21... f6 22. Be3 {[%csl Ra7]} ({Can be recommended:} 22. Rd2 $5 {[%csl Rd5]
directed against a move "e5".}) 22... Ra4 {[%csl Ya4][%cal Ya4h4]} (22... e5 $6
23. f4 $36) (22... Kf7 $5) 23. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Gb2b3,Gc2c4]} e5 24. b3 Ra6 25. c4
{Shipov."White have achieved the purpose. The difficulties of black accrue".}
Be6 26. Rd2 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4]} 27. Rd3 Rb7 {[%csl Rb3,Yb7,Yd3,Rd6][%cal
Ge6f5,Yb7a7]} (27... Bf5 $6 28. Rc3 $140 Rxd6 (28... Kf7 $142) 29. Bxa7 $16)
28. g4 $1 {Shipov."Reflects threat. At a case white will open the second front
on king side".} h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 f5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Shipov."The
disputable decision. Alexander opens game, and, probably, it will take
advantage at white rooks.Pawn "e5" turns to a target".} (30... Rc6 $5 $14 {
[%csl Rb3,Rc4][%cal Ga7a5,Ga5a4]}) 31. Bc5 $1 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Yc5d6]} Rc6 32.
b4 $1 $16 {Now both white rooks are free from protection of pawns.} (32. Bb4 $6
Rcb6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga7a5]}) 32... fxg4 33. fxg4 Rc8 ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 33... Bxc4 $5 34. Re3 Be6 35. Rxe5 Rc8 $16) 34. Re1 Bxc4 35.
Rc3 Bb5 ({It is not known or better:} 35... Be6 36. Rxe5 Bxg4 $140 $6 (36...
Kf7 $142 {+/-/+-}) 37. Rg5 Be6 38. Rcg3 $18 {[%csl Gg3,Gg5,Rg7]}) 36. Rxe5 Rf8
37. Bxa7 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Ge5] Shipov."Greed - not defect, and advantage of the
strong chess player".} Bc6 38. Be3 Rbb8 39. Bg5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gc3c6]} Rb5
40. Rcc5 Rb6 41. b5 $18 {The further resistance is senseless.The rest is the
matter of technics.} Bf3 42. Be7 Ra8 43. Rg5 Rxa3 44. Bf6 $40 {[%csl Rg8]} Kf7
(44... Rxd6 $2 45. Rxg7+ Kf8 46. Rc8#) 45. Bb2 {[%csl Ra3,Rg7]} (45. Bb2 Re3
46. Rxg7+ Ke6 (46... Ke8 47. Rc8#) (46... Kf8 47. Rf5+ Ke8 48. Rg8#) 47. Rg6+
Kf7 48. Rf6+ Kg7 49. Rg5+ Kh7 50. Rf7+ Kh6 51. Rh5+ Kg6 52. Rg7#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qa5 {In the last years Black did not go on this
variation, as he is considered very dangerous to them. Comments to this part
of the game and also to:} (16... Qb6 {You can find in my annotations to games:
Zubarev,A-Eljanov,P/Kharkov,2001/CBM 83(1-0)(55) and Fressinet,L-Zhu Chen/Wijk
aan Zee,2004/CBM 99(1-0)(55)}) 17. Rd1 $6 $146 {That's the novelty,but not
very successful for White,at least he weaken the queen side (קa2).} ({Also it
was dubiously:} 17. Be2 $6 {in view of:} g5 $1 $132) ({On:} 17. h4 $5 {
(against progress "g5") I have found nine games in Mega DataBase 2004. For an
example we shall consider most interesting of them:} c5 18. Kg3 Kf7 19. Be2
Rhd8 20. Bh5+ g6 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. h5 $14 {Ghinda,M-Chekhov,V/Halle,1987(1-0)
(35)}) 17... Kf7 $5 {At first, Black cared about position of his king and only
then plan to take away Pa2.} ({It deserves serious attention:} 17... Qxa2 $5
18. b4 (18. Qxd7+ $2 Kf7 19. Rd6 $140 Qb3+ $1 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga6c4]}) 18...
Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rd4 Qa2 21. Rd2 Qb3+ (21... Qc4 $5) 22. Rd3 Qa4 23.
Qxd7+ Kf7 $15) 18. b4 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 18. Nh3 h6 {
[%csl Rh3]}) ({or} 18. a3 Rab8 $36) 18... Qa3+ $1 {Important intermediate
move! Black entice the rook of the contender on point "d3" that brings
incoordination to action of their forces.} 19. Rd3 Qxa2 $15 {קc4} 20. b5 ({
After:} 20. Rc3 {/\21.b5 cxb5? 22.Ra3 (ץa6)} Rhd8 21. b5 Bb7 22. Kg3 g5 $1 {
Black has a very strong initiative.}) 20... Bb7 $6 {[%csl Rf3]} ({Is more
interesting alternative:} 20... cxb5 $5 21. Ra3 $140 Bb7+ 22. Kg3 Qc2 23. cxb5
(23. Bd3 $2 Qd2 {/\Qe3+}) (23. Qxd7 Bc6 $17) 23... g5 $40 {[%csl Rg3]}) 21. Qc7
Bc8 22. bxc6 $2 (22. Rd6 $5 cxb5 23. cxb5 Nd5 24. Qc5 Qd2 25. Nd3 {[%csl Ra8,
Rf7][%cal Gd6d5] with some compensation behind pawn.}) 22... Nxc6 $17 {Now
Black,without handicapes,can enter in the game a rook "a8".} 23. Rd6 Rb8 24.
Kg3 {Probably,White made his previous move in hope on:} (24. Rxc6 {but it's
very weak,because of:} Qa3+ $1 (24... Rb7 $5 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8 Rb3+ 27.
Bd3 (27. Nd3 $143 Qb1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gb3d3]}) 27... Qd2 $17) 25. Bd3 (25. Ke2
$4 Rb2+ 26. Ke1 (26. Kd1 Qa1#) 26... Qe3+ 27. Kd1 Qd2#) 25... Bb7 $1 26. Qxd7+
$140 Qe7 27. Qxe7+ (27. Qd6 $143 Rhc8) 27... Kxe7 28. Ra1 Bxc6+ 29. Ke3 Rb7 {
and the material advantage gradually will decide a game.}) 24... Qb3+ {
Alexander for the beginning improves a position of the queen, though and at
once was not bad:} (24... Rb3+ 25. Rd3 (25. Bd3 $2 Qe2 {/\Qe3+}) 25... Rxd3+
26. Nxd3 (26. Bxd3 $2 Qd2 {/\Qe3+}) 26... Qxc4 {-/+/-+}) 25. Rd3 $8 (25. Bd3 $2
Rb7 26. Rxc6 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qb6 {צc7}) (25. Nd3 $2 Rb7 26. Rxc6 Rxc7 27. Rxc7
Qb6 28. Rc5 Bb7 {/\Be4 -+}) 25... Qc2 26. Rd6 $140 Rb3+ 27. Bd3 Qd2 $1 {/\Qe3+}
28. Kf3 Ne7 $2 {Black have not found the beautiful forced win:} (28... Bb7 $1
29. Rxd7+ $140 Ke8 $1 $19 (29... Ne7+ $5 30. Qxb7 $8 (30. Kg3 Qe3+) 30... Rxb7
31. Rxb7 Rd8 32. Rb3 Nc6 $19) 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Nd4+ 32. Kg3 Qe3+) 29. Qc5
$2 {White did not use discrepancy of the contender.} (29. Rb1 $8 Rxb1 (29...
Bb7+ $2 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 $44 {[%csl Rd2,Rd7][%cal Gd3f5,Gd6d7]}) 30. Bxb1
Qb2 31. Bd3 g5 $17) 29... g5 $1 $19 {Now White can not find protection against
numerous threats.} 30. Qd4 {[%tqu "En","Black can win a game now by two good
moves!","","","g5f4","",0,"c8b7","",10,"g5f4","",0]} gxf4 ({Immediately wins a
game the following move:} 30... Bb7+ $1 31. Kg3 $140 Rxd3+ $3 32. Qxd3 (32.
Nxd3 Qxg2#) 32... Qxf4+ 33. Kh3 Qh4#) 31. c5 Bb7+ {The further resistance is
senseless.} 32. c6 Bxc6+ 33. Rxc6 Nxc6 34. Qxd7+ Ne7 {The rest is easy without
comments.} 35. g4 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 f3+ 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kh3 Qxf2 39. Bc4 Rb6 40. Bf1
Rg8 41. Qd3 Rg6 42. g5 h6 0-1

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 {It's main line.} (9. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Ponomariov,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/ CBM 81(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(63)}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3
O-O 11. O-O d4 $1 {It's best move.} 12. Ne2 $5 (12. Ne4 {Nowadays- 12.Ne4 is
not actual.See comments to Leko,P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(52)}) 12... Bg4 $5 {Shipov makes the following comments in "Club
Kasparov":"Black provoke white on a move f2-f3,which will weaken a point e3.At
a case, the black bishop passes on g6".} (12... Re8 $5 {See comments to Bosch,
J-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (37) Besides,12...Qd5;
12...a6;12...h6;12...Ng4;12...Qd6;and 12...Qb6-was checked in the previous
games.}) 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Qd2 Bxe2 $5 {Shipov."Beginning of concrete change
operation. A task - to destroy one of the white bishop".} ({Dubious:} 14... Bh5
{[%cal Gh5g6] in view of:} 15. Nf4 {[%csl Rh5]}) 15. Bf4 $5 {[%mdl 4] The
important intermediate move.Differently,at white don't have a advantage:} (15.
Qxe2 Rfe8 16. Qf3 (16. Qd1 $143 Ne5 17. Bh4 Qb6 18. Rb1 Rac8 $11 {Short,
N-Wiedenkeller,M/Esbjerg,1984(0-1)(40)}) 16... Ne5 17. Qg3 (17. Qf5 $143 Nxd3
18. cxd3 Re5 19. Bf4 Rxf5 20. Bxd6 Rd5 21. Bf4 Nd7 22. Rac1 g5 23. Bg3 Nc5 24.
Rfd1 Re8 25. Kf1 f5 $11 {Weber,P-Rosen,B/Germany,1991(1/2-1/2)(70)}) 17... Nh5
18. Qh3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Rfe1 (21. g3 $143 Qe5 22. Rad1 Rac8
23. Rd2 Rc6 24. Rfd1 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Navara,D-Ptacnikova,L/Olomouc 2000/CBM 77
ext (33)}) 21... g6 $6 (21... a6 $5) 22. Qb5 $1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rc8 24. g3 Qf6
25. Re2 $14 {Yudasin,L-Sion Castro,M/Leon,1992(1-0)(49)}) ({and} 15. Bxe2 Ne4
16. Qf4 Qd5 $1 {[%csl Rg5]} 17. Bf3 (17. Bh4 $4 g5) 17... Qxg5 18. Qxe4 Rfe8
19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. Bxg4 Ne5 $11 {Mendeiros,J-Krivokapic,R/Paris,1993(0-1)(45)})
15... Qd5 $5 $146 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 15... Qd7 16. Bxe2 Rfe8
17. Rfe1 Re7 18. Bf3 $14 Rae8 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 h6 22. Qe2
g5 $6 (22... Qf5 $5) 23. Bc1 Qc7 24. h4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6] Kupreichik,
V-Palatnik,S/Rostov,1980(1-0)(41)}) 16. Bxe2 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 ({Does not cost to
hasten with:} 17. Bf3 {because of:} Qb5 {[%csl Rb2]}) 17... Rad8 {Shipov.
"Black were beautifully placed on the centre, but I do not consider, that they
have equality.NN is weaker than the BB.} 18. Bd3 Ne5 {[%mdl 256]} 19. Bxe5 Rxe5
{Black have made half of task - has destroyed of one bishop.} 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21.
Re1 {+/=/=} Qc7 22. h3 {The useful preventive move.} g6 23. Qb4 Kg7 24. Re7 Rd7
25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. c3 {Shipov:All is competent. The open more position, the the
superiority of the B above N is more felt. Only of material is small.} dxc3 27.
Qxc3 Qd6 28. Be2 {Shipov."White has a proof advantage. Especially,if they will
exchange queens and centralize the king".} b6 29. h4 h6 {Shipov."Black's pawn
leave a field of sight of the white bishop".} 30. g3 Kg8 31. Bf3 {[%csl Gf3]
[%cal Gf3a8]} Kg7 32. b4 g5 $1 {Than less pawns, the better for the defending
party.} 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Qc2+ Kh6 36. Qc3 Kg6 37. a4 {Differently
it is not visible,as it is possible to strengthen a position.} Nd7 38. Qc8 Ne5
39. Be4+ Kg7 40. Qc3 Qf6 41. Bb7 Ng4 42. Qxf6+ ({Also equality,after:} 42. Qd2
Ne5) 42... Nxf6 $11 43. Kf3 Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7d6,Gd6e5]} 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. f4 (
45. Kd4 $144 Kd6 {[%cal Gf6g4]}) 45... gxf4+ 46. Kxf4 Ne8 47. Ke5 Nc7 48. g4 {
Shipov." Black have constructed a fortress. Now it is possible to put at pawn
on f6. A drawn game!"} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Athens Acropolis"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Tzermiadianos, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. c3 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxf6+ ({I am positive that it would be
much better:} 11. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Ba6 ({recently was checked up another
continuation:} 12... Qd5 $6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. f3 Nf6 16. Kd2 $16 {
Kotronias,V-Thorfinnsson,B/Caleta,2005(0-1)(37)}) 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Be3 $14 {
Landa,K-Filipenko,A/Katowice,1992(1/2-1/2)(42)}) (11. Bd3 $143 {You can see my
comments to Brodsky,M-Beshukov,S/Krasnodar,1999/CBM 75(0-1)(63)}) 11... gxf6
12. Be2 Qd5 $5 ({On:} 12... Ba6 $6 {you can find ten games in Mega DataBase
2005}) ({Also once was checked in the preceding game:} 12... h5 13. Qd3 Kf7 {
and so on.}) 13. Bh5+ {White have deprived of contender of an opportunity to
make castle.} (13. Qxd5 $6 cxd5 14. Be3 a5 {[%cal Gc8a6] with convenient game
for Black.}) 13... Kd8 14. Qe2 ({Now,already precisely,there is no sense to
exchange the queens:} 14. Qxd5 cxd5 {as white's bishop is on a unsuccessful
position.}) 14... Qe5 $5 $146 {According to my database it's a novelty.In
previous game Black chose:} (14... Qxg2 $6 15. Bf3 Qh3 16. Be3 {/\0-0-0} Ba6 $2
(16... d5 $5 17. O-O-O $36 {[%csl Rd8]}) 17. Qxa6 Qxf3 18. Rg1 Rb8 19. b4 Bd6
20. Rd1 {+/=/+/- Oll,L-Mellado Trivino,J/Oviedo,1991(1-0)(37)}) 15. Be3 ({
After exchange of queens:} 15. Qxe5 $6 fxe5 16. Be3 d5 {[%csl Yc6,Yd5,Ye5,Ye6]
White can not expect even for the minimal positional advantage.}) 15... Bc5 {
For Black it's certainly favourable to exchange these bishops.} 16. Bxc5 Qxc5
17. O-O-O {White have hidden the king and now can quietly begin game on centre
and king side.} (17. Rd1 $143 Qe5 18. Qxe5 fxe5 19. O-O Ke7 $11) 17... Kc7 18.
f4 {White prevent a movement of the pawns chain of contender.} Rb8 {<->b} 19.
Rd4 Qa5 $1 $132 20. a3 $140 Ba6 {/^a6-f1 Andreas Tzermiadianos tries to make
active all his pieces.} 21. Qd1 {[%csl Yd1,Rd7][%cal Yd1h5]} Rhd8 (21... d5 $6
22. Re1 $14 {קe6} (22. Qg4 $143 Qb6 23. Qg7+ Kd6 $13)) 22. Re1 c5 23. Rd2 ({
Hardly it was better:} 23. Ra4 $6 Qb6) ({or} 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Bb5 25. Ra5
(25. Rxa7+ $4 Kb6 {[%csl Ra7]}) (25. Rae4 $143 Bc6 26. R4e2 Rg8 27. g3 c4 $15)
25... c4 26. a4 Bc6 27. Rc5 Kd6 28. Rxc4 Bxg2 $11) 23... Rxb2 $1 (23... Rxb2 $1
{After this nice sacrifice the contenders agreed for a draw, because of next
these variations:} 24. Rxb2 (24. Kxb2 $4 Rb8+ 25. Qb3 (25. Ka2 $143 Bc4+ 26.
Ka1 Qxa3+ 27. Ra2 Qxa2#) 25... Rxb3+ 26. Kxb3 c4+ 27. Kb2 Qxh5 $19) 24... Qxc3+
25. Kb1 (25. Rc2 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qd4+ {with perpetual check.}) 25... Bd3+ 26. Ka2
(26. Ka1 Qxa3+ 27. Ra2 Qc3+ 28. Rb2 Rb8 (28... Qa3+ $11) 29. Qd2 Qd4 30. Qa5+ (
30. Qf2 Qc3 31. Qd2 Qd4 $11) 30... Kd6 31. Qa3 Rxb2 32. Qxb2 Qa4+ 33. Qa2 Qd4+
{with perpetual check.}) 26... Bc4+ 27. Kb1 Bd3+ {with perpetual check}) ({
I can not recommended in this position:} 23... Rb6 24. Be2 {+/=/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 $5 {White first turns from the mainline theoretical variation:
9.exd5!? See comments to Zapata,A-Lima,D/Santos,2001/CBM 82(1-0) (Golod,V)(34).
} d4 {Rare move.More popular is:} (9... dxe4 $5) 10. Ne2 e5 {Simply and good
move. Black opens Bc8 and places PP on the black squares in view of factor of
black-squares bishop exchange.} 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 {[%csl Re4,Ge8] It is
necessary to take under the control pawn "e4",preventing progress f2-f4.} ({
Impossibly:} 12... Nh5 $4 {because of:} 13. Nxd4 $16 {[%csl Rh5]
Bojkovic-Paaasikangas/Subotica,1991(1-0) (31)}) 13. Ng3 ({Unpleasant for Black
seems:} 13. Bg5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg5d8] but after:} h6 14. Bh4 {and then:} g5
$1 15. Bg3 $140 Nh5 16. Bh2 Nf4 $11 {Black has good position.}) 13... Be6 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Was checked in the previous game:} 13... Nd7 {You can see
comments to Ponomariov,R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)
(63)}) 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 {Shipov makes the following comments in "Club
Kasparov":"It's idea of Grischuk.He at first has passed the bishop on e6.
Looks not bad. Black should be in the order."} 16. Qh5 {[%csl Re5,Gf4,Gh5]} g6
$6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7] The not compelled easing black squares.} ({Much better:} 
16... Nf6 $5 17. Qf3 $140 Nd7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd7e5]}) 17. Qh6 $40 {[%mdl 128]
With threat:18.e5 and 19.Nh5 (עg8).} Qf6 $6 ({Shipov."Can be recommended:} 
17... f6 $5 {"}) 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Qh4 Nce5 {[%csl Yd7,Ge5][%cal Yd7f6]} 20. Bh6
({Badly:} 20. Nf5 $4 {because of:} gxf5 21. exf5 Bd5 22. f6 $140 Nxf6 $1 {
[%csl Rg2]} 23. Rxf6 Nxd3 24. cxd3 (24. Rd6 Rad8 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. cxd3 f6 $19 {[%csl Rg2]}) 24... Re5 $19 {[%csl Rg2,Rg5]}) 20... Qh8 21. Nf5
$1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh6g7] The attack white gears up. The position black
becomes very dangerous.} Bxf5 ({Weakly:} 21... gxf5 {in view of:} 22. exf5 Ng6
$140 23. fxe6 $1 Rxe6 (23... Nxh4 $4 24. exf7#) 24. Qf2 Qf6 25. Qd2 $16) 22.
exf5 Nxd3 23. cxd3 {[%csl Rg8]} Qe5 (23... Nc5 $143 24. Rf3 {[%cal Ga1f1] <->f;
עg8,Pf7}) 24. Rf4 {/\Raf1,<->f +/-} Nc5 25. Raf1 Nxd3 26. fxg6 $1 fxg6 ({
Loses right away:} 26... Nxf4 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 (27... Kh8 28. Bxf4 {[%csl Re5,
Re8,Gf7][%cal Gf7e8]}) 28. Bxf4 $18) 27. Rf7 $1 {Shipov."The most rigid
tactical decision.The item player, such as me, would play 27. Rxd4, and too
would win."} Nc5 28. Rg7+ ({Also win:} 28. Bf8 h5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qf6 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf6g7,Gf6g6] and mate in 3 moves.}) 28... Kh8 29. Rff7 $18 {
The further resistance is senseless.The rest is the matter of time.} Ne6 30.
Rxg6 d3 ({Impossibly:} 30... hxg6 31. Bg5+ Kg8 32. Qh7#) 31. Rg4 Rg8 (31... Ng5
$144 32. Bxg5 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxh4 34. Rxh4 $18) 32. Rxh7+ (32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33.
Bg7+ Qh5 34. Qxh5#) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alonso, Salvador"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4
h6 15. Bh4 ({A more popular move is:} 15. Bxf6 $5 {You can see my comments to
Zapata,A-Lima,D/Santos,2001/CBM 82(1-0)(34)}) 15... g5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bg3
Qd5 18. Qd3 {[%mdl 4]} ({White has a couple of options in this position. One
of them is:} 18. f4 $5 {in order to weaken position of black king. For further
information about this line you can see my annotations to Perunovic,
M-Golubovic,B/Neum,2002/CBM 90(1-0)(44)}) ({Previously was checked also:} 18.
f3 $5) (18. Re1 $5) ({and} 18. h4 $6) 18... Ne4 $11 {An important move - Black
prevents 19.c3. By this move he fully equalizes the position.} (18... Rfe8 $6
19. c3 (19. c4 $143 Qe4 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. f3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Nh5 23. Rfd1 Nxg3
24. hxg3 Re2 $11 {Kaminski,M-Sorokin,M/Slupsk,1992(1/2-1/2)(54)}) 19... dxc3
20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Qc2 Nxg3 22. hxg3 $14 {Kunte,A-Collins,S/Port Erin,2002(1/2-1/
2)(37)}) 19. Rfe1 ({Previously was checked:} 19. Rad1 $5 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Nxg3 (
20... f5 $143 21. f3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rfe8 23. g4 Re3 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25. gxf5 $14 {
Matthaei,A-Van Heirzeele,D/Germany,2001(1-0)(42)}) 21. hxg3 Rfe8 22. Kf1 Rxe1+
23. Rxe1 Kg7 $11 {Fatalibekova,E-Tsereteli,M/Nikolaev,1978(1-0)(40)}) 19...
Rfe8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. f3 (21. Bc7 $5 Rc8 22. f3 Nc5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qf1 Ne6
25. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Honfi,K-Zaitsev,A/Ordzhonikidze,1964(25)}) (21. Qa6 $6 Qc5 22.
b4 $2 (22. Re2 $5) 22... Qxc2 23. Rc1 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 d3 $19 {
Kabisch,T-Raetsky,A/Gmuend,2002(0-1)(30)}) 21... Nxg3 22. Rxe8+ $6 $146 {
An inaccuracy. It was better to take the knight immediately and to save
control over the e-file:} (22. hxg3 $5 Re6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. b4 Rd5 25. g4 a5
26. Kf1 $11 {Milliet,S-Skripchenko,A/Chartres,2005(1/2-1/2)(31)}) 22... Rxe8
23. hxg3 c5 {=/=/+ Black received a small advantage thanks to the more active
position of his pieces and control of the e-file.} (23... g4 $143 {leads to a
drawish position:} 24. c3 dxc3 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. bxc3 Rc8 27. Rxd5 Rxc3 28. Ra5
$11 {[%csl Ra7]}) 24. c3 $1 {An attempt to exchange Black's central pawn.} (24.
b4 $6 c4 25. Qd2 (25. Qxd4 $2 Re1+ $19) 25... Rd8 $15 {[%cal Gd4d3]}) 24... Qb3
25. Rd2 (25. cxd4 $4 {is refuted by:} Re1+ {[%csl Gb3,Rd1,Rd3,Ge1,Rg1]} 26. Kh2
(26. Rxe1 Qxd3) 26... Qxd1 $19) 25... dxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Re3 {After a
couple of exchanges the game looks drawish in the rook ending. Black continued
to keep an advantage and even wins a pawn, but it's not enough in order to win
the game.} 28. Rd7 $1 ({Much worse is} 28. Rc2 $6 {and White remains with a
passive rook.}) 28... g4 ({Also after:} 28... Rxc3 29. Rxa7 g4 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31.
Ke3 (31. Kf1 $5) 31... Rxg2 32. fxg4 Rxg3+ 33. Kf4 Rc3 34. Rc7 {[%csl Rc5,Gc7]
[%cal Ga3a4] The position is drawish - Black couldn't make a good use of his
extra pawn.}) 29. fxg4 ({For:} 29. Kf2 Rxc3 30. Rxa7 {see comments to White's
28th move.}) 29... Rxg3 30. Rxa7 Rxg4 31. Rc7 $11 {The position is drawish and
the rest of the game is absolutely senseless.} Rc4 32. a4 Rxc3 (32... Rxa4 $143
33. Rxc5 $11) 33. a5 Kg7 34. a6 Ra3 35. a7 Ra2 36. Kh2 c4 37. Kg3 c3 38. Kf3 c2
39. Rxc2 Rxa7 40. Rc3 Ra6 {Also, without White's g-pawn this rook endgame with
the h- and f-pawns is a theoretical draw. It's hard to imagine how White could
lose this position, and for what hope GM Darcy Lima continued to play.} 41. Rb3
Rf6+ 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Ra3 Kg5 44. Rb3 Rf5 45. Ra3 Rf1 46. Kh2 f5 47. Rg3+ Kf6
48. Rh3 Kg6 49. Rg3+ Kh7 50. Ra3 Rf4 51. Ra6 Rg4 52. Kh3 Rg5 53. g3 Kg7 54. Rb6
Rg6 55. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. Bd3 (10. c4 $5 {See comments to Zubarev,A-Eljanov,P/
Kharkov,2001/CBM 83(1-0)(Golod,V)(55)}) 10... Ba6 11. a3 {[%csl Ya3][%cal
Ya3b4][%mdl 4] This move for the first time was applied twenty three years ago.
} (11. Bxa6 $5 {(it's main line)} Qxa6 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 {You can see
comments to Campora,D-Nunn,J/Leon,1997(1/2-1/2)CBM 60(Rogozenko,D) (20)}) 11...
Be7 {It is the exactest reaction.A little prematurely:} (11... f5 $6 12. exf6
Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qh5+ Ke7 (14... Kd8 $143 15. Bd2 Bxd3 $140 $2 16. Ba5
$16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd8] Kapengut,A-Dvoretzky,M/Ordzhonikidze,1978(0-1)(46)}) 15.
Qe2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 17. Be3 $36 {[%csl Re7] Zagrapan,P-Bakalar,J/SVK,2000(1/
2-1/2)(49)}) ({or} 11... Ne3 $6 12. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Bxd3+ 15.
Kxd3 Be7 16. c4 $14 {Pozdniakov,S-Kudinov,I/St.Petersburg,1997 (1-0)(46)}) 12.
Bxa6 ({Essentially, but does not give advantage for white:} 12. c4 f5 13. Nd6+
(13. exf6 $6 Nxf6 14. Qe2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bh4+ $1 16. g3 $140 Bf6 {[%csl Re1]}
17. f5 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. O-O-O O-O 21. Bb4 Rf7 {=/+/-/+
Serra Fontoya,F-Ayas Fernandez,A/La Bordeta,1999(1/2-1/2)(39)}) 13... Bxd6 14.
cxd5 Bc5 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Qe2 $11 {Dvoretzky,M-Kalinitschew,S/
Ordzhonikidze,1978(1/2-1/2)(37)}) ({It deserves attention:} 12. Qe2 $5 Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 f5 14. Nf2 (14. exf6 $6 Nxf6 $11 {Yurkov,V-Kalinitschew,S/USSR,1978/Inf
25/(431)}) 14... Bc5 15. O-O a5 16. c4 Ne3 17. b4 (17. Bxe3 $5 Bxe3 18. g3 $13)
17... axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. bxc5 Rxc1 $8 20. Rxc1 Qxc5 21. h3 {[%csl Yh3]
[%cal Yh3g4]} Nd5 (21... g5 $5 $132) 22. Rb1 Nxf4 $1 (22... Nb6 $2 23. Qd6 Qxd6
24. exd6 Nc8 25. Rb8 O-O 26. c5 $16 {Pozdniakov,S-Bochkarev,A/St.Petersburg,
1998(1-0)(41)}) 23. Rb8+ Kf7 24. Qxd7+ Kg6 25. Rxh8 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 (26. Kh1 $2
Qxf2 $140 27. Qxe6+ $2 Kg5 28. Qe7+ Kf4 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf2g1]}) 26...
Ng3+ 27. Kg1 Ne2+ {1/2-1/2 Tseshkovsky,V-Sveshnikov,E/Tbilisi,1978 (27)}) 12...
Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 f5 $5 $146 {Black it is impossible to hesitate,
differently,after the following move of white:с4, they will get in a strip of
difficulties.} ({Was checked in the previous game:} 14... f6 $5 15. c4 Nb6 16.
b3 Rb8 17. Be3 $6 (17. Rf1 $5) 17... O-O {[%csl Re5]} 18. Rhd1 fxe5 19. fxe5
Rf5 $36 {Scheipl,R-Pichler,J/Krumbach,1985(1/2-1/2)(33)}) 15. Nf2 ({After:} 15.
exf6 $6 gxf6 {[%csl Gc6,Gd7,Ge6,Gf6] black has a very strong pawns chain in
the chentre.}) 15... a5 $11 {[%csl Ya5][%cal Ya5b4] Is directed against
white's idea:c4and b4.} 16. c4 $6 {The not compelled easing of the queen side.
Probably,can be recommended:16.Rd1} Nb6 {[%csl Rc4] ׫} 17. Kd3 Bc5 {Black
already own the initiative.} 18. Nd1 (18. Rf1 $143 d5 $1 19. exd6 (19. cxd5
cxd5 $15) 19... O-O-O 20. Kc3 Rxd6 $15 {[%cal Gh8d8]}) 18... d5 19. exd6 $6 {
[%mdl 16384]} ({Very weakly:} 19. b3 {in view of:} dxc4+ 20. bxc4 Rd8+ $17 {
[%csl Rc4]}) ({It was necessary:} 19. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 (19... cxd5 $6 20. Be3 $14)
20. Nc3 $11) 19... O-O-O $1 {[%csl Rc4,Yc8,Gd8,Gh8]} 20. Be3 Rxd6+ 21. Kc2 ({
Badly:} 21. Kc3 $2 {because of:} Rhd8 $1 $17 {[%csl Yb6,Rc5,Gd6,Gd8][%cal
Yb6a4,Ya4c5]}) 21... Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Rd4 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Rf4]} 23. g3 Rhd8 $1 ({
Leads to unclear position:} 23... Nxc4 24. Kc3 Nxe3 25. Kxd4 Nc2+ 26. Ke5 Nxa1
27. Rxa1 Rd8 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Rh2][%cal Gd8d2]}) 24. Rad1 c5 25. b3 $6 {[%mdl
16384] Again strategical blunder,which allows black finally to spoil the
white's pawns of the queens side.Is a possible continuation of the play:} (25.
Kc3 $5 Nxc4 $140 (25... a4 $5) 26. Rxd4 cxd4+ 27. Kxc4 dxe3 28. Re1 Rd2 29.
Rxe3 Rxh2 30. Rxe6 Rxb2 31. Re7 $44) 25... a4 $1 {The punishment has followed!}
26. bxa4 Nxa4 27. Rhe1 Nb6 28. Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Kc3 $8 Kc7 {=/+/-/+})
28... Nxc4 $1 $19 29. Nxc4 $1 {It is the best practical chance!} (29. Rxd4 $2
cxd4 30. Nxc4 $140 d3+ {[%csl Rc2,Re2]}) 29... Rxd1 30. Rxe6 Rh1 {[%csl Rh2]}
31. Re7 $1 ({Differently it is possible to surrender:} 31. Re2 Rd4 {and so on.}
) 31... Rxh2+ 32. Kc3 g6 {[%csl Yh2][%cal Yh2h7]} 33. Nb6+ Kb8 34. Kc4 (34.
Nd7+ $143 Kc7 35. Nxc5+ Kd6 36. Re5 Rc8 37. Kd4 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 (38. Nd3 Ra8 {
[%csl Ra3]}) 38... Rc2 39. Nd3 Ra8 {[%csl Ra3]}) 34... Rb2 35. Nd7+ Kc7 36.
Ne5+ (36. Nxc5+ Kc6 37. Nd3 (37. Re6+ Rd6 $19) 37... Rc2+ 38. Kb3 Rg2 {[%csl
Rd3,Rg3]} 39. Ne5+ Kd5 40. Rxh7 Rxg3+ {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gd5e4]}) 36... Kd6 37.
Rxh7 Rg8 {[%csl Yg8][%cal Yg8g6]} 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rc7 (39. Kxc5 $2 Rc8+ 40.
Kd4 Rd2+ {[%csl Rd7]}) (39. Rd3 Rc2+ 40. Kb3 Rc1 $19) 39... Rc2+ $1 {The
accuracy never will prevent.} 40. Kd3 $140 Rg2 41. Kc4 Rxg3 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. a4
g5 44. Rc7+ (44. fxg5 $142 R8xg5 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 44... Kd8 45. Ra7 gxf4 46. Kd5
R8g7 {[%csl Yg7] It is necessary to secure the king.} 47. Ra8+ Kc7 48. a5 Kb7
49. Rf8 f3 50. Nc6 (50. Rxf5 R3g5 $1 51. Rxf3 Re7 {[%csl Ge5]} 52. Re3 $8 c4
$19 {[%csl Gc4,Yd5,Re5][%cal Gc4c3,Yd5e5,Yd5c4]}) 50... f2 51. a6+ (51. Rb8+
Kc7 (51... Ka6 $4 52. Rb6#)) (51. Rxf5 R7g5) 51... Kxa6 {Whole this game,
despite the white's mistakes Alon Greenfeld conducted very strong.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $5 9. Be2 (9. c4 $5 {In my opinion, this very interesting reaction on
the previous move of black.See comments to Shabalov,A-Vescovi,G/Paget Parish,
2001/CBM 81(0-1)(Golod,V)(33)}) 9... c5 {/^a8-h1,/\Qc7(קe5)} 10. O-O {With
the idea c4 and Nd6.} ({Dubious immediately:} 10. c4 {in view of:} Ne3 $1 11.
Bxe3 Bxe4 12. f3 Bc6 $11) 10... Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({Also it deserves attention:} 11.
c4 $5 {You can see comments to Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Frankfurt,2000/CBM 78(1/2-1/
2)(93)(Golod,V)}) ({After:} 11. f4 {black has two equals options: 11...c4 or
11... f5}) 11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 Nb6 $6 (13... c4 $142 {/\Rc8,Qxd6.
You can see comments to Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82(1/2-1/2)(48)
(Golod,V)}) 14. Qd2 $146 {[%mdl 8] Absolutely logical novelty.Now Black don't
have "c4" with tempo.} (14. Qd3 $143 c4 15. Qd4 O-O 16. b3 e5 $1 17. Qf2 (17.
Qxe5 $4 Rae8 {[%csl Re2,Ge8]}) 17... cxb3 18. cxb3 Qxd6 $15 {Simutowe,
A-Filippov,V/Bad Woerishofen,2001(1/2-1/2)(45)}) ({Badly right away:} 14. c4 {
because of:} Nc8 15. Bf4 f6 {[%csl Rd6,Yf4][%cal Ge6e5]}) 14... O-O ({Can be
recommended:} 14... c4 $5) 15. c4 $1 {() /\b3,Bb2/^a1-h8} e5 $6 ({In my
opinion it was better:} 15... a5 $5 {/\Nc8,Ra6(קd6).}) 16. b3 Rae8 {Black
weaken the his queen side.} 17. Ba3 $5 $14 {[%csl Ga3,Rc5]} Re6 18. Rad1 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd2a5]} e4 $2 {Again unsuccessful move of the pawn "e".It
already not compelled victim of a material.} (18... f5 $5 19. Qe3 Rc8 $14) 19.
fxe4 f5 $8 {[%csl Rg2]} ({Impossibly:} 19... Qxe4 $2 20. Bf3 $18 {[%csl Rb7]})
({and} 19... Rxe4 20. Bf3 $18) 20. Rf2 $1 $16 Nc8 ({After:} 20... fxe4 21.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qg5 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga3b2,Gd1f1] white has a strong attack and
winning position.}) 21. exf5 Rxd6 22. Qe3 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 d6 ({Slightly better
is:} 23... Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxc5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Bxf5 27. Bf3 $18 {[%csl
Yc8][%cal Gf3b7]}) 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Bf3 $1 Qa6 $140 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. f6 $1 $18
{It at once decides destiny of a game.} (27. Bb2 $143 Qf7 28. f6 g6 29. Qxf7
Rxf7 30. Re2 Kg8 {+/-/+-}) 27... gxf6 28. Rxf6 {I think, that in a game was so,
instead of that that is specified in the text:28.Rf1(?) Rg8 29.Rf2 1-0} (28.
Bb2 $5 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gb2f6]}) 28... Rg8 ({Also loses:} 28... Rxf6 29. Bb2 h6
(29... h5 30. Bxf6+ Kh7 31. Qe8 Nb6 $140 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qg7+ {
[%csl Rb7]}) 30. Qxf6+ Kh7 31. g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Yg4][%cal Yg4f5,Yg4h5] /\32.
Qh8+ Kg6 33.Qg8}) 29. Rf2 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ga3b2] Further resistance is
impossible.} 1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 $1
$146 {Strong novelty. White's idea - to finish development and try to use his
space advantage, unsuccessful position for black knight and weakness of "d7"
pawn.} ({A couple of time ago in this position was checked:} 14. Rd1 $5 {
For further information you can see my annotations to game Svidler,P-Malakhov,
V/Sochi,2005/CBM 107(1/2-1/2)(87)}) 14... Nc7 $140 (14... f5 $6 15. exf6 (15.
Nd6 $5 Bxd6 16. exd6 Rb8 17. Bc3 Rf7 18. b4 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 15... Bxf6 16.
Qd3 Nc7 17. Ba5 Qc8 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Rad1 $16 {White is better here thanks to
advantage of his knight over black's bishop.}) 15. Ba5 $1 {[%mdl 32] White's
plan is clear - prevent black's knight from occupying "d5" square.} Qc8 16.
Bxc7 (16. Nf6+ $143 Kh8 17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Nxd7 Rfc8 $13 {[%csl Rd7]}) 16...
Qxc7 17. Rad1 $16 Rab8 18. b3 (18. Qxd7 $6 Qxe5 19. Qxa7 Qxe4 20. Qxe7 Qc2 21.
b4 Qxa2 22. Rd4 $14) 18... a5 19. Rfe1 (19. Nf6+ $6 gxf6 $1 (19... Kh8 $143 20.
Qxd7 Qxe5 21. Qxe7 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rd6 $16) 20. exf6 $140 Rb4 21. fxe7
Rxd4 22. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 23. Rxd4 $14) ({Deserves attention:} 19. f4 $5 {in order
to protect "e5" pawn.}) 19... Rb7 20. Rd3 {[%csl Rd7,Rg8][%cal Ge1d1,Gd1d7,
Ge4f6,Gd3g3,Gg3g8] A multi purpose move. White planned to reinforce the
pressure on "d" file and in the same time think about attack after 21.Nf6+} f5
(20... f6 $144) 21. exf6 (21. Nd6 $143 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 a4 $132)
21... gxf6 (21... Bxf6 $6 22. Qd6 a4 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. b4 Rb7 25. a3 {+/-/+-})
22. Red1 $6 ({Much better was:} 22. Nd6 $5 {in order to close black queen on
queenside.} Rb4 23. Qe3 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rf7 25. Red1 $16) 22... Qf4 23. Rf3 Qh6 (
{Could be recommended:} 23... Qe5 $5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Rfd3 Rf4 26. f3 Rxe4 27.
fxe4 Bxc5+ 28. Kf1 Bd4 29. Rg3+ Kf8 30. Ke2 $16) 24. Qc3 a4 25. b4 Rf7 26. a3 {
After closing the queenside, White has an "extra" rook, because the rook on
"b7" is temporarily out of play.} f5 {Attempt to enter black bishop in the
game in case retreat of white knight.} 27. Rh3 ({or} 27. Rg3+ Rg7 28. Nd6 Bxd6
29. Rxd6 Rxg3 30. Qxg3+ Qg7 31. Qf3 $16) 27... Qf8 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 f4 {
I'm not sure about this move. Probably in the future pawn "f4" could create
problems for Black.} (29... Rg7 $5 30. Rg3 Rxg3 31. Qxg3+ Qg7 32. Qf3 $16) 30.
Rh4 {White continue to keep an advantage, but Black's position is very tough
and it's not an easy task to break it open. Now Wang Hao tries to return his
rook to the game by attacking the "f4" pawn.} Qg7 31. Qf3 $6 ({Exchange of
queens seems promising for White because the rook on "b7" is still out of play:
} 31. Qxg7+ $5 Kxg7 32. f3 Rf5 33. Kf2 $16) 31... Qf6 $2 {Inaccuracy.} (31...
Qa1+ $142 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. Rg4+ Kh8 34. h4 Rb8 {and the rook returns to the
game. After 31...Qf6? Black very quickly finds himself in a hopeless position.}
) 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. h4 Ra7 {Protecting "a4" pawn.} (33... Rb8 $6 34. Qd1 $16 {
[%cal Gd1d7,Gd1a4]}) 34. Qd1 $18 h6 {Other options are also hopeless:} (34...
Qf5 35. b5 $1 cxb5 $140 36. c6 Ra8 37. Qa1+ Qf6 (37... e5 38. Rg5 $18) 38.
Qxf6+ Rxf6 39. Rxd7 $18) (34... f3 35. g3 $18) (34... Rf8 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36.
Qxd7 e5 37. Rg5 $18) 35. Rd4 d5 $5 {Desperation.} (35... e5 36. Rd6 $18) (35...
Qe5 36. Qd2 {[%csl Rf4,Rh6]}) 36. cxd6 e5 37. d7 $4 {Mistake in a winning
position. It's hard to say what White missed in his calculations, but after
the last move and couple of following exchanges, his win will be very
problematic.} (37. Rc4 $5 $18 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc4c6]}) 37... exd4 38. Rxf4
Raxd7 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 $16 {Thanks to the "d" pawn, Black has good counterchances.
} 40. Qd3 {Black created a new weakness for himself.} h5 $2 (40... Kg7 $142)
41. Kf1 $2 ({Right way to use Black's last move was:} 41. b5 $1 cxb5 $140 (
41... c5 42. Qe2 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge2e5,Ge2h5]}) 42. Qxb5 Rfd6 43. Qxh5+ Kg7
44. Qg5+ Kh8 45. Kf1 d3 46. Qe5+ Kh7 47. Ke1 d2+ 48. Kd1 $18) 41... Kg7 42. Ke2
Rg6 43. g3 Rd5 44. Qa6 {Now White has serious technical problems - the "d"
pawn is very dangerous and he needs to take that in consideration:} (44. Kd2
Re6 45. f4 Re3 46. Qa6 Rd6 47. Qxa4 Rxg3 48. Qa7+ Kf6 49. Qc5 Ke7 50. Qe5+ Kd7
51. Qxh5 Rxa3 $13) 44... d3+ 45. Kd2 Re6 $132 46. Qxa4 Re2+ 47. Kd1 Re6 48.
Qa7+ Kg6 (48... Kf6 $5 49. Qb8 $11) 49. Kd2 $4 {Painful blunder leading to
immediate loss.} (49. Qa8 {leads to immediate draw by perpetual check}) ({
But also after:} 49. f4 Kf6 50. Qb8 Ke7 (50... d2 $2 51. Qf8+ Kg6 52. f5+ Rxf5
53. Qg8+ Kf6 54. Kxd2 $18) 51. f5 Rxf5 52. Qc7+ Ke8 {not clear how White could
improve his position in order to play for win.}) 49... Re2+ 50. Kd1 d2 {
[%csl Rd1,Gd2,Yd5,Ge2][%cal Ge2e1]} 0-1

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 $5 (11... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc4] See
comments to Yagupov,I-Malakhatko,V/St.Petersburg,1999/CBM 74(0-1) (Golod,V)(67)
}) 12. Nf2 ({Does not give advantage:} 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6
15. Kf2 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. Qc2 Bf8 18. c5 Ba6 $11 {Wiersma,E-Timoshenko,G/
Groningen,1999 (1/2-1/2)(25)}) 12... Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 $5 ({Also it
deserves attention:} 14. Qa4 $5 {You can see comments to De Firmian,N-Shabalov,
A/Seattle,2000/CBM 80(1/2-1/2)  (Golod,V)(40)}) 14... Bc5 ({Very weakly:} 14...
c5 $2 {in view of:} 15. a3 Ba5 $140 16. b4 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Ge3]} Qb7+ 17. Kg3 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb4b5]} cxb4 $8 18. axb4 Bxb4 (18... Qxb4 $143 19. Nd3 {
[%csl Ga1,Ra5,Yb4][%cal Yb4a5]} Qc3 $140 20. Rc1 Qa3 21. Bc5 {[%csl Ra3]}) 19.
Qa4 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4] Tseshkovsky,V-Bachin,V/Tomsk,2001(1-0)(42)}) 15. Bxc5
Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 {Clearly that it's best move.} 17. b3 c5 18. Rd1 $5 $146 {
(Shirov,A)This move was recommended three years ago.} ({Was checked in the
previous games:} 18. Be2 $5 Rc8 (18... Nc6 $142 $13 {Shirov,A}) (18... Kf7 $5
19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. Ke3 Bb7 21. Bh5+ Kf8 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rac8 24. Qxb6 axb6
25. Rd6 Rc6 $11 {Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V/Frankfurt,2000(1/2-1/2) (40)}) 19. Rhd1 Rc7
20. Ke3 $1 $14 {See comments to Shirov,A-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj,1998/ CBM
67(1-0)(Shirov,A)(56)}) ({and} 18. Kg3 Nc8 (18... Qxd6 $143 19. exd6 Nc8 20.
Rd1 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b6]} 21. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rc5]}) 19. Qd2 Ne7 20. Be2 Rd8 21.
Bh5+ $6 (21. Rad1 $142) 21... g6 22. Bf3 d5 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. Qe3 g5 $1 $36 {
Rebel_Tiger 12.0e-Nimzo 7.32/Cadaques,2000(0-1)(38)}) 18... Rd8 19. Be2 Kf7 20.
h4 $14 {[%csl Yf4,Yh4][%cal Yf4g5,Yh4g5] White prevent for a long time
progress:"g5",at them spatial and positional advantage.} Bb7+ 21. Ke3 Nc8 ({
Pretty dubious:} 21... Bxg2 {because of:} 22. Rhg1 Qc6 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Yc6g2]}
(22... Bc6 $4 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qxe7+ Kg6 (24... Kg8 25. Rg1+) 25. Qf6#) 23.
Nd3 {[%csl Rc5,Rg2]} Nc8 24. Qxc5 $16) 22. Qxb6 axb6 {On the one hand,after
exchange of the queens it is easier to reach up to weakness of black, on the
other hand is improved pawns structure of the black.} 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 $6
{Slightly optimistically.It was better:} (24. Kxf3 d5 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Nd3 $14
{[%cal Gd3e5]}) 24... d6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096]} 27. Nd3 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gd3e5] White's knight is tending on ideal parking "e5".} Kf6
28. a4 {[%csl Yb6,Rc5][%cal Ga4a5,Yb6c5]} Ra8 29. Rh2 Nf7 30. Ra2 Ra5 $11 31.
Ra1 Kg6 $6 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg6h5] Pavel Eljanov provoke white on not next
idea!} ({Also can be recommended:} 31... g6) 32. Ne5+ Nxe5 $6 ({Interestingly:
} 32... Kf6 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nxb6 Ra6 35. a5 Nd8 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd8c6]} 36.
Rd1 $1 $36 Rxa5 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rxg7 Ra3 $132) 33. fxe5 Ra7 34. Rd1 {<->d} Kh5
35. Rd6 $2 {[%csl Rb6,Re6]} ({Much better is:} 35. Kf4 g6 (35... h6 36. Rd6 $16
) 36. Kg3 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Re6][%cal Gd1d6]}) 35... Kxh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4g3] Now
position of black as the minimum is not worse.} (35... Rb7 $2 36. Kf4 Kxh4 37.
Rxe6 g6 38. Rd6 $18 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 36. Rxe6 Kg3 37. Rxb6 Re7 $1 38. e6 $140 $2
(38. f4 $142 g5 $132) 38... h5 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh4h3]} 39. b4 cxb4 $2 $13 ({After:
} 39... h4 $1 40. bxc5 h3 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4,Rc5,Re6,Ye7,Gh3][%cal Ye7a7,Gh3h2]
probably,black has a winning position.}) 40. Kd4 h4 41. Ke5 h3 42. Rxb4 h2 43.
Rb1 Kxf3 $1 {[]} ({Loses:} 43... Kg2 44. c5 h1=Q 45. Rxh1 Kxh1 46. Kd6 Re8 47.
Kd7 Rh8 48. c6 g5 49. c7 g4 50. fxg4 f4 (50... fxg4 $143 51. e7 g3 52. e8=Q
Rxe8 53. Kxe8 g2 54. c8=Q g1=Q 55. Qh3+) 51. e7 f3 52. e8=Q Rxe8 53. Kxe8 f2
54. c8=Q f1=Q 55. Qf5 $18) 44. Kd6 Rb7 $1 {The important intermediate move.}
45. Rc1 Rb6+ 46. Kd7 Rb7+ 47. Kd8 g5 ({Also possibly:} 47... Rb8+ 48. Kd7 $1 (
48. Kc7 $2 Rh8 49. e7 g5 50. Kd7 g4 51. e8=Q Rxe8 52. Kxe8 g3 $19) 48... g5 (
48... Rb7+ $5 49. Kd6 Rb6+ $11) 49. c5 g4 50. c6 g3 51. c7 Rh8 {and see
current game after 51...Rh8.}) 48. c5 g4 49. c6 Rb8+ 50. Kd7 g3 51. c7 Rh8 52.
e7 g2 53. e8=Q h1=Q $4 {Black suppose a decisive mistake in absolute equal
position:} (53... Rxe8 $8 54. Kxe8 h1=Q 55. c8=Q Qh8+ 56. Kd7 Qxc8+ 57. Kxc8
Kf2 58. a5 g1=Q 59. Rxg1 Kxg1 60. a6 f4 61. a7 f3 62. a8=Q f2 $11) 54. Rc3+ Kf4
(54... Kg4 $143 55. Qg6+ {and mate in 6 moves.}) 55. Rc4+ $18 {[%csl Gc4,Ge8,
Rf4]} (55. Rc4+ Kg5 (55... Kf3 56. Rc3+ Kf4 57. Qe3+ {and so on.}) 56. Qe3+ Kh5
57. Qf3+ Kg6 58. Rc6+ Kg5 59. Qg3+ Kh5 60. Qg6+ Kh4 61. Rc4+ f4 62. Qf6+ Kh5
63. Qf5+ Kh4 64. Qxf4+ Kh5 65. Qg4+ Kh6 66. Rc6+ Kh7 67. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 {[%mdl 4] White first turns from the mainline theoretical
variation.} (9. exd5 $142 {It's main line.}) 9... d4 $5 {rare move.} ({More
popular is:} 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 {for example:} Bd7
13. Be3 $132 {1-0 Fischer,R-Bolbochan,J/Mar del Plata 1959/ (50) and various
other games.}) 10. Ne2 e5 $132 {simply and good move. Black opens Bc8 and
places PP on the black squares in view of factor of black-squares B exchange.}
(10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. f4 Rac8 15. Ng3 $132 {
1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Khmelnitsky,I/USA-ch Modesto 1995/CBM 51_08/ (62)}) (10...
O-O 11. f4 e5 (11... Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 e5 15. b5 Ne7 16.
fxe5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Luo Wei-Baltag,I/Artek UKR 1999 (51)}) 12. O-O Ng4 $132) 11.
O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 $146 (12... Nh5 $4 13. Nxd4 {[%csl Rh5]
Bojkovic-Paaasikangas/Subotica,1991(1-0) (31)}) 13. Ng3 ({Unpleasant for Black
seems} 13. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5d8] but after} h6 14. Bh4 {and then} g5 $1 15. Bg3 Nh5
$1 16. Bh2 Nf4 $11 {Black has good position.}) 13... Nd7 {Preventing the next
move.} (13... Be6 $5 {/\Nd7}) 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nde5 {[%csl Ge5]} 16. Qh5 f6
{[%csl Ge5] e5 important blockade square possession makes position of black at
least equal.} 17. b4 Be6 18. b5 {makes weaknesses on the queenside.} Bf7 19.
Qe2 Na5 20. Nf5 Bg6 ({or} 20... Be6 $5 $132) 21. Nh4 Rc8 (21... Bf7 22. Nf5 Bg6
$11) 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 (22... fxe5 $6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 $14 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7]}) 23. Nf3
$6 $15 (23. Nxg6 hxg6 $11) 23... Re7 24. Rae1 Rc3 {[%csl Ra3]} 25. e5 {White
had to play actively!} (25. Qf2 $143 Nc4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Nxa3 28. Rd1 (
28. Ra1 Rd7 $17 (28... Bxe4 29. Rfe1 $16)) 28... a5 29. bxa6 bxa6 $15) 25...
Bxd3 26. cxd3 Nb3 $1 (26... Rxa3 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 b6 29. Qa2+ Kh8 30. exf6
gxf6 $44) 27. Qa2 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga2g8]} Kh8 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Nh4 Qe8 $6
$132 {Dropping all advantage.} ({Strong was} 29... Rxd3 $1 30. Nf5 Rxe1 31.
Rxe1 Qg8 $1 $15) 30. Qf2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rc1 33. Kf2 Rxe1 34. Kxe1
a5 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Ke2 (36. Nf5 a5 $11) 36... a5 37. Nf5 a4 {[%csl Ra3]} 38.
Kf3 Nd2+ 39. Kf4 Nb1 40. Ke4 (40. Nxd4 Nxa3 $11) 40... Nxa3 41. Kxd4 Kg8 42.
Ne3 Nb5+ 43. Kc4 Nc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7e6,Ge6f4]} 44. Kb4 Ne6 45. Nc2 (45. Nd5 Kf7
46. Kxa4 Nc5+ $11 {[%csl Rd3]}) 45... Kf7 46. Ne1 Kg6 47. Kxa4 Kf5 48. Kb5 Kf4
49. Kc6 (49. Kc4 Kg3 50. Kd5 Ng7 $11) 49... Kg3 50. Kd5 Ng7 51. Kd6 (51. Ke4
Kf2 $11 {[%csl Rg2]}) 51... Kf2 52. Ke7 {Makes draw by force.} Kxe1 53. Kxf6
Ne8+ 54. Kf7 Nc7 55. g4 Kf2 56. Kg7 Kg3 57. Kxh7 Kxh3 58. g5 Ne6 59. g6 Kg4 60.
d4 Kf5 61. Kh6 (61. d5 Nf8+ $11) 61... Ke4 62. g7 Nxg7 63. Kxg7 Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 ({IM Maxim
Notkin makes the following comments in www.chesstoday.net: " In the event of:} 
6... bxc6 {White replies:} 7. Qd4 $1 {and Black faces an unpleasant choice -
to take the bishop back to its initial position or to trade it for the knight
without obtaining any evident compensation ". Further I shall designate
comments of Maxim Notkin- M.N.}) 7. Qxd8+ {M.N." To tie for the first in the
tournament Shirov needed a win.Nevertheless he isn't afraid of the exchange of
queens ".} Kxd8 8. e5 $5 {M.N." A concrete move which hampers Black's
development ". Comments to this part of the game and also to:} (8. Bd2 $5) ({
and} 8. Bf4 {you can find in my annotations to Lastin,A-Hasangatin,R/Krasnodar,
2002/CBM 91(1/2-1/2)(39)}) 8... Bxc3+ ({I can not recommended in this position:
} 8... f6 $6 9. Bf4 Ke8 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 13. Be2 Rf8
14. Rd4 $14 {Dukaczewski,P-Zoltek,T/Linares,2001(1-0)(43)}) 9. bxc3 b6 ({
It deserves serious attention:} 9... c5 $5 10. Bg5+ Kc7 11. O-O-O (11. Bb5 a6
12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne7 $11 {Mihevc,N-Kaps,D/Bled,2004(0-1)(28)})
11... Bd7 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. f3 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 {/\Ne7}) 10. Bg5+ Kc7 ({M.N."} 
10... f6 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Bh4 {favours White ".}) 11. O-O-O $146 {White have
hidden the king and now can quietly begin game on centre and king side.
According to my database it's a novelty.In previous game White chose:} (11. Be2
Bb7 12. f4 f6 13. Bh4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Nh6 15. g4 Raf8 {with a counterplay along
the <->f. Markidis,K-Bousios,H/Aghia Pelagia,2004(1/2-1/2)(37)}) 11... Bb7 12.
h4 {M.N." The kingside expansion of the French Defence kind ".} h6 {M.N." It's
time to develop the knight ".} 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. h5 {Differently,on the
following move (14...h5) Black can to close white's play in the king side.} Nf5
({M.N." After g2-g4 the knight will be forced to step back.Moreover the
advance of the g-pawn is in White's plans but on:} 14... c5 {Black may dislike:
} 15. Rh4 {with active possibilities for the white rook along the 4th rank ".})
15. Bd3 Rae8 (15... c5 $5 16. Rh2 Rad8 17. g4 Ne7 18. g5 {with the idea to
create a weaknesses in the king side (Pf7,Ph6).}) 16. g4 Ne7 17. g5 {M.N." To
play for a win White should create a weakness his opponent's kingside ".} c5 {
/^a8-h1} 18. Rh3 {[%csl Yh3][%cal Gd1g1] The game of White corresponds to the
requirements of a position.} hxg5 ({M.N." Or:} 18... Nf5 19. Rg1 {with the
same ideas ".}) 19. Bxg5 Nf5 {All Black's pieces are located ideally.} ({
M.N." An attempt to attack the h5 pawn via:} 19... Bg2 {deserves consideration.
After:} 20. Rg3 (20. Rh2 $143 Bf3) 20... Bd5 21. c4 {To protect the a-pawn
just in case.} Bc6 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Be2 ({in case of:} 23. Rxg7 $143 Rxh5 24.
f4 (24. Bg6 $2 Rxe5) 24... Rd7 25. Be2 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Rf5 27. Bg4 Rxf4 28. Bxe6
Be8 {the ending is equal.}) 23... f6 24. Rdg1 Rh7 25. exf6 gxf6 {White obtains
a passed pawn though to advance it isn't easy.Nevertheless the text move is
more reliable ".}) 20. Bf4 {[%cal Gd1g1] It's necessary to open a <->g for
second white's rook.} Kc8 {M.N." The king should be taken away from the
bishop's rays ".} ({M.N." Here:} 20... Bg2 $2 {runs into:} 21. Bxf5 Bxh3 (21...
exf5 22. Rg3 {winning the g7 and f7 pawns.}) 22. Bxh3 Rxh5 23. Bg2 {+/=/+/- ".}
) 21. Rg1 Rh7 $11 {M.N." This is not a mistake,but Shirov immediately exploits
a tactical motif created by this move ".} ({M.N."} 21... Reg8 {looks somewhat
tedious but I believe it was more sound e.g. :} 22. Rg5 Kd7 $5 ({or} 22... Ne7
23. Rhg3 g6 {with good chances for a draw.}) 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rxf5 Ke6 25. Rg5
Rh7 26. h6 Be4 {followed by Bg6 and White is unable to convert the extra pawn
".}) 22. h6 $5 {It's rather difficult to support a initiative without this
temporary sacrifice of pawn.} gxh6 23. Rh5 Rg7 $2 {Painful blunder leading to
very hard position. M.N." It appears that the direct protection against Rxf5
is insufficient ".} ({M.N."} 23... Rhh8 {didn't help either:} 24. Rxf5 $1 exf5
25. Bxf5+ Re6 ({M.N." If:} 25... Kc7 26. e6+ Kc6 ({funny is:} 26... Kc8 27. e7#
) 27. exf7 Ref8 28. c4 $1 {with a decisive advantage. "}) (25... Kd8 $2 26.
Rd1+ Kc7 $8 (26... Ke7 27. Rd7+ Kf8 28. Rxb7) 27. e6+ Kc6 28. exf7 Re7 (28...
Ref8 $2 29. Bd7#) 29. Rd6+ Kb5 30. Rd7 $1 $18) 26. Rg7 $1 Rf8 ({after:} 26...
Kb8 27. Rxf7 Bd5 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Rf6 Bxa2 30. Bxh6 {followed by Bf8-d6 and
f4-f5 Black finds himself in a difficult ending but perhaps it's the best he
can get.}) 27. Bxh6 $1 Rh8 28. Rxf7 $1 ({less clear is:} 28. Bf4 Rf8 29. Rxf7
Rxf7 30. Bxe6+ Rd7 {where the ending with opposite colour bishops is drawn
while playing with two bishops and two connected pawns White may not convert
his advantage.}) 28... Rhxh6 29. Rf6 Rhxf6 30. exf6 Kd7 31. f7 Ke7 32. Bxe6 {
and White wins."}) ({M.N." The correct defence was:} 23... Rd8 $1 {and} 24.
Rxf5 {is parried by:} Rxd3 {".}) 24. Rxg7 Nxg7 25. Rxh6 $16 Rf8 $2 {The wrong
decision,but Black,already can not equalize a position.} ({M.N." The power of
the white bishops is seen in the line:} 25... Nf5 26. Rh7 Re7 (26... Rf8 27.
Bxf5 exf5 28. e6 $1 Bd5 29. Bh6 $18) 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. Bb5 {[%csl Yd7,Rf7][%cal
Gb5d7,Yd7f7] ."}) ({M.N." The last chance lay in:} 25... Bc6 $5 26. Rh7 Rg8 27.
Bh6 (27. Bg5 Be8 28. f4 Nf5 $16) 27... Nf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Rxf7 Bd7 30. f4
$16 {."}) ({In this position I would accept the following decision:} 25... Rg8
$5 26. Rf6 Nh5 27. Rxf7 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 Rg7 29. Rf6 Kd7 (29... Bd5 $2 30. c4) 30.
Bc4 Re7 31. f4 $16) 26. Rh7 Rg8 ({Immediately loses a game the following move:
} 26... Nf5 $2 {in view of:} 27. Bxf5 $1 exf5 $140 28. e6 Bd5 (28... fxe6 29.
Rc7+ Kb8 $140 30. Rf7+) 29. Bh6 $1 Rg8 30. exf7 $18) 27. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7]
[%cal Gg5f6] Now Bf6 is threatened.} (27. Bh6 $143 Nf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Rxf7
Rg6 30. Be3 $16) 27... Ne8 28. f4 Rg7 $8 29. Rh8 Bc6 30. Rf8 {Now Pf7 is
doomed on destruction.} Kd7 31. Kb2 $1 {White prepare Bh6 with all convenience.
} b5 32. Bh6 Rg1 33. Rxf7+ {Pf7 is lost and game is over!} (33. Rxf7+ Kc8 34.
c4 Nc7 35. cxb5 Nxb5 (35... Bxb5 $2 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. Bxb5) 36. Bf8 {[%csl
Rc5]}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4
h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Re1 Rad8 ({Another continuations and opening ideas see in
detailed commented game Leko,P - Kramnik:} 16... Rac8 17. Qh5 b6 18. Rad1 Rfd8
19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Bxf5 Rc7 21. Rd2 g6 22. Bd3 Kg7 23. g3 Na5 $1 $11 {[%cal
Ga5b7,Gb7c5] See comments to Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Budapest,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2) 
(Golod,V)(33)}) 17. Qf3 Qd6 $146 ({Was checked in the previous games:} 17...
Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Na5 (18... d3 19. cxd3 Rxd3 20. Rad1 {+/=/= Aseev,K-Sorokin,M/St.
Petersburg,1993 (1/2-1/2)(51)}) (18... Rd6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Kf1 $14) 19. b4
Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rad1 $14 {Sonnberger,R-Gaertner,G/Goetzis,1996(1/2-1/2)
(47)}) 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Rd6 20. Kf1 g6 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 $1 ({
Badly:} 22... bxc6 $2 23. Re7 R8d7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rd4]
[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3c4]}) 23. c3 (23. Rd2 Rdc8 24. Ree2 h5 25. Ke1 $14 {[%csl Gc2,
Rd4][%cal Ge1d1]}) 23... Rcd6 $2 $16 {[%mdl 4096]} ({In my opinion, it was
better:} 23... d3 $1 24. Re3 Rcd6 25. Rd2 $14 {[%csl Rd3] and here it is
difficult for white to add K attack on the only weakness -Pd3. 4R are present
on the board, and this factor makes White task complicated.}) 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25.
cxd4 Rxd4 26. Re7 Rd2 27. Rxb7 a5 28. g4 ({Much better was:} 28. Ke1 Rc2 29. a4
$1 {Important move! After eventual PP exchange Black R will be on the 3-rd
line.} Rc4 30. b3 Rc2 31. Rb5 Rb2 32. Rxa5 (32. Kd1 Rxf2 33. Rxa5 Rxg2 34. b4
Rxg3 35. b5 Rb3 $132) 32... Rxb3 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Kd2 (34. a5 Rb2 35. a6 Ra2
36. g4 $16) 34... Ra3 35. a5 $16) 28... a4 $1 29. g3 Kg7 30. Rb6 h5 $5 {
Right plan! Black wants to change as many as possible PP on the kingside, then
White K will leave the kingside and Black one will attack remaining PP on this
side with draw.} 31. gxh5 $2 $44 ({After} 31. g5 $1 Kf8 (31... Rd5 32. Rb4 $16)
32. Ke1 Rc2 33. Rb4 $16 {It is not easy for Black to recieve counterplay on
the kingside.}) 31... gxh5 32. Kg2 f6 $1 {[%cal Gg7g6]} 33. Kf3 Kg6 34. Rb5 Rc2
35. Ke3 Kh6 36. Kf3 (36. Rb4 $144 Kg5) 36... Kg6 37. Ke3 Kh6 38. Rb4 Kg5 39.
Kf3 Kf5 40. Ke3 Kg5 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. Rxa4 Rxb2 43. Ra5+ Kg6 44. a4 Rb4 $1 {
[%cal Gh5h4]} 45. Ra8 h4 46. Kg2 ({It deserves attention:} 46. gxh4 Rxh4 47. a5
Ra4 48. a6 Kf5 {[%csl Yf5]}) ({and} 46. g4 Rb3+ 47. Kg2 (47. Kf4 Rb4+) 47...
h3+ 48. Kh2 Rf3 49. a5 (49. Kg1 h2+ 50. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 51. Kg3 Ra2) 49... Rxf2+ 50.
Kxh3 Ra2 {[%csl Ya2,Rh3]}) 46... hxg3 47. fxg3 Kg5 48. a5 Ra4 49. Kh3 Kg6 50.
a6 Kg7 51. Kg2 Ra3 52. Kf2 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Bjelica, Dimitrije"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 $2
$16 {At least very dubious move.} ({Right is} 7... Bxc3+ {-mainline.}) 8. Nd6+
$14 ({Interesting and, probably, much better is:} 8. b4 $1 Bb6 (8... Bc7 9. f4
$5 $16 (9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Axelsson,P-Lindgren,F/SWE-ch Vaxjo ,EXT
1992/ (25)})) 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Nc4 $1 (10. Be2 $6 a6 11. O-O Bd4 12. Nxc8+ Rxc8
13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxe4 15. Qxg7 Qg8 16. Qh6 $14 {1-0 Istrati,I-Toth,L/
EU-chJW U10 Rimavska Sobota 1996/EXT 96ch2/ (63)}) 10... Bd4 11. Nb5 $1 {
this game was played 122 years ago!} d5 (11... Bxa1 12. Qd6+ Ke8 13. Nc7+ Qxc7
14. Qxc7 $18) 12. Nxd4 $16 {1-0 Englisch,B-Paulsen,L/Leipzig DSB 1st Congress
1879 (51) [!]}) 8... Ke7 9. Bf4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 b6 $146 ({Was
chesked in the previous games:} 11... Ne8 $5 12. Be2 (12. Nc4 Qa4 13. Bd6+ Nxd6
14. Qxd6+ $14) 12... f6 13. O-O (13. Rd1 Nxd6 14. Bxd6+ $14) 13... e5 14. Nxe8
Rxe8 15. Be3 d6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Kxe6 19. Qd5+ Ke7 20. c4 $14
{[%cal Gc4c5] 0-1 Timar,Z-Topolyi,L/cr HUN 1989(42)}) 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6
14. h4 Rhd8 $2 (14... Kf8 15. Rh3 Qxa3 16. e5 (16. c4 Qa5) 16... Ng4 (16... Nd5
17. c4 $18) 17. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Qxd7+ Ne7 19. Rf3 $18) ({Right was} 14... h6
$1 15. Rh3 Qa4 16. e5 Ne4 $1 17. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 18. Kf1 $16) 15. Rh3 $40 Kf8 {
Kf8 leaves without protection and become vulnerable.} ({In other cases also
white has very strong attack:} 15... Qa4 16. e5 (16. c4 Qa5 $14) 16... Nd5 17.
c4 $1 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 $18) ({or} 15... Rg8 16. e5 (16. c4 Qa4 17. Rf3 Qa5 $14)
16... Nd5 17. c4 Nxf4 {[%tqu "En","?","","","d6f5","",10]} 18. Nf5+ $3 exf5 19.
Qxd7+ Kf8 20. Qd6+ Ke8 (20... Ne7 21. Qd8+) 21. Qxc6+ Ke7 22. Rd7+ $18) 16. Bg5
$1 $18 {[%cal Gg5f6]} Qxa3 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Rf3 {[%csl Re7]} f5
20. Qg5+ Kf8 21. Qf6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Lerch, Patrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 9. exf6 {It's best reaction.Now White has a slight, but constant
positional advantage (BB) in the middlegame.} Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qa5+
{Rare move. On this continuation you can find eleven games in Mega Database
2005.} ({This was also seen several times:} 11... Qb6 $5 {You can see my
annotations to Illescas Cordoba,M-Cifuentes Parada,R/Seville,2004/CBM 103(1-0)
(58)}) (11... Ba6) ({and} 11... Qe7) 12. Bd2 Qd5 13. Bb4 {Looks quite logical.
White blockades his opponent's pawn center. In some games, White tried
different moves in this position: 13.Qa3 and 13.Qxd5, but it didn't give them
any special success.} Qxd6 14. Bxd6 $14 Kd8 {Black prepares "Ne8" with the
idea of chasing the bishop away from the weakest square in his camp, and then
intends on moving his central pawns "d" and "e".} ({The following attempts
were undertaken with the same purpose:} 14... Ne4 15. Be5 (15. Ba3 $5) 15...
Nf6 16. c4 c5 17. f3 Bb7 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Rd3 Rc6 20. Be2 Ke7 21. Rhd1 {
+/=/+/- Ivanov,A-Legaspi,E/Las Vegas,1993(1-0)(34)}) ({and} 14... Kf7 15. Be2
Ne8 16. Be5 d6 17. Bg3 Ke7 18. c4 c5 19. O-O-O Bb7 20. f3 Rd8 21. Be1 Rf8 22.
Bc3 $14 {Salov,V-Kuijf,H/Groningen,1981(1-0)(41)}) 15. Bd3 $146 ({The same
position,with rearrangement of moves,has met in one more game:} 15. b4 $6 Ne8
16. Bg3 d6 17. O-O-O a5 $1 18. b5 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Bd7 20. a4 Bxb5 21. axb5 Ke7
$13 {Kurajica,B-Simic,R/Zagreb,1977(0-1)(38)}) 15... Ne8 16. Bg3 Ke7 ({This
deserves serious attention:} 16... d6 $5 {/\c5,Bb7 /^a8-h1}) 17. O-O-O d5 18.
c4 Nf6 ({Black doesn't have time to develop his bishop:} 18... a5 19. Rhe1 Ba6
$140 $2 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rxd5 {+/-/+-}) 19. Rhe1 {White didn't
waste any time. He improved the position of his pieces to the maximum level.
The bishop pair, and better pawn chains, guarantee him a constant positional
advantage.} Rd8 20. Bc7 {A common trick. White wants to worsen the position of
the black rook (Rd7) and only then play "Be5".} Re8 $6 ({Perhaps this was
better:} 20... Rd7 21. Be5 a5 {/\Ba6}) 21. c5 Kf7 22. f4 {+/=/+/- Now Black
are in a complete clip!} Nd7 23. Bd6 ({Now, and on the next move, it is bad to
take on "h7":} 23. Bxh7 {in view of:} g6 {/\Nf6 or Rh8 and the white bishop
will be in serious danger!}) 23... a5 {Black doesn't have a better plan, than
moving the "a" pawn and playing "Ba6" on the first chance.} 24. Re3 a4 $2 {
Black voluntarily gives up his pawn.This didn't bring anything good:} (24...
Ba6 {in view of:} 25. Bxh7 Rh8 $140 26. f5 $1 e5 27. Bg6+ Kf6 28. Rde1 $16 e4
$140 $2 {[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","","","e3e4","",10]} 29. Rxe4 $1
dxe4 30. Rxe4 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd6e7]} Kg5 $2 31. Bf4+ Kf6 (31... Kg4 32.
Be3#) 32. Re6#) ({After:} 24... h6 25. Rg3 {/\Bg6+ Black can't hold all of his
weaknesses}) ({I believe this was possible:} 24... g6) ({or even:} 24... Nf6 {
and White still has to work a bit to get through black's defense.}) 25. Bxh7
Rh8 $140 26. f5 $1 {I think Black missed this tactic.} e5 {There is no other
good alternative. For instance:} (26... exf5 $2 27. Bxf5 Nf6 28. Re7+ Kg8 29.
Bc2 $18) ({or} 26... Rxh7 $2 27. fxe6+ Kg8 (27... Kg6 $2 28. Rg3+ Kh6 29. exd7
Bxd7 30. Bf4+ Kh5 31. Rg5+ Kh4 32. Rd3 Re8 $140 33. Rh3+ $1 Bxh3 34. g3#) 28.
e7 $1 Nf6 29. e8=Q+ Nxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Rde1 {and Black is helpless!}) 27.
Bg6+ Kf6 28. Rde1 Ra5 ({After:} 28... e4 {finishes the game a similar rook
sacrifice:} 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Rxe4 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd6e7] with inevitable
threats}) (28... Rxh2 $2 29. Rxe5 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rh2]}) 29. Kb1 {White doesn't
want to let Black take on "c5" with a check in certain variations.} Rb5 ({
Again, this is not possible:} 29... Rxh2 $2 {because of:} 30. Bc7 $1 {[%csl
Ra5,Rf6][%cal Gc7d8,Gc7a5]}) ({and} 29... e4 $2 30. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 31. Rxe4 $18)
30. h3 {Black is tied by his hands and feet, so White takes his time improving
his position.} Rh4 31. g4 Kg5 32. Rf1 ({It was possible to start grabbing
pawns:} 32. Be8 $5 Rh8 $140 33. Bxd7 Bxd7 34. Bxe5 $18) 32... Rh8 $2 ({Black
could show a better defense with:} 32... Ba6 33. Rf2 {+/-/+-}) {[%tqu "En",
"Please find the move,which brings for White a decisive advantage!","","",
"e3e5","Again, a bit of tactics!",10]} 33. Rxe5 $1 $18 {Again, a bit of
tactics!} Rxh3 (33... Nxe5 $4 34. Be7+ Kh6 35. g5#) 34. Re2 ({This was
possible right away:} 34. Re7 $5 {and White reaches one more weakness (Pg7).})
34... Rb4 35. Re7 {[%csl Rg7] Even now, it looks quite good.} Ba6 36. Rd1 Bd3+
{Finally Black got his bishop in the game, but that won't save him now.} 37.
Ka1 Bc2 38. Rc1 Nf6 39. Rxg7 {Now the Black king is surrounded by enemy pieces.
That is why it is hard to avoid further material loss!} Rxg4 40. Be7 ({This
ended the game more effectively:} 40. Be8+ Kxf5 (40... Kh6 41. Rxg4 Nxg4 42.
Bf4+ Kg7 43. Rxc2 {[%csl Yc2,Yf4][%cal Yc2c1]}) (40... Kh4 41. Be7 $1 Rxg7 42.
Bxf6+ Rg5 43. Rg1) 41. Rf1+ Ke4 (41... Ke6 $2 42. Re7#) 42. Rxg4+ Nxg4 43. Bg6+
Ke3 44. Bxc2 {and so on.}) 40... Rhg3 ({This also lost immediately:} 40... Bxf5
41. Bh7+ Kh6 (41... Kf4 42. Bd6+ Ke3 43. Bxf5 Rxg7 44. Bxh3) 42. Bxf5 Kxg7 (
42... Rxg7 43. Bxf6 {[%csl Rg7,Rh3]}) 43. Bxf6+ Kxf6 44. Bxg4) 41. Bh7+ Kf4 42.
Rxg4+ ({Black resigned, because after:} 42. Rxg4+ Kxg4 (42... Nxg4 43. Bd6+) (
42... Rxg4 43. Bxf6) 43. Bxf6 Bxf5 44. Bxf5+ Kxf5 45. Bc3 {with an extra piece,
White won't need much time to win the game!}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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 "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Qb8 {A very rare move.} (10... Qh4 $6 {After this
dubious move, Black gets in a bad position. For further information, you can
see my comments to Movsesian,S-Gavric,M/Neum,2002/CBM 90(1-0)(32)}) (10... Ba6
{can be recommended, see my annotations to Svidler,P-Malakhov,V/Sochi 2005/CBM
107(1/2-1/2)(87)}) 11. f4 $5 ({Another continuation is:} 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6
(12. cxd6 $142 a5 13. a3 Nd5 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Be2 Ba6 16. O-O f5 17. Qf3 Bxe2
18. Qxe2 Kf7 19. Qh5+ g6 20. Qh6 $14 {Groot,A-Leko,P/ICCF Email,1999/76
telechess(1/2-1/2)(27)}) 12... Ba6 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qc4 Qb4+ 16.
Qxb4 Nxb4 $11 {Van der Wiel,J-Rabiega,R/Essen,2002(1/2-1/2)(24)}) 11... Ba6
$140 12. a3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nd5 14. Qd4 Be7 (14... Qd8 $5 {[%csl Re1,Rh2][%cal
Gd8h4] deserves attention:} 15. Bd2 Be7 (15... Qh4+ $5) 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5
O-O 18. O-O-O Rb8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rf3 Ng6 22. Rdf1 $14 {Parligras,
M-Manolache,M/Techirghiol,2000(0-1)(52)}) 15. Bd2 $6 $146 {White wants to
castle. But this is a very risky decision, because the queenside is not a
secure place for White's king. Black governs the open b-file and could
immediately start counterplay. Besides, the knight on d5 is very strong. A
stronger continuation was checked in the next game:} (15. f5 $5 exf5 16. Rxf5
O-O 17. Bd2 (17. Bg5 $142 $36) 17... f6 18. O-O-O fxe5 19. Rxe5 Qb3 $2 (19...
Bf6 $5) 20. Bg5 $36 Rae8 21. Bxe7 Ne3 $2 22. Nf6+ {1-0 Topalov,V-Illescas
Cordoba,M/Cala Galdana,1999(22)}) 15... O-O {Black has finished development
and isready to open the game by 16...f6.} 16. O-O-O {Yet there was time to
evacuate the king to the kingside:} (16. Kf2 $5 {/\Kg1 and so on.}) 16... f6
$15 {Black's advantage is clear thanks to his much better protected king and a
strong knight in the centre of the board.} 17. exf6 {The attempt to exchange
black's knight is not giving big dividends for White:} (17. Nc3 $143 Qb3 18.
Nxd5 cxd5 $17 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf8c8]}) 17... Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Rf3 Qf8 {
[%csl Rc5,Rf4][%cal Gf8c5,Gf8f4]} 20. Kb1 Rb8 21. Rc1 Qf7 $6 {Black tries to
make an unsteady position for white. In light of this tactics, the next move
was logical:} (21... Rb5 $5 {But he chooses another and, in my opinion, not
very successful plan.}) 22. Qe4 Rf8 23. Rc4 Qe8 24. Ka2 Qb8 25. Rh3 {Suddenly
Black has some problems with his king.} h6 $6 {Another option was 25...Rg6 in
order not to weaken the light squares.} 26. Rb3 Qe8 27. g3 $14 {White
successfully protected his pawn on f4. All of black's pieces are now located
on the kingside and White has a good moment to pressure the weak pawn a7.} Qh5
28. h4 Rf5 {Black prepared to replace his knight to f6 in order to attack
white's pawn on c5.} 29. Ra4 {Looks promising for White in the next line:} (29.
Rb7 $5 Nf6 30. Qe3 a6 31. Bc3 Nd5 32. Qd3 Nxc3+ 33. Qxc3 $14 {But White
preferred a more secure possibility and forced an exchange of queens.}) 29...
Nf6 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 {It's not so easy to evaluate this ending. White has
a little advantage thanks to his bishop. Usually in endings in case of playing
on two sides of the board, bishop is much stronger than the knight. But
weakness of White's pawn structure gives Black good chances for counterplay.}
Ra8 (31... Rxc5 $2 32. Bb4 Rc4 33. Kb3 Rxb4+ 34. Rxb4 $16) 32. Rb3 {White
knowingly gives away his c5 pawn in order to open a diagonal a7-g1 for his
bishop. If rooks like open file, so bishops like open diagonals, that are not
blocked by his own pawns.} Rxc5 33. Be3 Rc2 (33... Rb5 $2 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35.
Bxa7 Rxb3 (35... Ra5 $142 36. Bd4 $16) 36. Kxb3 {+/-/+- the passed a-pawn
decided the game in White's favor.}) 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Bxa7 {White's advantage
is clear thanks to a very important element - the passed a-pawn .} Kf7 {
Deserves attention} (35... Rc4 $5 {which prevents the advancement of thepassed
pawn.}) 36. Rb8 $6 {I like another continuation more:} (36. a4 $142 Nd5 37. a5
Rc4 38. Ra3 Nc7 39. Kb3 Re4 40. a6 $16) 36... Nd5 {The right decision - the
knight is going to the centre. Very dangerous for Black was to start taking
the pawns:} (36... Rg2 $2 37. a4 Rxg3 38. a5 Rf3 (38... Nd5 $2 39. Bc5 $18) 39.
a6 Rxf4 40. b3 Rxh4 (40... Nd5 $2 41. Bc5 Rxh4 42. Bd6 Nc3+ 43. Kb2 Nb5 44.
Rxb5 cxb5 45. a7 $18) 41. Bg1 Rh5 (41... Rg4 $2 42. Be3 Rg2+ 43. Ka1 $18) 42.
b4 Rg5 43. a7 Rg2+ 44. Kb3 Rg3+ 45. Kc2 Ra3 46. a8=Q Rxa8 47. Rxa8 {+/=/+/-})
37. h5 {Artful move - White planned to remove black's rook from the c-file in
order to play Bc5 threatening mate on f8.} c5 {The attempt to take one of the
pawns didn't work:} (37... Nf6 $2 38. a4 Nxh5 39. a5 Nxg3 40. a6 Rc4 41. Kb3
Rc1 42. Be3 Ra1 43. a7 {+/-/+-}) (37... Rg2 $2 38. a4 Rxg3 39. Bc5 {/\Rf8#} g5
40. a5 Nc7 41. Bd6 $18) 38. Kb1 Rc4 39. Rc8 d6 40. Rc6 Rd4 $2 {Black missed a
good option:} (40... Ra4 $1 41. Bb8 Ke7 {and the pawn is untouchable, because
after:} 42. Rxd6 (42. Bxd6+ $4 Kd7 43. Rxc5 Kxd6 $19) 42... Ra8 43. Rxd5 exd5
44. Be5 $15 {White fights only for draw. After this move 40.Rd4? Black is
simply losing a pawn.}) 41. Bb8 $16 Ne7 $6 {After the exchange of rooks, the
ending is totally lost for Black.} (41... Rd1+ $142 42. Ka2 Nf6 43. Bxd6 Nxh5
44. Bxc5 {[%csl Ga3,Gb2][%cal Ga3a4,Gb2b3] +/-/+-}) 42. Rxd6 Rxd6 43. Bxd6 $18
Nf5 44. Bxc5 (44. Be5 $143 Nxg3 45. a4 Ke7 46. Bxg7 Nxh5 47. Bxh6 Kd6 48. Kc2
$16) 44... Nxg3 45. a4 Ke8 46. a5 Kd7 47. a6 Kc8 48. Kc2 $2 {The simpliest way
to win is:} (48. b4 $5 Nxh5 (48... Ne4 49. Kc2 $18) 49. b5 Nxf4 50. b6 Nd5 51.
b7+ Kb8 (51... Kc7 52. Ba7) 52. Bd6+ Nc7 53. Kc2 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc2c3,Gc3c4,
Gc4c5,Gc5b6] with mate in 9 moves.}) 48... Nxh5 49. Bd6 ({Now it's not enough:
} 49. b4 $2 {because after:} Nxf4 50. b5 Nd5 51. b6 Nxb6 52. Bxb6 Kb8 $11 {
we have theoretically drawish position.}) 49... Nf6 50. Kd3 (50. b4 $2 {
doesn't work:} Nd5 51. Kb3 (51. b5 $144 Nc7 52. a7 Na8 {[%cal Gg7g5,Yc8b7]})
51... Nc7 52. a7 (52. Bxc7 Kxc7 53. Kc4 Kb6 54. b5 g5 55. fxg5 hxg5 56. Kd4 g4
57. Ke4 e5 58. Ke3 Ka7 $11) 52... Na8 53. Bf8 g5 54. Bxh6 gxf4 55. Bxf4 Kb7 56.
Bb8 Nb6 $11) 50... Nd5 51. Ke4 Nc7 52. a7 $2 {White missed the last chance to
win the game:} (52. Bxc7 $1 Kxc7 $140 53. b4 Kb6 (53... g6 54. b5 h5 55. a7 Kb7
56. b6 $22 Ka8 (56... h4 57. Kf3 g5 58. fxg5 e5 59. g6 e4+ 60. Ke3 $18) 57. Ke5
h4 58. Kd6 Kb7 59. a8=Q+ Kxa8 60. Kc7 $18) (53... g5 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Ke5 Kb6
56. b5 Ka7 57. Kd6 Kb6 (57... g4 58. Kc6 $18) 58. a7 Kxa7 59. Kc7 $18) (53...
Kc6 54. b5+ Kb6 55. Kd4 h5 56. Ke5 h4 (56... g6 57. Kd6 h4 58. a7 Kxa7 59. Kc7
$18) 57. Ke4 $18 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ye4f3,Yf3g4]}) 54. b5 h5 (54... Kc7 55. a7
Kb7 56. b6 h5 57. Ke5 h4 58. Kd6 h3 59. a8=Q+ Kxa8 60. Kc7 $18) (54... g6 55.
Kd4 g5 56. fxg5 hxg5 57. Ke5 Ka7 58. Kd6 g4 59. Kc6 $18) 55. Ke5 g6 (55... h4
56. Ke4 g5 57. fxg5 e5 58. Kf3 $18) 56. Kd6 h4 57. a7 Kxa7 58. Kc7 h3 59. b6+
Ka6 60. b7 h2 61. b8=Q h1=Q 62. Qb6#) 52... Na8 53. Be7 $6 (53. Bf8 $142 g5 54.
Bxh6 gxf4 55. Bxf4 Kb7 56. Be3 Nc7 {and Black has good chances for draw.})
53... Kb7 54. Ke5 g5 $11 55. Bxg5 (55. fxg5 $144 hxg5 56. Bxg5 Kxa7 57. Kxe6
Nc7+ 58. Kd7 Kb7 {with dead draw.}) 55... hxg5 56. fxg5 Nc7 57. g6 (57. Kf6
Nd5+ 58. Kxe6 Nf4+ 59. Kf5 Nh5 $11) 57... Ne8 58. Kxe6 Kxa7 {Only with a pawn
on h7 White could win this position.} 59. Kd7 (59. Kf7 Nd6+ 60. Ke7 Nf5+ 61.
Kf6 Nh6 $11) (59. Kd7 Ng7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 {Peter Leko's novelty.} 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd4 $5 {
I strongly recommended this move in my analysis 4 years ago.} (12. O-O $2 {
You can see the annotations to Shabalov,A-Vescovi,G/Paget Parish,2001/CBM 81
(0-1)(Golod,V)(33)}) 12... Be7 (12... Rb8 $5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rd1 (14. Bc3 O-O
15. O-O Nc7 {/\Nd5} 16. Ba5 Qc8 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20.
Qxf6 Qd8 $14) 14... O-O 15. Bc3 Rb7 16. O-O f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19.
Rd3 $16 {Nedev,T-Malakhatko,V/Leon,2001(1/2-1/2)(61)}) (12... Qa5+ $5 13. Bd2
Qb5 14. b4 Be7 15. a4 (15. a3 $5) 15... Qb7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rab1 $14) (12...
Nxc5 $4 13. Nxc5 Qa5+ 14. b4 $18) 13. O-O O-O $5 $146 {New attempt to solve
the opening problems.} (13... Rb8 $5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rad1 Nc7 16. Ba5 Qc8 17.
Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Nd5 19. fxg7 Re8 20. Rd3 f6 21. Qh4 Re7 22. Bc3 e5 23. f4
exf4 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxf6 Rf7 26. Qd4 $16 {Peng Xiaomin-Zhang Zhong/HeiBei,
2001(1-0)(39)}) 14. Rd1 {<->d; קd7} f5 {Black aspires to open the game, in
order to make use of his advantage in development. Another move with a similar
idea, that deserves attention, is:} (14... Rb8 $5 15. a3 (15. Qxd7 Nxc5 16.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $15) 15... f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 (17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Rfd8 19.
Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Be3 $14) 17... Nc7 18. Qxd7 Be5 19. g3 $14) 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd7 {It's not so clear, whether the attempt to use Black's bad
knight position, was much better:} (16. Qd3 $5 Nb4 17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Rad8
$44) 16... Qxd7 17. Rxd7 Rfd8 18. Nxf6+ (18. Rxd8+ $5 Rxd8 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20.
Be3 Nb4 $44 {with a rook on the open d-file and an active knight Black has
good compensation for pawn.}) (18. Rd6 $2 Nxc5 $15) 18... gxf6 19. Rd6 {
The idea of this move - to force Black to take the c-pawn, and open the c-file
and /^ a7-g1 for the white pieces.} (19. Rxd8+ $5 {- see previous variant.})
19... Nxc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Be3 {+/=/= White has advantage in this endgame
because of the weak black pawns. White's bishop is also stronger in comparison
with the black knight, especially in case of a play in two sides. A general
plan of White in this position - to take black pawn on a7 and run with his
a-pawn. But Black has good chances for counterplay, because his pieces are
very active.} Na4 22. Rc1 $5 {Peter Svidler doesn't see the necessity to
protect his b-pawn. More important for him is to activate his rook and attack
the pawns at the queen side.} (22. b3 $5 Nc3 23. Kf1 a6 $11) 22... Nxb2 23. Kf1
Nd3 $6 {A serious mistake. Black needs to protect his c-pawn at first. After
this move White forces an endgame with an extra pawn.} (23... Rd6 $5 24. Bxa7
Nd3 25. Rc4 e5 26. Bb8 Re6 27. a4 $14 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6,Ga6a7,Ga7a8]}) 24.
Rxc6 Nb4 25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re4 Nxa2 27. g3 $5 (27. Bxa7 $5 Rd1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+
29. Kxe1 {even with an extra pawn, White has no chance to win this position.
Therefore, Svidler refrained from rook exchanges now and in future.}) 27... Rd7
28. Ra4 Nc3 29. Ra5 $1 Kg6 30. Bxa7 {In the last 10 moves White greatly
enlarged his advantage and now has an extra pawn. But he still needs to work
hard in order to convert his advantage for a point.} Rd6 31. Kg2 h5 $14 32. Be3
Nd5 33. Bc5 Rd7 34. Ra4 Ne7 35. f3 (35. Bxe7 $5 Rxe7 {- RR ending looks
drawish, so there is no reason to exchange the bishop for the knight.}) 35...
Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Nc6 37. g4 {White wants to create a passed pawn on the h-file.}
Ne5 38. gxh5+ Kxh5 39. Kg3 Nxf3 $5 {An interesting decision. The ending R+B
against R is theoretical drawn, but in a practical game it is frequently not
so easy to do it. In this game Vladimir Malakhov demonstrates perfect
knowledge of theory. Also possible to play:} (39... Rd3 $5 40. Rf4 Kg6 {
with good chances for draw.}) 40. Kxf3 Rxh2 41. Ra6 Kg5 42. Bd4 Rh3+ 43. Ke4
f5+ 44. Ke5 Rb3 45. Ra1 Rb5+ 46. Ke6 f4 47. Ra4 Rb1 48. Bf6+ Kg4 49. Be5 Rf1
50. Kf6 Rf2 51. Rc4 Rf3 52. Bd6 Rf2 53. Bc7 Rf3 $2 {After this move White
takes black's last pawn. Therefore, much better was:} (53... Rf1 {,saving for
the present the pawn.}) 54. Rc5 Rf1 (54... Rf2 $144 55. Rg5+ Kf3 56. Kf5 {
[%csl Rf4]} Ke3 $140 $2 57. Bb6+) (54... Rb3 $144 55. Rg5+ Kf3 56. Rf5 Rb4 57.
Kg5) 55. Rg5+ Kf3 56. Bxf4 $5 {[%csl Rf1,Rf3][%cal Gg5f5,Gf5f1] Nice tactical
hit. But, unfortunately for Peter Svidler, it's not enough for win.} Ke4 57.
Re5+ Kd4 58. Kf5 Rf3 59. Re8 Rd3 60. Ra8 Kd5 61. Ra5+ Kc4 62. Be5 Rd1 63. Ra8
Rf1+ 64. Ke6 Rb1 65. Rc8+ Kd3 66. Rc3+ Ke4 67. Rc4+ Kd3 68. Rh4 Rb5 {It's not
easy for White even remove black's king to backrank.} 69. Rd4+ Ke3 70. Kf5 Rb1
71. Ra4 Kd3 72. Rd4+ Ke3 73. Rc4 Rf1+ 74. Ke6 Rd1 75. Bf4+ Kf3 76. Kf5 Rd5+ 77.
Be5 Ke3 78. Rc8 Rd1 79. Bf4+ Kd3 80. Rc7 Re1 81. Be5 Rf1+ 82. Ke6 Rb1 83. Rc3+
Ke4 84. Rc4+ Kd3 85. Rd4+ Ke3 86. Ra4 Kd3 87. Bd4 Rb5 {During last 30 moves
White didn't really improve his position.Therefore the opponents agreed to a
draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal GM-A"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vidonyak, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 $6 {Black
chose a very rare idea in this position.} 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bc7 $5 (8. e5 $5 {
For further information, you can see comments on Xu Yuhua-Cramling,P/Shenyang,
2000/CBM 79(1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) 8... Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Ne8 ({Other
options are:} 10... Qd8) ({and} 10... Qxd6) 11. Qxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O-O f5 {
Black aspires to exchange White's central pawn in order to finish development.}
({Hardly recommended may be:} 12... a6 $5) 13. Nd6 $5 {In this position White
has many possibilities:} (13. Bd3) (13. exf5) (13. f3) ({and} 13. e5 $5) 13...
Nxd6 14. Rxd6 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Rd2 d5 {[%csl Rc8] Now Black is close to
finishing his development, but the weakness of the pawn structure and the bad
bishop define white's advantage.} 17. Ng5 (17. Nc5 $143 b6 18. Nd3 Nd6 19. f3
Ba6 20. Ne5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Rac8 22. Re1 Rfe8 23. Kb1 a5 24. Rde2 Nb5 25. a4 Nc7
26. Re3 b5 27. axb5 Nxb5 28. Nd3 $14 {Ernst,T-Bellon Lopez,J/Stockholm,2001(1/
2-1/2)(38)}) 17... b6 ({I also found games in other continuations:} 17... Bd7)
({and} 17... Nh4) 18. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Re5] A good move. Magnus Carlsen prevents
his opponent from playing e5.} (18. Bd3 $143 e5 19. Re1 e4 20. Bb5 Ne7 21. Re3
h6 22. Nh3 Be6 (22... Bb7 23. Rc3 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Ng1 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,
M-Hall,J/Germany,1999(25)}) 23. Ba4 Nf5 24. Rc3 Nh4 25. Bb3 Rad8 26. Rc6 Bg4
27. Rxd5 Kh7 28. Nf4 Rxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxg2 $15 {Czebe,A-Chernov,V/Interlaken,2003
(0-1)(47)}) 18... Nd6 19. Bd3 Nb7 $6 $146 {Originally only this move is a
novelty. And I'm not sure that is a good novelty. I like the continuation of
the next game more:} (19... Bd7 $5 20. Re1 Nf7 21. c4 Rac8 22. Kb1 Rfe8 23.
cxd5 exd5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bc2 Bg4 26. Bb3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Re1+ 28. Kc2 Kf8 29.
Rxd5 $14 {Berg,E-Hall,J/Germany,2002(1/2-1/2)(48)}) 20. c3 {White has very
simple play on the black squares and his advantage is clear. I think, that
from a strategical point of view - white's position is won.} Nc5 21. Bc2 a5 22.
Re1 a4 23. Ne5 $1 {According to theory of blockade of Nimzowitsch.} a3 24. b3 {
Now Black Pa3 is weak.} Ra7 {Unfortunately Black has no option for any
counterplay. He only needs to sit and wait.} 25. b4 Na6 26. f3 Rc7 27. Re3 Bb7
28. Rd4 {Full blockade on black squares!} Nb8 29. Kd2 Ba6 (29... Nc6 $5 30.
Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Bd3 Rfc8 32. Bb5 Rd6 33. c4 $16 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge3a3]}) 30. c4
{It's the right time to open the game. All white's pieces are on ideal
positions.} dxc4 (30... Rfc8 $5 31. Rxa3 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 (32... dxc4 33. Kc3
$16) 33. Rxc4 dxc4 (33... Rxc4 34. Ra8 Rc8 35. a4 $18) 34. Ra8 $18) (30... Bxc4
$5 31. Nxc4 dxc4 32. Rxe6 $16) 31. Rxa3 Bb5 (31... b5 $143 32. Rd6 $18) (31...
Rcc8 32. Re3 Nc6 33. Nxc6 Rxc6 34. Kc3 b5 35. a4 $18) 32. Rc3 Ra7 (32... Rfc8
$142 33. a4 Nd7 34. Ng4 Ba6 35. Ne3 {[%csl Ya6,Rc4][%cal Gb4b5]}) 33. a3 Rc8
34. Nxc4 $18 {That's all - now Magnus Carlsen transforms his positional
advantage in material.} Rac7 {The last chance.} 35. Bb3 Kf8 36. Rc2 Nd7 37. Nd6
Rxc2+ 38. Bxc2 e5 39. Re4 Rd8 $2 40. Nxb5 Nf6+ 41. Kc3 Nxe4+ 42. Bxe4 {Very
good positional victory for young Norvegian GM!} 1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $5 {Leko's novelty.} 9. c4 $5 {[%mdl 4] In my opinion, this very
interesting reaction on the previous move of black.} ({Another continuations
are:} 9. Bd3 $6 Nb4 10. O-O c5 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc7 13. Bf4 f5 14. exf6
Qxf4 15. fxg7 Bxg7 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxb7 Bxb2 (17... Qc7 18. Qd5 Rab8 19. Nxc5
$16 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Yagupov,I/Alushta,1999(39)}) 18. Rab1 Bd4 19. Re2 Raf8 $132)
({and more popular- played in supertournament by chessplayers from the World
top:} 9. Be2 $6 c5 10. O-O (10. c4 Nb4 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6
14. exd6 Qb6 15. O-O O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y-Shariyazdanov,A/Biel SUI
1999/ (47)}) 10... Qc7 11. c4 (11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 (13... Nb6
14. Qd3 c4 15. Qd4 O-O 16. Rf2 f6 17. f4 Qd5 18. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,
I-Cherniaev,A/Biel SUI 1999/ (18)}) 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Qxd6 16. Rd1 Qb6 (
16... Rfc8 17. Bd3 {See commens to games:Svidler,P-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos
Hermanas 1999/CBM 71 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (26) and Anand,V-Leko,P/Dortmund,1999/
CBM 72 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)}) 17. Bb3 Rfc8 18. Qxb6 (18. c4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4
Nb6 20. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Cala Galdana ESP 1999/ (20)})
18... Nxb6 19. a4 {and see comments to the game:Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares,1999/
CBM 70 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (48)}) 11... Ne3 $1 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qc6 14.
Bf3 Nxd1 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Frankfurt GER
2000/The Week in Chess 294 (93)}) 9... Nb4 10. c5 $1 (10. Bd2 $6 $132 c5 11.
Bxb4 Bxe4 12. Bc3 Qc7 13. Qg4 Qc6 14. f3 Bf5 $132 {0-1 Khachian,M-Halkias,S/
Yerevan ARM 2000/The Week in Chess 293 (39)}) 10... Ba6 $6 $146 {Natural and...
bad move. a6-f1 is the only diagonal for Bc8 activity, but White takes on a6
and solves Bf1 development problem. Then White consolidates his position and
leaves with serious advantage.} (10... Qb8 $142 11. f4 Ba6 12. a3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1
Nd5 14. Qd4 Be7 (14... Qd8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 O-O 18. O-O-O $14 {
0-1 Parligras,M-Manolache,M/Techirghiol ROM 2000/The Week in Chess 305 (52)})
15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 O-O 17. Bd2 f6 18. O-O-O fxe5 19. Rxe5 Qb3 20. Bg5 Rae8
21. Bxe7 Rxe7 $14 (21... Ne3 $4 22. Nf6+ {1-0 Topalov,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/
Cala Galdana ESP 1999/(22)})) ({Interesting is also} 10... Qh4 11. Bd3 Nxd3+
12. Qxd3 Be7 13. Qf3 (13. O-O Ba6 $1) 13... Ba6 14. g3 Qh3 15. Bg5 $14) 11.
Bxa6 Nxa6 {[%csl Rc5]} 12. O-O $2 $15 {Why? For what hopes white giving P
without any compensation?} ({Clear advantage has White after} 12. Qd4 $1 Rb8 (
12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb5f1]} 14. b4 Be7 15. a4 (15. a3 $5)
15... Qb7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rab1 $14) (12... Nxc5 $4 13. Nxc5 Qa5+ 14. b4 $18)
13. Bd2 Be7 14. Bc3 O-O 15. O-O Nc7 {[%cal Gc7d5]} 16. Ba5 Qc8 17. Nf6+ Bxf6
18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Qxf6 Qd8 $14) 12... Nxc5 13. Ng3 $2 ({Much
better is} 13. Nxc5 $5 Bxc5 14. Qg4 g6 15. b4 $15) 13... h5 $17 (13... d5 14.
exd6 Qxd6 $17) 14. Be3 ({Or} 14. Nxh5 Qh4 15. g4 Ne4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Gg7g6,Gf8c5]}) 14... h4 15. Nh5 Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} 16. f4 (16. Nxg7+ Bxg7 17.
Qxd3 Bxe5 $17) 16... Nb4 $5 (16... Nxb2 $5 17. Qg4 Rh7) 17. Qg4 Rxh5 $1 {
[%mdl 64] One of advantage realisation ways.} ({Right also} 17... Rh7 $5 {
[%csl Gg7]} 18. Bf2 Nd5 19. f5 (19. Rfd1 g6 $17) 19... exf5 20. Qxf5 g6 $17)
18. Qxh5 Nc2 {[%csl Ra1,Re3]} 19. f5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf1f7,Gh5f7]} Qc7 $1 {
[%cal Yc7f7]} (19... Nxe3 $4 20. fxe6 Qe7 21. Rxf7 $18) 20. fxe6 (20. f6 gxf6
21. Rxf6 O-O-O 22. Rc1 Nxe3 23. Rxf7 Qb6 $19) 20... dxe6 {[%cal Gc7f7]} 21.
Rac1 Nxe3 22. Rxc6 Qe7 $1 (22... Qxc6 $4 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Qxf8+ Kc7 25. Rf7+
Kb6 26. Qb4+ Ka6 27. Qa3+ $18 {[%csl Re3]}) 23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. a3 (24. R6c4 g5
$17) 24... g6 25. Qg4 Rd8 26. Qa4 Qd7 27. Qxh4 Qb7 $6 (27... Bg7 {[%csl Re5]}
28. Qe4 Qb7 $17) 28. h3 ({After} 28. Qa4 $1 {Black had to turn back:} Qd7 29.
Qh4 Bg7 $17) 28... Bg7 {[%csl Re5]} 29. Rd6 $6 $19 ({More stubborn resistance
after:} 29. Qa4 Kf8 $17) 29... Rc8 30. Qa4+ Kf8 31. Rf1 (31. Rc5 Kg8 32. Rxc8+
Qxc8 33. Rc6 Qd7 $19) (31. Re1 Qxb2 $19) 31... Ne3 32. Rf3 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Qxb2+ (
33... Qxb2+ 34. Kxe3 Bh6+ 35. Ke4 (35. Rf4 Qxe5+) 35... Qe2+ 36. Kd4 Qd2+ 37.
Ke4 Re1+ 38. Re3 Qxe3#) 0-1

[Event "Mario Covas 1st"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2001.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 {It's main line.} (9. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Ponomariov,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/ CBM 81(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(63)}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3
O-O 11. O-O d4 $1 {It's best move.} 12. Ne4 {Nowadays- 12.Ne4 is not actual.} (
12. Ne2 $5 {You can see comments to Bosch,J-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/CBM 69
(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(37)}) 12... Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {
This variation idea is to simplify position by pieces exchange and though
Black has isolated Pd4 and N against strong B, Black has enough resourses to
finish the game draw. Of course, the main evaluation of this variation
position is: +/=/=} 16. Qd3 $5 ({Here more often was checked:} 16. Re1 $5 {
(and 16.Qf3!?).You can see comments to games: Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Budapest,2001/
CBM 81 (1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(33) and Leko,P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee, 2001/CBM 81(1/
2-1/2)(Golod,V)(52)}) 16... Rad8 $146 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 
16... Rfe8 $5 17. Rfe1 (17. f4 $6 Re7 18. g3 Rae8 19. Rfe1 Kf8 $11 {[%csl Re3]
Grafl,F-Pecnik,L/Chalkidiki,2000(1-0)(35)}) 17... Re5 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Rae1 g6
20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Kf8 {+/=/=; Franco Gomez,
F-Cuesta Navarro,S/Mondariz,1996(1/2-1/2)(45)}) 17. Rad1 Ne5 (17... Rfe8 {
-again it deserves attention.}) 18. Qb3 b6 19. Qa4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 ({Senselessly:
} 20. Qxa7 {in view of:} Nc4 {[%csl Rb2,Re4]} 21. Rfe1 Nxb2 22. Rb1 Nc4 $11)
20... Ng6 $2 {In my opinion,it's mistake in text of a game.Apparently was in
game:} (20... Ng4 21. Bf3 Ne5 {and see the game,after: 21...Ne5.} (21... Rxe1+
$5 22. Rxe1 Ne5 {+/=/=})) 21. Bf3 $2 {Now it is absolutely not clear why white
have not taken the pawn"a7":} (21. Qxa7 Nf4 (21... d3 22. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1
Qxb2 24. Qc7 $16) 22. Qc7 Re6 $16) 21... Ne5 22. Be2 Re7 {[%csl Ye7][%cal
Ye7a7] Position black is very reliable.} 23. h3 {+/=/=} Rd6 24. Qb3 Rde6 $5 {
[%csl Re1,Re2][%cal Ge5f3] <->e} 25. Rf1 Ng6 26. Bc4 Rc6 {This move better,
than:} (26... Re4 27. Bd3 R4e6 28. Bxg6 Qxg6 29. Rxd4 Re2 $44) 27. Rfe1 Ne5 $6
{At black there was a tactical protective resource:} (27... Nf4 $1 28. Rxe7
$140 Qxe7 29. Rxd4 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxf2 31. Qf3 (31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Bd3+ Nxd3 33.
Qxd3+ Rg6 $11) 31... Qxf3 32. gxf3 g5 $11) 28. Bd5 Rc5 29. Re4 {[%csl Rd4]}
Rec7 {[%csl Rc2]} 30. Rde1 Nc4 $2 ({It was more reliable:} 30... Re7 31. Kf1 {
[%csl Rd4]} Ng6) 31. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4e8]} g6 (31... g5 $144 32. Bxc4
Rxc4 33. c3 $16) 32. Re6 $6 ({From my point of view, is better-more simple
idea:} 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. c3 $16 {[%csl Rc4]}) 32... fxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Inexplicable tactical blunder.} ({It is necessary:} 32... Nxb2 $1 33. Qg3 (33.
Qb3 $6 Qf5 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Be4 Qd7 $13 {[%csl Re8]}) 33... fxe6 34. Rxe6 Qg7 (
34... Qxe6 $2 35. Qxg6+) 35. Rxg6+ Rxd5 36. Rxg7+ Rxg7 37. Qb3 {[%csl Rb2,Rd5]}
Rgd7 38. Qxb2 $14) 33. Rxe6 {Again mistake.} Qxe6 $2 ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 33... Qg7 34. Rxg6+ Rxd5 35. Rxg7+ Rxg7 $8 (35... Kxg7 $2
36. Qg3+ {[%csl Rc7,Rg7]}) 36. Qxc4 Rgd7 $16) 34. Qxg6+ $18 ({Further
resistance is impossible.For example:} 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Qxe6 {[%csl Rf8,Rh6]}
Nxb2 36. Qxh6+ Ke8 37. Qe6+ {and so on.}) 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 {White first evade from the mainline theoretical variation: 9.
exd5!?} d4 {Rare move.More popular is:} (9... dxe4 $5) 10. Ne2 e5 {Simple and
good move. Black opens Bc8 and places PP on the black squares,in view of
exchange of black-squares bishop.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 $5 {Besides White has
two main alternatives:} (12. h3 $5 {You can see my annotations to games:
Ponomariov,R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(63) and Shirov,
A-Grischuk,A/Linares,2001/CBM 82(1-0)(32)}) ({and} 12. f4 $5 {You can see my
comments to Svidler,P-Al Modiahki,M/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(48)}) 12... Be6 $5
({On:} 12... Bg4 $5 13. f3 $140 Be6 {[%cal Yf6d7] I have found three games}) ({
On:} 12... h6 $6 {and 12...Kh8 I have found two games on each continuation}) ({
And after:} 12... Re8 {or 12...Ne7 I have found only one game on each
continuation in my database.}) 13. b4 $5 $146 {White also want to supervise a
situation on a queen side.} ({Recently were checked up other continuations:} 
13. f4 $6 exf4 14. Rxf4 $6 (14. Bxf4 $5 Ng4 $13) 14... Ne5 15. h3 Rc8 16. Rf2
Nfd7 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. b4 Nc4 $15 {Brodsky,M-Raetsky,A/Biel,2004(0-1)(35)}) ({and
} 13. h3 Nd7 14. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Kovalevskaya,E-Skripchenko,A/Krasnoturinsk,2004
(14)}) 13... Rc8 {<->c; ><c4;c3} 14. h3 {/\f4(><g4) Artyom Timofeev has
decided to not save on this move.} ({Leads to quieter and solid game:} 14. f4
$5 Ng4 $1 15. f5 $140 Qh4 16. h3 $8 Qxg3 17. hxg4 (17. Qxg4 $143 Qxg4 18. hxg4
Bd7 $11) 17... Bd7 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 {+/=/=}) 14... a6 {This move is
directed against progress "b5" and also prepares Nd7.} 15. f4 {It was more
impossible to hesitate with this move!} exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd7 {/\Nde5 or Nce5 It's
the most logical reaction to the previous moves of White.} 17. b5 $1 ({I think,
that White have not played immediately:} 17. Qh5 {in view of that,after:} Nf6
18. Qh4 $140 (18. Qf3 $144 Nd7) {Black can begin a drawn blackmail:} 18... Nd7
$1 19. Qh5 Nf6 $11 {(that is impossible after inclusion of moves: 17.b5 axb5.)}
) 17... axb5 18. Qh5 Nce5 $5 ({Now was senseless:} 18... Nf6 {because of:} 19.
Qxb5 $14) ({After:} 18... b4 $6 19. e5 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qh4 bxa3 22. Rxa3
$36 {White develop a strong initiative,all their pieces are ready for this
purpose.}) 19. Bxe5 {Differently,Black will play "f6" on the following move:
and will block the centre.} g6 20. Qh6 Nxe5 21. Nf5 $1 {Differently,White
remains without P and without any compensation for him:} (21. Rab1 $2 Bc4 $15)
21... Qf6 $6 {I am not sure that it is an absolutely correct sacrifice of
exchange.} (21... gxf5 $2 22. exf5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf5e6,Gf5f6]} f6 23. fxe6
Qe7 24. Rf4 $16) (21... Bxf5 $5 22. exf5 {[%cal Gf5f6]} Rc6 23. Bxb5 Rb6 24. a4
$13) 22. Nxd4 $6 {Very strange decision.Artyom Timofeev missed an excellent
opportunity to receive a material advantage:} (22. Nd6 $1 Qe7 (22... Qg7 $143
23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rfd1 {+/=/+/-}) 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qd2 {
with obvious advantage of White.}) 22... Qg7 23. Qxg7+ (23. Qe3 $143 Bc4 24.
Rad1 Ra8 {=/=/+}) 23... Kxg7 24. Bxb5 Bc4 $44 {Now Black have excellent
compensation behind pawn.} 25. Rfb1 (25. Bxc4 $143 Rxc4 26. Rfd1 Ra8 {/\R8a4}
27. Rab1 Rxa3 28. Rxb7 Raa4 29. Rb5 (29. Ne6+ $143 Kh6 30. Nd8 Rxc2 31. Nxf7+
Nxf7 32. Rxf7 Raa2 33. Kf1 Rxg2 34. Ra1 $1 $11) 29... Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31.
Rxe5 Rc4 $11) 25... Rfd8 26. c3 Kg8 {[%csl Yg8][%cal Rb7h7] Ramil Hasangatin
fairly was afraid of the following idea: 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Rxb7 /\Rxc3? 29.Ne6+}
27. a4 ({Already,not dangerously:} 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxb7 Rxc3 $44 {[%csl Rg1]}
) 27... Bxb5 28. Nxb5 Rc4 29. Rb4 ({Hardly it was better:} 29. Re1 Rd2 $44)
29... Rd2 30. Rxc4 Nxc4 31. a5 h5 {Black prepare the next active move.} 32. Ra4
Ne3 33. e5 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Rg3 35. Nd6 {The purpose of White - to open a road to
Pa5.} Rxh3+ 36. Kg1 h4 {The Ph4 becomes not less dangerous than Pa5.} 37. Nxb7
Rg3+ 38. Kh1 $8 ({Unexpectedly at once loses a game:} 38. Kf2 $4 {in view of:}
Ng4+ {[%cal Gh4h3,Gh3h2]} 39. Ke2 (39. Rxg4 $143 Rxg4 40. a6 Ra4 41. Nc5 Ra5
$19) 39... h3 40. a6 h2 41. a7 (41. Ra1 $2 Rg1) 41... h1=Q 42. a8=Q+ Kg7 $19 {
with decisive attack on white king.}) 38... Rh3+ $11 ({The same result turns
out and after sharper continuation:} 38... h3 39. Nd6 $5 (39. a6 Ng4 40. Rf4 (
40. Ra2 $4 Rxc3 41. Ra1 $8 Rc2 42. a7 (42. Rf1 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Nf2+
45. Rxf2 Rxf2 46. Nc5 Ra2 $19) 42... Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kf1 $8 (44. Kh1 $4
Nf2#) 44... Ne3+ 45. Ke1 h2 $1 (45... Rg1+ $5 46. Kd2 Rxa1) 46. a8=Q+ Kg7 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Gh2h1] with mate in 4 move.}) 40... Rg2 $1 41. a7 Rh2+ 42. Kg1
Rg2+ 43. Kh1 (43. Kf1 $4 Ne3+ 44. Ke1 Ra2 45. a8=Q+ (45. Rf3 h2 46. Rh3 Rxa7
$19) 45... Rxa8 46. Kf2 h2 47. Rh4 Ng4+ 48. Kg2 (48. Kg3 Ra1 $19) 48... Ra1 $19
{[%cal Ga1g1]}) 43... Rh2+ 44. Kg1 $11) 39... Rg2 $1 (39... Ng4 $2 40. Ne4 {
/\Nf6+} Rf3 41. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 42. exf6 Rxc3 43. a6 Rc8 44. a7 Ra8 45. Kh2 $16)
40. Ne4 (40. Rh4 Ng4 41. Rxh3 Ra2 $11) 40... Kg7 41. a6 Ng4 42. a7 Re2 43. Ra1
$8 Rh2+ 44. Kg1 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 $8 (45. Kf1 $4 Nh2+ 46. Ke1 Rg1+ 47. Kf2 Rxa1)
45... Rh2+ $11) 39. Kg1 Rg3+ 40. Kh1 $8 {White are obliged to repeat moves.}
Rh3+ ({Also leads to draw game:} 40... Ng4 41. a6 Nf2+ 42. Kh2 Ng4+ 43. Kh1 (
43. Rxg4 $2 Rxg4 44. Nc5 $140 h3 $1 45. Kxh3 (45. a7 $2 Rg2+ 46. Kxh3 Ra2)
45... Rg1 $17 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Yg1a1,Yg8f8,Yf8e7]}) 43... Nf2+ 44. Kh2 Ng4+ $11
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 ({In this position Black has a number of
possibilities:} 10... a6 $5) (10... Qxd6 $5) ({and} 10... Ne8 $5 {For further
information about this line see my comments to Carlsen,M-Vidoniak,R/Gausdal,
2005/CBM 107(1-0)(42)}) 11. Nc7 $5 $146 {A new move. The main continuation in
this position is 11.0-0-0.} ({For example:} 11. O-O-O $5 a6 12. Nd4 Qb6 13.
Nxc6 bxc6 14. f3 a5 (14... Ne8 $5) 15. Na4 Qb4 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ne8 18. Rd3
d5 19. Rc3 $14 {Oll,L-Janssen,R/Dieren,1996(1-0)(41)}) (11. Qg3 $143 d5 12.
O-O-O a6 13. exd5 axb5 14. dxc6 Qb6 15. Bxb5 bxc6 16. Bc4 Ba6 $44 {Xu
Yuhua-Wang Yu/HeiBei,2001(1-0)(47)}) 11... Rb8 ({After:} 11... Ne8 12. Nxe8
Rxe8 13. O-O-O {Black has some problems with his queenside development.}) 12.
Be2 b6 (12... Ne8 $2 13. Nxe8 Rxe8 14. O-O $16 {[%csl Rc8,Gd6,Rd7][%cal Ga1d1]}
) 13. e5 {By this move GM Galkin fixes the pawn structure and keeps the
central black pawns on light squares.} Ne8 (13... Rb7 $2 14. exf6 Qxc7 (14...
Rxc7 $2 15. fxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb5 Rb7 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. O-O-O $18) 15.
Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Nb5 Rb7 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. c3 $16) 14. Nxe8 Rxe8 15.
f4 ({Could be recommended:} 15. O-O $5) 15... Bb7 {This hardly deserves
attention, but there is another attempt to free from White's pressure:} (15...
f6 $6 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. O-O-O (17. O-O $143 Na5 $132) 17... fxe5 18. Qxd7 Nd4 19.
Qxd8 Rexd8 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. fxe5 Rbd7 22. Rhe1 {+/=/+/-}) 16. Bf3 {White
ignored another good option to finish his development:} (16. O-O $5) 16... Ne7
17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. O-O-O $14 {After all, Alexander Galkin found the time for
castling. He continued to keep an advantage thanks to the pressure on the
d-file, but Black has now some options to start counterplay on the queenside
after:} b5 {[%cal Gd8a5,Gb5b4]} ({After:} 18... Nf5 19. Qd2 d5 20. g4 (20. exd6
$143 Rd7 21. Ne4 Qb8 $11 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge8d8,Gb8d6,Gf5d6,Gd7d6,Gd8d6]})
20... Ne7 21. Nb5 Nc8 22. h4 $36 {Black also didn't solve all his problems.})
19. Ne4 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Ge4c5]} Qa5 (19... Nd5 $142 20. Qa3 b4 21. Qg3 Rb6
$14) 20. Kb1 $6 {White missed a good chance to regroup his forces.} (20. Qd3 $5
Rc7 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Rd4 b4 24. Rhd1 {+/=/+/-}) 20... b4 ({The next
continuation seems dangerous for Black:} 20... Nd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Rc7
23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Ne4 $36) 21. Rd3 $6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd3g3,Gg3g8,
Ge4f6] The beginning of an unsuccessful plan. By this move, White tries to
organise an attack on the black King, but he hasn't enough pieces in order to
do something serious. Better was:} (21. Nc5 $5 Rc7 (21... Rbb8 $6 22. Nb3 Qb5
23. Qxd7 $16) 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rhe1 $14) 21... Nd5 $11 {Black
used White's two last moves to fully equalize the position.} 22. Rg3 $6 (22.
Nc5 $142 Rbb8 23. Nb3 (23. Nxd7 $6 Rbd8 24. Rhd1 Qa4 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qxd5 b3
27. cxb3 Qxf4 $15) 23... Qd8 $11 {[%csl Rd6,Rf4][%cal Gd5f4,Gb8b6]}) 22... Reb8
$6 {Why not to put a rook on an open file:} (22... Rc8 $5 {<->c} 23. Nf6+ Nxf6
24. exf6 g6 {=/=/+}) 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. exf6 g6 25. Rg5 ({Much better for White
was to enter his second rook in the game:} 25. Rd1 $5) 25... Qc7 $6 {I'm not
sure, that the exhange of queens is in favour of Black. In a rook ending, "f6"
pawn guarantees White some advantage.} (25... Qd8 $142 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd8f6]}
) 26. Qd2 $6 {I would like to recommend to immediately transfer to a rook
ending according to the reason from my previous annotation:} (26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27.
Ra5 {+/=/=}) 26... Qc3 (26... Qd8 $5 27. Qd4 b3 $1 28. axb3 $140 Rb4 $132) 27.
Qxc3 bxc3 28. b3 $11 {White has exchanged the queens in an unsuccessful stage
and in the arising ending, the chances of both sides are equal.} Rb4 (28... d5
$5 {deserves attention, because Black prevents the penetration of White's rook
to the queenside.}) 29. g3 ({More active was:} 29. Ra5 Rxf4 30. Rxa7 d5 31. Rc7
Rxf6 32. Rxc3 Rf2 33. g3 $13) 29... d5 30. Re5 (30. Rd1 $142 {with the idea to
prevent 30...Rd4}) 30... h5 $2 {I'm not sure about this move, because it
weakens Black's kingside.} (30... Rd4 $5 {/\Rd2}) 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Rd3 Rb6 33.
Kc1 a5 {Another non-obligatory move.} (33... Rbc6 $5) 34. Ree3 Rbc6 35. a4 Rc5
36. Kd1 $14 {[%cal Yd1e2,Ye2f3,Yf3g2,Yg2h3,Yh3h4,Yh4g5] Alexander Galkin found
an interesting course for his King.} Kf8 {Black transfered the king to the
centre.} 37. Ke2 Ke8 38. Kf3 Kd7 39. Kg2 Kd6 40. Kh3 g5 $2 {An interesting,
but a doubtful decision. Black declined a passive way of defense (play with
the rooks on the c-file) and chooses to sacrifice a pawn in order to activate
his central pawns. Another option to active counterplay was:} (40... R5c6 $5
41. Kh4 Kc5 $6 (41... R8c7 $5) (41... Kd7 $5) 42. Rxc3+ Kb4 43. Rxc6 Rxc6 44.
f5 $1 gxf5 (44... exf5 $142 45. Kg5 $16 {/\Re7 קf7}) 45. Re2 Rc8 46. Kxh5 Rh8+
47. Kg5 Rh3 48. Kf4 d4 {/\d3 קb3} 49. Ke5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge5d6,Gd6e7,Ge7f7]
but also in this line White's advantage is obvious.}) 41. fxg5 $16 e5 42. g4 $2
{An inaccuracy.} (42. Kh4 $5 d4 (42... Rh8 $143 43. Rxc3) 43. g4 (43. Kxh5 $4
Rh8+ 44. Kg4 Rxh2 $19) 43... hxg4 44. Kxg4 {[%csl Gf6,Gg5,Gh2][%cal Gh2h4,
Gh4h5,Gg5g6] +/-/+-}) 42... Rh8 43. Rxc3 hxg4+ $6 {In this and part of the
annotations, i'll use comments of IM Maxim Notkim (from the site www.chesspro.
ru).} (43... d4 $1 {deserves serious attention. Notkin,M} 44. Rxc5 dxe3 45. Rc3
hxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Rxh2 47. Rxe3 (47. Kf3 e2 48. Re3 e1=Q 49. Rxe1 Rxc2 $11) 47...
Rxc2 {and it is not clear how White could use his extra pawn.}) 44. Kxg4 Rxc3
45. Rxc3 Rxh2 46. g6 fxg6 (46... Rg2+ $2 {loses: (Notkin,M)} 47. Rg3 Rxg3+ 48.
Kxg3 fxg6 49. b4 $1 axb4 50. a5 d4 51. a6 d3 52. cxd3 b3 53. f7 Ke7 54. f8=Q+
Kxf8 55. a7 b2 56. a8=Q+ $18) 47. Kg5 (47. Rf3 Rh8 48. Kg5 e4 49. Rf1 e3 50.
Kxg6 e2 51. Re1 Rg8+ 52. Kf7 Rg2 53. Kf8 (53. Ke8 Rg8+ 54. Kf7 Rg2) (53. c3 Kd7
$11) 53... d4 54. f7 Kd7 $11 {and Black manages to hold on.}) 47... e4 $4 {
A painful blunder leading to an immediate loss.} (47... Rf2 $1 48. Kxg6 Rg2+
49. Kf7 e4 50. Kf8 (50. Rc8 $2 e3 51. Re8 d4 52. c3 dxc3 53. Rxe3 c2 54. Rc3
Rf2 $11) 50... Rf2 51. f7 d4 52. Rc8 (52. Rc4 {Notkin,M} d3 53. Rxe4 (53. cxd3
exd3 54. Ke8 Re2+ 55. Kd8 Rf2 56. Rd4+ Kc5 57. Rd7 Kb4 $11) (53. Kg7 Rg2+ 54.
Kf6 Rf2+ 55. Kg6 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Rf2+ 57. Kxe4 dxc2 58. Rxc2 Rxf7 $11) 53... dxc2
54. Rc4 Ke6 $11) 52... e3 53. Kg8 Kd7 (53... e2 $4 54. Rd8+ Kc5 55. Re8 Rg2+
56. Kf8 {/\Re7,Ke8,f8Q} d3 57. cxd3 Kd4 58. Re6 Kxd3 59. Ke7 Rf2 60. f8=Q Rxf8
61. Kxf8 Kd2 62. Ke7 e1=Q 63. Rxe1 Kxe1 64. Kd6 {with mate in 17 moves :)}) 54.
Re8 $1 (54. Ra8 $143 Rg2+ {קc2} 55. Kh7 Rh2+ 56. Kg7 Rg2+ $11) 54... Rg2+ 55.
Kf8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge8e4,Ge4d4]} Rxc2 56. Re4 Rd2 57. Rf4 {/\58.Kg7 Rg2+ 59.
Kh6 Rh2+ 60.Kg5 Rg2+ 61.Kh4 Rh2+ 62.Kg3 and so on.} e2 $1 58. Re4 d3 59. Kg7
e1=Q 60. f8=N+ (60. Rxe1 Rg2+ 61. Kf6 Rf2+ $11) 60... Kc6 61. Rxe1 Kc5 62. Ne6+
Kb4 $11 {[%csl Ra4,Rb3,Gd3]}) 48. f7 Ke7 (48... Rf2 $144 {Notkin,M} 49. Kxg6
Rg2+ 50. Kf6 Rf2+ 51. Kg7 Rg2+ (51... d4 52. Rc8 $18) 52. Kf8 d4 53. Ke8 Rf2
54. Rh3 $18) 49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. Kxg6 $18 Rg2+ $8 51. Kf6 Rf2+ $8 52. Ke6 e3 53.
Rc8+ Kg7 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Rg1 (55. f8=Q $2 {Notkin,M} Rxf8 56. Rxf8 $4 e2 57.
Rf7+ Kg8 $19) 55... e2 (55... Rf4 {Notkin,M} 56. Ke7 Re4+ 57. Kf8 Rf4 58. Rg7+
Kh6 (58... Kh8 59. Rg3 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg3e3,Gg3h3]}) 59. Kg8 e2 60. Rg1 $18)
56. Re1 Kg7 57. Kxd5 Kxf7 58. Kd4 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gd4d3,Gd3e2,Ge1e2]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 $5 {In my opinion, this very interesting reaction on the
previous move of black.} (9. Be2 {You can see comments to game: Jakovenko,
D-Filippov,V/Elista,2001/CBM 83 (1-0)(Golod,V)(29)}) 9... Nb4 10. c5 $1 {
[%mdl 4]} (10. Bd2 $143 {See comments to Khachian,M-Halkias,S/Yerevan,2000/
CBM78(1-0)(Golod,V) (39)}) 10... Qh4 $2 $146 {After this novelty black get in
a strip of difficulties.Was checked in the previous games:} (10... Qb8 $5 11.
f4 (11. Nd6+ $143 Bxd6 12. cxd6 a5 13. a3 Nd5 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Be2 Ba6 $13 {
Groot,A-Leko,P/ICCF Email,1999/76 telechess (1/2-1/2)(27)}) 11... Ba6 12. a3
Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nd5 14. Qd4 Be7 (14... Qd8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 O-O
18. O-O-O $14 {Parligras,M-Manolache,M/Techirghiol,2000(0-1)(52)}) 15. f5 exf5
16. Rxf5 O-O 17. Bd2 f6 18. O-O-O fxe5 19. Rxe5 $14 {Topalov,V-Illescas
Cordoba,M/Cala Galdana,1999(1-0)(22)}) ({and} 10... Ba6 $5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12.
Qd4 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Yd4c5,Yd4e5]} (12. O-O $2 $15 {"Why? For what hopes white
giving P without any compensation?". See comments to Shabalov,A-Vescovi,G/
Paget Parish,2001/CBM 81 (0-1)(Golod,V)(33)}) 12... Be7 (12... Nxc5 $4 13. Nxc5
Qa5+ 14. b4 $18 {Comments to 12...Rb8!? and 12...Qa5+!? you cand find in
annotations to game:Shabalov,A-Vescovi,G/Paget Parish,2001/CBM 81 (0-1)(Golod,
V)(33)}) 13. O-O Rb8 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rad1 Nc7 $6 (15... f5 $142) 16. Ba5 Qc8
17. Nf6+ $1 $16 {Peng Xiaomin-Zhang Zhong/HeiBei,2001 (1-0)(39)}) 11. Qf3 $5 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Gc1g5] It's more strongly,than:} (11. Bd3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Ba6 $5
(12... Be7 $6 13. Qf3 (13. O-O $143 Ba6 $1) 13... Ba6 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ga6f1]}
14. g3 Qh3 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5 17. Bxe7 fxe4 18. Bd6 $14) 13. Qd4 Qh5 14.
f3 Qg6 {+/=/=}) ({In my opinion, even more unpleasant for black:} 11. g4 $1 {
[%csl Rb4,Rb7,Rh4][%cal Gc1g5,Gd1b3]} Be7 (11... h5 $143 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 Qxg4
14. f3 $18) 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 Qxg4 14. f3 Qh4+ 15. Kd1 $18 {+/-/+-}) 11... h6
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({It is necessary:} 11... Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Nd4 $8 (12... Nxa1 $4
13. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Ra1]}) 13. Qf4 (13. Qd3 $2 Qh5+ {[%csl Re5]}) 13... Qxf4 14.
Bxf4 {+/=/+/-}) ({Also loses right away:} 11... Bxc5 $2 12. Bg5 Nc2+ 13. Kd2
$18) ({and} 11... Qd8 $2 12. Qb3 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rb7]}) 12. g3 Qd8 (12... Nc2+
$143 13. Kd2 Nd4 (13... Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxa1 15. b4 $18 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 14. Qd3
$18 {[%csl Rd4,Rh4]}) 13. Qb3 {[%csl Rb4,Rb7] +/-/+-} Qa5 $8 (13... a5 $143 14.
a3 Na6 15. Qxb7 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qb3 $18) 14. Bd2 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16.
Bxb4 Qxe5+ 17. Be2 {[%csl Gb4,Re8][%cal Gb4f8]} Ba6 18. Qc2 h5 $6 ({More
stubborn resistance after:} 18... Rb8 19. Bc3 Qxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 f6)
19. Rd1 {[%cal Gb4d6] White has a superfluous bishop.The rest is the matter of
technics.} Bxe2 {Differently,it is impossible to lead progress "d5".} 20. Qxe2
Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 d5 22. Ba3 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ya3b2,Ga3f8]} Kd7 23. Rd4 e5 24. Ra4
{[%csl Ra7]} a6 25. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c5,Gc5a5]} Rhb8 26. Rh4 $1 {Now it is
possible to transfer game in other side.} Rh8 (26... g6 $143 27. g4 $1 hxg4
$140 (27... Rh8) 28. Rh7 {[%csl Ga3,Rc6,Yd7,Rf7]}) 27. Rc5 Kc7 28. Ra4 Rhb8 29.
Rh4 g6 $6 (29... Rh8 $142 {+/-/+-}) 30. g4 $1 $18 Rh8 (30... hxg4 31. Rh7 Rf8
$140 32. Rc1 {[%csl Rf7,Yf8][%cal Yf8f7]}) 31. g5 f6 32. Rh3 {[%csl Rc6][%cal
Gh3c3]} Kd7 33. Rb3 fxg5 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Rb6 {[%csl Ga3,Gb6,Gc5,Rd6][%cal
Gc5c6] Further resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2004.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qb6 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. O-O
Rc8 15. c4 Qxd6 {Comments to this part of the game and also to:} (15... Rc6 $5
16. Qb8+ Rc8 17. Qd6 Rc6 18. Qe5 O-O 19. Rad1 $14 {(Here White has small but a
stable advantage ) you can find in my annotations to Zhang Pengxiang-Antonio,R/
Calcutta,2001/CBM 85(1-0)(45)}) ({Twenty eight years ago was checked in
practice:} 15... Kf7 16. Rad1 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Rhd8 18. f4 g6 19. h3 Be4 20. Be2
Rc6 21. Be5 $14 {Kurajica,B-Nicevski,R/Skopje,1976/Inf 21/346(1-0)(41)}) 16.
Bxd6 Rc6 17. Be5 d6 ({Were checked in the preceding game of Roberto Cifuentes
Parada,who considered as an expert in this variation:} 17... O-O $6 {but he
had problems,after:} 18. Rad1 $1 d6 $140 19. Bxd6 $1 Rxd6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Rxd6 $16 {Wedberg,T-Cifuentes Parada,R/Haninge,1992(1-0)(53)}) 18. Bc3 $14 {
[%csl Yc3,Gd3] Pair of bishops provides to White a long time initiative.} Kf7
19. Rfe1 ({On:} 19. f4 {you can find three games}) ({and after:} 19. Rad1 {
you can find only two games in Mega Database 2004.}) 19... Rcc8 $146 ({Too
early:} 19... d5 $6 20. Be5 (20. b3 $143 d4 21. Bd2 Re8 22. f4 Rb6 23. h3 g6
24. Ba5 Ra6 {1/2-1/2 Pietzsch,W-Nei,I/Leningrad,1960(24)}) 20... Rd8 21. Rad1
$14 {/\b3}) 20. f3 {/\Kf2,g4,h4 One of the possible plans in such a type of
positions is a pawn attack on the king side.} ({Besides,White clearly better,
after logical:} 20. Rad1 {/\Bc2(קd6)} d5 $140 21. Be5 {/\b3,h3 +/=}) 20...
Rhe8 21. Rad1 g6 22. Bc2 $6 {In my opinion,White shouldn't waste a tempo on
threat Pd6 and provoke his proceeding to "d5",because "d6-d5" it's black's
only idea.} ({I think it was better to continue preparation for the pawn
attack:} 22. Kf2 d5 23. Be5 {and in comparison to the game,White improve place
of his king.} ({Unaccurate is:} 23. h4 $2 d4 24. Bd2 e5 {/\e4}) 23... dxc4 $6
24. Bxc4 Bd5 25. Ba6 {+/=/+/-}) 22... d5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 $6 {Dubios move. Black
destroys to himself his pawn structure.} ({Essential was:} 23... exd5 24. Bb3
Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd8 {/\c4 and d4} 26. Rd1 $14) 24. Be5 Nb4 25. Bb1 $6 ({Leads
to serious advantage:} 25. Ba4 $1 Bc6 (25... Nc6 $2 26. Bd6 {קc5}) 26. Bxc6
Rxc6 (26... Nxc6 $143 27. Rc1 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 c4 29. Re4 Rb8 30. Rc2 Rec8 31.
Rexc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxb2 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxa7 $16 {with quite good chances
for a win.}) 27. Re4 $1 Nd5 28. Rc4 {+/=/+/-}) 25... Bd5 $14 {Now Black
succeed to stabilize his position,however White still better.} 26. a3 Nc6 27.
Bc3 Red8 28. Kf2 Bb3 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Kg3 {Possible move,but it's still
unclear to me why not to break black's defence with immediate "h4-h5":} (30. h4
$5 Nd4 (30... e5 $5) 31. h5 (31. g4 $143 Bd5 32. Kg3 h5 (32... Nxf3 $2 33. Rf1)
33. Be4 hxg4 34. fxg4 e5 $132) 31... Nb5 (31... Kf6 $2 32. Re3 $1 {[%csl Rb3,
Yd4][%cal Ge3b3,Gc3d4] Very strong resource!} Bc4 $140 33. b4 cxb4 34. axb4 $16
) 32. hxg6+ hxg6 33. Be5 {/\Rh1} (33. Ba5 $5 Rd5 (33... Rh8 $6 34. Re4) 34. Be4
Rh5 $14) 33... Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. Rh1 Nd4 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rxa7
Bc2 $1 (38... Re2+ $143 39. Kf4 Rxe5 (39... g5+ $2 40. Kxg5 Rxe5+ (40... Nxf3+
41. Kf6 {/\42.Ra8#}) 41. Kf6 {[%csl Re5,Rf8][%cal Ga7a8,Gf6e5]}) (39... Kg8 40.
Rg7+ Kf8 41. Be4 $16) 40. Ra8+ $8 Ke7 41. Kxe5 Nxf3+ 42. Kf4 Bd5 43. Ra5 $16)
39. Bg7+ Ke8 40. Bxc2 Rxc2 (40... Nxc2+ $2 41. Ke4 {+/=/+/-}) 41. b4 (41. Bxd4
$2 cxd4+ 42. Kxd4 Rxb2 43. Ke5 Re2+ 44. Kf6 Re3 45. f4 Re4 46. Kg5 e5 $11)
41... Nf5+ 42. Kd3 {+/=/+/-}) 30... Nd4 31. Re5 $6 {Its just not a place for
the rook!} Bd5 32. h4 Nb5 {Now it becomes clear why "e5" its not a place for a
rook.} 33. Ba5 Rb8 {קb2} 34. Re1 Nd4 ({It was possible to keep bishop out of
game by:} 34... Rb7 $14 {[%csl Ra5] with good opportunities for equality in
the future.}) 35. Bc3 Bc4 {/\Ne2+ This move only improves a position of white
king and wasting a time for Black.} (35... a5 $1 {protecting from future
threat "b4".} 36. b4 (36. h5 $143 a4 37. hxg6+ hxg6 $11) 36... axb4 37. axb4
Nb5 (37... Rxb4 $6 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Kf4 Kf6 40. Ke3 $14) 38. Be5 Rc8 {+/=/=})
36. Kf2 {/\b4(פd4)} Rd8 $6 {<->d /\Nb5} ({Again it was much better:} 36... a5
$5 37. b4 $140 axb4 38. axb4 Nb3 (38... Rxb4 $4 39. Bxb4 cxb4 40. Re4 $18) 39.
bxc5 Nxc5 {+/=/=}) 37. h5 Kf6 $2 ({Also doesn't helps:} 37... a6 $2 38. Re4 $1
{/\b4} Bb3 39. Rf4+ Nf5 (39... Kg7 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Rg4 {[%csl Rg6]}) 40. g4
g5 41. Re4 Nd4 (41... Nd6 42. Re5) 42. Re5 Rd5 43. Rxd5 exd5 44. Bxh7 $18) ({
and} 37... gxh5 38. Rh1 $16) ({More stubborn was:} 37... Nb5 38. Ba5 Rd5 39.
hxg6+ hxg6 40. Rc1 {/\Be4 +/=/+/-}) 38. f4 $16 ({Also leads to huge advantage:
} 38. b4 $5 cxb4 39. axb4 Kf7 (39... e5 $143 40. f4 $1 {/\Re4}) 40. Re4 e5 41.
f4 $1 Bd5 42. Rxe5 Nb5 43. Ba1 $16) 38... Rd5 $6 (38... Kf7 $142 39. Rh1 $1 $36
) 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Rh1 $2 $138 {Probably this mistake was made in zeitnot.} (
40. b4 $1 g5 (40... cxb4 41. axb4 {/\Re4 +-}) 41. Be4 Rd7 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43.
bxc5 $18) 40... e5 41. Be4 $2 ({It deserves more attention:} 41. g3 $1 exf4 42.
gxf4 $16 {/\Rh6 or b4} Rh5 $140 43. Rxh5 gxh5 44. b4) 41... Rd6 42. fxe5+ $6 ({
And another time:} 42. b4 $1 cxb4 43. Bxb4 Rb6 (43... Rd8 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45.
Bxg6 $16) 44. Rc1 Be6 (44... Bf7 $143 45. Rc5 $18 exf4 $140 $2 46. Bc3 Rd6 47.
Rc6 $1 Rxc6 48. Bxd4+) 45. fxe5+ Kxe5 46. Bxg6 $16) 42... Kxe5 43. Ke3 $6 {
Miguel Illescas Cordoba continues to miss chance after chance.} ({After simple
continuation:} 43. Re1 $1 Kf6 44. b4 cxb4 45. axb4 Kg5 46. Rd1 Nb5 47. Rxd6
Nxd6 48. Bf3 {+/=/+/- black's position still remains very difficult, thanking
to a pair of white's bishops.}) 43... Bd5 $1 $11 44. Rh4 Re6 45. Bxd4+ $2 {
Although White is still not losing there,this move allows to play on win only
to Black.} ({White had to agree with position's new estimate and accept a draw,
after:} 45. b4 Bxe4 46. Rxe4+ Kd5 47. Rxe6 Nxe6 48. bxc5 Nxc5 $11) 45... cxd4+
46. Kd3 Ba2 $1 {And now suddenly - Black plays on win!!} 47. Rh1 (47. Kc2 $5 {
/\b3 or Bf3} Rb6 48. Bf3 Bd5 (48... Bb3+ 49. Kd3 Be6 $11) 49. Bxd5 Kxd5 50. Rh7
$11) 47... Rb6 48. Re1 (48. Bf3 $142 {/\Re1+ קd4} Rb3+ 49. Kc2 Re3 50. Rh8 $11
) 48... Rb3+ 49. Kc2 (49. Kd2 $143 Rxb2+ 50. Kc1 Rf2 51. Bxg6+ Kd6 $15) 49...
Re3 50. Rxe3 dxe3 51. Bf3 Kd4 $6 {No matter that white is still Ok there,Black
had to try logical:} (51... Bc4 $1 {/^a6-f1} 52. Kc3 Bf1 {/\Kf4-g3-f2} 53. g3
g5 54. b4 Kf5 55. a4 $11 {White succeeds to create a blockade position,the
draw agreement should come soon there.}) 52. b3 {Now it should be a draw after
expected sacrifice on "b3",but...} g5 $4 {Painful blunder leading to immediate
loss.} ({Black has a simple draw after:} 52... Bxb3+ $1 53. Kxb3 Kd3 54. Kb4 e2
55. Bxe2+ Kxe2 56. Kb5 Kf2 57. Ka6 (57. g4 $144 Kf3 58. g5 Kf4 59. Ka6 Kxg5 60.
Kxa7 Kf4 61. a4 g5 62. a5 g4 63. a6 g3 64. Kb7) 57... Kxg2 58. Kxa7 g5 59. a4
g4 60. a5 g3 61. a6 Kf2 62. Kb7 g2 63. a7 g1=Q 64. a8=Q) 53. Be2 $18 {[%csl
Ra2,Ye2][%cal Gc2b2]} Ke4 54. g3 $1 Kd4 55. Kb2 Bb1 56. Kxb1 Kc3 57. Kc1 Kxb3
58. Ba6 {[%cal Yc1d1,Yd1e2] The further resistance is senseless.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7.
a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 {It's main line.} (9. Bd3 $5 {See comments to
Ponomariov,R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/ CBM 81(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(63)}) 9...
exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 $1 {It's best move.} 12. Ne2 ({Nowadays-} 12. Ne4 {
is not actual.See comments to Leko,P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(52)}) 12... Bg4 {Shipov makes the following comments in "Club
Kasparov" to game:Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)
(58) : "Black provoke white on a move f2-f3,which will weaken a point e3.At a
case, the black bishop passes on g6".} (12... Re8 $5 {See comments to Bosch,
J-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (37) Besides, 12...Qd5;
12...a6;12...h6;12...Ng4;12...Qd6; and 12...Qb6-was checked in the previous
games.}) 13. f3 {In my opinion,it's most basic decision.} (13. Bg5 {You can
see comments to game: Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,
V)(58)}) 13... Bh5 {A well known position for this variation.} 14. b4 $1 {
[%csl Yc6,Rd4][%cal Gc1b2,Gb4b5]} ({A little bit worse is:} 14. Bg5 {See
comments to Rocha,W-Maia,L/Sao Paulo,1999/EXT 2000 (1-0)(Hindemburg,Melao)(45)}
) 14... Qb6 $5 $146 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Yb6d4][%mdl 8] Black's plan is: Rfe8,
Nd5-e3(קe3)} (14... Nd5 $143 {(Rodriguez,Am:''Going immediately for the e3
hole is probably not the best continuation.'') See comments to David,A-Simonet
Pons,M/Escaldes,1998/CBM 68 (1/2-1/2)(Rodriguez,Am) (80)}) (14... Re8 $143 15.
Bb2 Nd5 16. Qd2 Ne3 17. Rf2 Bg6 18. b5 $2 (18. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 $140 19. Nxd4 $16)
18... Qb6 $132 {Szalanczy,E-Pinter,G/Budapest,1998(1-0)(40)}) 15. Nf4 $1 {
Why to not receive advantage of two bishops?} Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 $14 {
[%csl Re5,Yf4][%cal Yf4e5,Gd1f3]} Ne7 {[%cal Ge7d5,Ge7f5,Gf5e3,Gd5e3]} ({
Also white has a positional advantage,after:} 17... Rfe8 18. Qf3 Ne7 {[%cal
Ge7f5,Gf5e3]} 19. Re1 Nf5 20. Re5 $14) 18. Qf3 Ned5 19. Re1 Rfe8 $6 ({Can be
recommended:} 19... a5 $5 20. Re5 Rfd8 $14) 20. Bd2 {[%csl Gd2,Gd3] The white
bishops supervise all board, and black have remained now without counterplay.}
Qc7 21. Kh1 Qd6 22. f5 ({Pretty dubious:} 22. g4 {in view of:} Ne3 {[%csl Rh1]}
) 22... gxf5 23. Bxf5 {[%csl Gd2,Gf5][%cal Gd2h6,Gf5h7,Gf5d3,Gd2c1]} g6 $6 {
The not compelled easing of the king side!} (23... Qb6 $142 $14 {[%csl Yb6]
[%cal Gd5e3]}) 24. Bd3 Kg7 25. h3 Rh8 (25... Rac8 $5) 26. Rf1 {[%csl Gf1,Gf3,
Rf7]} Rae8 27. Rae1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 {After exchange of the heavy pieces,it will
be easy to reach up to weakness of black.} Rh5 ({Impossibly:} 28... Re8 $2 {
because of:} 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. Qe4 {[%csl Rd4,Re8]}) 29. Kg1 (29. Qf2 $143 {
[%csl Rd4]} Nc3 $140 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Qxa7 Ng4 32. Qg1 Qg3 $44) 29... Re5 30.
Qf2 {[%csl Rd4]} Qe7 (30... Rxe1+ $142 31. Qxe1 $140 Nf4) 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Qf3
b6 33. Kf2 {White gradually strengthen the position and for black very
difficultly to find the necessary plan of protection.} Nc3 34. Qf4 Nce4+ 35.
Kg1 Qe6 (35... Qd5 $142 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Yd5e4,Yd5d4]}) 36. Bc1 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gc1b2]} a5 $2 {Black allow transfer of the white's bishop on the best
position "b2".} ({It is necessary:} 36... Nc3 $5 {[%cal Ge6e1]}) 37. Bb2 $16 {
[%csl Rd4]} Qd5 38. Qc7 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Gc7,Rf7][%cal Gd3c4]} ({Not clearly
or it is enough for a win:} 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Bxe4 Nxe4 40. Qe3 {[%csl Rd4]}
Nc3 41. Bxc3 dxc3 42. Qxc3+ f6 $16) 38... Nc3 (38... axb4 $143 39. Bc4 $1 Qd7
$8 40. Qxd7 Nxd7 41. Bxd4+ Kf8 42. axb4 $18) 39. Bxc3 dxc3 40. Qxb6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Gb4]} axb4 41. axb4 (41. Qxb4 $6 Qe5 $132 {[%cal Ge5e1]}) 41... Qe5 42.
Qc5 Nd5 ({Leads to hopeless endgame:} 42... Qxc5+ 43. bxc5 Nd5 44. Kf2 Kf6 45.
Bc4 Nb4 46. Bb3 {[%csl Rc3,Rf7,Rg6][%cal Gf2e3,Ge3d4]}) 43. Bf1 {[%cal Gb4b5]}
f6 44. b5 Qe6 45. Qd4 {At disposal of black there is no useful move!} g5 46.
Bc4 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Ne3 ({Also loses right away:} 47... Nf4 48. Qd7+ Kh6 49. Qf7
Qe5 50. Qf8+ Kh7 (50... Kg6 51. g3 $18) (50... Kh5 51. g3 $18) 51. g3 $18) 48.
Qd7+ Kh6 49. Bd3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd7h7]} Nf1+ (49... f5 50. Qd6+ Kg7 51. b6 {
[%cal Gb6b7]}) 50. Bxf1 Qxf1 51. Qd6 $1 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Gb5b6,Yd6b8,Yd6h2,
Yd6b6] It is necessary to be exact up to the end!} g4 (51... Qxb5 $144 52.
Qxf6+ Kh7 $8 (52... Kh5 $4 53. g4+ Kh4 54. Qh6#) 53. Qxc3 $18) 52. hxg4 Qf2 53.
g5+ $1 Kh5 (53... Kxg5 $143 54. Qg3+) 54. Qd3 {[%csl Rf2,Rh5][%cal Gd3f3]} Qd2
55. Qf3+ Kxg5 56. b6 Kg6 (56... Qd6+ 57. Qg3+) 57. b7 {[%cal Gb7b8] Good
achievement of GM Alexander Galkin!} (57. b7 Qh6+ (57... Qd8 58. Qg3+) 58. Qh3
Qf4+ 59. Qg3+) 1-0

[Event "SWE-DEN"]
[Site "Skaenninge"]
[Date "1998.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Golod,V} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 $6 (6.
Nxc6 $5 {Golod,V}) (6. Ndb5 $5 {Golod,V}) 6... Bb4 (6... a6 {Golod,V}) (6... d6
{Golod,V}) 7. Bd3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 {One of Hectors favorite lines} Nd7 (
9... d4 10. exf6 dxe3 11. fxg7 exf2+ 12. Kf1 Rg8 13. Qg4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 $13 {
Hector,Jonny-Sax,Gyula/Vejle SCA (05) 1994 (35)}) 10. Qg4 Bf8 (10... Qa5 $6 {
Golod,V} 11. O-O (11. Bd2 $143 g6 12. a3 Be7 13. f4 Rb8 14. O-O Rxb2 15. Kh1
Qc7 16. f5 $2 gxf5 17. Qh5 Nc5 18. Bf4 Qa5 $19 {0-1 Nikac,P-Vlahovic,S/JUG-ch
1991 (26)}) 11... g6 12. Bd2 Be7 $5 (12... O-O 13. Rae1 Rb8 14. h4 $40 f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Qg3 Rb7 17. a3 Be7 18. Bh6 Nh5 19. Qg4 Rf7 20. Bxg6 $18 hxg6 21.
Qxg6+ Ng7 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Qe8+ Kh7 24. Re5 Bg5 25. hxg5 Bd7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27.
Ne4 {1-0 Kovchan,A-Sebenik,M/EU-chJM U14 1996}) (12... Ba6 $5 13. Bxa6 Bxc3 14.
Bb7 $6 (14. Bxc3 $5) 14... Bxd2 15. Bxa8 Qb6 16. Qa4 Nxe5 17. Qb3 Kd7 18. Rfd1
Bh6 19. Bb7 Kc7 20. Qg3 Bg7 21. Re1 Kxb7 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rc8 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Delekta,P-Gustafsson,J/BL2-N9697 1997 (35)}) (12... Nxe5 $6 13. Qd4 f6
14. Ne4 $36 {Golod,V}) 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Bh6 $6 (14. Qg3 $14) 14... Nxe5 15. Qd4
f6 16. Qf4 Rb8 (16... Qb8 $1) 17. a3 g5 $5 18. Bxg5 fxg5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5
$17 {0-1 Nunez,A-Vasquez,R/Andorra op 1991 (32)}) 11. f4 (11. Bf4 $6 {Golod,V}
g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Bg5 $2 (13. Rfe1 $5) 13... Nxe5 14. Qg3 f6 15. Bf4 Nxd3 16.
cxd3 e5 17. Rfe1 O-O $17 {0-1 Schroeder,B-Luckans,A/EU-chJM U14 1992 (29)}) (
11. Qg3 {Golod,V} g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. Ne2 c5 15. c3 Qa5 16. Kh1 Ba6
$11 {Efler,D-Stulik,V/CZE-chT1a 1995/0-1 (50)}) 11... g6 (11... Qa5 $6 {Golod,V
} 12. O-O Qb4 {[%csl Rb2,Rg4][%cal Gd7e5]} 13. a3 Qxb2 14. Ne2 $1 (14. Bd4 $6
Qb8 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Qg3 g6 17. h4 Bg7 18. h5 O-O 19. Qh4 c5 20. Nb5 Qc6 21.
Bf2 Ba6 22. Nd6 c4 23. Be2 Nxe5 $1 $17 {0-1 Connolly,S-Ellison,D/Isle of Man
op 1995 (44)}) 14... Qb7 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nc5 (16... g6 $6 17. h4 Nc5 18.
h5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. c4 $36 {1-0 Ljungqvist,L-Muhring,W/Moscow olm 1956 
(30)}) 17. Be2 Bd7 18. c4 g6 19. Qf3 Ne4 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f5 gxf5 22. Nxf5
Bxf5 23. Qxf5 $36 {Spielmann,R-Teichmann,R/Ostende-B 1907/1-0 (46)}) (11... Rb8
$5 {Golod,V} 12. Rb1 $5 (12. Nd1 $6 Ba6 $6 (12... Qa5+ $5 13. Kf2 (13. Bd2 $2
Qb6 $1 {[%cal Gb6g1]} 14. Qg3 Nc5 15. b3 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Ba6 17. Rc1 f5 18. Rc2
Kf7 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Nxe3 c5 $15 {0-1 Mitkov,N-Illescas Cordoba,M/ESP-chT
1997 (32)}) 13... f5 $5 14. Qh5+ $6 (14. exf6 $142) 14... g6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kf1 Qb6 18. Rc1 c5 19. c4 d4 $17 {0-1 Kuijf,M-Winants,L/Wijk-B
1987 (46)}) 13. O-O Bxd3 14. cxd3 c5 15. b3 g6 16. Nb2 Qa5 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Qf2
O-O 19. Na4 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Rc6 $11 {Spielmann,R-Janowsky,D/Semmering 1926/1-0 
(49)}) 12... c5 13. Bf2 g6 14. O-O Be7 15. Rbe1 $5 Rxb2 16. f5 $13 {Kubala,
J-Pokorna,R/SVK-chT 9697 1997/0-1 (52)}) (11... c5 $6 {Golod,V} 12. Bd2 Qb6 13.
a4 $5 (13. b3 Bb7 14. Nd1 g6 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. c4 h5 17. Qg5 d4 18. Nd1 Bf8 $11 {
0-1 Lankes,E-Haecker,J/OLWuert 1992 (57)}) 13... a6 14. a5 Qa7 15. Be2 Rb8 16.
b3 g6 17. O-O h5 18. Qh3 c4+ 19. Kh1 $13 {1-0 Parado,D-Prange,S/NRW-II 1990 
(34)}) (11... f5 $5 {Golod,V} 12. exf6 (12. Qg3 $142) 12... Nxf6 13. Qf3 Bd6
14. O-O O-O 15. Bd4 c5 $1 16. Be5 (16. Bxf6 $6 Rxf6 $8 17. Nxd5 $140 $2 exd5
18. Qxd5+ Be6 $19) 16... c4 $1 $17 {0-1 Dietrich,F-Kunz,W/TSV Willsbach 1997 
(29)}) 12. O-O (12. Ne2 $143 {Golod,V} Ba6 $1 13. Bxa6 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxa6 15. O-O
Qd3 (15... Rb8 $5) 16. Qf3 Bc5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 O-O 19. Rfd1 Qb5 20. Qf2
Rfc8 21. Rac1 Rc7 $14 {Zarkovic,D-Pokorna,R/EU-chJW U14 1995/0-1 (59)}) 12...
Bc5 (12... Bg7 $5 {Golod,V} 13. Rae1 (13. Ne2 $143 c5 14. c3 O-O 15. Bb5 Qe7
16. Bc6 Rb8 17. b4 d4 $1 18. cxd4 cxb4 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. Ng3 Rd8 21. Bf2 f5 $1
$15 {0-1 Ghate,S-Trofimova,O/WchJW-U18 1995 (38)}) 13... O-O 14. h4 a5 15. h5
Ba6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nd1 $11 {Molnar,E-Szakolczai,P/HUN-chT1
1995/1/2-1/2 (90)}) 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Kh1 Rb8 (14... Nxd3 $5 {Golod,V} 15. cxd3
Rb8) 15. Rab1 (15. Nd1 $143 {Golod,V} O-O {/\f6}) 15... a5 (15... f5 {Golod,V}
16. Qe2 (16. Qg3 $5) 16... O-O 17. b4 Nd7 18. Na4 Qe7 19. a3 c5 20. c3 Bb7 21.
Bb5 $14 {Guenther,C-Ohst,H/NRW-II 1988/0-1 (59)}) 16. Ne2 {Where is black
going to place his K and what will  he do with Bc8 ?} f5 (16... Qb6 $5 {Golod,V
}) 17. Qg3 O-O (17... Qb6 $5 {Golod,V}) 18. b3 {/\Rbd1;><d4} Ne4 $2 {A serious
positional mistake in my opinion. Black is left with his bad B and a lot of
weak black squares} (18... Ba6 $142 19. Nd4 (19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Nd4 Qd7 $11)
19... Qb6 $11) (18... Qb6 $142 {Golod,V}) 19. Bxe4 (19. Qe3 $2 {Golod,V} Qb6 $1
20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Rbd1 Ba6 $15) 19... fxe4 {[%csl Rc5,Rc8]} (19... dxe4 $2 {
Golod,V} 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Rd6 $16) 20. Rbd1 Kh8 (20... Qc7 $5 {Golod,V} 21. c4
$6 (21. Rfe1 $142) 21... dxc4 22. bxc4 Rb2 23. Nc3 Ba6 24. Nxe4 Bxc4 25. Rf2
Rd8 $1 $13) (20... Qe8 $5 {[%cal Ye8g6,Ye8e6,Ye8c6,Ga5a4] Golod,V}) 21. c4 {
Black has a lot of center-Ps but no dynamic posibilities.} a4 (21... Qb6 $5 {
Golod,V}) 22. Nd4 Qd7 (22... Qe8 {Golod,V} 23. Qc3 c5 $1 24. Nb5 axb3 25. axb3
Qc6 $13) 23. Qc3 (23. c5 $6 {Golod,V} axb3 24. axb3 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) (23.
cxd5 $5 {Golod,V} cxd5 24. bxa4 Qxa4 25. Rd2 $11) 23... axb3 (23... c5 24. Nxe6
(24. Nb5 $6 axb3 25. axb3 d4 26. Qe1 Ba6 (26... e3 $5 27. b4 Rxb5 28. cxb5 Qxb5
$15) 27. Qxe4 Bxb5 28. cxb5 Rxb5 $15) 24... Qxe6 25. cxd5 {looks promising for
white. But the situation is a bit messy so maybe it was blacks best chance
anyway} (25. cxd5 {Golod,V} Qe8 26. e6+ Kg8 27. Qe5 $13)) 24. axb3 Kg8 (24...
c5 $5 $13 {Golod,V -23...c5!?}) 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Ra1 $16 {[%csl Gd4][%cal
Ya1a8]} Rb6 27. Ra8 Qb7 (27... Ba6 $6 {Golod,V} 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qc5+ Kf7 30.
Qxb6 (30. Ra1 $6 Qb7) 30... Bxf1 31. Kg1 Bd3 32. Qb8 Kg7 (32... e3 $2 33. Qh8
$16) 33. Kf2 Qe7 $14) (27... Ra6 $5 {Golod,V} 28. Rb8 (28. Rxa6 $2 Bxa6 $15 {
[%csl Rf1,Rf4][%cal Ga6f1,Gf8f4]}) 28... Rd8) 28. Rfa1 {/\R1a7} Bd7 (28... Rb4
$4 {Golod,V} 29. R1a7 Qb6 (29... Rxd4 $8 30. Qxd4 Qxb3 31. Rc7 $18) 30. Qxc8
$18) (28... Qd7 $4 {Golod,V} 29. Qc5 Rb7 30. Rc1 $18) 29. R8a7 Qc8 30. Rc7 $18
Qe8 (30... Qd8 {Golod,V} 31. Qc5 Rb8 32. Qd6 $14) 31. g3 Rb8 32. Raa7 {[%cal
Ya7h7]} Rc8 (32... Rf7 $142 {Golod,V} 33. b4) 33. Kg2 (33. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rc8,
Re8][%cal Gb5d6] Golod,V ><c3;/\Rd7} Rxc7 (33... Bxb5 $4 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rxh7+
Kg8 36. Rag7#) 34. Qxc7 e3 35. Kg1 $1 g5 36. Qxd7 Qxd7 37. Rxd7 gxf4 38. Nd4 $1
$18) 33... g5 $2 (33... Rxc7 $142 {Golod,V} 34. Rxc7 $5 {+/=/+/-} (34. Qxc7 $6
Rf7 35. b4 Bc8 36. Qxf7+ (36. Qb8 Rxa7 37. Qxa7 Bd7 $14) 36... Qxf7 37. Rxf7
Kxf7 $14)) 34. f5 $1 exf5 (34... Rxc7 {Golod,V} 35. Qxc7 Rf7 36. f6 $1 $16) (
34... g4 $5 {Golod,V} 35. fxe6 Rxc7 (35... Qh5 $1 36. Kg1 Qh3 37. Qc1 $18) 36.
Qxc7 Qh5 37. Ne2 $1 e3 (37... Qh3+ 38. Kh1 Rf1+ 39. Ng1 $18) 38. Nf4 Rxf4 39.
gxf4 e2 (39... Qh3+ 40. Kg1 $18) 40. Qc3 $18 (40. Ra8+ Kg7 $8 (40... Be8 41.
Qf7+ $1 Qxf7 42. exf7+ Kxf7 43. Kf2 $18) 41. Qxd7+ Kh6 $16)) 35. e6 f4 (35...
Rxc7 {Golod,V} 36. Qxc7) (35... e3 {Golod,V} 36. exd7 Qe4+ 37. Nf3 Rcd8 (37...
Rxc7 38. Rxc7 g4 39. Qg7+ $3 Kxg7 40. d8=Q+ Rf7 $8 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Rc8+ $18)
38. Ra4 $18) 36. Nf5 f3+ 37. Kh1 Rxf5 (37... d4 {Golod,V} 38. Qxd4 Rxf5 39.
exd7) 38. exd7 Qxd7 39. Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Ne8 11. Qxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O-O f5 13. Nd6 Nxd6 14.
Rxd6 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Rd2 d5 17. Ng5 Nh4 18. g3 Nf3 19. Nxf3 Rxf3 20. Bg2
Rf6 21. c4 b6 22. cxd5 Bb7 23. f4 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 h5 25. Re1 exd5 26. Re7 Bc6 27.
Bxd5+ Kf8 28. Re5 Rd8 29. Kc1 h4 30. Rh5 Rdd6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6+ 32. Kd1 hxg3 33.
hxg3 Rg6 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Rxa7 Rxg3 36. Rg5 Rd6+ 37. Kc2 Rc6+ 38. Kd2 Rd6+ 39.
Ke2 Re6+ 40. Kd2 Rd6+ 41. Kc2 Rc6+ 42. Kb1 Rxg5 43. fxg5 Kh7 44. b4 Rg6 45. Rb7
Rxg5 46. Rxb6 Rf5 47. Kc2 g5 48. Rd6 g4 49. Rd3 Rf2+ $2 {Indulges himself with
individual actions. The logical way was to support the passed pawn from behind
while the black king takes care of the white passed pawns. Gefällt sich in
Einzelaktionen. Der logische Weg war die Unterstützung des Freibauern durch
den Turm von hinten, während sich der schwarze König mit den weißen Freibauern
befasst.} (49... Rg5 $1 50. Rg3 Kg6 51. Kd3 Kf5 52. a4 Ke5 53. Ke3 Rg8 54. b5
Kd5 55. Kf4 Ra8 56. Ra3 Kc5 57. Kxg4 Kb4 58. Ra1 Ka5 59. Kf5 Re8 {and even if
there is a win here in spite of the blockade and exclusion of the king, this
rock-solid defence is the only correct one! und selbst wenn es hier trotz
Blockade und Königssperre einen Gewinn gibt, war diese in Beton gegossene
Verteidigung die einzig senkrechte!}) 50. Kb3 Kg6 51. a4 Kf5 52. a5 Ke4 53. Rd8
Rf3+ 54. Ka4 Rf1 55. Rg8 Rg1 {From the point of view of the defender, this is
exactly what should not happen. White has perfect freedom and the black passed
pawn has not yet moved.  Genau so durfte es aus Sicht des Verteidigers nicht
kommen, denn Weiß hat alle Freiheiten, und der schwarze Freibauer hat sich
auch noch nicht bewegt.} 56. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. c3 (10. Kf2 $6 Qb6+ 11. Kf3 f5 {=>CBM45/Ivanovic-Vukic/
Yugoslavia/ch./1994} (11... Bb7 12. c4 f5 13. Nf2 Nb4 14. Be2 c5+ 15. Kg3 d6 $1
16. exd6 O-O-O $1 $15 {Campora-Levin/Candas open/1992})) (10. Qd2 Qb6 11. Bd3 (
11. a3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qc3 Be7 15. Be3 c5 $13 {
Ghinda-Haritakis/Konotini/1993}) (11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 c5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O
Nf6 15. f5 Ne4 $15 {Sirbu-Skripcenko/Romania/ch./1993}) 11... f5 $6 (11... Be7
12. Qe2 (12. c4 $6 f5 13. Nc3 $8 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bc5 $15) 12... O-O 13. c4 f5 14.
cxd5 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 cxd5 $10 {
Simic-Jelen/Bled/1993}) 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qe2 $14 {
Dolmatov-Chekhov/UdSSR/1992}) (10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bd3 Be7 (11... Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6
13. Qe2 Qxe2+ (13... Qb6 14. c4 Qxb2 15. O-O Nb6 16. Kh1 Qd4 $13 {Emms-Wagner/
Paris-London/1994}) 14. Kxe2 f5 15. Nf2 $10 {Fedorov-Kozlov/Voskresenk/1993})
12. Rb1 (12. Qg4 $2 O-O 13. Ng5 f5 14. Qh5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Ba6 16. Qg3 Qxb2 $17 {
Kozamernik-Davic/Bled/1994}) (12. c4 Qd4 {=>Ivanov-Benjamin/USA/ch./1994/CBM44}
) 12... Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 f5 $1 $13 {Yudasin-Kramnik/Wijk aan Zee/1994}
) 10... Be7 (10... Ba6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Qe2 (12. b3 $6 O-O-O $1 13. c4 Bb4+
14. Bd2 $2 (14. Kf2 Nc3 15. Qd3 Nxe4+ 16. Qxe4 Bc3 $15) 14... Ne3 15. Qe2 Nc2+
16. Kf2 d5 $1 $17 {Hector-Kharlov/Haninge/1992}) 12... Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 f5 14.
Nf2 d6 (14... a5 15. Nd3 Be7 16. Bd2 Kf7 $10 {Nijboer-Rogozenko/Debrecen/1992})
15. Nd3 c5 $10 {Chandler-Horvath,T/BL.Solingen-Tübingen/1995}) 11. Bd3 Qb6 (
11... f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 $10 {
Landa-Kozlov/Budapest/1991}) 12. Qe2 O-O (12... Bb7 13. c4 f5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
exd6 Nf6 16. Be3 Qb4+ 17. Bd2 Qb6 $10 {Howell-Krasenkov/Hastings/1993}) 13. c4
f5 14. cxd5 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 cxd5 $10
19. g3 a5 20. Rhc1 (20. Rac1 Rb8 $1 21. b3 Rb4 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rhc1 Bb7 {
/\Bc6;a4=}) 20... g5 $1 21. Rc7 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Rf1 Rxf1
25. Bxf1 Kg7 26. Bb5 Kf7 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kf4 Kd8 29. Rc3 Ba6 30. Rg3 Kc7 31.
Rc3+ Kd8 32. Rg3 Kc7 33. Rc3+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Vukic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nf5 12. g4 Nd4 13. b3 Bb7 (13... h5 14.
Bb2 $1 c5 15. g5 $14) 14. Bg2 $5 Rd8 15. Bb2 c5 16. O-O-O d5 17. cxd5 $16 (17.
cxd5 Bxd5 18. Kb1 Nc6 (18... Be7 $2 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Nxf5 21. Nd6+ $18) 19.
Qe3 $16 {/\ f5}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxc6 (7. Ndb5
e5 (7... Ne5 $2 8. Qd4 $1 a6 9. Nxd6+ Bxd6 10. Bxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxe5 Qb6 12. Nd5
$1 Nxd5 13. Qxg7 Qb4+ 14. Ke2 Rf8 15. exd5 $18) 8. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 9. exd5 exf4 10.
dxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Bd7 $2 (11... Qb6 $1 12. Qxf4 Rb8 $1 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6
Qxb2 15. Rd1 (15. Qxc6+ $2 Bd7 16. Qe4+ Kf8 $19) 15... Qc3+ 16. Qd2 Qe5+ $1 17.
Be2 Be6 $17 {Adorjan/T,Horvath: Black is O.K. Book.1993.}) 12. Qe4+ Be7 13.
Nxd6+ Kf8 14. O-O-O $1 Bg4 15. f3 $1 Bxd6 16. Qxc6 Ke7 17. fxg4 $18 {
Kuznecov-Luktschenkov Russia 1992 Inf. 56 / 199}) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5
cxd5 10. Bd3 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O
O-O 15. c4 Rfd8 {(1/2/1/2) Simic-Matulovic Vrenjacka Banja 1985}) 10... Be7 (
10... Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 $10) 11. Qg4 dxe5 12. Qxg7 Bf6 13. Bb5+ Ke7
14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5+ Kd6 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. b4 $6 (19.
O-O $1 $16) 19... Qd4 $1 20. c5+ Kc7 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Rd1 (22. Kd2 $1) 22...
a5 23. a3 Rb8 24. Rxd4 e5 25. Rd2 axb4 26. axb4 Ba8 27. Be2 Rxb4 28. O-O Bc6
29. f4 e4 30. Rfd1 Ra8 31. Bh5 f5 32. Kf2 Ra3 33. Ke1 Ba4 34. Rxd5 Bxd1 35.
Bxd1 Rb2 36. Rxf5 Rxg2 37. Rg5 Rxh2 38. Rg1 Ra1 39. f5 e3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 {Gefahrlos! Auch
wenn Schwarz die scheweninger wählt, mit 6...-d6; im vielen Falle ist nur
Tempoverlust.} d5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb3 a6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd4 {Weiß kontroliert
die schwarzen Punkte, der Nachziehende besitzt aber die einzi ege offene Linie,
und hat gleiche Chanchen.} Qg5 $1 17. Qc3 (17. Rfe1 Bh3 18. g3 Qf5 $17) 17...
Re4 18. Nd2 (18. Rfe1 $2 Rc4 $17) 18... Bh3 $1 19. g3 $2 (19. Qxh3 Qxd2 20.
Rac1 Rae8 21. Qd7 R4e6 $15 (21... Qxc1 $6 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxc1 Re2 24. Kf1
$10)) 19... Re2 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Rfe1 (21. Nd4 $2 Bxf1 $19) 21... Rxc2 22. Qb3
Qf6 $1 23. Qe3 h6 24. Ne5 d4 25. Qxd4 $1 Rd8 26. Qf4 Rdd2 $1 $19 27. Qxf6 gxf6
28. Nf3 Rxf2 29. Nh4 Rxb2 30. Rac1 Bg2 31. Rb1 Bd5 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Re8+ Kh7
34. Ra8 Rb6 35. a4 c5 36. Rd8 Be6 37. Kg2 Rb4 0-1

[Event "HUN-chT 9798"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dovzik, Juri"]
[Black "Horvath, Tamas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd7 (9... d4 10. exf6 dxe3 (10... dxc3 $6 11. b3 Qxf6 12. Qg4
$16) 11. fxg7 exf2+ 12. Kf1 Rg8 13. Qg4 $1 (13. Bxh7 Qh4 $1 14. Bxg8 $2 (14.
Bd3 Rxg7 15. Qf3 Bd7 $44) (14. Qf3 $2 Qxh7 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Qxa8 Ba6+ $19)
14... Ba6+ 15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Bxf7 Bxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Qe4+ 19. Kxf2
Qf5+ {Spielmann,R-Berndtsson,K/Goteborg/1993}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Qc4
Bd7 16. Be4 e5 (16... Rc8 17. Rd1 Rxg7 {Rigo-Peisser/Baden-Baden/1987} 18. Bf3
$14) 17. Bf3 Rxg7 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Kxf2 Rg4 20. Qd3 $14 {Hector-Sax/Vejle/1994})
10. Qg4 (10. f4 Nc5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Nxd3 13. cxd3 Be7 $13) 10... Bf8 $1 (
10... Qa5 {Ist spielbar auch, Weiß kann nicht auf g7 nehmen,wegen} 11. Qxg7
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Bd4 f6 $17) 11. Qg3 (11. f4
Rb8 12. Nd1 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Qg3 Nc5 15. b3 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Ba6 $15 {
Mitkov-Illescas/Esp./1997}) 11... Rb8 12. Rb1 h5 $1 13. h4 Rb4 14. Bf4 g6 15.
a3 Rxf4 $1 16. Qxf4 Bg7 (16... Qc7 17. O-O Nxe5 18. Rbe1 Bd6 {war auch besser
für Schwarz.}) 17. Qa4 Nxe5 18. Qxa7 O-O 19. Be2 Qf6 20. Qa4 c5 21. O-O c4 $1
22. g3 (22. f4 Qxh4 $1 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rfd1 $8 Bf4 $1 25. Qa7 Qg5 26. Kf1 Be3
27. Qc7 Qh4 $19) 22... Nf3+ 23. Kg2 $2 (23. Bxf3 $8 Qxf3 24. Qc6 Bd4 $1 (24...
Bxc3 25. bxc3 e5 26. Kh2 Bf5 27. Qf6 $13) 25. Qd6 e5 26. Qxd5 Qxg3+ 27. Qg2
Qxh4 $17) 23... Nd2 $19 24. Qc6 $2 Qe7 $1 25. Rbd1 Bb7 26. Qb5 d4+ 27. Kg1 dxc3
28. bxc3 Bxc3 29. Rfe1 Bd5 30. Bxh5 Qf6 $1 (30... gxh5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Rxe7)
0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 (9. c3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. h4 Be7 12. Rh3 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Qxe2+
14. Kxe2 f6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Kb7 17. Rg3 Rhg8 $13 {Ulibin,M-Khenkin,I
Chalkidiki (08) (1/4:1/4) in 36. Züge}) 9... Qc7 $1 10. f4 Qb6 11. c4 $6 (11.
Bd3 $1 Qxb2 12. O-O $44 {Khenkin 11. ... Be7!? /\f5}) 11... Qd4 12. Qb1 Rb8 $1
13. b3 (13. cxd5 $2 Rxb2 14. Qd3 Rxd2 $19) 13... f5 $15 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bd3
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {[#]} Ba3 (16... d5 $1 17. Bf3 (17. cxd5 $2 Bb4 $1 18. Bxb4 Rxb4
$19) 17... Bb4 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 $17) 17. Ke2 $8 Bb2 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20.
Be3 d5 21. Bd3 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 O-O 23. a4 Ba6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Bb6 e5 26. cxd5
cxd5 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. a5 Rc8 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Rf1 Rc2+ 31. Kd3 Rxg2 32. Rf5
e4+ 33. Kc3 Rxh2 34. Rxd5 Rh3+ 35. Kc4 Ra8 36. Re5 Rh4 37. b4 Kf7 38. b5 e3+
39. Kd5 Rb4 40. Kc6 Rc8+ 41. Kd7 Rb8 42. Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Walsall op"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 (8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Rb8 $1 11. h4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Bc3 $1 $17)
8... Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ (10... Ne3 11. Qd3 Nf5 12. g4 Nd4 13. Bg2 h5 $6
(13... Bb7 14. b4 $1 {Kasparov 14. ... a5 15. Bb2! Bxb4+ 16. Kd1 Bc5 17. Bxd4
Bxd4 18. Rb1+- >=15. ... c5!? 16. Bxd4 - 16. b5!? - 16. ... cxd4 17. c5 Qxb4+
18. Kf2 Qb2+ 19. Ke3 Bxe4! 20. Bxe4 Rc8}) 14. g5 Bb7 15. Be3 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 {Kasparow-Illescas Inf. 54 17. ... Qxe3+ 18. Kxe3 c5 19. g6 Bxe4! 20.
Bxe4 Rd8 21. Rad1 d6 22. Rhg1 Be7+/=}) 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 (12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Be3 Qa5 (13... Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qe7 16. Bc5 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne4 18. Ba3
d5 $10 {Martin-Li Zunian Biel 1985}) 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17.
Rf1 d5 18. Kg1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Bd7 $10 {Watson,W-Nunn,J Walsall (04)
1/4:1/4 in 43. Züge}) 12... Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6
Qb6 (16... Qa5 17. h4 c5 18. Kg3 Rd8 19. Rh3 $1 Nc8 20. Qd1 O-O 21. Kh2 $16)
17. b3 c5 18. Rd1 Rd8 (18... Bb7+ 19. Kg3 Kf7 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rxd7 Bc6 22.
Rd2 g5 23. Nh3 {Emms,J-Chandler,M 1/4:1/4 Walsall (07)}) 19. Nd3 $1 (19. Ke3
Bb7 20. Be2 Kf7 21. Nd3 Rc8 22. Qxb6 axb6 $14 {Oll-Nogueras Tbilissi 1983})
19... Rc8 20. Nb2 Qb7+ (20... Bb7+ 21. Ke3 Bc6 $13) 21. Kf2 Qe4 22. Be2 Nd5 $2
23. Bh5+ g6 24. cxd5 gxh5 25. Qxa6 $18 Qxf4+ 26. Ke1 Qxe5+ 27. Qe2 Qc3+ 28. Kf2
O-O 29. d6 f4 30. Rd3 Qg7 31. Rf1 Rf5 32. Kg1 Rcf8 33. Nc4 h4 34. h3 Rg5 35.
Nd2 Re5 36. Qf2 Qg6 37. Rf3 Ref5 38. Qxh4 e5 39. Ne4 Kh8 40. Qe1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 {Eine anspruchslose Fortsetzung.} ({Populärer und besser ist} 8. Ne4) 8...
cxd5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Rb8 12. Bf4 (12. h4 $2 Bc3 $1 $17 {
Rigo-Horvath,T/Hungary/1980}) 12... Bc5 (12... Be7 13. b3 Bb7 14. h4 Bc6 $13 {
Capello-Pinter/Roma/1979}) 13. b3 (13. c3 a5 14. h4 O-O 15. Rh3 $13) 13... O-O
14. h4 f6 $1 15. Qh5 $6 f5 16. Qe2 Rb4 $1 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Ba6 19. Rc1 Qb6
20. g3 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Qc6 23. Kg1 Rb8 $17 24. Kh2 Qe4 25. Qd2 (25.
Qxe4 fxe4 26. Re1 Rb2 $17) 25... Qxc4 26. Qxd7 Qxa2 27. Kh3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 exd5
29. Rd1 d4 30. g4 Rb3+ 31. Kg2 fxg4 32. Rc1 Rc3 33. Rb1 Bb6 34. e6 Kf8 35. Bd6+
Ke8 36. Rb5 Rf3 37. Rd5 g6 38. Bc5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Key West"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 (8... f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qb6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. O-O (
13. Be3 $1 Qxb2 14. Bd4 Qb7 15. c4 $16 {Tscherepkow-Begun/UdSSR/1982}) 13...
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O $13 {Degreve-Vaisser/Capelle/1994}) 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6
11. Bd3 (11. c4 $6 Qd4 $1 {Adams-Khenkin/CBM/32}) 11... Be7 12. c4 Qd4 (12...
f5 $5 13. Nf2 Ne3 14. Qf3 Qxb2 15. Ke2 (15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Qxc1+ 17. Ke2 Qb2+
18. Bd2 $44) 15... Nc2 16. Bxc2 Qxc2 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 $44 {/\Nd3;Be3}) 13.
Qb3 Ba6 $5 (13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Bc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 (17. Nxc3 f6 $15) 17... c5 $1 (17... f6 18. c5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3
Rad8 20. Rhd1 fxe5 21. fxe5 Rf5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Rxe5 24. Rxe7 Rxe4 25.
Rc7 $16) 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Kf8 20. Rhd1 Ke8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Bb7 23.
g4 (23. R1d3 Bxg2 24. Rg3 Be4 25. Rxg7 Ke7 26. Rg3 Rab8 $15) 23... Ke7 24. Bd3
h6 25. Bc2 Bc6 26. h4 Rab8 27. R6d2 Rf8 28. Rg1 f6 29. g5 $138 hxg5 30. exf6+
$1 gxf6 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. fxg5 $13 0-1

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b3 c5 18. Rd1 (18. Kg3 $5 Bb7 (18... g5 $6 19.
fxg5 h6 20. h4 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rxh1 22. Nxh1 Ng6 23. Nf2 $14 {Howell-Chandler/
London/Lloyds/1992}) 19. Be2 Qxd6 20. exd6 Ng8 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Kxf3 Nf6 23.
Nd3 $14 {Howell-Rogozenko/Pardubice/1994}) 18... Rd8 (18... Bb7+ 19. Kg3 (19.
Ke3 Qxd6 20. exd6 (20. Rxd6 $6 g5 $1 21. fxg5 f4+ 22. Kd2 Ng6 $13 {
Nisipeanu-Rogozenko/Eforie-Nord/1994}) 20... Ng8 $13) 19... Qd8 20. Nd3 $16 {
Hennigan-Chandler/Birmingham/1995}) 19. Kg3 (19. Nd3 $5 Rc8 20. Nb2 Qb7+ $2 (
20... Bb7+ $1 21. Ke3 Bc6 $13) 21. Kf2 Qe4 22. Be2 $1 $16 {Emms-Nunn/CBM/32/118
}) 19... Nc8 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Be2 Bb7 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Kxf3 Ke7 24. Nd3 Na7 (
24... d5 $5 25. exd6+ Rxd6 26. Ne5 Rhd8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Ke3 Na7 {/\Nc6=}) 25.
Nb2 Nc6 26. Rd6 g5 27. g3 Rb8 28. Na4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Rhg8 30. h3 h5 31. Kf2 h4
32. Rhd1 Rb7 33. Rg1 Rxg1 34. Kxg1 Kd8 $1 35. Rd2 Nd4 36. Rg2 Kc7 37. Kf2 Rb8
38. Rg7 Kc6 39. Rh7 b5 40. cxb5+ Nxb5 41. Rxh4 Nc7 42. Nc3 Nd5 43. Nxd5 Kxd5
44. Rh7 (44. Ke3 $2 Ra8 45. Rh7 Kc6 $17) 44... Ke4 $1 (44... Kc6 $2 45. Rg7 Ra8
46. a4 Rb8 47. Rg3) 45. Rxd7 Kxf4 46. Rc7 Rd8 47. Rc6 Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Rxa2 49.
Rxe6 Ke3 50. Kd1 Rd2+ 51. Kc1 Rd5 52. h4 f4 53. h5 f3 54. h6 Ke2 (54... f2 55.
Rf6 Rxe5 56. h7 Rh5 57. Rf7 Ke2 58. Re7+ Kf3 59. Rf7+ Kg3 60. Rg7+ $10) 55. Rf6
Rd7 56. e6 Re7 57. Rf5 $1 f2 58. Re5+ Kd3 59. Rf5 Ke2 60. Re5+ Kd3 61. Rf5 Ke3
62. Kc2 Rxe6 63. h7 Rh6 64. Re5+ Kf4 65. Re7 Rh2 66. Kc3 Rh3+ 67. Kc2 Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd3 $5 Be7 (6... d5 {
Romero-Illescas/Inf.56/198}) (6... Nb4 7. Qe2 (7. Qg3 $6 Bc5 8. Ncb5 (8. a3
Bxd4 9. axb4 O-O 10. Bh6 $6 (10. Bd2 d5 $13) 10... Nh5 11. Qg5 (11. Qg4 $2 Qf6
$19) 11... Qf6 $1 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Bd2 d5 $1 $13) 8... O-O 9. Bh6 Nh5 10. Qg4
Qf6 11. Be3 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Qxh5 exd4 14. Bg5 Nxc2+ $19) 7... d5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 Nb6 {/\Bd7; Rc8}) 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. f4 Nb4 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Qxe4 {/\Bd3; h4; h5+/-}) 11. Qe2 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 (12... Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Nxa2+ 14. Kb2 Nxc3 15. Bxd8 Nxe2 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bd6 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 $16)
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. a3 Nd5 15. Qxe4 Qc7 $1 (15... Bd7 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Qxb7 Nd5
18. Bb5 Rad8 19. Rhe1 Nxf4 20. Nf3 $18) 16. g3 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd7 $10 18. Bg2 Rab8
19. Rhe1 Rfc8 20. Qe5 Ng4 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. h3 Nf6 23. g4 Rbc8 24. Re5 b6 25.
Rd3 Rc5 26. b4 R5c7 27. Kb2 Ne8 28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Rd2 Nc4+ 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Re3
Ba4 32. c3 g6 33. f5 exf5 34. gxf5 g5 35. f6 Bd7 36. Rg2 Kh7 37. h4 Kg6 38.
hxg5 hxg5 39. Nf3 Kxf6 40. Ne5 (40. Nxg5 $6 Rg4 41. Ne4+ Kg6 $15) 40... R4c7
41. Rf2+ Bf5 42. a4 Rh8 43. Ng4+ Kg6 44. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 $5 10. O-O (10. Bxa6 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa6 12. Qe2 $10) 10...
Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qc7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. c3 g6 $1 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Bd4 O-O $10 16. Qa6
{16. b3 /\Rac1; c4} Ra8 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. g3 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Kf1 Rc6 21.
Ke2 Bf8 22. Kd3 Bc5 $1 (22... d6 23. c4 Rac8 24. b3 a5 25. Rc2 a4 26. Rec1 axb3
27. axb3 Rb8 28. cxd5 Rxb3+ 29. Rc3 Rbxc3+ 30. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 31. Bxc3 exd5 32.
exd6 Bxd6 33. Kd4 $10) 23. Rc2 Rac8 24. Rec1 d6 25. f4 Kf8 26. b4 Bb6 27. a4
dxe5 28. fxe5 Rb8 $1 29. c4 Bxd4 30. b5 Bxe5 $1 31. bxc6 Rb3+ 32. Ke2 d4 33.
Rd1 Ke7 34. Rd3 Rb4 35. g4 h6 36. h4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. c5 Kd8 39. Rh3 Kc7
40. Rh7 Kxc6 41. Rxf7 Rxa4 42. Re7 Ra3 43. Rxe6+ Kd5 44. Rxe5+ Kxe5 45. Kd2 Rc3
$1 46. Ra2 Rxc5 47. Rxa7 Kf4 48. Kd3 Rd5 49. Ra1 Kxg4 50. Ke4 Rd8 51. Rg1+ Kh5
0-1

[Event "Lisbon zt"]
[Site "Lisbon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Black "Ochoa de Echaguen, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ $6 11. Ke2 $1 Ba6 12. Kf3 f5 13. Ng3 $6 (13. exf6
$1 Nxf6 14. c5 $1 Qa5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qd4 Qb5 18. Be3 $16)
13... Nc7 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. Rd1 $6 (17. b4 $1 c5 18. b5
Bb7+ 19. Kf2 O-O-O 20. a4 Ne8 21. Qe7 $16 d5 $2 22. a5) 17... O-O-O 18. b4 c5
19. b5 Bb7+ 20. Kf2 Ne8 21. Qe7 d5 22. exd6 Rd7 $1 23. Qh4 (23. Qxe6 Nxd6 {
/\Ne4; Re8}) 23... Nxd6 24. Be2 h6 25. Rhe1 Rhd8 26. Qh5 g5 $5 (26... Ne4+ $5)
27. Qxh6 Nf7 28. Qf6 gxf4 29. Nh5 Nd6 30. Qe5 Nf7 31. Qf6 Nd6 32. Kg1 $2 Bxg2
$1 33. Nxf4 (33. Kxg2 Ne4 34. Qa1 Rg8+ 35. Kf1 Qb7 $1 36. Bf3 (36. Nxf4 Nd2+
37. Rxd2 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qxh2+ 39. Ke3 Rg3+ 40. Bf3 Qxd2#) 36... Nd2+ 37. Rxd2
Qxf3+ 38. Rf2 Qh3+ 39. Ke2 Qd3#) 33... Be4 34. Qxe6 Re8 35. Qf6 Rg8+ 36. Kf1
Qc7 37. Qe6 Re8 38. Qh6 Nf7 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Bh5 Nxh6 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Vukic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 (8... Ba6 $6 9. Bxa6 $1 (9. c4 $6 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qh4 11. Qc2 Ne3 12. Qd3
Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nxf1 14. Kxf1 Qf4 15. Re1 d5 $15 {Drozdov-Rakic/Jugoslavia/1993}
) 9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxa6 11. b3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qh5+ Kd8
15. Ba5+ Ke7 16. c4 Rg8 17. Bb4+ d6 18. O-O-O c5 19. Rxd6 $1 $18 {Horvath,
T-Istvandi/Zalaegerszeg/1991}) 9. f4 Qa5+ (9... Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nf5 12.
g4 Nd4 13. b3 (13. Bg2 Bb7 14. b4 $1 {Kasparov}) 13... Bb7 14. Bg2 Rd8 15. Bb2
c5 16. O-O-O (16. O-O d5 $1 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Rad1 Be7 19. Qe3 O-O 20. Rd2 f5
$1 $17 {Schivocho-Schuspanov/UdSSR/1990}) 16... d5 17. cxd5 {1/2:1/2
Matulovic-Vukic/Jugoslavia/1994}) 10. Kf2 $6 Qb6+ 11. Kf3 f5 (11... c5 12. c4
Nb4 13. Be3 Nc6 $13) 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 f5 14. Nf2 Nf6 15. h3 Bb7 16. Be3 c5+
17. Kg3 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. Rb3 Qa6 20. Kh2 Bc6 21. Nd3 Rg8 22. Rg1 (22. Ne5
Ba4 23. Qf3 Rc8 24. Ra3 d6 25. Bd3 dxe5 26. Bc2 $13) 22... d6 $17 23. Qb1 Be7
24. Be2 h5 25. Ne1 h4 26. Nf3 Ne4 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28. fxg5 Be4 29. Qb2 e5 30. Bh5+
Kf8 31. Qf2 Kg7 32. Bf3 Qxc4 33. Qxh4 Rh8 $19 34. Qf2 f4 35. Bc1 Qd5 $6 (35...
Rab8 $1) 36. Qe2 Bxf3 37. Rxf3 Rab8 38. Rb3 Bxg5 39. Ra3 Rhf8 40. Rd1 Qe6 41.
Rb3 (41. Rxa7+ Be7 42. Qh5 Rh8 43. Qg5+ Kf8) 41... c4 42. Ra3 d5 43. Bb2 (43.
Rxa7+ Rf7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qh5+ Qg6 (45... Kf6 $2 46. h4) 46. Qxg6+ Kxg6 47.
Rxd5 Rb1 48. Ba3 Bh4 $19) 43... Bf6 44. Ra5 Rbd8 45. Rxa7+ Kg6 46. Ra5 e4 47.
Bxf6 Kxf6 48. Qb2+ Qe5 49. Ra6+ Kf5 50. Qb7 f3+ 51. Kg1 Kf4 52. Qh7 Ke3 53.
Qa7+ d4 54. Ra3+ Ke2 55. Rf1 e3 56. Qb7 f2+ 57. Kh1 Qf5 (57... Kxf1 58. Qb1+
$10) (57... Rb8 $19) 58. Rxf2+ (58. Qb2+ Kxf1 59. Qc1+ Ke2 60. Qb2+ Kd1 61.
Qa1+ Kc2 $19) 58... Kxf2 59. Qb2+ e2 0-1

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Chernov, Vadim A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 {
Fischer recommended that move as the strongest. Positional point of view it is
right: ^^ (2 BB.) give better chances for White! However the Black's tactical
possibiloities are not to be underestimated. More over the isolated pawn d5 as
a thumb rule preferes 2 NN instead of 2 BB. Zjuja Polgar proved that in an
unforgettabl way during tha fight for the World crown against the chiness Xie
June. Th present game is one more ilustration in favor of this oppinion.} Bb4
7. a3 ({Special attention merits:} 7. Bf4 $5 {Here we shall mark in brief only
some of the lines:} Nxe4 8. Nc7+ (8. Qf3 $14 {(1-0) Zawadzka Magdalena-Zimina
Olga/Ch Europe (cadets) (g)1997}) 8... Kf8 9. Qf3 d5 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5
(11... g5 {(1-0) Calota Alina-Chyrun Polina/Ch Europe (cadets) (g) (under 1997}
) 12. Nxd5 (12. Nxa8 {0-1 Paraminski,A-Macek,V/ch-CRO (women), Pula CRO 1998 
(19)}) 12... Nf6 $6 $146 (12... Ng5 {-67/236}) 13. Be3 (13. Bg5 Bg4 $1) 13...
Be6 14. Bc5+ Ke8 15. Bc4 $1 {+/- inf 69/167}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5
exd5 (9... Nxd5 $6 10. Bd2 $14 {(1-0) Fischer,R-Addison,W/New York ch-US 1962})
10. Bd3 O-O (10... d4 11. Ne2 Bf5 12. O-O (12. Bxf5 Qa5+ 13. b4 Qxf5 14. O-O
O-O-O $132) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Kuzmin,G/
Leningrad 1977/Inf 24 (31)}) 11. O-O d4 (11... h6 $5 12. Bf4 d4 13. Nb5 Nd5 14.
Qf3 Be6 15. Rfe1 a6 $5 (15... Qd7 16. Be5 $1 f6 (16... Rfe8 17. Qg3 Nxe5 18.
Qxe5 $16) (16... Nxe5 17. Rxe5 $16) 17. Bd6 Rfe8 {[#]} 18. Rxe6 $3 Qxe6 19. Bc4
Kh8 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22. Bc4 $18 {(33)1-0 Kostakiev,D-Gerasimov,
D1996/ cor ch Bg 1997}) 16. Nd6 Nxf4 17. Qxf4) 12. Ne2 (12. Ne4 Bf5 (12... Nxe4
13. Bxe4 $14 f5 (13... Qf6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pogonina N-Vasilevich I/Ch Russia 
(cadets) (g) (under 1997 (17)}) 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 b6) 13. Bg5
Bxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qf3 (16. f4 Rfe8 17. Qd3 Re6 18. g3 Rd8 19.
Rae1 Kf8 20. Re2 Red6 {1/2-1/2 Cunha Pereira Silvio-Rodrigues Adriano Pfull/It
(open), Pouso Alegre (Brazil) 1997}) 16... Qxf3 17. Bxf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Xie
Jun-Polgar Zsuzsa/WchW Jaen (6)/1996/(27)}) 12... Re8 (12... Qd5 13. Nf4 (13.
c4 dxc3 14. Nxc3 Qa5 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Qb1 Nd4 17. b4 Qh5 18. Re1 Nf3+ 19. gxf3
Qxf3 20. Re3 Qxf4 21. Qf1 Ng4 22. Rg3 Rxd3 {0-1 Sucharov,V-Alburt,L/USSR (ch)
5/397 1967}) 13... Qd6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 (14... Ng4 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Ng3 Qh4 17. Nf5
Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Nh6 19. Bg3 Qg5 20. Be4 f5 21. f4 Qg6 22. Bf3 Ng4 23. Qd3 Rad8
24. Rfe1 Kh8 25. Re2 Rfe8 26. Rae1 Re3 27. Qb5 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Ne3 29. Qd3 h6 30.
Bf3 Re8 31. b4 a6 32. c3 Ng4 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. cxd4 Qd7 35. d5 Ne7 36. h3 Nf6
37. Bh4 Qd6 38. Qd4 b6 39. a4 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Be1 Nc6 42. Qc4 Ne7 43. Bxa5
Nexd5 44. Qd4 Qe6 45. Bd2 Ne4 46. a5 Nxd2 47. Qxd2 Nf6 48. Kh2 Kh7 49. Qe2 Ne4
50. a6 Qc6 51. a7 Qa4 52. Qe3 h5 53. Bxh5 Qa5 54. Be2 g6 55. Bf3 Nd2 56. Qe7+ {
1-0 Karpov,A-Alburt,L/Daugavpils 1971}) 15. Qxh5 h6 16. Re1 (16. Bd2 Bd7 17.
Rae1 Rfe8 18. f4 Ne7 19. Re5 Bc6 20. Bb4 Qf6 21. Bc4 {0-1 Xie Jun-Polgar,Z (08)
/WchW Jaen ;CBM 52/1996}) 16... Bd7 17. Bd2 (17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Qd5
Bh3 20. b4 Rad8 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. b5 Be6 23. Qd6 Re7 24. bxc6 Rexc7 25. cxb7 Rxb7
26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 g6 28. Re1 Kg7 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Qc5 Rd7 31. h4 Qf3 32.
Qe5+ Qf6 33. Qc5 Qf3 34. Rf4 Qd5 35. Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Smirin,I/New York
Intel Active 1994}) 17... Rfe8 18. Qh4 Ne5 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5
Qxe5 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. f3 Bc6 25. Bd3 g6 26. Rd1 Re7 27. Kf2 Kg7
28. Bc4 Rd7 29. Ke2 g5 30. Kd3 g4 31. fxg4 Bxg2 32. Rg1 Bc6 33. Rf1 Kg6 34. h4
b5 35. Bb3 Bd5 36. h5+ Kg7 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Rf4 Rc5 39. Rxd4 Kf6 40. Rf4+ Kg5
41. Rxf7 Kxg4 42. Rxa7 Rxh5 43. c4 Rh2 44. cxb5 Rxb2 45. Kc4 h5 46. Rg7+ Kf5
47. a4 {1-0 Kindermann,S-Fridjonsson,J/VISA GP 1998/CBM 64}) (12... Bg4 13. Bg5
(13. f3 {N; 13.Bf4 - 44/(209)} Bh5 $5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Qe1 $14 {/\ Qh4} (15. Nf4
$6 h6 $1 16. Nxh5 hxg5 $11) 15... Bg6 (15... Rfe8 16. Qf2 {/\ Rad1 ><d4}) 16.
Rd1 Rfe8 (16... Bxd3 $2 17. Rxd3 {/\ Qf2, Rfd1+- ><d4}) (16... Rfd8 $5 {
/\ Rd7, Rc8<=> ><c2}) 17. Qf2 Rad8 18. Rd2 Rd7 $6 {1-0 Mokry,K-Stein,B/Gausdal
46/232 1988} (18... Re5 19. Bh4 $14 (19. Bf4 $4 Rxe2 $19) (19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20.
Bxg6 hxg6 $13))) (13. Qd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. b3 Ne5 17. Qh3 Nxd3
18. Qxd3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Red8 21. Re4 Nc3 22. Rh4 Qg6 23. Re1 Qxd3
24. cxd3 h6 25. g3 Kf8 26. Kg2 f6 27. Kf3 Rd5 28. Rc1 Rc6 29. a4 Kf7 30. Bxc3
dxc3 31. Ke2 b5 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. b4 {1/2-1/2 Giaccio,A-Van Riemsdijk,H/Open,
Mar del Plata ARG 1998}) 13... h6 (13... Qd6 14. f3 Bh5 15. Qe1 Bg6 16. Rd1 Nd5
17. Qf2 Nb6 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Bb2 Nd5 21. Nxd4 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Nf4 23.
Rd2 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Qg6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. Rd1 h5 28. Rd2 Re8 29. h3
Qg5 30. h4 Qg6 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Qxa7 Nxg2 33. Qd4 {1-0 Topalov,V-Sion,M/Leon
1993}) 14. Bh4 g5 $6 (14... Bxe2 {kostakiev,d} 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. Qf3 Qd5 17.
Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Rfe1 Nf4 19. Bf1 g5 20. Bg3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Ne6 22. Bc4 Re8 23. f3
Kg7 24. Bd5 Kg6 25. Bf2 a6 26. Kf1 h5 27. Be4+ f5 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Bxd4 Kf7
30. Bc3 Rd8 31. Re5 Rd5 32. Rxd5 cxd5 {1-0.62 1-0 ALEXANDROV,G-KARAPACHANSKI,D/
tt - ch Bg Varna 1995/[kostakiev,d]}) 15. Bg3 {1-0 Shmuter,L-Khmelnitsky,I/
Lvov 51/178 [Shmuter 1990} (15. f3)) (12... Ng4 $14 {(1-0) Grabics,M-Abolina,L/
WchJW-U18 Szeged 1994/TD 94}) 13. h3 (13. Bg5 {Rogozenko: Probably the best
move here.} Re5 (13... Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Re1 $14 {49-move 1-0 Zozulia,
A-Pothika,L/WchJW U16 1996 (33)}) 14. Bf4 (14. Qd2 Bf5 {In this variation if
Black can exchange light-squares Bishops, then he often equalises easily.} 15.
f4 Rd5 16. Ng3 {Mortensen-Sorokin, Ostrava, 1992} Bxd3 $11) 14... Rd5 15. Ng3 (
15. Re1 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Yanovsky,S/Voskresensk 1992 (47)}) 15... Ne5 $6
(15... h6 $5 $13) 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Qd2 $14 {Kamsky-Lautier, Paris rapid, 1992}
) (13. b4 Bg4 14. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Sorokin,M/Moskva Alekhine-mem 1992
(44)}) 13... h6 14. b4 (14. Bf4 $5 Qd5 (14... Qb6 $5 15. b3 Bd7 {D.Kostakiev})
15. Re1 (15. Ng3 {Rogozenko} a5 $11) 15... Be6 $14 {(1-0)
Augustaitis-Rogozenko,D/Piarnu 1987 (35)} (15... Bf5 $5)) 14... a5 $1 $146 (
14... Nd5 $14 {(0-1) Balabaev-Rogozenko,D/Dimitrovgrad 1988}) (14... a6 15. Bb2
$14 {1-0 Qin Kanying-Stepovaia Dianchenko Tatiana/Olympiad Manila (Philippines)
1992 (28)}) (14... Qd5 15. Re1 (15. Nf4 $6 Qd6 16. b5 Ne5 17. c3 Nd5 18. Nxd5
Qxd5 (18... Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxd5 20. cxd4 Bf5 21. Qg3 Re6 $132) 19. cxd4 Bxh3 $3
20. gxh3 Qxd4 $1 21. Bxh6 Nxd3 22. Be3 Qe4 $15 {analyzis}) 15... Bf5 16. Bb2
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 $14) 15. b5 Ne5 16. Bb2 (16. Nxd4 {Rogozenko} Bxh3 $1 17. gxh3
$140 $4 Qxd4 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 Nf3+ $19) 16... Nd5 $1 {[#]} 17. Be4 (17.
Bxd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Nf4 20. Qe5 (20. Qe3 {Rogozenko} Qxd4 $15)
20... Qxd4 $1 $11) (17. Nxd4 Nf4 18. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 19. Bxe5 Nxg2 20. Bxg7 Nh4 21.
Bxh6 Bxh3 $15) (17. Rc1 $5 Qe7 $1 (17... Nxd3 $2 18. Qxd3 (18. cxd3 Qg5 19. Kh1
Nf4 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 $14) 18... Qg5 19. Rfe1 $16) 18. Nxd4 Nf4 19. Kh1 Qg5 20. Rg1
Qh4 21. Qf1 Nxh3 22. gxh3 Bxh3 23. Rg2 Rad8 $17) 17... Nf6 (17... f5 18. Bxd5+
Qxd5 19. Qxd4 $16) 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. Kh1 {[#]} Qh4 $4 ({Black missed a strong,
beutiful and deciesive strike:} 19... Bg4 $1 20. Re1 (20. hxg4 $2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1
Nxg4 $19) 20... Qh4 21. Qd2 (21. Be4 Nf4 22. Qxd4 Nxh3 $19) 21... Nf3 $19) 20.
Ng1 (20. Nxd4 Bg4 (20... Bxh3 {Rogozenko} 21. gxh3 Qxh3+ 22. Kg1 Nf4 23. Be4
Ng4 $19) 21. Qd2 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ 24. Kh2 Nc4 $1 25. Qxh6 $5 (
25. Bxc4 $2 Re5 $19) 25... gxh6 26. Rg1 Ne5 27. Bf5 Qxg1+ 28. Rxg1+ {analysis
- D.Kostakiev}) 20... Bg4 $1 21. Qd2 (21. Be2 {Rogozenko} Bxe2 22. Nxe2 (22.
Qxe2 Nc3 {-game}) 22... Nc4 $36) 21... Nf3 (21... Rad8 $5 22. Qxa5 Nf4 $5 (
22... Nf3 $5 23. Qa7 Nxg1 24. Kxg1 Bxh3 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxg2 $1 27. Rfe1
Bf3 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Kh2 Nf4 30. Rg1 g5 $15) 23. Rae1 Nfxd3 24. cxd3 Nxd3 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd2 Bf5 27. Nf3 Qe4 $15) 22. Qd1 (22. Bh7+ Kh8 (22... Kxh7 23.
Qd3+ Kg8 24. Nxf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Re4 26. Rae1 $14) 23. Nxf3) (22. gxf3 $2 {
Rogozenko} Bxh3 23. Nxh3 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Re5 $19) 22... Ne5 $15 (22... Nxg1 23.
Qxg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Ne2 $11) 23. Be2 (23. Qd2 Rad8 24. Qxa5 $6 Nf4 $44) 23...
Bxe2 24. Qxe2 $1 (24. Nxe2 Nc4 25. Bxd4 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxd4 $15) 24... Nc3 25.
Bxc3 dxc3 26. f4 (26. Rae1 Qa4 $15 (26... Re6 $1 {Rogozenko})) 26... Ng6 27.
Qf3 b6 (27... Qf6 28. Rad1 Re7 29. Ne2 Rae8 30. Nxc3 Nxf4 31. Na4 $11 (31. Qxf4
$2 Qxc3 $17)) 28. Ne2 (28. Qxc3 $5 Rac8 (28... Nxf4 29. Qf3 (29. g3 $2 Ne2 $1
$17) 29... Nh5 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Rf3) 29. Qd2 Re4 (29... Rc4 $140 {Rogozenko}
30. f5) 30. f5 Nf4 31. Rad1 $14) (28. Rad1 Qf6 29. f5 Ne7 $11) 28... Rac8 29.
Rad1 (29. Nxc3 Qxf4 (29... Nxf4 {Rogozenko}) 30. Rad1 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 Ne5 $15)
29... Qe7 30. Ng3 (30. Nd4 Qxa3 31. Rd3 Qb4 32. Rfd1 Rcd8 $17) (30. Nxc3 Qxa3
$17) 30... Qxa3 {[#]} 31. Nh5 (31. Ne4 Red8 (31... Re7 $2 32. f5 Ne5 33. Qg3
$16) 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. f5 Ne5 34. Qg3 Nc4 $11) 31... Qe7 32. Nxg7 (32. f5 Ne5
33. Qg3 Qg5 $15) 32... Kxg7 $11 33. f5 Qf6 34. fxg6 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 Kxg6 (35...
Re2 36. gxf7 Rxc2 37. f8=Q+ (37. Rd7 Rf8 $15) 37... Rxf8 $11) 36. Rd7 Re2 (
36... Rc5 $5 {Rogozenko} 37. Rdxf7 Rxb5) 37. Rdxf7 Rxc2 38. R7f6+ Kg7 39. Rc6
Rxc6 40. bxc6 Re2 (40... Rc1+ 41. Kh2 c2 42. Rc3 $14) 41. Rg3+ Kf7 42. Rxc3 Re8
43. Rb3 Rb8 44. c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 d4 10. exf6 dxc3 $6 (10... dxe3 $142) 11. b3 $1 Qxf6 12. O-O e5
13. Qh5 $1 {N;13.f4-Inf.33/253} h6 (13... g6 14. Qh6 Bf8 15. Bg5 $36) 14. f4 $1
e4 $8 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Rad1 $1 Qe7 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. fxe5 Bg4 19. Rd4 $6 (19.
Rde1 Bd7 $14) (19. Ra1 $5) 19... c5 20. Rd6 (20. Rxb4 $5 cxb4 21. Rf4 Bd1 22.
Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rxb4 Bxc2 24. Rc4 Bb1 25. a3 c2 $14) 20... Rae8 21. Rd5 Rc8 22.
Rf4 $5 Be6 23. Rd6 c4 24. Bxa7 $5 cxb3 25. axb3 Bxd6 26. exd6 Bxb3 (26... g5 $5
27. Rf3 f5 {<=>>>}) 27. cxb3 (27. d7 Rc7 28. Bb6 Rxd7 29. cxb3 Rb8 $15) 27...
c2 28. Bxc2 Rxc2 29. Rd4 Rd8 30. Bb6 Rd7 31. Bc7 $6 (31. b4 $142 {/\Bc5}) 31...
Rb2 $6 (31... f5 $142) 32. Rb4 f5 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. b4 f4 35. b5 g5 36. h3 (36.
b6 $142) 36... h5 37. b6 g4 38. Rh8 $1 {<=>><h5,f4} g3 39. Kf1 Rf2+ (39... Kg6
40. Rf8 $1) 40. Ke1 $5 {(+)} (40. Kg1 $10) 40... f3 $1 41. gxf3 Rxf3 42. b7 g2
43. Rf8+ $6 (43. Bb6 Rf1+ 44. Ke2 Rxb7 45. Rh7+ Ke6 46. Rxb7 g1=Q 47. Bxg1 Rxg1
$10) 43... Kg6 44. Rg8+ Rg7 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Bb6 Rb3 $1 (46... Rf8 $4 47. Ba7
$1 Kg6 (47... Rb8 48. d7) 48. Ke2 {/\d7,Bc5+-}) 47. Kf2 $4 (47. b8=Q g1=Q+ 48.
Bxg1 Rxb8 49. Kf1 $10 {_|_}) 47... Rxb6 48. d7 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 {Schwarz beabsichtigt, in
die Sweschnikow-Variante reinzukommen.} 6. Nxc6 {Wenn man zwischen Sweschnikow
und dieser Variante wählt, dann hat man nach 6.Nxc6 bessere Chancen auf einen
Eröffnungsvorteil.} (6. Ndb5 d6 (6... Bb4 7. a3 (7. Nd6+ $2 Ke7 8. Nxc8+ Rxc8
$15 {Der schwarze Entwicklungvorsprung und Druck auf das weiße Zentrum
kompensieren den Verlust der Rochade.}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10.
Bd3 O-O 11. O-O $14 {Weiß besitzt eindeutig die besseren Chancen.}) 7. Bf4 e5
8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 $13 {und wir landen in der Ausgangsstellung der
Sweschnikow-Variante.}) 6... bxc6 (6... dxc6 {Das ist ein sehr passives Spiel.
Schwarz hat gute Chancen auf ein Remis, muss sich jedoch die ganze Zeit ohne
Gegenchancen quälen.} 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bf4 Bb4 9. O-O-O+ Ke7 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be2
Bd7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bd6+ Ke8 14. bxc3 $14 {Polgar - Amura (Benidorm, 2002)}) 7.
e5 {Die einzige aktive Möglichkeit. Nichts bringt 7.Bd3, weil man dann die
Stellung aus der Paulsen e6-Nc6-a6 Variante erhält, in der Schwarz einen Zug
Zeit an a6 gespart hat.} (7. Bd3 $6 d5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O $132 {In der
theoretischen Paulsenstellung steht der Bauer auf a6 und der schwarze König
immer noch im Zentrum, und die Stellung ist trotzdem unklar.}) 7... Nd5 8. Ne4
{Keine Hoffnung auf einen Vorteil hat Weiß, falls er auf d5 nimmt:} (8. Nxd5
cxd5 9. Bd3 Qc7 $1 (9... Be7 {Die einzige Variante, in der Weiß besser stehen
kann.} 10. Qg4 g6 (10... O-O $2 11. Bh6 $18) 11. Bh6 $14) 10. Qe2 Be7 {Jetzt
kann man nicht mehr Qg4 spielen.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 d6 $11 {Rogovski -
Yakovich (Noyabrsk, 2003). Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.}) 8... Qa5+ {Schwarz
hat viele Alternativen. Es ist schwer zu sagen, welche davon besser ist. Ich
persönlich finde die Variante 8....Qc7 9.f4 Qb6 am unangenehmsten für Weiß.} (
8... Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 (9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bd3 $1 Ba6 (11... Qxb2 {das
Nehmen des Bauerns ist zu gefährlich:} 12. Rb1 Qd4 13. Qe2 $44 {Weiß hat
ausgezeichnete Kompensation und gleich zwei unangenehme Drohungen: 14.c3 und
14.c4}) 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 $14 {Weiß hatte das bessere
Endspiel in Fedorchuk - Timoshenko (Cappelle La Grande, 2008)}) 10. c4 Ne3 (
10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 {Es macht nichts aus, dass der weiße König ins Zentrum
läuft - dafür hat Weiß viele andere Vorteile. Das Spiel läuft ziemlich
forciert.} f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 $1 $14
{Shirov - Krasenkow (Polanica Zdroj, 1998)}) 11. Qd3 Nf5 12. Bd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1
Qd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. c5 a5 $13 {Weiß hatte langzeitige Kompensation in
Ivanchuk - Radjabov (Bazna, 2009), konnte die schwarze Stellung jedoch nicht
durchbrechen.}) (8... Bb7 {wird im Remissinne gespielt.} 9. c4 (9. Be2 c5 10.
O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 (12... Qxd6 $4 13. c4 $18) 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4
O-O 15. Bxc4 Qxd6 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. Rd1 Rfc8 $132 {und selbst der Weltmeister
konnte die schwarze Stellung nicht knacken, Kasparov - Leko (Linares, 1999)})
9... Nb4 10. c5 {Sehr aggressive, Weiß spielt alles oder nichts.} Qb8 11. Bf4
Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Qb4 14. Re1 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Rad1 $44 {Die
weißen Chancen waren etwas besser in Fedorov - Abdulov (Dubai, 2009)}) (8... f5
$6 {kann nicht gut sein.} 9. exf6 Nxf6 (9... gxf6 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. c4 Nb6 12.
Nxf6 $1 $18) 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 $14 {Khalifman - Yakovich (Novokuznetsk,
2008). Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur und das Läuferpaar.}) 9. c3 {
Besser als 9.Bd2:} (9. Bd2 Qb6 10. c4 Qd4 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Nf6 13. Bc3
Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 c5 $11 {Svidler - Lautier (Cannes, 2001)}) 9... f5 (9... Ba6 10.
Bxa6 Qxa6 11. b3 $1 {Die strategische Idee ist c4, wonach Schwarz Probleme mit
seinem Springer haben wird.} f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15.
Be3 Qd3 16. Qa5+ Kc8 {Polgar - Lautier (Monte Carlo, 1996). und nun hätte Weiß
mittels} 17. a4 $3 {in Vorteil kommen können:} Rg8 (17... Rb8 18. Rd1 Qe4 19.
Qa6+ Rb7 20. Rxd7 $18) 18. g3 Qd5 19. Qa6+ Kc7 20. O-O $16) 10. exf6 Nxf6 11.
Nxf6+ (11. Nd6+ {hier ist es nicht dasselbe, wie nach 8....f5 - Schwarz kann
die Damen tauschen.} Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qd5 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. f3 Nf6 16.
Kd2 $14 {Kotronias - Thorfinnsson (Caleta, 2005). Die weiße Stellung ist
trotzdem besser.}) 11... gxf6 12. Bf4 $5 $146 {Bis jetzt wurde nur 12.Be2
gespielt. Der Hauptvorteil des Partiezuges ist, dass er das Feld b8 unter
Kontrolle nimmt und den schwarzen Turm sperrt.} (12. Be2 Qd5 {alle Abtausche,
die folgen, spielen für Schwarz:} 13. Bh5+ Kd8 14. Qe2 Qe5 (14... Ba6 15. Qxa6
Qxh5 16. Be3 Qb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. a4 b4 $11 {Kovacevic - Vukic (Herceg Novi,
2005)}) 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. O-O-O Kc7 18. f4 Rb8 19. Rd4 Qa5 20. a3
Ba6 $11 {Kotronias - Tzermiadianos (Athens, 2004)}) 12... Qf5 (12... e5 13. Be3
Qd5 14. Qa4 $1 $16) (12... Qd5 13. Qa4 f5 14. f3 Rg8 15. Rd1 Qc5 16. Kd2 $16)
13. Qd2 e5 14. Be3 d5 (14... Be7 15. f3 d5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. O-O-O $16 {Schwarz
wird es immer schwer haben, seinen König in eine sichere Ecke zu bringen.}) 15.
f4 (15. f3 $5 {wäre auch möglich, mit der Idee Bd3:} Bd6 16. Bd3 Qe6 17. O-O
O-O 18. Rae1 $14) 15... Rb8 $2 {Ein großer Fehler, nach welchem die Lage
kritisch wird.} (15... exf4 $1 {sieht paradox aus, war aber die beste
Fortsetzung!} 16. Bxf4 Qe4+ 17. Qe3 (17. Be3 Bc5 $19) (17. Kf2 Bc5+ 18. Be3
Qf4+ $19) (17. Be2 Rg8 18. Bg3 Bc5 $132 {beide Könige bleiben im Zentrum.})
17... Rg8 18. g3 Kf7 19. Qxe4 dxe4 $14 {Weiß behält minimalen Vorteil, Schwarz
kann jedoch bei guter Verteidigung Remis halten.}) 16. fxe5 $1 {Man muss die
f-Linie für zukünftige Aktivitäten der Türme öffnen.} fxe5 17. Bd3 Qg4 (17...
e4 18. Be2 $16 {Demnächst folgt 0-0-0-Rf1}) 18. O-O Rg8 (18... Rb7 19. Rf6 Bd7
20. Be2 Qg7 21. Bh5+ Kd8 22. Rf7 $18) 19. Rf2 $1 {Man braucht nicht die Bauern
h7 oder a7 - man braucht den schwarzen König.} Rb7 20. Raf1 Be6 21. Rf6 {
Schwarz kann nichts machen, er wird einfach zusammengeschoben.} Rbg7 22. Kh1 $1
(22. g3 {ist zwar auch gut, aber wozu sollte man sich zusätzliche Schwächen
machen.}) 22... Be7 23. h3 {Das Spiel ist vorbei, auch die Taktik arbeitet für
Weiß.} Qxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Rxg2 25. Rxe6 R2g3 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Bc5+ $18 {Es wäre
nicht so schlimm, wenn Schwarz noch einen Zug hätte, um e4 zu spielen, doch
das schafft er nicht.} Ke8 28. Bf5 $1 {Die weißen Läufer kontrollieren das
Geschehen völlig.} e4 29. Be6 Rh8 30. Rf7 Rxh3+ 31. Kg2 Rh6 32. Re7+ Kd8 33.
Rxa7 Rg6+ 34. Kf1 Rxe6 35. Ra8+ Kd7 36. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 {Eine andere Möglichkeit
gegen Paulsen zu spielen ist 5.Nb5.} (5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 b6
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne5 11. f3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O $132 {Es entsteht eine
Igelstellung, in der Weiß einige Probleme mit dem Na3 hat. Die Stellung ist
ungefähr ausgeglichen, beide Seiten haben ihre Chancen.}) 5... Nf6 {Schwarz
weicht von dem Paulsen-System ab.} 6. Ndb5 (6. Nxc6 $5 {Das Nehmen auf c6 ist
eine vollwertige Alternative.} bxc6 (6... dxc6 $6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bf4 Bb4 9.
O-O-O+ Ke7 10. f3 Rd8 (10... Bxc3 11. Bd6+ Ke8 12. bxc3 $16) 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3
Bxc3 13. Bd6+ Ke8 14. bxc3 b6 15. g4 $16 {J.Polgar - Amura (Benidorm, 2002)})
7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 $14 {Die Stellung ist sehr kämpferisch,
doch wie die Erfahrungen zeigen, sind die weißen Chancen besser.}) 6... Bb4 $6
{Schwer zu verstehen, warum Ivanchuk diese Variante ausgewählt hat. Es ist
wohl bekannt, dass Weiß einen "kostenlosen" Vorteil bekommt.} (6... d6 7. Bf4
e5 8. Bg5 a6 {führt mit Zugumstellung zur Sveshnikov-Variante.}) 7. a3 (7. Nd6+
$2 {Das Schachgebot gilt seit Ewigkeiten als Fehler: Schwarz tauscht nicht
seinen guten Läufer ab, sondern zieht es vor, mit dem König im Zentrum zu
bleiben.} Ke7 $1 (7... Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Qe7 9. Bf4 $16) 8. Nxc8+ Rxc8 9. Bd3 d5 10.
exd5 Nxd5 $15) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 $1 {Das ist die alte,
prinzipielle und meiner Meinung nach stärkste Fortsetzung. Das Endspiel, das
nach 9.Bd3 entsteht, kann man auch spielen, doch der Vorteil dort ist eher
minimal:} (9. Bd3 dxe4 (9... d4 $2 {Ein strategischer Fehler. Schwarz wird
nach der späteren Spielöffnung Schwierigkeiten haben, weil er dem weißen
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer nichts entgegenzusetzen hat.} 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O
12. h3 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. f4 $1 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Qf6 18.
Bg5 Qg7 19. Qh4 Nce5 20. Bh6 Qh8 21. Nf5 $1 $16 {Shirov - Grischuk (Linares,
2001)}) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bd7 13. Be3 f5 14. Bf3 e5 15. Kc1
$14 {Weiß verfügt über das Läuferpaar und hat damit einen kleinen Vorteil.
Doch ich denke, dass Schwarz bei richtigem Spiel ausgleichen kann. Das Zentrum
und der schlecht platzierte weiße König sind die Gründe dafür.}) 9... exd5 10.
Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 (11... h6 {Der Versuch, den Bc1 einzugrenzen bringt nichts,
weil der Läufer sowieso rauskommt.} 12. Bf4 d4 13. Ne2 Nd5 14. Bg3 $14) 12. Ne2
Bg4 ({Nach} 12... Re8 {hat Weiß die Wahl, ob er die Entwicklung des Läufers
auf g4 vermeiden sollte oder nicht. Beide Möglichkeiten versprechen ihm gutes
Spiel.} 13. b4 (13. h3 h6 14. b4 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Nd5 17. Qd2 Qh4 18.
Rb3 Re5 19. b5 Nce7 20. Nxd4 $16 {Berg - Ivanov (Copenhagen, 2007)}) 13... Bg4
14. f3 Bh5 15. Bb2 {Die Schwäche des d4-Bauern erlaubt Schwarz nicht, den
Springer über d5 nach e3 zu führen.} a6 (15... Nd5 16. Qd2 Ne3 17. Rfe1 a6 18.
Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $1 $18) 16. Rf2 $1 {Nun droht das Nehmen auf d4.} Bg6 (16...
Qb6 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxh7+ $18) (16... Kh8 17. Bc4 $16) 17. Bxg6
hxg6 18. Nxd4 $16 {Vorobiov - Hasangatin (Pardubice, 2007)}) 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf4
({Eine andere gute Möglichkeit ist} 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Qd2 Nd5 (15... Rfe8 16.
Rad1 $16) 16. Be4 h6 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 Kh8 21.
Rad1 $16 {Iordachescu - Van Riemsdijk (Vlissingen, 2006)}) 14... Re8 $6 $146 {
Ehrlich gesagt gefällt mir diese Idee gar nicht. Weiß bekommt das Läuferpaar
plus der Bauer d4 ist schwach plus Weiß hat Chancen, auf Angriff zu spielen.
Das traditionelle 14....Bg6 ist jedoch auch nicht viel besser. Wie gesagt, die
gesamte Variante sieht sehr verdächtig aus.} (14... Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4
$14 {Das Szenario ist ungefähr das gleiche wie in der Partie - Weiß kombiniert
das Spiel gegen die schwarzen Schwächen.}) 15. Nxh5 Nxh5 16. f4 $1 {Dieser Zug
dient zwei Zielen: erstens, der Bauer kann unter Umständen den weißen Angriff
unterstützen; zweitens, er nimmt dem schwarzen Springer das lebenswichtige
Feld e5. Grundsätlich gilt, Weiß darf den weißfeldrigen Läufer nur dann
tauschen, wenn er einen materiellen Nutzen davon zieht.} Nf6 17. Qf3 Nd5 {
Das Feld e3 ist die einzige Hoffnung des Schwarzen.} 18. Qh3 g6 (18... h6 19.
Qf5 g6 (19... Nf6 {Der Springer kam gerade von f6, sicherlich ist es keine
gute Idee, hin und her zu laufen.} 20. b4 $1 $16) 20. Qh3 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 (
21... Rxe3 22. Qxh6 $18) 22. Rae1 Qb6 23. Qxh6 Rad8 24. f5 e2+ 25. Rf2 Ne5 26.
h3 $1 (26. f6 $4 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ng4+ $19) 26... Nxd3 27. cxd3 Rd6 28. fxg6 fxg6
29. Qd2 $16) 19. f5 $1 {Die schwarze Stellung sieht furchtbar aus. Seine
einzige Chance ist es, mit dem Springer auf e3 das Übel zu kompensieren, doch
auch das gelingt nicht ganz.} Ne3 20. Qh6 $1 Qe7 (20... Nxf1 {Das Annehmen des
Opfers bringt die sofortige Katastrophe.} 21. fxg6 (21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Rxf1 Ne5
23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bf6 Qc7 25. Be4 $44) 21... hxg6 (21... fxg6 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23.
Bg5 Qd6 24. Rxf1 Rf8 25. Bf7 $1 $18) 22. Bg5 (22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24.
Bg5 Ne3 25. Bf6+ Qxf6 26. Qxf6+ $14) 22... Qd6 23. Rxf1 Qf8 24. Qh4 $18 {
Es ist keine Kompensationsstellung - Weiß steht auf Gewinn!}) 21. Rf4 gxf5 (
21... Nxf5 {gibt den letzten Vorposten auf e3 auf.} 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bd2 Qe6
24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Rxd4 $16) 22. Bd2 $1 {Topalov spielt cool. Die schwarze
Bauernstruktur ist geschwächt, der König völlig kompromittiert. Weiß braucht
sich nicht zu beeilen, es ist offensichtlich, dass seine Läufer die Stellung
auseinander reißen werden.} Rad8 (22... Qe5 23. Re1 Re6 24. Qh4 Rg6 25. Bxe3
dxe3 26. Rxf5 Qg7 (26... Qxb2 27. Rxe3 Qc1+ 28. Re1 Qh6 29. Rh5 $18) 27. Be4
$16) 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Rxf5 $18 {Schwarz ist chancenlos. Schlechte
Bauernstruktur, schwacher König, Läufer gegen Springer. Es ist ein Wunder,
dass Ivanchuk so lange überstanden hat.} Rd6 25. Qf4 (25. Qh5 $1 Rg6 26. Re1
Qd7 27. Ref1 Nd8 28. g3 $18) 25... Rg6 26. Rf1 Qe2 27. g3 Rf8 (27... Re4 28.
Qc7 $1 {Bevor Weiß den Damentausch anbietet, gewinnt er einen Bauern.} Re7 29.
Qc8+ Re8 (29... Kg7 30. Bg5 Qe6 31. Qa8 Rd7 (31... Re8 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7+
Kxf7 34. Qxb7+ Kg8 35. Bf4 $18) 32. Rf6 Qe5 33. Rxg6+ hxg6 34. Bf6+ Qxf6 35.
Rxf6 Kxf6 36. Kf2 $18) 30. Qxb7 Re7 31. Qc8+ {Die weiße Dame arbeitet sich
zurück nach Hause.} Re8 32. Qc7 Re7 33. Qf4 Re4 34. Qf2 $18) 28. Rf2 (28. Rxf7
$2 Qxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Rxf7 $16 {Immernoch steht Weiß mit Vorteil da, doch die
schwarzen Chancen steigen enorm.}) 28... Qe6 29. h4 Ne7 (29... Qd6 {sieht
besser aus, doch es führt sehr schnell zur Niederlage:} 30. h5 $1 Qxf4 (30...
Rxg3+ 31. Kh2 Qxf4 32. R2xf4 Rg7 33. Re4 $1 Rd8 34. Bh6 $18 {Interessantes
Bild - der Turm ist gefangen.}) 31. R2xf4 Rd6 (31... Rxg3+ 32. Kh2 Rg7 33. Re4
$18) 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. h6 f6 (33... Rg8 34. Bg5 $1 $18) 34. Rg7 $18) 30. Re5 Qd7
31. h5 Rg7 32. Rg5 f5 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qe5+ {Bis jetzt hat Topalov die
stärksten Züge gespielt. An dieser Stelle hätte er das Spiel mit 34.Bb4 sofort
beenden können. Wobei das keine große Rolle spielt, Weiß hat viele
Möglichkeiten zu gewinnen.} (34. Bb4 $1 Rf7 (34... Rf6 35. Re2 Re6 36. Rxe6
Qxe6 37. Qxd4+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ Kg7 39. Bxe7 Qxe7 40. Qxf5 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42.
Kh3 $18) 35. g4 Kg8 36. gxf5 $18) 34... Kg8 35. Bh6 Nc6 (35... Rf7 36. Qb8+ Nc8
37. Re2 $18 {Schwarz ist fast im Zugzwang!}) 36. Qf4 Rf7 37. g4 $1 d3 (37...
fxg4 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Bg7+ Kg8 (39... Rxg7 40. Rf8+ $18) 40. Be5+ Kf8 41. Qg7+
Ke8 42. Qg8+ $18) 38. cxd3 Kh8 39. gxf5 (39. Qc4 $5 {gewinnt noch schneller.}
Ne5 40. Qc3 Qc7 41. Qd4 Kg8 42. gxf5 $18) 39... Qxd3 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Qf3 {
Übergang ins Endspiel ist eine gute Entscheidung - Schwarz hat nicht mal den
Ansatz auf eine Hoffnung.} Ne7 (41... Qxf3+ 42. Rxf3 Ne7 43. f6 Nd5 44. Bg5 $18
) 42. Qxd5 Nxd5 43. Rc2 $1 {Bringt auch die Türme vom Brett.} Rc7 (43... Ne7
44. Rc7 $18) (43... Nc7 44. Rd2 $18) 44. Rxc7 Nxc7 45. Kf3 {Der Rest ist
Technik.} Kg8 46. Ke4 Ne8 47. Ke5 Kf7 48. Bg5 Nc7 49. h6 Nb5 50. Be3 b6 51. a4
Nc7 52. Kd6 Na6 53. Kc6 Nb4+ 54. Kb7 Nd5 55. Bg5 a5 56. Kc6 Nb4+ 57. Kxb6 Nd3
58. b3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Agaragimov, Djahangir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Ne8 11. Qxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O-O f5 13. f3 a6 14. Nd4
fxe4 15. Nxe4 b6 16. Nb3 Nf5 17. Bd3 Ra7 18. Rhe1 Rc7 19. Nc3 b5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5
21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Kf7 24. Re5 Bb7 25. Kd2 g6 26. a3 d6 27.
Re3 Kf6 28. Nd4 Bc8 29. Re8 Bd7 30. Rf8+ Kg7 (30... Ke7 31. Rh8 h5 $18) 31. Ra8
$18 Bc8 {[%tqu "En","","","","a8a6","",10]} 32. Rxa6 $1 Rxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Bxa6 34.
Ne6+ Kf6 35. Nc7 Bb7 36. Nxb5 Ke7 37. Kc3 g5 38. Nd4 Ba6 39. b4 h5 40. a4 1-0

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Dongen, Patrick"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 (1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4
O-O 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 {cette variante de l'anglaise ressemble beaucoup а la
partie}) 1... c5 {1h30} 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 (5... Qc7)
6. Ndb5 (6. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 (6... dxc6 $6 {Abergel,T (2497)-Nguyen Thanh Tong 
(2312) Malakoff 09th Op 2009 (2) 1-0}) 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4
Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 $14 {[%csl Rd5] Paradoxalement, il est
difficile pour les noirs de profiter de la positiojn du K blanc et les blancs
gardent un petit avantage durable}) 6... Bc5 $5 {une variante trés rare et un
peu douteuse qui ne semblait pas être au répertoire habituel du GMI} (6... d6
7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 {B33}) (6... Bb4 $142 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10.
Bd3) 7. Bf4 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6][%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6] 1h28} (7. Nd6+ $143 Ke7 8. Bf4 e5
9. Nf5+ Kf8 $13) 7... O-O (7... e5 $143 8. Be3 $1 Bxe3 9. Nd6+ Kf8) 8. Bc7 Qe7
9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 a6 (10... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6] plus courant} 11. Qxe7 Nxe7
12. O-O-O f5 13. e5 $1 $14 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gb5d6];Barua,D (2549)-Bellon Lopez,
J (2429) Gibraltar Masters 2004 (6) 1/2} (13. Nd6 $143 Nxd6 14. Rxd6 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nf5 $1 $11)) 11. Qxe7 Nxe7 12. Nd6 $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ge1c1] 1h26 Les
blancs tiennent bien les cases noires} Ne8 13. O-O-O {1h14 les blancs ont
probablement hésité pendant 10 mns а jouer l'alternative Rd1} Nxd6 14. Rxd6 b5
$5 {Peut-être meilleur que l'autre plan de réaction au centre f5} (14... f5 {
Jenni,F (2516)-Raetsky,A (2461) Lenk op 2003 (5) 1-0}) 15. a4 $1 $146 {1h01} (
15. Be2 Ra7 16. f4 f6 17. Rhd1 Nc6 18. Bg4 Na5 19. b3 Rc7 20. Kb2 Kf7 21. Rb6
Rc6 22. Rb8 Re8 23. e5 Bb7 24. Rxd7+ Re7 25. Bh5+ g6 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Bf3 Rc7
28. Rh8 {1-0 Valvo,M (2395)-Rasmussen,B (2229)/Winnipeg 2001/EXT 2005}) 15...
b4 16. Nb1 {01h00} (16. Na2 $142 $1 {Une manoeuvre connue dans la Kan pour
forcer les noirs а jouer "a5" et gagner le contrôle de la case "b5"} a5 17. Bb5
{[%csl Rd7]} f5 18. e5 Ng6 19. Re1 Ra7 20. Kb1 {[%cal Ga2c1,Gc1b3,Gb3c5,Gc2c3]}
Nh4 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 21. g3 (21. Bf1 f4 {[%cal Gh4f5]} 22. c3 $1 bxc3 (22... Bb7
23. cxb4 axb4) 23. Nxc3 $14 {[%cal Gc3b5]}) 21... Nf3) 16... f5 $132 17. Nd2 {
58 mns} fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 {[%csl Gf5]} (18... Ra7 $5 $11 {[%cal Ga7d7] Passif
mais solide}) 19. Rd2 d5 $11 20. Nc5 Rf7 21. g3 Rc7 $1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc7c5,
Gb4b3]} 22. Nb3 (22. Nd3 $142 Bd7 23. Nxb4 a5 24. Nd3 Rac8 25. Kb1 Bxa4 26. b3
Bb5 27. Nf4 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Kf7 (28... a4 $5 29. Nxe6 Re7 30. Re1 axb3) 29. Re1
Rc6 30. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5,Ge5c6,Ge5f7]} Kf6 31. Ne5 Ra6 {[%cal Ga5a4]} (31...
Rc3)) 22... Bd7 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Re6][%cal Ga8c8,Gd7a4]} 23. a5 {29mns} Ba4 24.
Kb1 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rc5 26. Bh3 {30 mns} Rxa5 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Re5 {
27mns} Kf6 30. Rdxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Re8 $1 32. Kc2 {22mns} Kg5 $6 {Le GMI avait
des meilleures chances de gain en finale de P car son K est plus actif et une
meilleure structure.} (32... Re2+ $1 33. Rd2 (33. Kd3 Rxf2 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35.
Rxa6 Rxh2 36. Kc4 Rg2 37. Kxb4 Rxg3 38. Kc4 h5 $17) 33... Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Ke5 $2
(34... Kg5 $5 {[%cal Gg5g4,Gg4f3]} 35. h3 f4 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Kf3 Ke5 $1 {
[%cal Ge5d4]}) (34... f4 $1 {Le coup clé car le K noir gagne l'accès а la case
"f5"} 35. Kd3 (35. Ke2 Kf5 36. Kf3 Ke5 $1 37. gxf4+ Kd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd4d3,
Gd3c2,Gc2b2]}) 35... Kf5 {[%cal Gf5h3]} 36. gxf4 (36. Kc4 $2 f3 $1 {[%cal
Gf5h3,Gh3h2,Gh2g2,Gg2f2]}) 36... Kg4 $1) 35. Kd3 Kd5 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3,Gd3,
Gd5] Les noirs ont l'opposition mais ils peuvent difficilement progresser}) 33.
Kd2 Kg4 34. Rd4+ Re4 35. Rd7 g6 36. Rxh7 Kf3 37. Rh6 Re6 38. h4 Kxf2 39. h5
Re2+ 40. Kd3 Re3+ 41. Kc4 g5 42. Rf6 Kxg3 43. Rxf5 Kg4 44. Rf6 a5 45. h6 Re7
46. Kb5 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thanh Tong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 (6. Ndb5 {Van
Dongen,P (2329)-Abergel,T (2519) Malakoff 09th Op 2009 (7.3) 1/2}) 6... dxc6 $6
(6... bxc6 {la grande ligne} 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 (9... Qa5+) 10. c4
Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 {la pratique donne des bons résultats aux
blancs car les noirs manquent d'espace} Ne7 14. Be3 $14 {Adams,M (2715)
-Ivanchuk,V (2709) Fujitsu Siemens Masters rapid 2000 (2) 1/2}) 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Bf4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge5] Dans plusieurs lignes d'échange Nc6 de la Taimanov,
les noirs choisissent parfois de jouer dc6 au lieu de bc6 avec l'idée de
réagir au centre ensuite avec e6e5 et d'obtenir une position а peu près égale.
Le seocnd intérêt de Bf4 est aussi d'empêcher Kc7 et le K noir est trés mal
placé} (8. Bg5 e5 $1 9. O-O-O+ Kc7 $132) (8. e5 Nd7 9. f4 Bb4 10. Bd2 {
Opocensky,K-Hazenfuss,W Folkestone ol (Men) 1933 (1.4) 1-0}) 8... Nd7 {[%cal
Gf7f6,Ge6e5]} 9. O-O-O f6 10. e5 $1 g5 11. Be3 $1 (11. Bg3 $143 f5 {[%cal
Gf5f4]}) 11... fxe5 12. Bxg5+ {[%csl Re5,Re6]} Kc7 13. Ne4 $40 {[%cal Gf1c4]} (
13. Bc4 Rg8 14. h4 h6 15. Bxe6 Rg6 16. Bf5 Rg8 17. Be3 Rxg2 18. Bh3 Rg8 19. Ne4
$36) 13... b5 14. g3 h6 15. Bh4 Bg7 16. Bh3 {[%csl Re6]} Nb6 17. Rhe1 (17. Be7
$5 {[%cal Ge7d6]}) 17... Nd5 18. Nc5 Kd6 19. Ne4+ Kc7 20. Nc5 {répète les
coups pour gagner du temps avec l'incrément а la pendule} Kd6 21. Nd3 a5 22.
Re4 Rf8 23. Rde1 (23. g4 $5 {[%cal Gh4g3]}) 23... Ra7 24. R1e2 Raf7 25. Kd2 b4
26. c4 bxc3+ 27. bxc3 Ba6 (27... c5 28. c4 Nb4) 28. c4 Nb4 29. f4 Nxd3 30. Kxd3
Re8 31. fxe5+ Kc5 32. Bg2 Rb8 33. g4 Rb1 $2 34. Bf2+ Kb4 35. Kc2 Ra1 36. Kb2
Rd1 $2 37. a3+ Ka4 38. c5+ 1-0

[Event "Asia U20 op"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2013.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Black "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A variation which seperates the Four Knights from other Sicilian systems
occurs when White plays the specific 6.Nxc6. Normally, a capture such as this
would only strengthen the Black centre, but White follows up powerfully with 7.
e5 and some very unusual positions arise.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 7. e5 {The point. White establishes a
wedge in the centre and hopes to cramp Black as a result.} Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 (8...
Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. f4) ({and} 8... Bb7 {are reasonable alternatives.}) 9. f4
Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 O-O {A very strange situation, where both
parties are trying to hinder each other's development. Black would love to
play ...f7-f5 and entice White to take on f6, but it is unlikely that he will
do this. White has a nice bind, but would love to be rid of that knight on e3.}
({Extraordinary play can result after} 12... Ba6 13. b3 (13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Kf2
Qxb2+ 15. Be2 Nxc4 16. Rab1 $13) 13... O-O 14. Bxb4 (14. Ke2 Nd5 15. Kf3 f6 16.
Qc2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 fxe5 18. cxd5 Rxf4+ 19. Kg3 Rxe4 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. dxe6 Rd4
22. Qc2 Rd3+ 23. Kg4 dxe6 24. Rhd1 e4 25. Rac1 Qb5 26. Rf1 Qe5 $19) (14. Rc1 $5
) 14... Qxb4+ 15. Kf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Nh6 17. Kh3 Rad8 18. Rd1 f6 19. Qd6 Qa5 20.
Qd2 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rf5 23. Nf3 g5 24. Nd4 Rxe5 25. Nxc6 Re3+ 26.
g3 Rf8 $2 (26... Bb7 $1 27. Bg2 Re2 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Bxb7 Kxe7 {would keep a
slight advantage for Black}) 27. Rxd7 e5 28. Ne7+ Kf7 {Lewandowski,R-Krawczyk,
C Warsaw 2010} 29. Rxa7 $18 {The sight of the white Kking brazenly parading
around the kingside, gives one the impression that this is quite a difficult
line to handle for both sides.}) 13. b3 d5 $5 {Rarely played and very sharp
indeed. White must take on d6 and then Black gets to shift the knight on e4 by
force.} (13... f5 {leads to complications:} 14. exf6 (14. Nc3 Ng4 15. Nd1 Bc5
16. h3 Nf2 17. Nxf2 Bxf2+ 18. Ke2 a5 19. a4 Bd4 20. Be3 c5 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22.
Kf2 Bb7 23. Rd1 Rab8 $11) 14... Ng4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 d5
18. Nc5 gxf6 19. h3 Nf2 20. Rg1 f5 21. Bd3 a5 22. Ke3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. g4
$16) 14. exd6 f5 15. Nf2 $6 (15. c5 $1 {is certainly worth consideration,
leading to a slight advantage for White by force after} fxe4 16. Qxe3 Qxc5 17.
Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 Bxd6 19. Rxc6 $14 {for example:} Bxf4 (19... Rd8 20. Rc2 a5
21. Bc4 Kf8 22. Ke2) 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Bc4 $1 Rf7 22. Ke2 Kf8 (22... a5 23. Rd1
) 23. Rd1 Bd7 24. Rcd6 Ke8 25. Bxe6 {If there is a drawback to 13...d5, this
might be it.}) 15... e5 16. Bxb4 (16. fxe5 f4 {entrenches the knight on e3 and
gives Black definite compensation after} 17. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 18. Qd2 Qc5 19. Nd3 Qd4
) 16... Qxb4+ 17. Qd2 Qb6 $6 ({It takes a brave man to reject} 17... Nc2+ 18.
Kd1 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nxa1 {Black should have gone for this in my opinion, with ..
.Rb8 and ...Nxb3 to come.} 20. fxe5 Rb8 21. Kc3 Re8 22. Nd3 f4 $1 23. Be2 Bf5
24. Rxa1 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Rxe5 $13) 18. c5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. fxe5 f4 21. Nd1
Bg4 $2 {Whereas it was hard to criticize earlier moves, because of the murky
nature of the position, I think we can say that 21...Bg4 is just bad.} (21...
Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Ba6 {had to be played and with ...Rae8 to come, Black is very
much in the game:} 23. Rf2 $2 (23. Qc3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rae8 25. Nb2 f3 26. gxf3
Rxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rf8 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Nc4 Qd4 $13 {probably equal, as the
white king looks very open}) (23. Nb2 f3 $1 24. Rxf3 Qg1+ 25. Rf1 Qxf1#) 23...
Rae8) 22. Nxe3 {White no doubt breathed a large sigh of relief as the knight
was eliminated. Black should have sold his life at a higher price.} fxe3 23.
Bc4+ $1 Kh8 24. Qc3 $1 e2 25. Kd2 $16 Rf4 26. Rhe1 {Control is finally
established over the position. It is impossible for Black to make an
impression on the White king position, as he has no dark-squared bishop.} Qc5 {
Going downhill.} (26... Re8 {was relatively best, but White can thread his
king through the landmines:} 27. Bxe2 Qf2 28. Qc5 Rd4+ 29. Kc3 Qe3+ 30. Kb2
Rd2+ 31. Ka1 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 Bxe2 33. d7 Rxd7 34. Rxe2) 27. Bd3 Qf2 28. h3 Bh5
29. g4 Be8 30. Rxe2 $18 {The Black counterplay has been squashed and mopping
up begins.} Qg3 31. Be4 Qh4 32. Qe3 Qh6 33. Kc3 a5 34. Kb2 a4 35. a3 Bd7 36.
Bf5 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Qh4 38. e6 Rd4 39. e7 Re8 40. Rc4 Rxc4 41. d7 {An incredible
final position.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Invest"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{Meine beste Partie beim Europacup :} 1. e4 c5 {Die erste Überraschung, neigt
Socko doch sonst dazu den e-Bauern anzufassen.} 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 {Es ist viele Jahre her, dass ich
diese Variante studierte und sie kam auch erst einmal in meiner Turnierpraxis
vor. Offenbar wollte mich mein Gegner von Anfang an unter Druck setzen.} Qc7 {
Der Hauptzug und gleichzeitig Einleitung zu den schärfsten Varianten in diesem
System. Mittlerweile habe ich mir ein Bild von den Alternativen machen können.
Einzig vollwertig erscheint mir darunter 8...Bb7.} (8... f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10.
Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa6 14. Bb4 Kf7 15. a3 Qc4 16.
O-O-O Qa2 17. Rhe1 Rhe8 18. Bc3 Rab8 19. b3 $16 {1-0 Socko,B (2629)-Heberla,B 
(2557)/Opole 2007(23)}) ({Nachdem Leko} 8... Bb7 {1999 auf höchster Ebene
einführte gewann die Variante rasch an Popularität und ist nach aktuellem
Stand der Theorie weiterhin spielbar.} 9. Be2 (9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Qb8 $1 (10...
Ba6 $2 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd4) 11. f4 Ba6 12. a3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nd5) 9... c5 10.
O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 (15...
Qxd6 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. a4 d5 20. a5 Nc4 21. a6 Bc6 22.
Bxc4 dxc4 23. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2812)-Leko,P (2694)/Linares 1999 
(48)}) 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rf2 Qb6 18. Bb2 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb4 20. c3 d5 21. Bf1 Nc6
22. Be3 a5 (22... Ne7 23. Rc1 a5 24. Rfc2 e5 25. c4 f6 26. cxd5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2
Nxd5 28. Bd2 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. a4 $16 {1-0 Leko,P (2722)
-Topalov,V (2745)/Dortmund 2002 (81)}) 23. a4 Ne7 24. c4 (24. Rc1 f6 25. Bb5
Nf5 26. Bd2 Rc7 27. Bd3 Nd6 28. Be1 Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2849)
-Grischuk,A (2663)/Cannes 2001 (48)}) 24... Ba6 25. cxd5 Bxf1 26. Rfxf1 Nxd5
27. Bd2 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Meier,G (2558)-Popov,I (2539)/Yerevan 2007}) (8... Ba6 9.
c4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qh4 11. Qf3 f5 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd5 Bxf1 14. exd6 Bb5 15.
dxe6 O-O 16. exd7 Rad8 17. O-O-O Qc4+ 18. Bc3 Qxa2 19. Rhe1 Rxd7 20. Re7 $18 {
1-0 Movsesian,S (2661)-Stocek,J (2537)/Czechia 2001(27)}) (8... Qa5+ 9. c3 (9.
Bd2 Qb6 10. c4 Qxb2) 9... Ba6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+
gxf6 14. O-O {[%csl Re8,Gg1] Solange Damen auf dem Brett sind, haben nur die
negativen Aspekte der schwarzen Bauernstruktur Gewicht, da ein sicherer
Unterschlupf für den König fehlt.} Qd5 15. Qh3 h5 16. Re1 Bc5 17. b3 O-O-O 18.
c4 Qd6 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Adams,M (2658)-Conquest,S (2443)/France 2000/EXT 2001 
(41)}) 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 {Diesem Zug hatte ich nie Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt.
} ({Während der Partie konnte ich mich nur an den Verlauf der Hauptvariante
erinnern :} 10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5
Qxc5 16. Qd6) 11. Qd3 Nf5 (11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 $1 a5 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+
15. Qc3 $14) 12. g4 Nd4 13. Bg2 h5 (13... Bb7 14. b4 $1 a5 (14... h5 15. Kf1 $1
) 15. Bb2 c5 16. b5) 14. g5 Bb7 {Zu dieser Stellung kamen wir recht schnell,
da Socko sich noch in seiner Vorbereitung befand und die weißen Züge bis
hierher recht naheliegend sind. Mir drängten sich jetzt aber einige Fragen auf:
Meine Stellung sieht fantastisch aus, aber warum strebt mein Gegner sie dann
an, welche Überraschung hält er bereit? Da 15.Be3 Nc2+ der erste konkrete
Gedanke ist, schien es mir sicher, dass mein Gegner das analysiert hatte und
ich nahm a priori Abstand von dieser Fortsetzung. Dann fesselte b4 für eine
Weile meine Aufmerksamkeit und nachdem ich die Widerlegung fand, blieb nur ein
Gedanke übrig: Warum nicht einfach die Entwicklung beenden?} 15. Bd2 $1 $146 (
15. Be3 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxb2+ 18. Kg3 Ba6 {Hier muss Schwarz eine
Verbesserung haben, schon allein um zu überleben!} (18... Qb6 $142 19. c5 Qa5 {
Eröffnet wenigstens dem Bb7 Perspektiven über a6. Die schwarze Stellung bleibt
aber alles andere als beneidesnwert. Im Idealfall wird die Entwicklung mittels
Ba6, Be7, Rd8, g6, Kf8-g7 beendet. Doch selbst dann wäre Schwarz zum Abwarten
verdammt.}) 19. Rab1 h4+ 20. Kh3 Qc2 21. Rhc1 Qa4 22. Qc3 $18 Ba3 23. Rc2 Be7
24. Rb3 O-O 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. gxf6 Bc5 27. Be4 Rfb8 28. Kxh4 Kf8 29. Rg2 Qxc4
30. Qxc4 Bxc4 31. Bh7 Bf2+ 32. Kh5 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2780)-Illescas Cordoba,M 
(2555)/Linares 1992}) (15. b4 $6 a5 $1 (15... Bxb4+ $2 16. Kf1 {[%csl Rb4,Rb6,
Rb7,Rd4][%cal Gc1e3,Ga1b1,Gb1b7]}) 16. c5 $2 Qxb4+ 17. Bd2 Ba6 $19) 15... c5
16. Bc3 {[%csl Rc5,Rd4][%cal Gb2b4]} Nf5 {Traurige Notwendigkeit} (16... Rd8
17. g6) (16... O-O-O 17. b4) 17. O-O-O {Der weiße K steht nun absolut sicher.
Schwarz bleiben strukturelle Schwächen und keine Aussicht auf Gegenspiel.}
O-O-O 18. Qd2 {[%csl Rb6,Rd8][%cal Gc3a5]} Qa6 19. b3 ({Nicht} 19. Ba5 $2 Qxc4+
20. Nc3 d5 {und Weiß hätte alle strategischen Vorzüge seiner Stellung verloren.
}) 19... d5 {Schwarz muss versuchen sich zu befreien.} 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6+
({In Frage kam auch} 21. Qf2 Be7 {Allerdings befürchtete ich, dass Schwarz
einen guten Moment finden könnte, um mit Nd4 einen Bauern zu opfern, was
zumindest praktische Chancen verspricht, da die schwarzen Felder rund um den
weißen König und der Pf4 anfällig wären.}) 21... Rxd6 22. Qf2 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Qc6
(23... Rhd8 $5 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Be5 (25. Qa8+ Kc7 26. Kb1 Qb7 27. Ba5+ Kc6 $11
) 25... Qc6 26. Qxc6+ Rxc6 27. Rd1) 24. Qxc6+ Rxc6 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd3
27. Rxd3 Rc7 28. Rh3 $1 $16 {Die schwarze Bauernmajorität wird entwertet und
ein Einbruchsfeld auf f6 geschaffen.} g6 29. Rd3 Rd7 30. Kd2 Kc7 31. a3 a6 32.
b4 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Kc6 34. Be1 $1 {Nach dem erzwungenen Tausch auf b4 wird Weiß
in der Lage sein, einen b-Freibauern zu bilden. Das unterstreicht die
Minderwertigkeit von vereinzelten a- und c-Bauern im Vergleich zu einem Tandem
aus a- und b-P.} Nd6 35. Bf2 cxb4 36. axb4 Nf5 37. Be1 Ne7 ({Wenn Schwarz sich
passiv verhält folgt :} 37... Nd6 38. Bc3 Nf5 39. Bd4 Kd7 40. Bc5 Kc6 41. Bf8
Kd7 42. Ke4) 38. Ke4 Nc8 39. Ke5 Kd7 40. Bf2 ({Nach der naheliegenden Folge} 
40. Kf6 Ke8 41. b5 axb5 42. cxb5 Nd6 43. b6 Nb7 {nimmt Schwarz eine Festung
ein.}) 40... Nd6 41. Kd4 Nb7 42. Kd3 Nd8 43. Bc5 Nc6 44. b5 $1 {Endlich folgt
der nächste Schritt Richtung Ziel.} axb5 45. cxb5 Nd8 46. Bd4 Nb7 47. Be5 h4 (
47... Nc5+ 48. Kc4 Nb7 49. h3 $22) 48. h3 Nc5+ 49. Kd4 Na4 50. Kc4 Nb6+ 51. Kb4
Kc8 52. Kc5 Nd5 53. Kd6 Kd8 54. Kc6 Nb4+ (54... Kc8 55. Bd6) 55. Kb7 Nd3 56. b6
Nc5+ 57. Kc6 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2016.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Choma, Ernani Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{7 rounds into the Brazilian Championship, I was leading with 6/7, but had the
IM Evandro Barbosa half a point behind me with 5,5/7, meaning I could take no
rest and had to play every one of the remaning 4 games for the win. In this
round, I was facing an old friend from the Brazilian Junior tournaments back
in the 2000s, and I knew it would be a tough challenge, because he was playing
very well.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 $5 {
Instead of allowing Black to play the Sveshnikov Variation, I tried this move
for the 1st time in my life. After some home analysis, I thought it's an
interesting move and Black has to be careful in some variations.} (6. Ndb5 d6
7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 {transposes to the Sveshnikov.}) 6... bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 {
Black has a lot of options here} Qc7 (8... Bb7 $5) (8... Qa5+ $5 9. c3 f5) (
8... f5 $5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ba6) 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 {Black
loses some tempi in order to force White to weaken his pawn structure.} Bb4+
11. Ke2 (11. Bd2 $2 {blunders a pawn right away} Qe3+ $1 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2
Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nxf4 $17) 11... f5 (11... Ba6 $6 {is considered to be bad after
the computer era} 12. Kf3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. c5 $1 Bxc5 (14... Qa5 15. Nd6+
Ke7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 (16... Bxc5 $2 17. Nb7 $1 $18) (16... Qxc5 $2 17. Nb7 $1 $18)
17. Be3 Rhf8 (17... Nd5 18. Qd4 $1 $16 {with a superb attack}) 18. Qd4 Ba5 19.
f5 $1 $16 {with a simple idea of bringing forces against the black king with
Bf4-Rhd1}) 15. Nxc5 Bxf1 16. Na4 $1 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 $16) 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3
Qa5 (13... Qd8 {was played in some recent top-level games, for example:} 14.
Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Rd1 {White gets full control of the dark squares
for now, but faces a problem with the K on e1. Also, it would be better to
have the P on f3, diminishing the power of the b7-B. In any case, White was
able to achieve a very good position in a few moves} Rc8 17. g4 c5 18. Rg1 Rf8
19. f5 Qb6 20. fxe6 dxe6 21. g5 Nd5 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Ke1 $16 {1-0 (40)
Karjakin,S (2762)-Yu,Y (2721) Baku 2015, with a comfortable advantage;
Karjakin went on to win the game.}) 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Kf2 (15. a3 $5 {I
didn't want to move this P to a3, because that would mean real counterplay for
Black on the b-file. Ideally, I would like to always have a2-b3-c4. On the
other hand, I can seize better control of the dark squares this way (like with
a3-b4 sometimes).} Be7 (15... Bc5 $4 16. b4 $18) 16. Kf2 O-O 17. Bd3 $14) 15...
Ke7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qe2 (17. a3 $5 {same thing: now Black can play Bc5, but I
get to play b4 and c5, giving him a target on the queenside, but making the
b7-B really passive for now} Bc5 18. b4 Bxe3+ 19. Kxe3 Qc7 20. c5 a5 21. Qh5 $1
$40) 17... Bc5 18. Rhe1 Qb6 19. Bxc5+ (19. Rad1 {was another idea, but I
didn't want to exchange queens right away} Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Rxe3 $14)
19... Qxc5+ 20. Kf1 h5 21. Rad1 a5 22. Qd2 Rad8 23. b3 {A useful move, now
Black can't play ...a4 because of b4! This is the kind of position I was
looking for, I thought I would always have a potential attack against the
black king, even though it is very solid for now.} Kf7 (23... a4 $2 24. b4 $16)
24. Bc2 {Creating possible Qd3-Qh3 ideas, as happened in the game. I felt that
I could create him some problems.} Ba6 (24... d5 $1 {I thought this would be
very risky for him, but apparently it is playable and not bad at all} 25. Qe2
Bc8 26. Bd3 h4 27. Rc1 $5 Qd4 28. Qf3 f5 {whenever the central pawns get fixed,
Black will have less chances of counterplay. Nevertheless, his position is
still very solid} (28... Bd7 $6 29. Red1 $1 {followed by f5, and Black can't
hold the d5-pawn anymore}) 29. Re3 $5 $40) 25. Qd3 (25. Qd6 $5 {the endgame
was always possible} Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Ke7 27. Red1 $14 {and White retains some
pressure.}) 25... Rh6 (25... Ke7 $5 26. Qh3 Bc8 {a defensive idea that could
happen in the game as well} 27. Qh4 Kf7 28. Bd3 a4 $13 {and it remains unclear
how is White going to attack.}) 26. Qh3 Ke7 $2 {Already a decisive mistake,
White has enough forces to create a winning attack.} (26... Bc8 $1 {was the
only move. Reinforcing the e6-point to avoid any sacrifices. I thought this
wasn't possible, because of 27.Rxe6, but Black has a nice trick} 27. Rxe6 $5 d5
$1 28. Qe3 {the next moves are forced} (28. f5 Bxe6 29. fxe6+ Kf8 $1 (29... Ke7
$4 30. Qg3 $1 $18) 30. Be4 $5 $40) 28... d4 $1 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 (29... Qxd4 $2 30.
Re7+ Kf8 31. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 32. Qxd4 $18) 30. Re4 Rd5 31. cxd5 Qxc2 32. Re7+ Kg6
33. Qg3+ Bg4 34. h3 {winning back the piece} cxd5 35. hxg4 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 hxg4
37. Qe3 Rh1 38. Kg3 $14 {with a very weird endgame, but White's king is safer.}
) 27. Bf5 Bc8 28. Bxe6 $1 (28. Qg3 {would also be good, but Black could still
play on} Qxf5 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxh6 Kf7 $1 {threatening ...Rg8} 31. Re3 $1 Rg8
32. Rg3 $18) 28... dxe6 29. Qg3 $1 $18 {Now the invasion on g7 forces Black to
lose the exchange.} Rf8 (29... Rdh8 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qc7 $18) (29... Rh7 30.
Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Qg8+ $18) 30. Qg7+ Rf7 31. Qxh6 Qf5 32. Qh8 Bd7 33. Qb8 e5 34.
Kg1 Rg7 35. Rd2 Qxf4 36. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Savina, Anastasia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {01H30} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {Un choix
d'ouverture assez discutable face à un fort GMI car la variante Nc6 suivi de
la poussée e5 donne souvent une position agréable à jouer pour les Blancs} (
5... Qb6 6. e5 Bc5 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. c3 $14) (5... d6 {
L'alternative mais qui permet aux Blancs de jouer l'attaque Kerès.}) 6. Nxc6
$1 {88} (6. Ndb5 Bb4 (6... Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bc7 $1 {[%csl Rc8] Les Noirs
souffrent sur cases Noires et il n'est pas facile pour les Noirs d'égaliser
sur cette variante Bc5} Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Be2 $14) (
6... d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 {Transpose sur une B33}) 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9.
exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 $14 {Lagno,K (2542)-Savina,A (2368) EU-ch (Women) 14th 2013 
(10) 1/2}) 6... bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 {[%csl Gd6]} Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 {87
} (10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 {Dans la pratique, les Blancs ont d'excellents
résultats sur cette ligne malgré le K décentralisé}) 11. Qd3 Nf5 {84} (
11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 a5 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Rc3 $14 {Savchenko,B 
(2578)-Krasenkow,M (2639) Politiken Cup 30th 2008 (5) 1-0}) 12. b3 {58 La
position est toujours théorique mais le français n'a pas joué trés
rapidement l'ouverture} (12. g4 Nd4 13. Bg2 h5 (13... Bb7 14. b4 $14 {Kasparov}
) 14. g5 Bb7 15. Be3 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxb2+ 18. Kg3 $44 {Kasparov,G 
(2780)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2555) Linares 10th 1992 (10) 1-0}) (12. Bd2 {
Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Radjabov,T (2756) Bazna Kings 3rd 2009 (4) 1/2}) 12... c5
$146 {72 Une nouveauté logique, les Noirs consolident le contrôle de la case
"d4" tout en ouvrant la diagonale au futur développement Bb7} (12... Bb7 13.
Be2 Rd8 {Huebner,R (2615)-Van der Wiel,J (2590) SWIFT-Chess World Championship
blitz 1987 1/2}) (12... h5 {[%csl Gg4]} 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rb1 $14 {Gruenfeld,Y 
(2535)-Delaune,R (2380) Philadelphia op 1987 1/2}) 13. g4 {Joué à tempo
avant que les Noirs n'aient le temps de consolider la position du N par h5} Nd4
14. Bg2 Bb7 (14... h5 15. h3 (15. g5)) 15. O-O {54} (15. Be3 $5 Qb4+ 16. Kf2 $1
{Les pièces Blanches sont bien coordonnées et le Kf2 ne risque pas
grand-chose}) 15... h5 $1 16. g5 (16. h3 $143 hxg4 17. hxg4 $132 {[%csl Gh8]})
16... Nf5 17. Be3 Rd8 (17... Nxe3 {Peut-être un peu meilleur car le Be3 n'est
pas si mauvais et il menace notamment de soutenir indirectement la poussée b4}
18. Qxe3) (17... a5 $5 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Ga5a4]} 18. Bf2 Be7 (18... a4 19. b4))
18. Rad1 {[%csl Rd7] Comme souvent dans cette variante, les Blancs ont un gros
avantage d'espace.} d6 19. Bf2 $1 {27} dxe5 $6 {La finale semble meilleure
pour les Blancs et les Noirs ont un retard de développement} (19... Be7 20.
Qc3 {[%cal Gc3g7]} d5) 20. Qxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Nxc5 (22. fxe5 Bxe4 (
22... Be7)) 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 exf4 {Gagne un P mais au risque d'accentuer le
retard de développement.} 24. Rd1+ $32 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8]} Kc8 25. Kf3 Ne3 $1 {
Rend le P pour tenter de simplifier et amoindrir l'initiative des Blancs} 26.
Bxe3 fxe3 27. Ne4 $16 Kc7 28. Kxe3 {La finale est trés difficile pour les
Noirs qui n'ont toujours pas égalisé après 28 coups} Be7 {Enfin!} 29. h4 Kc6
(29... Rd8 $5 {Sans les R, les Noirs auront moins de problèmes}) (29... a5 $5
{[%cal Ga5a4]}) 30. Rg1 $1 {Anticipe Rd8} (30. Rf1 $143 {[%csl Rf7]} f5 (30...
Rf8 {[%csl Rf8]}) 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Nxf6 (32. Rg1 f5) 32... Rf8) 30... a5 $1
31. Rg3 {[%cal Gg3f3] La manoeuvre de la R transpose sur la variante 30. Rf1
mais la différence est la protection de la R et il n'y a donc plus de clouage}
Rd8 (31... a4) 32. Rf3 Rd7 33. Ng3 f6 34. Nxh5 fxg5 35. hxg5 Bxg5+ 36. Ke4 Bh6
(36... Rd2 $6 37. Nxg7 {[%csl Re6]}) 37. Rf2 Rd1 38. Rg2 $36 {[%csl Gh5]
Malgré la position ouverte, le N à la bande est au moins aussi fort que le B!
} Kc5 $6 {[%cal Gc5a3] Un coup naturel mais le Kc6 controlait les cases c7 et
c6 et sur Rg7, la R était privée de ses deux cases importantes.} (38... a4 $5
39. Nxg7 (39. Rg6 Rd2 40. Rxe6+ Kc5 41. Re5+ (41. Re7 Re2+) 41... Kb4 42. c5 a3
{[%csl Ga3][%cal Gd2a2]} 43. c6 Rxa2 44. c7 Rc2) 39... Bxg7 40. Rxg7 axb3 41.
axb3 Rb1 42. Re7 Rxb3 43. Rxe6+ Kc7 $11 (43... Kc5)) 39. Nxg7 Bxg7 40. Rxg7 a4
41. Ra7 axb3 42. axb3 {Le coup naturel Kc6c5 se révèle maintenant une erreur
car le K ne contrôle plus la case "b7"} Re1+ (42... Kb4 43. Rb7+ Kc5 44. Rb5+
Kc6 45. b4 $18) 43. Kd3 Rh1 44. Ra5+ Kd6 45. Ra6+ Ke5 46. Kc3 $18 {[%cal Gc3b4]
} Rh8 47. Kb4 Rb8+ 48. Ka4 Rb7 49. b4 Kd4 50. Rxe6 (50. Kb3 {Plus simple} Ke5
51. b5 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 50... Kxc4 51. Rc6+ $1 Kd5 {Le K est coupé et la
finale est sans espoir pour les Noirs} 52. b5 Ra7+ 53. Kb4 Ra2 54. Rh6 (54. Rc1
{[%cal Gc1d1]} Kd6 55. b6 Rb2+ 56. Ka5 Ra2+ 57. Kb5 Rb2+ 58. Ka6) 54... Ra1 55.
b6 Rb1+ 56. Ka5 Ra1+ 57. Kb5 Rb1+ 58. Ka6 Kc5 59. Ka7 Ra1+ 60. Kb8 Ra6 61. Kc7
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.26"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Ba6 (9... Be7 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Bxa6+
Qxa6 14. c4 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. b3 f5 $13 {Matulovic,M-Vukic,M/
YUG-tch/1993/0,5/43/}) 10. Be2 $5 (10. Bd3 Be7 $5 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 f5 13.
Ng5 Nb6 14. Re1 h6 15. Nf3 Qb5 16. Qc2 c5 $10 {Kovalev,A-Ikonnikov,V/
Schwabisch Gmund/1994/0,5/30/}) 10... f5 (10... Be7 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O
13. c4 Nb6 14. Bf4 Qa6 15. b3 Nd5 16. Bg3 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rad1 $14 {
Madl,I-Boros,D/HUN-tch/1995/0,5/44/}) 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. O-O Bxe2
14. Qxe2 Rg8 {N/} (14... Qe5 15. Qg4 $1 Kf7 16. Be3 h5 17. Qh3 Qe4 18. Rad1 d5
19. Rd4 $1 Qg6 20. Ra4 $16 {Oll,L-Motwani,P/Manila(ol)/1992/0,5/57/}) 15. Bf4
$5 Qf5 (15... Qd5 16. Bg3 h5 17. Rad1) 16. Bg3 h5 (16... e5 $5 17. Rad1 d5 18.
Qa6 Qd7) 17. Rad1 Bc5 (17... Qg6 18. Rd4 $1) 18. b4 Bb6 19. c4 (19. Rfe1 $5)
19... Qg4 (19... Qg5 20. Qf3) 20. Qd3 Qg7 (20... d5 21. c5 h4 (21... Bc7 22.
Qa6 Kd7 23. b5) 22. h3 Qg7 (22... Qxb4 23. Qh7 Rxg3 24. cxb6 Rc3 (24... Rg5 25.
Qb7) 25. Qg8+ Qf8 26. Qxe6+ Qe7 27. Qg8+ Qf8 28. Rfe1+ Kd7 29. Qe6+ Kd8 30.
Rxd5+ cxd5 31. Qxd5+ $18) (22... Qg5 23. cxb6 hxg3 24. f4 $1) 23. cxb6 hxg3 24.
Qc3 $16) 21. Qf3 Qg4 (21... Qg5 22. c5 Bd8 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Ke7 (24...
Qd5 25. Qxh5 $18) 25. Qxc6 $18) 22. Qxf6 Rg6 (22... a5 $5) 23. Qe5 h4 24. Rd3
$5 (24. Qh8+ Rg8 (24... Ke7 25. Bxh4+ Kf7 26. Rxd7#) 25. Qxh4 Qxh4 26. Bxh4 Rg4
27. Bf6 Rxc4 28. a3 $16) 24... Qg5 (24... Rg7 25. c5 Bd8 26. f4 $1 Be7 27. f5
Qg5 28. f6 Bxf6 29. Rxf6 hxg3 30. Rxe6+ dxe6 31. Qxe6+ Re7 (31... Qe7 32. Qxc6+
Kf7 33. Rf3+ Kg8 34. Qxa8+ Kh7 35. h3 $18) 32. Qxc6+ Kf7 33. Rf3+ Kg7 34. Rxg3
$18) (24... hxg3 25. Rxg3 $18) 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. Bxh4 Rg4 27. Rg3 $1 Rxh4 (
27... Rxg3 28. Bxg3 $18) 28. Rg8+ Ke7 29. Rxa8 $18 Rxc4 30. a3 d5 (30... Rc3
31. h4 Rxa3 32. h5) 31. g3 e5 32. h4 e4 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. h5 $1 Kf6 (34... e3 35.
h6) 35. h6 Kg6 36. Rg8+ $1 Kh7 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rf7 e3 39. g4 (39. g4 e2 40.
Re1 d4 41. g5 d3 42. g6) 1-0

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taddei, Benoit"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
e5 $14) 6... Bc5 {Une petite surprise car le GMI n'avait pas joué cette ligne
secondaire depuis une dizaine d'années.} 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10.
Qxd6 Qd8 (10... Ne8) 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Be2 b5 (12... b6 13. e5 {Galkin,A (2598)
-Kabanov,N (2508) RUS-ch sf 58th 2005 (2) 1-0}) 13. e5 (13. N7xb5 Qb6 14. Rb1
Ba6 $13 {Fedorov,A (2562)-Kabanov,N (2496) Samara Polugaevsky Memorial 2nd
2012 (3) 1-0}) 13... b4 14. exf6 bxc3 15. fxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg3+ (16. b3 Qf6 17.
Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3g3,Gd3f3];Van Kampen,R (2570)-Wiersma,E (2367)
Hoogeveen Unive op 16th 2012 (5) 1-0}) 16... Kh8 17. Qxc3+ e5 18. Nb5 (18. Nd5
Nd4 19. Bc4 {Berthelot,Y (2341)-Brochet,P (2388) FRA-chT Top 16 GpB 2007 (4.6)
1/2}) 18... a6 $146 (18... Qf6 $142 19. Qc5 Rg8 {Filev,G (2375)-Karakehajov,K 
(2486) BUL-chT 58th 2008 (1) 1-0}) 19. Nd6 Nd4 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. Nxd4 exd4 $44 {
[%cal Gb8b2]} 22. Qf3 $1 Qg5 (22... Qxf3 23. Bxf3 Rxb2 24. Kd2 $16) 23. Qh5
Qxh5 24. Bxh5 Rxb2 25. Kd2 $16 Bb7 26. Rhb1 $5 {Second sacrifice de P des
Blancs en quelques coups} Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Bxg2 28. Rb6 $1 Ra8 29. Rd6 $44 Bh3 30.
Bf3 Ra7 31. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 (31... Kg7 $2 32. a5 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal
Gf3e2]}) 32. Rxd4 Be6 33. Be2 Kg7 34. Bd3 h6 35. f4 f5 {[%csl Re6]} 36. Rd6 Kf6
37. Ke3 Ra8 38. Ra6 Rxa6 39. Bxa6 d6 40. Kd4 Ke7 41. Bb5 Kd8 42. c4 Kc7 43. c5
Bb3 44. Be8 Be6 45. Bb5 Bb3 46. Be8 Be6 47. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. bxc3 O-O 11. c4 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Be3 Nf6 14.
Rfd1 e5 15. h3 Re8 16. a3 h5 17. Rab1 g6 18. Nc5 Rb8 {[%tqu "En","How would
you continue with White?","Both black knights are unstable!","White's rook on
d1 needs scope.","d3g6","Destroying Black's pawn structure and granting the
rook access to d6.",10,"De","Wie würden Sie mit Weiß fortsetzen?","Beide
schwarze Springer stehen unsicher!","Der weiße Turm d1 braucht eine
Einsatzmöglichkeit.","d3g6","Zerschlägt die schwarze Bauernstruktur und
eröffnet dem Turm Zugang nach d6.",10]} 19. Bxg6 $1 {Destroying Black's pawn
structure and granting the rook access to d6. Zerschlägt die schwarze
Bauernstruktur und eröffnet dem Turm Zugang nach d6.} fxg6 20. Rd6 $1 {with a
double attack on both knights! mit Doppelangriff auf beide Springer!} Na5 21.
Rxf6 Bf5 (21... Kg7 {[%tqu "En","White's rook is attacked - what are you going
do?","White has an amazing move which keeps the initiative.","","f6a6","Nice! 
White exploits the fact that the pawn on b7 is pinned and keeps the iniative
firmly in his hands.",10,"De","Der weiße Turm ist angegriffen - was schlagen
Sie vor?","Weiß hat einen überraschenden Zug, mit dem er die Initiative
bewahrt.","","f6a6","Schön!  Weiß nutzt die Fesselung des Bauern auf b7 aus
und behält das Heft fest in der Hand.",10]} 22. Ra6 $1 {(22.Bg5 Bf5 is less
good) with a clear plus, e.g. (22.Bg5 Bf5 ist weniger gut) mit klarem Plus, z.
B.} bxa6 23. Rxb8 Nxc4 24. Ra8) 22. Rxf5 $5 {It's amazing how White continues
to find tactical ideas in this simple position. Es ist verblüffend, wie Weiß
in dieser einfachen Stellung immer wieder taktische Ideen aufspürt.} gxf5 23.
Nd7 {The double threat 24.Nxb8 and Nf6+ wins back the exchange. Die
Doppeldrohung 24.Nxb8 und Nf6+ gewinnt die Qualität zurück.} Ra8 $2 ({With Mit
} 23... b6 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. c5 Nc4 {Black could have kept the opponent's
advantage within limits. hätte Schwarz den gegnerischen Vorteil in Grenzen
halten können.}) 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Nxe8 Kxe8 26. Rb5 {Now White's rook
penetrates on b7 with great effect. Nun dringt der weiße Turm mit großer
Wirkung auf b7 ein.} Nxc4 27. Rxb7 ({Black's resignation looks somewhat
surprising, but after Die Aufgabe von Schwarz wirkt etwas überraschend, doch
nach} 27. Rxb7 Nxa3 (27... a5 28. Bg5 Nxa3 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rxe5) 28. Rh7 $1 {
with the threat 29.Rh8+ his kingside falls apart. mit der Drohung 29.Rh8+
fällt sein Königsflügel auseinander.}) 1-0

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popchev, Milko"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 {A rare move,
which amazingly enough, leads often to complete equal positions.} (6. Ndb5) (6.
Nxc6) 6... d6 7. Nxc6 (7. Bg3 Be7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 {The White´s main idea in
this line (6.Bf4) is to take on c6 and then to push e5. However, Black´s
structure is very solid and usually Black faces no problem.} Nd5 10. exd6 {
This is possible due to White´s 7th move - the Bishop is not hanging on f4.}
Bxd6 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 e5 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. Qa4 f5 16. Nc5 Qxg2
17. O-O-O Qxf2 $13 {Sax-Nunn/Vejle/1994}) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10.
Bb5+ (10. Bd3 Be7 (10... Ba6 $11) 11. Qg4 g6 $11 (11... dxe5 12. Qxg7 Bf6 13.
Bb5+ Ke7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5+ Kd6 {Rasik-Gdanski/Budapest/1993})) 10... Bd7
11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 (8... Qa5+ 9. c3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 f5 13. Nd2
Nf4+ 14. Kf3 Nd3 15. Nc4 d5 $1 16. exd6 e5 17. Ke2 e4 18. g3 (18. Be3 $5) 18...
O-O-O 19. Bf4 Nxf4+ 20. gxf4 Bxd6 21. Nxd6+ Rxd6 $11 {Istratescu-Vaisser/Cairo/
1997}) 9. f4 Qb6 10. Bd3 {This doesn`t pretend to fight for an advantage. It
is well known that after 10. ... Ba6 the position is equal.} (10. c4) 10... Ba6
11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 f5 14. Nf2 Rb8 (14... d6 $143 15. exd6
Bxd6 16. Nd3 a5 17. a4 c5 18. c4 Nb6 19. b3 $14 {Tischbierek-Chekhov/Leipzig/
1988}) 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bd2 Bc5 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18. b3 Bxf2 19. Kxf2 a5 20. Ke3 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nf5 {In my opinion this is a doubtful
line for Black.} 12. Bd2 $1 $146 {In 1992 Kasparov won a nice game with 12,g4
and since then this pawn advance has been played almost automatically.
Ivanchuk's powerful novelty puts even more pressure on aficionados of the move
11...Nf5.} (12. g4 Nd4 13. Bg2 h5 14. g5 Bb7 15. Be3 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3
Qxb2+ 18. Kg3 Ba6 19. Rab1 h4+ 20. Kh3 Qc2 21. Rhc1 Qa4 22. Qc3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Be7
24. Rb3 O-O 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. gxf6 Bc5 27. Be4 Rfb8 28. Kxh4 Kf8 29. Rg2 Qxc4
30. Qxc4 Bxc4 31. Bh7 Bf2+ 32. Kh5 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2780)-Illescas Cordoba,M 
(2555)/Linares 1992}) 12... Qxb2 {Practically forced, otherwise Black's entire
opening concept makes little sense.} 13. Rb1 Qd4 {This leads to a difficult
endgame for Black.} ({Perhaps Black should take the second pawn, although after
} 13... Qxa2 14. Be2 {White's compensation is beyond doubt.}) (13... Qa3 14. g4
(14. Qxa3 Bxa3 15. c5 $44) 14... Qxd3 15. Bxd3 $44 Nd4 $140 16. Be3 c5 17. Bxd4
cxd4 18. c5 $16) 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. c5 $1 a5 16. Kf2 Be7 (16... Ba6 $2 17. Bxa6
Rxa6 18. Rb8+ Ke7 19. Nd6 {and mate on e8.}) 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 O-O 19. Rb6
$1 {Prevents 19...Ba6} Nc2 20. Bc4 Nb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Ke3 {Ivanchuk is
ready to protect the c5-pawn (in the event of Ra5) and wants to play for
domination. However, he spent almost all of his time on 22.Ke3 and soon found
himself in severe time-trouble. In spite of White's great activity it will not
be easy now to break through Black's position.} ({White could achieve a large
advantage with} 22. Rb1 Ra5 23. R1xb4 Rxc5 24. Ra4 $1 {and at some moment both
white rooks come to the 8th rank, winning the bishop. Then the a-pawn will
decide the outcome.}) 22... h6 $1 23. Kd4 (23. h4 Ra3+ 24. Kd4 Rg3 $132) (23.
Rf1 f5 24. Kd4 g5 {is also not convincing for White.}) (23. Rxb4 $5 Ba6 24. Bb3
$14) 23... g5 24. f5 (24. g3 $14) (24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Rb1 Kg7 26. R1xb4 Rh8 $132
) 24... exf5 (24... Kg7 25. Rf1 $14) 25. Re1 Kg7 26. g3 (26. Re7 $142 f4 27.
Rxb4 Kf6 28. a4 $14) 26... Kf6 27. Re7 h5 {The advance of the h-pawn secures
Black counterplay.} 28. Bb3 (28. Rxb4 Ba6 (28... h4 $5 29. gxh4 Rh8 30. Rxf7+
Kg6 31. Ke5 Ra5 $13) 29. Rxd7 Bxc4 30. Kxc4 Rxa2 31. Rc7 Rc2+ 32. Kd4 Re8 33.
Rxc6 Re4+ 34. Kd3 Ree2 $11) 28... h4 29. gxh4 ({The last possibility to retain
some advantage was} 29. Rxb4) 29... Rh8 $1 $11 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. hxg5 Rxh2 32.
Rf8 Rh4+ 33. Ke3 Kxg5 34. Rg8+ Kf6 35. Rf8+ Kg5 36. Rg8+ Kf6 37. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Romero Holmes"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 Ne5 $1 $146 {An interesting improvement that returns the ball
in White side. Black keeps the position in the center while tries to eliminate
White s best piece. Will we must forget about the 9.Bd3 line? The same players
arrived at the same position five years ago and then, Khmelnitsky, closed the
position with the dubious 9...d4?!.} (9... dxe4 $2 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 e5 13. Re1 f6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Ke2 f5 $6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. b3 O-O 18.
Rad1 f4 19. Bc5 Rf5 20. Rd6 Bd5 21. Kf1 e4 22. c4 Bxc4+ 23. bxc4 Rxc5 24. Rxe4
Rf8 25. Rd7 a5 26. Ke2 Rh5 27. Kf3 Rxh2 28. Ree7 g6 29. Ra7 Rh5 30. Rg7+ Kh8
31. Rgc7 g5 32. Rxc6 Rh4 33. Rcc7 g4+ 34. Ke4 f3 35. g3 Rh2 36. c5 Re8+ 37. Kf5
Rg8 38. c6 Rh6 39. Rf7 Re8 40. c7 Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Kxg4 {
1-0 De Firmian,N-Illescas Cordoba,M/Linares MEX (08) 1994}) (9... d4 $6 10. Ne2
Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. f4 Rac8 15. Ng3 e5 16. f5 {White
initiative is tremendous.} Ne7 17. a4 Kh8 18. Kh1 a6 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 f6
21. Rf3 Ng8 22. Rh3 h6 23. Rg3 Be8 24. Qe2 Rf7 25. h3 Rfc7 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5
Qd6 28. Qg4 Qe7 29. Kh2 Qf7 30. Bb4 Qh5 31. Ra7 Qxg4 32. hxg4 b6 33. Ra4 Rb7
34. Rf3 {De Firmian,N-Khmelnitsky,I/USA-ch Modesto (09) ;CBM 51_08 1995/1/2-1/
2 (62)}) 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ (11. Qd4 Nc6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 Ne7 17. Be3 Nf5 $10 18. Ke2 Nxe3 19. Kxe3 Rc8
20. Rac1 Rc5 21. f3 Ke7 22. b4 Re5+ 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. Rhd1 Rh5 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26.
h3 Rh4 27. Ke3 e5 28. Rd1+ Kc7 29. c5 a5 30. Rd5 f6 31. g4 Rxh3 32. b5 Rh1 33.
c6 bxc6 34. bxc6 Kxc6 35. Rxa5 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rb1 37. a4 Rb7 38. g5 Kd6 39. gxf6
gxf6 40. Ra6+ Ke7 41. a5 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Ra8 Ra2 44. a6 Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf5
46. Rh8 Ra3 47. Rxh7 e4 48. Kg2 exf3+ 49. Kg3 Rxa6 {1/2-1/2
Christiansen-Alburt,USA ch (10) CBM 55, 1996.}) (11. f4 Bxb5 12. fxe5 Nxe4 13.
Nxb5 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 Qf2+ 15. Kd3 Nc5+ 16. Kc3 Ne4+ 17. Kb3 $2 Qb6) 11... Qxd7 12.
exd5 (12. f4 Nc6 13. e5 Ng8 {You are playing a nice French.} 14. Qg4 $6 f6)
12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 $10 {This is a typical isolated queen pawn position,
with black knight making life difficult for White.} 14. Bf4 Qf5 (14... Nc6 $5)
15. Qd4 Nc6 16. Qe3+ (16. Qxg7 O-O-O) 16... Qe6 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Rhe1 Qf5 19.
Bg3 d4 {Black had other moves, of course.} 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 f5 $1 {
When White seems to reach a playable position this advance gives a decissive
counterplay.} 22. Re6 f4 23. Bh4 Rf5 $1 (23... f3 24. g4 {xf3}) 24. f3 (24. g4
fxg3 25. Bxg3 $10) 24... Rh5 25. Bf2 Rxh2 26. Rg1 Rd8 27. Re4 g5 28. Kd2 {
White have enough to equalize the game} Rh6 29. Kd3 Kf7 30. b4 a6 31. Bxd4 Nxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Begun, Sergei M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 d4 11. Ne2 h6 (11... O-O 12. O-O Qd5) 12. O-O O-O
13. b4 $1 {>< d4/} Bg4 (13... a6 14. Bb2 Kh8 15. Qd2 b5 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qg3
Nde7 18. Rad1 Ra7 19. c3 Rd7 20. cxd4 Nd5 $14 {Petrushin,A-Banguiev,A/
Simferopol/1989/0:1/44/}) 14. Bb2 Nd5 $5 $146 (14... a6 15. f3 Be6 16. Kh1 Kh8
17. Qe1 $1 Re8 $2 (17... Qd6 18. Qf2 Rad8 19. Rad1 $14) 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Nxd4
Nxd3 20. cxd3 $16 {Rytshagov,M-Liiva,R/Tallinn/1996/1:0/83/}) 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16.
Bxe2 (16. Qxe2 Nc3 17. Bxc3 dxc3 $13) 16... Nc3 (16... Qf6 $5 17. b5 Nf4 $1 18.
Kh1 $1 (18. bxc6 $4 Qg5 $19) 18... Nxe2 19. bxc6 Nc3 20. cxb7 Rab8 21. Bxc3
dxc3 22. Qd5 Rfd8 23. Qb5 Qb6 $10) 17. Bxc3 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Nd4 19. Bc4 $1 (19.
Bd3 Rc8 20. Qb2 (20. Qd2 $2 Rxc2 $1 $36) 20... Qf6 21. Kh1 (21. Rab1 Rc3 $1 $44
) 21... Nxc2 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Ra2 Nd4 $10) 19... Rc8 (19... b5 $2 20. Rad1 $18
) (19... Qf6 20. Qd3 Rad8 21. Rad1 $16) 20. Qd3 $8 (20. Rad1 $2 Ne2+ $1 $19)
20... Qh4 $1 {/\ 21...Rc4!/} (20... Nxc2 21. Qxc2 b5 22. Bxf7+ $16) 21. Rae1 $1
Rxc4 (21... Nxc2 22. Re4 Qf6 23. Qxc2 b5 24. Qb3 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qe6 $16 26. Rfc1
$10) 22. Re4 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxe4 $6 (23... Qg5+ $142 24. Kh1 Rc6 25. Rg1 Rd8 $1
$132 {>< c2,f3,a3/}) 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 (24... Qg5+ $5) 25. fxe4 Rd8 (25... Rc8 26.
Rd1 Rxc2 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Ra2 29. Rxf7 Rxa3 30. Rxb7 $16) 26. Kg2 Rd4 (
26... Rd2 27. Rc1 $1 {/\ Kf3-e3/}) 27. Re1 $1 (27. Kf3 Rc4 $1 $10) 27... Kf8 (
27... Rc4 28. Rd1 $1) 28. Re3 Rc4 (28... Rd2 29. Rc3) 29. c3 $16 b5 30. Kf3 Rc6
$2 (30... Ke7 $16) 31. Rd3 Ra6 32. c4 $1 bxc4 33. Rc3 Rc6 (33... Ke7 34. Ke3
Kd6 35. Kd4) 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Kd4 Rd6+ 36. Kxc4 Rd2 37. Rf3 Ke6 (37... Re2 38.
Kb5 Rxe4 39. Ka6 $18) 38. Kb5 $1 f6 39. Ka6 Rd7 40. a4 (40. Rf5) 40... Ke5 41.
b5 Kxe4 42. Rb3 g5 43. a5 g4 44. b6 axb6 45. axb6 f5 46. b7 Rxb7 47. Kxb7 $18
f4 48. Kc6 h5 49. Kd6 h4 50. Ke6 h3 51. Kf6 g3 52. fxg3 f3 53. g4 f2 54. Rb1
1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b3 c5 18. Be2 $146 (18. Rd1) (18. Kg3) 18... Rc8
(18... Nc6 $142 $13) 19. Rhd1 Rc7 20. Ke3 $1 $14 Bb7 21. Bf3 Bxf3 (21... Nc6
22. Rd2 $5 Nd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4+ 24. Qxd4 $44) 22. gxf3 $5 (22. Qxb6 $1 axb6 23.
gxf3 $14 Nc6 $140 24. Rd6) 22... Qb7 $1 23. Rg1 $1 Rg8 $6 (23... Ng6 24. Rad1
$1 Rc6 (24... Nh4 25. Rg3 g5 26. fxg5 f4+ 27. Kxf4 Rf8+ 28. Kg4 Nxf3 (28...
Rxf3 29. Kxh4 Rxf2 30. h3 Rf4+ 31. Rg4 Rxg4+ 32. hxg4 Qf3 33. Qd2 $16) 29.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxf3+ $16) 25. Qd2 Ra6 $5 $14) (23... Rc6 24. Qd2 O-O $5 25.
Rad1 Rd8 $14) 24. h4 Nc6 $6 (24... Ng6 25. h5 Nh8 (25... Nh4 26. Rg3 g5 27.
fxg5 Rxg5 $5 (27... f4+ 28. Kxf4 Rf8+ (28... Nf5 29. Ne4 $18) 29. Kg4 Rxf3 (
29... Nxf3 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rxf3+ $18) 30. Qd2 $5 (30. Kxh4 Rxf2 31. Qd3 $16)
30... Rxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Qg2+ 32. Kxh4 Qh2+ 33. Kg4 Qg2+ 34. Kf4 d6 35. g6 hxg6 36.
hxg6 Qxg6 37. Ng4 Qf5+ 38. Kg3 Rg7 39. Qe2 $16) 28. Rag1 $3 (28. Rxg5 Qxf3+ 29.
Kd2 Qxf2+ 30. Kd3 (30. Kc3 Qe3+ 31. Kb2 Qxg5 32. Qxc7 Qd2+ $11) 30... Qf3+ $1
31. Kc2 Qf2+ $1 32. Kb1 Kf7 33. h6 Ng6 $11) 28... f4+ 29. Kxf4 Rf5+ 30. Ke3
Rxf3+ 31. Kd2 $3 (31. Ke2 Rxg3 32. Rxg3 Kf7 $14) 31... Rxg3 (31... Rxf2+ 32.
Ke1 Qe4+ 33. Kxf2 Qc2+ 34. Ke1 Qc1+ 35. Qd1 $18) 32. Rxg3 Kf7 33. Qd3 $1 Nf5
34. Ne4 $1 Rc6 35. Rg1 $16) 26. Rg2 Nf7 27. Qd2 $14) (24... Rc6 25. Qd2 Nc8 $14
) 25. Nd3 $1 Nb4 (25... Nd4 26. Nxc5 Qxf3+ 27. Kxd4 Qf2+ 28. Kc3 Qxc5 29. Qxc5
Rxc5 30. Rad1 $18) 26. Nxb4 cxb4 27. h5 $1 $16 Qb6+ 28. Qd4 $1 (28. Qxb6 axb6
$14) 28... Kf7 29. Rg2 $1 Qc6 30. Rd1 a5 31. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 (31... Re8 32. Rdg1
Rg8 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. h6+ Kxh6 38.
Qf8+ Kh5 39. Qf7+ Kh4 40. Qxh7+ Kg3 41. Qg6+ Kh3 42. Kf2 Qc5+ 43. Kf1 $18) 32.
Rxd6 Ra8 33. Rd1 $1 (33. Rb6 $5 $16) 33... Rg8 34. Kd4 $1 Rc6 35. c5 $1 Rc7 (
35... Rgc8 36. Rdg1 Rg8 37. Kc4 $18) 36. Rdg1 Rc6 37. Kc4 Rc7 38. Kb5 Ra7 39.
Ka4 Raa8 40. Rd2 $6 $138 (40. Rd1 $142) 40... Ra7 41. Rd6 Rc8 42. Rc1 Ke7 43.
Rb6 Kd8 (43... Kf7 44. c6 Rxc6 45. Rbxc6 dxc6 46. Rxc6 h6 47. Rd6 $1 Ke7 48.
Kb5 Rb7+ 49. Kxa5 Ra7+ 50. Kxb4 Rxa2 51. Rc6 Kd7 52. Rb6 $18) 44. Rc2 h6 45.
Rb5 Kc7 46. Rg2 $1 (46. Rxa5 $2 Rxa5+ 47. Kxa5 Rb8 $132) 46... Rg8 47. Rb6 $1 (
47. Rxa5 Rxa5+ 48. Kxa5 Rb8 $1 49. Rxg7 Kc6 $132) 47... Raa8 48. Kb5 $5 (48.
Rd6 $18) 48... Ra7 49. c6 g5 $6 (49... dxc6+ 50. Rxc6+ Kd7 51. Rd2+ Ke7 52.
Rdd6 $18) (49... Rb8 50. Rxb8 Kxb8 (50... dxc6+ 51. Kc5 Kxb8 52. Kxc6 $18) 51.
Kc5 Rc7 52. Kd6 dxc6 53. Kxe6 $18) 50. hxg6 dxc6+ 51. Rxc6+ Kd7 52. g7 a4 53.
Rd2+ Ke7 54. Kb6 Rd7 55. Rxd7+ Kxd7 56. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 {Yu started allowing/
enticing the Sveshnikov only in Baku.} ({Earlier he played the popular Paulsen
continuation} 5... Qc7 {, but maybe the following game shortly before the WCup
discouraged him:} 6. g3 (6. Be3 {is nowadays the main move:} a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Bb7
15. Rh2 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. g5 h5 20. Rf2 d5 21.
Re1 g6 22. Re3 a5 23. Rb3 a4 24. Qxa4 Qc5 25. Rg2 Ra8 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4
Rxa2 $132 {Saric,I (2637)-Yu,Y (2677) Wijk aan Zee 2014 Black equalised, but
later got too optimistic and went on to lose.}) 6... a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O h5 $5
({Fashionable, the more restrained alternatives are} 8... d6 {, or the
immediate}) (8... Nxd4) 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Re2
e5 14. Nd5 Qc6 (14... Qd8 $5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. Nf5 O-O
$5 (18... Qc7 19. b4 Bb6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Kf7 23. c4 $1 $16
{Lu,S (2570)-Van Foreest,J (2493) Moscow 2015}) 19. b4 Bb6 $44 {seems playable}
) 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 g6 17. Rd1 Be6 18. b4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxa2 $6 (19... Rc8
$142 $5 $132) 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 O-O 23. Bh3 b5 24. Rc5 Bc4 25.
Bf1 $36 {Lu,S (2607)-Yu,Y (2726) Zaozhuang 2015}) 6. Nxc6 {Karjakin refuses
the offer, as White can also fight for an edge with the text move.} ({In Baku
White had no success against the Sveshnikov:} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9.
Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 (12. Nb1 {is rare and artificial:} Rb8
13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. c3 Bg5 16. Be2 Bh6 17. O-O Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.
Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Bd3 Qc7 22. Qe2 b4 23. Ba6 Rd8 (23... bxc3 $1 24. Bxc8
Rxb2 $36) 24. c4 Rf8 25. Nh4 g6 26. b3 Bg5 27. Nf3 Bd8 28. Qd2 Rb6 {½,
Motylev,A (2649)-Grachev,B (2649) Baku 2015}) (12. c3 Ne7 13. Nc2 {is too
feeble:} (13. Nxf6+ $142 {is the only way to fight for an advantage}) 13...
Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15. Nb4 Bb7 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Be2 a5 18. Nd5 b4 19. O-O bxc3
20. bxc3 Bg5 21. Rab1 Qd7 22. Rb3 Bc6 23. Rfb1 Rxb3 24. Rxb3 g6 25. Rb6 Rc8 26.
h3 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxc3 28. Rxd6 Qe7 $11 {[%csl Ge2,Gg5] Giri,A (2793)-Carlsen,M
(2853) Saint Louis 2015 Here the ^- led to a quick draw.}) 12... b4 13. Nc2 O-O
14. Be2 (14. g3 a5 15. h4 Be6 16. Qd2 (16. Bh3 a4 $5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ndxb4
Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Be7 $44) {also allows the pawn sacrifice} 16... a4 $5
17. Ndxb4 Qb6 18. a3 Na5 19. Rd1 Qb7 20. Ne3 Nb3 21. Qc3 Nd4 22. Bd3 Bd8 $36
23. O-O Bh3 $15 {Iordachescu,V (2583)-Yu,Y (2721) Baku 2015}) 14... a5 15. O-O
Bg5 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Rad1 {gives Black a choice; a playable option is the more
complex} Ra7 $5 (17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. b3 Rfd8 $11 {is simple and
roughly equal}) 18. Bf3 g6 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. b3 a4 21. Qd3 Ra5 22. Nde3 $11 {
½, Motylev,A (2649)-Grachev,B (2649) Baku 2015}) 6... bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4
Qc7 (8... Bb7 {was mainstream about a decade ago, but here White retains the
initiative with the recent novelty} 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({The simple
} 11. c4 {is also pleasant for White:} Ne3 12. Bxe3 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Rc1
Qb7 15. f3 Bc6 16. Rc2 O-O 17. Rd2 a5 18. Qc2 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bd3 Rf7 21.
Be4 Ra6 22. Rfd1 $36 {Solodovnichenko,Y (2587)-Westerberg,J (2443) Vaxjo 2015})
11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rd1
Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a4 $5 $146 Nb4 (19... Bc6 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Bf1 d5 22. Be3
Nd7 23. c4 Nc5 24. Rab1 Nxb3 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Rxb3 Rxa4 28. Bxb6
$14 {Shirov,A (2715)-Westerberg,J (2478) Skopje 2015}) (19... f6 $5) 20. Rxd7
Bc6 $6 (20... Nxc2 21. Rb1 Bc6 $14) 21. Rd2 b5 22. Ba3 $1 bxc4 23. Bxb4 cxb3
24. cxb3 Bd5 25. a5 Bxb3 26. a6 $16 {[%csl Ga6] Geller,J (2474)-Lintchevski,D 
(2554) Kazan 2015}) 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 ({White has
chances to come out on top even after} 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. b3 {has been played more often; the more
recent try doesn't substantially change the character of the position.}) 17.
Be2 g5 18. Rhd1 Rd8 19. g3 g4+ (19... Ng6 20. Ke3 gxf4+ 21. gxf4 Rg8 22. b3
Qb6+ 23. Rd4 c5 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 Rb8 26. Rad1 $16 {Leon Hoyos,M (2376)
-Otero Acosta,D (2400) Santa Clara 2005}) 20. Kg2 c5 21. Kg1 Nc8 ({Too passive
} 21... h5 $5 {deserves attention}) 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. b4 Bb7 25. Bf1
cxb4 26. Qxb4 Ba8 27. Qa5 $16 {[%cal Rb1b8] Areshchenko,A (2656)-Terrieux,K 
(2440) Grosseto Prugna 2015 White's queenside play is faster than the
impending counterattack.}) 12... Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 (13... Qa5 {doesn't solve
the opening problems after} 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. a3 Bc5
18. Re1 Rg7 19. Qc1 (19. b4 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Qc7 21. g3 $14 {/+/-}) 19... Bb7 20.
b4 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Qc7 22. Rg3 c5 (22... a5 $5) 23. Qe3 f5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Rg1 h5 26. h3 $40 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yg2g4] Inarkiev,E (2679)-Galkin,A (2598)
Konya 2011}) 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Rd1 $1 {White develops his
initiative without bothering about his king in the centre.} ({This recent idea
seems more testing the the previously played} 16. Kd1 c5 $5 17. Qxc5 (17. Bxc5
Ne4 18. Qe5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Qf6 $32 ({or} 19... Rc8 $5 {[%csl Ra1,Rd1,Rh1] can
be dangerous only for White with his uncoordinated rooks.})) (17. Bd3 Rc8 18.
Re1 Be4 (18... Qb6 $1 19. Qxb6 axb6 $11) 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qe5 Nf6 21. Kc2 (21.
Bxc5 $5 Kf7 22. Ke2 $14) 21... Qa5 22. Bd2 Qa6 23. Qe2 O-O 24. Bc3 Ne8 $132 {
Renet,O (2469)-Tregubov,P (2611) Haguenau 2013}) 17... Be4 18. Qd6 (18. Be2 Rc8
19. Qa3 (19. Qxa7 O-O $44) 19... d6 20. Ke1 (20. Qa4+ Rc6 21. Qxa7 O-O $44)
20... O-O 21. Rd1 d5 22. Bd4 Rf7 (22... Qe8 $5) 23. c5 (23. Qa6 $5) 23... a5 (
23... Bxg2 24. Rg1 Be4 25. b4 Bf5 $15 {[%cal Yf6e4]}) 24. Rf1 $2 (24. Rg1 $13)
24... Bxg2 25. Rg1 Be4 26. Qg3 Bg6 27. Bf3 Qf8 28. h4 Nd7 29. h5 Bf5 $17 {
[%csl Rc5] Akopian,V (2713)-Radjabov,T (2742) Heraklio 2007 This game
illustrates the problems White faces with his almost permanently wandering
king.}) 18... Rc8 19. Bxa7 Rc6 20. Qb8 Rc8 21. Qd6 Rc6 22. Qb8 Rc8 23. Qe5 ({
The sensible choice is} 23. Qd6 $142 $11) 23... O-O 24. Bd4 (24. Be2 Qe7 25.
Bd4 d6 26. Qg5 e5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bc3 Qa7 29. Rf1 Bg6 30. Rf3 Qg1+ 31. Rf1
Qb6 32. Rf3 Ne4 $40 {Rivas Romero,G (2285)-Troia,E (2294) email 2012}) 24...
Kh8 (24... Qe7 $44 {[%cal Yd7d6]}) ({or} 24... Bf5 $5 {are possible
alternatives; in both cases Black has compensation.}) 25. Be2 d5 26. c5 Qa5 27.
a3 Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rc1 Qb6 $13 {Najer,E (2627)-Khairullin,I (2554)
Plovdiv 2008 Even an exchange down Black is not without play, but he didn't
make most of his chances in the further course of the game.}) ({Yu recently
faced a similar attempt} 16. Kd3 c5 $5 17. Kc2 Rc8 (17... Ne4 $1 {, followed
by 0-0 looks even better for Black.}) 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rhe1 Bxg2
21. Rg1 Be4 22. Rxg7 Bg6 23. Bxg6+ hxg6 24. Rg1 Rxh2+ 25. Kc1 Ra8 26. Kb1 Re2
27. Bc1 Ra4 28. R7xg6 Ne4 $11 {/=/+, Lu,S (2606)-Yu,Y (2723) Xinghua 2015})
16... Rc8 ({Here the sacrifice is already less attractive and White was on top
after} 16... c5 17. Qxc5 Be4 18. Ke1 (18. Rd4 Qb8 19. b3 Kf7 20. Rg1 Rc8 21.
Qe5 Qb7 22. Rd6 Rc6 23. Ke1 Qb4+ 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Be2 $16 {Savchenko,B (2556)
-Tregubov,P (2571) St Petersburg rpd 2015}) 18... Rc8 19. Qa3 Rf8 20. Be2 Kf7
21. Rg1 Kg8 22. Qxa7 d5 23. c5 Bc2 24. Rc1 d4 25. Rxc2 dxe3 26. Qa4 Qe7 27. Qc4
Nd5 28. g3 Kh8 29. Bf3 Qf6 30. c6 $16 {Daubenfeld,G (2233)-Anderson,J (2358)
email 2009 Although improvements for both sides are quite likely, in general
it doesn't seem that Black has enough here.}) 17. g4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (17. Qc5
Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxb6 c5 20. a4 d5 21. a5 Nd7 22. Kf2 Rf8 23. Kg3 Nxb6 24.
axb6 Rc6 25. cxd5 Rxb6 $132 {Dicker,F (2301)-Murlasits,M (2166) email 2010}) (
17. c5 {led to a sterile endgame after} Ba6+ 18. Kf3 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 Nd5 20. g3
Rf8 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. h4 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rb7 25. b3 Rf5 26. Re5 Rxe5
27. fxe5 Rb4 28. Rd3 h5 29. a3 $11 {½, Simmelink,J (2263)-Bancevich,S (2223)
email 2009}) ({Formally the text move is a novelty, although} 17. Rg1 c5 {
would probably only transpose after} 18. g4) 17... c5 {Logical, as after} (
17... Nxg4 $2 18. Bc5 $40 {[%csl Rb7,Re8] the Bb7 stays offside and Black will
soon have problems with his king.}) 18. Rg1 Rf8 {After the official theory
ends, the game quickly reaches its critical point.} (18... Qe7 19. Bg2 Qxd6 20.
Rxd6 Ke7 21. Bxb7 Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. g5 Nh5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd3 d6 26. Ra3
Rc7 27. Kd3 Kd7 28. Ra5 Kc8 29. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4]} Rf7 30. Ra6 $36 {Blauhut,H 
(2514)-Chiru,I (2532) email 2009 The endgame is decidedly unpleasant for Black
- he has zero winning chances and is under strong pressure.}) ({The engine
recommendation is} 18... Rc6 {, but I suspect Karjakin was well prepared for
this. The complications seem to favour White, a sample line is} 19. Qe5 O-O 20.
Bg2 d5 (20... Nxg4 21. Qc3 d5 22. cxd5 Ba6+ 23. Kd2 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Rb6 25. Bh3
$36) 21. cxd5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 $1 (22. Kd2 Bc4 23. Kc1 exd5 24. Qc3 $14 {is
perhaps also better, but less incisive.}) 22... Nxg4 23. Qh5 Nxe3 24. Be4 $1
$16) 19. f5 $1 (19. Bxc5 $6 Rf7 $36 {[%cal Rf6e4] prematurely opens the
position.}) 19... Qb6 $6 {Probably the first step in the wrong direction.} (
19... exf5 $6 {already allows} 20. Bxc5 $16) (19... Ne4 $142 $1 20. Qe5 Qf6 21.
Qxf6 Rxf6 $132) 20. fxe6 dxe6 21. g5 Nd5 {A difficult decision.} (21... Qxd6 $5
22. Rxd6 Ke7 {was maybe better, as it forces White to choose:} 23. Rxe6+ $5 (
23. Rd3 Ng4 $1 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Rf5 $132) (23. gxf6+ Kxd6
24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Bh6 $44) 23... Kxe6 24. Bh3+ Kf7 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. gxf6 gxf6
$14 {[%csl Ra7,Gb7,Rc5,Ge3,Rf6,Rh7] All Black's pawns are isolated, but the ^-
give him drawing chances.}) 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Ke1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Ge3,Re6,
Gf1][%mdl 4128] /+/- In the endgame White has the bishop pair and a better
pawn structure; these strategic pluses give him a long-lasting pull.} Nd7 24.
Be2 Ke7 (24... Bf3 25. Rf1 Bxe2 26. Rxf8+ $1 Nxf8 (26... Kxf8 27. Rxd7 Bxc4 28.
Rxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga2]}) 27. Kxe2 $14 {/+/-}) ({The more active} 24... Ne5 $5 {
deserves attention.}) 25. Rd3 Be4 (25... Ne5 26. Ra3 a6 27. Ra5 Kd6 28. Rf1 $36
) 26. Ra3 Rc7 27. Kd2 e5 28. Rf1 $1 Rb8 {Yu retains the rooks in a hope for
more effective future counterplay, but the game won't confirm this, as his
forces remain passive.} (28... Rxf1 29. Bxf1 $16 {is depressing, but probably
the lesser evil.}) 29. Kc3 Rb6 30. Rd1 Rbc6 31. Bg4 Nb6 32. Ra5 {White
coordinates all his forces.} g6 33. b3 ({Even more incisive is} 33. Re1 $1 {
[%csl Re4] /\} Bf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 33... Bf5 34. Be2
Nd7 35. a3 Be6 36. h4 {White is in no hurry and gradually tightens the screw.}
Bf7 $6 {Hastens the end, but the position seems beyond saving anyway.} (36...
Rb6 37. Rxd7+ $5 (37. Bf3 $16) 37... Kxd7 38. Bxc5 Rb8 39. a4 $5 $16 {[%csl
Ra7] /+- and after the fall of Pa7, the connected passed pawns should decide
the issue.}) (36... Bf5 37. Bf3 $5 e4 38. Be2 $16 {[%cal Yb3b4,Ye3f4] /+-}) 37.
Bf3 Rb6 (37... Rd6 38. Rxd6 Kxd6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. Bg4 {[%cal Ye3f2,Yf2g3] and
Black is practically paralysed:} Nb6 41. a4 $18) 38. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 39. Bxc5 e4
(39... Rb8 40. Bxa7 Rbc8 41. Bb6 $18) 40. Bg4+ (40. Bg4+ Kc6 41. Bxb6 axb6 42.
Re5 $18 {and Black will be 2 pawns down without any counterplay.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Bokros, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Dunajska Streda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 (6. Ndb5) ({and} 6.
Nxc6 {are much more popular main lines.}) 6... Qc7 7. Be2 a6 8. f4 Nxd4 (8...
d6 9. Be3 {transposes to the Scheveningen System.}) 9. Qxd4 Bc5 {This is a
typical idea in the 2...e6 system: Black doesn't want to play ...d6, he would
like to activate his dark-squared bishop.} 10. Qd3 d5 11. e5 Nd7 $146 {New
move.} (11... Ne4 $5 {is a positional pawn sacrifice,} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4
Bd7 14. Be3 $1 (14. Bd3 $6 Qb6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. b4 Bd4 17. Rb1 f6 $36 {
Fedorchuk-Terrieux, Belfort 2012, with a strong initiative for the pawn.})
14... Bc6 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Qc3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Qc6 $13 {with a
complicated middlegame.}) 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bd3 {This looks like a slightly
strange manoeuvre, because White has already lost a tempo with Be2. The
structure is like a French Steinitz variation.} f5 $6 {This reply is too
nervous!} ({The straightforward} 13... b5 {was more natural,} 14. Ne2 f6 $1
$132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 14. Ne2 b5 15. Be3 $1 {The right strategy.
White likes to exchange the dark-squared bishops, because then he can gain the
d4-square for his knight.} Qa5+ 16. c3 Qc7 {Black provokes c3, but I don't
know why it is so good for Black.} 17. Bd4 $6 (17. Bxc5 $1 {was more accurate,}
Nxc5 18. Nd4 {with a comfortable position for White.}) 17... Be7 $1 {Black
avoids the exchange of the dark-squared bishops and he is ready to play ...
Nc5-e4.} 18. b4 {Otherwise ...Nc5.} Nb6 19. Qf3 a5 20. O-O ({If White captures
the pawn with} 20. Bxb5 axb4 21. cxb4 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 $44 {Black could
exchange the light-squared bishops, so he has enough compensation for the pawn.
}) 20... Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Bb6 $1 {A nice move, now Black can't keep the
tension on the queenside.} a4 23. Bd4 Bd7 24. Nc1 Be8 25. Nd3 Bh5 {Black tries
to activate his "bad bishop", of course White doesn't exchange it.} 26. Qe3 Rf7
27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. bxc5 $1 {A very good move, White creates a passed pawn,
moreover he opens the b-file for his rooks.} Qe2 29. Qc1 Rc7 30. h3 Qd3 31. Qe1
(31. Kh2 $5) 31... h6 $6 {A dubious move, which creates a new weakness on the
kingside.} (31... Qe2 32. Qh4 {is also fine for White.}) 32. Qh4 Be2 33. Rf2
Bd1 34. Kh2 Bb3 35. Re1 Re8 36. Qh5 Ree7 37. Qg6 ({The immediate} 37. g4 $1 $16
{was the best move, White's main battlefield is the kingside, so he needs to
attack there.}) 37... Bc4 38. g4 {I don't really understand, why White
exchanges the queens, but of course the endgame is also better for him.} fxg4
39. Qxd3 Bxd3 40. hxg4 {Suddenly White exchanged the queens, which is strange
for me. White had a strong attack on the kingside, so I think it would be good
to keep the queens on board.} Be4 $6 {Inaccuracy.} ({It was very important to
avoid f5 with} 40... g6 $1 {,} 41. Kg3 h5 {and it is not clear, how can White
break Black's fortress.}) 41. f5 $1 {After this break-through White has a good
chance to penetrate Black's position.} h5 {Attempt to disrupt White's pawn
structure.} 42. Rg1 (42. f6 {was the most tempting,} gxf6 43. exf6 Rh7 44. g5
Kf7 45. Rb2 Bd3 46. Rd1 $1 $16 {and White is better, because the bishop has to
leave one of the important diagonals.}) 42... hxg4 43. f6 Rf7 $6 (43... gxf6 {
was tougher,} 44. Rxg4+ (44. exf6 $6 {could have been met by} Rh7+ 45. Kg3 Bf5
{and Black has a chance to survive}) 44... Rg7 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (45... Rxg7 $2 {
is bad, as} 46. exf6 Rh7+ 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. c6 $18 {and White is winning}) 46.
exf6+ Kf7 47. Rb2 Bd3 48. Rg2 Bg6 49. Rg5 $16 {and still it will be a long
period of torture for Black!}) 44. Rxg4 Kf8 45. Rb2 $1 Bd3 46. Rg3 $1 $18 {
A very unpleasant move for Black; now the bishop has to decide, which diagonal
it will leave.} Bc4 (46... Be4 47. Rxb5 $18) 47. Rbg2 Bf1 48. Rf2 Bc4 49. Kg1 (
49. c6 $18 {was the most accurate reply!}) 49... Ke8 50. Rh2 gxf6 51. exf6 e5
52. Bxe5 Rxc5 53. Bd4 Rcc7 54. Rg7 {Now we can see the difference between the
bishops. Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FTC"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1977.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tompa, Janos"]
[Black "Szymczak, Zbigniew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tompa"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd5 13. Bb4 Qxd6 14.
Bxd6 Ne4 15. Ba3 (15. Be5 $5) 15... d5 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. O-O-O Kf7 18. Rhe1 Re8
19. Bd6 (19. c3 $1) 19... a5 20. c3 Ba6 21. Bc2 Red8 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Be5 Re7
24. f3 Nd7 25. Bd6 Ree8 26. g4 g6 27. h4 Rac8 28. Rd4 Bb5 29. g5 e5 30. Rd2 Ke6
31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. f4 Kd6 33. fxe5+ Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Kxe5 35. Rf2 Rc7 36. Rf8 Re7
37. Rf6 c5 38. Kd2 Rb7 39. b3 Ra7 40. Ke3 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ashdod op 1st"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Krapivin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Positional queen sacrifice is rarely met in tournament practice and this is
always fun to win a game this way! My opponent in this game is a 16 y.o
prodigy from Moscow;} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6.
a3 {The idea of this move is mainly to prevent Bb4 move; On the other hand, a3
loses an important tempi; Shabalov and Short tried a3 move in their games, but
according my database black scores very well in this line;} Be7 (6... Qc7 7.
Be3 a6 8. Be2 d6 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 Bxg4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4
14. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Short,N-Lalic,B/Catalan Bay ENG 2003/The Week in Chess 431 
(50)}) (6... d5 {Horvath,Ta} 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O Be7
11. Nb3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd4 {
0-1 Shabalov,A-Khmelnitsky,I/Parsippany 1996/CBM 55/[Horvath,Ta] (37) Weiß
kontroliert die schwarzen Punkte, der Nachziehende besitzt aber die einzi ege
offene Linie, und hat gleiche Chanchen.}) 7. Be2 (7. Be3 O-O 8. f4 d6 (8... e5
$5) 9. Be2 Bd7 $6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. O-O Rfd8 $6 12. Bf3 Rac8 13. Qe2 $14 {
1-0 Shabalov,A-Manolov,I/Linares ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 271 (36)}) 7... O-O
8. Be3 d5 {Black tries to exploit a3 of white;} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11.
O-O Rd8 12. Bf3 {'This move intends the forthcoming queen sacrifice; Black is
just fine in other cases;'} (12. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Black has better perspectives here
even- e6-e5 move is coming releasing Bc8;}) 12... Qc4 13. Nxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]
'It took me a while to realize that inclusion of b3 Qc3 moves is actually in
black's favor!'} (13. b3 Qc3 14. Nxc6 Rxd1 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Raxd1 Kxe7 17. Rd3
$13 {White has strong compensation here too, but the game continuation is just
better for white!}) 13... Rxd1 {'This is better for black to decline the queen
sacrifice, while this is just too difficult for black to see the consiquences
of queen sacrifice;'} (13... bxc6 14. Qc1 e5 {[%cal Gc8f5] Black is worse, but
can survive!}) 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Rfxd1 {'White needs other rook on the
queenside!'} Kxe7 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7c6] 'Bd7-c6 is coming, so white has no time
to waste! White has a rook and a bishop for a queen only- so black will be
obviously better if manages to complete the development of his queenside
pieces;'} 16. b4 $1 {[%cal Ye3c5] 'noone cares of c2 pawn- white needs c5
outpost for the bishop e3!'} (16. Rd2 Bd7 $11) 16... Qc7 17. Bc5+ Ke8 {'17...
Kf6 may come to consideration, while even in that game black king is
vulnerable- white can transfer rooks to the kingside via 4th rank;'} (17... Kf6
$5 18. Rd4 {[%cal Gc5d6,Yd4f4]}) 18. Bd6 Qb6 {'Pawn c2 is poison;'} (18... Qxc2
19. Rac1 Qa4 20. Rc7 Bd7 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Rxb7 {[%cal Gb7e7,Gb7a7,Yh2h3,Yg2g3]
with multiple threats- black can't get out from this here; h3 or g3 if a22...
a5 then following with Bb6- black can't move;}) 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Bd6 {'Move
repetition- just to check the ambitions of the other side;'} Qb6 {'No
ambitions- black managed to realize the trouble;'} 21. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a5]
'White dominates all over the board- pawn storm of a-pawn just kills black
here!'} Bd7 (21... a5 22. b5 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc2c4,Gc4c5]}) 22. a5 Qa6 (22...
Qb5 23. c4 $1 {this is stronger than immediate a6!} Qxc4 24. a6 {and pawn "a"
of white gonna cost black at least a rook!}) 23. c4 $1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Rd8 (
23... Qxc4 24. a6 $18) 24. b5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Qxb5 {'White has a rook and 2
bishops for a queen and 2 pawns, which is about the same material, but the
reality is different- with 4 pieces vs two of black white can get very strong
attack on black king!'} 26. a6 $1 {[%cal Gf3c6] 'Exectness is always needed
even in winning positions! White clears the diagonal for Bf3 by a6 move;'} b6 {
'the most resistant;'} (26... bxa6 27. Rac1 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 {and all black pawns
fall one by one;}) 27. Rac1 $1 {[%cal Yf3c6] 'This is just better than 27.Rab1:
'} (27. Rab1 Qd7 (27... Qa4 28. Be2) 28. Bb7 f6 29. Rbc1 Kf7 30. Bc6 Qc8 $16)
27... Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Ke7 29. Rd4 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Qxa6 30. g3 Kf6 31. Kg2 b5 32.
Rc7 {'Black qside pawns can't get far here;'} Qa1 33. Rf4+ Kg6 (33... Ke5 34.
Rc5+ {[%cal Gc5b5] destroying b-passer;}) 34. Rcxf7 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4] 'This is
better than Rfxf7- white rook 4th rank is very useful in the attack on black
king!'} h5 (34... a5 35. Be4+ Kg5 36. h3 $1 {[%cal Gf4g4] intending Rg4- black
gets mated in all lines here;}) 35. Re7 Qa2 (35... Qe5 36. Re4 {same bad for
black;}) 36. Be4+ Kh6 {[%tqu "En","can you find a forced mate here?","first
move is a check!","","f4f6","white forces mate now;",5,"f4f6","",0]} 37. Rf6+
$1 {white forces a mate now;} (37. Rf6+ gxf6 38. Rh7+ Kg5 39. h4+ Kg4 40. Rg7#)
1-0

[Event "Match Paulsen-Anderssen +5-3=1"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1877.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1877.07.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 479-480.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 479-480.)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Nf6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 (8... exd5 {is better despite the
isolated pawn. ist trotz der Isolierung des Bauern besser.}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10.
Bd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 g6 15. Rf3 Qf6 16. Qe2
Bb7 17. Raf1 (17. Rb1 {seems better. erscheint besser.}) 17... Rfe8 18. Rg3 {
It is hard to see how White can set up an attack; so the move has no purpose.
Wohl zwecklos, da nicht zu sehen ist, wie Weiß einen Angriff inszenieren will.}
Bf8 19. Be4 a5 $2 20. c4 Qe7 21. Rb1 {Better late than never. Spät, aber doch.}
f5 {White could have had a splendid answer to this; since Anderssen doesn't
find it the text move is effective. Hierauf hätte Weiß eine vortreffliche
Antwort gehabt; da Anderssen dieselbe nicht findet, erzielt der Textzug eine
gute Wirkung.} 22. Bf3 ({Viel stärker war hier} 22. Rgb3 {was much stronger
here.} {Black is then forced into Schwarz ist dann zu} fxe4 ({since da} 22...
Rab8 {does not work on account of wegen} 23. Bxc6 {nicht geht,}) 23. Rxb7 Qd6 {
, White then gets a good game after gezwungen, Weiß erhält dann durch} 24. Bc3
{ein starkes Spiel.}) 22... Bg7 23. Qe3 e5 24. c5 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qf7 26. Rh3 $2
{White overlooks the fact that Black can take the a2-pawn with no worries,
Weiß übersieht, daß Schwarz den Bauern a2 ruhig nehmen kann,} ({but after aber
auch bei} 26. Qa4 Red8 27. Be3 Be5 {White was also better. stand der
Anziehende besser.}) 26... Qxa2 27. Rc1 Qf7 {A successful expedition.  Eine
erfolgreiche Expedition.} 28. Qa4 Qd7 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Bg5 a4 31. Be2 $2 Bb2 $1
({Though Trotzdem nun auf} 31... Ba6 {can be met with} 32. Qh4 {etc., the
bishop is not all that well placed on e2 as what follows will prove. usw.
folgen kann, steht der Läufer e2 nicht besonders, wie die Folge lehrt.}) 32.
Rb1 Ba6 33. Qa2 Bg7 34. Bxa6 Rxa6 35. Rd3 Qc7 36. g3 Raa8 37. Rbd1 Qe5 38. Rd7
a3 39. R1d3 $4 {A blunder. Ein grober Fehler,} ({, but , aber auch nach} 39.
Qf7 a2 40. Bh6 {can simply be met with kann einfach} a1=Q {folgen}) 39... Qe1+
0-1

[Event "Match Paulsen-Anderssen +5-4=1"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1876.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1876.07.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 447-448.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 447-448.)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 $1 {This gives a level game, though at first the line looks
risky.  Dies ergibt ein gleiches Spiel, obgleich die Fortsetzung zunächst
gewagt aussieht.} 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ Kf8 10. Bg5 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5
12. Ne3 Qa5 ({Einfacher wäre wohl} 12... Bxc3+ {looks simpler} 13. bxc3 Qxd1+ {
etc. usw.}) 13. Nc4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ {Winning the pawn like this has its
downside since White hems in the opposing queen. Der hiermit verbundene
Bauerngewinn hat auch seine Schattenseiten, da Weiß die feindliche Dame etwas
in die Enge treibt.} (14... Qd5 {was the most solid. war das Solideste.}) 15.
Bd2 Qd4 16. c3 Qe4+ ({Probably Voraussichtlich war} 16... Qd8 {better. besser.}
) 17. Be3 Nd5 18. f3 Qh4+ 19. Bf2 Qd8 20. Qb3 Nf4 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. g3 Ne6 23.
Bg2 g6 24. O-O Kg7 25. Rfe1 Qc7 26. Rd5 f6 27. Nd6 Ng5 28. Nxc8 Rhxc8 29. Rb5
b6 30. f4 $1 {Anderssen has the Paulsen bishops, Paulsen Anderssen style
knights. Though White is a pawn down he has the advantage since Black's
position is somewhat open and easy to attack. The text move introduces the
breakthrough. Anderssen hat die Paulsenschen Läufer, Paulsen die
Anderssenschen Springer; trotzdem Weiß einen Bauern weniger hat, ist er im
Vorteil, da die schwarze Stellung etwas offen und für Angriffszwecke geeignet
ist. Der Textzug leitet den Durchbruch ein.} Nf7 (30... exf4 {would be very
unfavourable for Black on account of wäre wegen} 31. Rxg5 fxg5 32. Bxc6 {
für Schwarz sehr ungünstig.}) 31. fxe5 fxe5 ({Besser war wohl} 31... Nfxe5 {
was probably better.}) 32. Rf1 $1 {A very fine move, the best way to exploit
the position. Black's game now goes downhill rapidly. Ein sehr feiner Zug, die
beste Ausnützung der Position. Mit Schwarz geht es jetzt schnell bergab.} Nd6
33. Bxc6 Qxc6 34. Rxe5 Nf5 35. g4 Qf3 {Obviously the Nf5 cannot move on
account of 36.Re7+, but the rook move can also follow the text move.  Der Nf5
darf offenbar wegen 36.Re7+ nicht ziehen, aber auch nach dem Textzug kann der
Turmzug erfolgen.} 36. Re7+ {Elegant and decisive! Elegant und entscheidend!}
Kh8 ({If Falls} 36... Nxe7 {, then so} 37. Bd4+ {etc. usw.}) 37. gxf5 (37. Bd4+
$2 Nxd4 38. Rxf3 Nxb3 {etc. usw.}) 37... Qg4+ 38. Bg3 Rc4 39. fxg6 Rd8 40. Qxc4
$1 (40. Qxc4 Qxc4 41. Be5+ Kg8 42. gxh7# {A very energetically played game by
Anderssen. Eine von Anderssen energisch gespielte Partie.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. Bxd5 (16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rf2 $5 $146 {Leko,P-Topalov,V/Dortmund
2002 inf 85/156}) 16... Qxd5 (16... Qxd6 $2 17. Bh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19.
Bxb7 Qb6+ 20. Rf2 Qxb7 21. c3 $16) 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rf2 Rc6 19. Bf4 (19. b3 $5
Rxd6 20. Rd2 Rb6 (20... Ra6 $2 21. c4 Bc6 22. b4 $18) 21. c4 Bc6 22. Rd6 a5 23.
Bd2 $14) 19... Rac8 (19... a5 $2 20. b3 $16) 20. Rc1 (20. c3 a5 $44) 20... f6
$1 (20... Ra6 {Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Linares 2001 inf 81/149}) 21. b3 Rc3 (
21... e5 $2 22. Be3 Rc3 23. Re2 a6 (23... a5 24. Bb6 a4 25. bxa4) 24. Bb6 Kf7 (
24... Be6 25. Bc7) 25. Ba5 $16) 22. Bg3 a5 23. Re2 a4 24. Be1 R3c6 25. c4 Rxd6
{'=' Kasparov,G, 0,5-0,5 Anand-Leko/Amber rapid 2003} 26. Rec2 {White's
position is a little bit better, since it is easier to him to move pawns.} axb3
27. axb3 Bb7 28. b4 $14 Rd3 $1 {[%cal Yd3b3] /\29...Rb3} 29. Rb2 Rd4 $1 30.
Rbc2 Rd3 31. Rb2 Rd4 32. c5 d6 $1 $11 33. Bf2 Rd5 34. h3 dxc5 35. Bxc5 h5 36.
Ra2 Rcd8 37. b5 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kf2 Rb1 {Eventually Black has put a
rook behind of a pass pawn. Now White has no chances to win the game.} 40. b6
Bd5 41. Rc2 Kf7 42. Bd4 Rb4 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Ke3 e5 45. Bc5 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 Rb2+
47. Kg1 (47. Kg3 h4+ 48. Kxh4 Rxg2) 47... Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Rb2 49. Bf8 Bxf3 (49...
Rxb6 50. Rxg7+ Kf5 51. Rh7) 50. Rxg7+ Kf5 51. Ba3 {The last trap. If 52...
Rb3?? then 53.Rg3!+-} Ra2 (51... Rb3 $4 52. Rg3 $1 $18) 52. Bb4 Rb2 53. Ba3 (
53. Bc3 Rc2 $11 (53... Rb3 54. Rg3 Be4 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Breslau Games"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1865.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "Zukertort,JH"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1865.06.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[source: Neue Berliner Schachzeitung 1868, p.10-11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O $1 {
Weiß erlangt durch das Aufgeben des b-Bauern einen bedeutenden Vorsprung in
der Entwicklung, den er in der Folge geschickt ausbeutet.} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Rb3 $1 Ba5 14. Bc5 $1 Re8 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16.
Rh3+ Kg8 ({Auf} 16... Kg6 {folgt} 17. Qh5+ Kf6 18. Rf3#) 17. Qh5 f5 18. Rd1 $1
Bd7 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Rg3 $1 Bc3 {Dies ist der einzige Zug, der den sofortigen
Verlust der Partie abwendet,} ({da} 20... Rg8 {wegen} 21. Qg6#) ({und} 20...
Qf6 {wegen} 21. Rxd7+ {nicht geschehen darf.}) 21. Qg6+ ({Wollte Weiß sofort
den Turm nehmen,} 21. Rxc3 {so verliert er durch} Rh8 {die Dame.}) 21... Kg8
22. Rxc3 f4 23. Rh3 Re7 {Schwarz gibt die Qualität preis, um gegen 24.Th7
gedeckt zu sein, da dann diese Deckung wegen 25.Dh5! zu spät käme.} 24. Qh7+
Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 ({Bei} 25... Kf8 {spielt Weiß} 26. Qg5 Kf7 27. Qxf4+ Kg8 28.
Qh4 Re8 ({auf} 28... Kf7 {folgt} 29. Rf3+) 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Rg3 {und gewinnt.})
26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxa8 1-0

