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Vaganian, Rafael A
ФИО: Ваганян Рафаэль Артёмович
Звание ФИДЕ: GM (Гроссмейстер)
Федерация: Армения
Дата рождения: 15.10.1951
Рейтинг стандарт: 2452
Рейтинг рапид: 2416
Рейтинг блиц: 2439
ФИДЕ ID
Чемпион СССР (1989)
Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1989)

[Event "WchT Students 19th final A"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1972.07.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1972.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Rc1 Qd6 12. Qc2 c5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bb5 O-O
15. O-O Rac8 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 f6
21. Rd6 e5 22. Nh4 Kf8 23. h3 g6 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Rxf6+ Ke7 26. Rf3 Bc6 27.
Re3 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. Nf3 Rxf2 30. Nxe5 Bb7 31. b4 Rf4 32. Rf3 g5 33. Rxf4
gxf4 34. Nd3 Bxe4 35. Nxf4 Kd6 36. g4 Kc6 37. Ne2 Bd3 38. Nf4 Bc4 39. g5 Kb5
40. h4 Ka4 41. h5 Kxa3 42. h6 Kxb4 43. g6 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 19th final A"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1972.07.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Barreras, Alberto"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1972.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8.
Nb3 Bd7 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Rc8 11. h4 Nb4 12. Nfxd4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h5 14. Rfe1
Be7 15. Nf3 Qd8 16. Nbd4 a6 17. Re3 Nxh4 18. Bxh4 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Rg3 g6
21. Re1 Qe7 22. c3 h4 23. Rg4 Rh5 24. Re3 Qf8 25. f4 Qe7 26. Rh3 Rc4 27. g3 b5
28. Rhxh4 Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Qc5 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Qe3 Be8 32. Nc2 d4 33. cxd4 Qd5
34. Rh2 b4 35. Rd2 Bc6 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Qg1 Qe4 38. Qf2 Ba4 39. b3 Rc3 40. Ne3
Rxe3 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 19th final A"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1972.07.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1972.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Be3 a6 13. Nd2 b5 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Nxa4 Ra7 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. O-O Bb5 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. f4 Re8 20. Kh1 Rb7 21. Qd1
Nf6 22. Qf3 Ng4 23. Nc3 Qd8 24. Bg1 Qh4 25. e5 dxe5 26. d6 Rb6 27. Nxb5 Rxb5
28. Qc6 Rf8 29. Nf3 Qf6 30. fxe5 Qf5 31. d7 Rxb2 32. Rad1 Rd8 33. Qc7 Rbb8 34.
Bxc5 Bf8 35. Qxb8 Rxb8 36. d8=Q Rxd8 37. Rxd8 h6 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. h3 Qc2 40.
Rc8 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 08th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1974.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1974.08.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dinamo"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. b4 e5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 Qxe4 8. Nxc5
Bxc5 9. bxc5 Nc6 10. d3 Qe7 11. g3 Bg4 12. Bg2 Bh5 13. h3 f5 14. Bf4 Qxc5 15.
O-O Nf6 16. Re1 O-O 17. Qb1 Rae8 18. Qxb7 Nd5 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Qa5 22. Qxc6 Qxe1+ 23. Kg2 Bf7 24. Nf3 Qe8 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. c4 Re6 27. a3
Rb6 28. Ne5 Rb3 29. d4 Rxa3 30. d5 Ra1 31. d6 Rd1 32. c5 Be6 33. f3 a5 34. Nc6
a4 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. c6 a3 37. Be5 a2 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 13th Group1"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1975.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5
15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rd6 18. Bc3 Ba8 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Qh3 g6 21.
Re3 Nh5 22. Ng4 Rd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Re5 f5 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Rxe6 Kxh6 27.
Qxf5 Rg8 28. Rc1 Bd6 29. g3 Bb7 30. h4 1-0

[Event "Match/Club Burevestnik-Spartak"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1976.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. O-O Bf5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Re1 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc2 11. Ra3 Ne4 12. Be3 Na6 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be4
15. Rca1 d5 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxa7 Rxa7
21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. Nb3 Nc6 23. Ra2 Nb4 24. Ra5 Nc2 25. Rb5 Kf8 26. c5 Ke8 27. c6
Kd8 28. Na5 Kc7 29. Rxb7+ Rxb7 30. cxb7 e6 31. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Skopje Solidarnost-06"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1976.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sofrevski, Jovan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1976.02.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 c6 6. g3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nb6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rd1 Bf8 12. Qf1 Bg4 13. Re1 Bd7 14. h3 c5
15. Nc2 Na4 16. Nd1 Bc6 17. b3 Nb6 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. Bb2 a6 20. Rad1 Nbd7 21. f4
Qa5 22. Qd3 b5 23. Ne3 Nb6 24. Re2 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rbd8 26. Ba1 g6 27. Kh2 Bg7
28. e5 Bxg2 29. exf6 Bf3 30. fxg7 Bxe2 31. Nxe2 Qxa2 32. Kg1 Nxc4 33. Ng4 Nb2
34. Qc3 f6 35. Bxb2 1-0

[Event "Skopje Solidarnost-06"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1976.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.02.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 $6 (7...
Qb6 {ist heutzutage die Hauptvariante.}) 8. Kf2 (8. Be3 $5 b5 9. a3 c4 10. Ne2
Qc7 11. g4 $14 {Istratescu,A-Rodriguez Herreros,V/Linares 72/(276) 1998/
[Istratescu,A] (21)}) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Ne2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Kg3 $5 {
eine sehr mutige Entscheidung, um die weiЯe Umklammerung im Zentrum aufrecht
erhalten zu kцnnen.} (12. Rf1 {ist nicht so ambitioniert, schraubt das Risiko
aber auch nicht so hoch, z.B.} cxd4 (12... O-O 13. Kg1 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. Nc3
Nxd4 16. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 17. Kh1 Qd4 18. Qxf3 {mit Ausgleich laut Nunn, Burgess,
Emms. Ich glaube allerdings, daЯ WeiЯ ьber eine nicht ungefдhrliche Initiative
verfьgt, z.B.} Nc5 (18... exf4 19. Bxf4 Bg5 $2 20. Qh3 $18) 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.
Be3 Bg4 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Bxd4 Bxf3 23. fxe5 $16) 13. cxd4 e5 14. Nc3 Nb4 15.
Na4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qa5 17. fxe5 Qxa4 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Re1+ Ne4+ 20. Kg1 $14 {
(Nunn, Burgess, Emms)}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Re1 $2 (14. h3 $1 {(Nunn,
Burgess, Emms) war von Nцten, um den Kцnig aus der Gefahrenzone evakuieren zu
kцnnen.}) 14... e5 $1 15. fxe5 $2 (15. dxe5 $1 Ndxe5 16. Bc2 $1 {und ich habe
nichts Besseres als} Ng4 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Rf1 Nb4 19. Qe4 g6 20. Bd2 Nxc2 21.
Qxc2 Nh6 22. h3 Qxb2 $15 {gefunden.}) (15. Nxe5 $2 Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Bh4+ 17. Kxh4
Qf2+ 18. Ng3 Rxf4+ $19) 15... Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Bh4+ $3 $19 {[%mdl 640] ein
unglaublicher Zug, der den weiЯen Kцnig weiter ins Freie zieht.} ({Nach} 16...
Bxe5+ $2 17. Nf4 {geht es hingegen nicht so recht weiter.} ({Auch} 17. Bf4 {
(Nunn, Burgess, Emms) kommt in Betracht, z.B.} Qe3 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Rxf4
20. Nxf4 g5 $14 {/+/-})) 17. Kxh4 (17. Nxh4 $2 Qf2#) 17... Rxf3 $1 18. Rf1 (18.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. e6 (19. gxf3 Qf2+ 20. Kg5 Nxe5 21. Qc2+ Kh8 22. Nd4 Qxe1 $19)
19... Bxe6 (19... Qb4+ 20. Bf4 (20. g4 Bxe6 21. Nf4 g5+ 22. Kh5 Qxf4 23. Qc2+
Qe4 $19) 20... Rxf4+ 21. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 22. Qg4 Qxh2+ 23. Qh3 Qf4+ 24. Qg4 Qxg4+
25. Kxg4 Kg6 $17 {/-+}) 20. gxf3 Qf2+ 21. Kg5 Ne5 22. Qc2+ Kh8 23. Nd4 Qxd4 24.
Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Nxf3+ $19) (18. Bc4 Qf2+ 19. Ng3 Rf4+ 20. Kg5 (20. Kh5 Bg4+
21. Qxg4 g6+ 22. Kh4 Rxg4+ 23. Kxg4 Qxe1 $19) 20... h6+ 21. Kh5 Bf5 22. Qxd5+
Kh7 $19) (18. e6 Bxe6 19. Rf1 Qb4+ 20. Bf4 g5+ 21. Kxg5 (21. Kh5 Rxd3 22. Qxd3
Ne5 $19) 21... Ne5 22. Kh4 (22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. gxf3 Qe7+ 24. Kh5 Bf7+ 25. Kh6
Qh4#) 22... Rxd3 23. Qe1 Qe7+ 24. Bg5 Ng6+ 25. Kh5 Qe8 $19) (18. gxf3 Qf2+ 19.
Kg5 h6+ 20. Kh5 Qxh2+ 21. Kg6 Ne7#) 18... Qb4+ 19. Bf4 Qe7+ 20. Bg5 (20. Kh5
Qe6 21. gxf3 Qh3+ 22. Kg5 Qh6# {(Nunn, Burgess, Emms)}) 20... Qe6 $1 {wegen
der doppelten Mattdrohung Dg4 und Th3 gewinnt Schwarz nun sein Material zurьck,
wonach die Partie praktisch entschieden ist.} 21. Bf5 (21. Rxf3 Qg4#) (21. gxf3
Qh3#) 21... Rxf5 22. Nf4 (22. Rxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxd5+ Be6 24. Qf3 Qxe5 25. Bf4 g5+
26. Bxg5 Qxh2+ $19 {(Nunn, Burgess, Emms)}) 22... Qxe5 23. Qg4 Rf7 24. Qh5 Ne7
25. g4 (25. Bxe7 Rxf4+ 26. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 27. g4 Qxh2+ 28. Kg5 h6+ 29. Kg6 Qc2+ $19
{(Nunn, Burgess, Emms)}) 25... Ng6+ 26. Kg3 (26. Nxg6 Qxh2#) (26. Kh3 Rxf4 $19)
26... Bd7 27. Rae1 Qd6 28. Bh6 Raf8 {Quelle: The World's Greatest Chess Games
von Burgess, Nunn und Emms, Robinson London 1998.} 0-1

[Event "Skopje Solidarnost-06"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1976.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.02.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. g3 Qe7 12. Bg2 c5 13. O-O Na6 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
15. Qa4 Nc7 16. e3 a5 17. Qb3 c4 18. Qxb6 Reb8 19. Qc5 Qd8 20. Ne5 Be7 21. Nc6
Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Ra6 23. Qa4 Rxb2 24. Rb1 Rb4 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. a3 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Bxa3 28. Rb7 Qc6 29. Rb8+ Bf8 30. Rd8 a4 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Qc7 33. Qxc4
Qxc4 34. Bxc4 Ra7 35. Ba2 a3 36. d5 g5 37. e4 Rc7 38. d6 Rc6 39. e5 Rc2 40. e6
fxe6 41. d7 1-0

[Event "Skopje Solidarnost-06"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1976.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1976.02.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Be3 Bb4 8. Qb3
Be7 9. Bg2 d6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qd1 Ne5 12. b3 Nfg4 13. Qd2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O
15. O-O Bd7 16. Qe4 Qc5 17. e3 Rab8 18. f4 f5 19. Qc2 Ng4 20. Qd2 Bf6 21. Rfd1
e5 22. Nc2 exf4 23. gxf4 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd5 Bh4 26. Rf1 Qe8 27. Nd4 Qg6
28. Kh1 Rbe8 29. Nf3 Bd8 30. Rce1 Qh5 31. Nd4 Re4 32. Nf3 Rfe8 33. Re2 Kh8 34.
Qe1 Qh3 35. Ng1 Qh5 36. Rf3 Bh4 37. Qf1 b5 38. Rh3 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rxc4 40. Nf3
Qf7 41. Nb6 Rb4 42. Rxh4 Qb7 43. Qh3 h6 44. Rxg4 fxg4 45. Qxg4 Rxb6 46. Kg2 Rb2
0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1976.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1976.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b5 3. a4 bxa4 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e4
Nd7 9. Qe2 Bf6 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Na5 Ba6 14. f4 O-O 15.
f5 exf5 16. exf5 Ned5 17. f6 Re8 18. Qf2 Re6 19. c4 Nxf6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Bb2
Qe8 22. Rae1 Ng4 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Qe1 Bc8 25. Qxe6 Bxe6 26. Nb7 Ne3 27. Rc1
Nc8 28. Bc3 Bd7 29. Bd2 Nf5 30. c3 h5 31. Bf4 Kf8 32. Kf2 Bc6 33. Rb1 Bd7 34.
h3 Ke7 35. Na5 Kd8 36. Rb7 Nfe7 37. h4 Ng6 38. d4 f6 39. Ke3 Nge7 40. Kd2 Nf5
41. Kd3 {Sealed move} cxd4 42. cxd4 Ke8 43. Rb2 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Bxg5 Nxg3
46. Rg2 Nf5 47. d5 {Sealed move} Nce7 48. Rh2 Ng3 49. Bf4 Bf5+ 50. Kc3 Ne4+ 51.
Kb4 Ng6 52. Bg5 Bg4 53. Bh4 Bd1 54. Rh1 Bf3 55. Rh3 Bd1 56. Re3 Bc2 57. Bg3 Kd7
58. Nc6 h4 {Sealed move} 59. Bh2 a5+ 60. Nxa5 Ne7 61. Rf3 Ng5 62. Rf2 Bd1 63.
Rf6 Ne4 64. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1976.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1976.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 (7. d4) 7...
Nbd7 8. O-O Ne8 9. Qb3 Kh8 (9... f5 10. c5+ Kh8 11. Nbd2) 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Rac1
(11. c5 dxc5 12. bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3) 11... b6 12. c5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qa3
Nd7 15. Nc4 c5 16. Nfd2 Qe6 17. d4 $1 exd4 18. Bf3 d5 19. exd4 Rb8 20. Rfe1 Qa6
21. Bxd5 Nc7 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23. Ba3 Nf6 (23... Bxd4 24. Nb3 Bf6 25. Nd6 Rb6 26.
Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxf7 $14) 24. Bc6 (24. Bf3 $16) 24... Nb4 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. d5
$14 Bh6 27. Re7 a5 28. Ne3 (28. Rd1) 28... a4 $11 29. Ra7 b3 30. axb3 axb3 31.
Rb1 Ng4 32. Nec4 Bg7 $2 (32... b2 33. h3 Bxd2 34. Nxd2 Ne5 35. Ra2 Nd3 36. Ra3
Rb4 37. g4 Nc1 $15) 33. Rxb3 $14 Bd4 34. Rxb8 Bxf2+ (34... Bxa7 35. Ra8 Bxf2+
36. Kf1 Bc5) 35. Kh1 Bxa7 36. Ra8 Bd4 (36... Bc5 37. Ne4 $16) 37. d6 $2 (37.
Bd7 $16) 37... Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Ng4+ 39. Kf1 Nxh2+ 40. Ke1 Kg7 41. d7 (41. Ke2)
41... Bxd7 $15 42. Rxf8 Bxc6 43. Rd8 Bg1 44. g3 Ng4 45. Ke2 Bf2 46. Rd6 Bg2 47.
Rd3 h5 48. Rb3 f6 49. Nd6 f5 50. N6c4 Kf6 51. Ra3 Bd5 52. Rd3 (52. Ra6+ Kg7 (
52... Kg5 53. Nf3+ Bxf3+ 54. Kxf3 $11) 53. Ne5 Bxg3 54. Rxg6+ Kh7 $15) 52...
Be6 53. Ra3 g5 54. Kf3 Bd4 55. Ra6 Ne5+ 56. Nxe5 Kxe5 57. Kg2 (57. Ke2) 57...
g4 58. Ra5+ $4 (58. Kh2) 58... Bd5+ 59. Kh2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1976.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ostojic, Predrag"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1976.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. h3 h6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Bc3 Rfe8
15. a3 a6 16. Bf1 b5 17. Nbd4 Na5 18. Bb4 Nec6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd3 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nc4 22. Qc3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 a5 24. Nf3 Be6 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Bd3
Kf8 28. Ra1 Qd6 29. a4 b4 30. Rd1 Qc5 31. b3 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Nb2 33. Rd2 Nxd3 34.
Rxd3 Ke7 35. Kf1 Bd7 36. Ke2 Kd6 37. Kd2 Kc5 38. c3 Re8 (38... bxc3+ $1 39.
Kxc3 (39. Rxc3+ Kxd4) 39... Re8 40. Rf3 Re7) 39. Rg3 $2 (39. cxb4+ $142 axb4 (
39... Kxb4 40. Rc3 $16) 40. Ne2) 39... bxc3+ 40. Kxc3 Re4 41. Rd3 g5 42. f3 Re1
$15 43. Rd2 f5 44. Kd3 f4 45. Rc2+ Kd6 46. Nb5+ Ke5 47. Rd2 (47. Kd2) 47...
Bf5+ $17 48. Kc3 Re3+ {Sealed move} 49. Kb2 Bd3 50. Nc3 (50. Rd1 d4 51. Na3
Re2+ 52. Kc1 Ba6 53. Nb5 Bb7 54. Rd2 Rxd2 55. Kxd2 Bd5 $19) (50. b4 Bxb5 51.
axb5 a4 52. Ka2 Rb3 $17) 50... d4 $19 51. Nd1 Re2 52. Kc1 Rxd2 53. Kxd2 Bf1 54.
Nf2 Bxg2 55. Ke2 Kd5 56. h4 gxh4 57. Nd3 h3 58. Nxf4+ Kd6 59. Kf2 Bh1 60. Nxh3
Kc5 61. Kg3 Kb4 62. Nf2 Kxb3 63. Nxh1 Kxa4 64. f4 Kb5 65. f5 Kc6 66. Nf2 a4 67.
Nd3 a3 68. Kf4 Kd6 69. Nb4 h5 70. Kg3 d3 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1976.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1976.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
Nh5 9. Bd3 Nxf4 10. exf4 c6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Qc7 13. g3 f6 14. Qc2 g6 15.
Bxg6 f5 (15... hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Nh4 Qd8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Ng6 e5 20. Qh8+
Kf7 21. Qh7+ Ke8 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Qg5+ Ke8 26. Qg6+
Ke7 27. dxe5 $18 Nxe5 28. Re1 Bh3+ 29. Kg1 Qc7 30. Qh7+ $18) 16. Qe2 Nf6 $4 (
16... hxg6 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg6+ Rg7 20. Qe6+ Rf7 21. Qg6+ $11)
17. Nb6 $18 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rbxc8 (18... Qxc8 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxe7 $18) 19.
Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Bxf5 Rce8 21. Qe5 Qa5 22. Bd7 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 21st final A"]
[Site "Caracas"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1976.08.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "VEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bg5 8. Bxg5
Qxg5 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Qg4 Nf6 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qh6 a6 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. Qxf6 Qa5+
15. c3 Nd7 16. Qf5 Qa4 17. Be2 Rg6 18. O-O Ke7 19. b3 Qa5 20. Rfc1 Rag8 21. Bf1
Qd8 22. Qf3 Qf8 23. b4 Qg7 24. Rab1 h5 25. Rc2 h4 26. a4 c4 27. a5 Rf6 28. Qe3
Rg6 29. Qf3 Rf6 30. Qe3 Rg6 31. f3 Rg3 32. Kh1 Qg6 33. b5 Nc5 34. bxa6 bxa6 35.
Rcb2 Nb3 36. Qf2 Qh6 37. Bxc4 Nc5 38. Bf1 Qg5 39. Rb6 Nd3 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Bxd3
Rxg2 42. f4 exf4 43. e5+ Qxe5 44. Qxh4+ R2g5 45. Qh6+ R5g6 46. Bxg6 Rxg6 47.
Qh8+ Rg7 48. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 21st final A"]
[Site "Caracas"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Fernandez Gonzalez, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1976.08.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "VEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d3 Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qe2 f5 14. Rac1 Qe7
15. Bg2 Be6 16. Nb1 Rfd8 17. Ba3 Qf7 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Nc3 h5 20. Bc5 Nd7 21. Na4
h4 22. Ba3 Bf6 23. Bb2 Qf8 24. Rc2 Kf7 25. e4 Qh6 26. Nc5 hxg3 27. hxg3 Nxc5
28. Rxc5 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Qf8 30. Rdc1 Qd6 31. Qd2 Bf5 32. Qc3 Bxe4 33. dxe4 Rh8
34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Qg4 Rad8 36. Ba3 Qd2 37. R5c2 Qd3 38. Rc3 Qd2 39. R3c2 Qh6 40.
Kf1 Bg5 41. Re1 Rd4 42. Ke2 Rhd8 43. Qf3 Qh3 44. Rb1 Qd7 45. Bb2 Rf8 46. Bxd4
Rxf3 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 21st final A"]
[Site "Caracas"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1976.08.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "VEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nb6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qb3 Rc8 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. a4 Qd7 14. a5 Nc4
15. Qb4 b6 16. a6 Na5 17. Bb5 Qe7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Qa4 Qg5 21. Bd7
Rcd8 22. Qb5 h6 23. h4 Qh5 24. b4 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Nb3 26. Nxb3 Bxb3 27. Qxa7 f5
28. Qe7 f4 29. a7 Bd5 30. Rc7 Qg4 31. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Qc2 e6 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rac1 Ne7 14. e4 c6
15. h4 Bg7 16. Ne5 a6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. f4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nd5 21. Kh2
Rfe8 22. Bf3 Rbd8 23. Nc3 Re7 24. Re1 Nxf4 25. Ne4 Qxd4 26. Rcd1 Qxe5 27. Rxd8+
Bf8 28. gxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Kg2 c5 30. Qd3 Qxh4 31. Qd6 Kg7 32. Rh1 Qxe4 33. Bxe4
Bxe4+ 34. Kh2 Bxh1 35. Qb8 Bd5 36. Rxd5 Re2+ 37. Kh1 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kf1
Re6 40. Rd8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Nc3
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qf5 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rac1 a5 14. Rc2 Bb8
15. h4 Qd6 16. Qh3 h5 17. d4 Ng4 18. Re1 Ndf6 19. Bd3 Bc7 20. Rce2 Ne4 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. d5 Rad8 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Red2 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. g3 Rxd5 27. Nxd5
Qc2 28. Rf1 Qxb2 29. Nxc7 Rd8 30. Qg2 Qe5 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Rc4 Rxc7 33. Qxe4
Qxe4 34. Rxe4 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. d3 e5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nd2
Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxe5 Be8 13. e4 Bf6 14. Ng4 Bd4
15. Ne3 Bc6 16. Nf5 Ne6 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. f3 Rad8 21.
b3 f5 22. Bb2 Rf8 23. Nc4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rf8 26. Qd1 Nf3+ 27. Kh1
b5 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Qe6 30. Bb2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch45 First League"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd2 Nf5 7. Ne2 Be7 8. Ng3
g6 9. Nxf5 gxf5 10. c3 a5 11. h4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Ng5 h5 14. Nh3 Qd7 15.
Bg5 c5 16. O-O Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nc7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. c4 d4 20. Qf3 Ke7 21. Rfd1
Na6 22. Nh3 Rag8 23. g3 Nb4 24. Nf4 Rg4 25. Rd2 Qc7 26. Re1 Nc6 27. Nd5+ exd5
28. cxd5 Qc8 29. dxc6 Rh6 30. Qa3 Rxc6 31. Qxa5 f4 32. Kh2 Qf5 33. Qa3 f3 34.
Qd3 Rxh4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch45 First League"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. h3 e5
9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qc5 11. Nb3 Qb4 12. Be3 a5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bc5 Qxc4 15.
Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Nxa5 Qb4 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Nd2 Nbd7 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc5 21.
Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Qc2 Bd4 23. a3 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rab1 Bd4 26. Rxb7 Rxa3 27.
g4 c5 28. Kh2 Ra2 29. f3 Kg7 30. h4 Bc4 31. Rfb1 Bd5 32. Kh3 Bxb7 33. Rxb7 c4
34. f4 c3 35. Bd5 Ra7 36. Rxa7 Bxa7 37. Bb3 exf4 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Kf3 Ke5 40.
Bc2 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Bd1 Bb6 43. Ke2 Kd4 44. Bc2 Bd8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch45 First League"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O
Bf8 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Qc2 c5 13. f4 Ng6 14. Nf3 d6 15.
e4 Bg4 16. f5 Nh8 17. Ne1 Bh5 18. h3 f6 19. Nd3 g5 20. b3 Rc8 21. a4 Bg7 22.
Bb2 Rf8 23. Rfc1 Be8 24. Qc4 a5 25. Bf1 Nf7 26. Qc2 Qe7 27. Re1 Bd7 28. Bc3 b6
29. Nb2 Ne5 30. Kg2 Rb8 31. Rec1 Rb7 32. Ba6 Ra7 33. Qe2 Qe8 34. Bxe5 Qxe5 35.
Nc4 Qe7 36. Na3 Qd8 37. Bd3 Bc8 38. Rh1 Re7 39. Raf1 Bb7 40. Qf3 Rff7 41. Bb5
Bf8 42. Nc4 Rg7 43. Re1 Kh8 44. Rd1 Rg8 45. h4 Reg7 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. Rh4 R8g7
48. Rdh1 Be7 49. Kf2 Bc8 50. R1h3 Rf7 51. Qf4 Bf8 52. Rh1 Ra7 53. g4 Kg8 54.
Nd2 Rf7 55. Nf3 Bd7 56. Bc4 Rgg7 57. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo International"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rocha, Antonio Cavilhas"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1977.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 Bg7 7. O-O dxe5 8. Nxe5
O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bf5 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nf3 a4 14. Bxd5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. c3 a3 18. b3 Rxc3 19. Bxa3 Be4 20. Bb2 Rd3 21.
f3 Bxe5 22. fxe4 Bxd4+ 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. exd5 Kf8 25. Rac1 Rxa2 26. Rc7 Rdd2
27. Rexe7 Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 Rgf2 29. Kg1 Rad2 30. d6 Rf6 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. d7 Ra6
33. Rc1 Kf6 34. d8=Q Rxd8 35. Rxb7 Kg7 36. Rcc7 Rf6 37. b4 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+
39. Kg1 Rd3 40. Kg2 h5 41. Rc4 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Rd3+ 43. Kg2 Ra6 44. Rc2 Raa3 45.
h4 Rd4 46. Rf2 Rg4+ 47. Kh2 Rxh4+ 48. Kg2 Rg4+ 49. Kh2 Kh6 50. Rfxf7 Kg5 51.
Rf2 Kh4 52. Rg2 Rb3 53. b5 g5 54. b6 Rgb4 55. Rc7 g4 56. Rcc2 Rxb6 57. Rgd2
Rh3+ 58. Kg1 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 Rbh1 0-1

[Event "Sao Paulo International"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1977.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O Nc7 8. a4 a6
9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Rfe1 Nd7 12. Bh6 Bxf3 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bxf3 b5 15.
b3 b4 16. Nd1 e5 17. dxe6 Ne5 18. Be2 Nxe6 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. f4 Nec6 21. Bc4 Ra7
22. Rad1 Qh4 23. Nd5 a5 24. c3 bxc3 25. Qxc3 f6 26. Rd3 Rb7 27. Qd2 Nb4 28. Rg3
f5 29. Nxb4 Rxb4 30. Qf2 Qd8 31. Rge3 fxe4 32. Rxe4 d5 33. Re7+ Rf7 34. Qh4 Qf8
35. Rxf7+ Qxf7 36. Re7 dxc4 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qxh7+ Kf6 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. bxc4
Rb1+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo International"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sanguineti, Raul"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1977.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. Nd2 Re8 10. e3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O e5 13. Re1 Qe7 14. e4 Nf8 15. Nf1
Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne3 Qg5 18. g3 Rf8 19. Bg4 Rae8 20. Ra2 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Rxc8
22. Rf1 Ne7 23. Qa4 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Rd2 e4 27. d4 Qf3 28.
Qc2 Rce8 29. Re2 e3 30. Rc1 Rf6 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kg2 Qf3+ 34.
Kg1 h5 35. Re1 h4 36. Qg2 hxg3 37. hxg3 c6 38. Qxf3 Rxf3 39. Kg2 Rxc3 40. Re6
d5 41. cxd5 cxd5 42. Rd6 Rxa3 43. Rxd5 Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Kh3 b5 46. Rb7 a6
47. Kg4 Ke6 48. Kf4 Kd5 49. Rd7+ Kc4 50. d5 Kc5 51. Rxg7 Kxd5 52. g4 Ra1 53. g5
Rf1+ 54. Ke3 a5 0-1

[Event "Sao Paulo International"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bronstein, Luis Marcos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1977.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. Re1 Nc7 10. a4 b6 11. Rb1 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. Bc4 Bf8 14. Rxe8 Qxe8 15.
Be3 Bd7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Nd2 Qg6 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. c4
Re8 22. Qg4 Qc2 23. bxc5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qxd2 25. c6 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. a5 h5
28. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo International"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Camara, Helder"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1977.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Re8 13. Nf5 Nf8 14. Nb3 Bb6 15.
Bg5 Ne6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rad8 20. Nc1 Bxe3 21.
Qxe3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. f3 Kf8 24. Rfe1 g6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bf1 N6h5 27.
Kf2 Ke7 28. Nb3 Ng7 29. a4 Nge6 30. Kg3 Rh8 31. Nd2 Rd4 32. Nc4 Rxc4 33. Bxc4
Rxh3+ 34. Kg4 Rh2 35. Rg1 Rxc2 36. b3 c5 37. Rc1 Rh2 38. Bxe6 Kxe6 39. Kg3 Rh3+
40. Kf2 Nd3+ 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Kg3 Rh5 44. Rb1 Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Nxg1
46. Kxg1 Rh8 47. b4 c4 48. Rc1 Rc8 49. Rc3 Kf6 50. Kf2 Kg5 51. Ke3 f5 52. exf5
gxf5 53. f4+ exf4+ 54. Kf3 Rc7 55. Rc1 c3 0-1

[Event "Sao Paulo International"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Trois, Francisco R Torres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1977.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. O-O a6 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rae1 Nd7
15. b3 b5 16. Kh1 Nd4 17. Qf2 b4 18. Nd5 a5 19. f5 f6 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Bb1 Nec6
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qg3 Ne5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rd1 a4 26. Rxd4 axb3 27. axb3 Ra8
28. Nf4 Qe8 29. Rxd6 Ra3 30. Ne6 Nxc4 31. Nxf8 Nxd6 32. Nxg6 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4
34. Re1 Qb7 35. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O (4... c5 $5 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Ne4 7. Nfd2
Qa5 $1 8. Bg2 Nxd2 9. Bc3 Nxb3 $5 10. Bxa5 Nxa5 11. Qa4+ Nac6 12. Nd2 O-O 13.
Rb1 cxd4 14. O-O Nd7 $44 {Psakhis,L-Magerramov,E/URS/1978/0:1 (40) Inf 26/55/})
5. g3 d6 6. d4 b6 $6 (6... Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O e4 9. Ng5 $1 {N 9.Ne1-37/639/}
e3 10. f4 h6 $6 (10... Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. b4 $14 {Gurevich,V}) 11. Nf3 Re8 12.
Nc3 (12. f5 $5) 12... c6 $6 13. f5 $1 $16 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Gurevich,V/Werfen/
1990/ Inf 51/571/}) (6... c5 $5 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 (9. Qc2 $2 Bf5
10. Qd1 (10. g4 Nb4 $19) 10... Bg4 11. e3 Ng5 $1 $17 {Carlhammar,M-Smirin,I/
Gausdal/1990/0:1/ (18)}) 9... Bf5 10. Nxe4 (10. e3 Qa5 $1 $10) 10... Bxe4 11.
Qd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 $10) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 (8... e6 $5 9. Nc3 c5) 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nf6 12. d5 c6
13. e4 cxd5 14. exd5 $16 Rc8 $6 (14... b5 $142 15. cxb5 Bxd5) 15. Qd3 b5 16.
Bh3 $1 (16. cxb5 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxd5 $10) 16... bxc4 17. bxc4 Ra8 18. Rfe1 Re8
19. Rab1 Qc7 20. Nd4 Ba6 21. Nc6 {/\ 22.Bc3-a5} Nxd5 $8 22. Qxd5 e6 (22... Bxc3
23. Rxe7 $1 $18) 23. Ba5 $1 (23. Bxe6 $2 Bxc3) 23... Qd7 24. Nb4 Qa4 25. Bxe6 (
25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Nxc6 Bxc4 27. a3 $18) 25... fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8
28. Qd5 Rf8 29. Bc7 $1 (29. Nxa6 $6 Qxa2 30. Rf1 Rf5 31. Qxd6 Qxa5 $44) 29...
Rc8 30. Nxa6 Qxa6 31. Qb7 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 $18 Bd4 33. Kg2 Bc5 34. f4 Re8 35. Rb8
Rxb8 36. Bxb8 Kg7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke4 h5 39. Kd5 Ke7 40. h3 Kd7 41. g4 hxg4 42.
hxg4 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Knezevic, Milorad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. Bd4 Bd7 14. Qd2 Ne6 15.
Bxf6 Rxf6 16. b4 Nd8 17. b5 Ne6 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rb1 Rf7 21. e3
Qf6 22. Ne2 Nc5 23. Nfd4 Ne4 24. Qc2 Qe5 25. Rb7 Bh6 26. Nf4 Qe8 27. Rdb1 Bg7
28. Nd3 c5 29. Nb5 Bc6 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Nxd6 Qe7 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Nf4 Re8 34.
Rd1 Qe5 35. h4 Rb8 36. Rb1 Re8 37. Rd1 Rb8 38. Bh3 Rb2 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Qd1 Bf6
41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rb1 Rd8 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Be4 e5 13. dxc5 h6 14. c4 Be6
15. Ba3 Na5 16. Bb4 Nxc4 17. Rfc1 f5 18. Bc2 e4 19. Bb3 exf3 20. gxf3 Ne5 21.
Bxe6+ Kh7 22. Bc3 Nd3 23. Rc2 Qc6 24. Rd1 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Qxe6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Rcd2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Re8 29. Qd7+ Qf7 30. Qa4 Re7 31. Rd6 Kh7 32. h4 h5 33. Qb3
Qg7 34. f4 Kh6 35. Qc2 Re4 36. c6 Qe7 37. c7 Qxh4+ 38. Kg2 Rxe3 39. Qd1 Rg3+
40. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 (10... Ne7 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. f3 Qa5 13. Rb1 c4
14. Bc2 $16 Qxc3 $2 15. Rb4 $1 a5 16. Rb1 {Nogueiras,J-Garcia Martinez,S/
Havana/1:0/ (16)}) 11. f3 Qc7 (11... Nh5 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ng3 h6 14. Ra2 Qa5 15.
h4 $1 $16 {Cvitan,O-Prandstetter,E/Prague/1987/1:0 (37)}) (11... cxd4 12. cxd4
b6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Rb1 Rc7 16. Qa4 $14 {Petrosian,T-Cardoso,Ro/
Portoroz(izt)/1958/1:0/ (41)}) (11... b6 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Ra2 Bb7 14. Re2 Rc8
15. Kh1 cxd4 16. cxd4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Agzamov,G/URS(ch)/1985/1:0/ (33) Inf 39/
711/}) (11... Rb8 12. Rf2 Qc7 13. g4 b5 14. Ng3 Ne7 $14 {Hoeksema,H-Sosonko,G/
NED(ch)/1993/0,5 (14)}) 12. Ra2 (12. Rb1 $5 Bd7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. g4 h6 15. Kh1
Bc8 16. Rg1 $16 {Reshevsky,S-Steiner,G/USA/1946/}) 12... Bd7 13. Ng3 Rac8 14.
Re2 Qb6 $6 (14... cxd4 $5 15. cxd4 Na5 $14) 15. Kh1 cxd4 $6 (15... Na5 $5) 16.
cxd4 Na5 17. Rb2 $16 Qd6 18. Rb4 $1 {/\ 19.e3-e4} Qc7 19. e4 dxe4 (19... Nc6
20. e5 $1 Nxb4 21. axb4 $18) 20. fxe4 Bg4 (20... Nc6 21. Rc4) 21. Qd2 Qc3 22.
e5 Nd5 (22... Nd7 $142 23. Ne4 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 $16) 23. Rb5 $1 $18 Nc4 24. Qxc3
Nxc3 25. Rxb7 Be6 26. Nf5 (26. Rxa7 $6 Nb5 27. Rb7 Nxd4 $14) 26... Kh8 27. Rxa7
Rcd8 (27... Nb5 28. Rb7 Nbxa3 29. Bxa3 Nxa3 30. Nd6 $18) 28. Bg5 Ra8 29. Rc7
Rec8 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Nd6 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
b3 c6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Bc7 13. Nh4 g6 14. e4 f4 15.
Nf3 fxg3 16. hxg3 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nd5 cxd5 20. exd5 Bb6 21. c5
Nxc5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Re2 b6 24. Ng5 Bf5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxf2 27. Rxf2
Rf8 28. d6 Rxf2 29. Kh1 Rd8 30. Bxe5 Re2 31. Bd5+ Kf8 32. Bf4 Kg7 33. Bf3 Rf2
34. Be5+ Kh6 35. Bg4 Rdf8 36. d7 Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2 Rf2+ 39. Kh3 Be7
40. Bb8 Bd8 41. a4 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 22nd Group1"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1977.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Borngaesser, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1977.08.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d5 c6 8. Nc3
cxd5 9. cxd5 a5 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Bd4 Nc5 12. a4 Bd7 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Qb3 (14.
Ne5 Ne8 15. Nc4 (15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. e3 $14) 15... Nd6) 14... Kh8 15. Rad1 Ne8
16. e4 (16. Ng5 {[%csl Re6]}) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Qc7 18. Rc1 b6 19. Rfe1 (19.
Nfg5 {[%cal Gg5f7]}) 19... Nd6 20. Neg5 Bf6 21. Bh3 Nf5 22. Re4 h6 23. Ne6 Bxe6
24. Rxe6 Nd4 $2 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Qd3 Bxb2 27. Rc4 Rf6 28. Re2 Bd4 29. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 22nd final A"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1977.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Borngaesser, Rene"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1977.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 (11. Bd3) 11... b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bg2 {
Un peu lent et Bd3 semble davantage dans l'esprit de la position.} (13. Bd3 Rc8
14. Rhe1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Nxg4 (14... O-O 15. e5) 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Bxb5 $1 axb5
17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Nxd6 $44) 13... Rc8 14. Rhe1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 $1 {Un thиme
courant dans la Najdorf} 16. fxg5 (16. e5 $142 $5 dxe5 17. fxe5 (17. Bxb7)
17... Bxg2 18. exf6 $13) 16... Nxg4 {[%cal Ge7h4]} 17. e5 (17. Kb1) 17... Ngxe5
$17 {[%csl Ge5]} 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ne4 d5 $19 20. g6 dxe4 21. gxf7+ Nxf7 22.
Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qb4+ Ke8 24. Rxe4 e5 25. Re2 Rg8 26. Nd4 Rc4 27. Qe1 Qb6 28. Red2
Qg6 29. Rd3 Kf8 30. Nb3 Nf6 31. Na5 Re4 32. Qf2 Kg7 33. Nc6 Ng4 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 22nd final A"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1977.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Regan, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. b4 g5 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Nb3 O-O-O 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Ba6 (15. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 15... g4 16. Nfd2 Bd6 $6 (16... Qb6 17.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Rb1 Ka8 19. Nc4 $16) 17. Rb1 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bxa6 19. Qxa6+ Kd7
20. Nxc5+ Ke8 21. Nc4 Ne5 22. Be3 Nfd7 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Ncb7 g3 25. f3 Rhg8 26.
Red1 Rb8 27. Bf4 Qxc3 28. Rbc1 Qb3 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Qa5 Kf6 31. Qd2 Kg6 32.
Nc5 Qb2 33. Rc2 Qxa3 34. Qf4 Rb2 35. Rcc1 Qa2 36. Qxe5 Rxg2 37. Qf4 Rf8 38. Nd7
e5 39. Nxf8+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kxf8 41. Qc8+ Ke7 42. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Rome"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ostojic, Predrag"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1977.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Bb5 a5 8. a4
Ncb8 9. O-O b6 10. c3 O-O 11. Be3 c6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Ne1 c5 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15.
f4 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Nd2 Qe8 19. Nd3 c4 20. Ne5 Nc7 21. Qd1 b5
22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qc2 Rfb8 24. Ra2 Ra6 25. f5 Rf8 26. h3 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Nd7 28.
Bd4 exf5 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Qxf5 Ne6 31. Nf3 Ndf8 32. Qc2 a4 33. Ra3 Nf4 34. Qf5
Qxb2 35. Qxf4 Qxa3 36. Qf5 Ne6 37. Be3 Qf8 38. Qb1 a3 39. Qb5 Qc8 0-1

[Event "Rome"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Forintos, Gyozo Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1977.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. Qa4 Qd7 8.
O-O e5 9. a3 Rb8 10. e3 Be7 11. Rd1 Qf5 12. d3 Bd7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. b3 Rbc8 15.
Bb2 Qh5 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Qd1 Bg4 20. Nxc5 b6 21. Nb7
Re8 22. h3 Bxh3 23. Nxe5 Qxd1 24. Rexd1 Bxg2 25. Nxc6 Bf3 26. Rd2 Rc7 27. Nxe7+
Rexe7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Nd6 Ne7 30. Nb5 Rc5 31. Nd4 Bb7 32. b4 Rc8 33. Nb5 Ba6
34. Nd4 Bb7 35. e4 f6 36. f3 Kf7 37. Kf2 h5 38. Nb5 Rd8 39. Ke3 Ba6 40. Nd4 Re8
41. Rc2 Rc8 42. Rh2 Nc6 43. Rxh5 Nxd4 44. Bxd4 Rc2 45. Rh8 Bb5 46. a4 Be8 47.
a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 Ra2 49. Rh5 Ke6 50. Rc5 a6 51. g4 Bb5 52. Bc3 Rc2 53. Rc7 g5
54. Rc5 Kf7 55. Kd4 Rc1 56. Rd5 Rc2 57. Rd6 Rc1 58. Bd2 Rc6 59. Rd5 Rc7 60. Bc3
Rd7 61. Rxd7+ Bxd7 62. Ke3 Be6 63. d4 Bb3 64. Kd2 Ba4 65. d5 Bb3 66. Bd4 Bc4
67. Be3 Bb3 68. f4 gxf4 69. Bxf4 Kg6 70. Ke2 Bc2 71. Ke3 Bd1 72. g5 fxg5 73.
Bg3 Bc2 74. Kd4 Kf6 75. Bc7 Ke7 76. e5 Kd7 77. Bb8 Kc8 78. Bd6 Kd7 79. Kc5 g4
80. e6+ Kc8 81. Bg3 Bb3 82. Kd6 Bc4 83. Ke5 Bb3 84. d6 Ba4 85. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Rome"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Passerotti, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1977.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 a6 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. e6 Nf6 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Nf3 g6 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. O-O b5
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Nxe4 Qe5 18. Qf3 Bf5 19. Bd3 c4 20. Bc3 Qc7 21.
g4 cxd3 22. gxf5 Nd7 23. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 (7. Qc2
) (7. d3) (7. O-O) 7... Rb8 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nc3 (9. a4 b6 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfc1 $14 {Salov,V-Oll,L/Wijk aan Zee/1993/1:0/68/})
9... a6 10. a4 (10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Nde4 Be5 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 $10 {Chernin,A-Rashkovsky,N/URS (ch 1L)/
1981/1/2-1/2/21}) (10. O-O) (10. Ng5 $5) 10... b6 (10... b5 $2 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Qb6 13. Nxd6+) 11. Nd2 (11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Be5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd1
Bb7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 $10 {Stangl,M-Luther,T/Balassagyarmat/1990/1/
2-1/2/23/}) (11. O-O) 11... Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Nc4 Nb8 $1 (13... Bc7 $2 14.
Na5 $1 $18) 14. Nxd6+ $6 (14. Bg5 $5) 14... Qxd6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17.
Qc4 O-O 18. O-O Nc6 $1 19. Qxa6 $6 (19. Bd2 $142) 19... Nd4 20. Rae1 Nb4 21.
Qc4 Nbc2 22. Rb1 Nxe2+ 23. Kg2 Ned4 24. f3 $2 (24. Be3 f5 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Nc3
Qc6+ 27. f3 $15) 24... f5 25. Nd2 (25. Bf4 Qxf4 $1 26. gxf4 Ne3+ 27. Kf2 Nxc4
$19) 25... f4 $1 $19 26. Rbe1 Nxe1+ 27. Rxe1 fxg3 28. hxg3 Qc6 29. Re4 Rd7 (
29... Rbf7 $2 30. Rxd4) 30. Be3 Rfd8 31. Kf2 Rd5 32. g4 Qd7 33. b4 Nc6 34. bxc5
bxc5 35. Ke2 Ne5 $6 (35... Rxd3 36. Qxe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxd2+ 38. Bxd2 Nd4+ $19
) 36. Qb5 Nxd3 $6 (36... c4 $1 37. Qxd7 cxd3+ 38. Kf2 R8xd7 $19) 37. Qxd7 R8xd7
(37... R5xd7 $142) 38. Nc4 e5 $2 39. Nb6 Kf7 $2 (39... Nf4+ 40. Bxf4 exf4 41.
Nxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxf4 $14) 40. a5 Ke6 41. Nxd5 Rxd5 42. a6 Nb4 43. a7 Rd8 44. Bxc5
$18 Nc6 45. Re3 $1 {/\ 46.Re3-d3} Ra8 46. Rd3 Nd4+ 47. Ke3 $1 (47. Bxd4 $6 exd4
48. Ra3 Ke5 49. Ra5+ Kf4 50. Rf5+ Kg3 51. Rf7 g5) 47... h5 48. gxh5 Kf5 49. Rd1
Kg5 50. Ke4 Kxh5 51. Bxd4 exd4 52. Ra1 g5 53. Kxd4 Kh4 54. Ra5 Kh3 55. Kc5 Kg3
56. Kb6 Rg8 57. Rxg5+ Rxg5 58. a8=Q Rf5 59. Kc6 Rxf3 60. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
c5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Bh3 Ne6 17. Qb3 Nxf4 18. gxf4 e3 19. Bd7 exf2+ 20. Kf1 Qd8 21.
Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Rd7 Bc5 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Rd1 h6 25. Qxf7+ Kh7 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27.
Ng4 Kf8 28. f5 Be4 29. Nxh6 gxh6 30. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxc4 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nba6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Na5 Bxc3+ 14.
Rxc3 Bd5 15. O-O b6 16. Nc6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rd6 18. Nd4 Nc7 19. b4 N5a6 20. Rfc1
Nd5 21. Rc8+ Rd8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. a3 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 Rd8 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Rc8+
Kg7 27. Ra8 Rd5 28. Nxa7 Nc7 29. Rb8 Rd2 30. Kf2 Ra2 31. Rb7 Nd5 32. Nb5 Rc2
33. Rd7 Nc3 34. Nxc3 Rxc3 35. Rxe7 Rxa3 36. Rb7 Kf6 37. Rxb6+ Ke5 38. Rb7 Ke6
39. Rc7 Rb3 40. Rc4 h5 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Rd4+ Ke6 43. Rc4 Kd6 44. h4 Kd7 45. Kf4
Rb2 46. Kf3 Rb3 47. Rd4+ Ke7 48. Re4+ Kd6 49. Rd4+ Ke7 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Kf4 Rb2
52. Kf3 Rb3 53. Ke4 Rc3 54. Kf4 Rc2 55. Kf3 Rb2 56. e4 Rb3+ 57. Kf4 Rb2 58. e5
Rxe2 59. Rd6+ Ke7 60. b5 Rb2 61. b6 Rb4+ 62. Ke3 Rb3+ 63. Kd4 Rxg3 64. Kc5 Rc3+
65. Kb4 Rc1 66. Rd3 Rc8 67. Kb5 Ke6 68. Rf3 Rb8 69. Rf6+ Kxe5 70. Rxf7 Ke6 71.
Rf1 Ke7 72. Rg1 Kf6 73. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. c5 bxc5
15. dxc5 Rb8 16. Rab1 Qa5 17. Nd4 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc6 Rb6 20. Be3 Rxc6
21. Bb5 Bd7 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc5 Be4 24. b4 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 a6 26. a4 Be7 27.
Be3 Rb8 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Kf8 30. b6 Rb7 31. g4 Ke8 32. g5 Kd7 33. Kg2 Bd6
34. h3 Kc6 35. Rc1+ Kd5 36. Kf3 e5 37. Rd1+ Kc6 38. Ke4 Re7 39. f3 Re8 40. Ra1
Bb8 41. Rc1+ Kb7 42. Rd1 Kc6 43. h4 Rf8 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kf5 Bd6 46. Rc1+ Kb7
47. Rh1 Ra8 48. Rxh5 Ra3 49. Ke4 Kc6 50. Rh1 Ra4+ 51. Kf5 Ra3 52. Re1 Bb4 53.
Rc1+ Rc3 54. Kf6 Rxc1 55. Bxc1 e4 56. fxe4 Kxb6 57. Kxf7 Bc3 58. Bf4 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 10th"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "1978.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spartak"]
[BlackTeam "Dinamo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2 Qe7 ({RR} 6... exd5 7.
cxd5 Bb7 8. e4 Qe7 9. Bd3 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nc3) 7. Bg5 exd5 8. Bxf6 ({RR} 
8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. e4) 8... Qxf6 9. cxd5 g6 10. e4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O
13. e5 Qe7 14. Nb5 Bxe5 15. d6 ({RR} 15. Re1 d6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Qd7 18.
Nc7 Nc6 19. Nxa8 Rxa8) (15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Qxd5 17. Nc7 Qc6 18. Nxa8 Qxa8
$44 {[%csl Rf1,Rh1]}) 15... Bxd6 16. Qd2 Be5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qf5 19. Nc7
Nc6 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. h4 h5 22. Rh3 Nd4 23. Qh6 Qf6 24. Kg1 Rf8 25. Rg3 Nf5 26.
Qf4 Kg7 27. Rg5 Rd8 28. Re5 Nd4 29. Qg3 Kf8 30. Kh2 d6 31. Re4 Nf5 32. Qf3 Qxb2
33. Rf4 Qf6 34. g3 c4 (34... d5) 35. Rxc4 d5 36. Rf4 d4 37. Rgxf5 $1 gxf5 38.
Rxf5 Qe6 (38... Qg6 39. Rxh5) 39. Rxh5 Rd7 40. Qf4 d3 $4 $138 41. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1978.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1978.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Nc7 9. a4 a6 10. a5 Nb5 11. Nb1 Bg4 12. Nbd2 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Re8 15. c3
exd5 16. exd5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Bh6 18. Nc4 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Qc7 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Re1
Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kf8 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qf4 Nd7 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3
Kf8 28. Be2 Nc7 29. f4 Ke7 30. g4 b6 31. axb6 Nxb6 32. Bf3 a5 33. Kf2 c4 34.
Ke2 a4 35. Kd2 Nb5 36. Nc2 Nc7 37. Nb4 Nb5 38. Nc6+ Kd7 39. g5 a3 40. bxa3 Na4
41. Bd1 Naxc3 42. a4 Ne4+ 43. Ke3 Nbc3 44. Bg4+ Kc7 45. Kd4 f5 46. gxf6 Nxf6
47. Kxc3 Nxd5+ 48. Kxc4 Nb6+ 49. Kb5 Nxa4 50. Nd4 Nc5 51. Ne6+ Nxe6 52. Bxe6
Kd8 53. Kc6 Ke7 54. Kd5 h6 55. h4 Kf6 56. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1978.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1978.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Qd2
Nbc6 9. Bd3 b6 10. a4 Ba6 11. dxc5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 bxc5 13. O-O c4 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Bb4 Qd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rae1 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Nd4 e5 21.
Nxc6 Qxc6 22. f4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 e4 24. Re3 Rad8 25. f5 Rd6 26. g4 d4 27. cxd4
Rxd4 28. Qf2 Qd6 29. g5 Rd2 30. Qh4 Rd1 31. Qf2 Re5 32. Qe2 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qd5
34. f6 Rxg5 35. fxg7 Kxg7 36. Qa1+ Kg6 37. Qe1 Kf6 38. Qf2+ Ke6 39. Qe1 a5 40.
h3 Kd6 41. Qb1 Kc7 42. Qf1 Rf5 43. Qg2 Rf3 44. Rxf3 exf3 45. Qg7+ Kc6 46. Qf6+
Kc5 47. Qe7+ Kd4 48. Qf6+ Ke3 49. Kh2 Qe4 50. Qc3+ Ke2 51. Qb2 f2 0-1

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1978.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1978.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. c5 Rfd8 17. Bf3 e6 18. a4 bxc5 19. Qxc5 Bf8 20. Qc4 a5 21.
Rac1 Rdc8 22. h4 Qd8 23. g3 Qf6 24. Be4 Bd6 25. Qf1 Qe7 26. Qg2 Ra6 27. Rd2 Qd7
28. Bf3 Bf8 29. h5 Bg7 30. Rc5 Qe8 31. Qh1 Rd8 32. Qh4 Raa8 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Bh6 Bxh6 35. Qxh6 Qe7 36. Qf4 Qd6 37. Qg5 Kg7 38. Be4 Rh8 39. Qe5+ Qxe5 40.
dxe5 Ra6 41. Rd7 Rb6 42. Rxa5 Ba6 43. Rc7 Be2 44. Raa7 Rf8 45. Rcb7 Rxb7 46.
Rxb7 c5 47. Rc7 Rd8 48. Rxc5 Rd4 49. Bc2 g5 50. b3 g4 51. Rc3 Bf3 52. Kf1 Rd5
53. b4 Rxe5 54. Bd3 Rh5 55. Ke1 Rh1+ 56. Kd2 Ra1 57. a5 Ra4 58. Rb3 Ra2+ 59.
Kc3 Rxf2 60. b5 f5 61. b6 Rh2 62. a6 Rh8 63. b7 Rb8 64. Rb2 Kf6 65. Bf1 Bxb7
66. axb7 e5 67. Kc4 Ke6 68. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Kirovakan"]
[Site "Kirovakan"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1978.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. O-O Bd5 14. Bf3 Qd7
15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rxb6 Qa5 20. Rb4 Qxa2
21. h3 Rac8 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Rxa4 e6 24. g4 Re7 25. Rb1 f6 26. Bd6 Rd7 27. Rb8
Rxb8 28. Bxb8 Rd8 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Ra7 Bf8 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Bg3 Rc8 33. Kf3 Bh6
34. Bd6 Bd2 35. Bb4 Rc6 36. Ke4 Be1 37. Ke3 e5 1-0

[Event "Kirovakan"]
[Site "Kirovakan"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1978.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2
Re8 9. a3 a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O b5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15.
Ba2 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. b4 Na4 18. Nxa4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qb5 20. Qc2 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 a5 22. Bc4 Qb7 23. Bd3 Qxf3 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Be4 Qg4+ 26. Bg2 axb4 27. h3
Qg5 28. axb4 Rab8 29. Qc4 Be7 30. Rb1 Rec8 31. Qe4 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Qc6
Qb5 34. Qxb5 Rxb5 35. Bc6 Rb8 36. Rd1 Be7 37. b5 Rd8 38. Rb1 Kg8 39. b6 Kf8 40.
b7 Bd6 41. Rc1 Ke7 42. Bb5 g5 43. Rc8 Be5 44. Kg2 f5 45. Bc4 f4 46. Kf3 fxe3
47. fxe3 Bd6 48. Bxe6 Rf8+ 49. Rxf8 Kxf8 50. Kg4 Ke7 51. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Kirovakan"]
[Site "Kirovakan"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ornstein, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1978.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. e4 d6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. O-O Bc6
15. Qc2 Be7 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. Be4 O-O 20. Bxc6 Rxc6
21. Qe4 Rcc8 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bf6 24. Nd5 Rce8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rxd6
Re2 27. Rb1 Kg7 28. g3 Rc2 29. b3 Re8 30. Rd3 Ree2 31. Rf3 Kg6 32. Kg2 Rb2 33.
Rxb2 Rxb2 34. Rd3 Ra2 35. a4 Rb2 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. h3 h5 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Kf3 Kf5
40. g4+ hxg4+ 41. hxg4+ Kg5 42. Kg3 Rb1 43. f4+ Kg6 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Ke4 Ke6 46.
f5+ Ke7 47. Kd5 Kd7 48. g5 $1 (48. a5 $4 Re1 $1 {nebst Matt auf e5}) 48... fxg5
49. Ke5+ Ke7 50. f6+ Kf7 51. Rd7+ Kg6 52. Rg7+ Kh6 53. Rg8 Re1+ 54. Kf5 Rf1+
55. Ke6 Re1+ 56. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Nfd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nxd7 Re8 17. Bxe7 Qxd7 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Rac1 Rxc1
21. Qxc1 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Qc8+ Qf8 24. Qxb7 g6 25. Qxd5 Qe8 26. g3 Qxa4
27. Kg2 Qb4 28. b3 a5 29. h4 h5 30. Qf3 Kf8 31. Qf6 Qxb3 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qxa5
Qb7+ 34. Kg1 f6 35. Qc5 Kf7 36. d5 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qf5 38. Qa7+ Ke8 39. d6 Qd7 40.
Qb8+ Kf7 41. Qb3+ Kg7 42. Qd5 Kf8 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. Ke3 Kg7 46. Kd3
Kf8 47. Kc3 Kg7 48. Kb4 Kf8 49. f3 Qc8 50. Qc5 Qb8+ 51. Ka5 Qa8+ 52. Kb5 Qb7+
53. Kc4 Qa6+ 54. Kd5 Qb7+ 55. Qc6 Qb3+ 56. Kc5 Qe3+ 57. Kb5 Qb3+ 58. Ka6 Qa3+
59. Kb7 Qb3+ 60. Kc7 Qb4 61. d7 Qa5+ 62. Kc8 Qf5 63. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pytel, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Vaganian,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{Inf.26/73} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 $2 (4... Nc6) 5. e5 Ng4 (
5... Ne4 $2 6. Ne2 {/\ d3+-}) 6. h3 Nh6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Nf3
f5 $1 11. g3 $1 (11. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 $11) 11... Nf7 12. Bg2 Be7 (12... g5 $2 13.
Bxg5 $1 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 $18) 13. O-O O-O (13... g5 14. Nxg5 $18) 14. Re1 (14. Qe2
$2 g5 $1 15. Nxg5 Nxg5 16. Bxb7 (16. Bxg5 Bxg2 17. Bxe7 Bxf1 $19) 16... Nxh3+
17. Kg2 Nxf4+ 18. gxf4 Ra7 $17) 14... Nc6 15. h4 h6 16. h5 Ng5 17. Nh4 Rf7 18.
Ng6 Bc5 19. Be3 $1 Qc7 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. f4 $18 Nd4 (21... Nh7 22. Qd6 $1 Qxd6
23. exd6 Nf6 24. Na4) 22. fxg5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Kf2 f4 (24... Qxb2+ 25.
Ne2 {/\ Qc1}) 25. gxf4 Raf8 26. Re4 Qxb2+ 27. Ne2 Rb8 28. gxh6 Nc2 29. Rc1 Nb4
30. Rc3 Qxa2 31. hxg7 Kxg7 32. Ree3 Nc6 33. Rb3 Rb4 34. Rg3 Kh6 35. Rxb4 Nxb4
36. Nf8 $1 Rxf4+ 37. Kg1 Rxf8 38. Rg6+ Kxh5 (38... Kh7 39. Qxd7+) 39. Nf4+ Kh4
40. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "Clarin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Rd8 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Rab1 e6
15. a5 Bc6 16. Bb5 Qb7 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. h3 Rdc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. dxc5 bxc5
21. c4 Nf8 22. Qd3 Qa4 23. Bc1 Rcb8 24. Bd2 Rb2 25. Be1 Qa2 26. Rxb2 Qxb2 27.
Rb1 Qa2 28. Rb5 Ra3 29. Qb1 Qxc4 30. Nd2 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Clarin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Szmetan, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1978.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Be2 d6 8. Qd2
Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rac1 a6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Nd5 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Bc6 19. c5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc7
21. Qe3 Red8 22. Re5 Rd7 23. h4 Rcd8 24. Re1 Rd3 25. Qc1 e6 26. R5e4 R8d5 27.
b4 Rd2 28. a3 Qd7 29. Qa1 Rc2 30. g3 h5 31. Rf4 e5 32. Rf3 Kg7 33. Rc3 Rcd2 34.
Qb1 Rd1 35. Rc1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 f5 37. Qb2 Kf7 38. Rxe5 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rd2 40.
Qb3+ Kf6 41. Re6+ Qxe6 42. Qc3+ Kf7 43. Qxd2 Qc6+ 44. Kg1 Ke6 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46.
Ke2 Ke5 47. Qd6+ Ke4 48. Qd3+ Ke5 49. Qf3 Qa1 50. Qf4+ Kf6 51. Qd6+ Kg7 52.
Qc7+ Kf6 53. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Clarin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1978.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Qg4 Nb8 14. e5 Nf5 15.
Qh3 h6 16. Nge4 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. g4 Qh4 19. Qg2 Nd4 20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. Rf1
Bxe5 22. Nxc5 Bd7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Bxg6 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Be4 b6 27. b4
Nd7 28. g5 h5 29. h3 Bd6 30. Nb5 Nxb5 31. cxb5 Be5 32. Qf3 Bd6 33. Qd3 Ne5 34.
Qxd6 Qxe4 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. Qf4 Qe2 38. Qe3 Qxe3+ 39. Bxe3 Kf7 40.
Kg2 Kg6 41. a4 Kf5 42. h4 Ke4 43. Bxb6 axb6 44. a5 1-0

[Event "Clarin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1978.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Be7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. e3 d6 13. Be2 a6 14. a4 Nd7 15.
O-O Nf6 16. h3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Rb8 19. Ra7 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qc4
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxb5 23. b3 Re8 24. Rfa1 Rb6 25. Bg5 Rb8 26. R1a6 h6 27. Bxe7
Rxe7 28. Rxd6 Qe8 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Qxc5 Qe4 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Rb4 Qb1+ 33. Kh2
Rd2 34. e4 Rd8 35. Qc7 Rd1 1-0

[Event "Clarin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3 a6 7. a4 b4 8. a5 Be7
9. Nbd2 f5 10. Nc4 Bf6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ra7 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Qd2 Rb7 15. c3
Rb5 16. cxb4 Rxb4 17. b3 Qe7 18. Bd3 g6 19. Ne1 Nd7 20. Nc2 Rb8 21. f4 Bg7 22.
b4 Bb7 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nb4 Rbc8 25. Rfc1 Rc7 26. Rc2 h5 27. h3 Bf6 28. Kh2 h4
29. Qe2 Bg7 30. Rbc1 Bf8 31. Qd1 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 Rc5 33. Kg1 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4
35. Kf2 Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Nb6 Rxa5 38. Rc8 Kg7 39. Ra8 Ra2+ 40. Kf1 Rxe3
41. Nd7 Be7 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas-08"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Qc2 Be7 9. Nd2 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Rfd8
15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Nd5 17. Ne4 Ba8 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nc4 f5 20. Ned2 c5 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. b5 Bf6 23. Rb3 Rd7 24. Bf3 Rcd8 25. g3 g6 26. Bg2 Kg7 27. Re1 e5
28. e4 Ne7 29. Rc3 Rd4 30. Nb3 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Ncd2 Qb6 33. Nxe4 R4d5
34. Rf3 Nf5 35. g4 c4 36. Qxc4 Rd1 37. Qf1 Nh4 38. Rxd1 Nxf3+ 39. Kg2 Nh4+ 40.
Kg3 Qb7 41. Nbc5 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hartston, William R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. a3 Nbc2 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. b4 cxb4
15. axb4 Nf5 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Ne4 Nd6 18. Bb2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bd6 20. Bd4 a6 21.
Qb2 f6 22. Rfe1 Rf7 23. Bd3 Qf8 24. Bc5 Rc8 25. Rac1 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qb6
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qa3 29. Re1 g5 30. Bf1 Kg7 31. Qxb7 Bb5 32. Qc8 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Qd6
34. Rd1 Rc7 35. Qf5 Rc5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qxh4 Kg7 39. Qh5 a5 40.
Rd4 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Qd7 42. Rh4 Kg8 43. Rg4+ Kh8 44. Rf4 Rc5 45. Rxf6 Rxd5 46. Qh6
1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rantanen, Yrjo A"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. h4 Bd7 10. h5 h6 11. Rh4 c4 12. Rg4 Rg8 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Qa4 15.
Kd1 Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rh4 Be6 18. Bf4 Kb8 19. Qe3 Ka8 20. Be2 Ne7 21. g3
Rc8 22. Kd2 Rc6 23. f3 Rb6 24. Rhh1 Rb2 25. Bd1 Rc8 26. Kc1 Rb5 27. g4 fxg4 28.
fxg4 a5 29. Qf2 Rc6 30. Qh4 g5 31. hxg6 Nxg6 32. Qd8+ Rc8 33. Qf6 Rb6 34. Bxh6
Qb5 35. Kd2 Qb2 36. Be2 Bxg4 37. Qxf7 Rb3 38. Bxg4 Qxc3+ 39. Ke2 Qxc2+ 40. Kf1
Qe4 41. Rg1 Qd3+ 42. Be2 Qh3+ 43. Ke1 Qc3+ 44. Kf2 Qxd4+ 45. Kf1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Vooremaa, Andres M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bc5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Bb6 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nc5
Re8 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Na4 Rac8 18. Rac1 h5 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bd4 Nd7
21. h3 Be6 22. e4 Qd6 23. Rcd1 f6 24. Be3 Ra8 25. Rd2 Ra5 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Qd1
Rca8 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxa2 31. Rd6 Qc3 32. Bd5 Ra1 33.
Bxe6+ Kh8 34. Rxd7 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 h4 36. gxh4 Qe5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Bg8+ Kg6 39.
Rd5 Qa1+ 40. Kg2 f5 41. Rd6+ Kh5 42. Bf7+ Kxh4 43. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rytov, Boris"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Qb3 a6 12. Bc4 e6 13. Be5 Rg8 14. a4
Bd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Be2 Be7 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Bg3 Kf7 19. Rd4 Rgd8 20. Rc4 Qd5
21. Rd1 Bxa4 22. Rxd5 Bxb3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rc7 Rd2 25. Kf1 Rxb2 26. Bxa6 bxa6
27. Bd6 Bc4+ 28. Ke1 Re2+ 29. Kd1 Rxf2 30. Rxe7+ Kg8 31. g4 g5 32. Rc7 Be2+ 33.
Ke1 Rg2 34. h3 h5 35. Be7 Kf7 36. Bd8+ Kg6 37. gxh5+ Bxh5 38. Re7 Re2+ 39. Kf1
Rd2 40. Bb6 Kf5 41. Ra7 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 e6 6. O-O-O Be7 7. e4 a6 8.
f4 b5 9. e5 b4 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Ne4 fxg5 12. fxg5 Qa5 13. Kb1 b3 14. axb3 Nb4
15. Nf6+ Kd8 16. Qd4 Qa2+ 17. Kc1 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qa5 19. Ke2 Nxc2 20. Qe4 Rb8 21.
Nf3 Bxf6 22. gxf6 Qb5+ 23. Kd2 Qb4+ 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Ne5 Ke8 26. Nc4 Rg8 27.
Nd6+ Kf8 28. Rc1 Nc6 29. Be2 Rg5 30. Bf3 Rg6 31. Rhf1 Bb7 32. Be4 Rg4 33. h3
Rg5 34. Rc3 Ba8 35. Rfc1 Rb4 36. Rd3 Kg8 37. g4 h5 38. gxh5 Rb6 39. h6 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vilela de Acuna, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Nf3 Nb6 9. c4 e5 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. d3 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qc1 Rab8 14. Nd2 c5 15.
Ba1 Be8 16. Qa3 Na4 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. Qa5
b6 22. Qb5 e4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rbd1 Rbd8 25. Qb2+ Kg8 26. f3 exd3 27. exd3
Rfe8 28. Qf2 Qd7 29. Rfe1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Re8 31. Qf2 Kf7 32. Rd2 Qd4 33. f4 Re3
34. Qf1 b5 35. cxb5 c4 36. Re2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Rxd3 38. Re5 Qd4+ 39. Qf2 Rd1+ 40.
Kg2 Rd2 41. Re2 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Rd1+ 43. Re1 Rxe1+ 44. Qxe1 Qc5+ 45. Kf1 c3 46. a4
c2 47. Qc1 Ke6 48. Ke2 Qc3 49. a5 Kd5 50. b6 axb6 51. a6 Qc4+ 52. Kd2 Qd4+ 53.
Ke2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 Be7 6. g3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Bg2 a6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. Be3 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxb5 Bd5
15. Qc2 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 axb5 17. Qc5 Ne4 18. Qxb5+ Ke7 19. Rff1 Rb8 20. Qd3 Qb6+
21. Nd4 Rhd8 22. e3 f5 23. b3 g6 24. Rac1 e5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Nxf5+ Kf6 27.
Bxe4 Bb7 28. Qb1 Rd2 29. Rf1 Ba6 30. Qe1 Rbd8 31. g4 Ke6 32. Qh4 Kd7 33. Rc1
Qb4 34. Qxh7+ Ke8 35. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.16"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2
c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5 14. Qc1 f6 15.
Rd1 Qf7 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rd6 Bd7 18. Qa3 Nc8 19. Rd2 b6 20. Rad1 Bc6 21. Rd8 Qe7
22. Qb3+ Kg7 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Qc4 Ne7 25. g4 g5 26. h4 h6 27. Rd6 Ng6 28. h5
Nf8 29. Nh4 Be4 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. Nf5+ Kh8 32. Nxh6 Nfd7 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Nxg5+
fxg5 35. Re6 Ne5 36. Rxe5 Qd7 37. Kh2 Nc6 38. Rf5 Rf8 39. Rxf8 Qd6+ 40. Bf4
Qxf8 41. Qd3+ Kh8 42. Bd6 Qf6 43. Kg3 Be4 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet Toth Memorial-07"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1979.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tompa, Janos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Tompa,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1979.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. Bg5 h6 (7... exd5
8. Nc3 Bxc4 (8... Bb7 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. cxd5 Qe4 $14) 9. e4 $16) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9.
e4 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 $16 d6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qa4 Be7 14. Rd1 (14. e5
dxe5 15. d6 Qxd6 (15... Bxd6 16. Rd1 O-O-O 17. Qa6+ Kb8 18. Nb5 $18) 16. Rd1
Qe6 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxd7+ Kf8 19. Qb7 Rd8 $1 20. Qxa7 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 g6 22.
Qxb6 Kg7 $15) 14... Qf4 15. Nd2 (15. Re1 $5) (15. Ne2 $142 b5 16. Qxb5 Qxe4 17.
Nc3 Qf5 18. Re1 $14) 15... Rd8 16. g3 Qg4 17. Kg2 O-O 18. Nc4 Qh5 19. Rhe1 (19.
Ne3 Ne5) (19. Qxa7 f5 $36) 19... f5 (19... Bf6 $5) 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. f4 Rxf4 $1
22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kf2 b5 $5 (25... Bh4+ $5 26. Ke3
Re8+ 27. Ne4 (27. Kd2 Bxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxf4+ 29. Kd1 (29. Ne3 Qd4+ $1) 29... Qf3+
30. Kc2 Qf5+ $11) 27... Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Qh3+ 29. Kd2 Qxh2+ 30. Kd1 (30. Kc3 Qh3+
31. Kc2 Rf8 32. Qxa7 Rxf4 33. Re3 $18) 30... Qxf4 31. Ncxd6 $16) 26. Qxb5 Rb8
27. Qa4 Bh4+ 28. Ke3 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Bxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxf4+ 31. Ne3 Qd4+ 32. Kc2 Nf6
33. Qxa7 Rxe3 34. Qb8+ Kh7 (34... Ne8 $142) 35. Rxe3 Qxe3 36. Qxd6 Ne4 37. Qe5
$18 Qd2+ 38. Kb3 Nxc3 39. bxc3 Qd1+ 40. Kc4 Qa4+ 41. Kxc5 Qxa3+ 42. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet Toth Memorial-07"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1979.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Ferenc"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1979.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. bxa6 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qxf3 13. Rg1 Bh4 14.
Qc2 Nxa6 15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Rg4 Nb4 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Bg2 d5 19. Kf1 Bg5 20. Rg4 Bf6
21. a3 Qe6 22. Bf3 c4 23. Rb1 Nd3 24. Bd2 Rab8 25. b3 Ne5 26. Bb4 Nxg4 27. Bxg4
Qe4 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet Toth Memorial-07"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1979.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1979.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Bb5 a5 8. a4
Ncb8 9. c3 b6 10. h4 h6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Rh3 b5 15. h5
Nc7 16. Rg3 Bf8 17. Qe2 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nb6 19. Ra2 a4 20. Kf1 Nb5 21. Qd3 Qc8
22. Kg1 Ra7 23. Nf1 Qa6 24. Rg4 Nc7 25. Qc2 Qc4 26. Ra1 Qb5 27. Ne1 Nc8 28. Nd3
Na8 29. Ne3 Nab6 30. f4 Nc4 31. Nxc4 dxc4 32. Nf2 Ne7 33. Nd1 f5 34. exf6 gxf6
35. Ne3 f5 36. Rg3 Nd5 37. Nxd5 cxd5 38. Rg6 Qd7 39. g4 Kf7 40. Be3 Rg8 41.
gxf5 exf5 42. Qg2 Rg7 43. Kh1 Kg8 44. Rg1 Qf7 45. Bf2 Rxg6 46. hxg6 Qd7 47. Re1
Bg7 48. Bh4 Ra6 49. Re7 Qc6 50. Re3 Kh8 51. Be7 Qd7 52. Ba3 Re6 53. Qe2 Rxe3
54. Qxe3 Kg8 55. Be7 Qc6 56. Bd8 Qxg6 57. Bc7 Qh5+ 58. Kg2 Kf7 59. Be5 Bf8 60.
Qd2 Qg4+ 61. Kh2 h5 62. Qc2 Bh6 63. Qxa4 Bxf4+ 64. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 65. Kg2 Qe4+ 66.
Kh2 Kg6 67. Qd7 h4 68. Qd6+ Kg5 69. Qd8+ Kg4 70. Qg8+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet Toth Memorial-07"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1979.06.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rigo, Janos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 c6 11. Nd3 Re8 12. b4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
e3 Rad8 16. Qb3 Qf5 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Qb1 Qh5 20. Re1 Ng4 21. h3
Nf6 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Bc8 24. Re5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Nh7 26. g4 Qh4 27. Ne2 h5
28. f3 d4 29. Qd3 Nf8 30. f5 c5 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rxc5 Qe7 33. Ra5 Qc7 34. Ra4
Qxe5 35. Rxd4 Ba6 36. Qd2 Qc5 37. Qb4 Qc7 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Ng3 hxg4 40. fxg4
Nd7 41. Kh2 Qb8 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet Toth Memorial-07"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1979.06.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1979.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. d4 b6 6. cxb6 axb6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Nf3
e6 9. Bc4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qb3 O-O
15. c4 Nc6 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Rfc1 Rfa8 19. Rab1 Rxa2 20. Qc3 Na6
21. h3 h6 22. Ne1 Ra3 23. Qc2 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Rd1 Qxe5 26. Rb7 Nb4 27. Qc4
Ra1 28. Bc1 Rd8 29. Bf4 Qf6 30. Rxa1 Qxa1 31. Rxe7 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 Nd5 33. Rb7
Qxf2 34. Bc1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th Group2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 Be7 8. e3
d6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 g5 13. Bg3 f5 14. h3 Qe8 15.
b4 Qg6 16. c5 Nf6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Rc6 f4 20. Qxg6+ hxg6 21. exf4
gxf4 22. Bh4 Rfd8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Rc2 Kf7 25. Re1 Nd5 26. Rce2 Re8 27. Ng5+
Kf6 28. h4 e5 29. Ne4+ Ke7 30. Rd2 Nf6 31. Nxd6 Kxd6 32. dxe5+ Ke7 33. exf6+
Kxf6 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rd6+ Re6 36. Rxe6+ Kxe6 37. g4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-11b"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1979.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harandi, Khosro"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1979.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
a5 (8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qd3 (10. O-O $6 c5 11. a4 {Surakov-Borisenko
USSR 1956}) (10. Qe2 $5 Nb8 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 Nbc6) 10... Nb8 11.
b4 Qc6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Qb7 15. f4 h5 16. Nf3 Nf5 $10 {
Klovan-Katalimov USSR 1963}) 9. a4 Nf5 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 h5 $10
13. Bd2 c5 $5 (13... Nc6) 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15. Qb5 $1 c4 (15... Qxb5 16. axb5
$16 {Vaganian}) 16. Bxa5 Nc6 17. Bb6 $6 (17. Bc3) 17... O-O $44 18. Qc5 Rfc8
19. Qa3 d4 20. Rfe1 Qd5 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rcb8 23. Reb1 Ra5 $17 {Vaganian}
24. Bd6 Nxd6 25. exd6 Rd5 26. Nd2 Na5 27. b4 cxb3 28. Nxb3 (28. cxb3 Rb4 $17)
28... d3 $1 29. Rc1 $8 Nxb3 30. cxb3 Rxb3 31. a5 Rb8 32. a6 Rxd6 33. a7 Ra8 34.
Rcb1 Kh7 35. Kf1 Rd7 36. Rd1 e5 37. f3 h4 $17 38. Ra3 Rdxa7 39. Raxd3 Ra2 40.
Re3 f6 41. Rde1 Kg6 (41... h3 42. R3e2 Rxe2 43. Rxe2 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Kg3
$15 {Vaganian}) 42. R3e2 Kf5 43. Kg1 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 Ra1+ (44... Ra4 $1 45. Kf2
g5 46. g4+ (46. Rb2 g4 $1 47. fxg4+ (47. Rc2 gxf3 48. gxf3 Kf4 $19 {Kasparov})
47... Kxg4 48. Rb6 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 f5 50. Rg6+ Kf4 51. Rh6 Ke3 52. h3 e4 53. Rxh4
f4 54. Rh8 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Kf2 56. Rf8 (56. Re8 f3 57. Rxe4 (57. gxf3 e3 $19)
57... Rh1+ $1 $19 58. Kxh1 fxg2+ 59. Kh2 g1=Q# {Vaganian}) 56... f3 57. h4 Rg1
58. gxf3 Rg2+ 59. Kh1 e3 $1 60. Re8 Rg3 61. Kh2 Rxf3) (46. h3 Kf4 47. Rb2 f5
48. Re2 e4 49. fxe4 fxe4 $19 {Kasparov}) 46... hxg3+ $1 (46... Kf4 $2 47. h3
$10) 47. hxg3 (47. Kxg3 g4 $19) 47... g4 48. fxg4+ (48. Rb2 Kg5 $1 (48... Ra3
$2 49. fxg4+ Kxg4 50. Rb4+ $10) 49. Re2 gxf3 50. Kxf3 Ra5 $1 $19 {Kasparov} 51.
Re4 f5 52. Rh4 Ra3+ (52... e4+ 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Kf6 55. Rh5 Rb2 56. Kg1 e3
57. Kf1 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Ke5 59. g4 (59. Rh4 f4 60. gxf4+ Ke4 $19 {Kasparov}) 59...
Ke4 60. Rxf5 Rxf5 61. gxf5 Kd3 $19 {Kasparov}) 53. Kf2 f4 54. Rh3 $8 Ra2+ 55.
Kf3 e4+ 56. Kxe4 Kg4 $19 {Kasparov}) 48... Kxg4 49. Kg2 Rc4 $1 50. Rf2 (50. Kf2
Kh3 $1 $19) 50... f5 51. Re2 Rc5 $1 {zugzwang} 52. Rb2 (52. Kf2 Kh3 $19) (52.
Re1 Rc2+ $19) 52... Rc3 $19 {Kasparov}) 45. Kf2 g5 $19 46. Rb2 (46. g4+ hxg3+ (
46... Kf4 $2 47. h3 $10) 47. hxg3 (47. Kxg3 g4 $19 {Vaganian}) 47... g4 48.
fxg4+ Kxg4 49. Re4+ Kg5 50. Re2 Ra4 51. Kf3 Ra5 $1 52. Re4 f5 53. Rh4 (53. Rb4
e4+ 54. Ke3 (54. Kg2 Ra2+ 55. Kh3 e3 $19) 54... Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 (56.
Kf1 Kg4 57. Rb3 Rd2 58. Kg1 Rd3 $19) 56... Kg4 $1 57. Rb8 Kh3 58. Rb5 Ra3+ 59.
Ke2 Rf3 60. Kd2 Kh2 (60... Kg2 61. Ke2 Kg1 62. Ra5 Rf2+ 63. Ke3 Kg2 64. Rb5
Rf3+ 65. Kd2 Kh2 $18 {Kopaev}) 61. Ke2 Kg2 62. Ke1 (62. Kd2 Kf2 63. Kd1 Rd3+ (
63... e3 $19) 64. Kc2 Rxg3 65. Rxf5+ Ke2 $19 {Kasparov}) 62... Rf2 63. Kd1 Kf1
64. Ra5 e3 $19 {Kopaev}) 53... Ra3+ (53... e4+ 54. Kf2 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Kf6 56. Rh5
Rb2 57. Kg1 e3 58. Kf1 Rf2+ 59. Kg1 Ke5 60. g4 (60. Rh4 f4 61. gxf4+ Ke4 $19)
60... Ke4 61. Rxf5 Rxf5 62. gxf5 Kd3 $19 {Kasparov}) 54. Kf2 f4 55. Rh3 $8 Ra2+
56. Kf3 e4+ 57. Kxe4 Kg4 $19 {Kasparov}) 46... g4 $1 47. fxg4+ (47. Rc2 gxf3
48. gxf3 Kf4 $19 {/\ f5, h3, Ra1 Kasparov}) 47... Kxg4 48. Rb6 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 f5
50. Rg6+ Kf4 51. Rh6 Ke3 52. h3 e4 53. Rxh4 f4 54. Rh8 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Kf2 56. Rf8
(56. Re8 f3 57. Rxe4 (57. gxf3 e3 $19) 57... Rh1+ $1 $19) 56... f3 57. h4 Rg1
58. gxf3 Rg2+ 59. Kh1 e3 $1 60. Re8 Rg3 61. Kh2 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-11b"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1979.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1979.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Qg6 11. g3 Nf6 12. Nh4 Qe8 13. f4 Ne7 14. Ng4 Ne4
15. Nf3 c5 16. Bd3 Nf5 17. c3 b6 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. Nge5 a6 20. Be3 c4 21. Bc2 b5
22. g4 Ne7 23. Nd2 Ng6 24. Nxg6 Qxg6 25. Qg2 Rf6 26. Rf2 Raf8 27. Raf1 h6 28.
Nxe4 dxe4 29. h4 h5 30. Bd1 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Qh6 32. Qg3 Bd5 33. Kg2 a5 34. a3 g6
35. Bh3 R8f7 36. Qg5 Qg7 37. Kh1 Qh8 38. f5 Rh7 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-11b"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1979.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bronstein, Luis Marcos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1979.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 c4 9. Bf5 Qa5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. O-O g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nb6 16. f3 Qa4 17. Qb1 f6 18. Bh6 Qa5 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 g5 21. Kf2
Bd7 22. h4 gxh4 23. e4 Bc6 24. Rh1 dxe4 25. Rxh4 exf3 26. Rg4+ Kf7 27. Rg7+ Ke6
28. d5+ Kxd5 29. Nxf3 Ba4 30. Ra2 Rad8 31. Rd2+ Ke4 32. Nd4 f5 33. Rxb7 Nd5 34.
Bg5 Nxc3 35. Bxd8 Nd1+ 36. Ke1 c3 37. Re2+ Ne3 38. Re7+ Kxd4 39. Rxe8 Bxe8 40.
Bg5 f4 41. Bxf4 Nd5 42. Be5+ Kc4 43. Bxc3 Bg6 44. Bd2 Nxb4 45. Re7 a5 46. Ra7
Kb5 47. Kf2 Kb6 48. Rd7 Bc2 49. Ke2 Bg6 50. Be3+ Kb5 51. Rb7+ Kc4 52. Rc7+ Kb3
53. Kd2 Nd5 54. Rb7+ Kc4 55. Bh6 a4 56. Bf8 Be4 57. g3 Bg6 58. Rd7 Nb6 59. Rb7
Kb5 60. Ra7 Nd5 61. Ba3 Be4 62. Ra8 Nb6 63. Rb8 Kc6 64. Kc3 Bg6 65. Kd4 Bc2 66.
Re8 h5 67. Re6+ Kc7 68. Re1 Bf5 69. Rc1+ Kd7 70. Rc5 Bg4 71. Ra5 Kc6 72. Bc5
Nd7 73. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-11b"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1979.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Qe2 Ba6 12. Nc4 Ne8 13. b3 Nd6 14. Nh4 Qf6 15.
Nf5 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Ne7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qc6 19. Rfe1 Qc5 20. Bf1 Rad8 21.
Qa2 Rd6 22. Red1 Rfd8 23. Qb3 Nc8 24. Rd5 Rxd5 25. cxd5 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Nd6 27.
Qc2 b5 28. axb5 Nxb5 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Ng4 f6 31. Ne3 a4 32. Kg2 {Time} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. Ng5 Bd7 8. cxd5
Nb4 9. Qd1 Nfxd5 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. a3 Be6 12. axb4 cxb4 13. d3 Rf8 14. Nd2 Kg8
15. Nf3 Kh8 16. d4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Qh4 Bc5 19. e3 Bg8 20. Ne5 Rad8 21.
Be4 Ne7 22. Nd3 a5 23. Qh5 Nd5 24. Ne5 Rf6 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bd2 Rh6 27. Qf5 Rf8
28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxd5 Rxf2 30. Qg5 Rhxh2 31. Be1 Re2 32. Rd3 Be7 33. Qg4 Qc2
34. Rd2 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Qxd2 36. Rf1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Anikaev, Yuri N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 a6 8. c5 (
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3) 8... c6 9. Bd3 b6 (9... e5 $5) 10. b4 (10. cxb6 c5 11. O-O
Bb7 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxb6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Re1 Nbd7 16. Qb3 Ba8 17. Qa4 Rb8
18. Re2 Rb6 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Balashov,Y/URS(ch)/1985/}) 10... a5 11. b5 {
'+/=!?' Moiseev.} (11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 $5 14. Bxf6 $2 (14.
dxe5 Ne8 $13) 14... Bxf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+
Kg8 19. Qxe5 Ba6 $17) 11... Bb7 (11... cxb5 12. c6) 12. bxc6 Bxc6 13. cxb6 Qxb6
14. Ne5 Ba3 (14... Rfc8 $5) 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O Ne8 {'?' Moiseev.
} (17... Qxc3 $6 18. Rb3) (17... Be7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 $14) 18. Na4 Bd6 (
18... Nd6 $4 19. Qb3 $18) 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxb8 Bxb8 22. Qb1 (22.
Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 23. Qb1+ Kg8 24. Qxb8 Nd6 25. Qb3 $16) 22... Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6
24. Bxh7+ Kg7 25. Bd3 Rc8 26. g3 Bd6 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qc7 29. Qd1 (29.
Qxc7 $5 Bxc7 30. Bb5 $16) 29... f5 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. h3 Qd8 32. Qf3 a4 {'?!'
Moiseev.} (32... Qf6 $5) 33. Qh5 Qf6 34. f4 Qh6 {'?' Moiseev.} (34... Be7 $5)
35. Qxh6+ Kxh6 36. Bb5 a3 37. Bd7 Kg7 38. h4 Bf8 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. h5 Ke7 41. Ba4
Kf6 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Be8 Kf6 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. Ba4 Kf6 46. Kc3 Kg7 47. Be8 Kf6 48.
Kb3 Ke7 49. Bb5 Kf6 50. Be8 Ke7 51. Bc6 Kf6 (51... Kd8 52. Bb5 Kc7 53. Be8 f6
54. Bf7 Kd7 55. Bg8 $1 $18 {Vaganian}) 52. h6 Bxh6 53. Kxa3 Bf8+ 54. Kb3 Bd6
55. a4 Bc7 56. Kb4 Bd6+ 57. Kb5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6
8. Be3 b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Kc2 Na5 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc6 14. b5
Nd4+ 15. Kb2 g5 16. Rc1+ Kb8 17. Bc4 Bg7 18. Ka3 h6 19. Bxf7 e6 20. Bh5 Rc8 21.
Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Bg4 Bc5+ 23. Kb2 Rcd8 24. Rc2 Bb4 25. Nb3 Bd6 26. Re1 Be5+ 27.
Ka2 Rd6 28. Nd2 Rd4 29. Bxe6 Bf4 30. Re2 Rhd8 31. Nf3 Rxa4+ 32. Kb3 Rxe4 33.
Rxe4 Bxe4 34. Rc3 Rd6 35. Bc4 Rd1 36. Be2 Rb1+ 37. Kc4 Rb2 38. Nd4 Bd2 39. Rb3
Ra2 40. Nc6+ Kc7 41. Rh3 Bc1 42. Nd4 Ra4+ 43. Kc3 Ra3+ 44. Nb3 Bf4 45. Rxh6
Be5+ 46. Kb4 Ra2 47. Bf3 Bxf3 48. gxf3 Rc2 49. f4 Bd6+ 50. Rxd6 Kxd6 51. fxg5
Rxf2 52. Nd4 Kd5 53. Nc6 a5+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. d5 Nc5 11. Re1 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Bf1 Nh5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nxg3 17. b4 Nd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qg4 Nf5 20. exf5 gxf5 21.
Qh5 Kh8 22. Nf3 e4 23. Ng5 h6 24. Bb2 Kg8 25. Kh1 Bxb2 26. Qxh6 f6 27. Ne6 Qh7
28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rag1 Rg8 32. Rxb7 Be5 33. Rxg8+
Rxg8 34. Rd7 f4 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Nxd8 Bc3 37. Ne6 f3 38. a3 Kh7 39. Kg1 Kg6 40.
Nc7 f5 41. Nb5 Be5 42. a4 f4 43. Na3 e3 44. fxe3 fxe3 45. Nc2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bb5+ c6 {
'!' ChessBase.} (7... Nbc6 $2 8. Qg4 $1) 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Nh3 c5 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11.
O-O Rc8 12. a4 {'?' ChessBase.} (12. Nf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 $13 {(Vaganian)})
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 {'!' ChessBase.} 14. Rb1 Nxc2 15. Bg5 Rc4 {'|^'
ChessBase.} 16. Rc1 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ng5 Nxd4 19. Rxc4 Qxc4 20. Re1 h6 21.
Qh5 Rf8 22. Nh7 Rc8 23. Qh4+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15.
Qe2 Rac8 16. e5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc3 18. Ne4 Qb3 19. Rfb1 Qa4 20. Rb2 Bxe4 21. Bb5
Qxa3 22. Rxa3 Bxa3 23. Ra2 Bc1 24. Rxa7 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Rd1+ 27.
Bf1 Rcc1 28. h4 Rxf1+ 29. Kh2 Rh1+ 30. Kg3 Bxg2 31. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 (6... d5 $5) 7.
c4 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 $6 (8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Bh3 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3
Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qb7 15. Rb1 $14 {Vukic,M-Nemet,I/Vinkovci/1977/->})
9. b3 e6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 $6 (11... Nbd7 12. Ba3 Nc5 $14) 12. Ba3 Nbd7
13. Na4 Ne8 (13... Nc5 $2 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Nb5 $16) 14. Rac1 Bf8 $16 15. Bb4
Ra7 16. Ba5 b6 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Nc6 Rd7 $8 19. Nxa7 Qxa7 20. Bc6 Na8 21. c5 d5
22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. c6 Qa7 24. a4 Nac7 25. Qe3 $5 (25. b4 e5 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. b5
axb5 28. axb5 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 $16) 25... Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bh6 27. Kf2 e5 28. b4 d4
29. exd4 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 exd4 31. Bxc7 Nxc7 32. Rc5 Kf8 $18 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5
Na8 35. Rd5 Ke7 36. Rxd4 Nb6 37. Ke3 $18 Be6 38. Kd3 f5 39. Rh4 h5 40. Kd4 Kd6
41. e4 fxe4 42. Rxe4 Bc4 43. Re5 Bf7 44. Re2 Be6 45. h4 Bf5 46. Re8 Nc8 47. Rf8
Nb6 48. Rf7 Nd5 49. Rb7 (49. Rd7+ $1 Bxd7 50. cxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Janetschek, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Ne5 c5 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Be5 Nd4 15.
Ne3 Ne4 16. Nexd5 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb6 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7
21. Bxd4 Rad8 22. e3 cxd4 23. exd4 Qe4+ 24. Qf3 Qxd4 25. b4 h6 26. Rfd1 Qb2 27.
Rac1 a6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rc6 Qb1 30. Rc7 Qa2 31. h4 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 O-O 15. e5 Rd8 16. f4 Nc6 17. Kd3 Rd7 18. Bg2 Rc8 19. Rhc1 Bf8 20. Rc4 Kg7
21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rbc1 Rd5 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Ra5 25. Rc2 Be7 26. Rb2 Bd8
27. Kc4 Bb6 28. Bd2 Rd5 29. Bc3 Kh6 30. a4 Rd7 31. a5 Bd8 32. Rb8 a6 33. Ra8
Kh5 34. Rxa6 Kg4 35. Rd6 Rc7+ 36. Kd3 Be7 37. Rb6 Ra7 38. a6 Bd8 39. Rc6 Kh3
40. d5 exd5 41. Bd4 Ra8 42. f5 Kxh2 43. f6 Kg2 44. e6 Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nxe5 (10... Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. Qb3 Bd7 $10 {
Karpov,An-Kasparov,G/Wch-KK5 Sevilla/1987/1/2-1/2/29/}) 11. fxe5 Nc6 12. Rf2 f6
13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Raf1 Rxf2 $6 (16... Qb6 17. Na4 $16)
(16... Qe7 $5 $14) 17. Bxf2 Qe7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rf8 (19... Rd8 20. Be3 Qb4
$14) 20. Rd1 Rf5 $6 (20... Bc8 21. Be3 Qb4) 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. b4 $16 Rf8 23. b5
Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Qc3 Qd6 (25... e5 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Bf2 $18) 26. Bxg7 (26.
Nb3 $2 e5) 26... Qxd1+ 27. Bf1 e5 28. Bxe5 Bh3 29. Qc4+ Rd5 30. Ne4 Kf8 (30...
Qxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Bxf1 32. Nf6+ $18) (30... Bxf1 31. Qxd5+ $18) 31. Nc3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 07th Final"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.01.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1980.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 f6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rd1+ Kc8 11. Be2 Nh6 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. O-O
c6 15. Rd6 Re8 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Rxe6 Rxe6 18. Bg4 Be3+ 19. Kh1 Kd7 20. Nd5
cxd5 21. exd5 Kd6 22. dxe6 h5 23. Bf3 Rf8 24. Re1 Bd4 25. Bxb7 Kxe6 26. Be4 g5
27. b4 Bc3 28. Rb1 Bxb4 29. g4 a5 30. a3 Bxa3 31. Rb6+ Ke7 32. gxh5 Bc5 33.
Rb7+ Kf6 34. h6 a4 35. Rb5 Rc8 36. Ra5 a3 37. Ra6+ Ke7 38. h7 Kf7 39. Rc6 a2
40. Ra6 Kg7 41. Rxa2 Bd4 42. Kg2 Rf8 43. Ra6 g4 44. Rc6 Kh8 45. c5 Bf2 46. Rc7
Bh4 47. Ra7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 07th Final"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.01.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Niklasson, Christer"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1980.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 e5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3
Nc6 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Rc1 a5 12. Qc2 Ncb4 13. Qb1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c5
15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qa1 Qe7 17. a3 Nd5 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. Nd2 f5 20. e4 Nf4 21. Bf1
Rad8 22. Nc4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxd8 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nxf2+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+ 27.
Kh1 Qxd8 28. Nxe5 Bd5 29. Ng4 Bd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. bxc4 h5 33.
Qb1 Kg7 34. gxh3 Re2 35. Nf2 Rxf2 36. Qe4 Qd6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 07th Final"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Balshan, Amikam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1980.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 b5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. e3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Rc1 a5 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qb3 Qa7 18. Ne2 Nd7 19. Nef4 Bd6 20. a4 b4 21. Qc2 Rfe8
22. Bh3 Nf6 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Bg2 g5 25. Ne2 Bg4 26. Qd3 Bh5 27. Bh3 Kg7 28. Bf5
Ng8 29. g4 Bg6 30. Ng3 Nf6 31. Qe2 Re7 32. Nd3 Qb6 33. Qc2 Rc7 34. Nc5 Re8 35.
Qe2 Rce7 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. Qf3 Qb8 38. Rh1 Rhe8 39. Rc2 Qb6 40. h4 Qb8 41. h5
Bxg3 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 gxf5 45. gxf5 Ng8 46. Ne6+ Kf7 47.
Kg4 Rc8 48. Rc5 Ra7 49. f3 Ke7 50. Kg3 Kf7 51. b3 Raa8 52. Rh2 Ne7 53. e4 dxe4
54. fxe4 Ng8 55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Kg4 Ke7 57. e5 Kf7 58. Rh1 Ke7 59. Rhc1 Kd7 60.
Ng7 Ne7 61. f6 Nd5 62. Kf5 Nf4 63. e6+ Kd6 64. e7 Ne2 65. Rxc6+ Rxc6 66. Rxc6+
Kd7 67. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Mexico-A"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1980.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lombardy, William James"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1980.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. f4 O-O 8. O-O
Qe8 9. Nf2 a6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 Bd8 12. Qd2 Qh5 13. e3 exf4 14. gxf4 Ne7 15.
Nd5 Ng6 16. Nh1 Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qd1 Qh4 19. Bc3 Nf7 20. Nb4 Qh6 21. Rf3 Bd7
22. Kh2 Re8 23. Qd2 Re6 24. Rg1 Nh4 25. Rg3 Rg6 26. Bf1 c6 27. Nc2 Bb6 28. Bd4
Bc7 29. Be2 Re8 30. Qd1 c5 31. Bc3 Bc6 32. Bh5 d5 33. d4 dxc4 34. dxc5 Re4 35.
Be1 cxb3 36. axb3 a5 37. Rxg6 hxg6 38. Bxh4 gxh5 39. Be1 h4 40. Bd2 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Mexico-A"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1980.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Navarro Segura, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1980.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O a5 10. Rb1 Bc8 11. b4 Bg4 12. Ne1 Qd7 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nd3 axb4 15. axb4
Ne8 16. Be3 Bg6 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 c6 19. Nb4 cxd5 20. c6 Qc8 21. Ncxd5 Bd8
22. Bb6 Kh8 23. Qc1 Nc7 24. Bxc7 Bxc7 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Nd5 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 Qc5
28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. c7 Nd7 30. Ra1 f5 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Mexico-A"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1980.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sisniega, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1980.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 d5
9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5
14. Nh4 Rad8 15. Nf5 Rfe8 16. f4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Kh1 Bb4 19. fxe5 Qxe5
20. Nf3 Qxf5 21. Nh4 Qe6 {0-1 Zichichi,A (2360)-Messa,R (2200)/Reggio Emilia
1978/MCD}) 11... b5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. d4 c4 $132 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Ne5 Rc8 16.
Nc3 Qa5 (16... Qd6 {[%cal Gc6e5]}) 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. f4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20.
Bh3 $36 Rc7 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bc3 Qa3 24. Qd2 Be7 25. Rb1 h6 26.
e6 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Bxd6 28. Ba5 Re7 29. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1980.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Qxc6+ Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O 19. Rxa6 e5 20. Rc1 e4
21. Nd4 f4 22. exf4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Ne6 Rf6 25. Rc8+ Kf7 26. Rc7 Rxe6
27. Rxe7+ Rxe7 28. Rb6 Rc7 29. g4 e3 30. fxe3 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2
33. h4 Rb3 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. Kf4 h6 36. Rb6+ Kf7 37. e4 Rxa3 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39.
Rb6+ Kf7 40. Rxb5 Ra1 41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. Rb6+ Kf7 43. h5 Ra5 44. e5 Ra1 45. Rb7+
Ke6 46. Rxg7 Rf1+ 47. Ke4 Re1+ 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Rf4 50. Kg3 Kxe5 51. Re7+
Kf6 52. Kxf4 Kxe7 53. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vadasz, Laszlo"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1980.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 a5 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Nc2
Bf5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 h6 12. b4 e4 13. b5 Ne5 14. Bf4 exd3 15.
Bxe5 dxc2 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne4 18. g4 Bh7 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. f3 Rfd8 21.
Be5 Bg6 22. Bxc7 Rd7 23. b6 Rd4 24. c5 Rc4 25. Bd6 a4 26. e4 Ra5 27. Rfc1 Rb5
28. Kf2 Rb3 29. Ra2 Rcc3 30. c6 Rxc6 31. Bb4 Rf6 32. Raxc2 Rfxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1980.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Bf4
d6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Bxd6 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Nxd5 13. e4 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Nf6
15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Nc3 O-O-O 17. Ng5 Rd7 18. Bf4 Nd4 19. Be5 h6 20. Nf3 Re8 21.
Nxd4 Rxe5 22. f4 cxd4 23. fxe5 Ng4 24. Nd5 Nxh2 25. Rf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6 Rc7+ 27.
Kd2 h5 28. Nd5 Rb7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Kxd4 Rb8 31. Nf6+ Ke6 32. Rc1 Ng4 33. Rc6+
Ke7 34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Nd5 Re8 36. Nf4# 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1980.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c4 bxc4 8. Nfd2
Ba6 9. Nxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. h3 Nb6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Nc3 e6 14. dxe6 Qxe6
15. f4 d5 16. g4 d4 17. f5 Qe5 18. g5 dxc3 19. gxf6 cxb2 20. Bxb2 Qxe3+ 21. Kh2
Bh6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rae1 Bf4+ 24. Kh1 Qg3 25. Rxf4 Qxf4 26. Rg1 Qh4 27. Kh2
Rae8 28. Bf3 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 Rxe2 30. Rxg6+ Kh8 31. Bxe2 Bb7+ 32. Kg1 fxg6 33.
Qxg6 Rf7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Be5 Qe4 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Kf2 Nd7 38. Bc3 Bc6 39. Ke1
Bb5 40. Qh5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dobosz, Henryk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1980.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 c5 12. d5 Ne5 13. f4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15.
Qxd3 b4 16. O-O-O bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. dxe6 Bd6 19. Qd2 Bxe6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Bxa2 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. h4 Kg8 24. Re5 Kh7 25. Rxc5 a5 26. Kd1 Rhb8 27. Rd2
a4 28. Ke2 Rb4 29. f5 Rab8 30. Ra5 Bb1 31. Ra7 Kg8 32. Rdd7 Rxb2+ 33. Kf3 R2b3+
34. Be3 Bxf5 35. Rxf7 a3 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rg5 Bh7 38. Rh5 R3b7 39. Bd4 Rxa7 40.
f7# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qe1 h6 8. e4
Bh7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1 a5 13. g4 a4 14. f5 a3 15. b3
Re8 16. Rb1 exf5 17. gxf5 Qa5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qg3 Bb4 20. Nf3 Kh8 21. f6 Nxf6
22. Bxh6 Nh5 23. Qg4 Ra6 24. Ng5 Bg6 25. Nxf7+ Bxf7 26. Bxg7+ Nxg7 27. Rxf7 Bf8
28. Rbf1 Qc5 29. b4 Qd6 30. Rxg7 Bxg7 31. Qh5+ Qh6 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 33. Bxd5 Qh3
34. Be4+ Kh6 35. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 h6 11. h4 Bd7 12. Nf1 Qa5 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Ne3 h5 15. g3
Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qc2 Rdf8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Rb2 Kb8 21. Kd1 f6
22. Kc1 Bc8 23. Qd1 Rfg8 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Qb3 Qd8 26. f4 Ng6 27. Be2 Qe7 28. Bf3
f5 29. Qc2 Re8 30. exf5 exf4 31. Bd2 Ne5 32. Be2 fxg3 33. Bg5 Qf7 34. Rg1 Bxf5
35. Qd1 Bg4 36. Rxg3 Nxc4 37. Bxg4 Nxb2 38. Be6 Qf2 39. Qf3 Ref8 40. Qxf2 Rxf2
0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 h6 12. Na2 Bd6 13. b3 e5 14. Nc3 a6 15. e4
Bh7 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. d5 Nc5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Ba3 Nfd7 21. Qe3 a5
22. Rd1 Qxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Nxe4 24. Nc3 Ndf6 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bb2 Bd5 27. Bxe5 Re7
28. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. c3 h6 12. b4 O-O 13. Bd3 Qf7 14. Ng4 e5 15.
b5 e4 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Bc2 exf3 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. gxf3 Qh5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Qxe5 22. Bxh6 Qh5 23. Bf4 Ne4 24. Qe3 Nc5 25. Bg3 Rae8 26. Qd4 Qxf3 27. Rfe1
Re2 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Bb3 Rf5 30. Rd1 Ne4 31. c4 Ng5 32. cxd5 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5
O-O 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. b4 Nc6 11. b5 Nxd4 12. Nxe4 Nxe2 13. Bxe2 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. c6 e5 16. Bxe5 Rd5 17. Bg3 a6 18. c7 axb5 19. O-O Be6 20. Rfd1 Rc5 21. Rab1
Rc8 22. Rdc1 Kf8 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxb5 Bxa3 25. Rxb7 Ke7 26. Rb6 Bc5 27. Rc6
Bd4 28. Ba6 e3 29. fxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Bf2 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bd7 32. Bxc8 Bxc8 33. Ke3
Kd7 34. Rc5 Kd6 35. Kd4 h6 36. Re5 Bd7 37. Re8 Kxc7 38. Re7 g5 39. Rxf7 h5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne5 Bd6 8.
Ndf3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc6 Qd6 14. Rc1
Bb7 15. Nxb8 Raxb8 16. e3 c5 17. Bd3 Rbc8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. O-O Rfe8 20. Rfd1
Qf6 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. h3 Re7 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. b4 Rec7 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qa1 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Ba6 29. Qc3 Qd6 30. Nd4 g6 31. h4 h5 32. Qa5 Kg7 33.
Qc3 Kg8 34. Qb4 Qe5 35. Nc6 Qf6 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Nd4 Bd3 38. Qxa7 Qe5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 (9... Nxh4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Rxh5 Rxh5 12. Qxh5 Ba6 13. Bg5 $16) 10.
Bxa6 (10. Bg5 f6 $2 (10... Qc8 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Rh3 $1 Nb8 14. c4
$1 $16) (10... Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nf4 g6 14. Bf6 Rg8 15. g4 $16
{Zuidema-Matanovic,A/Belgrade/1964/}) (10... Qd7 11. Be2 $6 (11. Ne2 $1 $16)
11... Qc6) 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 $18) 10... Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12.
Ne2 Qc6 (12... Qa4 13. Rh3 $1) 13. Rh3 (13. O-O Nb8 $6 14. f4) (13. f4 Ne7 14.
Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f5 $1 $16) 13... Kd7 (13... Nb8 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Ng3 f6 $1 $132)
14. Qd3 Qc4 15. Kd2 Rhf8 (15... Raf8 16. Rg3 Nb8 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rfg8 19.
Bg5 Nc6 20. Rf3 Rf8 21. Qxc4 $10 {Makarichev,S-Vaganian,R/URS-ch 1980}) 16. Rg3
Nb8 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rg8 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Rf3 Raf8 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Ke3
Rh8 23. Rd1 Ne7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. d5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Ke6 27. Ke4 Rd8 28. Rd4 c5
29. Rxc4 Rd5 30. Ke3 Rxe5+ 31. Re4 Rxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Rd8 33. Rf5 Rd2 34. Re5+ Kf6
35. Rf5+ Kg6 36. Rf3 f6 37. a4 Kf7 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rf5 a4 40. Ke3 Rd6 41. Rxc5
Ra6 42. Rb5 a3 43. Rb1 a2 44. Ra1 Ra4 45. c4 Ke6 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. f3 Kc6 48. g4
g6 49. f4 f5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Bd3 Nef6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Rac1 Rhd8 20. Qf3 h6
21. h4 a5 22. Re4 a4 23. Rg4 Rg8 24. a3 Ra5 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Nd7 Qb7 27. Rf4
f5 28. exf6+ Kxd7 29. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
O-O Rb8 9. d4 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. e4 c6 13. Bf4 Ra8 14. Ne5 Ng6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qb3 Bf8 17. Rac1 Nh5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. e5 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bf4
Qf7 22. Na4 Nd5 23. Be5 a5 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Nb6 Ng4 27. Qc2 Nxe5 28.
dxe5 Rb8 29. Bxg6 Qc7 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Rd1 Qxb6 32. Qe2 Bc5 33. Qh5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. e4
Qe7 9. Bg2 Qxe4+ 10. Qxe4+ Nxe4 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 f5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nd2 Na6
15. Ndxe4 fxe4 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Bxe4 c4 18. Bd6 Rf7 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Ba6 21.
f4 Rc8 22. Be5 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Re4 Bc4 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rd4 Rf5 27. g4
Rff8 28. Kf2 b5 29. a3 Rf6 30. h4 h5 31. g5 Rf5 32. Re1 Rcf8 33. Kf3 a5 34. Rd1
Rc8 35. Ke3 Re8+ 36. Re4 Ref8 37. Rd4 Kh7 38. a4 Bb3 39. R1xd3 bxa4 40. Nxa4
Re8+ 41. Kd2 Bxa4 42. Rxa4 Rb8 43. Kc3 Rb5 44. Kc4 Rxb2 45. Kc5 Rh2 46. Kd6
Rxh4 47. Rdd4 Rh1 48. Kxd7 h4 49. d6 h3 50. Rd2 Kg6 51. Re4 Rg1 52. Ke8 Rg2 53.
Rd3 h2 54. Rh3 Rd5 55. Re6+ Kf5 56. Re5+ Kg4 57. Rxd5 Kxh3 58. d7 h1=Q 59. d8=Q
Qc1 60. Qd7+ Kh2 61. Qd6 Rb2 62. Kf7 Kg2 63. Rd1 Qc3 64. f5 a4 65. Kg6 a3 66.
Rd3 Qc8 67. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1981.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 7th round. I had quite a few points - 4 out of 6
- and wanted to improve my position. Unfortunately, after this game I lost a
few more games in succession!} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 {At that time I was crazy
about the hedgehog kind of position and was ready to play it in every game.
But the Armenian grandmaster had other ideas} 3. e4 $5 Bb7 4. g3 g6 (4... e6 {
was worth considering.}) 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 ({Nowdays
I would prefer} 8... Nd4 9. O-O {and now} Qd7 $5 $13 ({I don't like the
natural move} 9... e6 $143 {because of} 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Bxd4 cxd4 (11... Qxa4
12. Bxg7) 12. Nb5)) 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O {Black's position looks OK, but what
plan to choose?} a6 (10... Qd7 11. Qd2 Ne8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. b3 Nc7
15. Rad1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 b5 17. cxb5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 {Becker,
R-Molzahn,N/corr 2000/IXM/1/2-1/2 (40)}) (10... Ne8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8
13. b3 Nf6 14. Qd2 Rc7 15. Rad1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qa8 17. Rfe1 Bc6) 11. Qd2 $146 (
11. a3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Nd4 13. b4 Rb8 14. f4 e6 15. Bf2 f5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 e5
18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 gxf5 {1/2-1/2 Cekro,E-Genov,P/EUR t-ch Plovdiv 2003/
ChessBase (22)}) 11... e6 (11... Nd7 12. d4 $5) 12. Rac1 (12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4
Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d7]}) 12... Re8 (12... Nd7 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 13. d4 $1 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Nce5 15. b3) 13. d4 cxd4 (13... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 14. Nxd4 Ne5 {A good
question is: what is the black bishop doing on g7? The pawn on d6 is quite
weak now.} 15. b3 Qc7 16. f4 Ned7 {[#]} 17. Ndb5 $5 {[%mdl 512] A typical move
for Vaganian! He doesn;t want to improve his position slowly, but prefers just
to crush his opponent.} axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Nxd6 {I can't say that liked my
position very much - the knight on d6 is very strong and controls almost all
the board - but it looks that I under-estimated Black's chances!} e5 $5 (19...
Reb8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 (20... Nxe4 $5) 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qc2 f5 23. exf6 Ndxf6 24.
Rfe1 $16 {[%cal Rg2b7]}) (19... Red8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qc2 f5 23.
exf6 Ndxf6 24. g4 $16) ({Another interesting option could be} 19... Nc5 $5 {
and after} 20. Nxb7 ({or} 20. Nxe8 Nxe8 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 21. e5 $140 Qxg2+ 22.
Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxa2+ $13) 20... Ncxe4 21. Qc2 Qxb7 22. Bd4 (22. g4 Qb8 23.
Bxe4 (23. g5 Nd5 $1 24. cxd5 exd5) 23... Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxa2 $13) 22... Qc7 23.
Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Rxa2 $13 {the chances are more or less equal.
}) 20. Rcd1 $5 {[%csl Gd6] Who wants to exchange a great knight for a passive
rook?} (20. Nxe8 Rxe8 $13) 20... Re7 {Too passive. It looks as if I just lost
any control over the situation on the board.} (20... Nc5 $1 {This allows Black
to equalise the game without too much trouble, for example} 21. Nxe8 Qxe8 (
21... Rxe8 $5) 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. f5 Bxe4 $5 (23... Nxe4 24. Qe3) (23... Qc6 $13
) 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qe3 Nf6 26. Qxc5 Bf8 $132) 21. f5 $1 Nc5 (21... Rd8 $5 22.
b4 Nf8) (21... Ne8 $5 $15 {Why I didn't make a natural move like}) 22. Bg5 {
[%tqu "En","Your choice?","","","g6f5","",10]} Rf8 {I guess that it was the
last chance for Black to get a good postion. I had to play} (22... gxf5 $142 $1
{not an easy move to make!} 23. Nxf5 (23. Rxf5 $5 Re6 24. Bxf6 (24. b4 $140 $2
Rd8) 24... Bxf6 (24... Rxf6 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Qf2 Nd7 27. Qf5 $36) 25. b4 Be7
$1 $36) (23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. b4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rxf6 e3 27. Qd5 Rxa2 $1) (
23. b4 Ncxe4) 23... Rd7 24. Qc2 Nfxe4 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Qg6 $1 {and at
least in this line Black is OK!}) 23. b4 Ncd7 24. a4 $5 {Good. A nice move.
Vaganian got the feeling that I was not happy with my position queenside!
Black just hasn't enough air.} (24. Rf3 $5 {[%cal Gd1f1,Gf3d3]}) 24... Ba8 25.
Kh2 Qxa4 $2 {The game is over after this move.} (25... Rd8 26. Qa2 {[%cal
Ga2f7]}) ({I had to play the simple} 25... Qc7 $5 {but now White has more than
enough compensation for the piece.}) 26. Ra1 Qc6 27. Ra7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Rb4b5] Possibly ( I don't remember! ) I just missed this move. White
wants to play b5 and next Be3 winning the queen - and I didn''t find any
reasonable defence against that simple plan.} Rd8 (27... b5 28. cxb5 Qb6 29.
Rfa1 {[%cal Ga1a6]}) 28. b5 Qc5 29. Be3 $18 Bf8 (29... Bh6 30. Bxh6) 30. fxg6
hxg6 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxa8 $1 {The simplest way to victory!} (32. Qa2 $5) (32.
Rxf6 $2 Rxa7) 32... Rxa8 33. Rxf6 Rd7 34. Qd5 (34. Rxf7 $5 Rad8 (34... Rxf7 35.
Nxf7) 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Qd5+ {also wins very easily}) 34... Rad8 35. Rxg6+ Kh7
36. Rf6 Bg7 (36... Bxd6 37. Rxf7+ Kh8 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. h4 $5 (39. Qc6 $18))
37. Rxf7 (37. Qxe5 Bxf6 38. Qxf6 Rxd6 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. e5 $18) 37... Rxd6 (
37... Rxf7 38. Qxf7 Rxd6 39. h4) 38. Qxe5 Rg6 39. Qh5+ Rh6 (39... Rh6 40. Rxg7+
Kxg7 41. Qg5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1981.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 b5 {!?} 8.
cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. h3 (11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Rfb8 13. b3 Ng4 {
!} 14. Bb2 c4 15. bxc4 Bxc4 {=}) 11... Qa5 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Re1 Ne8 14. Bd2 Nc7
15. b3 Qa3 16. Nh2 {!} c4 17. Reb1 Qc5 18. b4 {!} Rxb4 19. Ne4 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1
Qa7 21. Be3 Bd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qc3 {!} Nb5 (23... Qa7 24. Ng4 f6 25. a4 {!}
Nxd5 26. Qd2 {!} Bb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Nc3 $18) 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Nc3 Rb8 26.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. a4 Kf8 28. Nf3 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Nd7 30. Be4 Ke8 31. f4 {!} Kd8 32.
h4 {!} Kc7 33. a5 $18 {!} Nc5 34. Kf2 Nb3 35. g4 Kd8 36. h5 Ke8 (36... gxh5 37.
g5 $18 {!}) 37. h6 {!} Nxa5 38. f5 Kf8 39. g5 Nb3 40. Ke3 Nc5 41. Bc2 Bc8 (
41... Nd7 42. Kd4 {'with the idea' f6,Ba4$18}) 42. f6 Bh3 43. Ba4 exf6 44. gxf6
Nxa4 45. Nxa4 g5 46. Nc3 g4 47. Kf2 Ke8 48. Nb5 Kd7 49. e4 Kd8 50. Nxd6 c3 51.
Nxf7+ Kc7 52. Ne5 g3+ 53. Kxg3 c2 54. Nd3 Bf1 55. Nc1 Kd7 56. e5 Bc4 57. d6 Be6
58. Kf4 Kc6 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.06.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1981.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. d5 h6 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Nf3 e5 10. Nh4 g5 11. Ng6 Rg8 12. Nxf8 Kxf8 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 Be6
15. Nb5 cxb5 16. Bxa8 bxc4 17. h4 d5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rh6 Kf7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. Rh7+ Rg7 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qxg5+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Kd6 26. Kf1 Qb7
27. Qd8+ Kc5 28. Qf8+ Qe7 29. Qh8 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Rd1 Kb5 32. Ke1 Ka6 33.
Qe5 Qb4+ 34. Rd2 Bf7 35. a3 Qb7 36. Rd4 Qc6 37. Qe4 Qb5 38. Qc2 Nb6 39. Rxf4
Qh5 40. Qc3 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 Qd5+ 42. Rd4 Qg5+ 43. f4 Qg2 44. Rd6 Qf1 45. Qe5 c3+
46. bxc3 Bb3 47. Qd4 Qd1+ 48. Ke3 Qg1+ 49. Kf3 Qh1+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Qf2 Qxc3+
52. Qf3 Qg7+ 53. Kf2 Qc7 54. Qd3+ Bc4 55. Qd4 Kb5 56. Qb2+ Ka6 57. Qd4 Kb5 58.
Qe5+ Ka4 59. f5 Qh7 60. Qf4 Qh5 61. Rd2 Kxa3 62. e4 Bb3 63. Rd4 Nc4 64. e5 Nb2
65. e6 a5 66. f6 Nd1+ 67. Rxd1 Bxd1 68. f7 Qe2+ 69. Kg1 Qe1+ 70. Kg2 Qe2+ 71.
Qf2 Qe4+ 72. Kh2 Qh7+ 73. Kg1 Qg6+ 74. Kf1 Qd3+ 75. Ke1 Bc2 76. f8=Q+ Ka2 77.
Q2f3 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.06.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1981.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 a5 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 c5
9. Qc1 Na6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nac5 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15.
Qd2 Qb6 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
Qd4 Qc7 22. c4 Rac8 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Rad1 b6 25. h4 Qc5 26. Qf6 Qf5 27. Qxf5
Bxf5 28. Rxd6 Rcd8 29. R6d5 Be6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Bd5 Kg7 32. f4 Kf6 33. Kf2 h5
34. Rd2 Bf5 35. Rb2 Be6 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Ke2 Rd4 38. Rd2 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Re1 40.
Rd6 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Rxb6 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Ke4 Rxg3 45. c5 Rc3 46. Rb5
Ke7 47. Kd4 Rh3 48. Rb7+ Kd8 49. Ke5 Kc8 50. c6 Rxh4 51. b4 axb4 52. a5 Rh1 53.
a6 Ra1 54. a7 b3 55. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-24 1881/82"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1981.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rigo, Janos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1981.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. b4 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Bb2 Qd7 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 g6 18. Re3 Kh8 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Bb5 Qg7 21. Rd1
Re7 22. Rxe6 Bc8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Nf5 25. Bc6 Ne7 26. Bd7 Nf5 27. Bxc8
Rxc8 28. Qb5 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxe5 30. Qxd5 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc8 33. Qd7
Qxd7 34. Rxd7 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Rd5 Ra8 37. a4 Ra7 38. g4 h6 39. Kg3 Kg7 40.
g5 hxg5 41. Rxg5 Kh6 42. f4 Ra6 43. Kg4 Ra7 44. g3 Ra6 45. Rb5 Ra7 46. Kh4 Ra6
47. g4 Ra7 48. Rb6 Rd7 49. f5 Rd4 50. Rxg6+ Kh7 51. Kh5 Rxa4 52. f6 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-24 1881/82"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1982.01.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Messa, Roberto"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1981.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d5 6. Nd2 e6 7. Ne2 c5 8. c3 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bb5 10. h4 Nc6 11. h5 h6 12. a4 Ba6 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bxc5 15. Bc2
Bb6 16. Ned4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Ncxe5 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Rh3 Qf6 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. b3
Bxb5 22. axb5 Nc5 23. Rg3 Ned3+ 24. Bxd3 Nxb3 25. Qb2 Nxa1 26. Bd2 Qe5+ 27. Be2
Kh8 28. Qxa1 a6 29. Qc1 d4 30. Bxh6 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 dxc3 32. Bf4 Qd4 33. Be3 Qb4
34. h6 axb5 35. hxg7+ Kg8 36. f3 Qb2 37. Kf2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-24 1881/82"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1982.01.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4 c5
9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rad8 12. Nc3 Qb8 13. Rac1 Qa8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Ne4 Na5 16. Ba1 Nb4 17. Ne1 f5 18. Nc3 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nd5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. d4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rfe8 25. Qd3 g6 26. Rbc1 Qb7 27. Rc3
Rc8 28. Rdc1 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Qe7 30. Nf4 Qd7 31. Qc7 Re7 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Nc6
34. Rg8+ Kf6 35. Qf8+ Rf7 36. Qh6 Ke7 37. Qh4+ Kd6 38. Nd3 Kc7 39. b4 Qe7 40.
Qf4+ Qd6 41. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-24 1881/82"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1982.01.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Passerotti, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1981.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb8 11. Bb2 g6 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. Rc2 O-O 14. Rd2 Nc5 15.
Re1 Bh6 16. Rde2 Rd8 17. Qb1 Qa7 18. Bh3 e5 19. Nf3 b5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 a5
22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rdxc8 25. Rcc2 Qd7 26. Qc1 Re8 27. Nh4 f6
28. Qh6 b4 29. Nf3 a4 30. bxa4 Nxa4 31. Qd2 Nc3 32. Re3 Ra3 33. Ne1 Qb5 34. Nd3
Rc8 35. Kg2 Rc4 36. Rb2 Nxe4 37. Qe1 Nc3 38. Nxb4 Rxb4 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-24 1881/82"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1982.01.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cuartas, Carlos Enrique"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1981.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Qh5 c5 7. Nf3 c4 8. Ne5
Be6 9. Be2 Nbc6 10. Bg4 O-O 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qg4 e5 14. O-O Nxd4
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxh6 Qf7 19. c3 Nf5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21.
cxb4 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qf5 25. Qd5+ Kh7 26. g3 Qb1+ 27.
Kg2 Qxb2 28. Qe4+ Kh6 29. Qh4+ Kg6 30. Qg4+ Kf6 31. Qf3+ Ke6 32. Qg4+ Kd5 33.
Qd7+ Ke4 34. Qxb7+ Kd3 35. Qf3+ Kd2 36. Qe3+ Kd1 37. Qxa7 Qd4 38. Qxg7 c3 39.
Qh7 c2 40. Qh5+ Ke1 41. Qh6 Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Zonal"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1981.02.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Nh3 Nxc5 13. Nf4 Nxb3+ 14.
axb3 d4 15. Kb1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rhe1 Rc6 18. Qg4 Qa5 19. Re2 g6 20. Qd7
Qb5 21. Re8 Rxe8 22. Qxe8+ Kg7 23. Qd7 Qc5 24. Rd2 Qe5 25. Nd3 Qxh2 26. g3 Qh1+
27. Ka2 Re6 28. Nf4 Re1 29. b4 g5 30. Qg4 Qc6 31. Nh5+ Kg6 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33.
Qxd1 Qa4+ 34. Kb1 d3 35. g4 Qxc2+ 36. Qxc2 dxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Be5 38. b3 f5 39. f3
fxg4 40. fxg4 b5 41. Kd3 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kd3 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Zonal"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1981.02.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bxc5 9. O-O a6 10. a3 h6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rfe1 b6 13. b4 Be7 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bb7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Be4 b5 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Bb6 Rdc8 21. h4
Bf8 22. Red1 Qe8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rcb8 25. Bb1 Rd8 26. Rd6 Nxe5 27. Qxe5
Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Rd8 29. Qb6 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 f5 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Qc6
Qf7 34. Qxa6 Kh7 35. Qc6 Re1 36. Qd6 Re6 37. Qf4 Rg6+ 38. Kh3 Qa2 39. h5 Rg5
40. Rxf5 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Moscow International"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bf4 c6 12. Rfd1 Nf8 13. b4 Ng6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 a6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Be7 22. Nc3 Rac8 23. Rc2 Kg7 24. Rcd2 Bd8 25. d5 cxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27.
Nxd5 Qc6 28. h4 Re5 29. Rd3 Qe6 30. Kg2 Be7 31. Rd4 Re2 32. R1d2 Rxd2 33. Rxd2
Rd8 34. Qf3 Qc6 35. Rd3 Bf8 36. h5 Rd6 37. g4 Qe8 38. Nxf6 Rxf6 39. h6+ Kxh6
40. Qxf6 Qe4+ 41. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow International"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Qe3 Bg6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. a5 a6 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Qb6 Nc6 23. b4 Rec8 24. b5 axb5 25. a6 Rab8 26. h4 h6 27. Qxb5 bxa6
28. Qxa6 Qd7 29. Rc5 Nd8 30. Qd6 Qe8 31. Ra7 Qf8 32. Nd2 Ra8 33. Nb3 Rcb8 34.
Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rc7 Ra4 37. Kh2 h5 38. g3 Ra6 39. Nc5 Rc6 40. Ra7
Nf7 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Nd3 Rc4 44. Ra6 g5 45. Rxe6+ Kf8 46. Nc5 gxh4
47. Nd7+ Kg8 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Nf8+ Kh6 50. gxh4 g5 51. Re7 Kg7 52. e6 Kxf8 53.
Rxf7+ Ke8 54. hxg5 Rxd4 55. f4 Re4 56. f5 d4 57. g6 d3 58. g7 Rh4+ 59. Kg3 Rg4+
60. Kf3 d2 61. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Moscow International"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anikaev, Yuri N"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 Rb8 6. Bf4 Nge7 7. e3 a6 8. Qa4
Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Bf6 12. Be2 e5 13. Nb3 e4 14. Nfd2 Bd7 15.
Qa3 Bg5 16. Na5 f5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. O-O f4 19. exf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21.
Rcd1 Qg5 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. Nb3 Rf6 24. Na1 e3 25. fxe3 Bh3 26. Bf3 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1
Rxf3 28. gxf3 Qf4 29. Qd3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Moscow International"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. e3
Ne6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Nf3 g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 12. b4 Bf5 13. b5 Rc8 14. bxc6 Qa5 15.
cxb7 Rb8 16. O-O Rxb7 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Rb6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6
21. Ne5 Rd6 22. Qc8+ Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rfc1 O-O 25. Rc7 a6 26. Rac1 Rd6
27. Ra7 f6 28. Nd3 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rcc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kf8 32. Nc5 Kg8 33.
Rb7 Rc6 34. a4 Nd6 35. Ra7 Rb6 36. g4 h5 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 38. Nxa6 hxg4 39. Nc7
Nc4 40. Kg2 Kf7 41. Kg3 f5 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Kg5 Kd6 44. Nb5+ Kc6 45. Kxg6 Nb2
46. Nc3 Nd3 47. Kxf5 Nxf2 48. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow International"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. g3 Re8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 $6 (12. Bg2 $5 Ba6 13. Ne5
Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bb7 16. O-O Red8 17. b4 c6 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Kurajica,B/
JUG/1981/1/2-1/2/41/}) 12... Na6 $1 13. a3 c5 14. Bg2 Bd7 $1 15. O-O (15. Ne5
$2 cxd4 16. Nxd7 Rac8 $19) (15. e3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Bb5 $36) 15... Qxe2 16. Qxe2
Rxe2 17. dxc5 Nxc5 (17... Rxb2 18. c6 $13) (17... bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rxb2 19. Rxd5 (
19. Ne5 $5 Be6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Re8 $17) 19... Be6 $17 20. Rd6 $140 Rb6)
18. b4 Ne6 19. Nh4 $5 (19. Rfd1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Rxd5 Ra2 $19) 19... Rd2
20. Nf3 Re2 (20... Ra2 21. Ne5 $13) 21. Nh4 Rd8 $1 22. Bxd5 Ng5 $1 $17 23. Rcd1
(23. Rc7 $2 Bb5 $19) 23... Ba4 24. Bb3 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Ra2 27. Rd8+
Kh7 28. Rd7 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Nxf2 30. Kf3 $2 (30. Rxa7 $1 Ng4+ (30... Nd3+ 31. Kg1
Nxb4 32. Rxf7 Rxa3 33. Rb7 Nd5 34. Nf5) 31. Kg1 Ne5 {/\g5|^/}) 30... Nh3 $1 31.
Rxa7 Rxh2 32. a4 (32. Rxf7 $4 Ng5+) 32... Ng5+ 33. Kf4 Rb2 34. b5 Re2 $1 35. g4
g6 36. Rb7 Re4+ 37. Kg3 Rxa4 38. Rxb6 Kg7 39. Ng2 Ne4+ 40. Kf3 Nf6 41. Nf4 $2
Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow International"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.05.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zeitlein, Michael"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nb3 Bxc5 11. Qd3 Bb6 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 $1 {Ist wohl noch
stдrker als die Ausgleichsfortsetzung 12...Nbxd7.} 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Rad1 Nc6 15.
Qxd5 {Das ist zwar konsequent, aber im Ausgleichssinne war} (15. c3 {
vorzuziehen. Allerdings besitzt Schwarz auch dann die besseren Aussichten.})
15... Qxd5 16. Rxd5 Nb4 17. Rd7 Nxc2 18. Rxb7 {WeiЯ hat einen Bauern mehr,
kann also kaum schlechter stehen? Vaganian beweist schnell das Gegenteil. Es
ist bemerkenswert, wie wenig die weiЯen Springer leisten.} f6 19. Bd2 Rab8 $3 {
Damit wird die aktivste weiЯe Figur abgetauscht. Andererseits lag es ach nahe,
den Rb7 wegzufangen.} (19... Rad8 20. Rc1 (20. Ba5 {(Fritz)}) 20... Bxf2+ 21.
Kh1 Ne3 $2 (21... Nxd2 {(Fritz)} 22. Nbxd2 Rc8) 22. Rcc7 {hat WeiЯ starkes
Spiel.}) 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rc1 Nb4 (21... Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Rc8 23. Bc3 {(!)
schrieb ich damals, aber:} ({Besser ist} 23. Na1 $1 Be3 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Nxc2
Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Nxd2+ 27. Ke2 $16) 23... Ne3+ $1 24. Ke2 Nxg2) 22. Be1 $2 (22.
Bxb4 $1 Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Rxb4 $15 {WeiЯ kann sich vielleicht in ein 2-3 am
Kцnigsflьgel retten.}) 22... Nxf2 $3 23. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Nd3+ 25. Ke2 Nxc1+
26. Nxc1 Rxb2+ 27. Nd2 {Als Ergebnis der Kombination ist ein Endspiel
entstanden, das man auf den ersten Blick als ungefдhr gleich einschдtzen
kцnnte. Jedoch harmonisieren die weiЯen Figuren ьberhaupt nicht miteinander.
Die Springer werden nicht von Bauern gedeckt, sondern mьssen diese im
Gegenteil gegen die Angriffe des Turmes verteidigen. Da noch Bauern auf zwei
Flьgeln stehen, setzt sich der langschrittige Turm gegen zwei Springer und
einen Kцnig durch.} Rc2 28. Kd1 Rb2 29. Ke2 h5 30. Kd3 h4 31. Kc3 Rb5 32. Nd3
Ra5 $1 33. Kb3 Rg5 34. Ne1 h3 35. gxh3 Rh5 36. Nf1 Rxh3+ 37. Kb4 Rh4+ 38. Kc3
Ra4 39. Kb3 Rf4 $1 40. Ng3 Rf2 41. h4 Rf4 42. h5 Rh4 43. Nf5 Rxh5 44. Ne7+ Kf7
45. Nc6 a6 46. Nb4 a5 47. Nbd3 Rf5 48. Kc4 g5 49. a4 Kg6 50. Kd4 Rf1 51. Ke3
Rh1 52. Nf3 Ra1 53. Nc5 Ra3+ 54. Ke2 g4 55. Nd4 f5 56. Ndb3 f4 57. Nxa5 f3+ 58.
Kf1 Ra1+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Kf1 g3 61. Nab3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 12th"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1982.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1982.06.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zenit"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Nxc5 12. Be3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc5 14.
Qd3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Rae1 Qb6 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. g3 Re4 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rf4
g6 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. c3 h5 23. Nc2 h4 24. Qd1 hxg3 25. hxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Rg2 Nxe3
27. Rxg3 Nxd1 28. Rd3 Re2 29. Na3 Ne3 30. Nb5 f5 31. Nd4 Rg2+ 32. Kh1 Rg3 33.
Nc2 f4 34. Nxe3 Rxe3 35. Rxd5 Kf7 36. b4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 Semifinal"]
[Site "Yaroslavl"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nh6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c6 7. e4 Qb6+ 8. Kh1
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bxb2 10. Bxb2 Qxb2 11. Nbd2 Qc3 12. Nb3 Ng4 13. Qd3 Qxd3 14. cxd3
Ne3 15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. d4 b6 17. Ne5 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Bb7 19. Kf3 f6 20. Nc4 Na6 21.
Ke3 Rac8 22. a3 c5 23. d5 f5 24. exf5 Rxd5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. h4 Kg7 27. Rd1 Nc7
28. Rxd5 Nxd5+ 29. Kf2 Nf6 30. Re1 Ng4+ 31. Kg1 Kf6 32. Nbd2 Rd8 33. Ne4+ Bxe4
34. Rxe4 Rd3 35. Kg2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 Semifinal"]
[Site "Yaroslavl"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. a3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. e4 Qa5
9. Bd2 d6 10. Nf3 Qb4 11. Qc2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. O-O Bxb5 14. axb5 Nbd7 15.
h3 Nb6 16. e5 Nfd7 17. e6 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 fxe6 19. dxe6 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nd5
Qh4 22. Bg5 Qxg5 23. Nxb6 Bd4 24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Qc1 Qxe6 26. Nc4 Qe2 27. b6 d5
28. Ne3 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 Semifinal"]
[Site "Yaroslavl"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. a4 Ba6 8. Bd3
Ne7 9. Nf3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 Nbc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba3 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Re1 Raf8 16. Re3 Na5 17. Ra2 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rb2 Qd6 20. h3 h6
21. Qe1 Nc6 22. Rbe2 Re8 23. Ne5 Re7 24. c4 Nd4 25. Rb2 Kh7 26. Ng4 Rff7 27.
Re5 Rf5 28. Re3 h5 29. Nh2 Ref7 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Nf1 Qf6 32. Rd2 Rg5 33. Kh1
Qg6 34. f3 c4 35. h4 c3 36. Rf2 Rgf5 37. Qxc3 Rf4 38. g3 Nxf3 39. d4 Rxh4+ 40.
Kg2 Ng5 41. Rxf7 Nxf7 42. Qc5 Ng5 43. Re5 Rf4 44. Qc1 Rf5 45. Rxf5 Qxf5 46. Qe3
a5 47. Nd2 Qh3+ 48. Kf2 Qf5+ 49. Ke2 Ne4 50. Nb3 Qg4+ 51. Qf3 Nxg3+ 52. Kf2
Ne4+ 53. Ke2 Nc3+ 54. Kf2 Qxf3+ 55. Kxf3 g5 56. Nxa5 Nxa4 57. Nc6 Nc3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 Semifinal"]
[Site "Yaroslavl"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. Bb2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Qc2 a5 12. a3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. b4 Nb6 15.
Nxb6 Qxb6 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Qc7 18. a4 Nd7 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. Nb3 Bxb2 21.
Qxb2 Na6 22. Rfd1 Bg4 23. Nd4 Re5 24. h3 Be6 25. Qb6 Rc8 26. Qa7 Bd7 27. e4 Re7
28. f4 f6 29. Rb1 Be8 30. Qb6 Bf7 31. Rdc1 Rd8 32. Qb2 Kg7 33. Qc3 Nb4 34. Rd1
Red7 35. Bf3 h5 36. Kg2 h4 37. Bg4 Re7 38. e5 fxe5 39. Nf3 Bd5 40. fxe5 Qxe5
41. Qxe5+ Rxe5 42. gxh4 Rf8 43. Kf2 Re4 44. h5 gxh5 45. Bxh5 Ref4 46. Rxd5 Nxd5
47. Rxb7+ Kh6 48. Bg4 Nf6 49. Rb3 Rxa4 50. Kg3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 First League"]
[Site "Telavi"]
[Date "1982.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anikaev, Yuri N"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1982.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nc3 b4 6. Na4 e6 7. Bg5 d6 8. e4 Be7
9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe6 Qc7 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Kg8 14. Qf5 Qd7 15.
Qxd7 Nbxd7 16. Be2 Bc6 17. b3 Ne4 18. Bd3 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 e4 20. Be2 Rf8 21. Rhd1
exf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Bxc5 Rae8 24. Kg1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Bxc5 27.
Nxc5 Re2+ 28. Kg3 Nd2 29. h3 Rf3+ 30. Kh4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 First League"]
[Site "Telavi"]
[Date "1982.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Zeitlein, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1982.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 a5 8.
d3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Na4 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c5 Rb8 14. Rfc1 c6
15. Qc3 Qd8 16. a3 d5 17. e4 Bh3 18. Nb6 Qf6 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rbd8 21. Re1
dxe4 22. Rxe4 Qe7 23. b4 f5 24. Re3 Qf7 25. Rae1 axb4 26. axb4 f4 27. gxf4 exf4
28. Rxe8 f3+ 29. Kg3 Qg6+ 30. Kxf3 Qf5+ 31. Kg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Rxe8+
34. Kd2 Rd8 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Re3 Qxh2 37. Qf7 Qh4 38. Nc4 Qd4 39. Kc2 b5 40.
Ne5 Bxc5 41. Nxc6 Qd6 42. Nxd8 Bxe3 43. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch50 First League"]
[Site "Telavi"]
[Date "1982.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gorelov, Sergey G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1982.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3
Na6 9. Re1 e6 10. d4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e3 Qe7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nc7 15.
Rad1 Ne4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qb1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nb5 19. Ba1 Na3 20. Qb2 cxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qe6 22. e4 Nc2 23. exd5 Qf5 24. g4 Qf6 25. Qd2 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Qd6 27. Nc4
Qc5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rd1 Ba6 30. Bf1 Bxc4 31. Bxc4 b5 32. Bf1 Rd6 33. h3 h6
34. Bg2 b4 35. Qe2 Rf6 36. Rd3 Qc1+ 37. Rd1 Rc2 38. Qd3 Qb2 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40.
Rxd4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 First League"]
[Site "Telavi"]
[Date "1982.12.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1982.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. d3 c6 6. Ba3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b5 c5
9. Bg2 Ra7 10. Bb2 Ngf6 11. e3 dxe3 12. fxe3 Bh6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. h3 Nh5 15. Nf1
Bg7 16. g4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Ng7 18. Ng3 b6 19. O-O-O Bb7 20. h4 Qb8 21. Ne4 Bxe4
22. dxe4 f6 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 fxe5 26. Rd5 a4 27. a3 Ne8 28.
Rxe5 Rf2 29. Bd5+ Kg7 30. Re6 Rf6 31. g5 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 Nc7 33. Bg4 Ne8 34. Rd1
Nd6 35. Be6 Ra8 36. e4 Rd8 37. Kc2 Nf7 38. Rd3 Rxd3 39. Kxd3 Ne5+ 40. Ke3 Nf7
41. Kf4 Nd8 42. Ke5 Nb7 43. Kd5 Na5 44. Bg4 h6 45. Bd1 hxg5 46. hxg5 Kf7 47.
Bxa4 Ke8 48. Bd1 Kd7 49. Bg4+ Ke8 50. e5 Kf7 51. Be2 Ke8 52. Ke6 Nb3 53. Bd3
Nd4+ 54. Kd5 Kd7 55. Bxg6 e6+ 56. Ke4 Ke7 57. Bh5 Nb3 58. g6 Kf8 59. Bg4 Nd4
60. a4 Kg7 61. a5 bxa5 62. Bd1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch50 First League"]
[Site "Telavi"]
[Date "1982.12.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1982.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Ned4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Ng4 13. g3 Nxf2 14.
Qxd5 Bh3 15. Bxa8 Nd1+ 16. Kh1 Bxf1 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bf3 Bh3 19. c3 Nf2+ 20.
Kg1 Nd3+ 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bd2 Nxb2 23. a4 Nc4 24. Be1 Na5 25. Ra3 Bd7 26. Kg2
Rc4 27. Bd1 g6 28. Nb5 Re4 29. Bf2 Nc4 30. Bf3 Nxa3 31. Bxe4 Nxb5 32. axb5 Bxb5
33. Bxb6 axb6 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Ke3 f5 36. Bd5 g5 37. h4 f4+ 38. Kf3 fxg3 39.
Kxg3 Kf6 40. Be4 h6 41. Bc2 Bd7 42. Bb3 Be8 43. Bc2 Bh5 44. Bd3 gxh4+ 45. Kxh4
Bg6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 First League"]
[Site "Telavi"]
[Date "1982.12.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1982.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Qh3
Ne7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Be4 Qb7 20. Qf3 Kg7
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Rd6 23. Rd4 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 Qc6 25. h3 Ne5 26. Qg3+ Kh8
27. Nxf6 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxf6 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qxe5+ f6 31. Qg3 Qe7 32. b4 Qd7
33. Qf4 Qe7 34. Qg3 Qd7 35. Kh2 b5 36. Qf4 f5 37. g4 fxg4 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1982/83-58 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1982.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Ba1 Bd7 15. h3
Qc7 16. e4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb4 18. a3 Rb7 19. f4 Reb8 20. Rb1 Nh5 21. Rxb7 Rxb7
22. Ne2 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Qb8 24. g4 Nf6 25. Nc1 Ne8 26. Qc3 Qd8 27. e5 Ba4 28. Ra2
f6 29. e6 Ng7 30. Be4 Rb8 31. Bc2 Bxc2 32. Rxc2 f5 33. Nd3 Qc7 34. Kh2 Rf8 35.
Rb2 fxg4 36. hxg4 h5 37. gxh5 Nxh5 38. Ne4 Nc6 39. dxc6 Qxc6 40. Ng5 Nf6 41.
Rg2 Kg7 42. Nf2 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1982/83-58 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1982.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. c3 Qb6
15. Nfd4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bg3 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4
21. cxd4 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxd4 23. Be5 Qd5 24. Bc3 Rd8 25. a3 Rd6 26. Re1 Rg6 27.
Qe4 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Re3 Bc5 30. Rd3 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 32. Kf1 f6 33. Ke2
Kf7 34. h3 Ke6 35. a4 Be5 36. Kd3 Bxc3 37. Kxc3 Kd5 38. Kd3 Kc5 39. Kc3 a5 40.
b3 h5 41. g3 g5 42. g4 h4 43. f3 Kd5 44. b4 Ke5 45. bxa5 Kf4 46. Kd4 Kxf3 47.
Kc5 Kg3 48. Kb6 Kxh3 49. Kxb7 Kxg4 50. a6 h3 51. a7 h2 52. a8=Q h1=Q+ 53. Kb8
Qxa8+ 54. Kxa8 f5 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1982/83-58 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1983.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Bc4 e6
9. Nge2 axb5 10. Nxb5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Ra3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qe7
15. Rd3 Ne5 16. Rdd1 Rfb8 17. Nec3 Bb7 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Bc6 20. f4 Ng4 21.
h3 Nh6 22. e4 Bd4+ 23. Kh2 f5 24. Ndb5 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 fxe4 26. g4 Nf7 27. Rfe1
Rb4 28. Re2 d6 29. f5 Bxa4 30. Rde1 Ne5 31. Nxe4 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nxe1+ 33. Rxe1
gxf5 34. gxf5 Bd7 35. Nxd6 Ra6 36. Ne4 Bxf5 37. Nxc5 Rg6+ 38. Kh2 Rc4 39. Nb3
Rc2+ 40. Kh1 Be6 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1982/83-58 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1983.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1982.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Bxf4 5. exf4 Qd6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfe1 c5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. Rad1
Rfe8 15. a3 Ng4 16. Qh3 f5 17. Nb1 Qd6 18. g3 Bc6 19. c3 Bb5 20. Qf1 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 c4 22. Qc2 b5 23. Nd2 a5 24. Ra1 Nf6 25. Nf3 Ra6 26. Ne5 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Qxd7
28. Re5 Rea8 29. Rae1 g6 30. h3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kf7 33. Qe2 Rh8 34. f3
Rh6 35. Kg2 Qc8 36. Kg3 Qh8 37. Qg2 Qh7 38. R5e2 Rd6 39. Qf1 Rb6 40. Qg2 Ke7
41. g5 Rh4 42. Ra1 Kd7 43. Rae1 Rc6 44. Qf1 Qh5 45. Rb1 Rc8 46. Kf2 Rxf4 47.
Qg2 Rh8 48. Qg3 Qh2+ 49. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 50. Kg3 Rxe2 51. Kxf4 Kd6 52. b3 b4 53.
cxb4 c3 54. bxa5 c2 55. Rc1 Kc6 56. b4 e5+ 57. dxe5 d4 58. a4 d3 59. b5+ Kb7
60. a6+ Ka7 61. Rh1 Rh2 62. Rc1 d2 63. Rxc2 Rh4+ 64. Kg3 d1=Q 65. Rc7+ Kb8 66.
Rb7+ Kc8 67. Kxh4 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1982/83-58 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1983.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Henley, Ron W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1982.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. h4 Bf5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 e6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Qf3 Nb8 16. Nge2 g4 17. Qf4 Nd7 18. Rh1 O-O-O 19. Bh4 Bf6 20. Bxf6
Qxf6 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Nce2 Rh8 23. Rxh8+ Qxh8 24. Qxg4 Qh7 25. Nf4 Bxc2 26. Qe2
Bb1 27. e4 Bxa2 28. Qxa6+ Kd8 29. Qxa2 Qh6 30. Nge2 c5 31. Kc2 cxd4 32. Qa8+
Ke7 33. Nd5+ exd5 34. Nxd4 Qf4 35. Nf5+ Kf6 36. Qh8+ Ke6 37. Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1982/83-58 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1983.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1982.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 Nd7 7. a4 g5 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. a5 Rb8 11. O-O e5 12. e3 Qe7 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Nf1 Nc6 17. Nc2 Qe5 18. Nfe3 Qc5 19. Nd5 Ne7 20. b4 Qc6 21. Nd4 Qd7
22. Qd2 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd8 25. a6 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 b6 27. h4 Bd7 28.
Bf3 gxh4 29. gxh4 Qf8 30. Kh2 Re8 31. Rg1+ Kh7 32. Qf6 Re5 33. Bd1 Bf5 34. Bh5
Bd3 35. Bxf7 Re8 36. Rg3 Bb1 37. Rf3 Rd8 38. Bg6+ Bxg6 39. Qxf8 Rxf8 40. Rxf8
1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1982/83-58 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1983.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Murey, Jacob"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1982.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. a4 Ne7 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Nb5
Ng6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. h4 c6 11. h5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 cxb5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nxh7 Nxe5
15. Nxf8 Kxf8 16. Qb4+ Kg8 17. Be2 d4 18. Bf4 d3 19. Bxe5 dxe2 20. Qg4 Rh7 21.
h6 Rd8 22. Qxe2 f6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 Qb7 25. axb5 Qxg2 26. Qc4+ Rd5 27. Rf1
Bxb5 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. c4 Rc5 30. Bxc5 Bxc4 31. Rxa7+ Kg6 32. Qe8+ Kg5 33. f4+
Kxh6 34. Rf2 Qg1+ 35. Kd2 bxc5 36. Kc3 Qxf2 37. Kxc4 Qxf4+ 38. Kd5 Qd4+ 39. Kc6
c4 40. Ra3 c3 41. bxc3 Qc4+ 42. Kd6 g6 43. Ra4 Qd3+ 44. Ke6 Kg5 45. Qc6 Qh3+
46. Kd6 Rh8 47. Ra1 Rc8 48. Rg1+ Kh6 49. Qb7 e4 50. Ke7 Rg8 51. Qc6 Rg7+ 52.
Kf8 Kh7 53. Rb1 Qh6 54. Ke8 f5 55. c4 g5 56. Qd5 Qg6+ 57. Kd8 Qf6+ 58. Kc8 Qf8+
59. Qd8 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1982/83-58 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1983.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1982.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. g4 Qxc4 13. Rc1 Qc8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Nd5
Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. a4 g6 18. Qb3 e5 19. Qxb6 exd4 20. Bxd4 a5 21. Re3 Ra6
22. Qb5 Nc6 23. Bf6 Nxf6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxb7 Nb4 26. Rc7 Qd4 27. Bf1 Raa8
28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Qxa5 d5 31. Qb5 Qf6 32. Qe2 Nc6 33. Bg2 Nd4 34.
Qd2 dxe4 35. Rxe4 Rd7 36. Qc3 h5 37. a5 Kh7 38. h3 h4 39. Kh1 Qxf2 40. Qe1
Qxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Nb3 42. a6 Ra7 43. Re3 Nc5 44. b4 Nxa6 45. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1982/83-58 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1983.01.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1982.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. O-O Qd6 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Kh1 Bb8 19. Na4 Ne4 20. Bd3 Qg6 21.
f4 Qh5 22. Rf3 Ne7 23. Rg1 Rc8 24. g4 Qg6 25. Nc3 Qc6 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe4
Qxe4 28. Nxe4 Nd5 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Rxd5 Rxb2 31. Nd2 Rc8 32. Kg2 Ba7 33. e4 Rc1
34. Rfd3 Rg1+ 35. Kf3 Rh1 36. Kg2 Rg1+ 37. Kh3 Re1 38. Rd7 Re3+ 39. Kg2 Re2+
40. Kg3 Be3 41. Nc4 Bf2+ 42. Kf3 Ra2 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1983.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 a6 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. a4 Qe7 15.
b5 a5 16. Rac1 Nf6 17. Nd1 Bd7 18. Nb2 Rfb8 19. Rc2 g5 20. Rfc1 Kg7 21. g3 Ng4
22. Ra1 Bf5 23. Bd3 Qf6 24. Ne1 h5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Qd3 Qe6 27. Nf3 Qf6 28.
Kg2 h4 29. e4 h3+ 30. Kg1 Be7 31. e5 Qe6 32. Rac1 Rc8 33. bxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6
bxc6 35. Nd2 Rb8 36. Nd1 c5 37. dxc5 Qxe5 38. c6 Qe1+ 39. Nf1 Ne5 40. Qc3 Qxc3
41. Nxc3 Nxc6 42. Nb5 Nb4 43. Rc7 Bd8 44. Rd7 Bb6 45. Ne3 Rc8 46. Kf1 Bxe3 47.
fxe3 Rc2 48. Nd6 Rxh2 49. Nxf7 Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Nd3+ 51. Ke2 Nc5 52. Ra7 h2 53.
Ne5+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1983.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qd5 14. Qa2 Qxa2
15. Rxa2 Rac8 16. Ba1 Na5 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. c4 Nxc4 19. a4 Rcd8 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21.
h3 Nh6 22. Rc1 Na5 23. Rb1 b6 24. Bc3 Nc4 25. a5 Rb8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7 Nf7
28. Rd1 Red8 29. Rda1 Re8 30. Rc7 Rec8 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Nxe6 Ncxe5 33. Ra7
Re8 34. Bxe5 Nxe5 35. Nxg7 Rd8 36. Nh5 Rd6 37. f4 Nc6 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ng3 c4
40. Ne4 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 b5 42. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schussler, Harry"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1983.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Bb5 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a6
15. Ba4 b5 16. Bc2 g4 17. Nh2 f5 18. Nb3 Ra7 19. Nf1 h5 20. Nc1 Bh6 21. Nd3 e6
22. b4 Rh7 23. a4 Bg5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra8 h4 26. Nc5 Rh6 27. Qe2 hxg3 28.
fxg3 Kf7 29. Qxb5 Bd2 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nb7 Qc7 32. Nxd2 Qxg3 33. Nf1 Qxe1 34.
Nd6+ Kf6 35. Nxc8 g3 36. Qd3 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karner, Hillar"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1983.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 a6
9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 c4 11. Be2 Qc7 12. O-O b5 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Na5 15. a4
Nb3 16. Ra2 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 bxa4 19. Rxa4 O-O 20. Bd3 cxd3 21. Qxb3
Bd7 22. Rd4 Rab8 23. Qa2 Bb5 24. Nd2 Rfc8 25. Qa1 Qb6 26. b3 Rd8 27. f5 exf5
28. Rxf5 Rbc8 29. Rdf4 Bd7 30. Rxf7 Be6 31. Rb4 Qe3 32. Nf1 Qxe5 33. Ra7 Qxc3
34. Qxa6 Qxb4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1983.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Qb6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 a6 8. Bb2
Rb8 9. e3 d6 10. d4 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Ng5 cxd4 15.
exd4 Rxc4 16. d5 e5 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qe2 Nxb2 19. Rb1 Nxd1 20. Rxb6 Nxc3 21.
Qe3 Nb5 22. a4 Ng4 23. Qf3 Bxg5 24. axb5 e4 25. Qxe4 f5 26. Qb1 Bxb5 27. Qxf5
Re8 28. Rxb5 axb5 29. Qxg4 Bf6 30. Be4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. Nf3 Qb6 8.
dxc5 Qxb2 9. O-O Qa3 10. Ng5 Qxc5 11. Nxh7 Nc6 12. Qh5 b6 13. Rab1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Be7 15. Qg4 g6 16. Ng5 Qd4 17. Qf3 Rf8 18. c3 Qh4 19. g3 Qh8 20. h4 O-O-O 21.
Qe2 Kb8 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Nf3 Na5 24. Rec1 Ba3 25. Rc2 Nc4 26. Bg5 Bc5 27. Bf6
Qh5 28. Re1 Na3 29. Rd2 Rfe8 30. Ng5 d4 31. cxd4 Bb4 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Nc4
34. Rdd1 Bxe1 35. Rxe1 Rc7 36. Qxh5 gxh5 37. Ng5 Rd7 38. Re4 Nd2 39. Rf4 Nb1
40. g4 Nc3 41. Kf1 Nd5 42. Re4 hxg4 43. Nh7 Rc7 44. Rxg4 Rec8 45. Re4 Rc2 46.
h5 Rxa2 47. h6 b5 48. Re1 b4 49. Rb1 a5 50. Ng5 Nf4 51. h7 Rb2 52. Ra1 b3 {time
} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Qe1 Bh7 8. e4
Be7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 g5 13. h3 Qc7 14. a3 O-O-O 15. b4
cxb4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. c3 Bb6 19. d4 Kb8 20. h4 g4 21. N3h2 h5 22.
Bg5 Rc8 23. Rec1 Na5 24. Nd2 Nc4 25. Nhf1 Nb2 26. Nb1 Nc4 27. Ne3 Ka8 28. Nd2
Nb2 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Qxc4 32. Bd3 Qc7 33. Qb2 Rhf8 34. Be7 f6
35. Bd6 Qd8 36. Rcb1 Rc6 37. Bxf8 Qxf8 38. Bb5 fxe5 39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. Qa2 Qb8
41. Qa3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. O-O Nxf4 10. exf4 c5 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 cxd4 14. cxd4
f6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ra5 Bh6 17. g3 e5 18. Rxd5 Bh3 19. Ne4 Bxf1 20. Nxf6+ Kf7
21. Nxe8 Bxd3 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Rd7+ Kg8 24. fxe5 Bg5 25. f4 Rd8 26. e6 Rxd7 27.
exd7 Bf6 28. Ne6 Be4 29. d8=Q+ Bxd8 30. Nxd8 Bd5 31. g4 Kg7 32. f5 gxf5 33.
gxf5 Kf6 34. Ne6 Kxf5 35. Nc7 Ke4 36. Kf2 Kxd4 37. Nb5+ Kc5 38. Nc3 Bxb3 39.
Ke3 Bc2 40. h4 Kc4 41. Kd2 Bg6 42. Ne2 a5 43. Nf4 a4 44. h5 Bf5 45. Ng2 Kb3 46.
Kc1 b5 47. Ne3 Bd3 48. Nd5 h6 49. Nf4 Bf5 50. Ne2 Bg4 51. Nf4 a3 52. bxa3 Kxa3
0-1

[Event "EU-chT 08th Final"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1983.06.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc2 d6 9. e4 Nd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. f3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd5 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 e6
15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nf5 17. Qe1 d5 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Rb1 d4 20. Ne4 d3 21. Bg5
Qd4 22. Bd1 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Nd6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bg4 Nxe4 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Be3
d2 28. Qg1 Nf2+ 29. Bxf2 Rxf2 30. Qd1 Qe4 31. Bd5 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 08th Final"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1983.06.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. e5 Nd5 8. Re1
O-O 9. d4 Nc7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Na4 Ne6 13. Ng5 Qa5 14. c4 Rad8 15.
Bf4 h6 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. Qb3 Ba8 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. cxb5 Nd4 20. Rac1 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Nxb5 22. Rxc5 Rd5 23. Re4 Rfd8 24. Be3 Rxc5 25. Nxc5 Rd1 26. Na6 Rd7 27.
Rb4 Nc7 28. Rb7 Bxe5 29. Bf4 Nxa6 30. Rxd7 Bxb2 31. Rxa7 Nb4 32. Rb7 Ba3 33.
Bc1 Bxc1 34. Rxb4 Bd2 35. Rb2 Bc3 36. Rb3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 08th Final"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1983.06.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. a3 Qc7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf1 b5 14. h4 b4 15. Bf4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba6 17. Ne3 Rab8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Nd4 21. Qe4
Rfd8 22. Rab1 Nb6 23. Bf1 Rd7 24. Rb2 Na4 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Rb1 Qd8 27. Ng5 g6
28. Qg2 Nc3 29. Rb2 Na4 30. Rb1 Nc3 31. Re1 Qb8 32. Kh1 Qb7 33. Bd2 Qb2 34. Bc1
Qb7 35. Bf4 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rb7 37. Bd2 Rb3 38. Re3 Nb1 39. Bxa5 Rxa3 40. Rxa3
Nxa3 41. Ne4 Nac2 42. f4 h5 43. Kf2 Kf8 44. Bb6 Nb3 45. Ke2 Nb4 46. Ke3 Ke8 47.
Be2 Na2 48. Bd1 Nac1 49. Nd2 Nxd2 50. Kxd2 Na2 51. Ba4+ Kf8 52. Bd7 Nb4 53. Kc3
Kg7 54. Bc7 Na2+ 55. Kb2 Nb4 56. Kb3 Nd3 57. Bd6 Kf8 58. Ka4 Nc1 59. Kb5 Ne2
60. Kxc5 Nxg3 61. Kb6 Ne2 62. c5 Nxf4 63. Bc6 Ne2 64. Be4 Nd4 65. c6 Nxc6 66.
Kxc6 Ke8 67. Kc7 f5 68. Bxe7 fxe4 69. Bg5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d4 g6 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. c4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nb6 10. Na5 Bf5 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Qa3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Rac1 Be4 16. e3 Rd5 17. b4 Rh5 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Rfe1 Qf5 20. Qd1 Qb5 21. a3
Na4 22. Nc4 a5 23. bxa5 Nb2 24. Nxb2 Qxb2 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Nc4 Qb5 27. Kxg2 c5
28. g4 Rh4 29. d5 h5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Rh1 Rh8 32. g5 Rxc4 33. gxf6+ Kxf6 34. Qf1
1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nbd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Bf3 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. h3 h5 13. Nge2 Rfd8 14. d6
exd6 15. O-O d5 16. Bg5 Bg4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. h4 Re8 19. Nf4 Ne4 20. Nfxd5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Rad8 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. gxf6 Re6 25. d5 Rxf6 26. Rfe1 Qf5
27. Rd2 Kg7 28. Qg3 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxg4 Qxa2 31. Qd4 Qa5 32. Re3 Qb6
33. Qc3 Qc6 34. Qd4 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7+ 36. Kg1 Qf4 37. Re4 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39.
f4 Qb6 40. Qc3 Qc6 41. Rc4 Qe6 42. Rc7 Qf5 43. g3 Kh7 44. Rc5 Qe6 45. Re5 Qb6
46. Re8 Qb5 47. Re5 Qd7 48. Rh5+ gxh5 49. Qxf6 Qd5 50. b4 Qa2+ 51. Kg1 Qe6 52.
Qc3 h4 53. Kf2 Qg4 54. Qf6 Qxg3+ 55. Ke2 Qg4+ 56. Kf2 Qh5 57. Qe7 h3 58. Qxb7
h2 59. Qh1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Qd2 b5 14. Qa5 Qxa5 15.
Nxa5 bxc4 16. Rxd6 Rxb2 17. Nxc4 Rb4 18. Nba3 e4 19. Rad1 Ra4 20. Rb1 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 Rxa3 22. Rb8 Rc3 23. Bd4 Rc1+ 24. Kh2 Re8 25. Nc6 Nd5 26. e3 Bxd4 27. Nxd4
Nc3 28. Nb3 Rc2 29. Rc6 Bd7 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Rc8 Kf8 32. Nd4 Rc1 33. Bxe4 Ne2
34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Nxe2 Rd1 36. Kg2 Rd2 37. Nc3 f5 38. Bb7 Rc2 39. Nd5 Rxa2 40.
Bxa6 Kf8 41. Bf1 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1983.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 Re8
15. e5 f6 16. d6 fxe5 17. Bb2 exf4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. O-O Rf8 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21.
Qxf4 Qf6 22. Qd2 b6 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. d7 Ba6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Qe2 e5 27. g3 Bxc4
28. Qxc4 Qxf3 29. Rd6 Qf7 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qd1 e4 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-07"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1983.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1983.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nfd5 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. Re5 Ng6 16. Re4 Nd7 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. h4 h6 21.
Qg4 Kh8 22. h5 Nf4 23. Rg3 g5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Re1 Rde8 26. Rge3 Nb6 27. Nc5
Qc8 28. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-07"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1983.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1983.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O
Nf5 9. a4 Ba6 10. a5 b5 11. Rd1 Qc6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15.
Qh3 h6 16. Bd2 Qb5 17. Rdc1 Rc8 18. g4 Ne7 19. Ne1 g6 20. Rc2 Bg7 21. Rac1 Qxa5
22. Ng3 Qb6 23. Be3 b3 24. Rc3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Ne4 dxe3 27. fxe3 Bxe5 28.
d4 Bg7 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. Nf3 Rb8 31. Ne4 Qa6 32. Rxc7 Nd5 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxc8+
Ke7 35. Rxh8 Bxh8 36. Qxh6 Qe2 37. Qh4+ Bf6 38. Nxf6 Qxe3+ 39. Qf2 Kxf6 40.
Nd2+ Kg5 41. Qxe3+ Nxe3 42. h3 a5 43. Nxb3 Nc4 44. Kf2 a4 45. Nc1 Nxb2 46. Kg3
a3 47. h4+ Kf6 48. Kf3 Nd3 49. Na2 g5 50. h5 Nf4 51. Ke4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-07"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1983.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "1983.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. e4 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. b3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Qc2
b6 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. f4 Rae8 18. Rae1 Nb7 19. Nc1 Bc8 20. Bc3 exf4 21. gxf4 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bf3 Ng8 25. Ne2 Ne7 26. Kf2 Ng6 27. Rg1 Kf6 28.
Nf1 Bd7 29. Nfg3 Rg8 30. Nh5+ Kf7 31. Neg3 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Nd8 33. Nf1 Nh4 34.
Ne3 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Rg6 36. Rh1 Kf8 37. Ng3 Rf6 38. a3 Nf7 39. b4 Nh8 40. b5 Ng6
41. a4 Ne7 42. a5 bxa5 43. Ra1 Nc8 44. Rxa5 Ke7 45. Ra2 Ke8 46. Rg2 Kf7 47. Rg1
Rg6 48. Ra1 Kf6 49. Nef1 Rg8 50. Nd2 Ke7 51. Kf2 Kd8 52. Nf3 Rg6 53. Nf1 Ke7
54. Ng5 h6 55. Nf3 Rg8 56. Ne3 Kf7 57. Nd2 Ke7 58. Re1 Kf6 59. Ra1 Ke7 60. Nb3
Kd8 61. Re1 Kc7 62. Nd2 Nb6 63. Ndf1 Bc8 64. Ra1 Kb8 65. Ng3 Rf8 66. Ne2 Re8
67. Nc3 Rg8 68. Na4 Nxa4 69. Rxa4 Kb7 70. Ra6 Rg6 71. Ng2 Kb8 72. Nh4 Rf6 73.
Ra1 Rf7 74. Nf3 Rg7 75. Re1 Bd7 76. Rb1 Bc8 77. Nd2 Kc7 78. Re1 Kd8 79. Ra1 Ke8
80. Nf1 Kd8 81. Ne3 Ke8 82. h4 Kd8 83. h5 Ke8 84. Kf3 Kd8 85. Ra2 Ke8 86. b6 a6
87. b7 Rxb7 88. Rxa6 Ke7 89. Ra8 Rc7 90. Ke2 Kf7 91. Kd3 Bd7 92. Kc3 Rc8 93.
Ra7 Ke8 94. Ng2 Kd8 95. Nh4 Rb8 96. Ra1 Kc7 97. Ng6 Re8 98. Ra7+ Kd8 99. Kd3
Re4 100. Nf8 Bc8 101. Ng6 Bd7 102. Ra6 Kc7 103. Nf8 Be8 104. Ne6+ Kd7 105. Ra7+
Kc8 106. Ra8+ Kd7 107. Ng7 Re1 108. Kc2 Re4 109. Kd3 Re1 110. Ra7+ Kd8 111.
Nxf5 Bxh5 112. Nxd6 Re7 113. Ra8+ Kd7 114. Nf5 Be2+ 115. Kd2 Re4 116. Ra7+ Kd8
117. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1984.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6
8. Be3 b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. f3 g6 11. Kc2 h5 12. a4 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. h4 O-O-O
15. Nc4 Kc7 16. a5 Rhh8 17. Be2 Rd7 18. axb6+ axb6 19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Bb5 Bc6 21.
Nd5+ Rxd5 22. Bxc6 Rdd8 23. Bb5 Ra8 24. Rhd1 e6 25. f4 Nc6 26. Kd3 Rhd8+ 27.
Ke3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Ra2 29. Rd2 Ra5 30. Be2 b5 31. f5 exf5 32. exf5 b4 33. Kf4
bxc3 34. bxc3 Ra3 35. Rd3 Ne7 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. Kg5 Ra4 38. g3 Re4 39. Bf3 Re6
40. Bg2 Re2 41. Bh3 c4 42. Rd4 Re3 43. Kf4 Re1 44. Rxc4+ Kd6 45. Bg2 Rc1 46.
Rd4+ Ke6 47. Rd3 Kf6 48. Bf3 Rf1 49. c4 Rc1 50. Rd6+ Kf7 51. Be2 Nf5 52. Rd5
Kf6 53. Bd3 Ng7 54. Rd6+ Ne6+ 55. Ke4 Rd1 56. Ke3 Re1+ 57. Kf2 Re5 58. Kf3 g5
59. Be4 Ke7 60. Rd5 Kf6 61. Ke3 gxh4 62. gxh4 Nc5 63. Rxe5 Kxe5 64. Bf3 Na4 65.
Bxh5 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1984.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. Qd3 a6 12. Ba2 b5 13. Bg5 b4 14. Bb1 g6
15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Na4 a5 18. Nc5 Ba6 19. Rd1 Bc4 20. Ra3 Re8 21.
Ng3 Bd5 22. h4 Nd7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Qh6 Nc6 26. Nh5 f5 27. Rg3
Qxh4 28. Rg5 Kh8 29. Rxg6 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Nf6 Rde7 32. Qg5 e5 33. Nxd5
hxg6 34. Nxe7 Rxe7 35. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1984.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nfd2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nce4 Rb8 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ra2 e5 14. b3 Ne8 15.
Nf3 f5 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc7 19. Bd5 Kh8 20. Rd2 Rbd8 21. Qc2
Nxe6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Rfd1 Bf6 24. Rd5 Kg8 25. Bh6 Rfe8 26. Qd2 Be7 27. Bg5
Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Rd7 29. Qh6 f4 30. Kg2 Rf8 31. e4 fxe3 32. Qxe3 e4 33. Re1 Rf3
34. Qxe4 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxb3 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Ra8 Rc3 38. Rxa6 Rxc4 39. a5 Rc2
40. Raxd6 Rf7 41. a6 Rfxf2+ 42. Kh3 Rxh2+ 43. Kg4 Rc4+ 44. Kf3 Rc3+ 45. Kf4
Rf2+ 46. Ke4 b3 47. Rb6 b2 48. Rd7+ Kh6 49. Rdb7 Rxg3 50. a7 Ra3 51. Rb3 Ra4+
52. Kd5 c4 53. R3b4 Rxb4 54. Rxb4 b1=Q 55. Rxb1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.02.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1984.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. b4 cxb4 10. Ne2 Nc7 11. d4 e6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. h4 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15.
h5 h6 16. Nf4 Be7 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rh3 Bd6 19. Qd2 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Bb5 21. Rd1
Bxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Qe7 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxf6 Ne6 25. Qe3 gxf6 26. exd5 Nc5 27. Qxe7+
Kxe7 28. Rd1 Kd7 29. Rh4 a5 30. Nd4 Na4 31. Nf5 Nc3 32. Rd2 Rae8 33. Rf4 Re5
34. Ne3 f5 35. g4 Ne4 36. Rc2 Nd6 37. gxf5 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39. Ke2 Kd7 40.
Kd3 Re8 41. Ng4 Rc8 42. Nxh6 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 Ra3 44. Ng4 Rxa2+ 0-1

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.02.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1984.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. c3 Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 b5 13. Re1 e6 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Bg5 f5 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Bh4 N7b6 18. Bg3 f4 19. Bh2 e5 20. Qd3 exd4 21.
cxd4 Kh8 22. a3 Re7 23. Ne4 Rfe8 24. f3 Nf6 25. Kf1 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. fxe4
Qd7 28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 Rxe4 31. Bg1 f3 32. Bf2 h5 33. b4 fxg2+
34. Kxg2 Rg4+ 35. hxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Bg3 Qxd1 37. Qxc6 Qg4 38. Qf3 Qg5 39. Qe4 Kh7
40. d5 Bf6 41. Kh3 Qc1 42. Qf4 Qh1+ 43. Bh2 Qa1 44. Qf3 Kg7 45. Kg2 g5 46. Qxh5
Qa2+ 47. Kf1 Qxd5 48. Bg1 Qd3+ 49. Qe2 Qxa3 50. b5 Qh3+ 51. Ke1 Bc3+ 52. Kd1
Qd7+ 53. Kc2 Bd4 54. Bh2 Qf5+ 55. Kc1 Kh6 56. Bg3 Qd5 57. Qh2+ Kg7 58. Qe2 Kf6
59. Qf1+ Ke6 60. Qd3 Qc5+ 61. Kd1 Be5 62. Qg6+ Kd5 63. Qf7+ Ke4 64. Qg6+ Kf3
65. Bxe5 Qd5+ 66. Kc2 Qxe5 67. Qf7+ Ke2 68. Qxa7 Qxb5 69. Qe7+ Kf2 70. Qf6+ Kg2
71. Qe6 Qa4+ 72. Kc3 Qf4 73. Qe2+ Kh3 74. Qe6+ g4 75. Kd3 Kg2 76. Qe2+ Kg1 77.
Qe6 g3 78. Kc3 g2 79. Qe1+ Kh2 80. Qe2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "London Phillips&Drew"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.04.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1984.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6
8. Bf4 g6 9. Kc2 Bg7 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bc4 f6 12. Bf7+ Kxf7 13. Rxd7 b6 14. Rhd1
Rhd8 15. Rxd8 Nxd8 16. Kb3 Bf8 17. Kc4 e5 18. Bc1 Ke6 19. Kb5 Nf7 20. Ka6 Nd6
21. Nd2 b5 22. Nb3 Nxe4 23. f3 Nf2 24. Rd2 c4 25. Rxf2 cxb3 26. axb3 Bc5 27.
Re2 b4 28. Be3 Bd6 29. Rd2 f5 30. c4 Rc8 31. c5 Bxc5 32. Rc2 Kd6 33. Rd2+ Ke6
34. Rc2 Kd5 35. Kb7 Rc6 36. Bf2 Rb6+ 37. Kxa7 Bxf2 38. Rxf2 Re6 39. Rd2+ Kc5
40. Rc2+ Kd4 41. Rc4+ Kd3 42. Rxb4 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Rb6 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "London Phillips&Drew"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.05.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1984.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Bf4 b4 16. Na4 e5 17. Be3 Nd8 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
Nc5 Bc8 22. Nb3 Be6 23. Rxc7 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxe7 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Bd5 27.
Bc5 Bxb3 28. axb3 Bf8 29. Rxe5 Rd2 30. Be3 Rxb2 31. Bf1 1-0

[Event "London Phillips&Drew"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1984.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a4 e6
9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qd6 Bb7 11. Be2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Qc8 13. O-O Ne8 14. Qg3 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 d5 16. e4 Nc6 17. exd5 Nd4 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Qg4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 exd5 21. Rfd1
Nf6 22. Qf4 Ra7 23. Bf1 g5 24. Qe5 Re7 25. Rxd5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Nd7 27. Bc4+ Kg7
28. Be6 Nxe5 29. Bxc8 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Nxe3+ 31. fxe3 Nh4+ 32. Kg1 Rxc8 33. a5 Kf6
34. Kf2 Ke5 35. c4 Ra8 36. a6 Nf5 37. a7 Nd6 38. Ra5 Ne4+ 39. Kf3 h5 40. h3 Kf5
41. Kg2 g4 42. hxg4+ hxg4 43. Ra6 Ke5 44. Kh2 Nd6 45. Rc6 Nb7 46. Rc7 Rxa7 47.
Kg3 Kd6 48. Rg7 Kc6 49. Kf4 Ra8 50. Rg6+ Nd6 51. e4 Rf8+ 52. Kxg4 Kd7 53. Rg5
Nxe4 54. Re5 Re8 0-1

[Event "London Phillips&Drew"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.05.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Re1
Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 12. Bf1 b5 13. a4 b4 14. c4 Ne7 15. a5
c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Nbc6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. a6 Nf5 21. Bc5 Rd8
22. Qa4 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bf6 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 Be7 26. c5 Rd5 27. Rec1 Qf8
28. Nc7 Rxc5 29. Qb7 Rc8 30. Qxa7 Bd6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rxc5 Bxc5 33. Qd7 Re8
34. a7 Ng7 35. Rb2 Ra8 36. Bc4 Rxa7 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Qd5 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40.
g3 Nxe6 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 13th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1984.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1984.05.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spartak"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Ng6+ hxg6 12. exf6+ Nxf6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. O-O
e5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qb6 17. Bxg6+ Kxg6 18. Qxf8 Qe6 19. f4 Qb6+ 20. Kh1
Qb5 21. Bd2 Qe2 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Ra4 Ne4 24. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Columbia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "COL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bh4 Ne4 15.
Nc3 Bf4 16. Rc2 Ng5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. g3 g4 19. Nh4 Bh6 20. Qxg4 Qf7 21. Ng6 e5
22. Qh5 Nb4 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. dxe5 Be6 25. Rc4 Rac8 26. Rh4 Rfd8 27. Be4 Rc4
28. Rd1 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Kh7 30. Rb4 Rc8 31. Rbd4 Rc2 32. Nf4 Nxf4 33. Qxf7 Ne2+
34. Kf1 Bxf7 35. Rb4 Bc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Kxe2 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Rxb2 39. e6 Bg5
40. Rd7 Rb6 41. Kg4 Bf6 42. Kf5 Rb5+ 43. Kg4 Rg5+ 44. Kf4 b6 45. Rxa7 Re5 46.
f3 Rxe6 47. a4 Bc3 48. Rc7 Bb4 49. Rc4 Be7 50. Kg4 Rh6 51. h4 Rg6+ 52. Kh3 Rd6
53. Re4 Bf6 54. f4 Rd3 55. h5 Bd4 56. Kg2 Bc5 57. g4 g6 58. hxg6+ Kxg6 59. Kh2
Ra3 60. Kg2 Kf7 61. Kh2 Kf6 62. Kg2 Rb3 63. Kh2 Rb4 64. Rxb4 Bxb4 65. Kg3 Ke6
66. Kf3 Kd5 67. g5 Bd2 68. Kg4 Ke6 69. f5+ Ke5 70. f6 Ke6 71. Kh5 Kf7 72. Kh6
Bc3 73. a5 bxa5 74. g6+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 c5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. dxc5 Qc7 8.
Qd6 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Nh3 Qb4 11. Qd2 Nxc5 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. O-O b6 14. e4 Bb7
15. e5 Ng4 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nh6 18. Rfd1 Nf5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 Rfd8 21.
a3 Qb3 22. g4 Ne7 23. Nd4 Ng6 24. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Nxc4 e4 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. d3
exd3 9. Qxd3 h6 10. Bf4 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qc5 12. b4 Qf5 13. Qe3+ Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6
15. Qxe6+ fxe6 16. Na5 Nd5 17. Nxb7 Nxb4 18. O-O a5 19. Be4 a4 20. Rfd1 Ra7 21.
Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Rd8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Rxb7 24. Rb1 a3 25. Kg2 Rb6 26. Rg8 Kf7 27. Rc8
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 Nd7 8. a4
Qe8 9. Na3 a6 10. Qd2 f6 11. Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b4 Nd8 14. a5 Qe7 15.
Rfe1 Nf7 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Ne3 c6 18. Nh4 Nf8 19. g3 Qc7 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Nb6 Bh3
22. d5 Nd7 23. Qe3 c5 24. Nc4 Nf8 25. Rab1 Bd7 26. Nb6 Be8 27. bxc5 dxc5 28.
Nf3 Nd6 29. Nd2 Bb5 30. c4 Be8 31. Nb3 Rbc8 32. Bf1 Nd7 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. Rec1
Qd8 35. Bh3 f5 36. Nd2 Qxa5 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Qg5+ Bg6 39. Qe7+ Nf7 40. Qxd7
Rd8 41. Nb3 Qb6 42. Qe7 f4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.12.04"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxb7 Ra7
15. Be4 f5 16. Bg2 Rd7 17. f4 Bf6 18. e4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 a5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Bh3
1-0

[Event "Linares-05"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1985.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1985.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Qa4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na3 Nb6 10. Qa5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Nc4 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. Qb5 Qd5 14. a4 Be4
15. Be5 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Bh6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qd6 19. Qe5 Qb4 20. Qb5 Qd6 21.
Qe5 Qb4 22. e3 a6 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ng4 25. Qe4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nc2
Qd2 28. Qf3 Nf6 29. Qd1 c3 30. bxc3 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxc3 32. Nb4 e6 33. Kf3 Rfc8
34. Rdb1 Ne8 35. Ra6 Ng7 36. Rb6 Nf5 37. Ke2 R3c4 38. Kd2 Ra8 39. Nd3 Rd8 40.
R6xb5 Nd6 41. Rb8 Ne4+ 42. Ke1 Rcc8 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Rb2 Ra8 45. Ke2 Ra1 46.
Rb8+ Kg7 47. Rb7 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Nd2+ 49. Kg2 Nc4 50. Kg3 Nd6 51. Rb2 Ra7 52. Kf3
h6 53. Ne5 Nf5 54. Rb6 Nh4+ 55. Ke4 g5 56. fxg5 hxg5 57. Rb2 Nf5 58. Kf3 Ne7
59. Kg4 f6 60. Nd3 Nd5 61. Nc5 Kf7 62. Rb8 Re7 63. Rd8 Kg6 64. Kf3 Nc7 65. Rd6
f5 66. Ke2 Kf6 67. Kd3 g4 68. Kc4 Rh7 69. Rc6 Kg5 70. Kd3 Kf6 71. Kc4 Kg5 72.
Nd3 Kf6 73. Nf4 Rd7 74. Kc5 Ke7 75. Rb6 Kf7 76. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Be6 13. d5 Na5 14. dxe6+
Rxe6 15. Qa4 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. f4 b5 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. f5 Rf6 20. Bc5 Bf8 21.
Bf2 Kg8 22. Nc1 Bh6 23. Nb3 Kh8 24. Kh1 Be3 25. Nc5 Qg7 26. Rd7 Qh6 27. Rfd1
Rg8 28. Rd8 gxf5 29. exf5 Rff8 30. Rxf8 Qxf8 31. Ne6 Qh6 32. Bxe3 Nxe3 33. Qe2
e4 34. Qf2 c5 35. Rg1 Ng4 36. Qg3 e3 0-1

[Event "Moscow International-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bf4 h6 12. Rc1 e5 13. Be3 e4 14. Nd2 d5 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bc4 Qd8 18. d5 Ne5 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Bb5 Nd3 21. Bxe8 Qxe8
22. Rc2 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 e3 24. Qc1 exd2 25. Qxd2 Qe5 26. Re1 Qd6 27. Rcc1 Rd8 28.
Qa5 Bd4 29. Rcd1 Bc5 30. Qa4 Qg3 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kg7 33. Rd2 Bxh3 34.
Qe4 Bf5 35. Qc4 Qd6 36. a3 Bb6 37. Qc3+ Kh7 38. b4 h5 39. g3 Be4 {"time"} 0-1

[Event "Moscow International-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 Be5 19. Nd1 Qe8 20. Nf2 b5 21. Ng4
Bg7 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Qd5 Qe8 26. e5 Rd8 27. exd6
exd6 28. Re1 Rac8 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Bb7 8.
Bb2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 a6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Rfc1 Qb6 13. d4 Rc8 14. Nd3 Nbd7
15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Nb1 Nd7 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Na3 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Nf6 22. e3 e5 23. Rdd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. b4 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Kf8 27.
Nc2 Bc8 28. Qa1 Ke7 29. f4 Nd7 30. Bh3 f6 31. Qa2 Kf8 32. Ne1 Nb8 33. Bxc8 Qxc8
34. Nf3 Qf5 35. Qd2 Qd7 36. Qc2 exf4 37. gxf4 Qd5 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. e4 Qe6 40.
Kg3 Qf7 41. Qd3 Ke8 42. Nh4 g6 43. Nf3 Nf8 44. Qd6 Qe6 45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. e5 h5
47. h3 Nd7 48. Qh8 Qe8 49. Qh7+ Ke6 50. Nd4+ Kd5 51. e6 Nf8 52. Qc7 h4+ 53. Kf2
Kxd4 54. e7 Ne6 55. Qd6+ Kc4 56. Qxe6+ Kxb4 57. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 d4 4. b4 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O h6
9. a4 Be6 10. Ba3 Qc8 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Nf5 13. b5 Re8 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. e3
dxe3 16. fxe3 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Qf3 Nd4 20. Qxb7 Qd7 21. Ra2
Rad8 22. Nf1 a6 23. Bb4 axb5 24. exd4 exd4 25. Qc6 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Qe7 27. Qe4
Qf8 28. axb5 Re8 29. Ra8 Bd8 30. Bb4 Rxe4 31. Bxf8 Re1 32. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Qd7 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Bf5 17. Bc5 Bd6 18. e3 Be4 19. f3 Bg6 20. Qd2 h5 21. h4 Bxc5
22. Nxc5 Qe7 23. Rc3 Bf5 24. Nb3 Bd7 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. Qd4 Rb8 27. Qd2 Qb4 28.
Re1 Rec8 29. Re2 Qb6 30. Nc5 Bf5 31. Qd4 Nd7 32. Rd2 Nxc5 33. Rxc5 a5 34. Bf1
Qb4 35. Be2 Rb6 36. Qxb4 axb4 37. e4 Be6 38. exd5 cxd5 39. Rxc8+ Bxc8 40. Rxd5
Be6 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Bd3+ g6 43. b3 Rc6 44. Rd4 Bf5 45. Bxf5 gxf5 46. g4 fxg4
47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Rxg4 Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rxa2 50. Rxb4 Kg6 51. Rb5 f5 52. Rb6+ Kg7
53. h5 Ra1 54. h6+ Kh7 55. b4 Rf1 56. b5 Kg8 57. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bb2 $6 Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbc6 12. Bd3 (12. Bxd4 $142 Bb6 13. c3 $10
{Suetin}) 12... Bb6 13. O-O a6 14. Kh1 h6 15. Qd2 O-O 16. a4 Qc7 17. b5 axb5
18. axb5 Na5 19. Bxd4 Nc4 20. Qb4 $6 (20. Qf2 $10) 20... Ng6 $1 21. g3 Rfc8 22.
Rfc1 Ba5 $1 23. Qb3 Nf8 24. c3 Nd7 25. Ra2 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nd4 Bb6 28.
Qb1 Ne3 29. Re2 Qa3 30. Nb3 Rc7 31. h3 h5 32. Kh2 h4 33. gxh4 Rac8 34. Qa2 Qxa2
35. Rxa2 g6 36. Nd2 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Be2 Nf5 39. h5 Be3 40. hxg6 Bxf4+
41. Kg1 Rg3+ 42. Kf2 Be3+ 43. Ke1 Rxg6 44. Bg4 Nd4 45. b6 Nc6 46. Nf3 Bxb6 47.
Rb2 Ba5+ 48. Ke2 Bc3 49. Rxb7 Nxe5 50. Nxe5 Bxe5 51. Bh5 Rf6 52. Bf3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. Nc3 exd5 4. Nxd5 Ne7 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qd8 7. Bc3 Nxd5 8.
Qxd5 d6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Qb6 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14. Nf4
O-O-O 15. O-O Re8 16. Rfe1 f6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Rad1 Be7 19. Qc4 Kd7 20. f4 Bd8
21. f5 Re7 22. e5 fxe5 23. Rxe5 Rhe8 24. Rxe7+ Rxe7 25. f6 gxf6 26. Bxf6 Re4
27. Qf7+ Kc8 28. Bxd8 Kxd8 29. Qxh7 Re2 30. Qg7 Qe8 31. Qg3 Kc8 32. h4 Rxc2 33.
Rxd6 Rxb2 34. Rg6 Kd7 35. Rg7+ Kc6 36. Qf3+ Kd6 37. Qf4+ Kd5 38. Rg5+ Kc6 39.
Qf6+ Kc7 40. Rxc5+ Kb8 41. Qe5+ Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Rxa2 43. h5 Ra4 44. g3 Rg4 45.
Kf2 Rg8 46. h6 Kc7 47. Re7+ Kd6 48. Rg7 Rh8 49. Rg6+ Ke5 50. g4 a5 51. Kg3 a4
52. Kh4 a3 53. Kh5 Kf4 54. Rf6+ Kg3 55. g5 a2 56. Rf1 Re8 57. Rg1+ Kf3 58. Rf1+
Kg3 59. Ra1 b5 60. g6 b4 61. g7 b3 62. Rg1+ Kf3 63. h7 Re5+ 64. Kh4 Re4+ 65.
Kh3 a1=Q 66. g8=Q 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Qb3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 d6 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. a5 a6 14. h3 Rb8 15.
Be3 Qh5 16. g4 Qe5 17. Qb4 h5 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bd4 Qf4 20. e3 Qg5 21. f4 Qh4 22.
g5 Ne8 23. Nd5 e5 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Bb6 Nc7 27. Qd2 Na8 28. Ba7
Rc7 29. Rac1 Rd7 30. Qd5 Rfd8 31. e4 b6 32. axb6 exf4 33. b7 f3 34. Rxf3 Nc7
35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Bf2 Rc1+ 37. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Li, Zunian"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 e6 8. Bxc4
Nb4 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. e4 Bg6 12. Rd1 c5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. d5 exd5 15.
e5 Re8 16. Bb5 Bf8 17. Bxe8 Nxe8 18. e6 Nc7 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Qg4 Ne6 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Rac1 Qf6 26. Re1 Nd3 27. Re3 Qxf2+
28. Kh1 Qxe3 29. Rf1+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 e6 14. Ba1 Rb4 15. a3
Rxb1 16. Qxb1 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bf5 18. Qb2 Nh5 19. Qa2 Nf6 20. Qb2 Nh5 21. Qc1 Nf6
22. Bc3 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Re8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ f6 26. e3 Qc7 27. f3 Bh3 28.
Rb1 Bf5 29. Rb2 h5 30. Kg2 Nc6 31. h3 Qd7 32. Rb6 Ne7 33. Rb7 Bxh3+ 34. Kh2 Qf5
35. Bc6 Kf7 36. e4 Qc8 37. Bxe8+ Kxe8 38. Rb6 Qe6 39. Qd3 Kd7 40. Nb3 Kc7 41.
Rxa6 Nc6 42. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
e6 9. Nbc3 Qe7 10. e5 Rd8 11. Ne4 h6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. h4 Bd7 15.
Nf6+ Bxf6 16. exf6 Qf8 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qxc7 Bc6 19. Nc3 Nd7 20. Qf4 Re8 21.
b4 Nb6 22. a4 a5 23. b5 Bd7 24. Bc1 Be6 25. Ba3 Qg8 26. Rfe1 g5 27. hxg5 Qxg5
28. Ne2 Rac8 29. Bc1 Qxf4 30. Nxf4 Kg8 31. Ba3 Nxa4 32. Be7 Nc3 33. Rxa5 b6 34.
Raa1 Nxb5 35. Kg2 Nxd4 36. Rh1 Kh7 37. Rh2 $138 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Partos, Charles"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. e4 Bg7 7. a3 d6 8. b4
Qb6 9. Na4 Qc7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Qb3 Bd7
15. Nc3 Rfe8 16. b5 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd7 19. Be2 Nc5 20. Qa2 Ra4 21.
Rc2 Rea8 22. Bc1 Bd4 23. h4 Nd7 24. Rh3 Nf6 25. Qb3 Qc5 26. f4 Ne4 27. Qf3 f5
28. g4 Nf2 29. gxf5 Nxh3 30. fxg6 Rxa3 31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. gxh7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Naestved Nimzowitsch Memorial"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1985.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nc4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Qe6 14. Kg2 h5
15. a4 Rfe8 16. Bd2 g6 17. b4 Be7 18. a5 Kg7 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Ne3 h4 21. Bc3
Rad8 22. gxh4 Rh8 23. Bg4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 25. Nxg4 f6 26. Rd3 Kf7 27. Rad1
Ke6 28. Be1 f5 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Nxe5+ Ke6 32. Nxc6 a6 33. Nd4+
Kf7 34. exf5 Bf6 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 36. Nb3 Be7 37. c3 Rxh4 38. f3 Rc4 39. Kf1 Kf5
40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Na1 Rc6 42. Nc2 Rh6 43. Nd4 Kd5 44. Nf5 Rh7 45. Kd3 Bg5 46. h4
Rf7 47. Nd4 Bh6 48. h5 Bg7 49. Nb3 Rxf3+ 50. Ke2 Rh3 51. Nc5 Kc4 52. Nxa6 Rxh5
53. Nc7 Rh8 54. a6 Be5 55. Ne6 Ra8 56. Nc5 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Naestved Nimzowitsch Memorial"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.09.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1985.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Qd5 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 Qb7 11. O-O Bd5 12. e6 Bxe6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne5 Bd5 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qg4 e6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qxh8 Nd7 21.
Bf4 Qa3 22. d5 exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Naestved Nimzowitsch Memorial"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.09.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1985.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. cxb5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nc7 8. Qxc5
a6 9. b6 Ne6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Bc4 d6 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Na4 Nc6 16. O-O Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Qe2 Qe8 20. b3 Bc6 21. Bxa6
Rb8 22. Rb1 e6 23. Rfc1 Qe7 24. Bb5 Ba8 25. Bd3 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. b4 Kh8 28.
Kh1 Rg8 29. f3 Qh4 30. bxc5 Bc6 31. Bb5 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Rg6 33. g3 Rxg3 34. Rb4
Rg7 35. Qe5 Rbg8 36. Qxd4 Qg5 37. Rg1 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Naestved Nimzowitsch Memorial"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.09.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1985.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
e6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nec3 Na6 11. a4 exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Na3 Nb4 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Qd2 a5 16. Rfd1 Bd3 17. b3 Re8 18. Rac1 Bd4 19. Bh6 Qf6 20. Nab5 Be2 21. Ne4
Rxe4 22. Nxd4 Bxd1 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Bg2 Bg4 25. Rxc5 Qe7 26. Rc1 N6xd5 27. Nb5
Qe5 28. h3 Bd7 29. Nc7 Nxc7 30. Qxd7 Nbd5 31. Kh2 Qe6 32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. Qxc7
Qxb3 34. Qxb7 Qxb7 35. Bxb7 Rd8 36. Bc6 f6 37. Be3 Kf7 38. Bb5 Ke6 39. Bb6 Ra8
40. Kg2 Kd6 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Kf4 Kd6 44. h4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kd6 46. Kd4
1-0

[Event "Naestved Nimzowitsch Memorial"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.09.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1985.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 (10... Bd7) (10... Qc7 $5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Bf4 (
12. Bh6 $5 Nbc6 $6 (12... Ba4 $5) (12... Bc6 $5) 13. Bg7) 12... Nbc6) 11. Nf3
Qc7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Nxe5 $5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qd3 $1 $16 (
16. Rb1 $2 Rh8 $19) 16... d4 $5 17. Rb1 $5 (17. Rd1 $5 Qd5 $2 (17... Nf5 18.
Rb1 (18. Qf3 Qd5 19. Qxd5+ exd5 $10) 18... Qd5 19. f3 Nh4 (19... Rac8 20. Qe4
$16) 20. Rb5 Rxg2+ 21. Kf1 Qd6 22. Be3 (22. Qxd4 $2 Rg1+ 23. Kxg1 Nxf3+) 22...
e5 23. Qe4 $18) (17... Nc6 18. Qf3 Qd5 19. Qxd5+ exd5 20. Rb1) 18. Qxd4 Rxg2+
19. Kf1 Rxh2 $2 20. Qa4+ $18) 17... Qd5 $14 18. f3 Rac8 19. Bf4 (19. Qe4 f5 (
19... Kc6 20. Rb4 $16) 20. Rxb7+ Rc7 21. Rxc7+ Kxc7 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd1 e5
24. f4 Kd6) 19... e5 (19... Nf5 $5) 20. Bg3 f6 $10 21. Rb4 $1 Rc7 22. f4 $1 a6
$1 (22... Kc8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. a6 b6 25. Rb5 e4 26. Rxd5 exd3 27. Rxd4 Rd7 28.
Rc4+ Kd8 29. Rxc3 $18) 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Re1 $14 (24. Rf6 $6 Kc8 25. Rc4 Nc6
$15) 24... Nc6 25. Rc4 Kd8 (25... Kc8 26. Rxc3 Kb8 27. Qf5 $16) (25... Rg5 26.
Rxc3 $2 (26. Re4 $5) 26... e4 $1) 26. Rxc3 Re7 (26... Nb4 $2 27. Rxe5 $18) (
26... Rxg3 $5 27. hxg3 Qxa5 (27... Nb4 28. axb4 Rxc3 29. Qg6 e4 30. Rf1 $16)
28. Rd1 e4 29. Qc4 Rd7 $14) 27. Re4 (27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Kd7 $15) 27... Kd7
28. Rc4 Qxa5 (28... Nxa5 $2 29. Rcxd4 $18) 29. Qb3 Qb5 $1 30. Qxb5 (30. Rcxd4+
$2 exd4 $1 $19) 30... axb5 31. Rc5 Kd6 32. Rxb5 Ra8 $44 33. Rb3 Kd5 34. Re1 Ra5
(34... e4 $5) 35. Bh4 Rg7 36. Rd1 $1 Rc5 37. Rb2 $2 (37. c3 $1 d3 38. c4+ $1
Rxc4 39. Rbxd3+ Rd4 $10) 37... e4 38. Bf6 Rd7 (38... Rf7 39. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 40.
Rb4 Rc4 41. c3 e3 42. Rxd4+ Rxd4 43. Rxd4+ Ke5 44. Rd3 Ke4 45. Rd4+ $10) 39. g4
e3 40. Kg2 Ke4 $17 41. Re1 Ne5 (41... Rf7 42. g5 Ne5 43. h4 $1 Nf3 44. Rh1 e2
45. Kf2) 42. Bxe5 Kxe5 43. Kg3 Rdc7 44. Re2 Ke4 45. h4 Rf7 46. Rb4 $1 Rc8 47.
h5 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 $1 Rf4 49. Kg3 Rf3+ (49... Rg8 $2 50. Rxd4+ $1 $18) 50. Kg2
Rcf8 51. Rxb7 R3f7 $1 (51... Rf2+ 52. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 53. Kg3 $13) 52. Rxf7 (52. Rb6
$5) 52... Rxf7 53. a4 (53. Kg3 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 Kf4 $19) 53... Kf4 (53... Rf4 54.
Kg3 Rf3+ 55. Kg2 Kf4 56. a5 Kxg4 57. a6 Rf6 58. c3 $10) 54. a5 Rg7 $1 55. Kf1 (
55. Kh3 Kf3 56. Rg2 e2 57. Rxe2 Kxe2 58. Kh4 Kf3 59. g5 Kf4 60. h6 Re7 $1 61.
Kh5 Kf5 $19) 55... Kf3 $1 56. a6 $2 (56. h6 $5 Rc7 $1 (56... Rxg4 $2 57. Rh2
$10) (56... Rb7 $2 57. Re1 $10) 57. g5 (57. Rh2 d3 58. Rh3+ Kxg4 59. h7 dxc2
60. Rh4+ Kg5 61. Rh5+ Kg6 62. Rh6+ Kf7 $19) 57... d3 58. Rxe3+ Kxe3 59. cxd3
Rc5 $3 (59... Rc1+ $2 60. Kg2 Rc5 61. Kg3 $1 Rxg5+ 62. Kh4 Kf4 63. h7 Rg1 64.
Kh5 Kf5 65. Kh6 $10) 60. g6 (60. h7 Rf5+ $1 $19) 60... Rf5+ 61. Ke1 Rh5 62. h7
Rh1#) 56... Ra7 57. Re1 Rxa6 58. Rb1 Ra2 59. Rc1 e2+ 60. Ke1 Ke3 61. h6 Ra7 62.
Rb1 d3 $1 (62... d3 63. cxd3 Rf7) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1985.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Bg5
b5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxa8 Qxd4 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. Nc3 f5 14. b3 cxb3
15. axb3 Qc5 16. Ra2 Be7 17. e3 Bd6 18. Rc1 Ne5 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Ne2 Rd8 21. Nf4
c5 22. Rd1 c4 23. bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qe2 a5 25. Raa1 Be5 26. Rab1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Nd6
28. Qc2 Nc4 29. Qd3 Kf7 30. Qe2 g6 31. g4 fxg4 32. Qxg4 Nxe3 33. Qf3 Nf5 34.
Nd3 Bd6 35. Rc1 Bd7 36. Qe4 Kf6 37. Rd1 Qd4 38. Qe1 b4 39. Be4 Ba4 40. Rd2 Bb5
41. Kh1 Qc3 42. f3 Bxd3 43. Bxd3 Bf4 44. Rd1 Qxe1+ 45. Rxe1 a4 46. Bb5 a3 47.
Bc4 Nd4 48. Re4 e5 49. Kg2 b3 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1985.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Re8 9. b3 Bf8 10. Bb2 a6 $146 11. e3 Qc7 12. Rac1 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Rd2 $14
exd4 $6 (14... e4 15. Ng5 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qd1 $14 (17. Ncxe4 $6 Qxc2 18.
Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rdxc2 fxg5 20. Rc7 Bc8 21. Bxd5 $44)) 15. Nxd4 $36 {><d6,()} b5
$6 16. cxb5 c5 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. bxa6 $1 Rxa6 19. Rdd1 $16 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Be4 21.
Qe2 Qa7 22. Rd2 d5 23. Bf1 (23. Nh4 $16) 23... Rd6 24. Qd1 h6 25. Ba1 Qa3 26.
Ne1 Nb6 27. Bd3 Rde6 28. Bb2 Qa5 29. Bc3 Qa8 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Nf3 f5 32. Bb2
g5 $5 $44 33. Rdc2 f4 34. exf4 gxf4 35. Qd3 (35. Rxc5 $5 $44) 35... d4 36. a3
Qd5 {[+]} 37. Rf1 fxg3 38. hxg3 Bd6 $13 39. Nh2 R8e7 40. a4 Rg7 41. Rd1 h5 42.
a5 h4 43. Nf1 hxg3 44. fxg3 Reg4 45. Rg2 Nd7 $17 46. Qc4 Qxc4 47. bxc4 Ne5 48.
Ra1 Nxc4 49. Bc1 Ra7 50. a6 Kf7 51. Rc2 Ne5 52. Bf4 Ke6 53. Rb2 Kd5 54. Rb7
Rxb7 55. axb7 Rg7 56. Ne3+ Ke4 $1 57. Nc4 Nxc4 58. Bxd6 Rxb7 59. Bxc5 d3 60.
Bf2 Kf3 61. Bd4 Rb3 62. Bf2 Ne3 63. Bxe3 Kxe3 $19 64. Re1+ Kf3 65. Rf1+ Ke2 66.
Rf2+ Kd1 67. Rf8 d2 68. Kf2 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1985.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 $146 (10. Bd2 b5 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Be3 Ne5
13. f3 $16) 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Rac1 Qb8 $132) (10. Be3 $5) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Re8
12. h3 b6 $6 (12... b5 $142 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Rac1 Qb8 $13) 13. Bg3 Bb7 14. c5
$1 $16 bxc5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 Rad8 17. Bh2 Nh7 (17... Nh5 $2 18. Rxd7 $1
$18) 18. Qb3 Ng5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bc4 Rf8 21. Rd3 Bd6 $1 22. Rg3 $2 (22. Rad1
Nf6 23. f3 Nh5 24. R1d2 Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Qd1 Be7 27. Rd7 $16) 22... Nf6 $1
$10 23. Qe3 Nh7 24. Nxc5 a5 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. b3 Qe7 $1 {צg3,Bh2} 27. Qb6 Nf6
28. Qxc6 Rc8 29. Qb5 Nxe4 30. Re3 Rc5 $1 $36 31. Qa6 Nd2 32. Rd1 Nxc4 33. bxc4
Bc7 34. Red3 (34. Rd5 $142 Rb8 35. Bg3 e4 $1 $36) 34... e4 $1 $17 35. Rd7 Bxh2+
36. Kxh2 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 e3 38. fxe3 Qxe3+ 39. Kh1 g4 $1 40. R7d3 Qe2 41. R3d2 $6
(41. hxg4 $17) 41... Qe7 $1 (41... Qxc4 42. Qxc4 Rxc4 43. hxg4 Rxg4 44. Rd4 $1
Rg6 45. Rd6 Rxd6 46. Rxd6 Re8 47. Rd5 a4 48. Rd4 $10) 42. Rd7 $2 (42. hxg4 $8
Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qxg4 $17) 42... Qg5 43. R7d5 Rxd5 44. cxd5 (44. Rxd5 Qc1+ 45. Kh2
Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+ $19) 44... gxh3 45. gxh3 Qe5 $1 $19 46. Qd3 (46. d6 Qe4+ 47.
Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Rb8 $19) 46... Rb8 (46... Rc8 $2 47. Qd4 $1 Qe2 48. Qg4 $10)
47. Rd2 (47. Qd4 $142 $5) 47... Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Rb1 49. Re2 Qg1+ 50. Kf3 Rf1+ 51.
Ke4 Qg6+ 52. Kd4 Qb6+ 53. Kc3 Qb4+ 54. Kc2 Qb1+ 55. Kc3 Qb4+ 56. Kc2 Qb1+ 57.
Kc3 Rc1+ 58. Kd4 Qb4+ 59. Ke5 Rc4 $1 {/\Qe7,g6#} 60. Kf5 g6+ 61. Kg5 Rf4 62. a3
(62. d6 Rd4 $19 (62... Rf5+ $2 63. Qxf5 gxf5 64. d7 $18)) 62... Qd6 63. Re6
fxe6 64. Qxg6+ Kf8 65. Qh6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.11.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1985.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nge2 c6 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. Rb1 Nc7 10. b3 e4 11. Bb2 d5 12. Rc1 g5 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. c5 Be7 15. f4 h6
16. Nd1 Qe8 17. Nf2 Ne6 18. Bh3 Qg6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rg1 Qh5 21. Qd2 Rg8 22.
fxg5 hxg5 23. g4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 fxg4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. d5+ Kh7 27. d6 Rd8 28.
Qc3 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Bd7 30. Qe5 Qg6 31. Rxg4 Rf8 32. Rcg1 Rf5 33. Qxe4 c5 34.
Qxb7 Rd8 35. R4g3 Kg8 36. Nf4 Qe8 37. Ng2 Bc6 38. Qxa7 Rxd6 39. Rh3 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.11.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. d5 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Na5 9. Qa4 Ne4 10. Bxa5 bxa5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Ne5
Nd2 15. Nxd7 Nxf1 16. Nxf8 Qxf8 17. Rxf1 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Rxb4 19. b3 a4 20. Ra1
Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Kf1 a5 23. Ke1 Kf7 24. Kd2 axb3 25. axb3 Rxb3 26. Rxa5
Rb2+ 27. Kd3 Ke7 28. h4 Rb3+ 29. Kc2 Rb7 30. f3 Kd6 31. h5 h6 32. Ra8 c6 33.
Kc3 Rf7 34. Kd4 e5+ 35. Ke4 Re7 36. Ra5 Rb7 37. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch01"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1985.11.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ghitescu, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1985.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e4 Nb6 6. h3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Bxe7 Nxb2 11. Bxd8 Nxa4 12. Nxa4 Kxd8 13. Ng5 Ke7 14.
Rc1 f6 15. Nf3 c6 16. Kd2 e5 17. Ke3 exd4+ 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nc5 Re8
21. Rhd1 b6 22. Nxc6+ Kf8 23. Nd7+ Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Rac8 25. Rc2 Nd8 26. Nd4 Rxc2
27. Nxc2 Ne6 28. Rxa7 Nc5 29. e5 fxe5 30. f5 Re7 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. Na3 Kf6 33.
Nc4 Kxf5 34. Nxb6 Ke6 35. a4 Kd6 36. a5 Kc6 37. Nc4 Kd5 38. Nd2 Kc6 39. Ne4 Ne6
40. Nc3 Nc5 41. h4 Kb7 42. Ne4 Ne6 43. Ng5 Nf4 44. Kf3 h6 45. Nf7 Ka6 46. Nxe5
Nd5 47. Ke4 Ne7 48. Nc4 h5 49. Ne3 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch01"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1985.11.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1985.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. Bg5 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Rfd1 Nf4 14. Bf1 Nf8 15.
Rac1 Re8 16. Qd2 N8g6 17. d5 c5 18. Kh2 Qd7 19. Ng1 Nh5 20. a3 Rf8 21. b4 b6
22. Re1 Qe7 23. Re3 Bd7 24. Nge2 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Ng3 Nxg3 27. Rxg3 Nf4 28.
Nb1 Raf8 29. bxc5 dxc5 30. Re1 R5f7 31. Rge3 Ng6 32. Kg1 Nh4 33. Be2 Nf5 34.
Bh5 Nxe3 35. Bxf7+ Qxf7 36. Rxe3 Qg6 37. Qd3 Rf5 38. d6 Qe6 39. g3 Rf8 40. Nc3
Bc6 41. h4 Rd8 42. Ne4 Bxe4 43. Qxe4 Qxd6 44. Qxe5 Qxe5 45. Rxe5 Kf7 46. Re3
Rd1+ 47. Kg2 Rc1 48. Rd3 Ke6 49. Re3+ Kd6 50. Rd3+ Kc6 51. Rf3 Rxc4 52. Rf7 Rd4
53. Rxg7 c4 54. Rg8 Kb5 55. Kf3 c3 56. Ke2 c2 57. Rc8 Rc4 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch01"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1985.11.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1985.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Nd7 9. b3 e5 10. e3 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. h4 h6 15. Bh3
Qe8 16. Nd5 Nf8 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Kg2 Ne6 19. Bb2 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nh2 Ncd4
22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Qh5 Qe6 25. Nf3 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 c6 27. Nb6 Rd8
28. Rad1 Qe7 29. Qg4 Rd4 30. Rg1 Qd8 31. Qc8 Qxc8 32. Nxc8 Rfd7 33. Rxd4 Rxd4
34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nf5 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Rxg7 Rxg7 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Kf3 Kg6
40. Kg4 c5 41. a3 b6 42. a4 f3 43. Kxf3 Kh5 44. Kg3 Kg5 45. f3 a5 46. f4+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd4 11. Rad1 Ng4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxd4 Qc4 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. b3 a6 19. Qb4 Rab8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21.
Rfd1 Rfd8 22. e3 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 b6 26. Rc7 Re8 27. f4
Nd7 28. Bc6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. exd5
Ne5 15. Be2 Ne8 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Ne4 Nec4 18. Bxc4 Nxe4 19. Bf1 Nd6 20. Bd4 Bxd4
21. Qxd4 Nf5 22. Qe5 Qd6 23. Re1 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Re6 Rfe8 26. Rae1 Kf7 27.
Bb5 Red8 28. Kf1 h5 29. f3 h4 30. Bc4 Rac8 31. Bb3 Kf8 32. R6e4 b5 33. a4 Rc5
34. R1e2 a5 35. Kf2 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Rb8 37. Bc4 Rb4 38. Rxb4 axb4 39. b3 Ra5 40.
g4 Nd6 41. Ke3 Ra1 42. Kd4 Rf1 43. Kc5 Rxf3 44. Kxb4 Rf4 45. h3 Rf3 46. Rh2 Ne4
47. Ra2 Nd6 48. Rh2 g5 49. Kc5 Kf7 50. Kd4 Rf4+ 51. Kc3 Ne4+ 52. Kd3 Ke8 53.
Ke3 Nd6 54. Bd3 Rb4 55. Bc2 Kd7 56. Rh1 Nb5 57. Ra1 Nc7 58. Kd3 Kd6 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. e3 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Nbd7 14. Ne5 c5 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Na4 Rab8 17. Nxb6 Qe6 18. Na4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qg4 20. Nc5 Bc8 21.
b4 Qh5 22. f3 a5 23. bxa5 Ra8 24. Qd2 h6 25. Rfe1 Bf5 26. Nb3 Ra6 27. Nd4 Bh3
28. Rc6 Rxc6 29. Nxc6 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nd7 31. Nd4 Nc5 32. f5 Rb8 33. Qc2 Qh4 34.
Rf1 Na4 35. Kh1 Rb2 36. Qc7 Nc5 37. Qe5 1-0

[Event "OHRA"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 b6 7. h4 Ne7 8. h5 h6
9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. Nf4 O-O-O 12. O-O Kb8 13. b4 g5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15.
c3 Rg8 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Nh2 h5 18. Nh3 Nd8 19. Bg5 Nf7 20. Nf3 Nxg5 21. Nfxg5
Bh6 22. a4 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Ba6 cxd4 25. Rab1 Rc7 26. cxd4 Nc6 27. Rfd1 Ka8
28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7+ Kxb7 30. Qb5+ Ka8 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Rc2 Qe8 33. a5 Nxd4
34. Qxe8 Rxe8 35. Rc7 Kb8 36. Rh7 Bxg5 37. Nxg5 Nc6 38. Nf7 Re7 39. Rh8+ Kc7
40. Rf8 Nxa5 41. f4 Nc4 42. Kf2 a5 43. Nh8 Rg7 44. Rf6 a4 45. Rxe6 Kb7 0-1

[Event "OHRA"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ndc4 Qc8 13. Na5 Ba6 14. Bf4 Qe6
15. Rfd1 h6 16. e4 d4 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bd6 19. Nac4 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 Nfd7 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. e5 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Rad8 25. f4 Nb6 26. b3 d3 27. Kf2
Rd4 28. Ke3 Rfd8 29. Rxa7 d2 30. Be4 1-0

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8. e3
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Kg7 12. d6 b6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Qd3 Nc6 15.
O-O-O Na5 16. Bxf7 Kxf7 17. Rxh6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 1-0

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 Nf5 12. c3 Bc7 13. Bd3 Qd6 14. Qc2 g6
15. g3 Bb6 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qh8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Qd2 h5 20. Qf4 hxg4 21. Bf6
Qh5 22. Ne5 gxh3 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Kh2 Be6 27. Rg1
Bc7 28. Rg3 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rfc8 30. Rg5 Qh7 31. Rag1 e3 32. Qxe3 Rc4 33. Qd2
Rac8 34. Rd1 Qh6 35. b3 Rc2 36. Qd4 Kh7 37. Rdg1 Rxa2 38. R1g3 a5 39. Rf3 Rcc2
40. Rf4 Rd2 41. Qa7 0-1

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 Rfe8 14. g4 h6 15. g5
hxg5 16. fxg5 Nh7 17. g6 Nhf8 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rf1+ Kg8 20. Nd5 exd5 21. cxd5
Qd8 22. Nc6 Bg5 23. Nxd8 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Raxd8 25. Rc7 Bc8 26. Bh3 a5 27. Qf3 Bh6
28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Qxd7 Red8 32. Qe7 b5 33. e5 dxe5
34. d6 e4 35. d7 Rb8 36. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a3 Bf6 11. O-O h6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Be3 Nce7 14. Ne4 Nf5
15. Qd2 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bb1 Qe7 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Bd2 g6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.
Bb4 Qd7 22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Ne5 Qe7 25. Bd2 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Nf6 27. Qh3
Rxd4 28. g4 Qc5 29. gxf5 Qd5 30. f3 Rd1 31. Qf1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Qxe5 33. Re1 Qd4+
34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 gxf5 36. Rc1 Ne8 37. Bd3 a6 38. f4 Kf8 39. Be2 Ke7 40.
Rc3 e5 41. fxe5 Ke6 42. Bf3 Be4 43. Rc8 Ng7 44. Rg8 Bxf3 45. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4
c4 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 e3 11. fxe3 Nd5 12. Nb1 N7b6 13. a4 a5 14. b5 h6 15. Ne4
e5 16. Nf2 Re8 17. Bf3 exd4 18. exd4 Bf5 19. Bd2 h5 20. Na3 Qd7 21. Nc2 Re7 22.
Re1 Rae8 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qc1 Qe8 25. Na3 Qd7 26. Nc2 Qe6 27. Qb2 Kh7 28. h3
Bh6 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. Qc1+ Kg7 31. Qd2 Bxc2 32. Qxc2 Qe3 33. Rc1 Nf4 34. Kh2
Nd3 35. Rf1 Ne1 36. Qd1 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Nd5 38. Ne4 f5 0-1

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nd7 4. g3 a6 5. Nc3 Rb8 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qh4 Bb7 8.
Bg2 Ngf6 9. O-O e6 10. d4 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qb6 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Ne4 Rfc8 17. Nf3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 g5
21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qe4 Rd8 23. Nd3 Qd4 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. b3 Rd6 26. g4 Kg7 27.
Kf3 Bd8 28. Rc8 f5 29. h3 Kf6 30. Nc5 Be7 31. Rh8 Rd2 32. Nxa6 Kg7 33. Rb8 Rxa2
34. Nc7 Rb2 35. Rxb5 Kf7 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Rxf5+ Kg6 38. Rb5 Rd2 39. Nd5 Bd8
40. Rc5 h5 41. b4 1-0

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15.
Bd2 Nb8 16. Ne1 Bg6 17. f4 Nc6 18. g4 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bc3 Qe8 21. h3 Kh8
22. Rd1 Bd8 23. Rd2 Bb6 24. Kg2 Qf7 25. Rf3 Rad8 26. b4 Ne7 27. Re2 Bxd3 28.
Nxd3 Ng6 29. Be1 Rde8 30. Bg3 Bc7 31. b5 Bd6 32. Ne5 Qc7 33. f5 exf5 34. gxf5
Ne7 35. f6 gxf6 36. Qh6 Kg8 37. Ng4 Bxg3 38. Nxf6+ Rxf6 39. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D68"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. h3 e4 14. Nd2 Nb6
15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. Rc5 f6 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Nf1 Nc8 20. d5 b6 21. dxc6
bxc5 22. cxd7 Qxd7 23. Ba4 Qe6 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Ng3 Nd6 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Qd2
Nb7 28. Qd7 Qb6 29. Nf5 Rg8 30. Qe7 Qxb2 31. Rd7 Na5 32. Nd6 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb8
34. g4 g6 35. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. h3
Qa6 9. b3 b5 10. Nd2 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Rac8 14. Nb2 Qxd3
15. Nxd3 c5 16. d5 Bf5 17. e4 c4 18. Nb4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Nb8 21. g4
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rc7 23. Bg2 e6 24. Bf4 Rd8 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 cxb3 27. axb3 e5
28. Bg5 Rb8 29. Bd5 Rb5 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Bf6 Kf8 32. g5 Ke8 33. Kg2 Rb4 34. Kf3
Rh4 35. Ke2 Rxh3 36. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.12.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qa5+
15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. a4 Qxb2 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Rb7 Qd3 21.
Qh5 Qg6 22. Qe5 h6 23. Rb8+ Ke7 24. Bb4+ Nxb4 25. Qc5+ Kf6 26. Qxd4+ Ke7 27.
Qxb4+ Kf6 28. Qc3+ Ke7 29. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1987.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Nh5 14. Be3 Nb8 15.
Ba2 Nf4 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Ng6 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Nd2 b5 20. Nb3 Qd8 21. Nc5
Qe7 22. a5 Rc8 23. Ne2 Be8 24. f4 Nc6 25. Nb3 Qb4 26. f5 Nf8 27. Nf4 Nxa5 28.
Nh5 f6 29. Nf4 Nc4 30. Qf2 Bf7 31. fxe6 Nxe6 32. Nd5 Qf8 33. Rc3 Ng5 34. Bb1
Nd6 35. Re3 Rd8 36. Qf4 Nc4 37. Rg3 Kh8 38. h4 Ne6 39. Qf2 Bg8 40. Rf1 Rac8 41.
h5 h6 42. Qa7 Ra8 43. Qf2 Ne5 44. Rc1 Qf7 45. Nc5 Nxc5 46. Rxc5 Rac8 47. Bc2
Rxc5 48. Qxc5 Qd7 49. Bb3 Rc8 50. Qe3 Qd6 51. Qf4 a5 52. Kh2 a4 53. Ne3 axb3
54. Nf5 Qc7 55. Nxg7 Bh7 56. Ne6 Qf7 57. Rg7 Qxe6 58. Qxh6 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1987.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ng6 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Nf5
Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rc7 16. Kh1 a6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qd8 20. Rd1 Qb8
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Bf4 Bd8 23. Bd6 Qc8 24. Bxc7 Bxc7 25. Rf3 Re5 26. Qd3 Qe6 27.
Re1 Ng4 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rfe3 g5 30. Ne2 Nxe4 31. Kg1 f5 32. Nd4 Qd5 33. Nf3 Re6
34. Qxd5 cxd5 35. Nxg5 Rc6 36. Nxe4 fxe4 37. Kh1 Bb6 38. R3e2 Kf7 39. g4 Ke6
40. Kg2 Ke5 41. a3 Rf6 42. Rf1 d4 43. Rxf6 gxf6 44. Rf2 d3 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46. Kf1
Bd4 47. Rf4 Kd5 48. Rf5+ Kc4 49. g5 fxg5 50. Rxg5 Bxb2 51. Rg8 e3 52. Rc8+ Kb3
53. Re8 e2+ 54. Ke1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1987.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. h3
Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. cxd5 Rc8 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Be3 a5 14. a4 Na6 15.
Bd4 Rc4 16. e3 Ne8 17. Re1 Rb4 18. Bf1 Bxd4 19. exd4 Nf6 20. Ra3 Nc7 21. Qf3 b5
22. axb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Bxb5 24. Nxa5 Be8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Rxa3 27. bxa3
Rxd4 28. c7 Qxc7 29. Nb5 Qa5 30. Rxe7 Re4 31. Rxe4 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxb5 33. a4
Qa5 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. g4 h5 36. Qd4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ke7 38. Kf3 Kd7 39. Ke2 Qa6+
40. Kd2 Qa5+ 41. Kd3 Qe1 42. Qa7+ Kc6 43. Qa6+ Kc7 44. Qc4+ Kd8 45. Qf4 Qd1+
46. Kc3 Qa1+ 47. Kc2 Qa2+ 48. Kd3 Qa3+ 49. Ke2 Qa2+ 50. Kf3 Qb3+ 51. Kg2 Qd5+
52. Qf3 Qc4 53. a5 d5 54. Qf6+ Kc8 55. Kg3 d4 56. a6 d3 57. Qd6 Qc7 58. Qxc7+
Kxc7 59. Kf3 Kb6 60. Ke3 Kxa6 61. Kxd3 Kb6 62. Kd4 Kc6 63. Ke5 Kd7 64. Kf6 Ke8
65. f3 Kf8 66. f4 Kg8 67. Ke7 Kg7 68. f5 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1987.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. b3 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. e3 Nf8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rac8
15. h3 Qb8 16. e4 Bc6 17. f3 Ng6 18. f4 Bd7 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Qf2 Qc7 21. Nde2 h6
22. Rd2 Red8 23. Rcd1 Bc6 24. Nd4 Be7 25. Bb4 Be8 26. f5 Nf8 27. Nde2 Bc6 28.
Nf4 Ne8 29. h4 Bf6 30. Nce2 Be5 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Nd4 Qf7 33. Nfe2 Qc7 34. Nf4
Qf7 35. Nfe2 Qg6 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. e5 Bxf3 38. exf6 Bxg2 39. fxg7 Nxg7 40. Nf4
Qg4 41. Nxg2 Nf5 42. Ne3 Nxe3 43. Qxe3 d5 44. Rd4 Qg6 45. Qf3 h5 46. cxd5 exd5
47. Rxd5 Ne6 48. Bd6 Rc6 49. R1d2 Ng7 50. Bc5 Rxd5 51. Qxd5+ Kh7 52. Bf2 Rc3
53. Kh2 Rc2 54. Rxc2 Qxc2 55. Kg1 Qc8 56. Kg2 Kg6 57. Be3 Qc2+ 58. Bf2 Qc8 59.
Qg5+ Kf7 60. Qd5+ Kg6 61. Qe4+ Kf7 62. Bd4 Nf5 63. Bc3 Qd7 64. a4 Kg6 65. Qe5
Qf7 66. Kg1 Nh6 67. Qe4+ Nf5 68. Kf2 Kh6 69. Ke1 Kg6 70. Kd2 Qd7+ 71. Kc2 Qf7
72. Kb2 Qd7 73. g4 hxg4 74. Qxg4+ Kf7 75. Qh5+ Ke6 76. Qg6+ Kd5 77. h5 Ke4 78.
h6 Kf3 79. h7 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 a6 5. c4 b4 6. Nc2 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. O-O
e6 9. Ncxd4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. c5 Qd8 14. Bd6 Bd5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne5 Ra7 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 a5 19. Qd2 Na6 20. Nxa5 Nxc5 21.
Qxb4 d5 22. Rc2 Qd8 23. Rfc1 Rxa5 24. Rxc5 Rcxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxa2 26. Qc3 Ra1+ 27.
Bf1 Ra8 28. f3 h6 29. e3 e5 30. b4 e4 31. f4 Kh7 32. Bh3 Ra2 33. Ra5 d4 34.
exd4 Nd5 35. Qc5 Rxa5 36. bxa5 e3 37. Bf1 Nf6 38. a6 g6 39. a7 Qa8 40. Qe7 Kg7
41. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Moscow TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1987.05.08"]
[EventType "team-schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Qf3 e6 6. Qxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Bf5
8. d3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Kd7 10. O-O-O Re8 11. g3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Kxd6 13. Bg2 Re2 14. Rd2
Rhe8 15. Rxe2 Rxe2 16. Rf1 a5 17. Kd1 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rxb2 19. a3 Ra2 20. Kc1 Ne5
21. Kb1 Rxa3 22. Nxe5 Kxe5 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Bf1 b5 25. Kb2 b4 26. d4 Rf3 27.
Re2 a4 28. Rd2 g5 29. Bb5 Rb3+ 30. Kc1 a3 31. Rc2 Rf3 32. Rc6+ Ke7 33. Rxc7+
Ke6 34. Rc2 b3 35. Re2+ Kd6 36. Kb1 Rc3 37. Re1 Rc2 38. Rf1 Rc3 39. Re1 Rc2 40.
Rf1 h5 41. Bd3 Rd2 42. Bf5 Rxd4 43. Kc1 Ke5 44. Bd7 Rc4+ 45. Kb1 Rc2 46. Bb5 g4
47. Bd3 Rd2 48. Re1+ Kd4 49. Be2 Rc2 50. Rd1+ Kc5 51. Re1 a2+ 52. Ka1 b2+ 53.
Kxa2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1987.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe1 b5 14. Nc5 a5 15. a3
Nxc5 16. bxc5 Bd7 17. Bd1 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bc2 Rab8 20. Rb1 Be8 21. Qg3 Qd7
22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Bh5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qe8 27. g4 Qg6
28. Qxh5+ Qxh5 29. gxh5 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. cxb4 Rxb4 32. Rf7 c3 33. h6 Nxd4
34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rf7 Nf5 36. Rf8+ Kh7 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. h7+ Kh8 39. Kf2 Nxe3
40. Kxe3 Rc4 41. Rf1 Rxc5 42. Rc1 c2 43. Kd3 Kxh7 44. Rxc2 Rxc2 45. Kxc2 Kg6
46. Kd3 Kf5 47. Kd4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8.
Nd2 e5 9. Be2 exd4 10. cxd4 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. Bh4 Rg8 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. c5 Kf8
15. d5 Ne5 16. d6 cxd6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rxb6 Bc6 19. Qb1 Qe6 20. Nb3 Ne8 21.
Nd4 Qxa2 22. Qxa2 Rxa2 23. f4 Ng6 24. Bg3 Ne7 25. Rb8 g6 26. Bh4 Nd5 27. Rg3
Ra8 28. Nxc6 Ra1+ 29. Kf2 dxc6 30. Bc4 f5 31. Rc8 Rg7 32. Rxc6 Rb7 33. Kf3 Rb2
34. Rh3 Nb6 35. Be2 Raa2 36. Bf1 Ra3 37. Rc1 Nd5 38. Re1 Nc3 39. Bc4 d5 40. Bd3
Ne4 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Ne5 Ra7 18. Rac1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bd6 20. e3 h6 21. Ne4
Bc7 22. Nc5 Bd6 23. Qd4 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Rd6 Qc7 26. Nb3 Qb7+ 27. Kg1 Rc8
28. Qd4 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Nd7 30. Nd3 Qc7 31. h4 a5 32. a3 Rb7 33. Ra6 Nf6 34.
Ra8+ Rb8 35. Qc3 Qd8 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Qxa5 Qb7 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd4 Qc6 40.
Ne5 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1987.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. Nd3 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 Nxe4 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nf2 Qa5 13. Bh4 d5 14. Re1 b6
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qd4 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qxa4
21. Rxa4 f5 22. Nd6 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Nc5 24. Rc4 Nd3 25. Bd2 Nxb2 26. Rxc6 Ne7
27. Ra6 g6 28. h4 Rd8 29. Be3 Nd5 30. Bd4 Nd3 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. h5 Ke7 33. Nb5
gxh5 34. c4 N5b4 35. Rh6 Rc8 36. Rxh7+ Ke6 37. Rh6+ Ke7 38. Nd6 Rf8 39. Bxa7
Nc2 40. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 dxe6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Qb3 Qc7 15. c5 Bd7 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Na5 18. Qb4 Bc6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bxe5
Qxe5 21. Qxa5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 h5 23. Rd4 b6 24. Qxa7 bxc5 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rc4
Kh7 27. e4 h4 28. Qxc5 Qe6 29. e5 h3+ 30. Kf3 Kg7 31. Rb4 Rd8 32. Rd4 Rc8 33.
Qa5 Qf5+ 34. Ke3 Qc2 35. c4 Rc6 36. Qd2 Qb1 37. a3 Qg1 38. Qc3 Re6 39. Rh4 Qxh2
40. Qd4 f6 41. Qd8 Rxe5+ 42. Kd3 Qg2 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Rh7+ Ke6 45. Qc8+ Kd6 46.
Qd8+ Kc6 47. Qc8+ Kb6 48. Qb8+ Ka6 49. Qc8+ Ka5 50. Qc7+ Ka4 51. Qa7+ Kb3 52.
Qb6+ Ka2 0-1

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. h3 b5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. a3 Bb7 14. b4 c5 15. cxb5
cxb4 16. axb4 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Rb1 Qe6 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. Nb3 Bf8 21. Na5
Nb8 22. Qd3 Na6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd5 Rb8 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Nxd5 27. exd5
Qb6+ 28. Kh2 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qc3 Qf8 31. Qd4 Qd6 32. Qc3 h5 33. h4 Rb6
34. Re1 Qf6 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Rf1 Qe7 37. Qc3+ Kh7 38. Rf4 f5 39. Qd4 Qf6 40.
Qe3 Rd6 41. Qe8 Nc7 42. Qc8 Qd8 43. Qb7 Qd7 44. Rd4 Ne8 45. Qa8 Qe7 46. Qa2 Nf6
47. Qd2 Ng4+ 48. Kh3 Ne3 49. Qe2 Qd7 50. Kh2 Nc4 51. Qf3 Ra6 52. Qf4 Ra2 53.
Kh3 Qe7 54. d6 Qe2 55. Qf3 Qb2 56. Rd1 Ne3 57. Rg1 Qd4 58. d7 Qxd7 59. Qf4 Rf2
60. Bf3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Haik, Aldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Nd2
Bg7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. a4 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Nxd6 Nxd6 13. Bxd6 Re8 14. e3 Qa5 15.
Ra3 Ne5 16. Be2 Qb6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. a5 Qb4 21. Bf3
b6 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. b3 c4 24. bxc4 Qb4 25. Qa2 Rc8 26. Be2 Bxc3 27. Rb1 a5 28.
Rxb4 axb4 29. Ra7 Bf5 30. g4 Be4 31. f3 Bb1 32. Qxb1 Rxe3 33. Kf1 Rf8 34. Qd1
Rb8 35. d6 b3 36. Qd5 Re6 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Qxa8+ Kg7 39. d7 1-0

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8.
e3 e5 9. Nxe5 fxe5 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qxh8 Nf6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Ba3 b5
15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qe5 18. O-O Qxb5 19. Bb2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Kf7
21. Bc3 h5 22. Rc1 c6 23. e4 Qe2 24. f3 g5 25. Ra1 h4 26. h3 Qb5 27. Kh1 Bxb4
28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. d4 Be7 30. e5 Qb2 31. Rg1 Nd5 32. Qh7+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Kd7 34.
Rb1 Qd2 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. a4 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. a5 Nc4 15.
a6 Rb8 16. axb7 Bxd4 17. exd4 Rxb7 18. Na4 Rc7 19. Bf4 Nd6 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Re1
Nb8 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Bd5 Nf6 24. Bf3 Nd7 25. Qb4 Nf6 26. Qa4 Nd7 27. b4 Nb6 28.
Qb3 h5 29. b5 Kg7 30. Bc6 Rf8 31. d5 Kh7 32. Qb4 Nbc4 33. Rac1 Nb6 34. Ne4 Rxc6
35. dxc6 Nd5 36. Qd2 Nxf4 37. Qxf4 Nxb5 38. Qe5 1-0

[Event "URS Cup rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ne2 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. Rf2 Rc8 15.
Na3 Ba6 16. Qd4 Rc7 17. Qa4 Qc8 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Qa5 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh3
Qb7 22. Bxd7 Rdxd7 23. Nc2 Rc5 24. Qb4 Rdc7 25. Qxb7 Bxb7 26. Ne3 f5 27. exf5
gxf5 28. Rd4 Kf6 29. Kg2 Re5 30. Nc4 Re1 31. Na5 Ba8 32. Kh3 Re3 33. f4 Rc8 34.
Nc4 Re1 35. Kh4 Rg8 36. Nxd6 exd6 37. Rxd6+ Re6 38. Rxe6+ Kxe6 39. Rc2 Kf6 40.
Kh5 Rg6 41. Rc3 Bd5 42. Rd3 Bf7 43. Rd6+ Kg7 44. Rxg6+ Bxg6+ 45. Kg5 h6+ 46.
Kh4 Bf7 47. h3 Kg6 48. g4 Be6 49. Kg3 h5 50. g5 Bd5 51. h4 Kf7 52. Kf2 0-1

[Event "URS Cup rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qe6 15. Rxc5 Qxa2 16. Rb5 b6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Rxb3 Rfc8 19. Ra1 Rc2 20. Rxb6
Rxe2 21. Rxa7 Re8 22. b4 f5 23. b5 Rb2 24. Rbb7 g5 25. Kg2 f4 26. Bc5 Bf6 27.
b6 fxg3 28. hxg3 Kf7 29. Rc7 h5 30. Rc6 Rb3 31. d4 h4 32. b7 hxg3 33. Rb6 Rxb6
34. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "URS Cup rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 c5
9. e3 Qe7 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Nc3 d6 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Rac8 16. e4 a6 17. f3 h5 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Bc1 Qb7 20. Bg5 Ncd7 21. Rc1 Rc5
22. Be3 Rdc8 23. Qd2 R5c7 24. Nde2 Bf8 25. Nd4 Qb8 26. Red1 Rb7 27. Bh6 Be7 28.
Qe2 Rbc7 29. Qd2 Rc5 30. Na4 R5c7 31. Nc3 Ne5 32. Be3 Qb7 33. Re1 Rd7 34. Bg5
Rdc7 35. h4 Ned7 36. Nce2 Bf8 37. Nc3 Nh7 38. Be3 Ne5 39. Nce2 Nf6 40. Nc3 Nfd7
41. Red1 Bg7 42. Nde2 Nc5 43. Nf4 Bf8 44. Nce2 Nxf3 45. Kxf3 Nxe4 46. Qc2 Nc3+
47. Kf2 Nxd1+ 48. Rxd1 b5 49. c5 dxc5 50. Nc3 c4 51. b4 Rd7 52. Rxd7 Qxd7 53.
Ne4 Bg7 54. Nc5 Qd6 55. a3 Rd8 56. Qe4 Qe5 57. Qc6 Qb2+ 58. Ne2 Qxa3 59. Bg5
Rd5 60. Nxe6 Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. a5
a6 9. Be3 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Na4 Rc8 12. c3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb6 Rc7 15. c4
dxc4 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Nd7 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Bxa5 20. Bxc4 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Nc7 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Kg2 Ke7 24. f4 g6 25. Rd1 Bb4 26. Kf3 Bc5 27. Rd2 h5
28. Ke4 b5 29. Bf1 Nd5 30. Rc2 Bb6 31. Rc8 Bxf2 32. Ra8 Nc7 33. Rb8 Kd7 34. h3
Ba7 35. Rf8 Ke7 36. Rh8 Bc5 37. Bg2 Nd5 38. Ra8 Nc7 39. Rb8 Kd7 40. Kd3 Bf2 41.
Rf8 Ke7 42. Rg8 Kd7 43. Be4 Ke7 44. Bc6 Bb6 45. Rb8 Bc5 46. Ke4 Bf2 47. Rc8 Bb6
48. b4 h4 49. Rb8 Bf2 50. Rh8 Be1 51. Rc8 Bxb4 52. Rxc7+ Kf8 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54.
Be8 Kf8 55. Bxb5+ Kg7 56. Bxa6 Be1 57. Bb5 Bb4 58. Be8 Kf8 59. Bd7+ Kg7 60. Rc7
Kf8 61. Kf3 Bd2 62. Kg4 Be3 63. Rc4 Bf2 64. Kg5 Kg7 65. Be8 Kf8 66. Rc8 Be3 67.
Kf6 Kg8 68. Bxf7+ Kh7 69. Bxg6+ Kh6 70. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. a5 d5 8. h3 Bh5
9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O c6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 a6 16. Qf3 Re6 17. Na4 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nb6 Qe8 20. Nxa8 Qxa8 21. c3
Bf8 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qd3 Qc8 24. Rae1 g6 25. b4 Kg7 26. Re3 Bd6 27. Rfe1 Qd7
28. Rf3 Bf4 29. g3 Bg5 30. Rxf6 Bxf6 31. Kg2 Qd8 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. Qf4 h5 34. h4
Qd8 35. Re3 Kg8 36. Rf3 Kg7 37. Kh2 Qe7 38. Qb8 Qe2 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Re3 Qd7 41.
Re8 Kh7 42. Qc8 Qd6 43. Qxb7 Kg7 44. Qb8 Qd7 45. Qc8 Qd6 46. Re3 g5 47. hxg5
Bxg5 48. Re5 Bf6 49. Rxh5 Kg6 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rh6 Kg7 53. Qxf6+
Qxf6 54. Rxf6 Kxf6 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. g4+ Kg5 57. Kg3 f6 58. f4+ Kg6 59. Kh4 Kh6
60. g5+ fxg5+ 61. fxg5+ Kg6 62. Kg4 Kg7 63. Kf5 Kf7 64. Ke5 Ke7 65. g6 Kf8 66.
Kd6 Kg7 67. Kxc6 Kxg6 68. Kxd5 Kf6 69. b5 axb5 70. a6 Kf5 71. a7 Kf4 {[...]}
1-0

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Rb1 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. a3 Nge7 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Ne2 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. Qh4 Re8 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Bf4 Re4 18. Nh5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Rg8 21.
Nde2 d4 22. f3 Re7 23. Rbd1 c5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb1 Ba6 26. Qxf6 Bxe2 27. Nxe2
Re6 28. Qh4 Rxe2 29. Rf2 Qe6 30. Qf4 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Rf1 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3
dxe3 34. f4 Kc7 35. Rf3 Re8 36. Kf1 Kc6 37. Ke2 Re4 38. g3 Rc4 39. Kd3 Ra4 40.
Rxe3 Rxa3+ 41. c3 Ra2 42. Re5 {[...]} 0-1

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 f5 7. Rb1 Nf6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. c5 Qh5 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Qg5 Qxg5
15. Nxg5 h6 16. Bxc6 hxg5 17. Bg2 b6 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Be6 20. Bxd6 Rbc8 21.
Bxe5 Ng4 22. c4 g5 23. a4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Rc5 25. Rb5 f4 26. h4 gxh4 27. Rxf4 h3
28. Bf3 Rd7 29. Kh2 Rg7 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Rf6 Bd7 32. Bd5+ Kh7 33. a5 Re7 34.
Rf7+ Rxf7 35. Bxf7 Kg7 36. e6 Bc6 37. Kxh3 Kf6 38. Kg3 Ba4 39. Kf4 Bd1 40. e3
Be2 41. Ke4 Bf1 42. d4 cxd4 43. exd4 Bxc4 44. d5 Bb3 45. Kd4 Ba2 46. Kc5 Bb3
47. d6 Ba4 48. Be8 Bxe8 49. d7 Bxd7 50. exd7 Ke7 51. Kc6 Kd8 52. a6 Ke7 53. Kc7
1-0

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Wilder, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 c6 10. b4 d5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Nd2 Qe7 16. Qb3 Kh7 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Qb4 Qd8 19. Nb3 Ra8 20. a4 f5 21. a5 Rf7
22. Ra1 Bf8 23. Qb6 Qe8 24. a6 Bg7 25. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Wilder, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. h3 Ne5 12. b3 Rb8 13. a4 Bd7 14. Be3 Qc8 15.
Kh2 h5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 c5 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Qd7 22. Bd2 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Bxb4 Bh6 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Bc3
Nd7 28. h4 Bg7 29. Ba5 Nf6 30. Bf3 Qd7 31. Kg2 Ng4 32. Qe2 Bd4 33. Qe4 Bc5 34.
Bc3 Kh7 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. h5 Qf5 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. a5 Kh6 39. Bf6 Kxh5 40. Bd8
Kg6 41. Bxc7 Kf6 42. Bd8+ Kg6 43. Bb6 Bb4 44. Kf2 f6 45. c5 dxc5 46. d6 c4 47.
d7 Be7 48. Ke3 c3 49. Kd3 Kf7 50. Kxc3 Ke6 51. d8=Q Bxd8 52. Bxd8 {[...]} 1-0

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wilder, Michael"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3 e6
9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qd6 axb5 11. Bxb5 Na6 12. O-O Ne8 13. Qg3 d5 14. e4 d4 15. Ne2
Nd6 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Qh4 Nxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. Be7 Rxf4 21. Qxf4
Qxe7 22. b4 cxb4 23. Rfc1 Bb7 24. Ra5 Rf8 25. Qg4 b3 26. h4 Nb4 27. Rb5 b2 28.
Rb1 d3 29. h5 Nc2 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qxg6 Rf6 32. Qh5 Na3 33. R5xb2 Nxb1 34.
Rxb1 Bxe4 35. Ng5 Bg6 36. Qg4 Qa7 37. Nf3 Bf5 38. Qc4 Rg6 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qd8
Bf6 41. Qc8 Rg7 42. Qf8 Qf7 43. Qc8 Qg6 44. g3 Be4 45. Nh2 Bd4 46. Kf1 Qh5 47.
Qxe6 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
h6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 c6 11. c5 Qe7 12. b4 b6 13. Nb3 a5 14. bxa5 bxc5 15. f3
Nh5 16. Na4 Nf4 17. Naxc5 Rd8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Qe1 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Ba6 21. Qc2
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qd6 23. Bb6 Bf8 24. Nc5 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Qd2 27. Qxd2
Rxd2 28. a3 Rc2 29. Bb6 c5 30. h4 c4 31. Rd1 c3 32. Rd5 Rc8 33. a6 Ra2 34. a7
c2 35. Rc5 c1=Q+ 36. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kh2 Rxa3 38. Kg3 Rca1 39. h5 Rxa7 40. hxg6
fxg6 41. Bc5 R7a2 42. Be3 Kg7 43. f4 Ra3 44. Kf2 Rxe3 45. Kxe3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 a6 8.
d3 Be7 9. a4 Ra7 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. Nfd2 O-O 13. Na3 Qxb3 14. Nxb3 Bb7
15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Na5 Rc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 Rb8 19. N3c4 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Ra2 Rb5 22. Kd2 Be7 23. Kc2 g6 24. Rha1 Bf6 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Nac4 Nxc4 27. dxc4
Rb8 28. Nd5 Rc6 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 Bg7 31. Rc6 e4 32. b3 Ra8 33. Nc3 Bxc3
34. Kxc3 Ra2 35. f3 e3 36. Rxc5 Rxe2 37. Kd3 Rb2 38. Kxe3 Rxb3+ 39. Ke4 Kf8 40.
Rc7 Ke8 41. h4 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. g4 f6 44. c5 Rb4+ 45. Kd5 Kd8 46. Rf7 Rf4
47. Kd6 Rd4+ 48. Ke6 Rc4 49. Rxf6 Rxc5 50. Rf5 Rc3 51. Kf6 Ke8 52. Kxg5 Ke7 53.
Kf4 Rc4+ 54. Kg3 Ke6 55. Rf4 Rc1 56. Ra4 Kf7 57. Kf4 Rc5 58. Ra6 Kg7 59. g5
Rc4+ 60. Kg3 Rc3 61. Kg4 Rc4+ 62. f4 Rb4 63. g6 Kh6 64. Kf5 Rc4 65. Ke5 Kg7 66.
f5 Rb4 67. Ra7+ Kg8 68. f6 Rb5+ 69. Kd4 Rb4+ 70. Kc5 Rb8 71. Rg7+ Kf8 72. Rh7
Rc8+ 73. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Qb3+ d5 10. Ne1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd3 Nf7 13. Nf3 c6 14. Rd1 Re8 15.
e3 Qc7 16. h4 b6 17. c4 Be6 18. Nf4 dxc4 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Qxc4 Re4 21. Qc2
Ree8 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Bd2 Ne5 26. Bc3 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 f4
28. exf4 Qb7 29. Qb3+ Kf8 30. Nd6 Nh2+ 31. Kg1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Qd7 33. Kg2 Nxh4+
34. gxh4 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Ra7 37. Kd2 Qxh4 38. Be5 Rd7 39. Kc2 Qxf2+
40. Kb1 Qe2 41. Ka2 Qg4 42. Qxb6 Qe6+ 43. Qb3 Qe7 44. Rac1 Rc7 45. Qb8+ Ne8 46.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 47. Nxe8+ Kf7 48. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Semkov, Semko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1988.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Bd6 4. O-O Ne7 5. c4 c6 6. Qc2 e5 7. d3 a6 8. b3 f6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. e4 O-O 11. d4 Nd7 12. Bb2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nd4 Bg4 16. h3 c5 17. hxg4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc7 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Bc5 Re8 21. g5
N7c6 22. gxf6 Qf5 23. f4 Nf7 24. Rd5 Qg6 25. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1988.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 Be7 8. d4 O-O
9. O-O d6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 d5 15.
Qd3 a5 16. f3 a4 17. Bf2 axb3 18. axb3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Ra3 20. Qb1 b5 21. c5 Qa5
22. e4 Rxf3 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. d5 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 exd5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Qf5 Bf6 28.
Bg5 g6 29. Qg4 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 Nc3 31. Qe7 Rf8 32. Ra1 Qd8 33. Qe3 Re8 34. Qf3
Qc7 35. Kh1 Rf8 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Qxa8+ Kg7 38. Qe8 Qxc5 39. Rxf7+ Kh6 40. Rf4
b3 41. Rh4+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf6 43. Rf4+ Ke5 44. Qe8+ Kd5 45. Qf7+ Ke5 46. Qf6+
Kd5 47. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1988.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. a4 Nc6 12. Ne2 Na5 13. h4 Nc4 14. h5 Nh6 15.
Rh3 a5 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Nc1 Qd7 18. Ne2 Rg8 19. Ra2 Kf7 20. f3 Raf8 21. Kf2 Ke8
22. Rh1 Qc6 23. Qd1 Nf7 24. Bh4 Kd7 25. Nf4 Kc8 26. Qd3 Kb7 27. Qd1 Rh8 28. Rh3
Rfg8 29. Qd3 Re8 30. Qe2 Rhg8 31. Rh1 Rc8 32. Qd3 Ka7 33. Qe2 Qd7 34. Qd3 c5
35. Rb1 Rc6 36. Qe2 Rgc8 37. Rc1 Qe8 38. Qd3 Qf8 39. Rb1 cxd4 40. cxd4 g5 41.
hxg6 hxg6 42. Bf6 Qh6 43. Ne2 g5 44. Kg1 Kb7 45. Nc3 g4 46. fxg4 fxg4 47. Nb5
Rg8 48. Rf1 Nd2 49. Raa1 g3 50. Bh4 Nxf1 51. Rxf1 Qxh4 52. Rxf7+ Kb8 53. Rh7
Qg5 54. Qf1 Qe3+ 55. Kh1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 10th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Callergard, Robert"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Bc3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. e4 Nc6 11. Re1 b5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bxd4 Bb7
15. c3 Bc6 16. f4 Nb6 17. Ne4 Rac8 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Qe2 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 e6 22. Kg2 Bf8 23. h4 Bc5 24. h5 d6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. exd6 Rxd6 27. Bf6
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Be7 29. Bd4 Bf8 30. Bxg6 e5 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Qh5+ Bh6 33. Qf5+
Kg8 34. fxe5 Qc6+ 35. Kf2 Rd8 36. Re1 Qe6 37. g4 Nxb2 38. Rh1 Kg7 39. Qf6+
Qxf6+ 40. exf6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 10th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Nbd2
Nh5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. a4 Bg4 14. h3 Rad8
15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Bd5 Bc8 17. a5 a6 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Bc6 21. b4 Nf4
22. Qc2 f5 23. Bc5 Rd6 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 e4 26. Qd2 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 exf3+ 28.
Kxf3 Qh4 29. Kg2 f4 30. Kh2 g5 31. Bxd6 cxd6 32. Rg1 h5 33. f3 g4 34. Qg2 Bxc3
35. Rac1 Be5 36. Kh1 Rg8 37. Rc7 Bd4 38. Rxb7 Bxg1 39. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 10th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 c5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Ne5 Nc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nc4 dxc4 14. Bxb7 Rb8
15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Bf3 Rxb2 17. Red1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Bd6 Ba5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8
21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Bd2 23. e3 c3 24. Bd1 Nd5 25. a3 Ke7 26. Rb7+ Kd6 27.
Rxa7 Nb6 28. Kf1 Nd7 29. Ke2 f5 30. Ba4 Nb6 31. Bc2 g6 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 10th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. exd5 Rf7 15.
b3 Bg4 16. Bc5 f5 17. Bb4 Nc8 18. Qe1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd6 20. Be2 b6 21. Ba6 Nab7
22. Rc1 h5 23. Qe2 h4 24. Rfd1 Kh7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Nb5 Qd8 28.
d6 Rd7 29. Nc7 Rb8 30. Ne6 Qf6 31. Qc4 Re8 32. Nc7 Red8 33. Kg2 f4 34. Ne6 Re8
35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Qe4 h3+ 37. Kxh3 f3 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. dxc7 Rh8+ 40. Kg4 Rf8
41. c8=Q Rxc8 42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 10th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. Qf3 f4 12. e4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxf4 Nc6 15.
O-O Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bd5 Rfe8 19. Rad1 b6 20. Rd3 h5 21. g3
g5 22. Kg2 Re7 23. Bb3 Bb4 24. Nd5 Bxe1 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Nxh5+ Kf8 27. Nf6 Kg7
28. Nd5 Re6 29. Ne3 Rf6 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Qe3 Bb4 32. Rd5 Qxb2 33. Qxg5 Bc5 34.
Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Bf8 36. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 10th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Bc2 Be6
15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qb5 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Qxb7 Bxh3 20. Re3 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Bg3 23. fxg3 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qh5+ 25. g4 Qxg4+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+
27. Kg2 Qg4+ 28. Rg3 Re2+ 29. Kf1 Qxg3 30. Qxa8+ Kg7 31. Bxh6+ Kxh6 32. Qh8+
Kg5 33. Kxe2 Qg2+ 34. Ke1 Kf4 35. Nd2 Kg5 36. Bd3 Qg3+ 37. Ke2 Ne5 38. Rg1 Qxg1
39. Qxe5+ Kh6 40. Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Esbjerg"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. e3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Nd3 Bd6 15.
Rae1 Bf5 16. h3 Nf6 17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Re2 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Rd1
Re6 22. Ne1 Bg3+ 23. Kg1 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Esbjerg"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O Qb4 14. Qd2 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 Na6 16. a3 Qe7 17. b4 Nc7 18. Nd4 Nd5 19. Rc2 a5 20. Rb1 axb4 21. axb4
Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bf1 Nc3 24. Rb2 Ne4 25. Qe1 e5 26. Nf5 Qd7 27. Ng3 Qa4
28. Nf5 Rd8 29. Be2 Nc3 30. Qxc3 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qd1+ 33. Qe1 Bxg2+
34. Kxg2 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "Esbjerg"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c5 7. c3 O-O 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bg4 12. Bd1 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bxd1 14. Rfxd1
cxd4 15. exd4 a5 16. Nb1 Ra6 17. Kf1 Re8 18. Be3 b5 19. Na3 Rb8 20. Nc2 Rba8
21. Ra2 e6 22. Ke2 Bf8 23. Ne1 f6 24. Nd3 Kf7 25. Rda1 R6a7 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Be3
Rd7 28. f4 h5 29. Kf3 Rb8 30. Rc1 Bd6 31. h3 Rdb7 32. Raa1 Ke7 33. g4 hxg4+ 34.
hxg4 Rh8 35. Rh1 Rbb8 36. g5 Kf7 37. gxf6 Kxf6 38. Ne5 Bxe5 39. fxe5+ Kf7 40.
Bg5 Rh5 41. Kg4 Rxh1 42. Rxh1 b4 43. Rh7+ Ke8 44. Rc7 bxc3 45. bxc3 Rb6 46. Bf6
Nb8 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Kg5 Rc6 49. Kxg6 Rxc3 50. Rh7 Rg3+ 51. Bg5 Kg8 52. Rg7+
Kf8 53. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Esbjerg"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2
Nfd7 9. Ndf3 Qb6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Qb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Rhc1 Bf8 17. e4 Bh6+ 18. f4 g5 19. Ke3 gxf4+ 20. gxf4 Rg8
21. Bf3 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rg4 23. Rg1 Rxg1 24. Rxg1 O-O-O 25. Ba3 Bc6 26. Rg4 Bxe4
27. Kxe4 Kd7 28. Rh4 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rxh7 Ke7 31. a4 Rc8 32. Kd3 Rd8+ 33.
Kc4 Rc8+ 34. Kb5 Rc3 35. b4 Rf3 36. Rh8 Kd7 37. Rh4 Rf2 38. a5 Kc7 39. Rg4 a6+
40. Kc5 Rxh2 41. Rg7 Rc2+ 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Ke4 Rd7 44. f5 exf5+ 45. Kxf5 Kc6
46. Kf6 Kd5 47. e6 Rd6 48. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb1 c5 12. b3 Nec6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. a3 Nd5
15. e3 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 b6 18. Qb1 f6 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. h4 Qd7 21. Kh2
Nde7 22. Bf1 Nf5 23. Bc3 h6 24. b4 g5 25. bxc5 gxh4 26. gxh4 bxc5 27. Ne4 Qe7
28. Bh3 Nd6 29. Bxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rg1 Nxe4 31. dxe4 Kh7 32. Rg3 Rb8 33. Qc2 Qb3
34. Nd2 Qxc2 35. Rxc2 h5 36. Kg2 Bf8 37. Kf3 Ne7 38. Ke2 Ng6 39. Rc1 Rb7 40.
Nc4 Rg7 41. Rf3 Be7 42. Rb1 Rd7 43. Rh3 Rf7 44. Rg3 Bf8 45. Rb5 Rc7 46. Rg1
Rfd7 47. a4 Kh6 48. Rb8 Rf7 49. Rh1 Rb7 50. Rc8 Rfc7 51. Ra8 Rd7 52. Bd2 Kh7
53. Rg1 Be7 54. a5 Rbc7 55. Rb1 Kg7 56. a6 Nf8 57. Rab8 Kf7 58. R1b7 Ke6 59. f4
exf4 60. exf4 f5 61. exf5+ Kxf5 62. Ba5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Bg3 Be5 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Rhe1 d6 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 b5 20. Bh4 Ne8 21. Qb3
bxc4 22. Bxc4 Qc7 23. Bd3 Rab8 24. Rc1 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qa5 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3
Bxe4 28. Rec1 Bxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Rc8+ 31. Kb1 Rc4 32. Rb3 Rxf4 33.
Be7 f5 34. Rb8 Rd4 35. Ra8 f4 36. Kc2 a6 37. Rxa6 e5 38. Ra8 Kf7 39. Ra7 Kg6
40. Bf8 e4 41. Re7 f3 42. gxf3 exf3 43. Re1 Kf7 44. Bxg7 0-1

[Event "URS Club Cup 1st"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1988.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.09.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Be2 e5 10. Qc4 Nb6 11. Qe6+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Rd8
15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Ba3 b5 17. axb5 Nxc3 18. bxc6 Nb5 19. Bb2 Nxc6 20. Ra4 Kf8 21.
d3 Ke8 22. Nd2 Bf8 23. Bf3 Nxb4 24. Bxa8 Nxd3+ 25. Ke2 Nxb2 26. Bc6+ Kf7 27.
Bxb5 axb5 28. Ra7 Rd7 29. Rc1 Nc4 30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Bd6 32. e4 Rd8 33. Rc6
Ke7 34. Rb6 Kd7 35. Rb3 h5 36. Ra6 Ke6 37. Rb7 Kd7 38. Kd3 Rf8 39. Kc4 Ke7 40.
Kd5 Rd8 41. Rba7 Bb4+ 42. Kc6 Rd4 43. Rxc7+ Ke6 44. f3 Bd6 45. Rg7 g5 46. Ra8
Be7 47. Re8 Rd7 48. g3 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Rh7 h3 51. Rxh3 Rd6+ 52. Kc7 1-0

[Event "URS Club Cup 1st"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1988.09.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.09.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 a5 8. d3
e5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Nd2 c6 15. Ra1
d5 16. Qb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Bd5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Na5
Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Ba3 Re8 24. Rb1 Nec8 25. Nc6 e4 26. Ne7+ Nxe7 27. Rxb6
Nf5 28. dxe4 dxe4 29. e3 Bf8 30. Bb2 Bg7 31. Bc1 Rd8 32. Bf1 Nd6 33. Kg2 h5 34.
Be2 Be5 35. Ba3 Kg7 36. Rc6 Kf6 37. Ra6 Kg7 38. Ra7 Kf6 39. Bc4 Rc8 40. Bd5 1-0

[Event "URS Club Cup 1st"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1988.09.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.09.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[BlackTeam "Kharkiv Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
g3 Qe7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Na5 12. Nd2 c5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6
15. f4 Rae8 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Rf2 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qb3+ Rf7 20. g4 Na5 21.
Qa4 Nc6 22. Bd2 Re6 23. Raf1 Rg6 24. g5 Re6 25. e4 g6 26. Qb3 Na5 27. Qc2 c4
28. exf5 gxf5 29. d4 Qe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxf5 Rg4+ 32. Kh1 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Nc6
34. Rc5 Re4 35. Rxc4 Kf7 36. Rc5 Kg6 37. Kg1 Re2 38. Bf4 Ne7 39. Kf1 Rb2 40.
Ke1 Nf5 41. d5 Nh4 42. Kd1 Ng2 43. Bd2 Kf5 44. d6+ 1-0

[Event "URS Club Cup 1st"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1988.09.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1988.09.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minsk Chess & Draughts House"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 Ne7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f6 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Qe3 Bb7 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf5 12. Qe2 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14. Qxd5
exd5 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. O-O-O Na5 17. Rhe1 Kf7 18. g4 Nd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nh4
Rfe8 21. Ng2 Nc4 22. Nf4 Re4 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Re1 Re8 25. Nd5 g6 26. Nc7 Rc8
27. Nd5 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rg1 h6 30. Kd1 b5 31. h4 Nb6 32. Ne3 f4 33. Nf5
Ke6 34. Nxh6 Rxc3 35. Rg6+ Kd5 36. Rg5+ Kc4 37. Nf5 d5 38. Rg4 Rh3 39. Rxf4 Na4
40. Ke2 Rh1 41. Rg4 Nc3+ 42. Ke3 Nxa2 43. Rg7 a5 44. Rc7+ Kb4 45. Ne7 Nc3 46.
Rc5 Rh3+ 47. Kf4 Rxh4+ 48. Kg5 Rh3 49. Nc6+ Ka3 50. Nxa5 Kb2 51. Nc6 Rh2 52.
Nb4 Rxf2 53. Nxd5 Nxd5 54. Rxb5+ Kxc2 55. Rxd5 e3 56. Re5 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Mazatlan rapid"]
[Site "Mazatlan"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. d3 e5 7. Ng5 Qe7 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nd4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Qe3 Qd6 14. Qd2
Bg4 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bc5 Nb4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 20. Kf1 c5
21. Rb1 c4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. dxc4 Bf5 24. Re1 Bxb2 25. Nh4 Be6 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27.
cxd5 Rxd5 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Rxb7 Rd2 30. Kg2 Rdxe2 31. Rhb1 R8e7 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33.
Kf3 Re8 34. Ng2 Rd2 35. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8.
Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. a3 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Kf1 Qd7 14. Nd2 Rc8
15. Rh3 g6 16. Qe2 Kf8 17. Kg1 a6 18. Nf3 Nc4 19. Nd1 b5 20. Ne1 Qa7 21. Qd3
Qb6 22. Nc2 Qd8 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nb4 a5 25. Na6 a4 26. Qxb5 axb3 27. Rxb3 Nc4 28.
Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Qxh4 30. g3 Qh3 31. c6 Kg7 32. Qc5 g5 33. Bc1 d4 34. Nb2 Rxc6
35. Qxc6 Na5 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Rb5 f4 38. Nd3 fxg3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6
9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Ne1 c6 11. Bg5 Qb8 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. f3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nh5 15. Nd3
Nxd3 16. Bxd3 b5 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. Bh6 Rc8 19. g4 Ng7 20. h3 b4 21. Kg2 Bb5 22.
a4 Be8 23. b3 Bd8 24. f4 f6 25. Bc4 Ra7 26. Ng3 Rf7 27. Rf3 Rcc7 28. Qd3 Qa7
29. Raf1 Qb6 30. Kh2 Qb8 31. R1f2 Qc8 32. Ba6 Qb8 33. Bc4 Qa7 34. Nf1 Qb6 35.
Ne3 Qa7 36. Kg2 Qb6 37. Rf1 Qa7 38. R1f2 Qb6 39. Kh2 Qa7 40. Kh1 Qb6 41. Kg2
Qa7 42. Rc2 Qb6 43. Rff2 Qa7 44. Rf1 Rc8 45. Rfc1 Bb6 46. fxe5 fxe5 47. Bb5 Bc5
48. Rf1 Qe7 49. Bxe8 Rxf1 50. Qxf1 Rxe8 51. Qe1 Rf8 52. Rf2 Rxf2+ 53. Qxf2 Ne8
54. Qf3 Bb6 55. Nc4 Bd8 56. Qf2 Bc7 57. Qf3 Bd8 58. Kf1 g5 59. Qf5 Qf6 60. Qxf6
Bxf6 61. Nxa5 Kf7 62. Nc4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Qe2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Qe3
b5 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. h4 h5 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Qf4 Ne7 19. Bc7 Qc6 20. Nb3 Rac8 21.
Ba5 Nf5 22. Qd2 Nd6 23. Bb4 Nc4 24. Qc2 Qc7 25. a4 a5 26. Bc5 Rb8 27. Re2 Rb7
28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Ba3 Reb8 30. Nbd2 Nxb2 31. Ng5 Qf4 32. Rb1 Qf5 33. Nge4 dxe4
34. Rxb2 Rxb2 35. Bxb2 e3 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Nc4 exf2+ 38. Kxf2 a4 39. Ke3 Bf6
40. g3 Kh7 41. Ba3 e5 42. Kd2 exd4 43. cxd4 Rb3 44. Bd6 Bxd4 45. Re7 Nf6 46.
Be5 Ne4+ 47. Kd1 Kg6 48. Rd7 Bxe5 49. Nxe5+ Kf6 50. Nxf7 a3 51. Ra7 a2 52. Kc2
Rb7 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nh6 6. Nge2 Nf5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
d6 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. d3 a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nd5 e6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Ndc3 b4 16. Ne4 e5 17. f4 Qe7 18. h3 f6 19. Rbe1 a5 20. Rf2 h5 21. Ref1 Rbe8
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Kh2 Rh8 24. Ng1 Nd8 25. Nf3 Nf7 26. Qe1 Bc8 27. Nfd2 Ref8 28.
Kg1 Bb7 29. Qe2 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Ng5 31. Kh2 h4 32. gxh4 Rxh4 33. Nxg5 Qxg5 34.
Qf3 Rhh8 35. Qb7+ Rf7 36. Qe4 Qg3+ 37. Kg1 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Ne8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bh6 Ng7 16. Qd2 f6 17. h4 Rf7 18. Rf1 Nf8 19. Rae1 (19. h5 Nxh5 $6 (19... Bd7
$5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. f3 g5 {/\ ...Nf8-g6-f4} 22. Kf2 $13 {/\ Rh1}) 20. Nxh5
gxh5 21. f4 Bg4 22. f5 $14 {/\ Bd3-e2}) 19... Bd7 20. Qb2 b6 21. Bc2 Bc8 (21...
Be8 {Im Bulletin wird falsch 21...Bc8 angegeben.} 22. a4 Qd8 23. f3 Rb8 24. Rf2
a6 25. Rb1 Rfb7 26. Qc1 b5 $6 {>= 26...Qe7} 27. cxb5 axb5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29.
Rxb5 Bxb5 30. f4 $1 exf4 $2 31. Qxf4 $16 Nd7 $2) 22. a4 Qd8 23. f3 Rb8 24. Rf2
a6 25. Rb1 Rfb7 26. Qc1 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. f4 Qe7
31. f5 Bd7 32. Qf1 Rb2 33. Qa1 Rb8 34. Qa5 Be8 35. Qa6 Bb5 36. Qa1 Be8 37. Bd3
Nd7 38. Ra2 Nb6 {'!' Bulletin.} 39. Ra7 Rb7 40. Ra6 Nc8 41. Be2 Ra7 42. Rxa7
Qxa7 43. Qf1 Qe7 44. Bb5 Bf7 45. Bc6 Qd8 46. Bb7 Ne8 47. Qa6 Nc7 48. Qf1 Ne8
49. Bc6 Nc7 {'?' Bulletin.} 50. Qf3 Na7 51. Ba4 Nab5 52. Nf1 {'!' Bulletin.}
Kh8 53. fxg6 {'!' Bulletin.} hxg6 54. Nh2 Be8 (54... f5 $2 55. exf5 Qxh4 56.
fxg6 $18) 55. Ng4 Kh7 56. Bg5 {'!' Bulletin.} fxg5 57. Qf8 Nxc3 58. Nf6+ Qxf6
59. Qxf6 Bxa4 60. Qe7+ Kh6 61. Qxg5+ Kg7 62. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Rc1 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ne4 b5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. f4 Be7 19. Rcd1 Bb7 20. Nc5 Rad8 21. Nxb7
Qxb7 22. Qe4 Rd5 23. f5 exf5 24. Rxf5 Bd6 25. Rdf1 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. Qf4
Re8 28. h4 Qe6 29. Rf3 Re7 30. Rg3 Kf8 31. Qg4 g6 32. Qxg6 Qxg6 33. Rxg6 Rdxe5
34. Rxe5 fxg6 35. Rc5 Rxe3 36. Rxc6 Kf7 37. Rd6 Re2 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rxh6 Rxb2
40. Rxh5 b4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 h6 13. Qb3 d6 14. Rad1 Ne8 15.
e4 Qxb3 16. axb3 f6 17. e5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 g5 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Ng6
Bf6 22. h4 Kf7 23. h5 Nc6 24. Nb5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rab8
28. R4d3 Rb6 29. g4 e5 30. Ra1 a6 31. Ra5 Rbc6 32. f3 Ke6 33. Nf8+ Ke7 34. Ng6+
Ke6 35. Kf2 Nf6 36. Ke3 Nd7 37. b4 Rb8 38. b5 axb5 39. cxb5 Rcb6 40. Rb3 Nc5
41. Rb4 d5 42. Kd2 Kd6 43. Kc2 Ne6 44. Ra3 Nd4+ 45. Kd1 Nc6 46. Rbb3 Rxb5 47.
Rxb5 Rxb5 48. Kc1 d4 49. Nh8 Rb7 50. Ra8 Kd5 51. Rf8 Ra7 52. Nf7 Kc4 53. Kd2
Ra2 54. Rc8 Kd5 55. Kc2 Ra6 56. Kd2 Rb6 57. Kc2 Nb4+ 58. Kd2 Rf6 59. Rc7 Rxf3
60. Nxh6 Rf2+ 61. Kd1 Ke4 62. Nf5 Kd3 63. Ke1 Rf3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. e4 a6 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.
Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rdc8 17. Na4 Rab8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rd3 Rb7 20. f4 Kf8 21.
g4 Rcc7 22. Rad1 Ke8 23. Rh3 g6 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Nh5 26. Re3 Bg5 27. Ree1
Kf8 28. Kf3 Be7 29. Nc3 Bf6 30. Nd5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rc6 32. Ne7 Rcc7 33. Rd8+ Kg7
34. Nd5 Rc6 35. Re7 Rxe7 36. Nxe7 Rc7 37. Nd5 Rc6 38. Ne7 Rc7 39. Nd5 Rc6 40.
Ke4 gxf5+ 41. Kxf5 Re6 42. Ra8 Re2 43. Rxa6 Rxh2 44. Kg4 f6 45. a4 Kg6 46. Ne7+
Kh6 47. Nf5+ Kg6 48. Nh4+ Kh6 49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Nh4+ Kh6 51. Rc6 Re2 52. Nf5+
Kg6 53. Rxc5 Re4+ 54. Kh3 Nf4+ 55. Kg3 Nh5+ 56. Kg2 Rg4+ 57. Kh2 Rf4 58. a5
Rf2+ 59. Kg1 Ra2 60. Nh4+ Kh6 61. Nf5+ Kg6 62. Ne7+ Kh6 63. b4 Nf4 64. Rf5 Ra1+
65. Kh2 Nd3 66. Nd5 Kg6 67. Rxf6+ Kg5 68. Rf3 Ne5 69. Rc3 Kg4 70. Kg2 h5 71.
Ne3+ Kf4 72. Nc2 Rd1 73. a6 Ng4 74. a7 Rd2+ 75. Kf1 Nh2+ 76. Ke1 Rd8 77. b5
Nf3+ 78. Rxf3+ Kxf3 79. b6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Qb1 h6
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nf6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bf6 20. Rad1 Ne7
21. Qh5 Rc2 22. d5 Qa6 23. d6 Ng8 24. d7 Qxa2 25. Rfe1 Rd8 26. Bg5 Rc7 27. Ne5
Kh7 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qf5+ Kh8 30. Rd6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Ne5 Qe6 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15.
e4 Rfe8 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qc4 21.
Nf4 Rad8 22. d5 Qb4 23. Rad1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 f6 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. e5 Rcd8 27. e6
Rd6 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Nb2 Red8 30. Nc4 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rcd1 Nc7 33. Nd6
Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Ba6 35. e7+ Kxe7 36. Nf5+ Ke6 37. Nxg7+ Ke7 38. Nf5+ Ke8 39. Rd6
Bc8 40. Ng7+ Ke7 41. Rc6 Kd8 42. Rxf6 Bd7 43. Rh6 Nd5 44. Rxh7 Nc3 45. h4 Nxa2
46. h5 b5 47. h6 b4 48. Rh8+ Kc7 49. h7 b3 50. Rb8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 h6 12. Re1 Nh7 13. Nf1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Ng3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. a4 Rf7 18. a5 Raf8 19. f3 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. Rb1
R8f7 22. Rb2 Qd8 23. Rxb7 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Rxb7 25. f4 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ 27. hxg3
e4 28. f5 Rb1 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. g4 Nf6 31. Bf4 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Nxg4 33. Bxd6 a6
34. Bxc5 Ne5 35. Bd4 Nxc4 36. Kf2 g6 37. fxg6+ Kxg6 38. Bb6 Kf6 39. Bc7 h5 40.
Kg3 Kf5 41. Kf2 h4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 bxc5 14. Rb1
Qc7 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Qa3 Nd7 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. h3 Rb6 19. Rb3 Re8 20. Bg4 Bb5 21.
Rfb1 Reb8 22. Bf3 Bd3 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. c4 Rxb3 25. axb3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27.
Ra1 Rd8 28. Qb2 Qb8 29. Ra4 Rd7 30. Qc3 Kh7 31. Ra5 Qc7 32. Ra6 Be2 33. Qc2 f5
34. f4 Qd8 35. Ra2 Bh5 36. Kh2 Rd3 37. Qb2 Rxe3 38. Qe5 Qf8 39. Nf1 Re1 40. Ng3
Bg6 41. Rxa7 Rd1 42. Rc7 Rd3 43. Rxc5 Rxb3 44. Rc7 Rb8 45. Re7 Re8 46. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Bc5 10. O-O Nxc4 11. Qxc4 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Ke7 14. Bd2
Rd8 15. a4 d5 16. Rfc1 b6 17. b4 Bd6 18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Bf4+ e5 21.
Bd2 e4 22. Bf4+ Ke7 23. Rc7+ Rd7 24. Bh3 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 Nd7 26. Bxd7 Kxd7 27.
Bxb6 Rc8 28. Bd4 Rc4 29. e3 Rb4 30. Bc3 Rb3 31. Bxg7 Bc8 32. a5 Bb7 33. a6 Ba8
34. Ra5 d4 35. Bxd4 Bd5 36. b6 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Bc4 38. g4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Bc4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bd2
h5 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. h4 Rh7 19. Kd3 a5 20. a3 Nd7 21.
Ke3 Nc5 22. Ba2 Ke7 23. f4 exf4+ 24. Kxf4 Rhh8 25. Rd4 Rhd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd4 27.
cxd4 Rd8 28. Ke3 Nd7 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. f4 a4 31. d5 Ra6 32. e5 cxd5 33. Bxd5 Rb6
34. Rc7 Rxb2 35. Bxb7 Kd8 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Bc6 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 Rb2 39. Rc7 Rd2+
40. Ke3 Kd8 41. Ra7 Rd1 42. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nh4
Be6 9. Qd3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. e3 a6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Na4 Ne4 15.
Nc5 Ne5 16. dxe5 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Ne4 18. Ba5 Qd7 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. Nf3 Qc2 21. Be1
Qc7 22. Ba5 Qc2 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Nd4 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26. f4 e6 27. Rfc1 Rfe8
28. Bb4 h5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Bd6 Bd7 31. Kf2 f6 32. h3 fxe5 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34.
fxe5 Bb5 35. h4 Kf7 36. g4 Ke7 37. g5 Bd3 38. Kg3 Rf8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Rg1 Rc5
41. Kf4 Rc8 42. a4 a5 43. Ra1 b6 44. Rd1 Rc4 45. b3 Rc5 46. Kg3 Rc8 47. Rd2 Rf8
48. Rf2 Rxf2 49. Kxf2 Ba6 50. Ke1 Bb7 51. Kd2 Bd5 52. Kc3 Kd7 53. Nb5 Bc6 54.
Nd4 Bd5 55. b4 Ke7 56. Nb5 Kd7 57. Nd6 axb4+ 58. Kxb4 Bc6 59. Nc4 Kc7 60. a5
bxa5+ 61. Nxa5 Bd5 62. Kc5 Kd7 63. Kb6 Kc8 64. Nc6 Kd7 65. Nd4 Bc4 66. Nb5 Ke7
67. Nd6 Bb3 68. Kc7 Ba2 69. Nc8+ Ke8 70. Kd6 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Abdel Megid, Mostafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Na4 Qc7 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Re1 Bf4 15.
Bxf4 Qxf4 16. e5 Ng4 17. Qd6 Ndf6 18. Qd4 Nh5 19. Re4 Qf5 20. Rae1 Nh6 21. Nc5
Be6 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nxe6 Qe7 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxb4 Qg5 27. e6
Nf6 28. Re5 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Nhxg4 30. R5e2 g6 31. h3 Nh6 32. e7 Re8 33. Re6 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Rb8 {N} (10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfe1 Be7 13. e4 dxc4
14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 Qb6 {Jusupov,A-Spraggett,K/Quebec (m/1)/1989/1/4-1/4/37/
-> CBM 11}) 11. Qc2 (11. O-O b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 b4 $10) 11... dxc4 12.
Bxc4 b5 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Qa5) 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O c5 15. a3 (15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. b4 $5 Qxb4 17. Nxb5 $10) 15... b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Na4 Bb7 18. dxc5 $6 (
18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Bd5 $5 $15) 18... Be4 19. Qc4 Bc6 20. Nb6
Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc5 22. Ra1 Ba4 $1 23. Nd4 Rb4 24. Ra3 Rd8 25. b3 Bxd4 26. bxa4
Bb2 27. Nxb2 Rxb2 28. Bf3 Nb3 $1 (28... Rdd2 29. Rc3 Nxa4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7
$10) 29. Re1 a5 30. h3 Kf8 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. Bd1 Nc5 34. Rc3 Ne4
35. Rc4 Rb4 36. Rc1 (36. Rxb4 axb4 37. Kf1 b3 $1 $19) 36... Nd2 37. Rc3 Ne4 38.
Rc1 f5 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. f3 Nd2+ 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Rc3 Nb2 43. Bc2 Kd6 44. Ke2 h5
45. f4 h4 46. Rc8 Nxa4 47. Bxa4 Rxa4 48. Rg8 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Rc2 50. Rxg7 Rc7 51.
Rg8 Ra7 52. Ke2 a4 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. Rd2 a3 55. Ra2 Kd6 56. Kd2 Kd5 57. Kd3 Ra8
58. Kc3 Ke4 59. Kd2 Rd8+ 60. Ke2 {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Nc6 12. Nh3 d6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nf4 f5 16. Nh5 f6 17. g4 Ne5 18. Be2 fxg4 19. Rhg1 f5 20. fxg4 fxg4 21.
Bxg4 Kh8 22. Bh3 Be4 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Rf5 25. Nf4 Kh7 26. Rdg1 Re8 27. Qc2
Kh8 28. Rg6 Qf8 29. Kb1 Rxf4 30. Rg8+ Qxg8 31. Rxg8+ Rxg8 32. exf4 Nc6 33. Qa4
Rc8 34. Qb3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 09th"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1989.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Qd2 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rfc1 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Nf6
21. f3 Qe7 22. Kf2 Rab8 23. Rcc5 Rxb5 24. Bxb5 Rb8 25. a4 Qd6 26. g3 Qe6 27.
Qf4 Rb6 28. g4 a6 29. Bd3 Rb2+ 30. Bc2 g5 31. Qc1 Ra2 32. Qb1 Ra3 33. Qb8+ Kg7
34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. dxe5 Nd7 36. Rxd5 Nb6 37. Rd6 Nxa4 38. Rxa6 Ra2 39. Rc6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 09th"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Ne1 Ne7 14. Nd3 Rb8
15. b4 Nf5 16. a4 Re8 17. b5 a5 18. Bg4 Nd6 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Bf3 Ne4 21. Qa2 Qd6
22. g3 Rd8 23. Rc2 g5 24. Rfc1 Bg7 25. Bg4 Qg6 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Be2 Rdd7 28.
Bf1 Kh8 29. Rc3 Qe6 30. Qe2 f5 31. Qh5 Kg8 32. Bg2 Rf7 33. h4 Bf6 34. Bh3 Rg7
35. Qxh6 gxh4 36. Nf4 Qd6 37. Bxf5 Rdf7 38. Be6 hxg3 39. Qxf6 gxf2+ 40. Kxf2
Kf8 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 09th"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ng5 c5 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Bb4 Bxb4 19. Qxb4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bg2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5
Qxd5 27. Qe7 h5 28. Qxa7 Qd4 29. Qe7 g6 30. b4 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 b5 33.
a4 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 bxa4 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qxe5+ Kh7 37. b5 Qb3 38. Qf6 a3 39. b6 a2
40. h4 Kg8 41. Kh2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 09th"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1989.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc3 Nd5
15. Qd2 c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Qd4 Nf6
21. Qb6 h6 22. h3 Rd8 23. Kh2 Nd5 24. Qa5 Rb8 25. Rc5 Qa7 26. b4 Qb7 27. Qa3
Nb6 28. Qc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Qc5 Nb6 31. Qd4 Bd5 32. Ne1 Bxg2 33. Nxg2
Nd5 34. Qc5 Qb6 35. Qxb6 Nxb6 36. Ne1 Na4 37. a3 Nc3 38. e3 Kf8 39. Kg2 Ke7 40.
Kf3 f5 41. Nd3 Ne4 42. g4 Kd6 43. gxf5 exf5 44. h4 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Ne1 Kd5
47. Nc2 g4+ 48. Kf4 Nxf2 49. Nd4 Nh3+ 50. Kxf5 g3 51. Nf3 g2 52. e4+ Kc6 53. e5
Kd7 54. Kf6 Ke8 55. e6 g1=Q 56. Nxg1 Nxg1 57. Ke5 Ne2 58. Kd6 Nc3 59. Kc6 Nb1
60. Kb6 Nxa3 61. Kxa6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kalegin, Evgenij"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Bb6 14. O-O O-O
15. Qd2 c5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Kh1 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc7 19. Qf2 Rfc8 20. c3 Nf5 21.
Rab1 Qc4 22. Rfd1 h5 23. Rb4 Qc7 24. Rdb1 a5 25. Rb7 Qc4 26. Qf3 h4 27. Qh5 Rc7
28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qe2 Rb8 30. Qc2 Rb7 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Rc1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Be3 Qa5
15. f4 Bc6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qd4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qxa7 Qxa7 20. Bxa7 d4 21.
Nd1 Nd5 22. Rf2 Ra8 23. Bc5 Rfc8 24. e4 dxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxa2 26. Bh3 Re8 27. Nc4
Nc7 28. Nd6 Rea8 29. Bb6 Nd5 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Bc5 b6 32. Ba3 R8xa3 33. bxa3
Bd4 34. Rxc6 Bxf2+ 35. Kg2 Bd4+ 36. Kh3 Ne7 37. Bxa2 Nxc6 38. a4 Ke7 39. Ne4 h6
40. Kg4 Nb4 41. Bc4 Nc2 42. Kf3 Bb2 43. Nf2 Nd4+ 44. Ke4 Nf5 45. Nd3 Ba3 46.
Ne5 Nd6+ 47. Kd5 g5 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. Bd3 Bc1 50. Kc6 Be3 51. Nd7 Nf7 52. Bc4
Nd6 53. Bf1 Nf7 54. Nxb6 Ne5+ 55. Kb5 Kd6 56. a5 Bg1 57. Bg2 Nd7 58. Nc4+ Kc7
59. h3 Bf2 60. g4 Nc5 61. Nb6 Ne6 62. Nd5+ Kd6 63. Kc4 Bg1 64. Nc3 Nc5 65. Nb5+
Ke5 66. Nc7 Kd6 67. Ne8+ Ke5 68. Kb5 Ne6 69. Kc6 Nd4+ 70. Kc7 Ne6+ 71. Kb7 Nf4
72. Bf1 Ne6 73. a6 Kf4 74. a7 Bxa7 75. Kxa7 Kg3 76. Kb6 Nf4 77. Nf6 Kf2 78. Bc4
Nxh3 79. Kc5 Kf3 80. Kd6 Nf2 81. Be6 Kf4 82. Ke7 Nd3 83. Nh5+ Ke5 84. Bc8 Nf2
85. Kf7 Ke4 86. Kg6 Ke5 87. Kxg5 Kd5 88. Nf4+ Kd4 89. Kf5 Nxg4 90. Kxg4 Ke5 91.
Kf3 Kd4 92. Ne2+ Ke5 93. Ke3 Kd5 {(...136)} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tangborn, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. f4 Bc6 13. Bf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Qa5 15. f5 Nc5 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 O-O-O 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4+ Kb8 20. exd6
exd6 21. Rxf7 Qxc3 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 Rh4 24. Bf6 Rf4 25. g3 Rf5 26. Rf1
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Bd4 Kc7 30. Ke2 a6 31. Kf3 Nf8 32. Ke4 Kd7
33. h4 Ke6 34. a4 Nd7 35. g4 Nf8 36. a5 Nd7 37. h5 gxh5 38. gxh5 Nf8 39. Bg7
Nh7 40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Bb2 Ke6 42. Bc3 Nf8 43. Bg7 Nh7 44. h6 Ke7 45. Kf5 Kf7 46.
Bb2 Nf8 47. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rad1 c6 14. Rfe1 Nd7
15. Bf1 a5 16. a3 Qd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qc7 19. Bc4 Rf8 20. a4 Be7 21. Re3
Bb4 22. Nh4 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf6 26. Re2 Rab8 27. Qd3
Rfd8 28. g3 Qb6 29. Ba4 Bf8 30. Nf3 Qb4 31. b3 Nd5 32. Rc2 Qb6 33. Rc6 Qb7 34.
Qa6 Qxa6 35. Rxa6 Nc3 36. Rd3 Nxa4 37. bxa4 Rd5 38. Rc3 g6 39. Rc7 Rf5 40. Kg2
g5 41. Rc2 Rd5 42. Ne5 Re8 43. Ng4 Bg7 44. Nxh6+ Bxh6 45. Rxh6 Re4 46. Rd2
Rexd4 47. Rxd4 Rxd4 48. Rh5 f6 49. h4 gxh4 50. Rxh4 Rd5 51. Rc4 Kf7 52. Rc7+
Ke6 53. Ra7 Ke5 54. Kf3 Rc5 55. Ke3 Rc3+ 56. Kd2 Ra3 57. Rxa5+ Ke4 58. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 Nd7 9. Qc2 e5 10. d5 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Bf5 15.
Qe2 Qe8 16. Nfd2 Bd7 17. d6 Bxa4 18. dxc7 Bxb3 19. Nxb3 a4 20. Nbc5 a3 21. bxa3
Rxa3 22. Qb2 Nc4 23. Qb4 b5 24. Rd8 Qe7 25. Nd7 Qxd8 26. cxd8=Q Rxd8 27. Qe7
Rda8 28. Kc2 f5 29. Ndf6+ Kh8 30. Kd3 R3a7 31. Nd7 Nb6 32. Nef6 e4+ 33. Ke3
Rxd7 34. Qe6 Rd6 35. Qf7 Rxf6 36. Qb7 Rd8 37. Rb1 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 a6 12. b4 O-O 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Na4 Qc7
15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Nc5 Bg4 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 Be7 20. Bb2 Rfd8
21. Rfd1 Qd7 22. Qf4 Qe6 23. Rd2 Bd6 24. Qh4 Ne7 25. Rad1 Rc4 26. Nd4 Qg6 27.
h3 h5 28. f4 Rdc8 29. g4 Qe4 30. Kf2 Ng6 31. Qg3 h4 32. Qf3 Bb8 33. Nf5 Rc2 34.
Qxe4 dxe4 35. Bxg7 Nxf4 36. exf4 Bxf4 37. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 38. Kf1 e3 39. Rd8+ Kh7
40. Bd4 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rf2+ 43. Ke4 f6 44. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. N2b3 Qb6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Be2
Ba4 15. Bh4 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nd5 18. Bf2 Nb4 19. Rd1 Nec6 20. Bc4
Nxd4 21. exd4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxe7 Qxb3 24. Rc1 Bf8 25. Qe4 Rd7 26. Qc2
Qxc2 27. Rxc2 a5 28. Rfc1 a4 29. Rc8 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Kf1 Re8 32. Bg3 b5
33. Rd1 Bg7 34. Bd6 f5 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Bc5 f4 37. Re1 Re6 38. Re2 Bf6 39. Ke1
Bh4+ 40. Kd2 Rxe2+ 41. Kxe2 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Bb4 Bf2 44. Bc5 h6 45. Bb6 Be1
46. Bc5 Ba5 47. Ba7 Bc7 48. Bc5 h5 49. Kc3 Ba5+ 50. Kd3 Be1 51. Ke2 Bh4 52. Kd3
Bf2 53. h3 Bh4 54. Bf8 Bd8 55. Bc5 Ba5 56. Ba7 Be1 57. Bc5 b4 58. Ke2 Bc3 59.
Kd3 Bxb2 60. Bxb4 a3 61. Kc2 Kxd4 62. Bd2 Kc4 63. Bxf4 Bd4 64. Bc1 a2 65. Bb2
h4 66. f4 Bxb2 67. Kxb2 Kd3 68. Kxa2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 e6
9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 Rad8 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 14. e3 e5 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. dxe4 Ra8 17. Bc3 Nd8 18. Rd1 Bc6 19. Nd2 Nb7 20. Ra1 Bf8 21. Qb2 a4
22. Rdb1 axb3 23. Qxb3 Ra6 24. Qb2 Bg7 25. Bf3 Nd6 26. Qc2 Qb7 27. a4 Qa8 28.
a5 bxa5 29. Bb2 a4 30. Ba3 Ra5 31. Rb6 Rb8 32. Rab1 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Nc8 34. Rb2
Bf8 35. Qd3 Ra7 36. Bd1 Rb7 37. f4 d6 38. f5 Rxb2 39. Bxb2 Qb7 40. Bc3 Nb6 41.
Qb1 Qa6 42. Qa2 Nd7 43. g4 Be7 44. Bc2 Bd8 45. Kf2 Ba5 46. Bxa5 Qxa5 47. Ke2 g5
48. h3 Qb4 49. Nb1 Nf6 50. Nd2 Kg7 51. Qa1 a3 52. Bd3 h5 53. h4 gxh4 54. Qh1 a2
55. Qxh4 a1=Q 56. Qg5+ Kf8 57. Qxf6 Qg1 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 Qb8 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1 Bc6
15. h3 a6 16. Bb4 Qb7 17. Qe3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rc2 Bf8 20. Rcd2 d5 21. Bxf8
Rxf8 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 g6 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 Rxa2 28. Rxb5 Re8 29. Rd4 Re6 30. Rf4 Kg7 31. Kg2 h5 32. Rb7 Rf6 33. Rxf6
Kxf6 34. h4 Rb2 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. f3 Rg2 38. Kf4 Rb2 39. Rb6+ Kg7 40.
b4 Rb3 41. Rb8 Kf6 42. Rb6+ Kg7 43. Ke4 Rb1 44. b5 f6 45. Rb7+ Kh6 46. Rb8 Rb3
47. b6 Kg7 48. Kd5 Rxf3 49. Kc4 Rf1 50. Rb7+ Kh6 51. Rd7 Rb1 52. Kc5 Rc1+ 53.
Kd6 Rd1+ 54. Kc7 Rc1+ 55. Kd8 Rb1 56. Rd6 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Qd2 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Ba6 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rfc1 Nf6 20. f3 Re8 21.
a4 Re7 22. Bd3 Bc8 23. Qf4 a6 24. Nc7 g5 25. Qxf6 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxf6 27. Kh1
Qxd4 28. Rbd1 Kg7 29. Nxa8 Qa7 30. Rc1 Qd4 31. Bf1 Bd7 32. a5 Qb4 33. Ra1 d4
34. Nc7 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 Ne8 12. Rb1 c5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b6 15. bxc5
bxc5 16. Nb3 f5 17. f3 Kh8 18. Bd2 Ng8 19. Ra1 Bh6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Bxh6 Nxh6
22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Ra1 Qb8 24. Na5 Qb6 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bd3 Ng7 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28.
dxc6 Qxc6 29. Ra7 Qe8 30. Nd5 Qe6 31. Qb2 h5 32. Qb7 h4 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. Nxe7
Rb8 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Nxf5 Kg8 37. Nxh4 Rb4 38. Nf5 Rxc4 39. Rd7 Rc1+ 40. Kf2
Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. h4 c4 43. h5 c3 44. Rc7 Rd3 45. Kg4 d5 46. h6 d4 47. Kh5
Rd2 48. Ne7+ Kf8 49. Ng6+ Kg8 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Nf8+ Kg8 52. Nd7+ Nd8 53. Rxd8+
Kf7 54. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nickoloff, Bryon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 $5 Ne5
8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Ke7 (13...
d6 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O-O Ke7 {Speelman,J-Timman,J London cs 1989 CBM/15 48/45})
14. f4 Nc6 15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 Na7 17. e4 axb5 18. b4 d6 19. Kf2 Ba6 20. Rhc1
Rhc8 21. Rab1 Rb6 22. Rb2 Bb7 23. Rbc2 Rb8 24. Ke3 Bc6 25. Nab1 Bd7 26. e5 Ne8
27. Ne2 d5 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bf1 Kd8 31. Nd2 Ra6 32. Rc2 Ra4 1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 (5... c6 6. d3 Be7 7. b3 O-O
8. Bb2 {Espig,L-Knaak,R DDR-ch Zittau 1989 CBM/12}) 6. Nc3 c6 (6... O-O 7. d3
Bc5 8. Qc2 $14 {Miralles,G-Ivanovic,B Vrsac 1989 CBM/15}) 7. d3 O-O 8. e4 $1
Bc7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. d4 $14 Nb6 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. h4 Be6 14. Nf4 Bg8
15. b3 Qe7 16. a4 Rc8 17. h5 Bd8 18. Nh4 Qd7 $2 {19.Nhg6+!, hxg6 20.Nxg6+, Kh7
21.Nf8+ +/-} 1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Nfd4
Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Qb6 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 17. c3 Bf6 18. Nf3 a5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. a4 g6
21. h3 Kg7 22. Qc2 Re4 23. Rd1 Rxa4 24. Rxd5 Ra2 25. Rd2 a4 26. Nc1 Ra1 27. Kh2
Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 29. g3 Qc6 30. Rd1 Qf3 31. Re1 Qd5 32. Nd3 Rxe1 33. Nxe1 b5
34. Qe2 h5 35. h4 Bf6 36. Nc2 Qb3 37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. cxd4 Qd5 39. Qd2 Kf6 40. Kg1
Ke6 41. Qa5 Kf5 42. Qd2 Kf6 43. Qa5 Qb3 44. Qe1 Qe6 45. Qd2 Qd5 46. Qa5 Kg7 47.
Qd2 f6 48. Qa5 g5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Qc7+ Kf6 51. Qc8 h4 52. Qh8+ Kg6 53. Qe8+
Kf5 54. gxh4 gxh4 55. Qh5+ Ke4 56. Qxh4+ Kd3 57. Qg3+ Kc2 58. Qc3+ Kb1 59. Kf1
Qb3 60. Qxb3 axb3 61. d5 Kxb2 62. d6 Kc3 63. d7 b2 64. d8=Q b1=Q+ 65. Ke2 Qe4+
66. Kd1 Qf3+ 67. Kc1 Qf4+ 68. Kd1 Qg4+ 69. Ke1 Qe4+ 70. Kd1 Qc2+ 71. Ke1 b4 72.
Qa5 Qe4+ 73. Kf1 Kb2 74. Kg1 b3 75. Qc5 Kb1 76. Kh2 Qf3 77. Qb6 b2 78. Qd4 Kc2
79. Qc4+ Qc3 80. Qa4+ Kc1 81. Qf4+ Qd2 82. Qc4+ Qc2 83. Qf4+ Kd1 84. Qg4+ Qe2
85. Qf5 Kc1 0-1

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Vranesic, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rad1 Bd6
15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qe7 17. Qh4 Rad8 18. e3 a6 19. Rd2 Rd6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
e4 dxe4 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxe4 Qd1+ 25. Bf1 Qd4 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6
27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Bg2 Nd8 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 b6 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. b4 Kd6 33. f4
Nc6 34. Bxc6 Kxc6 35. Ke4 h5 36. h3 Kd6 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 a5 39. a3 axb4 40.
axb4 Ke7 41. Ke3 Kf7 42. Kd3 Kg7 43. Kc4 Kg6 44. Kb5 f5 45. gxf5+ Kxf5 46. Kxb6
Kxf4 47. Kc5 e5 48. b5 e4 49. b6 1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O b6 8.
b4 $5 cxb4 $2 (8... Bb7 $5) 9. Nd4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8 12. Bb2 $2 (
12. Nc6 Bb7 13. a3 bxa3 14. Bxa3 (14. Qe4+ $5) 14... Bxa3 15. Rxa3 $146) 12...
Bb7 13. Nc6 Be7 14. Qe4 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 O-O 16. a3 Rc8 17. Qf3 a5 18. axb4 Bxb4
19. Bc3 Bxc3 (19... Nc5 $5) 20. Nxc3 Ne5 21. Qd5 Nc6 22. Rfb1 Nb4 23. Qxd8
Rfxd8 24. Rb2 g5 25. Rab1 Rd4 26. Na2 Nd5 27. h3 (27. Nc3 $1 $10) 27... Kg7 28.
f3 f5 29. Kf2 f4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Rg1+ Kf7 32. Rg5 Rc5 33. Ke1 Ra4 34. Rf5+
Ke6 35. Rh5 b5 36. Rxh7 b4 37. Kf2 b3 $1 38. Rh6+ Ke5 39. Rh5+ Kd4 40. e3+
fxe3+ 41. dxe3+ Nxe3 42. Rd2+ Kc4 43. Rxc5+ Kxc5 44. Nc1 Nc4 45. Nxb3+ Kb4 46.
Rd3 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Marovic, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bh5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a5 O-O 13. Bf4 Re8 14. h3 Bb4 15. g4
Bg6 16. a6 b5 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Bg3 Nf8 21. Rac1 f6 22.
Na2 fxe5 23. Nxb4 Qd6 24. Nc2 Nbd7 25. dxe5 Qb8 26. f4 Qb6+ 27. Bf2 Qxa6 28.
Ra1 Qb7 29. Rxa7 Qb8 30. Ra6 Qb7 31. Rda1 Ra8 32. Ra7 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Qc8 34. Nd4
Bf7 35. Nf3 h6 36. h4 Qb8 37. b3 Nb6 38. Ra6 Nfd7 39. Bxb6 Nxb6 40. Qe3 Nd7 41.
Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 O-O 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Ne1 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Nc2 c6 13. b4 $5 {N} Nac4 14. dxc6
e4 $1 15. Nd4 (15. Nxe4 Bxa1 16. Nxa1 bxc6 $15) 15... f5 16. Qb3 bxc6 17. Rd1
Qf6 18. Bf1 Qf7 (18... Be6 $2 19. Nxe6 Qxc3 20. Nxg7 $18) 19. Na4 (19. Nxc6 $6
Be6 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. b5 Ne5 $17) 19... Ne5 20. Bb2 Rb8 21. Qc2 Nxa4 22. Qxa4
Bd7 (22... c5 $5 23. Nc6 Bd7 (23... Nxc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxc6 cxb4 26. Rac1
$146) 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. b5 Bxa1 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxa1 $14) 23. Qxa7 Rxb4 24.
Ba3 Rbb8 25. Bd6 Ra8 26. Qc5 Ra4 27. Rab1 Qd5 $2 (27... Nd3 $1 28. Bxd3 exd3
29. Rxd3 Qxa2 $10) 28. Qxd5+ cxd5 29. Rb7 Rd8 30. Be7 $2 (30. Bc7 $1 $18) 30...
Rda8 31. Bd6 Rd8 $2 (31... R4a7 $10) 32. Bc7 $1 Bc8 33. Rb8 Rf8 34. Bd6 $2 (34.
Bb5 $18) 34... Nd7 35. Bb5 $2 (35. Bxf8 Nxb8 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Rc1 $14) 35...
Nxb8 $2 (35... Rxd4 $1 36. exd4 Nxb8 37. Bxb8 Ba6 38. Bxa6 Rxb8 $15) 36. Bxa4
Bd7 37. Bxd7 Nxd7 38. Bxf8 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Rc1
f6 9. Nh3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Nf2 exf4 12. gxf4 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. d3 Nc6 15.
Na4 Na6 16. Ne4 b6 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Qe1 Nab4 19. Nac3 Nd4 20. Qg3 Qd7 21. Nd2
Rac8 22. Qf2 Bf8 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Rcd1 Bg4 25. Rd2 Rcd8 26. Ne4 a5 27. Nxd4 cxd4
28. a3 Na6 29. Rc2 Nc5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Na4 32. Ba1 Bxb4 33. Rb1 Bc3 34.
Bxc3 dxc3 35. Nxc3 Rc8 36. Rbc1 Nxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxe2 39. Qf1 Qe8
40. Be4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rb6 13. Bg2 Nd5 14. Qc2
f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Bg2 Qf6 18. Be3 c3 19. Rfb1 Bc4 20. Rxb6 cxb6
21. Re1 b5 22. f4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qxd4 24. Qxc3 Rd8 25. Bf3 a5 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27.
Be2 Kf7 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Rc3 e5 30. fxe5 Ke6 31. Kf2 Kxe5 32. Ke2 Kf5 33. h3
g5 34. Rf3+ Ke5 35. a4 Rd6 36. g4 Rf6 37. Re3+ Kd5 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Kc3 Rxa2
40. Re8 Rxa4 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rd8+ Ke5 43. Rf8 h5 44. Rf5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 $5 (3. Qc2) (3. Qb3 $5) (3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5.
Bg2 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. f3 b6 11. Nf2 Be6 12. f4
Rd8 13. Re1 Ne7 14. a4 $6 (14. e4 $13) 14... Bd7 15. a5 Ba4 16. Qd2 Bc6 $15 {
Vaganjan-Gulko,Moscow GMA 1990}) 3... Ba5 (3... Bc5 4. e3 (4. Nf3) (4. b4) 4...
Nf6 5. Ne2 c6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Bb6 9. Be3 d5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. c5
Bc7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O O-O $10 {Smejkal-Timman,Zagreb/Rijeka 1985}) 4. b4 (4.
Nf3 c6 5. Ne3 $5 e4 6. Nd4 Nf6 7. g3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 (8... cxd5 $5) 9. Bg2 O-O
10. O-O Nf4 11. gxf4 Qxd4 12. Qc2 $14 {Romanishin-Hodgson,Moscow 1987}) 4... c6
5. bxa5 cxd5 6. cxd5 (6. Nf3 $5 e4 (6... d6 $2 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qb4 Bc6 9. Ba3
$16) (6... Qxa5 7. Nxe5 d6 8. Nf3 dxc4 9. Bb2 f6 10. e4 $146) 7. Nd4 dxc4 8.
Nb5 d5 9. Ba3 (9. Bb2 Kf8 $5) 9... Ne7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 $13) 6... Qxa5 7. e4 $5 {N}
(7. Qb3 Nf6 8. Nf3 d6 9. Ba3 Ne4 10. e3 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd7 $5 (11... Na6 $6 12.
Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Rc4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. e4 $14 {Smejkal-Dely,Hradec Kralove
1981}) 12. Qb4 (12. Bb5 Ndc5 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14. Bxb4 Bd7 $1) 12... Qxb4 13. Bxb4
Nb6 14. d3 Nxd5 15. Ba3 Nc5 $146 (15... Nec3 $5)) 7... Nf6 8. f3 d6 9. Ne2 (9.
Qb3 $5 O-O (9... Nbd7 10. Ba3 Nc5 11. Qb5+ $14) 10. Ba3 Ne8 11. Rc1 Na6 $132 {
/\f5}) 9... Na6 10. Nc3 Nc5 (10... Bd7 $5 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Nb5 $6 Ke7 $1 (12...
Qxa2 $2 13. Nxd6+ Ke7 14. Rb2 $16)) 11. a4 (11. Bb5+ Bd7) (11. Nb5 $6 Ke7 $8 (
11... Qb6 12. d4 exd4 13. Bf4 $16) 12. Bb2 (12. a4 a6 13. Nc3 b5 $36) (12. Ba3
Bd7 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 b5 {/\Se8-d6-/+}) 12... a6 (12... Bd7 13. Bc3 Qa4 14.
d4 exd4 15. Qxa4 Nxa4 16. Bxd4 $14) 13. Bc3 Qa4 (13... Qb6 14. Na3 $40) 14. d4
Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Ncxe4 $1 (15... axb5 16. dxc5 Rxa2 17. Bxb5 $36) 16. dxe5 axb5
17. fxe4 Nxe4 $15) 11... O-O (11... Bd7 12. Ba3 Ke7 $2 13. Rb1 $1 {/\Lb4,
d4->><e7}) 12. Ba3 Bd7 13. Qb1 (13. Bb5 Rfc8 $1 (13... Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. d4
exd4 16. Qxd4 $14 {><d6}) 14. O-O a6 $10) 13... Rfc8 14. Bb5 Qc7 (14... a6 15.
Bb4 Qc7 16. Be2 $5 a5 $6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bb5 Qd4 19. Ke2 $1 $14) (14... Qd8
$5 $10) 15. O-O a6 16. Bxd7 Nfxd7 17. Kh1 (17. f4 $6 Nb6 $1 18. fxe5 dxe5 {
/\Sc4-d6}) 17... Rab8 18. Bb4 Qb6 (18... b5 $2 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra2 $1 {
/\La5,Tb2 ><b5}) (18... Qd8 19. f4 $14 exf4 $2 20. d4 a5 $8 21. Ba3 Na6 22. Nb5
$16) 19. Ra2 Qd8 20. f4 f6 (20... Nf6 21. Rb2 $5) 21. f5 $14 {()} Qe8 22. Qd1
Kh8 23. h3 (23. d3 {/\g4,Tg2->}) 23... Qe7 24. Qb1 Rg8 25. d3 Rgc8 (25... g6
26. Raf2) 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Rb2 b6 (27... Rbc8 $6 28. Ba5 Nxa4 29. Rxb7 $1 (29.
Bxc7 Nxb2 30. Ba5 Nc5 $1) 29... Nxc3 (29... Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Nxc3
32. Rb8+ Nf8 33. Qb7 $18) 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Bxc3 $16 {><d6,a6}) (
27... Rcc8 $32) 28. Ne2 $1 Rbc8 29. Rbc2 Kg8 30. Rc3 Qd8 31. a5 $6 (31. Qc2 $1
{/\d4+/-} a5 (31... Nb8 32. a5) 32. Ba3 Nb8 33. Rc4 $5 (33. d4 Nca6) 33... Nba6
34. Qb1 $16 {/\Sc3-b5}) 31... Rb7 $1 $132 (31... b5 32. d4 $16) 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 (
32... Nxc5 33. d4 exd4 34. Nxd4 bxa5 $2 35. Qxb7) 33. d4 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 exd4 $2
(34... Rc7 $2 35. Rc6) (34... b5 $1 35. Qb4 (35. Qc1 Qxa5 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Qc6
Qb6 38. Ra8 Rc7) 35... Nb8 36. dxe5 (36. Rc6 $5 $146) 36... fxe5 $10 {/\Tc7})
35. Nxd4 $36 Nc5 (35... b5 36. Qb4 Nc5 37. Ne6 $16) 36. Ne6 Qb8 37. Rg3 Kh8 (
37... bxa5 $2 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rxb7 Qxb7 40. Qa1 $1 Nxe4 41. Qa4 $18) 38. Qc2
h6 $6 (38... bxa5 39. Nxc5 dxc5 (39... Rc7 $2 40. Qb3) 40. Qxc5 $16 Rb5 41. Qe7
Rb7 42. Qe6 Rb6 43. d6 $1 Rxd6 44. Qe7 g6 45. e5 Rb6 46. fxg6 hxg6 47. exf6 Rb7
48. Qe3 $40) 39. Kh2 $5 (39. e5 $3 dxe5 (39... bxa5 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Qe2 $18 {
->}) (39... fxe5 40. f6 gxf6 (40... Nxe6 41. dxe6 gxf6 42. Rc3 $1 $18) 41. Qg6
Nxe6 42. dxe6 Qf8 43. axb6 Re7 (43... Rxb6 44. e7) 44. Rc3 Rxe6 45. b7 Re8 46.
Qxe8 $18) 40. axb6 Nxe6 (40... Nd7 41. Rxg7 Nxb6 42. Rg6 $18) 41. fxe6 Rxb6 (
41... e4 42. Qxe4 $1 Qxg3 43. e7 $18) 42. e7 Qe8 43. Qc7 {/\d6+-}) 39... bxa5 (
39... b5 $5) 40. Nxc5 Qc7 (40... dxc5 41. Qxc5 Kh7 (41... Rb5 42. Qe7 Rb7 43.
Qe6 Rb6 44. d6 $18) 42. d6 Rd7 43. e5 $1 fxe5 44. Qxe5 Qxd6 45. Rxg7+ Kh8 46.
Re7+ $1 Qxe5+ 47. Rxe5 a4 48. Ra5 $18) 41. e5 $1 $18 dxc5 (41... Qxc5 42. Qxc5
dxc5 43. e6 $18) (41... fxe5 42. f6 Qxc5 43. Qg6 $18) 42. d6 Qd8 (42... Qc6 43.
exf6 Qxd6 (43... gxf6 44. Qd2 $18) 44. Qe4 Rd7 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qg6+ Kg8 47.
f7+ $1) 43. Qxc5 fxe5 (43... Rd7 44. exf6 Qxf6 45. Rg6 $18) 44. Qxe5 a4 45. f6
$1 gxf6 (45... Qxf6 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qe4+) 46. Qe6 a5 (46... Rd7 47. Rg6 Rxd6
48. Qf7 $18) 47. Rg6 a3 48. Rxf6 a2 49. Rxh6+ Rh7 50. Qe5+ Kg8 51. Rg6+ Kf8 52.
Qe6 $1 {(I.Stohl)} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Ne1 $5 (10. Nc3 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2)
10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 d4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Nd3 Bb6 15. a3 Ne7 (15... Be6
16. Nxb6 axb6 $14) 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 (16... axb6 $14) 17. Qd2 Bg4 $6 (17... Bd7 18.
b4 Bc6 $14) 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. b4 $1 Qb5 20. h3 Bf5 (20... Bh5 21. Nf4) 21. Nc5
b6 (21... Nc6 22. Nb3 Rfd8 23. Rc5 Qa4 24. Na5 $1) 22. Nb3 Rfd8 23. Nxd4 Qd7 $6
(23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd7 25. Qe3 Bxh3 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Qxe7 Rxd4 28. Qe8+ Kh7
29. Qxf7) 24. Nxf5 $1 Qxd2 (24... Qxf5 25. Rxc8 $18) 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nxc8 Qd7
27. Rfd1 $1 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bf1 Rd7 (29... Ra1 30. Nxa7 Rxa3 31. Nc6
$18) 30. e3 Rc7 (30... Ke8 $2 31. Bb5) 31. Nd6 Rc1 32. Kg2 Ra1 33. Nb5 a6 34.
Nc7 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Nb5 Ke7 37. g4 Kd7 38. Bc4 f6 (38... Kc6 39. Nd4+ Kc5
40. Bxf7 Rxa3 41. Ne6+ Kd6 42. Nxg7 $18) 39. Bb3 Kc6 40. a4 Kc5 41. Nd4 Rb1 42.
Bc2 Rb7 43. Bd3 h5 44. gxh5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Ne2 Qxe5 13. Qd3 Nbc6 (13... Qc7
$5 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 Bf5 $13) 14. Bb2 Bd7 (14... Nf5 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Nxd4
$14 {Liberzon-Vaganian/Haifa/1989}) 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Nxd4 Qxf2 17. Nf3 Nf5 18.
Qd2 Qe3 19. Bd3 Nce7 20. Rhe1 Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2 $14 Rc8 22. h4 Bb5 23. Bxb5+ axb5
24. h5 Rc4 25. Rh1 Ng3 26. Rh3 Ne4 27. h6 f6 28. h7 Rh8 29. Re2 Kf7 30. Nd4 e5
31. Nxb5 Kg6 32. c3 Rxh7 33. Rxh7 Kxh7 34. Kc2 Nf5 35. Kd3 Neg3 36. Re1 e4+ 37.
Kd2 Kg6 38. a4 d4 39. Na3 dxc3+ 40. Bxc3 Rc8 41. Nc2 Kg5 42. b5 Rd8+ 43. Kc1
Nh4 44. Re3 Nhf5 45. Re1 Rc8 46. Bd2+ Kg4 47. Kb2 Rd8 48. Bc3 Rd6 49. a5 Rd5
50. b6 Kf4 51. Kb3 e3 52. Kc4 Rd6 53. Nb4 Ke4 54. Kc5 Rd8 55. Bxf6 Rc8+ 56. Kb5
Nd6+ 57. Ka4 Nc4 58. Bg5 Rc5 59. Be7 Rxa5+ 60. Kb3 Nd2+ 61. Kc3 Nf5 62. Nc2 Rd5
63. Bf8 Rd3+ 64. Kb4 Rb3+ 65. Ka4 Rc3 66. Na3 Rc8 67. Bb4 Ra8+ 68. Ba5 Nd4 69.
Nb5 Nc4 70. Na7 Nxa5 71. Kxa5 e2 0-1

[Event "Moscow op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
Bh7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. h4 c5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nf1 b5 14. a4 c4 15. d4
Qb6 16. Rd1 bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18. Ne3 Be4 19. Nxc4 Qb7 20. b3 Nb6 21. Ra1 Rfc8
22. Bf1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 dxc4 24. Qg4 Kf8 25. Qe4 Nb4 26. Qh7 f6 27. Be2 Ke8 28.
Ba3 a5 29. bxc4 Nxc4 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gruen, Gerd Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Bielefeld"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 Rb8 8.
d3 b6 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. d4 O-O
15. O-O Bb7 16. e3 Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Qc3 Rb4 20. Rfd1 Rcb8
21. b3 a5 22. Ne1 a4 23. Nc2 R4b6 24. bxa4 Nf6 25. Qa3 Ne4 26. a5 Ra6 27. f3
Nf6 28. Nd4 Ba4 29. Re1 Rb4 30. Bf1 Ra8 31. Nc2 Bxc2 32. Rxc2 c4 33. Rb2 Rb7
34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Rb5 Kf8 36. e4 c3 37. Rc1 d4 38. a6 Rd7 39. Bd3 Ke7 40. Rb4
Ne8 41. Rcb1 Nc7 42. Rb6 Ne6 43. Rc6 Rc7 44. Rb7 Kd7 45. Bb5 Kc8 46. Rbxc7+
Nxc7 47. a4 Rb8 48. Rc4 Rb6 49. a7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Armas, Julius"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd3 a6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. h3
O-O 15. Bg5 Be5 16. c3 h6 17. Nf3 Bxc3 18. Rc1 hxg5 19. Rxc3 Bc6 20. Ne5 Rfd8
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qc1 Qf4 23. Be2 Rab8 24. b3 Nd5 25. Rxc6 Nb4 26. Qxf4 gxf4
27. Rc4 Rd2 28. Bf1 f3 29. g3 Nc2 30. Rc1 Nd4 31. Ra4 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1990.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Qd2 Qh4 12. Nd6 Qe7 13. Nxc8 Rfxc8 14. Bd3
a5 15. O-O Qb4 16. Qc3 Qd6 17. Rac1 Rc5 18. Qd2 Rc7 19. f3 b6 20. Qf2 Rf8 21.
Rfd1 Qe7 22. f4 d6 23. f5 Bf6 24. Rf1 g5 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Qg4 Rg8 27. Rc3 Rg7
28. Rf2 Kg8 29. Bf1 h6 30. Bd2 Rh7 31. Rh3 Qf8 32. b4 axb4 33. Bxb4 Kg7 34. Qh5
Rh8 35. Rg3 Qd8 36. Rb2 Kf8 37. Ra3 Ke7 38. Ra6 Rc6 39. Bd2 Qc7 40. Rb4 Qb7 41.
c5 dxc5 42. Rba4 Qd7 43. Bc4 Rf8 44. Ra8 Rcc8 45. R4a7 Rxa8 46. Rxd7+ Kxd7 47.
Qxh6 Be7 48. Bd5 f6 49. Bxa8 Rxa8 50. Qg7 Rxa2 51. Bxg5 Ra1+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53.
Kg3 Ra3+ 54. Kg4 Ra2 55. g3 fxg5 56. f6 Nc6 57. fxe7 Rxh2 58. e8=Q+ Kxe8 59.
Qc7 Nd8 60. Qxe5+ Kd7 61. Qd5+ Kc7 62. Kxg5 Rh7 63. Qe5+ Kc6 64. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Marinkovic, Ivan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1990.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sindelfingen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14.
Bd4 Bd6 15. c3 Re8 16. Re1 a6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g3 Re4 19. Nfd2 Re7 20. Rxe7
Qxe7 21. Nf3 Qe4 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Ne5 b6 25. Kf1 Ne8 26. Ke2 f5
27. Nc4 Bc7 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Nd4 b5 30. Ne3 g6 31. Nc6 Bg5 32. Nd5 Kf7 33. f3
exf3+ 34. Kxf3 Ke6 35. Nf4+ Kd6 36. Nb4 Nc7 37. Nbd3 a5 38. Ke2 Nd5 39. Ng2 Nf6
40. Ngf4 Ne4 41. Ke3 Bd8 42. Ne2 Bb6+ 43. Nd4 b4 44. cxb4 Nf6 45. Nf4 Ng4+ 46.
Kd3 Ne5+ 47. Ke3 Nc4+ 48. Kd3 Nxb2+ 49. Kc3 axb4+ 50. Kxb2 Bxd4+ 51. Kb3 g5 52.
Ne2 Kc5 53. Kc2 Kc4 54. Kd2 Bf2 55. Kc2 Be3 56. h3 f4 57. gxf4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 Bf6 8. d4 h5
9. Nbd2 h4 10. e4 hxg3 11. hxg3 Bg5 12. Qe1 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Ne7 14. c4 Nf6 15.
Qe3 Bh5 16. Rfe1 Bg6 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Qc3 Rd7 20. Bc5 Qd8 21. e5
Nfg8 22. a4 Nh6 23. a5 a6 24. Bb6 Qa8 25. Nf3 O-O 26. Ng5 Re8 27. Nh3 Qb8 28.
Nf4 Bf5 29. Bf3 Nc8 30. Bc5 Qc7 31. Kg2 Qd8 32. Rh1 f6 33. Bh5 Nf7 34. g4 Be4+
35. f3 Bh7 36. Ng6 Ng5 37. Rde1 dxc4 38. bxc4 b6 39. axb6 Nxb6 40. Ra1 1-0

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Ngf6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Qe1 Bc5 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15.
Be3 Bg6 16. Nh4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rfd1 Nbd7 21.
h4 Nf8 22. f3 Ne6 23. Bh3 Re7 24. Kf2 g5 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. hxg5 Nh7 27. Nc5 Re7
28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Nxd7 Re8 30. Ra3 Re7 31. Nb6 Nxg5 32. Nc4 Rd7 33. Ke3 Ne6 34.
Nxe5 Rd1 35. Rd3 Rc1 36. Rd2 f6 37. Nc4 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Ra1 39. Nxa5 Rxa4 40. Nxb7
Rb4 41. Nd8 Ng5 42. b3 1-0

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 d4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nc4 Qh5 15.
bxc3 dxe3 16. Nxe3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Ne7 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Be2 Qa5 20. Qb2 Ng6 21. Bd6
Bc6 22. c5 Ne4 23. Rac1 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Qc7 25. Nf5 Re5 26. Nxg7 Rxe2 27. Qxe2
Kxg7 28. h4 Re8 29. Qb2+ Kg8 30. h5 Nf8 31. Rc3 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Ne6 33. Rg3+ Kf8
34. Qf6 b6 35. f4 bxc5 36. Rd2 Nxf4 37. Rd8+ Re8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Rxe8+ Bxe8
40. Qxh7 Qe5 41. Qh6 Nxh5 42. Qe3 f6 0-1

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ba8 14. Qc2 Qe8 15.
b4 Nd5 16. a3 f5 17. e3 Qh5 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Qd1 Qh6 20. Qe2 N7f6 21. Rfd1 Ne7
22. Ne1 Bd5 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 c6 27. Qg4 Nf5 28.
Qf4 Qxf4 29. exf4 e3 30. Bf1 g5 31. fxe3 Nxe3 32. Re1 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nf5 34. Bh3
Nxd4 35. Re3 Rxf4 36. Bb6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Rb1
O-O 9. Nh3 a6 10. Nf2 b5 11. b4 Qc7 12. a4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 14. b5 cxb5 15.
Bxb5 Nb6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. Qa2 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Nfd7 20. Ng4 d5 21. Nc7
e6 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23. e5 Nc4 24. Bg5 Qa7 25. Qf2 Rb8 26. Kh1 Rb4 27. Qh4 Qb8 28.
Ra1 Ncxe5 29. dxe5 h5 30. Be7 hxg4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. f4 b3 33. Rab1 Qb4 34. Rc7
Nf8 35. Rf1 Qe4 36. Qe7 Qf5 37. a5 b2 38. Qxf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. a6 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia Top15 33rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Gurevich,M} c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 $5 (3... Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6.
O-O Nc6 (6... d6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 Nc6 $5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O
12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 (13. Ba3 $5) 13... Qc7 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. Nd1 Ne8 16. Ne3 Bf6
17. Qd2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nf6 19. Qd4 Qc5 20. Red1 $14 {Hansen,Cu-Van der Werf,M,
Groningen op (01)-CBM 22}) 7. e4 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. b3
O-O 12. Ba3 Qb8 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. h3 a6 16. Bb4 Qb7 17. Qe3 b5 18.
cxb5 axb5 19. Rc2 $14 {Vaganian,R-Hellers,F,New York op 1990-EXP 16}) 4. e4 Qc7
5. g3 (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 {-B}) 5... d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 b6 9.
d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nc6 (11... Nbd7 $5 12. f4 (12. Qe2 {Gurevich,M}
O-O 13. Rfd1 Rac8 {/\ 14... Qb8}) 12... O-O 13. f5 e5 14. Nc2 b5 $132) 12. Rc1
Nxd4 (12... O-O $2 13. Nd5 $16) 13. Qxd4 Rb8 (13... O-O $6 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Rfd1
Ne8 16. Ba3 $16) 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. h3 Ba8 17. Rd2 h6 18. Bb4 Rd7
19. Qe3 $14 {()/\Rcd1,e5} b5 $2 (19... Ne8 $14) (19... Ne8 {Gurevich,M} 20.
Rcd1 Rdd8) 20. cxb5 axb5 21. e5 $1 Nd5 (21... dxe5 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxe5 $16 {
><b5} (23. Qxe5 {Gurevich,M} Rc8 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27.
Qxb5 $16)) (21... Ne8 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rcd1 Qc6 24. exd6 $16) 22. Rxd5 $1 exd5
23. Nxd5 Qd8 (23... Qa7 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bxd6 $18) 24. e6 $1 (
24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qxd6 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 $14) 24... fxe6 (24...
Rdb7 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Nf4 $18 {->} (26. Re1 {Gurevich,M} Kf8 27. Qe6 {
/\ 28.Re3})) 25. Ba5 $1 Qxa5 (25... Qe8 26. Qxe6+ (26. Nc7 {Gurevich,M}) 26...
Kh8 27. Nc7 $18) 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxd7 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 $18 {->^-} Qd8 $8 29. Qe6
Qf8 (29... Bf6 30. Be4 $18) (29... Bf6 $142 {Gurevich,M}) 30. Rc7 Bf6 31. Rf7
Qe8 32. Rxf6 $5 (32. Rb7 $18) 32... gxf6 33. Qxf6+ Kh7 34. Qxd6 Rd8 35. Qc7+
Kh8 (35... Rd7 36. Be4+ Kg7 37. Qc3+ $18) 36. Qc3+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ Kh8 38. Qd4+
Kh7 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qd3+ Kh8 41. Qxb5 Qe5 42. Bc6 {[Stohl]} 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bg2 Bxd2+ (5... Qb6) (5... Nc6 6.
Bxb4 cxb4) 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 (7... O-O 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3
Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Rxd7 $14 {Denker,
A-Dizdar,G/New York op/1989/ ->CBM 12}) 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxd4 Qh5
11. Rc1 $1 (11. Nf3 e5 12. Qg5 Nc6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Qxh5 Bxh5 15. h3 Bxf3 16.
Bxf3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 $14 {Khalifman,A-Grosar,A/Bled-Rogaska Slatina/1991/ ->CBM
24}) 11... Nbd7 (11... Rd8 $2 12. Nxe6 $1 Rxd2 13. Rxc8+ $18) 12. Na3 Nb6 13.
Ndc2 e5 (13... Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Ne3 $16) 14. Ne3 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Bxb7
Rab8 (16... Rad8 17. Qe3 Bxe2 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Qxe5 $16) 17. Ba6 Rbd8 18. Qe1
Rd6 19. f3 Bh3 (19... Rh6 20. Qf2 $16) 20. Bd3 f5 (20... Nd5 21. Nc4 Rh6 22.
Qf2 $16) 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4+ Kh8 23. Rd1 Rdf6 (23... Rg6 24. Bf7 $1 $18) 24.
Qa5 f4 25. Rd8 fxg3 26. hxg3 Qg5 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Kf2 h6 29. Rh1 $1 Bg4 30.
Rh4 Bf5 31. Qxe5 Qc1 32. b3 Bg6 33. Rg4 Re8 34. Qd4 Kh7 35. Bd3 Re6 36. Rxg6 $1
{Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 (5. Qc2 Nd7 6. a4 e6 7. Na3
Bxa3 8. Rxa3 Ngf6 9. Qxc4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Qb4 Nxf3+ 12. Rxf3 Qe7 13.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 $14 {Petrosian-Dreev, Sebastopol 1986}) 5... Qd5 6. O-O (6. Qc2 Be6
7. e4 Qd3 8. Qxd3 cxd3 9. Ne5 Na6 10. Nxd3 Rd8 11. Ke2 g6 12. b3 Bg7 13. Rb1 f5
{Remis in Nogueiras-Torre, Novi Sad ol 1990}) 6... e6 (6... Nd7 7. b3 cxb3 8.
axb3 Qh5 9. Nc4 Ngf6 $13 {Vilela-Lugo, CUB-ch 1988}) 7. Nh4 (7. h3 $5) 7... Qh5
8. Re1 (8. f3 $5 Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Bf5 10. Nxc4) 8... Bxa3 9. bxa3 Qc5 10. Rb1 b6 (
10... b5) 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. Rb4 (12. a4 $5) 12... b5 13. d4 Qd6 (13... Qxd4 14.
Bb2 {/\ Bxg7}) 14. Qe4 (14. Rxb5 cxb5 15. Bxa8 Nbc6 {/\ 0-0}) 14... Bf5 15.
Nxf5 exf5 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Na6 18. Rbb1 (18. Rxb5 cxb5 19. Bxa8 Kd7 20.
Bb7 Nc7 $13) 18... O-O-O 19. a4 (19. Red1 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 $17) (19. Rec1 $5 {
/\ a4}) 19... b4 20. Rec1 c3 (20... Rxd4 $2 21. Be3 $146) 21. a3 $2 (21. e3 Nd5
(21... f6 22. Bf1 Kb7 23. h4 Nd5 24. a3) 22. Rb3 $13 (22. a3 bxa3 23. Bxd5 Rxd5
24. Rxc3 a2 25. Ra1 Nb4 26. Rc4 a5)) (21. e4 $5 Rxd4 (21... fxe4 22. Bf1 Nc7
23. Rxb4 $13) 22. Be5 Rd2 23. Bf1 Nc7 24. Rxb4) 21... bxa3 22. Rxc3 a2 $1 23.
Ra1 Rxd4 24. Rxa2 (24. h4 Rxa4 $19) 24... Rd1+ 25. Bf1 Rhd8 26. Kg2 (26. Rb2
Ra1 {/\ Rdd1}) 26... Nb4 27. Rb2 a5 $19 28. e3 Ned5 29. Rc5 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 R8d5
31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bc4 Rd7 33. Kf3 Kc7 34. h4 Kd8 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. h5 g6 37. Rb1
Kf6 38. h6 Rd8 39. Rc1 Ke7 40. Rb1 f6 41. Rg1 Rb8 42. Rb1 Na6 43. Rxb8 Nxb8 44.
Kd3 Nd7 45. Kd4 c5+ 46. Kd3 Nb6 47. Bb5 g5 48. e4 Ke6 49. Ke3 fxe4 50. fxg5
fxg5 51. Bc6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. a3 Bd6 $5 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. d3 Nc6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 a4 14. Bb2 (14.
Nxd6 $5 Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Rc1 Nd5 $13) 14... Bf8 15. Qd2 Re5 $1 16. e3 dxe3
17. fxe3 Rxb5 18. Bd4 c5 19. Be5 Be6 20. Qe2 Nd7 $15 21. Bc3 Rb3 22. Rfc1 Be7
23. Rab1 Rb8 24. Rxb3 axb3 25. Qb2 Qf8 26. Ra1 b5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Nb6 29.
Ra7 f6 30. Nd2 Qd8 $6 31. Ba5 c4 32. dxc4 Bc5 33. Qxb3 Nxc4 $2 34. Ra8 $1 Bxe3+
35. Kh1 Bb6 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "Porz op 26th"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kruszynski, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qd7 10. e4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 a6 13. Rc1 Rab8 14. Nc2 Qc7 15.
Ne3 Ne5 16. f4 Ned7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qf3 Nb8 20. Ng4 dxe5 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. fxe5 Rd7 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Rcd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd7 26. Nef2 f5 27. exf6
Nexf6 28. Nxf6 Nxf6 29. Qc6 e5 30. Qxb6 e4 31. Qe3 Rc8 32. Re1 h6 33. Kg2 Rc5
34. Qd4 Re5 35. Nd3 Ra5 36. Re2 Kh7 37. c5 Rb5 38. c6 Rd5 39. Qc4 Rxd3 40. c7
Rd8 41. cxd8=Q Qxd8 42. Qxa6 Qd7 43. Qc4 h5 44. h3 h4 45. gxh4 Qf5 46. Re3 Qf4
47. Qd4 Qxh4 48. Qe5 Qh6 49. Kf2 Kg8 50. a4 Qh4+ 51. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Porz op 26th"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Rb1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. b3 Bf5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Bb2 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qc2 Bxb2
15. Rxb2 Qd7 16. Qc4 Rfd8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Rbc2 Kg7 19. b4 Qd5 20. Qc3+ f6 21.
Qb2 Rd7 22. a4 Qd6 23. Rc4 e5 24. Nd2 Nd8 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Nc5 Rd6 27. b5 axb5
28. axb5 c6 29. Rb4 Rd5 30. Na4 Rxb5 31. Rxb5 cxb5 32. Nb6 Ra6 33. Nd5 Qd6 34.
Rc7+ Kh6 35. Qc1+ g5 36. Ne7 Qa3 37. Qe3 Ne6 38. Rxb7 Qb4 39. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Porz op 26th"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ragozin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 f6 11. e6 Nb6 12. f5 gxf5 13. Bxf5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nxc4
15. Bxc5 b6 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Rd8 Rxd8 18. Bxd8 Nc6 19. e7 Nxe7 20. Bxc8 Nxc8
21. b3 Ne3 22. Ke2 Nxg2 23. Nh3 b5 24. Rd1 Ra7 25. Nd5 Rf7 26. Rc1 Ne7 27. Bxe7
Bf8 28. Bxf6 Rd7 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. b4 Bd6 31. Kf2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 08th round of 16"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.09.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.09.15"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e4
Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Ba3 Qb8 14. Rad1 Rd8
15. Re3 Ne8 16. Red3 h6 17. Qe3 Bg5 18. Qe2 a6 19. Bg2 Qc7 20. Bb4 Be7 21. Qd2
Bc6 22. f4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. h3 Rdc8 25. Qe3 Qb7 26. a3 Nf6 27. Kh2 Nd7 28.
Bxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxa3 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rc2 32. Rd2 Rxb3 33. dxe6 Rxe3
34. exd7 Re2 35. d8=Q+ Kh7 36. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Kurz, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1991.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bamberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 c4 7. a4 a6 8. Na3
Qb6 9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. a5 Qa7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Qf4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rxe2
15. Nh4 Re5 16. Rae1 d6 17. Nf5 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 20. Kg3 Re5
21. c3 Nd7 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Re2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kassebaum, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Bielefeld"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Ng4 9. e3 Nxd4 10. exd4 Nh6 11. Qd3 Nf5 12. Ne2 d6 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. a4 b6
15. b4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. g4 Nh6 18. Qh3 Qc8 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qxg4+
21. Ng3 f5 22. h3 Qf3 23. Re1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1991.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dortmund"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. f4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Nge2 f5 10. Qh3 Be7 11. g4 Bxg5 12. gxf5 Bh4+ 13. Qxh4 exf5 14. Rg1 c6
15. Nd1 Nc7 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. O-O-O Ne7 18. Rg2 O-O-O 19. Qe1 Kb7 20. Qb4 Ne6 21.
c4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Nc3 Rd7 25. Rc2 Rhd8 26. d5 cxd5 27. Qa4
Nc5 28. Qa3 a6 29. Kb1 d4 30. Na4 Nxa4 31. Qxa4 Qd5 32. Re1 d3 33. Rd2 Qd4 34.
Qd1 Qc4 35. Qf3+ Qc6 36. Qd1 Rd4 37. Re3 a5 38. a3 h6 39. e6 Re4 40. Rexd3 Rxd3
41. Rxd3 Qxe6 42. Qf3 Ka6 43. Rd1 Re1 44. Qd3+ Kb7 45. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 46. Ka2 Qe6+
47. Ka1 g5 48. Qd2 gxf4 49. Qxf4 Qe4 50. Qxh6 f4 51. Qg7+ Kc6 52. Qg4 Kd6 53.
Qh4 Kc5 54. Ka2 Kd4 55. Qf6+ Kd3 56. Qd6+ Ke2 57. Qc7 f3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Volke, Karsten"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Re8 13. h3 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
Ne2 Be7 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Nf5 Bb8 18. Rfe1 Qd8 19. b4 Nd7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4
Nf6 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Qd2 Nd5 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxh6 Bf4 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rb1
Qf6 28. Ne5 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1
Be6 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Qxb7 Nc5 11. Qb4 a5 12. Qa3 Nfd7 13. Be3 f5 14. Nd2 Ra6 15.
Nb3 e4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxe4 Bxc4 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Be6 20. Rfd1 Qb8 21.
Nd5 Rf7 22. e5 Kh7 23. Qc3 c6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 Bxa2 26. Ra1 Bb3 27. Rd3
a4 28. Bxc6 Rc7 29. Rd6 Qf8 30. Qd3 Qxd6 31. Qxd6 Raxc6 32. Qd8 Rf7 33. Kg2
Rfxf6 34. Re1 Rf7 35. h4 h5 36. e3 Rcc7 37. Re2 Rfd7 38. Qb8 Rc1 39. Qe8 Bd5+
40. f3 Bc6 41. Qe5 Rdd1 42. e4 fxe4 43. fxe4 Rd7 44. Qe6 Rdd1 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46.
Qg8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Maus, Soenke"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 N5b6 11. Bb3 c5 12. a4 a5 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15.
c3 Bg4 16. f3 Bf5 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 e6 20. Nh5 Nbc4 21. Qf2 Ng6
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. b3 Rc6 25. Ba3 Re8 26. Rad1 Qc7 27. c4 e5 28.
Bb2 Qb6 29. f4 Qxb3 30. fxe5 Ree6 31. Rd7 f4 32. c5 b6 33. Rb7 Qb4 34. Bd4 Rc8
35. cxb6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Wolf, Volker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Koblenz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. e4
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 Re8 14. f5 Bf8 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh3 Nc5 17. b4 Ncxe4 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. Nxb6 Qc7 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21.
Nd5 Qd8 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Bf4 cxd4 25. Bc7 Bxd5 26. cxd5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1991.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
d3 Bd6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Ng5 b6 11. Nce4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 O-O
15. O-O Bb7 16. a4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 18. Bd2 Bg5 19. Bc3 Kh8 20. Bc6 Qc7 21. Qd5
Rbd8 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Re8 25. f4 Bf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Kf2
Rd4 28. b3 f5 29. Rfc1 Kg7 30. Ra2 Rd6 31. Rd2 Red8 32. Rc3 h5 33. e3 Kf6 34.
Ke2 h4 35. d4 hxg3 36. hxg3 cxd4 37. Rcd3 Ke6 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Rc8 40.
Rc4 Rb8 41. Rc6+ Ke7 42. Kd3 b5 43. Rc5 bxa4 44. bxa4 Rb3+ 45. Kd2 Kf6 46. Rxa5
Ra3 47. Ra6+ Kg7 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Kd3 Ra3+ 50. Kd4 Rb3 51. Rc6 Ra3 52. Rc4 Kg6
53. Kc5 Kh5 54. Kb4 Rxe3 55. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1991.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg2 f5 7. O-O h6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 Nf6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Nd5 O-O 14. b5 Ne7 15. e4 b6
16. f4 Nd7 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. Nb4 Rc8 19. Qe2 exf4 20. gxf4 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Qd7 22.
Qe3 Kh7 23. Ra2 Ng8 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 f4 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4 Nxd3 28.
Nxd3 Qxd3 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. Rf2 Re8 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Nd4 Qg5+ 34. Qxg5
hxg5 35. Ra2 Bg4 36. Ra7 Rxe5 37. Rxc7+ Re7 38. Rxe7+ Nxe7 39. Nb3 Bf3 40. Kf2
Bh1 41. c5 bxc5 42. Nxc5 Kf6 43. b6 Nc6 44. Ne4+ Ke5 45. Nxg5 Ne7 46. Nf3+ Kd6
47. Be4 g5 48. Kg3 Ng8 49. Nxg5 Bxe4 50. Nxe4+ Kc6 51. Kf4 Kxb6 52. Kg5 Kc7 53.
h4 Kd8 54. Nf6 Ne7 55. h5 Nc6 56. h6 Ne5 57. h7 Ke7 58. Kf5 Nf7 59. Kg6 Kf8 60.
Nd7+ Ke7 61. Kg7 Nh8 62. Ne5 Ke8 63. Ng6 Nf7 64. Nh4 Ke7 65. Nf5+ Ke6 66. Nh6
1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 Qb8 13. Be2 Rd8 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 b5 16. Ba2 Be8 17. Qc2 c5 18. Ne2 a6 19. h4 c4 20. Rcd1 Bc6 21. g4 Qb7 22.
Bb1 Ng7 23. h5 gxh5 24. g5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Ned4 Qb6 27. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 28.
Qxd1 Qxc6 29. Qd2 Qc7 30. Bc2 Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke8 32. Qe3 Qc5 33. Qd2 Bd8 34. Qd6
Bb6 35. Qxc5 Bxc5 36. Kg3 Kd7 37. a4 Kc6 38. axb5+ Kxb5 39. Bd1 Kb4 40. Ne1 h4+
41. Kg2 h3+ 42. Kxh3 Bxf2 43. Nc2+ Kc5 44. Be2 Bd4 45. Na3 Bxb2 46. Nxc4 Bc3
47. Nd6 a5 48. Bd1 Kb4 49. Nxf7 a4 50. Bxa4 Kxa4 51. Kg4 Bd2 52. Nh6 Kb5 53.
Ng8 Kc5 54. Nf6 Kd4 55. Kf3 Bxg5 56. Nxh7 Bc1 57. Nf6 Kxe5 58. Ng4+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qe2
Bh7 9. e4 c5 10. Ne5 $1 Nbd7 11. f4 (11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. f4 (13. Nf3
Nc7 {Gutman-Dworetzki, URS 1979} 14. Bf4 $14) 13... Nc7 14. Nf3 d4 (14... Qb5
15. c4 Qd7 $10 {Vasiukov-Capelan, Vrsac 1987}) 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Ne4 $10 {
Podgaez-Ubilava, URS-ch 1983}) 11... dxe4 $6 {N} (11... c4 $5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13.
e5 (13. dxc4 dxe4 $10) 13... cxd3 14. cxd3 Ne8 15. Nb3 Nc7 $13 {Leski-Adianto,
San Francisco 1987}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 (12... exd3 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qf3 (14. cxd3
Bxd3 15. Qf3 Bxf1 16. Nxf1) 14... dxc2 $13) 13. dxe4 Rac8 {/\ c4} 14. Kh1 c4
15. Nb1 $1 Rfd8 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Bd2 b6 19. a3 Bc5 20. Be1 Bd4 21.
g4 Kh8 (21... g5 $2 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qe3 $18) 22. Bf3 Ng8 23.
Rd2 Ne7 24. Rad1 Bxc3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Ng6 28. Qd4 $1 $18
e5 29. fxe5 Qe6 30. Kg1 Nf4 31. Qd8+ Bg8 32. Kf2 Qc6 33. h4 b5 34. Qd6 Qc8 35.
Ke3 Ne6 36. Ba5 Bh7 37. Qe7 Bg8 38. Qxa7 Nf8 39. Qc7 Qa6 40. Qb6 Qa8 41. Qxb5
Ng6 42. h5 Nf8 43. Bb6 Ne6 44. a4 Ng5 45. a5 Qc8 46. a6 Bh7 47. a7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. b4 Bb5 12. Bxb5 cxb5 13. bxa5 bxa5 14. Qd2 Nbc6
15. O-O O-O 16. Rfb1 Rfb8 17. h3 h6 18. Qd3 Rb6 19. Nd2 Qc8 20. Nb3 Nf5 21. Ra2
Rbb8 22. Rba1 Ra7 23. Nc1 Rc7 24. Ne2 b4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Rb2
Rc4 28. Rab1 Ne7 29. c3 Nc6 30. cxb4 Rbxb4 31. Rxb4 Nxb4 32. Qd2 Nc6 33. Kh2
Qc7 34. g3 Qa7 35. Rd1 Nxe5 36. dxe5 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Re4 38. Re1 Re3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Korzubov, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Rb1 e5 8. d3
Nh5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nd5 Rf7 11. Bd2 h6 12. b4 c6 13. Nc3 g5 14. e3 Nf6 15. b5 c5
16. Ne1 f4 17. exf4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bg4 19. f3 Bh5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bh3 Nbd7 22.
Ne4 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qe7 24. Ng2 Raf8 25. Rb3 Nf6 26. Qe1 Ne8 27. Qh4 Qxh4 28.
Nxh4 Rf6 29. Bc3 Bxf3 30. Bxe5 Bxe4 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Re3 Bh7 34.
Kg2 Nd6 35. Bd5 Kg7 36. Rg3+ Bg5 37. Nf3 Bd3 38. Re1 Kh7 39. Nxg5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bh7+ Kf8 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Bxe7+
Qxe7 15. Qxf5 Nhf6 16. Rae1 Qd6 17. Ne5 g6 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. Re3 Re7 20. Rfe1
Rae8 21. h4 Nh5 22. Qh2 f6 23. Nxd7 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxd7 26. e4
dxe4 27. Nxe4 Kf7 28. Kf2 f5 29. Nc5 Qe7 30. Nd3 Nf6 31. Qf4 Ng4+ 32. Kf3 Ke8
33. d5 Qxh4 34. Qxc7 Nh2+ 35. Ke2 Qe4+ 36. Kd2 Nf1+ 37. Kc1 Qxd5 38. Qb8+ Ke7
0-1

[Event "Oviedo Fischer Blitz"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7 12. Kh2 Qa5 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Re2 Nfd7
15. Rc2 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Rb1 Rfb8 18. b3 Nce5 19. Qxa6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Rxa6
21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Kg2 Nd3 23. Nd1 Ra3 24. Bc3 Rba8 25. Rd2 Nf4+ 26. Kg3 Nh5+ 27.
Kg2 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Bxg7 Nf4+ 30. Kg3 Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Kxg7 32. b4 c4 33. b5
c3 34. Ne3 Rb2 35. Re1 Nf4+ 36. Kg3 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Rc1 Nxb5 39. f4 Rb4
40. f3 Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Re2 42. Nc2 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Nb4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Oviedo Fischer Blitz"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. dxc3 Nc6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rd2 Rd8 13. Red1 O-O 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Rd5 Rde8 20. Qf5 Qc8 21.
Qxc8 Rxc8 22. g4 Kf7 23. f4 Ke6 24. Kf2 g6 25. Kf3 Rc6 26. b3 Nd8 27. Bf2 exf4
28. Kxf4 Nf7 29. Bg3 Ne5 30. h3 h6 31. e4 Rh8 32. Ke3 h5 33. g5 fxg5 34. Bxe5
dxe5 35. Rg1 g4 36. hxg4 h4 37. Rgd1 h3 38. Rd8 Rh7 39. g5 h2 40. Re8+ Kf7 41.
Rd7+ Kxe8 42. Rxh7 Kf8 43. Rxh2 Kg7 44. Rd2 Rc7 45. Rd8 Kf7 46. Rh8 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Oviedo Fischer Blitz"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O-O c6 11. h3 a5 12. g4 b5 13. Ng3 a4 14. Kb1 Qa5 15.
Nce2 b4 16. Qxc6 Bd7 17. Qc1 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Qd2 g6 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Rc1 b3 23. a3 Rec8 24. Rc3 Rc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Ne4 Be7
28. Nc3 Qc6 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Qe2 e5 31. d5 Qa6 32. f4 exf4 33. exf4 Bf6 34. Ne4
Bg7 35. d6 Rc8 36. d7 Rd8 37. Rxc4 Rxd7 38. Nf6+ Qxf6 39. Qe8+ Bf8 40. Qxd7 h5
41. Rc7 Bg7 42. Qxg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Kc1 Kf6 45. Kd2 h4 46. Ke3 Ke6
47. Kd4 Kd6 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 Ke7 50. Ke5 Kf7 51. Kf4 Kf6 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 a6 8. Rb1 b5
9. Nd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Qb6 15.
Be3 Qd6 16. d4 Qb8 17. a4 Bc6 18. Na5 e6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qd3 b4
22. Na4 Rfc8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rc1 Qc7 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. b3 Bf8 27. f3 Ne8 28.
Bd2 Nc7 29. e3 Be7 30. Bf1 Bf8 31. Kf2 Bd6 32. Be2 Kg7 33. Nb2 Qa8 34. Qb1 Qa3
35. Na4 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. a4 {Hier neu, aber in дhnlicher Form ьblich} (9. Qe1) (9. c3) (9.
h3) (9. Qe2) 9... O-O (9... a5 10. h3 (10. Qe1) 10... Bh5 11. c3 {/\ Qc2
Vaganian}) 10. h3 Bh5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 $14) 11. a5 $5 Qc7 12. Qe2 b5 $6 (
12... Rfe8 $5) 13. Nb3 Be7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 Nc5 (15... Bxe4 $2 16. Bxe4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Bxh4 18. g5 $18) 16. Nf5 (16. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 $15) 16... Ne6 {><f4} (
16... Nxb3 17. cxb3 a6 18. Be3 $16) 17. Be3 Rab8 (17... Rfe8) (17... Nf4) 18.
c4 $1 Rfe8 (18... bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb4 20. Qxc6 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Nd8
23. Ba4 $18 {Vaganian}) (18... Rfd8 $1 {Vaganian}) 19. Rfc1 $1 $16 b4 20. c5
Bf8 21. Qc4 Red8 22. Rd1 h5 23. g5 Nd5 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 $2 (25...
Bxf5 $16) 26. Nh4 $18 Rxc5 (26... Rdd8 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. Qxe6+ $18) 27. Nxc5
Bxc5 28. Nxg6 Qd6 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd8 32. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rc1 d4 13. Nd2 h6 14. Nc4 Qa6
15. Bf4 Qxa2 16. Ne5 Bb6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Bh3 19. Bxa8 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rxa8
21. Qc2 Re8 22. b3 Qa5 23. Qc6 Re6 24. Qc8+ Kh7 25. Qc2+ g6 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. f3
g5 28. Bd2 Qe5 29. Rc4 Rf6 30. Bc1 g4 31. Bf4 Qh5 32. Kg2 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 gxf3 34.
exf3 Re6 35. Rc2 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. Rg2 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Neu Isenburg op"]
[Site "Neu Isenburg"]
[Date "1992.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bg3 N7f6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 cxd4
15. exd4 Nb4 16. Bb5 a6 17. Ba4 Nbd5 18. Ne5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qd5 20. Nf3 Qa5 21.
Bb3 Rxc3 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Qxa6 Qxd4 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Nc6 Qc5 27.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 28. Qa7 Nd5 29. Qd7 Ra8 30. h3 Qa3 31. Be5 Qa4 32. Qb7 Qa6 33. Qd7
Rc8 34. a4 Qa8 35. Rb1 Rc2 36. Qb5 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Neu Isenburg op"]
[Site "Neu Isenburg"]
[Date "1992.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Qd7 6. Bb5 c6 7. Ba4 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
a5 9. a3 Ba6 10. Bd2 Bb5 11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. Qd3 Na6 15.
Ne2 Nc7 16. O-O Nf5 17. b3 h5 18. a4 Kg8 19. Nc3 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rb8 21. b4 axb4
22. Bxb4 Qb5 23. Qd2 Ra8 24. Bd6 Rxa4 25. Bxc7 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Qb2 27. Qd1 Qxd4
28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. Qxh5+ Nh6 30. Rxh8+ Kxh8 31. h3 Qc5 32. Bd8 Qxc2 33. g4 Kg8
34. Bg5 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qb2 36. Bxh6 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 gxh6 38. Qxh6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qxe5
0-1

[Event "Neu Isenburg op"]
[Site "Neu Isenburg"]
[Date "1992.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O Bg4 6. dxc5 e6 7. Be3 Ne4 8. Nd4
Nxc5 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Na3 Be7 12. f3 Bf5 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bc3 Qc7
15. e4 Bg6 16. Nxc4 Nxe4 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. fxe4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 b5 20. Qa6 Qxc4 21.
Rac1 Bxe4 22. Bg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxc4 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Bf6 26. b3 Be5
27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qh5 f6 29. Qf7 Rac8 30. Qxa7 Ra8 31. Qf2 h5 32. Kh3 Rg5 33.
Rd1 Rg7 34. Rd3 Rag8 35. Qd2 h4 36. g4 f5 37. gxf5 exf5 38. Rd5 Ba1 39. Rxf5
Rg6 40. Rh5+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Neu Isenburg op"]
[Site "Neu Isenburg"]
[Date "1992.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Ne7 8. Bxg7
Rg8 9. Bb2 Ng6 10. e4 h5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 h4 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4 Nf6 15.
Nd2 Nh7 16. Rae1 Ng5 17. Qxd5 Nxh3+ 18. Kh1 hxg3 19. Rxe6+ Be7 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rxe7+ Nxe7 22. Bxh3 g2+ 23. Bxg2 Rd6 24. Ne4 Rh6+ 25. Kg1 f5 26. Bc1 Rhg6
27. Ng5 Rxg5 28. Bxg5 Rxg5 29. Re1 Kd7 30. Kf1 b6 31. Bf3 Ng6 32. Re3 Nh4 33.
c4 f4 34. Rd3 Kd6 35. b4 Nf5 36. c5+ Kc7 37. d5 bxc5 38. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Neu Isenburg op"]
[Site "Neu Isenburg"]
[Date "1992.04.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 h6 8. b4 g5
9. Bb2 e5 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Ne6 13. Nd5 f4 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Nb3 Na4
16. Ba3 Ng4 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Ne4 h5 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Bxd6 Qd8 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22.
h3 Nf6 23. Nxg5 fxg3 24. fxg3 Bh6 25. h4 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Ng4 27. Qf3 Qe7 28. Rac1
Nd7 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. c5 Nf8 31. c6 Be6 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. Rxc5 b6 34. Rc3 Ng6 35.
c7 Rf8 36. d4 Ne7 37. d5 Bd7 38. d6 Nc8 39. Bc6 Bxc6 40. Rxc6 Rf7 41. Rf1 Rd7
42. e4 Kg8 43. Rf3 Kg7 44. Kg2 Kg8 45. Kh3 Kg7 46. Kh4 Nh2 47. Rf5 Kg8 48. g6
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TKM"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qc2 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. e4 O-O 13. a4 e6 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4
exd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Qd1 Nd7 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Be3 Bg4 21. Rc1 Bxf3
22. gxf3 b6 23. Ne4 Nb7 24. Rcb1 Nbc5 25. a5 Nxe4 26. fxe4 bxa5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
28. Rxb8+ Qxb8 29. Qxa5 Qb1+ 30. Bf1 Qxe4 31. Qd8+ Nf8 32. h3 Qe5 33. Bg5 f6
34. Bh4 Qd4 35. Bg3 h5 36. Bxd6 g5 37. Qe8 h4 38. Be2 f5 39. Bh5 Qf6 40. Be7
Qa1+ 41. Kg2 g4 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qxf5 gxh3+ 44. Qxh3 1-0

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gorbatov, Alexej"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 a5 5. a3 a4 6. b4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7
9. Nc3 c6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. d3 cxd3 14. Rxd3 c5 15.
Rad1 Rd8 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. e3 O-O 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ {(...)} 0-1

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Schaefer, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
Nb4 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Ng4 13. Rd3 Qh4 14. Bxg4
Bxg4 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 c5 20. dxc6
bxc6 21. Qd1 Be5 22. Qd2 Rab8 23. b3 c5 24. Rd5 Bd4 25. Qf4 Be5 26. Qd2 Bd4 27.
h3 Rb6 28. Kh1 Qe6 29. f3 f5 30. Rxf5 Bc3 31. Qg5 Re8 32. Rd1 Ra6 33. Rfd5 Bd4
34. Qd2 Rf8 35. Kh2 Rb6 36. Qd3 Re8 37. Re1 a5 38. f4 a4 39. f5 Qf7 40. fxg6
hxg6 41. bxa4 Rf8 42. Rxd4 cxd4 43. Qxd4 Rfb8 44. Bxd6 Rb1 45. Re2 Rd8 46. e5
Qf1 47. Qc4+ Kg7 48. Qc7+ Kh6 49. Re4 1-0

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. Bxb7 Nbd7 11. Na3 Rb8 12. Nxc4 Rxb7 13. Qxd6 Nb6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Na5 Rbd7 16. Be3 (16. Nf3 Ne4 $132) 16... Ng4 $5 17. Bxc5 Rd5 18. Nc6
(18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc6 fxe4 20. Nxd8 Rxc5 21. Ne6 Rc2 $132) 18... Rxc5 19. Nxd8
Rxg5 20. Rac1 Ra5 (20... Bxb2 21. Rc7 Rf5 22. Rxa7 $16) 21. Rc7 Ne5 22. Rd1
Rxa2 23. f4 (23. Nb7 Bf6) 23... Ned7 (23... Nec4 24. Nxf7 Rxb2 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26.
Nh6+ $18) 24. Rdxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 f5 (25... Rxb2 26. e4 Bf6 27. Nxf7 $16) 26.
Kf2 Rxb2 (26... Bxb2 27. Rd2 a5 28. Nc6 a4 $2 29. Nb4 $18) 27. Ne6 Bf6 28. Rxa7
Rb6 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Rb4 31. h3 Re4 32. Kf3 Rb4 33. g4 fxg4+ 34. hxg4 Rb5
35. Kf4 Rb8 36. e4 Rf8+ (36... Rb5 37. Rd7 Ra5 38. Rd5 Ra4 39. Ke5) 37. Ke5
Re8+ 38. Kd5 $138 (38. Kd5 Rd8+ 39. Ke6 Re8+ 40. Re7 Ra8 41. Rd7 Ra6+ 42. Rd6
Ra8 43. e5 Re8+ 44. Kf6 Rf8+ 45. Ke7 Rf4 46. e6 Rxg4 47. Kd8 Ra4 48. e7 $18)
1-0

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. e4
Ne8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. e5 f5 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Nd2 d5 14. exd6 Nxd6 15.
Qe2 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. Rab1 Qc6 18. Rb4 Bb7 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. h4 Qd7 21. Rd1 c5
22. Rbb1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxf5 Qc5 26. Rb5 Qc6 27. Be4 Qxc4
28. Bd3 Qa4 29. Qh5 h6 30. Rb4 Qxa3 31. Qg6 Nh8 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. Bg3 b5 13. Bb3 c5 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qb7 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8
21. Bd6 Kf8 22. b3 Red8 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nd2 Rd7 25. Kf1 Ng4 26. Ke2 Ne5 27.
Ne4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 c4 29. f4 Nd3 30. bxc4 Nb2 31. Nd6 Rc5 32. Rd4 Nxc4 33. Nxc4
Rxc4 34. Rxc4 bxc4 35. e4 Kd6 36. h4 Kc5 37. h5 f6 38. Ke3 a5 39. a3 a4 40. e5
fxe5 41. fxe5 Kd5 42. e6 Kxe6 43. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bg3 Bd6
15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. d5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18. b4 a5 19. Bb5 axb4 20. Rb1 f5 21.
Rxb4 e4 22. Qd1 Nc5 23. Bc6 Nd3 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. f4 g5 26. Bb5 Nc5 27. Qd4 Qf6
28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rb4 Rf8 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kh2 gxf4 32. Rxf4 Kf6 33. Rb1 Ke5 34.
Bc6 Rg7 35. g3 Nd3 36. Rh4 Kf6 37. Rf1 Nb4 38. Rhf4 Nc2 39. Rb1 Rfg8 40. Rxb6
Rxg3 41. Rf2 Ne1 42. Rb1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. d3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 h6 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nh4 g5 12. Nf3 Nh7 13. d4 Na5 14. Ne5 d6 15. Ng4
Kg7 16. f4 Nxc4 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Nf6 Rh8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Qg4 Rh6
22. Qxg5+ Rg6 23. Nh5+ Kg8 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. Rad1 e5 27. Nf6+ Kg7
28. Qh4 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Bf1 Rh8 31. Qg5+ Rg6 32. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Pohl Kuemmel, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bielefeld"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 c5 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6
15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Bf3 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qd7 20. h3 Rc8 21.
Qb1 Qc7 22. Rd1 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Ne4 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Ra8
Nxf2 28. Rxa6 Nd1 29. Ne5 Rc7 30. Rb6 Nxe3 31. Rxb5 f6 32. Nd3 Rc2 33. Kg3 Nf5+
34. Kh2 Nh4 35. Kg1 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Nf2 Nf5 38. a4 Ng3+ 39. Kg1 e5 40.
Rb3 Ne2+ 41. Kf1 Nd4 42. Rb7 f5 43. b4 e4 44. Re7 Nc6 45. Nxe4 Rd1+ 46. Ke2
Nxe7 47. Kxd1 fxe4 48. b5 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Backwinkel, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
e6 9. g4 h6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg2 Ne5 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. O-O h5 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4
Nh4 16. Qf2 Nxg2 17. Qxg2 Nc5 18. Ne2 Qd7 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Ng3 Nd6 21. h4 Rg8
22. Rac1 g6 23. Be5 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. d3 Nb5 26. e4 Ba3 27. Kh2 Qc6 28.
Rf2 Kd8 29. Rc2 Qd7 30. Qf2 Ke7 31. Bf6+ Ke8 32. exd5 exd5 33. Qe1+ Kf8 34. b4
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Hermann, Manfred"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. h3 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8.
Qd3 c4 9. Qe3+ Be6 10. Ba4 Bd6 11. c3 O-O 12. Qf3 Ne4 13. Bc2 f5 14. b3 Na5 15.
b4 Nc6 16. a4 Rae8 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Ne7 19. f3 Ng6 20. Qh2 Nd6 21. f4 Bf7
22. Nd2 Nh4 23. Kf2 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Nf1 e3+ 26. Ke1 Bh5 27. Ra2 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Muse, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 Nh5 8. Bd2
f5 9. b4 Na6 10. Rb1 Qe8 11. Qc1 e5 12. Bh6 Nf6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b5 Nc5 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. d4 Na6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qa3 Nd7 19. Na4 Rf6 20. e4 Qf8 21. Qc3
Nac5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nh4 Nb6 25. Nf3 Nd7 26. Kh1 e4 27. Nh4 Ne5
28. f3 exf3 29. Nxf3 Nxf3 30. Rxf3 Ba6 31. g4 Kf7 32. g5 Re6 33. Rbf1 Qxc4 34.
Rxf5+ Kg8 35. Qa3 Ree8 36. g6 hxg6 37. Rf6 Qd3 38. Qc1 Qe3 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40.
Qxe3 Rxe3 41. Rxa8 Bxf1 42. Rxa7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Jasnikowski, Zbigniew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O-O Bg4 14.
Rd3 Rad8 15. Bd5 Rd6 16. Rhd1 Nd8 17. R1d2 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Kxe6 20.
Rxd6+ cxd6 21. Kd2 b5 22. Rd3 Rc8 23. b4 Rc4 24. Rd5 a6 25. f3 f5 26. Kd3 Rc8
27. a4 Rb8 28. c4 fxe4+ 29. fxe4 bxc4+ 30. Kxc4 Rc8+ 31. Kb3 Rc1 32. Ra5 Rb1+
33. Ka3 Re1 34. Rxa6 Re3+ 35. Kb2 Rxe4 36. Kc3 Kd5 37. b5 Rc4+ 38. Kb3 Rc1 39.
Kb2 Rc4 40. b6 e4 41. Ra5+ Kc6 42. Rb5 Kb7 43. a5 Rc8 44. Rd5 e3 45. Rxd6 Re8
46. Rd1 Ka6 47. Re1 Kxa5 48. b7 Rb8 49. Kc3 Rxb7 50. Rxe3 Rb6 51. Re2 Rf6 52.
Rb2 Ka4 53. Kd4 Ka3 54. Rc2 Kb3 55. Re2 g5 56. Ke5 Ra6 57. Kf5 Kc3 58. g3 Kd3
59. Re6 Ra5+ 60. Kg4 Ra4+ 61. Kh5 Ra2 62. Rxh6 Rxh2+ 63. Kxg5 Ra2 64. Re6 Ra5+
65. Kh4 Ra8 66. g4 Rh8+ 67. Kg5 Kd4 68. Kf5 Kd5 69. g5 Rh1 70. Ra6 Rf1+ 71. Kg6
Ke5 72. Kg7 Rg1 73. g6 Rg2 74. Kf7 Rf2+ 75. Ke7 Rg2 76. Ra5+ Ke4 77. Kf7 Rf2+
78. Kg8 Rg2 79. g7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Schlick, Volker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Koblenz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. b3 d6
15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Rf7 18. f4 e6 19. Nc3 Bf8 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5
Rg7 22. Rf2 e5 23. b4 Nd7 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Qe7 26. Rd2 Qf7 27. Rxd6 Bxd6
28. Nxd6 Qf8 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 Qb8 33. c6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. h4 h5 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa4 13. Nf3 dxc4 14. Qe3 O-O
15. Rc1 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Qg5 c3 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Qxh5 Ngf4 20. Qg5 Qe4 21.
Bd3 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Qxd3 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. O-O Ba6 25. Rd4 Qh7 26. Rc1 Rfc8 27. h5
Be2 28. Rg4 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Kf8 30. Rd4 Rab8 31. Kg2 c2 32. Bd2 Rb1 33. Qg4 Rc7
34. Rc4 Qd3 35. Rxc7 Nxc7 36. Bf4 Ke8 37. Qg5 Nd5 38. Bd2 Ne7 39. Qe3 Qxe3 40.
fxe3 Rxc1 41. Bxc1 Nc6 42. Kf2 Na5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 $5 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Ne7 13. O-O a6 14. Ne5 $6
Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qc8 $1 16. e4 (16. f4 Qe6 {/\ f6}) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qe6 18.
Bf3 Bc6 (18... Qxe5 $2 19. Rfe1 $1) 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Rc1 Rd5 $1 21. Qc3 $6 {
/\ Nf6} (21. Nd2 Rc5 22. Qb1 $10) 21... Kh8 $1 (21... Rxe5 $2 22. Ng3 $1 Rxe1+
23. Rxe1 Qd7 24. Rxe7) 22. Nd2 Rc5 23. Qd4 Nf5 24. Qf4 g5 $1 25. Qg4 Bxf3 26.
Nxf3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd8 28. h3 (28. h4 Nd4 $1 (28... Nxh4 29. Qxe6 Nxf3+ 30.
gxf3 fxe6 31. Rxc7) 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 $17) 28... c5 $15 29. Qa4 a5 30. Rd1 $2 (30.
b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nd4 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Qc6) 30... Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Kg7 32. a4 Ne7
$1 $17 33. Qd8 Ng6 {(.)} 34. Kf1 Qc6 35. Kg1 Nf4 36. Kh2 Qxa4 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38.
Qd8+ (38. Qxh6 Ne6) 38... Kh7 39. Qxb6 Ne6 40. Qb7 Qf4+ 41. g3 Qf5 42. Kg2 Kg7
43. Qd5 Qb1 44. b3 Qc2 45. Ne1 Qc3 46. Nd3 h5 $1 47. Kh2 Qd2 48. Qe4 Qc2 49.
Qf3 Qd2 50. Qe4 Qd1 51. Qf5 Qc2 52. Qf3 c4 $1 $19 53. bxc4 Qxc4 54. Ne1 h4 55.
gxh4 Qxh4 56. Ng2 Qd4 57. Qf6+ Kg8 58. h4 gxh4 59. Qf5 a4 60. f4 Qf2 61. Qg4+
Kf8 (61... Kf8 62. f5 Qg3+ $1 63. Qxg3 hxg3+ 64. Kxg3 a3 65. Ne3 Nd4) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. e3 Nd7 11. h4 a5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4
15. Rc1 b5 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. d5 Qc7 18. a4 bxa4 19. f4 Rb4 20. Qd4 Ba6 21. Qc5
Rc8 22. O-O Rxb2 23. Rf2 Qb8 24. Qa3 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. d6 a3
28. Bd7 a2 29. Bxe6+ Kf8 30. Bxc8 Bxc8 31. Rxc4 Be6 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9293 35th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bb6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Bd3 Nge7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. b5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qg5 Ng8
15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Qg3 f6 17. h4 Ba5+ 18. Ke2 Ne7 19. Bh6+ Ke8 20. Bg7 fxe5 21.
Bxh8 e4 22. Bxd4 Nf5 23. Qe5 Kf7 24. Bb2 Bc7 25. Qc3 d4 26. Qc4 exd3+ 27. cxd3
Bb6 28. a4 Bd7 29. Rac1 Qf6 30. Rh3 h5 31. Rf3 Qxh4 32. Qb4 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9293 35th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c3 h6 10. Nbd2 e5 11. Bf1 Nb6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
Nxc4 15. Bxc4 e4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Rd8 18. Be3 Bg4 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Bb3 Bd7
21. d5 b6 22. a4 g5 23. Bd4 Bf5 24. Kf1 Rd6 25. Ke2 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Kg7 27. Ke3
Kf6 28. Bc4 Ke5 29. f3 exf3 30. gxf3 Rd7 31. f4+ Kd6 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Rf1 Re7+
34. Kd2 Re4 35. Kc3 Ke5 36. Rxe4+ Bxe4 37. Kb4 f5 38. b3 g4 39. Kb5 Rh8 40. Rf2
f4 41. Ka6 g3 42. hxg3 fxg3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9293 35th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Na4 Qd8 14. O-O-O Qe8
15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Nac5 Rc8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Kb1 a6 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
Qd3 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Qe6 23. Rc1 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qxe5 26. g3 g6 27. Ne2
Bf6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Nf3 Qc7 31. Rc2 Qxc2+ 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Kxc2 Kf8
34. b3 Ke7 35. a4 h6 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. b4 Kc6 39. g4 Kd7 40. h5 Be7
41. g5 gxh5 42. gxh6 Bf6 43. Nd4 Ke7 44. Nxb5 Be5 45. f4 Bb8 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9293 35th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. h3 Nd7 12. O-O Re8 13. Na4 Be7 14. Qc2 Bd6 15.
a3 Nf6 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Nd2 Bc7 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Nf1 b6 20. Nb3 Bb7 21. Nbd2 Nd7
22. Nf3 Rac8 23. b4 Bb8 24. Qb1 g6 25. N1d2 f5 26. Rc2 Re7 27. Nb3 Rce8 28.
Rce2 Kg7 29. Nc1 Qf6 30. h4 Rf7 31. g3 g5 32. Kg2 Nf8 33. Rh1 g4 34. Ne1 Ne6
35. Rb2 f4 36. gxf4 Bxf4 37. exf4 Nxf4+ 38. Kf1 g3 39. Rg1 Ne2 40. Bf5 Nxg1 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9293 35th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Braga, Fernando Alberto"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O c6 8.
Re1 Nd7 9. Bf4 Nf8 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne6 13. Bd2 Qd6 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Nd5 16. Re5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ndc7 18. Re4 O-O 19. Bb4 c5 20. dxc5 Qc6 21.
Qe2 Nxc5 22. Re5 Nd7 23. Rf5 Rae8 24. Qf1 g6 25. Rg5 Re4 26. Bd3 Rf4 27. Bxf8
Nxf8 28. Qe1 Qf6 29. Rc5 Nce6 30. Rc4 Rxf2 31. Rb1 Rf4 32. Rxf4 Nxf4 33. Rxb7
Qg5 34. g3 Nxh3+ 35. Kh2 Qh6 36. Qe7 Ng5+ 37. Kg1 Nfe6 38. Qb4 Qh5 39. Rb8+ Kg7
40. Qc3+ Kh6 41. Qd2 Nd4 42. Be4 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Bg2 Qxg3+ 45. Kxe2 Qxb8
46. c4 Qe5+ 47. Qe3 Qxe3+ 48. Kxe3 Ne6 49. Ke4 Kg5 50. Ke5 h5 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9293 35th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Nb3 Kh8 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 f5 17. exf5 Nf6 18. Bd3 Nxf5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rb8 21. Qh5
Bd7 22. Nd2 Qe8 23. Qe2 Rb6 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Rb1 Nd4 26. Qd3 b5 27. f3 h6 28.
Bf2 b4 29. a3 bxa3 30. Qxa3 g4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. fxg4 Bxg4 33. Qg3 Bf5 34. Rb7
Qe5 35. Qxe5 Bxe5 36. Bxf5 Rxf5 37. Nf3 Bf4 38. Rb3 Rf7 39. Kf2 Ra7 40. Nh4
Be3+ 41. Kf3 Ra4 42. Nf5 Rxc4 43. Nxd6 Rc2 44. Ne4 Kg7 45. d6 Kf7 46. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9293 35th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1
Bf5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Ne4 Bxe4 12. Rxe4 b5 13. Bf1 Nd7 14. Bd2 e6
15. Qc1 Rfb8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Qd2 b4 18. Rae1 c5 19. h4 N7f6 20. Ng5 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Qe7 22. Bc4 Bxd4 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Re8 27.
Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxd5 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Re6 30. Be5 Qe7 31. Bg3 Kg7 32. Qa8 Re2 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9293 35th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5
Qb7 15. e4 Be7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Bf4 Nxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20. d6 Bd8 21.
d7 Bc7 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. b4 c4 24. Be3 c3 25. Ne1 Rd8 26. Bc5 g6 27. Nc2 Kg7 28.
Be7 Qb6 29. Qe4 Bxh2+ 30. Kf1 Be5 31. Bxd8 Qxd8 32. Qc6 f5 33. Qc8 Bf6 34. Nd4
Qb6 35. Ne6+ Kh6 36. Rd3 Bh4 37. Re3 c2 38. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 (10... Qd7 11. Qd2) 11. gxf3 Qd7 $5 (11... Qh4+ 12.
Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 $16) 12. f4 $2 (12. Qd2 $14) 12... Rd8 13. d5 Bb4 $1 14. Bxb6 (
14. dxc6 Qxc6 $19) 14... axb6 15. Bf3 exd5 16. cxd5 Qh3 $1 $17 17. Ke2 O-O 18.
Qd3 (18. Ne4 Bc5 $1 $17) (18. Nb5 Rfe8 $1 $40) 18... Ne7 19. Qc4 Bxc3 20. bxc3
b5 $1 21. Qxb5 c6 22. dxc6 (22. Qxb7 Nxd5 $19) 22... bxc6 23. Qc4 Ng6 24. Rag1
Qf5 25. Rg4 Qc2+ 26. Ke3 (26. Kf1 Rd1+ 27. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Kg2 Qxg4+ $19) 26...
Qd2+ 27. Ke4 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng1 c6 6. Nh3 Na6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nf6
9. O-O Nc7 (9... O-O 10. d5 c5 $2 (10... Nc7 $5) 11. f3 $14 {Lautier,J-Magem
Badals,J/Pamplona/1992/CBM33/INF56,29/}) 10. d5 O-O 11. f3 b5 $5 12. cxb5 (12.
dxc6 $5 bxc4 13. fxe4 fxe4 (13... Nxe4 14. Nf4 $13) 14. Bg5 d5 15. Nf4 $13)
12... Nxb5 13. Nxb5 (13. dxc6 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc6 $13) 13... cxb5
14. Be3 Qa5 (14... Bb7 15. Nf4 $1 $14) 15. Nf4 Bd8 16. Kh1 (16. Qe1 $5) 16...
Bb6 17. Bd2 (17. Bd4 $5) 17... Qa4 18. Qxa4 bxa4 19. Bb4 g5 $1 20. Nh3 exf3 21.
exf3 Nxd5 22. Bd2 (22. f4 Nxb4 23. Bxa8 g4 24. Ng1 Ba6 $17) 22... Ne3 23. Bxe3
Bxe3 24. f4 Rb8 25. Nxg5 h6 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Nf3 Bd7 28. Rfe1 Rfe8 29. Nh4 Kg7
30. b3 Kf6 31. Rad1 Bf2 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Kg2 Bc5 34. bxa4 Bxa4 35. Rd2 a5 36.
h3 Bb4 $15 37. Rb2 Re3 38. g4 Rd3 39. Bb7 fxg4 40. hxg4 Bd7 41. Be4 Rd4 42. g5+
hxg5 43. fxg5+ Ke5 44. Nf3+ Kxe4 45. Re2+ Kd3 46. Nxd4 Kxd4 47. g6 Bc6+ 48. Kf2
Bd5 49. g7 Kd3 50. a4 (50. Re8 $5) 50... Bc3 51. Re7 Bf6 52. Rc7 Ke4 53. Ke2
Be6 54. Ra7 Kd4 55. Rc7 Ke5 56. Ra7 d5 57. Kd3 Bg8 58. Ke2 d4 59. Kd3 Bh7+ 60.
Kc4 Ke4 61. Rxa5 d3 62. Rh5 Bg8+ 63. Kb5 d2 64. Rh1 Bxg7 65. a5 Bd4 66. a6 Bd5
0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Nh3 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. O-O Qd7 8. Qe2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qa4 10. Qg4 g6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Qxc2 13. Qf3 Qa4 14. Be3 Qc4 15.
Rfc1 Nb8 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Nf4 Na5 18. h4 Qc6 19. c4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Qxc4 21. Rc1
Qxd4 22. Rxc7 Qxd2 23. Nxd5 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Qxe5+ 25. g3 Qxd5 26. Qxf7+ Kd8 27.
Rb7 Qd6 28. Qg7 Kc8 29. Rf7 Ne7 30. Rxe7 Rd8 31. Qf6 e5 32. Qf7 a5 33. Re6 Rf8
34. Qxg6 Qd4 35. f3 Kb7 36. Re7+ Ka6 37. Qc6 Ra7 38. Re6 Rg7 39. Kh3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 {/\ Nge2}) 5... Ne7 6.
Bd3 Bg4 $1 {=/=/+} 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Nbc6 10. Be3 a6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6
12. Qd2 $6 Bxf3 13. gxf3 $17 Qf6 14. O-O-O h6 (14... Qxf3 15. Bf4 $13) 15. Rhg1
O-O-O 16. c3 Na5 17. Qe2 Nf5 18. b4 Nc6 19. Bxf5+ Qxf5 20. Rxg7 Na7 {/\
Nb5-d6-c4} 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Rd5 23. Rdg1 Nb5 $1 24. Rg8+ Rxg8 25. Rxg8+ Kd7
26. Kb2 (26. Bxh6 Rxd4 27. Qe2 Nxa3 28. Qe8+ Kd6 29. Qf8+ Kc6 30. Qc5+ Qxc5+
31. bxc5 Rh4 $19) 26... Nd6 27. Qe2 b5 28. f4 Nc4+ 29. Kc1 Qxh3 30. Qg4+ Qxg4
31. Rxg4 Nxa3 $19 32. Rg8 Nc4 33. Ra8 h5 $1 34. Rxa6 Rd6 35. Ra8 Rh6 36. f5
Nxe3 37. fxe3 h4 38. Ra2 Ke7 39. Kd1 Kf6 40. Ke1 (40. Ra6+ Kg5 41. Rxh6 Kxh6
42. Ke2 Kg5 $19) (40. e4 Kg5 $19 {>< Pe4}) 40... h3 41. Rh2 Kxf5 42. Kf1 Ke4
43. Kg1 Kxe3 44. d5 Kd3 45. Rf2 Kc4 46. Rxf7 Kxb4 47. Rxc7 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 $6 (6... c5) 7.
e4 (7. c4 $5) (7. d4 Ne4) 7... dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. Qe2 (9. h3 $5) 9... Bg4 (9...
Nd4 $14) 10. c3 a5 $6 (10... Qc8 11. b4 $14) 11. Qb5 $1 {><b7,e5} (11. h3)
11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rb8 $6 (12... Ra6 13. Nc4 $16) (12... Qc8 $5 13. Nc4 Qe6
$14 14. Qxb7 $4 (14. Bg5) (14. Be3) 14... Rfb8 15. Qxc7 Ne8 $19) 13. Rd1 {
/\ Nc4} Qe8 14. Kg2 (14. Nc4 $6 Nd4 15. Qxe8 Nxf3+ 16. Kg2 Rfxe8 (16... Nh4+
17. gxh4 Rfxe8 18. f3 b6 19. Nxe5) 17. Kxf3 b6 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Nc4 (19. Nc6
Rbc8 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4) 19... Nxe4 20. Nxd6 Nxd6 21. Bf4 $14)
14... b6 15. a3 $16 Ra8 (15... Bd6 $2 16. Nc4) (15... Bc5 $2 16. b4) (15... Bd8
16. Nc4) 16. Nc4 {><e5} Bc5 17. Bg5 a4 $2 (17... Qe6 18. Bxf6 (18. h3 $5) 18...
gxf6 (18... Qxf6 19. Rd7) 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Bg4 Qe8 $16) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4
Ne7 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. Rd7 Ra7 (21... b5 22. Rxc7 bxc4 23. Rxc5 $18) 22. Kf3 b5
23. Ne3 c6 (23... Bd6 24. Rd1 Ra6 25. c4) 24. Rxa7 Bxa7 25. Rd1 Bxe3 26. Kxe3
Rb8 27. Rd6 Kg7 28. Kd3 Rb6 29. h4 Rb8 30. Kc2 h6 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. Ra7 Ke8 33.
Bd7+ Kd8 $2 (33... Kf8 34. Rc7 Rb6 35. h5) 34. h5 $1 Rb6 35. Bg4 f5 (35... Rb8
36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rd6 $18) (35... Ke8 $4 36. Ra8+ $18) 36. Bxf5 Nxf5 37. exf5
Ke8 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. f6 1-0

[Event "Haarlem AKN op 02nd"]
[Site "Haarlem"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nikolic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qe3 Qb6 12. b3 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Nd7 14. Rac1
Nc5 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Nd5 Kf8 17. Rfd1 Rc6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. b4 Nd7 20. c5 dxc5 21.
Bb5 Bd4+ 22. Kf1 Bxd5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. exd5 Bg7 26. Bxe8 Kxe8
27. Re1 e6 28. Be3 Nd3 29. Rd1 Nb2 30. Rc1 exd5 31. Rc7 d4 32. Bg5 d3 33. Re7+
Kf8 34. Rxb7 Be5 35. Rxa7 Nc4 36. Rd7 Bd6 37. Bf6 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d4 5. b4 cxb4 6. a3 (6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxb4 Nc6
$10 {Benkц-Kortschnoj/Curacao ct/1962}) 6... b3 $146 (6... bxa3 7. Bxa3 Bg7 8.
d3 Nc6 9. O-O Nh6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nc2 Qc8 13. Nb4 Nxb4
14. Bxb4 Re8 15. Ra2 Bh3 16. Qa4 $44 {Larsen-Portisch/Palma de Mallorca izt/
1970}) (11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Rfb1 Rb8 13. Ne1 Bg4 14. Ndf3 Rfc8 15. Nc2 {remis/
Simic-Djukic/JUG-chT/1989}) 11... Nf5 12. Rfb1 Qc7 13. Ne4 h5 14. Ne1 h4 15.
Qd1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Rb8 17. Bc1 e5 18. Qa4 Nfe7 19. Qa3 $44 {Tatai-Zichichi/
Reggio d'Emilia/1984}) 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. a4 O-O 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Qxb3 (12. Nxb3 $5) 12... Qc7 13. Rfb1 Rb8 14. Qc2 h6 (14... b6 $14) 15. Nb3
e5 16. Nfd2 Bf8 $6 (16... Bg4 $5) 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. a5 $16 Kg7 19. Qb2 Nd8 $6 (
19... b6 $16) 20. Qa3 Ne6 21. c5 Rd8 22. Nc4 Nd5 (22... Ne8 $5 $16) 23. Re1 Nc3
24. e3 Bd7 (24... dxe3 25. Rxe3 f6 26. Nd6 $16) 25. exd4 exd4 26. Ne5 Nb5 27.
Qb4 a6 $2 (27... Bc6) 28. Qc4 $1 {><e6,f7} Be8 (28... Bc6 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30.
Nxf7 $18) 29. Bd5 $18 Rxd5 (29... Ng5 30. f4 Nh7 31. Nxd4 $18) 30. Qxd5 Rd8 31.
Qc4 Bc6 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 {/\ Ng5} 33. f4 Rd5 34. Ra2 g5 (34... Nxc5 35. Re7) 35.
Rg2 gxf4 36. gxf4+ Kf8 37. Re4 Rf5 38. Rf2 h5 39. h3 h4 40. Re5 Rxe5 41. fxe5
Ng5 42. Rf6 Qd7 43. Qc1 Nxh3+ 44. Kh2 Qg4 45. Qf1 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Ng5 47. e6 Qc7
48. exf7 Qe7 49. Qf2 h3 50. Rh6 Qe5 51. Nd2 Nc3 52. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 h5 7. Nd2 h4 8. e4
hxg3 9. hxg3 Ngf6 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Qe2 e6 12. c4 Be7 13. b3 Nb6 14. Bb2 Qd7
15. Kg2 Rh7 16. Rh1 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 O-O-O 18. Be5 Qc6 19. Rc1 Nbd7 20. Bb2 Kb8
21. cxd5 Qa6 22. Nc4 Ka8 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Re1 Nf8 25. Qe5 Bb4 26. Qc7 Rb8 27.
Bxf6 gxf6 28. Re2 Qb5 29. a3 Qc5 30. Qf4 Bc3 31. b4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. h3
h5 9. Nc1 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Bd6 12. O-O Bxf4 13. exf4 Nf6 14. Re1+ Kf8
15. a4 Nc4 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. b4 g6 18. b5 cxb5 19. axb5 Kg7 20. Ra4 Qb6 21. Qb3
Nf5 22. Nf3 Rhd8 23. Re5 Rac8 24. g3 a6 25. Kg2 axb5 26. Rb4 Qc6 27. Nxb5 Ne4
28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. fxg5 Qc1 30. h4 Rc2 31. Qd3 Ra8 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 Ra1 34.
Qe5+ Kh7 35. g6+ Kxg6 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1 c6
9. b4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e3 Be6 12. a4 Nd7 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Qd2 a6
16. b5 g5 17. h3 Ng6 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bf8 21. Qb2 d4 22. Ne4
Bxg4 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 dxe3 25. fxe3 axb5 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qxb5 Kg7 28. a5
h5 29. Qb6 Be6 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Nxg5 Bd5 32. Rc7 Bxg2 33. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Ne2 Bd7 $5 (12... Qxe5 13. Bb2 (
13. Qd3 Nbc6 14. Bb2 Nf5 (14... Bd7 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Nxd4 Qxf2 17. Nf3 Nf5 $10
{Chandler,M-Vaganian,R/Manila izt/1990/}) 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Nxd4 $14 Nfxd4 17.
Bxd4 e5 18. Bb2 Be6 19. Qd2 O-O-O 20. f4 $1 $16 {Liberzon,V-Vaganian,R/Haifa/
1989/0.5 (61)}) 13... Qf6 $1 (13... Qc7 14. f4 Nbc6 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. g3 (16.
O-O-O Bd7 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Kb1 Nce7 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxf4 21. g3 Qf5 22.
Qd2 Rg4 23. Bb2 Bb5 24. Bd3 $14 {Nunn,J-Kinsman,A/London Lloyds (03)/1993/1-0 
(36)}) (16. c3 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd7 18. g3 Qb6 19. Bh3 Nd6 20. Bd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Rc8 23. O-O Rc3 24. Rfc1 $10 {Lau,R-Haugli/Naestved op (1)/1988/
0.5 (28)}) 16... e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb3 d3 19. cxd3 d4 20. Nf4 Ne3 21. Be2
Bg4 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. Ke2 $15 {Johannesson,L-Karlsson,La/Gausdal
Arnold-Cup (8)/1990/0-1 (44)}) (13... Nbc6 14. O-O-O Qc7 (14... Qd6 15. f4 e5
16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf5 19. Qh4 Rc8 20. Rd2 Qe3 21. Kd1 Qxd2+
22. Kxd2 Rxc2+ 23. Ke3 Be4 24. g4 $13 {Klovan,Y-Lputian,S/USSR/1985/0.5 (32)})
(14... Rh8 15. Qd3 Rxh2 16. Rxh2 Qxh2 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Qe3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8
20. g3 Nf5 21. Qf4 Bb5 22. Kb1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qh7 24. b5 $13 {Arnason,J-Herzog/
Randers zt/1982/0-1 (50)}) 15. f4 e5 16. Qd3 $6 e4 17. Qd2 e3 18. Qe1 Bf5 19.
Kb1 Nxb4 20. axb4 Qxc2+ 21. Ka2 a5 22. b5 {Almasi,I-Almasi,Z/Zalakaros op (03)/
1992/0-1 (22)}) 14. f4 (14. Qd3 e5 15. f4 Bf5 16. Qd2 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qh7 18. Bg2
f6 19. O-O Nbc6 20. Rf2 Rh8 21. Bh1 Be4 22. Re1 O-O-O 23. a4 Rhg8 24. b5 $15 {
Cabrilo,G-Vaganian,R/Manila izt (11)/1990/0.5 (35)}) 14... Nbc6 15. Qd3 Nf5 16.
O-O-O Qh6 $1 17. Kb1 $5 (17. Re1 e5 $5 (17... Bd7 18. Qd2 (18. Kb1 Rc8 19. g3 (
19. g4 $1 Ne3 $6 20. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 21. g5 Qh4 22. Rxe3 Nxc2 23. Rg3 Qxf4 24. Qh7
$1 $16 {Kremenietsky,A-Legky,N/Odessa/1988/0-1 (29)}) 19... Kf8 20. h4 Nce7 21.
Nxd4 Nxg3 22. Rh2 Qxf4 23. Bc1 Qd6 24. Qh7 $36 {Yudasin,L-Lputian,S/USSR ch/
1986/1-0 (36)}) 18... Rc8 19. Nxd4 Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Rg4 $5 (20... Ng3 21. hxg3
Qxh1 22. Bxa6 Qh5 23. Re5 Qh1+ 24. Re1 $44 {Klovan,Y-Legky,N/USSR/1986/0.5 (33)
}) (20... Ba4 21. c3 Qg6 22. Bf2 d4 23. c4 Nd6 24. Bd3 $13 {Hadraba-Sonsky/
CSFR ch corr/1988/0.5 (30)}) 21. Bc5 $1 a5 22. Bd3 Qg7 23. Kb1 Rxg2 $2 24. Qxg2
$1 $16 {Hawelko,M-Schmidt,Wl/Polska/1987/1-0 (45)}) 18. Qd2 e4 19. Nxd4 Nfxd4
20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Be6 23. c4 O-O-O 24. c5 $13 {Van de
Oudeweetering,A-Timmer,R/Nederland/1987/1-0 (50)}) 17... Ne3 18. Re1 Nc4 $5 19.
Bc1 Qf6 $13 {Haist,W-Steckner,J/Bad Worishofen/1987/}) 13. Bb2 (13. f4 Ba4 14.
Kd1 Rg6 $1) 13... a5 14. Nxd4 (14. f4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Bxa1 Qb6 17. c3
Qa7 18. Qb1 d3 19. Nd4 Nbc6 20. g3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Bb5 $36) 14... Qxe5+ 15. Be2
Nbc6 16. Rd1 (16. Qd3 axb4 (16... Rxg2 $36) 17. O-O bxa3 18. Nb5 Qxb2 19. Nc7+
Kd8 20. Nxa8 $14) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Ra2 18. Nxc6 (18. Bc3 Rxg2 $36) 18...
Qxb2 19. Nxe7 Rh8 20. Qd3 Kxe7 21. h4 Rc8 (21... Qxb4+ 22. c3 Qc5 23. h5 $15)
22. Rd2 Qxb4 23. O-O Ra3 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxc2 26. Bf3 b5 27. h5 Rc4 28.
Rd2 f5 29. Rb2 Rac3 30. Be2 Rc2 31. Rfb1 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rc8 33. f4 Rb8 34. Kf2
b4 35. Ke3 b3 36. g3 Rb4 37. Bd3 Bb5 38. Bb1 d4+ 39. Kd2 Kf6 40. Kc1 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
(8. cxd5 Qxd5 $1) (8. Rd1 Nc6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Qb6) 8... Nc6 (8... e5 9.
Nf5) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Rd1 Bc5 $6 (10... e5 11. Bg5) (10... Ba6 11. b3 Nd7 12.
Bb2 Rc8 $13) 11. e3 (11. cxd5 Qb6 12. dxc6 Bxf2+ 13. Kh1 Ba6 $132) 11... Qe7
12. b3 Rd8 13. Nc3 (13. Bb2 e5) 13... Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. Na4) 14. Bb2 e5 15.
Rac1 Bb4 (15... Rac8 $6 16. Bh3 $1 Rc7 17. Na4 Bb4 18. cxd5) (15... d4 $1 16.
exd4 (16. Na4 dxe3 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. fxe3 Ng4 $1) 16... Bxd4 17. Ne4 c5 (17...
Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 $14) 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 $13) 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Bc3 h5 $5
18. Qf5 Bc8 19. Qg5 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. f4 $1 Ng4 (21... exf4 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23.
Qxf6 gxf6 24. exf4 $16) (21... Re8 $6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 $16) (21... Bg4
22. fxe5 $1 (22. Rd2 d4 $1 23. fxe5 dxc3 24. Rxd6 (24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 cxd2)
24... Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Nxc3 (26. Qa5 c2 $1) 26... Qd2) 22... Ne4 23. Qxe7
Bxe7 24. Re1 $16) 22. Qxe7 (22. cxd5 Qxg5 (22... f6 23. Qg6 (23. Qxh5 exf4 $132
) 23... exf4 24. Be4 f5 $140 25. dxc6 $1) 23. fxg5 Nxe3 24. dxc6 Nxd1 25. cxd7
Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Rab8 $13) 22... Bxe7 23. cxd5 cxd5 (23... Nxe3 24. d6 (24. dxc6
$13) 24... Bf8 25. fxe5 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 $44) 24. Bxd5 (24. Rxd5 Rac8 25. Bd2 (25.
Bh3 Bxa4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. bxa4 Bc5) 25... Bxa4 26. bxa4 Rxc1+
27. Bxc1 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Bc5 $10) 24... Rac8 $1 (24... Nxe3 25. Bxa8 Nxd1 26.
Rxd1 $18) 25. Ba5 $6 (25. Bb7 $1 Rc7 (25... Rb8 26. Ba5 Bxa4 27. Bxd8 Bxd8 28.
bxa4 Bb6 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Bxc8 Nxe3 31. Rb1 exf4 $13) 26. Ba5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Rb8 (27... Re8 28. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 exf4 30. exf4 Re2 $16) 28. Rc7 Bd8 29.
Rxd7 Bxa5 30. Bd5 $16) 25... Bxa4 $1 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc7 (27. bxa4 Nxe3 28.
Rd3 exf4 (28... Nxd5 29. Rcd1 $14) 29. Bc4 $10) 27... Kf8 (27... Bd7 $2 28. Bf3
) (27... Nxe3 28. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rxa7 $16) 28. Bf3 (28. bxa4
Nxe3) 28... Be8 (28... Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Be8 30. Rc8 $5) 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Rxa7
Bb6 (30... exf4 31. Ra8 $1) 31. Ra8 Ke7 (31... exf4 32. Bc6 Bxe3+ 33. Kg2 Nf6
$13 34. gxf4 Bxf4 35. b4 Ke7 36. Bxe8 Nxe8 37. Ra7+ Ke6 38. a4 Nd6 39. a5 Be3
$13) 32. fxe5 Bxe3+ 33. Kg2 Nxe5 34. Bb7 Bd7 35. a4 Kd6 (35... Bc5 36. Ra5 (36.
a5 Nc6) 36... Nd3 37. Be4 Ne1+ 38. Kf1 Bb4 $13) 36. b4 Kc7 37. Bd5 Kd6 38. Be4
f5 39. Ra6+ $2 (39. Bb7 $142) 39... Kc7 40. Bd5 Nd3 $1 41. Rg6 (41. b5 Nb4 $1)
41... Nxb4 42. Be6 Bc6+ (42... Bxe6 43. Rxe6 Bd4 44. a5) 43. Kf1 Bh6 (43... Bd4
$1 44. Rg5 (44. Bxf5 Bf6 45. g4 Nd5 46. g5 Bd4) 44... Bxa4 45. Rxf5 g6 $17) 44.
Bb3 (44. Bxf5 Bxa4) 44... Nd3 $6 (44... Be4 $1 {/\ Nc6}) 45. a5 Nc5 (45... Ne5
46. Re6 Nf3 47. Bd1 Nxh2+ 48. Kf2 Bd7 49. Re7 Kd6 50. Rf7 Be6 $17) 46. Bf7 (46.
Bc2 Be8 47. Rb6 Bd2) 46... Ne4 47. Re6 h4 $6 (47... Ng5 $142 48. Re7+ Kd6 49.
Ra7 Nxf7 50. Rxf7 $15) (47... Bd5 48. Rxh6 $1 Bxf7 49. Rh7) 48. gxh4 f4 49. Be8
$1 Bd5 50. Re7+ Kb8 (50... Kd6 51. Rd7+ Kc5 52. Rxd5+ Kxd5 53. a6 Nd2+ 54. Ke1
Nc4 55. Bf7+ Kc6 56. Bxc4 $10) 51. Bf7 Bc6 (51... Bb7 52. Rxb7+ Kxb7 53. Bd5+)
52. Re6 $1 Kc7 (52... Bb7 53. Rb6 (53. Re8+ Ka7 54. Re7)) 53. Be8 Ba8 $6 (53...
Bd5 54. Re7+ Kb8 55. Bf7 Bc6 $10) 54. Re7+ Kd8 $2 (54... Kd6 55. Ra7 Bd5 56.
Rd7+ Kc5 57. Rxd5+ Kxd5 58. a6 Nd2+ 59. Ke2 Nc4 60. Bf7+ Kc6 61. Bxc4 $10) (
54... Kb8 55. a6 Bd5 56. a7+ Ka8 57. Bg6 Nd6 $1 58. Rd7 Bc4+ 59. Kf2 Nb7) 55.
Ra7 Nd2+ (55... Bd5 56. Rd7+ Kxe8 57. Rxd5) 56. Kf2 Ne4+ $2 (56... Bh1 $1 57.
Rd7+ Kxe8 58. Rxd2 Bb7 59. Rb2 Bc8 $10) 57. Ke1 Kxe8 58. Rxa8+ Kd7 59. a6 Kc7
60. a7 Kb7 61. Re8 Kxa7 62. Rxe4 $18 Kb6 63. Rc4 $1 Kb5 64. Rc8 Kb4 65. Ke2 Kb5
66. Kf3 Kb4 67. h5 Kb5 68. h4 Kb4 69. Ke4 Kb5 70. Kd5 Kb4 71. Rc7 (71. Rc7 Kb3
72. Kd4 (72. Ke4 $1 Kb4 73. Rf7 Kc5 74. Rxf4 Bxf4 75. Kxf4 Kd6 76. Kf5 Ke7 77.
Kg6 Kf8 $10) 72... Kb2 73. Kd3 Kb1 74. Kd2 Kb2 (74... f3+ 75. Kd3 $18) 75. Rb7+
Ka3 76. Ke2 Ka4 77. Kf3 Ka5 78. Rf7 Kb6 79. Rxf4 Bxf4 80. Kxf4 Kc7 81. Kf5 Kd7
82. Kg6 Ke8 83. Kxg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 $6 (5... h6 6. Nbd2 e6) 6.
Nbd2 e6 (6... e5 7. Re1 (7. Qe1 Bc5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg6 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Nh4
O-O 12. a4 Qe6 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Bb2 b5 15. Na5 Bb6 16. Nf5 bxa4 17. bxa4 {
Vaganian,R-Nikolic,Pr/Leningrad/1987}) (7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Re1 Nxd2 10.
Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5+ Be6 12. Bxd2 Bd6 $10 {Bjarnason-Thorhallsson/Reykjavik/1989
}) 7... Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. h3
Qc7 14. Nh4 Bh5 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Ndxf3 b5 17. a4 {remis/Shneider-Drasko/
Belgrad/1988}) 7. Qe1 h6 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 Qc7 (9... Be7 $2 10. e5 $1 $16) (9...
dxe4 10. dxe4 Be7 11. e5 $1 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. a3
O-O {Reshevsky-Smyslov/1970} 16. Kh1 $1 $16) 10. b3 (10. e5 Ng4 11. Re1 h5)
10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 12. Nd4 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. f4 a5 15. Kh1 (15. a4 $5)
15... a4 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxf5 (17. exf5 {ץh7} a3 $1 18. Bc3 (18. Bc1 Nd5 $132)
18... Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 $132) 17... Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Ne6 (18... a3 19. Bc3 $14 (
19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 (20. Rxc5 $2 Bxa1) (20. Raf1) 20... gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 (
21... Kh7 22. Qf5+ Kg7 23. Qxc5 $18) 22. Qh5 Qe5 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Rf1 Qg5 25.
Qxf6 Qxf6 (25... Qxd2 26. Rf4 $18) 26. Rxf6 $13)) 19. Nc4 axb3 20. cxb3 Rad8
21. Rff1 {/\ Be5} Nd4 $6 22. Qf2 Bc5 $2 (22... Ne6 23. Be5 Qd7 (23... Qc8 24.
Nb6 $18)) 23. e5 $1 Ng4 (23... Nxb3 $2 24. Qf5 Nxa1 25. exf6 $18) (23... Nh7
24. b4 Ba7 (24... Bb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Rad1 $18) 25. Nd6 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Bxf2 27.
Nxc7 Bb6 28. e6 $18) 24. Qf4 b5 25. b4 Ba7 (25... Bxb4 $2 26. Qxg4 bxc4 27.
Bxd4 $18) 26. Nd6 (26. Qxg4 bxc4 27. Rac1 (27. Rf6 $2 h5 28. Qg5 Ne6 $19) 27...
Qxe5 28. Rxc4 $16) (26. Na5 Nxe5 27. Rad1 c5 $8 28. Bxd4 (28. Nb3 Ndc6 29. Nxc5
) (28. Nb7 Rb8 (28... Rd7 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. bxc5 Ndc6 31. Rxd7 $18) 29. Nxc5
Bxc5 30. bxc5 Ndc6 $16) 28... Rxd4 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Re1 Bb8 32.
Nxb8 Qxb8 33. Bd5 Re7 34. Qxd4 $16) 26... Nxe5 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. Bxe5 Nd6 29.
Rac1 Bb8 30. Bxc6 Qa7 31. Bd5 Qe7 32. Rfe1 Qd7 $2 (32... Qg5 33. Qxg5 hxg5 34.
Bc6 f6 35. Ba1 $16) 33. Bc6 Qh3 34. Rcd1 (34. Rcd1 Nc4 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Bxb8
$18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.11.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Goldberg, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Rae1 Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxg4 Bxg4
15. f4 Rad8 16. f5 f6 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. e4 Qc7 19. exd5 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Qf4 21. Qb6
Qd2 22. Re4 Rc8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Bxa6 Bxf5 25. Re2 Qc1+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+ 27. Ke1
Rb8 28. Qa7 Bg4 29. h3 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Bxe2 31. Qxb8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.11.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mueller, Matthias"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Bb2 (12. Ne2 Bd7 $5 {
Yermolinsky,A-Vaganian,R, Tilburg 1993} (12... Qxe5 13. Bb2 (13. Qd3 Nbc6 14.
Bb2 Nf5 (14... Bd7 {Chandler,M-Vaganian,R, Manila izt 1990}) 15. O-O-O Qf6 16.
Nxd4 {Liberzon,V.M-Vaganian,R, Haifa 1989}) 13... Nbc6 14. O-O-O Qd6 15. f4 e5
16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf5 19. Qh4 Rc8 20. Rd2 Qe3 21. Kd1 Qxd2+
$1 $17 {Klovan-Lputian, UdSSr 1985})) 12... Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. f4 Nbc6 15.
Qd3 (15. O-O-O e5 16. fxe5 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Bf5 18. h4 Qe3 19. Qh5 Bg4 20. Qh7 Bf5
$10) 15... Nf5 16. O-O-O Qh6 (16... e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb3 Ne3 19. Rxd4 Nxf1
20. Rf4 $16) (16... Bd7 17. g3 $13) 17. Kb1 Bd7 {[#]} 18. Re1 (18. Nxd4 Ncxd4
19. Bxd4 Qxf4 20. g3 Qxd4 (20... Qh6 $5 21. Bg2 $13) 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc6
$5 {/\ e5|^}) (18. g3 Rc8 $1 (18... Ne3 19. Rc1 Ng4 (19... Nxf1 20. Rcxf1) 20.
Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 $14) 19. Nxd4 (19. Bxd4 Ncxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxg3 (20... Rxg3 $2
21. hxg3 (21. Nxf5 Rxd3) 21... Qxh1 22. Nxf5) 21. Rg1 Qxh2 22. Rg2 (22. Ne2 Bb5
) 22... Qh4 $13) 19... Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxg3 21. Rg1 Bb5 (21... Qxh2 22. Rd2 $16)
22. Qd2 (22. Rxg3 Bxd3 23. Rxg8+ Kd7 24. Rxc8 Bxf1 25. Rb8 Qxf4 $15) (22. Qf3
Bxf1) 22... Bxf1 23. Rxg3 (23. Rdxf1 Nxf1 24. Rxg8+ Kd7 25. Qg2 Nd2+ $17) 23...
Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bb5 $1 $13 {/\ Ba4, >< c2}) (18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Nxd4 Ncxd4 20. Bxd4
Rg4 $5 {Hawelko-Schmidt Wl., Polska 1987} (20... Ng3 21. hxg3 Qxh1 22. Bxa6 $14
{Klovans-Legkij, UdSSr 1986})) 18... Rc8 19. g3 (19. Nxd4 Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxf4
$5 21. Be5 Qg5 {/\ Ba4->}) (19. g4 $5 Nd6 $13 (19... Ne3 20. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 21.
g5 Qh4 22. Rxe3 Nxc2 23. Rg3 Qxf4 24. Qh7 Rf8 25. Bd3 $16 {Kremeneckij-Legkij,
Odessa 1988})) 19... Ne3 (19... Kf8 $5 $13 {Yudasin-Lputian, UdSSr 1986}) 20.
Nxd4 (20. Bxd4 Nxc2 21. Rc1 N6xd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qxd4 Rxg3
$17) 20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxc2 22. Rc1 Nxd4 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qxd4 Rxg3 $17 25.
Bd3 Rh3 26. Rg1 Qh8 $1 27. Qc5 Bd7 28. Qd6 $1 f5 (28... Rxh2 $2 29. Rg8+ $1
Qxg8 30. Qb8+) 29. Re1 {>< e6} Qf6 30. Qxd5 Rxh2 31. Re5 Qg6 32. Re1 (32. Bxf5
$4 Qg1+) 32... Qf6 33. Re5 Rf2 34. Bxf5 $2 (34. Qxb7 Rxf4 $17 {>< Kb1}) 34...
Qxf5+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.12.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Zysk, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. h3
Nc6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Na3 Rd8 11. Qc2 b6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. Nh2 Nf8 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Be3 a6 18. Na3 Qc7 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. Nb3 Ne6 21. Bc4 Ne5
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. a5 Nd3 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. b4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4
28. Bxb6 Rdb8 29. Rxe4 Rxb6 30. Rc4 Rd8 31. Rc1 Rbd6 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Nc2 Bh6
34. Ne3 Rf8 35. Ng4 Rdxf2+ 36. Nxf2 Bxc1 37. Ke2 Bf4 38. Rc6 Ra8 39. Nd3 Bd6
40. c4 Kf7 41. c5 Bh2 42. Ke3 Ke8 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. Rb6 Bc7 45. Ne5+ Kd8 46. Rxe6
Bxe5 47. Kxe5 Rb8 48. Rxa6 Rxb4 49. Kd5 Rf4 50. Ra8+ Kc7 51. Ra7+ Kd8 52. Kc6
Rf6+ 53. Kb7 Kd7 54. Ra2 e5 55. Rd2+ Ke6 56. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Lingnau, Carsten"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dortmund"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Nd3 Qd7 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bg5 Ng4 18. Bf4 d4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Na4 Ba3 21.
Rc2 Qd5 22. h3 Nf6 23. Qd3 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qa6 Qd7 26. Kh2 Bf8 27. Rc1
Rxc1 28. Bxc1 b5 29. Nb2 Ne4 30. Nd3 Nc3 31. Ba3 Bxa3 32. Qxa3 Nxe2 33. Qc5 h6
34. h4 Nc3 35. a3 Ne4 36. Qe5 Nd2 37. Nc5 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.01.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ambroz, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Qf4 Qb8 10. Qh4 h6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qf4 Rc8 13. Rb1 e6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. b3
d5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rbd1 a6 18. Bh1 e5 19. Qc1 d4 20. e3 d3 21. Nd2 b5 22. Nde4
Nxe4 23. Bxe4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qa5 25. Rxd3 f5 26. Rd7 Rc7 27. Rd5 fxe4 28. Qb2
Rec8 29. Rfd1 Rf7 30. Rxa5 Nxa5 31. Qb6 Nxc4 32. Qe6 Rcc7 33. Bc5 Nb2 34. Rd8+
Kh7 35. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.02.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Be4 Nf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 Ba6 14. Re1
Bc4 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qc5 Nd6 20. Nc3 Nf5
21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Red1 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Kf1 Rdc8 26. Nxd5
Nxd5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Nd3 Rc2 29. Nb4 Rxb2 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Rxd5 g6 32. Ra5
Rb7 33. g4 Kg7 34. Ke2 Re7+ 35. Kf3 Rc7 36. h4 h6 37. Kg3 Rc3+ 38. f3 Rc7 39.
Kf4 Rb7 40. h5 Rb4+ 41. Kg3 gxh5 42. gxh5 Rb7 43. Kg4 Rb1 44. f4 Rb7 45. Kf5
Re7 46. a4 Rc7 47. Kg4 Rd7 48. Ra6 Rb7 49. a5 Rc7 50. f5 Rc4+ 51. Kg3 Rc5 52.
Kf4 Rc4+ 53. Ke5 Rc5+ 54. Ke4 Rc4+ 55. Kd5 Rh4 56. f6+ Kh7 57. Rxa7 Rxh5+ 58.
Kc6 Kg6 59. a6 Ra5 60. Kb6 Ra1 61. Rd7 Rb1+ 62. Kc7 Kxf6 63. Rd5 Rc1+ 64. Kb6
Kg6 65. a7 Rc8 66. Ra5 h5 67. a8=Q Rxa8 68. Rxa8 Kf5 69. Kc5 Ke4 70. Kd6 Kf4
71. Rh8 f5 72. Kd5 Ke3 73. Re8+ Kf3 74. Kd4 f4 75. Kd3 h4 76. Rh8 Kg3 77. Ke2
Kg2 78. Rg8+ Kh1 79. Kf3 h3 80. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.02.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Pezerovic, Edin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c5 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8.
Qb5+ Nd7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Qxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nxd7 Kxd7 12. a4 Rhc8 13. c3 cxd4 14.
exd4 b5 15. axb5 Rxb5 16. Rxa7+ Ke8 17. Ra2 Rcb8 18. Ke2 Rxb2+ 19. Rxb2 Rxb2+
20. Nd2 Bf4 21. Rd1 g5 22. h3 Rc2 23. Kd3 Ra2 24. Ke2 h5 25. g3 Bxd2 26. Rxd2
Ra4 27. Ke3 Ra1 28. Rc2 Rh1 29. Kf3 Rxh3 30. Kg2 g4 31. c4 dxc4 32. Rxc4 Kd7
33. Ra4 Kd6 34. Ra7 f5 35. Rh7 Kd5 36. Rd7+ Kc6 37. Rh7 Kd6 38. f4 Kc6 39. Re7
h4 40. gxh4 Kd5 41. Rd7+ Ke4 42. Rd6 Kxf4 43. Rxe6 Rg3+ 44. Kf1 Rd3 45. h5 Kf3
46. h6 g3 47. Re1 Rxd4 48. Rb1 Rh4 49. Rb3+ Kg4 50. Rb6 Rh2 51. Kg1 f4 52. Ra6
f3 53. Rg6+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.03.20"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. Bf4 f6 9. Bh6 e5 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. O-O-O Kg7 12. g4 h6 13. Qg3 Qe7 14. Nh4
Rad8 15. Bg2 g5 16. Nf5+ Bxf5 17. gxf5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Bd5 Qc5 20. Qf3
Ne7 21. Be6 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Nc6 23. Qh5 Qf8 24. Kc2 Nd8 25. b4 c6 26. e3 b6 27.
f4 exf4 28. exf4 Nb7 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Qxh4 Nd6 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33.
Qh2+ Kg7 34. Qg2+ Kh8 35. Qxc6 Qd8 36. Qh1+ Kg7 37. Qg2+ Kh8 38. Qh3+ Kg7 39.
Qg4+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ Kg7 41. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.04.16"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Heinig, Wolfram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. Qxg4 Bxd4 12. Qd1 Be5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6
15. Qd4 Re8 16. a4 c5 17. Qd3 Nb8 18. Qg3 Nc6 19. f5 Qe7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 Ne5
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Kd8 27. Rad1
Bd7 28. Rd5 Qe6 29. Red1 Kc7 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Kxd6 32. Qxf6+ Kc7 33. Qf4+
Kb6 34. a5+ Ka6 35. Qd6+ Bc6 36. Qxc5 Rxe4 37. Qb4 Re1 38. c5+ Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1
Rg8 40. g3 Re8 41. Kf2 Re4 42. c4 Rd4 43. h4 Rd3 44. Qe1 Rf3+ 45. Kg1 Ra3 46.
h5 Rxa5 47. h6 Rxc5 48. h7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.04.17"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Volke, Karsten"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. e3 Bf8 7. Be2 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rb1 d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. Bf3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qb3
Qxb3 21. Rxb3 b6 22. Rd3 Re2 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Kf1 Rxc1+ 25. Kxe2 Rc2+ 26. Ke3
Rxa2 27. d5 Kf8 28. Rc3 Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. g4 Ra3+ 31. Ke4 Ra4+ 32. Kf3 g5
33. d6 a5 34. d7 Ke7 35. d8=Q+ Kxd8 36. Rxf7 Rb4 37. h4 h6 38. h5 a4 39. Ra7
Ke8 40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. Kg3 Rb3+ 42. Kg2 a3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.05.08"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Raupp, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Zaehringen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Nc4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 b5
15. Ne3 a5 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Bc3 axb4 18. axb4 Nb6 19. Qe2 Nfd7 20. h4 Bf8 21.
Bg2 g6 22. Bh3 Nf6 23. Qf3 Bg7 24. Rfd1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rd8 26. Bf1 Ne8 27. h5 f5
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bd3 f4 30. Ng4 Na4 31. Bd2 Qf7 32. gxf4 exf4 33. e5 Nb2 34.
Qxc6 Nxd3 35. cxd3 Qf5 36. f3 Qxd3 37. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bg3 Qxa5 14. Bd3
O-O-O 15. O-O Qc5 16. Qh4 a6 17. Ng5 Be8 18. Qf4 Nd4 19. Rfe1 Nef5 20. a4 Rg7
21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Re3 Nc6 25. Kf1 Bd7 26. Be2 d4 27.
Re4 Kc7 28. Bd3 Kb6 29. Rb1+ Kc5 30. Rxb7 Bc8 31. Rb1 Nb4 32. Ke2 Bb7 33. Bh4
Rd7 34. Rf4 Bc6 35. Bf6 Rg2 36. h4 a5 37. h5 Rb7 38. Rh4 Nxd3 39. Rxb7 Rxf2+
40. Kxd3 Rd2# 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 (5... g6 {/\Bg7,0-0
->Pd5[+]}) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 (10... Bf6 {
/\Nce7, ><d5} 11. Ne4 $14 {/\ [+],^^}) 11. Bd3 $1 Rc8 $6 (11... Bf6 $142 {
/\12...g6,/^h8-d4}) (11... g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Ne4 {->}) 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5
Nxe5 $2 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxd4 $14) (13... Bf6 $5) 14. Rxe5 $40 (
14. dxe5 {קd5}) 14... Be6 $6 {/\Bd6,קd4 =} (14... Bf6 $5 15. Rxd5 Qc7 $132 {
/\ ->Pd4}) 15. Qh5 g6 $8 (15... h6 $2 16. Bxh6 {/\Bg7} gxh6 (16... g6 17. Bxg6
$18) 17. Qxh6 $18) 16. Qh6 {/\Rh5,גd3-h7} Bg4 $2 (16... Re8 $8 17. Rh5 Bf6 18.
Qxh7+ Kf8 $16 19. Bxg6 $140 Rxc1+ $1 20. Rxc1 fxg6 21. Qxg6 Bf7 22. Qh6+ Bg7
23. Qf4 Re4 24. Qf3 Bxd4 $132) 17. h3 $1 $18 f6 $6 (17... Bd1 18. Bd2 $1 (18.
Bf4 Bf6 $1 (18... Bc2 $2 19. Rh5 $18) 19. Rxd1 Bg7 $3 $14) 18... Bf6 (18... Bc2
19. Rh5 $18) 19. Rxd1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 $18) (17... Bf6 18. hxg4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 $18
{_|_}) 18. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Re3 $1 (20. Re3 Bd7 21. Rg3 {/\Qh6#})
1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nd7 14. Nce2
Nc5 15. Qc2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rd2 g6 19. Rfd1 Rc4 20. Nf4 Rac8
21. Nde2 Qc6 22. Qb3 Qa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. b3 Ra5 25. Kf1 b5 26. Nd3 Be7 27.
Nd4 b4 28. Ke1 Bd6 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Kg7 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 Ba6 33. Rc2 Rc5
34. Kd2 Rxc2+ 35. Nxc2 Bb7 36. Nd3 a5 37. Nd4 Kf6 38. Nf4 Ke7 39. Nf3 Bc5 40.
Nd3 Bb6 41. Nd4 Bc8 42. Ne5 Bh3 43. Nd3 Bd7 44. Ne5 Be8 45. Nd3 Kd6 46. Nf4 Bd7
47. Nd3 Bd8 48. Nf4 Bf6 49. Nd3 Bh8 50. Nf4 Bg7 51. Nd3 Bf6 52. Nf4 Bc8 53. Nd3
Ba6 54. Nf4 Be5 55. Nh3 Kc5 56. Ne2 Bb5 57. Ng5 Be8 58. Nf3 Ba1 59. Nfd4 Bd7
60. Kc2 a4 61. Kb1 Bxd4 62. exd4+ Kb5 63. Nf4 Bf5+ 64. Kc1 Be4 65. Nh3 f6 66.
Nf4 a3 67. f3 Bxf3 68. Nxg6 Kc6 69. Nf4 Bg4 70. Kd2 Bf3 71. Nd3 Kb5 72. Nf2 f5
73. Ke3 Be4 74. Nd3 f4+ 75. Nxf4 Bc2 76. g4 Bxb3 77. gxh5 Bxa2 78. h6 Bb1 79.
Nd3 Bxd3 80. Kxd3 a2 81. h7 a1=Q 82. h8=Q Qc3+ 83. Ke2 b3 84. Qb8+ Kc4 85. Qc8+
Kxd4 86. Qh8+ Kc4 87. Qc8+ Kb4 88. Qb8+ Ka4 89. Qe8+ Ka3 90. Qa8+ Kb2 91. Qxd5
Qc2+ 92. Ke3 Kc1 93. h5 b2 94. Qh1+ Qd1 95. Qc6+ Kb1 96. Qg6+ Qc2 97. Kf4 Kc1
98. Qg1+ Qd1 99. Qc5+ Kb1 100. Qf5+ Qc2 101. Qg6 Kc1 102. Qg1+ Kd2 103. Qe3+
Kd1 104. Qg1+ Ke2 105. Qg2+ Kd3 106. Qe4+ Kc3 107. Qc6+ Kb3 108. Qb5+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Qf4 Na5 10. b3 Qb8 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. Qd2 Ne5 15.
Nd5 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 Nc6 17. f4 Nd4 18. Bb2 Nf5 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qc3+ Kh6 22. Bh3 Qd8 23. Bxf5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 e6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rd6 Rc8 27.
Qd2 Qf6 28. Rxd7 Rcd8 29. f5+ g5 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. fxe6 Re8 32. h4 Qa1+ 33. Kg2
1-0

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Bc2 c5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Re1 g6 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15.
Qh3 Qc7 16. Qg3 Rac8 17. Bb1 Qb8 18. h3 Ba8 19. a4 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bg7 21. Ba1 Red8
22. Qe3 Qb7 23. Nf3 Ne8 24. Re2 Qe7 25. Red2 Qf8 26. Qe1 Bh6 27. Re2 Nf6 28. a5
bxa5 29. Na4 e5 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. Qxa5 Qe7 33. Ree1 Nb7 34. Qa3 Qc7
35. Bc3 Qc6 36. Nh2 Bf8 37. Qa1 a5 38. Ng4 Nxg4 39. hxg4 Qc8 40. Rd5 Qxg4 41.
Bxa5 Rdc8 42. Qc3 Nc5 43. Bb6 Nd7 44. f3 Qe6 45. Be3 Be7 46. Red1 Nf6 47. Ra5
Nh5 48. Rxa8 Rxa8 49. Ra1 Rc8 50. Qd2 Qf6 51. Bd3 Ng3 52. Bf2 Qh4 53. Bxg3 Qxg3
54. Qf2 Qg5 55. b4 Qh6 56. g3 Bg5 57. Kg2 Be3 58. Qe1 Qg5 59. Ra6 Bd2 60. Qb1
h5 61. Kh3 Kg7 62. Be2 h4 63. g4 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Bg7 8.
c4 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Nd4 a6 13. Bf3 Nbd7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. N4xf3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. Kf1 Rac8 19. Ke2 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Rc2 f5 22. Rac1 Kf6 23. h3 Nge5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. f4 Nd7 26. e4 e5 27. g3
Nf8 28. Rc3 Ne6 29. Rd3 Nd4+ 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Rxd4 exd4+ 32. Kxd4 b5 33. exf5+
Kxf5 34. Kd5 Re7 35. Nf3 Re3 36. Nd4+ Kf6 37. a4 bxa4 38. Rd1 a3 39. b5 axb5
40. cxb5 a2 41. b6 Ra3 42. Ra1 Rb8 43. Nb5 Ra6 44. Nc3 Rbxb6 45. Rxa2 Rxa2 46.
Nxa2 Rb3 47. g4 h5 48. Kc4 Rxh3 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Nb4 Rf3 51. Nd5+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be4 Nd7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf4 13. Ba3 Rd8 14. Re1 c5
15. Qc2 Qh6 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Bxc5 Bg4 18. g3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bh5 20. Qxf4 Bxf3
21. Rd3 Be2 22. Rc3 b6 23. Bd6 Rac8 24. d5 b5 25. Re3 Bxc4 26. Bc7 Rf8 27. d6
Be6 28. Re5 Qg6 29. Rxb5 Qd3 30. Ra5 a6 31. Qe3 Qc4 32. Rc1 Qg4 33. Qf4 Qe2 34.
Qd4 Bd7 35. h4 Rfe8 36. Rg5 g6 37. h5 h6 38. Rgc5 g5 39. Qe4 Qxa2 40. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Na6 11. e4 Nb4 12. Qb1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxb7 Bxf4 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. gxf4 Qf3 20. Qd1
Qxf4 21. b3 Nc2 22. Rc1 Nd4 23. Rc3 f5 24. Kh1 Rf6 25. Rh3 Rg6 26. Qd3 Qd6 27.
Rg3 Rg4 28. Rfg1 Qc6+ 29. R1g2 g6 30. Rxg4 fxg4 31. h3 Nf3 32. Rxg4 Ne5+ 33.
Qe4 Qd6 34. Rg1 Kg7 35. Re1 Nd3 36. Re2 e5 37. Rd2 1-0

[Event "USA-ARM"]
[Site "Glendale"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O (10... d4 $13 {King-Ivanov/Gausdal/1993}) 11. cxd5
Nxd5 12. Qb3 N5f6 13. Nc4 $146 (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Qf6 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Qc4 Nd3 $10 {Norwood-Adams/BCF-ch/1989}) (13.
Qxb7 $6 Nc5 14. Qb5 Rb8 15. Qc4 Bg6 16. Ne1 Rc8 $44) 13... Nc5 14. Qa3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Be7 16. Nxe5 Ncd7 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Qe1 (18. Qd4 $6 Bc5 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20.
Qxe5 Qxd3 (20... Re8 21. Qf5) 21. Bxb7 Bd4 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qf4 Rc2 $44) 18...
Bc5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Kg2 b6 (20... Qxd3 $6 21. Bxb7 Rce8 22. Qc3) 21. Bg5 Qf5
22. Qd2 Bd4 23. Be3 Rcd8 24. Rad1 Rd7 25. Rfe1 Rfd8 26. Bf4 (26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27.
Re3 $14) 26... Nd5 27. Bg5 (27. Bg4 $2 Nxf4+ 28. gxf4 Qd5+) 27... Nf6 $8 28.
Re2 h6 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rde1 Qb5 (30... Qxd3 $4 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Re8+ Rxe8
33. Rxe8+ Kh7 34. Be4+ $18) (30... Rxd3 $4 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qxd3 Qxd3 33. Be4+
$18) 31. Qc2 Qc5 32. Qa4 g6 33. Rc2 (33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Qxa7 Bxb2
$14) 33... Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Be4 $14 Bg7 36. g4 Bf8 37. f4 Bc5 38. Rf1 Kg7
39. f5 R4d6 40. Kf3 R8d7 41. Ke2 Rd8 42. Rfc1 R8d7 (42... Bd4 $14) 43. b3 Rd8
44. Rc4 Rd4 45. fxg6 fxg6 (45... Rxc4 $14) 46. Rxc5 $5 bxc5 47. Rxc5 R8d7 48.
Ke3 R4d6 49. Ra5 Re7 $2 (49... g5 $16) 50. b4 Rde6 51. Kd4 Rd7+ 52. Kc4 Kf6 (
52... Rde7 $5 {/\ Re5} 53. a4 Re5 54. Rxe5 Rxe5 55. b5 Kf6 56. a5 (56. Bb7 Ke7
57. a5 Kd6 58. d4 Re1) (56. Bd5 Ke7 57. Kc5 Re1 (57... Re3 $2 58. Bc4 Rxh3 $2
59. a5 $18) 58. a5 Ra1 59. a6 Kd7 $10) 56... a6 $1 57. bxa6 Rxa5 58. Bb7 Ke5
59. Kb4 Ra2 60. Kc5 Rc2+ (60... g5 $2 61. d4+ Ke6 62. d5+ Kd7 63. Kb6 Rb2+ 64.
Ka7 Kc7 65. d6+ Kxd6 66. Kb8 $18) 61. Kb6 Kd6 62. Ka7 Kc7 63. d4 Rd2 64. d5 $10
) 53. a4 Rc7+ 54. Kb3 Ke7 55. Rb5 Kd8 56. a5 Rc1 $2 (56... g5) 57. g5 hxg5 (
57... h5 58. Rb7 Rc7 59. Rb8+ Rc8 60. Rxc8+ Kxc8 61. h4 $16) 58. Rxg5 Ke7 59.
h4 $18 (59. Bxg6 Re3 60. Bf5 Kf6 61. Rh5 Ke5) (59. Rxg6 Rxg6 60. Bxg6 Kf6 61.
Be8) 59... Rb1+ 60. Kc3 Rc1+ 61. Kb2 Re1 62. Bxg6 R6e2+ 63. Kc3 Rc1+ 64. Kd4
Rb2 65. Rb5 Rcb1 66. Kc3 Rh2 67. Rb7+ Kd6 68. Rxa7 Rxh4 69. Be4 Rh2 70. Rb7 Ke5
71. Rb5+ Kd6 72. Kd4 Ra1 73. Rg5 Kc7 74. Kc5 Rc2+ 75. Kb5 Rb2 76. a6 Rab1 77.
Rc5+ Kd6 78. Rc4 Ra1 79. Kb6 1-0

[Event "USA-ARM"]
[Site "Glendale"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. e4 Rc8 12. Rad1 c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. Qf5 g6 16. Qh3 dxc4 17. Nxc4 cxd4 18. Nce5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 d3 20. Qh6 Bc5 21.
h3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd4 24. Re3 Qxb2 25. Rexd3 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Re8 27.
Qd2 Qxg3 28. Bg2 Qe5 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rf3 Re7 33. a4
Kg7 34. Rfd3 a5 35. Rd7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 h5 37. Kg2 g5 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Rc7 f6 40.
Rc8 Kf5 41. Rg8 Ke5 42. Rh8 h4 43. Re8+ Kd5 44. Kg4 Kc4 45. Kf5 Bd4 46. Re4 Kc5
47. Ke6 Be5 48. Re1 b5 49. axb5 Kxb5 50. Kd5 Kb4 51. Rb1+ Ka3 52. Kc4 a4 53.
Rb6 g4 54. hxg4 h3 55. Kd3 h2 56. Rb1 Ka2 57. Kc2 Bd4 58. Rb4 a3 59. Rxd4 h1=Q
60. Rd2 Qb1+ 61. Kc3+ Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ARM"]
[Site "Glendale"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Be7 $146 (
7... Bd6 {-> Round 2}) (7... dxe4 8. dxe4 Be7) 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. Nh4 O-O
11. Nf5 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Kh1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bg6 17.
Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Nh4 (18. Nxa5 Bxf5 (18... Nxa4 19. Rxa4 b6) 19. exf5 e4 $44)
18... Nc4 19. Qc3 b5 (19... Nd6 $14) 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Kg1 Red8 (21... Bh5) 22.
Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bf1 Qa6 24. Kg2 (24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Nd2 Rd4) 24... Nd7 25. Red1 {
/\ Rxd7} Ndb6 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. b3 b4 28. Qe1 Na3 $2 (28... Nd6 $14) 29. Rac1
Rxd1 (29... Nd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. c3) 30. Qxd1 Qf8 31. Nd3 Rd8 32. c3 c5 33.
cxb4 cxb4 34. Rc6 Rd6 35. Qc1 f6 36. Qc5 Rxc6 37. Qxc6 Qd8 38. Nc5 $18 Nb1 39.
Ne6 Qb8 40. Ba6 Qa8 (40... Nd2 41. Bb7 $18) 41. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ambartsoumian, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Nd4
a6 15. Qb3 b5 16. Bf5 Rc4 17. Bd3 Rc5 18. Rc1 N6d7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qa3 Ne5
21. Be2 Qd6 22. Ncxb5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxa3 24. Nxa3 Bc8 25. Rc7 Nfd7 26. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 Re8
15. e5 f6 16. d6 fxe5 17. Bb2 e4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. d7 Qxd7 20. Qxd7+ Bxd7 21.
Rxb7 Re7 22. Kd2 Kf6 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rxa7 Bc6 25. Ra6 Bb7 26. Rb6 Ra8 27. Ra1
Ra3 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. axb3 e5 30. fxe5+ Kxe5 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. Bd1 Bb7 33. Bc2 Kd6
34. Rf1 Ke5 35. Rf8 Bc6 36. Rc8 Kd6 37. h4 Bb7 38. Rf8 Ke5 39. Rf4 Kd6 40. g4
Bc6 41. Rf6+ Kc7 42. Bb1 Bb7 43. Bc2 Bc6 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Be8 46. Bd1 Bc6
47. h6 Be8 48. Bg4 Bg6 49. Be6 Re8 50. Bf5 Bxf5 51. Rxf5 Kd6 52. Rf6+ Kd7 53.
Rf7+ Kd6 54. Rxh7 Rb8 55. Kxe4 Rxb3 56. Rh8 1-0

[Event "World op 22nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Griego, David W"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Rd1
b6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qf5 g6 15.
Qh3 b5 16. Ne5 bxc4 17. Nxd7 cxd4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Bg7 21.
Bc1 Re5 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. gxh4 Rce8 24. f3 f5 25. Ng3 c3 26. Bf1 d3 27. Bf4 c2
28. Rxd3 Bxd3 29. Bxd3 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kf2 c1=Q 32. Bxc1 Rxc1 33. Ne2
Rh1 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Bc4+ Kh8 36. h5 Be5 37. f4 Bd6 0-1

[Event "World op 22nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pakkanen, Jukka"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. f4 h5 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Be3 Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. h3 Nhf5 14. Bf2 h4 15. O-O
Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qa6 c6 18. b3 Rb8 19. c4 Qb7 20. Qxb7 Rxb7 21. Rd3 f6 22.
a4 Kd7 23. a5 Ng6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra1 Be7 26. Kf1 Rc8 27. Ne1 Rcc7 28. Nc2
Ra7 29. Rdd1 Kc8 30. Ke1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Kb7 32. Kd2 Rc8 33. Kc3 Rf8 34. Be3 fxe5
35. fxe5 Nxe3 36. Nxe3 Rf2 37. Kd3 Bg5 38. Ng4 Rf8 39. Rd1 c5 40. cxd5 exd5 41.
Kc3 Ne7 42. Ra1 Nc6 43. Rd1 Nb4 44. Ra1 Rc8 45. dxc5 bxc5 46. Ng1 Re8 47. Nf3
Bf4 48. Re1 Re6 49. Re2 Kc6 50. Nxh4 Kb5 51. Nf3 g5 52. Re1 Ra6 53. Re2 Na2+
54. Kb2 d4 55. Nxd4+ cxd4 56. Re4 Kc5 57. e6 Nc3 58. b4+ Kc4 59. Rxf4 Ra2+ 60.
Kc1 0-1

[Event "World op 22nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. f3 Qe7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Qe5 11. Qd2 Nxd5 12. Ne2 f6 13. Bh4 Nc7 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. Bb1 Ne5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nb5 18. Rd1 Na3 19. Bg3 Be6 20. Nf4 Bc4 21.
Kf2 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 O-O-O 23. Rhd1 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Nd5 Bxd5
27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. exd5 b5 29. Ke3 Kc7 30. Ra1 Kb6 31. Ke4 a5 32. Kxe5 b4 33.
cxb4 Re8+ 34. Kd6 cxb4 35. Kd7 Re2 36. d6 b3 37. Ra3 b2 38. Rb3+ Kc5 39. Kc7 a4
40. Rb8 a3 41. d7 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Re8 (9... h6 $5) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bg7 (
13... Nd4 $6 14. Nd2 $14 {Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Linares/1991/CBM22/INF51,32/}) 14.
b5 Ne7 15. Qc2 $5 (15. Nd2 $2 e4 $1 $15 {Vaganian,R-Lautier,J/Manila izt/1990/
CBM18/INF49,39/}) (15. Qb3 Be6 16. Nd2 c6 17. Rfc1 d5 $10 {Georgiev,Ki-Akopian,
V/Tilburg/1993/CBM39/}) 15... c6 (15... Be6 16. Nd2 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rb7 d5
19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nb5 Rb8 21. Rxb8 Qxb8 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Qa2 $13 {
Dukic-Damljanovic/Nis/1993/INF59,(30)/}) 16. Nd2 d5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfc1 Be6
19. Na4 Qd6 20. Nb6 Ra7 (20... Rab8 $5) 21. e4 Rd8 $2 (21... dxc4 22. Ndxc4 Qc7
23. Ne3 $14) (21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 (22. dxe4 Qc5 $5) 22... Qc7 23. Nc5 Nf5 $10)
22. cxd5 cxd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 25. Nc8 Qd7 26. Nxa7 Qxa7 27. Qc7
Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Ba2 29. Ra1 Be6 30. Ne4 Bf8 (30... Rxd3 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6
33. Ra8+ $18) 31. Ra6 Kh8 (31... Rxd3 $2 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Rh7#)
32. h4 Rxd3 33. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 34. Nf6 Bg7 35. Rc8+ Bf8 36. Ng4 $1 Rd4 (36... Kg7
37. Rc7+ $1 Kh8 38. Nxe5 $18) 37. f4 $1 Kg7 (37... exf4 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. Rxf4
$18) 38. Rc7+ Kh8 39. Nxe5 Bd6 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Nxh6+ Kh8 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nxd6
Rxd6 44. Kf2 Kf8 (44... Rd3 45. Re7 $18) 45. Ke3 Rd1 46. Ke4 Re1+ 47. Kd4 Re2
48. g4 Re1 49. g5 Re2 50. Rh7 Kg8 51. Rh6 Kg7 52. h5 gxh5 53. Rxh5 Kg6 54. Rh6+
Kf7 55. Rh1 Rd2+ (55... Kg6 $5) 56. Ke4 Re2+ 57. Kf3 Ra2 58. Rh7+ Kf8 (58...
Kg6 59. Re7 Ra6 60. Kg4 Rb6 61. Rxe6+ Rxe6 62. f5+ Kf7 63. fxe6+ Kxe6 64. Kh5
Kf7 65. Kh6 Kg8 66. Kg6 Kh8 67. Kf7 $18) 59. g6 Ra4 60. Rf7+ Ke8 61. Kg4 e5 62.
Kg5 exf4 63. Rf5 $1 Ke7 64. g7 Ra1 65. Rxf4 Rg1+ 66. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Ngf6 7. Bb2
Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 Re8 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 Bf8 (12... Bd6 {Ftacnik}
) 13. g4 $146 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 e5 $10 {Ree-Jongsma/
Amsterdam/1968}) (13. Rac1 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc7 e4 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Nd4
Qxc7 18. Rxc7 Nc5 19. Rc1 b6 20. Nc4 Nd5 $10 {Pigusov-Geller/Sochi/1982}) (13.
Rae1 e5 14. Nh4 {Reaching Salov-Geller now.} Nc5 15. Kh2 Rc8 16. Qb1 Rc7 17.
Ba1 b5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na6 20. c5 d4 21. e4 $36 {Salov-Geller/Moskau/1987}
) 13... Bg6 14. Nh4 Bd6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Nh7 $6 {Starting
some kind of suicide.} (17... e5 $5 18. g5 $6 Nh5 19. h4 (19. cxd5 cxd5 20. h4
Rac8 21. Qd1 Qe6 $13) 19... Qe6 $13) (17... b5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 18. e4 Qh4 $2 19.
Nf3 Qh6 $2 {Very unusual and very wrong.} 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qc3
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ndf6 24. Bc1 Bf4 (24... g5 25. Nd4 Qg6 (25... g6 26. Nb5 $18)
26. Nf5 $18) 25. Kf1 Bxc1 26. Qxc1 Qxc1 27. Rxc1 $18 Nd7 (27... Ne8 28. Rc5 $18
) 28. Rc7 Nhf8 (28... Nhf6 $2 {Ftacnik} 29. g5 $18) 29. Ng5 Rd8 (29... d4 {
Ftacnik} 30. Bd5 $18) 30. Bxd5 Ne5 31. Bxf7+ Nxf7 32. Nxf7 Rxd3 33. Rxb7 Rd5 (
33... Rxh3 {Ftacnik} 34. Ne5 $18) 34. h4 Ne6 35. Ng5 Nxg5 36. hxg5 Rxg5 37. a4
Rc5 (37... Rxg4 {Ftacnik} 38. Rb5 Rb4 39. Rxb4 axb4 40. a5 $18) 38. Ke2 Rc3 39.
g5 Kf8 40. f4 Rg3 41. Kd2 Rf3 42. Rb5 Ke7 43. Kc2 Rf2+ (43... Rxf4 {Ftacnik}
44. Rxa5 Rf5 45. Rxf5 gxf5 46. g6 $1 $18) 44. Kc3 Rf3+ 45. Kb2 Rf2+ 46. Ka3
Rxf4 47. Rxa5 Rf5 48. Rb5 (48. Rb5 {Ftacnik} Rxb5 49. axb5 Kd6 50. Kb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Masserey, Yvan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 dxe5 7. dxe5 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Re1 e6 11. Bb3 b5 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. c3 a5 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. h4
h5 16. Nf1 c5 17. Bg5 c4 18. Ng3 b4 19. Bd2 Rfb8 20. Rac1 bxc3 21. bxc3 Ba6 22.
Qe4 Rb2 23. Bb1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxd2 27. Re2 Rxe2 28.
Nxe2 Rb8 29. Kf1 Rb2 30. Ke1 f5 31. g3 e5 32. a4 Bb7 33. Bc2 Bc6 34. Bd1 Kf7
35. Ng1 Kf6 36. Nf3 Nb6 37. Be2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 c5 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. c3 Qb6 7. Bc1 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. e3 e5 11. Bb5 exd4 12. exd4 Bd7 13. Ne2 Nb4 14. Bxd7+
Kxd7 15. O-O Bd6 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Ng3 Nc2 18. Rad1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 f6 20. Be3 a6
21. a3 h5 22. Rd2 Rc4 23. Rb1 Kd6 24. Kf1 Kd5 25. Ke2 Rhc8 26. Rh1 g6 27. Rhd1
b5 28. Rh1 a5 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rh7 R4c7 31. Rh6 Rg7 32. Kd1 Na1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. d4 Be4 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 d6 13. e4 Nd7 14. d5 Bf6
15. Nf4 Qe7 16. a4 a5 17. Nh5 Rfe8 18. Ra3 Qf8 19. f4 Bd8 20. g4 g6 21. Ng3 Bf6
22. Rf3 Bg7 23. b3 Qe7 24. g5 Nc5 25. Kg2 Qd7 26. Bd2 Re7 27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. f5
Ree8 29. Bf4 Qc6 30. Rfe3 Be5 31. Qd5 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Nxb7 33. Ne2 Nc5 34. Kf3 Re7
35. h4 Rae8 36. f6 Re6 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Nd4 h6 39. Nc6 hxg5 40. Nxe5 Rxe5 41.
hxg5 Rxg5 42. e5 Rf5+ 43. Kg4 dxe5 44. Rf3 Rh5 45. Rh3 Rf5 46. Rf3 Rh5 47. Rd1
Ne6 48. Rff1 e4 49. Kg3 Rg5+ 50. Kf2 Rh5 51. Ke3 Rh3+ 52. Kxe4 Rxb3 53. Kd5 Rc3
54. Rd2 c6+ 55. Kd6 Rxc4 56. Rh2 Nf4 57. Rh4 g5 58. Rg1 Rd4+ 59. Kxc6 Rc4+ 60.
Kb7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Rd1 a5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. b3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15.
Bd2 Bb4 16. Bg5 Be7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxe4 Rac8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Be7 23. Kf1 Rd2 24. Rb2 Rd8 25. Ke2 Bb4 26. Rc2 Rd6 27. Bb5
Bb7 28. c5 Rd5 29. c6 Re5+ 30. Kf1 Rxb5 31. cxb7 Rxb7 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Nc5 Re7
34. Rd8 f6 35. Nd7 Rf7 36. Ke2 g6 37. a4 Kg7 38. Nxf8 Rxf8 39. Rxf8 Kxf8 40. b4
Ke7 41. bxa5 Kd6 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. f4 h6 44. h3 h5 45. g4 h4 46. g5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Jackelen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nh3
c6 9. Bh6 b5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nf2 e5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. g4 Bb7 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. g5 Nh5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. f5 f6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 fxg5 22. Rd7+ Rf7 23. Rhd1 Nf6 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. fxg6+ Kxg6 26. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Appel, Ralf"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Qe8 8.
e4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. c3 a5 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Bf1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qe7
15. Nc4 Qc5 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. Bc4 c6 19. a4 Bf6 20. Rad1 Kg7 21.
Rd2 h5 22. Red1 Bg4 23. Be2 Rab8 24. Qc4 Qe7 25. Qd3 Be6 26. Qe3 b5 27. axb5
cxb5 28. Rd6 b4 29. c4 a4 30. c5 Ra8 31. Ra1 Rfc8 32. Ba6 Rxc5 33. Qxc5 Rxa6
34. Rc6 Qxc5 35. Rxc5 a3 36. bxa3 bxa3 37. Ne1 a2 38. Rb5 Bg5 39. Rb2 Ra5 40.
Nd3 Bc4 41. Ne1 Be7 42. Rc2 Bb3 43. Rb2 Bc4 44. Rc2 Ra4 45. Kh2 Bb3 46. Rc7 Bd6
47. Rc6 Bf8 48. Nd3 Rxe4 49. Nc1 Bd5 50. Rc2 Re1 51. Re2 Rxe2 52. Nxe2 Bc5 53.
Kg1 e4 54. Nc3 Bd4 55. Nxd5 Bxa1 56. Nb4 e3 57. fxe3 Be5 58. Nxa2 Bxg3 59. Nc3
Be5 60. Nd5 g5 61. Kf2 Kg6 62. e4 g4 63. g3 Kg7 64. Kg2 Kf8 65. Ne3 Ke7 66. Nc4
Bd4 67. Kf1 Kd7 68. Ke2 Kc6 69. Nd2 Be5 70. Nf1 Kb5 71. Ke3 Kc4 72. Nd2+ Kc3
73. Nf1 f6 74. Kf2 Kd3 75. Kg2 Bd4 76. Nh2 Kxe4 77. Nf1 Kd3 78. Nh2 Ke2 79. Nf1
f5 80. Nh2 Be5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Rad1 b5 15.
b4 cxb4 16. c5 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qxb4
g5 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Qb6 24. Nb3 Bd5 25. Rc1 Rc4 26. Qd2 Rg8 27. Bh3 g4 28.
Bf1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxb3 30. axb3 Qxd6 31. Bxb5 Ne5 32. Be2 Nf3+ 33. Bxf3 gxf3
34. d5 Rd8 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Rc5 f4 37. Qc3 e3 38. fxe3 fxg3 39. Rc4 gxh2+ 40.
Kh1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duisburg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Be2 c5 13. dxc5 Rd8 14. Qc2
Rc8 15. O-O Rxc5 16. Qb1 Nd7 17. b4 Rcc8 18. a3 a5 19. e4 Bb7 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. bxa5 Qxa3 22. axb6 Qc5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Bxb5 Nxb6 25. Re1 Rc2 26. Bd3 Rc3
27. Bf1 Nd7 28. Nd2 g5 29. f3 Ne5 30. Rb1 Bc6 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Rb2 h5 33. Be2
Kf6 34. Nb1 Rc1 35. Na3 h4 36. Rc2 Rh1 37. h3 Ba4 38. Rb2 Rc1 39. Rb4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 Bg7 7. O-O dxe5 8. Nxe5
Nd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Bg5 N7f6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qd2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Bh6 e6 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. c4 Ne7 19. Qc3 Nf5 20. Na3 a6 21. Ng4 Qe7
22. Nc2 Rfd8 23. Rad1 h5 24. Nge3 Qc7 25. Nxf5+ gxf5 26. Ne3 Qf4 27. Nf1 h4 28.
Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Nh5 30. Re5 Nf4 31. Rxc5 Bxg2 32. Ne3 Bf3 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34.
Rc7 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mueller, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qd3
b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. h3 Nh6 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Nd6 Bxd6
21. exd6 Nd3 22. Rd2 Rxd6 23. Rad1 f6 24. Bf1 Rcd8 25. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Michaelsen, Nils"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. e4 Bxd4 15.
Nxd4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxd4 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. Qb3 a5 19. Bb1 Qb4 20. Qc2 Re6 21. a3
Qe7 22. Ng3 g6 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. f4 Nf6 25. f5 Re5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rf1 Be6 28.
Rce1 Bf7 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Qf2 Rd8 31. Ne4 Bc4 32. Re1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Zeller, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Tuebingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. b3 O-O 14. f4 Nc5 15.
Bf2 Qa8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. b4 Ncd7 18. b5 Bf8 19. g4 g6 20. Nb3 d5 21. cxd5 exd5
22. e5 Bb4 23. Bd4 Nc5 24. Red1 Ne6 25. Qf3 Nxg4 26. a3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28.
Qxc3 Nh6 29. Qd2 Nf5 30. Bh3 Neg7 31. a4 Qc8 32. Rc1 Nxd4 33. Rxc8 Nf3+ 34. Kf2
Nxd2 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8 36. Nxd2 Kf8 37. Nb3 Ke7 38. Ke3 a6 39. a5 axb5 40. axb6
Kd8 41. Na5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Bg2 Qh5 8. h3
Qg6 9. Ne3 Bd6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. b3 Na6 12. a3 Re8 13. Nc3 Nc7 14. Bb2 Bd7 15.
Na4 Ncd5 16. O-O-O b6 17. Kb1 Rad8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Rc1 a5 20. Ncd1 c5 21. d3
exd3 22. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 23. exd3 Be6 24. Kc2 Rc8 25. Re1 Red8 26. f4 Nxe3+ 27. Nxe3
Nh5 28. Rg1 Be7 29. Bf3 Nf6 30. f5 Bd7 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Nh7 33. g5 hxg5 34. Nd5
Bd6 35. Be4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Maier, Christian"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zaehringen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 d5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne2 e6 7. Nf4 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Be3 Rc8 10. g4 Be4 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bb4+
15. Kf2 dxc4 16. Qc2 Nxd4 17. Qe4 Nc6 18. Nh5 O-O 19. Rbd1 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Rfd8
21. Qxc4 Bf8 22. Qe4 Nb4 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. a3 Nd5 25. Rd2 g6 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27.
exf6 Qxf6 28. Rhd1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 b6 30. Rd7 Bc5 31. Qc2 Ra8 32. Bg3 Bf8 33. b4
a5 34. Qc6 Re8 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Re2 Qd4 37. Bf2 Qd3 38. Qxb6 Bh6 39. bxa5 Rd5
40. Qb8+ Bf8 41. Re5 Rd8 42. Qb6 Rd6 43. Qb5 Qxa3 44. Qe2 Rc6 45. Rb5 Qa4 46.
Qe5 Bd6 47. Qe2 Rc2 48. Qd3 Ra2 49. Qb1 Qa3 50. Qe4 h6 51. Qd4 Re2 52. a6 e5
53. Qc4 Qe3 54. Qxe2 Qxe2 55. a7 Qxb5 56. a8=Q+ Kg7 57. Qe4 Qb2 58. Qd5 Be7 59.
Kg1 Bg5 60. h4 Bf4 61. Qe4 Bd2 62. Kg2 Bc3 63. Kg3 Qd2 64. Be3 Qe1+ 65. Bf2 Qh1
66. g5 hxg5 67. hxg5 Qh5 68. Be3 Qh1 69. Bf2 Qc1 70. Qe3 Qb2 71. Qb6 Qd2 72.
Be3 Qd3 73. Bf2 Qf5 74. Qd8 Kh7 75. Qf6 Bd2 76. Kh4 Qxf6 77. gxf6 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9495 37th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Qd3 Ng4 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qb7 Nd4 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Bf4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 O-O 20. Rxc4 Nxc4 21. Bg5
f6 22. e4 Nxg3 23. Bh4 Nh5 24. Rc1 b5 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 26. Nd5 Bh6 27. Rc2 Qe8 28.
Bg3 Rf7 29. Nc7 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Qe5 31. Qxb5 Rxc7 32. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9495 37th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Ne4
Nc7 9. Bxe6 Nxe6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Qb3 Qd5 12. Qxb7 Qxe4+ 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Qxa8
fxe5 15. Qxb8+ Kf7 16. Qb4 Qxg2 17. O-O-O exd4 18. Bd2 Qd5 19. Qb3 Rd8 20. Rde1
c5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Re4 Bf6 23. Rhe1 Ng7 24. Bf4 Rf5 25. Be5 Bg5+ 26. f4 Bh4
27. Bxg7 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Kxg7 29. Rxe7+ Rf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Kd2 Ke6 32. Kd3
Kd5 33. b3 h6 34. c3 dxc3 35. Kxc3 Ke4 36. Kc4 Kxf4 37. Kxc5 g5 38. b4 g4 39.
b5 h5 40. a4 h4 41. a5 g3 42. hxg3+ hxg3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9495 37th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 d6 10. Be3 e6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15.
Rfd1 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. f4 Rac8 18. Rd2 Ba6 19. b3 g5 20. Rf1 Rc5 21. Qd3
gxf4 22. gxf4 Nh5 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. e5 d5 25. Ne4 Rcc8 26. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9495 37th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. g3 c5 12. Bg2 Na6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc2 Qd7
15. Rd2 Rad8 16. h4 Nc7 17. Nh2 cxd4 18. exd4 Ba6 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qf5
21. Qd1 h5 22. Nf1 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 g6 24. Bg2 Qd7 25. Qb3 Kg7 26. Rd3 Qe6 27. Qd1
b5 28. a3 Qb6 29. Kh2 a5 30. f4 b4 31. axb4 Qxb4 32. Rd2 Re8 33. Qa4 Qxa4 34.
Nxa4 Ne6 35. Bxd5 Nxd4 36. Nc3 Rd8 37. Rd3 Nc6 38. Bc4 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Bxc3 40.
bxc3 a4 41. Kg2 a3 42. Bb1 Na7 43. c4 Nc6 44. Kf3 Nb4 45. c5 f5 46. Ke3 Kf6 47.
Kd4 Ke6 48. c6 Kd6 49. c7 Kxc7 50. Ke5 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
f4 c6 9. h4 Qa5 10. Kf1 e5 11. h5 Nbd7 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 e4
15. Qd2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qb4 17. Rh4 Rad8 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Nxe4 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rxd5
21. Nc5 Rc8 22. b4 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Nbd5 24. Rc4 b6 25. Ne6 Re8 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27.
Bf3 Kf7 28. g4 Re5 29. Rc8 Ne4 30. Bh6 g5 31. Rc2 Nec3 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Rd3 Kf7
34. b5 Kg8 35. a4 Kf7 36. Bg2 Kf6 37. Bf8 Re8 38. Ba3 Ke6 39. Bb2 Rc8 40. Rh3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Arduman, Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Nf1 d5 10. dxe5 dxe4 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 c6 14. Nd4 cxb5
15. Nxb5 Bg4 16. Re1 Re5 17. Nd4 Ree8 18. Ng3 h6 19. Nb5 Red8 20. Be3 a6 21.
Na3 Nd5 22. Nxe4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 b5 24. Nc2 a5 25. h3 Bf5 26. a3 h5 27. Rae1 Rd5
28. h4 Rad8 29. f3 Kf8 30. R3e2 Rd1 31. Kf2 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Be6 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34.
Kxd2 Ke7 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Bh6+ 38. Kd3 Bf4 39. g3 Be5 40. f4
Bc7 41. Nc5 Be8 42. Ke4 f6 43. Kd5 Kf7 44. Ne4 Ke7 45. Nc6+ Bxc6+ 46. Kxc6 Bd8
47. Nc5 Kf7 48. Kxb5 g5 49. f5 Bc7 50. Ne4 gxh4 51. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 (7...
dxe4 8. dxe4 {is a solid line.}) 8. h3 {An important preparation.} Bh5 (8...
Bxf3 $14) 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 N5f6 (12... N5b6 13.
Ne4 Bc7 (13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxe5) 14. a4 $36 (14. Bg5 $16)) 13. Nc4
Bc7 $146 (13... Nc5 14. Qa3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Be7 16. Nxe5 Ncd7 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Qe1
Bc5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 $14 {Vaganian-Kaidanov/Glendale/1994}) 14. Be3 {/\ Qxb7} (14.
Qxb7 $2 Nc5 {><d3}) 14... b6 {Of course this is an ugly move, but it is hard
to suggest anything better.} 15. Rfe1 Rc8 $6 (15... a6 16. d4) (15... Re8 $5) (
15... Rb8 16. d4) 16. d4 Bxf3 (16... exd4 17. Nxd4 $16 {/^g2-a8}) (16... e4 17.
Nfe5 {><c6,e4}) 17. Bxf3 e4 (17... exd4 18. Bxd4 $16) 18. Bg2 Re8 (18... a6 $1)
19. Rac1 (19. Qb5 $5) 19... h6 $2 (19... Nd5 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22.
Qxd5 $16) (19... a6 20. a4 (20. Red1 b5) (20. Bg5 h6) 20... h6 (20... Qe7 21.
Bg5 (21. Red1 $5) 21... Qf8 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxb6 Bxb6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxb6
$16) 21. Red1 {/\ d5|^}) 20. Qb5 $1 {Increasing the control of the white
squares.} Bb8 (20... Nf8 21. Ne5 $16) 21. a4 Bc7 22. Red1 Bb8 23. b4 Qe7 24. a5
bxa5 25. bxa5 Qe6 26. d5 Qf5 27. g4 Qg6 28. d6 Rcd8 29. a6 Re6 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31.
gxf5 Ree8 32. Na5 Ne5 33. Nb7 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Bd4 Ned7 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37.
Bxe4 Rc3 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Bd3 Rb3 40. Bf1 h5 41. Rd5 Rb4 (41... Kf8 42. Bb5 Ke8
43. Rc5 $18) 42. Bb5 Nf8 43. h4 (43. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.15"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. g3 $5 (4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7.
Bg2 d6 8. Qd1 Nh6 9. d3 Nf5 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a6 $10 {Ribli,
Z-Arnason,J/EU-Cup/1994/CBM44/}) 4... Nxf3+ 5. exf3 b6 (5... g6 6. d4 Bg7 7.
Be3 Nh6 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. dxc5 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Qa5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O e6 13. a3 f5
14. f4 $16 {Szalanczy,E-Vadasz,L/Kecskemet/1993/EXP37/}) 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bb7
8. Bg2 (8. Bf4 $6 e6 9. Ke2 Ne7 10. Nb5 Nf5 11. Qd3 Bc5 12. Bh3 O-O $15 {
Miles,A-Sokolov,I/Biel/1989/CBM14/INF48,(50)/}) 8... Nf6 9. O-O e6 10. Ne4 $1
Nxe4 11. fxe4 f6 (11... Rc8 12. Bf4 f6 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. Rfd1 $14) 12. Qd1 Bc5 (
12... Rc8 13. b3 Bc5 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Bb2 $14) 13. Qh5+ g6 (13... Kf8 14. Rd1
$14) 14. Qh6 Kf7 (14... Bf8 15. Qe3 Bg7 16. Rd1 $14) 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Be3 Qf8 (
16... Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Re8 18. Rd2 $14) 17. Qf4 e5 18. Qf3 Qe7 (18... Bxe3 19.
Qxe3 $14) 19. Bxc5 bxc5 (19... Qxc5 20. b3 $14) 20. Rd3 Rab8 21. b3 Rhd8 22.
Rad1 d6 23. Qe3 $1 {/\ Qd2} Rb6 24. Qd2 Bb7 25. h4 $1 Kg7 26. Kh2 Ba8 27. a3
Rc6 (27... Rdb8 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxb3 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Rxa7
$16) (27... Bb7 28. b4 $1 cxb4 29. c5 $16) 28. f3 Bb7 29. Bh3 Kh8 30. Qa5 Rf8
31. Qd2 (31. Qxa7 $4 Ra6 $19) 31... Rd8 32. h5 Kg7 (32... gxh5 33. Qh6 Qf7 34.
Bf5 $36) 33. h6+ Kf8 34. b4 $2 cxb4 35. axb4 Rxc4 36. Rxd6 Rd4 $1 (36... Rxd6
37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxd6 $16) 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 (37... exd4 38. b5 $13) 38. Qe1 Qc7 (
38... Qxb4 39. Qxb4+ Rxb4 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rxh7 $18) (38... Rxd1
39. Qxd1 Qxb4 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Bf1 $44 (41. Bd7 Qd2+ (41... Qe7 $2 42. Qh8 Qxd7
43. Qxh7+ Ke8 44. Qxd7+ Kxd7 45. h7 $18) 42. Kg1 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kg1 $10)
) (38... Rxb4 39. Qc3 $44) (38... Qd6 $5) 39. Rc1 Qd6 40. Qc3 Ba6 41. Qc5 $1
Ke8 42. Qxd6 Rxd6 43. Rc7 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Rd1+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Ke1 (46. Ke3 $4
Re2#) 46... Re2+ 47. Kd1 Rh2 48. Bd7+ Kd8 49. Rxa7 Be2+ 50. Kc1 Bxf3 51. Bc6 f5
(51... Rxh6 $2 52. b5 f5 53. b6 Bxe4 54. Ra8+ Ke7 55. Bxe4 fxe4 56. b7 $18) 52.
b5 Bxe4 (52... fxe4 53. b6 $18) 53. Rxh7 Bxc6 (53... Rc2+ 54. Kd1 $18) 54. bxc6
f4 55. gxf4 exf4 56. Kd1 $1 f3 57. Ke1 g5 (57... Kc8 58. Rh8+ Kc7 59. h7 g5 60.
Ra8 Rxh7 61. Ra7+ $18) 58. Rd7+ $1 Kc8 59. h7 g4 60. Rg7 g3 61. Rg8+ Kc7 62.
h8=Q {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 (6. dxc5 $5 d4 7. b4
dxc3 8. Qg4 g6 (8... Ne7 9. bxa5 O-O 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Qh4 Nf5 14. Qc4 Nd5 15. O-O Qxa5 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Be4 Nfe7 18. Bg5 Rb8 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxc3 Bf5 22. Nd4 Rbc8 23. Rfe1 {Nisipeanu,L-Casangiu,P/
ROM-chJW Singeorz ;TD 93\02 1993/1-0 (41)}) 9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd3
Qxc5 12. Bf4 Nge7 13. O-O b6 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Ne4 Qa5 16. Nf6+ Kd8 17. Bxf5 exf5
18. Qf3 Kc7 19. e6+ Kb7 20. exf7 Rf8 21. Ne8 Bd7 22. Nd6+ {1-0 Winge,
S-Solbrand,S/Rilton Cup (04) ;EXT 90op 1990}) 6... Ne7 7. b4 (7. dxc5 $5 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. h4 (10. Nf3 Nd7 11. c4 Qa4 12. h4 Qxc2 13. cxd5 Qb2
14. Rc1 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Be2 h5 17. Qg5 exd5 18. Rh3 O-O 19. Rd3 d4 20.
Bf4 Qxg5 21. hxg5 b6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rxd4 Nc5 24. Rc3 Re8 25. Be3 g6 26. Bb5
Rf8 27. f3 Ba6 28. Rb4 Rfd8 29. Kf2 Bxb5 30. Rxb5 Rd5 31. Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Vaganian,R/Rotterdam WCup ;CBM 13 1989}) 10... h5 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa4 13.
cxd5 (13. Nf3 dxc4 14. Qe3 O-O 15. Rc1 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Qg5 c3 18. Be3 Nd5
19. Qxh5 Ngf4 20. Qg5 Qe4 21. Bd3 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Qxd3 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. O-O Ba6
25. Rd4 Qh7 26. Rc1 Rfc8 27. h5 Be2 {Lau,R-Vaganian,R/BL 9293 (1993) ;BL 90
1993/0-1 (42)}) 13... Qe4+ (13... Ndxe5 14. Be2 Qe4 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Bc3 f6
17. Qd2 Qxg2 18. Nh3 exd5 19. Bxh5 Nc4 20. Qd4 Nge5 21. Nf4 Qe4 22. Qxd5+ Qxd5
23. Nxd5 Kh7 24. Rhg1 Bf5 25. Ne7 Be4 26. Rd4 Bf3 27. Bg6+ Kh8 28. h5 Rad8 29.
Rh4 {1-0 Short,N-Timman,J/Amsterdam Euwe-mem (01) ;CBM 23 1991}) 14. Ne2 Qxd5
15. f4 Nxc5 16. Nc3 Qd4 17. Rb1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Kd1 O-O 20. Bd3 Qd5 21.
Rb5 Qd4 22. Ke2 b6 23. Rb4 Qd5 24. Be3 Bb7 25. Kf2 Rac8 26. Rd4 Qa2 27. Rc1
Qxa3 28. g4 Rc5 29. gxh5 Nxe5 30. fxe5 f6 31. Qg6 fxe5+ 32. Kg1 exd4 33. h6 Rc7
34. Bg5 Rf5 35. Qxe6+ Rcf7 36. h7+ Kh8 37. Re1 Qf8 38. Be7 {1-0 Short,
N-Lputian,S/Manila izt (09) ;CBM 19 1990}) 7... cxb4 8. Nb5 b3+ $1 (8... bxa3+
9. Kd1 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Bg5 e5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Rh6 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qf7+ Kh8 17. Rxa3 Nbc6 18. Qf6+ Kh7 19. Rg3 Nf5 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21.
Nd6 Be6 22. Nxf5 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Brynell,S/Leningrad ;CBM 14 1989}) 9. c3 Nf5 (
9... Bc7 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 a6 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 Bb5 15.
Qf3 Bc4 16. Nh3 Nf5 17. Ng5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nc6 19. h4 Rc8 20. g4 Ncxd4 21. cxd4
Qc2 22. gxf5 Qxb1 23. fxe6 Qxc1+ 24. Kg2 Rxg5+ 25. hxg5 Qxg5+ 26. Kh2 fxe6 27.
Qxb3 Rc7 28. Qg3 Rh7+ 29. Kg2 Qxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rxh1 31. Kxh1 Kf7 32. a4 b5 33.
axb5 axb5 34. Kg2 {0-1 Sedlak,I-Berecz,A/Szeged op (09) ;EXT 93op 1993}) 10.
Bd2 O-O 11. Qh3 a6 12. g4 Qh4 $1 $17 13. Qxh4 Nxh4 14. Nd6 b5 15. Rb1 Nd7 16.
Rxb3 Nb6 17. Bf4 f6 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5 Ra7 21. Ne2 Nc4 22. Bh3
Bd7 23. Rf1 Raa8 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. Kd2 Bf3 27. Ng1 Be4 28. Rbe1
Rxf1 29. Bxf1 Bc6 30. Bh3 Rf8 31. g5 Bd5 32. Bg4 Bd8 33. h4 Nxh4 $1 $19 34.
Bxh4 Rf4 35. Bxe6+ Bxe6 36. Bg3 Rg4 37. Ne2 Bxg5+ 38. Kd1 h5 39. Rf1 h4 40. Bf4
Be7 41. Be3 g5 42. Ke1 Bd5 43. Rg1 Rxg1+ 44. Nxg1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Sonntag, Hans Hubert"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. e4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
bxc4 Nb6 16. Qd3 e5 17. d5 Rc8 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Rfd1 Bc5 20. Qe2 cxd5 21. Nxd5
Qh4 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Rc2 h5 24. Bc1 Red8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd2 Ra8 27. Rc2 f6
28. Kh2 Bf7 29. f3 Be6 30. Bd2 hxg4 31. fxg4 Ra3 32. Be1 Qh6 33. Bd2 Be3 34.
Bxe3 Rxe3 35. Qd1 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qg3 37. Kf1 Rd3 38. Qe2 Rc3 39. Qd2 Bxc4+ 40.
Kg1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Hermann, Manfred"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. Be3 e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. f3 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6
15. Bc2 b6 16. Qc1 Ba6 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bh6 Nd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qe1 Nf4 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 h5 24. g3 Ne6 25. Nd2 Qc5+ 26. Kg2 Qe3 27. Nf1
Bxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Ng5 29. Kg2 h4 30. gxh4 Ne6 31. Bb3 Nf4+ 32. Kg3 Nd3 33. Qf1 e4
34. Bd5 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 e3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Re8 7. O-O h6 8. d4
Nbd7 9. e4 c6 10. h3 a6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Nh7 13. Qc2 Ng5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15.
Rad1 Bf6 16. f4 gxf4 17. gxf4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Qb6 20. Qf2 Qb4 21.
Rfd1 Nb6 22. Rxd6 Nxc4 23. R6d4 Qc5 24. e5 Bf5 25. Be4 Bxh3 26. R1d3 Bg4 27.
Rg3 Bh5 28. Rg5 Nxb2 29. Rxh5 Qxc3 30. Rd7 Re6 31. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. h4 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Qe2
Nb8 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. h5 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. h6 gxh6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rb8 15.
b3 Nge7 16. O-O-O Qb7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Na4 c4 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. f4 Rg8 21. f5
Ba3+ 22. Kb1 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qb4 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rg4 Kd7 26. c3 Qf8 27. Rf1 Qe7
28. Rxg8 Rxg8 29. b4 Rf8 30. Nc5+ Kc6 31. Rf6 Rxf6 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Qxe6+ Qxe6
34. Nxe6 Kb5 35. Nc7+ Kc6 36. Ne6 Kb5 37. Nd4+ Ka4 38. Nc2 h5 39. Ne3 d4 40.
cxd4 Kb5 41. Kc2 Bxb4 42. a4+ Kxa4 43. Nxc4 Kb5 44. Kd3 h4 45. Ne3 a5 46. Nf5
a4 47. Nxh4 a3 48. Kc2 Kc4 49. Nf3 Bc3 50. Ne5+ Kxd4 51. Nd3 a2 52. Nc1 a1=Q
53. Nb3+ Ke3 54. Nxa1 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Schmidt, Peter"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Passau"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Ne7 9. e3 Nd7 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qd1 O-O 14. b4 Re8 15.
g4 Nh4 16. Bg3 a5 17. a3 e5 18. f4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 exd4 21. exd4
Bf6 22. Nd1 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Qxg4 24. Kh1 Qh3 25. Bxh4 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 c6 4. b3 a5 5. Bg2 a4 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nc3
axb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Bf4 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Rab1 Re8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxb6 Nc4 17. Qxb7 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qb4 Qe6 20. e4 dxe4
21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxc4 h5 24. h4 Re6 25. Rb3 Qg4 26. Rdb1 Kh7 27.
Qd3+ Rg6 28. Rb8 Ra5 29. Re8 f5 30. Re5 Rxa4 31. Rxf5 Rxd4 32. Rxh5+ Qxh5 33.
Qxd4 Qf3 34. Re1 Rg4 35. Qd2 Qf5 36. Re3 c5 37. Qe2 Qg6 38. Re6 Qb1+ 39. Kg2
Qb7+ 40. Kh2 Qf7 41. f4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Wuppertal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 c5 10. Nd3 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. a4 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Be3 f4 15. Bf2 h5
16. a5 Bd7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qa1 Qd8 20. Qa6 Ne8 21. Rb1 g5 22.
bxc5 bxc5 23. Qb6 Qa8 24. Rb2 Qa1+ 25. Be1 Qa8 26. Ra2 Qc8 27. Ra7 Rf7 28. Rb7
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Zaehringen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Be3 Nf5 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. g4 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Nd7 11. f4 c6 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. g5 h6
15. Bh3 Kb8 16. d5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rh4 18. Bg2 Nc5 19. Qc2 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 cxd5 21.
cxd5 e5 22. Qf5 Rf8 23. Rh7 g6 24. Qc2 Qb6 25. a3 Bd8 26. Bh3 a6 27. Ka2 a5 28.
Bf1 exf4 29. exf4 f6 30. f5 fxg5 31. fxg6 Bf6 32. Nb5 Be5 33. Rf7 Rg8 34. g7
Qd8 35. Qh7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. d3 h6 (9... a6 10. Rd1 (10. Rb1 $5) 10... e5 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3
(12. bxc3 $5) 12... a5 13. e3 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Rf1 Be6 17. f4
Qd7 18. Rf2 exf4 19. gxf4 f5 $13 {Milos,G-Sunye Neto,J/Sao Paulo zt/1995/EXP47/
}) 10. e3 (10. Rb1 e5 11. e3 Be6 12. Na2 Qd7 13. b4 Bd8 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. bxc5
dxc5 16. e4 Bg4 $1 $13 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,An/Reggio Top 16/1991/CBM22/INF51,16/})
10... e5 11. Nd5 $1 $146 {Eine starke Verbesserung.} (11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 Rc8
13. b3 d5 14. Na4 b6 15. Rd1 d4 16. Rb1 a6 17. exd4 exd4 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Rb2
Nd7 20. Bd6 Nf6 21. b4 $36 {Karpov,An-Adams,M/Groningen/1995/CBM51/}) 11... Be6
12. Nd2 Rc8 13. b3 Nh7 14. f4 Qd7 (14... Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. f5 $16) 15. Bb2
{Weiss hat die Eroeffnung zufriedenstellund geloest, seine Figuren stehen
optimal.} f6 (15... Bh3 $2 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. f5 (17. Ne4 Qd7 18. f5 $16) 17...
Ng5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 $16) 16. Ne4 {Droht /\ 17.f5 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 Qxf5 19.
Nxd6 +/-} f5 17. Nec3 Nf6 18. Rab1 Bd8 19. b4 b6 20. Ba1 exf4 21. gxf4 Ne7 22.
bxc5 dxc5 (22... bxc5 $2 23. Rb7 Qe8 (23... Qxb7 24. Nxf6+ $18) 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6
25. Nb5 $18) 23. e4 $1 $14 {Weiss steht mit dem Bauernpulk -f4,e4,d3,c4- im
Zentrum und der guten Entwicklung -Nd5,Nc3,Bg2,Ba1- schon leicht besser.} Kh8
24. Nxe7 Bxe7 25. Nd5 Rf7 26. a4 {Dieser Zug hat zwei Ziele: 1.Einfach
verhindert das schwarze Gegenspiel -b5- am Damenfluegel. 2.Droht /\ a5 die
b-Linie oeffnen.} Rcf8 27. Rbe1 Bd8 28. Qd1 Ng8 $5 29. Be5 Bf6 30. Qa1 Bxe5 31.
Qxe5 Ne7 {/\ Nc6><d4 oder Ng6,fxe4><f4><g2} 32. Nxe7 Rxe7 33. exf5 Rxf5 34. Qe4
Rff7 35. a5 Bf5 (35... bxa5 $5) 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Bd5 Rxe1 $6 {Schwarz
verteidigte sich bisher sehr gut, aber jetzt mit einiger Ungenauigkeit kommt
in schwierige Lage.} (37... Bxd3 $5 38. Bxf7 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Rxf7 $44) 38. Rxe1
Bxd3 (38... Re7 $5) 39. Bxf7 Qxf7 40. Qd5 $1 Bxc4 41. Qxf7 Bxf7 {Hecht: T-L:
Abwicklung in 2-2 B am K-Flьgel, theoretischer Gewinn, klare Technik} 42. Re7
$1 Bc4 $8 (42... Bg8 $4 43. a6 $18) 43. Rxa7 bxa5 44. Rxa5 Kg6 45. Rxc5 {
Vaganian zeigt jetzt, wie gut seine Technik ist} Bd3 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Ke3 Bb1
48. Rc1 Bh7 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Kf3 Bg6 51. Rc5+ Kf6 52. Kg4 $1 Be4 53. Rb5 Bd3
54. Rb6+ Kf7 {Weiss hat sein erstes Ziel erreicht : Schwarzer Koenig geraet
nun in eine passive Stellung.} 55. Kf3 Bf5 56. Ke3 Bc2 57. Kd4 Bf5 58. Ke5 $1
Bd3 59. Rb7+ Kf8 60. Rb3 Bc4 61. Rb4 Bf1 62. Rd4 Bh3 63. f5 Kf7 64. Rd3 Bg4 65.
h3 $1 Be2 66. Rd7+ Kg8 67. f6 $1 gxf6+ 68. Kxf6 Bh5 69. Rd5 (69. Rd5 Bf3 (69...
Be8 70. Rd8 Kf8 71. Ra8 $18) 70. Rd8+ Kh7 71. Rd7+ Kg8 72. Kg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 N5f6 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. Qa3 Rc8
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Be3 b6 17. Nxe5 Nd5 18. d4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 f6 20. g4 Be8 21.
Nd3 Bb5 22. Rad1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Qg3+ 24. Bg2 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. d5 Rfd8 27.
Rfe1 Qh6 28. Qxa7 Bd7 29. Nf2 f5 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d5 5. c4 d4 6. O-O Ne7 7. b4 O-O 8. Nbd2 c6
9. Nb3 h6 10. a4 a6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. cxb5 Nd5 15. Qc2
Qd7 16. Nc5 Qd8 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nd6 Rxa3 19. Nxe8 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qxe8 21. Nxd4
Nb6 22. Nc6 bxc6 23. bxc6 e4 24. Rb1 Nxc6 25. Rxb6 Nd4 26. Qc4+ Be6 27. Qc7 Qa4
28. Bf1 Qa1 29. dxe4 fxe4 30. Rb7 Nxe2+ 31. Kg2 Bh3+ 32. Kxh3 Qxf1+ 33. Kg4 h5+
34. Kg5 Qc1+ 35. Qxc1 Nxc1 36. Kxg6 Bf8 37. Rb2 Nd3 38. Re2 h4 39. Rxe4 Nxf2
40. Rxh4 Nd3 41. Re4 Nc5 42. Re8 Nb7 43. h4 Nd6 44. Re1 Nf7 45. g4 Nh8+ 46. Kf5
Nf7 47. g5 Bg7 48. Re8+ Bf8 49. Kg6 Nd6 50. Re6 Nf7 51. h5 Nh8+ 52. Kf5 Nf7 53.
Rg6+ Kh7 54. Ra6 Kg8 55. Ra8 Nd6+ 56. Kg6 Nf7 57. h6 Ne5+ 58. Kf5 Nf7 59. Kf6
1-0

[Event "NED-chT 9697"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Van der Vorm, Teun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
Bh7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f4 Na6 11. Kh1 Re8 12. g4 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nf3 c5 15.
g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Bd6 17. Nh4 Nb4 18. Qd1 Be5 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. exd5 exd5 21. Qh5
Rad8 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. g6 Bxg6 24. Nxg6 Qe6 25. Bg5 Rd6 26. Rf1 Qxg6 27. Bxd5+
Rxd5 28. Qxg6 Rdd8 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Rf3 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 9697"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nh3 h5 7. Qf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O c6 10. Nd1 Nc7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe2 g6 14. Ne3 Nh6 15.
Rfd1 Kf8 16. Nf4 Ne8 17. Qf3 Kg8 18. h3 Ng7 19. g4 Qg5 20. Nfg2 Rf8 21. Qe2
hxg4 22. hxg4 f5 23. f4 Qe7 24. Rd3 fxg4 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Kf7 27. Rf1 Nf5
28. c3 c5 29. Rff3 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qb4 31. Qg5 Kg7 32. Rh3 Rxh3 33. Rxh3 Qxd4+
34. Kh1 Qxb2 35. Nh4 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qxa2+ 37. Kh1 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qc2+ 39. Kh1 Qe4+
40. Kh2 Qe2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Eupen op"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. Qd2 Be6 14.
Rfe1 c5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. c4 Rf6 19. Rad1 Nh4 20. Re4
Nxg2 21. Kxg2 Raf8 22. Re2 Rf5 23. Qe3 R8f6 24. Nxc5 Rf3 25. Qd4 R3f4 26. Ne4
Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Qf8 28. cxd5 Qf5 29. Rg1 Rfg4 30. Rxg4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Eupen op"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ahn, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. c5 Nfd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. b6 Ba2 17. Ra1 e4 18. Bxg7 exf3 19. Bxf8 fxg2 20. Re1 Kxf8 21.
Qd2 Qe6 22. Rec1 Ra6 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rc7 Bc4 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. dxc4 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Qf6 $6 (6...
Be7 7. Bb2 Bf6 8. d4 Be7 (8... h5 9. Nbd2 h4 10. e4 $1 hxg3 11. hxg3 Bg5 12.
Qe1 $1 $14 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Ne7 (13... Qg5 $5) 14. c4 $16 {Vaganian-Lau/BRD/1991})
(8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. c4 c5 14. Qc2
Ng6 15. d5 (15. Nf3 $5) 15... exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nf6 18. Bg2 Rad8 $10
{Vaganian-Campora/Manila olm/1992}) 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re3 a5 15. a3 Bf6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. c4 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3
19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. a4 c5 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bxb2 24. cxb6 Qxb6
$10 {Vaganian-Razuvaev/Reggio Emilia/1996}) 7. d4 $146 (7. c3 $6 {sieht recht
halbherzig aus.}) 7... Bd6 8. c4 Qe7 9. Nc3 f5 10. Qc2 $1 {Ein schlauer
Wartezug.} (10. Bb2 Nh6 $1) (10. cxd5 exd5 11. h3 $14) 10... Ngf6 (10... dxc4
$6 11. bxc4 e5 12. Rb1 $16) 11. cxd5 exd5 $6 (11... cxd5 12. Nb5 $16 {erobert
das Lдuferpaar}) (11... Nxd5 $142 $14) 12. h3 $1 Bxf3 $8 13. exf3 O-O {
Minasian hatte die Wahl zwischen zwei Ьbeln: entweder ergibt einen P fьr
zweifelhafte Kompensation, oder er muЯ lang rochieren, wo sein K leicht in
einen Angriff geraten kann.} (13... g6 14. Bh6 (14. Bf4 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16.
Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe2 Kf7 $10) 14... O-O-O (14... Nf8 $2 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16. Re3 $18 {
[%cal Ra1e1]}) 15. Rfe1 Qf7 16. b4 $1 Rhe8 (16... Kb8 17. b5 $16) (16... Bxb4
17. Nb5 a6 18. Reb1 Bc5 (18... axb5 19. Rxb4 $40 {[%cal Ra2a4]}) 19. dxc5 axb5
20. a4 $40) 17. b5 $16) 14. Qxf5 Ne8 (14... Rae8 $16) 15. Qd3 (15. Qg5 Qxg5 16.
Bxg5 h6 17. Bd2 g5 18. h4 $1 $16) 15... g5 {Das war also die Idee: der Pf3
soll hinten bleiben. Das funktioniert aber bei energischem weiЯen Spiel nicht,
wie Vaganian schnell nachweist.} 16. Qe3 {[%csl Rg5]} h6 (16... Qxe3 17. fxe3 (
17. Bxe3 $16) 17... Bxg3 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 $16 (19. Bxg5 $16)) 17. Qxe7 Bxe7
18. f4 Bf6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ye8g7,Yg7e6,Yg7f5,Yd7f8,Yf8e6] Versucht ein Spiel
gegen den Pd4 aufzuziehen.} 19. Ne2 (19. Rd1 Ng7 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. fxg5 hxg5 22.
Bf3 Nf8 23. Rac1 Nfe6 24. Ne2 Nf5 25. Bb2 Re7 $14) 19... Ng7 20. Be3 Nf5 21.
Rad1 Rae8 22. Rd3 Re7 (22... gxf4 23. Nxf4 $16) 23. g4 gxf4 (23... Nxe3 24.
fxe3 $16) 24. Nxf4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 {[#]} Rxe3 $6 {Die Kombination ist zwar nicht
inkorrekt, aber letztlich fьhrt sie in ein Leichtfigurendspiel mit einem
Mehrbauern fьr WeiЯ. Bei einer weniger direkten Fortsetzung hдtte Schwarz
immer noch auf die ungleichen Lдufer pochen kцnnen.} 26. Rxe3 Bxd4 {[#]} 27.
Nxd5 $1 cxd5 28. Bxd5+ Kg7 29. Rxf8 Bxe3+ 30. Rf2 Nc5 31. Kg2 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 {
Hecht: [#] starker L mit einem Mehrbauern am K-Flьgel, Raumgewinn und Zugang
zum D-Flьgel durch Zugzwang und Austempieren der schwarzen Figuren} Kf6 33. Ke3
Ke5 34. Bf3 b6 35. h4 Ne6 36. Be4 Nf4 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Ne6 39. g6 Ng7 (
39... Kf6 40. Kd3 Nc5+ 41. Kd4 Nxe4 42. Kxe4 Kxg6 43. Kd5 $18) 40. Bd3 Ne6 41.
Bc4 Ng7 42. Kd3 Nf5 (42... Kd6 {Hecht} 43. Ke4 $18) 43. Kc3 a5 44. Bd3 {
Tempogewinn} Ng7 45. Kc4 Kd6 46. Kd4 Ke6 47. Bc4+ Kd6 48. Ke4 {Zugzwang} Ne8
49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Ke5 Ng7 51. a4 Nh5 52. Be6 Ng7 53. Bf7 (53. Bg4 $18 {Hecht})
53... Nh5 54. Kd5 Kd7 55. Be6+ Ke7 56. Bf5 Ng7 57. Bd3 Ne6 (57... Kd7 {Hecht}
58. Bb5+ $18) 58. Kc6 (58. Kc6 {Hecht} Nd4+ 59. Kxb6 Nxb3 60. g7 Kf7 61. Bc4+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxd5 11. Rd1 c6 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rxd5 e6
15. Rd3 Rc8 16. Qd1 Rc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Be3 Qc8 21.
Bc5 Re8 22. e4 f5 23. f3 Be6 24. Qa4 Qb7 25. b4 Rf7 26. Rcd1 h6 27. Rd8 Rxd8
28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29. Rd6 Bc4 30. Qc2 Ba6 31. a4 f4 32. g4 Rd7 33. Qd2 Rf7 34. Qa2
Rd7 35. Qe6 Rxd6 36. Qxd6 Bc4 37. Nd3 Bxd3 38. Qxd3 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Qd6
Qc8 41. Kg2 Qg8 42. Qxc6 Bf6+ 43. Kh3 Qb3 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Kg2 Qg8+ 46. Kh1 Qb3
47. Qh3 Qxa4 48. Qe6 Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Bf2 Kg7 51. Qf5 h4 52. Qd7+ Kg6 53.
b5 Qb2 54. h3 Qe2 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56. Qb8 Kh6 57. Qf8+ Bg7 58. Qe7 Qxb5 59. Qxh4+
Kg6 60. Qg4+ Kf7 61. Qf5+ Bf6 62. Bxa7 Kg7 63. Bf2 Qe8 64. h4 Qg6+ 65. Kh3 Qf7
66. h5 Qe7 67. Kg4 Kh8 68. Kh3 Kg7 69. Bc5 Qd8 70. Kg4 Kh8 71. Qe6 Kh7 72. Bd6
1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Weemaes, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. c4 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 exd5 12. cxd5 Qd6 13. Na3 Bd7 14. Nc4 Qe7 15.
Rc1 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Na5 Rfd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qf3 g5 20. Bg3 h5 21. h4 g4
22. Qe3 Rd6 23. Bc2 Ne8 24. Rcd1 Rad8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bf6
28. Qc3 Ng7 29. Ba4 c5 30. Bb3 Qd6 31. Bd5 Ne6 32. Qc4 Kg7 33. Kh2 Nf4 34. Bxf7
Qe7 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Bxh5 g3+ 37. fxg3 fxg3+ 38. Kh3 Bxh4 39. e5 Bg5 40. Qe4
Qe6+ 41. Kxg3 Kh6 42. Be2 Qg6 43. Qxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kg4 Bc1 45. b3 1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Overeem, Marc"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. O-O-O a5 13. Kb1 a4 14. Ne5 a3 15.
b3 Na6 16. h4 Ne7 17. Ne2 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Bf4 Nxh4 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Rxh4 Qg6+ 23. Ka1 Rfc8 24. Nf4 Qe4 25. f3 Qe7 26. Rh5 g6 27. Rxd5 Nb4
28. Re5 Qd6 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Rc6 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. dxc5 Qxc5 33. Kb1 Rc8
34. Qd2 h5 35. e4 Kh7 36. Qd3 Rc7 37. Qd2 f5 38. Qd3 Qf2 39. Qd2 Qxd2 40. Rxd2
fxe4 41. fxe4 Kh6 42. Rd5 h4 43. e5 g5 44. e6 Re7 45. Kc2 Rxe6 46. Kd2 Re4 47.
Ra5 Rg4 48. Rxa3 Rxg2+ 49. Ke1 h3 50. Kf1 Rg3 51. Ra8 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 b6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15.
Qf3 Rac8 16. Bf4 Red8 17. Rd3 h6 18. Rad1 Ba8 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. h4 Nd7 21. Qg4
Nf6 22. Qf3 Ba8 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. c5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Rxd3 27. Qxd3
Bb7 28. Qd7 Kf8 29. b4 bxc5 30. bxc5 Ba6 31. Rd6 Bb7 32. h5 a5 33. a4 Rc7 34.
Qd8+ Qxd8 35. Rxd8+ Ke7 36. Rb8 Rd7 37. f4 f6 38. Be4 f5 39. Bf3 Rc7 40. Kf2
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Situru, Nathanael"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8. Nf3
a5 9. a3 Ba6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Nf5 12. Bb3 g6 13. h4 h5 14. Qf4 Bh6 15. Ng5
Nd7 16. Nd1 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. c3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc2 Bd3 21. Bb3 a4 22.
Bxa4 O-O 23. Bb3 Rae8 24. Be3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qxf4 26. exf4 Nc4+ 27. Kf2 Bxg5 28.
hxg5 Rxf4+ 29. Kg3 Rg4+ 30. Kh3 Nd2 31. Ba2 Re2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15.
Rxa1 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Re1 Bd7 18. b5 Nc5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. e5 Rxe5 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Bxc6 h5 23. Bf4 Re6 24. Kg2 Kh7 25. Bf3 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Kxh6 27. Ra1 Kg7
28. Ra8 Qe7 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Re5 31. Qb2 Nd3 32. Qb8 Kf6 33. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Nf4 Rc8 13. Bd2 O-O 14. a3 Na5 15.
Bb4 Bxb4+ 16. axb4 Nc6 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. b5 Ne7 19. O-O Rc4 20. Qxa7 Qxb5 21. Qa3
Nc6 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Rd2 Qb6 24. Rad1 Nb4 25. Qb3 Qa5 26. Kh2 b6 27. Qa3 Ra8
28. Ra1 Nc6 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Nxa5 31. Kg3 Kf8 32. Rd3 Rc2 33. Rd2 Rc4 34.
h5 Ke7 35. Ne2 g5 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. b3 Rb4 38. Rc2 g5 39. Rc7+ Bd7 40. Nc3 Kd8
41. Nxd5 Rxb3 42. Rc3 b5 43. Nd2 f4+ 44. Kh2 Rxc3 45. Nxc3 b4 46. Nce4 Nc6 47.
Nb3 Be6 48. Nec5 Ke7 49. f3 Bd5 50. g3 Bxf3 51. gxf4 gxf4 52. Nd3 Bd5 53. Nd2
Bg8 54. Nxf4 Nxd4 55. Kg3 Nc6 56. Nf3 b3 57. Nd3 Bc4 58. Nb2 Bd5 59. Nh4 Ke6
60. Kg4 Kxe5 61. Kh5 Kd4 62. Nf5+ Kc3 63. Nd1+ Kd2 64. Nb2 Bf3+ 65. Kxh6 Be2
66. Nd6 Kc3 67. Na4+ Kb4 68. Nb2 Na5 69. Nf5 Nc6 70. Ng3 Ka3 71. Na4 Kxa4 72.
Nxe2 b2 73. Nc3+ Kb3 74. Nb1 Kc2 75. Na3+ Kc1 76. Kg5 Nd4 77. Kf4 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Libeau, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2
exd4 9. cxd4 Re8 10. Nf1 Nf8 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Bc4 c5 16. Red1 cxd4 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc8 20. Rad1 Qb6
21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Qd2 Rce8 23. Qf4 Qxb2 24. f3 Rc8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qc1+
27. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. e5 Nh5 31. Nxh5+ gxh5 32. Rd7 Re6
33. f4 h4 34. Rxb7 a6 35. g3 h5 36. g4 Rc6 37. f5 Rc2+ 38. Kg1 Rc1+ 39. Kg2
Rc2+ 40. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. e4 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Qe2 a6 13. O-O b5 14. Bb3 Bb7
15. Rac1 Rc8 16. a3 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Qd4 Qxd4
21. Rxd4 g5 22. f3 Kf8 23. Rcd1 Ke7 24. Kf2 Rc7 25. R4d2 Rac8 26. Ne2 a5 27.
Nd4 Ba6 28. Ke3 a4 29. Ba2 b4 30. axb4 Rb7 31. Rc2 Rxb4 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Rd2
Rb7 34. Rc2 Bd7 35. b3 Kd6 36. Rd2 Kc5 37. Rc2+ Kd6 38. Rd2 Ke7 39. bxa4 Bxa4
40. Ke2 h5 41. g3 Rc7 42. Rb2 Rc1 43. Rb1 Rc3 44. Bb3 Bd7 45. Rb2 g4 46. f4 Nf3
47. Nxf3 Bb5+ 48. Kd2 Rd3+ 49. Ke1 Re3+ 50. Kf2 Rxf3+ 51. Ke1 Re3+ 52. Kf2 Rf3+
53. Ke1 Rf1+ 54. Kd2 Bc6 55. e5 h4 56. Bd1 Rh1 57. gxh4 Rxh2+ 58. Be2 g3 59.
Rb1 g2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Thesing, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Duisburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. b4 Bd6 13. Rb1 b5 14. Nh4 a5
15. a3 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Qe2 axb4 18. axb4 Ra2 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Bg5 Qxd3 21.
cxd3 Nfd7 22. Rfc1 h6 23. Be3 Rc8 24. Rb3 Na4 25. d4 Rb2 26. Rxb2 Nxb2 27. Bf1
Rb8 28. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Volke, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Ra1 Bh3 15. e4
Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nh5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 f5 19. f3 c6 20. Qa7 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5
22. Qa2 Kh7 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Rd8 26. Ne3 Nf6 27. Bxe5 Nxd5
28. Nc4 Ne3 29. Bxg7 Nxf1 30. Bf6 Rxd3 31. Kxf1 Rxf3+ 32. Ke2 Rb3 33. b6 g5 34.
Bd4 Rb5 35. Kd3 Rb3+ 36. Kc2 Rb5 37. Kc3 Rd5 38. Ne3 Ra5 39. Kb4 Ra2 40. Nxf5
Rxh2 41. Nd6 Rd2 42. Kc3 Rg2 43. Nxb7 Rxg3+ 44. Kc4 Rf3 45. Na5 Rf8 46. Be5 h5
47. b7 h4 48. Nc6 g4 49. Kd4 g3 50. Ke3 Kg6 51. Ne7+ Kg5 52. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 (3. d3 e5 4. Bg2 Nf6 {Pirc mit vertauschten Farben.})
3... Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. c4 Be7 (8... c6) 9. h3
Bh5 10. g4 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nf5 O-O 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Re1 Rfe8) 10... Bg6
11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Yd2c3]} c6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bc3 $1
{Sehr stark gespielt.Jetzt droht WeiЯ den Bauernmarsch im Zentrum mittels
e2-e4-e5, f4 u.s.w.} Na6 (15... g5 16. Qd2 {[%cal Yd2g5,Yd2b4]} Na6 17. Qxg5
Ne4 18. Qe3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3) 16. e4 g5 17. h4 $1 {GM Vaganjan spielt sehr
schnell und mutig.In dieser Moment er hдtte schon 12,5 aus 13 Partien in seine
konto.Es war nicht einfach seine Angriff ambitionen zu neutralisieren.} (17. e5
Nh7 18. Nc2 Re8 {[%cal Yh7f8,Yf8g6,Ya6c7,Yc7e6]}) 17... gxh4 (17... dxe4 18.
fxe4 gxh4 19. g5) 18. e5 Nd7 (18... Ne8 $5 19. f4 g5 20. Nc2 Ng7) 19. f4 {
Natьrlich fьr die geopferte Bauern hat Vaganjan kompensation.} g5 $1 (19... Nc7
$2 20. f5 $1) 20. Nc2 (20. f5 f6 21. e6 Nb6 $15) 20... gxf4 $6 {Zu schnell
gespielt.Schade das ich der 20...Nc7 unterschдtzt habe.Jetzt wird der weiЯe
Turm zu aktiv.} (20... Nc7 $142 $1 21. fxg5 Bxg5 $15) 21. Rxf4 Nc7 (21... Bg5
22. Rf5 Nc7 23. Qf3) 22. g5 $1 Ne6 (22... Bxg5 23. Qg4 (23. Rf5 Ne6 24. Qg4 Kh8
25. Bb4) 23... Ne6 24. Rf5 $18) 23. Rxh4 Bxg5 24. Rh3 Kg7 (24... Nf4 25. Rg3)
25. Qf3 (25. Ne3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Qg5 27. Qe1 Nf4 28. Rg3 Ne2+ $1 $17) 25... Rh8
26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Rg3 Rh7 (27... Rag8 28. Ne3 Kf8 29. Nf5) 28. Ne3 Kh8 29. Nf5
Qf8 30. Rh3 Qg8 31. Kf2 Ndf8 32. Rfh1 Qg6 33. Rxh7+ Nxh7 34. Bh3 Rg8 35. Bg4 {
In dieser Moment habe ich weniger Sekunden fьr die restliche 5 Zьge.Meine
nдchste Zug ist entscheidende Fehler.} Ng7 $2 $16 (35... Bf4 $142 36. Nd6 Qc2+
$13) 36. Kf1 b6 37. b4 c5 38. Be1 cxd4 39. Nxg7 Rxg7 40. Bf5 $18 Qc6 41. Qh3
Bh4 42. Bxh4 Qc1+ 43. Be1 Qf4+ 44. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Voekler, Bernd"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Ne2 Bb7 10. g3 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nc5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Qd3 Bb7 15.
Bh3 g6 16. O-O Bg7 17. a4 b4 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Bg2 O-O 20. a5 Qc7 21. Rfc1 Rfe8
22. Bb6 Qb8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qe3 g5 25. Ra4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Kh8 27. Nc5 Rg8 28.
Kh1 Bh6 29. Rf1 Bc6 30. Rxb4 Qxe5 31. Nd7 Qf5 32. Bd4+ Bg7 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34.
Bxe5+ f6 35. Bc3 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Re8 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd4 Bd7
15. Rad1 c6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Be6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 c5 20. Ba1 Rab8 21. a3
Qc7 22. Rd2 h5 23. Rfd1 Rbd8 24. f4 Bd7 25. Nc3 h4 26. g4 Re6 27. e5 dxe5 28.
Nb5 Qb8 29. g5 Nh5 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 exf4 32. Qd2 Re8 33. Rb7 Qd8 34. Qxd8
Rxd8 35. Bxg7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rxg2 38. Be5 Kf8 39. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Magdeburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Na6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nb4 9. Qb1 g6 10. Qd1 {Mit dem kleinen Damenschwenk wurde g6 provoziert.} Bf5
11. Rc1 a5 $2 (11... Qa5 {ist der kritische Zug.} 12. Qd2 $5 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Qd2 {ist die einzige ernsthafte Alternative.}) 12... Nxa2 $1 13. Bxf6 Nxc1 14.
Bxe7 (14. Bxh8 $2 Qa1 15. Qd1 Qxb2 (15... Bb4 16. Be2 Qxb2 17. O-O Nb3 $13) 16.
Qd2 Qa1 $19) 14... Qa1 15. Ba3 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Nc1+ 17. Ke1 $11 {ist eine
bekannte Remisvariante.}) 12. a3 Na6 13. Qb3 $1 Qb8 $6 (13... Rb8 {gibt
bessere Chancen, selbst wenn der a5 noch schwдcher wird.}) 14. Na4 O-O $6 (
14... Nd7 $5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 {Das sieht auch nicht schцn aus, aber wenigstens
kontrolliert Schwarz den Punkt b6 ein wenig.}) 15. Ne5 $1 {Verhindert b5 fьr
"alle Zeiten".} Rd8 16. Be2 Kg7 {Den Sinn kann ich nicht erkennen.} 17. O-O Nc7
18. g4 $1 Be6 19. f4 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nb6 Ra7 {[#]} 22. f5 $1 {Bei
solchen Bauernopfern muЯ man eigentlich nicht groЯ nachdenken, wenn die
schwarzen Figuren so wie hier im Abseits stehen. Insbesondere der Ta7 und die
Db8 nehmen an der Verteidigung vorerst nicht teil.} gxf5 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. Bd3
Nd6 (24... Nxe3 25. Rf3 {lдЯt den schwarzen Kцnig noch schutzloser zurьck.})
25. Qd1 Rg8 26. Kh1 Ne4 (26... Kh8 27. Bxh7 Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Nbd7 {
mit der Drohung Tg1 matt.}) 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Nbd7 Qd8 29. Qh5 {droht 30.Sxf7.}
f5 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. Rxg8+ {WeiЯ muЯ keine tollen Kombinationen hervorzaubern -
das Materialьbergewicht am Kцnigsflьgel fьhrt zu einem leichten Sieg.} Qxg8 32.
Rg1 Qe8 33. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Klebel, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Passau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Ngf6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe1 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 Ne8 12. Nc4 f6 13. Nh4 Bf7 14. Qe2 Nd6 15.
Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Rd1 Bc5 17. Qg4 Be8 18. Bf1 Kh8 19. Bc4 Qc7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21.
Ng6+ Bxg6 22. Qxd7 Rad8 23. Qxb7 Rd1+ 24. Bf1 Bxe4 25. Bh6 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 gxh6
27. Re1 Bd5 28. c4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. b3 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Bxb6
15. Ba3 O-O-O 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bf1 Ke8 20. Kg2
Nd7 21. Bc4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. f3 Nd7 24. f4 Bc5 25. Bc1 Ke7 26. Kf3 h6 27.
h4 Bb4 28. Bb2 Bd6 29. Bf1 f6 30. h5 Nc5 31. Bc4 Nd7 32. Kg4 Bb4 33. Kf5 b6 34.
Ba6 Be1 35. Bc8 exf4 36. Bxd7 Kxd7 37. gxf4 Ke7 38. Kg6 Bd2 39. f5 Kf8 40. e5
fxe5 41. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qe7 14. Qd2 Rfe8
15. Qg5 Rad8 16. Qh4 Nf8 17. Nb5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qg4+ Ng6 22. Nxa7 Qa8 23. Nb5 Qxa2 24. Bf1 f5 25. Qh5 h6 26. h3 Qxc4 27. e3
Qd5 28. Bg2 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Qc2
Qxd4 15. Rfd1 Qf6 16. Qc7 Rf8 17. Be5 Bd8 18. Qd6 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxd6 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Rxd6 Rb8 22. Ra6 bxa6 23. Rxb8 Rd8 24. Bf1 a5 25. f4 Re8 26. Kf2 Bd7
27. Rb7 Bc6 28. Rxa7 a4 29. Bg2 Bb5 30. Bf3 Rc8 31. Ra5 Be8 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33.
Bxa8 a3 34. Be4 Ba4 35. Ke3 Bb3 36. Bb1 Bc4 37. Kd2 f5 38. e3 Kg6 39. Kc3 Bd5
40. g4 Kf6 41. gxf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Sukharisingh, Ralf"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wuppertal"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Re1 bxc4 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Qxc6 Nb6
15. Rb1 Qd8 16. e3 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bh3 f5 19. Rxb6 axb6 20. Bg2 Kh8 21.
Qxd5 c3 22. Nb1 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Bb4 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Nxa3 Bd3 27.
Nb1 c2 28. Nd2 Rxa2 29. Nb3 Be4 30. Nc1 Ra1 31. Kf1 Bf3 32. d5 Kg8 33. d6 Kf8
34. Nb3 Rd1 35. Nc1 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Franfurt CC Ordix"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schlindwein, Rolf"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Rfd1 Qc8 12. a4 a6 13. h4 h6 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. Bc2
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bxd5
Nxd5 22. Qf3 Ra7 23. Ne4 Nxf4 24. exf4 f5 25. Nxc5 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rc8 27. Rd5 h5
28. Nd3 Rb7 29. Ra1 Bf6 30. Ra5 b4 31. Nxb4 Bxh4 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Ra6 Bf6 34.
Rd2 Rc4 35. Nd5 Rd7 36. Nb6 Rxd2 37. Nxc4 Rc2 38. Rb6 Bh4 39. Ne5 Bxf2 40.
Rxg6+ Kh7 41. Re6 Be3+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kxh4 Bxf4 44. Rxe7+ Kh6 45. Nf7+ Kg6 46.
Nh8+ Kf6 47. Rf7+ Ke6 48. Kh5 Be5 49. Ng6 Bf6 50. Ra7 Rh2+ 51. Nh4 Bxh4 52. f4
Bf2+ 53. Kg6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd7 Nxd7
15. Nf5 Rfe8 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Red1 Nf8 19. Rac1 Ne6 20. Bxc5 Rec7
21. Be3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Kf8 24. Be3 a6 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 Bd5 27.
b3 Kd6 28. Kd2 f5 29. Bf1 Bb7 30. Ba7 g5 31. Bb8+ Kc5 32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Ke3 g4
34. a3 Kb6 35. Bf4 Kc6 36. b4 h5 37. Bh6 Kd6 38. Bf4+ Kc6 39. a4 Kb6 40. Be5
Kc6 41. Bf6 Kd6 42. Bf1 Bb7 43. h4 Bc8 44. Bd4 Kd5 45. Ba7 f4+ 46. gxf4 Ng7 47.
Kd2 Nf5 48. Kc3 Nxh4 49. Bc4+ Kc6 50. b5+ axb5 51. axb5+ Kc7 52. Bd5 Bb7 53.
Bf7 Ng2 54. Bxh5 Nxf4 55. Bxg4 Nd3 56. Be3 Ne1 57. Kd4 Kb6 58. Kc4+ Kc7 59. Bf5
Nd3 60. Kd4 Ne1 61. Bg6 Kb6 62. Kc4+ Kc7 63. Bf7 Nf3 64. Bd5 Nh4 65. Bxb7 Kxb7
66. Kd5 Nf5 67. Ke5 Ng7 68. Kxe4 Ne8 69. Ke5 Nc7 70. b6 Nb5 71. f4 Kc6 72. f5
Nd6 73. Ke6 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
Bh7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1 Kh8 13. g4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 f5
15. Ng3 Bg8 16. Qe2 fxg4 17. Qxg4 Nf6 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Nh5 Qc7 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Bc3 d4 23. Bxd4 Bd5+ 24. Kg1 Rf7 25. c4 c5 26. Bc3 Bc6 27. Rae1
Kh7 28. Re3 Raf8 29. Rg3 Bd7 30. Qg2 Bc6 31. Qe2 g5 32. d4 Re7 33. Re3 Rxe3 34.
Qxe3 Qf7 35. d5 Qxh5 36. dxc6 Bxf4 37. Qe4+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Qe7+ Rf7 40.
Qe4+ Kg8 41. h3 bxc6 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. Qg8+ Kf5 45. Re1 g4 46. h4
Bh2+ 47. Kg2 Bd6 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dorobanov, Svetoslav"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Nf8 14. Rfc1 Ng6
15. h3 Qe7 16. b4 Ne4 17. b5 Ng5 18. Nh2 Nh4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Nxh3+ 21.
gxh3 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 Qg2+ 23. Ke2 Qxh2 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Nxc8 Rbxc8 26. Bxh7+ Kh8
27. Bf5 Rc7 28. Bg4 f5 29. Bh5 g6 30. Rh1 Qd6 31. Bf3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. c3 b5 8. Nf4
Qb6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qxd4 13. Nxe6 Qxe5 14. Ng5
a6 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Qc2 Bxg5 17. Re1 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 O-O 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb1 Rd8
21. Qe2 Re8 22. Qd1 Ra7 23. b4 d4 24. h3 Rae7 25. f4 Ng6 26. f5 Nf4 27. Kf2 d3
28. Kg3 Re3+ 29. Kh2 Re2 30. Rf1 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Bc3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Bxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Ngf6 12. Be2 a6 13. b3 h5 14. f3 Nc5
15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. Bd1 e5 18. Nde2 Be6 19. Bc2 h4 20. a4 b6 21. Kb2
g5 22. Red1 Kc7 23. b4 Nb7 24. Bb3 Rc8 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. h3 a5 27. bxa5 Nxa5 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 Rc8 31. Rc2 Rxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Nh5 33. Ne2 Ng7 34.
Kc3 f5 35. Bc2 fxe4 36. Bxe4 Nb7 37. Bg6 Nc5 38. Kb4 Ne8 39. Bxe8+ Kxe8 40. Nc3
Kd7 41. Kc4 Kc7 42. Kb5 Nd3 43. Ka6 Nb2 44. Ka7 Nc4 45. Nb5+ Kc8 46. Ka6 Kb8
47. Nc3 Kc7 48. Nd1 Nd2 49. Nc3 Nc4 50. Nb5+ Kb8 51. Nxd6 Nxd6 52. Kxb6 Kc8 53.
Kc6 Nc4 54. d6 Kd8 55. Kc5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 (6... Nc6 $1 7.
Na3 $5 Bg4 8. Nc2 e5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Kh8 12. Qg4 $14 {Fishbein,
A-Gulko,B ,New-York,1997}) 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2 (8. h3 $5 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 a6
11. a4 b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. b4 Qc8 14. Qb3 $16 {()Panno-Larsen,B, Buenos-Aires,
1983}) 8... b6 9. Nf1 Bb7 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Bd2 d5 $5 12. exd5 (12. dxe5 Nxe4 $10
) 12... Nxd5 13. Bg5 $5 Qc8 $6 (13... Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qa4 Bc6 16. Bb5
Bxb5 17. Qxb5 c6 18. Qa4 $14) (13... f6 $5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
$10) 14. Qd2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rxe1+ (15... Ne5 $1) 16. Rxe1 Ne5 17. Bf5 gxf5 (
17... Qf8 $2 18. Ne6 $18) 18. Ndxf5 f6 (18... Bh8 19. Nh6+ Kf8 20. c4 Nxc4 21.
Qc2 $18) 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. c4 $1 Nxc4 (20... Nf7 21. Bh4 Qg4 22. cxd5 $18) 21.
Qd4 $1 Kg6 $2 (21... Qf8 22. Nf5+ Kh8 (22... Kg6 23. Bh6 $18) 23. Re7 Nd6 24.
Qh4 Qxe7 25. Nxe7 fxg5 26. Qd4+ $18) 22. Qe4+ f5 23. Qh4 {[%cal Gh4h6]} Qg8 24.
Qh6+ Kf7 25. Re7+ {[%cal Gh6f6]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5
8. e4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nfd7 11. Rb1 $1 (11. Be3 Qb4) 11... c5 12. d5 $1
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxa2 14. Bh6 $44 Re8 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd3 {[%cal Yb1a1,Yf1b1]} (
16. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Yf2f4,Ye4e5]}) (16. Bd3 {Dautov} Qa6 17. f4 Nbd7 18. Qe2 Kh8
$1 $13 {/\Ng8}) 16... Qa5 17. g4 $1 (17. Rxb7 Nbd7 18. f4 Rab8 $132 (18... Rab8
{Dautov} 19. Rfb1 Rxb7 20. Rxb7 Qa6 21. Rb1 Kh8 $14)) 17... Qc7 (17... Nbd7 18.
g5 $16 (18. g5 {Dautov} Ne5 19. Qe3 Nfd7 20. f4 $18)) 18. Kg2 (18. g5 $5 {
Dautov} Nfd7 19. f4 $36) 18... Kh8 {[%cal Gf6g8]} 19. Bd2 {[%cal Yg4g5,Yh3h5,
Yf1h1]} Rf8 (19... Nbd7 {Dautov} 20. g5 Nh5 21. f4 $36) 20. g5 Nh5 21. f4 Nd7
22. h4 (22. Bxh5 {Dautov} gxh5 23. Qe2 f6 $132) 22... Rae8 (22... e5 {Dautov}
23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. f5 Rg8 25. Kh2 $16 {/\Qe2}) (22... e6 {Dautov} 23. Rbe1) 23.
Bg4 {[%cal Yd3f3]} e6 24. Rbe1 Ng7 25. Rh1 {[%cal Yh4h5]} (25. h5 $1 {Dautov >=
} gxh5 26. Rh1 $3 hxg4 27. Rh6 Rg8 (27... f5 28. Reh1 Kg8 29. Rxh7 Kf7 30. exf5
$18) 28. Reh1 Nf8 29. Qg3 $18) 25... h5 (25... f5 $2 {Dautov} 26. h5 $1 fxg4
27. hxg6 Kg8 28. Rxh7 $18) 26. gxh6 Nh5 {/\Ndf6} 27. e5 $1 dxe5 (27... exd5 $1
28. cxd5 (28. Qxd5 dxe5 (28... dxe5 {Dautov} 29. Qxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxd7 Rd8 $17))
28... dxe5 29. d6 (29. c4 $5 Nxf4+ 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Bxd7 Qxd7
33. Qc3+ f6 34. Qxf6+ Kh7 $15) (29. Bxh5 {Dautov} gxh5 30. c4 Rg8+ 31. Kf2 Rg4
$13) 29... Qd8 $13) 28. d6 e4 (28... Qc6+ $2 {Dautov} 29. Bf3 Qc8 30. fxe5 $18)
29. dxc7 exd3 30. f5 $1 Ndf6 (30... exf5 31. Bxh5 (31. Bf3 $2 Nb6) 31... gxh5
32. Rxe8 (32. Bf4 $2 Re4 33. Kf3 Rfe8 $13) 32... Rxe8 33. Re1 (33. Rd1 $1 {
Dautov} Nf8 (33... Nb6 34. Bf4 $16) (33... Ne5 34. Bg5 $16) 34. Bg5 $1 Ne6 (
34... Rc8 35. Rxd3 Rxc7 36. Rd8 $18) 35. Bd8 Nxc7 36. Bxc7 $16) (33. Bf4 Nf8 $1
34. Rd1 Ne6 35. Be5+ Kh7 $17) (33. Bg5 f6 34. Rd1 Rc8 $1 35. Bf4 Ne5 $19) (33.
Rh3 Ne5 34. Bg5 (34. Bf4 Ng6 35. Bg5 Rc8 $17) 34... d2 $1 35. Bxd2 Rc8 36. Bg5
Kh7 37. Bd8 Kxh6 $19) 33... Rg8+ 34. Kf2 $18 {[%cal Ye1e7]}) 31. Bxh5 Nxh5 32.
fxg6 fxg6 33. Rhf1 $18 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 {/\Rf7-d7} Kg8 35. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Yg5d8]}
Rc8 36. h7+ $1 Kg7 37. h8=Q+ Kxh8 38. Rf7 d2 39. Bxd2 Ng7 40. Rd7 Ne8 41. Bf4
1-0

[Event "NED-chT sf2"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tjiam, Dharma"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.05.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SMB"]
[BlackTeam "Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. Re1 g5 15.
Bg3 Ne4 16. Nd2 Bb4 17. Bb1 Bf5 18. Ndxe4 dxe4 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qc2 Rac8 21.
Red1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nc4 23. Qe2 Qa3 24. h4 Kg7 25. Rc2 Rd3 26. Rcc1 Rdd8 27. Kh2
b5 28. Qe1 Qe7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 Rh8+ 32. Kg1 Qe6 33. f3 exf3
34. e4 fxg2 35. Kxg2 Bh3+ 36. Kg1 Ne5 37. Qe3 Qf6 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Rd5 Qf6 40.
Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 41. Rxg5+ Kf6 42. Rd5 Be6 43. e5+ Kg5 44. Rd6 Kf4 45. Bd3 Rh3 46.
Kg2 Rh5 47. Be2 Rxe5 48. Kf2 a5 49. Rb6 Re3 50. Bxb5 Rxc3 51. a4 Rc2+ 52. Ke1
Ke3 53. Rd6 Rc1+ 54. Rd1 Rxd1+ 55. Kxd1 f5 56. Bc6 f4 57. Kc2 Bf5+ 58. Kc3 Be4
59. Bb5 f3 60. Bf1 f2 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Claesen, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. a3 e5 8. b4
Bd6 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. d3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. Nde4 Bd4
15. e3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rfd8 17. Qb1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. Rd1 Rac8
21. Rd2 h5 22. h4 Qc5 23. Bb2 Na5 24. Qd1 Bg4 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. Qe4 Nb3 27. Rc2
Qxc2 28. Qxe5 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Nxa1 30. Qxa1 Rc2 31. Qd4 b6 32. Bf3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2
g6 34. Qd6 Rcc8 35. Qf6 Re8 36. d4 Rc2 37. Kg1 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Bg4 39. Bd5 Be6 40.
Bf3 Bg4 41. Bxg4 hxg4 42. h5 Re6 43. Qg5 Kg7 44. Qxg4 Rc2 45. Qg5 Ra2 46. h6+
Kh7 47. Qf4 f5 48. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Cools, Gorik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8.
e3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bd5 10. h4 Nc6 11. h5 Rg8 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. b4 a6 14. b5 axb5
15. Bxb5 Qd7 16. Bc4 e5 17. Rb1 O-O-O 18. Rb5 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Ne7 20. Qa4 Qc6 21.
O-O Kb8 22. Qb3 Rh8 23. Bb2 Nc8 24. Rc1 Qa6 25. d4 c6 26. Rxb7+ Qxb7 27. dxe5
Qxb3 28. axb3 Kb7 29. exf6 Nd6 30. Ne5 Ne4 31. Nf7 Rd2 32. Nxh8 Rxb2 33. Nxg6
Bh6 34. f7 Rxf2 35. Rc4 Rxf7 36. Rxe4 Rd7 37. Kf2 Rd3 38. b4 Rb3 39. g4 Ka6 40.
Ne7 Rb2+ 41. Kf3 Kb5 42. Nxc6 Kxc6 43. Re6+ Kd5 44. Rxh6 Rxb4 45. Rf6 Ke5 46.
Rf4 Rb1 47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. Kf4 Rf1+ 49. Kg5 Re1 50. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 b6
8. O-O Bb7 9. c3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bg5 Qd5 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a4
Rfd8 15. Qc2 Qd6 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 c5 19. Rae1 Rac8 20. Qe2
Qd5 21. Qa6 Qa8 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. h3 Qc6 24. Qe2 Qd5 25. Qc2 Qa2 26. Qb1 Qxb1
27. Rxb1 b5 28. Ra1 a5 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Ra2 Rdb8 31. Re2 Ke7 32. Kf1 g6 33.
Ke1 Bg7 34. Kd1 f5 35. Kc2 a4 36. Re1 g5 37. Re2 Bf6 38. g4 Kf7 39. Nd2 R8b6
40. Nc4 Ra6 41. Re1 Rc5 42. Na3 Kg6 43. Raa1 Rb6 44. Nb1 Rc4 45. Nd2 Rf4 46. f3
h5 47. Rg1 Rc6 48. Kd3 Be7 49. Rg2 Rd6+ 50. Kc2 Rb6 51. Re1 Bf6 52. Ra1 Rc6 53.
Kd3 Rc8 54. Rgg1 Rd8+ 55. Kc2 fxg4 56. hxg4 h4 57. Rae1 Re8 58. Kd3 Bd8 59. Re4
Bc7 60. Rh1 Rd8+ 61. Kc2 Rxe4 62. Nxe4 Rf8 63. Nd2 Rh8 64. Rh3 Bg3 65. Kd3 Rb8
66. Nc4 Bf4 67. Rh1 Rh8 68. Rh3 Rd8+ 69. Kc2 e5 70. Rh1 Kf6 71. Ra1 h3 72. Rxa4
h2 73. Ra1 e4 74. fxe4 Rh8 75. Rh1 Rh4 76. Nb6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Delemarre, Jop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. exf3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. g4 Nc5 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. g5 Ne8 14. Re1 Qd8 15.
Qe2 Bd6 16. f5 Nc7 17. d4 Re8 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qg4 Bb4 21. Re2 Qd5
22. a3 Ba5 23. Rc2 Bb6 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. h4 c5 26. Rcd2 Ba5 27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4
Bxb4 29. Rc2 Nb5 30. f6 Qb3 31. Bxe4 Nc3 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Rd3 g6 34. Qf3 b5
35. h5 Qe6 36. Bc6 b4 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Bxe8 Rxe8 39. d5 Qd6 40. Qh3 a5 41. Qh6
Qf8 42. Qxf8+ Rxf8 43. d6 Be5 44. f4 Bxd6 45. Rxd6 b3 46. Rb6 a4 47. Kf2 Ra8
48. Bd4 Rc8 49. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Nd2 b5 10. e4 bxc4 11. bxc4 Ba6 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4
15. Qc2 Nb6 16. a3 Ba5 17. Red1 Rb8 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. a4 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Ba3
Bb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. a5 Nbd7 24. Ra4 Qb5 25. Qxc4 Qh5 26. Qc2 Rfc8 27. Nf4 Qb5
28. Qa2 Nc5 29. Rc4 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qc2 Ncd7 32. Rc8 Qxa5 33. e5 g5 34.
exf6 gxf4 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qd2 Qc7 37. gxf4 Nxf6 38. f5 Qe5 39. fxe6 Qxe6 40.
Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qa5 Qb6 42. Qa3+ Kg7 43. Qg3+ Kh8 44. Qa3 Qb8 45. Qc1 a5 46. Qc3
Qb1+ 47. Bf1 Qf5 48. Bd3 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Ke2 Qh5+ 51. Ke1 Kg7 52. Bc2 Qg5
53. Kf1 h5 54. Bb3 Qb5+ 55. Kg2 Qb7+ 56. Kg1 Qb4 57. Qe3 Qe4 58. Qc1 Qe5 59. h3
Nh7 60. Qc4 Ng5 61. h4 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qe4+ 63. Kf1 Qxc4+ 64. Bxc4 Nf3 65. Be2 Nd4
66. Bc4 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 Rb8 8. h3
a6 9. e4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Bf4 b4 16. Na4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Rxb6 18. Rac1 Bxb2 19. Bxc7 Ra6 20. Rc4 Rxa2
21. Rxc6 Bb7 22. Ng5 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Ra1 24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25. Nxe6 Rf6 26. Bd5 Kf7
27. g4 h6 28. f4 g5 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Rg6 31. Nxg5+ Kf8 32. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group1"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.09.26"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Hayastan Dinamo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O e6 9. f4 Be7 10. f5 e5 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. a4 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. cxb5 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nb4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Nbd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Rc8 23. b6 Bd8 24. f6 Rb8 25. fxg7 Bxb6+ 26. Kh1 Bd8 27. Qh5
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 h6 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Rd1 Re8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Qb8 13. h3 Be7 14. Rd2 d6 15.
Ne4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qg4 Bf5 19. Qg3 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qxe5 Bf6 22. Qf4 Bxa1 23. g4 Bg6 24. h4 h5 25. gxh5 Bxh5 26. Qg5 Bg6 27. h5 Bf6
28. Qg4 Bf5 29. Qf4 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. e4 Bh7 32. f3 e5 33. Qg3 Rd1+ 34.
Kf2 Rh1 35. Qg4 g6 36. b4 Rc1 37. c5 bxc5 38. h6 cxb4 39. Qd7 Bh4+ 40. Ke2 Kf8
41. Qd6+ Ke8 42. Qxe5+ Kf8 43. Qb8+ Ke7 44. Qxb4+ Ke8 45. Qb8+ Ke7 46. Qxa7+
Kd8 47. Qd4+ Ke7 48. Qb4+ Ke8 49. Qa4+ Kd8 50. Qd4+ Ke7 51. Qe5+ Kf8 52. a4
Re1+ 53. Kd2 Rb1 54. Kc2 Rb7 55. Qc5+ Re7 56. a5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.01.31"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Toth, Bela"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zaehringen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rab1 Qe7
15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Qh5 f5 20. Nf3 Qf6 21.
Qg5 Qf7 22. Qh5 h6 23. Nh4 Re6 24. Nxg6 Rxg6 25. Qf3 Rf6 26. Ne2 g5 27. Nc1 f4
28. Nd3 fxe3 29. Qxe3 Nf5 30. Qd2 Qg7 31. Ne5 Re6 32. Re1 Rde8 33. b4 a6 34. a4
Nxd4 35. Qxd4 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Qb6 Qe7 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 c5 40. Qxh6
Re1+ 41. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. g3 d4 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qh6+ Ke8 46. Qh5+
Kd8 47. f4 Qd5 48. fxg5 d3 49. Qd1 Qa2+ 50. Kg1 Qc2 51. Qf3 d2 52. Qd5+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.02.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 Na6 8. b4
c6 9. b5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 Nf6 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. c4 O-O 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qb3 Nb4 18. Bf4 a6 19. Nc3 Nc6 20. Qxb7 Nxd4 21.
Rad1 Bc5 22. e3 Ne6 23. Nxd5 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Qa5 25. g5 Rab8 26. Qf3 Nh7 27. Qg4
Rfd8 28. h4 Bd6 29. Bd5 Nf8 30. h5 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxb8
Qxg5+ 34. Qg3 Qxh5 35. Rb1 Qd5 36. Rb8 Qc5 37. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.03.28"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O
Nd7 15. e4 d4 16. h3 a5 17. a4 f6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Bb5 g5 20. Bc4 Nxc4 21. Nxc4
Rfb8 22. Qd3 Rb4 23. Rc2 Kg7 24. Rfc1 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Rc8 27. Qb5
c4 28. Qxa5 Qxe4 29. Qa7+ Kg6 30. Qd7 Rc6 31. Qd8 d3 32. Qg8+ Kf5 33. Qh7+ Ke5
34. Qe7+ Kd5 35. Qd7+ Rd6 36. Qb7+ Rc6 37. b3 c3 38. Qd7+ Ke5 39. f4+ gxf4 40.
Qe7+ Kd4 41. Qa7+ Rc5 42. b4 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. bxc5 f3+ 45. Kh1 fxg2+ 46.
Kxg2 Qg5+ 47. Kf3 Qf5+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kf2 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Qg5+ 52.
Kf3 Qd5+ 53. Kg3 d2 54. c6+ Ke4 55. Rg1 c2 56. Kh4 d1=Q 57. Qe7+ Qe5 58. Qh7+
f5 59. Qg8 Qf4+ 60. Rg4 Qdxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.04.26"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Luethgens, Eike"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. f4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Qh3 Nh6 12. Bg5 Nf5 13. O-O-O c5 14. Rhe1 Nc7 15.
g4 hxg4 16. Qxh8 gxf3 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qh3 Nd4 19. f5 exf5 20. Be3 Nce6 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Nb1 Qa4 23. Qxf3 Qxa2 24. Rd3 g6 25. Ra3 Bxa3 26. Qxa3 Qxa3 27.
Nxa3 a6 28. Kd2 Kd7 29. b4 Rh8 30. Re2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5
Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nf3 {In this system White can choose, which of the black
bishops will be exchanged for his b5 knight. Exchange of the dark-squared
bishop is more popular in the modern practice:} (9. Nxc7+ $5 {It looks logical
to exchange the better bishop.} Qxc7 10. Bb2 $5 (10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Nge7 12.
Bd3 a6 13. O-O h6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Kh1 Nf5 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. a4 Ne3 18. Nxd4 Nc4
19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bd4 Bd5 22. Ra3 {1/2-1/2 Apicella,M-Dimitrov,V/
Sofia tt 1990 (41)}) 10... Nh6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. O-O Ne3
$5 15. Rfc1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Bxd4 $14 {Sevillano,E-Comas Fabrego,L/Moscow
olm PHI-ESP 1994 (47)}) ({White can also opt for} 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 Nh6 11.
Bd3 Bb6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Kh1 Nf5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4
Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Jakubiec,A-Bashkov,V/Katowice
op 1993 (46)}) 9... Bxb5 ({Vaganian's patent. He exchanges the bad bishop.
After} 9... a6 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nge7 13. O-O g6 14. Kh1 Qb6
15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. Rac1 h5 18. Rfe1 Ng8 19. Nxd4 {White gains a large
advantage (Held,P-Namyslo,H/OLWuert 1993).}) 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 $5 ({In his recent
game against Gallagher, Vaganian opted for} 10... Nd7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nxd4 O-O
13. Bd3 g6 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Qf3 Na4 16. Bc1 Bb6 17. Be3 Nb2 18. a4 a6 19. a5 Ba7
20. Nb3 Nxd3 21. cxd3 d4 22. Bf2 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Rfd8
$1 $17 {0-1 Gallagher,J-Lputian,S/WchT 4th 1997 (39) - see CBM62. The text
move is more popular.}) 11. Nxd4 (11. O-O {is an important alternative:} Nge7
12. Bd3 Nf5 (12... a6 13. Bb2 Bb6 14. Kh1 h6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rae1 g6 17. Nh4
Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qxg4 O-O-O 21. Qh5 Rdf8 22. f5 {Hellers,
F-Dimitrov,V/WchJ 1986/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Bb2 O-O 16.
Kh1 Bb6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rd2 g6 19. Rad1 Nd8 20. Bxd4 Ne6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. c4
d4 23. Nxd4 {1-0 Dragovic,M-Gavela,D/JUG-chT2 1994 (45)}) ({or} 11. Bd3 $5 Nge7
12. Qe2 Bb6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Bxf5 $5 exf5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rc8
18. b5 Na5 19. Bxd4 $14) 11... Nge7 12. c3 $6 ({This continuation is very
risky and probably inferior to} 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Nxc6
Nxc6 16. Bd3 a5 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Ne7 19. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 20. Kh1 Ra8 21. g4 f5
22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rbe1 Ng6 24. f5 exf5 25. g5 Rd6 26. Rxf5 Rad8 27. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Cladouras,P-Budnikov,A/Berlin Summer op 1992}) 12... Bb6 13. Be3 O-O
14. Qd2 (14. Bd3 {Finkel,A} Nxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 $15 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 15... Nf5 (15... a5 $5) 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qd3 Qd7 19.
Rfc1 g6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rc6 22. b5 Rc7 23. Kf2 Qc8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Ke2
$11) (14. O-O $5 {Finkel,A} Bxd4 15. cxd4 a5 $13 (15... Nf5 16. Bf2 Qb6 17. Bd3
$14 Nfxd4 $2 18. b5 $18)) 14... Bxd4 $1 {Finkel: Giving up another bishop, but
getting in return strong counterplay on the queenside.} ({This subtle move
yields Black excellent play. Much weaker was} 14... Nxd4 15. cxd4 a5 16. O-O {
, and White retains a durable advantage.}) 15. cxd4 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal
Ga5b4,Gd8b6,Gc6b4,Gb6b4] Only this continuation justifies Black's previous
move. Using an unfortunate postion of White's light-squared bishop, Black
develops a dangerous initiative on the queenside.} 16. O-O $6 {Finkel: From
now on white starts to face problems.Correct was} (16. bxa5 Nxa5 {followed by
Nc4 yields Black good prospects in the middlegame.} (16... Qxa5 {Finkel,A} 17.
Qxa5 (17. a4 $2 Qxb5 $19) 17... Rxa5 18. a4 $8 Nf5 19. Bd2 Ra7 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Bc3 Rfa8 22. a5 Ne3 23. Kf2 Nc4 24. Ra2 $1 $132 {with unclear position.}))
16... axb4 17. a4 $1 (17. axb4 {falls short after} Qb6 {, and Whtie cannot
solve his b-pawn problem. The text move yields White certain compensation for
the sacrificed pawn.}) 17... b3 $15 {[%cal Gc6a5,Ga5c4]} 18. g4 f5 {The
essential move. Otherwise after 19.f5 White develops a very dangerous
inititative on the kingside.} 19. exf6 (19. h3 $6 {Finkel,A} Na5 20. Rab1 Rc8
21. Rfc1 Nc4 $1 22. Qf2 fxg4 23. hxg4 Ng6 $17 {[%csl Rf4]}) 19... Rxf6 20. Qd3
$6 ({A dubious decision. The light-squared bishop retreat} 20. Bd3 {is
strongly met by} Qa5 $1 21. Qb2 (21. Qe2 Qc3 22. Rac1 (22. Rfc1 b2 $1 $19)
22... Qb4 $17) 21... Qb4 $17) ({More chances yielded} 20. Bf2 $1 {/\Bh4} Qb6
21. Rad1) (20. Rab1 {Finkel,A} Na5 21. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc4]} Rc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23.
Qe1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge3d2]} Nd6 $15) 20... Na5 21. Rae1 h6 {Finkel: Covering
square g5 in case of f5.} 22. Bf2 $2 {Now this maneuver is not efficient. By
simple means Black gets a winning position.} (22. Re2 {was to be preferred,
although in this case Black retains an advantage.}) 22... Rxf4 23. Rxe6 Nec6
24. Qg3 Qd7 $1 25. Qxf4 Qxe6 26. Bd3 Nc4 {White has no compensation for a
sacrificed pawn, whilst Black's passed b-pawn is very dangerous. Finkel: The
pawn on b3 has managed to survive and will cause white many problems!} 27. Bf5
Qf6 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Qd3 (29. Qxb3 {Finkel,A} Nxd4 30. Qxb7 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Qxf5
$17) 29... b2 30. Re1 Qg5 31. Qe2 Rf8 {Threatening 31...Rf5.} 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33.
h4 (33. Qxd5 {is refuted by} Nd2 34. Be3 b1=Q $19) 33... Qf6 34. Qxd5 ({
Finkel: Some chances to save the game would leave} 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Rb1 Re8
36. Kf1 $17) 34... Nd2 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Yf8f2]} 35. Be3 b1=Q 36. Bxb1
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Kh2 Be6 13. Qe2 h6 14. Rfd1 a5 15.
Bc5 Re8 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. Be3 b6 18. b3 Nc5 19. Ne1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nd3 g5
22. Qh5 Qd8 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Ne3 dxe3 25. Rxd8 Raxd8 26. Re1 exf2 27. Re2 Rd1
28. Rxf2 Red8 29. Bf3 R1d2 30. Kg2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Rxa2 33. Bg4
Bxg4 34. Qxg4 Ra3 35. Qc8+ Bf8 36. e5 Rxb3+ 37. Ke4 Rb1 38. Qa8 Ra1 39. Kf5 Kg7
40. Qf3 Re1 41. Qc3 Rf1+ 42. Kg4 a4 43. Kh5 Rf5 44. e6+ Rf6 45. exf7 Bd6 46.
Qa1 Kxf7 47. Qxa4 Rf3 48. Qd7+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Ke5 50. Kg4 Re3 51. h4 Kd4 52. h5
Rxg3+ 53. Kf5 Rf3+ 54. Kg6 g4 55. Qh8+ Be5 56. Qd8+ Kxc4 57. Kxh6 g3 58. Qd1
Rf8 59. Qe2+ Kd5 60. Qg2+ Kd6 61. Kg5 Rf2 62. Qg1 Rh2 63. Qd1+ Bd4 64. Qf3 g2
65. Qf8+ Kd5 66. Qf3+ Kc4 67. Qe2+ Kc3 68. Qe1+ Kd3 69. Qb1+ Kd2 70. Qa2+ Ke3
71. Qb3+ Kf2 72. Qa2+ Kf3 73. Qf7+ Ke4 74. Qf5+ Ke3 75. Qe6+ Kd3 76. Qb3+ Bc3
77. Qd5+ Kc2 78. Qa2+ Kc1 79. Qa3+ Kd2 80. Qxc5 Kc2 81. Qf5+ Kc1 82. Qc5 Kc2
83. Qf5+ Kc1 84. Qc5 Kb2 85. Qf2+ Kb3 86. Qg3 Rh1 87. Qxg2 Rc1 88. h6 c5 89. h7
c4 90. Qf3 Kb2 91. Qxc3+ Kxc3 92. h8=Q+ Kc2 93. Qh7+ Kb2 94. Qb7+ Kc2 95. Qe4+
Kb2 96. Qb7+ Kc2 97. Qg2+ Kb3 98. Qd5 Kb2 99. Qb5+ Ka3 100. Kf4 c3 101. Ke3 Rd1
102. Qc4 Kb2 103. Qb4+ Kc2 104. Qa4+ Kc1 105. Qb3 c2 106. Qa2 1-0

[Event "NED-chT"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nge2 h6 8.
Bh4 c6 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bg3 Ne4 15.
Be5 f6 16. Bh2 f5 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Qh4 19. Ne2 c5 20. Bg3 Qf6 21. c3 f4 22.
Nxf4 cxd4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. cxd4 Bd6 25. Nh5 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Be5 27. Rc1 Qe3 28.
f4 Bd6 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Bf2 Qe8 31. Bd4 Bf8 32. f5 Rxc2 33. Bxc2 Bb5 34. Nf4 Nd7
35. Ne6 Qf7 36. a4 Bc6 37. b4 a6 38. Qd3 Nf6 39. Nd8 Qe7 40. Nxc6 bxc6 41. Bxf6
Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Bd6+ 43. g3 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Walldorf"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 a6 8. e4 d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. f4 Bf8 14. f5 exf5 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qb7 17. exf5 Nbd7 18. Nc6 g6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. Bg5 Bg7
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 Nd7 26. Qa3 Bf8 27. Qc3 b5 28.
Qc7 Ra7 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Rc8 b4 32. Rfc1 Kg7 33. Bf1 Be7 34.
R1c7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Bg5 36. Bxa6 Be3+ 37. Kf1 Bb6 38. Rb7 Bc5 39. Be2 Kf6 40. h4
Kf5 41. g4+ Ke4 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Kf5 44. Rb8 Kg5 45. Rg8+ Kh6 46. Ra8 Nd7
47. Rc8 1-0

[Event "GER CupT sf2"]
[Site "Walldorf"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Schmidt Schaeffer, Sebastian"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baiertal"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Ne2 Qxe5 13. Bb2 Qf6 14. f4 Nbc6
15. Qd3 Nf5 16. O-O-O Qh6 17. Qd2 Ne3 18. Nxd4 Nxd1 19. Kxd1 Bd7 20. Qe3 Rc8
21. g3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bb5 23. Bxb5+ axb5 24. Kc1 Qh7 25. Qe2 Qe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4
27. h4 Rxg3 28. h5 Rg2 29. c3 f6 30. h6 Kf7 31. h7 Rh8 32. Rh6 Rg6 33. Rh5 Rg7
34. Rxb5 Kg6 35. Rb6 Kf5 36. Rb5+ Kxf4 37. Bxf6 Rg1+ 38. Kb2 Rxh7 39. Kb3 e3
40. Be5+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 {Die Einschaltung von} (10. h3 {scheint mir sinnvoll zu
sein.}) 10... Qa5 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Rae8 {Dieser Zug sieht nicht
natьrlich aus.} (13... c5 {ist eine konsequente Fortsetzung:} 14. Bb5 Qc7 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Cruz,
W-Maderna,C/Mar del Plata 1949}) 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bd3 Bg6 16. Neg5 h6 17. Bxg6
fxg6 18. Ne4 Nf4 $6 (18... g5 19. Bd2 Nf4 {hдtte ein wertvolles Tempo gewonnen.
Nach} 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Ne1 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 Ref8 {hat Schwarz nicht das
geringste zu befьrchten; eher hat er einen leichten Vorteil.}) 19. Bxf4 Rxf4
20. Qe3 Rf7 (20... g5 {scheint mir auch hier vorzuziehen zu sein, weil der
Turm nicht angegriffen wird, wenn ein Springer auf d6 erscheint, und ein
gewisser indirekter Druck gegen d4 erhalten bleibt.}) 21. Ne1 Ref8 22. Nd3 Nb6
(22... Be7 23. Ndc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 {gefolgt von Se4-d6 nach geeigneter
Vorbereitung ist noch unbequemer fьr Schwarz.}) 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Qc3 Qe7 25.
Qg3 Kh7 {Es ist mir nicht klar, warum Schwarz hartnдckig auf} (25... g5 {
verzichtet.}) 26. a5 Nd5 27. Rd2 Qb4 28. Qa3 {Nach Damentausch ist der Vorteil
des WeiЯen offensichtlich; das Springerfeld d6 gewinnt an Wert.} Rd7 29. Qxb4
Nxb4 30. Ra3 Na6 31. Nd6 c5 32. dxc5 Nxc5 33. Rc2 b6 34. axb6 axb6 35. b4 {
Hiermit sollte WeiЯ wachten, weil der b-Bauer durch Tf8-f4 angegriffen werden
kann. Nach} (35. g3 {wдre die Aufgabe des Schwarzen sehr schwer.}) 35... Nb7
36. Ra7 Nc5 37. Ra3 Nb7 38. Rc6 Nxd6 39. exd6 b5 40. g3 g5 $2 (40... Rfd8 41.
Raa6 g5 {sollte zum Erreichen eines Unentschieden genьgen.}) 41. Re3 Re8 (41...
Kg6 42. Rxe6+ Rf6 43. Re5 Rfxd6 (43... Rf5 44. Rec5 {ist nicht besser fьr
Schwarz.}) 44. Rxd6+ Rxd6 45. Rxb5 Rd2 {fьhrt zu dem Stellungstyp, der in der
Partie nach dem 47. Zuge von WeiЯ entsteht.}) 42. Re5 Rb7 43. Rc7 Rb6 44. Re7
Rd8 45. R7xe6 Rbxd6 46. Rxd6 Rxd6 47. Rxb5 {Ich glaube nicht, daЯ Schwarz
diese Stellung halten kann. Die Bauernstruktur am Kцnigsflьgel ist ungьnstig
fьr ihn; wenn er den Bauern auf f2 erobert hat, droht er noch nicht, einen
Freibauern zu bilden.} Rd1+ 48. Kg2 Rb1 49. Kf3 Rb2 50. Rb6 Kg8 51. b5 Kf7 52.
Rb8 Kf6 53. b6 Kg6 54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Kd4 Rxf2 56. Rc8 Rb2 57. Rc7+ Ke6 (57... Kf6
58. b7 g6 59. Kd5 g4 60. h4 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz:} h5 (60... Kf5 61.
Rf7#) (60... g5 61. h5) 61. Kd6 g5 62. hxg5+ Kxg5 63. Rc5+ {usw.}) 58. Rxg7 Kf6
59. Rb7 h5 60. Rb8 Rb3 61. Kc5 g4 62. hxg4 hxg4 63. Rd8 Ke5 64. Rd5+ Ke6 65.
Rd4 Rxg3 66. b7 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 c5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3
Nb4 9. Na3 b6 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. d3 d4 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Ne4 b5 14. Nb1 Nd5 15. c3
N7b6 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Kf2 Ne3 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Nbd5 21. Bb2
Qb6 22. Nbd2 O-O 23. Rc1 b4 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Nc3 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Qc2
Bxc4 28. Rb1 Bb5 29. a4 Bxa4 30. Rxb6 Bxc2 31. Rb7 Bd8 32. Ke2 Bb6 33. Nd6 Ba4
34. f5 c2 35. Kd2 Bc5 36. Nc4 a5 37. g4 Bb4+ 38. Kc1 Be1 39. Nb6 Bb3 40. Nd7
Rc8 41. Bc6 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7
15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 c4 18. Qf5 Nb6 19. a4 a6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. a5
Na4 22. Ne2 g6 23. Qc2 Rab8 24. Nf4 Rb5 25. h4 Qd7 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 Rxa5 28.
Rb4 Be7 29. Ne5 Qe8 30. Rb7 Rb5 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qxa4 Rd6 33. Qc2 Qb7 34. Qe2
Rb1 35. Rc2 Ra1 36. Rb2 Rb6 37. Rxb6 Qxb6 38. Qf3 Qf6 39. Qxd5 c3 40. Qc4 Rc1
41. Nfd3 Rc2 42. Qb3 Re2 43. Qxc3 Qf5 44. Nf4 Qe4+ 45. Nf3 Rc2 46. Qb3 Rc6 47.
d5 Rf6 48. Qc3 a5 49. g4 Qb4 50. Qe5 Qd6 51. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th Group1"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Silva, Fernando"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.09.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porto Boavista"]
[BlackTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Re8 11. Rc1 Na6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Rfd1 f5 14. e3 Bf6 15.
Bf1 Nb4 16. Qb1 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 bxc5 20. Be1 Qb6 21. Qc2
Nc7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bf2 Rab8 25. Bg2 Ba8 26. Rb1 Rbc8 27. Qb2 Ng5
28. h4 Ngf7 29. Rbc1 Ne5 30. Qc2 Qa6 31. Bf1 Qb6 32. Bg2 Qb7 33. b4 cxb4 34.
Qb3 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Nec4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th Group1"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.09.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "Invicta Knights Maidstone"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 c5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15.
Rfc1 a6 16. a5 Qb8 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qa7 20. Be3 Bg6 21. Ng5
Rfe8 22. Qf3 Re7 23. Bc4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rd8 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Bf5 27. Ne4 Bxe4
28. Qxe4 Nf8 29. Bd3 Qb8 30. Rab1 Rc8 31. Rf1 Qc7 32. Rb6 Qc3 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34.
Qxb7 Rc7 35. Qxa6 Qd2 36. Rf3 Rc3 37. Qb7 Qc1+ 38. Bf1 Rc7 39. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mohamed Ahmed, Esam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a5 dxc4
15. Bxc4 b5 16. Ba2 Nhf6 17. e4 b4 18. Na4 c5 19. e5 Nd5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxd5
Bxd5 22. Nb6 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rad8 24. g3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Nc4 Rxd1+ 27.
Qxd1 Qb7 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd6 Ne4 30. Qd3 Qd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Nb6 d4 33. Kf1
Nc5 34. Ke2 b3 35. f4 Kg8 36. Nc4 Kf8 37. Nd2 Ke7 38. Nf3 Ke6 39. Nxd4+ Kd5 40.
Ke3 g6 41. h3 Kc4 42. f5 gxf5 43. Nxf5 Na4 44. Nd6+ Kd5 45. Kd3 f6 46. Nc4 Nc5+
47. Kc3 fxe5 48. g4 Ne4+ 49. Kxb3 Kd4 50. Kb4 Nf2 51. Nd6 e4 52. Nf5+ Ke5 53.
Kc3 Nxh3 54. Nxh6 Nf4 55. Nf5 Nd5+ 56. Kc4 e3 57. Ng3 Nf4 58. Kc3 Nd5+ 59. Kc4
Nf4 60. g5 e2 61. Nxe2 Nxe2 62. g6 Kf6 63. Kc5 Nf4 64. Kb6 Nd3 65. Kxa6 Nxb2
66. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 h6 9. b3 Bb4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. c3 Be7 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Ne3 Be6
15. c4 Ne8 16. a3 a5 17. Bc3 Bc5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Ne3 Bc5 20. Rfe1 a4 21. bxa4
b6 22. Bb4 Ra7 23. Nd1 Qd6 24. Nb2 f6 25. Red1 Qe7 26. Qb3 Rda8 27. Nh4 Qf7 28.
Nf5 Ra6 29. Rd2 Kh7 30. Rad1 g6 31. Qf3 R8a7 32. a5 bxa5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Qe3
Qf8 35. Nd6 Nd7 36. c5 Rc7 37. Bf1 Raa7 38. Bc4 Ng7 39. f4 Bxc4 40. Nbxc4 Ne6
41. fxe5 Nxe5 42. Nxe5 fxe5 43. Rf1 Qe7 44. Rdf2 Qg5 45. Qb3 Nxc5 46. Qb8 Qe3
47. Kh1 Ne6 48. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. c4 {Rather rare move, was played many times with
success bz russian grandmaster Semen Dvoirys.Usual continuation is} (9. Nb3 Bd6
10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 {or} (11. Bd3)) 9... O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 (10... Bb6 11. c5 Bc7
12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Re1 f6 14. Bh4 Nf5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {1-0 Dvoirys,
S-Vaganian,R/Yerevan 1997}) 11. Bxc6 (11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Bg5 Nbxd5 13. Qd4 Nf5
14. Qd3 Be7 15. Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Bc4 Nd6 $11 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Portisch,
F/Budapest 1978 (45)}) 11... bxc6 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nbd4 {Stronger then} (13. Nfd4
{and after} a5 $1 14. a4 Ng6 15. g3 Bh3 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Nd2 Rae8 $17 {0-1
Armitage-Berglund,J/corr 1983 (27) black get better chances.}) 13... Bg4 14.
Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Be5 $1 {[%csl Ge5,Gg4] N/ New strong move is clear improvement
to the} (15... Ng6 {and after} 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. Qa4 $1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. f4
Nd3 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Nxc6 $16 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Shulman,Y/Nizhnij Novgorod op
1998 (48) White won pawn.}) 16. Qd2 (16. Qa4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 (17. gxf3 Bxd4 18.
Qxd4 Nf5 $15) 17... Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bc3 (18... Be5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Qxc6 $14) 19. Rb7 Re8 20. Rfb1 $44) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qd7 {It start to
be clear, that Vaganian equalized game.} 18. Rae1 Ng6 $1 (18... Nf5 $143 19.
Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3) 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Re2 Re7 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Kf1 (22. Nxe5
Nxe5) 22... Qb7 23. Qd3 Qb4 $15 {[%csl Gb4,Rc5,Ge5,Gg6] White posision is
passive, and black,s advantage is not big but obvious. Rublevsky correctly
decided to exchange some pieces.} 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 fxe5 {
Hecht: 'Bessere schwarze Bauernstruktur (zentrale Bauernmasse!); grober Patzer
von WeiЯ im letzten Zug. Motiv: Fesselung. '} 27. Qc2 e4 28. Qc3 Qa4 ({
Deserves attention} 28... Qxc3 $5 29. bxc3 Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b5]} 30. c4 $1 {
'<=>' Hecht.} Kf7 $1 (30... dxc4 31. Rxe4 c3 32. Rc4 Rb1+ 33. Ke2 Rb2+ 34. Ke3
c2 35. a4 Kf7 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Kd2 $11) (30... Rb2 $6 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Rc1 $14
) 31. cxd5 cxd5 $15 {and White must work hard to make draw.}) 29. b3 Qa6+ (
29... Qxa2 $4 30. Ra1) 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Qd4 (31. Qe5 Qc8 $5 $15) 31... Qb5 32.
Qe5 $1 h6 (32... Qxc5 33. Rxe4 $1 Rf8 34. f3 $13) 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qe7 Rg8 35.
f3 (35. Qxa7 Rf8 {[%cal Re4e3]} 36. Qe7 Ra8 $1 $36) 35... exf3 36. gxf3 a5 $15
37. Qd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Kg2 {Hecht}) 37... Re8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "234"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
a6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc1 c6 12. Rd1 Nh5 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.
Qxf4 Nc5 16. e4 Be6 17. e5 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qe3 Bxc4 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Ne5
Be6 22. b4 Bf6 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxc3 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Rac1 Bxb4 27. Rd4 c5
28. Rd6 Bxa2 29. Bxb7 Rxf4 30. Rxa6 Bf7 31. Rd6 c4 32. Rd7 c3 33. Kg2 Be6 34.
Bd5 Bxd5+ 35. Rxd5 Rc4 36. Rc2 Rc7 37. Rd3 Kg7 38. Kf3 Re7 39. Rd4 Ba3 40. Re4
Rc7 41. Ke2 Be7 42. Kd3 Bf6 43. Rf2 Rd7+ 44. Kc2 Rb7 45. Ree2 Bd4 46. Rf1 Bf6
47. Rf4 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 Rb5 49. Ref2 Rb6 50. Rc4 Rd6+ 51. Kc2 Rd7 52. Rc6 Bd4 53.
Rf3 Be5 54. Rf2 Rb7 55. Re2 Bf6 56. Rd6 Ra7 57. Rd5 Kh6 58. Rd6 Kg7 59. Kd3 Rc7
60. Rd5 Kh6 61. Rf2 Bh4 62. Rf1 Bg5 63. Kc2 Bd2 64. Rf6 Re7 65. Rc6 Be1 66.
Rh5+ Kg7 67. Rhc5 Rf7 68. Rc7 h6 69. Rxf7+ Kxf7 70. Rc6 Bd2 71. Kd3 h5 72. gxh5
gxh5 73. Ke4 Ke7 74. Ke5 Kd7 75. Rc4 Ke7 76. Kf5 Kd6 77. Ke4 Ke6 78. Rc6+ Kd7
79. Kd5 Ke7 80. Rc5 Kf6 81. Ke4 Kg6 82. Kf3 Kf6 83. Ke2 Kg6 84. Kd3 Kh6 85. Rf5
Kg6 86. Rd5 Kh6 87. Rc5 h4 $2 88. Ke4 Kg6 89. Ke5 Kg5 90. Rc4 Kg6 91. Rc8 Kf7
92. Kf5 Ke7 93. Rc4 Kd6 94. Ke4 Be1 95. Kd3 Bd2 96. Rxh4 Ke5 97. Rc4 Kf5 98.
Ke2 Kg5 99. Kf3 Kh5 100. Rc8 Kg5 101. Rg8+ Kh4 102. Rh8+ Kg5 103. h4+ Kg6 104.
Rc8 Kh5 105. Kg3 Be1+ 106. Kh3 Bd2 107. Rc5+ Kg6 108. Kg4 Kf6 109. h5 Kg7 110.
Rc7+ Kh6 111. Rc6+ Kh7 112. Kf5 Be1 113. Rc4 Bd2 114. Rc8 Be1 115. Kf6 Bd2 116.
h6 Bxh6 117. Rc7+ Kh8 $138 (117... Kh8 118. Kg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Reschke, Stefan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Ne5 c5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. a4 Qb7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. Rc3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 c4 20. Ra3 a6
21. h3 Qc6 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Bf3 f5 25. g3 Rb8 26. Rca1 Rcb7 27. R1a2
Qb4 28. Qc1 g5 29. Kh2 Rf8 30. Qh1 Qd6 31. Ra1 h5 32. Kg2 h4 33. gxh4 g4 34.
hxg4 fxg4 35. Be2 Rbf7 36. Rf1 Bf5 37. f3 gxf3+ 38. Bxf3 Be4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.11.22"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. e4 Nfd7 10. Bg3 Qa5 11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O b5 14. a3 Bb7 15.
Rac1 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Rd4 Qb3 19. Qb1 Nc6 20. Nd2 Qb6 21. Nc4
Qa7 22. Rdd1 Nb3 23. Rc2 Ncd4 24. Be5 Rac8 25. Bf1 Rfd8 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4
Qxd4 28. Qa2 Rxc4 29. Qxb3 Rb4 30. Qa2 Qd6 31. Qb1 Bf6 32. Qc1 Qb6 33. Qe1 Rxb2
34. Na4 Rb1 35. Nxb6 Rxe1 36. Nd7 Bd4 37. Rc4 e5 38. Rb4 Bc8 39. Rb8 Rc1 40.
Nb6 Bxb6 41. Rxb6 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Passau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
e6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbc3 exd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. d6 Re8 13. Nf4 Rb8 14. Nfd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Bf4 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nb4 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. h4 Nc6 21.
Bxc6 Qxc6 22. d7 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 h5 26. Re8+ Kg7 27.
Bf8+ Kh7 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Kg2 Kg8 30. Bxc5 b6 31. Be3 f6 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Ke4
Ke6 34. b4 g5 35. g4 gxh4 36. gxh5 f5+ 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 a6 6. e5 axb5 7. exf6 Nc6 8.
Qd1 b4 9. O-O e6 10. c4 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Re1 Be7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb3 O-O
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. Nc2 b3 21.
axb3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Re8 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. Rd1 h5 25. h3 Re4 26. Ne2 Bc6 27. f3 Re8
28. Qd4 Kg7 29. Kf2 Qxd4+ 30. Nxd4 Ra8 31. Rc1 Kf6 32. Ke3 Ra6 33. h4 Ke5 34.
g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Kd6 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Ra8 38. h6 Bd7 39. Kf4 Rh8 40. Rh1 f6
41. Rh5 Rh7 42. Nf5+ Ke6 43. Rh1 Kf7 44. Nd6+ Kg6 45. Nxb7 Rxh6 46. Rxh6+ Kxh6
47. Nc5 Bb5 48. b4 Kg7 49. Ke3 Kf7 50. Kd4 Ke7 51. Kxd5 f5 52. Ke5 f4 53. Kxf4
Kd6 54. Ke4 Kc6 55. Kd4 Bf1 56. Kc3 Kb5 57. Nb3 Kb6 58. Nd4 Ka6 59. Nc2 Kb6 60.
Ne3 Be2 61. Nc2 Bf1 62. Kb3 Be2 63. Ka3 Bd3 64. Ne3 Be2 65. Nd5+ Kc6 66. Nc3
Bf1 67. Ka4 Kb6 68. b5 Bg2 69. Kb4 Bf3 70. Na4+ Kb7 71. Ka5 Bg2 72. Nc5+ Ka7
73. b6+ Kb8 74. b4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.20"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15.
Qd4 Qb6 16. Bc4 h6 17. O-O Rhd8 18. Bd2 a5 19. Qh4+ Kf8 20. Rfd1 Ne7 21. Be3
Bd5 22. Bxh6 Ng6 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qf6+ Kf8 25. Ng5 Qa7 26. Rac1 Rdc8 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Rxd5 Nd3 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Ne6+ Ke8 32. Qxd8# 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.04.18"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. Rc1 d5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 $2 ({Das Endspiel nach
} 12... Qxd5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Qxd4+ Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {gilt als
angenehm fьr WeiЯ, aber letztlich gehen die Partien doch immer remis aus.}) 13.
d4 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxf3 ({Die Alternative} 14... Rxc5 15. Rxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd4+ f6 (
16... Kg8 17. Rd1 e6 18. Ne5) 17. Rd1 e6 $14 {sieht zumindest optisch sehr gut
aus fьr WeiЯ.}) 15. Bxf3 Nxc5 16. b4 Qxd1 ({Nach} 16... Ne6 17. Qa4 Rc7 18. e3
{ist die weiЯe Stellung vorzuziehen.}) 17. Rcxd1 $3 ({Piket hatte wohl auf} 17.
Rfxd1 Ne6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rd7 Rc7 20. Rxc7 Nxc7 {gehofft.}) 17... Na4 ({
Nun gewinnt WeiЯ nach} 17... Ne6 18. Rd7 Rc7 19. Rxc7 Nxc7 20. Rd1 {nebst Td7
Material.}) 18. Rd7 e5 19. Rxa7 Nc3 {Im Moment ist die Koordination zwischen
den weiЯen Figuren nicht perfekt, deshalb ist der Mehrbauer noch nicht
entscheidend.} 20. e3 e4 $2 {[#] Piket unterschдtzte wohl den folgenden Zug.
Der Bauer e4 erweist sich bald als zusдtzliche Schwдche.} ({Nach} 20... Rfd8
$14 21. a4 (21. Kg2 e4 22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Rb7 Rd6 24. Rc1) 21... e4 (21... Rc4 22.
a5 Rxb4 23. a6 Ra4) 22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bd7) 21. Bd1 $1 {Das
Doppelturmendspiel nach 21...Sxd1 22.Txd1 bietet Schwarz kaum Chancen. WeiЯ
hat nicht nur einen Bauern mehr, Schwarz muЯ sich auch mit dem schwachen e4
plagen.} Nd5 (21... Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bb3 Nxa2 24. Ra1) 22. Bb3 Nxb4 23.
Ra4 Nd3 24. Rxe4 {Jetzt ist der Mehrbauer gesund - WeiЯ steht auf Gewinn.} Nc5
25. Rb4 Rc6 (25... Nxb3 26. axb3 {hдtte WeiЯ sogar Gewinnchancen ohne den
Mehrbauern auf der anderen Seite - einfach deshalb, weil der Tb4 zugleich
angreift und verteidigt.}) 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Kg2 Re7 28. Rd8 h5 29. h4 Rf6 30.
Rf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Re4 32. Bd5 Rb4 33. Rc8 f5 34. Rc7+ Kh8 35. Bf7 Rb2 36. Bxg6
Ne4 37. Bxf5 Nxf2 38. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Panormo zt"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. h3
c6 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. f4 Qh5 15. f5
Bh6 16. Bxh6 Qxh6 17. fxg6 Qxg6 18. Qf2 Kg7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd3 Be6 21. Nce2
Qg5 22. Rf3 Nbd7 23. Nf5+ Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Qh6 25. g4 Nxe4 26. Qd4+ Ndf6 27. g5
Nxg5 28. Rxf6 c5 29. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Panormo zt"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. a3 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15.
Qe2 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Na2 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Rc2 Rd8 20. Nc3 a5 21. Rcd2
Ba6 22. Qe3 Rbc8 23. Bb1 Bb7 24. Be4 Ba6 25. Bb1 Bc4 26. h4 Bb3 27. Re1 Nf8 28.
Ba2 Bxa2 29. Nxa2 Ng6 30. g3 Ne7 31. g4 h5 32. Qe4 hxg4 33. Qxg4 Nf5 34. d5 Nh6
35. Qh3 exd5 36. Rxd5 Qxb2 37. Rxa5 Rc4 38. Qf1 Rg4+ 39. Kh1 Qb7 40. Qe2 Rf4
41. Ra3 Nf5 42. Kg1 Rg4+ 43. Kf1 Nd4 44. Qd3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Panormo zt"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. Nf1 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. d5 Na6 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. a4 Qd7 15.
Ra3 Ne8 16. h4 Nc7 17. h5 N7a6 18. Nh4 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Bb1 Qg4 21. Bh6 Bg7
22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Bg5 f6 24. Be3 Rf7 25. Nh2 Qd7 26. f4 f5 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. hxg6
hxg6 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Bd4 Nbd3 33. Rxe5 dxe5 34.
Bxc5 Nf4 35. Be3 Nxg2 36. Bg5 Rg8 37. Rg3 Nf4 38. Nf3 Bxd5 39. Qh2+ Kg7 40.
Bxf4+ Kf7 41. Nxe5+ Ke8 42. Rxg8+ Bxg8 43. Qd2 Be6 44. Qd4 Qc2 45. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Panormo zt"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Bxb3 13. Nxb3 Nbd7 14.
O-O-O Nxc5 15. Qf3 Na4 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rhe1 Bf8 18. Qh4 b5 19. Bd4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1
Bg7 21. g4 Qd6 22. Be5 Qb6 23. Bd4 Qc6 24. g5 Nh5 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. f4 Re8 27.
Nd4 Qd6 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Qf2 Ng7 30. a3 Nc5 31. Ne2 Nge6 32. h4 b4 33. axb4
Nxd3+ 34. cxd3 Qxb4 35. d4 Qc4+ 36. Kd2 Qb3 37. Kc1 Qd3 38. Qe1 h5 39. Qd2 Qe4
40. Qc2 Qe3+ 41. Qd2 Qf2 42. Kd1 Qxh4 43. Qe3 Qh1+ 44. Kd2 Qb1 45. Qh3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Nc3 Ba6 5. Nge2 Qd7 6. g3 h5 7. h4 Nh6 8. Bg2 g6
9. O-O Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Nce2 Kb8 15.
c3 g5 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Nh3 Qg4 18. Nef4 Rdg8 19. Kh2 h4 20. Qxg4 Rxg4 21. Ne2
hxg3+ 22. fxg3 Ne3 23. Bf3 Rg7 24. Neg1 Nc2 25. Kg2 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Ne7 27. Kf2
Nf5 28. g4 Nh4 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 Rxg4 31. Nhf4 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. h3 b5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 c6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rb1 Nb6 15.
Rd1 Nc4 16. a4 Bd7 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. a5 Be6 19. Nb3 Rfd8 20. Nc5 Bc4 21. Be3 Nfe8
22. Ne2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Nc4 24. Bf1 Nc7 25. Qf3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 f5 27. Bg2 f4 28.
gxf4 exf4 29. Qxf4 Be5 30. Qg4 Kg7 31. Rbc1 Bb2 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rd1 Bd4 34.
Nb7 Rd7 35. e5 h5 36. Qf3 Qxb4 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Be4 Bxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Qb2+ 40. Kg3
Qc3+ 41. Kh4 Rg7 42. Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Be2 e5 6. c3 a5 7. O-O Bc5 8. b3
O-O 9. a3 d4 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. Rb1 Qe7 12. h3 Bc5 13. Ra1 Nd4 14. Bb2 Rd8 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nf3 Rd8 19. Qb2 Nd7 20. b4 f6 21. b5 c5
22. Bd1 Nb6 23. Qc3 Be6 24. a4 c4 25. d4 Qb4 26. Qe3 c3 27. d5 Nc4 28. Qe2 Bf7
29. Bc2 Na3 30. Rfc1 Rac8 31. Ne1 f5 32. exf5 Nxc2 33. Rxc2 Rxd5 34. Rac1 Rdc5
35. Nd3 Bc4 36. Nxb4 Bxe2 37. Na2 Bd3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Nxc3 Bxf5
41. Kf1 Kf7 42. Ke2 b6 43. Ne4 Ke6 44. Ng5+ Kd6 45. Nf7+ Ke6 46. Ng5+ Ke7 47.
Ne4 0-1

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 14. Qe2 Qe8
15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Bg2 Nec4 20. Bxb6 axb6
21. b3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Na5 23. Qe3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Nc6 25. Qe3 e5 26. Qxb6 Qe7 27.
Rd5 h5 28. h4 Rc8 29. Bh3 Rc7 30. Qc5 Qf6 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Nd4 33. Bf1 Rc1
34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Bc4 b5 36. Bd5 Kf8 37. Rf6 Rc7 38. Rb6 Kg7 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4
f5 41. a5 Rc2 42. a6 Ra2 43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. a7 1-0

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qc2
a6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Rab1 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Ne5 g6 19. f4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Rbc1 f6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nd2 Kg7 24. Qc5 Ra5 25. Qb4 Bd7 26. Nc4 Ra6 27. Rf2 b6
28. Rfc2 c5 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Qd2 Bb5 31. Rd1 Ree6 32. Qc3 h5 33. Rcd2 h4 34.
Rd8 Re8 35. R8d2 Rae6 36. Kf2 g5 37. fxg5 Qg3+ 38. Kg1 Bxc4 39. gxf6+ Rxf6 40.
Qxc4 Qxe3+ 41. Kh1 Ref8 42. Rd7+ R8f7 43. Rxf7+ Rxf7 44. Qd5 Qf4 45. Qxc5 e3
46. Re1 e2 47. Qc3+ Rf6 48. Qd2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Ne5 {Das Problem bei diesem Zug ist, da�
der Ne5 bei der Befragung durch Nd7 die gewonnene Zeit wieder verliert.} Bf5 4.
c4 Nd7 $1 ({Weniger gef�llt mir die Empfehlung von ECO:} 4... f6) 5. Nxd7 (5.
Qa4 c6 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 e5 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qc2 Bd5
12. O-O Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Be3 Ne6 {= Barle,J-Sherbakov,R/
Ljubljana 1992}) ({Man darf sicher sein, da� Vaganian sich etwas gegen die
folgende Partie zurechtgelegt hatte:} 5. d4 Nxe5 6. dxe5 dxc4 (6... Be4 $5 7.
f3 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 dxc4 9. Qa4+ c6) 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Qxc4 Be6 9. Qb4 Qd5 10. Rg1 Qc4
11. Qxc4 Bxc4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Ne4 e6 14. Be3 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rd8+
17. Kc2 Rd5 $6 18. f4 f6 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. e4 {+/- Dizdarevic,E-Zaja,I/Porec
1998}) 5... Qxd7 6. Bg2 (6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Rg1 (7. f3 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Qxa2 {-/+})
7... Bxb1 8. Bg2 (8. Rxb1 Qxa2) 8... Be4 (8... Qf5 9. Qa4+ Qd7 (9... Kd8 10.
Bxb7 {+=}) 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Rxb1 c6 12. b4 {+= Alburt,L-Dlugy,M/USA-ch m 1990
}) 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Bxe4 Qd7 11. b3 Nf6 12. Bf3 g6 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. O-O-O O-O 15.
Qd4 Qc7 16. Qb4 Qd7 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Qf4 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Sherbakov,R/
Leeuwarden 1994/EXT 97 (18)}) (6. Qb3 Qc6 (6... O-O-O 7. Bg2 (7. cxd5 Be4) 7...
Be4 8. f3 Bxb1 9. Rxb1 e6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 h5 12. h4 Kb8 13. Kf2 Bd6 14. e4
dxe4 15. fxe4 c6 {~ Biekert,G-Dorfman,J/FRA-chT 1992}) 7. Qb5 Qxb5 8. cxb5 e5
9. Bg2 Nf6 10. d3 h6 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. Rc1 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Salov,
V-Dreev,A/Elista 1998}) 6... Be4 {N} (6... e6 7. Qb3 c6 8. d3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7
10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Bxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Qd3 a5 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. f4
Nd7 17. f5 Qd6 18. g4 h6 19. Qg3 Bg5 {=+ Poley,V-Rublevsky,S/Aalborg 1993}) 7.
f3 (7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Nc3 Nf6 {=+}) 7... Bxb1 8. Rxb1 dxc4 9. Qc2 h5 (9... b5 10.
b3 (10. f4 Rc8 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 (12. Rxb3 c5) 12... c6 {~}) 10... cxb3 11.
Rxb3 {~=}) 10. f4 (10. Qxc4 h4 11. gxh4 {~}) 10... c6 11. Qxc4 h4 12. g4 (12.
d3) 12... h3 (12... Qxg4 $2 13. Bxc6+ {+-}) 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. b4 (14. g5 Nd5 $132
) 14... Rc8 (14... Nxg4 $6 15. b5 {+=}) 15. f5 e6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rb3 (17. d4
) 17... Bd6 18. g5 Nd5 19. Bg4 Qe7 20. Rxh3 $2 (20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Re3 Be5 22.
Bb2 Rh4 $1 23. Qb3 Rxb4 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxb3 26. axb3 Kf7 {=}) (20. Qe4
$5) 20... Rxh3 21. Bxh3 Kd7 22. Bg4 Rf8 $1 (22... Qxg5 23. Rf1) 23. Qe4 $2 (23.
e4 Rf4 24. Qe2 Qxg5 25. Bxe6+ (25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 27. Bxe6+ Kxe6 {
-/+}) 25... Kxe6 26. exd5+ Kxd5 $1 {-/+}) 23... Rf4 {-+} 24. Qg2 Ne3 $1 {
Baburin: 'This sudden blow expouses White's king to the attack of Black's
remaining pieces.'} 25. dxe3 Bxb4+ 26. Kd1 Qd6+ 27. Kc2 Rc4+ 28. Kb1 Ba3 $1 0-1

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Bad Godesberg"]
[Date "1999.03.14"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 O-O-O 14. Qb2 e5
15. a5 exd4 16. cxd4 Nd6 17. Bf1 Kb8 18. Re3 Ka8 19. Rb3 Nb5 20. Be7 Rde8 21.
Bh4 a6 22. Bg3 Qd8 23. d5 Qf6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Qc1 Be4 26. Ra4 Bd5 27. Rf4 Qe7
28. Rb2 f6 29. Rc2 Ne5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Rf5 Qd7 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 Re8 34.
Re2 Qf5 35. Bg3 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 Qe4 37. Bf1 Qe7 38. Qf4 Qd8 39. Qe5 g5 40. f4
gxf4 41. Bxf4 c5 42. Bd3 Qg8 43. Bg3 h6 44. Be4 Nc7 45. Bxd5+ Nxd5 46. Qd6 Kb7
47. Qd7+ Ka8 48. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ragozin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bd3 14. Qe1 Nd7 15.
f4 Qb6 16. Rf2 c4 17. Bf1 Qa6 18. Nc2 Bxc2 19. Rxc2 Nc5 20. Rd2 Nd3 21. Bxd3
cxd3 22. Qd1 Rfd8 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. Rad1 Qe4 25. Kf2 b6 26. Ba3 Rd5 27. Bd6 Rc8
28. Qb4 Rc4 29. Qa3 h5 30. Qxa7 f6 31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Qb7+ Kg8 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34.
Qxe4 Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. Bf4 $5 {[%csl Ge5] Rare,but interesting continuation.White prevents e7-e5
which is possible in case of 8.e4.In order to make e5 possible anyway Black
has to weaken his pawn structure on the king side by means of f6.} (8. e4 {
is the main line.}) 8... f6 {[%cal Ge7e5]} (8... Bg7 $143 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 9. Bh6
$1 (9. e4 {looks strange as White loses time after} e5 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. Bg5
f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bb5 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van den Berg,A-Van Dop,A/Leeuwarden
1972/MCD (44)}) (9. Qg3 $5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf4c7] is interesting preventing
e5 and attacking the c7 pawn.} O-O $6 10. Bxc7 Qc8 11. e4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 e5 14. Bd6 Rd8 15. Ba3 Na5 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bg5 Qc4 18. Qh4 Rac8 19. Be2
Qa4 20. O-O Qc2 21. Bb5 Qxb2 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Qh3 Re6 24. Rfd1 Bf8 25. Rab1
Qxa2 26. Ra1 Qe2 27. Rd2 Qxe4 28. Rd8 Rb6 29. Qh6 Rb1+ 30. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 31. Bc1 {
1-0 Yegiazarian,A-Zezulkin,J/Czestochowa 1992/TD (31)}) 9... Kf8 (9... O-O 10.
O-O-O (10. e4 $5) (10. Rd1 $5) ({or} 10. Ng5 $6 f6 11. Bxg7 fxg5 12. Qh6 Rf7)
10... e5 $140 11. Ng5 {[%cal Gh6g7]} f6 12. Ne6 $1) 10. g4 $1 {Vaganian} (10.
Rd1 e5 11. Rxd7 $140 $2 Qxd7 12. Qf6 Rg8 $1 $19) 10... e5 11. g5 $1 {[%csl Rf6,
Rh6] fixing weak black squares.}) 9. Bh6 (9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nd2 Qf7 12.
f3 Be7 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qf2 O-O 16. Qe2 a6 17. O-O {1/2-1/2
Marjanovic,S-Smejkal,J/Trnava 1989/CBM 12 (17)}) 9... e5 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11.
O-O-O $1 (11. Qh6+ $143 {seems to be just a loss of time as king feels better
on f7 and White's queen is more useful on h4 in particular g4 can be supported
from there.} Kf7 12. O-O-O $5 (12. Rd1 Qe7 13. g3 Rad8 14. Bh3 e4 15. Ng1 f5
$15 {0-1 Heyken,E-Gutman,L/Bad Woerishofen 1989/TD (42)}) (12. e4 Be6 13. Be2
Qf8 $11 {1-0 Zemerov,V-Apro,A/Szeged 1993/EXT 97 (47)}) 12... Qe7 {[%cal Gd7e6]
} 13. g3 Rad8 14. Bg2 Qc5 $6 15. Rd5 Qc4 16. Rhd1 Be6 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Nh4 Rg8
19. Qxh7+ Rg7 20. Qh8 Rg8 21. Qh7+ Rg7 22. Qh6 Nc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Petrakov,A-Zezulkin,A/Minsk 1994/EXT 97 (59)}) 11... Kg7 12. g4 $1 {[%cal
Gg4g5] /\g5} h6 (12... g5 $5 13. Qg3 Qe7 14. h4 h6 15. Bg2 {/\Nd2-f1-e3}) 13.
Qg3 Qe7 (13... g5 $5) 14. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gh4g6,Gh4g2,Gg2e3] After the
game I had suddenly realised all this had been already played before.By the
way Vaganian was White.See below.} g5 $146 (14... Rhd8 $5 15. Bg2 (15. Rg1 Be6
16. Bg2 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8) (15. e3 $5 Be8 16. Bd3 e4 17. Bc2) 15... Be8 16.
Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Be4 Qd6 18. Qe3 $13) (14... Rad8 15. Bg2 g5 16. Nf5+ Bxf5 17.
gxf5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Bd5 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rg6,Rg7] 1-0 Vaganian,R-Wegner,
H/BL9394 1994/GER-chT (41)}) 15. Ng2 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg2e3,Yf1g2,Yg2e4,
Ge3f5,Ge3d5] /\Ne3;><f5,d5} ({Exchange sacrifice doesn't bring sufficient
compensation:} 15. Rxd7 $2 Qxd7 16. Nf5+ Kf8 {[%cal Ga8d8,Gc6e7]}) (15. Qd3 {
looks dangerous,but in fact is not sufficient for getting advantage.} Rad8 $1 {
Now both 16.Qg6 and 16.Ng6 can't be dangerous for Black thanks to the tactical
resources of the position.} 16. Qg6+ (16. Ng6 e4 $1 {The point of 15...Rad8}
17. Qxd7 $1 (17. Nxe7 exd3 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 dxe2 20. Bxe2 Ne5 {and
Black's problems are behind.}) 17... Rxd7 18. Nxe7 Rxe7 {and Black is OK.} ({or
} 18... Rxd1+ $5 19. Kxd1 Nxe7 20. Bg2 f5 $1 21. gxf5 e3 $1 $132)) 16... Kf8
17. Nf5 Bxf5 (17... Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bg2 h5 $11) 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Qxf5
Qe6 $11) (15. Ng6 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Rg6e7,Rg6h8,Gg3d3] is also not dangerous}
Kxg6 16. Qd3+ Kg7 17. Qxd7 Rad8 18. Qxe7+ Nxe7 $11) 15... Qe6 $1 {[%cal Gc6e7,
Gd7c6] This regrouping allows Black to take under control the f5-square and
big diagonal.At the same time the a2-pawn is attacked.} 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Bg2 Bc6
(17... Rad8 $5) (17... Bb5 $5) 18. Rd2 $5 {Vaganian supposes that the d-file
is more important than the a2-pawn.I'm not sure White's idea is correct,but
it's for sure interesting.} (18. Bxc6 $5 Qxc6 19. h4 (19. Rd2 $4 Qxh1+)) 18...
Qxa2 $1 {I think the pawn must be taken.} (18... Rad8 $5 {is also sufficient
for keeping balance.} 19. Rhd1 Rxd2 ({Vaganian} 19... Rd6 $6 20. Bxc6 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 Qxc6 22. Qg1 $1 {/\Qd1}) 20. Rxd2 Qxa2 21. Bxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Gh8b8,Ga2a1]}
22. Rd7 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rc2]} 24. b4 (24. Rxe7+ $2 Kf8 $19) (24.
Nd1 Kf8 {/\Ke8}) 24... Kf8 25. Qf3 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Qa1+ $11) 19. Nc2 $1 {First of
all White has to take care of his king.} ({Hasty} 19. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 {[%cal
Ga8b8,Ga2a1] /\Rab8,Qa1} 20. Rd7 $2 {is refuted by simple} Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Qxh1 (
21... Qa4+ 22. Kb1 Qe4+ 23. Ka2 Qa4+ $11) 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rxc7 Qe4+ 24. Kc1
h5 $1 $19 (24... Rh7 $143 25. Rxh7 Qxh7 26. Qf3)) 19... Rhd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd2 (
20... Qg8 $6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd7 $1 Qe8 23. Qd3 $1 {winning the d-file White
gets better play.} (23. Rxc7 $4 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Qd8+) 23... Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7
25. Rxd7 Kf7 26. Ne3 Ke6 27. Rxc7 $16) 21. Rxd2 Ba4 $6 $138 {Right idea,but
wrong execution.Time-trouble starts to play its role.} (21... Be8 $142 {
[%cal Ga7a5,Ga5a4,Ga4a3] The a-file had to be given for the march of the
a-pawn.That's why Be8 is better.} 22. Be4 (22. Qe3 Qa5 {[%cal Ga5b6]}) 22...
Qe6 (22... a5 23. Qe3) 23. Qf3 a5 24. Ne3 (24. Bxb7 $5) 24... a4 25. Nf5+ Nxf5
26. Bxf5 Qa2 $1 {Queen has to be as close to the king as possible.} (26... Qb6
$143 27. Be4 a3 28. Qf5 a2 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Bf7 32. Rd7+ $1
Kxd7 33. Qxf7+ $18) 27. Bb1 Qa1 {[%cal Ga4a3]} 28. Qf5 (28. Qxb7 a3 $1) 28...
a3 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Bf7 32. Rd7+ $11 {with perpetual check.}
) (21... Rb8 $5) 22. Be4 {[%cal Gg3e3,Ge3c5]} Qg8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Serious
strategical blunder.I had to meet Qe3 with Qb6.} (22... Qe6 $142 $1 23. Qe3
$140 {[%cal Ge6b6]}) 23. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge3c5]} Rd8 $6 (23... Bxc2 $142 24. Kxc2
Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Bxb7 $16) 24. Qc5 $1 Kf7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Final accord.} (
24... Qe8 {would leave some practical chances.} 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Bxb7 Bxc2 27.
Kxc2 Qd7 $16) 25. Qc4+ {[%cal Rc4f7,Rc4a4]} 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 9900"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1999.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "1999.10.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bg7 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Ned7 13. Be3 a6 14. a4 a5 15.
Qc2 Nc5 16. Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Bf1 Na6 18. Rab1 Ndc5 19. Qd2 Re8 20. h4 Qd7 21. g3
Qf5 22. Nb5 Ne4 23. Qxa5 Nac5 24. Qb4 Bh6 25. Rb2 Bg7 26. Ra2 Rac8 27. Qa3 Qg4
28. Bf4 Nc3 29. Rc2 Nxb5 30. cxb5 Qf3 31. Re3 Qxd5 32. b4 Ne6 33. Rd3 Qe4 34.
Re2 Qf5 35. Be3 Rc4 36. Bg2 Rxb4 37. Qxb4 Qxd3 38. Rd2 Qc3 39. Qxc3 Bxc3 40.
Rc2 Ba5 41. Bxb7 Nc5 42. Bc6 Rd8 43. Kf1 Kg7 44. Rc4 Bb6 45. h5 gxh5 46. Ke2
Rc8 47. Bf3 Rc7 48. Bxh5 f5 49. Rf4 e5 50. Bxc5 Bxc5 51. Rxf5 Ra7 52. Be8 Rxa4
53. Kd3 Ra8 54. Bc6 Kg6 55. g4 Ra3+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 h6 58. f3 Kg7 59. Ke1
Rb2 60. Kd1 Be3 61. Be8 Rf2 62. Ke1 Bc5 63. Kd1 Be3 64. Rf7+ Kg8 65. Rb7 Rb2
66. Bc6 Kf8 67. Rd7 Bc5 68. Kc1 Ba3 69. Kd1 Bc5 70. Rh7 Be3 71. Rb7 Bc5 72. Rd7
Kg8 73. Re7 Kf8 74. Re6 Kg7 75. Ke1 Rh2 76. Be4 Rb2 77. Bd3 Bb4+ 78. Kf1 Bc5
79. Rg6+ Kf7 80. Rxh6 Rf2+ 81. Ke1 Rxf3 82. Be2 Rf4 83. g5 Kg7 84. Re6 Rf5 85.
Re7+ Kf8 86. Rb7 Rxg5 87. b6 Rg1+ 88. Bf1 Bb4+ 89. Ke2 Bc5 90. Rb8+ Kg7 91. b7
Rg4 92. Ra8 Re4+ 93. Kd1 Rb4 94. b8=Q Rxb8 95. Rxb8 Kf6 96. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Hackel, Mario"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1
b6 9. a4 Ba6 10. b3 Rc8 11. a5 b5 12. c5 b4 13. Bd2 Bxe2 14. Re1 Ba6 15. Bxb4
Ne4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rb8 18. Ba3 f5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Nd2 Qxe5 21. Nf3 Qc7
22. Nd4 Qd7 23. f3 Bf6 24. Rad1 Ng5 25. h4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Nf7 27. f4 Rbe8 28.
Bh3 e5 29. Rdd1 g6 30. Bb2 Qc7 31. Bg2 Re7 32. fxe5 Rfe8 33. Qc3 Re6 34. Qd4 h5
35. Re3 Nh6 36. Ree1 Kh7 37. Rd2 Ng4 38. Kh1 Rxe5 39. Rc1 Re1+ 40. Bf1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. Re1 Nc7 11. h4 Nd7 12. Nf1 a5 13. N1h2 a4 14. a3 b5 15. Ng5
b4 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ng4 hxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Qh4 Ne8 20. Bf3 f5 21. exf6 Nexf6
22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Bg4 Nf8 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Bd2 b3
28. cxb3 axb3 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Ra1 Bc6 31. Ra6 Bb5 32. Ra8 Bxd3 33. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.01.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kraut, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Duisburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a3
e6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. Qb3 Ne4 15.
Nc4 Bh5 16. b5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Ng5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Nd2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 f5 21. Rc3
Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. a4 Rf5 24. Ba3 Qf7 25. Rb1 Ra5 26. Qb2 Ra7 27. Qb6 Rd7
28. Bxd6 h6 29. Bf4 Rxa4 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Qxc6 Rda7 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qxe4+ Qf5
34. Qxf5+ exf5 35. Rf8 Kg6 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Rf7 38. Rd8 Raa7 39. Rd6+ Rf6
40. Rd5 Raf7 41. Bg3 Re6 42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Rc5 Re4 44. Kh3 Ra7 45. d5 Ra1 46. d6
Rd1 47. Rc7 Re6 48. Re7 Rexd6 49. Bxd6 Rxd6 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. f4 Kf6 52. Ra7 Rb6
53. Ra5 Rb3 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. Kf3 Rb4 56. f5 Rb1 57. e4 Rf1+ 58. Ke3 Re1+ 59.
Kf4 Rb1 60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. e5 Rb4+ 62. Kg3 Rb3+ 63. Kh4 Re3 64. Ra8+ Ke7 65. e6
g6 66. Rg8 gxf5 67. gxf5 Re1 68. Rg7+ Ke8 69. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bb2 Ba4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nge7 13. O-O a6 14. Qe2 Qb6 15.
Qf2 Bb5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. Rac1 O-O 20. g3 h6 21. Kg2
Rfd8 22. Kg1 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Qb2 Qa6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Nc6 27. Nb5
Qb6+ 28. Kg2 Ne7 29. Rb1 Qe3 30. Nd6 Rc6 31. Rd1 Nc8 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Rd2 Ra8
34. Rd1 Rxa3 35. Qxa3 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qxd1 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qxb7 Qf1+ 39. Kh4 g5+
40. fxg5 hxg5+ 41. Kxg5 Qf5+ 42. Kh4 Kg6 43. g4 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qf3+ 45. Kh4 Qg2
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.02.19"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Passau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c6 11. Qb3 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 a6 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8 17. Bd6 Nf6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qc3 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd6 21.
Rc1 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Rd8 23. b3 a5 24. Qxa5 Re8 25. Bf3 Qxd4 26. Qc7 Qb2 27. Rd1
Qf6 28. Kg2 Ba8 29. Rd6 Qa1 30. Rd8 Qe1 31. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.13"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. c3 Qb6
15. Nfd4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Nf5 Be5 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Ne3 d4 21.
cxd4 Bxd4 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. Ne7+ Nxe7 24. Rxd4 Re8 25. Ra4 Qb6 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27.
axb3 Nf5 28. Rf1 Rb6 29. Bg3 a6 30. b4 Re2 31. Rb1 Nxg3 32. hxg3 Rf6 33. f3 Rd6
34. b5 Rdd2 35. bxa6 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 bxa6 37. Rxa6 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rdg2+ 39. Kf1
Rxg3 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Raa1 h5 42. b4 h4 43. b5 h3 44. Rb4 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. c5 Bf5 13. e4 dxc5 14. Qxd8
Rbxd8 15. Bg5 Bc8 16. e5 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Bxe5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Rad1
Rf8 21. Na4 b5 22. Rd5 Bd4 23. Nxc5 Bxb2 24. Rfd1 Nf5 25. Rd8 Ne7 26. Rxf8+
Kxf8 27. Rd2 Bc3 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Re8 Bf6 30. g4 h5 31. Bf3 a5 32. Ne4 hxg4 33.
hxg4 Bd7 34. Ra8 Bb2 35. Rxa5 Bd4 36. Nd6 Bb6 37. Ra8 Bc5 38. Ne8+ Kh6 39. Nf6
Be6 40. g5+ Kg7 41. Be2 b4 42. Bd1 Nc8 43. Bg4 Bxg4 44. Nxg4 Nb6 45. Rb8 Na4
46. Nf6 Bf8 47. Ne4 Nb2 48. Kg2 Nd3 49. Rc8 Nf4+ 50. Kf3 Ne6 51. Kg4 Be7 52.
Rb8 Nd4 53. Rb7 Kf8 54. Nf6 Ne6 55. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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 "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. g3 Rad8 (13... a5 14.
Bf1 Be7 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. e4 Bb4 17. f3 {+= 1-0 Gleizerov,E-Sergeev,V/
Pardubice 1992/TD (43)}) 14. Bf1 e5 15. Bg2 Rfe8 16. Na2 Bd6 {=} 17. Qxb6 Nxb6
(17... axb6 $5 {kommt auch in Betracht.}) 18. a5 Nbd5 19. a6 bxa6 20. Nc3 Nb4
21. Kf1 exd4 22. exd4 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bg5 Re8 (25... Rb8 $5)
26. Rd1 Ng4 27. Ne4 Bf8 28. h3 Ne5 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Ned3 31. b3 Nc1 32.
Nd2 Bc5 33. Bb7 Kf8 34. h4 Bb6 35. Bg5 Ncd3 36. Ke2 Nxf2 37. Nc4 Nfd3 38. Nxb6
axb6 39. Bxa6 Nxa6 $6 ({Ein sicherer Weg zum Remis bestand in} 39... Nc5 40.
Bc4 Nc6 41. Ke3 Na5 42. Bb5 (42. Bd8 Nxc4+ 43. bxc4 Na4) (42. Be2 Naxb3 43. Bd8
Nd7 44. Bb5 Nbc5 {-/+}) 42... Naxb3 43. Bd8 Nd4 {=}) 40. Kxd3 Ke8 ({Nach} 40...
b5 41. Kd4 f6 42. Bf4 Ke7 43. Kd5 Kd7 44. Bd6 {schwebt Schwarz in Lebensgefahr.
}) 41. Kc4 Kd7 42. Kb5 Nc5 43. b4 Nd3 44. Be3 f5 $2 (44... Ke6 45. Bxb6 (45.
Kc4 Ne5+ {verspricht nicht mehr.}) 45... Kf5 46. Kc4 Nxb4 47. Kxb4 g5 {f�hrt
zum Remis.}) 45. Bxb6 f4 46. gxf4 Nxf4 47. Ka6 Ne6 48. Be3 Nc7+ 49. Kb7 Nb5 50.
Kb6 Nd6 51. Bf4 Nf5 52. b5 Nd4 53. Be3 Nf5 54. Bc5 Nxh4 55. Ka6 Nf3 56. b6 Ne5
57. b7 Nc6 58. Bf2 Nb8+ 59. Ka7 Nc6+ 60. Kb6 Kd6 61. Bg3+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1999.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O Nb6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Bh2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15.
Qe2 c5 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Qa5 18. Nxc4 Qg5 19. Bf4 Qf5 20. Rcd1 b5 21. Nd6
Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Bc4 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 h6 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. f4 Rec8 27. f5 a5
28. R1d2 Ra6 29. a3 Rb6 30. b4 axb4 31. Bxb4 Rbc6 32. e4 Re8 33. f4 Nh5 34. e5
g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Rd6 Rc7 37. Ne4 Rxe5 38. Nxg5+ Kg7 39. Kf3 Nf6 40. Kf4 Re1
41. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1999.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dean, Jim H"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. f4
Nbc6 9. Nf3 a6 10. Nd6 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qf2 f5
15. Kh1 Nc8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. c3 Bb5 18. Rfd1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rc4 20. b3 Rc6 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxc3 23. Rb4 b5 24. a4 Rfc8 25. Kg1 bxa4 26. Rbxa4 Rxb3 27.
Rxa6 Kf7 28. Ra7+ Kg6 29. R7a6 Re8 30. Rd6 Re7 31. Ra5 Kh5 32. h3 g5 33. Raa6
g4 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 g3 36. Kf1 Rb4 37. Ke2 Rxf4 38. Ke3 Rf2 39. Rf6 Kg5
40. Rf8 f4+ 41. Kd4 Rxg2 42. Kxd5 Rd2+ 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kd5 g2 45. e6 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1999.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Holmsten, Aleksei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1999.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxb3 15. axb3 Qa5 16. Qf3 Ne4 17. Kb1 Bxc5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qf5 Bb4 20. Qg4
Bf8 21. Bc3 Qc5 22. Rd4 Re6 23. Rhd1 Rae8 24. R1d2 h5 25. Qh3 e3 26. fxe3 Rxe3
27. Qd7 R3e7 28. Qh3 g6 29. Qf3 Bg7 30. Rd5 Qg1+ 31. Rd1 Qxh2 32. Rd7 Bxc3 33.
bxc3 b5 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Qf6 Re8 36. Rd7 Rf8 37. Qf3 Qe5 38. Kb2 b4 39. Rd4 a5
40. Qd3 Rc8 41. cxb4 axb4 42. Qe4 Qf6 43. Kb1 Kf8 44. Rxb4 Rd8 45. Qe2 Rd5 46.
Ka2 Kg7 47. Re4 Ra5+ 48. Ra4 Rf5 49. Qe4 g5 50. Qd4 Rf2 51. Qxf6+ Kxf6 52. Rc4
Rxg2 53. b4 h4 54. b5 Re2 55. b6 Re8 56. Rc6+ Ke5 57. Rc5+ Kf4 58. Rc7 f5 59.
c4 h3 60. c5 Rb8 61. Rh7 g4 62. b7 Rxb7 63. Rxb7 h2 64. Rb1 Ke5 65. Rc1 g3 66.
c6 g2 67. c7 g1=Q 68. c8=Q Qg2+ 69. Ka3 Qf3+ 70. Rc3 h1=Q 71. Qb8+ Kf6 72. Qf8+
Kg5 73. Qg7+ Kf4 74. Qc7+ Kg4 75. Qg7+ Kh4 76. Qh6+ Kg4 77. Qg6+ Kf4 78. Qd6+
Kg5 79. Qe7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Deizisau op"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Be6 13. e3 Ke7 14.
Bb5 Rc8 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Ra5 Rc7 17. Nd4 b6 18. Ra3 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rb7 20. Rha1
Nc6 21. Ra6 Kd7 22. Kc2 Ke6 23. Kb3 Ke7 24. g4 Kd7 25. h3 Ke7 26. f4 Ke6 27.
Kc2 Ke7 28. Kd3 Kd7 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. h4 Ke7 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 g6
34. Kg4 Ke6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. f5 gxf5 37. Kf4 Ke6 38. Nd4+ Nxd4 39. exd4 Rh8 40.
Rxa7 Rxa7 41. Rxa7 Rh4+ 42. Kg3 Rg4+ 43. Kf3 Rh4 44. Ra8 Rh3+ 45. Kf4 Rh4+ 46.
Kg3 Rg4+ 47. Kf3 Kd6 48. b5 Rxg5 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rxd5 f6 51. Kf4 Rg2 52. Rxf5
Rc2 53. Ke4 Rxc3 54. Kd5 Rc7 55. Rf4 Rc8 56. Re4+ Kd7 57. Rh4 Rd8 58. Rh7+ Kc8+
59. Kc6 Rf8 60. d5 f5 61. d6 f4 62. Rc7+ Kb8 63. Rb7+ Ka8 64. d7 f3 65. Rxb6
1-0

[Event "Deizisau op"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zeller, Frank"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 e6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. d3 Qe7 11. a3 g5 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Nf3 Nfd7 14. O-O c6 15. c4
Rd8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ra2 Rc8 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Ng6 21. Qa1
Qc5 22. f5 Qxe3+ 23. Raf2 Nf4 24. fxe6 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 9900"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[BlackTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7+ 9. Ne5 Nf4 10. O-O Qg5 11. g3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. f4 Qf5 14. Nc3
c6 15. Rae1 Na6 16. Qd2 Qh7 17. Nf3 Bh3 18. Rf2 Rae8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Re2 Nc7
21. Ne5 f6 22. Nd3 Bf5 23. Nc5 b6 24. Na6 Ne6 25. b4 Rc8 26. Qe3 Kf8 27. b5 c5
28. dxc5 d4 29. Qd2 bxc5 30. Na4 Bxc2 31. Rxe6 Bxa4 32. Nxc5 Qf5 33. Nd7+ Kf7
34. Rd6 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Dordrecht blitz"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Bg5 c5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd6 Rb8 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qe1
g5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Qc1 Nb3 24. Qxg5 {...} 0-1

[Event "Dordrecht blitz"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2000.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. b4 Nxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 Nd5
15. Be5 a4 16. Qb2 Qa5 17. Rc1 a3 18. Qa1 Bxc3+ 19. Bxc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 b4 21.
Rb3 Bd7 22. O-O Ba4 23. Rbb1 Bc2 24. Nd4 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Rac8 26. Qa2 Rc3 27. g3
Rfc8 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Rxb4 Ra8 31. Rb1 a2 32. Ra1 Rca3 33. Bf3
Rb8 34. Bxd5 Rb2 35. h4 g6 36. g4 Kg7 37. g5 f5 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. h5 Ke7 40. h6
Kd6 41. Bg8 Ra7 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Bxh7 Kf7 44. Ne2 Rb1 45. Rxa2 Rxa2 46. Nf4 Rb6
47. Bxg6+ Rxg6 48. h7 Ra8 49. Nh3 Rh8 50. Kf4 Rxh7 51. Ng1 Ke6 52. Nf3 Rh5 53.
Nd4+ Kd5 54. Nf3 Ke6 55. Nd4+ Kf7 56. Nf3 Ra6 57. Kxf5 Ra5+ 58. Kg4 Rh1 59. Nd4
Ra2 60. f4 Rg1+ 61. Kf5 Ra3 62. e4 Ra4 63. Nc6 Re1 64. e5 Rf1 65. Nd8+ Ke8 66.
Nc6 Kf8 67. Ne7 Kxe7 68. g6 Rg1 69. g7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Forchheim"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rudolf, Henrik"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.03.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Qd3
Nf5 15. Rb5 Qa4 16. Qxc3 Rxg2 17. Bxg2 Qxb5 18. Bh3 d4 19. Qd3 Qc5 20. Bxf5
exf5 21. h4 Ne7 22. Bb2 Bc6 23. Rh3 Be4 24. Bxd4 Qc6 25. Qb3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qe4+
0-1

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Forchheim"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.03.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3
e5 8. e3 Re8 9. a4 $5 {[%cal Ya4a5] ()} a5 10. b3 exd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Rxe4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qd2 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8] Black is far behind in the
developement of his Q-side, but with only one <-> open, he can just about
stabilize his position} c6 15. h4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Re8 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nf6
19. d5 c5 20. Qf4 Bf5 21. Be4 $1 {The starmove of the game. White forces black
to exchange all minor pieces after which he has full control over the e-<->}
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 {[%cal Re4d6]} Bxe4 23. Rxe4 {[%cal Ye4e8,Ye4e1,Yh4h5,Yh5h6]} h5
$8 24. Qe3 {[%cal Ye4e7]} Kf8 (24... Qf6 25. Re7 {[%cal Re7b7]} b6 26. Kg2 $16
{[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Ye7d7,Ye7b7]}) 25. Qc3 {[%cal Yc3h8]} Kg8 26. Kh2 b6 27.
Kg2 Rb8 28. Kf1 Ra8 29. Kg2 Rb8 30. Qe3 Kf8 31. g4 $1 {The only possible
P-break but also very strong} hxg4 32. Rxg4 {[%cal Yh4h5] After this move it
seems to me black gets certain drawing chances.} (32. h5 $1 gxh5 (32... Kg7 33.
Re7 $16 Kf8 $2 34. hxg6 Qxe7 35. g7+ $18) (32... Qh4 33. Qf4 $16) 33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Rf4 $1 $18 {This kind of move is easily overlooked when its possible to
take the two sacrificed Ps back with 34.Qxh5} (34. Qxh5 Qf6 $1 35. Rxg4+ Kf8
$11)) 32... Qd7 $6 (32... Qf6 $5 33. Rf4 (33. h5 gxh5 $1) 33... Qe7 (33... Qe5
34. Qxe5 dxe5 35. Rf6 $16) 34. Re4 Qf6) (32... Qe7 {according to the first
chessbaseversion this was played. However I was there and know it is wrong. I
got the moves of the whole game from Vaganjans own scoresheet. For my
chesscolumn in the danish newspaper Jyllandsposten} 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. h5 {
would have been strong then}) 33. Qg3 {[%cal Yh4h5]} Kg7 34. Qc3+ {In blacks
timetrouble white keeps on restricting blacks possibilities} (34. h5 Qf5 $5)
34... Kg8 35. Qf3 {covering the square f5 and and again stropping blacks Q
from going there} Re8 36. h5 Kg7 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Qc3+ Re5 (38... Kf7 39. Rh4
{[%cal Rh4h7]}) 39. Rg5 {[%cal Rg5e5,Rf2f4] Threatening both f2-f4 and Rxe5}
Kh6 40. Rxe5 dxe5 41. Qh3+ Qxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Kg5 43. f3 $1 Kf5 44. Kh4 {I find it
quite impressing how white used his () to outmanouvre black} 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 9900 playoff"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "2000.06.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.06.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Ne5 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd3 Ne6 14. Rc1 Ne4 15.
Nb5 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Bc5 17. e3 Qd7 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bc6 21. Qb1
g5 22. Nh5 Qe6 23. c4 Qh6 24. g4 d4 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. e4 d3 27. Rcd1 Qd6 28.
Rd2 Re6 29. h3 Qd4 30. Re3 Qxc4 31. Rexd3 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Kf8 33. Qd1 Be7 34.
Rd8+ Bxd8 35. Qxd8+ Re8 36. Qd6+ Re7 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 {Schwarz mцchte das Spiel vereinfachen. Dieser
Springerzug ist er in den letzten Jahren bekannter geworden.} 4. g3 $5 {
Dieser - auf den ersten Blick ьberraschende -Zug ist die beste Fortsetzung fьr
WeiЯ.} (4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 {In dieser Variante kann Schwarz die Stellung
mit einfachen Zьgen ausgleichen. Die Dame auf f3 ist leicht anzugreifen.}) 4...
Nxf3+ 5. exf3 {Die weiЯe Bauernstruktur ist schwach, aber anschlieЯend bekommt
WeiЯ aktives Spiel auf den zentralen Linien.} Nf6 (5... b6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4
Bb7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O e6 10. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 11. fxe4 f6 12. Qd1 Bc5 13. Qh5+ g6
14. Qh6 Kf7 (14... Bf8 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Rd1 Bc6 17. b3 O-O 18. Bb2 Qc7 19. Re1
Qb7 20. b4 $14 {Gulko,B-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj 1996}) 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. b3 $5
(16. Be3 Qf8 17. Qf4 e5 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rd3 Rab8 21. b3 Rhd8 22.
Rad1 d6 23. Qe3 $1 $14 {Ribli. 1-0 Vaganian,R-Yudasin,L/Moscow 1994/CBM 45/
[Ribli] (62)}) 16... Qf8 17. Qd2 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Ivanisevic,I/Szeged 1997/CBM 62/
[Ribli] (50)}) (5... h5 $6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5 $1 Nh6 9. c5 a6 10.
O-O-O Qa5 11. cxd6 $1 exd6 (11... Qxg5+ 12. f4 Qf5 $8 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Nc7+ $18)
12. Qe4+ Be6 13. Rd5 $1 Qc7 14. Qa4+ $1 Bd7 $8 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17.
Re1+ Kd7 18. Rd3 $1 Rb8 19. Nd5 Qc8 20. Ne7 $1 Qc7 21. Rc3 {1-0 Tukmakov,
V-Hulak,K/Porec 73/(47) 1998/Inf 73/[Tukmakov,V] (21)}) 6. d4 cxd4 (6... e6 7.
Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O $1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12.
Qb3 O-O 13. f4 Rb8 14. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Emms,J/BL9596 1996 (31)}) 11. f4
O-O 12. c4 $1 Qb6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qa4
$14 {Ribli,Z-Wells,P/Oesterreich 72/(45) 1998/[Ribli,Z] (17)}) 7. Qxd4 g6 8. b3
{WeiЯ mцchte beide Lдufer auf der groЯen Diagonale plazieren.} (8. Bg2 Bg7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Bg5 d6 11. Rac1 Be6 12. Qd3 a6 13. f4 Rb8 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5
16. Rfe1 Bc4 17. Qf3 e6 18. g4 Qd7 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22.
Red1 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Qin Kanying/Calcutta IND 2000/The Week in Chess
278 (29)}) 8... Bg7 9. Bb2 b6 (9... a6 10. c5 $14 (10. Bg2 b5 11. cxb5 (11. f4
Rb8 $11) 11... axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. Nc3 O-O $44)) 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Qd2 {Die weiЯe Dame steht viel sicherer auf d2 als auf d4. Die Drohung von
Schwarz war 12...Ne4 bzw. 12...Nd5.} d6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Yd5]
[%cal Gd1d8,Ge1e8] WeiЯ kontrolliert die d- und e-Linie. Das Feld d5 ist eine
potentielle Schwдche in der schwarzen Stellung.} a6 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 15. Nd5 Nxd5
(15... Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 $14) (15... Bxd5 $6 16. cxd5 $14 {[%csl Yc6]
[%cal Gd1c1,Gc1c6]}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxd5 {[%csl Gd5][%mdl 4] WeiЯ hat
spьrbar Raumvorteil. Der Doppelbauer auf der f-Linie ist keineswegs schwach,
sondern der eigentliche Grund fьr die weiЯe Vorherrschaft auf der wichtigen,
halboffenen e-Linie! Und genau das ist die Hauptstrategie der Variante mit 4.
g3 5.exf3 .} Rc8 (17... b5 $5 {Damit kann Schwarz die Dame von der
Verteidigung des Pb6 entbinden.} 18. f4 Qd7 $14) 18. f4 {WeiЯ цffnet die
Diagonale des Bg2 und mцchte anschlieЯend f4-f5 ziehen.} a5 19. f5 $1 $36 {
[%mdl 128]} Rc5 (19... gxf5 $2 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qxf5 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Rg2e4,
Re4h7]}) 20. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] WeiЯ hat gute Angriffschancen am Kцnigsflьgel.}
f6 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen die potentielle Drohung f6+, doch mit diesem
Zug schwдcht er seinen Kцnigsflьgel. Ein anderes Problem ist, dass der
schwarze Bb7 sehr passiv steht, wдhrend sein weiЯer Widerpart unterstьtzend am
Kцnigsflьgel eingreifen kann.} (20... h5 21. Qe3 $1 {Wegen der Schwдchung des
Pe7 ist der Re8 gefesselt, und es droht 22.f6+.} Rc8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qe6 $16)
21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Re3 {[%cal Gd1e1,Ge1e7]} Qa8 {[%cal Ga8g2] Es droht 23...e5,
woraufhin WeiЯ nicht 24.dxe6 spielen kцnnte, weil der g2B nicht verteidigt
wдre.} 23. f4 $1 {[%cal Gd2g2] WeiЯ verteidigt mit der Dame den Bg2.} (23. Rde1
$2 e5 $15) 23... Qc8 24. Rde1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Re1e7]} Qc7 (24... e5 25. dxe6
Rc2 26. Bxb7 $18) 25. Qd1 {[%cal Gd1h5] WeiЯ muss auf einige taktische Motive
fьr Schwarz Acht geben.} (25. Kh2 $2 e5 $15 26. dxe6 Rc2 {[%cal Rc2h2]}) 25...
Rc3 26. Kh2 {Ein weiterer prophylaktischer Zug - der weiЯe Kцnig steht in
Sicherheit auf h2.} Bc8 27. Qd2 Rxe3 (27... Rc2 $6 28. Rxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rxe7+
Qxe7 30. Qxc2 $16) 28. Rxe3 Bg4 29. Rc3 Qb7 30. Qe3 $1 {WeiЯ kontrolliert die
c-Linie, der Pe7 ist eine chronische Schwдche und die schwarze Kцnigsstellung
ist ebenfalls schwach. Das Hauptproblem fьr Schwarz ist, daЯ sich ihm keine
aktiven Perspektiven bieten.} Bd7 31. Qe2 {[%cal Gc3e3,Ge2e7,Gh4h5]} Kf7 32.
Re3 Qc7 (32... Bf5 $5) 33. h5 $5 Bc8 $6 (33... Rh8 $5 {[%cal Gh8h2]} 34. Rxe7+
Kf8 $132) 34. Be4 f5 $2 (34... Bf5 35. hxg6+ (35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Qd3 Rc8 $132 {
[%cal Gc8c2,Gc2h2,Gc2a2]}) 35... Bxg6 36. Bxg6+ Kxg6 37. Qg4+ Kf7 38. Qh5+ Kf8
$16) 35. hxg6+ Kg7 (35... Kxg6 36. Qg4+ Kf6 37. Qg5+ $18) 36. Bf3 $16 {WeiЯ
hat einen Mehrbauern, und sein Angriff am Kдnigsflьgel bleibt gefдhrlich.} Qd8
(36... Rh8+ 37. Kg2 $16 (37. Bh5 $16)) 37. Kg2 Bd7 38. Bh5 {[%cal Re2b2,Rb2g7]
Dieser Zug gewinnt auch, aber das sofortige Damenschach wдre einfacher.} (38.
Qb2+ $1 Kxg6 39. Bh5+ $1 Kxh5 40. Qg7 e5 41. Qh7+ Kg4 42. Qh3#) 38... e6 {
[%cal Gd8f6]} 39. dxe6 Bc6+ 40. Bf3 $18 {WeiЯ hat schon zwei Bauern mehr und
eine ьberlegene Stellung.} (40. Kh2 $18) 40... Bxf3+ 41. Qxf3 Kxg6 42. g4 (42.
Qd5 $18) 42... Qh4 (42... Qa8 43. Qxa8 Rxa8 44. e7 Re8 45. Re6+ $18) 43. Qd5
fxg4 (43... Qxg4+ 44. Rg3 $18 {[%cal Rg3g6]}) 44. e7 (44. e7 Kg7 45. Qxd6 Qf6
46. Qxf6+ Kxf6 47. Kg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
Ne4 9. Na4 d5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 bxc5 12. Qb3 Bc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 Qb6
15. e4 Bc6 16. Bg5 Na6 17. Nd2 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bf6 20. Bh6 Rfb8 21.
Nb3 Rb4 22. Rfe1 Be5 23. Be3 Ra4 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Rec1 Bxe4 26. Rxc5 Bxb1 27.
Bxa8 Bd6 28. Rc1 Bxa2 29. Bc6 Ra5 30. Ra1 Be5 31. Re1 Be6 32. Kg2 Bd6 33. Rb1
a6 34. Rb7 Bd5+ 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. h4 f6 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke4 Re5+ 39. Kf3 Rf5+
40. Ke2 Ra5 41. Ra7 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 a5 43. g4 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Ra8 a4 46. Rh8
Rc2 47. Rxh5 Be5 48. Rh7+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. e3
$5 {This position arises more often with colours reversed, when White plays d3
against the French or Sicilian. Although the usual 8.e4 causes Black more
problems, the text has the advantage of being less explored and it is
sufficiently poisonous.} Re8 (8... c6 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 (11. Ra2 exd4
12. exd4 Nf8 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd1 d5 17. Rd2 dxc4 18.
Rxd8 Raxd8 19. Qe1 cxb3 20. Qxa5 Bc4 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 b2 23. Bxb2 Bxb2
24. h4 $14 {Pavlovic,M-Konguvel,P/Biel/2000/}) 11... exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Ra2
$1 Bf5 $6 14. d5 c5 15. Nb5 h6 16. Bc1 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Ne1 Ng6 19. Nd3 Nh5 20.
Re2 Qd7 21. Rfe1 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Nf6 23. Nf4 b6 24. Ne6 $1 $16 {Dorfman,J-Nataf,
I/FRA-ch Vichy/2000/}) 9. a4 (9. b3 c6 (9... Nf8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Ba3 c6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. h3 h5 15. Rd2 N8h7 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Kh2 g5 18. Ng1
Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Na4 Re7 21. Nc5 Rc8 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kg7 24. Ne2
$14 {Ubilava,E-Oms Pallise,J/Andorra/1997/}) 10. a4 $5 (10. Bb2 e4 $1 {This is
long known to be a good recipe against 10.Bb2.} (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12.
Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. e4 Qb6 16. Kh1 a4 17. Rfe1 axb3 18. axb3 Be6
19. Nce2 Bd7 20. Nc1 Rad8 21. Bc3 Bc8 22. b4 Ncd7 23. Ncb3 Qa7 24. f4 Re7 25.
c5 dxc5 26. Ra1 Qb8 27. bxc5 $16 {(),Malaniuk,V-Petrushin,A/Krasnodar/1997/})
11. Nd2 d5 12. f3 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 Nb6 15. e4 Bg4 16. Qf4
dxe4 17. Ncxe4 Bf5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 Bg5 20. Qf3 Re3 21. Qxb7 Re7 22. Qf3
Re3 23. Qb7 Re7 24. Qa6 $2 Bc8 25. Qa5 Re2 26. Rad1 Bxg4 27. Ne4 Rxb2 28. Nxg5
Bxd1 29. Qe5 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qd5+ {0-1,Nikolaev,S-Kochyev,A/St Petersburg/1997/}
) 12... exf3 13. Qxf3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 (14. bxc4 Nc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxf7+ Kh8
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Na4 20. Ba3 Rxe3 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1
Bxd4+ 23. Kg2 Bd7 24. Bxb7 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. Nf3 {1/2,
Malaniuk,V-Schandorff,L/Copenhagen op/1991/}) 14... Nb6 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Rad1
Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. d5 cxd5 (18... Bg4 19. dxc6 Qe6 $13) 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. e4 Kg8 22. Qf2 $1 Bg4 23. Rd2 Re5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 $14 {
Rodriguez Vargas,O-Mowsziszian,K/Salamanca/1998/}) 10... exd4 11. exd4 Nf8 12.
a5 a6 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rfe1 Bh3 17. d5 Bxg2 18. Nxg2
Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8 Nxe8 21. Ne3 c5 22. Na4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 h5 24. h4 Nh7
25. Nb6 Qe7 26. b4 cxb4 27. Qxb4 Nhf6 28. Qe1 Qe4 $132 {1/2,Ibragimov,
I-Thipsay,P/Guntur/2000/}) 9... c6 (9... a5 10. b3 exd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Rxe4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qd2 c6 15. h4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Re8 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nf6
19. d5 c5 20. Qf4 Bf5 21. Be4 $1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 h5 24. Qe3 $36 {
[%cal Ge1e8] <->e,Vaganian,R-Kveinys,A/GER Cup/2000/}) (9... exd4 $142 $5 10.
exd4 (10. Nxd4 a5 {/\Nc5}) 10... c6 $11) 10. a5 e4 $6 {Now Black won't be able
to maintain his [+], Vaganian will break it up just as with Black in his
favourite French.} (10... a6 11. b4 h5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Nd2 d5 14. Na4 Nf8 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Bg4 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Be6 20. Ng5 N8d7 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Na4 h4 23. Qd3 hxg3 24. hxg3 $14 {Donaldson,J-Smith,B/Los
Angeles/2000/}) (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 $5 $14) (10... Qc7 $5) 11. Ng5 {White
plays the most ambitious move.} (11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. f3 Bh6 $5 14. Nb3
$14 {[%csl Rd5,Re4] ><d5,e4}) 11... d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. f3 Bh6 (13... h6 14.
Nh3 $36 {[%cal Rh3f4] /\Nf4><d5}) 14. h4 $5 (14. Nh3 $14) 14... Qc7 (14... Nh5
$5 15. Nxd5 Nxg3 16. Rf2 $36) (14... exf3 15. Qxf3 $16) 15. fxe4 (15. Kh2 $2
Nh5 16. Qe1 Ndf6 $15) 15... Qxg3 16. Qe1 $1 Qxe1 $8 (16... Nxe4 17. Qxg3 Nxg3
18. Rxf7 $1 Bxg5 19. Bxd5 $16) 17. Rxe1 dxe4 18. Ngxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 $36 {
[%csl Rb7,Gd4,Ge3][%cal Gh1a8] [+],/^h1-a8,><b7} Bf8 20. Bd2 a6 (20... Be7 21.
Rec1 $5 f5 22. Ng5 $16) 21. Nc3 $1 f5 (21... Nf6 $142 22. e4 $14 {/+/-}) 22.
Nd5 $32 Bd6 23. Rac1 Rb8 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Bb4 $1 $16 Bxb4 26. Nxb4 {[%cal Gc1c8]
<->c} Nf6 27. Rc7+ Re7 (27... Kf8 28. Nd5 $40) 28. Rec1 Bd7 (28... Be6 29.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rc7+ $18) (28... Rxc7 29. Rxc7+ Ke6 30. Bf3 $16 {/\} Kd6 31. Rf7
Ke6 32. Rf8) 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5+ Be6 (30... Kf6 31. Bxb7 Bb5 32. Bd5 $16)
31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rc7+ Kd6 33. Rxb7 $18 Rc8 (33... Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Bc4 35. b4
Kc7 36. Bf3 {[%cal Rf3e2] /\Be2+-}) 34. Bxe6 Kxe6 35. Kf3 Rc2 36. b4 Rb2 37.
Rxh7 Rxb4 38. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Nfd4 Re8 13. O-O-O Bxb3 14. Nxb3
Nxc5 15. Qf3 Nxb3+ 16. cxb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Bc5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Be1 Bb4 20. Bc2
Bxe1 21. Rhxe1 g6 22. a3 a5 23. Qf4 Rac8 24. h4 h5 25. Qd2 Ng4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Qxd5 Nxf2 28. Rf1 Re6 29. Qc4 Rc6 30. Qf4 Rf6 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Re1 Ng4 33.
Qf8 Rf2 34. Re8 Qf6 35. Qc5 Kh6 36. Qc8 Qxh4 37. Rh8+ Kg5 38. Qc5+ f5 39. Qe7+
Nf6 40. Rf8 Qd4 41. Rd8 Rf1+ 42. Ka2 Qg1 43. b4 Re1 44. Qxb7 a4 45. Bxa4 Ra1+
46. Kb3 Qe3+ 47. Kc4 Qe2+ 48. Kc5 Qxb2 49. Rd3 Rxa3 50. Rxa3 Ne4+ 51. Kd5 Qxa3
52. Qe7+ Nf6+ 53. Kc4 Qxa4 54. Qe3+ f4 55. Qe5+ Kg4 56. Qxf6 {[#] Thema:
doppelter Ьbergang ins Bauernendspiel.} Qc2+ {erzwingt Ьbergang 1} 57. Kb5 (57.
Kd4 Qb2+ $19) (57. Kd5 Qxg2+ $19) 57... Qf5+ 58. Qxf5+ Kxf5 (58... gxf5 59. Kc5
Kg3 60. b5 Kxg2 61. b6 f3 62. b7 f2 63. b8=Q f1=Q $19) 59. Kc6 (59. Ka5 f3 60.
gxf3 h4 61. b5 h3 62. b6 h2 63. b7 h1=Q 64. b8=Q Qa1+ 65. Kb6 Qb2+ 66. Kc7
Qxb8+ 67. Kxb8 Kf4 $19) (59. Kc5 f3 60. gxf3 h4 61. b5 Ke6 62. Kc6 h3 63. b6 h2
64. b7 h1=Q 65. b8=Q Qxf3+ 66. Kc5 Qc3+ $19) 59... f3 60. gxf3 h4 61. b5 h3 62.
b6 h2 63. b7 h1=Q 64. b8=Q {[#]} Qxf3+ {erzwingt Ьbergang 2} 65. Kc5 (65. Kd7
Qd5+ 66. Ke7 Qe5+ $19) 65... Qe3+ $1 (65... Qe3+ 66. Kd5 (66. Kc4 Qf4+ $19) (
66. Kc6 Qe6+ 67. Kc5 Qe5+ $19) 66... Qe4+ 67. Kc5 Qe5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st 30'"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f3 Be6 13. Kd2 Rfc8 14. b3
Kf8 15. a4 Nd7 16. Rab1 f5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc5 19. Rhe1 e5 20. dxe6 Nxe6
21. Be3 b5 22. cxb5 Bc3+ 23. Kd1 Bxe1 24. Kxe1 d5 25. Kd2 Ke7 26. Bb6 Kd6 27.
a5 Nc5 28. b4 Nd7 29. Be3 Ne5 30. Bf4 d4 31. b6 Kd5 32. a6 Rxa6 33. Bxa6 bxa6
34. Rc1 Nc4+ 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. b7 Rxb4 37. b8=Q Rxb8 38. Bxb8 Kc4 39. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baiertal/Schatthausen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Ne3 g6 15. h4
c5 16. Ng4 cxd4 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qd2 Ndc5 19. Nxd4 Qd7 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Rad1 d4
22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bg5 Qf3 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Rac8 26. Rc1 Rc5 27. Rxc5 bxc5
28. b3 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Re1 a6 31. Rc1 a5 32. Re1 a4 33. Rb1 Rc8 34. Qd1 Qe4
35. Rc1 Rb8 36. Rc4 axb3 37. axb3 h6 38. Ra4 Kh7 39. Ra7 c4 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41.
Ra7 cxb3 42. Ra1 b2 43. Rb1 Kh7 44. Kh2 d3 45. Qd2 Qe2 46. Qa5 Qxf2+ 47. Kh3 g5
48. Qa4 Qd4 49. Qc6 g4+ 50. Kg2 Nc5 51. Qc7+ Nd7 52. e6 Qe4+ 53. Kh2 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lisanti, Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Schott Mainz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bg2 Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Rc1
Rfc8 15. h3 h6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Kh2 Rc5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxc5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 dxc5 22. Bf4 Qc6+ 23. Kh2 Rc8 24. Qd3 e5 25. Be3 e4 26. Qc4 Bf8 27.
Rc1 a5 28. a3 Bg7 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Rb8 31. Rxa5 Rxb3 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Ra7
Kg8 34. a4 g5 35. a5 f5 36. a6 Ra3 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. a7 f4 39. Bc5 fxg3+ 40. Kg2
Rf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
Nh6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 Nf5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 a6 14. b4 e6 15. a3
Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Ne4 Nd4 18. f4 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Ng4 20. Ng5 Qh5 21. dxe6 fxe6
22. h3 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 h6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 hxg5 27. Kg2 Rae8
28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Rfe1 Kf7 30. Re4 Bf6 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Be3 Rxe4 33. Kxe4 Re8+ 34.
Kd3 Rc8 35. a4 d5 36. c5 Re8 37. fxg5 Be5 38. Re1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O
9. Bd3 d6 10. d5 Qd7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15.
exd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 f5 17. f4 g4 18. Re1 Nc6 19. d5 Na5 20. c4 c6 21. Re6 cxd5
22. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Von Herman, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 c5 6. d5 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. dxe6
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxe6 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxc4 Kf7 13. Ke2 Be7 14. b3
Rhd8 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Rhd1 Bf6 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Rd2 Ndb4 20. Rad1
Rxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. g4 Ndc6 24. h4 Na5 25. h5 Nxc4 26. bxc4
Nc6 27. f4 Na5 28. Kd3 Nc6 29. Bc3 Ne7 30. Ke4 Nc8 31. g5 f5+ 32. Kd3 Ne7 33.
a5 bxa5 34. Bxa5 Nc6 35. Bc7 Nb4+ 36. Kc3 Na2+ 37. Kd2 Nb4 38. Bd6 Na6 39. Kc3
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Qe2
Bg7 9. Nf3 N7b6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. c3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 e6 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. h4 h5 19. Bg5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. b3
Qc6 22. c4 f6 23. Bd2 Nc7 24. Rad1 Rf7 25. Bb4 a5 26. Rd6 Qe8 27. Bc3 Qe7 28.
Red1 Ne8 29. Rb6 e5 30. Qd3 Qc7 31. c5 Kh7 32. Qd5 Re7 33. g3 a4 34. b4 a3 35.
Rd2 Qc8 36. Kg2 Ra6 37. Rxa6 bxa6 38. Nd6 Nxd6 39. Qxd6 Rc7 40. Qd5 a5 41. Qf3
Qe6 42. Qd5 Qa6 43. bxa5 Qb5 44. c6 Qa4 45. Qd7 Rxc6 46. Bb4 Qxb4 47. Qxc6 Qxd2
48. a6 e4 49. Qxe4 f5 50. Qb7 Qxa2 51. a7 Qb2 52. Qf7 a2 53. a8=Q a1=Q 54.
Qag8+ Kh6 55. g4 hxg4 56. h5 Qa6 57. hxg6 Qbb7+ 58. Qxb7 Qxb7+ 59. Kg1 Kxg6 60.
Qe6+ Bf6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Pakistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAK"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O $146 {
The correct move in this position is 7...Qe7, which prevents immediate trade
of dark square bishops. White has a way to change them anyway by a2-a4, but it
leads to the different pawn structure of white on the queenside, and white can
not lead the same plan like in our game.} (7... Qe7 $142 8. Bb2 ({White can
trade dark square bishops anyway, but white structure on the queenside would
be different.} 8. a4 O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Ne4 11. Ne5 (11. Nc2 a5 {[%csl
Gb4] and black blocks b4-square.}) 11... Nd7 12. f4 Qb4 {[%csl Yb4] the queen
on b4 is very annoying- white can not create a play over the queenside.} 13. c5
Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rasmussen,K-Summerscale,A/Aarhus 1993/EXT 98 
(42)}) 8... O-O 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. Ba3 c5 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. bxc4 b6 $11 {black has
succesfully finished the opening stage.} 13. e4 $2 {Just wrong count.} cxd4 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. exf5 e5 $19 {0-1 Kovacevic,B-Goloshchapov,A/Zadar
CRO 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (32)}) (7... Ne4 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Nd7 10. b4
a6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. a4 Rf6 {[%cal Gf6h6,Yg7g5]} 13. Bxe4 $6 (13. b5 dxc4 $140
14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nc3 16. Qd2 $16) (13. Qc1 {and like in the main game.})
13... fxe4 14. Nd2 e5 $1 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe4 Rh6 18. f3 Be6
$44 {0-1 Neverov,V-Minasian,A/Minsk 1990/CBM 17/[Schussler] (39)}) 8. Ba3 Bxa3
9. Nxa3 Ne4 10. Qc1 {This move is useful in many cases: protection of Na3,
helping to advance pawns on the queenside, moving the queen out of Ne4-c3, and
ever it adds more control over f4 square.} (10. b4 Qe7 {[%cal Ye7a3]}) 10...
Nd7 (10... a5 $5) 11. b4 a6 12. Nc2 Rf6 13. a4 Rh6 14. b5 $14 {White is
clearly faster on the queenside, than black in his attack.} a5 15. bxc6 bxc6
16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Na3 {[%cal Gc1c6]} g5 $2 (17... Nb6 $14) (17... Ba6 18. Bxa6
Rxa6 19. Qc2 $16 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 18. Qc6 Rb8 (18... Nb6 19. Rab1 $16) 19. Rab1
g4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rfc1 $6 (21. Ng5 $6 Nb6) (21. Ne5 $142 $1 Nxe5 22. dxe5
Rb4 $8 (22... Rxb1 23. Rxb1 $18) 23. Qa8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf1c1,Ra8a5]}) 21...
Rxb1 22. Nxb1 gxf3 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxc8+ Kf7 25. Rc7 Ke8 26. gxf3 exf3 27.
Rc6 $2 {Here white for some reason has declined the obvious:} (27. Nd2 {
and I didn't find an serious counterplay for black.} Nb6 28. Nxf3 Nxa4 29. Ra7
$18 {[%cal Ra7a5]}) 27... Rg6+ {Black is not worse anymore.} 28. Kf1 e5 29.
Rc8+ Kf7 (29... Ke7 30. Nc3 exd4 31. exd4 Nf6 {[%cal Gg6g2] It looks like
black doesn't risk to lose here too much.}) 30. Rc7 Ke8 {Hard to understand
why black did not push his king forward. Check on c6 is not dangerous for
black.} (30... Ke6 31. Nc3 Rg2 {and black is even better.} 32. Rc6+ Kf5 $15)
31. Nc3 Rh6 32. Nxd5 Rxh2 33. Ke1 Rh1+ (33... exd4 34. exd4 Rh4 $11 {and it
should be draw.}) 34. Kd2 Rh2 $4 (34... Rf1 35. dxe5 {and like the game.}) 35.
dxe5 Rxf2+ 36. Ke1 Re2+ 37. Kd1 $1 {Now black can prevent killing e5-e6 just
by giving up the knight for that pawn.} (37. Kf1 $2 Rd2 $11) 37... Rb2 (37...
Nxe5 38. Re7+ Kd8 39. Rxe5 Ra2 {could give black some practical chances.}) 38.
e6 Nb6 39. Nf6+ Kf8 (39... Kd8 40. Rxh7 {[%cal Ge6e7,Ge7e8] the way is free:}
Nc8 41. Rd7#) 40. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 $6 {
Da der Damenspringer des Schwarzen nicht mehr nach c6 gelangen und der
Nachziehende die Schwдche des Feldes b4 nicht ausnutzen kann, sieht} (7... exd5
{hier viel natьrlicher aus; kommt Schwarz zu a6-a5, hat er eine feine
Bauernstruktur am Damenflьgel.}) 8. e3 Qa5 (8... Be7 {ist solider.}) 9. Bd3 Ne4
10. O-O Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. f4 Bb4 13. Rc1 O-O (13... Bd7 $5) 14. Qe1 Bd7 15.
Qh4 h6 16. Nf3 Rfc8 17. g4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. g5 Rxd3 20. gxf6 Rxe3 (20...
Qd8 21. Qg3 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Rd2 23. Nxd7 $18) 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qh4 h5 23. Qg5 Qb4 (
23... Qd8 24. Rc7 (24. f5 $2 Re4) (24. Ne5 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Kh7 (25... Bxa4 26.
Rc7) 26. Rf3 Bc6 {mit Rettungsaussichten fьr Schwarz.}) 24... Bc6 25. Nh4 {
, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 24. Rb1 ({Die Fortsetzung} 24. Rc7 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxd4+ {
ist natьrlich fьr WeiЯ nicht zu empfehlen.}) 24... Qa3 25. Nh4 Kh7 $2 ({
Zum Verlust fьhrt auch} 25... Re2 {WeiЯ antwortet} 26. Rf3 $18) ({Nach} 25...
Be8 26. Rxb7 Re2 {kann ich jedoch keinen zwingenden Gewinn fьr WeiЯ entdecken.}
27. f5 (27. Qh6 Qf8 28. Qg5 Qa3 {ergibt Zugwiederholung.}) ({Nach} 27. Re7 Qe3+
28. Kh1 Re1 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kg2 Rb8 {wird die falsche Seite matt.}) 27...
Qh3 {fьhrt nicht zum gewьnschten Erfolg.}) 26. Rxb7 Rd8 27. f5 exf5 28. Rxd7
Rxd7 29. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0001"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Henrichs, Thomas"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "ING/ESGOO Enschede"]
[BlackTeam "Ordina Breda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. h5 Nh6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Nh3 g5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 g5 15.
Qc2 Nxg4 16. Qg6+ Kd7 17. O-O-O Rh6 18. Qc2 Qh8 19. e4 Rxh3 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Rxh1 22. Nc7 Nxf2 23. d5 Nxd1 24. dxc6+ bxc6 25. Qd3+ Kc8 26. Qa6+ Kd8 27.
Qxc6 Nf2+ 28. Kd2 Bb4+ 29. Ke3 Rc8 30. Nxe6+ Ke7 31. Nc7 Nd1+ 32. Bxd1 Rxd1 33.
Qe4+ Kf7 34. Qc4+ Kg6 35. Qc2+ f5 {Time} 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 0001"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ordina Breda"]
[BlackTeam "Magnus/BSG Bussum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
a5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be5 Nhf6 14. Rad1 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. Bf5 Bb4 17. e4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nb6 19. Nd4 Nxa4 20. Qg3 Nxb2 21.
Bxc8 Nxd1 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bxc6 Nb2 24. Bxd5 Qb6 25. Nf5 g5 26. Qh3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. c3 Qd7 14. Qc2
b5 15. Bd4 Nfe4 16. Rad1 Qb7 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Nxd5 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Ng5
21. Rxe8 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxe8 23. Kg2 Re5 24. Qd3 Rg5+ 25. Kf1 Qc8 26. Nf4 g6
27. Rd7 Qb8 28. Qd4 Rf5 29. Nd5 Qxh2 30. Rd8 Re5 31. Ne3 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qe6 33.
Qxa7 Qc4+ 34. Kd2 Qh4 35. Qd4 Qxf2+ 36. Kd3 f6 37. Qf4 Kg7 38. Rd7+ Be7 39. Ra7
h5 40. a4 bxa4 41. b5 Qe1 42. c4 g5 43. Qd4 Kg6 44. Ra6 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46.
Kf1 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Ra7 a3 49. b6 Qc2+ 50. Kf1 Qb1+ 51. Ke2 Kh6 52. Rxe7
Qb2+ 53. Kd3 Rxe7 54. Nf5+ Kh7 55. Qxb2 axb2 56. Kc2 Re6 57. c5 Rc6 58. Kxb2
Rxc5 59. Nd6 Rc6 60. b7 Rb6+ 61. Kc3 h4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg4 8. O-O
Nh6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 Nf5 12. Kh1 h5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Ne4 Kf8 16. b4 Qd7 17. Bc3 e6 18. Ba1 Rd8 19. a3 Qe7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qd2 Nc6
22. Qg5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Nfd4 24. Ra2 Qxg5 25. Nxg5 Ke7 26. f4 b5 27. Bd3 Rhg8 28.
Re1 Rdf8 29. g3 e5 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. Rf2 exf4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. gxf4 bxc4 34.
Bxc4 Rf8 35. Re4 Rf6 36. a4 Nc2 37. Nh7 Rf5 38. Be6+ Kc7 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Re2
N6xb4 41. Nf6 Kc6 42. Nxh5 d5 43. Ng3 d4 44. Nf1 d3 45. Re6+ Kd5 46. Re8 Kd4
47. h4 Nd5 48. Kf3 Nf6 49. Rd8+ Kc3 50. Rc8+ Kd4 51. Ng3 Ne3 52. h5 d2 53. Ne2+
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qa5+
15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. a4 Qc4 18. Qf3 $5 $146 {Ein neuer Zug, dem
unerwarteter Erfolg beschieden ist.} (18. b3 Qd3 19. Qf3 Qe4+ $1 20. Qxe4 Nxe4
21. b4 Ke7 22. f3 Nc3 $11 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Ke2 Rfd8 25. Rhd1 c2 26. Rdc1 $146
Rd4 27. Rxc2 Rxb4 28. a5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM
69/[Lutz] (28)}) (18. a5 $5 $146 Nd5 19. h4 Kd7 20. Ra4 Qd3 21. Rh3 Qe4+ 22.
Kf1 Rfb8 23. Bc3 $1 Nxc3 24. Rxd4+ Ke8 25. Rxc3 Qe5 26. Qa4+ Qb5+ $2 27. Qxb5+
Rxb5 28. b4 $18 Rab8 29. Rc7 e5 30. Rg4 g6 31. a6 Ra8 32. a7 Rd5 33. Rgc4 {
1-0 Avrukh,B-Ivanov,S/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 72/[Lutz] (33)}) 18... Rc8 $5 ({
Warum nicht eine Bauern nehmen :} 18... Rxa4 $5 19. Rxa4 Qxa4 20. O-O Nd5 $13 {
mit einer unklaren Stellung.}) 19. b3 Qc2 $2 ({Schwarz muss die Dame auf der
Diagonalen a6-f1 halten, um die weiЯe Rochade zu verhindern.} 19... Qa6 20. Qe2
$5 (20. b4 Qc4 21. Rc1 $2 Qxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Rxc1+) 20... Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 $14 {
und mein Eindruck ist, dass WeiЯ im Vergleich besser steht als in der Partie
Kramnik-Kasparov (s.o.).}) 20. Bb4 Rg8 21. O-O $16 {WeiЯ hat klaren Vorteil,
da er ohne Probleme zur Rochade gekommen ist, wдhrend Schwarz wegen seines
schlafenden Rg8 nun krдftig leiden muss.} Nd5 22. Ba3 Qc3 23. Qh5 Qc6 $6 ({
Wenn schon leiden, dann wenigstens noch so viele Bauern wie mцglich mitnehmen:
} 23... Qxb3 $5 24. Qxh7 Nf6 25. Qh4 $16) 24. Rad1 g5 25. Qxh7 Nf6 26. Qd3 $18
Rd8 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Rfe1 Rh8 29. Qf5 Nd5 30. Qxg5 {Mit zwei Mehrbauern ist der
Sieg nur noch eine Frage der Technik.} Ne7 31. Qe5 Rg8 32. g3 Rd5 33. Qf4 Rd7
34. Bxe7 Kxe7 35. Red1 Qd5 36. Qh4+ Qg5 37. Qxg5+ Rxg5 38. f4 Rgd5 39. Kf2 f6
40. Kf3 e5 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Rc6+ R7d6 44. Rdc1 d3 45. Rxd6+ Rxd6
46. Rd1 d2 47. a5 Rd5 48. a6 Rd4+ 49. Ke3 Rd6 50. Rxd2 Rxa6 51. b4 Ra3+ 52. Rd3
Ra2 53. Rb3 Rxh2 54. b5 Kd7 55. b6 Kc8 56. Ke4 Rh5 57. g4 Rg5 58. b7+ Kb8 59.
Kf3 Rg7 60. Kg3 Rg8 61. Rb1 Rg7 62. Rb6 Re7 63. Rb3 Rg7 64. Rb1 Rg8 65. Rb2 Rg7
66. Kh4 Re7 67. Kg5 Re8 68. Rb3 Rf8 69. Kg6 e4 70. Re3 1-0

[Event "NED-ch op 5'"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
O-O 9. d5 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Re1 exd5 12. cxd5 Nfxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bf4 Ne6
15. Bg3 Bb7 16. Ne5 Nc5 17. Bc2 d6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Re3 Bg5 23. Bxd6 Nd7 24. Rh3+ Bh4 25. Bg3 1-0

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Luebeck"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c4 g6 6. b4 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O a5
9. a3 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Nc6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. c5 e4 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Nd4 d5 18. Na3 Qd6 19. Nac2 h5 20. Bc3 h4 21. Bb4 Qe5
22. Qa3 Nfg8 23. gxh4 Re8 24. Qg3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. f4 exf3
28. exf3 f4 29. Re1 Nf6 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Bc3 d4 32. Bxd4 Rxb5 33. Bxf6+ Kh7
34. Bf1 Rb1 35. Kf2 Bf5 36. Nd4 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Rb1 38. Nxf5 Kg6 39. Bc3 Kxf5 40.
Kg2 Rd1 41. Be2 Rd8 42. Kh3 Rd6 43. Bc4 Rd8 44. Ba2 Rd1 45. Bb3 Rc1 46. Bb2 Rc5
47. Bd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 O-O 12. b3 Bd6 13. Bb2 c5 14. Qd3
Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ng5 Be5 17. f4 c4 18. Qd2 Bc7 19. Ne2 Rfe8 20. Bd4 h6 21.
Nf3 Bc8 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. b4 Bf5 25. Ne5 Qe6 26. a4 Ne4 27. Nxe4
Bxe4 28. Ra1 f6 29. Ng4 Bb6 30. b5 Bd3 31. Qc3 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 h5 33. Nf2 Be2 34.
Re1 Qxe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Nd1 Bxd1 37. Rxe3 Bc2 38. Rc1 Bb3 39. Rxb3 cxb3 40.
b6 Kf7 41. Rb1 a5 42. Rxb3 Ke6 43. b7 Rb8 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Kc5 46. Kd3 h4
47. f5 Kc6 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Rb1 Kc7 50. Rb5 Kc6 51. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5
Nb4 8. Qb1 Nd7 $6 {Diese Fortsetzung hat keinen guten Ruf. Sicherer und besser
ist 8...Nfd5.} (8... Nfd5 $1) 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 $146 (10... Qc7 11.
Bf4 $1 (11. a3 $6 Qxc5 12. Bb3 $6 Nc6 13. Bf4 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe4 Nd7
$13 {Itkis,B-Kruppa,Y/Nikolaev 1995}) 11... Qxc5 12. Be2 $1 (12. Bb3 $6 Nc6 13.
Qe4 Qb4 $11) 12... Nc6 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. O-O $16) 13. O-O {/\} Ndxe5
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nb5 $16 {Kruppa}) 11. O-O a6 12. a3 Nc6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Qe4
Qc7 15. Bf4 $16 {Mit spielerischer Leichtigkeit erreichte WeiЯ einen
deutlichen Vorteil. Schwarz steht sehr eingeengt und hat groЯe Schwierigkeiten
mit der weiteren Entwicklung.} b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Ein Zug, der zum Verlust
fьhren sollte.} (15... g5 16. Bg3 $1 (16. Nxg5 $2 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Ncxe5 $19)
16... h5 17. h3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qg7 $16) (
15... b6 16. b5 $1 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb7 18. Rfd1 $16) (15... Nb6 16. Rfc1 (16. Bd3
Nxb4 17. axb4 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qc6 19. Qg4 $36) 16... Nxc4 17. Qxc4 b5 18. Qd3 Bb7
19. Ne4 $16) 16. Nxb5 $3 {Eine schцne Widerlegung. WeiЯ gewinnt mindestens
zwei Bauern.} axb5 17. Bxb5 $18 Bb7 18. Rfc1 {[%cal Rc1c7]} Rc8 (18... Ndb8 19.
Nd4 $18) 19. Nd4 Ndb8 20. Bxc6+ Nxc6 21. b5 Qa5 22. bxc6 Ba8 23. a4 O-O 24. Rc4
Rb8 25. Rac1 $2 {Die Aktivierung des Turms war unnцtig und kostete Chuchelov
nur wertvolle Bedenkzeit.} ({Am einfachsten gewann} 25. Qc2 Rfc8 26. h3 $18)
25... Ba3 26. R1c3 Bb2 27. Rh3 g6 28. Nb5 Rfc8 (28... Rxb5 $2 29. axb5 Qa1+ 30.
Bc1 Bxc1 31. Qe1 Bb2 32. Qxa1 Bxa1 33. f4 $18) 29. g4 $4 $138 {[%mdl 8192] In
der beginnenden Zeitnot unterlдuft WeiЯ ein furchtbarer Fehler.} ({Leicht
gewann} 29. Rb3 $1 Ba1 30. h3 Rb6 31. Nd6 $1 Rcxc6 (31... Rxb3 32. Nxc8 Qc7 33.
Nd6 $18) 32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Qxc6 $1 Rxc6 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kf8 36. Nf6+ Ke7
37. Re8#) 29... Rb6 $5 {Vaganian wittert sofort seine Chance und verzichtet
auf die Vereinfachung} (29... Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Qxc6 Qxa4 32. Qc7 Qxb5 $11
) 30. Qe2 $2 (30. Nd6 $142 Bxc6 31. Re3 $1 $16) 30... Rbxc6 31. Bd2 $2 (31.
Rxc6 Bxc6 $36) 31... Qxd2 $1 32. Qxd2 Rxc4 $19 33. f3 Rc1+ {Eine tragische
Partie!} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Kb1 Bc6 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Bf3 Nfe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd7 Bxd7 17. Rxd7 Bf6 18. Qb3 Qc6 19. Rxb7 Rfd8 20. Qb5
Qxb5 21. Rxb5 a6 22. Rb6 Rd2 23. c5 h5 24. Bd6 Kh7 25. a4 a5 26. Ka2 g5 27. Rc1
Kg6 28. f3 Rxg2 29. fxe4 Rd2 30. e5 Bd8 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Bxb8 g4 33. Kb3 h4 34.
Kc3 Rxh2 35. Rd1 g3 36. Rxd8 Kh7 37. c6 g2 38. c7 g1=Q 39. Rh8+ Kxh8 40. Kd4
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bg2
Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. a3 {Rare move.This move idea is to prevent Nd5
jump to b4 after virtual e6-e5, c4xd5 and Nf6xd5.} ({More popular is} 9. Re1 {
(Next move in our game)} e5 {Best reaction.} (9... b5 $6 10. c5 Bc7 11. a4 $14
{1-0 Kuligowski,A-Pliester,L/Amsterdam 1982/MCL (41)} (11. e4 $14)) (9... b6
10. e4 dxe4 (10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 $14 {0-1 Petrosian,A-Skembris,S/
Dortmund 1992/TD (37)}) 11. Nxe4 (11. Ng5 e3 12. Rxe3 Bb7 13. Nde4 $14 {
1-0 Bacrot,E-Bhat,V/St Lorenzo 1995/Juniors (17)}) 11... Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13.
Ne5 (13. Bf4 $14) 13... f5 14. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Liljedahl,L/Eksjo
1973/EXT 2001 (23)}) (9... c5 10. cxd5 (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 $14) (10. b3 e5
11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bb2 Nb4 $132 {1-0 Nedobora,M-Baron,J/Zaragoza
1993/EXT 98 (28)}) 10... Nxd5 (10... exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4
$16 {[%cal Ge4h4]}) 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd4 $14) (9... h6 10. e4
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Qd8 14. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Sarwinski,M-Stein,
M/Zakopane 2000/CBM 78 ext (38)}) 10. dxe5 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 {Black avoids bad
PP structure with isolated Pd5.} (10... cxd5 11. e4 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Kotek,D/CZE 1997/EXT 98 (33)} (14.
Be3 $14 {1-0 Michelakis,G-Curi,G/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (48)})) 11... dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f6 14. Bd2 Qf7 15. Qd3 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qc3 Bb6 18. Bf4
$14 {1-0 Chernin,A-Feldman,S/USA 1990/EXT 97 (28)}) 11. a3 exd4 12. Nc4 (12.
Nb3 Nc5 13. Nfxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lavrov,A-Vilkov,V/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (72)})
12... Bc7 13. Nxd4 $11 {1-0 Beikert,G-Delchev,A/Sofia 1994/TD (61)}) 10... Nxe5
11. cxd5 (11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Bg5 (14. Qb3 $14 {
like in the game Ftacnik - Kotek noted above.}) 14... Ne4 15. Be3 $14 {1-0
Donchenko,A-Kulikov,A/Korolev 1999/EXT 2001 (22)}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxe5 Nb4 $5 (
12... Bxe5 13. Nc4 Bc7 (13... Bd4 14. e3 f5 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. a3 a6 $132 {
0-1 Pavlovic,M-Papaioannou,I/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext (51)}) 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. a3
Be6 16. b4 Rab8 17. Rad1 c5 18. e4 Nf6 19. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Manor,I-Sehner,N/
Lugano 1989/TD (25)}) 13. Qb1 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. a3 Na6 16. e4 Bg4 17. Be3
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc7 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf6d4,Ge6d4]
1/2-1/2 Temirbaev,S-Handoko,E/Kuala Lumpur 1993/EXT 98 (28)}) ({Interesting
also} 9. Rd1) ({and} 9. b3) 9... Re8 (9... e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... e4 11. Nh4
cxd5 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Nb3 $14 {0-1 Van Rijn,A-De Waard,M/Den
Bosch 1992/EXT 98 (52)}) (10... cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 $14)
11. Nc4 exd4 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd4 $14) 10. Re1 e5 (10... c5 11. dxc5 (11.
cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 (13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd4 Bd7 $11) (
13. Nd4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 13... Nce4 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Nbd4 Bg6 16. Qb3 Ng4
$132) 11... Nxc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Bb2 a5 14. c5 $14 {0-1 Litinskaya,
M-Fatalibekova,E/Warsaw 1996/EXT 98 (33)}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 $14 Qf8 {After this move some pieces will be exchanged and Bg2
will be stronger than Bc8.} (14... exd4 $143 $6 $16 15. Qxd4 Qxe1+ (15... Ne5
16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc1f4]} Rd8 (17... Kh8 18. Bf4 f6 19.
Bxe5 fxe5 20. f4 $16) 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Rxe5 Qf6 20. Rae1 Be6 21. Qxb7 Rab8 22.
Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Bd5 $16) 16. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 17. Bf1 Nc5 (17... Bc5 18. Qc3 Rd1 19.
Qc2 Re1 20. Rb1 Ne5 21. Bf4 Rxb1 22. Qxb1 Ng4 23. Qe4 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 Be6 25.
Qxb7 $16) 18. Qd2 Re6 19. Bc4 $16) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 $1 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxf4
18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Rac1 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gg2b7,Gc1c7]} ({Badly is} 19. Bxb7 $6
Rab8 20. Bc6 Rec8 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rc6]}) 19... Re7 $8 20. Rc7 $1 Qd8 $1 {
Black solves Pb7, but in his camp will immediately created new weakness - Pe6.}
({Not} 20... Rxc7 $2 21. Qxc7 Qd8 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qxa7 Rxb2 $16) 21. Rxe7 Qxe7
22. Bd5 {[%csl Re6]} Re8 ({Not} 22... Rc8 $2 23. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Re6][%cal
Ge3a7,Ge3e6]}) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 {Hecht: 'Andauernder kleiner weiЯer Vorteil durch
die Bauernschwдche e6. Lavieren und Nadelstichpolitik verbunden mit Raumgewinn
bis Schwarz mьrbe wird und Fehler begeht.'} 24. Rc1 {White has slight
advantage and initiative. Of course, Black has good chances to reach draw, but
it needs patient in defence during a long time...} (24. Qe5 $14) 24... Qd8 25.
Rc7 Rf8 ({Dubious is} 25... Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qd5+ 27. Qf3 $16 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Rf8+
29. Ke3 Rf7 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ (31. Rc5 $16) (31. Rc4 {Hecht} Rf5 $14)
31... Kxf8 32. Kd4 Ke7 33. Ke5 $16) 26. Qc1 Qd5 27. h4 a6 (27... Qf3 28. Qe1
$14) 28. Qe3 h6 29. Rc5 Qd6 30. Re5 Re8 31. b4 Re7 (31... b5 32. Qe4 Qd1+ 33.
Kg2 Qd6 34. h5 $14) 32. Qe4 Kf7 33. h5 Kf8 34. Kg2 Ke8 {'!?' Hecht. Hecht:
'Schwarz bringt seinen Kцnig riskanterweise in die Mitte, von wo aus er von
zwei Seiten angegriffen werden kann.'} (34... Kg8 35. Rc5 $14 (35. f4 Qd2+ (
35... b5 $14 {Hecht}) 36. Kh3 Qd1 37. Rc5 Qd7 38. Qe5 $14) 35... Qd7) 35. Rc5 {
Black K can't return home:} Kd8 (35... Kf8 36. Rc8+ $18) (35... Kf7 36. Qg6+
$18) 36. Qh7 $5 {White successfully complicated the game, Black has certain
problems in defence.} Rf7 37. Qg6 Rd7 38. Qc2 Qd4 ({Endgame after} 38... Rc7 {
is probably lost:} 39. Rxc7 Qxc7 40. Qxc7+ Kxc7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ke4 $16) 39.
Rc8+ Ke7 40. Qg6 Kd6 41. Rf8 Qd5+ 42. Kh2 Kc6 (42... Kc7 43. Qc2+ Qc6 44. Qe2 (
44. Qxc6+ Kxc6 $11) 44... Rd5 45. Rf7+ $16) 43. Rc8+ Kd6 (43... Kb6 {Hecht} 44.
a4 {ist zwar ebenfalls schwierig aber vielleicht sicherer.} Re7) 44. Rf8 Kc6
45. a4 Qe5 {'?' Hecht.} (45... Kb6 $5 {Hecht}) (45... Kc7 $5 {Hecht}) 46. Rc8+
Kd6 (46... Kb6 $2 {Hecht} 47. a5+ Ka7 48. Qe8 $18) (46... Rc7 $6 {Hecht} 47.
Rd8 Re7 48. Qd3 $40 {z.B.} Qxh5+ 49. Kg2 Qe5 50. Qc4+ Kb6 51. a5+ Ka7 52. Qc8
$18) 47. Rc4 (47. Qe8 $14) 47... Ke7 48. Rf4 Kd6 49. Qe8 (49. a5 Rc7 (49... Kc7
50. Re4 Qb2 51. Kg2 Re7 52. Rc4+ $16) 50. Rf8 $14) 49... Qd5 50. Qb8+ Kc6 51.
Qc8+ Kd6 52. Kg1 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+ 54. f3 {Hecht: 'Soll e4 als Operationsbasis
fьr den Turm gewinnen.'} Rc7 $2 $18 {Now White has enough time to play g3-g4
and to avoid unpleasnt checks and Ph5 Attack.} ({Right was} 54... Qd2+ 55. Kh3
Qd5 {[%csl Rh5]} 56. Qe8 $14 (56. Qb8+ Rc7 57. g4 Qd1 58. Qf8+ Re7 $11)) 55.
Qd8+ Rd7 56. Qb8+ Kc6 57. Re4 {'!' Hecht.} Rd8 (57... Qd2+ 58. Kh3 Qd5 59. Re5
$18) 58. Qa7 $1 Qd2+ 59. Kh3 Qd5 60. g4 Rd6 61. Qb8 $1 (61. Qe3 Kd7 62. Qc3 Qg5
63. Rc4 $16) 61... Rd8 (61... Kb6 62. Kg3 Qc6 63. b5 axb5 64. axb5 Kxb5 65. Re2
$18 {[%csl Rb5]}) 62. Qf4 {'!' Hecht.} Kb6 (62... b6 {Hecht} 63. Rc4+ Kb7 64.
Rc7+ Ka8 65. Qf7 Kb8 66. Ra7 Qc6 67. b5 axb5 68. axb5 Qc8 69. Qxg7 $18) 63.
Qe3+ Kc7 64. Rxe6 {White has material and positional advantage. '+-' Hecht.}
Rf8 65. Re7+ Kb8 66. Kg3 Qc6 (66... Qd6+ 67. Qe5 (67. f4 Qxb4 68. Rxg7 $18)
67... Qxe5+ 68. Rxe5 $18) 67. a5 Ka8 68. Qe4 Qd6+ 69. f4 Rb8 (69... Qb8 {Hecht}
70. Rxg7 (70. b5 {Hecht} Qc8 71. bxa6 Qc3+ 72. Qf3 $18)) 70. Re6 {We can note
high level of strategy demonstrated by Rafael Vaganian.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Nd4 Rfc8
15. Bg3 Nf8 16. Bd3 Bb4 17. Na2 Bd6 18. e4 Bxg3 19. hxg3 N6d7 20. Qe3 Ne5 21.
Be2 Nfd7 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc5 24. a5 bxa5 25. Qa3 Rc8 26. Nb3 Ned7 27.
Nxa5 Rb8 28. f3 e5 29. b4 Ne6 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. Qxa6 Ndf8 32. Bc4 Nd4 33. Qa3
Qg5 34. g4 Rb6 35. Bf1 Qd2 36. Rc8 Rh6 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. b5+ Ke8 39. Qa8+ Ke7
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.02.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Appel, Ralf"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bb7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Nd4 Ne8 12. e5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rd8 14. a4 g5
15. Be3 c5 16. Nf3 g4 17. Nd2 Nc6 18. Nc4 Nb4 19. Rdc1 Ng7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. c3
Nd3 22. Rf1 Rd5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Rad8 25. h3 Nxb2 26. Nxb2 Nxe3+ 27. fxe3
Rd2+ 28. Rf2 gxh3+ 29. Kg1 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. Rd1 h6 33. Kg4
h2 34. Kh5 Kh7 35. g4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.02.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Nbc3 Na6 12. d6 Rb8 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. h4 Bc6 15.
d7 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ra8 17. Bd6 Qxd7 18. Bxf8 Qc6+ 19. Kh2 Rxf8 20. Rc1 Nb4 21. a3
N4d5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. b4 c4 24. Nd4 Qd7 25. Nc2 Qf5 26. Nd4 Qd7 27. a4 Rc8 28.
Nb5 a6 29. Na3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd2 Qc6 32. Rfd1 Nf6 33. Kg1 Ng4 34. Nc2
Bb2 35. Rb1 h5 36. Qd7 Qxd7 37. Rxd7 c3 38. Rbd1 Kg7 39. Re7 Ra8 40. Rdd7 Nh6
41. Kf1 Ra6 42. Rb7 Rf6 43. Red7 Ng4 44. f4 Bc1 45. Ke2 Re6+ 46. Kd3 Nf2+ 47.
Kd4 Rf6 48. Rxb5 Nh1 49. Rg5 Bd2 50. b5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d3 h6
9. Nbd2 g5 10. c5 Qe7 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nfd2 Nc6 13. b5 Nd8 14. a4 Rb8 15. Rc1
Nf7 16. Na5 d5 17. e3 Rfe8 18. Rc2 Qd8 19. Ndb3 Qc8 20. c6 b6 21. Nb7 d4 22.
Nd2 Nd5 23. Nc4 dxe3 24. fxe3 Ne7 25. Rcf2 Ng6 26. Qh5 Ne7 27. h3 a6 28. Ba3
axb5 29. axb5 Ra8 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. g4 f4 32. Be4 Nh8 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Qxh6
Qf8 35. Bh7+ Rxh7 36. Qxe6+ Nf7 37. d4 Rh6 38. Qd5 Bg7 39. exf4 Rf6 40. fxg5
Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Qb4 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. g6 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kh2
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.13"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. e3 a6 15.
Nc3 b5 16. dxc5 b4 17. Na4 Be4 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Bd4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Qc6 21. Nb2
Qc7 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 e5 24. c6 e4 25. cxd7 exd3 26. Qb2 Nxd7 27. Bxg7 Rfe8
28. Bd4 a5 29. Ne1 Nc5 30. Bd5 Rb8 31. Qd2 b3 32. Qd1 Qd6 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34.
Nxd3 Qd6 35. axb3 Bf6 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Qf5 Qe7 38. c5 Rbd8 39. Rc4 Rg8 40. Re4
Rg5 41. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.14"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Voigt, Martin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg Koenigsspringer"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. Bd3 d4 8. a3
Ba5 9. b4 Nxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Bf4 f5
15. Nd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Rfd1 h6 19. h4 Rad8 20. Rb3 Na5 21.
Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. h5 Qxc5 24. Rg6 Nc4 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Rd3 Qe4 27. Qf3
Nxe5 28. Qg3 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Ng4+ 30. Rxg4 fxg4 31. Qxg4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stuttgart"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7.
h3 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be5 (11. Be2 Ne6 12. Be5 Bb4+
13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 b6 $11) 11... Ne4 12. a3 (12. Bd3 $6 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Bd7
$36 {Postniy,E-Golod,V/Tel Aviv 1999}) 12... Bh4 13. g3 {Ch. Gabriel versucht,
das Spiel von Kortschnoj zu verbessern, leider ohne Erfolg.} (13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14.
g3 Qg5 15. Bd4 Qf5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. h4 Bb5 18. g4 Bxe2 19. gxf5 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 f6
$11 {Kortschnoj,V-Vaganian,R/Istanbul 2000}) 13... Bf6 14. Bd4 $6 ({
Natьrlicher sieht} 14. Bg2 {aus, selbst wenn es Schwarz keine Probleme
bereitet:} Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qf6 16. Nd3 b6 $132 {/\Ba6} (16... Bf5 17. O-O d4 18.
exd4 Qxd4 19. Nf4 $14)) 14... Bd7 15. Be2 (15. Bg2 $6 Bb5) 15... Rc8 16. h4 Re8
17. O-O {Nach grьndlicher Vorbereitung kann WeiЯ rochieren, nur um in einen
gefдhrlichen Angriff zu geraten.} Bh3 18. Re1 Rc6 $1 {Sehr stark gespielt!
Ohne Wenn und Aber wird der schwarze Turm auf den Kцnigsflьgel ьberfьhrt.} 19.
Bb5 $6 {Ein Tempoverlust, da WeiЯ der Qualitдtsgewinn nicht bekommt.} Bg4 20.
Be2 (20. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 21. b4 Re6 22. Kg2 Bxh4 $1 23. gxh4 Rg6 $19) 20... Bxf3
21. Bxf3 Bxh4 $5 {Ein chancenreiches Figurenopfer. Schwarz hat ein sicheres
Remis, kann aber einige Gewinnversuche unternehmen.} 22. Bxe4 (22. gxh4 Qxh4
23. Qe2 $2 (23. Bxe4 $142) 23... Rg6+ 24. Bg2 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Re6 $19) 22...
dxe4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24. Rc1 Rd6 {/\Qh3} (24... Rh6 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Qf3+ 27.
Kd2 Qxf2+ 28. Qe2 $14) 25. Kf1 Red8 $5 {Schwarz bereitet den Einschlag auf d4
vor.} (25... Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Qf3+ 27. Kf1 $11) 26. Rc4 ({Zum Remis fьhrte} 26. Ke2
{/\Rg1} Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Qf3+ 29. Kf1 $11) 26... Rd5 {/\Rf5} (26... b5
27. Rc5 Qh3+ $11) 27. a4 (27. Ke2 b5 28. Rc6 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Ke2 $11)
27... Rf5 28. Qc2 h5 {WeiЯ hatte zu diesem Zeitpunkt nur wenige Minuten auf
der Uhr, wдhrend Vaganian bei weitem ьber mehr Zeit verfьgte. Letzten Endes
konnte Christian diesem Zeitdruck nicht standhalten.} (28... Qh3+ $1 29. Ke2
Qg4+ 30. f3 (30. Kf1 $2 Rh5 $19) 30... exf3+ 31. Kd2 h5 $13) 29. Rd1 Qg4 30.
Qe2 Rf3 31. Ke1 h4 32. Kd2 Qg2 33. Rf1 h3 34. Rc5 g6 35. Qe1 h2 36. Ke2 $4 (36.
Rc3 f6 $13 {/\Rd5-h5}) 36... Rxd4 $1 37. exd4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nc6 {Another
theoretical possibility is 6...c5.} 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. a4 {
[%cal Ga4a5] Interesting is 10.b4, see the game Gelfand,B-Avrukh,B /ISR-chT
Israel 1999/CBM 69 [Gelfand]} a5 11. Bxb6 ({The alternative is:} 11. Nb5 Nd5
12. Bc5 Re8 13. Rc1 Bg4 $6 (13... h6 $142 {/\} 14. e4 Ndb4 15. d4 exd4 16.
Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 c6 $10) 14. h3 Be6 15. e4 $1 Nf6 (15... Ndb4
$5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 $14) 16. Ng5 $36 {1-0 Dvoretzky,M-Gulko,
B /URS-ch42 1974 [ChessBase]}) 11... cxb6 12. Nb5 $146 {In the preceding games
white played the most natural move: 12.Nd2.For instanse:} (12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4
Re8 14. Qb3 Ra6 15. Ne4 Re7 16. Rac1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Rd7 18. Nc3 f5 (18... Bxc4 19.
dxc4 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxd1 21. Rfxd1 $44 {[%csl Ra6]}) 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. Qd2 Bf8 21.
Rfd1 Bc5 22. e3 Ra8 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. f4 Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Ree,H-Benko,P/Wijk aan
Zee 1970/MCD (24)}) 12... Be6 13. Nd2 {The position is approximately equal. On
the one hand white has superior pawn structure,on the other hand black has
pair of good bishops.} Qe7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Nbd6 (16. Nxb6 $4 Rxc1
{[%csl Re2][%cal Rd4e2]}) (16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxb6 (17. Qd2 $5 $11) 17... Rxc1
18. Qxc1 Qb4 19. Nc4 Qxa4 20. Bxb7 Qb4 21. Bf3 Rc8 $11) 16... Rcd8 $2 {After
this passive move black is in trouble. Black could get a counterplay only
after the Q sacrifice.} (16... Qxd6 $1 17. Nxd6 Rxc1 18. Qd2 Rc2 19. Qd1 Nxe2+
20. Kh1 Bb3 21. Nc4 (21. Bxb7 Bxa4 22. Bd5 Nd4 $15) 21... Rxb2 (21... Rd8 $5
22. Qb1 f5 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 22. Qa1 Ra2 23. Qb1 Nd4 24. Nxb6 $13) 17. e3 Nf5 18.
Nb5 Qb4 $6 (18... Qd7 $6 19. Be4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rc8 21. Qf3 $16) ({The least of
the evils for black was} 18... Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Rc8) 19. Bxb7 Ne7 20. Bg2 $1 (20.
Nxb6 $6 Bb3 (20... Rb8 $6 21. Rc7) 21. Qe1 Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 Rxd3 23. Rc7 Nf5 $14)
20... Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Qxb2 {Black won the pawn back, but the Q on b2 is not safe.
} 22. Re1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge1e2]} Qa2 $8 23. Bf1 (23. Re2 $4 Qxc4 $19 {
[%cal Gd8d1]}) 23... Qxc4 {It's hard to suggest something better...} 24. dxc4
Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nc6 (25... Rc8 26. Rd7 $16) 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. Bg2 e4 {This pawn
sacrifice is probably the best practical chance.} (27... Nb4 28. Bd5 Nxd5 29.
cxd5 Rc4 30. Rxb6 Rxa4 31. d6 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Rb7 (33. Ra6 $6 Bf8 34. Rxa5
Bxd6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxe5) 33... Bf6 34. Ra7 {with good winning chances.})
28. Bxe4 Ne5 {At least black's pieces "got some air".} 29. Bd5 $1 Nxc4 30. Rd7
Ne5 31. Rb7 Rc5 ({Deserved attention} 31... Rd8 32. e4 Nd7 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Gd7c5]}) 32. e4 Rc2 33. Nd6 Rd2 34. Rxb6 Bf8 35. Ra6 h5 $2 {This move, that
otherwise would have been useful for black proves to be a mistake, that
simplifies the winning process for white. It should be very useful for the
reader to study carefully Vaganian's method of transforming his advantage to a
simple technical win...} (35... Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2 {Black's only chance is to
prevent the devastating f2-f4 advance.} {After} 37. Kf1 $1 Rd4 (37... Ng4 38.
Ke1) 38. f4 Ng4 39. Ke2 {white should win the endgame.} ({less clear is} 39.
Bxf7+ Kg7 40. Bd5 Ne3+)) {[%tqu "En","Find the most convincing way for white.",
"","","d6f7","",10]} 36. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 6144]} Nxf7 (36... Rxd5 37. exd5
Kxf7 38. Rxa5 $18 {[%csl Ga4]}) 37. Rxg6+ Bg7 38. Rg5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg5f5]}
Rc2 ({Of course} 38... Rxd5 39. Rxd5 {is completely hopeless for black.}) 39.
Rxh5 Rc7 40. Rf5 Kf8 41. Kg2 Bd4 (41... Ke8 42. Bxf7+ Rxf7 43. Rxf7 {Even
stronger, then 43.Ra5;} Kxf7 44. h4 Ke6 45. f4 Kd6 46. g4 Kc5 47. h5 Kb4 48. g5
Kxa4 49. h6 Bh8 50. f5 $18) 42. h4 Kg7 43. Rxf7+ Rxf7 44. Bxf7 Kxf7 45. f4 Ke6
46. g4 {The march of the white pawn phalanxe is quite unstoppable...} Kd6 47.
g5 Kc5 48. h5 Kb4 49. h6 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 Ng6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 a6
15. a4 Bd7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ra3 18. Rb3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 Ng5 20. Qd1 Nxf3+ 21.
Qxf3 Qa3 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Nb1 Qb2 25. Re1 Ra8 26. Qe2 Ra2 27.
Qxb2 Rxb2 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Nc3 Ke7 30. Kf1 Kd6 31. Ke1 g5 32. Nd1 Rb3 33. Rc2
Bb5 34. Rb2 Rxb2 35. Nxb2 Kc6 36. g3 Kb6 37. f3 Ka5 38. e4 Bc6 39. exd5 Bxd5
40. Kf2 b5 41. Ke3 Kb4 42. Nd3+ Kc3 43. f4 Bc4 44. Nc5 gxf4+ 45. gxf4 f5 46. h4
g6 47. Nb7 b4 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e3
Re8 9. a4 a5 10. b3 exd4 11. exd4 Nb8 12. Ra2 Nc6 13. Re2 Rxe2 14. Nxe2 Bf5 15.
Ba3 d5 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Nf4 c6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. g4
Be6 22. f4 f6 23. Nd3 f5 24. Nc5 Bf7 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Kh1 Qf6 27. Nxb7 Rb8 28.
Nc5 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Na6 Rd8 31. Nxb4 Bc3 32. Nc6 Rd6 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34.
Nxf5 Rb6 35. Rd1 d4 36. a5 Bxa5 37. Ra1 Bc3 38. Ra8+ Be8 39. Rd8 d3 40. Bf3 d2
41. Bh5 Rb8 42. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Ne2
{As it always happens in this variation-knight goes to f4.} (8. Qe2 Nb8 9. Bg5
Qd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nd1 h6 12. Bd2 Nge7 13. Ne3 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 $11 {Pulkkinen,
K-Karner,H/FIN-chT 1994/EXT 98}) (8. h4 Ne7 9. h5 h6 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. Qb5+ Qd7
12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Ne2 c5 14. c3 {1/2-1/2 Martos Exposito,M-Castillo,S/
Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (14)}) (8. Qd3 Nb8 9. Ne2 Qd7 (9... c5 10. c4 Ne7 11.
O-O Nbc6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 $14 {Zhelnin,V-Skomorokhin,R/
Sumperk 1990/EXT 97}) 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ng3 h5 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. c4 c6 14. Rac1 $14
{Rytshagov,M-Kiik,K/Tallinn 2000/CBM 75 ext}) (8. O-O Ne7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Nf4 Qd7
11. c3 Nc6 12. b4 Nc7 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Nh5 $1 Na5 15. dxc5 $36 {Tischbierek,
R-Teske,H/Leipzig 1988/CBM 07}) 8... Qd7 9. O-O c6 (9... c5 10. c3 Ne7 11. Qd3
Nb8 12. Ng5 Ng6 $2 13. f4 $16 {Bakre,T-Gokhale,J/Calcutta 1996/CBM 50 ext}) 10.
Nf4 Be7 11. Qd3 Nc7 12. Bd2 (12. b3 h5 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Bb2 g5 15. Ne2 Nh6 16.
Rac1 Kb7 $13) 12... h5 13. Rac1 O-O-O 14. c4 Kb7 15. Rc3 {Increasing the
pressure over the c-file.} (15. c5 g5 16. Ne2 (16. cxb6 axb6 17. Ne2 g4 18. Ne1
f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 $132) 16... g4 17. Ne1 bxc5 18. dxc5 f6 $13) 15... dxc4 16.
Rxc4 Nd5 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. b4 ({Another promising plan was} 18. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 19.
Bb4 Bxb4 20. axb4 Ne7 21. Ng5 $14 {[%cal Gg5e4,Ge4d6]}) 18... Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qd5
20. Nd2 (20. a4 Nh6 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. b5 c5 23. Qc3 Rcd8 24. a5 $36) 20... g5
21. Be3 Nh6 22. Ne4 Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e5]} 23. Qc2 (23. Nc3 Qd7 24. Qe4 f5 25. exf6
Nxf6 $13) 23... f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. a4 $1 {Finally starting an
actions on the queenside.} (26. Qg6 $2 Qf5 27. Qxf5 (27. Qf7+ $4 {[%csl Rf7]}
Rc7) 27... exf5 28. f3 Rhe8 $15) 26... Rc7 27. b5 Rhc8 28. a5 $1 {Very strong
attacking move increasing the pressure on the position of black king.} (28. Qg6
Bd8 (28... Qf5 $2 29. bxc6+ Rxc6 30. Qf7+ R8c7 31. Qxc7+ Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Ka6 33.
h3 $14) 29. Qxh5 (29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. bxc6+ Qxc6 32. Qxh5 Qxa4 33.
h3 a5 $15) 29... cxb5 30. Rxc7+ Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 (31... Bxc7 32. axb5 Qxb5
$13) 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. h4 $13) 28... bxa5 (28... Qxb5 $2 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rb1
Qd5 31. Rc5 Qd7 (31... Qd6 32. Rxb6+ Kxb6 33. Qb3+ Ka6 34. Qa4+ Kb7 35. Qb4+
Ka8 36. Ra5+ Ra7 37. Rxa7+ Kxa7 38. Qxd6 $18) 32. Rxb6+ Kxb6 33. Qb3+ Ka6 34.
Rc2 $18 {[%cal Gc2a2]}) 29. Rc5 Qd7 30. bxc6+ $2 {Losing all advantage. After
correct} (30. Rb1 $1 Ka8 (30... cxb5 31. Rcxb5+ Ka8 32. Qb3 Qe8 33. d5 $40) 31.
b6 Rb7 32. Rxa5 $36 {[%csl Rg5] black would have hard time defending this
position.}) 30... Rxc6 31. Qa4 Bd8 32. Rd1 (32. Bxg5 Bb6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Rd1
Qd5 35. Be3 $13) 32... Rd6 33. Qxd7+ Rxd7 34. Rb1+ Bb6 35. Rxa5 $6 ({More
logical looks} 35. Rxg5 Rd5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. h3 Ka6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 a4
$13 {with mutual chanses.}) 35... Rd5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. Bxg5 a5 38. Kf1 (38.
Be3 Ka6 39. Kf1 a4 40. Ke2) 38... Ka6 39. Ke2 Rg8 40. h4 Bxd4 41. Kd3 $2 {
Painfull blunder leading to a lost position. After logical} (41. Rd1 Bb2 (41...
Re8+ 42. Kf3 Re4 43. Be3 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Rxh4 45. Rxd5 a4 46. e4 $11) 42. Rxd5 a4
43. Bd2 a3 44. Rxh5 Rxg2 45. Bb4 $11 {draw is inevitable.}) 41... Bxf2 $17 42.
Rf1 Bb6 43. Rf5 $6 d4 44. Rf6 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Ga5a1]} 45. Bd2 a4 46. g4 $2 (46.
Rf1 $5) 46... hxg4 47. Rg6 a3 $19 48. Rxg4 Kb5 49. h5 a2 50. Rg1 Ka4 51. h6 Kb3
52. h7 Rh8 53. Rg6 Bc5 0-1

[Event "BEL-chT 0102"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2001.12.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.10.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Bc3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. e5
Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 d6 10. f4 Nh6 11. Nd2 Nf5 12. Nf3 e6 13. h4 Bd7 14. Qd2 dxe5 15.
fxe5 h6 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. O-O-O Qa6 18. Kb1 exd5 19. e6 d4 20. exd7+ Kxd7 21. Qf4
dxc3 22. Bxg6+ Kc8 23. Rd6 Qa5 24. Bf5+ Nxf5 25. Qxf5+ Kb8 26. Qf4 Qc7 27. Rhd1
Rc8 28. Qf5 a5 29. bxc3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be2 O-O (8... Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Ng6
14. O-O Nd7 15. g3 a5 16. Qc2 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Kengis,E/Barnaul 1988/TD}) 9. O-O
Nc6 10. d5 $5 {This move leads to minimal advantage of white.} (10. b3 d5 (
10... Bf6 11. Be3 Re8 (11... d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Be6 14. g4 h6 15. a3 N8e7 16.
Ne1 g5 17. Ng2 Ng6 $132 {Najer,E-Ivanov,V/Moscow 1995/CBM 46}) 12. Qd2 (12. h3
Bh5 13. Rc1 (13. Qd2 d5 14. c5 Nc8 15. Rad1 h6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne1 Qd7 18. Ng2
$14 {Barthel,A-Huenerfauth,U/Hagenbach 1998/EXT 2001}) 13... d5 14. c5 Nc8 15.
Re1 a5 16. Qd2 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bh2 $14 {Kholmov,R-Donchenko,A/Moscow 1991/TD}
) 12... Qd7 (12... a6 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 a5 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3
$16 {Rudolf,H-Nicolosi,T/Hamburg 1997/EXT 98}) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rfe1 a5 15. a4
Nb4 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Rxa2 Nc8 $11 {Maroczy,G-Gruenfeld,E/Budapest 1932/EXT 99})
11. c5 Nc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Be3 N8e7 15. Qd3 g6 16. g4 $14 {
Zvjaginsev,V-Bjerring,K/Terrassa 1996/EXT 99}) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. b3
Bg5 $5 {Forcing white bishop to come to b2, if white wants to keep it on the
board.} (12... Nxf3+ $6 13. Qxf3 Bf6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. a4 $14) 13.
Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bf6 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Nd1 {White starts to play for a draw.}
(16. Re3 $5 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 $14) 16... Re8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6
Nxf6 19. Nc3 a6 $11 20. f3 Nd7 21. Kf2 {It's hard to believe that white may
lose such position, but step by step black gains additional positional pluses
till white finally collapses at the very end of the game.} (21. f4 $5 {[%cal
Gg1f2,Gf2f3]}) 21... Ne5 22. Re3 f5 $1 23. Rd1 (23. Ne2 $6 b5 24. Rc1 bxc4 25.
bxc4 Rab8 $15) 23... Re7 24. h3 Rae8 25. Re2 g5 26. g3 Kf7 27. Rd4 ({Not so
bad was} 27. f4 gxf4 28. gxf4 Ng6 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Kf3 $11 {, but white
doesn't want to make any weaknesses.}) 27... Kf6 28. Rc2 (28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4
Ng6 30. Rxe7 Rxe7) 28... h5 29. Ne2 $6 g4 30. fxg4 (30. Ng1) 30... hxg4 31. h4
Nf3 $15 32. Rd3 (32. Rf4) 32... Re4 33. Rb2 R8e7 34. a4 a5 35. Nc3 (35. Rc2)
35... Re1 36. Re2 R7xe2+ 37. Nxe2 Rb1 38. Nf4 $6 (38. Re3) 38... Rb2+ 39. Ke3 (
39. Kf1 Nd2+ 40. Ke1 Nxb3 $17) 39... Ne1 $5 40. Rc3 Ng2+ 41. Nxg2 Rxg2 42. Kd4
f4 $5 43. gxf4 Kf5 44. c5 $2 {Finally making a decisive mistake!} (44. Re3 $1 {
[%cal Ge3e7]} Rh2 (44... Rd2+ 45. Kc3 Rh2 46. Re7 g3 47. Rxc7 Rxh4 (47... g2 $6
48. Rg7 Kxf4 49. c5 dxc5 50. d6 $16) 48. Rf7+ Ke4 49. Rxb7 Rg4 50. Re7+ Kf3 51.
Re1 Kf2 52. Rb1 g2 53. c5 $13) 45. Re7 g3 46. Rxc7 g2 47. Rg7 Kxf4 48. c5 dxc5+
49. Kxc5 Kf3 50. d6 Rxh4 51. d7 Rh8 52. Kb6) 44... Kxf4 $19 45. cxd6 cxd6 46.
Rc7 (46. Rc1 Rd2+ 47. Kc4 g3 48. h5 g2 49. Rg1 (49. h6 Rc2+ $1 $19) 49... Kf3
$19) 46... Rd2+ 47. Kc3 Rxd5 {[%cal Gg4g1]} 48. Rxb7 g3 49. Rg7 Kf3 50. b4
axb4+ 51. Kxb4 Rd4+ 52. Kb5 g2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 c6 14. O-O b5 15.
Ne5 Ra3 16. Rb3 Rxb3 17. Qxb3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. e4 d4 21. e6
Nf6 22. e5 Nd5 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rd1 Rf8 26. Bg4 Ra8 27. Bf3 Qc6
28. Rxd4 Ra1+ 29. Rd1 Qc4 30. Bxd5+ Bxd5 31. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 32. Qf1 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4 {
The more ambitious plan, although I can see more virtue in this move when
there is a bishop on g6 to harrass, than when it has opted for e6.} Nd7 9. h5
Nh6 $1 {[%cal Ge7h4,Gf7f5]} 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Nh3 $6 {This takes the eye off the
h-file, and allows black to reveal white's king-side pawns as vulnerable
rather than as potent restrictors of black's forces. 9...Nh6 is clever - it
keeps the f-pawn flexible, and does not block black's bishops.} ({The
semi-waiting move} 11. Rc1 $5 {is preferable, when Kasparov gives} Nc4 12. Bxc4
dxc4 13. Bxh6 gxh6 {as unclear. Indeed it looks a big mess - both sides have
glaring weaknesses.}) 11... g5 $1 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. f3 Bh4+ 14. Nf2 g5 $1 {
and again!} 15. Bh2 Qe7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nc4 $17 {a model treatment of
black's counterplay.} 18. Bxc4 Nxg4 19. Bg3 Nxf2 20. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxh1
22. Qxh1 Qf6+ 23. Ke1 Bxc4 24. e5 Qg7 25. Ne4 O-O-O 26. Nd6+ Rxd6 27. exd6 Qxd4
28. Qh3+ Be6 29. Qh6 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
Ne2 Be4 9. f3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Re8 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. e5 Qh4+ 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. O-O Qg4 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Qc4 Qe6
21. Qxc7 Rc8 22. Qb7 Rxc3 23. d5 Qe7 24. e6 Nf6 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Nf5 Rb7 27.
Nd6 Re7 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. d6 Rd3 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. d7 a5 33. Rf3
Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Nxd7 35. Ke2 Rd5 36. Rd3 Re5+ 37. Rxe5 Nxe5 38. Rd6+ Kf5 39. Rxb6
Nc4 40. Rb5+ Ke4 41. a4 g5 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Be2 Nbd5 11. Bh2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. a4 c5
15. Qb2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qd5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qb5 Ne4 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ne1 Bb4
21. Bg4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bd2 23. Rc7 Bxe1 24. f3 Bf2+ 25. Kh1 Ng3+ 26. Bxg3 Bxg3
27. Rxb7 Re8 28. f4 h5 29. Be2 Rxe3 30. Bf1 h4 31. Kg1 Re1 32. Rd7 Bxf4 33. Kf2
Bg3+ 34. Kg1 Ra1 35. Rxd5 Rxa4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Bd3+ g6 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Rd7 Kg8
40. d5 Rd2 41. Be2 a5 42. Rb7 a4 43. Ra7 Ra2 44. Bd3 a3 45. d6 Rf2+ 46. Ke1
Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 03rd"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7.
e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Re8 $5 {Dieser Zug ist
selten, aber keineswegs schlecht. Wie wir gleich sehen werden, braucht Schwarz
die frьhere Fixierung b4-b5 nicht zu befьrchten.} (11... c6) (11... c5) 12. b5
$6 ({Den eventuell zu frьhen Zug Re8 kann WeiЯ mцglicherweise so ausnutzen:} 
12. Be2 c6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qb3 a5 15. b5 $1 c5 16. Nxd5 Bxd4 17. Bc4 a4 18. Qc2
Nf6 19. exd4 Bxd5 20. dxc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Re5 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. Rfe1 Rg5+ 24.
Kh1 Qb7 25. Re3 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Gomez Esteban,J/Leon 1994}) 12... c5 (12...
Qd6 $6 13. a4 c5 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. O-O Na5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Qd3 a6
19. Nc3 Qd6 20. Nd2 Bd8 21. Bg4 Bc7 22. g3 $14 {Skembris,S-Kristensen,B/Skei
1993}) 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Na5 16. Nd2 g6 {Wie immer hat
Vaganian keine Angst vor taktischen Abwicklungen, im Gegenteil, er provoziert
sie.} ({Nichts sprach gegen die positionelle Fortsetzung} 16... a6 {/\b5, Nc4}
17. Bg4 (17. Na4 $2 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Bxd4 $17) 17... Rc7 18. Na4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Bc6
20. Qc2 Bxa4 21. Qxa4 b5 $15) 17. Bg4 Rc7 18. Nb3 Nc4 $1 {Ein gut kalkuliertes
Bauernopfer.} 19. Nb5 Rce7 20. Nxa7 Bg5 $1 {Sehr stark! Ein Einschlag auf e3
lдЯt sich nicht abwenden. Die weiЯen Leichtfiguren harmonieren schlecht,
wдhrend die schwarzen Tьrme in der e-Linie sehr mobil sind.} 21. Nb5 (21. Ra1
Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nxe3 23. Qf3 f5 24. Bh3 Nxf1 25. Qxf1 Re2 $36) 21... Ba6 22. a4
Bxb5 23. axb5 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nxe3 25. Qf3 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 (26. Qxf1 $2 Re3 27. Nd2
Qh4 $17) 26... f5 {Der weiЯe Lдufer degradiert zum bloЯen Zuschauer des
Geschehnisses.} 27. Bh3 Re3 $17 28. Qd1 Qh4 29. Nd2 (29. Qc2 Re1 $40) 29...
Qxd4 30. Nf3 Qe4 ({Besser war} 30... Qc5 $17) 31. Qc1 (31. Qd4 $4 Rxf3 $19)
31... d4 $2 {Dieser Fehler lдЯt WeiЯ plцtzlich zum Leben erwachen.} (31... Qc4
$17) 32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ (33. Qxd4+ Qxd4 34. Nxd4 Rd3 35. Nc6 Rd5 36. Rb1 $15
) 33... Re7 34. Qxb6 d3 35. Rd1 $2 {Der entscheidende Patzer.} (35. Qd6 $1 $13)
35... d2 $1 $19 (35... Rxf3 36. gxf3 Qxf3 $19) 36. Nxd2 Qd5 37. g3 Re2 38. Qa5
Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Ra7 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6
8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 {-see
detailed commented game 0-1 Vaganian,R-Onischuk,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 90_01 
[Tsesarsky,I](39)}) 11... Be7 12. Qc2 g6 $1 {Better than} (12... h6 13. Na4 (
13. e4 {-see detailed commented game 1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Bellini,F/Reggio
Emilia 1998/CBM 63[Tsesarsky,I] (41)}) 13... Qa5+ {-see detailed commented
game 0-1 Pedersen,S-Hansen,C/Aalborg 2000/CBM 77[Tsesarsky,I] (24)}) 13. Na4
Qc7 ({Possible} 13... Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Qc7 15. Qc3 (15. h4 Nxe5) 15... Re8 16. Rhe1
Bf8 17. Kf1 Bg7 18. e4 d4 $1 $11) 14. Qc3 Re8 15. Qd4 Bf8 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. cxb6
Qe7 18. Ke2 Bg7 19. b4 Bxe5 $5 $11 ({Strong was P sacrifice:} 19... f6 $1 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. Qc5 Qf7 $44) 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Rc5 $14 {White left
with certain pressure, but position is quite reliable for Black.} Bf5 ({
Interesting was} 22... Bd7 $11) 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Rd4 {[%cal Ga2a4,
Gb4b5,Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Ge7d6] White has clear plan: PP a and b promotion. However,
Black is able easily to neutralize it by bringing his K into the centre.} Kf8
26. a4 Ke7 27. f4 Kd6 28. Kf3 Re4 (28... Rf6 29. e4 (29. g4 Rfe6 30. Rc3 h6 31.
h4 f6 $11) 29... Rxe4 30. Rxe4 dxe4+ 31. Kxe4 Re6+ $11) 29. Rcc4 (29. g3 $11)
29... Rxd4 30. Rxd4 c5 $1 {Of course!} (30... Rh5 31. h3 c5 32. bxc5+ Kxc5 33.
a5 Kb5 34. g4 Rxh3+ 35. Kg2 Rxe3 36. Rxd5+ Kc6 37. Rd8 Ra3 38. Rc8+ Kb5 39. Rc7
Kxa5 40. Rxb7 $44) 31. bxc5+ Kxc5 32. g4 Rf6 33. a5 Rd6 34. g5 Kb5 35. e4 dxe4+
36. Kxe4 Re6+ ({Avoiding the trap:} 36... Rxd4+ $4 37. Kxd4 Kxa5 38. Kc5 Ka4
39. Kd6 $18) 37. Kf3 {Hecht: '[#] Zwei verbundene Freibauern beiderseits -
Technik und Taktik'} Kxa5 38. Rd7 Rxb6 {'?' Hecht.} (38... Kxb6 $1 {Hecht} 39.
Rxf7 a5 40. Rxh7 a4 41. f5 gxf5 42. Rh6 Rc6 43. g6 a3 44. g7 a2 45. g8=Q a1=Q
$11) 39. Rxf7 Kb4 {Black lost a very important tempo. Hecht: 'Auch in anderen
Fдllen geht es messerscharf zu. '} (39... Rb1 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gb5b4] Hecht} 40.
Rxh7 b5 41. h4 b4 42. h5 gxh5 43. g6 Rg1 44. g7 b3 45. Rxh5+ Ka4 46. Rg5 Rxg5
47. fxg5 b2 48. g8=Q b1=Q 49. Qe8+ Ka3 (49... Ka5 {Hecht} 50. Qe5+ Ka4 51. Qe4+
$18) 50. Qe3+ Ka2 51. Qe6+ $18) 40. Rxh7 a5 41. h4 a4 42. f5 {'?!' Hecht.} ({
Right is} 42. h5 $1 gxh5 {Hecht} (42... a3 43. hxg6 a2 (43... Rxg6 {Hecht} 44.
Rxb7+ Kc3 45. Ra7 Kb2 46. Kg4 Rb6 47. f5 $18) 44. g7 Rg6 45. g8=Q Rxg8 46.
Rxb7+ Ka3 47. Ra7+ Kb2 48. Kg4 a1=Q 49. Rxa1 Kxa1 50. f5 Kb2 51. f6 Kc3 52. f7
$18) 43. f5 a3 44. Rxh5 a2 45. Rh1 Kc3 46. Ra1 Kb2 47. Rxa2+ Kxa2 48. g6 $18)
42... gxf5 43. Re7 a3 44. Re2 Ka4 (44... Ra6 {Hecht} 45. h5 a2 46. Rxa2 Rxa2
47. g6 $18) 45. h5 Rb2 46. Re1 Rh2 (46... a2 47. Ra1 Ka3 (47... Kb3 {Hecht} 48.
g6 $18) 48. g6 Rb1 49. Rxa2+ Kxa2 50. g7 Rg1 51. h6 b5 52. h7 Rxg7 53. h8=Q Rg4
54. Qe5 $18) 47. h6 a2 48. Rg1 {Hecht: 'Pg5 ist der Gewinnbauer!'} Kb3 {
'?' Hecht.} ({Idee: der Kцnig soll so stehen, dass weder der g-Bauer mit
Schach einziehen noch der a-Bauer mit Schach genommen werden kann. Also:} 48...
Kb4 {Hecht} 49. g6 ({aber:} 49. Kf4 $1 {Hecht} b5 50. Kxf5 Ka3 (50... Kb3 $142
{Hecht} 51. g6 Rf2+ 52. Ke6 Rg2 53. Rxg2 a1=Q 54. g7 Qa6+ 55. Ke5 Qa1+ 56. Ke6
Qa6+ 57. Kf5 Qc8+ 58. Kg6 Qe6+ 59. Kh7 Qe7 {und Schwarz macht durch
Fesselungen horizontal bzw. diagonal Remis.}) 51. g6 Rh5+ (51... Rf2+ {Hecht}
52. Ke6 Rg2 53. Rxg2 a1=Q 54. g7 Qe1+ 55. Kd7 Qd1+ 56. Kc7 Qc1+ 57. Kb7 $18)
52. Kf4 Rh4+ 53. Kg5) 49... Rxh6 50. g7 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Rg6 52. Rb1+ Kc5 53. Rxb7
Rg4 $11) 49. g6 Rh3+ 50. Kf4 Rh4+ 51. Kxf5 Rh5+ 52. Kf4 Rh4+ 53. Kg5 Rh2 54. g7
1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. Bf5 Nf8 14. Qc2 Ng6 15.
Qb3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bh3 Rad8 18. Ne2 Ne7 19. Qc3 h5 20. Ne5 Ng6 21. f4 Nf8
22. Qb3 g5 23. g3 g4 24. Bg2 Qe6 25. Kf2 c5 26. Qxb6 Rb8 27. dxc5 Bxe5 28. Qxe6
Rxe6 29. fxe5 Bc6 30. b3 Rxe5 31. Nd4 Ba8 32. c6 Ne6 33. Rc3 Rc8 34. Rdc1 Kf8
35. b4 Ke7 36. a4 Kd6 37. b5 Kc7 38. Rb1 axb5 39. Nxb5+ Kd8 40. Nd6 Rc7 41.
Rb8+ Ke7 42. Nc8+ Kf6 43. Rxa8 d4 44. exd4 Nxd4 45. Nb6 Rce7 46. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nf6 15. a4 c5 16. Nd2 a6 17. Rdb1 Qc7 18. Nf3 c4 19. Bc2 Bc6 20. Nd2 b5 21. f3
Rae8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nf1 Re6 24. Qe1 Rfe8 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Kh1 Nh5 27. Qf2 g6
28. g4 Nf6 29. Qh4 Kg7 30. Qf2 Rxe3 31. Nxe3 Qxe3 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Ra3 Rxf3
34. Kg1 Nxg4 35. Bd1 Rf4 36. Bxg4 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Rh4 38. Kg2 Re4 39. Ra7 Re2+
40. Kg1 g5 41. Rc7 Be8 42. Ra1 Kg6 43. Raa7 Re6 44. Rc5 Rd6 45. Ra8 Bd7 46. Rd8
Kf6 47. Rxb5 Ke7 48. Rbb8 Ra6 49. Ra8 Rg6 50. Rdb8 Be6 51. Rg8 Rxg8 52. Rxg8
Kf6 53. Kf2 Kf5 54. Rh8 Ke4 55. Rxh6 Kd3 56. h4 Kxc3 57. h5 Kd2 58. Rf6 c3 59.
h6 Bf5 60. Rxf5 c2 61. h7 c1=Q 62. Kg2 Qe1 63. h8=Q Qe4+ 64. Rf3 g4 65. Qh6+
Ke2 0-1

[Event "BEL-chT 0203"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2002.12.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 f5 7. c4 Bd6 8. Qb3
Rb8 9. Re1 Qf6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa4 Ne7 12. Ne5 b5 13. Qa6 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. exf3 N5c6 17. f4 Kf7 18. Qa3 Rhc8 19. Be3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4
21. Rad1 Qc5 22. Qf3 Rb6 23. Re2 g6 24. h3 Rbc6 25. g4 Qd6 26. Qe3 Rc2 27. Rde1
Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Rc4 29. g5 Rxf4 30. Qxb5 Rc4 31. Qa5 0-1

[Event "BEL-chT 0203"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2002.12.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Bergez, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Charleroi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 Nc3 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 Ne4 20. Bxb4 Bxe5 21. Rd1
Ng5 22. a4 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 a6 24. Bxa6 Qxd1 25. Bb5+ Qd7 26. Qc5 Bf6 27. Nd3 Ba6
28. Bxd7+ Rxd7 29. gxh3 Bxd3 30. Re1 Bxb2 31. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Nbd5 10. Bg3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. O-O c5
15. d5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 exd5 17. exd5 g6 18. c4 Bf6 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Qd2 Rae8 21.
Qf4 Bc3 22. Rc1 Bg7 23. Rfe1 h6 24. g4 Bc8 25. g5 Qg4 26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. gxh6
Bxh6 28. Rb1 Bg7 29. a4 Bc3 30. Rec1 Bb4 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Nb5 a5 33. Rc2 Re5 34.
Re2 Rfe8 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Kf1 Bxb5 37. cxb5 Rxd5 38. Ke2 Re5+ 39. Kf3 Bc3 40.
Rc1 Bd4 41. g4 Re6 42. Rf1 Rf6+ 43. Kg3 Be5+ 44. f4 Bc7 45. g5 Rd6 46. Rf3 Rd4
47. Bc2 c4 48. Kg4 Kg7 49. Rf2 f5+ 50. gxf6+ Kxf6 51. Kf3 Rxf4+ 52. Ke3 Rxf2
53. Kxf2 g5 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. Bd1 Bd6 56. Be2 Bc5+ 57. Kd2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Heidrich, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Forchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. b5 Ne7
9. Bg2 O-O 10. Qb3 h6 11. c5+ Kh7 12. Rc1 f4 13. a4 Rb8 14. Ba3 Nf5 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. O-O Rd8 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Qc2 g4 20. Nfd2 Ne8 21. d4 exd4
22. gxf4 Kh8 23. Ng3 Qf7 24. Bb2 Nh4 25. Nb3 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 b6 28.
Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
a6 ({If Black wants to exclude the following line, he can continue} 8... exd4
9. Nxd4 Re8 10. e4 {-E68,69 transposing into different variations.}) 9. dxe5 (
9. Be3 $5 exd4 (9... c6 10. dxe5 {transposes into the game.}) 10. Bxd4 c6 (
10... Re8 $142 $5 11. Nd5 Rb8 $132) 11. Nd2 $1 Nc5 12. Nb3 Ne6 13. Be3 Qe7 $6
14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Ne4 Ndc5 16. Nxd6 Nxb3 17. axb3 c5 {Barsov,A-Gallagher,J/
Hastings/2002/} 18. b4 $1 Nd4 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Rad1 $18) (9. e4 b5 $5 {-E68})
9... dxe5 10. Be3 {In a nearly symmetrical position White has several pluses:
the /^h1-a8 is open for his B (there is no pawn on e4) and the e4-square can 
(and will!) be used by his N; moreover the necessity to play c6 sooner or
later will further weaken d6 and b6. Also the a6-move loses its strength.} c6 {
[%csl Rb6,Rd6]} (10... Re8 11. Qb3 c6 12. Ng5 $1 Nf8 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Na4 N6d7
15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Nd6 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rd2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 b5 21.
Nc3 Nb6 22. Rd6 bxc4 23. Qa3 Bf8 24. Bc5 Bb7 25. R6d2 $16 {Akopian,V-Efimenko,
Z/Moscow Aeroflot/2002/}) (10... Qe7 11. Qc1 (11. Qb3 $142 $1) 11... c6 12. Rd1
Nh5 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qxf4 Nc5 16. e4 Be6 17. e5 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6
19. Qe3 Bxc4 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Ne5 {Vaganian,R-Gallagher,J/BL9899/1998/} Rf4
$11 (21... Bf7 $11)) 11. Qb3 (11. Qd6 $143 Ne8 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rad1 f5 14. Bh6
Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Nd6 16. Ng5 Rf6 17. b3 Nf8 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rfd1 Nf7 20. Nxf7 Bxf7
21. Qe3 Re8 22. Na4 b5 23. Nb6 bxc4 24. bxc4 e4 $11 {Nikolic,P-Knaak,R/Novi
Sad olm/1990/}) 11... Qe7 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 Ne8 13. c5 Ndf6 14. Qb4 Nc7 15.
Qh4 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 a5 20. e4 Be6 21. Bc3
Rfe8 22. Ra1 Nc8 23. Rfc1 Bf8 24. Bd2 a4 25. Bf1 Na7 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Nb5
$11 {Supatashvili,K-Jobava,B/Tbilisi/2001/}) 12... Rb8 (12... Re8 13. Ng5 Nf8
14. Na4 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Rd6 Nd7 19. Rad1 Nf8
20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Bb6 Ne6 22. e3 Bf8 23. R6d2 a5 24. Qc3 Bb4 25. Qxe5 Bxd2 26.
Rxd2 Nf8 27. Qc3 a4 28. Bd4 $44 {Kharitonov,A-Lukianov,I/Leningrad/1989/}) (
12... h6 13. Rac1 Kh7 14. Kh2 Ne8 15. Na4 f5 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Qxb6 Rg8 18. b3
a5 19. a4 Bf6 20. Ne1 Qe6 21. Nd3 Ra6 22. Qc5 g5 23. Qa3 e4 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. b4
axb4 26. Qxb4 Ra8 27. Rb1 Rg7 28. Qd2 Be5 29. Bd4 {Adorjan,A-Nijboer,F/
Zalaegerszeg/1991/} Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Ra5 $11) (12... Ne8 $5 13. Na4 (13. c5 Nc7
14. Rac1 Kh8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Nd6 e4 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Nd4 Qxb3 20.
axb3 Rf7 21. Bf4 Nd5 22. e3 Re8 23. Bf1 Bf8 24. b4 Nxb4 25. Bc4 Nd5 26. Bxd5
cxd5 27. b4 h6 28. c6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 g5 30. Bc7 Kh7 31. Ra1 Nb8 32. Bxb8 Rxb8
33. Raxa6 Rxb4 34. Ne6 Be7 35. Nc7 Bf8 36. Nxd5 Rbb7 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Ra5 f4
39. gxf4 gxf4 40. exf4 Rb2 41. Kf1 Rb3 42. Kg2 e3 43. fxe3 Rxe3 44. Ng4 Rb3 45.
Ne5 Rg7+ 46. Kf1 Kh7 47. Ra8 Be7 48. Rcc8 Rgg3 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Rhe8 Bc5 51.
Rg8+ Kh7 52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rag8+ Kf6 54. Nd7+ Kf5 55. Nxc5 Rbf3+ 56. Ke2 Re3+
57. Kd2 Kxf4 58. Rxg3 Rxg3 59. Rxh6 Ra3 60. Nd3+ Kg3 61. Ke3 Ra8 62. Ne5 Ra3+
63. Ke4 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Beliavsky,A/Hungary 1998/EXT 2000 (63)}) 13... Nc7 14. Nb6
Nxb6 15. Bxb6 (15. Qxb6 Ne6 16. Qa5 e4 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Qb6 f5 19. Rd2 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Be6 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. b3 Kf7 25. h4 Re8 26. e3
h5 27. Bf1 Re7 28. Qh8 Rd7 29. c5 Bd5 $11 {Gaprindashvili,V-Jobava,B/Tbilisi/
2002/}) 15... Ne6 16. h4 f5 17. e3 e4 18. Nd4 Re8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bd4 b5 21.
Bf1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 c5 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11
{Mchedlishvili,M-Jobava,B/Tbilisi/2001/}) 13. Nd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] White
starts the N-maneouvre immediately-a logical, but new move.} (13. Rac1 Kh8 14.
c5 h6 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. Nc4 f5 17. Na4 Nc7 18. Nd6 Nb5 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8
21. Nb6 Rcd8 22. Qc4 Nh5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. a4 {Piket,J-Nijboer,F/NED-ch/1992/}
Nd4 $132) 13... Ne8 14. Nde4 h6 (14... f5 15. c5+ Kh8 16. Bg5 (16. Nd6 f4 $15)
16... Qf7 17. Qxf7 Rxf7 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. cxd6 $14) 15. Na4 f5 16. c5+ (16. Nec5
Nef6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 {/\f4<=>}) 16... Kh7 $6 (16... Rf7 17. Nd6 Nxd6 18. cxd6 $14
) (16... Qf7 $5 $11 {/+/= possibly gives Black more chances to fully
neutralize White's pressure.}) 17. Nd6 f4 (17... Nxd6 18. cxd6 Qe8 19. Ba7 Ra8
20. Bb6 $36) 18. Nxc8 $8 (18. gxf4 exf4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Bd4 Ne5 $15) 18...
Rxc8 19. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Gd2,Gg2] /+/-,><b7,^^ White has stabilized the
position and gained a more permanent advantage.} (19. Qxb7 $2 Rc7 $17) 19...
fxg3 20. fxg3 Ndf6 (20... Nxc5 $2 21. Qa3 b6 22. Nxb6 $18 {[%cal Rd2b4] /\Bb4})
21. Rac1 Nh5 22. Be1 Rc7 23. Qe3 Qe6 24. Nc3 Rcf7 25. b3 {A useful move, Black
can't cash in on the wasted time.} (25. Rd3 Nhf6 26. Rcd1 h5 $5 $14 (26... Nc7
27. Rd6 Qf5 28. Qf3 $16)) 25... Nhf6 26. g4 $1 Nc7 27. Rd6 Qe8 28. Bg3 e4 29.
Rcd1 Ncd5 30. Nxd5 cxd5 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2] <=>,ץg2 The Bg2 is now cut off, but
White still is better as Black is tied down to the ><d5.} 31. Bh4 $1 g5 $8 {
[%csl Rf5] Forced, but weakens the f5-square.} 32. Be1 (32. Bg3 $14) 32... Qe5
33. Bc3 {[%mdl 4096] Transposes to a promising _|_.} (33. Bg3 Qe7 (33... Qb2
34. R6xd5 $5 $16) 34. Rf1 $36) (33. R6xd5 Nxd5 34. Qxe4+ Qxe4 35. Bxe4+ Kh8 36.
Bxd5 Rc7 $14 {/~~}) 33... Nxg4 {Otherwise Black loses material immediately.} (
33... Qf4 34. Qxf4 gxf4 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. R6xd5 $16) 34. hxg4 Qxc3 35. Qxc3
Bxc3 36. R1xd5 Rf4 37. Re6 e3 (37... Rxg4 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Rg6+ Kh8 40. Rxh6+
$16) 38. Rd7+ R8f7 39. Rxb7 $2 (39. Rxf7+ $142 Rxf7 40. Rb6 a5 41. Bxb7 $16 (
41. a3 $5)) 39... Rxb7 40. Bxb7 Rxg4+ 41. Bg2 {White must pin his own B.} (41.
Kh2 Rh4+ 42. Kg2 Rg4+ 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Kxe3 Bd4+ $14 {<=>~~}) 41... Rd4 42.
Be4+ Kg7 43. c6 Ba5 44. Bf5 (44. Bd3 Kf7 45. Rxe3 Rd6 46. Bxa6 Bb6 47. Kg2 Rxc6
$14) 44... Rd8 $2 (44... Rf4 $142 $5 45. Bd3 Rf6 46. Rxf6 Kxf6 47. b4 Bc7 48.
Bxa6 Ke6 $14) 45. Bg4 Rd4 46. Bh5 $1 {Blocks the >>P and stops Black's <=>.}
Rh4 $8 (46... Rd8 47. Kg2 Rc8 48. Kf3 $16) 47. Re5 $5 {Probably the best
winning chance.} (47. Bf3 Rf4 $14) 47... Bb6 48. Re7+ Kf6 49. Rb7 Rxh5 50. Rxb6
Ke6 51. Rxa6 Rh4 52. a3 Rg4+ 53. Kh2 Rf4 54. b4 (54. Kg3 Kd6 $16) 54... Rf2+
55. Kg3 Rxe2 56. b5 Rb2 $6 {Now the o^ break through and White wins by force.
Necessary, although probably insufficient as well was} (56... Kd6 $8 57. a4 (
57. Ra7 Rc2 58. Rd7+ Kc5 59. a4 h5 {is not so clear.}) 57... h5 (57... Rc2 58.
Ra8 $1 {[%cal Rb5b6,Ya8e8] /\b6!,Re8}) (57... Rb2 58. Ra7 h5 59. Rd7+ Ke6 60.
Rd3 h4+ 61. Kg4 e2 62. c7 Rc2 63. Re3+ Kd7 64. b6 $18) 58. Kf3 Re1 59. Ra7 g4+
60. Ke4 $16) 57. c7+ Kd7 58. b6 $18 e2 59. Kf2 g4 60. Ra8 g3+ 61. Ke1 (61. Ke1
Rc2 62. Rd8+ Ke7 63. c8=Q $18 (63. b7 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c6 {Not very popular variation, however not such a
bad one.} 4. Nd2 (4. f3) 4... Nxd2 5. Qxd2 d5 6. f3 $5 {Interesting attempt to
fight for the initiaive at the very early stage of the game. White sacrifices
a pawn getting in return serious advantage in development.} (6. Nf3 Bf5 (6...
Qb6 7. b3 Bf5 8. e3 Nd7 9. c3 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. O-O Bd6 $11 {
Dumitrescu,D-Haznedaroglu,K/Varna 1994}) 7. e3 Qb6 (7... Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qb5 11. Qxb5 cxb5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 e6 $11 {Seul,
G-Franzoni,G/Biel 1994}) 8. c4 a5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. O-O
Qxd2 13. Nxd2 Nb6 14. Be2 e6 15. e4 Bg6 16. f3 $16 {Aleksandrov,A-Ryskin,A/
Minsk 1993}) (6. e3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. f4 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. Bc2 Nd7
12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. g4 $36 {Melikhov,E-Belov,V/Moscow 2000}) 6...
Bf5 7. O-O-O Nd7 8. e4 $5 dxe4 9. Bc4 Nb6 (9... exf3 10. Nxf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nd5
12. Rhf1 g6 13. Rde1 $16 {[%csl Re7,Re8]}) 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. fxe4 Bxe4 12. Qe2
Bd5 ({Another possibility was} 12... Bg6 13. Nf3 Bh5 (13... O-O-O $2 14. Ne5
Qe8 15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Qf4 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6 16. Rhf1 Bd6
17. Qg4 $44 {[%csl Re8,Rg7] but white's initiative fully compensates him for
minimal material deficit.}) 13. c4 Be6 14. Nf3 f6 {Very risky decision
weakening a complex of white squares in the center, however other
continuations wouldn't promise black an easy life too.} (14... Bg4 $5 15. Rhf1
(15. h3 Qe6 16. Rhe1 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Bf5 18. g4 Bg6 $13) 15... O-O-O 16. h3 Bh5
17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. d5 $36) 15. Kb1 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5] Preparing an
advance of d-pawn.} ({No good was} 15. d5 $2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bf5 $17 {[%csl Rc1]
and white king is very vulnerable at c1.}) 15... g5 ({Serious attention
deserved} 15... O-O-O $5 16. Bg3 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 e6 18. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Na8 $13
{intending to meet Qa5 with b6 keeping defendable position.}) 16. Bf2 Bg7 17.
d5 $1 {Everything is set up for this break so white starts an active play in
the center.} cxd5 18. cxd5 Bf7 (18... Nxd5 19. Rhe1 Bf7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
$18) 19. Rhe1 O-O 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nd4 $16 {[%csl Ge6,Re7,Gf5,Rg7,Rg8] It's
pretty obvious that white is well in control of the game:knight is about to
penitrate to e6 while black bishop on g7 is no better than the pawn under the
circumstances.} Ra5 (21... f5 22. Qxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rfe8 25.
Rxb7 Re1+ 26. Kc2 Re2+ 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rd8 29. Rxb6 Bxd5 30. Bxd5+ Rxd5+
31. Kc3 $18) 22. Qxe7 Qg4 (22... Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxd5 24. Ne6 $1 (24. Rxg7+ Kxg7
25. Nf5+ Kh8 26. Bxd5 Rd8 $16) 24... Bxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rdd7 Re5 27. Rxg7
Re1+ 28. Kc2 Rc8+ 29. Kd3 Rxe6 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rdg7+ Kf8 32. Rxb7 $18) 23.
Ne6 Re8 24. d6 $1 $18 {Decisive tactical blow.} Qf5+ ({Nothing changed} 24...
Rxe7 25. dxe7 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gb3g8]} Bg6+ 26. Ka1 h5 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Nf8+ Kh6
29. Nxg6 $18) 25. Ka1 Bf8 26. Qxe8 $1 (26. Qxe8 Bxe8 27. Nd4+ Bf7 28. Bxf7+
Kxf7 29. Nxf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Nbd5 10. Be5 b6 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. a4 Bd6 14. Bxd6
cxd6 15. a5 bxa5 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Rfc1 e5 18. Be2 Nd5 19. c4 Nb6 20. Qxa5 Bxf3
21. Bxf3 exd4 22. exd4 Nxc4 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Rxa7 Nd2 25. Rca1 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3
g6 27. Rb7 Ra8 28. Rc1 Ra5 29. Rcc7 Rf5 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Rd5 32. f4 Kg7
33. Kg2 Kf6 34. Kf3 Rxd4 35. h4 Ke6 36. Ra7 Rd3+ 37. Kg2 Rd5 38. Kg3 h5 39. f3
Rc5 40. Ra6 Rb5 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Rd2 43. Rb6 Ra2 44. Rb1 Ra4 45. Rb6 Rc4
46. Ra6 Kd7 47. Ra7+ Rc7 48. Ra5 Ke6 49. Rb5 Ra7 50. Rb1 Ra6 51. Re1+ Kf6 52.
Rd1 Rc6 53. Rd2 Kg7 54. Rd1 f6 55. f5 g5 56. Re1 Rc3 57. Re7+ Kf8 58. Rh7 g4
0-1

[Event "GER CupT semifinal"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Baumbach, Friedrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Lichtenberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
c6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qa4 a5 11. Rd1 b5 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qf5 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qxa5 Nc5 20. dxc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group1"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Omsk Lidrikh"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Bb5
Qc7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. O-O cxd4
15. exd4 b5 16. Nb3 a5 17. Nc5 Qc6 18. a3 b4 19. cxb4 axb4 20. a4 Be7 21. Nd3
Rfc8 22. Ne5 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rf2 b3 25. Kf1 Rac8 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Rb1
Bd8 28. Nd3 Rd2 29. Nc5 Rxd4 30. Ra1 Rxf4+ 31. Ke2 Bb6 32. Nxb3 Rf2+ 33. Kd1
Rxb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group1"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
h6 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Na4 b5
15. Nc5+ Ke7 16. a4 Qb8 17. a5 Rc8 18. Bb4 Kf8 19. Kd2 Kg8 20. Nd3 Bxb4+ 21.
Nxb4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxh2 23. e4 Bxe4 24. Qg3 Qh5 25. f3 Bf5 26. Qf4 Ra8 27. Ke3
Bg6 28. Kf2 Kh7 29. Kg1 f6 30. Rc7 Bf7 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. fxg4 Be8 33. Re7 Rc8
34. Nxa6 Ra8 35. Nc5 Bg6 36. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group1"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+
Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Bb5 25. b3 a5 26. Rfe1 Rf6 27. Qg3 Ne7
28. Bf4 Rg6 29. Qh3 Nd5 30. Be5 Rg5 31. Bg3 Rf5 32. Nd6 Nc3 33. Nxf5 exf5 34.
Kh1 Ne2 35. Ra1 f4 36. Qxd7 Rxd7 37. a4 Ba6 38. Bh4 g5 39. Rad1 Rd4 40. Rxd4
Nxd4 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Ra8 Be2 43. Rxa5 Ke6 44. Ra8 gxh4 45. a5 h3 46. Rh8 f3
47. Rxh6+ Kf5 48. g4+ Kxg4 49. Kg1 Nxb3 50. a6 Bxa6 51. Rxa6 Nc1 52. Rc6 Ne2+
53. Kf1 b3 54. Ke1 Kf5 55. Kd2 Ke4 56. Rc4+ Kf5 57. Rb4 Nf4 58. Rxb3 Ng2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Qc2 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. exd5 d6 8. b3 g6
9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. a4 Bxb5 15. axb5
Nbd7 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. g3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nb6 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qd2
Qd8 22. Kg2 Qf6 23. Ra2 Kg7 24. h4 h6 25. Be2 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Nxa4
28. Bd1 Nb6 29. Qa2 Qc3 30. Qa6 Nxc4 31. b6 Qd3 32. Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 a5 7. h4 h5 8. Bb5+ c6
9. Ba4 Ba6 10. Ne2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 b5 12. Bb3 a4 13. Ba2 Nd7 14. c3 g6 15. Bg5
Be7 16. Bb1 Nb6 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Kf1 Kd7 19. Re1 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nh6 21. Qc2 Qe7
22. Rh3 Nf5 23. Re2 Nxh4 24. Qc1 Nf5 25. Qf4 Raf8 26. Ke1 Kc7 27. Kd1 Kb6 28.
Kc2 Rfg8 29. Re1 h4 30. Qg4 c5 31. Kb1 cxd4 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Qxd4+ Qc5 34. f4
Qxd4 35. cxd4 Nd2+ 36. Kc1 Ne4 37. Nxf7 Rh7 38. Ng5 Nxg5 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Re2
Rg4 41. Rd2 Rc7+ 42. Rc3 Rc4 43. Rxc4 bxc4 44. Kd1 Re4 45. Kc2 Kb5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Ne2
e5 9. O-O e4 10. Bb1 dxc4 11. Ng3 Nd5 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15.
e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc7 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Qe2 b5 20. g4 h6 21. gxf5 hxg5
22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 N7b6 24. Rxc6 Rad8 25. Be4 Rf6 26. Rc5 Rfd6 27. Rxb5 Re8
28. Re1 Nf6 29. Bf3 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Nfd5 31. Bd2 Kf7 32. a4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Ng5 Rd8 16. Qh5 Rd7 17. Nxh7 Kd8 18. Bg5+ f6 19. Bh4 g5 20. exf6 gxh4 21. f7
Qc6 22. Be4 Be7 23. Qg6 Rxh7 24. Qg8+ Kc7 25. Rac1 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 0304"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2003.12.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.10.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 c6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Bd2 Nc5
15. f3 Nfd7 16. Rd1 b5 17. Ba5 Nb6 18. Nce3 Nb7 19. c4 Red8 20. Rc1 Nxa5 21.
Qxa5 b4 22. c5 Nd5 23. Nc4 Bg6 24. exd5 Qxa5 25. Nxa5 Rxd5 26. g4 Bxf5 27. gxf5
Bxc5+ 28. Kh1 Be3 29. Nxc6 Bxc1 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxd5 Bxb2 32. Nxb4 Rd8 33. Nc6
Rd7 34. f4 exf4 35. Rxf4 Ba3 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. Nxd4 Ke7 38. Nc6+ Kf6 39. Be4 Bc5
40. Kg2 g6 41. Kf3 gxf5 42. Bd5 Bb6 43. a4 h6 44. h4 Bc5 45. Ke2 Bb6 46. a5 Bg1
47. Kd3 f4 48. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+
Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Ba8 25. Qg3 Rf6 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Rc4 a5
28. Rg4 Qf8 29. Rd4 Nf4 30. Rxf4 Rxd2 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Rc1 Qd8 33. h4 Rd1+ 34.
Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qc2 36. Qf4 Qe4 37. Qxe4 Bxe4 38. Nc4 a4 39. Kg3 a3 40. bxa3
bxa3 41. Nxa3 Bd5 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. Nb5 Bxa2 44. Ke5 Bd5 45. f3 g5 46. h5 g4 47.
Nd6+ Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kh7 49. f4 Bxg2 50. Kxe6 Bf1 51. Kf7 Bc4+ 52. Kf8 Bd3 53. Ng3
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Gross, Georg"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qd3
b6 9. Rd1 a5 10. e4 Ba6 11. b3 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. e5 b4 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. Ne5 Rxc3 17. Qb1 Nd7 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. a3 bxa3 21. Bxa5
Be2 22. Rd2 Qb5 23. b4 Rc3 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Qxf1 Qa4 26. Qd1 Qxd1+ 27. Rdxd1
Rb8 28. Rab1 Rb5 29. Kf1 g5 30. h3 a2 31. Rb2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c5 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. b3
f5 16. Bb2 e5 $2 (16... e6 {deserved attention. verdiente Aufmerksamkeit.}) 17.
Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gg5e6] After this move White gets a large advantage. Nach diesem
Zug erhдlt WeiЯ groЯen Vorteil.} fxe4 $2 (17... f4 18. f3 Qe7 {was more
stubborn. war hartnдckiger.}) 18. Ncxe4 Nxd5 19. Qxc5 b6 {[%tqu "En","How can
White use the disharmony in the placement of Black's pieces?","Exploit the
shaky position of the d5-knight.","Sacrifice your queen!","c5d5","This
powerful blow decides the game for White.",4,"De","Wie kann WeiЯ die
Disharmonie in der schwarzen Figurenstellung ausnutzen?","Der schwarze
Springer auf d5 hдngt etwas in der Luft.","Opfern Sie die Dame!","c5d5",
"Dieser Kraftzug entscheidet die Partie fьr WeiЯ.",4]} 20. Qxd5+ $1 {[%csl Gd5,
Rd7,Ge4,Gg2,Rg8][%cal Gg2a8] An impressive sacrifice, disclosing inner defects
in Black's fragile defensive construction. Dieses prдchtige Opfer offenbart
innere Defekte in der zerbrechlichen schwarzen Defensivkonstruktion.} Qxd5 21.
Nf6+ $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rg8][%cal Gg2d5]} Bxf6 22. Bxd5+ Kg7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 (23...
Bxg5 24. Bd5 {is equally hopeless for Black. ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos fьr
Schwarz.}) 24. f4 $1 {The simplest way to convert White's advantage. Der
einfachste Weg, den weiЯen Vorteil zu verwerten.} exf4 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nxh7+
Kg7 27. Rxf4 Bf5 28. Ng5 Re8 29. g4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung kann WeiЯ 2.e4 spielen, was nach 2...
fxe4 3.Ng5 d5 oder 3...Nf6 zu unklarem Spiel fьhrt.} Nf6 (2... g6 {Mit dieser
Zugfolge kann Schwarz die Variante mit c4 und b4 verhindern.}) 3. c4 g6 4. b4
$5 {WeiЯ folgt der klassischen Partie Reti,R-Capablanca,J (New York 1924), wo
Reti nach 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 die Fortsetzung 3.b4spielte. Die Idee des
Textzuges ist, dass WeiЯ am Damenflьgel Raum gewinnen mцchte.} Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6.
d3 O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nbd2 {Diese Springerentwicklung scheint mir logischer als
8.Nc3, weil die Diagonale des b2-Lдufers geцffnet bleibt, aber 8.Nc3 ist auch
gut spielbar.} (8. Nc3 h6 9. O-O Nc6 10. b5 Ne7 11. c5 g5 12. Qb3+ $14) 8...
Qe8 (8... a5 9. a3 (9. b5 Nbd7 (9... e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nxe4
fxe4 13. Qd4+ Qf6 14. Qxf6+ Rxf6 15. Ng5 e3 16. fxe3 $14) 10. O-O Nc5 11. Nb3
$14) 9... axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Nc6 $11 (11... Na6 $11)) 9. e3 Nc6 (9...
e4 $1 $13) 10. b5 Nd8 {Der Springer zielt auf das f7-Feld, um den Plan mit
g6-g5 zu unterstьtzen.} (10... Ne7 11. O-O e4 12. Nd4 (12. Ne1 d5 $13) 12...
exd3 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Qxd3 Nc5 15. Qc2 $14) 11. O-O Nf7 12. a4 g5 {WeiЯ hat
fьhlbare Initiative am Damenflьgel, und so es ist logisch, dass Schwarz sein
Gegenspiel am Kцnigsflьgel sucht.} 13. Qc2 Be6 14. c5 $14 {[%cal Gb2a3,Ga3f8]
WeiЯ hat Raumvorteil und seine Initiative am Damenflьgel scheint gefдhrlich.}
b6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Mit diesem Zug mцchte Schwarz die Situation am Damenflьgel
klдren.} (14... g4 15. Nh4 $14) (14... Nd5 15. Ba3 a6 16. e4 $14) (14... Qe7
15. Rac1 $14) 15. cxd6 (15. c6 $6 a5 $15 {In diesem Fall wird der Damenflьgel
geschlossen und Schwarz bekommt freie Hand im Zentrum und am Kцnigsflьgel.}) (
15. d4 $6 e4 $15) 15... cxd6 16. Rfc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Rc8 17. Qd1 Qd7 $11 (17...
Qe7) 18. e4 Rxc1 (18... f4 $5 19. d4 $13) 19. Rxc1 Rc8 (19... g4 20. Nh4 $13)
20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nc4 (21. Ne4 Bxe4 (21... Nxe4 22. dxe4 Bxe4 (22... Be6 23. h4
g4 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. hxg5 $14) 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Nxg5 Bxg2 (24... Nxg5 25. Bxe4
Nxe4 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qxe4 $14) 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Kxg2 Qc4 27. Qxd6 Qe4+ 28.
Kh3 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 22. dxe4 Nxe4 23. Qd5 $44) 21... Be6 (21... Bh3 $11)
22. Nfd2 Nd5 (22... Bh3 $11) 23. Ba3 Ne7 24. Ne3 h6 (24... Rxc1 25. Qxc1 d5 $4
26. Bxe7 $18) 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qb1 Nf5 (26... Qd7) 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Qb3 $14
{[%csl Ga3,Gb3,Gg2,Rg8][%cal Gb3g8,Ra3d6,Gg2a8] WeiЯ hat das bessere
Figurenspiel und fьhlbaren Druck auf den weiЯen Feldern. Jetzt droht schon 29.
Bxd6.} Bf8 29. Bd5 Bg6 30. Be4 {[%mdl 32] Eine gute strategische Idee - WeiЯ
tauscht die dunkelfarbigen Lдufer, wonach die dunklen Felder in der schwarze
Stellung sehr schwach werden.} (30. Ne4 $14) (30. Qc4 $14) 30... Kg7 (30...
Bxe4 31. dxe4 $16 {[%csl Yd5,Yf5][%cal Gd2c4,Gc4e3,Ge3d5,Ge3f5]}) 31. Bxg6 Kxg6
32. Qd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Rg6][%cal Gd2c4,Gd2e4] Die weiЯe Dame auf d5 dominiert
auf dem Brett.} Qc3 (32... Qd7 33. Nc4 $16) (32... Qc2 33. Nc4 Qxa4 34. Qe6+
Kg7 35. Ne3 $16) 33. Nc4 Qd4 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Ne3 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Re3f5,Rf5d4,
Rf5g7] Der Sieg der weiЯen Strategie - Schwarz kann seine geschwдchten weiЯen
Felder nicht verteidigen.} Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa3 37. Nf5+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Qxf7
$18 {[%csl Gf5,Gf7,Rf8,Rh8]} d5 40. Qxd5 Qxa4 (40... Bg7 41. Nxg7 Kxg7 42.
Qxe5+ $18) 41. Qxe5+ Kh7 42. Qf6 Qb4 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. h3 (44. d4 $18) 44... Qc5
45. d4 Qb4 46. g4 Qa3 47. h4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 {Das ist die
geschlossene Variante der Katalanischen Verteidigung - Schwarz nimmt nicht auf
c4, er mцchte zuerst die Entwicklung des Damenflьgels beenden und
mцglicherweise c6-c5 durchsetzen.} 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 {Dieser Zug ist nicht
schlecht, aber die Entwicklung des Lдufers auf b2 (8.b3) ist populдrer.} b6 9.
cxd5 {Dieser Zug ist nicht ambitionцs und gibt WeiЯ keine Hoffnungen auf
Erцffnungsvorteil.} cxd5 10. Nc3 (10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Qd1
Rxc1 14. Rxc1 Qa8 15. Ne5 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Gutman,L-Bischoff,K/Bremen 1998/CBM 68 
(62)}) (10. Qc6 Ba6 11. Nc3 Qc8 12. Qa4 b5 $5 (12... Qc4 $11) 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14.
Nc3 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Bxe2 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11) 10... Bb7 11. Nb5 {Diese Aufbau
scheint mir gefдhrlicher bei b3-Damestellung - z.B. nach 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 b6 9.
cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Nb5, aber auch dort hat Schwarz gute Ausgleichschancen.
} Ne8 12. Rfc1 a6 13. Nc3 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6c4,Gd6e4] Der Springer von d6
kontrolliert die wichtigsten weiЯen Zentrumsfelder c4 und e4.} 14. Qb3 $6 {
WeiЯ mцchte seine Damenstellung verbessert, da z.B. nach Rc8 die Dame auf c2
weniger gut steht, aber das b3-Feld ist keinesweg gut fьr die Dame.} (14. Bxd6
{Mit diesem Zug gibt WeiЯ zwar das Lдuferpaar auf, aber das hat keine groЯe
Bedeutung in geschlossenen Stellungen.} Bxd6 15. e3 $11) (14. Qd3 $11) 14...
Nc4 $15 {[%csl Gc4] Weil WeiЯ nicht b2-b3 ziehen kann, steht der schwarze
Springer noch besser auf c4.} 15. e4 (15. Qc2 $142 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Rc8 $15)
15... b5 {Schwarz beschдftigt sich nicht mit dem e4-Bauern, er verstдrkt seine
c4-Springerstellung.} (15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxc4 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,
Yd5] Der d4P ist isoliert und Schwarz kontrolliert den d5-Punkt.}) 16. exd5
exd5 17. Qc2 {Es scheint mir, dass die weiЯe Dame nicht ihren Platz findet.
WeiЯ spielte schon 7.Qc2, dann 14.Qb3 und jetzt 17.Qc2.} g5 $1 {[%csl Rf4]
Eine originelle und gute Idee - Schwarz mobilisiert seinen Bauern am
Kцnigsflьgel.} 18. Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Be3 f5 $15) 18... g4 19. Nh4 (19.
Ne5 Ndxe5 20. dxe5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bg5 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2][%cal Rg5c1]}) 19... Nxd2
20. Qxd2 Bg5 $17 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2][%cal Rg5c1] Mit diesem einfachen Motiv
verliert WeiЯ die Qualitдt. Die Schwдchung des schwarzen Kцnigsflьgels bietet
WeiЯ nur geringe Hoffnungen auf Gegenspiel.} 21. Qd3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Qg5 23. Rf1
(23. Re1 Rae8 $17) (23. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4]} Rac8 24. Rd1 $17) 23... b4 24. Nd1
Bc6 {[%cal Rc6b5,Rb5f1] Alles kommt mit Tempo fьr Schwarz, jetzt droht 24...
Bb5.} 25. Re1 Rae8 26. Rxe8 (26. Ne3 $142 a5 $17 (26... Bb5 27. Qb3 $132) (
26... Re6 27. Qxa6 Ra8 28. Qd3 Rxa2 29. Qb3 $132 {[%cal Rb3a2,Rb3b4]})) 26...
Rxe8 27. Ne3 Bb5 28. Qd2 {Der b4P hдngt und WeiЯ mцchte seine Stellung mit
Nhf5 konsolidieren.} Nf6 29. Nhf5 (29. Qxb4 $2 Rxe3 $1 30. fxe3 (30. Qd2 Re5
$19) 30... Qxe3+ $19) 29... Bd7 30. Nd6 Re6 (30... Rb8 $17 31. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 32.
Ne4 Qh6 33. Nxd5 Qxd2 34. Nxd2 Be6 35. Ne4 Bxd5 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nxd5 b3 $19)
31. Nb7 (31. Qxb4 Rxe3 $1 32. fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kf1 Ne8 $1 {Droht 33...Nxd6 und
34...Bb5# und WeiЯ hat keine Verteidigung.}) 31... Bb5 32. Nc5 Re8 33. Kh1 {
WeiЯ mцchte 34.Qxb4 spielen und in diesem Fall 34...Rxe3 35.fxe3 Qxe3 kommt
nicht mit Schach.} Qg6 {[%cal Gg6b1,Gb1h1]} (33... a5 $17) 34. Qd1 h5 $1 {
[%cal Gh5h4][%mdl 128] Schwarz mцchte mit h5-h4 am Kцnigsflьgel angreifen.} 35.
h4 gxh3 36. Bxh3 Qg5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 37. Qf3 h4 38. Kh2 (38. gxh4 Qxh4 $19)
38... hxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Ne4+ 41. Kf4 (41. Nxe4 Rxe4 42. Nxd5 (42.
Nc2 a5 $19) 42... Rxd4 $19) 41... Nxc5 42. dxc5 d4 $19 {Schwarz hat eine klare
Qualitдt mehr im Endspiel und sein d-Bauer entscheidet die Partie.} 43. Nc2 d3
44. Ne3 Re7 (44... d2 $19) 45. Bf1 d2 46. Bxb5 axb5 (46... Rxe3 $19) (46...
axb5 47. Nd1 Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Heinatz, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O b6
9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ne5 h6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nxe4 Bg7 16. c5 b5 17. a4 a6 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6 b4 21. a5 Ba8
22. Ra4 Rb8 23. Qf4 Rb5 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Rc4 e5 26. Qe3 Re7 27. Ra1 exd4 28.
Qxh6 Rxa5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. Qf4 d3 31. h4 Qf8 32. h5 Rxc5 33. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. c3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. Ne3
Kb8 15. Bf5 h5 16. O-O-O g4 17. Nh4 Bh6 18. Kb1 Rde8 19. Bd3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nb6
21. Rdf1 Qe7 22. Rf4 Nc8 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd6 25. Rf4 Re7 26. Rd1 Rhe8 27.
c4 c5 28. Qf2 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc7 30. Qf4 Nb6 31. b3 Rd7 32. Bc2 Red8 33. Rxd7
Rxd7 34. Re1 Kc8 35. Qxc7+ Kxc7 36. Re5 Rd2 37. Rxh5 Re2 38. Rg5 Nd7 39. Kc1 b6
40. Rg7 Rf2 41. Rg5 a5 42. a3 f6 43. Rg7 Kd6 44. Kd1 a4 45. bxa4 Ne5 46. Be4
Nxc4 47. Ke1 Ra2 48. Bf5 Ne3 49. Bxe6 Kxe6 50. Rb7 Nd5 51. Ng6 Kf5 52. Ne7+
Nxe7 53. Rxe7 Rxa3 54. Rb7 Rxg3 55. Kf2 Rb3 56. a5 b5 57. a6 Kf4 58. a7 Rb2+
59. Kf1 Ra2 60. Rxb5 Kg3 61. Rb3+ Kh2 62. g3 $2 (62. Rb7 {would have saved
White. hдtte WeiЯ gerettet:} Ra1+ 63. Kf2 g3+ 64. Kf3 Ra3+ 65. Kg4 Kxg2 (65...
f5+ 66. Kxf5 Kxg2 67. Ke4 Kh2 (67... Kf2 68. Rb2+ Kg1 69. Rb3 $11) 68. Kf4 g2
69. Rh7+ Kg1 70. Rb7 Kf2 71. Rb2+ Kf1 72. Rb1+ $11) 66. Rb2+ Kg1 67. a8=Q f5+
68. Kh3 Rxa8 69. Kxg3 $11) 62... Rxa7 63. Rb6 ({Waiting passively is also of
little use: Passives Abwarten hilft auch nicht:} 63. Rc3 Ra1+ 64. Kf2 Ra2+ 65.
Kf1 f5 66. Rb3 f4 67. gxf4 g3 $19) 63... Kxg3 64. Rxf6 Ra1+ 65. Ke2 Kg2 66. Rg6
g3 67. Rg8 Ra3 68. Rg7 Kg1 69. Rg8 g2 70. Rh8 Ra2+ 71. Ke1 {Next comes the win
known as the Lucena position or bridge building: nun folgt der Gewinn nach
Lucena auch Brьckenbau genannt:} Ra7 72. Ke2 Re7+ 73. Kd2 (73. Kf3 Kf1 $19)
73... Re5 {the rook will build the bridge. der Turm soll die Brьcke bilden.} (
73... Kf2 $6 74. Rf8+ Kg3 75. Rg8+ {doesn't help Black. bringt Schwarz nicht
weiter.}) 74. Rh7 Kf2 75. Rf7+ Kg3 76. Rg7+ Kf3 77. Kd3 (77. Rf7+ Kg4 78. Rg7+
Rg5 {and the bridge has been completed. und die Brьcke ist fertig.}) 77... Rd5+
78. Kc2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O g6 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 b5 14. Rbc1 Bb7
15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Re7 17. g3 Ng4 18. Ne2 Nb6 19. Nf4 Nc4 20. Nd3 Rae8 21.
a4 Qf6 22. Bg2 Bc8 23. b3 Ncxe3 24. fxe3 Nxe3 25. Qd2 Nxd1 26. Nde5 bxa4 27.
bxa4 Bf5 28. Qxd1 Rb7 29. Qd2 Reb8 30. Nxc6 Rb2 31. Qf4 R8b6 32. Nfe5 Rb1 33.
Bf1 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Rb1 35. Qf4 Kg7 36. g4 Bc2 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 38. Nxa5 Bxa4 39.
Kf2 Kg5 40. Nxf7+ Kf4 41. Ne5 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 Rd2 43. Nac6 Ke3 44. g5 Rd1 45. Kg2
Bc2 46. Ng4+ Kf4 47. Nf6 Be4+ 48. Kf2 Rd2+ 49. Kg1 Ke3 50. Ng4+ Kf3 51. Nf6 Rd1
52. Nb4 Bf5 53. Nc6 Bh3 54. Ne5+ Ke3 55. Nfg4+ Kf4 56. Nd3+ Kxg5 57. Ne3 Bxf1
58. Nf2 Rb1 59. Nxf1 Kf4 60. Kg2 Rb2 61. h3 Ra2 62. Nh2 h5 63. h4 Ke3 64. Nf1+
Kxd4 65. Kf3 Ra3+ 66. Kf4 Ra8 67. Kf3 Rf8+ 68. Ke2 Re8+ 69. Kf3 Re7 70. Nh3
Rf7+ 71. Ke2 Ke5 72. Nd2 Kf5 73. Kf3 Ra7 74. Nf1 Ra3+ 75. Ne3+ Kf6 76. Ke2 d4
77. Nd5+ Ke5 78. Ndf4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nfd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Ra7 15.
Nf4 Rc7 16. Qd2 Qc8 17. Nfd3 Qb7 18. Rxc7 Bxc7 19. Rc1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rc8 21.
Qb4 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qc8 23. Ba3 Qf8 24. Qa5 Qc8 25. Bd6 Nc6 26. Qc3 Qb7 27. a4
bxa4 28. bxa4 h6 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Qxc5 Kh7 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. h4 h5 33. a5 Kh7 34.
Qb6 Qxb6 35. axb6 Na5 36. f3 Nb7 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Kg6 39. h5+ Kh6 40. Bf8
Na5 41. Kg3 Nb7 42. Kf3 Nd8 43. Ke2 Nb7 44. e4 dxe4 45. Ke3 Kh7 46. Be7 Kh6 47.
Kxe4 Kh7 48. Kf4 Kh6 49. Bf8 Nd8 50. Kg3 Nb7 51. Kh4 Nd8 52. Ba3 Nb7 53. Bc1+
Kh7 54. Kg5 Kg8 55. Ba3 Kh7 56. h6 Kg8 57. Be7 Na5 58. Bf8 Nc6 59. b7 gxh6+ 60.
Bxh6 a5 61. Kf6 a4 62. Bc1 Kf8 63. Ba3+ Ke8 64. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 Bd6 6. Bb5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 (9... Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 $14) 10. Bg5 (10. Re1 $5 O-O
11. Bd3 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bh4 Qc7 (12... Re8 13. Bg3
Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qb6 15. a4 $1 h6 16. Qd2 a6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Nd4 Be6
20. Ra3 $36 {1-0 Ye Jiangchuan-Sadvakasov,D/Asian t-ch Jodhpur 2003/(35)}) 13.
Bg3 Rad8 14. Bd3 (14. c3 Ng6 15. Bxd6 Rxd6 16. h3 Bc8 17. Qd2 Rf6 18. Nbd4 Nf4
19. Bf1 a6 20. Re3 Ne6 21. Rae1 Nc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Rechlis,G-Kortchnoi,V/
Beersheva 1987 (31)}) (14. Be2 Nf5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nh4 18.
c3 Qf6 19. Bg4 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Rxd4 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Qf1 Rd2 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Spasov,V-Vaganian,R/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/The Week in Chess (41)}) 14...
Ng6 15. Bxd6 Rxd6 16. h3 Bh5 $146 (16... Bxf3 $5 17. Qxf3 Nce5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19.
cxd3 Qb6 20. Rac1 $14 {Sadykov,R-Mabusela,J/Wch B20 Nakhchivan 2003/The Week
in Chess 451/1-0 (51)}) 17. Bxg6 ({It is very interesting, what Vaganian had
in mind, if white would continue} 17. g4 $5 {and after almost force variation}
Nf4 18. gxh5 Rh6 19. Bf1 Rxh5 20. Re3 $5 {white's chances are clearly better.})
17... Bxg6 {Black has a very solid position, but it's very difficult for him
to get active counterplay.} 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4] An optimal
place for the knight} Qb6 20. Re3 $1 {Black's position is a bit worse - white
knight is clearly stronger than black bishop and pawn d5 is quite weak.} Rc8 (
20... Qxb2 $4 21. Rb3 $18) 21. Qe2 h6 (21... Be4 22. c3 f5 $13) 22. c3 Qa6 23.
Re1 Kh7 (23... Qxa2 $2 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Kh7 26. Qf8 $1 Rb6 27. Re8 Be4
28. Qh8+ Kg6 29. Rg8 $18) 24. a3 (24. Qxa6 $142 $5 Rxa6 25. a3 Rb6 26. R1e2 $36
) ({Another promising possibility was} 24. Qg4 $142 $5 {[%csl Gg4]}) 24... Qc4
25. Re8 $2 {Mistake! A natural development of the initiative can be achieved by
} (25. Qg4 $142 Be4 26. f3 Bg6 27. h4 $36 {with great position for White.})
25... Rxe8 26. Qxe8 Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rb2] Having obtained his chance, Vaganian
skilfully sharpens the position.} 27. Qe2 ({The lesser evil for White was
sharp move} 27. Qb8 $5 Be4 (27... Rxb2 28. Re8 Be4 29. Rh8+ Kg6 30. Qg3+ Kf6
31. Rg8 $1 $18) 28. f3 Rxb2 29. fxe4 Qxc3 30. Rd1 $132) 27... Qa2 $1 28. b3
Qxa3 29. Qe5 Rf6 $5 30. Qg3 (30. Qxd5 Qb2 31. Nf3 Qxc3 $17) 30... Qb2 31. Re7
$6 (31. Qe3 $142 $5) 31... Be4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6g6] Beggining of the final
attack.} 32. Qe3 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 32. f3 Qxc3 33. Qf2 Qc8) 32... Rg6
33. g4 (33. Nf3 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qf1 35. g4 Rf6 36. Rxe4 $8 dxe4 37. Qxe4+ g6 $19)
33... Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qh1+ 35. Kg3 Qg1+ 36. Kf4 Rf6+ 37. Ke5 {[%csl Re5]} Rxf2 38.
Rxf7 $8 Qh2+ 39. Ke6 (39. Rf4 Rf1 {[%cal Rg7g5]}) 39... Rxf7 40. Kxf7 Qd6 41.
h4 $2 {Vorobiov slips up in a lost position.} (41. Nf5 $8 Qd7+ 42. Kf8 Bxf5 43.
gxf5 Qxf5+ $19) (41. h4 Bg6#) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O a5 14. b3 Ba6 15.
Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb4 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nb6 19. e4 a4 20. Qe3 $146 {
[%mdl 4] A new move, white is hoping to exploit the weak squares around the
black king after the swap of the dark squared bishops.} (20. Qd2 axb3 21. axb3
Bb7 22. Ne2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Ra3 24. Rb2 Rca8 25. Nc3 Ra1 26. Rbb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Ra3 {1/2-1/2 Paunovic,D-Simic,R/Niksic 1996/ (70)}) 20... axb3 21. axb3 Bb7 (
21... Bb5 $5 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Rc5 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Ra3 25. Rd3 Rd8 $11) 22. f4 f5
{Petrosian choses a surprising solution of fixing his pawns on the dark
squares. On the other hand white will not be toying with threats of f4-f5 any
more.} (22... Rcb8 23. Rb1 (23. e5 Ra3 24. Rb1 Ba6 25. Rdc1 Nd7 (25... Rxb3 26.
Na2 Rxb1 27. Nxb4 Nc4 28. Qe1 R1xb4 $14) 26. Qf2 Rxb3 27. Rxb3 Qxb3 $15) 23...
Ra3 24. f5 (24. Qd2 Ba6 25. f5 Nd7 (25... exf5 26. exd5 $14) 26. fxe6 fxe6 27.
Qe3 $11) 24... exf5 25. exf5 Ba6 $13) 23. exf5 exf5 24. Ra1 $1 (24. Qe6+ Kg7
25. Qe5+ Kg8 (25... Kh6 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qg5+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ $11) 26. Qe6+ $11)
24... Kf7 25. Na4 Re8 (25... Nxa4 26. bxa4 Re8 27. Rab1 Qe7 28. Qxe7+ Rxe7 29.
Rb4 $14) 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Re3 28. Rb1 Nxa4 (28... Nd7 29. Kf2 Ree8 30. Rc1
Nf6 31. Nc5 Ne4+ 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Ke3 Bc8 $11) 29. bxa4 Bc8 {Black still
doesn't have to worry about the future as his structure is solid and pieces
fairly active.} (29... Ba6 30. Ra1 Bc4 $11) 30. Ra2 (30. Rb6 Bd7 31. Ra2 Ra5
32. Kf2 $14) 30... Ra5 31. Rb8 Ba6 (31... Bd7 $5 32. Kf2 Rc3 33. Rb4 Ke7 34.
Ke2 c5 35. dxc5 Rcxc5 $11) 32. Ra8 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Rd1 34. Rb2 $1 Rxa4 $2 (34...
Rxd4 $1 35. Rb6 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 Rd3+ (36... Rxg2 $2 37. Ra7+ Ke6 38. Rxc6#) 37.
Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Re2+ 39. Kd1 Rxa4 40. Ra7+ Re7 41. Raxa6 Rd4+ 42. Kc2 Re2+ 43.
Kb3 Rd3+ (43... Rxg2 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. Rxc6#) 44. Kb4 Ke7 (44... Rd4+ 45. Kc5
Rc4+ 46. Kd6 Re6+ 47. Kc7 Re7+ 48. Kb8 Rc2 $13) 45. Rxc6 $11) 35. Bxd5+ $1 {
Black must have missed this original and extremely strong idea, black king has
suddenly fallen under grave threats.} Kg7 (35... cxd5 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Rb6#)
36. Bb3 Rb4 (36... Rdxd4 37. Bxa4 Rxa4 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rba7 Ra2+ 40. Ke1 Re2+
41. Kd1 $18) 37. Rxa6 Rd3 38. Ra3 Rb7 39. Ke2 Rxd4 (39... Rc3 40. Kd2 Rf3 41.
Kc2 $18) 40. Rba2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. f3
{Die Partie wurde in der letzten Runde des Opens gespielt, und nur im Falle
des Sieges konnte man mit einem guten Preis rechnen. Dementsprechend wдhlte
Lautier eine anspruchsvolle Erцffnungsvariante, die allerdings auch Schwarz
gute Gegenchancen einrдumt.} Bg6 $1 {Dieser prophylaktische Zug scheint hier
am besten zu sein. Schwarz entkrдftet die Drohung g2-g4.} (8... g5 9. Bg3 Ngf6
10. Bf2 Qb6 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Bd3 g4 $13 {Hjartarson,J-Georgiev,K/
Moscow 1990}) (8... Bh4+ 9. Bg3 Bg6 10. Qd2 Nh6 11. O-O-O Bxg3 12. Nxg3 O-O 13.
h4 f6 14. h5 Bf7 15. Bd3 $14 {Romanov,O-Azarov,S/Minsk 2000}) (8... Nb6 9. Ng3
Bg6 10. Qd2 h5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ngxe4 Nf6 13. Nc5 Qc8 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nfd5
$11 {Milov,V-Goldin,A/Ashdod 2003}) 9. Bg3 $2 $146 {Das Lдufermanцver wirkt
sehr kьnstlich und kostet WeiЯ Zeit. Vorzuziehen war 9.Qd2 oder 9.Ng3.} (9. Qd2
Ngf6 10. g4 Nb6 11. b3 a5 12. a4 h5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Bb4 15. Bh3 O-O $132 {
Hertneck,G-Donev,I/Salzburg 1992}) (9. g4 $2 h5 $15) (9. Ng3 $5) 9... Nh6 $1
10. Bf2 $6 Bd6 {Gegen Ne2-f4 gerichtet.} 11. g4 f5 12. h3 O-O 13. Bg2 Qe7 $15 {
Es ist offensichtlich, daЯ WeiЯ die Erцffnung grьndlich miЯlungen ist. Seine
beiden Lдufer sind passiv, und die Bauernexpansion brachte nur Schwдchen mit
sich.} 14. O-O fxg4 15. hxg4 Qg5 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Rae1 $2 {Der folgende
Einschlag lieЯ sich bereits nur durch MaterialeinbuЯen verhindern.} (17. Nf4 $5
Bxf4 18. exf4 Qxf4 19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20. Rfe1 $15) 17... Rxf3 $3 {[%mdl 640]} 18.
Bxf3 Nxg4 19. Bg3 $6 {Lautier ьbersah offensichtlich den riesenstarken 20. Zug
von Schwarz, sonst hдtte er mit 19.Bxg4 mehr Widerstand geleistet.} (19. Bxg4
Qxg4+ 20. Ng3 Bxg3 21. Bxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Qg2 Rxe3 23. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 24. Kh2 Rd3 25.
Re7 Nf6 26. Rxb7 Rxd4 $17) 19... Nxe3 20. Kh1 Bh5 $3 $19 {Was fьr ein Zug!
WeiЯ ist nun vollkommen hilflos.} 21. Bxh5 (21. Nf4 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxg3 23. Nxh5
(23. Bxh5 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qh3+ $19) 23... Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Ne5 $3 25. Bd1 (25. dxe5
Bc5+ 26. Rf2 Qxf3 $19) 25... Nc4 26. Qg2 (26. Qf2 Rf8 $19) 26... Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Ne3+ $19) 21... Qxh5+ 22. Kg1 Qh3 23. Rf2 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Rg2 Nxg2 26.
Rxe8+ Kf7 27. Rc8 Ne3+ 28. Kh1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Abashev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e3 Re8 10. b3 exd4 11. exd4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. a4 Nb8 14. Bf4 Nc6 15.
Nb5 Nh5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bc1 a6 18. Nc3 f5 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Qd2 Re4 21. Rad1 Be6
22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Bd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4
28. Rxd4 Rc3 29. Rb4 a5 30. Rxb7 d4 31. Bxe4 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304 playoff"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. b3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb2
Bb7 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Rc2 Nf8 14. Qc1 Ne6 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Ne5 h5 17. f4 c5 18. Rdd2 cxd4 19. exd4 Rc7 20. Nd1 Rec8 21. Ne3
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qc7 24. Qf5 Bb4 25. Qd3 Bf8 26. h4 Bd6 27. Bf3 Nf8
28. Qe2 g6 29. Qg2 Ne6 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Qc2 33. Qa8+ Kh7
34. Qg2 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxa2 36. Nxf7 Nxf4 37. Qd2 Nd3 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qxg6+ Kf8
40. Qxd6+ Kxf7 41. Qd5+ Kf6 42. Qf3+ Ke6 43. Qxd3 Qxb2+ 44. Kh3 Qf2 45. Qe4+
Kd6 46. Qe5+ Kd7 47. Qxh5 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 Qe2+ 49. Kg5 Qe3+ 50. Kf6 Qxb3 51. Qg4+
Kd6 52. h5 a5 53. h6 Qd3 54. Kg7 a4 55. h7 1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 {This is one of the
favorite variations of Mihail Krasenkow in which he scored crushing wins over
the opponents of very high level.} Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5 c5 (8... Qe7 9. a3 Rc8
10. Nd2 c5 11. c4 Nbd7 12. f4 Rc7 13. a4 Nf8 14. a5 Rd8 15. Qe2 Ne4 $132 {
Ristic,N-Drasko,M/Kladovo 1991/TD}) (8... Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Rad1
Rac8 12. f4 g6 13. g4 Rfd8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Rf2 cxd4 16. exd4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qxg5+
18. Rg2 Qe7 19. Nf3 $44 {[%cal Gb2c1,Gc1g5] Hoffman,A-Urday,H/Alicante 1989/TD}
) 9. Nd2 Nc6 (9... Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nec4 cxd4 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxd4 e5
14. Nc4 Qe6 15. Nxe5 f6 16. Nc4 Ba6 $13 {Malaniuk,V-Sulskis,S/Bydgoszcz 1999/
EXT 2000}) 10. a3 (10. f4 Nb4 11. Be2 Ne4 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Ndf3 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 $11 {Maneschi,G-Swinkels,R/Arco 2002}) 10... a5 $6 {
Black's plan in this kind of the positions is to play on the queenside. The
main drawback of 10...a5 is that it's very difficult for black to get any
counterplay on the queenside after this move du to the weakness of b5.} (10...
a6 11. f4 (11. Qf3 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 Be7 15. Rfe1 Qc7 $13 {
Zaitsev,V-Jakovenko,D/RUS 2000}) 11... b5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Nd7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg7 $40 {Plante,M-Gilman,A/Montreal 2000})
(10... Rc8 $5 11. f4 Ne7 (11... cxd4 $6 12. exd4 Ne7 13. Qe2 Bb8 14. g4 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Kh8 16. Rf3 $40 {Barbero,G-Liao,Y/Mercedes 1979/EXT 2000}) 12. Qf3 b5 $1 (
12... Qc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ng4 Ne8 15. Qh3 f5 16. Nf3 d4 $13 {Sorokin,
G-Zagrebelny,S/Vladivostok 1995/CBM 46}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rae1 Nf5 $1 {
[%csl Re3]} 15. Qh3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 $36 17. Bxb5 Bxe3+ $5 18. Rxe3 Qb6 19.
Ng4 $2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxb5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Yu Shaoteng/Wijk aan Zee
2002}) 11. f4 Ne7 12. Rf3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 $1 {There is no point in taking on d4
with the pawn since bringing the bishop inot play is white's main priority.} (
13. exd4 a4) 13... Bxe5 14. fxe5 $1 Ne4 (14... Nd7 15. Rh3 g6 16. Qg4 Nc6 17.
Nf3 Qe7 18. Qg3 $16) 15. Rh3 {[%cal Gd1h5]} Nf5 16. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 17. Nc4 $16 {
[%cal Gc4d6]} Nxd4 (17... b5 18. Qh5 h6 19. Nd6 Qd7 (19... Nxd6 20. exd6 Qg5 (
20... Qxd6 21. Bxg7 $1 $18) 21. Qe2 Qd5 22. Rd1 e5 23. Bc3 Qc5 24. Bxa5 $16)
20. Rf1 Nxd6 21. exd6 f6 22. Bxf6 $18) 18. exd4 Bc6 19. Nd6 Qg5 20. Rc3 Bd5 21.
Rg3 Qf4 22. c4 Bc6 23. Qf1 Qxf1+ (23... Qh6 24. Qf6 Qxf6 25. exf6 g6 26. Kf2
Rfd8 27. c5 $18) 24. Rxf1 $18 Rab8 25. Rf4 b5 26. c5 a4 27. b4 Rbd8 28. Rfg4 g6
29. Rf4 Kg7 30. Rf6 Rd7 31. Kf2 Ra8 32. Ke3 Raa7 33. h4 h6 34. Rh3 Rd8 35. Rh1
Re7 36. h5 g5 (36... Rdd7 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Rhf1 $18) 37. d5 Bxd5 38. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 c6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. a5 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 b5 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qc3 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd1 Nf8
21. Ne3 Ne6 22. Ng4 Nd4 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bg4 Rd8 25. Ra1 Kg7 26. Kg2 c5 27.
Bd1 Qc6 28. Qe3 c4 29. c3 Ne6 30. Bg4 Nc5 31. Bf5 Ra8 32. Rb1 Nd3 33. Qf3 Qc5
34. b4 Qf8 35. Qe2 Ra3 36. h4 h6 37. Qd2 Qa8 38. Rf1 b5 39. Qe2 Ra2 40. Qg4+
Kf8 41. Bd7 Qa7 42. Qf5 Qb6 43. Bc8 h5 44. Bd7 Ke7 45. Bc8 Qc7 46. g4 Nf4+ 47.
Kg3 Qd6 48. g5 Qd3+ 49. Kh2 Kd8 50. gxf6 Rd2 51. Ba6 Ne6 52. Qxe5 Qxf1 53. Qb8+
Kd7 54. Bxb5# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
a5 9. Bf4 a4 10. Qc1 Qa5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Rd8 13. Na3 Bg4 14. Rfd1 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Qb4 16. Qe3 Na6 17. Rac1 Nc7 18. Nc4 Ne6 19. Qc3 Qb5 20. h4 Nd5 21.
Qa3 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. e3 Kf8 24. Rc4 Ra5 25. Rdc1 h5 26. R1c2 Nc7 27. Rxa4
Rda8 28. Qb4 Nb5 29. Rxa5 Qxa5 30. Qxa5 Rxa5 31. a3 Nd6 32. Be2 e5 33. Rc5 Rxc5
34. dxc5 Ne4 35. b4 Nc3 36. Bc4 Ke7 37. f4 exf4 38. exf4 f5 39. Kf2 Nb1 40. a4
Nc3 41. a5 Ne4+ 42. Ke3 Nf6 43. Kd4 Ne8 44. b5 cxb5 45. Bd5 Nc7 46. Bxb7 Ne6+
47. Kc3 Kd7 48. a6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[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 "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O g6 7. d5 {'!?' An
extremely interesting plan. White makes use of the fact that Black's falling
behind in development and opens up the center, in a small cost of a pawn. In
both games that featured this move so far, White scored a hundred percent.}
exd5 8. cxd5 Bxd5 {'?' And this is a suicide. Black doesn't have the luxury of
spending two precious tempi to capture a pawn.} (8... Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6
11. Bf4 {White achived a very favorable Benoni setup, with Black developing
his B to an unfortunate square (b7).} Na6 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Be2 f5
15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bxh5 f4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Gelashvili,
T-Iordachescu,V/Dubai UAE 2004/The Week in Chess 494 (48)}) 9. e4 Bc6 (9...
Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qd5 $18) (9... Nxe4 10. Re1 f5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. Bxe4 fxe4
13. Nxe4 $18) 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nbd2 Nc7 (11... Bg7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Re1 {White's
compensation is much stronger than the material sacrificed for it.}) 12. b4 {
'?' White wants to get another key square (d4) for his pieces, but in fact
he's just wasting important time, allowing Black to minimize the damages of
the opening.} (12. Ne4 {Was a simple and strong continuation}) 12... d6 {
'!' Hard to believe, but this move, opening the 'e' file with a king in the
center, is dynamically justified. White cannot exploit the open line, whereas
black gets to evacuate the king, and get rid of white's pawn on e5} (12... cxb4
13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bh6 {it's just a matter of time before Black's position
collapses}) (12... d5 {would have been even more convincing}) 13. exd6 (13. Bb2
d5 14. e6 f6) 13... Bxd6 14. Bb2 (14. Re1+ Be7 (14... Ne6 15. b5 Bd5 16. Bc4
Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Bc7 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qc3 {[%cal Ge1e6]} Nd4 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Qxd4 $1 $18) 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Bh6 $16) 14... O-O 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Ne5
Ne6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rc1 Qb6 (18... Bd5 {Covering the a2-g8 diagonal, thus
preparing to meet Ng4 with f6.} 19. Ng4 f6 (19... Nd4 20. Nxc5 Nbc6 21. Bb5 $1
$18) 20. Nc3 $1 {This rather unobvious move, ends the game on the spot, as
black cannot cover all his weaknesses anymore.}) 19. Qc2 {I believe the
remaining moves are unavailable, since there is no reason for Black to give up
yet. He is worse, of course, but can still keep fighting with 19...Nd7.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 ({
Quite often White prefer to play} 8. g3 Bd7 9. h4 {grabbing space on the
kingside and his bishop is taking comfortable position on g2 or h3.}) 8... Bd7
9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Nh4 (11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. g3 Kb8 13. Ng2 f6 14. Nf3
Nec6 15. h4 fxe5 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. dxe5 Be8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bg6 20. Rbe1
Bc5 21. Qd1 Qb6 22. h5 Be4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 {0-1 Ostrovskiy,A-Ljukin,S/
UKR-ch Simferopol 2003/ (63)}) (11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 O-O-O 13. Nf4 g6 14. Re1 Kb8
15. Bf1 Nb3 16. g3 Ba4 17. Ng2 Nc6 18. Qf3 Nca5 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Be3 Be8 21.
Be2 Be7 22. Bd1 Qb6 23. Nf4 Rh7 24. Bc2 Ba4 25. Qd1 Rhh8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Cardelli,
G-Nill,J/corr 2003/Telechess CBM 101 (55)}) (11. Re1 Nc8 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bf4
Nb3 14. N3d2 (14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. g3 Bc6 16. Bf1 Kb8 17. h4 Ka8 18. h5 h6 19. Nh4
Be7 20. Neg2 Rdg8 21. Be3 g6 22. Kh1 Be8 23. Be2 g5 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Nh2 f5 26.
exf6 Nxf6 $132 {0-1 Korneev,O-Pogorelov,R/Collado Villalba op 2000/The Week in
Chess 304 (79)}) 14... Na5 15. Ng3 Ba4 16. Qc1 O-O-O 17. Nh5 Kb8 18. Nf3 Bb3
19. Nd2 Ba4 20. Nf3 Bb3 21. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Ni Hua-Bareev,E/Beijing International
Kings Challenge 2003/}) 11... Ng6 {'N!?'} (11... O-O-O 12. Bh5 f5 13. exf6 gxf6
14. Re1 Kb8 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 e5 18. b4 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20.
Rxb3 Nc6 21. Bf3 e4 22. Be2 Na5 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rb4 {
Leeuwestein,C-Pijl,R/The Climb 1997/ChessBase/0-1 (34)}) 12. Ndf3 {It seems
that this plan doesn't promise much.} ({Worth considering} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13.
Nf3 Nb3 14. Bg5 $5 {[%csl Gg5] trying to exchange dark-squared bishops.}) 12...
Nxh4 13. Nxh4 Be7 14. Nf3 f5 {'!?'} 15. Bg5 (15. exf6 gxf6 16. Re1 O-O-O {
with nice game for Black}) 15... Bc6 16. g3 (16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd2 Nb3 18. Qf4
(18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 $11 (19... Nd2 $5 20. Nxe6 Kf7)) 18... h6 19. h4 g5
$5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 O-O-O $44) 16... O-O-O 17. Bxe7 (17. h4 $5 h6 $140
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h5 {[%cal Gf3h4]}) 17... Qxe7 {Black completed his
development and has some advantage now: more space and more active pieces.} 18.
Nh4 {'?!' White either underestimated the danger, or didn't see a decent
alternative.} ({Worth considering} 18. h4 $5) 18... g5 19. Ng2 f4 {'!'
Vaganian immediately takes the opportunity to grab space on the kingside.} 20.
Kh1 (20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Bg4 Rdf8 $36 {[%cal Gc6e8,Ge8g6]}) 20... Rdf8 21. Bh5 (
21. gxf4 $5) 21... Nb3 22. f3 Be8 {'!'} 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 {'-/+'} 24. gxf4 (24. Qe2
fxg3 25. hxg3 h5 $40) 24... gxf4 25. Rf2 {'?!'} ({Dvoirys could have offered a
tough resistance after} 25. Qe1 $142 $5 Rhg8 26. Rg1 {[%cal Gg2h4]}) 25... Rhg8
26. Qc2 (26. Ne1 Qh5 27. Qe2 Rg3 $1 28. Rg2 Rfg8 {[%cal Ch1g1,Ch2g3,Gg8g6]})
26... Rf5 {Black has got an excellent attacking chances while White still has
no real counterplay.} 27. Kg1 {'?!'} (27. Rg1 $8) 27... Rfg5 28. Rd1 (28. Kf1
Qh5) 28... Qh5 29. Kh1 Rf5 $5 $19 {[%cal Gg8g3]} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 (7. Nb5 $5)
7... Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 (11. Nf3 $5 Qc7 12. Bf4
Bd7 13. a6 $5 O-O-O 14. axb7+ Qxb7 15. Qd3 Qb2 16. Qd1 Kc7 17. Bd3 Rg4 18. Bg3
Ra4 19. O-O Rxa3 20. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Bryson,D-Wagener,C/EU t-ch m Leon 2001/CBM
86 (34)}) 11... Qxa5 12. Nf3 (12. Rb1 $5 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nef5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Bd7 16. Rxb7 Bc6 17. Rb4 Qc5 18. Qf2 d4 19. Rg1 a5 20. Rb1 O-O-O 21. Bd3
Kc7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Borriss,M-Vaganian,R/BL 0001 2001 (60)}) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 {
This line became very popular after the game Anand-Khalifman, Linares 2000.} ({
Black gets strong initiative after} 13. Ng5 O-O-O $1 (13... Rf8 14. Rb1 O-O-O
15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qxf7 Be8 17. Qxe6+ Bd7 18. Qf6 Bf5 19. e6 d4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.
cxd3 Qa4 22. O-O Qc2 23. Rb5 $18 {1-0 Ernst,T-Gunnarson,A/Reykjavik op 1994/
ChessBase (33)}) 14. Nxf7 Nf5 15. Nxd8 Qxd8 16. Qh3 Ncd4 17. Qxc3+ Kb8 18. g3
Qb6 19. Bd3 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Van der Weide,K-Werle,J/Groningen SON-ON 2001/
ChessBase (24)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 (14... Nf5 15. Rg1 $1 Rh8 (15... d4 16.
g4 Nfe7 17. Rg3 $1 Be8 18. h4 Nf5 19. Rg1 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Ne7 22.
Bc4 $14 {Anand,V-Khalifman,A/Linares 2000/ 1-0 (42) White managed to keep some
advantage.}) 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Rxh4 18. h3 $14) 15. g3 Kb8 (15... Qd5 16. Bg2
Qa2 17. Rb5 a6 18. Rc5 Kb8 19. O-O Na7 20. Nxd4 Bb5 21. Qe4 Nd5 22. Nxb5 axb5
23. f5 Qa1 24. Qe2 Qa2 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. Rxc3 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8
29. Qf3 Rc7 30. Qb3 {Grischuk,A-Vaganian,R/ECC t-ch Izmir 2004/ 1-0 (42)}) (
15... Nf5 16. Be2 (16. Bg2 Qc7 17. O-O Nce7 $1 (17... Na5 $6 18. Bh3 Nc6 $6 (
18... Bc6 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nxd4 Be4 21. Qe3 a6 22. Rb4 $5 $14) 19. a4 $1 Nce7
20. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Shirov,A-Romero Holmes,A/Espana 73/332 1998/ (40)}) 18. Ng5 (
18. Nxd4 $2 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Rxd3 $17) 18... Bc6 19. Nxf7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rd5 $44)
16... Nce7 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Rg1 Rxg5 19. fxg5 Ng6 20. Bf4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22.
Kf2 Rh8 23. h4 Rxh4 24. Rg2 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 dxe3+ 26. Kf1 Rh1+ {0-1 Pflug,
M-Heika,M/Bad Woerishofen op 2004/PG}) 16. Bg2 $146 {This move appears to be a
novelty, but I doubt whether it is better than 16.Be2 which was previously
tried in this position.} (16. Be2 $142 $5 Ka8 17. Kf2 Be8 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Qc4
a6 20. a4 Rd5 21. Bd3 f6 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rb5 axb5 24. Qxd5 $36 {Lutz,
C-Kortchnoi,V/GER-SWZ Berlin 2002/1-0 (33)}) 16... Bc8 17. Ng5 b6 {[%cal Cg5f7,
Gc8a6] Black achieved everything he wanted from the opening and all his pieces
have occupied ideal positions in this variation.} (17... Rxg5 $6 18. fxg5 Nxe5
19. Qe4 $16) (17... Rg7 18. h4 b6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Rxb5 Bb7 21. h5 d3 22. cxd3
Nd4 23. Bxb7 Kxb7 24. Rb1 Nef5 $132 {Lutz}) 18. Bxc6 (18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Rxb5 Ba6
20. Rb1 d3 $1 $132) (18. Nxf7 Ba6 19. Qe4 d3 $1 20. Nxd8 d2+ 21. Bxd2 cxd2+ 22.
Kf2 Rxd8 $40) 18... Nxc6 (18... Rxg5 $143 19. Bf3 $5 $14 (19. fxg5 Nxc6 20. Bf4
Ba6 21. Qe4 Ne7 $40)) 19. Nxf7 (19. Rb5 Qa4 {[%cal Rc8a6]}) 19... Ba6 $1 {
[%mdl 128] This is the crucial moment of the game. Even though White is an
exchange up, Black has fantastic play on the light squares.} 20. Nxd8 (20. Qf3
d3 $5 (20... Rd5 $5)) 20... Rxd8 $1 (20... Qd5 $143 21. Nxc6+ Qxc6 22. Qxa6
Qxh1+ 23. Qf1 Qxh2 24. Qf2 Qh1+ $11) 21. Qe4 d3 $3 $19 {It becomes clear that
badly developed White pieces are absolutely useless.} 22. Be3 (22. cxd3 c2+ 23.
Rb4 Nxb4 (23... Qc5 $5) 24. Qxb4 $8 (24. axb4 Qa1 25. Kf2 Bb7 $19) 24... Qd5
25. O-O Qxd3 $19 {[%csl Ga6,Gc2,Gd3,Rg1]}) (22. Qxc6 d2+ 23. Bxd2 cxd2+ 24. Kf2
Bb7 25. Qc4 Qxa3 $5 {[%cal Ra3f3]} (25... Bxh1 26. Rxh1 d1=Q 27. Rxd1 Rxd1 28.
Qxe6 $17) 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. cxb3 Bxh1 28. Rd1 (28. Rxh1 d1=Q $19) 28... Rd3 29.
Ke2 Be4 $19) 22... dxc2 23. Rc1 (23. Qxc2 Bd3 $19) 23... Qb5 $1 24. Rxc2 (24.
Qf3 Nd4 $1 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 {[%cal Cf3g2,Cd4d1,Rb5b2]}) 24... Bb7 25. Kf2 (25. a4
Qb3) (25. Rg1 Nd4 $1) 25... Nd4 {A glorious finish of the knight march!} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5
{2nd popular move in this position after 7...Qa5. Rafael already played number
of games in this position with white pieces, and chose 8.Nh4 move almost
instantly.} 8. Nh4 {Out of other choices (white has a plenty of responds on 8..
.Bf5), 8.b3 and 8.Ne1 give white some hopes for an opening advantage.} (8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 {and black is very close to reach the balance.}) (
8. Ne1 {- the toughest line for black, while there are number of ways to get a
reasonable play.}) 8... Be6 {The most aggresive and logical reply.} 9. d5 {
Other moves are just too soft.} cxd5 {Stohl: 'An interesting idea is to keep
the [+] tension for the time being to discourage the manoeuvre Be3-d4 (this
would enable Black to win a tempo by c6-c5):'} (9... Bd7 $5 {Stohl} 10. Be3 Na6
11. Nf3 (11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Nf3 c5 14. Qd1 Nc7 15. Qc1 Re8 16. Bh6
Bh8 17. Rd1 Bc6 18. Qf4 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Bd2 a5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Ne1 Bxg2
23. Kxg2 Nd7 24. Nc2 Nb6 25. Na3 Reb8 26. Rab1 Bxc3 $1 $15 {Luch,M-Miton,K/
POL-chT Dzwirzyno/2004/}) 11... Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. h3 Qd8 (13... cxd5 $142 14.
cxd5 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd5 $44) 14. Nd4 e5 15. dxe6 (15. dxc6 $142 bxc6 16. Nf3 {
[%cal Yb2b4] /\b4+/=}) 15... fxe6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 e5 18. Nf3 Qf8 19. c5 e4
20. Nh4 g5 21. Ng6 Qf7 22. cxd6 Qxg6 23. Qb3+ Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5+ Qf7
26. Qxb7 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Rab8 28. Qxa7 Ra8 29. Qb7 Rab8 $13 {1/2,Frias Pablaza,
V-Speelman,J/New York/1990/}) 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 {Definitely the best.} (11.
Nf3 Na6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Bd4 Qa5 14. Rb1 Na4 15. Nd2 Rfc8 16. b4 Nxc3 17. bxa5
Nxd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bauer,C-Degraeve,J/Belfort 2002/CBM 90 (22). (21)}) (11. e4
Na6 12. Be3 Ng4 {'!' Stohl.} 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 {'!?' Stohl.} 15. Qd2
Rac8 16. Nf3 Rc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bernasek,J-Jansa,V/Karlovy Vary 2004/CBM 100 (49)
} 17. h3 {Stohl} Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Rad1 Rc4 20. Kh2 Rb4 21. b3 Rd4 22. Qb2
Rc8 $36 {Bernasek,J-Jansa,V/CZE-ch Karlovy Vary/2004/}) (11. h3 {Stohl} Na6 12.
e4 Qb6 13. Rb1 Rfc8 14. Be3 Qb4 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Bd2 Be8 17. Bf1 Nfd7 18. Re3 {
Agdestein,S-Adams,M/Oslo (m1)/1994/} Ne5 $5 19. Nb5 Qa4 $36 {S.Agdestein})
11... Qa5 {Rashkovsky tried to creative an a5-a4 plan, while I doubt this plan
gives black an equality.} (11... a5 12. h3 a4 13. Bd4 Qa5 14. e4 Na6 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxe5 a3 17. bxa3 Rac8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Rukavina,J/Oberwart
2003/CBM 95 ext (30)}) ({Interesting is the active} 11... b5 $142 $5 {Stohl}
12. a4 (12. a3 a5 13. Bd4 (13. Nf3 Na6 14. Nd4 Ng4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17.
Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Nc7 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Nxc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23.
Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Bxb2 $11 {Nepomnishay,
M-Krishilovsky,A/St Petersburg/1995/}) 13... Na6 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Rc1 a4 16. Rc2
Nb3 17. e3 Rc8 18. Na2 Rxc2 $13 {1/2,Smejkal,J-Romanishin,O/Reggio Emilia/1985/
}) 12... b4 13. Nb5 Qa5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Nf3 a5 17. h3 Qe8 18. Qd2
Bxa4 19. Nfd4 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Qd8 21. Ra2 Nfd7 22. Rfa1 Ne5 23. Nxa5 b3 24. Nxb3
Nc4 25. Qb4 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Qc7 28. Kf2 Nd7 $44 {Tukmakov,
V-Romanishin,O/Leningrad/1987/}) ({Also following Jansa's idea from the above
note deserves attention:} 11... Ng4 {Stohl} 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Nf3 f5 $5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nd4 Na6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. a3 Nc5 20. Na2 Nce4
21. Nb4 Kf7 22. e3 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Bf1 Ke8 26. Kg2 Nc5 27.
f3 Bd7 28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 g5 30. Kf2 h5 $11 {Hauchard,A-Tratar,M/Mitropa
Charleville/2000/}) 12. Bd4 Na6 13. a3 $1 {'+/=' Stohl. Stohl: 'Prevents the
activation of the Na6. White with his () has a small edge, his strategy will
be a gradual limitation of his opponent's active possibilities, connected with
expansion in the [+] and on the <<.'} (13. e4 {Ftacnik} Nc5 14. Rb1 Na4 $1 15.
b4 (15. Nxa4 {Ftacnik} Bxa4 16. b4 Qa6 $15) 15... Nxc3 16. bxa5 Nxd1 17. Rxb7
$6 (17. Rfxd1 {Ftacnik} b6 18. axb6 axb6 $10) 17... Ba4 {0-1 Horvath,J-Jansa,V/
Odorheiu Secuiesc 1995/CBM 47/[Ftacnik] (28)}) (13. Re1 {Stohl} Nc7 (13... Nc5
14. e4 Na4 15. Nxa4 Qxa4 16. b3 Qa3 17. f4 Bb5 18. e5 Nd7 19. e6 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4
Qc5 21. Nf3 $1 fxe6 22. dxe6 Nf6 23. Rac1 Qh5 24. Ng5 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,
V/WCh Moscow/1957/}) (13... Rac8 14. e4 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf3 Qc5 17. Qd2
f6 18. a3 Ne5 {Mirnic,M-Ljubic,I/CRO-chT Makarska/1994/} 19. Rac1 $14) 14. e4
Nb5 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. a4 Be8 19. Qb3 Rc7 20. h3 Nd7
$132 {1/2,Schwartzman,G-Foisor,O/Wattens/1993/}) 13... Rfc8 14. b4 (14. Nf3 {
Stohl} Be8 15. e4 Nd7 16. b4 Qd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. Rfe1 Qb6 20.
Qd2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bh3 Rc4 23. Rac1 Rd8 24. Na4 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26.
Nb2 $16 {Neverov,V-Kernazhitsky,L/Pardubice op/1999/}) 14... Qd8 15. Qd3 $1
$146 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4][%mdl 8] taking control over important squares c4 and b5.
Now Nc7 move doesn't help black since there is no Nb5 move then.} (15. Qd2 Nc7
$1 (15... Qf8 $6 {this plan is just too passive. The idea of Qf8 move is to
play Ng4 next and to recapture on g7 with the queen, while it allows white to
get his passive Nh4 to d4.} 16. Rfc1 (16. Rac1 Ng4 17. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Acosta,
T-Soppe,G/Villa Maria 2003/CBM 94 ext (17)}) 16... Ng4 17. Nf3 Nc7 18. Bxg7
Qxg7 19. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Dautov,R-Foisor,C/Nimes 1991/EXT 97 (84)}) (15... Rc4 $5
16. e3 Rac8 17. Rfc1 $13) 16. Rfc1 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. a4 Bd7
20. a5 a6 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qc8 23. Qxc8+ Bxc8 24. f4 {1/2-1/2 Kachiani
Gersinska,K-Foisor,C/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (24)}) 15... Ng4 {In general, trades
are good for the side with less space.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf3 $14 {/+/- Right
time to move this knight back into play.} Qb6 {'?' Stohl. Stohl: 'This sortie
only loses time.'} (17... Qc7 $142 {Stohl} 18. Rac1 Qc4 19. Qb1 Nc7 20. Qb2 Kg8
21. h3 Nf6 22. Nd2 Qa6 23. e4 Nb5 24. Ncb1 Qb6 25. a4 Nc7 26. b5 Nce8 27. Nc4
Qd8 28. Nbd2 a6 $1 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Nb6 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rb8 32. a5 Bb5 $14 {
Lagowski,P-Toczek,G/POL-chT Dzwirzyno/2004/}) 18. h3 Nf6 {18...Ne5 trades more
pieces, but creates new targets in black's position, and weakens the pawn
structure.} (18... Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Rac1 $16 {[%cal Gc3e4] '|^' Stohl.
Stohl: 'פa6' with semilar scenario.}) 19. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gd2b3] It's
even stronger than 19.Nd4. Stohl: 'The c4-square is protected and the N heads
for a5.'} Qd8 {Stohl: 'Otherwise Black can't unravel his pieces.'} (19... Nc7
20. Nc4 Qa6 21. a4 {'+/-' Stohl. Stohl: 'ף' and black can hardly breathe.})
20. Nb3 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. e4 e6 {Oxygen needed!} (22... Nb8 {Stohl} 23. f4
$36 {()}) (22... e5 {Stohl} 23. f4 $14) 23. Na5 {'!?' Stohl.} (23. dxe6 {Stohl}
Bxe6 24. Nd2 $14) 23... exd5 24. exd5 Nb8 {black needs to take control over c6
to play b6 later on.} (24... Bf5 25. Qd4 $16 {[%cal Gd4a7,Gd4g7]}) 25. Rfe1 h5
26. Qd2 Be8 {clearing d7 spot for black knights.} (26... Bf5 {Stohl} 27. Nb5
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qb6 30. Qc7 $1 Qxb5 31. Qxb8 $16) 27. Ne2 $1 $16 {
[%cal Ge2d4] White regroups.} b6 (27... Nbd7 {Stohl} 28. Nd4 Nb6 $16) 28. Nb3
Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 a5 {looking for simplifications.} 31. Nbd4 (31.
bxa5 bxa5 32. Qc3 a4 33. Nbd4 $16) 31... axb4 32. axb4 Na6 33. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 {
probably I could wait with this trade for a while, but it doesn't change much
the evaluation. Stohl: 'Sooner or later forced.'} (33... Qc8 34. Qe3 Nc7 35.
Nc3 $16) (33... Qc7 {Stohl} 34. Qc4 Qc8 (34... Nb8 35. Ned4 $18) 35. Qd4 $16)
34. dxc6 d5 (34... Nxb4 $2 {Stohl} 35. c7 Qc8 36. Bb7 $18) 35. Nd4 Nc7 (35...
Nxb4 {Stohl} 36. c7 Qc8 37. Nb5 Na6 38. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rb5d6] /\Nd6+-}) 36. Qg5
Kh7 37. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5] '!' Stohl. looking for the 2nd weakness! The 1st one
is c6-passer of white. Stohl: 'Vaganian turns his sights to the >> to create
further weaknesses.'} Qd6 38. f5 (38. Qe5 Nfe8 {and black holds.}) 38... Ne4
39. fxg6+ fxg6 40. Qf4 Qxf4 41. gxf4 Nd6 {Black has managed to survive till
this ending, ufortunately white still has a large advantage, white bishop is
very strong, and black pawns are targets.} 42. h4 {'+/-' Stohl. Stohl: '><d5,
g6,h5' Stohl: 'Black's P are exposed and vulnerable, moreover he must guard
the o^c6. Vaganian converts his _|_ advantage with further patient technical
manoeuvring.'} Kg7 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Bh3 {I had less than 5 minutes on my clock
against more than half an hour of Rafael, while the time control here was a
sudden death with 30 seconds increment. An hour of pain and torture....} Ne4+
45. Ke3 Nd6 46. Kd3 Ne4 47. Bd7 Nd6 48. Bh3 {No reason to hurry up in such
situation- black may just blunder something.} Ne4 49. Ke3 Nd6 50. Bf1 Ke7 $6 {
missing two better tries, althou both don't save the game yet.} (50... b5 {
[%cal Gd6c4]} 51. Bd3 Nc4+ {with good chances for a draw.}) (50... Nc4+ 51. Kd3
(51. Bxc4 dxc4 52. Ke4 b5 {and draw is more likely outcome here.}) 51... Nd6 $1
{and white doesn't have Bd3 move like in the game.}) 51. Bd3 {Now white pieces
coordinate perfectly. g6 pawn is a target. Concequences of the smart f4-f5
break in a middlegame!} Kf6 52. Nf3 $1 {Ne5 is coming attacking g6 weakness.}
Nf7 (52... Nf5+ 53. Bxf5 Kxf5 54. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Ge5d7]}) 53. Bb1 Na6 54. Ne5
$1 {transposing the game to a winning B vs N ending.} Nxe5 55. fxe5+ Kxe5 56.
Bxg6 {Bishop dominate over knight in such position when the game is open and
the action is on both wings.} d4+ (56... Kd6 57. Bxh5 Nxb4 58. Be8 $18) 57. Kf3
Kd6 (57... b5 58. Bxh5 Kd6 59. Be8 Nxb4 60. h5 Nd5 61. h6 Nf6 62. Bd7 b4 63.
Kf4 Nh7 64. Bf5 Nf8 65. Kg5 $18) 58. b5 Nc7 59. Bd3 {Again, no rash! Rafael
was proud of this move, while 59.Bxh5 also leads to a win.} (59. Bxh5 Nxb5 60.
Bg6 Nc7 61. h5 Ne6 62. Be4 b5 63. h6 b4 64. Bd5 $1 $18) 59... Ke5 60. Bc4 Kf5
61. Bf7 Nxb5 62. Bxh5 $18 {Only two pawns of each side left, while black can't
build the fortress- white passers are just too far from each other....} Nc7 63.
Bg4+ Ke5 64. h5 $18 Kf6 65. Ke4 Kg5 66. Kxd4 Nb5+ 67. Ke5 Na7 {All black need
for a draw is to give up his knight for c-pawn of white, also white king can't
get close to Na7.... but zugzwang helps white to win here.} 68. c7 Nc6+ 69. Ke6
Na7 70. Kf7 Kh6 (70... Nb5 71. c8=Q Nd6+ 72. Kg7 Nxc8 73. h6 $18) 71. Kf6 {
First zugzwang! Black should unblock h5 pawn, or advance his b-pawn.} Kh7 (
71... b5 72. Ke5 $18 {[%cal Gd4c5,Gc5b6,Ge5d4]}) 72. Kg5 Kg7 73. Bf5 Kh8 74.
Kg6 Kg8 75. Be6+ Kh8 76. Bg4 Kg8 77. Bd7 Kh8 78. Be6 {Zugzwang again! now
black king can't move, so the only move is to advance pawn "b", but it
destroys the queenside fortress....} b5 79. h6 b4 80. Bf5 b3 81. Kg5 b2 82. Kf4
Kg8 83. Ke3 Kf7 84. Kd2 b1=N+ {just to have some fun after 5 hours torture :-)}
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Bf4 (
8. Nc3 {and}) (8. cxd5 {are played more frequently in this position.}) 8... a4
(8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qc1 Na6 11. Be5 (11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Rd1 Nbd5 13. Bh6 a4
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. a3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. c4 Be4 18. Qb2 b5 19. Rac1 bxc4 20.
Rxc4 Rb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kalinitschew,S-Heinig,W/Berlin East 1988/EXT 2001 (61)})
11... Nb4 12. Nc3 Nbd5 (12... a4 $142) 13. Na4 Bc8 $6 14. Rd1 Nb6 15. Nc5 Nbd7
16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Gutman,L-Suetin,A/Biel 1997/CBM 60 ext (69)}) 9.
Qb4 Nbd7 (9... dxc4 {is another option:} 10. Qxc4 Qb6 (10... Be6 $5 11. Qb4 {
-that's the difference from the previous line-} Ra7 $5) 11. Nc3 (11. Qc1 Bg4
12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Rfe8 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bg5 e5 17. e4 N5f6 18.
Be3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Qc7 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Qc2 b5 22. Rac1 c5 $1 23. Be3 Ne5 24.
Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Nc4 26. Rxb5 Nxe3 (26... Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe3 (27... Rxe4 28.
Nf1 $1) 28. fxe3 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 30. Kf2 $16) 27. fxe3 Bh6 28. e5 (28. Kf2
Rd3 29. e5 Nd7 $14) 28... Bxe3+ 29. Kh2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Ng4+ 31. hxg4 Bxd2 32.
Bd5 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Zvjaginsev,V/Mainz 2004/CBM 101 ext (50)}) 11...
Be6 12. Qd3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. e4 Na6 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qc1 Rac8 (16... a3 $5)
17. h3 b5 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. a3 Na6 21. e5 Nh5 22. g4 Ng7 23. d5 $36 {
1-0 Podgaets,M-Okhotnik,V/Kiev 1986/EXT 97 (31)}) 10. Na3 (10. c5 $5 Nh5) (10.
Nc3 $5 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nb6) 10... dxc4 11. Qxc4 (11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Qd2 Nxf4 13.
Qxf4 Nb6 $11 {[%csl Gg7]}) 11... Nb6 12. Qc1 Be6 {Black doesn't let the a3
knight the c4 square.} 13. Bh6 Bd5 14. Rd1 Qd6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 {
The other plan was to continue restricting the a3 knight:} (16... Qe6 17. Qc5 (
17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qc7 Rab8 {[%cal Rf8c8]} 19. Qc3 Rfc8 20. Qb4 Nbd7 $1 $13)
17... Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qb5 Rfc8 $13) 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. f3
Rac8 (18... Nfd7 $5 19. Nac4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qf6 21. e4 c5 22. d5 b5 23. Ne3 {
[%cal Yf3f4,Yc1c3]}) 19. Nac4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qe6 $6 {Not the best position for
the queen.} (20... Qb4 $5 21. a3 Qb5 22. e4 e6 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 23. e5 Nd5 $132 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 21. e4 b5 22. Ne3 Nxe4 $6 {A dubious piece sacrifice.} ({
Apparently, Black didn't like the position after} 22... c5 23. d5 Qe5 (23...
Qd6 24. Qc3) 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 {but after} e6 (25... b4 $143 26. Nc4) {
he should equalize, e.g.} 26. Rab1 exd5 (26... Rb8 $5) 27. e5 Ne8 28. Rxb5 (28.
Nxd5 Rb8) 28... d4 29. Nc4 dxc3 30. Rc1 Rd3 {etc.}) 23. fxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf2 Rxd4
25. Qc2 Qe5 $2 {A clear positional mistake. Black didn't want to exchange
queens against GM R.Vaganian, who is an outstanding endgame specialist;
however, with the queens on the board White's knight, which can help his
attack, is much stronger than Black's pawns; besides, White now seizes the
d-file.} (25... Qxc2+ 26. Nxc2 Rd6 (26... Rdd8 27. Rac1 $14) 27. Rxd6 exd6 28.
Nb4 (28. Rd1 d5 29. Nd4 $140 (29. Nb4 d4 $1) 29... c5 $1 30. Nxb5 Rb8 31. Nc3
Rxb2+ $132) 28... Kf6 29. Rc1 c5 30. Nd5+ Ke5 31. Nc3 Rb8 32. Re1+ Kd4 33. Re7
Kd3 $132) 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qf6+ 28. Ke2 Qe6 29. a3 Qh3 {A harmless
invasion. The black queen can't do anything without the help of his rook.} 30.
Ke1 h5 31. Rd4 e5 $2 {This weakening move leads to a fast defeat.} (31... Qe6
$142) 32. Rd6 h4 33. Qe4 $1 Qxh2 34. Qxe5+ Kh7 (34... Kg8 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36.
Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ $18) 35. Nf1 $1 Qh3 36. Qe7 Qf5 (36... Kg8 37. gxh4 $18) 37.
Ne3 $1 Qb1+ 38. Nd1 $1 Kg8 39. gxh4 c5 40. h5 gxh5 41. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 {As we know the
Maroczy variation of Sicilian can be reached by different move orders. So in
this game there was a transposition from English.} 7. Be2 Nxd4 (7... Bg7 {
is the main alternative.}) 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12.
f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 (14. Nd5 {usually leads to a full equality after
exchange of all heavy pieces.} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8
18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. a4 e6 {1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk,B-Pigusov,E/Panormo
2001/CBM 84 ext (20).}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 {A very popular
position in the Maroczy variation has been arised.} 17. gxf5 $5 {For some
reason this logical continuation is very uncommon. White opens the g-file and
tries to attack the black king having in mind the exchanging sacrifice on g7.}
(17. exf5 {is the main line.}) 17... gxf5 18. Rhg1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3d4,
Ge3h6]} (18. exf5 $6 {only helps Black to unpin the pieces.} Bxf5 19. Rhg1 Kf7
20. f4 e6 21. Bh5+ Bg6 22. Bf3 Rc7 $11 {and Black is ok.0-1 Khechumyan,G-Vogt,
L/Budapest 2000/EXT 2004 (44)}) 18... Kh8 {The most logical. Black takes his
king away from the g-file.} (18... Rf8 {doesn't seem to equalize in view of}
19. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} (19. Bd4 Rf7 20. f4 Kf8 21. Bxg7+ Rxg7 22. Rxg7 Kxg7
23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bf3 Rb8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alburt,L-Beliavsky,A/Vilnius 1975/MCL 
(33). (32)}) 19... Kf7 20. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd5c7,Gd5e7]}) 19. Bd3
$1 {[%cal Ge4f5] The most unpleasant for Black, who has to look for tactics to
save a pawn.} ({White also tested two other options, which I believe, are also
enough for getting a slight advantage.} 19. Nc3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Ng5 Bg8
22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rg3 $6 (23. Bc4 $5 $14) 23... Rxc1 24. Kxc1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lau,R-Polgar,Z/New York 1985/MCD (31)}) (19. exf5 Bxf5 20. f4 {[%cal Ge2f3]}
Bf6 (20... Rab8 $5 $14) 21. Bf3 Rc7 22. Nc3 e6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 25.
Bf3 $14 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Borg,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 19... Ne5 $6 {
[%cal Ge5f3] It looks like a good way to prevent 20.exf5, but...} (19... fxe4 {
allows White to create pressure both on the queen side and along the e-file.}
20. Bxe4 Rab8 21. Nb6 (21. Ba7 {is met by} Bh6+) 21... Nxb6 22. Bxb6 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Re7][%cal Gc1e1]}) (19... Rf8 {was worth trying, but I still
consider White's chances to be higher.}) 20. Rxg7 $1 {Ponomariov certainly
underestimated this move. Now the weakness of the dark squares combined with
the idea of Nb6 give White a clear advantage.} Kxg7 (20... Nxf3+ $2 21. Ke2
Kxg7 22. Kxf3 $18) 21. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Gf3f4,Ga4b6] A strong intermediate move.
White is not in a hurry to return an exchange and develops unpleasant
initiative on the kingside.} ({White is also better after} 21. Nb6 $5 Nxf3+ 22.
Ke2) 21... Rf8 $6 {This clever attempt to prevent f4 doesn't reach the goal.} (
{In the only preceding game Black tried} 21... fxe4 $6 {which looks wrong.
After} 22. Bxe4 Rf8 23. Ke3 (23. Bxb7 $5) 23... Kf7 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Bxb7 Ra7
26. Be4 $16 {1-0 Rotstein,A-Vogt,L/Austria 2002/CBM 91 ext (53) White obtained
a clear advantage at the endgame, which he later converted into a full point.})
(21... Kg6 $5 {seems to be the best defense with the idea} 22. Bxe5 (22. Rg1+
Kh6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. exf5 Bf7 25. Nb6 $140 Rg8 $1) 22... dxe5 23. Nb6 f4 $1 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh2] with some counterplay.}) 22. f4 $1 {Anyway.} fxe4 23. fxe5 exd3
24. exd6+ Kf7 (24... Kh6 {is hardly better:} 25. Re1 $1 Bf5 26. dxe7 $16 {
[%csl Ge7]}) 25. Rf1+ Ke8 $6 {After this inaccurate move Black is lost, but
even after the better 25...Kg6 White has a big advantage.} ({Or} 25... Kg6 26.
Re1 $1 $16 (26. Rg1+ $5)) 26. Re1 $1 {[%csl Re6,Re7]} Rf4 {The only way to
save the bishop, which however can't save the game.} 27. Rxe6 Rxd4 28. Nb6 $1 {
Another strong intermediate move.} Rd8 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. c5 $18 {A pair of
connected passed pawns supported by a strong knight and a rook plus a bad king
on the 8th rank doesn't leave any doubts about the outcome of the game and
Vaganian is precise to the end.} Kg8 31. Nd7 $1 Rf4 32. Ne5 $1 Rd4 33. Nxd3 b6
34. b4 a5 35. Ke3 $1 bxc5 36. bxc5 Rh4 37. Ne5 (37. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e6] is
even better.}) 37... Rxh2 38. Nc6 Ra8 39. d7 Kf8 40. Re4 {[%cal Gd7d8]} Rxa2
41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. d8=Q Rxd8 43. Nxd8 a4 44. Rc4 $1 (44. c6 $5) 44... a3 45. c6
Ra1 46. c7 a2 47. c8=Q Re1+ 48. Kf2 Rf1+ 49. Kxf1 a1=Q+ 50. Kg2 Qa2+ 51. Kh3 {
A clear win of Vaganian!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nb3 c5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Na5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxg5 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Qh5
O-O 15. Na5 Qa4 16. Nb3 hxg5 17. O-O Qf4 18. Nxc5 Qxe5 19. Nd3 Qd4 20. Qxg5 f6
21. Qg6 e5 22. Rfe1 a5 23. h3 Ra6 24. Qh5 Rc6 25. Rac1 Be6 26. Red1 Bf7 27. Qf5
Rd8 28. b3 Qh4 29. c3 Qh6 30. Nb2 e4 31. g3 Be6 32. Qf4 Qxh3 33. Qh4 Qxh4 34.
gxh4 Kf7 35. Nc4 Rh8 36. Ne3 Rxh4 37. Rd4 f5 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Rxd5 Rg6+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 e5 14. Be3 Na6 15.
Bg2 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nac5 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. O-O-O {Dies ist ein neuer Zug.
Nennenswerten Vorteil erreicht WeiЯ nicht; die Fortsetzung ist aber besser als
das frьher gespielte 18.h4, man sehe:} (18. h4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 (19. Bxe4 Bb4+ 20.
Kf1 Rhe8 21. Bxg7 Nc5 22. Qh3+ Kb8 23. Bg2 Nd3 $40) 19... f5 20. gxf6 (20. Qe6
Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Rhe8 22. Qxg6 Qf4 23. Qxg7 Re7 $19) 20... Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Nxf6 22.
Qe5 (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxg6 Qe5 24. Qg4+ f5 25. Qf3 Rd2 $36) 22... Bd6 23. Qe6+
Kb8 24. c5 Bf4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. b4 (26. Qxf6 Be3 27. Qxg6 Bxf2 $1 28. Kxf2
Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 Rxh4+) 26... Rhe8 $19 {0-1 Graf,A-Dreev,A/Alushta
1994/CBM 42/[Ftacnik] (42). (41)}) 18... Re8 ({Am einfachsten ist} 18... Qa5
19. Kb1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bc5 $11) 19. Rhe1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bb4 (20... Rh4 21. f3 (
21. Qf3 Be7 {kann unbequem fьr WeiЯ werden.}) 21... Rxh3 22. Kb1 b6 {ist
befriedigend fьr Schwarz.}) 21. Re2 f5 $2 (21... Qa5 22. a3 Bc5 {ist immer
noch in Ordnung. Jetzt erhдlt WeiЯ Vorteil.}) 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Qf3 {Plцtzlich
sind die Kцnigsfьgelbauern des Schwarzen anfдllig. Auch ist es lдstig, daЯ der
Springer auf d7 genьgenden Schutzes entbehrt.} Rhg8 24. Bxg6 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 c5
26. Qe6 Rxg6 27. Qe8+ Qd8 28. Qxg6 cxd4 29. Rxd4 {Die Stellung dьrfte
hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz sein.} Qe7 30. Qf5 Kc7 31. h4 Ne5 32. h5 Qc5 33. Qe4
b5 34. h6 Nxc4 35. Qd5 Ne5+ 36. Qxc5+ Bxc5 37. h7 Nf7 38. Rg4 Kc6 39. Rg7 Nh8
40. Rg8 Nf7 41. f3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Preetz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rfd1 Nxe5 16. e4 d4 17. Rxd4 Be7 18. Rdd1 O-O 19. Qe3 Ng6 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Rac1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd8 23. f4 h6 24. g3 Rc8 25. Qd4 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Qxd4+ 27. Bxd4
Nf8 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Kf2 f5 30. Ke3 Kf7 31. a4 g5 32. fxg5 Bxg5+ 33. Kf3 bxa4
34. bxa4 Bd2 35. Be3 fxe4+ 36. Kxe4 Bxe3 37. Kxe3 e5 38. a5 Ke6 39. g4 Kf6 40.
h4 Ke6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. g5 h5 44. Kf3 {Thema: Springerendspiele
sind wie Bauernendspiele} Kf5 $6 {Danach gerдt Schwarz unweigerlich in fatalen
Zugzwang.} ({Allerdings sollte sich WeiЯ auch nach} 44... Kf7 {durchsetzen:
durchsetzen:} 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. g6 Ke6 (46... Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Nxe5 $18) 47.
Kf3 Ke7 48. Ke4 Kf6 49. Kd5 $18) 45. Ke3 Kg4 (45... Nb8 46. Nb4 e4 47. Kd4 $22
$18) (45... Ke6 46. Ke4 $22 $18) 46. Ke4 Kxh4 47. Kf5 e4 48. Nf4 (48. Nf4 {
[%cal Gg5g8]} Nf8 49. g6 Nxg6 50. Nxg6+ Kg3 51. Kxe4 Kg4 52. Ne7 Kg3 53. Ke3
Kg4 54. Nd5 h4 55. Nc7 Kg3 56. Nxa6 h3 57. Nc5 h2 58. Ne4+ Kg2 59. Nf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc3 Nd5
15. Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Qd4 Nf6
21. Qb6 h6 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Rd8 24. Ne3 Rd2 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxe2 27.
Rc2 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Nd5 29. h4 f5 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Kf3 e5 32. Ke2 Kg6 33. Ne1 e4
34. Nc2 f4 35. gxf4 Kh5 36. f3 Kxh4 37. fxe4 Nxf4+ 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. Nd4 h5 40.
e5 h4 41. e6 h3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Zude, Arno"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Rb1 Bd7
9. Be2 Ne7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Nc8 13. Nf4 Nb6 14. Nf3 Ba4 15. Qd2
g6 16. h4 O-O-O 17. g3 Be7 18. Bd1 Nb3 19. Qe2 Rdg8 20. Be3 g5 21. Ng2 f5 22.
exf6 Bxf6 23. Bc2 Be8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nh2 Bd8 26. Bc1 Qe7 27. Ne3 Rh3 28. Re1
Bg6 29. Nef1 Bxc2 30. Qxc2 Rgh8 31. Be3 Qf7 32. Re2 Nd7 33. Bd2 Rxh2 34. Nxh2
Rxh2 35. Bxg5 Qh5 36. Bh4 Rxh4 37. gxh4 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qxh4 39. Re3 Bg5 40. Rbe1
Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qh5+ 42. Kf1 Bxe3 43. Rxe3 Nf6 44. Kg1 Ng4 45. Rxe6 Qh2+ 46. Kf1
Nc1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 c5 4. Bxc4 cxd4 5. exd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 (
6... e6 7. Nf3 (7. Nc3 a6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Be3
Nb4 13. Bb1 Nbd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ovsejevitsch,S-Gyimesi,Z/Szeged 1994/TD (22)})
7... Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 Nc6 11. h3 (11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bd3
Bd7 13. a3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Be8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Keitlinghaus,L/Germany
1996/GER-chT (27)}) 11... b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Gabriel,
C-Sermek,D/Makarska 1996/EXT 98 (13)}) 10... Nc6 11. Rc1 (11. h3 Rd8 12. Qb3
Qa5 13. Be3 Qb4 $11 {0-1 Barlov,D-Sermek,D/Porto San Giorgio 1996/EXT 2000 (32)
}) 11... Rd8 12. a3 (12. Rc2 Qa5 13. Rd2 h6 14. Be3 a6 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Be8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Crombleholme,A-Giulian,P/Isle of Lewis 1995/EXT 2001 (36)}) (12.
Qb3 Qa5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. a3 Be8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 Rab8 17. Qa2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Tukmakov,V-Sturua,Z/Yerevan 1996/CBM 52 ext (32)}) 12... Qa5 13. b4 Qf5 14. Bd3
Qg4 15. h3 Qh5 16. Ne2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gabriel,C-Sermek,D/Portoroz 1993/CBM 37 
(61)}) 7. Nc3 (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qa4 Bb4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5
Bxc3 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Qb5 Bg6 16. Nh4 Rfd8 17. f4 Ne7 $11 {
0-1 Toth,A-Horvath,C/Budapest 1999/EXT 2000 (31)}) 7... e6 8. Nf3 Be7 (8... Nc6
9. O-O Be7 10. Nb5 (10. a3 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Bg5 Rfd8
15. Rac1 Qb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Vaulin,A/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 52 (34)})
(10. d5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qe4 O-O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Rxd6
$14 {0-1 Grdinic,Z-Varga,Z/Rabac 2003/CBM 94 ext (26)}) 10... Qd8 11. Ne5 (11.
Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qb3 Na5 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. a4 b4
17. c4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bf3 Ra7 20. Bb8 Rd7 21. Bc6 Qd3 $17 {0-1 Solana
Suarez,E-Mellado Trivino,J/Salamanca 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3
Nc6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Ekstroem,R-Kallai,G/France 1998/CBM 64 ext (17)})
11... Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Qb3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxb7 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L-Kallai,G/Hungary 1996/EXT
2000 (40)}) (8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Bd2 Qc7 (11... Qa3 12. Re1
Nc6 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bb5 Qd6 15. Qg4 $40 {1-0 Serper,G-Figler,I/Chicago 2002/
CBM 88 ext (19)}) 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Bb4 Nd5 14. Bc5 f6 15. Re1 Kf7 16. Bc4 Qd7
17. Qd3 a6 18. a4 $44 {1-0 Marie,M-Matei,L/St Lorrain 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) (
8... a6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rfd1 b5 14. d5 $16
{1-0 Mitkov,M-Vasovski,N/Skopje 2002/CBM 88 (32)}) 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 {
Ftacnik: 'Somewhat dubious move since the rook comes to the center too early.'}
11. Nb5 Qb6 12. a4 Rf8 (12... Re8 13. Bf4 (13. Be3 $5 Qd8 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Rc1
$36) 13... Na6 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Bg3 (15. Bh5 $5) 15... Nab4 16. Qb3 a6 17. Nc4
Qd8 18. Nbd6 Rf8 19. Bf3 b6 20. Rfe1 a5 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 $11 {0-1 Sundararajan,
K-Sermek,D/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (35)}) (12... Nc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 13. Nc4
$18) (12... a5 {Ftacnik} 13. Bd2 $14) 13. a5 Qd8 14. Bf3 Nd5 (14... a6 15. Nc3
Bb4 16. Qb3 $1 Bxa5 (16... Qxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Nc4 $18) 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18.
Qxb7 $16) 15. Bxd5 $5 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Vaganian is an excellent
strategical player, but this daring solution seems too radical.'} (15. Nc3 {
'+/=!?' Ftacnik.} Nc6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. a6 $14) 15... exd5 16. Bf4 Na6 (16...
a6 $1 17. Nc3 Nc6 {'=' Ftacnik.} 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qb3 Bf6 (19... Be6 20. Na4
$14) 20. Qb4 Re8 21. Qc5 $14) 17. Bd2 Nb4 (17... Be6 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Rac1 $14)
(17... f6 18. Nd3 Bf5 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Rfe1 $14) 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. a6 $1 Nxe5 (
19... Qb6 20. axb7 Qxb7 (20... Bxb7 21. Nd7 $18) 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Rfc1 Qb6 23.
Qxd5 (23. Ba5 Qh6 24. Nc7 Bd6 25. h3 Bxc7 26. Bxc7 $14) 23... Be6 24. Qc6 $16)
20. dxe5 bxa6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... b6 21. Rfc1 Be6 22. Qd3 $18) 21. Ba5 (21.
Ba5 Qd7 22. Nc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Borriss, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Re1 Qc8 12. Kh2 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Be3 h6 15.
b4 Kh7 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. b5 Na5 18. a4 axb5 19. axb5 c6 20. b6 cxd5 21. cxd5 Bxh3
22. Bxh3 Nxb6 23. Qd3 f5 24. Bc5 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxd5 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Kg2 Nb3
28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Rcd1 e4 30. Ne5 Nc3 31. Rd7 Nc5 32. Rc7 b6 33. Re7 Nd5 34.
Ra7 Re8 35. Nc4 h5 36. Nd6 Re7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Nd5 40. Be6
Nc3 41. Rc4 Kh6 42. Rc6 Ne4 43. Bf5 Nf6 44. Bd3 b5 45. Rb6 b4 46. Bb1 b3 47.
Rxb3 Bf8 48. Rb6 Kg7 49. Kf3 Bc5 50. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Schulze, Ulrich"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rfc1 Rc8 12. Qd3 a6 13. a4 Ne4 14. Nd2 f5 15.
f3 g5 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Bf2 Bf6 18. e4 Bg7 19. b3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qf6 21. Qe2 Qxf2+
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. g3 (7. Ne5
Bf5 8. f3 Nfd7 9. e4 Bg6 10. Qc3 Qc7 11. Be2 a5 12. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Von
Kiedrowski,K-Meyer Cording,C/Hessen 1992/GER (47)}) (7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5
Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc3 Qc7 $11 {
0-1 Piven,I-Steiner,B/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (42)}) (7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Ne5 Bh5 9.
Nec4 Qxb3 10. Nxb3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Na6 12. f3 O-O-O 13. e4 $14 {1-0 Atalik,
S-Khachiyan,M/Burbank USA 2005/The Week in Chess 543 (29)}) 7... Nbd7 (7... Be7
8. Bg2 Qd5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qh5 12. Rfe1 Bh3 13. Bh1 Nd5 14. e4
$14 {1-0 Moutousis,K-Ornithopoulos,N/Ano Liosia 1992/EXT 2003 (40)}) (7... Qa5
8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 e5 13. Nc4 Qc7
14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qe6 17. Bg2 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Drozdovskij,
Y-Belov,V/Internet 2004/CBM 104 ext (45)}) 9... Be7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. a4 Qxb3 12.
Nxb3 a5 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bb4 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2
Dreev,A-Morozevich,A/Tallinn 2003/CBM 93 (17)}) 8. Bg2 Be7 (8... Qa5 $5) 9. O-O
O-O 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. Nb3 Rfd8 13. e4 a5 14. Be3 Ng4
15. Nc5 Qc7 16. e5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 $14 {/=}) 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. e4 a5 14. Be3 a4 15.
Nd2 Qa5 (15... a3 $5 16. b3 (16. bxa3 Rxa3 17. Rfb1 Qa7 $132) (16. d5 Bc5 17.
Bxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Na6 19. dxe6 Qxb4 $132) 16... Rfd8 17. Rac1 $14) 16. a3 (16.
Qc2 $5) 16... e5 $11 (16... Rfd8 $5) 17. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Gd2c4]} (17. d5 cxd5 18.
exd5 Rfc8 $15) 17... Rfd8 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. Rfc1 $6 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg2f1,Gf1b5]
} (19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qe6 22. h3 f6 $11) (19. Rac1 exd4 20.
Bxd4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne3 Qb5 $15 {[%cal Yh5e2]}) 19... exd4 20. Bxd4 Nc5
$15 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 (21... Bxc5 $5 22. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Qa6 23. b4 axb3 24.
Rxb3 Bg4 $17 {[%cal Yg4e6]}) 22. Ne3 Qxc2 (22... Qe5 $5 23. h3 Bg6 24. Rd1 Bc5
$15) 23. Rxc2 Bf6 (23... Rd3 24. Re1 Rad8 $15) 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. g4 Bxe3 (25...
Bg6 26. Nf5 $15) 26. gxh5 Bd4 (26... Bf4 $1 {[%cal Ya8a5,Ya5h5]} 27. b3 axb3
28. Rxb3 Rd1+ 29. Bf1 Ra7 $15) 27. b3 axb3 28. Rxb3 Rd7 29. Kf1 Kf8 $1 {
[%cal Yf8e7,Ye7d8,Yd8c7]} 30. f4 Ke7 31. Ke2 Ra5 32. Bf3 Kd8 33. Bg4 Re7 34.
Kd3 Ba7 (34... c5 $1 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 35. e5 b5 36. Ke4 $132) 35. Rc4 $1 Kc7 36.
a4 $11 Bc5 37. e5 Re8 38. Ke4 Rea8 39. Rd3 $1 $132 Rxa4 $6 (39... Rd8 40. h6
Rxd3 41. Kxd3 g6 42. h4 Bf8 43. Rd4 Rd5 $11) 40. Rd7+ Kb6 41. Rxa4 Rxa4+ 42.
Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Ra3+ 45. Bf3 $16 f6 46. exf6 $1 gxf6 47. Rxh7 f5
(47... Ra8 48. h6 Rg8+ 49. Rg7 Rh8 50. h7 Bd4 51. Rd7 Ba1 52. Kg4 $18) 48. h6
Re3 49. Rd7 $1 Re6 50. h7 Rh6 51. Be2 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3f5]} Bb4 52. Bd3 Be1+ 53.
Kg2 Bc3 54. Bxf5 Ka6 55. Rd3 Bb2 56. Kg3 c5 57. h4 $18 {[%cal Gg3g5]} c4 58.
Rd8 b5 59. Kg4 b4 60. Kg5 Rc6 61. h8=Q Bxh8 62. Rxh8 b3 63. Rb8 Rc5 64. Kg4 (
64. h5 c3 65. Rxb3 c2 66. Ra3+ Kb5 67. Ra1 c1=Q 68. Rxc1 Rxc1 69. h6 Rh1 (69...
Rg1+ 70. Kf6 Rh1 71. h7 Kc5 72. Kg7 Kd4 73. Bg6 Ke3 74. f5 $18) (69... Ra1 70.
h7 Ra8 71. Be6 Rh8 72. Kg6 $18) 70. h7 Kc5 71. Bg6 $18) 64... Rb5 65. Ra8+ Kb6
66. Rc8 Rc5 67. Rb8+ (67. Rxc5 Kxc5 68. Kf3 c3 69. Ke2 Kb4 70. Kd3 $1 $18)
67... Ka5 68. h5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 Ne4 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qxd5 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bg7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O e6 14.
Rfd1 f6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Be2 Kf7 17. c4 a6 18. Ne1 Rhd8 19. Nd3 Nf5 20. Bf3 Bc8
21. Nc5 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rb8 23. Na4 f5 24. Nb6 f4 25. Kf2 fxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Bd7 27.
Rd3 Be8 28. Rad1 Rd6 29. c5 Rdd8 30. d5 Bh6+ 31. Kf2 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33.
Bxd5+ Kf6 34. b4 Bb5 35. Bc4 Bc6 36. Nd7+ Bxd7 37. Rxd7 Bf8 38. Bd5 a5 39. Bxb7
axb4 40. c6 Bc5+ 41. Ke2 Re8+ 42. Kd3 Re3+ 43. Kd2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 dxc4 {
Mit dieser Idee, die er auch gegen 7.Bd3 anwendet, konnte Vaganian einige
Punkte sammeln.} 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Nbd5 10. Nxd5 (10. Bg3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12.
e4 Bb7 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. O-O c5 15. d5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 exd5 17. exd5 g6 18. c4 Bf6
19. Rae1 Qd7 $11 {Schandorff,L-Vaganian,R/Germany 2002}) (10. Be5 Nxc3 11. bxc3
c5 12. O-O b6 13. Qb1 Kh8 14. a4 Bb7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Be4 Qe7 $11 {Savchenko,
S-Prusikin,M/Griesheim 2004}) 10... exd5 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Be5 $5 $146 {Diese
Neuerung ist mit einem agressiven Plan verbunden - WeiЯ will lang rochieren!} (
12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. b4 Re8 14. O-O c6 15. b5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18.
Ne5 Qe6 19. Qb2 Re7 20. a4 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Bologan,V/Dortmund 2003}) 12...
h6 (12... Re8 $6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bd3 Bh3 16. O-O Bg4 17. Be2
$16) 13. h3 Re8 14. O-O-O $5 (14. O-O c6 15. b4 Ne4 $11) 14... Bd7 15. g4 Ne4
$1 {Dieser starke Springer wird den weiЯen Angriff auf dem Kцnigsflьgel
bremsen.} 16. Kb1 Rc8 $1 {Vaganian lдЯt den Bauern auf c7 so lange wie mцglich
stehen, um im Falle von Bxd6 mit dem Bauern zurьcknehmen zu kцnnen.} 17. Rhf1
Re6 $1 {Sehr schцn gespielt! Schwarz bereitet Qe8 nebst Ba4 (b5) auf, auЯerdem
kann der Turm auf der 6. Reihe aktiv werden.} 18. Qb3 {Endlich von der
Verteidigung des Pf2 befreit, geht die weiЯe Dame auf die Jagd - und direkt in
die von Vaganian vorbereitete Falle!} (18. Ka1 Qe8 $1 $15) 18... Bxe5 19. Bxe4
(19. Nxe5 $2 Rb6 20. Qc2 Ba4 $19) 19... Rb6 20. Qxd5 Bd6 21. Ne5 (21. Ka1 $2
Bc6 22. Qf5 g6 $19) 21... Be6 22. Qa5 c5 $1 $15 {Das war die Idee des
Bauernopfers! WeiЯ kann den kommenden Angriff nur durch die Hergabe seiner
Dame bremsen.} 23. Ka1 cxd4 (23... c4 $5 $15 {/\Ba3}) 24. exd4 (24. Rxd4 Qe7
25. Qxa7 Rb3 $1 26. Nd3 Bxa3 $17) 24... Bxa3 $1 25. Qxa3 (25. bxa3 $2 Rb1+ $19)
25... Ra6 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27. d5 Bd7 28. Nc6 (28. Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 29. f3 g6 $15)
28... Qf6 29. f3 Qd6 $17 30. Rc1 $6 {WeiЯ sollte etwas gegen das kommende g6,
f5 unternehmen.} (30. h4 $1 {/\h5} g6 31. g5 $17) 30... g6 $1 {/\f5} 31. f4 (
31. Nd4 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Qh2 $17) (31. Rfd1 $17) 31... Re8 32. Rc4 Kg7 $19 {/\Re4
} 33. Rfc1 Qxf4 34. Bf5 Qd6 35. Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Rd1 Re2 37. d6 Qb7 38. Rb4 (38.
Rb1 Qb5 39. Rd4 Rd2 $1 $19) (38. Nb4 Qb5 $19) 38... Qxc6 39. d7 a5 40. d8=Q (
40. Rbd4 Qb6 $19) 40... axb4 41. Qd4+ Qf6 42. Qxb4 Rf2 43. Rd6 Rf4 44. Rxf6 (
44. Qd2 Qe5 $19) 44... Rxb4 45. Rf3 Rb5 {Das Turmendspiel ist leicht gewonnen
fьr Schwarz, da der weiЯe Kцnig zu weit entfernt ist.} 46. Ka2 h5 47. Ka3 hxg4
48. hxg4 a5 49. Rf4 g5 50. Rc4 f5 51. gxf5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ong, Kezli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Ndb5 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Bd7 13. Qxc4 Bc6 14. Bxc6
Rfc8 15. b4 Rxc6 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Nb5 b6 18. Bg5 Nb8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qf3 a6
21. Nd4 Rc3 22. e3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 R3xc6 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Rd4 Kg7 26. Rad1 Rc1 27.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kg2 Ra1 29. e4 Qf6 30. Rd3 Ra2 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 exf5 33.
Kf3 f6 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Rc3 Ke7 36. h4 h5 37. f3 Kf7 38. Kd4 Rg2 39. Kd5 Rxg3
40. Kc6 Rh3 41. Kxb6 Rxh4 42. Kxa6 Rf4 43. b5 Ra4+ 44. Kb7 h4 45. f4 Rxf4 46.
b6 Rg4 47. Ka6 Rg3 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. a4 h3 50. b7 Rb3 51. Rc1 f4 52. a5 f3 53.
Ka7 Kf5 54. b8=Q Rxb8 55. Kxb8 h2 56. a6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 8. e4
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. f4 Rfc8 14. b3 Qb8 15.
Rc2 Nc5 16. Bf2 g6 17. Rd2 Bf8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Qf3
Ng4 22. Bg1 Bg7 23. Qxb7 Nxb7 24. Na4 Rd8 25. Nxb6 Rab8 26. Rde2 Nxe5 27. Rxe5
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rd6 29. Nf3 f6 30. Re2 e5 31. c5 Rc6 32. b4 Rd8 33. g4 g5 34. Rd2
Kf7 35. a4 h5 36. h3 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ke6 38. Rxd8 Nxd8 39. Nd2 Rc7 40. b5 axb5
41. axb5 Ra7 42. Ndc4 Rc7 43. Kf3 f5 44. gxf5+ Kxf5 45. Nd5 g4+ 46. Kg3 Rh7 47.
c6 Ne6 48. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheliabinsk"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Zeljeznicar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 {Attacking the B is the most
natural move, although it has also a drawback - Black weakens his >>.} (12...
fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. g4 $5 Ne7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.
Nxf4 Qf8 19. Qd4 Qg7 20. Rf2 Rf7 21. Qxg7+ Rxg7 22. h3 Bd7 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24.
dxe6 Nc6 25. c5 $1 Rd8 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Rd1 Rc7 28. g5 Kg7 29. a3 $14 {
Akopian,V-Kotsur,P/WChT Lucerne/1997/}) 13. Bxf6 {White doesn't want to lose
time and is willing even to exchange the important dark-squared B.} (13. Bd2 c6
$13) 13... Bxf6 (13... Rxf6 $5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 c6 $5 (15... Kh7 16. Qd3
Rf8 17. Rae1 Be5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. c5 Qg7 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Ne6
Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rac8 24. Nd5 $36 {Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/Riga/1995/}) 16. Kh1 Rf7
17. Qd2 Be5 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Nf4 Be5 20. Nd3 Bg7 {1/2, Huzman,A-Nijboer,F/
Amsterdam/1994/}) 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 g5 $146 {[%csl Rg8] Nurkic's idea is
risky, as it further weakens the already vulnerable >>.} (15... Be5 $5 16. exf5
(16. Qd2 g5 $5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 f4 19. Nd5 Ng6 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Bh3 c6
22. e7 Nxe7 23. Nxf4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. Rab1 Be5 27. Rxb7 Rxf4
28. Rxf4 Bxf4 29. Rxe7 a5 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Rb7 Re8 32. Bf5 Re5 {1/2, Ruck,
R-Solleveld,M/Zurich/2005/}) 16... Bxf5 17. Qd2 (17. Kh1 c6 18. Qb3 Qb6 19.
Rae1 Qxb3 20. axb3 g5 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Rf8 24. Ne4 c5 25.
Bh3 Nc6 26. Bg4 Re8 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rf1 $11 {1/2, Johannessen,
L-Gullaksen,E/NOR-chT Langesund/1999/}) 17... Qd7 (17... c6 18. Kh1 Qb6 19.
Rae1 Rf7 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Nf5 23. Bh3 Qe3 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25.
Rf7 g5 $1 $14 {/<=>, Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas/1994/}) 18. Nb5 c5 19.
dxc6 bxc6 20. Nd4 g5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Nd5 Raf8 23. Ne3 (23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.
Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Bxc6 Qf6 26. Rd1 Bxb2 27. Qe3 $14) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25.
Bxf1 Qe6 26. b4 Kg7 27. Nc2 Qf5 28. Bd3 Qf3 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Bxe2 Nf5 31. Bg4
Nd4 $11 {Schandorff,L-Solleveld,M/Copenhagen/2003/}) 16. Ne6 (16. Nd3 c6 $5 17.
Qh5 Bg7 $132) 16... Bxe6 17. dxe6 c6 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Qd3 (19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Qd3
Nd4 21. Rxf8+ (21. Qg6 Rf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 $11) 21... Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qe8 (22... Qe7
23. Rf7 Qxe6 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qxd4+ $16) 23. Bh3 Qh5 24. Ne4 $5 (24. Bf5 Nxf5
25. Rxf5 Re8 $11) 24... Qxh3 25. Nf6+ Kf8 (25... Bxf6 $2 26. Rxf6 $18) 26. Nh5+
Kg8 27. Nxg7 Rf8 $1 {/\} 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qxd4 Qf1+ 30. Qg1 Qf3+ $11) 19...
f4 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Rad1 Ng6 $5 (21... Be5 22. c5 $5 (22. Qh3 $16) 22... dxc5
23. Qh3 $40) 22. Qh3 ({A later round saw White play the more direct and logical
} 22. Qxd6 $5 $146 Qh4 (22... Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Ne5 $5 $14) 23. e7 $1 Nxe7 24. Ne2
Qf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf4 Bxb2 27. Rd7 Be5 28. Nd3 Ng6 29. Rg1 Bf6 30. Bh3 (
30. e5 $1 $18) 30... Bg5 31. Bf5 Nh4 (31... Rad8 $142 $1) 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Ne5
Rae8 34. Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Bxf7 Rxe4 36. Bh5 Rxc4 37. Re1 Rc1 38. Bd1 {1-0,
Schandorff,L-Nurkic,S/EU-Cup Saint Vincent/2005/}) 22... Qe7 23. Rg1 Ne5 24.
Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 640] White has to get his >> going fast, so he brings over the N,
even sacrificing a piece in the process.} f3 $2 {Black falls in too readily
with White's plans.} (24... Nxc4 $142 25. Rdf1 $5 $13 (25. Nd4 Nxb2 26. Nf5 (
26. Rd2 Nc4 $17) 26... Rxf5 27. exf5 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 d5 $17)) 25. Nd4 fxg2+ (
25... f2 26. Rgf1 $36 {/\} Nxc4 27. Nf5 Qxe6 28. b3 $18) 26. Rxg2 Kh8 27. Nf5
Rxf5 28. exf5 Kh7 29. Rdg1 Rg8 $2 {This lands the B into a long-term pin and
Black's position will be paralysed.} (29... Bf6 $142 $1 {was necessary, White
has pressure, but the outcome of the game is still open.} 30. Qh5 Qe8 31. Qe2
$36) 30. Rg3 Qf6 31. Qg2 (31. Qf1 $1 {wins faster, but White doesn't have to
hurry.}) 31... Kh8 32. b3 a6 33. a4 a5 34. Qd2 (34. Qf2 $1 Kh7 (34... h5 35.
Rg5 $18) 35. e7 $1 Qxe7 36. f6 $18) 34... Qxf5 {Eases White's task.} (34... b6
35. Qf2 {[%cal Re6e7] /\e7+-}) 35. e7 Qe6 (35... Qe4+ 36. Qg2 Nd3 37. Rxd3 Qxe7
(37... Qxd3 38. e8=Q $18) 38. Qg6 $18) 36. Rxg7 $1 (36. Rxg7 Rxg7 37. e8=Q+
Qxe8 38. Qxh6+ Rh7 39. Qf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 a6 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Qe2 b5 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ng6
fxg6 15. Qxe6+ Qe7 16. Qb6 Kf7 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rhe1 Be4 20.
Qxb5 Qe6 21. Qd7+ Qxd7 22. Rxd7+ Ke6 23. Rd4 f5 24. f3 Bc5 25. Rd3 Ke5 26. fxe4
fxe4 27. a3 Rhf8 28. Rh3 h5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. Nc5 a5 13. a3 Be7 14. h4 Nxc5 15. bxc5
h5 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. Ra2 g6 18. Rah2 Bd7 19. Be2 Rh8 20. h5 gxh5 21. f5 exf5
22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Be6 24. Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Bxh5 Kd7 26. Qb1 Rf8 27. Bh6 Rg8
28. Bf4 Rh8 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Qxb5 Rb8 31. Qa4 Rb2+ 32. Kc1 Qb7 33. Bd1 Ra2 34.
Rh2 Ra1+ 35. Kd2 Qb1 36. Rf2 Qd3+ 37. Ke1 Qxc3+ 38. Bd2 Qxd4 39. Qb5 Qe4+ 40.
Re2 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Nbd7 {Neben 8...dxc4 ist dies eine andere Mцglichkeit, die Hauptvariante 8...
Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 zu vermeiden.} (8... Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10.
cxd5 exd5 11. b4) 9. cxd5 exd5 ({Gut spielbar ist fьr Schwarz auch} 9... Nxd5
10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rc1 c5) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg3 {
Chuchelov weicht gleich von der Hauptvariante 11.Rc1 ab.} (11. Rc1 c5 12. Qa4 (
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qb3 Bc6 14. Bg3 a5 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18.
Bxe5 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Qb7 $11 {Aleshin,O (2412)-Rychagov,A (2509)/Moscow 2006})
12... a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qa7 16. Bg3 Rad8 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18.
Qd1 Bf8 19. Bh4 Qa8 $11 {Topalov,V (2740)-Kasparov,G (2825)/Sofia 1998}) 11...
Ne4 $6 {Dies verspricht keinen Ausgleich, besser gefдllt mir 11...c5.} (11...
c5 $5) (11... Nh5 $5 12. Be5 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Nhf6 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Rb8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qc3 Rxb2 $11 {Chuchelov,V (2534)
-Graf,A (2604)/Kusadasi 2006}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6
15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qa4 $14) 13... Bd6 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qb3 $14 {WeiЯ hat einen
leichten Vorteil, seine Leichtfiguren sind besser als die entsprechenden
schwarzen.} Nf6 16. Rfc1 d5 17. a4 $1 {Kreiert neben d5 eine weitere Schwдche
auf b6.} Rc8 18. a5 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qd6 20. axb6 (20. Nb1 Rc8 21. Nc3 $14) 20...
axb6 21. Nb1 Rb8 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Ra1 Qc7 24. Ra6 g6 25. h3 Kg7 26. Qa3 h5 27.
h4 $2 {Soweit hat Vladimir hervorragend gespielt, aber der Textzug erlaubt
Schwarz ein energisches Gegenspiel. Dagegen verfestigte das konsequente und
logische 27.Ra7! den weiЯen Vorteil.} (27. Ra7 $1 Rb7 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 (28... Qxb7
29. Qd6 $16) 29. Qa7 Ne8 30. Bb5 Nd6 31. Ba6 $16 {, und die Schwдchen b6 und
d5 sind sehr empfindlich.}) 27... Ng4 $1 {Rafik lдЯt sich nicht zweimal bitten.
} 28. g3 $5 {Sehr riskanter Gewinnversuch, aber auch nach 28.Bxg4 war der
Lцwenteil des weiЯen Vorteils bereits weg.} (28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. g3 Qd7 $11)
28... Nxe3 $1 29. Ra7 Bb7 $2 {Auch Vaganian spielt auf Gewinn (vermutlich
hatte er hier deutlich mehr Bedenkzeit). Mit 29...Rb7 kцnnte er das
Unentschieden mehr oder weniger erzwingen.} (29... Rb7 $1 30. Ra8 (30. Rxb7
Bxb7 31. fxe3 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Bc8 33. Bb5 Bg4 $15) 30... Rb8 $11) 30. fxe3 Qxg3+
31. Kf1 Bc8 32. Bb5 Qxe3 33. Ne2 $1 {Ein starker Verteidigungszug, selbst wenn
WeiЯ dazu keine Alternative hatte. Angesichts der Drohung Qe7 wird Schwarz zum
Damenabtausch gezwungen.} Qxa3 34. Rxa3 Bg4 35. Nc3 $16 {Trotz des materiellen
Gleichgewichts steht WeiЯ im Endspiel deutlich besser. Die nдchsten Zьge
scheinen in Zeitnot verlaufen zu sein.} Rd8 36. Bc6 Rd6 37. Bxd5 e3 38. Bc4 $2
(38. Ra7 $1 Rf6+ 39. Ke1 Rf4 40. Rb7 $16) 38... Rf6+ $2 (38... Rxd4 $1 $15) 39.
Ke1 Rf2 40. Be2 $16 {Hier scheint WeiЯ nach Zeit verloren zu haben.} (40. Nd5
$1 $18) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Wintzer, Joachim"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kirchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3
Nd7 9. Bd3 h5 10. gxh5 Ndf6 11. Qf3 Nxh5 12. Nge2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Ng3 Ngf6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5+ Kb8 18. Kb1 Rde8 19. Rhg1 g6 20. Bd3
Ng7 21. Ne2 Re7 22. Nf4 Nfh5 23. Ne2 Qf6 24. Qg2 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 26. Ka1 Ka8
27. a3 Re4 28. Rh1 Rh4 29. Rh2 Ng7 30. Rdh1 a6 31. Ng1 Ne8 32. Ne2 Nd6 33. Ng3
Qe6 34. Qf1 Nc4 35. Qg2 Ka7 36. Ne2 Qf5 37. Ng3 Qc2 38. Rb1 Qb3 39. Qf1 Nxa3
40. Rc1 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "ARM-chT clubs"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2006.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Babujian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Na6 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Be3
Qe8 15. Qa5 e5 16. Nb3 Ba4 17. Bd5 Kh8 18. Rac1 f5 19. Bxc5 b6 20. Bxb6 axb6
21. Qxb6 f4 22. Qe6 Bd7 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qxe5 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rf5 26. Qe3 Qd7
27. Rd3 Bg5 28. f4 1-0

[Event "ARM-chT clubs"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2006.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 f5 12. Rb1 Nf6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 b6 15. f3
Rf7 16. a4 h6 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. Ba3 Nb6 20. Qb3 Ba6 21. Nb5 Nxc4 22.
Qxc4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qb6+ 24. Bc5 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Rc8 26. Bxb6 Rxc4 27. Nxd6 Rc3
28. Bxa5 Ra3 29. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Adamski, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 c5 5. O-O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qa4 d4 8.
Nd5 Be7 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. f4 O-O 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Bf5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4
20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Ke2 Bxd3+ 22. cxd3 Kg7 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Rc5 Kg6 25. g4 b6 26.
Rb5 Rd4 27. h3 Ra4 28. a3 Ra5 29. Rxa5 bxa5 30. Ke3 f5 31. Kf4 fxg4 32. hxg4
Kf6 33. a4 h6 34. d4 Ke6 35. Ke4 Kd6 36. d5 f6 37. Kd4 a6 38. b3 Kd7 39. Kc5 f5
40. gxf5 h5 41. Kd4 h4 42. Ke4 h3 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Graz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. h3
Qe8 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Nh7 11. e4 Bf6 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Ng5 15.
Rad1 Nb6 16. b3 Bd7 17. dxe5 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 dxe5 19. c4 Rad8 20. c5 Na8 21. b4
a6 22. a4 b5 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Rd1 c6 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Nc7 30. Qc1 g5 31. Bb2 Ne8 32. Qc3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 f6
34. e5 Qe2 35. exf6 Qxf2 36. Qb3+ Kf8 37. Qe6 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc7 39. f7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 g6 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na6 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Bf4 Re8 14. a4 Ba6 15. Bxa6
Nxa6 16. Nd2 Nc7 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Qf3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Brijeg SK Siroki"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8.
Bxc4 Bg7 9. Qd2 Na5 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Bh6 O-O 12. h4 Qd6 13. h5 Bxh6 14. Qxh6
gxh5 15. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4
16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Nd2 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Ra5 20. fxe4 Rxb5 21. Qxa4 Ra5
22. Qc6 bxa3 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Qxb6 Qd7 25. O-O Rc8 26. Qa6 Rb5 27. Rb1 Rb2 28.
Rxb2 axb2 29. Qb7 Ba3 30. Rd1 g5 31. Bg3 Kg7 32. Qa6 Bb4 33. d5 Bc3 34. Qc4 Bf6
35. d6 Ra8 36. Qc2 Ra1 37. Be1 Rxd1 38. Qxd1 Qc6 39. Kf1 Be5 40. Qb3 Qc1 41.
Ke2 b1=Q 42. Qxb1 Qxb1 43. c8=Q Qb5+ 44. Kf2 Bxd6 45. Qc3+ Be5 46. Qa5 Qb2+ 47.
Qd2 Qb1 48. Qe2 Kg6 49. Qf3 Qd3 50. g4 Bc3 51. Bxc3 Qxc3 52. Qe4+ Kg7 53. Qb1
Qe5 54. Qh1 Qb2+ 55. Kg3 Qc3 56. Qg1 f5 57. gxf5 exf5 58. Kf3 Qc6+ 59. Kf2 Qc2+
60. Kg3 Qd3 61. Qc1 f4+ 62. Kg4 fxe3 63. Kxg5 e2 64. Kf4 Kf6 65. Qc6+ Ke7 66.
Qb7+ Kd6 67. Qb4+ Kd5 68. Qa5+ Kc4 69. Qa2+ Kc3 70. Qa1+ Kc2 71. Qa2+ Kd1 72.
Qa1+ Kd2 73. Qb2+ Ke1 74. Kg4 Qe4+ 75. Kg3 Qe3+ 76. Kg2 Qf2+ 77. Kh1 Qf3+ 78.
Kh2 Kf1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
a6 9. e4 b5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 b4 12. Nd5 a5 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
c5 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Rd6 Rfc8 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. h4 f6 20. Bh3 Rc7 21. a3 Qf7
22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 bxa3 24. bxa3 h5 25. Bd2 Bc4 26. Bxa5 Ra7 27. Nd2 Bb5 28.
Qb3 Qxb3 29. Nxb3 Kf7 30. Bb4 Ne6 31. Rd6 Nd4 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. Bf1 Ba4 34.
Bc4+ Ke7 35. Rxd4 Bc2 36. Rd2 Bxe4 37. f4 Ra8 38. Kf2 Rb8 39. Rd6 g5 40. Bc3
gxf4 41. gxf4 Kf8 42. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Qg6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. Nf4 Qd6 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. f3 Ng6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. e4 Be6 16. e5 Qe7 17. f4 O-O-O 18. b3 Kb8 19. Kb2 Bf5 20. Qe3 Be4 21.
a3 f5 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rg1 Nf8 24. g3 Ne6 25. b4 g5 26. Ne2 Rh6 27. Rd2 Rg8 28.
Nc3 Rg6 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Bc4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Rxg1 32. Qxg1 Rd8 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 34.
Qxg7 e3 35. Rd3 Qc4 36. Rc3 Qxd4 37. Qg3 Qd1 38. Rc2 e2 39. Rc1 Rd2+ 40. Kb1
e1=Q 0-1

[Event "Venacu op"]
[Site "Venacu"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. g3 a5 7. Qc2 b5 8. c5 b4
9. e4 Ba6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 a4 13. O-O Qc8 14. Re1 Qa6 15. Qe3
Qb5 16. h4 Na6 17. Nf1 Nc7 18. Bd2 h6 19. a3 b3 20. Bc3 O-O-O 21. Qd2 Rdg8 22.
N1h2 f5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Ba5 e5 25. Bxc7 Kxc7 26. dxe5 Bxc5 27. Kg2 f5 28.
Rac1 Nb6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Nc4 31. e6 Qb6 32. Qf6 Kb7 33. e7 Re8 34. Re6
Rh7 35. Nf3 Qc7 36. Rce1 f4 37. g4 Qd7 38. Nd4 Ne3+ 39. fxe3 Rhxe7 40. exf4 Rf7
41. Qg6 h5 42. Ra1 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Venacu op"]
[Site "Venacu"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O
a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. b4 b5 11. c5 a5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. g4 Nhf6
16. f4 Nf8 17. e5 N6d7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. cxd6 Qd8 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. d5 axb4 22.
d6 Qd8 23. axb4 g5 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Nf5 gxf4 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxf4 Ng6 28. Rf5
Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Ndxe5 30. Ne4 Bc8 31. Nc5 Bxf5 32. gxf5 Nf8 33. f6+ Kh8 34. Qh5
Nfd7 35. Nxd7 Nxd7 36. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "ARM-chT"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Avetik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 b5 6. Nxb5 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxb2 8. Rb1
Bg7 9. d6 O-O 10. Qc2 Nxd6 11. Nxd6 exd6 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Re8 14. Nf3 d5 15.
cxd5 Ba6 16. O-O Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. d6 Rc8 19. Qa4 Bxe2 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Bh3
Bf3 22. Qxd7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rf8 24. Qc7 d3 25. d7 Be2 26. Rb1 Qd4 27. Be3 Qd5
28. Qb7 Qxa2 29. Qb3 Qa5 30. Qc4 Qc3 31. Qd5 Bf6 32. Rc1 Qb2 33. Kg2 Rd8 34.
Bh6 Qb6 35. Qe4 Rf8 36. Rc8 Bg7 37. d8=Q Rxd8 38. Qe8+ Bf8 39. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Moor, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5
c6 9. Nbc3 cxd5 10. exd5 Bg4 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rc1 Na6 14. O-O Rc8 15.
d6 e4 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Nf4 Bf3 18. Nb5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxc8
Nxc8 22. Rc1 Re5 23. d7 Nb6 24. Nxa7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4
Nc6 9. Nf3 b6 10. h5 Ba6 11. Rh4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Kg1 Nge7
15. h6 gxh6 16. c3 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nf5 18. Rh5 Rg8 19. Kh2 Na5 20. Kh3 Nb3 21.
Be1 Rg6 22. Rb1 Na5 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Bc1 Ng7 25. Rxh6 Rxh6+ 26. Bxh6 Nf5 27. Bc1
h5 28. Ng5 Nxa3 29. Rb3 Nc4 30. Nh7 Kd8 31. Nf6 h4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. Qb3 Nbxd5 8.
e4 Nb6 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Nf4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7
15. a4 Be8 16. Be3 Nbd7 17. Na3 Nb8 18. b4 Na6 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Nc4
Rc8 22. Bf1 Nab8 23. b5 b6 24. Bh3 Kh8 25. e5 e6 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Bxe6 cxb5 28.
Bxf7 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 bxa4 30. Qe6 Nc5 31. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ris, Robert"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Bb7 ({Black has another option} 8... Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 {, which leads to a
fashionable tabya.}) 9. b3 Na6 $5 {Quite an interesting alternative to the
well-known} (9... Nbd7) 10. Nc3 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 {Maybe objectively not the
best move, but it's easy to understand Rafael, who was aiming for a
complicated game.} ({Black has good chances to equalise after} 11... Nb4 {
for example:} 12. Qb1 (12. Qb2 Nfxd5 $13) 12... Nbxd5 13. Bb2 cxd4 {1/2-1/2
Ross,D-Dizdar,G/Saint John 1988/CBM 006 (36)} (13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 $11))
12. Bb2 ({White can also develop his bishop another way:} 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Be5
h6 14. Nh4 Nb4 15. Qf5 {1-0 Marin,M-Bagaturov,G/Batumi 1999/CBM 074 (41) with
some pressure.}) 12... Qc8 (12... Rc8 {is always met by} 13. Bh3 Rb8 14. Rac1
$14 {1-0 Gasthofer,V-Deutsch,A/Orel 1992/EXT 1997 (34)}) 13. Rac1 Rd8 $146 {
There are two games in my database, where this position has occurred, with
Black to move! It's understandable, since Black has played 10...c5 after he
previously started with 6...c6. Anyway, I don't believe it's very important in
this position and might change the assessment of the whole line. In my opinion
White keeps a slight edge in this position.} (13... h6 14. e3 Qe6 15. Ne5 Rfc8
16. Qb1 Bd6 17. Ne2 $14 {1-0 Veingold,A-Gonzalez Mateos,R/Benasque 1993/TD (54)
}) 14. Qb1 h6 {[%csl Gg5] Black covers the g5-square with the clear intention
to play 15...Qe6.} (14... Qe6 $2 15. dxc5 $1 bxc5 16. Ng5 Qg4 17. Nxd5 {
[%csl Gh7][%cal Gb2f6]}) 15. dxc5 {Quite a possible continuation.} ({I would
definitely prefer the solid} 15. e3 Qe6 16. Ne2 $14) 15... bxc5 16. Ne5 ({
Another option would have been} 16. Nh4 {but Black is fine after} d4 ({worse is
} 16... Qe6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. e3 g6 19. Nh4 Bg7 20. Ne2 $14) 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ne4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 (19... Re8 $5) 20. Qxe4 Qe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Nh4 Nb4 $1
$132) 16... d4 ({The natural} 16... Qe6 {is strongly met by} 17. Nd3 {and the
idea Nf4 is very unpleasant.}) 17. Bxb7 $2 {A huge strategical mistake, which
allows Black to seize the initiative.} ({White should have played} 17. Ne4 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qe6 20. e3 $1 {and after} dxe3 21. Qxe3 Bf6 22. Re1 Bxe5
23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Rd2 $11 {Black equalises comfortably, but White is
definitely out of danger.}) 17... Qxb7 18. Na4 {Certainly not the best square
for White's knight, where it will be completely out of the game.} Rd5 $1 19.
Nf3 ({Black is better also after} 19. Nd3 Re8 20. Ba3 Ne4) 19... Re8 $17 {
The game has been changed dramatically over the last few moves and now Black
has a clear advantage, while it's difficult to imagine White's counterplay.}
20. Ba3 Bf8 {[%csl Ge2]} (20... Bd6 $5) 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Rc2 Rf5 23. Rf1 ({
Apparently a better try would have been} 23. Nb2 {with the idea Nc4.} {But
anyway Black keeps a clear edge after} Rf6 (23... Nc7 24. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Gf5]})
24. Nc4 Nc7 {following by 25...Nd5.}) 23... Re6 24. h4 $2 {[%csl Gg3]
Obviously a suicidal decision, now White will be helpless against Black's idea
to sacrifice something on g3.} ({Black wins nicely after the natural} 24. Nd2
c4 $1 25. bxc4 (25. Nxc4 Bxa3 26. Nxa3 Nb4 27. Qxd4 Rd5 28. Rc7 Qxc7 29. Qxb4
Nd2 $19) 25... Bxa3 26. Qxa3 Ng5 27. f3 Rxe2 {with a decisive attack.}) (24.
Nb2 $142 $17) 24... Bd6 {[%csl Gg3]} 25. Nb2 (25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 Rff6 {
threatening 27...Bg3} 27. Rfd1 Bxg3 (27... Re4 $5 $19 {[%cal Ge4h4]}) 28. fxg3
Re3 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Rg6 $1 31. Qxg6 fxg6 32. Bd6 d3 $1 33. Rxd3 (33.
exd3 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Gg1]}) 33... Rxe2 34. Rd5 Rxa2 $19) 25... Rg6 26. Nc4 (
26. Rd1 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qb8 $1 {wins easily.}) 26... Bxg3 $1 {Not a difficult
move, but anyway it's nice.} 27. fxg3 Qb8 ({The computer shows} 27... Rxg3+ 28.
Kh1 Qc8 $19 29. Qxe4 $140 Rf4 $1 {[%cal Gc8h3]}) 28. e3 ({Of course more
stubborn was} 28. Ng5 {but White is lost after} Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nxg3+ 30. Kf2
Qf4+ 31. Qf3 hxg5 $19) 28... Qxg3+ {Now it's mate.} 29. Kh1 Qh3+ (29... Rxf3)
30. Rh2 Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Nxf1+ 32. Kf2 Nxh2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pert, Richard G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. g4 Bg6 16. Nfd2 h6 17. f3 Nf8 18. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 19. Qf2 Qb4 20. Ra1 N6d7 21.
Rfd1 f6 22. c3 Qe7 23. Nc4 b6 24. Bf1 Bf7 25. Rd2 Rab8 26. Rad1 Kh8 27. Rd6
Rec8 28. Qc2 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 b5 30. Bf1 bxa4 31. Nxa5 Rb6 32. Nc4 Rb3 33. Qf2 c5
34. Qd2 Rc7 35. Ra6 Nb8 36. Rxa4 Rd7 37. Qc2 Rbb7 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Ra8 Rd8 40.
Qb3 Nbd7 41. Rxd8 Qxd8 42. Nd6 Qa8 43. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 1st"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Na6 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qb4 13. Be2 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Nc7
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bb3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Rac1 Rdd8 19. Kg2 e6 20. g4 h6 21.
Be3 a6 22. f4 Nb5 23. Kf3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 b5 25. c4 a5 26. a4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 Nd7
28. Rdc1 Rb8 29. Bd1 Nb6 30. Rxc6 Bxd4 31. h4 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 Rd7 33. g5 hxg5 34.
hxg5 Kf8 35. Rc7 Ke7 36. R1c5 Ra8 37. Be2 Ra7 38. Rxa7 Rxa7 39. Bb5 Na8 40. Kd4
f6 41. Rc8 Nc7 42. Kc5 e5 43. Kb6 Nxb5 44. axb5 Rd7 45. Rc6 fxg5 46. fxg5 a4
47. Rc3 Rd4 48. Ka7 Rxe4 49. b6 Rb4 50. b7 Kd6 51. b8=Q+ Rxb8 52. Kxb8 e4 53.
Ra3 Ke5 54. Kc7 Kf4 55. Kd6 e3 56. Rxa4+ Kxg5 57. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 1st"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2007.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. g3 Bd7 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. O-O h6 14. Nh3 g5 15. f3
f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Re1 Nd8 18. Re2 Be8 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 Bg6 21. b5 Re8
22. Bb4 Nf7 23. Rae1 Kd7 24. Nf2 h5 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Nd6 27. Bxd6 Kxd6 28.
c3 Rhg8 29. Re5 Bc2 30. R5e2 Ba4 31. Rb1 e5 32. dxe5+ Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Kxe5 34.
Bf3 Kd6 35. Kg2 Kc5 36. Kg3 Re8 37. h4 Ne4+ 38. Bxe4 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 dxe4 40. g5
Bc2 41. Re1 Kxb5 42. Re3 Ka4 43. g6 Kxa3 44. Kg5 Kb3 45. g7 Bd3 46. Nxe4 Bxe4
47. Rxe4 Rg8 48. Re7 b5 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 1st"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O Bxb5 12. Ncxb5 Na6 13. Qf3 Be7 14.
e5 Qb6 15. exf6 Bc5 16. Rfd1 O-O-O 17. a4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc7 19. Qf4 Rd5 20. Nb5
e5 21. Qf5+ Qe6 22. Qc2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sigfusson, Sigurdur Dadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. c5 Be6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nd7
15. Qd1 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nc4 17. Re2 Qa5 18. b4 Qd8 19. Rb1 b5 20. Kh2 Re8 21. Rb3
Rc8 22. Rc2 Qd7 23. Rd3 f5 24. Nf4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bf7 26. f3 Qa7 27. h4 Be5 28.
Kh1 Bg7 29. g4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Qe7 31. Qe1 Re8 32. g5 Qb7 33. Re2 Ne5 34. Rxd6
Bc4 35. Rd5 Bxe2 36. Qxe2 Qc8 37. Be3 Ng4 38. Bc5 Bf8 39. Kg2 Bxc5 40. Rxc5 Qd7
41. Rd5 Qf7 42. e5 Qe6 43. Kg3 h5 44. gxh6 Nxh6 45. Qe4 Nf5+ 46. Kh2 Nd6 47.
Rxd6 Qxd6 48. exd6 Rxe4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 $5 h6 8.
Bd2 Nhf6 9. Qc2 {In this variation White tries to prove that the pawn on h6
can create problems for Black in the future. Traditionally such a conception
is based on the fact that by playing ...h6 Black weakens the g6-square and
later might have less possibilities to fight for the square ... e5 (!). For
instance if White installs a knight on e5, Black's option to chase it away
with ...f6 is no longer attractive due to the weakness on g6. Also in other
cases the weakness of g6 can play an important role.  However, this variation
was never considered really dangerous for Black. It has become popular lately
mainly thanks to the efforts of P.Eljanov, who constantly discovers new active
possibilities for White. One of these ideas was implemented by Vaganian in the
present game on move 14, when White uses the pawn on h6 in order to create at
some later stage a direct attack on the kingside.} Qc7 (9... g6 10. Bf4 (10. h3
$5) (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bd3 Bg7 15. O-O $11
{/+/=, 1-0 Kuzubov,Y (2544)-Lanzani,M (2356)/Kusadasi 2006 (40)}) 10... g5 (
10... Nh5 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. e3 Ng7 (13... Bg7 14. f4 (14. Be2 $5)
14... Bf5 15. Bd3 e6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kacheishvili,G (2597)-Kamsky,G (2700)/
Minneapolis 2005 (30)}) 14. g4 $1 $36 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2600)-Saltaev,M (2511)/
Kemer 2007 (31)}) 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. e4 (12. O-O-O $5) 12... g4 13. Nh4 e6 14. Qe2
Qg5 15. f4 {White's last two moves are not particularly impressive.} gxf3 16.
Nxf3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2686)-Volkov,S (2640)/
Dresden 2007}) (9... e6 $6 10. e4 b6 11. exd5 (11. e5 Nh7 (11... Ng8 12. cxb6
Nxb6 13. Bd3 $32) 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. h4 $5 $36 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf1d3]}) 11...
exd5 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. O-O-O $5 Bd7 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Rg1 c5 17. dxc5
Bxc5 18. g4 Bxf2 19. Rg2 Bd4 20. Nxd7 Nfxd7 21. g5 hxg5 (21... h5 $142) 22.
Bxg5 Bf6 23. Nxd5 Bxg5 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Rxg5 $16 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2655)
-Savchenko,B (2569)/Moscow 2006 (35)}) 10. e4 dxe4 ({In my opinion the
critical continuation is the rare} 10... e5 {and then after} 11. exd5 cxd5 {
White should probably continue} 12. b4 exd4 13. Na4 {but for a precise
assessment this variation must be tested in practice.}) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4
Nf6 13. Qc2 Be6 {Thanks to his firm control over the d5-square, this position
looks quite safe for Black. His plan is to play ...Bd5, ...e6, ...Be7 and ...
0-0. White's plan usually involves castling short as well, and although the
first player keeps his space advantage anyway, Black hasn't experienced many
problems holding the balance in the previous games when White castled short.}
14. O-O-O $5 {A recent idea of P.Eljanov, which combines perfectly with the
concept behind 7.Bg5 - to exploit the pawn on h6 in White's favour. Suddenly
the normal plan with kingside castling becomes dangerous for Black due to the
direct attack on the kingside (White will advance his g- and h-pawns).} (14.
Bd3 {is not problematic for Black::} Nd7 {The most accurate, preventing 15.Ne5}
({After} 14... Bd5 15. Ne5 $1 {White keeps an edge.}) 15. O-O Bd5 16. Rfe1 e6
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Rac1 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2735)-Kasparov,
G (2830)/Linares 2004 (36)}) ({Worthy of attention is} 14. Ne5 $5 {which has
never yet been seen in practice.} Nd7 $140 15. Bf4 Qa5+ 16. Qc3 $14) 14... Nd7
(14... g6 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Rde1 Bd5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. f4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bxg2 20. e6
Bxh1 21. exd7+ ({A good alternative was to take the pawn in order to destroy
Black's pawn structure:} 21. exf7+ Kxf7 (21... Kf8 22. Rxh1 $44) 22. Bxg6+ Kf8
23. Rxh1 $44) 21... Qxd7 22. Rxh1 Qd5 23. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2686)
-Laznicka,V (2608)/Dresden 2007 (50). White should be better.}) 15. h4 b6 $146
{Starting actions on the queenside might appear logical, but Black must keep
in mind that from now on he will always have problems with his own king.} ({
In the previous game Black didn't experience visible difficulties, although
there are certainly possibilities for White to improve:} 15... Bd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4
17. Qxc4 e6 18. Kb1 Be7 19. Rh3 Nf6 20. Ne5 (20. Rg3 $5 Nh5 (20... O-O $2 21.
Bxh6 Nh5 22. Rg4 $18) (20... Ne4 $140 21. Rxg7 Kf8 22. Rxf7+ Kxf7 23. Ne5+ Ke8
24. Qxe6 Nxd2+ 25. Rxd2 {and the attack seems to be decisive}) 21. Rg4 $14)
20... Nd5 21. h5 Bf6 22. f4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 O-O-O 24. g4 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Re1
Rde8 27. Qd3 Qh7 28. Qxh7 Rxh7 29. Rg3 Ree7 30. Kc2 Kd7 31. Kd3 Rh8 32. Ke2 Rg7
33. Reg1 Ke8 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Re4 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2686)
-Malakhov,V (2679)/Sochi 2007}) (15... O-O-O 16. Kb1 Bd5 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4
e6 $14 19. Qa4 $5 $36 {[%cal Gd2a5,Gh1e1,Ge1e3]} (19. g3 {[%cal Gd2f4]})) 16.
Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 e6 18. Rhe1 Be7 ({After} 18... bxc5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 ({or} 19...
Bxc5 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxc5 $16) 20. Bc3 {Black's position is
difficult}) 19. g4 $1 $16 {White finished development and can start active
actions, while Black is suffering because of the impossibility to colve the
problem of his king.} Qb7 20. g5 hxg5 (20... h5 21. g6 $18) (20... b5 21. Qd3
O-O-O 22. g6 $16) 21. Bxg5 ({Even more convincing is} 21. hxg5 {and Black is
in troubles:} g6 (21... b5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Qxe6
$40) {and now White has} 22. d5 $1 cxd5 (22... exd5 23. Qf4 Kf8 24. Bc3 Rh7 25.
Rh1 $18) 23. Qc3 $18 {with a double threat (24.Qxh8 and 24.c6)}) 21... bxc5 22.
Bxe7 Kxe7 23. dxc5 {Black avoided a quick disaster, but he still remains in a
difficult situation due to his king.} Rab8 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. Rd6 Rhd8 26. Ne5 Kf8
(26... Rxd6 27. cxd6+ Kxd6 28. Nxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qe5+ $18) 27. Red1 {This move
worked out perfectly in the game, but objectively it is not the best since
Black will install the knight on d5 and the rook won't be doing much on d1.} ({
White had to continue his attacking plan:} 27. h5 $1 Nd5 (27... Nxh5 28. Rh1
Nf6 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rhxd8 Rxd8 31. Nxc6+ $18) (27... Rxd6 28. cxd6 Qb4 (28...
Nxh5 $2 29. Rh1 $18) (28... Rd8 29. h6 gxh6 30. Ng6+ $1 Kg7 31. Ne7 $18 Rxd6
32. Rg1+ Kf8 33. Qxf6 Qxe7 34. Qh8#) (28... Nd5 29. Qc2 Kg8 (29... Qb4 30. Nd7+
Ke8 31. Re4 $18) (29... f6 30. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 30. h6 $40) 29. Qxb4 Rxb4
30. Rd1 {The endgame is difficult for Black:} Rb8 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rd6 c5 (32...
Ke7 33. Rxc6 Nxd7 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Rxa6 $18) 33. f3 ({Perhaps White wins the
pawn endgame after} 33. Rxa6 Nxd7 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. Nxd7 Kxd7 {
but 33.f3 is strong enough}) 33... a5 (33... Ke7 34. Rxa6 Nxd7 35. Nc6+ $18)
34. Kd2 $1 (34. Kc2 $2 Nd5 35. Nc6 Nb4+) 34... c4 (34... Ke7 35. Ra6 Kf8 36.
Ra7 $18) 35. Kc3 Ke7 36. Ra6 $18) 28. Qc2 (28. Qd2 Rxd6 29. cxd6 f6 30. Nd3 Qd7
31. h6 Qxd6 32. hxg7+ Kf7 $1 {is not entirely clear} (32... Kxg7 33. Rg1+ Kf7
34. Qh6 $40)) 28... Qb4 (28... Nb4 29. Qc4 $16) ({for} 28... Rxd6 {see 27...
Rxd6}) 29. Re4 Qb5 30. Nxc6 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Rb7 (31... Qf1+ 32. Qd1 Qxd1+ 33.
Kxd1 $18) 32. b3 $16) (27. Nxc6 $2 Rxd6 28. cxd6 Rc8 $19) (27. Rxc6 Nd5 28. Qa3
Nf4 $44) 27... Nd5 28. Qc2 Qb4 $2 {A miscalculation.} ({Black is only slightly
worse after} 28... Rxd6 29. cxd6 f6 30. Nc4 $14 (30. Nxc6 $2 Rc8 $19) (30. Ng6+
Kf7 31. h5 {gives White nothing in view of} Nb4 32. Qc4 Qb5)) 29. Nxc6 Qf4+ 30.
Kb1 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qxd6 {It turns out that Black is forced to give up the
exchange.} (31... Rc8 32. d7 $18) (31... Rb7 32. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd6d7,Yc2c8]
}) 32. Nxb8 Qxb8 33. Rc1 $18 {In order to win, all that is required is just
some accuracy and Vaganian does the job excellently.} Qf4 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Qb7+
Kf6 36. Qxa6 Qxh4 37. Qc4 Qh7+ 38. Ka1 g5 39. Qd4+ Ke7 40. a4 Qh3 41. Ka2 Qf3
42. a5 Qe2 43. Rc4 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 Bd7 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. g3 f6 13. Bh3 Rf8 14. O-O f5 15. Nh4
Qa5 16. Qd1 Qd8 17. f4 Be8 18. a4 Nh6 19. Rb1 Rhg8 20. Kf2 Bf7 21. Rb5 a6 22.
Rc5 Be8 23. a5 Kb8 24. Qa1 Na7 25. Nf3 Bb5 26. Ng5 Qe7 27. Rb1 Nf7 28. Nf3 g5
29. Bg2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
Nhf6 9. Qc2 g6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. e3 Ng7 14. g4 h5 15.
f3 hxg4 16. fxg4 g5 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O-O 20. Bg2 Ne8 21. h3
Bg7 22. Rhe1 Nf6 23. Qf3 Rdf8 24. Kb1 Bh6 25. Rf1 Rhg8 26. Rf2 Rg7 27. b4 Rgg8
28. Rb2 Nd7 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. b5 Nxc5 31. bxc6 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qc2 b6
9. Rc1 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Nf4 Nc6 14. Be5 Rc8 15.
Qd1 Ng4 16. Nf3 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bg5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Rc1 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 Ba6 22. Rc7 Rf7 23. Rc2 h6 24. e3 Kh7 25. Rc3 g6 26. h3 Rg7 27. Kh2 g5 28.
fxg5 Qg6 29. f4 hxg5 30. Qf3 gxf4 31. exf4 d4 32. Ra3 d3 33. Rxa6 d2 34. Rxa7
Rxa7 35. Qd3 Rg7 36. Qxd2 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Kh6 38. b3 Rg8 39. a4 Qxb3 40. Qd7 Qc4
41. Qc6 Rc8 42. Qf3 Qc1+ 43. Bf1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Qe1 Be7 7. Nc3 h6 8. e4
Bh7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. g4 f6 14. Bd2 fxe5 15.
Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qe3 Bc7 17. Na4 Nd6 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Qxe6 Bb6 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. b4
a5 22. a4 Re7 23. Bf3 Rf8 24. Kg2 axb4 25. Bxb4 Rfe8 26. Nb3 Bc7 27. Rfe1 Rxe1
28. Rxe1 Bg6 29. a5 Nb5 30. f5 Bf7 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. c4 dxc4 33. dxc4 Nd6 34.
Nc5 Bb8 35. a6 b6 36. Nd7 Bxd7 37. Bxd6 Ba7 38. c5 bxc5 39. Be2 Be8 40. Bc4+
Bf7 41. Bxf7+ Kxf7 42. Be5 g6 43. f6 g5 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Kd3 Ke6 47.
Kc4 Kf7 48. h3 Ke6 49. Bb2 Kf7 50. Ba3 Kxf6 51. Bxc5 Bb8 52. Kd4 h5 53. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fluvia Poyatos, Jordi"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 a6 11. f5 cxd4 12. fxe6 dxe3 13. exf7+ Kd8 14. Qxe3 Bc5
15. Qg5+ Be7 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rd1 Nb6 18. O-O Kc7 19. Ng5 h6 20. f8=Q Rxf8 21.
Rxf8 Bxf8 22. Qf4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.03.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Zaragatski, Ilja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koeln Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Qa5+ 6. c3 Bb7 7. Qd3 Nf6 8. e4
e6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 c4 11. Qc2 d6 12. Be2 e5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. O-O Qb6 15.
a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. b3 Qc6 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Ra1 Be7 22. Bxc4 Kd7 23. Ra6 Qc5 24. Qa4+ Kc7 25. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 2nd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2008.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Ncb5 Qb8 12. f4 a6 13. Nc3 h5 14. h3 Qc7 15.
Be3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Nb3 Bd8 19. Nd2 Qa8 20. b4 O-O 21. Kh1 Re8
22. Bg1 Be7 23. a3 Bf8 24. Qf1 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. axb4 Red8 27. Nb5 d5 28. e5
Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Red1 e3 31. Bxe3 Rxc4 32. Ra1 Bxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 Rxb4 35. Na7 Rb3 36. Bf2 Ra3 37. Rxa3 Bxa3 38. Rd3 Bf8 39. g4 hxg4 40. Bh4
gxh3+ 41. Kxh3 Rb8 42. Rxd7 b5 43. Nc6 Ra8 44. Rb7 Bh6 45. Kg4 Ra1 46. Nd8 Rg1+
47. Bg3 b4 48. Nxf7 Bxf4 49. Kxf4 Rf1+ 50. Kg5 Rxf7 51. Rxf7 Kxf7 52. Be1 b3
53. Bc3 Kg7 54. Bb2 1-0

[Event "ARM-chT"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2008.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.06.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 f5 11. b3 g5 12. Ba3 g4 13. Ne5 Bxa3 14. Nxa3 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qe7 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. e3 Ng7 18. Rfc1 h5 19. b4 a6 20. Nb1 h4 21. a4 Kf7 22.
Nd2 Rh8 23. b5 hxg3 24. hxg3 axb5 25. axb5 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 cxb5 27. cxd5 exd5 28.
Bxd5+ Kg6 29. Bxb7 Ne6 30. Bg2 Rd8 31. Ra6 Bc8 32. Rb6 Qd7 33. Nf1 Kh6 34. f4
gxf3 35. Bxf3 Kg6 36. Rd6 Qe8 37. Qh2 Kg7 38. Qh4 Qf8 39. Rb6 Kg8 40. g4 f4 41.
Be4 Kf7 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Rxe6 Bxe6 44. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
f3 Bh5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bg5 c6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Rae1
Qb6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. h4 Nf8 19. h5 gxh5 20. Qh6 Qa5
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qxh5 Qd2 23. c3 Ng6 24. f4 Qe3+ 25. Rf2 Qg3 26. Qf3 Re1+ 27.
Rf1 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Re2 29. Rf2 Re3 30. Rg2 Rxf3 31. Nc5 b6 32. Nd7 Kg7 33. f5
Rxf5 34. Nb8 c5 35. Nc6 Rf3 36. Rc2 cxd4 37. Nxd4 Rd3 38. Nf5+ Kf8 39. c4 Rf3
40. Nd4 Rf4 41. Ne2 Rg4+ 42. Kf2 dxc4 43. bxc4 Ne5 44. c5 bxc5 45. Ke3 Rc4 46.
Rb2 Ra4 47. Rb7 f5 48. Rc7 Ng6 49. Rxc5 f4+ 50. Kf3 Rxa3+ 51. Kg4 f3 52. Ng3 f2
53. Rf5 Ra4+ 54. Kg5 Rf4 55. Rxf4 Nxf4 56. Kxf4 a5 57. Ke4 a4 58. Kd3 Ke7 59.
Kc4 Ke6 60. Kb4 Ke5 61. Kxa4 Kf4 62. Nf1 Kf3 63. Kb3 Ke2 64. Ng3+ Kd3 65. Kb2
f5 66. Kc1 f4 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8 5. g3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
Qd3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Rd1 b5 14. Be3 b4
15. Bxc5 bxc3 16. b3 dxc5 17. Rxd8 Rfxd8 18. Qxc3 Ng4 19. Qe1 Bd4 20. e3 Bxa1
21. Qxa1 Rd2 22. h3 Rbd8 23. Qc3 Nxf2 24. Qa5 e6 25. b4 Nd1 26. bxc5 Nxe3 27.
Bd5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Qc7 Rb2+ 30. Kxe3 exd5 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. cxd5 Rbd2 33.
Qa5 Rxd5 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. c6 Rd8 36. Qc4 a5 37. Qc5 Rc8 38. Ke2 Rdd8 39. Kf3
Rc7 40. Qxa5 Rdc8 41. h4 Rxc6 42. h5 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kh3 R2c5 45. Qa6
Rxh5+ 46. Kg4 Rhc5 47. a4 h5+ 48. Kh3 Rc3 49. a5 R8c5 50. Qb6 Rc8 51. a6 R3c6
52. Qb7 R6c7 53. Qb6 Re7 54. Kh4 Ra8 55. Kg5 Kh7 56. Qf6 Rea7 57. g4 Kg8 58.
Kh6 1-0

[Event "Antwerp InventiChess"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2008.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. a4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 Nfe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qe2 Kh8 17. b3 f6 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 e5 20. Bg3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
b5 22. Ra1 Qc6 23. Rfc1 Qb7 24. Qf5 Rad8 25. axb5 axb5 26. h4 Rd2 27. h5 h6 28.
Rd1 Qc8 29. Qf3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 b4 31. Qe4 Qe6 32. Rd3 Rc8 33. Kh2 Rc3 34. Qg6
Bd6 35. f4 e4 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qxe4+ Kg8 39. Be1 Rc8 40. Bxb4 Qd7
41. Kg3 Kh8 42. Kh4 Re8 43. Qd4 Qf5 44. Bc3 Qc2 45. Qd2 Qxb3 46. Bd4 Qd5 47.
Qf2 Rb8 48. Qc2 Qe6 49. Qg6 Kg8 50. Kg3 Rb5 51. Kh4 Kf8 52. Qc2 Ra5 53. Bc5+
Kg8 54. Bd4 Ra8 55. Qg6 Rc8 56. Qb1 Qf7 57. Qf5 Rd8 58. Qg4 Rd7 59. Qf5 Rc7 60.
Qb1 Qe8 61. Qb3+ Kh8 62. Qb1 Rc8 63. Kg4 Rc4 64. Kh4 Qc6 65. Qg6 Rc1 66. Kh3
Rh1+ 67. Kg3 Kg8 68. Bb6 Qb5 69. Qc2 Qxb6 70. Qc8+ Kf7 71. Qd7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Antwerp InventiChess"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Bg5
b5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxa8 Qxd4 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Nd4
15. Qb1 f5 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. f4 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. Re1 b4 20. Nd1 Qc6+ 21.
Kf2 e5 22. Qc1 exf4 23. Qxf4 g5 24. Qd2 f4 25. g4 Ne6 26. Kg1 Bd4+ 27. Nf2 Qc5
28. Rf1 Be3 29. Qd7 Nd4 30. Kh1 Qe5 31. Rad1 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Kg2 c5 34.
Rb1 Rf7 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Rb8 Qd5+ 37. Kh3 Ne6 38. Nd1 Bd4 39. Nxc3 Bxc3 40.
Qh8+ Kh6 41. Qxc3 Nd4 42. Re8 Kg7 43. Qd3 h5 44. Qe4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Qd7+ 46.
Kxg5 Rf5+ 47. Kh4 Kf7 48. Rg1 Qd6 49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Rg6+ Kxg6 51. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Antwerp InventiChess"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "2008.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 b5 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Bb2 Nf8 19. a4 a6 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. h4 h6 22.
axb5 axb5 23. e5 Ne8 24. Ne4 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxc5 Bxg2 28.
Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Kxg2 Nxe5 30. Qxb5 Nd3 31. Rd1 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Nd5 34.
Qc4 Nd6 35. Qg4 Nf5 36. Qe4 Qd7 37. Kg2 h5 38. Nc3 Nf6 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Ne4 Nd5
41. Ng5+ Kg6 42. Qa4 Qb7 43. Kh2 Nde7 44. Qc4 f6 45. Bxf6 Qb6 46. Be5 Qxf2+ 47.
Kh3 Kh6 48. Ne4 Qe1 49. Bf4+ Kh7 50. Ng5+ Kh8 51. Kg2 Qb1 52. Qa4 Qc2+ 53. Kh3
Qc8 54. Qc4 Qb7 55. Kh2 Qb6 56. Kg2 Qb7+ 57. Kf2 Qb6+ 58. Kf1 Qb7 59. Ke1 Qh1+
60. Kd2 Qg2+ 61. Kc1 Nc6 62. Qe4 Qf1+ 63. Kb2 Qf2+ 64. Kb1 Qg1+ 65. Bc1 Nce7
66. Qa8+ Ng8 67. Qf3 Qxg3 68. Nf7+ Kh7 69. Qxf5+ g6 70. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.11.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Zajogin, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oberursel"]
[BlackTeam "Koeln Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 a5 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5
Ra7 9. Nd3 Be7 10. b3 Bb7 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 Na6 14. exf5 exf5 15.
Re1 Nb4 16. Nf1 Ra6 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 19. Ne3 Be5 20. Ra2 Rd6 21. Qf1
Bd4 22. Bb2 g6 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Nc2 Rd2 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qb6 27. Qd3 f4
28. Ra1 Qc7 29. g4 Nxg4 30. fxg4 f3 31. Rf1 fxg2 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Ne3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Jong, Jan Willem"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder"]
[BlackTeam "Bank King"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 b6 5. f3 Bb7 6. e3 c5 7. a3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7
9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Qe7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Ba3 a5 15.
Qb3 Bh6 16. Nd1 Rfb8 17. Nec3 d5 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. Rxb4 Ba6 21.
Nb5 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Ra3 23. Be2 Rc8 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Rb1 Bxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Nxe3 27.
Rf2 Rac3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wiersma, Eelke"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[BlackTeam "Bank King"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Nbd5 10. Be5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qc2 h6 13. g4 Bb7 14. Ke2 Bd6
15. Bxf6 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Qxf6+ 17. Ke2 Qh4 18. Be4 Rac8 19. h3 c5 20. d5 c4 21.
Rad1 b5 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qb1 Rb8 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. f4 Bc5 27. Bf3
Rxf4 28. Rhf1 Rf6 29. Bg2 Rbf8 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qxc3 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33.
Qxb5 Qc2+ 34. Kf3 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kf3 c3 37. Qc6 c2 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Qf5
Be7 40. Qc8+ Bd8 41. Qc5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eynatten"]
[BlackTeam "Bank King"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 g5 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxg5 Qa5 15.
dxc5 d4 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Ke2 dxc3 18. Rhb1 hxg5 19. Qe4 g4 20. Ng5 Be8 21. Qe3
Rxh5 22. Be4 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Nh3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Qe7 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 g5 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Rab1 a5 14. Nfe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Nd6 16. e3 Nf7 17. Nd3 b6 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. b3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. f3
Qf6 22. Nf2 Rfd8 23. c5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 a4 25. Rbc1 axb3 26. axb3 Bb5 27. Bf1 Rb8
28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Qa5 f4 30. Ng4 Qf5 31. exf4 gxf4 32. Kg2 fxg3 33. hxg3 h5 34.
Nf2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. e5 Nd7 7. d4 f6 8. Bb5
fxe5 9. dxe5 Be7 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Qg4 Nb8 13. Nf3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 b6
15. h4 Rf5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Kh8 18. Nf4 Qg8 19. a3 Bf8 20. Be8 Ba6+ 21. Kg1
Rxf4 22. Bxf4 Bd3 23. Bg6 Bxg6 24. Qxg6 Nc6 25. Be3 Ne7 26. Qg4 Nf5 27. Rc1 c5
28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Rh3 Rf8 30. Rg3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Nbd2 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4 a6 14. Ne5 b5
15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb1 Nc4 17. a4 Bb4 18. Ndf3 Re8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Qb6 21.
Qa2 Na5 22. Rd7 Bxf3 23. Rxf7 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Kxf7 25. gxf3 Qd4 26. exf6 Qxd3 27.
Qa1 gxf6 28. Rd1 Rg8+ 29. Bg3 Qxf3 30. Qc1 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4 Qc7 8. Qe2
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 b6 12. b3 Ba6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Bc5 15.
Bh3 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Bb4 17. Rdd1 Bc5 18. Rd2 Bb4 19. Rdd1 Rad8 20. Bf1 Bc5 21. h3
h6 22. Qe1 Bb4 23. Qe3 Bc5 24. Qe1 Bd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 c5 27. Rdd1 Nxe4
28. Qe3 Ndf6 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Qf4 Re6 32. Qf3 Ne4 33. Rd1 Qe7
34. Qf4 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Bd3 Bb7 38. Nd6 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 b5 4. a4 b4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O c5 8. e4 Nc6
9. Re1 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nd4 13. f4 Rc8 14. g4 Bd6 15. c3 bxc3
16. Bxc3 g5 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. fxg5 Bxe5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. exd5 Bg5 21. d6 Bd5
22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Qxd6 24. Rb1 Bf4 25. Rb5 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bf4 27. Qf3 e5 28.
Qh3 h6 29. Reb1 Rb8 30. Be4 Rxb5 31. axb5 a4 32. g5 f5 33. gxf6 Qxf6 34. b6 a3
35. b7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Qg4 Qa5 9. Ne2 Ke7 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 e5 12. Qf3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. O-O
Qxc3 15. Rfe1+ Be6 16. Qxc3 dxc3 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bd5 Rb5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20.
Re3 Rc5 21. Rb1 Rd8 22. Rb3 Rd2 23. Rbxc3 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Ra3 Kd6 26.
Rxa7 c5 27. Kg2 c4 28. Kf3 c3 29. Ke3 Rxf2 30. Ra6+ Kd7 31. Ra7+ Kc6 32. Ra3
Rc2 33. Kd4 e5+ 34. Kc4 Kd6 35. h4 Ke6 36. Rxc3 Rxa2 37. Rf3 Ra4+ 38. Kb3 Rg4
39. Kc3 e4 40. Re3 Ke5 41. Kd2 Rg7 42. Ra3 Kf5 43. Ke2 Kg4 44. Ra6 f5 45. Kf2
Rb7 46. Rh6 Rb2+ 47. Ke3 Rb3+ 48. Kf2 e3+ 49. Ke2 Kxg3 50. Rxh7 Kf4 51. Rf7
Rb2+ 52. Kf1 Ke4 53. h5 f4 54. h6 Kf3 55. Kg1 e2 56. Re7 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Becker, Martin Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Koeln Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O g6 8. Bg5
Bg7 9. Nf4 Ne7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e3 Bd7 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 Kh8 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. h4 Nc8 17. Na4 Nd6 18. Nc5 Re8 19. Qa4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rc5 Rc7 24. Rfc1 g5 25. Nh5 Re6 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. Kg2
Rh6 28. Qd1 Rc8 29. Qe2 Rf8 30. Rh1 Rf3 31. Nf4 Bxf4 32. exf4 Rg6 33. Rh4 Qg7
34. Kh1 Qxd4 35. Rc2 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Qg7 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Koeln Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8.
Ndf3 Nd7 9. Nd3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bd2 Bb7 15.
c3 a4 16. Bc2 c5 17. dxc5 e5 18. Nb4 Nxc5 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 f5 21. Qf1 Qb6
22. Rd1 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rad8 24. h4 e4 25. Rh3 Kh8 26. Qe2 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rd8 28.
Qe2 Ne6 29. g3 h5 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Bh6 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Ke1 Bxe3 34. g4 Bf4
35. gxf5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Tereick, Benjamin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Koeln Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 h6 8. Nbd2
Bh7 9. c4 Be7 10. Qc1 O-O 11. Bc3 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. d4 b6 14. Qb2 Re8 15.
Rfd1 Bf8 16. e3 Qe7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ne1 a5 19. Ndf3 a4 20. Nd3 Be4 21. Nfe5
axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 c4 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. bxc4 dxc4 27.
Nf4 Nc5 28. Qb1 Ne4 29. Bd4 Rc8 30. Qb5 c3 31. f3 Qa3 32. Ne2 c2 33. Rc1 Nd6
34. Qb2 Qd3 35. Nc3 Nc4 36. Qxc2 Qxd4 37. exd4 Ne3+ 38. Kh3 Nxc2 39. Rxc2 Bb4
40. Nd5 Rxc2 41. Nxb4 Rc4 42. Nd5 Rxd4 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Nf5 Rd3 45. f4 g6 46.
Nh4 Kg7 47. Kg2 Rd2+ 48. Kh3 Rf2 49. Ng2 f5 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.04.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Stark, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koeln Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Gerresheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 a6 5. c4 b4 6. Nc2 e6 7. d4 Be4 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 a5 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. Qd3 d6 13. Qf3 Ra7 14. Nd3 h6 15.
Be3 Ra6 16. Rac1 Nbd7 17. Bf4 c5 18. dxc5 e5 19. Qb7 Ra8 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. c5
Bc7 22. Be3 e4 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rb8 25. Qc6 Rc8 26. Qd6 Ng4 27. h3 Nxe3+
28. Nxe3 Nxc5 29. Nf5 Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Rcd8 31. Rfd1 Na4 32. Rc2 Rfe8 33. Rdd2 Re6
34. Nc4 Ra8 35. f5 Rc6 36. Nd6 Nc5 37. Nb7 Rac8 38. Nxa5 R6c7 39. Rd4 Ra8 40.
Rxb4 Rxa5 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. b4 Ra4 43. bxc5 Ra5 44. c6 Ra6 45. Rb7 Rcxc6 46.
Rxc6 Rxc6 47. Rxf7 Rc2 48. e3 Rxa2 49. Re7 Kg8 50. Rxe4 Ra5 51. Rf4 Kf7 52. e4
Ra1 53. Rg4 Re1 54. Kf3 Rh1 55. Rg3 Rh2 56. e5 Rh1 57. e6+ Kf8 58. Kg4 Rf1 59.
f3 Kg8 60. f6 Ra1 61. f4 Ra6 62. Re3 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 1011"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.09.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Qb5 14. Re1 Rac8 15.
Bb2 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Bd3 17. Rd2 Bb5 18. Rc1 Bxa4 19. bxa4 a5 20. Rdc2 Nb6 21. Ne5
c5 22. Nc6 Rfe8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Nxa4 26. c6 Ne8 27. Be5
f6 28. c7 Nb6 29. Bd4 Nc8 30. Bb7 Ned6 31. Ba6 e5 32. Bb2 Kf7 33. a3 Ke6 34.
Rc5 Kd7 35. Rxa5 Kxc7 36. axb4 Na7 37. Bd3 Nc6 38. Ra4 e4 39. Be2 Re8 40. b5
Rb8 41. Bxf6 gxf6 42. bxc6 Kxc6 43. Ra7 Rh8 44. Kg2 Kd5 45. g4 Ke6 46. Bd1 Kd5
47. Bb3+ Kc6 48. Ba4+ Kc5 49. Rc7+ Kb4 50. Bc2 h5 51. Rc6 Nc4 52. Rxf6 Rg8 53.
Rf4 1-0

[Event "Snowdrops-Old Hands"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Old Hands"]
[BlackTeam "Snowdrops"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O c6 8.
e4 Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 c5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Rhe1
cxd4 15. Ne5 b5 16. Kb1 bxc4 17. Ng4 Rd8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qh6 f5 20. g4 f4
21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5+ Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Snowdrops-Old Hands"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sachdev, Tania"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Old Hands"]
[BlackTeam "Snowdrops"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. a3 Qxc5 12. Ba2 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. O-O Bg4 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Nce2 Qa5 21.
Nf4 Bg6 22. Rc3 Be4 23. f3 Bh7 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 g5 26. Nh5 Bg6 27. Rc7
Bxh5 28. Rxe7 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Ra1 a6 32. Ra5 Rc4 33. b5 Rb4
34. b3 axb5 35. Ke2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ben Artzi, Ido"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. h4 h5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1
Nb6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ngxe4 O-O-O 17. Qh3+ Rd7 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bg5
f5 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Qg3 Ka8 24. Qxg6 Re2 25. Rh3 Qd5 26. Qf6 Rb8
27. Re3 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qxg2 29. Qxf5 Qh2 30. Ne4 Qxh4 31. Qf3 Re8 32. Nd6 Rd8
33. Nf5 Qh2 34. Rh1 Qd2 35. Rd1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Mayor Cup"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bb5+ Nd7
8. Qxd5 O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. Qh5 Be6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qf3 Be7 14.
Nf4 Rac8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe4 Kf7 17. g4 Rfd8 18. h4 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qf3
Bf6 21. Nb5 Qc5 22. Nd4 Qd5 23. Qxd5+ Nxd5 24. c3 f4 25. Be4 fxe3 26. Bxd5+
Rxd5 27. fxe3 Re8 28. Kd2 Rh5 29. Rdf1 Kg7 30. Rf4 Re7 31. Kd3 Bg5 32. Nf5+
gxf5 33. Rg1 Kg6 34. hxg5 Rxg5 35. Rh1 h5 36. Rh3 Rg4 37. c4 Kg5 38. Rd4 Rxd4+
39. exd4 Kg4 40. Rh1 h4 41. d5 h3 42. d6 Rh7 43. b4 Kg3 44. c5 a6 45. a4 h2 46.
b5 axb5 47. axb5 f4 48. c6 bxc6 49. bxc6 Rh6 50. d7 Rd6+ 51. Ke4 Kg2 52. Rxh2+
Kxh2 53. Kxf4 Rxc6 54. d8=Q Rc4+ 55. Ke3 Rc3+ 56. Kd4 Rg3 57. Qh4+ Kg2 58. Ke4
Rg8 59. Qh5 Rf8 60. Qg5+ Kf1 61. Qb5+ Kg2 62. Qe2+ Kg1 63. Qh5 Kg2 64. Ke3 Kg1
65. Qg6+ Kf1 66. Qh6 Rf7 67. Qh1# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 50 16th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rad1 a6
15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Radebeul"]
[Date "2016.06.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2016.06.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. a4
Nc5 15. Bb4 a5 16. Nxa5 Qe6 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxb7 Bd4 19. Bg2 Rdb8 20. Na5
Rxb2 21. Nb3 Rxc2 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. a5 g6 24. Qb4 Rc5 25. Qb6 Qe7 26. Rfd1 Rb5
27. Qxc6 Raxa5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxd4 Kg7 30. Rd1 g5 31. Qc3 Qc5 32. Qd2 h6 33.
Rc1 Qa7 34. Kh2 Ra2 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Qd4 37. Qe2 Nd7 38. f4 Nc5 39. Qg4
Ne6 40. h4 Qe3 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. e5 Kf8 43. f5 Nd4 44. f6 Ne6 45. Qc4 Kg8 46.
Be4 Qd2+ 47. Kh3 Qd7 48. Kh2 Qd2+ 49. Bg2 Qb2 50. Qe4 Qd2 51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52. Bf1
g4 53. Kf2 Ng5 54. Qe3 Qc2+ 55. Be2 Qf5+ 56. Kg2 Ne6 57. Bd3 Qh5 58. Qe4 Qh3+
59. Kf2 Qh2+ 60. Kf1 Qh3+ 61. Kf2 Qh2+ 62. Kf1 Qh3+ 63. Ke2 Qh2+ 64. Kd1 Qg1+
65. Kd2 Qf2+ 66. Be2 Qxg3 67. Qxg4+ Qxg4 68. Bxg4 Nd8 69. Ke3 Kh7 70. Bd7 Kg6
71. Kd4 Kg5 72. Kd5 Kf4 73. Be8 Kf5 74. Bd7+ Kf4 75. Bc8 Kg5 76. Bh3 Kf4 77.
Bd7 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Radebeul"]
[Date "2016.06.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.06.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Nc2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. b4 a6 15.
a4 Rxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Ra2 Rc8 20. Rb1 Kf7 21.
g3 Ke7 22. Kg2 Kd6 23. Bg4 h5 24. Bxh5 e5 25. b5 a5 26. Rd1 Bc3 27. Bf3 Be6 28.
Rc2 b6 29. Be4 d4 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Kc5 32. Re2 Kb4 33. Bc2 Bc4 34. Re7 Ka3
35. Rd7 Be2 36. Rb1 Ka2 37. Bxh7 Rf8 38. Kg3 Re8 39. Rg1 Kb3 40. Rb1+ Kxa4 41.
Bc2+ Ka3 42. f5 Ka2 43. Rg1 Kb2 44. Ba4 d3 45. Kf2 Re5 46. Rg5 Bd2 47. Rg3
Rxf5+ 48. Kg2 Rg5 49. Rxg5 Bxg5 50. Kf2 Ka3 51. Rd4 Be7 52. Rc4 Bb4 53. Bc2
dxc2 0-1

[Event "Yerevan op 1st"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2016.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Petrosian, Davit Gevorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:44:27"]
[BlackClock "0:01:34"]

1. d4 {[%clk 1:30:54]} Nf6 {[%clk 1:30:41]} 2. Bg5 {[%clk 1:31:03]} Ne4 {
[%clk 1:30:34]} 3. Bf4 {[%clk 1:31:28]} c5 {[%clk 1:30:07]} 4. f3 {[%clk 1:31:
31]} Qa5+ {[%clk 1:28:36]} 5. c3 {[%clk 1:31:52]} Nf6 {[%clk 1:29:01]} 6. d5 {
[%clk 1:32:07]} e6 {[%clk 1:29:24]} 7. e4 {[%clk 1:32:33]} exd5 {[%clk 1:29:51]
} 8. exd5 {[%clk 1:21:44]} d6 {[%clk 1:30:07]} 9. Na3 {[%clk 1:19:26]} Be7 {
[%clk 1:29:54]} 10. Ne2 {[%clk 1:18:52]} O-O {[%clk 1:25:58]} 11. Ng3 {[%clk 1:
18:34]} Na6 {[%clk 1:08:43]} 12. Be2 {[%clk 1:13:59]} Qd8 {[%clk 0:57:08]} 13.
O-O {[%clk 1:12:23]} Nc7 {[%clk 0:57:25]} 14. c4 {[%clk 1:12:48]} a6 {[%clk 0:
57:47]} 15. Nc2 {[%clk 1:12:55]} b5 {[%clk 0:56:49]} 16. b3 {[%clk 1:07:41]}
Nfe8 {[%clk 0:47:54]} 17. b4 {[%clk 1:04:01]} f5 {[%clk 0:44:23]} 18. a4 {
[%clk 1:02:01]} bxa4 {[%clk 0:29:31]} 19. bxc5 {[%clk 0:59:54]} dxc5 {[%clk 0:
29:21]} 20. Be5 {[%clk 1:00:21]} Bd6 {[%clk 0:12:00]} 21. f4 {[%clk 1:00:06]}
Bd7 {[%clk 0:12:27]} 22. Qd2 {[%clk 0:59:35]} a5 {[%clk 0:11:55]} 23. Ne1 {
[%clk 0:54:47]} Na6 {[%clk 0:09:18]} 24. Bd1 {[%clk 0:54:15]} Qc7 {[%clk 0:07:
06]} 25. Nf3 {[%clk 0:54:00]} Nb4 {[%clk 0:05:02]} 26. Bxa4 {[%clk 0:54:01]}
Nf6 {[%clk 0:05:26]} 27. Bxd7 {[%clk 0:48:23]} Nxd7 {[%clk 0:05:22]} 28. Qc3 {
[%clk 0:48:47]} g6 {[%clk 0:02:57]} 29. Bh8 {[%clk 0:46:03]} Nb6 {[%clk 0:00:
43]} 30. Ng5 {[%clk 0:45:50]} Nxc4 {[%clk 0:01:03]} 31. Ne6 {[%clk 0:45:26]}
Qf7 {[%clk 0:00:42]} 32. Nxf5 {[%clk 0:44:24]} gxf5 {[%clk 0:00:53]} 33. Rf3 {
[%clk 0:44:49]} Qg6 {[%clk 0:00:36]} 34. Rg3 {[%clk 0:45:11]} Rf7 {[%clk 0:00:
35]} 35. Rxg6+ {[%clk 0:44:29]} hxg6 {[%clk 0:01:04]} 36. Qxc4 {[%clk 0:44:38]}
Kxh8 {[%clk 0:01:28]} 37. Ra3 {[%clk 0:45:00]} Raa7 {[%clk 0:01:34]} 38. Rg3 {
[%clk 0:44:27]} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Nc3
Bd6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Na4 Ne4 13. d3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd2 15.
Bxd5 Nxf1 16. Bxc6 Nxe3 17. fxe3 bxc6 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qf3 f6 20. Qxc6 Rad8 21.
Bc3 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 23. Nxc5 Bb6 24. Bd4 Rd5 25. b4 Re8 26. Rc4 Kf7 27. a4
Rc8 28. a5 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Ke6 30. Kf2 Rf5+ 31. Ke2 Rg5 32. g3 Rh5 33. h4 g5 34.
hxg5 Rxg5 35. e4 Rxg3 36. Bf2 Rg4 37. Kf3 h5 38. d4 f5 39. d5+ Ke7 40. Rb4
fxe4+ 41. Ke2 Rg2 42. Rxe4+ Kd7 43. Kf1 Rg5 44. d6 Rg7 45. Ke2 Rb8 46. Kd3 Rb5
47. Bd4 Rh7 48. Kc4 a6 49. Rf4 h4 50. Rf8 h3 51. Ra8 Rh4 52. Ra7+ Ke8 53. c6 h2
54. c7 Kd7 55. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Tsaghkadzor op"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c3 b5 10. Re1 c4 11. d4 b4 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Qc2 Rb8 14. h4 h6 15. Nbd2
Bd7 16. Nf1 Qc8 17. h5 Qa6 18. N1h2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na4 20. Qd2 Rb2 21. Qe3 Qa5
22. Rac1 Kh7 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Ng4 Rh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qf4 Qd8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6
28. exf6 Rh7 29. Nh4 Be8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Re3 Nb6 32. Rce1 Rd2 33. Rf3 Rd3 34.
Rf4 Nd7 35. Bxd5 Nxf6 36. Rxf6 exd5 37. Nf5 Bd7 38. Nd6 Rf3 39. Rf5 Rxf5 40.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 41. Nxf5 Bxf5 42. h6 0-1

[Event "Minsk Kupreichik Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Qe1 h6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e4
Bh7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1 Re8 13. g4 a5 14. a4 Nc5 15.
e5 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. f5 Bg5 18. d4 Nd7 19. Nb3 a4 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. c3 Nc4 22.
Nxc4 bxc4 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Qg3 h5 25. Rf4 h4 26. Qf2 Rab8 27. Rf1 Kh8 28. h3
a3 29. bxa3 Rb3 30. Qd2 Bg8 31. R1f2 Reb8 32. R4f3 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxa3 34. g5
exf5 35. Rf4 g6 36. Rc2 Rbb3 37. Rf3 Kg7 38. Kg1 Rb1+ 39. Rf1 Rb5 40. Kf2 Kf8
41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Kd2 Ke6 43. Bf3 Rbb3 44. Be2 Kd7 45. Rf4 Rb1 46. Rxh4 Rg1 47.
Rh8 Ra8 48. h4 f4 49. Bf3 Kc6 50. Ke2 Rg3 51. Kf2 Rh3 52. Rb2 Ra3 53. Rxg8 Rxc3
54. Rc8+ Kd7 55. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e4 d4 17. Qh5 Re8 18. Bh3 Bd7 19. Nc4 Bf8 20. Bf5 Bxf5
21. Qxf5 Qe7 22. Rfe1 Qe6 23. Qh5 Rcd8 24. Rcd1 Rd7 25. Kg2 d3 26. Qf3 Red8 27.
Qe3 Rd4 28. Rd2 h5 29. Nb2 c4 30. Nxc4 Bb4 31. Qf3 f5 32. Qxh5 Bxd2 33. Nxd2
fxe4 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Qe2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B 18th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Demianjuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. e3
Re8 9. a4 a5 10. b3 exd4 11. exd4 d5 12. Nb5 c6 13. Nd6 Rf8 14. Ba3 c5 15. dxc5
Ne4 16. Rc1 Nexc5 17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ngxf7 Kh7 20. Rce1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B 18th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ambartsumova, Karina"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
Nbd7 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Rf6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15.
b4 Qh5 16. Qe2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rg6 18. Rd2 c5 19. Ne1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 cxb4 21. Rb3
a5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rbb2 b5 24. Rbc2 Nb6 25. Rc7 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Rc2
Nd6 28. Kh1 Rxg2 29. Nxg2 Nc4 30. Rc1 Na3 31. Kg1 Bxa2 32. Ne1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B 18th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Re1 Rad8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14. Re3 Ba3
15. Qc1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rd7 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. b4 Qd6 20. Kg2 Qc7 21.
Qc3 b5 22. Re5 Qb6 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Rd6 26. Bxb5 Nd5 27. a3
f6 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bc4 R5d6 30. Kf3 Rc8 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. Ke3 e5 33. dxe5 fxe5
34. Rc2 Ke7 35. Bd3 Rxc2 36. Bxc2 h6 37. b5 Rd4 38. a4 Kd6 39. a5 Rb4 40. Bd3
Ra4 41. b6 axb6 42. axb6 Rb4 43. Be4 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 Rxb6 45. Kd3 Rb2 46. Ke3 Rb3+
47. Kd2 Kc5 48. Ke2 Kd4 49. Bc6 e4 50. Kf1 Rb6 51. Ba8 g5 52. Kg2 h5 53. Kg1 h4
54. gxh4 gxh4 55. h3 Ke5 56. Kg2 Rb2 57. Kg1 Kf4 58. Bc6 Kf3 59. Bd5 Rb1+ 60.
Kh2 Rf1 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Be7 14. b5 a5 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Bf5 Bd6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Nc1 Rec8 20. Nd3 Ne6 21.
Rfd1 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qa2 Rac8 25. g3 Qf5 26. Nd4 Qe4 27. Qd2
Be5 28. Rab1 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 g6 31. Rb7 Kg7 32. Rd7 Rc4 33. R7xd5
Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. g4 h6 37. h4 Kf6 38. f4 Ke6 39. Re4+ Kd6 40.
h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 f6 42. f5 Kd5 43. Re6 Rxa4 44. Kf3 Rh4 45. e4+ Kc5 46. Rxf6
Rxh5 47. Ra6 Rh3+ 48. Kf4 Kb5 49. Ra8 Rh1 50. f6 Rf1+ 51. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Jermuk Asrian Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2019.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Be2 Qc7 12. a4 Qb6 13. b3 Bb4 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Bd4 Nc5 16. Bf3 b5 17. O-O Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe3 Bb7 21.
Rf2 Rfd8 22. Nb1 Bf8 23. c3 b4 24. Rff1 h6 25. c4 Rd7 26. Bb6 Rd3 27. Rxd3 exd3
28. Qf2 Qe4 29. Nd2 Qf5 30. Bd4 Ra2 31. h3 Qg6 32. Be3 Be7 33. Kh2 Bh4 34. g3
Be7 35. Bd4 h5 36. Qe3 Qf5 37. Rf2 g5 38. Qe1 gxf4 39. Rxf4 Qg6 40. h4 Bf8 41.
Be3 Bg7 42. Rd4 Bxe5 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Qf2 Ra1 45. Nf3 Qf5 46. Bd4 Bxd4 47. Ng5+
Kg7 48. Nxe6+ Qxe6 49. Qxd4+ Qf6 0-1

[Event "Platja d'Aro Legends rapid"]
[Site "Platja d'Aro"]
[Date "2019.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. e4 d6 13. h4 h6 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Qd2
Na5 16. b3 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. g4 Rad8 21. g5 hxg5
22. hxg5 Nc6 23. g6 Nxd4 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxd4 e5 26. Qd2 Rf6 27. Re3 Rdf8
28. f3 Qc5 29. Qf2 a5 0-1

[Event "Platja d'Aro Legends rapid"]
[Site "Platja d'Aro"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 d6 8. O-O g6
9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. c5 dxc5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Rxc5 O-O 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd6 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Rc6 Qe7 19. e4 Nc3 20. Bxc3 bxc3 21. Qxc3
Rfd8 22. d4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rd7 24. h4 Qa3 25. Rc2 h5 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. R2xc5 Rd2
28. Rxa6 Rb2 29. Ra7 c6 30. Rc3 c5 31. a4 Re2 32. Kf3 Rb2 33. a5 Rb8 34. Rxc5
R2xb3+ 35. Kf4 Rb2 36. f3 Rf2 37. Rc3 Ra2 38. Rcc7 Rf8 39. Rc3 Kg7 40. Rc6 Re8
41. a6 Ra5 42. Rb7 Ra3 43. a7 Rd8 44. Rcc7 g5+ 45. hxg5 Rf8 46. Re7 Kg6 47. Rb8
Rxa7 48. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Platja d'Aro Legends blitz"]
[Site "Platja d'Aro"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Bd3 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qc1
Ne4 9. Bh4 Ndf6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. O-O Nd6 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Bf2 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc2 cxd4 17. Qa4+ Rc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. cxd4 O-O 20. Rac1
Qxb2 21. Rc2 Qb5 22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. Rc7 a5 24. Rfc1 Nd6 25. Rxe7 Rb8 26. Rc6 Bf8
27. Rd7 Nc4 28. f5 gxf5 29. Rdc7 f4 30. exf4 e3 31. Be1 Rd8 32. Rc8 Rxd4 33.
Rb8 Nd6 34. Kf1 Rxf4+ 35. Ke2 Ra4 36. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Platja d'Aro Legends blitz"]
[Site "Platja d'Aro"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 dxc4 14. Nxc5 Bxg2
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Be5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 b5 20. Rfd1 Kf7
21. Ba5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ke8 23. Kf3 b4 24. Ke4 Rc8 25. a3 bxa3 26. bxa3 Bxa3 27.
Bc3 a5 28. Rb1 Be7 29. Ra1 Bb4 30. Bxg7 c3 31. Bh6 c2 32. Kd3 0-1

[Event "Platja d'Aro Legends blitz"]
[Site "Platja d'Aro"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Rc8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. a3 Nc6 17. d5 Na5 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Platja d'Aro Legends blitz"]
[Site "Platja d'Aro"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. a3 c5 8. h3
Bh5 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Rdc1
Rfc8 15. Bf1 h6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg2 Ne4 18. Nc4 Bh7 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 b5
21. Na5 Bf8 22. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Minsk Kupreichik Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meshkov, Yuri A"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qb1 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bh6 14. Rd1 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Bg7 16. Nf3 f6 17. e4 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bh6 c4 21. Bc2 Nc5
22. b4 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Rc8 25. Nd2 d4 26. c4 Qe7 27. Rdb1 Kh8 28. a5
bxa5 29. Rxa5 g5 30. Nf1 Qe6 31. Ng3 Bd8 32. Nf5 Bxa5 33. bxa5 Bc6 34. Bxg5 Rb8
35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Qa3 Bxe4 37. Ng3 Bg6 38. Qc5 Rc8 39. Qa7 d3 40. c5 Kg8 41.
Be3 Rd8 42. Nf1 Kh8 43. Nd2 Rg8 44. Qb7 Be8 45. Qb6 Bc6 46. f3 Qxh3 47. g4
Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 65 29th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. f3 Be6 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 16. Ke3 Bh6+ 17. f4 f5 18. Nb6 Bf7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. g3 e5 21.
Bb6 exf4+ 22. gxf4 Re8 23. Kd3 Bxf4 24. Rcf1 Bh6 25. Rhg1 Nc5+ 26. Bxc5 dxc5
27. Rg2 b5 28. Kc2 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Bg7 31. Rb1 Bd4 32. h4 Kg7 33.
Kd2 f4 34. Re2 Be3+ 35. Kd3 Rd8+ 36. Ke4 Rd4+ 37. Kf3 Rxc4 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. h5
Kxh5 40. Rxh7+ Kg5 41. Rf7 Bc1 42. Rg2+ Kh6 43. Kg4 f3+ 44. Kxf3 Bg5 45. Rh2+
Bh4 46. Rf4 Rc3+ 47. Kg4 g5 48. Rf6+ Kg7 49. Rxa6 Rc4+ 50. Kh5 Kf7 51. Rb2 Rb4
52. Rc2 Ke7 53. Rxc5 Kd7 54. Rf5 Ke7 55. Kg6 Bg3 56. Rf7+ Kd8 57. Raa7 Kc8 58.
Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 65 29th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. Bd3 d6 7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e4 O-O 10. f3 Nd7 11. Be3 b6 12. f4 Ba6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Na5 15. Qa4
Nf6 16. h3 Ne8 17. Ng3 Nd6 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. Rxf5 Qe8 20. Qc2 Bxc4 21. Raf1 Rd8
22. Qe2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nb7 24. c4 Nd6 25. R5f2 f6 26. Bc1 Rc8 27. g4 h6 28. Qc2
Rb8 29. a4 Qg6 30. Re1 Rfc8 31. Rg2 a6 32. h4 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. cxb5 Nxb5
35. Qf2 Nd4 36. Rg3 Rb3 37. Rxb3 Nxb3 38. Qf5 Qxf5 39. gxf5 Ra8 40. Bb2 Ra2 41.
Re2 Nd4 42. Rf2 Nb5 43. Kg2 c4 44. Bc1 Ra4 45. Rb2 Nd6 46. Kf3 c3 47. Rb6 Nxe4
48. Be3 Nd2+ 49. Ke2 Nc4 50. Rb8+ Kh7 51. Bc1 Ra1 52. Kd1 Ne3+ 0-1