[Event "Czerniak Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Rc1 b6 (12... cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qa5 15. e3 Bd7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rc5 Qd8 18. Rd5 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Re1
Bxa4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. bxa4 Qd7 23. Qc2 Bxd4 24. exd4 f5 25. Rd1 Qd5 {1/2-1/2
Falk,T-Unger,T/Hessen qual 1991/GER 02}) 13. Re1 Ba6 (13... Bb7 14. dxc5 Bxb2
15. Nxb2 bxc5 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Nd2 Qh6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxc5 Ne5 20. Qc1 e3 21.
f3 Rad8 22. Rc7 Ba8 23. Qc5 f6 24. Re7 Rf8 25. Rxa7 Rd7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. f4
$18 {1-0 Banas,J-Fochtler,E/Schwaebisch Gmuend op 1990/EXT 90op (32)}) 14. dxc5
Bxb2 15. Nxb2 bxc5 16. Na4 Qa5 $2 (16... c4 17. Nd2 $14) 17. Nxc5 (17. Qxd5 Nb4
(17... Rad8 18. Qxc6 Re6 19. Rxc5 $18) 18. Qf5 $1 (18. Qh5 Rac8) 18... g6 19.
Qf4 $1 $16) 17... Nc3 (17... Nxc5 18. Qxd5 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 $16) (17... Qb6 18.
Qxd5 Nb4 (18... Rad8 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh6 Nxc5 21. Ng5 Rd7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23.
Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qe5+ Kd8 26. Qxc5 $18) 19. Qh5 $1 (19. Qf5 g6 (19...
Bc8 20. Qh5 (20. Qf4 Nxc5 21. Ng5 Be6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Qe3 $16) 20... g6 21.
Qh6 Nxc5 22. Ng5 $18) 20. Qf4 Nxc5 21. Ng5 f6 22. Bxa8 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Ne6 24.
Bd5 $16) 19... g6 20. Qh6 Nxc5 21. Ng5 $18) 18. b4 $1 {[%cal Gc5a6,Gc1c3,Rb4a5]
[%mdl 64]} (18. Rxc3 Qxc3 19. Nxa6 Qa5 20. Qd3 Ne5 21. Qb1 Qxa6) 18... Qxc5 (
18... Nxd1 $8 19. bxa5 Bxe2 20. Rcxd1 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Nxa5 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Ncb3
$16) 19. bxc5 Nxd1 20. Rexd1 $1 (20. Rcxd1 Bc4 21. a3 Rac8 22. e3 Na5 23. Nd4
Rxc5 24. Rb1 g6 25. Red1 Rec8 26. h4 h5 27. Bf3 Nc6 28. Nxc6 R8xc6 29. Rb7 Ra6
30. Rd7 Rca5 31. Kg2 Rxa3 32. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 33. R1xd5 Ra2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stajcic,
N-Miljanic,B/Budapest Herbstlich 1990/EXP 20 (44)}) 20... Bc4 21. e4 $1 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Gc1c4,Gd1d5,Re4d5][%mdl 4096]} Nb4 (21... Rxe4 22. Nd2 Re6 23.
Nxc4 dxc4 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Bxc6 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Rxc6 27. d7 Rd6 28. Re1 $18) (
21... Rad8 22. Nd4 $16) 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. a3 $5 (23. Rb1 Nxa2 24. Rxd5 Nc3 25.
Rdd1 Rac8 26. Bh3 $18) 23... Na2 24. Rc2 Bb3 25. Rdd2 {[%csl Ra2]} Bxc2 26.
Rxc2 Rac8 (26... Rad8 $1 27. Rxa2 (27. c6 Rd1+ 28. Bf1 Nc1 (28... Rc1 29. Rxc1
Nxc1 30. Bh3 g6 31. Bd7 $18) 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. c7 Nd3 31. Be2 Nf4+ 32. gxf4 Rd7
$16) 27... Rd1+ 28. Bf1 Rc1 29. Kg2 Rxc5 30. Rb2 $16) 27. Bh3 Rc7 28. c6 Rb8
29. Nd2 $18 a5 30. Bd7 Nb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Rc5 a4 33. Ra5 Kf8 34. Nf1 Ke7 35.
Ne3 Rxd7 36. cxd7 Kxd7 37. Nd5 Rb7 38. Rxa4 Ke6 39. Ne3 g6 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. g4
h6 42. Kg3 Kg7 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Rd6 Rc3 45. h4 Rb3 46. Kg2 Rb4 47. h5 Rb5 48.
hxg6 fxg6 49. f4 h5 50. f5 1-0

[Event "Vladimir op"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "2002.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Prizant, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 {Tarrasch's Defence. I had an oppurtunity to work
some system against it while getting prepared against Greek IM Halkias.} 4.
cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 {Van Wely's
choice.} Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 {The stem position
for the line.} Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Nc4 {Start for the tactical sequence.} Bg4
16. Re1 Ba5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. b4 {A lot of tactical looking moves but infact
everything was played before.} Nxb4 $8 {Another necessity.} (18... Qxa2 19. Nc7
$1 d3 (19... Rxe2 20. Nxa8) 20. Qxd3 Rad8 21. Bd5 Rxe2 22. h3 $1 Rxe1+ (22...
Ne5 23. Qc3) (22... Bh5 23. g4) 23. Rxe1 Be6 24. Qe4 Rxd5 25. Nxd5 Qd2 26. Nf4
$18) 19. Qxd4 Nxd5 20. Qxg4 $16 {Although theory is counting on this position
like it is equal in reality white is clearly better due to the better piece
and the liquidablity of queen's flank pawns.} Rad8 21. Qc4 {One of the methods.
} (21. Red1 Nf6 22. Rxd8 (22. Qc4 $14 {looks conventional and good.}) 22...
Rxd8 23. Qc8 $5 {is a la Hodgson.}) 21... b5 $5 {The most common one.} (21...
Nb6 22. Qb3 (22. Qc3 $5 Qxa2 23. Ra1 Qc4 24. Qb2) 22... Rd2 23. Rc7 Rd7 24.
Rec1 $16) (21... b6 $142 {real players like Potkin would be more cautious.} 22.
Bf3 $14) 22. Qb3 Nf6 ({a2 does not fall after.} 22... Nb4 $6 23. Red1 Rxd1+ 24.
Rxd1 Nxa2 $2 25. Bd5) (22... b4 $6 23. Rc4 Nc3 24. Bf3 Rd2 25. Rxb4 $16) 23.
Bc6 Re5 24. Qb2 $2 $146 {Not all the novelties are good, huh?} (24. Red1 Rxd1+
(24... Rd2 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Rd1 Qxe2 27. Rd8+ Ne8 28. Kg2 a5 (28... h6 29. Ra8
$16 {Spragget-Gentes,Canada(ch) 1999.}) 29. Qc3 $1 Re6 (29... Kf8 30. Qxa5 $18)
30. Bd7 Re7 31. Qc8 Qe4+ 32. Kh3 Kf8 33. Qc5 $1 Kg8 34. Qxe7 Qxe7 35. Rxe8+ $18
) 25. Rxd1 h6 26. Bf3 Rc5 27. Kg2 $16) 24... Rc5 $1 {A great move!} 25. Bf3 h6
$2 {This move allows whites grip once again.} (25... Rdc8 $1 $11 {of course
some one like Van Wely immediately spots out the correct move. If all rooks
will be exchanged black won't have any problems.} 26. Kg2 (26. Rb1 a6) 26...
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 g6 $11) 26. Kg2 Rdc8 {Too late.} (26... Rd2 27. Qb1
$16) 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rd1 Qc7 {After black's last I could not decide for a
while which square to chose for my rook on the d line.} 29. Rd4 (29. Rd3 a5)
29... a5 $6 {Once again black does not seize for his chances.} (29... Rc4 $1
30. Rd3 b4 31. a3 $5 (31. Qd2 Rc3 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qd4 Qc5 34. e4 Rc4 35. Qd3
Rc3 $11) 31... a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Qb3 $14) 30. Qd2 Re5 31. h4 b4 32. g4 $1 {
If white has any advantage,it is around expansion of his kingside.} g5 {Brave !
} (32... Qc5 33. Qd3 Re8 34. Rd6 Qe5 35. Rb6 $1 $40 (35. Qd4 $6 Qxd4 36. Rxd4
g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rc4 Re5 39. e3 Nd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Kf6
43. Ra7 Ke6 44. Kg3 Rc5 45. f4 Rc3 46. Rxa5 Rxe3+ 47. Kf2 gxf4 48. Ra4 Ra3 49.
Rxb4 Rxa2+ 50. Kf3 $11)) 33. Rd6 Kg7 34. Rc6 Qe7 35. h5 $1 {I have foressen
that g6 square may become important combined with a battery on line c.} Re6 36.
Rc4 Qd6 37. Rd4 Qc5 38. e3 Rb6 39. Bd1 $1 {White is switching tactics and
keeping black busy.} Re6 (39... Qc3 $2 40. Qxc3 bxc3 41. Rc4 Rb2 42. Bb3 $16) (
39... Qc6+ 40. f3 Qc3 41. Bb3 $16) 40. Qd3 Qc6+ 41. Bf3 Qc7 42. Rc4 Qd6 43. Qc2
{Finally battery on the c line is all set.} Re5 44. Rc6 Qd7 $4 {Forgetting
about the importance of g6 square.} (44... Qb8 $2 45. Rc7) (44... Qe7 $2 45.
Rc7 Nd7 46. Qd2) (44... Qd8 $1 45. Qb2 $1 (45. Rc7 Re7 46. Rc5 Rd7 47. Qf5 (47.
Qa4 Rd2 $1 48. Qxa5 Qe7 49. Re5 Qd6 $44) 47... Ra7 48. Rb5 Qc7 {still holds.})
45... Qe7 46. Ra6 Qc5 47. Qd4 $1 $16) 45. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxd5
15. Bg2 Qe5 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Qb5 Bb6 19. Nb3 Rfe8 20. Rc2 Ne5 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxb7 Rc2 23. Be4 d3 24. exd3 Rxb2 25. d4 Nd7 26. Re1 g6 27. Re2
Bxd4 28. Bc2 Qd6 $1 29. Rd2 $2 {[%tqu "En","White's last move was a serious
mistake. How would you prove it?","Exploit the shaky position of the enemy
queen.","Sacrifice your bishop!","d4f2","This unexpected bishop sacrifice
yields Black a decisive advantage.",6]} Bxf2+ $3 {[%csl Rb3,Rd2][%cal Gb2b5,
Gd6d2] Impressive refutation of White's mistake on the last move.} 30. Rxf2 ({
After} 30. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 31. Nxd2 Rxb5 {White is lost.}) {[%tqu "En","How would
you justify the bishop sacrifice on the previous move?","Watch out for
geometrical motifs!","Sacrifice your rook!","b2c2","That's it! This move
yields Black a large advantage.",4]} 30... Rxc2 $1 {[%cal Gd6d1,Gd1c2,Gd1g1]
This impressive sacrifice crowns Black's elegant combination.} 31. Rxc2 Qd1+
32. Kf2 Qxc2+ 33. Qe2 ({The only move.} 33. Ke1 {fails to} Qb1+ 34. Kd2 Qxa2+)
(33. Ke3 {falls short of} Qxa2) 33... Qf5+ ({After} 33... Qxe2+ 34. Kxe2 f5 {
Black has excellent winning chances in the ending.}) 34. Qf3 Qh3 $6 (34...
Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 f5 {was to be preferred.}) 35. Kg1 Ne5 ({After} 35... Nf8 {
or 35... Kg7 Black would keep good winning chances.}) 36. Qd5 Qh5 $2 (36... Ng4
$1 {was a right choice, allowing Black to retain a large advantage.}) 37. Qa8+
Kg7 38. Qxa7 Qd1+ ({Complications after} 38... Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxh2 40. Qd4+ {
are very difficult to assess, so Black's decision to force a draw is quite
understandable.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Ne1 Re8 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Rc1 Be4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nc5 Re7 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Nxb7
Nb4 21. Qa4 Qb6 22. Rc4 Nd5 23. Na5 Qxb2 24. Nc6 Rxe2 25. Rxd4 Ne3 $2 ({
This appealing move is, in fact, a serious mistake. The correct choice was} 
25... Nc3 {, keeping a minimal advantage}) 26. Rb4 $2 ({White misses a
beautiful winning combination:} 26. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 (26... Rxe7 27. Rd8+) 27. Ng6+
$3 hxg6 (27... fxg6 28. fxe3+ Kg8 29. Qxe8#) 28. Rh4 $3 {, and Black is
defenseless:} Nxf1 (28... Rb8 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Qe4+ Kd7 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. fxe3
{, winning}) 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxe8+ Kd6 (30... Kf6 31. Qf4#) 31. Qa6+ {, and
White wins.}) {[%tqu "En","How can Black use the superior activity of his
pieces?","Exploit the weakness of White's back rank.","Use your e2-rook for
the decisive blow.","e2f2","Excellent! This brilliant move wins immediately.",
5]} 26... Rxf2 $1 {[%csl Rf1,Rg1][%cal Gf2f1,Ge3f1,Gb2c1] This brilliant
sacrifice decides the game for Black.} 27. Ne7+ ({Other continuations are not
better:} 27. Rxb2 Rxf1#) (27. Rxf2 Qc1+) 27... Rxe7 {, and White resigned in
view of inevitable mate.} 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 $6 {I think black has more
chances in 12...Bf8 line} 13. h3 Be6 14. Qa4 Ne5 {N.} (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ne4
16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Qb3 Bg5 19. e3 b6 20. h4 Be6 21. Qc2 Bf6 22.
Qxe4 $18 {Stohl,I-Grant,J 1995.}) (14... Qd7 15. Kh2 a6 16. Nxc6 (16. Nxe6 fxe6
) 16... bxc6 17. Rfd1 Rab8 18. b3 Bf5 19. Bf4 Rb6 20. e4 Rb4 21. Qxa6 Nxe4 {
A.Greenfeld-Smuter,L 1996} 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxc6 $18 {[Avrukh,B]}) (14... Na5
15. Nxe6 (15. Rcd1 a6 (15... Nc4 16. Bc1 Bd7 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qd3 (
19. Qb1 Qb6)) 16. Bc1 b5 (16... Rc8 17. Qc2 b5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg6) 17. Qc2
b4 18. Nxe6 (18. Na4 Bd7) 18... fxe6 19. Na4 (19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qc8) (19.
Na4)) 15... fxe6 16. Nb5 (16. Rfd1 a6 (16... Nc4 17. Nxd5)) (16. Rcd1) 16...
Nc6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd6 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rc6 Qd7 21. Rc2 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8
23. Rd1 Qf7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxd5 $18 {Lutz-Demuth 1988}) 15. Rcd1 {[%csl Gd5]
[%cal Ge3c1]} a6 (15... Nc4 $2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Nxd5 $1 exd5 (17... Nxb2 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxd8 Nxa4 20. Rxa8 (20. Rd7) 20... Rxa8 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Rb1 $1
$18) 18. Bxd5+ Qxd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Qxc4) 19. Rxd5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Nxd5 21. Qb3 {
with next 22e4+-.}) (15... Bd7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Nf5 $16) (15... Qc8 16. Kh2) 16.
Bf4 $1 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bd4 b5 18. Qb3 Nc4 19. f4 $14 (19. e4 $6 e5)) (16.
Bc1 b5 17. Qb3 Qb6 (17... b4 $2 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxd5 $3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 $18)
18. e4 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. e4 d4 20. Ne2 Rad8 $13) 18... dxe4 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20.
Qxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe4 Rad8 $132) 16... Nc4 $6 (16... b5 17. Qb3 (17. Qc2 {Also
possible,with big advantage for white.}) 17... Nc4 18. e4 $16) (16... Ng6 17.
Bc1 $1 $16 (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. e4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Qb6 $1 20. exd5 Qxb2 21. Rd3 b5
22. Qd4 exd5 $10) (17. e4 $2 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Bd7 19. Qb3 dxe4 $17)) 17. Qb3 $6 (
17. Nxe6 $1 {[%cal Gc4g8]} fxe6 18. Nxd5 $1 exd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Qxc4 $18) (
18... Nxb2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd8 Nxa4 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bc8 Kf7
24. Be3 Rc7 25. Bxa6 Rc2 26. Rb1 $18) 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 (19... Nxd5 20. Qxc4 $18)
20. Rxd5 Nb6 21. Qb3 Nbxd5 22. e4 $1 $18) 17... Qb6 (17... Qc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6
19. e4 e5 20. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 (20... exf4 21. Nb6 Qe6 (21... Qc5 22. Nxc4 Kh8 23.
gxf4 $18) 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. e5 $1 $18) 21. exd5 exf4 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 $18)
18. Na4 $6 (18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Nxd5 $1 (19. e4 $2 Qxb3 20. axb3 Nxb2 21. Rd2
Bb4) 19... Nxd5 (19... exd5 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Qxc4 $18) 20. Qxc4 Rac8 (20...
Nxf4 21. gxf4) 21. Qe4 Nxf4 (21... Bf6 22. Be5 $16 (22. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 (22...
Qxb2 23. Rd2) 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. e4 $1 $18)) 22. gxf4 Rc7 23. b3 $16) (18. Qxb6
Nxb6 {And black has real countrplay,by c file Rac8,Nc4.}) (18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxb6
Nxb6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe4 Nfd5 $14) 18... Qa7 (18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Nd6 (19...
Na5 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Bc7) 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Rc1 {And white has advantage.}) (
18... Qa5 $142 19. Nxe6 (19. Qxb7 $5 Qxa4 20. b3 Qxa2 21. bxc4 Qxc4 (21... dxc4
$2 22. Ra1 $18) 22. Nc6 Bf8 (22... Bc5 $2 23. Rc1 $18) 23. Nb8 (23. Bb8 Bd7 (
23... Raxb8 24. Nxb8 Bc8 25. Qb6 Qxe2 26. Nc6 $14) 24. Bxd5 Qb5 $1 25. Qxa8
Nxd5 26. Na7 $1 Rxb8 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rb7 29. Rfd1 Be6 30. Nc6 $10) 23...
Raxb8 24. Bxb8 Qxe2 $14) 19... fxe6 20. e4 b5 21. exd5 (21. Nc3 e5 {And black
is O.K.}) 21... Rac8 $1 (21... Qxa4 22. d6 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nxb2 24. Rd2 Rad8 25.
Bc6 $18) 22. Nc3 b4 23. Ne4 (23. d6 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Nxd6 26. Rxd6
Rxc3 27. Rxa6 Qxa6 28. Qxc3 Qxa2 29. Ra1 Qe2 30. Bf3 Qb5 $10) 23... Nxd5 24.
Bc1 $14) 19. e4 $2 (19. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 20. e4 b5 21. exd5 Rac8 22. Nc3 b4 (22...
Na5 23. Qc2 b4 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qg6 $16) 24. d6 bxc3 25. dxe7
cxb2 26. Qxb2 Qxe7 27. Qb6 $16) 23. Ne2 exd5 24. Rxd5 $16) 19... Bd7 $1 (19...
b5 $2 20. Nc3 (20. exd5 Bxd5) 20... dxe4 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe4 Nd5 23. Bc1 {
And white is better.}) 20. Nc3 (20. Nf5 Bxf5 (20... Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Nxb2 22.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qb4 Nxd1 24. Qxe7 Nc3 (24... Re8 25. Qb4 Nxf2 (25... Nxe4 26.
Qa4) 26. Rxf2 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qc3 $14) 25. e5 Ne2+ (25... Re8 26. exf6
$1 (26. Qc7 Nfe4 $17) 26... Rxe7 27. fxe7 Qa8 28. Re1 Qe8 29. Bd2 $16) 26. Kh2
Nxf4 27. gxf4 $1 (27. exf6 Nxg2 (27... Ng6 28. Qd6 $14) 28. fxg7 Nf4 29. gxf4
Qd4 30. Qd6 Kxg7 31. Rg1+ Kh7 $15) 27... Ne4 (27... Re8 $2 28. exf6 $1 Rxe7 29.
fxe7 Qb8 30. Re1 Qe8 31. Bxd5 $18) 28. e6 fxe6 (28... Rf8 $2 29. exf7+ Rxf7 30.
Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qxd5 $18) 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qxd5 Nf6 (30... Nxf2 $2 31. Qf3) (
30... Nc3 31. Qe5 (31. Qxb7 Qxb7 32. Bxb7 Rf8) 31... Na4 32. Rd1 Qxf2 33. Rd6)
(30... Nc5 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Qf5 $1 Rc7 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Bd5 $18) 31. Qxb7 Qxb7
32. Bxb7 Ra7 33. Rb1 $16) 21. exf5 Rac8 (21... b5 22. Nc3 (22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23.
Rxd5 Rac8 24. Nc3 Bf6 $44) 22... d4 23. Bxa8 dxc3 24. Bg2 cxb2 25. Rfe1 $13)
22. Bxd5 (22. Nc3 Na5 23. Qa4 Nc4 24. Nxd5 $1 Nxb2 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qb4 {
White is better.}) 22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 b5 24. Nc3 Bf6 $44) (20. exd5 $6 Bxa4
21. Qxc4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Bc5 $1 $17) 20... Na5 21. Qc2 dxe4 (21... Bc5 22. e5 Nh5
(22... Bxd4 $2 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nxd5 $16) 23. Be3 (23. Nde2 d4) 23... Nc4 (
23... Rxe5 24. Nxd5 Bxh3 25. Bxh3 Rxd5 26. Nb5 $1 $16) 24. Bxd5 Nxe5 $13) 22.
Nxe4 Nxe4 (22... Rac8 $142 23. Nc3 b5 (23... Nc6 $10) (23... Bc5 24. Nb3 Nxb3
25. Qxb3 Bc6 $10) 24. a3 (24. Qb1) (24. Nf5 Bc5 (24... b4 $2 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26.
Bd6) (24... Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Nc4 26. Nd5 $1 $40 Nxb2 $140 27. Be3 Qb8 28. Nxe7+
Rxe7 29. Bf4 $16) 25. Nd6 (25. Qb1 Nc4) 25... Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Nc4 $10 27. Bf4)
24... Bc5 (24... Nc4 $5) 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Be6 27. Qc2 Nh5 {And black is
better.}) 23. Qxe4 Bf6 24. Qd5 (24. Qd3 $10) 24... b5 (24... Rad8 $2 25. Bc7) (
24... Ba4 25. b3 Bxd4 (25... Nc6 26. Nf5 Bb5 27. Nd6 $1 $16) 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27.
Rxd4 Bb5 28. Rfd1 $14) 25. b4 $1 (25. Be3 $2 Nc4 26. Nxb5 Nxe3 27. Nxa7 Nxd5
28. Rxd5 Rxa7 $19) (25. Bd6 Rac8 (25... Rad8) 26. b4 (26. b3 Qb6 $10) 26... Nc4
27. Bc5 Qc7 $10) 25... Nc4 26. Nb3 (26. Qc5 Be7 $1) (26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Qxc6 Bd4
$10) 26... Rad8 $2 (26... Be6 $1 27. Qc5 Be7 $1 28. Qxa7 Rxa7 29. Nc5 Bf6 $10)
27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. bxc5 (28. Nxc5 Bc8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. a4 bxa4 (30... Bc3 31.
axb5 axb5 32. Ne4 $1 Bxb4 33. Rb1 $10) 31. Nxa4 $10) 28... Bf5 (28... g5 $2 29.
Bc7 $18) (28... Bc8) 29. c6 $2 $138 (29. g4 $1 {/^ h2-b8.} Bd3 (29... Bc8 30.
c6 $16) (29... Be4 $2 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. Re1 Bc6 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. c6 $18) 30.
Rfe1 Nb2 $1 31. Rc1 Bc4 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Be3 Nd3 34. Rb1 {And white has
better chances,with c pawn.}) 29... g5 $1 30. Rxd8 (30. Bc1 Rxd1 (30... Be5 $5)
31. Rxd1 Bc2 32. Rf1 Bd3 $10 {black has draw minimum.}) (30. Bc7 $2 Rc8 31. Rd7
Re2 $17) 30... Rxd8 (30... Bxd8 $5 31. Be3 (31. Bc1 Bb6 {/\32...a5-a4,black
has more better chances.}) (31. Bb8 Bb6 32. c7 Re7 33. g4 Bc8 $17 {And pawn on
c7 is fall dawn.}) 31... Nxe3 32. fxe3 Bd3 33. Rc1 Bb6 34. Nd4 Bc4 {with equal
chances.}) 31. Be3 (31. Bc1) 31... Be5 32. Ba7 a5 (32... Ra8 33. Bd4) 33. g4 (
33. Nxa5 $2 Nxa5 34. Bb6 Ra8 35. c7 Ra6 $19) (33. f4 $5 gxf4 34. gxf4 Bc3 $1
$13 (34... Bb8 35. Bxb8 Rxb8 36. Nd4 $16) (34... Bc7 35. Nd4 Bd3 36. Rf3 $1 (
36. Rd1 Bc2 37. Rc1 Ba4 $1 $13) (36. Nxb5 $5 Bxf1 37. Bxf1 Bb6+ 38. Kh2 $44)
36... Nb2 37. Rg3+ Kh8 38. Rxd3 Nxd3 39. Nxb5 $16) 35. c7 $140 Rc8 36. Bb8 a4
37. Bb7 axb3 38. Bxc8 Bxc8 39. axb3 Nd2 40. Rc1 b4 $17) 33... Bc8 $138 34. Nc5
(34. Re1 Kg7 (34... f6 35. Bd4 (35. Nd4 b4) 35... Kf7 36. Bxe5 fxe5 37. Rb1 $1
$14) (34... a4 $2 35. Nd4 $1 Ba6 (35... b4 36. Bf1 Bxd4 37. c7 Rf8 38. Bxd4 $16
) 36. Nf5) 35. Nxa5 Bc3 36. Nb7 Bxb7 37. cxb7 Bxe1 38. b8=Q Rxb8 39. Bxb8 $10)
34... Rd2 (34... f6 $2 {/\Kf7-e7,but it too slowly.} 35. Rb1 $1 b4 (35... Rd2
36. Ne4 Re2 37. Bf3 Rxa2 38. Rxb5 $16) 36. Rc1 Bc3 37. Ne4) (34... Bd4 $2 35.
c7 Rd6 36. Re1 $16) 35. Re1 $2 (35. a4 $1 bxa4 (35... b4 36. Rc1 Nb2 37. Bb6 $1
$16 (37. Bf1)) 36. Nxa4 $14) 35... f6 $2 $138 (35... Rxa2 36. c7 (36. Bd5 Ra1
37. Rxa1 Bxa1 $17) 36... Ra1 (36... Kg7) 37. Rxa1 Bxa1 38. Bb7 Nd6 $19) 36. c7
(36. a4 bxa4 (36... b4 37. Ne4 Ra2 38. Nxf6+ Bxf6 39. Bd5+ Kg7 40. Bxc4 Rxa4
41. Re8 {and white is winning.}) 37. Nxa4 Kf7 38. Rc1 Nb2 $1 39. Be3 Rd1+ 40.
Rxd1 Nxd1 41. Bb6 Nc3 $10) 36... Kf7 (36... Rxa2 $2 37. Bd5+ $1 (37. Bc6 Rb2
38. Nd3 Rc2) 37... Kh8 38. Be6 Bxe6 39. Nxe6 Nd6 40. Bd4 $1 $18) 37. Bb8 $6 (
37. a4 $1 Bxc7 (37... bxa4 $6 38. Rc1 (38. Nxa4 Bxc7 39. Rc1 Be5 40. Rxc4 Rd1+
41. Bf1 Ba6 42. Nb6 Bxc4 43. Nxc4 a4) 38... Nd6 39. Nxa4 {white is better.}) (
37... b4 38. Rc1 Nd6 (38... Nb2 $2 39. Bb7 $18) 39. Nb3 Ra2 40. Nxa5 (40. Bd5+
Kg7 41. Nxa5 Rxa4 42. Nc6 Nb5 $10) 40... Rxa4 41. Nc6 Nb5 42. Nxe5+ fxe5 43.
Bc5 Nc3 44. Kh2 $16) 38. axb5 Bb6 39. Bxb6 Nxb6 40. Ra1 Rc2 41. Na4 $16) 37...
Nd6 (37... Rxa2 38. Bb7 Bxb7 39. Nxb7 Nb6 40. Rc1 Nc8 41. Rd1 Rc2 42. Nxa5 $10)
38. Bc6 (38. Ne4 Rc2 $1 (38... Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Bd4 40. Rf1 Bb6 (40... b4 41. Bf5
Bxf5 42. gxf5 Rc2 43. Rd1 $18) 41. Bf5 Bxf5 42. gxf5 Rc2 43. Rd1 Ke7 44. Rd5
$10) 39. Nxd6+ Bxd6 40. Bd5+ Kf8 41. Be4 Rc3 42. Bg6 (42. Re3 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Bxc7
$17) 42... Be5 $17) 38... Rc2 (38... Bd4 39. Ne4 Nxe4 40. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 41. Kf1 b4
42. Be8+ Kg7 43. Bb5 {And white is winning.}) 39. Bd5+ Kg7 (39... Kf8 $5) 40.
Nd3 (40. Ne6+ Kg6) 40... Rd2 41. Nxe5 fxe5 $1 (41... Rxd5 $2 42. Nd7 $1 (42.
Nc6 Rd2 43. Nxa5 Rxa2 44. Nc6 $14) 42... Kf7 43. Nb6 Rd2 44. Rc1 $16 {
/\45Rc6-d6}) 42. Ba8 (42. Rxe5 $1 Kf6 43. f4 $1 gxf4 44. Rh5 Kg6 45. Bc6) 42...
Kf6 43. Ba7 b4 (43... Rxa2 $2 44. Rd1 $18) 44. Bb6 (44. Rc1 Rxa2 45. Rd1 (45.
Rc6 Ke6 46. Bc5 Rd2 {and black must win.}) 45... Nb5 46. Bb6 b3 47. Bd5 a4 $17)
44... Nc4 45. Bc5 Rxa2 46. Rc1 (46. Bd5 Rc2 47. Be4 Rc3 48. Rd1 (48. Bf5 Nd2 $1
$19) 48... Nd2 $1 49. Rxd2 Rxc5 50. Rd6+ Ke7 $19) (46. Rd1 Rd2 (46... b3 $2 47.
Rd8 (47. Be4 Rd2 48. Rc1 Nd6) 47... b2 48. Be4 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 (49. Kg2 b1=Q 50.
Bxb1 Bb7+ 51. Kh2 (51. Kg3 Rxb1 52. Rb8 Nd2 53. f3 Rb2 54. Bf2) 51... Rxb1 52.
Rb8 Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Nd2 54. f3 (54. Rxb7 Rg1+ 55. Kh2 Nf3#) 54... Rc1) 49... Be6
50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Re8 $18) 47. Rc1 b3 {Lead to the game.}) (46. Be4 {/\47Bf5.}
Nd2 (46... b3 47. Bf5 b2 48. Bxc8 Ra1 49. Bf5 Rxe1+ 50. Kg2 Nd6 51. Bxd6 Rc1
52. f3 a4 53. Kf2 $16) 47. Bd5 Rc2 48. Bd6 $132) 46... b3 47. Rxc4 b2 48. Be4
Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Rc1 $1 $19 (49... b1=Q $2 50. Bxb1 Rxb1 51. Bf8 $1 $16) 50. Ra4
Rxc5 51. Ra3 Be6 52. Rd3 Rxc7 53. Rd6 Ke7 54. Ra6 Rc4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Be6 {ist die
Hauptvariante in diesem Abspiel.}) 13. Nf5 (13. Qd2 Bg6 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Rfd1
Rad8 16. Kh2 Rfe8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5
{1/2-1/2 Grunberg,F-Glodeanu,I/Bucharest 2000/(21)}) (13. Rc1 Re8 14. Qa4 Qb6
15. Ndb5 Rac8 16. Be3 d4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxe3 20. Nb4 Bxc1
21. Nbd5 Qe6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxc1 Bxe2 $14 {0-1 Popov,V-Potkin,V/Pardubice
2000/(61)}) 13... Bg6 14. Nxe7+ (14. g4 Bxf5 15. gxf5 d4 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. e3 (
17. e4 dxe3 18. Qxd7 exf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxd7 $17 {0-1 Urzica,A-Glodeanu,I/Tusnad
2000/(32)}) 17... d3 18. e4 Rad8 19. Nc3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 $15 {0-1 Veneteanu,
I-Glodeanu,I/Bucharest 1998/(36)}) 14... Qxe7 15. Nxd5 (15. e3 Rad8 $132) 15...
Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Qc4 Nd4 18. Kh2 (18. Be3 b5 $1 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxd4
Rd8 21. e3 a6 $15 {0-1 Raceanu,V-Glodeanu,I/Miercurea Ciuc 1998/(54)}) (18. e4
$6 b5 19. Qd3 Bh5 $5 20. g4 (20. Rfe1 $2 Nf3+) 20... f5 $1 21. gxh5 fxe4 22.
Qe3 Rxf4 23. Rad1 Nf3+ $36) 18... b5 19. Qc3 Qxe2 (19... Nxe2 20. Rfe1 $14) 20.
Rad1 (20. Rfe1 Qxf2) (20. Rae1 Qd3 21. Re7 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Rde8 (22... Rfe8 23.
Rxa7) 23. Rxa7 Ne1 24. Qxd3 (24. Rxe1 Qxc3 $1) 24... Bxd3 25. Rg1 Nxg2 26. Kxg2
Re2 $132) 20... Qc4 (20... b4 21. Qe3 Rfe8) 21. Be5 (21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Rfe1 Rd7
$5 (22... Bd3 23. Re7) 23. Be3 Rfd8 $132) 21... Qxc3 22. bxc3 Ne2 23. Bf3 (23.
Bc6 Bd3) 23... Rxd1 24. Rxd1 f6 $1 25. Bxe2 (25. Bd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 $132)
25... fxe5 26. Kg1 Rc8 $11 27. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Preetz"]
[BlackTeam "Isernhagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Bg4 $6 {Ein
seltener Zug. Ofter wird hier 13...a6 oder 13...Nb4 gespielt. Schwarz opfert
einen Bauern für die Initiative.} (13... Nxb4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd4 Nc6 (
15... Qe7 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Re8 18. Rfd1 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Kopylov,
M/Hamburg 2000/(62)}) 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Shliperman,
I/New York 2000/(17)}) 14. b5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 {[%mdl 8]} (15. exf3 Na5 16. Qd3
Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Be7 19. f4 a6 20. bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rc7 Qxd3 22. Rxd3
Nc6 23. Rxb7 Rxa2 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Bf1 Ra7 {1/2-1/2 Lehner,O-Weinzettl,E/AUT
1998/(25)}) 15... Ne5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bc6 (18. Ba6 Rfd8 $132)
18... d3 $5 (18... Nxc6 19. bxc6 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Rb2 21. a3 $16 Qd6 22. Rc4 $16)
19. exd3 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rc1 Qd5 22. Qc2 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 h5 $6 (23... Rb4
24. Qc5 $1 Qd4 25. Re1 $1) (23... h6 $5) 24. h4 Rb4 25. Qc5 Rb2 26. Qxa7 Ra8
27. Qe3 Raxa2 (27... Rbxa2 28. Rc5) 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rc5 Qd7 30. Rxh5+ Kg8 31.
Rf1 Re2 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Rb5 g6 34. Rb7 Re5 35. d4 Rf5 36. Qg2 Ra4 37. Rb8+ Kg7
38. Rd8 $2 (38. Rd1 Ra2) (38. Ra8 $1 Rxd4 39. Qb7 Rfd5 40. Qb8 $16) 38... Qf6
$1 39. Rd5 Rxd5 40. Qxd5 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 (11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Nb3
Rad8 15. Be3 d4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxh3 19. Bxh3 Rxd4 20.
Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Rc2 {1-0 Popov,V-Bezgodov,A/Samara 2000/(68)})
11... Re8 12. Qc2 {Eine der ausprobierten weißen Fortsetzungen in dieser
Stellung. Weiß hat damit vor, erst Rad1 und nach Bedarf Qb1 zu spielen. Der
Anziehende beabsichtigt eine Figurenumgruppierung nach etwa Rad1, Qb1, und
nimmt das Feld f5 unter Kontrolle.} (12. Rc1) (12. Qb3) (12. Qa4) 12... Bg4 13.
h3 {Der Bauer auf h3 kann nun ein Angriffsziel für den schwarzen Läufer werden.
Ansonsten soll der Anziehende mit Qd7 rechnen.} (13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Bd4 Nh7 16. f3 Bh3 17. Bf2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nc3 Bf6 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Ng5 24. Rd3 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Re5 {1/2-1/2 Bunzmann,
D-Akobian,V/Yerevan 1999/(32)}) (13. Rfd1 Bf8 (13... Qd7) (13... Bb4) 14. Nxc6
(14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Bb4 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4 Bb6 20.
e3 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A- Kasparov,G/Moscow/1983/ (31)}) 14... bxc6 15. Bd4
$5 Bh5 16. Rd2 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Illescas Cordoba,M/Batumi 1999/(46)}) 13... Bd7
{Ein neuer Versuch.} (13... Be6 {ist die alte Fortsetzng. Nach} 14. Rad1 Qd7
15. Kh2 Rad8 16. f4 {hat der Nachziehende wegen der Drohung f5 gewisse
Schwierigkeiten.}) 14. Rad1 Bd6 $5 {Ein aktiver Plan. /\Bg3. Der Bauer auf d5
ist taktisch wegen die Gabel Nb4 gedeckt.} (14... Qc8 {Dies leistet nichts.}
15. Kh2 {Weiß ist im Vorteil.}) 15. Nxd5 {Trotzdem!} (15. Nf5 Be5 16. g4 Rc8
17. Nxd5 Nd4 18. Qxc8 Bxc8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Nxd4 Qa6 21. a3 Bxd4 22. Rxd4
Qxe2 23. Rd2 Rxe3 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Bezgodov,A/Moscow 1999/(23)}) 15... Nxd5
16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Ein erzwungenes Figurenopfer für zwei
Bauern.} Kxf7 18. Qb3+ Kg6 (18... Kf8 {Mir scheint dieser Zug sicherer zu sein.
Ich muß aber annehmen, dass Bezgodov, der die Tarrasch-Verteidigung ständig
spielt, diese Stellung gründlich genug analysiert hatte.} 19. a3 (19. Nc2 Be6
$17) (19. Bf4 Bc5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 $132) 19... Qe7 20. axb4 Bxh3 21.
Nf5 (21. Rfe1 Bxb4 22. Bd2 Bc5) 21... Qe4 (21... Bxf5 22. Rxd6) 22. Nh4 Be6)
19. a3 Qe7 (19... Bxh3 20. axb4 Qe7 (20... Bxf1 $2 21. Nb5)) 20. axb4 Bxh3 21.
Nb5 (21. Qd3+ Qe4) 21... Rad8 (21... Bxb4 22. Rd4 Bxf1 23. Qd3+ Kf7 24. Rd7 $16
) 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6+ Qxd6 24. Rd1 $14 Qe6 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Mit
einem Mehrbauern hat der Anziehende die besseren Chancen, die allerdings in
dieser Partie nicht zum Gewinn reichen.} 26. Rd2 Bg4 27. Kf1 Re4 28. Bxa7 Rxb4
29. f3 Be6 30. Kf2 Rc4 31. Bb6 Kf7 32. e4 h5 33. Ke3 Rc1 34. Kf4 Rc6 35. Be3
Ke8 36. Rh2 Bf7 37. Bd4 g6 38. Be5 Be6 39. Rd2 Kf7 40. Bc3 Rc5 {Es ist dem
Schwarzen gelungen eine Art Festung aufzubauen.} 41. Rd8 Rc8 42. Rd1 Rc5 43.
Ra1 Bd7 44. Ra8 Be8 45. Rb8 Rb5 46. Rc8 Ke7 47. Bd4 Kd7 48. Rc1 Ke6 49. Rc2 Bc6
50. Rd2 Bd7 51. Bc3 Ke7 52. e5 Rb6 53. Kg5 Bf5 54. Rd4 Rc6 55. Rb4 Bc8 56. Rf4
Bf5 57. Rxf5 gxf5 58. Kxf5 Kf7 59. f4 b5 60. Kg5 Rg6+ 61. Kxh5 Rxg3 62. f5 Rg2
63. b4 Re2 64. Kg5 Re4 65. e6+ Ke7 66. Bf6+ Ke8 67. Bc3 Ke7 68. Bf6+ Ke8 69.
Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Bochkarev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5
exd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 {[%cal Yc3d5,Yc2f5,
Yg2d5]} Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Ftacnik: 'The bishop faces the task of
deciding where to put his tired head. Activity along the b1-h7 diagonal is
fine, but then the d5 pawn becomes less well protected.' Dieser aktive Zug ist
nicht empfehlenswert. Man darf nicht in dieser Stellung den Punkten f5 bzw.d5
schwächen. Die übliche Fortsetzung ist 13...Be6} (13... Be6 $142 {[%cal Ye6d5,
Ye6f5]} 14. Rad1 Qd7 (14... Bf8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4
Qa5 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Sturua,Z/Vilnius 1984/(20)}) 15.
Kh2 (15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. e4 d4 19. Ne2 e5 20. fxe5 Qxe5
21. Nf4 $36 {1-0 Kharitonov,A- Malevinsky,A/Leningrad 1989/(38)}) 15... Rad8
16. f4 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 Bf8 18. Bg1 Qf7 19. e4 d4 20. Nb5 e5 21. fxe5 d3
$132 {0-1 Rogozenko,D-Orsag,M/Germany 1997/(43)}) 16... Qc7 17. Ncb5 Qa5 18.
Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nxa7 Bd7 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Rc8 22. Qb6 $16 {1-0 Akesson,
R-Wahlbom,M/Ronneby 1998/(61)}) 14. Rad1 {[%cal Yd1d5]} Bf8 (14... Bg6 15. Qa4
Ne5 16. Qb5 Nc4 17. Bf4 a6 18. Qxb7 Bd6 19. Nxd5 Rb8 20. Qxa6 $16 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
Bxf4 22. Bxc4 Qg5 23. Nf3 Qh5 24. gxf4 Qxh3 25. Qxg6 {1-0 Garza Marco,S-Vila,M/
Zaragoza 1993/(25)}) 15. Qa4 (15. Nf5 $6 Re5 $5) 15... Ne5 {[%cal Ye5c4]} (
15... Qd7 16. Nc2 {[%cal Yd1d5] /\Rd2,Rfd1}) (15... Nxd4 {Ftacnik} 16. Qxd4 $16
) 16. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Yd4f5,Yf5e3,Ye3d5] Ein starker Zug. Weiß bereitet damit
das Manöver Nf5-e3 vor. Ausgehend von der Bauernstruktur soll Weiß in dieser
Variante zwischen zwei aktiven Plänen, nämlich der Angriff Pd5 und die
Blockade auf d4 manövrieren.} Ned7 17. Nf5 Nb6 18. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Yf4d4][%mdl
2048] Scharf, aber notwendig. Weiß kontrolliert damit durch Figurenspiel die
wichtigen Punkte d4 bzw.d5.} (18. Qc2 Bg6 $15) (18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Ne3 (19. g4 Bg6
20. Ne3 d4) 19... Rxc3 $5 20. bxc3 Bxe2 $132) 18... Rc8 (18... Bxe2 19. Nxe2
Rxe2 20. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Ye3d5,Yd1d5,Yg2d5]}) 19. g4 $1 (19. Ne3 $2
Rxc3 $1) 19... Bg6 20. e4 $1 {[%cal Ye4d5] Ftacnik: 'White uses his central
build up for the unashamed attack on the key d5 pawn.'} (20. Ne3 $2 Bd6) 20...
Rc4 (20... Bxf5 $5 {Ftacnik} 21. Qxf5 (21. gxf5 Bd6 22. Qd2 Nc4) (21. exf5 Bd6
$132) 21... g6 22. Qf4 Rc4 23. Qg3 d4 24. Qd3 Nfd7 $13) 21. Qg3 {[%tqu "De",
"Der weiße Druck auf den Bauern d5 hat seinen Höhepunkt erreicht. Schwarz
verfügt über drei Möglichkeiten diesen Druck zu beseitigen, nämlich 21...Txc3,
21...Lxf5 und 21...d4. Welchen Zug halten Sie für den besten?","","","c4c3",
"Der Partiezug, der zum sicheren weißen Vorteil führt.",4,"g6f5","Dieser
Abtausch dient nicht dazu, den weißen Druck auf den Punkt d5 zu reduzieren.
Allerdings schwächt der Nachziehende die Königsposition. Dies ist nicht
empfehlenswert.",2,"d5d4","Der beste Zug, der zu kompliziertem Spiel mit
besseren Chancen für Weiß führt. Er entspricht am besten den aktiven
Anforderungen der schwarzen Stellung.",10]} Rxc3 {'?' Ftacnik.} (21... Bxf5 22.
gxf5 (22. exf5 {Ftacnik} Bb4 $132) 22... Bd6 23. Qd3 Nxe4 (23... d4 {Ftacnik}
24. Nb5 $14) 24. Nxe4 Rcxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rfe1 $14) (21... d4 $5 22. e5 $5
{[%cal Yg2b7,Ye5f6]} (22. Rfe1 Bc5 {[%cal Yc5d4]}) 22... Bxf5 (22... Nh7 23.
Ne2) 23. gxf5 Nfd7 24. Ne4 Nxe5 (24... Rxe5 25. Bxh6) 25. Bxh6 $36) 22. Qxc3
Nxe4 23. Qf3 {[%cal Yf3f5]} (23. Qa5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qf6 $132) 23... Qc8 {
[%cal Yc8c2]} (23... Bc5 24. Be3 $16) 24. Be3 {[%cal Ye3b6,Yd1d5]} Nc4 $2 {
[%csl Yd5]} (24... Bc5 $142 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Rfe1 $16) 25. Rxd5 $18 {Ftacnik:
'Black has lost his pride on d5 and with an exchange gone his survival chances
are very poor. '} Nxe3 (25... Nxb2 26. Bxa7 $18) 26. Qxe3 Bc5 27. Qf4 Ng5 28.
Rc1 Ne6 29. Qd2 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8
14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bg4 16. Re1 Ba5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Qb3 {Ein seltener Zug.} (
18. b4 {Diese weiße Spielweise führt zur Vereinfachung der Stellung und
verspricht, wie die Praxis gezeigt hat, dem Weißen nicht viel. Z.B.} Nxb4 19.
Qxd4 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22. Bxb7 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Bxe2 24. Rc7 Kf8
25. Be4 Rd4 26. f3 Bd3 27. Ba8 a6 28. Rc1 Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Konguveel,P/
Sakthi 1996/CBM 53 (28)}) 18... Be6 19. Qa3 {Die Pointe der weißen Idee. Der
Anziehende will damit den Verteidiger des Pd4 den Springer auf c6 vertreiben. 
(Der Basisbauer auf b7 wird nach der Öffnung der b-Linie angegriffen.)
Allerdings soll das schwarze Gegenspiel nicht unterschätzt werden.} Qxa3 20.
bxa3 Rac8 21. Kf1 Kf8 {Ftacnik: 'White chances to ply for win with doubling of
a pawns are very limited at best. Actually black should have a pleasant
position with fair chances. '} (21... Red8 {Ftacnik} 22. Rc5 Kf8 23. Rec1 Ne7
24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Bxb7 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Bxa2 27. Be4 {1-0 Sunye Neto,J-Alonso,R/
Linares 1992/ (58)}) 22. Rc5 b6 {Dies ist wegen der Drohung 23.Rec1 erzwungen.}
23. Rcc1 $6 (23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Bh3+ 26. Kg1 Re5 $132) 23...
Bf5 $1 {[%cal Yf5d3,Yd4d3,Ye8e2]} (23... Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Ne7 25. Bb3 $14) 24.
Red1 {[%cal Yd1d4,Yc1c6] Der Anziehende überschätzt seine Stellung.} (24. Nxb6
axb6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Bxc6 Bh3+ 27. Kg1 (27. Bg2 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Ra8 $11) 27...
Re5 $132) {[%tqu "De","Durch seine letzten Züge hat der Anziehende die
Initiative verloren. Schwarz kann jetzt zu einen aktiven Handlungen übergehen.
Wie?","Das Schlüsselfeld der schwarzen aktiven Strategie ist das Feld d3.","",
"c6e5","Ein aktiver Zug in der richtigen Richtung. Der Nachziehende geht damit
zum Gegenangriff über.",10]} 24... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ye5d3,Yc8c1] '!' Ftacnik.} 25.
Nc7 (25. Rxc8 {Ftacnik} Rxc8 26. h3 (26. Rxd4 $4 Rc1+) (26. f4 Ng4) 26... d3
$15) 25... Red8 {[%cal Yd8d4,Yd4d3]} 26. h3 (26. Bb7 Rb8 27. Ba6 d3 $36 (27...
d3 {Ftacnik} 28. Rd2 $11)) 26... d3 $1 {Der Schlüsselzug der schwarzen
Strategie in dieser Variante.} 27. exd3 (27. Rc3 {Ftacnik} Rd4 28. g4 Rc4 $15)
27... Bxd3+ 28. Kg1 Be2 $15 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%cal Ye5d3,Ye5f3,Yd8d2][%mdl 4128]
Schwarz steht offenbar besser.} 30. f4 (30. Be4 {Ftacnik} Rd2 $15) 30... Nc4
31. Nb5 (31. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bd3 32. a4 Nb2 $15) 31... Rd2 {Ftacnik: 'The result
of the central operation is slightly favourable for black.'} (31... a6 {Ftacnik
} 32. Nc3 Bd3 33. Nd5 $11) 32. Nxa7 Rxa2 33. Nb5 (33. Bd5 {Ftacnik} Rxa3 34.
Nb5 Ra5 35. Nc3 Nd6 36. Bxf7 Kxf7 37. Nxe2 b5 $15) 33... Nxa3 34. Nc3 Rd2 35.
Ra1 $1 Nc4 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ Ke6 38. g4 Ne3 39. f5+ Ke5 40. Re7+ Kf4 $4 (
40... Kd4 {Ftacnik} 41. Nxe2+ Rxe2 42. Bf3 Rc2 43. Rxf7 Ke5 44. Re7+ Kf4 45.
Bb7 $13) 41. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch32 Final"]
[Site "Cottbus"]
[Date "1983.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1983.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 (10... Be6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8
14. Qc1 Qxc1 15. Raxc1 $14) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Bh3 (13... Re8
14. Rc1 Bf8 15. Nf4 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bd6 $10 {Miles,A-Lautier,J/Biel/
1992/1:0/68/}) 14. Bxh3 Qxd5 15. Bg2 (15. Qb3 $5 Qh5 16. Qxb7 Ne5 17. Qe4 Rae8
18. Kg2 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Marjanovic,S/Erevan/1989/1:0/41/}) 15... Qe6 16. Nb3 (
16. Rc1 Bb6 17. Nc4 Rfe8 18. Bf3 $16 {Cebalo,M-Marjanovic,S/JUG/1984/1/2-1/2/
39/}) 16... Bb6 17. a4 (17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxd4 Qf6 19. e3 Rfd8 $10) 17... Na5
$6 (17... a5 $142 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 (18... bxc6 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxe2 21.
Rfe1 Qf3 22. Re3 $16) 19. Nxd4 Qf6 20. Nf3 $14) 18. Nc1 $1 a6 19. b4 Nc6 20.
Nd3 Rad8 21. Rb1 $1 $16 Rfe8 22. b5 Na5 $8 23. Nf4 Qd6 24. Qd3 Bc5 25. Rfc1 Ba3
(25... axb5 26. Rxb5 b6 27. Rcxc5 $18) 26. Rc2 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bd5 $1
Rc1+ (28... Bc5 29. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 30. Rc1 $18) 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. Qxd4 Bxf4 $6 (
30... Ba3 $142) 31. Qxf4 $1 Qxf4 32. gxf4 $18 axb5 33. axb5 b6 34. e4 Kf8 35.
Kg2 Ke7 36. Kg3 f5 (36... f6 37. Kg4 Kd6 38. Bg8 $18) 37. e5 h6 38. Kf3 Kd7 39.
Ke3 Ke7 40. Kd4 Kd7 41. h4 h5 (41... Ke7 42. h5 $1 Kd7 43. e6+ Kd6 44. e7 Kxe7
45. Ke5 Kf8 46. Kxf5 Ke7 47. Kg6 Kf8 48. Kh7 $18) 42. Bf7 Nb7 43. Kd5 Nc5 44.
Bg6 $1 (44. Bxh5 Ne6 $132) 1-0

[Event "Goglidze Memorial"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1983.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 (4... d5 $5) 5. Nxd4 d5 6. O-O Be7 7.
c4 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. Nc3 N8c6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Be3 $14
) 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. b3 (10. Nb3 $5 Be6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nb5 a6 13. N5d4 Ne5 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bh3 Qd7 16. Nd4 Neg4 17. Bg5 $16 {Garcia Martinez,S-Cappello,R/
Reggio/1977/}) 10... Bg4 (10... Bc5 $5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Bb6 13. Na4 Bd7
14. Nc5 Re8 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Bb2 Qe7 $10 {Vaganian,R-Vooremaa,A/Tallinn/1979/})
11. h3 Bd7 (11... Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rfd8 14. Rc1 $16 {Byrne,R-Mecking,E/
San Antonio/1972/}) 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. e3 Bc5 14. Nde2 (14. Nce2 $142 $16) 14...
Bf5 15. Nf4 $6 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxh3 $10) (15. Na4 $5 Be7
16. Nd4 Be4 17. Rc1 $10) 15... d4 $8 16. Na4 (16. exd4 Bxd4 $10) 16... Bd6 $1
17. Bxd4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 (18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. gxf4 (19. exf4 $2 Rfe8 $17) 19...
Rfd8 20. Qf3 Rd2 $44) 18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 $6 (19. exd4 b6 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Qd2
$13) 19... Qxd4 20. exd4 b6 $1 $15 21. Rac1 Nh5 22. Rfd1 Nxf4 23. Kh2 $8 Rfd8
24. Rc4 $1 (24. Rxc8 $142 Rxc8 25. Rd2 $15) 24... Rxc4 25. bxc4 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 Re8 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rc1 Re8 14.
Nc5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bb5 $10 {Espig-Novak, Stary Smokovec 1971-2}) 12. Rc1 cxd4
13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Bf5 15. e3 Qe7 (15... Qd7 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18.
Rxc5 Be4 19. Qh5 $14 {Uhlmann-Spassky, Siegen 1970}) 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Re1 h6
18. f3 Ng5 19. Nc5 Ne6 20. Nd3 Nb4 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Re2 Qb6 23. Qd2 Qa6 24.
Ba1 Qb6 25. Ree1 f6 {/\..Nc5,Nd3} 26. Bc3 Qb5 27. Ba5 $1 b6 28. Bc3 Qa6 29.
Red1 Qb7 30. Bb2 Qe7 31. h4 h5 (31... Nc5) 32. Kf2 Bg6 33. Bf1 Bf7 34. Bb5 $14
Rf8 35. Bd3 $6 (35. Bc6) 35... Rc8 36. Bb1 Rxc1 37. Qxc1 Rd8 38. Ba3 Nc5 39. b4
(39. Qc2 Qe6 $5) 39... Ne6 40. Qc3 Qe8 41. Qd3 Nf8 42. b5 Bg6 43. e4 $5 Kh7 (
43... Ne6 44. Qb3 $1) 44. Bxf8 Qxf8 45. Qd4 Qa3 {/\dxe4=} 46. Qe3 Qb2+ 47. Qe2
Qb4 48. Qd3 Qb2+ (48... d4 $2 49. Bc2 $14) 49. Qe2 (49. Rd2 dxe4 $1 50. Qxd8
Qxb1) 49... Qb4 $1 50. Kg2 $2 (50. Qd3 $10) 50... Re8 $1 51. Kh2 dxe4 52. fxe4
Re5 $19 53. Bd3 f5 $1 54. Qe3 fxe4 55. Be2 Qc5 56. Rd4 Rd5 57. Rxe4 Bxe4 58.
Qxe4+ g6 59. Bf3 Re5 60. Qa4 Qf2+ 61. Bg2 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 (13... Bg4
14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxd4 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxe2
20. Qe4 Bh5 21. Rc1 $14 {Timman-Hernandez, Las Palmas 1977}) 14. Rc1 Bf8 (14...
Bd6 15. Nb3 Be5 16. Nc5 Rb8 17. Qa4 Bd6 18. Rfe1 $16 {Timman-Ivkov, Genf 1977})
15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Re1 Re5 $1 17. Nf4 Bb4 18. Nd2 (18. Rf1 g5 $1 19. Nd3 Bxe2 $1
$19) 18... d3 $5 19. Nxd3 Bxe2 (19... Rxe2 $6) 20. Rxe2 Qxd3 21. Be4 (21. Rxe5
Nxe5 $10) 21... Qd4 22. Rc4 $5 (22. Nf3 $10) 22... Qd6 23. Bxc6 Rxe2 24. Qxe2
Bxd2 $1 (24... bxc6 $6 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. a3 $16) 25. Bxb7 Rd8 26. Re4 g6 27. Ba6
Bg5 {/\..Qd1+, ..QxQ} 28. Bc4 (28. Kg2 Bf6 {/\Qd2}) 28... Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe2 30.
Rxe2 Rd2 31. Rxd2 Bxd2 32. Kf3 Bc1 33. b3 Ba3 34. Ke4 Kf8 35. Kd5 Ke7 36. Kc6
g5 37. g4 h6 38. f3 a5 39. Kb5 Bb4 40. a3 Bxa3 41. Kxa5 f6 42. b4 Kd6 43. b5
Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxd5
15. Qb3 $1 Qh5 16. Qxb7 Ne5 17. Qe4 Rae8 18. Kg2 Nc4 $2 (18... Bb6 19. Rfd1 $1
(19. Nf3 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 Qb5 $1 $10) 19... Nc4 (19... f5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Nf3
Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 g5 24. Bf1 $1 g4+ 25. Kg2 f4 26. Rd3 $16) (19...
d3 20. e3 $1 (20. exd3 Bxf2 $1) 20... Qe2 21. Kg1 $16 {/\ Bf1}) (19... Ng6 20.
Bg4 $1 Qg5 (20... Qb5 21. Qd3 Qxb2 22. Nc4 {/\ Nxb6, Qxd4}) 21. Qf5 Qxf5 22.
Bxf5 Rxe2 $14 {23.Bd3; 23.Nc4!?}) (19... g5 $1 20. Bf5 (20. Qf5 $6 Qg6 $1 21.
Ne4 g4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qxg6+ fxg6 24. Nxg4 Nf7 $1) 20... f6 $13) 20. Qf3 Qxf3+
21. Kxf3 Nxb2 22. Rdb1 Na4 23. Bd7 Nc3 24. Bxe8 Nxb1 25. Rxb1 Rxe8 26. Ne4 $14)
19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Nxb2 21. Rac1 Be7 22. Rc2 Rb8 23. Nxd4 Bf6 24. Nc6 Rb7
25. f4 Re8 26. Kf3 g6 27. e4 Bg7 28. e5 Na4 29. Rfc1 Nb6 30. Na5 Rbe7 31. Bf1
f6 32. Bb5 Ra8 33. Nc6 Re6 34. Nd4 Re7 35. Nc6 Re6 36. a4 a5 (36... a6 37. a5
$1) 37. Rb1 Kh8 38. Bd3 Nxa4 39. f5 gxf5 40. Bxf5 Ree8 41. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Lugano Open-10"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1985.03.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Salazar Jacob, Hernan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1985.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 (3. g3 cxd4 4. Bg2 Qa5+ $15 5. Kf1) 3... e6 4. cxd5
exd5 5. g3 Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 c4 9. Ne5 $1 $14) 6. Bg2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 (10... h6 11. Be3 Re8 12.
Qb3) 11. Rc1 (11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ndb5 d4 $10 {
Polugajevsky,L-Chandler,M/London/1984/}) (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. e3 h6
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rac1 Qe7 $10 {Panno-Salazar/Asuncion/1985/}) 11... h6 12. Be3
(12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Ba6 $15 {Kouatly-Salazar/Belgrade/1985/})
12... Bf8 $6 (12... Bg4) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Qa5 (14... Bd7 15. Nc5 $16 {
Ljubojevic,L-Gligoric,S/Bugojno/1978/}) 15. Rxc6 $3 Bd7 16. Bd2 $1 Qb5 (16...
Bb4 17. Rc5) 17. Rxf6 Qxa4 (17... gxf6 18. Nc3 Qxb2 19. Nxd5 Bg7 20. Nc3 $18)
18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Rf4 Bc6 (19... Rxe2 20. Bxd5 $18) 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Rg4 $1 h5
22. Rh4 (22. Rg5 Re5) 22... g6 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. b3 a5 25. Rd4 Ba8 26. Rdd1 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 $18 Kh7 28. Rc2 Be5 $2 29. Bb6 a4 30. bxa4 Bb7 31. a5 Re7 32. e3 Re6
33. h4 f6 34. Rc5 Bd6 35. Rb5 Ba6 36. Rxd5 Bc4 37. Rd4 Bxa2 38. a6 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 (12... Na5 $5) (12... Be6 {
Gligoric-Zaitsev, Busum 1969} 13. Nxe6 $16) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Bc5
Bxc5 (15... Ne4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Re1 $14 {Tukmakov-Balashov, USSR-ch 1972})
16. Nxc5 Bg4 17. Re1 Qb6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. h3 Bc8 20. b3 $14 Qb8 21. e3 Re7 22.
Red1 Rde8 23. Rd4 Nh7 24. Qd2 Ng5 25. h4 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qb4 Qb6 28. Qc5
$16 Rf6 29. Ra4 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 a6 31. Bf1 Kf8 32. Bxa6 d4 $5 33. exd4 Re1+ 34.
Kg2 Be6 (34... Bxa6 35. Rxa6 Re2 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Re5+) 35. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 36.
Ra8+ Ke7 37. bxc4 Rd1 38. Re5+ Re6 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. Re3 $1 Rxd4 41. Rf3+ Ke5
42. Raxf7 g6 43. Re3+ Re4 44. Kf3 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Re8 46. a4 h5 47. a5 Ra8 48.
Re7+ Kf5 49. Rc7 Rxa5 50. Rxc6 Ra3+ 51. Kd4 Rf3 52. Rc8 Ke6 53. Re8+ Kd6 54.
c5+ Kd7 55. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Berga op"]
[Site "Berga"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Shevelev, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rac1 $5 (13. Rad1 Nb4
14. Qb3 a5 $1 $132) 13... Bf8 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Na5 (15... Nb4 16. Qb3 (
16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qb3+ Kg6 $17)) 16. Nb5 $5 (16. Qd1 Bh3 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2
Nc4 $132) 16... a6 $2 (16... Re7 17. Bd2 (17. b4) 17... Bh3 18. Bg2 (18. Nc7 $5
) 18... Qxd2 (18... Bxg2 19. Bxa5 Qd5 20. Rfd1 $18) 19. Bxh3 Rxe2) 17. Qf4 Bxb5
18. Qxf7+ Kh7 19. Qg8+ Kg6 20. Bf7+ Kf6 21. Rfd1 $1 Be7 (21... Rxe3 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. fxe3 Be7 24. Rf1+) 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Bd4+ Kf5 24. e4+ $1 Kg4 25. Qe6+
Kh5 26. Qh3+ Bh4 27. Qxh4+ Kg6 28. Qg4+ Kf7 29. Qxg7+ Ke6 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31. Be3+
1-0

[Event "British CF-71 Championship"]
[Site "Brighton/ East Sussex"]
[Date "1984.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Strauss, David J"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1984.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 $1
$146 Qa5 $2 15. Rxc6 Bd7 16. Bd2 Qb5 17. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 18. Nc3 Qxb2 19. Nxd5
Rac8 20. Bc3 Rxc3 21. Nxf6+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 Re7 23. Qf5 Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kg8 25. Qg4+
Kh8 26. Nf6 Bg7 (26... Bg7 27. Qf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2007.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 {Black eschews the typical Catalan
setups and offers to transpose to the QGD, Tarrasch.} 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7.
cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 {All very
theoretical so far. It is amazing how many IQP positions I have had in the
commentary room so far in this tournament. Either it makes anappearance much
more often than I imagined at the GM level, or it just happens to belong to
the repertoire of a surprising number of players at this particular event.} 13.
Nxc6 $5 {Connecting Black's pawns but creating a valuable strategic outpost
for pieces on c5. And naturally there is still concrete play against the now
backward c6-pawn in many lines. I have always found these positions much
easier to play as White, but of course, Black's position can spring to life
quickly if one is lax, so it pays to be vigilant at all times against players
who wield the initiative well.} bxc6 14. Bd4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Na4 g6 17. Nc5
Bf5 18. g4 Bc8 {Several people were not impressed with White's bishop at this
point, but its imprisonment is merely temporary.} 19. Qa4 Qd6 20. e3 h5 $5 {
From what I have seen of Black's games, he is not a guy who just likes to sit
around! Still, this aggression did not really achieve what I think he had been
hoping for.} 21. g5 Nh7 22. f4 h4 23. e4 h3 24. e5 Qd8 25. Bf3 Bxc5 $5 {
This hands the dark squares over to White for good. Agreed, Black does not
have a very comfortable game, and the c6-pawn is a major nuisance, but I think
here we have a case of "the cure is worse than the disease".} 26. Rxc5 Bd7 27.
e6 $3 Rxe6 28. Bc3 {Opening up the long diagonal is not such a difficult
concept on its own, but recognizing that it is worth a small investment in
material without the ability to state a forced line of play is where
Mikhalevsky's judgment really shines. Indeed, by the end of the game, he
throws another two pawns into the mix for further line opening opportunities.}
Kf8 29. Qd4 Ke8 30. Ba5 Qb8 31. Rcc1 $1 {Retreating moves are often the most
difficult to find. This clears the a3-f8 diagonal for the bishop, and
reconnects White's rooks.} Nf8 32. Bb4 Qb7 33. Bc5 Rc8 34. f5 gxf5 35. Qh8 Re7
36. g6 $3 {Beautiful and elegant.} ({In the commentary room, we only considered
} 36. Bh5 {(threatening g5-g6)} Be6 37. Rce1 Kd7 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 {, which is
very good for White, but the text ends the game instantly. Another example of
what I think of as move order permutations (probably a throwback to my degree
in Mathematics) - in fact, we were using some of the same moves and themes,
but simply in a less effective manner.}) 36... fxg6 37. Rfe1 (37. Rfe1 {
Absolutely crushing.} Be6 {runs into} 38. Rxe6 $1 {now, so Black simply has no
options but to resign.}) 1-0

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nxb4 (13... a6 14.
a4 Nxb4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxd4) 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17.
Nxe5 Be6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bf3 Rb5 20. Rfb1 Rfb8 21. a3 Nc2 22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23.
Rd1 g5 24. Nc6 Nxa3 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Nd4 Rb6 27. Nxe6+ Rxe6 28. Rd5 Kg6 29. Bg4
Re7 30. Bf5+ Kf6 31. Bd3 Re5 32. Rd6+ Re6 33. Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Bxh7 Nc4 35. Bd3
Kd5 36. e4+ $1 {Ein wichtiger Tempogewinn für das kommende Bauernendspiel.} (
36. Bxc4+ $2 {gewinnt nicht:} Kxc4 37. h4 (37. Kf1 $2 a5 38. Ke1 Kc3 39. Kd1
Kb2 $19) 37... gxh4 ({Natürlich nicht} 37... Kd5 $2 38. h5 Ke6 (38... Ke5 39.
Kf1) 39. Kf1 {und nun deckt} g4 {den Freibauern.} (39... a5 40. Ke1 f5 (40...
a4 41. Kd2 a3 42. Kc3 $18) 41. Kd2 Kf7 42. Kc3 Kg7 43. f3 g4 (43... Kh6 44. g4
$18) 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. Kb3 Kh6 46. Ka4 Kxh5 47. Kxa5 Kg5 48. Kb4 {führt zu
einem witzigen Königsrennen, bei dem Weiß aufpassen muss:} (48. Kb5 $2 {
macht nur remis:} Kf5 49. Kc5 Ke5 $11 (49... Ke4 $2 50. Kd6 Ke3 51. Ke5 Kxe2
52. Kf4 $18) 50. Kc4 Ke4 51. Kc5 Ke3 52. Kd5 Kf2 (52... Kxe2 $4 53. Ke4 Kf2 54.
Kf4 $18) 53. e4 Kxg3 54. e5 Kf2 55. e6 g3 56. e7 g2 57. e8=Q g1=Q $11) 48...
Kf5 49. Kc3 Ke4 50. Kd2 Kd4 51. e3+ Ke4 52. Ke2 Ke5 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. e4+ Ke5 55.
Ke3 Ke6 56. Kf4 $18) (39... Kf6 40. g4 $18) 40. Ke1 Kf6 41. f3 gxf3 42. exf3
Kg5 43. g4 $18) 38. gxh4 Kd5 39. h5 Ke5 40. f4+ Kf6 $1 {Nur so.} (40... Kf5 $2
41. e4+ $18) 41. Kf2 (41. e4 $2 a5 $19) 41... Kg7 (41... a5 $11) 42. e4 Kh6 43.
Ke3 Kxh5 44. e5 $1 (44. Kd4 $2 {und Schwarz gewinnt:} Kg4 45. f5 a5 46. Kc4 Kf4
47. Kb5 Kxe4 48. Kxa5 Kxf5 49. Kb4 Ke4 50. Kc3 f5 51. Kd2 Kf3 52. Ke1 Kg2 $19)
44... Kg4 45. Ke4 a5 46. f5 a4 47. e6 fxe6 48. fxe6 a3 49. e7 a2 50. e8=Q a1=Q
$11) 36... Kd4 37. Bxc4 Kxc4 38. h4 $1 {Einziger Zug für Weiß, der nicht
verliert und sogar gewinnt.} Kd4 (38... gxh4 39. gxh4 Kd4 40. h5 Ke5 41. f4+ $1
Kf6 42. e5+ Kg7 43. f5 $18) 39. h5 Ke5 40. f4+ $1 {Am einfachsten.} (40. g4 a5
41. Kf1 a4 $19) (40. Kf1 g4 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. f4 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Kg7 44. Kf4 Kh6
45. g4 a5 46. Ke5 a4 47. Kd4 $18) 40... gxf4 41. gxf4+ Kf6 42. e5+ Kg7 43. f5 {
Die Bauern entscheiden alleine. Der weiße König muss nicht eingreifen.} a5 44.
e6 fxe6 45. fxe6 a4 46. e7 1-0

[Event "Candidates f Kasparov-Smyslov +4-0=9"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1984.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1984.03.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. a3 Be6 13. Kh1 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Qc8 $1 {/\ Qe6} 17. Bd4 Qe6 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Rc3 Bf6 $6 (19...
Bg6 {>=}) 20. e3 $1 Bg6 21. Kg1 $6 (21. Bxf6 {>=} Qxf6 22. Qd4 $1 (22. Qd2 $2
Nb6 $1) 22... Qxd4 23. exd4 {>< c6}) 21... Be7 $1 {/\ c5} 22. Qd2 Rab8 {/\ Nb6}
23. Re1 {/\ Bf1} (23. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 24. Nc5 Qd6 $1 25. Nxd7 Rxa7 26. Nc5 Bf6 27.
Rcc1 Qe5 $17) (23. b4 $5 Nb6 24. Nb2) 23... a5 24. Bf1 (24. Rcc1 {/\ 25.Qa5?
Ra8 -+}) (24. Nc5 $6 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 a4 $1 {>< b2, e3 = >< c6, a4})
24... h5 25. Rec1 Ne5 $6 (25... Rec8 $10 {/\ h4 >< >> = >< c6, c5} 26. Nc5 $6
Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qf6 $1) 26. Bxe5 $6 {>< b2, e3} (26. Kf2 Bf6 27.
Nc5 Qf5 $1 $13) (26. Be2 {>=} Bd6 $1 27. f4 Nc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 Be4 30.
Nc5 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Bd5 {+/=/<=>}) 26... Qxe5 27. Rxc6 Bf6 28. R6c5 $2 (28. Kf2
Rb3 (28... d4 $2 29. e4 {/\ R1c5}) 29. R6c3 (29. Rc8 $6 Kh7 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31.
Nc3 Qb8 $1 $36) 29... Rxc3 30. Nxc3 d4 31. exd4 Qxd4+ 32. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 33. Kg2
Rb8 34. b4 $10) 28... Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxd5 Rxf3 31. Be2 (31. Rxa5 $2
Bd4+ 32. Kg2 (32. Kh1 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Be4+ 34. Rf3 Bxf3#) 32... Rf2+) 31... Re3
(31... Rf5 32. Rxf5 Bxf5 33. Bxh5 Bd7 34. Nc5 $2 (34. Rc4 $1 $10) 34... Bd4+ $1
) 32. Bxh5 Bxh5 33. Rxh5 g5 $1 $17 34. Nc3 $1 Rd8 $1 (34... Rxb2 35. Nd5 Bd4
36. Rxg5+ Kf8 37. Kh1 $1) 35. Rc2 Kg7 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. g4 Rd4 $1 38. h3 (38. Rh3
Rxg4+ 39. Rg3 Rgxg3+ 40. hxg3 Be5 41. Ne2 Kf5 42. Kf2 Rb3 $17) (38. h3 Rc4 (
38... Rdd3 39. Ne2 a4 $1 $17 40. h4 $2 Re4 $1) 39. a4 $1 (39. Rf2 Bxc3 40. bxc3
Rcxc3 41. h4 Rg3+ 42. Kf1 gxh4 43. Rxh4 (43. Rxa5 Rc1+ 44. Ke2 Rxg4 {-/+/-+} (
44... h3)) 43... Rc1+ 44. Ke2 Rxa3 {-/+/-+}) 39... Bxc3 40. bxc3 Rcxc3 41. Rxc3
Rxc3 42. h4 f6 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Rh8 Rc4 45. Kg3 Rxa4 46. Ra8 Kf6 47. Rf8+ $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1923.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)BCM 1923,p.217 [Lasker,Ed].The game was played in Milwaukee.} d5 2.
Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qc2 h6
16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Qd3 Qb5 21. b4 Nxb4 22.
axb4 Bxc4 23. Qa3 Bxe2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxd4 a5 26. h3 b6 27. bxa5 Qxa5 28.
Qe3 Bh5 29. Rd5 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Bg6 31. Qxb6 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.04.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1923.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {The game was played in Cleveland.} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5.
Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxc5 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Be6 13. Nd4 Qa5 14. e4 Qxc5 15. Nb3 Qxc3 16. Rc1 Qb4 17. exd5 Rad8 18.
Nc5 Bg4 19. a3 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd6 22. Re1 Nd8 23. Re7 Kh7 24. Be4+
g6 25. Rcc7 Kg7 26. f4 h5 27. a4 Kf6 28. Kf2 Rb6 29. Red7 Rb2+ 30. Bc2 Kg7 31.
Ke3 a5 32. Rd6 Kg8 33. Kd2 b6 34. Rcd7 Ne6 35. dxe6 fxe6 36. Kc1 Rb4 37. Rxe6
Rc8 38. Rxg6+ Kf8 39. Rh6 Kg8 40. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Candidates f Kasparov-Smyslov +4-0=9"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1984.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1984.03.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. a3 Be6 13. Kh1 $5 {/\ f4, Bg1, e4,
f5} (13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 Bd6 $1 16. Bc1 Kh8 $10 {
Kortschnoj-Kasparov(2),London cs/1983/1/2/31/}) 13... Qd7 $6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
f4 Red8 $1 (15... d4 $2 16. Ne4 $1) (15... Rad8 $2 {>< Re8}) 16. Bg1 Rac8 17.
Qa4 Kh8 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. e4 d4 $1 20. Ne2 (20. Bxd4 $2 b5 $1 $19) (20. e5 dxc3
21. exf6 Bxf6 22. bxc3 Qe7 $1 $132 {>< P}) 20... Bc5 21. Qb5 (21. b4 $2 d3 $1
22. Nc1 Bxg1 23. Kxg1 d2 24. Nb3 Ng4 $1 25. Rxd2 (25. b5 Qh5 26. h3 Ne3) 25...
Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Qd8 $1) 21... Bb6 22. h3 $1 {/\ 23.e5} (22. e5 Ng4 23. Bf3 Ne3
24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 Rd8 27. Rd1 e5 $1 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qxe5
Qg6 $132) 22... e5 $1 23. fxe5 $2 (23. Bh2 $1 {/\ 24.g4}) 23... Nxe5 24. Qxe8+
(24. Nxd4 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc2 $44 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. b4 Nh5) 24...
Rxe8 25. Nxd4 Nc4 26. e5 $1 Rxe5 27. Bxb7 (27. Rc1 Ne4 $1 28. Kh2 Ned2 29. Rfd1
Rd8) 27... Rc7 28. Rc1 $1 Nxb2 $1 (28... Rxb7 $2 29. Rxc4 Re4 30. Rfc1 $16) 29.
Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Nc6 Re2 $1 (30... Rb5 $2 31. Bc8 $1 Ne4 32. Rf8+ Kh7 33. Kg2 $1
$16 Nxg3 $2 34. Bh2 Rg5 35. h4) 31. Nd4 (31. Nxa7 Nh5 $1) (31. Rf2 Ne4 $1)
31... Re5 32. Nf5 $1 Bb6 $1 33. Nxh6 Ra5 $1 34. Bxb6 (34. Bh2 Nd3 $1 (34...
Rxa3 $2 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Ne5 $1) 35. Nf5 Rxa3 $10) 34... axb6 35. Nf5 Rxa3 36.
Kh2 Nc4 37. g4 Ra7 $1 (37... Ne3 38. Nxe3 Rxe3 39. g5 Nh7 40. h4 {+/=/+/-}) 38.
Bh1 (38. Bg2 Ra2 $1) 38... Ne5 39. g5 $6 (39. Re1 {>=} Ra5 40. Re2 $14) 39...
Nh5 40. Re1 Ra5 41. Nd6 $1 {Abgabezug} (41. Ne7 $6 Nd3 $1 42. Rd1 Ra2+ 43. Kg1
Ndf4 (43... Nhf4 44. Ng6+) 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Be4+ g6 46. Bxg6+ $1 Nxg6 47. Nxg6
Kxg6 48. Rd6+ Kxg5 49. Rxb6 $10) (41. Nd6 $1 Kh7 42. Nb7 Rb5 43. Nd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1923.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)BCM 1923. p.295 [Blake,JH]. The game was played in Chicago.} d5 2. Nf3
e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. a3 Rac8 15. Qd3 h6 16.
b4 Qxa3 17. Nxd5 Bxb4 18. Bxf6 Rxc1 19. Qe4 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Bxd5 21. Qg4 g6 22.
e4 Be6 23. Qh4 Qf3 24. Be2 Qxe2 25. Qxh6 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Qxe4+ 27. Kg1 Qe1+ 28.
Kg2 Bd5+ 29. f3 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates f Kasparov-Smyslov +4-0=9"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1984.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1984.03.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. a3 Be6 13. Kh1 Bg4 $1 14. f3 (14.
Qb3) (14. h3) 14... Bh5 {/\ 15.... Ba3} 15. Bg1 {/\ 16.Bh3!} Qd7 $1 16. Qa4 (
16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e4 Qb7) 16... Bc5 $1 17. Rad1 Bb6 18. Rfe1 (18. Rd2 {>=})
18... Bg6 $1 {=/=/+} 19. Qb5 (19. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 20. e4 Bxg1 21. Kxg1 Qb7 $1 {
=/+/-/+} 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qb6+ $1 24. Kh1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5) 19... Rad8
20. e3 $6 (20. Na4 {>=} Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc2 22. Bxf6 Bxd1 23. Bxd8 (23. Nc5 $2
Bxe2 $3 $19 24. Rxe2 Qf5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bc3 d4 27. Bd2 b6 $1) 23... Bxa4
24. Qxa4 Qxd8 25. f4 d4 $1 26. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 27. Qxc6 d3 28. e4 d2 29. Rd1 Re6
30. Qc3 Rd6 $10) 20... Qd6 21. Nce2 Ne5 $1 {/\ Nc4} 22. Qb3 Ba5 $1 23. Nc3 $8 (
23. Rf1 Nc4) 23... Nd3 $6 (23... a6 $1 {/\ b5 () <<}) 24. Re2 Nc5 25. Qa2 Bxc3
26. bxc3 (26. Nb5 Qa6 27. Nxc3 Na4 $1 (27... Bd3 28. Rf2 $1 Bc4 29. Qb1 Rxe3 $2
30. Rfd2)) 26... Qa6 $6 (26... Bd3 $6 27. Red2 Bc4 {>< f5}) 27. Red2 Na4 $6 (
27... Rc8 {>=} 28. Bh3 Rc7 29. Bf1 Qa5 30. c4 Na4 $5 31. Nb5 Rc5 32. e4 Rxb5
33. cxb5 Nc3) (27... Na4 $6 28. Qb3 Rc8 29. Nb5 $1 $13 (29. Bf1 $6 Qa5 30. Qb4
Qxb4 31. cxb4 a6 $1 $15)) 28. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Alekhine-Euwe +3-2=4"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1927.01.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1926.12.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Played in Amsterdam.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6.
Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Qa5
13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nc5 Qxa2 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 Qa6 19.
Qd3 Qd6 20. Qe3 Kf7 21. Bc5 Qd7 22. Bxa7 Rfc8 23. Bd4 Ra6 24. f4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1
Rc6 26. Rf1 Rc4 27. b3 Rc2 28. f5 e5 29. Qd3 Qc6 30. Bxe5 Ne4 31. Rd1 Rc1 32.
Kg2 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 d4 34. Kg1 Qd5 35. Bf4 d3 36. Qxd3 Bc5+ 37. Kg2 Qc6 38. Bg4
Nf2+ 39. Qf3 Nxg4 40. e4 Nf6 41. e5 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Nd5 43. Bd2 Ke7 44. Ke4 Nc7
45. g4 Kd7 46. h4 Bf8 47. h5 Kc6 48. e6 Ne8 49. g5 h6 50. Ke5 Be7 51. gxh6 Bf6+
52. Ke4 Nd6+ 53. Kf3 gxh6 54. Kg4 Bg7 55. f6 Bxf6 56. Bxh6 Kd5 57. Bg5 Kxe6 58.
Bxf6 Kxf6 59. Kf4 b5 60. h6 b4 61. h7 Kg7 62. Ke5 Nb5 63. Kd5 Nc3+ 64. Kc4 Na2
65. Kc5 Kxh7 66. Kc4 Kg6 67. Kc5 Kf5 68. Kd5 Kf4 69. Kd4 Kf3 70. Kd3 Kf2 71.
Kd2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Berlin East DSV"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1982.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1982.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6
15. Nb3 Be6 16. Nf4 $5 Qd6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Rc2 Rad8 19. Rd2 h5 $10 20. a4 (
20. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 21. Nxd4 Qxa2 22. Nxc6 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qc4 $17) (20. a3 h4 21.
Nc1 $10 {/\ Nd3}) 20... Qc4 (20... a5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nxd4 $10) 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. a5 Bc7 23. Rd3 $5 (23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Rd5 25. Rxc6 Bxa5 26. Nxa5 Rxa5
27. Rd1 Rxe2 28. Rxd4 $10) 23... h4 24. Qd2 h3 25. Rc1 (25. Nxd4 Bxa5 26. Qxa5
Rxd4 $15) 25... Qd5 26. f3 Be5 27. Kf2 Rd6 28. Nc5 (28. Rc5 $5) 28... Rg6 29.
b4 f5 30. Rg1 Bf6 $6 (30... f4 $15) 31. Qd1 {/\ Qb3} Kh7 32. f4 $1 Re4 $5 33.
Qc2 $2 (33. Rf3 $10) 33... Rxf4+ $1 34. Ke1 (34. gxf4 $145 $5 Bh4+ 35. Rdg3
Bxg3+ 36. hxg3 h2 37. Rd1 h1=Q (37... Rh6 38. Rh1 $3 Qxh1 39. Qxf5+ Rg6 40.
Qh3+ $10) 38. Rxh1+ Qxh1 39. Qxf5 Qh2+ 40. Ke1 Qxg3+ 41. Kd1 $44 {Knaak,R})
34... Be5 $1 $19 35. Qb3 Qg2 $1 0-1

[Event "Match Euwe-Flohr (1)+2-2=4"]
[Site "Amsterdam,Den Haag &Rotterdam"]
[Date "1932.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1932.03.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Amsterdam} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7.
Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne1 d4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4
Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd3 Qb6 16. Nf4 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. b3 Nb4 19. Rac1 Bd5
20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc4 h5 23. h4 Rde5 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxe2
26. Rd7 Rxa2 27. Rc1 g5 28. Rc5 gxh4 29. gxh4 Re4 30. Rf5 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rg4+ 32.
Kf3 Ra3 33. Rxb7 Rxh4 34. Rfxf7 Rxb3+ 35. Rxb3 Kxf7 36. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 (6... c4 7. Bg2
Bb4 8. O-O Nge7) 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 (9. dxc5 d4 $5) 9... Bf5 {>=} (
9... Be6) 10. Rc1 h6 $2 (10... c4 $8 11. Ne5 $14) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxc5 d4 13.
Nb5 Qd7 14. Nd6 Be6 15. Qa4 $18 Rab8 16. b3 Bd5 17. Rfe1 {[/\ e2-e4]} b5 18.
Nxb5 a6 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. e4 dxe3 21. Rxe3 a5 22. Qg4 Ne7 23. Ne5 Be6 24. Qe2 Nd5
25. Rd3 Nb4 26. Rd2 Rfd8 27. Qe3 a4 28. a3 $1 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Nc6 30. Bxc6 Qxc6
31. b4 Bh3 32. f4 Qf3 33. Qc3 Qc6 34. b5 Qd7 35. c6 Qa7+ 36. Qc5 Qc7 37. f5 h5
38. Rb1 Rb6 39. Re1 Rbb8 40. Rd4 Qa5 41. Rb4 Qc7 42. b6 {[/\ 42...Qxd6 43.Qxd6
Rxd6 44.c7 +-]} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O {The main continuation in this position is 9.dxc5, after which, be
declining to regaining the pawn - 9... d4 10.Na4 Bf5 - Black obtains a
prolonged initiative, which compensates for the sacrified pawn.} 9. Be3 Be6 (
9... Ng4 {puts the knight on a poor square, but the text move is simply bad.})
10. dxc5 Ng4 {Black is nevertheless forced to make this move, without which be
cannot regain the pawn at c5.} 11. Bd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc5 13. Nb3 {Attacking
both the black bishop and the d-pawn, which now falls.} Bb6 14. Nxd5 Rc8 15. e3
{This game played an important role: in the event of a win I would have gained
good chances of second place in the tournament. White avoids simplification 
(15.Nxb6 Qxb6 16.Qd4), so as not to give the opponent any drawing chances.} (
15. Nxb6 $6 Qxb6 16. Qd4) 15... Bxd5 16. Bxd5 {Now further loss of material is
inivitable for Black. On 16... Nxf2 White simply takes with the king.
Naturally, I declined the draw offered here by Keres.} Rc7 17. Qf3 $2 (17.
Bxf7+ $142 Rcxf7 18. Qxg4 {was more resolute; when Black cannot play} Rxf2 19.
Rxf2 Bxe3 20. Qe6+ {The two extra pawns would have ensured a win.}) 17... Ne5
18. Qg2 Qe7 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. Rad1 g6 21. b3 Rcd7 22. e4 Rc8 23. Kh1 {In this
position Keres again offered a draw. White at first declined, but after
considering the variation} (23. Kh1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc2 25. Qh3 h5 {he agreed.
Indeed, with White seriously short of time and in an inferior position, his
extra pawn does not play any role.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bf4 cxd4 (9... Be6 10. dxc5 d4 11. Nb5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. a4 {/\ 14.
Ba7;}) (9... c4 10. Ne5 {/\ b3}) 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 (11. Nb3 d4) (11. Be3
Qxb2 12. Ndb5 Qb4) 11... bxc6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Be3 (13. Rac1 $142) 13... Qa5 (
13... c5 $1 14. Na4 Qb5 $1 15. Bxc5 Rac8 16. b4 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Bd7 $15) 14. Qa4
$1 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. b3 (17. Rac1 $142) 17... Ba3 18. Bd4 Bg4
{>=} (18... f5 {/\ Kf7-e7-d6}) 19. Rd2 Re8 20. e3 Bf5 21. Bb2 Bxb2 (21... Bf8
22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Bf1 {/\ 24.Ba6;}) (21... Bb4 22. Rd4 Bd6 $2 23. e4 $1 Bxe4 24.
Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Rd1) 22. Rxb2 (22. Nxb2 Nb6) 22... Nb6 23. Nc5 a5
24. Rc1 Rec8 (24... a4 25. Nxa4 Nxa4 26. bxa4 Rec8 27. Rb6 Rxa4 28. Rbxc6 Rxc6
29. Rxc6 Rxa2 30. Bxd5 $14) 25. e4 $1 Bg6 26. f4 f6 27. Bh3 Rcb8 (27... Re8 28.
Be6+ Bf7 (28... Kh8 29. f5) (28... Kf8) 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nb7 {/\ 31.Nd6, 31.
Rxc6}) 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 a4 30. bxa4 Nc4 31. Rxb8+ Rxb8 32. e6 Rb1 (32...
Rb2 $2 33. e7 $1 Kf7 (33... Re2 34. Be6+) 34. Re1 Nd6 35. Bd7) 33. Rxb1 Bxb1
34. Bf1 $1 Nd6 35. a3 Kf8 36. a5 Nc8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4 Bf5 40.
Be2 Na7 41. a6 $16 (41. g4 Bg6 42. h4 h6 43. h5 Bh7 $16) 41... Bh3 (41... Bxe6
42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43. Kc5 Kd7 44. Kb6) 42. a4 Nc8 $2 {>=} (42... g6 43. g4 $8 Bg2 (
43... h6 44. Ke3 h5 45. Kf4) (43... Nc8 44. Nb7+ Kxe6 45. Kc5 Kd7 46. Nd6) 44.
Ke3 $1 Nc8 (44... Kxc5 $2 45. e7) 45. Kf2 Bh1 46. Kg1 Be4 47. Nxe4+ dxe4 48.
Bc4 $18) 43. Nb7+ Kxe6 44. Kc5 Kd7 45. Na5 (45. Nd6 $1 Na7 46. Nb5 cxb5 47.
axb5 Kc7 48. b6+ Kb8 49. bxa7+ Kxa7 50. Kxd5) 45... Kc7 46. Nxc6 Nb6 47. Bb5
Nd7+ 48. Kxd5 $2 (48. Kd4) 48... Bg2+ 49. Ke6 Bxc6 50. Bxc6 Kxc6 51. a7 Nb6 $2
(51... Nc5+ 52. Kf7 Kb7 53. Kxg7 Ne4 54. Kxh7 Nd2 $1 55. g4 (55. h3 Ne4) 55...
Nf3 {[#]}) 52. a5 Na8 53. Kf7 $2 (53. h4 $18 Kb7 54. Kf7 g5 55. h5) 53... g5
54. Kf6 g4 55. Kg5 Kb7 56. Kxg4 Nc7 57. Kg5 Nd5 58. h3 (58. Kh6 Ne3) 58... Nc3
59. g4 Ne4+ 60. Kf5 Ng3+ 61. Kf4 Ne2+ 62. Ke3 Nc3 63. g5 Nd5+ 64. Ke4 Ne7 65.
Kf4 Nd5+ 66. Kf3 Ne7 67. h4 Kxa7 68. Kf4 Ng6+ 69. Kg4 Ne7 70. h5 $18 Ka6 71.
Kf4 Kxa5 (71... Nd5+ 72. Ke4 Ne7 73. Ke5) 72. Ke5 Kb6 73. Ke6 (73. Kf6 $2 Nd5+
74. Kg7 Nf4 75. g6 Nxg6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Candidates f Kasparov-Smyslov +4-0=9"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1984.04.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.03.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. a3 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qa4 Rc8
15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Kh1 a6 17. f4 Na5 $1 18. f5 b5 $1 (18... Nc4 $2 19. Bc1 $16 {
>< [+]}) (18... Rc4 $2 19. Qc2 e5 20. Qd2 $1 d4 21. Bxh6 gxh6 (21... dxc3 22.
Qg5) 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. g4 $40 {+/-/+-}) 19. Qh4 Ng8 $1 (19... Nc4 $2 20. Bxh6
Nh7 21. Qh5 gxh6 22. fxe6 Ne3 23. Rf7 $18) 20. Qh3 (20. Qg4 Nc4 21. Bc1 Bg5 $1
22. fxe6 Bxc1 23. Rxd5 Qb6 24. Rd7 Bg5 25. Rxg7 {! Kupreitschik} Ne5 $1 (25...
Kxg7 26. Rf7+ Kh8 27. Qf5 Nf6 28. Be4 Rc7 $1 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 30. Qxf6+ Rg7 31.
Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Bh7+ $1 Rxh7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ $10 {Kupreitschik}) (25...
Qxe6 26. Rff7 $1 Nf6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Bh3 Rce8 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. h4 Bc1 (30...
Ne5 31. hxg5 Nxf7 32. Rxf7 hxg5 33. Kg2 $18) 31. Rg6 Bxb2 32. Rfxf6 Rxf6 33.
Rxf6 Bxc3 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Rxa6 $18 {Kupreitschik}) 26. Qf5 (26. Rxg8+ Kxg8
27. Qf5 Rf8 $1 28. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qf2 30. Bh3 Be3 $19) 26... Kxg7 27.
Qxe5+ Bf6 $19) 20... Nc4 21. Bc1 Bg5 $1 22. fxe6 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 (23. Rxd5 $2 Qb6
24. Rxc1 Nxb2 $17) 23... Ne3 24. Nxd5 $1 (24. Rg1 Nf6) 24... Nxf1 (24... Rxc1
$2 25. Rxc1 Nxd5 26. Rd1 Ngf6 (26... Ne3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Kg1) 27. Bxd5 Nxd5
28. e4 $18) 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Nf4 $6 (26. Be4 $146) 26... Ne7 27. Qg4 $2 {
/\ h4-h5} (27. Qh5 {>= /\ h4}) 27... g5 $1 28. Qh3 Rf6 $1 29. Nd3 Rxf1+ 30.
Bxf1 Kg7 (30... Qf8 $2 31. Ne5 {/\ Nf7}) 31. Qg4 Qd5+ 32. e4 (32. Bg2 Rc1+ $1
33. Nxc1 Qd1+ 34. Bf1 Qxf1#) 32... Qd4 33. h4 Rf8 34. Be2 Qe3 35. Kg2 (35. hxg5
$2 h5 $1 $19) 35... Ng6 36. h5 $6 (36. hxg5 {>=}) 36... Ne7 37. b4 Kh7 $1 {
Zugzwang} 38. Kh2 Rd8 39. e5 Rxd3 40. Bxd3+ Qxd3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1923.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)BCM 1923,p.215 [Lasker,Ed]. The game was played in Chicago.} d5 2. Nf3
e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Ng5 Bf5
16. e4 dxe3 17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. Qd6 Bd7 19. Qe5+ Kf8 20. fxe3 f6 21. Rxf6+ gxf6
22. Qxf6+ Ke8 23. Qxh8+ Ke7 24. Qe5+ Kd8 25. h4 Kc8 26. Nf7 a5 27. Nd6+ Kb8 28.
Nb5+ Kb7 29. Nd6+ Kb8 30. Qe7 Qc7 31. Qf8+ Ka7 32. Nb5+ Kb6 33. Qxa8 Kxb5 34.
Bf1+ Kb4 35. Qf8+ c5 36. Qg7 c4 37. Kh2 Qc6 38. Qc3+ Kb5 39. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Zagreb/ Rijeka"]
[Site "Zagreb/ Rijeka"]
[Date "1985.04.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1985.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Rounds 5-10 were played in Rijeka.} d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5
5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Bf5 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc5 Qe6
18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Bxd6 Nd4 20. Rfe1 e3 21. Bxb7 Rad8 22. Bf4 Nc2 23. Red1 Nd4
24. Ba6 exf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nc2 26. Bb5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Bd7 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Ra8
30. Be3 a6 31. Bc5 a5 32. Ra7 Rxa7 33. Bxa7 Nb4 34. a3 Nc6 35. Bc5 f5 36. Ke3
Kf7 37. Kd3 Ne5+ 38. Kc3 Ng4 39. Bg1 Ne5 40. Bd4 Ng4 41. h3 Nh2 42. Kd3 g5 43.
a4 Ke6 44. Bc3 Nf1 45. Bxa5 Nxg3 46. Be1 Ne4 47. a5 h5 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. a6 Kc6
50. Ke5 Nc5 51. a7 Kb7 52. b4 Nb3 53. Kxf5 g4 54. hxg4 hxg4 55. e4 g3 56. Bxg3
Nd4+ 57. Kf6 Nc6 58. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Lodz Dreimeisterturnier 8R"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1908.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1908.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qa5 13. b4 $1 Qa3 (13...
Qxb4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. Nxd5) (13... Bxb4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxd5)
14. Qd3 Qxb4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. e4 Rfd8
20. e5 $1 h6 (20... Bxe5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qf5+) 21. Qf3 Qb2 $1 22. Bxf7+ {
22.ef6 R:d5} Rxf7 23. exf6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapesti Sakki-Otthon-01 Qgbt Tarrasch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1912.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1912.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)ACB, 1912, p. 231} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3
Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 c4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13.
Qa4 a6 14. Nxd7 b5 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. e4 Rad8 18. Rcd1 Rfe8 19. Qc1
Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Qh6 b4 22. Ne2 Ng6 23. Kh1 dxe4 24. fxe4 Bg4 25. e5 f5 26.
Rde1 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 Qxd4 28. Rxf5 Qd1+ 29. Bf1 Rxe5 30. Rexe5 Nxe5 31. Qf6 Re8
32. Rg5+ Ng6 33. Rf5 Re7 34. h4 h5 35. Kh2 Rd7 36. Rf2 Qd4 37. Qf5 Rc7 38. Be2
c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Bd3 Qc5 41. Bc2 Qxf5 42. Rxf5 Rd7 43. Kh3 Re7 44. Rc5 Re3
45. Bxg6 fxg6 46. Rc6 Kf7 47. Rxa6 Re6 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation ENG-USA +5-3=2"]
[Site "Cable"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {BCM 1911,p.212 History of the 13 Cable Matches ENG-USA from 1896 up to
1911. In 1904 and 1905 was no contest. After first winning three matches in
succession the trophy becomes the property of the English team.} d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10.
e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Rc8 15. b3 Qa5 16. Rac1
Rc6 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qa5 Rd6 22. Qxa7
g5 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Rd1 Bf3 25. Rd3 Be4 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Rd3 Be4 28. Rd2 Rc6 29.
f4 Kg7 30. d5 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rc3 33. Rd1 Bf3 34. Rg1+ Kh7 35. Rg3
Be7 36. Rxf3 Bc5+ 37. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Match Capablanca-Marshall +8-1=14"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1909.06.23"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1909.04.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Be6 {Mieses} (6...
Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7) 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 $2 (9. dxc5 {>=} Bxc5 10. Na4 $1 (
10. Ng5 $1 {+/=/+/- Bogoljubov}) 10... Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd4 {+/=/+/- Reti})
9... Ne4 $1 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 (11. dxc5 Nxc3 $17) (11. Rc1 $5 Nxc3 12. Rxc3
c4 13. Ne5 O-O 14. f4 $1 {/\ 15.f5, 15.e4 +/=/+/- Rubinstein} (14. b3 Qb4 $14 {
Rubinstein-Mieses})) 11... Nxd4 (11... Nxc3 $2 12. bxc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 O-O (
13... Qd7 14. f4 g6 15. e4 $1) (13... Rd8 14. Qa4+ {/\ 15.Qa7:}) (13... O-O-O
$2 $16 {b<->, Bg2}) 14. Bxd5 Rad8 15. e4 Bh3 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Qxe5 17. c4
b5 18. Re1 $1) 16. Re1 Qxe5 17. Qb3 b6 18. f4 Qe7 19. a4 {/\ a5 +/- Tarrasch/
Golombek}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. e3 (13. Bxe4 $2 Bh3 $19) 13... Nf3+ (13... Nf5 14.
Bxe4 {Tarrasch}) (13... Nb5 14. Qa4 a6 15. Qxe4 {Tarrasch}) 14. Nxf3 $6 (14.
Bxf3 exf3 15. Qa4+ Kf8 $5 $13 (15... Kf8 $16 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Nxf3 Kf7 18. Qf4
Rhd8 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qc7 $16 {Golombek}) (15... Bd7 16. Nxd7
Qxd7 17. Qe4+ Qe7 18. Qxf3 $10 {Golombek})) 14... exf3 15. Qxf3 O-O $1 $15 16.
Rfc1 $2 (16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 $19) (16. e4 {>= /\ Qe3,f4-f5, e5 |^ >>
Tarrasch}) 16... Rab8 $17 17. Qe4 {/\ Bh3} (17. e4 {>= Tarrasch}) 17... Qc7 18.
Rc3 $2 (18. f4 {>= Panov}) 18... b5 19. a3 c4 20. Bf3 (20. b3 $6 Qa5 $1 21. b4
$8 {Pc4!}) (20. Rd1 {>=} Rfd8 21. Rcc1 {Lasker}) 20... Rfd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.
Bxd1 Rd8 $17 {Queenside Pawn Majority.} 23. Bf3 g6 {/\ 24... Bd5 25.Qg4 h5! -+,
/\ Bf5, Rd2 Tarrasch} (23... Rd2 $2 24. Rc2 Bd5 $4 25. Qe8# {Tarrasch}) 24. Qc6
Qe5 $1 {/\ Rd2} (24... Qxc6 25. Bxc6 a6) 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 {/\ Bc2, Kf1}
Rd1+ $1 27. Kg2 a5 28. Rc2 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Bf3 Rb1 31. Be2 b3 $1 32. Rd2 (
32. Rc3 Rxb2 33. Bxc4 Rc2 $1 $19) 32... Rc1 {-+ /\ Rc2 Tarrasch} 33. Bd1 c3 34.
bxc3 b2 35. Rxb2 (35. Bc2 $2 Rxc2 $19 {Golombek}) 35... Rxd1 $19 36. Rc2 Bf5
37. Rb2 Rc1 38. Rb3 Be4+ 39. Kh3 Rc2 40. f4 h5 {/\ 41....Bf5+ 42.Kh4 Rh2+ 43.
Kg5 Kg7 and f6#} 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Rxh2 43. Rb4 f5+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kg5 Kg7)
44... Re2 45. Rc4 Rxe3+ 46. Kh4 Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rd7 Bg2 49. Rd6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Zevenkamp"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1920.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1920.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd4 (12. Rc1) 12... Nxd4 (12...
Qd7) 13. Bxd4 Qa5 (13... Rc8 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Nc3 f5 16. e3 $14 (16. Bxa7 b6 17.
Nxe4 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 dxe4 19. Rd1 $14)) 14. a3 (14. Nc3 Ne4) 14... Rfd8 (14...
Ne4) 15. b4 Qb5 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 a5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Qd3 $14
Rdc8 (20... Rac8) 21. Rb3 Bxa3 (21... Qa6) 22. Rxb7 Bc5 $2 (22... Qa4) 23. Rb5
$18 Qa7 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Qe3 Rac8 26. Qe5 Kf8 27. Qxg7+ Ke7 28. Qxh7 (28. f4)
28... Qa2 29. Bxc5+ Rxc5 30. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Match Reti-Euwe +3-1=0"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1920.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1920.05.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. b4 Rd8
15. b5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. a4 a6 18. b6 Bg4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bxa6 Bh3 (20...
Rxb6 21. Bd3 Bh3 22. Re1 $14) 21. Re1 Qe4 22. f3 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Rxb6 24. Bd3 $16
Qf2 (24... Rc6 25. Qb1 Qf2 26. Rg1 Rh6 27. Qc1 Bc8 (27... Rc8 28. Qf4 $16) 28.
Rg2 Qe3 29. Qxe3 $16) 25. Rg1 Rh6 26. Qd2 Rdd6 $2 (26... Bc8 27. Rg2 Qe3 28.
Qxe3 dxe3 29. Rgg1 Ba6 30. Kg2 $16) 27. Qf4 $18 (27. g4 Bf1 28. Qf4 Bxe2 29.
Bxe2 Qxe2 30. Rge1 $18) 27... Bf1 28. h4 Bxe2 29. Bxe2 g5 30. Qxg5+ Rdg6 31.
Rg2 (31. Rg2 Rxg5 32. Rxf2 Rxg3 33. Rg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 d4 $6 10. Na4 Bf5 11. Bg5 Be4 12. Ne1 Qd5 13. Bxe4 $6 (13. Bxf6
Bxg2 (13... Bxf6 $2 14. f3 Bg6 15. e4 Qd7 16. f4) 14. Nxg2 (14. Bxe7 Bxf1 15.
Bxf8 Rxf8) 14... Bxf6 15. Nf4) 13... Nxe4 (13... Qxe4) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nf3
Rad8 16. Qc2 $2 (16. Qb3 Qxb3 (16... Qd7 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Rd3 Qe7 19. Rc1) 17.
axb3 Nc6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Rac1 Rd5 20. Ne1) 16... Qf5 $6 (16... Qe6) 17. Qd3 Rd5
$5 (17... Nc6 18. Nd2) 18. b4 $2 (18. Nxd4 Qd7 19. e3 Ng5 (19... Nxf2 20. Rxf2
Qxa4) 20. Nc3) 18... Rfd8 19. Rac1 Qe6 $1 20. b5 g5 $1 21. e3 (21. Nd2 Nc3 $1)
21... Nf5 $1 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Rfe1 (23. Rce1 Qf6 24. Kg2 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3+
26. Kxf3 Nd2+) 23... Qf6 $19 24. Kg2 Nxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Nxf3 26. Qxf3 Rf5 27. Re3
g4 28. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 29. Ke1 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VAS Najaarstoernooi (autumn)"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1919.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1919.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Nd4 Qa5 14. Nxc6 (
14. Qb3 Qxc5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e4 $14) 14... bxc6 15. Qd4 Rab8 16. f4 f6 (16...
Bf5) 17. Rf3 Rb5 18. Re3 Bf7 19. Re7 Rfb8 20. Bh3 Rxc5 21. Rc1 Qb6 $11 (21...
Qa3 22. Rc2 Bg6 $15) 22. Kg2 (22. Kf2) 22... Ra5 $15 (22... Rc4 $15) 23. Bf5
Rxa2 $4 (23... Kf8 $142) 24. Rb1 $18 Qd8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Qe3 Rb2 27. Be6 Bxe6
28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ (29. Qf5+ Kh8 30. Qg6 Qg8 31. Re8) 1-0

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-08 3players"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1916.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1916.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {DWS 1917, S.98.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Nd4
Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 a5 16. Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 Qd7 18. Qb2 $14 f6 19. Bc5
Bxc5 20. bxc5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rc8 22. Ra5 Qc7 23. Qd2 (23. Ra7 Qxc5 24. Qxb7 Qxa7
25. Qxa7 Rc1+ 26. Bf1 Bh3 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qxd5+ Kf8 29. Qd8+ $11) (23. Rb5 Qe5
24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. f4 e4 26. Kf2 $14) (23. Qa2 Qd7 24. Qb3 g6 25. Qb4 Qe7 26.
Rb5 Rc7 27. Qd4 $14) 23... Qc6 (23... d4) 24. h4 h6 25. Qb4 Rc7 26. e3 Kh8 27.
Kh2 Bf5 28. Qd4 Be4 29. f3 (29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Ra8 Qxc5 32. Qg8+
Kg6 33. Qe8+ Kf5 $1) 29... Bf5 30. g4 (30. e4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Rd7 32. Qb4 Be6 $11
) (30. Bf1) (30. f4) 30... Rc8 $1 $11 31. Kh1 (31. gxf5 Qc7+) 31... Be6 32. f4
Bxg4 33. Qxd5 Qe8 34. Qxb7 Qxe3 35. Qe4 (35. Qe4 Qf2 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Klinger, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Re1 Bg4
15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Qd2 (16. Nxb6 Qxb6 $6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxd4 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxe2
20. Qe4 $14 {Timman,J-Hernandez,Rom/Las Palmas/1977/}) 16... Be6 17. Nxb6 axb6
18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd4 c5 $1 (19... Bxb3 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. axb3 Rd2 22. Ra6
Rb8 23. Ra2 $14 {Vaisser,A-Groszpeter,A/Trnava/1983/}) 20. Qc3 h5 21. a3 (21.
Rad1 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Nc1 (23. Ra1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxe2 $10)
23... Bxa2 $10) 21... Qd5 22. Nd2 h4 23. Nf3 hxg3 24. hxg3 Qh5 25. e4 (25. Rad1
Bd5 $44) 25... Bc8 26. Nh4 Qg4 (26... Bb7 27. Nf5 Qg6 28. f3 $14) 27. Rad1 $6 (
27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. Nxf3 Bb7 $10) 27... Bb7 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 Bxe4 $10 30. Ng5
Bc6 31. f3 Rxe1+ (31... f6 32. Ne4 (32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rd6 Ba8 $10) (32. Ne6
Re7 33. Rd6 Bxf3 $10) 32... Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. fxe4 $10) 32. Rxe1 f6 33.
Re6 Rc8 34. Ne4 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Kf7 36. Kf2 $10 Rh8 37. Re2 Rh2+ $6 38. Ke3 Rxe2+
39. Kxe2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Kd5 41. b3 g5 42. Kc3 f5 43. Kd3 b5 44. g4 fxg4 (44... f4
45. a4 Kc6 46. Ke4 (46. axb5+ Kxb5 47. Kc3 Kb6 48. Kc4 Kc6 $10) 46... c4 47.
axb5+ Kxb5 48. bxc4+ Kxc4 49. Kf5 Kd3 50. Kxg5 Ke3 $10) 45. fxg4 Ke5 $2 (45...
Kc6 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. a4 (47. Kf5 $2 Kd5 48. Kxg5 c4 49. bxc4+ bxc4 50. Kf4 Kd4
51. Kf3 Kd3 $19) 47... c4 $10) 46. a4 $18 c4+ 47. Kc3 1-0

[Event "CSR-ch"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1986.06.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Black "Pekarek, Ales"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1986.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Re8 (13... Be7
14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Qf4 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 $14 {Salov,V-Lputian,S/USSR/1984/})
14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. Nxd4 Rad8 (16... Nxd4 $2 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4
Bxe2 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Rd7 $16) 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc3 (18. Qf4 $6 Qxf4 19. gxf4
Rd6 (19... c5 20. Nc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxe2 22. Re1 Re6 23. f3 $10) 20. f3 Bh3
$44) 18... Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxe2 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Rb8
a5 $10 24. a4 Rc2 25. b3 Kg6 26. Kg2 Rc3 27. Rb7 f5 28. Rb6 Kg5 (28... f6 $10)
29. h4+ Kg4 (29... Kg6 30. Ra6 f6 31. Rxa5 Rxb3 32. Rc5 Rb4 33. a5 Ra4 34. Kf3)
30. Rb7 f4 31. Rxf7 fxg3 32. Rg7+ Kxh4 33. fxg3+ Kh5 34. Rxh7+ Kg5 35. Rg7+ Kf5
(35... Kh5 36. Rb7 (36. Kh3 Rxb3 37. Ra7 Rb4 38. Rxa5+ Kg6 $10) 36... Kg4 $10)
36. Rf7+ Ke4 37. Rf4+ Ke5 38. Rf3 Rc2+ 39. Rf2 Rc3 40. Rf3 Rc2+ 41. Kh3 c5 42.
Kg4 $6 (42. g4 Ke4 (42... c4 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Rxa5 $18) 43. Kg3
$16) 42... Ke4 43. Rf4+ Kd5 44. Rf8 Kd4 45. Rb8 Kd3 (45... c4 46. bxc4 Rxc4 $2
(46... Ra2 $1 $10) 47. Rf8 $16) 46. Kf3 c4 47. Rb5 Ra2 48. bxc4 Rxa4 49. Rf5
Kxc4 50. g4 Ra1 51. g5 a4 52. g6 Rg1 53. Rf4+ Kc5 54. Rg4 Rxg4 55. Kxg4 a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Euwe-Flohr (2) +1-1=6"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1932.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1932.08.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {[%mdl 16] Der isolierte Damenbauer ist im
Damengambit eine häufige Bauernstruktur.} 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5
14. a3 Rfd8 15. Qd3 $1 {Dieser auf den ersten Blick einfache Zug ist in
Wirklichkeit sehr stark. Auf diese Weise wird das Feld d4 für den weißen
Springer geräumt, der mittels des Manövers Nb5-Nd4 das starke Feld besetzen
kann.} d4 ({Die andere Möglichkeit um das Manöver Nb5-Nd4 zu vermeiden war} 
15... a6 16. b4 Qxa3 17. Nxd5 Qxd3 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. exd3 Kxe7 20. Bxb7 $16)
16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Bxf6 Bxe4 {Euwe entscheidet sich einen Bauern zu opfern; die
ungleichfarbigen Läufer geben ihm Hoffnung auf ein Remis.} (17... gxf6 18. Rc4
$16 {[%cal Yc4d4]}) (17... Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qf3 $1 $16 {/\b2-b4 nebst
Rc5}) 18. Bxe4 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Be4 $16 Rd7 21. b4 Qb6 22. Rc5 Qd6 23.
Rfc1 {Weiß kontrolliert die c-Linie und bald wird der Nachziehende Mangel an
nützlichen Zügen verspüren.} Rad8 24. Qf3 b6 25. Rc6 ({Nicht zum Ziel führte:} 
25. Rh5 {wegen} Rc7) 25... Qe5 26. Bd3 Qd5 27. Qg4 Qe5 (27... Qb3 28. Qh5) 28.
f4 $1 Qe3+ 29. Kg2 {Alle weiße Figuren sind viel besser als die schwarzen
plaziert. Die Türme besetzen fest die einzige offene Linie, der Läufer
blockiert gut der Bauern d4 und die Dame auf g4 ist bereit starke Drohungen
gegen den schwarzen Monarchen aufzustellen. Es ist kein Wunder, dass der
Nachziehende bald noch einen Bauern verliert, weil er fast kein nützlichen
Züge mehr hat.} a6 30. R1c2 a5 31. Rxb6 axb4 32. axb4 $18 Ra7 33. Qh5 Rda8 34.
Qc5+ ({Weiß könnte hier besser spielen und sofort gewinnen.} 34. Rb8+ $1 Rxb8 (
34... Ke7 35. Qc5+ Kd7 36. Bb5+ Ke6 37. f5#) 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxb8 $18) 34...
Qe7 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. Rbc6 Rb8 37. b5 Rab7 38. Rc7+ Kd8 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Kf3
Rc7 41. Ra2 Kc8 42. Be4 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Rb3 44. Ra8+ Kc7 45. Bd3 Kd6 46. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 $5 Ne4 {The critical move: otherwise Black is slightly
worse.} (10... Be6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Rc8 (12... Ne4 13. b5 $1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Na5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Qd3 $14) 13. Rc1 $14) (10... a6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bg5 $14) (
10... Re8 11. b4 Bb6 (11... Bf8 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 $14) 12. Bb2 Bf5 (12... Bg4
13. Na4 $14 {1-0 (31) Khairullin,I (2632)-Gabrielian,A (2589) Khanty-Mansiysk
2012}) 13. Na4 Be4 14. Rc1 $14) (10... a5 $6 {is ugly due to the hole on b5:}
11. Bg5 $5 $14) 11. Qc2 $5 {A very critical line and very new idea. It is even
forgotten in Aagaard's excellent book on the Tarrasch Defence, I believe.} (11.
Qxd5 Nxc3 12. Qxc5 Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 Nxc1 14. Raxc1 Qf6 {is fine for Black, as
Aagaard points out:} 15. b4 $5 $146 Bg4 16. Nd2 $5 (16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Rfd8
18. Rfc1 h6 19. b5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 $11) 16... Rad8 $1 17. Ne4
Qd4 $11) (11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Nc3 (12. Ne3 f5 $1 $44) 12... Qxd1 $5 (12... Nxc3 {
is usually played, but it isn't that easy for Black:} 13. bxc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
Rad8 $1 (14... Rfd8 15. Bf4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bxa3 17. Nd4 $1 $14 {1-0 (81) Giri,
A (2730)-Kopylov,M (2473) Germany 2012}) 15. Bf4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bxa3 17. Nd4
Nxd4 18. cxd4 b5 $1 {The difference without a rook on a8.} 19. Bc6 $1 Bc4 20.
d5 Bxe2 21. Re1 g5 $5 {Black should be able to hold:} 22. Bxg5 Bc4 23. Ra1 (23.
Bf4 Rd8 24. Be3 a6 25. Ra1 Bd6 26. Rxa6 b4 27. Rb6 Rb8 28. Rxb8+ Bxb8 29. Bc5
b3 30. d6 b2 31. Be4 Ba2 32. d7 Bc7 $11) 23... Bd6 24. Rxa7 b4 25. Rd7 Be5 26.
Rb7 b3 27. Be7 Rb8 28. Rxb8+ Bxb8 29. d6 b2 30. Be4 Ba2 31. d7 Bc7 $11) 13.
Nxd1 Na5 14. b4 (14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Nb3 16. Rb1 h6 $44) 14... Nb3 15. Rb1
Bb6 $5 16. Re1 (16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Re1 f6 18. Be3 Nd6 $44) 16... Nxc1 17. Rxc1
Rac8 $44) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bb6 (12... Be7 13. Nd4 (13. Be3 Bf6 14. Nd4)
13... Nxd4 (13... Bg4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc6 Bxe2 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Bf4 Bf6 18.
Rab1 Rc8 19. Qb7 d4 20. Bh3 $1 {isn't easy for Black.}) 14. Qxd4 Be6 15. Bf4
Bf6 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qb6 18. Rfd1 $1 {and Black can't equalise!} (18. Rad1
Rac8 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rce8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (27) Shankland,S (2605)-Edouard,
R (2657) Barcelona 2013}) 18... Rac8 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxb2 21. Ra2 $1 $14
) 13. b4 Bf5 $5 (13... Re8 14. Bb2 d4 15. Qd3 $1 Bg4 (15... Qf6 16. a4 $5 Nxb4
17. Qd2 a5 18. Nxd4 Rd8 19. e3 $14) 16. h3 Bh5 17. Rfd1 Bg6 18. Qd2 $14) (13...
Qe8 14. Bb2 f6 15. Qd2 $14 {1-0 (54) Demuth,A (2543)-Dale,A (2390) Adelaide
AUS 2017}) (13... d4 14. Qd3 $1 (14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b5
Bxf3 18. exf3 Ne5 19. Qb4 Qf5 $13 {1-0 (55) Van Kampen,R (2646)-Eckersley
Waites,T (2314) England 2018}) 14... Bg4 15. Bf4 $5 $14) 14. Bb2 d4 (14... f6
15. Rfd1 $14) 15. Qd2 Re8 $2 (15... Be4 $1 {is in my opinion the best line for
Black, and way to equalize against 10.Qc2:} 16. b5 (16. a4 a6 17. b5 Na5 18.
Qb4 axb5 19. axb5 Qd5 20. Bxd4 Bxf3 21. Bxb6 Bxg2 22. Rfd1 Nc6 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8
24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. bxc6 Bxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (41) Potkin,V (2666)-Moranda,W (2560)
Legnica 2013}) (16. Rfd1 Qd5 17. Qg5 f5 $11) 16... Na5 17. Qb4 Rc8 18. Bxd4 Rc4
19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Qb2 (20. Qe7 Qxb5 $11) 20... Rc2 21. Qd4 Rxe2 $11) 16. Rad1 {
White just wins a pawn.} Rc8 17. Qf4 $5 (17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4
Qxd4 20. Rxd4 b6 $16) 17... Bc2 18. Rd2 Be4 $2 (18... Bg6 19. Nxd4 $18) 19.
Nxd4 Bxg2 $8 20. Nxc6 ({I spent all my time calculating} 20. Nf5 $1 {but then
panicked when seeing} Nd4 $8 21. Bxd4 Bxf1 22. Bxg7 Bh3 {but now White has the
brillant} 23. Bb2 $3 $18 {which I missed.}) 20... Bxc6 {The rest would be
hopeless for Black.} 21. Rxd8 Rcxd8 22. Qg5 $6 (22. Qg4 g6 23. b5 {was
probably an easy win, with the idea} Bxb5 $2 24. Qg5 $18) 22... Bd4 $8 23. Bxd4
Rxd4 {And this position isn't so easy, especially in time trouble!} 24. Qc5 (
24. Qc1 Rxe2 25. b5 Be8 {and Black has big chances for a draw.}) 24... Rd2 25.
b5 Rd5 26. Qc2 (26. Qxa7 Rxb5 {is not easy either.}) 26... Rxb5 27. f3 a5 28.
Rd1 Rbe5 29. Rd2 $6 ({There as no reason not to play} 29. e4 {right away, with
the idea} f5 $6 30. exf5 Bxf3 $4 31. Qb3+ $18) 29... a4 (29... Re3 {looked
natural but after} 30. a4 Ra3 31. Rd4 Rae3 32. Kf2 {White has an easy life.})
30. e4 f5 $1 31. exf5 Bxf3 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. f6 gxf6 34. Kf2 $4 {Going crazy
once and for all.} (34. Qf4 Bc6 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 {is however a draw.}) 34... Rf5 {
Now it is Black who plays for a win.} 35. Qc1 $8 Bc6+ (35... Be2+ 36. Kg2 Bf1+
37. Kg1 Bh3 {was worrying me but after} 38. Rd1 {everything seems fine!}) 36.
Kg1 Rfe5 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. g4 $2 {No reason for such an ugly move!} h5 39. gxh5
Rxh5 40. Kg1 Rg5+ (40... Ree5 $1 {was apparently stronger, if} 41. Rd3 Reg5+ {
White can't play Rg3, so the position is a nightmare and probably lost.}) 41.
Kf1 Ree5 (41... Re4 $5 {seemed more annoying to me, although maybe after} 42.
Rb2 {with the idea Rxb7+ White survives:} Rf5+ 43. Rf2 $11) 42. Rd4 $8 Bb5+ (
42... Rc5 $1 {was the biggest choice according to the engine. Indeed, that
wouldn't have been fun.}) 43. Kf2 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rge5 45. Rd6 {The safest, with
the idea to go Rxc6 whenever Black goes ...Bc6+. Luckily there doesn't seem to
be a win for Black.} Rf5+ (45... Bc6+ 46. Rxc6 bxc6 47. Qxc6 R2e3+ 48. Kf4 Rxa3
49. Qb7+ $11) 46. Kg3 Rg5+ 47. Kf3 Rf5+ 48. Kg3 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Epishin,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 a6 14. Rc1 Ba7
15. Nf4 Bd7 $6 16. Ne4 $1 $146 Qe7 $2 (16... Qa5 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Nd6 Qe5 19.
Qa3 $1 $16 (19. Qd5 Qe7 20. Nf5 Qd8 $13)) 17. Nd5 Qe5 $2 (17... Qd8 18. Nd6 Rb8
19. Qb3 b5 $1 $16) 18. f4 $1 d3+ $8 19. Kh1 Qxb2 20. Qxd3 Bg4 (20... Rad8 21.
Rb1 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxb7 Bc8 24. Rc7 $16) 21. Rb1 Qd4 (21... Bxe2 22.
Nef6+ gxf6 23. Qf5 Qd4 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qh6 Bd3 27. f5 $18) 22.
Qxd4 Bxd4 23. e3 Ba7 24. Nef6+ gxf6 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Nxg4 h5 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28.
Ne5 Bxe3 29. Rfe1 Bd2 30. Re2 Bc3 31. Rc1 $1 $18 Bd4 32. Nxc6 Bf6 33. Kg2 Rfe8
34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Kf3 Re6 36. Rc5 Rd6 37. Nb4 h4 38. g4 Rd4 39. Nd5 Bd8 40. Ne3
Rd3 41. Rd5 Rxd5 42. Nxd5 Kg6 43. h3 Ba5 44. Ke2 Kg7 45. a3 Bd8 46. Kf3 Kg6 47.
Ke4 f6 48. Kf3 f5 49. Ne3 fxg4+ 50. Kxg4 a5 51. a4 Kf7 52. Kf5 Bb6 53. Nc4 Bc7
54. Ne5+ Ke7 55. Ng6+ Kd6 56. Nxh4 Kc5 57. Ng6 Kb4 58. h4 Kxa4 59. h5 Kb3 60.
h6 a4 61. h7 a3 62. h8=Q a2 63. Ke4 Bd6 64. Kd3 Ba3 65. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Verdihanov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Monin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Na4 Rac8 (13... Rab8 14.
bxc4 dxc4 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Bf4 Rbd8 17. a3 $14 {Levitt,J-Motwani,P/Hafnarfirdi/
1992/}) (13... Rad8 14. e3 c5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $10 {Dohojan-Nenashev/SSSR (ch)/
1991/}) 14. e3 $1 (14. Qc2 c5 $10 {Neverov-Monin/St Petersburg/1994/}) 14... c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 (15... Bd7 16. e4 Bxa4 17. e5 Bc6 18. exf6 Bxc5 $13 {
Schlemermeyer,W-Schmittdiel,E/BL/1990/}) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 18.
Qxd5 c3 19. Qf5 $16 Bb4 20. Qc2 (20. Qxf6 c2 $44) 20... Ba3 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22.
Rd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Qd5 24. Rd1 $18 Kg7 25. Rd3 Qe4 26. Nxc3 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Bb4 28.
Qd1 $1 (28. Qd1 $1 Bxc3 29. Qg4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Na4
$14) 11... Ng4 (11... Qb6 $2 12. f5 Nxe5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Kh1 $16 {Sherbakov-Zelcic/Bled op/1992/}) 12. Bxe7 (12.
Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qxg5 15. Rf4 {Barbero,G-Sorensen,T/Copenhagen
op/1988/} Be6 $10) 12... Nxe7 13. Qd2 Nh6 (13... Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qd7 15. Rf2 $6
b5 $15 {Summermatter,D-Balashov,Y/Lenk op/1991/}) (13... f6 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qb6 $13 {Fioramonti,H-Miljanic,B/Mitropa-Cup/1990/}) 14. h3 (
14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. d5 Bf7 $10 {Farago,I-Motwani,P/Vienna
op/1991/}) 14... f6 15. Nf3 Nhf5 16. g4 Nd6 17. f5 Bf7 18. Qf4 b5 $1 19. Rad1
Qd7 20. Ne5 (20. e4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Bd5 $15) 20... Qb7 (20... fxe5
21. dxe5 Nb7 22. e6 Bxe6 23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Qd4 $44) 21. Nxf7 Nxf7 22. e4 Rad8
23. exd5 (23. e5 $132) 23... Nd6 24. Rfe1 Qd7 25. Qe3 (25. Re6 b4 26. Ne4 Nxe4
27. Qxe4 Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc6 $16) 25... Rfe8 26. Qe6+ Kf8
27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Re6 Nec8 29. Rde1 Red8 $13 30. h4 Nb6 31. a3 Na4 32. R1e2 Rb8
33. Bh3 Nxc3 34. bxc3 a5 35. g5 $1 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. cxb4 (37. gxf6 b3 38.
Rb2 Ra8 $44) 37... Nb5 38. Rc2 $6 Nxd4 39. Rxc4 Nxe6 40. dxe6 Rdb7 41. Kf2 Rxb4
42. Rxb4 Rxb4 43. Kg3 Rb3+ 44. Kg4 Ke7 $17 45. Bg2 g6 $1 46. fxg6 hxg6 47.
gxf6+ Kxf6 48. Bd5 (48. Be4 {Hecht} Rb4 49. Kf3 Rc4 50. Ke3 Rc1 51. Kf4 Rf1+
52. Ke3 Rg1 53. Kf4 Kxe6 54. Bd3 Kf6 55. Be4 Ra1 56. Kg3 Ra4 57. Bc2 Rb4 58.
Kh3 $17 {Gewinn oder Remis?}) 48... Rb5 49. Ba2 Rb4+ 50. Kg3 Ke7 51. Kh3 Kd6
52. Kg3 Rb2 53. Bc4 Rc2 $1 54. Bf1 {The diagonal a2-d5 is too short.} (54. Bb3
$4 Rc3+ $19) 54... Kxe6 55. Bh3+ Kf6 56. Bg4 Rc1 57. Bd7 (57. Kf4 $5 {Hecht})
57... Ke5 58. Bh3 Ke4 59. Bg2+ Ke3 60. h5 $6 (60. Bd5 Rg1+ 61. Kh2 Kf2 62. Bf7
Rg4 63. Kh3 Rg3+ 64. Kh2 Kf3 65. h5 g5 66. h6 g4 $19) (60. Bb7 {Hecht} Rg1+ 61.
Bg2 Ke2 62. Kh2 Kf2 63. Bb7 Rg3 64. Ba8 Ra3 65. Bb7 Ra7 66. Bd5 g5 67. Kh3 Rh7
68. Kg4 gxh4 69. Kh3 Ke3 $19) 60... gxh5 61. Kh4 Rc2 62. Bb7 Rh2+ 63. Kg3 Rb2
$19 64. Bc6 Rb4 65. Be8 h4+ 66. Kh3 Kf4 67. Bd7 (67. Kxh4 Rb8 68. Bh5 (68. Bg6
{Hecht} Rh8+ 69. Bh5 Rh7 $19) 68... Rh8 $19) 67... Rb3+ 68. Kh2 (68. Kxh4 Rb7
69. Be8 Rh7+ 70. Bh5 Rh6 $19) 68... h3 $1 69. Be6 Rf3 70. Bd7 (70. Bxh3 Rf2+
71. Bg2 Kg4 72. Kg1 Kg3 $19) 70... Kg5 (70... Kg5 {Hecht} 71. Bxh3 Kh4 72. Bd7
Rf2+ 73. Kg1 Kg3 74. Bb5 Rb2 75. Bc4 Rb1+ 76. Bf1 Ra1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Galyas, Miklos"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Fish/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 ({Üblich ist} 8... O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... Be6 $143 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1 Qxc1 15. Raxc1 $14) 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3
Re8 $13 {womit eine Tabija der Tarrasch-Verteidigung erreicht wäre.}) 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. Bg5 (10. Na4 $142 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Qd7 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. e3 Bg4 17. f3 $16 {ECO/D4}) 10... d4 $6 (10... O-O $142
$14 {Nach der Rochade entsteht wieder eine bekannte theoretische Stellung, die
bereits als etwas besser für Weiß gilt, siehe oben unter 8...0-0/9...Be6. Der
zweifelhafte Textzug geht zurück auf die Partie Burn-Tarrasch, Breslau 1912.})
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qd3 $6 ({Wie die
Altvorderen bereits erprobt hatten, verdient} 15. Ng5 $142 $1 {den Vorzug, z.B.
} Bf5 (15... Bxa2 $6 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Bb3 18. Bxc6+ Kd8 19. Qa3 Qxc6 20.
Qxb3 Re8 21. Qxf7 $40) 16. e3 O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 f6 20.
Nf3 $14 {Aufgrund seines starken Läufers hat Schwarz sich Remischancen bewahrt,
seine Stellung ist aber sehr unangenehm zu spielen.}) 15... h6 16. Qa3 Nb4 17.
Ne5 O-O 18. Nc4 Bxc4 $2 ({Diesen Zug hat Schwarz in dem Glauben gemacht, die
weiße Dame eingesperrt zu halten, dabei aber den nachfolgenden 20. Zug seines
Gegners übersehen. Richtig war} 18... Qb5 {mit gleichen Chancen, z.B.} 19. Nd6
Qb6 20. Nxb7 Rab8 21. Nc5 Nxa2 22. Rb1 Nb4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 $11) 19. Rxc4 a5 20.
Qb3 $1 {Tatsächlich ist es die schwarze Dame, die nun auf tönernen Füßen steht.
} Rad8 21. a3 $6 ({Zu ungeduldig! Der prophylaktische Zwischenzug} 21. Rd1 $1 {
hätte den Isolani auf d4 nicht von der Leine gelassen und die Misere des
Schwarzen schonungslos offengelegt:} Rfe8 22. a3 Qe6 $1 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Rdxd4
Rxb7 25. Qf3 $1 $16 (25. e3 $143 Reb8)) 21... Qe6 $1 ({Originelle Entfesselung
und Gegenfesselung, jedoch nicht} 21... Nd5 $2 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Rc7 $16 {
Damit mischt der Nachziehende wieder mit.}) 22. Bxb7 ({Freilich nicht} 22. axb4
$4 {wegen} b5 $17) 22... d3 $1 ({Ein raffinierter Gegenstoß, während} 22... Rb8
$6 {nach} 23. axb4 Rxb7 24. Qd3 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Qxd4 Qxe2 27. Qxb4 $16 {
dem Weißen ein risikoloses Schwerfiguren-Endspiel mit einem Mehrbauern
überließe.}) 23. Bf3 $2 ({I Weiß verfängt sich in den taktischen Fallstricken,
indes hätte} 23. e4 $5 {zumindest einen kleinen Vorteil bewahrt, z.B.} d2 24.
axb4 a4 (24... d1=Q $2 25. Rxd1 a4 (25... Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxc4 27. bxa5 $18 Qb4
28. a6 Qxb2 29. Qd6 $18) 26. Qxa4 Qxc4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bd5 $16) 25. Qc2 d1=Q
26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxc4 28. Qxa4 Rb8 29. b3 Qd4 30. Kg2 Qb6 31. Bd5 Qxb4
32. Qd7 $5 $14 {und angesichts des prächtigen Läuferpostens auf d5 und zweier
Mehrbauern kann Weiß aus sicherer Lage Gewinnversuche unternehmen.} (32. Qxb4
$2 Rxb4 $11)) ({II} 23. exd3 $2 {scheitert gründlich an} Rxd3 $19) 23... Rd4 ({
Damit wendet sich das Blatt, denn der erhöhte Druck auf den gefesselten Turm
c4 erzwingt eine vorteilhafte Abwicklung für Schwarz, während} 23... dxe2 $2 {
wegen} 24. Bxe2 Qxe2 25. axb4 a4 $13 {/= voreilig gewesen wäre.}) 24. Rc3 dxe2
{Der einstige Isolani hat auf seinem Weg von d5 nach e2 reichlich Verwirrung
gestiftet.} 25. Bxe2 ({Schlechter erscheint} 25. Re1 $6 Qxb3 26. Rxb3 Nd3 27.
Rxe2 Nc1 28. Rb7 Nxe2+ 29. Bxe2 $17) 25... Qxe2 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Qd5 $5 ({
Ebenfalls in Betracht kam} 27. Qc2 $5 {nebst Übergang ins Doppelturmendspiel}
Rxb2 28. Qxe2 Rxe2 $15 {und in einem derartigen Endspiel ist der Vorteil mit
dem Mehrbauern auf der a-Linie erfahrungsgemäß kaum zu realisieren} {(} 29. Ra1
Ra8 30. Rca3 Re5 31. f4 Rd5 32. Kf2 f5 33. Rb1 $5 {)}) 27... Qxb2 ({Auch mit
den Damen auf dem Brett sind die schwarzen Gewinnchancen in diesem
Schwerfigurenendspiel gering, vorausgesetzt natürlich, Weiß hält aktiv dagegen.
Oder z.B.} 27... a4 28. Ra3 (28. Rfc1 Rxb2) (28. Rc7 Qxb2) 28... Qxb2 29. Rfa1
Qc2 30. R1a2 (30. R3a2 Rb1+ 31. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 32. Kg2 Qb3 $17) 30... Qc1+ 31. Kg2
Rb1 32. Qd3 Qc6+ 33. Qf3 Qb5 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rb4 36. Re7 Rd8 37. Ra7 Rdd4
$15) 28. Rfc1 a4 29. Rc8 $2 ({Der vorentscheidende Fehler, wonach Weiß kaum zu
retten ist. Eine zähe und vermutlich ausreichende Verteidigung bot} 29. R1c2 $1
{, z.B.} Qa1+ (29... Rb5 30. Qd7 Qb4 31. Rc8 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc7 Qb1+ 34.
Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kh3 Qe8 36. Qxe8+ Rxe8 37. Ra7 $15) 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Rc8 Rg1+ 32.
Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kh4 $1 g5+ 34. Kg4 Qd1+ 35. Qxd1 Rxd1 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rc8+ Kg7
38. Ra8 Rd4+ 39. Kf5 $15) 29... Rb8 $17 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rc7 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qb8
33. Qd7 (33. Rc3 Qa8) 33... Qa8+ 34. Kg1 {(?)} ({Weiß ergibt sich in sein
Schicksal, dabei hätte} 34. f3 {den Gegner wesentlich mehr gefordert:} Qa6 $1
35. Qe7 (35. Ra7 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 (36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 a3) 36... Qxf3 37. Rxa4
Qf1+ 38. Kg4 Qg2 $19) 35... Qg6 36. Qb4 (36. Ra7 Qc2+ 37. Kh3 Qf5+ 38. Kg2 Rb8
$19) 36... Rd8 $19) 34... a3 $19 {Danach läuft alles wie am Schnürchen.} 35.
Ra7 ({Zwecklos ist ebenso} 35. Rc1 {wegen} a2 36. Qd4 Rb8 37. Qa1 Qd5 {/Qa3
usw. Nach dem Textzug kombiniert Schwarz die Unterstützung seines Freibauern
mit einem gefälligen Mattangriff.}) 35... Qf3 36. Qd2 (36. Qb7 Qxb7 37. Rxb7
Ra8) (36. Qd6 Re8) 36... Rb8 37. Qc2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lingnau, Carsten"]
[Black "Vajda, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bg4 (11... Bd7 12. Bf4 $1 Bc5 $2 13. Ndb5
$1 Rc8 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nb4 16. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 17. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 18. Nd6+
Kg8 19. Nxb7 Qa8 $1 20. Qxd7 $1 Rd5 21. Nd6 Rxe2 22. a3 $1 Nd3 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24.
Bh6 $1 $18 {Sherbakov,R-Magomedov,M/Cheliabinsk/1990/ 1-0 (44)}) (11... Be6 12.
Qa4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Rad8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rfd1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd7 17. Rd2 Re5 18.
e3 h6 19. Qa3 Bf5 20. Rc5 d4 21. Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxd4 Nc4 23. Qe7 Nd6 24. Nc5 Rc8
25. Qxd6 $16 {Stangl,M-Lputian,S/Altensteig/1989/ 1-0 (55)}) (11... h6 12. Bf4
a6 (12... Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. e4 d4 16. e5 dxc3 17. exf6 Bxf6 18.
bxc3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rad8 20. Be3 a6 21. c4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Na5 23. c5 Rd8 24.
Rb1 Rd7 25. Kf1 $14 {Muir,A-Sathe,B/BCF-ch/1987/ 0-1 (59)}) 13. Re1 Bf8 14. e4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Bd6 Bd7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nc3
Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Be6 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bf3 Bxa2 24. b3 Rad7 25. Ree3 $10 {Sarno,
S-Konings,L/Lugano op (3)/1989/ 0.5 (38)}) 12. Qa4 (12. h3 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Qa4 Rad8 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 e5 20.
Qh4 Qf7 21. Qa4 Rf8 22. e3 d4 23. exd4 exd4 24. Bxc6 dxc3 25. Rxd8 $10 {
Peelen,P-Van Laatum,G/Groningen op (07)/1990/ 0.5 (28)}) 12... Qd7 13. e3 (13.
Rfd1 Rad8 $13) 13... Rad8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd4 (15... Nxd4 $6 16. Nxf6+
gxf6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Rc7 $16) 16. exd4 Be2 17. Rfe1 b5 $1 18.
Qa3 (18. Qc2 Nxd4 19. Qc3) 18... Nxd4 19. Qc3 (19. Rc7 Qg4 $40 (19... Nf3+ $2
20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxf3 $18)) 19... Qg4 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf5
22. Ne3 (22. Rxe2 $1 Rxe2 23. Bxf3 (23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxf2 $17) 23...
Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Ree8 25. Nc7 $16) 22... b4 (22... Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 $18
) 23. Qxb4 (23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxf5+ Kf6 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Bxf3 Rxf2 27. Nh4
Rxb2 $15) (23. Nxf5 $2 bxc3 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Bxf3 cxb2 26. Rb1 Rxf2 $19) 23...
Rxe3 24. fxe3 Nxe1 25. Qxe1 Bf3 26. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 (27. Kh2 h5 $10) 27...
h5 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ (28... Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 Rxb2 31. a3 Rb3 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9495 37th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. b3 Rc8 (11... cxb3 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. axb3 Qd7 14.
Na4 Bh3 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc5 $16 {Vilela,J-Garcia,P/Cuba ch/1978/}) (11... Qa5
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Rab8 15. Rfd1 c5 16. bxc4 cxd4 17. Nxd5 Nxd5
18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. a3 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bc4 22. Rc1 Bb5 23. Bf3 Rfd8
24. Rb1 {Yakovich,Y-Nenashev,A/Vladivostok (07)/1994/0.5 (46)}) 12. e3 (12.
bxc4 dxc4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18.
e3 Bd5 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Rb1 Be6 21. Qc2 a5 22. Na4 Rb8 23. Nb6 Qa7 24. Nxc4 $16
{Yakovich,Y-Monin,N/St.Petersburg op/1993/1-0 (38)}) 12... Qa5 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 $6
(13... bxc6 14. Qc2 $13) 14. bxc4 $5 Rxc4 (14... Qxc3 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. cxd5
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 $16) 15. Ne2 Bd7 (15... Rfc8 16. Nf4 $14) 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Nh5 $1
Qd8 (17... Nxh5 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bh4 $1 g6 20. g4 Ng7 21. Bf6 $16) 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Qf3 Bg5 (19... Be7 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Nxd5 $16) 20. h4 Bh6 21. Rfc1 Qd6 (
21... Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qa5 23. Rc2 $14) 22. g4 f6 23. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 (23... Qe7 24.
Rxc4 dxc4 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rc1 $16) 24. Nxg3 Rxc1+ (24... b5 25. Nf5 $16) 25.
Rxc1 g6 26. Bf1 Rd8 27. Rb1 $1 Bf8 (27... a6 28. Kg2 $16) 28. Bb5 Bd6 (28...
Bxb5 $6 29. Rxb5 b6 30. Ne2 {xd5}) 29. Ne2 Rb8 (29... a6 $2 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31.
Rb6 $16) 30. Nc3 Kf7 31. Ba4 $5 Ke6 (31... Bxa4 32. Nxa4 Ke6 $14) 32. Bb3 Bb4 (
32... a6 33. e4 $16) (32... f5 33. f3 fxg4 34. fxg4 Kd7 35. Bxd5 $16) 33. Nxd5
$1 Bxd5 (33... Bd6 34. Nc3+ Ke7 35. Bd5 $18) 34. Bxd5+ Kxd5 35. Rxb4 b5 36. f3
f5 37. Kf2 a5 38. Rb2 b4 39. Ke2 a4 (39... Kc4 40. Rc2+ Kb5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42.
Kd3 $16) 40. Kd3 a3 41. Rb3 fxg4 42. fxg4 h5 43. e4+ Kc6 44. gxh5 Kb5 (44...
gxh5 45. Kc4 $18) 45. hxg6 Rh8 46. Rb1 Rxh4 47. Rg1 Rh3+ 48. Kc2 b3+ 49. axb3
a2 (49... Rh2+ 50. Kb1 $18) 50. Kb2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nice"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Ne1
Bf5 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Ned3 Rac8 17. a3 {Two bishops and active pieces slightly
favour black in this position, white has no active plan.} Bg5 18. Rc4 Qb5 19.
b3 (19. Rc2 a5 $15) 19... Be7 (19... a5 20. Re1 Rc7 $15) 20. Qc1 Na5 $5 (20...
Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Qxb3 22. Bxc6 bxc6 (22... Bxa3 $2 23. Bxe8 Rxc4 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7
25. Ne5+ $18) 23. Rxc6 Ra8 24. Qa1 Qa4 25. Rfc1 Bxa3 26. Qa2 $11) (20... Ne5
21. a4 (21. Nxe5 Rxc5 22. Nf3 Rxc4 23. bxc4 Qc5 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qb4
b6 $15) 21... Qb6 22. Nxe5 Rxc5 23. Qf4 Be6 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Nd3 Be7 $15) 21.
Rb4 Bxd3 22. Rxb5 Bxb5 23. b4 Bxc5 $6 {[%mdl 64] Grischuk started a
magnificent combination, but unfortunatelly this move is not the best. White
was already facing serious problems after the unpleasant 23...Bxe2.} (23...
Bxe2 24. Bh3 $5 (24. Re1 d3 25. Nxd3 (25. Qf4 Bxc5 26. Bd5 Red8 27. Bxf7+ Kh8
28. Qd2 Bd4 29. Rxe2 dxe2 30. Qxe2 Rf8 $19) (25. Qd2 Nc4 26. Qc3 Bxc5 27. bxc5
d2 $19) 25... Rxc1 (25... Bxd3 26. Qd1 Ba6 27. bxa5 $14) 26. Nxc1 Ba6 27. bxa5
Kf8 $17) 24... Rcd8 (24... Rxc5 25. bxc5 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nc6 $11) 25.
Bd7 d3 26. bxa5 (26. Nxd3 Rxd7 27. bxa5 Rxd3 28. Re1 Red8 $19) (26. Bxe8 d2 27.
Qc2 Bxf1 28. Bd7 Bxc5 29. Qxd2 Bh3 30. bxc5 Rxd7 $19) 26... Rf8 27. Ba4 Rc8 28.
Re1 Bxc5 $17) 24. Bh3 $1 (24. bxc5 Bxe2 25. Re1 d3 26. Qc3 Rcd8 (26... Nc4 27.
Bxb7 Rcd8 28. Bc6 (28. Ra1 d2 29. h3 Rd3 30. Qb4 Rxa3 $19) 28... d2 29. Bxe8
dxe1=Q+ 30. Qxe1 Rd1 $19) 27. Bf1 d2 28. Bxe2 dxe1=Q+ 29. Qxe1 Nc6 30. Qf1 Nd4
31. Bg4 Re5 $17) 24... Rc7 (24... Nb3 25. Qb2 (25. Qd1 Rcd8 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27.
Re1 Ne4 28. Bg4 $11) 25... Rc7 26. bxc5 Bc4 27. Bg4 $11) 25. Qf4 Rce7 (25...
Bb6 26. bxa5 Bxa5 27. Qf5 a6 28. a4 g6 29. Qd5 Bxe2 30. Qxa5 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 $16)
26. bxc5 Nc6 (26... Bxe2 27. Qxd4 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Nc6 30. Qb2 $15)
27. Bg2 Bxe2 (27... Rxe2 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qxd4 R2e4 30. Qd2 $11) 28. Bxc6 $1 (
28. Re1 d3 $36) 28... bxc6 29. Qxd4 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 $11 {The excitement is over
and position quite even.} g6 31. Qd6 Re6 32. Qc7 R8e7 33. Qd8+ Re8 34. Qc7 R8e7
35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1
Qxc1 15. Raxc1 b6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e3 h6 18. Rc4 Rd6 19. Re4 Rf5 (19... Rfd8
20. h4 Kf7 $14) 20. h4 Kf7 21. Kh2 Ke7 22. g4 $1 Rf8 (22... Rfd5 23. g5 Rd1 24.
Rxd1 Rxd1 25. Bh3 Nd8 $14) 23. g5 Rd5 $6 24. Bh3 $1 Rd6 (24... Rxf3 25. Rxe6+
Kd7 (25... Kf8 26. Rxc6 hxg5 27. Bg2 $18) 26. Rg6+ (26. Bg4 Rf8 27. Rg6+ Kc7
28. Rxg7+ Kb8 29. gxh6 $36) 26... Rxh3+ $8 27. Kxh3 Bf8 28. gxh6 gxh6 29. Rf6
$16) 25. Kg3 Re8 26. Rc1 Kd8 27. Rcc4 a5 (27... Na5 28. Rc2 $14) 28. a4 Kd7 29.
Rc1 Rd5 30. Bf1 $1 Re7 31. Bb5 Kc7 (31... Kd6 32. Bc4 Rf5 33. Rd1+ $18) 32. Nd4
$1 Nd8 $8 33. Bc4 Bd6+ (33... Rd6 34. Nb5+ $18) 34. Kg4 Rc5 35. Rd1 $1 hxg5 36.
hxg5 (36. Nb5+ Rxb5 37. Bxb5 gxh4 $16) 36... Kc8 37. Nxe6 Nxe6 38. Rxd6 Rxg5+
39. Kh4 Rg6 40. Rdxe6 Rh6+ 41. Kg5 {Ftacnik,L} (41. Rxh6 $2 Rxe4+ 42. Kg5 Rxc4
43. Rxb6 Rxa4 $14) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Tyumen Gazovik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Nxc6 (14.
Rac1 Bf8 (14... Rac8 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Rd2 Be5 17. Qd1 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rcd8 19. f3
Bh3 20. Bf2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qe7 22. Nd4 {1-0 Brglez,R-Jelen,I/SLO 1993/ (33)}) (
14... Nb4 15. Qb3 a5 16. Na4 Ra6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nb6 a4 19. Nxd7 axb3 20. Nxf6+
Bxf6 21. Bxd5 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxe2 {1/2-1/2 Kas Fromm,R-Gruenenwald,E/Weilburg
1999/ (71)}) 15. Qb1 Bh3 16. Nb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4
20. e3 h5 21. Bc5 Be7 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 {0-1 Cvetkovic,
S-Nun,J/Stary Smokovec 1983/ (65)}) (14. Nb3 Be6 (14... Rac8 15. a3 Qe6 16. Qd3
Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Burmakin,V-Akobian,V/Moscow/2000/ (16)}) 15. Rac1 (15. Nc5 Bxc5
16. Bxc5 b6 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qe7 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Rd1 Rc4 21. e3 Qb4 22.
b3 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Neumann,P-Orsag,M/Klatovy 2000/ 
(32)}) 15... Rad8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 d4 18. Nb5 Nb4 19. Qa4 Nxa2 20. Rxd4
Nxc1 21. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Bxd7 23. Bf3 a6 24. Kg2 Bxb5 25. Qh4 Rd1 26. Bxb7
Rg1+ 27. Kf3 g5 {0-1 Sandstrom,L-Breutigam,M/Berlin West 1985/ (27)}) 14...
bxc6 15. Rd2 (15. Bd4 Qe6 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Qd2 $11) 15... Qe6 16. Rc1 {White
can not claim any advantage, but his pieces are gathering on the central files.
} Bf5 17. Qa4 (17. Qd1 Bh3 18. Bh1 a5 $11) 17... Rab8 18. Bd4 (18. Qxa7 Ra8 19.
Qc7 (19. Qd4 c5 20. Qf4 g5 21. Qc7 d4 $17) 19... Rec8 20. Qb6 Rcb8 $11) 18...
Nd7 19. e4 $5 {Original way to breathe new life into white pieces, the pawn
will be won back easily.} (19. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 20. Qc7 Rec8 21. Qb7 Rcb8 22. Qc7
Bd8 23. Qf4 Bg5 $19) 19... dxe4 20. Ne2 (20. Re1 c5 21. Be3 Nb6 22. Qxa7 Nc4
23. Rde2 $11) 20... Bb4 (20... Nb6 21. Qxc6 Bg5 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. Nf4 Nd5 $15)
(20... c5 21. Nf4 Qb6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Be3 $11) 21. Rxc6 (21. Rdd1 c5 22. Nf4
Qe7 23. Nd5 Qd8 $17) 21... Qe7 (21... Bxd2 $6 22. Rxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24.
Qd4+ Nf6 25. Qxd2 Bxa2 $14) 22. Nc3 $6 (22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Qc2 Rec8 $11) 22... Nc5
23. Bxc5 (23. Qd1 Nd3 24. Be3 Red8 $15) 23... Bxc5 24. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
This move will prove to be surpisingly clumsy, white pieces lack proper
coordination.} (24. Bxe4 Bd7 $15) 24... Qg5 $1 25. Rc2 (25. Qa5 Bb4 26. Nxb4
Qxd2 27. Qxf5 e3 28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Rxb4 $19) (25. Rxc5 Qxd2 26. Nf6+ gxf6
27. Rxf5 e3 $19) 25... e3 26. fxe3 (26. R6xc5 Bxc2 27. Rxc2 e2 $19) (26. R2xc5
exf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qd2+ 28. Kg1 Re1+ 29. Bf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Bh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg2#)
26... Bxc2 27. Qxc2 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Bd7
15. Bc5 Bxc5 (15... Ne4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qd4 Kg8 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. b3 Rad8 20.
Rc2 Bf5 21. Rdc1 Qb5 22. Bf1 Rd6 23. Qxa7 d4 24. Rc5 $1 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 $18 {
Schneider,A-Breutigam,M/Delmenhorst/1987/1-0 (36)}) 16. Nxc5 Bg4 (16... Bf5 17.
e3 Rb8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Qe2 Rb5 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Rfd1 Qb4 22. Qc2 Qg4 23. Rd4 Qg5
24. Qd2 Qg6 25. f3 $14 {Ribli,Z-Gabriel,C/Altensteig (07)/1992/0.5 (43)}) 17.
Re1 Qa5 (17... Qb6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. h3 Bc8 20. b3 Qb8 21. e3 Re7 22. Red1 Rde8
23. Rd4 Nh7 24. Qd2 Ng5 25. h4 $14 {Ljubojevic,Lj-Gligoric,S/Bugojno/1978/1-0 
(55)}) 18. h3 (18. a3 Rab8 19. Nd3 Qb5 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. b4 Qa4 22. Rc3 Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 a5 24. bxa5 Qxa5 25. Rec1 $14 {Horvath,C-Weinzettl,E/Mitropa-Cup (2)/1990/
1-0 (59)}) 18... Bf5 19. Qd4 $1 (19. Qa4 Qd2 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Rab8 {
0,5/Kramnik,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Pamplona/1992/}) 19... Rab8 (19... Ne4 $5) (
19... Qxa2 $2 20. Ra1 Qc4 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Bxc6 $16) 20. a3 Qb5 21. b3 (21. b4
a5 $1 $132) 21... Ne4 (21... Rxe2 $2 22. Rxe2 Qxe2 23. Qf4 $18) 22. b4 a5 (
22... Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Qb6 24. e3 $16 {xc6}) 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rc5 Qb6 $8 (24...
Qa4 25. Rxa5 Qc2 26. Ra7 Bxg2 27. Qf4 Qg6 28. Kxg2 $18) 25. bxa5 Qb2 (25... Qb3
26. Rxc6 Qxa3 27. a6 $16) 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Rxc6 Ra2 (27... Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rexe2
29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Rc7 Re6 (30... Re4 31. a6 Ra4 32. a7 Kh7 33. Rxf7 Rxa3 34. f4
$18) 31. Rd7 $18) 28. Rec1 Rxa3 (28... Rxe2 29. a6 (29. Bf1 Ra2 30. a6 Rxa3 31.
Rc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kh7 33. Rc7 Kg6 $13) 29... d4 30. a7 $1 (30. Bxe4 R2xe4 31.
a7 d3) 30... d3 31. Rc8 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 d2 33. a8=Q dxc1=Q 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35.
Qxe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ g6 37. a4 $18) 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. f3 Bf5 32. Rc5
Be6 33. Kf2 g5 (33... Kg6 34. f4 $18) 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 d4 (35... Bxh3 36.
Bxd5 Kg7 37. Bc4 Kf6 38. a6 $18) 36. Be4+ Kg7 37. f5 Ba2 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. a6 Ke7
40. Rc6 f6 (40... h5 41. Rh6 $18) 41. Rc7+ Kd6 42. Rh7 Ra4 43. Rxh6 (43. Rxh6
Ke5 44. Rh7 Bc4 45. Re7+ Kd6 46. Re4 Bxd3 47. exd3 Rxa6 $140 $4 48. Re6+ $18)
1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Final stage"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.08.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b3 cxb3 (
14... Nb6 15. Qc2 (15. bxc4 Nxc4 16. Na4 (16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qa6 Bf5 18. a4 Qd6
19. e4 Bc8 20. Qd3 a5 21. Rfb1 Ba6 22. Qf3) 16... Rab8 17. Nc5 Rb2 18. Nd3 Rd2
19. Qb3 Bg4 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Rac1 g5 22. Bf1 Bf5) (15. Re1 Qb4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17.
Rab1 cxb3 18. Rxb3 Qa5 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Bf1 Nd6 21. Bd3 c5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qb1
) (15. Qe2 Rab8 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rab1 Qa3 18. Qc2 g6 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Na4 Rb5
21. Nc5 Rcb8 22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. axb3) 15... f5 (15... Rfc8 16. Ne2 a5 17. Rfc1 g6
18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Qc3 a4 21. Bf1 Nd6 22. Nd3 Ne4 23. Qb4 Qf6 24. h4
g5 25. hxg5 Nxg5) (15... Rab8 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Na4 Rb4 19. Nc5
Rb2 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. Nd3 Rb6 22. Rab1 Bf5 23. Rb3) (15... Qf6 16. Rfc1 (16. bxc4
Nxc4 17. Na4 Rab8 18. Qc3 h5 19. Rfb1 h4 20. Nc5 Rb6 21. Rb3) 16... Rab8 17.
Bf1 Bf5 18. Qd1 Rfe8 19. Nb1 c5 20. Na3 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 Red8 23.
bxc4 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxd4) 16. Rfc1 g5 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Na4 f4 19. e4 Rab8 20.
Qe2 Qf7 21. Nc5 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rb2) 15. axb3 (15. Qxb3 Rab8 16. Qc2 Rb4 17. a3
Rb7 18. Na4 Rc8 19. Rfc1 c5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bb3 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qf3 Rbb8
24. Nc3 Nf6) 15... Qb4 (15... Bf5 16. Na4 Rfc8 17. Qd2 h5 18. Rfc1 h4 19. Rc3
Nf6 20. Nc5 g6 21. f3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Kg7 23. e4 Be6 24. e5 Nd7 25. Kf2) 16. Qc2
Rfb8 17. Rfb1 g6 18. Ra4 Qb6 19. Qa2 Bf5 (19... Nf6 20. Ra6 Qb7 21. Ra1) 20.
Rb2 Bd3 21. Rd2 Bf5 22. b4 Qc7 (22... Nf6 23. Ra6 Qxb4 (23... Qb7 24. b5) 24.
Rxc6) (22... a6 23. Bf1) 23. Rd1 Qd6 (23... Nb6 24. Ra5 Be6 25. Ra1) 24. b5
cxb5 (24... c5 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Bxd5) 25. Ra5 Be6 (25... b4 26. Nxd5 b3 27. Qb2)
26. Nxb5 Qb6 (26... Qc6 27. Nxa7 Qb7 28. Rc1) 27. Nc3 (27. Nxa7 Nf6 28. Ra1 Ne4
) 27... Nf6 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Rd8 (30... a6 31. Rda1) 31.
Qa2 Rd7 32. Ra1 (32. Rb1 Qd6 33. Ra6) 32... Qb7 33. Rc1 Rd6 34. Qa3 Rd7 (34...
Qd7 35. Rac5) 35. Qc5 Rad8 36. Qc6 Qb4 (36... Qxc6 37. Rxc6 Re7 38. Rca6 Rdd7
39. Kf1) 37. Rca1 Qb6 38. Qxb6 axb6 39. Rb5 Rb7 (39... Rd6 40. Rab1 Rb8 41. Kf1
) 40. Rab1 Rd6 41. Kf1 f5 42. Ke2 Rc6 43. R1b2 (43. Kd3 Rbc7) 43... Kf7 44. Kd3
Rf6 (44... Rd6 45. f3 Ke7 46. e4) 45. f3 h5 46. d5 (46. e4 fxe4+ 47. fxe4 Rf3+
48. Kc4 Rc7+ 49. Kd5 Rd7+) 46... g5 47. e4 fxe4+ 48. fxe4 h4 (48... Rf3+ 49.
Kd4) 49. Kd4 h3 (49... hxg3 50. hxg3 Rf3 51. R2b3) 50. e5 Rf1 51. Rb1 Rxb1 (
51... Rf2 52. R5b2) 52. Rxb1 Ra7 (52... b5 53. e6+ Ke7 54. Ke5 Rb6 55. Rf1) 53.
e6+ Ke7 (53... Kf6 54. Rf1+) 54. Ke5 Ra2 55. d6+ Kf8 56. Rf1+ Kg7 (56... Ke8
57. d7+) 57. d7 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt 11th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Wehmeier, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.08.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 b5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Na5
15. Qxb5 Be6 16. Bc3 Nc4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 {This line is surprisingly often played
by black, he can claim only modest compensation for the missing pawn.} (17...
Nd6 18. Qa4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bd4 Qg5 21. f3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. e3 {
1-0 Rubinetti,J-Fraile,J/Buenos Aires 1972/ (23)}) 18. dxe5 Qb6 19. Qa4 (19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. Ra1 Rfc8 $14) (19. Qb1 $1 Qxb1 20. Rxb1 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 $16) 19...
Rac8 20. e3 a5 21. Rfd1 h5 (21... Qc5 22. Bd4 Qe7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 $16) 22.
Bd4 Qb8 23. Qb3 $6 {Ruck doesn't feel the danger and black will get excellent
counterchances in the endgame.} (23. Rc3 Nxe5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxa5 $16) 23...
Qxb3 (23... Qb4 24. Rb1 $16) 24. axb3 Nd2 $1 25. Rc3 (25. Ra1 Nxb3 26. Ra3 Nxd4
27. exd4 Ra8 28. Rda1 Rfb8 $14) (25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxd2 $2 Rc1+ 27. Bf1 Bh3 $19
) 25... Rxc3 26. Bxc3 Nxb3 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 $6 (27... Rc8 $1 28. Bb2 Bxd5 29. Rxd5
Rc2 30. Ba3 Ra2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Bf8 Nd2 $11) 28. Rxd5 a4 29. Rd7 Ra8 $2 {
Wehmeier is not getting the best of his position; "a" pawn is dagerous, but
white has his chances too.} (29... Rc8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Be5 Rc5
33. Bf6 (33. Rg5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 a3 35. Rxe6 a2 36. Ra6 a1=Q+ 37. Rxa1 Nxa1 38.
Kg2 $16) 33... Rf5 34. Bb2 $14) 30. e6 $1 fxe6 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rh7 Ra6 33.
Kf1 a3 (33... Nc1 34. Ke1 a3 35. Kd2 Na2 36. Be5 $16) 34. Rb7 Nc1 (34... a2 35.
Rxb3 a1=Q+ 36. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 37. Kg2 $18) 35. Rb1 Na2 (35... Nd3 36. Ke2 a2 37.
Ra1 $18) 36. Bd2 {The knight is locked and blocking his own passed pawn.} Rc6
37. Rb3 Ra6 38. h4 Kf7 39. Ke1 Kg6 40. Kd1 Kf5 41. f3 Nc1 42. Bxc1 a2 43. e4+
Kg6 44. Bb2 a1=Q+ 45. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Ke3 e5 48. f4 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tadic, Branko"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nc3
Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 b6 12. dxc5 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 bxc5 14.
Na4 Ba6 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Re1 c4 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nc3 $5 (19. Nc5
Rad8 20. Qc2 Nd4 21. Qb1 cxb3 22. Nxe4 Qg6 23. Kh1 (23. Nc3 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 bxa2
25. Nxa2 Bxe2 26. Kh1 g6 {0-1 Kleeschaetzky,R-Blauert,J/Germany 1996/GER-chT2 
(57)}) 23... bxa2 24. Qxa2 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 26. f3 Qe6 27. Qa5 Re8 28. Qd2
Nb3 {0-1 Frombach,R-Waldschmidt,G/Ruhrgebiet/1998/ (28)}) (19. bxc4 Rad8 $13)
19... cxb3 $2 {The first independent move is just false as white can benefit
from the vulnerable position of Ba6 and Nc6.} (19... Rad8 20. Nd5 Qb2 21. Rc2
Qe5 22. bxc4 Nd4 23. Rd2 (23. Rc1 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxd5 25. Qa4 {1-0 Panchenko,
A-Ginsburg,G/Simferopol 1990/CBM 21 (78)}) 23... Bxc4 24. Rxd4 Rxd5 25. Rxd5
Bxd5 26. Qa4 {1-0 Boensch,U-Jelen,I/Portoroz 1987/CBM 05 (45)}) 20. Nxe4 Qh6 (
20... Qg6 21. Nd6 Rad8 22. Rxc6 Bb5 23. Nxb5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 $18) 21. Qd2 (21.
Nd6 Ne5 (21... Bxe2 22. Qd5 Rf8 23. Rxc6 $18) 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. axb3 $18) 21...
Qxd2 (21... Re6 22. Qxh6 Rxh6 23. axb3 $16) 22. Nxd2 Nd4 (22... b2 23. Rxc6
Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Bxe2 25. Rc7 Rb8 26. Bd5 b1=Q+ 27. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Kg2 g5 29. Rxf7
$18) 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 (23... Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxe2 25. Bc6 b2 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Nb3
$18) 24. Rc7 {Tadic hopes to achieve more than just a healthy spare pawn after
24.e3.} (24. e3 Ne2+ 25. Rxe2 Bxe2 26. Nxb3 $16) 24... bxa2 25. e3 $1 Ne2+ (
25... Nb5 26. Rc2 $18) 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Rxa7 g5 28. Rxa6 Rxd2 {Hecht: '[#]
Schwarz gelingt es nicht, den weißen König auszusperren und eine Art Festung
rund um den Ba2 aufzubauen.'} 29. Ra3 (29. Ra1 Nc3 30. Ra3 Rc2 31. Rxc3 Rxc3
32. Rxa2 $16) 29... Rc2 (29... g4 30. Ra1 $18) 30. Kf3 f5 {Hecht: 'Schwächt
die Bauernstruktur, ohne etwas zu erreichen. Taktisch interessant war Sc3.'} (
30... Nc3 31. e4 (31. Ra1 {Hecht} f5 32. g4 fxg4+ 33. Kxg4 h6 34. h4 gxh4 35.
Kxh4 $18) 31... Kg7 (31... Nb1 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Re2 g4+ (33... Na3 $1 {Hecht}
34. Rxa3 g4+ $1 (34... Rc3+ {Hecht} 35. Re3 $18) 35. Kxg4 Rxe2 36. Kf3 Rb2 37.
Ra6 Rb3+ (37... h5 $5 {Hecht} 38. h4 $16 {[%cal Gf3e3,Gf2f3,Ge3f4]}) 38. Kg2
Rb2 39. g4 f6 40. h4 Re2 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. Kg3 Re2 43. f3 Kf7 44. Kf4 Rb2 45. g5
$18) 34. Ke3 Na3 35. Rxa3 Rc3+ 36. Rxc3 a1=Q 37. Rec2 $16 Qd1 38. Kf4 Kg6 $13)
32. Ke3 Nb1 33. Ra5 Rc3+ 34. Kd4 Rc2 35. Rxg5+ Kf6 36. Ra5 Rxf2 37. e5+ $18)
31. g4 {Black does not have a single spare pawn to compensate for the missing
exchange, his survival chances are not good.} (31. Rxe2 $2 g4+ 32. Kf4 Rxe2 33.
Kxf5 Rxf2+ 34. Kxg4 Rxh2 $11) 31... Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kg6 33. gxf5+ Kf6 (33... Kxf5
34. e4+ Ke5 35. Rxe2 $18) 34. Ra6+ Ke5 35. f6 Nc3 36. f7 (36. f7 Ne4 37. Ra5+
$18) 1-0

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Ne1 Rb8
15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Nec5 Ne5 (16... Qb6 17. Qd2 Rbc8 18. Nf4 Bg5 19. h4 Bh6 $10 {
Kurajica,B-Adianto,U/Indonesia/1983/}) 17. Bxb7 Bxd3 18. exd3 Be7 (18... Rxb7
19. Nxb7 Qd5 20. Nc5 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Nd2+ 22. Ne4 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 $18) 19. Be4 Rxb2
20. Qa4 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qd7 22. Qa5 (22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc7 Nf6 24. Bc6 Rc2 25.
Rb1 g6 $22 26. Rbb7 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Rec1) 22... Qe6 23. Qxa7 Rxa2 24. Qb7 $14 Re2
25. Qd5 Qf6 26. f4 Ng4 $2 27. Qd7 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Bf3 $18 Rxh2 30. Bxg4
Rd2 31. Re5 Rxd3 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Kg2 g6 34. f5 gxf5 35. Rfxf5+ Kg7 36. Rf7+
Kg6 37. Rf2 Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Bf5 Kxg5 40. Bxd3 h5 41. Rf5+ Kh6 42. Rf6+ Kg7
43. Rf4 Rd8 44. Kh3 Ra8 45. Kh4 Ra1 46. Kxh5 Rd1 47. Rxd4 Kf6 48. Rf4+ Ke5 49.
Bg6 {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 Be6 11. h3 Nf6 12. dxc5 (12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ne4 14.
dxc5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 d4 16. Rc1 Bf6 17. b3 h6 18. h4 Rfe8 19. Qd2 a5 {0-1 Pinto,
M-Schiller,E/San Francisco/2000/ (39)}) (12. Na4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Qa5 15. a3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Nc3 Rc4 18. Qd3 Rdc8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Bd2 Qd8
{0-1 Orel,S-Bee,M/Eger/1992/ (39)}) (12. Be3 Ne4 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15.
Qb1 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Qa6 17. a4 Ne5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bd4 Nc4 20. Qd3 Bxc5 21. e4 {
1-0 Appel,R-Meins,G/Germany/1997/ (30)}) (12. e3 Ne4 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bxc5 15. Qb1 Qd7 16. Rd1 Bb6 17. c4 d4 18. c5 Bxc5 19. exd4 {1-0 Beil,
Z-Netusil,M/CZE/1997/ (30)}) 12... Bxc5 13. Rc1 d4 (13... h6 14. a3 a6 15. Na4
Ba7 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Simic,R-Todorovic,G/Tivat/1995/ (17)}) 14.
Nb5 Bb6 15. Bd6 (15. Ng5 Bxa2 16. b3 h6 17. Nf3 Nd5 $15) 15... Re8 16. Ba3 Ne4
17. Nd2 Nxg3 $5 {Todorovic is not happy with a complete equality after Nxd2,
but his shock treatment is not without risk.} (17... Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Bd5 $11) 18.
fxg3 (18. Re1 Nf5 $19) 18... d3+ (18... Bxh3 19. Bxh3 d3+ 20. e3 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1
Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qd5+ 23. Bg2 Qh5+ 24. Kg1 Qxb5 25. Rc5 $16) 19. e3 $2 {[%mdl 256]
Gligoric dreams about d3-e2 motives, but his move only fuels opponent's attack.
} (19. Kh2 Bxh3 20. e4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Re6 22. Nc3 $16) 19... Qg5 20. Nd6 Bxh3 $1
(20... Bxe3+ 21. Kh2 Bxd2 22. Ne4 Bxc1 23. Nxg5 Bxg5 24. Qxd3 $13) 21. Nxe8 (
21. Bxh3 Qxg3+ 22. Bg2 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qh4+ $19) (21. N2c4 Rxe3 $1 22. Nxe3 Bxe3+
23. Kh2 Bg4 $19) 21... Bxe3+ 22. Kh2 (22. Rf2 Rxe8 $19) 22... Bg4 {White has
lost control of the h file and his king sits in a mating net.} 23. Nf3 (23.
Qxg4 Qxg4 24. Rc4 Qg6 25. Nc7 Rc8 $19) 23... Qh6+ 24. Nh4 Bxd1 25. Nf6+ (25.
Rcxd1 Rxe8 26. Rxd3 Ne5 $19) 25... gxf6 26. Rcxd1 Ne5 27. Bh3 Qh5 28. Be7 Bg5
29. Rg1 Qe2+ 30. Kh1 (30. Bg2 Ng4+ 31. Kh3 Nf2+ $19) 30... Nf3 0-1

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Re8 11. b4 Bf8 (11... Be7 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14.
Nb5 Qd7 15. Kh2 Nxb4 16. Nfd4 Nc6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. e4 Rad8 19. exd5 exd5 20.
Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Montero Aleu,J-Pacorro,F/ESP 1993/ (75)}) (11... Bb6 12. Bb2 Bg4 (
12... Bf5 13. Na4 Be4 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. e3 Rad8 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Qd2
Qe6 19. Qb2 Qh6 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qg6 {1/2-1/2 Kobalija,M-Bezgodov,A/
Elista 2001/ (39)}) 13. Na4 Ne4 (13... Bc7 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Re1 Qe7
17. Qd2 Bd6 18. h3 Bf5 19. Qg5 Be4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd4 {
1-0 Kobalija,M-Eljanov,P/Ubeda 2001/ (53)}) (13... Qe7 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Nxb6
axb6 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe6 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. e3 {1-0 Hoeksema,
H-Schiffer,K/Groningen 2001/ (36)}) 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. exf3 Nf6 17.
f4 Ne4 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. b5 Na7 21. a4 {1-0 Budnikov,O-Semerij,Y/
Kharkov 2000/ (32)}) 12. Bb2 (12. Bg5 $5 d4 13. Nb5 a5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nfxd4
$16) 12... Bg4 13. Rc1 (13. h3 Bf5 14. e3 Qd7 15. g4 Be6 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Nf4
$14) 13... Qd7 14. Na4 Ne4 $6 {Black is not taking enough care, the
unfortunate location of his pieces will cost him material.} (14... d4 15. b5
Bxf3 16. exf3 Na5 17. Bxd4 Qxb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc3 $14) (14... Qe6 $5 15.
Re1 Rad8 $11) 15. b5 $1 Na5 16. Ne5 Rxe5 (16... Qxb5 17. Nxg4 Nc4 18. Nc3 Qxb2
19. Nxe4 Rad8 20. Nef6+ gxf6 21. Rb1 Qxe2 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Qxe8 24. Rxb7
$18) (16... Qe6 17. Nxg4 Qxg4 18. f3 $18) 17. Bxe5 Re8 (17... Bxa3 18. Rc7 Qxb5
19. f3 Re8 20. fxe4 Rxe5 21. Rfxf7 Bf8 22. Qf1 $18) 18. Ba1 $6 {Nogueiras
could not decide on the best continuation, his simplistic retreat is not the
best option.} (18. b6 $1 axb6 (18... Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxa4 20. bxa7 Nc6 (20... Nb3
21. Qd1 Rxe5 22. Rc8 Qxa7 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxb3 $18) 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rc4
Qxa7 23. Rxe4 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxa3 26. Rb1 $18) (18... Rxe5 $2 19.
bxa7 Re8 20. Nb6 $18) 19. Nxb6 Qe6 20. Bd4 $16) 18... Bxa3 19. f3 $1 (19. Rb1
Bf5 20. Qd4 $14) 19... Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxb5 (20... Nb3 21. Qb2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 $16)
21. fxe4 d4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Both players are trading good shots in a tactically
very charged position.} (21... Qxa4 22. Qg5 d4 23. Qxg4 $18) 22. Nc5 (22. Qf4
Be6 23. Bh3 Bb3 (23... f6 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Qg4 Re8 26. Bxd4 Qxa4 27. Bxf6 g6
28. Bc3 $18) 24. Qc7 Nc6 25. Nb2 $16) (22. Nb2 Nb3 23. Qf4 f5 24. exf5 Bxe2 $13
) 22... Bxe2 23. Bxd4 (23. Rf5 Qb4 24. Rf2 Rc8 25. Rxe2 d3 $11) 23... Nb3 24.
Nxb3 $6 (24. Qf4 $5 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 Qb4 26. Nxb3 Qxb3 27. Qg4 f6 28. Qd7 Re6 29.
Bxa7 $16) 24... Bxf1 25. Bxf1 Qxb3 26. Qg5 g6 $4 {Unbelievably reckless move,
Bluvhstein must have been very happy with his Houdini like rescue, but with
holes around his king the fight is suddenly over.} (26... f6 $1 27. Qc5 Kh8 28.
Qxa7 Rxe4 $11) 27. Qf6 Kf8 28. Bc5+ Kg8 29. Bd4 Kf8 30. Qg7+ Ke7 31. Bc5+ Kd7 (
31... Ke6 32. Qd4 $18) 32. Qd4+ Kc8 33. Bxa7 Re6 34. Bc5 Kc7 (34... f6 35. Bb4
$18) 35. e5 Rc6 36. Bd6+ Kd7 37. Qg4+ (37. Bb4+ Kc8 38. Bh3+ Kb8 39. Bd6+ Ka8
40. Bc5 Qb1+ 41. Bf1 $18) 37... Qe6 38. Qb4 Kc8 39. Qa3 Kd8 40. Qa8+ Qc8 (40...
Rc8 41. Qa5+ Ke8 42. Bb5+ $18) 41. Qa5+ b6 42. Qd2 Qf5 (42... Qd7 43. Qg5+ Ke8
44. Bb5 $18) 43. Qh6 Rc2 44. Qf8+ Kd7 45. Qe7+ Kc6 46. Qc7+ Kd5 47. Qb7+ Ke6 (
47... Kd4 48. Qxb6+ Ke4 49. Bc5 $18) 48. Qxb6 Qe4 49. Qb3+ (49. Qb3+ Kd7 50.
Qxf7+ Kc6 51. Qc7+ Kd5 52. Qb7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Nb3 Rad8 15.
Be3 d4 $5 {Black has probably prepared this new move in order to exchange lots
of pieces and nearly complete equality.} 16. Bxd4 (16. Nxd4 Qxb2 17. Qc2 Qa3
$13) 16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 (17... Qa6 18. Qe5 Bb4 19. Nc5 $16) 18. Nxd4 Bxh3
19. Bxh3 (19. Rfd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bc5 $11) 19... Rxd4 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 (20... Rxd1+
21. Nxd1 $5 Rd8 22. Ne3 Rd2 23. Rc7 $14) 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Rc2 Rc4 $6 {White
is marginally better with his better pawn structure and the potential of it's
central march.} (22... Bb4 $5 23. Nb5 (23. Bc8 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 b6
26. Kf3 Kf8 $11) 23... Rd1+ 24. Kg2 a6 25. Nc3 Rd8 $11) 23. Rd2 a6 (23... Bb4
24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Bf5+ g6 26. Bd3 Rc7 27. Nb5 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 a6 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30.
Rxd6 $14) (23... Kf8 $5 24. Bg2 Bb4 25. Rd8+ Ke7 26. Rb8 Bxc3 27. Rxb7+ Kd6 28.
bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxa7 Rc1+ 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Ra3 Kc5 32. Rd3 Ra1 33. a3 h5 $14) 24.
Bg2 b5 (24... Bb4 25. Bxb7 Bxc3 26. bxc3 $16) 25. Bb7 $1 b4 (25... a5 26. Ba6
$16) 26. Nd5 Nxd5 (26... Bd8 27. Bxa6 $16) 27. Bxd5 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Bf6 (28... Kf8
$1 29. f4 a5 30. Bb3 f5 $11) 29. f4 Rb1 (29... a5 30. e4 a4 31. e5 Be7 32. Be4
$14) 30. Bc4 $1 Rxb2 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Bezgodov must have felt some relief,
since it looks like he is nearing the full equlibrium. In fact the move is
false, as it loses extremely important f7 pawn.} (30... Kf8 31. Rd7 Be7 32. Ra7
g6 33. b3 Rg1+ 34. Kh2 Rd1 35. Rxa6 $14) 31. Rd7 a5 32. Ra7 Rd2 (32... Kf8 33.
Rxf7+ Ke8 34. Ra7 $14) 33. Kf3 $1 (33. Bxf7+ Kf8 34. Kf3 a4 (34... Bd4 35. Rb7
h5 36. Bb3 g6 37. Rb5 $14) 35. Be6 Rd6 $13) 33... a4 (33... Kf8 34. Rxf7+ Ke8
35. Ra7 Rc2 36. Bb5+ Kf8 37. Rxa5 $16) 34. e4 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Bxf7+ Kf8 (
36... Kh7 37. e5 b2 38. Ba2 Bd8 39. Rb7 $16) 37. e5 b2 38. Bg6 Be7 39. Rb7 {
Despite material equality black's chances are not promising, since he is bound
to lose the b2 pawn.} h5 (39... Bc5 40. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 41. Rc7 Rf2+ 42. Kg4 Bf8
43. Rb7 $16) 40. Rb8+ Bd8 (40... Rd8 41. Rxb2 h4 42. Rh2 Rd4 43. gxh4 Bb4 44.
Rc2 Bd2 45. f5 $18) 41. Bxh5 Ke7 (41... g6 42. Bxg6 Kg7 43. Bb1 Be7 44. f5 $18)
42. Rb7+ Kf8 (42... Ke6 $2 43. Bf7+ Kf5 44. g4#) 43. Bg6 Be7 (43... Rh2 44. e6
Bf6 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. e7 $18) 44. Rb8+ Rd8 (44... Bd8 45. Ke3 Rd1 46. Rxb2 $18)
45. Rxb2 {The rest is purely technical task and white would be hard challenged
to spoil it as his pawn structire is ideal.} Ra8 46. Rb7 Rc8 47. Kg4 Rd8 48.
Bf5 (48. Kf5 Rc8 49. Ke4 $18) 48... Kf7 49. Bc2 Kf8 50. Bb3 Ra8 51. Kf5 Rd8 52.
Ke6 Ra8 (52... Bc5 53. Rf7+ Kg8 54. Rc7 Ba3 55. Kf5+ Kh7 56. Rc2 Rf8+ 57. Kg5
Be7+ 58. Kg4 g6 59. Rc7 $18) 53. Kf5 (53. Rxe7 $2 Ra6+) 53... Rd8 54. g4 Ra8 (
54... Rd4 55. Ke6 Rb4 56. Rxb4 Bxb4 57. f5 Bc3 58. f6 $18) 55. Bd5 Rd8 56. Ke6
Bc5 (56... Ra8 57. Bc6 $18) 57. Bc6 Kg8 (57... Be3 58. f5 $18) 58. f5 Be3 59.
f6 gxf6 60. exf6 Bc5 61. Rg7+ Kh8 (61... Kf8 62. Bd7 Ra8 63. g5 Ra6+ 64. Kf5
Ra5 65. Kg6 Be3 66. Bf5 $18) 62. Rd7 Rxd7 63. Bxd7 Kh7 (63... Kg8 64. g5 Bb4
65. g6 Ba3 66. Ba4 Bb4 67. Bb3 $18) 64. Kf5 Be3 65. g5 Kg8 66. Be6+ Kh8 67. g6
Bh6 68. Ke4 Bf8 (68... Bf8 69. Kd5 Bh6 70. Kd6 Bf8+ 71. Kd7 Bh6 72. Ke8 Bf8 73.
Kf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Qa4 Ne5 (13... Bd7 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Na5 16. Nb5 {/\ Qf4+/-}) 14. Rcd1 {N} (14. Qb3 Nc4 $6 15.
Bf4 {/\ Bc7+/-; Rajkovic-Abramovic/Jugoslavija/1974/}) 14... Bd7 (14... Nc4 15.
Bc1 Bd7 16. Qb3 Nb6 $13) 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Rb8 18. Qc2 (18. Qa4
$14) 18... Qa5 (18... c5 $6 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qd3 Rxb2 22. Bxd5
Qf6 23. e3 $14) 19. Qf5 $5 (19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxa2 $13) 19...
Rxb2 $2 (19... Ned7 20. e4 g6 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qg4 (22. Qh4 $2 c5 $1) 22... Ndf6
23. Qh4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxa2 26. Bxc6 $14) 20. Nxd5 $1 (20. Bxe5 d4
$1) 20... Rxe2 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Be4 $1 Bg7 (22... Nf3+ 23. Qxf3 R2xe4 24.
Qxf6 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Bg7 26. Rg4 $18) 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rc1 $1 f5 (24... Nd7 25.
Bxc6 $18) 25. Bxc6 (25. Bc5+ Qxc5 26. Rxc5 fxe4 $16) 25... Re7 26. Bb5 $1 Nf3+
(26... Qxb5 27. Rc8+ Re8 28. Bc5+ Qxc5 29. Rxc5 $18) 27. Kg2 Nxd4 28. Rc8+ Re8
29. Bxe8 Qd5+ 30. Kh3 Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Qxg7 Qe4 (32... Nf3 33. Qxh6 $18)
33. f4 $1 Ne6 34. Qe5 Qc2 35. Rf3 Kf8 36. Rb3 {Ftacnik,L} (36. Rb3 Kg8 37. Rb8+
Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kh5 40. g4#) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Qd2 (13. Rc1) 13... Bb4
14. Rad1 Qc8 (14... Qd7 15. Nc5) 15. Qc1 (15. a3 Ne4 16. Qc1 (16. Bxe4 Bxc3 $10
) 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 $10) 15... Bxc3 $1 16. Qxc3 Bh3 17. Rfe1 $6 Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 Ne4 19. Qc1 (19. Qc2 Nb4 (19... Qf5 {P g3}) 20. Qxc8 Rexc8 {P c2}) 19...
Qf5 (19... Nb4 20. Rf1 $13) 20. Nd4 (20. Nc5 $2 d4 $19) 20... Nxd4 21. Rxd4 (
21. Bxd4 $6 Ng5 $40) 21... Rac8 22. Qd1 Nf6 23. Qd3 (23. Rd3 b6 $15) 23... Qxd3
24. Rxd3 (24. exd3 Rc2 25. Rb4 a5 $1 26. Rxb7 d4 $19) 24... Rc2 25. Rb3 (25.
Bxa7 Rxb2 26. Rb3 Rbxe2 $17) (25. Ra3 a6 26. Rb3 Re7) (25. Rb1 b6 (25... Rxe2
26. Rc3 {P f3}) 26. Kf1) 25... b6 26. h3 (26. Ra3 Re7) 26... Re4 27. Kf1 Ra4 (
27... d4 28. Rc1 Rc5 29. Bd2) 28. a3 (28. Ra1 Ne4 29. Ke1 d4 30. Kd1 (30. Bf4
Nc5 31. Rb5 d3) 30... Rac4 31. Bf4 Nxf2+ $19) 28... Ne4 29. Rb5 $1 (29. Rc1 $2
Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rc4 31. Be3 d4 32. Bf4 g5 33. f3 Nc5 34. Rb4 Rxb4 35. axb4 gxf4
36. bxc5 bxc5 37. gxf4 Kg7 $19) 29... d4 $6 (29... Nd6 $5 30. Rxd5 Nc4 31. Bd4
(31. Bc1 Nxb2 32. Bxb2 Rxb2 33. Ra1 b5 $17) (31. Rd4 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Rxd4 33.
exd4 Rxb2 34. Rd1 Rb3 35. d5 Kf8) 31... Nxb2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd7 Kg6 $15) 30.
Rc1 $1 Rc5 (30... Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Rc4 32. Bf4 Rc2 (32... g5 $6 33. Bb8 $1) 33.
Bb8 (33. Rb4 Nc5 34. Rxd4 Rxb2 $15) 33... Nd2+ 34. Ke1 Nc4 35. Kd1 Rd2+ 36. Ke1
Rc2 $10) 31. Rcxc5 bxc5 $6 (31... Nxc5 32. Bf4 d3 (32... Rc4 33. Bb8 Nd7 $22
34. Bxa7 Rc7 35. Bxb6 Rb7) 33. exd3 Nxd3 34. Bb8 Nc5 {P d7=}) 32. Bf4 g5 (32...
a6 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. f3 Nf6 35. Rc8 Rc4 36. b4 Rc3 $14) (32... Rc4 33. f3 Nf6
34. b4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. axb4 Nd5 37. Bd6 $14) 33. f3 gxf4 (33... Nf6 34.
Bd6 Nd7 35. Rb7 $1 (35. Bxc5 $2 f5) 35... Nf6 36. Bxc5) 34. fxe4 fxg3 (34...
Rc4 35. gxf4 $16) 35. Rxc5 Ra6 36. Kg2 $8 (36. Rd5 Rb6 37. b4 Ra6 38. Rxd4 (38.
Ra5 $2 Rxa5 39. bxa5 Kg7 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. Kxg3 Ke5 42. Kf3 a6 $19) 38... Rxa3
39. Rd3 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Rb1 $10) 36... Re6 (36... Rb6 37. b4 Ra6 38. Ra5 Rxa5 39.
bxa5 Kg7 40. Kxg3 Kf6 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. a6 $18) 37. e5 (37. Kf3 g2 38. Rc1 Rb6
$10) 37... f6 $1 (37... Rg6 38. Rd5 Rg5 39. b4 $16) 38. Kxg3 (38. exf6 Rxe2+
39. Kxg3 Kf7 $10) 38... fxe5 39. Rc8+ (39. Kg4 e4 40. Kf5 (40. Kf4 d3 41. exd3
(41. Ke3 Rd6 42. exd3 Rxd3+ 43. Kxe4 Rxh3 $10) 41... exd3 42. Rd5 Re2 43. b4 d2
) 40... Re8 41. Rc4 (41. Rd5 $2 d3 42. exd3 e3) 41... d3 42. exd3 exd3 43. Rd4
Re3 $10) 39... Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf6 (40... Re7 $2 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. Kf3 Kf6 43.
Ke4 Ke6 44. b4 (44. b3 $1 $18) 44... Kd6 45. a4 Ke6 46. b5 Kd6 47. a5 Kc5 48.
Kxe5 Kxb5 49. Kxd4 Kxa5 50. Kc5 $18) 41. Rxa7 (41. Kg4 e4 (41... Rb6 42. b4 Ra6
) 42. Kf4 (42. Rxa7 d3 $1) 42... d3 43. exd3 exd3 44. Rd7 Re2 45. Rxd3 Rxb2 46.
Rd6+ Kg7 47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. Rxa7 Kh5 $10) 41... Kf5 (41... e4 42. Kf4) 42. Rb7 (
42. Kf3 e4+ 43. Kg3 Rg6+ 44. Kf2 Rc6 $1 {P c2|^ =}) 42... Rc6 (42... Ke4 43.
Rb3 Ra6 $5 $13) 43. Rb5 $1 (43. Kf3 e4+ 44. Kf2 Rc2 $10) (43. Rb3 Rc2 44. Kf2
e4 $10) 43... Ke4 $8 (43... Rc2 44. Kf3 {P a4}) 44. a4 Rc4 $1 (44... Rc2 45. a5
$1 Rxe2 46. a6 Re1 $8 47. b4 (47. Ra5 Rg1+ 48. Kf2 Rg8 49. a7 Ra8 (49... Rf8+
50. Ke2 Ra8 51. b3 $1 $18) 50. Ke2 $1 Kf4 51. Kd3 Kf3 52. b4 e4+ 53. Kxd4 e3
54. Ra3 Kf2 55. Rxe3 Rd8+ 56. Kc5 Kxe3 57. b5 $18) 47... Rg1+ 48. Kf2 Rg8 49.
a7 Ra8 50. Rb7 Kd3 (50... d3 51. b5 Rf8+ 52. Kg3 d2 53. Rd7 $18) 51. b5 e4 52.
b6 e3+ 53. Kg2 e2 54. Re7 $18) 45. a5 (45. b3 Rc2 $10) 45... Ra4 46. Kg4 (46.
Kf2 Ra1 {P f4, e4=}) 46... Ra2 47. h4 Ra1 48. b4 (48. Kh5 Kf4 49. Kxh6 e4 50.
Rd5 (50. b4 d3 51. exd3 e3 52. Rb8 e2 53. Re8 e1=Q 54. Rxe1 Rxe1 55. h5 Rb1 56.
Kg7 Rxb4 57. h6 Rb7+ 58. Kg6 Ra7 $1 59. h7 Ra6+ $10) 50... d3 51. exd3 e3 52.
Rd4+ Kf3 53. Re4 e2 54. h5 e1=Q 55. Rxe1 Rxe1 56. Kg7 Rb1 57. h6 Rxb2 58. a6 (
58. h7 Rb7+ 59. Kg6 Rb8 $10) 58... Rg2+ $1 59. Kf7 (59. Kf8 Ra2 60. h7 Rxa6 $10
) 59... Rh2 60. a7 Ra2 $10) 48... Ra2 49. Kh5 (49. Rb6 Rxe2 50. a6 Ra2 51. b5
d3 52. Rd6 d2 53. a7 Rxa7 54. Rxd2 Rb7 55. Rb2 Kd3 $10) 49... Kf4 50. Kxh6 e4 (
50... Rxe2 51. a6 Ra2 52. Ra5 Rxa5 53. bxa5 d3 54. a7 d2 55. a8=Q d1=Q $14) 51.
h5 (51. Rd5 $5 d3 $1 52. exd3 e3 53. Rd4+ Kf3 54. h5 e2 55. Re4 Ra4 $1 56. Kg7
Rxb4 57. Re5 Rb1 58. h6 e1=Q 59. Rxe1 Rxe1 60. a6 Re7+ 61. Kg8 Ra7 $10) 51...
e3 $1 52. Rd5 Ke4 53. Rd8 Rxe2 54. b5 (54. Kg7 Rg2+ 55. Kh7 Rb2 $10) 54... Rb2
55. a6 (55. b6 e2 56. Kg7 Kf3) 55... Rxb5 56. a7 Ra5 57. a8=Q+ Rxa8 58. Rxa8 d3
59. Re8+ Kf4 60. Rxe3 $1 Kxe3 61. Kg7 d2 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6
15. Re1 Bg4 16. Nc4 Ba5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21.
f3 (21. Nc7 d3 22. Rb1 (22. exd3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 $10) 22... d2 $1 $132)
21... d3 22. Red1 $6 (22. Ra1 Bd7 {1/4-1/4/Yusupov,A-Petursson,M/Reykjavik/
1985/}) 22... dxe2 23. Re1 Rac8 $1 24. Rc7 (24. Rxc8 Bxc8) (24. Nc7 Re7 25. Nd5
Re5) 24... Be6 (24... Rxc7 $2 25. Nxc7 Re7 (25... Rc8 26. Nd5) 26. Nd5 Re5 27.
fxg4) 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Kf8 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe2 Kf7 29. f4 Rc1+ 30. Kf2
Nc6 31. h4 b6 32. h5 h6 33. Be4 Nb4 34. Bg6+ Kf6 35. g4 Rc5 36. Kg3 e5 $6 37.
g5+ $1 (37. fxe5+ Rxe5 38. Rf2+ Kg5 39. Rf7 Re3+ 40. Kf2 Ra3 $17) 37... hxg5
38. fxe5+ Ke6 (38... Rxe5 39. Rf2+ Ke6 40. Rf7 $132) 39. Rf2 Nc6 40. Rf7 Nxe5
41. Rxg7 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 Nxg6 43. hxg6 $1 Kf6 44. Rxa7 Kxg6 45. a4 Kh5 46. a5 b5
47. Rb7 Rb3 48. a6 Kg4 49. a7 Rb2+ 50. Kf1 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bh3 Qd7
15. e4 d4 16. e5 $1 (16. Qb3 Nd8 17. Rfd1 g5 18. Be5 Bc5 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd5
Rg6 21. e5 Kg7 22. Nf6 {1-0 Sokolin,L-Gabbara,F/Chicago/1995/ (22)}) 16... Ne8
(16... dxc3 17. exf6 Qxd1 18. Bxe6+ Kh7 (18... Kh8 19. Rcxd1 Bxf6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8
21. bxc3 $18) 19. Rfxd1 Bxf6 (19... cxb2 20. fxe7) 20. Bxc8 cxb2 21. Bf5+ g6
22. Rd7+ Bg7 23. Rxc6 $18) (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qg4 Kf7 19. Bg2 Qxa2
20. Be4 Rh8 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Bf5 $1 exf5 23. Qxf5+ $18) 17. Qg4 Rf5 (17... Nc7
18. Ne4 $14) (17... dxc3 $2 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bxc8 $18) 18. Qg6
Nxe5 {[%mdl 4] Black is fighting back in a dangerous position, white knight on
c3 is still hanging and he has yet to win the pawn back.} (18... dxc3 19. Rfd1
Nxe5 20. Bxe5 cxb2 21. Bxb2 (21. Rb1 $2 Rc1 $1 $19) 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 $16)
19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rce1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rc6 (21... Nc7 22. Nb5 $1 Kh8 23. Nxc7
Rxc7 24. Bxe6 Qd8 $14) 22. Nb5 Nf6 (22... Bf6 23. Qe4 Kf7 24. Nxa7 Ra6 25. a4
d3 26. Nb5 d2 27. Rd1 Rc6 28. Qe3 Rc2 29. b4 $14) 23. Nxa7 Rb6 (23... Ra6 24.
Qd3 Kh8 25. Nb5 $16) 24. Qd3 Kf7 25. Re2 {White's position is very good
despite the strange location of his knight. The weakness of e6 pawn and lack
of counterplay make black's defensive task not an enviable one.} Qd5 (25... Qa4
26. Nc8 $16) 26. b3 Nd7 (26... e5 27. Qf5 e4 28. Qxd5+ Nxd5 29. Rxe4 Bf6 30.
Nc8 Rc6 31. Bd7 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 $16 d3 $140 33. Nd6+ Kg6 34. Bf5+ Kh5 35. Nf7 $18)
27. Bg2 Ne5 $2 (27... Qc5 28. Rc2 Ne5 (28... Qe5 29. Nc8 Rb4 30. Nxe7 Qe1+ 31.
Bf1 Kxe7 32. a3 $16) 29. Qe4 Qa5 30. Nc8 Rb5 31. Qf4+ Ke8 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 33. Rc8
$16) (27... Qg5 $2 28. f4 Qc5 29. Rc2 $16) 28. Bxd5 Nxd3 29. Nc8 Ra6 (29... Rb4
30. Rxe6 $18) 30. Bc4 $18 {White is winning the exchange, so the the rest is
rather easy for him.} (30. Bxb7 $2 Ra3 31. Rd2 Nc5 32. Bg2 e5 $16) 30... Nc1
31. Bxa6 bxa6 (31... d3 32. Bxd3 Nxd3 33. Nxe7 $18) 32. Rc2 Ba3 33. Nd6+ Kf6 (
33... Bxd6 34. Rxc1 e5 35. Rc6 Ke6 36. Rxa6 $18) 34. Nc4 d3 35. Rd2 Bb4 36. Rd1
Nxa2 (36... d2 37. Nxd2 Nxa2 38. Ra1 Nc3 39. Rxa6 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nxg3+ 41. hxg3
Bxd2 42. Ke2 $18) 37. Rxd3 e5 38. Rf3+ Ke6 39. Re3 Bc3 40. Nxe5 $1 Bd4 (40...
Bxe5 41. f4 $18) 41. Re2 Nc1 (41... Nc3 42. Re1 Bxe5 43. f4 $18) 42. Re1 Nxb3
43. Nc6+ Kd5 44. Nxd4 Kxd4 45. Re7 a5 46. Rxg7 a4 1-0

[Event "Nijmegen m"]
[Site "Nijmegen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 $6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Bb6 (11... Be7 12. Nd4 $14) 12. b3 $1
d4 $6 (12... Re8 13. e3 $1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qb2 $14) 13.
Ne4 Qe7 14. Nh4 $1 Kh8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd2 Ne5 (16... f5 $2 17. Qh6 $1 fxe4
18. Bxe4 f5 19. Ng6+ $18) 17. Qh6 Ng6 18. Qh5 Rad8 $1 (18... Nxh4 19. Qxh4 Kg7
20. g4 $1 {/\ Ng3-h5+-}) 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Kg7 21. a4 Qe5 22. Qf3 Rfe8 23.
b4 f5 24. Ng5 Rd7 $5 (24... h6 25. Nh3 (25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qxb7+ (26. a5 Bc7 27.
Qxb7 $36) 26... Re7 $13)) (24... Qxe2 $2 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 26. a5 $18) 25. Qh5 h6 (
25... Qxe2 $1 26. Qxh7+ Kf6 27. Qh6 d3 (27... Rh8 28. Nh7+ Rxh7 29. Qxh7 d3
$132) 28. Nh7+ Ke7 $132) 26. Nf3 Qe6 27. a5 Bd8 28. Rc2 (28. Rfd1 Qxe2 $140 29.
Bf1 Qb2 30. Bb5 $18) 28... Bf6 $6 (28... d3 $1 29. exd3 Rxd3 $14) 29. Ne1 Rde7
30. Nd3 b6 31. Bh3 Qb3 32. Rfc1 Qd5 33. Rc7 $6 (33. Bxf5 $4 Re5 $1 34. Nxe5
Rxe5 35. g4 Nf4 $19) (33. Bg2 $1 Qe6 34. Bf3 $1 $16) 33... Bg5 $2 (33... Rxc7
34. Rxc7 Re7 $14) 34. f4 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Bd8 36. Rxa7 bxa5 37. Bxf5 Ne7 38. Qg4+
Kh8 39. Bd7 Rg8 40. Qh3 Kh7 41. bxa5 Qe4 (41... Bxa5 42. Be6 Qxe6 43. Qxe6 fxe6
44. Rxe7+ Rg7 45. Rxe6 $18) 42. Qh5 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 (12... Be6 13.
Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Qa5 15. a3 Rec8 16. Bc5 Bd8 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. e3 Be7 19. Bxe4
dxe4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qd8 22. Qh5 Bd5 23. b4 a6 24. h4 $14 {Campos,
J-Villavicencio,A/Benidorm op/1989/1-0 (48)}) (12... Bb4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. a3
Ba5 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nc5 Bb6 17. b4 Bg4 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Qd3 h5 21.
h3 Be6 22. Qc3 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Qd7 24. Kh2 $13 {Probst,D-Schwaegli,B/Zuerich op/
1992/0-1 (31)}) 13. a3 $5 (13. Na4 Qa5 (13... Ng4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 Bd7 16.
Nc5 Bf5 17. Re1 Qg5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 {0,5/
Robatsch,K-Anikaev,Y/Sochi/1974/}) 14. a3 Ne5 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Qb3 Nc4 17. Rfd1
Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Ne4 19. Rdd1 Qf6 20. Bf3 Ng5 21. Nc3 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Be6 23. Qxb7
Rab8 24. Qxa7 $14 {Robatsch,K-Huebner,R/Mitropa Cup/1993/0-1 (56)}) (13. Nxc6 {
Anand is played here usually} bxc6 14. Na4 Bd7 (14... Qa5 $2 15. Rxc6 Bd7 16.
Bd2 Qb5 17. Rxf6 $1 $18)) 13... Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 (16. Na4 {
Anand} Qc8 17. Kh2 Qa6 $1 $13) 16... Bd7 (16... c5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Qxb2
19. Nc7 Rad8 20. Qe1 Re7 21. Qa5 $16) (16... Nd7 17. e4 (17. b4 $16 {Anand})
17... dxe4 (17... c5 18. exd5 cxd4 19. dxe6 $18) 18. Nxe4 $14 (18. Nxe4 Bd5 $14
)) (16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Bd5 20. b4 $14) 17. Qd3 (17.
Na4 {Anand} Ne4 {accomplishes little. Karpov, as is his want, keeps making
useful moves.}) 17... Nh7 18. Be3 $1 (18. e4 $2 c5) 18... Bd6 $6 (18... Ng5 19.
Bxg5 (19. h4 {Anand} Ne6 20. Rfd1 Rb8 $132) 19... Qxg5 (19... hxg5 20. Rfd1 (
20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxh3 $1) 20... Rb8 $1 $13) 20. e4 $16 (20. e4 Qg6 21. Rfd1
$16)) (18... Qf6 $14) 19. Rfd1 Be6 (19... Qe7 20. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 21. Qxd5 $16) (
19... Nf8 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 Be5 22. Qxa8 Qxa8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Bd4 Bxd4
25. Rxd4 Bxh3 26. g4 h5 27. gxh5 $16) 20. b4 $1 $16 Nf8 (20... Ng5 21. Bxg5
Qxg5 22. e4 $16) (20... Qd7 21. b5) (20... a5 21. b5 $1 Bxa3 22. bxc6 Bxc1 23.
Rxc1 $16) 21. Na4 (21. Qa6 Qc8 $1) 21... Ng6 22. Qc3 (22. Rxc6 $2 Ne5) 22...
Bd7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxe2 $6 25. Be3 Qe7 (25... a5 26. b5 (26. Qd3 Ra2 27.
b5 $18) 26... cxb5 27. Bxd5 Rc8 28. Qd3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 $16) 26. Bf1 Rxe3 27.
Qxe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Re8 29. Kf2 Ne5 30. Rc5 Re7 31. e4 $1 Be6 (31... dxe4 32.
Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxd7 $18) 32. b5 cxb5 33. exd5 Bd7 34. d6 Re6 35. Bxb5 Rf6+ 36.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bg4 {Akobian has prepared for
the line, that his opponent knows quite well. The pressure against the square
e2 is unpleasant for white and complicates the attempts to gain advantage.} 13.
h3 (13. Nxe4 Nxd4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Bxb7 Rae8 17. Bf3 (17. Re1
$2 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 d3 $1 19. Rd2 Bxd1 20. Raxd1 $11) 17... Bxf3 18. exf3 Rc8 $44)
13... Bh5 14. Nxe4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19.
Nc5 Bg6 $1 20. b4 (20. Nd3 Be4 $11) (20. Qf4 $5 Re8 (20... b6 21. Nd3 Bxd3 22.
exd3 Ne5 23. Qe4 (23. Rxc8 $2 Nf3+ $1 $17) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $14) 21. Bxc6
Rxc6 22. Qxd4 Rd8 $11) 20... b6 21. Na6 $6 {[%mdl 16384] The true reason for
Wojtkiewicz's defeat lays in this antipositional jump, black will now get a
chance to get strong counterplay.} (21. Nb7 $5 Qxb7 22. b5 Qe7 23. bxc6 Be4 $11
) 21... Ne5 $1 (21... Be4 22. b5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ne5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxd4 $16)
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. f4 $2 (23. Qxd4 Nd3 24. Rf1 Qxe2 25. Nc7 Ne1 $15) 23... Nc4
24. Qxd4 (24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Qe1 Ne3 $17) 24... Ne3 25. Bf3 (25. Qe5 $5 Qxe5 26.
fxe5 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Re8 28. Rc1 h5 29. Kf3 Rxe5 30. Rc7 $11) 25... f6 $1 26. Qb2
Nc2 27. Rd1 (27. Rc1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Kf8 $1 29. b5 Be4 30. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Kg1 Rc4
$17) 27... Qe3+ {Black pieces are gradually approaching enemy king and their
pressure is mounting.} 28. Kh1 (28. Kg2 Be4 29. Qb3+ Qxb3 30. axb3 Ne3+ 31. Kg1
Bxf3 (31... Nxd1 32. Bxe4 Rc3 $17) 32. Rd3 Bxe2 33. Rxe3 Bxa6 $19) 28... Qf2
29. Qb3+ Bf7 30. Qd3 (30. Bd5 Ne3 (30... Ne1 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Bd5 Qf1+ 33. Kh2
Qxe2+ 34. Kh1 Rc2 $19) 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Bd5 (32. Rg1 Rc1 $19) 32... Nxd1 33.
Qxd1 Qe3 34. Kg2 Rc1 $19) 30... Ne3 (30... Qxg3 $2 31. Qf5 (31. Bh5 $2 Ne3 $1
32. Qd8+ Be8 $19) 31... Re8 32. Qxc2 $14) (30... Ne1 $1 31. Qd4 Qxg3 32. Qd7
Re8 $19) 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Rg1 Nf1 33. Qg4 $4 {The last moves in the game were
mared by the strong time trouble. The defender is guarding g3 pawn, but
completely forgets about the threatened mate. White knight is sadly sitting at
the edge, far away from the center of activity...} (33. Rg2 Nxg3+ 34. Kh2 Nf1+
35. Kh1 Qh4 $17) 33... Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 $5 $146 (12... Bd7) 13. Nf5
Bg6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $5 (14... Nxe7 15. Be5) 15. Nxd5 (15. e3 Rad8 $36) 15...
Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rad8 $1 (16... Qxe2 17. Qb3 $1 Qa6 18. Rfd1 $14) 17. Qc4 $8 Nd4
18. e4 $1 (18. e3 $2 Bd3 $1 $19) 18... b5 (18... Bxe4 $2 19. Rfe1 b5 20. Qc3 f5
21. f3 $18) 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rae1 Qf7 (20... Bh5 21. Kh1 Nf3 (21... Qf7 22. exf5
$1 (22. e5 $2 g5 23. Be3 f4 24. Bxd4 f3 $19) 22... Nf3 23. Qxb5 Nxe1 24. Rxe1
Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Re7 $14) 22. Qb3+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. Rc1 $1 g5 (
24... fxe4 25. Rc5 g5 26. Be3 $14) 25. Bc7 Rdd7 26. Ba5 $14) 21. exf5 Bxf5 22.
Qc3 b4 23. Qc5 (23. Qxb4 Nc2 $10) 23... Ne6 (23... Qxa2 24. Ra1 Qxb2 25. Rxa7
$40) 24. Qxb4 Nxf4 (24... Bd3 25. Bd6 Rfe8 26. f4 $1 (26. Bc6 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Ng5
$132) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 $16) 25. gxf4 (25. Qxf4 Bd3 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $1 $10)
25... Qxa2 26. Re7 Rf7 $2 (26... Rb8 $1 27. Qd4 (27. Bb7 Qa6 $1 28. Qc3 Qf6 $10
) 27... Qxb2 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Qxb2 Rxb2 30. Rxa7 Rg8 31. Kh1 Rb4 $10) 27. Rfe1
Rxe7 (27... a5 28. Qb6) 28. Rxe7 Qa6 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Qe7+ Kg6 31. Qxd8
Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qxb2 33. Qe8+ Kg7 (33... Kf6 $2 34. Qh8+ $18) 34. Qe7+ Kg6 35.
Qxa7 Qg7 36. Qc5 Qf6 37. Qd5 (37. Qe5 $5) 37... h5 38. Be4 h4 39. Bxf5+ Qxf5
40. Qg8+ (40. Qg8+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ Kg6 42. Qxh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Re1 Bg4
15. Rc1 Bb6 16. Nc4 Ba5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Qxd4 $5 {N} (19. Qd2 Nc6
20. Qxa5 (20. Qg5 d3 $1 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Nxe8 d2 24. Nd6 Be6 25.
Kf1 Rd8 26. Nxb7 Nxb7 27. Bxb7 Bxa2 28. Ra1 dxe1=Q+ 29. Kxe1 Rb8 $10 {Fominikh,
A-Miljanic,B/Budapest op/1990/ ->CBM 17 Express}) 20... Nxa5 21. f3 d3 $1 22.
Red1 dxe2 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Rc7 Be6 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Kf8 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28.
Rxe2 $15 {Dreev,A-Ivanovic,B/Manila izt/1990/ ->CBM 19}) 19... Nxd5 (19... Nc2
20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Qxg4 (21. Qd3 gxf6 22. Qxc2 $16) 21... Nxe1 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23.
Rc8 $16) 20. Qxg4 (20. Bxd5 Rxe2 $10) 20... Rad8 (20... Qxa2 $6 21. Ra1 Qb3 22.
Reb1 Nf6 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rxb3 $16) 21. Red1 Nf6 (21... Qxa2 $2 22. Qd4 Nf6
23. Qxd8 $18) 22. Qc4 b5 23. Qc2 h6 24. Bf3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8
27. Qc5 a6 28. Kg2 Qe8 29. e3 (29. Qb6 Qe6 $10) 29... Qe6 30. a3 Ne4 31. Qd4 f5
32. g4 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. f4 Kh8 16. Bf2 Bb4 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. a3 Bc5 (18... Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rac8 20.
Rfc1 $14) 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh2 Qe3 {White is soemwhat better with his bishop
and potential to open up the center, so black is looking for tactical
counterplay.} (20... Na5 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. Nxb5 Re7 23. Rc7 $14) 21. Rcd1 $6 (
21. Qxb7 Nd4 22. Rcd1 $1 Rab8 23. Qa6 Nb3 24. Rd3 $16) 21... Na5 22. Qb4 Nc4 (
22... b6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Nb5 $14) 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 $5 {Much better to
spoil the structure than to let white get easy advantage with the timely e2-e4.
} (24... Nxb6 25. e4 $1 Rad8 (25... dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 $16) 26. e5
Nfd7 27. Nb5 $16) 25. Rb1 Nd6 (25... g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. e4 $14) 26. Rd4 Rac8
27. Rb4 Rc6 28. g4 g5 29. e3 Kg7 (29... Nc4 $5 30. fxg5 (30. Re1 Nxb2 31. Rxb2
Rxc3 32. Rxb6 Rxa3 33. Rxb7 Kg8 $11) 30... hxg5 31. e4 Ne3 $11) 30. Re1 Rf8 (
30... Re7 31. Ne2 $14) 31. Re2 $2 {White is completely unaware of the
excellent chance to get advantage with a fine manouver 31.Ne2!} (31. Ne2 $1 Kf7
32. Nd4 Rc5 33. Rxb6 $16) 31... Rd8 32. Kg3 Rdc8 33. Bf3 Nc4 34. Nb5 Re8 35.
Nd4 Rd6 36. b3 (36. h4 $1 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 $16) 36... Nxa3 (36... Na5 37. f5 e5
38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Rc2 $16) 37. Ra4 gxf4+ (37... Nb1 38. fxg5 (38. Rc2) 38...
hxg5 (38... Nc3 39. gxf6+ Kxf6 40. Rf2 Nxa4 41. bxa4 $18) 39. Rc2 Kf8 40. Ra1
$19) 38. exf4 Nb1 39. Rc2 (39. Nb5 Rc6 40. Ra7 Nc3 41. Rxb7+ Kf8 42. Nxc3 Rxc3
43. Rxb6 $16) 39... Ne4+ (39... Kf8 40. Kh4 Ne4 41. Nb5 Rc6 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43.
Re2 Nc3 44. Nxc3 Rxc3 45. Raxe4 Rxb3 46. Rxe6 $18) 40. Bxe4 dxe4 41. Kf2 b5 $2
{Black panicks in the face of problems with knight on b1, but the position was
not so critical.} (41... Kf6 42. Rb4 (42. h4 e5 43. g5+ hxg5 44. fxg5+ Kg6 45.
Nb5 Rf8+ 46. Ke2 Rd5 $13) 42... e5 43. Nb5 Rc6 44. Rxc6+ bxc6 45. Nd6 $14) 42.
Nxb5 Rd3 43. Rxe4 Rxh3 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. Nd6 Rg8 46. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Rfd1 Bf8 (13... Qd7) (
13... Bb4) 14. Nxc6 (14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Bb4 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. a3
Ba5 19. b4 Bb6 20. e3 Qe6 21. Qb2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 c5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne2 Rec8 {
1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow/1983/ (31)}) 14... bxc6 15. Bd4 $5 {
Krasenkow comes up with an interesting plan of centralizing the bishop with
the aim to prepare the push f4 and e4.} Bh5 16. Rd2 Nd7 (16... Bb4 $5 17. a3
Ba5 18. b4 Bb6 19. e4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qb6 21. Qd2 $11) (16... Bg6 17. Qa4 Qd6 18.
Rc1 $14) 17. f4 Nb6 (17... c5 18. Bf2 d4 19. Nb5 $1 (19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Na4 Bg4
$1 $132) 19... Rb8 20. Nxa7 Qf6 21. a4 $14) 18. e4 Nc4 $6 (18... dxe4 19. Bxg7
$16) (18... c5 19. Bf2 d4 20. e5 Bg6 21. Ne4 Nd5 $13) 19. Rd3 Qa5 20. g4 $1 {
This ammounts to the refutation of the black's defensive idea. Black's center
falls down and his king comes under fire.} (20. exd5 $6 Bg6 21. dxc6 Nxb2 22.
Qxb2 Bxd3 $15) 20... Bxg4 (20... c5 21. Bf2 Bxg4 22. Nxd5 $18) (20... Bg6 21.
f5 Bh7 22. exd5 $16) 21. Rg3 Bd7 (21... Bc5 $1 22. Qf2 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 c5 24. Qd3
(24. Qxd5 Nxb2 25. Qd2 Na4 26. Rc1 Rad8 $17) (24. Qf2 d4 25. Nd5 Ne3 26. Nxe3
dxe3 27. Qxe3 Be6 $11) 24... Nxb2 25. Qc2 Qb4 26. Nxd5 Qd4+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28.
Kxf2 $14) 22. exd5 Rac8 (22... c5 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Nf6 $18) (22... cxd5 23. Nxd5
Rac8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qh7#) 23. Ne4 Rxe4 $8 (23... f5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxe8
Rxe8 26. Qxc4 $18) 24. Bxe4 Nd2 (24... cxd5 25. Qg2 $1 f6 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Rd1
$18) 25. d6 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Re8 27. Qg2 Re1+ (27... Kh8 28. Bc3 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qd5
30. Bxg7+ Bxg7 31. Rxg7 Be6 32. Rg1 Qxg2+ 33. R7xg2 Bd5 34. Rd1 $18) 28. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 29. Qf1 Qe4 (29... Qe6 30. b4 Qxd6 (30... Qxa2 31. Qa1 Qxa1+ 32. Bxa1 $16
) 31. Bc5 Qb8 32. Bxf8 Qxf8 33. a3 $16) 30. Be5 {White pawns are weak and his
king exposed. On the other hand he has an extra exchange and a potentially
dangerous d6 passed pawn.} c5 (30... f6 31. Bxf6 Qe6 32. Be5 $18) 31. Kf2 Bc6 (
31... f6 32. Bxf6 Qxf4+ 33. Kg1 Qxd6 34. b3 a6 35. Qa1 $16) 32. Qe1 Qf5 (32...
Qd5 33. Qe3 Qh1 34. Rxg7+ Bxg7 35. Qg3 f6 36. d7 Bxd7 37. Bxf6 $18) 33. Qc3 f6
34. Bxf6 Qxf4+ 35. Kg1 g5 (35... Qxd6 36. Bxg7 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 $18) 36. Be5 Qe4
37. Kf2 Qf5+ 38. Ke1 Qe4+ 39. Kd2 c4 (39... Bb5 40. Qxc5 Qe2+ 41. Kc1 Qe1+ 42.
Kc2 $18) 40. Re3 Qd5+ 41. Kc1 {White king is finally safe and d6 pawn still on
the board.} Bd7 (41... Bxd6 42. Bxd6 Qxd6 43. Qxc4+ $18) 42. b3 Bb5 (42... cxb3
43. Qxb3 $18) 43. Qc2 Qe6 44. bxc4 Bxc4 45. d7 Be7 46. Bd4 (46. Bd4 Qa6 47.
Rxe7 Qa3+ 48. Bb2 Qxe7 49. Qg6+ (49. Qxc4+ $18) 49... Kf8 50. Bg7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {N} (11... gxf6 $2 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e4
dxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Qe2 $16 {Sorri,J-Raaste,E/Helsinki/1989/})
12. f4 Ne7 13. b3 $5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Nf5 $1 16. Rf4 Ne3 (16... g5
17. Rxf5 Bxf5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Qe4 $16) 17. Bxd5 $1 (
17. Nxd5 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Be6 19. e4 Qd7 {/\ Rad8}) 17... Nxd5 18. Qxd5 $16 Qc7
19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Rh4 $6 (20. Rf1 $40) 20... Be6 21. Ne4 (21. d5 Rbc8 $1) 21...
Qc2 22. Qe3 Rfc8 23. Rf1 (23. Nf6+ Kf8 $13 (23... gxf6 24. Qxh6 $18)) 23... Kf8
24. Nd6 Rc3 25. Qf2 Qxa2 26. Rf4 Rc7 27. e4 Rc2 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 $1 29. Rf8+ Rxf8
30. Qxf8+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Bh3 32. Re1 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rf2 {
Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Khmelnitski, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 {This uncommon move is a
bit premature, black should rather develop his other bishop.} (12... Bg4 13. h3
Be6 14. Rad1 Rc8 (14... Qd7 15. Nxe6 (15. Kh2 Rad8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 Bf8 18.
Bg1 Qf7 19. e4 d4 20. Nb5 e5 21. fxe5 d3 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rxe5 24. Nc3 Bc5
{0-1 Rogozenko,D-Orsag,M/Germany/1997/ (43)}) 15... fxe6 16. f4 Rad8 (16... Bb4
17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rac8 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. g4 Qf7 21. Qd3 Rcd8 22. Bd4 Nxd4 23.
Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Breutigam,M/GER-chT/1997/ (23)}) 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. e4
d4 19. Ne2 e5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf4 Rd7 22. Qc4+ Kh7 23. Nd3 {1-0 Kharitonov,
A-Malevinsky,A/Leningrad/1989/ (38)}) (14... Qc7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Bb4 17.
Bf2 Rad8 18. e4 Qf7 19. e5 Nh7 20. a3 Be7 21. b4 a6 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. f5 Nxe5 24.
fxe6 Qxe6 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 {1-0 Basin,L-Linn,P/Dearborn/1992/ (42)}) 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Kh2 a6 17. f4 Bd6 18. Bg1 Ne7 19. Qd3 Bb4 20. Rc1 Nf5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. e4 Nh4 24. Bh1 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Tisdall,
J-Rantanen,Y/Oslo/1986/ (31)}) 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Qa5
17. Bf2 Bc5 (17... Rad8 18. a3 Bc5 19. e3 Bb6 20. Kh1 Rf8 21. Rfe1 Qc5 22. g4
Rd7 23. b4 Qd6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 a6 26. Bh2 Qe7 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. e4 Qh7 29.
Qc1 Qh4 30. exd5 Nxg4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,V-Kirpichnikov,V/Pardubice/1993/ 
(42)}) 18. e4 Bxf2+ (18... d4 $2 19. e5 $1 Ng4 (19... dxc3 20. exf6 $18) 20.
hxg4 dxc3 21. bxc3 $18) 19. Rxf2 Rad8 $2 {It is easy to understand, that black
was not attracted by the prospect of life with e6 pawn. Still it was a best
chance to get real counterplay.} (19... dxe4 $1 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rad8 (
21... Qxa2 22. Rd7 $16) 22. Rfd2 (22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 Qe1+ 25.
Kg2 Rd1 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kg8 $11) 22... Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Qxa2 24. Bxc6 bxc6
25. Qxc6 Rb8 $14) 20. exd5 Nxd5 (20... Nb4 21. Qb3 Nbxd5 22. Rfd2 $1 (22. Nxd5
exd5 23. Rfd2 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Rd7 $14) 22... Nxc3 23. Rxd8 Nxd1 24. Qxe6+ Kf8 25.
Qd6+ Kg8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Qxd1 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Qxb2 29. Qd5+ Kf8 30. Qc5+ Kf7
31. Qxa7 $16) 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qb3 Re1+ (22... Ne7 23. Re2 Kf8 24. Re5 $16)
23. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 24. Rf1 Qe7 $6 (24... Qe6 25. Rd1 Ne7 26. Qxb7 Qe3+ 27. Kh2 Nf5
28. Bxd5+ Kh8 29. Rg1 Qd2+ 30. Bg2 Qf2 31. Qf3 Qxb2 $16) 25. Rd1 Kh8 26. Rxd5 {
Black faces a disaster, since he lost a clear pawn and also his knight will be
weak against the far reaching white bishop.} Re8 (26... Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Qe1+ 28.
Kh2 Qf2 29. Qb5 $18) 27. Qc3 Rd8 (27... Qe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Ra1 30. Rd7
Rxa2 31. Rxb7 Ra6 32. Be4 $18) 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qe3 Qd7 (29... Qd1+ 30. Kh2
Qc2 $2 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ $18) 30. Kh2 Qf7 31. a3 Qd7 32. h4 Qf7 (32... g6
33. b4 $18) 33. Qe4 a6 34. Bf1 Qe7 35. Bd3 Kg8 (35... Qxe4 36. Bxe4 Nd8 37. Bd5
$18) 36. Qxe7 Nxe7 37. g4 {[%mdl 4096] White will systematically improve his
position, black is unable to dend both flanks.} Kf7 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Kf3 a5 (
39... Kd5 40. Be4+ Kc4 41. Bxb7 a5 42. Ke4 Kb3 43. h5 Kxb2 44. Ke5 Kxa3 45. Ke6
Ng8 46. Kf7 Nf6 47. Bf3 $18) 40. Ke4 Kd6 41. f5 $1 Nc6 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Ne5
44. Bb5 Nf7 45. Kf4 Ke7 (45... b6 46. g6 Ne5 (46... Nh6 47. Bc4 $18) 47. f6 $1
Nxg6+ 48. Kg5 gxf6+ 49. Kxg6 $18) 46. Bc4 Nd6 47. Bd5 b5 48. Ke5 Nc8 49. f6+
gxf6+ 50. gxf6+ Kf8 (50... Kd7 51. Be6+ $18) 51. Bc6 b4 (51... Na7 52. Bd7 $18)
52. a4 Kf7 53. b3 Nb6 (53... Kf8 54. Ke6 Nb6 55. Kd6 $18) 54. Kf5 Nc8 55. Bd5+
Kf8 56. Ke6 Nb6 57. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Alushta1"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manakova, Maria"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 Bg4 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd2 d4 14. Na4 (14.
Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Nd1 Bh3 16. f3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Nd5 18. Nb2 Ne3+ 19. Kg1 Re8 $17 {
Olivieri,M-Giaccio,A/Buenos Aires Najdorf op/1993/}) 14... Rc8 15. Ba3 Re8 16.
Rfe1 (16. Rac1 c4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. bxc4 Rxe2 $17) 16... Qd7 17.
Nb2 (17. Rac1 $2 c4 $1 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. e3 dxe3 20. Qxd7 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxd7
$17) 17... Bh3 18. Bf3 Ng4 19. Nc4 h6 20. Qd3 (20. Rad1 Bg5 21. Qa5 Qe7 22.
Bxg4 (22. Rxd4 Nxf2 23. Rd5 Ne4 $17) 22... Bxg4 23. Rxd4 Bxe2 24. Rd5 Qb7 25.
Rxg5 Bxc4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxc5 Bf1 $1) 20... Bg5 21. Bc1 Nf6 22. Bxg5 hxg5
23. e4 (23. e3 Bf5 24. Qd2 Be4 $17) 23... Re6 24. e5 Qe7 $1 25. Qd2 (25. b4 Nd7
26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rec1 Rd8 $15) 25... Nd7 26. Nd6 (26. Qa5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxa7 c4 $1 (29... d3 30. Rd1 d2 31. Qa5 $1) (29... Re8 30.
Qa5 Qf5 31. Bc6 Re2 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Bf3 Re8 34. Qd5) 30. bxc4 Re8 $17) 26...
Nxe5 27. Rxe5 (27. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 28. Kh1 Qb7 $19) 27... Rxe5 28. Nxc8 Bxc8 29. Rc1
Bh3 30. Bg2 g4 31. b4 Re2 32. Qd3 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Qf1 Qxb4 (34... Qxf1+
35. Bxf1 cxb4 $19) 35. Bxh3 gxh3 36. Qxh3 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 d3 39. Qc8+
Kh7 40. Qxc5 d2 41. Qh5+ (41. Qd6 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 d1=Q $19) 41... Kg8 0-1

[Event "New York Generation"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 Ng4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qxg5
15. Rf4 Rad8 16. Qd2 Bh3 17. e4 Be6 {Equalizing in this variation is not so
easy for black, Bluvshtein follows his own game with Shulman.} 18. Raf1 Bxd5 (
18... Qe7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rd1 $14) 19. Nxd5 Rfe8 (19... f5 20. Qf2 g6 21. Qe2
$1 fxe4 22. Qxc4 $18) 20. Qc3 Qg6 (20... b5 21. b3 (21. Rxf7 Rxe4 22. Qf3 Ree8
23. Nc7 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Nxb5 a6 26. Nd6 Nxd4 27. Nxc4 $16) 21... Rxd5
22. exd5 Qxd5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. R4xf3 Nxd4 26. Rxf7 c3 27. Rxa7 c2
28. Rc7 $16) 21. Qxc4 Rxe4 22. Rxf7 Qe6 (22... Rxd4 $2 23. Rf8+ Rxf8 24. Ne7+
Kh8 25. Rxf8#) 23. Qb3 (23. R7f5 h6 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. d5 Re2 27.
dxc6 bxc6 28. R5f2 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Kf7 $11) 23... b6 $2 {First independent move
and a serious mistake. If the defender would really have done his homework the
solution would have been 23...Re1! where white must probably accept equality.}
(23... Re2 24. Qf3 h6 25. Rf8+ (25. Nc7 $1 Qe3+ (25... Qc4 26. d5 Ne5 27. Rf8+
Rxf8 28. Qxf8+ Kh7 29. Ne6 Qg4 30. Qf5+ Qxf5 31. Rxf5 $16) 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. d5
$16) (25. Nc3 Re3 26. d5 Rxf3 27. dxe6 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rf8 $14) 25... Rxf8 26.
Qxf8+ Kh7 27. Qf3 Rxb2 28. Qd3+ Qg6 {1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Bluvshtein,M/Chicago
2002/ (34)}) (23... Re1 $1 24. Rxe1 Qxf7 25. Ne7+ Nxe7 26. Rxe7 Qxb3 27. axb3
Rxd4 28. Rxb7 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Rd2+ 30. Kh3 Rxb2 $11) 24. Qf3 h6 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 (
25... Kh7 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Nf4 $16) 26. Qxf8+ Kh7 27. Nf4 Qd7 (27... Qg4 28.
Qf7 $1 (28. d5 Nd4 29. Kh1 Ne2 $14) 28... Rxd4 29. Nh5 Kh8 30. Nxg7 $16) 28. d5
Nb4 $2 {This tactical flop just speeds up the end.} (28... Nd4 29. Ne6 Rg4 30.
Qf7 (30. Qf5+ Nxf5 31. Nf8+ Kg8 32. Nxd7 $16) 30... Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Qxd5+ 32. Kh3
Qe4 33. Re1 $16) (28... Re8 29. Qa3 Ne5 30. Qc3 $16) 29. Ne6 Nxd5 (29... Rc4
30. Rf7 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Nd3+ 32. Ke3 Re1+ 33. Kd2 $18) 30. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Na4 b6 (11... b5 $2 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 $16)
12. Rc1 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 bxc5 15. Na4 Re8 16. Re1 c4 17. Nd2 Qf6 $1
18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. bxc4 Rad8 20. Qb3 Nd4 21. Qa3 Bb7 (21... Rc8 22. Nc5 Qd6 23.
Qxa6 Qxc5 24. e3 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 exf3 26. Qb5 Re7 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Red1 $16 {
Akopian,V-Miljanovic,B/Niksic/1991/ ->CBM 24}) 22. Nc3 e3 $1 23. f3 (23. fxe3
Bxg2 24. Kxg2 (24. exd4 Bh3 25. e3 Qf3 $17) 24... Rxe3 $40) (23. f4 $5) 23...
a6 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Rcd8 27. Qa5 Rb8 28. Qa4 Red8 29. c5 (29.
Qa3 $5) 29... Rb2 30. Qc4 Rc8 31. Bf1 h5 32. Qd3 h4 33. c6 (33. Qxe3 Nc2 $17)
33... hxg3 34. hxg3 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Nxc6 36. Qxa6 (36. Qxe3 Rxa2 $17) 36... g6
37. Rc1 Qg5 38. Qc8+ (38. Qxc6 Qxg3+ 39. Bg2 (39. Kh1 Qh4+ (39... Rb4 40. Rc4
Rb1 41. Rc1 Rb4 $10) 40. Kg1 Qg3+ $10) 39... Rxe2 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qh3 Re1+ $10
) 38... Kg7 39. Qc7 (39. Qh3 $22 Nd4 40. Rc8) 39... Ne5 $13 {Time; Ftacnik,L} (
39... Ne5 $13 40. Kg2 Nxf3 $2 41. Qc3+) 0-1

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Bb4 15.
Bd4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxe2 17. Qd1 d4 (17... Re5 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. f3) 18. Nxd4
Rxf2 19. Qa4 Rxg2+ (19... Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 $16 {x Na5}) 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ $5 {N} (
20... b6 {Kasparov}) 21. Kg1 Nc4 22. Qb5 a6 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rfe1 h5 25. Ne2
Nxc3 26. bxc3 Ne5 27. Nd4 f6 28. a4 Rc8 29. Ra3 Rc7 30. Rb3 Kf7 31. Reb1 Bc8
32. Kf1 Nc4 33. Ke2 Na5 34. Ra3 Nc4 35. Rab3 Na5 36. Ra3 Nc4 37. Ra2 Kg6 38.
Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Kd2 Nc4+ 40. Kc2 Bh3 (40... Bd7 $5) 41. Kb3 Bd7 42. Rc1 Be8 43.
Ne6 Rc6 44. Nf4+ Kg5 45. Re2 Ne5 46. Re4 Bf7+ 47. Kc2 b5 $2 48. Rd4 Bc4 49.
axb5 axb5 50. Ra1 Rc7 51. h4+ $1 Kf5 (51... Kh6 52. Ra8 Nf7 $16) 52. Nxh5 Kg6
53. Nf4+ Kf7 54. h5 Rb7 55. Ra8 g5 56. Nd5 Nf3 57. Rd1 Rd7 58. Ne3 Re7 59. Nxc4
bxc4 60. Rd6 Kg7 61. h6+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6
15. Nf4 Bg4 16. Re1 $6 (16. Ne4) (16. h3) 16... Bc7 $2 (16... d3 $1 17. Nf3 (
17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 dxe2 19. Rxe2 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Re8 $15) (17.
Nxd3 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qxd3 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 $2 Qd4 $1 $17) (
17. Rxc6 $2 bxc6 18. Bxc6 dxe2 19. Nxe2 Qf6 $19) 17... dxe2 18. Rxe2 Qxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 Rxe2 20. Nxe2 Re8 $15) 17. Nd3 Qe7 18. Nb3 h5 19. Qd2 h4 20. Nbc5 h3 (
20... Ne5 21. Bxb7 Rab8 $14) 21. Bh1 Ne5 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bh1 Bd6 24. b4 a5
25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Qa7 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Qg5 Bc8 29. Nd3 Bf6 30. Qf4 Ba6 31.
Ra1 Qb6 32. Nc5 Bb5 33. Rab1 Bc6 (33... Red8 34. Qg4 {x h3}) 34. Qd6 Bxh1 35.
Qxb6 Rxb6 36. Kxh1 Rb5 37. Nd3 $18 Rc8 38. Rb2 Rc3 39. Kg1 g5 40. Kf1 Be7 41.
Reb1 f5 42. Ke1 Kf7 43. Kd1 Ke6 44. Rc2 Kd5 45. Ra2 (45. Rxc3 dxc3 46. Kc2 Kc4)
45... Bd6 46. Ra8 f4 47. gxf4 Bxf4 48. Rh8 Bxh2 49. Rxh3 Bd6 50. Rh6 Ra3 51.
Rg6 Bf4 52. Ke1 Ra2 53. Rd1 Ke4 54. Rf6 Be5 55. Re6 g4 56. Rb1 Kf5 57. Rxe5+
Rxe5 58. Nxe5 Kxe5 59. b5 g3 60. fxg3 d3 61. exd3 Rg2 62. Rb3 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Qa4 Bd7 (
14... Qd7) 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qb3 a5 17. Nxd5 $5 (17. a4 Rc8 18. Ndb5 Be6 19. Bd4
$13) 17... Nfxd5 (17... a4 18. Nxe7+ (18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qc4 Rc8) 18... Qxe7
19. Qa3 $16) 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 (18... a4 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 (19... Kf8 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21.
Qxe6 $18) 20. Qc3 $18) 19. Qxd5 Bxh3 20. Qxb7 Qb8 (20... Rb8 21. Qh1 $1 Bd7 22.
Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxd8 Bxh1 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kxh1 $18) 21. Qf3 Ra6 (21... Qxb2 $2
22. g4 $18) 22. b3 (22. g4 $2 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Rg6 $19) 22... Ba3 (22... Rf6 23.
Qh5 $16) 23. Bf4 Qa8 (23... Qd8 24. Nb5) 24. Qxa8 Raxa8 25. Rc4 Bb2 26. Rd2
Bxd4 27. Rcxd4 Rec8 28. f3 Be6 29. Kf2 a4 (29... Rc6 $16) 30. b4 a3 $6 31. b5
$1 Rc5 32. Rb4 Ra5 33. b6 Rcb5 34. Rdd4 Bxa2 35. b7 {Ftacnik,L} (35. b7 Rxb7
36. Rxb7 Be6 37. Rb1 a2 38. Ra1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 (13... Be6 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Kh2 Bb4 $10 {Adorjan,A-Tarjan,J/Indonesia/1983/}) 14. Rad1 (14.
Rfd1 Bf8 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 $132) 14... Qc8 $1 15. Kh2
Bf8 16. Rfe1 $2 (16. Nxc6 bxc6 $10) 16... Re5 $1 17. Rh1 $8 (17. Nxc6 bxc6 18.
Bd4 Rh5 19. Bxf6 Bxh3 20. Bh4 (20. Bf3 Bg2+ $1) 20... Rxh4 $1 21. gxh4 Bd6+ $19
) 17... Rh5 $1 18. Kg1 Bxh3 19. Bf3 Re5 (19... Bg4 20. Rxh5 Bxh5 21. Bxh5 Nxh5
22. Nf3 $10) 20. Nxc6 bxc6 (20... Rxe3 $1 21. fxe3 bxc6 $17 {Ljubojevic,
Beliavsky}) 21. Bd4 Bf5 $1 22. e4 Rxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qe2 c5 $1 25. Be3 Qe6
26. Kg2 d4 $6 (26... Re8 27. Qb5 g5 $1 $17) 27. Bc1 Re8 28. Qb5 a6 (28... g5 $5
) 29. Qb7 Qxa2 30. Rde1 $1 Nd6 (30... Qe6 31. Rh4 $1) 31. Qb6 Rc8 32. Bf4 $1
Nc4 33. Qb7 Qxb2 34. Qd5 Qc2 35. Re2 Nb6 36. Qb7 Qb3 37. Rhe1 Qb5 $1 38. Bc1
Nc4 39. Qd5 Bd7 (39... Bg6 $5) 40. Re7 $1 Bxe7 41. Rxe7 Be8 42. Be4 $2 (42. Bf4
$1 $132) 42... Kf8 {Ftacnik,L} (42... Kf8 43. Rb7 Qc6 44. Qf5 Qxe4+ $1 45. Qxe4
Bc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Bxd5 $5 {White can win
the pawn, but his winning chances are not especially high due to the absence
of the bishop from g2.} Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 Bb6 17. Rfd1
Qc8 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qf4 Be6 20. b3 (20. Rd6 b5 21. a3 $16) 20... Qb7 21. Rac1
c5 22. Rd2 Ra3 (22... Rfd8 23. Rcd1 $16) 23. Nb5 Ra5 24. Nc7 Bh3 25. f3 (25. e4
f5 26. Nd5 fxe4 27. Qxe4 $16) 25... Rc8 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Rcd1 Raa8 $2 {Black
has much tougher defense with counterplay offering more chances for a draw.} (
27... Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxa2 $2 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ g6 32. Qf6 $18
) (27... b5 $5 28. e4 (28. Nc3 b4 29. Ne4 Qa7) 28... Qa7 $14) 28. e4 b5 29. Qe5
Bxd5 (29... c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Nf4 $14) 30. exd5 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Kg2 c3
33. Rc2 Ra5 (33... Ra3 34. d6 Qd7 35. Rd3 $16) 34. Qd4 Rd8 (34... Rcc5 35. d6
Rd5 36. Qxc3 Rxd1 37. Qxa5 Rxd6 38. Qf5 $16) 35. d6 Ra6 (35... Ra3 36. Qc5 Qa6
37. Qc7 $18) 36. d7 Ra7 37. Qxc3 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Rd2 (39. Qc8+ Qxc8 40.
Rxc8+ Kh7 41. Rc2 Kg6 $16) 39... Qe7 $6 (39... Qe8 40. Qd4 $16) 40. a4 $1 {
After this pawn will slowly, but steadily march onwards. The important part is
the support from behind, what turns the blocking into an ungrateful task.} Kh7
(40... Rxa4 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qc2+ $18) 41. a5 Qg5 (41... Qe1 42. Qd3+ g6 43.
Qd5 Re7 44. Rf2 $16) 42. Ra2 Qb5 43. Qc2+ g6 (43... Kg8 44. a6 $1 Rxa6 $140 $2
45. Qc8+ $18) 44. Qa4 Qa6 (44... Qxa4 45. Rxa4 $18) 45. Qd4 Rb7 (45... Qe6 46.
Ra4 Ra6 47. Qd2 $16) 46. Qd5 Ra7 47. g4 Re7 48. h4 Qa7 (48... Re2+ 49. Kg3 $16)
49. Qd1 (49. a6 Re1 50. Qb7 Qg1+ 51. Kh3 Qf1+ 52. Kg3 Qc4 53. Rf2 $18) 49...
Re5 (49... Qa6 50. Qf1 Qe6 51. Ra1 $16) 50. a6 h5 51. Qg1 Qa8 (51... Re7 52.
Qxa7 Rxa7 53. Kg3 $18) 52. Qd4 Rd5 (52... Re6 53. Qd7 Rxa6 54. Qxf7+ Kh8 55.
Re2 $18) 53. Qf6 Qa7 54. gxh5 Rxh5 (54... gxh5 55. Kh2 $18) (54... Rd1 55.
hxg6+ fxg6 56. Rf2 Rb1 57. h5 Rb6 58. hxg6+ Kh6 59. Qh4+ Kxg6 60. Kh2 $18) 55.
Qf4 Rf5 56. Qg3 Rd5 57. Qf2 Rd7 (57... Rc5 $2 58. Qxc5 Qxc5 59. a7 $18) (57...
Qa8 58. a7 $18) 58. Qxa7 Rxa7 59. Kg3 {Without queens the winning plan is very
easy. Black king is unable to protect both flanks.} Kh6 60. Ra5 f5 61. Kf4 Kh5
62. Ra1 Kh6 (62... Kxh4 $2 63. Rh1#) 63. Ra4 Kh5 64. Ke5 Re7+ 65. Kd6 Ra7 66.
Kc6 (66. Kc6 f4 67. Kb6 Ra8 68. Rxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Stamenkov, Vanco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 Ng4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qxg5
15. Rf4 Be6 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. Kh1 {[%mdl 4] White is hoping to optimize his
pieces for a support of a center and then to capitalize from it's advance.} (
17. d5 Nb4 18. e4 Nd3 19. Qe2 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Qxf4 21. Rf1 Qe5 22. dxe6 Qc5+ 23.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 fxe6 25. Bf1 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Rxb2 28. Bxc4 Kf7 {
1/2-1/2 Vadasz,L-Bock,J/Budapest 1997/ (39)}) 17... Ne7 (17... h6 18. Qg1 Ne7
19. e4 Ng6 20. Raf1 Bg4 21. h4 Qh5 22. R4f2 b5 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Ne7 25. d6
Nf5 26. Rxf5 Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Lputian,S/Irkutsk 1986/ (29)}) (17... b6 18.
Qg1 Ne7 19. Rd1 b5 20. a3 a5 21. e4 b4 22. Nb1 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Cranbourne,
C/Buenos Aires 1987/ (22)}) (17... Ne5 18. d5 Bc8 19. Qd4 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6 21.
Kh2 Nf5 22. Qf2 Nd6 23. Qxa7 Rfe8 24. Qd4 Nf5 25. Qf2 Re5 26. e4 Nd6 27. a4 {
1-0 Vadasz,L-Dittmar,P/Gyula 1997/ (40)}) 18. Qg1 (18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 Rxb2
20. d5 Bd7 21. Rxc4 Rfb8 22. Qc1 Qxc1+ 23. Rxc1 h5 24. Rc7 Rd8 25. Rxa7 {
1-0 Thesing,M-Bleis,C/Muenster 1987/ (45)}) (18. Qc1 b5 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Nc5 Bg4
21. Re4 Nd5 22. Re5 Nf6 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. h3 Rfe8 25. Rc1 Qh5 26. Rc3 {1/2-1/2
Sherbakov,R-Egin,V/Omsk 1996/ (26)}) 18... Ng6 (18... Qa5 19. e3 b5 20. Ne4 Ng6
21. Rf2 b4 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. a3 b3 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rfe8 26. Rd2 Ne7 27.
Bf1 {1-0 Zayac,E-Chelushkina,I/Moscow 1994/ (67)}) 19. Rff1 b6 {Black has
several methods of getting decent counterplay, one of them is weakening of the
kingside structure.} (19... Qd2 20. d5 Qxb2 (20... Bg4 21. Rad1 Qxb2 22. Qd4
Bc8 23. Qxc4 $14) 21. dxe6 Qxc3 22. exf7+ $14) (19... b5 20. d5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5
Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 23. Qg2 $14) 20. Rad1 h5 21. e4 h4 (21... Bg4 22. Bf3 f5 $5
$14) 22. Qf2 hxg3 (22... Bg4 23. Bf3 f5 24. e5 $16) 23. Qxg3 Qxg3 (23... Qe7
24. e5 $16) 24. hxg3 Bg4 (24... f6 25. Kg1 Kf7 26. Kf2 Rh8 $13) 25. Rd2 a6 26.
Nd5 b5 (26... Rb8 27. Ne3 $16) 27. Nb4 Rd6 (27... a5 $6 28. Nc6 Rd7 29. a4 c3
30. bxc3 bxa4 31. e5 $16) 28. Nc2 Ne5 (28... Rfd8 29. Rdf2 f6 $11) 29. Ne3 Bc8
(29... Rfd8 $1 30. d5 Bd7 $15) 30. Nd5 Ng6 $6 {A timid move, black could have
had jumped to d3 sqaure with more problems for white.} (30... Nd3 31. Ne7+ (31.
e5 Rd7 32. e6 fxe6 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Nb6 Rc7 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 $17) 31... Kh7 32.
Bf3 Re8 $11) 31. e5 Rdd8 32. Rfd1 Bb7 (32... Bg4 33. Re1 f6 $5) 33. Nb4 a5 (
33... Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 a5 35. Nc6 Rc8 (35... Rde8 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rc1 $16) 36. d5
Rfe8 37. Re2 $14) 34. Bxb7 axb4 35. Bf3 Ne7 (35... Rfe8 36. Bc6 c3 37. bxc3
bxc3 38. Rc2 Rxe5 39. Rxc3 $14) 36. d5 Nf5 (36... Ng6 37. Re2 (37. e6 fxe6 38.
Bg4 Kf7 39. dxe6+ Ke7 40. Rd7+ Rxd7 41. Rxd7+ Kf6 42. Rd5 Ne5 $15) 37... Rfe8
38. Rde1 c3 $11) 37. g4 Ne7 $2 {Stamenkov is afraid to pursue active
continuations, now white central pawns are not under fire.} (37... Nh4 $5 38.
Be4 Rfe8 39. Re2 Kf8 40. Bc2 Ra8 $11) 38. Be4 Nc8 (38... c3 39. Rd3 (39. Rc2
Nc6 40. bxc3 bxc3 41. Rxc3 Nxe5 42. g5 $14) 39... cxb2 40. Rb1 $16) 39. d6 Nb6
40. Bc6 c3 41. Re2 (41. bxc3 bxc3 42. Rd4 Nc4 43. Bxb5 Nxe5 44. Rc1 $18) 41...
Nc4 42. bxc3 bxc3 43. Bxb5 Na3 44. Ba4 Rb8 45. Bb3 Rb4 (45... Rfd8 46. Rf1 $18)
46. g5 Rh4+ 47. Rh2 c2 (47... Rg4 48. d7 Rd8 49. e6 $18) 48. Rxh4 cxd1=Q+ 49.
Bxd1 Rc8 50. Bb3 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Nxc6 {The prexis of Tarrasch
defense has proven, that it might make more sense to swap the knight for
bishop on e6. White has a bishop pair and chances to open up the position to
his benefit.} (12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qd2 (13. e4 d4 14. Nb5 e5 15. Rc1 a6 16. Na3
Rad8 17. Nc4 b5 18. Nb6 Qe6 19. Nd5 Nb4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. a3 Na2 22. Rc6 {
1-0 Sapi,J-Pota,L/Eger 1997/ (29)}) 13... Rad8 14. Rad1 a6 15. a3 (15. Qc1 Bd6
16. Na4 Qe7 17. Qg5 Nd7 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Kg2 Nd5 23. Rfe1 Kf7 {0-1 Davies,N-Erwich,F/Vlissingen 1998/ (55)}) 15...
Ne8 16. e4 d4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Nc1 Nd6 19. Nd3 Qg4 20. f3 Qg6 21. Rde1 Qf7 22.
Bh3 Nb5 23. b4 Qb3 24. Nc1 Qc4 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Nxd3 {1-0
Eldridge,M-Cooper,A/Charlottetown 2000/ (36)}) (12. Rc1 Bh3 13. Qd3 (13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Na4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne4 16. Bd4 Rfe8 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5
Re6 {1/2-1/2 Haydon,R-Anderton,M/England 2000/ (24)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Bc5
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Be7 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxc6 h5 20. Qf3 d4
21. Nc5 {1-0 Macek,V-Krmelj,N/Zadar 1995/ (32)}) 12... bxc6 13. Rc1 Rac8 14.
Na4 c5 (14... Bh3 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc5 Qg4 17. e4 Rcd8 (17... Qxd1 18. Rfxd1
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfd8 20. Nb7 Rd7 21. Na5 $16) 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. Rfe1 Bb2 20. Rc2
Ba3 $11) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Rxc5 (16. Nxc5 Qb5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 19. e4 $14) 16... Qe7 17. b4 $14) 16. e4 dxe4 $6 {Jakubowski must
have been content with this development, black pawns are all isolated.} (16...
d4 17. Nb2 f5 18. Re1 $14) 17. Bxe4 Qxd1 (17... f5 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Ba6 Qxd1
20. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc7 22. Nc3 $14) 18. Rfxd1 c4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 (19...
Bxc4 20. Bb7 Ba3 21. Rc3 Bb4 22. Bxc8 Bxc3 23. Ba6 Bxa6 24. Nxc3 $14) 20. Rxc4
Bxc4 21. Rd7 Re8 (21... Bb4 $2 22. Rd4 Rc8 23. Nb2 $18) (21... Ba3 22. Rxa7 $16
) 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] The endgame is not pleasant for black,
since white pieces will limit the counterplay and prepare attack on the
kingside.} Bb4 24. Nc5 Re1+ (24... Re2 25. Nd3 Bc3 26. a4 $14) 25. Kg2 Ra1 26.
Nd3 Bd2 (26... Bc3 27. Rc5 Bd4 28. Rc4 Bb6 29. a4 Rd1 30. Nc5 $14) 27. a4 a5 (
27... Rxa4 $2 28. Nb2 $18) 28. h4 Ra3 29. Rd4 Bc3 30. Rc4 Kf8 (30... h5 31. Nf4
Bb4 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc7 Kg8 34. Nxh5 $16) 31. h5 Kg7 32. Nf4 Bd2 (32... Bb4
33. Nd5 Rxa4 34. Rg4+ Kf8 (34... Kh6 35. Ne3 $1 Kxh5 36. Rg8 Bd2 37. g4+ $18)
35. Nxf6 h6 36. Ng8 $16) 33. Nd5 f5 (33... Kh6 34. Nxf6 Bb4 35. Rc6 Rxa4 36. f4
$18) 34. Rc6 h6 (34... Rxa4 35. Ne7 (35. f4 Re4 36. h6+ Kf8 $13) 35... Re4 36.
Nxf5+ Kf8 37. Kf3 $14) 35. Ne7 $1 {[%mdl 2048] White rook and knight are
perfectly coordinated, the situation is critical for black.} f4 (35... Rxa4 36.
Nxf5+ Kh7 37. f4 $1 Rb4 38. Rc7 $18) 36. Nf5+ Kh7 (36... Kg8 37. Nxh6+ Kf8 38.
Nf5 $18) 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Rd6 $1 f3+ (38... Bb4 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. g4 $18) 39.
Kh3 Be1 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rf8 $1 Bxf2 (41... Rxa4 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. g4 Bxf2 44.
g5 Bc5 45. g6 f2 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Nh6+ Kf8 48. g7+ $18) 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 {Socko
must be careful, there are many mating motives possible against his vulnerable
king.} (42... Kh8 43. h6 Rxa4 44. Ne7 Bd4 45. Ng6+ Kg8 46. Re7 f2 47. h7#) 43.
Rg7+ Kh8 (43... Kf8 44. h6 Ra1 45. Rd7 $18) 44. h6 Be3 (44... Bc5 45. Nh4 Rxa4
46. Ng6#) 45. Nxe3 Rxe3 46. Rf7 Kg8 47. Rf6 Kh7 48. Kh4 f2 49. g4 (49. Rxf2
Kxh6 50. Rf4 Kg6 $16) 49... Re6 (49... Re2 50. Kh5 $18) 50. Rxf2 Rxh6+ 51. Kg3
Ra6 52. Rf5 {Black rook is very passive on a file and the chances for survival
remain minimal.} Kg6 53. Rb5 Ra8 54. Rb6+ Kg5 55. Rb5+ Kf6 56. Kf4 Ra7 57. Rb6+
Kg7 58. Kg5 Rc7 59. Rb5 Ra7 60. Kh5 Kh7 61. Rb6 Rc7 (61... Kg7 62. g5 Kh7 63.
g6+ Kg7 64. Rb5 Kg8 65. Kh6 Ra8 66. Rb7 $18) 62. Ra6 Rc5+ 63. g5 Kg7 64. Ra7+
Kf8 65. Kh6 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2004.06.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nb4 $146 {
Kortschnoj has an independent mind and finds a new idea in a well known
position. So far only solutions with Bf6 were always tried.} (13... Bf6 14. Rc1
(14. Qd2 Bd4 (14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxb2 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxb2 Qa5 18. Rac1 b5
19. Rfd1 a6 20. Rd6 {1-0 Lutz,R-Reeh,O/Bad Lauterberg 1981/ (47)}) 15. Nf4 Qb6
16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. e3 Nf5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. b3 Nd6 21. bxc4 Rxc4
22. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Krogius,N-Balashov,Y/Sochi 1973/ (52)}) (14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Bxc6 (15. Qc1 Rac8 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. a3 Rd7 19. Kf1 Rcd8 20. Ke1 f6
21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Qc2 Bd5 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2
Appel,R-Novik,M/Leningrad 1991/ (50)}) 15... bxc6 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18.
Bxc5 Rfd8 19. Bb4 Rd7 20. f3 f6 21. g4 h5 22. h3 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Miles,
A-Petursson,M/Reykjavik 1980/ (120)}) 14... Bd4 (14... Bxb2 15. Rxc4 Ne7 16.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc5 Qc7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Qb1 Qe5 21. Rxb2 Rxc5 22.
Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bd3 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Szitas,G/Aix les Bains 1991/ (31)}) 15. Bxd4
Bxd5 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxd4 18. Rxc4 Ne6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bg2 {
1-0 Botvinnik,M-Unzicker,W/Oberhausen 1961/ (59)}) (13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Bf6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bf4 b5 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Qc5 Bg4 21. Rac1
Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Qxb5 Bxe2 24. Qe8+ {1-0 Espig,L-Gruenberg,H/Eilenburg
1984/ (24)}) 14. Nf4 (14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Be4 Qa5 17. Bf4 Rbd8 18.
Qc2 Bd2 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Rd2 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe2 24.
Rfe1 $14) 14... Bf5 (14... Qc7 15. Qb1 Bf6 16. Be4 h6 17. a3 Nc6 $13) 15. Rc1 (
15. Bxb7 $6 Rb8 16. Bf3 Nc2 $15) 15... Qc7 (15... Rc8 16. a3 Nc2 17. Bxa7 $16)
16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Qd8 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Rxc4 $16) 17. Bxd5 Rad8 (17... Qa5
18. Bxc4 (18. Rxc4 Rad8) 18... Bh3 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Re1 Rfd8 $11) 18. Rxc4 Qa5
19. Rd4 Bh3 (19... Bf6 20. b4 Qc7 21. Rd2 Bc3 22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Bxb7 Rxd2 24.
Qxd2 Qxb7 25. Qxc3 Bh3 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. exf3 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 $11) 20. Bg2 $6 {
The only critical moment of the battle, retreat of the bishop is too meek.
White can fight for an advantage with the more ambitious 20.Re1!?} (20. Re1 $5
Be6 21. Bxe6 (21. Bxb7 Bc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxc5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 f6 25. b4 Qxa2
$11) 21... fxe6 22. Qb1 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 e5 24. Bc3 Bb4 25. Qd1 Bxc3 26. Qb3+ $14)
20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxa2 22. Qa1 Qb3 23. Rfd1 (23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Qxb2 25.
Bb6 Re8 $11) 23... a6 24. R1d3 Qb5 25. Qa2 Qc6+ (25... Bf6 $5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 $15) 26. Kg1 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ljubljana Iskra"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bc1 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Ndb5 d4 15. Ne4 Be5 16. Nbd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Rxe2 18. Nxb7 Qf6 19. Nc5 Be8 20. b4
Ne5 $132 {Polugajevsky,L-Chandler,M/London/1984/}) (13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6
$6 (14... Bxc6 $1) 15. e4 d4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Bxd5 Bg4
20. Qg6 Qxd5 21. Qxg4 $16 {Flear,G-Cooper,J/BCF-ch/1988/}) 13... Bc5 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 $1 (14... bxc6 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Kh1 Qc8 17. Rde1 Rb8 18. e4 d4 19. f3 dxc3
20. fxg4 {0,5-0,5/Bagirov-Petursson,M/Tallin/1981/}) 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. e3 (16.
Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qxc5 Ba4 $17) 16... Bb4 17. Qb3 (17. Bd2 Qe7 (17...
d4 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Be1 $1) 18. Qb3 $10) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 Bb5 $17
) 18... Qa5 19. Bb2 (19. Ba3 $2 Ba4) 19... a6 (19... Ba4 20. Qa3) 20. Rd4 Bb5
21. Ra1 Bc4 22. Qb4 Qc7 (22... Qxb4 $6 23. cxb4 $14) 23. Ba3 Ne4 24. Qb2 (24.
Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qd6 Qa5 26. Qb4 Qf5 $40) 24... h5 25. Rb1 Qa5 (25... b5 26. Bxe4
Rxe4 27. Rbd1 $15) 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Rc2 (27. Qxb7 Qxa3 28. Qxc6 Qxc1+ $19) 27...
Qc7 28. Qc1 Qa5 29. Qb2 Qa4 30. Rc1 (30. Qxb7 Qxc2 31. Qxc6 Qb1+ 32. Bf1 Qxf1#)
30... Rf6 31. Rc2 Ng5 (31... Rb6 32. Qxb6 Qxc2 33. Qb2 Qxb2 34. Bxb2 Bxa2 $17)
32. Rf4 (32. Bxd5 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Bxd5+ 34. Kxh3 (34. Rxd5 Qe4+ 35. Kxh3 Qxd5 $19)
34... Qd7+ 35. Kh4 Re4+ 36. Rxe4 Bxe4 $19) (32. f4 Rxe3 $19) 32... Rxf4 33.
gxf4 Ne4 34. Rc1 Re6 35. Qb4 Qd7 36. Qb2 (36. Qf8+ Kh7 $17) 36... Rg6 37. f3 h4
38. f5 (38. fxe4 h3 39. Rc2 Qg4 40. Qc1 Qf3 $19) 38... Qxf5 39. fxe4 Qf3 40.
Kh1 (40. h3 Be2 $19) 40... Be2 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (40... Be2 41. Rg1 Rxg2 42. Rxg2
Qf1+ 43. Rg1 Bf3+) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gluzman, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Na4 Rac8
15. Rfd1 c5 16. Bd2 (16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. bxc4 (18. e3 d4 19. Bxf6
d3 20. Qc3 gxf6 21. bxc4 Qe5 22. Qa3 Rxc4 {0-1 Voloshin,L-Bezgodov,A/Ufa 1993/
(36)}) (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. e3 d4 20. exd4 Rxd4 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb2 Kg7 23. a3
Rc2 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Ra2 {0-1 Varga,P-Blauert,J/Budapest/1997/ (39)})
18... dxc4 19. Be3 Qa3 20. Bb7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Re8 22. Bd4 h6 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. e3
c3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bxa2 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Marjanovic,S/
Bled 1979/ (47)}) 16... Qc7 (16... cxb3 17. axb3 Qb5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5
Qxe2 20. Re1 Qh5 21. Rxa7 Ng4 22. h3 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Mueller,K/Leipzig 1975/ 
(31)}) 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. e3 Nd7 21. bxc4 f6 (21...
dxc4 22. Bb7 $16) (21... Qxc4 22. Qd2 $14) 22. h4 Nb6 (22... Ne5 23. Rab1 dxc4
24. Bb7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rb8 26. Be4 h6 27. Qc3 $14) 23. Rd4 {White enjoys
bishop's pair, so black strives to take back on c4 with a pawn to get some
compensation.} dxc4 $2 (23... Rd7 $1 24. Rad1 dxc4 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Rd4 $13)
24. Bb7 $1 Rxd4 25. exd4 (25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. exd4 Qc6 27. Qe2 Bb7 28. f3 $16)
25... Qf8 (25... Qxd4 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Be3 Qc7 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Bxb6 axb6 30.
Rd6 $16) 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27. Re1 c3 (27... Bd5 28. Qe2 c3 29. Qe8+ $18) 28. Qe2
Bf7 29. Qb5 h6 (29... c2 30. Qc5 Be6 31. Rc1 Bf5 32. Bc7 $18) 30. Qc5 Qg4 31.
Qxc3 {Within a few moves black has lost an exchange and a passed pawn, his
remaining hope is some fuzzy kingside attack.} Nd5 32. Qb3 Kh7 (32... Nxf4 33.
Qb8+ (33. Re8+ $2 Kh7 34. Qxf7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qf3 36. Qg8+ Kg6 37. gxf4 Qxf2+ $11
) 33... Kh7 34. Qxf4 $18) 33. Qd1 Qh3 34. Bd2 f5 (34... Ne3 35. Rxe3 Bd5 36.
Qc2+ f5 37. f3 Qxg3+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Kd1 $19) 35. Re5 Nf6 36. Qf1
Qg4 37. Qe2 Qxd4 (37... Qh3 38. Qf3 $18) 38. Rxf5 Bd5 (38... Bxa2 39. Rf4 Qa1+
40. Kg2 Bf7 41. f3 $18) 39. Rf4 Ne4 40. Kh2 g5 (40... Qxd2 41. Rxe4 Qc1 42. Qe1
$18) 41. Be3 Qa1 42. hxg5 Nxf2 (42... hxg5 43. Qh5+ Kg7 44. Rf5 Be6 45. Rb5 $18
) 43. Qc2+ $1 (43. Qc2+ $1 Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Qa5 (
14... Ne5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 $14) 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Bd7 17. Nc3 (17. Nc5 Bxc5
18. Rxc5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxe2 $132) 17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. e3 Ne4 20. Rc2
Red8 21. Rfc1 $6 (21. h4 $1 $14) 21... Kf8 $6 (21... Ng5 22. h4 Ne6 $10) 22. h4
$1 g5 $6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bf3 f5 25. Kg2 (25. g4 $5 $36) 25... Nxc3 26. Rxc3
Kf7 27. Rxc6 $5 (27. Rh1 $14) 27... bxc6 28. Rxc6 g4 $8 29. Bd1 Rac8 $6 (29...
Rd6 $5 30. Rc7 Ke6 31. Bc2 Bf6 32. Bc5 Ra6 33. b4 Rxa2 34. Rc6+ Kf7 35. Bxf5
$16) (29... a5 $5 30. Ba4 $36) 30. Ra6 Rc7 31. Be5 $1 Rc1 (31... Rb7 32. Bc2
$16) 32. Bb3 Rd7 33. Ba4 Rb7 34. Bc6 Rb6 35. Bxd5+ Kg6 36. Rxa7 Bf6 37. Bf7+
Kg7 38. Bf4 Bxb2 39. e4 fxe4 40. Bd5+ Kf6 41. Bxc1 Bxc1 42. Bxe4 $18 Rb2 43.
Kf1 Bd2 44. Bd3 Bc3 45. Ra4 Rd2 46. Be2 Bd4 47. Ra8 Rb2 48. a4 Ra2 49. a5 Ra1+
50. Kg2 Ra2 51. Rf8+ Ke7 52. Rf4 Be5 53. Re4 Rxa5 54. Bxg4 Kf6 55. f4 Bc3 56.
Be2 Ra3 57. g4 Bd2 58. Rd4 Ra2 59. Kf3 Ra3+ 60. Bd3 Bc3 61. g5+ Ke6 62. Bc4+
Kf5 63. Rd5+ Kg6 64. Bd3+ Kf7 65. f5 Ra4 66. Rd7+ Kf8 67. f6 Be5 (67... Rd4 68.
Rxd4 Bxd4 69. Ke4 Bc3 70. Kf5 $18) 68. Bg6 Ra8 69. Rh7 Kg8 70. Re7 Bd6 71. Re8+
$1 Rxe8 72. f7+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Dallas UTD"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 b6 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 bxc5
15. Nd2 Qe7 {The line has a good reputation for black, but second player must
play actively and courageously.} 16. Re1 (16. Nd3 Rfd8 17. Nf4 Rac8 18. Re1 c4
19. Qc2 Nf6 20. bxc4 Ne5 21. c5 Nc4 22. Nb3 Qe5 23. Rcd1 d4 {Ac,M-Lamser,J/
Bratislava 1989/ 1/2-1/2 (67)}) (16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19.
Qe3 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Bb5 21. Nc4 f5 {Kosic,D-Gamback,B/Ikaros 2002/ 1/2-1/2 (43)})
16... Nxf2 (16... Rad8 17. Na4 Bb5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Nb4 $11) 17. Kxf2 Qf6+
18. Nf3 Qxb2 19. Rxc5 Rac8 $2 {[%mdl 64] Schneider has probably missed an
unbelievable shot 21...Bxe2!!, otherwise he would surely have prefered the
active line 19...Nb4.} (19... Nb4 20. Qd2 (20. Kg1 Rfe8 21. Ra5 Qf6 $15) 20...
Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Bxe2 $3 22. Bxd5 (22. Kxe2 Rae8+ 23. Ne4 (23. Kd1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1
Nd3+ $19) 23... dxe4 $15) 22... Rad8 23. Kxe2 Nxd5 24. Nc4 $11) 20. Qc1 Qf6 (
20... Qxc1 21. Rexc1 Ne7 22. Nd4 $16) 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Qg5 (22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Rxd5
Nb4 $14) 22... Qb2 (22... Qxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nf3 $16) 23. Qd2 {All endgames
would now be prefreeable for white, so black is rather sacrificing a pawn.} Qf6
(23... Qxd2 24. Nxd2 $16) 24. Rxd5 Qe7 (24... Bc8 25. Bxc8 Rfxc8 26. Rd1 $16)
25. Rc1 Bc8 26. Bxc8 (26. Bg2 Re8 27. Kg1 Bb7 $14) 26... Rcxc8 (26... Rfxc8 27.
Rdc5 $16) 27. Rd7 (27. Rdc5 Rcd8 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Nb4 30. Kf2 Nxa2 31.
Ra1 Nb4 32. Rxa7 $16) 27... Qa3 (27... Qe8 28. Qd6 $16) 28. Rc4 h6 29. Qc3 Ne7
30. Rcc7 (30. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 31. Rxb4 Nc6 32. Rbb7 $16) 30... Rxc7 31. Qxc7 Nc8 (
31... Ng6 32. Qxa7 $18) 32. Rd8 {The knight on c8 is such a passive piece,
that black has problems to get any counterplay.} (32. Ne5 Qb4 33. Rxf7 Qd4+ 34.
Kg2 Qd5+ 35. e4 Qxe4+ 36. Kh3 Rxf7 37. Qxf7+ Kh7 38. Nd7 $18) 32... Rxd8 33.
Qxd8+ Qf8 34. Qc7 {Novikov becomes choosy, enermous chances for win were
promissed by the simple swap of the queens.} (34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. e4 $16) 34...
Qe8 35. Nd4 Kh7 36. a4 h5 37. Nf3 f6 38. Nd4 Qe4 (38... Kg8 39. Nf5 Qf8 40.
Qxc8 $18) 39. Qc5 (39. e3 Ne7 40. Qd7 a5 41. Qe8 Qe5 $16) 39... Kg6 (39... h4
40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qxh4 Qxh4 42. gxh4 Nd6 43. Kf3 $18) 40. Nf3 Nb6 (40... Qf5 41.
Qc6 Kh7 42. e4 $16) 41. a5 Nd5 42. Qxa7 Nc3 43. Qa6 Nd1+ 44. Ke1 Nb2 {The
knight is obviously displaced on b2 but othwerwise white could simply exchange
queens.} (44... Nc3 45. Qd3 $18) 45. Kd2 Qb1 46. Kc3 Qc1+ (46... Nd1+ 47. Kb4
Qe4+ 48. Ka3 $18) 47. Kb4 Qe3 48. Qb5 Qe7+ 49. Kc3 Qa3 50. Nh4+ Kh6 51. Qf5
Na4+ 52. Kd2 Qb4+ 53. Ke3 Qxb3+ 54. Kf2 Qf7 55. Qc2 {Black resigned since he
either loses material or falls under mating attack.} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Na4 $5 (13. Qc2 $6)
13... Rfd8 14. e3 c5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 (17. bxc4 dxc4 18.
Bxa8 Rxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nd7 20. Bf4 g5 $13) 17... gxf6 18. bxc4 $1 (18. Qh5 $6)
18... dxc4 19. Bxa8 Rxd1 20. Rfxd1 $16 Qa3 $6 (20... c3 21. Rdc1 $1 {/\ Rc2} f5
22. Rc2 f4 23. Re1 $1 {/\ ef4}) (20... h5 $5) 21. Rac1 $1 (21. Bd5 $2 Bxd5 22.
Rxd5 c3 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Rc8 Qb2 25. Rf1 c2 26. a4 a5 $10) 21... h5 22. h4 Qxa2
(22... a5 23. Rc2 {/\ Bf3-e2}) 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $18 a5 25. Rc5 a4 26.
R1xc4 Kg7 27. Rb4 (27. Rf4 $5 Qb1+ (27... a3 28. Ra5 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qb7+ 30. e4
Qb4 31. Ra6 {/\ Rf3+-}) 28. Kh2 Qb6 (28... Qb2 29. Ra5 a3 30. Kg2) 29. Rxh5 $5
Qa6 30. Rg4+ Kf8 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Re4+ Kd7 33. Rd4+ Ke7 34. Rd2 a3 35. Ra2 $18)
27... Qa3 (27... a3 28. Ra5 $18) 28. Rcc4 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 a3 30. Rc5 Qd1 31. Ra5
Qd6 32. Rc4 Qd7 (32... f5 33. Rc3 a2 34. Rca3 $18) 33. e4 Qd3 (33... f5 $5 34.
Rxa3 $1 fxe4 35. Rc5 $18) 34. Rca4 Qc2 35. Rxa3 Qxe4+ 36. Rf3 Kg6 37. Ra6 Qd4
38. Rf4 (38. Raxf6+ $18) 38... Qd5+ 39. Kh2 Qd8 40. Rc6 Qe7 41. Ra6 (41. g4
hxg4 42. Kg3 {/\ Rcf6+-}) 41... Qd8 42. Raxf6+ $1 Qxf6 43. Rxf6+ Kxf6 44. Kh3
Kf5 45. f3 f6 46. Kg2 $1 (46. g4+ hxg4+ 47. fxg4+ Kf4) 46... Kg6 (46... Ke5 47.
g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kf4 49. Kh3) 47. g4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bf8
15. Re1 (15. Nf4) (15. Nb3) (15. Nc4) 15... Bg4 (15... Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxd5 17. a3
d3 18. Bg2 dxe2 19. Bxd5 exd1=Q 20. Rexd1 Ne5 21. Ne4 Rad8 22. h3 {1/2-1/2
Slipak,S-Rosito,J/Mar del Plata 1994/ (41)}) 16. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Van Wely
played in Wijk in a misserable form, after this naive blunder he will have no
compensation for the pawn.} (16. Nb3 Re5 17. Nf4 Bb4 18. Nd2 (18. Nd3 Bxe1 19.
Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe1 d3 21. f4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 dxe2 23. fxe5 Rd8 24. Nd2 Qxb2 25.
Bf3 Bxf3+ {0-1 Molinaroli,M-Schlehoefer,R/Dortmund 1987/ (25)}) 18... d3 (18...
Qe8 19. a3 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Rd8 21. h3 Bf5 22. b4 Be4 {1/2-1/2 Velikov,P-Dobrev,N/
Pamporovo/2001/ (71)}) 19. Nxd3 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Qxd3 21. Be4 Qd4 22. Rc4 Qd6 23.
Bxc6 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Bxd2 25. Bxb7 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gligoric,S/Bugojno 1978/
(43)}) 16... Bxh3 $1 17. Bxh3 Qxd5 18. a3 (18. Bg2 Qxa2 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6
Qxb2 $19) 18... Rab8 (18... Rad8 19. Bg2 Qd7 20. Nf3 Qf5 $17) 19. Bg2 Qh5 20.
Nb3 (20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. b4 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Nc4 Re6 $19) 20... Rbd8 21. Bf3
(21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qb5 23. Rc7 d3 $1 24. e3 (24. exd3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxb3
$19) 24... a5 $17) 21... Qb5 22. Qd3 (22. Qc2 Ne5 23. Be4 d3 24. exd3 Nxd3 25.
Bxd3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxd3 $17) 22... Qb6 {The trading of the queens would only
make life easier for the defender.} (22... Qxd3 23. exd3 Ne5 24. Be4 f5 25.
Bxb7 Re7 (25... Nxd3 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rc2 $11) 26. Nc5 Nxd3 27. Nxd3 Rxb7 28.
b4 $15) 23. Bxc6 (23. Qc2 Ne5 $17) 23... bxc6 24. Rc2 (24. Nd2 Qxb2 25. Rxc6
Qxa3 $19) 24... c5 25. Nd2 Qf6 (25... Qg6 $6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Nc4 $15) 26. Rc4
(26. Nc4 Rd5 27. b3 Rh5 $17) 26... h5 (26... Rd5 27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 a6 29.
Nf3 Rb5 $17) 27. Nf3 (27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 h4 $1 $17) 27... Rb8 28. b3 (28. b4
cxb4 29. axb4 Rxb4 $17) 28... Rb6 29. Rec1 a5 30. Rxc5 $5 {Brave attempt to
avoid stranling as b3 and e2 pawns needed protection and counterplay was
nowhere to be seen.} (30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 cxb4 33. Nxd4 Rd8 $17)
30... Bxc5 31. Rxc5 h4 $1 32. Nxh4 (32. Nxd4 Rd8 33. e3 hxg3 34. fxg3 Qd6 $17)
(32. Rxa5 $5 hxg3 33. fxg3 Rd6 34. Ng5 Qh6 $17) 32... Rbe6 33. Rc2 Rc6 34. Qb5
(34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Nf5 Qc5 36. a4 Re5 37. g4 Qc3 38. Nxd4 Qxd3 39. exd3 Rd5 40.
Nc6 Rc5 $17) 34... Rec8 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. Qxa5 (36. Qxc6 Rxc6 37. Nf5 d3 38.
exd3 (38. Ne7+ $2 Kf8 39. Nxc6 dxe2 $19) 38... Rc3 39. b4 a4 $19) 36... Qe4 37.
Nf3 (37. Qg5 g6 38. Qf4 Qxe2 39. Qxd4 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Qf1+ 41. Kf3 Rd1 $40) 37...
d3 $1 {The game is over as white will be unable to fight off the black passed
pawn.} 38. Qd2 Qxe2 39. Qf4 (39. Kg2 Qxd2 40. Nxd2 Rc2 $19) 39... Qd1+ 40. Kh2
Qxb3 41. Qd6 Qc2 42. Kg2 Qe2 43. a4 Qe4 44. a5 g5 $1 (44... g5 $1 45. Qd7 Rc5
46. g4 Rd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Galstian, Beniamin"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rad1 Bc5 14. Qb3 Na5
15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb1 {Petrosian has very active pieces and he will certainly
look for ways to benefit from it.} (16. Qd3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Ne5 18. Qb1 Qb6 19. Nb3
Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Neg4 21. Rd4 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Rc4 23. e3 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Ng4+ 25. Kg1
Nxe3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 {1/2-1/2 Renman,N-Strauss,D/Gausdal 1980/ (41)}) 16... Rxe3
$5 (16... Nc4 17. Nxd5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Ng4 19. b4 Bf8 $13) 17. fxe3 Nc4 18. Nxd5
$1 (18. b4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Ne3 20. Qd3 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Bf5 $15) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Nxe3 (19... Nd6 20. Qg6 Qe7 21. Rf3 $18) 20. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Galstian
reaction to the unexpected problems is courageous and possibly the best.} (20.
Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Ne6 Nxd1+ 22. Nxc5 Ne3 23. Rc1 Bf5 24. Nd3 Ra8 $15) 20... Nxd5 (
20... Nxd1 $2 21. Rxd7+ $18) 21. Qg6 Bf8 22. Nf5 (22. Rdf1 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6
$17) 22... Bxf5 (22... Qb6+ 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rdxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc2 26. Rxb7
Rxe2 27. Kh1 $16) 23. Qxf5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Ne3 25. Rxg7+ $1 {White decides to
eliminate g7 pawn in order to weaken the defences of black king.} (25. Qxc8
Kxf7 26. Rd7+ Be7 27. Qxb7 Qe6 28. Kg1 $13) 25... Bxg7 (25... Kxg7 $2 26. Rd7+
$18) 26. Qxc8+ Kh7 (26... Kf7 $2 27. Qd7+ Kg8 28. Rd6 Qc5 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qg6+
Kh8 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Rc8 $18) 27. Rd3 Qf6 (27... a6
28. Qe8 Ng4 29. Qe4+ Qg6 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. Rd6+ Kf5 32. Rb6 $14) 28. Qc1 $8 {
Galstian had to see this narrow escape from the immediate problems. White has
two pawns and a rook for missing light pieces.} (28. Qh3 $2 Qxb2 29. Rxe3 Qc1+
30. Kg2 Qxe3 31. Qf5+ Kg8 $19) 28... Ng4 (28... Nc4 29. Rd5 $5) 29. Rf3 Qg6 30.
h3 (30. Qf4 b6 31. b4 $11) 30... Ne5 31. Re3 b5 32. b3 b4 (32... a6 $5 $15) 33.
Kg2 Nc6 (33... Qc6+ $6 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Re6 Nd4 36. Re7 $15) 34. Qc4 Nd4 35.
Qd5 a5 $6 {Black should have prevented the advance of white pawn to g4. White
is now getting initiative.} (35... h5 $1 36. Qe4 a5 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Re8 Kf7
39. Ra8 Nxe2 40. Rxa5 $11) 36. g4 h5 (36... Qc6 37. Qxc6 Nxc6 38. Rd3 $14) 37.
Re7 (37. Qxh5+ Qxh5 38. gxh5 Kh6 39. Re7 Bf6 40. Rf7 Bg5 41. e4 Kxh5 42. Rh7+
Kg6 43. Ra7 $14) 37... Nc2 (37... Qc6 38. e4 Qc2+ 39. Kg3 h4+ 40. Kxh4 Qf2+ 41.
Kh5 Qe3 (41... Qf6 42. Qg5 $18) 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qe5+ Kf7 44. h4 $16) 38. Re6
$6 {Time trouble is the main enemy of quality in chess, players decisions are
rarely perfect under pressure.} (38. Qxh5+ Qxh5 39. gxh5 Kh6 40. e4 $16) 38...
hxg4 39. h4 (39. Rxg6 Ne3+ 40. Kf2 Nxd5 41. Rxg4 Nc3 $15) 39... Ne1+ $2 (39...
g3 $5 40. Rxg6 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Nxd5 42. Rg5 Nc3 43. Rxa5 g2 44. Rh5+ Bh6 45. Kxg2
Nxe2 $11) 40. Kf1 Nc2 (40... Qb1 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Re8+ Bf8 43. Qxg4+ $18) 41.
Kg2 Ne1+ 42. Kg3 $1 Qc2 {Petrosian is losing coordination of pieces and his
king will become a target for white forces.} (42... Qf7 43. Kxg4 $16) 43. Qh5+
Kg8 44. Re8+ Bf8 45. Qxg4+ Kf7 (45... Kh7 46. Rc8 $18) 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47. Rc8 Qb2
48. Qg4+ (48. Qg4+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Kh6 50. Rc6+) 1-0

[Event "Solin 13th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 d4 10. Na4 Bf5 11. Bf4 Be4 12. Rc1 Qd5 13. Qb3 Qh5 14. Rfd1 {
It is interesting, that nobody tried this logical move completing the
centralization of white pieces.} (14. Ne1 d3 15. exd3 Nd4 16. dxe4 Nxb3 17.
axb3 g5 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Ba5 Rd7 20. b4 Rc8 21. Nc3 Bd8 22. Bxd8 Rcxd8 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Hort,V (2590)-Tatai,S (2430)/Madonna di Campiglio 1974 (41)}) (14. Nd2
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxe2 16. Qxb7 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Qh5 18. Nf3 Nd5 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. cxd6
Nf4+ 21. gxf4 Qg4+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3 23. d7 d3 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N (2515)
-Panchenko,A (2435)/Cheliabinsk 1975 (27)}) (14. h3 Bd5 (14... Rad8 15. g4 Nxg4
16. hxg4 Qxg4 17. Bg3 Bd5 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qb3 Bd5 20. Qd1 h5 21. Kh2 h4 22. Bc7
$16 {0-1 Cramling,D (2420)-Rodriguez Vargas,O/Barcelona 1986 (38)}) 15. Qxb7 d3
16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Nc3 dxe2 19. Nxd5 exf1=Q+ 20. Rxf1 Rfc8 21. Ne5
Rab8 22. Nxe7+ {1-0 Ligterink,G (2455)-Van der Sterren,P (2410)/Silkeborg 1980}
) (14. Bd6 b5 $3 15. Bxe7 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nxe7 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19.
Kg1 Rfc8 20. c6 h5 21. Rfd1 Qe4 22. Rd3 Nfd5 23. f3 Qg6 $11 {0-1 Sorensen,
B-Plachetka,J/Sinaia 1965 (40)}) 14... Rad8 15. Bd6 $2 (15. Qxb7 $5 Rfe8 16.
Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Qxc6 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxd4 Qxc1 21. Rxd5 $16)
15... b5 $3 {This fascinating shot always prevented move of white bishop to d6.
Black was bound to have at least some compensation for the misplaced white
knight on a4.} 16. Bxe7 (16. Qxb5 Bxd6 $19) 16... bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nxe7 18. Rxd4 (
18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ned5 20. Qb3 Rfe8 21. Qf3 Qg5 $15) 18... Rxd4 19. Nxd4
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. f3 Qg5 {Lugovoi must have fair chances to succeed with
his pieces, but white has three pawns for the lost piece.} (21... Rd8 22. c6
$15) 22. Nb3 (22. f4 Qd5+ 23. Nf3 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Nc6 25. Qa3 Re8 $17) 22... Qe5
23. Kf2 Qxb2 24. Qxa7 Nc6 (24... Re8 25. Qa5 Nc6 26. Qd2 Qe5 $17) 25. Qa4 Re8
26. Re1 (26. Qxc6 Rxe2+ 27. Kf1 Rf2+ 28. Kg1 Rg2+ $19) 26... Ne5 (26... Re6 27.
Kg1 Qc3 28. Kf1 Ne8 $17) 27. Kf1 Qc3 $6 {Probably just an inaccuracy, the
player with spare pieces should use them for the kingside attack.} (27... Ng6
28. c6 Nd5 29. Qa7 Qc2 30. Qd7 Nf6 31. Qb7 $17) 28. Rc1 Qe3 29. Qd4 Qh6 (29...
Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Nd5 31. c6 $14) 30. Kg1 Qh3 (30... Nc6 31. Qf2 (31. Qd6 $2 Rxe2
$19) 31... Rd8 $17) 31. Qf2 Qe6 (31... Qd7 32. Qd4 Qc8 33. Rc3 Nc6 $17) 32. Rc2
Nc6 33. Nd4 Qd5 34. e3 Nxd4 {Matveeva will have hands full of work protecting
the central pawn structure, but it was probably better to try winning the c5
pawn.} (34... Nd7 $1 35. Nxc6 Qxc6 36. e4 Rc8 37. Qd4 Nxc5 38. Kg2 Qb6 $17) 35.
exd4 Qc6 36. Re2 Rd8 (36... Rxe2 37. Qxe2 Kf8 38. Qe5 $11) 37. Kg2 h6 38. Rb2
Nd5 (38... Qa4 39. Rd2 Nd5 $17) 39. Qe1 (39. Qe2 Re8 40. Qb5 Qe6 $17) 39... Nc7
(39... Qa8 $5 40. h3 Qa3 41. Re2 Nc7 $19) 40. Qe5 f6 41. Qe3 Nd5 (41... Qd5 42.
Qb3 Qxb3 43. Rxb3 Rxd4 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Rc8 Ne6 46. c6 Rd2+ 47. Kf1 Rc2 48. a4
Nd4 49. c7 Ne6 $19) 42. Qb3 Re8 43. a4 Re3 (43... Kf8 44. a5 Ne3+ 45. Kf2 Qa6
46. Qb5 Nd1+ 47. Kg2 Qe6 $17) 44. Qa2 (44. Qb8+ Re8 (44... Kh7 45. Qd6 Qxd6 46.
cxd6 Rd3 47. a5 Rxd4 48. Ra2 $11) 45. Qb3) 44... Qe6 45. a5 Qf5 46. Rf2 Kh7 47.
g4 {The crises is thickening as white feels compelled to compromise her pawn
structure in order to avert mating attack.} (47. a6 Re7 48. h4 (48. a7 $2 Ne3+
49. Kg1 Rxa7 50. Qxa7 Qb1+ $19) 48... Ra7 49. Re2 Qd3 50. Re8 Ne3+ 51. Rxe3
Qxe3 52. Qb1+ g6 53. h5 Qe2+ 54. Kh3 Qxf3 55. Qxg6+ Kh8 56. Qe8+ Kg7 $19) 47...
Qd7 (47... Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Qe4 $1 49. a6 Nd3 50. a7 Nxf2 51. Qxf2 Ra3 $19) 48.
Qb1+ Kg8 (48... g6 49. a6 Re7 50. Qa1 Nf4+ 51. Kg3 Qc7 52. a7 Ne6+ 53. Kh3 Qxa7
$17) 49. a6 Nf4+ (49... Re8 50. Rd2 $15) 50. Kh1 (50. Kg3 Re8 51. Rd2 (51. Kxf4
$2 Qc7+ 52. Kf5 g6+ 53. Kxg6 Qg7+ 54. Kf5 Qg5#) 51... Qc7 52. Qb7 Ne2+ 53. Kg2
Nf4+ 54. Kg3 $11) 50... Qe8 $2 {The final mistake in a serie of less accurate
moves, brave capture of pawn d4 would have decided the game.} (50... Qxd4 $1
51. a7 Re8 52. Rf1 Qd2 53. Rg1 Nh3 $19) 51. Rf1 Ra3 $6 (51... Re7 52. Qb4 $13)
52. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 (52... Qb5 $2 53. Rb1 $18) 53. fxe4 Ne6 54. c6 Rxa6 55. d5 {
It becomes obvious, that black has missed his boat...} Nc7 56. Rb1 (56. Rc1 Kf7
57. d6 Nb5 58. d7 Ke7 $11) 56... Kf8 57. d6 (57. Rb7 Ne8 58. Rd7 $11) 57...
Rxc6 58. dxc7 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Mueller, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 Nh7
15. Na4 Bg4 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bc5 Ng5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qc2 (19. Nc5 Qf5 20. Nb3
Rac8 21. f3 Bh3 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Nd4 c5 25. Nf5 Re5 26. Nd6 Rc6
27. f4 Re6 28. fxg5 Rexd6 29. Qh7 Rg6 {0-1 Nikolac,J-Nunn,J/Dortmund 1979/ (59)
}) 19... Rac8 (19... Kg8 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Nd3 Bf5 22. Qc5 Bxd3 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24.
exd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rb8 26. Rc1 Rb6 27. b3 Ne6 28. Rc2 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,
A-Lobron,E/Indonesia 1983/ (82)}) 20. h4 Ne4 $2 {Mueller believes, that
counterplay against e2 square offers excellent compensation for the piece, but
white could have outsmarted him.} (20... Ne6 21. Qh7 f6 22. e3 $14) 21. Nc5 $6
(21. f3 $1 Nxg3 22. Qc5+ Kg8 (22... Qe7 23. Kf2 Nf5 24. fxg4 $16) 23. Qf2 $1 (
23. fxg4 Nxe2+ $15) 23... Qd6 24. fxg4 Ne4 25. Qf3 $16) 21... Nxc5 22. Qxc5+
Kg8 (22... Qe7 23. e3 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 d4 25. Rc4 $14) 23. e3 Qb7 (23... Bh3 24.
Bh1 Bf5 25. Red1 Re7 26. b4 Qe6 $132) 24. Qd4 (24. b4 Qa6 25. a4 Qxa4 26. Ra1
Qb3 27. Rxa7 $14) 24... Bf5 25. Rc5 {[%mdl 16] This type of structure is very
typical for the Tarrasch defense, white can play for win with timely advance
of the b pawn. The reduced number of pieces favours white due to the
structural advantage.} Be4 (25... Rb8 26. b3 Qa6 27. Rec1 Qxa2 28. Rxc6 Be4 29.
Bxe4 Rxe4 (29... dxe4 30. Rg6 fxg6 31. Rc7 $18) 30. Qxd5 Ree8 31. Rc7 $16) 26.
f3 (26. Rec1 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Re6 28. a3 $14) 26... Bg6 27. Kf2 (27. b4 Rcd8 28.
a4 a6 29. Rec1 Re6 30. h5 Bh7 31. Bh3 Rf6 $14) 27... Qa6 (27... Rb8 $5 28. Re2
Re6 29. b3 Qa6 $11) 28. a3 Rb8 29. Bf1 Qc8 (29... Qb6 30. b4 Re6 31. Rec1 Rbe8
32. R1c3 $14) 30. b4 Rb6 31. Rec1 (31. b5 Qe6 32. bxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxd5 Qe7 34. a4
$14) 31... Qe6 32. R1c3 (32. a4 Reb8 33. b5 cxb5 34. axb5 $14) 32... Rd8 33.
Rc1 (33. a4 Rd6 34. b5 cxb5 35. axb5 $14) 33... Re8 34. a4 Reb8 (34... Rd8 35.
a5 Rb7 36. Rxc6 $16) 35. b5 $1 {Black did not manage to prevent the slow build
up of the position, white is much better now.} cxb5 36. axb5 Kh7 (36... Rd8 $2
37. h5 Bh7 38. Qxd5 $1 $18) (36... Rd6 37. Rc7 Ra8 38. Rxa7 $16) 37. Qxd5 Qxd5
38. Rxd5 h5 (38... f6 39. h5 Bf7 40. Rd7 Be8 41. Rxa7 Bxb5 42. Rcc7 Rg8 43. Bh3
$18) 39. Rd7 a6 (39... R6b7 40. Rcc7 Rxc7 41. Rxc7 Ra8 42. Bc4 f6 43. Ke2 $18)
40. bxa6 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 (41. Be2 Ra2 42. Kf1 Rbb2 43. Bc4 $18) 41... Ra2 42. e4 {
Teske has achieved technically winning position, since black's kingside is
also vulnerable.} Rbb2 43. Rdc7 Ra3 44. R7c3 Raa2 45. Re3 Ra5 46. Bc4 Rb4 47.
Rcc3 Rba4 (47... Rxc4 48. Rxc4 Rxa6 49. Rc7 $18) 48. e5 Rc5 $6 (48... Ra1+ 49.
Kf2 Kh6 50. e6 fxe6 51. Rxe6 $18) 49. Bxf7 $1 {White transposes into the rook
endgame with two extra passed pawns.} Rxc3 50. Bxg6+ Kxg6 51. Rxc3 Rxa6 52. Kf2
Kf5 53. f4 Ra2+ (53... Ke4 54. Rc4+ Kd5 55. Rc7 $18) 54. Kf3 Ra6 55. Rb3 Ra7
56. Ke3 Ra1 57. Kd4 Ra4+ 58. Kd5 g5 (58... Ra5+ 59. Kd6 Ra6+ 60. Ke7 $18) 59.
hxg5 h4 60. gxh4 Rxf4 61. e6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 77th"]
[Site "Osterburg"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. e3 Be6 11. Nd2 {White is looking into other solution of this
famous position and avoids much played 11.Ne5.} Qa5 (11... Rc8 12. Bxf6 (12. a3
Qd7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Bf3 b5 18. b4 a5
19. bxa5 Ra8 20. e4 Rxa5 {1/2 Mrva,M (2447)-Mozny,M (2385)/Slovakia 2002/ (35)}
) 12... Bxf6 13. f4 Ne7 14. g4 g6 15. Bh3 Rc6 16. Qf3 a6 17. f5 Bc8 18. Rf2 b5
19. a3 {1/2 Volke,K (2460)-Bachmayr,P (2255)/Munich 1993/ (49)}) 12. a3 (12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. b3 Nb4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18.
Nde4 Rfd8 19. h4 a6 20. Ng5 Nd3 $15 {1-0 Stean,M-Salazar Jacob,H/Santiago 1980/
(32)}) 12... h6 $6 {This prompting move is making black´s defense a bit more
complicated.} (12... Rfe8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qh5 (14. b4 cxb3 15. Qxb3 (15. Qc1
$2 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxd4 $19) 15... Red8 $11) 14... Rad8 15. Rfc1 g6 $11) 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Qh5 Rad8 (14... Bg5 15. h4 g6 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Rfc1 Rad8 18. b4 Qb6 $11
) 15. Rfc1 Rd6 16. b3 b5 $2 (16... Rfd8 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Nde4
Nb3 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxb7 $14) 17. a4 $1 {Graf could not have asked for more
in this set up, black queenside pawn strcuture is falling apart.} g6 (17... b4
18. Nb5 Rdd8 19. bxc4 Ne7 20. Nb3 $16) 18. Qf3 (18. Qxh6 Qd8 19. h4 b4 20. Nb5
c3 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 $44) 18... Bxd4 (18... Bg7 19. axb5 $18) 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Qf6
cxb3 (20... Nxb3 21. Nxb3 cxb3 22. Nxb5 Rb6 23. Qb2 $18) 21. Qxd4 b2 22. Nxb5
bxc1=Q+ (22... bxa1=Q 23. Rxa1 Rd7 24. Nb3 $18) 23. Rxc1 {The smoke has
settled and white can lean on the advanatage of excellent pieces and
domination of two light ones over the rook.} Ra6 24. Ra1 (24. Nc7 Qxa4 25. Qe5
Rc6 26. Ra1 Qb4 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Ne4 $18) 24... Qb6
(24... Rc8 25. Qf4 g5 26. Qd4 $16) 25. Qf4 Rc8 (25... g5 26. Qe5 Rc8 27. Nf1 $1
Rc5 28. Rd1 Rxa4 29. Nc3 Qb2 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 (30... Bxd5 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Nxa4
$18) 31. Bxd5 Ra5 32. Qf6 $16) 26. Bf1 (26. Qxh6 Bd7 27. Rb1 $18) 26... Qb8 (
26... g5 27. Qf3 Rc2 28. Qd3 $16) 27. Qxh6 Qe5 28. Nb3 $1 {White is still
perfectly in control and black manages no counterplay.} Bd7 29. Qd2 Bxb5 (29...
Qf6 30. N3d4 $18) 30. Bxb5 Rb6 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Nd4 a6 33. Bf1 Qb4 34. Qd1 $1
Qc3 (34... Rf6 35. f4 $18) 35. Ne2 Qb3 36. Qxb3 Rxb3 37. Nf4 Rc5 38. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 30th"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Na4 {Baburin Typical plan: White wants to swap the dark squared B & start
exploiting the weakness of the dark squares (d4 & c5). This plan was first
employed by Akiba Rubinstein.} Bd7 15. Bc5 Qa5 (15... Ne4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qd4
Kg8 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. b3 Rad8 20. Rc2 Bf5 21. Rdc1 Qb5 22. Bf1 Rd6 23. Qxa7 d4
24. Rc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 d3 26. Rxb5 cxb5 27. Qc5 $16 {Schneider,A-Breutigam,M/
Delmenhorst/1987/1-0 (36)}) (15... Bg4 16. Re1 Qa5 (16... Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qa5 18.
h3 Bf5 19. Qd4 $1 (19. Qa4 Qb6 (19... Qd2 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Rab8 22. b3 {
0.5/Kramnik,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Pamplona/1992/}) 20. b3 Re7 21. Qf4 Bg6 22. e3
Rae8 23. Qd4 Qa5 24. Re2 Bf5 25. b4 Qb5 26. Rb2 $13 {Scarella,E-Hernandez,Rom/
San Martin (03)/1994/0.5 (51)}) 19... Rab8 20. a3 Qb5 21. b3 $1 a5 (21... Ne4
$6 22. b4 $1 a5 $1 $8 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rc5 Qb6 25. bxa5 Qb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27.
Rxc6 {Kasparov,G-Illescas Cordoba,M/Linares/1994/1-0 (43)}) 22. Kf1 Ne4 23.
Bxe4 dxe4 24. g4 Be6 25. Rc3 Bd5 26. Rb1 $14 {Vera,R-Salazar,H/Moscow olm (07)
CUB-CHI/1994/0.5 (41)}) 17. b3 Rac8 18. Qc2 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qa3 20. e3 Re7 21. h3
Bh5 22. Nd3 Bg6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Rb8 25. Red1 Rb4 26. Bf1 {Estremera,
S-Illescas,M/Leon/1989/0-1 (53)}) (15... Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bf5 17. e3 Rb8 18. b3 (
18. Qd2 Qb6 19. b3 Ne4 20. Qd4 Qa5 21. Qa4 Rb5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24.
a4 Rb8 25. f3 {1-0/Browne,W-Leski,M/San Francisco/1987/}) 18... Qa5 19. Qe2 Rb5
20. Na4 Bd7 21. Rfd1 Qb4 22. Qc2 Qg4 23. Rd4 Qg5 $132 {Ribli,Z-Gabriel,C/
Altensteig (07)/1992/0.5 (43)}) 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qc2 (17. e3 Rac8 18. Qc2 Re5
19. Qc5+ Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Bf5 21. Rc3 Rb8 22. b3 Ree8 23. Rd1 Rb4 24. h3 $14 {
Nalbandian,T-Touzane,O/Cannes op (01)/1995/1-0 (50)}) 17... Kg8 18. Nc5 Bg4 19.
Rfe1 Rab8 (19... Qxa2 20. Ra1 (20. f3 Be6 21. Ra1 Qc4 22. Qxc4 dxc4 23. Rec1
$14) 20... Rxe2 $1 21. Qxe2 Qxa1 22. f3 Qa5 $17) 20. b3 Re7 21. e3 Rbe8 {/\ d4}
22. h3 Bh5 23. Qb2 Bg6 24. Red1 Bf5 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Qc3 {[%csl Rc6] White have
prevented counterplay with d5-d4 and has better chances to exploit the
weakness of the c6P.} h5 27. Na6 (27. Rf4 Qc8) 27... Qb7 28. Rf4 (28. Qxc6 $4
Rc8 $19) 28... Qxa6 (28... Be6 29. Nc5 Qb5 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qxf6 $40) 29. Rxf5
Re6 30. Rf4 Ne4 $6 (30... Qxa2 $2 31. Ra1 Qe2 32. Bf1 $18) (30... R8e7 $14) 31.
Bxe4 dxe4 (31... Rxe4 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Qxc6 $16) 32. Rf5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rh5]
Black has many weak P and hardly any counterplay.} Qxa2 (32... g6 33. Ra5 Qb6
34. Rc5 $16) 33. Rxh5 Rf6 34. Qc2 Qxc2 (34... Qa6 35. Rc5 $16) 35. Rxc2 Rd6 (
35... Rb8 36. Rc3) 36. Rhc5 Ree6 (36... Rb8 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Rxb3 39.
Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rc7 Kg6 41. Rxa7 $16) 37. Ra5 Re7 38. Ra6 Rc7 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Re4]
It is impossible to protect all the lonely P for very long.} (38... Rb7 39.
Raxc6 Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Rxb3 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Rc7 $16) 39. b4 g6 40. g4 (40. b5 $2
cxb5 $1) 40... g5 $6 41. Ra5 f6 42. Rac5 a6 (42... Rb7 43. Rxc6 Rxc6 44. Rxc6 {
xf6}) 43. Ra5 Ra7 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Rc4 Re6 47. Rc2 Rd6 48. h4 $1 Kh6
(48... gxh4+ 49. Kxh4 Ra8 50. Kg3 Re6 51. Kf4 Ra7 52. Rc4 $18) 49. hxg5+ fxg5
50. Rcc5 Rb7 (50... Rg6 51. Re5 $18) 51. Rxg5 Rxb4 52. Rh5+ Kg6 53. Rxa6 Rc4
54. Raa5 Rf6 55. Rag5+ Kf7 56. Rf5 Rc2 57. Rh6 Ke6 $4 (57... Rxf5 58. gxf5 c5
59. Re6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Qb6 (13... Rc8 14.
Kh2 Be6 (14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Na4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qd4
Qa6 20. Bf3 {1-0 Gallego Jimenez,V-Vila Todosantos,J/Zaragoza 1993/ (41)}) 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. e4 d4 17. e5 dxc3 18. exf6 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bxf6 20. bxc3 Na5 21.
Rd6 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Vladimirov,E/Cienfuegos/1986/ (21)}) 14. Nb3 Rad8 15.
Be3 Qa6 (15... Qc7 16. Bc5 Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. e3 Qe5 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Nd4
Bg6 21. Qa4 {1-0 Basin,L-Malevinsky,A/Kostroma 1985/ (65)}) (15... d4 16. Bxd4
Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxh3 19. Bxh3 Rxd4 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22.
Rc2 {1-0 Popov,V-Bezgodov,A/Samara 2000/ (68)}) 16. Bc5 {[%mdl 16] White is
probabaly slightly better in this line due to good piece play and excellent
target in the isolated d5 pawn.} Rfe8 (16... d4 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19.
e3 Qxb2 20. Qc2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 b6 22. Rfc1 $14) 17. e3 Bxc5 (17... Ne4 18. Nxd5
Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Qxa2 21. Qa1 Qxa1 22. Rxa1 $14) 18. Nxc5 Qb6 19.
Nxd7 (19. N3a4 Qc7) 19... Rxd7 (19... Nxd7 20. Nxd5 Qxb2 21. Rb1 (21. Qb3 Qxb3
22. axb3 $14) 21... Qxa2 22. Rxb7 Nc5 23. Rc7 Ne4 24. Rxc6 Rxd5 25. Qg4 $14)
20. Na4 (20. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Red8 22. e4 Ne7 $15) 20... Qc7 (20... Qb5
21. Nc5 Rc7 22. Qb3 $14) 21. Nc5 Rde7 (21... Rd6 22. Qa4 $14) 22. Qa4 Qb6 (
22... Ne4 23. b4 $1 $16) 23. Nxb7 $1 Ne5 (23... Qxb7 24. Qxc6 Qxb2 25. Bxd5 $16
) 24. Na5 Nd3 (24... Qxb2 25. Rc2 Qb6 26. Nc6 Rc7 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxc7 Qxc7
29. Rd1 $14) 25. Rc2 Rc7 $6 {Black complicates matters, but will end up in a
position with a pawn down and poorly coordinated pieces.} (25... Nxb2 26. Qa3
Nd3 27. Qxd3 Qxa5 28. Rd1 $14) 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. b4 Rc8 28. Qb5 Qc3 (28... Ne5
29. Nb3 $16) 29. a3 Qxa3 30. Nc6 Re8 (30... a6 31. Qb7 Re8 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33.
Nxd5 $16) (30... Kh8 31. Qb7 Rf8 32. b5 $16) 31. Bxd5 Nxf2 $2 {Radical method
of turning the tables, but white has perfect defendse ready.} (31... a6 32. Qc4
Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Nxb4 34. Qc5 a5 35. Nxa5 $16) 32. Rxf2 Rxe3 (32... Qxe3 33. Kg2
$18) 33. Kh2 Kh7 (33... Rxg3 $2 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qxg3 $18) 34. Bxf7 Rxg3 35.
Qf5+ (35. Qf5+ Kh8 36. Ne5 (36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Ne7 Ng4+ 38. Qxg4 Rxg4 39. hxg4 h5
40. g5 $18) 36... Qe3 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Bg8+ Nxg8 39. Qc2+ g6 40. Qc7+ Kh8 41.
Nf7+ Kg7 42. Ng5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bf8
15. Nf4 Bg4 (15... Qa5 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. a3 Bf5 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Ne3
Be4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Nc4 $14 {Browne,W-Salazar/Santiago/1981/}) (15... Bf5 16.
Qb3 Qd7 17. Qb5 Rac8 18. Nb3 Re5 19. Bxc6 Rxb5 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22.
Rc1 Be6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rc4 $14 {Podzielny,K-Pierecker,M/Vienna op/1991/})
16. Bf3 Bxf3 (16... Bf5 17. Qb3 $14) 17. Nxf3 Bd6 18. Nd3 (18. Nxd4 $6 Bxf4 19.
Nxc6 Qxd1 20. Rcxd1 bxc6 21. gxf4 Rxe2 $15) 18... Qd7 19. a3 Re4 20. Re1 Rae8
21. Rc2 h5 (21... a5 22. Qd2 h5 23. Qg5 $14) 22. b4 h4 23. b5 Nd8 (23... Ne7
24. a4 Ng6 $14) 24. a4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Ne6 (25... Qh3 $2 26. Ng5 Qh5 27. Nxe4
Rxe4 28. Kg2 $18) 26. Kg2 Nc7 27. Rh1 Nd5 28. Rh3 f6 (28... Nc3 29. Qh1 Kf8 30.
e3 $16) 29. Qh1 Kf7 30. Rh8 Qg4 (30... Rxh8 31. Qxh8 Nc3 32. e3 $16) 31. Rxe8
Rxe8 32. Rc4 Rxe2 (32... Bxg3 33. Rxd4 Nf4+ (33... Bf4+ 34. Kf1 Qf5 35. e4 Rxe4
36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Ng5+ $18) 34. Kf1 $1 $18) 33. Rxd4 Qf5 (33... Ne3+ 34. Kg1
Qe6 35. Ng5+ fxg5 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qxe2 $18) 34. Kf1 Re7 (34... Ra2 35. Rxd5
Qxd5 36. Nfe5+ Ke6 37. Nf4+ $18) 35. Nh4 Ne3+ $8 36. Kg1 Qe6 37. Qf3 Nc2 38.
Qh5+ Kg8 39. Rg4 Ne1 40. Ng6 Re8 (40... Nxd3 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qf8#) 41. Qh8+
Kf7 42. Nge5+ $1 Ke7 43. Qxg7+ Kd8 44. Nf7+ Kc8 45. Re4 Nf3+ (45... Qxe4 46.
Nxd6+ Kd8 47. Nxe4 $18) 46. Kg2 Ne5 47. Ndxe5 Bxe5 (47... fxe5 48. Qg4 $18) 48.
Qg6 Kc7 (48... Qd5 49. Nd6+ $18) 49. Nxe5 Qd5 50. Qh7+ Kc8 (50... Kb8 51. Nd7+
Ka8 52. Nxf6 $19) 51. Kh2 fxe5 52. Qf5+ Kb8 53. Rh4 Qc5 54. Rh5 Kc7 (54... Rf8
55. Qxe5+ Qxe5 56. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 57. Kh3 $18) 55. Rh7+ Re7 56. Rh6 Re8 57. Qf7+
Re7 58. Qf8 e4 59. a5 e3 60. b6+ axb6 61. axb6+ Kd7 62. Qf3 $1 exf2 (62... e2
63. Qxb7+ Ke8 64. Qa8+ Kf7 (64... Kd7 65. Qa4+ Kc8 66. Rc6+ $18) 65. Qf3+ Kg8 (
65... Ke8 66. b7 e1=Q 67. b8=Q+ Kd7 68. Qfb7+) 66. Qg4+ Kf8 67. Rf6+ Ke8 68. b7
$18) 63. Qxb7+ Ke8 64. Qa8+ Kd7 (64... Kf7 65. Rh7+ Ke6 66. Qe4+ Kd7 67. Qxe7+
Qxe7 68. Rxe7+ Kxe7 69. Kg2 $18) 65. Qa4+ Kc8 66. Rc6+ Kb8 67. Rxc5 f1=Q 68.
Qf4+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Juniors 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Malysheva, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nc5 Nxd4 (
14... Na5 15. b3 Rc8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rfd1 Qb7 20.
Bc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qe7 22. Rc2 Qa3 23. e3 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/
Linares 1994/ (38)}) (14... Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qb6 (15... Qe7 16. Rc1 Ng4 17. Rc3
Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Qb4 19. Nc2 Qxb2 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qb1
Qxb1 24. Rxb1 b6 {1/2-1/2 Lingnau,C-Asendorf,J/Bad Zwischenahn 2002/ (48)}) 16.
Qc1 Ne5 17. Nb3 Qa6 18. Re1 b6 19. Rc7 Neg4 20. Bd4 Qxa2 21. h3 Qxb3 22. hxg4
Rac8 23. g5 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Baron Rodriguez,J-Frois,A/La Coruna 1996/ (42)}) (
14... Bg4 15. Nxb7 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Nc5 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Bc4 19. Na4 Qxd4 20.
Bxd4 Bxa2 21. Nc3 Rxe1+ {1/2-1/2 Giemsa,S-Wiersma,E/Bad Wiessee 2003/ (21)})
15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Re1 {In this type of positions it is usually very difficult
to improve on the tiny advantage for white.} (16. e3 Ne4 17. b4 a5 18. a3 axb4
19. axb4 Bb5 20. Re1 b6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Re6 24. Qb3 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 Schmidt,L-Kato,T/Tokyo 1990/ (35)}) (16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Nf4
Bd6 19. Nd3 a6 20. b3 Qg5 21. Ne1 Bb4 22. Nf3 Qf5 23. Nh4 Qe6 24. Bxg7 Nd2 25.
Bb2 Qxe2 26. Nf5 {1/2-1/2 Harika,D-Richards,H/Mallorca 2004 (35)}) 16... Ne4
17. e3 Qg5 (17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qf6 19. Re2 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Rad8 21. Rd2 $14) 18.
Re2 (18. Nd3 Qf5 19. Nf4 $14) 18... Qf5 19. Rec2 Ng5 (19... Rac8 20. Nd3 Ba4
21. b3 $14) 20. h4 (20. Nb3 Ba4 $14) (20. Qh5 g6 21. Qd1 Ne6 $14) 20... Nh3+ $2
{[%mdl 64] Malysheva falls for the great tactical combination, surprizingly
black queen will be trapped on f2!} (20... Ne6 21. Nb3 $14) (20... Bxc5 21.
Bxc5 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 $1 $16) 21. Kh2 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 $1 Qxf2 23. e4 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 (
24. Bxf2 Bxf2 25. exd5 Bb5 26. Qg4 $16) 24... Ba4 $8 25. Qxa4 (25. b3 Qxa2 26.
bxa4 dxe4 27. Qg4 g6 28. Qf4 $16) 25... Qd2 (25... Rxe4 26. Bxf2 Rxa4 27. Bxd5
$18) 26. Bc3 Qe3 27. Rxd5 {Black has managed to save the queen's life but the
cost is enormous. White enjoys two bishops and complete control of the board.}
Rad8 28. Qd1 Qb6 (28... Rxd5 29. exd5 f6 30. Qd4 $18) 29. Qg4 f6 (29... Qg6 30.
Qxg6 fxg6 31. e5 $18) (29... g6 30. Ba5 $18) 30. e5 $5 (30. Ba5 $18) 30... fxe5
(30... f5 31. Qxf5 Rf8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qg6 $18) 31. Bxe5 g6 (
31... Rxe5 32. Rxe5 $18) 32. Qc4 {The chinese women player had many good
options, but she finds a way to mate her haunted opponent.} (32. Bd4 Qa6 33.
Rd7 $18) 32... Rxd5 (32... Qe6 33. Rxd8 $1 Qxc4 34. Bd5+ Qxd5 35. Rxd5 $18) 33.
Bxd5+ Kh7 (33... Kf8 34. Qf4+ Ke7 35. Qf7+ Kd8 36. Bf6+ $18) 34. Bg8+ $1 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. b3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. e3 c5 16. Bxa8 $146 {[%mdl 4] Graf comes up with a new solution in the
well known position, where black bishops are exercising serious pressure
against white center.} (16. Ne4 Be7 (16... cxd4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxa8 Rxa8
19. Qxd4 Qf3 20. Qf4 Qc6 21. Rfc1 Bd5 22. Rab1 c3 23. Rb8+ Rxb8 24. Qxb8+ Kh7
25. Qe5 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Garneli,E/Corfu 1991 (29)}) 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rc8
19. c6 (19. Qa4 Rxc5 20. Qxa7 Ra5 21. Qb7 Qd6 22. Rfc1 Rb8 23. Qe4 Rb2 24. Qd4
{1/2-1/2 Yurtaev,L-Egin,V/Seversk 1997/ (24)}) 19... Qa5 20. Qe1 (20. Qf3 Rfd8
21. Rfd1 c3 22. Rdc1 Rd2 23. Qe4 Qc5 24. Qf4 c2 {0-1 Naing Lin Aung-Egin,V/
Genting Highlands 1998/ (35)}) 20... Qh5 21. Qb4 Rfd8 22. Qa4 Qc5 23. Rac1 Rd2
24. Rc3 a5 25. Be4 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Egin,V/Seversk 1997/ (43)}) 16...
Qxa8 17. d5 $1 Bxc3 (17... Bh3 18. Rc1 Bxf1 (18... Rd8 19. Re1 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Rxd5 21. Qf3 Qc6 22. e4 $16) 19. Kxf1 Rd8 20. e4 $14) 18. dxe6 (18. Rc1 Bb2 19.
dxe6 (19. Rc2 Bh3 20. Rxb2 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Qe8 $11) 19... Bxc1 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21.
Qxc1 Qe4 22. Qb1) 18... Bxa1 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxa1 Qe4 (20... Qf3 21. Qb2 Qe4
22. Qb1 $14) 21. Qb1 $1 {The key move in ensuing endgame, white has to try
getting c4 pawn without losing f2 or a2 of his own.} Qd3 (21... Re7 22. Qxe4
Rxe4 23. Rc1 $16) 22. Rc1 Qe2 23. Rc2 (23. Qc2 Rxf2 24. Qxc4+ Qxc4 25. Rxc4
Rxa2 26. Rxc5 Kf7 $15) 23... Qd3 24. Rc1 Qe2 25. Rc2 Qd3 26. Qc1 Rb7 {Fish
could probably have hold the position with the more precise move 26...Rd7!?,
that puts emphasis on the counterplay.} (26... Rd7 $5 27. Rxc4 Qe2 28. Rd4 (28.
Kg2 Rd1 29. Qc3 Qf1+ 30. Kf3 Qh1+ 31. Kf4 (31. Kg4 h5+ 32. Kxh5 Qf3+ 33. Kh4
g5+ 34. Kh3 Rg1 $17) 31... Qxh2 $17) 28... cxd4 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Qxd7 d3 $11)
27. h4 a5 28. Kh2 a4 29. Rd2 (29. Rxc4 Rb1 30. Qc2 Qf1 31. Qe4 Qxf2+ 32. Kh3
Qf1+ $17) 29... Qe4 (29... Rb1 30. Qc2 Qxc2 (30... Qf1 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Qf5+
$18) 31. Rxc2 a3 32. Rxc4 Rb2 33. Kg2 Rxa2 34. Rxc5 $16) 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2
Kf7 {Black is unable to avoid rather difficult endgame.} (31... Rb4 32. a3 Rb3
33. Rxc4 Rxa3 34. Rxc5 $16) 32. Rxc4 Rb2 33. Kg2 (33. Rxa4 Rxf2+ 34. Kh3 Ke6
$11) 33... Rxa2 34. Rxc5 a3 35. Ra5 Kf6 (35... g6 36. g4 Ra1 37. Kf3 Ra2 38.
Kg3 Ra1 39. Kf4 a2 40. f3 $18) 36. h5 $1 {After this fine move black is most
probably lost, as white can advance his kingside pawn majority.} Kf7 (36... Ra1
37. Kf3 a2 38. g4 $18) 37. Kf3 Ra1 38. g4 Ra2 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. e4 Kf7 41. Ke3
Ke7 42. Ra7+ Kf8 (42... Kf6 43. f4 Rg2 44. e5+ Ke6 45. Rxg7 a2 46. Ra7 Rxg4 47.
Ke4 $18) 43. e5 Ra1 44. Kf4 Ra2 45. f3 Ra1 46. Kf5 a2 47. f4 (47. f4 Kg8 48.
Kg6 Kf8 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. Kxg7 Rg1 51. Rxa2 Rxg4+ 52. Kxh6 Rxf4 53. Ra6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ankara zt"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tabatadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. e3 Rac8 15.
Na4 c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rfd1 d4 20. exd4 Rxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qe5 {A long forced line leaves black in a good control of
the center. His only disadvantage in a broken pawn structure can even be
partly beneficial - there is no problem with back rank mate.} (22... Qb6 23.
bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Bd5 {0.5/Kopjonkin,G-Dupszky,L/Zalakaros op (04)/
1995/}) (22... Qc5 23. bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Bd5 Ra4 26. Bb3 {0.5/
Neverov,V-Monin,N/St.Petersburg op (02)/1994/}) 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qb1 $6 (24.
Qd2 Kg7 {0.5/Gschnitzer,O-Bachmayr,P/BL2-S 9394/1994/}) 24... Kg7 25. h3 $6 (
25. Re1 Qc3 26. Qd1 Qb2 $15) 25... Qc5 {Passive play by white is outright
dangerous, black is clearly better due to Rc2 threat.} 26. Be4 (26. Rf1 Rc2 27.
a4 Ra2 28. Qb5 Qc2 $17) 26... Bxh3 27. Qd3 (27. Bxh7 $2 Qc6 $19) 27... Be6 28.
Qf3 Qe5 29. Bd5 (29. Bb7 Ra4 $19) 29... Bg4 30. Qg2 Rc2 31. Rb1 (31. Rf1 Rd2
32. Bb3 Qh5 $19) 31... Rd2 32. Bf3 (32. Bb3 Qh5 $1 $19) 32... Bf5 33. Rb7 (33.
Rd1 Rxa2 $19) 33... Rxa2 34. Bd5 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Bg6 36. Qf3 a5 0-1

[Event "Bled op 13th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 Qb6 (11... Nxe5 12. fxe5) (11... Ng4) 12. f5
Nxe5 13. Na4 Qc7 {N} (13... Qa5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 $16 {ECO})
14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6 (15. fxe6 $2 Qxg5 $17) 15... Bxf6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Kh1
Rad8 (17... b5 18. Nc3 b4 19. Na4 Rad8 $44) 18. Nc3 a6 19. e3 (19. Qd2 Bg5 20.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 $132) 19... b5 (19... Qxe3 20. Re1 Qb6 21. Qg4 Rfe8 22. Re2 Re7 23.
Rae1 Rde8 $14) 20. a3 Qxe3 21. Re1 Qb6 22. Qg4 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Kh8 $2 (23... Re7
$5 $44) 24. Rd2 d4 $6 (24... Re7 25. Rde2 Rde8 26. Nxd5 $1 exd5 27. Rxe7 Bxe7
28. Rxe7 $1 $18) (24... Qc6 25. Rde2 e5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qe4 $1 (27. Rd2 $2 e4
28. Bxe4 Rxd2 29. Bxc6 Rxe1#) 27... Red8 28. Rd2 $18) 25. Ne4 Rf8 (25... c3 26.
Rf2 $40) 26. h4 d3 27. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 28. hxg5 Rf5 (28... Rd6 29. Be4 $18) 29. Be4
Re5 30. Rh2 g6 31. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35.
Qxe5 (35. Bg6+ Kd7 36. Rxe5 d2 37. Bc2 $18) 35... Qd6 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Kg2 a5
38. Kf3 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Ke3 d2 41. Rd1 c3 42. bxc3 bxc3 43. g6 Kf8 44. Ke2
Rd4 45. Bc2 Rg4 46. Rf1+ Kg8 47. Rf3 Rc4 48. Kd1 (48. Bb3 $2 c2 $1) 48... Rc5
49. Re3 Rc8 50. Rxe6 Ra8 51. Ke2 Kf8 (51... Ra1 52. Re8+ Kg7 53. Re7+ Kf6 54.
Rf7+ Ke6 55. Bb3+ Kd6 56. g7 $18) 52. Rf6+ Kg8 53. Re6 Kf8 54. Rc6 Re8+ (54...
Ra1 55. Rc8+ Kg7 56. Rc7+ $18) 55. Kf2 Rd8 56. Bd1 Re8 57. Rc7 (57. Rxc3 Re1
58. Rc8+ Ke7 59. Bc2 $18) 57... Rb8 (57... Re1 58. g7+ Kg8 59. Bb3+) 58. Rxc3
Rb1 59. Ke2 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Srajber Memorial 08th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benkovic, Petar"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qc2 (13. Na4 Rac8 14.
Qc2 c5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rad1 d4 18. bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qb2 Qxa2 20.
Qxa2 Bxa2 21. Rxd4 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Naumkin,I-Korsunsky,Y/Montecatini Terme 1999/ 
(59)}) 13... c5 $5 {Brave decision, since all developed white pieces are
attacking the center.} (13... Nh5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. bxc4 Qxd4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17.
Be3 $14) 14. bxc4 (14. dxc5 Rac8 15. bxc4 Rxc5 16. Qd2 dxc4 17. Rfd1 Rd8 $11)
14... cxd4 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc7 $1) 15... Nxd5 (15...
Qxc3 $2 16. Qxc3 dxc3 17. dxe6 Rac8 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Rac1 $16) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Bc7 $1 Qb5 (17... Rac8 $2 18. Bxa5 Rxc2 19. Bxd5 Rc5 20. Bb4 Rxd5 21. Bxe7
$18) 18. Qf5 (18. Rfb1 Qd7 $11) 18... Bc6 19. Qxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 {Colovic
must have relied on this motive, white has unpleasant problem with e2 pawn.} (
20... Bxe2 $2 21. Rfe1 d3 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Rxe7 d2 24. Rd7 $18) 21. Rfe1 Bb4 (
21... Bf6 22. Rac1 Re8 23. Kf1 $16) 22. Reb1 Bc3 (22... a5 $2 23. Bxa5 Bxa5 24.
Rxb5 $18) 23. Rxb5 Bxa1 24. Rd5 f6 25. Rd7 Re8 (25... Rc8 26. g4 a6 27. Kg2 g6
28. Kf3 $14) 26. Kf1 Bc3 27. Bf4 a5 28. a4 Re6 $2 {Black is looking for ways
to improve his rook, but e6 is the wrong square! Suddenly white's advantage
will become very real.} (28... Rc8 29. Bc7 h5 $11) 29. Bd6 $1 Bb4 (29... Re8
30. Bc5 $16) 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Rb7 $1 (31. Rxd4 Rb6 32. a5 Ra6 33. Rxb4 Rxa5
$14) 31... Rd6 32. Ke1 d3 33. Rxb4 dxe2 34. Kxe2 Rd5 (34... Ra6 35. Kd3 $16)
35. Rb2 Kf7 36. Ra2 {[%mdl 4096] Generally speaking with rook of the stronger
side behind the pawn the chances of the defender are rather slim.} Ra5 37. Kd3
Ke6 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. Kb4 Rh5 (39... Ra7 40. Kb5 Kc7 41. Re2 Kb8 42. a5 $18) 40.
a5 Kc7 (40... Rxh2 $2 41. a6 $18) 41. h4 Kb7 42. Re2 g5 (42... Rf5 43. Re7+ Ka6
44. Re6+ Ka7 45. f4 $18) 43. Re7+ Ka6 44. Re6+ Kb7 45. hxg5 fxg5 (45... Rxg5
46. Rxf6 $18) 46. Re5 h6 (46... Rh2 $1 {The last moment when Benkovic might
have had to work for his point a bit harder.} 47. f4 (47. Rxg5 Rxf2 48. Rg7+
Ka6 49. Rxh7 Rf4+ 50. Kc5 Rg4 51. Rh3 Kxa5 52. Kd5 Kb5 53. Ke5 Rg8 54. Rh5 Kc6
55. Kf4 Kd6 $14) 47... gxf4 48. gxf4 Rh4 49. Rb5+ Ka6 50. Rb6+ Ka7 51. Rf6 $18)
47. f4 $1 Kc6 (47... Rh3 48. fxg5 Rxg3 49. gxh6 Rh3 50. Re6 $18) 48. fxg5 hxg5
49. Rc5+ Kb7 50. g4 Rh1 51. Rxg5 Rg1 52. Rg6 Ka7 53. a6 Rc1 54. Kb5 Rc2 55.
Rg7+ Ka8 56. g5 Rc1 57. g6 Rg1 58. Kc5 Rg5+ $6 (58... Rg2 59. Kd6 Rg1 60. Rg8+
Ka7 61. Ke7 $18) 59. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. h3 (11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. d5) 11... Qc8 (11... Ne4
12. Nxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc8 14. Kh2 dxc4 15. d5 Bd7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6
18. Bd4 Ba3 19. Rb1 Rfe8 20. e3 b5 21. Qg4 g6 22. h4 {0-1 Sahovic,D-Raicevic,V/
JUG-ch/1975/ (41)}) (11... Ne8 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. d5 Bd7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4
Qc8 16. Kh2 Rb8 17. Rad1 Rxb2 18. Qxa7 Nf6 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Nd5 21. Qa3
Nxc3 22. Qxb2 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Be6 {1-0 Beil,Z-Bazant,P/CZE-chT/1993/(42)}) (11...
Qa5 12. g4 Rad8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. f4 c5 15. f5 Bc8 16. g5 Ne4 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18.
Bxe4 Rxd4 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. Rf3 Qe5 21. Bxd4 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 Bluhm,G-Beckmann,K2/
NRW-II 8788/1988/ (28)}) 12. Kh2 Rd8 (12... a6 13. f4 (13. Bg5 Rd8 14. f4 g6
15. e3 Qc7 16. Qe1 Rab8 17. g4 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. f5 f6 20. fxe6 fxe5 {
0-1 Perkins,A-Webb,S/BCF-ch (01)/1973/ (28)}) 13... Rd8 14. g4 g6 15. Qe1 Ne4
16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Qxf5 19. Bxe4 Qe6 20. Bf5 Qf6 21. Ng4 Qh4
22. Nh6+ Kf8 23. Qg1 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Golubovic,Z/JUG-chT Nis/1994/ (37)}) 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 (14. Be3 Bf5 15. Rc1 Ne4 $10) 14... Bxf6 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 (
16. dxe5 d4 17. Ne4 Qc7 $13) 16... b5 $1 17. a3 (17. Nxb5 Qb8 18. Nd6 Qxb2 19.
e3 (19. e4 $2 dxe4 20. d5 Qxe5 $19) 19... Rd7 $10) 17... Rb8 18. e3 b4 19. axb4
(19. Na4 bxa3 20. bxa3 Na5 $15) 19... Nxb4 20. Rxa7 Nd3 21. Qh5 (21. e4 dxe4
22. d5 Rxd5 (22... Bf5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Qh5 Rd7 25. dxe6 Rxa7 26. Qxf5 e3 27.
Be4 Rxb2+ 28. Kg1 g6 $19) 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qh5 Rb7 $15) 21... Rd7 22. Ra2 (22.
Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 23. Rb1 $14) 22... Nb4 23. Ra5 Qd8 24. Rb5 (24. Rfa1 Nc2 $15)
24... Rxb5 25. Nxb5 Nd3 26. b3 $1 (26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Qb6 28. d5 (28. Ra1 Rd8
29. Qh4 Rf8 $19) 28... Rxd5 $1 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 $17) 26... Qa5 27. bxc4 dxc4 28.
Nd6 $2 (28. Rb1 Qd2 $1 29. Qf3 (29. e4 c3 30. Nxc3 Rxd4 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Ne2
Ne1 $15) 29... Ne1 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Nd6 c3 $13) 28... Rxd6 29. d5 (29. exd6
Qxh5 $19) 29... Rxd5 (29... Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Volke, Karsten"]
[Black "Breutigam, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Bremer SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b3 Nb6 15.
bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qa4 Qd6 {This line promises small but distinct advantage for
white. His bishop is much better piece than the black one on e6, since it
bites into own pawn chain.} 17. Rfc1 f5 (17... Rfb8 18. Rab1 a5 19. Bf1 Rxb1
20. Nxb1 c5 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qa3 Qc6 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Rc8 $15) 18. Rab1
a5 19. Qd1 (19. Bf1 Nd2 20. Rb6 Bd7 21. Bd3 f4 22. exf4 Rae8 $14) 19... Ra7 $6
{This artificial move hopes to double the rooks on f file, but neglecting the
only open line on the board will prove to be costly.} (19... Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8
21. Bf1 Rb4 22. Qh5 $14) 20. Na4 g5 (20... f4 $5 21. exf4 Bf5 22. Rb3 Re7 $14)
21. Nb6 $1 f4 (21... Na3 22. Rb3 Nb5 23. Qc2 $16) 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Rb6 fxe3
24. fxe3 Qa3 (24... Rc7 25. Qa4 $16) 25. Qd2 Raf7 26. e4 (26. Rxc6 $2 Rf2 27.
Qc3 Qxa2 28. Bf1 Bd5 $19) 26... h6 27. Qc3 Qxa2 (27... Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Rf2 29.
Rxc6 Rxa2 30. h4 Rff2 31. Bf1 $16) 28. Rc2 Qa4 {[%mdl 2048] Black queen is not
a happy piece, since her displacement takes the sting out of the control of
the f file.} 29. d5 Bd7 (29... Bg4 30. Rxc6 Qb3 31. Rxc4 Qb6+ 32. Qd4 $18) 30.
e5 Bf5 (30... Re7 31. dxc6 Bf5 32. Rc1 $18) 31. Rc1 cxd5 $6 {Breautigam feels
really pressed by the white central pawns, but giving up the exchange will
only speed up his demise.} (31... Qa2 32. e6 (32. Rxc6 Bd3 $11) 32... Re7 33.
Rxc6 Bd3 34. Qe1 Qb2 35. d6 Rf2 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Qxf2 Qxc1+ 38. Bf1 $18) (31...
Bd3 32. Ra1 Qc2 33. Qxc2 Bxc2 34. Rxc6 $18) 32. Bxd5 Bd3 (32... Kh7 33. Bxf7
Rxf7 34. e6 Rg7 35. Qxc4 $18) 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7 34. e6 Re7 (34... Rg7 35. Rb8+ Kh7
36. e7 Bg6 (36... Rxe7 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. Rb6+ $18) 37. Rf1 $18) 35. Rb8+ Re8 36.
Rb7 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-B"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galstian, Beniamin"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nc5 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 {Galstian is giving a new twist to the old position, so far white
always took on d4 with a bishop.} (15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. e3 (16. Re1 Ne4 17. e3 Qg5
18. Re2 Qf5 19. Rec2 Ng5 20. h4 Nh3+ 21. Kh2 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. e4 Bxc5 24.
Rxc5 Ba4 25. Qxa4 Qd2 26. Bc3 Qe3 27. Rxd5 {1-0 Zhou Jianchao-Malysheva,P /
Moscow 2004/ (34)}) (16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Nf4 Bd6 19. Nd3 a6 20. b3 Qg5
21. Ne1 Bb4 22. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Harika,D-Richards,H/Mallorca 2004/ (35)}) 16...
Ne4 17. b4 (17. Qg4 Qg5 18. Qxg5 Nxg5 19. Rfd1 Ne4 20. h4 Red8 21. Nd3 {
1-0 Nguyen,N-Malysheva,P/Budapest 2004/ (55)}) 17... a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4
Bb5 20. Re1 b6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Re6 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,L-Kato,
T/Tokyo 1990/ (35)}) 15... Bc6 (15... Bg4 $5 16. Qd3 (16. Rfe1 b6 17. Nd3 Rc8
$11) 16... b6 17. Nb3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $11) 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Rc2 Bc7 $1 18. Qh4
(18. Rfc1 Bb6 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Qd3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 d4 $11) 18...
Rxe3 $5 {Petrosian is impatient to get real counterplay, the sacrifice of the
exchange removes vital white piece from the board.} (18... Bb6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20.
Qxd4 Bb5 21. Nf4 $14) 19. fxe3 Qe7 (19... Bb6 $5 20. Kh1 (20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Qd4
Ne4 22. b4 a5 $13) 20... Bxe3 21. Ne5 Qe8 $11) 20. Kh1 Qxe3 21. Rxf6 $6 {
If two players are doing the same it does not have to be equal. White could
have exploited opponent's innaccuracy with the help of 21.Nb4!} (21. Nb4 $1 Be5
22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qa4 $16) 21... gxf6 22. Qxf6 Re8 (22... Bb6 23. Qf1 Rd8 24.
Nb4 Rd6 $15) 23. Qf2 (23. Nb4 Bb6 24. Qf1 Qe6 $15) 23... Qxf2 24. Nxf2 Kg7 25.
Nd3 Bd6 26. Bf3 Kf6 {Naturally black has nothing more to fear, with two
bishops his position remains slightly better.} (26... a5 27. Kg2 Kf6 $15) 27.
Kg2 Ke6 28. Kh3 Rg8 29. Nc5+ Ke5 (29... Kf6 30. Kh4 Kg7 $15) 30. Nd3+ Kd4 31.
Nf2 f5 32. Nd1 f4 33. Rd2+ (33. gxf4 $2 Bd7+ 34. Kh4 Bxf4 35. e3+ Bxe3 36. Nxe3
Kxe3 37. Bxd5 Rg4+ 38. Kh5 Rg5+ $19) 33... Ke5 34. g4 Bc5 35. Rc2 Bb6 36. Kg2
h5 37. h3 hxg4 (37... Kd6 38. Nf2 Be3 $17) 38. hxg4 Bd7 39. Nf2 Bf5 (39... Bxf2
40. Kxf2 Bxg4 41. Bxg4 Rxg4 42. Rc7 $11) 40. Rc3 Be4 $15 (40... Kd6 41. Kh3 Bg6
$17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch KO"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8
15. bxc4 dxc4 16. Bxf6 {Black tends to equalize with his perfect concentration
of forces in the center.} (16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Bxf6 (17. h4 Qg6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19.
Be4 Qh5 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bf3 Qg6 22. Qc1 Be7 23. Rb1 {1-0 Horvath,P-Schneider,D/
Budapest 2003/ (40)}) 17... Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. e3 c5 20. d5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxa1+ 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Qxc4 g6 {1/2-1/2 Sundararajan,
K-Summerscale,A/Scarborough 1999/ (29)}) 16... Bxf6 17. e3 c5 $1 18. Ne4 (18.
d5 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Rac1 Bb2 21. dxe6 Bxc1 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxc1 Rd2
$17) 18... cxd4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. exd4 (20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. exd4 c3 22. Be4 f5
23. Bf3 f4 $11) 20... c3 21. Be4 f5 22. d5 $6 {Arencibia plays pawn advance
with the hope to get even play, black's c3 pawn is very dangerous.} (22. Bb7
Rc7 23. Bg2 f4 $11) 22... fxe4 23. dxe6 Qe5 (23... fxe6 $5 24. Qxe4 Qf5 $15)
24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Rac1 (25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. f3 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qd3 29.
fxe4 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Ke6 31. Kg2 Ke5 32. Kf3 Kd4 $17) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc7
27. Re1 Rc4 28. Qb3 Qd5 $2 {Bruzon tries hard to fullfil his role of an elo
favourite, but this move is not very helpful.} (28... Qe6 29. Qb7+ Kg6 30. Qxa7
c2 31. Rc1 Qd5 32. Qe3 $11) 29. Rd1 Qe6 (29... Qc5 30. Qb7+ Kf6 31. Qd7 $18)
30. Rd7+ (30. Rd6 Qxd6 31. Qxc4+ Qe6 32. Qxc3 Qxa2 $11) 30... Kg6 (30... Qxd7
31. Qxc4+ Qe6 32. Qxc3 Qxa2 33. Qc7+ Ke6 34. Qxh7 $14) 31. Rc7 e3 $4 {[%mdl
8192] Horrible decision as black risk losing in case white will manage to get
properly organized with his pieces.} (31... Rc6 32. Qxe6+ Rxe6 33. Rxc3 Rb6 34.
a3 $14) 32. Rxc4 (32. Qc2+ Qe4 (32... Kf6 33. Rxc4 Qxc4 34. fxe3 Qc5 35. Kf2
$14) 33. Qxe4+ Rxe4 34. Kf1 Ra4 35. Rxc3 Rxa2 36. Rxe3 $14) 32... e2 (32...
exf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qf6+ 34. Kg2 $18) 33. Rg4+ $2 {Arencibia returns material in
panic, much better was 33.Qc2! and it seems that black can not survive.} (33.
Qc2+ $1 Kf6 (33... Kh6 34. Rh4+ Kg5 35. Qc1+ Kf6 36. Rh6+ $18) (33... Kf7 34.
Qxh7+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Qd8+ Ke5 38. Qg5+ Kd4 39. Qc5+ Ke4 40.
Qe3+ Kd5 41. Rc5+ Kd6 42. Rc6+ $18) 34. Qxc3+ Kg6 35. Qc2+ Kg7 36. Qb2+ Kg6 37.
Qb1+ Kf6 38. Re4 $18) 33... Qxg4 34. Qg8+ Kf6 (34... Kf5 35. Qc8+ Ke5 36. Qxc3+
Qd4 37. Qc7+ $11) 35. Qxg4 (35. Qd8+ Ke5 36. Qh8+ Kd5 37. Qxc3 Qd4 38. Qf3+ Qe4
$15) 35... e1=Q+ 36. Kg2 Qd2 {The smoke has cleared and white will have to opt
for the perpetual check.} (36... c2 $2 37. Qf4+ Kg6 38. Qd6+ $18) 37. Qh4+ Ke6
38. Qe4+ Kd6 39. Qb4+ Kd5 40. Qb5+ Kd4 41. Qd7+ Kc4 42. Qc7+ Kb4 43. Qb7+ Kc4
44. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gronn, Atle"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Gronn,A} d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2
Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Na4 b5 (11... b6 {Gronn,A} 12. Rc1
Ba6 13. dxc5 {med uklart spill er normalt. I et svakt Kyeblikk Tisdall at 11.
Na4 kunne straffes, men han oversÅ et elementært mellomtrekk.}) 12. Nxc5 Nxc5
13. Rc1 {N} (13. Qc2 {Gronn,A} Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Qxc5 {og sort har
overlevd, selv om hvit har klar fordel.}) 13... Na6 (13... Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Na5
15. Qxb5 Be6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. Bc5 $16 {Stefansson,H-Bosch,J/Arnhem
EU-chJ/1989/}) 14. Rxc6 Nb4 15. Rc5 (15. Rc1 {Gronn,A} Nxa2 {er langt fra
klart.}) 15... Be7 (15... Nxa2 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Rxb5 $16) 16. Ne5 (16. Rxb5 Ba6
17. Rxb4 Bxb4 18. Ne5 $13) (16. a3 {Gronn,A} Bxc5 17. dxc5 Na6 $1 (17... Nc6
18. Nd4 $18 Nxd4) 18. Qd4 f6 {fulgt av Nc7 med uklart spill.}) 16... Bxc5 17.
dxc5 f6 (17... Nxa2 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Bxa8 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxa8 21. c6 Rc8 22. c7
$1 $16) 18. Nd3 (18. Nc6 {Gronn,A} Nxc6 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxc6 Rb8 {er ikke
klart.}) 18... Nxd3 (18... Nxa2 19. Qa1 $18) (18... Nc6 19. Nf4 $18) (18... Na6
{Gronn,A} 19. Nf4 Nc7 20. Nxd5 Rb8 21. e4 {med kjempespill.}) 19. Qxd3 Be6 20.
Qxb5 Qc7 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Qa6 Bf7 23. Ba3 Qe5 24. e3 Qc3 25. c6 Rfc8 (25... Qc2
26. Rc1 Qxa2 27. c7 Rbc8 28. Bh3 $18) 26. Rc1 Qe5 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qc5 Rc7 29.
e4 $1 Rd8 (29... dxe4 30. Qxe5 fxe5 31. Bd6 Rcc8 32. Bh3 $18) 30. exd5 {
Ftacnik,L} (30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. a3 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Nh7 17. e4 {White players find it pretty difficult to get
any advantage in this pawn structure.} dxe4 18. Nxe4 (18. Bxe4 Bxh3 19. Bxc6
Re6 20. Bd5 Bxf1 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Kxf1 Qd7 $11) 18... Bd5 (18... Bxh3 19. Bxh3
Rxe4 20. Be3 (20. Bc3 Ng5 21. Bg2 Re6 22. Qa4 $44) 20... Qf6 21. Qc2 Rae8 22.
Bd7 R8e7 23. b4 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qe5 25. Bxc6 Qxg3+ 26. Qg2 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxa3 $15
) 19. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 64] Very instructive mistake, black will refute this move
with a help of the original and deep combination.} (19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $11)
19... Rxe4 $3 20. Bxe4 Ng5 21. Bxd5 (21. Bxg7 Bxg7 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5
$17) (21. f3 Bxe4 22. fxe4 c5 $17) 21... Qxd5 22. Rc3 {Zha Xue has to worry
about the pin along the d file as well as about the leaky kingside position.} (
22. Rfd1 Rd8 (22... Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Be3 (24. Qc4 Qxc4+ 25. Rxc4 c5 $17)
24... Qxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Ke2 Ne5 27. f4 Rb3 28. fxe5 Rxb2+ 29. Kf3 $15)
23. Rc3 Nxh3+) 22... Rd8 23. Rd1 Nxh3+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kh2 Nxf2 25. Bxf2 Qh5+ 26.
Kg2 Rxd3 27. Rdxd3 a5 $17) 24... Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qg2 $5 {Petrosian keeps pushing
against the poorly ccordinated white pieces.} (25... Ng1+ 26. Rxg1 (26. Kd2 c5
$19) 26... Qxg1 27. Rxc6 Qh1 $17) 26. Qe3 (26. b4 a5 27. Qc4 Re8+ 28. Kd2 axb4
29. axb4 Nxf2 $19) 26... Rd6 27. Rc5 (27. Bc5 Rxd1 (27... Re6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29.
Rd8 Ng1+ $15) 28. Kxd1 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Nxf2+ 30. Ke1 Nd3+ 31. Qxd3 Qg1+ 32. Kd2
Qxc5 $19) 27... Ng1+ 28. Kd2 (28. Rxg1 Qxg1 29. Qe4 Rd7 30. Qg4 Rd8 31. Rxc6
Qb1 $19) 28... Nf3+ 29. Kc3 Re6 {Black already had a pleasant choice of lines
promising decisive advantage.} (29... Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Rf6 $1 31. Rf4 Bxc5 32.
Qxc5 Rxf4 33. gxf4 Qf3+ $19) 30. Qd3 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Rd6 32. Qxd6 (32. Qg4 Rxd1
33. Qxd1 Bxc5 $19) 32... Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxf2 34. Rdxc6 Qxg3+ 35. Kb4 Qb8+ (35...
Kh7 36. Rc7 f5 $19) 36. Rb5 (36. Kc3 Qf4 37. b4 f5 $19) 36... Qd8 {Petrosian
has too many pawns on the kingside waiting for the moment to start the mad
rush towards the first rank.} 37. a4 (37. Ka4 Qd7 38. Rbc5 g5 $19) 37... g6 38.
Rb7 Qd4+ 39. Ka3 h5 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rcc7 Qd6+ 42. b4 Qg3+ 43. Kb2 Qf2+ 44. Kc3
h4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 $5 {Very
interesting idea as black will find it impossible to hold on to his d4 pawn.
White will get positional advantage, but it may not be enough for winning
attempts.} Nxb4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Qb2 (16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Re8
18. Rfd1 Bf5 19. e4 Be6 20. a3 Nc2 21. Rab1 Nxa3 22. Rxb7 a5 {1/2-1/2
Rogozenko,D (2562)-Kopylov,M (2428)/Hamburg 2000/ (62)}) 16... Nc6 (16... Bg4
17. Rab1 a5 18. a3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Na6 20. Qxb7 Qxa3 21. Qb6 {1-0 Wohl,A (2440)
-Caruso,A (2275)/Verona 1998/}) 17. Rfd1 (17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4
Be6 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Qd2 Rbc8 22. Be4 Rc5 23. Bb1 {1-0 Kushch,N (2300)-Ginsburg,
G (2280)/Kherson 1990/ (61)}) (17. Rab1 Rb8 (17... Bf5 18. e4 Bxe4 19. Rbe1 f5
20. Nd2 Rf6 21. Nxe4 Re6 22. Nf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxb7 {1-0 Schneider,S (2320)-Nygren,
D (2150)/Stockholm 1999/}) 18. Nh4 Ne5 19. Rfd1 (19. Rfc1 b6 20. Rc3 Be6 21.
Rbc1 Qf6 22. Qa3 a5 23. f4 Ng6 24. Nf3 {1-0 Hellsten,J (2430)-Frolik,M (2260)/
Mlada Boleslav 1995/ (33)}) 19... b6 20. Rd5 f6 21. Rd4 Be6 22. Rbd1 Rbc8 23.
Be4 g6 24. Ng2 Rfd8 25. Nf4 {1-0 Hellsten,J (2475)-Leito,P (2310)/Hallsberg
1996/ (34)}) 17... Bg4 (17... Rb8 18. Rac1 Be6 19. h4 h6 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21. Rcd1
Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Nd4 Bxa2 25. Rb2 a5 26. Nc2 Bc4 27. Nxb4
axb4 28. Rxb4 b5 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,C (2364)-Berzinsh,R (2444)/Balaguer 2003/ (35)
}) 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rd2 (19. Rd5 Bg6 20. Nh4 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23.
Rb5 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Nd8 25. Bxb7 {1-0 Kushch,N (2375)-Ponomariov,R/Yalta 1995/ 
(65)}) 19... Rad8 20. Rad1 Bg6 (20... Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Nd4
Bg6 24. e3 $14) 21. Rxd8 {Halkias exchanges both pairs of rooks in the moment,
when 21.Nh4!? seems to have promissed him something really tangible.} (21. Nh4
$5 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Be4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxb7 $16) 21... Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23.
Ne5 Bf5 24. Qd4 b6 (24... f6 25. Nd3 Nc6 26. Qc4+ Be6 27. Bd5 $14) 25. g4 (25.
Nc4 Be6 26. Nd6 Bxa2 27. Nc8 Qc7 28. Nxa7 $14) 25... Be6 26. a4 f6 27. Nd3 Qd7
28. Qe4 {For all white efforts his advantage is miniscule, black would have to
help to make the dream of winning possible.} (28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30.
Nb2 Ne6 $11) 28... Bb3 (28... a5 $5 29. Qa8 Kf7 30. g5 Qd4 31. gxf6 Kxf6 $11)
29. a5 Bf7 (29... bxa5 $5 30. Nc5 Qd1+ 31. Bf1 Kf7 32. Qxh7 a4 33. Qh5+ Kf8 34.
Qf5 Kg8 $13) 30. a6 Bg6 31. Qa8 Bxd3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Horrible move, that
throws the game away. Docx had no reason to give up the strong bishop, now he
will duly pay for the demage.} (31... Bf7 32. Bb7 Bc4 $1 33. Nf4 Kf8 34. Qxa7
Bxa6 35. Qxa6 Qxb7 36. Qa3+ Kg8 37. Qb3+ Kf8 38. Nd5 $14) 32. exd3 b5 (32...
Qxd3 $2 33. Bd5+ $18) 33. Bb7 b4 34. Qxa7 h5 (34... Qxd3 35. Qc5 Ne6 36. Qd5
Qxd5 37. Bxd5 Kf7 38. a7 $18) 35. Qb6 hxg4 36. a7 gxh3 37. Bf3 (37. a8=Q Qg4+
38. Kh1 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Army"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Black "Annakov, Babakuli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 b6 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 bxc5
15. Na4 Re8 16. Re1 c4 17. Nd2 cxb3 $5 (17... Qf6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. bxc4 (19.
Nc3 Rad8 20. Nd5 Qb2 21. Rc2 Qe5 22. bxc4 Nd4 23. Rd2 (23. Rc1 Bxc4 24. Rxc4
Qxd5 25. Qa4 Re7 26. Kf1 $13 {Panchenko,AG-Ginsburg,G/Ukraina-ch Simferopol/
1990/1-0 (78)}) 23... Bxc4 24. Rxd4 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Qa4 f5 27. e3 Qb8
$10 {Boensch,U-Jelen,I/Portoroz/1987/1-0 (45)}) 19... Rad8 20. Qb3 Nd4 (20...
e3 21. fxe3 (21. f4 Rd2 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Qa4 Rd8 24. Nd5 Qh6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26.
Nc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 $16 {Levin,F-Jelen,Ig/Ljubljana op/1993/1-0 (36)}) 21... Qh6
(21... Ne5 22. Nc5 (22. Rf1 Qh6 23. Rf4 $44 {Novikov,I-Sturua,Z/USSR/1984/})
22... Ng4 23. Nxa6 Rxe3 24. Qb7 Qd4 25. Rcd1 Rd3+ 26. e3 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Rxd1+
28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Bf1 $16 {Novikov,I-Ginsburg,A/Ukraina-chT Simferopol/1991/ 
(41)}) 22. Rc3 Ne5 23. Nc5 Bxc4 24. Qa4 Ng4 25. h3 Qf6 26. Rcc1 Qf2+ 27. Kh1
Nxe3 28. Rg1 Bxe2 29. Ne4 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Nxg2 {0-1/Cherepkov,A-Novik,M/
Leningrad op/1991/}) 21. Qa3 (21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Nb2 Qb6 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Bf1 Bb7
25. Nd1 Qe5 26. Ne3 f5 27. Red1 $14 {Rivas Pastor,M-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca
Mem-A/1988/1-0 (40)}) 21... Rc8 (21... Bb7 22. Nc3 e3 23. f3 a6 24. Qa5 Rc8 25.
Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 $13 {Hickl,J-Boensch,U/FRG-ch (01)/1991/0-1 (39)}) 22. Nc5
Qd6 23. Qxa6 Qxc5 24. e3 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 exf3 26. Qb5 Re4 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Red1
$16 {Akopian,V-Miljanic,B/Niksic (02)/1991/1-0 (59)}) (17... Qg5 18. Nxe4 dxe4
19. Qd6 Re6 (19... Rac8 20. Nc5 Nd4 (20... Red8 21. Nxe4 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxd6 23.
Nxd6 Nd4 24. Bf1 cxb3 25. Nxc8 bxa2 26. Ra1 Bc4 27. e3 {1-0/Lagunov,A-Novik,M/
Novosibirsk/1989/}) 21. e3 Qxc5 22. Qxa6 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 exf3 24. Rxc4 Qf5 25.
Rf4 Qd5 26. e4 Qd2 27. Rf1 Qe2 28. Qxe2 fxe2 29. Re1 Rc2 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Rc4 {
0.5/Welin,T-Timmer,R/Lugano op (3)/1989/}) 20. Qf4 (20. Qc5 Qh6 21. Qa3 Ne5 22.
Nc5 e3 23. f4 Ng4 24. h3 Nf2 25. Nxe6 Nxh3+ 26. Kf1 Qxe6 27. bxc4 $16 {Serper,
G-Fogarasi,T/Arnhem EU-chJ/1989/1-0 (37)}) 20... Qe7 (20... Qa5 21. Bxe4 Rae8
22. Nc3 $16 {Spiridonov,N-Klinger,J/Polanica Zdroj/1985/}) 21. bxc4 Re8 22. Nc3
Nd4 23. Nd5 Qc5 24. Nc7 Rf6 25. Nxa6 Rxa6 26. e3 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rf6 28. Qg4 exf3
29. Red1 $16 {Bastida,R-Martin,A/ESP-chT/1990/0.5 (58)}) (17... Qe7 $6 18. bxc4
Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rad8 20. cxd5 Qb4 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Ne5 23. Red1 Re7 24. Bf1
f5 25. Na4 Nf7 26. Rc2 Bb5 27. Nc5 Rc7 28. Rdc1 Rxd5 29. e4 {1-0/Dizdar,
G-Vrkljan,I/CRO-chT Makarska (04)/1994/}) (17... Qa5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxc4 Qh5
(19... Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rad8 21. Qc1 Nd4 22. Qc3 Qd5 23. Qe3 Nf5 24. Qf4 e3 $132 {
Movsziszian,K-Dankert,P/Hamburg-ch/1993/0-1 (72)}) 20. Qd6 Re6 21. Qc5 Qh3 22.
f4 e3 23. Nxe3 Bb7 24. Qf5 Qxf5 25. Nxf5 g6 26. Nh4 Nd4 27. e3 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3
Bxf3 29. Kf2 $16 {Hauchard,A-Collard,O/FRA-chT/1994/1-0 (42)}) 18. Rxc6 (18.
Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxc6 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Bb5 21. Rc3 Bxa4 22. axb3 $14) 18... Bb5 19.
Nxe4 Bxc6 (19... dxe4 $2 20. Rd6 $18) 20. Nec5 {Black have sacrificed material
in the hope to profit from the lack of coordination of white s pieces.} (20.
Nec3 bxa2 (20... Bxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa2 22. Qd2 (22. Bxd5 a1=Q $1 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7
24. Qxa1 $15) 22... Rc8 23. Qxa2 $14) 21. Nxa2 Qd6 $13) 20... bxa2 21. Qd2 Rc8
22. Ra1 (22. Qxa2 Qa5 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. e3 Bc4 25. Qa3 d4 $132) 22... Bb5 23. e3
{[%csl Ra2] White hopes to consolidate with elimination of a2P.} (23. Qxd5 Rxe2
24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nc3 Rb2 $17) 23... Bc4 24. Bf1 (24. Qd4) 24... Qf6 25. Rxa2
$5 {Creating rather unusual material balance, but in cooperation white pieces
could prove rather unpleasant.} (25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Rb8 27. Nc3 Rb2 28. Bxc4
dxc4 29. Rxa2 Rxa2 30. Nxa2 Rd8 $17) 25... Bxa2 26. Qxa2 Qd6 (26... Qd6 27. Nd3
$13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 Qd7 (13... Re8 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. e4 d4 16. e5 dxc3 17. exf6 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxf6 (18... cxb2 19.
Rxc6 bxc6 20. fxe7 $16) 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. Rb1 $14 {Adler,J-Flueckiger,C/Bern/
1988/}) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. e4 d4 16. e5 (16. Ne2 e5 17. Bd2 Rac8 $13) 16... dxc3
17. exf6 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxf6 (18... cxb2 $2 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. fxe7 $18) 19.
bxc3 Rad8 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Be4 Kf7 22. Kg2 Rd7 23. h4 Rc8 24. Bf3 Nd8 $1 25. c4
b6 26. Bh5+ Ke7 (26... g6 27. Bg4 $14) 27. Rc2 Rd4 28. Be2 Rd7 29. Bc1 Kf7 30.
Bh5+ g6 31. Bf3 h5 32. Re4 Nb7 $1 33. Re3 Na5 34. Re4 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. Be2
b5 $1 37. c5 $8 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Bxc5 39. Bxb5 Nb7 40. Bc4 Nd6 41. Bb3 Nf5 42. Bg5
Bb6 43. f3 Be3 44. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 45. Kh3 Kf6 46. g4 Nd5 47. Kg3 Ke5 48. Bc2 Nf4
49. g5 Ne2+ 50. Kf2 Nf4 51. Be4 Kd4 52. Bb1 a5 53. a3 e5 54. Be4 Kc3 55. Bc6
Kd2 (55... Kb3 56. a4 Kc3 57. Ke3 Ng2+ 58. Ke4 Nxh4 59. Kxe5 $16) 56. Be8 Kd3
57. Bc6 Kd2 58. Be4 Kc3 59. Bc6 (59. Ke3 Ng2+) 59... Kd2 60. Bb5 Nh3+ 61. Kg3
Nf4 62. Kf2 Nh3+ 63. Kg3 Nf4 64. Kf2 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Kh2 Qb6 14. Be3 Qxb2 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rad8 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Rxb7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The whole line
is nearly playable for black as his queen is taking care of some counterplay.
White's novelty will test his chances to the limit.} (18. Qc1 Qxc1 19. Rfxc1
Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf5 21. e4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxd4 23. Bxb7 Rd2 24. Kg2 Rxa2 25. Bd5 {
1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Grischuk,A/Cannes 2001/ (29)}) 18... Nxd4 (18... Be8 19. Nf5
Qa5 20. Bxc6 Qxf5 21. Qa4 Qc8 22. Rxe7 Bxc6 23. Qxa7 $16) 19. Bxd4 (19. Qxd4
Be6 20. Qxa7 Rxd5 21. Rxe7 Ra5 22. Qc7 Qxa2 $11) 19... Bxh3 (19... Ba4 20. Bb2
$1 (20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qc1 Qe5 24. e3 $14) 20... Qxb2
21. Rxb2 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 $16) 20. Rxa7 Qb4 (20... Qxa7 $2 21. Bxa7 Bxf1 22. Bb6
Rb8 23. Bd4 Rfd8 24. e4 $18) 21. a3 $1 Qb5 (21... Qd6 22. Kxh3 Qxd5) 22. Kxh3
Qxd5 23. Rxe7 Qxd4 24. Qb3 {Sasikiran was not sure, if he could win the rook
endgame after 24.Qxd4, so he tries to keep the queens on the board a bit
longer.} (24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Rb1 Ra4 26. Rb3 g5 $16) 24... Rd5 25. Kg2 Qc5 26.
Re3 (26. Rb7 Rd2 27. Re1 Rc2 $14) 26... Qc6 27. Rf3 Qd7 $6 (27... Rfd8 28. e4
R5d7 29. Re1 $14) 28. Rf4 Re8 29. Qf3 Rde5 (29... Rd2 30. Re4 (30. e3 $6 Qa7
31. a4 Rxe3 32. Rxf7 Qc5 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Qf7 Qc6+ $14) 30... Rb8 (30... Rxe4
31. Qxe4 f5 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qf3 $16) 31. Rc1 $16) 30. e3 Ra5 31. Rd1 Qa7 (
31... Qe6 32. a4 Rea8 33. Rdd4 $16) 32. Qc6 Qa8 33. Qxa8 Rexa8 34. Rd7 f5 (
34... f6 35. Rb4 R5a7 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. a4 $16) 35. Rc4 Rxa3 $2 {Winning the
battle, but losing the war. Lugovoi has maanged to eat the hated a pawn, but
will lose two on the kingside.} (35... R5a7 $1 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. a4 Kf7 38. f4
$16) 36. Rcc7 g5 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rxh6 R3a6 (39... g4 40. Rg6+ Kh8
41. Rf7 R3a5 42. Rg5 $18) 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Rc5 (41. Rc5 Rf6 42. g4 fxg4 43.
Rxg5+ Kf7 44. Rxg4 $18) 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laketic, Gojko"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Na4 b6 12. Rc1 Ba6 (12... Re8 $5 13. dxc5 Bxb2
14. Nxb2 bxc5) 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 bxc5 15. Nd2 $5 (15. Nd3) (15. Na4) 15...
Qf6 $146 (15... Nd4 $5 16. Re1 Qa5 $5 (16... Nf6 $6 17. Na4 (17. Rxc5 $6 Qe7)
17... Qe7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxc5 Bb5 20. a4 Bc6 21. Ndxe4 Rad8 22. Rc4 Ne6 23.
Qc1 Nxe4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxe4 $18 {Doncevic,D-Schmid,G/BRD(Bundesliga)/1990/
1:0/80/}) (16... Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Kg1 Nxe2+ (18... Rae8 $2 19. Nd3 Nxe2+
20. Rxe2 Bxd3 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nf3 $16 {Daly,C-Muir,A/Debrecen(Europe-cht)/
1992/1:0/56/}) 19. Rxe2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qxb2 21. Rxc5 $5 $14) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18.
e3 (18. Bxe4 Rad8 $44) 18... Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rad8 $1 20. Qc2 (20. Bxe4 $6 Rxd1
21. Rexd1 Qxa2 $17) 20... exf3 $13) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Rad8 18. Nd3 Nd4 19.
Re1 Rfe8 20. Bg2 Qe7 (20... Qe6 $5 21. Bf1 c4 22. Nf4 Qc8 23. bxc4 Nf3+ 24.
exf3 Rxd1 25. Rexd1 $14) 21. Bf1 h5 22. Rc3 $2 (22. e3 $1 Nc6 23. Qf3 Bxd3 24.
Qxc6 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 $16) 22... Qe4 23. Qc1 $5 (23. Nxc5 $6 Nf3+ 24. exf3 Qxe1
25. Qxe1 Rxe1 26. Nxa6 Rdd1 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rc7 Rxf1+ 29. Kg2 Rg1+ 30. Kh3 Rd2
$36 {>< Kh3/}) 23... Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qxd3 25. exd3 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxe1+ 27. Kh1 (
27. Kh3 $5) 27... Rd5 (27... Nxd3 $2 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Qxc5 $16) 28. Qf4 Rde5
$5 (28... Nxd3 29. Qf3 Red8 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxh5 Rd2 32. Qg5 $5 f6 33. Qxc5
Rxa2 34. Qe7 Rdd2 35. Qe8+ $10) 29. d4 cxd4 $2 (29... Re4 30. Qc7 cxd4 31. Bc4
R4e7 $15) 30. Bc4 R5e7 31. Qxd4 Kh7 $2 (31... Nf3 32. Qd5 Ne5 33. Bb5 Rc8 $14)
32. Qf4 $1 $138 (32. Qf4 f6 (32... Kg8 33. Qf5 $16) 33. Qd6 $1 {/\ Bb5/} Re4
34. Bf7 R8e7 (34... R8e5 $2 35. Qd8 $18) 35. Bxh5 g6 36. Bg4 $16) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Qd2 $1 Rad8 (12... Bb4 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rfc1 $14) (12... Qa6 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Qc2 $14) (12... Rfd8 $2 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Bxc6 {xRa8}) 13.
bxc4 $1 Bb4 {Ftacnik: 'Grischuk tries to improve on the older game with 13...
Nxe5, since it was clearly better for white.'} (13... Nxe5 14. Nxd5 $1 Qxd2 (
14... Rxd5 15. cxd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nc4 17. dxe6 Nxd2 18. Rfd1 $16) 15. Nxe7+ Kh8
16. Bxd2 Nxc4 17. Bb4 Rfe8 18. Bxb7 $1 (18. d5 $2 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfd1
Be6 {O'Cinneide,M-Halkias,S/Leon 2001/`}) 18... Rd7 ({or} 18... Rb8 19. Bc6
Rxb4 20. Bxe8 Nxe8 21. Rab1) 19. Bc6 Rexe7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Rfc1 $16) 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Rfc1 (15. Rac1 dxc4 16. Bxc6 Qb6 17. d5 (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. d5 $2 Qxc6)
17... Rxd5 (17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nxd5 19. Qxc4 Ne7) 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd2
20. Nxb6 Bxc1 $11) 15... dxc4 16. Bxf6 (16. Bxc6 Qb6 17. d5 Ne4) 16... gxf6 17.
e3 (17. a3 {Ftacnik} Bxc3 18. Rxc3 c5 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Qc2 $14) 17... c5 18. d5
$1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 (19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Rb8 23.
Rc2 Rb6 $14) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 $16 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Gelfand doesn't want to give black excellent counterplay with active queen on
c3 supporting the dangerous c4 pawn.'} Rc8 (21... Rfd8 22. Rxc4 Qd2 $2 23. Rxc5
$18) 22. Rxc4 $6 (22. Rc1 $1 Rd3 $140 $2 23. Rxc4 Qd2 24. Rxc5 $1) (22. Rb1 $5)
22... Qd2 23. Rc1 (23. Qe4 Rcd8 {/\ Qe2 and Rd1}) 23... Qxc2 24. R1xc2 Rc6 (
24... Kg7 25. Rb2 Rc6 26. Rb7) 25. Kg2 $2 (25. Rb2 $6 Rb6) (25. Ra4 $1 Rc7 26.
Kg2 f5 27. Kf3 $16) 25... Ra6 $1 26. a4 (26. Kf3 Ra3 $11) 26... h6 $6 (26...
Kg7 $142 27. Kf3 Kg6 28. Ke2 (28. Rg4+ Rg5) 28... f5 29. Rd2 Rad6 (29... Re5
30. Rd8) (29... Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2) 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rc2 Kf6 32. Rb2 $16) (26...
f5 $2 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxa4 29. Rxf5 $18 a5 30. Kf3 Ra1 31. h4 a4 32. Ra5
a3 33. h5 h6 34. g4 Kg7 35. e4 Ra2 36. Ke3 Ra1 37. Ra6 Ra2 (37... a2 38. Kf4)
38. e5 Ra1 39. Kf4 Rf1 40. f3 Ra1 41. Kf5 a2 42. f4) 27. Kf3 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ra5 $2
(28... Ke7 $2 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxa4 31. Rh5 $18 Ra1 (31... Kf8 32. Rxh6
Kg7 33. Rh5 Ra1 34. h4 a5 35. Kf3 a4 36. Ra5 a3 37. g4 $1 (37. Kf4 $2 Ra2 38.
f3 Ra1 39. h5 a2 40. g4 Kh7 41. e4 Kg7 $11) 37... Rh1 (37... a2 38. h5) 38. h5
Ra1 39. Ra6) 32. Rxh6 a5 33. h4 a4 34. Rh8 a3 35. Ra8) (28... Rh5 $142 29. h4
Rd5 30. R2c3 $1 (30. Rb2 Rb6 31. Rb5 Rxb5 32. axb5 Kg7 33. Kf3 Rd6 34. Rxc5 Rb6
$11) 30... Kg7 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Kxd3 $16) 29. Rb2 $1 Rd6 30. Rb8+ Ke7 31. Rh4
$18 (31. Rc8 Rda6 32. Rc7+ Ke6) 31... Rb6 (31... Rc6 32. Re4+ Re6 33. Rb7+ $1
Kd6 (33... Kf8 34. Rh4 Rc6 35. Rxh6 Kg7 36. Rh4 c4 37. Rb4 c3 38. Rhc4) 34. Rf4
) 32. Rc8 Kd7 33. Rh8 Rb4 34. R4xh6 Rb6 (34... Raxa4 35. Rxf6 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 Raa2
37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Rf4) 35. R6h7 Rxa4 36. Rxf7+ Kc6 (36... Ke6 37. Rhf8) 37. Rxf6+
Kb5 38. Rxb6+ axb6 39. h4 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 c4 41. h5 Ra7 42. Rc8 Rf7+ 43. Ke2 Kb4
44. g4 Rh7 45. f4 Kb5 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 (12... Bg4 13.
h3 Be6 14. Qc2 $5 Qd7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. f4 $14 {/\Bf2,e4/Marin,
M-Petursson,M/GRE/1987/1:0 (44)}) 13. Na4 $5 $146 (13. a3 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 $1 Bd7 17. Qd3 Nh7 18. Be3 $1 $14 {Karpov,A-Illescas Cordoba,
M/Leon/1993/1:0 (36)}) (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bg4 17.
Re1 Qa5 18. h3 Bf5 19. Qd4 Rab8 20. a3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Illescas Cordoba,M/
Linares(2)/1994/1:0 (43)/}) 13... Bd7 (13... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 14. a3 Ne5 15. Bd2
Qd8 16. Qb3 Nc4 17. Rfd1 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Ne4 19. Rdd1 Qf6 20. Bf3 Ng5 21. Nc3
Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Be6 23. Qxb7 Rab8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 25. Qe3 $13 {Robatsch,K-Huebner,
R/Mitropa Cup/1993/0-1 (56)}) (13... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 Bd7
16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Re1 Qg5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 {
0,5/Robatsch,K-Anikaev,Y/Sochi/1974/}) 14. Nc5 Na5 $6 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6
{/\Ne4/}) (14... Bxc5 {Ftacnik} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc5 $14) 15. b3 (15. Nxd7 {
Ftacnik} Qxd7 16. Bf4 $14) 15... Rc8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd3 $14 Nc6 (17... Ne4 {
Ftacnik} 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nb5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nxa7 $16) 18. Nxc6 (18.
Rfd1 $5) 18... bxc6 19. Rfd1 Qb7 (19... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 20. Rc2 $14) 20. Bc5 Bxc5
21. Rxc5 Qe7 (21... Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rdc1 $16) (21... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 22.
Rc2 Ne5 23. Qd4 $14) 22. Rc2 Qa3 $6 (22... Red8 $5 23. Qa6 Qd7 (23... c5 $2 24.
Bxd5) 24. e3 $16) 23. e3 (23. Rdc1 {Ftacnik} c5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxe2 $1)
23... Red8 24. Qf5 (24. Rdc1 {Ftacnik} c5) 24... Rb8 $2 (24... Qa6 $5) (24...
a5 {Ftacnik} 25. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 $16) 25. Rxc6 Qxa2 26. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 (
26... Qxb3 27. Qg4 h5 28. Qxh5 gxf6 29. Bxd5 $18) 27. Bxd5 $18 Rxd5 (27... Kg7
{Ftacnik} 28. Qg4+ Kh7 29. Qh5 Qb2 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Rd7 32. Rd4 $18) 28.
Rxd5 Qxb3 29. Qg4+ Kh7 (29... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 30. Rd6 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qg6 32. Qd4
$16) 30. Rd6 Qb1+ (30... Rb6 31. Qf5+) 31. Kg2 Qg6 (31... Rb6 32. Rd7 (32. Qc4
$1 Qg6 33. Rd7 Kg7 34. Rxa7 $18) 32... Rb7 33. Rd8 Qg6 34. Qf3 Re7 35. Rd4 f5
36. Rf4 Re5 $13) 32. Qf3 (32. Qd4 {Ftacnik} Rb6 $16) 32... Kg7 (32... Rb6 {
Ftacnik} 33. Rd8 a5 34. Qa8 $18) 33. Ra6 Rb5 34. Rxa7 Rf5 35. Qe2 Qh5 (35...
Re5 $5) (35... Rc5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 36. g4 $1 Qg6 (36... Rg5 37. h3) 37. Rxf7+ $1
Kxf7 38. Qc4+ (38. Qc4+ Ke7 (38... Kf8 39. Qc8+ $18) (38... Kg7 39. Qc7+ Kg8
40. Qc8+ $18) 39. Qe4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Gligoric,S"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

{Inf.26/546} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7.
Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Na4 Qa5 $5 15. b3 (15. Rxc6 $2 Bd7) 15... Qb5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Nc3 Qb4
$1 18. Rcd1 Qg4 $11 (18... Rxe3 $6) 19. Bd4 Bf5 20. Qc1 Qg6 21. Rfe1 Ne4 $15
22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bc5 (24. Bc5 a5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 2] This game was played in last round. At me was "+4" and I would like
to play without risk on a loss.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3
Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 {This
variant I prepared two years ago and could apply for the first time just now.}
Bg4 $5 {It's main line.Other lines are:11...Be6,11...Bb4 and 11...Qb6.} 12. h3
Be6 $5 ({In opinion of my contender,it is much worse} 12... Bh5 {in view of:}
13. Rc1 $1 (13. Nf5 $5 {See comments to Gelfand,B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Wijk aan
Zee,1993/CBM 34(1-0)(Ftacnik,L) (40)}) 13... Re8 14. Qa4 Qb6 (14... Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 $14) 15. Ndb5 $1 Rac8 16. Be3 d4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxe3
20. Nb4 Bxc1 21. Nbd5 Qe6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxc1 Bxe2 24. Nd5 $16 {Popov,
V-Potkin,V/Pardubice,2000 (0-1)(61)}) 13. Nxe6 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Probably, is
better at first:} 13. Rc1 $5 Qd7 $140 14. Nxe6 fxe6 {and only now:} 15. e4 $1 {
You can see comments to Illescas Cordoba,M-Martin Gonzalez,A/Linares,1998(1-0)
(Illescas Cordoba,M)(39)}) 13... fxe6 14. e4 d4 15. e5 dxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 17.
bxc3 Qxd1 ({It deserves attention:} 17... Bxc3 $5 18. Rb1 Rf7 $5 (18... Qxd1 $5
19. Rfxd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 (20. Be3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bb4 $11) 20... Nxd8 21. Be3 $6
(21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Rxb7 Bd4 $11) 21... b6 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Be4 $44 {Lobron,
E-Korchnoi,V/It,Bad Homburg,1998 (0-1)(42)}) 19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. Bxc6 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rab8 22. Bxb8 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Fritz 6/Frankfurt,1999(22)}) 18. Rfxd1 Rfd8
$6 {It already discrepancy,allowing to me to struggle for advantage. It was
necessary:} (18... Rad8 $1 19. Rac1 (19. Rxd8 $143 Rxd8 20. Rb1 Rd7 21. c4 Bd4
$11 {Akesson,R-Orsag,M/Aaland-Stockholm,1997 (1/2-1/2)(58)}) 19... Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Bxc3 21. Rd6 $5 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]} ({Senselessly:} 21. Rd7 {vvidu:} Rf7 {
[%csl Yf7]}) (21. Rc1 $143 Bd4 (21... Nd4 $2 22. Kf1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rc3]}) 22.
Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 e5 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rf3 26. Kg2 Rxe3 27. Ra6 $11) 21...
e5 $6 (21... Rd8 $5 22. Rxe6 $140 Kf7 {+/=/=}) 22. Be3 Bd4 (22... Rc8 $5 23.
Rd7 b6) 23. Rd7 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Na5 25. Bd5+ Kh7 26. Re7 Kg6 $6 (26... Rd8 $5 27.
Rxe5 $140 Nc6) 27. Rxe5 Nc6 28. Be4+ $1 $16 {Gurevich,M-Bosch,J/Castrop-Rauxel,
2000 (1-0)(41)}) ({Also dubious:} 18... Bxc3 $6 19. Rac1 Be5 (19... Nd4 $2 20.
Kf1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Yc3,Rd4][%cal Yc3d4]}) 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rb1
$14 {Sashikiran,K-Ravi,L/Calcutta,1999 (1-0)(87)}) 19. Rac1 $1 $146 {/\Be3(/
^g1-a7,h1-a8,<->d)} ({Was checked in the previous game:} 19. Be3 $6 Bxc3 20.
Rab1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 $6 (21... Rc8 $5 22. Rd7 b5 $11) 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23.
Bxa7 $14 {Dlugy,M-Vucic,M/New York,1992(0-1)(36)}) 19... Rac8 ({Can it was
necessary to decide on exchange:} 19... Rxd1+ $5 20. Rxd1 $140 Rd8 (20... Bxc3
$2 21. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gf4,Gg2]} (21. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 22. Rc1 Bd4 23. Rxc6 e5
$11)) 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 (21... Bxd8 22. Be3 $14) 22. Be3 Bxc3 23. Bxa7 $14) 20.
Be3 b6 ({After:} 20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc3 22. Rd7 b6 {I have very strong idea:
} 23. h4 $1 $36 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg2h3]} (23. Bxc6 $2 Rxc6 24. Rxa7 b5 $11))
21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 ({Same idea passes after:} 21... Bxd8 22. Rd1 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7]
[%cal Gd1d7,Gd1d6]} Bf6 23. Rd7 (23. Rd6 $6 Ne7 24. Rxe6 Rxc3 $11) 23... Bxc3
24. h4 $1 $36 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg2h3]}) 22. c4 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Be7 23. Rd1 $14 {
<->d} Rc7 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 23... Rxc4 $5 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Rxa7 Bc5 $14)
24. Bf4 {[%csl Rc7] Black rook is banished from the seventh horizontal!} Rxc4
25. Rd7 Kf8 26. Rxa7 Bc5 27. Be5 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Nf7 ({Weakly:} 
28... Bxf2 {because of:} 29. Bxg7+ Kg8 30. h4 (30. Bxh6 $4 Bg1+ 31. Kh1 Be3+
32. Kh2 Bxh6 $19) 30... Nf7 31. Bf6 {+/=/+/-}) 29. Ra8+ Ke7 30. Ra7+ Kf8 31.
Ra8+ {I wanted to reduce quantity amount of moves up to the first control.} Ke7
32. Bxg7 Bxf2 33. Ra7+ Ke8 34. Be4 b5 $1 {Differently,absolutely bad:} (34...
Bxg3+ $4 35. Kxg3 Rg1+ 36. Bg2 $18) (34... Nd6 $2 35. Bg6+ Kd8 36. Bxh6 $18)
35. Ra3 (35. Rb7 $6 Nd6 36. Bg6+ Kd8 37. Bxh6 Ra1 $132 {[%csl Ra2,Rb7]}) 35...
Ke7 36. Bg6 {[%csl Rf2,Rf7][%cal Ga3f3]} Bc5 37. Rc3 $1 {After this move I
have positional advantage and two bishops in the endgame.It's much better,than:
} (37. Rf3 Ng5 38. Bf8+ (38. Bf6+ $6 Kd6 39. Rd3+ Kc7 40. Be5+ Kb6 $11) 38...
Kd7 39. Rd3+ Kc7 40. Bxc5 (40. Bxh6 Rc2+ 41. Kh1 Nxh3 42. Rd7+ Kxd7 43. Bxc2 {
+/=/=}) 40... Rxc5 41. h4 Rc2+ 42. Kh1 Rc1+ (42... Nh3 $143 43. Rd7+ Kxd7 44.
Bxc2 Nf2+ 45. Kg2 Ng4 46. Kf3 Ne5+ 47. Kf4 Kd6 48. g4 {+/=/+/-}) 43. Kg2 Rc2+
44. Kf1 Rc1+ (44... Nh3 $2 45. Rd7+ Kxd7 46. Bxc2 $18 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gf1g2]})
45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Ke3 Nh3 {+/=/=}) 37... Rxc3 38. Bxc3 {[%csl Rb5,Rh6][%cal
Gc3d2] _|_ BB/BN} Be3 $6 ({It was necessary:} 38... Bd6 39. Bd2 (39. Kg2 $5 Ne5
40. Bh5 $14 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gh5e2]}) 39... Ng5 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. Bd3 (41. Be8
$143 b4 42. h4 Ne4 43. Bxh6 Nxg3) 41... b4 42. h4 Nf7 43. g4 $14) 39. Bb4+ Kf6
$2 $138 {It is possible to explain this mistake only by zeitnot.} (39... Nd6 $8
40. Bd3 Kd7 41. Kg2 {+/=/+/-}) 40. Bd3 {[%csl Rb5]} e5 41. Bxb5 {+/-/+-} e4 42.
Bc3+ Ke7 43. Bc6 Nd6 44. Bd5 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Yd5e6]} Bc5 45. a4 {[%csl Ya4]
[%cal Ya4b5]} e3 46. g4 {[%csl Rd6,Yg4][%cal Yg4f5] It is necessary to limit
knight of the black.} h5 (46... e2 $2 47. Bf3 Ne4 48. Be1 $1 $18 {[%csl Re2]})
47. Kg2 $1 $18 hxg4 48. hxg4 Ne8 49. g5 Nc7 50. Bc4 Ne6 51. Bf6+ Kd7 52. Kf3
Nf8 {[%cal Gf8h7]} 53. Kg4 ({Also good enough:} 53. Be5 $5 Ng6 $140 54. Bg3 $18
) 53... Ng6 (53... Kd6 54. Kf5 Nd7 55. Bc3 Nb6 56. g6 $18 {[%csl Gg6][%cal
Gg6g7,Gg7g8]}) 54. Bd3 Kd6 $2 $138 ({Nor rescues:} 54... Ne7 55. Bb2 {[%csl
Ga4,Gg5][%cal Ga4a5,Gg5g6]}) 55. Bxg6 e2 56. Bc3 Bf2 57. a5 $1 {In result I
shared 3-7 places.} (57. a5 e1=Q 58. Bxe1 Bxe1 59. a6 Bf2 60. Bd3 $18 {[%csl
Ga6,Ya8,Yd3,Gg5]}) 1-0

[Event "Tanta op 1st"]
[Site "Tanta"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EGY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Qb6 (11... Be6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Bh3 Qd7 15. e4 $36 {1-0 Adianto,U-Sandler,L/Genting zt (1) 1995 (31)}) 12.
Be3 $5 Qxb2 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bh3 (14... Rd8 15. Bxc6 $5 (15. Rb1 Qa3 16.
Nb5 Qa5 17. Qb3 Rxd5 $5 18. Qxd5 Be6 $44) 15... bxc6 16. Qc1 $14 Qxc1 17. Rfxc1
) 15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Rxb7 $1 {TN} Nxd4 17. Qxd4 (17. Bxd4 $5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rac8
19. Kg2 $44 {(/\20.e4,21.Qg4)}) 17... Bxf1 18. Kxf1 $44 Rad8 19. Qe4 $5 {
[/\20.Bb3->>>]} (19. Rxa7 Qd6 $132) 19... a5 (19... Bc5 20. Rxf7 $1 (20. Bf4
Bxf2 $13) 20... Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 (21... Kxf7 22. Qc4+ Kf6 23. Bxc5 $16) 22.
Bf4 $16) 20. Bb3 $1 {[/\21.Bxh6,21.Bc2]} Bf6 21. Bc2 $5 (21. Bxh6 $5 Rd4 (21...
gxh6 22. Bc2 $18 (22. Qg6+ Bg7 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bb3 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Qb2 $15)) 22.
Qf5 Qd6 23. Bc2 $1 Rd1+ (23... g6 24. Bxf8 Qc6 25. Qf3 $18) 24. Kg2 $1 (24.
Bxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Kg2 Qxe2 $14) 24... Qd5+ 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Bb3 $16) 21... g6 22.
Bb3 $1 (22. Bxh6 Rfe8 (22... Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxg6+ $18) 23. Qc4 Re7 24.
Rxe7 Qxe7 $14 25. Bxg6 $2 Rd4 26. Qc8+ Rd8 $1 $18) 22... Bg7 (22... Kg7 23. Qe6
$1 $18) (22... Bg7 {[#]}) 23. Bxh6 $1 (23. Qxg6 Qxb3 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rxb3
$14) 23... Qd6 (23... Bxh6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qh5+) 24. Bg5 $1 $18
{[/\25.Be7]} Qd4 (24... Rc8 25. Be7) 25. Qxd4 (25. Qxg6 $1 Qd1+ (25... Rd5 26.
Bf6 $3 Qd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Kg2 fxg6 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rd7+ $18) 26. Kg2
Qxb3 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rxb3 $16) 25... Rxd4 26. Be7 Rc8 (26... Re8 27. Bc5 $18
) 27. Ba3 Rdc4 (27... Kh7 28. Rxf7 $18) 28. Bd6 $5 (28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rb5 $18)
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 (11... Qb6 12. Be3 {-69/371}) 12. h3
Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. e4 d4 15. e5 dxc3 16. exf6 Qxd1 (16... Bxf6 17. bxc3 Bxc3
18. Rb1 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21. Be3 b6 22. Rd1 $44 {0-1 Lobron,
E-Kortschnoj,V/Bad Homburg 1998/CBM 66 (42)}) 17. Rfxd1 Bxf6 18. bxc3 Rad8 (
18... Bxc3 19. Rac1 Be5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rb1 $14 {1-0
Sashikiran,K-Ravi,L/Calcutta IND 1999 (87)}) 19. Rac1 $5 {TN} Rxd1+ (19... Kf7
20. Rd2 $14) (19... Bg5 $5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd4 $14) 20. Rxd1
Bxc3 21. Rd6 $1 $44 (21. Rd7 Rf7 $15) 21... e5 22. Be3 Bd4 23. Rd7 Bxe3 24.
fxe3 $14 Na5 (24... Rb8 25. Bd5+ Kh7 26. Be4+ Kg8 27. Kg2 $36 {(/\Kg2-g6)}) 25.
Bd5+ Kh7 {[/\26...b5,27...Nc4 =]} 26. Re7 $1 Kg6 $2 (26... Rd8 27. e4 (27. Be4+
Kg8) 27... Nc6 28. Rxb7 Nd4 29. Rxa7 Rc8 $14) 27. Rxe5 Nc6 28. Be4+ Kf6 29.
Rf5+ $1 Ke7 30. Rb5 $18 Kd6 (30... Nd8 31. Bxb7 $18) 31. Rxb7 Ne5 32. Rxa7 Nc4
33. Rxg7 Nxe3 34. Bd3 Ke5 35. a4 Rd8 36. Re7+ Kd4 37. Bg6 Nd5 38. Re4+ Kc5 39.
Bf7 Nf6 40. Re6 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhaletz, Lubomir"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1
Qb6 15. b3 Bg4 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. h3 Be6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Qb2 Rd7 20. a3 d3 21.
b4 Qb5 22. Rc5 Qa4 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. exd3 Qd1+ 25. Kh2 Qxd3 26. b5 Na5 27. Ne5
Qd6 28. Rc2 f6 29. Nf3 Nb3 30. Nd2 Nd4 31. Ne4 Qb6 32. Rd2 Nxb5 33. a4 Nc7 34.
Qxb6 axb6 35. Rd6 Bd5 36. Rxb6 Ra8 37. Rb4 Bc6 38. Nc5 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Na6 40.
Nxa6 Rxa6 41. Kf3 h5 42. Ke4 Ra5 43. Kd4 Kh7 44. Kc3 Rc5+ 45. Kb3 Rc1 46. a5
Rf1 {[#] Schwarz sollte sofort auf den Gewinn des Bb7 spielen.} 47. Rf4 $6 (47.
Ka4 $1 Ra1+ (47... Rxf2 48. Rxb7 Ra2+ 49. Kb5 Ra3 50. a6 Rxg3 51. a7 Ra3 52.
Kb6 Kg6 53. Rb8 Kg5 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Rxa8 Kh4 56. Ra3 g5 57. Kc5 g4 58. hxg4
Kxg4 59. Kd4 h4 60. Ke3 Kg3 61. Ra8 $18) 48. Kb5 Ra2 49. Kb6 g5 50. Rb5 Rxf2
51. Kxb7 Ra2 52. a6 Kg6 53. a7 $18) 47... Kg6 48. Ka4 Ra1+ 49. Kb5 Ra2 50. f3
Ra3 51. h4 Kf7 52. g4 hxg4 53. fxg4 g6 54. Rb4 Ke6 55. Kb6 f5 56. gxf5+ gxf5
57. Rb5 f4 58. Kxb7 f3 59. Ka6 f2 60. Rb1 Rb3 61. Rf1 Rb2 62. h5 Kf5 63. h6
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Frois, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. bxc4 dxc4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Be7 18. Rfd1 Ba3 19. Rb1 Bb4 20. Ne4 Rb8 21.
Bf1 c3 22. a3 Bxa3 23. Nxc3 h6 24. Bg2 Bb4 25. Ra1 Qh5 26. Rdc1 c5 27. d5 Bxc3
28. Qxc3 Bxd5 29. Qxc5 Qf5 30. Rxa7 Rdc8 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 Rb1 33. Bxd5
Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Qxd5 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qc2+ g6 37. e4 Qd4 38. Kg2 h5 39. Qc6 Kg7
40. Qd5 Qf6 41. h4 Qc3 42. e5 Qe1 43. Qd4 Kg8 44. Kh2 Qe2 45. Qe3 Qxe3 46. fxe3
{[#] Trotz der schlechten Bauernstruktur gewinnt Weiß mit seinem Mehrbauern
infolge Zugzwang} Kf8 47. Kg2 Ke7 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. Kd5 Kd7 51. e4 $1
(51. e6+ $2 fxe6+ 52. Ke5 Ke7 53. e4 Kf7 54. Kd6 $4 Kf6 55. e5+ Kf5 {und Weiß
ist im tödlichen Zugzwang!}) 51... Ke7 52. e6 fxe6+ (52... f6 53. e5 f5 54. Kc5
Kxe6 55. Kd4 Ke7 56. Kd5 {und gewinnt mit dem Freibauern, da die schwarze
Mehrheit infolge Blockade wertlos ist. Der gewaltsame Versuch mit g5 scheitert
schon an der Quadratregel.}) 53. Kc6 $1 {Sichert den Gewinn durch Verlust
eines Tempos.} (53. Kc6 Kf7 54. Kd7 Kf6 55. Kd6 e5 (55... g5 56. e5+ Kf5 57.
hxg5 Kxg5 58. Kxe6 Kg4 59. Kf6 Kxg3 60. e6 h4 61. e7 h3 62. e8=Q h2 63. Qe4 Kf2
64. Qh1 $18) 56. Kd5 g5 57. Kd6 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6
15. Nc4 Bg4 16. Re1 Bc5 17. a3 a6 18. b4 Ba7 19. Nf4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Bb8 21. Nd5
Bxe2 22. Ncb6 d3 23. Qa2 Rc7 24. Nxc7 Bxc7 25. Nd5 Bb8 26. Qd2 Nd4 27. Rc3 Ba7
28. Nf4 Nb3 29. Rxd3 Bxd3 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxd3 Qe1+ 32. Qf1 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1
Qxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Kf8 35. Bg2 b6 36. Bb7 a5 37. Bd5 Nd2 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Kg2 Bd4
40. a4 Ke7 41. Nd3 f5 42. Bg8 h6 43. Ba2 g5 44. Bg8 Kd6 45. Ba2 Be3 46. Bf7 f4
47. gxf4 gxf4 48. h4 Ke7 49. Bd5 Kd6 50. Bf7 Ke7 51. Bd5 Kf6 52. Kh3 Kf5 53.
Bc6 Nb1 54. Bf3 Nc3 55. Bc6 Ne2 56. Bb7 Nd4 57. Bd5 Nc2 58. Bb3 Nb4 59. Nxb4
axb4 {[#] Zwei wesentliche Merkmale prägen dieses Endspiel: a) der schwarze
Läufer kann den weißen Freibauern nicht so stoppen, dass gleichzeitig ein
eigener Freibauer gedeckt werden kann; (siehe dazu auch Zilbermann-Eljanov) b)
der schwarze Läufer ist in Bezug auf den h-Bauern der "falsche".} 60. Bc2+ Ke5
61. Kg4 h5+ (61... Bb6 62. Kf3 Bc7 63. Bb3 Kd4 64. h5 Kc3 65. Bd1 b3 66. Bxb3
Kxb3 67. a5 Kc3 68. a6 Bb8 69. a7 Bxa7 70. Kxf4 Kd3 71. Kg3 $11) 62. Kf3 Bb6
63. Bg6 $4 {[%mdl 28672]} (63. Bb3 Bd8 64. Bf7 Bxh4 65. Bxh5 b3 66. Bf7 b2 67.
Bg6 Bd8 68. Bb1 Bc7 69. Bh7 Kd4 70. a5 $11 {und der "Remisfreibauer" macht
seinem Namen alle Ehre.}) 63... b3 64. Bxh5 {Verliert auf der Stelle.} ({
Aber auch der Rückzug} 64. Bf7 b2 65. Bg6 Bd8 66. Bb1 Bxh4 67. a5 Bd8 68. a6
Bb6 69. Bc2 Ba7 70. Bb1 Bb8 71. Bh7 h4 (71... Kd4 $2 72. a7 Bxa7 73. Kxf4 $11)
72. Kg4 h3 73. Kxh3 Kd4 74. Kg2 Ke3 75. Kf1 f3 76. Bb1 f2 77. Bc2 Ba7 78. Bh7
Kd2 $19 {rettet nicht mehr, weil durch das Vorstoßen des f-Bauern bis nach f2
der schwarze Läufer in der Lage ist, den f-Bauern zu decken und zugleich den
a-Bauern zu stoppen. Der weiße a-Bauer hat sich also vom ursprünglichen
"Remisfreibauer" in einen Nachtwächter verwandelt.}) 64... Kf6 $1 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hutters, Tomas"]
[Black "Ostergaard, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Bb4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qb3 Bxe2 17. Rdc1 Qd7 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Ba6 20. Rc7 Ba5
21. Re7 Bd8 22. Rd7 Bf6 23. Bxb7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Rb1 a6
27. b3 Kf8 28. Rc1 Bd8 29. Rc6 Ra8 30. Bb6 Ke8 31. Bxd8 Kxd8 {2-1 Bauern am
D-Flügel bei 3-3 Bauern am K-Flügel Gewinnplan: Annäherung des wK, Belagerung/
Eroberung von a5 schlechte s Verteidigung (siehe Anregung zum 33.Zug)
Vergleiche auch Studienmaterial Endspiel Nr. 39} 32. Kf1 Kd7 33. Rc4 Kd6 (33...
Re8 $142 {[%cal Ye8e6]}) 34. Ke2 h5 35. h4 g6 36. Kd3 Ra7 37. b4 Re7 38. Rc5 f5
39. Rc4 (39. Ra5 $18) 39... Re1 40. Rc3 Rd1+ 41. Ke3 Ra1 42. Ra3 Re1+ 43. Kf3
Rb1 44. Rxa6+ Ke5 45. Ra5+ Kd4 46. a3 Rb2 47. Ra8 Ke5 48. Re8+ Kd5 49. Ke3 Rb3+
50. Kf4 Rxa3 51. Rg8 Ra6 52. Kg5 Ra2 53. f3 Ra3 54. Kf4 Ra6 55. b5 Ra4+ 56. Kg5
Ra3 57. b6 Rb3 58. Kxg6 Rxf3 59. b7 Rxg3+ 60. Kf7 Rb3 61. b8=Q Rxb8 62. Rxb8 f4
63. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Rad1 Rc8
15. h3 Bh5 16. Nf5 Bb4 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bd4 b6 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nc4 21. Kh1
Nxa3 22. bxa3 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Qc7 24. Rd3 d4 25. Rxd4 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. e4
Rxa3 28. Rc1 b5 29. Rc5 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Re1 31. Rxb5 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 R1xe4 33. Rxe4
Rxe4 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb7 a5 36. Rxf7 Rf4 37. Kg3 Kg8 38. Ra7 $10 {Der aktive
weisse Turm sichert das Remis.} Rxf5 39. h4 h5 40. f3 Kh7 41. Ra6 g6 42. Ra7+
Kh6 43. Kf2 Rf4 44. Rxa5 Rxh4 45. Kg3 $10 {Weiss hält leicht remis.} Rh1 46.
Ra6 Rg1+ 47. Kh2 Rg5 48. Kh3 Rf5 49. Kg3 Kg5 50. f4+ Kh6 51. Rb6 Rd5 52. Ra6
Rd3+ 53. Kg2 (53. Kh4 Rf3 54. Ra4 Kg7 55. Kg5 Rg3+ 56. Kh4 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Kf6 58.
Ra6+ Kf5 59. Ra5+ Kxf4 60. Ra4+ Kg5 61. Rxg4+ hxg4+ 62. Kg3 Kf5 63. Kh4 g3 64.
Kxg3 Kg5 $19) 53... Kg7 54. Rb6 Kf7 55. Kf2 Rd8 56. Kf3 Rd3+ 57. Kf2 h4 58. Kg2
Kg7 59. Ra6 Rg3+ (59... h3+ 60. Kh2 Rf3 61. Rb6 Kh6 62. f5 $10) 60. Kf2 Rg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 16th"]
[Site "Buekfuerdo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1995.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Re1 Be6
15. Nf4 Bf5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bb6 18. b4 a6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5
g5 22. Nd3 Re7 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. Nc5 Bb8 25. Rcd1 Rd8 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Na5 Rd6
28. Nab3 d3 29. exd3 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Ba7 31. d4 Bxc5 32. Nxc5 Rxd4 33. Nxa6 Bh3
34. Nc5 Kf8 35. Rb1 Ke7 36. a4 Bf5 37. Rb2 Kd6 38. f3 Kd5 39. a5 Kc4 40. Kf2
Rd1 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Ra1 43. Ke3 Be6 44. Nxe6 fxe6 45. Rc2+ (45. Kf4 Kc3
46. Re2 Kxb4 47. Rxe6 Kb5 48. Rh6 Rxa5 49. Rxh7 c5 $132) 45... Kxb4 46. Rxc6
Kxa5 47. Kf4 Re1 48. Rc5+ Kb6 49. Re5 Rf1 50. Rxe6+ Kc7 51. h5 (51. Re7+ Kd6
52. Rxh7 Ke6 $10) 51... Kd7 {Das Thema ist das schwierige R-Endspiel h+f bei
abgeschnittenem K.} 52. Re4 (52. Re3 $142 $5 Rg1 (52... h6 $6 53. Kf5 Rg1 54.
f4 $16) (52... Kd6 53. Kg5 Rg1+ 54. Kh6 Rg3 55. Kxh7 Kd7 56. h6 Kd8 57. Kh8 Rg6
58. h7 Rg3 59. Re4 Rxf3 60. Rg4 $18) 53. Kf5 Rg3 54. Kf6 h6 55. Re7+ Kd6 56. f4
Rh3 {Gewinn/Remis!? - Analyse!}) 52... h6 53. Re5 Kd6 54. Ra5 Ke6 $10 55. Ra6+
Kf7 56. Rxh6 Kg7 57. Rg6+ Kh7 58. Re6 Rh1 59. Kg5 Rg1+ 60. Kf5 Rh1 61. h6 Rf1
62. f4 Ra1 63. Kg5 Rg1+ 64. Kf6 Kxh6 65. f5 Kh7 66. Re7+ Kg8 67. Re8+ Kh7 68.
Ke6 Re1+ 69. Kf7 Ra1 70. f6 Ra7+ 71. Re7 Ra8 72. Re6 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 b6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Ba1 Ba6 14. Re1 c4 15.
bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nb2 b5 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qd6 20. Bc3 Rab8 21.
Rb1 a6 22. e3 Rb5 23. a4 Rbb8 24. Qc2 g6 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb1 Nb4 27. Bxb4
Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Qxb4 29. Bxd5 c3 30. Bb3 Kg7 31. Kf1 Bd8 32. Ke2 Ba5 33. Kd3 Qa3
34. Ba2 Qb2 35. Qxb2 cxb2 {[#] Angesichts der vielen Bauern und der guten
weißen Bauernstruktur, ist der Gewinn für Weiß kinderleicht. Er bildet
verbundene Freibauern in der Mitte und erobert irgendwann den schwarzen Läufer.
Der schwarze Freibauer spielt fast keine Rolle; er beschränkt lediglich ein
wenig die Beweglichkeit des weißen Läufers.} 36. e4 Kf8 37. e5 f6 38. f4 Bc7
39. Ke4 Ke7 40. d5 fxe5 41. fxe5 (41. fxe5 Ba5 42. d6+ Kd7 43. Kd5 Bc3 44. e6+
Kd8 45. Kc6 Ba5 46. e7+ Ke8 47. Bb1 Bc3 48. h4 Be1 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh7 $18 {
[%cal Rh7g6]}) 1-0

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo"]
[Black "Rocha, Wellington Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 {>< d4, /^ a1-h8} Rc8 (11... a6 12. Ne1 Re8
13. h3 Bf5 14. Nd3 Ba7 15. Rc1 d4 16. Na4 Be4 17. Nac5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19.
Kh2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Rc2 Rae8 22. Bc1 f6 23. f3 R4e7 24. Ba3 Rf7 25. Nb4
Nxb4 26. Bxb4 Qb5 27. Ba3 h5 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. exd3 Re3 30. Rd2 Rc7 31. Kg2 Kf7
32. Rc1 Rc3 33. Rcd1 Ke6 34. Bb2 Rc6 35. Rc1 Kd5 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Kf2 Bc5 38.
Rd1 Bb4 39. a3 Bd6 40. Bc1 Re7 41. Bd2 Rb7 42. b4 a5 43. bxa5 Rb2 44. f4 Ra2
45. Ke2 h4 46. gxh4 Bxf4 47. a6 Bxd2 48. Rxd2 Rxa3 49. Rb2 Rxa6 50. Rb7 Ra2+
51. Kf3 Rd2 52. Rxg7 Rxd3+ 53. Kg4 f5+ 54. Kxf5 Rxh3 55. Rd7+ Kc4 56. Kg5 c5
57. h5 d3 {0-1 Flohr,S-Spassky,B/Moscow 1961/MCD (57)}) 12. Na4 (12. h3 Be6 13.
e3 Qe7 14. Ne2 Rfd8 15. Nfd4 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Raxc1 Nxd4 19.
Nxd4 Kf8 20. g4 h6 21. f4 Ke7 22. Kf2 g5 23. Ke2 Bd7 24. Kd2 a6 25. Rce1 Ne4+
26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rc1 Bb5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxb5 axb5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rf5 Ra8
32. Rxg5 Rxa2+ 33. Kc3 b4+ 34. Kxb4 Kd6 35. Kc3 Rh2 36. Rh5 Re2 37. Kd4 Rb2 38.
Rh6+ Kd7 39. Rb6 Kc7 40. Rf6 Rxb3 41. Rxf7+ Kd6 42. Kxe4 Rb1 43. g5 Ke6 44. g6
b5 45. Rf4 Rg1 46. Rg4 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Espig,L/Halle 1981/MCL (46)}) (12. Nb5 {
>< d4} Re8 13. Nbd4 Ne4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qf6 $1 16. e3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4
18. exd4 $15) 12... Be7 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Qd3 (14. h3 Bh5 15. Nc5 Ne4 16. Nd3 f6
17. Nf4 Bf7 18. e3 Qa5 19. a3 Rcd8 20. b4 Qb6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qa6 23. Bb2
Qb6 24. Qe2 a5 25. Bd4 Qd6 26. bxa5 Qxa3 27. Ra1 Qd6 28. Rfb1 Qd7 29. Qb2 Nc5
30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxb7 Qd6 32. Qb5 d4 33. Rc1 Ba7 34. Rd1 Qe5 35. Qa6 Qe7 36.
exd4 Bxd4 37. Rab1 Bxf2+ 38. Kh1 Bxg3 39. Nd5 Qe5 40. Qc6 Rd6 41. Qb7 Red8 42.
a6 Rxd5 {0-1 Gauglitz,G-Espig,L/Zittau 1989/CBM 12 (42)}) 14... Qd7 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Ba3 18. Re1 Bf5 19. Qd1 Bb4 20. Rf1 b6 21. Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1993.01.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Die Zahlen geben die bis zur Zeitkontrolle nach dem 40.Zug verbleibende Zeit
in Minuten an.} 1. Nf3 {120} Nf6 {120} 2. c4 {120} e6 {120} 3. Nc3 {120} c5 {
119} 4. g3 {119} d5 {118} 5. cxd5 {119} exd5 {118} 6. d4 {119} Nc6 {118} 7. Bg2
{119} Be7 {118} 8. O-O {119} O-O {118} 9. Bg5 {119} cxd4 {115} 10. Nxd4 {119}
h6 {115} 11. Be3 {119} Re8 {109} 12. Rc1 {118} Bf8 {107} 13. Na4 {DIAGRAMM 117}
(13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4) 13... Qa5 $2 {95 /\ Nc6-e5} (13... Bd7 14. Nc5 (14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bg4 17. Re1 {Weiß hat einen kleinen, aber
dauerhaften Vorteil. Vgl. ECO D [2.Auflage 34/36 Fußnote 209]}) 14... Ne5 15.
Nxd7 (15. b3 Bg4 $10) (15. Nxb7 Qb6 16. Qb3 Nc4 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc4 Nxe3 {
Dies sieht nicht besonders empfehlenwert für Weis aus.}) 15... Qxd7 16. b3 {
Weiß hat einen kleinen aber dauerhaften Vorteil.}) (13... Ne5 {Empfohlen in
ECO D [2.Auflage 34/36 Fußnote 205]} 14. Nb5 {DIAGRAMM} Nc4 (14... Nc6 15. Bf4)
15. Bd4 {Die Drohungen 16.Bf6 und 16.b3 sind recht unangenehm.} Bg4 16. Re1 {
Dies verändert nicht die vorhergehende Einschätzung. Der Springer auf c4 steht
auf schwachen Füßen.} a6 17. Nbc3 b5 18. b3) 14. a3 $2 {112} (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Rxc6 Bd7 16. Bd2 Bb4 (16... Qb5 17. Rxf6) 17. Rc5 Qxa4 18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Bxb4
Rxe2 20. Ra5 {Hiernach kann Schwarz nur noch darum kämpfen, ein miserabel
stehendes Endspiel zu retten. ECO D [2.Auflage 34/36, Fußnote 207]}) 14... Ne5
{92} 15. Bd2 {DIAGRAMM 83} Qd8 $2 (15... Qa6 16. Nc5 (16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Bg4
$10) (16. Qb3 Nc4 17. Rfd1 (17. Bb4 Bd7 {Weiß hat Mühe, Materialverlust zu
vermeiden.} 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Nd2) 17... Be6 {DIAGRAMM Schwarz steht nicht
schlechter.}) 16... Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qb6 18. Bb4 (18. Qc2 Ned7 {Mit
Qualitätsgewinn.}) (18. b4 Ned7 {Mit Qualitätsgewinn.}) (18. Nb3 Bd7 {Auch
hier hat Schwarz ausgezeichnete Möglichkeiten.}) 18... a5 19. Rb5 Qc7 20. Rc5 (
20. Bc5 Bd7 21. Bb6 Qd6 22. Bc5 Qb8 23. Rb6 Nc4 {Weiß verliert Material.})
20... Qd8 (20... Qb6 $10) 21. Be1 b6 22. Rc2 Ba6 {Mit vorzüglichem Spiel für
Schwarz.}) 16. Qb3 {75} Nc4 {62} 17. Rfd1 {71 /\ 18.Be1 und hiernach bricht
die dünne Zentralstruktur des Schwarzen zusammen.} Nxd2 {51} 18. Rxd2 {71} Ne4
{51} 19. Rdd1 {58} (19. Bxe4 dxe4 {Schwarz steht nicht schlechter. Die Dame
findet auf f6 einen sicheren und effektiven Platz.}) 19... Qf6 {46} 20. Bf3 {41
} Ng5 {39} 21. Nc3 {35 Auf Läuferzüge folgt Nh3.} (21. Qxd5 Rd8) 21... Nxf3+ {
DIAGRAMM 35} 22. Nxf3 $2 {35 Hiernach kann Schwarz sich halten.} (22. exf3 Be6
23. Qxb7 (23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rad8) 23... Rab8 24. Qc6 Rec8 25. Nxd5 (25.
Qa6 Rc4 (25... Rxb2 26. Nxd5) 26. Ncb5 Bc5 {Schwarz hat Gegenspiel.}) 25...
Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxb2 28. Rc8 {DIAGRAMM} Qe7 (28... Rd2 29. Qc5 Rxd4
(29... Qxd4 30. Rxf8+ Kh7 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxf7 Ra4 33. f4 $18) 30. Rxf8+ Kh7
31. Kg2 {Weiß hat ausgezeichnete Gewinnaussichten.}) 29. Kg2 {Schwarz schwebt
in höchster Gefahr.} Qxa3 (29... Qe1 30. Kh3) (29... g6 30. Nc6) 30. Rc7) 22...
Be6 {35} 23. Qxb7 {30} Rab8 {34} 24. Qxa7 {23} (24. Qc6 Rec8 25. Qa6 (25. Nxd5
Qxb2) 25... Rc4 {Schwarz kämpft erfolgreich um das Feld d4.} 26. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5)
24... Rxb2 {34} 25. Qe3 {20 /\ 26.Nd5} Rbb8 {26} 26. Qd3 {11} (26. a4 {Auch
hiermit erreicht Weiß nicht mehr als Remis.}) 26... Bxa3 {17} 27. Nxd5 {11}
Bxd5 {17} 28. Qxa3 {11} Ba8 $2 {17 Ein Gewinnversuch aufgrund des Standes im
Mannschaftswettkampf.} (28... Bxf3 $10) 29. Qd3 $2 (29. Nd4 {Weiß hat
Siegesaussichten.}) 29... Qe6 $2 {13} (29... Bxf3) 30. Nd4 {DIAGRAMM 6} Qh3 {11
} 31. f3 {6} Rbd8 {9} (31... Re5 32. e4 {/\ 32.Rc2}) 32. Rc2 {4} (32. e4 {
/\ 33.Qe3}) 32... Rd6 {6 Dies ist einigermaßen sinnlos, doch was soll Schwarz
tun?} 33. Rcd2 {4} Qd7 34. Qb5 {2} (34. e4 Bc6 35. Qc3 {/\ 36.Nf5}) (34. Qc3 {
/\ 35.Nf5} Qa7 35. Kf1 (35. Kg2 {Ungenau} Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxe2+ {
/\ 37... Bf3 =})) 34... Bc6 {DIAGRAMM 4} 35. Qf5 {(?) 2} (35. Qb4 {Hiernach
muß Schwarz weiterhin um das Remis kämpfen.}) 35... Qa7 {4 Aufgrund der
letzten Züge des Anziehenden, versucht Schwarz, weiterhin auf Gwinn zu spielen.
} (35... Rxd4 36. Qxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Rxd7 Rxe2 $10) 36. Qf4 {1 Hier
steht die Dame nicht besonders glücklich; wie der weitere Partieverlauf zeigt.
Es besteht aber keine ernsthafte Gefahr für Weiß.} (36. Qd3 Red8 {/\ 37... Ba4}
37. e3 Bxf3) (36. Kg2 Ba4 (36... Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxe2+ 38. Kh3 {Schwarz erreicht
nichts, da er selber auf matt steht.}) 37. Nb5 {DIAGRAMM} Bxd1 (37... Bxb5 38.
Qxb5 {Weiß hat keine Probleme.}) (37... Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Qa5 39. Rb2 g6 (39... Rb8
40. Nd6) 40. Qd5 Bxb5 $10 (40... Rb8 41. Nc3)) 38. Nxd6 (38. Rxd1 Rxe2+ 39. Kh3
Rxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Qa2+ $19) 38... Rxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Bxe2 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qc2+ $18) (
36. Kf1 Ba4 (36... Bd7 37. Qd3 {Weiß wird sich mit e2-e3 daerhaft
konsolidieren können.}) 37. Nb5 Bxd1 (37... Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Qa5 39. Nd6 Qxd2 40.
Qxf7+ Kh8 41. Nxe8 {Diese Zugfolge bringt Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten.}) (37...
Bxb5 38. Qxb5 {Mit angenehmer Gefahrlosigkeit für Weiß.}) 38. Nxd6 Bxe2+ 39.
Kg2 (39. Rxe2 Qa1+ 40. Kf2 Qd4+ 41. Ke1 {Auch hier ist kein Gewinn für Schwarz
zu sehen.}) 39... Re6 (39... Re3 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qc2+) 40. Ne4 g6 41. Qf4 {
DIAGRAMM Es ist keineswegs ausgemacht, daß Schwarz mit heiler Haut davonkommt.}
) 36... Rf6 {4} 37. Qg4 (37. Qh4 g5 38. Qh3 Ba4 39. Ra1 (39. Re1 Qa5 {Diese
Zugfolge kostet dem Weißen Material.}) (39. Rc1 Rd6 40. Rc4 Bb5 41. Rb4 Qc5 $19
) 39... Rd6 (39... Rxe2 40. Rxa4) 40. e3 (40. Qg4 Qc5 $19) 40... Qc5 (40...
Rxe3 41. Qc8+ {/\ 42.Qc4 Die ist für Schwarz auch nicht zuträglich.}) 41. Qf1
Qc3 42. Re2 {Weiß wehrt alle Gefahren ab.}) 37... Bd7 {3} 38. Qh5 {1} (38. Qh4
g5) 38... Ba4 {DIAGRAMM 3} 39. Ra1 {(?) 1} (39. Re1 {Plan: Stützung des
Springers mit e3.} g5 40. e3 Qa5 41. Rde2 {Schwarz kann den Druck nicht mehr
verstärken.}) (39. Rc1 {/\ 40.Qc5} g5 40. Kf2 {Diese Zugfolge dürfte auch
ausreichen.} Qe7 (40... Rd6 41. e3) 41. Rc3) 39... Rd6 {2} (39... Rxe2 40. Rxa4
) 40. Qg4 {1 Dieser Zug sollte zum Erreichen des Remis genügen.} (40. e3 Rxe3
41. Qg4 Qc5 (41... Re8 42. Kh1 {/\ 43.Nf5, 43.Nb5 Schwarz hat keine
Siegesaussichten mehr.}) 42. Qf4 {DIAGRAMM} (42. Kg2 Qc3 43. Raa2 g5 {/\ 44...
Bd7 -+}) 42... Re8 (42... Qc3 {Dies ist nicht das Beste.} 43. Qxd6 Qxa1+ (43...
Qxd2 44. Nf5 Re1+ 45. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qxf3 48. Ne7+ Kh7 49. Qd8
{Der Nachziehende hat keine bedeutenden Siegesaussichten.}) 44. Kg2 {Wenn Weiß
sich sorgfältig verteidigt, hat Schwarz keine Gewinnchancen mehr.}) 43. Rxa4 (
43. Kg2 g5) 43... g5 44. Rc2 Qxc2 45. Nxc2 gxf4 $19) 40... Qc5 {1 Andere Züge
versprechen nichts.} 41. Rxa4 $2 $19 {35} (41. Qf4 Rf6 (41... g5 42. Qxd6 Qxd6
43. Rxa4 {Schwarz kann nicht gewinnen.}) 42. Qg4 {DIAGRAMM Schwarz kann nicht
weiterkommen.} Rd6 (42... Qc3 43. Raa2) (42... h5 43. Qh4 Rd6 44. Kf1 (44. Qf4)
44... g5 45. Qxh5 Rxd4 46. Rxd4 Qxd4 47. Qxg5+) 43. Qf4 Rd5 44. Kg2 g5 45. Qf6
Rd6 46. Qxd6) (41. Kg2 Bd7 42. Qf4 (42. Qh4 g5 $19) 42... g5 43. Ra5 Qb6 $19) (
41. e3 Bd7 42. Qh4 g5 43. Qh5 Rxe3 44. Rad1 Ba4 $19) 41... Qc1+ {61} 42. Kg2 {
29} Qxd2 {61 DIAGRAMM} 43. Kh3 {(?) 25} (43. Qf4 Rxe2+ (43... Qxf4 44. gxf4 {
Dies Endspiel dürfte für den Nachziehenden bei bester Verteidigung von Weiß
nicht zu gewinnen sein.}) (43... Rxd4 44. Rxd4 (44. Qxd4 Rxe2+ 45. Kh3 Rxh2+
46. Kg4 Qg5#) 44... Rxe2+ 45. Kh3 Rxh2+ 46. Kg4 h5+ 47. Kf5 (47. Kg5 Qa5+ 48.
Qf5 Qc7 {/\ 49... Qg3, 49... f6 -+}) 47... Qc2+ 48. Qe4 (48. Re4 Qc8+ 49. Ke5 (
49. Kg5 Qd8+ $19) 49... Qc5#) 48... Qc8+ 49. Kf4 h4 {DIAGRAMM Weiß wird auf
die Dauer seinen König nicht ausreichend schützen können. Schwarz hat aber
noch beachtliche Mühe.}) 44. Nxe2 Qxe2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kg4 Rg6+ 47. Kh4 Qg2
48. h3 (48. g4 Rxg4+ 49. Qxg4 (49. fxg4 g5+) 49... Qxh2+ 50. Qh3 g5+ 51. Kg4
f5+ $19) 48... Rg5 {DIAGRAMM  /\ 49... Rh5 50.Kh5 Qh3 51.Qh4 Qf5 -+} (48...
Rxg3 49. Ra8+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ Rg6 51. Rc8 {Weiß spielt f4, beläßt die Dame auf f5
und den Turm auf der achten Reihe, in dem Fall ist nicht zu sehen, wie Schwarz
dem König des Anziehenden beikommen kann.} (51. f4 Qxa8) 51... Qg3+ 52. Kh5
Qg5+ 53. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 54. Kh4 Kg6 55. f4 Rg1 56. Rc5 {Dies Turmendspiel ist
Remis.}) 49. Ra8+ (49. g4 Rb5 {/\ 50... g5 -+}) 49... Kh7 50. Qe4+ g6 {/\ 52...
Qf2 -+}) 43... Qd1 {57} 44. Nf5 {22} (44. Rc4 Qf1+ 45. Kh4 Qg2 46. Qh3 (46. h3
Rg6 47. Qf4 Rxg3 48. Qxg3 g5+ 49. Kg4 h5+ $19) 46... g5+ 47. Kg4 Rxd4+ 48. Rxd4
f5+ $19) 44... Rg6 {55} 45. Qf4 {18} Rxe2 {50} 46. g4 {14} Qf1+ 47. Kh4 Qf2+
48. Qg3 Qxh2+ 49. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 50. Kg3 Re2 51. Ra7 Rf6 52. Ne7+ Kf8 53. Nd5 Rd6
54. Nc3 Re7 55. Ra8+ Re8 56. Ra7 Rd3 0-1

[Event "ESP-ch"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4140]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7.
O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 $5 (
13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. e4 d4 15. e5 dxc3 16. exf6 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxf6 18. bxc3 Rfd8
19. Rac1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. c4 Bd4 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Nc6
25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Kxe3 e5 28. Ke4 Ke6 $11 {San Segundo,P-Illescas,
M Villarrobledo 1998}) 13... Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. e4 d4 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 16. e5
{[%cal Gg2a8]} dxc3 17. exf6 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxf6 19. bxc3 {[%csl Gf4,Gg2]} Rfd8
(19... Rad8 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Be4 Kf7 22. Kg2 Rd7 23. h4 Rc8 24. Bf3 Nd8 25. c4
b6 {Christiansen,L-Piket,J/Cannes 1992}) 20. Re1 $1 $146 (20. Be3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 $11 {Hecht,H-Marian,R/BL8384 1984}) 20... g5 $1 (20... Kf7 21. Re4 $14 {
[%csl Ga4,Gc4,Ge4][%cal Ye4a4]}) 21. Be3 (21. Bc7 Rd7 22. Rxe6 Kf7 23. Rxc6 (
23. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rc8) 23... bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc7 25. Bxa8 Rxc3 $132) (
21. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 (21... gxf4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 $132)) (21. Rxe6 $6 Kf7 22. Rxf6+
Kxf6 23. Be3 Rd6 $15) 21... Rd7 (21... Rac8 $5) 22. Bc5 $1 Kf7 23. Re4 $1 {<->4
} Ne5 $2 (23... Rc8 24. Bf3 b6 25. Be3 Ne5 $1 26. Bh5+ Kg7 $11 27. Bd4 $140
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Bxd4) 24. Bd4 Nc6 (24... Nd3 25. Rb1 $14 Rad8 $140
$2 26. Bf1 Bxd4 27. cxd4 $18) 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Bf3 Nd8 $2 (26... Rd6 27. Bh5+
Kg7 $14) 27. Bh5+ Kg7 (27... Ke7 28. c4 b6 29. Bg4 $16) 28. c4 b6 29. Kg2 (29.
c5 $6 Rdc7) 29... Rd6 (29... Rdc7 $142 30. Be2 {/\Rd1}) 30. c5 $1 $16 bxc5 $138
(30... Rdc6 31. cxb6 $1 (31. Ra4 a5 32. Rd1 bxc5 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rxa5 c4 35.
Raa7 c3 $132 36. Bf3 Rc4 37. Be2 Rb4) 31... Rxc1 32. Bxc1 axb6 (32... Rxc1 33.
bxa7 Rc8 34. Ra4 $18) 33. Be3 $16 Ra8 $2 34. a4) 31. Ra4 $1 (31. Rxc5 $143 Rxc5
32. Bxc5 Rd5 $14) 31... a5 (31... Rd7 $143 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Nc6 34. Be8
$18) 32. Bf3 (32. Rxa5 $143 c4 33. Ra7+ Kg8 34. Bg6 c3) 32... Rd7 (32... c4 33.
Raxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Nf7 35. Rc7 $16) 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Bxc5 Bc3 35. Rc4 $1 Bd2
36. Bd4+ Kf7 (36... Kg6 $142 $16) 37. Bh5+ Ke7 (37... Kf8 38. Bf6 $16) 38. Bg7
Nf7 39. Rc8 $138 (39. Rc8 Nd6 (39... Be1 40. Rf8 Nd6 41. Bxh6 $18) 40. Rh8 Nf5
41. Be5 $16) 1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.04.02"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ivkov/Keres"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 (9. Bg5 $142 {Ivkov=:I}) 9... Bxc5 10. Bg5 $2 {I} (10. Na4 {I} Bb6
{Keres=:K}) 10... d4 $1 {I} 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qd2 Bg4
$1 {I} (14... Bf5 15. Qg5 {I/K} (15. b4)) ({Pertinent:} 14... Bf5 15. Qg5 f6
16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Qf4 g5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. h4 h6 20. b4 Rad8 21. hxg5 hxg5 22.
Nxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kh7 24. Rc5 Bg6 25. Be4 Rd6 26. Qh4+ Kg7 27. Bxg6 Rxg6 28.
Rh5 Qd8 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. Rh7+ Kg8 32. Rh8+ {1/2-1/2 (32) Uhlmann,
W-Ghitescu,T Sinaia 1964}) 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Ng5 $5 {P e4-c5 I/K} Rad8 $146 {I}
(16... h6 17. Ne4 Rad8 (17... Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Nc5 Rd6 {Keres}) 18. Nc5
Bc8 19. Rc4 Rfe8 20. Rfc1 Be6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. R1c2 Rxe2 24.
Qxe2 d3 25. Qe4 dxc2 26. Rxc2 Qa6 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd2 29. Rb4 a5 30. Rb8+
Kh7 31. a4 g5 32. h3 h5 33. Ra8 Rd5 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Kf3 g4+ 36. hxg4 hxg4+ 37.
Kxg4 Rd4+ 38. f4 Rxa4 39. Ra6 Rb4 40. Rxc6+ f6 41. Rc2 a4 42. Kh4 Kh6 43. Rd2
Kg6 {1/2-1/2 (43) Ivkov,B-Minev,N Leipzig 1960}) 17. Qf4 (17. Ne4 d3 {I} (17...
Rfe8)) (17. Qd3 g6 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Qd2 {I} Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne5 {K}) 17... Bh5 18.
Qh4 (18. Nxh7 Kxh7 (18... Rfe8) 19. Qh4 g6 20. g4 Kg7 21. gxh5 Rh8 {K}) 18...
Bg6 19. Be4 Ne5 $1 $15 {I/K} (19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. Qh4 {K}) (19... h6 20.
Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ne6 d3 $1 22. Nxf8 Nd4 $1 23. Ne6 $1 g5 24. Qe4 {K}) 20. Nxh7 $6
{I} (20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. Qf4 Rfe8 22. Nf3 {K}) 20... Rfe8 (20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 {K
}) 21. Ng5 (21. Bxg6 Qxg6 22. Ng5 d3 $1) 21... d3 $1 {K} (21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4
Ng6 23. Qf5 Qf6 {K}) 22. exd3 f5 (22... Nxd3 {I/K}) 23. Bg2 (23. Bh1 {I}) 23...
Rd4 24. Qh3 Nxd3 25. Nf3 $5 {I ? K} (25. Rc4 Nxf2 {I/K}) (25. Rc2 $1 Ne1 (25...
f4 26. Rc8) 26. Rc1 Rd2 27. Bd5+ $1 {K}) 25... Nxc1 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxc1 Re2
28. Rf1 (28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Rc7+ Ke6 {K}) 28... Rxb2 29. Bf3 Rxa2 (29... b5 30.
Bh5 $1 {I}) 30. Bxb7 a5 31. Qg2 $17 {I} Bf7 32. Qf3 g6 $6 {I} 33. h4 Ra1 (33...
Qe5 $142 {P a~/=a1 I}) 34. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kg2 $2 Qe5 36. Bc6 a4 $1 {I}
) 35... Qe5 (35... Qd4 36. h5 Qh8 (36... gxh5 37. Qxf5 a4 $1 {K}) 37. Kg2 {I})
(35... a4 {K}) 36. Bc6 Kg7 37. Qa3 f4 $2 {K} (37... Qe6 $142 {P a2 K}) 38. Qa4
fxg3+ (38... Qc5 39. Kg2 {I/K}) 39. fxg3 Qb2+ 40. Bg2 Qc3 (40... Qa2 41. Qd4+
Kg8 {K}) 41. Qb5 $1 {I adjourned} Qc7 (41... Qd2 {P 42... a2 K}) 42. h5 $1 {I/K
} (42. Qb2+ Kh7 (42... Kg8 43. Qd4) 43. Be4 Kg8 44. Qd4 {K}) 42... gxh5 43.
Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qh6+ Ke8 45. Bc6+ Ke7 46. Qg5+ Kd6 47. Bg2 $1 {I} Kd7 48. Qf6 $1 {
I Keres offered a draw.} (48. Bh3+ $2 Ke8 {I}) (48. Qb5+ $2 Ke7 49. Qg5+ Ke8
50. Qe3+ Qe7 51. Bc6+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 {I}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Kasparov-Beliavsky+4-1=4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1983.02.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Nxc6 (15. Qa4 $1) 15... bxc6 16. Bd4 $1 Bb4 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4
$6 (19. h3 $1) 19... Bb6 20. e3 Qe6 $1 21. Qb2 (21. Na4 $143 Ne4 $1 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Nxb6 Rcd8 $44) 21... Bxd4 22. Rxd4 (22. exd4 $143 Bh3
$132) 22... c5 $1 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne2 Rec8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Nf4 Qc8 27. h3
Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc2 29. Qb3 Bf5 30. Kg1 $1 Rc1+ 31. Rd1 Be4 (31... Be4 32. Nxd5
Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Nxd5 35. Qxd5 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Kasparov-Beliavsky+4-1=4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1983.02.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5 15.
Rd2 $6 (15. a4 {ist der Normalzug in dieser Stellung.}) 15... a4 16. Qd1 a3 17.
Qb1 Bf8 18. bxa3 Rxa3 19. Qb2 Qa8 $1 20. Nb3 $6 ({Beliavsky sollte sein Heil
lieber im Bauernopfer} 20. Ndb5 $5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Rxa2 22. Qb3 $11 {suchen,
wonach das Stellungsgleichgewicht erhalten bleiben dürfte.}) 20... Bc6 $1 21.
Bd4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Ra1 $2 (23. Nc5 $1 e3 (23... Nxa2 $5 24. Ra1 Qa5 25.
Nxe4 $1 (25. Rxa2 $2 Bxc5 $1 $19) 25... Bxe4 26. Rxa2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qd5+ 28.
Kg1 Rb3 $15) 24. Bxc6 exf2+ 25. Bxf2 Nxc6 $15) 23... Bd5 $1 24. Qb1 b6 $1 {
[%cal Ye4e3]} 25. e3 {[%csl Rd3]} Nd3 {[%csl Gd3]} 26. Rd1 (26. Nc1 Ne1) (26.
Bxb6 $2 Bb4 $1 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Yb4c3]} 27. Rc2 Bxb3 $19 {[%csl Ra1]}) 26... b5
27. Bf1 (27. Nc1 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 b4 $1 29. Rc2 Qa4 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ye8a8]})
27... b4 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Qxd3 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Qxa2 31. Nc5 Bf3 32. Ra1 Qd5 33.
Qb3 $1 Qh5 34. Nd3 Bd6 35. Ne1 Bb7 36. Rc1 Qf5 37. Rd1 Bf8 38. Qb1 {White lost
on time} (38. Qb1 Be4 39. Qb3 h5) 0-1

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 c4 (9... Ng4 10. Bf4 Be6) 10. Ne5 h6 $1 11. Qa4 (11. Qc2 Bd6 12. f4
Ne7 13. f5 Nc6 $1 14. Nxc6 bxc6) (11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. axb3 a5 $1 14.
Qc2 Ba6 15. Na4 Bb5) (11. h3 Be6 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bf6 $1)
11... a6 $1 $11 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 (13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qb7 Rb8 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16.
Qb7 Rb8) 13... Rb8 $1 14. bxc4 (14. Qxc6 Bd7 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16. Qb7 Rb8) 14...
Rb4 15. Qd1 (15. Qxc6 $4 Bb7 $19) 15... Rxc4 16. Na4 (16. Qd3 a5 $1 {[%cal
Yc8a6]} 17. Nd1 Qb6 $1 18. Rb1 Rb4) 16... Bf5 $1 (16... Qa5 17. Nb2 $1 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb4,Rc3][%cal Ye3d2]}) 17. Nb2 (17. Rc1 $143 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 (18. Bxc1
Qa5 19. Bd2 Qb5 20. Nc3 Qc4 $36) 18... Qa5 $1 $15) 17... Rc3 18. Rc1 $6 (18.
Bd2 $1 Rc2 (18... Ra3 $2 19. Na4 $1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Bc1 $16) 19. Nd3 Bxd3
(19... Rc4 20. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc4]}) 20. exd3 Rb2 21. Bc3 Rb5 (21... Rb7 22.
Qa4 $1 $14) 22. a4 Rb7 $11) (18. Nd3 $5 $11) 18... Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qa5 (19... Qb6
20. Qc3 Qb5 21. Nd3 Ne4 22. Qc2) 20. Qxc6 Qxa2 (20... Rc8 21. Qb7 Rc7 22. Qb8+
Rc8 23. Qb7 $11) 21. Nd3 Be4 $1 (21... Qxe2 $2 22. Nf4 Qc4 23. Nxd5 $1) (21...
Bxd3 22. exd3) 22. Bf3 a5 23. Nc5 Bxf3 24. exf3 Re8 25. Nd7 $6 Rd8 26. Nxf6+ (
26. Ne5 a4 27. Qb7 Re8 28. Rc1 a3 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Bf8 31. Qb7 Qc2 $1 32.
Qxf7+ Kh7 33. Qxf8 a2 34. Nf7 a1=Q+ 35. Kg2 Ng8 $19) 26... Bxf6 27. Qb6 $2 (27.
Rc1 a4 28. Rc5 a3 29. Ra5 $1 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Be7 $1 (30... a2 $2 31. Qa6 $1) 31.
Ra7) 27... a4 28. Bxh6 (28. Rc1 $142) 28... a3 29. Bc1 (29. Be3 Qb2 $1 30. Qxb2
axb2 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Kf1 Be7 33. Ke2 Ba3 34. Bd2 Rc8 35. Kd1 f5 $1 36. g4 g6)
29... Rc8 30. h4 (30. Qa5 Be7 $1 $19) 30... Rc3 31. Be3 (31. Bg5 Qb2) (31. Kg2
Qe2) 31... Qc2 $1 $19 32. Qa5 (32. Rc1 Qxc1+ $1 33. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kg2 a2)
32... a2 33. h5 Be7 34. Qa8+ Bf8 35. h6 Ra3 36. Qxd5 a1=Q 37. hxg7 Bxg7 38.
Qd8+ Bf8 39. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 40. Kg2 Qh7 41. Qg5+ Qg6 42. Qh4 Rd1 43. g4 f6 0-1

[Event "World-ch30-KK1 Karpov-Kasparov +5-3=40"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1984.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1984.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "48"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Rc8 15.
Bd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Rd3 a6 21. Rfd1
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qa5 Rc5 24. Qb6 Rd7 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rdxc7 27. h3 h5
28. a3 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bf3 b5 32. Kg2 R7c5 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rd4
Kf8 35. Be2 Rxd4 36. exd4 Ke7 37. Na2 Bc8 38. Nb4 Kd6 39. f3 Ng8 40. h4 Nh6 41.
Kf2 Nf5 42. Nc2 f6 (42... Bd7 $14 {Geller}) 43. Bd3 g5 44. Bxf5 Bxf5 45. Ne3
Bb1 46. b4 {A very similar ending has been reached to Saidy-Fischer. The
differences (apart from the reversal of colours): the defending side's
queenside pawns are fixed and therefore weaker; but the kingside pawns are
better placed to prevent White's king breaking through. They are somewhat as I
discussed in Saidy-Fischer with the exception that the h-pawn has advanced - a
slight drawback from Black's point of view.} gxh4 $2 {Kasparov must have
missed Karpov's reply.} ({But what happens if Black does not capture on h4?
Does White have significant winning chances? In Informator Geller gives simply
} 46... Bg6 $14 {. Let's continue a little further from that point. (This has
probably already been researched, but I don't have an analysis of the game to
hand. In a way that might be a good thing: I'm not clouded by anyone else's
thoughts, no matter how erudite!)} 47. Kg2 {Black can now choose to wait with 
(B1) 47...Ke6, or try to simplify the position with (B2) 47...gxh4.} ({First
let's look at the most direct method of play for White:} 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. f4
gxf4 (48... g4 49. f5 (49. Ng2 Ke6 {and White can't get through}) 49... Bh7 50.
Ng2 Bxf5 $2 (50... Ke7 $1 51. Nf4 Kf6 52. Nxh5+ (52. Nxd5+ Kxf5 53. Ke3 Kg5 54.
Nf4 (54. Nc7 h4 55. gxh4+ Kxh4 $11) 54... h4 55. gxh4+ Kxh4 56. d5 Kg5 57. d6
Bf5 (57... Kf6 58. d7 Ke7 59. Ne6 Kxd7 60. Nf8+ Kd6 61. Nxh7 Kd5 62. Nf6+ Kc4
63. Nd7 $18) 58. Nd3 Kf6 59. Nc5 Bc2 60. Kf4 Bd1 61. Nxa6 Ke6 62. Nc7+ Kxd6 63.
Nxb5+ Kc6 64. Nc3 Bf3 {Unless I'm very much mistaken, with only the knight to
aid the pawns, this must be a draw.}) 52... Kxf5 53. Ke3 Bg6 54. Nf4 Bf7 55.
Nd3 Be6 56. Nc5 Bc8 $11) 51. Nf4 Bh7 (51... Bd7 52. Nxh5 Ke6 53. Nf4+ Kd6 54.
Ke3 $18) 52. Ke3 {followed by Nh5 and Kf4 +-}) 49. gxf4 Ke6 50. Kg3 Bf7 51. Kh4
Kf6 52. f5 Be8 53. Nxd5+ Kxf5 54. Nc7 Bf7 55. Nxa6 Ke4 $11 {It appears that
Black has two satisfactory methods of defence to the immediate attempt at a
breakthrough, so let's now look at the more subtle...}) 47... gxh4 {Black is
not obliged to capture on h4, but White is going to play g4 anyway, followed,
if necessary by f4.} (47... Ke6 48. g4 gxh4 (48... hxg4 49. fxg4 {White moves
the king to g3, then plays the Nh3 (for instance) forcing Black to capture on
h4, so transposing to line 'B2'.}) (48... Kd6 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. f4 gxh4+ 51. Kxh4
hxg4 52. Kxg4 Be4 (52... Bf7 53. f5+ Ke7 54. Ng2 Be8 55. Nf4 Bc6 56. Ne6 Bb7 (
56... Bd7 57. Nc7) 57. Kh5 Bc8 58. Nf4 Bxf5 59. Nxd5+ Kd6 60. Nxf6 Ke6 61. Kg5
Bb1 62. d5+ Ke5 $11) 53. f5+ Kf7 (53... Kd6 54. Kh5 Ke7 55. Kg6 Bf3 56. Nf1 {
followed by Ng3-h5xf6 +-.}) 54. Nf1 Bc2 {I do not see how White gains access
to the square c5 with the knight. The bishop blocks it out with accurate play.}
) 49. Kh3 {transposes to the next variation 'B2'.}) {Although White no longer
has the reply Ng2, there is...} 48. g4 $1 hxg4 49. fxg4 Ke6 50. Kh3 Be4 51.
Kxh4 Bg6 52. Ng2 Be4 53. Nf4+ Kf7 54. g5 (54. Kh5 Bf3) 54... Bf3 $1 (54... Kg7
$2 55. Nh5+ Kg6 56. Nxf6 $18) (54... Ke7 $2 55. g6 $18) (54... f5 $2 $18) (
54... fxg5+ $2 55. Kxg5 Ke7 56. Ng6+ Ke6 (56... Bxg6 57. Kxg6 Ke6 58. Kg5) 57.
Ne5 {Followed by Nc6 and Nb8 xa6.}) 55. g6+ (55. Nd3 Kg6 56. gxf6 Kxf6 57. Kg3
Bd1 $2 (57... Be2 58. Nc5 Kf5 59. Kf2 (59. Nxa6 Ke4 $11) 59... Bh5 60. Ke3 Be8
61. Nxa6 Bd7 62. Nc5 (62. Nc7 Bc6 63. Kf3 Kg5) 62... Be8 {, and in spite of
the extra pawn, I don't see how White can win. Black's king cannot be forced
away from its strong position.}) 58. Kf4) (55. Nh5 fxg5+ 56. Kxg5 Bxh5 57. Kxh5
Kf6 58. Kg4 Kg6 $11) 55... Kg7 56. Kg3 Be4 57. Kg4 Bxg6 (57... Bh1 $2 58. Kf5
Be4+ 59. Ke6 Bf3 60. Nxd5 Bxd5+ 61. Kxd5 Kxg6 62. Ke6 f5 63. Ke5 Kg5 64. d5 $18
) 58. Nxd5 Be4 59. Nc7 Kf7 $1 (59... Bb7 60. d5 Kf7 61. d6 Bc8+ 62. Kf4 Bb7 63.
Kf5 Bc8+ 64. Ke4 Bb7+ 65. Kd4 Bc8 66. Kc5 f5 (66... Bd7 67. Nxa6 f5 68. Nb8 $18
) 67. Kc6 f4 68. d7 Bxd7+ 69. Kxd7 f3 70. Nd5 $18) 60. Nxa6 Bd3 61. Nc5 Bf1 {
and it seems to me that Black is able to draw this position.}) 47. Ng2 $1 {
Creating an entry point for White's king - as we have already seen, the key to
this ending.} hxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Ke6 49. Nf4+ Kf5 50. Nxh5 {Threatening Ng7-e8-c7,
therefore the king must retreat.} Ke6 51. Nf4+ Kd6 52. Kg4 Bc2 53. Kh5 Bd1 54.
Kg6 Ke7 55. Nxd5+ Ke6 (55... Kd6 {would have been better according to Geller
in Informator, but obviously by this stage Black is on the edge.}) 56. Nc7+ Kd7
57. Nxa6 Bxf3 58. Kxf6 Kd6 59. Kf5 Kd5 60. Kf4 Bh1 61. Ke3 Kc4 62. Nc5 Bc6 63.
Nd3 Bg2 64. Ne5+ Kc3 65. Ng6 Kc4 66. Ne7 Bb7 67. Nf5 Bg2 68. Nd6+ Kb3 69. Nxb5
Ka4 70. Nd6 {CONCLUSION  I went a bit over the top with the analysis of this
ending; hope you didn't find it too boring. I will probably discover that this
has all been investigated before and with greater accuracy, but anyway, these
are my findings:-   Black ought to be able to draw with 46...Bg6, either by
sitting tight with 47...Ke6 or simplifying with 47...gxh4. However, in both
cases, great accuracy is required, and in a practical game I would say that
the odds of White winning are greater than that of Black drawing. If a 
(youthful) 'Kasparov' can blunder, then so can anyone. One thing is clear,
having the pawn on h5 makes life more difficult for Black than if it were on
its starting square.} 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Plauen"]
[Date "1980.02.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1980.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be6 {Ich hatte auf} (10... d4 {gehofft und wollte die
Timman-Idee} 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 {versuchen.}) 11. Bxf6 {Die nun folgende
Abwicklung ist mehr oder weniger erzwungen.} Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8
14. Qc1 Qxc1 15. Raxc1 b6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e3 {Hier hört die Theorie auf. Ich
hatte diese Stellung vor der Partie ein wenig analysiert. Weiß hat einen
Mini-Vorteil.} h6 18. Rc4 Rf6 19. Re4 a5 {Schwarz spielt hier und im folgenden
nicht ganz genau. Aber es ist fraglich, ob er die Zeit für etwas Nützliches
gebrauchen kann.} 20. h4 Rd6 21. a4 Rd3 22. h5 Rd6 {Ein schwarzes Spiel am
Damenflügel ist gefährlich. Wenn der weiße Rf1 die d-Linie besetzt, erhält man
gefährlichen Angriff. Bis hierher hatte ich 21 Minuten verbraucht, mein Gegner
79.} 23. Nh2 $6 (23. Nh4 {Richtig und logisch.} Ne7 {Ich sah jedoch nun keinen
vernünftigen Plan. Dieser besteht aber in} 24. Bh3 {/\ Kg2, Lg4, Lf3, g4 und
der Rf1 kann mitspielen. Schwarz kann eigentlich nur stillhalten.}) 23... Rf5
24. g4 Rf8 25. f4 $4 {Bei meinem langen Nachdenken über 23.Sh2 hatte ich
eigentlich nur mit 24...Tf6 gerechnet, wonach 25.f4 möglich gewesen wäre, und
nun änderte ich meinen Plan nicht. Dabei war 25.Lf3 nebst Le2,Lc4,Kg2,Sf3, Sh4
immer noch gut.} Nb4 $1 26. g5 $2 {Trotz halbstündigen Nachdenkens dieses
Festhalten am alten Plan. Erforderlich war 26.Tf3:} (26. Rf3 {Die Frage ist
dann ob 26...b5 für Schwarz etwas bringt, z.B.:} b5 27. axb5 a4 28. Bf1 Rd1 29.
Kg2 a3 30. Bc4 a2 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Bxa2 $10) 26... Nc2 27. Ng4 hxg5 28. fxg5
Rf5 $1 29. g6 $6 {Chancen bot noch 29.Tf2:} (29. Rf2 Ne1 (29... Rd1+ 30. Bf1
Ne1 31. Rxf5 exf5 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. h6 $13) 30. Rxe6 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Nd3+ 32. Ke2
Nc1+ 33. Kf1 Rxe6 34. Bd5 Kf7 35. h6 gxh6 36. gxh6 Bf8 37. Ne5+ Ke7 38. Bxe6
Kxe6 39. h7 Bg7 40. Nc4 $17) 29... Rxh5 30. Rc1 {Es lassen sich keine
Drohungen gegen die 8. Reihe schaffen.} Nb4 31. Ne5 $6 {Noch ein primitives
Übersehen.} Rxe5 $1 32. Rxe5 Nd3 33. Rexc5 Nxc5 34. Rc4 e5 35. Rg4 Kf8 36. Bf1
Ke7 37. Bb5 Kf6 38. Rg3 Ne4 39. Rg2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qd2 {A rare
continuation compared to} (13. Na4 {and}) (13. Qc2) 13... Bb4 {Obvious but
premature.} (13... Rad8 $142 $1 14. Rfd1 (14. Na4 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 cxb3 16. axb3
Ne4 17. Ba5 Rb8 18. Rfb1 Bf5 19. f3 Ng5 20. Rb2 Ne6 $11 {1/2 Brodsky,M (2597)
-Ikonnikov,V (2555)/Le Touquet 2007/EXT 2008 (35)}) (14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Bxc6 Bb4
$1 16. Bxf6 (16. Rac1 Qb6 17. d5 Rxd5 $1 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Bd4 Nxc3
21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Bh3 23. f3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Qc7 $11 {D.Yevseev}) 16... gxf6
17. Rfc1 Qb6 18. Be4 Qxd4 $15 {1/2 Heuer,T (2260)-Bach,M (2320)/Germany 1998/
EXT 1999 (54)}) 14... Bb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rdc1 $1 (16. Rac1 c5 $1 17. Qc2 (
17. bxc4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 dxc4 $15 {D.Yevseev}) 17...
cxb3 18. axb3 cxd4 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Bc3 21. Rc2 Qb4 22. Rdc1 Qxb3 23. Nxc3
Rxc3 24. Rxc3 dxc3 25. Rxc3 Qb4 $15 {1/2 Golod,V (2578)-Kristensen,K (2259)/
Bornholm 2008/CBM 125 Extra (83)}) 16... Ba3 $142 (16... c5 17. bxc4 dxc4 (
17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 dxc4 20. Qxf6) 18. d5 $1 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxc3 {
1/2 Zhu Chen (2490)-Kovalevskaya,E (2421)/Nalchik 2011/CBM 145 (44)} 20. Qxc3
$1 Qxc3 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxc3 $16 {D.Yevseev}) 17. Rc2 Bf5 18. e4 Bg6 19.
bxc4 dxc4 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. h4 f5 22. Nb1 Bf8 23. Nd2 fxe4 24. Rxc4 Qd5 25. Rac1
c5 $13 {1/2 Loginov,V (2532)-Yevseev,D (2553)/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (48)}
) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rfc1 Rad8 $6 {This move leads to the above variation with
a loss of a tempo for Black. Not surprisingly, he gets a poor position.} (15...
Ba3 16. Rc2 Bf5 17. e4 dxe4 {0-1 Anic,D (2499)-Pecot,L (2229)/France 2000/EXT
2001 (39)} 18. Bxe4 $16) (15... Rac8 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. a3 (17. e4 $143 Rfd8 18.
Qe3 Rc7 19. e5 Be7 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. Ne2 fxe5 22. dxe5 Rcd7 {1/2 Lugovoi,A (2563)
-Bluvshtein,M (2451)/Gausdal 2003/CBM 093 ext}) 17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 (18. Qxc3
Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Rfd8 20. e3 c5 21. d5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxc4 Rb8 24. Ra2 Rb3
25. Kg2 $14 {_|_1/2 Zhou Jianchao (2612)-Akobian,V (2606)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126
Extra (66)}) 18... Rfd8 19. e3 (19. Rac1 Rd6 20. Qf4 Rcd8 21. e3 Kg7 22. h4 c5
23. d5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxc4 $14 {1-0 Loginov,V (2540)-Monin,N (2390)/
Budapest 1994/EXT 1997 (42)}) 19... c5 20. d5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc2 $14 {
1-0 Kotsur,P (2568)-Namir,M (2202)/Ha Long City 2009/CBM 133 Extra (31)}) 16.
bxc4 (16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 c5 $1) 16... dxc4 17. e3 c5 {
Otherwise Black has a ruined pawn structure "for nothing".} 18. d5 $1 {A
typical reply, which you have already seen in the games quoted above.} Bxc3 19.
Rxc3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 {Compared to Kotsur-Namir, White has
practically an extra tempo.} Rb8 22. Rxc4 Rb4 23. Rb1 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Qb6 25.
Qc2 f5 26. Rf4 Qc6 27. h3 (27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5 c4 {gives Black counterplay
due to his passed pawn. Therefore White continues manoeuvring, and it is very
difficult for Black to hold his numerous weaknesses.}) 27... h6 28. Kh2 a6 29.
a4 Kg7 30. a5 Qe6 31. Qc3+ Qe5 32. Qc4 Qe6 33. h4 Kg8 34. Qc2 Kg7 35. e4 fxe4
36. Rxe4 Qf5 (36... Qd6 $142) 37. Qb2+ Rd4 {Black decides to give up a pawn.} (
37... Kh7 38. Rf4 Qd7 39. Qf6 $18 {[%cal Rf6f7,Rf6a6]}) (37... Kg6 38. Rf4 Qe6
39. Qh8 $16) (37... f6 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Qe2 $16) 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Qxd4+ {
[%mdl 4096] Such queen endgames, with an extra pawn on the kingside, where it
is very difficult to create a passed pawn, are not easy to win. Therefore it
is interesting to see GM Sh.Mamedyarov's technique.} f6 {Perhaps it was better
to keep pawns on f7 and h6:} (39... Kh7) 40. Qb6 h5 41. Kg1 Qd3 42. Qb7+ Kg6
43. Kg2 Qc4 44. Qb1+ Kg7 45. Qf5 Qc6+ 46. Kh2 Kh6 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qc6+ 49.
Qf3 Qd6 50. Kf1 Kg6 51. Qe4+ Kg7 52. Qf5 Qc6 53. Kg1 Kh6 54. Kh2 Qd6 55. Kh3
Qc6 56. f3 Qc3 57. g4 {Finally creating a passed pawn, thanks to the fact that
Black has played ...h6-h5.} hxg4+ 58. Kxg4 Qb2 59. Qf4+ Kg7 60. Qc7+ Kg6 (60...
Kh6 61. Kf5 Qg2 62. f4 Qg6+ 63. Ke6 f5+ 64. Kd7) 61. h5+ $1 Kh6 62. Kf5 Qb5+
63. Kxf6 Qg5+ 64. Ke6 Qe3+ 65. Kd7 (65. Qe5 $142 $1 Qxf3 66. Kd7) 65... Kxh5
66. f4 Kg4 67. Kc8 Qb3 68. Qe5 Qb4 69. Kc7 Qb3 70. Kc6 Qb4 71. Qg5+ Kf3 72.
Qh5+ Kg3 73. Qg5+ Kf3 74. Kc7 {White doesn't hurry.} Qb3 75. Qf6 Qb4 76. Qe5
Kg4 77. f5 Kg5 78. Kc6 Qb3 79. Qc5 $2 {This decentralisation is wrong.} (79.
f6+ $1 Kg6 80. Kc7 Qb4 81. Kc8 Qb3 82. Qe7 $18 {Black must give up his a6 pawn,
and White gradually wins.}) 79... Qb8 $1 80. Kd7 Qb7+ 81. Ke6 Qb3+ 82. Kd7 Qb7+
83. Kd6 Qb3 $2 {Black could have hold his ground by means of} (83... Kf6 84.
Qe5+ Kg5 {or}) (83... Qb8+ 84. Kc6 Kf6) 84. Kc7 $1 {The key square for White's
king!} Qf7+ (84... Qb2 85. f6+ $1 Kg6 86. Qe7 $18) 85. Kb6 Qe8 86. Kxa6 {
White has won a second pawn but he still has a long way to go.} Qa8+ 87. Kb6
Qb8+ 88. Kc6 Qc8+ 89. Kd5 (89. Kd6 $142 $1 Qf8+ (89... Qd8+ 90. Ke6) 90. Kd5 {
not allowing Black to give checks from the rear.}) 89... Qd7+ 90. Kc4 Qa4+ 91.
Kc3 Qa1+ 92. Kb4 Qb2+ (92... Qb1+ $1 {, and the best way for White is to go
back to d6:} 93. Kc3 (93. Ka4 Qe4+ 94. Kb5 Qb7+) 93... Qa1+ 94. Kc4 Qa4+ 95.
Kd3 Qd1+ 96. Ke4 Qa4+ 97. Ke5 Qe8+ 98. Kd6 $1 Qf8+ 99. Kd5 $1 Qg8+ 100. Kd4
Qd8+ 101. Kc3 {etc.}) 93. Ka4 (93. Kc4 $142 $1 {aiming both at b5 and d5.})
93... Qa2+ (93... Qe2 $1 {, and White must "take his moves back":} 94. Kb4 Qe4+
95. Kc3 Qe1+ 96. Kd4 {etc.}) 94. Kb5 {White's king now hides in front of his
pawns.} Qb3+ 95. Kc6 Qa4+ 96. Kc7 {It is better to move towards Black's king:}
(96. Kd6 Qf4+ 97. Ke7) 96... Qf4+ 97. Kb7 (97. Kd7 $1) 97... Qe4+ 98. Ka7 Qe8
99. Qd5 Qe7+ 100. Kb8 Qe8+ 101. Kc7 Qe7+ 102. Kc8 Qa7 103. f6+ Kxf6 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (103... Kg6 104. f7 Qf2 $1 {enabled Black to continue his
resistance. After the text move White simply exchanges the queens.}) 104. Qd8+
$1 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. e3 $5 {A recently popular move. Its idea is to get the
e2-square for the knight in some variations. b2-b3 remains White's main plan
but he wants to play it in a more comfortable situation than in the main line}
(10. b3 Qa5 {etc.}) 10... Be6 (10... Qa5 $6 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Bf5
$2 14. g4 Bh7 15. g5 Ne4 16. g6 Bxg6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe7 $18 {1-0 (31)
Zueger,B (2445)-Flueckiger,C (2318) Switzerland 2006}) (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. b3 $14) 11. b3 {[%mdl 4] The most logical continuation but a lot of
alternatives have been seen in practice:} (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Ne2 {
1-0 (60) Kozul,Z (2588)-Zelcic,R (2540) Porec 2014} b5 $13) (11. Ne1 Ne8 $6 (
11... Qd7 $5) 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. b3 Rc8 14. bxc4 Rxc4 15. Ne2 f6 16. Nf4 $14 {
1-0 (53) Salgado Lopez,I (2607)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2513) Vecindario 2010}
) (11. Nd2 Qa5 (11... Nd7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qc2 b5 15. e4 Nc6 16.
exd5 Nxd4 17. Qd1 Bg4 18. Qxg4 Qxc3 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nxc3 fxg4 21. Rfd1 $16 {
1-0 (33) Graf,A (2643)-Meinhardt,M (2372) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2009}) (
11... Rc8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. bxc4 Qxc3 15. cxd5 $16 {1-0 (37)
Ruperez,M (2229)-Barrionuevo,P (2312) Villa Martelli 2014}) (11... h6 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. b3 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Rc8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 g5 18. Rc1 Qd7
19. Qd3 $14 {1-0 (34) Zoler,D (2484)-Rostgaard,T (2287) Helsingor 2016}) 12. a3
h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qh5 Rad8 15. Rfc1 {1-0 (38) Graf,A (2604)-Meins,G (2446)
Osterburg 2006 CBM 112 [Ftacnik,L]} Rd7 16. b3 Rfd8 $13) (11. Ne5 Nd7 $5 (11...
Qa5 12. f4 Rad8 {1-0 (33) Cserey,G (2350)-Bene,K (2265) Hungary 1995} 13. f5
Bc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng4 $16) (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. b3
cxb3 15. Qxb3 Rb8 16. Qc2 $14) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. b4
b5 16. a4 a5 17. Qb1 Nc6 18. axb5 Nxb4 $13 {1-0 (34) Enders,P (2495)
-Michaelsen,N (2435) Germany 1996}) 11... cxb3 (11... Qa5 12. Qc2 (12. Ne2 $5)
12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Rab1 $14 Bf5 $6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rxb7
$16 {1-0 (40) Relange,E (2478)-Pecot,L (2225) France 1999}) 12. Qxb3 $14 {
White's small advantage consists of his superior pawn structure (2 islands vs
3, with Black's d5-pawn being a serious weakness).} Na5 (12... Ne4 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Rfc1 $14) 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 {White helps Black to repair his pawn
structure but obtains a potentially strong protected passed pawn.} (14. Bxe7 $5
Qxe7 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nd3 {was a more complicated alternative.}) 14... dxe4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Nc4 ({Also after} 16... f5 17. Rfc1 {[%cal Yg2f1] White
keeps initiative.}) 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. a4 g6 20. a5 Rc6 $6 {
Underestimating White's reply.} (20... Bd5 $5 21. Bh3 Rc7) 21. Bf1 $1 {[%mdl
32] White exchanges Black's important bishop, a defender of his position.} b5
$6 (21... Bd5 22. Rxc6 Bxc6 23. Rc1 {[%cal Yc1c5] is now clearly favourable
for White.}) (21... Rfc8 $142 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rb1 Rc7 $14) 22.
axb6 Rxb6 23. Qa3 Qxa3 24. Rxa3 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] This rook
endgame is much better for White: Black's a-pawn is weak, and White's d-pawn
is strong; besides, Black's kingside pawn structute is quite vulnerable: his
e4-pawn can only be relatively safely protected by ...f7-f5, which, however,
enables the g3-g4 undermining. g3-g4 is possible before ...f7-f5, too.} a6 26.
Rc5 $6 (26. Rca1 $142 $1 Ra8 27. g4 {(Chesspro.ru)} f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Ra5
$16) 26... f5 27. h3 Rff6 28. Kg2 h5 29. Raa5 {It turns out that it is not
easy for White to push g3-g4 now:} (29. g4 $6 fxg4 30. hxg4 Rb2) (29. Ra2 {
[%cal Yg3g4]} Rfc6 $1) 29... Kg7 (29... Rfc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. g4 $1) 30. Rc7+
Rf7 31. Rc8 h4 $1 32. Re8 hxg3 33. Kxg3 Rb3 34. Kg2 Rb2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black
finally gives up his a6-pawn to activate his rooks and create counterplay.} 35.
Rxa6 f4 36. exf4 Rxf4 37. Ra7+ Kh6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] But this is a bad blunder.}
(37... Kf6 {was correct. If} 38. Kg3 {then} Rf3+ 39. Kg4 Rbxf2 40. Rxe4 {
(there is nothing better as White can't mate Black's king)} Rd3 {, and Black
should not lose.}) 38. Kg3 $1 {It turns out that the position of Black's king
on h6 is fatal.} Rf6 (38... Rf3+ 39. Kg4 {[%cal Re8h8]}) (38... Rbxf2 39. Rh8+
Kg5 40. h4+ Kf5 (40... Rxh4 41. Ra5+ $1) 41. Rf8+ $18) 39. h4 g5 40. Rh8+ Kg6
41. Rg8+ Kf5 42. Rxg5+ (42. Rxg5+ Ke6 43. Re5+ Kd6 44. Ra6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 $1 Na5 (13... Nb4
14. Qb3 a5 15. a4 $14 (15. Nxd5 $5)) 14. Qc2 Nc4 (14... Rc8 15. Nf5 $14) 15.
Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bf6 $6 (17... Qb6 18. Qb3 $14) (17... Bg5
18. e4 Qb6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 $14) 18. Qb3 $6 (18. Bxb7 $1 {(Grischuk)} Rxe3
(18... Rb8 $2 19. Nc6 $18) (18... Qe7 19. Bxa8 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Rxa8 21. Qd3 Qe7
22. Rac1 Bg4 $16) 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Rac1 (20. Nf3 Bh3 21. Rac1 (21. Rd6 Bd8 22.
Kf2 Re7 $132) 21... Re8 {->> 20.Rac1}) 20... Re8 (20... Bh3 21. Qc6) 21. Nf3
Bh3 22. Rd6 $16) 18... Qe7 19. e4 Bg4 20. Rac1 Red8 (20... Rad8 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. exf5 Bg5 (22... Qxe2 $2 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxe8 $18) (22... Rd7 $2 23. Bxf7+
$18) 23. Rc2 Be3+ 24. Kg2 Kh8 25. Rd3 $14) (20... Rac8 $1 21. Nf3 (21. Nf5 $6
Bxf5 22. exf5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxe2 24. Qxb7 (24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. Bxe8 $4 Bd4+ $19)
24... Re7 $40) (21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxb7 Rc4 $11) 21... b6 22. Kg2
(22. e5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxf3 24. exf3 (24. exf6 Bxd5 25. fxe7 Bxb3 26. axb3 Rxe7
$11) 24... Bxe5 $11) (22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. e5 Bxf3 24. exf6 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Bxd5 26.
Qxd5 (26. Rxd5 Qc1+ 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. exf3 gxf6 $11) 26... Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 gxf6 28. Rd7 Rc2 $11) 22... Bh5 $132) 21. Nf3 $1 {/\ e5} (21. Nf5 Bxf5 22.
exf5 Qxe2 23. Qxb7 (23. Bxf7+ Kh8 $132) 23... Rab8 (23... Bg5 24. Re1 $16) 24.
Qxf7+ Kh8 25. b3 Qxa2 $14) 21... Bh5 $6 (21... Be6 22. Bxe6 (22. e5 Bxd5 23.
Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qc5 b6 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27. Rc7 Bc5+ 28. Kg2 a5 $132 {
/\ Rd1}) 22... Qxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. e5 Be7 25. Kf1 $14 (25. Nd4 Rd5 26. Nxe6
Rxe5 27. Nf4 g5 28. Nd5 Rxe2 29. Rc7 Re8 30. Rxb7 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Rf2 $44) (25.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 $14)) (21... Rd7 22. e5 Bg5 (22... Bxe5 23. Bxf7+ $16) 23. Rc4 (23.
Nxg5 hxg5 24. e6 fxe6 (24... Bxe6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rd1 Qe7 28.
Qe3 $14) 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. exf3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc8 $11) 23... Be6 (23... Bxf3
24. exf3 Rad8 (24... Qxe5 $2 25. f4) 25. Bxf7+ $16 Qxf7 $2 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
Rc8+ Kh7 28. e6 $18) 24. Rcd4 (24. e4 $14) 24... Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5
Rc8 27. Kg2 $14) 22. e5 $1 Bxe5 (22... Bg5 23. Rc3 $1 {/\ h4} (23. Nxg5 $6 Qxg5
(23... hxg5 $6 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. g4 Re8 28. Bf5 $16)
24. Rf1 (24. e6 Bxe2 25. exf7+ Kh8 $132) 24... Rd7 $132) 23... Bxf3 (23... Qe8
24. Rc7 $16) 24. Rxf3 Qxe5 25. e4 $16) 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Rb8 26. Nxe5 Rxb7 27. Rd2 $16 (27. g4 Rb5 (27... Re7 $4 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Nd7
$18) (27... f6 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. gxh5 fxe5 30. b3 Rb5 31. Re8 $16) 28. Rd8+ Kh7
29. Re8 Bg6 (29... Bxg4 $6 30. Nxg4 Rg5 31. h3 h5 (31... f5 32. Re5 Kg6 33. Kf2
fxg4 34. Rxg5+ Kxg5 35. hxg4 Kxg4 36. b4 Kf5 37. a4 Ke5 38. b5 Kd5 39. a5 $18)
32. Re5 f5 33. Kf2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rxg4 35. Rxf5 $16) 30. Nxg6 (30. b3 Bb1) 30...
Kxg6 31. b3 Ra5 (31... Rg5 32. h3 h5 33. Re4 $14) 32. a4 Rc5 $14) 27... f6 28.
Nc4 Rc7 29. b3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Bf7 31. Nd6 (31. Rd4 $5) 31... a5 32. Rd4 (32. Nxf7
Kxf7 33. Rd5 a4 34. bxa4 Rc4 35. a3 Rxa4 36. Rd3 Ke6 $14) 32... Rc5 33. Ra4 Bd5
34. Ke3 (34. e4 $1 Be6 (34... Bc6 35. Rc4 Rxc4 36. Nxc4 a4 37. bxa4 Bxe4 (37...
Bxa4 38. Ke3 $18) 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. a5 $18) 35. Ke3 $16 (35. Nb7 Rc2+ 36. Ke3
Rxh2 37. Rxa5 $16)) 34... Bc6 35. Rc4 Re5+ 36. Kd3 Bd7 37. Rd4 Ke7 38. Nc4 (38.
e4 Be6 39. Nc4 $16) 38... Rf5 39. Rf4 Rh5 40. h4 Rd5+ 41. Rd4 Rf5 42. Re4+ Kd8
43. a4 $1 {>< a5} g5 $2 44. Ne3 $2 (44. Nd6 Rf1 (44... Rd5+ 45. Rd4 $18) 45.
Nf7+ Kc7 46. Nxh6 $18) 44... Rf2 45. Rd4 Kc7 46. Rc4+ Kd6 47. Rd4+ Kc7 48. Nd5+
Kc6 49. Ke3 Rf1 50. b4 axb4 51. Nxb4+ Kc7 52. Na6+ $6 (52. a5 $142 $16) 52...
Kc8 53. Rc4+ (53. Nc5 Bc6 54. Rc4 Kd8 55. a5 Rg1) 53... Kd8 54. Nc5 Ke7 55. Rb4
$6 $138 (55. a5 $142) 55... Rc1 (55... Bc6 $5 $132) 56. Re4+ Kd8 $2 $138 (56...
Kd6 $1 57. Nxd7 (57. Rd4+ Kxc5 58. Rxd7 Rc3+ 59. Kf2 Ra3 60. h5 Rxa4 61. Rh7
Kd5 62. Rxh6 Ke6 63. Rh7 Kf5 64. Rg7 (64. Rb7 Kg4 65. h6 Kh5 66. h7 Ra8 67. Kf3
Kg6 $11) 64... Kg4 65. h6 Ra8 66. h7 Rh8 $11 {/\ Kh5-h6}) 57... Kxd7 $14) 57.
Kd4 $1 $16 Bf5 58. Re3 gxh4 59. gxh4 Rh1 $6 60. Kd5 $40 Rxh4 61. a5 Rh1 62. a6
Ra1 (62... Kc7 63. Re7+ Kb8 64. e4 $1 (64. Rb7+ Ka8 65. Na4 Be4+ $1) 64... Bc8
(64... Rd1+ 65. Kc6 Bg6 66. Nd7+ $18) (64... Bh3 65. Rb7+ Ka8 66. Na4 $18) 65.
a7+ Ka8 66. Re8 $18) 63. Kc6 {/\ Nb7} Bg6 (63... Bc8 64. Nb7+ Bxb7+ 65. axb7
Rc1+ 66. Kb6 Rb1+ 67. Ka7 Ra1+ 68. Kb8 $18 {/\ Rh3}) 64. Kb7 Rb1+ 65. Rb3 Rxb3+
(65... Be4+ 66. Kb8) 66. Nxb3 Be4+ 67. Kb8 h5 68. Nc5 Bd5 69. Nb7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Nc5 Qb6 14. Nb3
Qa6 15. a3 Rac8 16. Re1 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Nd4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Bf8
21. Rc1 a6 22. h3 Bd7 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qc1 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Bxc5 26. Nc2 b6 27. b4
Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Be6 29. f4 Kf8 30. g4 g6 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 d4 34.
fxe6 dxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Kxe6 36. Kd4 Kd6 37. Bb7 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Kc4 Nd7 40.
Kb5 Nc5 41. Bf3 a4 42. Kb4 h6 43. h4 f6 44. Kb5 f5 45. Kb4 Ne6 46. Kxa4 Kc5 47.
Ka5 Nd4 48. Ka6 f4 49. Kb7 Kb5 50. h5 Nc2 51. Kc7 Nxa3 52. Kd6 Nc2 53. Ke5 Kc5
54. Kxf4 Kd6 55. Kf5 Ke7 56. Kg6 Ne3 57. Kxh6 Kf6 58. Kh7 $2 (58. Be4 Ng4+ 59.
Kh7 $18) 58... Kg5 $11 59. Kg7 Nf5+ 60. Kf7 Kh6 61. Kg8 Kg5 62. Kf8 Ne3 63. Kg7
Nf5+ 64. Kf7 Kh6 65. Bg4 Ne3 66. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Levin, Felix"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Levin,F"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 b6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14.
Nxb2 bxc5 15. Nd2 $1 (15. Na4 Ba6 16. Re1 Qa5 $5 (16... c4 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. Nxe4
dxe4 19. bxc4 e3 $132)) 15... Ba6 (15... Qf6 16. Na4 $1 (16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Na4
Bg4 $132 {/\Rad8}) 16... Ba6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Qe3 Nd4 20. Rfe1
$14 {, Speelman-Luther, Bundesliga 2002}) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxc5 Qf6 18. Nc4
Rad8 19. Qc1 Nd4 20. Re1 h6 {Ftacnik: 'The active black pieces are hoping for
compensation for the lacking pawn, but white's chances are objectively better.'
} 21. Bf1 $1 $16 Rc8 $6 (21... Bxc4 $142 22. Qxc4 (22. Rxc4 {Ftacnik} e3 23.
fxe3 Nf5 24. Rf4 $16) 22... e3 23. f3 g5) (21... Re7 {Ftacnik} 22. Bh3 $16) 22.
Ne3 Qd6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qb2 Qf6 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qa5 Qb6 (26... Rd7 {Ftacnik}
27. Rd1 Qe6 28. Qc5 $16) 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Rd1 $1 Bxe2 (28... Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke8
30. Rd2 f5 (30... Bb7 31. g4 $16) 31. f4 $16) 29. Rxd4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Simple combination gives white two light pieces for the rook with excellent
coordination. '} (29. Bxe2 {Ftacnik} Nxe2+ 30. Kf1 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Nc1 32. Nc3
f5 $11) 29... Rxd4 30. Bxe2 Rd2 31. Bc4 Rxa2 32. Nd5 Kf8 33. Nxb6 (33. g4 $1)
33... Ke7 34. g4 g6 35. Nd5+ Kd6 36. Ne3 f6 (36... Ra7 $142 37. Kg2 Ke5 38. Kg3
f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. f4+ exf3 41. Kxf3) 37. Bf7 $18 h5 38. Bxg6 hxg4 39. Bxe4
Ke5 40. Bf5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 {La seule partie du tournoi alors que la défense
Tarrash revient pourtant un peu а la mode} 4. cxd5 (4. Nf3 $143 cxd4 $1 5. Nxd4
e5 $132) (4. e3 {Moins ambitieux} Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... a6)) 4... exd5 5. Nf3
Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]}
Re8 (10... Be6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. e3 {[%csl Gd4]} Rfd8 15.
Ne2 Ne4 16. Nf4 $14 {Mikhalchishin,A (2518)-Halkias,S (2560) Vidmar Memorial
15th 2003 (8) 1/2}) (10... Ne4 $5 11. Nxd5 (11. Qxd5 Nxc3 12. Qxc5 Nxe2+ 13.
Kh1 Nxc1 14. Raxc1 Qf6 $11) 11... Be6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Rad8
15. Bb2 (15. Bg5 f6) 15... Na5 $44 {[%csl Gc4];Bacrot,E (2706)-Delchev,A (2622)
EU-ch 13th Plovdiv 2012 (4) 1/2}) 11. b4 $14 {Barsov,A (2517)-Berelowitsch,A 
(2571) BL2-West 0506 2005 (3.1) 1/2}) (9. b3) 9... c4 (9... cxd4 {La grande
ligne mais c4 est la variante а la mode} 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8
13. Qb3 $5 (13. Nxc6) (13. a3 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Kh8 {Juptner,
J (2364)-Orsag,M (2393) CZE-chT 1213 2012 (9.6) 1/2})) (9... h6 10. Bxf6 $5 (
10. Bf4 {Plus courant}) 10... Bxf6 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Nd4 Qa5 14.
Qb3 {[%cal Gb3b7,Gb3c3,Gb3d5]} Qxc5 15. e4 $36 {[%cal Gb3e6,Gd4e6];Panno,O 
(2570)-Ingolotti,J Pan American-chT 1971 (7.1) 1-0}) 10. Ne5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (
10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 $13) 10... Be6 11. b3 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5
13. Qd2 (13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. e3 Rac8 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. Bxf6 $14 {Browne,W (2510)
-Cunningham,R (2355) USA 1996 1-0}) 13... Bb4 (13... Rad8 14. Rfd1 Bb4 15. Bxf6
) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. a3 $1 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 cxb3 18. Qb2 c5 19. Rxb3
c4 20. Rb5 $14 {Likavsky,T (2480)-Velchev,H (2302) Belgrade Trophy 19th 2006 
(1) 1-0}) (11. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Ng4 12. Nxg4 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd2 (13. Nxg4)
13... f6 (13... Nxe5 $143 14. fxe5 Qd7 15. e4 $5 {Garcia Gonzales,G (2515)
-Braga,F (2410) Bayamo 1984 1/2} (15. e3 $5 {[%cal Gc3e2] C'était la première
fois que j'étais confronté а cette variante c5c4 ert comme mon adversaire
avait changé de répertoire , je n'avais rien révisé mais la nouveauté e3 est
intéressante afin de ramener le N vers l'aile-roi où les Blancs ont un
avantage d'espace.} Rab8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 16. Ne2 Bh3 17. Nf4 $14 {[%cal Gf4h5,
Gh5g7,Gh5f6,Gf4h3,Gf1f2,Ga1f1];Primel,D-Bodicker,R (2170) Avoine 2012 (6) 1/2})
)) 12... Bxg4 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qxg5 15. Rf4 $13 {Ivanchuk,V (2711)
-Grischuk,A (2702) FIDE GP Moscow rapid 2002 (5.4) 1/2}) (11. e3) 11... Qa5 (
11... Rc8 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Rb1 Nxd4 (13... Qa5 14. Nxc6 {Harika,D (2445)
-Halkias,S (2564) Kavala op 2009 (9) 1/2}) 14. Rxb7 Bc5) 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. bxc4
(13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rfd1 (14. bxc4) 14... Bb4 15. Rdc1 $146 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 {
Bu Xiangzhi (2637)-Wang Rui (2474) Beijing zt 3.3 2005 (2) 1/2}) 15... c5 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. bxc4 $14 {Watson}) 13... Nxd4 (13... Bb4 {Gelfand,B (2714)
-Grischuk,A (2719) RUS-chT Sochi 2004 (7.1) 1-0}) 14. cxd5 {92} Bb4 (14... Qxc3
$5 15. Qxc3 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxc3 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxb7 {Cvek,R (2518)-Litwak,A 
(2290) EU-Cup 25th Ohrid 2009 (2.5) 1-0}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxd4 Bxc3 17. Nc4
$146 ({RR} 17. Qh4 Bxd5 18. Ng4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7
22. Nh5+ Kg8 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qg7+ Ke7 27. Qxh7 Qxa2
28. Nf4 Qc4 29. h4 a5 30. h5 a4 31. e4 a3 {Aleksandrov,A (2605)-Zamruk,A (2386)
/Minsk 2007/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 17... Bxd4 18. Nxa5 Bxa1 19. dxe6 Bc3 20. e7 Bxa5
21. exd8=Q Rxd8 22. Rb1 (22. Bxb7) 22... b6 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Bh3 (24. Be4 {
[%csl Gf5][%cal Ge4d3]} Rd2 25. Rc2 Rxc2 $11 {[%csl Ga5,Ge4]}) 24... Re7 25. e3
Bb4 26. Rc4 Bc5 27. Bf5 h6 28. Kg2 Re5 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Bc2 (30. e4) 30... Rd5
31. Kf1 (31. Bb3 Rd2 {[%cal Gc5e3,Gd2g2]} 32. Kf3 $14) 31... Rd2 32. Rc4 Rd5
33. Ke2 Rh5 34. Be4 (34. h4) 34... Re5 (34... Rxh2 $6 35. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Gh5]
La Rh2 n'a plus de cases de repli} Kg7 (35... h5 36. Kf1 h4) 36. Kf1 {[%csl
Rh2]}) 35. Bd3 Rh5 36. Ra4 a5 37. Rf4 Kg7 38. h4 Rd5 39. a4 Rd8 40. Rf5 Rd7 41.
g4 Be7 42. f4 Rc7 43. Rd5 Kf8 44. Bb5 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rc3 46. Rd7 Ra3 47. Ke4 Bc5
48. Kf5 Rxe3 49. Kxf6 Be7+ 50. Kf5 Bxh4 51. Rb7 Re6 52. Bc4 Rf6+ 53. Ke4 Bg3
54. f5 Bh4 55. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O {The Tarrasch Defence is a rare guest in grandmasters' games nowadays.} 9.
h3 $5 {I happened to see this move in a game played in one of my numerous
tournaments in Spain, decades ago. My first feeling was that this was a clear
lack of understanding. White wastes a tempo and weakens his kingside at the
same time. Since Nakamura had already played it previously (true, in online
blitz), I will have to take into account that the last move has some meaning,
even though I do not understand it. True, it prevents ...Bg4, but Black can
build up his counterplay in other ways, too.} Ne4 ({My first question would be
what if Black plays the neutral} 9... Re8 {Nakamura's answer in the blitz game
does not look too convincing:} 10. b3 ({This is not an improvement over the 9.
b3 line, which is considered to lead to forced equality anyway. But if} 10. Be3
c4 {the situation remains the same.}) (10. Bg5 {may be stronger, when after
the usual exchange on d4 missing ...Bg4 may be unpleasant for Black. But after}
c4 {Black's ...Re8 looks more useful than h2-h3.}) 10... Ne4 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. e3
(12. Na4 b6) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Kh2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Be4 {0-1 (62)
Nakamura,H (2651)-Petrosian,T (2592) ICC INT 2007}) (9... c4 $6 {is premature,
though:} 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 {For once, it is good that White has not exposed
his bishop with Bg5.} Qc8 {Meyer,K (2153)-Casagrande,T (1951) Schoeneck 2017 
(1-0, 41)} 12. g4 $1 Nxd4 {Otherwise Black would be simply worse.} 13. f5 Bd6 (
13... Bd7 14. g5 $18) 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Bd7 17. g5 Nh5 18.
Nxd5 $14) (9... Be6 10. Be3 c4 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. Kh2 {is pleasant
for White as the e6-bishop is passive and exposed at the same time.}) 11. Ne5
Qb6 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. g4 {Toth,E (2392)-Halkias,S 
(2570) Hungary 2010 (1-0, 64) with some light white pressure.}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {
Abstractly it is good to delay the exchange on c3, as this offers White some
additional possibilities at an early stage.} (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc5 12. Nd4
(12. Rb1 $5) 12... Bxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. g4 (14. Be3 {½-½ Ilic,D (2376)
-Brenjo,S (2522) Kragujevac 2012} Re8) 14... Bg6 15. Bf4 $14) 11. Bf4 $146 {
A logical move, defending g3 and making the threat Nxd5 real.} (11. Nxd5 $6
Nxg3 $1) (11. Qxd5 $4 Nxc3 12. Qxd8 Nxe2+ 13. Kh2 Rxd8 $19) (11. Na4 {Bogdan,D
(2410)-Dupsky,L (2260) Szeged 1998 (½-½, 54)} Be7 12. Be3 Re8 $11) 11... Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bf5 $11 {In this type of structure the mutual pawn weaknesses
compensate for each other, on condition that none of the players has an
advance in development.} 13. Nd2 {Fighting against ...Be4.} (13. Nd4 Be4 $5)
13... Re8 ({The resolute} 13... g5 $5 {causes White some concrete problems at
the cost of weakening the kingside.} 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Be3 (15. Bc1 h6 $11) 15...
Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bg6 17. Qxd5 Qe7 $44) 14. g4 {Preparing the next move.} Bg6 15.
e3 Bb6 16. Qb3 Re7 {Defending the d5-pawn indirectly.} 17. Rfd1 (17. Bxd5 {
offers Black excellent compensation:} Na5 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qb4 Qxd5 20. Qxb6 Nc6
21. Rfd1 (21. Nb3 Qf3 $36 22. Nd2 $8 Qxh3 23. f3 Rae8) 21... Bc2 22. Rdc1 Bg6
$11) 17... Rd7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rac1 {Black has completed his development
harmoniously and his central pawn is well defended.} h6 (19... h5 {was
slightly more ambitious.}) 20. Qa2 Bc7 (20... Bd3 $5 $11 {deserves mentioning,
with the idea that any knight move could be answered with ...Bc4 or ...Be4.})
21. Nb3 b6 $5 {Restricting White's knight.} (21... Qf6 $5 {[%csl Gf4] also
looks okay for Black.} 22. Bxc7 Rdxc7 23. Bxd5 (23. Rxd5 $2 Nb4 $1) 23... Qh4
24. Bg2 h5 25. Qe2 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 Ne5 $11) 22. Qd2 (22. Nd4 {
leads nowhere after} Na5) 22... f5 {This is not a mistake, but Black was not
really forced to weaken his kingside.} (22... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 23. Bxe5 (
23. Qe2 Be4 $15) 23... Bxe5 24. f4 {The only way to justify the previous.} Bd6
25. f5 Bh7 26. Bxd5 {White has won a pawn and sent the black light-squared
bishop to a passive square. But his dark squares are so weak that he cannot
maintain the bishop's isolation.} Qg5 27. Qf2 g6 $36) 23. c4 $5 {The game
becomes interesting now.} Bxf4 24. exf4 d4 25. Bd5+ Bf7 26. Qe2 ({White is not
content with the simple equality after} 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd5 28. cxd5
Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxd5 $11) 26... fxg4 27. hxg4 Qf6 28. Qf3 ({The seemingly active
} 28. f5 {would just expose the kingside.} Rcd8 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $17 {[%cal
Gc6e5,Gg7g6,Gh6h5]}) 28... Rdd8 29. Nd2 ({Once again avoiding approximate
equality after a half waiting move such as} 29. Rd3 $5 $11) 29... Rf8 $2 {
This hands over the initiative to White.} ({After White has released the
pressure on d4} 29... Nb4 {made sense:} 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. f5 d3
$13) 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Ng3 ({Black's compensation for the pawn is not obvious
after} 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxd4 {but the game continuation is more principled as
it does not make any concession yet.}) 31... Qf6 32. Ne4 Qe7 33. Ng3 Qf6 34.
Nf5 $14 {[%cal Yf3c6,Rd5c6,Gf5e7] Threatening to win a piece by a double
capture on c6 followed by Ne7+/ and putting some unpleasant kingside pressure
in general.} Kh8 35. Bxf7 Rxf7 36. c5 Rcc7 $6 {Adhiban,B (2655)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2804) Tata Steel-A 80th 2018 (6) 0-1 This only weakens the eighth rank. It
seems that Mamedyarov enjoys the double rook lift to the seventh rank, even
when this is not good objectively. Compare with} ({But even after the more
natural} 36... Rff8 {White retains an edge with} 37. cxb6 axb6 38. Kg2 $14) 37.
cxb6 axb6 38. Re1 Rf8 39. Qe4 $6 {This allows Black to simplify to a draw.} ({
White should have ensured the knight's stability on f5 with} 39. Kg2 $1 {
, threatening Nxd4 at the same time.} Rcc8 (39... g6 40. Rh1 $16 gxf5 41. g5
$18 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gh1h6]}) 40. Qe4 $16 {maintaining the domination.}) 39...
g6 $1 40. Nxd4 (40. Nxh6 Re7 41. Qf3 Qxf4 $1 $11) 40... Qxd4 41. Qxd4+ Nxd4 42.
Rxc7 Nf3+ {We can now understand that with the king on f3 this would not have
worked.} 43. Kf1 Nxe1 44. Kxe1 Rxf4 45. Rc6 Kg7 46. Rxb6 Rxa4 47. f3 g5 48.
Rb7+ Kg6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1980.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Marjanovic,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1980.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Inf.29/434} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7.
Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4
(13... Bd7 {- Inf.25/572}) 14. Bxd4 Bf5 15. e3 Qe7 16. Re1 (16. Bb2) 16... h6
17. f3 Ng5 18. Qd2 (18. Bc5 Qf6 19. Qxd5 $2 Rad8 20. Qc4 Ne5) 18... Rad8 19.
Nc5 b6 20. Nd3 Nxd4 21. exd4 Qa3 $13 (21... Qf6 22. Ne5) 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. g4 Bh7
$8 24. Rc3 Ne6 $2 (24... Rxc3 $1 25. Qxc3 Qxa2 26. h4 (26. Qc6 Rd8 $5 27. Nxf7
$140 Qd2 $1 28. Re8+ Kxf7 29. Rxd8 Qe3+ 30. Kf1 Bd3#) (26. Ra1 Qc2 27. Qxc2
Bxc2 28. b4) 26... Ne6 27. Qc6 Rf8 28. Nxf7 (28. Nd7 Nf4 29. Bf1 Bd3 $1) 28...
Nf4 $40 {>>}) 25. Nc6 Rc7 {[/\ Qd6, Rec8]} 26. b4 $1 Qa4 (26... Qa6 27. f4) 27.
Rec1 g5 28. Bf1 $16 Nf4 (28... a5 29. b5) (28... b5 29. Qb2 Qa6 30. a4) 29. b5
Kg7 30. Qb2 Rxc6 $8 31. bxc6 (31. Rxc6 Re3) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Qf2 Qa4 33. c7 Rc8
34. Rc6 (34. Qe3) 34... Bd3 $1 35. Qb2+ d4 36. Rd6 $2 (36. R1c4 Qd1 $1 (36...
Bxc4 37. Qxd4+ Kh7 38. Qxc4 $1 Qxc4 39. Bxc4) 37. Qxd4+ Kh7 38. Qxd3+ (38. Rc1
Ne2+) 38... Nxd3 39. Rd6 Qxf3) (36. R6c4 Bxc4 37. Qxd4+ Kh7 38. Qxc4 (38. Bxc4
$4 Ne2+ $19) (38. Rxc4 Qe8) 38... Qe8 {/\ 39...Ne6, 39...Qe3+}) (36. Qb3 Qa6
37. Qb4 Bxf1 38. Qxd4+ Kg8 $1 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qf6 (40. Rxf1 $2 Qe2) 40... Nh3+
41. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 36... Bxf1 37. Kxf1 $2 (37. Rxd4 Ne2+ 38. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 39. Kxf1
Qd6) 37... Rxc7 $1 $138 (37... Rxc7 38. Rxc7 (38. Re1 Nd3 39. Qe2 Qb4 $1) (38.
Rb1 Rc3 $1 $40) 38... Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Nd3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Israel"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.08.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 Bg4 10. Bb2 Re8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Rc8 (12... Bf8 13. h3 Bh5 14.
e3 Bg6 15. Nh4 Be4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rfd1 Ba3 20.
Rb1 Nb4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxe4 b6 23. Nf3 $16 {1-0 Tyomkin,D-Gershkowitz,D/
Ramat Hanegev (weekend) 1998 (40)}) 13. h3 (13. Na4 Bf8 (13... Bb4 14. a3 Bf8
15. b4 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qb6 18. Rd3 a5 19. Rxd5 axb4 20. a4 Be6 21.
Rb5 Qa7 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Bd5 Ree8 25. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26. Qd5+ Ke7
27. Bd4 $3 Nxd4 28. Rxb7+ {1-0 Poley,V-Baturin,M/Randers 1996}) 14. h3 (14. e3
Ne4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. g4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bg6 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Nd2
$17 {0-1 Larsen,B-Ivanovic,B/Bugojno 1984 (27)}) 14... Bf5 15. Nd4 (15. e3 Nb4
16. Rxc8 Bxc8 17. a3 Nc6 18. b4 $14 {Doda,Z-Veselsky,J/Tirnavia-B 1983/1/2-1/2
(65)}) 15... Be4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Ba3 $13 {0-1 Berg,K-Timman,J/Lugano op
1986 (42)}) (13. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Ne3 (15... Nxe5 16. Rxc8 Bxc8
17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Rf4 Nc6 19. Qg5 Ne5 20. Rc4 Qb6+ 21. Bd4 f6 22. Qxe5 fxe5 23.
Bxb6 axb6 24. Kf2 h5 25. Ke3 Bg4 26. Bxb7 Rd8 27. Rb4 Rd6 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Kxf3
Kf7 30. a4 Kf6 31. Ke4 Rd2 32. Rxb6+ Kg5 33. Ke3 {1-0 Chekhov,V-Savchenko,S/
Moscow Tal 1992}) 16. Qxd8 Nxd8 17. Nxg4 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 Nxg4 19. Rf1 Nc6 20.
Rd1 h5 (20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $14 {1-0 Petrosian,A-Panchenko,A/URS-chYM
1978 (46)}) 21. Bf3 Nge5 22. Kf2 Nxf3 23. exf3 f6 24. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,
V-Dreev,A/URS-YM 1989}) 13... Be6 (13... Bh5 14. Na4 Be7 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Bxf6
Bxc5 17. Qxd5 Nb4 18. Qg5 Bg6 19. Ba1 Nxa2 20. Rc4 h6 21. Qd2 Nb4 22. Ne5 $14 {
0-1 Vucic,M-Micic,C/Belgrade GMA 1988 (40)}) (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd4 15. Ba3 (
15. e3 Be5 16. Bg2 Ne4 17. Ba1 Qa5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxa1 20. Bxc6 Red8
21. Bxb7 Rxd1 22. Rxc8+ Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rc1 Bc3 25. Rxc3 Qd1+ 26. Kg2
$16 {1-0 Taimanov,M-Geller,E/URS-ch44 1976 (47)}) 15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17.
Bg4 Rb8 18. e3 Bb6 19. Bd7 Ne5 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Qd5 $18 {1-0 Neidhardt,
C-Szitas,G/FRA-chT 1991 (30)}) 14. Na4 $1 $146 (14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
e4 d4 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Na4 b6 19. Bxd4 Red8 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 $1 22.
Bxc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxc5 $19 {0-1 Tomaszewski,R-Maciejewski,M/Dreszer mem 1988 
(36)}) (14. e3 Qe7 15. Ng5 Red8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qd3 a6 18. Kh2 Ba3 19. Bxa3
Qxa3 20. Rfd1 Rc7 21. Qe2 Qe7 22. Qb2 Rdc8 23. Ne2 Nb4 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rd2
Rc5 26. a3 Nc6 27. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Savon,V/Volgograd 1994 (47)})
14... Bf8 15. Nc5 Qb6 (15... Qa5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. a3 $1) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5
$3 $16 {[%cal Gd1d3,Ge2e4,Gb2f6] /\Qd3;e4;B:f6/\N:d5.Suddenly White gets clear
better position as the next Black's move is almost binding.} h6 $8 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Nxe6 $1 {The point of 17-th move.White reach much better position by
force.} Rxe6 20. Bxd5 Rce8 21. e3 $1 {[%cal Gd1g4] Covering square "d4" and
preparing Qg4 or Qh5} Ne5 22. f4 $5 (22. Qh5 $142 $5 {[%cal Gh5e8]} Rd8 23.
Rfd1 $16) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 Nf7 $1 {[]} 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 $6 (25...
Rxe6 $142 26. Rc8 Re8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Rc1 $14) 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Rc7 Nd6 28.
Kf3 Kg8 29. Rd1 Re7 30. Rc5 $1 Re6 31. g4 Kf7 32. Rcd5 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5] /\f5}
Nc8 (32... Ne8 $143) 33. Rd7+ Re7 34. a4 (34. Rd8 $142 $1 Nb6 (34... Re8 35.
R1d7+ Re7 36. Rxe7+ Nxe7 37. Rd7 $16) 35. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 $140 36.
R1d6 {><b6}) 34... a5 $1 {[%cal Gc8a7,Ga7c6] /\Nc8-a7-c6} 35. Rd8 (35. R1d5 $5
b6 36. Rd8 Rc7 (36... Na7 37. Rb8 $1) 37. R5d7+ Rxd7 38. Rxd7+ $14) 35... Na7
36. R1d7 Nc6 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rd5 $1 Ke6 39. Ke4 {[%cal Gd5b5] /\Rb5} b6 $8
40. f5+ Kf7 (40... Ke7 $2 41. Rb5) 41. Rd7+ Ke8 (41... Be7 $2 42. Rb7) 42. Rb7
Bc5 43. Kd5 Nd8 44. Rc7 (44. Rh7 $6 Nf7 $1 {><h7} 45. g5 $1 Nxg5 $1 (45... fxg5
$6 46. Ke6 Nd8+ 47. Kf6) 46. Rxh6 Kf7 47. h4 Nf3 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Rd7 $140 (49.
Rh6 $11) 49... Nd4 $1 (49... Nxh4 50. Ke6)) 44... Bf2 $1 {It's still not so
clear how to win,but obviously not as I did in the game.} 45. Rh7 $6 Nf7 46.
Rg7 $2 (46. g5 $1 {[]} Nxg5 (46... fxg5 $2 47. Ke6 Nd8+ 48. Kf6 {[%csl Gf5]})
47. Rxh6 Kf7 $15 48. h4 $140 Nf3 49. h5 Nh4 {[%cal Gf7g7]}) 46... Kf8 47. Rg6
Bh4 48. Kc6 $2 {Final mistake.Now black is winning.} (48. Ke6 {was necessary}
Bg5 49. Rxf6 Bxf6 50. Kxf6 $13 {and I am not sure if Black can win.}) 48...
Ne5+ 49. Kxb6 Nxg6 50. fxg6 Be1 51. h4 Bxh4 52. Kxa5 f5 $1 53. gxf5 Bf2 {
and White can't stop"h" pawn} 54. Kb5 h5 {just in time} 55. Kc6 h4 56. f6 h3
57. Kd7 h2 58. Ke6 (58. g7+ Kf7 59. g8=Q+ Kxg8 60. Ke8 Bc5 $19) 58... h1=Q 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Re1 Bg4 (
14... a6) 15. Nb3 (15. Rc1) 15... Bb6 (15... Bf8 $5) 16. Rc1 (16. Nxb6 axb6 $5
$13) 16... Qd7 $146 (16... Qd6 $5) (16... Ba5 $5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. b4 Nxb4 19.
Qd2 Nc6 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Nc7 d3 $1 22. Nxe8 d2 23. Nd6 Be6 24. Red1 dxc1=Q 25.
Rxc1 Rb8 26. f4 g6 27. a3 b5 $10 {Sobek,J-Orsag,M/Czech/1994/0,5/55/}) 17. Qd2
(17. Rc4 $6 d3 $1) (17. Nc5 $6 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qd6 $10 (18... Re5 $5 19. Nb6 axb6
20. Bxc6 Qe7 21. Rxe5 (21. Bxb7 $6 bxc5 22. Bxa8 Bxe2 $15) 21... Qxe5 22. Bxb7
Rxa2 23. Qb3 Qa5 $1 $10)) 17... Rad8 $2 (17... Be6 18. Nc5 $14) (17... Re5 $5
18. Nf4 (18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxd4 (20. Nxd4 $4 Rd5 $19) 20... Qxd4
21. Nxd4 c5 22. Nf3 Re4 23. a3 (23. Rcd1 h6) 23... Rae8 24. Kf1 Bh3+ $10) 18...
Rae8 19. h3 Bf5 20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 $13) 18. Rc4 $1 $16 Ne5 (18... Be6 19.
Nxb6 axb6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxd4 $16) (18... Qe6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bxc6 Qxc4
21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Qxd4 $16) 19. Nxb6 axb6 (19... Nxc4 20. Nxc4 $16) 20. Rxd4
Qe7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qe3 Qf6 23. Nd2 Nc6 24. b3 Nd4 (24... Qb2 25. Nc4 $16)
25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Nc3 $1 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Nc2 28. Rc1 Nxe3 29. Bxb7 Be6 30. Kf2 Ng4+
31. Kg2 Rb8 32. Bf3 Rc8 33. Bxg4 Bxg4 34. Rd1 $1 Kf8 35. Rd3 b5 36. b4 Be6 $6 (
36... Ra8 $5) 37. a3 Ra8 38. Nd1 (38. Nxb5 $4 Bc4 39. Nc7 Bxd3 40. Nxa8 Be4+
$19) 38... Bc4 39. Re3 f6 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Rc3 Ra7 42. Nb2 Bd5 43. Nd3 Ke7 44.
Nc5 h5 45. e4 Bf7 46. Ke3 g5 (46... Ra8 47. Nb7 $1 Kd7 (47... Bc4 48. Na5 $18)
48. Kd4 $18) 47. Kd4 $18 Ra8 48. Nb7 $1 Kd7 49. e5 fxe5+ (49... f5 50. Nd6 $18)
50. Kxe5 g4 51. Nd6 Ba2 52. Nxb5 Re8+ 53. Kf4 Re2 54. Rd3+ Kc8 (54... Ke7 55.
Re3+ $18) 55. Nd4 Rxh2 56. Rc3+ Kb7 57. Rc2 $1 Rxc2 58. Nxc2 Kc6 59. Kg5 Bf7
60. Ne3 Kb5 61. Nf5 Ka4 62. Nd6 (62. Nd6 Be6 63. Kxh5 Kxa3 64. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Tajikistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TJK"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14.
Kh2 Qd7 15. Qc2 (15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Bf5 17. Bc5 Bd8 $1 18. Bd4 Ne4 $10 {
Zuger,B-Kasparov,G/Zurich/1987/1987/0:1/41/}) (15. Qa4 a6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Rfd1 Qb7 $6 (17... Bf5 $5 18. Bd4 Qe6) 18. Bd4 Nd7 19. e4 $16 {Novikov,
I-Schwaegh,B/Bern/1994/1:0/61/}) 15... Rac8 (15... Red8 $6) (15... Ne5 $5) 16.
Rfd1 Bf8 17. a3 (17. Qa4 a6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 $1 (18... Rxc6 19. Bd4 b5 20. Qb3 Qd8
$14) 19. Qxa6 Bf5 $44) 17... Kh8 $2 (17... Ne5 $2 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxa7) (
17... Red8 18. Qa4 Qe8 $14) 18. Qa4 a6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 $6 (19... bxc6 20. Qxa6
Bf5 21. Qa4 $16) (19... Rxc6 20. Bd4 b5 21. Qc2 $14) 20. Qh4 $1 $16 {/\Nd5,/
\Bh6/} Qc4 (20... Be7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxc6 Bxh4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd5 $16
Rd8 25. Bxe6 Rxd1 26. Bb3 $18) 21. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 (21... Qa4 22. Rd4) 22. Rxc4
Rxc4 23. Rd4 Be7 24. Qh5 Nf6 25. Qf3 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rc4 27. Bd4 Ne4 28. Rd1 Kg8
29. Qe3 Nd6 30. Be5 (30. Qe5 $2 Nf5 $1 $13) 30... Ne4 31. Bd4 Nd6 32. Bxd5 Bxd5
33. Qe5 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Bc6 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Qxd6 Rxe2 37. Qd8+ Re8 38. Qd4 $16
{Hecht: To win this postion, White has to create a black P-weakness. That's
the reason, that he will push his pawns foreward.} g6 (38... f6 $5) 39. Qd2 h5
40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kf8 42. Kg3 Ke7 (42... Kg8 $1 {Hecht} 43. f4 f5 $5 {
nebst Te6 und evtl. Le4; oder 43...f6!? Festung? - Analyse!}) 43. Qg5+ Kd7 (
43... Kf8 44. Qf6 {/\Kh4-g5-h6/}) 44. Qf6 Bd5 (44... Re7 {Hecht} 45. Kh4 Ke8
46. Kg5 Re6 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. f4 $36) 45. Qd4 Kd6 46. Qf4+ Kd7 47. Qd4 Kd6 48.
b4 Rc8 49. Qf6+ Kd7 50. Qe5 Kc6 (50... Be6 $5 {Hecht} 51. f4 Rc6 52. f5 gxf5
53. gxf5 Bc4 {Idee: b5}) 51. a4 Be6 (51... b5 52. a5 $18) 52. f4 b6 (52... Kb6
$5 {Hecht} 53. f5 gxf5 54. gxf5 Ba2 55. Qe3+ $16) (52... b5 $2 {Hecht} 53.
axb5+ axb5 54. Qc5+ $18) (52... Kd7 {Hecht} 53. f5 gxf5 54. gxf5 Bc4 55. Qd4+
Ke7 56. f6+ $18 Kf8) 53. Qe4+ Bd5 54. Qd3 Ra8 (54... b5 {Hecht} 55. a5 Kd6 56.
Qd4 Rc4 (56... Rc6 57. Qe5+ $18) 57. Qe5+ Kc6 58. Qb8 $18 Kd7) 55. b5+ Kd6 (
55... axb5 {Hecht} 56. Qxb5+ Kd6 57. Qxb6+ Bc6 58. a5 $18) 56. bxa6 Kc5 (56...
Kc5 57. Qb5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Nb3 ({Mein Gegner überraschte mich
mit der Tarrasch Verteidigung, wobei ich meinerseits versuchte, ihn mit meinem
11. Zug zu überraschen. Ich glaube, wir waren hier beide am Ende unserer
Kenntnisse!} 12. Be3 {wird von der Theorie empfohlen.}) 12... Rd8 ({Auf} 12...
d4 {wollte ich einen Bauern gewinnen. Nach} 13. Na4 Qb4 (13... Qb5 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rd8 16. Qe5 $16) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd4 {besitzt Schwarz jedoch
einige Kompensation auf den weißen Feldern.}) 13. Rc1 d4 $146 14. Na4 Qa6 (
14... Qb5 15. Nac5 Bg4 16. Nxb7 $1 $16) 15. Nac5 Bxc5 ({Ich hatte eher} 15...
Qb6 {erwartet, wobei die Stellung nach} 16. Qd3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Ndb4 {etwa im
Gleichgewicht bleiben sollte. Den Bauern a2 ist riskant.}) 16. Nxc5 Qxa2 17.
Qd2 $1 {Bereitet das spätere Opfer auf h6.} Nd5 18. Ra1 ({Genauer als} 18. Bxh6
gxh6 19. Qxh6 Nce7 20. Rfd1 Bf5 $13) 18... Qc4 19. Rfc1 Qb5 ({Im Endspiel nach
} 19... Qb4 20. Bxh6 Qxd2 (20... gxh6 21. Qxh6 $40) 21. Bxd2 Rb8 22. Bf3 {
sind die weißen Chancen dank des Läuferpaars vorzuziehen.}) 20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
21. Qxh6 Nce7 (21... f5 22. Nd3 $1 Nce7 23. Ne5 Qe8 24. Ra5 $1 $16) 22. Bxd5 {
Dies erklärt meine Anmerkung zum 18. Zug - die Qa2 kann auf d5 nicht
zurückschlagen.} Rxd5 23. Ne4 Rf5 24. Nf6+ $6 ({Die richtige Fortsetzung des
Agriffs war hier} 24. g4 $1 {, aber ich übersah nach} Qxe2 25. gxf5 Qxe4 {
das einfache Zwischenschach} 26. Qg5+ {, wonach Schwarz hilflos bleibt:} Kh7
27. Re1 Qxf5 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29. Rxe7 $16) 24... Rxf6 25. Qxf6 Nc6 26. Qd6 $1 (26.
b4 {war meine erste Absicht, leider kommt darauf} Qf5 $1 27. Qxf5 Bxf5 28. b5
Nd8 $13) 26... Qxb2 ({Der weiße Angriff bleibt sehr gefährlich, wie die
Alternativen zeigen:} 26... Bf5 27. Rc5 Qxb2 28. Rxf5 Qxa1+ 29. Kg2 Qc1 30. e3
Ne5 31. Qxe5 Qc6+ 32. e4 $18) (26... Qxe2 27. Re1 Qf3 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Qf8 Bh3
30. Qh8+ Kg6 31. Rg8+ Rxg8 32. Qxg8+ Kf6 33. Qh8+ $16 {[%cal Gh8h3]}) ({
Am besten war vielleicht} 26... Qg5 $5 27. Rc5 Qg6 28. Qf4 f6 (28... Kf8 29. b4
$16) 29. b4 d3 ({nicht aber} 29... Nxb4 30. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 31. Rxc8+ {gefolgt
von 32.Qxd4}) 30. exd3 Ne5 {, da die schwarzen Figuren eine gewisse Aktivität
entfalten können.}) 27. Rab1 Qd2 ({Weiß gewinnt im Fall von} 27... Qxe2 28. Rc5
Ne7 29. Re5 Qc2 30. Rbe1 Ng6 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qd5 Kg7 33. Qxd4+ Kh7 34. h4) 28.
Rc5 ({Ich nahm von} 28. Rxc6 {Abschied wegen} Bf5 29. Rcc1 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Qxe2 {
, aber Weiß bleibt nach} 31. Qxd4 $40 {am Steuer.}) 28... Be6 29. Rxb7 (29.
Rbb5 {geht wegen} Rd8 30. Rg5+ Kh7 {nicht gut:} 31. Qc5 (31. Rh5+ $2 Kg6 32.
Qc5 f6 $19) 31... Rg8 $13) 29... Bh3 $2 $138 (29... Na5 $2 {hätte auch
verloren, man sehe:} 30. Rbb5 Nc4 31. Rg5+ Kh7 32. Rh5+ Kg6 33. Rbg5+ Kf6 (
33... Qxg5 34. Rxg5+ Kxg5 35. Qf4+ $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) 34. Rf5+ $1 Kg7 35. Rhg5+
Kh6 36. Qe7 $1 Qd1+ (36... Bxf5 37. Qf6+ Bg6 38. Rh5+ $1) 37. Kg2 Ne3+ 38. Kf3
$1 Qh1+ 39. Kf4 $18) ({Auf das hartnäckigere} 29... d3 $1 {hatte ich} 30. Rbb5
(30. e3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qg4 32. Rxc6 Qh5 $1 $132) 30... Rd8 31. Rg5+ Kh8 32. Rh5+
Kg7 33. Rbg5+ Kf6 34. Qc5 {geplant. Schwarz verfügt noch über die
überraschende Ressource} Rg8 $1 {, aber Weiß sollte nach} 35. e3 Qc2 36. Rh6+
Rg6 37. Rhxg6+ fxg6 38. Qf8+ $1 Bf7 39. Rc5 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb7 41. Qd6+ Kg7 42.
e4 {die Oberhand behalten.}) 30. Rb1 Re8 31. Qf6 Re6 ({Führt zum Matt, während
} 31... Ne7 32. Rh5 Ng6 33. Rxh3 $18 {Material kostet.}) 32. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Day, Lawrence A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Polugaevsky,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 $1 Qa5 13. Na4 Rfd8 14. e3 $1
$14 c5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qh5 Bf8 $2 (17... Rac8) 18. e4 $1 $16
Rab8 (18... Bb4 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. bxc4 Qd4 23. Qf3
$16) 19. exd5 Bd7 (19... Bxd5 20. Rad1 $18) 20. Nb2 $1 cxb3 21. axb3 Qb6 (21...
Qc3 22. Rxa7 $1 Qxb2 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qg4+ $18) 22. Nc4 Qxb3 23. Be4 $1 h6 (
23... f5 24. Ne5 $1 fxe4 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Nxd7 Qb7 (26... Ra8 27. Rxa7 Rxa7
28. Qf6+ $18) 27. Ne5 {/\ Rxa7+-}) 24. Ne3 Qb4 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Rb7 27.
Rad1 Kh7 28. Rd4 Qc5 29. Rfd1 Rdd7 30. Kg2 a5 31. Qh4 Rb6 32. Qe4 (32. Nxh6 $1
$18) 32... Kh8 (32... Kg8 33. Nxh6+ $18) 33. Nxh6 $1 $18 Rb4 (33... Bxh6 34.
Qe8+) 34. Nf5 Rd8 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. Rd4 Bg7 37. Qg4 Qf8 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Rh4
Qc5 40. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ider, Borya"]
[Black "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:20:57"]
[BlackClock "0:27:21"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (7. Nc3 dxc4 {Aurait
continué de jouer une Catalane mais les Blancs choisissent de transposer dans
une Tarrasch} 8. Qa4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxc6+) 7... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (
7... Nxd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (9. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gc2c5,Gf1d1,
Ge2e4]})) 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:09:49]
Après quelques minutes, les Blancs optent pour la ligne principale} (9. dxc5)
(9. b3) 9... cxd4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:35]
} 11. Bxf6 $6 {[%emt 0:02:29] Les Noirs n'ont pas de problèmes après cet
échange} (11. Be3 $142) 11... Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 12. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
bxc6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (13...
Rb8 14. b3) 14. Na4 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Ba6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:59][%csl Re2]} 15. Re1
{[%emt 0:01:05]} Qa5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (15... Bb5 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. e3 Qa5
18. Qc2 Rab8 19. b3 Be7 20. Red1 Ba3 21. Rb1 Bb4 22. Ne2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Rbd8 24.
Qc2 Re6 25. Rd3 Qb6 26. Rbd1 Rde8 27. Bf3 g6 28. Bg4 Rf6 29. Qb2 Kg7 30. Rc1
Re7 31. Kg2 Bd6 32. Qd2 Bb4 33. Qd1 h5 34. Be2 Re5 35. Rd4 Bc5 36. Rf4 Rfe6 37.
Qc2 Ba3 38. Rd1 Re4 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Bf3 Re6 41. Qc3+ Kg8 42. Rd4 Be7 43. Ra4
Bd8 44. Qd3 a5 45. e4 {Veingold,A (2475)-Martin Gonzalez,A (2415) Benidorm
1993 1/2-1/2}) 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:20:20]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:09:36]} 17. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
01:39]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Bc4 $15 {[%emt 0:01:22]
[%csl Ra2,Rc3][%cal Ga8b8]} 19. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20.
e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qa3 $1 {[%emt 0:02:20][%cal Gb8b2]} 21. e5 {[%emt 0:08:17]}
Qb2 {[%emt 0:05:54]} (21... Rb2 22. Qc1 Reb8 $36 {[%csl Ra1,Ra2]}) 22. Qxb2 {
[%emt 0:15:35]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 23. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:
06:07]} 24. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Reb8 $6 {[%emt 0:00:07] Joué à tempo alors
que Re7 était plus précis} (24... Re7 $142 25. Bxc6 Rc7 {[%csl Rc3,Rc6][%cal
Gc7c3]}) 25. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 26. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} Rbb2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 27. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04][%csl
Gd2]} 28. f4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} a5 {[%emt 0:30:06]} 29. f5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:01:48]} 30. e6 {[%emt 0:05:55]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Rxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 32. Re8+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 33. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a4
{[%emt 0:00:47]} 35. Bxd5+ $4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:30][%csl Rd5,
Rd8]} (35... Ke7 36. Bxb3 axb3 37. Rb8 b2 {[%cal Ga2a1]}) 0-1

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. h3 Be6 14. e3 Qe7 15.
Ng5 Red8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qd3 a6 18. Kh2 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Rfd1 Rc7 21.
Qe2 Qe7 22. Qb2 Rdc8 23. Ne2 Nb4 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rd2 Rc5 26. a3 Nc6 27. Nf4
a5 28. Rd1 Nd8 29. Nd3 Rc7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nf7 32. Ra1 Rc8 33. Ra7 Nd6 34.
Nc5 Re8 35. Qe5 Nd7 36. Qb2 Nb8 37. b5 Qc7 $2 {Leaves e6 unprotected.} 38. Nxe6
$1 Qb6 $4 39. Qa2 (39. Qxg7# $142) 39... Nxb5 40. Ra8 (40. Qxd5 $2 Nxa7 41.
Ng5+ Kh8 $2 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nh6+ Kh8 44. Qg8+ Rxg8 45. Nf7#) 40... Nc3 41. Qa3
Qxe6 (41... Ne4 $5 42. Nf4 $16) 42. Qxc3 Qd6 (42... Qc6 43. Qb3 Rd8 44. Rxb8 $1
Rxb8 45. Bxd5+ $18) 43. Qb3 b6 44. Qxd5+ Qxd5 45. Bxd5+ Kf8 46. Bc4 Rd8 47. Bb5
Nc6 $4 48. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 {Das ist eine
wirklich seltene Fortsetzung - die Alternativen sind: 6.g3, 6.Ndb5, 6.a3 und 6.
Bg5.} h6 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - 6...d5 ist die prinzipielle
Fortsetzung. Mit dem Textzug verhindert Schwarz Fesselungsmotive mit Bg5.} (
6... d5 7. cxd5 (7. Ndb5 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 {Führt zu einer
Hauptvariante.Ribli.}) 7... Nxd5 8. Nxc6 (8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. a3 Bd7
11. Qb3 Qb5 12. Qxb5 Bxb5 13. e4 Bc6 14. f3 {1/2-1/2 Reisinger,M-Hofmann,J/
Bayern 1998/EXT 2000 (14)}) 8... bxc6 9. Bd2 Rb8 (9... Ba6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Nxd5
exd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. g3 Be7 14. Bh3 Bb5 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Bc3 $5 {1/2-1/2
Kortschnoj,V-Lautier,J/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57/[Ribli] (36)}) (9... Nxc3 $2
10. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 f6 12. g3 Rb8 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. O-O Bb4 15. Bxb4 Rxb4 16.
Rd6 Ke7 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. b3 $14 {Atalik,S-Friedman/Philadelphia World op/1995/}
) (9... Bb4 10. Rc1 (10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 cxd5 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6 14.
O-O Ba6 $11 {Kortschnoj,V-Timman,J/Hilversum KRO m/1982/}) 10... Rb8 11. e3
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Nikcevic,N-Estremera Panos,S/Cappelle la Grande
1997/CBM 57 ext (12)}) 10. e4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qb6 12. Bd3 Bb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Qc5 15. Qe2 Qxc3 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Rxc6 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,B-Palac,M/
Pula CRO 2000 (17)}) (6... d6 $2 7. Ndb5 $16) 7. g3 (7. a3 $5 $14) (7. Ndb5 e5)
7... Bb4 8. Bg2 (8. Ndb5 e5) 8... O-O 9. O-O d5 {Schwarz kommt um diesen Zug
nicht herum. Nun aber kommt er in eine Stellung mit isoliertem Bauern.} 10.
cxd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 11. Rc1 $14 {
[%csl Gd4] Weiß hat eine bequeme Stellung - der Nd4 blockiert den isolierten
Pd5, und das weiße Figurenspiel ist gut.} Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Wenn man einen
isolierten Bauern hat, muss man immer aktiv spielen. Jetzt hängt indirekt der
Pe2.} 12. h3 (12. f3 $6 Be6 $13) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. hxg4 Bxc3 14. Rxc3
Ne6 15. e3 $11) 13... Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxe2 15. Re1 $44 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar
und Initiative - also ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern.} Re8 {[%cal
Ge8e1]} (15... Bb5 16. Bc7 Qd7 (16... Re8 $2 17. Bxd8 Rxe1+ 18. Kh2 $16) 17.
Be5 Qe6 18. Rce3 $44) 16. Bc7 (16. Be5 Bc4 17. b3 Bb5 18. Rec1 $44 (18. Rd1 $44
)) 16... Qd7 17. Be5 Bb5 (17... Bc4 18. b3) 18. Rec1 {[%cal Gc1c8] Weiß übt
spürbar positionellen Druck aus - Schwarz gelingt es nicht, seinen Mehrbauern
zu halten.} Qf5 (18... Ne4 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. a4 Rxc7 (20... Bxa4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qxa4 $18) 21. Rxc7 Qe6 22. Bxg7 $36) 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6
gxf6 21. Bxd5 {[%csl Gd5] Das material ist ausgeglichen, Weiß hat die bessere
Bauernstruktur.} Rad8 $8 {Schwarz kümmert sich nicht um die Verteidigung des
Pb7, sondern sucht Gegenspiel.} 22. Bxb7 Rd2 {[%csl Gd2]} 23. R3c2 (23. Ra3 $5
Rxb2 24. Rxa7 Ree2 (24... Re7 25. Ra8+ Kg7 26. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Ga2]}) 25. Bd5
Rxf2 26. Bxf7+ $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 23... Ree2 (23... Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxc2) 24. Rxd2
Rxd2 25. Rc7 (25. Rc8+ Kg7 26. Ra8 a6 27. Bxa6 $2 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 (28. Kg2 Bc6+ {
[%cal Rc6a8,Rc6g2]}) 28... Bc6 {[%cal Rd1h1,Rh1h2,Rc6a8]}) 25... a5 $1 {
[%mdl 256] Der Rd2 verhindert den Zug Bd5, deshalb schlägt Schwarz den Pb2
nicht.} (25... Rxb2 $2 26. Bd5 $16 {[%cal Gd5a2,Rd5f7,Rc7a7]}) 26. b3 a4 {
Schwarz versucht, so viel Material wie möglich abzutauschen.} 27. bxa4 Bxa4 28.
a3 (28. Bf3 Rxa2 29. Bd5 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 $14) 28... Rd1+ 29. Kg2 (29. Kh2 Rd2 30.
Kg2 (30. Kg1 Rd1+) 30... Rd3) 29... Rd3 {[%cal Rd3a3]} 30. Be4 Rxa3 $11 {
Die Stellung ist materiell ausgeglichen. Es ist zwar wahr, dass der Pf7
schwach und die schwarze Bauernstruktur schleicht ist, aber das Material ist
so weit reduziert, dass Schwarz leicht Remis halten kann.} 31. Ra7 (31. Bd5 Bb3
$11) 31... Ra2 32. Rb7 (32. Bd5 Bc6 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 33. Rd7 $8 (33. Bxc6 Rxa7
$17) 33... Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Bxd7 $11) 32... Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Quebec"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 $5 {With a one point lead in the match, Spraggett sensibly
chooses a very solid variation of the Tarrasch Defence.} ({To try out
Ivanchuk's new idea in the main line:} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12.
Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Re6 $5 {would only be to invite a demonstration
of Jussupow's preparation, whereas now Spraggett can steer the game towards a
boring queenless middlegame featuring bishops running on opposite colours.})
10. dxc5 ({ECO suggests that White can gain a small advantage with} 10. Rc1 {
but after} c4 $1 {the rook is slightly misplaced. If then} 11. Ne5 {Black can
choose between} Rc8 $5 ({or} 11... Qa5) {hoping for} 12. f4 $2 Nxd4 $1 {
in both cases with a complicated position where White will have difficulty
proving any edge.}) 10... Bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1
$1 {This move is the reason that 9...Be6 is seen so rarely in tournament play;
in contrast to many Tarrasch variations, the resultant position offers Black
no winning chances at all and he must defend with some accuracy to gain a draw,
as his e-pawn is slightly weak. However a draw is by far the most likely
result, an outcome which would suit Spraggett perfectly, so the pressure is
very much on Jussupow to make something out of almost nothing.} Qxc1 15. Raxc1
Be7 {Ng5 at some moment.} (15... Bb6) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc4 Bf6 18. e3 Rd6 19.
h4 h6 20. Re4 Rfd8 21. Bh3 Kf7 22. Kg2 {Having tied Black up to the defence of
the e-pawn, Jussupow is content to calmly strengthen his position. White has
no particular threats (g4 can usually be answered by ...g5, incarcerating
White's bishop) but he has more room to manoeuvre while waiting for Black to
lose patience and weaken his position.} Re8 23. Rc1 Re7 24. Rc2 b6 $2 {The
first concession, an unnecessary pawn move which leaves the knight on c6
somewhat underprotected. If Black had become bored with the plan ...
Re8-e7-e8-e7 and insisted on moving a pawn, then the logical choice was ...
g6!? intending Kg7-f7-g7 ad infinitum.} 25. Rf4 $1 {Immediately exploiting the
new weakness. The threat is 26.Rxc6 and 27.Ne5+, as well as gaining a little
more space with g4-g5.} Kg6 $6 ({Note that ...e5 is to be avoided if at all
possible; after} 25... e5 26. Re4 {, Black's bishop is a pitiful piece while
White can prepare Nd2-c4.}) 26. g4 $1 Ba1 ({The game continuation, which shows
up the exposed position of the Black king on g6, is a desperate attempt to
avoid} 26... Ne5 {By now Spraggett was probably wishing he had preferred 25...
Ke8 or 25...Kg8, however awkward after 26.g4}) 27. Rc1 Bb2 28. Rc2 Ba1 29. a4
$1 Ne5 {The threat was 30.Ra2 Bc3 31.Rc4 Bb4? (31...Bf6 32.g5) 32.Rxc6 etc.}
30. Nxe5+ Bxe5 31. Rf8 {Normally the exchange of knights would constitute
quite an achievement for Black (hence, for example, 18.e3) but here Black's
king is almost in a mating net.} Rdd7 ({A better chance for resistance lay in} 
31... h5 32. g5 Kh7 {avoiding 33.f4 and 34.Bxe6} 33. f4 Ba1 {/\...g6, but
White can round up the e-pawn with} 34. Rcc8 g6 35. Rfe8 {which should be
enough to win.}) 32. f4 Rc7 33. Rd2 Bc3 34. Rd6 Kh7 ({White was hoping to
decoy the bishop away from the long diagonal and win after} 34... Bb4 35. h5+
Kh7 36. Rdd8) 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Bb4 37. Rdd8 $5 (37. Rxe6 {was the simplest
but Jussupow has his eyes set on a mating attack.}) 37... Kg6 $6 ({Nearing the
time control it is understandable that Black did not trust his position after} 
37... g6 {but that is the only move to avoid a rapid mate. Since} 38. Rh8+ Kg7
39. Rh6 Bc3 $1 40. Rdh8 Kf7 {leads nowhere for White,}) ({he should probably
be content with} 37... g6 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Kf3 {leaving Black struggling to
find a move, or else humbly return to win the e-pawn. Of course Black is
hopelessly lost in both cases but White would have been forced to work a
little more.}) 38. Kf3 ({Safer than} 38. Bg4 {/\Rh8, Bh5, e4, when} Rc3 {
could be annoying, e.g.} 39. Kf3 Bc5) 38... Rf7 ({Now} 38... Rc3 {can be met by
} 39. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 40. f5+ Kxg5 41. fxe6 Bxf8 42. Rxf8 Rc7 43. Ke4 {and wins.})
39. Rh8 e5 40. Bg4 exf4 41. Rd5 $1 {Tightening the noose.} fxe3+ 42. Kg3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch04 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "Romanovsky,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1925.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 {[%csl Gd4]} Bf5 (11... Re8) 12. Rc1 Be4
13. Nd4 Nxd4 (13... Ne5 14. f3 Bg6 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bh3 Nh5 18. Be3
$14 {Soviet Midlegame technique}) 14. Qxd4 (14. Bxd4) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b6
16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Nc3 Bc5 18. Qf4 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Re6 21. Rd4 Rae8
22. Rcd1 Re5 23. e3 h6 24. Qf3 Qc6 25. Nxd5 Ne4 26. Nc3 f5 $6 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8]}
27. Rd7 $40 {[%csl Rg7]} R5e7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Nd5 Kf7 31. Qxf5+
Nf6 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Qe5+ Kf8 34. e4 Nd7 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. h4 Nc5 37. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Pfleger, Helmut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 0,72,18,-12,-4,-11,-11,-17,-31,-59,18,18,18,3,17,14,0,16,24,1,14,22,5,
-20,12,-8,-3,-39,-5,6,86,86,70,4,21,-4,21,-21,9,-13,22,73,0,0,-107,-119,-110,
-211,-228,-247,-418,-464,-744,-744,-811,-822,-837,-852,-852,-852,-865,-865,
-884,-884,-884,-29999,19,-884,-884,-884,-892,-891,-928,-1077,-1109] Diese
Partie ist aus deutscher Sicht sehr berühmt, weil durch Dr. Helmut Pflegers
Sieg über den nominell viel stärkeren Polugajevsky die deutsche Mannschaft
gegen die überlegene sowjetische gewann.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2
c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 {Durch Zugumstellung ist die
Standardstellung aus der Tarraschverteidigung des Damengambits entstanden.} O-O
9. Bg5 {Das ist die Hauptvariante.} c4 {Das ist allerdings ungewöhnlich.} ({
"Normal" wäre} 9... cxd4 {gewesen.}) 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13.
Na4 Rfd8 14. e3 c5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {Der Doppelbauer ist eine hässliche
Notwendigkeit.} (15... Bxf6 16. Nxc5 $18) 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qh5 Rac8 ({Auf der
gleichen Veranstaltung (Olympiade 1978) spielte Day gegen Polugajevsky} 17...
Bf8 {und verlor.} 18. e4 Rab8 19. exd5 Bd7 20. Nb2 cxb3 21. axb3 Qb6 22. Nc4
Qxb3 23. Be4 h6 24. Ne3 $16 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Day,L/Buenos Aires 1978/Mega
2000 (40)}) 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Rac1 Qb4 $1 (19... cxb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. axb3 Qb4
22. Bxd5 {mit weißem Vorteil.}) 20. Bxd5 (20. Nc3 $142) 20... Rxd5 21. Rxd5
cxb3 $1 {Ein schwarzer Gegentrick.} ({Der weiße Trick bestand in} 21... Bxd5
22. Qg4+ $18 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Rg4c8,Rg4g8]}) 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. axb3 Bg4 {
Die Pointe: Zuerst gerät die weiße Dame in Bedrängnis und dann der schwarze
König.} 24. Qh4 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Be2 {Droht Matt auf f1.} 26. g4 Qf1+ 27. Kg3 Qg1+
28. Kf4 Qg2 {Jetzt droht Matt auf f3.} 29. Qxf6 Qxf2+ $1 {Der schlichte
Turmgewinn reicht ihm nicht.} (29... Qxd5 $19) 30. Ke5 Qxe3+ 31. Kf5 Qf3+ 32.
Ke5 Qe3+ 33. Kf5 Bd3+ 34. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 35. Kg5 Qe3+ 36. Kh5 Be7 0-1

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 (11... Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14.
Kh2 Qd7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. a3 Kh8 $6 18. Qa4 a6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20.
Qh4 Qc4 21. Ne4 $1 $16 {Timman-Magomedov/Moscow olm/1994/}) 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1
Qd7 14. Kh2 Rfd8 15. Na4 Rac8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Nxd4 $6 {This surprisingly
loses a pawn.} (17... Ne4 $142 18. Nxc6 bxc6 (18... Nxc5 19. Nxd8 Qxd8 $14) 19.
Ra5 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gg2,Ra7,Rc6] ^^,><a7,c6}) 18. Rxc8 $1 (18. Qxd4 Rxc5 19.
Qxc5 b6 (19... d4 $6 20. Rd1) 20. Qd4 $14 {is pleasant for White, but the text
promises more.}) 18... Nf3+ (18... Rxc8 19. Qxd4 {[%cal Rd4a7,Re3h6] /\Qa7,Bh6}
) 19. exf3 $1 Rxc8 $146 (19... Qxc8 20. Qd4 Qc4 21. Qxa7 d4 22. Rd1 d3 23. b3
Qc6 24. f4 Ne4 25. Qa5 Rd6 26. f5 $18 {Gurieli-Roschina/Moscow olw/1994/}) 20.
Qd4 Rc4 (20... b6 21. Bxh6 $1 Rc4 22. Qe5 $16) 21. Qxa7 Ra4 (21... d4 22. Rd1
d3 23. Qa3 $18) 22. Qb8+ Kh7 23. a3 Qb5 24. Qe5 Qb3 (24... Qd3 $5) 25. Bd4 $5 (
25. Ra1 {[%cal Ye5c3] /\Qc3} Rc4 $5 $13) 25... Qd3 26. Bc3 d4 27. Bb4 Ra6 $5 (
27... Bd5 $6 28. Be7 $18 {or}) (27... Nd5 $2 28. f4 {[%cal Rg2e4] /\Be4+-}) 28.
Bc5 Ra4 29. Bb4 $138 Qc4 $2 (29... Ra6 $142 30. Re1 $1 Bd5 31. Qe2 Qf5 32. Qd2
Bxf3 33. Qxd4 $16 {and White has excellent winning chances. Now it over at
once.}) 30. Rd1 d3 (30... Qb3 31. Qxd4 Nd5 32. Rd3 $18) 31. Bf1 Qc8 32. Qc3
Qxc3 33. Bxc3 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Be6 (13...
Re8) 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. Rc1 Bb6 16. Nxe6 (16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Nc4 $14) 16... Qxe6 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nc4 Rfe8 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Qd3 Rd5 21. Rfc1 Bd8 22. b4 $146 (22.
Re1 Qh3 23. Qf3 d3 24. Rd2 Rh5 25. Qg2 Qe6 26. b3 $14 Rd5 27. Qf3 Qd7 28. Rf1
$6 (28. e4 Rd4 (28... Bg5 29. Red1 $1 Bxd2 30. exd5 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Bxe1 32. dxc6
$18) 29. Red1 Rexe4 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Qc7 33. Rd6 $16) 28...
dxe2 29. Rxe2 Bf6 30. Rfe1 Rf8 31. Ne3 Rd2 32. Rxd2 Qxd2 33. Re2 Qd7 34. Rc2
Rc8 35. Kg2 c5 36. Qd5 Qxd5+ 37. Nxd5 Bd8 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. Ke4 Bb6 40. Kd3 Re8
41. Kc4 Re6 42. Kb5 {1-0 Dejkalo,S-Redzepagic,R/Naleczow 1985}) 22... g6 23. a3
$6 (23. Nb2 $1 Rh5 (23... Qg4 24. Rd1 Bb6 25. a4 Rh5 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. exf3 Rd5
28. a5 Bd8 29. Rxc6 Re2 30. Nd3 $16) 24. Qf3 Qh3 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rhe5
27. Kf1 f5 28. Nd3 $16) 23... Bg5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Na5 $5 (25. Qf3 c5 26. b5 Rd7
27. a4 Rde7 28. a5 Bg7 29. b6 axb6 30. axb6 Rb8 31. Ra2 Ree8 32. Rcc2 h5 (32...
d3 33. Qxd3) 33. Ra7 (33. b7 Kh7 34. Ra8 Qd7 35. Rc1 Qe7 $11) 33... Re7 (33...
Qf5 34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. exd3 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Rca2 Rb3 38. Ra8 Rxa8 39. Rxa8+
Kh7 40. Ra3 Rb1 41. Ra7 $18) 34. f5 $1 $14) (25. Nb2 Rh5 26. Nd1 (26. Na4 a5
27. Nc5 Qh3 28. e4 dxe3 29. Ne4 (29. bxa5 e2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Bd4+ $19) (
29. Re1 Rd8 30. Qe2 axb4 31. axb4 Bd4 $17) 29... Bg7 30. Qxe3 Qe6 31. Re2 axb4
32. Qb6 bxa3 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Qa6 Bd4+ 36. Kg2 Bc5 37. Qa5 Bf8
38. Qa8 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Rhxh2 $19) 26... Qh3 27. e4 dxe3 28. Nxe3 Rd8 29. Qe4 Bd4
30. Re1 $11) 25... Qh3 26. Qf3 (26. Nxc6 Re3 27. Qa6 Rh5 $19) 26... Re3 $11 27.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxa3 29. Rxc6 Be7 $2 (29... Kg7 $1 30. Rd1 (30. Rc7 Rc3 31.
e4 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 d3 33. Rc1 d2 34. Rd1 Rd3 35. e5 Be7 36. Nc6 Bf8 37. Kf2 Rc3
38. b5 a6 39. Ke2 axb5 40. Nd4 b4 41. Kxd2 $11) (30. R1c4 d3 31. exd3 Raxd3 32.
Rc7 $11) (30. R6c4 Rd7 31. Nc6 d3 32. exd3 Raxd3 $11) (30. Nc4 Rc3 31. Rxc3
dxc3 32. Kf3 h5 33. e4 (33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Rb5 35. Rxc3 Rxb4 36. Rc7 Rb6 37.
Rxa7 g5 $11) 33... Rd3+ 34. Ke2 Rd4 35. e5 Be7 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Nd6 Bxd6 38.
exd6 Kf6 39. Rxc3 Rxd6 $11) 30... Rb5 31. Nc4 Rc3 32. Nd6 Rxc6 33. Nxb5 a6 34.
Nxd4 Rc4 35. e3 Rxb4 36. Ra1 Rb6 37. Kf3 $11) 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Nc6 $16 Ra2 32.
Kf3 Bf6 33. Rd1 Rb5 (33... Rc2 34. Nxa7 Rxc8 35. Nxc8 Rb5 36. Rb1 $1 (36. Nd6
$2 Rb8 37. g4 (37. Ke4 Be7) 37... Be7 38. Rxd4 Bxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxb4 40. g5 h6 41.
h4 hxg5 42. hxg5 $14) 36... Rb8 37. Na7 Ra8 38. Nc6 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 d3 40. exd3
Rxd3 41. b5 $16) 34. g4 $1 (34. Nxd4 $2 Rxb4 (34... Rd5 35. Rc4 a5 $11) 35.
Ne6+ $2 fxe6 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Rcc7 g5 $1) 34... h6 35. Nxd4 Bxd4 (35... Rxb4
36. Ne6+ $18) (35... Rd5 36. Nf5+ $18) 36. Rxd4 Rb7 $8 (36... a5 37. Rd7 Ra3+
38. e3 axb4 39. Rcc7 Kg8 40. Rxf7 b3 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rh7+ (42. Rb7 Raa5 43.
Rgc7 Rxb7 44. Rxb7 Ra3 $18) 42... Kg8 43. Rcg7+ Kf8 44. Rb7 Rxb7 45. Rxb7 $18)
37. h4 {[%csl Rg7]} Re7 $2 (37... f6 $1 38. Rdc4 (38. Rdd8 Rb2 39. Rg8+ Kf7 40.
Rcf8+ Ke7 41. Rg7+ Kxf8 42. Rxb7 a5 43. b5 a4 44. e3 a3 45. Ra7 Rxb5 46. Rxa3
h5 47. g5 f5 $11) 38... Rb2 39. R4c7+ Rxc7 40. Rxc7+ Kg8 41. Rxa7 Rxb4 42. Ra5
Kf7 43. h5 g5 44. e3 gxf4 45. exf4 Rc4 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Ke3 Rb4 48. Rd7 Ra4 49.
Rd4 Ra7 50. Ke4 Kf7 51. Rc4 Ke6 (51... Rb7 52. Rc5 (52. Kd5 Rd7+) 52... Ke6 53.
Rc6+ Kf7 54. Kd5 Ra7 55. Kd6 Ra4 56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. f5 Rxg4 58. Ke6 Ra4 59. Kxf6
Ra6+ 60. Ke5 Ra5+ 61. Ke6 Ra6+ 62. Kd5 Ra5+ 63. Rc5 Ra1 64. Ke5 Ra6 65. Rd5 Kf7
66. Rd7+ Kg8 67. Rd6 $16) 52. Rc6+ Kf7 53. Kd5 Ra4 54. Rc7+ Kf8 55. Rc4 Ra6 56.
Rc6 $18) 38. e4 $18 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 f5 (40... f6 41. Rcd8 a5 42. R4d7
Rxd7 43. Rxd7+ Kf8 44. b5 (44. bxa5 Rxa5 $16) 44... Rb2 45. Rb7 a4 46. Kd4 a3
47. Kc5 a2 48. Ra7 $18) 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. e5 Rh2 43. Rdd8 (43. Rdc4 $142 $1
Rh3+ 44. Kd4 Rxh4 45. Kd5 Rh1 46. R4c7 Rd1+ 47. Kc6 Rxc7+ 48. Rxc7+ Kf8 (48...
Kg6 49. Rxa7 Rd4 50. b5 Rxf4 51. b6 Rc4+ 52. Kd7 Rb4 53. b7 f4 54. e6 $18) 49.
Rxa7 Rd4 50. b5 Rxf4 51. b6 $18) 43... Rh3+ (43... Rxh4 $142 $5 44. Rg8+ Kh7
45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. Rcg8+ Rg7 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Ra8 Rh3+ 49. Kd4 Rf3 50. Rxa7+
Kf8 (50... Kg6 $5 51. b5 (51. e6 Kf6 (51... Rxf4+ 52. Kc5 (52. Ke5 Rxb4 53. Ra8
Re4+ 54. Kd6 Rd4+ 55. Kc6 Re4 56. Kd7 Rd4+ 57. Ke8 Re4 58. e7 f4 59. Kd7 f3 60.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 61. Rxe8 Kf5 62. Kd6 Kf4 63. Kd5 f2 $11) 52... Re4 53. e7 f4 54. b5
f3 55. Ra3 f2 56. Rf3 Rxe7 57. Rxf2 h5 $11) 52. Kd5 Rd3+ 53. Kc5 Kxe6 54. Ra6+
Kd7 55. Rxh6 Rf3 (55... Rc3+ 56. Kd5 Rb3 57. Rh7+ Kc8 58. b5 $18) 56. Rd6+ Kc7
57. Rd4 $18) (51. Ra6+ Kh5 52. e6 Rxf4+ 53. Ke5 Kg5 54. Ra8 (54. e7 Re4+ 55.
Kd6 Kf6 $11) 54... Re4+ 55. Kd6 (55. Kd5 Re1 56. b5 $1 (56. Rg8+ Kf4 57. b5
Rd1+ 58. Kc6 Re1 59. Kd7 Rd1+ 60. Ke8 Rb1 61. e7 Rxb5 62. Kf7 Rb7 63. Ke6 Rxe7+
64. Kxe7 Ke3 65. Kf6 f4 66. Kf5 f3 67. Re8+ (67. Kg4 f2 68. Rf8 Ke2 $11) 67...
Kd2 68. Kg4 f2 69. Rf8 Ke2 $11) 56... Rd1+ 57. Ke5 Re1+ 58. Kd6 Rd1+ 59. Ke7 f4
60. Kf7 f3 61. Ra2 Rd4 62. b6 Rf4+ 63. Kg7 f2 64. Rxf2 Rxf2 65. e7 Re2 66. Kf7
Rf2+ 67. Kg8 Re2 68. b7 Rxe7 69. b8=Q $18) 55... Rd4+) 51... Rxf4+ 52. Kd5 Rb4
53. Rb7 (53. Kc5 Re4 54. b6 (54. Kd6 f4 55. b6 f3 56. b7 Rb4 57. e6 f2 58. e7
Kf7 59. Ra8 Rb6+ 60. Kc7 Rxb7+ 61. Kxb7 Kxe7 62. Ra1 Kf6 63. Rf1 (63. Kc6 h5
64. Kd5 Kf5 65. Rf1 h4 66. Rxf2+ Kg4 67. Ke4 h3 $11) 63... h5 64. Kc6 (64.
Rxf2+ Kg5 65. Kc6 h4 66. Kd5 Kg4 67. Ke4 h3 $11 (67... Kg3 68. Rf3+ Kg2 69. Kf4
h3 70. Rg3+ $18)) 64... h4 65. Kd5 Kf5 66. Rxf2+ Kg4 67. Ke4 h3 68. Ke3 Kg3 69.
Rf8 Kg2 $11) 54... Rxe5+ 55. Kd6 Rb5 56. b7 f4 57. Kc7 f3 $11) 53... f4 54. e6
f3 55. Rb8 f2 56. e7 f1=Q 57. e8=Q+ Qf7+ 58. Qxf7+ Kxf7 59. b6 (59. Rb6 Rb1)
59... Rb1 60. Kc6 Rc1+ 61. Kb7 h5 $11) 51. e6 Rxf4+ 52. Ke5 $18) 44. Kd4 $18
Rxh4 45. Rg8+ Kh7 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Rcg8+ Rg7 48. e6 $1 Rxf4+ 49. Kd5 Re4 50. b5
$22 (50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. Ra8 Kf6 $11) 50... Re1 51. Rxg7+ Kxg7 52. Ra8 Kf6 53.
Rf8+ Kg5 54. Kd6 Rd1+ 55. Kc6 Re1 56. Kd7 Rd1+ 57. Ke8 f4 58. e7 Kg4 59. Kf7
Re1 60. e8=Q Rxe8 61. Kxe8 f3 62. Rf7 1-0

[Event "GRE-ch 48th"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16432]} 1. g3 e6 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c4 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d4 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 $6 $11 (12.
Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 {Theory}) 12... Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne1 (14. Nd2 Be6 (14...
Qh5 15. Re1 (15. Nb3 Bg4 16. f3 (16. Re1 Rad8 17. Rc1 d3 18. f3 dxe2 19. Qxe2
Be6 $11) 16... Be6 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. e3 Qe5 19. Re1 Nxd4 $11) 15... Bg4 16.
Bxc6 bxc6 17. f3 Be6 18. Qa4 Qe5 (18... c5 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Qa3 Rac8 21. Ne4
Qe5 (21... d3 $2 22. Qxd3 Bf5 23. Qd5 $18 {1-0 Szilagyi,G-Minev,N/Moscow 1960 
(25)}) 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxa2 $11) 19. Rad1 c5 $15) (14...
Bg4 15. Nb3 Qb6 (15... Qh5 $11) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxd4 Bxe2 18. Rfc1 Bf3 19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. Nxc6 Bxa2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Roesch,A-Stettler,M/
Chemnitz-Leipzig 1992 (23)}) (14... Rd8 15. Qa4 (15. Rc1 Qh5 16. Re1 Bg4 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. f3 Be6 $132 (18... Bd7 $6 19. Nb3 $14 (19. Ne4 $6 Be8 (19... Qd5
20. Qa4 Be8 $11) 20. Rc5 Rd5 21. Qxd4 Qxh2+ (21... Rxd4 22. Rxh5 a5 23. Rc1 $16
{1-0 Sandor,B-Szilagyi,G/Budapest HUN ch 1950 (48)}) 22. Kxh2 Rxd4 23. Rec1 f6
$132))) (15. Nb3 Qe7 (15... Qb6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Nc1 a5 18. Nd3 Rac8 19. Nf4 Nb4
20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Be4 Kh8 (21... d3 $5 22. exd3 Rc2 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Rxb2
25. a3 Nc2 (25... Nxd3 26. Rad1 Rb3 27. Rd2 Rxa3 28. Rfd1 b5 29. Bxd3 Rb8 30.
Kf2 $16) 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Nxe3 28. Rxb7 Rf8 $11) 22. a3 Na6 23. Rab1 Nc5
24. Bc2 a4 {1/2-1/2 Dolansky,J-Pacvon,M/Morava-chJM Valtice ,EXT 1991 (24)})
16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Nc5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rd5 20. Nd3 Re8 21. Rfe1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Giorgadze,G/Pula 1990 (46)}) 15... Bg4 16. Rfe1 b5 17.
Qa6 Nb4 18. Qa5 Nc6 19. Nb3 Nxa5 20. Nxc5 Rac8 21. b4 Nc4 22. h3 Bh5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Marinelli,T-Mircov,N/Bucharest-B ,EXT 1992 (61)}) 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Qc2
Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rd2 Bg4 19. h3 Be6 $11 (19... Rxe2 $4 20. Rxe2 d3 21.
Qxd3 {1-0 Pomar-Nejkirch/Madrid zt 1960 (21)})) (14. Qd2 Bg4 (14... Bf5 15.
Rac1 (15. b4 Nxb4 (15... Qxb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Nxd4 Bg6 18. a3 $16) 16. Nxd4
Rfd8 17. e3 Qb6 $132) 15... Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 $11) (14... Rd8 15. Rac1 Qe7 (
15... Qb5 16. Ne1 Be6 17. b3 Ne5 18. Rc7 Rab8 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. exd3 Rd7 21.
Rfc1 $11 {1-0 Anastasian,A-Tavadian,R/Erevan 1983 (36)}) 16. a3 a5 17. Rfe1 Bf5
18. Qg5 Qe6 19. Qf4 Bg6 20. Nh4 Ne5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Be4 $14 {1-0 Petrosian,
T-Estrin,Y/Moscow ch-city 1951 (41)} (22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Be4 Rxb2 24. Rc5 d3 25.
Rxe5 d2 26. Rf1 Qb3 27. Rd5 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rd1 $11)) 15. h3 (15. Rfc1
Qb6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qh6 20. Qc7 Rfe8 21. Rc5 Qe6
22. Qxb7 Qxh3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dzindzichashvili,R-Lein,A/URS-ch39 Leningrad 1971 
(41)}) (15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Ng5 $5 Rad8 $1 (16... h6 17. Ne4 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8
19. Nc5 $11) 17. Qf4 (17. Qd3 g6 $11) 17... Bh5 18. Qh4 (18. Nxh7 Kxh7 (18...
Rfe8 19. Ng5 Qxb2 (19... Rxe2 20. Bf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Re2,Rf7,Rh5]}) 20. Bf3 Bg6
21. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Qxa2 22. Rxb7 Ne5 $132) 19. Qh4 g6 (19... Qa5 20. g4
Rfe8 21. Bf3 d3 $1 $132) 20. g4 Kg7 21. gxh5 Rh8 $11) 18... Bg6 19. Be4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Keres,P/Belgrade URS-World 1970/ (48)}) (15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qf4
Bc8 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Rd2 f6 19. h4 Be6 20. b3 Rf7 21. Ne1 $14 {Time 0-1. 0-1
Wexler-Keres/Buenos Aires 1964 (34)}) 15... Bxf3 (15... Bh5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17.
Nh4 (17. Ng5 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Bg6 19. Rc4 h6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nf3 c5 22. b4 (22.
Qc1 Qe6 23. Rxc5 Qxh3 24. Nxd4 Be4 25. Nf3 g5 26. Rc4 $1 (26. Rc7 $2 g4 $1 (
26... Re5 $4 27. Rxf7 $1 $16 {0-1 Gruber,T-Dittmar,P/Wuert-ch Schramberg ,GER
1993 (41)}) 27. Qf4 (27. Qc4 Re6 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Qc3+ Rf6 $19)
27... Bd5 28. Qf5 Be6 $19) 26... Rab8 $132 (26... g4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nh4 $16
{[%csl Rh3]})) 22... Qe6 23. Rxc5 Qxh3 24. Qxd4 $14) 17... Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8
19. b3 Qb5 20. Rc4 Qe5 21. g4 Qf6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nf3 Bg6 24. Rxd4 $16 {
1-0 Kron,V-Bezgodov,A/URS-chClub Pavlodar ,EXT 1991 (61)}) 16. Bxf3 Rfe8 17.
Rac1 Qb5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Rc4 Qf5 $132 (19... d3 20. Bxc6 (20. exd3 Ne5 21. Rf4
Rxd3 22. Be2 Rxd2 23. Bxb5 $11) 20... dxe2 21. Qxe2 (21. Bxb5 $4 Rxd2 22. Re1
Rd1 23. Kg2 Rxe1 24. Bxe8 Rg1+ {0-1 Uogele-Goldenberg/cr 1983/Inf 03 (24)})
21... Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxe2 23. Rc7 $11)) (14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qc2 h6 16. b3 (16. Rfd1
Bg4 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Rfe8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Nxf3+ {1/2-1/2
Khasin,A-Aronin,L/URS-ch24 Moscow 1957 (93)}) 16... Re8 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. h3 Be6
19. Qc5 Qa6 20. b4 Qxa2 21. b5 Na5 22. Rd2 Nb3 23. Rxa2 Nxc5 24. Ra3 Nb3 25.
Rd1 Bc4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxb5 28. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Sosonko,G/
Bad Lauterberg 1977 (28)}) 14... Bf5 (14... Be6 15. Nd3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17.
Rfc1 Bd5 18. Rc5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rd6 20. Rac1 Re8 21. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Foguelman-Maldonado,O/Buenos Aires ch-ARG 1972 (41)}) (14... Re8 15. Nd3 Qd6 (
15... Qb6 16. Qd2 Bf5 (16... Bg4 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. b4 Qa3 20. Bd5
Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rc4 a5 23. Rec1 $14 {1-0 Muender,M-Asendorf,J/BL2N 1988 
(43)}) 17. Rac1 Be4 18. Rfe1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rad8 $14 {0-1 Wong Meng Leong-Xu,J/
Thessaloniki olm ,BIG 1984 (37)}) 16. Qd2 (16. Rc1 Bg4 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Qd2 Re7
19. h3 Be6 20. a3 Bd5 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $14 {1/2-1/2 King,
D-Balashov,Y/BL2W 1993 (30)}) 16... Bf5 17. Rac1 Be4 18. Rc2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Re7
20. Rfc1 Rae8 21. Nf4 g5 (21... Re5 $2 $132 {0-1 Foerster,A-Bartelborth,T/BL
1984 (33)}) 22. Nd3 (22. Nh3 Qd5+ 23. f3 Rxe2+ (23... Re3 $5 $17) 24. Qxe2
Rxe2+ 25. Rxe2 g4 26. Ng1 Ne5 $17) 22... Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 25.
Rxe2 Qxa2 $17) 15. Nd3 Qb6 16. b4 (16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Be4 18. Rac1 {1/2-1/2
Litus,V-Korsunsky,Y/Moscow VDFSO 1992 (18)}) 16... Rfe8 17. a3 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5
19. Qd2 Rb5 20. a4 Rb3 21. Bd5 Rc3 22. Qf4 (22. e4 Bg6 (22... Bxe4 23. Rae1 Ne5
24. Bxe4 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 $18) (22... Qa6 23. exf5 Rxd3 24. Qa2 $16)
23. f3 Rd8 24. Rab1 Qa7 25. Nf4 $132) 22... Bg6 $5 (22... Ne7 23. Rfb1 Nxd5 24.
Qxf5 Qc6 $11) 23. Rfb1 (23. a5 $2 Qd8 (23... Nxa5 24. Ne5 $16) 24. Bxc6 Rxc6
$15) 23... Qa5 $2 $16 (23... Qd8 $1 $132) 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxb7 h6 (25... Rce6
26. Ra2 $16) 26. Rb5 Qa7 (26... Qa8 27. Qxd4 Rxe2 28. Nf4 Ra2 29. Nxg6 Rxa1+
30. Qxa1 Rxg6 31. a5 $16) 27. Re5 Rec8 28. Rd5 (28. Nb4 Rc5 29. a5 $16) 28...
Qe7 29. Ne5 Rf6 $6 $18 (29... Rc2 30. Qxd4 Rxe2 31. Nxg6 fxg6 32. Rd7 Qf8 33.
a5 $16) 30. Qxd4 Bf5 31. Ng4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Rc2 33. Re1 Re6 34. Kf1 (34. e4 $6
Rc4 35. a5 Rcxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 $16) 34... Re4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Qf3 $1 Rc5 (
36... Rcxe2 37. Rxe2 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Qxd8 39. Qe4+ $18) 37. Qd3 f5 38. Rd5 (38.
Rd4 $18) 38... Rcc4 39. Rxf5 Rcd4 40. Qf3 Rxa4 41. Rf7 Qe6 42. Qf5+ Qxf5 43.
Rxf5 Kg6 44. Rd5 Ra2 45. e3 Rc4 46. Rd4 $6 (46. Kg2 Rcc2 47. Rf1 Kf6 48. h4 Ke6
49. Rb5 Kf6 (49... g6 50. h5 $18) 50. h5 Ke6 51. g4 Kf6 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rb1
$18) 46... Rxd4 47. exd4 Rd2 48. Re4 Kf5 49. Rf4+ Ke6 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. h4 g5 (
51... Kd5 52. Rg4 $18) 52. Re4+ Kf5 53. Re5+ Kf6 54. hxg5+ hxg5 55. g4 Ra4 56.
Rf5+ Kg6 57. Rd5 Ra2 58. f3 Rb2 59. Rf5 Ra2 60. d5 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1
Qxc1 15. Raxc1 b6 (15... Bb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e3 h6 18. Rc4 (18. Rfd1 Kf7 19.
Nd2 Ne5 20. Ne4 Ke7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Ke2 Nc6 24. Nd2 Ra5 25. Bxc6
bxc6 26. Rc2 $14 {1-0 Slipak,S-Bere,R/Copa Itau Mercosul, Sao Paulo BRA 1997 
(37)}) 18... Rd6 19. Re4 Bc5 20. h4 b6 21. Rb1 a5 22. Rb2 Rd1+ 23. Kh2 Rd6 24.
Kg1 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Rd6 26. g4 g6 27. Kg3 Kg7 28. Nd2 Nb4 29. Nc4 {1-0 Tsesarsky,
I-Damjanovic,M/6th Tel-Aviv International 1991}) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 (17. Rc4
$6 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20. e3 Bc5 21. Rd1 Rf7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Petrosian,T-Spassky,B/Moskva (m16) 1969 (31)}) (17. e3 $1 h6 18. Rfd1 (18. Rc4
$1 Rd6 (18... Rxf3 $5 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Bg4 $1 Nxc4 21. Bxe6+ Kf8 22. Bxc4 Rd2 {
+/- Barbero,G-Messa,R/Dubai (ol) 1986} (22... Rd2 23. Re1 $1 {/\ 24. Kg2, 24.
Re2+/-_|_ Barbero,G})) 19. h4 $6 (19. Re4 Rf5 (19... Rfd8 20. h4 Kf7 $14) 20.
h4 Kf7 21. Kh2 Ke7 22. g4 $1 $14 {Ftacnik,L 1-0 Huzman,A-Stripunsky,A/
Ukraina-ch Simferopol 1990 (40)}) 19... Rxf3 $1 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Be2 Nxc4 22.
Bxc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Raetsky,A-Stripunsky,A/Katowice open 1992 (23)}) (18. Rc2 Nb4
19. Rc4 $132) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Vaganian,R/
Buenos Aires ClA 1978 (24)}) 17... e5 $5 (17... Rf6 18. Rc4 (18. Ng5 Nd4 19.
Kg2 (19. Kh1 Nxe2 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6 21. Nxe6 Rd6 22. Nxc5 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 bxc5 24.
Rxc5 Rd2 25. Ra5 Rxf2 26. Rxa7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Palatnik,S-Vera,R/Capablanca mem-A
1985 (40)}) 19... Rg6 20. e3 Rxg5 21. exd4 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Hort,V/
Waddinxveen 1979}) 18... h6 19. Re4 Kf7 20. Rc1 Rd5 21. Bg2 Ke7 22. Rg4 g5 23.
h4 Ne5 24. Ra4 b5 25. Re4 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hoi,C-Onkoud,A/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM
1996 (28)}) (17... Rfe8 18. Rfd1 (18. Ng5 Nd4 19. Bg4 Rd5 20. h4 h6 21. Ne4 h5
22. Bf3 Nxf3+ (22... Re5 23. Rc4 Rc8 24. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Fancsy,I-Schroter,T/
Gyor-J 1991 (31)}) 23. exf3 Red8 24. Kg2 Be7 25. Rc7 R8d7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lechtynsky,J-Espig,L/Halle 1981 (36)}) 18... Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4
21. Rc8 Kf7 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. e3 Bb2 24. Bxe6 $14 {Lechtynsky,J-Lukov,V/
Polanica Zdrój 1983/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 18. Ng5 $1 $14 (18. Kg2 $5 Rd6 (18... Nd4
19. Nxe5 Rfe8 (19... Nxe2 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Rc4 $16) 20. Nd7 (20. f4 Nxe2 $11)
20... Nxe2 21. Rc4 Bd4 22. Rd1 Bb2 23. Rd2 Ba1 24. Rc7 $16) 19. e3 h6 20. Rc4
Kf7 $1 21. Rb1 Rfd8 $11) 18... Nd4 19. Bg4 $1 (19. Be6+ Kh8 20. Kg2 (20. Nf7+
$4 Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Nxe2+ 22. Kg2 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rf8 $19) 20... Nxe2 21. Rce1 Rd2
22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nxe5+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nd6+ Kh8 26. Ne4 Rb2 27. Rb1 (27.
Nxc5 bxc5 28. Rb1 Rb6 $1 $11 (28... Rfb8 $6 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Re1 g6 31. Bc4
Nc3 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Re7+ Kh8 34. Rxa7 Nd1 35. Re7 (35. Rf7 $4 Ne3+ $19) 35...
Nxf2 (35... Rxf2+ 36. Kh3 Nb2 37. Bb5 c4 38. Rc7 $16) 36. Kf3 Nh3 37. Ke4 Rxh2
38. Kd5 Rg2 39. Re3 $14)) 27... Bd4 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Bd4 30. Re1 Nc3 $11)
19... h6 20. Ne4 (20. Ne6 Nxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kh7 $11) 20... Ba3 21. Rc3 (21. Rc7
Rf7 $11) 21... Bb4 (21... Nb5 $2 22. Rb3 a6 (22... Nd6 23. Rxa3 Nxe4 24. Rxa7
$16) 23. e3 Be7 24. Be2 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Bxa6 $16) 22. Rc4 $6 $11 (22. Rc7
$1 Nb5 $5 (22... Rf7 23. Rfc1 Ba3 (23... a5 24. e3 $16) 24. R1c3 Bb4 25. R3c4
Bd6 (25... a5 26. e3 Nb5 27. R7c6 Na3 28. Rc1 Rb7 29. Bc8 Rb8 30. Be6+ $16) 26.
Rc8 Rff8 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. f4 $1 Rg6 (28... exf4 $2 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Be6+ $18)
29. Bh3 (29. Bh5 Re6 30. e3 Nb5 (30... Nf5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Bg4 $18) 31. fxe5
(31. Bf3 Ree8 $8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Re4 Nc3 34. Rc4 (34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Kf7
$17) 34... Nxa2 35. Rc7 Nb4 36. Rxa7 exf4 37. exf4 $11) 31... g6 $1 $11) 29...
b5 (29... Nxe2+ 30. Kf2 Nd4 31. Ke3 $1 $16) 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. e3
$1 (32. Rc7+ Kd6 33. Rxa7 Nxe2+ (33... exf4 34. Ra6+ $18) 34. Kf2 Nd4 35. Rd7+
(35. Ke3) 35... Kc5 36. fxe5 Ra6 $1 37. Ke3 $1 Nc2+ 38. Kd3 (38. Ke4 Ra4+ 39.
Kf3 Rxa2 40. e6 Nd4+ 41. Ke4 Nc6 (41... Re2+ $2 42. Kd3 Rxh2 (42... Rxe6 43.
Rxd4 $18) 43. e7 Re2 44. Bg2 $1 $18 (44. Rxd4 Rxe7 $16)) 42. Bf1 Ra4+ 43. Ke3
g5 44. Bd3 (44. e7 Ra8 $11) 44... Ra8 45. Be4 Ra3+ $11) 38... Nb4+ 39. Ke4 Rxa2
40. Rc7+ Kb6 41. Rxg7 Rxh2 (41... Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rxe5 43. Rg6+ Kc5 44. Rxh6 $16)
42. Rg6+ Kc5 43. Rxh6 Re2+ 44. Kf5 Nc6 45. e6 Kd6 46. Kf6 Re3 $11) 32... Nc6 (
32... Nf3+ 33. Kf2 Nxh2 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. Rxa7 exf4 36. gxf4 Ng4+ 37. Bxg4 Rxg4
38. Ra5 Rh4 39. Kg3 Rh1 40. Rxb5 $16) 33. Rc7+ Kd6 34. Rd7+ Kc5 35. fxe5 Nxe5
36. Rxa7 $16) 23. Rb7 $14) 22... a5 23. e3 Nb5 (23... Nf3+ $6 24. Bxf3 (24. Kg2
Nd2 25. Nxd2 Rxd2 26. a4 Bc5 $11) 24... Rxf3 $14) 24. Rd1 (24. Rfc1 Nd6 25.
Nxd6 Rxd6 26. R1c2 Bc5 27. Re4 Re8 $11) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Rd8 26. Bb3 (26.
Bg4 Nd6 $11) 26... Kf8 (26... Kh8 27. a4 Nd6 28. Nxd6 Bxd6 29. Rc6 Bc5 30. Kg2
Rd2 (30... Rd6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Re8 $16) 31. Kf3 e4+ 32. Kxe4 Rxf2 $11) 27. Rc6
Nd6 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Rc7 $14 g5 $2 {[%csl Re4,Rf5,Rg4,Rh5,Rh6]} (29... g6 $5
$14) (29... b5 $2 30. Rb7 a4 31. Bxa4 bxa4 32. Rxb4 $18) 30. Rf7+ $16 Ke8 31.
Rf5 (31. Rb7 Bc5 32. Kg2 Kd8 33. Rh7 b5 $132) 31... Bc3 32. a4 $1 Kd7 33. Rf8 (
33. Kg2 $5 Bb2 34. Kf3 Rd3 35. Bc4 Rd2 36. Kg4 Rc2 37. Bf7 Bc3 38. Kh5 Be1 39.
Kxh6 Rxf2 40. Rxf2 Bxf2 41. Kxg5 Bxe3+ 42. Kf5 $16) 33... Rd2 34. Bc4 (34. Kg2
Bb4 35. Rf6 Bc5 36. Kf3 h5 37. Ke4 $16) 34... Kd6 35. Bb5 $2 $11 (35. Rf6+ $1
Kc5 36. Bb5 Rd6 37. Rf7 Bd2 38. Kg2 Kd5 39. Kf3 Be1 40. Kg4 Ke4 41. h3 $22 $16)
35... Rb2 36. Kf1 (36. Rf6+ Ke7 $1 37. Rxh6 Be1 38. f4 (38. Rh7+ Kf6 $11) 38...
exf4 39. exf4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Bd2 $11) 36... Rb1+ (36... e4 37. Rb8 Kc7 38. Re8
$16) 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. Rxh6 (39. Rxb6 Be1 40. Rxh6 Rxf2+ 41. Kh3 Bd2
42. Rh7+ Rf7 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. e4 Kg6 45. Kg4 Kf6 $11) 39... Be1 40. Kf3 (40.
Rxb6 Rxf2+ (40... g4 41. Rg6 Bxf2 42. Rxg4 Bxe3+ 43. Kf3 $16) 41. Kh3 Bd2 42.
Bc4 Bxe3 43. Re6+ Kd7 44. Rxe5 Bd2 $11) 40... Rxf2+ 41. Ke4 Bc3 (41... Rg2 42.
Bc4 (42. Kxe5 Rxh2 $1 $11) 42... Kd7 43. Bf1 Rd2 44. Rh5 Kd6 45. Bb5 $16) 42.
Rc6 (42. Rxb6 Rxh2 43. Rg6 Rg2 44. Rxg5 Kf6 45. Rf5+ Ke7 46. Kf3 Rg1 $11) 42...
Bb2 43. Rxb6 Rxh2 44. Rg6 Rh1 45. Rxg5 Re1 46. Rf5 Rg1 47. Rf3 Bc3 48. Bc4 (48.
Kf5 Be1 $1 (48... Rh1 49. e4 Bd4 50. Bc4 (50. g4 Rh8 51. g5 Rf8+ 52. Kg4 Rxf3
53. Kxf3 Kf7 54. Kg4 Kg6 55. Be8+ Kg7 56. Kf5 Bb2 $11) 50... Rh8 51. Kg6 Rc8
52. Bd5 Rc1 53. g4 Ra1 54. Bb3 $16) 49. g4 Rg3 50. Rxg3 Bxg3 $11) 48... Kd6 49.
Kf5 Be1 50. g4 (50. Kg4 e4 51. Rf6+ Kc5 52. Rf1 Rxf1 53. Bxf1 Bc3 54. Kf5 Kd6
$11) 50... Rg3 $1 51. Rxg3 Bxg3 52. Kf6 e4 53. Kf5 Be5 54. Kxe4 Ba1 55. Kf5 Bb2
56. g5 Ba1 57. Kg6 Ke7 58. Kf5 Kd6 59. Bb3 Bb2 60. Ke4 Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 h6 $6 (6...
dxc4 {Catalone}) (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 8. Nb5 dxc4 9. N1a3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O
11. Nxc4 Qc5 12. b3 Rd8 13. Ba3 Qh5 14. Bd6 e5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17.
Qb2 e4 $132 {1-0 Brunner,L-Almasi,I/Budapest FS06 GM 1993 (32)}) 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 $14 Be7 (10... Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Be6 13.
Rc1 Qe7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 $14 {1-0 Schaller,S-Hahlbohm,M/Dresden op 1992 
(67)}) 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Ne4 $6 (12... Bg4) 13. Nd4 Bd7 (13... Ne5 14. Nb5)
14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Bd4 Qd7 17. Qd3 Bb4 (17... Bg5 18. e3 Nxc3 19.
Qxc3 $16) (17... Bf8 18. Rfd1 $16) 18. Bxg7 $1 Bxc3 $8 19. Bxc3 Bb5 $8 20. Qd4
Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxe2 (21... Bxe2 22. Rfc1 $18) 22. Rc5 $16 Bc6 23. b4 (23. Bf3)
23... a6 24. a4 Qe8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 $8 (25... Rd8 26. Qg4+ $18 {[%cal Gd5f7]})
26. Rxd5 Qe4 27. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4,Gd4f4] Prevent a Queen change} (27. Rd1)
27... Re8 28. Rd4 Qf5 29. Rf4 $1 Qe5 30. Qd7 Qe7 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Rd1 Re1+ $2 (
32... Re6 $16) 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ {[#]_|_ Hecht Geschwächte schwarze K-Position,
passive schwarze Schwerfiguren ==> Mattangriff} 34. Kg2 $18 Qe7 (34... Re7 35.
Qf5+ Kg8 36. Rg4+ Kf8 37. Qh7 $18 (37. Qc8+ Re8 38. Qxb7 $18)) 35. a5 (35. Qf5+
Kg8 36. Rg4+ Kf8 37. Qh7 Qe6 38. Rg8+ Ke7 39. Rxe8+ Kxe8 40. h4 $16) 35... Rd8
36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Rg4+ Kh8 (37... Kf8 38. Re4 (38. Qh7 Qe6 39. Rh4 (39. Rg8+ Ke7
40. Rxd8 Kxd8 41. Qd3+ $16) 39... Rd6 40. Re4 Qf6 41. h4 Rd2 42. Rf4 Qc6+ 43.
Kh2 Rd7 44. Rf5 $18) (38. h4 $18) 38... Qd6 39. h4 $18) 38. Re4 Qf8 39. Qf6+
Kg8 40. Re7 Rb8 41. Rc7 Qe8 42. Qxh6 Qe4+ 43. f3 Qe2+ 44. Kh3 Qxf3 45. Rc5 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.04.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20516]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7.
Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2
Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 (14... Bf8 15. Nb3 $14) 15. Nc4 Bg4 (15... Be6 16. Nf4 Bf5 17.
Re1 Rc8 18. a3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qd3 Re8 21. Qf3 a6 22. Nd3 $14 {1-0
Psakhis,L-Lputian,S/USSR (ch) 1985/Inf 39 (57)}) 16. Re1 h6 $146 (16... Bc5 17.
a3 a6 (17... Bf8 18. b4 Rc8 19. Nf4 b5 20. Nb2 Ne5 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nd5 Nc6
23. Qd3 a6 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Qd2 Re6 26. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Burtman,S-Thipsay,B/
Kishinev ztW ,EXT 1995 (51)}) 18. b4 Ba7 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Nb2 (20. Qf4 Be6 21.
Qd6 b5 22. Qxd8 Rcxd8 23. Nc7 Bxc4 (23... Re7 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Nb2 Ne5 26. h3
$14) 24. Nxe8 Ne5 25. Nc7 d3 26. Red1 Ng4 27. exd3 (27. e3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Bxe3+
29. Kh1 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 d2 $19) 27... Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Be3 (28... Bb6 29. Rf1 Rxd3
30. Rce1 g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bystrov,S-Timoshenko,A/corr 1991 (40)}) 29. Be4 Bxc1
30. Rxc1 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 Nxd3 $17) 20... Bf5 21. Nf4 Be4 22. Nbd3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2
Qe7 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rcd8 26. Nd3 $132 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Frey,K/Havana 1985 
(52)}) (16... Ba5 17. b4 $1 (17. Nxa5 $6 Qxa5 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Qd2 (19. Qxd4
Nxd5 20. Qxg4 (20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22. Bxb7 Rxe2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Prokopchuk,E-Potkin,V/Moscow RUS 1999 (38)}) 20... Rad8 21. Red1 Nf6 22. Qc4 b5
$11 {1-0 Milov,V-Haag,M/Suncoast AUS 1999 (37)}) 19... Nc6 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21.
Nc7 (21. f3 Bf5 22. Nc7 d3 23. Rcd1 d2 24. Rxd2 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. e4 Be6
27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rc1 $132) 21... d3 $1 22. exd3 (22. Rb1 d2 23. Red1 Bxe2 24.
Rxd2 Rad8 $17) (22. Nxe8 d2 23. Nd6 Be6 24. Red1 dxc1=Q 25. Rxc1 Rb8 26. f4 g6
27. a3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sobek,J-Orsag,M/CZE-chT 1994 (55)}) 22... Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Rd8 $11 (23... Rc8 24. Nb5 g6 25. Nxa7 Rc2 26. a4 Be2 27. Be4 f5 28. Bd5+
Kg7 29. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Legky,N-Annakov,B/RUS Army-ch 1995 (29)})) 17... Bxb4 18.
Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Qb3 a5 20. a3 Nd5 21. Qxb7 Be6 22. Qb2 (22. Red1 $14) 22... Nc3
23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Ne5 $14 {0-1 Von Herman,B-Breutigam,M/Berlin Steglitz-ch
1987/EXT 87ch2 (42)} (24. Nd6 $1 Rb8 (24... Rd8 25. Qb6 $18) 25. Qd2 $16)) (
16... d3 $2 17. Qxd3 Nd4 18. Ncxb6 (18. e3 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. e4 $16) 18...
Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Rxe2 20. Nxa8 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 $18 {1-0 Ross,D-Caceres Cortes,J/
Quebec Inv 1992 (30)}) (16... Rc8 17. a3 (17. h3 Be6 18. Ncxb6 (18. Nf4 Bf5 19.
Qd2 Bc7 20. b4 Qd7 21. b5 Nd8 22. b6 axb6 23. Nd5 Re6 (23... Bxh3 24. Ncxb6
Bxb6 25. Nxb6 Rxc1 26. Nxd7 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Bxd7 28. Qd2 $16) 24. Qxd4 b5 25.
Nce3 $16) 18... axb6 19. e4 $14) 17... Bc7 18. h3 Be6 (18... Bxh3 19. Nxc7 $18)
19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Kh2 Bd5 22. Nf3 Rcc8 23. Qa4 a6 24. Rc5 $14 {
1-0 Tolonen,L-Kilpela,P/Jyvaskyla ,EXT 1994 (45)}) (16... Be6 17. Nf4 Rc8 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. a3 Bc7 20. Qd3 Bb8 21. Be4 g6 22. h4 Qf6 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Bxf3
$14 {1-0 Faldt,M-Svensson,S/Swedish tt ch 1995 (49)}) 17. h3 (17. b4 Be6 18.
Ndxb6 axb6 19. b5 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Rxa2 21. Bc6 Nxc6 22. bxc6 Bg4 23. f3 Bh3 $132)
(17. a3 Bc7 18. b4 $14) 17... Bf5 18. a3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Ndxb6 axb6 21.
Qb3 (21. Qd3 Re6 22. Qb3 Qd5 23. Qxb6 Rae8 24. Qxb7 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Qc8+
Kh7 27. Qg4 d3 $44) 21... Qd5 (21... Qg5 22. Qf3 (22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Nxb6 (23.
Nd6 Re3 24. Nxe8 Rxd3 25. exd3 Ne5 26. Red1 (26. Rc8 Kh7 27. Re4 Qh5 $1 (27...
Nxd3 28. Rg4 Qf5 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rxf7 $3 Qxc8 (30... Qxf7 31. Nd6+ Qg8 32.
Nf7+ Kg7 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Nxh6+ Kh7 35. Nf5 $18) 31. Rf8+ Kh7 32. Nf6+ Kg7
33. Rxc8 $18) 28. Rd8 (28. Nd6 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Nxd3 30. Rxd4 Qf3 $19) 28... Qd1+
29. Kg2 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Nxd3 $19) 26... Nxd3 27. Rc8 Kh7 28. Rc2 (28. Rxd3 Qf5 $19
) 28... Ne5 $17) 23... Re3 $1 $17) 22... Re6 (22... Rae8 23. Nd6 $18) 23. Nxb6
$16) 22. Nd2 {The difficult decision.} ({Alternative was} 22. Qxb6 Rae8 23. e3
(23. Qxb7 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Nb6 Qf3 26. Rf1 Rxb2 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Nd7 g6
$17) 23... d3 (23... Ne5 $1 24. Nxe5 R8xe5 $1 $14 (24... Qxe5 25. Qxb7 dxe3 26.
Kg2 $1 $16) 25. Red1 (25. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 26. Rd1 $4 (26. Rd8 Qc6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28.
b4 dxe3 29. f3 (29. Kg2 exf2 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd6 Re3 32. Kxf2 Rxa3 33. Rxc6
Rb3 $11) 29... Rc4 30. Rd3 e2 31. Kf2 Rc2 $14) 26... Rxe3 $1 27. fxe3 Rxe3 $19)
25... Rxe3 26. fxe3 Qf3 $1 (26... Rxe3 27. Rd2 $8 Rxg3+ 28. Kh2 Rxh3+ 29. Kxh3
Qf3+ 30. Kh2 (30. Kh4 g5#) 30... Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Qxd2 33. Ra1 (33.
Rc8+ Kh7 34. Qxb7 Qe1+ $11) 33... Qe3 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qh4 d3 36. Rf1 $16) 27.
Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qh4 Qxe3+ 29. Kg2 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 $11) 24. Nd2 R4e6 (24... Nd4 25.
Rc5 Qd7 26. Kg2 Nc2 27. Rxc2 (27. Rf1 Rxe3 $1 28. fxe3 Nxe3+ $19) (27. Rh1
Nxe3+ 28. Kh2 Nd5 $17) 27... dxc2 28. Nxe4 Qd5 29. f3 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Qd2+ 31.
Kf1 Qxe1+ 32. Kxe1 c1=Q+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kf3 Qd1+ 35. Kf4 Qf1+ 36. Ke5 Qxh3
37. Qxb7 Qxg3+ 38. Kd5 $16) (24... Ne5 25. Rc5 Qd7 26. Qb5 $18) 25. Rc5 Qd7 26.
Kg2 $16) 22... Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Rae8 $6 (23... Re5 24. Nd2 Rae8 (24... Rb5 25. Nc4
Rb3 26. Red1 b5 27. Nb6 Re8 28. Rc2 $16) (24... Rc5 25. Nc4 Ra6 26. b4 Rd5 27.
e4 dxe3 28. Nxe3 Re5 29. f4 Re6 30. b5 Rxa3 31. bxc6 Raxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33.
cxb7 $18) 25. Kf1 $14) 24. Kf1 f5 25. Rcd1 Rd8 26. Rd2 (26. Nc1 g5 27. Nd3 $14)
26... f4 27. g4 Re5 28. Red1 Red5 29. Rd3 (29. Nc1 g5 30. Nd3 $14) 29... h5 30.
gxh5 $1 Rxh5 31. Nxd4 Ne5 32. Ne6 $1 (32. Rc3 Nc6 33. Rcd3 Ne5 $11) 32... Rxd3
$2 $16 (32... Nxd3 $1 33. Nxd8 Nxb2 34. Rd7 (34. Rb1 Nc4 35. Rb4 Nxa3 36. Rxb6
Rxh3 37. Rxb7 $11) 34... Rxh3 35. Ne6 Rxa3 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rf7 f3 38. Rf8+ (
38. exf3 Nc4 39. f4 $14) 38... Kh7 39. Rxf3 Rxf3 40. Ng5+ Kg6 41. Nxf3 $14) 33.
exd3 f3 (33... Rxh3 34. Nxf4 Rh4 35. d4 (35. Re1 Nf3 36. Ng2 (36. Re4 Nd2+ $19)
36... Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Nxe1 38. Nxe1 Kf7 $17) (35. Ne2 $1 Rh1+ 36. Ng1 $16) 35...
Nc4 36. Ne6 Nxb2 37. Rd2 Nc4 38. Rd3 Kf7 39. d5 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Ra1 $132) 34. Nf4
Rh4 35. Re1 $1 (35. d4 Nc4 36. Rc1 Nxb2 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kxh8 39. Ng6+ Kg8
40. Nxh4 Nc4 41. Nxf3 Nxa3 $132) 35... Nd7 (35... Rxf4 36. Rxe5 $16) 36. Re7 (
36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Re7+ Kxe7 38. Ng6+ Kf6 (38... Kd6 39. Nxh4 Ne5 40. d4 Nc4 41.
Nxf3 Nxb2 42. Ke2 Nc4 43. Kd3 Nxa3 $132) 39. Nxh4 Ne5 40. d4 Nc4 41. Nxf3 Nxb2
42. Ne5 Ke6 43. Ke2 Kd5 $44) 36... Nc5 37. b4 $1 (37. d4 Nb3 38. Ne6 Rxh3 39.
Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Rg1 (40. d5 Rh1+ 41. Rg1 Nd2+ 42. Ke1 Rxg1+ 43. Kxd2 Rh1 (43...
Rg6 44. Ke3 $14) 44. Ke3 Rd1 $11) 40... Rh4 41. d5 Rc4 42. Rh1+ Kg8 43. Kg1
Rg4+ 44. Kh2 (44. Kf1 Rc4 45. Kg1 $11) 44... Rh4+ 45. Kg1 Rg4+ $11) 37... Rxf4
$8 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Rxb7 Rd4 40. Rb3 $1 (40. Ke1 Rxd3 41. a4 Ra3 $11) 40... c4
41. Rc3 cxd3 (41... Rxd3 $4 42. Rxd3 cxd3 43. Ke1 $18) 42. Ke1 Rh4 $4 (42...
Re4+ 43. Kd2 Re2+ 44. Kxd3 Rxf2 45. Ke4 Ra2 $14 {This position is drawn.}) 43.
Rxd3 Rxh3 44. Kd2 Kf7 (44... g5 45. Rd5 Rh5 46. Rf5 $18) 45. a4 g5 46. a5 g4
47. a6 Rh8 48. a7 Ke6 49. Ra3 Ra8 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Kf4 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. b3 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. h3 Bf5 $146 {In this
position I have spent almost an hour for calculations of consequences of my
next tactical blow.} (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd4 15. Ba3 (15. e3 Be5 16. Bg2 Ne4
17. Ba1 Qa5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxa1 20. Bxc6 Red8 21. Bxb7 Rxd1 22. Rxc8+
Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rc1 Bc3 25. Rxc3 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 $16 {1-0 Taimanov,
M-Geller,E/URS-ch44 1976 (47)}) 15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bg4 Rb8 18. e3 Bb6
19. Bd7 Ne5 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Qd5 $18 {1-0 Neidhardt,C-Szitas,G/FRA-chT 1991 
(30)}) (13... Bh5 14. Na4 Be7 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Bxc5 17. Qxd5 Nb4 18. Qg5
Bg6 19. Ba1 Nxa2 20. Rc4 h6 21. Qd2 Nb4 22. Ne5 $14 {0-1 Vucic,M-Micic,C/
Belgrade GMA 1988 (40)}) (13... Be6 {Mikhalevski,V} 14. Na4 $1 $146 Bf8 15. Nc5
Qb6 (15... Qa5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. a3 $1) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 $3 $16 {[%cal
Gd1d3,Ge2e4,Gb2f6] 0-1 Mikhalevski,V-Shmuter,L/ISR 1998/CBM 66/[Mikhalevski,V]
(58) /\Qd3;e4;B:f6/\N:d5.Suddenly White gets clear better position as the next
Black's move is almost binding.}) 14. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nxd5 (
15... Qxd5 16. Qxd5 (16. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 gxf6 18. Nh4 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20.
Nf5 Rd8 $1 {[%csl Rf2]}) 16... Nxd5 17. Nh4 (17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 $1 $14
{^^}) 17... Be4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nf5 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Rf5d6] /\Nd6,/\Ng7})
16. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 64] This move I should find while has played 14.Nxd5.} (16.
Nh4 Be6 (16... Be4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nf5 f6 $1 (18... Ne3 19. Qd3 $1) 19. Qd3
Re8 20. e4 $13) 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf5 Be4 (18... g6 $13) 19. Nd6 Qg5 $132 {
[%cal Gc8d8]}) 16... Ne3 (16... Be6 {[%tqu "En","Find a tactical solution in
this position.","","","e5f7","",10]} 17. Nxf7 $1 Bxf7 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Bxd5+
Kg6 (19... Ke7 20. Ba3+ Kf6 21. Qf1+ Kg6 22. Qf7+ Kh6 23. Rc4 $18) 20. Rc4 h5
21. Qd3+ Kh6 22. Bc1+ g5 23. h4 Kg7 24. Bb2+ $18) 17. Qxd8 Nxd8 18. Nc4 $1 {
[%csl Ge3][%mdl 4096] White has to remove the knight from e3. It forces white
to sacrifice a pawn,but receives in compensation the pair of bishops and an
activity of pieces.} (18. Rf3 $2 Nxg2 19. Rxf5 Rxc1+ (19... Ne3 20. Rxc8) 20.
Bxc1 g6 $1 {[%csl Re5]}) 18... Nxc4 ({During the game I was warried concerning
the following move,but even there white has remained better because the
advantage of pair of bishops.} 18... Bd7 $142 19. Nd6 (19. Nxe3 Rxe3 20. Rxc8
Bxc8 {[%csl Rf2] xRf2}) 19... Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Re5 21. Be4 $14 {[%csl Yc1,Ye4]
^^_|_}) (18... Nxg2 19. Rxf5 b5 20. Re5 $5 (20. Kxg2 $16) 20... Rxe5 21. Nxe5
Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Ne1 $16 {xNe1}) 19. Rxf5 $1 (19. Rxc4 $2 Rxc4 20. bxc4 Be4 {
[%csl Rf2]}) 19... Rxe2 20. Bd4 $1 $44 {[%csl Yd4,Yg2] ^^_|_} Nd6 21. Rxc8 Nxc8
22. Rc5 {[%cal Gc5c7] /\Rc7} Ne7 (22... Nb6 23. Rc7 Rxa2 24. Re7 {[%cal Ge7e8]}
Ne6 (24... Kf8 25. Bc5 $16) 25. Rxb7 $16 {[%cal Gb7b8]}) 23. Rc7 $16 a5 24. Bc5
Kf8 (24... Nec6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Be7 $18 (26. Rc8 $18)) 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 $2 {
Black allows white to receive a little pleasure!} (25... f6 26. Bf3 Re5 27. a3
$18 {[%cal Gb3b4] /\b4o^b White passed pawn on the queenside will decide in
this ending.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","c7c8","",2]} 26. Rc8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Schulte, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 $14 b6
15. Rad1 $2 {[%cal Gc8c1,Yc1c8] White must be a little better before this
careless move. Instead of just piling up thoughtlessly on the isolated pawn
white should stake a claim to the c-file.} (15. Rac1 $1 $14) 15... Rac8 $1 {
[%cal Gc8c2] Of course!} 16. e3 (16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19.
Rxd5 Rc2 $132 {is not very promising. Premature 'cashing in!'}) 16... Rfd8 17.
Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yd1c1,Yf1d1][%mdl 512] After a very long think. My
reasoning followed a model which I think is quite OK, namely: Stage 1) Decide
how you would ideally like to re-organise your pieces Stage 2) Check the
feasibility of this in terms of tactics and tempi. Here I was fairly clear
that I wanted the knight on f4. It was stage two which took the time, since
the game continuation needed to be carefully checked. One should not casually
invite a rook to invade on the 7th rank. So it is here that the 'sacrifice
medal' belongs. The point of decision is not 19 Qxf6, but has to be made
before.} Rc2 18. Rd2 Bc5 $6 {This is the move which Jonathan Rowson ( rightly)
criticised. It is interesting psychologically to consider that I had been so
concentrated on what follows that I had seriously underestimated the
alternative} (18... Rdc8 $1 $13 {which is basically fine for black. Pleased
with the knight redeployment, I has assumed that if it can be carried out it
must be worth an edge.} 19. Nf4 $140 Ng4+ $1 20. hxg4 Bf6 $132) 19. Qxf6 $8 {
'!' - I think in a sense a move can be both 'only' and 'good'.} gxf6 20. Rxc2 {
[%csl Rd5,Rf6][%cal Yb2f6,Yg2d5,Ye2f4,Yf1d1,Yf1c1,Yc1c7] White has huge
compensation for what is really not a great material deficit. All of my minor
pieces are or can be trained on black's weaknesses, while the rooks have a
pleasant choice between pressuring d5, or trying to evict the bishop from c5
and using the c-file.} Qe7 $8 21. Rd1 Bf5 $1 {The only good defensive idea. If
black remains passive white has ample ways to improve his pieces. The priority
is to exchange a pair of bishops, and at least create the slight potential for
a hint of counterplay against white's king.} 22. Rcd2 $138 Be4 {I had consumed
too much time in general ( surprise, surprise ) but when Oliver played 22...
Be4 and offered a draw I still had enough to play on. Unfortunately I suffered
either a loss of confidence or an inability to make decisions, and by the time
I was ready to move the clock was a very serious factor. Too much respect for
the queen? For the record:} (22... Be4 23. Nf4 (23. f3 $2 Bxe3 24. fxe4 Bxd2
25. Rxd2 dxe4 {favours black!}) 23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 d4 25. Bxd4 (25. exd4 Bd6
$13) 25... Qb7+ $1 (25... Bxd4 26. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 27. exd4 $1 {This was very
instructive for me - my instinct was either to immediately capture with the
pawn, or to 'keep structure', whereas in fact our analysis showed that with
the exchange of one pair of rooks, the potency of white's passed pawn greatly
increases.}) 26. Kg1 Bb4 $1 27. Rc2 (27. Rd3 Qf3) 27... Rc8 {and black retains
sufficient activity that white's advantage is not easy to realise.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bergen Sommer op"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2002.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Bach, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. e3 c5 $6
$146 {Active but dubious decision. More reliably and better is 14...Rac8} 15.
bxc4 cxd4 16. Nxd5 $1 $146 ({Nothing promises} 16. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5
18. Bxd5 dxe3 {1/2-1/2 Hegeler,F-Blauert,J/Germany 1997/GER-chT2 (20)}) 16...
Nxd5 (16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. Qf5 $16) 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. Qe4 $1 {A key
move. After} (18. Qb3 $6 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxg5 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. exd4 Bf6 $1 $14 {
Black has good chanses for draw.}) 18... Bxg5 (18... Bxd5 $2 19. Qxe7 Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 Re8 21. Rac1 $1 Rb8 22. Qc5 $18) 19. dxe6 f5 (19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21.
exd4 Bf6 22. Rad1 $18) 20. Qb7 $1 {the point of white's idea.} dxe3 21. fxe3
Bxe3+ (21... Rc7 22. Qf3 $16 (22. Qb3 Rc3)) 22. Kh1 $16 {The position I was
heading for at move 18. White has clear advantage in spite of an equal
material. Black can not stop pawn e6 without material losses.} Kh8 $6 {Natural
desire to hide the king in more reliable place leads to immediate defeat. But}
(22... Rc7 {doesn't save game too, for example:} 23. Qb3 $1 (23. Rxf5 $5 Qxf5
24. Qxc7 Bb6 $16) 23... Rc3 24. Rxf5 $1 Rxb3 25. Rxa5 Rc3 26. e7 Re8 27. Bd5+
Kh8 28. Rf1 Rcc8 29. Be6 Rb8 30. Rb5 $1 Bb6 (30... Ra8 31. Bd5 $1 Rac8 32. Bb7)
31. Rbf5 $18) 23. Rae1 $1 (23. e7 $2 Re8 24. Rae1 Rc7 $11) 23... f4 (23... Bg5
24. e7 Re8 25. Qxc8 $18) (23... Qc3 24. Qf3 $1 Bd2 25. e7 $1 Bxe1 (25... Re8
26. Qxf5 $1 $18) 26. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 27. Qxf5 g6 28. Qe6 Bd2 29. Qe7 Rg8 30. Rf7
Qc1+ 31. Bf1 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 $18) 24. e7 $1 Re8 25. Rxe3 {25...gf4 26Qc8 +-} 1-0

