[Event "Andorra op 22nd"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2004.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mateo, Ramon"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. g3 $6 {
A strange combination of moves: the bishop on g5 and the fianchetto just do
not seem to fit together.} Be7 8. h4 {A sad but necessary move in order to
prevent the typical ...Nxe4 tactic.} Nc6 (8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 {
Is a "more Najdorf" approach, and possibly stronger too. However, during the
game I was quite happy with a Scheveningen setup in which the g5-bishop and
the h4-pawn do not stand on the best squares.}) 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qe2
{This gives Black the chance to become very active on the queenside.} (11. a4 {
looks better, although Black would still be doing quite well after} O-O {
and 12...Ne5}) 11... b5 12. O-O O-O (12... h6 $5 {first is interesting,
preventing White´s regrouping plan in the game.}) 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Nb1 Rfd8
15. c3 h6 16. Bc1 e5 $1 {A good plan. White now has problems controlling d5,
so little can be done to prevent Black from achieving his aim in the Sicilian.}
17. N1d2 Bg4 $1 18. Bf3 {This leaves the bishop poorly placed, but} (18. f3 {
would weaken White´s position beyond repair.}) 18... Be6 19. Rfe1 b4 20. Qxa6
bxc3 21. bxc3 Ra8 22. Qd3 Rxa2 23. Nc4 $6 (23. c4 Nb4 24. Qc3 Rb8 $17) 23... d5
24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qb1 $2 (26. Nbd2 Bc5 $17) 26... Bxc4 27. Rxd8+
Bxd8 28. Qxa2 Qb6 29. Qa8 Bxb3 30. Be3 Qc7 $19 31. Rb1 Bc2 32. Bb6 Qd7 33. Rc1
Be4 {The game is over. The rest is just a matter of reaching the time-control
on move forty.} 34. Re1 Bf3 35. Kh2 Qd2 36. Rf1 Qd3 37. Re1 Qd2 38. Rf1 Qd3 39.
Re1 Kh7 40. Bxd8 Nxd8 41. Qa5 Qd2 42. Rf1 Qe2 43. Kg1 Be4 0-1

[Event "Nova Gorica op-A 08th"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 {
I have especially started with this since Meijers only plays Rauzer including
Be2.} 8. Be2 {Expected!} O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rad1 Rb8 $1 {I like Alex's idea.Now
my opponent started to take a lot of time.} 11. Kh1 $146 {A novelty of
insignificant level.Anything you touch would be a novelty here.} Qc7 (11...
Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 $11 {looked too equal to me.}) 12. Qe3 {
Another strange looking move.} ({Preventing b5 trust should be taken seriously.
} 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nb3 (13. f4 h6) 13... Rfd8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16.
Rxd6 Be5 17. Rd2 Bf4 18. Rdd1 Nb4 19. g3 Be5 20. f4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Na2 $44)
12... b5 (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. Rxd4 b5 14. a3 $13) 13... b5 14. a3 $13) 13.
Nxc6 Qxc6 14. e5 $6 {A very passive move.} (14. f4 b4 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Ng4
17. Bxg4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 bxc3 19. Bh5 g6 $1 (19... Bb7 $2 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 (20...
Rxf7 $2 21. Rd8+ $18) 21. b3) 20. Bf3 Qa4 21. bxc3 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Rd8
Rb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Qf6 Rf8 26. h4 h5 $11) 14... dxe5 15. Qxe5 Bb7 16. Bf3
Qc4 17. Ne4 $2 {This is simply bad.} (17. Be2 Qb4 $15) (17. b3 Qb4 $15) 17...
Nxe4 $4 (17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd6 $1 19. Qxd6 Nxe4 20. Qf4 f6 21. Bh4 g5 22. Qe3
(22. Qg4 Nxf2+ $19) 22... gxh4 $19) 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bxe4 (19. Bh4 Nd2 20. Be2
(20. Bxb7 Nxf1 21. Qe4 Qc7 $19) 20... Qxc2 $17) 19... Qxe4 $1 (19... Bxe4 $6
20. c3 f6 21. Qg3 Bg6 22. b3 Qe2 23. Ra1 e5 24. Rfe1 $11) 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Bd6
Bxc2 $2 {Another inexactitude.Heavy pieces combined with opposite colored
bishops gives black chances to win.} (21... Rbd8 22. c3 (22. Bc7 Rc8) 22... Bd5
23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Bb6 Bxa2 $17) 22. Bxb8 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxb8 $15 {Instead of
winning a piece after all of these mambo-jumbo I have won a pawn.But the rook
ending is not that easy to win.} 24. Rd6 a5 (24... Rc8 25. g3 Kf8 26. Rxa6 Rc2
27. Kg2 Rxb2 28. a4 $11) 25. g3 (25. h4 $142 {is of course better.}) 25... g5
$1 26. Ra6 a4 27. b3 axb3 28. axb3 g4 29. Kg2 Rd8 30. Rb6 Rd5 31. h3 h5 32.
Rb8+ Kg7 33. b4 Kf6 34. Rb7 Rf5 35. h4 {Exchanging on g4 is another idea.
However my opponent wanted to fix h4 against black 's h5 and use the latter's
weakness.} (35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Kf1 Re5 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. f4 (38. Kf1 $2 f6 39. Kg2
Kf5 40. Kf1 Ke4 41. Rd7 Rd5 42. Re7 e5 43. Rb7 Rd4 $19) 38... gxf3+ 39. Kxf3 f5
40. Rb8 $1 (40. Rb6 $2 Kf6 41. Rb8 Rd5 42. Ke3 e5 43. Rf8+ Kg5 44. Rg8+ Kh5 45.
Rc8 Rd4 $1 46. Rc5 Rxb4 47. Rxe5 Kg4 $19) 40... Rd5 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. Rb8 Ke7 (
42... e5 43. Rb6) 43. Rb7+ Kd6 44. Rb6+ Kd7 45. Ke3 e5 46. Rf6 Rd4 47. Rxf5 Ke6
48. Rf8 Rxb4 49. Rb8 Kd5 50. Rd8+ Kc6 51. Rc8+ Kd7 52. Rg8 Kd6 53. g4 $11)
35... Re5 $1 {First I have decided to prevent f3.} (35... Rd5 36. f4 gxf3+ 37.
Kxf3 Kg6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Rh7 Ke5 41. Rb7 Kd6 42. Rb6+ Ke5 43. Rb7
Kf6 44. Rh7 Kg6 45. Rb7 e5 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rb6+ $11) 36. Kf1 Kg6
37. Kg2 f6 38. Rb8 Kf5 39. Rh8 Ke4 40. Rf8 $2 {A grandiose mistake by my
opponent.} (40. Rd8 Kf5 (40... Rd5 41. Re8 e5 42. Rh8 Rd4 43. Rxh5 Rxb4 44. Rh8
Kf5 45. Rg8 Rd4 46. h5 Rd7 47. Rb8 $11) 41. Rh8 Kg6 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rb8 Rd5
44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. Rb8 e5 46. Kf1 e4 47. Ke2 f5 48. Ke3 $11) 40... Kd3 $1 {
By sacrificing the pawn black switches to the queenside.} (40... f5 $2 41. Rh8
f4 42. gxf4 Kxf4 43. Re8 Ke4 44. Kg3 Kd3 45. Rc8 Rf5 46. Rc6 Rf6 47. Rc5 Rf3+
48. Kg2 Rf5 49. Rc6 Re5 50. Kg3 $11) 41. Rxf6 Kc3 42. Rf4 Rf5 $1 (42... Re2 $2
43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Re4 Rxb4 45. Re5 $1 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 b4 47. Rc5+ Kd4 48. Rxh5 b3
49. Rb5 Kc3 50. h5 b2 51. h6 Rd1 52. h7 Rd8 53. Rb7 $11) 43. Re4 e5 $19 {
Now both white rook and King have limited scope.} 44. Kf1 Kd3 45. Re3+ {
One of the two possible variations.} (45. Re1 e4 $1 (45... Kc4 $2 46. Re4+ Kd5
47. Re1 Rf6 48. Rd1+ Kc4 49. Re1 Kxb4 50. Rxe5 Rh6 51. Ke2 Kc4 52. f3 gxf3+ 53.
Kxf3 b4 54. g4 b3 55. gxh5 b2 56. Re1 $11) 46. Kg2 Rd5 $1 (46... Rf3 47. Rc1)
47. Rc1 Rd4 48. Rc5 Rxb4 49. Rxh5 e3 $1 50. fxe3 Rb2+ 51. Kf1 Ke4 $1 52. Rg5
Kf3 53. Rf5+ Kxg3 54. h5 b4 55. h6 Rh2 $1 (55... Rb1+ $2 56. Ke2 b3 57. Rb5 b2
58. h7 Rh1 59. Rxb2 Rxh7 60. Rb8 Kh2 61. Rg8 g3 62. Kf3 (62. e4 g2 63. Ke3
g1=Q+ 64. Rxg1 Kxg1 65. Kf4 $11) 62... Rf7+ 63. Ke4 g2 64. Kd4 (64. Kd5 Rf3 65.
e4 Rg3 66. Rh8+ Kg1 67. Rf8 $1 Rg7 68. e5 $11) 64... g1=Q 65. Rxg1 Kxg1 66. e4
Kf2 67. e5 $11) 56. Rb5 Rxh6 57. Rxb4 Rh1+ 58. Ke2 Kh3 59. Rb8 g3 60. Rh8+ Kg2
61. Rg8 Rh4 $1 62. Rg7 (62. Kd3 Kf2 63. Rf8+ Kg1 64. e4 g2 65. e5 Kh1 $19)
62... Ra4 63. Rg8 Ra2+ 64. Kd3 Kf2 65. Rf8+ (65. e4 g2) 65... Ke1 66. Rg8 g2
67. e4 Ra3+ 68. Kd4 Kf2 69. Rxg2+ Kxg2 70. e5 Kf3 $19) 45... Kd4 46. Ke2 e4 47.
Ra3 Kc4 {There ain't no need to waste a tempo.} (47... Rf3 $2 48. Ra8 e3 49.
fxe3+ (49. Rd8+ Kc4 50. fxe3 Kxb4 51. Rh8 Rxg3 52. Rxh5 Rh3 53. e4 Kc4 54. e5
$11) 49... Rxe3+ 50. Kf2 Rf3+ 51. Kg2 Kc4 52. Re8 Kxb4 53. Re5 Kc4 54. Rxh5 b4
55. Rg5 Rf6 56. Rxg4+ Kc3 57. Rg8 Rb6 58. Rc8+ Kd3 59. Rd8+ Ke4 60. h5 $11) 48.
Ra8 Kxb4 49. Ke3 Rc5 (49... Kc4 50. Kxe4 Rxf2 51. Rc8+ Kb3 52. Rc5 b4 53. Rxh5
Kc4 54. Rh8 b3 55. Rc8+ Kb4 56. Rb8+ Kc3 (56... Ka3 57. Ra8+ Kb2 58. h5 Rh2 59.
Kf4 Rxh5 60. Kxg4 Rb5 61. Rf8 Kc2 62. Kh4 b2 63. Rf1 b1=Q 64. Rxb1 Rxb1 65. g4
Kd3 $19) 57. Rc8+ Kd2 58. Rb8 Kc2 59. Rc8+ Kd1 60. h5 b2 61. Rb8 Kc1 62. h6
b1=Q+ 63. Rxb1+ Kxb1 64. h7 Rh2 65. Kf5 Kc2 66. Kxg4 Rxh7 67. Kf5 Rf7+ 68. Ke5
Rg7 69. Kf4 Kd3 $19) 50. Kxe4 Kc3 51. Ra5 Kc4 $4 {Throwing away the win.} (
51... Rc4+ 52. Ke3 (52. Kf5 b4 53. Re5 b3 54. Re3+ Kc2 55. Re2+ Kc1 56. Kg6 Rc5
$19) 52... b4 53. Rxh5 (53. Ra1 b3 $19 (53... Kb2 54. Ra5 b3 55. Kd3 Rc3+ 56.
Kd2 Rc2+ 57. Kd1 Rxf2 58. Rxh5 Rg2 59. Rg5 Rxg3 60. h5 Rh3 $19)) 53... b3 54.
Rd5 b2 55. Rd1 Kc2 56. Rh1 b1=Q 57. Rxb1 Kxb1 58. h5 Kc2 59. h6 Rc6 60. Kf4
Rxh6 61. Kxg4 Rf6 62. f4 Kd3 63. Kg5 Rf8 64. g4 Ke4 65. f5 Rg8+ 66. Kh6 Ke5 $19
) 52. f3 $4 (52. f4 gxf3 53. Kxf3 b4 54. Ra1 {is the way to get to the game
position.}) 52... gxf3 $4 {Showing complete non-understanding of rook endings.}
(52... Kb4 53. Ra1 Rc4+ 54. Kf5 (54. Ke3 Rc3+ 55. Kf4 gxf3 (55... Rxf3+ $2 56.
Kg5 Rxg3 57. Kxh5 Rg2 58. Rb1+ Kc4 59. Rc1+ Kd5 60. Rb1 Kc5 61. Rc1+ Kb6 62.
Rb1 $11) 56. Rf1 Ka3 57. g4 Rc4+ 58. Kg5 hxg4 59. h5 b4 60. h6 b3 61. h7 Rc8
62. Kxg4 Rh8 $19) 54... gxf3 55. Kg5 Rg4+ 56. Kxh5 Rxg3 57. Rb1+ Kc4 58. Rc1+
Kd3 59. Rb1 f2 $19) 53. Kxf3 b4 54. Ra1 Kb5 $6 {Not the best!I could pose him
serious difficulties with a check.} (54... Rf5+ 55. Ke4 (55. Kg2 Kc3 (55... b3
56. g4 hxg4 57. Kg3 b2 58. Rb1 Kc3 59. Kxg4 $11) 56. g4 Rf4 57. gxh5 Rxh4 58.
Rc1+ Kd3 59. Rc5 b3 60. Kg3 Rb4 61. Rd5+ Kc3 62. h6 b2 63. h7 Rb8 64. Rd1 Kc2
65. Rh1 Rh8 66. Rh2+ Kc3 67. Rh1 Rxh7 $19) 55... Rf8 $1 (55... Rb5 56. Kf4 b3
57. g4 b2 58. Rb1 $11) (55... Rf2 56. Rc1+ Kb5 (56... Kb3 57. Rc5 Ka4 (57...
Ka2 58. Rxh5 b3 59. Ra5+) 58. Rxh5 b3 59. Rh8 b2 60. Rb8) 57. Kd4 Rd2+ 58. Ke3
Rg2 59. Kf3 Rh2 60. Rb1 Kc4 61. Rc1+ Kd4 62. Rd1+ Kc3 63. Rd5 b3 64. Rxh5 b2
65. Rb5 $11) 56. Rc1+ Kb3 (56... Kb5 57. Rb1 Rg8 58. Kf4 Rg4+ 59. Kf3 Rg6 (
59... Kc4 60. Rc1+ Kd3 61. Rc5 b3 62. Rxh5 Rb4 63. Rd5+ Kc4 64. Rd1 b2 65. Rb1
$11) 60. Kf4 Kc4 61. Rc1+ Kd3 62. Rc5 b3 63. Rxh5 Rb6 64. Re5 b2 65. Re1 b1=Q
66. Rxb1 Rxb1 67. h5 $11) 57. Rc5 Rb8 (57... Rh8 58. Kf4 Ka2 59. g4 hxg4 60.
Ra5+ Kb2 61. Kxg4 $11) 58. Rxh5 Kc2 59. Rc5+ Kd2 60. Rd5+ Ke2 61. Kd4 $3 b3 62.
Kc3 $11) 55. g4 Rc3+ 56. Kf4 Rc4+ 57. Kg5 hxg4 58. h5 $11 {Now it is a draw.I
have started to get really upset in this point of the game.} g3 (58... b3 59.
h6 g3 60. Rg1 Kb4 61. h7 Rc8 62. Rxg3 b2 63. Rg1 Kb3 64. Kg6 $11) 59. Rg1 Rc8
60. h6 (60. Rxg3 Rg8+ 61. Kh4 Rxg3 62. Kxg3 b3 63. h6 b2 64. h7 b1=Q 65. h8=Q
$11) 60... b3 61. h7 b2 $4 ({Anything draws with the extra pawn.} 61... Kb4 62.
Rxg3 b2 63. Rg1 Kb3 64. Kh6 Ka2 65. Kg7 b1=Q 66. Rxb1 Kxb1 67. h8=Q Rxh8 68.
Kxh8 $11) (61... Rh8 $11) 62. Rb1 $18 Kc6 $2 {I could still show a stiff
resistance.} (62... Rc5+ 63. Kg4 Rc4+ 64. Kh3 $3 (64. Kxg3 Rc3+ $11 {is just a
draw.}) 64... Rc2 (64... Rc8 65. Rxb2+ Ka6 66. Kxg3 Rc3+ 67. Kg2 Rc8 68. Rf2
Kb6 69. Kg3 Rh8 70. Rf7 Kc6 71. Kg4 Kd6 72. Kg5 Ke6 73. Kg6 $18) 65. Rxb2+ $3
Rxb2 66. Kxg3 $18 {wins beautifully.}) (62... Ka6 63. Rxb2 Rc5+ 64. Kg4 $18)
63. Rxb2 Kd5 64. Rg2 Ke4 65. Rxg3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Metz, Hartmut"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. g4 Ba6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
g5 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nd7 17. h5 Bxf1 18. Rhxf1 Rab8 19. g6 $1 {[#]Usually such
move is a sign that White is succeeding in his attack. In positions with
castling on oppositesides, it's particularly important to begin your own
attack first and make the opponent defend, so that his counterattack won't be
so dangerous.} Nc5 20. gxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rf2 Rg8 22. Rg2 Na4 23. Rdg1 Nc3+ 24. Ka1
a4 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Qd3 Qb6 27. Qxc3 Rgc8 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Falun"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 $5 {
All the time since I started playing 6.Bg5 as White in the Najdorf I have
always played 7.f4 in this position. In general I have also been very
successful. However avoiding your opponent's preparation might still be a good
idea now and then. This is an interesting idea for White in order to get a bit
quicker development which has the advantage of avoiding the controversial
Poisoned Pawn variation.} Be7 8. O-O-O h6 {Playing an early ...h6 is rather
unusual, but it might well be a good idea in order to force a decision from
the bishop on g5.} 9. Be3 {I believe this is the best reply in this position,
since on h4 the bishop might be kicked around by ...g5 at an appropriate
moment. White could also leave the bishop on g5 by playing} (9. Qh3 {defending
it tactically. However this move doesn't appeal to me right here. Black should
simply continue development with} Qc7 $146 {when it's questionable how White
should continue.} (9... Qa5 {was played in 1-0 (39) Bjerring,K (2360)
-Christensen,B (2205) Gladsaxe 1993})) 9... Nbd7 $146 {This normal looking
move has not seen daylight before, most probably because of the very few games
in general in the position.} (9... Qc7 10. Qg3) 10. Qg3 h5 $5 {An active move,
planning to activate the rook along the h-file at some stage. The clear
drawback is that now the g5-square is weakened and White could soon return
there with his bishop.} ({An interesting opportunity to play strategically for
the e5-square would be} 10... g5 $5 {However it looks a bit risky too and I
guess White should have the upper hand after the simple} 11. f3 ({Also
interesting is the more concrete attempt} 11. h4 g4 12. f4 {in order to play
for quick counterplay while Black is still undeveloped and remains with his
king in the centre.})) 11. f3 {Defending against knight moves to g4 and
opening the diagonal for the white queen to get back to f2 or e1.} Qc7 ({
Another logical continuation was} 11... h4 12. Qf2 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. g4 b4 15.
Nce2 Ne5 16. Kb1 {with mutual chances.}) 12. h4 $1 {White stops any plans of ..
.h4 from Black and takes control over the square g5.} Ne5 ({After} 12... b5 {
Black must be ready for the piece sacrifice} 13. Bxb5 $5 axb5 14. Ndxb5 {
when White will have three pawns and a dangerous initiative for the piece.
Even the endgames are often unpleasant for Black in view of White's three
connected passed pawns.}) 13. Bg5 Bd7 ({Here} 13... b5 $5 {was possible too
when I think 14.a3 is best. After} 14. a3 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 $1 {Now the tempting
sacrifice} (14... gxf6 {is solid, but gives White a long term advantage
because of the damage to Black's pawn structure.}) 15. Bxb5+ $2 {only helps
Black.} axb5 16. Ndxb5 Qc5 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 $17 {and there is only White's king
that is in trouble while in addition Black has an extra piece. Especially the
active bishop on f6 is highly dangerous.} 18. f4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. e5 Be7
$17 {Houdini}) 14... Rb8 15. Be2 {with mutual chances. Black has been able to
start an offensive against White's king, but on the other hand he still lacks
some development, while White already has all his forces in play.}) 14. f4 Neg4
(14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd3 b5 17. Rhe1 O-O (17... b4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 (18...
Bxf6 19. Nd5 $1 $14) 19. Ne2 $14) 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rac8) 15. Be2 {White is
soon ready for action in the cenre by means of Bxg4 followed by e5.} b5 16. a3
{This weakness is a necessity in order to maintain the solid position of the
knight on c3.} Rc8 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gc7b7]} 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. e5 dxe5 (18... Nh5
19. Qxg4 f6 $4 20. exf6 (20. Nd5 $5 exd5 21. e6 Bc6 22. f5 {Domination}) 20...
gxf6 21. Bh6 $1 Rxh6 22. Qg8+ Bf8 23. Nf5 $1 $18) 19. fxe5 Nh5 $2 (19... Bc5
20. Rhe1 $14 ({The tactical idea} 20. exf6 {doesn't work in view of} Qxg3 21.
fxg7 Qe5 $1 $17 (21... Rg8 22. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f6]}))) (19... b4 $1 {would have
been a serious improvement. However White is still on top after} 20. axb4 Bxb4
21. Rd3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. e6 $1 {opens up lines and diagonals in front of
Black's king.} Bxe6 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxg4 O-O 27. Be5 Rf5 28. Qg3
{givs White somewhat better prospects in view of his better pawn structure.})
20. Qxg4 Qxe5 (20... Bxa3 21. Ne4 (21. Rh3 $1 {as suggested by Houdini is even
stronger} Bc5 (21... Bf8 22. Rhd3 $18 {when the pressure against Black's
position is far too strong.}) 22. Nb3 $18 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gh3d3]})) 21. Bxe7
Kxe7 22. Rhe1 {This liqudates into an ending, but still gives White a clear
advantage in view of Black's lack of cordination.} Qf4+ 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. g3 $6
({A simpler move was} 24. Nf5+ $1 Kf8 (24... Kf6 25. Rxd7 $18 (25. Nd6 Rc6 (
25... Rc7 26. Rf1 $18) 26. Nxf7 $18) 25... Rxc3 (25... exf5 26. Nd5+ $1 Nxd5
27. Rd6#) 26. bxc3 exf5 27. g3 $16 {with a technically won position for White
allthough Black still has some practical chances.}) 25. Rxd7 exf5 26. Ree7 $16
Kg8 27. Rxf7 Rxh4 (27... Rh7 28. g3 $1 Nh5 29. Rxf5 Nxg3 30. Rg5 Nh5 31. Nd5
$18) 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Kb1 {when White's extra pawn in combination with a
dominating position overall should bring a full point.}) 24... Nh5 (24... Ng6
25. Nd5+ $1 Ke8 (25... Kf8 26. Nb6 Rc7 27. Nxd7+ Rxd7 28. Nxe6+ $18) (25... Kd8
26. Nb6 Rc7 27. Rxe6 $3 $18) 26. Nf5 $16) 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Rxd7 exf5 27. Ree7
f6 28. Nd5 $6 (28. Ne2 $16) 28... Rh6 (28... Rh7 29. Nc7 $1 Rh6 (29... Kg8 30.
Ne8 Kf8 31. Nd6 $18) 30. Ne6+ Kg8 31. Nxg7 Nxg3 32. Ne6 Nh5 33. Nd8 Kf8 34. Re1
Ng7 35. Rg1 Ke8 36. Rdxg7 Kxd8 37. Rd1+ Ke8 38. Rg8+ $18) 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30.
Rxg7+ Nxg7 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxc8 Rg6 $2 (32... Nh5 {was better, with good
drawing chances for Black.} 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Rd3 Rg6) 33. Rd8+ $6 $138 (33. Rd6
Nh5 34. Rxa6 Rxg3 35. Nd6 f4 $132) (33. Nd6 $1 Rxg3 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rxf6 {
was stronger, when White keeps control over Black's passed pawn. In view of
the absence of Black's king on the queenside White has good winning chances
even after an exchange of the pawns on f5 and h4.}) 33... Kf7 34. Rd7+ Ke6 35.
Re7+ Kd5 36. Re3 Rg4 37. Ne7+ (37. h5 $5 Nxh5 38. Ne7+ Kc5 39. b4+ Kb6 40. Nxf5
$14 {might have been a better way forward. White keeps control of the position
and remains with an extra pawn.}) 37... Kd4 (37... Kd6 $5) 38. Rd3+ Ke5 (38...
Ke4 39. Nd5 Nh5 40. Nc3+ Ke5 41. Ne2 $14) 39. Nc6+ Ke4 40. Kd2 Nh5 $4 {After
this blunder just in the final stages of the time trouble before 40 moves
White wins another pawn and the rest is pretty simple.} (40... f4 {was
necessary when after} 41. Rd4+ Kf3 42. Rxf4+ Rxf4 43. gxf4 Kxf4 44. Nb8 {
White should win with correct play, but it's not obvious.} a5 45. Nc6 a4 46.
Nd4 Kg3 47. Nxb5 f5 48. Nc3 f4 49. Nxa4 f3 50. Nc3 $18 {and White will be able
to sacrifice the knight for Black's f-pawn when the four passed pawns will
start to tell.}) 41. Re3+ Kd5 42. Ne7+ Kc5 43. b4+ Kc4 44. Nxf5 Kd5 45. Ke2 Ng7
46. Nxg7 Rxg7 47. Kf3 {Black's king is cut off from the kingside, so White
simply marches up the board with his king when the passed h-pawn will decide
the game.} 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch 89th"]
[Site "Saenz Pena"]
[Date "2014.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{La partida más esperada del campeonato. Los 2 Elos superiores del certamen
frente a frente.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 {Mareco se desvía de la principal 6...e6} 7. Qd2 {Lo más jugado es 7.f4}
e6 8. Bc4 Nc5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. O-O-O Be7 ({Tomar el peón
daría un fortísimo ataque a las blancas} 12... Nxe4 $6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rhe1)
13. Rhe1 g5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. f3 h5 16. Qf2 Qe5 17. b4 h4 18. g3 (18. bxc5 $6
dxc5 19. Nde2 c4 {Parece muy promisorio para las negras}) 18... hxg3 19. hxg3
Nd7 20. Rd3 Rh3 21. Nd5 exd5 22. exd5 Qf6 23. Rc3+ Nc5 24. bxc5 $6 {Era mejor
24.De3} dxc5 25. Rxe7 {Ahora Felgaer debe sacrificar calidad para activar sus
piezas, no se podía 25.Ce2 c4 con ventaja abrumadora.} Qxe7 26. Nf5 Qe5 27.
Qxc5+ Kb8 28. Ne7 Qd6 29. Nc6+ Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Rc8 32. Rxg5 Rxc6 $6
{Había que mantener el peón con 32...f6 para mantener la pequeña ventaja} 33.
Bxf7 {El final ahora está igualado} Rc3 34. Bd5 Rxa3 35. Bb3 Rh1+ 36. Kb2 Raa1
37. Kc3 Rhf1 38. Rf5 Kc7 39. Kb4 Rae1 40. Rf7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 $5 h6 8.
Be3 {An interesting idea, similar to another idea that Grischuk had used
several times against MVL: 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bc1!?. Basically, the idea is
that in opposite castle attacks, Black's kingside might be more fragile if the
pawn stands on h6 instead of h7 (notably after White plays g4-g5).} b5 9. a3 $5
{A useful move, as Black is going to aim for ...b4 sooner or later.} Nbd7 10.
Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O (11. g4 $6 d5 $1 $15) 11... h5 $5 {A very logical move.
Maxime judged that his "extra tempo" ...h6 wasn't bringing anything positive
and went ...h5 just as if his pawn came from h7.} (11... Rc8 $5 {or 11...Be7!?
were two very natural options.}) ({Whereas} 11... d5 $6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5
Bxd5 14. Nf5 {looks very dangerous for Black.} (14. Kb1 $5)) 12. Kb1 Be7 13.
Qe1 $6 {A dubious one, as the game will prove.} (13. Rg1 $1 $146 {was Magnus'
improvement in their next encounter in this line... just two days later! See
annotations of Game 9 (rapid) of the match.}) 13... Rc8 14. Rg1 Qc7 15. g3 $6 (
15. Be2 d5 $132) 15... Ne5 (15... d5 $5 {could lead to crazy lines:} 16. Bf4 (
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf5 $2 {fails to} Qxc2+ $19) 16... e5 17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rg2 $5 (19. Bh3 O-O $1 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxe5 Bc5 $44)
19... exf4 20. Nf5 Nf6 21. Re2 Be6 22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Bh3 Rd8 {
and Black should be at least no worse.}) 16. Rg2 {A fun manoeuvre, which I had
never seen in this exact setup. The rook on the second rank will proove useful.
On the other hand, this is far too slow in such a complex position.} O-O (16...
Nfd7 $5) 17. h3 d5 18. f4 Nc4 19. e5 (19. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 $17) 19... Nxe3 $1 {
MVL correctly judged that he should swap his knight for the dark-squared
bishop.} 20. Qxe3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Re2 ({A direct attack would just fail:
} 22. h4 $2 Rfd8 23. g4 Bc5 24. c3 (24. gxh5 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 e3 $1
27. Re2 Rd8 $19) 24... Bxd4 25. cxd4 hxg4 $17) 22... Bd5 $5 (22... Rfd8 23. Bg2
b4 $1 24. axb4 Bxb4 {would have given Black great compensation as well.}) 23.
Bg2 Qc4 24. Nb3 Bc5 $1 25. Nxc5 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Rfd8 $1 {What a tactical
continuation! White should be very careful now.} 27. c4 $1 (27. Bxe4 {leads to
a draw:} Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Bxe4+ 29. Nd3 Qxb2 30. Qxe4 Rc4 31. Qf3 Qc3+ (31... Rxd3+
$5 32. Qxd3 Rd4 $11) 32. Ke3 Qd4+ $11) ({But} 27. c3 $4 {is bad due to} Qa1+
28. Kc2 Bb3+ $3 29. Kxb3 Qxd1+ 30. Ka2 Rxc5 $17) 27... bxc4 $3 (27... Bxc4 {
fails to} 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rd2 $18) 28. Red2 (28. Na4 $5 {leads to
incredibly fun lines:} Bc6 $1 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nc3 Qa1+ 31. Nb1 (31. Kc2 $4
Ba4+ 32. Nxa4 Qd1+ 33. Kc3 Qb3#) 31... Rd3 32. Qg1 Ba4 33. Bxe4 Bb3 34. Bxd3
cxd3 35. Re1 (35. Rd2 $2 Ba2 $17) 35... Ba2 36. Qd4 Qxb1+ 37. Kd2 Qc2+ 38. Ke3
Bd5 39. Qxd3 Qg2 {and Black should be able to make a draw.}) (28. b4 {is a
cute way to force a draw:} Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Qa2+ $11) 28... Qa1+ $5 (28... Rxc5 29.
Qxc5 Rb8 {was another good option:} 30. Bxe4 (30. Rc2 e3 $1 31. Qxe3 Bxg2 $17)
30... Bxe4 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Qb4 Qb1+ 34. Kd2 Qc2+ 35. Ke1 $11)
29. Kc2 Qa2 30. Kc1 (30. Na4 $4 c3 $1 $19) 30... Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qa2 32. Kc1 {
An unusual move repetition!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 h6 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 $5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O h5 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Rg1 $1 $146 {A huge
improvement on 13.Qe1, previously played by Carlsen.} Rc8 14. Be2 Nb6 (14...
Ne5 $5 {is definitely worth consideration.}) 15. Qe1 $1 {Now that move makes
sense - as White already threatens to push e5.} Nfd7 (15... Qc7 {definitely
makes sense too. A logical follow-up would be} 16. Qg3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 {while
} 18. Qxg7 $2 {would allow} Rg8 19. Qh6 e5 $1 {with the idea} 20. Nf5 Rg6 21.
Qh8+ Kd7 $19) 16. g4 {Logical, once the knight is gone from f6 - so White can
recapture on g4 with his rook.} hxg4 17. Rxg4 Bf8 $6 {It is rarely very good
to set your pieces ready for the next game! Several moves lead to unclear
positions here.} (17... g6 $5 18. Rxg6 {(the move MVL admitted to have
overlooked beforehand)} Rxc3 $1 (18... e5 19. Qg1 $1 exd4 20. Bxd4 Rf8 21. e5 {
is also a mess, but could go wrong for Black}) (18... fxg6 $4 19. Nxe6 $18) 19.
Nxe6 (19. Qxc3 Na4 $1 20. Qd2 fxg6 21. Nxe6 Qc8 $13) 19... Qc8 $8 {And now the
engine suggests a fun drawing line:} 20. Ng7+ Kf8 21. Rh6 Rxh6 22. Bxh6 Rxc2
23. Nf5+ Ke8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Qh4+ f6 26. Bf4 Rxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Na4+ 28. Kb1 Nc3+
29. Kb2 Na4+ $11) (17... Rh7 $5 {also looks playable. Any time the queen
leaves its protection of the c3-knight, Black will sac on c3 and play ...Na4.})
(17... Kf8 $5 {also looks reasonable, if} 18. Qg3 {then} Nf6 $1 19. Rxg7 Nh5
20. Bh6 $8 Nxg3 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. Rg7+ Kf8 $11 {is another fun draw!}) ({Even} 
17... g5 {is suggested by the engine, but it looks somewhat more suspicious.})
18. Rg2 {Not the most percussive move, although Black's position remains
unpleasant to play.} (18. Bg5 $1 Qc7 19. Rh4 {exchanging Black's very
important h8-rook (that had both an attacking and defensive role) was very
disturbing.}) 18... Ne5 19. f4 (19. Bc1 $5 {was an interesting way to wait for
Black to put a piece on the c-file, so ...Rxc3 becomes impossible.} Qc7 (19...
Nec4 $2 20. b3 $16) 20. Qg1 $1 Nbc4 21. b3 Nxa3+ 22. Bxa3 Qxc3 23. Rxg7 $1 $40)
19... Nec4 20. Bc1 Qc7 21. Bxc4 (21. Rd3 $5) 21... Nxc4 22. Rd3 g6 $5 {Black
needs to activate his f8-bishop!} 23. b3 Bg7 {It is important to keep the
tension. Retracting the c4-knight would allow Bb2, after which White would
have no attacking prospects.} (23... Nb6 24. Bb2) 24. Qd1 (24. bxc4 bxc4 {
(/\...Qb6+)} 25. Nxe6 $8 {(or 24.Nxe6 first)} fxe6 26. Rdg3 {would be another
critical line.}) 24... Qa5 $6 {Tempting but wrong.} ({Black had to play the
more quiet} 24... Qb6 {to "defend" the c4-knight.}) 25. f5 $2 {Bluff? But it
did work!} (25. Nxe6 $1 {was powerful:} fxe6 (25... Bxc3 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Rxc3
Qxc3 28. Qxd6 $1 $18) 26. bxc4 $1 Bxc3 (26... bxc4 27. Rxd6 Qxc3 28. Rxe6+ Kf7
29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Re5 $1 $18) 27. Rxd6 {and Black may survive the attack, but
will remain worse, e.g.} Rc6 28. Rxg6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bc8 30. Qb8 Qd8 31. f5 bxc4
32. fxe6 Bxe6 33. Qxd8+ Kxd8 34. Rxe6 Rxh2 35. Bb2 $1 $16) 25... Ne5 $2 ({
Black should have taken the offered pawn with} 25... exf5 $1 {- after} 26. Re2
f4 $5 {it would be difficult for White to continue his attack.}) ({Of course
not} 25... Nxa3+ $2 26. Bxa3 Qxa3 27. fxg6 $40) 26. b4 (26. fxg6 {was strong
as well, if} Rxc3 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 {White has several wins, for example} 28.
Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. Nxe6+ Kf7 30. Rxd6 $18) 26... Qb6 27. fxg6 $1 {After that
move, Black's position collapses. Maxime's best chance then was the clock:
with around 8 minutes vs. 3.} Nxg6 (27... Nxd3 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7
30. Qg4+ {with a devastating attack.}) 28. Be3 {The easy option.} (28. Nxe6 {
was the hard one:} Bxc3 29. Rxd6 Rc6 (29... Bc6 30. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 31. Ng5 $5 $18
) 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Bg5+ {followed with Qd7#.}) 28... Bh6 29. Ndxb5 {Logical,
but not the strongest.} (29. Bg1 {was the simple option, keeping bishops alive.
}) (29. Nxe6 $1 {was again the hard one:} Bxe3 30. Rxd6 Rc6 (30... Bc6 31. Nd5
$18) 31. Rd8+ Ke7 32. Qd7+ Kf6 33. e5+ $1 {and mate to follow.}) 29... Bxe3 30.
Nxd6+ Ke7 31. Nxb7 $2 {Slowly Magnus is giving Black practical chances.} ({
The strongest move was pretty hard to find:} 31. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33.
Qf3+ Bf4 34. Ne2 $1 e5 35. Nxf4 exf4 (35... Nxf4 36. Qg4 $18) 36. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7
37. e5+ {and wins.}) 31... Ne5 $5 {A good practical try.} ({After} 31... Qxb7
32. Rxe3 {Black wouldn't be without chances, but objectively he shouldn't be
able to prove compensation for the two pawns.}) 32. Rxe3 Nc4 $1 {That was the
idea behind 31...Ne5.} ({Of course not} 32... Qxe3 $2 33. Qd6+ Kf6 $2 34. Nd5#)
33. Rd3 $6 (33. Rf3 $1 Qxb7 34. Qd4 {would probably have finished off the game
quickly.}) 33... Qxb7 34. Na4 {White had other ways to defend the a3-pawn,
like 34.Qc1, but that one isn't bad.} Rhd8 35. Nc5 $4 {Finally a serious
mistake by White! Magnus blunders his two extra pawns in just one move.} (35.
Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Qe1 Nxa3+ 37. Ka2 {and White is just winning.}) 35... Rxd3 36.
Nxd3 (36. Qxd3 Rxc5 {was surely missed by the Norwegian.}) 36... Nxa3+ 37. Kc1
$2 ({Better was} 37. Ka2 Nb5 38. Qg4 Qxe4 {which is around equal.}) 37... Qxe4
{Suddenly, material is equal and White's king is in trouble!} 38. Rf2 Qe3+ $2 (
38... Qd4 $1 {would have won the game: White is defenseless against 39...Qa1+.}
) 39. Kb2 Nc4+ 40. Ka2 Nd6 41. Qh5 {The white king could escape and White is
more or less fine again.} Nf5 42. Re2 Qg1 43. Qf3 ({Of course not} 43. Qxf5 $4
Rxc2+ $1 {deflecting the white rook.}) 43... Qb6 44. Ne5 Qb5 {Black's position
remains much easier to play.} 45. c4 $2 (45. Qe4 $1 {was necessary.}) 45...
Qa4+ 46. Qa3 Qxa3+ 47. Kxa3 f6 {The c4-pawn falls and Black is technically
winning. What a turnover in game 9 of the match!} 48. Nd3 Rxc4 49. Nc5 Nd4 50.
Re4 a5 $5 51. Ka2 Rxb4 (51... axb4 $2 52. Nxe6 $1 {was the last trick to avoid.
}) 52. Nd3 Nb5 $1 {A cute way to exchange rooks.} 53. Rxb4 (53. Nxb4 Nc3+ $19)
53... axb4 54. Nxb4 f5 55. Kb2 Kf6 56. Kc2 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Nf3 58. h3 e5 59. Ke3
Nh4 60. Nd5+ Kg5 61. Ne7 Ng6 62. Nc8 Nf4 {Black's technical has been
irreprochable. Now the h3-pawn falls as well.} 63. h4+ Kxh4 64. Ne7 Kg5 65. Kf3
Ng6 66. Nd5 e4+ 67. Ke3 Ne5 68. Kd4 Ng4 69. Nc7 Nh2 70. Ke3 Nf1+ 71. Kf2 Nd2
72. Ke3 Nc4+ 73. Kd4 Nd6 74. Ne6+ Kg4 75. Ke3 Kg3 76. Nd4 (76. Nf4 $2 Nc4+ $19)
76... f4+ 77. Ke2 Kg2 78. Ne6 f3+ 79. Ke3 Kg3 80. Nf4 Nc4+ $1 81. Kxe4 f2 82.
Ne2+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Astana m"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.01.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 {Quite
rare variation promising black good counterchances. It seems that Kortschnoi
wanted to drag his young opponent into unfamiliar territoty, but Sadvakasov
showed good understanding of sicilian defense and easily solved an opening
problems.} h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Be2 {White's plan is just too odd
to lead to advantage since white needs to push his pawns on the kingside to
cause black troubles, while white queen is just on their way.} (10. Qh3 Be7 (
10... b5 $6 11. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Be7 13. Bxb5 $1 Kd8 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15.
Nd5+ Kd8 16. Nxc7 Kxc7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Rd4 $14 {Milov,L-Ruck,R/Zalakaros 1993
}) 11. f4 b5 (11... Nc5 12. Bd3 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Bf2 Kb8 16.
Kb1 Rc8 $132 {Inkiov,V-Tringov,G/Plovdiv 1982}) (11... Rg8 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 12.
f5 e5 13. Nb3 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Kb8 17. Kb1 Rc8 $132 {
Georgiev,K-Schmidt,W/Warsaw 1987}) 12. a3 g6 $5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Be2 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qg3 $44 {Inkiov,V-Szekely,P/Pernik 1981
}) 10... Be7 11. Rhe1 (11. Qe3 b5 12. a3 (12. Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 13. f4 b4 14. Nb1
Bb7 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Bd3 g6 $13 {Van Riemsdijk,H-Olafsson,H/Thessaloniki 1988})
12... Bb7 13. f4 Rc8 14. g4 Qb6 15. Qh3 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 $13 {Tal,
M-Bogdanovic,R/Sarajevo 1966}) 11... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5] Simple and strong.
Black just wants to push b5.} (11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Qe3 b5 (13... Rg8 14.
Nf3 b5 15. Qd4 Nfd7 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. a3 Rb6 $13 {Brito,L-Sunye Neto,J/Hastings
1980}) 14. a3 Rb8 15. f3 (15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Nb3 Qb6 19.
Qxb6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,B-Bukic,E/Pula 1991/TD (19)}) 15... Nfd7 16. f4 gxf4 17.
Bxf4 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Rf1 Qb6 20. b3 Ng6 $13 {Tal,M-Platonov,I/Alma-Ata
1968}) 12. Qh3 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nb1 Bb7 {There is no need to enter
complications after} (14... Nxe4 $5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Bf3 (16. f5 $5) 16... d5
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 $13 {even though it seems that black keeps good
chances in this line too.}) 15. Nd2 Nc5 (15... g5 $2 16. Bxg5 $16 {[%cal Gh3h8]
}) 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 $13 {Black is ready for the actions
on the queenside.} 19. Bf3 O-O 20. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4a5,Gc4d6]} Ba8 {Trusting an
opponent! Not bad was} (20... Qg5+ $5 21. Kb1 Nf4 22. Qg3 Nxg2 (22... Qxg3 $2
23. hxg3 Nxg2 24. Re2 $18 {[%csl Rg2]}) 23. Rg1 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Bd5 $1 $15 {
and black is clearly better.}) 21. Qg3 Qc7 {[%cal Ga6a4,Gb4b3]} 22. Nd6 b3 $1
$36 {White is ready to play Nf5 so black has to act fast.} (22... a5 $2 23.
N4f5 $1 exf5 24. Nxf5 Ne6 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 $16) 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 $1 (23...
bxc2 $5 24. Rd2 (24. Nxc2 Bxd5 25. Qc3 Qb6 $36) 24... Bxd5 25. N4f5 (25. Rxc2
$2 Qa5 $17 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gc5d3]}) 25... exf5 26. Nxf5 g6 27. Nxh6+ Kh7 28.
Ng4 f5 29. exf6 $5 (29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qxf6 Bxa2 32. Qxg6+ Qg7 33.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Kxc2 $13) 29... Qxg3 30. hxg3 Bxa2 31. Rh1+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ $11)
24. axb3 (24. N4f5 $2 exf5 25. Nxf5 Ne6 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 $19) 24... Nxb3+ 25. Nxb3
Rxb3 26. Re3 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Qa5 28. c4 $8 Bxg2 29. Qd2 $1 Qa1+ (29... Qxd2+ $6
30. Kxd2 f5 (30... g5 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. b4 Kg7 33. b5 axb5 34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. cxb5
h5 36. b6 h4 37. Ke3 $16) 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Ra1 Rf2+ 33. Kc3 $14) 30. Kc2 Qa4+
31. b3 Qc6 {Black is just a pawn, but Kotschnoi finds chances to complicate
matters.} (31... Qa3 $5) 32. Qe3 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} (32. Rg1 Be4+ 33. Kb2 Bg6 $17)
32... f5 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Kb2 Bd5 $2 {Very unfortunate decision after which
white is out of danger due to the strong passer.} (34... a5 $17 {[%cal Ga5a4]})
35. Ne8 Qxe8 36. cxd5 Qd7 37. d6 $44 Rf5 38. Qb6 a5 39. Qc7 Rf2+ 40. Ka1 (40.
Ka3 $5 Qb5 41. Qc4 Qd7 42. Qa4 (42. Qc7 $11) 42... Qd8 43. Qc4 Qd7 $11) 40...
Rf7 41. Qxa5 Qc6 42. Kb2 Rf2+ 43. Rd2 (43. Ka3 $2 Qc2 44. d7 Qa2+ 45. Kb4 Rf4+
46. Kb5 Rf5+ 47. Kc4 Rxa5 48. d8=Q+ Kh7 $17) 43... Qxd6 44. Qa8+ Qf8 (44... Kh7
$2 45. Qe4+ Kg8 46. Rxf2 $18) 45. Qxf8+ Rxf8 46. b4 Rf3 $5 47. Kc2 Kf8 48. Rd7
Rh3 49. b5 Ke8 $8 {It wasn't too late to blunder.} (49... g5 $4 50. b6 Ke8 51.
b7 $18 {and white is winning.}) 50. Rxg7 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nbd7 (8... Qa5) (8... h6 $5) 9. Kb1 $5 {N} (9. Rg1) 9... h6 10. Bc1 (10.
Qh3 Qc7 11. f4 Nb6 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Bd7 $10) 10... Qc7 (10... Ne5 11. Qg3 g5
12. h4 Nh5 13. Qh3 gxh4 14. g4 $40) 11. Qg3 Rg8 $5 (11... g5 12. h4 Rg8 13.
hxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nd5 15. exd5 Rxg5 16. Qh2 $40) 12. f4 (12. h4 Nc5 13. Bd3
Bd7 14. f4 e5 $5) 12... g5 (12... Nc5 13. Bd3 (13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qf4 f5) 13... g5 $1) 13. f5 (13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Be2 Nc5) (13. Qh3
gxf4 14. Qxh6 Ng4 15. Qxf4 e5 16. Nd5 Qd8 $19) 13... e5 (13... Nc5 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. e5 $40) 14. Nb3 b5 (14... Nb6 15. h4 Bd7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Na4
18. Bxf6 $1 Rxg3 19. Rh8+ Bf8 20. Nd5 $40) 15. h4 Bb7 (15... b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 $40) 16. hxg5 hxg5 (16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 $5
hxg5 20. Be3 {/\ Rc1->}) 17. Qe1 (17. Bd3 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 $17)
17... b4 (17... Rc8 18. Bd3 (18. a3 Nb6 19. Bd3 $15) 18... b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20.
exd5 Bxd5 (20... a5 $5 {/\ Nf6, xd5}) 21. Bxa6 (21. Qxb4 Bxg2 22. Rh2 Bb7 {
/\ d5-/+}) 21... Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Be4 $1 (22... Bxb3 23. Bxc8 (23. Rd2 Qc6 24.
Bxc8 Qa4 25. a3 Nc5 $40) 23... Qxd1 24. Qxd1 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 $132) 23. Bd2 Ra8
24. Rc1 Qxb3 $1 $19) (17... Nb6 18. Na5 (18. a3) 18... b4 $1 19. Nd5 Nbxd5 20.
Nxb7 Nc3+ 21. bxc3 Qxb7) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rc8 20. Na1 $5 (20. Bd3 Bxd5) (
20. Qf2 Nf6 {x d5}) 20... a5 $6 (20... Nf6 21. Qxb4 Nxd5 22. Qa4+ Kf8 23. Rh3
$15) 21. Bb5 Kf8 (21... Qc5 22. Qe2 Bxd5 23. Nb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 $146) (21... Kd8
22. Rh7 $40) 22. Qg3 Nb6 (22... Bf6 23. Rh6 Ke7 24. Rdh1 Bxd5 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26.
Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 27. Bxg5+ Rxg5 28. Rh6+ Kxf5 29. Qf2+ Ke4 30. Rh4+ Rg4 31. Qf3+
$40) (22... Nf6 23. Bxg5 Ng4 $1 $8) 23. Rh6 (23. f6 $5 Bxf6 24. Rh6 $40) 23...
Qc5 $1 (23... Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. f6 Be4 (25... Bd8 26. Qxg5 $1 Be4 27. Qg7+
$3 Rxg7 28. Rh8+ Rg8 29. Bh6#) 26. Ba4 Bd8 27. Qxg5 $18) 24. f6 (24. Bc6 Bxc6
25. dxc6 Nd5 (25... f6 26. Qh3 Qxc6 27. Rh7 $1 (27. Rh8 Qc4 28. Qh6+ Ke8) 27...
Ke8 (27... Qc4 28. b3 Qc3 29. Qh5 $18) 28. Qh5+ Kd7 29. Qf7 Rge8 30. Qe6+ Kd8
31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxd6+ $18) 26. Qh3 (26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. f6 Bd8 28. Qh3 Qxc6 29.
Bxg5 Ke8) (26. f6 Nxf6 27. Bxg5 Qxc6 28. Qh4 Rxg5 $1 29. Qxg5 Ng8 30. Qd2 Nxh6
31. Qxh6+ Ke8) 26... Nf6 27. Rh8 Rxh8 28. Qxh8+ Ng8 $13) 24... Qxb5 (24... Bxf6
$5 25. Rxf6 Qxb5 26. Qf2 (26. Rxd6 Nxd5 $13) 26... Rg7 $13) 25. fxe7+ Kxe7 26.
Qf2 $2 (26. Qg4 Qd7 $1 27. Bxg5+ Ke8 28. Qh4 Qf5 $132) (26. Bxg5+ Kd7 27. Qh3+
Kc7 28. Be7 Bxd5 (28... Nc4 29. Qf3 f5 30. Qxf5 Bxd5) 29. Bxd6+ Kb7 30. Bxe5
Nc4 $1 $132) 26... Nxd5 27. Qf5 (27. Bxg5+ Rxg5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qf6+ Kd7 30.
Qxg5 Qd1+ $19) (27. Rh7 Rcf8 28. Rf1 Ke8 29. Rxf7 Nf4 (29... Qxf1 30. Qxf1 Rxf7
31. Qb5+ Kf8 32. Nb3 $132) 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $17) 27... Qd7 28. Qf2 (28. Bxg5+ Ke8
29. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $19) 28... a4 29. g3 Rcf8 $138 (29... Ke8 30. Rh7 Qe6 $17) 30.
a3 $2 (30. Rf1) 30... f6 $2 (30... bxa3 $1 31. Rf1 (31. c4 Nb4 32. bxa3 (32.
Bxg5+ Rxg5 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qxg5 Be4+ 35. Kc1 Na2+ 36. Kd2 axb2 37. Nc2 Qc7 $19
) 32... Be4+ 33. Kb2 Nd3+ $19) 31... Qb5 $19) 31. axb4 Nxb4 32. Bd2 Nc6 (32...
Na6 $1 33. Rf1 Ke8 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35. Qxf6 Nc5 $17) 33. Rf1 (33. Be3 Qe6 34. Bc5
$6 dxc5 35. Qxc5+ Ke8 $17) 33... Kd8 (33... Qe6 34. Qb6) 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35.
Qxf6+ Qe7 36. Qf2 Kc7 37. b3 $1 axb3 (37... Ba6 38. Ba5+ $5 Kc8 39. Qb6 Bxf1
40. Qxc6+ Kb8 41. Bb4 $132) 38. Nxb3 Rb8 $1 39. Qf5 (39. Kc1 Ba6 $17) 39... Nd4
$2 (39... Bc8 40. Qxg5 Qxg5 41. Bxg5 Nd4 $1 (41... Be6 42. Rf3 Nd4 43. Rc3+ Kd7
44. Kb2) 42. Rf7+ Kc6 {/\ Be6-/+}) 40. Ba5+ $1 (40. Qxg5 Qxg5 41. Rf7+ $1 Kb6
$1 42. Bxg5 Nxb3 43. cxb3 Bd5 $17) 40... Kc6 41. Nxd4+ exd4 42. Qf3+ Kd7 43.
Qg4+ {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metz, Hartmut"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O b5 9. f3 Bb7 10. h4 O-O 11. g4 Nbd7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bd3 Rc8
15. Kb1 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qh2 d5 18. e5 Nxb2 $3 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3,Ge7a3]}
19. Kxb2 Rxc3 $1 20. Bxh7+ {[%csl Gd3]} (20. Kxc3 Qa5+ 21. Kb2 Ba3+ 22. Kb1 Qc3
$19) 20... Kxh7 21. Kxc3 Qa5+ 22. Kd3 Rc8 23. h5 Rc4 $40 24. Ke3 Rxd4 $1 $19
25. Kxd4 (25. Rxd4 Qc3+ 26. Rd3 d4+ $19) 25... Qb4+ 26. Ke3 Qc3+ 27. Ke2 d4 28.
g6+ Kh6 29. Rhg1 Qf3+ 30. Ke1 Bb4+ 31. Rd2 Qe3+ 32. Kd1 Bf3+ 33. Kc1 Qa3+ 34.
Kb1 Bc3 35. Qg3 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Carmeille, Ludovic"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Zehlendorf"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 {A rare move, the
main moves are 6.g4, 6. Be2, 6.Bc4 or 6.f4.} Be7 7. Qd2 (7. Ndb5 {is not
dangerous for black, he can simply castle and get plenty of compensation for
the pawn.} O-O $1 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qxd6 a6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Na3 b5 {it is
clear now, that White can't be happy with the opening results, his knights are
badly placed and the black bishops are very strong.} 12. Nd1 Bb7 13. f3 Nd7 14.
c3 Nc5 {and Black has a strong initiative, 0-1 Murey,J-Adorjan,A/New York 1987/
CBM 002 (40)}) 7... a6 {Now the game transposes to the Naidorf system, with
the white queen on d2, instead of its usual place on f3. Black can also manage
without a7-a6, as Ndb5 is not dangerous} (7... h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ndb5 d5 $1 {
a strong reply, Black has the bishop's pair and shouldn't fear opening the
position.} 10. exd5 a6 11. Nd4 O-O 12. O-O-O exd5 {and the black dark squared
bishop becomes very strong.}) 8. f4 b5 {Again, a rare move, which was hardly
played previously. Usually Black prefers 8...h6, forcing white to exchange on
f6 or 8...Qc7 in order to stop e4-e5.} (8... h6 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4 Nxe4 10. Bxe7
Nxd2 11. Bxd8 Nxf1 12. Bc7 Ne3 13. Kf2 Ng4+ 14. Kf3 e5 {and Black can be happy
with the outcome of the opening.}) 9... Bxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O
O-O 13. Kh1 b5 14. Rae1 Bb7 {with a good position for Black 0-1 Belov,
V-Sadvakasov,D/playchess.com 2004/EXT 2005 (62)}) (8... Qc7 $5 {also quite
possible}) 9. e5 {White tries to open the position and to get some attack, a
calmer approach wouldn't create any problems for Black, for example:} (9. a3
Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nc5 {and Black has nothing to complain about.}) 9...
dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 $6 {A logical move, White tries to keep the
dark-squared bishops which would help him to attack the black king, but
actually Black's attack is faster so it was wiser for White to exchange
bishops.} (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Qf4 (13. Qe3 {Here Black can force an
exchange of queens and get a good endgame.} Qc5 $1 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 $11) 13... Nc6
14. O-O-O O-O 15. Bd3 Nc5 {with mutual chances}) 11... Bb7 {suddenly Black has
a threat, a check on h4 would be highly unpleasent so white's reply is logical.
} 12. O-O-O b4 $1 13. Nb1 (13. Na4 $6 {is answered by} Qa5 {with a double
attack on the knight and the e5 pawn} 14. b3 Nxe5 {and White doesn't have
enough compensation for the pawn, as Black fully controls the centre.}) (13.
Nce2 {obviously the knight is better placed in the centre, leaving the b1
square for the king} Qa5 14. Kb1 Nxe5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qe3 Nbc6 17. Ned4 {
with some compensation for the pawn}) 13... Nb6 {with the idea to come to d5,
and harass the white bishop as it can't move to g3 in view of Bg5.} (13... Qa5
$1 {was stronger, exchanging the b4 and e5 pawns is in Black's favour.} 14. a3
Nxe5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. axb4 O-O (16... Nbc6 17. Nc5 Rd8 18. Qc3 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 {
is not bad for White.}) 17. Qe3 (17. Qe1 Nd3+) 17... Ng4 18. Qg3 e5 {with
advantage for Black.}) 14. c4 {White prevents Nd5.} bxc3 (14... N8d7 {[%csl
Rc4][%cal Ga8c8] also looks strong, Black has a clear plan of attack, while
white is still underdeveloped.}) 15. Nxc3 N8d7 16. Kb1 Nc5 {the black pieces
have plenty of good squares} 17. Be2 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Bf3 $6 {White
shouldn't have exposed the c4 square, now the black knight feels very
comfortable there, 19.Ka1 was better removing the king from the dangerous
b-file.} (19. Ka1 O-O 20. h4 Rfd8 21. h5 h6 22. Rhf1 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 {
with advantage for Black, though White can still defend.}) 19... Nc4 20. Nb3 {
White has to play this move, to defend the pawn on b2.} O-O ({taking the pawn} 
20... Bxf3 $6 21. gxf3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Nxe5 (22... Na5 23. Rhg1 g6 24. Ne4 {
and White gets some counterplay.}) 23. Rhe1 f6 {is not very convincing for
Black, although he keeps an advantage here as well.}) 21. Rd4 $2 (21. Bxb7 Qxb7
$1 (21... Rxb7 22. Ne4 Na4 (22... Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rb4 24. Rd4 {and White is fine}
) 23. Rc1 $1 (23. Bc1 Rc8 {[%csl Re5] and the pawn on e5 falls}) 23... Rc8 24.
Qe2 {and White is able to complicate matters.}) 22. Rd4 Nxb3 23. Rxc4 Na5 24.
Ra4 Rfc8 {and the attack is decisive}) (21. Ne4 {this was White's last chance.}
Na4 22. Rc1 Rfc8 {and though it looks scary, Black doesn't win by force.})
21... Nxb3 22. axb3 Na5 23. Rhd1 (23. Na4 {is not better} Qxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Bxf3
25. gxf3 Nxb3 26. Rd7 Rfc8+ 27. Nc3 Kf8 {and Black stays with an extra pawn in
the endgame.}) 23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxb3 {The rest is easy, Black is a pawn up
and his attack continues.} 25. Ra4 (25. Rd7 Qa5 26. Na2 Rfc8 $19) 25... Rfc8
26. Ka2 Qb7 27. Qf2 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Nc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Subotica TS03 GM"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 {White
uses rare continuation in Najdorf Variation; This way white prevents b7-b5 of
black; This way e7-e5 on move 8 or 9 makes sense and then to prepare long
castle;} h6 {Useful move; This is always good idea to clarify the position of
the bishop; In addition, white can't play Qg3 after white draws away the
Bishop;} 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 {Black intends b7-b5 by his last move;} 10.
Bd3 {Be2 was played in some games; Like in the game Tal-Platonov black got
mutual play very quickly; The advantage of 10.Bd3 move is that e4 pawn is
well-protected in that case; In addition white can get his pawn "f" to the
attack;} (10. Be2 Be7 11. Rhe1 g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Qe3 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. f3 Nfd7
16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 $132 {0-1 Tal,M-Platonov,I/Alma-Ata 1968/
URS-ch (57)}) 10... Ne5 $5 {Black takes control over e5 spot immediatly;
Another plan with 10...Be7 gives black a good play as it is shown in following
game:} (10... Be7 $5 11. Qe2 b5 12. f4 b4 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Kb1 O-O
16. Bg3 a5 $132 {0-1 Kagan,S-Nunn,J/Hastings 1977/MCD (36)}) 11. Qe2 g5 {
Continuation of the same plan- black is preventing f2-f4 of white;} 12. Bg3 b5
13. h4 {White is forcing black to give up the "h" file by attacing g5 pawn; 13.
..Bg7 is impossible in view of 14.Bxb5 axb5 15.Ndxb5 etc.} Rg8 {Common 13...g4
deserves attention here trying to stop the attack of white;} (13... Bg7 14.
Bxb5+ axb5 15. Ndxb5 Qc5 16. b4 $1 Qxb4 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. Bxe5 Qa3+ 19. Kd2 $16
) (13... b4 14. hxg5 bxc3 15. gxf6) (13... g4 $5) 14. hxg5 hxg5 {[%cal Yh1h8]}
15. Nf3 Bb7 {Black completes the development this way; Immediate 15...b4
deserved attention which gives black an active play; Black will achieve
satisfactory play by trading Bd3 of white;} (15... b4 $5 16. Nb1 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3
e5 $132 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qe7 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qd5 Ra7) 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17.
Kb1 O-O-O $2 {This "logical move" almost turns to the decisive mistake! Black
hasn't considered tactical feautures of this position! While simple 17...b4
would give black good counterplay;} (17... b4 $5 18. Na4 Bc6 19. b3 Bxa4 20.
bxa4 Qa5 $132) 18. a4 $1 {Black is helpless after the last strong move of
white;} b4 19. Bxa6 $1 Bc5 {Black is just down a pawn without any compensation;
} (19... bxc3 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Qb5+ Ka7 22. Bxe5 $18) 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Nb5
$18 Qc6 22. f3 {[%csl Re5]} Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. Bf2 $1 {[%csl Rd6] White is
offering the swap of dark square bishops; In case of that swap, black is
lacking the guard of dark squares around;} Be7 25. Na7 $1 Qxa4 26. b3 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Sriram, Jha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. h4
h6 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. g4 Nc6 12. f4 b5 13. Bg2 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. g5 Nd7
16. c3 Ba6 17. Qf3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1+ 19. Bxh1 Nce5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Qe3 Qc4
22. Bg2 Bxg5 23. Nxa5 Bh4+ 24. Nf2 Qb5 25. Kd1 Qxa5 26. cxb4 Qd8 27. Bc3 Qf6
28. Nh3 Bf1 29. Qg1 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Qh6 31. Qe2 Bf6 32. Ng1 Qg6 33. Kc2 d5 34.
Kb3 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 dxe4 36. Re1 Nf3 37. Nxf3 exf3 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. Rf1 e5 40.
Rxf3 {[#] Beiderseits verbundene Freibauern. Weiß ist beim synchronen
Vormarsch um exakt ein Tempo voraus, was die etwas bessere Königsstellung
ausmacht.} Ke7 41. a4 Ke6 42. b5 e4 43. Rf1 Ke5 44. Kb4 f5 45. b6 f4 46. a5 e3
47. b7 Rb8 48. a6 e2 49. Re1 f3 50. Kc3 Kd5 51. a7 f2 52. Kd2 (52. Rxe2 f1=Q
53. Re5+ $1 $18) 52... fxe1=Q+ 53. Kxe1 Rxb7 54. a8=Q Kc6 55. Kxe2 Kc7 56. Qa5+
Kd6 57. b4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 (7...
h6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bh5 Nxh5 12. Qxh5 Qc5 13. Qh3 Qc4 14.
Rad1 Nd7 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Be7 17. Bd4 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc8 20. Bd6
Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Qc5 22. Rexe6+ Kf8 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Rxf6 Re8 25. Rfe6 fxe6 26. Qh5
Re7 27. Ng6+ Kg8 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qe5 Kf7 30. Qf4+ Kg6 31. Rxb6 Rd8 32. h3 a5
33. Ne2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. Ng3 Qd7 36. Qg4 Bc8 37. Rxe6 Qxe6 38. Qxd1 Qe7 39.
Qd3+ Kh8 40. Qc3 Qd8 41. Nh5 Qd6+ 42. f4 Qf8 43. Qxa5 Bf5 44. Qc7 Bg6 45. Ng3
h5 46. f5 Bf7 47. c4 h4 48. Ne4 Bg8 49. Qe5 Bxc4 50. Ng5 Qb4 51. a5 Qxb2 {
1-0 Yurtaev,L-Ilincic,Z/Hartberg op 1991/EXT 91op}) 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 (9. f4 Qc7
10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. a4 b6 15. Qg3 Bb7 16. Rae1
Qc4 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 Be7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. b3 Qb4 22. Nc6 Qa3
23. Ra1 {1-0 Sergeeva,M-Nguyen,T/WchJW U20 1997/EXP 59}) 9... Qc7 10. a5 b5 11.
axb6 Nxb6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ra3 O-O 15. Rb3 Kh8 16. Bh5 Bd8 17. Qd2
Qe7 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Nde2 Nc4 20. Qh6 Rg8 21. Ng3 Ba8 22. Be2 a5 23. Bxc4 Rxc4
24. Rb8 Bc6 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Bc7 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Rd3 Kf8
30. b3 Rc5 31. Nge2 Ke7 32. Kf1 Bb7 33. Ke1 f5 34. exf5 Rxf5 35. g3 Rc5 36. Kd2
Be5 37. Na4 Rc7 38. c4 Bd6 39. Nd4 Be4 40. Re3 Bg6 41. Ke2 Bb4 42. h3 Kf8 43.
f4 Rd7 44. Nf3 Bc2 45. c5 Ke8 46. g4 Bd1+ 47. Kf2 Rc7 48. Nd4 Rd7 49. Nb5 Rd2+
50. Kf1 Kd7 51. Nd6 Rd4 52. Nxf7 Bd2 53. Rd3 Rxd3 54. Ne5+ Kc7 55. Nxd3 Be3 56.
Nc3 Bxb3 57. Ke2 Bg1 58. Kd2 a4 59. g5 Kc6 60. h4 Bxc5 61. Nxc5 Kxc5 {A
game-deciding distant, advanced majority on the kingside. The Black bishop is
hindered by the pawn on e6, which leads to connected passed pawns for White.
The course of the ending is clear and simple. partieentscheidende weit
entfernte und vorgerückte Mehrheit am Königsflügel. Der schwarze Läufer ist
durch den Be6 behindert, was zu verbundenen Freibauern für weiß führt. Klarer
und einfacher Endspielverlauf.} 62. h5 e5 (62... a3 63. g6 hxg6 64. h6 $18) 63.
f5 Kd6 64. h6 Ke7 65. g6 Bg8 66. Nd5+ Kf8 67. Nf6 a3 68. Kc3 a2 69. Kb2 hxg6
70. fxg6 (70. fxg6 Bf7 71. g7+ Ke7 72. h7 $18) 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 b4 $1 {Good move; Black
does not back down. the advance of the bP is fundamental to Black's chances
when attacking K in the Sicilian defence.} 13. Nd5 exd5 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5
O-O 16. Rg1 {Although White has an open file against K, it is, for the moment,
without too much significance, as Bf6 covers g7 effectively.} Bd7 17. Nc6 Rfe8
18. Bg2 a5 19. Rde1 Qb6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 g6 23. Be4 Qc5 {
Black has a clear advantage due to the power of the twoB, and the poor
position of White's K. Note how the P on b4 prevents White from creating an
effective escape square for K.} 24. Nb8 Bg4 25. Nc6 Bh4 26. Qh1 a4 27. f5 a3
28. Kb1 axb2 29. h3 Bh5 30. Qf1 Bg5 31. f6 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wirschell, Taco"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qe2 $6 h6 8.
Bh4 Be7 9. O-O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe7 (10. Qxe4 Bxh4 11. Nf5 Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Qxf5 13.
Qxh4 d5 14. Bd3 Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 $15) 10... Nxc3 11. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Kxd8
13. Rxd6+ Ke7 14. Rd2 b5 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Re1 g6 19. Bc4
$6 (19. f4 $5 $10 {/+=}) 19... Nb6 20. Bb3 (20. Bf1) 20... Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8
22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Re3 $6 {Wie wenig ist noetig, um eine ausgeglichene Stellung
in eine schlechte zu verwandeln.} (23. f4) (23. Rd1) 23... a5 24. c3 $6 (24.
Rd3) 24... Nd5 25. Bxd5 {Der Tausch ist fast erzwungen, andernfalls steht
Schwarz um eine Kleinigkeit besser, weil Weiss nach ...bxc3 mit dem Bauer
zuruecknehmen muss.} Rxd5 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Nd3 Rd4 $15 28. Ne5 Kf6 $1 29. g3
g5 30. b3 Bb7 31. Nc4 Bd5 32. Nb2 Be4 33. f3 Bc6 34. Nc4 $6 (34. Nd3 Bb5 35.
Ne1 {/\ 36.Sc2}) 34... Bb5 35. Re4 $2 {Sofortiger Selbstmord. Obwohl das
Bauernendspiel nicht allzu schwer zu kalkulieren war.} Rxe4 36. fxe4 Bxc4 37.
bxc4 Ke5 38. Kc2 Kd4 $1 39. Kb3 Kc5 40. e5 (40. g4 f6 41. h3 e5 $19) 40... g4
0-1

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Parma,B"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4
(8. Be3) 8... Be7 {/\9... Se4} 9. Bg3 (9. O-O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. Bxd8
Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Kxd8 13. Rxd6+ Ke7) 9... e5 $1 10. Nb3 b5 11. f4 O-O $1 12. Qd3
$6 (12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Bb4 $40 {<->[+]} (13... Nc6 14. Rd1 Nxe5 $5 15. Rxd8
Rxd8 {Portisch})) 12... Nbd7 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rad1 Qc7 {/\b4} 16. a3
Nb6 17. Nd2 Nfd7 18. Bg4 Rcd8 {/\Sdc5} 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Qe3 Re8 (
21... exf4 $143 {/\Lc3}) 22. Bf2 Na4 $1 23. Nxa4 bxa4 24. c3 exf4 25. Qxf4 d5
26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Bg3 $6 (27. e5 Bxe5 28. Nf3 {/\Sd4-/+}) 27... Rce7 28. exd5 (
28. e5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Nf3 Re2 $19) 28... Bxd5 $19 29. Rde1 Re2 30. Rxe2
Rxe2 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Bxf2 Bg5 $1 33. Be1 Be3 34. c4 Be6 35. Nf1 Ba7 36. Bc3 (
36. Nd2 Bd4 37. b3 axb3 38. Nxb3 Bb2 $19) 36... Bxc4 37. Ng3 Bd3 38. Nh5 f6 39.
h3 Kf7 40. Kh2 Bb8+ 41. g3 Bg6 42. Nf4 Be4 43. Kg1 (43. Nh5 Bf3) 43... g5 44.
Nh5 Ba7+ 45. Kf1 f5 46. Nf6 Bc6 47. h4 Bc5 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Ke1 g4
$1 {><Sf6} 51. Be5 Be7 52. Ng8 Bg5 53. Bf4 Bd8 54. Bd6 Kf7 55. Nh6+ Ke6 56. Bf4
Bf6 57. Bc1 Bd5 {/\Lg7, Kf6-g6} 0-1

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Batyrov, Sapar"]
[Black "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Qg3 Ned7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be2
b4 15. Rhe1 $3 {Probably the most remarkable attack on the CBM 53 disk! This
combination appears to be correct.} bxc3 16. Nxe6 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Qb6 (17... fxe6
18. Bh5+ Kf8 19. Rxe6 Bd2 20. Qd6+ Kg7 21. Re7+ Kh6 22. Rxd7 Qf8 23. Qd3 Kxh5
24. Qf5+ Kh6 25. g4 $18) 18. Bb5 $3 $18 (18. Nc7+ Kf8 (18... Kd8 19. Qxc3 $18)
19. Qxc3 $44) 18... axb5 $2 (18... fxe6 19. Bxd7+ Kf8 20. Qxc3 e5 21. Rxe5 $3
Bd2 $1 (21... fxe5 22. Qxe5 $18) 22. Qxd2 fxe5 23. Qg5 Bd5 24. Qxe5 $18) 19.
Nc5+ Kd8 20. Rxd7+ Kc8 21. Ree7 Be4 22. Rc7+ Kd8 23. Nb7+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O Qa5 $5 {An interesting plan - I don't know if it has much background,
but I had tried it in Gausdal in January and liked it. Black hopes ot either
gain time or the dark-squared bishop.} 9. h4 h6 10. Bd2 (10. Bxf6 {looks more
critical to me since the bishop is awkwardly placed on d2, and only chases the
queen where it wants to go. On the other hand, white would probably hope for
something more concrete before surrendering the pride of his position.}) 10...
Qc7 11. g4 $5 {White wishes to get going before black develops with b5.
Conquest was using up gobs of time, and was taken aback by how quickly I was
playing. In fact I was playing relatively slowly. By now I was having a hard
time believing Conquest was repeating my recent game in innocence, and was
wary of an improvement.} Ne5 12. Qg2 Nexg4 13. Rh3 (13. Be2 {occurred in
Lejlic-Tisdall, Gausdal Troll 1996, when I immediately found the dubious reply}
h5 $6 {allowing} (13... Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Be3 h5 $1 {leaves
black in complete control.}) 14. Bg5 $1 {with compensation. This time I
proceed more accurately.}) 13... Bd7 14. f4 h5 {Now white must compromise his
position a bit more to break down black's defences.} 15. f5 Be7 16. Be2 Rc8 17.
Bg5 b5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Qc5 $1 {Black's
bishop pair give him a clear advantage. The text eyes the e5 and squares, as
well as threatening ...Rxh4!.} 22. e5 $5 {I felt this was the best practical
try. The attempt to muddy the waters with} (22. Nxe6 {is most simply and
elegantly refuted by} Kf7 $1) 22... Qxe5 23. Ne4 O-O 24. h5 Be7 $2 {
Unnecessarily practical, black again opts to return material to keep the
bishop pair. The more determined} (24... d5 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {leaves white with
little but tricks for the pawn since the blunt moves fail:} 26. h6 {or} (26.
Rg1 Rf4) 26... Rxh6 $1 27. Rxh6 Qe3+) 25. Nf3 Qf4+ (25... Qf5 {is inferior -
black want to have both rooks posted actively and needs the d5 square
protected.}) 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27. Nxd6 Rc5 $1 (27... Rcf8 28. Ne5 Bg5 29. Kb1 Rf1
30. Rh1 {achieves less than nothing for black.}) 28. Nf5 $4 {White cracks in
time trouble. After} (28. Ne4 Rd5 {black's advantage is still clear, but the
game is a very long way from over.}) 28... Rcxf5 29. Rxd7 Rxf3 {and white
resigned without waiting for the zwischenschach on g5. You have to feel that
Conquest was a bit unlucky here - it is not often one goes to great lengths to
avoid theory only to reproduce a recent game.} 0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Voloshin, Leonid"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. Be2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f4 b5 (10... O-O 11. Bf3 Nb6 12. g4 Bd7 13. e5 Nc4 14.
exf6 gxf6 (14... Nxd2 $5 15. fxe7 Rfe8 16. Rxd2 f6 17. Bh4 Rxe7 $13) 15. Qe2
fxg5 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Qxe7 Qd8 18. Qxg5+ Qxg5 19. fxg5 $14 {Nilsson,Z-Filip,M/
Munich olm 1958/1-0(39)}) 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Rhe1 b4 $146 (12... h6 13. Bh4 b4 14.
Nb1 Rc8 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 $15 {Miersch,
M-Novikov,I/Berliner Sommer 1995/0-1(27)}) 13. Nd5 $6 ({Nothing promises} 13.
Nb1 Rc8 $36 {[%csl Rb1]} (13... d5 $6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Rxe6 N7f6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rde1 Ng8 $8 20. Qxb4 Kf8 21. Qe4 Rc8 22. Nc3
$40 {[%cal Gc3d5]})) 13... exd5 14. exd5 b3 $5 (14... Kf8 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Qxb4
h6 17. Bh4 Nc5 18. Qc3 $1 $132) 15. axb3 Kf8 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. g4 (17. Qb4 Nc5
$17 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga8b8]}) 17... h6 18. Bh4 g6 19. Ne3 Qa5 {[%cal Ga5a1]}
20. Qxa5 Bxa5 $17 21. c3 Re8 22. Nc4 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 Bc7 {[%cal Gd7b6]} 24. Bf2
g5 (24... h5 $5 25. g5 Ne8 $17 {[%cal Gf7f6]} (25... Ng4 $6 26. Bg1 $132 {
[%cal Gh2h3]})) 25. Bg3 $8 Ne8 26. b4 Ke7 27. Na5 $6 {Usually in such kind of
positions better to keep more pieces on the board} (27. Re1+ $5 Kf6 28. h4 Nb6
29. Ne3 Ng7 30. c4 $132) 27... Bxa5 28. bxa5 gxf4 29. Bxf4 f6 {[%csl Ge5]} 30.
Rd4 Ne5 31. Be2 Ng7 {[%cal Gh6h5]} 32. Rb4 $2 (32. c4 $142 h5 33. g5 Re8 $17 {
[%cal Ge7f7]}) 32... Bxd5 $19 {[%cal Gg7e6]} 33. Rb6 Ne6 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. Rxa6
Nf4 36. Bf1 Rg8 37. h3 h5 {The rest of the game is matter of technic.} 38. Ra7+
Ke6 39. c4 Be4 40. Kd2 hxg4 41. hxg4 Rxg4 42. Ke3 Rg3+ $1 43. Kf2 (43. Kxe4 Nh5
{[%cal Gh5f6]}) 43... Rb3 44. c5 Rxb2+ 45. Kg3 dxc5 46. a6 Rb3+ 47. Kh2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 {white can only dream to get an advantage in
this position!} 11. Rhe1 (11. Rhf1 $6 Rb8 12. Qe3 b5 13. a3 $2 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4
15. f4 Bb7 16. g4 $2 Qb6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Bxh4 $19 {Denis,
L-Mrdja,M/Cannes op 1990/0-1(28)}) (11. Qh3 $2 Nb6 12. Qd3 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14.
Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 O-O-O 16. h4 gxh4 17. Rxh4 d5 $17 {Ghinda,M-Radulov,I/Baile
Herculane zt 1982/0-1(38)}) (11. Qe3 b5 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. h4 Rg8 14.
hxg5 hxg5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Nf3 Nfg4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rh7 Qc5 19. Qd4 (19. Bh5
Rf8 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc6 22. f3 Rd8 23. Rh6 Rd7 $1 $11 {Liberzon}) 19...
Qxd4 20. Rxd4 g4 21. Rd1 Bc6 $15 {Liberzon,V-Portisch,L/EU-chT Skara 1980/1/
2-1/2(50)}) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. f4 b4 14. Nb1 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kb1
e5 $15 {Van Riemsdijk,H-Olafsson,H/Thessaloniki olm 1988/1/2-1/2(38)}) 11...
Rb8 $146 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Qe3 b5 (13... Bd7 14. f3 b5 15. Nb1 Qb7 16.
Nd2 Nh5 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. Bf1 Nfg6 $132 {Lazic,M-Mrdja,M/JUG-Cup Pula 1990/0-1
(34)}) (13... Rg8 14. Nf3 $2 b5 15. Qd4 Nfd7 $15 {Brito,A-Sunye Neto,J/
Hastings 1980/0-1(29)}) 14. a3 Rb8 15. f4 (15. f3 $6 Nfd7 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4
b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Rf1 Qb6 $15 {Tal,M-Platonov,I/URS-ch36 Alma Ata 1968/0-1
(57)}) 15... gxf4 16. Bxf4 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 {1/2-1/2
Ivanovic,B-Bukic,E/JUG-Cup f Pula 1991}) 12. Bg3 $6 (12. Qe3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} b5
{[%cal Gb5b4]} (12... Ng4 $6 13. Qg3 Bxh4 14. Qxh4 Ngf6 (14... Nge5 $2 15. f4
g5 $2 16. fxg5 Ng6 17. Qg3 hxg5 18. Qxg5 Rxh2 19. Nxe6 $18) 15. f4) (12... g5
13. Bg3 Ne5)) 12... O-O $15 13. Qe3 b5 {Black develops an initiative faster on
<<,than white in the center.} 14. f4 (14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Rxb4 $17 {[%csl Rb2]})
14... b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Bf3 Rfc8 {[%cal Re6e5]} 17. Qb3 Qa5 {[%csl Ra4]} 18.
e5 dxe5 (18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. exf6 $2 Bd5 $19) 19... dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd5 $17)
19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. fxe5 Nd5 $17 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Rb5 24. Be5 $2
{leaving the pawn-d6 without defender.} Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qd8 {[%csl Rd6]} 26. Qg3
Rc6 (26... Qxd6 $4 {[%tqu "En","","","","e5d5","",5]} 27. Rexd5 $1 Qxg3 $140
28. Rd8+ $18) 27. Rd4 Qxd6 28. Rg4 Qf8 29. b3 f6 30. Ree4 f5 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32.
Rxc4 Qf6 33. Qd6 Ne3 $1 {In my opinion the rest of the game was played in
mutual time-trouble.} 34. Rd4 Kh7 35. Nc5 e5 36. Nd7 (36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. Rd7+
Kg6 38. Nxa6 Nxg2 $19 {[%csl Re5,Rf5]}) 36... Qxd6 37. Rxd6 e4 38. h4 Rd5 39.
Rxd5 Nxd5 (39... Nxd5 40. Nc5 a5 41. Nb7 Nf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 $146 (9... b5 10. f4 g5 11. e5 gxh4 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. f5
e5 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Be2 (15. Ne4 $5 d5 $140 16. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Re5]}) 15... Rg8
$132 {0-1 Romero Holmes,A-Kuczynski,R/Dubai 1986/TD (44)}) 10. f4 g5 (10... Qc7
$5 11. Qg3 O-O {with a long fight ahead.}) 11. fxg5 Ne5 $6 (11... Ng4 $142) 12.
Qd2 Nfg4 13. h3 Ng6 14. Nf3 N4e5 (14... Nxh4 15. hxg4 hxg5 16. g3 Ng6 17. Rxh8+
Nxh8 18. e5 $1 $16) 15. Bg3 hxg5 16. Qd4 Qa5 17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Bb3 b5 {[%tqu
"En","White has one very strong move. Try to find it.","","","c3d5","",10]} 19.
Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] It is always pleasure to make move like this!} exd5 (19...
Qa7 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 $18) 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qxd5 O-O 22. Qxa8 Bb7 23. Qa7
Bc5 {White had to see this position, while he played 19.Nd5, but fortunately
white has a move.} 24. Rd7 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Qxd7 25. Qxc5 $16 {The result of
whites tactical operation is pawn up for white.} Bxe4 (25... Rd8 26. Bd5 Bxd5
27. Rd1 $18) 26. Bxe5 a5 $2 {This is obvious, that black had to think about
improvement of his pieces. For this reason black had few moves like:} (26...
Qf5 27. Bd6 $16) (26... Rc8 $142 27. Qe3 Qf5 28. Bc3 $16) 27. Bc3 $18 {[%csl
Rg5] Strenth of pair of white bishops decides on this open ground.} a4 (27...
b4 28. Bf6 $18) 28. Rd1 Qf5 29. Qd4 Qf4+ 30. Kb1 Ne5 31. Bd5 $1 {This exact
move leads to the ending with two pawns up for white.} Bxd5 (31... Rd8 32.
Bxf7+ $1) 32. Qxf4 gxf4 33. Rxd5 Ng6 34. Rxb5 Re8 {The rest is just matter of
technic, and white wins the game by series of exact moves.} 35. Kc1 $1 Re3 36.
h4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rh4h5]} Ne7 37. Re5 f5 38. Rxe3 fxe3 39. g3 Nd5 40. Kd1
Kf7 41. Bd4 Ke6 42. c4 Nb4 43. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "Montreal 2nd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nbd7 9. f4 h6 (9... Qc7 {- is the main line in this position;}) 10. Bh4 {
White has got perspective position in the following game by trading on f6:} (
10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. g4 $132 {
0-1 Bazkurt Ilker,N-Popovic,D/Halkidiki GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 357 (47)})
10... g5 11. fxg5 Ne5 12. Qd2 $146 (12. Qe2 Nfg4 13. Nf3 hxg5 14. Bg3 Qa5 $5
15. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Rhf1 Qc5 19. Qd2 b5 $15 {0-1
Osuna Munoz,X-Belotti,B/Bratto ITA 2001/The Week in Chess 362 (32)}) 12... Nfd7
(12... Nfg4 13. h3 hxg5 14. Bg3 $14) 13. Nf3 hxg5 14. Bg3 (14. Bxg5 $2 Nxf3 15.
Bxe7 Nxd2 16. Bxd8 Nxf1 $17) 14... Qa5 {Black queen is placed very comfortable
there;} 15. Qd4 $6 {That is the beginning of wrong plan- the idea was to
prevent b7-b5...} (15. Kb1 $142 Nxf3 (15... g4 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 17.
Be2 {[%cal Gg3e5]}) 16. gxf3 Ne5 $132) 15... b5 $1 {Anyhow. Lesiege correctly
evaluated consiquences of the following acts:} 16. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 17. Qd2 {
Finally white has considered that the capture on e5 leads to very good
position for black:} (17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 f6 19. Qd4 b4 20. Qc4 $1 {[%cal
Yc4a2,Rc4c6]} Bd7 21. Nb1 Qe5 $15 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 17... b4 18. Nb1 Qxa2 $17 {
But here black is up a pawn and also can get all pieces into the game very
quickly;} 19. Be2 Ra7 {[%cal Ga7c7]} (19... Qa4 $5 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 20. Bxe5 $5
{Good practical chance- this way white complicated the game for a while; In
other case black would play Rc7 and Bb7 with clear advantage;} Nxe5 21. Qd4 Qa5
(21... Bf6 22. Qxa7 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxb2+ 24. Kd2 Qxc4 $17) 22. Qxa7 Bc5 23. Qb8
Be3+ 24. Rd2 O-O 25. c3 (25. Rhd1 $17 {[%cal Gb2b3,Yc1b2]}) 25... bxc3 26. Nxc3
$4 {White loses both rooks now. But, also after 26.bxc3, white stays under the
sudden pin over c1-g5 diagonal and black is close to win there too:} (26. bxc3
Rd8 27. Rhd1 Nc6 $17) 26... Bd7 $19 27. Qd6 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qxh1 29. Qxe5 Bxd2 30.
Kxd2 Qxg2 {White has only knight for rook and pawn- white could resign the
game right now;} 31. Kc1 Bb5 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Qxb5 Qg1+ 34. Bf1 Qe3+ {[%csl
Re4]} 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3
b5 8. a3 (8. O-O-O {Ftacnik} Nbd7 9. a3 (9. f4 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12.
e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Qh3 Qc7 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6 Nc5 18.
Qa2 Qb6 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rhf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Rf1 O-O-O {
0-1 Pandavos,P-Wojtkiewicz,A/Athens Akropolis 1992}) 9... Bb7 10. Qh3 Be7 11.
Bd3 Rc8 12. Rhe1 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Nb3 Qxa3+ 15. Kb1 O-O 16. e5 Nxe5 17.
Rxe5 dxe5 18. Bxf6 e4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Be2 Bd5 {Sareen,V-Howell,J/Calcutta op
1996/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 8... Nbd7 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qh3 $2 $146 (10. Be2 {Tyomkin,D}
Be7 11. Bf3 Qc7 (11... Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Qe2 h6 {1/2-1/2 Longren,W-Schroer,
J/Los Angeles 1992}) (11... h6 $6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O-O Nc5 (13... Qb6 14. e5
$1) 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. b4 Nd7 19. Bxb7+
Qxb7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. c4 $1 $16 {Pandavos,P-Rytshagov,M/Ano Liosia op 1993/1/
2-1/2(33)}) 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Na4 16. Rd3 Rfd8 17.
Re1 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Bxd4 (20... Be5 $5) 21. Qxd4 Qc5 22.
Qxc5 Nxc5 $15 {Pandavos,P-Sioris,G/Ano Liosia op 19931/2-1/2(43)}) 10... Be7
11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O-O {Ftacnik: White is running enormous risk, queenside was
weakened by a3. Ftacnik: Weiss geht ein grosses Risiko ein, denn der
Damenflügel ist nach a2-a3 deutlich geschwächt.} (12. O-O $2 {Ftacnik} Qb6 $19)
{[%tqu "En","","","","c8c3","typical exchange sacrifice in this structure",10]}
12... Rxc3 $1 $17 {typical exchange sacrifice in this structure} 13. bxc3 Nc5 (
13... Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 $15) 14. Bxf6 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfe4
(15... Nd5 $17 {Ftacnik}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Re5][%cal Ge4f2]}) (
14. Rhe1 {Ftacnik} Qa5 15. Qf3 Qxa3+ 16. Kd2 b4 $40) 14... Bxf6 15. Rhe1 $4 (
15. e5 $1 dxe5 (15... Be7) 16. Nxb5 $1 {critical position after the exchange
sacrifice,and actually of the game.} Ke7 $1 (16... Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Bd5 18. c4 e4
19. Rdd1 axb5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qb3 $16) (16... Kf8 17. Bc4 (17. Be2 Qa5) 17...
Qa5 18. Nd6 Qxa3+ 19. Kd2 (19. Kb1 $4 Na4) 19... exf4 (19... Bc6 20. Ra1 Nb3+
21. cxb3 Qxd6+ 22. Qd3 $16) 20. Nxb7 (20. Rb1 $2 f3 $1) 20... Nxb7 21. Qf3 (21.
Rb1) 21... Nc5 22. Qa8+ Ke7 23. Qa7+ (23. Qxh8 Qxc3+ $19)) 17. fxe5 Bg5+ 18.
Kb1 {[%csl Rg5]} axb5 (18... Qb6 $2 19. Qg3 Bh6 20. Qh4+ $18) 19. Qg4 Kf8 (
19... f6 $6 20. h4 Bh6 21. exf6+ gxf6 22. Qh5) 20. Bxb5 Qe7 $17) 15... Qa5 $19
16. e5 (16. Kb1 {Ftacnik} Na4 $1 (16... Qxa3 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. Nxb5 Qa5 19.
Nxd6+ Kf8 (19... Ke7 20. e5 $16) 20. e5 Be7 $13) 17. Ne2 Nxc3+ 18. Nxc3 Bxc3
19. Re3 b4 $19) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 (18. Kb2 {Ftacnik} Na4+ $19)
18... Bd5 {Ftacnik: Ivanchuk plays cat and mouse game, white king is quite
lost. Ftacnik: Ivanchuk spielt mit dem Gegner, der weisse König steht steht
auf verlorenem Posten.} (18... Qxa3 $19) (18... Qxa3 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxb5+ $1 (
19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5+ Kf8 21. Qg4 $17) 19... axb5 20. Nxb5 Qa5 (20... Qa4 $2
21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Qh5 $18) 21. Nd6+ Ke7 $19) 19. Nb3 (19. Qh5 {Ftacnik} Qxa3 20.
Qxg5 Na4 21. Bxb5+ axb5 $19) 19... Qxa3 20. Bxb5+ (20. Nxc5 {Ftacnik} Qa2#) (
20. Qh5 {Ftacnik} Nxb3 $19) 20... axb5 21. Rxd5 Na4 $1 (21... Nxb3 {Ftacnik}
22. cxb3 Qxb3+ 23. Ka1 O-O $19) 0-1

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 (9... Ne5 $5 {-see games;}) (9... Ne5 {Moiseev} 10. Qe2 g5
11. Bg3 Bd7 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Qe3 Be7 $10 {1/2-1/2
Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Moscow 1955/URS-ch/[Moiseev] (42)}) 10. Qe2 $6 {The idea
is to push f2-f4 as soon as possible.} (10. Be2 Qc7 11. Qe3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13.
h4 (13. Rhf1 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. f4 gxf4 16. Rxf4 h5 17. h3 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 $132
{1/2-1/2 Kupreichik,V-Grigorian,K/Minsk 1976/EXT 2001 (41)}) 13... Rg8 14. hxg5
hxg5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Nf3 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Liberzon,V-Portisch,L/Skara 1980/
EU-chT (50)}) (10. g4 $1 {Moiseev} Ne5 11. Qe2 g5 (11... Nexg4 12. f4 $1) 12.
Bg3 Nfxg4 13. h3 Nf6 14. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 15. Bxe5 $13) 10... Qc7 11. Bg3 $6 $146 {
It looks like it is wasting time.} (11. f4 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5
Qxe5 15. Bg3 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Rb6 $17 {0-1 Dzuban,O-Bangiev,A/Odessa 1971/EXT
2001 (40)}) 11... b5 12. f4 b4 13. Nb1 Bb7 $15 {Black has a pleasant Sicilian
setup,and white has lack of development.} 14. Nd2 O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5
17. Nc4 N7b6 (17... Nc5 $5 $15) 18. Nxb6 (18. Nd6 Na4 $1 {[%cal Re7g5,Ya4c3]}
19. Rd3 $5 $15 (19. Nxb7 $140 Bg5+ $19) (19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Ne3 21. Nxb7
Nxc4 $17 {[%cal Ge7g5]})) 18... Nxb6 19. h4 Bd5 $17 20. Kb1 Rfd8 {Black has
all his pieces developed and he is going to start an attack over the queenside.
} 21. Qg4 Na4 22. Bf4 {Letting black to begin the decisive attack. Probably
white can't hold the defence.} (22. Be2 Nxb2 $1 23. Kxb2 Qc3+ 24. Kb1 (24. Kc1
b3 (24... Qa3+ 25. Kd2 Bxg2 $19 26. Rhg1 $140 Qc3+ 27. Kc1 Qa1+ {[%csl Rd4]})
25. Rd3 Ba3+ 26. Kd1 Qa1+ $19 (26... bxc2+ $19)) 24... b3 $19 {[%cal Ge7a3]}) {
[%tqu "En","Black has a tactical way to win material here.","","","d5a2","",10]
} 22... Bxa2+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} 23. Kxa2 Rxd4 24. Bd3 (24. Rxd4 Qxc2 {[%cal Rc2b2]
}) {[%tqu "En","Find out the final blow.","","","a4c3","",10]} 24... Nc3+ $1 {
[%mdl 64] Ricardi has led typical but nice Sicilian attack in this game.} (
24... Nc3+ 25. bxc3 Qa5+ 26. Kb1 bxc3 $19 {[%cal Rb4b2,Ra5b4,Ra8b8]}) 0-1

