[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. e4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. a4 (14. Bb2
Qc7 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. a4 Rfd8 $132) (14. Bd2 Qc7 15. h4 e5 16. Rfc1 c4 17. Bc2
Rfe8 18. Ba4 exd4 19. cxd4 a6 20. Bf4 $1 Qd8 21. h5 b5 22. Bc2 h6 23. Rd1 $14 {
Dokhoian-Anastasian/Erevan/1988}) 14... cxd4 {N} (14... Qc7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16.
Nd2 Nf8 17. f4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Ng6 19. Rad1 Qc3 20. Nf3 Qb4 21. Bd2 Qd6 22. g3
Nf8 23. Be3 Rc3 24. Ne5 Qb8 25. f5 $16 {Cvitan-Nikolic,Pr/JUG-ch/1981}) 15.
cxd4 Nf6 16. Bb2 (16. Bd2 $142 $14 {/\a5}) 16... Qc7 17. Ne5 (17. Rfc1 Qf4 18.
g3 $6 Qg4 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Ne5 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Bc3 $15) 17... Bb4 $1 18. Rac1 Qe7
$10 {/\Ba3} 19. Ba1 Nd7 (19... Ba3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. f4 $36) 20. Ng4 (20. Nf3
Ba3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 $10) (20. f4 $6 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Ba3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 $15) 20...
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. e5 (24. Qc7 Nf8 25. Qb8 Bd2
26. Qxa7 (26. d5 $5 exd5 27. Qg3 Ng6 28. Qb8+ Nf8 29. Qg3 $10) 26... Qa3 27.
Qxb7 Qxa1+ 28. Bf1 Qxd4 $15) 24... Nf8 25. Ne3 Qd7 26. Bb2 (26. Bb5 Qc8 27.
Qxc8 Bxc8 28. d5 exd5 29. Nxd5 Bc5 $10) 26... Bc6 27. Qc4 a5 28. Qa6 Bxa4 29.
Qxb6 Qc6 30. Qb8 {/\Bc4,d5} (30. Qxc6 Bxc6 31. Bc4 Nd7 32. d5 exd5 33. Bxd5
Bxd5 34. Nxd5 $10 {/\Kf1-e2}) 30... Bb3 $1 31. f4 $2 (31. h3 {>=} g6 (31... Qa4
32. Qc8 Qa2 33. Qc1 $10) 32. Ng4 Kg7 33. Nf6 $13) 31... Qa4 $1 $17 {/\Qa2} 32.
Bb1 (32. Qc8 Bd2 33. Kf2 Qa2 $19) 32... Bd2 33. Kf2 Bxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Bc2 35. Bc3
(35. Bxc2 Qxc2 36. Kf3 h5 $17) 35... Qc6 $1 36. Bxc2 Qxc3+ 37. Bd3 a4 38. Qb1 (
38. Qa8 a3 39. Qa4 Qb2 40. Bc4 Qxg2 $19) 38... a3 39. g4 g6 40. h4 h6 41. h5
gxh5 42. gxh5 Nd7 $19 43. Qg1+ Kf8 44. Qb1 Ke7 45. Ke4 (45. Qa2 Nb6 $19) 45...
Kd8 $1 {/\Kc7,Nb6} 0-1

[Event "San Giorgio m rap"]
[Site "San Giorgio"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. c4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bc2 Qc7
15. Ne5 Rad8 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Ba4 Bxb4 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2+ Qe5
21. Qxb4 Rg8 22. Rae1 Qc5 23. Qc3+ Nf6 24. Rd1 h5 25. Rfe1 h4 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27.
Rxe4 Qg5 28. g3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rh8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Rf4 Ke7 33. Bc2
a5 34. Qb2 Rd6 35. Ba4 e5 36. c5 bxc5 37. Qb7+ Kf8 38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Qc7+ Rd7
40. Qxc5+ Rd6 41. Qc7+ Rd7 42. Qc5+ Rd6 43. Rf3 Qh5 44. Rxf6 Kxf6 45. Qxd6+ Kg7
46. Bb3 Qf5 47. Qd5 f6 48. Bc4 Kh6 49. Bd3 Qg4 50. Qxa5 Qd4 51. Qd2+ Kg7 52.
Qe3 Qd5+ 53. Qe4 Qxa2 54. Qg6+ Kf8 55. Qxf6+ Kg8 56. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. f3
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8 12. Bc4 Qf6 13. Na5 Be7 14. Ba7 O-O 15.
Bxb8 Nxb8 16. O-O Qh6 17. Nb3 Bg5 18. g3 Be3+ 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. Rae1
Ba7 22. Qd2 Qg6 23. Qxd6 Bh3 24. Qxa6 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Be3 26. Qd6 Qg5 27. Nc5 Nh5
28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qb8+ Rf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Ne6+ Ke7 32. Nxg5 Bxg5 33. Rd1
Nf6 34. a5 Be3 35. a6 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. e3 b5 10. Bxf6 $5 $146 (10. a4) (10. Ne5) 10... gxf6 $6 (10... Bxf6
$142 11. a4 a6 $5 (11... b4 12. Ne4 $14) (11... bxa4 12. Bxc4 $14) 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxb5 c5 (14... Bxf3 $5 15. gxf3 c5) 15. dxc5 (15. Bxc4
$6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 cxd4) (15. Qxc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 (16. Qxc5 $2 Qa5+) 16... cxd4
17. Nxd4 O-O $44 (17... Bxd4 $5 $13)) 15... Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Bxf3 $5 (16... Qxc5)
17. gxf3 Qxc5 $44) 11. d5 $3 (11. a4 b4 {- 10.a4 b4 11.Bf6 gf...}) 11... Bxd5
$6 (11... exd5 $142 12. O-O-O $44 {|^ /\13.Nd5 Bd5 14.e4, /\13.e4, /\13.Nd4;
עe8, ה, ׻}) 12. O-O-O $1 {-> [עe8, ׻]} (12. Nxb5 $6 c6 (12... f5 $2 13.
Bxc4 c6 14. Bxd5) 13. Nc3 (13. Nbd4 Qa5+ $5) 13... f5 $13) 12... Nd7 $8 (12...
c6 13. e4 $18) (12... f5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxf5 $18) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e4 (14.
Rxd5 $5 c6 15. Rh5 {><h7}) 14... Nb6 (14... dxe4 15. Qxe4 $16 {-> עe8}) (14...
O-O $5) (14... Kf8 $5 15. Rxd5 $140 (15. exd5 $140 Nc5) 15... c6) 15. exd5 Qd7
16. Nd4 O-O-O (16... Nxd5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxc4 $18) (16... Qxd5 17. Nf5 $18 {
->}) 17. Nc6 Rde8 $8 18. g3 $1 (18. Nxa7+ Kb7 19. Nc6 Nxd5 $13) 18... a6 (18...
Kb7 $5 19. Bg2 $16) 19. h4 (19. Bg2 $5 $16 Bd6 $140 $2 20. h4 $18 {/\Bh3})
19... Kb7 20. Bg2 $16 Qd6 $8 (20... Bd6 21. Bh3 $18) (20... Bc5 21. d6 $18) 21.
Nd4 $2 (21. Rhe1 $16) 21... Ka7 22. Rhe1 $6 (22. Qc3 Na4 23. Qa5 Qb6 $8 24.
Nxb5+ $1 (24. Nc6+ Kb7 25. d6 Bxd6 $8) 24... Kb8 (24... Qxb5 25. Qxc7+ Qb7 $8
26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. d6+ $16) 25. Qxb6+ (25. Qxa4 axb5 $13) 25... cxb6 $16 (25...
Nxb6 $16)) 22... Na4 $1 $132 23. Nc6+ Kb6 24. Qd2 c3 $8 25. Qd4+ $2 (25. Qe3+
$142 Qc5 26. Nxe7 Nxb2 (26... cxb2+ 27. Kd2 $16 {[]}) 27. Qxc5+ Kxc5 $14) 25...
Qc5 26. b4 $8 (26. Nxe7 cxb2+ 27. Kb1 $8 Nc3+ 28. Kxb2 Nxd1+ 29. Qxd1 (29. Rxd1
Qxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Rxe7 $19) 29... Rxe7 $19 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Qd4+ Ka5 $8 32. Qc3+
$140 b4 $19) 26... Qxd4 27. Nxd4 $2 (27. Rxd4 $8 Bd6 $15) 27... Bd6 $2 (27...
Nb2 $19) 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Kc2 Nb2 30. Ra1 Na4 31. Rd1 Kb7 32. Bf3 Re5 $15 {
[/\f5-f4]} 33. Bg4 $4 Nb2 34. Rb1 Re4 $19 35. Bf5 Rxd4 36. Kxc3 Be5 37. Rxb2
Rf4+ 38. Kd3 Rxf5 39. Ra2 Bd6 40. Kd4 Rf3 41. Ke4 Rb3 42. Kf5 Be5 43. f4 Bb2
44. g4 Kc8 45. h5 Kd7 46. h6 Ke7 47. a4 Rxb4 48. axb5 axb5 49. Ra7 Kd7 50. Ra8
Rc4 51. Rg8 Bc1 52. Kxf6 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen Festival"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[This game from the 1st round of the tournament was of great importance for
my overall success in the event, allowing to take the lead in the tournament
from the very beginning.]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O {
[This move came as a complete surprise for my opponent, who had been prepared
only against 5.Qe2, the move almost always played by the author recently. 2
rounds later 5.Qe2 has been played by me against J.Piket, also bringing the
opening advantage to the author.]} Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 {[Clearly,
8...d5 is the strongest move in the position.]} 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4
Qc7 12. d5 {[The arisen position, which has been played by the author several
times before, is very complex.]} c4 $6 {[After this move Black runs into
serious problems.} (12... Bg4) (12... Nc4) (12... Ne8 {and}) (12... Bd7 {
have been also tried here before. I would have preferred 12...Bd7, after which
White advantage is only marginal.}) 13. b4 $1 cxb3 {[After} (13... Nb7 14. a4
$16 {White closes the queen's side, freeing the hands for the play on the
opposite side of the board.}) 14. axb3 Bg4 (14... Nb7 {and}) (14... Bd7 {
have been also played here before, although White has the upper hand after
both of them.}) 15. h3 Bh5 (15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 $16 {can't be recommended.})
16. Bb2 {[After my very first game with this line, I was very satisfied with
that move. Now I think 16.Bd2, followed by 17.Be1 and 18.Nbd2, can be even
stronger, since the bishop on e1 is better placed than the one on b2. The
bishop on e1 will forever stop the possible counter-play by Black with the
advance b5-b4, while it can be also useful for the defence of the White king,
covering the squares f2 and g3. For a good example, please look at the
following game.} (16. Bd2 $5 Nd7 17. Be1 Bg6 18. Nbd2 Nb7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Ra2
$16 {White advantage is great. It is easily being converted into a point.} Nbc5
21. Nf1 a5 22. Rda1 Qb6 23. b4 Nb7 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. Ng3 $18 {(><b5)} h5 26. Nh4
hxg4 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. hxg4 Nh7 29. Bxb5 Ng5 30. Kg2 Rf8 31. Bc6 Qc7 32. Bxb7
Qxb7 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. bxa5 Qd7 35. a6 Kh7 36. Bd2 Nf3 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38. Kxf3
Qc8 39. a7 Qa8 40. Be3 Bd8 41. Ra6 Bg5 42. Bxg5 Qc8 43. Rc6 Qe8 44. Be3 g5 45.
Kg2 g6 46. Ne2 Kh6 47. Ng1 Qf8 48. Nf3 {1-0 Katalymov,Boris N-Varavin,Viktor/
Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan) 1995}) 16... Rfb8 $146 {[A new move.} (16... Nd7 {
is answered by} 17. g4 $5 Bg6 18. Rc1 $5 $16 {, followed by Nbd2-f1-e3 with
advantage.}) (16... Rfc8 {took place in the game Tiviakov - Khalifman,
Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1993. After} 17. Rc1 $1 $16 {(preparing the transfer of
the knight b1 to g3)} Qb6 {(after 17...Nd7 18.g4!? (18.Nbd2,planning to meet
18...Bg5 by 19.g4, is also possible) 18...Bg6 19.Nbd2 White is also better.)}
18. Nbd2 Nd7 {(after 18...b4 19.cxb4 Qxb4 20.Ra4!? Qb6 (or 20...Qb5 21.Bd3
Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 and the pawn a6 is very weak.) 21.b4 Nb7 22.Bd3 White keeps the
advantage as well, since the pawn on a6 is very vulnerable.)} 19. Nf1 b4 $5 (
19... Bg5 20. Rcb1 $16) 20. cxb4 Qxb4 21. Qd2 $1 Qxd2 22. N1xd2 $16 Nb7 {
White could have got the large adavntage after} 23. b4 {(threatening 24.Ba4)}
Nb6 24. Bd3 $16 {and if} Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 a5 {, then} 26. Bb5 {.}) (16... Bg6 $5
{, planning to create the counter-play on the king's side after Nh5 and f5,
looks very attractive. It was missed by me in the annotations to the game with
Khalifman, published in the Chess Informant #59. The idea of the move lies in
the desire to prevent the immediate development of the knight b1. 17.Nbd2??
loses the pawn after 17...Nd5. And if} 17. Nh4 {instead, then Black plays} Bh5
(17... Nh5 $6 {is worse. After} 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. g3 $16 {, followed by Kg2
and Rf1, White has the large advantage.}) 18. g4 (18. Nf3 Bg6) 18... Bg6 $13 {
with unclear chances, threatening 19...Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 (the knight on h4 is
hanging).}) 17. Rc1 {[White has to make this move, preparing the transfer
Nb1-d2-f1-g3, since immediate 17.Nbd2 is met by 17...b4.]} Bxf3 $5 {
[Exchanging the bishop, Black tries to make his dark-squared bishop active.
After} (17... Nd7 18. g4 (18. Nbd2 $5 {is interesting and if} Bg5 {then} 19. g4
$16 {follows.}) 18... Bg6 19. Nbd2 $16 {White is better.}) 18. Qxf3 Nd7 19. Qg4
$1 {[White must try to prevent the activation of the bishop. After} (19. Nd2
Bg5 20. Qe2 $14 {and}) (19. Na3 Bg5 20. Rcb1 Nb6 $14 {Black can successfully
defend the position.}) 19... h6 $6 {[Probably, the decisive mistake, after
which Black doesn't have any counter-play.} (19... Qd8 {, moving away the
queen from the 'c' file and preparing Be7-g5, or}) (19... Nf6 20. Qe2 Nd7 {
, followed by 21...Bg5, were both better, although in comparison with the
variation 19.Nd2 Bg5 20.Qe2, here White has an extra tempo.}) 20. h4 $1 $16 {
[Now with the black bishop locked on e7, White can now start the realisation
of the following plan: Nbd2, Bd3, b4, c4 etc. Please, note that} (20. Rxa5 $4 {
is not possible because of} Nf6 {, winning the rook on the next move.}) 20...
Nf6 (20... b4 21. cxb4 Rxb4 {can be met by} 22. Ba3 $5 {and b4.}) 21. Qe2 h5
22. Nd2 Ng4 23. g3 Bd8 24. Kg2 {[Planning to play f3, b4, Bd3, c4 or b4, Bd3,
c4 without the inclusion of f2-f3.} (24. f3 $5 $16 {is also possible and if}
Qa7+ {, then} (24... Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Ne3 26. Bd3 {is similar to 24...Qa7+}) 25.
Kh1 Ne3 26. Bd3 {with advantage.}) 24... Qa7 $138 {[By this move my opponent
has started experiencing the problems with the time, thus making White's life
much more easier.]} 25. b4 Nc4 $5 {[Or} (25... Nb7 26. Bd3 {, targeting the
pawn b5.}) 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Rf1 $1 (27. Ba4 Bb6 28. Rf1 Rf8 {and f7-f5
unnecessarily gives Black some counter-play.}) 27... Bb6 28. Bc1 {[Now White
has 2 threats: to transfer the bishop to c6 via a4 or to win the c4 pawn
immediately after 29.f3 Ne3+ 30.Bxe3 Bxe3 31.Qc4.]} Qc7 (28... Rc8 {is met by}
29. Ba4 {.}) 29. f3 Nf6 30. Ba4 $18 {[Now Black loses the pawn c4.]} a5 31. Bc6
Ra7 32. Qxc4 (32. b5 $5 {and Qc4 was also possible.}) 32... axb4 33. Rxa7 Qxa7
(33... Bxa7 34. cxb4 $18 {is hopeless as well.}) 34. cxb4 Bd4 35. Bd2 Qa3 36.
Rb1 $1 g6 37. b5 Kg7 $6 {[The final mistake, losing by force.]} 38. Bb4 Qe3 {
[Or} (38... Qa4 39. Qb3 {.}) 39. Qc2 $1 {[Black resigned since he is not able
to defend the pawn d6 and prevent one of the following moves: 40.Qd2 or 40.Re1.
]} 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0405 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Groningen Hotels"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. e6 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 h6 14. Ne4 e5
15. Ng3 e6 16. O-O f5 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Nh5 Be7 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4
Kf7 22. Bd2 Na5 23. Be2 b5 24. b3 Nb7 25. f4 Bc5+ 26. Kf1 e4 27. Be1 a5 28. Bh4
Be7 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. g4 Bc6 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Kf2 Nc5 33. Ke3 Ne6 34. Ng3 Ng7
35. c4 bxc4 36. Bxc4 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rc8 38. Rg1 Kf6 39. Ne2 a4 40. Nc3 axb3 41.
axb3 Ra8 42. Rg2 Ra1 43. Ra2 Rxa2 44. Nxa2 Bd7 45. Be2 Be6 46. Bd1 Bf7 47. Nc3
Ke7 48. b4 Kd6 49. Nb5+ Kc6 50. Ba4 Be6 51. Kd4 Kb6 52. Nd6 Kc7 53. Ke5 Bd7 54.
Bd1 Kd8 55. Be2 Kc7 56. Nb5+ Bxb5 57. Bxb5 Kd8 58. h4 Ke7 59. Bc4 Ne8 60. Be2
Nf6 61. b5 e3 62. Kxf5 Nd5 63. Ke4 Kd6 64. Bf1 Ke6 65. f5+ Kd6 66. Kd4 Ne7 67.
Ke4 Nd5 68. Bd3 Nc3+ 69. Kf3 Nd5 70. Bc4 Nf6 71. Kxe3 Kc5 72. Be2 Nd5+ 73. Ke4
Nc3+ 74. Ke5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Qc7 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. exd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8.
O-O g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bg5 e5 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Bf4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qc6 17. Nc2 Bd7 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Qg3 Rfe8 20. Bd6 Qc8 21.
h4 Na4 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxb2 25. Re8+ Qxe8 26. Bxe8 Rxe8
27. Bc5 b6 28. Bd4 Nc4 29. Qg5 Ne5 30. h5 h6 31. Qe3 g5 32. f4 gxf4 33. Qxf4
Re6 34. Qf5 Bf6 35. Kh2 Bg7 36. a4 Bf6 37. Kh3 Bg7 38. g4 Bf6 39. g5 hxg5 40.
h6 g4+ 41. Kg2 Kf8 42. h7 Bg7 43. Bxe5 Rxe5 44. Qd7 Re7 45. Qd8+ Re8 46. Qd6+
Re7 47. Qh6 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Bxh6 49. h8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Qd2 Kh8 13. O-O-O Nf4 14. Rdg1 b5
15. Bd1 c5 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. g4 Be6 20. Ng5 c4 21.
Bf3 Rc8 22. Be4 d5 23. Bxh7 Bxf2 24. Bf5 Qb6 $2 (24... Bxf5 25. gxf5 Bxg1 26.
Rxg1 Qf6) 25. Rg3 $1 Kg7 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Bg6+ Kg7 29. Be8+ (29.
Be8+ Kh7 30. Rh3+ Bh4 31. Rxh4#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Having played rather well during the whole tournament nevertheless I couldn't
win any game despite all the rich possibilities I had (winning positions
against Mamedyarov and Karjakin and large advantage against Adams, van Wely,
Sokolov, Topalov, Aronian, Anand). Going into the last round I was just hoping
to finish the tournament adequately according to my play there...} 1. e4 {
Preparing against Kamsky it was impossible to guess which move he would choose.
1.e4 is equally frequently played as the other moves. During the preparation I
had to be ready for the everything...} d5 {Lot of has been written on Internet
about my choice of the 'dubious' Scandinavian Defence in the tournament of the
highest level possible. But the reputation of the Scandinavian Defence is much
worse than the positions arising in it. What else can be worse than the
positions arising in the Dragon where Black can lose by force?! Also the
Scandinavian Defence is mostly played by the weak players, that's why the
statistics doesn't favour Black, but it doesn't reflect the actual way of life
here. And in Wijk aan Zee (the same as in all previous tournaments)
Scandinavian served me well, both Anand and Kamsy were not able to get out of
the opening even with the equal chances! And at my latest tournament - blitz
tournament in Dordrecht on 11/02/2006 - it served well as well, I was
equalising without any problem in all games played.} 2. exd5 {Strangely enough
my choice of the Scandinavian came as a full surprise for Gata. He sank into
thinking for almost half an hour before making this move. Quite strange, I
think.} Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 {Anand played 5.Nf3, but there is no
much theory here. White can make any normal move.} a6 {5...c6 is a worthy
alternative. But sometimes the square c6 can be used for the development of
the knight.} 6. Nf3 Bg4 $5 {Not the only good move in the position but since
Kamsky was not ready theoretically I wanted to provoke him playing
aggressively by h2-h3 and g2-g4, trying to win this game.} 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 {
White has to play this move otherwise it is not easy to get rid of the pin.}
Bg6 9. Ne5 {Here 9.Be3, followed by Qd2, 0-0-0, deserved serious attention.
After the text Black develops his knight a tempo.} Nc6 10. Nxg6 {10.Bf4 Ne5,
followed by Qc6 is bad for White.} hxg6 11. Be3 $6 {After this move White
starts experiencing problems. The correct 11.g5 first should have been played,
and only then after 12.Be3. The knight f6 is not only driven from an excellent
place f6, but the pawn g4 is not hanging anymore.} e5 12. d5 $146 {Only this
is new, but White position is already worse.} Na5 {Probably, this move has
been missed by Gata. The knight stands bad on a5, but with the concrete play
Black wins a pawn.} 13. Qe2 $5 (13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Qd2 Nxd5 15. O-O-O {should
have been preferred when White has some compensation for the pawn.}) 13... Nxc4
{The simpliest.} (13... Qb4 $6 14. Bb3 Qxg4 15. hxg4 Rxh1+ 16. Kd2 Rxa1 {
leads to unnecessary complications.}) 14. Qxc4 b5 {White can't defend both
pawns d5 and g4 simultaneously.} 15. Qd3 (15. Qc6+ Qxc6 16. dxc6 Nxg4 $17) (15.
Qe2 b4 16. Nb1 Qxd5 $19) 15... Nxg4 16. O-O-O Nf6 (16... Nxe3 $5 17. fxe3 ({or
} 17. Qxe3 Be7) 17... f5 $17 {was also possible, with advantage for Black.})
17. f4 $1 {A very strong move, underestimated by me. White sacrifices the 2nd
pawn for the initiative. Otherwise Black would play Bf8-e7 and finish his
development easily.} exf4 $6 ({Fritz 9 gives} 17... O-O-O $17 {as the best
move with a large advantage for Black, but during the game I was afraid to
make this move.}) 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4+ Be7 (19... Kd7 $6 20. Bxf4 Rh4 21.
Rhf1 {unfortunately doesn't work for Black} ({Black wins after} 21. Rd4 $2 Qf6
$1)) 20. Bd4 $6 ({After} 20. Bxf4 Rh4 21. Bxd6 Rxe4 22. Bxc7 Kd7 {Black is
clearly better in the ending, but White should have gone for this line, since
Black has no material advantage anymore, at least. I was surprised than
without much thinking Kamsky made 20.Bd4.}) 20... f5 21. Qf3 O-O-O {Black has
to castle queen's side. His king is not safe anymore, White gets counterplay.}
22. Bxg7 $6 ({After} 22. Rhe1 Bh4 (22... Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxe7 Rhd8 25.
Rxg7 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxg6 {is not clear, White keeps drawing chances in
an ending}) 23. Be5 Qd7 24. Re2 g5 {Black keeps his material advantage.}) 22...
Rhg8 23. Bc3 b4 24. Be1 g5 $2 {A serious mistake which costs Black several
tempi. After the correct 24...Rge8! followed by Bf6, Re4, Black should win
without much problems.} 25. Qd3 $1 {I missed this move. Now Black has to spend
some time to protect the pawn on f5 and develop the bishop to f6 and rook to
e4, worsening the position of king c8 (put it on b7).} Rgf8 26. Bf2 Kb7 27.
Rhe1 Bf6 28. Qf3 $2 {After this mistake (Gata was already in time-trouble)
Black is again on the winning track.} ({But even after the strongest} 28. Qc4
Rfe8 29. Bc5 Qd7 {followed by Qb5 Black should eventually win because of the
extra passed pawns on the king's side.}) 28... Rfe8 29. Rf1 ({Missed by Gata
was that} 29. Re6 Rxe6 30. dxe6+ Qc6 {loses}) 29... Re4 {The rest should be an
easy win for Black, since both of the players didn't have enough time until
the time controle, there were mistakes, which eventually didn't change the
correct outcome of this game.} 30. Kb1 Qe5 (30... g4 $1 31. hxg4 Qe5 32. Qb3
fxg4 {is an easy win for Black.}) 31. Qb3 a5 32. c3 Qd6 33. a3 Ra8 $5 {Black
has so many possibilities, that it is not so easy to choose from.} 34. axb4
axb4 35. Rfe1 Rae8 (35... Kc8 36. c4 Qa6 {wins easily.}) 36. c4 Rxe1 $5 {
Here I saw a nice trap for White and decided to go for this line. Other moves
were possible.} 37. Bxe1 (37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Bxe1 Qb6 {is hopeless for White})
37... Re2 38. Bxb4 $2 {Loses by force.} (38. Bd2 {was better}) 38... Qb6 39. c5
Qb5 40. c6+ Kb8 $1 {The point of the trap! 40...Kc8 draws, but the text wins
easily.} (40... Kc8 $2 41. d6 $3 cxd6 42. Qg8+ $11) 41. d6 Rxb2+ 42. Qxb2 Bxb2
43. d7 {Now it is without check, Black can play Bf6.} Bf6 {This win allowed me
to finish on a respectable 50% result, well, it should have been at least '+2.}
0-1

[Event "NED-ch61"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
Rd8 16. Bb2 Nh6 $5 $146 (16... c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Bf1 Rab8 (
19... a4 20. Nce4) (19... c5 20. a4) 20. Nce4 Rdc8 (20... Bd5 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22.
Qxc5 $14 Ba2 $140 $2 23. Bxe5 $1) 21. Nf3 $1 Qe8 (21... Ba2 $5 22. Ra1 Bd5 23.
Bc3 a4 24. Nfd2 $14 {/\ Bb4}) 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 {(Pelletier,
Y-Gurevich,M/Cap d'Agde (rapid) 86/(12) 2002/[Pelletier,Y])} Nd7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8
26. Qa4 $14) (16... a4 17. Rfd1 Nd6 (17... Ra5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 20.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nxa4 Nd6 22. Nc3 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Rd1 Qg4 25. Bc3 Be7 26.
a4 Rc5 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Bb4 Rc4 29. Rb1 c5 30. Be1 Rxa4 31. Bxb7 Ra7 32. Bd5
Qc8 33. Qb8 Rd7 34. Ba5 g6 35. Be6 Kg7 36. Qxc8 Nxc8 37. Bxd7 {1-0 Wedberg,
T-Tiviakov,S/Haninge 1992/CBM 030 (37)}) 18. Ba1 Nf7 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. Ba1 Nf7
21. Bb2 Nd6 22. Ba1 {1/2-1/2 Qin Kanying-Ruan Lufei/Beijing CHN 2005/The Week
in Chess 573 (22)}) (16... Nd6 $5 {/\Nf7}) 17. Rfd1 (17. Rfc1 Nf7 $5 (17... Bf8
18. Ne2 (18. Nce4 $140 Qd7 19. Qxc7 Na4) 18... Ba2 19. Ra1 Bd5 $13) 18. Ne2 (
18. Nce4 $140 Qd7 $13) 18... Bf5 19. e4 Bd7 $13) (17. Rbc1 Bh3 $5 $11) 17...
Nf7 18. Rbc1 Bf8 19. h4 $2 (19. Nce4 Qd7 $1) (19. Ne2 {(/\d4)} Qd7 $5 20. Bxb7
Rab8 21. Bc6 Qxd3 $11) 19... Bh3 $15 20. Bh1 Bg4 $1 21. Re1 Bf5 $1 22. Nce4 $2
(22. Nde4 $142 Qd7 $5 $15) (22. Be4 $15) 22... Qd7 $17 {[><a3, b5, d3]} 23.
Qxc7 (23. Nc4 Qxb5 (23... Qxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Nxb6 cxb6 $17) 24. Nxb6 Qxb6
$17) 23... Na4 (23... Qxb5 24. Rb1 Rd7 (24... Na4 25. Bc1 Qxd3 $17) 25. Bxe5
Qxd3 26. Qxb6 Nxe5 $17) 24. Ba1 (24. Qxd7 Rxd7 (24... Bxd7 25. Ba1 Bxa3 26. Rc7
Bxb5 $17) 25. Bc3 Rxd3 26. Nb1 Bd7 $17) (24. Qc2 Qxb5 25. Nc4 Nxb2 $17) 24...
Bxa3 25. Rc4 (25. Qxd7 Rxd7 $19 (25... Bxd7 $17 {- 24.Qd7})) 25... Qxb5 $19 26.
Nb1 (26. Rb1 Bb4 $19) 26... Bb4 27. Nbc3 Qd7 (27... Qa6 28. Nxa4 (28. Rxb4 axb4
29. Nxa4 Qxa4 $19) 28... Rac8 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Nxb6 Rxc4 31. dxc4 Bxe1 $19) (
27... Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rd7 30. Qc4 Bxd3 $19) 28. Rb1 (28. Qxd7 Bxd7
$19) 28... Nxc3 (28... Qxd3 $19) 29. Bxc3 (29. Qxd7 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Bxd7 31. Kxe2
Bb5 $19) 29... Qxd3 30. Rbxb4 axb4 31. Rxb4 Rac8 32. Qe7 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I have played 5 games against Emil Sutovsky and all of them as Black. What
are the chances that you get 5 out of 5 Black?! Not so high, I guess, if you
believe in the Law of Chance. But sometimes, it doesn't work in chess, in
casino and in life. :-) But speaking seriously, I like playing Black against
Emil since he is very predictable, almost always playing 3.Bb5 in the Sicilian
Defence. Thus, preparation against him is easy and doesn't take much time...} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 {
4 of the games played against Emil featured this position.} 8. d3 (8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Bh6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 e5 13. g3 b5 14. d4 Bxc1 15. Rxc1
Kg7 16. d5 Ne7 17. a4 Qd7 18. Qe2 Rab8 19. Na3 bxa4 20. Nc4 Ne8 21. f4 f6 22.
Bg2 Nc8 23. Rf1 Qb5 24. Rf2 Nb6 25. Bf1 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Nc7 28. Ra1
Rfe8 29. Re2 f5 30. Rxa4 exf4 31. gxf4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. b4 cxb4 34. cxb4
Rb6 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Ke3 h6 38. h4 h5 39. Bb3 a5 40. Rxa5 Rxb4 41.
Ba4 Rxa4 42. Rxa4 Nxd5+ 43. Kd4 Nxf4 44. Ra2 Ne6+ 45. Kc4 Ke5 46. Ra5+ Kf4 47.
Ra1 Nc5 48. Rf1+ Ke5 49. Rf7 Ne6 50. Rd7 e3 51. Kc3 d5 52. Re7 Kd6 53. Re8 d4+
54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Ke2 Ke5 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Rh8 Ng7 58. Rd8 Nf5 59. Ke2 Ke5 60. Kd3
Kf4 61. Rf8 Kg3 62. Rf6 Nxh4 63. Ke2 g5 64. Rf1 Ng2 65. Rg1 h4 {0-1 Sutovsky,
E-Tiviakov,S/Leon 2001 (65)}) 8... e6 9. h3 Bxf3 $1 ({Now I think this move is
to be better than the usually played} 9... Bh5 {which gives White some
possibilities to play for iniative after} 10. g4 {etc} Bg6 11. Nh4 Be7 (11...
d5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g5 Nh5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Na3 Be7 17. Nc4 Rd8
18. Be4 Qc7 19. Qf3 Rd7 20. Be3 O-O 21. a4 Na5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. h4 Qc7 24. a5
Bd6 25. Ra4 Bf4 26. Rc4 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qxa5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Nf4 30. d4
Rfd8 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Kg3 Nd5 33. Ra1 Ne7 34. Ra3 Nc8 35. Rb3 Nd6 36. f3 Ke7 37.
Rb6 Ra8 38. Rb4 Ra7 39. Rb6 a5 40. Bc2 a4 41. Rb4 a3 42. bxa3 Rxa3 43. Kf4 Ra2
44. Ba4 Rd8 45. d5 exd5 46. Rxd5 Rh2 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. Kh3 Ra8 49. Bb3 R2a5 50.
Rd3 Rb5 51. Re3+ Kf8 52. Rxb5 Nxb5 53. Bd5 Ra3 54. Bxb7 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,
E-Tiviakov,S/Dagomys (Sochi) 2006/CT-1996 (54)}) 12. f4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h6 14. f5
Bh7 15. Nf4 exf5 16. gxf5 Bg5 17. Re2 Nf6 18. Rg2 O-O 19. Qe1 Kh8 20. h4 Bxf4
21. Bxf4 c4 22. Nd2 cxd3 23. Bxd3 Ne5 24. Be2 Rg8 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Kh1 Rae8 27.
c4 Nc6 28. Bf3 Ne5 29. Be2 Nc6 30. Bf3 Ne5 31. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,
E-Tiviakov,S/Port Erin (Isle of Man) 1998 (31)}) 10. Qxf3 {Black has given up
the bishop but in exchange he can finish the development quickly. And the fact
is that White has the pair of bishops but it can not be immediately exploited
because of the closed character of the position.} Be7 (10... g6 $5 {is an
interesting alternative to the text, developing the bishop to g7 where mostly
it is better placed. The only drawback of this move is that it takes 1 tempo
longer for Black to finish the development. Black in the following game has
managed to solve all the opening problems successfully. Well, it was a
difficult choice for me whether to play the text or 10...g6.} 11. Qd1 Bg7 12.
d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Alterman,B/
Israel 2002/EXT 2003 (58)}) 11. Qd1 $146 {This move is new. Usually the queen
goes back to d1 in these positions in order to play d3-d4. But here this
advance is not useful at all. Probably, White should look for the other ways
in the search of the advantage if it is here.} (11. g3 O-O 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bg2
Rc8 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Nd2 b5 16. a3 Nb6 17. f4 e5 18. f5 Bg5 19. Bf2 Bxd2 20.
Qxd2 f6 21. b4 Ne7 22. Be3 Kh8 23. Rec1 Rc6 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. h4 Qd8
27. g4 Na4 28. g5 d5 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. d4 exd4 32. gxf6 Qd6+ 33.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kxg3 gxf6 35. exd5 dxc3 36. Be4 Nxd5 {0-1 Pedersen,B-Sher,M/
Gistrup 1997/EXT 1998 (36)}) (11. Qe2 O-O 12. f4 b5 13. g4 d5 14. Bg2 dxe4 15.
dxe4 e5 16. f5 Nd7 17. Rd1 Ra7 18. a4 b4 19. Be3 Bg5 20. Nd2 bxc3 21. bxc3
Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Na5 23. Bf1 Qc7 24. Rab1 h6 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Kg3 Rb6 27. h4 Rab7
28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Rd6 31. Rb1 Rb6 32. Rd1 Rd6 33. Be2 Nb6 34.
Rh1 Nxa4 35. Nf3 Qb7 36. Nxe5 Qb3 37. g6 fxg6 38. Nxg6 Rxg6+ 39. fxg6 Nxc3 40.
Kf2 Qb4 41. Qh3 Qd4+ 42. Ke1 Kf8 43. Rf1+ Ke8 44. Qe6+ Kd8 45. Rf8+ {1-0 Rocha,
S-Veingold,A/Torres Novas 2005/CBM 104 ext (45)}) (11. Nd2 O-O 12. a4 d5 13. e5
Nd7 14. Qg3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Qh4 Ne7 18. a5 Ng6 19. Qa4 Qe7 20.
Nh4 Ne5 21. f4 Ne4 22. g3 Nxg3 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bg2 Bc7 25. Qg4 Rae8 26. Nf3
Rf5 27. d4 Ne4 28. Ne5 cxd4 29. cxd4 Bxa5 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Bb6 32. Kg2
Bxd4 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. Qxd4 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. Bf4 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38.
Rc1 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 h6 40. Be5 g5 41. Rc7 Rb6 42. Kf3 Re6 43. Bc3 Rc6 44. Rxc6
bxc6 45. h4 gxh4 46. Kf4 h3 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Kxh3 Ke6 49. Kg3 c5 50. Kf4 Kd5 51.
Kxf5 Kc4 52. Bg7 h5 53. Kg5 Kb3 54. Kxh5 c4 55. Kg4 c3 56. Kf3 c2 57. Bh6 Kb2
58. Ke4 a5 59. Kd3 a4 60. Kc4 a3 {0-1 Zeberski,J-Gajewski,G/Litomysl 2005/CBM
110 ext (60)}) 11... O-O 12. a4 ({After} 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 $11
{the position is completely equal.} (14... Ne4 $5 {deserves serious attention.}
)) 12... Rb8 $5 ({Black has to make this move since after} 12... b5 13. axb5
axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. d4 $14 {White wins 1 tempo attacking the pawn b5 and
gets slightly better chances.}) ({But} 12... d5 $5 {is a worthy alternative to
the text giving the game much more sharp character.}) 13. g3 ({A typical move
by Emil, he makes it quite often in similar positions. After} 13. d4 cxd4 14.
cxd4 d5 15. e5 Nd7 $15 {followed by Qb6 Black takes over the initiative thanks
to the weaknesses of the pawn d4 and the square b4. Another plan by White is
to develop the knight b1 to f3.}) 13... b5 ({I have spent lot of time on this
move.} 13... d5 $5 14. e5 (14. Qe2 $5) 14... Nd7 15. f4 b5 $13 {with an
unclear position took much of my attention. But nevertheless I decided not to
give my opponent the advanced pawn on e5.}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bg2 b4 16. Bf4 ({
I would have played} 16. Be3 $11 {here, followed by Nd2, with equal chances.})
16... Nd7 17. Be3 Nb6 {Now the black knight occupies the better square on b6 
(than on f6).} 18. Nd2 Qd7 ({A prophylactic move, covering the Nc6 and
preparing the square c8 for the rook f8. After} 18... Bf6 19. Qc2 {White gets
some play after f2-f4, threatening e4-e5.}) 19. Qc2 Rfc8 $11 {The opening
stage of the game has finished and we have to conclude that Black has
successfully solved all his opening problems. His chances are at least equal.}
20. c4 $2 {This move is a serious positional mistake. It is very difficult for
me to understand how a strong GM can make it. Now the square d4 is a weakness,
which can be occupied by the black pieces, eventually forcing the exchanges
there. And for the rest of the game White will have problems with the bad Bg2.}
Bf6 21. Nb3 Nd4 $6 ({Unfortunately, this move is premature. After the correct} 
21... Qd8 {freeing the square d7 for the knight Black has an advantage that
would last forever. E.g.} 22. f4 Nd4 $15 {etc}) 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 {My intention
here was to play Qd8-f6, Nb6-d7, but I missed something.} 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qb3
$1 {A strong move attacking the pawn b4, and it turns to be that the pawn can
only be directly defended by the ugly Nb6-a8, which, of course, is not even an
option to look at. Black has to play something else.} Qe7 ({After} 24... Qd8
25. Ra6 Nd7 26. Rxd6 Qc7 27. e5 (27. Rxd4 $4 Ne5 $19 {loses the rook after
Qc7-c5}) (27. Ra6 Nc5 $19) 27... Nc5 (27... Nxe5 28. Rxd4 $14) 28. Qd1 Rd8 29.
Rc6 Qa5 $44 {, followed by Rc8, Black can sacrifice a pawn with good
compensaion, but, probably, has not more than that. So I decided to play safe..
.}) 25. e5 $2 ({But this move is a serious mistake, bringing White into
serious trouble. His position becomes positionally lost. White, of course,
should have taken the pawn on b4 although still even then after} 25. Qxb4 Nxc4
26. Qa4 Nxb2 (26... Nd2 {looks attractive, but} 27. b4 Rc3 28. Qd1 Nb3 (28...
Rxd3 $4 29. Qe2 $18) 29. Ra3 Nd2 $11 {is only a draw by the repetition of
moves.}) 27. Qxd4 $15 {White would have to suffer a lot to make a draw in this
position.}) 25... Nd7 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. exd6 Nc5 $17 28. Qd1 Qb6 $1 29. Ra1 Qxd6
{Now it is obvious that Black has a huge advantage due to the superiority of
the good knight against the bad bishop. This game becomes another good example.
.. I have won so many games with a good knight against a bad bishop. Lot of
them arising from the Maroczy System of the Sicilian Defence. Nevertheless, my
opponent somewhere around here offered a draw... In a positionally lost
position.} 30. f4 ({Emil continues to play in his active style, but it only
makes Black's task easier... Black has to breakthrough somewhere in the center
by e6-e5-e4. After White plays f2-f4 and Black e6-e5 the 'e' line becomes
immediately open.} 30. Qf3 {or}) (30. Ra7 {should have been preferred, trying
to defend the position passively.}) 30... Re8 31. Qf3 Rbc8 32. Kh2 g6 33. Ra5 (
{Here again} 33. Ra7 {, followed by Rea1}) ({or} 33. h4 $5 {and h5, trying to
create some counterplay should have been played.}) 33... Kg7 34. Rb5 b3 $1 {
Now all endings will be won for Black because of the fixed weaknesses: d3 and
b2.} 35. Qe2 ({The queen stands better on f3, so} 35. Ra5) ({or} 35. h4 {
were better. The text has the idea to play Qe2-d2-b4.}) 35... Re7 36. Bf1 {
Now White is threatening to exchange the queens with Qe5.} f6 $1 37. Qd2 e5 38.
Bg2 $6 ({White has a difficult position and tries to confuse the matters
before the time-control. But} 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Qxe5 $17 {was a better
option.} (39... fxe5 $17)) 38... Rce8 $1 {Now Black is ready to open the 'e'
line with a decisive effect. Although making this move Black had to calculate
a lot, being ready for the piece sacrifice which occurred in the game.} 39. Qb4
(39. fxe5 {loses after} Rxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxe5 $19 {, followed by Re5-e3.}) ({But} 
39. Rf1 f5 $17 {could have prolonged the suffering.} (39... exf4 40. Qxf4 Qxf4
41. Rxf4 Nxd3 42. Rxd4 Ne1 43. Kg1 Nxg2 44. Kxg2 Re2+ $17) (39... e4 $6 40. Qb4
$132)) 39... exf4 $3 $19 {Very strong move after which Black wins by force in
all lines.} 40. Rxe7+ Rxe7 41. Rxc5 (41. Qxc5 {loses after} fxg3+ 42. Kg1 Re1+
43. Bf1 Qf4 ({or} 43... Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Qf4+ 45. Ke1 Qe3+ 46. Kd1 Qxd3+ 47. Ke1
Qe3+ 48. Kd1 g2 49. Rb7+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Kg5 51. Rb5+ Kh4 52. Qxf6+ Kxh3 53. Rg5
g1=Q+ $19 {winning}) 44. Rb7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qc5+ f5 $19 {with an
unavoidable mate.}) 41... fxg3+ 42. Kh1 (42. Kg1 {loses immediately after} Qf4
$19) 42... Ra7 $1 ({Another good move. After which becomes clear how strongly
black pieces dominate the position. There was no need to go for an ending after
} 42... Qe6 43. Rb5 Qe1+ 44. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 45. Bf1 Rxf1+ 46. Kg2 Rf2+ 47. Kxg3
Rxb2 48. Kf4 {although during the game I saw that after the correct} f5 $1 49.
Ke5 Re2+ 50. Kxd4 b2 51. c5 f4 $19 {Black should win as well.}) 43. Be4 ({
The following variations demonstrate how hopeless White is here:} 43. Bf3 Qf4
44. Kg2 Qe3 45. Kxg3 Qg1+ 46. Bg2 Re7 $19 47. Rf5 Re3+ 48. Kh4 (48. Rf3 Rxf3+
49. Kxf3 Qe3+ 50. Kg4 h5+ 51. Kh4 Qg5#) 48... Qxg2 $19) (43. Bf1 Ra1 44. Kg2
Rxf1 (44... Qf4 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Qf3 Qxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Rxf1+ 48. Kxg3 Rd1 $19) 45.
Qb7+ (45. Kxf1 Qf4+ 46. Ke2 Qe3+ 47. Kd1 Qxd3+ 48. Ke1 Qe4+ 49. Kd1 Qc2+ 50.
Ke1 Qf2+ 51. Kd1 g2 $19) 45... Kh6 46. Rc7 Rf2+ 47. Kg1 Kg5 48. Rxh7 Rxb2 $19)
(43. Bc6 Qe6 44. Kg2 Qe3 $19) 43... f5 $1 44. Bc6 ({Or} 44. Bf3 Qf4 45. Kg2 Qe3
46. Kxg3 Qg1+ 47. Bg2 (47. Kf4 Qh2+ 48. Kg5 Qg3+ 49. Bg4 h6#) 47... f4+ $19) (
44. Bxf5 Qf4 $19) 44... Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Qf4 (45... Rb1 $19 {wins as well.}) 46.
Rxf5 Qxf5 47. Qe7+ Qf7 48. Qe5+ Qf6 49. Qc7+ Kh6 {A very good positional game
illustrating the superiority of the good knight against the bad bishop. Also
with a fine piece sacrifice towards the end of the game, which I am quite
satistified to have played.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 d4 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Rb8 13. Nd2 g6 14. Qe2 dxc3 15.
bxc3 b4 16. Ba4 Na7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nf3 bxc3 19. Rxd4 Qc8 20. e5 Nh5 21. e6 Nb5
22. Rd7 Qe8 23. Bb3 f6 24. Bh6 Ng7 25. Rad1 Nf5 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. g4 Ng7 28.
Qc2 f5 29. Ne5 fxg4 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Nc6 Qg5 32. h4 1-0

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 5th round of the Montreal tournament. In the 4th
round I lost Kamsky and the next day I was extremely motivated to restore my
leading position in the tournament.} 1. e4 e5 {This game came as a big
surprise to me. The main answer of Pavel to 1.e4 is 1...c5 and most of the day
before the game I spent preparing against it.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. d3 {Here I spent a lot of time... My main answers in this position are
connected with the move Qd1-e2 immediately now or after 5.0-0 Be7, 6.Qe2. I
have already played the line with 6.Qe2 in my 3rd round game against Nigel
Short and have managed to win a very nice game. But in the present game
against Pavel Eljanov I have finally (after a long thought) decided to choose
another approach in order to avoid all possible preparation of my opponent and
play 5.d3. Nevertheless the move 5.d3 is not entirely new in my repertoire, I
have tried it once, one month ago at the Dutch championship 2007 against R.
Janssen and have won a good game. But, of course, objectively speaking, it is
not possible to get an advantage after 5.d3 if Black plays correctly. But I
like the closed character of the position where the fate of the game is
decided by the fact who plays better chess but not who knows more of the
theory.} d6 {This move is the strongest if connected with g7-g6 and the
development of the bishop to g7. If Black plays b7-b5 early then in most cases
White can create initiative attacking the pawn b5 by a2-a4.} 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 {
White has many different plans and ideas here. And it is not so easy to choose
one. Studying the variation with 5.d3 before my game against Janssen I liked
this plan a lot...} Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 {The knight goes to e3 where it
will block all Black activity in the center connected with the move d6-d5.} h6
10. Bh4 b5 11. Bb3 ({It is quite difficult in this type of the position to
select a square for the bishop. If White plays} 11. Bc2 {immediately then the
knight remains on c6 but Black can play} d5 $5 {, for example.}) 11... Na5 12.
Bc2 c5 {But now Black gets a strong pawns' structure in the centre and on the
queen's side.} 13. Ne3 Be6 14. O-O Qd7 $146 {Only this move is new. And I
think it is better than the other moves tried here before. The idea of Black
is to play Nf6-g4, exchanging the pair of knights. Well, we can conclude that
up to this moment Black has played well, making natural good moves, equalising
the position.} (14... Qc7 15. a3 c4 16. d4 Nh5 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Bg3 g5 19. Nf5
Bxf5 20. exf5 e4 21. Bxf4 exf3 22. Bg3 fxg2 23. Kxg2 Nb3 24. Bxb3 cxb3 25. h4
gxh4 26. Bxh4 Qc6+ 27. f3 f6 28. Rg1 Qd5 29. Qf4 {1/2-1/2 Rohit G (IND)
-Sethuraman S P (IND)/Delhi (India) 2006 (29)}) (14... Rb8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4
Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. d5 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxb2 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qc3
Qb6 23. Bb3 Qd4 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 a5 26. Rab1 Rfb8 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Re1
a4 29. Re2 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Bd8 31. Rc2 Bb6 32. Bd3 Rd1 33. Bb5 a3 34. Kg3 Bc5 35.
Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke2 Rg1 37. g3 Rh1 38. Bd3 Rxh3 39. f4 Rxg3 40. fxe5 Rg2+ 41. Kf3
Rxc2 42. Bxc2 dxe5 43. Ke2 h5 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Kc4 Bf8 46. Kb5 Kg5 47. Kc6 h4
48. Bd3 Kf4 49. d6 h3 50. Bf1 Kg3 {0-1 Al-Modiahki Mohamad (QAT)-Kobalia
Mikhail (RUS)/Gibraltar (England) 2006 (50)}) 15. a3 $6 {Played too
optimistically. It was better to make a much more useful move such as} (15. Re1
$5 {, preparing the advance d3-d4.}) ({After} 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Ng4 $11 {
Black gets equal chances, the bishop g7 also becomes very strong.}) 15... Ng4
16. Nxg4 ({After} 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 $11 {the position remains equal.}) 16...
Bxg4 17. h3 Be6 ({Of course, it is better not to exchange the bishop for the
knight by} 17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $14 {when White gets a plus.}) 18. Re1 ({After} 
18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc4 21. Re1 Nc6 {Black makes White to
exchange the knights, thus making the position equal:} 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Rb1
$11) 18... f5 ({There is nothing wrong with this move. But I was hoping that
in this game exactly such things will happen. Eljanov is an active attacking
player and whenever he has an opportunity he tries to seize the initiative.
But sometimes he takes too much risk... And exactly such things are happening
in this game. I would have played solid} 18... Nc6 $5 {, preventing d3-d4 and
only later playing f7-f5.}) 19. d4 $6 ({Objectively this move is not the
strongest in the position.} 19. exf5 $142 gxf5 20. b4 Nc6 $13 {with unclear
position should have been played. But during the game I saw a very nice
positional piece sacrifice and liked it very much! So I decided to take a risk
and go for it, although during the game I saw that with the correct play I
could have landed into trouble.}) 19... f4 $6 ({And immediately Black commits
a mistake, being attracted by the possibility to win a piece. Like a mouse who
sees the chees, wants to get it and falls into trap. :-) But the idea to win a
piece was correct, only the practical realisation is wrong. It was necessary
to include the exchange on d4 first} 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 {and only afterwards
to play} ({or} 20. exf5 gxf5 21. cxd4 e4 $17 {with advantage for Black}) 20...
f4 21. dxe5 g5 {. The difference is that after} 22. exd6 {Black has
intermediate} Bxb2 $1 {at his disposal, winning a very important pawn. After} (
22... gxh4 23. e5 $44 {|^}) 23. Rb1 Nc4 $17 {Black is better. But, of course,
during the game it is not so easy to calculate everything precisely. And
obviously Black wanted to keep the pawns on c5 and c3, since the pawn c5
controls the very important square d4.}) (19... exd4 20. cxd4 $13 {leads to an
unclear position and if} f4 $140 {then in a similar way as in the game White
seizes the initiative after} 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 $16 {
with advantage.}) 20. dxe5 g5 ({After} 20... dxe5 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Be7 Rfc8
23. Bd6 $16 {White wins a pawn since} Nc4 $140 {can be met by} 24. Bb3) 21.
exd6 gxh4 $2 ({Probably, a decisive mistake. But at this point it was still
possible to save a game. After the correct} 21... Nc4 22. e5 Nxb2 (22... gxh4
23. b3 $16 {is bad for Black}) 23. Qe2 Nc4 (23... gxh4 24. Be4 Nc4 25. Bxa8
Rxa8 $13 {is unclear}) 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qe4 Bf5 26. Qd5+ Be6 ({after} 26...
Qe6 27. Be4 $16 {despite being a piece down White is better} (27. Qxe6+ Bxe6
28. Nxg5 Bd7 $13)) 27. Qe4 $11 {White has nothing better than to repeat the
moves with a draw.}) 22. e5 Nc6 ({Or} 22... Nc4 23. b3 $16 {with advantage for
White.}) 23. b4 $1 $16 {This strong move was missed by my opponent. White now
secures the control over the very important square d4, also getting the
possibilty to open the 'a' line.} c4 (23... cxb4 {is answered by} 24. axb4 $16
{, followed by Be4, Nd4. And the central passed pawns should eventually decide
the fate of the game into White favour.} (24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 f3 $13)) 24. a4
$1 bxa4 $6 (24... Rae8 25. axb5 axb5 $16 {could have offered more resistance.
But, obviously, my opponent has been demoralised at this moment. And he
collapses...}) 25. Bxa4 Qb7 ({After} 25... Rac8 26. Nd4 $18 {White wins.}) 26.
Bxc6 $1 ({Another important move, exchanging the bishop but getting the
control over the d4 square, with a complete domination.} 26. Qc2 $5 {was a
worthy alternative to the text.}) 26... Qxc6 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. Qf3 $18 {Now
White should win easily.} Kh8 29. Ra5 Qf7 30. Rc5 {Threatening with Rc5-c7.}
Ra7 ({After} 30... Rac8 {White has several ways to win. One of them is} 31.
Nxe6 $5 Qxe6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qg4 (33. Qxf4 $18) 33... Qxg4 34. hxg4 $18) 31.
Qe4 (31. Ra1 $18 {immediately was possible, but I was in no way in a hurry and
played very safe, avoiding all possible tricks.}) 31... Re8 32. Kf1 Rd7 33. Re2
Kg8 34. Ra2 Qh5 35. f3 {The complete triumph of the White strategy - full
domination of the White pieces. Black is almost in zugzwang.} Qg5 36. Rxa6 Bxh3
{The last try to confuse the matters.} 37. gxh3 Bxe5 38. Nf5 Qf6 39. Raa5 {
Winning the bishop e5. Here Black resigned. I am very glad with my win in this
game aganst a strong young opponent from Ukraine.} 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxc2 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14.
Re2 Rae8 15. Be3 Nxa1 16. Bxb7 Re5 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Bc6 Ra5 19. g3 Kf8 20. d4 h6
21. Na4 g5 22. b3 Nxb3 23. Rb2 Ra6 24. d5 1-0

[Event "Montreal 10th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2009.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nxe4 (7...
d5) 8. Nxe4 d5 9. d3 $5 (9. Bd3) (9. Nxd4) 9... dxc4 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 dxc4 11.
dxc4 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 b6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 $14) (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe2+
11. Qxe2 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Be5 $16) (9... Be7 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11.
Qg4 g6 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. dxe4 $14) 10. dxc4 Be7 (10... b6 11. Nxd4 (11. Bf4 Bb7
$11) (11. a5 Bb7 12. f3 Be7 (12... bxa5 $11) 13. c3 (13. axb6 Qxb6) (13. Bf4
O-O 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Be5 Bc5 16. axb6 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Qxb6 $15) 13... Nxe2+ 14.
Qxe2 bxa5 $11 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Bd6 Rae8 $11) (11. Bg5 Qd7 12. a5
Bb7 13. f3 $13) 11... cxd4 (11... Qxd4 12. Qf3 Ra7 13. Rd1 $16 Qxc4 (13... Qe5
14. Bg5 f5 15. Rd8+ Kf7 16. Re1 $18) 14. b3 Qxc2 15. Rd2 $18) 12. Qf3 (12. Bg5
Qd7 (12... f6 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Rfd1 Kc7 15. Be3 e5 16. c3 $14) 13. a5 (13. Qd3
Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qc6 15. f3 e5 16. a5 f6 $15) 13... bxa5 14. Rxa5 (14. Qd3 Bb7 15.
Rxa5 Rc8 16. f3 Bb4 17. Raa1 f5 $15) 14... Qc7 $15) 12... Ra7 13. a5 bxa5 (
13... Rd7 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Qd3 Be7 16. b4 O-O 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Ng3 $11) 14. Bf4
Rd7 (14... Bb7 15. Be5 Ba8 (15... f5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qd1 $16) 16. Qd3 Rd7 17.
c5 $14) (14... Be7 15. Qg3 O-O 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Rxa5 Kh8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Bf4
$16) 15. Be5 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Qb6 (16... Qh4 17. c5 f5 18. Qb3 (18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19.
c6 O-O $11) 18... Bxe4 (18... Bd5 19. Qa4 Bxe4 20. c6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 $18) 19. c6
$16) 17. b3 $13) 11. Bf4 $1 $146 (11. Be3 e5 (11... Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Qc7 13. Qg4
O-O (13... Qe5 14. Qf4 Qxb2 (14... Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Bd7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 $14
) 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qf6 17. Bxc5 $14) 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 b6 16. a5 f5
17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Rb7 (18... bxa5 19. b3 Bf6 20. Rd3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.
Na4 Bf6 23. Rd1 $14) 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. b3 Rc6 21. Ra5 g5 22. Na4 Re8 23. f3 Bd6
24. Bxg5 Bc7 25. Rxc5 Bb6 26. Nxb6 Rxc5 27. b4 Rc6 28. Be3 e5 29. c5 e4 30. Kf2
exf3 31. gxf3 Rce6 32. Rd3 Bb7 33. c4 Bc6 34. Nd5 Rb8 35. Nc7 Rxe3 36. Kxe3
Rxb4 37. Nd5 Rb7 38. Ra3 Ra7 39. Nb4 Bb7 40. c6 Bc8 41. Ra5 Kf7 42. Nd5 Be6 43.
Kd4 {1-0 Hunt Harriet (ENG)-Jones Richard S (WLS)/England 2006 (43)}) 12. f4 (
12. c3 Nxe2+ (12... Ne6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rad1+ Ke8 15. Rd5 f6 16. Rfd1 b6 17.
Nd6+ $14) 13. Qxe2 Qc7 (13... f5 14. Nxc5 f4 15. Qh5+ Kf8 16. Ne4 $18) 14. f4
f5 15. Ng5 e4 $11 (15... O-O 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Rae1 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxe2 19. Rxe2
Bd7 20. a5 $14)) 12... Be6 (12... Bg4 $13) 13. b3 f5 14. N4c3 Qc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. cxd5 O-O 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nf4 Bg5 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Rae1 Bxf4
22. Rxf4 Qxd5 23. Rd1 d3 24. Qxd3 Qc5+ 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxc2 27. Qd5+ Kh8
28. Re1 Qc6 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. Re7 {1/2-1/2 Heberla Bartlomiej (POL)-Makarov
Marat (RUS)/Pardubice (Czech Republic) 2005}) (11. c3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Qc7 13.
Qg4 Qe5 14. Qf4 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Bd7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rc8 18. Ra3 Rc6 19.
Rd1 f6 20. f4 Bc8 21. a5 Kf7 22. Bb8 Ke7 23. Ba7 Rd8 24. Raa1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Bd7 26. Kf2 Rc8 27. b3 Be8 28. Ke3 Bg6 29. Rd2 Bf5 30. Bb6 h6 31. h4 h5 32. Rb2
Bg6 33. Re2 Be8 34. Rc2 Bd7 35. Rc1 Be8 36. g3 Bg6 37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Be8 39.
Bc5+ Kf7 40. Rd1 Bc6 41. Rd6 Rc7 42. Rd8 Kg6 43. Bd6 Rd7 44. Rxd7 Bxd7 45. Bf8
Kf7 46. Bd6 Bc6 47. Kd4 Kg6 48. Bf8 Kf7 49. Bd6 Kg6 50. Bf8 Kf7 {1/2-1/2
Kovacevic,A-Saric,I/Vogosca BIH 2007/The Week in Chess 657 (50)}) (11. Nxd4
cxd4 (11... Qxd4 12. Qe2 Qe5 13. f4 Qc7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Bc3 Bd7 16. a5 $14) 12.
Bf4 f6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 e5 15. Bh6 f5 $13) 11... f6 (11... O-O 12. Nxd4 Qxd4
13. Qxd4 cxd4 14. Be5 $14) 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 O-O (13... e5 $142 14. Be3 Qc7
(14... b6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. a5 (17. Ng5 g6 $11) 17... Qc6 18. Ng3
$14) 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh6 $14) 14. Rfd1 Bd7 (14... Qa5 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 $16
) 15. Bd6 Rc8 16. Qe3 $6 (16. b4 Bxd6 (16... cxb4 17. cxb4 Rc6 (17... Bxd6 18.
Nxd6 $16) 18. c5 $16) (16... b6 17. a5 $16) 17. Rxd6 $16) 16... Bxd6 17. Nxd6 (
17. Rxd6 Qe7 $14) 17... Rc7 18. b4 e5 19. a5 (19. f4 Qe7 20. bxc5 Bc6 $14) (19.
bxc5 Bc6 $14) (19. Ne4 $5 cxb4 20. cxb4 Qe7 21. Nd6 $14) 19... Qe7 20. Rd2 f5 (
20... Be6 21. bxc5 $14) 21. f4 $6 (21. b5 $1 {(/\b6, ><b7)} e4 (21... f4 22.
Qe4 f3 23. Qd5+ Be6 (23... Kh8 24. Re1 $18) 24. Qxe5 $18) 22. f3 (22. b6 Rc6
23. Rad1 Be6 24. Qf4 $16) 22... Be8 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Re1 Bg6 25. Nxe4 $16)
21... e4 22. Rad1 (22. bxc5 Bc6 $14) (22. b5 Be6 23. Rad1 $14) 22... Ba4 23.
Re1 Rf6 24. bxc5 {[/\Rd5]} Bc6 25. Rd4 $14 h6 26. Rf1 Kh7 27. Rf2 Qe6 28. Kf1
Qe7 29. Ke1 Rd7 30. Rb2 Rf8 31. Kd1 Rc7 32. Kc1 Qh4 33. g3 Qh3 34. Rf2 Re7 35.
Kb2 Kh8 36. Ka3 Kh7 37. Kb4 Kh8 38. Rd1 Kh7 39. Re1 Kh8 40. Qd4 Kh7 41. Re3 Qh5
42. Qd2 Rd7 43. Qe1 Qh3 44. Qg1 (44. Qe2 $5 {/\Rg2, g4}) 44... Qh5 45. Rg2 Rf6
46. h3 Qg6 47. Rd2 (47. g4 Rfxd6 48. gxf5 Qxg2 49. Qxg2 Rf6 $13) 47... Rf8 48.
Qd1 Qe6 49. Rd4 Re7 50. Qh5 Qf6 51. Rd2 Re6 52. Qd1 Rd8 53. g4 fxg4 54. f5 (54.
Qxg4 $5) 54... Re5 55. hxg4 Qe7 56. Rd4 $5 (56. Ra2 $142 Rxc5 (56... Qc7 57.
Qd4 $16) (56... Kg8 57. Qd4 $16) 57. Kxc5 Qe5+ 58. Kb4 Rxd6 (58... Qf4 59. Qd2
Rxd6 60. Rd3 Qxd2 61. Rdxd2 $16) 59. Rd2 Rxd2 60. Qxd2 Qf4 61. Qe2 $14) (56.
Qg1 Qc7 (56... Rxc5 57. Kxc5 Qe5+ 58. Kb4 Rxd6 59. Qh2 $16) 57. Qg3 Rxc5 58.
Kxc5 Qxa5+ 59. Kd4 b6 60. Qe5 Qa3 $11) 56... Qc7 $2 (56... Rb8 $13) 57. Nf7 $3
Rde8 (57... Rxc5 58. Rxd8 Qxa5+ 59. Kb3 $18) 58. Nxe5 Rxe5 59. Rd5 $5 (59. Qd2
Rxc5 60. Kxc5 Qxa5+ 61. Kd6 Qd8+ 62. Ke5 $18) 59... Bxd5 60. cxd5 Re8 61. d6
Qf7 62. Qb3 Qd7 63. Qa4 Qf7 64. Ka3 Rc8 65. Qd4 Qd7 66. Rxe4 Qb5 67. Re7 Qxa5+
68. Kb2 Qb5+ 69. Kc1 Rg8 70. d7 Qf1+ 71. Kd2 Qg2+ 72. Re2 1-0

[Event "Montreal 10th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Nf1 Qd7 10. Ng3 d5 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Bd2 Rhe8 13. Bc2 g5 14. Be3 d4 15.
Bd2 Ba7 16. h4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ng4 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qe7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21.
Kf2 Qf6 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Nh2 Ne7 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qb6 27. Ng4
Qxb3 28. Rc1 Qe6 29. d4 exd4 30. cxd4 Kb8 31. Rf1 Rh4 32. Ne5 Rh7 33. Qf3 Nc6
34. Nxf7 Nxd4 35. Qf2 Nc2 36. Nxg5 Qe8 37. Nxh7 Nxe3 38. Qf8 Nxf1+ 39. Kxf1
Qxf8+ 40. Nxf8 a5 41. e5 Kc8 42. Nf5 Bc5 43. Ne6 Bb4 44. Ned4 a4 45. Ke2 a3 46.
Kd3 a2 47. Nb3 Kd7 48. Nfd4 Bf8 49. g4 c5 50. Nb5 Ke6 51. Ke4 c4 52. Na1 Bh6
53. Nd4+ Kf7 54. Kd5 Bc1 55. e6+ Kf6 56. Nac2 Ba3 57. Nb5 Bb4 58. Nd6 Ke7 59.
g5 Bc3 60. Nf5+ Ke8 61. Kxc4 a1=Q 62. Nxa1 Bxa1 63. g6 Kf8 64. Kc5 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 18th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2009.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2009.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 (5. Bg5 Bf5 6. Qd2 e6 7. Nf3
Be7 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Qf4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd7
14. h4 Nb6 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 h5 18. Qe4 Rd8 19. c3 Rd6 20. Kb1
Qd8 21. Bb3 g6 22. f4 Qa5 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. Bc2 Rhd8 25. Rdg1 Kf8 26. Rg3 R8d7
27. Rf3 Qd8 28. Qe4 c5 29. Ba4 Rc7 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Bb3 b5 32. Qe3 Qb6 33. Qe2
a5 34. a3 Qd8 35. Qe3 Rf5 36. Bc2 Rfd5 37. Qe4 Rd2 38. f5 exf5 39. Qb7 Rb6 40.
Qa7 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. cxb4 Rxb4 43. Qa3 Qd6 44. Rb3 Rxb3 45. Qxd6+ Rxd6 46.
Bxb3 Rd2 47. Bc2 Rxf2 48. Rd1 Bxh4 49. Rd7 Be7 50. Bb3 h4 51. Bd5 h3 52. Rc7 g5
{0-1 Gopal,G-Tiviakov,S/Kolkata 2007 (52)}) (5. Nf3 Bg4 (5... Nf6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7.
Be2 Nbd7 8. Qd2 e6 9. Bf4 Qb4 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Qa5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rfe1 O-O
14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rad8 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20.
Na4 Qd4 21. b3 Qf4 22. c4 Rd3 {0-1 Dhar-Barua,S-Tiviakov,S/Vlissingen 2007/The
Week in Chess 665 (22)}) 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 (9... Nd5
10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Rg1 Nd7 12. c4 {1/2-1/2 Fedorchuk,S-Tiviakov,S/Sibenik CRO
2009 (12)}) 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bg2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 e6 13. O-O-O Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7
15. f4 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 h5 18. Rhf1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rd8 20. Rde1 Qe7 21.
Kb1 Rh2 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Rxg2 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qh3 Rdd2 27.
Qh8+ Kd7 28. Qb8 Rge2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Qxb7+ Kd6 31. Qb8+ Qc7 32. Qb4+ c5 33.
Qf4+ e5 34. Qg3 Qa5 35. Qxg7 Kd5 36. Qd7+ Ke4 37. Qd3# {1-0 Sadvakasov,
D-Tiviakov,S/Kolkata 2007 (37)}) (5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Re1 Na6 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Be5
Qe7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rad8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qa5 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21. Rd3
Rd6 22. Rb3 Rb8 23. Kf1 g5 24. Bf3 Kf6 25. c3 h6 26. Re5 Ke7 27. a4 b6 28. Ra3
f6 29. Re2 c5 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. Ke1 f5 32. Rc2 a5 33. Ra1 Ne8 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35.
Kxd1 Nd6 36. Be2 e5 37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Rxb4 39. Rc5 Rxa4 40. Rxe5+ Kf6 41.
Rc5 Ne4 42. Rc6+ Ke5 43. Rxh6 Ra1+ 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Nxf2+ 46. Ke3 Ne4 47.
Bb5 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Nc3+ {0-1 Grana Lois,J-Tiviakov,S/Vila Nova de Gaia 2009 (48)}
) (5. Ne4 Qe6 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. f3 g6 8. g3 Nxe4 9. fxe4 Bg7 10. Bh3 f5 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Ng5 Qd6 13. c3 h6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. O-O
Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qg6 20. c4 Be6 21. Bg2 Rfd8 22. b3 Rd7 23. Bf3 Bf7 24. Rad1 Rad8
25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. h4 Qe6 27. h5 Rd8 28. Re1 Be8 29. a4 Qd7 30. Qe3 a6 31. Kf2
Kh7 32. Be2 Qd4 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. e6 Re4 35. Bf3 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 b5
38. cxb5 cxb5 39. a5 b4 40. Be2 Kg7 41. Bxa6 Bxh5 42. Bb7 Kf6 43. a6 Kxe6 44.
Kd2 Kd7 45. Bb8 Bf7 46. Kc2 h5 47. a7 Bxa7 48. Bxa7 Kd6 49. Bf3 e5 50. Be3 Bg6
51. Kc1 h4 52. gxh4 f4 53. Bd2 Kc5 54. h5 Bh7 55. Bg4 Kd4 56. Bxb4 e4 57. Kd2 {
1-0 Bologan,V-Tiviakov,S/Sibenik CRO 2009 (57)}) 5... Nf6 (5... Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6
7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nd5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. c4
O-O 14. Rd1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Berg,E-Tiviakov,S/Crete 2007
(16)}) 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Ng3 (8. Bf4 Qd8 (8... Qb4 9. Bb3 Qa5 10. d5
Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Nd4 Be4 13. c4 Nc6 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Qe2 a6 16. cxd5 Bxd5
17. Nc7+ Rxc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Bxd5 Nd4 20. Qe4 Bc5 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Bxb7 O-O
23. Qe3 e5 24. Bf3 Bd6 25. b3 f5 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Rc4 h6 28. Rfc1 f4 29. Qd3
Qa5 30. Bf3 Rf6 31. Rc8+ Bf8 32. a4 Qb6 33. R1c3 Qe6 34. h3 Qd6 35. Ra8 g6 36.
Rcc8 Qb4 37. Qc3 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Qd6 39. Rd8 Qe7 40. Re8 {1-0 Autenrieth,
M-Schmid,G/Abensberg 1987/EXT 1997 (40)}) 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nce4 (11.
Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Nd5 13. Bc1 Bb4 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Nge2 Nd7 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3
Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nb6 19. Bb3 Qa6 20. Qe2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd5 22. Bb2 b5 23. c4 Nb6
24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Re5 a6 26. Bc1 Rac8 27. Rc5 Be4 28. f3 Bd5 29. Bd2 Bc4 30.
Kf2 Nd7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Ba5 Nf6 33. Bb4 Bxb3 34. cxb3 Rc2+ 35. Rd2 Rc1 36.
Rb2 h6 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Ra1 39. a5 Ra4 40. Be1 Nd5 41. Rc2 g5 42. g3 Kg7
43. Rc6 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Ra1 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 Ne3 47. Rc3 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Re2 49.
Rc1 Kg6 50. Kg1 Rg2+ 51. Kh1 Ra2 52. Kg1 Rg2+ 53. Kh1 Rc2 54. Rxc2 Nxc2 55. Bc3
Ne3 56. Kg1 Kf5 57. Bb4 h5 58. Kf2 Nd5 59. Bd2 Nf6 60. Ke2 g4 61. Bb4 Nh7 62.
Be7 f6 63. Ke3 Ng5 64. fxg4+ hxg4 65. Kf2 Nf3 66. h3 Nxd4 67. hxg4+ Kg6 68. Bc5
Nc6 69. Bb6 Kg5 70. Kf3 Ne5+ 71. Ke4 Kxg4 72. Bd4 Nd7 73. Bxf6 Nxf6+ 74. Ke5
Nd7+ 75. Kxe6 Nc5+ 76. Kd5 Nb3 77. Kc6 Nxa5+ 78. Kb6 Nb7 79. Kxa6 {1/2-1/2
Pavelka,J-Buran,J/Moravia 2003/EXT 2006 (79)}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. c3
Nd7 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Bd6 Nf6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qe5 Qe7 19. Re3 b5
20. Bb3 a5 21. a3 Rec8 22. f4 Qc7 23. Rae1 h6 24. g4 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. f5
exf5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Re7 Bg6 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Rd1 a4 32. Ba2
Rfc8 33. Rdd7 Rg5+ 34. Kf2 Rf5+ 35. Ke3 Rf1 36. Kd2 Rf6 37. Ke3 Rc5 38. Kd4 Rh5
39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Ree8 Bf5 41. Re5 Rxh2 42. Rb8 Rxb2 43. Rbxb5 Rxa2 44. Rxf5
Rxf5 45. Rxf5 Kg6 46. Re5 Rxa3 47. c4 Kf6 48. Re2 Rb3 49. Rf2+ Ke6 50. Re2+ Kd6
51. c5+ Kc6 52. Kc4 Rf3 53. Rg2 g6 54. Ra2 Rf4+ 55. Kd3 Kxc5 {0-1 Larghi,
R-Marelli,M/Robecchetto 1992/EXT 2000 (55)}) (8. Re1 Qb4 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. Bf4
Bxf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. Nce2 Qd6 13. Qd2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Nh5 Bg6 16. Nhg3
N7f6 17. c4 Ne7 18. Nf4 Qc7 19. h4 h6 20. Nxg6 Nxg6 21. h5 Ne7 22. Bc2 Rfd8 23.
Qe3 Qa5 24. Qe5 Qxa2 25. Ne4 Qxc4 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxf6 Qxc2 28. Qxe7 Rd5 29.
Qxb7 Rad8 30. Rc1 Qd2 31. Rcd1 Qf4 32. Qxa7 Rxh5 33. Re3 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Rg5 35.
g3 Rf5 36. Rd2 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qg1 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. Kxf3 Rd5 {0-1 Rolletschek
Heinrich (AUT)-Pfaffel Thomas (AUT)/Tweng (Austria) 2007 (39)}) 8... Bg6 9.
Nce2 (9. f4 Qd7 (9... Bxc2 10. Qe2 (10. Qd2 Bf5 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Re1+ Be7 13.
Kh1 O-O 14. d5 b5 15. Bb3 b4 16. Nd1 Ne4 17. Qc2 g6 18. Ne3 Qc5 19. a3 bxa3 20.
bxa3 Rd8 21. g4 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Bh4 23. Re2 Nf2+ 24. Kg2 Nxg4 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26.
dxc6 Nxc6 27. Be4 Nd4 28. Rb2 Rac8 29. Be3 Bf6 {0-1 Iliopoulos,A-Nikolaidis,I/
Korinthos 2004/CBM 101 ext (29)}) 10... Be7 11. f5 Qxd4+ 12. Kh1 Qg4 13. Rf3 e5
14. h3 Qh4 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qxc2 Rd8 17. Qb3+ Kf8 18. Qxb7 Nbd7 19. Nf1 Nc5
20. Qxc6 Rab8 21. Re3 e4 22. b4 Rdc8 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rg3 {
0-1 Charbonneau,P-Zatonskih,A/Reykjavik 2004/CBM 099 ext (25)}) 10. f5 exf5 (
10... Bxf5 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. g4 h6 16. Bxh6
Nxg4 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Ne2 b5 19. Bb3 Na6 20. Nf4 Kg7 21. a4 Bd6 22. d5 Qc7 23.
Qd4+ Be5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5+ Nxe5 26. dxc6 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Nc5 28. Bb5 a6 29.
Ra1 Rb8 30. c7 Rc8 31. Bxa6 Nxa6 32. Rxa6 Rxc7 33. c3 Rd7 34. Ra5 Rd1+ 35. Kf2
Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Nc4 37. Rc5 Nxb2 38. h4 Rd7 39. Rc6 Nd3 40. Nxd3 Rxd3+ 41. Kg2 Kh6
{0-1 Hoffmann,M-Cicak,S/Sitges 1999/EXT 2000 (41)}) 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Qe1+ Qe7 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 f6 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Rd1 Nd7
19. Qa5 g6 20. Rff1 b5 21. Bb3 f5 22. h3 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Rf8 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Qb6
Rf6 26. Nf3 Rb8 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rfe1 Rd6 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Rxe5 Qf2 31. Ng5 Rd2
32. Nxh7+ Kg7 33. Re7+ Kh6 34. Rg1 Rbd8 35. Nf6 Rd1 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+
{0-1 Al Modiahki,M-Cicak,S/Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (37)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 $146
(10. Bb3 O-O-O (10... Qc7 $11 {/\Bd6}) 11. Bf4 Qb4 12. c4 e5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. c5
Qc7 15. f4 exd4 16. f5 Bh5 17. Nxh5 Nxh5 18. Bxf7 d3 19. Bxh5 Bxc5+ 20. Kh1
dxe2 21. Qxe2 Nf6 22. Bc3 Bd4 23. Bf3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rhe8 25. Qf2 Kb8 26. Rfe1
Qf4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qc5 Qe5 29. Qxe5+ Rxe5 30. g4 Kc7 31. Kg2 Ra5 32. Kg3 h6
33. h4 Ra3 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Nd7 36. Rg1 Ne5 37. Be4 Kd6 38. Kf4 Nf7 39. f6
gxf6 40. g6 Ng5 41. g7 Ne6+ 42. Kf5 Nxg7+ 43. Rxg7 b5 44. Rf7 Rxc3 45. Rxa7 b4
46. Ra6 Kc7 47. Kxf6 b3 48. axb3 Rxb3 49. Rxc6+ Kb8 50. Ke5 Ka7 51. Bd5 Rb1 52.
Rc8 Rg1 53. Kd6 Rd1 54. Ra8+ Kb6 55. Rb8+ Ka7 56. Rb4 Rg1 57. Bc6 Ka6 58. Kc7
Rg7+ 59. Bd7 Rg5 60. Rh4 Re5 61. Kc6 Ka7 62. Ra4+ Kb8 63. Kb6 Re1 64. Rh4 Rb1+
65. Bb5 Rc1 66. Rh8+ Rc8 67. Rh7 Rc1 68. Bc6 Rb1+ 69. Kc5 Kc8 70. Kd6 Rd1+ 71.
Bd5 Kb8 72. Rb7+ Kc8 73. Ra7 Rb1 74. Rh7 {1-0 Del Rio Angelis,S-Pinheiro,J/
Leon 2001/CBM 086 (74)}) 10... Qb4 11. Bb3 Be7 (11... O-O-O {- 10.Bb3 0-0-0 11.
Bf4 Qb4}) 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. h4 $6 (13. f4 $11) 13... O-O-O (13... h6 14. Bd2 (14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nf4 Bh7 $15) 14... Qc7 15. Nf4 Bh7 $15) 14. Nf4 Nf8 15. c3 h6 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qf3 $6 (17. h5 Bh7 18. Qf3 $11) 17... Bh7 $6 (17... h5 $5 $15)
18. Nfh5 Nd7 (18... Bxh4 19. Qxf7) 19. Rfe1 Qc7 (19... Bxh4 20. Qxf7 g6 21. Ng7
Rhf8 22. Qxe6 Bf6 23. Qd6 Bxg7 24. Re7 $14) 20. Ne4 Bxh4 $5 (20... Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Qd6 $11) 21. Qxf7 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rdf8 23. Qxe6 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Kb8 25. Re2 (
25. Qe7 $1 $14) (25. Rf1 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Qe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Qc8 29.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 $11) 25... Nf6 26. Nxg7 $2 (26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Qe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+
Qc8 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 $11) (26. Rxf2 Nxh5 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Re1 a6 $11) 26... Ng4
$1 (26... Bxd4 27. cxd4 (27. Qe7 $11) 27... Qxg7 $11) 27. Qxg4 $8 Rf4 28. Qh5 (
28. Qh3 Rh4 29. Rxf2 Rxh3+ 30. gxh3 Qxg7 $15) 28... Rh4+ 29. Qxh4 Bxh4 30. Nf5
Bg5 (30... Bd8 $5) 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Rf3 a6 33. Be6 (33. d5 cxd5 (33... Qa5 34.
c4 $15) 34. Bxd5 $15) 33... Ka7 34. c4 (34. b4 $15) 34... Qa5 35. b3 Qa3 36.
Ref2 $6 $138 (36. Rf1 Qb4 37. Rf3 $15) 36... Bd8 $1 {[/\Qc1-g5]} 37. d5 cxd5
38. cxd5 Bb6 39. Rc2 Qb4 40. Re2 (40. Rc1 Qd2 $17) (40. Kh2 Qe1 $17) 40... Qg4
41. Kh2 $8 Rf6 $19 {[/\Rg6-g5]} 42. Rc2 Rg6 43. Ng3 Qh4+ (43... Rxe6 $2 44. Rc4
$1 Bd4 45. Rxd4 Qxd4 46. dxe6 $15) 44. Bh3 Qd4 45. Ne2 (45. Bf5 Rg5 46. Kh3
Qxd5 $19) 45... Qxd5 46. Nf4 Qd1 (46... Bg1+ $1 47. Kxg1 (47. Kh1 Qd1 $19)
47... Qxf3 48. Nxg6 Qd1+ $19) 47. Nxg6 Qxc2 48. Bf5 Qxa2 49. Kh3 Qa1 50. Nf4
Bc7 51. g3 Qh1+ 52. Kg4 Qd1 53. Be4 Qd4 54. Bf5 Qg7+ 55. Kh3 Qe5 56. Ne6 Bb6
57. Kg4 Be3 58. Nf4 b5 59. Ng2 Bc1 60. Nf4 a5 61. Nd3 Qd4+ 62. Nf4 a4 63. bxa4
bxa4 64. Rd3 Qg7+ 65. Kf3 a3 66. Ne6 Qf7 0-1

[Event "CRO-chT1A 18th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2009.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nf1 a6 11. Ba4 Nd7 12. Bg3 Nb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ne3 Rf8 17. O-O Bg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. f3 Nd7 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Bf2
Nh5 22. g3 Nf6 23. Nc4 Qh5 24. Rae1 d5 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Kg2 Rd7 27. Bg1 b6 28.
Rd1 Qe8 29. Rde1 Qa8 30. Nc2 Re8 31. Be3 Nd8 32. Na3 Nf7 33. Qc2 Red8 34. Bc1
Re7 35. Re2 Nd7 36. Be3 Nd6 37. Bg1 c5 38. Nb5 Nxb5 39. axb5 Qb8 40. c4 Qd6 41.
Be3 Rf7 42. Ref2 Nf6 43. Qe2 Kh8 44. Rh1 Rdf8 45. Bd2 Nd7 46. Bc3 Rg8 47. Re1
Re8 48. f4 dxc4 49. dxc4 exf4 50. Qh5 Kg8 51. Rxf4 Rxf4 52. gxf4 Rf8 53. Qg6
Rf7 54. f5 Nf8 55. Qg4 exf5 56. exf5 Qd7 57. Re5 Qb7+ 58. Kg1 Qd7 59. Rd5 Qe8
60. f6 Nd7 61. Rd6 Qe3+ 62. Kg2 Ne5 63. Rd8+ Kh7 64. Qf5+ Ng6 65. fxg7 Qe2+ 66.
Kh1 Rxg7 67. Bxg7 Qe1+ 68. Kg2 Qe2+ 69. Kg3 Qe3+ 70. Kg4 Qe2+ 71. Qf3 Qxc4+ 72.
Bd4 Qe6+ 73. Qf5 h5+ 74. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. a5 Nd7 13. Qd2 (13. Qe2 Qc7 14.
Rfd1 Rac8 15. Bd4 Bf6 16. Qc4 Rfd8 17. Qb4 Be7 18. Rd2 Re8 19. Qc4 h6 20. h3 {
1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Quezada Perez,Y/Havana 2008 (20)}) (13. Na4 Qc7 14. c4 Rae8
15. Nb6 f5 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rad1 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bb6 Qf7 23. b3 Be7 24. Rfe1 Re8 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. b4
Qb7 28. b5 axb5 29. cxb5 e3 30. Bxe3 cxb5 31. Qa2+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rd5
b4 34. a6 Ke6 35. Rb5 d5 36. a7 Bd6 37. Bc5 Bxc5 38. Rb8 Bxa7 39. Rxe8+ Kf6 40.
Ra8 Bd4 41. Rb8 Bc3 42. Kf1 Ke5 43. Ke2 Kd4 44. f4 Kc4 45. Rc8+ Kd4 46. Rb8 Kc4
47. Rc8+ Kd4 48. Rb8 Kc4 49. Rc8+ Kd4 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Vega Gutierrez,S/
Benidorm 2008 (49)}) (13. Re1) 13... Qc7 (13... f5 $5 $11 14. f4 (14. Bd4 $6
fxe4 15. Nxe4 (15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Nc3 e5 18. Bb6 Nxb6 19. axb6 d4
$17) 15... d5 16. Nc3 e5 $15) 14... fxe4 15. Nxe4 $11) 14. Rfe1 Rac8 (14...
Rfc8 15. Bd4 (15. f4 b6 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. b3 Bb7 18. Ra2 d5 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Na4
dxe4 21. Nb6 Bb4 22. Re2 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Qd6 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Bc3 26. Rea4
h5 27. Bd4 g6 28. Qe3 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Qb6 30. Rd3 Qb5 31. c4 Rxc4 32. Re2 Rc7 33.
Kg2 Rac8 34. Red2 Rc2 35. Qe2 Qc6+ 36. Kh3 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Qb5 38. Qd3 Qa5 39.
Rd1 Kh7 40. b4 Qxb4 41. Qxa6 Rc3 42. Qd6 Qe4 43. Rd2 g5 44. Qd4 Qxd4 45. Rxd4
gxf4 46. Rxf4 Kg6 47. Ra4 Rc2 48. Ra8 Re2 49. Rg8+ Kh7 50. Rg5 Kh6 51. Rg8 e5
52. Re8 Kg7 53. Re7 Kf6 54. Re8 Rf2 55. Rh8 e4 56. Re8 Kf5 57. Re7 f6 58. Re8
Re2 59. Rh8 e3 60. Rxh5+ Ke4 61. g4 Rf2 62. Kg3 Rf3+ 63. Kg2 e2 64. Rh8 Re3 {
0-1 Schumi,M-Kurz,E/Zuerich 1995/EXT 1998 (64)}) 15... b5 16. Nd5 (16. axb6
Nxb6 17. Bf1 Bb7 18. Nd1 Nd7 19. Nc3 Ne5 20. Qe2 h6 21. f4 Nc6 22. Bf2 Bf6 23.
Qd2 Nb4 24. Ra3 d5 25. e5 Be7 26. Ra4 d4 27. Ne4 Nxc2 28. Rc4 Nxe1 29. Qxe1
Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. b3 Rc2 32. Nd6 d3 33. Be3 Re2 34. Qc1 Bf3 35. Bd2 Bd8
36. Nc4 Rc8 37. Qb1 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxh2 39. Qb2 Bb6 40. Nxb6 Rc2 41. Qd4 Rcxd2 {
0-1 Ratkovich,I-Grachev,B/Minsk 2005/CBM 107 ext (41)}) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5 e5
18. Bc3 Rf8 19. Bh3 Rfe8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. f4 Bf6 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 dxe5
24. Rad1 Qd6 25. Qc3 f6 26. Qc6 Rad8 27. b3 b4 28. Rd3 {0-1 Radev,N-Doda,Z/
Lublin 1977/MCD (28)}) 15. Bd4 (15. Rec1 Bf6 16. Rd1 Ne5 17. Bb6 Qe7 18. b3 Nd7
19. Bd4 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Nc5 21. Qe3 e5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Nc3 Rd4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25.
exd5 Qc7 26. c3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxa5 28. d6 Rd8 29. Rd5 Qa1+ 30. Bf1 Qb1 31.
Qxc5 Qxb3 32. d7 e4 33. Re5 Bxe5 34. Qe7 g6 35. Qxd8+ Kg7 36. Qe7 Bc7 37. d8=Q
Bxd8 38. Qxd8 Qxc3 39. Qd5 e3 40. Qxb7 exf2+ 41. Kg2 a5 42. Qf3 Qc7 43. Qxf2
Qc6+ 44. Kg1 Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Rogoff,K-Knaak,R/Polanica Zdroj 1975/MCL (44)}) (15.
Na2 Bf6 16. Qb4 Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Jansa,V/Trencianske Teplice 1979/MCD (16)})
15... Ne5 $146 (15... Bf6 16. Ne2 (16. Nd1 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. c4 Rfd8 19.
Ne3 e5 20. Qd3 b5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Qd2 Ne8 24. b4 Bd7 25. Ne3 Be6
26. Rec1 Nf6 27. h3 Rb8 28. Rab1 Ra8 29. Qe2 Qd4 30. Rd1 Qb6 31. Nf5 Rac8 32.
Rdc1 Bxf5 33. exf5 Qd4 34. Bb7 Rb8 35. Bxa6 Ne4 36. Rb3 d5 37. cxd5 Rxb4 38.
Rxb4 Qxb4 39. Rc4 Nxg3 40. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 41. Bxe2 Rxd5 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. Rb7+ Kf6
44. Bc4 Rd1+ 45. Kg2 Kxf5 46. Rxf7+ Kg6 47. Rf3 e4 48. Rf4 Re1 49. Rxe4 Rxe4
50. Bd3 Kf5 51. Kf3 {1-0 Garbett,P-Mc Laren,L/Fencible 1997/EXT 1999 (51)})
16... Rfd8 17. c4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nc2 Nc5 20. Qe3 Rb8 21. b4 Ne6 22. Rec1
Bd7 23. Bf1 h6 24. Ra3 Ng5 25. Qd3 Bc6 26. Bg2 b5 27. axb6 Rxb6 28. h4 Ne6 29.
Rca1 Bb7 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Rc3 Nd4 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. Qxd4 Rxb4 34. Qxd6 Qxd6 35.
Rxd6 Rbxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. e5 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 a5 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. h5 a4 41. Ra8
g5 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. f4 Rc2+ 44. Kh3 Ra2 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Kg4 Ra3 47. Ra7 Kg8
48. f5 Ra1 49. Ra8+ Kh7 50. e6 fxe6 51. fxe6 Re1 52. Kf5 Kg7 53. Rxa4 Kf8 54.
Kf6 Rf1+ 55. Rf4 Re1 56. Rh4 Rf1+ 57. Kg6 Ke7 58. g4 Rf4 59. Kxh6 Kxe6 60. Kg5
Ra4 61. Rh7 Ra5+ 62. Kg6 Ra6 63. Rf7 Ra8 64. Kg7 Ra5 65. Rf6+ Ke7 66. Rf5 Ra1
67. g5 Rg1 68. Re5+ Kd6 69. Kf6 Rf1+ 70. Rf5 Re1 71. g6 {1-0 Nevednichy,
V-Dumitrache,D/Eforie Nord ROM 2008/The Week in Chess 723 (71)}) 16. b3 Be8 17.
Re3 Nd7 (17... Ng4 18. Re2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Na2 $14) 18. Re2 Bf6 19. Bxf6
Nxf6 20. Na2 (20. Na4 $5 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rfd8 22. c4 Rb8 $11 {/\b5}) 20... Bd7 (
20... Bc6 21. Nb4 Rfd8 22. c4 Nd7 23. Qe3 $14) 21. c4 Rfd8 22. Nb4 e5 $6 (22...
Qc5) (22... Bc6) 23. Kh1 $5 (23. Qe3 Be6 (23... Qc5 24. Qxc5 dxc5 (24... Rxc5
25. Rd2 $14) 25. Nd5 $14) 24. Rd2 $14) (23. f4 b5 $132 (23... exf4 24. gxf4 b5
$132)) 23... Ra8 24. f4 $5 (24. Qe3 Qc5 25. Qxc5 dxc5 26. Nd5 (26. Nd3 Bg4 27.
Re3 Nd7 28. h3 Be6 29. f4 f6 $14) 26... Nxd5 27. exd5 f6 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4
$14) 24... Re8 (24... b5 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. fxe5 (26. Re3 exf4 27. gxf4 Rab8 $13
) 26... dxe5 $132) (24... exf4 25. gxf4 $14) 25. Re3 b5 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. Rae1
(27. fxe5 Rxe5 28. Nd3 Re7 29. e5 $140 $6 Rae8 $15) 27... a5 $6 (27... exf4 28.
gxf4 Rab8 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. cxd5 (30. Qxd5 $11) 30... f6 $11) (27... Rab8 28.
Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 (29. Qxd5 $11) 29... exf4 30. gxf4 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 a5 $11) 28.
fxe5 Rxe5 (28... Ng4 29. Nd5 Qc5 30. exd6 $1 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxd6 32. e5 Qb8 33.
Nb6 Ra7 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Bc6 $14) (28... dxe5 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 $14) 29.
Nd3 Qd4 $2 (29... Ree8 $8 30. e5 Ng4 31. R3e2 (31. Bxa8 Rxa8 $11) 31... Rad8
$11) (29... Re7 30. e5 Rae8 31. c5 dxc5 32. exf6 $18) (29... Rh5 30. e5 Ng4 31.
Bxa8 Rxh2+ 32. Qxh2 Nxh2 33. Kxh2 $18) 30. R3e2 Rb8 (30... Rh5 31. e5 $18) (
30... Ree8 31. e5 Ng4 (31... dxe5 32. Bxa8 $18) 32. exd6 $16) 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32.
Qd3 $18 h5 (32... Be6 33. Rd2 $18 (33. Ra2 Nd7 34. Rd1 $18)) 33. Rd2 Rb6 34.
Qd4 Rxb3 (34... Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Be6 $18) 35. Qxd6 Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Be6 37. c5 Ng4 (
37... Rc3 38. e5 Ng4 39. c6 $18) 38. c6 Rc3 39. e5 a4 (39... Nxe5 40. Rxe5 Rc1+
41. Bf1 Rxf1+ (41... Bh3 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Rxh5+ Kg6 44. Rxh3) 42. Kg2 Rc1 43.
Rxa5 $18) 40. Kg1 a3 (40... Kf8 41. h3 Ne3 42. Rxe3 Rxe3 43. c7 Rc3 44. Bc6 $18
) 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rd3 $1 Rc5 (42... Rxd3 43. Be4+ g6 44. Bxd3 a2 45. c7 Nxe5
46. Be2 $18) 43. Rxa3 Nxe5 44. Ra6 g6 (44... f6 45. Be4+ Kh6 (45... f5 46. Bg2)
46. c7 Bc8 47. Ra7 $18) 45. c7 Bc8 (45... Nd3 46. Rexe6 Rc1+ 47. Bf1 fxe6 48.
c8=Q Rxc8 49. Bxd3 $18) (45... Bf5 46. Rf6 Bc8 47. Rd6 $18) 46. Rd6 {(/\Rd5)}
Ng4 (46... Kg7 47. Rd5 Rxd5 48. Bxd5 Kf6 49. h4 $18) 47. Rc6 Ra5 48. h3 Ne5 49.
Rd6 Rc5 50. Rd5 Rxd5 51. Bxd5 f6 52. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 {
The classical continuation.} ({Over the past years,} 7... Bd6 {has been by far
more popular.}) 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nxc5 12. g3 Qh3 13.
Be2 h5 14. Nxd5 Ne6 $146 (14... Ba4 15. b3 Rxd5 16. bxa4 Rhd8 17. Bf3 Rxd4 18.
Qc2 b6 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rad1 {Polgar,J (2630)-Skembris,S (2525)/Moscow 1994/
CBM 045/[Notkin] (1-0, 30)}) 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. Bd3 Qa5 18. d5 Nd4 19.
Rc4 Bg4 20. f3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Rhe8 22. Bf2 g5 23. Nxh5 Bxh5 24. g4 Qxd5 25. Rc5
Re1+ 26. Qxe1 Qxf3 27. Be2 Qe4 28. gxh5 Re8 29. Rxg5 Bxb2 30. Qd2 Bf6 31. Rg4
Qf5 32. h6 b6 33. Qd3 Qh5 34. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Lublin 2nd"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 (6... Qb6 7. Bb5
Bd7 (7... a6 8. Nd5 $18) 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 (10. c3 e6 $11) 10...
Qd8 11. Bc3 e6 12. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 bxc6 14. Qd4 (14. Be2 $14) 14... f6 15.
Be2 $14) (6... Nf6 {(- 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 (B70))} 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 $14) 7. Be3 Nf6 (7... Qb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 {- 6...Qb6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.
Be3 Bg7}) 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nb3 (9. Qd2 $6 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 $11) (9. O-O Qb6 $11)
9... b6 (9... a5 10. a4 Be6 11. O-O $14 {Tiviakov,S-Colovic,A/Benidorm (rapid)
2009}) (9... Be6 10. O-O $11 (10. g4 d5 11. f5 Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bf3 gxf5
14. a3 fxg4 15. Bg2 Na6 $44)) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf3 (11. Qd2 Qc8 $146 (11... Qd7)
(11... Rc8) (11... Nd7) 12. Kh1 Ba6 13. Rad1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qg4 15. Qe1 Rac8 16.
h3 Qe6 17. Bg1 Rfe8 18. a3 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc5 22. Rf2
Rec8 $11 {Fedorov,A-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee 80/(207) 2001}) 11... Rc8 (11... Nd7
$5 12. Qe1 Rc8 13. Qf2 Nb4 14. a3 Na6 15. Nd4 Nac5 16. Rad1 a6 17. Nde2 Qc7 18.
b4 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Ne6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ng7 22. Bg4 b5 23. Bd4 Rce8 24. Rfe1
Nf6 25. Bf3 Nf5 26. Bb2 h5 27. Re2 Qc4 28. g3 Ng4 29. Qe1 Qc7 30. Kg2 Qa7 31.
Rd3 Rc8 32. Be4 Ngh6 33. h3 Rc4 34. Rdd2 Qd7 35. Bd3 Rc7 36. Qf2 Rfc8 37. Rd1
Re8 38. Rde1 Qc8 39. Kh2 Qd8 40. Rg1 Qa8 41. g4 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Nedilko,V/
Warsaw (rapid) 2009}) 12. Rf2 $5 (12. Qe2 Nd7 13. a3 $14 {Gufeld,E} (13. Rad1
$6 Nb4 $1 14. Qd2 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Nxa2 16. Bd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bf2 Rc7
$13 {Liberzon,V-Stein,L/Tallinn 7/396 1969/[Gufeld,E]})) 12... Nd7 $6 (12...
Ne8) (12... Qd7) 13. Rd2 $6 (13. e5 $1 $14 {(Tiviakov - Baklan, Lublin (blitz)
2010)} Nc5 (13... dxe5 14. Rd2 Rc7 15. Nb5 $16) 14. Rd2 $14) 13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Rc7 (14... Ncb8 $13) (14... Qc7 $13) 15. Qe1 Na5 $2 (15... Qa8 $13) 16.
Nxa5 bxa5 17. Bd4 $16 Qc8 (17... Nc5) (17... Qa8) 18. Bg4 Qa8 19. e5 dxe5 20.
fxe5 Nc5 21. Qh4 (21. Qe3 $16) 21... Ne6 22. Re1 $5 (22. Bxe6 fxe6 $14) 22...
Nxd4 (22... Bd5 $14) 23. cxd4 Kg7 $6 (23... Bd5 $142 $16) 24. c4 $1 Qd8 (24...
Rxc4 25. Qxe7 $18 {/\Qf6, e6; /\e6}) 25. Be2 e6 26. Qf4 Ba6 27. d5 $1 exd5 28.
cxd5 Bxe2 29. Rexe2 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Qb6+ 31. Re3 Rfc8 32. d6 R8c2 33. Rxc2 Rxc2+
34. Kg3 $18 Qb2 35. d7 Rxg2+ 36. Kh3 Rf2 37. Rf3 Rxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Qd2 39. Qf6+
Kh6 40. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{I have played a lot of games with Anand in my chess career. And it is only my
2nd win against the World Champion, the 1st one was 23 years ago in Moscow at
the GMA open in 1989. I have lost 2 games as well, so after this game the
score is equal. Frankly speaking, I was not expecting the World Champion to
appear in Baden-Baden for the 2 last games of the 2011/12 Bundesliga season.
So both of us had to play this game without any preparation.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (
2. c3 {took place in our last encounter in Wijk aan Zee in 2010, that game
ended in a draw after a long fight. So in the present game I decided to play
something else.}) 2... d6 3. Bb5+ {Check on b5 is a very solid move, the only
realistic way for Black to play for a win after it is the move Nd7.} Nd7 {
Having played the Dragon as Black for a long, long time I have had to face
Bb5+ in countless encounters. I have also regularly played ...Nd7, so I was
well acquintated with the main ideas after it. Of course, 3...Bd7 is the
strongest move in the position, but Black doesn't have real chances to win
after it. And understandably, Anand wanted to get winning chances, going into
a complex position. But his strategy finally backfired on him.} 4. d4 cxd4 (
4... Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O
11. Qd3 Be6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Nc5 15. Qe2 axb5 16. Qxb5 Ra3 17. e5
Qa8 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. Qf1 Bf5 20. Re3 dxe5 21. Qc4 Nd3 22. Rxd3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2
Tiviakov,S-Ivanchuk,V/Montreal 2007/The Week in Chess 663 (22)}) 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {Nowadays this position is quite popluar, we see it often in
the tournaments of all levels, incl. top ones. The character of the game is
very close to the Maroczy System, which I played for many, many years with
Black. The main difference here is that White doesn't have his bad
light-squared bishop. But a bishop is a bishop, so Black must use the his
advantage of the pair of bishops opening the play on the queenside.} e5 {
Another plan is to play ...Nf6, ...g6, developing his bishop to g7. The setup
with g7-g6, Bg7 was once played against me by Ivanchuk, but he also failed to
equalise. See above for the game!} 8. Qd3 h6 (8... b5 {took place in my game 5
years ago against Babula. It was a decisive game, I had to win it in order to
qualify from the Individual European Championship into a World Cup. Although
White manages to get slightly better position here, still I prefer this move
to the continuation which took place in the current game.} 9. Na3 Qb6 10. O-O
h6 11. b3 $14 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qb7
17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Qc6 20. Ne3 Rab8 21. Rec1 Bf8 22. Rc3 Be6
23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qa4 25. f3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 g6 27. Nf1 h5 28. Be3 Kg7 29.
Nd2 Be7 30. Qc4 Qa3 31. Nb3 Rb4 32. Qc3 Bd8 33. Bd2 Rb8 34. Qc4 Qb2 35. Bc1
Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 37. Bd2 Qh4 38. Qxa6 Bf2 39. Qxd6 Bg3 40. h3 Rc8 41. Nc5 Bf2
42. Rc1 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Babula,V/Dresden 2007 (42)}) (8... Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10.
Bg5 $14 {gives White full control over the square d5 and the slightly better
position.}) 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 ({Now it is impossible to free himself by} 
10... b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 {because it is losing after} 13. Qxe4 Bxb5
14. Nxe5 $18) 11. a4 b6 $6 ({11...b6 came as a complete surprise for me. This
move is wrong, I couldn't have expected the World Champion to play so badly
from this moment until the end of the game. Even playing without any
preparation you would expect more resistance... In the current game the World
Champion was playing like a beginner. Even playing in open tournaments you
would have worked much harder to win than in this game. 11...b6 is aimed
against a4-a5, but in this positon it is a weakening move, later in the game
we'll see how White exploited the weakness of this pawn. It is also a loss of
time, allowing White to develop the bishop c1 to a3, attacking the weak pawn
on d6.} 11... O-O $142 {was much better, although still after it White has
pleasant play with slightly better chances. I had a similar position on the
board just one month ago in a tournament in Mashhad (Iran) against the
talented Iranian player Darini and he played much better against me than the
World Champion.} 12. a5 $14 (12. Be3 $5 b6 (12... Ng4 13. Nd5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f5
15. Nb6 Bc6 16. Nxa8 fxe4 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nb6 Bg5 19. Qb3 Rf3 20. gxf3 Bf4
21. c5+ Kh7 22. Qe6 Qh4 23. h3 h5 24. Rad1 e3 25. Qf5+ g6 26. Rd7+ Bxd7 27.
Qxd7+ Kh6 28. Nd5 e2 29. Re1 Bh2+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 31. Kxh2 Qd2 32. Nf6 Qf4+ 33.
Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Ng4+ hxg4 35. hxg4 Qf6 36. Rh1+ Kg5 37. Qd2+ Qf4 38. Qxf4+ {
1-0 Ferraro,F-Llanos,G/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 2005 (38)}) 13. h3 Qc7 14. Nd2
Rab8 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. f3 Rc7 18. Nf1 Rbc8 19. b3 Qb8 20. Bd2 b5
21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rb7 23. Ne3 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bf8 26. b4 Rxb5
27. Rc8 Qb6 28. Kh2 d5 29. Nf5 g6 30. Bxh6 gxf5 31. Bxf8 Qb7 32. Rd8 dxe4 33.
Qf2 Rd5 34. Bd6+ Kg7 35. Qg3+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg6 37. Rh8 Ng4+ 38. hxg4 {1-0
Shabanov,Y-Khmelnitsky,S/Pardubice 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) (12. b3 $6 b5 $1 $11 13.
axb5 (13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. Rf1 Nf6 16. Rd1 Ng4 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Qd3 Ng4 {
1/2-1/2 Klinova,M-Gaponenko,I/Belfort 2003/CBM 097 ext (18)}) 13... axb5 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Rb8 16. Be3 (16. Bb2 Qb7 17. Ra1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5
Rxb5 20. Nd2 d5 21. Bxe5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bd4 Rxb3 24. g3 Rd3 25. Be3 Rd5
26. Ra8+ Kh7 27. Ra7 Re5 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 f6 30. Kh3 Kg6 31. Rc7 Bd6 32. Rd7
Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Re7 f5 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Re8 Re5 37. Rh8 Kg6 38. Ra8 e3 39.
fxe3 Rxe3 40. Rf8 Rb3 41. Kf2 Rb6 42. Kf3 Rf6 43. Rh8 Rf7 44. Kf4 Ra7 45. Kf3
Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Ra4 47. Kf3 Rg4 48. Rf8 Rc4 49. Ke3 Rc6 50. Kf3 Rf6 51. Rh8 Rf7
52. Kf4 Ra7 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Rxh5 Ke5 55. Rh8 Ra3+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58.
Kg2 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Ra2+ {1/2-1/2 Arribas Robaina,M-Pazos
Gambarrotti,P/Havana 2005/CBM 106 ext (60)}) 16... Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. Rc1 (
18. Nd2 Qxb5 19. Qc3 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Darini,P/Mashhad 2012 (19)}) 18...
Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Rc7 Bf8 21. Nd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc8 f6 24. Kf1 Kf7
25. Ke2 Bb4 26. Nc4 Be7 27. Nd2 f5 28. g3 h5 29. Nc4 Nxe3 30. Nxe3 f4 {1/2-1/2
Oratovsky,M-Soffer,R/Tel Aviv 1994/EXT 1997 (30)}) (12. Rd1 b6 13. b3 Bc6 14.
Ba3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Ne1 Qd7 17. Nc2 Qb7 18. f3 Nh5 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Qf1 g6
21. Ned5 f5 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rd3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. axb5 Bxb5
27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Qd1 Bf6 29. Ra2 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Re8 31. Rxd6 Rbe5 32. Bb4 Qxa2
33. Rxf6 Qf2 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Qd6+ Kg5 {0-1 Krantz,C-Hedman,E/
Sweden 2009/EXT 2011 (36)}) 12... b6 (12... Qc7 13. Be3 Bc6 14. b3 Rac8 15. Nd2
Rfe8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bb6 Qe7 18. Na2 Nh5 19. Nb4 Bd7 20. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kelemen,
A-Beltre,A/Parsippany USA 2004/The Week in Chess 488 (20)}) (12... Rc8 13. Be3
Bc6 14. b4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nfd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5+
Bxd5 20. Nc5 e4 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bf6 25. Bd4
Rd8 26. Nb3 Kf7 27. Bxf6 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Kxf6 29. Nc4 Bd5 30. Nb6 Ke5 31. Kf1 Bc6
32. Ke2 Kd4 33. Kd2 g5 34. g3 h5 35. h4 g4 36. Nc8 Kc4 37. Ne7 Kxb4 38. Ng8 Be8
39. Nf6 Bg6 40. Nd5+ Kxa5 41. Nf4 Bf7 42. Ke3 Kb5 43. Kxe4 a5 44. Kd4 a4 45.
Kc3 Ka5 46. Nd3 b5 47. Nb4 a3 48. Nc6+ Ka4 {0-1 Zayats-crafty/Internet Chess
Club 2001/Computer & Internet 2011 (48)}) 13. axb6 (13. Rd1 Be6 14. axb6 Qxb6
15. Be3 Qb7 16. b3 (16. Rab1 Ng4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3
Rfc8 21. Qc3 a5 22. Qc2 g6 23. b3 Bf6 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Qc1 Qg7 26. Ne1 e4 27.
Qa3 Be5 28. Nc2 h5 29. h3 Qa7 30. Qa4 Qc5 31. Re1 Rab8 32. Qd7 Rc7 33. Qa4 Kg7
34. Re3 Rcb7 35. Rd1 g5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kf1 Kh6 38. Rh3 f4 39. Re1 e3 40. fxe3
Rxb3 41. Qc6 Rf8 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43. Ke2 a4 44. Reh1 fxe3 45. Rxe3 Bf4 46. Re6+
Kg5 47. Ra1 Rb2 48. Kd3 Rfb8 49. Ra3 Kf5 50. Re7 R8b3+ 51. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 52. Ke2
a3 53. Rf7+ Kg5 54. Rg7+ Kf6 55. Ra7 Rb2 56. Kf3 Rxc2 57. Kxf4 Rxc4+ 58. Kf3
Rg4 59. Kf2 Rg3 60. Ra6+ Kf5 61. Kf1 Ke5 62. d6 Ke6 63. Ra8 Kxd6 64. Rd8+ Kc6
65. Ra8 h3 66. gxh3 Rxh3 67. Kf2 h4 68. Ra6+ Kd5 69. Kg2 Rc3 70. Ra5 h3+ 71.
Kh2 Rb3 72. Kg1 Rd3 73. Kh2 Rd1 74. Ra8 Rd2+ 75. Kg3 h2 76. Rh8 c4 77. Rh5+ Kd4
{0-1 Bouvier Rybka 2.3.1 mp-HITMANx21 Rybka 2.3.1 mp/3m + 0s, rated 2007/
Computer & Internet 2011 (77)}) 16... a5 (16... Qxb3 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Rdb1 Bxd5
19. cxd5 Qc7 20. Nd2 Rfb8 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Rc6 Ng4 23. Nc4 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 a5 25.
g3 a4 26. Rc4 Qd7 27. Qc2 Bg5 28. Rcxa4 Rxa4 29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Bxe3 31.
fxe3 Kf8 32. h3 h5 33. Kf2 Rb7 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Kf3 g6 36. Ra1 Kf6 37. Ra6 Ke7
38. Ra1 Kf6 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Asakawa,R-OlegGR,R/3m + 0s, rated
2007/Computer & Internet 2011 (40)}) 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Rdc1 Bd7 20.
Rc2 Rcb8 21. Ra2 Rb4 22. Nd2 Qc8 23. Rba1 Qa6 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26.
g4 Rb8 27. Kg2 Bc6 28. f4 Nd7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 exf4 31. Bxf4 Nc5 32. Qb1
Ra3 33. Qe1 Bf8 34. h4 Nxb3 35. Qb1 Raa8 36. Qc2 Nxd2 37. Bxd2 Ra3 38. Bc1 Rab3
39. Qe2 R8b4 40. Qa2 Be7 41. h5 Rb8 42. Qe2 Bf6 43. Qe4 Be5 44. c5 Rc3 45. Be3
Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Rbb3 47. c6 Kf8 48. c7 Rxc7 49. Ke2 Rcc3 50. Bf4 Rb2+ 51. Kd1 Bxf4
52. Qxf4 Rh3 53. Kc1 Rg2 54. Qxd6+ Kg8 55. Qb8+ Kh7 {0-1 Sebi-chess Rybka 2.3
LK mp 32-Takker Rybka 2.1d3 mp/William Fuller's Scheveningen system 2007/
Computer & Internet 2011 (55)}) 13... Qxb6 14. Be3 (14. Nd2 Bc6 15. b3 Nh5 16.
g3 Nf6 17. Ba3 a5 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Kg2 Bf8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rdc8 22. Rfc1
Nd7 23. Rc4 Qb5 24. Bxd6 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qc2 Rb8 27. Ra1 f6 28. Raa4 Rxc4
29. Rxc4 Qa6 30. Nf1 Qb5 31. Rc3 Bb4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 34. Ne3 Qd3
35. Qc4 Qd2 36. Nf5 Bf8 37. d6 Kg6 38. Qe6 Qd3 39. Ne7+ {1-0 Nikolaev,L-Baltag,
I/Kiev 2010/CBM 136 Extra (39)}) 14... Qb7 15. Rfb1 (15. b4 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Be6
17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. b5 axb5 21. cxb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rb8
23. b6 Qc8 24. Qb3 f5 25. Nc4 f4 26. Bd2 f3 27. Ra7 fxg2 28. b7 Qe8 29. Nb6 Bd8
30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Ra8 Rxb7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxb7 Qe8 34. f3 Qa4 35. Qc8+ Kh7
36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Kxg2 Qd1 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Bb4 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 Qc1 41. Bxd6 Qe1+
42. Kg4 Qg1+ 43. Kf5 Qg5+ 44. Ke4 Qf4+ 45. Kd3 Qxf3+ 46. Kc4 Qe2+ 47. Kc5 e4
48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Be5 Qe3+ 50. Kc6 Qa3 51. d6 Qa4+ 52. Kb7 Qb3+ 53. Kc7 Qb4 54.
Kd7 e3 55. Ke8 Qb8+ 56. Ke7 Kh8 57. d7 Qb4+ 58. Ke8 Qc4 59. Qf8+ Qg8 60. Qxg8+
{1-0 Bluearrow Rybka 2.1d3 mp-Bouvier Rybka 2.3.1 mp/16m + 0s, rated 2007/
Computer & Internet 2011 (60)}) 15... a5 16. h3 Rfb8 17. Nd2 a4 18. Ra2 Qb4 19.
Rc1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bb5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Raa3 Kf8 25. f3
Ke8 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Nb1 Bd8 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Nc3 Bd7 30. b3 Kb7 31. bxa4 Ba5
32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. Rxb5+ Ka6 35. Rb2 Rc4 36. Ra2 h5 37. Ke2 Rb4 38.
Bd2 Rb3 39. Bxa5 Kxa5 40. Rc2 Rb6 41. Rc7 Kxa4 42. Rxf7 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Kb3 44.
Rxg7 Kc4 45. Rg5 Kd3 46. Rxh5 Ke3 47. Kg1 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Kf2 49. Rg5 {1-0
Bryzgalin,K-Womacka,M/playchess.com INT 2005/EXT 2007 (49)}) 12. b3 $1 {
Now it is possible to play this move. The difference is that after 11...0-0 12.
b3?! b5!! equalizes the position (see Tiviakov - Darini).} Ra7 $6 ({Again I
don't like the move played by the World Champion. It is too artificial to be
good, also the rook doesn't belong to be on d7. Besides the current game, this
position had only been seen once in tournament practice before.} 12... Bc6 13.
Ba3 (13. Nh4 $5 g6 14. Nf3 b5 $14 {allows Black to free himself}) 13... Ra7 (
13... Qd7 14. Rfd1 Qb7 $14 {deserves the most serious attention}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Nd2 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nc4 O-O 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Bf6 21.
Raf1 Be5 22. Rf5 Re7 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Bb2 Bxf1 27.
Bxe5 Bb5 28. Bg3 Qe7 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. Qc3 Qg6 31. Qf3 Bd7 32. Qd3 Bb5 33. Qf3
Bd7 34. Qd3 Bb5 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. h3 Qd4+ 37. Kh2 Bd3 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8
40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Koch,J/Arnhem 1987/EXT 97 (41)}) 13.
Rd1 Bc8 $6 (13... O-O {is impossible because Black loses the d6-pawn after} 14.
Ba3 Bg4 15. Bxd6 $16) ({But} 13... Bg4 {was the better alternative than the
text. The bishop on c8 (later b7) is placed passively, not preventing the
realisation of the white 'dream' plan with the transfer of his knight to e3.
The bishop g4 is pinning the knight f3.} 14. h3 (14. Be3 Rb7 $14) (14. Ba3 Rd7
15. h3 Bh5 $14) 14... Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Be3 Rd7 $14) 14. Ba3 ({Besides the
text White has several other good options.} 14. Be3 $5) (14. Ne1 $5 {/\Nc2-e3})
(14. Nd2 $5) 14... Rd7 15. Nd2 ({Now White is able to realise his main
strategic idea in this position - transfer of the knight to e3 (as in the game
Tiviakov - Babula as well) where it will occupy a completely overwhelming
position, preventing f7-f5 and going to d5 when necessary.} 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nc2
$16 {leads to the similar position as the text.}) 15... O-O 16. Nf1 Bb7 ({
Anand continues to play passively when I would have tried to create some
counterplay transferring the knight to f4-e6, also with a possibility to
activate the e7-bishop, moving it to g5. For example,} 16... Nh5 17. Qf3 (17.
Ne3 Nf4 18. Qc2 Bg5 $16) (17. Nd5 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 $14) 17... Nf4 18. Ne3 Bb7
19. Ncd5 Bg5 $16 {but everywhere White's advantage not only is unquestionable,
but it is also huge!}) 17. Ne3 Re8 ({Here again} 17... Nh5 18. Ned5 Bg5 $16 {
was called for.} (18... Nf4 19. Qe3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f5 22. Rad1
fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf4 24. Qe2 $16)) 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 (18... Bf8 $5 {deserved
attention.}) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 $6 ({We all know one of the main chess principles -
not to exchange your own good pieces. The bishop on b7 is the only good piece
in the black position. Black should have refrained from exchanging it for as
long as possible. It is difficult to understand why the World Champion made
such a mistake!!} 19... Bg5 {was better, after which White can play, for
example,} 20. Bb4 {preparing a4-a5}) (19... Bf8 {doesn't attack the square d5
and White can play} 20. Qe3 (20. Bc1 $5 {/\Be3}) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 $16 {
with a huge advantage.}) 20. Qxd5 (20. cxd5 $6 {lookes interesting, but,
unfortunately, I cannot put my rook on c6 easily. E.g.} Qa8 21. Rac1 Rc8 22.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 $14 {and Black holds the game.}) 20... Qa8
({After} 20... Bg5 {my idea was to put my queen on c6 when Black will be
completely paralysed.} 21. Qc6 $5 Re6 22. Rd5 $16) 21. Qxa8 {It was also
possible not exchange on a8 but make an improving move.} Rxa8 22. Rd5 f6 (22...
Rc8 23. Rad1 Rc6 24. g3 {could have led to the similar position as in the game
with the difference being the position of the black rook - c6 instead d8.}) 23.
Rad1 Rad8 $6 ({Missing the last chance to fight for a draw:} 23... Kf7 $5 {
when White has to make a choice whether to win the pawn on d6 or to increase
the pressure. After} 24. Bxd6 (24. g3 Ke6 25. f4 g6 $16) 24... Bxd6 25. Rxd6
Rxd6 26. Rxd6 b5 $16 {Black has some drawing chances in the rook ending.}) 24.
g3 $1 {Now Black is not able to prevent the advance f2-f4-f5 after which his
position will be completely lost.} g5 ({or} 24... Kf7 25. f4 g6 (25... Ke6 26.
f5+ $18) 26. f5 $18 {and White is winning, Black is almost in zugzwang}) 25. f4
gxf4 26. gxf4 Kf7 27. Kf2 (27. f5 $6 Rg8+ 28. Kf2 Rg4 {gives Black counterplay.
}) 27... exf4 28. Kf3 Ke6 29. Bc1 $18 Rc8 30. Bxf4 {White has a winning
position. Normally, two weaknesses are enough to win the game. Here in this
position Black has 4 weak pawns: b6, d6, f6, h6. Also the black bishop is very
bad. The only thing White has to do in this game: demonstrate technical
accuracy and not to blunder anything. Luckily, I had lot of time at my
disposal, since my play was very easy. I didn't have to think a lot making
difficult decisions.} Bf8 (30... Rc5 31. Be3 Rxd5 {loses either pawn b6 or h6.}
32. cxd5+ $18 (32. exd5+ $18) (32. Rxd5 $18)) 31. h4 $1 {Fixing the pawn on h6
and securing the square g6 for the rook.} Rc6 ({or} 31... Rc5 32. Be3 $18 {><b6
}) 32. h5 Rb7 33. Be3 Rb8 (33... b5 34. cxb5 axb5 {loses because White gets a
passed pawn 'a'. E.g.} 35. a5 $1 $18) 34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Rg1 Bg7 (35... Rg7 36.
Rg6 Rxg6 37. hxg6 $18 {loses as well.}) 36. Rg6 Rf7 37. Be3 Rd7 38. Rf5 {
Look at this position - complete White domination!} Rf7 39. Kg4 ({White is not
in a hurry to win the pawn h6 since Black in no way can defend it.} 39. Ke2 $5
{moving the king to the queenside was a good idea as well.}) 39... Bf8 40. Bxh6
Bxh6 41. Rxh6 {White has won a pawn and the passed h-pawn must decide the
outcome of the game.} Rg7+ (41... Rg8+ $5 {was a more stubborn defence, then
White wins after} 42. Rg6 Rxg6+ 43. hxg6 Rf8 44. a5 (44. Rh5 Rg8 45. Rh6 Ke5
$16) 44... bxa5 45. Rxa5 Rg8 46. Kf4 Rxg6 47. Rxa6 Rh6 48. b4 (48. Rb6 Kd7 $18)
(48. c5 Rh4+ 49. Kg3 Rxe4 50. Rxd6+ Ke7 51. Rb6 Kd7 $16) 48... Rh1 (48... Kd7
49. Kf5 $18) 49. c5 Rh4+ 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. c6 $1 Rf4+ 52. Kg3 Rxe4 53. c7 Rc4 54.
Ra7 f5 55. b5 $18) 42. Kf4 Rf8 43. a5 $1 ({Stronger than} 43. e5 dxe5+ 44.
Rxe5+ Kf7 45. Rf5 Ke6 46. a5 Rg1 47. Re5+ $18 {although White should win here
as well.}) 43... Rg1 ({or} 43... bxa5 44. e5 dxe5+ 45. Rxe5+ Kd6 (45... Kf7 46.
Rf5 Kg8 47. Rfxf6 Rxf6+ 48. Rxf6 a4 49. bxa4 Rc7 50. Rxa6 Rxc4+ 51. Kg5 $18)
46. Rxa5 $18 {winning}) 44. axb6 Rb1 (44... Rf1+ 45. Kg4 Rg8+ 46. Rg6 Rxg6+ 47.
hxg6 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Rxg6 49. Rd5 $18 {is hopeless for Black as well.}) 45. b7 (
45. Ra5 Rxb3 46. Rxa6 Rb8 47. c5 $18 {is another win for White.}) 45... Rxb3
46. e5 dxe5+ 47. Rxe5+ Kd6 (47... Kf7 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Ree7 $18) 48. Rf5 Ke6 (
48... Ke7 49. Rh7+ Rf7 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7 51. Rb5 $18) (48... Rxb7 49. Rhxf6+ Rxf6
50. Rxf6+ Ke7 51. Rxa6 Rc7 52. Ra4 {could have prolonged the resistance, but
with 2 extra pawns White should win.}) 49. Rh7 Rd8 (49... Rb8 50. Rc5 {
(threatening mate on c6, White saves his b7-pawn)} Rb6 51. Rcc7 $18) 50. Rd5 {
Black resigned since after exchange on d5 Black cannot stop both white passed
pawns b7 and h6. It was a very easy win for me, one of the easiest games in
recent months.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Bf4
Ne4 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. Bf1 c5 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8
15. h4 Bb4 16. Rc1 d6 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Bh3 Rc7 19. Re2 e5 20. d5 Bc8 21. Bxc8
Qxc8 22. Nf1 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Qxc4 24. Ne3 Qxe4 25. Rc2 f6 26. Rc4 Qg6 27. h5 Qf7
28. Bh4 f5 29. Qa4 Ba5 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxg4 Nc5 32. Qc2 Qxh5 33. Be7 Rf4 34.
Rg5 Qf7 35. Bxd6 Qf6 36. Rh5 Qxd6 37. Qxh7+ Kf7 38. Rg5 Qh6 39. Rf5+ Rxf5 40.
Qxf5+ Kg8 41. Ng4 Qf4 42. Qg6 Nd7 43. Qe8+ Nf8 44. Nxe5 Bb4 45. Nd3 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul Pera"]
[BlackTeam "Ceyhan Belediye"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{This game from the Turkish League in Konya was played in the last 13th round
of the competition. All my 11 games (1 game against a weak opponent was not
played by me) had been drawn and going into the last round I had good chances
to break my personal record of 11 draws in a row in a single tournament. But
the tournament situation for my team was not without stressl: we had to win
the match in order to get bronze medals. Although I made 11 draws in Konya,
most of my games were hard fought, and in 2 of them (against Baris Esen and
Judit Polgar) I missed a win.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {In my previous game
against Malakhov I chose an Italian Game, and although I got a slightly better
position from the opening, the game ended in a draw.} Nf6 4. Qe2 {My favourite
line in the Ruy Lopez, I play it on moves 4, 5, 6. Similar positions also
appear in the Italian Game.} Bd6 {The favourite move of Malakhov against 4.Qe2,
he always plays it. Also in Konya he chose it against Adams and made an easy
draw several days before. 4...Bd6 is OK, but it limits Black's possibilities
since he has to choose the only plan - Re8 and Bf8 to put the bishop on a good
square in order to be able to play d7-d6 and develop the bishop c8. Normally 4.
..Bc5 is considered to be the strongest move in the position.} 5. c3 ({I
prefer to keep my b5-bishop alive at all costs. So I play 5.c3 first. If you
look at the game Adams - Malakhov, then you notice that there Black quickly
exchanges it and even gets a slighly better position at the end, when the draw
was agreed.} 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Re8 7. O-O (7. c3) 7... h6 8. Bh4 (8. Be3 $5)
8... a6 (8... g5 9. Bxc6 $8 dxc6 10. Bg3 $13) 9. Bc4 (9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11.
Nc3 {- 9.Bc4}) 9... Na5 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Nd1 Be7 14.
Ne3 d6 15. Nf5 $6 (15. Nd2 $13) 15... Bf8 16. c4 g6 17. Ne3 Bg7 18. h3 Qd7 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Malakhov,V/Konya TUR 2012/The Week in Ches 923 
(19)}) 5... O-O 6. d3 {It is advisable not to be in a hurry with short
castling in this and other similar positions since the square f1 can be used
for the transfer of the knight from b1 to e3 or g3. Also in lot of my games I
castle to the queenside.} Re8 ({A necessary part of Black's plan. Black has to
play Re8 at some point!} 6... Ne7 7. d4 $14) 7. Bg5 {Besides the development
of the bishop to g5 White has other plans, but I prefer to develop the bishop
when I can directly pin the knight.} Be7 (7... h6 {The immediate inclusion of
the moves ...h6 and .Bh4 mostly leads to the same positions. Since after
Bd6-e7 Black has still to play h7-g6 because moving away the knight from f6
allows White's bishop on g5 to return to the e3-square.}) (7... a6 8. Ba4 {
- 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bd6}) 8. Nbd2 d6 {This move was followed by a draw
offer. I had to refuse it since on the 2nd board just seconds before the
similar offer of a draw by Mikhail Gurevich had been rejected.} 9. Ba4 $146 ({
This move is new, the idea is to secure the retreat of the bishop to c2. If
Black had played ...Bd7 and ...Na5 then he would exchange it with equal
chances. Other moves are also possible for White. The most interesting try by
White is the one chosen by Short in his game against Howell.} 9. Nf1 a6 10. Ba4
b5 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Ne3 a5 13. O-O a4 14. Bc2 d5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
exd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. dxc4 Qc5 20. Qe4 g6 21. Rad1 Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23.
Qd3 Qb4 24. b3 a3 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Be4 Rad8 27. g3 Rd6 28. Bd5 Re7 29. Kg2 c5
30. h4 Qc3 31. h5 Qxf3+ 32. Bxf3 d3 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rfe1 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 d2 36.
Rb1 Bc3 37. Bd5 Rd8 {0-1 Meshcheriakova,E-Zaiatz,E/Sochi 2005/CBM 105 ext (37)}
) (9. O-O $5 h6 10. Be3 Bf8 11. h3 Bd7 12. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (76) Short,N-Howell,
D/Sheffield 2011/CBM 143 Extra (76) White is standing slightly better.}) 9...
h6 ({As written before h7-h6 is necessary to keep White's bishop away from the
square e3.} 9... Nh5 10. Be3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. d4 $14) (9... Nd7 10. Be3
$14) 10. Bh4 ({Now} 10. Be3 {is not good since after} Ng4 $11 {the bishop is
exchanged in a less favourable situation than after 10.Bh4 Nh5 11.Bg3.}) 10...
Nd7 (10... Nh5 {can only be good if Black manages to play f7-f5 without the
exchange on g3. But in the current position Black's rook is on e8 (not f8),
the square f7 is weak, and after the check on b3 White plays Bb3-f7 forcing
Black to take on g3. Then there is an open line 'h', White can castle to the
queenside with advantage.} 11. Bg3 f5 (11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. Bb3+ $16) (
11... Bg4 12. h3 $5 {deserves attention}) 12. Bb3+ Kh8 13. Bf7 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Rf8 15. Bd5 $14) 11. Bg3 ({If White wants to fight for the advantage, then he
has to keep his bishop alive.} 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 $11 {is equal}) ({the same as} 11.
Bxc6 Bxh4 $11 (11... bxc6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O $13)) 11... Nc5 12. Bc2 a5 (
12... f5 $5 {is the most natural reaction by Black, usually this advance must
be enough for equality. But in the current position White keeps slightly
better chances. For example,} 13. exf5 (13. b4 Ne6 14. exf5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4
16. Bb3+ (16. d4 Bf6 17. Bb3+ Kf8 18. Be6 Ne7 $15) 16... d5 17. O-O Bxf5 18. d4
$14) 13... Bxf5 14. O-O $14) ({or} 12... Ne6 13. O-O $14 {with a plus for
White.}) 13. O-O {Now Black gets no chance to open up the game by playing
d6-d5 or f7-f5. And the closed character of the game here means the advantage
for White who can slowly improve the position, preparing d3-d4. I was quite
happy with my position at this point.} Bf6 ({Besides the text move Black has
other moves to play, but none of them equalises. Strangely enough, Rybka 4 and
Fritz 13 think that Black is slightly better here, but Fritz 8 is much closer
to the reality, giving White a small advantage. So you should not trust the
computer engines much and try to use your own understanding of chess!} 13...
Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qe3 $14) (13... Ne6 14. Qe3 $14) (13... a4 14. b4 axb3 15.
axb3 $14) (13... f5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 (15. cxd4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Ne6 17. Rad1
$14) 15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 $16) 14. h3 ({Besides 14.h3 White can also try} 14.
Qe3 $5) ({and} 14. Rfe1 $5 {If White can afford to make such a useful waiting
move as 14.h3, improving his positon, then that says a lot! The idea of the
move was to prevent the black bishop from developing to g4 where it would
prevent White from playing d3-d4.}) 14... b6 ({Freeing} 14... d5 $2 {is very
bad here:} 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. d4 $16) ({but other moves} 14... b5 $5) ({and} 
14... g6 $5 {, followed by Bg7, deserved attention. Rybka 4 also suggests the
plan with the development of the bishop to a6.}) 15. Rfe1 ({or} 15. Qe3 {
, preparing d3-d4.}) 15... Ba6 (15... d5 $2 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. d4 $18 {loses})
16. Qe3 {White doesn't forget to take care of the liberating move d6-d5 
(practically the only way for Black to get counterplay).} Ne7 (16... d5 $2 17.
exd5 Qxd5 18. d4 $18 {loses because of the weakness of the 8th rank.}) ({but} 
16... Ne6 {deserved the most serious attention, when after} 17. Bb3 $14 {
White keeps a small advantage.}) 17. Rad1 Qc8 ({It was also possible to put
the queen on another square.} 17... Qd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 $14) 18. d4 ({
Here I felt that the moment had come for the action in the centre. Although} 
18. Nf1 $5 $14 {was also possible as well, I believed that all my pieces were
on good squares to start active play in the centre.}) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 $14 (
19. cxd4 $6 {is natural, but promises nothing after} Nf5 $11 {with equality.})
19... Bxd4 $2 {Probably, the only and decisive mistake of my opponent in the
whole game. I don't see how (even with the correct play) Black would get
chances to save the game after it!} (19... Ng6 $142 {was better, although
after it White has several possible ways to improve the position preparing the
central break-through e4-e5.} 20. f4 Bb7 21. Qf2 $14 {, followed by N4f3 and
e5 or by Re3, Rde1 and e5.}) (19... a4 $5) ({and} 19... Bb7 20. f4 $14 {
were 2 other alternatives to 19...Ng6.}) 20. cxd4 Nf5 ({Clearly, my strong
opponent missed something playing 19...Bd4?, but what?!} 20... Nd5 21. Qa3 Nb4
22. Bb1 $16 {is bad for Black as well.}) 21. Qc3 $8 Nxg3 $8 22. Qxg3 Ne6 {
Now the pawn structure in the current position resembles the bad for Black one
from the Queen's Indian Defence. I play the QID with Black, so it was not so
difficult for me to find the correct plan!} 23. Nf3 (23. d5 {was possible as
well. E.g.} Nd4 (23... Nc5 $16 {is similar to the game.}) 24. Bd3 $16) 23...
Qd8 24. d5 Nc5 25. h4 $1 ({A very important move, taking the square g5 under
control to avoid the exchange of queens.} 25. Nd4 Qg5 $16 {gives Black chances
to defend the positon successfully.}) 25... Qf6 26. Nd4 {Now Black cannot stop
the advance of the central pawn e4 to e5 after f2-f4 without material losses.}
Re7 ({During the game I was slightly afraid of the move} 26... Re5 {, followed
by} 27. f4 Rh5 {, trying to win the pawn h4. But after} 28. Nf3 {White wins in
all lines, exploiting the vulnerable position of the trapped rook.} (28. e5
dxe5 29. fxe5 Qxh4 30. Qxh4 Rxh4 31. e6 $14) 28... Qxb2 29. Qf2 {(/\g4)} Bc8
30. f5 g5 31. e5 (31. g4 Rxh4 32. Nxh4 gxh4 33. e5 dxe5 34. d6 c6 35. Rb1 Qc3
36. Rxb6 $16) 31... dxe5 32. d6 cxd6 33. g4 Rxh4 34. Nxh4 gxh4 35. Rxd6 Bb7 36.
Rg6+ fxg6 37. Bb3+ $18) (26... g6 27. f4 $16 {, followed by e5, is not good
for Black either.}) 27. f4 Rae8 28. Nc6 Rxe4 $4 {This loses by force.} (28...
Qxb2 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Bb1 $16 {was a more stubborn defence, although White
should win here as well.}) 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 ({Or} 29... Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Qe3
Nc5 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Ne7 $18 {mating the Black king.}) 30. Qf3 Qf5 (30... Qg6 {
loses after} 31. f5 $18) 31. g4 $2 ({Strange, but during the game we both
missed an easy win by White. Quite a common case of mutual chess blindness.
Probably, the responsibility for the team in the last round, the high level of
tiredness and stress played their part.} 31. Rd4 {and White wins the knight e4.
And if} Nf6 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {then} 33. Ne7+ $18) 31... Qd7 32. f5 {Luckily for
me, even after the mistake on move 31, White position remains easily won.} ({
Not} 32. Rxe4 $2 Rxe4 $17 {with advantage for Black because of the weakness of
the rook d1.}) 32... Nc5 33. g5 Kh7 34. f6 $138 (34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Kh2 $18 {
was winning as well.}) 34... gxf6 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. gxf6 {Using the exposed
position of the Black king White can create a decisive attack or force the
exchange of the queens, then the extra exchange will decide the outcome of the
game.} Be2 ({After the exchange of the queens White should easily win the
ending because of the weak pawn c7. For example,} 36... Qe4 37. Qxe4+ Nxe4 38.
Rc1 Nxf6 39. Ne7 ({or} 39. Nb8 Bb7 40. Rxc7 Bxd5 41. a4 $16) 39... Ne8 40. Kf2
Kg7 41. Ke3 $16) 37. Qf5+ (37. Qg3 Qg8 38. Qxg8+ Kxg8 39. Re1 Bf3 40. b4 axb4
41. Nxb4 $18 {, followed by Re7, was possible as well.}) 37... Kh8 38. Rd4 Qe3+
({or} 38... Bd3 39. Qf2 Qg8+ 40. Kh2 $18 {winning.}) 39. Qf2 Qc1+ (39... Qxf2+
40. Kxf2 $18) 40. Kh2 Bd3 {Now the time-trouble is over, White can force the
exchange of queens. The resulting ending is an easy win for White!} 41. Qg2 (
41. Nd8 Bg6 42. Qg2 Kh7 43. Nxf7 $18 {was also winning for White.}) 41... Qc2
42. Qxc2 Bxc2 43. Nd8 {Attacking the weakest point in the black position.} Kg8
(43... Bg6 44. h5 Bxh5 45. Rh4 Bg6 46. Rxh6+ Kg8 47. Nc6 $18 {loses as well.})
44. Rg4+ Kf8 45. Rg7 Nd7 ({Or} 45... Bg6 46. h5 Bxh5 47. Rh7 Kg8 48. Rxh6 Bg6
49. Nc6 $18) 46. Ne6+ (46. Rxf7+ Ke8 47. Rg7 Nxf6 48. Rxc7 $18 {is another win.
} (48. Ne6 $18)) 46... fxe6 47. Rxd7 exd5 48. Rxc7 Bb1 49. a3 d4 50. Rd7 {
A nice win from my side, if not for the mistake on move 31 it could have been
a perfect game where I managed to outplay my very strong opponent, not giving
him a single chance to save the game. Unfortunately, my win in this game
couldn't help my team to win the match and take the bronze medals. My team
lost! :-(} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The B tournament in Wijk aan Zee where I took part in the January of 2013
started very well for me. After 4 rounds of the tournament I had 3.5 points,
and I was playing nice chess. Unfortunately, after the 1st rest day I
collapsed, making only 1 draw from the following 4 games. Nevertheless, the
quality of my first games was high, and I would like to present to the readers
of the CBM one of my best games of the tournament.} 1. d4 {A. Naiditsch is a
very strong player. His main move is 1.e4 and it is only recently that he
started playing 1.d4. I guess, his opening choice was motivated by the desire
to avoid deep opening preparation in all possible lines of the Scandinavian
Defence (which featured several times in Wijk aan Zee) and also the French
Defence, which I started playing against strong opponents in 2012. Frankly
speaking, I was not preparing against other moves than 1.e4 at all hoping to
have much more experience than my opponent there.} Nf6 (1... d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4
c6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rc1
O-O 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nc7 b5 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Nxe8 Rxe8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8
17. Rc1 Qa8 18. h4 (18. Rc7 $14) (18. Qe3 $14) 18... Rc8 19. Re1 Rc4 20. Bg5
Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Rxd4 22. Qe3 Rc4 23. b3 Rc7 24. Qf4 Ne5 25. Qxe5 Qd8 26. Qf4 Re7
27. Rd1 h6 28. Nf3 f6 29. Bh3 e5 30. Qf5 Bc6 31. Qc2 Bb7 32. Qg6 Re8 33. Bf5
Rf8 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Bg6+ Ke6 36. Qxg7 Bc8 37. Qxh6 d4 38. Qg7 {1-0 Supi,
L-Craveiro,L/II OPEN BIRIGUI U2000 2007/31 IM Base (38)}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4.
g3 {Preparing against me in the Queen's Indian Defence is not easy either. In
this position besides 4...Bb4 I have also played 4...Ba6, 4...Bb7, 4...Be7 and
4...c6 moves.} Bb4+ {This move although is not my main answer to 4.g3 is one I
still play quite frequently. The idea of the move is to try to transpose from
the Queen's Indian Defence into the Catalan Opening. Usually White players are
not well acquainted with both openings.} 5. Bd2 (5. Nbd2 {was tried by P.
Nikolic 2 days later. The game, which I have annotated in depth, can be found
elsewhere in this issue of CBM.}) 5... Be7 6. Bg2 ({After 6.Bg2 White is no
longer able to avoid the transposition into the Catalan. The only way for
White to keep the Queen's Indian Defence is} 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 {. In this
position I like to give up the centre, allowing White to play e4-e5.} c6 8. e4
d5 9. e5 Ne4 {The position which has arisen is very complex. White has an
advantage in the centre, but Black has good possibilities to develop
counter-play on the queenside. I have good experience not only exactly in this
position but also in other positions with similar pawn structures. Interested
readers can look at my games in the database, incl. my game against Karpov.})
6... c6 7. Na3 $5 $146 ({To my knowledge nobody ever has developed the knight
to a3, preferring the central squares of c3 and d2. I guess, being surprised
by the move 4...Bb4, Naiditsch decided to play originally to avoid my
experience in this line.} 7. Nc3) ({and} 7. O-O {are the main moves.}) 7... O-O
8. O-O d5 9. Rc1 Nbd7 ({Besides the text move it was also possible to play} 
9... Ba6 {. By developing the knight immediately to d7 I wanted to avoid the
possible move c4-c5. During the game I was not sure about its consquences, so
decided to prevent it. After the home analysis it turns out to be not
dangerous for Black at all.} 10. cxd5 (10. c5 $6 Ne4 11. b4 Bb7 12. Nc2 Nd7 13.
a3 (13. Rb1 Bf6 $15) 13... a5 $15 {is better for Black.}) 10... cxd5 (10...
Qxd5 $5) 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. f4 $13 {leads to complex play.}) (9... Bb7 $5) 10.
cxd5 ({White decides to exchange on d5 immediately in order to prevent Black
from taking on c4 later or taking on d5 by the knight when the pawn on c6 is
protected.} 10. Qa4 {could lead the game to a similar or the same position as
the text.} Bb7 11. Bf4 (11. cxd5 cxd5 {- 10.cxd5} (11... Nxd5 $5)) 11... a6 $11
(11... dxc4 $5) (11... a5 $5)) 10... cxd5 11. Qa4 Bb7 ({or} 11... a6 12. Bf4
Bb7 {- 11...Bb7 12.Bf4 a6} (12... Ne8 $4 {loses after} 13. Qc6 $18)) 12. Bf4
Ne8 ({There is nothing wrong with} 12... a6 $5 {which also leads to equality.
For example,} 13. Bc7 (13. Rc7 b5 14. Qb3 Rb8 (14... Ra7 $5 $11) 15. Rc2 (15.
Rfc1 Nb6 $11) 15... Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qa8 $11) 13... Qe8 14. Qb3 b5 $11
{But during the game I remembered the variation where Black can win 2 pieces
for a rook and a pawn. Usually, it is very difficult to win with Black in the
Catalan, but in this game I wanted to play sharply (if allowed to do so by my
opponent) since it was just the start of the tournament.} (14... Ne4 15. Bxb6
Nxb6 16. Qxb6 Rb8 17. Ne5 $14 (17. Qa5 Bc8 18. Rc2 Bb4 19. Qc7 Bd6 (19... Bd7
$44) 20. Qa5 Bb4 $11))) 13. Nb5 {And now we have arrived at a well-known
theoretical position of the Catalan (usually appearing on the board when White
plays Nb1-c3, takes on d5 and then plays Nc3-b5. I had analysed this position
some years before and could remember well that it was OK for Black.} a6 14. Nc7
$5 ({The white knight has to go to c7. The return to c3 equals accepting
mistakes and failure of the white plan.} 14. Nc3 Nd6 $11 {0-1 (66) Adhiban,
B-Nguyen Van Huy/Ho Chi Minh City 2012/CBM 148 Extra (66) is equal.}) 14... b5
({It is necessary to make this move since after} 14... Rc8 $6 15. Nxe8 b5 16.
Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Qa5 Rxe8 18. Rc1 Qa8 19. Qc7 Nf6 (19... Nf8 20. Ne5 $14) (19...
Qc8 20. h4 $14) 20. Ne5 Kf8 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Ra8 $14 {
White has a pleasant advantage in the ending thanks to the pair of bishops.})
15. Qb3 (15. Qa5 $2 Rc8 $17 {is bad for White because the knight on c7 is
pinned.}) 15... g5 $1 ({A strong move which can be forgotten about by White
when going into this line. Unfortunately, White doesn't lose after it and the
position remains balanced, although very complex. For} 15... Rc8 16. Nxe8 Rxe8
17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 $14 {- see above (Supi - Craveiro). White is slightly
better here.}) 16. Nxg5 (16. Nxa8 gxf4 17. gxf4 Bxa8 $15 {is worse for White.})
16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nxa8 Bxa8 (18... Qd8 19. a4 Bxa8 {transposes into
18...Ba8}) 19. a4 {Here my knowledge of this variation ended. I remembered
that Black should be OK.} Qd8 $146 ({Only this move is a novelty. Previously,
Black was not reacting in the best way. Black's queen must go to the queenside
to protect its pawn weaknesses. Black's king, however, does not seem to be
safe; in fact he has nothing to worry about.} 19... Nd6 20. Qb4 Qe7 (20... Nf5
21. e3 $14) (20... Nc4 21. b3 Ncb6 (21... Nd2 $4 {is a blunder, losing after}
22. f4 $18 Qf6 23. Qxd2 bxa4 24. bxa4 Nb6 25. f5 Nc4 26. Qf4 Re8 27. fxe6 Qxe6
28. Rc3 Bc6 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Rxc4 {1-0 Khotenashvili,B-Purtseladze,M/Tbilisi
2010/CBM 136 Extra (30)}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 $14) 21. Rc7 $14) (19... Nef6
$6 {cannot be recommended since Black loses the harmony among his pieces.} 20.
axb5 Rb8 21. Qd3 (21. Rc7 Kg7 22. Qa3 axb5 23. Qa7 Qd2 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qxd7
Qxd4 $11) 21... axb5 22. Rc7 $16) 20. axb5 Qb6 ({Besides the text move Black
could have also played} 20... Qb8 21. h3 (21. Rc2 Nd6 $11) (21. Qb4 Qxb5 22.
Qxb5 {- 20...Qb6}) 21... Qxb5 (21... Nd6 $11) 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Ra1 Bb7 24.
Rfc1 Nd6 25. Rc7 Nb6 26. Ra7 Rb8 27. b3 $11 {with equal chances in the ending.}
) 21. Qa3 ({White decides to keep the queens on board, but underestimates
Black's attacking resources. I would play safely by exchanging the queens...} 
21. Qa4 $142 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rc8 (23. Ra1 $11) 23... Nd6 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8
25. Ra1 Bb7 26. e3 $11 {and I believe the resulting ending is equal although,
of course, both sides can try to play for a win.}) ({After} 21. Rc2 {Black has
a wide choice:} Nd6 ({or} 21... axb5) ({or} 21... Qxb5)) 21... Qxb5 22. e3 Qb6
$1 {Black has weak dark squares in his camp, so with this accurate move and
several subsequent ones Black covers them and neutralises all White's
initiative along the c-file.} 23. Rc2 Nd6 24. Rfc1 Re8 $1 (24... Bb7 $5 {
was possible as well}) ({but} 24... Nc4 $6 {allowed the unpleasant} 25. Qe7 $14
) 25. Bf1 $6 ({An inaccurate move allowing Black to put his knight on c4. And
it would be very difficult for White to get rid of it!} 25. b3 $142 Bb7 $11 {
was called for!}) 25... Nc4 $1 {Without hesitation Black seizes the
opportunity and from now on it is Black who is fighting for the advantage!} 26.
Bxc4 $6 ({A decision taken by Naiditsch which is very difficult to understand.
I was not even looking at the text move since the opening of the diagonal
a8-h1 looks extremely dangerous for White. With the black pawn d5 gone,
Black's Ba8 gets into the game!} 26. Qa2 {was necessary when Black can improve
his position by playing} Rb8 {and it is not easy for White to play b2-b3
pushing away the knight on c4. If he wins the pawn by taking on c4, Black has
very strong attack. E.g.} (26... Bb7 {is worse after} 27. b3 (27. Bxc4 dxc4 28.
Qxc4 e5 29. Qc7 (29. d5 e4 30. Rd1 Qg6 31. Qc7 Qg4 32. f3 Qxf3 $11) 29... Qb5
30. Qc4 Qb6 $11) 27... Nd6 $11 {with equal chances.}) 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Rxc4 (
28. Qxc4 Qb7 29. d5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 $17) 28...
Bd5 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. Qa3 $15 (31. b3 Qxb3 32. Qxb3 Bxb3 33. Rc7
Nf6 $15)) 26... dxc4 27. Rxc4 Qb7 28. d5 $8 {The only move.} Ne5 $1 $40 ({
Probably, this strong natural move was overlooked by my opponent when he was
taking the knight on c4. If there were not this move, White would be OK or
even slightly better. After the text move White has a difficult task to fight
for a draw when each mistake would be fatal for him.} 28... Qxd5 29. e4 Qd2 30.
Qc3 $14 {is even slightly better for White.}) 29. Rc5 exd5 30. Qa4 $2 ({
It seems to be that with accurate play White could have held the position after
} 30. Rc7 Qb5 (30... Qb6 31. Rc8 Qe6 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qxa6 Bc6 $11) (30...
Qb8 31. Qxa6 Kg7 $14) 31. Rc8 $11 {But during the game it is not so easy to
evaluate the position correctly when the white king is under attack.} d4 32.
Qe7 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Ne1+ 34. Kg1 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 $11 {and Black has nothing better
than the perpetual check.}) 30... Rf8 $1 {A very strong move. After it in
order to prevent the deadly d5-d4 White would have to give up the b2-pawn.} 31.
Rc7 $8 (31. Qf4 d4 32. e4 Ng6 $17 {is bad for White.}) 31... Qxb2 32. Rc8 $2 ({
In order to secure his weak king White has to exchange the queens. And it was
possible to achieve this in 2 different ways. Unfortunately for my opponent he
was already in time trouble by now. And not having enough time to think makes
it practically impossible to save such difficult positions.} 32. Qf4 Nd3 33.
Qg4+ Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $15) (32. Qa1 Qxa1 33. Rxa1 Rb8 34. Rac1 Nc4 $15 {
although still holding in both lines White would have to continue working hard
to save the game.}) 32... Bb7 $6 ({Playing normal chess... Unfortunately,
missing a computer-style win by} 32... d4 $3 $19 33. Qxa6 Kg7 $1 (33... Nf3+
34. Kg2 Bb7 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qh6+ Ke8 $19) 34. Qxa8 Qxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Rxa8 $19)
33. R8c2 ({Now the exchange of the queens would lead to a lost ending.} 33.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qa1 Qxa1 35. Rxa1 Nc4 $19 {and the black pawn om a6 is too
strong for White to hold.}) 33... Qb6 34. Qf4 ({Other moves are worse} 34. Qa3
d4 $19) (34. Qa1 d4 35. Rb2 Nf3+ $19) 34... Qe6 (34... Re8 35. Rc3 Nc4 $17 {
was also possible keeping a huge advantage.}) 35. Rc7 Ba8 36. Qg5+ Ng6 37. h4
$2 $138 ({The decisive mistake in time trouble. White could have prolonged his
suffering by} 37. f3 Kg7 $17 {/\h7-h6}) ({or} 37. R7c3 d4 (37... Qh3 38. f3 Kg7
$17) 38. exd4 Qe4 39. f3 Qxd4+ $17) ({or} 37. Rd1 Rb8 $17 {although Black
would keep a winning position everywhere.} (37... a5 $17)) 37... d4 $19 {
[Finally the h1-a8 diagonal becomes open and with the queens on board White is
not able to defend!]} 38. h5 ({Or} 38. Ra7 dxe3 39. Qxe3 Qh3 40. Rxa8 Rxa8 $19
{with an easy win for Black}) 38... Qe4 39. Kf1 (39. f3 Qxf3) 39... d3 {
And in the light of the following: 40.Ke1 Qf3 41.Kd2 Qe2+ 42.Kc3 d2, White
resigned. Nice play by Black! You don't often win in such a way against a 2700
player!} 0-1

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2014.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 d5 8. e4
dxc4 9. a4 a6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nd2 b5 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Nde4 Kh8 14. Bg5 Nd7 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd6 N7b6 17. a5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Ne4 Rae8 20. Qe2 f5 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Qd2 Bc8 23. Rfe1 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Qh6 Be6 26. h4 Rg8 27. Qd2
Bf5 28. Ng5 Rg7 29. Rad1 Bd3 30. Kh1 h6 31. Ne4 Kh7 32. Bf1 Nf4 33. Qe3 Nd5 34.
Qd2 Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Rf8 36. f3 Rfg8 37. Rg1 Qf7 38. Qe2 Qf5 39. Kh2 Kh8 40. Rde1
Rg6 41. Rd1 Rf8 42. Rdf1 Rg7 43. Qd2 Qh5 44. Rg2 Nf4 45. Qd6 Rfg8 46. Qf6 Nd5
47. Qxc6 Ne3 48. Rff2 Nxg2 49. Rxg2 Qg6 50. Qc5 Qf5 51. Qe3 Rg6 52. Rd2 Rf8 53.
Kg2 Qf4 54. Qxf4 exf4 55. g4 b4 56. cxb4 Rc6 57. Nc3 Rb8 58. Rd7 Rxb4 59. g5
hxg5 60. hxg5 Rb5 61. Nxb5 axb5 62. a6 Rxa6 63. Rc7 Ra3 64. Kh3 c3 65. Kg4 b4
66. Kh5 Ra8 67. Kh6 Rb8 68. g6 b3 69. Rh7+ Kg8 70. Rg7+ Kf8 71. Kh7 Rb5 72.
Rf7+ Ke8 73. Rf8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. O-O a6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nbd5 14. Qd2 b5
15. Bxf6 Bf4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qd3+ Kg8 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Qe2 Bb7
21. Rd4 Rfd8 22. Rh4 Nf6 23. Ng6 fxg6 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Rh8+ Kxh8 26. Qxf7 Be4
27. c3 Bd3 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. h3 Kh7 31. Nd4 Bc4 32. Qa7 Re1+ 33.
Kh2 Rb1 34. b3 Bd5 35. Qxa6 Ne4 36. Qxb5 Nd2 37. h4 Be4 38. f3 1-0

