[Event "Nova Gorica op-A 08th"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 {A toothless variation.This has lost its venom long time ago when
black has come with a definitive road to equality.} Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4
12. Bxc4 Bc5 {This is the trick!} 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 (14. fxe3 {During the
game I was trying to figure out what might have happen if white goes for the
other recapture.} f6 (14... Ng5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 (15... Nh3+ 16. gxh3 Bxd5 17. Qf1
) 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Rxd5 Nxe5 18. Nc3 c6 $11) (14... Na5 15. Bd3 Ng5 16. Nbd2
c5 17. b3 Qe7 $11) 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rab8 18. Rd1 Qxb2 19.
Qc4+ Kh8 20. Qxc6 Qf2+ 21. Kh1 Rxf3 22. Nd2 Ng3+ 23. hxg3 Rf5 24. Nf3 Rh5+ 25.
Nh4 Qxg3 26. Rd4 Rxh4+ 27. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 28. Kg1 $15) 14... Qb8 {Draw offer.} 15.
Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 ({The pawn is untouchable!} 16. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qxb2 18.
Qxe4 Rad8 $19 (18... Qxa1 19. Rxa5 Rab8 $1 (19... Rfd8 $2 20. Qe1 Rab8 21. Nc3)
20. Nfd2 Rfd8 $19)) 16... Qa7 17. Qxa7 {One of the two alternatives.} ({
The following has a better reputation.} 17. Nxe4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nxb3 19. axb3
dxe4 20. Nd4 Rfb8 $1 (20... Bd7 21. Rdc1 Ra7 22. Rc5 $44) 21. Ra3 c5 22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. Rd6 Kf7 24. Kf2 Ra7 {Gdanski-Sokolov,Neum(Euro Club Cup) 2000.}) 17...
Rxa7 18. Rac1 (18. Nxe4 $6 Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe4 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nxe6 (21. Nc6 Rb7
22. b4 cxb4 23. Rxa6 Rc8) 21... fxe6 22. Rd6 Raf7 (22... Kf7 23. Rdxa6 Rxa6 24.
Rxa6 Rb8 25. Ra3 Kg6 $15) 23. Rf1 e3 24. f3 Rf5 25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Rxa6 Rxe5 $15)
18... c5 {Forcing some exchanges.} (18... Rb8 19. Nd4) 19. Nxe4 Nxb3 20. axb3
dxe4 21. Nd2 e3 $1 (21... Bf5 {is also equal but I did not want to suffer.})
22. fxe3 Rb7 23. Ne4 Rxb3 24. Nxc5 Rxe3 (24... Rxb2 25. Nxa6) 25. Nxa6 Rxe5 26.
b4 h5 $5 {I was dreaming about a pawn march in the kingside to fix his ones on
the light squares.} (26... Rb5 27. Rc5 Rb6 28. b5 h6 29. Nc7 Rfb8 30. Rc6 Kf8
$11) 27. Rc5 $1 {I knew that this was coming.More exchanges!} Rxc5 {I did not
like to give a pawn for nothing.} (27... Re2 $2 28. Rxh5 Rb2 (28... Ra2 29. Rd6
Bc4 30. Nc5 Re8 31. h3 Rb2 32. Rb6 $16) 29. Rd4 $16) 28. Nxc5 {This is not
that dangerous for both sides!} ({I like} 28. bxc5 {more} Rc8 29. Rc1 h4 ({
Black bishop should not change the diagonals.} 29... Bd5 $2 30. Nb4 Be4 31. c6
Kf8 (31... Rc7 $2 32. Rc4 f5 33. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 34. Nd5 $18) 32. Rc4 f5 33. h4
Ke7 34. Kh2 Kd6 35. Kg3 Bxc6 36. Nxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6+ Kxc6 38. Kf4 Kd5 39. Kxf5
Kd4 40. Kg6 $18) 30. Kf2 g5 31. c6 Kg7 32. c7 Kf6 $11) 28... Bc4 29. Rd4 {
Panic!Going for the immediate equality.} (29. Nb7 Ba6 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Rd4 Kf8
32. b5 Bb7 33. Nf5 Rxd4 34. Nxd4 g6 35. Nb3 Ke7 36. b6 Kd6 37. Na5 Bd5 38. g3
g5 39. Kf2 f5 40. Ke3 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Kf4 Be4 43. Kg5 h3 44. Kh4 Bg2 $11)
29... Bb5 30. Rd5 Rb8 31. Rxh5 Bc4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 14th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2006.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2006.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 $5 {Jan was satisfied with his tournament and so he pulled out this
system which is almost worked out to a draw.} Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12.
Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 (14. Qxe3 {Here Jan offered a draw allowing us
having a free day.} Qb8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qa7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Bc5 12. c3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Na5 14. Nbd2 Nxd2
15. Rxd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 {The dark squares (c5 & d4) are potentially weak,
but White has to play actively in order to prove it, as Black will gain
control over them after Qe7 & c7-c5. White employs a standard plan.} 17. b3 $1
{Why does White undouble the pawns? Because he wants to open the a-file for
himself and fix the weakness of the c5-square by b3-b4 & Ra1-a5 later on.
After all the pawn on c4 was not weak.} cxb3 18. axb3 Qb8 19. b4 a5 {Black
does not want to suffer after Ra1-a5 but now is a pawn down.} 20. bxa5 Qb5 21.
Rda2 c5 22. Ra3 Ra6 23. Nd2 Rfa8 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. h3 h6 26. Nb3 Rb8 27. Kh2 Rb5
28. Qe2 Bd7 29. Ra2 Qc7 30. Rab2 c4 31. Nd4 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxa5 {[#] Black has
got a pawn back, but at a very high price - the Knight is superior and White
has a valuable pawn majority on the King side as well.} 33. f4 Ra3 34. Qf3 Ra5
35. Qg3 Qc8 36. f5 $1 Ra8 (36... Bxf5 37. e6 $1 $18) 37. e6 $1 fxe6 38. f6 Qf8
39. Rb7 Qf7 40. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 (16. Ne1 Qb6 $1 (16... Nxb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 cxb6 19.
b4 $16 {Huebner,R-Demarre/Dresden/1969/}) 17. Qxb6 cxb6 18. f3 $10 {Karpov,
An-Kortschnoj,V/Wch Baguio/1978/}) 16... Qa7 17. Nd4 (17. Qxa7 Rxa7 18. Nxe4 (
18. Rac1 c5 19. Nxe4 Nxb3 $1 20. axb3 dxe4 21. Nd2 e3 $1 22. fxe3 Rb7 $10 {
Kavalek,L-Honfi,K/The Hague/1966/ Matanovic,A-Kortschnoj,V/JUG-URS/1966/})
18... Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe4 20. Nd4 $10) 17... Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qb6 $1 (18... Nxb3
$143 19. Nxb3 c5 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Qa5 c4 $8 22. Nd4 Qb8 23. f4 Qxb2 $2 24. Rb1
$1 $18) 19. Bc2 c5 $1 (19... Nc4 $2 20. Qe2 $1 Nxb2 (20... Qxb2 21. Rab1 Qa3
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qh5) 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Rd2 $1) 20. Nf5 Bxf5 (20... Qxb2 $2
21. Rab1 Qa3 (21... Qxe5 22. Ne7+ {23. Qa5}) 22. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24.
Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rd3) 21. Bxf5 Rad8 22. b3 (22. Re1 {Kavalek,L-Tal,M/Montreal (18)/
1/2-1/2/}) 22... Rfe8 23. Re1 c4 24. Qg5 (24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Qc3 Qc5 26. Re3 Rd5
27. Rae1 $13) 24... Qc7 $1 (24... cxb3 25. axb3 Nxb3 26. Rab1 a5 (26... Qa5 $2
27. Re3 Nd2 (27... Nc5 28. Rh3 h6 29. Rxh6 Rxe5 30. Bh7+ Kf8 31. Qxe5 gxh6 32.
Qf6 $1 $16) 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rg3 $1 $16) 27. Re3 $2 (27. e6 $1 f6 (27... fxe6
28. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Rxb3 $1) (27... g6 28. Qf6 $1) 28. Qh5 $16 (
28. Bxh7+ $1)) 27... a4 $1 (27... h6 $2 28. Qg4 a4 29. Qxa4 Nc5 30. Qxe8+ $1
$18) 28. Bxh7+ (28. Qh4 $1 g6 29. Qxa4 (29. Rh3 gxf5 $1 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+
Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kf8 33. Qxa4 Rxe5) 29... gxf5 30. Rexb3) 28... Kxh7 29. Rh3+ (29.
Qh4+ Qh6 30. Qxa4 Nc5 31. Qc2+ Qg6 $1 $17) (29. Rg3 Qg6 30. Qh4+ Qh6 31. Qxa4
Nd2) 29... Kg8 30. Qh4 Qh6 $1 31. Qxa4 Nc5 32. Qc2 Qg6 $1 $17) 25. e6 f6 26.
Qh4 g6 27. e7 (27. Qxf6 $2 Rf8 $1) 27... Rd6 $1 (27... Rxe7 $2 28. Qxf6 Rxe1+
29. Rxe1 gxf5 30. Re7 $1) 28. Qg3 $2 (28. Re6 $142 $1 Rxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30.
Bxd5 Qe5 31. Rd1 Rxe7 32. Bxc4 g5 $1 33. f4 $1) 28... Rxe7 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30.
Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Rg7 $1 (31... Ke8 $2 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Re1+
Re6 35. Qg7+) 32. Re3 f5 $1 (32... d4 33. Rg3 {/\ Qh8+}) 33. Qh8+ Rg8 34. Qe5
Qd7 35. Rf3 Qe6 36. Rxf5+ Ke7 37. Qf4 Nc6 $1 38. bxc4 dxc4 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Rc1
Nd4 $1 41. Re5 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qa7 17. Nd4 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qb6 19. Bc2 c5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
Bxf5 Rad8 22. Re1 (22. b3 {Kavalek,L-Karpov,An/Montreal (09)/1979/1/2-1/2/})
22... Nc6 $1 $13 (22... Nc4 23. Qg5 $40) (22... Nc6 23. Rac1 (23. e6 $2 fxe6
24. Rxe6 $2 (24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxd5 $2 Nb4 $1 $19 26. Re5 Qd6) 24... Rxf5 $19)
23... Nd4 24. Bb1 f5 (24... a5 25. Rc3 f5) 25. exf6 Rxf6 $13 {Kavalek}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Black "Hardarson, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 $1 (12... Qd7 $16) 13. Be3
Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 (16. Ne1 Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6
19. f3 Nd6 20. Nd2 Rh6 21. Nf1 (21. Nd3 Nf5 (21... c5 $1 $13) 22. Qc5 $1 $16 {
Oechslein,R-Lanka,ZF,corr 1988}) 21... Bf7 $1 22. Ng3 Re6 $10 {Loginov,
VN-Holscher,HGJ,CCYB5,1991}) 16... Qb6 (16... Qa7 17. Nd4 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 (18.
Qxd2 Qb6 19. Bc2 c5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rad8 $10 {Kavalek,L-Karpov,An,
Montreal 1979}) 18... c5 19. Nf3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Rab8 $10 {Ivanovic,B-Beckemeyer,
W,Berlin op 1988}) 17. Nxe4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe4 20. Nd4 Rfb8 (
20... c5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rd6 Rfb8 23. Ra3 Kf7 $10) 21. Ra3 (21. Rdc1 Bxb3 22.
Rxc7 Be6 23. Rd1 Rb6 24. b4 h6 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Kf2 Kh7 $10 {Tal-Sturua,Erevan
1982}) 21... Rb6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rc6 Rxc6 24. Nxc6 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Kg3 Kd7
27. Nb4 c5 28. Nxa6 Kc6 29. b4 cxb4 30. Nxb4+ Kb5 31. Na2 Rc2 32. Nc3+ Kc4 33.
Nxe4 Rxb2 34. Ng5 Rb7 35. Ra4+ Kd3 36. Kf4 h6 37. Rd4+ Ke2 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39.
Ke4 Kf2 40. Rd2+ Kg1 41. g4 g5 42. h3 Re7 43. Ra2 Re8 44. Rc2 Re7 45. Rb2 Re8
46. Ra2 Re7 47. Kf3 Rf7+ 48. Kg3 Kf1 49. h4 Ke1 50. Rh2 Rf8 51. hxg5 hxg5 52.
Rh5 Ke2 53. Rxg5 Kxe3 54. Rg6 Re8 55. g5 Ke4 56. Kg4 Kxe5 $10 57. Rg7 Kd6 58.
g6 e5 59. Rf7 e4 60. g7 Rg8 61. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 (9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg4 {Karpov,An-Smyslov,
V/Leningrad/1977/}) 9... Bc5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 (
13. c3 $142 Nf5 14. Qe2 {P c2}) 13... Nf5 (13... Nxd2 $143 14. Rxd2 Nf5 15. Qc5
$14) 14. Qe2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 {P c3, c2, b4} (15. Rxd2 $143) 15... c6 (15... Qe7
$142 16. Bxd5 $140 $2 Rad8) 16. a4 (16. c3 $6 Nh4) 16... Qb6 (16... Nh4 $6 17.
Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Qc3 {xc6}) (16... Ne7 17. h3) 17. axb5 axb5 18. c3 b4 (18... Rxa1
19. Rxa1 d4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ng5 {P 22. e4} (21. cxd4 $6 Rd8 22. Rd1 c5)) 19.
Bc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 $36 Rb8 22. h3 Ne7 23. Rb1 (23. Qf4 Qc5) 23...
Qa7 24. Rxb8+ Qxb8 25. Qd4 $1 {P h7, c5, b4} Qb2 26. Bd3 $1 (26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qxe7 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ $10) 26... Bf5 27. Qa7 $1 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 Ng6
(28... Bd3 $4 29. Qb8+) 29. Nd4 $1 (29. Qb8+ Nf8 30. Nd4 Bd3 31. e6 Qxf1+ 32.
Kh2 Qe1 $10) 29... Be6 (29... Bd3 30. e6 $18 Qxf1+ 31. Kh2 h5 32. exf7+ Kh7 33.
Ne6 $18) 30. Qb8+ Nf8 31. Nxc6 g6 32. Qb4 Kg7 33. Qd4 g5 (33... Nd7 34. f4 $16)
34. Nb4 Ng6 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. e6+ Kh6 37. Qxd5 $18 fxe6 38. Qd4 (38. Qf3 $142)
(38. Qxe6 $2 Qxc3 $14) 38... e5 39. Qe3 $2 Qa1 $2 $138 (39... Qxe3 40. fxe3 Nf8
{P c5=/[]}) 40. g3 Kg7 41. c4 (41. Qxg5 $142 Qxc3 42. h4) 41... h6 42. c5 Ne7
43. Qe4 (43. Kg2 $142 Qa8+ 44. Kh2) 43... Qd4 $1 44. Qxd4 (44. Qc2 $142) 44...
exd4 45. Bg2 Kf6 46. Kf1 Ng6 $1 (46... Ke5 47. Ke2 Nd5 48. Kd3 Nc7 49. Bf3 $18)
47. Ke2 Ne5 48. Be4 Ke7 49. f4 (49. Bf5 Kf6) 49... gxf4 50. gxf4 Nd7 51. c6 Nc5
52. Bd5 (52. Bf3 Kd6 (52... Ne6 $2 53. f5 Nf4+ 54. Kd2 Nxh3 55. f6+ $18) 53. f5
Na6 54. Kd3 Ke5 55. Kc4 Kxf5 56. Kb5 Nc7+ 57. Kb6 Ne8 58. Bh5 Nd6 $10 {Balashov
}) 52... Kd6 53. f5 d3+ (53... Na4 $142 54. Bf3 Ke5 55. c7 Nb6 56. Bg4 h5 57.
Bxh5 Kd6 $10 (57... Kxf5 $2)) 54. Ke3 d2 55. Ke2 (55. Kxd2 $2 Kxd5 56. c7 Ne4+
{P 57... d6}) 55... Nd3 56. Kxd2 Nf4 57. Bh1 Nxh3 58. f6 Ng5 {P h6+-} (58...
Ng5 59. Ke3 Nf7 60. Kf4 Ke6 61. Bd5+ $1 Kxf6 (61... Kxd5 62. c7 Nd6 63. f7 $18)
62. Bxf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "El Escorial"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 (11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Qxe3 Qb8 $13) 11... Nc5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. b4 $6 (13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Nf1 Rad8 15.
Ne3 Nxe5 16. Rxd5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe6 18. Bf5 Qf6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
fxg4 {Shamkovich-McLaughlin/Chicago/1988/}) 13... Na4 14. Bf4 (14. Bxa4 bxa4) (
14. Qd3 g6 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nb6 $15) (14. c4 Nxb4 (14...
Nb6 15. cxd5 Nxb4 16. Nc3 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Bxf3 18. gxf3) 15. Bxa4 bxa4 16. a3 Nc6
17. cxd5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 $1) 14... Qd7 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Nb6
18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Re1 $6 (19. Nbd2 Nd5) (19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. e6 Nd5 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Bb3 Be6 23. Ng5+ Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rd7 $13) 19... Nd5 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. a4 $1 (
21. Nbd2 Nxc3 22. a3 $13) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 (23. Bg5 f6) 23...
Kxf8 24. e6 f6 $5 (24... Rxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Be4 $1 (27. Ra6
$2 Ncxb4 $1)) (24... f5) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kf1 Ne5 27. Be4 Nf4 (27... f5 28.
Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Kg2 Nd3) 28. Na3 c6 $6 (28... f5 29. Nxb5 (29. Bb7 Rxe6) 29...
fxe4 30. Rxe4 Ned3 31. Nxc7 Re7 32. Ra7 g5 33. h4 gxh4 $1 34. Kg1 h3 35. Kh2
Kg8 $1) 29. Nc2 Nxe6 (29... f5 30. Nd4 $1 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Nfd3 (31... Ned3 $2 32.
e7+) 32. Ra7 Re7 $2 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. f4 $18) 30. Ra6 Rd6 (30... Rd2 $2 31.
Bxc6 $1) 31. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Bxc6 Nxc6 (33... Rb8 34. Rb1 Rd2)
34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Rxc6 Ke7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Rxh7 Rxb4 38. Rb7 g5 39. Rb6+ Ke5
(39... Kf5 $5 $15) 40. f4+ $1 gxf4 41. Kg2 Rb3 42. h3 Kf5 43. Rc6 Kg5 44. Rc5+
f5 (44... Kh4 45. Rf5 Rxh3 46. Rxf4+ Kg5 47. Rb4 $10) 45. Rd5 Rb2 46. Kf3 Rb3+
47. Kg2 b4 48. Rb5 Kg6 49. Rb6+ Kh5 50. Rb8 (50. Rb5 $6 Kg5 51. Rb6 f3+ 52. Kg3
f4+ 53. Kh2 Rb2 $17) 50... Kh4 51. Rh8+ Kg5 52. h4+ Kg6 (52... Kg4 $4 53. f3+
Rxf3 54. Rg8+ $18) 53. Rg8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 $5 {Other options are:} (10. Qe1) (10. Nxe4 $5 {
You can see comments to Khalifman,A-Golod,V/ Belgrad,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V) (52)}) ({and} 10. c3 $5 {Is the main line.}) 10... Nxd2 ({Badly:} 
10... Bf5 $2 {in view of:} 11. a4 $1 Rb8 (11... b4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Be3 Bxe3
14. Qxe3 O-O 15. Ng5 $36 {Emms,J-Gretarsson,H/Kopavogur,1994 (1-0)(53)}) 12.
axb5 axb5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 $2 (13... Bxe4 $142 14. Be3 {+=}) 14. Rd1 {+/- Wahls,
M-Mikhalevski,A/ Biel,1992(0-1)(34)}) 11. Bxd2 O-O {This move better than: 11..
.Bg4;11...Nd4;11. ..h6 and 11...Ne7.} 12. Rad1 $5 {Besides this move:} (12. Bg5
) (12. Rfd1 $5) (12. h3) (12. c3) ({and} 12. a4 $5 {repeatedly was checked in
the previous games.}) 12... Be7 $5 {(Rapoport,E)} ({Also can be recommended:} 
12... Ne7 $5 13. Be3 (13. c3 Qd7 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Kh1 Rae8 {+/=/=
Kindermann, S-Slobodjan,R/Nussloch, 1996(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 c6
$5 (14... Bg4 $143 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 c6 17. c3 {+= Skold,K-Poulsen,C/
Dubrovnik,1950 (1/2-1/2) (41)}) 15. h3 Nf5 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. c3 f6
{+/=/= Jansa, V-Pribyl,M/Turnov,1996(1/2-1/2)(62)}) ({and} 12... Re8 $5 {
See comments to Ljubojevic,L-Larsen,B/ Linares,1981(1/2-1/2)(Kharitonov)(57)})
({In my opinion dubious:} 12... Bg4 $6 13. Qd3 $1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxe5 15. Qf5 {!
} (15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Rae8 {+=}) 15... Ng6 $2 (15... Re8 $5) 16. Bxd5 Ne7
17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxc5 {+- Wahls,M-Mikhalevski,A/Berlin,1994(1-0)(51)}) ({and
} 12... Qd7 $6) 13. h3 $5 {+/=/=} (13. Be3 $143 Na5 14. Nd2 $6 (14. Nd4 $5)
14... c5 $36 {Doggers, P-Rapoport,E/Dieren,1999(1/2-1/2) (53)}) 13... Na7 $5 {N
} (13... Kh8 $5 14. c3 (14. Qd3 $5) 14... Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. b3 Nc6 {=
Dervishi,E-Rapoport,E/ Tallinn,1997(0-1)(37)}) 14. c3 ({Interestingly:} 14. Nd4
$5 c5 (14... Qd7 $5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 {+/=/=}) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c3 (16. Qg4 $143
c4 (16... Rf5 $6 17. c3 $36) 17. Qxe6+ (17. Bh6 $2 Rf7 {-+}) 17... Rf7 18. Be3
{~=}) 16... Nc6 17. Qg4 $36) 14... c5 {/\Nc6-a5} 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Bc2 $5 ({
Senseless:} 16. Rd2 {because of:} Na5) (16. Qd2 $6 Qc7 $1 17. Bxd5 $140 {??}
Rad8 {-+}) 16... Qd7 $5 17. Qd3 g6 $8 18. Qe3 d4 $6 ({Good enough:} 18... Rad8
$5) ({or} 18... Rfd8 $5) 19. cxd4 Nxd4 (19... cxd4 $144 20. Nxd4 {see 19...Nxd4
}) 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5 22. Rfd1 $8 (22. Rxd7 $2 Bxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxd7 {-/+}
) 22... Qc7 $5 (22... Bxd4 $5 23. Rxd4 Qc7 24. Be4 {transfer to 22...Qc7} (24.
Bg5 $2 {is refuted by:} Qxc2 25. Bf6 Rac8 $1 (25... g5 $143 26. Qxg5+ Qg6 27.
Qh4 {~=}) (25... Rfc8 $4 26. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 $140 27. Qh6 Qc1+ 28. Qxc1 {+-}) 26.
Kh2 g5 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 {-/+}) (24. Bh6 $4 Qxc2 25. Qg5 Qf5 {-+})) 23. Be4 {
Is the best move!} ({Worse is:} 23. Qc3 {because of:} b4 $1 24. Rxb4 Rac8 25.
Re4 (25. Rd2 $6 Bxb4 26. Qxb4 Qc4 {=}) 25... Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qb6+ 27. Qd4 Rxc2+
28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Qxd4+ 30. Rxd4 f6 $1 {+/=/=K} (30... Bxa2 $2 31. Ra4 {
+/-})) 23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rad8 25. Rd6 a5 $5 (25... Rxd6 $5 26. exd6 Qd7 27.
Qd4 f5 {+=} (27... f6 $2 28. Bh6 Rf7 29. Qb6 {+/-})) 26. a3 b4 27. axb4 axb4
28. Qd4 Rc8 29. Bc6 $5 ({Another alternative is:} 29. Bh6 $5 Rfd8 (29... Qc5 $2
30. Bxf8 Kxf8 (30... Qc1+ $143 31. Kh2 Rxf8 32. Bd5 {+/-/+-}) 31. Kh2 {+/-})
30. Qxb4 $5 {+=} (30. Bb7 $6 {(Svidler,P)} Rb8 (30... Rxd6 $4 31. exd6) 31. Qh4
f5 $8 32. Rxe6 (32. Qf6 Rxd6 33. exd6 Qxb7 34. Qxe6+ Qf7 35. Qe3 {~=}) 32...
Rxb7 {~})) 29... Rb8 $2 {I made this tactical blunder,because I didn't see 31.
Qh4!} ({Can be recommended:} 29... Qe7 $1 30. Bh6 Rfd8 31. h4 (31. Qf4 $5 f6 $1
32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Ba4 {+=}) 31... f6 $1 32. Bf3 (32. exf6 $6 Rxd6 (32... Qxd6
$4 33. f7+ Bxf7 (33... Kxf7 34. Qg7#) 34. Qg7#) 33. f7+ Qxf7 34. Qxd6 b3 {+/=/=
}) (32. Bd5 $2 Bxd5 $1 (32... Rxd6 $143 33. exd6 Qf7 {~} (33... Qxd6 $4 34.
Qxf6 {+-})) 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. exf6 $140 Qxf6 $1 (34... Qxd6 $4 35. Bg7#) (34...
Rxd6 $4 35. Bg7+ Qxg7 36. fxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxd6 {+-}) 35. Rxf6 Rxd5 {=+}) 32...
fxe5 (32... Bf7 $5) 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxe5 {+/=/=}) 30. Bh6 Rfc8 $4 ({It is
neseccary:} 30... Qe7 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Bd7 {+/-/+-}) 31. Qh4 (31. Qh4 f5 $8 (
31... Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Qf6) 32. Rxe6 {+-}) 1-0

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. Nbd2 (10. Be3 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Nf5 (
13... Nxd2 14. Rxd2 c6 15. c3 Qc7 16. h3 (16. Qc5 Qa7 $10) 16... c5 17. Bc2
Rfd8 $10 {Ivanov,A-Kharitonov,A/URS/1982/0,5 (29)}) 14. Qe2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 c6
16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. c3 $14 {Balashov,Y-Smyslov,V/Tilburg/1977/1:0 (58)
Inf 25/317/}) 10... Nxd2 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Rad1 (12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Ne7 14.
a4 c6 $10) 12... Re8 (12... Ne7 13. Bg5 c6 $13) 13. a4 (13. Be3 $5) (13. c3 Ne7
14. Bc2 Bf5 $10) 13... Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ne7 17. c3 c6
18. Bc2 Qb6 19. Nd4 (19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. b4 Rc8 $10) (19. Qd3 Bf5 20. Qe2 Bxc2
21. Qxc2 c5 $10) 19... c5 20. Nb3 $6 (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. f4 Rf8 $10) (20. Ne2 $5
) 20... Rec8 (20... b4 $36) 21. Qg5 Qa7 $5 (21... Qc7 $6 22. f4 h6 23. Qh5 $16)
22. f4 $2 (22. Ra1 Qd7 23. Ra6 b4 $13) 22... h6 23. Qh5 $6 (23. Qg3 $142 Bf5 $5
24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Qf2 b4 $13) 23... d4 $1 $17 24. Ra1 (24. cxd4 $2 cxd4 25.
Nxd4 Rxc2 $19) (24. f5 Bxb3 25. Bxb3 c4 $19) (24. Nd2 d3 $17) (24. Nc1 $5 Bc4
25. Rf2 dxc3 26. bxc3 Nd5 $17) (24. Nc1 $5) 24... Qb6 25. cxd4 $2 cxd4 26. Bd1
Nf5 $19 27. Nd2 d3+ $2 (27... Ne3 $1 28. Rf2 (28. Re1 d3 29. Kh1 Bd5 $19) 28...
Ra8 $1 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bf3 (30. Be2 d3 $1) 30... Ra1+ 31. Nf1 d3 $19) 28. Rf2
Qe3 (28... Ra8 $5 29. Rb1 $17) (28... Ne3 $5 $17) 29. Qf3 $1 Qe1+ $2 (29... Qd4
$142 $1 30. Nf1 Rc7 $17) 30. Nf1 Rd8 31. Rd2 $1 $13 Rd4 (31... Nd4 32. Qf2 Qe4
33. Qe3 $1 $13) 32. Ra8 $1 (32. Rxd3 $2 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Bc4 34. Qf3 Ne3 $19)
32... Rxa8 33. Qxa8+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Bd5 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ (35... Qe4 36. Bf3 $1 (36.
Ng3 Nxg3 37. hxg3 Rb4 38. Bf3 Qc4 39. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17) 36... Qxf4 37. Bxd5 Qxf2+
38. Rxf2 Rxd5 39. Rxf5 d2 40. Nxd2 Rxd2 41. Rxf7 Rxb2 $10) 36. Rxf2 g6 (36...
Rc4 $2 37. g3 Rc1 38. Rd2 Be4 39. Kf2 $16) 37. g3 Kg7 38. Rd2 g5 $1 39. fxg5
hxg5 40. Kf2 Ne7 41. Bf3 Kg6 42. Ke3 Nf5+ 43. Kf2 Bxf3 44. Kxf3 g4+ 45. Kf2 f6
46. exf6 Kxf6 47. Rd1 $1 (47. Ne3 Nd6 $1 $15) 47... Ke5 48. Nd2 Nd6 49. h4 $1
gxh3 (49... Ne4+ 50. Nxe4 Kxe4 51. Re1+ Kd5 52. Ke3 $10) (49... Nc4 50. Nxc4+
bxc4 51. Re1+ Kd5 52. Ke3 $10) 50. Nf3+ Kd5 51. Nxd4 Kxd4 52. g4 $10 Ne4+ 53.
Kf3 b4 54. Rh1 d2 55. g5 $1 $8 (55. Rd1 $2 Kd3 56. Rh1 h2 57. Ra1 Kc2 58. Kxe4
d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Kxd1 $19) 55... Kd3 (55... Nxg5+ 56. Ke2 Ne4 57. Rh2 Kc4 58. Kd1
Kb3 59. Ke2 Ng3+ 60. Kd1 $1 $10) 56. g6 h2 57. g7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 {Mikhalevski,V} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 {This is one of the dangerous for black lines in
the Open Spanish.} Bc5 {The theory says: playing for simplifications does not
solve all problems of the black position. 9...Be7 is more solid. However in
this game black managed to get an approximately equal position.} 10. Qe2 O-O {
Other moves, in order to protect better the pawn d5, had been used here - 10...
Ne7 and 10...Qe7 (11.Rd1 Rd8) still with difficulties for black.} 11. Rd1 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 Na5 {Black should reckon all the time with vulnerability of his
central pawn.} ({The logical move} 12... Re8 {would not work out due to} 13. c4
$1 bxc4 (13... Na5 14. cxd5 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bxd5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 {with the
imminent threat c3-c4.}) 14. Ba4 Nb4 15. Bxe8 Qxe8 16. Ne1 {also with an
obvious edge for white.}) (12... Ne7 {Mikhalevski,V is the main alternative.}
13. c3 Nf5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Bc2 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Rd4 $14 {Shabalov,
A-Garcia,G, 3rd American Continental 2005/ CBM 109[Mikhalevski,V].}) 13. Nbd2 {
A normal developing move. It seems, that 13.Ne1 or 13.Nd4, trying to exploit
the akwarded location of the knight e4, would cause more problems to black.
But after} (13. Ne1 f6 {black is OK.}) ({Whereas} 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
f3 Qg5 16. Qe2 Qxe5 17. fxe4 c4 {also does not look satisfactory for white.})
13... Nxd2 14. Rxd2 c6 {This line was certainly prepared at home. Black is
going to activate gradually his pawn majority on the queen side.} 15. Re1 {
White moves are not well thought over. 15.h3 was called for. Mikhalevski,V: 'A
novelty. White brings the last piece to play and prepares an attack on the
kingside.'} ({After} 15. Qc5 {he planned to continue} Qc7 {, not being afraid
of} (15... Bg4 $1 {Mikhalevski,V} 16. Rd3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Re8 18. Re1 Re6 19. c3
Qe7 $11 {0-1 Klundt,K-Pribyl,M/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1996/EXT 98 (50)} (19... Qg5
$5)) 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nb7 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qc4 Na5) ({Earlier White tested
other options.} 15. c3 {Mikhalevski,V} Qc7 (15... Rb8 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 16. Qf4
Nc4 17. Re2 f6 $6 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Korneev,O/
Linares 1995/CBM 045 ext (62)}) 16. h3 (16. Nd4 c5 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Nxb3
19. axb3 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5] 1-0 Minic,D-Honfi,K/Vrnjacka Banja 1966/EXT 99 
(22) and White's knight is superior to Black's bishop. Moroever White can
force weakening of the dark squares by means of b4.}) 16... Rae8 17. Re1 Bf5 {
and Black looked ok in 1-0 Socko,B-Mamedyarov,S/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (49)}) (15.
Nd4 $6 {Mikhalevski,V This doesn't make much sense since c5 is Black's main
idea.} Qb6 (15... Qc7 $5 16. c3 Rae8) 16. c3 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re2 (18. Bc2
$1 {keeping the bishop was the only logical follow up of Nd4xe6 manoeuvre.} Nc4
19. Qh3 $1 h6 (19... Nxd2 $2 {loses to} 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. Bg6+ Ke7 22. Qxg7+
Kd8 23. Qxf8+ $18) 20. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3g3] with initiative.}) 18... Nxb3 19. axb3
a5 20. Rd1 b4 21. c4 d4 22. Qe4 a4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. b3 Ra3 25. Rd3 Rf4 {
0-1 Kovacs,L-Honfi,K/Hungary 1965/MCD}) (15. Ne1 $6 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge1d3,
Gd3c5] Mikhalevski,V} Rb8 $1 {[%cal Ga5c4] A nice idea to prevent Nd3. Black
prepares opening of the b-file by means of Nc4.} 16. Rb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 $15
{0-1 Lepelletier,B-Korneev,O/Cannes 1994/EXT 97 (52)}) 15... Qc7 (15... Qe7 {
Mikhalevski,V with a similar idea is more flexible, while} 16. Qb6 {doesn't
look too dangerous. F.e.} Nxb3 17. axb3 c5 18. Ra1 b4 $1 19. Ra5 Rfc8 20. Rxa6
d4 $44 {with compensation for the pawn.}) 16. c3 Rad8 $6 {Played according to
the plan. But at this moment black could play} (16... Bg4 $1 {, thus
exchanging his rather passive bishop for the white knight. Since} 17. Nd4 $6 c5
18. Nc2 $2 c4 {would cost a piece.}) 17. Rd4 {A good move - the white chances
are on the king side. Very often in positions almost similar to this one white
used to sacrifice a pawn, playing Bc2. But not here:} (17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Qd3 g6
19. Rde2 Nxb2 20. Qe3 Bg4 $1 {- eliminating the white knight black achieves
full protection of his king.}) 17... c5 $6 {Played according to the plan. It
would be more subtle to take on b3 first.} ({Still after} 17... Nxb3 18. axb3
c5 19. Rf4 {white had a clear edge.}) ({Instead black had to continue} 17...
Bf5 {having in mind then to play Rde8 + f7-f6. I believe in this case he could
equalise.} 18. Rf4 {Mikhalevski,V} Bg6 {and now} 19. e6 {is not dangerous.} (
19. Nh4 $5) 19... Rfe8 20. exf7+ Bxf7 21. Ne5 Bg6 $11 {with an approximately
equal position.}) 18. Rh4 $6 {Wrong! 18.Rf4 was much stronger.} Bf5 {Also here
black could take on b3, although an intermediary 19.Qd3 looked rather annoying.
} 19. Rf4 {Trying to correct the mistake on the previous move.} Bg6 $2 ({
Correct was} 19... Qc8 $1 {'?!' Mikhalevski,V. , presumably missed by both
players, with a position which I would prefer to play black!  Mikhalevski,V:
'doesn't help to leave the bishop on f5, but Black has a playable position
after'} 20. Nh4 $1 {Mikhalevski,V} Be6 21. Bc2 Nc4 22. Qd3 g6 {despite
weakening of the dark squares.}) (19... Be4 $1 {Mikhalevski,V was a save
continuation.} 20. Ng5 Nxb3 $1 (20... Qxe5 {is worse.} 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4
Qd6 23. Re5 $14 {and White is slightly better thanks to activity of his pieces
and control of the e-file.}) 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. axb3 Qxe5 23. Rxe4 Qd5 $11) 20.
e6 $16 {Here black has no time to take on b3, due to e6-e7.} Rfe8 21. exf7+
Bxf7 (21... Qxf7 $1 {Mikhalevski,V was necessary.} 22. Ne5 $1 (22. Rxf7 Rxe3
23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. fxe3 Kf6 25. Nd2 $14) 22... Qb7 (22... Qc7 {loses to} 23.
Nxg6 $140 Rxe3 24. Bxd5+ $1 $18) 23. Qxc5 Nc4 $1 {and Black obtains some
compebsation for a pawn. F.e.} 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. b4 cxb3 26. Rb4 (26. axb3 $5
Qxb3 27. Qd4 $11) 26... Rxe5 $1 27. Rxe5 bxa2 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Qa5 Bb1 $44 {
with compensation for the sacrificed exchange.}) 22. Qxe8+ $1 Bxe8 ({Also after
} 22... Rxe8 {Mikhalevski,V} 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Bxd5+ Bf7 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Ng5+ $16 {Black's position is hardly defendable.} (27. Kf1 $5
$16)) 23. Bxd5+ Bf7 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 {'?!' Mikhalevski,V.} ({I think that} 24...
Qd6 {Mikhalevski,V would lead to a slightly better version of the game.} 25.
Rd7+ Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 $16) 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Ng5+ Kg6 27. h4 h6 28. Re6+ {
Felgaer is playing this endgame middlegamelike, and it works.} Kf5 29. Rxa6 $18
Nc4 30. Ne6 Rd7 31. b3 Ne5 32. f3 h5 33. Nxc5 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Kg3 Ng6 36.
Ne6 1-0

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 (10. Qd3 {Wedberg} O-O 11. Nbd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3
Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne7 14. Qc3 (14. c3 $5) 14... a5 15. a4 b4 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Nd4 c6
18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa7 20. Qxa7 Rxa7 $10 {Lobron-Yusupov/Sarajevo/1984}) (10.
Re1 {Wedberg} O-O 11. c3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nh4 Nxd2 15. Qxd2
Be6 16. Rd1 c5 17. f4 d4 18. cxd4 c4 19. Bc2 Nd5 20. Nf3 Nxf4 21. Ra3 $14 {
Glek-Gorelov/Katowice/1992}) 10... Ne7 {!? Wedberg} 11. Nbd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxd2
13. Qxd2 c5 14. c3 Qd7 15. Rad1 O-O $6 (15... h6 16. Nh4 $5 $14) 16. Ng5 $1 Bf5
$6 (16... Rad8 17. Bc2 $1 (17. Nxe6 {Wedberg} fxe6 18. f4 $14) 17... Bf5 $1 (
17... h6 $2 18. Nh7 $1 Rfe8 19. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 20. exf6 $18) 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 $14)
17. Bxd5 {+/- Wedberg} Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 h6 20. Nf3 Rfc8 21. Rd6 $1
a5 22. a3 Rab8 (22... b4 23. Nh4 $5 (23. axb4 axb4 24. cxb4 Rab8 $1 25. bxc5
Rxc5 26. Nd4 Bd3 27. Rd1 Bc4) 23... Be6 24. f4) 23. Nh4 $1 Be6 24. f4 $18 b4
25. f5 Bc4 26. Re1 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rd8 (27... Rb3 28. e6 Rxc3 (28... fxe6 29.
fxe6 Re8 30. e7 {/\Rd8, Nf5+-} (30. Nf5 {Wedberg} Rxc3 31. e7 $18)) 29. e7 Re8
30. Rd8 Bb5 31. Rb1 $18) 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. e6 fxe6 30. fxe6 Re8 31. e7 Bd3 32.
Nf3 $1 Bg6 (32... Bb5 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ne5+ Kxe7 35. Nc4+ $18) 33. Kf2 Rb8 34.
Ne5 $1 Be8 35. Nc4 Kf7 36. Nd6+ Kf6 37. Kg3 Ra8 38. h4 g6 39. h5 gxh5 40. Kh4
$138 1-0

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxe3 {This move was never popular, although
even Smyslov tested it once. Nevertheless it deserves attention.} ({In a
recent game Black played} 11... Na5 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Mamedyarov,S, EU-ch 6th
Warsaw 2005/ CBM 108[Mikhalevski,V]. You can also find a detailed information
of the earlier part of the game in there.}) (11... Ne7 {is a more popular
alternative which sometimes leads to the text by transposition.}) 12. Qxe3 Ne7
{[%cal Ge7f5,Gc7c5] Black sends the knight to f5 in order to attack the white
queen and also to advance the c-pawn to c5.} (12... Na5 {is the main
alternative, but as I already wrote the knight looks better on e7.} 13. Nbd2 ({
In case of} 13. Nc3 {Black doesn't experience any problems.} Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c6
15. h3 Qb6 {[%cal Ga8d8] and Black is OK. One of the games in this position
finished very quickly in Black's favour after} 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. c3 Nc4 18. Rab1
$6 f6 $1 19. Bc2 g6 20. exf6 $2 Bf5 $19 21. f7+ Kxf7 {[%csl Rc2] 0-1
Timoshenko,G-Vucic,M/USA 1990/EXT 97 (21)}) 13... Nxd2 14. Rxd2 c6 15. c3 Qc7 {
1-0 Socko,B-Mamedyarov,S/Warsaw POL 2005. and Black doesn't seem to have
serious problems.}) 13. c3 {[%cal Gb3c2] A very rare continuation. White is
intending to attack the e4-knight by means of Bc2 without exchanging it for
his own knight.} ({Usually White challenges the e4-knight at once by means of} 
13. Nbd2 {Below is one of the Classical examples.} Nf5 (13... Nxd2 $143 14.
Rxd2 Nf5 15. Qc5 $14) 14. Qe2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 {P c3, c2, b4} (15. Rxd2 $143)
15... c6 (15... Qe7 $142 16. Bxd5 $140 $2 Rad8) 16. a4 (16. c3 $6 Nh4) 16...
Qb6 (16... Nh4 $6 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Qc3 {xc6}) (16... Ne7 17. h3) 17. axb5 axb5
18. c3 {with a slight edge for White in the game 1-0 Balashov,Y-Smyslov,V,
Tilburg77/ MCL [Ftacnik]}) 13... Nf5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge4c5] Pushing the queen
from e3 Black frees the c5-square for the other knight.} ({A pawn sacrifice by
means of} 13... c5 14. Bc2 f5 $5 15. exf6 Nf5 16. Qf4 Qxf6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18.
Qxe4 Rad8 {doesn't seem to be sufficient for equality in view of a simple} 19.
Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nbd2 Bd5 21. Qf4 $14) 14. Qe2 Nc5 $5 {After the following 15.Bc2
Black will have to move the knight from e4 so why not to do it in advance.} (
14... c6 15. Nbd2 Nc5 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. Nb3 Re8 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20.
dxc5 Nxc5 21. h3 Rb8 22. Rd4 f5 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. Qe3 Ne4 25. Bb3 Rbd8 26. a3
Rd7 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Red8 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rc1 h6 31. Qf4 Qe6 32. g4 g5
33. Qxf5 {1-0 Canizares,F-Villuela Arrollo,R/Aviles 1991/EXT 2004 (33).}) 15.
Bc2 Nh4 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc5d7] A logical follow-up. Exchanging the knight
Black will try to attack the e5-pawn by means of Nd7.} 16. Nxh4 (16. Nbd2 $5)
16... Qxh4 17. Rd4 {It seems that White prepares f4, however he has a hidden
strong plan behind it. White is going to bring the knight to f3 which will be
followed by Rh4.} Qh6 18. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gd4h4]} ({In case of} 18. f4 f6 {
[%cal Gf6e5] Black opens up the position in his favour.}) 18... Rae8 {[%csl
Re5] Black is concentrating on the e5-pawn.} (18... f5 $5 {with the idea to
meet} 19. Nf3 {with} Ne4 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) 19. b4 $1 {[%csl Rc5] White prevents
Black from putting the knight on e4 after a preliminary f5 and also takes
control over the dark squares on the queenside.} Nd7 20. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Rh6,Rh7]
[%cal Gd4h4]} g6 {[%cal Gh6g7,Gf7f6]} (20... f5 $6 {would have nothing in
common with the previous play. Black has to attack the e5-pawn by means of f6.}
) 21. a4 $1 f6 $6 {It wasn't necessary to sacrifice a pawn.} ({Black had to
protect the b5-pawn first and only then to challenge White's centre with f6.} 
21... c6 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. exf6 Nxf6 ({Now} 23... c6 $4 {
loses to} 24. Rh4 {[%csl Rh6] and the queen is trapped on h6.}) 24. Qxb5 $16 {
White has won a pawn and has a clear advantage.} Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5f4] Black is
trying to look for counterplay by means of Nf4.} 25. Re1 $1 Nf4 26. Re3 ({Also
} 26. Bb3 $5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gb3d5] looks strong keeping the rook on the
first rank for a moment.} Kh8 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rb8) 26... Ra8 {[%cal
Ga8a2,Ga2a1]} {After this inaccurate move Black gets some play.} 27. Qf1 $2 (
27. g3 $1 {pushing the knight away from a strong outpost on f4 was much
stronger. For example} Ra1+ 28. Bd1 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 g5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 30. Qc6 $1
Rf6 31. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 32. Qxd5 $18 {with a decisive advantage for White.}) 27...
Ra2 (27... Bg4 $5) 28. Bb1 Ra3 29. g3 (29. Rxf4 {was also sufficient for a big
advantage, but Shabalov doesn't want to play that because after} Qxf4 30. Rxe6
Rxc3 31. Ba2 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf1,Rg1,Rg8][%cal Gc3c1] he loses control over the
first rank.}) 29... Bh3 (29... Nh3+ $5 {leads to a better version of the game
with the white king on h1 and the f2-pawn unprotected, although at the end
White is still better.} 30. Kg2 Nf4+ 31. Kh1 Bh3 32. Qd1 Ng2 33. Red3 $16) 30.
Qd1 Ng2 31. Red3 {[%csl Rg2]} c6 {[%cal Gh6h5]} 32. Ne5 $6 {Both players miss
a nice move from Black which almost forces White to come back to f3.} (32. c4
$5 {was better opening up the position and thus exploiting Black's king.})
32... Re8 $2 {Black misses his chance.} (32... Qg5 $1 33. Nf3 (33. c4 {is
dangerous in view of} Qxe5 $1 34. Rxa3 Re8 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge5e1]} 35. f4
Qf6 {[%cal Ge8e1]}) (33. Nxc6 Qf6 {[%csl Rc6,Rf2]}) 33... Qh6) 33. f4 $1 {
White is stabilizing the position in the centre and on the kingside.} Ra1 34.
c4 {Eventually White opens up the position obtaining a decisive advantage.} (
34. b5 $5) 34... g5 35. cxd5 cxd5 (35... gxf4 36. gxf4 $1 {[%cal Gd3g3]}) 36.
Qb3 $5 gxf4 $1 37. Rxd5 $1 {White prepares a discovered check.} Rxb1+ $1 {
An interesting counter chance in the time-trouble.} (37... Be6 38. Kxg2 $18)
38. Qxb1 Qb6+ 39. Kh1 Ne3 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gh3g2] Suddenly Black created
some threats.} 40. Nd7 $2 {Throws away the advantage, though it was easy to go
wrong after such a dramastic change of events.} (40. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gd3d6,Gb1a2] would be much stronger.} Bf5 41. Qa2+ Be6 42. Qa5 $1 (42. Qa1 $2 {
is enough only for equality.} Bxd7 43. Rxd7 fxg3 $1)) 40... Bxd7 $2 {This
materialistic approach turns out to be a decisive mistake.} ({After} 40... Qg6
$1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gg6e4] White would have to give up some material to save
the king.} 41. Qa2 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd5g5]} Be6 (41... Qe4+ $2 42. Kg1 $18) 42.
Rd6 $1 Bxa2 ({or} 42... Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Bxa2 44. Nf6+ Kg7 45. Nxe4 Rxe4 46. gxf4
Bf7 {and Black should be able to keep a draw.}) 43. Rxg6+ hxg6 44. Nf6+ Kf7 45.
Nxe8 Kxe8 46. gxf4 Nd5 47. Rd4 Kd7 $11 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gd7c6,Gc6b5]}) 41. Rxd7
Qc6+ 42. R3d5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb1h7] It seeems that Black missed this
strong move. Now it's all over.} Re7 $6 ({In case of} 42... Nc2 $1 {White
would still have to solve some problems.} 43. Qb3 (43. Qb2 $5) (43. b5 $5)
43... Re1+ 44. Kg2 Nd4 $1 45. Rc7 $1 f3+ 46. Qxf3 $1 Re2+ 47. Kf1 $1 Re1+ 48.
Kf2 $1 Re2+ 49. Qxe2 Qf6+ 50. Ke1 $1 Nxe2 51. Ra5 $3 {[%cal Ga5a8]} ({After} 
51. Rdd7 $2 Qa1+ 52. Kxe2 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 Qb3+ 54. Kg2 Qa2+ {it's not easy to
escape the checks.}) 51... Qd8 (51... Qf8 $142) 52. Raa7 $1 Nd4 53. Rg7+ Kf8
54. Raf7+ Ke8 55. Rg8+ Kxf7 56. Rxd8 $18) 43. b5 $1 Qf6 (43... Qxd7 44. Rxd7
Rxd7 45. b6 $1 Rd1+ 46. Qxd1 Nxd1 47. b7 $18) 44. R5d6 $1 Qg5 45. Qa2+ Kg7 (
45... Kf8 46. Rd8+ Re8 47. Rxe8+ Kxe8 48. Qe6+ Kf8 (48... Qe7 49. Qg8+ Qf8 50.
Rd8+ $18) 49. Rd7 $1 $18) 46. Qe6 $1 (46. Qe6 $1 Nf5 47. gxf4 $1 Qh4 48. Qe5+
$1 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne7 (13... Qe7
14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. c3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Qd3 g6 18. b3 Na3 19. Bd1 c5 20. Qd2
a5 21. Qh6 f6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qe3 Bg4 24. Qxc5 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Nc2 26. Rac1
Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Kh8 28. Rd1 Rfe8 29. h3 Rc8 30. Qxb5 Qxc3 31. Qxd5 Re1+ 32. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qc3 34. g3 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Voekler,B-Beckemeyer,W/BL9293 1993}) 14.
c3 (14. Qc3 a5 15. a4 b4 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Nd4 c6 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa7 20.
Qa3 Nf5 21. Nf3 c5 22. Bc2 Rad8 23. Rab1 d4 24. Be4 dxc3 25. Ng5 Bc8 26. Qxc3
h6 27. Nf3 Nd4 28. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rd4 30. Bc6 Rfd8 31. h3 Rd3 32. Qc1 Rd2
33. Bb5 c4 34. Rf1 Bf5 35. Rb2 Rxb2 36. Qxb2 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. Rc1 Be6 {
Dvoirys,S-Korneev,S/Moscow op 1990/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (14. Rad1 c5 15. c3 Qc7 16.
Rfe1 Rad8 17. Qg5 Ng6 18. Qh5 h6 19. Bc2 Nf4 20. Qh4 Ng6 21. Qh5 {1/2-1/2 May,
J-Florjaneic,R/Triberg rapid 1991}) 14... c5 15. Bc2 (15. h3 a5 16. Rad1 b4 17.
Ba4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Qe2 h6 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Bc2 Rfd8 23.
Red1 Qc6 24. a4 Bf5 25. Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Korneev,O/Katowice op 1992})
15... Qd7 $1 (15... Bg4 $143 16. Qe3 (16. Qf4 Qd7)) 16. b4 $6 {><c3} Rac8 $1
17. bxc5 Rxc5 18. Nd4 Rfc8 19. f4 (19. Rac1 Qc7 20. f4 Rxc3 $1 21. f5 Bxf5 $1
22. Nxf5 Nxf5 $19) 19... Nf5 $6 (19... Rxc3 $3 20. f5 (20. Rac1 Qc7 $1) 20...
Rxc2 $1 21. Nxc2 (21. fxe6 Rxd2 22. exd7 Rd8 $17 23. e6 $5 (23. Nb3 Re2 $1)
23... Rxd4 24. Rxf7 Nc6 {/\Re4} 25. Rc1 Rc4 26. Re1 Re4 27. Rxe4 dxe4 $19 {
/\e4-e3-e2} 28. Kf2 $140 $6 Rf8) 21... Nxf5 $15 {/\Qc7;/\Rc4! and Qc7}) 20.
Rac1 $1 {/\g4!} R5c7 $1 (20... h6 $6 21. g4 $1 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Bxg4
24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Rc1 $16) 21. Bxf5 $1 (21. Bd3) 21... Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23.
Qxd5 h6 (23... h5 $5) (23... Rd7 $5 24. Qf3 Rd2 25. Rf2 (25. Rfd1 $140 Rxa2 26.
Qd5 Qe6 $8 27. Qxe6 (27. Qd8+ Qe8 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 $11) 27... fxe6 $11) 25... Rd3
26. Qb7 Rcd8 $132) 24. Qd2 (24. Qd6 $6 Rxc3 (24... Rc6 $6 25. Qd2) 25. Rxc3
Rxc3 26. Qxa6 Qe4 $1 27. Qxb5 $140 $2 Rc2 28. Rf3 (28. Rf2 Qe3 29. Qf1 Rc1 $19)
28... Qd4+ $1 29. Kh1 Qd2 $1 30. Qf1 Rc1 $19) 24... Rd7 25. Qe2 (25. Qc2 Rd3 $1
(25... Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Rc4 $11 (26... Rd3 27. Rfc1 Rc4 28. g3 g5 $1 $11)) 26. Rf3
$140 $6 Rcxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Rcxc3 (28. Rfxc3 Qxf4 $17) 28... Qb1+ $17)
25... Rc4 $1 26. g3 (26. Qf3 Kh7 $5 {/\Rd3} (26... Rd3 27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qxa6
Rd2 29. Qxb5 Qe4 30. Rf3 $13)) 26... Qd3 (26... Rd3 $5 27. Rf3 $140 Rxf3 28.
Qxf3 b4 {/\Qc8} 29. Qa8+ Kh7 {/\bc=/+} 30. Qxa6 $140 Qd3) 27. Qxd3 $1 $11 (27.
Qf3 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 b4 $1 (28... Rd2 29. Rf2 Rd3 30. Rfc2 g5 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 $6 {Despite this move was played by both Kramnik and Anand, it
looks wrong as exchange of the dark-squared bishops favours White. It's not a
big surprise that statistics of this move is also bad.} 10. Qe2 {White is
protecting the bishop in order to take control over the c5-square after
recapture on e3.} (10. Qd3 {sometimes transposes into 10.Qe2, however in the
following game it had an independent meaning. See Pelletier,Y-Hracek,Z, Calvia
ol 2004/CBM 104 [ Pelletier,Y]}) 10... O-O ({After} 10... Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12.
Nbd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nc5 14. c3 O-O 15. Nd4 Nxd4 $6 16. cxd4 Nb7 17. Nf3 $14 {
[%csl Rb7] White obtained advantage in the game Akopian,V-Adianto,U, FIDE WCh
KO Tripoli 2004/ CBM 102[Postny,E]}) 11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2) 11... Na5 {A favourite
move of the Hungarian player Honfi, which is a very rare guest in the modern
practice. It seems that Black is going to exchange the knight for the
light-squared bishop, but in fact Black simply opens the way for the c-pawn
while the knight will keep his intentions close for public.} (11... Ne7 {
is more popular these days though the line itself is rather uncommon. Frankly
speaking, I like the knight on e7 more than on a5.} 12. c3 c6 13. Nd4 Bb6 14.
Bc2 Qc7 15. f3 Nc5 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 c5 19. Nf3 Rad8 {0-1
Sokolov,A-Korneev,O/Bad Woerishofen 1992/TD (31). (31) and with the control
over the f5-square while preparing d4 Black looks OK.}) ({An immediate
exchange on e3} 11... Bxe3 $5 {was tested by many good players including
Smyslov. Here is a recent example:} 12. Qxe3 Ne7 13. c3 Nf5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Bc2
Nh4 $1 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Garcia,G/Buenos Aires ARG 2005/The Week in Chess 562 
(46). (45) and Black was close to equality.}) 12. Nbd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxd2 14.
Rxd2 c6 $5 {[%csl Rc5] It would be nice to play c5 at some point, but first
Black wants to free the queen from defense of the d5-pawn.} 15. c3 (15. Nd4 Qb6
16. c3 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re2 Nxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Rd1 b4 21. c4 d4 22. Qe4
a4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. b3 Ra3 25. Rd3 Rf4 {0-1 Kovacs,L-Honfi,K/Hungary 1965/MCD
(25)}) 15... Qc7 16. Re1 {Only this move is new.} ({Earlier White tested} 16.
Nd4 c5 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Nxb3 19. axb3 a5 $2 {Black blunders a pawn in an
approximately equal position.} (19... Rd7 $5) 20. Nf4 c4 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5
cxb3 $2 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3a7","This beautiful tactical resource finishes
the game. 1-0 Minic,D-Honfi,K/Vrnjacka Banja 1966/EXT 99 (23).",10]} 23. Qa7 $1
{1-0 Minic,D-Honfi,K/Vrnjacka Banja 1966/EXT 99 (23). This beautiful tactical
resource finishes the game.}) ({Mamedyaroc suffered a loss also after} 16. h3
Rae8 17. Re1 Bf5 $1 18. Rde2 Be4 19. Nd2 Bg6 $11 {1-0 Socko,B-Mamedyarov,S/
Warsaw POL 2005 (50). (49) A very unlucky line for the Azerbaijani player.})
16... Rae8 {It seems that instead of concentrating on advancing the c-pawn to
c5 Black rather thinks of the e5-pawn and the manoeuvre Bf5-e4, which he
applied in his game vs Socko.} 17. Qg5 {White prevents Bf5 directly.} h6 18.
Qg3 Nxb3 $5 {Black switches to the initial plan.} ({After the queen left the
e3-square and the idea of Nc4 is not longer a threat the idea of} 18... Bf5 {
[%cal Gf5e4] is easily met by} 19. Bc2 {[%csl Ra5] and White has a slight edge
thanks to a misplaced knight on a5.}) 19. axb3 c5 {It seems that Black is in
full control of the position, but next White's move shows that not everything
is clear yet.} 20. b4 $1 {[%csl Gd4] White is fighting for the d4-square.} cxb4
21. cxb4 Rc8 ({An immediate attack of the b4-pawn would lead to a similar to
the game position after} 21... Qc4 22. Nd4 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5]}) 22. h3 {
White shows that he's not in a hurry and makes a useful prophylaxis.} Qe7 {
[%csl Rb4]} 23. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5] White is ignoring the threat and
preparing advance of the f-pawn.} Qxb4 24. Qe3 $1 {Now a threat of f4-f5-f6 is
very annoying.} Rfe8 {Shakhriyar is trying to create counterplay along the
e-file.} 25. f4 Bd7 $1 26. Kh2 $1 {And again psychological pressure on the
opening. White improves his position saying try to do something versus my main
plan with f5.} a5 27. Ree2 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Ge3g3] Protecting the other bishop
White frees the queen.} Re7 28. Qg3 $1 {Everything is ready for f5, but} Rce8 {
[%csl Rd2,Re5] Black is doing his best to prevent f5, but it turns out to be
not enough.} 29. Rd3 $1 ({Of course not} 29. f5 $2 Rxe5 $1 {[%csl Rd2]} 30. Ne6
({or} 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxd2) 30... R5xe6 31. fxe6 Rxe6 {and with three
pawns for an exchange Black should be fine.}) 29... Qc4 30. Rc2 Qb4 31. Rc7 $1
{[%cal Gf4f5] Temporarily sacrificing another pawn.} Qxb2 32. f5 $18 {[%cal
Gf5f6] White has succeeded in advancing the f-pawn to f5 after which Black's
position is hardly defensible.} Rxe5 {The only way to stop f6.} 33. Rxd7 {
In this position an extra piece worth much more than three pawns and White
decides the game with a direct attack on the king.} a4 34. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3c7]
} b4 35. Ne6 {This way White wins another exchange. However at his disposal
there were two beautiful forced wins.} (35. Rxf7 $1 {would be the simplest way
to a win.} Kxf7 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. f6 $1 gxf6 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40.
Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Rg3+ {with mate in two.}) ({While} 35. Rcc7 $1 {wins in style.}
Re3 ({or} 35... Qxd4 36. Rxf7 g5 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rcg7+ Kf8 40. f6
{[%cal Gh7h8]}) {[%tqu "En","Try to find a forced win.","","","g3g7","",10]}
36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rcg7+ Kf8 41. f6 $3
{[%cal Gh7h8] and with an extra queen on the board Black can't prevent mate
from h8.}) 35... g5 $2 {loses on the spot.} ({Probably Black didn't want to
suffer after} 35... R8xe6 36. fxe6 Rxe6 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rxd5 $18 {though
there are still some practical chances here.}) 36. fxg6 fxe6 (36... f6 37. Rg7+
Kh8 38. Rcc7 R5xe6 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. g7 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh7h8]}) 37. Qf4 (37. Qxe5
{wins even faster but also the move in the game is good enough.} Qxc3 38. Rg7+
Kf8 39. Qf4+ $1 Kxg7 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Nadanian, Ashot S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 {This position also can be reached by other moves order:
9.Qe2 Bc5 10.Be3} Bxe3 (10... O-O {and}) (10... Qe7 {are more popular}) 11.
Qxe3 Ne7 12. c3 Nf5 (12... c5 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Nh4 Qc8 16. f3 Ng3
17. Bb3 Bxb1 18. hxg3 Bg6 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Korneev,O/Jakarta 1997/CBM 58 ext 
(18)}) 13. Qe2 O-O $146 ({In the only previous game where this position was
reached Black continued} 13... c5 {but after} 14. Bc2 Ng5 15. a4 b4 16. Nbd2
Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O 19. a5 Ne7 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Rdb1 Rfb8 22.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Rb1 Qc8 24. Rb6 $14 {White obtained clear adge. 1-0 Sion Castro,
M-Fernandez Garcia,J/Elgoibar 1996/CBM 57 ext (36)}) 14. Bc2 Ng5 $6 {This
unfortunate retreat brings additional problems.In particular knight on g5 will
be out of play.} ({After} 14... Nc5 {White is only slightly better}) {
Certainly White doesn't change the g5-knight which will be reason of all
following troubles.} 15. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Nxd4 16. cxd4 f5 {Black has to
save his knight.} 17. Nd2 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5] Serious weakness has
been created in the Black's camp and knight immediately gets going to b3.} f4
18. f3 Bf5 {[%cal Gg5e6] Regrouping his army Black is ready to cover the
c5-square,but semiopen c-file is open for White's rooks that secure big
positional advantage.} 19. Nb3 Rb8 (19... Ne6 $142) 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. a4 {
White is opening another file for his rooks and strengthening pressure.} Ne6
22. axb5 Rh5 $2 {Black is staking his all.However he should submit with
srategically bad position and to take back on b5.} (22... axb5 $8 23. Ra6) (
22... Rxb5 $143 23. Qd3 (23. Rxa6 $5 Rxb3 24. Rxe6 $16) 23... Rxb3 24. Qxb3
Nxd4 25. Qd3 c5 26. Rfe1 $18) 23. Rxa6 Qh4 24. h3 ({But not} 24. g4 $2 fxg3 25.
Rxe6 g2 $1 26. Qxg2 Rg5 {and Black on top}) 24... Ng5 25. Rf2 $1 {[%mdl 256]
Precise defence.White shouldn't scorn by Black's attack.Rook on f2 will be
very useful.} ({Inaccurate} 25. Rfa1 {could complicate the position:} Nxh3+ $1
26. Kf1 (26. gxh3 $2 {is bad in view of} Rg5+ 27. Kf1 Qxh3+ 28. Ke1 Rg2 $19)
26... Ng5 27. Qf2 Rxb5 $13) 25... c5 {An attempt to fish in troubled waters.} (
25... Qg3 {also doesn't save:} 26. Kf1 Nxh3 27. gxh3 Rxh3 28. Qd3 Rh1+ 29. Ke2
Rh2 30. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 31. Kd1 Qxb2 32. Rc6 Rb7 33. Rc5 $18) (25... Nxh3+ 26. gxh3
Qxh3 {is similar to the game as including c5 and N:c5 changes nothing.}) 26.
Nxc5 Nxh3+ ({or} 26... Qg3 27. Kf1 Nxh3 28. gxh3 Rxh3 29. Ke1 $18) 27. gxh3
Qxh3 (27... Qg3+ 28. Rg2 Qxh3 {transposes to the game.}) 28. Rh2 Rg5+ 29. Rg2
Rh5 30. Qf1 {[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2e2] Covering first rank White wins easily.} ({
Taking in consideration that Black is lack of attacking possibilities White
also could simply play} 30. Ra7 $5 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ $140 33. Rg1)
30... Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Ke2 Rxb5 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Qa1 1-0

[Event "POL-ch playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qd7 (12... Bc5 $142) 13. Nc3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng5 $1 (16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
Rxd5 Nb4 (18... Bxc3 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Rc5 Nxa2 $11) 19. Rc5 Nc2 20. Rb1 Rab8 21.
Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Nd2 Re8 $11 {Larsen,B}) (16. Bg5) 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Kh8 $6 (
17... h6 18. Be3 Ne5 (18... Qd6 19. Bxa6 (19. Bb3 Ne5) 19... Ne5 20. Bd3 Bg4
21. f3 Bxf3 (21... Nxf3+ $13) 22. gxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Bc4 c6 25. Rd3
Ne5 26. Ba6 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 (27. Bxd3 Qe6 $1 28. Re1 Qh3 29. Bg6 Rxe3 30. Qxe3
Rf1+ $19) 27... Rf3 28. Bc5 Rxd3 29. Bxd6 Rxc3 30. a4 $13) 19. Bb3 Qd6 20. Rd4
(20. h3 Rae8 21. Rd4 (21. c4 $5 Bxh3 $1 22. c5 Qg6 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. c6 Bxg2
25. Bxg2 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nh2+ $11 {Shamkovich}) (21. Qh5 Bf7 22. Qh4 c5 $13 {
Ivkov-Adison,Maribor1967}) 21... c5 22. Rf4 Nf7 (22... Rxf4 $1 23. Bxf4 Bf7 $14
24. Re1 $2 Nf3+ $19) 23. Qh5 Ng5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxg5 Qe5 26. Rd1 c4 27. Bc2
Qxg5 28. Qxg5 {1/2-1/2 Martens,M-Flear,G/Hyeres op 1992} hxg5 29. Rb1 $16) (20.
f3 Kh8 (20... c5 $14) 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Qd2 Bg8 23. Bf2 Nf6 $14 {0-1 Busch,
W-Scherer,H/Mannheim MB 1990 (53)}) 20... c5 21. Rf4 g5 (21... Nd7 22. Rxf8+ (
22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Qd2 Nf6 24. Rh4 Ra7 $13) 22... Rxf8 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Rd2 Re8 25.
Qf3 Nf6 26. c4 Rd8 27. h3 (27. Bxh6 Bg4 $13) 27... Bf7 28. Rc2 Kh8 29. cxd5
Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 $14 31. Rc1 Qd6 32. Bf4 Qe6 33. Qb3 Nd7 34. Be3 Qf5 35. Rc4
Qe5 36. Rc1 Qd6 37. Qa4 Rd3 38. Qc2 Rd5 39. Qb3 Rd3 40. Qa4 Rd5 41. Qb3 {
1/2-1/2 Tsuboi,E-Sorin,A/Sao Paulo op 1991}) (21... Kh8 22. Rd1 Nd7 23. Qd2 (
23. Qf3 Nf6 (23... Nb6) 24. c4 $1 $16 d4 25. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 26. Bxh6 $18) 23...
Nf6 24. Rh4 Ra7 25. f3 Rd7 26. Qf2 Rc8 $14 {1-0 Haugli,P-Wedberg,T/Gausdal AC
1987 (45)}) (21... Ng6 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Rd1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Moehring,G/
Halle 1974 (43)} 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. c4 Qe6 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxa6
$16) 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rd1 (23. h3 Bxh3 $1 24. gxh3 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 c4 26. Bc2
Qe6 $1 27. Kg2 Nh4+ $11 {Tal,M}) (23. f3 $5 Bf5 24. Rd1 $5 c4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26.
Qxc4 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 dxc4 $14 {Sydor}) 23... Ng4 24. g3 Qe5 25. Re1 Nxe3 26.
Qxe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Sorin,A/Groningen op 1994}) (17... Rae8
18. Rd2 (18. Bb3 Na5 (18... Nb8) 19. Qxa6 Nxb3 20. axb3 Rf5 21. Bh4 $16 {
1-0 Sanz Alonso,F-Gallego,V/Alicante op2 1989 (30)}) (18. Qd2 Ne5 (18... dxc4
19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd7 Re2 21. Be3 Rf7 22. Rd5 Ne7 23. Rd8+ Rf8 24. Rd7 $16)
19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Rf5 22. Rd8 $1 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rxd8 24. Bxd8
Nd2 25. f3 $16 {Geller,E-Larsen,B/Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 18...
Qf7 19. Bxa6 Qg6 20. h4 h6 21. Bd3 Bf5 22. Be3 Ne5 23. h5 Bxd3 24. hxg6 Bxe2
25. Rxe2 Nxg6 26. a4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Winterstein,W-Nielsen,T/Copenhagen PC 1991 
(41)}) 18. Qd2 (18. Bxa6 $142 Bg4 (18... d4 19. Bb7 Ra5 20. Qd2 $16) 19. f3
Rae8 20. Qd2 $16) 18... Rf5 (18... Qf7 $142) 19. Bd3 Rf7 20. Re1 Qd6 (20... d4
21. Rad1 $16) 21. Bh4 Bf5 22. Bg3 Qf6 23. Rad1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne7 25. Re5 c6 26.
Rde1 Ng6 27. Re6 Re7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Qd4 $1 $16 Qg6 (29... Qxd4 $142 30. cxd4
Nf5 31. Be5 Kg8 $16) 30. Qb6 Nf5 31. Bb8 $1 $18 h5 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Re8 Qf7 34.
h4 Kg6 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qd8 Kg6 37. g3 (37. Qc8 $1 Nxh4 38. Rh8 $1 Rxb8 (38...
Qf6 39. Qe8+) 39. Qxc6+ Qf6 40. Qxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rxb8 $18) 37... Qf6 38. Qc8 Qxc3
39. Qb7 Rxb8 40. Qxb8 Nd4 41. Qb1+ Kf7 42. Re3 Qc4 43. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 {Another Open Spanish, this time an old line was tried.} Be7 10. Rd1
O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 $1 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd4 {
This move has attracted recently attracted some more attention.} c5 {Not the
most popular move, but surely an interesting one.} ({The alternative is} 16...
Qb6 17. Na3 c5 (17... Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rab8 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Rac1 Nd7
22. Rxc7 Nxe5 23. b3 g5 24. Nb1 Rfb8 25. Nc3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (39) Hansen,E (2574)
-Mikhalevski,V (2550) Hoogeveen 2014}) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Rxd5 exd5
21. Bxd5+ Ne6 22. b4 Qxb4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rb1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Bd7 $44 {
1-0 (37) Perez Ponsa,F (2533)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2550) Montevideo (rapid) 2015})
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 c4 19. fxe4 (19. Bc2 Qxb2 $19) 19... cxb3 20. exd5 bxa2 $5
{Black failed to equalise fully in the following line:} (20... Nc4 21. Qd4 Qa7
(21... bxa2 22. Qxc4 axb1=Q 23. Raxb1 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rac8 25. Qa2 exd5 26. Qxd5+
Kh8 27. e6 $36 {1/2-1/2 (61) Heilemann Paul (GER) (2530)-Sapundjiev Ing Georgi
(BUL) (2529) corr. 1988}) 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. axb3 Ne3 24. Rc1 Raf7 25. Na3 $5 (
25. Nd2 exd5 $5 (25... Rf2 26. Nc4 Nxd5 27. Rxa6 Re2 28. Rxe6 Nf4 29. Rd6 Rxg2+
30. Kh1 Re2 31. Rf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (50) Kosteniuk,A (2489)-Muzychuk,A (2594)
Belgrade 2013}) 26. Nf3 Nxg2 27. Ng5 Rf5 28. Ne6 Nf4 $1 $11) 25... exd5 26. Nc2
Nxc2 27. Rxc2 Re8 28. Rxa6 Rxe5 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kf2 $14) 21.
Rxa2 Nc4 22. Qd4 Qb3 {The alternative looks better:} (22... Nxe5 23. d6 $1 (23.
Nc3 exd5 24. b4 Qa7 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. Nxd5 Rb8 $11) 23... Rf5 24. Nc3 Qb3 25.
h3 a5 {Again White's pressure doesn't look that much.}) 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. Rb1 (
24. dxe6 Nxb2 25. e7 (25. Rb1 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Raxb2 Rc6 28. Rb6 Rxb6 29.
Rxb6 Ra8 $11) 25... Rfe8 26. Qd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxc3 28. Rxb2 Rxe7 $11) 24...
Ne3 $1 25. Qxe3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxa2 27. Rd1 exd5 28. Qd4 Re8 $6 {Obviously
played to control the e-pawn, but actually activity was essential:} (28... Rb8
$1 29. Rc1 (29. e6 Rxb2 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Kf8 $11) 29... h6 30. h3 (30. e6
Kh7 31. e7 Re8 $1 {should be ok for Black}) 30... Kh7 31. Qd3+ Kh8 32. Qd2 Kh7
{It is not clear how to improve from here.}) 29. Rc1 h6 30. h3 {Now with a
slightly passive rook on e8 it is more unpleasant for Black to defend.} Kh8 31.
e6 Rxe6 $2 (31... Qb3 32. Rc6 a5 33. e7 Kh7 34. Qe5 d4 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Qxd4
Qf7 37. Rc2 Qxe7 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qxa5 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 {Pawn up for White, but
still far from any real chances to play for win at least for the moment.}) 32.
Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qd3+ Re4 34. Qf1 Re5 35. Qd3+ $2 (35. Qf7 $1 {Simply wins and
Caruana didn't see it for a few moves more!} Qxb2 (35... Qa4 36. Kh2 $1 {
Black is in some kind of zugzwang!}) 36. Qg8+ Kg6 37. Rc6+ $1 Kf5 38. Qf7+ Ke4
39. Qf3+ Kd4 40. Qd1+ Ke4 41. Kh2 $18 {Black can't survive with such a king in
the centre.}) 35... Re4 36. Qf1 Re5 37. Qd3+ Re4 38. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 {ist die Alternative}) 11... Bxe3
12. Qxe3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 (13. Nxd2 Ne7) 13... Ne7 14. Qb4 $5 {[%csl Gc5] Dafür
verbrauchte ich viel Zeit. Der Damenzug wirkt unnatürlich, aber c7-c5 muss
irgendwie verhindert werden.} c6 ({In der einzigen vorigen Partie (Jahre 1964..
..) geschah} 14... a5 {, aber dieses Bauernopfer ist unkorrekt:} 15. Qxb5 c6 (
15... a4 16. Bxa4 c6 17. Qb4) 16. Qa4 $16) (14... Ng6 15. Qc5 Qe7 16. Qc6 Nf4
17. Rfe1 $14) 15. Qc5 (15. a4 a5 16. Qc5 {kommt aufs Gleiche hinaus.}) 15... a5
(15... Qc7 16. a4 Rfb8 17. Nd4) 16. a4 (16. c3 $5) 16... b4 17. c3 bxc3 (17...
Rb8 $2 18. c4 $1) 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Nd4 Qa7 20. Qa3 (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qd6 {
bringt wegen} Kf7 $1 {nichts ein}) ({und} 20. Qd6 {ist ebenfalls harmlos:} Rad8
21. Nxc6 $140 $6 Nxc6 22. Qxc6 Rc8) 20... Nf5 (20... c5 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Bc2 $14
) 21. Rfd1 (21. Nxc6 Qb6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qxd4 24. Rfe1 Rab8 $11 {[%csl
Gb4]}) 21... Rac8 $6 (21... Rfc8 {[%cal Ga8b8] war wohl genauer, da der andere
Turm auf der b-Linie Arbeit finden wird. Aber mein Gegner unterschätzte die
weißen Möglichkeiten, auf Vorteil zu spielen.}) 22. Rac1 g6 23. Ba2 $1 ({
Mit der Idee Bb1xf5. Nach dem sofortigen} 23. Bc2 {käme einfach} Nxd4 24. cxd4
c5) 23... Qc7 24. f4 Qa7 25. Kh1 Rfd8 26. Bb1 Qe7 ({Nach} 26... Ne3 27. Re1 Nc4
28. Qa2 Rb8 29. Qf2 $40 {steht Weiß zum Ansturm bereit.}) 27. Qa2 Ng7 (27... c5
28. Bxf5) 28. Re1 (28. Qf2 f6 $5) 28... Qh4 $1 {Dieser Angriff auf f4 erzwingt
eine leichte Schwächung des weißen Königs.} 29. g3 Qe7 30. Qf2 c5 $6 {[%csl
Rb5,Rd6]} ({Schwarz sollte sich ruhig verhalten. Nach} 30... Bd7 {steht Weiß
nur angenehmer, aber ein klarer Weg zum Vorteil ist nicht in Sicht.} 31. f5 {
z.B. bringt nach einem generellen Tausch auf f5 kaum was.}) 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Kg1
Ne8 (32... h5 $5) 33. Rcd1 Qe7 (33... d4 34. cxd4 Bb3 35. Bc2 (35. d5 $6 Bxa4
36. Nc3 Bxd1 37. Rxd1 $13) 35... Bxc2 36. Qxc2 cxd4 37. Qd3 $16) 34. Rd2 Rd7
35. Qf3 Rcd8 36. Bd3 h5 ({Weiß drohte evt. g4, was Schwarz zu dieser
Schwächung provozierte. Nach} 36... d4 {folgt einfach} 37. c4 {[%cal Gg3g4,
Gd2g2]}) 37. f5 Bxf5 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Qxh5 Qe6 40. Qg5+ Qg6 41. Qe3 Rc8 42.
Rf2 Re7 43. Qd3 $2 ({Weiß kann ganz langsam auf die drei schwarzen Bauern 
(c5-d5-f5) lavieren. Stattdessen bevorzugte ich die materialistische Variante,
die meinem Gegner nur Erlösung bringt.} 43. Rd1 Rd7 44. Rdf1 Ng7 45. Nd6 $18 {
[%csl Rf5]}) ({oder} 43. Qd2 Rd7 44. Ref1 $18 {[%cal Gf1f7] wären kaum
ertragbar gewesen.}) 43... Rd8 44. Qxf5 ({Der Damentausch erleichtert Schwarz
die Verteidigung. Besser war immer noch das Lavierungspiel.} 44. Qd2 $142)
44... Qxf5 45. Rxf5 d4 46. cxd4 cxd4 47. Rf4 ({In Zeitnot ein Rechenfehler.
Nach} 47. Rd1 $142 d3 48. Kf2 {besitzt Weiß immer noch gute Gewinnchancen.})
47... d3 48. Kf2 $2 (48. Rd4 Rxd4 49. Nxd4 {war die Idee des vorigen Zugs...
aber} Rxe5 $1 {ist die kleine Überraschung! In Panik geraten (danke
FIDE-Bedenkzeit!) griff ich wieder fehl.}) ({Immer noch Vorteil versprach} 48.
Nd4 $142 d2 (48... Rxe5 $2 49. Rxe5 d2 50. Rf1) 49. Rd1 Rxe5 50. Rxd2 Red5 51.
Re2 $1 Rxd4 52. Rxe8+ Rxe8 53. Rxd4 Re1+ 54. Kf2 Ra1 55. Kf3 $16) 48... d2 49.
Rd1 Rxe5 50. Rd4 (50. Nd4) 50... Rxd4 51. Nxd4 Nd6 52. Nf3 Rd5 53. Ke3 (53. Ke2
Ne4 54. Ke3 Nd6 $1 $11) 53... Nc4+ 54. Ke2 Nb2 (54... Rd6 $5 55. Nxd2 Re6+ 56.
Kf3 Rd6 $11) 55. Rxd2 Nxa4 {(=)} 56. Rxd5 Nc3+ 57. Kd3 Nxd5 58. Kc4 Ne3+ 59.
Kb5 Kg7 60. Kxa5 Kg6 61. Kb4 Kf5 62. Kc3 Kg4 63. Ne5+ Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 {This is the most solid continuation, which however
does not yield white much.} ({The most forced line is} 10. Nxe4) ({Also very
interesting is} 10. Qe1 {, as Luther played against Krasenkow in the same
tournament.}) ({or} 10. c3 {transposes to the main line.}) 10... Nxd2 11. Bxd2
O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 (12... Be7 $5 {- see commented game Svidler,P-Golod,V/EUCup
final 15th 1999/CBM 74 [Golod]}) (12... Ne7 13. Be3 (13. c3 Qd7 14. Nd4 Bg4 15.
f3 Bh5 16. Kh1 Rae8 17. Rfe1 c6 18. Qf1 Bg6 19. Be3 Ba7 20. e6 Qb7 21. exf7+
Bxf7 22. Bg5 Ng6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Slobodjan,R/Nussloch 1996/CBM 53 
(42)}) 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 c6 15. h3 Nf5 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. c3 f6
19. Bc2 g6 20. Re2 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Nd6 22. Qg3 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Pribyl,M/
Turnov 1996/CBM 54 (62)}) 13. h3 Qd7 14. c3 $146 (14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Na5 16.
c3 c6 17. Nd4 Qa7 18. f4 Nxb3 19. axb3 f6 20. b4 $16 {[%csl Gd4] 1/2-1/2
Augustin,J-Kovacs,L/Harrachov 1966/MCD (43)}) 14... Rad8 15. Bg5 (15. Be3 Bxe3
(15... Be7 16. Qd3) 16. Qxe3 Na5 17. Qc5 Qe7 $11) 15... Be7 16. Rfe1 h6 (16...
Bxg5 $6 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. f4 $14) 17. Bc1 Bc5 $2 {This is a
serious inaccuracy. Just two moves ago Kasimdzhanov moved his dark-squared B
from c5 to e7 and now the B is occupying again the square, which should be
free for Pc7.} ({After} 17... Na5 18. Bc2 Bf5 {The positon is equal and now
the white's aggressive attempt:} 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Nd4 {is strongly met by} Qg6
$1 21. f4 c5 22. f5 $2 Qh7 $17) 18. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gb3c2]} Ne7 {[%cal Ge6f5]}
19. Nd4 Bxd4 (19... Bb6 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 20. Bc2 Ng6 21. b4 $1 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5
23. f4 Qc7 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. fxe6 $16) 20. Qxd4 ({Also good for
white is} 20. cxd4 $14) 20... Nf5 21. Qc5 d4 $6 {Kasimdzanov is trying to get
an active counterplay, but fails.} (21... Qe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Be3 {[%csl Rc5]
White is clearly better, but this would be the least of the evils for black.})
22. Bc2 $1 (22. cxd4 $2 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qd5) 22... Bd5 (22... Qe7 23. Qc6 (23.
Qxe7 $6 Rxe7 $14) 23... dxc3 24. bxc3 $16) 23. cxd4 {Black has no serious
compensation for the pawn.} Nh4 $1 {Forcing white for the next exchange, which
is favourable for black.} 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Ng6 {[%cal Yg6e7,Ye7d5]} 26.
Ree1 Re6 27. Qc2 Ne7 28. Be3 f5 {Without this move black can not resist to
white's plan of advancing the pawn majority on the kingside.} 29. exf6 {
White must take "en passant" in order to get space for his currently passive B.
} Rxf6 30. f3 {[%cal Ye3f2,Yf2g3,Yg3e5]} Nd5 31. Bf2 Rdf8 32. Bg3 {Despite the
disadvantage of the pawn, black's position is very hard to break, because of
strong Nd5. White must be very patient and start to look for another weakness
in black's camp.} Rc6 33. Qe4 Nf6 34. Qd3 Nd5 35. Re5 Rcf6 36. Rde1 Qf7 37. Qe4
c6 38. a3 a5 $1 39. Kh2 (39. Re6 $6 Rxe6 40. Qxe6 Qxe6 41. Rxe6 Rf6 {Black has
reasonable chances to hold this endgame.}) 39... a4 40. Qc2 Rg6 41. R5e4 Qf5
42. Qf2 Kh7 43. Be5 Kg8 44. Qe2 h5 45. Rf1 {Probably Leko wanted to tire his
opponent, the following sequence of 5-6 moves confirms, that Leko does not
want to force matters...} Qg5 46. Qf2 Qf5 47. Rfe1 Re6 48. Qe2 Rg6 49. Bg3 Qf7
50. Qd2 Qf6 51. R1e2 Qf5 52. Qe1 Qf7 53. Rc2 {After a long battle of
manoeuvres, Leko goes for the right plan - to put a pressure on black's
weakness on c6.} Qf5 54. Rc5 Qf7 55. Qc1 Qd7 56. Qc2 Rf5 57. Be5 Rfg5 58. Re2
h4 $6 {Black should better not to push this pawn, since it may become another
target for white.} (58... Rf5 $142) 59. Qe4 {[%csl Rh4]} Rh6 60. Rec2 Kh8 (
60... Rgg6 61. f4) 61. Bf4 {Finally Leko achieves the favourable
simplification.} Re6 (61... Nf6 62. Qe3 Rxc5 63. Rxc5 Rg6 64. Qf2 $18) 62. Bxg5
Rxe4 63. fxe4 Qd6+ (63... Nf6 64. Bxf6 gxf6 65. d5 $18) 64. Kh1 ({Probably
stronger was} 64. e5 Qg6 65. Bxh4 Ne3 66. Rf2 {, but Leko wants to prevent any
possible counterplay.}) 64... Nb6 65. Be3 Qe6 66. e5 Nc4 67. Bg1 Qf5 $2 {
Allows the following simplification...} ({After} 67... Kg8 {white still has to
work hard to win.}) 68. R2xc4 $1 {Of course! This chance should not be missed.
The black pawns will fall one after another...} bxc4 69. Rxc6 Qc2 70. e6 Qe4
71. Rxc4 Qxe6 72. d5 {Good technic. White is preventing black's last possible
counterplay, that could take place after g7-g5-g4.} Qxd5 73. Rxh4+ Kg8 74. Rxa4
{The rest is clear. It should be noticed the ideal position of Bg1, which is
protects the white K from any possible checks, and supports the advance of
white's passed PP as well.} Kf7 75. Rb4 Ke6 76. a4 Qa2 77. b3 Kd5 78. Rb5+ Ke4
79. a5 Kd3 80. b4 Kc4 81. Rb6 g5 82. a6 Kb3 83. Rg6 g4 84. a7 gxh3 85. Rg8 h2
86. Kxh2 {Excellent technic by Leko!} (86. Kxh2 Qe2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} 87. Rg3+ {
[%cal Gg3h3]}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 ({More popular is} 9. Nbd2 {which frequently leads to a sharp
battle.}) 9... Bc5 {This move does not have a good reputation.} ({More common
continuation is} 9... Be7) 10. Qe2 (10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc6 15. a4 Na5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4 Qe8 18. f4 c5 19. Nxe6
{1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow 2001/CBM 87 (19)}) ({After} 10. Bxc5 Nxc5
{black usually gets convenient play.}) 10... Qe7 (10... Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Ne7 {
--> 1-0 Asrian,K-Nadanian,A/Yerevan 1999/CBM 74 [Mikhalevski,V] (34)}) (10...
O-O 11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne7 {--> 1/2-1/2 Asrian,
K-Kharitonov,A/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60 [Mikhalevski,V] (27)}) 11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3
Na5 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 c6 15. c3 Rb8 16. Qf4 Nc4 17. Re2 $14 {1-0
Hjartarson,J-Korneev,O/Linares 1995/CBM 45 ext (63)}) 11. Rd1 {[%csl Rd5]} (11.
c3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Qb6 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Anand,V/
Las Palmas 1995/CBM 46 [Anand] (38)}) 11... Rd8 12. Nbd2 Bxe3 {The exchange of
knights probably gives black more chances to equalize.} (12... Nxd2 13. Rxd2 h6
14. Rad1 d4 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4
Qxa2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Parma,B-Kortschnoj,V/Rome 1981/MCL (29)}) 13. Qxe3 Nc5 14. c3
O-O (14... Bg4 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. a4 b4 18. c4 Qc5 19. cxd5 {1/2-1/2
Geller,E-Larsen,B/Copenhagen 1966/Candidates (19)}) 15. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 $6 {
After this exchange white has stable advantage.} (15... Nb8 16. Bc2 Ncd7 17.
N2f3 c5 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Karaev,M-Sepman,Y/Serpukhov 1999/EXT 2000
(38)}) 16. cxd4 Nb7 $6 $146 {Quite unfortunate place for the knight.} ({
The least of the evils for black is:} 16... Nd7 17. Rac1 Nb6 $14 {1-0
Winterstein,W-Mikavica,M/Zuerich 1991/EXT 97 (33)}) 17. Nf3 {White is now
ready to meet black's c7-c5 strike with dxc5 followed by Nf3-d4.} Bg4 {Black
is going to exchange his bad bishop, but this does not solve his problems.} 18.
h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 c6 20. Qc3 {This is the sort of position, that black should
try to avoid in this opening setup. Black's pawnstructure on the queenside is
far from perfect and his pieces are passive (Nb7). White, however has a space
advantage on both flanks.} Rc8 21. a4 {Opening the "a" file for the following
rook's invasion.} Qd7 (21... b4 22. Qd3 a5 23. Rac1 $16 {In some cases the
manoeuvre Qd3-a6 will be very unpleasant for black.}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra7 Ra8
24. Rda1 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 {White is clearly dominating. The Nb7 is very bad and
it's very hard to point out any reasonable plan for black.} g6 26. Bd1 {
Transfering the bishop to a better pastures.} Rb8 27. b4 {It's useful to
"freeze" black's queenside once and for all.} Qe8 28. f4 Kg7 (28... f5 29. g4 {
and black's position will collapse very soon.}) 29. f5 $18 gxf5 30. Qg3+ Kf8
31. Bc2 Qe7 32. Qf4 $1 {White can afford himself to sacrifice the Pb4, since
the forthcoming invasion of white's queen will be fatal for black.} Qxb4 33.
Bxf5 c5 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Qc6+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. Qc6+ Kf8 38. Qc7 {That's it.
White is winning a lot of material, while black's attempts for a perpetual
check can be parried easily.} Qxd4+ 39. Kh1 Qf4 40. Qxb8+ Kg7 41. Ra1 Qxf5 42.
Qxb7 b4 43. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eynatten"]
[BlackTeam "Istanbul Eczacibasi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 {This variation is a rare guest on top level nowadays and
considered to be not dangerous for black.} ({More popular nowadays:} 9. Nbd2) (
9. Be3) 9... Be7 10. Rd1 Na5 {A rare, but playable continuation. Black wants
to prevent the advance c2-c4.} ({The main line goes with} 10... O-O 11. c4 bxc4
12. Bxc4) 11. Nbd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 {The "a" file is opened to white's favour,
but it does not really yield white an advantage.} Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O (13... c5
$2 14. Rxa6 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ge2b5] 1-0 Gdanski,J-Grabarczyk,B/Sopot 1997/
CBM 59 (32)}) 14. Nd4 {'N?!' After this move white is already fighting for the
equality. The only chance to fight for a minimal advantage is 14.b4, trying to
fix the opponent's pawnstructure on the queenside.} (14. b4 c5 (14... Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. Bc3 Qd7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nd4 Bh4 19. f4 Be4 20. Nb3 Qc6 21. Nc5 Be7
22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rd4 $16 {1-0 Lazic,D-Ignjatovic,P/Svetozarevo 1990/EXT 97 
(51)}) (14... Qd7 15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Ra3 c5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Rd3
a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Palermo,V-Piazzini,L/Buenos Aires 1959/MCD (36)}) 15. bxc5 Bxc5
16. b4 Be7 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Ra3 Rfc8 19. Rg3 Bh4 20. Rd3 Rc4 21. c3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lauridsen,J-Yahya,M/Abu Dhabi UAE 2004/The Week in Chess 511 (44)})
14... c5 15. Nc6 (15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 Qe8 {and black is at least not worse.})
15... Qc7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. b4 {'!' Correctly simplifying the position and
getting control over the dark squares.} cxb4 18. Qe1 a5 19. Rxa5 {The point of
17.b4.} Rxa5 20. Bxb4 Qc7 21. Bxa5 Qxc2 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Bc3 h5 {
The endgame has strong drawish tendencies, but black still has slight pressure
thanks to his active rook.} 25. f3 b4 26. Bxb4 Rxb2 27. Ba5 Kh7 28. Rd2 Rb5 29.
Bc3 Rb3 30. Bd4 g5 {Black is trying to squeeze something out of nothing, and
eventually his efforts were not in vain...} 31. h3 Kg6 32. Kf2 h4 33. Be3 Kf5
34. Rd1 Rc3 35. Rd2 Ra3 36. Rd1 {'?!' Not a mistake, but a prelude... There
was no reason to move the rook from the second rank.} Ra2+ 37. Rd2 {'??'
Falling into a trap.} (37. Kf1 $11) 37... d4 {'!' This small touch finishes
the game on the spot. Black is winning a full piece.} 38. Rxa2 dxe3+ 39. Kxe3
Bxa2 $19 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 {Not a common move in this tabiya. Makes sense though! White
prepares to move his rook to d1 and pressure d5.} Be7 10. Rd1 Na5 11. c3 {
And we're out of book. Morozevich will always make sure that will happen early;
even if he plays one of the main lines of chess.} Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nd4 Qe8
14. f3 Nc5 15. b4 Nb7 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Na3 c6 18. Nac2 {White has achieved a
slight edge. He has a nice central control, better pawn structure and his
pieces are well coordinated for the most part. Black would like to open the
position for his bishops but it does not seem easy.} a5 19. f4 Qc8 20. h3 Re8
21. Bf2 Bf8 22. Qf3 Ra6 {It's possible that this inaccurate move is the start
of Black's problems. In essence, Black does not have enough resources to
occupy the a-file, which means that his rook will be stuck on a6,
discoordinated with the other one on e8. This will be important later as the
rook is unable to transfer in time to the kingside.} (22... axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8
24. cxb4 (24. Nxb4 $6 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Gc5e4]}) 24... Qc8 {is slightly
unpleasant but perfectly playable. Black will continue Nd8-e6 maybe attempting
a c5 at some point.}) 23. Ne3 Qa8 24. Ndc2 Qd8 (24... axb4 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26.
Ra1 $16 {is the reason why Black can't favorably open the a-file. Since Black
can't really ever do this his battery there seems pointless.}) 25. bxa5 Nc5 (
25... Rxa5 26. b4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 {and the control of the file is very nice for
White. This line is very similar to one considered above (after 22... axb4)
but in this case of course the structure is better for Whtie and the advatange
undisputed.}) 26. b4 Ne4 27. Rd3 {Black sacrificed a pawn to obtain a strong
knight on e4. This gives him a few resources, as now it makes sense for him to
try to break in the center. However the pawn is strong and passed. Black has
chances, but White should be better.} f6 28. Bh4 (28. exf6 Qxf6 {just seems
too normal of a continuation for Morozevich, but it was probably the best
alternative.}) 28... g5 {Black had to try something crazy at some point. He is
forced to because if the game remains closed, he will never be able to
activate his bishops.} 29. fxg5 (29. Rad1 $5 gxh4 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Ra7
32. Qxe4 {gets a bunch of pawns for the piece, but the pair of bishops seems
pretty strong. Since Black can play Qa8! and unpin himself, I'd take Black in
this position.}) 29... fxg5 30. Bg3 {Black's king is a little open, but the e5
pawn is now a clear target. The pair of bishops are quickly gaining scope and
White has to be careful.} Bg7 31. Bh2 Rf8 32. Qe2 Rf2 33. Qe1 {The rook
penetrates, but not with decisive effect. Actually it needs a lot of support.
Since the other rook is on a6, it doesn't seem like it will get it any time
soon. Black continues forward on the kingside.} g4 (33... Qe7 34. Rd4 Rf4 $5
35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. Rxd5 Ng5 {is another crazy line that is hard
to evaluate. The rook is finally coming into play and many sacrifices on h3
are threatened.}) 34. Rd4 $1 {A strong rook! This takes advantage of the
f2-rook being overextended, and forces it back.} Rf8 35. Rad1 Qe8 36. Nxg4 Bf5
37. Nce3 Bg6 {White is up two pawns, but things are not easy yet. The knight
on g4 will be kicked to an awkward spot soon, and the bishops threaten to
become powerful. Once e5 falls, the activity could potentially outweigh the
pawn.} 38. Nf1 (38. c4 $1 {This move gave White the necessary counterplay to
counteract the bishops. With the center disintegrating, the knight on e5 loses
support and e5 will be defensible. However seeing this move with a few minutes
on the clock is not the easiest.}) 38... h5 39. Nge3 Ra7 $1 {I like this move.
It brings the rook back and prepares to swing it to the field of action.} 40.
Ng3 $1 Bxe5 41. Nxe4 {a forced continuation after Ng3.} Bxd4 42. cxd4 Qxe4 $6 {
The queen actually turns out to be badly placed on e4. The reason is that it
lacks movement, and e4 belongs to the bishop. Now Black's pieces become
awkward and it isn't easy to see how to coordinate them.} (42... Bxe4 43. Bd6
Rf6 44. Be5 Rg6 {was more logical. Chances are about even.}) 43. Be5 {White
controls the dark squares, which allows him to defend his kingside which seems
about to come under much pressure. He really is banking on the passed a-pawn
once he neutralizes the activity. White has more than enough compensation for
the sacrificed exchange, it is Black that needs to prove himself.} Kh7 44. Rc1
Raf7 45. Kh2 Rf2 {all very nice in appearance, but is there a real threat?
Morozevich says there isn't - and he is right.} 46. Rxc6 (46. a6 Ra2 47. a7
Rxa7 48. Rxc6 {was stronger but the move in the game is fine.}) 46... R8f3 {
The only way to continue. The knight is threatened and cannot move.} 47. Rc7+ (
47. Nc2 $2 Rxh3+ {with mate to follow.}) 47... Bf7 $4 {This move loses the
game. The reason is that there no longer is any threat on the e3-knight. It
was imperative to play ...Kh6.} (47... Kh6 48. Re7 Qh4 $1 49. Kh1 Rxh3+ 50.
gxh3 Qxh3+ 51. Kg1 Be4 52. Qc1 $1 Qh1+ 53. Kxf2 Qxc1 54. Bf4+ {is still
complex. But only a computer can see all this.}) 48. Kh1 {A weird looking move,
but it wins the game. Black has no moves, and the rook is now under attack.} (
48. a6 {was also possible.} Qxe3 49. Rxf7+ $18) 48... Rf1+ (48... Rxe3 49. Qxf2
$18) (48... Qxe3 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50. Qxe3 $18) (48... Rxh3+ 49. Kg1 {is
completely winning for White.}) 49. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 50. Nxf1 {Black is at a
material disadvantage, and the queen cannot create any play by herself. This
leaves her powerless against the passed a-pawn.} Kg6 51. Rc6+ Kh7 52. Ng3 Qb1+
53. Kh2 h4 54. Ne2 Qxb4 55. Rc7 Kg8 56. a6 {Despite the wild nature of the
game, it is hard to improve with too many wild tactical variations. Black's
fatal mistake of interposing with the bishop cost him the game. It would have
been a very different story had he played Kh6.} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nc3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qd7 14. Rd2 Rad8
$5 (14... Na5 15. Ne4 $14) (14... f6) 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. h3 f6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qc2 $14 Ne5 $6 (21... Re6 $142) 22.
Nd2 Nd3 (22... c5 23. Qf5 $16) 23. Qc6 Rdd8 (23... Red8 24. Ne4 Bxb2 25. Qe6+
Kh8 26. Ng5 Ne5 27. Qf5 $18) 24. Qxa6 Nxb2 (24... Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Bh4+ 26. Ke2 $1
(26. g3 Bxg3+) (26. Kf3 Rd3) 26... Bg5 27. Nf1 $18) 25. Qxb5 Nd1 26. Nc4 Nxe3
27. Nxe3 Re7 28. a4 Rd2 29. a5 Ra2 30. b4 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rf7 32. Ng4 Be7 33. Ne5
Bd6 34. Qd5 $18 Bxe5+ 35. Qxe5 Rb1 36. a6 Rxb4 37. a7 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Ncd4 Nb4 20. a3 Nbd3 21.
Rd2 Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rc1 Rdc8 25. Rdc2 Rab8 26. Rxc5 Rxc5
27. Rxc5 Rxb2 28. h3 Rb3 29. Ra5 {[#] Weiß hat hier einen kleinen Vorteil,
weil der Le6 recht passiv steht und der a6 schwächer ist als der a3. Koneru
greift nun zu einem taktischen Schlag, der wegen der Grundreihenschwäche
nicht funktioniert.} Bxh3 $2 ({Besser} 29... h6 {und falls} 30. Rxa6 {dann}
Bxh3 31. Nd2 Rd3 $11) 30. Rxd5 {Das Problem ist das Matt auf d8.} (30. Nd2 $2
Rd3 $11) 30... h6 31. Nd2 {Mit Figurengewinn. "Der Rest ist Technik."} Rxa3 32.
gxh3 Rxh3 33. Nc4 Rh4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Nd6 Rd4 36. Rf8 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38.
Nxf7 g5 39. Re8 a5 40. Re6 a4 41. Ra6 (41. Rxh6+ $4 Kg7 $11) 41... a3 42. Rxa3
Kg6 43. Ra7 g4 44. Nh8+ Kf5 45. Rf7+ Kg5 46. Rg7+ Kf4 47. Nf7 h5 48. Rh7 Kf5
49. Rxh5+ Kg6 50. Rh1 Rxh1 51. Kxh1 Kxf7 52. Kg2 Ke6 53. Kg3 Kxe5 54. Kxg4 Kf6
55. Kf4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 20th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Sebag,M"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 9th round. It was very important both for
qualification and podium. I managed to win, with a lot of difficulties.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Coming back to the Ruy Lopez. I played the Four Knights
against her at the Cairns Cup 2019, and the game ended in a draw. I have been
playing the Ruy Lopez since 2000!} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {My opponent
played often the Spanish open like Mameydjarov.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6
9. Qe2 {I prepared this line in Paris. It's very interesting because White's
plays is very aggressive and tactical.} (9. c3) (9. Nbd2) ({and} 9. Be3 {
are the alternative systems.}) 9... Nc5 {The principal move.} (9... Be7) ({or} 
9... Bc5 {are the other main lines.}) 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. cxb3 (11. axb3 {is far
more popular, for example} Be7 12. c4 b4 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qd3 Be4 15. Qe2 Bd5
16. Qd3 Be4 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. Qd3 {1/2, Yu Yangyi-Wei Yi, Taizhou 2015,}) 11...
Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. h3 Qd7 14. Be3 f6 $146 {I didn't know this move. I think
it's a novelty, and it's actually very strong. I was thinking for a lot of
time now.} (14... Rad8 15. Rd2 f6 16. Rad1 ({In case of} 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Re1
Rfe8 {the position is balanced.}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 $1 {The best way to activate the queen.} c5 {
1-0 (46) Caruana,F (2807)-Giri,A (2769) Saint Louis 2016 CBM 174 [Szabo,Kr]})
15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ng5 Rf5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bf4 $1 Qf7 $5 (18... Qxe2 19. Nxe2
$16 {and the endgame is cleary better for White. Black's pawns are very weak.})
(18... Qd7 19. Bg3 $13 (19. g4 Rxf4 20. Nxd5 Rd4 21. Rxd4 Nxd4 22. Qe4 Bc5 23.
Ne7+ Qxe7 24. Qxa8+ Qf8 $17) (19. Qg4 h5 20. Qg3 Raf8 21. Ne2 Bc5 $17)) 19.
Bxc7 Bc5 (19... Bh4 20. Bg3 Re8 21. Qd2 Bxg3 22. fxg3 d4 23. Ne2 Rf2 24. Re1
Re3 25. Qc1 Rf6 26. Nf4 $13) 20. Bg3 Re8 21. Qd2 Rf8 22. Rf1 Nd4 23. b4 Bb6 24.
Rae1 $1 Rh5 {A tricky move.} 25. Qd3 (25. Re5 $2 Rxh3 26. Qd3 Nf3+ 27. Qxf3
Qxf3 28. gxf3 Rxg3+ $19) (25. Be5 {was my first idea, but I evaluated Black is
better after this line:} Nf3+ $3 26. gxf3 d4 $1 (26... Qg6+ 27. Kh2 Qf5 28.
Qxd5+ Rf7 29. Qa8+ $11) 27. Bxd4 (27. Ne4 Rxe5 $19) 27... Qg6+ 28. Kh2 Qf5)
25... Nc6 26. a3 (26. Nxb5 $5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Qb7 28. Bd6 Rxf2 29. Kh1 Qd7 30.
Qxb6 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxd6 32. b5 Qg3 33. bxc6 Rxh3+ $11) 26... Rf5 27. Qd2 h6
28. Kh2 Kh8 29. Rd1 Nd4 30. Ne2 (30. Rfe1 $1 Ne6 31. Nxd5 Bxf2 32. Bxf2 Rxf2
33. Re2 $14) 30... Ne6 {Now we had two minutes left for playing 8 moves...} 31.
f4 (31. f3 Ng5 32. Rfe1 Rxf3 33. Qxd5 Qh5 $13) 31... Ng5 $1 (31... g5 32. Qc3+
Kg8 33. Qc6 Bc7 34. fxg5 Rxf1 35. Rxf1 Qxf1 36. Qxe6+ Qf7 37. Qxa6 hxg5 38.
Qxb5 $13) 32. fxg5 (32. Qd3 Ne4 33. Be1 {was more quiet.}) 32... Rxf1 33. Rxf1
Qxf1 34. gxh6 Qf5 $1 35. Qc3 (35. Nd4 Qe4 36. hxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Be5
Qg6 39. Qe7+ Rf7 40. Qh4+ Qh6 41. Qg4 $11) 35... Rf7 36. hxg7+ Kg8 $2 (36...
Rxg7 37. Qc6 (37. Be5 Qxe5+ 38. Qxe5 Bc7 $1 $19) 37... Ba7 38. Qxa6 d4 39. Qd6
$11) 37. Qc6 Qe4 $2 {A blunder because of time trouble!} (37... Bc7 $1 38. Bxc7
Qc8 39. Ng3 Qxc7 40. Qxd5 Kxg7 $11) 38. Qxb6 $1 $18 Qxe2 39. Qb8+ Kxg7 40. Be5+
Kg6 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Qxf7 $18 Qxe5+ 43. Kg1 d4 44. Qf2 Qe4 45. Qd2+ Kg6 46. g4
Qe5 47. Qd3+ Kg7 48. Kg2 Qf4 49. Qe2 Qd6 50. Qd2 Qd5+ 51. Kf2 Qe5 52. Kf3 Qd5+
53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Qd3 Qe5+ 55. Kf3 Qd5+ 56. Kf2 Kg7 57. h4 Qd8 58. Kf3 Qd5+ 59.
Kf4 Qd6+ 60. Ke4 Qg6+ 61. Kxd4 Qd6+ 62. Kc3 Qc6+ 63. Kd2 Qh6+ 64. Qe3 Qxh4 65.
Qd4+ Kf7 66. Qd7+ Kf8 67. Qf5+ Kg7 68. Qf4 Qd8+ 69. Ke3 Qe7+ 70. Kd4 Qa7+ 71.
Kd5 Qd7+ 72. Kc5 Qe7+ 73. Kb6 Qe6+ 74. Kb7 Qd5+ 75. Kxa6 Qc6+ 76. Ka5 Qd5 77.
Qc7+ Kg8 78. Qb8+ Kg7 79. Qxb5 Qa8+ 80. Qa6 Qd8+ 81. Qb6 Qa8+ 82. Kb5 Qd5+ 83.
Qc5 {I am very happy to finish second in this tournament!} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {The Open Ruy Lopez is
very popular nowadays even on the top level too.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 (9. c3) (9. Nbd2) ({and} 9. Be3 {are the alternative systems.}) 9...
Nc5 (9... Be7) ({or} 9... Bc5 {are the other main lines.}) 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11.
cxb3 (11. axb3 {is far more popular, for example} Be7 12. c4 b4 13. cxd5 Bxd5
14. Qd3 Be4 15. Qe2 Bd5 16. Qd3 Be4 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. Qd3 {1/2 Yu Yangyi-Wei Yi,
Taizhou 2015, and a draw.}) 11... Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Qd7 14. h3 $146 {
The first new move in the game.} (14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17.
Nf3 Rfe8 18. h3 d4 19. Ne4 Bd5 {A.Sokolov-Hellers, Stockholm 1989, and Black
looks fine.}) 14... Rad8 15. Rd2 f6 16. Rad1 ({In case of} 16. exf6 Bxf6 17.
Re1 Rfe8 {the position is balanced.}) 16... Nxe5 (16... fxe5 {is similar to
the text move,} 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 {should be an equal
position.}) 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 $1
{The best way to activate the queen.} c5 22. g3 (22. Qe4 {was the alternative
choice:} Rfd8 23. Qf5 R8d6 {.}) 22... Kh8 $6 {A dubious move, Black starts a
bad plan.} (22... g6 $1 {was correct followed by ...Rfd8.} 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. h4
Bf6 $11 {and Black holds his position.}) 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Qe4 h6 $2 {A mistake,
now the light-squares are becoming weak on the kingside.} (24... g6 {was
important to avoid h5,} 25. Qg4 R5d6 26. Kg2 $14 {and still it won't be easy
to break Black's fortress.}) 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Kh3 h5 27. a4 $1 {White tries to
weaken Black's queenside pawns.} (27. Qg6 e4 $1 {and still Black can hope to
survive.}) 27... Rd3 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qg6 e4 {Black tries to activate his
bishop.} (29... Rxb3 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. g4 $1 $18 {is also unpleasant for Black,
because he can't avoid g5-g6.}) 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Qf5 Bxb2 32. Qxe4 c4 (32...
Rxb3 $4 {loses the rook after} 33. Qe6+ $18) ({Probably} 32... R3d5 {was
tougher, but} 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Bg5 R8d7 35. Qe2 Bd4 36. f4 {also looks
unpleasant for Black.}) 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Qxc4+ R3d5 35. g4 $1 {The best move:
White puts his pawns on dark squares, so he limits the black bishop's moves.}
Kh8 36. g5 Bd4 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Qf7 $1 $18 {The queen and two pawns are
winning against two rooks.} R8d7 ({In the event of} 38... R8d5 39. Kg3 Kh7 40.
f4 $18 {White wins easily.}) 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. g6 Re4 42. Qh7+ Kf8
43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qxg7+ Ke6 45. Qh8 Rd3+ 46. Kh2 {Nice game by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Tal,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 (11. Rd1 d4 (11... f5 $5) 12. Nc3 dxe3 $5
$13) 11... Re8 $146 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ye6g4]} (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 d4 13. Bg5
Qd7 14. Rad1 $2 (14. Qf4 $1) 14... Bg4 15. Qf4 Rae8 $17 {Ivkov,B-Fuderer,A /
Zagreb 1949, YUG-ch / 0-1 (36)}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 (13... exf3 14.
Bxf7+ $18) (13... Rxe6 14. Ng5 (14. Bxc5 exf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5) 14... Rxe5 15. Qh5
Bxe3 (15... Rxg5 $8) 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Nxf7 $1 $18) 14. Ng5 (14. Bxc5 exf3 15.
Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe4 Qd5) 14... Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nxe5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nxe4 (17. Nxh7
$5 Kxh7 (17... Qh4 18. Qg5 $1 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Qxh7 20. fxe4 Qxe4 21. Rd7) (17...
Nc4 $1 18. Qxe4 Nxb2 $1 19. Rde1 Nc4 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Yc4d2]}) 18. Qxe4+ Ng6
19. Rd3 Qg5 20. Rh3+ Kg8 21. Rg3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rxg6 Re2 $140 24. Rc6)
17... Nc4 18. Qg3 Rad8 (18... Nxb2 $4 19. Rd7) 19. b3 Nb6 20. Rfe1 $6 (20. Qc3
Rd5 $14) 20... Nd5 (20... Rd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 $2 22. Nf6+) 21. Qg4 (21. Qe5 Nb4
$1 $13) 21... e5 22. g3 c6 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 Qd7 $5 (11... Nc5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. b4 $6 {
Short-Timman, cf 1993}) 12. Be3 f5 13. exf6 $1 (13. Nbd2 $6 Na5 14. Nd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 $15) 13... Bxf6 14. Bc2 Qf7 15. Nbd2 Nd6 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 d4 $1
18. Ne4 $1 Rae8 $1 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Qd2 (20. cxd4 $2 Bc4 21. Qf3 $8 Qxf3 22.
gxf3 Re2 $17) 20... dxc3 21. bxc3 Ne5 22. Bh4 $1 $14 Nc4 23. Qd4 Bf5 24. Bxf5
Qxf5 25. Bg3 Re2 26. h3 $6 (26. a4 $1 h5 (26... Nb2 $6 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1
bxa4 29. Bxd6 $16) 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra7 $40) 26... h5 $1 27. a4 h4 $1 28. axb5
$4 (28. Qxh4 Re4 29. f4 Re2 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Qxf4 $10) 28... axb5 $4 (
28... Re4 $1 $19) (28... hxg3 $4 29. Qxc4+ Qe6 30. Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. bxa6 $16) 29.
Ra7 Qg6 30. Qd5+ Kh7 31. Rd4 $1 (31. Bxh4 Rf5 32. Qd3 (32. Qc6 $2 Ne5 33. Qb6
Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Rd2 $1 35. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 36. Ke2 Rd5 $19) (32. Qb7 $2 Ne3 $1 33. Rda1
$1 Rf7 $1 34. Qc6 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Re1+ $19) (32. Qa8 Ne3 $1 (32... d5 $2 33. Re7
$1 $16) 33. fxe3 d5 34. g3 $1 (34. g4 $2 Qd6 $1) 34... Rff2 (34... Qe6 $2 35.
Re7 Rff2 36. Qf8 $3 $18) (34... Qh5 $5) 35. Qxd5 Rg2+ $10) 32... Ne3 33. Bg3
Nxd1 34. Qxe2 Nxc3 35. Qd3 b4 36. Bxd6 Nb5 37. Rd7 (37. Ra6 $2 Rg5 $19) 37...
b3 38. Bf8 $1 Rf7 $1 39. Qxb5 Rxd7 40. Qxb3 $10 (40. Qxd7 $4 b2)) 31... Re1+ $2
(31... hxg3 32. Rh4+ Qh6 33. fxg3 (33. Rxh6+ Kxh6 34. fxg3 Ne3 35. Qb7 Re1+ 36.
Kh2 Nf1+ $10) 33... Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qxh4 $1 (34... Ne3 $2 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Qd2
$18) 35. gxh4 Ne3 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. g4 (37. Kg3 $4 Nf1+ 38. Kg4 Nh2+ 39. Kg3 (
39. Kg5 Re5+ 40. Kg6 Rf6#) 39... Re3+ $1 40. Qxe3 Nf1+ $19) 37... Nf1+ 38. Kg2
Ne3+ $10) (31... Qb1+ 32. Kh2 hxg3+ 33. fxg3 (33. Kxg3 $2 Qg6+ 34. Rg4 (34. Kh2
Qh6) 34... Re5 $1 $17 (34... Rf5 $4 35. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 36. Qxf5) 35. Rxg7+ (35.
Qd4 Rg5) 35... Kxg7 36. Rxg6+ Kxg6 37. Qd3+ Kg7) 33... Rf5 $1 34. Rh4+ Kg6 35.
Rg4+ Kh6 36. Qb7 Rxg2+ $1 37. Qxg2 Ne3 38. Qd2 (38. Qa2 Nf1+ 39. Kg1 Qe1 40.
Rh4+ Kg6 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qa7+ Rf7 43. Rh7+ Kxh7 44. Qxf7+ Kh8 45. Qf8+ $10)
38... Kh5 39. Rh4+ Kg6 40. Qxd6+ Rf6 41. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 42. Qe7+ Rf7 43. Qe5+
Rf6 $10 44. Qxe3 Qc2+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 $10) 32. Kh2 hxg3+ 33. fxg3 Qf5 $1 (
33... Ne3 $2 34. Rh4+ Qh6 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Qd2 $18) 34. Rh4+ Kg6 35. Qb7 $2 (
35. Rg4+ $4 Qxg4 $1 36. Qb7 (36. hxg4 Rh8+) 36... Kf6 $1 $19) (35. Qd4 $1 Ne5
36. Rf4 Qb1 (36... Qc8 37. Qxd6+ Rf6 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qxf6+ $18) 37. Qxd6+
Rf6 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qxf6+ $18) 35... Rg8 36. Rg4+ Kh6 (36... Qxg4 $2 37.
Qf7+ Kg5 38. Qxg8 Qd1 39. Qxg7+ Kf5 40. Qh7+ $1 Ke5 41. Re7+ Kd5 42. Qg8+ Kc6
43. Qa8+ Kc5 44. Rc7+ Kb6 45. Rc6#) 37. Rh4+ Kg6 (37... Kg5 $2 38. Rh5+ $1 Kxh5
39. g4+ $18) 38. Rg4+ Kh6 39. Rxg7 Rh8 $2 (39... Qf1 $2 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41. Rh6+
$1 Kg5 42. h4+ Kg4 43. Qd7+ Qf5 44. Qg7+ $18) (39... Nd2 $1 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41.
Rg7+ Kh6 $10) 40. Rf7 Qg6 41. Qf3 $1 Ne3 (41... Ne5 42. Qf4+ Qg5 43. Rf8 $1 $18
) (41... Re6 42. Rf5 $1 $18) 42. Qf4+ Qg5 43. Qxd6+ (43. Rh7+ $4 Rxh7 44. Rxh7+
Kxh7 45. Qxg5 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Nxg3+ 47. Kf2 $2 Ne4+) (43. Qxd6+ Qg6 44. Qf4+ (44.
Rf6 $4 Ng4+ $1 45. hxg4 Kg5+) 44... Qg5 45. Ra6+ Kh5 46. Qf3+ Qg4 $1 47. Rf5+
$1 $18) 1-0

