[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 (13... Nb6 14.
dxe6 Bxh1 15. e7 Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. Nxb5 $36 {Ionov-Sherbakov,R, Rostov 
(op) 1993}) (13... Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O $14 {
Yusupov-Shirov, Linares 1993}) 14. Bg2 (14. dxe6 Bg7 $1 $13 {Lobron-Kramnik,
Dortmund 1993}) 14... Be7 15. O-O Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 (18.
Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ 21. f3 Rad8 22. Qe1 Rd3 23. Rf2 Qd5 24.
Rb1 $10 {Quist-Karolyi, Dieren 1988}) 18... Rh4 $5 (18... c3 19. Nc4 Qc7 20.
bxc3 Nxc3 21. Qd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ne4 23. Qe3 $14 {Van Wely-Dreev, Bern 1993})
19. Qd2 (19. gxh4 Rg8 $1 (19... Nf4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 (20... Rg8+ 21. Kh1 Qxb7+ 22.
f3 Qxb2 23. Qd6+) 21. f3 $18 (21. Qg4 $2 Ne2+ $1 $19) 21... Qxb2 (21... Rg8+
22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. Qc6+) 22. Qd6+ $1) 20. Nxc4 Nf4 21. f3 (21. Nxb6
$2 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Bxg2#) 21... Rxg2+ 22. Kh1 Qc7 $44) 19... Rd4 (19... Rg8 $5 20.
gxh4 (20. Rfd1 Rd4) 20... Nf4 21. Rfd1 Qc7 $40) (19... Nf4) 20. Qg5+ $1 Nf6 21.
Bxb7 Rg8 22. Qe5 Nd7 23. Qe2 Qxb7 24. Nxc4 Rh4 {/\ 25...Rh2!, Rh8} (24... Qd5
25. b3 {/\ Rad1}) 25. f3 Qc7 (25... Rh5 26. Rad1 Rgh8 27. Rf2 $14) (25... Rd4
$143 26. Rad1) 26. Ne3 Kf8 (26... Qe5 27. Rad1) 27. Ng4 $1 Rh5 28. Rad1 $16 Rd5
29. Qe4 Qd6 30. Ne3 Rd4 (30... Nf6 31. Qh4 (31. Rxd5 Rxg3+ $1)) 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 (
31... cxd4 32. Rd1 e5 33. Nf5 $18 Qb8 (33... Qb6 34. Rc1 $1) 34. Qh4 $1) 32.
Rd1 Qxe4 33. fxe4 Ke7 34. Nc4 Nb8 (34... Nf6 $142 35. e5 Nd5 36. Kf2 {/\ h4+/-}
) 35. Kf2 Nc6 36. Rd3 Rg4 37. Nd2 $1 {><a7, c5} a5 38. Rc3 Kd6 (38... Ne5 39.
Rb3 $5) 39. h3 Rg8 40. Nc4+ Ke7 41. Rb3 Rd8 42. Rb5 $18 Rd4 43. Rxc5 Nb4 44. a3
(44. a3 Nd3+ 45. Ke3 Nxc5 (45... Rxe4+ 46. Kxd3) 46. Kxd4) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5
h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14.
Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 {This position has been reached in
hundreds of games already} Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qd4 Rxd5 $2 (19... Nc6 20.
dxc6 Rxd4 21. cxb7+ Kb8 22. Be3 e5 23. Nc3) 20. Qxa7 Nc6 (20... Nd7 21. Bf4 $16
) 21. Nb6+ $18 Kc7 22. Bf4+ Bd6 23. Nxd5+ exd5 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. Qe3 Kc7 26.
Rfe1 Rd8 27. b3 d4 28. Qf4+ Kb6 29. Re7 {Oll took all of four minutes for this
game!} 1-0

[Event "Kalamaria op 7th"]
[Site "Kalamaria"]
[Date "2010.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {Since I had to win the last game at
any cost I have decided to go for the sharpest possible: The main line.
However, I had a small problem: I did not know what he played there.} 5. Bg5
dxc4 {Junge-Botvinnik line.} 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5
Nbd7 (10... Be7 {Smyslov line has its points.} 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
a4 Rh4 14. g4 $1 Qg7 15. h3 e5 16. Bg2 exd4 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Bxa8 b4 19. Qf3
$16) 11. g3 Bb7 {It looked like he was an afficianado of the main line.} (11...
Rg8 $5 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 (14... Qa5 $2 15. gxf7+ Kd8 16. Rh8
Nxc3 17. Qd2 b4 18. Qh6 Kc7 19. Rxf8 Ne4 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxc4 $16) 15. Qg4
Qe7 16. Bg2 Qf7 (16... Kd8 17. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 18. Qxg6 Bg7 19. Nxb5 (19. Qg4 Nf8
20. O-O Bd7 21. a4 $40) 19... Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Qxb5 21. Qxg7 c3+ 22. Kg2 cxb2 23.
Rab1 $16) 17. Be4 Ne7 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Be4 Nbd5 21. f3 $16) (
11... Qa5 12. exf6 b4 13. Ne4 Ba6 14. Qf3 (14. b3 $5 O-O-O 15. Qc2 (15. Qf3 Nb6
16. Nc5 Bb5 17. Be3 $13) 15... Nb6 16. Be3 e5 17. Rd1 (17. O-O-O Bh6 $132)
17... Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. dxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Qxe5 $11) 14... O-O-O (14...
Qd5 15. Rd1 O-O-O (15... Nb6 16. b3) (15... c5 16. dxc5 Ne5 17. Qe3 Nd3+ 18.
Bxd3 cxd3 19. O-O $16) 16. b3 Nb6 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Be2 Bb7 19. O-O c5 20. dxc5
Ne5 21. Qe3 Qxe4 22. c6 Bxc6 23. Ba6+ $18) 15. Be2 $1 (15. Be3 c5 16. Bg2 cxd4
17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. O-O Rd3 20. Qe2 Qh5 21. Qxh5 Rxh5 22. h4 $1 Bh6
23. f4 $1 $16) (15. Bg2 $2 c3 $1 16. bxc3 (16. Nxc3 Nb8 $17) 16... bxc3 17.
Nxc3 Nb8 $17) 15... Bb7 (15... c5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc6+ Qc7 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19.
dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rc1 Rd5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 $16) 16. O-O Qd5 17. Be3 c5 18. Nd2
$1 cxd4 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Nf3 $14) 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 ({is} 
13... O-O-O {a better move?} 14. Qg4 {I wanted to play a la Walter Shaun
Browne.} (14. O-O c5 (14... Bh6 15. Be3 $1 Nxf6 (15... c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17.
Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qf3+ Qc6 20. Ne4 Rd4 21. Rfe1 Rhd8 22. h4 R8d5 23.
Re2 $16) 16. Qf3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rh6 18. Qf4 (18. a4 a6 (18... Rdh8 19. h4 Rg8
20. Ne2 $14) 19. Qf4 Rdh8 20. Qg5 (20. g4 c5) 20... Rg6 21. Qe5 Rh5 22. Qd6 $16
) 18... Rdh8 19. Qg5 Rg6 20. Qe5 Rh5 21. Qd6 Qd8 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23. b3 b4 24.
Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 f5 26. Bf3 Rh7 27. bxc4 c5 28. dxc5 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rc7 30. a3
bxa3 31. Rxa3 Rxc5 32. Rxa7 Rxc4 33. Rf2 $18 {could turn out to be a technical
win.}) 15. dxc5 (15. d5 $142 {is the main line which I wanted to avoid in such
an encounter.}) 15... Nxc5 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {Now comes the twin lines.}
Bh6 (17... Qc6+ 18. f3 Bh6 19. Bxh6 (19. h4 $2 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Rhg8 (20... b4 $6
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd2+ 23. Rf2 Rh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 25. Kh3 Qxe4 26. fxe4
$16) (20... Rh5 21. g6 fxg6 22. Rad1 $44) 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b4 23. Ne4
Nxe4 24. fxe4 Rxg5 $17) 19... Rxh6 20. a4 b4 21. Nb5 Kb7 22. Rad1 $16) 18. Bxh6
(18. h4 $2 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qc6+ 20. f3 Rh5 $5 21. g6 (21. a4 b4 22. Nb5 Kb7 (
22... Qd5 $44) 23. Rad1 Nd3 24. Qe3 Qb6 25. Qe4+ Kb8 26. g4 Rh4 27. Kg3 Rh1 $3
28. Rxd3 Rg1+ $19) 21... fxg6 22. Rad1 $44) 18... Rxh6 19. Qf3 $1 b4 20. Ne4
Qc6 $1 (20... Rd3 21. Qf4) (20... Qb7 21. Rac1 c3 22. Rfe1 Rd3 23. bxc3 bxc3
24. Red1 $3 Rxd1 25. Rxc3 $18) 21. Ng5 Qxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Nd3 23. Rfc1 Nxc1 24.
Rxc1 a5 25. Rxc4+ Kb7 26. Rf4 $44) 14... c5 (14... Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Qg7
Rxf6 17. O-O $13) 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. O-O-O Qc6 (16... b4 17. Ne2) 17. Qe4 b4
18. Qxc6+ Kxc6 19. Ne4 $16) 14. dxc5 $5 {This was supposed to be big surprise
for my youn opponent since he did not meet it everyday.} (14. d5 O-O-O (14...
b4 15. O-O bxc3 16. bxc3 e5 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Rxb7 Qxb7 19. d6 Qc8 20. f4 $44)
15. O-O b4 16. Na4 (16. Rb1 {Uhlmann's move which was redressed by Alex is
believed to end up not only in some equality but just a draw these days.} Qa6
17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 (19. Kxf1 Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Nd5 Rxh2
22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Bd6 (23... Kc8 $6 24. Qf3 Kb7 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Qg2 Nxd5 27.
Rxd5 Kb6 28. Rd8 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Rb8+ Kc6 32. Kf3 $16) 24.
Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Rxc4 Qh3 27. Rh4 Rxh4 28. gxh4 Qxh4 $11) 19... Bxe7
20. fxe7 Bd3 21. Ne4 Bxb1 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Kb6 24. Nxc4+ Kb5 25. Nd6+ Kb6
26. a4 bxa3 27. Qb3+ Kc6 28. Qf3+ Kb6 29. Qb3+ Kc6 30. Nxf7 Rb8 31. Bxb8 Rxb8
32. Qe6+ Kb5 33. Qxd7+ Kc4 34. Ne5+ Kb3 35. bxa3 Qe2 36. e8=Q Rxe8 37. Qxe8 Be4
(37... Bd3 38. Qb8+ Bb5 39. Kg2 Qf1+ 40. Kf3 Qe2+ 41. Kf4 Qxf2+ 42. Nf3 a6 43.
Qb6 Kxa3 44. Qf6 Be2 45. Qc3+ Ka4 46. h4 Qxf3+ 47. Qxf3 Bxf3 48. Kxf3 c4 49. h5
c3 50. h6 c2 51. h7 c1=Q 52. h8=Q $11) 38. f3 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Bd3+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+
41. Kh3 Qh6+ 42. Kg4 Qg7+ 43. Kf4 Qh6+ $11 {Draw!}) 16... Qb5 (16... Qa6 $5 {
was fashionable for only a while.} 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20.
Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 (23... Qd5 24. Rd1 Qc6 25. h4
$16) 24. Be3 Qh5 25. f3 a5 26. b3 a4 27. h4 Qe5 (27... axb3 $2 28. Bg5 Qg6 29.
Rc1 $3 b2 30. Rxc4+ Bc5+ 31. Rxc5+ Nxc5 32. Qc2 b1=Q+ 33. Qxb1 Nxe4 34. fxe4 b3
35. Bf4 $1 $16) 28. bxc4 Nc5 29. Kg2 Nxe4 30. Bf4 Qd4 31. c5 $40) 17. a3 exd5 (
17... Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qd4 $1 (19. Qg4 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Nc6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22.
Rxc4 Rxg5 23. Qd4 Kb8 24. Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc6 26. Rd1 Qc7 $14) (19. Be3
Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Rfc1 Ne5 (22... Na5 23. b3 c3 24. Nxc3 bxc3
25. Rxc3+ Kd7 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. b4 Qxb4 29. Rb1 Qg4 30. Bxa7 $44) 23.
b3 (23. Bxa7 Kb7 24. Nb6 c3 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. bxc3 b3) 23... c3 24. Nxc3 bxc3
25. Rxc3+ Kb8 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Bxa7+ Kb7 28. b4 Nc6 29. Be3 Be5 30. Rxc6 Bxa1
31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. Ba7+ Ka8 33. Bc5 Kb8 34. Rxf7 $13) 19... Nc6 (19... Rxd5 $2
20. Qxa7) 20. Nb6+ $3 (20. dxc6 Rxd4 21. cxb7+ Kb8 22. Be3 e5 23. b3 c3 24.
Rfd1 Bh6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 c2 27. Rc4 Qxc4 28. bxc4 Rd8 29. Bd5 $1 (29.
Bf3 $2 c1=Q+ (29... b3 30. Nc5) 30. Rxc1 Bxc1 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. h4 b3 33. Nxb3
Rd3 34. Nxc1 Rxf3 35. Kg2 Rxf6 36. Nb3 Kxb7 37. h5 Rb6 38. Nc5+ Kc6 $19) 29...
b3 30. h4 c1=Q+ 31. Rxc1 Bxc1 32. Bxf7 b2 (32... Rf8 $2 33. Bd5 Rxf6 34. Nc5
Rd6 35. Nxb3 $18) 33. Bg6 Kxb7 34. g4 Kc6 35. g5 Rh8 36. Bf5 $44 Kd6 37. g6 Ke5
38. f7 Kf6 39. Bc2 Kg7 40. Nc5 $13 {the whole line is messy.})) (17... Ne5 {
boils down to the same thing.} 18. axb4 (18. Qe2 Nd3 19. dxe6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Qxa4 21. e7 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Re8 23. exf8=Q Rhxf8 24. Qg4+ Re6 $44) 18... cxb4 19.
Qd4 (19. Qe2 Rxd5 20. Be3 Rd3) 19... Nc6 (19... Rxd5 $2 20. Qxa7 Nc6 21. Nb6+
Qxb6 22. Qxb6 Bc5 23. Bxd5 Bxb6 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rfc1 Bd5 26. Rxc4+ Bxc4 27.
Ra8+ $18) 20. Nb6+ $5 (20. dxc6 Rxd4 21. cxb7+ Kb8 (21... Kc7 22. Be3 e5 23.
Nc3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bc5 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26. Rfb1 Qc5 27. Ra6 c3 28. Rc6+ Qxc6 29.
Bxc6 c2 30. Rc1 Kxc6 31. Rxc2+ Kxb7 $14) 22. Be3 e5 23. b3 (23. Nc3 bxc3 24.
bxc3 Bc5 25. Rfb1 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Qb6 28. Rd7 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 $13)
23... c3 24. Rfd1 Bh6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 c2 27. Rc4 Qxc4 28. bxc4 Rd8 29.
Bd5 {is explained above.}) 20... axb6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qg4 Kb7
24. b3 $1 (24. Rfc1 b5 25. b3 c3) 24... c3 25. Qe2 Rd5 (25... b5 $2 26. Ra5))
18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Re1 d4 $132 (19... Nc5 20. Nxc5 (20. Re7 $5 $44)
20... Bxc5 21. Bf4 $1 $16 (21. Re7 Rd7))) 19... Bh6 $1 (19... d4 20. Bxb7+ Qxb7
21. Rc1 c3 22. bxc3 dxc3 23. Nxc3 bxc3 24. Rxc3+ Nc5 25. Qc2 Rh5 26. Rb1 $18) (
19... Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Re1 Rde8 22. Qg4+ Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qh5 $18)
20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 $40) 14... Bxc5 {The difference in between two lines was
obvious.} (14... Nxc5 $6 15. O-O Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. f3 Nd3 18. Qe2 O-O-O
19. Rad1 $36) 15. O-O (15. Bxb7 $2 Qxb7 16. O-O Ne5 $19) 15... O-O-O (15...
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. f3 O-O-O 18. Qe2 Bd4 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. h4
Rd5 22. a4 $40) 16. Qe2 ({Never exchange first rule applied here as well!} 16.
Bxb7+ $6 Qxb7 17. Qe2 b4 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nd3 (19... Rd4 20. Rfe1 Nd3 21.
Nxc5 Nxf4 22. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Kxb7 $44) 20. Nxc5 Nxf4 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4
Nd3 $132) 16... Bd4 (16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. f3 (18. Qe4 Kb7 $132)) (16...
Rdg8 17. Bxb7+ (17. h4 $2 Nxf6 18. Bxf6 Rxg3 19. Ne4 Rhg8 20. Bg5 Qc6 $19)
17... Qxb7 (17... Kxb7) 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. h4 $16) 17. Ne4 $1 $146 {A completely
different approach!} (17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxb7+ (19. Rfd1) (19. Ne4 Qc6
) 19... Qxb7 20. Ne4 Ne5 21. Ra2 Nd3 22. b3 cxb3 23. Ra3 $40) (17. Rad1 Bxg2 (
17... Nc5 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Be3 $16) 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. Qf3 Nd3
$13) (17. Bxb7+ Qxb7 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. a4 a6 (19... Bxb2 20. Ra2) 20. axb5 axb5
21. Ra2 Nd3 22. b3 cxb3 23. Ra3 $40) 17... Nc5 (17... Ne5 18. a4 a6 (18... b4
19. Rfc1) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rfd1 $1 (20. Ra2 Nd3 21. b3 cxb3 22. Ra3 Bxe4 23.
Bxe4 Qc5 (23... Nxf2 24. Kg2 b2 25. Rxf2 Bxf2 26. Qxb2 $44) 24. Rxb3 Nxf2 25.
Kg2 Qxg5 26. Qc2+ Kb8 27. Rxf2 Bxf2 28. Qc6 Rxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Bxg3+ 30. Rxg3 Rd2+
31. Bg2 Qh4+ 32. Rh3 Qf4+ $11) 20... Nd3 (20... Qc6 21. Bf4) 21. Be3 $16) (
17... Qc6 18. a4 a6 (18... Nc5 $2 19. axb5 Qd5 20. Rxa7 Nxe4 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22.
Bxe4 $18) 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Ne5 22. Bf4 Qd5 23. h4 $44) 18.
Nxc5 Qxc5 19. h4 Bxg2 (19... Qe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. Rae1 $5 (21. Rfe1 Bxb2 22.
Rab1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Bc3 24. Rec1 b4 25. Rxb4 Bxb4 26. Rxc4+ $16) 21... Bxb2 22.
Rb1 c3 23. Bc1 $16) (19... Rd5 $5 {has got the looks.}) 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. f3
Qf5 {He had played this after avery long thought.} (21... Qe5 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23.
Rf2 $16 (23. a4 $5 $16)) (21... Kb7 22. Rfd1 Qe5 23. Rd2 $16 (23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rb1 $16)) 22. a4 a6 23. g4 $5 {This was a matter of preference
to open the a line or not.} (23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra8+ Kb7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1
Rd5 27. g4 $16) 23... Qd5 (23... Qe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 $40)
24. axb5 axb5 25. Rfd1 (25. Ra6 Kb7 26. Rfa1 e5 {resembles the game.} (26...
Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rxa8 Kxa8 29. Qe4 $16)) 25... Kb7 26. Rd2 {I did not
figure out what White could have on the a line and I have preferred to the
double on the d-line.} (26. Ra5 $5 e5 27. Rda1) 26... Qc6 (26... Qe5 27. Qxe5
Bxe5 28. Re2 $1 (28. Rad1 $6 Rxd2+ 29. Rxd2 b4 30. h5 (30. f4 c3) 30... Kc6 31.
f4 c3 32. bxc3 Bxc3 33. Rd3 Kb5 34. Kf3 Kc4 35. Rd7 b3 36. Rc7+ Kd3 37. Rxf7
Rb8 38. Rd7+ Bd4 39. f7 b2 40. Rxd4+ Kxd4 41. Bf6+ Kd5 42. Bxb2 Rb3+ 43. Kg2
Rxb2+ 44. Kh3 Rb8 45. g5 Kd6 46. g6 Ke7 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. Kf3 $11 {is a
positional draw.}) 28... Bd4 29. h5) 27. Rad1 (27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29.
Qxe3 $16) 27... e5 28. Kg3 $5 {Kingdom comes!} (28. Kh3 $5) (28. Qe4 $5) 28...
Ra8 29. h5 Rhg8 (29... Rag8 30. Kh4 (30. f4 $5) 30... Qd5 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. fxe4
Kc6 33. Rc2 Ra8 34. Bd2 Ra2 35. Rb1 $18 {and finally 36.g5.}) 30. Kh4 $2 {
There was no need for this king walk now.} (30. Be3 Qc7 31. Kh3 $18) 30... Ra2
$2 {He could have set up a trap} ({with} 30... Rad8 $1 31. Rf1 $8 $16 (31. f4
$2 exf4) (31. Qe4 $4 Qxe4 32. fxe4 Rxg5 33. Kxg5 Be3+ 34. Kf5 Bxd2 35. g5 b4
36. g6 c3 37. bxc3 bxc3 38. gxf7 Rf8 39. Kg6 c2 40. Rf1 c1=Q 41. Rxc1 Bxc1 42.
Kg7 Ba3 43. h6 Kc6 44. h7 Kd7 45. h8=Q Rxh8 46. Kxh8 Ke6 $19)) (30... Rxg5 31.
Kxg5 Rg8+ 32. Kh4 Qxf6+ 33. Kh3 $18) 31. h6 (31. f4 $142 $18 {would have won
right away.}) 31... Rh8 32. Kh5 $5 {This was not only way to win but I have
started to become nervous.} (32. Rxd4 $2 exd4 33. Qe7+ Ka8 34. Rxd4 Qxf3 $11) (
32. f4 Rxh6+ 33. Bxh6 Qxf6+ 34. Bg5 Qh8+ 35. Kg3 $18) 32... b4 33. Rc1 (33.
Rxd4 exd4 34. Rxd4 Ka8 35. Rd6 $3 Qxd6 36. Qe4+ Ka7 37. Be3+ Ka6 38. Qxc4+ Kb7
39. Qxf7+ Kb8 40. Qxa2 $18 {would have collected every single piece like in
checkers.}) 33... c3 34. bxc3 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 bxc3 (35... Qxf6 36. Qe4+ (36. cxd4
Rxh6+ 37. Bxh6 Qg6+ 38. Kh4 Qxh6+ 39. Kg3 Qf4+ 40. Kf2 Qxc1 41. Qb5+ Kc8)) 36.
Bg5 Kc7 37. Qe4 $1 Qa6 (37... Qxe4 38. fxe4 Kd6 39. Ra1 Kc5 40. Ra7 Rh7 41. Ra8
$18 {would not last long.}) 38. h7 Qa2 39. Kh6 $6 {In the heat of time trouble
I was not consequent.} (39. Rb1 Qa6 40. Kh6 $18) (39. Bf4 Rxh7+ 40. Kg5 (40.
Qxh7 exf4 41. Qe4 $18) 40... exf4 41. Qxd4 Qa5+ 42. Kxf4 $18) 39... Qa3 40. Kh5
(40. Rxc3+ $3 Bxc3 (40... Qxc3 41. Qd5) 41. Qc4+ Kb6 42. Qxf7 $18 {was too
difficult to contemplate for a mortal.}) 40... Qa2 41. Rc2 (41. Kh6 $2 Qa3 42.
Rb1 Qf8+ 43. Kh5 Qg8 44. Qb7+ Kd6 45. Qa6+ Kd5 46. Rb5+ Bc5 $11) 41... Qe6 42.
Rh2 $2 {I do not know what I was thinking when we have already passed the time
control.} (42. Bd2 $1 Qxf6 43. Bxc3 $18) (42. Bh4 $5) (42. Rc1 Qa2) 42... Qa6
$2 {He had a cunning defence.} (42... Qe8 $1 {Threatening 43...Qg8!} 43. Bf4 $3
(43. Bh6 Qc6 44. Qf5 (44. g5 Rxh7 45. Qxc6+ (45. Qxh7 Qxf3+ $11 46. Kh4 Qf4+ (
46... Bf2+ 47. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 48. Kh3 Qf3+ $11)) 45... Kxc6 46. g6 fxg6+ 47. Kxg6
Rd7 48. f7 Bc5) 44... Qd7 45. Qxd7+ (45. Qd3 Qd5) 45... Kxd7 46. g5 Rxh7 47. g6
fxg6+ (47... Rh8 48. gxf7 Bc5 49. Kg6 Ke6 50. Ra2 $18) 48. Kxg6 Rh8 49. f7 Bc5
50. Rc2 Bb4 51. Bg7 Rc8 52. Bxe5 Rc6+ 53. Kg7 Rc8 54. f4 $18) (43. Kh4 $2 Qg8
44. Kg3 Qxg5) 43... Rxh7+ (43... exf4 44. Qxe8 Rxe8 45. g5 Kd7 46. Kh6 Ke6 47.
Kg7 Kf5 48. Kxf7 $18) 44. Qxh7 exf4 45. g5 $18) 43. Rh1 {I have become
extremely one track minded} Qe6 $2 ({with} 43... Qc8 44. Bh6 (44. Bf4 $2 exf4
45. Qxf4+ Kb7 46. Rb1+ Bb6 47. Qe4+ Qc6 48. Qe7+ Qc7 49. Kh6 c2 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7
51. Rh1 Bd4 52. g5 Be3 53. Kg7 Rxh7+ 54. Kxh7 Bxg5 55. Kg7 c1=Q 56. Rxc1+ Bxc1
57. Kxf7 $11) 44... Qb7 45. Qf5 (45. Qd3 Qd5) (45. g5 Rxh7 46. g6 fxg6+ 47.
Kxg6 Rd7 48. Qxb7+ Kxb7 49. Bf8 c2 50. Ba3 Be3 51. f7 Rd8 52. Kg7 Kb6 53. f8=Q
Rxf8 54. Kxf8 Kb5 55. Bc1 Bc5+ 56. Kf7 Kc4 57. Rh2 Kd3 58. Ke6 Bd4 59. Kd5)
45... Qc8 (45... Qc6 46. Bg7 Rxh7+ 47. Qxh7 Qxf3 48. Rh4 Bf2 49. Bh8 Bxh4 50.
Qxf7+ Kb6 51. Qe6+ Kb5 52. f7 $18) 46. Qd3 $1 (46. Qxc8+ $2 Kxc8 47. g5 Rxh7
48. g6 fxg6+ 49. Kxg6 Rc7 50. f7 Bc5 51. Rc1 Ba3 52. f8=Q+ Bxf8 53. Bxf8 c2 54.
Bh6 Rc3 55. Rf1 Rd3 $11)) 44. Rb1 Qa2 45. Kh6 $1 {Curtains!} (45. Rb7+ Kd6 46.
Bf4 $18) (45. Kh6 $1 Qa6 46. Kg7 Qc8 47. Qb7+ $1 Qxb7 48. Rxb7+ Kxb7 49. Kxh8
e4 50. Kg7 exf3 51. h8=Q f2 52. Qh1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr6"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.10.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Podgorica Montenegrobanka"]
[BlackTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 {
Stanislav heads for the Botvinnik,an opening which I had several times in last
months.} 8. e5 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 (11. g3 {Still lazy to
learn} Rg8) 11... Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 {Now there ain't no difference.} 14.
Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 {A move found by Uhlmann but elaborated by Yermo.}
Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 {Somewhere around heresomething strange
happenned to me.I was standing there but could not figure out the move order
in the line we have looked the day before with Yermo.} 19. Qd5 Bh6 $8 20. Bxh6
Bd3 {Now I have played a strange move after half an hour of thought.As a
result of it I had to continue the game being a rook down combined with half
an hour left on the clock.} 21. Ne4 $5 (21. Qa8+ Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1
bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. h4 Qb7 27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8
Kxb8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2 Kc7 32. Kf3 Kd6 33. Kf4 Bc6 $3 {leads to a peculiar
draw as demonstrated in Azmaiparashvili-Shirov, Madrid 1996.}) 21... Bxe4 $8 (
21... Bxb1 $2 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4 {looked terminal to me but according to
Yermo it is a draw.} Kb6 24. Nxc4+ Kb5 25. Nd6+ Kb6 (25... Ka4 $2 26. b3+ Ka3
27. Bc1+ Kxa2 28. Qd2+ Kxb3 29. Qb2+ Ka4 30. Qa1+ Kb3 31. Qxb1+ Kc3 32. Qb2+
Kd3 33. Qd2#) (25... Ka5 $2 26. Nb7+ $18) 26. exd8=Q+ (26. a4 $3 bxa3 27. Nc4+
Kb5 28. Nxa3+ Kb4 (28... Ka4 29. Qd1+ Ka5 30. Bc7+ $18) (28... Ka5 29. Bc7+ Ka4
30. exd8=Q Rxd8 31. Nxb1 $18) (28... Kb6 29. Qd6+ Kb7 30. Qc7+ $18) 29. Qd2+
Kb3 (29... Ka4 30. Qd1+ Ka5 31. Bc7+ $18) 30. Qd1+ Kxb2 31. Qxb1+ Kc3 32. Nb5+
$18) 26... Rxd8 27. a4 $3 {may even be more correct.}) 22. Qxe4 Rde8 $8 {
Till now Stanislav was moving quite fast,which was a proof that the position
was theoretical.} (22... Rdg8 $2 23. Bg7 Qb7 (23... Nxf6 24. Qf5+ Nd7 25. Bxh8
Rxh8 26. Qxf7 Nf6 27. Qf8+ $18) 24. Qe3 $18) {Here I started to have the
illusion that 23.Bg7 is the wrong move after some thought it became clear that
instead it is a forced one.} 23. Bg7 (23. Bf4 $2 Qb7) 23... Rh5 $1 (23... Rhg8
$2 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. Qa8+ Nb8 26. Qd5 $18 (26. Bh6 Rg6 27. Bf4 $18)) 24. Rd1 $8
Qb5 ({later I have learned that we were following Beliavsky-Shirov ,Ljubljana
(ECC) 1994.Even people tried to improve later on that game.} 24... Qa4 $6 25.
Rd2 Ne5 26. Rd8+ $1 Kc7 27. Qd5 $1 $18 (27. Qa8 $2 Qd1+ $1 {was the big time
trick in IM Ranko Szuhanek's analysis.})) 25. Qa8+ (25. f4 $2 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3
27. Rb1 c2 28. Qa8+ Nb8 29. Rxb5 c1=Q+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kf3 Qd1+ $19 {
according to some Shirov's analysis.}) (25. a4 $6 Qxa4 (25... bxa3 26. bxa3 Re5
27. Qa8+ Nb8 28. Qxa7 c3) 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27. Qxe8 Qxd1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+) 25... Nb8 (
25... Qb8 $2 26. Qc6+ Qc7 27. Qa6+ Kb8 28. Qb5+ Kc8 29. Qxc4 Ne5 30. Qa6+ $18)
26. Qe4 $1 $11 Nd7 (26... Kc7 27. Rd8 $1 $18) 27. Qa8+ Nb8 28. Qe4 (28. Qf3 $6
{would have carried too much of a risk.} Re5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Babula/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 {'The Moscow variation is
very popular nowadays.'} 6. Bh4 $5 {In dieser brandgefährlichen
Gambit-Variante gibt es noch vieles zu entdecken.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9.
e5 {'This rare plan was in 2008 revitalised by Mamedyarov.'} Nd5 10. Nd2 {
'The point of the e4-e5 push, the knight aims to e4.'} Nd7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O
Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4 {'This is considered as the main line in this subsystem,
but of course Black can deviate in moves 10-13.'} O-O-O (14... c5 $6 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Nc3 $13 {is suspicious for Black.}) 15. Qd2 (15. Bh5 $6 {is incorrect
because of} Nf4 $1 {with the idea ...Nxe5, as proved by the game
Mamedyarov-Gelfand, Moscow 2008.}) 15... c5 {'Black's main strategical idea.'}
16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Nb8 (18... Bb7 19. d5 Bg7 20. b3 {ist
gefährlich für Schwarz, trotz des folgenden "Wechselbades":} Bxe5 (20... cxb3
21. Bxb5 Nxe5 22. Qe2 $16) 21. bxc4 $2 (21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe3) 21... b4 $2 (
21... Bxg3 22. hxg3 b4 $13) 22. Bxe5 $16 Nxe5 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Nb5 exd5 25. cxd5
$4 (25. Qg3 $16) 25... Rhe8 $17 26. Qg3 Ne5 27. Na7+ Kc7 {0-1/44, Stocek,J 
(2593)-Najer,E (2663)/Wheeling 2010}) 19. Nxd5 $1 $146 {'A new move found at
home.'} ({Here is a break Wirft neue Fragen auf, während von} 19. b3 $2 {
'not good as after' eher abzuraten ist, z.B.} cxb3 (19... cxd4 $2 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Ra8 (22. Rfb1 $1 d3 23. Bg4+ Kb7 (23... Kc7 24. e6+) 24. Bf3+
Nc6 25. e6) 22... Bc5 (22... d3) 23. Rfa1 (23. Rb1 d3 24. Bg4+ Kb7 25. Ra5 b4
26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxb4+ $18) 23... Kd7 24. h4 $6 (24. Bg4+) 24... Ke8 $2 (24...
d3) 25. e6 $1 {1-0/38, Werle,J (2591)-Hoffmann,M (2469)/Netherlands 2009}) 20.
dxc5 {'Black has the strong'} Bc4 $1 (20... Bxc5 $2 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc3 Rhd8
23. Qxb3 {1/2-1/2, Halkias,S (2585)-Motylev,A (2666)/Plovdiv 2008}) 21. Qc1
Bxc5 $17) 19... Rxd5 20. Bf3 Rxd4 21. Qe2 {'©' 'And this is a position which I
focused in. From a material point of view Black is two pawns up. But it is a
doubled pawn and the c5 pawn restricts Black's bishop. How nice it would be
placed on c5. White has the very strong bishop on f3 and the very safe king
opposite to Black's one. The bishop on g3 is not active but he defends the
potential weak pawns e5 and f2. Generally I think that White's position is
more pleasant and easy to play, especially from a human point of view.'} Bg7 ({
If Black had known White's plan then he would have surely considered} 21... Rd7
$5 {with the idea ...Ra7.} {Nach der Folge} 22. h3 Ra7 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. b3 Be7
25. bxc4 b4 {hat Weiß Kompensation für den Minusbauern, aber nicht mehr, z.B.}
26. Qb2 $5 $44 {/\Ra1}) 22. Ra8 Rhd8 $2 {'A logical move but not a good one.'}
({The best defence was the immediate king's escape from the dangerous zone} 
22... Kd7 $1 $13) 23. Rfa1 {'And this position is already better for White as
Black has no good plan.'} b4 {'Black doesn't want to wait and tries to push
his majority but it only helps White as Black's king becomes more vulnerable.'}
({I The problem is that} 23... Kd7 {is no more possible because of the queen
trap} 24. R8a7+ Ke8 $2 (24... Kc8 25. Rxf7) 25. Rb7 $1 {. The plan with ...
R8d7 and ...Kd8 also doesn't work because of Rxb8 and Ra8.}) ({II Nach} 23...
R8d7 24. h3 (24. Rxb8+ $4 Qxb8 25. Ra8 Rd1+ $19) 24... Kd8 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26.
Ra8 Qxa8 27. Bxa8 Rd2 {und dem weiteren} 28. Qe3 Rxb2 29. Be4 Ra2 30. f4 $1 $16
{bleibt Weiß im Vorteil.}) 24. h3 {'An important part of White's plan, he
safeguards his king.'} b3 (24... c3 $2 25. R1a6 $18) 25. R1a4 (25. Kh2 $5)
25... Qb5 ({I} 25... c3 $2 26. R4a6 $18 Qb4 27. bxc3) ({II} 25... R8d7 26. Kh2
Bf8 (26... Rd3 27. Rxc4) 27. Qf1 {/\Ra1}) 26. Kh2 {'+/-' 'Prophylaxis is over,
the next plan is to penetrate with the queen.'} R8d7 $6 {'Loses,'} ({I as well
as} 26... Bf8 $6 27. Qe1 $18) ({II According to the computer} 26... Qb6 $16 {
is the only defence, but in the long term Black can't survive.}) 27. Qe1 $40 {
'+-!' 'The queen aims to a1, White's attack is decisive.'} Rd3 (27... Bf8 28.
Qa1) 28. R4a5 $5 (28. Qe4) 28... Qb6 29. Qe4 c3 (29... R3d4 30. Qh7 Bf8 31. Qg8
Rd8 32. R5a7) 30. Rxb8+ {'Such sacrifices are always pleasant,'} ({but I saw
also} 30. Qc4 {'+-'}) 30... Qxb8 31. Ra8 {'Threatening Qc6.'} R7d5 32. Qa4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Kemerovo SDYuShOR Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {King} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6
Rxh6 15. Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O Kf8 17. f3 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Qg5 $1 {N/} Rg6 (
19... Ne5 20. Nc7 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Nxa8 Bxf3 23. Rg1 Bxd1 24. Kxd1 Rf2 25.
Be2 Nd3 26. b3 $18) 20. Qf5 Ne5 (20... Rd8 21. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 22. Nf4 Qf6 23.
Nxg6+ Qxg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. h4 $16) 21. Nf4 Rf6 22. Qh3 $1 (22. Qh5 $4 Qxd1+
$19) (22. Qh7 Rh6) 22... Qxd1+ $8 (22... Qa6 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qh5 $18) (22...
Qc7 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qg7 Rd8 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Rxe5+ $18) 23. Kxd1 Bxf3+ 24. Kc1
Bxh1 25. Qh4 $1 Nd7 $8 26. Bh3 Rd6 $8 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qe5+ Kd8 {
King: I have a feeling that White should have won this game: the Black king is
exposed, and there are several weak pawns to go for. The knight is
well-supported which helps too.} (29... Kf8 30. Qxc5+ $16) 30. h4 $1 $16 (30.
Qxc5 $5 {King} Rc8 (30... c3 $5 31. bxc3 Rc8 32. Qg5+ Kc7) 31. Qxb5 c3 32. Qa5+
Ke7 33. Qe5+ Kd8 34. bxc3) 30... b4 $1 $138 {King: The bishop on h1 is
actually superbly placed: it protects the rook on a8, controls some crucial
squares in the centre, and can't be (sensibly) attacked by the queen.} (30...
Rc8 $2 31. h5 Rc6 32. h6 Rcd6 (32... Rxh6 33. Qg5+ $18) 33. h7 Rd1+ 34. Kc2
R7d2+ 35. Kc3 $18) 31. h5 b3 (31... Bf3 32. Qe3 $16) 32. axb3 cxb3 33. h6 $2 (
33. Qc3 $1 $16 {Filippov/}) 33... Bf3 34. Nd5 (34. Ne6+ $6 fxe6 35. Qf6+ Kc7
36. Qxf3 Rad8 37. g4 Rd3 $1 38. Qf1 Kb6 $1 39. g5 (39. h7 R3d7) 39... Rg3)
34... Rxd5 $8 35. Qf6+ Kc7 36. Qxf3 Kc6 $1 $10 (36... Rad8 37. h7 R5d7 38. Qh5
Re8 $8 39. Qxc5+ Kd8 40. Qg5+ (40. Qb4 f6 $1 $10) 40... Kc8 {/\Rdd8/}) 37. h7 (
37. g4 Rc8 38. Qxb3 $16) 37... Re8 $1 $8 38. Qxb3 Re1+ 39. Kc2 Re2+ 40. Kb1 Rh2
41. Qa4+ Kb6 42. Qb3+ $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled op 17th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O Bh6
15. Bxh6 (15. Be3 Nxf6 16. Qf3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rh6 $13) 15... Rxh6 16. Ne4 $1 {
16.a4Nf617.a5Qd418.a6Ba819.Qf3Qd320.Qf4Qd221.Qe5Ng422.Qg7Rh222Rad1Rg223.Kg2
Ne3Chuchelov-Wolf,Berlin1995;17.Qc1Rdh818.Qf4Mikhalchishin} c5 (16... Nxf6 17.
Nc5 $16) 17. Qf3 $1 {Novelty} (17. Qd2 Rhh8 18. Qf4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 cxd4 $13)
17... Bxe4 (17... Nxf6 $2 18. Qf4 $16) 18. Qxe4 cxd4 (18... Nxf6 19. dxc5 Nxe4
20. cxb6 f5 21. bxa7 Kb7 22. Rad1 $16) 19. a4 $1 Nc5 (19... Nxf6 20. Qf4 Rdh8
21. axb5 $16) 20. Qf4 Rh5 21. axb5 $16 Rf5 22. Qc1 $1 c3 23. Qc2 $1 cxb2 24.
Qxb2 Kb8 (24... Rxf6 25. Rfc1 Kb8 26. Qa3 Rf5 27. g4 Re5 28. f4 $18) 25. Ra2 $1
e5 26. Qe2 e4 (26... d3 27. Qe3 $16) 27. Rfa1 Rxf6 (27... Rd7 28. Bh3 $18) 28.
Qh5 $1 $18 Rd7 29. Rc2 Rc7 30. Rac1 Rh6 (30... Ne6 31. Qh8+ $18) 31. Qe5 Re6
32. Qxd4 Rd6 33. Qh8+ Rc8 34. Qe5 f6 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 (35... fxe5 36. Rxc8+ Kb7
37. Bxe4+) 36. Qxc5 Rd1+ 37. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[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 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nb6 $6 (13... Bh6) (
13... Qb6) (13... Nxf6) 14. dxe6 $1 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxh1 16. e7 a6 17. h4 $3 (
17. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 (17... Rxf8 $2 18. Rd6 Nd7 19. Bf4 O-O-O 20. Bh3 $16 {Smejkal,
J-Bednarski,J/SWE/1975/1:0 (43) Inf 20/578/}) 18. Rd6 Rb8 19. Be3 Rh5 20. Be2
Re5 21. Kd2 b4 22. Nd1 Kg8 $1 $15 {Plachetka,J-Bagirov,V/Berlin/1979/0:1 (38)
Inf 28/579/}) 17... Bh6 18. f4 $1 {>< Rh8/} b4 19. Rd6 $1 (19. Nb1 $10) 19...
Rb8 (19... bxc3 20. Rxb6 cxb2 (20... c2 21. Kd2 Kd7 22. Bxc4 Be4 23. Rxa6 $1
$18) 21. Bxc4 $16) 20. Nd1 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Nd5 $1 (21... Bd5 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Bg2
Bd7 24. Be4 $16 {/\ Nf5/}) 22. Bxc4 Nxe7 23. fxe7 Kxe7 24. Rf6 $1 (24. Rxa6
Rhe8 $1 25. Rf6 Kf8+ $13 {/\ Re7/}) 24... Rhf8 25. Ne3 (25. Nf2 $5 {/\ Nd3/})
25... Be4 26. Rxa6 $16 Rbd8 27. Rf6 (27. h5 Rg8 28. g6 fxg6 29. Bxg8 Rxg8 $16)
27... Rd6 28. Rf4 Rd4 29. h5 Bd3 $1 30. Nd5+ $1 Kd6 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Bb3 $6 (
32. Bxd3 $142 Kxd5 33. h6 Rg8 (33... Rh8 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Kg4 f6 37.
Kh5 $1 $18) 34. h7 Rh8 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Kc2 Ke7 37. Kb3 Kf8 38. Kxb4 Kg7 39. Kc4
$18 {Polugaevsky/}) 32... Bc2 $1 33. Bxc2 Kxd5 34. Bb3+ $6 (34. h6 $142) 34...
Ke5 35. g4 Kf4 $2 (35... d3 $142 36. Kd2 Kd4 $10) 36. g6 $18 Ke3 (36... fxg6
37. hxg6 Re8+ 38. Kd2 Re7 39. Bf7) 37. g7 Rc8 38. Kf1 (38. h6 $18) 38... d3 39.
Kg2 Kf4 40. h6 $18 {Time/} 1-0

[Event "White Knights"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[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. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Bb4 (7... Qb6
$5 $13) 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. h4 gxh4 (11... g4 12. Ne5 Rxg7
13. h5 f5 14. Be2 c5 (14... Qg5 15. Qd2 $14) 15. h6 Rh7 16. Bxg4 Qxd4 17. Bh5+
Ke7 18. Ng6+ Kf6 19. Qc1 $16 {Oll,L-Yudasin,L/URS/1989/}) 12. Rxh4 Qf6 (12...
Nd7 $5 13. Rh8 Ke7 14. Qd2 Rxh8 15. gxh8=Q Qxh8 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nd5+ exd5 18.
Qxb4+ Kd8 19. Qxb5 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Andrianov,N/Tallinn/1981/}) 13. g3 (13. Rh5
a6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Rxb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qf4 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Ra7 Bc6 19. g3 $14
{Ehlvest,J-Temkin,A/URS/1981/}) 13... Nd7 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Kf1 $1 Bxc3 16. bxc3
a6 $6 (16... Qxg7 $142 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. axb5 Rd8 20. Rd4 Rxd4 21.
Qxd4 $16 {Wirthensohn,H-Flear,G/Graz/1984/}) 17. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 (
18... Qxg7 19. Qd6 Rc8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 $18) 19. axb5 axb5 (19... Rd8 20.
Rd4 Rxd4 21. cxd4 Qd6 (21... Qxg7 22. bxa6 Ba8 23. Qa4 $18) 22. bxa6 Ba8 23.
Qg4 $18) 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qa1 Qb8 (21... Bb7 22. Qa7 Qc7 23. Rh8 $18) 22. Rh8
Kd7 $8 23. Rxg8 Qxg8 24. Qa7+ Kd6 25. Qa3+ $18 b4 (25... Kd7 26. Qf8) 26. Qxb4+
c5 27. Qb6+ Ke5 28. Qxc5+ Kf6 29. Qd4+ e5 30. Qh4+ (30. Qh4+ Kxg7 31. Qg5+ Kf8
32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 33. Bxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Czerwonski, Aleksander"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Qd2 Qxf6 16. Bg2 Ne5 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Ne4 Qh8 19. h4 Rxd5 20. Qe3 f5 21. Nc3
Rd4 22. Nxb5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rdxh4 $2 (23... Rhxh4 24. Rh1 (24. gxh4 Rg4+ 25. Qg3
Qxh4 $19) 24... Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Qg7 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Qb7+) 24. Qxc5+ Kd8
25. Qc7+ Ke8 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qxh8+ 1-0

[Event "YUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. axb4 $146 (18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 (19. Nxc5
Bxc5 20. axb4 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxd5 (21... Qb6 22. Bxe6+ (22. Qe2 {... 1-0(43)
Pelletier,Y-Berezin,O/Halle WchJ 1995}) 22... Qxe6 23. Qe2 $16) 22. Qf1 {
... 1-0(64) Novikov,I-Nadera,B/op, Calcutta IND 1996} (22. Rxa6 {... 1/2-1/2
(39) Granda Zuniga,J-Chernin,A/Rapid, Villarrobledo ESP 1997})) 19... Rxd5 20.
Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Qc6 (21... Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. b3 Qe5 25. Rd1 (
25. Rc1 $6 Nxc1 26. Qxc4+ Qc7 27. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 a5 $1 29. g4 Kd7 30. Kg2
Bd6 $19 {Lutz,Ch-Piket,J/WDR TV-Cup/1994/ CBM 42 Knaak}) (25. Rc1 {- 61/(459)})
25... Qb2 {... 0-1(39) Rogozenko,D-Tella,J/Open 1998} (25... Nc5 $2 {...1-0(41)
Korchnoi,V-Lutz,C/Horgen CS 1994/CBM 43/})) 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Nd3 (23...
Bc5+ {... 1-0(31) Efremov,R-Yasinsky,V/Moscow op 1995}) 24. h4 Bc5+ (24... b3 {
... 1-0(58) Khalifman,A-Ivanchuk,V/President's Cup 1998}) 25. Kg2 Kb7 26. Ra5
$16 {... 1-0(47) Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Novgorod/1994/} (26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. b3 (27.
Ra5 {... 0-1(39) Bukal,V-Pavasovic,D/Bled op 1995}) 27... c3 28. Ra5 {... 1/
2-1/2(32) Kharitonov,A-Shabanov,Y/Moscow 1995/Inf 63/})) 18... Bxg2 $8 (18...
cxb4 $4 19. Nc3 $18) 19. Kxg2 $8 Qc6+ (19... cxb4 $5) 20. f3 $8 (20. Qf3 $4
Rxh2+ $19) (20. Kg1 $4 Ne5 $19) 20... cxb4 $8 21. Qe2 (21. Qd4 $5 Qd5 (21...
Kb7 $140 $2 22. Be3 $1 $16) 22. Qxa7 Qxg5 23. Qa8+ Kc7 24. Qa7+ Kc8 $11) 21...
Bd6 $1 22. Rfd1 (22. Rfc1 Ne5 23. b3 $140 $2 Rxh2+ $1 24. Kxh2 $8 Nxf3+ 25. Kh3
$8 Nxg5+ 26. Kg4 Nf3 $3 27. Rxc4 (27. Qxf3 Rg8+ $19) 27... Ne5+ 28. Qxe5 Qxc4+
29. bxc4 Bxe5 $19) 22... Ne5 (22... Rdg8 23. h4 $13) 23. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 $8 24.
Bf4 $8 Rh5 $6 (24... Qd3 $1 {(Khalifman)} 25. Qxe5 $8 Qc2+ 26. Kf1 $8 Rd1+ 27.
Rxd1 $8 Qxd1+ 28. Kg2 (28. Qe1 Qxa4 (28... Qxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Rxh2 $13) 29. Qe5 Kb7
30. Qc7+ Ka8 31. Qxc4 Qa1+ 32. Bc1 $44) 28... Qc2+ 29. Kf1 $8 Qd1+ $11) 25. Re1
$8 (25. g4 $4 Qd3 $19) 25... Qc6 $1 26. Bxe5 $8 Rd5 $8 27. Bf4 $8 Qxa4 $8 28.
g4 (28. Rc1 $5) 28... Rd4 $8 (28... Rh8 $4 29. Qxc4+ Kb7 (29... Kd7 30. Qc7+
Ke8 31. Qe7#) 30. Qc7+ Ka8 31. Ra1 $1 Rd7 (31... Qxa1 $140 32. Qc6#) 32. Rxa4
Rxc7 33. Bxc7 $18) 29. gxh5 Rxf4 $8 30. Kg3 (30. h6 Qb5 (30... Rh4 $2 31. Kg3
$1 Rxh6 $8 32. Qxc4+ Kb7 33. Rc1 Rg6+ 34. Kf2 $18) 31. Qe5 Qxe5 (31... Rf5 32.
Qxb5 Rxb5 33. Re4 c3 $11) 32. Rxe5 Rxf6 33. Rh5 Rg6+ $8 34. Kf2 Rg8 $8 35. Rc5+
Kd7 36. Rxc4 Rh8 37. Rh4 Ke7 $11) 30... Rd4 $8 (30... Rxf6 $4 31. Qxc4+ $18)
31. h6 Qa5 32. Qe3 Qc7+ (32... Qd8 $5 33. Qe5 (33. h7 $140 $2 Qxf6 34. Qe5 Qg6+
$1 (34... Qh4+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kh1 Rxh2+ 37. Qxh2 Qxe1+ $11) 35. Kf2 $8 Rd2+
$8 36. Re2 $8 Rxe2+ $8 37. Kxe2 (37. Qxe2 Qxh7 38. Qxc4+ Kd8 $17) 37... Qxh7
$17) (33. Qg5 Rd5 $13) 33... Qg8+ $1 34. Kf2 $8 (34. Kh3 $4 Rd5 $19) 34... Rd2+
35. Re2 Rd1 (35... Rxe2+ $2 36. Qxe2 $18) 36. Qc5+ Kd8 $8 37. Qe7+ Kc8 38. Qc5+
$11) 33. Qe5 (33. Kg2 $5) 33... Rd8 (33... a5 $2 34. Qxc7+ Kxc7 35. Re4 $5 Rxe4
$140 36. h7 $1 $18) 34. Kg4 $2 (34. Qxc7+ $1 Kxc7 35. Re4 Rh8 (35... Rg8+ 36.
Kf4 $16) 36. Rxc4+ Kd6 37. Rxb4 Rxh6 38. Rb7 Rg6+ 39. Kf2 Rxf6 40. Rxa7 Rh6 41.
Kg3 Rg6+ 42. Kf4 Rh6 43. Rxf7 Rxh2 44. Rb7 $16) 34... Rh8 35. Kh5 a5 36. f4
Qxe5+ $4 (36... Qc6 {(D.Velimirovic)} 37. Re3 (37. Qxa5 $140 $4 Qf3+ $19) 37...
Qd5 $5 (37... Rd8 38. h7 Rh8 39. Kh6 Qg2 40. f5 Qg8 $3 41. Qc5+ $8 Kb8 42. Qb5+
Kc8 $1 (42... Ka8 $4 43. Qxa5+ $18) 43. Qxc4+ Kb8 44. Qb5+ Kc8 45. Qc6+ Kb8 46.
Qb6+ Kc8 $11) 38. Qxd5 exd5 39. Re5 (39. Re7 $2 c3 40. bxc3 bxc3 $19) 39... c3
40. bxc3 b3 41. Rxd5 a4 42. Rb5 Kd7 43. Rb4 Ra8 44. h7 a3 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Ra7
Rh8 47. Rxa3 b2 48. Rb3 Rxh7+ 49. Kg5 Rxh2 $11) (36... c3 37. f5 $2 (37. bxc3
b3 $1 38. Qb5 $1 (38. Qxc7+ $2 Kxc7 39. Ra1 b2 40. Rb1 Rb8 41. h7 a4 $19 42.
Rxb2 $140 Rxb2 43. h8=Q Rxh2+) (38. Ra1 b2 39. Rb1 Qc6 $1 $19) 38... Qxc3 39.
Qa6+ Kc7 40. Qa7+ Kc6 41. Qa6+ Kc7 $11 (41... Kc5 $4 42. Re5+ $18)) 37... Qxe5
38. Rxe5 cxb2 39. Re1 exf5 $19) 37. Rxe5 $18 Kb7 38. Rxa5 Kb6 39. Rg5 Kc6 (
39... c3 40. bxc3 bxc3 41. Rg3 Rc8 42. h7 c2 43. Rg1 Kc5 44. Rc1 Kd4 45. Kh6
$18 (45. Rxc2 $4 Rxc2 46. Kh6 Rxh2+ 47. Kg7 e5 $19)) (39... b3 40. Rg7 $1 Kc6 (
40... c3 41. Rg3 $18) 41. Rxf7 c3 42. Re7 Kd6 43. f5 $18) 40. h4 Kb6 41. Rg7 $1
b3 42. Rxf7 c3 43. Rg7 c2 44. Rg1 Kc5 45. f7 Kd6 46. Rg8 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch ko"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.11.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 c5 12. Be2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Qe4 Qxe5 15.
Qxa8 Nb6 (15... Bb4 16. O-O Ke7 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Qh3 b4 19. Nb5 Qxe2 20. Qxh4+
f6 21. Rfe1 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qd2 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. Qxe6 Bc5 25. Re2 Qd3 26. Rbe1 Rg8
27. Re4 h5 28. Nc7 Kg7 29. Ne8+ Kh8 30. Nxf6 Rf8 31. Nxd7 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxd7
33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Re7 Bd4
39. Qg5+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Goldin,A-Shabalov,A/Mashantucket 2005}) 16.
Qxa7 Bc5 17. axb5 Rg8 {Diagrama #} 18. g3 $2 (18. f4 $1 Qd4 (18... Qxf4 $4 19.
Rf1) 19. Qc7 Bd7 (19... Kf8 20. Ra7 Bd7 21. Qd8+ Kg7 22. Qxh4 Kh7 $13) (19...
Rxg2 $4 20. Qc6+) 20. Ra8+ Nxa8 21. Qb8+ Ke7 22. Qxg8 Nc7) 18... Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2
hxg3+ 20. Ke1 (20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 Rg5) 20... g2 21. Kd2 Qf4+ $17 22. Kc2
Qf5+ {el ritmo de juego es 90+30 para 40 jugadas y luego 30+30 para el resto.
Repitiendo el molinillo dos veces con una jugada de peón en medio Illescas
ganará 12 jugadas} 23. Kd2 Qg5+ 24. Kc2 Qg6+ 25. Kd2 Qg5+ 26. Kc2 Qf5+ 27. Kd2
Qf4+ 28. Kc2 e5 29. Qb8 (29. Rag1 $2 Bf5+ 30. Kd1 gxh1=Q) 29... Qf5+ 30. Kd2
Qg5+ 31. Kc2 Qg6+ 32. Kd2 Qg5+ 33. Kc2 Qf5+ 34. Kd2 gxh1=Q 35. Rxh1 Rg6 {
Diagrama #} 36. Kc1 $6 (36. Rf1) 36... Kf8 (36... Qf4+ $5 37. Kb1 Kf8 38. Rf1 (
38. h4 Kg7 39. Rf1 Qd4) 38... Qd4 $17) 37. h4 (37. Rf1 $5 Qg5+ 38. Kb1 Rf6 39.
Rxf6 Qxf6 40. Bg4 Qg6+ 41. Ka2 Qxg4 42. Qxb6 Qe6 43. Qc7 Kg7 44. b6 $11) 37...
Kg7 (37... Qf6 $5 38. Nd5 (38. Rf1 Qd6) 38... Nxd5 39. Qxc8+ Kg7 40. Qxc4 Qf2
41. Qe4 Qc5+ 42. Kb1 Nf6 43. Qf5) 38. Rf1 Qe6 39. Bh5 Rf6 40. Rg1+ Kf8 41. Ne4
Qh3 $8 42. Rg8+ Kxg8 43. Nxf6+ Kg7 44. Ne8+ Kf8 45. Qxb6 (45. Nd6 $11) 45...
Qf1+ 46. Kd2 {Diagrama #} Qd3+ (46... Kxe8 47. Qxh6 Qd3+ 48. Ke1 (48. Kc1 Bf5)
48... Qb1+ 49. Bd1 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Be6 $15) 47. Kc1 Qf1+ (47... Kxe8 48. Qf6 $11)
48. Kd2 Qd3+ 49. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[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 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 Nd5 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Rc1 (12. Qd2 $5 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14.
O-O-O Nxe5 15. Qe1 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Qg7 17. f4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxf4 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20.
hxg3 Nd5 21. Kb2 Ng4 22. Re1 $16 {Minev/}) 12... Qe4+ 13. Be2 Nf4 14. a3 Nxg2+
(14... Ba5 15. Qd2 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Nxc1 17. Nxe4 $18) 15. Kf1 (15. Kd2 $2 Qf4+ 16.
Kc2 Qf5+ 17. Kd2 Be7) 15... Ne3+ 16. fxe3 Qxh1+ 17. Kf2 Qxh2+ 18. Ke1 Be7 $6 (
18... Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 a5 20. Kd2 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 c3+ 23. Rxc3 Ra2+ 24.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Ba6 26. Qg6+ Kd8 27. Nf7+ Kc7 28. Qh5 Qxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Bxe2
30. Kxe2 Na6 31. Nxh6 Nxb4) 19. Kd2 c5 $6 20. Nxb5 cxd4 21. Rxc4 Na6 (21...
dxe3+ 22. Kc1 Na6 23. Bh5+ Kf8 24. Qf3+ $18) 22. Rxd4 $18 Bc5 (22... Qxe5 $4
23. Bh5+ Kf8 24. Ng6+) 23. Qf1 Bxd4 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Nxd4 Qg2 (25... Bd7 26.
Qf8+ Be8 27. Qd6+ $18) 26. Qf8+ Kd7 (26... Kd7 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Kc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peek, Marcel"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qe2 c5 (12... Nxe5 $5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14.
Bg2 Bb7 15. O-O-O Bg7 16. f4 O-O 17. Rd6 Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qd8 20.
Ne4 Qa5 21. Kb1 Qb6 22. d7 $1 Rd8 23. f5 c5 24. Nd6 Bxg2 25. fxe6 fxe6 26.
Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Qg6 Qc6 $1 $10 {Boleslavsky/}) 13. Qe4 $5 $146 (13.
Bg2 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Nd5 Qg7 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 d3 19.
Qd1 (19. Qe4 $2 Qxb2 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Qxh4+ Ke8 $19 {Mosete,J-Klass,G/corr/1955/
}) 19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qd2 $1 $17 {Munisic,D-Jovcic,M/corr/1981/0:1 (28) Inf 32/
511/}) 13... Rb8 (13... cxd4 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Qxa8 dxc3 16. Qxa7+ Ke8 17. Bg2
$1 $18) 14. Nc6 Bb7 $6 (14... Rb7 15. d5 $36) 15. Nd5 Qd8 (15... Qg7 16. Nc7#)
16. Nxd8 Bxd5 17. Qf4 Rxd8 (17... Bxh1 18. Nxf7 Rh7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rb6
21. Qf4 $16) 18. Rg1 cxd4 $6 (18... Bg7 $5 19. O-O-O (19. dxc5 Bxb2 20. Rb1
Bc3+ 21. Ke2 Nxc5) 19... hxg3 20. Rxg3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Rf8 23. Qg7)
19. Qxd4 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Rd1 (21. Qxh4+ $5 $16) 21... Nc5 $6 (21... hxg3
$5) 22. Qxh4+ f6 23. Bh3 Be4 $6 (23... Nd3 $5) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 $1 Rxd1 (
25... Bd3+ 26. Ke3 $16) (25... Bf3+ 26. Kxf3 Rxd1 27. Qxh6 f5 28. Qg7+ Kd6 29.
Qxa7 $18) 26. Kxd1 Bf3+ 27. Kc1 Nd3+ 28. Kb1 Bc5 29. a3 $6 (29. Qxh6 Be4 30.
Qg7+ Kd6 31. f3 $18) 29... Nxf2 (29... h5 $5 30. Bf1 Nxf2 31. Qf4 Be4+ 32. Ka2
e5 33. Qh6) 30. Qxh6 Be4+ 31. Ka1 Nxh3 32. Qxh3 e5 33. Qc8 $18 Bd4 34. h4 Kf7
35. h5 Kg7 $2 36. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 $5 14. Bxh6 Rxh6
15. Bg2 $6 (15. Qd2 $1 Qxf6 16. O-O-O Kf8 17. f3 (17. Qe3 $5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qe6
19. Bg2 $13) (17. Rg1 $5) 17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nc7 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rc8
21. Nxb5 Bxf3 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Ne5 {Salov,V-Bareev,E/Madrid/1994/0,5 (23)}
) 15... b4 16. Ne4 Nxf6 17. Qe2 (17. Nxc5 Bxd5 18. O-O (18. Qa4+ Ke7 19. Qxb4
Qb6 20. Qa3 (20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bxd5 exd5) 20... Bxg2) 18... Bxg2 (18... Qd6 $5)
19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Qxd5 exd5) 17... Bxd5 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. O-O Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qg5
21. f4 Qh5 22. Bf3 $6 (22. g4 $5 Qh3 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Re8 25. Re5 Rxe5
26. fxe5 c3 $15) 22... Bxf3 23. Rxf3 c3 $1 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Re3 Rb8 $17 26. g4
$6 (26. Qxh5 $5 Rxh5 27. Rxc3 Rb2 28. h4 Rxa2 29. Rf1 Rd5 30. Rf2 $17) 26...
Qh4 27. Rxc3 Rb2 $1 $19 28. Qxb2 Qxg4+ 29. Rg3 Qxd1+ 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 Rh4
$1 32. f5 (32. Qb8+ Ke7 33. Qxa7+ Kf6 $19) 32... Rd4 33. Qb8+ Ke7 34. Re3 (34.
Qxa7+ Kf6 $19) (34. f6+ Kxf6 35. Qh8+ Ke7 $19) 34... Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Qxf5+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 $5 12. h4 (12. Bh4 $6 Bb7 $1 (
12... Qa5 13. exf6 Ba6 14. a3 O-O-O 15. Bg2 Nc5 16. O-O Nd3 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. b4
Qc7 {Magerramov,E-Savchenko,S/Helsinki/1992/ Inf 55/423/} 19. Qe3 $1 $16) 13.
Bg2 Qc7 14. exf6 O-O-O 15. Qf3 (15. Qh5 $5) 15... b4 $1 16. Ne2 Nb6 17. O-O c5
18. Qxb7+ Qxb7 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Rfd1 {Magerramov,E-Savchenko,S/Rostov/1993/
Inf 57/422/} Kc6 $5 {/\a5-/+ Savchenko/}) (12. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 13. exf6 Bb7 14.
Bg2 Qc7 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Rd1 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Tischbierek,R/DDR/1981/ Inf 31/
471/}) 12... Rxg5 (12... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 13. Bg2 Rxg5 14. hxg5 Nd5 15. g6 fxg6
16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Rh7+ Kg8
22. Rxd7 Bb4+ 23. Ke2 Bc8 24. Rd8+ $16 {Vladimirov,E-Conquest,S/Alma-Ata (11)/
1989/1-0 (36)}) 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 (15. Rh7 Qa5 16. Qf3 Kd8 (
16... Qb4 17. Rd1 Qxb2 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bh3 $16) (16... Bb4 17. Bh3 Bxc3+ 18.
Kf1 $16) (16... Be7 $5 {/\Nf8<=>/}) 17. Bh3 Bb4 18. Kf1 Bxc3 19. Bxe6 $1 $16 {
Knaak,R-Tischbierek,R/DDR/1981/ Inf 31/470/}) 15... Qe7 (15... Qa5 $2 16. Qxe6+
Kd8 17. Bg2 $3 Nxc3 18. Kf1 Nd5 19. Qxc6 N5b6 20. Rh8 Qb4 21. e6 Rb8 22. exd7
$16 {Knaak,R-Van der Wiel,J/Lugano/1989/1:0 (33) Inf 47/517/}) (15... Kf7 $2
16. Rh8 $1 $18) 16. Rh8 $5 $146 (16. Qxg6+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. O-O-O (18.
Bg2 {Yusupov,A-Chekhov,V/SSSR/1980/ Inf 30/566/} Bb7 $5 {/\c5 Ysupov/} (18...
Bb4 {Ftacnik} 19. Kd2 Nf8 20. f4 Bd7 21. Raf1 Rd8 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. g4 Ba5 24.
f5 $13 {Piesina,G-Khenkin,I/Pardubice op (2)/1993/0.5 (28)}) (18... N7b6 19.
Ne4 Bd7 20. Ke2 Bg7 21. Nd6+ Kg8 22. Rh5 Na4 23. Rg5 Nxb2 24. Bxd5 $16 {
Yusupov,A-Chekhov,V/USSR ch/1980/1-0 (34)}) (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. Bxc6
Bb7 21. Rh7+ Kg6 22. Rxd7 Bxc6 23. Rxa7 Bf3 24. Kd2 $14 {Shirov,A-Stisis,Y/
London LB (01)/1991/1-0 (43)})) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ba3+ (19... Nb6 20. Re1 Bd7
21. Be2 Bg7 22. Bh5+ Ke7 23. Bg6 Be8 24. Be4 $14 {Knaak,R-Hertneck,G/Potsdam
DDR-FRG/1988/1-0 (35)}) 20. Kc2 Nf8 21. Bg2 Bd7 22. f4 Rb8 $1 $132 {Arbakov,
V-Savchenko,S/SSSR/1989/ Inf 47/517/}) (16. Bg2 $5 Qf7 17. Be4 Ne7 18. O-O-O $6
(18. Nxb5 $5 cxb5 19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Be4 Nbd5 $13) 18... Ba6 $1 19. Ne2 Bg7 20.
Nf4 Nf8 $15 {Beliavsky,A-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/0:1 (59) Inf 57/422/}) 16...
Nxc3 (16... Qf7 17. Ne4 $1) 17. bxc3 Qf7 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Be4 O-O-O 20. Bxg6 Qe7
(20... Qg7 {Ftacnik} 21. Rh7 Qg8 22. Qh5 $36) 21. a4 $1 (21. Rh7 Qa3) 21... a6
22. Rh7 Bg7 $13 23. Be4 (23. Bf5 $5 exf5 24. Qxg7 Qxg7 25. Rxg7 Nb6 26. axb5
cxb5 27. Rf7 b4 $1 $132) 23... Rg8 24. Qf3 $5 (24. Ke2 $5 Nf8 $1 25. Rh5 Qf7
$132) 24... Kc7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rh4 $6 (26. Ra7 Nb8 $1 (26... Kb6 27. Rxb7+
Kxb7 28. Bxc6+ Kb6 29. Bxb5 Kxb5 30. Qb7+ Ka4 (30... Ka5 31. Qa7+ $10) 31. Qa6+
Kb3 32. Kd2 Rb8 33. Rh1)) 26... Rf8 27. Rf4 Bh6 (27... Rxf4 28. gxf4 $36) (
27... Nb6 $5) 28. Rxf8 Bxf8 (28... Qxf8 29. Qg4) 29. Ke2 Bh6 (29... Kb6 $5) 30.
Rh1 Qa3 $1 31. Rxh6 Qb2+ 32. Kd1 (32. Kf1 Qc1+ $17) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qb2+ 34.
Bc2 c5 35. d5 (35. Qe3 b4 $36) 35... Bxd5 36. Qe3 b4 37. cxb4 (37. Rh7 Kc6 38.
cxb4 cxb4 39. Qa7 c3+) 37... cxb4 38. Qa7+ Kc6 39. Qa4+ Kb6 $1 40. Qxd7 Qc3+
$10 41. Kc1 Qe1+ 42. Bd1 Qc3+ 43. Bc2 Qa1+ 44. Kd2 Qc3+ 45. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qd4 (19. Qg4 $5 Bxd5 20. Rfc1
Nd7 21. Qf4 $1 Nc5 $8 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Bf1 $16 {Magerramov,E-Savchenko,S/
S-Peterburg/1992/1:0 (29) Inf 54/427/}) 19... Nc6 20. dxc6 $5 (20. Qg4 $2 Rxd5
$1 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17) (20. Nb6+ $6 axb6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qg4 Kb7
$1 $15) 20... Rxd4 21. cxb7+ Kc7 $5 $146 (21... Kb8 22. Be3 e5 23. b3 $1 c3 24.
Rad1 $16 {Krausser,H-Guthes,J/corr/1990/1:0 (33) Inf 49/490/}) 22. Be3 Rd3 (
22... e5 23. b3 $1 Bh6 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. bxc4 $16) (22... Rd5 23. Bxa7 Bd6 (
23... Kxb7 24. Nb6 Bd6 25. Rfd1 $1 Rhh5 26. Rdc1 $16) 24. Nb6 Bc5 $1 25. Nxd5+
exd5 26. b8=Q+ (26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rfd1 Rh5) 26... Rxb8 27. Bxb8+ Kxb8 28. Bxd5
Bxf2+ $14) 23. Bxa7 Bd6 24. Rfc1 Be5 (24... Kd7 25. Nb6+ $18) 25. Bb6+ Kd6 (
25... Kb8 26. Nc5 $18) 26. Bc5+ Kc7 (26... Kd7 27. Nb6+ Kc7 28. Nxc4) 27. Bb6+
Kd6 28. Bf1 Bd4 (28... Rd5 29. Bxc4 $18) (28... Rd2 29. Bxc4 Qd7 30. Bc5+ Kc7
31. Be3) (28... Rd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxc4) 29. Bxd3 Bxb6 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 (30...
cxd3 31. Ra8) 31. Ra8 $18 cxd3 32. Rxh8 d2 33. Rd1 Qxb7 34. Rxd2+ Ke5 35. Rh4
b3 (35... Kxf6 36. Rdd4 b3 37. Rb4 Qd5 38. Rhd4) 36. Rf4 Qc6 37. Re2+ Kd5 38.
Rf3 Qc4 39. Rd2+ (39. Ree3 $18) 39... Ke5 40. Rc3 Qa4 41. Rf3 Qg4 42. Rdd3 Qh5
43. Rxb3 Qh8 44. Kg2 Qa8 45. h4 Qh8 46. Rb5+ Kd4 47. Rb4+ Ke5 48. Rg4 Kd6 49.
Rg7 Qh5 50. Rg5 Qh6 51. b4 e5 52. Rd3+ Ke6 53. Ra3 Qh7 54. Re3 Kxf6 55. Rgxe5
Qh8 56. R5e4 Qa8 57. Rf3+ Kg7 58. Rg4+ Kh6 59. Rgf4 Qb7 60. Rxf7 Qa8 61. Kh3
Qe4 62. R3f6+ Kh5 63. Rh7+ (63. Rh7+ Qxh7 64. g4#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[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 "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Qa5 (11... Bb7 $5) 12. g3 b4 13. Ne4 Ba6
14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. Be2 (15. b3 $5 cxb3 16. Bxa6+ Qxa6 17. Qxb3 Qb5 18. Rc1 Nb6
19. Be3 a5 20. Qc2 Kb7 21. Qe2 $16 {Kasparov,G-Miles,A/Basel/1986/1|0/28/})
15... Qd5 (15... Nb6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 Na4 19. Bxc4 Nxb2 20. c6
Bxc6 21. Rac1 Kb7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. f7 $16 {
Magerramov,E-Oll,L/Klaipeda/1988/1|0/29/}) 16. O-O (16. Be3 $5 c5 17. Nxc5 (17.
Ng5 Bb7 18. O-O Qxg5 19. Qxb7+ Kxb7 20. Bxg5 cxd4 21. Bxc4 Ne5 22. Be2 d3 $146
{Bekker Jensen,S-Pedersen,N/Copenhagen/1996/0|1/31/}) 17... Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bb7
19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. f3 Bh6 21. Kf2 Bxe3+ 22. Kxe3 $16 {Lalev,D-Karaklajic,N/
Belgrade/1991/1|0/50/}) 16... c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 (17... Bb7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19.
Qxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd6 Ne5 (20... Nb6 $5 21. f3 Rxd6 22. h4 $16) 21. f4 $16) 18.
Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfd1 Qxg5 (19... Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Kc7 21. h4 Kb6 $44) 20. Qc6+ Kb8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxa6 Qxf6 23. Rf1 c3 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Bf3 Qc8
27. Qe2 (27. Qa4 Qc5 28. h4 $36) 27... Rd4 28. h4 Qc4 29. Qe5+ Qc7 30. Qg5 (30.
Qf6 Rd2 31. h5 Bd4 32. Qg5 $36) 30... Qd8 31. Qg7 Rd7 32. Qe5+ (32. h5 f6 33.
Qg4 $16) 32... Qc7 33. Qe4 Qc5 (33... Rd5 34. Qxb4 $18) 34. h5 Kc7 35. h6 Qd4
36. Qa8 (36. Qc6+ Kd8 37. h7 Ke7 38. Qc2 Rd8 $132) 36... Qb2 37. h7 Rd2 38.
Qb7+ $2 (38. Qc6+ Kd8 (38... Kb8 39. Qb7#) 39. h8=Q+ Qxh8 40. Qa8+ Ke7 41. Qxh8
$18) 38... Kd8 $2 (38... Kd6 $5) 39. Qb8+ (39. h8=Q+ Qxh8 40. Qb8+ $18) 39...
Ke7 40. Bc6 $2 {T/} (40. h8=Q Rxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 Qc4+
44. Bg4 $18) (40. Bc6 $2 Rxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg2 Qxh7 $17)
1-0

[Event "POL-chT 50th"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jasnikowski, Zbigniew"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.09.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw Hetman"]
[BlackTeam "Bielsko-Biala Wlokniarz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 b4 15. Na4
(15. O-O bxc3 16. dxe6 Ne5 17. Re1 Bxg2 18. Rxe5 Bc6 (18... Qc6 $5) 19. exf7+
Kxf7 20. Qg4 $16) 15... Qd6 $5 $146 16. Bf4 (16. O-O Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 exd5 19. Rfe1+ Kd8) 16... Qa6 (16... e5 17. Be3 Qxf6 18. O-O {/\a3}) 17.
O-O O-O-O 18. a3 $6 (18. dxe6 $5 Nxf6 (18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxe6 20. Qf3) (18...
Ne5 19. Qe2) 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Qe2 $132) 18... b3 19. Nc3 Nxf6 20. Qe2 (20.
Bg5 exd5 21. Qf3 Bg7 {/\d4}) 20... Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 (21... Bxd5 $6 22. Bxd5
exd5 (22... Rxd5 23. Rac1) 23. Qe5 Bd6 24. Qxd5 Bxf4 25. Qf5+ $14) 22. Qe5 Bd6
23. Qf5+ Rd7 (23... Kb8 24. Qxf7 Rdf8 25. Bxd6+ Qxd6 26. Qg7 Rhg8 27. Qh7 Qf6)
24. Qf6 (24. Bh3 Rxh3 25. Qxh3 Bxf4 26. gxf4 d4) (24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Bh3 $13)
24... Rh5 25. Bf3 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 (26. Qxa6 Bxa6 27. Bxh5 Be5 28. Bg4 Bxb2 29.
Rab1 c3 $19) 26... Rh6 27. Bg4 Rf6 28. Bxd7+ $6 (28. Qe3 $5) 28... Kxd7 29.
Qg4+ Qe6 30. Qg8 d4 31. Rae1 Qc6 32. Qe8+ Kc7 33. Re7+ Kb6 34. Qd8+ Ka6 $19 35.
Rxb7 Kxb7 36. h4 d3 37. Qe7+ Kb6 38. h5 Qd6 39. Qe4 Qd4 40. Qa8 d2 41. Qb8+ Kc6
42. Qc8+ Kd5 43. Qb7+ (43. Qd7+ Ke4 44. Qe7+ Kd3 $19) 43... Kd6 44. Qb8+ Ke7
45. Qc7+ Kf8 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. h6+ Kh7 48. Qf8 Rxf2 49. Rxf2 d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Bytom"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stempin, Pawel"]
[Black "Bany, Jerzy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1986.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[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. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O Bh6
15. Be3 Nxf6 16. Qf3 Bg7 17. a4 a6 (17... c5) 18. Rfc1 (18. Qe2) 18... Rd7 (
18... c5 19. Qxb7+ $1 Qxb7 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. dxc5 Nd5 $5 (21... Ng4 22. c6+
$16)) 19. Qe2 Bh6 (19... Nd5 $5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qd2 e5 23. dxe5
d4 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Bf4 $13) 20. b3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 cxb3 22. Rab1 Kb8 23. Rxb3
Rc8 24. Rcb1 Qd8 25. Qf2 Ka8 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Nxb5 axb5 28. Rxb5 Nd5 29. Qa2+
Kb8 30. Ra1 Kc7 31. Rxb7+ Kxb7 32. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1946.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qc2 Qc7 {
[#]} 15. f4 (15. g3 $142 $14) 15... Nb6 $15 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Bf3
Rxd4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Rad1 Bc5 21. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qc6 23. Rd1 Bxc3 24.
Qxc3 Qe4 25. Qa3 Rc8 26. h4 Nd5 27. Ra1 Rc6 28. f5 b4 29. Qa5 c3 30. bxc3 b3
31. Qa3 Rb6 32. Qb2 exf5 33. c4 Qxc4 34. Re1 a5 35. Re8 Qc3 36. Re7+ Kc6 37.
Qb1 Nxe7 38. fxe7 Qe5 39. Qb2 Rb5 40. Bf4 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "Kholmov sim"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1949.05.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tal's first game against a master was this simulteous display against
the young master Ratmir Kholmov.} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4
6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exf6 Bb4 10. Be2 Qxf6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3
Nd7 13. a4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf3 Rd8 17. Qc2 {[#]} Rd3 $17 18.
axb5 (18. Rfe1) 18... Rxf3 $1 19. Rxa7 Qxb5 (19... Rxc3) 20. gxf3 $2 (20. Rxb7
Qxb7 21. gxf3 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 c5 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. fxe4 Kd7 $17) 20... Qg5+ $19 21.
Kh1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch49 Final"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1981.11.28"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2
Nc6 22. Rfc1 Na5 23. b3 c3 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Rxc3+ Kd7 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Rc1 Qb7
28. b4 Qxb4 29. Rb1 Qg4 30. Bxa7 Be5 31. Rc5 $1 (31. f3 Bd4+ $1 32. Kh1 (32.
Bxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Kh1 Kd6 $1) 32... Qxg3 33. Qa4+ Kd8 34. Rb8+ Qxb8 35. Bxb8 Bxc3)
31... Rxc5 (31... Ra8 32. Rxa5 $1 Rxa5 33. Rb7+ Ke8 34. Re7+ Kf8 35. Qh7 $18)
32. Bxc5 $1 (32. Qxc5 $2 Nc6 $1 33. Rb7+ Bc7 34. Bb6 Rc8) 32... Nc6 (32... Rc8
$2 33. Qd2+ $18) (32... Qc4 33. Qd2+ Kc6 34. Rb6+ $1 Kxc5 35. Qxa5+ Kd4 36. Rb4
$18) (32... Rb8 33. Rd1+ Ke8 34. f4 $1 $18) (32... Bc7 33. Qd3+ Kc8 34. Rb4 $1
Qf5 35. Qa6+ {/\ 36.Rd4 +-}) 33. Qd3+ Kc8 (33... Bd4 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Qb5 $18)
(33... Nd4 34. Rd1 Rh4 35. Qb5+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7 37. Bb6+ $1 $18) 34. Rd1 (34.
Qa6+ Kd7 35. Rb7+ Bc7 36. Rxc7+ $1 Kxc7 37. Qb6+ Kc8 $1 38. Qxc6+ Kb8 39. Qb6+
Kc8 40. Qa6+ Kc7 41. Bb6+ Kc6 42. Bd4+ $1 Kd7 (42... Kd5 43. Qb5+ Ke4 44. f3+
$1) 43. Qa4+ Kc8 44. Qa8+ {/\ 45.Qh8 +-}) 34... Nb8 (34... Rd8 35. Qa6+ $18)
35. Rc1 Qa4 36. Bd6+ Nc6 37. Bxe5 Rd8 38. Qb1 $1 Rd5 39. Qb8+ Kd7 40. Qc7+ Ke8
41. Qxc6+ Qxc6 42. Rxc6 Rxe5 43. Rc8+ (43. Rc8+ Kd7 44. Rf8) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch49 Final"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1981.11.28"]
[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 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 (13... Nb6 14.
dxe6 $1 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxh1 16. e7 a6 17. h4 $3 Bh6 18. f4 {+-
Polugajevsky-Torre/Moskau/1981/1-0/}) 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 $1 {
Zaichik-Timoshenko/Mai 1981/} (16... Qa6 $2 17. a3 $1 b3 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. Qg4
Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rfd1 $18 {Razuvayev-Vaiser/Mai 1981/}) 17.
a3 $1 Nb8 (17... exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 $16 {Haritonov-Dorfman/Oktober1981/
}) 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Rfc1 Na5 (22... Kb7
23. Rxc4 Na5 24. b3 $1 $16 {Anikaev-Sveshnikov/Oktober 1981/} Nxb3 $2 25. Nc3
bxc3 26. Rxa7+ Kb8 27. Rxf7 $40 {+-}) (22... c3 $5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Nxc3 $1
bxc3 25. Rxc3 Kd7 (25... Kb7 26. Rac1) 26. Ra6 Nd8 27. Rxa7+ Ke8 28. Rc8 $16 {
Rashkovsky-Timoshenko/Oktober 1981/1/2/}) 23. b3 $1 (23. Bxa7 Kb7 24. Nb6 c3 $1
) 23... c3 (23... Nxb3 24. Rxc4+ Kd7 25. Nc3 $1 bxc3 26. Rxa7+ Kd8 27. Rxc3 $1
$40 {+/-/+-} Qxe2 $4 28. Bb6+ Ke8 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rxd8#) 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25.
Rxc3+ Kd7 (25... Kb7 $2 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. b4 $1 Nc6 28. Rxc6 $1) 26. Qc2 Bd6 27.
Rc1 Qb7 {/\ 28... Rh2!} (27... Qb4 28. Rc7+ $1 Bxc7 29. Qxc7+ Ke8 30. Bc5 Qb7
31. Qxa5 $16) 28. b4 $1 Qxb4 $1 (28... Rxh2 29. Qa4+ $1 $18 Kd8 (29... Rb5 30.
Kxh2) 30. Rc8+) (28... Rb5 29. bxa5 Rxh2 30. Rc6 Rbh5 31. a6 $1 Rh1+ 32. Kg2
Rxc1 33. axb7 Rxc2 34. Rxd6+ Kc7 35. Rd7+ Kb8 36. Bf4+ e5 37. g4 $1) 29. Rb1 (
29. Rc7+ $2 Bxc7 30. Qxc7+ Ke8 31. Bc5 Qb7 32. Qxa5 $15) 29... Qg4 30. Bxa7 $3
{/\ 31.f3} (30. Bf4 Bxf4 31. Qa4+ Kd6 32. Re1 (32. Qb4+ Ke5 $1) 32... e5 $1 33.
Qb4+ Ke6 34. Qe7+ Kf5) (30. f3 Qf5 $1 (30... Qh3 $2 31. Rb7+ $3 Nxb7 32. Qa4+
Kd8 33. Bb6+ $1 $18) 31. Qa4+ Kd8 32. Rbc1 Qxf6) 30... e5 31. Qa2 $1 {>< Rd5}
Rd1+ (31... Qh3 32. f3 $1 Ke6 33. Rb5 $1 $18 (33. Rd1 $2 Qxh2+ $1)) (31... Ke6
32. f3 Qf5 33. Rd1 e4 34. fxe4 Qxe4 35. Rcd3 $18) (31... Qf5 $1 32. f3 $3 (32.
Re1 Ke6) (32. Rb7+ Nxb7 33. Qxd5 Qb1+ (33... Nd8 $2 34. Rd3 Qxf6 35. Bb8 Rh6
36. Bxd6 Qxd6 37. Qb5+) 34. Kg2 Nd8 35. Rb3 Qf5 $1 (35... Qc2 $2 36. Rb6 $1 Qc7
37. Qb5+ Ke6 38. Bb8) 36. Rb6 Qh3+ 37. Kf3 e4+ $1 38. Ke3 Qh6+) 32... Ra8 (
32... e4 $2 33. Qa4+ Ke6 34. fxe4) 33. Rbc1 Rxa7 34. Qxd5 Qxf6 35. Ra3 $1 {
+/-/+-}) 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Kg2 Qh5 34. Qa4+ $1 (34. h4 $2 Nc6 $1) 34... Ke6
35. h4 $1 $18 Qe2 (35... e4 36. Qxe4+ Qe5 37. Qg4+ Qf5 38. Re3+ Be5 39. Qe2 $1
$18) 36. Qxa5 Ra8 (36... Qe4+ {>=}) 37. Qa4 Kxf6 38. Qd7 Kg7 39. Rf3 Qc4 40.
Qxd6 Rxa7 41. Qxe5+ Kh7 42. Rf5 Qc6+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Zagreb/ Rijeka"]
[Site "Zagreb/ Rijeka"]
[Date "1985.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 b4 13. Ne4 Ba6 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15.
Bg2 {[#]} Nb6 (15... Qd5 {Botvinnik} 16. O-O $1 e5 (16... c3 17. bxc3 $18) 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qf5+ $18) (15... c3 {Pinter}) 16. O-O $16 Rxd4 17. Be3 Rd7 18.
Rfc1 Nd5 19. a3 bxa3 20. Bd2 {[#]} Qc7 (20... Qxd2 21. Nxd2 axb2 22. Qe2 Nc3
23. Qe1 bxc1=Q 24. Rxc1 $16) 21. bxa3 $16 Qe5 22. Bf1 Qf5 23. Qxf5 (23. Qg2)
23... exf5 24. Ng5 Nxf6 (24... Bc5) 25. Bc3 Bg7 26. Rab1 Rg8 (26... Ne8 27.
Bxg7 Nxg7 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rc7 30. h4 $16) 27. Be5 Bb7 $2 (27... Rb7 28.
Rxb7 Kxb7 29. Nxf7 $16) 28. Bxc4 $18 Ng4 29. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[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 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 Ba6 13. a3 (13. Qf3 $5) 13...
O-O-O 14. Bg2 Nc5 15. O-O Nb3 16. Qf3 Bb7 (16... Nxd4 17. Qe4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Qb6
19. Be3 Bc5 20. Qe5 $16) 17. Rad1 b4 $1 (17... Nxd4) (17... Rd7 {/\ c5} 18. Qe3
Qb6 19. Ne2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 $132) 18. Ne4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Bxa3 20. h4 (20. Be3
Qh5 21. Qxh5 Rxh5 {/\ Bb2, a5-a4-a3}) (20. Qe2 $5) 20... Bb4 (20... Nxd4 $2 21.
Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Ra1 c3 23. Bc1 Ra4 24. Nxc3 $18) (20... Bb2 21. Be3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4
Bxd4 23. Ng5 Qc7 24. Qe4 Bxf6 25. Nxe6 $1 $16) 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Nc5 (22. Ng5 Rd7
{/\ c3|^}) 22... a5 $1 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. Qe2 Rd7 $2 (24... Rd5 $1 {/\ a4-a3-/+}
) 25. Rc1 $1 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd5 27. Rxc4 a4 28. Bf1 $1 $16 Ra8 29. Qa2 Bd6 (
29... a3 30. Rc1 Qa4 31. Be2 $5 {/\ h5-h6} (31. Rb1 Kc7 32. Be2 Bc3 $132)) 30.
Rc1 Qa5 31. Qc2 Qc7 32. Rb1+ Kc8 33. Qh7 Ra7 (33... a3 34. Qg8+ Qd8 35. Qxf7
$18) 34. h5 Qd8 35. h6 a3 36. Bc4 a2 37. Bxa2 $1 $18 Rxa2 38. Qxf7 Qf8 39. Qg7
$1 Rh5 40. Bf4 $1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14. Bg2 Be7 15.
O-O Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 Rh4 19. Qd2 Nf4 $6 20. Nxc4 Qc7 (
20... Qa6 $142 21. Ne3 $14 {Oll,L}) 21. f3 $3 $18 Nxg2 (21... Rd8 22. Qa5 $1)
22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. gxh4 Nf4 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Ne5 Rd5 26. Rae1 Nd3 27. Qh6+ (27.
Qh6+ Ke7 28. Nxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxe6+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 b4 15. O-O
O-O-O 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 (19. Qd5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Bd3
21. Qa8+ (21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rde8 23. Bg7 Rh5 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. f4 c3 26. bxc3
c4 27. cxb4 Kc7 28. g4 Rh3 29. g5 Rd3 30. Rc1 c3 31. g6 fxg6 32. f7 Rxe7 33.
Qxe7 Qb6+ 34. Kf1 Qb5 35. Qe2 Qc4 36. Ke1 Kb7 37. Qg2+ Kc7 38. Qe2 Kb7 39. Qg2+
Kc7 40. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Shirov,A/EUCup f Ljubljana 1995}) 21... Nb8
22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1 bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. h4 Qb7 $1 27. Qxb7+
Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8 Kxb8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2 Kc7 32. Kf3 Kd6 33. Kf4
Bc6 $1 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Shirov,A/Madrid 1996 (41)}) 19... Qc6 (19...
bxc3 20. Qd5 Bxe7 21. fxe7 c2 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Rc1 c3+ 24. Kg2 cxb2 25.
Qa8+ Nb8 26. Rxc2 Qb6 27. Bxd8 Kxd8 28. Qd5+ Nd7 29. Rd2 Qb5 30. a4 {1-0
Uhlmann,W-Alexandria,N/Halle 1981}) (19... Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4 Qc6 22.
Nd6+ Kb8 23. Bf4 Rxh2 24. Ke2 Ka8 25. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V/Dos
Hermanas 1996 (55)}) 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Nd5 Rxh2 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Qe6 {
Dies ist der vorbereitete (?) neue Zug von Shirov, der die Partie nicht rettet.
Die eröffnungstheoretische Vorbereitung von Shirov stand in Linares nicht auf
höchstem Niveau.} (23... Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qe4 Re8 27. Ne3 Nc6
28. Qf3 Kc7 29. Nxc4 Qd4 30. b3 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Kg2 Ne5 33. Ne3 Kd7 34.
Rh1 Ke6 35. Rh8 Kxf6 36. Rc8 Nd3 37. Ra8 Rd4 38. Rxa7 $16 {Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/
Monaco blind 1996/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 24. Qf3 Qh3 25. Rd1 b3 26. a4 Qh2+ 27. Kf1
Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kc8 30. g4 Rh3+ 31. Ke4 c3 32. bxc3 c4 33. Ne7+ Kd8
34. Nc6+ Ke8 35. Bg3 Nc5+ 36. Kd5 Nd3 37. Rb1 Kd7 38. Nb8+ Kc8 39. Kxc4 Nc5 40.
Nc6 Ne4 41. Ne7+ Kd7 42. Rd1+ Ke8 43. Nd5 Bd6 44. Re1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Magdeburg"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Qf7 17. Be4 Ne7 18. Rh8 Bb7 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. Bxb7 Rb8 (20...
Rd8 $5) 21. Be4 Nb6 22. Ke2 Rd8 23. Rah1 Kd7 (23... Rxd4 24. R1h7 Rxe4+ 25.
Qxe4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Rh6) 24. a4 Nf5 (24... a6 $5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra1
Rc8) 25. R1h7 Bg7 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. a5 Nd5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Qf3 Nc7 30. Qc6
Qe6 31. Qc5 Qd7 32. Qxa7 Ke8 33. Qb7 Kf8 34. d5 Qxd5 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 {MultiMedia
files not imported} 36. a6 Nc7 37. a7 Kg8 38. e6 Kxh7 39. e7 Bxb2 40. a8=Q Nxa8
41. e8=Q Nb6 42. Qxb5 Bd4 43. Qb4 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Bg7 $2 $146 (16... Qf7 17. Be4 Ne7 18. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 19. Bxa8
Nb6 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Rh8 Bc6 22. f3 $14 {Shirov-Morovic Fernandez/Las Palmas/
1994}) 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qg4 $16 Nf8 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bb7 20. Rh7 Kf8 21.
Ke2 $16 {/\Rah1}) 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rh5 {/\Rg5} a5 (20... Qb4+ 21. Kf1 Qxb2 22.
Nd6+ Kd8 23. Re1 $18) (20... a6 $142) 21. a4 (21. Rg5 $1 Ra7 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23.
a4 Nb4 (23... Bh6 24. Rg8 Bd7 25. Qg6 $18) 24. Kf1 $16) 21... Kd8 22. Nd6 Bd7
23. Rg5 Bh6 24. Rh5 Bg7 25. Rg5 Bh6 26. Rg8 {/\Qg6} Kc7 (26... Be8 27. axb5
cxb5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxa5 $1 $18) 27. Kf1 (27. axb5 cxb5 28. Qh5 Qh7 29. Qf7
Qc2 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Qxd5 Bc6 $132) (27. Ke2 {/\Rh1} c3 28. bxc3 Nxc3+ 29. Kd3
b4 30. Rh1 Qh7+ $13) (27. Be4 Nf6 $1 28. exf6 Qxd6 29. axb5 Qb4+ 30. Kf1 Qxb5
$132) (27. Ra3 b4 28. Rf3 c3 $132) 27... bxa4 (27... Nf6 $2 28. Nxb5+ cxb5 29.
exf6 $18) (27... c3 28. bxc3 Nxc3 29. axb5 $16) (27... Kb6 28. Bf3 $16 {
/\Kg2,Rh1}) 28. Rxa4 Rb8 29. Nxc4 Rb4 30. Rxb4 Qxb4 31. Nd6 $1 $40 (31. Qe2 $2
c5 32. dxc5 Bb5 33. Rg4 Nf4 $1 $19) 31... Qxb2 32. Bxd5 exd5 (32... cxd5 33.
Qh4 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 $18 {/\Nf7}) 33. Qh4 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 $18 a4 (34... Ne6 35. Qe7
$18 {/\Rc8}) 35. Qe7 {/\e6} (35. Nf7 $1 $18) 35... Qe1 36. Rh8 a3 37. Ne8+ Kc8
(37... Kb6 38. Qc5+ Kb7 39. Nd6+ $18) (37... Kb8 38. Qd6+ Kb7 39. Qxh6 a2 40.
Nd6+ Kb6 41. Qxf8 a1=Q 42. Qd8+ Ka6 43. Qa8+ $18) (37... Kb7 38. Nf6 $1 Be3 (
38... a2 39. Nxd7 a1=Q 40. Nc5+ Kb6 41. Qb7+ Ka5 42. Nb3+ $18) 39. Ng4 $1 Bxd4
(39... a2 40. Rxf8 $18) 40. Rxf8 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 $18) 38. Rxh6 (38.
Rxh6 a2 39. Rxc6+ $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 $5 b4 $6 (
7... Qb6 $5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 a6 $13) 8. Nb1 Ba6 (8... Be7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 11. Bxc4 a5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rc1 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Pinter,J/
Szirak/1985/ Inf 40/522/}) 9. Qc1 c3 (9... Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bxc4 Rg8 12.
O-O Nd7 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qd1 $16) 10. bxc3 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nbd7 (11... h6 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 bxc3 14. Qxc3 a5 15. Nc4 Bb4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Rd1 Nd7 18. g3
$14 {Lerner,K-Chernin,A/USSR/1984/}) 12. Nbd2 c5 13. d5 (13. e5 $6 h6) 13...
Be7 (13... exd5 14. e5 $1 (14. exd5 $2 Be7 15. c4 O-O $15) 14... h6 15. exf6
hxg5 16. Qe1+ $18) 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Qc6 Rc8 $6 (16... O-O $5 17.
Qxe6+ Kh8 $44 18. g3 $6 Nc5 19. Qc4 Nfxe4 $15) 17. Qxe6 Nc5 18. Qc4 Ncd7 (18...
Ncxe4 19. Qb5+ Qd7 $2 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Re1 Rc4
24. Nd2 $18) 19. Qa6 O-O 20. e5 Nd5 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Qxd5 (22. Bxe7 Nxe7 $44)
22... Bxg5 23. e6 Bxd2 24. exd7 (24. Qxd2 $2 Nc5 25. Qxb4 Qd3+ 26. Kg1 Nxe6 $15
) 24... Rc2 25. Qd3 (25. Nxd2 Qf6 26. f3 Qxa1+ 27. Kf2 Qf6 $19) 25... Bc3 (
25... Rb2 $2 26. Nxd2 Qf6 27. Nf3 $16) 26. Qxc2 (26. Rd1 $6 Ra2 $132 {/\ Qb6})
26... Bxa1 27. Qd3 Bf6 28. h4 Qb6 29. g3 b3 30. Kg2 b2 31. Qe4 h6 (31... Qd6 $6
32. Ng5) 32. Rd1 Rb8 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kh8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 $5 (7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 (9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 (10... Nd7 $2 11. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 12.
Qh5+ Kxf6 13. Qxh4+ $18) 11. a4 $13 Bb7 (11... c5 $5) 12. Be2) 9... hxg5 10.
Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 $13) 7... Bb7 (7... Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bb7 11.
d5 cxd5 $5 (11... Bc5 $5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. b3 Qd8 14. Qc1 Nd7 15. axb5 cxb5 16.
bxc4 b4 17. Na4 $13 {Ragozin-Szily/Moscow-Budapest/1949/}) 12. exd5 b4 (12...
Nd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Ndxb5 $13 {Gorelov-Kishnev/
Barnaul/1984/1/2-1/2/}) 13. a5 Qc7 14. dxe6 bxc3 15. Nd4 Rg8 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17.
g3 Bd5 18. Rfd1 Kc8 {Tal,M-Keller,D/Zürich/1959/1-0/}) (7... b4 8. Nb1 Be7 9.
e5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc4 a5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rc1 Rc8 $14 {
Tukmakov,V-Pinter,J/Szirak/1985/}) (7... Nbd7 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nxb5 Qb6 10. Nc3
Qxb2 11. Bd2 Qb7 12. Rb1 Qc6 $44) (7... Bb4 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 (9. Bh4 g5 10.
exf6 (10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Qa5 12. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 Rg8 15.
Rc1 Qa5 16. g3 b4 $13) 10... gxh4 11. Ne5 c5 12. Qh5 Qxf6 13. O-O-O a6 14. Be2
Nd7 15. Bf3 cxd4 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxa8 Bxc3 18. bxc3 d3 {Ubilava,E-Shirov,A/
URS-sf Daugavpils/1989/0-1/27/}) 9... hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. h4 g4 12. Ne5 Rxg7
13. h5 f5 14. Be2 Qg5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. d5 {Lautier,J-Thorsteinsson,A/
Reykjavik op/1988/1-0/38/}) 8. e5 $5 (8. axb5 $1 cxb5 9. Nxb5 Bxe4 10. Bxc4 (
10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bxc4) 10... Bb4+ (10... Be7) 11. Nc3 Nbd7 (11... O-O 12. O-O
Bb7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qb3 a5 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Nxf7 $1 {Lutz,C-Polgar,Zso/
Rimavska Sobota/1991/1-0/68/}) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bd3 $14 {Ribli,
Z-Inkiov/Dubai olm/1986/1/2-1/2/1-0/ -> Inf.42/542}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. exf6
gxh4 11. Ne5 (11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Nd7 {Dokhoian,Y-Kuijf,M/Wijk-B/1989/0-1/32/})
11... Nd7 $1 {Ribli,Z} (11... Qxf6 {Führt zu 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4 10.
Ne5 Qxf6 (10...Nd7?? 11.Nxf7!)}) 12. Qh5 (12. Be2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Qd4 h3
15. O-O-O hxg2 16. Rhg1 bxa4 {Kohlweyer,B-Ribli,Z/Dortmund/1986/0-1/28/}) 12...
Qxf6 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Qxb5+ Bc6 16. Qxc4 Bd6 $15 17. Ra6 $6 (17.
Nb5 $1 Qf4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 $15) 17... Rhc8 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Qa4 Qg5 $1 20. Bb5
Qxg2 21. d5 $1 (21. Rf1 a6 22. d5 axb5 23. Qxa8 exd5 $19) 21... Qxh1+ 22. Ke2
Kd8 $1 (22... Ke7 23. Qxh4+ f6 24. Qg4 Kf8 25. Qg6 Rxc3 26. Qxf6+ $10) 23. Bxc6
Rb8 24. Nb5 exd5 $1 25. Qa5+ (25. Nxd6 Rxb2+ $19) (25. Qxa7 Qe4+ 26. Kf1 Qd3+
$1 27. Kg1 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 h3+ $1 29. Kxh3 Qf3+ 30. Kh4 Be7+ $19) 25... Ke7 26.
Qxa7+ Kf8 27. Qe3 Kg8 $1 28. h3 Bf8 $19 29. Qf4 Qe4+ 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Ke3 Rb6
32. Bd7 Rf6 33. b3 Bc5+ 34. Kxe4 Rxf2 35. Kd5 Bb4 36. Nd4 Kg7 37. Kc4 Rf4 38.
Kd5 Kf6 39. Bc8 Rf1 40. Bg4 Bc3 41. Nf3 Kg6 42. Nxh4+ Kg5 43. Nf3+ Kf4 44. Nh4
Rf2 45. Bc8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "British CF-72 Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1985.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Flear,G"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1985.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 $5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 $5 (13. g3 Bb7
14. Bg2 Na6 $1) 13... Na6 14. a4 Rh4 15. axb5 (15. Rd1 $6 Nb4 $1) 15... Rxd4
16. Qe3 Nb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Ne4 Qe5 $6 (18... Qg7 $142 19. Bxc4 cxb5 20. Be2
Bc6 $5 21. Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Bxb5 Rc8 23. O-O Qe5 $15) 19. Nd2 Qg7 $5 (19... Nd3+
20. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Rxd3 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nxc4 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bd5 $10) 20.
Nxc4 cxb5 21. Ne5 Rd5 22. f4 f6 23. Qg3 $5 Qh7 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 (24... Nc2+ 25.
Rxc2 Qxc2 26. Nxf6+ Kf7 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Be2 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qxh1 30. Bh5+ $40)
25. f5 Re5+ 26. Be2 Rg8 $4 (26... Qxf5 $3 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qxa8
Rxe2+ $1 $10) 27. Qf3 Nd5 28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. O-O Qe4 30. Bxb5 $18 Rxg2+ $4 31.
Kxg2 Ne3+ 32. Kh1 Nxf1 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Bxf1 Rb4 35. b3 Ke5 36. Bc4 f5 37. Ra1
Rb7 38. Ra5+ Kf6 39. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Catalunya op-A"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ibanez Tarradellas, Eduardo"]
[Black "Fluvia Poyatos, Joan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Flupo"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{En l'última partida estava obligat a conseguir un mínim de taules contra el
número 4 del torneig amb negres, tot i així vaig optar per fer variant no del
tot segura pero que em semblava que hi jugaria més comodament que en d'altres
varaiants més soses.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 {Provant camins nous.} 4.
Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 {Primera sorpresa. La memòria em fallava i
no recordava com es seguia, per tant vaig haver de començar a pensar des
d'aquest moment.} Qb6 (7... Bb4 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 {Es teoria
però no m'acaba de convèncer} 11. h4 $1 $13) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O a5
$5 $146 (10... a6 11. b3 b4 12. a5 $44) 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Qf4 (12. d5 $5 {
És la variant crítica} cxd5 13. exd5 b4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nb5 Rg8 $15 {Em
semblava sificient però no dóna gaire bones vibracions la posició del meu rei.}
) 12... Rg8 13. Qh4 (13. Rfd1 Rg6 $15) 13... Rg6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Qh5 b4 $1 (
15... Bb4 $5 {Era l'altre possibilitat a tenir en compte.} 16. Nxb5 Bxe4 17.
Bxc4 Rc8 18. b3 Qb7 $17) 16. Na4 Qc6 (16... Qd6 $142 {En un principi no em va
agradar i per aixó no la vaig considerar però és la millor possibilitat.} 17.
Qb5 Bxe4 18. Qxc4 Qf4 $19) 17. d5 exd5 18. Nd4 Qd6 19. Nb5 Qc6 $2 {Si no volia
taules hauria d'aver fet a la primera Qb8 però en un principi no em va semblar
tant forta.} 20. Nd4 $2 (20. Qxd5 {Aprfitant l'oportunitat.} Qxd5 21. exd5 Rc8
22. Rfd1 Rg5 23. Na7 $11) 20... Qd6 21. Nb5 Qb8 $1 $19 {Amb l'amenaça Rh6} 22.
Bg4 (22. exd5 Rg5 $19) (22. Rfd1 Rh6 $19) (22. f4 $1 Ba6 (22... dxe4 23. Bxc4
e3 24. g3 $44) 23. Nd4 dxe4 24. Qf5 Be7 $17) (22. g3 dxe4 23. Bxc4 Ne5 24. Be2
Ba6 $19) 22... Ne5 {Fins i tot millor q Rh6.} (22... Rh6 23. Bxd7+ Ke7 24. Qh3
Rxh3 25. Bxh3 $17) 23. Bh3 (23. Bf5 Rh6 24. Qe2 Nf3+ $19) 23... dxe4 24. Kh1 (
24. Nd4 Qc7 $19) 24... Ng4 $1 25. Bxg4 (25. f4 exf3 $19) (25. g3 e3+ 26. f3 (
26. Bg2 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rg5 $19) 26... Nf2+ 27. Kg2 Nxh3 28. Qxh3 Qe5 $19) 25...
Rh6 {A partir d'aquí la resta és activar les peces.} 26. Qxh6 (26. Bd7+ Kd8 27.
Qxh6 Bxh6 28. Bg4 Ke7 29. Rfd1 Bc6 30. Nd4 Bxa4 31. Rxa4 Kf8 $19) 26... Bxh6
27. Nb6 Ra6 28. Nxc4 Bd5 29. Nbd6+ (29. Be2 $1 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rc6 31. b3 $19)
29... Rxd6 30. Nxd6+ Qxd6 31. Rxa5 Bc6 32. h3 Bd2 33. Rd1 e3 34. Rf5 (34. fxe3
Qg3 35. Bd7+ Bxd7 36. Rd5 Bc6 37. R5xd2 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Qxe3+ $19) 34... Be4 35.
fxe3 Bxf5 36. Bxf5 h6 0-1

[Event "Struga zt"]
[Site "Struga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 Nd5 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Qd2 c5 13. O-O-O cxd4 (13... Nc6 14.
dxc5 (14. g3 Qd8 (14... Nxc3 15. gxh4 Nxa2+ 16. Kb1 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 $16) 15. Qxh6
$16) (14. Ng6 $5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Nxh4 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 cxd4 17. g3 d3 18. Bh3
{/\ Re1,f4+/-}) 15... Qg5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. h4 Kf7 18. h5 Nxc3 19. Rd2 Nxd4 (
19... cxd4 20. g4 Bb7 21. Bg2 d3 22. f4 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 dxe2 24. f5 $16) 20. h6
$1 Kxg6 21. h7 Ba6 22. h8=Q Rxh8 23. Rxh8 Ne4 24. g4 $1 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 $16 {
Corfield-Stoker, corr. 1990/91}) 14... Nxe5 15. f4 (15. g3 Qf6 16. f4 Nc6 (
16... Nf3 17. Qc2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxh8 19. Rxd5 (19. Bg2 $142) 19... exd5 20.
Qe2+ Kf8 21. Qxf3 Bf5 $17 {Kogan-Judovic, USSR 1946}) 17. Bg2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bb7
19. Bxd5 O-O-O 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Qc2 Rxh8 22. Rhe1 Qf7 23. Rd6 Qc7 24. Qf5+
Kb8 25. Rd7 Qa5 26. Qf6 Rc8 27. Qg7 Ba6 28. Re2 Qa3+ 29. Kb1 Qxc5 30. Qxh6 Qf5+
31. Kb2 {0-1/Gunnarsson,L-Penalver,O/Stockholm op/1994/}) (15. Qe1 Qg5+ 16. Kb1
Qg7 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb7 $13) 17. f4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd3 (18... Nxf4 19. Qg3
Qxg3 20. hxg3 Nd5 21. Kb2 Ng4 22. Re1 $16) 19. Bxd3 Nxc3+ 20. Kc2 Nxd1 21. Bg6+
Kf8 22. Qxd1 Qxh8 23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. Be4 {Fridstein-Hacaturov/ USSR/1939/1-0}) (
15. Be2 Bb7 16. g3 Qf6 17. f4 Qxh8 18. Bh5+ Nf7 19. Qe2 Kf8 $17 {
Fridstein-Judovic/ USSR/1946/}) 15... Qxf4 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxf4 17. Qxf4
Nxf4 {[#]} 18. Rd4 (18. g3 Nfd3+ 19. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Re1 $14 {
Brinck Clausen-Mikhalchishin/Copenhagen/1979/}) (18. c6 $5 Nxc6 (18... Ned3+
19. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 20. Kd2 Nf2 21. Rdf1 Nxh1 22. Ng6 Kd8 23. Rf7 $18) 19. g3 $16)
18... Nd5 19. Re4 (19. Be2 $14 Kf8 $140 20. Rf1+ Kg7 21. Re4 Nc6 22. Rg4+ Kxh8
23. Rf8+ Kh7 24. Bf3 $18) 19... Nc6 20. Kb2 e5 21. Be2 Bf5 22. Rh4 b4 23. Bxc4
bxc3+ 24. Ka3 Ndb4 25. Nf7 Rb8 26. Nd6+ Kd7 {Glianietz,A-Monin,N/USSR/1979/0.5
(37)}) 16. Qxf4 Nxf4 17. g3 (17. Nxb5 Ke7 (17... Rb8) 18. c6 Nfd3+ (18... Rb8
19. c7 $1 Rxb5 20. Rd8) 19. Bxd3 cxd3 (19... Nxd3+ 20. Kc2 Nf2 (20... Rb8 $5)
21. Rhf1 Nxd1 22. Ng6+ Kd8 23. Rxd1+ $18) 20. a3 Ba6 21. Nc7 (21. axb4 Bxb5 22.
Rhe1 Kd6) 21... d2+ 22. Kb1 (22. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Rd8+) 22... Bd3+ 23. Ka1 (
23. Ka2 Rxh8 24. axb4 Rc8 25. Rxd2 Rxc7 26. Re1 Nxc6 $13) 23... Rxh8 24. axb4
Rc8 25. Rxd2 Rxc7 26. Re1 Nxc6 27. Rxd3 Nxb4 28. Rde3 Nc2+ 29. Kb1 Nxe1 30.
Rxe1 Rc5 {Theulings,P-Van de Oudeweetering,A/NLD-sf (07)/1994/0-1 (58)}) 17...
Nfd3+ 18. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 19. Kc2 Bxc3 20. Kxc3 Bb7 21. Rhf1 b4+ 22. Kxc4 Nxb2+ 23.
Kxb4 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Rb8 {Razuvaev,Y-Inkiov,V/Moscow/1986/0.5 (34)}) (13... Nxc3
14. bxc3 Ba3+ 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Be2 (16. dxc5 $5) 16... Nd7 17. Ka1 cxd4 18. cxd4
O-O-O 19. Nf7 Rf8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 $8 21. exd6 {Lilienthal,A-Ragozin,V/URS-ch15
Leningrad (04)/1947/0.5 (41)}) 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 (14... Qg5+ 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Ne4 (
16. h4 $2 Ne2+ 17. Kb1 Qf5+ $18) (16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 (17. bxc3 $5 Nd5 (17...
Nc6 18. Qe4 Bb7 19. Nf7 $1) 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Qc5 Bd7 (19... Nxc3+ 20. Ka1 Ne7
21. h4 Qf5 22. Rhf1 $18) 20. Rhf1 O-O-O 21. Nf7 Nxc3+ 22. Ka1 Qxg2 23. Rf2 $18
{Schoen-Ratzmer/Porz/1985/}) 17... Bb7 (17... Nc6 18. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd7
20. Rhf1 Nd5 21. Nf7 $16 {Abramov-Gotthilf, USSR 1939}) 18. Ka1 Nc6 19. g3 Nd5
20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Bg2 Qg7 22. e6 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Ke7 $15 {Korelov-Sveshnikov,
USSR 1972}) 16... Ne2+ 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. Nxg5 Nbc6 19. Nf3 (19. Ne4 Bb7 20. a3
Be7 21. Ng6 $16 {Sasin-Monin, Leningrad 1980}) 19... Nxf3 20. gxf3 Nxe5 21. Rg1
) 15. Rxd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rg4 Nc6 (17... Bxe5 18. Rg8+ Kd7 19. Be2 Bb7
20. Rd1+ Kc7 21. Ng6 Bc3 22. Nf4 Nc6 23. Nxe6+ Kb6 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Bf3 Bb7
26. Rd7 Ba8 27. Nc7 Bb7 28. Nxb5 Be5 29. Nxa7 {1-0/Fenoglio,V-Corte,C/ARG-ch
Buenos Aires (12)/1938/}) 18. Rg8+ Kd7 19. Rg7+ Ke8 20. f4 Kf8 21. Rg3 Be1 22.
Rg6 c3 23. Bd3 Bd2+ 24. Kb1 Rb8 25. Rf1 b4 26. Rf6+ Ke7 27. Rf7+ Kd8 (27... Ke8
28. Rc7 Bd7 29. Nf7 $16) 28. Bc2 b3 (28... Ba6 29. Rf3 Bc4 30. Rg3 Ne7 31. Rgg7
$18) 29. axb3 (29. Bxb3 Ba6 30. Rh1 Nd4 31. Rf8+ Kc7 32. Rxb8 Kxb8 33. g3 Bb7
$13) 29... a5 30. Rf3 a4 31. Rd3+ Ke8 32. Rg3 Ne7 $8 33. Rgg7 Kd8 (33... Rb7
34. Bg6 Kd8 35. Rf8+ Kc7 36. Rxe7+ $18) 34. Rxe7 Rxb3+ (34... axb3 35. Bg6 c2+
36. Bxc2 bxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Bb4 38. Ref7 $18) 35. Bxb3 axb3 36. Rc7 (36. Rg8+ Kxe7
37. Rxc8 c2+ 38. Kb2 Kd7 39. Rc4 $18) 36... Ba6 37. Rgd7+ Ke8 38. Re7+ (38.
Re7+ Kf8 39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. Rg7#) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kharitonov Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5
Nxf6 14. Bg2 (14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. O-O-O e5 $8 18. f4
$6 exf4 $8 19. d6 Bxh1 $1 20. Qa5+ Kd7 21. Qc7+ Ke6 22. d7 {Shabalov,A-Mueller,
Ka/Pula op/1989/} Qe5 $1 23. d8=Q Rxd8 24. Qxd8 Bf3 25. Rd7 Kf5 26. Rxf7+ Kg6
27. Rxf8 Qe1+ $19) (14. dxe6 $5 Bg7 $1 (14... Be7 15. Rg1 Qb6 16. exf7+ Kxf7
17. h4 Rad8 18. Qc2 Qe6+ 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Bg2 Rd2 22. Qe3 Rd3 23.
Qf4+ Nf6+ 24. Kf1 {Georgiev,Ki-Dreev,A/Biel izt (01)/1993/}) 15. Rg1 Qb6 16.
Qe2 $1 Qxe6 $8 17. Nxb5 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Ne4 $1 19. O-O-O Nxg5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21.
Nxb7 Rxh2 $15 {Lobron,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund/1993/0.5 (41)}) 14... Bh6 (14... Be7
15. O-O Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 c3 (18... Rh4 $5 19. Qd2 Rd4 (
19... Rg8 $8 20. f4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxb2 23. Qc7+ Kf8 24. Qxc5+ Kg7
25. Qg5+ $10) 20. Qg5+ Nf6 21. Bxb7 Rg8 22. Qe5 Nd7 23. Qe2 Qxb7 24. Nxc4 {
Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Biel izt (01)/1993/1-0 (44)}) 19. Rb1 (19. Nc4 {Kharitonov
} Qc7 20. bxc3 Nxc3 21. Qd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ne4 23. Qe3 Nf6 24. Qf3 $14 {Van
Wely,L-Dreev,A/Bern/1993/1:0 (44) Inf 58/466/}) 19... cxb2 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Rxb2
Nb6 22. Bxb7 Nxc4 23. Bxa8 Nxb2 24. Qf3 $10 {Razuvaev,Y-Serper,G/Tilburg (01)/
1993/0.5 (31)}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nxb5 (16. O-O {Kharitonov} b4 17.
Na4 Bxd5 18. Nxc5 Qb6 $13) 16... Qa5+ 17. Nc3 exd5 $13) 15... Qxf6 16. O-O
O-O-O (16... b4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. dxe6 Rd8 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qg4+
Kh7 22. Qf5+ (22. Rae1 $5 $40) 22... Kg7 23. Qxc5 $16) (16... exd5 {Ernst} 17.
Re1+ (17. Nxd5 $16 {Kharitonov}) 17... Kf8 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nc3 $16) 17. Nxb5 (
17. Ne4 Qe5) 17... exd5 (17... a6 $5 18. Nc3 exd5 $13) (17... Bxd5 $2 {Ernst}
18. Qa4 $18) (17... Rxd5 $1 {Ernst} 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Qa4 $40) 18. Nxa7+ Kb8
19. Nb5 Bg7 (19... Qxb2 20. Qa4 $40) (19... d4 {Ernst} 20. Qa4 $1 $16) (19...
Bf4 $5 {Ernst}) 20. a4 Qh6 (20... Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qf6 22. Qe1 (22. Na3 Qd4 23.
Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxc4 Kc7 $14) (22. Na3 $16 {Kharitonov}) 22... Rh6 23. Qe3 Bf8
24. Na3 $40) 21. h4 Bf6 (21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 (22. Ra2 {Ernst} c3 23. Qb3 Qd2 24.
Nxc3 $1 Qxc3 25. Rxb2 Qxb3 26. Rxb3 Ka7 27. Rb5 $16) 22... Qf6 (22... c3 23.
Qf3 $1 (23. Qb3 {Kharitonov} Qb6 (23... c4 24. Qb4 c2 (24... Qb6 25. a5) (24...
Qf6 25. Nxc3 Qxc3 26. Qb5) 25. Qxb2 cxb1=Q 26. Rxb1 $14) 24. a5 Qxa5 25. Nxc3
Qxc3 26. Qb5 $1 {/\Rb2+/-/}) (23. Qc2 Qf6 24. Rxb2 cxb2 25. Qxc5 Qc6 26. Qb4
Qc1 27. Nc3 $13)) (22... Bf6 23. Na3) 23. Qc2 c3 $13) 22. Qe1 (22. Re1 $5 {
Kharitonov}) 22... Bxh4 (22... Bxb2 23. Qa5 Bxa1 $2 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25. Bh3+ $18)
(22... c3 {Kharitonov} 23. bxc3 Bxh4 24. Qe5+ Ka8 25. Rfb1 $16) 23. Qa5 $1 (23.
gxh4 $6 Qxh4 24. Qe5+ Ka8 25. Qc7 (25. Qg3 Qh6 {/\ Rdg8}) (25. Rfe1 {Ernst}
Rdg8 26. Kf1 Rxg2 $1 27. Qe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Bc8 29. Rxc8+ Kb7 30. Rc7+ Kb8 31.
Kxg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Qd3+ $10) 25... Rh6 26. Rfe1 Rg8 27. Qa5+ Kb8
28. Qa7+ Kc8 29. Qxc5+ Bc6 30. Na7+ Kd7 31. Kf1 Rxg2 32. Re7+ Qxe7 33. Qxe7+
Kxe7 34. Nxc6+ Rxc6 35. Kxg2 $10) (23. Qe5+ $2 Ka8 24. Nc7+ Ka7 25. Nxd5 $2
Rxd5 $1 26. Bxd5 Bf6 $1 $19) 23... Be7 (23... Bxg3 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25. Qxc5+ Kb8
26. fxg3 $18) (23... Bf6 {Ernst} 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25. Qxc5+ $18) 24. Qc7+ Ka8 25.
Qa5+ Kb8 26. Qc7+ Ka8 27. Rfe1 Bd6 $8 (27... Bf6 28. Qxc5 Kb8 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30.
Nd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Bxb2 33. a5 Bxa1 34. a6 $18) (27... Qh2+ {
Kharitonov} 28. Kf1 $18) 28. Qb6 (28. Qa5+ {Ernst} Kb8 29. Qa7+ Kc8 30. a5 Bc6
31. a6 Rd7 32. Qb6 Bxb5 33. a7 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 c3+ 35. Qxb5 $18) 28... Bb8 (28...
Kb8 29. a5 $18 (29. Bxd5 $4 {Kharitonov} Qh1+ 30. Bxh1 Rxh1#)) 29. a5 $1 Rd7 (
29... Qc6 30. Re7 Rhe8 (30... Rd7 31. Qxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Bxd5+) 31. a6
$3 Qxb6 32. axb7#) 30. Re8 $1 Qh2+ (30... Rxe8 31. Qxh6) 31. Kf1 Qxg2+ (31...
Rxe8 32. a6 $18) (31... Qh1+ 32. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 33. Kg2 d4+ 34. f3 $18) 32. Kxg2
d4+ 33. Qxb7+ $1 (33. Kf1 Rxe8 $16) (33. f3 Rxe8 34. a6 Re2+ 35. Kf1 Bxf3 36.
a7 Bxg3 37. Qxc5 Rf2+ $10) 33... Rxb7 34. Rxh8 Rxb5 35. a6 Ka7 36. Rf8 Rxb2 (
36... Bd6 37. Rxf7+ Ka8 38. a7 Rxb2 39. Rd7 $18) 37. Rxf7+ Ka8 38. a7 c3 (38...
Bxa7 39. Raxa7+ Kb8 40. Rae7 Ka8 41. Rf8+ Rb8 42. Rxb8+ Kxb8 43. Kf3 c3 44. Ke2
c4 45. Rd7 $18) 39. Rf8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk New Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qb6 12. exf6 c5 13. d5 Bb7 14. Bg2 b4 15. O-O
{Moves like this make a true criminal story nearly from every game played with
sharpest line in Botvinnik variation.} (15. Na4 Qd6 $1 (15... Qa6 16. O-O O-O-O
17. a3 Qb5 18. h4 exd5 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Qg4+ Kc7 22. Bf4+ Kc6 23.
Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rfe1 {1-0 Muir,A-Kamsky,G/Bern op (02)/1990/ (43)}) 16. Bf4 (16.
dxe6 Bxg2 17. exd7+ Kxd7 $1 18. Nxc5+ Kc7 19. Qxd6+ Bxd6 $17) 16... Qa6 (16...
e5 $2 17. Be3 Rc8 18. O-O Nxf6 19. Re1 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Rh5 21. Qe2 Bxg2 22. Bxe5
Bf3 23. Bxd6+ Bxe2 24. Rxe2+ Kd7 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rc1 $16 {1/2-1/2
Jasnikowski,Z-Lukacs,P/Polanica Zdroj/1986/ (51)}) 17. O-O O-O-O 18. a3 (18.
dxe6 Nxf6 $5 (18... Bxg2 19. e7 Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Re1 Bf3 22. Qc2 Qd5
23. Re3 Rxh2 $2 24. Rxf3 Qh5 25. g4 $1 $18) (18... Qxe6 19. Re1 Qxf6 20. Bxb7+
Kxb7 21. Qd5+ Qc6 22. Qxf7 $5 Qxa4 23. Bg5 $36) 19. Qe2 (19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Qe2
(20. Qc2 $5) 20... Bd6 $1 21. Qxc4 Bxf4 $13) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 (20. Qe5 Qb7
$1) (20. e7 Bxe7 21. Qxe7 Nd5 $1 22. Qxc5+ Kb7 $13) 20... Nd5 $13) (18. Re1 $5
Nb8 $1 19. Bxb8 Bxd5 $1 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 Kxb8 22. Re4 Rd4 $13) 18... b3
19. Nc3 (19. dxe6 Bxg2 20. e7 Qc6 21. Qd6 Bxe7 22. fxe7 Rde8 23. Rfd1 Bf3 24.
h4 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxe7 {1-0 Nielsen,PH-Maksimenko,A/Copenhagen BSF (02)/1995/ 
(37)}) 19... Nxf6 (19... Nb6 20. d6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. f3 Qc6 23. Qe2 Bxd6
24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Rad1 Rhd8 {0-1 Jorgensen,M-Bjerring,K/Copenhagen op (06)/
1995/ (40)}) 20. Qe2 $6 (20. Bg5 $142 exd5 21. Qf3 (21. Re1 Bh6) 21... Bg7 {
/\d4} 22. Rfe1 $44) 20... Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qe5 Bd6 23. Qf5+ Rd7 $6 (23...
Kb8 $142 24. Qxf7 Rdf8 25. Bxd6+ Qxd6 26. Qg7 Qf6 $1 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 $17) 24. Qf6
Rh5 25. Bf3 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Rh6 27. Bg4 Rf6 28. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $44 {0-1 Jasnikowski,
Z-Ivanov,Se/Lubniewice/1994/ (49)}) 15... bxc3 (15... O-O-O 16. Rb1 (16. dxe6
Bxg2 17. e7) (16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3) 16... Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Ba8 $1) 16.
bxc3 (16. dxe6 Ne5 17. Re1 (17. f4 $5) 17... Bxg2 18. Rxe5 Qc6 $5 (18... Bc6
19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qg4 Re8 21. Qxc4+ Kg6 22. Qxc3 $36)) 16... Qc7 $5 (16... e5
17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Rxb7 Qxb7 19. d6 Qc8 20. f4 $1 Rb8 21. fxe5 {/\ e6->}) (16...
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Qxd5 Rc8 20. Qxf7 $16) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18.
Qb1 O-O-O (18... Bxg2 $5 19. Qg6+ Kd8 20. f7+ Kc8 21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. f3 $13) 19.
Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Re1 {Sakaev shows a good nerve, without a piece he tries to
take advantage from a pawn mass on the kingside.} Bh6 (20... Qd5 21. Qb5 $1)
21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 22. f4 (22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Rxe6 Rxf6 $17) 22... Nf8 (22... Rdf8
23. Rxe6 $16) 23. Re4 Rd2 24. h4 (24. Rxc4 $2 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Rdxh2 $19) 24...
Rd3 25. Rb1+ Kc6 26. Kg2 Bxg5 (26... Rxc3 27. Rb8 Rc2+ 28. Kf3 Bxg5 29. fxg5
Rxa2 30. f7 Ra3+ 31. Kg2 Kd5 32. Re2 $16) 27. fxg5 Kd5 28. Re2 e5 $2 (28...
Rxc3 29. Rb8 Kd6 (29... Ng6 30. Rxh8 Nxh8 31. h5 Rc1 32. g6 Rb1 33. g7 Rb8 34.
h6 $1 c3 35. h7 $18) 30. f7 Ke7 31. Rf2 $1 $18) (28... Ng6 $1 29. Rb7 Ne5 {
Please note, how the centralised N covers all sorts of vital squares d7,f7,g6
etc.} 30. Rxa7 Rxc3 $13) 29. Rb8 Rxc3 (29... Ng6 30. Rxh8 Nxh8 31. h5 Ke6 32.
Rf2 Rd8 33. g6 $18) 30. f7 Ke6 (30... Rc1 31. g6 $18) 31. Rf2 e4 32. Re8+ Kd7
33. g6 $1 (33. g6 $1 Nxg6 34. Rxh8 Rf3 35. Rg8 Ke7 36. Rxg6 Kxf7 37. Rc6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 b4 13. Ne4 Ba6 14. Be3 $5
{N} (14. Be2) (14. Qf3) (14. b3) 14... c3 (14... O-O-O $5) (14... O-O-O {Knaak}
15. Qf3 Qd5 16. Be2 c5 17. Ng5 $16 {>< f7}) (14... Qf5 $5 {Knaak}) 15. bxc3
bxc3 16. Qc2 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Qf5 (17... Qb5+ 18. Kg2 Qf5 19. h4) 18. Ke2 (18. h4
Qf3 19. Rg1 Bh6) 18... Ba3 (18... Rb8 19. Rab1 Rb2 20. Rxb2 cxb2 21. Qxc6 $18)
19. Rab1 O-O 20. g4 $1 Qg6 (20... Qxg4+ 21. f3 Qh5 22. Rbg1+ Kh8 23. Rg5 Qh7
24. Qxc3 $18) (20... Qh7 $5 {Knaak}) 21. f3 Bb2 22. h4 $1 e5 (22... Nxf6 23. h5
Qg7 24. Bh6 $5 (24. Nxc3 $16) (24. h6 {Knaak} Qg6 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Rh6) 24...
Qxh6 25. g5 $18) 23. h5 Qh7 24. Rbg1 exd4 25. Bxd4 Rfe8 (25... c5 26. Bxc3 Bxc3
27. Qxc3 $18) 26. Kf2 Ne5 27. Bxe5 (27. Bxc3 Nxf3 $1 28. Kxf3 Bxc3) 27... Rxe5
28. g5 Qf5 29. g6 Rxe4 $8 (29... Rd8 {Knaak} 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qb3+ Red5 32.
Rg5 Qf4 33. Rg4 Qf5 34. Rhg1) 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. fxe4 Re8 (31... c2 32. Rc1 Bxc1
33. Rxc1 Re8 34. Rxc2 Re6 35. e5 Rxe5 36. Rxc6 $18) 32. h6 $1 fxg6 33. h7+ Kh8
(33... Kf7 34. h8=Q Rxh8 35. Rxh8 c2 36. Kf3 c1=Q 37. Rxc1 Bxc1 38. e5 $18) 34.
Rxg6 Rf8 35. Ke2 c2 36. f7 c1=N+ 37. Ke3 Bg7 38. Rxg7 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Army"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O Kf8 17. Be2 $5 (17. Rg1 Ne5 (17... Rxh2 $5 18. dxe6 Ne5 19.
Qd6+ Kg7 20. f4 $13) 18. Qe3 (18. dxe6 Nf3 19. Qd6+ Kg7 20. Rg2 Qg5+ 21. Qf4
Rxe6 $13) 18... Rxh2 (18... Nf3 $5) 19. Qxc5+ Kg8 $6 (19... Kg7 $1 20. dxe6
Rxf2 21. exf7 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Rxb2+) 20. f4 (20. dxe6 fxe6 $5 21. Be2 $1 Rxf2 22.
Rgf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 a6 $132 {עg8}) 20... Qf5 {Vujatovic,R-Zontakh,
A/Kiev/1994/} 21. Be2 $8 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Qxb5
Bxd5 $15) (17. Qe3 $5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. Bg2 $13) (17. g4 $5 Rg6 $1 $8 18.
Rg1 (18. g5 $6 Qxg5 19. f4 Qh6 $1) (18. f4 $5 Rxg4 19. Bh3 Rxf4 20. Rhf1 $36)
18... Ne5 (18... exd5 $5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nb6 21. Qxc5+ Kg8 22. Qd4 Qxd4
23. Rxd4 Re8 $44) 19. g5 (19. Be2 $5) (19. Qe3 $5) 19... Qf5 20. Qe3 exd5 21.
Bh3 (21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxc5+ Kg8 23. Rxd5 Rc8 $1 24. Qd4 Re6) (21. Qxc5+ Kg7
22. Qd4 Kg8 $13) 21... Qf3 $10 {Piket,Je-Kaidanov,G/Tilburg/1993/0.5 (37)}) (
17. f3 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd6 (18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qxc5+ Kg8 21. Qe3 Na4 22.
Rd4 Nxb2 23. Rf4 Qg7 {0.5/Bagaturov,G-Jaracz,P/Pardubice op (7)/1994/}) 19. Nc7
Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rc8 21. Nxb5 Ne5 (21... Bxf3 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Ne5 {0.5/
Salov,V-Bareev,E/Madrid/1994/}) 22. Be2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nxf3 24. Rd5 {Kohlweyer,
B-Hector,J/Geneve op (8)/1994/0-1 (58)}) (17. f4 Nb6 18. Ne4 $2 (18. Bg2 $6
exd5 19. Qf2 (19. Bxd5 $2 Rd8) (19. Nxb5 Bc6 20. Nc7 (20. Na3 Rb8) (20. Nc3 d4
21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Re8 23. Bg2 c3 $17) 20... Rd8 (20... Rc8 $6 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Qg2 c3 24. b3) 21. f5 $5 Na4 $5 {/\ c3} (21... c3 $5 22. Qxc3
d4 23. Qc2 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Qc6 $17 {/\} 25. Ne6+ $2 Rxe6 $19) 22. g4 c3 23. bxc3
$8 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 $17 {Alterman,B-Kamsky,G/Tilburg/1993/0-1 (40)}) 19...
Rc8 $1 (19... d4 $6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. f5 $1 $40) 20. Nxb5 (20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qa6 $17) (20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 c3 $1 $17) 20... Na4 $1 21. Qc2
(21. Na3 Rb8 $1) (21. Nxa7 Rb8 $1) (21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Nxa7 Qxd5
24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 $19) 21... Qa6 22. Na3 (22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxa2
24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 Rd8 {/\ Bc6, d4-+}) 22... c3 $3 {Kamsky,G-Shirov,A/
Luzern/1993/0-1 (31)}) (18. Nxb5 exd5 $15) (18. g4 $5) 18... Qg7 $1 (18... Qf5
$15) 19. Bg2 (19. dxe6 $2 Bxe4 20. Qd6+ Kg8 21. exf7+ Kxf7 $19) (19. Nxc5 Bxd5
20. Rg1 c3 $17) 19... Bxd5 20. Nc3 b4 $1 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qf2 Rc8 $1 23. Bxd5
c3 {Vladimirov,E-Bareev,E/Tilburg/1993/0-1 (28)}) (17. dxe6 $2 Ne5) (17. Bg2
Ne5) 17... Nb6 18. Qe3 exd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Qxc5+ Kg8 20. Ne4 $36) 19. Qxc5+
Kg8 {Botvinnik variation is very sharp and usually the K are in the reverse
corners. Untypically both are now protected with the shield made of enemy P.}
20. Rd4 Rc8 (20... Qxf2 $4 21. Rg4+) 21. Rg4+ Rg6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 b4 24.
Nd1 Rc5 25. Ne3 Rf6 26. Rf1 (26. f4 $2 Re6) 26... Nc8 27. Bg4 Ne7 (27... Nd6
28. Bd7 $13) 28. Re1 Kf8 $6 (28... Nc6 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxf2 $13) (28...
Rxf2 29. Nd1 Nc6 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Nxf2 $13) 29. Re2 Ra6 30. Kb1 Raa5 31. Nf5 {
[%csl Gd4] White still somehow manages to block the d5P.} Rc7 (31... Nc6 32.
Rf4 Nd8 33. Nd6 $40) 32. Nd6 Ba6 33. Rf4 Ng6 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Rb8 $1 Nxf4 36.
Ne8+ Kg6 37. Nxc7 Nd3 38. f4 Nf2 (38... Kf6 39. Be2) (38... d4 39. Be2) 39. Bf3
d4 (39... c3 $6 40. Nxa6 Rxa6 41. Rxb4 Nd3 42. Rb3 Rxa2 43. Kxa2 c2 44. Rc3
c1=Q 45. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 46. Kb1 Nb3 47. Bxd5 $18) 40. Nxa6 (40. Rxb4 d3) 40... Rxa6
{When the P are quite assymetrical the B tends to be much stronger than the N.}
41. Rxb4 d3 42. Kc1 (42. Rxc4 Rd6 43. Rc7 a6 44. f5+ Kf6 45. Bh5 d2 46. Rxf7+
Kg5 47. Be2 d1=Q+ 48. Bxd1 Nxd1 $10) 42... c3 $1 (42... Rxa2 43. Rxc4 d2+ 44.
Kb1 $1 Ra5 45. Rd4 $18) 43. bxc3 Rxa2 44. Rb2 Rxb2 45. Kxb2 a5 46. Kc1 a4 47.
Kd2 Kf6 (47... a3 48. Bd5) 48. Bd5 Ke7 49. h4 (49. Ke3 Ng4+ 50. Kxd3 Nxh2)
49... a3 50. Ke3 Ne4 $1 51. Kxd3 (51. Kxe4 $4 d2 52. Bb3 a2 $19) 51... Nxg3 52.
Ba2 f6 53. c4 (53. Kc4 $5 Ke6 54. Bb1 Nh5 55. f5+ Ke5 56. Kb3 $18) 53... Kd6
54. Kc3 Ne2+ (54... Kc5 55. Kb3 Ne4 56. Kxa3 $18) 55. Kb4 Nxf4 56. Kxa3 f5 57.
Bb1 Ke5 58. Kb4 Ne6 59. h5 Kf6 60. h6 f4 (60... Kg6 $4 61. Bxf5+ $1 Kxf5 62. h7
$18) 61. Kc3 {With running P the B is understandably stronger than the N.} Nc5
(61... f3 62. Kd2) 62. Bc2 Nd7 63. Kd4 f3 64. h7 Kg7 65. Ke3 Kh8 66. Bf5 (66.
Kxf3 $4 Ne5+ $10) 66... Ne5 67. c5 Kg7 68. Be4 Kh8 69. Bxf3 Kxh7 70. Ke4 Nc6 (
70... Nd7 71. c6 Nb6 72. c7 Kg6 73. Kd4 Nc8 74. Bb7 Ne7 75. Ke5 Kf7 76. Kd6 Kf6
77. Kd7 Kf7 78. Ba6 Kf6 79. Bc4 $18) 71. Kd5 Na5 (71... Nb4+ 72. Kc4 Na6 73. c6
Kg7 74. Kb5 Nc7+ 75. Kb6 Ne8 76. Bh5 Nd6 77. c7 Kf6 78. Bg4 Ke7 79. Kc6 $18)
72. Ke5 Kg7 (72... Nc4+ 73. Kd4 Na5 74. Kc3 Kg7 75. Kb4 $18) 73. Bd5 $1 Kg6 74.
Kd4 Kf6 75. Kc3 Ke5 76. Bh1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 (7. e5 h6)
7... Bb7 8. axb5 (8. e5) 8... cxb5 9. Nxb5 (9. e5 h6 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Nxb5 Nxd2
$1 12. Qxd2 Bxf3 $1 13. gxf3 Nc6 $15 {Sherbakov-Novikov/Blagoveschensk/1988/})
9... Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxe4 11. Bxc4 (11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Nd2 Qxd4 14. f3
Bd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxc6 Qe5+ 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Kd1 Bxc3 20.
Qxc3 Qxg2 $19 {Veingold-Sakaev,K/1992/}) 11... Nc6 $5 $146 (11... O-O 12. O-O
Bb7) 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd4 14. Qe3 $1 (14. Qb7 Qb8 15. Rxa7 O-O $1 $10 (
15... Qxa7 16. Qxb4 $44)) (14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Ra6 Qc5 $13) 14... Nc2
15. Bb5+ (15. Qe5 Bxc3 (15... Nxa1 16. Qb5+ Qd7 17. Qxb4 Nc2 18. Qa5 O-O $13)
16. Qc5 $5 (16. Qxc3 Nxa1 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Rxa1 h6 $13) 16... Nd7 17. Bb5 Bb4
18. Qxc2 Qxg5 19. Bxd7+ Ke7 $1 (19... Kxd7 $2 20. Qa4+ Ke7 21. Qxb4+ Kf6 22.
Ra5 $40)) 15... Kf8 16. Bxf6 $1 Nxe3 (16... Qxf6 17. Rxa7 $1 (17. Qe4 Rb8 18.
Qxc2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxb5 20. Rxa7 g6 $10) 17... Rxa7 (17... Rb8 18. Qg3 Rc8 19.
Ne4 Qd4 20. Rc7 Qd8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 $18) (17... Rd8 18. Qb6 e5) (17...
Nxe3 18. Rxa8+ Ke7 19. Rxh8 Bxc3 (19... Nxf1 20. Ne4 $18) 20. fxe3 Qe5 21. Re8+
Kd6 22. Rd1+ Kc5 23. Rc8+ Kxb5 24. Rxc3 $16) 18. Qxa7 g6 19. Qa4 $1 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Qg5 (20... Qxc3 21. Rc1) 21. Rb1 Qd2 22. Bf1 $18) 17. Bxd8 Nxf1 18. Bg5 f6
19. Bc1 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 a5 21. Bc4 Ke7 22. Na4 Rhd8 23. Be3 Rac8 24. b3 $16 Rc6
25. Kg3 h6 26. Kf3 f5 27. Ke2 e5 28. Nb2 $5 (28. Nb6 f4 29. Nd5+ Rxd5 30. Bxd5
Rd6 31. Rd1 fxe3 32. Kxe3 $14) 28... Bc3 29. Ra2 f4 (29... Kf6 30. Bb5 Rcd6 31.
Nc4 Rd1 32. Bd2 $18) 30. Bc1 Rg6 31. Kf3 e4+ (31... Rd4 32. Na4 $1) (31... Kf6
$5 {/\ Kf5}) 32. Kxe4 Rxg2 33. Nd3 g5 34. Rc2 Ba1 (34... Bb4 35. Nxb4 axb4 36.
Bd2 $18) 35. Bd2 Rg1 36. Bxa5 Rd4+ $2 (36... Rd7 $16) 37. Kf5 f3 38. Bb4+ Ke8
39. Ra2 Rxd3 40. Bxd3 Bd4 41. Ke6 Kd8 (41... Bxf2 $2 42. Ra8#) 42. Bd6 (42. Bd6
Re1+ 43. Kd5 Bxf2 44. Ra8+ Kd7 45. Bb5#) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O Kf8 17. f3 $5 (17. g4 Rg6 18. Rg1 Ne5 19. g5 Qf5 20. Qe3
exd5 21. Bh3 Qf3 22. Qxc5+ Kg8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 $14 {
Piket,J-Kaidanov,G/Tilburg (03)/1993/0.5 (37)}) (17. f4 Nb6 18. Ne4 (18. Bg2
exd5 19. Qf2 (19. Nxb5 Bc6 20. Nc7 Rd8 21. f5 Na4 22. g4 c3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24.
Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Rd2 $17 {Alterman,B-Kamsky,G/Tilburg (02)/1993/0-1 (40)}) 19...
Rc8 20. Nxb5 Na4 21. Qc2 Qa6 22. Na3 c3 23. Bxd5 Nxb2 24. Qf5 Rf6 25. Qh7 $17 {
Kamsky,G-Shirov,A/Luzern WchT (USA-LTU)/1993/0-1 (31)}) 18... Qg7 19. Bg2 Bxd5
20. Nc3 b4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qf2 Rc8 23. Bxd5 c3 24. b3 c4 25. Bxc4 $19 {
Vladimirov,E-Bareev,E/Tilburg (02)/1993/0-1 (28)}) 17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19.
Nc7 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rc8 21. Nxb5 Bxf3 (21... Ne5 22. Be2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nxf3 24.
Rd5 Re6 25. Rf1 $10 {Kohlweyer,B-Hector,J/Geneve op-A (8)/1994/0-1 (58)}) 22.
Bg2 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qg4 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Nc6 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Kd7 $1 $146 (22... Rxg5 23. Qd4 $1 Kb8 24. Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25. fxg3
Qxc6 26. Rd1 $1 $16) 23. Rac1 Rxg5 24. Qe4 Nd8 (24... Rd5 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26.
Rxc6 Kxc6 27. b3 $14) 25. Qd4+ Ke8 26. Qxa7 Qa5 27. Qb8 Qxa4 28. Rd4 Rd5 $4 (
28... Qa5 $1 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rc8 Rd5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qb5+ Rd7 33. Qb8+
$10) 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qc8 $1 Qd7 (30... Be7 31. Re1 $1) 31. Re1+ Qe6 32. Rxe6+
fxe6 33. f7+ (33. f7+ Kxf7 34. Qxd8 Bg7 35. Qd7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 Ba6 13. Qf3 Rc8 14. Be2 b4 15.
Ne4 c5 16. d5 $3 (16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. O-O Bd4 19. Qf4 Qe5 20. Qxe5
Bxe5 $44 {Sokolov,I-Kamsky,G/Beograd/1991/0.5 (45)}) 16... exd5 17. Qf5 dxe4
18. O-O-O Rc7 (18... Qc7 19. Bg4 (19. Rd5 Bb7 20. Qxe4+ Kd8 21. Bf4 Bd6 (21...
Qc6 22. Rhd1) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bxe4 24. Rhd1 Bf5 25. h4 $13) (19. Qxe4+
Qe5 20. Qxe5+ Nxe5 21. Rd5 Nd7 22. Bg4 Rc7 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Red1 Bb5 $17) 19...
Ne5 (19... Bb5 20. Qxe4+ Kd8 21. Rhe1 Bd6 22. Qd5 c3 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 $16
) 20. Rd5 Bd6 (20... Nxg4 21. Qxe4+ Be7 22. fxe7 f6 23. Qg6+ Kxe7 24. Re1+ Kf8
25. Bxf6 $18) (20... Nd3+ 21. Kb1 Bd6 22. Qxe4+ Kf8 23. Qe3 {/\ Bh6}) 21. Qxe4
Rd8 22. f4 Bb7 23. Rhd1 $40) 19. Bg4 Bb5 (19... Qxa2 20. Rxd7 Qa1+ 21. Kd2
Qxb2+ 22. Ke3 Qc3+ 23. Kf4 Bb7 24. Rhd1 $18) 20. Qxe4+ Kd8 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 (21...
Rxd7 22. Qa8+ Kc7 23. Rxd7+ Bxd7 24. Bf4+ Kb6 25. Qd8+ Ka6 26. Qxd7 $16) 22.
Rhe1 Bh6 (22... Kc8 23. Qa8#) (22... Bd6 23. Rxd6 Qb5 24. Red1 $18) 23. Qa8+
Rc8 24. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 25. Qd5+ (25. Qd5+ Kc7 26. Re7+ Kb6 27. Qb7#) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst Kharitonov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Ne5
14. Bg2 (14. f4 $6 {Kharitonov} Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Qxd3 c4 17. Qd4 b4 $17)
14... Nd3+ (14... Bh6 15. Qh5 b4 16. O-O bxc3 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Bxh6 cxb2 19.
dxe6 Bxg2 20. Rxe5 O-O-O 21. Kxg2 Rxh6 22. Rxc5+ Kb8 23. Rb5+ Kc7 24. Qxf7+ {
1-0/Yermolinsky,A-Yuniyev,A/URS/1984/}) 15. Kf1 Qd7 (15... exd5 {Kharitonov}
16. Qe2+ Kd7 17. Nxd5 $16) 16. dxe6 (16. Qe2 $16 {Bagirov,V-Hansen,J/USSR/1975/
} O-O-O $1 {Ernst}) 16... fxe6 (16... Bxg2+ {Kharitonov} 17. Kxg2 Qxe6 18. Qf3
$16) 17. b3 (17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. f3 (18. Kg1 $2 Qxh1+ $1 19. Kxh1 Nxf2+) 18...
O-O-O) (17. Qe2 {Kharitonov} O-O-O 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qe4+ Qc6 20. h4 Bd6 21.
f4 b4 $1 22. Qxc6+ Kxc6 $13 {Hansen,L-Bagirov,V/Moscow/1975/}) 17... O-O-O (
17... Qd4 18. Qd2 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 b4 20. Nb5 Qd5+ 21. f3 $16) 18. bxc4 (18. f7
Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Qxf7 {xf2}) (18. Bxb7+ $2 {Kharitonov} Qxb7 $17) 18... Bh6 $1 (
18... bxc4 19. Rb1 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Bh6 21. Qf3 $140 Bxg5 $5 22. Qa8+ Kc7 23.
Qxa7+ (23. Rb7+ Kc6 $1) 23... Kd6 24. Ne4+ Ke5 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxg5 Kxf6 27.
h4 Ra8 $14) (18... Qd4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Qc2 Qxc4 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 $13) (
18... b4 19. Nd5 Nb2 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Qxd7+ Rxd7 22. fxe7 $16) 19. Bh4 (19.
Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Nxb5 (20. Ne4 Qd4 $19) (20. cxb5 {Ernst} Rxf6 $17) 20... Bxg2+ (
20... Rxf6 $1 21. Nxa7+ (21. f3 a6 22. Nc3 Qd4 $19) (21. f4 {Kharitonov} Bxg2+
22. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 23. gxf4 Qg7+ $19) 21... Kb8 22. Bxb7 Rxf2+ 23. Kg1 Qxb7 $19)
21. Kxg2 Qb7+ (21... Nf4+ 22. gxf4 Rg6+ 23. Kf3 Qb7+ 24. Ke3 $16) 22. f3 (22.
Qf3 Nf4+ 23. gxf4 Rg6+ $19) 22... a6 $19) (19. f4 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2
Qc6+ 22. Qf3 Nf4+ 23. gxf4 Rd2+ 24. Kg3 Rh3+ $19) (19. Nxb5 Bxg2+ $1 (19...
Bxg5 20. Nxa7+ Kb8 21. Rb1 $1 Nb4 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. a3 $1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 $16)
20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Qf3 Bxg5 22. Qxb7+ Kxb7 $17) (19. Qd2 {Kharitonov} Bxg5 20.
Qxg5 Qd4 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qd2 b4 23. Rb1 Qxc4 $17) 19... b4 (19... Qd4 20.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Qc2 (21. Qf3+ Kb8 22. Rb1 b4 23. Ne4 Qxc4 $13) 21... Qxc4 22.
Qb3) (19... Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Qf3 Nf4+ 22. gxf4 Rhg8+ 23. Bg3 $18) 20.
Nd5 $1 (20. Ne4 $2 Qd4 $19) (20. Ne2 {Kharitonov} Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. f3
Ne5 $5 (22... Nf4+ $19) 23. Qf1 Rd2 $19) 20... exd5 (20... Nb2 21. Ne7+ $1 (21.
Qe2 exd5 22. Qxb2 dxc4 $17) 21... Qxe7 22. fxe7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxd1 24. Bf6 $1
Rg8 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. g4 $16) 21. Qxd3 dxc4 (21... Ba6 22. Kg1 Bxc4 23. Qf3
$13) 22. Bxb7+ (22. Qxd7+ Rxd7 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 $17) (22. Qxc4 Bxg2+ (22... Qd1+
23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Ke2 Rd2+ 25. Kf1 Rd1+ $10) 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 (24. Kh3 {
Kharitonov} Rd4 $17) 24... Rd4 25. Qf7 Rhd8 26. Rf1 Rd1 $19) 22... Qxb7 23.
Qf5+ Kb8 24. Rg1 (24. f3 $5 {Kharitonov} Rd2 25. f7 Rc8) 24... Bd2 $5 (24...
Rd5 25. Qf3 $1) 25. f7 (25. Qxc5 c3 (25... b3 $6 26. Qxc4 b2 27. Rb1 Rc8 28.
Qd4 Rc1+ 29. Ke2 Rxg1 30. Rxb2 $18) (25... Qe4 {Kharitonov} 26. f7 Rc8 27. Qb5+
Ka8) 26. Rb1 Rxh4 27. gxh4 (27. f7 c2 28. Qxc2 Rhd4 $19) 27... Qa6+ 28. Kg2
Rg8+ 29. Kf3 Qd3+ 30. Qe3 Bxe3 $19) 25... Rc8 (25... Rdf8 26. Qxc5 Bc3 27. Rd1
Qxf7 28. Qd6+ Ka8 29. Qd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxd5 $14) 26. Qe5+ $6 (26. Qe6 c3 27. Be7
$13) 26... Ka8 27. Be7 $2 (27. Qe6 $1 c3 28. Be7 c2 (28... Qf3 $5) 29. f8=Q
Rhxf8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qd6 Qb5+ 32. Kg2 Qb7+ 33. Kf1 $10) (27. Rd1 {Kharitonov
} c3 28. Qf5 Rhf8 $19) 27... Bc3 $1 $19 28. Qd6 Bxa1 29. f8=Q Rhxf8 30. Bxf8 b3
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 (17... Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. dxc6
Rxd4 21. cxb7+ Kc7 22. Be3 $36) 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Re1 d4 20. Qxd4 (20. Bxb7+
Kxb7 21. Qf3+ Qc6 22. Qxc6+ Kxc6 $15) 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 (21. Rec1 Bd5 22.
Qxa7 Bh6 $17) 21... Qxg5 22. Qxc4+ Kb8 23. Red1 $5 (23. Rad1 Qf5 (23... Qa5 24.
Rd5 Qc7 (24... Qxa4 25. b3 $18) 25. Qd3 {Dolmatov,S-Rivas,P/Moscow/1982/} Qc6
$5) (23... Qxf6 $2 24. Qb5+ $18) 24. h4 (24. Rd5 Rxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh3
Qxe1 27. Qb5+ Kc7 28. Qa5+ Kc8 29. Qa6+ Kc7 30. Qa5+ $10) 24... Rc8 $1) (23.
Rac1 $6 Bd6 24. Qc6 Nxf6 $4 (24... Qxf6 25. Rc2 Qd4 26. Re4 Qd1 27. Re1 $10)
25. Nb6 $1 {1-0/Anikaev-Westerinen,H/Moscow/1982/}) 23... Rc8 (23... Qf5 24.
Rd5 Qh3+ (24... Qxf6 25. Qb5+ Nb6 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qc6 $18) 25.
Kf3) 24. Qa6 $2 (24. Qxf7 $1 Ne5 (24... Nxf6 25. Nb6 Rh7 26. Nd7+ $1) 25. Qd5 (
25. Qe6 Qh5 26. h3 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qe4 $19) 25... Qxf6 26. Qb5+ (26. Nb6 Rxh2+ 27.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 28. Kh3 Nxf2+ 29. Kg2 Qxb6 $13) 26... Kc7 27. Qa5+ (27. Rac1+ Nc6)
27... Kb8 28. Qb5+ $10) 24... Qf5 $1 25. Nb6 (25. h4 Rc2 $19) 25... Rxh2+ $1
26. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 (27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kh2 (28. Kg1 Bc5+ 29. Kh2 Rh8#) 28...
Rc2+) 27... Qf5+ 28. g4 (28. Kh4 Qxf6+ 29. Kg4 Ne5+ 30. Kh3 Qf5+ 31. Kg2 Rc2+)
28... Qf3+ 29. Kh4 (29. Kh2 Rc2+) 29... Qf2+ $1 (29... Qxf6+ 30. g5 Qf4+ 31.
Kh3) 30. Kh3 (30. Kh5 Nxf6+ 31. Kg5 Ne4+ 32. Kh5 Qh2#) 30... Qe3+ 31. Kh4 Qh6+
32. Kg3 Bd6+ (32... Bd6+ 33. Rxd6 (33. Kf3 Qf4+ 34. Ke2 Re8+ 35. Kd3 Qe4+ 36.
Kd2 Bf4#) 33... Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+) 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5
cxb5 9. Nxb5 Qb6 10. Qa4 (10. Bxf6 Qxb5) (10. Bxc4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Nxe4) 10... Nc6
(10... Nxe4 $4 11. Nc7#) (10... Bc6) 11. Nc3 (11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 (11... a6 $5 12.
Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 13. Nd6+ $14) 12. Bxc4 a6 (12... Bb4+ 13. Nc3 $14) 13. Nc3 Qxb2
14. O-O $1 Qxc3 15. d5 $2 (15. Rfb1 $1 Bb4 16. Bf1 $1 {/\ 17.Rb3 Qc2 18.Bd3+/-}
) 15... Qb4 16. dxc6 Bc8 $8 (16... Qxa4 $4 17. cxb7 $1 Qc6 18. Bb5 $3 $18) 17.
Qa2 $5 Bh6 $1 18. Qe2 a5 (18... O-O 19. e5 f5 20. Bxa6) 19. Rfb1 $5 Qc3 $6 20.
Ra4 $1 O-O 21. h3 $2 (21. Qa2 {/\ Ra3} Ba6 $8 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rc4 Qd3 24. Rd4
$140 Qc3 25. Rc4 $10) (21. e5 $1 fxe5 22. Bd3 $5 $16) 21... Bf4 $1 {Cramling,
P-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A/Tilburg (ct)/1994/1-0 (39)}) (11. d5 $2 Bb4+ $5 12. Bd2
$13) (11. Bxc4 $5) 11... Qxb2 12. Bd2 Qb3 (12... Bb4 $2 13. Rb1 Bxc3 14. Rxb2
Bxb2 15. Qb5 $18) 13. Bxc4 Qxa4 14. Rxa4 O-O-O (14... Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rb1
$14) 15. O-O Nd7 (15... Nxd4 $2 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. Rxd4 $18) (
15... Bb4 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nb5 $40) 16. d5 {Even without queens the opposite
castling can offer lot of excitement.} exd5 17. exd5 Nce5 (17... Nb6 $2 18.
dxc6 Nxa4 19. cxb7+ Kxb7 20. Nxa4 $18) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 f6 (19... Bd6 20.
Nb5 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxf4 22. Nxa7+ Kc7 23. Rd1 $16) 20. Rb1 Bc5 21. Nb5 a5 (21...
Bxd5 $2 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc4 $16) 22. Rxa5 Nxc4 23. Na7+ Bxa7
24. Rxa7 g5 (24... Bxd5 $4 25. Rb8#) 25. Bg3 Rxd5 (25... Rd7 $2 26. Ra8+ Bxa8
27. Rb8#) 26. Raxb7 Rd1+ $8 27. Rxd1 Kxb7 {[%csl Yf6,Yg5,Yh7] Black have
survived the tempest, but his P are weak.} 28. Rd7+ Kc6 (28... Ka8 29. h4 $16)
29. Rf7 Kd5 30. Rxf6 h6 (30... Re8 31. h3 $16) 31. h3 h5 $2 32. Rf5+ Ke4 (32...
Ke4 33. Rxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Schoen, Wolfram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Rb1 $5 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Ba8 19. Nd5 $5 (19. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 20.
Ne2 Kc8 $44 {Jermolinsky-Shabalov/USSR/1986/}) 19... Qe6 $5 (19... Qb7 $5 20.
exf8=Q Rhxf8 21. Ne7+ Kc7 22. Bf4+ Ne5 23. Bxe5+ Kb6 24. f3 Rxd1 25. Rbxd1 Re8
{/\ Rxe7}) 20. exf8=Q (20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Qd2 Kc8 23. Rbd1 Bc6
24. h4 Ne5 25. Qd8+ Kb7 26. f3 Bxf3 27. Nd5 Qh3 28. Qc7+ Ka6 29. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 30.
Kf2 Nxg5 $10) 20... Rdxf8 (20... Qh3 $2 21. Ne7+ Kc7 22. Bf4+ Kb7 23. Qxh8 Rxh8
24. g4 $18) 21. Ne7+ Kd8 22. f3 Rh5 (22... Qe5 23. Qd2 Rh5 24. Rbd1) 23. Qd2
Rfh8 24. h4 (24. Rf2 Bxf3 $1 25. Rxf3 Rxh2 26. Qxh2 Rxh2 27. Kxh2 Qe2+ $19)
24... Qe5 25. Kg2 (25. f4 $2 Qe4 26. Kh2 Rxg5 27. fxg5 Rxh4+ $1 $19) 25... c3
26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Bxf4 c2 29. Rbc1 $6 (29. Rbe1 Nxf6 30. Bg5 Rxg5
31. hxg5 Ng4 32. Nf5 Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Rd2 34. Nh4 Nh2 35. Rf2 Rd1 36. Rxc2 Rxe1+
37. Kxh2 $16) (29. Rb2 $5 Nxf6 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rb8+ Kd7 32. Rxe8 Nxe8 {>< Ne7})
29... Nxf6 30. Rfe1 Re8 31. Bg5 Rxg5 32. hxg5 Ng4 33. Rxc2 (33. Nf5 Rxe1 34.
Rxe1 Ne5 35. Rc1 Nd3 36. Rxc2 Ne1+ $19) 33... Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Rxc5 Kd6
36. Rc3 (36. Ra5 Ne5 37. Rxa7 Bxf3+ 38. Kf2 Bd5 $13) 36... Ne5 37. Kf2 Bd5 (
37... Bxf3 $2 38. Rxf3 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 Ke5 40. g4 $18) 38. Ra3 Nc6 39. Ke3 a5 40.
f4 Kc5 41. Rc3+ Bc4 42. Ke4 Kb4 43. Rc2 Ne7 44. f5 a4 (44... Nd5 $2 45. Kd4 Nb6
46. Rb2+ $18) 45. g4 a3 46. Ke5 Nc6+ 47. Kd6 Na5 48. Ke7 (48. f6 Bd3 49. Rh2
Bg6 50. Rh6) (48. Rxc4+ Nxc4+ 49. Ke7 Ne5 50. Kf6 Nxg4+ 51. Kxf7 Kc3 52. g6
Nh6+ $10) 48... Bd5 49. Rd2 (49. f6 Nc4 50. g6 fxg6 51. g5 (51. f7 Bxf7 52.
Kxf7 Ne5+ 53. Kf6 Nxg4+ 54. Kxg6 Ne3 $10) 51... Ne3 52. Rf2 Nf5+ 53. Rxf5 gxf5
54. g6 Bxa2 55. f7 Bxf7 56. gxf7 a2 $10) 49... Bc4 50. Rc2 Bd5 51. Kd6 Bc4 52.
Ke5 Nc6+ 53. Kf6 Bd5 54. Rd2 (54. g6 fxg6 55. fxg6 Nd4 56. Rf2 Kc3 57. g7 Nc2
58. Ke7 Bxa2 59. Kf8 Bd5 60. Rf7 Bxf7 61. Kxf7 a2 $10) 54... Bc4 55. g6 fxg6
56. fxg6 (56. Kxg6 Ne5+ 57. Kh5 Bf7+ $1) 56... Kc3 57. Rd6 Nd4 $1 (57... Nb4 $2
58. Re6 Bxa2 59. g7 Bxe6 60. Kxe6 a2 61. g8=Q a1=Q 62. Qh8+ $18) 58. Ke5 (58.
Rd7 Bxa2 59. g7 Bb3 60. Rf7 a2 61. g8=Q a1=Q $10) 58... Bxa2 59. Rxd4 Bb3 60.
Rf4 a2 61. Rf1 Kb2 62. g7 a1=Q 63. Rxa1 Kxa1 64. Kf6 Kb2 65. Ke7 Kc3 {Ftacnik,L
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Qxe6 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Rae1
Rd4 $1 $146 (21... Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Nd3 23. Re2 Bd6 24. Qxc4 Bxg3 25. Qg4+ Qxg4 26.
fxg4 Bc7 27. Rf3 Ne5 28. Rf5 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Nd3 30. h4 Ne1+ 31. Kh3 $14 {
Beliavsky,A-Piket,Je/Amsterdam/1989/}) (21... Rd3 22. h4 Bd6 23. b3 Qd5 24.
bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxd3 28. Rd1 c4 29. Nb2 $10 {
Nikolic,Pr-Tal,M/Niksic/1983/}) 22. h4 (22. Re3 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Bd6 $13) 22... Bd6
23. Be3 $2 (23. Re4 Qd5 24. Be3 (24. Qe2 $2 Nxf3 $3 $19 {Bareev,A-Oll,L/Moscow
Tal/1992/}) 24... Rd3 25. Re1 Kb7 $17) (23. b3 $2 c3) (23. Bf4 $2 Rxf4 (23...
Qxf6 24. Nxc5 Rxf4 25. gxf4 Qxh4 26. Qf5+ Kc7 27. Rf2 Bxc5 28. Qxe5+ Kb6 $19)
24. gxf4 Rxh4 25. Rh1 Rxf4 $17) (23. Rd1 Qd5) (23. Re3 $5 $13) 23... Rdxh4 $1 (
23... Nd3 $5 24. Re2 (24. Bxd4 Qxe1 25. Bf2 Qe5 26. Qxc4 (26. f4 Qd5+ 27. Kh2
Qf3 28. Qd1 Rxh4+ 29. gxh4 Bxf4+ 30. Kg1 Qh3 $19) 26... Nxf2 27. Qa6+ Kd8 28.
Qa5+ Ke8 29. Qb5+ Kf8 30. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 31. Kf1 Rxh4 $17) 24... Bxg3 $3 25. Bxd4 (
25. Kxg3 Rdxh4) 25... Nf4+ 26. Kxg3 Qh3+ 27. Kf2 (27. Kxf4 Qxh4+ 28. Ke5 Qxd4+
29. Kf5 Rh5#) 27... Qxh4+ $1 28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Rg2 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1
Rh1#) 24. gxh4 (24. Rh1 Rh2+ 25. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Nxf3+ $19) 24... Rxh4 25.
Kg1 (25. Rh1 Nxf3 $1 26. Kxf3 (26. Rxh4 Nxe1+ $19) 26... Qg4+ 27. Kf2 Bg3+ 28.
Kg1 Bf4+ 29. Kf2 (29. Qg2 Rxh1+ 30. Kxh1 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qxe1+ $19) 29... Qg3+ 30.
Ke2 Qxe3+ 31. Kd1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Qf3+ $19) 25... Nd3 $1 26. Qg2 (26. Re2 Qh3 $19
) (26. Bf2 Rh1+ 27. Kxh1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qh2#) 26... Bh2+ 27. Qxh2 Rxh2 28. Kxh2
Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Qxf6 $17 30. Kg2 Qg6+ 31. Kf1 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 Qc2 33. Nxc5 Qxb2 34.
Bf4 (34. Bf2 $5 a5 $17) 34... Qd4+ 35. Be3 Qd5 36. Kf2 c3 37. Re2 a5 38. Rc2 f5
39. Nb3 $2 a4 40. Nc1 f4 41. Bxf4 Qf5 42. Rxc3+ bxc3 43. Be3 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Be2 c5 13. Nxb5 Na6 (13... cxd4 14.
Nc7+ Kd8 15. Qxd4+ Kxc7 16. Qxc4+ Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rc1 e5 19. O-O (19. b4
a5 20. b5 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Rac8 22. Bf3 Rhd8 23. Qxc6+ Qxc6 24. Rxc6+ {Piket,J-Van
der Wiel,J (4)/Leiden m/1986/0.5 (28)}) 19... Rg8 20. Qd5 Rd8 21. Rxc6+ Qxc6
22. Qxf7+ Rd7 23. Qxg8 Rg7 24. Qc4 {Gaprindashvili,N-Lukacs,P/Albena/1985/0.5 
(24)}) 14. O-O (14. Bh5 cxd4 $3 15. Bxf7+ Ke7 16. Qxd4 (16. f4 Rd8 17. O-O Qg7
18. Rf2 Nc5 19. Nxd4 Rd6 20. Bxe6 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxe6 22. Qxa7 Kf6 23. f5 Nc5
24. Ng6 {Zierke,O-Lorenz,S/Naestved op/1988/0.5 (25)}) 16... Rd8 17. Qe3 Rd5
18. f4 Kd8 $1 19. Rd1 $2 Bc5 20. Rxd5+ Bxd5 21. Qd2 Kc8 $6 $17 {Van Gaalen,
B-Okkes,M/Nederland-ch/1986/0.5 (52)}) (14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3
cxd4 17. Nxc4 Bc5 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. Ne5 Rd5 20. Nd3 Rhd8 21. Rg1 Nb4 22. Nxa7+
Kb7 23. Nb5 Bf8 24. Rg4 {Meulders,R-Van der Wiel,J/Brussels/1987/0.5 (57)})
14... Rd8 {In this game will this rather messy line become crystal clear.
White has to solve the problem of his vulnerable center.} (14... Rg8 15. Bf3
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 cxd4 $6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nfxd4 Rc5 19. f4 $1 $16 {Seirawan,
Y-Pinter,J/Zagreb izt/1987/1-0 (60)}) 15. f4 $1 cxd4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 (16... Nc5
17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Qf3 Na5 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. Qa3+ $18) 17. Qxf3 Rd5 {The key is
the a8-h1 diagonal. Black can not afford to let white penetrate to c6.} 18.
Rae1 $1 (18. Nxc4 Bc5) 18... Bb4 $2 {Probably decisive, Black had to sence the
level of danger in white's set up.} (18... Bc5 $5 19. Ng4 (19. Ng6 $142 $5 {
Fritz3} d3+ 20. Kh1 d2 21. Qxd5 dxe1=Q 22. Rxe1 $16 {With winning attack.})
19... d3+ 20. Kh1 Qf5 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 $13) (18... Be7 19. Nc6 $1 $40
) 19. Ng4 Qe7 (19... Qf5 20. Re5 Rxe5 21. Qa8+ Ke7 22. Qxa7+ Kf8 23. Nxe5 $18)
20. Re5 Kf8 (20... Rxe5 21. fxe5 Kf8 22. Qc6 $16) 21. f5 $1 {Opening the
position when black's forces are in disarray.} (21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 d3 23.
Qxc4 Qc5+ $1) 21... Rxe5 22. Nxe5 d3 (22... exf5 23. Qxf5 $40) 23. Kh1 d2 24.
fxe6 Kg7 (24... Qxe6 25. Nd4 Qe8 26. Nxf7 $18) 25. Nd4 (25. Nd4 fxe6 26. Qg4+
Qg5 27. Nxe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Qa5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qc1 (14.
Bf4 Nxf6 15. Be5 Be7 16. Bf3 Rhg8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qa3 20.
Rc2 Bd6 21. Bf6 Be7 22. Be5 Bd6 23. Bf6 Rdf8 24. Be4 {Hammond,A-Summerscale,A/
GBR-ch Eastbourne (04)/1991/1-0 (37)}) (14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. h4 Rdg8
17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxg5 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Rd1+ Rd5 22. Rxd5+
exd5 23. Qxd5+ Bd6 24. Qxb5+ {Levitt,J-Kaidanov,G/Hastings Masters/1990/0-1 
(38)}) (14. Bf3 Ne5 15. dxe5 Rxd1 16. Rfxd1 b4 17. Ne4 Qxe5 18. h4 c5 19. Nd2
Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxb2 21. Rac1 c3 22. Ne5 c2 23. Rd8+ Kxd8 24. Nxf7+ {Burgess,
G-Murshed,N/BCF-ch/1988/0-1 (29)}) 14... Bd6 $5 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qf4
Ne5 17. Rfd1 Ng6 18. Qg4 Ne5 19. Qg3 b4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd1 Nd3 22. Ne3 c3
23. bxc3 b3 24. Bf3 {Karolyi jr,T-Kaidanov,G/Budapest Perenyi/1989/1-0 (31)})
15. h4 c5 16. dxc5 Bb8 17. Rd1 $2 (17. Qe3 Qc7 18. f4) 17... Qc7 18. Bf3 (18.
g3 $2 Qc6) (18. f4 Qxc5+ 19. Kf1 (19. Kh1 Rxh4+ $1 20. Bxh4 Rh8 $19) 19... a6 {
/\ Ba7}) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Ne5 $1 (20... Nxc5 21. Qe3) 21. Qe3 (
21. Qf4 Qh3+ 22. Ke2 Rd3 $1) 21... Rd3 22. Qe4 (22. Rxd3 cxd3 $19) 22... Rxf3
23. Rd2 (23. Qd4 Nd3 24. Be3 Rd8 $19) 23... Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qxa1 25. Nxb5 Rd3 26.
b4 (26. Nxa7+ Bxa7 27. Qxe5 Rxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Qxa2 $19) (26. Qa8 Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2
Qxb2 28. Nxa7+ Kc7 $19) 26... Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2 Qg1 (27... Qxa2 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29.
cxd6 c3 30. Qa8+ Kd7 31. Qb7+ Kxd6 32. Qe7+ Kc6 33. Qc5+ Kb7 $19) 28. Bf4 Qg4+
29. Ke3 Qf5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Nxa7+ Kd7 32. c6+ Kd6 33. Qxe5+ (33. Nb5+ $2 Qxb5
$19) 33... Kxe5 34. Nb5 Rc8 35. f4+ Kd5 36. Nc3+ Kxc6 37. a4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Qxg6+ (16. Bg2 $5 Qf7 $1 17. Be4 Ne7 18. O-O-O $6 Ba6 $1 19. Ne2
Bg7 $1 20. Nf4 Nf8 $15 {Beliavsky,A-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/0-1 (59)}) (16. Rh8
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qf7 (17... Bb7 18. Bh3 O-O-O 19. Qxe6 Qa3 20. Rxf8 Qxc3+ 21. Ke2
Qb2+ 22. Ke3 Qa3+ 23. Ke2 Qxf8 24. Qxg6 c5 25. Qg4 $19 {Paschall,W-Wells,P/
Hastings Ch (4)/1993/0-1 (27)}) 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Be4 O-O-O 20. Bxg6 Qe7 21. a4
a6 22. Rh7 Bg7 23. Be4 Rg8 24. Qf3 Kc7 25. axb5 $13 {Kamsky,G-Serper,G/
Groningen PCA (02)/1993/0.5 (45)}) 16... Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bg2 (18. O-O-O
Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nb6 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Be2 Bg7 22. Bh5+ Ke7 23. Bg6 Be8 24. Be4 Rc8
25. f4 $14 {Knaak,R-Hertneck,G/Potsdam DDR-FRG/1988/1-0 (35)}) 18... Nxc3 (
18... Bb4 19. Kd2 Nf8 20. f4 Bd7 21. Raf1 Rd8 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. g4 Ba5 24. f5
Kg7 25. Rh5 $13 {Piesina,G-Khenkin,I/Pardubice op (2)/1993/0.5 (28)}) (18...
Bg7 19. Ne4 Nf8 20. Kd2 Bd7 21. f4 a5 22. Raf1 a4 23. a3 Rb8 24. Nd6+ Kg8 25.
Be4 $14 {Szabo,Zs-Horvath,P/HUN-chT1 9394/1994/1-0 (40)}) (18... N7b6 19. Ne4
Bd7 20. Ke2 Bg7 21. Nd6+ Kg8 22. Rh5 Na4 23. Rg5 Nxb2 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rh1 $13
{Yusupov,A-Chekhov,V/USSR-ch/1980/1-0 (34)}) 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. f4 (20. Bxc6 Bb7
21. Rh7+ Kg6 22. Rxd7 Bxc6 23. Rxa7 Bf3 24. Kd2 Bh6+ 25. Kc2 $13 {Shirov,
A-Stisis,Y/London Lloyds (01)/1991/1-0 (43)}) 20... b4 $1 21. Kd2 a5 (21...
bxc3+ 22. Kxc3 Bb4+ 23. Kxc4 Ba6+ 24. Kb3 Be1+ 25. Kc2 Bxg3 26. Rh7+ Ke8 27. f5
exf5 28. e6 $40) 22. Bxc6 Nb6 23. g4 Bb7 (23... bxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Bb4+ 25. Kc2 Nd5
26. Bxd5 exd5 27. f5 $16) 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rh7+ Bg7 26. f5 Nd5 $1 27. f6 (27.
cxb4 exf5 (27... c3+ 28. Kd3 Kg8 $13) 28. gxf5 axb4 29. f6 Nxf6 30. exf6 Kxf6
$10) 27... bxc3+ 28. Kc1 (28. Kc2 $2 Rb2+ 29. Kc1 Nb4 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Kd1 Nd3
$19) 28... Nxf6 29. exf6 Kxf6 30. Kc2 (30. Rb1 Rd7 $1 $13 (30... Rxb1+ 31. Kxb1
Kg6 32. Rh5 Bxd4 33. Rxa5 $16)) 30... Kg6 31. Rxg7+ (31. Rh5 Bxd4 32. Rb1 Rf7
$17) 31... Rxg7 32. Kxc3 Rf7 33. Re1 (33. Kxc4 $1 Rf4 34. Re1 Kf7 35. Re5 a4
36. g5 $16) 33... Rf2 $1 34. a4 (34. Rxe6+ Kf7 35. Ra6 Rxa2 36. Kxc4 Rg2 37.
Rxa5 Rxg4 $10) 34... Ra2 35. Rxe6+ Kf7 36. Re1 Rxa4 37. d5 Ra3+ 38. Kxc4 Ra4+
39. Kc5 Rxg4 40. d6 Rg3 41. d7 Rd3 42. Kc6 Rc3+ 43. Kd6 Rd3+ 44. Kc7 Rc3+ 45.
Kd8 a4 46. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nxd4 O-O $5 (10... Bd7 11. O-O (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 (12.
Bc4 Qa5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O Rg8 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Rac1 Qg5 18. Qf3
h5 19. Bf1 Qe5 20. Rc2 Bd6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxf6 Rg6 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxh5 {
Matamoros,C-Antunes,A/Capablanca mem-B (02)/1994/0-1 (43)}) 12... h6 13. Be3 e5
$1 14. f3 Qa5 15. Qc1 Bc5 16. Bc4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rb8 18. b3 O-O $14 {Makarov,
M-Bagirov,V/Podolsk/1992/}) 11... h6 12. Be3 (12. Bh4 Qb6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc4
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qg4 Ng5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Qxg5 Qd8 19. Qxg7 Qh4 20. h3
Ke7 21. Rfd1 Qxc4 22. Rd4 Qc5 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 24. Qxf7+ {Danielian,O-Sherbakov,
R/EUCup Gr5Balatonbereny/1993/1-0 (31)}) 12... O-O 13. f3 Ne5 14. Nc2 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Rfd8 17. Ne3 a6 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Qb3 Ng6 20. Bb6 Qf4 21. g3 Qg5
22. f4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Nxe4 24. Nf1 $13 {Hansen,C-Tisdall,J/Reykjavik zt (10)/
1995/0.5 (31)}) 11. Nxc6 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 $10) 11... Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. e5 (
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bb5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxb5 $10) 14...
Ng4 15. Bf4 (15. f4 Ba5 16. Bb5 a6) 15... Ba5 16. O-O (16. Rd2 $2 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Rb1+ 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Nxf2+ $19) 16... Rxb2 17. Nb5 Bb6 18. Bg3 Ba6 19.
Rb1 Ra2 (19... Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Rc8 21. Bf3) 20. Ra1 Rb2 21. Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. Re1 (18. axb4 cxb4 19. Re1 (19. Be3 $5)
19... d4 20. Qxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxg5 22. Qxc4+ Kb8 23. Red1 $5 {Van Wely,
L-Piket,J/Wijk/1994/}) 18... d4 19. Bxb7+ (19. axb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 cxb4 21. Qxd4
Qxg5 22. Qxc4+ Kb8 23. Rad1 (23. Rac1 Bd6 24. Qc6 Nxf6 $2 (24... Qxf6 25. Rc2
Qd4 26. Re4 Qd1 27. Re1 $10) 25. Nb6 $1 {1-0/Anikaev-Westerinen/Moskva/1982/})
23... Qa5 24. Rd5 Qc7 25. Qd3 $36 {Dolmatov,S-Rivas,P/Minsk/1982/}) 19... Kxb7
(19... Qxb7 20. axb4 Qxb4 $16) 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Qf3+ $2 (21. Qxd4 Qxg5 22.
Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qxf7 Rc7 $13) 21... Qc6 22. Qf5 (22. Qxc6+ Kxc6 $17) 22... Bd6 23.
Re4 (23. Re7 Bxe7 (23... Rxh2 24. Rxd7+ $1 (24. Kxh2 $2 Rh8+)) 24. fxe7 Rde8
25. Qxd7+ (25. Qxf7 Ne5 $19) (25. Qa5 f6 26. Qxb4+ Ka8 27. Bf4 Rxh2 $1 $19)
25... Qxd7 26. Nc5+ Kc6 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 28. Bf6 Rh5 29. Rxa7+ Ke6 30. Ra6+ Kf5
$17) 23... Rde8 24. Rxd4 Ne5 25. Rf4 (25. Rxd6 Nf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. Nc5+ Kc8
$19) (25. Re4 Nf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qxe4 $19) 25... Ng6 $1 (25... Nd3 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27.
Qd7+ Bc7 (27... Qc7 28. Qb5+ Kc8 29. Qxd3 $16) 28. Qxd3 Qxd3 29. Nc5+ Kc6 30.
Nxd3 a5 31. Rc1+ $16) 26. Rxc4 (26. Rf3 Re5 $19) (26. h4 Re5 27. Qg4 Rxg5 28.
Qxg5 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Nxh4 $19) (26. Rd4 Rxh2 27. Qd5 Reh8 28. Qxc6+ Kxc6 29.
Rxc4+ (29. Bh4 Nxh4 30. Rxc4+ Kb5 31. Rxh4 R2xh4 32. gxh4 Rxh4 33. b3 Rh3 34.
Rb1 Rxb3 35. Rxb3 Kxa4 $19) 29... Kb5 30. Rcc1 Ne5 31. Kf1 Nd3 $19) 26... Qxc4
27. Qd7+ (27. Rc1 Qa6 28. Nc5+ Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Ka8 $19) 27... Bc7 (27... Qc7 28.
Qb5+ Ka8 29. Nb6+) 28. Rc1 Ne5 $1 29. Rxc4 Nxd7 30. Rxb4+ Bb6 31. Nxb6 axb6 32.
h4 Nc5 33. Be3 Kc6 34. Kg2 Re6 35. Rc4 Kb5 (35... Rxf6 $2 36. Bd4) 36. Rf4 Nd3
37. Rg4 Nxb2 38. Rg7 Nc4 39. Bg5 (39. Rxf7 Nxe3+ 40. fxe3 Rh6 $19) 39... Nd6
40. g4 Kc4 41. h5 b5 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5
cxb5 9. Nxb5 Qb6 (9... Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxe4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 $1 (11... h6 $5) (11...
O-O 12. O-O Bxc3 (12... Bb7) 13. bxc3 Nbd7 (13... Qc7 $6 14. Bxf6 Qxc4 15. Nd2
Qc6 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Re1 Qf5 (17... Qg6 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Be7 Rfc8 20. c4 Nb6
21. Rec1 $16) 18. Be7 Rc8 19. Re5 Qg6 20. Rg5 Qe4 21. Bf6 g6 22. Qa4 a6 $1 23.
Rc5 Qb7 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. c4 $1 $14 {Sokolov,I-Pinter,J/Lyon/1994/0.5 (37)}) 14.
Re1 Qc7 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfc8 17. Bd2 a5 18. Qb5 Rcb8 19. Qg5 Qc6 20. Ne5
Nxe5 21. Rxe5 a4 {Bang,A-Muir,A/Lyngby op (4)/1990/0-1}) 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Nxd4 14. Qe3 $5 (14. Qb7 Qb8 15. Rxa7 O-O $1 $10) (14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qd3 Qb6 16.
Ra6 Qc5 $13) 14... Nc2 (14... Rc8 15. Ba6 {/\ Rfd1}) 15. Bb5+ (15. Qe5 Bxc3 16.
Qc5 $5 Nd7 17. Bb5 Bb4 18. Qxc2 Qxg5 19. Bxd7+ Ke7 $1) 15... Kf8 $8 16. Bxf6
Nxe3 (16... Qxf6 17. Qe4) 17. Bxd8 Nxf1 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bc1 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 a5 $1
21. Bc4 $1 Ke7 22. Na4 $1 $13 {Hulak,K-Piket,Je/Wijk op/1995/1-0 (42)}) 10. Qa4
(10. Bxc4 Nxe4 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Bd6 13. Nxd6+ Nxd6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. h4 Nd7
16. Ng5 {0.5/Kahn,E-Lukacs,P/Budapest Spring op/1992/}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Nc6)
11. Bxc4 a6 (11... Nxe4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nxd6+ Nxd6 14. Be2 $14) 12. Nc3 Qxb2 (
12... Nxe4 13. O-O $40) 13. O-O $1 {[%csl Re8] Model case of a great advantage
in the development, all white s pieces are rather active.} Qb4 (13... Qxc3 $2
14. Bd2 Qb2 15. Rfb1 $18) 14. e5 h6 (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxa6 $16) (
14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxc3 16. Qc6 Rb8 17. exf6 $40) 15. Bd2 Qxa4 16. Rxa4 Nb6 (
16... Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rb1 $16) 17. exf6 {[%cal Rf1b1] White s pieces
have become too active in the ecnter so black reduces their number even at a
cost.} Nxa4 18. Nxa4 (18. fxg7 Bxg7 19. Nxa4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bxd4 21. Rb1 $14)
18... gxf6 19. d5 $1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rf1e1]} Rc8 (19... exd5 20. Re1+ Kd7 21.
Nb6+ $18) 20. Nb6 Rxc4 (20... Rc7 21. dxe6 $18) 21. Nxc4 Bxd5 {[%csl Re8]
Bishps s pair and reduced number of pawns should promise good chances for draw,
but K remains vulnerable.} 22. Nb6 Bb7 (22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bc5 24. Be3 $18)
23. Rc1 Bd6 24. Nc4 Ke7 (24... Bc7 25. Na5 $18) 25. Nd4 h5 26. Re1 (26. Nxd6
Kxd6 27. Bb4+ Kd5 28. Be7 $18) 26... Bc5 27. Nb3 Bd6 28. Nxd6 Kxd6 29. Bb4+ Kd5
30. Na5 Ba8 31. f3 e5 (31... Rc8 32. Rd1+ Ke5 33. Rd6 $18) 32. Rd1+ Ke6 33.
Rd6+ Kf5 34. Rxa6 Rc8 (34... Bd5 35. Nc6 $18) 35. Be7 {Concerns for the K
safety cost even more material.} Kf4 36. Rxf6+ Ke3 37. h4 e4 38. fxe4 Bxe4 39.
Rxf7 Rc2 40. Bg5+ Kd4 (40... Kd4 41. Rf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O
Bh6 15. Bxh6 (15. Be3 c5 (15... Nxf6 16. Qf3 Bg7 (16... Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rh6 18.
a4 a6 19. b3 cxb3 20. Rfb1 Rxd4 21. axb5 Rc4 22. bxa6 Rxc3 23. axb7+ Kxb7 24.
Kh1 b2 25. Qf1 $17 {Moran,B-Juarez Flores,C/Granma zt/1987/0-1 (40)}) 17. a4 a6
(17... c5 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. cxb6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 b4 21. bxa7 Kb7 22. Nb5 Ng4 23.
Rac1 Rxh2+ 24. Kf3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 $16 {Gavrikov,V-Bagirov/Lvov otbor/1984/1-0 
(34)}) 18. Rfc1 Rd7 19. Qe2 Nd5 $5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qd2 e5 23.
dxe5 d4 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 $13 {Stempin,P-Bany,J/Polska ch/1986/}) 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qf3+ Qc6 $16 {Sturua,Z-Dvorietzky,M/USSR/1978/
}) 15... Rxh6 16. a4 $6 (16. Qd2 Rdh8 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Qb4 c5 19. Qxb5 $16 {
Kalinichenko-Popikov/USSR/1985/}) (16. Ne4 c5 17. Qd2 Rhh8 18. Qf4 Bxe4 19.
Bxe4 cxd4 20. a4 $1 e5 21. Qf3 Qxf6 22. Qa3 $1 $16 {Lechtynsky,J-Rahman,T/
Dubai olm/1986/0.5 (35)}) 16... Nxf6 17. a5 Qxd4 18. Qf3 (18. a6 Ba8 19. Qf3
Qd3 20. Qf4 Qd2 21. Qe5 Qd4 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nb4 24. Rfd1 Nd3 25. Nc3 $17 {
Vegh,E-Bagirov,V/Praha/1984/}) 18... Qe5 19. a6 Ba8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 b4
(21... Nd5 $5 {Ernst}) 22. Ne2 Rh8 (22... Qxb2 $2 23. Nd4 Qa3 24. Qf4 Qa4 25.
Rc1 Rg6 26. Qd6 $40) 23. Nd4 $2 (23. b3 c3 24. Qd3 Nd5 $17) 23... Rd8 24. Nxc6
Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Kc7 (26... Qxb2 $2 27. Qd6 $18) 27. Bf3 (27. Qf3
c3 (27... Qxb2 28. Bb5 Qb1+ (28... Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Qxf7+ Kb6 31. Qxe6+
Kxb5 32. Qxd5+ Ka4 33. Qd7+ $13) 29. Kg2 Qe4 30. Bxc4 $13) 28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. h4
Kb6 $17) 27... c3 $1 (27... Qxb2 28. Qa4 Nd5 29. Qb5 $132) 28. bxc3 (28. Qa4
cxb2 (28... Qe1+ $2 29. Kg2 cxb2 30. Qc6+ Kd8 31. Qd6+ Nd7 32. Bc6 $18) 29.
Qc6+ Kd8 30. Qa8+ Ke7 31. Qb7+ Nd7 $1 (31... Kf8 32. Qxb4+ Kg7 33. Kg2) 32.
Qxb4+ Nc5 33. h4 Kf6 $17) 28... Qxc3 29. Be2 Ne4 30. Qb1 f5 (30... f5 31. Kg2
b3 $1 32. Qd3 b2 33. Qb5 Nd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. Bxc4
(14. Bg2 f5 15. exf6 Ndxf6 $2 (15... Nexf6 $1 16. Bxc6 Rb8 $13) (15... Nexf6
$14 {Ernst}) 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qf3 $18 {Nikolic,Pr-Bagirov,V/Sarajevo/1980/})
14... Nb6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bxe4 (16. O-O $13 {Ernst}) 16... fxe4 17. Qg4 (17. Qe2
a5 18. Qxe4 Nd5 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. f4 a4 21. Qf3 a3 22. b3 Nc3 23. Rc2 Be7 24. h4
Kc7 25. Rhh2 $13 {Shestaperov,A-Agrinski/USSR/1967/0-1 (38)}) 17... Bd7 18.
Qxe4 Kc7 (18... Nd5 19. Rc1 a5) 19. O-O Be7 20. Rac1 Kb7 (20... Nd5 21. f4 Rag8
22. f5 Rh4 23. Qf3 Rf4 24. Qb3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Bg5 26. Rc5 Ne3+ 27. Ke1 Nxf5 28.
Qa4 $16) 21. f4 Raf8 22. Rf3 Nd5 23. a3 $1 Rhg8 (23... a5 24. axb4 Bxb4 $16 (
24... axb4 {Ernst} 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rff1 $14)) 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Qh7 $1 Kc7 (
25... Be7 $5 26. Ra1 $16) 26. Rf2 Kd8 (26... Rh8 27. Qd3 a5 28. Rfc2 $40) 27.
Kh1 Rh8 (27... c5 28. dxc5 Bc6 29. Kg1 $18) 28. Qd3 a5 29. Rfc2 Rh3 (29... Ne7
{Ernst} 30. Qa6 $16) 30. Rxc6 $1 Rxf4 (30... Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxf4 32. Qa6 $18) (
30... Nxf4 31. Qa6 Ng6 32. Rxe6 $18) 31. Qc2 Rf5 (31... Rxd4 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33.
Qg6 Bxc8 34. Rxc8 $18) 32. Rc8+ Ke7 (32... Bxc8 33. Qxc8+ Ke7 34. Qb7+) 33. Rg8
Rh7 (33... Rfh5 34. Rg7+ Kd8 35. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Qb7+) 34. Kg1
a4 (34... Ne3 $2 35. Qc7 $18) 35. Rb8 Rhf7 (35... Rfh5 36. Rxb4 $1 Nxb4 37.
Qc5+ $18) 36. Rxb4 $1 Rf1+ (36... Nxb4 37. Qc5+ Ke8 38. Qxb4 $18) 37. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Ne3+ 39. Kf2 Nxc2 40. Rc4 Na1 $8 41. h4 Be8 42. g4 Nb3 43. h5
Na5 44. Rc7+ (44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 Ba6 13. Qf3 $5 {N} (13. a3 O-O-O
) (13. Be2) 13... Rc8 $1 (13... b4 14. Qxc6 (14. Ne4 O-O-O) 14... Rc8 (14...
Rb8 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6) 15. Qa4 $8 Qb6 (15... Qxg5 16. Qxa6 $13
) 16. Ne4 Qxd4 $36) 14. Be2 b4 15. Ne4 c5 16. dxc5 (16. Be3 $2 cxd4 17. Bxd4
Qd5 18. Rd1 Bb7 $19) 16... Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. O-O Bd4 (18... Bxf2+ $2 19.
Qxf2 Qxg5 20. Qxa7 $18) 19. Qf4 Qe5 (19... Bxb2 $2 20. Qd6 Qc5 21. Qxa6 $18) (
19... Be5 20. Qe3) 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. Rab1 Bb7 (21... Bd4 22. b3 $1) 22. Rfe1
Bd4 (22... Be4 23. Rbc1 Bxb2 24. Rxc4 $16) 23. Be3 (23. Rbc1 Bd5) 23... Bxf6
24. Bxa7 Ke7 $1 (24... Ra8 25. Bc5 Rxa2 26. Bxc4 $14) 25. Red1 Bd5 (25... Rxh2
26. Bc5+ $1 (26. Kxh2 $2 Rh8+ 27. Kg1 Rh1#) 26... Rxc5 27. Kxh2 $14) 26. Bd4 c3
(26... Rxh2 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxd5 $1 Rch8 29. Rdd1 $18) 27. bxc3 bxc3 28.
Rbc1 Bxa2 29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rd3 c2 31. h4 Rc5 32. Kf1 $1 Rb8 33. Ke1 Bd5 (
33... Rb1 34. Kd2 Bb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Rxc2 $10) 34. Kd2 Be4 35. Rd7 Rf5 (
35... Rb1 36. Bd3 $10) 36. Rd4 $1 Ke5 37. Rxe4+ Kxe4 38. Bd3+ Kf3 39. Bxf5 exf5
40. Rxc2 Kxf2 41. Rc5 Rd8+ 42. Kc3 Kxg3 43. Rxf5 Rd7 44. Rh5 Kg4 45. Rh7 {
Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 Nd5 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Rc1 c5 {White is an exchange ahead,
but the Nh8 and lack of development promise black lot of chances to create
counterplay.} (12... Qe4+ 13. Be2 Nf4 14. a3 Nxg2+ (14... Ba5 15. Qd2 Nd3+ 16.
Kf1 Nxc1 17. Nxe4 $18) 15. Kf1 (15. Kd2 $2 Qf4+ 16. Kc2 Qf5+ 17. Kd2 Be7) 15...
Ne3+ 16. fxe3 Qxh1+ 17. Kf2 Qxh2+ 18. Ke1 Be7 $6 (18... Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 a5 20.
Kd2 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 c3+ 23. Rxc3 Ra2+ 24. Rc2 Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Ba6 26.
Qg6+ Kd8 27. Nf7+ Kc7 28. Qh5 Qxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 Na6 31. Nxh6 Nxb4
$14) 19. Kd2 c5 $6 20. Nxb5 cxd4 21. Rxc4 Na6 (21... dxe3+ 22. Kc1 Na6 23. Bh5+
Kf8 24. Qf3+ $18) 22. Rxd4 $18 {Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Buenos Aires/1980/1-0 
(26)}) 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. O-O Bb7 (15... Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxc3 17. Bh5+
Kf8 18. Qd6+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 Nd5 20. Bf7+ Kh7 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Qg5 23. Ng6
Rg8 24. f4 Qf6 25. Qxd5 Rxg6 26. Qb7+ Qg7 27. Qe4 {Nemet,I-Karaklajic,N/JUG-ch/
1979/1-0 (38)}) 16. Nxb5 Bxc5 {The danger from black's bihop pair and two wild
knights in the center can not be underestimated. The trouble is that white has
a nice tactical solution at hand.} (16... O-O-O 17. Nd6+ (17. c6 $2 Nf4 $3 18.
cxb7+ Kb8 19. Qa4 Nxe2+ 20. Kh1 a5 21. Rcd1 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Ng4) 17... Kb8 18.
Nhf7 Nxf7 19. Nxf7 Rg8 20. Bf3 $16) 17. Ng6 $1 Nxg6 (17... Qg5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 (
18... Nf4 $4 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Qf7#) 19. Rxc4 $18) 18. Rxc4 Ndf4 (18... Qe7 19.
Bh5 Kf7 20. Bxg6+ Kxg6 21. Qc2+ $18) 19. Rxc5 {Suddenly black king is more
exposed than the white one.} Rd8 (19... Bxg2 20. Nc7+ Kf7 21. Nxa8 Bxa8 22. Bf3
$18) 20. Nd6+ Rxd6 (20... Kf8 21. Nxb7 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 $18) 21. Bb5+ Kf7 (21...
Ke7 22. Rc7+ Kf6 23. Qxd6 Bxg2 (23... Qg4 24. Qd8+ Ke5 25. Re1+ $18) 24. Qd8+
$18) 22. Qxd6 $18 Qg4 23. Qc7+ Kg8 24. Qxb7 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nxf2+ 26. Rxf2 (26.
Rxf2 Qd1+ 27. Rf1) 1-0

[Event "URS-sf Ukraine-ch"]
[Site "Kherson"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 $6 (13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Bb7 15. Qb1 b4 16. Nxc4 Qf4 17. dxc5 Rg8 18. f3 h3 19. Rf2 $16 {Pein,
M-Iclicki/Bruxelles II/1987/}) (13... Nd7 $5) 14. Qxd4 Nd7 15. Qe4 Bxc3 {N} (
15... Rb8 $2 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Nd5 {1-0/Novikov,I-Feher,G/Budapest Perenyi-B/89
}) (15... Qxe5 16. Qxa8 Bd6 17. f4 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 $16 {Novikov}) 16. Nxd7 Bxd7
17. Qxa8+ Ke7 18. Qb7 Bxb2 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. axb5 Bd4 (20... c3 21. b6 $1 c2 22.
bxa7 cxd1=Q 23. Rxd1 Bd4 24. Qb4+ $18) 21. Bxc4 Rc8 22. Be2 e5 (22... Rc2 $2
23. Qe4 $18) 23. Bg4 Qd6 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Qe4 Rg8 26. Qxh4+ f6 27. Rc1 Rg4 28.
Qh3 Qf5 29. Rc7+ Kd6 30. Rc6+ Ke7 31. Kh1 Qf4 32. Qa3+ Kf7 33. Qb3+ Kg6 34. f3
Rg5 35. Qg8+ Kh5 36. Qf7+ Rg6 37. g4+ Kg5 38. h4+ {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O
c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ne5 (18... Qc6+ 19. f3 Qxe6 20.
Qc2 Ne5 21. Rae1 Rd3 22. h4 Bd6 23. b3 Qd5 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Rxd3
Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxd3 28. Rd1 c4 29. Nb2 Nxb2 30. Rxd6 $16 {Nikolic,Pr-Tal,M/
Niksic/1983/}) 19. Qe2 (19. Qc2 {Petran,Pa-Horvath/Siofok/1990/} Rxh2+ 20. Kxh2
Nf3+ 21. Kh3 Nxg5+ 22. Kg2 Qc6+ 23. f3 Qxe6 24. g4 Rd3 $40 (24... Rd3 {Ernst}
25. Rad1 Qd5 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Qd2 Bd6 28. Qe3 Ne6 29. b3 Kc7 $10 {Schmidt -
Cichocki, Polen 1990.})) 19... Qc6+ 20. f3 Qxe6 21. h4 Qd5 (21... Nd3 $5) 22.
a3 Nd3 (22... Bh6 23. Qe3 $1 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qd2+ 25. Rf2 Qxg5 26. hxg5 Nd3 27.
Rc2 Rde8 28. axb4 Ne1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. f4 $16) 23. Qe3 $1 {N} (23. axb4 cxb4
24. Qe3 Qd4 $13 {Jasnikowski-Cichocki/POL-ch/1989/} (24... Qd4 {Ernst} 25. Qxd4
Rxd4 $44 {Jasnikowski - Cichocki, Polen 1989.})) 23... Bd6 $2 (23... Qd4 24.
Qxd4 cxd4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Rfd1 Rhe8 27. Kf1 $14) 24. axb4 Rhe8 25. Nc3 $1
Rxe3 26. Nxd5 Re2+ 27. Kh3 Nf2+ (27... cxb4 28. Rxa7 Rxb2 29. Ne7+ Kb8 30. Nc6+
Kc8 31. Nxd8) 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Rxa7 Kb8 (29... Rxf3 30. Ne7+ Kb8 31. Nc6+ Kc8
32. bxc5 $1 Rxg3+ 33. Kh2 $18 (33. Kh2 {Ernst} Rxg5+ 34. cxd6 $18)) 30. Rxf7
Rxf3 31. Bf4 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 cxb4 33. Re7 c3 34. bxc3 Rxc3 (34... bxc3 35. f7 c2
36. Re8 c1=Q 37. Rxd8+ Kc7 38. f8=Q $18) 35. f7 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Glatman} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 (16... Qd6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Re1 Qf5 19. Bxb7+
Kxb7 20. Bf4 Qxf6 21. Re8 Bg7 22. Rxh8 Bxh8 23. Qd5+ Qc6 24. Nxc5+ $16 {
Agzamov,G-Timoshchenko,G/USSR/1982/1-0 (44)}) 17. a3 Bxd5 $5 (17... exd5 18.
axb4 Qe6 19. Nc3 cxb4 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Ne5 23. Ne7+ Kb7 24.
Ra5 $16 {Baturinski,V-Kuuskmaa,E/ corr/ 1970/ 1-0/ 33}) (17... b3 18. Nc3 Nb6
19. Qg4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rad1 Rd3 23. Qe4 Kd7 24. Rd2 $16 {
Razuvaev,Y-Vaiser,A/USSR/1981/1-0 (41)}) 18. Bxd5 (18. axb4 {Glatman} Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. f3 cxb4 $13) 18... Ne5 (18... exd5 {Glatman} 19. axb4 $16) 19.
Qe2 $1 (19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. axb4 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxd5 $13) (19. Bxe6+ $2 {Glatman}
Qxe6 20. Qe2 Rd3 21. Be3 Qh3 22. f3 Rxe3 $19) 19... Rxd5 20. axb4 cxb4 (20...
Qc6 21. Nc3 cxb4 22. Nxd5 Qxd5) (20... Qb7 {Glatman} 21. Nc3 $16) 21. Nc3 Qc6 (
21... Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 $36) 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 $8 (23. Rfd1 $2 Nf3+
24. Kf1 Nxh2+ 25. Kg1 Nf3+ $19) (23. f4 $2 {Glatman} Bc5+ $19) 23... Bc5+ (
23... Nxf3+ $2 24. Qxf3 Qxg5 25. Qa8+ $18) 24. Kg2 (24. Be3 {!+/- Glatman} Nd3
25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kg2 Qd4 $132) 24... Nd3 (24... Ng4 25. h4 Qxg5 $5 26. fxg4 (
26. hxg5 $4 Rh2#) 26... Qd5+ 27. Kh3 $16) 25. h4 (25. Be3 $2 {Glatman} Qe5)
25... Kb7 $6 (25... Bd4 26. Rfb1 (26. Rad1 $6 Nxb2 $1) 26... Kb7 $13) 26. Ra5
$1 (26. Rfd1 {Glatman} Rd8 27. b3 c3 (27... cxb3 28. Rd2 b2 29. Rad1 Qa2 $13)
28. h5 Qxb3 (28... Qxg5 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 $16) 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qb2+
31. Kh3 Qxa1 $13) 26... Qd4 27. b3 $1 Bb6 (27... cxb3 28. Rd1 (28. Rxc5 $142 $1
{Glatman} Nxc5 29. Rd1 Qc3 30. Qb5+ Ka8 31. Rc1 Qb2+ 32. Kh3 Nb7 33. Rc7 Rb8
34. Bf4 Qxf6 35. Qxb7+ $1 Rxb7 36. Rc8+ $18) 28... Bb6 (28... Rd8 29. Rxd3 (29.
Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 b2 $13) 29... Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxc5 Kb6
32. Rc1 $18 (32. Rc1 a5 33. h5 a4 34. h6 a3 35. h7 Rd8 36. Be3+ Kb5 $13)) 29.
Rxd3 Qg1+ 30. Kh3 Bxa5 31. Qe4+ Ka6 32. Qc4+ Kb7 33. Rd7+ $18) 28. Ra2 c3 (
28... cxb3 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Rb1 (30. Rfd1 b2 31. Rxd3 (31. Rxb2 $2 Qxb2 32. Qxb2
Nxb2 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. h5 Nc4 35. h6 Ne5 36. h7 Ng6 $19) (31. Qf1 $2 Qc4 32.
Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Qc2+ 34. Rd2 b1=Q 35. Rxc2 Qxc2+ $17) 31... Qxd3 32. Rxd3
b1=Q 33. Qe4+ (33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Qb5+ Bb6 35. Qd7+ Ka6 36. Qxf7 Qc2+ 37. Kh3
Qf5+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ $10) 33... Rd5 $8 34. Rxd5 Qxe4 35. fxe4 exd5 36. e5 b3 {
Glatman} 37. Bc1 Bd4 38. e6 fxe6 39. f7 Bg7 40. h5 Kc6 41. h6 b2 (41... Bxh6
42. Bxh6 b2 43. f8=Q $18) 42. hxg7 bxc1=Q 43. g8=Q $18) (30. h5 $5 b2 31. h6
Qd5 32. h7 Qxg5 33. Rxd3 $16) 30... Qd5 31. Rbd1 (31. Qd1 b2 32. Rbxb2 Nxb2 33.
Rxd5 Nxd1 34. Rxd8 Bxd8 35. h5 b3) 31... b2 32. Rxb2 Nf4+ 33. Bxf4 Qxd1 34.
Qxd1 Rxd1 35. Rxb4 $16) 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. h5 $1 a5 (30... Qe5 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 32.
Rxd8 Bxd8 33. h6 $18) (30... Nf4+ {Glatman} 31. Bxf4 Qxd1 32. Qxd1 Rxd1 33. h6
a5 34. g4) 31. g4 (31. h6 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 Qxd1 33. Qxd1 Rxd1 34. g4) 31... Nf4+
32. Bxf4 Qxd1 (32... Qxf4 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Qb5+ (34. Qe4+ $6 Qxe4 35. fxe4
Bxf6 36. Rf2 (36. h6 Kb6 37. Rf2 Bd4 38. Rxf7 c2 39. Rf1 a4 $1) 36... Bg5 37.
Rxf7+ Kc6 $36) 34... Kc8 35. Qe8 Qc7 36. Rc2 $16) 33. Qxd1 Rxd1 34. h6 Ka6 $2 (
34... e5 $1 35. h7 Rd8 36. Bxe5 Rh8 $15 {Shirov}) 35. g5 Rd8 (35... Kb5 $5 {
Glatman} 36. h7 Rd8 37. Bd6 (37. g6 fxg6 38. Bh6 Rh8 $13) 37... Bc5 38. Rxa5+ (
38. Bxc5 Kxc5 39. Rxa5+ Kd4 $132) (38. Bc7 Rh8 39. Rxa5+ Kc6 $13) 38... Kxa5
39. Bc7+ Ka6 40. Bxd8 c2 41. h8=Q c1=Q $10) 36. Kf1 $1 Bd4 (36... Rc8 37. h7
Rh8 38. g6 fxg6 39. f7 Bc5 40. Rh2 Bf8 (40... Kb5 41. Be5 c2 42. Rxc2 Rxh7 43.
Rxc5+ $1 $18) 41. Ke1 Bg7 42. Bd6 Kb5 43. f8=Q Bxf8 44. Bxf8 Rxf8 45. h8=Q $18)
37. Ke2 (37. Rxa5+ $2 {Glatman} Kxa5 38. Bc7+ Bb6 39. Bxd8 c2 $19) 37... e5 (
37... Kb5 $2 38. Rxa5+ $1 Kxa5 39. Bc7+ Kb5 40. Bxd8 c2 41. Kd2 Be3+ 42. Kxc2
Bxg5 43. h7 $18) (37... Rc8 $142 {Glatman} 38. Kd3 Be5 39. Bc1 Kb5 $16) 38. Be3
Kb5 39. h7 Rh8 (39... Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Rh8 41. g6 fxg6 42. f7 Kc6 43. Rg2 Kd5 (
43... Kd7 {Glatman} 44. Rxg6 Ke7 45. Rg8 $18) 44. Rxg6 $18) 40. Bxd4 exd4 41.
g6 $1 fxg6 42. f7 Kc6 (42... a4 43. Rxa4 Rc8 44. Kd3 c2 45. Ra1 $18) (42...
Rxh7 {Glatman} 43. f8=Q Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rxa2 45. Qe8+ Kc5 46. Qe5+ Kc6 47. Kxd4
$18) 43. Kd3 Kd7 (43... a4 {Glatman} 44. Rxa4 Kd7 45. Rxb4 Ke7 46. Rxd4 Rxh7
47. Rf4 Kf8 48. Kxc3 $18) 44. Re2 a4 45. Re8 axb3 (45... Rxh7 46. f8=Q $18) 46.
Rxh8 b2 47. Rd8+ $1 (47. Rd8+ Ke6 (47... Kc7 {Glatman} 48. Kc2 b3+ 49. Kb1 $18)
48. Kc2 b3+ 49. Kb1 $18) (47. Kc2 d3+ 48. Kb1 d2 49. Rd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Bb4 8. e5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. exf6 gxh4 11. Ne5 c5 $5 12. Qh5 (12. Qf3 cxd4 13. O-O-O Qc7 $13)
12... Qxf6 13. O-O-O a6 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Bf3 cxd4 $1 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxa8 Bxc3
(17... dxc3 $5 18. Be4) 18. bxc3 d3 $1 19. Rxd3 (19. Kb2 b4 20. Rc1 Qxf2+ 21.
Ka1 b3 $19) 19... cxd3 20. Qc5 Qf4+ 21. Kb2 Qxa4 22. Bf3 Qc2+ 23. Ka1 d2 24.
Rb1 Rg8 25. Qd4 Rg5 26. Rb2 Qc1+ 27. Ka2 Rd5 {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd2 c5 11. Bxc4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Nc6 14. Bb5
O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Qd5 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Be2 $2 (18... Qxd4 19. Nf3 (
19. Qxc6 Be2 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxe5 $15) 19... Qc4 20. Qd2 $15) 19. Re1 Bh5
(19... Qxd4 $2 20. Nb3 $18) 20. Qc3 Rfd8 21. Nb3 Rab8 22. Na5 $1 Rb6 23. Rec1
Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Nxc6 Rd2 (25... Rd7 26. Nxa7 h6 27. Nb5 $16) 26. Nxa7 g5
(26... h6 27. Nb5 Rd5 28. Nd6 Rxe5 $140 29. Nc4 $16) 27. Nb5 Rd5 28. Nd6 Be2 (
28... Ra6 $2 29. Ne8 $18) 29. Rc7 Kg7 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. Rf6+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ $1 (
32. Nf5+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O (16. Ne4 Qf3 (16... Qe5 17. Bg2 exd5 18. Qxh6 dxe4 19. O-O-O
$13) 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxb7 (18. Qxh6 Bxd5 19. Rg1 Ne5 20. Be2 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Qxf2
22. Nxb5 Ne5 23. Qg5+ f6 24. Qg7+ Kd8 25. Qf8+ Kd7 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27. Nc7+ Kf7
28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. Raf1 Qxf1 30. Rxf1+ Ke7 31. Nxa8 {1-0 Krizsany,L-Reiter,Ma/
Budapest FS03 IM-A (11)/1994}) (18. Rg1 Qxd5 19. Qxh6 Qxd6 $44) 18... Qxh1 (
18... Rh5 19. d6+ Ke8 20. Rg1 c3 21. bxc3 Re5+ 22. Be2 Rxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Qxc3+ 24.
Kf1 Qxa1+ 25. Kg2 Qd4 {Ionov,S-Popov,Val/St.Petersburg Chigorin (04)/1995/1/
2-1/2 (52)}) 19. d6+ Ke8 20. Qxh6 Qxb7 21. Qh4 Nf8 22. Bg2 $18) (16. Bg2 Ne5
17. O-O O-O-O 18. Qe3 (18. f4 Nd3 19. dxe6 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxh2+ $1 21. Kxh2 Qh8+
$1 (21... Rh8+ 22. Bh3 f5 23. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 24. Qc3) 22. Bh3 f5 $1 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. Qc3 Qh6 25. e7 Rh8 26. e8=Q+ Rxe8 $19) 18... Rxh2 19. f4 (19. Qxc5+ Kb8 20.
Kxh2 $2 (20. Nxb5 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Bxd5+ 22. f3 Bxf3+ 23. Kg1 Rd7 $1 24. Nd6 Qh8)
20... Rh8+ 21. Kg1 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 $19) (19. Rfe1 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Nd3 21. Ne4
Qd4 22. Re2 Bxd5 23. f3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 $15 {Uhlmann,W-Enders,P/DDR/1985/0-1 (41)
}) 19... Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Nd3 {und 21. ... b4} 21. Kg1 exd5 22. Nxb5 d4 23. Qe2
Rh8 {0-1/Lukey,S-Samer,M/Moscow olm (07)/1994}) 16... Kf8 {Anybody playing
Botvinnik attack with white must be agonizing about this line, since the
results are so clearly favouring black.} (16... Bxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bg2 (18.
Qxd5 Rd8 19. f4 Nb6 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Qxc5+ Qd6 22. Qxd6+ Rhxd6 23. Be2 c3 24.
Rd1 cxb2+ 25. Kc2 a6 26. Kxb2 Na4+ 27. Kb3 Rd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 {Gofshtein,
L-Kacheishvili,G/Groningen op (10)/1993/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 18... Nb6 19. Qe3+ (19.
Bxd5 $1 O-O-O (19... Rc8 20. Bb7 Rc7 21. Ba6 $16) 20. Bb7+ Kc7 21. Qxd8+ Qxd8
22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Ba6 $14) 19... Kf8 20. Qxc5+ Kg8 21. Qd4 Re8 $13 {Yusupov,
A-Shirov,A/Linares/1993/0.5 (42)}) (16... O-O-O 17. Ne4 Qe5 18. Qxh6 Qxe4 19.
dxe6 Qxh1 20. Bh3 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Ne5+ {Quist,J-Thesing,M/Dieren op (1)/1988/
1-0 (22)}) 17. h4 (17. Be2 $5 Nb6 18. Qe3 exd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Qxc5+ Kg8 20.
Ne4 $36) 19. Qxc5+ Kg8 20. Rd4 Rc8 21. Rg4+ Rg6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 b4 24.
Nd1 Rc5 25. Ne3 Rf6 26. Rf1 {Kharitonov,A-Yagupov,I/RUS Army-ch/1995/1-0 (76)})
(17. Rg1 Ne5 (17... Rxh2 $5 18. dxe6 Ne5 19. Qd6+ Kg7 20. f4 $13) 18. Qe3 (18.
dxe6 Nf3 19. Qd6+ Kg7 20. Rg2 Qg5+ 21. Qf4 Rxe6 $13) 18... Rxh2 (18... Nf3 $5)
19. Qxc5+ Kg8 $6 (19... Kg7 $1 20. dxe6 Rxf2 21. exf7 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Rxb2+) 20.
f4 (20. dxe6 fxe6 $5 21. Be2 $1 Rxf2 22. Rgf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 a6
$132 {עg8}) 20... Qf5 {Vujatovic,R-Zontakh,A/Kiev/1994/} 21. Be2 $8 Rxe2 22.
Nxe2 Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Qxb5 Bxd5 $15) (17. Qe3 $5 exd5 18.
Nxd5 Qe6 19. Bg2 $13 (19. Bg2 Qxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Ne5 22. Nf4 Ng4 $15)
) (17. g4 $5 Rg6 $1 $8 (17... Rh4 18. Rg1 (18. dxe6 Bxh1 19. exd7 Rd8 20. Nxb5
Rxh2 $19) 18... exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. h3 Qxf2 22. Qd6+ Kg7 23.
Qe7 Nf6 (23... Rhh8 24. Rg2 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Rhe8 26. Qh4 Nf6 $17) 24. Rxd8 Qxg1
25. Rd1 (25. Qe1 Rxh3 $19) 25... Qf2 26. Qxa7 Nxg4 $1 27. hxg4 Rh2 $19) (17...
Rh4 $5) 18. Rg1 (18. g5 $6 Qxg5 19. f4 Qh6 $1) (18. f4 $5 Rxg4 19. Bh3 Rxf4 20.
Rhf1 $36) (18. h3 b4 19. Ne4 c3 $1 20. bxc3 Qf3 21. dxe6 Bxe4 22. exd7 bxc3 23.
d8=Q+ Kg7 $3 24. Q2d4+ cxd4 25. Qxd4+ Rf6 $1 $17) 18... Ne5 (18... exd5 $5 19.
Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nb6 (20... Rd8 21. g5 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 $14) 21. Qxc5+ Kg8 22.
Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Re8 $44) 19. g5 Qf5 20. Qe3 exd5 21. Bh3 (21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22.
Qxc5+ Kg8 23. Rxd5 Rc8 $1 24. Qd4 Re6) (21. Qxc5+ Kg7 22. Qd4 Kg8 $13) 21...
Qf3 22. Qxc5+ (22. Qxe5 $5 Qxh3 23. Nxd5) 22... Kg8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5
25. Rxd5 $14 {Piket,J-Kaidanov,G/Tilburg (03)/1993/0.5 (37)}) (17. f3 exd5 18.
Nxd5 Qd6 (18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qxc5+ Kg8 21. Qe3 Na4 22. Rd4 Nxb2 23.
Rf4 Qg7 {0.5/Bagaturov,G-Jaracz,P/Pardubice op (7)/1994/}) 19. Nc7 Qxd2+ 20.
Rxd2 Rc8 21. Nxb5 Ne5 (21... Bxf3 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Ne5 {0.5/Salov,
V-Bareev,E/Madrid/1994/}) 22. Be2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nxf3 24. Rd5 Re6 25. Rf1 {
Kohlweyer,B-Hector,J/Geneve op-A (8)/1994/0-1 (58)}) (17. f4 Nb6 18. g4 (18.
Bg2 $6 exd5 19. Qf2 (19. Nxb5 Bc6 20. Nc7 Rd8 21. f5 $5 (21. Qa5 Na4 22. Rd2 c3
23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Na6 Na4 26. h4 d4 27. Nc7 Bxg2 28. Rxg2 c4 29.
Re1 d3 30. Re4 c3 31. Rg1 Nb2 $19) 21... Na4 $5 (21... c3 $5 22. Qxc3 d4 23.
Qc2 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Qc6 $17 {/\} 25. Ne6+ $2 Rxe6 $19) 22. g4 c3 23. bxc3 $8
Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 $17 {Alterman,B-Kamsky,G/Tilburg/1993/0-1 (40)}) 19... Rc8
$1 20. Nxb5 (20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qa6 22. Qe3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxa2 $17) 20...
Na4 $1 21. Qc2 Qa6 22. Na3 (22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxa2 24. Qa3 (24. Bxd5 $2
Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qxh1) 24... Qxa3 25. bxa3 Rd8) 22... c3 $3 {Kamsky,
G-Shirov,A/Luzern/1993/0-1 (31)}) (18. Ne4 $2 Qg7 $1 (18... Qf5 $15) 19. Bg2
Bxd5 20. Nc3 b4 $1 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qf2 Rc8 $1 23. Bxd5 c3 24. b3 c4 25. Bxc4
$19 {Vladimirov,E-Bareev,E/Tilburg (02)/1993/0-1 (28)}) 18... Rh4 19. Ne4 Qg6
20. Nxc5 Bxd5 21. Rg1 Rxg4 $17) (17. Bg2 Ne5 (17... Ne5 18. Ne4 Nd3+ 19. Qxd3
cxd3 20. Nxf6 Rxf6 21. Rxd3 Rxf2)) (17. Ne4 Qg6) 17... Nb6 18. g4 (18. Qe3 Nxd5
19. Qxc5+ Kg7 $13) 18... Nxd5 $5 {It is quite characteristic, that black can
even afford to ignore the threat g4-g5 due to play along a8-h1 diagonal.} 19.
g5 Qg6 (19... Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. gxh6 Bxh1 22. Nxb5 $16) 20. Nxb5 (20. gxh6
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxh1 $10) 20... Nb4 21. Nc3 (21. Bxc4 Bxh1 22. gxh6 Bd5 $13)
21... Bxh1 22. gxh6 Bf3 23. Re1 (23. Qd6+ $5 Kg8 24. Rd2 Qg1 (24... Kh7 25.
Qxc5 Nd5 $14) (24... Nd5 25. Bxc4 Nxc3 26. bxc3 $16) 25. Qg3+ Qxg3 26. fxg3 Kh7
$13) 23... Bd5 24. a3 a5 $1 25. Re5 (25. axb4 axb4 26. Nb1 Ra1 27. Qc2 Qxh6+
28. Re3 b3 29. Qc3 Be4 $19) 25... Qg1 26. Re1 Qg6 (26... Qg6 27. h5 $5 Qh7 (
27... Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 Qxd3 29. Qg5 $18) 28. Re3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4
b5 (7... c5 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. g3 Bb7 12.
Bg2 c5 (12... Nd7 13. O-O (13. h4)) 13. O-O $146 (13. dxc5 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 g4
15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nc6 18. Ne3 Rxg7 19. Nxc4 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Bd4
21. Ra6 Nb4 $10 {Kantsler,B-Oll,L/USSR/1987/}) 13... g4 (13... Rxg7 14. dxc5
$36) 14. Nh4 (14. Ne5 $2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 cxd4) 14... Bxg2 15. Nxg2 cxd4 (15...
Rxg7 16. dxc5 $14) 16. Nxb5 Nc6 (16... Rxg7 17. Nxd4 $36) 17. Qxg4 a6 18. Qe4
Rc8 $8 (18... Qd7 19. Nxd4) (18... Ne7 19. Qxa8 Qxa8 20. Nc7+ $16) 19. Rfd1 $5
Bc5 (19... axb5 20. axb5 Ne7 (20... Na5 21. Rxd4 Qf6 22. Nf4 Bc5 23. Rd2 $40)
21. Rxd4 Qb6 22. Ne3 (22. Ra8 Bc5 23. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 $13) (22. Rxc4 Bc5 23.
Rc2 $36) 22... Rxg7 (22... Bc5 {Kortschnoj} 23. Nxc4 Qxb5 24. Ra8 $146) 23.
Nxc4 Qxb5 24. Ra8 $13) 20. Qh7 Kd7 (20... Ne7 21. Na3 $36) 21. Na3 Bxa3 (21...
Qf6 22. Nxc4 Rxg7 23. Qe4 $40) 22. Rxa3 Qg5 23. Ne3 Rxg7 (23... Qxg7 24. Qxg7
Rxg7 25. Nxc4 $16) 24. Qe4 Rb8 25. Rc3 $5 (25. Nxc4 Qd5 $1 $14) 25... f5 (25...
Rxb2 26. Rxc4 Rb6 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Qxd4+ $18) 26. Rxd4+ $1 Nxd4 (26... Kc7 27.
Qxe6 Nxd4 28. Nd5+ $18 (28. Qxc4+ $16 {Kortschnoj})) 27. Qxd4+ Ke8 (27... Kc6
28. Nxc4 $18) 28. Qd6 Rxb2 (28... Qd8 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Qxf5+ Rf7 31. Qe5 $18)
29. Qxe6+ Re7 (29... Kf8 30. Nxf5 $18) 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qxc4+ (31. Nxf5 $6 Re1+
32. Kg2 Rxf2+ $1 33. Kxf2 Qd2+) 31... Kg7 (31... Re6 32. Qd5 $18) 32. Qd4+ Kh7
33. Rc8 {+- Kortschnoj} Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rg7 35. Rf8 $1 Qe7 (35... f4 36. Rxf4 $18)
36. Rxf5 Qb7+ 37. Nd5 $1 Kg8 (37... Rb2 38. Qh4+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Rh5+ Kg6
41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Qf6+ $18) 38. Qe4 Rd1 39. Qe8+ (39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Rh5#) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O (16. Bg2 Ne5 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Qe3 Rxh2 19. Rfe1 Rxg2+ 20.
Kxg2 Nd3 21. Ne4 Qd4 22. Re2 Bxd5 23. f3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 $15 {Uhlmann,W-Enders,P/
DDR/1985/0-1 (41)}) 16... Kf8 $5 $146 (16... O-O-O 17. Ne4 Qe5 18. Qxh6 Qxe4
19. dxe6 Qxh1 20. Bh3 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Ne5+ {Quist,J-Thesing,M/Dieren op (1)/
1988/1-0 (22)}) (16... Bxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bg2 Nb6 19. Qe3+ $2 (19. Bxd5 $1
O-O-O 20. Bb7+ Kc7 21. Qxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Ba6 $14) 19... Kf8 20.
Qxc5+ Kg8 21. Qd4 Re8 $15 {Yusupov,A-Shirov,A/Linares/1993/0.5 (42)}) 17. f4 (
17. g4 Rg6 (17... Rh4 18. Rg1 (18. dxe6 Bxh1 19. exd7 Rd8 20. Nxb5 Rxh2 $19)
18... exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. h3 Qxf2 22. Qd6+ Kg7 23. Qe7 Nf6 (
23... Rhh8 24. Rg2 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Rhe8 26. Qh4 Nf6 $17) 24. Rxd8 Qxg1 25. Rd1 (
25. Qe1 Rxh3 $19) 25... Qf2 26. Qxa7 Nxg4 $1 27. hxg4 Rh2 $19) (17... Rh4 $5)
18. Rg1 Ne5 (18... exd5 $6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. g5 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 $14)
19. g5 Qf5 20. Qe3 exd5 21. Bh3 Qf3 (21... Nd3+ $2 22. Rxd3 Qxd3 23. Qxc5+ Kg7
24. Rg3 Rc6 25. Qe7 Qd4 26. Qxb7 $16) 22. Qxc5+ (22. Qxe5 $5 Qxh3 23. Nxd5)
22... Kg8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 Nf4 27. Rf5 Nxh3
28. Rg3 Nxf2 29. Rxf2 $10 {Piket,J-Kaidanov,G/Tilburg/1993/}) 17... Nb6 18. Ne4
(18. g4 Rh4 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Nxc5 Bxd5 21. Rg1 Rxg4 $17) (18. Bg2 exd5 19. Qf2 (
19. Nxb5 Bc6 20. Nc7 (20. Qa5 d4 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 $17) 20... Rd8 (20... Rc8 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Qg2 $16) 21. f5 (21. Qa5 Na4 22. Rd2 c3 23. bxc3
Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Na6 Na4 26. h4 d4 27. Nc7 Bxg2 28. Rxg2 c4 29. Re1 d3
30. Re4 c3 31. Rg1 (31. Rxa4 d2+ 32. Kd1 c2+ $19) 31... Nb2 $19) 21... Na4 22.
g4 c3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Rd2 d4 26. Ne6+ fxe6 27. Bxc6 exf5 28.
Bf3 fxg4 29. Bxg4 Rf6 30. a3 Ne4 31. Rg2 d3 32. Rhg1 Rd4 33. Bh5 Ke7 34. Rg7+
Kd6 35. Rxa7 Rc4+ 36. Kd1 Rc2 37. Ra6+ Ke5 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Rf1+ Ke5 40. Re1
Kd4 {0-1 Alterman,B-Kamsky,G/Tilburg/1993/}) 19... Rc8 $1 20. Nxb5 Na4 $1 21.
Qc2 Qa6 22. Na3 c3 $1 23. Bxd5 Nxb2 24. Qf5 Rf6 25. Qh7 Qxa3 $1 26. Qh8+ Ke7
27. Rhe1+ Kd7 28. Qh3+ Kd6 29. Bxb7+ Nxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qxa2 31. Qg2 Qb1+ {0-1/
Kamsky,G-Shirov,A/Luzern WchT/1993/}) 18... Qg7 19. Bg2 Bxd5 20. Nc3 b4 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Qf2 Rc8 23. Bxd5 c3 24. b3 c4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. bxc4 b3 $1 27.
Qd4 (27. axb3 Ra6 28. Qe3 Ra1+ 29. Kc2 Ra2+ 30. Kb1 Rb2+ 31. Kc1 c2 32. Rd4
Rb1+ 33. Kxc2 Rxh1 $19) 27... Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Ra6 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 {The Botvinnik Variation is a very sharp
defence. Black gets a chance to test various original solutions for pressure
by White.} Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Kd8 {
The defender might have been satisfied with the material relationships on the
board, but White has a dangerous initiative.} 17. Qxg6 Qb4 18. O-O (18. Qc2 Qa5
19. O-O (19. Kf1 b4 (19... Be7 20. Rh8+ Nf8 21. g4 b4 {1/2-1/2 Bartholomew,J 
(2411)-Shulman,Y (2614)/Dallas 2006}) 20. Ne4 b3 21. Qc1 bxa2 22. Rh8 Ba6 23.
Ng5 Kc7 24. Nxe6+ Kb6 25. Rh7 Re8 26. Rxd7 Rxe6 27. Kg1 Be7 {0-1 Leitao,R 
(2601)-Shulman,Y (2616)/Khanty Mansiysk 2007 (48)} 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Qf4 c3 30.
bxc3 Qxc3 31. Rxa2 Qc6 $11) 19... N7b6 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Nf6 Qb4 22. Qg6 Nxf6 23.
exf6 Bd7 24. Rae1 (24. Rab1 $15) 24... Qxb2 25. Qf7 Re8 $17 {0-1 Kramnik,V 
(2809)-Shirov,A (2715)/Monte Carlo 2002 (31)}) 18... Qxb2 {[%mdl 4] We can
only guess, what Timofeev disliked in the promising move 18...N7b6!? that
tends to offer very good chances in the complicated middlegame.} (18... N7b6 $5
19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Ng5 (20. Bh3 Qxb2 21. Bxe6 Qxd4 $2 (21... Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Kc7 $15
) 22. Bxd7 Kxd7 23. Qf5+ Kc7 24. Ng5 Kb7 25. Ne6 Qd2 26. Nxf8 $16 {0-1 Oms
Pallisse,J (2511)-Saptarshi,R (2373)/Andorra 2006 (28)}) 20... Kc7 21. Nxe6+ (
21. Bh3 Be7 22. Bxe6 Bxg5 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Qxg5 Qxb2 25. e6 N7f6 26. Qe5+ Kb7
$17 {1/2-1/2 Muir,A (2359)-Mason,D (2261)/Hinckley Island 2008 (29)}) 21...
Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Qxb2 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxa4 Qxd4 26. Rfa1 a5 27. Rxa5
Qxa1+ 28. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 29. Kg2 c3 $17 {1/2-1/2 Collas,D (2424)-Korneev,O (2606)/
Cutro 2003 (36)}) 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxe6 Nb6 {The scope for improvements is
very respectable in messy positions with untypical material relationships.} (
20... Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxd5+ Nd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Bxa8 c3
26. Be4 Ba3 $14) 21. Qf7 Qa3 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 {Black has to worry about the
situation, when the white pawn mass will start rolling in the centre.} (22...
Rb8 23. Bg2 $1 (23. Bc6 Qe7 24. Qf4 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rab1 b4 27. d5 Nxd5
28. Rbd1 Rd7 29. Qxc4 Nc3 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Re1 $14) 23... Qe7 24. Qf4 Bb7 25.
d5 $16) 23. Qxd5+ Kc7 24. Rab1 $6 {This active move will not win much praise
under objective scrutiny. Shimanov should have preferred to eliminate the
valuable b-pawn too.} (24. Qxa8 $4 Bb7 25. Qe8 Qf3 $19) (24. Qxb5 $5 Ba6 25.
Qd5 Rd8 26. Qf7+ Qe7 27. Qf4 $14) 24... a6 25. Rfc1 Ra7 26. Qf7+ (26. Qe4 Qxa2
27. Qe3 Qa3 28. Rc3 Qa2 29. Rcc1 $11) 26... Qe7 27. Qf3 Bh6 28. Re1 Qf8 $2 {
Defence is a very difficult task for every player. Black is unwittingly
pushing White's queen towards more active horizons.} (28... Bd2 29. Re2 c3 30.
Qd3 (30. Rxd2 cxd2 31. Qc3+ Kb8 32. Qxd2 Qe6 $15) 30... Kb8 31. Rd1 Bg4 32.
Rexd2 cxd2 33. Rxd2 $11) 29. Qc3 Be6 (29... Bf5 30. Rb2 Qf7 (30... Rb7 31. e6
$16) 31. Qa5+ Kb7 32. a4 $16) 30. Qa5+ Kc6 31. a4 $5 {A very unpleasant move
for the unstable king on the c6-square. There was the objectively strong of
the immediate liquidation of the b5-pawn.} (31. Rxb5 $1 axb5 32. Qxa7 Bd2 (
32... Qb4 33. Rd1 Qa4 34. d5+ Bxd5 35. Qd4 $18) 33. Re4 c3 34. Qa6+ Kc7 35. Rh4
Bf5 36. d5 $18) 31... Qb8 32. Ra1 Qb6 (32... Bf8 33. axb5+ Qxb5 34. Qd8 Bb4 35.
Reb1 a5 36. Qe8+ Bd7 37. Qg6+ Kc7 38. d5 $16) 33. axb5+ Qxb5 34. Qa3 $2 {
The opponents, facing an upcoming time control, have turned into tired and
fallible human beings, who had already solved many problems.} (34. Qd8 $1 Qd5
35. Qe8+ Qd7 (35... Bd7 36. Qg6+ Kc7 37. Qxh6 Bc6 38. Qh7+ Kd8 39. Qh4+ Kc7 40.
f3 Qxf3 41. Ra2 $18) 36. Qb8 Qc7 37. Qb1 $18) 34... Qd5 35. Reb1 Bh3 36. f3 $2
(36. Qa4+ Kc7 37. Qa5+ Qxa5 38. Rxa5 Bf8 39. d5 Bf5 40. d6+ Kc6 41. Rc1 $14)
36... Bd2 $2 (36... Qxd4+ $1 37. Kh2 Bf5 38. Qa4+ Kc7 39. Rg1 (39. Qa5+ Kc8 40.
Qb6 Qxb6 41. Rxb6 Be3 $17) 39... Bd2 $17) 37. Qb2 Be3+ $6 {The final move in
the small comedy of errors. Black is definitely losing the chance for
protracted defence with the better 37...Ba5!} (37... Ba5 $1 38. Rxa5 Qxa5 39.
g4 $16) 38. Kh2 Kd7 (38... Bxd4 39. Rxa6+ Kd7 40. Qb8) 39. Qb8 Bxd4 40. Rxa6
Rxa6 (40... Bg1+ 41. Kxh3 Rxa6 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Qe8+ Kf5 44. Rh7 $18) 41. Rb7+
{The final hunt for the black king will surprisingly end up in a forced mate.}
Ke6 (41... Kc6 42. Rc7#) (41... Qxb7 42. Qxb7+ Kd8 43. Qxa6 $18) 42. Qe8+ Kf5
43. Qh5+ Ke6 44. Qg6+ (44. Qg6+ Kxe5 45. f4#) 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 c5 8. e5 (8.
Bxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 e5
14. f3 Qa5 15. Qc1 Bc5 16. Bc4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rb8 18. b3 O-O 19. O-O $14 {
Makarov,M-Bagirov/Podolsk/1992/}) 9... h6 10. Bb5+ (10. Be3 Nxe4 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qc2 $13 {Zaid-Ivanchuk,V/USSR/1985/}) 10... Bd7 (10... Nbd7 $5
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nde2 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. O-O Bc6 15. Qb3 Bd6 $1 16. Rad1
Rd8 17. Kh1 O-O 18. f4 Bc5 19. Qc4 Qe7 20. h3 Rc8 $15 {Kiselev,S-Dreev/
Helsinki op/1992/}) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $15 {Bareev,E-Ivanchuk,V/USSR/
1985/}) 8... cxd4 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxc4 Ke7 (12...
Be7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Qh5 Qd4 15. Bb5+ $44) 13. Qd2 $1 (13. O-O Nf5 14. Qh5 Qd4
$19) (13. Bg3 Nf5 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. O-O Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 h5 18. Rad1
h4 $17 {Krudde-Cifuentes/Dieren/1989/}) 13... Nf5 14. Bxf6+ Kxf6 15. Ne4+ Kg7
16. Qxb4 Qd4 17. Ng3 Qe5+ 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Ra3 a5 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. O-O Qxb2 22.
Nxf5 exf5 23. Qh4 $44 Be6 (23... Qxa3 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qd8+ $10)
24. Rh3 Qg7 25. Rg3 Qd4 26. Qh6 b6 27. h3 Rg8 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Rxg8+ Rxg8 30.
Bf3 Bb3 31. Rb1 Bxa4 32. Qxb6 Bd7 33. Qb7 Be6 34. Qb5 Qxb5 (34... Qc3 35. Kh2
$13) 35. Rxb5 a4 36. Ra5 Bd7 37. Ra7 Rd8 38. Bd1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qg4 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Nc6 (20...
Qd7 $2 21. Rxc4+ $1 Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Qc7 $8 23. Nb6+ $1 axb6 24. Bb7+ $1 Kxb7 25.
Ra7+ Kxa7 {1-0/Tolstyh-Kozlov,V.E/USSR/1988/}) (20... Nd7 21. Qf4 $1 $16 (21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Be3 Bd6 $1 23. Bxa7 Kb7 24. Bd4 Ra8 25. b3 cxb3 26. Qf5 Ra6 27.
Nb2 Rc8 28. h4 $16 {Avshalumov,A-Sherzer,A/Balatonbereny/1989/}) 21... Nc5 $8
22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Bf1 $16 {Magerramov,E-Savchenko,S/Sankt Peterburg/1992/}) 21.
Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Kd7 (22... Rxg5 $5 23. Qd4 Kb8 24. Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc6
26. Rd1 Bh6 27. Nc5 Ka8 28. Qe4 $10 {Yusupov,A-Tukmakov,V/Leningrad/1987/}) 23.
Rd1 $1 (23. Rac1 Rxg5 24. Qe4 Nd8 25. Qd4+ Ke8 26. Qxa7 (26. Rc7 Rh6 27. Re7+
Bxe7 28. fxe7 $17 {Lazarev,V-Shabalov,A/Biel op (03)/1992/}) 26... Qa5 27. Qb8
Qxa4 28. Rd4 {Sokolov,I-Oll,L/Wijk aan Zee/1993/} Qa5 $1 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rc8
Rd5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qb5+ Rd7 33. Qb8+ $10) 23... Ne5 (23... Qxc4 24. Qxc4
Rxd1+ 25. Kg2 Rd5 26. h4 Bd6 27. Be3 $16) (23... Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1+ Kc7 25. Qc2
$16) 24. Rc5 $1 Nxg4 (24... Bxc5 25. Rxd5+ Bd6 26. Rxb5 Nxg4 27. h4 $16) 25.
Rdxd5+ exd5 26. Rxb5 Nxh2 (26... Kc6 27. Rb8 $18) 27. Kg2 (27. Rxd5+ Ke6 28.
Rd3 Ng4 29. Bh4 Rh6 $13) 27... Ng4 (27... Kc6 28. Ra5 Ng4 29. Bh4 $16) 28.
Rxd5+ Ke6 29. Rd8 Rh2+ (29... Nxf6 30. Be3 (30. Nc5+ Kf5 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Rxf8
Rxf8 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Kf3 a5 36. Ke4 a4 37. Kd4 a3 38. bxa3 bxa3
39. Kc3 Ke7 40. Kb3 Ke6 41. Kxa3 Kd5 $10) 30... Bg7 31. Rxh8 Bxh8 32. Bxa7 $16)
30. Kf3 Kf5 (30... Ne5+ 31. Ke4 Ng6 32. Be3 $16) 31. Be3 Bh6 (31... Nxe3 32.
Kxe3 (32. fxe3 Bh6 33. Rd6 Bg5 34. e4+ Ke5 35. Ra6 Rc2 36. Rxa7 Kxf6 $14) 32...
Bh6+ 33. Kf3 Kxf6 34. Ra8 $16) 32. Bxa7 Bg5 33. Rb8 Ne5+ 34. Ke2 Nc6 35. Rb5+
Ke6 (35... Kg6 36. Bc5 Bxf6 37. Rb6 Ne5 38. Rxb4 $18) 36. Nc5+ Kd5 37. Nd3+ Ke4
38. Rxg5 Nxa7 39. Nxb4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14. dxe6 Be7 (
14... Bg7 15. Rg1 Qb6 16. Qe2 Qxe6 17. Nxb5 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Ne4 19. O-O-O Nxg5
20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nxb7 Rxh2 22. Rgf1 Bd4 23. Bxc4 Rb8 24. Bd5 $10 {Lobron,
E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund/1993/}) 15. Rg1 (15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Rg1 Qb6) 15... Qb6 16.
exf7+ Kxf7 17. h4 Rad8 18. Qc2 Qe6+ 19. Qe2 (19. Be2 Ng4 $1 20. Bxe7 Ne5 (20...
Nh2 21. f4 Nf3+ 22. Kf2 Rd2 $17) 21. Bxd8 (21. Ne4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qb3 (
23. Qxc5 Qxe4+ $19) 23... c4 24. O-O-O cxb3 25. Ng5+ Kxe7 26. Nxe6 bxa2 27. Kd2
Kxe6 $19) 21... Nf3+ 22. Kd1 (22. Kf1 $2 Qh3+ 23. Rg2 Qh1+) 22... Rxd8+ 23. Kc1
Qh6+ 24. Kb1 Nd2+ (24... Nd4 25. Qd1 Nxe2 26. Qxe2 Rd2 27. Qe3 (27. Qd1 Rxd1+
28. Rxd1 Bf3 $17) 27... Qg6+ 28. Ne4 Bxe4+ 29. Kc1 Rc2+ 30. Kd1 Rxb2 31. Qf4+
Ke6 32. g4 c3 $17) 25. Kc1 Nf3+ 26. Kb1 Nxg1 27. Qf5+ Kg8 $17) 19... Ne4 20.
Bxe7 (20. Nxb5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Rd2 22. Qxc4 Bd5 23. Qc1 Rh2 $19) (20. Be3 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Bf6 22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Bxc5 Qd7 $1 $17 (23... Bxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Qxe2+ 25.
Bxe2 Rxc3 26. Kd2 $1)) 20... Qxe7 21. Bg2 (21. Nxb5 Rhe8 22. Qxc4+ Kg7 23. Be2
Nxf2 $1 $19) 21... Rd2 22. Qe3 (22. Qf3+ $2 Nf6+ 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24. fxe3 Rxg2
$19) 22... Rd3 23. Qf4+ (23. Qe2 Re8 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. f4 (25. Kf1 Rxc3 26.
Qh5+ Bg6 27. Qd5+ Kg7 28. bxc3 Qe2+ 29. Kg2 Be4+ $19) (25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4
Rxe4+ 27. Kf1 Rd2 28. a4 b4 $17) 25... Bb7 $1 26. Qxe7+ $140 Rxe7+ 27. Kf1 Rf3+
28. Kg2 Rxc3+ $19) 23... Nf6+ 24. Kf1 Re8 25. g4 $2 (25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. a4 $5
Rf3 $140 27. Nxb5 Rxf4 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. Nxb7 Rd4 30. Nxc5 Rd2 $132) 25... Rd4
26. Qf5 (26. Qc1 Nxg4 27. Bxb7 Nh2+ 28. Kg2 Rg8+ $19) 26... Bc8 27. Qc2 Bxg4
28. Bf3 Bh3+ (28... Bxf3 $2 29. Qg6+ Ke6 30. Re1+ $18) 29. Bg2 Bg4 30. Bf3 (30.
f3 Qe3 31. Qe2 Qf4 32. Qf2 Rd2 33. Qxc5 Bxf3 $19) 30... Bh3+ 31. Bg2 Qd7 $1 32.
Rh1 (32. Rd1 Bf5 33. Rxd4 cxd4 $19) 32... Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Qg4 (
34... Qg4 35. Ke1 Qf3 36. Rf1 Re8+ 37. Ne2 Rde4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Rc1 (10. Bd2 Qd5 11. Be2 c5 $1 12. O-O Nc6 13. a5 O-O
14. Ra4 cxd4 15. Bxc4 Qd7 $1 $15 {Cebalo,M-Pinter,J/Gosa-Honved tt/1987/})
10... Qd5 {N} (10... Nd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Qc2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ra1 O-O 15.
Ne5 Nfd5 16. Bd2 c5 $10 {Donner-Pomar/Lugano/1959/} 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4) 11.
Be3 c5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 {/\ 15.dxc5 Nxe5 16.Rfd1} cxd4 15. cxd4
c3 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Bxe4 Nxc2 18. Bxd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 exd5 20. Rxc3 $14 Bd7 21.
Rc7 Bxa4 22. Rxb7 Bc6 23. Rc7 Bb5 24. Rb1 a6 25. Rc5 Rfd8 26. Rbc1 h6 27. Nd2
Kh7 28. Nb1 f6 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Nc3 Bc4 31. e4 $1 a5 $1 32. exd5 Bb3 33. Rf1
Ra6 34. Rb5 (34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. dxc6 Rxd4 36. Rxf6 Rc4 $132) 34... a4 35. Rf3 Kh8
36. Re3 Rd7 37. h4 Ra8 38. Ne4 Re8 39. Kf2 Rxd5 40. Rb7 Rf5+ 41. Rf3 Rxf3+ 42.
gxf3 Bd5 43. Rc7 Bxe4 44. fxe4 a3 45. Ra7 Rxe4 46. d5 Rd4 47. Rxa3 Rxd5 48. Ra7
Kg8 49. Kg3 Rd4 50. Rb7 Re4 51. Ra7 h5 52. Rb7 Rg4+ 53. Kh3 Rg7 54. Rb5 Rh7 55.
Kg3 Kg7 56. Kf4 Kg6 57. Rb8 Ra7 58. Rg8+ Kf7 59. Rb8 Ra4+ 60. Kf5 Ra5+ 61. Kf4
Kg6 62. Rg8+ Kh6 63. Ke4 Kh7 64. Rg1 Ra2 65. Kf5 Rf2+ 66. Ke6 Rf4 67. Kf7 Rg4
68. Rf1 Rxh4 69. Kxf6 Kh6 70. Kf5 Ra4 71. Rb1 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bewersdorff, Oliver"]
[Black "Werner, Dimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5 h6
9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. h4 gxh4 12. Rxh4 Qf6 13. g3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Bb7 15.
Kf1 $1 a6 $6 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxg7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. axb5 Rd8
20. Rd4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 $14 {Wirthenson-Flear,G/Graz/1984/}) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Qxe5 18. axb5 axb5 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc6 Rd8 20. Qa4 $16) 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8
20. Qa1 Qb8 (20... Bb7 21. Qa7 Qc7 22. Rh8 $18) 21. Rh8 Ke7 22. Ne4 e5 (22...
Rxh8 23. gxh8=Q Qxh8 24. Qa7+ $18) 23. Rxg8 Qxg8 24. Bh3 $1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 (15... Qa5 $2 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Bg2 $3 Nxc3 18. Kf1 $1 Nd5 19. Qxc6
N5b6 20. Rh8 Qb4 21. e6 Rb8 22. exd7 Nxd7 23. a3 $1 Qe7 24. Qxg6 $1 Rb6 25. Qh5
$16 {Knaak,R-Van der Wiel,J/Lugano/1989/1-0 (33)}) 16. Rh8 (16. Qxg6+ Qf7 17.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. O-O-O (18. Ne4 $5 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 c3 $1 20. bxc3 Nxc3+ 21. Nxc3
Bxc3 22. Rd1 b4 $1 23. Bg2 Ba6+ 24. Ke3 Rg8 $1 25. Bxc6 $13 {Lobron,E-Shirov,A/
Deutschland/1993/0-1 (41)}) (18. Bg2 N7b6 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. f4 (20.
Bxc6 Bb7 21. Rh7+ Kg6 22. Rxd7 Bxc6 23. Rxa7 Bf3 24. Kd2 Bh6+ 25. Kc2 {Shirov,
A-Stisis,Y/London Lloyds (01)/1991/1-0 (43)}) 20... b4 21. Kd2 a5 22. Bxc6 Nb6
23. g4 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rh7+ $13 {Bareev,E-San Segundo,P/Madrid (04)/1994/
0.5 (46)}) (18... Bb4 19. Kd2 Nf8 20. f4 (20. Raf1 Bb7 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Kc1
Bc8 23. f4 Bf5 24. g4 Bd3 25. Rf2 $13 {Schmidt,Wl-Urban,K/Gdansk ch-PL (09)/
1994/0.5 (74)}) 20... Bd7 21. Raf1 Rd8 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. g4 Ba5 24. f5 Kg7 25.
Rh5 $10 {Piesina,G-Khenkin,I/Pardubice op (2)/1993/0.5 (28)}) (18... Bg7 19.
Ne4 Nf8 20. Kd2 Bd7 21. f4 a5 22. Raf1 a4 23. a3 Rb8 24. Nd6+ Kg8 25. Be4 $36 {
Szabo,Zs-Horvath,P/HUN-chT1 9394/1994/1-0 (40)}) 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Ke2 Bg7 21.
Nd6+ Kg8 22. Rh5 Na4 23. Rg5 Nxb2 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rh1 $40 {Yusupov,A-Chekhov,
V/USSR ch/1980/1-0 (34)}) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nb6 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Be2 Bg7 22.
Bh5+ Ke7 23. Bg6 Be8 24. Be4 Rc8 25. f4 $13 {Knaak,R-Hertneck,G/Potsdam
DDR-FRG/1988/1-0 (35)}) (16. Bg2 $5 Qf7 $1 17. Be4 Ne7 18. O-O-O $6 (18. Nxb5
cxb5 19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Rh8 Bc6 22. f3 Nbd5 23. Kf2 Nb4 24. a3 Nd3+
25. Bxd3 $13 {Shirov,A-Morovic,I/Las Palmas (09)/1994/1-0 (40)}) 18... Ba6 $1
19. Ne2 Bg7 $1 20. Nf4 Nf8 $15 {Beliavsky,A-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/0-1 (59)})
16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qa3 $1 $146 (17... Qf7 $132 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Be4 O-O-O 20.
Bxg6 Qe7 21. a4 $1 a6 $8 22. Rh7 Bg7 23. Be4 Rg8 24. Qf3 $5 Kc7 25. axb5 $13 {
Kamsky,G-Serper,G/Groningen/1993/0.5 (44)}) 18. Qxg6+ (18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Rd1
Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 (20. Rd2 Qb4 21. Qxc6 c3 22. Rd3 c2+ 23. Ke2 Qb2 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8
25. Qf6+ Ke8 26. Qc6+ Bd7 (26... Kf7 27. Rf3+ Bf5 28. Rxf5+ gxf5 29. Qf6+ Kg8
30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qxf5+ Ng6 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Qd7+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ $10) 27. Qxa8+
Ke7 $19) 20... Qc2+ (20... Qb2+ 21. Rd2 Qb4 22. Qxc6 Rb8 $132) 21. Ke1 (21. Rd2
Qe4+ 22. Kd1 Qb1+ 23. Ke2 c3 24. Qd6 Qe4+ 25. Kd1 Qf5 26. Rc2 $13) 21... Kc7
22. Rxf8 $140 Nxf8 23. Qd6+ Kb6 24. Qc5+ Kb7 25. Bg2 Qc3+ 26. Kf1 Bd7 27. Qxb5+
Kc7 $13) 18... Kd8 19. Rd1 (19. Qc2 Nb6 (19... Kc7 20. Qc1 Qe7 21. Bg2 Qg7 22.
Rh5 Bb7 $13) 20. Bg2 Bd7 21. Qc1) 19... Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 (20. Rd2 Kc7 21. Ke2 Bb4
22. Rd1 Qb2+ 23. Ke3 c5 $17) 20... Qb2+ 21. Rd2 (21. Kf3 Kc7 22. Qxe6 $140 c3
23. Qb3 c2 $1) 21... Qb4 (21... Qa3 22. Qxe6 c3 23. Rc2 $13) 22. Qxe6 c3 23. a3
(23. Rd3 c2 24. Qh6 Kc7 25. Qd2 (25. Qc1 Qb1 26. Kd2 Bb4+ $19) 25... Qc4 26.
Qc1 Ba3) (23. Rc2 Qxd4 24. Bg2 Bb7 $15 (24... b4 $6 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Qf6+))
23... Qxa3 $6 (23... Qb1 24. Qd6 Qf5 25. Rd3 $40 (25. Bh3 Qe4+ $10)) 24. Rc2 (
24. Qxc6 $4 cxd2 25. Qxa8 Qc1 $19) 24... Kc7 (24... Bb7 25. Bh3) 25. Rh7 $1 (
25. Bg2 Bb7 26. Rh7 Rd8 27. Bh3 Bc8 28. Ra2 Qc1 (28... c2 $2 29. Rxc2 $16) 29.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Rxa7+ Kb6 31. Rxd7 c2 $19) 25... b4 (25... Kb6 26. Bg2 Nxe5 27.
Qxe5 Bg4+ 28. Kd3 Qd6 $16) 26. Ra2 $1 b3 (26... c2 27. Rxc2 Qa6+ 28. Kd2 Qxf1
29. Qxc6+ Kd8 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxc8#) (26... Qc1 27. Bg2 Ba6+
28. Rxa6 Qd2+ 29. Kf3 Qd3+ (29... Qd1+ 30. Kf4 Bh6+ 31. Rxh6 Qd2+ 32. Kg4 Qe2+
33. Kh3 Qxa6 34. Qd6+ $18) 30. Kg4 Qxh7 31. Qxc6+ Kd8 32. Qxa8+ $18) 27. Rxa3
c2 28. Ra4 $1 (28. Kd2 Bxa3 $17) (28. Bh3 Bxa3 29. Qxb3 c1=Q $17) 28... c1=Q
29. Rc4 (29. Rc4 Qb2+ 30. Ke3 c5 (30... Kd8 31. Qxc6 $18) 31. Bg2 Rb8 32. Bc6
Rb6 33. Rxd7+ Kb8 34. Rd8 cxd4+ 35. Kf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O Ne5
15. dxe5 Rxd1 16. Raxd1 b4 17. Ne4 Qa5 18. Bf4 c3 (18... Qxa2 19. Rd2 Qa5) 19.
bxc3 Ba6 (19... bxc3 20. Rc1 Bb4) 20. cxb4 $5 (20. Rfe1 bxc3 21. Rc1 $14) 20...
Bxb4 21. a3 $1 Bxa3 (21... Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qd3 23. Rfd1 Qe2 (23... Qb5 24. Bf1)
24. Bf1 Qxe4 25. Bxa6+ Kc7 26. Bd3 Qf3 (26... Qd4 27. Be3 Qc3 28. Rxa7+ $40)
27. Rxa7+ Kb6 28. Be3+ c5 29. Rda1 $18) (21... Bxf1 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Nd6+ Kc7
24. Bxf1 $18) 22. Rfe1 (22. Ra1 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Rd8 $1 (23... Qb4 $2 24. Nd6+ Kc7
25. Nc4 Bb2 26. Rb1 $18) 24. Bc1 (24. Nd6+ Rxd6 $1) 24... Qb4) 22... Bd3 23.
Nd6+ (23. Ra1 $5 $16) (23. Ng5) 23... Bxd6 24. exd6 Kd7 (24... Bb5 25. d7+ Kd8
26. Bd6 $18) 25. Re5 (25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Be3 c5 27. Rec1 Rc8 28. Ra3 Bb5 29. Rac3
$16) 25... Bb5 26. Rc1 Qa4 27. Rec5 a6 28. Be5 (28. Bxc6+ $2 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6
30. Rxc6 Kxc6 $19) 28... Rh5 29. f4 Qa3 30. R5c3 Qb4 31. h4 (31. Bxc6+ Bxc6 32.
Rxc6 Rxe5 $1 33. fxe5 Qd4+ 34. Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Kf2 Qd4+ 36. Kf3 Qd3+ $10) 31...
Rxe5 (31... Qa4 32. Kh2 $1 Rh8 33. Kh3 Rh7 34. g4 Rh8 35. h5 Rh7 36. Kh4 Rh8
37. Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 38. Bxc6+ Qxc6 39. Rxc6 Kxc6 40. g5 a5 41. Kg4 Rg8 (41... a4
42. g6 $18) 42. g6 $1 fxg6 43. h6 $18) 32. fxe5 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Qxe5 34. Bxc6+
Bxc6 35. Rxc6 Qxf6 36. R6c2 Kxd6 37. Ra2 Ke7 38. Rc6 Qf1 39. Rcxa6 Kf8 40. Rb6
Kg7 41. Rbb2 Kg6 42. Rf2 Qe1 43. Rae2 Qd1 (43... Qa1 44. Re4 $1) 44. Re5 Kg7
45. Rg5+ Kf8 46. Rg6 $1 e5 (46... Qd7 47. Rgf6 $18) 47. Rgf6 e4 48. Rxf7+ Kg8
49. Re7 Qd3 50. Rf4 e3 51. Rfe4 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 Qc8+ 53. g4 Qc1 54. Rxe3 Qh1+ 55.
Kg3 Qg1+ 56. Kf4 Qf2+ 57. Kg5 Qd2 58. Kg6 (58. Kg6 Qd6+ 59. R7e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 Nd5 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Rc1 (12. Qd2 c5 13. O-O-O $5 Nc6 14.
dxc5 Nxe5 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxf4 17. Qxf4 Nxf4 18. g3 Nfd3+ 19. Bxd3 Nxd3+
20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Re1 {Brinck Claussen-Mikhalchishin/Copenhagen/1979/}) 12...
c5 (12... Qe4+ 13. Be2 Nf4 14. a3 Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 Ne3+ 16. fxe3 Qxh1+ 17. Kf2
Qxh2+ 18. Ke1 Be7 $6 (18... Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 a5 20. Kd2 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4
c3+ 23. Rxc3 Ra2+ 24. Rc2 Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Ba6) 19. Kd2 c5 $6 20. Nxb5 cxd4 21.
Rxc4 Na6 22. Rxd4 $18 {Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Buenos Aires/1980/1-0 (26)}) 13.
dxc5 Nd7 (13... Bxc3+ $6 14. bxc3 Qg5 15. Be2 Bb7 (15... Qxg2 $5 16. Bh5+ Kf8
17. Ng6+ Kg7 18. Rf1 Bb7 19. Qc2 $14) 16. O-O (16. Bh5+ $5 Kf8 17. Nf7 Qxg2 18.
Bf3 Qg7 19. Nd8 $1) 16... Nf4 (16... Nd7 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Ng6+ $18 {/\ f4}) (
16... Ne3 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. fxe3+) (16... Nxc3 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qd6+ Kg8 19.
Qxe6+ Kxh8 20. Qe8+ Qg8 21. Qxg8+ Kxg8 22. Rxc3 $18) 17. Bf3 Nc6 18. h4 $1 Qxh4
19. g3 Qg5 20. Nf7 $1 (20. Qd6 $5) 20... Kxf7 21. Qd7+ Ne7 (21... Qe7 22. Qxe7+
Kxe7 23. gxf4 Rg8+ 24. Kh2 $18) 22. Qxb7 Rg8 23. Rce1 h5 (23... Nd3 24. Re3
Nxe5 25. Bg2 $18) 24. Bg2 {/\ 25.Qf3} Nxg2 25. Kxg2 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Timman,J/
Hoogovens 1997 (29)}) (13... Qg5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O (15. Bf3 Nd7 16. O-O Bxc3
17. bxc3 Ke7 18. Be4 Rxh8 19. f4 Qg7 20. Qd4 Rc8 21. Rce1 Nxc5 22. f5 Nxe4 23.
Qxe4 exf5 24. Rxf5 Ke8 25. Ref1 Nf4 26. Rf8+ Qxf8 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Borst,J/
Antwerp op 1995}) 15... Nxc3 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Qd6+ Kg8 18. Qxe6+ Kxh8 19. Qe8+
Qg8 20. Qxg8+ Kxg8 21. bxc3 Bxc5 $15 {Timoshchenko-Kozlov, Tashkent 1982}) 14.
Be2 Nxe5 (14... Bb7 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Kc7 18. Ng6 Qe4 19. Rg3
Nxc5 20. Bf3 Qf5 21. Qd4 Kb6 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 Qc2 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. Nf4 Bxd5
26. Rc3 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Ragozin,V/URS-ch15 1947}) 15. O-O Bb7 (15... Bxc3 16.
Rxc3 Nxc3 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qd6+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 Nd5 20. Bf7+ Kh7 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22.
Qxe6 {Nemet,I-Karaklajic,N/JUG-ch/1979/1-0 (38)}) 16. Bh5+ $6 {This line has a
dubious reputation for black, but white must play in a forceful and exact way.}
(16. Nxb5 $5 Bxc5 (16... O-O-O 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Nhf7 Nxf7 19. Nxf7 Rg8 20. Bf3
$16) 17. Ng6 $1 Nxg6 18. Rxc4 Ndf4 19. Rxc5 Rd8 (19... Bxg2 20. Nc7+ Kf7 21.
Nxa8 Bxa8 22. Bf3 $18) 20. Nd6+ Rxd6 (20... Kf8 21. Nxb7 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 $18) 21.
Bb5+ Kf7 22. Qxd6 $18 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Sveshnikov,E/Kemerovo1 1995 (25)}) 16...
Ke7 17. Nxd5+ (17. Ng6+ Nxg6 18. Bxg6 Rg8 19. Re1 (19. Nxd5+ Bxd5 20. Qc2 Qg4
21. f3 Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxg6 $19) 19... Bxc3 20. Re4 Qf6 $17) 17... Bxd5 18. f4 (
18. Qe2 $2 Rg8 $1 19. g3 Qh3 20. f3 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Qxh5 $19) 18... Bxc5+ 19. Kh1
Rg8 $1 20. Rc2 (20. Bf3 Nxf3 21. Rxf3 Rxh8 $19) 20... Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512] The
sacrifice of two exchanges makes a great impression, especially black's bishop
pair is a dominating force.} (20... Rxh8 $2 21. fxe5 $18) 21. Ng6+ $8 Rxg6 22.
Bxg6 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 (23. Bh7 Qg5 24. Rf3 Nxg2 $1 25. Qe2 (25. Rxg2 Bxf3 26. Qxf3
Qc1+ $19) 25... Nh4 $19) 23... Qxf4 24. Bh5 $2 (24. Qe1 b4 $15) 24... Be4 $1
25. Rc3 (25. Re2 Bd3 26. Re1 Bb4 $17) (25. Rd2 Bd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 $19) 25... Bd4
26. Rg3 (26. Qxd4 $2 Qf1+ 27. Qg1 Bxg2#) (26. Ra3 b4 27. Rg3 (27. Ra4 Qf2 28.
Bf3 Bc2 $19) 27... Bxb2 $17) 26... Bxb2 27. Rg8 Qc1 $1 {[%mdl 4096] This move
puts the centralized black king into safety, without queens the c4 pawns gains
a special importance.} (27... Bd3 28. Re8+ Kd7 29. Ra8 $132) 28. Rg7+ (28. Re8+
Kf6 29. Qxc1 Bxc1 30. Bg4 Bd5 31. Rb8 c3 32. Rxb5 Be3 33. Bd1 Bxa2 $17) 28...
Kf6 29. Rxa7 c3 $1 (29... Qxd1+ 30. Bxd1 c3 31. Rc7 $15) 30. Qxc1 Bxc1 31. Bd1
(31. Rc7 c2 32. Bf3 Bh7 33. Be2 Bf4 $19) 31... Bf4 (31... c2 $2 32. Bxc2 $1
Bxc2 33. Rc7 Bb1 34. Rxc1 Bxa2 $11) 32. Ra5 c2 (32... b4 33. Rc5 $13) 33. Bxc2
Bxc2 34. Rxb5 e5 {The bishops will now have to slow the run of a pawn and push
the march of own favourite on the e file.} 35. Rb2 Bd3 36. g3 (36. a4 e4 37. g3
Be5 $17) 36... Be3 37. Kg2 (37. a4 $2 Be4+ $19) 37... e4 38. a4 Bd4 39. Ra2 (
39. Rb4 Ke5 $17) 39... Ke5 40. a5 Bc4 41. Ra4 (41. Ra3 e3 42. a6 e2 $19) 41...
Ba6 42. Ra2 Bc3 (42... e3 $2 43. Kf3 e2 44. Rxe2+ Bxe2+ 45. Kxe2 $11) 43. Ra4 (
43. Kf2 Kd4 $1 44. Ra4+ Kd3 $19) 43... Bd2 44. Kf2 Bb5 (44... e3+ 45. Kf3 Bd3 (
45... e2 $2 46. Re4+) 46. a6 e2 $19) 45. Ra3 Kd4 (45... Kd4 46. Ra2 e3+ (46...
Kd3 47. Ra3+ Bc3 48. Rxc3+ Kxc3 49. Ke3) 47. Kf3 Bd3 $1 (47... Bc4 $6 48. Ra4)
48. Ra4+ (48. a6 e2 $19) 48... Kc5 49. Ra1 e2 50. Kf2 h5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 {The Botvinnik
system is one of the most over analysed openings in chess where often modern
theory starts with some endgame and opening preparation finishes with a
tablebase draw.} 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 {This is however
not as popular as the main move 10...Nbd7 but nevertheless here too theory is
incredibly deep and concrete.} 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2
Na6 15. Ne4 (15. Nxb5 {is not that popular anymore} O-O-O 16. Qa4 (16. Nxa7+
Kb8 17. Nxc6+ Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Nb4 {Black gets enough counterplay.}) 16... cxb5
17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qxb5+ Ka8 19. Qc6+ Kb8 {is a well-known draw which has
occurred a number of times in tournament games.}) 15... Qe7 16. O-O O-O-O 17.
h4 c5 18. a4 Rxd4 19. Qe2 b4 20. Rac1 $146 {Whether Hrant knew exactly what he
was doing or he mixed up his preparation is not clear. He played this move
rather fast but it didn't pose any challenge for Sam who for the first time
started to think after this harmless novelty.} (20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Ng5 (21. Rc1 {
was played by Matlakov against Sandipan and here Black had a strong move...}
Qc6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf7f5]}) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. f3 f6 24.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 b3 27. Rc1 Re8 28. Nf4 Rd8 29. Rxc4 Rd2+ {
Will be a typical starting position in the Botvinnik System which will be
mapped out until a draw!}) (20. Rfd1 Bd5 21. Ng5 Re8 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Bxd5
exd5 24. Qg4+ Kb8 (24... f5 25. Qxd4 Nc7 26. Kg2 a5 {is also fine for Black})
25. Qxd4 Qe5 26. Qd2 Qf5 {½-½ (31) Yu,Y (2738)-Wen,Y (2614) China 2016})
20... Bd5 {Sam played the most logical move which is also by far the strongest.
} 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $132 {Black has solved all his opening problems}
23. Rc1 Nb8 $1 {Getting the knight to where it belongs.} 24. Qe3 (24. Rxc4 $6
Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Rd4 $17) (24. Nd2 Qb7 25. Bf1 Nc6 26. Qe3 Nd4 $132) 24... Nc6 25.
Nxc5 Qf6 26. b3 $2 {It is very easy to switch on the engine and criticise
White for not playing the apparently 'simple' Bf1 but once we use the human
mind instead of staring at our engines we will see immediately how difficult
things could appear on the board and why this so called easy Bf1 was not
played :) There are two moves which keep the balance (Bf1 and a5!) and I felt
neither was easy to justify to a logical human mind.} (26. Bf1 $1 Nd4 {Let's
turn the engine off and think if White would be happy to allow a check on f3!}
(26... Qxb2 27. Bxc4) 27. Bxc4 (27. Bg2 {The computer's way to defend the
b2-pawn but this is really not how a sane person would think. To allow a free
Nd4 tempo in order to save the b2-pawn.}) (27. Ne4 {also didn't look fun either
} Nf3+ 28. Kh1 {It turns out White holds somehow.} Qf5 (28... Nd2 29. Qc5+ Kb8
30. Qb5+ $11) 29. Bg2 Bxe4 30. Rxc4+ Kb8 31. Rxb4+ Kc7 32. Rc4+ $11) 27... Nf3+
28. Kg2 {Easy to play in advanced chess but in a tournament game and specially
in a team event it may look a bit different.} Nxh4+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 $11) (
26. a5 $1 {Now this was the other move with which White could save the pawn.
Had Hrant played this move he would have probably taken away for a through
search to see if he had some computer chip implanted. As bizarre as it may
sound the idea of this move is to stop Kb6 :)} Qxb2 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Qh6 Kc7
29. Na6+ {[%csl Ga5] The point of a5!} Kb7 30. Nc5+ $11) (26. Rd1 {This would
make sense but unfortunately this is not enough for equality.} Qe5 (26... Qxb2
27. Bxd5 Rxd5 (27... exd5 28. Qf3) 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Qe8+ Kc7 30. Qxf7+ $13)
27. Qxe5 Nxe5 28. f4 Nc6 $15) 26... c3 27. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a6] Now it does look
tempting to get this. This is what must have attracted Hrant to play b3. Now
the queen is coming to attack by force. Unfotunately for Hrant Black can
simply ignore the attack.} Qd4 $3 {Sam remains ice cool and rightly judges
that his king will be ultra-safe right in the centre!} 28. Qb5 (28. Qa6+ Kc7
29. Qb7+ Kd6 {[%csl Gd6]} 30. Na6 Qb6 $19) 28... Kc7 (28... Rd6 {also suffice
to win.}) 29. Na6+ Kd6 30. Bxd5 exd5 (30... Qxd5 31. Qe2 Ke7 $19 {was simpler
perhaps}) 31. a5 (31. Qb7 Qb6) 31... Re8 32. Qb7 Re7 33. Qc8 Qd2 $1 34. Nb8
Qxc1+ 35. Kg2 Nxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kc5 37. Qc8+ Kd4 {A very clean and nice game by
Sam who helped the US to keep their chance for Olympiad gold alive.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 {So this time we have a
theoretical discussion in a fashionable anti-Moscow variation} (5. e3 Nbd7 6.
Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 {In first 2 memorials we had drawn with
Mamedyarov 2 theoretically important games in Meran variation}) 5... h6 6. Bh4
dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 {A rare plan, which however was
played in some memorable games. Nowadays White mostly tries to attack with N
on e5 e.g 9.Ne5 or 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 or 9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5.}
Nd5 (10... Nh5 {This retreat went out of fashion after the spectacular game
Kramnik,V-Anand,V} 11. a4 $1 a6 (11... b4 $142 12. Ne4 c5 {Kasparov,G}) 12.
Nxg5 $1 Nxg3 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. fxg3 {White's attack looks very dangerous, but
Anand managed to sustain it and win the game in a counterattack.} Kg8 $1 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Bg4 Qe7 17. Ne4 Rh7 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. b4 $2 (19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nxb7
Rxb7 21. Rxa6 Rb6 22. Rxb6 (22. Ra8 Rb8 23. Ra7 $44 {Anand}) 22... Nxb6 23. Rf6
$16 {Kramnik, Kasparov} Kh8 (23... Qd8 {Anand} 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Qg4 Bg7 (25...
Be7 {Anand} 26. Rg6 Bg5 27. Rg8+ Qxg8 28. Bxg8 Kxg8 29. h4 $18) 26. Rf7 $18)
24. Bxe6 $1 Bg7 25. Rg6 $16 {Anand}) 19... h5 $1 20. Bh3 Bh6 $1 21. Kh1 Bg5 22.
Qc2 Rg7 23. Qe2 Ba8 $1 24. Qxh5 Rf8 25. Ne4 c5 $1 26. Nxg5 Bd5 $3 $19 {Kramnik,
V-Anand,V/Belgrade 1997}) 11. O-O (11. h4 {happened in Kasparov-Tal game and
was deeply analysed later by Garry Kasparov} Qa5 12. Rc1 g4 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nce4
$1 cxd4 15. O-O h5 $6 (15... Nc6 16. a4 $1 a6 17. Ra1 $1 Qb4 $1 {Kasparov}) 16.
a4 $1 a6 (16... d3 $1) 17. b4 $2 (17. Bxc4 $1 {Kasparov,G} bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qb4
19. f3 $3 {Petrosian,T.V. ...and White is winning, as shown by Garry Kasparov
in his books.}) 17... Qd8 $1 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nc3 $1 20. Nxc3 dxc3 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Qf6 $1 23. Qd3 O-O 24. Rxc3 Bd5 $1 $138 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Tal,M/Moskva (izt),1982. and in this sharp position the great players agreed
to a draw.}) 11... Nd7 12. Nd2 {White is transfering his N to e4 - this is the
point of the e4-e5 push.} Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4 O-O-O {I spent a lot of time
on this move,but I liked it more than other options} ({I rejected} 14... c5 {
in view of} 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc3 $1 cxd4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bh5 {threatening
e5-e6. As it turned out, this position had happened in 2 games.} (18. axb5 Bg7
19. Bf3 $5) 18... Bg7 (18... Qe6 19. axb5 (19. Bg4 Qb6 20. e6 Nf6 21. Be5 Bg7
22. Bxd4 Qd6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qf3 $16 {Gormally,D-Tweedie,C/Edinburgh 2006}))
19. e6 O-O 20. exd7 Rad8 21. axb5 axb5 $16 {Del Rio Angelis,S-Korneev,O/Evora
2007}) ({Shakhriyar's compatriot had won the game quickly after the limp} 14...
Be7 $6 15. Qd2 h5 $2 16. Nxd5 exd5 (16... cxd5 $142 {Lutz}) 17. Nxg5 c5 18.
Rae1 $1 {Radjabov,T-Mastrovasilis,D/Warsaw 2005}) 15. Bh5 {Played instantly as
well} ({Worth considering is} 15. Qd2 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc3
Nb8 19. b3 cxb3 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc3 Rhd8 23. Qxb3 {1/2-1/2
Halkias,S-Motylev,A/Plovdiv BUL 2008 (23)}) 15... Nf4 $1 ({I seriously
considered} 15... c5 {but after} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 (17... exd5 18.
dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxf7) 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. d5 {White has serious
compensation for a pawn}) ({I didn't like} 15... Rh7 {and in the blitz
tournament following the main event Shakhriyar won a good game:} 16. axb5 cxb5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf6 20. Bg4+ Nxg4 21. Qxg4+ Kb8 22. Qf5
Rhh8 23. Rfe1 Ka8 24. Re7 {Mamedyarov,S-Karjakin,S/Moscow blitz 2008}) 16. Bxf7
(16. a5 {it would be nice to insert 16.a5 Qa7, but the queen would move to c7
and White is in trouble} Qc7 (16... Qa7 17. Bxf7 Nxe5 18. Bxe6+ Kb8 19. Bxf4
gxf4 20. dxe5 Rxd1 21. Raxd1 Bg7 22. Nf6 $44) 17. Bxf7 Nxe5 18. Bxe6+ Kb8 $17 {
and the queen sacrifice doesn't work} 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. dxe5 Rxd1 21. Rfxd1
Qxe5) 16... Nxe5 (16... c5 17. axb5 axb5 18. d5 Nxe5 19. Bxe6+ Kb8 {was weaker
in my opinion}) 17. Bxe6+ Kb8 18. Ne2 {This natural looking move was played
instantly, but I think that it is the source of White's troubles. Till now I
had spent almost 1.5 hours, while my opponent just 15 minutes.} ({I believe
that White had to dare to sacrifice the queen by} 18. Bxf4 $5 gxf4 19. dxe5
Rxd1 20. Rfxd1 b4 (20... Bg7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nf6 $13) 21. Nf6 Qa5 $13 {
with chances for both sides}) 18... Bg7 {But after my reply it was
Mamedyarov's turn to think.} ({It was also possible to sacrifice an exchange} 
18... Ned3 19. b3 Rxd4 $1 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Bf5 Bb4 {with more than enough
compensation.}) 19. Nxf4 {My opponent had spent 65 minutes for this move and
broke my record, when I thought for 57 minutes on my 20th moves against him in
the 1st Tal memorial! But seriously speaking, it is obvious that Black had
taken the initiative and his position is better. White had to think how to
arrange for counterplay. I think he found the best way.} (19. a5 Qa7 20. Qc2 (
20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxd4) 20... Ned3 21. Nc5 (21. b3 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19)
(21. Rad1 Bxd4 $19 (21... Rxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Nc5 $1)) {and Black can
choose beetween} 21... Rxd4 $1 ({and} 21... Nxc5 22. Nxf4 gxf4 23. Bxf4+ Ka8
24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Rae1 (25. Rad1 Qb4 $15) 25... Qd4 $15) 22. Nd7+ (22. Nxd4
Nxc5 (22... Qxc5)) 22... Rxd7 23. Bxd7 Rf8 $17) (19. Qc2 Ned3 20. Nc5 (20. b3
Bxd4 21. Rab1 c5 $19 {and White's position collapses.}) 20... Bxd4 21. Nd7+
Rxd7 22. Bxd7 Rf8 $17 {it is clear that Black has more than enough
compensation for an exchange - the Nd3 is stronger than any R!}) 19... gxf4 20.
Bxf4 Rxd4 (20... Qxd4 $5 {was also possible. But I didn't have much time and
decided that it was worth while to keep the queens on the board - White's
pieces are poorly coordinated and with queens on the board he'll have more
trouble keeping them together.}) 21. a5 $2 {In was worth keeping an option on
opening the a-file after the forthcoming c6-c5. The text move kills White's
counterplay.} (21. Qe2 $5 Ka8 {/\Nd3} (21... c5 $6 {allows a tactical shot:}
22. Nf6 $1 Rxf4 23. Qxe5+ Ka8 24. Qxf4 Qxe6 {and it's hard to say who is
better.}) 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd2 Bg7 {and Black is better.}) ({Better was} 21.
Qg4 $142 Qc7 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Bg4 $1 c5 24. f3 $15 {with a defendable position.}
) 21... Qd8 ({Not so good is} 21... Rxd1 22. axb6 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ka8 24. Nc5 Nd3
25. Nxa6 $1 ({or even} 25. Nxd3 cxd3 26. Rd1 $13) 25... Nxf4 26. Nc5+ Kb8 27.
Bg4 $5 {and White is not in any danger of losing.} (27. Nd7+ Kc8 28. Bf5 Rd8
$13)) 22. Qe2 (22. Qg4 Qc7) 22... Re8 ({Simpler was} 22... Ka8 $17 {, but I
completely missed White's reply.}) 23. Rad1 $1 ({I had counted only on} 23. Bf5
Rf8 24. g4 Ka8 $17) 23... Ka8 ({Black is losing after} 23... Rxe6 24. Rxd4 Qxd4
25. Rd1 Qa7 26. Rd8+ Kc7 27. Qg4 Kxd8 28. Qxe6 Qd4 29. Qg8+) 24. Be3 {Being
short of time and after just missing the counterplay I chose the simplest
continuation.} Rxd1 (24... Nd3 $1 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Qg4 (26. Bf5 c5) 26... c5 {
was very strong, when Black's pieces are totally dominating.}) 25. Rxd1 Nd3 26.
Bf5 $2 ({I was more afraid of} 26. Nc5 Qe7 (26... Qf6 27. Bd7 $5 (27. Rxd3 cxd3
28. Qxd3 Rd8 (28... Rxe6 $2 29. Qd7 {I saw it during the game and was looking
for an improvement, while my opponent was thinking about his move.} Qe7 30.
Qxe6 Qxe6 31. Nxe6 Bxb2 32. Bxh6 {and White is not worse.}) 29. Nd7 c5 $19)
27... Rd8 28. b3 $13) (26... Qxa5 $6 27. Qh5) 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxb2 $1 {
Only this computer suggestion leaves Black with an advantage. Black is
threatening the decisive Bb2-c1!} (28... Bc8 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. g3 $13 {with
full compensation} (30. b4 Rd8 31. Qc2 Bd4)) 29. Bg4 (29. Nd7 Qxe6 30. Nb6+ Kb8
31. Bf4+ Ka7 32. Be3 c5) (29. g3 Bc1 30. Bd4 Rd8) 29... Bc1) ({Also more
stubborn was} 26. Qg4 Bd4 27. Qg6 (27. b3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qe7 29. Bf5 Ne5 $19)
27... Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qe7 29. Nd6 Rf8 $17) 26... Qd5 {Now Black's pieces are
totally dominating on the board and the rest is simple.} 27. Qg4 (27. Ng3 c5)
27... Bxb2 28. h4 Bd4 (28... Rg8 {was also strong.}) ({I decided not to allow
any counterplay after} 28... c5 $6 29. Nxc5 Rg8 (29... h5 $1) 30. Qe4 ({or} 30.
Nxb7 Rxg4 31. Bxg4) 30... Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qg8+ 32. Kf3) 29. Bg6 Rg8 30. Bxd4
Qxd4 31. Qe6 Qd5 32. Qe7 c5 33. f3 ({Or} 33. Bf7 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Bxe4 35. Bxg8 c3
36. Bb3 c4 37. Bc2 b4) 33... Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Qg7 ({Avoiding a last trap} 34...
Rxg6 $2 35. Qe8+ Ka7 36. Qxg6 Bxe4 37. Qb6+ $1) 35. Qxg7 Rxg7 36. h5 b4 37. Kg1
Bxe4 {I was very pleased when this game was awarded the prize for the best
game of the Tal Memorial.} (37... Bxe4 38. Bxe4+ Kb8 39. g4 b3 {doesn't leave
White much of a chance.}) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch52 Final + Zonal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.01.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 (12. Be3 $5 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14.
Ne4 c5 15. Nxc5 Bd5 16. Rc1 Rg8 17. Bxc4 Rxg2 18. Qh5 $36 {Nogueiras,J-Rogers,
J/Dubai(ol)/1986/}) 12... Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Ne4 (15. Nxb5 O-O-O
16. Na3 Rxd4 17. Qe2 Nb4 18. O-O Ba6 $132 {Uhlmann,W-Gauglitz,G/Dresden/1985/})
(15. a4 $5 O-O-O 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Nxb5 e5 $5) 15... Qe7 16. O-O
O-O-O 17. a4 Kb8 18. Qd2 Nb4 19. Qf4+ $6 (19. Rfd1 $1 e5 20. Nc5 Nd3 (20... a5
$5) 21. axb5 Nxc5 22. Qa5 Rxd4 23. bxc6 $16 {Paunovic,D-Flear,G/Geneva/1986/})
19... Qc7 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. Ng5 (21. axb5 cxb5 22. Rxa7 Nc6 23. Raa1 Nxd4)
21... Rhf8 (21... Rd7 $5 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rxa7 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Kxc6 $44) 22. axb5
cxb5 23. Rxa7 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Kxc6 25. Nf3 (25. Rd1 e5) 25... Kb6 26. Rfa1 e5 $5 (
26... f6 $5) (26... Bxf3 $4 27. R1a6#) 27. Nxe5 (27. dxe5 $4 Bxf3) 27... Rxd4
$44 28. h4 Rfd8 $1 29. Nxf7 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Rf8 32. Nd6 Rxf2+ 33.
Kh3 Bg2+ 34. Kg4 Kc5 $1 (34... Rxb2 35. h5 Kc5 36. h6) 35. Nf5 Be4 36. Ne3 Kd4
$1 37. Nd1 $6 (37. Re1 Rxb2 38. h5 c3 $17) 37... Bf3+ 38. Kg5 Rd2 39. Nc3 Rxb2
40. Kf4 Kxc3 41. Kxf3 Rh2 42. Kg4 (42. Kg4 b4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Gupta,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was played in the 7th round and I was on the perfect score whereas my
opponent was the only one who was trailing me by half a point.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 {This was already a suprise for him as I have
been mainly playing g3 here.} dxc4 {And a counter-surprise :)} 6. e4 b5 7. e5
h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 {This move have been gaining some popularity of late but
the main reason for choosing this move was to get my opponent out of theory as
soon as possible.} Nd5 10. Nd2 h5 $6 (10... Bb7 {This is the main move but
almost any move like ...Nd7, ...a6, ...Qb6 is quite playble here.}) 11. h3 Nd7
12. Be2 h4 13. Bh2 {This is the problem with the early h5, now Black doesn't
have his usual counter-play with h5-g4.} Bb7 14. O-O Qb6 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3
c5 {It's too early to open up the position} 16. a4 a6 17. Bf3 Qc8 18. Ne4 {
[%csl Re8] with a strong initiative.}) 15. Nde4 $6 {This allows a very obvious
resource which somehow both of us missed.} (15. a4 {This was more accurate} a6
(15... Qxd4 16. axb5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxc4 Qf4 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Qa4+ Ke7 22. Qb4+ {I can't imagine Black surviving this}) 16. Nde4 {
just transposes to the game.}) 15... Be7 $6 (15... c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 (16...
Nxc5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nf6+ $40) 17. Bf3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rd8 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20.
exd6 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 a5 22. Rad1 $44 {To be honest it still looks scary for
Black but at least my comp supposes that I am holding on.}) 16. a4 a6 17. Bf3
Rg8 18. axb5 cxb5 (18... axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 {With such
a pawn it's difficult to imagine that the game would last long.} Kf8 22. Re1 b4
23. Ne4 $40) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc3 $1 {Typical but still pleasing to the eye.}
(20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. exd6 O-O-O 23. Qf3 Qc6 24. Rfe1 Rgf8 25. Re7 {
This is no picnic either for Black!}) 20... Qc6 $2 {Probably the only real
mistake of the game.} (20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rc8 22. d5 {One can't really blame
Black for not wanting to go here but this was by far the lesser evil in the
position.} Nc5 23. d6 Bd8 24. Ne4 Kf8 (24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 c3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27.
Rfc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 b4 29. Kh1 Kf8 30. f4 $40) 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Qh5 Rd5 27.
Kh1 Rd2 $1 $132) 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bh5 Nf8 23. f4 Ne6 {My opponent obvioulsy
missed my next move but I think already Black's position is close to lost.} (
23... gxf4 24. Rxf4 Ng6 25. Rf5 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1f3,Ga1f1]}) 24. Bxf7+
$1 Kxf7 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. f5 Nf4 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. f6+ Bxf6 29. Rxf4 {With mate
in 13 to follow :)} 1-0

[Event "Stuttgart-ch op-A"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Strunski, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bd2
c5 9. Bxc4 ({In Pelletier-Shirov, Biel 2011, folgte} 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bxc4 Qxc5
11. Qe2 e5 {wonach Pelletier} 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rac1 Qe7
16. Be3 $14 {angibt.}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 $6 {Dieser Zug findet kaum
Nachahmer.} ({Die kritische Folge ist} 10... O-O 11. Nc2 Nc6 (11... Qc7 12. Qe2
Be7 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O $14 {Potkin-Shirov, Khanty-Mansiysk 2011})
12. Qe2 Rd8 13. O-O Nxe4 $5 (13... Ne5 {reicht nicht aus,} 14. Ba2 b6 ({oder} 
14... Rxd2 15. Qxd2 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Bxc3 17. Qxe4 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bc3 19. Rfd1 $14)
15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Be1 Nxe4 18. Nd5 Qxa4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bd5 $14 {
Belous-Reshetnikov, Moskau 2012}) 14. Nxe4 ({oder} 14. Nxb4 Nxd2 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. Rfd1 Nxc4 17. b4 Qb6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. a5 $44) 14... Bxd2 15.
Rad1 Bf4 16. b4 Qc7 17. g3 Be5 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kg2 a6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Na5
22. Ba2 Bb6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. f5 Bd7 25. Nd6 Bc6+ 26. bxc6 Qxd6 27. cxb7 Nxb7
28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 $11 {mit Ausgleich.}) 11. Qe2 (11. Nc2 $5 Qc7 (
11... Nc6 12. Nxb4 Qxb4 13. Nb5) 12. Qe2 {ist durchaus zu beachten,} Bd6 13. g3
O-O 14. O-O a6 15. f4 e5 16. Ne3 exf4 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. gxf4 $14)
11... Nc6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Rac8 ({Kaum besser wäre} 13... Ne5 14. Bb5) 14.
Bb5 $5 ({Auch} 14. Nxb4 {kam in Betracht,} Qxb4 ({oder} 14... Nd4 15. Qd3 Qxb4
16. Ba2 Nb3 17. e5 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Nb5 Qxd2
22. Rxd2 a6 23. Nd4 $14) 15. b3 Qc5 16. Rfd1 $14) 14... Qc7 $4 {Andreas
übersieht die weiße Drohung.} ({Notwendig war} 14... Bd6 15. f4 e5 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bg5 a6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bh6 Re8 22. Ne3 Be6
23. Kh1 $14) 15. Bxc6 Bxc3 16. Bxd7 Bxd2 17. Bxc8 Qxc2 18. Bxb7 e5 19. Rfd1 Qc7
20. Qxd2 Qxb7 21. f3 h6 22. b4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Re8 24. b5 Kh7 25. Rab1 Re6 26. a5
Qb7 27. Qd8 Nh5 28. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 5th"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Rfc1
(21. Nc3 {ist üblich.}) 21... Qc6 $6 ({Richtig war} 21... Qb5 22. Bf4 Bh6 23.
b3 (23. Bxe5 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxe5 25. Qxc4+ Qxc4 26. Rxc4+ Kd7 27. Rxb4 Kc6 28.
Nc3 a5 $15 {kommt Schwarz zugute.}) 23... Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rg8+ 25. Kf1 Qc6 26.
fxe5 Rd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qe4+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ {mit Zugwiederholung.}) 22.
Bf4 Nd3 (22... Rd1+ $2 23. Qxd1 Nf3+ {scheitert an} 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. Rxc4+ $18
) 23. Rxc4 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Kb7 ({Vorzuziehen war} 25... Nxc1 $5 26.
Qc4+ Kb7 27. Qxc1 Rhh5 {, wenn auch nach} 28. b3 Rhf5 29. h4 Rxf6 30. Kg2 Rdf5
31. f4 Rd5 32. Nb2 Rg6 33. Qe3 $14 {Weiß dominiert das Geshehen.}) 26. Be3 Bd6
({Kaum besser wäre} 26... Bh6 {wegen} 27. f4 Rc8 28. b3 Bf8 29. h4 $16 {
gewesen.}) 27. h4 Rg8 28. Kf1 ({Nach Naumann hätte} 28. h5 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4
30. Qe4 Bd6 31. Qh7 Rf8 32. h6 $18 {die Partie sofort entschieden.}) 28... Rg6
29. h5 Rxf6 30. h6 Nxf2 31. Kg2 Nd1 32. h7 Nxe3+ ({Oder} 32... Rg6 33. Nc5+
Bxc5 34. Bxc5 Rh6 35. Qe4 $18 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 33. Qxe3 Rh5 34. Qd4 e5 35.
Qd5+ Kc7 36. Qa5+ Kc6 37. Qa6+ Kd5 38. b3 Kd4 39. Nb2 e4 40. Qc4+ Ke3 41. Qc1+
1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. Be2 Bb7 (11... Bb4 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. O-O Bxc3 14.
bxc3 a6 15. Re1 Rg8 16. Bh5 Rg7 17. Ng4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rg5 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Re1
$16 {Dietze,F-Schoen,W/BL/1987/}) (11... Bg7 12. a4 b4 (12... Bb7 $5) 13. Ne4
Qe7 14. O-O (14. f4 $5 O-O 15. Bxc4 $16) 14... O-O 15. f4 Rd8 $2 (15... f5 $8
16. Nc5 Na6 $13 {Moskalenko}) 16. Bxc4 f5 17. Nc5 Rd6 18. Qb3 $16 {
Moskalenko-Shabalov/USSR/1988/}) (11... c5 12. Nxb5 cxd4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Ng4
Qg7 15. Nxa8 Bb7 16. Qa4 $16 {Prange-Deppe/Germany/1991/}) (11... Bd6 12. Ne4
Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Qe7 14. a3 Ba5 15. Bh5 O-O 16. Qg4+ Kh7 17. Bxf7 {1-0 Petursson,
M-Isler,P/Bern (1) 1992}) 12. Bh5 (12. Bf3 a6 13. a4 Nd7 (13... Bd6 14. axb5
axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. O-O Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Qd4 Rf8 20. Ne4
$16 {Pein,M-Holland,C/London LB/1990/}) 14. Nxd7 $6 Kxd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8
Bxa8 17. Qa1 Bb4 18. Qa7+ Kd6 19. O-O $44 {Schoen-Crouch/London/1987/}) 12...
Rh7 13. Bf3 (13. O-O Nd7 14. Ne4 Qf5 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Nc5+ Bxc5 17. dxc5+ Ke8
18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Rg7 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rd1+ Kc8 22. Bf3 Qxc5 $17 {Muse,
M-Ruehrig,W/FRG-ch/1987/}) 13... Nd7 14. Nxc6 {/\Nxb5} a6 15. O-O {/\16.Nd5! +-
} Rc8 {><c7} 16. Ne5 (16. Nd5 $2 Qg7 $17) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 $44 {עe8} Rg7
18. Qe2 {/\Rad1,Rfe1,d4-d5} Be7 19. Rad1 Kf8 20. Rfe1 Qg6 21. g3 hxg3 22. fxg3
Nf6 $6 {><e5} (22... Kg8 $5 $13) 23. Kh1 Qh5 {/\Rxg3} 24. Qg2 {/\Ne5,Qb7} b4
25. Re5 Qg4 (25... Qg6) 26. Na4 Nd5 $13 27. Qe2 Bd6 28. Re4 Qh5 29. Rh4 Qg6 30.
Nc5 {קc4, /\Nd7-e5} Rd8 31. Nb7 Rd7 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxc4 (33. Ne5 Qg5 34.
Qxc4 Kg8 35. Rg4 $16) 33... Kg8 34. Rc1 $6 (34. Ne5) 34... Rd8 $14 35. Rf1 {
Hansen,Cu} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. Bxf6 (12. h4 {0,5/Pergericht,
D-Muller,K/Praha/1990/} Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 (15. Rh7 Be7 (
15... Qa5 16. Qf3 Kd8 17. Bh3 Bb4 18. Kf1 $1 Bxc3 19. Bxe6 $16 {Knaak,
R-Tischbierek,R/DDR/1981/}) 16. Bh3 Nf8 17. Rg7 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 19. Qg4 Qh1+
20. Bf1 Qh6 $17 {Schoen,W-Muller,K/BL/1990/}) 15... Qe7 (15... Qa5 16. Qxe6+
Kd8 17. Bg2 $1 Nxc3 18. Kf1 $1 $16 {Knaak,R-Van der Wiel,J/Lugano/1989/}) 16.
Qxg6+ (16. Bg2 Qf7 17. Be4 Ne7 18. O-O-O Ba6 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Nf4 Nf8 $15 {
Beljavski,A-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/}) 16... Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bg2 (18.
O-O-O Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nb6 (19... Ba3+ 20. Kc2 Nf8 21. Bg2 Bd7 22. f4 Rb8 $13 {
Arbakov,V-Savchenko,S/USSR/1989/}) 20. Re1 Bd7 $13 {Knaak,R-Hertneck,G/Potsdam/
1988/}) 18... Bb4 (18... N7b6 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Ke2 Bg7 21. Nd6+ Kg8 22. Rh5 $1
$16 {Yusupov,A-Chekhov,V/USSR/1980/}) (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. Bxc6 Bb7 21.
Rh7+ Kg6 22. Rxd7 Bxc6 23. Rxa7 $16 {Shirov,A-Stisis,Y-London LB/1991/}) 19.
O-O-O Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nf8 21. Bxd5 $16 {Knaak,R-Kallai/Kalimanesti/1984/}) (12.
Bh4 Bb7 (12... Qa5 13. exf6 Ba6 14. a3 O-O-O 15. Bg2 Nc5 16. O-O Nd3 17. Qf3
Bb7 18. b4 Qc7 19. Qe4 Bd6 20. Rfd1 a5 $13 {Magerramov,E-Savchenko,S/Helsinki
op/1992/}) (12... Qb6 13. exf6 e5 14. Qe2 b4 15. Ne4 Ba6 16. O-O-O O-O-O $13 {
Vilela,J-Chekhov,V/Halle/1981/}) 13. Bg2 Qc7 14. exf6 O-O-O 15. Qf3 b4 16. Ne2
Nb6 $13 {Magerramov,E-Savchenko,S/Rostov op/1993/}) 12... Nxf6 13. exf6 Qxf6
14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Nxb5 (15. a4 O-O-O 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Nxb5 Bb4+
19. Kf1 (19. Nc3 Rxd4 20. Qe2 Qf5 21. O-O Rgd8 22. Nd1 $1 $14 {Rogers,I-Kuijf,
R/Wijk/1987/}) 19... a5 20. Kg2 Rg5 21. Qa4 e5 $17 {Novikov,I-Dreev,A/Bern op/
1993/}) 15... cxb5 (15... O-O-O 16. Nxa7+ Kc7 17. O-O Ra8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19.
Bxc6 Kxc6 20. Qe2 Kd7 21. Qxc4 Ra5 22. d5 Rxd5 23. Qa4+ Ke7 24. Rac1 Qf5 {
0,5/Beljavski,A-Piket,J/Thessaloniki ol/1988/}) 16. Bxb7 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Rd8 18.
Qf3 (18. Bc6+ Ke7 19. Bxb5 Rxd4 $44) 18... Qxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxd4 20. Kg2 (20. Bc6+
Ke7 21. Bxb5 Rb8 $10) 20... Rd2 (20... Ke7 21. a4 $14) 21. Bc6+ Ke7 22. Bxb5
Bc5 23. Rhf1 Rb8 24. a4 a6 25. Bxc4 Rbxb2 26. Bxa6 e5 27. Rad1 Rxf2+ 28. Rxf2
Rxf2+ 29. Kh3 f5 30. Bb5 Bb4 {><e1, /\e5-e4-e3-e2} 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Bxf1 Kf6
33. Bb5 e4 34. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 (16. dxe6 Bxg2 17. e7 Bxf1 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. exd8=Q+
Kxd8 20. Kxf1 Rxh2 21. Kg1 Rh8 22. Qf3 Bd6 $13 {ECO} 23. Rd1 (23. Qe4 $142 Nb6
$140 $2 24. Nc3 $16 {Tatai}) 23... Be5 24. Qe2 $2 (24. Qe4) 24... c3 $1 25.
bxc3 bxc3 26. Qe4 $8 c2 $1 27. Qxc2 Bd4 28. Qe4 $1 (28. Qb3 Nb6 $1 $19) 28...
Re8 29. Qh1 {1/2-1/2 Suba-Tatai/Dortmund 1981}) (16. Na4 Qb5 (16... Qd6 $6 17.
dxe6 $5 Qxe6 (17... fxe6 $6 18. f7 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. f3 Bd6 21. Bxd8 Kxd8
$13 {Agzamov}) 18. Re1 Qf5 (18... Ne5 19. Qxd8+ (19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Qxd8 Nf3+
21. Kg2 $1 Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1 23. Qd7+ Ka6 24. Qc6+ Ka5 25. Bf4 Rxh2+ 26. Kxh2
Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 Qf1+ 28. Kh4 $18 {Agzamov}) 19... Kxd8 20. Bxb7 Kc7 21. Bg2 Qd7
22. Bf4 Qxa4 23. Bxe5+ Kb6 24. Rad1 $16 {Shirov,A-Piket,J/Aruba m (04)/1995/})
19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Bf4 Qxf6 21. Re8 $1 $16 {Agzamov-Timoshenko/USSR/1982/}) 17.
Re1 $2 Nb8 18. b3 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Qg4 cxb3 21. axb3 Qd3 22. Nb2 $1 Qh7
23. h4 Nc6 24. Red1 Nd4 25. Rd3 $14 {Spassov,L-Sorensen,B/Copenhagen open/1981/
}) (16. a4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 $19 {Kham,MO-O'Donnell,T/Novi Sad
olm/1990/}) 16... Bh6 (16... Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 (18... Ba8 19.
exd8=Q+ (19. Nd5 Qe6 20. exf8=Q Rdxf8 (20... Qh3 $2 21. Ne7+ Kc7 22. Bf4+ Kb7
23. Qxh8 Rxh8 24. g4 $18 {Ftacnik}) 21. Ne7+ Kd8 22. f3 Rh5 (22... Qe5 23. Qd2
Rh5 24. Rbd1 Qc7 25. Bf4 Qb7 26. h4 $16) 23. Qd2 Rfh8 24. h4 (24. Rf2 Bxf3 $1
25. Rxf3 Rxh2 26. Qxh2 Rxh2 27. Kxh2 Qe2+ $19 {Ftacnik}) 24... Qe5 25. Kg2 $14
{Uhlmann,W-Schoen/Porz/1990/}) 19... Kxd8 20. Ne2 Kc8 21. Qc2 Qe6 22. f3 (22.
Nf4 Qg4 23. Rfe1 (23. h4 $2 Qxg5 $19) 23... Bh6 $1 (23... Qf3 24. Re8+ Kc7 25.
Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Qxc4 $18 {Shabalov}) 24. Bxh6 Qf3 $10 {Yermolinsky-Shabalov/USSR/
1986/}) 22... Bd6 23. Rbd1 Bc6 24. Nf4 Qe3+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Be5 27. Nd5
Bd4 {+/- Yermolinsky,A-Makarov,M/USSR 41/(490) 1986}) 19. Kxf1 (19. Qd5 Bh6 $1
(19... Bd3 20. Bf4 $3 Qb6 21. Na4 Qb5 22. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 23. Re1 $16) (19... Bxe7
20. fxe7 Rdg8 (20... Bd3 21. Ne4 Bxb1 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 24. Nxf7
Re8 25. Bf4+ Kb6 26. Qd6+ Ka5 27. Qxd7 $16 {Yermolinsky} Re1+ 28. Kg2 Be4+ 29.
f3 Bc6 30. Qd2 $13 {Knaak}) 21. Ne4 Rg6 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/New York PCA 25'/
1994/} 22. Qa8+ $1 (22. Rxf1 {Ftacnik} Qc6 23. Qxc6+ Rxc6 24. Rd1 {Kasparov,
G-Kramnik,V (01)/New York PCA 25' (4)/1994/0.5 (35)}) 22... Nb8 23. Rxf1 Qc6
24. Rd1 $3 Qxa8 25. Rd8+ Kc7 26. Bf4+ Kb6 27. Rxh8 Re6 28. e8=Q Rxe8 29. Rxe8
Qd5 30. Rxb8+ Ka6 31. Nd2 $1 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Nb3 c4 34. Nc1 c2 35. h4 $18
{Kasparov}) 20. exd8=Q+ (20. Bxh6 Bd3 21. Qa8+ Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1
bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. h4 Be6 27. Kh2 Rd7 28. h5 $16 {Yermolinsky,
A-Gurevich,D/USA-ch/1994/}) 20... Kxd8 $1 21. Ne4 (21. Bxh6 Bd3 $17) (21. Kxf1
bxc3 22. bxc3 Kc7 $1 $17) (21. Rxf1 bxc3 22. Rd1 Qa4 $1 $17 {Yermolinsky})
21... Bh3 $1 $10 {Yermolinsky-Ivanchuk,V/Pinsk/1986/} (21... Bd3 22. Nxc5 Qc8
23. Nxd3 cxd3 24. Rc1 Qb8 25. Qxf7 Qd6 26. Qe7+ $18)) 19... bxc3 (19... Bh6 20.
exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Qg4 Nxf6 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 25. Rd1+ {
1/2-1/2 Kulcsar,G-Toth,G/HUN-ch32 ;CCS 01 1991}) 20. Qd5 $2 Bxe7 $1 21. fxe7 c2
$1 $17 {Uhlmann,W-Alexandria/Halle/1981/}) (16... Nb8 17. Qg4 Rg8 18. Na4 Qa6
19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. f7 {1-0 Schoen,W-Meister,T/BL 9091
Porz-Nürnberg [8] 1991}) 17. Bxh6 (17. f4 $6 Qa6 $1 18. Bxh6 $2 (18. dxe6 $13
Bxg2 $15 (18... Bxg2 {Ftacnik} 19. Kxg2 Qxe6 20. Re1 Ne5 21. Rxe5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Qxe5 23. fxe5 bxc3 24. Bxh6 {Wedberg,T-Norqvist,J/Stockholm op/1994/1-0 (52)}))
18... Rxh6 19. Ne4 (19. dxe6 $5) 19... Nxf6 $1 (19... exd5 20. Ng5 $13) 20.
Nxf6 (20. Ng5 Bxd5 21. Nxf7 Rd7 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Nxd7 Bxf1 24. Nxf6 Bd3 $17)
20... Rxf6 21. Qg4 {Yusupov,A-Svesnikov,E/USSR/1981/} Rg6 $15 {Sveshnikov} (
21... Bxd5 22. Rbd1 Rf5 23. Qh4 c3 24. Qe7 {Yusupov,A-Sveshnikov,E/USSR ch/
1981/0-1 (37)})) (17. Qc1 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf8 19. Qg4 Qa6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Bxb7+
Qxb7 22. Ne4 Rd4 23. Rfe1 Qd5 24. h4 {Uhlmann,W-Marjanovic,S/Sarajevo/1982/1-0
(61)} Kc7 $13 {Uhlmann,W-Marjanovic/Sarajevo/1982/}) 17... Rxh6 18. b3 cxb3 (
18... bxc3 $2 19. bxc4 Qa6 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. dxe6 $16 (21. dxe6 {Ftacnik} Qa6
22. Qc1 Rxf6 23. exd7+ Rxd7 24. Qxc3 $16)) (18... Nxf6 {Ftacnik} 19. bxc4 Ba6
20. Na4 Qa5 21. Re1 $40) 19. Na4 Qb5 (19... Qd6 {Ftacnik} 20. dxe6 Qxd1 (20...
Qxe6 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 (21... Kc7 22. Bg2 bxa2 23. Rxb4 $1 cxb4 24. Qc1+ Kb8 25.
Qf4+ $18) 22. Nxc5+ Nxc5 23. Qxd8 $18) 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Rbxd1 fxe6 23. Nxc5+
Kc6 (23... Nxc5 24. Rxd8 Rxf6 (24... bxa2 25. f7 Rf6 26. f8=Q Rxf8 27. Rxf8 b3
28. Rd8 b2 29. Rdd1 Nb3 30. h4 a1=Q 31. Rxa1 bxa1=Q 32. Rxa1 Nxa1 33. h5 $18)
25. axb3 $18) 24. Nxe6 $18) 20. axb3 (20. dxe6 $6 {Ftacnik} Bxg2 21. Kxg2 bxa2
22. Rc1 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 a1=Q 24. exd7+ (24. Rxa1 Ne5 $1 $19 (24... Rxh2 25. Qxd7+
$1)) 24... Rxd7 25. Qxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rxa1 Rxf6 $19) 20... exd5 (20... Nxf6 {
Ftacnik} 21. Rc1 {xc5}) 21. Rc1 (21. Bxd5 $2 {Ftacnik} Ne5 $1 22. Qc1 Bxd5 23.
Qxh6 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nd2+ 25. Kg1 Qd3 $1 $40) 21... Kb8 (21... c4 {Ftacnik} 22.
bxc4 (22. Qd4 Rdh8 23. bxc4 Qxa4 24. cxd5+ Kd8 $13) 22... dxc4 23. Qd4 Ba6 (
23... Bxg2 24. Qxc4+ Qxc4 25. Rxc4+ Kb8 26. Kxg2 (26. Rxb4+ Bb7 27. Rfb1 Nb6
28. Nxb6 axb6 29. Rxb6 Rd7 $10) 26... a5 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Rd5 $16
) 24. Rfd1 (24. Qxa7 Rxf6 25. Nc3 (25. Rfd1 $1) 25... Qb6 (25... bxc3 26. Rb1
$16) 26. Qa8+ Qb8 27. Qxb8+ Kxb8 28. Nd5 b3 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 $13) 24... Qxa4 (
24... Rxf6 25. Qxa7 Rh6 26. Bd5 Qb8 27. Qd4 $16) 25. Rxc4+ Bxc4 26. Qxc4+ Kb8
27. Qf4+ $18) (21... Rdh8 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Qd4 $18) 22. Re1 (22.
Bxd5 $5 {Ftacnik} Ne5 (22... Nxf6 23. Qd2 Qd7 (23... Rdh8 24. Rxc5 $16) 24.
Qxh6 Qxd5 25. Qf4+ Rd6 26. f3 $16) (22... Rdh8 23. h4 Rxf6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25.
Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 $16) 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 (23... Qd7 24. Qe2 $16) 24. Nxc5 Rxd5 25.
Na6+ $1 $18) 22... Rxf6 (22... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Qd4 Nxb3 25.
Qf4+ Qd6 26. Re8 $1 $18) 23. Re7 {קc5,קd5} Qc6 (23... c4 {Ftacnik} 24. bxc4
dxc4 25. Bxb7 Kxb7 26. Nc5+ Qxc5 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Qxd7+ Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7
30. Rxc4+ Rc6 31. Rxb4 $16) (23... Rh8 {Ftacnik} 24. Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 25. Qd4 Nd7
26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxf6 Rd8 28. Re1 $16) 24. h4 {/\Nxc5} (24. Nxc5 $5 Nxc5 25.
Qd4 Nxb3 (25... Rc8 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxf6 $16) 26. Rxc6 Nxd4 27. Rxf6 $14)
24... Qd6 $8 25. Rxd7 (25. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Re6 26. Rxe6 fxe6) 25... Rxd7 26. Nxc5
Rc7 27. Nxb7 (27. Qd4 $6 {Ftacnik} Qe7 {/\ Rfc6}) 27... Rxc1 (27... Kxb7 {
Ftacnik} 28. Bxd5+ $16) 28. Qxc1 Kxb7 29. Qg5 $44 Kc7 (29... Kc6 {Ftacnik} 30.
Bxd5+ $1) 30. Bxd5 Qb6 $132 {קf2} 31. Qe5+ Kd8 (31... Rd6 {Ftacnik} 32. Bxf7
$18) 32. Bf3 a5 (32... Rxf3 $4 33. Qd5+ $16) 33. Kg2 Rd6 $6 (33... Re6 $1 $15)
(33... a4 {Ftacnik} 34. bxa4 b3 35. a5 Qd6 36. Qc3 Qe6 37. Bd1 Qd5+ 38. f3 Qxd1
39. Qxf6+ Ke8 40. a6 $16) 34. h5 a4 $6 (34... Re6 $15) 35. bxa4 b3 36. Qg5+ Ke8
(36... f6 {Ftacnik} 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. h6 b2 39. h7 Rd8 40. Qg7+ Ke6 41. Bg4+ Kd5
42. a5 $18) 37. a5 $1 Qd4 $2 (37... Qa6 $8 38. Bd5 Kf8 39. Qf5 $16) (37... b2 {
Ftacnik} 38. axb6 b1=Q 39. b7 $18) (37... Qb4 {Ftacnik} 38. h6 b2 39. h7 Qd4
40. a6 $3 b1=Q 41. a7 Qa2 (41... Ra6 42. Bc6+ $1 Kf8 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. Qe8+ Kd6
45. Qd7+ Kc5 46. Qxd4+ Kxd4 47. h8=Q+ $18) 42. a8=Q+ Qxa8 43. Bxa8 $18) 38.
Qb5+ $18 Kf8 39. Qxb3 Kg7 40. Qb5 Kh6 41. g4 Qf6 (41... Qf4 {Ftacnik} 42. a6
$18) 42. Be2 Rd2 43. a6 Qe7 (43... Ra2 {Ftacnik} 44. Qc4 Ra1 45. Qc5 Qd8 46. a7
Qa8+ 47. Bf3 Qxa7 48. Qf8+ Kg5 49. Qg7+ Kf4 50. Qf6#) 44. Qb6+ Kg7 (44... Rd6 {
Ftacnik} 45. Qb8 $18) 45. Bf3 Rd7 46. Qb2+ Kh7 (46... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 47. h6+ Kg6
48. Be4+ Kg5 49. Qb5+ $18) (46... f6 {Ftacnik} 47. g5 $18) 47. Qb5 Rd2 (47...
Qe6 {Ftacnik} 48. Qc5 $18) 48. Qf5+ Kh8 (48... Kh6 {Ftacnik} 49. Qf4+ Qg5 50.
Qxg5+ Kxg5 51. a7 $18) 49. Be4 f6 (49... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 50. Qh7+ Kf6 51. Qh6+
Ke5 52. Qxd2 $18) 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. h6+ Kf7 (51... Kxh6 {Ftacnik} 52. Qh8+ Kg5
53. Qh5+ Kf4 54. Qf5#) 52. Qc4+ (52. Qc4+ {Ftacnik} Kf8 53. h7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Black "Tella, Jussi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3
Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. b3 Qe5 25. Rd1 Qb2 26. Nd2 Bc5 27. Be3 Qc2
28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Ra1 Rd8 30. Qf3 Rxd2 31. Qc6+ Kd8 32. Qxc5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+
34. f3 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Qh7+ 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Qd3+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Qxd4+ Rxd4
40. bxc4 b3 41. Kf2 b2 42. Rb1 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rxh2 44. Kd4 Rf2 45. g4 Kc7 46. g5
Rxf3 47. Rxb2 Rf4+ 48. Kc3 Rf5 49. Rb5 Rxb5 50. cxb5 {[#] Trotz des großen
weißen Raumvorteils rettet sich Schwarz mit Hilfe der "zugeordneten Felder".}
Kd6 51. Kd4 e5+ (51... Kd7 52. Kc5 Kd8 (52... Kc7 53. g6 fxg6 54. f7 $18) 53.
Kc6 Ke8 54. Kb7 e5 55. Kxa7 e4 56. b6 e3 57. b7 e2 58. b8=Q+ $18 {mit Schach!})
52. Ke3 Kd7 $8 {Schwarz muss Ke4 mit Ke6 beantworten können und gleichzeitig
auf den Durchbruch g6 achten.} (52... Ke6 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kf5 Kd5 55. g6 fxg6+
56. Kxg6 e4 57. f7 $18) (52... Kd5 53. g6 Ke6 54. g7 $18) (52... Kc7 53. g6
fxg6 54. f7 $18) 53. Kf3 Kd6 54. Ke3 (54. Kg4 Ke6 55. Kh5 Kf5 56. Kh6 e4 57. g6
e3 58. gxf7 e2 59. f8=Q e1=Q 60. Qe7 (60. f7 Qh4+ 61. Kg7 Qf6+ 62. Kh7 Qg6+ 63.
Kh8 Kf6 $11) 60... Qh4+ 61. Kg7 Qg5+ 62. Kf7 Qg6+ 63. Kf8 Qxf6+ $11) 54... Kd7
55. Kf3 Kd6 56. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 {So far, a typical Botvinnik variation that has been explored from every
possible angle.} 16. Na4 ({The other interesting alternative - also known as
the "old" theory - is} 16. Rb1 $5 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bxe7
20. fxe7 Bd3 21. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 22. Ne4 Bxb1 23. Nd6+ Kc7 24. Bf4 Kb6 25. Nxc4+
Kb5 26. Nd6+ Kb6 27. a4 bxa3 28. Nc4+ Qxc4 29. Qxc4 a2 30. Qb3+ Kc6 31. Qf3+
Kb6 32. Qb3+ Kc6 33. Qf3+ Kb6 34. Qb3+ {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2607)-Inarkiev,E 
(2660)/Poikovsky RUS 2015}) 16... Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qg4 Bxd5 20.
Rfc1 Nc6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Rxg5 23. Qd4 Kb8 24. Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc6
26. Rd1 Qc7 27. b3 Kc8 {More theory...} 28. Qe4 (28. Qd3 Bc5+ 29. Nxc5 Qxc5+
30. Kf1 (30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 a5 32. h4 Rh6 $11) 30... Qc3 31. Qxc3+ bxc3 32.
h4 e5 33. Ke2 c2 34. Rc1 Kd7 35. Rxc2 Ke6 36. Rc6+ Kf5 37. Kf3 e4+ 38. Ke3 Rb8
39. Rc5+ Kxf6 40. Kxe4 Rxb3 41. Ra5 Rxg3 42. Kf4 Rg1 43. Rxa7 Kg7 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V (2769)-Anand,V (2793)/London ENG 2014}) (28. Qe3 $5 Kb8 29. Qd2 Bc5+
30. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Qd4 Qc3 $11 {eventually transposes into the game.}) 28...
Kb8 29. Qd4 (29. Rd4 Bd6 30. h4 Rg8 31. g4 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Rxd6 Rc2+ 34.
Kg3 Qg1+ 35. Kf4 Qf2+ 36. Kg5 Rc8 37. Qxb4+ Ka8 38. Qe4+ Kb8 39. Qb4+ Ka8 40.
Qe4+ Kb8 41. Qb4+ {1/2-1/2 Shimanov,A (2637)-Popov,I (2651)/Loo RUS 2014})
29... Kc8 30. Qe4 Kb8 31. Qd3 Bc5+ (31... Bh6 $5 $132) 32. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Qd4
Qc3 34. Qf4+ (34. Qxc3 bxc3 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Kf2 Rc5 37. Ke3 Kc7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39.
Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Kxc3 Ke5 41. Kd3 Kxf6 42. Ke4 a5 $11) 34... Ka8 (34... e5 $5 35.
Qe4 Rc8 $11) 35. Qe4+ Kb8 36. Rd4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qb2+ 38. Kf3 Qc3+ 39. Kg4 Rg8+
40. Kh4 Rh8+ 41. Kg5 Qc1+ $4 {Enters a rook endgame in which White has a
better pawn structure and more active pieces! It is pretty much the move that
ultimately decides the game.} (41... Qc5+ 42. Kg4 Rg8+ 43. Kf3 a5 $13 {with
chances for both sides.}) 42. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Rxh2 44. Rxb4+ Kc7 45. Kg5
$18 Rh8 {Passive rooks are never a good idea in rook endgames! However, there
don't seem to be plenty of options at the moment...} (45... Rh3 46. g4 Rf3 47.
Rc4+ Kb8 48. Rc1 $1 a5 49. Rh1 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gh1h7,Gh7f7]}) 46. g4 Rg8+
47. Kf4 Rd8 48. Ra4 Kb6 49. Ra1 a5 50. Rh1 Kc5 51. Rh7 Rd7 52. g5 {The rest is
really a matter of time.} Kd6 53. Rh3 e5+ 54. Kf5 e4 55. Kxe4 Ke6 56. Rh8 Rb7
57. Re8+ Kd6 58. Kf5 Rb5+ 59. Kg4 Rb4+ 60. Kh5 Rxb3 61. Re7 Rh3+ 62. Kg4 Rh7
63. Ra7 Ke6 64. Ra6+ Kd7 65. g6 {This is the very problem of playing such a
complicated theory variation. Most games of this stype end up with a blunder
due time trouble or lack of focus. Either way, awesome technique by Ding in
the rook endgame!} 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Qd2 {D44/26/(129)} Qxf6 (15... Rh5 $6 16. Be2 Rh7 17. O-O-O Nxf6 18. Nxb5 Bxd5
19. Qf4 $16 {Kasparov-Younglove, London sim 1984}) (15... Rg6 16. O-O-O Nxf6
17. Qe3 (17. Nxb5 Bxd5 {+/- Schneider,A-Chernin,A USSR 1983 -36/(514)} 18. Qf4
$5) 17... Qb6 18. Bg2 Kf8 19. h4 (19. Rhe1 Kg7 (19... Kg8 $6 20. dxe6 $1 Bxg2
21. exf7+ Kg7 22. Ne2 $3 $16 {Beliavsky-Pinter, European cup tt 1984 -37/480
ECO}) 20. h4 $14 {Pinter}) 19... Re8 20. h5 exd5 21. Qd2 Rg4 22. h6 Kg8 (22...
Rd4 23. Qg5 Rg4 {Dolmatov-Yakovic, Kharkov USSR (ch-1l) 1985} 24. Qf5 $5 Bc8
25. Qc2 {/\h7, Nd5} d4 26. h7 Nxh7 27. Nd5 d3 28. Qc3 $16) 23. Nxd5 $16 {
Dolmatov-Steflisch, Sofia 1985 -40/(528)}) (15... Rxf6 16. Bg2 (16. O-O-O b4
17. Ne4 exd5 (17... Bxd5 18. Qe3 $1 $16 {/\Rd5}) 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (18... Nxf6 19.
Bxc4 $5) 19. Bxc4 Nb6 20. Rhe1+ Kf8 $44 {Langeweg-Kuijpers, Hilversum 1984 ECO}
) 16... Ne5 (16... Nb6 {Ribli}) 17. O-O Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rxf3 19. Qe2 $5 (19. Qh6
Bxd5 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rc8 $14 {Ribli}) 19...
Bxd5 (19... Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qxd5 21. f3 $14 {Ribli}) 20. Rfd1 (20. Rad1 Rd3 21.
Rxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Bc4 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $15 {Ribli}) 20... Rd3 21. Rxd3 (21. Nxb5
Bf3 22. Rxd3 Bxe2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nxa7 Rd2 $44 {Ribli}) 21... cxd3 22. Qxd3
Bc6 $10 {Karpov-Ribli, Thessaloniki ol 1988 -46/562}) 16. O-O-O (16. Bg2 Ne5
17. O-O O-O-O 18. Rfe1 $14 {/\Qe3 ECO} (18. Qe3 $4 Rxh2 $19 {Uhlmann-Enders,
DDR 1985 -39/524})) (16. Ne4 Qf3 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxb7 (18. Rg1 Qxd5 (18...
Bxd5) 19. Qxh6 Qxd6 $44) 18... Rh5 $13 (18... Qxh1 $2 19. d6+ Ke8 20. Qxh6 Qxb7
21. Qh4 Nf8 22. Bg2 $18 {Hamovic ECO})) 16... Bxd5 (16... O-O-O $2 17. Ne4 $16
{Quist-Thesing, Dieren 1988}) 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bg2 (18. Qxd5 Rd8 19. f4 $14)
18... Nb6 19. Qe3+ $2 (19. Bxd5 O-O-O (19... Rc8 20. Bb7 Rc7 21. Ba6 $16) 20.
Bb7+ Kc7 21. Qxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Ba6 $14) 19... Kf8 20. Qxc5+ (20.
Bxd5 $2 Na4 $1 $36) 20... Kg8 21. Qd4 (21. Bxd5 $2 Rh5 $19) 21... Re8 $15 22.
Bxd5 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Re2 (23... Rd8 $4 24. Bxf7+) 24. Be4 $1 c3 $5 (24... Rxf2
25. Rd2 $10) 25. bxc3 Na4 26. Bc2 $5 Nxc3 27. Rd2 Nxa2+ 28. Kd1 Nc3+ 29. Kc1
Rhe6 $5 (29... Re5 30. Kb2 b4 $13) 30. Bd3 R2e5 31. Kb2 b4 32. Ra1 a5 33. Bc2
Ra6 34. f4 (34. Rd4 $5) 34... Re3 35. Rd4 $1 {/\Rb4} Re2 (35... a4 36. Rxb4 a3+
37. Rxa3 Nd1+ (37... Rxa3 $2 38. Rb8+) 38. Bxd1 $10) 36. Rxb4 Rc6 $1 37. Rxa5
$1 Nd1+ 38. Kc1 Rcxc2+ 39. Kxd1 $10 Red2+ 40. Ke1 Rxh2 41. Kd1 Rcg2 42. Re4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Kaidanov,G"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4
Qc6 (21... c3+ 22. Kg1 Rxg5 $1 23. Nxg5 Qg6 $11) 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Bf4 Ka8 24.
e8=Q+ (24. h4 Nf6 25. Nxf7 (25. Be5 Ne8) 25... Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qe4+ 27. Be3 Nd5
28. Nxh8 Rxh8 29. Qh1 Qc2+ 30. Kf3 Qf5+ 31. Kg2 $16) 24... Rxe8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8
$6 (25... Rxh2 26. Ke2 Qe4+ 27. Be3 Qxe8 28. Qd5+ Kb8 29. Rd1 Nb6 30. Qxc5 $14)
(25... Qh1+ $1 26. Ke2 Rxe8+ 27. Be3 Qc6 $132) 26. Kg1 Nf6 27. Rc1 Re4 28. Qd8+
Kb7 29. Qf8 Nd5 30. Qxf7+ Re7 31. Qf8 Re8 32. Qf7+ Ka6 (32... Re7 33. Qf8 Re8
34. Qg7+ Re7 35. Qg5 $16) 33. Bd2 $1 $16 Re2 34. Rd1 c3 35. bxc3 bxc3 36. Bg5 (
36. Bxc3 $4 Ne3 $19) 36... c2 37. Rf1 $1 $18 Re4 38. Qf3 Qa4 39. h4 Qc4 40. h5
Rg4 41. Qf5 Nc3 42. h6 Ne2+ 43. Kg2 Rxg5 44. Qxg5 c1=Q 45. Rxc1 Nxc1 46. Qg6+
Ka5 47. h7 Qd5+ 48. Kh2 Qd4 49. Qf7 Qe5 50. Qxa7+ Kb4 51. Qb7+ Kc3 52. Qc8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Kaidanov,G"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 h3 12. gxh3 Bd6 13. Qh5 (13. Ng4 Qe7 14. axb5
$5 (14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Qf3 a6 16. O-O (16. Nf6+ Kf8 17. O-O Nd7 18. Nxd7+ Qxd7 19.
Ne4 Be7 $13 (19... c5 20. dxc5 Be5 21. axb5 $13)) 16... f5 17. Ne3 O-O 18. axb5
axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Ra1 Bb7 21. Ra7 Rf7 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Rxb7 Qxb7) 14...
cxb5 (14... Bb7 15. Bxc4 cxb5 (15... Nd7 16. Qf3 $16) 16. Bxb5+ Nd7 17. Rg1 $18
) 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Rg1 $13 (16. Nf6+ Kf8 17. Qg4 Nc6 $17)) (13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Bg2
Qe7 15. Qf3 (15. Ne4 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Rg8 $15 (16... a6 $5)) (15. axb5 cxb5 16. d5
a6 17. Nc6 Qc7 $15) 15... Bxe5 (15... a6 16. Ne4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 $13) 16. dxe5 Nd7
17. Qf4 Nc5 $17) (13. axb5 $5) 13... Rg8 14. Ng4 (14. axb5 Bb7 (14... cxb5 15.
Ng4 Qf3 16. Rg1) (14... Rg5 15. Ne4 Bb4+ 16. Ke2) 15. Ng4 (15. Bxc4 c5 $17 (
15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rg5 17. exf6 Rxh5 18. O-O-O Nd7 (18... Rc5 19. Rhg1) 19.
Ne4 O-O-O)) 15... Qg6) (14. Be2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Qf4 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18.
Bxf3 Kf8 (18... Ke7 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nf6 $16) 19. Nf6 c3 $13) 14... Qg6 15.
Qxg6 Rxg6 16. axb5 Bb7 17. Bg2 (17. Bxc4 Ke7 18. Bd3 f5) 17... f5 18. Ne3 Bf4
19. Bf3 (19. Rg1 Kf8 20. Ke2 Rg7 (20... Bxh2 21. Rh1 Bf4)) 19... Rg7 20. Ke2 (
20. Ng2 Bg5 21. Ke2 (21. h4 Bf6 22. O-O-O (22. Nf4 cxb5 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Nxe6
Kf7) 22... cxb5 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Nf4 Kf7 25. Rhe1 Rb6 $17) 21... Rd7 22. Rhd1
cxb5 23. Nxb5 Nc6 $15) 20... cxb5 21. Nxb5 (21. Rag1 $1 {Ippolito} Bxf3+ (21...
Rxg1 $4 22. Bxb7 Rxh1 23. Bxh1 $18) 22. Kxf3 Rxg1 23. Rxg1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nd7
25. Nxb5 (25. Rg8+ Nf8 26. Nxb5 Kf7 27. Rg1 $14) 25... Kf8 $14) 21... a6 22.
Na3 Nc6 23. Rhd1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Na5 25. Nc2 Bxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Nb7 27. Ra4 Nd6 28.
Na3 Rc7 29. Rc1 Ke7 30. Rc2 Rc6 31. Kf4 Rb8 32. Ra5 Kf6 33. Rc5 $2 (33. Ra4 $11
) 33... Rbc8 $2 (33... Rxc5 34. dxc5 Ne4 $17) 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rc3 Rc8 36. Rc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Kaidanov,G"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Nxc3 $2 $146 17. bxc3 Rb8 18. Be4 ({My hope was after} 18.
Qxg6+ $6 Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {to transpose into the game Bareev-San Segundo
1994, where Black equalized. However, Irina doesn't fall for that.}) (18. Bxc6
Kd8 19. Qxg6 Rb6 $13) 18... Kd8 19. Qxg6 b4 (19... Qa3 20. Kf1 (20. Qxe6 $2
Qxc3+ 21. Ke2 Qxd4 $19) 20... Qxc3 21. Rd1 $16) 20. Rh7 (20. cxb4 $6 Qxb4+ 21.
Kf1 c3 22. Kg2 Qc4 $5 $13 (22... Qxd4 23. Rad1 Qc5 24. Qxe6 Rb2 25. Qf5 Kc7 26.
Rh7 Rd2 $13)) 20... Qe8 21. Qxe8+ $6 (21. Qg4 Be7 (21... bxc3 22. Bg6 c2 23.
Ke2 Rb1 24. Rxb1 cxb1=Q 25. Bxb1 $16) 22. Bg6 Qg8 23. cxb4 (23. Qh5 Nf8 24.
Rxe7 Nxg6 (24... Kxe7 25. Qg5+ Kd7 26. Be8+) 25. Rxa7 $14) 23... Bxb4+ 24. Kf1
c3 25. Kg2 $16) 21... Kxe8 22. g4 (22. Bxc6 bxc3 23. d5 Rb6 $13) 22... bxc3 $11
23. g5 c5 24. g6 cxd4 25. Rh8 Ke7 26. Rh7+ Ke8 27. Rh8 Ke7 28. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4
b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 b4 13. Ne4
c3 $6 {This move was deservedly forgotten 15 years ago after the game
Timman-Dolmatov. After the current game it seems to be buried finally.} (13...
Ba6 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. Be2 $1 $16) 14. bxc3 bxc3 15. Qd3 Bb7 (15... Rb8 16. Be2
Ba6 $2 17. Qxa6 Rb1+ 18. Rxb1 c2+ 19. Rb4 $1 $18) 16. Be2 c5 {N} (16... O-O-O
17. O-O Qf5 18. h4 c5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rac1 Bb4
23. Bf4 $16 {Timman,J-Dolmatov,S Amsterdam 1980 +/- Timman,J-Dolmatov,S/
Amsterdam/1980/}) (16... Qf5 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. Nc5 $1 $16) (16... O-O-O {
Kortschnoj}) 17. O-O c4 (17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxe4 (18... Qb4 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20.
Rab1 $18) 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. Bf4 c2 21. Qb7 $16) (17... O-O-O {Ftacnik} 18. dxc5
(18. Rfc1 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 18... Nxc5 (18... Nxf6 $2 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3
Be7 21. Rac1 $18) 19. Qxc3 $16) 18. Qe3 Nb6 (18... Bxe4 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxe4 Rb8
20. h4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bf3 Nb6 23. Rab1 $16) (18... O-O-O $5 {Kortschnoj}
) 19. Nc5 $1 $16 (19. Nxc3 $6 Bb4 $36) 19... Bxc5 (19... Nd5 $2 20. Nxb7 Qc7
21. Qe4 (21. Qe5 {Ftacnik} Qxb7 22. Bxc4 $16) 21... Qxb7 22. Bxc4 $18) 20. dxc5
Nd5 (20... Na4 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxc4 Nxc5 (21... Rc8 22. Bxe6 $1 $18) 22. Rfc1 Ne4
23. Rab1 Bc6 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Qxe4 $16) 21. Qd4 Rc8 22. Rab1 Ba6 23. Rfc1 $1 (
23. Bxc4 $2 {Ftacnik} Qa4 $1 24. Bxa6 Qxd4 25. Bxc8 Qxc5 $17) 23... Qxc5 (23...
Kd7 24. Be3 $18) 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb8+ Bc8 (25... Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bxc4
$18) 26. Be3 Nxe3 (26... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 27. Bd4 Kd7 28. Bxc3 $16) 27. fxe3 O-O (
27... Kd7 28. Ra8 $1 $18) 28. Rxc3 Ba6 (28... e5 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30.
Bxc4 $18) 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. g4 Kg8 31. Kf2 Kh7 32. h4 Kg6 33. g5 $18 Kf5 34.
Kg3 Bb5 35. Bd3+ Ke5 (35... cxd3 {Ftacnik} 36. Rxc5+ Ke4 37. Rxb5 $18) 36. Bc2
Kd6 37. Kg4 Rd5 38. h5 Rd3 (38... Rd2 39. g6 $18) 39. Rxd3+ (39. Bxd3 {Ftacnik}
cxd3 40. Rc1 Ba4 $1) 39... cxd3 40. Bd1 (40. Bd1 {Ftacnik} Ke5 41. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14.
O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 (18. Re1 d4 19. axb4 (19.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Qf3+ $2 (21. Qxd4 Qxg5 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qxf7 Rc7
$13) 21... Qc6 22. Qf5 Bd6 $17 {Beliavsky,A-Lutz,C/Munchen/0:1/41/}) 19... Bxg2
20. Kxg2 cxb4 (20... Qxb4 $5 21. Nc3 dxc3 22. Rxa7 Qb6 23. Qa4 $13) 21. Qxd4
Qxg5 22. Qxc4+ Kb8 23. Red1 Rc8 $13 {Van Wely,L-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee/0:1/32/})
18... cxb4 (18... d4 $5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxb7+ {0,5/Sakaev,S-Van Wely,L/Moscow
olm/1994/}) 19. h4 $2 {N/} (19. Be3 $1 Nc5 (19... a6 20. Qd4 {/\Rfd1+/=/}) 20.
Qg4+ Kb8 21. Qd4 Nxa4 22. Qxa7+ Kc7 23. Rxa4 Ra8 24. Qxa8 Bxa8 25. Rxa8 $16) (
19. Re1 $5 {Ftacnik}) 19... Nc5 $1 (19... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 20. Re1 Bd6 21. Qd4 $16
{Yusupov,A-Dokchoian/BL 9293/1993/}) 20. Qg4+ (20. Nxc5 {Ftacnik} Bxc5 21. Re1)
(20. Re1 $5 {Ftacnik}) 20... Qd7 $1 (20... Kb8 $6 21. Bf4+ Bd6 (21... Ka8 22.
Bc7 $14 (22. Bc7 {Ftacnik} Nxa4 23. Bxd8 $16)) 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Be3 $10) (
20... Rd7 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bh3 d4 23. Rfe1 Rhd8 $13) 21. Qxd7+ (21.
Bh3 Qxg4 22. Bxg4+ Kc7 23. Bf4+ Kc6 $17) 21... Kxd7 22. Nxc5+ (22. Be3 Nb3 (
22... Nxa4 $6 23. Rxa4 a6 24. Ra5 $14) 23. Rad1 Kc6 24. Bxa7 Kb5 25. Nb6 Bc5
$19) (22. Rfd1 Kc6 23. Rd4 Kb5 $17) 22... Bxc5 $17 23. Ra5 (23. Be3 {Ftacnik}
d4 $1 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Bxb7 Kc7 26. Bg2 Kb6 $19) 23... Kc6 24. Be3 Bb6 $1 25.
Bxb6 (25. Raa1 {Ftacnik} Kb5 $19) 25... axb6 $1 (25... Kxb6 26. Rfa1 a6 27.
R5a4 $132) 26. Ra7 b5 27. Re1 (27. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Kb6 28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rxd5
Kb6 $19) 27... Kb6 28. Raa1 (28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 29. Re7+ Kb6 30. Rxf7 c3 $19) 28...
Rh6 $19 29. Re7 Rxf6 30. h5 Bc6 31. g4 (31. Raa7 {Ftacnik} c3 $1 32. bxc3 bxc3
$19) 31... Rg8 32. f3 d4 33. Re5 d3 34. g5 Rd6 35. Kf2 c3 0-1

[Event "WDR Match TV g/60"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 (17. dxe6 $1 Qxe6 (17... Bxg2 $2 18. e7 $1 Bxf1 (
18... Qe6 19. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 20. Kxg2 Qh3+ 21. Kf3 $18) 19. Nxc5 $1 Qa5 20.
exd8=Q+ Qxd8 21. Nxd7 Bh3 22. Nxf8 $18) (17... Ne5 $2 18. Qxd8+ $1 Kxd8 19. e7+
Bxe7 20. fxe7+ Ke8 21. Nxc5 Qg6 22. Nxb7 Qxg5 23. f4 Qh6 24. fxe5 $18) 18.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Re1 $1 (19. Qf3+ Ka6 20. Rfe1 Qh3 (20... Ne5 $2 21. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5
22. Qc6+ Ka5 23. Bf4 $18) 21. Qg2 (21. Bh4 $2 Rxh4 22. Qc6+ Nb6 23. gxh4 Rc8
$17) 21... Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Kb5 23. b3 $13) 19... Qf5 $1 (19... Qh3 20. Qd5+ Ka6
21. Bh4 $16) 20. h4 Bh6 21. Qd6 $1 (21. Bxh6 $5 Rxh6 22. Qe2 Rxf6 23. Rad1 Kc8
24. a3 $36) (21. g4 Qd3 $8 22. Re3 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kc6 24. Re7 (24. Bxh6 Rxh6
25. Re7 $13) 24... Bxg5 25. hxg5 Nb6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxb6 axb6 28. Kg2 (28.
Rxf7 $2 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Re7 c2 31. Re1 Rd1 $19) 28... c3 $1 29. bxc3 bxc3
30. Re3 c2 31. Rc3 Rd4 $1 32. f3 (32. Kg3 $2 Rd3+ $19) 32... Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Kd6
$13) (21. Re7 Kc6 $1) 21... Bxg5 (21... Bf8 22. Qd2 $16) 22. Re7 $1 {/\ 23.
Nxc5+} Ka8 23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. hxg5 Qh3 25. Qg2 $16) 17... Bxd5 $1 $146 {(Shirov)}
18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 (19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. axb4 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxd5 22. Qc1 Qd6
$44) 19... Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 $1 (21... Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3
Bc5+ 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. h4 Kb7 26. Ra5 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Novgorod/1994/1-0
(47) -> CBM 43}) 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. b3 Qe5 25. Rc1 $2 (25. Rd1 $1
Nc5 $2 (25... Qb2 $1 26. Qxb2 $8 Nxb2 27. Rc1 (27. Ra1 $6 cxb3 $1 28. Rxa7 Nd3
29. Nd2 (29. Rxf7 $2 b2 30. Nd2 Ne1 $1 $19) 29... b2 30. Nb1 Nxf2 $1 $17) 27...
c3 28. Nxc3 Nd3 $1 29. Rc2 Ne1 30. Rc1 Nd3 $1 $10) (25... Bc5 26. Qf3 Qc7 27.
bxc4 Ne5 $44) 26. Qxc4 $1 Qxe4 27. Qb5 Kc7 28. Be3 Rh5 29. Qe8 Rd5 30. Ra1 $16
{Kortschnoj,V-Lutz,C/Horgen/1994/1-0 (41) -> CBM 43}) 25... Nxc1 26. Qxc4+ Qc7
$1 27. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 a5 29. g4 (29. Ng5 Bh6 30. Nxf7 Bxc1 31. Nxh8 a4 32.
Kg2 Bh6 $19) 29... Kd7 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. f4 Rc8 32. Be3 a4 33. Nxd6 Kxd6 34. bxa4
Kd5 0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 (17. dxe6 $1 Bxg2 (17... Qxe6 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Re1
$1 Qf5 $1 20. h4 Bh6 21. Qd6 $1 Bxg5 22. Re7 $1 {/\ 23.Nxc5+} Ka8 23. Qc6+ Kb8
24. hxg5 Qh3 25. Qg2 $16) 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/New York
PCA/1994/ CBM 41 [Kasparov]}) 17... Bxd5 (17... b3 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nd3 20.
dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rad1 $16 {Vaisser,A-Westerinen,H/
1981/}) (17... exd5 18. axb4 Qe6 19. Nc3 cxb4 20. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5
22. Nxd5 Ne5 23. Ne7+ Kb7 24. Ra5 Nd3 25. Rfa1 $40 {Baturinski-Kuuksmaa/1971/})
18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 (19. Nxc5 $5 {Fritz} Bxc5 20. axb4 Bxf2+ (20... Qd6 21.
bxc5 $16) (20... Qb5 21. bxc5 Rxd5 22. Qe2 a6 23. b3 $1 Qxb3 24. Be3 $16) 21.
Rxf2 Qb6 (21... Rxd5 22. Qc1 Qd6 $44) 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qe2 $16) 19... Rxd5
20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 (21... Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Bc5+ 24. Kg2 Nd3 25.
h4 Kb7 26. Ra5 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Novgorod/1994/1-0/47/ ;CBM 43}) 22.
Rxa5 (22. Qxe5 Rxa1 23. Nb5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qb7 $17) 22... Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 (
23... Bc5 24. Rc1) (23... b3 24. Bd2 Qd5 25. Ra1 $40) 24. b3 (24. Qc2 Qd5 25.
Nd2 Qxg5 (25... Bc5 26. Qxc4 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxh2+
30. Kg1 Rh7 $14) 26. Qxc4+ Nc5 27. Ne4 Qh5 28. Rc1 $1 $16) 24... Qe5 25. Rd1 $1
(25. Qf3 Qf5) (25. Bf4 Nxf4 (25... Qh5 26. g4 $1 Rg8 27. f3 Nxf4 $140 28. Qxc4+
Kb8 29. Rc1 $40) 26. Qxc4+ Kb8 27. gxf4 Qh5 28. Rc1 $132) (25. Rc1 $6 Nxc1 26.
Qxc4+ Qc7 27. Qxc1 (27. Qa6+ Kd8 $1 28. Bf4 e5 $19) 27... Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 a5 $1
29. g4 (29. Ng5 Bh6 $1 30. Nxf7 Bxc1 31. Nxh8 a4 32. f4 Bb2 33. f7 Bg7 $19)
29... Kd7 30. Kg2 Bd6 $19 {Lutz,Ch-Piket,J/WDR TV-Cup/1994/ CBM 42 Knaak})
25... Nc5 $2 (25... Bc5 26. Qf3 (26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd3 Bb6 28. Qc4+ Qc7 29.
Qxb4 Rd8 30. Kg2 $10) 26... Qd5 (26... Qf5 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd4
cxb3 30. Rxb4 Rd8 31. Kg2 Rd5 32. Bc1 a5 $13) (26... Qc7 27. bxc4 Ne5 $44) 27.
bxc4 Ne5 28. cxd5 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxg5 30. Nxg5 $16) (25... a5 26. Bf4 $1 Qb2 (
26... Qh5 27. g4 Rg8 28. f3 $16) 27. Qf3 $16) (25... Qb2 $5 26. Qe3 (26. Qxb2
$8 Nxb2 27. Rc1 (27. Ra1 $6 cxb3 $1 28. Rxa7 (28. Nd2 Bc5 $15) 28... Nd3 29.
Nd2 (29. Rxf7 $2 b2 30. Nd2 Ne1 $1 $19) 29... b2 30. Nb1 Nxf2 $1 $17) 27... c3
28. Nxc3 Nd3 $1 29. Rc2 Ne1 30. Rc1 Nd3 $1 $10) 26... Qxb3 27. Ra1 Qb2 $1 28.
Qxa7 Bc5 $1 29. Qa6+ (29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Ra7+ Bxa7 31. Qxa7+ $10) 29... Kc7 30.
Be3 Bxe3 31. Qd6+ Kb7 32. Qa6+ Kc7 $10) 26. Qxc4 Qxe4 27. Qb5 Kc7 28. Be3 Rh5 (
28... Qc6 $2 29. Bf4+) (28... a6 29. Qa5+ Kc6 30. Rc1 $18) 29. Qe8 $6 (29. Qa5+
Kb7 30. Rd4 Qc6 (30... Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Nxb3 32. Rd7+ Kc6 33. Rc7+ Kd6 34. Qxh5
Kxc7 35. Qxf7+ $18) 31. Qd8 $18) 29... Rd5 30. Ra1 $1 (30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Qxf8
Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ $10) 30... Rd8 31. Qxf7+ (31. Rxa7+ $4 Kc8 $19) 31... Kc6 32.
Qxa7 Qc2 33. h4 Qxb3 (33... Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. f7 Qxb3 37.
Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Qxc5+ Kxc5 39. f8=Q+ Kd5 40. h5 $18) 34. Kh2 Bd6 $2 (34... Qd5
35. Rc1 b3 (35... Kb5 $5 36. Ra1 Kc6 $10) 36. Qa4+ $10) 35. Rc1 Qd5 36. Qa4+
Kc7 37. Qxb4 Kc6 38. Qa4+ Kc7 39. Qb5 Rh8 (39... Rb8 40. Rxc5+ Bxc5 41. Qxc5+
Qxc5 42. Bxc5 $18) 40. Rxc5+ Bxc5 41. Qxc5+ Qxc5 (41... Kd7 42. f7 Qd6 43.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 44. Bh6 $1 $18) 42. Bxc5 (42. Bxc5 Rh7 43. g4 $1 Kd7 (43... Rxh4+
44. Kg3 Rh7 45. g5 $18) 44. g5 Ke8 45. g6 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch15 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1947.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 (6. e3 $2 b5) (6. a4
Bb4 {Bronstein-Botvinnik/WM/1951} 7. e4 b5 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8
11. h4 g4 12. Ne5 Rxg7 13. h5 f5 14. Be2 Qd5 15. Kf1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 $13 {
Tukmakov-Kuprejchik/Yerevan/1982}) 6... b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 (9. exf6
gxh4 10. Ne5 $13) 9... Nd5 $6 (9... hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 $1 (11. exf6 Bb7
12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 c5 $1 16. Qb1 Qc7 $36 {
Botvinnik-Denker/UdSSR-USA/1945})) 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 (11... Bg7 $2 12.
Ng6 Qg5 13. Be2 $16) (11... Nxc3 $2 12. bxc3 Bg7 13. Qc2 $1 (13. Ng6 Qe4+ 14.
Be2 Kd8 $1) 13... Bxh8 14. Qh7 $18 {Junge K.}) 12. Qd2 (12. Rc1 Qe4+ $1 (12...
c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 (13... Qg5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O (15. Bh5+ Kf8 16. Qf3+ Kg7 17.
O-O Kxh8 18. Qf8+ Qg8 (18... Kh7 19. Bf3 $1) 19. Qxh6+ $14 {Lanka}) 15... Nxc3
16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Qd6+ Kg8 18. Qxe6+ Kxh8 19. Qe8+ Qg8 20. Qxg8+ Kxg8 21. bxc3
Bxc5 $15 {Timoshchenko-Kozlov, Taskent 1982}) 14. Be2 Bb7 (14... Nxe5 15. O-O
Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxc3 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qd6+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 $16 {Nemet-Karaklajic,
Yugoslavia 1979}) (14... Ne3 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. Nf7+ Ke8 17. Qf3 $16 {Smyslov})
15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Nxc3 (17... Kc7) 18. Nf7+ Kc7 19. Qd6+ Kc8
20. c6 $18 {Smyslov}) 13. Be2 Nf4 14. Qd2 (14. a3 $5 Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 Ne3+ 16.
fxe3 Qxh1+ 17. Kf2 Qxh2+ 18. Ke1 $16 {Timman-Ljubojevic/Buenos Aires/1980})
14... Nd3+ (14... Nxg2+ 15. Kd1 Ne3+ 16. Qxe3 Qxh1+ 17. Kc2 Qxh2 18. Qf3 {
/\ Rh1} Qh4 19. Nxb5 $18 {Smyslov}) 15. Kf1 Nxc1 16. Nxe4 (16. Qxc1 Qxd4 17.
Qxh6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. g3 $14 {Nemet}) 16... Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Nxa2 18. Ne4 a5
$13 19. h4 a4 20. Rh3 $13 {Plachetka-Jokimidis, Sofia 1979}) 12... c5 $8 (12...
Nd7 13. g3 $6 (13. O-O-O Bb7 14. g3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 $2 (15. gxh4 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2
c5 17. Rg1 Ne7 18. Rg7 cxd4 $14 {Harding}) 15... Qe4 16. Be2 Ke7 17. Qxh6 Rxh8
18. Qxh8 Qxe2 $17 {Zhivtsov-Peiko})) 13. O-O-O (13. dxc5 Nd7 (13... Bb7 14. Be2
(14. O-O-O) 14... Nd7 15. Ng6 Qg5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. O-O $1 (17. Rc1 Kf7 18. Bh5
$16) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Rad1 Bxe5 20. Rfe1 {Belavenets}) 14. O-O-O (
14. g3) (14. Be2 Nxc5 15. g3 Qg5 16. f4 Qf5 17. O-O-O Ne4 {Korn}) 14... Nxc5 $5
(14... Nxe5 {- 13.0-0-0 Nc6 14.dc Ne5})) 13... Nxc3 (13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 $16
Qg5+ (14... Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rg4 Bxe5 18. Rg8+ $16) 15. f4
Nxf4 16. Ne4 (16. h4 $2 Ne2+ 17. Kb1 Qf5+ $18) (16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 (17. bxc3
$5 Nd5 (17... Nc6 18. Qe4 Bb7 19. Nf7 $1) 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Qc5 Bd7 (19... Nxc3+
20. Ka1 Ne7 21. h4 Qf5 22. Rhf1 $18) 20. Rhf1 O-O-O 21. Nf7 Nxc3+ 22. Ka1 Qxg2
23. Rf2 $18 {Schoen-Ratzmer, Porz 1985}) 17... Bb7 (17... Nc6 18. Bxc4 $1 bxc4
19. Qxc4 Bd7 20. Rhf1 Nd5 21. Nf7 $16 {Abramov-Gotthilf, USSR 1939}) 18. Ka1
Nc6 19. g3 Nd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Bg2 Qg7 22. e6 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Ke7 $15 {
Korelov-Sveshnikov, USSR 1972}) 16... Ne2+ 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. Nxg5 Nbc6 19. Nf3 (
19. Ne4 Bb7 20. a3 Be7 21. Ng6 $16 {Sasin-Monin, Leningrad 1980}) 19... Nxf3
20. gxf3 Nxe5 21. Rg1) (13... Nc6 $8 14. g3 (14. dxc5 Nxe5 {[#]} 15. f4 (15.
Qe1 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Qg7 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb7 $13 {Tatai}) 17. f4 Bxc3 18. bxc3
Nd3 (18... Nxf4 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Nd5 21. Kb2 Ng4 22. Re1 $16 {Minev}) 19.
Bxd3 Nxc3+ 20. Kc2 Nxd1 21. Bg6+ Kf8 22. Qxd1 Qxh8 23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. Be4 {
1-0 Fridstein-Hacaturov, USSR 1939}) (15. g3 Qf6 16. f4 Nf3 17. Qc2 Bxc3 18.
bxc3 Qxh8 19. Rxd5 (19. Bg2 $142) 19... exd5 20. Qe2+ Kf8 21. Qxf3 Bf5 $17 {
Kogan-Judovic, USSR 1946}) (15. Be2 Bb7 16. g3 Qf6 17. f4 Qxh8 18. Bh5+ Nf7 19.
Qe2 Kf8 $17 {Fridstein-Judovic, USSR 1946}) 15... Bxc3 (15... Qxf4 16. Qxf4
Nxf4 17. Nxb5 (17. g3) 17... Ke7 (17... Rb8) 18. c6 Nfd3+ (18... Rb8 19. c7 $1
Rxb5 20. Rd8) 19. Bxd3 cxd3 $5 (19... Nxd3+ 20. Kc2 Nf2 (20... Rb8 $5) 21. Rhf1
Nxd1 22. Ng6+ Kd8 23. Rxd1+ $18) 20. a3 Ba6 21. Nc7 (21. axb4 Bxb5 22. Rhe1 Kd6
) 21... d2+ 22. Kb1 (22. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Rd8+) 22... Bd3+ 23. Ka2 Rxh8 24.
axb4 Rc8 25. Rxd2 Rxc7 26. Re1 Nxc6 $13 {Razuvaev}) (15... Nc6 16. g3 Qf6 17.
Bg2 $13 {Ribli}) 16. bxc3 Qxf4 17. Qxf4 Nxf4 {[#]} 18. g3 (18. c6 $5 Nxc6 (
18... Ned3+ 19. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 20. Kd2 Nf2 21. Rdf1 Nxh1 22. Ng6 Kd8 23. Rf7 $18)
19. g3 $16 {Ribli}) (18. Rd4 Nd5 19. Re4 (19. Be2 $14 {ECO} Kf8 $140 20. Rf1+
Kg7 21. Re4 Nc6 22. Rg4+ Kxh8 23. Rf8+ Kh7 24. Bf3 $18 {Gufeld,Chiburdanidze})
19... Nc6 20. Kb2 e5 $13 {Gljanez-Monin, USSR 1979}) 18... Nfd3+ 19. Bxd3 Nxd3+
20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Re1 $14 {Brinck-Clausen-Mikhalchishin/Kopenhagen/1979}) (14.
Ng6 $5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Nxh4 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 cxd4 17. g3 d3 18. Bh3 {/\ Re1,
f4+/- Harding}) 15... Qg5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. h4 Kf7 18. h5 Nxc3 19. Rd2 Nxd4 (
19... cxd4 20. g4 Bb7 21. Bg2 d3 22. f4 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 dxe2 24. f5 $16 {Korchnoi
}) 20. h6 $1 Kxg6 21. h7 Ba6 22. h8=Q Rxh8 23. Rxh8 Ne4 24. g4 $1 Nxd2 25. Kxd2
$16 {Corfield-Stoker, corr. 1990/91}) 14... Qd8 (14... Nxc3 15. gxh4 Nxa2+ 16.
Kb1 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 $16) 15. Qxh6 $16) 14. bxc3 Ba3+ 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Be2 (16.
dxc5 $5) 16... Nd7 17. Ka1 $16 cxd4 18. cxd4 O-O-O 19. Nf7 Rf8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 $8
21. exd6 {/\22.Da5} a6 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 {/\24.Da5} Qf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25.
Rhg1 Kb7 26. Rg6 Rxf3 27. Rxe6 Rxf2 28. d5 Nc5 29. Re7+ Kb6 30. d7 Rf8 31. Re6+
Kb7 32. Re8 $1 Nxd7 33. Rxf8 Nxf8 34. Rf1 Nd7 35. Rf7 Kc7 36. Rh7 b4 37. Rxh6
Nb6 38. Rc6+ Kb7 39. Rc5 c3 40. d6 a5 41. h4 a4 1-0

[Event "Rostock-10 GM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1984.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Bernard, Ryszard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1984.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 $6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5
h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. h4 g4 $1 (11... Rxg7) 12. h5 (12. Ne5 $5)
12... Rxg7 (12... gxf3 $2) 13. h6 Rh7 14. Ne5 f5 15. Rh5 $5 (15. g3 $6 Qd5 $1
16. Rh2 Qe4+ $13) (15. Be2 $1 Qd5 16. Kf1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Qd2 Bb7 $1 19.
Qg5 Nf8 $16) 15... Bb7 16. Nxg4 $1 (16. g3 c5 $1 17. dxc5 Qf6 $13) 16... fxg4
$6 (16... c5 $142 17. dxc5 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 fxg4 19. axb5 Bd5 $14 (19... Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Bd5 $14)) (16... Nd7 $142 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Rh3 Qc7 $14 {/\0-0-0 קd4}) 17.
Qxg4 Kd7 18. axb5 Kc7 19. Bxc4 Nd7 20. bxc6 $18 Bxc6 21. Qf4+ Bd6 22. Qc1 $1
Nb6 23. Bd3 Rh8 24. Kf1 $5 Qf8 25. h7 (25. Rha5) 25... Bf4 26. Qc2 Kd7 27. Rha5
Qh6 28. Rxa7+ Rxa7 29. Rxa7+ Kd8 30. Ne4 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qh5+ 32. f3 Qd5 33. Rf7
$1 Qxd4 $2 34. Rxf4 Nd5 35. Rf7 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Nb4 37. Qd2 Qxd2 38. Nxd2 Nxd3 39.
Rg7 Be8 40. Ne4 Ne5 41. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5
cxb5 9. Nxb5 Bxe4 10. Bxc4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 Be7 $6 14. Qb3
Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ra1 Bd5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Ra7 $16 Kf8 20. f3
h6 21. Be3 Ne8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Be2 Nf6 24. Bc4 Rd8 25. Bb5 Nd5 26. Bd2 Kg8
27. Bc3 f6 28. Nc4 Bb4 $1 29. Bxb4 Nxb4 30. Ra8 Nc2 31. d5 Nd4 32. Bd7 b5 $2 (
32... exd5 33. Nxb6 Kf7 $1) 33. dxe6 Kf8 34. Nd6 Nxe6 35. Bxe6 Ke7 36. Nc8+
Kxe6 37. Rxb8 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb2 40. Na7 1-0

[Event "Halle DSV International-03"]
[Site "Halle/Saale"]
[Date "1978.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1978.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Inf.26/594. 2)SCHACH 1/79} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3
dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6
b4 13. Ne4 Ba6 14. b3 $1 {Mit der Begründung, daß das Endspiel nach} Qf5 $6 {
Besser 14...Nb6.} (14... c3 $6 {Mit der Begründung, daß das Endspiel nach} 15.
Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 {klar besser ist für Weiß.}) 15. f3 O-O-O 16.
Bxc4 $1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Nc5 (17... Ne5 18. O-O Nxc4 {und Weiß hat Vorteil.}) 18.
g4 Qg6 19. dxc5 $3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 $16 Bh6 ({Nach} 20... Bxc5 21. h4 {bleibt
die schwarze Dame am Königsflügel eingeklemmt.}) 21. Bxh6 Qxh6 {Mein Gegner
schätzte diese Stellung falsch ein. Da der Vormarsch der Bauern nicht zu
verhindern ist, steht aber Weiß auf Gewinn.} 22. Ke2 Qh3 23. Rdg1 $1 Kc7 24.
Rg3 Qh4 25. g5 Qf4 26. g6 $1 fxg6 27. Rxg6 Rf8 (27... Rxh2+ 28. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 29.
Ke3 e5 30. Rg7+ Kd8 31. f7 Qh6+ 32. Ng5 $1 Ke7 33. Rg8 $18) 28. h4 $18 Qe5 29.
h5 Qb2+ 30. Ke3 Qa3+ (30... Qxa2 31. h6 b3 32. h7 b2 33. Rg7+ Kd8 34. h8=Q {
nebst Matt.}) 31. Kf4 e5+ 32. Kg3 Qe3 33. h6 Qf4+ 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Be2 c5 13. Nxb5 Na6 14. O-O $1 Rg8 15.
Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 cxd4 $6 (16... h3 $142 17. g3 Rd8 $5 {Pinter}) 17. Rc1 Rc8
18. Nfxd4 Rc5 19. f4 $1 $16 Nb4 20. f5 e5 21. Qf3 Be7 22. Nb3 (22. Ne6 $2 fxe6
23. Qa8+ Bd8 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Ne4 Bb6 $1 26. Qxg8 Rc8+ $1 27. Kh1 Rxg8 28. Nxf6
Kxf6 29. fxe6+ Kxe6 30. Rxc4 h3 $1 31. gxh3 Nd3 $17) 22... Rc8 23. Nd2 h3 24.
g3 a6 25. Na3 $2 (25. Nc3 $142 $1 {/\ Nde4+/- Pinter}) 25... Nd3 $1 26. Rxc4
Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Rc3 e4 29. Nxe4 Ne5 30. Qf4 Qxb2 31. Nc2 f6 32. Qxh6 Qb7
33. Qh5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Rg7 35. Re1 Ng4 36. Qf4 Ne5 37. Qh6 Ng4 38. Qf4 Bd6 39.
Qf3 Ne5 40. Qe2 Rg4 41. Nd4 Re8 42. Ne6+ Kg8 43. Kg1 Be7 44. Rc7 Qb4 45. Kf1
Kh8 46. Nf4 Reg8 47. Nd5 Qd4 48. Qe3 Qxe3 49. Rxe3 Bd8 50. Rc2 Rf8 51. Nf4 Ba5
52. Nxf6 Rxf6 53. Rxe5 Bb4 54. Rc8+ Kh7 55. Nxh3 Bd6 56. Rd5 Rxa4 57. Rc6 Ra1+
58. Kg2 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Rxh2 60. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m4"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 {Mit ihrem letzten Zug
haben sich beide Kontrahenten für eines der schärfsten Eröffnungssysteme
unserer Zeit entschieden.} 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5
Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17.
a3 Ne5 $6 {Die alte Hauptvariante war 17...Sb8 und die neue 17...exd5. Der
Textzug wird seit dieser Partie kaum noch gespielt.} 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qd4 Nc6
20. dxc6 $1 Rxd4 21. cxb7+ Kc7 22. Be3 e5 23. Nc3 $1 {Dieser Zug ist genau wie
das vorangegangene Damenopfer bekannte Theorie.} bxc3 24. bxc3 Bc5 $1 {Erst
hier wird Neuland betreten, aber analysiert wurde dieses Abspiel bereits
vorher. Schwächer} (24... Rd6 $2 25. Rab1 $1 a6 26. Rxb5 axb5 27. Ra1 $1 $18 {
Salow-Illescas (Madrid 1993)}) 25. cxd4 $1 Bxd4 26. Rfb1 Qc5 27. Ra6 Rb8 $2 {
Soweit hatte es wohl auch Kramnik analysiert; vom nächsten Zug wird er aber
total überrascht.} (27... Bxe3 $6 28. Rc6+ Qxc6 29. Bxc6 {bietet nicht viel
mehr Remischancen.}) ({Die beste Verteidigung bestand in} 27... c3 28. Rc6+
Qxc6 29. Bxc6 c2 30. Rc1 Kxc6 31. Rxc2+ Kxb7 {Ob Weiß dieses Endspiel gewinnt,
müsste analysiert werden.}) 28. Bc1 $3 {Ein echter Hammer. Der Läufer kommt
über a3 ins Spiel. 28...Lxf2+ gibt die Deckung des Be5 auf, was sich wie folgt
rächt:} c3 (28... Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 c3 30. Ba3 Qc4 31. Bd6+ Kd7 32. Bxb8 Qxa6 33.
Bxe5 $18) 29. Ba3 Qc4 30. Bd6+ Kd7 31. Bc6+ $1 Ke6 32. Bb5 Bxf2+ (32... Qd5 33.
Bxb8+ $18) 33. Kxf2 Qd4+ 34. Kf1 Qe4 35. Re1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qxh2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb7
38. Bxe5+ Rb6 39. Bc4+ Kd7 (39... Kf5 40. g4+ Kg6 41. Bxh2 $18) 40. Rxa7+ Kc8
41. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lobron Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7.
e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 (9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 h3 12. g3 c5 13. Bxh3
(13. Nxb5 cxd4 $1 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Qxd4+ Nd7 (15... Kxc7 16. Qxc4+ Kd8 17. Qd4+
Ke7 18. Rd1 Bg7 19. Qc5+ $18) 16. Nxa8 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 Qxe5+ 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19.
Rd1+ Ke7 20. Bxh3 Bb7 21. Nc7 Bf3+ 22. Ke3 Bc5+ 23. Kf4 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Nd3+ $19)
13... cxd4 14. Ng4 Qg7 15. Qf3 dxc3 16. Qxa8 cxb2 17. Rd1 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 c3 19.
Qxb8 O-O 20. Qxb5 c2 21. Qxb4 Ba6+ 22. Ke3 Rc8 23. Rc1 h5 24. Kd2 Qg5+ 25. Ne3
Qd8+ {0-1/Tukmakov-Henkin,Iraklion 1992}) 9... hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7
12. g3 c5 (12... Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O (13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. f3 O-O-O 18. Qe2 Bd4 19. Ne4 $16 {Sokolov,I-Dukic,Yugoslavia 1991
}) 14. O-O Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Ne4 c5 17. Qd2 Rhh8 18. Qf4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 cxd4
20. a4 e5 21. Qf3 Qxf6 22. Qa3 $40 {Lechtinsky-Rachman,Dubai 1986}) 13. d5 Nxf6
(13... Nb6 14. dxe6 Bxh1 (14... Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxh1 16. e7 a6 17. h4 $1 Bh6 18.
f4 b4 19. Rd6 Rb8 20. Nd1 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Nd5 22. Bxc4 Nxe7 23. fxe7 Kxe7 24. Rf6
$44 {Polugaevsky-Torre.Moscow 1981}) 15. e7 Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. Nxb5 Bxe7
18. fxe7 f6 19. Be3 Kxe7 20. h4 Bf3 21. Bxc4 Rhc8 22. Na3 Rab8 23. b3 a5 24.
Rc1 $16 {Ionov-Oll,Klaipeda 1988}) (13... Ne5 14. Bg2 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Qd7 16. dxe6
fxe6 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Bxb7+ (18. h4 Bh6 19. f4 b4 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Ne4 Qc6
22. Rh2 e5 $1 $132 {Trassler-Griffits,corr.1982}) 18... Kxb7 19. Qe4+ Qc6 20.
h4 Bd6 21. f4 b4 22. Qxc6+ Kxc6 $13 {Hansen-Bagirov,Moscow 1975}) (13... Bh6
14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Bg2 (15. Qd2 {Ribli}) 15... b4 16. Ne4 Nxf6 17. Nxc5 Bxd5 18.
O-O (18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rxc4 Nb6 22. Rc1 Na4 23. Nd3
Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Nxb2 $10 {Azmaiparashvili-Dolmatov,USSR 1986}) 18... Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Qb6 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc6 $10 {ECO}) (13... Qb6 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qd4 (19. h4 Ne5 20.
Re1 Bd6 21. Qd4 Nc6 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Nd4 24. Rad1 {Yusupov-Dokhoian,BRD
1992;24...Nf3!?}) 19... Nc5 20. b3 Nxb3 21. Qxa7 Nxa1 22. Bf4 Kd7 23. Nb6+ (23.
Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 24. Nb6+ Kc6 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxa1 Bh6 27. Qe3 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 $16)
23... Kc6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rd1 Rhh5 26. Qb8 $6 (26. g4 $5 {Dokhoian}) 26...
Qa5 $17 {Nikolac-Kishnev,Muenchen 1992/93}) (13... Qb6 {Lobron}) 14. dxe6 $146
(14. Bxc4 $5 bxc4 15. Qa4+ (15. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Qxf6 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. O-O-O e5
$8 18. f4 $6 (18. Rhe1 $5) (18. Qxc4 $13) 18... exf4 $8 19. d6 Bxh1 $1 20. Qa5+
Kd7 21. Qc7+ Ke6 22. d7 Kf5 $6 23. Rxh1 Qd6 24. Qb7 $2 {Shabalov,A-Mueller,Ka/
Pula/1989/} (24. d8=Q Rxd8 25. Qxf7+ Kg4 26. h3+ Rxh3 27. Rd1 $13)) 15... Qd7
16. Bxf6 Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Rh6 (17... Bxd5 18. Bxh8 Bxh1 19. Bf6 $14) 18. Bg5 Rg6
19. h4 exd5 20. O-O $13) (14. Bg2 {Ftacnik} Be7 15. O-O Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17.
Nxb5 Qb6 18. Nc3 (18. Na3 c3 $1 $8 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qc1 $6 Rag8 {/\ Nf4-+} 21.
f4 $8 cxb2 $6 22. Qxb2 $14 {Vladimirov,E-Dzhandzhava,L/Pavlodar/1987/}) 18...
Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ 21. f3 Rad8 22. Qe1 Rd3 23. Rf2 Qd5 24. Rb1
$13 {Quist,J-Karolyi jr,T/Dieren op (5)/1988/}) 14... Bg7 (14... Be7 15. exf7+
Kxf7 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rg1 b4 18. Bxc4+ Kg6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Na4 $16) (14...
Bxh1 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Bxf6 Rh7 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxd8 Kxd8 19. Nxb5 $18 (19.
Rd1+ {Ftacnik} Kc8 20. Nxb5 $16)) (14... Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxh1 16. Bxf6 Rh6 (
16... Rxh2 17. Nxb5 fxe6 18. Nc7+ Kf7 19. Be5 Rh5 20. f4 Rc8 21. Rd7+ Kg6 22.
Nxe6 $36) 17. Nxb5 Rxf6 (17... fxe6 {Ftacnik} 18. Nc7+ Kf7 19. Bg5 Rxh2 20.
Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Bxc4 $16) (17... Rc8 {Lobron} 18. Nc7+ Rxc7 19. Rd8#) 18. Nc7+
Ke7 19. Rd7#) 15. Rg1 (15. Qxd8+ $1 {Lobron} Rxd8 16. Rg1 b4 (16... a6 17.
exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bg2 $16) (16... Rxh2 17. Nxb5 fxe6 {-16...fe6}) (16... fxe6 17.
Nxb5 Rxh2 (17... Ne4 18. Bxd8 Bxb2 (18... Kxd8 19. O-O-O+ $18) 19. Rd1 $18) 18.
Bxc4 $16) 17. Na4 $16) 15... Qb6 (15... Qe7 {Lobron} 16. Nxb5 $16) (15... fxe6
{Lobron} 16. Nxb5 $16) 16. Qe2 (16. exf7+ {Ftacnik} Kxf7 17. h4 Rad8 $36 {xKe1}
(17... Rad8 {Lobron} 18. Qc2 Rhe8+ 19. Be2 Bf3 20. Be3 Qc6 $1 $13)) (16. Bxf6 {
Lobron} Qxe6+ 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Bxf6 19. Nxb5 Bxb2 20. Rb1 c3 $17) 16...
Qxe6 (16... fxe6 {Lobron} 17. h4 $16) (16... O-O-O {Lobron} 17. e7 Rde8 18.
O-O-O $16) 17. Nxb5 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Ne4 (18... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 19. h4 Ne4 $13) 19.
O-O-O (19. Nc7+ Kd7 (19... Kf8 {Lobron} 20. Nxa8 Nxg5 $1 21. Nc7 Bxb2 22. Rd1 (
22. Rb1 c3 $17) 22... Rxh2 23. Rd8+ (23. Nb5 c3 $17) (23. Bxc4 Nf3+ 24. Ke2
Nxg1+ 25. Rxg1 Bd4 26. Rf1 Bc8 $17) 23... Ke7 24. Rb8 Bd4 $17) 20. Nxa8 Nxg5
21. O-O-O+ (21. Rd1+ {Ftacnik} Kc8 $17) 21... Kc8 22. Bg4+ Ne6 23. Rge1 Bxa8
24. h4 Re8 (24... Bd4 $5) 25. Bh5 Re7 26. Bxf7 Rxf7 27. Rxe6 Bf3 28. Rde1 Bd4
29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Bxf2 31. Rf7 Be3+ 32. Kc2 Be4+ 33. Kc3 Bd3 34. b3 Bd4+
35. Kd2 Bb1 36. bxc4 Bxa2 37. Rxa7 Bxc4 $13) (19. Bf4 $5 $13 {Lobron}) 19...
Nxg5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 (20... Ke7 {Lobron} 21. Nxb7 Rab8 22. Na5 $1 $14) 21. Nxb7
Rxh2 22. Rgf1 (22. Nxc5 {Ftacnik} Rxf2 $17) (22. Bxc4 $10 {Lobron} Rxf2 (22...
Rb8 23. Rd7 Rxf2 24. Rf1 Bxb2+ 25. Kd1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 {/\ Bc4=}) (22... Bd4 $2
23. Rh1 $14) 23. Rgf1 Bxb2+ 24. Kb1 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 $10) 22... Bd4 (22... Ne4 {
Ftacnik} 23. Bxc4 Nxf2 24. Rd7 $40) 23. Bxc4 Rb8 24. Bd5 (24. Nd6 {Ftacnik}
Bxb2+ 25. Kc2 Bd4 $36) 24... Bxf2 25. Rd3 Bd4 (25... c4 {Ftacnik} 26. Rc3 Bd4
27. Rc2 $10) 26. Rb3 Kg7 27. Kb1 Rd2 (27... Kg6 {Ftacnik} 28. a4 f5) 28. Kc1
Rh2 29. Kb1 Kg6 30. a4 (30. Nxc5 $2 Rxb3 31. Nxb3 Rxb2+ 32. Kc1 Rxa2 $17) 30...
f5 31. Re1 Kh5 (31... Rbh8 {Ftacnik} 32. Ka2 Rc2 33. Na5 Rhh2 34. Nc4 $13) 32.
Rf1 Re8 (32... Kg4 {Ftacnik} 33. Rf4+) 33. Na5 (33. Rxf5 {Ftacnik} Kg6 34. g4 (
34. Rf1 $1 {Lobron} Re5 35. Bc6 Ree2 36. Nd6 Bxb2 (36... Rxb2+ 37. Rxb2 $10)
37. Be8+ $10) 34... Ree2 $36) 33... Re5 34. Bf3+ (34. Bc6 $15 {Lobron}) 34...
Nxf3 35. Rfxf3 Re1+ (35... Kg5 {Lobron} 36. Nc4 Ree2 {/\ Rc2} 37. Ka2 Rc2 38.
Ne3 (38. Nd6 Bxb2 39. Rxf5+ Kg6 $19) 38... Bxe3 39. Rfxe3 c4 $17) 36. Ka2 Ree2
37. Nc4 Rc2 38. Ne3 Rxb2+ (38... Bxe3 {Lobron} 39. Rfxe3 c4 40. Rb5 $10) (38...
Rce2 $15 {Lobron}) 39. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 40. Ka3 Re2 41. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Agzamov HarZvi Shirov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6.
e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 {Har Zvi: white
playes this move if he wants to avoid the variation with Bh6 which can follow
after 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Bh6,but here black has a critical move 11...
Rg8 which leads to great complications} Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 {Har Zvi: Kramnik is the leading GM in the world
playing this position with Black,and it maybe not a very good idea to play
this against him even for Ivanchuk this game showes it was not a very good
opening choice.} (16. Rb1 {HarZvi this is another very interesting move in
which kramnik had some evry interesting games lately} Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7
Bxf1 19. Qd5 {Har Zvi: Kamsky played 19.Kxf1 against Kramnik and got the
advantage but 2 monthes later Kramnik played again this position against
Topalov it means he has something} (19. Kxf1 Bxe7 (19... Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8
21. Nd5 Rxh2 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qf3 $16 {Kramnik,
V-Shirov,A Monaco blind 1996}) 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4 (21. Qd5 Rxg5 $1 22. Qxg5
bxc3) 21... Qc6 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Bf4 $40 {Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V Dos Hermanas 1996}
) 19... Bxe7 20. fxe7 Bd3 (20... Rdg8 21. Ne4 Rg6 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V
New-York PCA 1994} 22. Qa8+ $1 Nb8 23. Rxf1 Qc6 24. Rd1 $3 Qxa8 25. Rd8+ Kc7
26. Bf4+ Kb6 27. Rxh8 Re6 28. e8=Q Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Qd5 30. Rxb8+ Ka6 (30... Ka5
31. Re8 f5 32. Nxc5 $1) 31. Nd2 $1 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Nb3 c4 34. Nc1 c2 35.
h4 $18 {Kasparov,G}) 21. Ne4 Bxb1 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Kb6 24. Nxc4+ Kb5 25.
Nd6+ Kb6 26. exd8=B+ Rxd8 27. Nc4+ Kb5 28. Nd6+ Kb6 29. Nc4+ Kb5 {1-2/1-2
Topalov,V-Kramnik,V Dortmund 1996}) 16... Qd6 {Har Zvi: The main line is 16...
Qb5 and there is also another interesting move 16...Qa6. The game move was
played few times, Kramnik's continuation seems to be very strong and better
than the moves played before.} (16... Qb5) (16... Qa6) 17. Bf4 $5 $146 (17.
dxe6 {HarZvi} Qxe6 18. Re1 Ne5 $1 (18... Qf5 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Bf4 {with the
idea Qf3} Qxf6 $8 21. Re8 $1 $16 {Agzamov,G-Timoscenko,G SSSR 1982 34/510}) 19.
Qxd8+ (19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Qe2 (20. Qxd8 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Qc6 $1 {Har Zvi: and not
21...Nxe1 as Agzamov analyses in informator 34} (21... Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1 (
22... Qh3+ 23. Kf3 Qh5+ 24. Kf4) 23. Qd7+ Ka6 24. Qc6+ Ka5 25. Bf4 Rxh2+ 26.
Kxh2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 Qf1+ 28. Kh4 $18 {Agzamov,G}) 22. Re7+ Bxe7 23. Qxh8 (23.
Qxe7+ Ka8 $19) 23... Nxg5+ {with Bxf6 with a strong initiative}) 20... Qh3 21.
Qxe5 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 $10 {Shirov}) 19... Kxd8 20. Bxb7
Kc7 $4 (20... Qf5 21. Rxe5 (21. Rad1+ Nd3 22. Bf4 Bd6 $1 23. Be4 Qh3 24. Rxd3
cxd3 25. Bxd6 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 28. Kg2 Rxe1 29. Bf4 Re2 30.
Kf3 c4 $1 $17) 21... Qxe5 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Kxb7 25. Rc1 Rh6
26. Rxc4 Kc6 $10 {Shirov}) 21. Bg2 Qd7 22. Bf4 $1 $16 {+- Shirov,A-Piket,J
Aruba (m/4) 1995 63/379 [Shirov,A]}) 17... e5 (17... Qa6 $5) (17... Ne5 $4 {
HarZvi} 18. Re1 $18) 18. Be3 Bh6 19. Qc1 $1 (19. Qc2 $5) 19... Bxe3 (19... Qxf6
$2 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 (20... Bxe3 21. fxe3 $1 Qh6 22. Nxb7 Kxb7 (22... Qxh2+ 23. Kf2
Kxb7 24. Rh1) 23. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 24. Rf2 $18) 21. Qxc4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qd6 (22... Qb6
23. Rac1 $18) 23. Rac1 $18) 20. Qxe3 $16 (20. fxe3 $5) 20... Ba6 $6 {a
completely unexplained move,the natural move and the best one is simply to
take on d5,after this strange move black has no play at all white is winning} (
20... Bxd5 21. Rfd1 Nxf6 22. Rac1 Qc6 (22... Ng4 23. Qe2) (22... Rxh2 23. Bxd5
Nxd5 24. Kxh2) 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Nb6 26. Nd3 $16 (26. Na6
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 c3 28. Nxb4 cxb2 29. Nd3 Nc4 (29... Na4 30. Rb1) 30. Rb1 $16 Kc7
31. Nxb2 Rb8 32. Rc1)) (20... Kb8) (20... Bxd5) 21. a3 $1 Kb8 (21... b3 22.
Rfd1) (21... c3 22. Rfc1 $16) 22. h4 $1 (22. Nxc5 $2 Nxc5 23. axb4 Nb3 24. b5
Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Bb7 26. Qxa7+ Kc7) 22... Rdg8 (22... Rc8 23. Bh3 $1 $16) 23. Nxc5
$1 Nxc5 (23... Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. axb4 c3 26. bxc5 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 cxb2 28.
Rb1 $18) 24. axb4 Nb7 (24... Nb3 25. b5 (25. Rxa6 $1 {HarZvi} Qxa6 26. Qxe5+
Kc8 (26... Kb7 27. d6+) 27. d6 $1 {Har Zvi: and white is probably winning the
threats are Qd5,Qe7}) 25... Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Bb7 (26... Bxb5 27. Qxa7+ Kc8 28.
Bh3+ Bd7 (28... Kd8 29. Qa5+ (29. Qa8+)) 29. Qa8+ Qb8 (29... Kc7 30. Ra7+ $18)
30. Qc6+ $18) 27. Qxa7+ Kc8 (27... Kc7 28. Ra6 Ra8 29. Qxb7+ Kxb7 30. Rxd6 $18)
28. Bh3+ Kc7 29. Ra6 Ra8 (29... Qxd5 30. Rc6+ $18) 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rxd6 $18)
(24... Nd3 25. b5) 25. b3 $1 {/\bc} (25. b3 $1 cxb3 (25... c3 26. Rfc1) (25...
Rg4 26. b5 Bxb5 27. Qxa7+ Kc7 28. Rfc1 {Har Zvi: and black is losing since he
can not play Qb6/Qc5 because of d6}) (25... Rc8 {HarZvi} 26. b5) 26. b5 Bxb5
27. Qxa7+ Kc7 28. Rfc1+ $18) (25. b5 Bxb5 26. Qxa7+ Kc7) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14. Bg2 Bh6 {
This idea by V.Ivanchuk was most recently examined by Ch.Lutz in CBM110.} 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nxb5 a6 {Kasparov's recommendation.} (17... exd5
18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Nb5 {was examined in CBM 40 (Kasparov-Ivanchuk, annotated by
Ftacnik, Kharitonov and Th.Ernst) and CBM 58 (Ionov-Popov, annotated by Lutz).
Here is a fresh example with a new idea for Black:} Qa6 $5 (19... Bg5 $143 20.
Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ye1a5]}) 20. a4 Bg5 21. Qf3 Qh6 22. h4 Bxh4 23. gxh4 Rdg8 24.
Rfe1 Qxh4 25. Kf1 Rxg2 26. Qxg2 d4 27. Qg3+ Qxg3 28. fxg3 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Rh2+ 30.
Kd1 Bf3+ 31. Kc1 d3 32. Kb1 d2 33. Re8+ Kb7 34. Re7+ Kc6 35. Ka2 d1=Q 36. Na7+
Kb6 37. Nc8+ Kc6 38. Na7+ Kb6 {1/2-1/2 Williams,S-Ivanisevic,I/Reykjavik 2006/
CBM 111 ext}) 18. Nc3 exd5 19. Re1 (19. Qa4 {brought White a victory in the
following game but that had nothing to do with the opening:} Bg7 20. Qa5 Qd6
21. Rad1 Bd4 22. Ne2 Be5 23. h4 Qc7 24. Qa3 Kb8 $6 (24... d4 $17) 25. b4 cxb4
26. Qxb4 f5 $4 (26... Ka7 $13) 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Serna
Lara,S/Villarrobledo 2001/EXT 2002 (30)}) (19. Nxd5 Qe6 (19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Qf5 21. Qa4 Qxd5 22. Qxa6+ Qb7 23. Qxc4 $13) 20. Re1 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22.
Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Re5 Be6 24. Rxc5+ Kb7 25. Rd1 Bg7 26. Rd2 Kb6 27. Rg5 Bf6 28.
Rd6+ Kc7 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Rc5+ Kd7 31. Rxc4 Bxb2 32. h4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Fezzi,
M-Zunke,J/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (55)}) 19... Kb8 20. Na4 $1
$146 {[%mdl 136] Immediately starting an attack.} (20. Qc2 $143 d4 21. Na4 (21.
Bxb7 $2 dxc3 {[%cal Rd8d2]}) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 Bg7 $1 24. Qxc4
Rxh2 $1 25. Qb3+ Kc8 26. Nb6+ Kc7 27. Re7+ Kd6 28. Rd7+ Rxd7 29. Nc4+ Kc7 30.
Kxh2 Rd8 31. g4 Rh8+ 32. Kg3 f5 33. Re1 Bf6 34. g5 f4+ $1 35. Kxf4 Bxg5+ $1 {
0-1 Liarokapis,V-Marcotulli,G/WCCF 2001/Telechess CBM 97}) 20... Bf8 21. Rc1
Bc6 $2 {The position is extremely complicated and it is not surprising that
Black doesn't find the best way (it will be analysts' responsibility now). The
exchange of this bishop (the main defender of his king!) is not a good idea.} (
{Perhaps} 21... Bd6 $142 $5 $132 22. b3 $140 $2 Rxh2 $1) 22. b3 Bh6 {Looks
senseless but what to do?} ({After} 22... Bxa4 23. bxa4 Ka7 24. Rb1 {the black
king is helpless in a long run.}) ({Or} 22... Ka7 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Qc2 $16 {
[%csl Ra7]}) (22... Qd4 23. Qc2 Qd3 24. Qb2 $16) 23. Rc2 Qd4 24. Qb1 $1 Ka7 $2
{Losing at once.} (24... Kc7 $142 25. Nc3 $40) 25. bxc4 $1 Bxa4 (25... Rb8 26.
Re7+ $18) 26. Rb2 {[%cal Rb2b7,Re1e7]} Rd6 (26... Rd7 27. Bxd5 $18) 27. Bxd5
Rxd5 28. Rb7+ Ka8 29. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 {Not the most popular
reply to the Botvinnik system but, of course, its theory is now quite
extensive, too.} Bb4 7. e4 Bxc3+ (7... b5 {is the main line here; besides,
Black sometimes plays}) (7... c5 {or}) (7... Qa5) 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd2
Qd5 {This line originates from the old game Donner-Kotov (Venice 1950), which
Black won. However, lengthy queen manoeuvring doesn't look quite healthy.} 11.
Qc2 {Practice has also seen:} (11. a5) (11. Be2) (11. Qb1) 11... c5 (11... b5
$6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O f5 14. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Nb6 16. a5 Na4 17. Bf3 Qd7
18. Rxa4 $1 bxa4 19. Qxa4 O-O 20. Bxc6 Qc7 21. Be7 Qxe7 22. Bxa8 $18 {1-0
Sturua,Z (2420)-Kaidanov,G (2415)/Lvov 1985/MCD (36)}) 12. Be3 (12. Rd1 cxd4
13. cxd4 c3 $1 14. Bc1 (14. Bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Qa5 $11) 14... Bd7
15. Bd3 Bc6 16. O-O Na6 17. Ba3 Nd2 18. Rxd2 cxd2 19. Bc4 Qe4 20. Bd3 Qd5 21.
Bc4 Qe4 22. Bd3 {1/2 Pashikian,A (2556)-Balogh,C (2575)/Moscow 2008/CBM 123})
12... cxd4 (12... Nc6 $2 13. O-O-O $1 (13. Be2 $2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Qc1 c3
16. O-O Bd7 17. Ne1 Rc8 18. f3 Nd2 19. Bxd2 Na2 20. Rxa2 Qxa2 $19 {0-1 Donner,
J-Kotov,A/Venice 1950/MCD (25)}) (13. Rd1 $5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 f5 15. f3 Nc5 16.
Nb5 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Rxd3 Qxe5 19. f4 Qb8 20. Bc5 Qxf4 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22.
Nxc8+ Kf6 23. Nd6 $18 {1/2 Carlsen,T-Silva Filho,A/ICCF Email 2004/ICCF CBM
122 (54)}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 (14... Qxe5 15. f4 $18) 15. Nb5 Nb3+ 16. Kb2
Qxe5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc4 {1-0 Danielian,O (2460)-Ceteras,M (2330)/Vejen 1993/
EXT 1999}) 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Qd5 (15... Qd8 16. Bxc4 Nc6 17.
O-O (17. Bc3 $5 O-O 18. Qe4) 17... O-O 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Qe4 Nf5 20. Rfd1 Nxe3
21. fxe3 (21. Qxe3 $142 $14 {[%cal Yd4d5]}) 21... Rb8 22. Rf1 Qg5 23. h4 Qg6
24. Qf4 Bd7 25. Rf3 Rbc8 26. Bb5 $14 {1/2 Ikonnikov,V (2560)-Haimovich,T (2375)
/Dieren 2005/CBM 107 ext (44)}) 16. Qxc4 (16. Be3 {Stoica,V} Qa5+) (16. Bxc4 $5
Qxd4 17. O-O Nc6 18. Rae1 $44 Bd7 19. Re4 Qc5 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Qb2 Ne7 22. Qxb7
Bc6 23. Bb5 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Nd5 26. Ra1 {1/2 Goldin,A (2600)
-Stisis,Y (2380)/Israel 1996/CBM 052 ext}) 16... Qxc4 (16... Qe4+ $5 17. Be3
Nc6 {deserved attention to disrupt White's development.}) 17. Bxc4 $14 {_|_}
Nc6 18. Bc3 (18. Be3 Bd7 19. O-O Na5 {[%cal Yd7c6]}) 18... Ne7 (18... Bd7 $142
$1 {M.Notkin} 19. Kd2 (19. d5 Rc8 $1 20. dxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Yc6e7]}) (19. Be2 Rc8
) 19... Ne7 20. Bb4 Nc6) 19. a5 $1 Bd7 {Black is preparing to control the
central d5-square but his king remains in the centre and rooks disconnected.}
20. Bb4 Rc8 21. Be2 Nc6 $6 {A wrong tactical idea.} (21... Nd5 $142 22. Bc5 Nf4
(22... b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bd6 {[%csl Re8]}) (22... Bc6 23. Rg1 $1) 23. Bf1
Bc6 24. Rg1 a6 25. g3 Nd5 26. Kd2 $14 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yf2f4]}) 22. Bc5 Nxe5 (
22... Nxa5 23. Rxa5 (23. Bxa7 Nb3 24. Rb1 Rc3 25. h4 O-O 26. Rh3 Rxh3 27. gxh3
Ba4 28. Bf3 f6 $1 {is less clear}) 23... b6 24. Rxa7 bxc5 25. Ba6 $1 Rb8 26.
dxc5 Rb1+ 27. Kd2 Rxh1 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Rxh8 $16 Rxh2 $140 $2 30. Bb7) 23. Rb1
$6 (23. a6 $1 {(indicated by IM M.Notkin) was the refutation:} b6 (23... bxa6
$2 24. Bxa6 Rc6 25. O-O {loses material}) (23... b5 24. Bxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga6]})
24. Bxb6 $1 Nc6 (24... axb6 25. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Ga6]}) 25. Bc5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,
Re8]}) 23... Nc6 24. Rxb7 Nxa5 25. Rxa7 Nc6 26. Rb7 Nd8 27. Rb3 {The position
has been simplified, and without queenside pawns to attack, White's bishops
are not so formidable.} Bc6 28. O-O Nb7 29. Ba3 (29. Ba6 $142 $5 Nxc5 30. dxc5
Rd8 31. Rb6 Kd7 32. Bb7 $14) 29... Kd7 30. Rc1 Nd6 31. Rb6 Nf5 {Oof... Black
has finally consolidated his position and should not lose.} 32. d5 $6 {This
pawn sac is quite harmless.} exd5 33. Bg4 g6 34. Bb2 Rhe8 35. Bxf5+ gxf5 36. f3
Re2 37. Bd4 Rd2 38. Be3 Rd3 39. Bf4 d4 $6 {Black made this inaccurate move,
and White... lost on time! Meanwhile, after} (39... d4 40. Rc4 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 {
he wins the d4 pawn and can torture his opponent due to his better pawn
structure}) (39... Rd4 $142 $5 40. Be5 Rc4 {Black keeps an extra pawn although
a draw is highly probable.}) 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 b5 $5 {An interesting
continuation leading to a double-edged position.} 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Nxb5 Qb6 9.
Nc3 (9. Na3 Bxa3 $1 (9... Ne4 10. Nxc4 Qb4+ 11. Ncd2 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 Qxd4 13. e3
Qd7 (13... Qd5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Bf3 Qb5 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bxf3+ 18. Ngxf3
Bb4 19. Rhc1 $14 {1-0 (66) Postny,E (2661)-Pavasovic,D (2597) Sibenik 2008})
14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. O-O h6 18. Ngf3 Be7 19. Rfc1 Nb4 20.
Rc4 Rb8 21. Rd4 Qb5 22. Rxa7 Bc5 {1/2 (31) Argandona Riveiro,I (2396)-Korneev,
O (2657) Elgoibar 2006} 23. Nc4 $1 O-O 24. Ra5 Qc6 25. Nfe5 Qc8 26. Rxc5 Qxc5
27. Nd7 $16) (9... Qxb2 10. Nxc4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Ncxd2 $14) 10. Qa4+ Nc6
11. Qxa3 Ne4 12. e3 Qb4+ 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Rc1 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Bf4 g5
17. Bc7 Bb7 18. Nd2 g4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Kd2 Kd7 $11 {1/2 (30) Cramling,P 
(2491)-Fridman,D (2660) Caleta ENG 2012}) 9... Qxb2 10. Bd2 Nd5 (10... Bb4 11.
Rb1 Qa3 12. Nb5 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qe7 14. e4 $14) 11. Nxd5 (11. Na4 Qb3 12. e4 Nb4
13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nc3 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nd3 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Nb5 Rc8
19. Nc4 Rb8 $15 {1/2 (33) Santos,C (2433)-Fernandes,A (2457) Evora 2006}) (11.
Rb1 Nxc3 12. Rxb2 Nxd1 13. Kxd1 Nd7 14. e3 Ba6 15. Ba5 Ba3 (15... Be7 $11) 16.
Ra2 Be7 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Bc3 {1/2 (52) Munoz,J (2238)-Perez Rodriguez,L (2475)
Bogota COL 2011} Bb5 19. Rxa7 Nb6 $11 {E.Grivas}) (11. Rc1 $5 {is probably the
most accurate:} Nd7 $1 (11... Bb4 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Nb5 Bxd2+ {1-0 (70) Timofeev,
A (2659)-Bukavshin,I (2517) Moscow RUS 2012} 14. Qxd2 Qe7 15. e4 $14 {E.Grivas}
) 12. Na4 (12. e4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bb4 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 a5 16. Bxc4 O-O $11)
12... Qb3 13. e3 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 N5b6 $11) 11... exd5 12. Rb1 Qa3 (12... Qa2 $5
13. e4 $1 Bd6 $1 (13... dxe4 $2 14. Ne5 Be6 15. d5 $1 Bxd5 16. Rb5 Be6 17. Bg5
$18 {E.Grivas}) 14. Rb5 (14. exd5 O-O 15. Ne5 Re8 16. Be2 Nd7 (16... f6 17. Ra1
Qb3 18. Qxb3 cxb3 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Ne3 $14 {1-0 (56) Ju Wenjun (2543)
-Javakhishvili,L (2475) Mardin TUR 2011}) 17. Ra1 Qb3 18. f4 Nb6 19. O-O {
E.Grivas} Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bb7 $15) 14... Nc6 (14... dxe4 15. Ne5 Be6 16. d5 Bxe5
17. dxe6 Nc6 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Qc1 $16 {1-0 (27) Petursson,M (2550)
-Thorhallsson,T (2470) Island 1994}) 15. exd5 Ba6 16. Rb1 c3 17. Bxc3 Bxf1 18.
Kxf1 Qxd5 $11 {1-0 (58) Khassanov,M (2338)-Somkin,E (2329) St Petersburg 2000})
13. e4 $1 Bd6 (13... dxe4 14. Ne5 $36) (13... c3 $5 14. Bc1 Qa5 15. Qc2 Bb4 16.
exd5 O-O 17. Bd3 Re8+ 18. Be3 Ba6 $1 $13) 14. Ne5 $6 {Hardly a good waste of a
tempo (this knght can now be exchanged at any moment) although Black obtains
good counterchances in any case.} (14. e5 $6 Bc7 15. Be2 Nc6 16. O-O O-O 17.
Rb5 Be6 18. Rc5 Qa6 $17 {0-1 (32) Petursson,M (2550)-Shabalov,A (2590)
Reykjavik 1994}) (14. Rb5 O-O $1 15. Rxd5 (15. Ra5 Qb2 16. Rxd5 Bb4 17. Bxc4
Bg4 $132 {0-1 (87) Banusz,T (2463)-Buhmann,R (2581) Dresden 2007}) 15... c3 16.
Bc1 Qb4 17. Bd3 Nc6 $5 (17... c2+ 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Ke2 Rc8 20. Qxb4 Bxd3+ 21.
Kxd3 Bxb4 {0-1 (65) Goldin,A (2580)-Shabalov,A (2570) Chicago 1995} 22. Bb2 $14
{[%cal Yh1c1]}) 18. O-O Rb8 $132) 14... O-O 15. exd5 c3 16. Bc1 (16. Be3 Qa5
17. Nc4 Qxd5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 {is quite unpleasant for White, too.}) 16... Qa5 17.
Rb5 Qc7 18. Bd3 Ba6 19. Rb3 (19. Rxb8 Raxb8 20. Bxa6 c2 21. Qd3 $8 Bxe5 22.
dxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Qe3 Qxd5 $17) 19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Be3 Rd8 22. Qc2 Bxd3
23. Qxd3 Rxd5 24. Qxc3 Nd7 {As a result of the opening, Black has won a pawn
and finally brings his advantage home.} 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Ke2 a5 27. Rc1 a4 28.
Rbc3 f6 29. h3 (29. Rc8+ Rd8) 29... Rdd8 30. Ra3 Ra6 31. f4 Nf7 32. Rc4 Rda8
33. Bc5 h5 34. Rcc3 Rb8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. fxg5 Nxg5 38. Bd4 $6 (38.
Be3 $142) 38... Rb4 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kg6 41. Rd7 Ne6 42. Be3 Rxg4 43. Rb7
Ng5 44. Ra7 Rxa7 45. Bxa7 Nf7 46. Ra1 Ne5 47. Bb8 Kf5 48. Ba7 Rc4 49. Kd2 Ke6
50. Bb6 f5 51. Ba7 f4 52. Bb6 Kd5 53. Ba7 Nc6 54. Bf2 Nd4 55. Kd3 Nc2 56. Rh1
Nb4+ 57. Ke2 Ke4 58. Be1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21.
Ne4 {This whole line was examined by GM Ch.Lutz in CBM 53 (annotations to
Kamsky-Kramnik). Since then the line has been tested in several important,
escpecially correspondence games.} Rxg5 $146 {[%mdl 8] GM Jan Smeets comes up
with a novelty. Practice had seen:} (21... Qc6 $6 22. Nd6+ (22. f3 {is also
strong:} f6 (22... f5 23. Nd6+ Kb8 24. Qe2 Nb6 25. Bf4 Ka8 26. Re1 Re8 27. Nxe8
Rxe8 28. Kg2 $18 {1-0 Kotanjian,T (2570)-Tissir,M (2428)/Dubai 2008/CBM 123
Extra (85)}) 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 (24. Nd6+ $1 Kc7 25. Nf7 Qe6 26. Nxh8 Qxe7
27. Ng6 $1 Rxg6 28. Qc2 Qf7 29. Rd1 $16) 24... fxe5 25. Qe2 Rg7 26. Rd1 Rxe7
27. Rd6 $36 Qa4 $4 (27... Qb5) 28. Qxc4 $18 {1-0 Ikonnikov,V (2592)-Tan,M 
(2319)/Vlissingen 2008/CBM 125 Extra (32)}) 22... Kb8 (22... Kc7 23. Bf4 $16 {
0-1 Harika,D (2329)-Sharma,D (2373)/Chennai 2004/CBM 098 ext (35)}) 23. Bf4
Rxh2 (23... Ka8 24. h4 $1 (24. e8=Q+ Rxe8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 $6 (25... Qh1+ $1 26.
Ke2 Rxe8+ 27. Be3 Qc6 $132 {G.Kaidanov}) 26. Kg1 Nf6 27. Rc1 Re4 28. Qd8+ Kb7
29. Qf8 Nd5 30. Qxf7+ Re7 31. Qf8 $16 {1-0 Shulman,Y (2581)-Kaidanov,G (2603)/
San Diego 2006/CBM 112/[Kaidanov] (52)}) (24. f3 Nb6 25. Nxf7 Rxh2 26. Kg1 Rhh8
$2 (26... Rh7 $1 $13) 27. Nxh8 Nd5 28. Ng6 $18 {1-0 Koffler,D (2080)-Bachofner,
C (2163)/Hartberg 2004/CBM 101 ext (36)}) 24... Nf6 25. Nxf7 (25. Be5 Ne8)
25... Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qe4+ 27. Be3 Nd5 28. Nxh8 Rxh8 29. Qh1 Qc2+ 30. Kf3 Qf5+ 31.
Kg2 $16 {G.Kaidanov}) 24. Ke2 $1 (24. e8=Q+ Rxe8 25. Nxe8+ Ka8 26. Ke2 Qe4+ 27.
Be3 Qg4+ 28. Kd2 Qe4 $11) 24... Ka8 25. Qc2 $1 Nb6 26. Qf5 Nc8 27. Qxf7 $5 (27.
e8=Q Rxe8+ 28. Nxe8 Qxe8+ 29. Be3 Nb6 30. Rd1 Kb7 31. Qxc5 $16 {1/2 Kamsky,G 
(2735)-Kramnik,V (2775)/Dos Hermanas 1996/CBM 053 (55)[Lutz]}) 27... Rhh8 $1
28. Rd1 c3 $1 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Nxc8 $1 c2 31. Rd3 Qe4+ 32. Re3 c1=N+ 33. Kd2
Qd4+ 34. Kc2 Rxc8 35. Be5 Qa4+ 36. Kxc1 Rh1+ 37. Kb2 Qb5+ 38. Qb3 Qc6 39. Qc4
$16 {1-0 Micic,N-Sanner,Z (2380)/ICCF WS 2004/ICCF CBM 122 (50)}) (21... c3+ $5
22. Kg1 Rxg5 $1 23. Nxg5 Qg6 24. bxc3 (24. Qc1 c2 25. Ra1 Re8 26. Qe3 Qf6 27.
Rc1 Rxe7 28. Qd2 Qxb2 29. Rxc2 Qe5 30. h4 (30. Rc1 Kb7 31. Nf3 Qf5 32. Kg2 Nb6
33. Qd6 Rc7 34. h4 a5 35. Rh1 f6 36. h5 Rd7 37. Qf8 c4 38. h6 c3 39. Qg8 c2 40.
h7 Rd3 41. Qf7+ Ka6 42. Qh5 Qxh5 43. Rxh5 c1=Q 44. h8=Q Qc6 45. Rf5 Nd5 $17 {
0-1 Gilimshin,A (2607)-Ohtake,S (2580)/ICCF 2003/ICCF CBM 120 (58)}) 30... Kb7
31. Rc4 Nb6 32. Re4 Qf6 33. Qe3 Rc7 34. Qe2 c4 35. Rf4 Re7 {1/2 Maentylae,R 
(2257)-Luhn,R (2024)/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 121}) (24. Qf1 Qxg5 (24... cxb2 25.
h4 Re8 26. Rxb2 Rxe7 27. Re2 Kd8 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Qc4 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. g4
Qg6 32. Qd5 a5 33. h5 Qf6 34. h6 Qxh6 35. Qxf7+ Kd6 36. Ne4+ Kc7 37. g5 $14 {
1/2 Castellano,A (2323)-Stepanov,K (2385)/ICCF WS 2005/ICCF CBM 125 (56)}) 25.
Qa6+ Kc7 26. Qxa7+ Kc8 27. Qa6+ Kc7 28. Qa7+ {1/2 Hoenig,B (2395)-Pappier,C 
(2455)/IECG 2005/Telechess CBM 115}) 24... Qxg5 25. Qe2 Qe5 26. Qa6+ Kb8 27.
Qb5+ Kc7 (27... Nb6 $143 28. cxb4 Qxe7 29. bxc5 Rh5 30. Rc1 Rd5 31. a4 (31. h4
Qc7 32. Kh2 Qe5 33. Qb3 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Qxc5 35. Qxf7 Nc4 36. h5 Nd6 37. Qf3 Kc7
38. h6 Qg5 39. Qc3+ Kd8 40. Kg1 Qxh6 41. Qa5+ Kc8 42. Qxa7 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qc2 44.
Qa8+ {1/2 Stummer,W (2321)-Kuhne,D (2256)/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 99
}) 31... Qg5 32. Qe8+ Rd8 33. Qe1 Nd5 34. c6 Kc8 35. h4 Qh6 36. Rc5 Qg6 37. Qe2
Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Nc7 39. Qf3 Rd1 40. Ra5 a6 41. Qf5+ Qxf5 42. Rxf5 Rc1 43. Rxf7
Rxc6 44. h5 $16 {1-0 Stummer,W (2391)-Schulze,M (2322)/Chessfriend.com 2004/
Telechess CBM 109 (59)}) 28. cxb4 Qxe7 29. Qa5+ Kb7 30. Qb5+ Kc7 31. Qa5+ Kb7
32. Qb5+ {1/2 Straka,Z (2471)-Balabaev,F (2383)/Chessfriend.com 2004/Telechess
CBM 101}) 22. Nxg5 Re8 23. Qe2 (23. Nxf7 c3+ 24. Kg1 Rxe7 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Nf5
Rf7 27. g4 Qg6 $132) 23... Qg6 24. Ne4 Rxe7 25. Re1 Kd8 $1 26. Qxc4 Qg4 {
[%cal Rf7f5] White has won a pawn but Black's king is now safe, and he obtains
sufficient counterplay.} 27. Qd5 (27. Re2 Qf3 28. Re3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Nb6 30. Qc2
Nd5 31. Qxc5 Rd7 $1 {and Black holds on}) 27... f5 28. Qa8+ Kc7 29. Qxa7+ Kc6
30. Qa8+ Kc7 {and White must give a perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Be3 Nd7 {The point of this move
order is to prevent the line} (12... Bb7 13. Ne4 {[%cal Ye4c5]}) {On the other
hand, White gets several additional possibilities.} 13. g3 (13. Qf3 Bb7 14.
Nxb5 {is harmless due to} Qa5+ (14... Qb8 $5 15. Nc3 c5 16. Qg4 cxd4 17. Bxd4
Ne5) 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O $1 (16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Qc2 c5 18. dxc5 Nd5 19. Bxc4
Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxc5 $19 {0-1 Yermolinsky,A-Becerra Rivero,J/San
Diego 2004/CBM 105 (32)}) 16... c5 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Qf4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 cxd4 20.
Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 22. Qa8+ Kd7 23. Qf3 Nd3+ 24. Bxd3 Qxd4 25. Qxf7+ Kc8
$13) (13. a4 $5 {is much more appropriate.} Bb7 (13... Qb6 $6 14. d5 $16 {
1-0 Vasic,M-Schlander,S/Balatonlelle 2000/CBM 077 ext (26)}) 14. axb5 Qb8 $5 {
needs analysis and practical tests.}) 13... Bb7 14. Bg2 Qc7 (14... Qe7 15. Nxb5
Qb4+ 16. Nc3 Qxb2 17. Ne4 Qb4+ 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. O-O Nd5 21. Qa4
$16 {1-0 Peters,J-Diehle,J/Kassel 1998/EXT 1999 (31)}) 15. a4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Just in time!} (15. O-O $143 O-O-O 16. Qf3 (16. a4 $6 b4 $1 17. Ne4 c5) 16...
c5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 18. Qxe4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Ne5 21. Qe4 Rd2 (21...
f5 $5 22. Qe2 Rh6) 22. b3 $1 c3 23. Rac1 c2 24. Qe3 $1 Rhd8 $13 {1-0 Sherbakov,
R-Vinogradov,D/Chelyabinsk 78/420 1999/Inf 78/[Sherbakov,R] (58)}) 15... a6 (
15... b4 16. Ne4 c5 {is now met by} 17. Bf4 Bxe4 $1 18. Bxe4 (18. Bxc7 $143
Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bd5 $44) 18... Qd8 (18... Qc8 19. Qf3) 19. Rc1 Bxd4 20. Rxc4 $14 {
[%csl Ge4,Gf4] Still, that was the relatively best option for Black.}) 16. O-O
O-O-O $6 {White now has an almost forced tactical win but otherwise Black's
position is "simply" bad.} 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} axb5 19. Ra7
Nc5 20. Qa1 $1 Nb3 (20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxb7+ Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Kxb7 24.
Qa5 Kc6 25. Qc3 Rhd8 26. Qf3+ $18) (20... Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxb7+ Nxb7 23.
Ra8+ Kd7 24. Rd1 $1 $18) 21. Bxb7+ Qxb7 22. Rxb7 Nxa1 23. Rxf7 Nb3 24. Rxf6 {
White has kept a decisive material advantage.} Kd7 (24... Nxd4 25. h4) 25. h4
b4 26. Re1 Ra8 27. Bf4 Nxd4 28. Be5 Nc2 29. Rd1+ Ke7 30. Rf4 Rhc8 31. Bd6+ Ke8
32. Rf8+ Kd7 33. Bb8+ {So, 12...Nd7 is now under a cloud...} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Nb6+ $5 {A new
idea in this well-known position but the "old" queen sacrifice} (20. dxc6 Rxd4
21. cxb7+ {is quite dangerous for Black, too.}) 20... axb6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22.
Bxc6 (22. Qg4 $6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. f3 Kb7 {, and White must fight for
survival:} 25. h4 (25. Rfd1 Rd5 26. h4 Bd6 27. Rd4 Rc8 28. Rh1 $6 Be5 $1 29.
Rxd5 Qxd5 $17 {0-1 Swayams,M (2340)-Arun Prasad,S (2567)/New Delhi IND 2010/
The Week in Chess 794 (45)}) 25... c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Ra4 b5 28. Ra5 Rd5 29.
Be3 Bc5 30. Qg7 Bxe3 31. Qxh8 c2 32. Qf8 Rd7 33. Ra8 Qc4 34. Qb8+ Kc6 35. Ra6+
Kd5 36. Raa1 Kc6 37. Qa8+ {1/2 Massimini Gerbino,M (2450)-Sanner,Z (2376)/IECG
2004/Telechess CBM 105}) 22... Qxc6 23. Qg4 Bc5 $146 (23... Kb7 24. Rfd1 (24.
b3 $6 c3 25. Qe2 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Rxh6 27. Qa6+ Kc7 28. Rfd1 Rhh8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17
{[%csl Gc3] 1/2 Hebden,M (2468)-Arun Prasad,S (2556)/Edinburgh 2009/CBM 131
Extra (53)}) 24... Bd6 25. h4 Be5 26. Qe2 Bd4 27. Be3 Bxf6 28. Rdc1 Rc8 $2 (
28... Rxh4 $1 29. gxh4 Rg8+ 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qg4 Qd5 32. Rd1 (32. Rxc4 Rg7 33.
Kf1 Qd3+ 34. Qe2 Qh3+ 35. Ke1 Be3 $1 36. Qc2 $1 f5 $132) 32... Bc1 $3 33. Qxg8
Qxd1+ 34. Kg2 Kc6 $1 $132) 29. Rxc4 Qxc4 30. Qf3+ Qd5 31. Qxf6 $16 {1-0
Marchand,J (2100)-Kleinsorgen,H (2084)/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM 119 (45)}) 24.
Ra7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. h4 Kc7 27. h5 e5 28. h6 Bd4 29. Qe2 b3 30. Be3 Qd5 $2
{This move leads to an unpleasant pin.} (30... c3 $5 31. bxc3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3
Qxf6 $132) (30... Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxf6 32. Rc1 Kd7 $5 $11 {S.Zagrebelny}) 31. Rd1
Kc6 (31... Qc5 32. Qh5 $1 Rf8 (32... Rh7 33. Qg4 $1 Bxe3 34. Qd7+ Kb8 35. Qe8+
Kb7 36. Rd8 Bxf2+ 37. Kf1 $18) 33. Re1 $1 $16) 32. Qg4 b5 33. Bxd4 exd4 34.
Rxd4 $40 {[%csl Rc6][%mdl 128]} Qe5 35. Qd7+ Kc5 36. Qa7+ Kc6 37. Qd7+ Kc5 38.
Rf4 $2 (38. Rd1 $18 {G.Kasparov} Rxh6 $140 39. Qc8+ Kb6 (39... Kb4 40. Qf8+)
40. Ra1) 38... Qxb2 $4 (38... Kb6 $1 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 39. Rf5 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+
41. Rf3 c3 (41... Rxh6 $11) 42. Qd6+ Kb7 43. Qe7+ Qxe7 44. fxe7 c2 45. Rc3 b4
46. Rc4 Kb6 47. h7 Kb5 48. Rc7 Kb6 $11 {S.Zagrebelny}) 39. Rf5+ Kb4 40. Qxb5+
Kc3 41. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Na6
15. Ne4 Qe7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. h4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A surprising novelty in a
well-known position.} (17. a4 {is the theoretical continuation:} f5 $1 (17...
Kb8 18. Qd2 Nb4 (18... e5 19. axb5 Rxd4 20. Qa5 cxb5 21. Qxb5 Rh6 {1-0 (40)
Hoffmann,M (2493)-Vishnu,P (2340) Vlissingen 2011} 22. Ra5 $16) 19. Qf4+ Qc7 {
0-1 (42) Gavrikov,V (2550)-Kupreichik,V (2470) Riga 1985 URS-ch [Glatman]} 20.
Qf6 $1 Nd3 (20... Nd5 21. Qf3 $16) 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 $16) 18. axb5 (18. Nc3
b4 19. Ne2 Nc5 $1 20. Qc2 Nb3 21. Rad1 Ba6 22. Rfe1 (22. Bxc6 Kb8 $13) 22...
Kb8 23. Nf4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxe6 Qh7 26. h3 Rxf4 27. gxf4 Rg8 28. Qe2
Qc7 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Bc8 $13 {1/2 (41) Bartholomew,J (2440)-Becerra
Rivero,J (2598) Philadelphia 2008}) 18... cxb5 19. Rxa6 $1 Bxa6 (19... fxe4 20.
Rxa7 Kb8 21. Ra5 Qh7 22. h4 Qf5 23. b3 $1 Rxh4 24. bxc4 Rhh8 25. Rxb5 Qh7 26.
Re1 $18 {1-0 (33) Sieciechowicz,M (2446)-Sethuraman,S (2547) Legnica 2010}) 20.
Nc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b4 $1 23. h4 Rd8 24. Rc1 {1-0 (47) Farmani
Anosheh,A (2216)-Thier,J (2105) St Leon Rot 2011} Rd2 25. h5 Rxb2 {[%cal Rb2d2]
} 26. Rd1 c3 27. h6 c2 28. Rc1 Rb1 29. h7 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rd1 31. h8=Q+ Kc7 $11)
17... c5 $5 (17... f5 18. Ng5 {is White's idea}) (17... Kb8 $5 18. a4 (18. b3
$5) 18... e5 19. Qf3 Rxd4 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Rxa6 f5 22. Qa3 Qxa3 23. Rxa3 fxe4
$17 {0-1 (32) Kurilin,A (2299)-Simantsev,M (2541) Tula 2010 (the position
after 17.h4 arose in a different move order in this game)}) 18. a4 Rxd4 19. Qe2
b4 20. Rfd1 Bd5 {Black's redoubts in the centre look quite solid but...} 21.
Rac1 (21. Ng5 {should be checked; the position is extremely complicated in any
case.}) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rc1 (23. b3 f5 24. Ng5 Bxg2 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8
26. Kxg2 cxb3 27. Qxa6 b2 28. Qd3+ Ke8 $13 {S.Zagrebelny}) 23... Qb7 (23... Nc7
24. Nd2 $1 {- Black can't hold his c4 pawn anyway.}) 24. Rxc4 Qc6 $1 {[%mdl
256]} (24... Bxc4 $2 25. Nd6+ $1 Kb8 26. Qxc4 Qb6 27. Nxf7 {is clearly in
White's favour. So, White has restored material balance keeping some
positional plus thanks to his strong h-pawn and Black's poor a6 knight.
Although Black manages to defend, perhaps he should try something more
convincing in reply to 17.h4.}) 25. h5 $1 {[%csl Gh5]} (25. Nxc5 {is premature
due to} Bxc4 $1 26. Qxc4 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Qxc5 28. Qxa6+ Kd8) 25... f5 (25... Bxc4
{is possible now but can't be recommended: after} 26. Qxc4 {Black's king can
hardly be protected against White's powerful g2 bishop.}) 26. Nxc5 $1 Bxc4 $1 (
26... Nxc5 27. Qc2 Bxg2 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qxc5 30. Kxg2 $18) 27. Qxc4 Qxc5
28. Qxe6+ {That's the difference; however, gaining this pawn proves
insufficient for a win.} Kc7 29. Qxa6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 f4 (30... Qxf2 {apparently
works; to} 31. h6 {Black can play} f4 {; White, of course, has a lot of checks
but nothing more.}) 31. Qb7+ Kd8 32. Qa8+ Ke7 33. Qe4+ Kd8 34. Qa8+ Ke7 35.
Qe4+ Kd8 36. Qxf4 (36. Qf3 Rd2 $132) (36. Qe2 Qd4 $132) 36... Qxh5+ 37. Bh3 {
White has two connected passed pawns for the exchange; however, they are
protecting White's king so it is not easy to push them. Therefore Black
eventually holds his ground:} Qc5 38. a5 Rd5 39. Qf6+ Ke8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qf6+
Ke8 42. Bg4 Qd4 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qh6+ Ke7 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Kg2 Rd6 47. Qc8+ Kg7
48. Qc7+ Kf8 49. Qc8+ Kg7 ({It was possible to play on without any risk:} 49...
Kg7 50. Bf3 {but Vladimir Kramnik was probably tired after such a tense game.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qg4 {An old move in this
well-known position. Other options:} (19. Qd4) (19. Re1 {- see Topalov-Shirov
in this issue}) (19. Be3 {(the most popular move)}) (19. Bf4 {(introduced
recently, with excellent results for White)}) (19. h4) 19... d4 {Positions
arising in the Botvinnik system are usually crazy and hard to assess. Black
tries to clarify the position a little bit. Otherwise White would eventually
create a strong attack on the black king:} (19... Bd6 20. Be3 Kc7 21. Bd4 (21.
Rfd1 $6 Rdg8 22. Qf5 Rg6 23. Bd4 Rhh6 {0-1 Lhost,G-Roussel,C/Bethune 2005/CBM
107 ext (39)}) 21... Rhe8 (21... Ne5 $5) 22. b3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Qf4+ Kb6
25. Be5 (25. Ra4 $1 a5 26. Rfa1 $16) 25... Rxe5 26. Qxe5 c3 27. Rfe1 Rd6 28. g4
d4 29. Bxb7 Kxb7 30. Qf5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Zhou Jianchao-Zhang Pengxiang/Wuxi 2006/
CBM 113 ext (35)}) (19... Bh6 20. Rfd1 (20. Rfe1 Rdg8 21. h4 Bxg5 22. hxg5 d4
23. Qxd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxg5 25. Re4 Qf5 26. Qxc4+ Kd8 27. Re8+ {0-1 Babula,
V-Kanovsky,D/Luhacovice 2003/CBM 094}) 20... Rhg8 (20... Rde8 21. b3 c3 22.
Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Rd4 a5 24. Bxd5 Re6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Rd1+ {
1-0 Badjarani,I-Peyrou Olya,M/Iran 1997/EXT 2003}) 21. h4 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Bc6 23.
Rd4 Kb7 24. b3 $16 {0-1 Dias,A-Pelletier,Y/Matinhos 1994/EXT 1997 (52)}) (19...
Rg8 20. h4 Bd6 21. Qd4 Be5 22. Qxa7 Kc7 23. Bh3 Nxf6 24. Rfe1 Ra8 25. Qe3 Ne4
26. Bf4 f6 27. Bxe5+ fxe5 28. Qh6 $36 {1-0 Burgess,G-Adnoy,H/Gausdal 2002/CBM
086 ext (36)}) 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 (20... Qxb7 21. Qxd4 Bd6 22. Qxd6 Rxh2 23. Kxh2
Rh8+ 24. Bh4 $18 {1-0 Ortiz,E-Stein,J/Monterey Park 2004/EXT 2009 (27)}) 21.
Qe4+ Qc6 22. Qxd4 Bd6 23. Rfe1 Rde8 24. Re3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An attempt at an
improvement. Previous games saw:} (24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Be3 Bb8 (25... Nb6 26.
Nxb6 axb6 27. Rd1 Be5 28. Qd2 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Qa2 Re6 31. Rb1 Qe8 32. Qd5+
Kc7 33. Ra1 Qc6 34. Ra7+ Kb8 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxf7 Bxf6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Williams,
L-Wilson,J/Hastings 1995/EXT 1998 (40)}) 26. Qxd7+ Qxd7 27. Nc5+ Kc8 28. Nxd7
Kxd7 29. Ra4 (29. Bd2 $5) 29... Bd6 $5 (29... a5 30. Rxa5 Be5 31. Bc5 b3 32.
Ba3 Ke6 33. f4 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 Rb8 $44 {0-1 Zarubin,O-Andrianov,N/Severodonetsk
1982/EXT 1999 (42)}) 30. Rxa7+ Kc6 31. Ra6+ Kd5 32. Kf1 b3 33. Ra5+ Kc6 34.
Ra6+ {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Smeets,J/Amsterdam 2007/CBM 120 (35)} (34. Bd4 Bb4
35. Ra1 Rd8 36. Be5 Rd2 $44)) 24... Ne5 $1 (24... Rxe3 $6 25. Bxe3 {is poor
for Black as his rook is on h8 and not on e8 as in the previous variation.})
25. h4 (25. Rc1 $5) 25... Re6 {Sometimes chess is very easy: if you don't know
what to do - centralize your pieces! For White it is more difficult to find a
guiding light.} 26. Bf4 (26. Qd1 $5 Rhe8 $140 27. Qh5) 26... Rhe8 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 $6 (28. Rae1 $5 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Bf8 31. Qd8 Qxa4 32. Qxf8
Qd1+ $11) 28... Rxe5 29. Qg4 $6 {White decides to advance his h-pawn at any
cost.} (29. Rd1 $142 Bc7 {[%csl Ra4]} 30. b3 cxb3 31. Qxb4+ Rb5 $15) 29... Ra5
30. h5 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Qxa4 32. h6 Qc6 $1 {Consolidation.} 33. Qh5 $6 (33. h7 $2
c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. h8=Q c2 $19) (33. Qg8 $142 $1 {[%cal Rh6h7]} Be5 $1 34.
Qxf7+ Ka6 35. Qe7 Bxf6 36. Qxb4 Qb5 37. Qd6+ Qb6 $17) 33... c3 $6 {Of course,
something like} (33... a5 $3 34. Qxf7+ Ka6 $17 {(with the idea of preventing
Qf7-a2+ after ...c4-c3) can hardly be found by a human. White had little
chances to survive in that case, e.g.} 35. h7 (35. Qg6 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Qc2
Bf8 38. h7 Qxf6) 35... c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. h8=Q c2 38. Qh6 c1=Q+ 39. Qxc1
Qxc1+ 40. Kh2 $1 (40. Kg2 Qc6+ 41. Kg1 Be5) 40... Qc2 41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qe4
$1 $17) 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Qxf7+ Bc7 $6 {This leads to a draw. Black could have
kept winning chances after} (35... Ka6 36. Qa2+ Kb5 37. h7 (37. Qc2 Bb4 $1)
37... c2 38. Qb2+ Bb4 39. Qc1 Ba3 40. Qf1+ Ka4 41. h8=Q c1=Q {etc.}) ({or} 
35... Kb6 36. Qb3+ Ka5 {etc.}) 36. Qb3+ Bb6 37. Qf7+ {Black now can't escape
checks.} Bc7 (37... Qc7 38. Qd5+ Ka6 (38... Kb8 $4 39. f7 Qxg3+ 40. Qg2 Bxf2+
41. Kh1 $18) 39. Qa2+ Ba5 40. Qe6+ $11) (37... Ka6 38. Qa2+ Ba5 39. Qe2+ Kb6
40. Qe3+ Kb7 41. Qe7+ Bc7 42. Qb4+ $11) 38. Qb3+ Bb6 39. Qf7+ Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 {This system is examined in CBM120, annotations to
Postny-Solodovichenko. A minor difference comparing to the normal Vienna
variation (the white pawn is on a4 and not on a2) completely changes the
course of play. White is not threatening 10.Qa4+; on the other hand,} (9...
Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 {is now quite senseless as after} 11. Bb5+ {the white
bishop is protected by the pawn.}) 10. Bf4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Curiously, this
normal move is a novelty. Practice has seen:} (10. Be3 {(the other way to
sacrifice the pawn)} Nxe4 (10... O-O 11. f3 Qe7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Qe2 $14 a5 15. e5 $6 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rd8 18. Rad1 Ba6 $11 {1/2
Yermolinsky,A (2560)-Atalik,S (2525)/Hastings 1996/CBM 051 (37)}) 11. O-O (11.
Ndb5 Nd7 $6 (11... Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Ba5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. bxc3 $44 {
Postny}) (11... Nd6 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Qg4 Be5 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. O-O $44 {Postny}
) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Qd4 $14 Ndf6 $6 (14... Nec5) 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16.
Nc7 Bd7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Postny,E (2598)-Solodovnichenko,Y 
(2582)/Zlatibor 2007/CBM 120/[Postny] (68)}) 11... Bxc3 $5 (11... Nd6 $6 12.
Qb3 (12. Ba2 O-O 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Kh8 15. Nc2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nf5 17. Bc1 Re8
18. Ba3 Qf6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxf6 Ne2+ 21. Kf1 gxf6 22. Kxe2 $44 {1/2 Sergeev,
V (2405)-Savchenko,S (2530)/St Petersburg 1993/TD (71)}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 a6
14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6+ fxe6 18. Rxd6 $16 {
1/2 Vasiliev,V (2265)-Supatashvili,K (2440)/Pardubice 1993/TD (35)}) (11... Nf6
12. Qf3 O-O 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nc6 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Rd8 18.
Rd3 Bb7 19. Ree3 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21. Rd1 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 {1/2 Bronstein,
D-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1951/MainBase}) 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qc2 (13. Qg4 Nd6 14. Nb5
e5 15. Qe2 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Nc6 17. Bc5 Be6 18. Qe2 {1/2 Brodsky,M (2533)-Van de
Oudeweetering,A (2383)/Hoogeveen 2004/CBM 102 ext}) 13... Nf6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15.
Bg3 a6 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Nc6 $15 {0-1 Zaid,L (2355)-Ivanchuk,
V/Uzhgorod 1985/EXT 2005 (44) - Black gradually neutralized White's initiative
keeping his extra pawn.}) (10. Bb5+ {(this and the other ways to keep material
balance are rather favorable for Black)} Nbd7 (10... Bd7 $143 11. Bd2 $5 O-O (
11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxe4 13. Qg4) 12. e5 Bxb5 13. Ncxb5 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Ne4 (
14... Ng4 $5 15. Qf4 a6 16. Qxg4 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa5+ $44) 15. Qe3 Qa5+ 16. Ke2
Nc5 17. Rhc1 Nbd7 18. Rc4 Na6 19. b4 Qd8 20. a5 $14 {1-0 Genov,P (2469)
-Slingerland,F (2259)/La Fere 2005/CBM 107 ext (43)}) 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 a6 12.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. O-O (13. e5 g5 14. exf6 gxh4 15. Qf3 Qb6 $15) 13... g5 14. Bg3
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qh5 Qa5 $13 {1/2 Borovikov,V (2385)-Liiva,R (2360)/
Vejen 1993/EXT 1999 (52)}) 11... Qxf6 12. O-O (12. Nde2 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.
O-O Bc6 15. Qb3 Bd6 $1 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Kh1 O-O 18. f4 Bc5 19. Qc4 Qe7 20. h3
Rc8 $15 {0-1 Kiselev,S (2530)-Dreev,A (2590)/Helsinki 1992/CBM 032 (35)}) 12...
O-O (12... a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Re1 O-O 15. e5 Qg6 16. Re3 Rfd8 17. Rg3 Qh7
18. Qf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rab8 20. h4 $13 {1-0 Santos,C (2423)-Knaak,R (2494)/
Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext (33)}) 13. Nde2 (13. Nce2 Rd8 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. Bxd7
Bxd7 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qxa7 Qe5 18. Nf3 Qxe4 19. Ng3 Qb4 $15 20. Qe3 Bxa4 21.
Ne4 Bc6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Ne5 Qd5 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 {1/2 Gyimesi,Z (2596)-Pilaj,H 
(2360)/Austria 2002/EXT 2004}) 13... Qe7 (13... Ne5 14. Qc2 a6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16.
Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Bc5 18. h3 Bc6 19. Bc4 b6 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. f3 g5 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. Nb1 Ng6 24. Kh2 Bd6+ 25. g3 Bxg3+ 26. Nxg3 Nf4 {0-1 Soln,P (2413)
-Fressinet,L (2536)/Charleville 2000/CBM 079 ext}) 14. Rc1 a6 15. Bd3 Rd8 $15
16. Bb1 Ne5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Rcd1 Bc6 19. Nd4 Be8 20. Nde2 {Weiß macht bereits
die ersten Demutsgesten, aber natürlich geht Lautier darauf nicht ein.} Rac8
21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Hauchard,A (2513)-Lautier,J (2632)/Paris
2000/CBM 077/[Lutz] (33) Schwarz hat die schwarzen Felder und den Damenflügel
fest in seiner Hand.}) (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nde2 (12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nf3
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. e5 Rd8 17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Bd3 Bd7 $17 {1/2
Zaja,I (2417)-Pilaj,H (2333)/Austria 2003/EXT 2004 (48)}) 12... a6 (12... Nc6
13. Qb3 Bc5 14. a5 a6 15. Kh1 Qd8 16. Qc2 Nxa5 17. Ba2 Nc6 18. Rad1 Qh4 19. Bb1
Ne5 {0-1 Pachta,P (2312)-Ragger,M (2527)/Leoben AUT 2008/The Week in Chess 715}
) 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Rad1 b6 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. f4 Bb7 17. Ba2 Bc5 $17 {0-1
Schmidlechner,A-Kacheishvili,G (2395)/Stockerau 1993/EXT 1997 (33)}) (10. Bh4
$5 {(the newest attempt needing practical tests)} Nc6 (10... g5 $5 11. Bg3 Nxe4
) 11. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. f3 Nd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Na2 Bc5+ 16. Bf2 Be7
17. b4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 20. a5 Nd7 $11 {1-0 Akobian,V (2606)
-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2508)/Beijing CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 728 (39)}) 10...
Qe7 $6 {Hardly a good reaction.} (10... Nxe4 11. O-O $44) 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxd5
exd5 13. Ndb5 (13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Nb5 Be6 $140 16. Bc1 $1 {was
quite enough for a solid plus but White wants more.}) 13... a6 14. O-O $1 axb5
15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. e6 $5 (16. Nxb4 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rxa4 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Rxa4 bxa4
20. Nb6 Be6 21. Nxa4 Bb3 22. Ra1 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 Kd7 $1 $14) 16... O-O 17. Bc7
Qg5 (17... Qh4 18. e7 $1 Re8 (18... Bxe7 19. Bg3) 19. Bg3 Qe4 20. f3 $1 Qf5 21.
Nc7 $16) 18. e7 $1 Re8 (18... Bxe7 19. Bf4 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Qd6
$16) 19. Nxb4 Bg4 $1 (19... Qxe7 20. Nd5 Qe4 21. Nb6 Ra6 22. Re1 Qxe1+ (22...
Qc6 23. Rc1) 23. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 $18 {[%cal Rb6c8,Ra4b5,Re1e8]}) 20. Qd4 (
20. Qd5 Na6) 20... bxa4 (20... Be2 21. Rfe1 Qxe7 22. Nd5 $16) 21. h4 $6 (21.
Bf4 $142 $1 {with the same idea but the bishop will not be hanging:} Qh5 (21...
Qxe7 22. Bxb8) (21... Qg6 22. Ra3) 22. Ra3 $18 {[%cal Ra3g3]}) 21... Qg6 22.
Ra3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Bd6 {[%csl Ge7]} (24. Bd8 $5 {cutting off the black
rook, and White is practically an exchange up.}) 24... Ra6 25. Bb4 Qd7 26. Rd1
Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Be2 28. Rc3 Bb5 (28... f6 29. Rc7 Rb6 30. Rd8 Bh5 31. Ba3 $18)
29. f4 $2 {The "don't hurry" principle doesn't work in this position!} (29. Rd5
$1 Bc6 (29... a3 30. bxa3 Ba4 31. Rd8 f6 32. Rc7 $18) 30. Rd8 {[%cal Rc3c6]}
Ra8 31. Rcd3 b5 (31... Kh7 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Rd8 $18) 32. R3d6 Bb7 33. f3 Kh7
34. Rb6 $18) 29... f6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. g4 Bc6 32. Re3 Rb6 33. g5 $6 (33. h5 $142
{fixing the black pawns on dark squares although after} Rb5 {Black should
probably survive anyway.}) 33... Rb5 34. Rg3 hxg5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. fxg5 Rf5+
37. Ke3 Kg6 {[%csl Rg5] The black pieces are now active, and White can't win
anymore.} 38. Rd6+ Kh5 39. Rd8 Re5+ 40. Kd2 Kg6 41. Rc3 R8xe7 42. Bxe7 Rxe7 43.
Rc5 Re4 44. Rd6+ Kh5 45. g6+ {Black's position is solid, his only potential
weakness (g7) can't be attacked.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 N7b6 {A rare move in a well-known theoretical position.} (16...
Kd8 {and}) (16... Qf7 {are common continuations.}) 17. Be4 (17. Qxg6+ $5 Qf7
18. Be4 (18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne4 Kg8 20. Rh4 Bg7 21. Ke2 Bd7 $13 {0-1
Monasterio,M-Markus,R/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 125}) 18... Qxg6 19. Bxg6+ Kd7 20.
Rh7+ Be7 21. Ne4 Kc7 22. f4 Bd7 23. O-O-O Rd8 24. Bf7 Na4 25. Rdh1 Kb6 26. Ng5
c3 27. bxc3 Naxc3 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Bxe6 $14 {1-0 Boudignon,S (2359)-Gonzalez,
B (2149)/ICCF WS 2007/ICCF CBM 130 (46)}) (17. a4 $5 Qb4 18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Qf7
Bd7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Kf1 Be8 $2 (21... Qe7 $13) 22. Nxd5 $1 Bxf7 23. Nxb4 Bxb4
24. Rh8+ Be8 25. axb5 c3 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rc1 Bxd4 28. Rxc6 Bxe5 {1-0 Wingo,
M-Turoczi,P/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 125}) 17... Kd8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (17...
Qb4 18. Qxg6+ (18. Bxg6+ $6 Kd8 19. Qg5+ Kc7 20. Qd2 Na4 21. Rh7+ Bd7 22. Bf7
Kb6 $17 {0-1 Zaikov,O (2376)-Robson,R (2217)/Philadelphia 2006/CBM 115 ext (58)
}) 18... Kd7 $2 (18... Kd8 19. Bxd5 $1 (19. Rh7 Bd7 {- game}) 19... Nxd5 20.
Rh7 Be7 $1 $13 (20... Bd7 21. Kf1 $16 Qxb2 $140 22. Nxd5 Qxa1+ 23. Kg2 cxd5 24.
Qf7 $18) {e.g.} 21. Qg8+ Kd7 22. Qf7 Qxb2 23. Nxd5 Qxa1+ 24. Ke2 Qxa2+ 25. Kf1
Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 19. Rh7+ Be7 20. Qf7 Bb7 21. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 22. O-O-O $1
Re8 (22... Nxc3 23. a3) 23. a3 Qa5 24. Ne4 $18 {1-0 Solomon,K (2317)-Sjugirov,
S (2492)/Budapest 2008/CBM 124 Extra (30)}) 18. Qxg6 Bd7 19. Rh7 $2 {An
obvious move but it was essential to get rid of Black's important knight first:
} (19. Bxd5 $142 $1 cxd5 (19... Nxd5 20. Rh7 Qe8 $1 (20... Qb4 21. Kf1 $16 {
- 17...Qb4}) 21. Qg5+ Kc7 22. Ne4 Bb4+ 23. Kf1 Qg8 24. Rg7 Qf8 25. Nf6 $14) (
19... exd5 20. f4 $5) 20. Rh7 Qe8 (20... Qb4 21. Rb1 $36) 21. Qf6+ Be7 22. Qg7
Bf8 $1 $11) 19... Qb4 $1 20. Rb1 (20. Bxd5 {is too late due to} Qxb2) 20...
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3+ 22. Ke2 (22. Kf1 Qxd4 23. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 24. Qf6+ Kc8 25.
Qxf8+ Qd8 $17) 22... Qa3 $17 {[%csl Gb6] Black's b6 knight is a perfect
defender of his king!} 23. Rbh1 (23. Kf1 $5) 23... Qb2+ $2 (23... Qxa2+ 24. Kf3
c3 $19) 24. Kf3 Qc3+ 25. Ke2 $1 (25. Kg2 Qxd4) 25... Qb2+ 26. Kf3 Qxd4 (26...
c3 $4 27. Qf6+ Kc7 28. Qxe6 $18 {[%cal Re6c6]}) 27. Qf6+ Kc7 28. Qxe6 Kb8 $2 (
28... Kc8 $8 {e.g.} 29. Qf6 Bc5 $1 30. R1h2 Nd5 $1 31. Qh8+ Kc7 32. Rxd7+ Kb6
33. Qxa8 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Ne3+ 35. fxe3 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qh5+ $11) 29. Qf6 $2 (29. Qg6
$1 Bc5 (29... Qxe5 30. Bxc6 Bxc6+ 31. Qxc6 Qf5+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34.
Rf7 Be7 35. Rd1 $18) 30. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 31. Rh7 Qc8 32. Bf5 $1 Qf8 33. Rf7 Qh8 (
33... Qe8 34. Qg7 $18) 34. Kg2 $1 a5 35. Qxc6 Ra7 36. Rf6 Rc7 37. Qxb5 $18)
29... Bc5 $1 30. R1h2 (30. Rxd7 $2 Qxf2+ 31. Kg4 Qxf6 32. exf6 Nxd7) 30... c3
$2 {[%mdl 8192] A losing blunder. It is not easy to discover signal lights in
such a messy position. It turns out that the key task was to enter the a8 rook
into play:} (30... a6 $1 31. Bxc6 (31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Rh8+ Bf8 33. Qd8+ (33.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Bxc6 (34. Qxc6 Ra7) 34... Ka7 $1 35. Qe7+ (35. Bxa8 Nd7 $1)
35... Nd7 36. Bxd7 Kb6 $17) 33... Kb7 34. Bxc6+ Kxc6 35. Qxa8+ Kb6 36. Qd8+ Kc5
) 31... Qd3+ 32. Kg2 Ra7 $1 {and Black can even fight for a win.} 33. Rxd7 Rxd7
34. Rh8+ Ka7 $1 35. Bxd7 Qxd7 36. e6 Qb7+ 37. f3 Qc7 {etc.}) 31. Rxd7 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} Nxd7 (31... Qxd7 32. Rh7 $18) 32. Rh8+ Bf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Qxc6
$18 Nd7 $2 35. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Economist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 (4... dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bg5 {
is a more common move order leading to this line.}) 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4
Qa5 (7... Bxc3+) (7... c5) (7... b5 {are more popular options here.}) 8. Bd2 c5
{More logical than} (8... Nbd7 {or}) (8... O-O) 9. Bxc4 (9. d5 exd5 10. exd5
O-O 11. Be2 (11. Bxc4 Re8+) 11... Bf5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. d6 Bd3 $15 {1-0 Torman,
E (2350)-Sammour Hasbun,J (2270)/New York 1993/EXT 1997 (25)}) (9. e5 $5 cxd4 (
9... Nfd7 $5) 10. exf6 dxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. fxg7 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qe5+ 14. Be2
Qxg7 15. O-O O-O 16. Bxc4 $44 {1-0 Timoscenko,G (2502)-Berezjuk,S (2440)/
Czechia 2006/CBM 115 ext (26)}) 9... cxd4 (9... O-O 10. dxc5 (10. O-O $2 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Qc5 {0-1 Seiler,J-Meyer,F/Baden 1992/GER (58)} 12. Ncb5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2
a6 14. Na3 Nxe4 $17) (10. d5 $6 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. Nxb4 cxb4
14. O-O Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Re3 Rad8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. e5
a5 $15 {1-0 Damljanovic,B (2551)-Schut,D (2019)/Arinsal 2009/CBM 131 Extra (55)
}) (10. Qe2 $5 Nc6 11. dxc5 e5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 {1-0 Bernard,C (2355)
-Bricard,E (2445)/Cannes 1994/EXT 1997 (23)} Qxc5 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Bg4 16.
Rac1 Qe7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxc6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rad8 $44) 10... Qxc5 (10... Nc6
$143 11. O-O Qxc5 12. Qe2 e5 (12... Qh5 $6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bf4 b6 15. h3 Nh6 16.
Ne4 $16 {1/2 Yermolinsky,A (2425)-Kamsky,G/Leningrad 1987/EXT 2002 (44)}) 13.
Nd5 (13. Be3 $5 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nd5) 13... Bg4 $6 (13... Nxd5 14. exd5 {
[%csl Rc6]} Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Na5 16. b3 $14) 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rfc1
Qe7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nc6 19. Qh5 Nd4 20. Rc3 $16 {1-0 Gustafsson,J (2627)
-Andre,G (2308)/Caleta ENG 2010/The Week in Chess 795 (91)}) 11. Qe2 e5 12. O-O
Bg4 (12... Nc6 $143 {-10...Nc6}) 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qe7 $1 (14... Qa5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nc6 17. f4 Bc5 18. Qb5 Bxe3 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. fxe3 Nc6 21.
Rac1 $14 {1/2 Harikrishna,P (2668)-Haba,P (2525)/Germany 2008/CBM 124 (85)})
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 {1/2 Khalifman,A (2610)-Popov,I (2568)/Dagomys 2009/CBM
129 Extra}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Ke7 $143 11. Nxd4 a6 12. e5 axb5 13.
exf6+ gxf6 {1/2 Zhu Chen (2420)-Litinskaya,M (2345)/Yerevan 1996/EXT 1997 (55)}
14. O-O $16 {[%csl Re7]}) 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 13. Nc2 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8
15. Qe2 Nc5 $132 {0-1 Giacomelli,B-Ofstad,P (2169)/Hockenheim 2007/CBM 118 ext
(59)}) 10... Qc5 (10... O-O 11. Qe2 Nbd7 $5 (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O
Bb7 (13... e5 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Qh5 $6 (15. Rfd1 $14) 15... Nb6 16. Bb3 Ba6 $132
{1/2 Salgado Lopez,I (2595)-Anton Guijarro,D (2403)/El Sauzal ESP 2010/The
Week in Chess 827 (64)}) 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Na2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne5
18. Be2 c5 19. f3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Nd4 {1-0 Sriram,J (2497)-Sundararajan,K (2516)/
Mumbai 2009/CBM 133 Extra (73)} 21. Rc3 $14) 12. Nc2 Ne5 13. f4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rfc8 20.
b3 Rab8 21. Kb2 Kf8 $13 {_|_1/2 Ding,L (2547)-Yu,Y (2585)/Danzhou 2010/CBM 137
(37)}) 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 (11... Bd7 12. Nb3 Qe5 13. f4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Qf3 a6
16. Bd3 e5 17. O-O $14 {1-0 Kiselev,S (2475)-Cichocki,A (2285)/Warsaw 1991/EXT
1997 (35)}) 12. Nb3 Qc7 $6 (12... Qd6 $142 $5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. f4 $6 (14. O-O)
14... e5 15. O-O a6 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qh5 $1 $15 {1/2 Donner,
J-Jongsma,A/Amsterdam 1970/MCL (63)}) 13. Rc1 {Black must now lose a tempo.}
Qb8 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 a6 16. Bd3 e5 17. Nd5 $5 $14 Bxd2 (17... Nxd5 18. exd5
Bd6 $5) 18. Qxd2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 (19... Nf6 $142) 20. Kh1 (20. Na5 $1 $36 {
[%cal Ya5c4]}) 20... g6 $6 {Too modest. White now obtains a dangerous attack.}
(20... f5 21. Na5 e4 22. Bc2 $14 Nb6 $140 23. Bb3) 21. f5 $1 Nf6 (21... Qxd5
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qh6 $1 Qxd3 24. Rf3 $16) 22. Nc5 b6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge4]} Bd7 25. Rc3 {[%cal Rc3h3]} gxf5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rad8 28.
Rh5 $2 {[%mdl 32] A wrong plan. ...f7-f6 is forced anyway, and then Black's
h7-pawn can be easily protected along the 7th rank. On the contrary, his
f6-pawn will be defenceless:} (28. Qf2 $1 f6 29. h3 $16 {[%cal Yc3c6]}) 28...
f6 29. Rd3 (29. Qh6 Rf7) (29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Qd3 Rd7 31. Rgh3 Rff7) 29... Rf7 30.
h3 Kh8 31. Rf5 {Alas!} Rg7 32. Qh6 Rg6 33. Qh4 Rdg8 34. Rd2 Qc5 {Releasing the
blockade of the d5-pawn is hardly a clever idea. The inaccuracies which follow
suggest that both players were under time pressure.} (34... b5 $142) 35. Rff2 (
35. Rf1 Qe3) 35... Qc1+ $6 (35... f5 $1 {was still OK for Black.}) 36. Kh2 Qe1
37. Qh5 (37. Qc4 $1 Rg3 38. Qf1 $1 $16) 37... Rc8 $6 (37... Qe4 $142 38. Qd1 $1
$14 (38. d6 Rxg2+ 39. Rxg2 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qxd2 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. d7
Qe1+ $11) (38. Qe2 Qxa4 $5)) 38. Qe2 $6 (38. d6 $1 Rd8 (38... Rc1 $2 39. Qxg6
$1 hxg6 40. d7 $18) 39. d7 e4 40. Qe2 Qxe2 41. Rfxe2 f5 42. Rd5 $16) 38... Qxe2
39. Rfxe2 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd8 40. g4 $6 (40. d6 {was the last chance to put
pressure on Black, e.g.} Rg7 41. Rf2 $1 Rf7 42. Rf3 Kg7 43. Rc3 (43. Rb3 b5 $1
44. axb5 axb5 45. Rxb5 Rfd7 46. Rb6 Kf7 $11) 43... Rfd7 44. Rc6 Rb8 {[%cal
Yg7f7,Yf7e6]} 45. b4 (45. Rc7 Rbd8) {but after} 45... f5 $1 (45... Kf7 $143 46.
a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Ra8 48. g4 Ke6 49. Kg3 Rad8 50. Rxa6 Rxd6 51. Raxd6+ Rxd6 52.
Ra2 Ra6 53. Kf3) 46. a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Ra8 {he should not lose.}) 40... Rd6 41.
Re3 Rg8 42. Kg3 Rgd8 43. Red3 Rc8 44. Rc3 Rcd8 45. Rcd3 Rc8 46. Rc3 Rcd8 (46...
Rcd8 47. Rf2 $5 Kg7 48. Rc6 b5 49. a5 Rxc6 50. dxc6 Rc8 51. Rc2 Rc7 $11 {
[%cal Yg7f7,Yf7e6,Ye6d6]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a4 (13. g3 {is more
popular.}) 13... Rh4 $1 {The point. However, Black should not lose
concentration as White's h-pawn can become dangerous.} 14. axb5 (14. g4 $5 {
, cutting off Black's rook, is more energetic:} b4 (14... Bd7 15. h3 e5 16. Bg2
exd4 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Bxa8 b4 19. Qe2+ Be6 20. Bd5 d3 21. Qe4 d2+ 22. Ke2 Qxb2
23. Rad1 c3 24. Bxe6 fxe6 {1/2 Janjgava,L (2410)-Gurevich,M (2515)/Lvov 1987/
CBM 127 Extra (30)} 25. Qa8 $18) (14... Qg7 15. h3 e5 16. Bg2 exd4 17. Nxb5
cxb5 18. Bxa8 b4 19. Qe2+ Be6 20. Bd5 d3 21. Qe4 d2+ 22. Ke2 c3 23. bxc3 bxc3
24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. Rab1 $18 {1-0 Karolyi,T (2405)-Somlai,L (2380)/
Borsodtavho 1991/EXT 2004 (32)}) (14... e5 15. dxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ (16...
Nd7 17. f4 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Bb7 {1/2 Jasnikowski,Z (2421)-Sopur,L (2285)/
Polanica Zdroj 2004/CBM 102 ext (32)} 19. Ne4 $14) 17. Bxe2 Bxg4 (17... b4 18.
Nb5 $1 cxb5 19. Bf3 bxa4 20. Bxa8 a3 21. bxa3 b3 22. h3 $16 {1-0 Novikov,I 
(2575)-Lugo,B (2412)/San Diego 2006/CBM 112 (30)}) 18. Bxg4 Rxg4 19. axb5 Nd7
20. bxc6 Ne5 21. c7 Kd7 22. Nd5 $14) (14... Qf4 $5 {A.Dreev}) 15. Ne4 Qf4 16.
Bg2 Nd7 (16... f5 $5) 17. h3 Ba6 (17... Bb7 18. Qc1 Qxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Ke7 {
1/2 Gyimesi,Z (2480)-Barva,A (2250)/Siofok 1996/Juniors (24)} 20. Nd2 $16 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 18. Qc1 Qxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Kf8 20. f4 Rb8 21. Kf2 $14 {0-1 Novikov,I 
(2490)-Dreev,A (2450)/Tallinn 1986/EXT 1999 (41)}) 14... Rxd4 15. Qf3 {White's
damaged pawn structure will decrese his chances but he has no better option.} (
15. Qh5 Bb7 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Qf3 (17. O-O c5 $132) 17... Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19.
Be4 Rd7 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. O-O Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Ke7 23. Ra4 f5 24. Ng5 Rb8 25. f4 {
1/2 Sturua,Z (2420)-Dreev,A (2395)/Lvov 1985/MCD}) 15... Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bb7 17.
Rg1 Nd7 (17... Kf8 18. Rg4 $1 c5 19. Ne4 $1 a6 $1 20. b6 (20. Nxc5 Rxg4 21.
fxg4 axb5 $11) 20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $1 {[%cal Rf1c4]} (21. fxe4 Nd7 $15 {
0-1 Yuferov,S (2440)-Kula,R (2275)/Katowice 1992/TD (35)}) 21... Rd6 22. Rxc4
Rxb6 23. Rxc5 {A.Dreev} Nd7 $1 $11) 18. Rg8+ Nf8 19. Be2 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (19.
bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rg4 O-O-O 21. Bxc4 Kb8 $44) (19. Rg4 c5 20. Be2 (20. Ne4 O-O-O $1
) 20... Ng6 (20... Ke7 21. Ra4 Nd7 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Ne5 24. Rf4 Rh8 25.
h4 Bxf3 26. Ra4 c4 27. Rxa7+ Kd6 28. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Ke2 Nd4+ 30. Ke3 Nf5+ 31.
Kd2 Rxh4 32. Rxf7 $14 {1-0 Magerramov,E (2430)-Ivanov,S/Uzhgorod 1988/TD (49)})
21. Ra4 (21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf4 $11) 21... Bd5 (21... O-O-O $1 22. Rxc4 Kb8
23. Rxc5 Nf4 $44) 22. Bxc4 Bxf3 23. Rg3 Bb7 (23... Bh5 24. Rg5 $14) 24. Bxe6 $1
Kf8 25. Bg4 Ne5 26. Be2 $14 {1-0 Ivanov,S (2574)-Somkin,E (2329)/St Petersburg
2000/EXT 2001 (48)}) 19... cxb5 20. Nxb5 Rd7 21. h4 f5 $1 {The king is the
most appropriate piece to fight against passed pawns in the endgame.} 22. h5
Kf7 23. Rg3 Bd5 $6 (23... Kf6 $142 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Nxa7 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rxa7
27. Bxc4 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Rh1 $11) 24. O-O-O $1 $14 {Castling establishes
excellent co-ordination between White's pieces, and he obtains some winning
chances. Further manoeuvring is quite complicated, White looks for a "second
weakness" (besides his passed h-pawn); Black would be glad to reduce the
number of pawns.} Rad8 25. Nc3 (25. f4 $5 $14) 25... Bc6 {Black must give up
his c4 pawn to free his pieces.} 26. Rh1 Kf6 27. Bxc4 Rh7 28. Kc2 Be8 29. Rgh3
Bf7 30. Rh4 Rc8 31. b3 Nd7 32. Be2 Ne5 33. f4 Nc6 34. Rd1 Rch8 35. Rd7 Be8 (
35... Rh6 $5) 36. Rxh7 Rxh7 {[%mdl 4096]} 37. Kd2 Rd7+ 38. Ke1 Nd4 39. Bd1 Kg7
40. Rh3 Rb7 41. Na4 $1 Bc6 (41... Rc7 $142 {preventing Nc5}) 42. Nc5 Rb5 43.
Nd3 (43. Rc3 $142 $1 a5 (43... Bd5 44. Rg3+ Kh8 45. Nd7) 44. Nxe6+ (44. Kd2 $14
) 44... Nxe6 45. Rxc6 Nxf4 $16 {Even here White's winning chances are not so
clear but at least his extra pawn is healthy enough.}) 43... Be8 44. Ne5 Rb4
45. Kd2 Nc6 46. Nc4 Ne7 47. Nd6 Rb8 48. h6+ Kh7 49. Re3 Bd7 (49... Bg6 $5 50.
Rxe6 Nd5) 50. Nf7 Nd5 51. Rg3 Rg8 52. Rxg8 Kxg8 53. Ng5 Nxf4 {Black has
restored the material deficit but his king is tied to White's h-pawn.} 54. b4
Bc6 55. Ke3 e5 56. Bb3+ Bd5 57. Bc2 Ba2 $6 {A strange move.} (57... Ng2+ 58.
Kd2 Nh4 59. b5 {looks dangerous for Black but}) (57... Ne6 58. h7+ Kg7 59. Nf7
$1 Kxh7 60. Bxf5+ Kg7 61. Bxe6 Bxe6 62. Nxe5 Kf6 63. Nc6 a6 {leads to a
typical theoretical draw: White can't either push his f-pawn too far or win
Black's a-pawn without giving up his f-pawn.}) 58. b5 $6 {An equally strange
reply, after which Black is out of danger.} (58. Bxf5 Nd5+ 59. Ke4 Nxb4 60.
Kxe5 a5 {is crucial. White can't immediately queen his pawns but the question
is whether he can encircle and capture Black's a-pawn. The issue requires deep
analysis but Black would have certainly faced a lot of problems in the actual
game, especially under time pressure.}) 58... Nd5+ 59. Kd2 e4 60. Bd1 Bc4 61.
Bh5 Nf6 62. Bg6 f4 63. Bxe4 (63. Nxe4 $144 Nxe4+ 64. Bxe4 Bxb5 65. Kc3 a5 $11 {
[%csl Ga5]}) 63... Nxe4+ 64. Nxe4 Bxb5 65. Ng5 a5 66. Kc3 Be2 67. Kd4 a4 68.
Kc3 Bd1 69. Kb4 Kh8 {Of course, White can't make progress on the kingside
without his king.} 70. Ne6 Kh7 71. Nxf4 Kxh6 72. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 Qa5 8. Bd2
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O (10... Qc5 {- see Moiseenko - Sjugirov in CBM 139,
where the whole line was examined in detail. Here is a later game:} 11. Bb5+
Bd7 12. Nb3 Qd6 ({the immediate} 12... Qc7 $5 {may be better and deserves
serious attention}) 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bxc6
Bxc6 18. e5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nd7 20. Re1 $14 {1-0 (73) Parligras,M (2581)
-Posedaru,B (2388) Iasi 2015}) 11. Nc2 {This move has lately become quite
popular, but it can hardly be regarded as promising.} (11. Qe2 {was played
more often in previous years:} Nbd7 (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Bb7 (13...
e5 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 $14 (15. Qh5 $6 Nb6 16. Bb3 Ba6 $132 {1/2 (64)
Salgado Lopez,I (2595)-Anton Guijarro,D (2403) El Sauzal 2010})) 14. Rfd1 Nd7
15. Na2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne5 18. Be2 c5 19. f3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Nd4 {
1-0 Sriram,J (2497)-Sundararajan,K (2516)/Mumbai 2009/CBM 133 Extra (73)} 21.
Rc3 $14) (11... Rd8 $5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. e5 Nd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. f4 Nxc3 16. bxc3
Bf8 17. a5 Bd7 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Nd4 Nf5 20. Bd3 Bc5 $13 {1/2 (70) Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2628)-Arnold,M (2529) Philadelphia 2012}) 12. Nc2 (12. O-O Ne5 13.
Ba2 Bd7 14. Nc2 Rfd8 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. f4 Nc6 17. e5 Nd4 $13 {0-1 (48) Edouard,
R (2636)-Inarkiev,E (2667) Barcelona 2010}) 12... Ne5 13. Ba2 (13. f4 Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rfc8
20. b3 Rab8 21. Kb2 Kf8 $13 {1/2 (37) Ding,L (2547)-Yu,Y (2585) Danzhou 2010})
13... Rd8 14. O-O b6 (14... Nc6 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qxb2 17. Rfb1 Qe5 18. Bc3
Qg5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rb3 $44 {1-0 (31) Vitiugov,N (2733)-Chadaev,N (2577)
Taganrog 2011}) 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Rfd1 (16. Bg5 a5 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Ba6
19. Qc2 {1/2 (19) Shulman,Y (2617)-Potkin,V (2682) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 16...
Bb7 17. Be1 Rxd1 (17... Nxe4 18. Nd5 $1 Qxa4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bd5 Qxa1 21. Rxa1
exd5 22. f3 $16 {1-0 (29) Belous,V (2518)-Reshetnikov,A (2521) Moscow 2012})
18. Rxd1 Nxe4 19. f3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Ng6 $13) 11... Nc6 {The
simplest} (11... Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O b6 16. Nb5 Qb8
17. Ncd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Be3 Re8 20. Rad1 a6 21. b4 $1 Bf8 22. f5 $40 {
1-0 (28) Potkin,V (2682)-Shirov,A (2714) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) (11... Nbd7 12.
O-O b6 $4 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qd4 17. Bf4 Qxd1 18.
Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rfxd1 e5 20. Bg3 $18 {1-0 (31) Izzat,K (2480)-Schon,E (2332)
Melbourne AUS 2016}) (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qg5 13. Qe2 $6 (13. Qf3 $5) 13... e5
({why not} 13... Qxg2 {?}) 14. f3 Nh5 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nc6 17. g3 Be6 18.
Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ke3 $14 {1-0 (40) Wojtaszek,R (2726)-Kempinski,R (2597) Czechia
2011}) 12. Nxb4 Qxb4 13. b3 Qe7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Re1 Ne5 $11 {Black comfortably
develops his pieces, and White's bishop pair is useless.} 16. Bf1 Bd7 {Since
Black sets his bishop on the long diagonal anyway,} (16... b6 $5 {looks more
logical:} 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. f3 Rac8 19. Be3 Bxe4 $5 (19... Nc6 20. Red1 Nd7 21.
Rac1 Nb4 22. Qb1 Nc5 23. Na2 Nxa2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxa2 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nb4 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 $14 {1-0 (68) Chadaev,N (2577)-Reshetnikov,A 
(2487) Moscow 2011}) (19... h6 $5) 20. fxe4 Qc7 {[%cal Re5g4,Rc7c3]} 21. Bc4 $8
Nxc4 (21... Neg4 22. g3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qc5 24. Qe2 Ng4 25. Re1) 22. bxc4 Ng4 23.
g3 Qxc4 24. h3 $1 Ne5 25. Red1 $1 h5 $5 $44) 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Bg5 (18. f3 $142
Rd3 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Red1 {[%cal Yd2f4]}) 18... h6 19. Bh4 Ng6 20. Bg3 Rd7 $6 {
This superficial move allows White to consolidate his position, after which
his bishops gain power.} (20... Qb4 $1 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Nh5 $11) 21. f3 {
[%mdl 32]} Rad8 22. Qe3 a6 23. Rab1 Qb4 $6 {Too late. Now it is just a loss of
time.} (23... e5 $5 24. Red1 Nf4 25. Bf2 $14) 24. Rec1 e5 25. Be1 $1 Qe7 (25...
Qd4 26. Nd1 $5) 26. Na2 $1 {[%cal Ra2b4,Ye1a5]} Rd4 (26... Rc8 27. Nb4 Rd6 {
is very passive. Black is ready to sacrifice material in order to obtain
counterchances}) 27. Ba5 R8d7 28. Bc3 ({It was more appropriate to refrain
from material gains:} 28. Bb6 $5 Rd2 (28... Nxe4 $2 29. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 30. Bxd4
$18) (28... Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Qc5 $18) 29. Bc5 Qe6 30. Nb4 Nf4 31. Nxc6
bxc6 32. Bb4 Ra2 33. Kh1 N6h5 34. Rd1 $14) 28... Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 512] The wrong
sacrifice! The bishop is more precious than the knight!} (28... Nxe4 $142 $1
29. fxe4 (29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qe1 d3 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Qxe4 (32. fxe4 $2 d2 33.
Qd1 Qxe4 $19) 32... Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qc2 $1 34. Ra1 Qb2 35. Rd1 Qxa2 36. Qxc6 Qxb3
37. Qxd7 Qxd1 38. Qxd3 Qxa4 39. Qxa6 $11) 29... Rxe4 30. Qg3 h5 $44) 29. fxe4
Rxe4 30. Qa7 b5 (30... Nf4 31. Re1 $16) 31. Qxa6 {White simply collects
material. Black's attack is not too dangerous and can be parried.} Ng4 32. h3 (
32. Rb2 $5 Qc5+ $140 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxf2 35. Qa8+ $18) 32... Qc5+ 33.
Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kh2 Qe3 (34... Rh4 {[%cal Rf2g4]} 35. Be1 $1) 35. Re1 Qf4+ 36. g3
Qf5 37. Bg2 Rh4 {Desperation.} (37... Rxe1 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Rxe1 $18) 38. Qa8+
Kh7 39. Qf3 $2 ({The cool-blooded} 39. gxh4 Rd3 40. Rb2 {would be decisive.
After the text move White loses his whole material advantage.}) 39... Rxh3+ 40.
Kg1 Qxf3 41. Bxf3 Nd3 $2 {A wrong retreat.} (41... Ng4 $1 42. Bxg4 Rxg3+ 43.
Kf2 Rxg4 {, and Black should not lose.}) 42. Re3 $1 Rxg3+ 43. Kh2 Rxf3 {
This is insufficient. White consolidates his position and converts his extra
rook. But in case of} (43... Rg5 {[%csl Rg5] this rook is out of play, and
after} 44. Rd1 Nc5 45. Rxd7 Nxd7 46. a5 {White's a-pawn decides the game.}) 44.
Rxf3 bxa4 45. bxa4 e4 46. Rf5 Nh4 47. Rfb5 Nf4 48. R5b4 Rd3 ({Or} 48... Nf3+
49. Kg3 Ne2+ (49... Nh5+ 50. Kf2 Ng5 51. a5) 50. Kf2 Nxc3 51. Nxc3 f5 52. a5 {
, and White should gradually win.}) 49. Rxe4 g5 50. Rxf4 gxf4 51. Rf1 Nf3+ 52.
Kh1 Kg6 53. a5 Kf5 54. a6 Ng5 55. a7 Rh3+ 56. Kg1 Rg3+ 57. Kf2 Ne4+ 58. Ke1 Rg8
59. Bd4 Kg4 60. Be5 $1 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Re1 (19. Qg4 {- see
Carlsen-Shirov in this issue}) (19. Qd4) (19. Be3) (19. Bf4) (19. h4) 19... d4
$1 {The rest is worse:} (19... Bd6 20. Qd4 $1 Kb8 21. h4 Rhe8 22. Re7 $1 Bxe7
23. fxe7 Rc8 24. Bf4+ $18 {1-0 Magar,T-Ivanov,E/Los Angeles 2003/CBM 095 ext 
(43)}) (19... Nc5 20. Nxc5 (20. Re7 $143 Nb3 $1 (20... Bxe7 21. fxe7 Rdg8 22.
Nxc5 Rxg5 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. Qd4 $18 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Sveshnikov,E/Sarajevo 1983/
MCD (26)}) 21. Qg4+ Rd7 22. Re8+ Kc7 23. Ra2 Rd6 24. Re1 Qd7 $13 {1/2-1/2
Savchenko,S-Eriksson,J/Torshavn 2000/CBM 078 ext (36)}) 20... Bxc5 21. Re7 $1
Bxe7 (21... Rd7 22. Qg4 Bxe7 23. fxe7 d4 24. Ra5 $1 Qb6 25. Bh3 Bc6 26. Rd5 $18
{1-0 Gupta,A-Hungaski,R/Yerevan 2006/CBM 114 ext (30)}) 22. fxe7 Rdg8 23. h4
Rxg5 24. hxg5 Re8 25. Qg4+ Qd7 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Rxa7 Kc8 28. Rxb7 Kxb7 29.
Bxd5+ Kc7 30. Bxf7 Rxe7 31. Bxc4 Re4 32. Bf7 Kd6 33. g6 Ke7 34. b3 $16 {
1-0 Kotanjian,T-Sharma,D/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005 (50)}) (19... Bh6 20. Bxh6 (20.
Bh4 $5) 20... Rxh6 21. Qd4 Rxf6 22. Bh3 $40 Rd6 23. Nc5 Qb6 24. Red1 Kc7 25.
Bxd7 R8xd7 26. Nxd7 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Kxd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stean,M-Rivas Pastor,M/
Marbella 1982/MCD (36)}) 20. Qxd4 (20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Qf3+ Qc6 {leads to a
good position for Black.}) 20... Bxg2 (20... Qxg5 $2 21. Qxc4+ Kb8 22. Bxb7
Kxb7 23. Rac1 $18 {->}) 21. Kxg2 Qxg5 22. Qxc4+ Kb8 23. Rac1 (23. Rad1 Qa5 (
23... Qf5 $132) 24. Rd5 (24. b3 Qf5 $132) 24... Qc7 25. Qd3 {Dolmatov,S-Rivas,
P/Moscow/1982/} Qc6 $1 $13) (23. Red1 Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h3,Rh8h2,Rd8c8]} (23...
Rc8 24. Qxf7 $1 (24. Qa6 $2 Qf5 $1 25. Nb6 Rxh2+ $1 26. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 Qf5+
28. g4 Qf3+ 29. Kh4 Qf2+ $1 30. Kh3 Qe3+ 31. Kh4 Qh6+ 32. Kg3 Bd6+ $1 {0-1 van
Wely,L-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 1994/Inf 59/[Piket,Je]}) 24... Ne5 $1 25. Qd5 $1
Qxf6 26. Qb5+ Kc7 27. Rac1+ Nc6 28. Rc2 (28. Qa5+ Kb8 29. Qb5+ {1/2-1/2
Lazarev,V-Piket,J/Leiden 1995/EXT 2003}) 28... b3 $1 (28... Rh6 29. Qa6 Kb8 30.
Nb6 Rc7 31. Nd7+ Rxd7 32. Rxd7 {1-0 Galliamova_Ivanchuk,A-Buturin,V/Lviv 1995/
Inf 65}) 29. Qxb3 Qf5 30. h4 Rh6 31. Nc3 Nb4 32. Nd5+ Kb8 33. Nxb4 Qe4+ 34. Kh3
Qxb4 35. Qxb4+ Bxb4 36. Rxc8+ Kxc8 37. g4 {1-0 Mayer,E-Marim,M/IECC 2004/
Telechess CBM 107 (42)}) 24. Rd5 $140 Rxh2+ $1 25. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh3 (26. Kh1
Qf3+ 27. Kh2 Bd6 $19) 26... Bd6 $1 27. Rb5+ Nb6 $40 {[%cal Rd8h8]}) 23... Bd6
24. Qc6 Qd2 $5 $146 {[%cal Rh8h2][%mdl 8] It was not too difficult to improve
on} (24... Nxf6 $4 25. Nb6 $1 {1-0/Anikaev-Westerinen,H/Moscow/1982/}) (24...
Qxf6 $5 {led to a more complex position}) 25. Kg1 $5 (25. Re2 Qxe2 26. Qxd6+
Ka8 $11) 25... Rxh2 $1 26. Re2 $8 Qd3 $8 ({Of course, not} 26... Qxe2 {now,
due to} 27. Qxd6+ Ka8 28. Qc6+ Kb8 29. Qc7+ $18) 27. Re3 (27. Kxh2 {doesn't
work due to the intermediate} Bxg3+ $1) 27... Qd2 {Both sides must repeat
moves.} (27... Qd4 $4 28. Kxh2) 28. Re2 Qd3 29. Re3 Qd2 30. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 {A relatively rare move
in this deeply-explored position.} (19. Be3 {is the main move.}) ({Practice
has also seen:} 19. Qg4) (19. Re1) (19. h4) (19. Qd4) 19... Bh6 (19... Bc6 $6
20. Re1 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Re7 $1 Qb6 23. Ra6 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 Rxh2 25. Rxb6
Bxb6 26. Qg4+ Bd7 27. Qg5 Bb5 28. Qe5 {1-0 Gozzoli,Y (2503)-Brunner,N (2413)/
Nancy 2009/CBM 129}) (19... Nc5 $6 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. h4 $5 (21. Re1 {[%cal
Ye1e7]} Qd7 $1 (21... Rde8 $2 {1-0 Zakhartsov,V (2541)-Petr,M (2478)/Stare
Mesto 2009/EXT 2010/[Zakhartsov] (28)} 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 (22... Rxe8 23. Qh5) 23.
Bxd5 $18) (21... a6 $2 22. Re7 $1 Bxe7 23. fxe7 Rdg8 24. Qd4 Kd7 25. Qe5 Qc5
26. Bf3 Ke8 27. Rd1 {1-0 Strangmueller,A (2335)-Sakai,K (2510)/IECG 2005/
Telechess CBM 115}) 22. Ra5 Bb6 23. Re7 Bxa5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. h4 Bc7 26. Bh3
Bxf4 27. Qa4 Rhd8 28. gxf4 d4 29. Qxb4 Kb8 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Qxc4 d3 $132 {
V.Zakhartsov}) 21... Bc6 22. Re1 d4 23. Qg4+ Kb7 (23... Rd7 24. Ra5 $1 Qb6 25.
Qf5 Bxg2 26. Rxc5+ Bc6 27. Re7 $18 {1-0 Porper,E (2462)-Lock,G (2226)/Grand
Harve Bay 2006/EXT 2007 (40)}) 24. Re7+ $1 Bxe7 25. fxe7 $16) 20. Qd2 $1 (20.
Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Qd4 Rxf6 $13) (20. Bd6 Bf8 21. Be7 Re8 22. Qd4 (22. Re1 Bxe7 23.
fxe7 Rh7 24. b3 c3 25. Qc2 f5 26. Nxc3 bxc3 27. Qxc3+ Kb8 28. Ra5 Qc6 29. Qxc6
Bxc6 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rhxe7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxf5 Kc7 $11 {1/2 Hadet,E 
(2507)-Peli,G (2293)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/Telechess CBM 139 (45)})
22... Bxe7 23. fxe7 Rh6 24. b3 Rxe7 25. Rfc1 Ne5 26. Nc5 c3 27. Rxa7 Nc6 28.
Qg4+ Rhe6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 $44 {1/2 Giri,A (2686)-Smeets,J (2662)/Wijk aan Zee
NED 2011/The Week in Chess 845 (38)}) 20... Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Bc6 $6 {This move
ignores White's main positional threat (Rf1-e1-e7).} (21... Nc5 $2 22. Nxc5
Qxc5 23. Rfe1 Rd7 {1/2 Zakhartsov,V (2602)-Michalczak,T (2370)/Guben GER 2011/
The Week in Chess 843 (39)} 24. h4 $18) (21... Qc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6f6]} 22. Rfc1
$36) (21... Rhe8 $5 {V.Zakhartsov}) 22. Qd4 $6 (22. Rfe1 $142 $16) 22... Kb8 $6
{Both sides underestimate the importance of the e-file!} (22... Rde8 $142 $1
23. Qxa7 d4 $1 24. Qxd4 (24. Nc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc6 Rd8 27. Ra5 Rh5
$132) 24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. f3 (26. Kg1 $2 Rxh2) 26... Re2+ 27. Rf2
Rxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rh6 $1 $132 {[%cal Yh6f6,Yd7e5]}) 23. Rfe1 {Finally!} Rhe8 24.
Re7 (24. Qf4+ $5 Kc8 25. Re7 $16) 24... Qa5 $1 25. Rxf7 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (25.
Qf4+ Qc7 26. Qe3 $16) 25... Bxa4 26. Bxd5 $6 (26. h4 $142 $1 {[%csl Gh4][%cal
Yh4h5,Yh5h6,Yh6h7]}) 26... Qc5 $1 27. Qf4+ Ne5 28. Be4 Rd7 29. Rg7 {[%csl Gf6]}
Bb5 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Bg6 Rf8 32. Re1 Qd6 33. Qxe5 Rxf6 34. Qxd6+ Rxd6 {
[%mdl 4096] White has obtained an extra pawn in the endgame but Black's pawns
are more advanced.} 35. Bf7 Rd2 36. Bxc4 Rxb2 37. h4 Bg4 $2 {Wrong! Black
can't prevent h4-h5 anyway, and now White gets an important possibility
Re1-e5-b5. It was essential to advance the a-pawn:} (37... a5 38. h5 Rc2 $1 39.
Bd3 Rc6 {is far from clear.}) 38. Kg2 (38. Bf7 $5 a5 39. h5) (38. Re5 $5 Bf3
39. h5) 38... a5 39. Re5 Rc2 (39... a4 40. h5) 40. Rb5+ (40. Bf7 $142) 40...
Kc7 41. Bd5 Rd2 42. Bf7 Bd7 $5 (42... Rd7 43. Bg6 Rd6 44. h5 Ra6 45. Bd3 Rd6
46. Be4 Ra6 47. Rg5 Be2 48. Rg7+ Kd8 49. Bg6 $18) 43. Rxa5 Bc6+ 44. Kf1 Bf3 45.
Ra1 {White is temporarily passive but he manages to successfully overcome
technical problems and convert his material advantage:} Kd6 46. Bb3 Rd3 47. Rb1
Kc5 48. Ke1 Kb5 49. Bd1 Bxd1 50. Rxd1 Rc3 51. h5 b3 52. Kd2 Rc8 53. Rc1 Rf8 54.
f4 Kb4 55. Rh1 Ka3 56. Ke3 b2 57. g4 Rc8 58. Rb1 Ka2 59. Rxb2+ Kxb2 60. h6 Kc3
61. g5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 c5 11. Bxc4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. O-O Bd7
15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. Qe4 g6 17. Qf4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Qh6 Qxd3 20. Ng5 Nxe5 $1
21. Rae1 Nf3+ $1 22. gxf3 Qf5 23. Re4 Bc6 24. Rg4 Bxf3 25. Rg3 Bc6 26. Re1 Rd2
$6 (26... Bd5 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17) 27. Qxh7+ $11 Kf8 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Qh6+ Ke7
30. Qxd2 Rd8 31. Qh6 Rf8 32. Qh4+ Kd7 33. Qd4+ Kc8 34. h3 a6 35. Rc3 Qg5+ 36.
Rg3 Qd5 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. a5 Rf6 39. Rg4 Kd7 40. Re5 Kd6 41. Reg5 Be8 42. Rb4
Bc6 43. Rbg4 Be8 44. Rh4 Kc5 45. Rh8 Re6 46. Rh7 Bc6 47. Kf1 Bb5+ 48. Kg2 b6
49. Rc7+ Kd4 50. Rg4+ Ke5 51. Rc1 Kf5 52. Rc3 Kf6 53. Rf4+ Kg5 54. Kg3 bxa5 $2
(54... Bc4 55. axb6 Rxb6 $16) 55. Rc7 $18 Kh6 56. Rh4+ Kg5 57. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Lobron,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 {Chekhov Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 Ba6 13. Be2
$5 (13. Qf3) (13. a3 $1 {Ftacnik} O-O-O 14. Be3 (14. Bg2 Nc5 15. O-O Nb3 16.
Qf3 (16. Be3 Bb7 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Qc2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. a4 a6 21. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bb4 23. b3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ $16 {Suba,M-Vadasz,L/Erevan/1980/1-0 
(27)}) 16... Bb7 17. Rad1 b4 $1 18. Ne4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Bxa3 20. h4 (20. Be3 Bb4
21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qb5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qh5 $16 {Gomez Esteban,J-Novikov,
I/Pamplona/1990/1-0 (27)}) (20. Qe2 $5 {Chekhov}) 20... Bb4 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Nc5
a5 $1 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. Qe2 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Novikov,I/USSR ch/1990/1-0 (40)})
14... c5 (14... Ne5 $5 15. f4 c5 $8 16. fxe5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. Rg1 Rxh2 19.
Be2 Qc7 $5 20. Rc1 Rxd4 $2 21. Qxd4 Bc5 22. Nxb5 $1 Bxd4 23. Nxc7 Bxg1 24. Rxc4
$1 $14 {Komljenovic,D-Kaidanov,G/Andorra/1991/0.5 (35)}) 15. Bg2 cxd4 16. Bxd4
Bc5 17. O-O $1 Nxf6 18. Bxc5 Rxd1 19. Raxd1 $16 {Savcenko,S-Novikov,I/Sibenik/
1989/1-0 (36)}) (13. Qf3 {Ftacnik} Rc8 14. Be2 b4 15. Ne4 c5 16. dxc5 (16. d5
$5 {Chekhov} exd5 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rfe1 {/\Bc4|^ Sokolov/}) 16... Nxc5 17. Nxc5
Bxc5 18. O-O Bd4 19. Qf4 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 $44 {Sokolov,I-Kamsky,G/Beograd/
1991/0.5 (45)}) (13. Be3 {Ftacnik} O-O-O (13... Nxf6 {Chekhov} 14. Qf3 Nd5 15.
Bg2 b4 16. Nxd5 (16. Ne4 c3 $13) 16... cxd5 $13 {Kaidanov/}) 14. Qf3 Bb7 15.
Bg2 Ba3 $6 (15... Bb4 16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb6 18. Bd2 $14) 16. Bc1 Bb4 17.
O-O Nb6 18. Ne4 $1 Rxd4 19. a3 Bf8 20. Be3 Rd7 $13 {Khenkin,I-Kaidanov,G/Ca'n
Picafort/1991/}) 13... O-O-O 14. O-O Nb6 $6 (14... Bb7 $142) (14... c5 {Ftacnik
} 15. a4 b4 16. Nb5 Nb6 17. Nxa7+ Kb7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Bf3+ Nd5
21. Be3 Kb6 22. dxc5+ Bxc5 23. Bxc5+ Qxc5 24. Qa4 $40 {Demirel,T-Golubovic,B/
EU-chJ Sas van Gent (07)/1992/1-0 (37)}) 15. Ne4 (15. a3 c5 16. Qc1 Rxd4 (16...
cxd4 $2 17. b4 $18) 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. b4 cxb3 19. Ne4 Rxd2 20. Nxd2 Qa4 $15)
15... b4 $8 (15... Bb7 16. a3 c5 $2 17. Bd2 $16) 16. h4 (16. a3 $5) (16. Qc2 {
Chekhov} Rxd4 17. Be3 e5 $1 $13) 16... Qf5 (16... Qd5 {Ftacnik} 17. Bf3 Qxd4
18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rd3 20. Rfd1 $16) 17. Bf3 c5 18. a3 $1 Bb7 $2 (18... cxd4
19. axb4 Bb7 20. g4 Qe5 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Ra5 $16) (18... Rxd4 19. Qe2 Bb7 20.
Rfe1 $14) 19. g4 $1 Qh7 (19... Qd5 20. dxc5 $16) (19... Qg6 20. Nxc5 $16) 20.
Nxc5 $1 $18 Bxc5 $8 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 (21... Kb8 22. Qe2 $18) 22. Qf3+ Nd5 23.
dxc5 Rdg8 24. Rfd1 (24. Qg2 $1 Kb8 (24... b3 25. Rac1 $16) 25. Qg3+ (25. axb4
$140 {Ftacnik} Rxg5 26. hxg5 Nf4 $19) 25... Kc8 26. f3 Rxg5 27. hxg5 $18) 24...
Rxg5 25. hxg5 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Rh3 27. Qg2 (27. Qe4 Qf4 (27... Kb8 {Chekhov} 28. g6
Nf4 29. Rd8+ Kc7 30. Rd7+ $1 Kxd7 31. Rd1+ Nd5 32. g7 $18) 28. Qxf4 $8 Nxf4 {
-27.Qg2}) 27... Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nf4+ 29. Kg1 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Nf4+ 31. Kg1 $138 Ne2+
32. Kf1 Nf4 33. f3 $2 (33. Ke1 $1 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Rdb1+ $1 (35. f3 {
Chekhov} c2 36. Rdc1 Nd3+ 37. Kf1 Nxc1) 35... Kc6 36. Kd1 $16 Kxc5 (36... Rh2
37. Ra2 Kxc5 (37... Rg2 38. Rb3 Rxg4 39. Rxc3 Rxg5 40. Rb2 $16) 38. Rb4 Nd3 39.
g6 fxg6 40. f7 Rh8 41. Rb7 $18) 37. Kc2 Rf3 (37... Ne2 38. Rb4 Nd4+ (38... Rf3
39. Rd1 Rxf2 40. Kb3 $18) 39. Rxd4 Kxd4 40. Rd1+ Kc4 41. Rd7 Rf3 42. Rc7+ Kd4
43. Kb3 $18) 38. Rf1 {/\ Rae1-e3, Rad1-d7}) 33... bxa3 34. bxa3 (34. Rxa3 $2 {
Ftacnik} Rh1+ $19) 34... Rxf3+ 35. Ke1 Kc6 $1 $44 36. Kd2 (36. Rd4 c3 $13) (36.
Rac1 $5 {Chekhov} Nd3+ (36... Kxc5 37. Rd7 Nd3+ 38. Ke2) (36... c3 $5) 37. Ke2)
36... c3+ 37. Kc2 Nd5 38. Re1 (38. Rd3 $1 $14 Rf2+ 39. Kb3) 38... Rf2+ 39. Kd3
Kxc5 40. Rac1 (40. Rad1 $142 $14) 40... Rf3+ 41. Kc2 (41. Ke4 $5 {Chekhov} Rf4+
(41... Rg3 42. Ke5) 42. Ke5 Rxg4 43. Rg1 Rc4 44. g6 Nf4 45. gxf7) 41... Rf2+
42. Kb3 $2 (42. Kd3 $142 Rf3+ (42... Rd2+ 43. Ke4 Rd4+ 44. Kf3 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 $16
Nf4 46. Re4 Nh3+ 47. Ke2 Rg3 48. g6 $18) 43. Ke4 (43. Ke2 $1 Rf4 (43... Rg3 44.
g6 $18) (43... Rh3 44. Rf1 {/\ g5-g6 +-}) 44. Rg1 {/\ Rcf1 +-}) 43... Rf4+ 44.
Ke5 Rxg4 45. Rg1 Rh4 46. Rh1 Rg4 47. Rcg1 Rf4 48. Rf1 Rg4 49. Rhg1 Rh4 50. g6
Rh3 51. Re1 Rh5+ 52. Ke4 Nxf6+ $10) (42. Kd3 $5 {Chekhov}) 42... a5 $2 (42...
Rb2+ 43. Ka4 Nb6+ $2 (43... Rb5 $1 44. Re5 Kc4 45. Re4+ Kc5 46. Rb4 Nxb4 47.
Rxc3+ Kb6 $10) 44. Ka5 Nc4+ 45. Ka6 $18) 43. g6 (43. Ka4 $5 {Chekhov}) 43...
Rxf6 44. gxf7 Rxf7 45. Rxe6 Rf4 $8 46. a4 $2 (46. g5 $1 a4+ 47. Ka2 (47. Kc2 {
Chekhov} Rg4) 47... Rf2+ 48. Ka1 Kc4 49. Rb1 c2 50. Rc6+ Kd3 51. Rh1 $16 {
/\ Kb2}) 46... Rxg4 47. Ra6 Rb4+ 48. Ka3 Kc4 49. Rc6+ (49. Rxa5 $2 Rb3+ 50. Ka2
Nb4+ 51. Ka1 c2 $17 (51... Ra3+ $10 {Chekhov})) 49... Kd3 $1 50. Rd1+ Kc2 51.
Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zalakaros op 17th"]
[Site "Zalakaros"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 b4 $5 (
14... O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 {is meant to be the most dangerous line for
Black nowadays. 14...b4 wants to avoid the theoretical duel.}) 15. O-O bxc3 $5
{This is the main idea behind 14...b4!?} (15... O-O-O {leads to the
theoretical main lines.}) 16. bxc3 {This is suggested by some theoreticians.} (
16. dxe6 {is a healthy alternative:} Ne5 $1 (16... O-O-O $5 17. e7 cxb2 18.
exd8=Q+ Kxd8 19. Rb1 c3 {is interesting according to Babula}) 17. Re1 Bxg2 18.
Rxe5 (18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 cxb2) 18... Qc6 $1 19. Qe2 (19. Qd7+ $2 Qxd7 20.
exd7+ Kxd7 21. Kxg2 cxb2 $19) (19. e7 cxb2 (19... Bh6 $5 20. Bxh6 Bh1 $1 21. f3
Bxf3 22. Qc1 cxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxh6 $17) 20. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 21. Rb1 c3) 19... Bh3 20.
exf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxc4+ Kg6 (21... Be6 22. Qxc3 Bd6 23. Rxe6 (23. Re3 Rxh2 $1)
23... Kxe6 24. Rd1 $44) 22. Qd3+ Kf7 23. Qc4+ $11 {Rosenlund-Ivkov, Yugoslavia
1977}) 16... e5 $1 (16... Qc7 17. dxe6 (17. Re1 $5 O-O-O 18. dxe6 fxe6 (18...
Ne5 $2 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Qxd8+ $1 Kxd8 21. e7+ Ke8 22. Rxe5 $18) 19. Bxb7+
Qxb7 20. f7 Bg7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qg4 Bxc3 23. Rab1 Qd5 24. Rxe6 Bd4 $13 {
Se.Ivanov}) 17... fxe6 18. Qb1 (18. Qg4 Kf7) 18... O-O-O 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Re1
Bh6 21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 22. f4 $1 $14 {Sakaev-Se.Ivanov, Russia 1995}) 17. Rb1 Qa6
18. Rxb7 (18. Qg4 $6 Bd6 19. Rb2 Kd8 20. Rfb1 Bc8 21. Bd2 Nb6 22. Qg7 Rf8 23.
f4 e4 24. Bxe4 Bd7 25. Re1 Kc7 26. Bf3 Qa3 27. Rc2 Qa4 28. Rb2 Qa3 $11 {
A.Peter-G.Mann, HUN.chT 1997 1/2 1/2}) 18... Qxb7 19. d6 Qc8 20. f4 $1 {
According to Se.Ivanov White has a decisive advantage here. However things are
far from clear.} (20. Bxa8 $2 Qxa8 21. Qa4 Bh6 22. Re1 e4 $1) (20. Re1 Rb8 21.
f4 e4 $1 (21... Rb2 22. fxe5 (22. Qd5 $5 Qb8 23. fxe5 Rb1 $132) 22... Rxg2+ 23.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 Qb2 $13) 22. Qd5 Qb7 $1 (22... Kd8 23. Qxf7 Bxd6 24. Rd1 $44)
23. Rxe4+ Kd8 24. Qxf7 Qb1+ $17) (20. Qd5 Rb8 21. f4 Nb6 $13) 20... e4 $1 $146
{This is my novelty, leading to extremely sharp play, which is not unusual in
the Botvinnik variation. In some positions White has about five pawns for the
R.} (20... Rg8 21. Bd5 $18) (20... Rb8 21. fxe5 Nxe5 (21... Rb2 22. e6 $1) 22.
Re1 Qe6 23. Bd5 Qf5 24. Bf4 Bxd6 25. Bc6+ $18 {Se.Ivanov}) 21. Re1 (21. Bxe4 {
leads to a draw after} Rb8 22. Qd5 (22. Re1 {- 21.Re1}) 22... Qa6 (22... Rb6
23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bd5+ Kg6 25. Be4+ Kh5 26. Bf3+ $11) 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bd5+
Kg6 25. Be4+ $11) 21... Rb8 22. Bxe4 (22. Rxe4+ Kd8 23. Qe1 $4 Bxd6 $19) 22...
Kd8 23. Qd5 Qa6 $5 {My idea was to take Pd6 by the Q and activating the R via
Rb2.} (23... Rb6 $142 24. Qxf7 Bxd6 25. Qxc4 Kc7) 24. Qxf7 Qxd6 25. Bg2 (25.
Bd5 $5 {was worth of trying.} Rb2 26. h4 $44) (25. Bf3 $143 $6 Qd3 26. Rd1 Rb1
$1) 25... Kc7 (25... Rb2 $6 26. Qe8+ Kc7 27. Qa8) 26. h4 Rb2 27. Qxc4 Nxf6 (
27... Qd2 $2 28. Qe4 $1 {and White has defended everything in his position!}) (
27... Rxg2+ $2 28. Kxg2 Qc6+ {and again} 29. Qe4 $1 $16 (29. Kg1 $2 Qf3) (29.
Kf2 $6 Nxf6 30. Re6 Ng4+)) 28. Qa4 (28. f5 {wants to activate the B on the /^
h2-g8} Rxg2+ (28... Bh6 $2 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 (29... Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qxf6 31. Qxc5+
Qc6+ 32. Qxc6+ Kxc6 33. g4 $18) 30. Qxc5+ Kb8 31. Qd5 $18) 29. Kxg2 Qd5+ 30.
Qxd5 Nxd5 31. c4 (31. Re8 Bg7) 31... Nb6 32. Re8 Nxc4 33. Bf6 Rg8 34. Be7 Bxe7
35. Rxg8 Ne3+) 28... Kb6 29. Rd1 (29. Bf1 c4 $1) (29. f5 Qxg3 $1 (29... c4 30.
Re6 Qxe6 (30... Rb1+ 31. Kf2 Qxe6 32. fxe6 Bc5+ 33. Ke2 Rb2+ 34. Ke1 {- 30...
Qe6}) 31. fxe6 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Rb1+ 33. Ke2 Rb2+ 34. Ke1 (34. Kd1 Rd8+) 34... Rxg2
$1 35. Bxf6 Rf8 36. e7 Rxf6 37. e8=Q Rg1+ 38. Kd2 Rg2+ $11) 30. Re6+ (30. Qc6+
Ka5) 30... Bd6 31. Qc6+ Ka5 {and the K escapes.}) 29... Qe6 30. Bxf6 (30. f5
Qe2 $1 (30... Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qe4+ (31... Qe2+ 32. Kg1 $18) 32. Qxe4 Nxe4 33. f6
$1 (33. Rd8 Bg7) 33... Nxc3 34. Rd8) 31. Qc6+ Ka5 32. Qc7+ Ka6 33. Qc8+ Ka5 34.
Qc7+ $11) 30... Qxf6 31. Rd7 Rxg2+ (31... Rb1+ $6 32. Bf1 $1) 32. Kxg2 Qc6+ 33.
Qxc6+ Kxc6 34. Rxa7 c4 $1 35. f5 Bc5 36. Ra6+ Kb5 $1 (36... Kd5 37. Kf3) 37.
Re6 Ra8 38. Re2 Ra3 39. f6 (39. Rc2 $2 Be7 $1 $17) 39... Rxc3 40. f7 Rd3 41.
Rf2 $1 {and Babula's draw offer was accepted. During the game I was unable to
calculate the following complications, which are far from clear, for example:}
(41. g4 $2 c3 42. g5 Rd2 43. Kf1 c2 $19) (41. Rf2 $1 Rd8 $1 (41... Bf8 42. Rb2+
$1) 42. Rf3 $1 (42. g4 $2 Kb4) 42... Bb4 43. a3 Bf8 44. g4 Bg7 $1 45. g5 c3 46.
Rf1 (46. Rf2 Rd2 $1) 46... Kc4 47. h5 c2 48. h6 Bf8 49. Kf3 Kb3 50. Kg4 Kb2 51.
Kh5 c1=Q 52. Rxc1 Kxc1 53. Kg6 (53. g6 Rd5+)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Bh3 21. Qa8+
Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1 bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. Bxb8 {Seit der
Partie Z.Azmaiparashvili-A.Shirov (Madrid 1996) ist bekannt, daß das Endspiel
nach 26.h4 Qb7 27.Qxb7+ Kxb7 28.Re7+ Rd7 29.Lxb8 Kxb8 30.Rxd7 Bxd7 nur zum
Unentschieden führt. Daher forciert Weiß gleich das Dauerschach.} (26. h4 Qb7 (
26... Be6 27. Kh2 Rd7 28. h5 Rb7 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. Qe4 Kc7 31. Rd1 Rh8 32. g4
Qb2 33. Qf4+ Kb7 34. Qf3+ Kc7 35. Qf4+ Kc6 36. Qe4+ Kc7 37. Qe5+ Kb6 38. Rd6+
Kb7 39. Qe4+ Kb8 40. Qf4 Kb7 {Yermolinsky,A-Gurevich,D/USA-ch 1994/CBM 44/1-0 
(63)}) 27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8 Kxb8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2 Kc7 32.
Kf3 Kd6 33. Kf4 Bc6 34. Kg5 Bf3 35. Kf5 Kd5 36. g4 Kd6 37. h5 Kd5 38. Kf4 Bd1
39. Kg5 Bf3 40. Kf4 Bd1 41. Kg5 Bf3 42. Kf4 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Shirov,
A/Madrid 1996/CBM 53/[Shirov]}) (26. Bxb8 Qxb8 27. Qc6+ Qc7 28. Qa8+ $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gershon} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 {Die Aufstellung Qa5 und Ba6
ist wesentlich unpopulärer als die Standardaufstellung Qb6 und Bb7, aber ab
und zu gab es auf Top-Ebene Partien in dieser Variante.} 12. exf6 Ba6 {[%csl
Re1,Rg5][%cal Ya6f1,Ya5e1,Ya5g5] Der Ba6 soll ggf. die weiße Rochade
verhindern, die Dame wirkt entlang der Diagonalen a5-e1 und der 5.Reihe.} 13.
a3 $6 {Nicht der beste Zug, da Schwarz nun einen Springer auf d3 etablieren
kann.} ({Nach} 13. Bg2 b4 14. Ne4 c3 15. b3 O-O-O {ist die schwarze Strategie
voll aufgegangen:} 16. Qf3 (16. Qc2 c5 17. O-O-O cxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rd6 Bxd6
20. Nxd6+ Kc7 21. Nxf7 Qa3+ 22. Kd1 Ne5+ 23. Nxd8 Rxd8+ 24. Ke1 Qb2 {0-1
Bolbochan,J-Stahlberg,G/Mar del Plata 1948/MCD (24)}) 16... Bb5 {'<=>' Gershon.
Gershon: '0-1 Garcia,F-Cifuentes Parada,R/Benasque 1995/EXT 97 (40)'} 17. a4
bxa3 18. Nxc3 Ne5 19. dxe5 Bb4 20. Bd2 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 Rd8+ 22. Kc2 Rd3 23. Qxd3
Bxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Bxc3 25. Rxa3 Qxa3 26. Kxc3 Qc5+ 27. Kd3 Qxe5 28. Rc1 c5 29. Rc4
Kd7 30. Ra4 a5 31. Ra2 Qxf6 32. Rd2 Ke7 33. Bc6 Qd4+ 34. Ke2 Qc3 35. Rd3 Qc2+
36. Ke3 Qc1+ 37. Ke2 c4 38. bxc4 Qxc4 39. Bf3 a4 40. Kd2 Qb5 {0-1 Garcia,
F-Cifuentes Parada,R/Benasque 1995/EXT 97 (40)}) (13. Qf3 {ist wohl die
kritische Variante, z.B.} Rc8 (13... b4 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. b3 cxb3 16. Bxa6+
Qxa6 17. Qxb3 Qb5 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Be3 a5 20. Qc2 Kb7 21. Qe2 Qd5 22. f3 Nd7 23.
O-O Bh6 24. Rf2 Kb6 25. a3 Rb8 26. axb4 axb4 27. Bxh6 Rxh6 28. Qd2 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Miles,A/Basel 1986/MCL (28)}) (13... Bb7 {Gershon} 14. Bg2 b4 (14...
O-O-O) 15. Ne4 c5 $6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxb7 Rd8 18. Qc6 Bb8 19. d5 $16 {
1-0 Sakaev,K-Govedarica,R/Belgrade 1996/EXT 99 (25)}) 14. Be2 b4 15. Ne4 c5 16.
d5 $1 {'!!' Gershon.} (16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. O-O Bd4 19. Qf4 Qe5 20.
Qxe5 Bxe5 $44 {Sokolov,I-Kamsky,G/Beograd/1991/0.5 (45)}) 16... exd5 17. Qf5
dxe4 18. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Ehlvest,J/Riga 1995/CBM 47/[Ftacnik] (25)
'->' Gershon.}) (13. Be2 {Gershon} Rd8 14. O-O b4 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Bf3 Ne5 17.
Bg2 (17. dxe5 $4 Rxd1 {[%csl Re4,Rf3]}) 17... Nd3 18. Qa4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 Bxb5 20.
a4 bxa3 21. bxa3 Rxd4 22. Nc3 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Rxh6 $13 {0-1 Martinez Martin,
D-Galiana,J/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 301 (40)}) 13... O-O-O (13...
b4 $2 {Gershon} 14. axb4 Qxg5 15. Rxa6 $18) (13... Bb7 {Gershon} 14. Bg2 b4 15.
axb4 $5 (15. Ne4) 15... Qxg5 16. b5 Nb8 $8 (16... Rc8 17. Rxa7) (16... O-O-O
17. Rxa7 Nb8 18. Qa1 {with a very strong attack for the piece}) 17. Qa4 Kd7 $8
(17... cxb5 18. Nxb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb5d6]}) 18. Qxc4 Qxf6 19. O-O $44) 14. Bg2
Ne5 $5 $146 (14... Nc5 $5 15. O-O Nb3 16. Qf3 Bb7 (16... Nxd4 {Gershon} 17. Qe4
Bb7 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Qe5 $16) 17. Rad1 b4 {'!' Gershon.} (17... Rd7
{(Gershon) /\ c5} 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. Ne2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 $132) 18. Ne4 bxa3 19.
bxa3 Bxa3 20. h4 {'©' Gershon.} (20. Be3 {Gershon} Qh5 21. Qxh5 Rxh5 {/\ Bb2,
a5-a4-a3}) (20. Qe2 $5 {Gershon}) 20... Bb4 $13 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Novikov,I/
Leningrad 1990/URS-ch/[ChessBase] (40)}) 15. O-O Nd3 16. b4 {'!' Gershon.
Gershon: 'This is a double edged decision, of course. On one hand white gives
up any break though ideas connected with b2-b3, and creates black a very
strong passed pawn.On the other hand this move burries any hopes of c5 black
might have had, and with it his light squared bishop. I assessed that this
fact is stronger than the others altogether. '} (16. Bxc6 Rxd4 $13 (16... Qb6 {
Gershon} 17. Qf3 Rxd4 {[%cal Ga6b7] I felt that after the exchange of light
squared B's black's chances would be preferable} 18. Be4 (18. Be3 Ne5 19. Qe4
Nxc6 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 $19 {[%cal Ga6b7]}))) 16... Qc7 (16... Qb6 {Gershon} 17. Be3
{[%cal Gd4d5]}) 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Qg4 {'!?' Gershon. Gershon: 'Preventing black
from playing e5 on this next move, and thus gaining a tempo to get a rook to
d1.It seems that if white gets to sac an exchange on d3 black's position will
become critical,without even ONE good piece.'} a5 {'!?' Gershon. Gershon:
'Trying to get a counterplay, even in the cost of opening his own king'  Es
erscheint paradox, dass Schwarz die Stellung am Damenflügel öffnet, aber
ansonsten bekommt er seine Figuren nicht ins Spiel.} (18... Kb8 {Gershon} 19.
Rfd1 {[%cal Gg2f1]} e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 (20... Qxe5 21. Rxd3 $1 {[%cal Ge3f4]})
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qf4 Bd6 23. Bc5 $16) 19. Be4 {Gershon: 'Preparing a very
promissing piece sac'} axb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 (20... Nxb4 {Gershon} 21. Ra7 Nd5
$140 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nxb5 Qb6 24. Rb1 $18) 21. Nxb5 $5 {'!' Gershon. Ein
Figurenopfer, das nach einem kurzen taktischen Geplänkel letztlich zu einem
Qualitätsopfer mutiert.} cxb5 22. Ra7 Rhg8 {'!' Gershon.} (22... Rd5 {Gershon}
23. Bxd5 {[%cal Gg4c8,Ga7c7]}) (22... Bxe4 {Gershon} 23. Rxc7+ Kxc7 24. Qxe4
Rd5 25. g4 $16) 23. Qf3 (23. Qh3 Rh8 (23... Bxe4 24. Rxc7+ Kxc7 25. Qh5 $13)
24. Qg4 Rhg8 $11) 23... Rd5 24. Rb1 $1 {Gershon: 'This is the key move in
white's plan. Although a pices up black's position is very dangerous.'} (24.
Bxd5 exd5 $17) 24... Qb6 {Gershon: 'probably the best'} (24... Kb8 {Gershon}
25. Rxb7+ Kxb7 (25... Qxb7 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Rxb4 $16 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Ge3f4]})
26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Rxb4 {a position similar to the game}) (24... Bd6 {Gershon}
25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxb5 $18) 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Rxb4 Qc6 {Gershon:
'Looks like the worst for black is behind, but white's pieces are very well
coordinated and the K is weak.'} 28. Rb1 $44 {Weiß hat als Kompensation für
die Minusqualität Spiel gegen den schwarzen König und der Pd3 ist schwach. Die
Stellung ist im dynamischen Gleichgewicht.} Kb7 $2 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Yf3b7,
Yb1b7] '(+)?' Gershon. Ich denke, dass dieser Zug ein klarer Fehler ist. Der
König steht in der indirekten Schusslinie von Dame und Turm des Gegners.} (
28... Kd7 {ist besser. Die Stellung ist dann völlig unklar, z.B.} 29. Qe4 (29.
Ra1 Ra8) (29. Rc1 Rc5) 29... Rh8 30. h4 Qc3 31. Rd1 b4 32. Kg2 Qc6 $13) 29. Qe4
(29. Rc1 Rc5 $1) 29... Rh5 (29... Qc4 30. Qh7 (30. Rc1 Qb3) 30... Rf8 31. Bh6
Rfd8 32. Qxf7+ R5d7 33. Qg6 $36) (29... Rh8 30. h4) 30. Qxd3 Qd5 {Gershon:
'Black came up with a very interesting plan creating very real threat to
white's K.... However, he misses white's killer reply'} (30... Rxh2 31. Rxb5+ (
31. d5 $1 $18 {Gershon}) 31... Kc8 32. d5 $18) (30... Ra8 31. Rc1 Qd5 32. Qc3
Qd7 $16) 31. Qa3 $18 {'+-!' Gershon. Die weißen Figuren dringen ins schwarze
Lager ein. Damit ist die Partie entschieden.} Ra8 {'[]' Gershon.} (31... Re8
32. Ra1 $18) 32. Qe7+ Kb6 33. Rc1 Ra7 34. Qf8 {Gershon: 'black pieces are tied
up'} Rh7 35. Qb8+ Rb7 36. Qa8 Rc7 (36... Ra7 37. Rc6+ $1 Qxc6 38. d5+ $18) 37.
Qb8+ Rb7 38. Qc8 Ra7 39. Rc6+ $1 Ka5 40. Bd2+ (40. Bd2+ Ka4 (40... b4 41. Rc5+
$18) 41. Rc1 $18 (41. Rc1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc8c2,Gc1a1] Gershon} Qxd4 42. Qc2+
Ka3 43. Rb1)) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 {Wahrscheinlich inspiriert durch die
Partie A.Khalifman-V.Ivanchuk (President´s Cup 1998) wählt Timman diese
Variante, aber Weiß wartet mit einer neuen Idee auf.} 18. axb4 (18. Bxd5 {
war bislang die Hauptvariante.} Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Qc6 22.
Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Nd3 24. h4 b3 $1 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Ivanchuk,V/Presidents Cup
1998/CBM 65/[Lutz] (58)}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxb4 $146 (19... Qc6+ 20. f3 cxb4
21. Qe2 Bd6 22. Rfd1 Ne5 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Khalifman,A/Yugoslavia 1998}) 20. Qe2
Qb5 {Timmans möchte seinen Springer nach e5 bringen, daher nahm er von ...Qc6+
Abstand.} 21. Rfd1 $1 Ne5 {Es droht ...Qc6+, Weiß muß daher handeln.} (21...
Qxg5 {ist zu gefährlich.} 22. Qxc4+ Nc5 (22... Kb8 23. Nb6 $18 {nebst Qa6 oder
Qc6}) (22... Bc5 23. Qa6+ Kc7 24. Rac1 $18) 23. Nb6+ Kc7 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Rxa7
$40) 22. Nb6+ Qxb6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qxe5 Qd5+ {Forciert ein Endspiel. Aber
ist dies auch remis ?} 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Rxa7 d4 27. Bf4 c3 28. Rc7+ $2 {
Mir scheint, daß Weiß hier eine gute Chance ausläßt.} (28. bxc3 $5 dxc3 (28...
b3 29. Rc7+ Kd8 30. Rb7 $18) 29. Rxf7 {Erscheint riskant, aber ich sehe nicht,
wie Schwarz seine Bauern vorrücken kann.} Kd8 $5 (29... Bh6 30. Bd6) (29... c2
30. Rc7+ $18) (29... b3 30. Rc7+ $18) 30. Rc7 Bh6 31. Bd6) 28... Kd8 29. Rc4
cxb2 30. Rxd4+ Kc8 31. Rd1 Bh6 32. Bxh6 (32. Be5 Bc1) 32... Rxh6 33. Rb1 Rxf6
34. Rxb2 Rb6 {Dank des passiven weißen Turm hält Schwarz remis. [#] Hecht:
Schwarz hat deshalb Kompensation für den Minusbauern, weil sein Turm h i n t e
r dem Einzelfreibauern steht, damit den weißen Turm bindet, so daß die weiße
Bauernmehrheit nicht entscheidend zur Geltung gebracht werden kann.} 35. Kf3
Kd7 36. h4 Kd6 37. g4 Ke5 {Hecht:Richtigerweise bleibt Schwarz mit seinem
König zentral und hindert die weiße Mehrheit an der Entfaltung. Die
Alternative war, den ohnehin passiv stehenden weißen Turm für den Freibauern
zu erobern. Soweit ich sehe, hat Weiß damit keinerlei Probleme. Zwei Beispiele:
} (37... Kd5 {Hecht} 38. Kf4 Kc4 39. Kf5 Kc3 40. Rb1 b3 41. f4 b2 42. g5 Kc2
43. Rh1 b1=Q 44. Rxb1 Kxb1 45. h5 Kc2 46. h6 (46. g6 fxg6+ 47. hxg6 Kd3 48. g7
Rb8 49. Kg6 Rb1 50. f5 Rg1+ 51. Kh7 Rh1+ 52. Kg8 Rf1 53. Kh7 Rh1+ 54. Kg6 Rg1+
55. Kf7 Ke4 56. f6 Kf5 57. Ke7 Rg6 $11) 46... Kd3 47. h7 Rb8 {und Weiß macht
mühelos remis} 48. Kf6 (48. g6 fxg6+ 49. Kxg6 Ke4 50. f5 Ke5 51. f6 Ke6 52. f7
{oder Kg7}) 48... Rh8 49. Kg7 Rxh7+ 50. Kxh7 Ke4 $11) 38. Rb3 Rb8 39. Ke3 f5
40. f3 (40. f4+ {Hecht} Kf6 41. g5+ Kg6 42. Kd4 Kh5 43. Kc5 Kxh4 44. Rxb4 Re8
$11 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge8e1,Rh4g4]} 45. Rb1 Kg3 46. Rf1 Kg2 47. Ra1 Kf3 $11)
40... fxg4 41. fxg4 Rb7 42. Kf3 Rb8 43. Kg3 Rb7 44. Re3+ Kd5 45. h5 b3 46. Re1
b2 47. Rb1 Ke5 48. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 d4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Bf4 $5 $146 {
Eine lästige Neuerung. Weiß nimmt dem Bf8 das Feld d6 und dem schwarzen König
die Felder c7 und b8.} (20. Nc3 $5 {wurde bereits zweimal gegen Ivanow
gespielt, allerdings ohne zählbaren Erfolg.}) 20... Qc6 21. Re1 d3 22. b5 Qxb5
23. Re4 $6 (23. b3 $5 $16 {wirft ein Schatten auf die schwarze Stellung. Weiß
reißt den Damenflügel auf.} cxb3 (23... Nxf6 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qd2 $16) 24. Nc3
Qc6 (24... Qb6 25. Qf3+ Kc8 26. Rxa7 $18) 25. Qxb3+) 23... Nb6 24. Nxb6 axb6
25. Re7+ {Weiß forciert nun ein Endspiel, das ihm Remis, wahrscheinlich aber
nicht mehr verspricht.} (25. h4 $5 {ist interessant, da Schwarz keinen
richtigen Zug hat.} Qc6 (25... Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Re7+ Kb8 28. Raa7 $16) (
25... d2 26. Re2 Qxb2 27. Re7+ Kc6 28. Rc7+ Kd5 29. Ra2 Qxa2 30. Qf3+ Ke6 31.
Qe4+ Kxf6 32. Be5+ Ke6 33. Bxh8+ Kd6 34. Qe5#) (25... Qxb2 26. Re7+ Kc6 27. Rb1
$18) 26. Rxc4 Bd6 $44) 25... Bxe7 26. Qf3+ Qc6 27. Ra7+ Kxa7 28. Qxc6 Bd6 $1 (
28... Bxf6 29. Qxf6 d2 30. Bxd2 $18) 29. Bxd6 d2 30. Qd5 Rhe8 31. Qxf7+ {
Führt zum Unentschieden.} (31. Qxd2 $5 Re6 32. Bb8+ Rxb8 33. h4 $5 $14 {
ist besser für Weiß, da der schwarze König immer den Schachs der weißen Dame
ausgesetzt ist und Weiß mit seinen Freibauern am Königsflügel marschiert.. Ob
Weiß allerdings mehr als Dauerschach erreichen kann, ist unklar.}) 31... Ka6
32. Qxc4+ b5 33. Qa2+ Kb6 34. Qd5 Re1+ 35. Kg2 d1=Q 36. Bxc5+ $2 {Stellt die
Partie ein.} (36. Qxc5+ Ka6 37. Qc6+ Ka7 38. Qc7+ Ka6 39. Qc6+ $11 {ergibt
Dauerschach.} (39. Qxd8 $2 Rg1+ 40. Kh3 Qh5#)) 36... Kc7 37. Qxd1 Rexd1 38. f7
R1d6 $1 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Ba8 $5 {Da der Hauptzug in dieser
Stellung, 18...Bxf1, als nicht mehr spielbar gilt, versucht sich Schwarz an
dieser selteneren Fortsetzung. Schwarz hofft, dass die geschwächte Diagonale
a8-h1 Gegenspiel gegen den weißen König einbringt und die Minusqualität
kompensiert.} (18... Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Nd5 Rxh2 22. Kg1
Rh8 23. Bf4 Kc8 (23... Qe6 24. Qf3 Qh3 25. Rd1 b3 26. a4 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28.
Ke2 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kc8 30. g4 $16 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Shirov,A/Linares 1997/CBM 57/
[ChessBase] (44)}) (23... Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qe4 Re8 27. Ne3 Nc6
28. Qf3 Kc7 29. Nxc4 Qd4 30. b3 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Kg2 Ne5 33. Ne3 Kd7 34.
Rh1 Ke6 35. Rh8 Kxf6 36. Rc8 Nd3 37. Ra8 Rd4 38. Rxa7 $16 {Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/
Monaco blind 1996/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 24. Qf3 Kb7 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Qg2 Bh6 27. Nxb6
Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Kxb6 29. Be5 $1 $16 {1-0 Rytshagov,M-Hermansson,E/Stockholm
2002/CBM 91/[Lutz] (36)}) 19. Nd5 $6 (19. exd8=Q+ {erscheint stärker und ist
die kritische Fortsetzung..} Kxd8 20. Ne2 Kc8 21. Qc2 Qe6 22. Nf4 (22. f3 Bd6
23. Rbd1 Be5 24. Rf2 Rg8 25. Nf4 Qc6 26. Nd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Be3 Re8 29.
Rd2 Be6 30. Qe4 c3 31. bxc3 bxc3 32. Qc6+ Kd8 33. Qa8+ Kc7 34. Qxa7+ Kc6 35.
Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Qxc5+ Kb7 37. Qb6+ Kc8 38. Qa6+ Kc7 39. Bb6+ Kd6 40. Bd4+ Kd5 41.
Bxe5 Kxe5 42. Qd3 Rc8 43. Qxd7 Rc5 44. Qe7+ Kd5 45. Qxf7+ Kc6 46. Qe6+ {
1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Lapshun,Y/Philadelphia 1998/EXT 99 (46)}) 22... Qg4 23. Qe2 (
23. Rfe1 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Qf3 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qf3+ 27. Kd2 Qxf2+ 28. Re2 Qd4+
29. Kc1 Bf3 30. Qd2 Rxh6 31. Re8+ Kc7 32. h4 Rxf6 33. Re3 Bc6 34. Re7 Kd8 35.
Qe3 Rd6 36. Qxd4 cxd4 37. Rxf7 Be4 38. Ra1 c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Ne2 Ne5 41.
Rxa7 Nd3+ 42. Kd1 Bf3 {0-1 Gromark,P-Hultin,P/SWE 1995/EXT 2002 (42)}) 23...
Bf3 24. Qe8+ Kc7 25. Qe3 Kc8 26. h3 Bd6 27. Rfd1 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Bc6 29. Rd6 Bb7
30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qe5 Qd5 32. Qc7# {1-0 Eriksson,J-Hultin,P/Haninge 1997/EXT
99 (32)}) 19... Qb7 $1 {Jetzt scheint Schwarz einfach gut zu stehen.} (19...
Qe6 $5 20. exf8=Q (20. exd8=Q+ {Ftacnik} Kxd8 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Qd2 Kc8 23. Rbd1
Bc6 24. h4 Ne5 25. Qd8+ Kb7 26. f3 Bxf3 27. Nd5 Qh3 28. Qc7+ Ka6 29. Rxf3 Nxf3+
30. Kf2 Nxg5 $10) 20... Rdxf8 $13 {Ftacnik,L. 1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Schoen,W/Porz
1990/CBM 21/[Ftacnik] (65)}) 20. exf8=Q Rhxf8 21. Ne7+ Kc7 {Der schwarze König
muss zwar nun etwas auf Wanderschaft gehen, steht aber auf b5 sehr sicher.} 22.
Bf4+ Kb6 (22... Ne5 $5 {ist ebenfalls nicht zu verachten.} 23. Bxe5+ Kb6 24. f3
Rxd1 25. Rbxd1 Re8 26. Rd6+ Kb5 27. h4 Rxe7 28. fxe7 Qxe7 $17 {0-1 Peter,
A-Thallinger,H/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (55)}) 23. Qd6+ Kb5 24. a4+ Ka5 25. Qc7+
Kxa4 26. Ra1+ Kb3 27. f3 Qxc7 28. Bxc7 Nxf6 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 $19 {Schwarz hat
zwar die Qualität weniger, aber seine Bauern am Damenflügel in Verbindung mit
dem vorgerückten schwarzen König steht er auf Gewinn.} 30. Rf2 Rd3 31. Raf1 a5
32. g4 a4 33. h4 c3 34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. Nc8 Rc2 36. Rb1+ Kc3 37. Nb6 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2
cxb4 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Dieses Qualitätsopfer wurde zuerst in der
Partie W.Iwantschuk-A.Shirow (Novgorod 1994) gespielt. Als Kompensation erhält
Schwarz einen starken Springer auf d3. Wie es scheint, hat Schwarz
vollwertiges Spiel.} 23. f3 Nd3 24. h4 b3 $1 {Eine neue Idee. Bislang wurde
automatisch 24...Bc5+ gespielt. Iwantschuk konsolidiert stattdessen seine
Stellung, da Weiß nichts unternehmen kann.} (24... Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Bd4 {1/2-1/2
Pedersen,H-Petersen,S/Copenhagen BSF-B 1995/EXP 46 (46)} (25... Kb7 26. Ra5 $1
{1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/[Ftacnik] (46) Ftacnik})) 25. Kg2
Kb7 26. Ra4 Bb4 27. Bd2 Bc5 28. Be3 Rg8 29. Bg5 {Die Manöver des Läufers
machen keinen berauschenden Eindruck, aber Weiß kann ohnehin nichts machen.}
Qd4 30. Rb1 Kc6 31. Qd2 Bb6 32. Kh3 e5 $2 {Gibt Weiß eine Möglichkeit,
auszubrechen.} (32... Kb5 $1 {gibt Schwarz Vorteil. Weiß kann sich nach wie
vor nicht bewegen.}) 33. Be3 $1 Qxe3 34. Rxc4+ Kd5 35. Qxe3 Bxe3 36. Rc3 {
Das entstandene Endspiel ist unklar.} e4 37. Ra1 {Gemäß Drejew in SCHACH 7/98
war sowohl 37...Bb6 als auch 37...Bf2 besser.} Ke5 $2 {Gemäß Drejew in SCHACH
7/98 war sowohl 37...Bb6 als auch 37...Bf2 besser.} (37... Bb6 $5 38. fxe4+
Kxe4 39. Ra4+ (39. Rxb3 $13) 39... Bd4 40. Rcc4 $2 {scheitert an} (40. Rxb3 Nc5
41. Rxd4+ Kxd4 42. Ra3 Ne4 43. Rxa7 Rxg3+ 44. Kh2 $13) 40... Kf3 $1 41. Rxd4
Rxg3+ 42. Kh2 Rg2+ $19) (37... Bf2 $5 38. fxe4+ (38. Ra5+ Ke6) 38... Kxe4 39.
Ra4+ Bd4 {- 37...Bb6}) 38. Ra5+ $16 Kxf6 39. fxe4 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Ng4 41. Rc6+ Kg7
(41... Ke7 $5) 42. Kf3 Kh7 43. Rc7 Bb6 44. Rh5+ Nh6 45. Rc6 Rg6 46. Rxg6 fxg6
47. Rb5 Kg7 48. g4 Nf7 49. e5 Nd8 50. Rxb3 Ne6 51. Rb4 Kf7 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Rc4
Bf2 54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Kf7 56. Kd5 Bb6 57. h6 {Hecht [#] Tactics. A
transition into a won pawn-versus-bishop ending, because the bishop can't
control the h-pawn. [#] Taktik. Übergang in ein gewonnenes Endspiel Bauern
gegen Läufer, weil der Läufer nicht den h-Bauern kontrollieren kann.} Nc7+ (
57... Ng5 {Hecht} 58. e6+ Ke7 (58... Nxe6 59. h7 $18) 59. Rg4 Be3 60. h7 Nxh7
61. Rg7+ $18) (57... Nf8 {Hecht} 58. e6+ Ke7 59. Rf4 Be3 60. Rxf8 Kxf8 61. e7+
$18) 58. Rxc7+ Bxc7 59. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 (11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. exf6
c5 14. O-O $1 (14. Bf4 $5) (14. d5 {- 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qc7 14.Bg2})
14... Bxg2 (14... b4 $6 15. Bf4 $1 e5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O-O 18. dxe5 Nxe5
19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qg4+ $16 {Ruban,V}) 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. f3 O-O-O 17. dxc5 Nxc5
18. Qe2 Nd3 19. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Dominguez,L/Esbjerg 2002/CBM 91/
[Lutz] (42)}) 11... Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qc7 14. Bg2 b4 $1 {Die Neuerung von
GM Lenier Dominguez, die der Variante mit ...Qc7 einen neuen Impuls gegeben
hat. Sollten sich die Folgen von 14...b4 als gut für Schwarz herausstellen 
(und danach sieht es derzeit aus), ist dies ein Argument für die Zugfolge 11.
g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qc7 13.exf6, da Weiß nach 13...c5 dann nicht 14.d5 spielen muss,
sondern mit 14.0-0 eine gute Möglichkeit hat.} (14... Qe5+ $6 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16.
dxe6 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bxg2 18. e7 $1 Bxe7 19. fxe7 Rdg8 20. Bf4 {Ivanov,S-Svirin,
O/Russia 75/(399) 1999/Inf 75/[Ivanov,Se] (24)} Bxh1 21. Nxb5 Rxh2 22. Nd6+ Kc7
23. Rd1 Kc6 24. e8=Q Rxe8+ 25. Nxe8 $14 {Ivanov,Se}) 15. Nb5 (15. O-O $6 bxc3
16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Kf7 $17 {0-1 Almeida,O-Dominguez,L/Holguin City 2002/CBM
89/[Lutz] (53)}) (15. dxe6 Bxg2 16. exd7+ Qxd7 17. Qe2+ Qe6 18. Rg1 Bc6 19.
Qxe6+ fxe6 20. Ne2 Rxh2) (15. Qe2 bxc3 16. dxe6 Ne5 $19) (15. Ne2 Nb6) (15. Bf4
e5 16. d6 Qb8 17. Nd5 exf4 18. Nc7+ Kd8 $17) 15... Qb6 (15... Qe5+ $2 16. Kf1
Qxg5 (16... exd5 17. Bf4) 17. dxe6 O-O-O 18. exd7+ (18. e7 Bxe7 19. fxe7 Bxg2+
20. Kxg2 Qxe7 21. Qf3 Kb8 $13) 18... Rxd7 19. Bxb7+ Rxb7 20. Qf3 $1 Kb8 21. Qc6
Bh6 22. Re1 Qg4 23. Re7 Qc8 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxb7+ Kxb7 26. Nd6+ $18) 16.
dxe6 (16. a4 a6 17. dxe6 Qxe6+ $19) (16. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Qxb5 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18.
exd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O+ Kc7 $19) 16... Qxe6+ 17. Be3 (17. Kf1 $5 O-O-O 18. Nxa7+
Kb8 19. Qa4 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Kb7 {'=/+' Ftacnik.} 21. Nb5 Qc6+ 22. f3 Ra8 23. Qd1
Qxb5 24. Qd5+ Qc6 25. Qxf7 Bd6 $13) 17... O-O-O 18. Nxa7+ (18. Bxb7+ {Ftacnik}
Kxb7 19. Qf3+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ Kxc6 21. Nxa7+ Kb6 22. O-O-O Kxa7 23. Rd5 Kb7 24.
Rhd1 Kc7 25. h4 Bh6 26. f4 Bf8 $17) 18... Kb8 19. Bxb7 Kxb7 20. a3 {Ftacnik:
'It is rather sad, but white has no better possibility to do more for the
survival of the knight on the a7 square. '} (20. Nb5 {Ftacnik} Qc6 $17) 20...
Qe4 {Um Schlimmeres zu vermeiden, muss Weiß jetzt in ein Endspiel mit
Minusfigur übergehen.} (20... b3 {Ftacnik} 21. Nb5 (21. Qd2 Qxf6 22. Nb5 Qc6
23. O-O-O Qxb5 24. Qd5+ Kc8 $17) 21... Qc6 22. f3 Qxb5 23. Qd5+ Qc6 24. Qxc4
Ne5 25. Qxb3+ Kc8 $19) 21. Ke2 (21. Rg1 Bh6 22. Nb5 Ne5 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24. Qxd6
Bxe3 $19) 21... Bh6 22. Qb1 (22. Nb5 Ne5 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxe3 $19) 22...
Qxb1 23. Rhxb1 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 Kxa7 25. axb4+ Kb6 $19 {Ftacnik: 'In this
position white's drawing chances are connected only with reduced number of
black pawns.'} 26. Rc1 Rde8+ 27. Kf4 Ne5 28. bxc5+ Kb5 29. Rc2 Rxh2 30. Ra7 Rh6
31. Re7 Nd3+ 32. Kg5 Rg6+ 33. Kf5 Rxe7 34. fxe7 Re6 35. c6 Rxe7 36. Kf6 Rc7 37.
f4 Nb4 38. Rd2 Kxc6 39. f5 Nd5+ 40. Kg7 f6+ 41. Kg6 Rb7 42. g4 Rb3 43. Kf7 Rg3
44. Rd4 Kc5 45. Re4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 {Dieses Abspiel ist weniger gefährlich als die Hauptvariante 9.Nxg5.}
gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qe2 c5 (12... Nxe5) 13. Qe4 (13. Bg2 cxd4 14.
Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Nd5 Qg7 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 d3 19. Qd1 Qxb2 20.
Rb1 Qd2 21. f4 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ke7 23. Rb1 Ba3 24. Ke1 c3 25. Rb3 b4 26. Be4 Rc8
27. Rxa3 bxa3 28. Bxd3 Rxa8 29. Kd1 Ba4+ 30. Kc1 Rb8 31. Bc2 Bxc2 32. Kxc2 Rb2+
33. Kxc3 Rxa2 {0-1 Murshed,N-Ivanchuk,V/Sharjah 1985/EXT 2000 (33)}) 13... Rb8
14. Nc6 Bb7 15. Nd5 {Mit der Doppeldrohung 15.Nxf6 und 15.Nc7 matt , aber
Schwarz ist auf der Höhe.} Qd8 $1 {Für die Dame wird Schwarz zwei
Leichtfiguren und einige Bauern bekommen. Es ergeben sich faszinierende
Stellungsbilder.} 16. Nxd8 Bxd5 17. Qf4 Rxd8 18. Rg1 cxd4 $6 (18... Bg7 $5 {
ist vielleicht besser als der Textzug.} 19. gxh4 Bxd4 20. O-O-O Ke7 21. Rxd4
cxd4 22. Qxd4 a5 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Rg7 b4 25. Bh5 Rhf8 26. Qa7 b3 27. axb3 cxb3+
28. Kd2 Kf6 29. Rh7 Rc2+ 30. Ke3 Ne5 31. f4 Nc4+ 32. Kd3 Nxb2+ 33. Ke3 Nc4+ 34.
Kd3 Nb2+ 35. Ke3 Nc4+ 36. Kd3 e5 37. Rxh6+ Kf5 38. fxe5 Be4+ 39. Kd4 Rd8+ 40.
Rd6 Nxd6 41. Bg4+ Kf4 {0-1 Piket,J-Murshed,N/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD (41)})
19. O-O-O $6 (19. Qxd4 {beseitigt den d-Bauern. Vielleicht wollte Weiß sich
nicht die Rochade verderben lassen. Nach} Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Rg8 {hat Schwarz
gewisses Spiel gegen den weißen König, aber Weiß sollte trotzdem besser stehen.
} (20... Ke7 $6 21. Rd1 Nc5 $6 22. Qxh4+ f6 23. Bh3 Be4 $6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25.
Rd1 $1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Bf3+ 27. Kc1 Nd3+ 28. Kb1 Bc5 29. a3 $6 Nxf2 30. Qxh6 Be4+
31. Ka1 Nxh3 32. Qxh3 e5 33. Qc8 $18 Bd4 34. h4 Kf7 35. h5 Kg7 $2 36. Qg4+ {
1-0 Peek,M-Savchenko,S/Groningen 1993/CBM 39/[Chekhov] (36)})) 19... d3 {
Ich denke, dass Schwarz nun genügend Gegenspiel hat, da der schwarze
d-Freibauer ein beständiges Ärgernis für Weiß ist.} 20. gxh4 h5 21. Qd4 Bh6+
22. Kb1 Ke7 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Rhg8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Qxa7 Rc8 27. Rg1 Rc5 {
Dem weißen Turm fehlt die Möglichkeit, ins schwarze Lager einzudringen, da er
den d-Bauern bewachen muss.} 28. Qa3 Bd2 29. Qa6 Bf4 30. Qb7 Rd5 31. a4 d2 32.
Kc2 bxa4 33. Qa7 Kf6 34. Qxa4 Ne5 35. Rd1 Kf5 {Die schwarzen Figuren
harmonieren vorzüglich und er sollte keine Probleme haben.} 36. h3 Nd3 (36...
Rd3 $5 {mit der Idee ...Rxh3}) 37. Qe8 Kf6 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Ra1 Nc5 40. Qc3 Ne4
$2 {Im letzten Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle läßt Schwarz einen einfachen
Doppelangriff zu.} (40... Nd3 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} 41. Ra7+ Kd6 42. Qa3+
Ke5 43. Qc3+ Kd6 $11) 41. Qf3 $18 c3 42. Qxe4 cxb2 43. Qb4+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ Kd6
45. Qb8+ Kc6 46. Ra6+ Kd7 47. Ra7+ Kc6 48. Qb7+ Kc5 49. Ra5+ Kd6 50. Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 $6 {Es ist schon nicht ohne Grund, dass
in der Hauptvariante Schwarz die Dame nach b6 und den Läufer nach b7 stellt.
Der Texzug hat keine gute Reputation.} 12. exf6 Ba6 (12... b4 13. Ne4 Ba6 14.
Qf3 {führt zu der gleichen Stellung, aber Weiß hat dann im 14.Zug noch andere
Optionen.} (14. b3) (14. Be3) (14. Be2)) 13. Qf3 b4 14. Ne4 Qd5 (14... O-O-O
15. b3 (15. Be2 Bb7 (15... Qd5 16. O-O c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfd1
Qxg5 20. Qc6+ Kb8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxa6 Qxf6 23. Rf1 c3 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Kg2
Bb6 26. Bf3 $36 {1-0 Hansen,C-Murshed,N/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97/[Chekhov] (40)}) (
15... Nb6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 Na4 19. Bxc4 Nxb2 20. c6 Bxc6 21.
Rac1 Kb7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. f7 $16 {Magerramov,E-Oll,
L/Klaipeda/1988/1|0/29/}) 16. O-O Qd5 17. Be3 c5 18. Nd2 Nxf6 19. dxc5 c3 20.
bxc3 bxc3 21. c6 Qxc6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Bd4 Ba3 24. Ne4 Bb2 25. Nxc3 Nf4 26. Nb5
Bxc1 27. Nxa7+ Kd7 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Qb7+ Kd6 31. Qxb5 Rh5 32.
Qb6+ Ke7 33. Bf6+ {1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Pedersen,N/Aarhus 1997/EXT 99 (33)}) 15...
cxb3 16. Bxa6+ Qxa6 17. Qxb3 Qb5 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Be3 a5 20. Qc2 Kb7 21. Qe2 $16
{1-0 Kasparov,G-Miles,A/Basel 1986/MCL (28)}) 15. Be3 (15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. b3 Nb6
17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Be2 Bb5 19. O-O Na3 20. Bf4 Kb7 21. Rd2 a5 22. Rc1 Bxe2 23.
Qxe2 Qh5 24. f3 Qb5 25. Qf2 Rh5 26. Be5 Nc4 27. Rdc2 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29.
Rxc6 Rd7 30. Qc2 Red5 31. Kg2 a4 32. h4 b3 33. axb3 axb3 {(...) 1-0 Karolyi,
T-Wells,P/HUN 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 15... c5 16. Rd1 Rd8 (16... O-O-O 17. b3 $2
(17. Bg2) 17... Nxf6 18. Ng5 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bb7 20. Bg2 c3 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. dxc5
Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Ng4 24. Ke1 c2 25. h3 Rd8 {0-1 Khenkin,I-Pedersen,S/
Lichtenstein 1997/EXT 99 (25)}) 17. b3 Bb7 18. Bg2 cxb3 19. axb3 Ba6 20. Nxc5
Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Be4 $18 {Schwarz hat
einfach zwei Bauern weniger.} 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Sriram, Jha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 b4 $5 {
Dies ist eine interessante (aber auch riskante) Möglichkeit für Schwarz, der
Hauptvarinte auszuweichen.} (14... O-O-O) 15. O-O $5 {Weiß zögert nicht,
seinen Springer zu opfern ...} bxc3 {... und Schwarz läßt sich darauf ein. Es
gab nur sehr wenige Vorgänger zu diesem Zug.} (15... O-O-O {mit Übergang zur
Hauptvariante war noch immer möglich.}) 16. bxc3 {[%csl Rb7,Re8][%cal Ya1b1,
Yb1b8] Weiß hat zwei Bauern für die Figur, Entwicklungsvorsprung und der
schwarze König wird keine ruhige Bleibe finden.} (16. dxe6 $5 Ne5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7
18. f4 Qxb2 19. h4 c2 20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Re1+ Ne5 22. Rxe5+ Qxe5 23. f7+ Kxf7
24. Qd7+ Qe7 25. Bxe7 Bxe7 26. Re1 Rhe8 27. h5 Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8
30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxc2 Bf6 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qxc4 Bd4+ 34. Kg2 Re7 35. Qd5 {
1-0 Szabo,Z-Mann,G/Budapest 1997/EXT 2001 (35)}) 16... e5 (16... Qc7 $5 17.
dxe6 fxe6 18. Qb1 O-O-O 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Re1 Bh6 21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 22. f4 Nf8
23. Re4 Rd2 24. h4 Rd3 25. Rb1+ Kc6 26. Kg2 Bxg5 27. fxg5 Kd5 28. Re2 e5 $2 29.
Rb8 Rxc3 30. f7 Ke6 31. Rf2 e4 32. Re8+ Kd7 33. g6 $1 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Ivanov,S/
Kazan 1995/CBM 51/[Ftacnik] (33)}) (16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Re1+ Kd8 19.
Qxd5 Rc8 20. Qxf7 $16 {Ftacnik}) 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Rxb7 $5 {Nach der Figur
opfert Weiß auch noch die Qualität.} (18. Qg4 Bd6 19. Rb2 Kd8 20. Rfb1 Bc8 21.
Bd2 Nb6 22. Qg7 Rf8 23. f4 e4 24. Bxe4 Bd7 25. Re1 Kc7 26. Bf3 Qa3 27. Rc2 Qa4
28. Rb2 Qa3 29. Rc2 Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Peter,A-Mann,G/Hungary 1997/EXT 2000 (29)})
18... Qxb7 19. d6 Qc8 20. f4 Rb8 $2 $146 {Dieser Zug ist neu und ancheinend
ein Fehler, da nun die weiße Bauernwalze übermächtig wird.} (20... e4 $1 {
musste geschehen, um dies zu verhindern.} 21. Re1 Rb8 22. Bxe4 Kd8 23. Qd5 Qa6
$5 24. Qxf7 Qxd6 25. Bg2 Kc7 26. h4 Rb2 27. Qxc4 Nxf6 28. Qa4 Kb6 29. Rd1 Qe6
30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Rd7 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qc6+ 33. Qxc6+ Kxc6 34. Rxa7 c4 $1 35. f5
Bc5 36. Ra6+ Kb5 $1 37. Re6 Ra8 38. Re2 Ra3 39. f6 Rxc3 40. f7 Rd3 41. Rf2 $1 {
1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Lukacs,P/Zalakaros 1998/CBM 65/[Lukacs] (41)}) 21. fxe5 Bh6 (
21... Nxe5 22. Re1 Qe6 23. Bd5 Qxd6 24. Rxe5+ {/\} Qxe5 25. Bc6#) 22. Bxh6 Rxh6
23. e6 $18 {Weiß gewinnt eine Figur zurück, wonach er "nur" noch eine Qualität
weniger besitzt. Sein entscheidender Vorteil bleibt jedoch.} Kf8 (23... fxe6
24. Qg4 Nxf6 25. Qg7 $18) 24. exd7 (24. Qg4 $5 Nxf6 25. e7+ Ke8 26. Qf4 Rg6 27.
Be4 $18) 24... Qxd7 25. Qd2 Rg6 26. Be4 Rg8 27. Bf5 Qc6 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Qg7 $5
{Weiß will besonders elegant gewinnen, aber es geht auch prosaischer und
schneller.} (29. Qe3+ $1 Qe4 30. Qxe4+ Kd8 31. Qe7#) 29... Rxg7 30. fxg7 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. d4 {Petursson} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4
b5 8. e5 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O
14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Rb1 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. b3 $1 {Pikets Idee.} bxc3
19. bxc4 Qa6 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. dxe6 Qb2 $2 (21... Qb6 $142 {Petursson} 22. Qc1
Rxf6 (22... Rdh8 23. exd7+ Kxd7 24. h4 Qxf6 25. Qa3 $16) 23. exd7+ Kxd7 24.
Qxc3 $16) 22. e7 $1 $146 {Mit dieser Neuerung ist die Partie auch schon wieder
zu Ende. Weiß steht auf Gewinn.} (22. exd7+ Rxd7 23. Qf3 c2 24. Qc6+ Kd8 25.
Qa8+ Kc7 26. Qc6+ Kd8 27. Qa8+ Kc7 28. Qxa7+ Kd6 $1 (28... Kd8 $2 29. Qa5+ Kc8
(29... Rc7 30. Qd2+) 30. Qxc5+ {nebst Qf8xh6}) 29. Qa6+ Kc7 30. Qc6+ (30. Qa5+
Kb8) 30... Kd8 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. Qc6+ {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Ivanov,S/RUS-Cup1
Chigorin-mem (5) 1996}) 22... Re8 (22... Rdh8 23. Qd5 {gewinnt ebenfalls.} Qb6
(23... c2 24. Qc6+ Kb8 25. Qxd7 $18) (23... Nxf6 24. Qxc5+ Kb8 25. Rd1 Rc8 (
25... Qb6 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxb6+ axb6 28. exd8=Q+) 26. Qe5+ Rc7 27. Rd8#) (
23... Rxf6 24. Bh3 Qb7 (24... Re6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qc6+ $18) 25. Qe5 $18) 24.
Rd1 Qc7 (24... Nb8 25. Qf5+ Qe6 26. Qxc5+ $18) (24... Nxf6 25. Qa8+ Qb8 (25...
Kc7 26. Qd8+ $18) 26. Qc6+ Qc7 27. Qa6+ Kb8 28. Rb1+ $18) 25. Qxf7 Qe5 (25...
Nxf6 26. Qe6+ $18 (26. Qf8+ {Petursson} Ne8 27. Qf5+ Kb8 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29.
exd8=Q#)) 26. Rxd7 Qe1+ (26... Rxf6 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Bh3+ $18) 27. Bf1 Rxf6 (
27... c2 28. Rc7+ Kb8 29. Rb7+ Ka8 30. e8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Rxa7+ Kb8 32. Qc7#)) 23.
Bc6 Qd2 24. Qb3 $1 Qb2 25. Bxd7+ (25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qa4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Qg7 $5
{Ivanchuks Damenopfer aus seiner Partie gegen Shirov aus Wijk aan Zee. Wie ich
in CBM 91 bereits erläutert hatte, sind die Folgen dieses scheinbar brillanten
Damenopfers jedoch alles andere als klar.} Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nxc5 {Die
weiße Kompensation für die Dame besteht in den Angriffsmöglichkeiten gegen den
schwarzen König. Vermutlich ist dies jedoch nicht genug.} Rxg7 (23... d4 $6 24.
Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6 26. Bxd4 $3 Qxd4 27. Rfd1 $40 {Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/
Wijk aan Zee 1996/[Shirov]}) 24. Nxd7 $146 (24. Bh3 f5 $1 25. Bxf5 Rgf7 26. Bh3
Rh7 27. Be6 Rhe7 28. Rxa7 Rxe6 29. Nxe6 d4 30. Nxd4 Qd5 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Ra1
c3 33. bxc3 b3 34. Nxb3 Rxb3 $19 {0-1 Ernst,T-Hermansson,E/Stockholm 2002/CBM
91/[Lutz] (65)}) (24. Bd4 f5 25. Bh3 Rgf7 26. Rxa7 Rc7 27. Ne6 Rce7 28. Ng5 Qe8
$1 29. Nxf7 Qxf7 $15 {1-0 Lalic,B-Wilson,J/London 1996/Inf 66/[Lalic,B] (46)})
(24. Rxa7 {Lalic,B} d4 $5 25. Bxb7+ $140 Rxb7 26. Nxb7 Qb6 $1 $17) 24... Qxd7
25. Rxa7 Rg6 26. Rfa1 Re6 $1 {Schwarz plant nun das Qaulitätsopfer ...Rxe3
nebst ...Qe6-e5. Ohne den schwarzfelrigen Läufer hätte Weiß keinen Angriff
mehr gegen den schwarzen König.} 27. Bd4 {Weicht dem Opfer aus, aber nun
dringt der Turm ein.} (27. Bh3 d4 $17 {und entlang der Diagonalen a8-h1
zeichnet sich ein Unglück für Weiß ab.}) (27. R1a5 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qe7 $17) 27...
Re2 28. h4 Rd2 29. Be3 Rxb2 $19 {Drei schwarze Freibauern sind einfach zu viel.
} 30. R1a5 b3 31. Rc5+ Kd8 $1 {Shirov hat alles genau berechnet.} (31... Kb8 $2
32. Raa5 {mit den Ideen Bf4+ und Bxd5}) 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Rxd5+ Qxd5 34. Bxd5
Rb1+ 35. Kg2 b2 {Die beiden Bauern werden beide weiße Läufer kosten.} 36. Be4 (
36. Bxc4 Rd1 $1 (36... Rg1+ $2 37. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 38. Kh2 $11 {und Weiß errichtet
eine Festung.}) 37. Ba2 Ra1 $19) 36... Rd1 37. Bg5+ Ke8 38. Bf6 b1=Q 39. Bxb1
Rxb1 40. h5 Kf8 41. g4 (41. Kf3 c3 42. Bxc3 Rb3 $19) 41... Rd1 42. Bb2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 $5 {Dieses System ist weniger populär
als die Hauptvariante 11... Bb7, wurde aber auch schon von Kramnik und Shirov
gespielt. Man beachte aber, dass Schwarz dieses System nicht wählen kann, wenn
Weiß direkt 11.exf6 spielt (dann hat Schwarz aber andere eigenständige
Optionen).} 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 {Das schwarze Problem
in diesem System ist, dass sein Damenflügel noch schläft, während Weiß bereits
am Königsflügel angreift. Weiß muss natürlich energisch spielen, um einen
Vorteil nachweisen zu können.} Qe7 16. Bg2 (16. Rh8 $5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qf7 18.
Bg2 Bb7 19. Be4 O-O-O 20. Bxg6 Qe7 21. a4 $1 a6 22. Rh7 Bg7 $13 {1/2-1/2
Kamsky,G-Serper,G/Groningen 1993/CBM 39/[Chekhov] (45)}) 16... Ba6 $5 {Dieser
Zug wurde vorher nur in einer Partie zweier weniger bekannter Spieler gespielt,
Trotzdem bleibt die schwarze Stellung etwas verdächtig.} (16... Qf7 {ist die
Hauptfortsetzung.} 17. Be4 Ne7 18. Nxb5 $1 (18. Rh8 Nb6 19. a4 b4 20. a5 bxc3
21. axb6 cxb2 22. Rxa7 Rb8 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qg5+ Kd7 25. Bxg6 Rxb6 {0-1
Veingold,A-Korneev,O/Orense 2000/EXT 2001 (25)}) (18. O-O-O Ba6 $15 {Beliavsky,
A-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/}) 18... cxb5 19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Be4 Bd7 $1 21. Rh8 Bc6
22. f3 $1 $36 {/\ g4. 1-0 Shirov,A-Morovic Fernandez,I/Las Palmas 1994/CBM 42/
[Shirov] (40)}) (16... Bg7 $2 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qg4 $16 {1-0 Dautov,R-Gabriel,
C/Altensteig 1994/CBM 43/[Dautov] (38)}) 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. f4 $5
$146 {Weiß geht sehr direkt gegen den gegnerischen König vor.} (19. Ne4 Bb4+
20. Ke2 Nf8 21. Rh8 Kg7 22. Rah1 Bc8 23. f4 a5 $13 {0-1 Thielsch,N-Schulz,J/
GER 1996/EXT 2001 (47)}) 19... Rc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rh7+ Bg7 {Schwarz muss eine
Figur geben.} (21... Ke6 $2 {würde den König ins Mattnetz treiben.} 22. Bxd5+
cxd5 23. Ne2 Nxe5 (23... Bb4+ 24. Kf2 (24. Kd1) 24... Bd2 25. Nf4+ Bxf4 26.
gxf4 $18 {/\ Rh6, /\ Rg1-g6}) 24. Nf4+ Kd6 25. dxe5+ Kxe5 26. O-O-O $18) 22.
Bxd5+ (22. e6+ Kg6 23. exd7 Rd8 24. Rh2 Nb4 {nebst ...Rxd7}) 22... cxd5 23. e6+
Kg6 24. exd7 Rd8 25. Rxg7+ $2 {Nach der Rückgabe der Qualität gewinnt Weiß nur
einen wertlosen Bauern.} ({Nach} 25. Rh4 Rxd7 (25... Bf6 26. Rh2 Rxd7 27. Ne2)
26. Ne2 {nebst Kd2, Rah1, Nf4+ hat Weiß Vorteil. Schwarz kann sein Läuferpaar
nicht zur Geltung bringen.}) 25... Kxg7 26. a4 b4 27. Nxd5 Rxd7 28. Nxb4 Bb7
29. Rd1 Be4 {Da jetzt der Läufer ins Spiel gekommen ist, kann Schwarz trotz
des Minusbauern das Gleichgewicht halten.} 30. d5 Kf6 31. a5 Ke5 32. Kd2 Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14. Bg2 Bh6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nxb5 exd5 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Nb5 Bg5 {Die Neuerung
gegenüber 19...Bg7 aus der Stammpartie Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V (Linares 1994).
Schwarz will ohne Tempoverlust ...Qh6 und ...Bxh4 spielen.} (19... Bg7 20. a4
Qh6 21. h4 Bf6 22. Qe1 Bxh4 23. Qa5 $1 $40 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/Linares
1994 (38)}) (19... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 20. Qa4 $40) (19... d4 {Ftacnik} 20. Qa4 $1
$16) (19... Bf4 $5 {Ftacnik}) 20. Qe1 $1 {Die Dame schielt nach a5.} (20. f4 $2
Qh6 21. fxg5 $2 (21. h3 Be7 {ist gut für Schwarz, da der weiße Königsflügel
geschwächt ist. Allerdings verliert Weiß nicht sofort.}) 21... Qxh2+ 22. Kf2 d4
23. Rg1 Rh4 $1 {Droht ...Rf4+} 24. Rc1 (24. Qd2 Rg4) (24. Qa4 Rf4+ 25. Ke2 Re8+
) 24... Rf4+ 25. gxf4 Qh4+ 26. Kf1 Qxf4+ 27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. Qe1 Be4+ {0-1
Halkias,S-Kapnisis,S/Aegina op 1996}) (20. Qa4 Qa6 $1 {Schwarz braucht
Damentausch nicht zu fürchten.}) 20... Rd7 {Deckt das Feld c7, da sofortiges
20...Qh6 nichts bringt :} (20... Qh6 21. h4 Bxh4 (21... Bf6 22. a4 {führt mit
Zugumstellung zu Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V.}) 22. gxh4 Qxh4 23. Qe5+ Ka8 24. Qg3 $1
Qh6 25. Qa3+ {Man beachte, daß dieses Schach nur mäglich ist, weil der a-Bauer
noch nicht auf a4 steht.} Kb8 (25... Ba6 26. Qxa6+ Qxa6 27. Nc7+) 26. Qa7+ Kc8
27. Qxc5+ Kb8 28. Qc7+ Ka8 29. Rac1 $18 {/\} Rdg8 30. Qa5+ Kb8 31. Qa7+ Kc8 32.
Rxc4+) 21. b3 (21. Qa5 Qa6) 21... Qh6 22. Qe5+ $2 {Verliert ein wichtiges
Tempo. 22.h4! sieht Weiß im Vorteil.} (22. h4 $1 Bxh4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 (23... f6
24. Qe3 Qxh4 25. Qg3+ $18) 24. Qe5+ Ka8 25. Qg3 Qh6 26. bxc4 $18 {/\} d4 27.
Qa3+ Kb8 28. Qa7+ Kc8 29. Bxb7+ Rxb7 30. Qxc5+ Kb8 31. Qd6+ Qxd6 32. Nxd6 $18)
22... Ka8 23. h4 Bxh4 24. gxh4 f6 $1 (24... Qxh4 $2 25. Qg3 {führt zu den
Varianten nach 22.h4! .}) 25. Qc3 $11 {Nun muß Weiß Dauerschach forcieren.} (
25. Qg3 Rg7) 25... Qxh4 26. Qa5+ Kb8 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28. Qxc5+ Kb8 29. Rfe1 Rg8
30. Qa7+ Kc8 31. Qc5+ Kb8 32. Kf1 Qg4 33. Qa7+ Kc8 34. Qc5+ Kb8 35. Qa7+ Kc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qc7 $5 {Die Hauptfortsetzung
hier ist natürlich 12...Qb6, aber Dominguez wählt nun zum wiederholten Male
das seltenere 12...Qc7, vergleiche CBM 89.} 13. exf6 c5 14. O-O ({Nach} 14. d5
b4 $1 {hat Schwarz anscheinend gutes Spiel.} (14... Qe5+ $6 {Ivanov,S-Svirin,O/
Russia 75/(399) 1999/Inf 75/[Ivanov,Se] (24) Lutz}) 15. Nb5 (15. dxe6 Bxg2 16.
exd7+ Qxd7 17. Qe2+ Qe6 18. Rg1 Bc6 19. Qxe6+ fxe6 20. Ne2 Rxh2) (15. Qe2 bxc3
16. dxe6 Ne5 $19) (15. Ne2 Nb6) (15. Bf4 e5 16. d6 Qb8 17. Nd5 exf4 18. Nc7+
Kd8 $17) (15. O-O $6 bxc3 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Kf7 $17 {0-1 Almeida,
O-Dominguez,L/Holguin City 2002/CBM 89/[Lutz] (53)}) 15... Qb6 $1 16. dxe6
Qxe6+ 17. Kf1 O-O-O 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Qa4 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Kb7 21. Nb5 Qc6+ 22.
f3 Ra8 23. Qd1 Qxb5 24. Qd5+ Qc6 25. Qxf7 Bd6 $13) (14. Bf4 $5 e5 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. Bxd5 O-O-O 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O Bd6 19. a4 Nd3 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Qg4+ Qd7
22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Bxf7 Ne5 24. axb5 Nxf7 25. Rfe1 Rxf6 26. Rxa7+ Kd8 27. b6 {
1-0 Vilela,J-Vera,R/La Habana 1984/Inf 37 (27)}) 14... Bxg2 (14... b4 $6 15.
Bf4 $1 e5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O-O 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qg4+ $16
{Ruban,V}) 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. f3 O-O-O 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe2 Nd3 19. Ne4 $14 Qc6
{Hier erfolgt Dominguez' Neuerung. Wie in der Botvinnik-Variante üblich, hat
Schwarz einen luftigen König, kann dafür aber auf seine Mehrheit am
Damenflügel hoffen. In dieser Stellung kommt auch noch hinzu, dass der Nd3 ein
Riese ist. Dennoch erscheint mir die Stellung des Weißen (der auch noch über
einen Mehrbauern verfügt) besser.} (19... Bh6 20. h4 (20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. b3 Qb6
22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qc2 Qc6 24. Rab1 Rh5 25. Rb3 Rb5 26. Rxb5 Qxb5 27. Rb1 Qa6
28. Nd2 Rd4 29. Qc3 e5 30. a3 Qc6 31. Qa5 c3 32. Qxa7 Nb4 33. Nb3 Rd7 34. Qg1
c2 35. axb4 Rd3 36. Rc1 Qxf3+ 37. Kh3 Qh5+ 38. Kg2 Qf3+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. Kg2
Qe4+ 41. Kh3 Qh7+ 42. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Ruban,V-Savchenko,S/Tbilisi 1989/CBM 12 (42)
}) 20... Qb6 21. b3 Qd4 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Rab1 Rd5 24. Qc2 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Ra5
26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. a4 Re5 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Qb2 Qb3 30. Qxe5 Qxb1 31. Nd6+ Rxd6
32. Qxd6 Qc2+ 33. Kf1 Qb1+ 34. Ke2 Qb2+ 35. Ke3 Qc1+ 36. Ke2 Qb2+ 37. Ke3 Qc1+
38. Qd2 Qg1+ 39. Qf2 Qc1+ 40. Qd2 Qg1+ 41. Qf2 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qc1+
44. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,U-Bentzen,E/DEN 1994/EXT 99 (44)}) 20. Rfd1 Bc5 21. b3
Ba3 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Rab1 Rd5 24. h4 Rhd8 25. Rd2 Nb4 26. Qf2 R8d7 27. h5 c3
28. Rxd5 c2 29. Rxb4 Rxd5 30. Rb3 Rxg5 31. Qxa7 Rb5 32. Rc3 $2 (32. Rxb5 $18 {
gewinnt.} Qxb5 33. Qxa3 Qe2+ 34. Nf2 Qd2 {Weiß kann zwar nun nicht die
Umwandlung des c-Bauern verhindern, erhält aber andererseits selbst eine Dame:}
35. Qf8+ Kb7 36. Qxf7+ Kb8 37. Qf8+ Kc7 38. Qe7+ Kc6 39. Qxe6+ {nebst
f6-f7-f8Q.}) 32... Qxc3 33. Nxc3 Rb2 34. Qa8+ Kd7 35. Qa4+ Kd8 36. Qa5+ Kd7 37.
Qa4+ Kd8 38. Qa8+ Kd7 39. Qa4+ Kd8 40. Qa5+ Kd7 41. Qa4+ Kd8 42. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boskovic Memorial"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Bb7 $5 ({Gewöhnlicher ist} 12...
Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6) 13. Bg2 Rxg5 {Ich glaube, dass der Einschub von ...
Lb7/Lg2 (statt sofortigem 12...Txg5) eher günstig für Weiß ist, denn Weiß
entwickelt in dieser Variante den Bf1 gewöhnlich nach g2, während der Bc8
entweder nach a6 oder nach d7 entwickelt wird.} 14. hxg5 Nd5 15. g6 $1 {
Der typische Zug in dieser Variante, um sofort am Königsflügel die Initiative
zu erringen.} fxg6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. f4 {
Offensichtlich ist die Stellung wegen der ungewöhnlichen Materialverteilung
sehr scharf, aber mein Eindruck ist, dass Weiß besser steht.} Ne3 20. Be4 Rd8
21. Ke2 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rh5 b4 24. Na4 c5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Be4 {
Schwarz hat einen Bauern gegeben, um seine Figuren zu befreien, aber der weiße
c-Bauer wird nun eine größere Rolle spielen, als dem Schwarzen lieb sein kann.}
27. c6 $1 Nb6 28. Rh7+ Kg6 29. Rxa7 Nd5 30. Rd1 c3 (30... Rh8 $5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5
32. c7 $36) 31. c7 Rc8 32. Rxd5 cxb2 33. Rd1 Bc2 34. Re1 b1=Q 35. Rxb1 Bxb1 36.
Ke3 Bc2 $6 (36... Kf7 37. Kd4 Ke6 38. Kc5 Kd7 39. Kxb4 Rxc7 40. Rxc7+ Kxc7 41.
a4 Kc6 {ist eine bessere Version als die Partie, da im Vergleich der schwarze
König aktiver steht.}) 37. Kd4 Kf7 38. Kc5 Ke7 39. Kxb4 {Mein Eindruck ist,
das diese Stellung mit einem Remis enden sollte.} Kd7 40. Kb5 Be4 41. Kc5 Rxc7+
(41... Bg2 42. a4 Bf3 43. a5 Bg2 44. a6 Bf3 45. Rb7 $1 Be4 46. Kb6 Re8 $16) 42.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 43. a4 Kd7 44. a5 Bf3 45. a6 Be4 46. Kd4 Bf3 47. Ke3 Ba8 48. a7 Ke6
$2 {Dies sieht wie der entscheidende Fehler aus. Schwarz sollte sofort den Ba7
eliminieren.} (48... Kc7 $5 49. Kf2 (49. g4 fxg4 50. f5 g3 $11) 49... Kb6 50.
g4 fxg4 51. f5 Kxa7 52. e6 Bd5 53. Kg3 Kb7 $11) 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Kg1 Kg6 51. Kh2
Bf3 52. Kh3 Kh5 53. Kh2 Kg6 54. Kg1 Ba8 55. Kf2 Kf7 56. g4 fxg4 57. Kg3 Bf3 (
57... Ke6 58. Kxg4 Be4 (58... Bd5 59. Kg3 $18 {nebst Überführung des weißen
Königs nach b6}) 59. Kg5) 58. f5 Ke7 59. e6 Kf6 60. Kf4 Ke7 61. Ke5 (61. Ke5 g3
62. f6+ Kd8 (62... Ke8 63. Kf4 g2 64. Kxf3 g1=Q 65. a8=Q#) 63. Kd6 Ke8 64. f7+
Kf8 65. Kd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O Bh6 {
Eine ungebrächliche Nebenvariante zu 14...c5.} (14... c5) 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Qc1
$146 {Eine Neuerung, deren Schlagkraft allerdings nicht überwältigen kann. 16.
Ne4!? ist wohl der kritische Zug.} (16. a4 {0-1 Wells,P-Lukacs,P/Budapest 1994/
CBM 40/[Ftacnik] (30)}) (16. Ne4 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Palac,M/Bled 1996/CBM 51 ext/
[Beliavsky] (37)}) (16. Qd2 {0-1 Van Hecke,E-Kuijs,M/Vlissingen 1998/EXT 99 
(37)}) 16... Rdh8 17. Ne4 (17. h4 c5 $5) 17... c5 {Nun leitet die Partie in
ein Endspiel über.} (17... Qxd4 $2 18. Rd1 {nebst Nd6+.}) (17... Rxh2 18. Nd6+
Kb8 {und Weiß hat verschiedene Möglichkeiten:} 19. Nxb7 $1 (19. a4 Ba8 $5 $13 (
19... Qxd4 20. Rd1)) (19. Nxf7 c5 20. f3 Qc7 $13) (19. Qf4 Qc7 20. a4 Nxf6 21.
axb5 Nd5 $36) 19... Kxb7 20. a4 {mit weißem Angriff.}) 18. Qf4 (18. h4 cxd4 19.
Qf4 e5) 18... Rxh2 19. Nd6+ Qxd6 $1 20. Bxb7+ (20. Qxd6 $2 Rxg2#) 20... Kc7 21.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 {Das Endspiel ist ungefähr ausgeglichen.} 22. a4 b4 23. Rfd1 Nxf6
24. Bf3 (24. Rac1 Nd5 {schließt den Bb7 aus.}) 24... Nd5 {Schwarz plant c3} 25.
Rac1 c3 26. dxc5+ Kxc5 27. bxc3 Nxc3 28. Rd7 {Der Kc5 sieht gefährdet aus,
allerdings hält der Nc3 alles unter Kontrolle und der Pb4 ist gefährlich.} R2h7
29. Rxa7 f5 30. Ra6 e5 31. Rc6+ Kd4 32. Rc2 {Es droht Rd2 matt!} Kd3 33. Rb2 e4
34. Bg2 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nd4 36. Rd6 Rb8 37. Rb1 b3 (37... Kc2 $5 {gibt Weiß
einige Probleme.}) 38. Rd1+ Kc2 39. R1xd4 b2 40. Rc6+ Kb3 41. Rd1 Ka3 42. Rc3+
Rb3 43. Rxb3+ Kxb3 44. Ke2 Rc7 45. Rb1 Ka2 46. Rxb2+ Kxb2 47. g4 {Weiß rettet
sich ins Unentschieden.} fxg4 48. Bxe4 Rc4 49. Ke3 Rxa4 50. Kf4 Kc3 51. f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 {Diese Variante gilt als etwas besser
für Weiß, aber klar ist die Sache (wie in den meisten Abspielen der
Botvinnik-Variante) natürlich nicht. Auf der schwarzen Seite dieses Abspiel
finden sich so klangvolle Namen wie Kramnik und Shirov.} 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5
Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 {Der Hauptzug, Weiß will schnell am
Königsflügel angreifen.} Kd8 $5 {Eine seltene Alternative zur Hauptvariante 16.
..Qf7. Schwarz versucht, seinen König am Damenflügel zu verstecken.} (16... Qf7
17. Be4 Ne7 18. Nxb5 $1 (18. Rh8 Nb6 19. a4 b4 20. a5 bxc3 21. axb6 cxb2 22.
Rxa7 Rb8 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qg5+ Kd7 25. Bxg6 Rxb6 {0-1 Veingold,A-Korneev,O/
Orense 2000/EXT 2001 (25)}) (18. O-O-O Ba6 $15 {Beliavsky,A-Kramnik,V/Linares/
1993/}) 18... cxb5 19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Be4 Bd7 $1 21. Rh8 Bc6 22. f3 $1 $36 {
/\ g4. 1-0 Shirov,A-Morovic Fernandez,I/Las Palmas 1994/CBM 42/[Shirov] (40)})
(16... Ba6 $5 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. f4 $5 Rc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rh7+
Bg7 22. Bxd5+ cxd5 23. e6+ Kg6 24. exd7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Xu Jun-Harikrishna,P/
Calcutta 2001/CBM 85/[Lutz] (32)}) (16... Bg7 $2 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qg4 $16 {
1-0 Dautov,R-Gabriel,C/Altensteig 1994/CBM 43/[Dautov] (38)}) (16... Bb7 $6 17.
Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rh7+ Bg7 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Nxb5 Kg8 22. Rh2 Nxe5
23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 a6 25. fxe5 axb5 26. O-O-O $18 {1-0 Ravi,L-Harikrishna,P/
New Delhi 2001/CBM 82 ext (44)}) 17. Bxd5 $1 $146 {Diese Neuerung scheint
Schwarz vor einige Probleme zu stellen.} (17. Qxg6 Qb4 18. Qc2 (18. Bxd5 Qxb2)
18... Qa5 (18... c5 19. O-O-O Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. f4 cxd4 23.
Rxd4 Bc5 24. Rdd1 Rb6 25. Rh7 b4 26. cxb4 Bxb4 27. Be4 Ra6 28. f5 Bc3 29. Bb7
Rxa2 30. Bxc8 Ra1+ 31. Kc2 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Kxc8 33. fxe6 Bxe5 34. Rxd7 $18 {
1-0 Garza Marco,S-Garcia Martinez,S/Santa Clara 2002/CBM 88 ext (74)}) 19. O-O
N7b6 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Nf6 Qb4 22. Qg6 Nxf6 23. exf6 Bd7 24. Rae1 Qxb2 25. Qf7
Re8 26. Bh3 Bd6 27. Bxe6 Qxd4 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. Bxd7 Rf8 30. Qg7 Nxd7 31. f7 Ne5
{0-1 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (31)}) 17... cxd5 (17... exd5 $2
18. Qxg6 $16) 18. Qxg6 Rb8 (18... Ba6 19. Rh7 Qe8) 19. Rh7 Qe8 20. Qxe8+ Kxe8
21. f4 $16 {Nun rücken die Bauern einfach vor.} b4 22. Ne2 Ba6 23. g4 c3 24. b3
{Weiß lässt einen gedeckten Freibauern auf c3 zu, um den Damenflügel
geschlossen zu halten.} Bd3 25. f5 $1 Rb6 (25... exf5 26. Nf4 Be4 27. g5 $16 {
/\ g6-g7}) 26. Nf4 Be4 27. Ke2 Be7 (27... exf5 28. g5 $16) 28. Rh8+ Kf7 (28...
Nf8 29. f6 Bd8 30. g5 Kf7 31. Rg1 $18) 29. fxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rf1 (30. Nxe6 Kxe6
31. Rh6+ Kf7 $13) 30... Ra6 $2 (30... Nxe5 {musste unbedingt versucht werden.
Danach ist mir nicht ganz klar, ob Weiß gewinnen kann.} 31. Nxe6+ Kxe6 32. dxe5
Kxe5 33. Re8 {Weiß gibt die Qualität, da ansonsten nach ...Bg5 die schwarzen
Freibauern zu gefährlich werden.} Kd6 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. Kd4 {
Weiß provoziert den Vormarsch des c-Bauern nach c2.} (36. g5 $2 Ke5 {nebst
Vormarsch des d-Bauern nach d2 gewinnt gar für Schwarz.}) 36... c2 (36... a5
37. g5 c2 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Kd2 Bf5 40. a3 Be4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Rf6 $16) 37. g5
a5 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Kd2 $16 {und der weiße Turm greift die schwarzen Bauern am
Damenflügel an.}) 31. e6+ Kg7 (31... Rxe6 32. Nxe6+ Kxe6 33. Rh6+ Nf6 34. g5
Bf5 35. gxf6 Bxf6 36. Kd1 $18 {und Schwarz gerät in Zugzwang}) 32. Re8 Rxa2+
33. Ke3 Bg5 34. exd7 Rd2 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Kxe4 $18 Be7 37. Nd5 Bg5 (37... Bd8
38. Nxb4 c2 39. Rc1 $18) 38. Nf6 $1 (38. Nf6 Bxf6 39. Rxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Rb1 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. b3 {Dies ist aus der Partie Piket,
J-Illescas,M (Dos Hermanas 1995) bekannt. Schwarz wartet mit einer wichtigen
Neurung auf.} bxc3 (18... cxb3 {Piket,J-Illescas,M (Dos Hermanas 1995)}) (18...
Nxf6 {Hansen,Cu} 19. bxc4 Ba6 20. Na4 Qa5 21. Re1 $40) 19. bxc4 Qa6 20. Rxb7
Qxb7 21. dxe6 {Mit klarem weißen Vorteil gemäß Ftacnik. Die Sache ist aber
nicht so klar.} Qb2 $1 {Es ist wichtig, den Pc3 zu beschützen.} (21... Qa6 {
Hansen,Cu} 22. Qc1 Rxf6 23. exd7+ Rxd7 24. Qxc3 $16) 22. exd7+ {Und hier wurde
Frieden geschlossen. Dies ist anscheinend auch das korrekte Resultat nach 18.
b3.} (22. exd7+ Rxd7 23. Qf3 c2 24. Qc6+ Kd8 25. Qa8+ Kc7 26. Qc6+ Kd8 27. Qa8+
Kc7 28. Qxa7+ Kd6 $1 (28... Kd8 $2 29. Qa5+ Kc8 (29... Rc7 30. Qd2+) 30. Qxc5+
{nebst Qf8xh6}) 29. Qa6+ Kc7 30. Qc6+ (30. Qa5+ Kb8) 30... Kd8 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32.
Qc6+ {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Ivanov,S/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin-mem (5) 1996}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lalic,B. Shirov,A} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6
O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5
20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Qg7 $5 {Ein spektakuläres Damenopfer, mit dem Ivanchuk 1996
gegen Shirov gewinnen konnte. Eine spätere Partie aus dem Informator zeigte
allerdings, dass die Angelegenheit bei weitem nicht so klar ist.} Bxg7 22. fxg7
Rg8 23. Nxc5 Rxg7 $1 (23... d4 24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6 $8 26. Bxd4 $3 Qxd4
27. Rfd1 Qxb2 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Rdb1 Qxg7 30. Rxb4+ Kc7 31. Ra6 $1 $18 Rb8 32.
Rxa7+ Kxd6 33. Rxb8 Qg4 34. Rd8+ Kc6 35. Ra1 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Wijk
1996/Inf 65/[Shirov,A] (35)}) (23... Bc6 {Shirov,A} 24. Ra6 $18 {/\ Rfa1}) (
23... f5 {Shirov,A} 24. Rxa7 $1 (24. Nxd7 $6 Qxd7 25. Bd4 Rxg7 $14) 24... Rgxg7
(24... Rdxg7 25. Rfa1 $18) 25. Rfa1 $18) (23... Rc7 {Shirov,A} 24. Nxb7 Rxb7
25. Rfd1 Rd7 26. Bd4 $16 {/\ h4-h5-h6}) 24. Bh3 (24. Bd4 f5 25. Bh3 Rgf7 26.
Rxa7 Rc7 27. Ne6 Rce7 (27... Rc6 $2 {Lalic,B} 28. Ng5 Rf8 29. Rfa1 $16 Ra6 $2
30. R1xa6 Bxa6 31. Ra8+ $18) 28. Ng5 Qe8 $1 29. Nxf7 Qxf7 $15 30. Rfa1 Qh5 31.
Bg2 f4 32. R7a5 f3 33. Bf1 Rh7 $2 (33... Re4 $1 {Lalic,B}) 34. h4 Qf5 35. Be3
$1 $16 (35. Kh2 $2 {Lalic,B} Rxh4+ $1 36. gxh4 Qf4+ $17) (35. Rc5+ {Lalic,B}
Rc7 36. Kh2 Qe4 $1 (36... Rxc5 $2 37. Bh3 $16 {_|_}) 37. Bh3+ Kb8 $17) (35. Re1
{Lalic,B} Rxh4 $5) 35... Qc2 $2 $138 36. Bf4 Rf7 37. Bh3+ Kd8 38. Bd6 Rf5 39.
Ra7 Bc8 $2 (39... Kd7 $142 {Lalic,B}) 40. Rg7 $18 Qxb2 41. Raa7 Qb1+ 42. Kh2
Rf8 43. Bxf8 Bxh3 44. Bc5 Be6 45. Ra8+ Bc8 46. Bb6+ {1-0 Lalic,B-Wilson,J/
London 1996/Inf 66/[Lalic,B] (46)}) (24. Rxa7 {Lalic,B} d4 $5 (24... Rc7) 25.
Bxb7+ $140 Rxb7 26. Nxb7 Qb6 $1 $17) 24... f5 $1 {Das ist die Pointe. Schwarz
deckt zunächt einnal den Rd7. Ein anderer Umstand, der für Schwarz spricht,
ist die Möglichkeit ...d5-d4 nebst Mattangriff auf der langen Diagonale.} (
24... Bc6 {Shirov,A} 25. Rxa7 $18) 25. Bxf5 Rgf7 (25... d4 $5 {Lalic,B} 26.
Bxd4 Rgf7 $13) 26. Bh3 (26. Bxd7+ Rxd7 27. Nxd7 d4 $1 28. Bxd4 (28. Bf4 Kxd7
29. Rxa7 c3) 28... Qd5 29. f3 Qxd4+ $19) 26... Rh7 27. Be6 Rhe7 28. Rxa7 Rxe6
29. Nxe6 d4 30. Nxd4 Qd5 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Ra1 c3 33. bxc3 b3 34. Nxb3 Rxb3 $19
{Schwarz muss hier noch einige technische Schwierigkeiten überwinden, aber
sein Sieg steht ausser Frage.} 35. Bd4 Qe4 36. h4 Rb5 37. Kh2 Kd7 38. Kh3 Ke6
39. Ra6+ Kd5 40. Rf6 Rb1 41. Rf4 Qe6+ 42. Kg2 Qe1 43. Kh3 Qe2 44. Rf5+ Kc4 45.
Rc5+ Kd3 46. Re5 Qf1+ 47. Kg4 Rb8 48. h5 Rg8+ 49. Rg5 Qe2+ 50. Kh4 Qe7 51. f4
Rxg5 52. fxg5 Ke4 53. Bf6 Qf7 54. h6 Kf5 55. g4+ Kg6 56. Kg3 Qc4 57. Kf3 Qe6
58. Kf4 Qe2 59. Bg7 Qd2+ 60. Ke4 Qxg5 61. Kd4 Qxg4+ 62. Kd5 Kf5 63. Kd6 Qc4 64.
Kd7 Qe6+ 65. Kd8 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2002.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.
Nd5 Rxh2 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Bf4 {Diese Stellung stand bereits in zwei Partien von
Shirov zur Debatte. Auch Shirov konnte diese Stellung nicht als spielbar für
Schwarz nachweisen.} Kc8 $146 (23... Qe6 24. Qf3 Qh3 25. Rd1 b3 26. a4 Qh2+ 27.
Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kc8 30. g4 $16 Rh3+ 31. Ke4 c3 32. bxc3 c4 33.
Ne7+ Kd8 34. Nc6+ Ke8 35. Bg3 Nc5+ 36. Kd5 Nd3 37. Rb1 Kd7 38. Nb8+ Kc8 39.
Kxc4 Nc5 40. Nc6 Ne4 41. Ne7+ Kd7 42. Rd1+ Ke8 43. Nd5 Bd6 44. Re1 {1-0
Nikolic,P-Shirov,A/Linares 1997/CBM 57/[ChessBase] (44)}) (23... Bd6 24. Bxd6
Qxd6 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qe4 Re8 27. Ne3 Nc6 28. Qf3 Kc7 29. Nxc4 Qd4 30. b3 Qe4
31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Kg2 Ne5 33. Ne3 Kd7 34. Rh1 Ke6 35. Rh8 Kxf6 36. Rc8 Nd3 37.
Ra8 Rd4 38. Rxa7 $16 {Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Monaco blind 1996/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 24.
Qf3 Kb7 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Qg2 Bh6 27. Nxb6 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Kxb6 29. Be5 $1 $16 {
Das ist das Problem. Weiß wird mit f2-f4 den Bh6 vom Spiel ausschließen.
Anschließend rücken der g-Bauer vor. Am Damenflügel kann Schwarz kein
entsprechendes Gegenspiel aufziehen, da der Be5 die c-Bauern aufhält.} Re8 30.
f4 c3 31. bxc3 Rxe5 $5 {Schwarz versucht sich taktisch gegen sein Schicksal zu
stemmen, aber er hat keine Chance.} (31... bxc3 32. Bxc3 Re2+ 33. Kf3 Rxa2 34.
Be5 {/\ Rd7}) 32. fxe5 bxc3 33. e6 fxe6 (33... c2 34. Rh1 c1=Q 35. Rxc1 Bxc1
36. e7) 34. f7 Kb5 (34... c2 35. Rh1 Bg7 (35... Kb5 36. Rxh6 c1=Q 37. f8=Q $18)
36. Rc1) 35. Rh1 Bg7 36. Rh7 (36. Rh7 c2 37. Rxg7 c1=Q 38. f8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qc7 $5 {Dieser seltene Zug
wurde zuerst von einem anderen Kubaner, GM Reynaldo Vera, gespielt.} (12... Qb6
) 13. Bg2 c5 14. d5 {Die Hauptfortsetzung, aber zwei andere Züge verdienen
auch Beachtung.} (14. Bf4 $5 e5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O-O 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18.
O-O Bd6 19. a4 Nd3 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Qg4+ Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Bxf7 Ne5 24.
axb5 Nxf7 25. Rfe1 Rxf6 26. Rxa7+ Kd8 27. b6 {1-0 Vilela,J-Vera,R/La Habana
1984/Inf 37 (27)}) (14. O-O $5 Bxg2 (14... b4 $6 15. Bf4 $1 e5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
Bxd5 O-O-O 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qg4+ $16 {Ruban,V}) 15. Kxg2 Qb7+
16. f3 O-O-O 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe2 Nd3 19. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ruban,V-Savcenko,S/
Tbilisi 1989/Inf 47/[Ruban,V] (42)}) 14... b4 $1 $146 {Es ist erstaunlich,
aber dieser Zug wurde bislang noch nicht gespielt. Bislang wurde 14...Qe5+ der
Vorzug gegeben, danach scheint aber Weiß Vorteil zu haben.} (14... Qe5+ 15. Qe2
O-O-O 16. dxe6 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bxg2 18. e7 $1 (18. exd7+ $6 Rxd7 19. Rhd1 b4 20.
Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Nd1 Be4 $1 22. h4 $6 (22. a3 $142 Rxh2 23. axb4 cxb4 24. Rxa7+
Ke6 $13 {Savchenko,S}) 22... Bd6 23. Rc1 Bd3+ 24. Kd2 Be5 $1 25. b3 Kc6 $1 $17
{0-1 Legky,N-Savchenko,S/USSR 1987/Inf 44 (40)}) 18... Bxe7 19. fxe7 Rdg8 20.
Bf4 (20. h4 $5 {Ivanov,Se}) 20... a6 (20... Bxh1 21. Nxb5 Rxh2 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23.
Rd1 Kc6 24. e8=Q Rxe8+ 25. Nxe8 $14 {Ivanov,Se}) 21. Rhd1 Re8 22. Bd6 Rxh2 23.
a4 $1 b4 24. Nd5 $16 {Ivanov,S-Svirin,O/Russia 75/(399) 1999/Inf 75/[Ivanov,Se]
(24)}) 15. O-O $6 {Danach hat Weiß einfach eine Figur weniger.} (15. dxe6 Bxg2
16. exd7+ Qxd7 17. Qe2+ (17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. O-O-O+ (18. Rg1 Re8+ $17) 18... Kc6
19. Rhg1 Bf3 $19) 17... Qe6 18. Rg1 (18. Nb5 $2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bxh1 20. Rxh1
Kd7 $19) 18... Bc6 (18... bxc3 19. Rxg2 cxb2 20. Rb1 c3 21. Qxe6+ fxe6 22. Kd1
$13) 19. Qxe6+ fxe6 20. Ne2 Rxh2) (15. Qe2 bxc3 16. dxe6 Ne5 $19) (15. Ne2 Nb6)
(15. Bf4 e5 16. d6 Qb8 17. Nd5 exf4 18. Nc7+ Kd8 $17) (15. Nb5 {sieht wie die
beste Fortsetzung aus, mit unklarem Spiel:} Qb6 $1 (15... Qe5+ $2 16. Kf1 Qxg5
(16... exd5 17. Bf4) 17. dxe6 O-O-O 18. exd7+ (18. e7 Bxe7 19. fxe7 Bxg2+ 20.
Kxg2 Qxe7 21. Qf3 Kb8 $13) 18... Rxd7 19. Bxb7+ Rxb7 20. Qf3 $1 Kb8 21. Qc6 Bh6
22. Re1 Qg4 23. Re7 Qc8 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxb7+ Kxb7 26. Nd6+ $18) 16. dxe6 (
16. a4 a6 17. dxe6 Qxe6+ $19) 16... Qxe6+ 17. Kf1 O-O-O 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Qa4
Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Kb7 21. Nb5 Qc6+ 22. f3 Ra8 23. Qd1 Qxb5 24. Qd5+ Qc6 25. Qxf7
Bd6 $13 {und es ist schwer zu sagen, wer besser steht. Wenn dies die beste
Fortsetzung für Weiß ist, sollten die Alternativen im 14. Zug näher unter die
Lupe genommen werden.}) 15... bxc3 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Kf7 $17 {Weiß hat für
die Figur nicht genügend Kompensation.} 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. bxc3 Bd6
{/\ Ne5} 21. f4 Nxf6 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Qxc4 Bc7 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. f5
Re8 27. Rd1 Be7 28. Re1 Qd5 29. fxe6+ Kg6 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. Rd1
Kf5 33. Rd7 Ke4 34. Rxa7 Kd3 35. a4 Kxc3 36. a5 Nd5 37. Rd7 Kd4 38. e7 c4 39.
Kf2 Kc5 40. h4 Nxe7 41. Rd1 c3 42. a6 Kc4 43. h5 c2 44. Rc1 Kd3 45. g4 Ra8 46.
Re1 Rf8+ 47. Kg3 Kd2 48. Ra1 Ra8 49. a7 c1=Q 50. Rxc1 Kxc1 51. Kh4 Rxa7 52. h6
Ra6 53. Kh5 Ng6 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 $5 {Eine
weniger populäre, aber dennoch spielbare Alternative zu den theorielastigen
Hauptvarianten nach 7.e5. RR: Siehe dazu auch die spezielle Datenbank auf der
CD-Rom von CBM 78.} Bb7 {Dieser Zug genießt eindeutig den besten Ruf.} (7...
Qb6 $6 {und}) (7... Bb4 $6 {sind schwächer.}) 8. axb5 (8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 {
ist nun aus schwarzer Sicht nicht zu fürchten.}) 8... cxb5 9. Nxb5 Bxe4 10.
Bxc4 (10. Qa4 Nc6 $1 (10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 $1 $16 {Pinter,J}) 11. Ne5 Bb4+ 12.
Nc3 Rc8 $1 13. f3 Bd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxc6 $5 16. Qa3 $1 h6 17. Bxf6
gxf6 $6 (17... Qxf6 $1 18. Be2 Bd5 $11 {Pinter,J}) 18. Bxc4 $14 {Dizdar,
G-Pinter,J/Osterreich 71/455 1997/Inf 71/[Pinter,J]}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Nbd7 (
{Besser gefällt mir} 11... O-O 12. O-O Bb7 {, um dann eine Isolani-Stellung zu
erreichen.} (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Qxc4 15. Nd2 Qc6 16. Nxe4 Qxe4
17. Re1 Qf5 18. Be7 Rc8 19. Re5 Qg6 20. Rg5 Qe4 21. Bf6 g6 22. Qa4 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Pinter,J/Lyon 1994/CBM 45 (37)}) 13. Qe2 (13. Ne5 a5 14. Rc1
Nc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Bxd5 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Rh3 f5 22. Qxd5 Qf4 23. Qd1 Ra6 24. Qh5 h6 25. Rf3 Qe5 26. Rxf5 Qxb2
27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Qxa5 Rc8 $14 {Ribli,Z-Chernin,A/Hungary 1996/EXT 2000 (31)})
13... Be7 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5
19. Nxg5 h6 20. Qd2 hxg5 21. Rxd7 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Ilundain,D-Kramnik,V/
Pamplona 1992/CBM 33 (21)}) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 $14 {Weiß steht etwas besser,
da er über einen Raumvorteil im Zentrum verfügt und der a-Bauer eher schwach
als stark ist.} O-O 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. c4 a5 (15... Rfc8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxe4
Nxe4 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. Ra4 Rd8 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. c5 h6 22. Rfa1 Nb8 23. Ne5 Nc6 24.
Nxc6 Qxc6 25. h3 Qc7 26. Ra6 Rd5 27. Qe4 Qd8 28. R1a4 g6 29. g3 Kg7 30. Rxa7
Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Rxd4 32. Qxe6 Qf6 33. Qb3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Inkiov,V/Dubai
1986/Inf 42 (76)}) 16. Re1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfb8 18. Ra3 Rb7 19. Rea1 Rba7 20. h3
h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ra4 Nd7 23. Qc3 Ra6 24. c5 {Wir haben einen Status Quo
erreicht: Schwarz ist an die verteidigung des a-Bauern gebunden, aber
andererseits ist auch nicht klar, wie Weiß weiterkommt.} Nf6 $6 {Schwarz
sollte den gegnerischen Springer nicht nach e5 lassen.} (24... R8a7 $5 {/\} 25.
Nd2 e5) 25. Ne5 {Jetzt droht der Springer, nach c4 zu gehen.} Nd5 26. Qd2 Ne7
27. R1a3 {Weiß beginnt, nach dem klassischen Prinzip der zwei Schwächen, nun
am Königsflügel anzugreifen. Er kann seinen Turm nach f3 oder g3 schwenken -
die schwarzen Türme können nichts Vergleichbares unternehmen.} (27. Nc4 Nc6)
27... Qd8 28. Rf3 f6 29. Nc4 Nc6 30. Nd6 $16 {Der starke Springer auf d6 ist
mehr als munangenehm für Schwarz, der nicht viel unternehmen kann.} Qd7 31. Rg3
Kh8 32. Qe2 R6a7 33. Kh2 Rb8 34. Re3 e5 35. dxe5 Nxe5 $2 (35... fxe5 $16 {
erscheint wie das kleinere Übel.}) 36. Rae4 Raa8 37. f4 Nc6 38. Qh5 {Es ist
immer ein schlechtes Zeichen, wenn die gegenerischen Figuren näher am König
stehen als die eigenen.} a4 {Der a-Bauer kommt zu spät.} 39. Rg3 Ra7 40. Nf5
Qf7 41. Qh4 Qf8 42. Re6 $18 Nd8 43. Nxg7 $1 Rxg7 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Re8 Ne6 46.
Rxg7+ Nxg7 47. Rxf8+ Rxf8 48. Qg6 Rc8 49. Qxf6 {Eine starke Partie von Gyimesi,
der das Potential der weißen Stellung mustergültig zur Geltung brachte.} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 b4 {7...Bb7
ist populärer.} (7... Bb7) 8. Nb1 Ba6 9. Qc1 c3 10. bxc3 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nbd7 12.
g3 (12. Nbd2 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Sveshnikov,E/URS-FL Kujbyshev 1986 (36) Dolmatov
}) 12... c5 13. Kg2 Rc8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Qb2 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nbd2 Be7 18.
Rhc1 O-O {Schwarz hat keine Probleme.} 19. Ne5 Qb6 20. f3 Qa6 21. Nb3 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 Qxa4 23. Ra1 Qb5 24. Rxa7 Bd6 25. Ra5 Qb7 26. Nc4 Be7 27. Qa2 Rc8 28. Ra7
Qb5 29. Ne5 Bd6 30. Nxf7 Qd3 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Ne5 b3 33. Nxd3 bxa2 34. Nxc5 e5
35. Rxa2 exd4 36. Nd3 g5 37. Ra6 Rc2+ 38. Kh3 g4+ 39. fxg4 Nxe4 40. g5 hxg5 41.
Kg4 Rxh2 42. Kf3 Nd2+ 43. Kg4 Ne4 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gershon} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 Nd5 {Since this variation was devised,it was known as not
good,even the first time Ragozin played it!The new theory is agree with old.
The only question is what Timman,player with so many original ideas,looked for
in variation in which he has so impresive games by white!} 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11.
Nxh8 Bb4 12. Rc1 {Both of moves [Qd2 and Rc1] promises for white,but seems
that the second more clear but the first is better!} (12. Qd2 {Gershon,Nor} c5
13. O-O-O $5 (13. dxc5 $6 Nd7 14. g3 Qh5 15. Bg2 $6 Bb7 16. O-O O-O-O $44 17.
Qe2 $2 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Rxh8 19. Nd4 Nxe5 20. Nxe6 Nd3 {Timman-Henley, Indonesia
1983 =/+ -/ 1995}) 13... Nc6 14. dxc5 Nxe5 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxf4 17. Qxf4
Nxf4 18. g3 (18. Rd4 Nd5 19. Be2 $1 Kf8 20. Rf1+ Kg7 21. Re4 Nc6 22. Rg4+ Kxh8
23. Rf8+ Kh7 24. Bf3 $18) 18... Nfd3+ 19. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Re1 {
Brinck-Claussen-Mikhalchishin, Copenhagen 1979 +/= -/ 1995}) 12... c5 (12...
Qe4+ $8 {Gershon,Nor If black wants to play this variation Qe4 ,in my opinion,
is only move.The position after,let's say,22 moves looks not so bad!} 13. Be2
Nf4 14. a3 Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 (15. Kd2 $2 Qf4+ 16. Kc2 Qf5+ 17. Kd2 Be7) 15... Ne3+
16. fxe3 Qxh1+ 17. Kf2 Qxh2+ 18. Ke1 Bxc3+ (18... Be7 $2) (18... Be7 19. Kd2
$16 {Timman-Ljubojevic (Buenos Aires 1980)}) 19. bxc3 a5 20. Kd2 b4 21. axb4
axb4 22. cxb4 c3+ 23. Rxc3 Ra2+ 24. Rc2 Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Ba6 26. Qg6+ Kd8 27.
Nf7+ Kc7 28. Qh5 Qxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 Na6 31. Nxh6 Nxb4 {+/= -/ 0}) 13.
dxc5 Bxc3+ $6 {Gershon: Interesting novelty, that promise more counterplay for
black. But why not Qg5 immediatlly! Gershon: Diese Neurung bewährt sich nicht.}
(13... Nd7 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. O-O Bxc3 (15... Bb7 16. Nxb5 Bxc5 17. Ng6 $1 Nxg6
18. Rxc4 Ndf4 19. Rxc5 Rd8 20. Nd6+ Rxd6 21. Bb5+ Kf7 22. Qxd6 $18 Qg4 23. Qc7+
Kg8 24. Qxb7 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nxf2+ 26. Rxf2 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Sveshnikov,E/Kemerovo1
1995}) 16. Rxc3 Nxc3 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qd6+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 $16 {1-0 Nemet,
I-Karaklajic,N/Jugoslavija (ch) 1979 (37)} (19. Qxe5 {Gershon,Nor} Nd5 20. Bf7+
Kh7 21. Bxe6 {Nemet-Karaklajic, Yugoslavia 1979 +/- -/ 1995})) (13... Qg5 14.
Be2 Bb7 15. O-O (15. Bf3 $6 Nd7 16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ke7 18. Be4 Rxh8 19. f4
Qg7 20. Qd4 Rc8 21. Rce1 Nxc5 22. f5 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 exf5 24. Rxf5 Ke8 25. Ref1
Nf4 26. Rf8+ Qxf8 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Borst,J/Antwerp op 1995}) (15. Bh5+ Kf8 16.
Qf3+ Kg7 17. O-O Kxh8 18. Qf8+ Qg8 (18... Kh7 19. Bf3 $1) 19. Qxh6+ $14 {Lanka}
) 15... Nxc3 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Qd6+ Kg8 18. Qxe6+ Kxh8 19. Qe8+ Qg8 20. Qxg8+
Kxg8 21. bxc3 Bxc5 $15 {Timoshchenko-Kozlov, Tashkent 1982} (21... Bxc5 22. Kh1
$13 {/\ f2-f4})) 14. bxc3 Qg5 15. Be2 Bb7 (15... Qxg2 $5 {Gershon,Nor} 16. Bh5+
Kf8 (16... Kd7 17. Bf3 Qg8 18. Ng6 Qxg6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kc7 21. Qd6+ $1
Qxd6 22. cxd6+ Kc6 23. Rg1 $14) 17. Ng6+ Kg7 18. Rf1 Bb7 19. Qc2 $14) 16. O-O
$16 {Maybe Timman though that this move is impossible because 16...N:c3 but
only now he saw that after 17.Bh5 he is loosing.} (16. Bh5+ $5 Kf8 (16... Kd7
17. O-O) 17. Nf7 Qxg2 18. Bf3 Qg7 19. Nd8 $1) 16... Nf4 (16... Nd7 17. Bh5+ Kf8
18. Ng6+ $18 {/\ f4}) (16... Ne3 17. Bh5+ Kf8 (17... Ke7 18. Qd6#) 18. fxe3+) (
16... Nxc3 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qd6+ Kg8 (18... Kg7 19. Qc7+ $18 (19. Qc7+ {
Gershon,Nor} Kxh8 20. Qxb7 Qxh5 21. Rxc3 $18)) 19. Qxe6+ Kxh8 20. Qe8+ Qg8 (
20... Kh7 21. Qf7+) 21. Qxg8+ Kxg8 22. Rxc3 $18) (16... Qxe5 {Gershon,Nor} 17.
Bh5+ Kd7 18. Nf7 Qf6 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. Qd4 $18) 17. Bf3 Nc6 (17... Nxg2 18. Bxb7
(18. Bh5+ Kf8 19. Qd6+ (19. Nf7 {Gershon,Nor} Qe7 20. Qd2 $18) 19... Kg8 20.
Qxe6+ Kxh8 21. Qe8+ Qg8 22. Qxg8+ Kxg8 23. Rfd1 $16) 18... Ne3+ 19. Kh1 Nxd1
20. Rcxd1 $16) (17... Bd5 {Gershon,Nor} 18. g3 Nd7 19. Kh1 Qxe5 20. gxf4 Qxh8
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 $18) 18. h4 $1 $18 (18. Qd6 $2 {Gershon,Nor} Nxe5 (18...
Nh3+ $2 19. Kh1 Nxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxc1+ 21. Bd1 Ne7 22. Rf7 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qg5+
24. Kh1 $18) 19. Bxb7 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Nxf2+ 21. Kg1 Nh3+ $11 (21... Nh3+ 22. Kh1
Nf2+ $11)) (18. g3 $6 {Gershon,Nor} Rd8 19. Qe1 Nd3 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Nxc1
22. Rxc1 $14) (18. Nf7 $2 Kxf7 19. Qd7+ Qe7 20. Bxc6 Qxd7 21. Bxd7 Bxg2 $44)
18... Qxh4 (18... Qxe5 19. Nf7 $18) (18... Qg7 19. Bh5+ Kf8 (19... Nxh5 20.
Qxh5+ Kf8 (20... Kd7 21. Qf7+) 21. Ng6+) 20. Qf3 Nxe5 21. Qxf4+) 19. g3 Qg5 (
19... Qh3 20. gxf4) (19... Qe7 {Gershon,Nor} 20. gxf4 Qg7+ 21. Kh2 Rd8 (21...
Qxh8 22. Qd6 $18) 22. Bxc6+ Bxc6 23. Qh5+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ $18) 20. Nf7 $1 (20. Qd6
$5) 20... Kxf7 21. Qd7+ Ne7 (21... Qe7 {Gershon,Nor} 22. Qxe7+ (22. Bxc6 Qxd7
23. Bxd7 Ne2+ 24. Kh2 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 $16) 22... Kxe7 23. gxf4 Rg8+ (23... Rf8
$16) 24. Kh2 $18) 22. Qxb7 {It is very hard to advise in this position.Now
black tries to frighten white but he doesn't have something real.} Rg8 23. Rce1
h5 (23... Nd3 24. Re3 Nxe5 25. Bg2 $18) 24. Bg2 {/\ 25.Qf3} Nxg2 25. Kxg2 h4
26. Re3 Rg7 27. Rh1 Kg6 28. Qe4+ Nf5 29. Rxh4 Kf7 30. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 10th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 b4 (7... Bb7
$5 {gilt als der genaueste Zug hier, mit Ausgleich.}) 8. Ne2 $146 {Üblicher
ist 8.Ne2.} (8. Nb1 Ba6 9. Qc1 c3 10. bxc3 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nbd7 (11... h6 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 bxc3 14. Qxc3 a5 15. Nc4 Bb4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Rd1 Nd7 18. g3
$14 {Lerner,K-Chernin,A/USSR/1984/}) 12. Nbd2 (12. g3 c5 13. Kg2 Rc8 14. cxb4
cxb4 15. Qb2 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nbd2 Be7 18. Rhc1 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Comas
Fabrego,L-Korneev,O/Linares 1997/CBM 58/[Lutz] (45)}) 12... c5 13. d5 Be7 14.
dxe6 fxe6 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Qc6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Sveshnikov,E/Kujbyshev
1986/MCL/[Dolmatov] (36)}) 8... Ba6 9. Ng3 Qa5 10. Be2 c5 $6 {mir gefällt
dieser zug nicht, denn nach dem Rückgewinn des Pc4 wird Weiß die bessere
Struktur haben.} (10... Nbd7) 11. d5 Nbd7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qc2
O-O-O 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Re8 17. a5 (17. e5 Nd5 18. a5 $16 {ist ebenfalls
besser für Weiß, da der schwarze König am Damenflügel unsicher steht.}) 17...
Ng4 18. Rfd1 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Qc6 21. Be3 Be7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Rac1 (
23. e5 $5 {mit der Idee, den Springer über e4 nach d6 zu bringen.}) 23... Nb8
24. Rc4 Kb7 25. Rdc1 Na6 26. Nf1 {Weiß braucht ziemlich viel Zeit für seine
Manöver.} (26. e5 $5) 26... Rc8 27. Nd2 Rhd8 28. Nb3 Qd7 29. Kf2 Qd3 {Jetzt
steht Schwarz befriedigend.} 30. Nd2 Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Kc6 32. Nb3 Kb5 33. Bf2 Rb8
34. R1c2 Rb7 35. g4 g6 36. h4 Rbd7 37. g5 Ka4 38. Nd2 $2 {Zeitnot ?} (38. Nxc5+
) 38... Kxa5 39. b3 Kb5 $19 {Schwarz hat nun einfach einen Bauern mehr.} 40.
Ra2 Nb8 41. Rac2 Nc6 42. f5 exf5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Bxc5 Rxd2+ 45. Rxd2 Bxc5 46.
Rxd8 Nxd8 47. h5 Ne6 48. g6 hxg6 49. hxg6 Kc6 50. Kd2 Kd6 51. Kc2 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O Kf8 $1 {Jussupows Idee.} 17. f3 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 $1 {
Ansonsten wurde 18...Qd6 der Vorzug gegeben. Der Textzug opfert einen Bauern,
beseitigt aber den zentralisierten Nd5.} (18... Qd6) 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qxc5+ Kg8
{Schwarz hat seinen König in relative Sicherheit gebracht. Der Bf1 ist inaktiv
und außerdem droht ...Na4 nebst ...c3 oder direkt ...Qxb2+. Ich sehe nicht,
wie Weiß Vorteil erreichen kann.} 21. Qd4 (21. Qe3 $5 {wurde in der
Stammpartie von 19...Bxd5 gespielt und ist wahrscheinlich im Ausgleichssinne
am sinnvollsten.} Na4 22. Rd4 Nxb2 23. Rf4 Qg7 {1/2-1/2 Bagaturov,G-Jaracz,P/
Pardubice op 1994/EXT 94op} 24. Rg4 Rg6 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Qe6+ Kh7 27. Qh3+ Kg8
28. Qe6+ $11) (21. Qxb5 Qxf3 $17) (21. f4 Qxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Na4+ 23. Ka3 Nxc5 24.
Kb4 Ne4 {/\} 25. Bg2 a5+ 26. Kxb5 $2 Nc3+ 27. Kxc4 Rc8+ $19) (21. Be2 Qxb2+ 22.
Kxb2 Na4+ 23. Ka3 Nxc5 24. Rd5 Rc8) 21... Qxf3 22. Qf4 Qxf4+ 23. gxf4 Re8 $17 {
Weiß hat immer noch Probleme mit seinem Bf1.} 24. Rg1+ Kf8 25. Rg5 Rxh2 26.
Rxb5 Re4 27. f5 Rf4 28. Rb4 Rxf5 29. Bxc4 Rf4 30. b3 Rxa2 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Kxd2
Kg7 33. Ke3 Rf5 34. Rb5 Rxb5 $2 (34... Nxc4+ 35. bxc4 Rxb5 36. cxb5 f5 $19) 35.
Bxb5 Kf6 36. Kd4 Kf5 37. Bd3+ Ke6 38. Kc5 f5 39. Bxf5+ Kxf5 40. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Black "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Ne5 $6 {Es scheint mir, dass Schwarz die Varianten
verwechselt hat.} ({Möglicherweise wollte Schwarz die Variante} 17... Bxd5 18.
Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 {spielen,
vertauschte aber die Züge !?}) 18. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 19. axb4 Qb5 $6 (19... Bxf2+ $5
{ist ein besserer Versuch. Zumindest steht dann auch der weiße König etwas
offen, z.B.} 20. Rxf2 Qb5 (20... Qb6 21. Qe2 Nd3 22. Be3 $40) 21. b3 $1 {
Es ist wichtig, den Damenflügel aufzureissen.} (21. Rxa7 Nd3 22. Re2 Rxd5) (21.
Qd4 Nc6 22. Qf4 Rxd5 $5 $13) 21... Bxd5 (21... c3 22. Qd4 $18) 22. Bxd5 Rxd5
23. Qc2 $40) 20. bxc5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qe2 $16 {Normalerweise hat
Schwarz in der Botvinnik-Variante eine mächtige Bauernfront am Damenflügel,
die einerseits seinen König schützt, andererseits auch akiv eingesetzt werden
kann. Ohne den b-Bauern sieht das ganze jedoch nicht mehr so beeindruckend aus.
Weiß steht daher klar besser.} Qxc5 23. Qe4 a5 24. Be3 Qb5 25. Rac1 Qxb2 (25...
Kd7 26. Bf4 $16) 26. Bf4 Kd7 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxc4 Rb8 $2 (28... Qxf6 $142 29.
Rfd1 Qe5 30. Rxd5+ exd5 31. Qb5+ Ke7 32. Qxa5 $16) 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Rfd1 (30.
Rfd1 a4 {Was sonst ?} 31. Qc5 Qxf6 32. Rxd5+ exd5 33. Qc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3
Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. Be3 {Dies ist die derzeit kritische Stellung
in der Variante 16... Qa6. Schwarz muss höllisch aufpassen, um nicht direkt
abzustürzen.} Qd5 $6 $146 {Dieser Neuerung ist keine große Karriere beschieden.
} (24... Kb7 $2 25. Ng5 $1 Qd5 (25... Qf5 {Pavlovic} 26. Nxf7 Rh7 27. Ra1 a5
28. Ng5 $18) (25... Qc7 26. b3 $1) 26. Nxf7 Rg8 27. f4 $1 $16 {1-0 Georgiev,
K-Chernin,A/Neum 2000/CBM 80/[Pavlovic] (53)}) (24... Qh5 $5 {Dieser Zug wurde
bislang noch nicht gespielt, aber von den GMs Kosic und Pavlovic analysiert:}
25. f3 Kb7 (25... a5 26. b3 cxb3 27. g4 Qxh2+ 28. Qxh2 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 a4 $13 {
Pavlovic; Kosic}) 26. b3 (26. Ra1 a5 27. g4 Qe5 {Pavlovic; Kosic}) 26... Nc5 $1
27. Ng5 Bd6 $13 {Pavlovic; Kosic}) (24... Rh5 $5 25. Bxa7 Rd5 26. Be3 Qa2 27.
Qg4 Ne5 28. Qg8 Rd8 29. Bb6 Qa8 30. Bxd8 Qxe4 31. Qxf8 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nh4+ 33. f3
Qe2 34. Ba5+ Kb7 35. Qxb4+ Ka8 36. Qf8+ Kb7 37. Qe7+ Ka6 38. Qd6+ {1-0
Beliavsky,A-Atalik,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (38)}) 25. Ng5 e5 26. Ra1 a5
27. Qg4+ $18 {Nach drei eigenen Zügen ist es bereits aus für Schwarz - kein
seltenes Bild in der Botvinnik-Variante.} Kb7 {Auch nach anderen Königszügen
wäre das Springeropfer auf f7 erfolgt.} (27... Kb8 28. Nxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxa5 Bd6
30. Qe4 Qb7 31. Qxc4 Nxb2 32. Qc2 $18) (27... Kc7 28. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 29. Rxa5 $18
) (27... Qd7 28. Qxc4+ $18) (27... Kd8 28. Bb6+ $18) 28. Nxf7 $18 Rh7 (28...
Qxf7 29. Rxa5 $18 {mit der tödlichen Drohung Ta7+:} Kb8 (29... Nc5 30. Bxc5 Qd5
31. Bxb4 $18) 30. Ra8+ Kxa8 31. Qc8#) 29. Ng5 Rd7 $2 30. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. Be2 $6 {So wurde noch zu
Botvinniks Zeiten gespielt. Auf e2 steht der weiße Läufer schlechter als auf
g2, allerdings benötigt Weiß ein Tempo weniger zur Entwicklung.} ({Die
Hauptvariante} 12. g3 {hat sich zu Recht als besser durchgesetzt, denn der
Läufer gehört auf die Diagonale h1-a8 und der Pg3 gibt dem Weißen zusätzlichen
Schutz am Königsflügel.}) 12... Qc7 $5 {Vielleicht ist die Entwicklung der
Dame nach b6 sinnvoller, da dann der Punkt d4 unter Beschuss genommen wird.} (
12... Qb6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 (14. h4 Bh6 15. a4 Bxg5 16. hxg5 b4 17. Ne4 c5
18. a5 Qc7 19. Ng3 Ne5 20. a6 Bc6 21. Qc1 Rxd4 22. Qe3 Rdh4 23. Rfc1 Rh2 24. f4
Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rh3 26. Qxc5 Rgxg3 27. Qf8+ Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. fxe5 Rh1+ 30.
Kf2 Rg2+ 31. Ke3 Rh3+ 32. Kd4 Rxe2 33. Rxc4 Re4+ 34. Kc5 Rxc4+ 35. Kxc4 Rg3 {
0-1 Ragozin,V-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1941/EXT 2001 (35)}) 14... b4 15. Ne4 c5 16.
Qb1 Qc7 17. Ng3 cxd4 18. Bxc4 Qc6 19. f3 d3 20. Qc1 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Qf4
Rxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rh8+ 24. Qh4 Rxh4+ 25. Bxh4 Qf4 {0-1 Denker,A-Botvinnik,M/URS
1945/HCL (25)/[Kasparov]}) 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Rh3 {Das ist also die weiße Idee.
Der Turm soll entlang der dritten Reihe ins Spiel kommen.} c5 $6 {Ich glaubte,
dass dieser Zug Weiß entgegen kommt.} (14... b4 $5 15. Na4 c5 16. Bxc4 Ne5 {
/\ ...Rd4}) 15. a4 cxd4 (15... b4 $5 16. Nb5 Qb8 {/\ ...a7-a6}) 16. Nxb5 Qa5+
17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bxc4 Kb8 (18... a6 $5) 19. Qe2 a6 (19... e5 $5) 20. Bf4+ e5 21.
Bxe5+ Nxe5 22. Qxe5+ Ka8 {Obwohl Weiß drei Bauern mehr hat, ist die Stellung
noch nicht so klar, denn es sind auch Linien gegen den unrochierten weißen
König geöffnent.} 23. Rb3 Qc6 24. Be2 (24. Bd5 Rxd5 25. Nc7+ Ka7 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7
27. Nxd5 Rxh4 $132) 24... Qxg2 25. Nc7+ Ka7 26. Nb5+ Ka8 27. f3 Rxh4 $2 (27...
Qh1+ {sieht besser aus. Der weiße König darf nicht entwischen.} 28. Kd2 $5 {
Dieses Turmopfer führt wahrscheinlich nur zum Unentschieden.} (28. Bf1 Qxh4+)
28... Qxa1 29. Nc7+ Ka7 30. Bxa6 $5 Bxa6 31. Nxa6 (31. Nb5+ Ka8 32. Qc7 $2 (32.
Nc7+ $11) 32... Bh6+ 33. f4 Bxf4+ 34. Qxf4 Rc8 $19) 31... Bh6+ $1 (31... Bd6
32. Qe4 Rd7 33. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 (33... Rb8 34. Nxd7 Bb4+ 35. Kd3 Qd1+ 36. Kc4 Qc1+
37. Kxd4 Qd2+ 38. Rd3 Qxb2+ 39. Ke3 $18) 34. Qc6 $18) 32. f4 Bxf4+ 33. Qxf4 Qh1
34. Qc7+ Ka8 35. Nc5 Qg2+ 36. Kc1 Qf1+ 37. Kc2 d3+ 38. Rxd3 Qg2+ 39. Kc3 Rxd3+
40. Nxd3 Qd5 $13) 28. Nc7+ Ka7 29. O-O-O Rh1 (29... Rh2 30. Qa5 $18) 30. Qa5
$18 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Bh6+ 32. Kb1 Qg6+ 33. Bc2 Qxf6 34. Qc5+ Kb8 35. Be4 Qd6 36.
Rxb7+ Kc8 37. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qc7 14. Bg2 b4 15. d6
{Dies scheint der kritsche Zug nach 14...b4 zu sein. Schwarz wird den d-Bauern
erobern können, aber Weiß kann in der Zwischenzeit eine Initiative aufziehen.}
(15. Nb5 Qb6 16. dxe6 Qxe6+ 17. Be3 (17. Kf1 O-O-O $36 {0-1 Ruck,
R-Mastrovasilis,D/Topola 2004/CBM 101/[Lutz] (50)}) 17... O-O-O 18. Nxa7+ Kb8
19. Bxb7 Kxb7 $17 {0-1 Onischuk,A-Obodchuk,A/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95/[Lutz] (45)}
) (15. O-O $6 bxc3 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Kf7 $17 {0-1 Almeida,O-Dominguez,L/
Holguin City 2002/CBM 89/[Lutz] (53)}) 15... Qb6 16. Ne4 Ne5 (16... Bd5 $5 {
scheint mir der bessere Zug zu sein.} 17. O-O (17. Bf4 Qc6 18. f3 O-O-O 19. O-O
e5 20. Be3 Bxd6 21. a3 b3 22. Qd2 Bc7 23. Rad1 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nb6 25. Qe2 Kb7
26. Rd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Qd6 28. Qxc4 $44 Bb6 29. Be4 Rb8 30. a4 Rbg8 31. Ra1 a5
32. Qxb3 Rg4 33. Rc1 Rxe4 34. Bxc5 Rb4 35. Qe3 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Rc8 37. Rxa5 Qb6
38. Qxb6+ Rxb6 39. Kg2 Rxb2+ 40. Kf3 Rc3+ 41. Kg4 Rf2 42. d6 Rxf6 43. Rxe5 Rxd6
44. h4 Rg6+ 45. Kh5 Rcxg3 46. Re8 Kc7 47. Re7+ Kd6 48. Rxf7 Rg8 49. Rh7 Kc5 50.
a5 Kb5 51. Kh6 Kxa5 52. h5 Kb5 53. Rg7 Rh8+ 54. Rh7 Rc8 55. Rc7 Rh8+ 56. Rh7
Rxh7+ 57. Kxh7 Kc6 58. h6 Kd6 59. Kh8 Ke6 60. h7 {1/2-1/2 Collas,D-Kapnisis,S/
Beruit 2003/CBM 96 ext (60)}) 17... O-O-O 18. Qe2 Bxd6 $13 19. f4 Qc6 20. h4
Nb6 21. h5 Bc7 22. g4 Na4 23. Rae1 b3 24. axb3 cxb3 25. Bh4 c4 26. Kh2 {
1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Mastrovasilis,D/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102/[Lutz] (26)}) 17. O-O
O-O-O 18. Qe2 (18. a3 b3 19. Rc1 (19. Be3 Bxd6 20. Qe2 Nd3 21. Nxd6+ Rxd6 22.
Bxb7+ Qxb7 23. Bd2 Qd5 24. Bc3 Nf4 {0-1 Mansson,J-Sherwin,J/Coventry 2004/CBM
99 ext (24)}) 19... Bd5 20. Qe2 Bxd6 21. Rc3 Bc7 22. h4 Nd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24.
Qxd3 c4 25. Qc3 Qc6 26. Re1 Kb7 27. Bf3 Ka6 28. Qb4 Bb6 29. Be3 Rc8 30. Bxb6
axb6 31. Qc3 Rcg8 32. Kf1 Rc8 33. Re3 b5 34. Kg2 Rhd8 35. h5 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Qd6
37. Re2 Rc5 38. h6 Rh5 39. h7 Qd1 40. Re1 Qg4 41. Qf3 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Qh2+ 43. Kf1
Rd2 44. Qf4 Rhd5 45. Bxd5 Rxd5 46. Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Knaak,R/Rethymnon
2003/CBM 98 (46)}) 18... Bd5 19. Rfd1 {Weiß gruppiert seine Kräfte zum Angriff
gegen den schwarzen König, während Schwarz immer noch mit der Eroberung des
Pd6 beschäftigt ist.} Nc6 $146 (19... Qc6 20. a3 b3 21. Rxd5 $1 exd5 (21...
Qxd5 22. Nc3 Qxd6 23. Bf4) 22. Nc3 Qxd6 (22... Bxd6 23. f4 $1 Nd3 24. Bxd5 Qd7
25. Bxc4 Bxf4 26. Ba6+ Kb8 27. gxf4 $16) 23. Nxd5 $18 Bh6 (23... Qe6 24. Ne7+
Bxe7 25. fxe7 Rd4 26. f4 Nd3 27. Qf3 $18) 24. Ne7+ Kc7 25. Bxh6 Rxh6 26. Nf5
Qxf6 27. Nxh6 Nd3 28. Qe4 Rd4 29. Qb7+ Kd8 30. Qb8+ Kd7 31. Bh3+ Kc6 32. Nf5
Rd8 33. Bg2+ Kd7 34. Qb5+ Ke6 35. Qxc4+ {1-0 Filippov,V-Bocharov,D/Tomsk 2004/
CBM 102/[Lutz] (35)}) 20. Rac1 Bxd6 21. Rxc4 $1 {Wie schon in Fillipov,
V-Bocharov,D opfert Weiß die Qualität. Dafür erhält er langfristigen Druck auf
den weißen Feldern.} Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Be5 23. Re1 Bd4 24. Bf4 Na5 25. Qe2 e5 26.
Bc1 {Im Zentrum hat sich die Lage stabilisiert. Weiß hat einen Bauern für die
Qualität, aber außerdem noch kräftigen Druck auf den weißen Feldern. Schwarz
hat keine aktiven Möglichkeiten.} Kb8 (26... c4 $5 27. Qf3 {/\ Ng5}) 27. Ng5 {
Weiß will den Springer nach f3 umgruppieren, um den Bd4 abzutauschen. Dieser
Läufer hält die schwarze Stellung zusammen.} Rd7 (27... Qxf6 28. Nf3 Qe6 29.
Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Be3 $40) 28. Nf3 Re8 29. Qe4 Qc6 30. Qf5 Qd6 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32.
Bf4 Nc6 33. Bxc6 {Weiß trennt sich von seinem weißfeldrigen Läufer, um dafür
ein paar schwarze Bauern einzusacken.} Qxc6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kb7 36.
Qb8+ Ka6 37. Qxb4 {Weiß hat nunmehr materiellen Vorteil. Wegen des andauernden
Angriffs gegen den schwarzen König stellt der Pd4 keine Gefahr dar.} Qc2 38. h4
Rd5 39. Qe7 Qxb2 40. Qxf7 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 $18 Qe4 42. Qc7 Rf5 43. f7 Qe6 44. Qc2
Rxf7 45. Qa4+ Kb7 46. Qb5+ Kc8 47. Qb8+ Kd7 48. Qxa7+ Ke8 49. Qa8+ Ke7 50. Qa7+
Qd7 51. Qc5+ Ke8 52. Qe5+ Kf8 53. Qb8+ Ke7 54. Qe5+ Kf8 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Kg1
Rxf4 57. Qe5+ Kd8 58. Qb8+ Ke7 59. Qe5+ Kd8 60. Qxf4 d3 61. Qd2 Qd5 62. f4 Qf3
63. Qe1 Kd7 64. a4 Kc7 65. h5 d2 66. Qxd2 Qxg3+ 67. Kf1 Qf3+ 68. Ke1 Qh1+ 69.
Kf2 Qh2+ 70. Ke3 Qh3+ 71. Kd4 Qd7+ 72. Kc3 Qxa4 73. Qd5 Qa1+ 74. Kd2 Qb2+ 75.
Kd3 Qh2 76. Qf3 Kd6 77. Ke4 Ke6 78. Qg4+ Kf6 79. Qg6+ Ke7 80. Kf5 Kf8 81. Qd6+
Kf7 82. Qd7+ Kf8 83. Kg5 Kg8 84. h6 Qg1+ 85. Qg4 Qc5+ 86. Kf6+ Kf8 87. Qg7+ Ke8
88. Qg8+ Kd7 89. Qe6+ Kd8 90. h7 Qc3+ 91. Kf7 Qc7+ 92. Kg8 Qxf4 93. h8=Q Qg5+
94. Kf7+ Kc7 95. Qhc8# 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 (11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qc7
14. Bg2 b4 $1 {0-1 Ruck,R-Mastrovasilis,D/Topola 2004/CBM 101/[Lutz] (50)})
11... Qc7 12. exf6 c5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O $1 {Dank der Zugfolge mit 11.g3 ist
Weiß nun nicht gezwungen, mit 14.d5 zu reagieren. Weiß scheint besser zu
stehen.} Bxg2 (14... b4 $6 15. Bf4 $1 e5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O-O 18. dxe5
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qg4+ $16 {Ruban,V}) 15. Kxg2 O-O-O $146 (15... Qb7+ 16.
f3 (16. Qf3 $4 Rxh2+ {0-1 Bjornskov,K-Bentzen,E/Tonder 1993/EXT 2000 (16)})
16... O-O-O 17. dxc5 (17. d5 Nb6 18. Nxb5 Nxd5 19. Qa4 a6 20. Na3 Qxb2+ 21. Nc2
Qb5 22. Qa3 c3 23. h4 c4 24. Qc1 Bc5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Bellon Lopez,J-Vera,R/Santa
Clara 2000/CBM 78 (75)}) 17... Nxc5 18. Qe2 Nd3 19. Ne4 Qc6 (19... Bh6 20. h4 (
20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. b3 Qb6 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qc2 Qc6 24. Rab1 Rh5 25. Rb3 Rb5 26.
Rxb5 Qxb5 27. Rb1 Qa6 28. Nd2 Rd4 29. Qc3 e5 30. a3 Qc6 31. Qa5 c3 32. Qxa7 Nb4
33. Nb3 Rd7 34. Qg1 c2 35. axb4 Rd3 36. Rc1 Qxf3+ 37. Kh3 Qh5+ 38. Kg2 Qf3+ 39.
Kh3 Qf5+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh3 Qh7+ 42. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Ruban,V-Savchenko,S/
Tbilisi 1989/CBM 12 (42)}) 20... Qb6 21. b3 Qd4 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Rab1 Rd5 24.
Qc2 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Ra5 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. a4 Re5 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Qb2 Qb3 30.
Qxe5 Qxb1 31. Nd6+ Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Qc2+ 33. Kf1 Qb1+ 34. Ke2 Qb2+ 35. Ke3 Qc1+
36. Ke2 Qb2+ 37. Ke3 Qc1+ 38. Qd2 Qg1+ 39. Qf2 Qc1+ 40. Qd2 Qg1+ 41. Qf2 Qc1+
42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,U-Bentzen,E/Denmark 1994/
EXT 99 (44)}) 20. Rfd1 Bc5 21. b3 Ba3 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Rab1 Rd5 24. h4 Rhd8
25. Rd2 Nb4 26. Qf2 R8d7 27. h5 c3 28. Rxd5 c2 29. Rxb4 Rxd5 30. Rb3 Rxg5 31.
Qxa7 Rb5 32. Rc3 $2 (32. Rxb5 $18 Qxb5 33. Qxa3 Qe2+ 34. Nf2 Qd2 35. Qf8+ Kb7
36. Qxf7+ Kb8 37. Qf8+ Kc7 38. Qe7+ Kc6 39. Qxe6+) 32... Qxc3 33. Nxc3 Rb2 34.
Qa8+ Kd7 35. Qa4+ Kd8 36. Qa5+ Kd7 37. Qa4+ Kd8 38. Qa8+ Kd7 39. Qa4+ Kd8 40.
Qa5+ Kd7 41. Qa4+ Kd8 42. Qa8+ {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Dominguez,L/Esbjerg 2002/CBM
91/[Lutz] (42)}) 16. dxc5 Qc6+ (16... Nxc5 {Ftacnik} 17. Qf3 b4 18. Ne2 Nd3 19.
Rad1 Qc5 20. h4 Qd5 $13) 17. f3 Nxc5 {Im Vergleich zur Variante 15...Qb7+ 16.
f3 0-0-0 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Qe2 (s.o.) steht die schwarze Dame auf c6 statt auf
b7, dieser Umstand ist vermutlich günstiger für Schwarz. Ob dies reicht, die
schwarze Stellung attraktiv erscheinen zu lassen?} (17... Rh5 {Ftacnik} 18. h4
(18. Be3 Nxf6 19. Qe2 Ng4 20. Bg1 Bxc5 21. h3 Bxg1 22. Rxg1 Re5 $17) 18... Nxc5
19. Qe2 Nd3 $11) 18. Qe2 {Ftacnik: 'Both kings are far from safe and thus it
made sense to think about the reatreat to square c2 with the support of the
move b3.'} (18. Qc2 {Ftacnik} Nd3 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Ne4 $14) 18... Bh6 {'?!'
Ftacnik.} (18... Nd3 $5 19. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Bc5 $11) 19. Bxh6 (19. h4 {Ftacnik}
Bxg5 20. hxg5 Nd3 21. Rh1 Qc5 $11) 19... Rxh6 20. Rad1 (20. b4 $1 {Ftacnik} Nd3
(20... cxb3 $2 21. Nxb5 $18) 21. a4 Rdh8 22. Rh1 $14) 20... Rxd1 {Schwarz
setzt auf den Rückgewinn seines Minusbauern, muss dafür aber den Übergang in
ein schlechtes Turmendspiel zulassen.} (20... Nd3 $5) (20... Rdh8 {Ftacnik} 21.
Rh1 Rxf6 22. a4 $1 bxa4 23. Ne4 $14) 21. Rxd1 Rxf6 22. Ne4 {'!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Riazantsev has courageously decided to transfer the game to the rook
ending, free "h" pawn could become very dangerous for black.'} Nxe4 (22... Rg6
{Ftacnik} 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe4 $1 $18) 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 (23... e5 $1 {Ftacnik}
24. Rd5 Rd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Qxa7+ Ke6 28. Qe3 Qd4 29. Qe2 b4 $13
) 24. fxe4 $16 {Das Endspiel ist besser für Weiß, da sein h-Bauer gefährlich
ist als die schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel. Allerdings ist die Sache knapp.}
Kc7 25. h4 Rh6 (25... Kc6 26. h5 (26. Rf1 $5 Rxf1 {Ftacnik} 27. Kxf1 Kd6 28. h5
Ke5 29. g4 Kf6 30. Ke2 b4 31. Ke3 e5 $11) 26... b4 (26... Rh6 {Ftacnik} 27. g4
f5 28. Kf3 Rh7 29. Rh1 fxg4+ 30. Kxg4 $16) 27. Rh1 Rh6 28. g4 $16) 26. Kf3 (26.
Rh1 Kd6 $132) 26... Rf6+ {Schwarz will seinen Turm aktivieren, muss dafür aber
den weißen König eindringen lassen.} (26... Kc6 27. e5 $16) (26... a5 {Ftacnik}
27. e5 Kc6 28. Rd8 $14) 27. Ke3 Rg6 28. Kf4 Rf6+ 29. Ke5 Rf2 {'?' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Decisive mistake in the critical moment, black has underestimated
the active location of the white king.'} (29... Rg6 $1 {Ftacnik} 30. Rf1 Rg7
31. Rf4 Kd7 32. g4 Ke7 33. g5 Rh7 34. Kd4 $14) 30. Rh1 $18 Rxb2 31. h5 Rd2 (
31... Rxa2 32. h6 Rd2 33. h7 Rd8 34. h8=Q Rxh8 35. Rxh8 $18 {ist ebenfalls
hoffnungslos, da der weiße König zu nahe steht.}) 32. h6 Rd8 33. h7 Rh8 34. Kf6
b4 35. Kxf7 a5 36. Kg7 Rd8 37. h8=Q Rxh8 38. Kxh8 b3 39. axb3 cxb3 40. g4 a4
41. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen KS"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 h3 $5 $146 {Dieser Zug war bislang erst nach
11... Bb7 12.Be2 bekannt.} (11... Bb7 12. Be2 h3) 12. gxh3 $6 (12. g3 $5) 12...
Bd6 13. Qe2 (13. Ne4 Bb4+) 13... Rg8 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Qe4 Bb7 16. Nxb5 cxb5
17. Qxb7 Rd8 18. Be2 bxa4 19. Nxc4 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 a3 21. Qc6 Ke7 22. Qxd6+ Qxd6
23. Nxd6 Kxd6 24. bxa3 Rb8+ 25. Ka2 Nb6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3][%cal Yb6d5,Yd5c3,
Yc3a2,Yb6a4,Ya4c3]} 26. Rc1 Rg2 27. Rhf1 Rxh2 28. Bh5 f5 29. Rc3 Nd5 30. Rf3
Nf6 31. Bf7 Rb7 32. Bg6 Rg7 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. Rxf5 Nd5 35. Re1 Rgg2 0-1

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bb7 $5 $146 {Dieser Zug ist eine
Neuerung. Jahrelang drehte sich die theoretische Schlacht um 18...Bxf1, was
nach der Partie Z.Azmaiparashvili-A.Shirov (Madrid 1996) als remis gilt. Die
Idee von 18...Bb7 ist ähnlich zu der nach 18...Ba8!? (was bereits einige Male
gespielt wurde), nämlich der Erhalt des Läufers, um Drohungen entlang der
Diagonale a8-h1 aufstellen zu können. Ob der Läufer besser auf b7 oder auf a8
steht, ist nicht klar, zumindest liefert die vorliegende Partie keinen Hinweis
darauf.} (18... Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Bd3 21. Qa8+ Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23.
Re1 bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. h4 Qb7 27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29.
Bxb8 Kxb8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2 Kc7 32. Kf3 Kd6 33. Kf4 Bc6 34. Kg5 Bf3 35. Kf5
Kd5 36. g4 Kd6 37. h5 Kd5 38. Kf4 Bd1 39. Kg5 Bf3 40. Kf4 Bd1 41. Kg5 Bf3 42.
Kf4 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Shirov,A/Madrid 1996/CBM 53/[Shirov] (42)}) (
18... Ba8 19. Nd5 $5 (19. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 20. Ne2 Kc8 $44 {Yermolinsky,A-Shabalov,
A/USSR 1986/}) 19... Qe6 $5 (19... Qb7 $5 {Ftacnik} 20. exf8=Q Rhxf8 21. Ne7+
Kc7 22. Bf4+ Ne5 23. Bxe5+ Kb6 24. f3 Rxd1 25. Rbxd1 Re8 {/\ Rxe7}) 20. exf8=Q
(20. exd8=Q+ {Ftacnik} Kxd8 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Qd2 Kc8 23. Rbd1 Bc6 24. h4 Ne5 25.
Qd8+ Kb7 26. f3 Bxf3 27. Nd5 Qh3 28. Qc7+ Ka6 29. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Kf2 Nxg5 $10)
20... Rdxf8 21. Ne7+ Kd8 22. f3 Rh5 $13 {Ftacnik,L. 1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Schoen,W/
Porz 1990/CBM 21/[Ftacnik] (65)}) 19. exd8=Q+ ({Nach} 19. Nd5 $5 Qe6 20. exf8=Q
Rdxf8 21. Ne7+ {(analog zu Uhlmann-Schoen) kann sich der schwarze König auf a8
verstecken, da sein Läufer auf b7 steht.} Kb8 22. Bf4+ Ka8 $17) 19... Kxd8 20.
Re1 $2 {Dieses Figurenopfer verstehe ich nicht.} (20. Ne2 Kc8 $13) 20... bxc3
21. bxc3 Qc6 22. Rxb7 $2 (22. f3 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxf3) 22... Qxb7 $17 23. Qd2 Qc6
24. Bf4 Rh5 25. Qe2 Nxf6 26. Be5 Rf5 27. f4 (27. g4 Rf3 $19) 27... Nd7 28. g4
Nxe5 $19 29. fxe5 Rf3 30. Qxc4 Bh6 31. g5 Bxg5 32. Qg4 Be7 33. Qg8+ Kc7 34. e6
c4 0-1

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 (11. g3 Qc7 12. exf6 c5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 O-O-O 16. dxc5 {1-0 Riazantsev,A-Ivanov,S/Sochi 2004/CBM 101/
[Lutz] (41)}) 11... Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qc7 $5 {Eine seltene Variante, die
von dem jungen kubanischen GM Lenier Dominguez wiederbelebt wurde,
insbesondere in Verbindung mit dem nächsten Zug. Sollte sich dieses Abspiel
als gut für Schwarz herausstellen, so wäre dies ein Argument für die Zugfolge
11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2, da dann nach 12..Qc7 13.exf6 c5 Weiß nicht 14.d5 spielen
muss, sondern über die Möglichkeit 14.0-0 verfügt.} 14. Bg2 b4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16.
dxe6 Qxe6+ 17. Kf1 $146 {Eine Neuerung, die aber dieses Abspiel trotzdem nicht
attraktiv für Weiß erscheinen lässt.} (17. Be3 O-O-O 18. Nxa7+ (18. Bxb7+ {
Ftacnik} Kxb7 19. Qf3+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ Kxc6 21. Nxa7+ Kb6 22. O-O-O Kxa7 23. Rd5
Kb7 24. Rhd1 Kc7 25. h4 Bh6 26. f4 Bf8 $17) 18... Kb8 19. Bxb7 Kxb7 20. a3 (20.
Nb5 {Ftacnik} Qc6 $17) 20... Qe4 (20... b3 {Ftacnik} 21. Nb5 (21. Qd2 Qxf6 22.
Nb5 Qc6 23. O-O-O Qxb5 24. Qd5+ Kc8 $17) 21... Qc6 22. f3 Qxb5 23. Qd5+ Qc6 24.
Qxc4 Ne5 25. Qxb3+ Kc8 $19) 21. Ke2 (21. Rg1 Bh6 22. Nb5 Ne5 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24.
Qxd6 Bxe3 $19) 21... Bh6 22. Qb1 (22. Nb5 Ne5 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxe3 $19)
22... Qxb1 23. Rhxb1 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 Kxa7 25. axb4+ Kb6 $19 26. Rc1 Rde8+ 27. Kf4
Ne5 28. bxc5+ Kb5 29. Rc2 Rxh2 30. Ra7 Rh6 31. Re7 Nd3+ 32. Kg5 Rg6+ 33. Kf5
Rxe7 34. fxe7 Re6 35. c6 Rxe7 36. Kf6 Rc7 37. f4 Nb4 38. Rd2 Kxc6 39. f5 Nd5+
40. Kg7 f6+ 41. Kg6 Rb7 42. g4 Rb3 43. Kf7 Rg3 44. Rd4 Kc5 45. Re4 Rg2 {
0-1 Onischuk,A-Obodchuk,A/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95/[Lutz] (45)}) 17... O-O-O 18.
Bf4 $2 (18. Nxa7+ {sieht besser aus:} Kb8 19. Qa4 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Kb7 21. Nb5
Qc6+ 22. f3 Ra8 23. Qd1 Qxb5 24. Qd5+ Qc6 25. Qxf7 Bd6 $13) 18... Bxg2+ 19.
Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. Qf3 Qxb5 $19 {Damit ist eine Figur weg, Weiß hat keine
ausreichende Kompensation dafür.} 21. Qa8+ Nb8 22. Bxb8 Qxb8 23. Qc6+ Qc7 24.
Qa8+ Kd7 25. Qd5+ Bd6 26. Rhe1 Kc8 27. Qa8+ Qb8 28. Qc6+ Bc7 29. Re7 Qb7 30.
Qxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rxf7 Kc6 32. Rc1 Be5 33. Rxc4 Bxb2 34. Rc2 Bd4 35. Rxa7 Ra8 36.
Re7 Rhe8 37. Rh7 Rf8 38. f7 Ra7 39. h4 Raxf7 40. Rh6+ Rf6 41. Rxf6+ Bxf6 42. f4
Kd5 43. h5 c4 44. g4 b3 45. axb3 cxb3 46. Rc1 b2 47. Rb1 Rc8 48. g5 Rc1 49.
gxf6 Rxb1 50. f7 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Wang, Lei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 d4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Re1 $5 {Führt zu
einer Stellung, die harmlos für Schwarz ist.} (20. Nc3) (20. bxc5) (20. Nxc5+)
(20. Bf4) 20... cxb4 {Durch Zugumstellung sind wir bei einer Partie Beliavsky,
A-Lutz,C (München 1994) angelangt.} 21. Qxd4 $1 (21. Qf3+ $2 Qc6 22. Qf5 Bd6
23. Re4 Rde8 $17 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Lutz,C/Munich 1994/CBM 42/[Ftacnik] (41)})
21... Qxg5 22. Qxc4 Nb6 $2 {Stellt die Partie ein, gerade als es spannend wird.
} (22... Rc8 23. Qxf7 Rc7 $13 {Auf diese Möglichkeit hatte ich bereits im
Informator 60/418 hingewiese. Schwarz steht nicht schlechter.}) 23. Nxb6 axb6
24. Qxf7+ Kc6 25. Qe6+ Kb7 (25... Bd6 26. Rec1+ Kb7 27. Qe4+ $18) 26. Qf7+ {
Weiß gewinnt noch etwas Zeit durch eine Zugwiederholung ...} Kc6 27. Qe6+ Kb7
28. Red1 $18 {...ehe er den Gewinnzug ausführt.} Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 (29. Rxd1 Bc5
30. Rd7+ Kb8 (30... Ka6 31. Qc4+ b5 32. Qa2+ Kb6 33. Qa7+ Kc6 34. Qb7#) 31. Qc6
Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 (5... h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. e5 $5) 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 $5 {Eine seltene
Variante, die auch über die Zugfolge 5...h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.e5
entstehen kann. Mir scheint jedoch, dass Schwarz keine Problem hat, denn mit
e4-e5 hat Weiß seine Karten im Zentrum schon sehr früh aufgedeckt.} (9. Nxg5 {
ist natürlich der kritische Zug.}) 9... Nd5 {Die Alternative ist 9...Nh5. Man
darf gespannt sein zu erfahren, was Radjabov darauf geplant hatte.} (9... Nh5
10. Be2 Nxg3 (10... Bb7 11. Nxg5 $1 {Erenburg} (11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 c5 13. Nxc5
Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 {0-1 Popov,V-Dreev,A/Kazan 1995/CBM 51 (40)})
11... Nxg3 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. fxg3 $1 Kg7 14. O-O Bb4 15. Bh5 Rf8 16. Qg4+ Qg5
17. Qxe6 Qxh5 18. Rxf8 Bxf8 19. Rf1 $40) 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. a4 Bb4 (12... Bb7 $5
{Erenburg} 13. axb5 c5 $15) 13. Nd2 $6 (13. Kf1 $5 {Erenburg} Bb7 $5 14. axb5
c5 $132) 13... Bb7 14. Nde4 (14. Bf3 {Erenburg} Qb6 $17) (14. axb5 {Erenburg}
cxb5 15. Nxb5 Bxg2 16. Rh2 Bd5 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qa4+
Qd7 21. Qxb4 Qxd4 $17) 14... Be7 $1 $17 {0-1 Halldorsson,B-Erenburg,S/
Reykjavik 2004/CBM 99 ext/[Erenburg] (24)}) 10. Nd2 {Weiß beugt Drohungen auf
der Diagonalen a5-e1 vor und bereitet Nd2-e4 vor.} (10. Be2 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12.
O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. h4 $5 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Qxa2 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Nd2 O-O-O
18. Ne4 Nb6 19. Nd6+ Kb8 20. Bh5 Nd5 21. Qf3 Rhf8 22. Bxf7 Qd2 $17 23. Qg4 Nxc3
24. Qxe6 Ne2+ 25. Kh2 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Qxd4 27. Qe7 Qb6 28. e6 Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7
30. Nxb7 Kxb7 31. e7 Rb8 32. Kh3 c3 33. exf8=Q Rxf8 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kg4 c2
36. Kxg5 Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kb6 {0-1 Piket,J-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 40 ext 
(37)}) 10... Bb7 {Die Alternative 10...h5!? wurde in zwei Partien von Kogan
gespielt.} (10... h5 $5 {Meines Erachtens schwächt Schwarz sich nur selbst mit
diesemZug.} 11. h4 g4 12. Be2 (12. a4 Bb7 13. Be2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. axb5
Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bd5 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd7 19. Bf1 cxd4 20. Bg2 dxc3 21. Bc6
Qc7 22. Qd4 c2 23. Ke2 Bg7 24. Bxa8 O-O 25. Rxa7 c1=Q 26. Rxc1 Qxc1 27. Qxd7
Bh6 28. Be4 {1-0 Kogan,A-Stripunsky,A/Toronto 2000/EXT 2001 (28)}) 12... Nd7
13. a4 Bb7 14. O-O a6 15. Nde4 Qb6 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 O-O-O 19.
Nxd5 cxd5 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3 Nf6 22. Qf4 Ne4 23. d7+ Kxd7 24. Qxf7+ Kc8 25.
Be5 Rhf8 26. Qxh5 Rf5 27. Qxg4 Rdf8 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxe5 30. Qg7 Rd8 31.
Rfc1 bxc4 32. Rxc4+ Rc5 33. dxc5 Qc6 34. Rb4 Re8 35. Qe5 Re7 36. Ra8+ Bxa8 37.
Qb8+ Kd7 38. Rd4+ Qd5 39. Rxd5+ Bxd5 40. Qb6 Kc8 41. f3 Rb7 42. Qa5 Nf6 43. c6
Bxc6 44. Qc3 Rb1+ 45. Kh2 Kd7 46. Qxf6 Bd5 47. Qf7+ Kd6 48. Qf4+ Kd7 49. Qa4+
Ke7 50. h5 Rb7 51. Qh4+ Kf7 52. Qg5 Kf8 53. h6 Rf7 54. Qg6 e5 55. h7 Rxh7+ 56.
Qxh7 {1-0 Kogan,A-Dgebuadze,A/Utrecht 1999/EXT 2000 (56)}) 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O
Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4 Be7 15. Qd2 h5 $2 {Bis hierhin hat Schwarz normale Züge
gemacht. Der Textzug verliert einfach einen Bauern, stattdessen wäre Zeit für .
..c6-c5 gewesen.} (15... c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne4 O-O 19. h4) 16.
Nxd5 exd5 (16... cxd5 17. Nxg5 h4 18. Bf4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bc6 {ist zwar auch
unangenehm, sieht aber besser aus.}) 17. Nxg5 $16 {Weiß hat seinen Bauern
zurückgewonnen, bei anhaltendem Angriff.} c5 18. Rae1 $1 {Durch die
Gegenüberstellung Re1 - Ke8 wird das Motiv e5-e6 ermöglicht.} h4 (18... cxd4
19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 $18) (18... Qg6 19. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 (19... Kxf7 20. e6+) 20.
e6) 19. Bf4 Nf8 20. e6 $1 Nxe6 21. Bg4 Bxg5 (21... Nxd4 22. Qe3 Qd8 23. Qe5 $18
) 22. Bxg5 cxd4 23. Qb4 {Gegen das Schach auf e7 ist kein Kraut mehr gewachsen.
} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sherbakov, Vitaly S"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gershon} d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 (4... Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4
b5 7. a4 Bb4 $6 (7... Bb7 $1 {gilt als der genaueste Zug für Schwarz. Wegen
der in der Partie gewählten Zugumstellung kann Scharz diese Variante nicht
wählen.})) 5. a4 Bb4 6. e4 b5 7. Bg5 Nf6 {In last time it is very fashion that
one of sides playing variation that known as bad,and ...surprise!-no novelty,
no new idea and loosing like many players did before! Andere Züge (z.B. 7...
Qb6 oder 7...Ne7) führen zum Noteboom-System (D31). Wahrscheinlich sollte
Schwarz auch eine dieser Möglichkeiten wählen, da die Variante in der Partie
äußerst schwierig für Schwarz ist.} (7... Qb6 $5 {Gershon,Nor} 8. Be2 (8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 b4
15. a5 Qb5 16. Nh4 g6 17. f4 Nb8 $5 18. g4 Nc6 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 O-O-O 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Bh3 Nxa5 23. Bxe6+ Kb8 24. Qh6 Qb6 25. Rad1 Nb3 26. Rf6 Nxd4 27.
Bxd5 Ne6+ 28. Kf1 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxe6 Qd8 31. Ke2 Rd1 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33.
exd6 Re8+ 34. Kd2 Qd7 35. Qf4 Rc8 {0-1 Lahlum,H-Trabert,B/Gausdal
International 1992}) 8... Nf6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bf1 Nd7
13. d5 $6 O-O-O 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qc1 Kb7 17. Qf4 Bc5 {-/+
Cramling,P-Hector/Schwed TV-Cup 1993}) 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11.
g3 (11. h4 {ist auch nicht schlecht.} gxh4 (11... g4) 12. Rxh4 Qf6 13. g3 Bb7
14. Bg2 Nd7 {führt zur Partie.}) 11... Bb7 12. Bg2 Nd7 {In bad variation black
choose worst!Now it is easy!} (12... c5) (12... c5 $5 {Gershon,Nor} 13. O-O (
13. dxc5 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 g4 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nc6 18. Ne3 Rxg7
19. Nxc4 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Bd4 21. Ra6 Nb4 22. Ra4 {1/2-1/2 Kantsler-Oll,USSR 1987
= -/ 1993}) 13... g4 (13... Rxg7 14. dxc5 $36) 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 cxd4 16.
Nxb5 Nc6 17. Qxg4 a6 18. Qe4 Rc8 $8 19. Rfd1 $5 Bc5 20. Qh7 Kd7 21. Na3 Bxa3
22. Rxa3 Qg5 23. Ne3 Rxg7 24. Qe4 Rb8 25. Rc3 $5 f5 26. Rxd4+ $1 Nxd4 27. Qxd4+
{-> Yusupov-Van Wely/Groningen 1994}) 13. h4 gxh4 14. Rxh4 Qf6 (14... Rxg7 15.
Rh8+ Bf8 16. axb5 cxb5 17. d5 Qb6 18. Qe2 O-O-O 19. Bh3 Be7 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Ne5 Nc5 22. Rd1 Rh7 23. Bg2 f6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 b4 26. Na4 Nxa4 27. Qxe6+
Kc7 28. Qd6+ Kc8 29. Qe6+ Kc7 30. Rxd8 $16 {1-0 Bukic,E-Pinter,J/Bajmok 1980 
(38)}) (14... Qb6 {Gershon,Nor} 15. Ne5 Rxg7 16. Rh8+ Nf8 17. a5 Qa6 18. Qf3
O-O-O 19. Nxf7 Rxd4 20. Qf6 Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Rd8 22. Kf1 Nd7 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.
Rd1 Bc8 25. Qxe6 Kc7 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Nd5+ {+- Cebalo-Sulava/Pula tt, SW 1993}
) 15. Kf1 Bxc3 (15... a6 $6 {Gershon,Nor} 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. axb5
axb5 (18... Rd8 19. Qa4 Bxc3 20. bxc6 Bxb2 21. c7+ Rd7 22. Rh8 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2
Qe4+ 24. Kg1 {1-0 Danielian,O-Fridman,D/URS-chJ Alma-Ata 1991}) 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8
20. Qa1 Qb8 (20... Bb7 21. Qa7 Qc7 22. Rh8 $18) 21. Rh8 Ke7 22. Ne4 e5 (22...
Rxh8 23. gxh8=Q Qxh8 24. Qa7+ $18) 23. Rxg8 Qxg8 24. Bh3 {1-0 Bewersdorff,
O-Werner,D/Frankfurt 1990} (24. Qa7+ {Like in the tournament-"who wins first!"}
Ke6 25. Qd7+ {1-0 Guliev,S-Alavkin,A/Minsk op 1994})) 16. bxc3 a6 $6 (16...
Qxg7 17. Nd2 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. axb5 Rd8 20. Rd4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 $14
{Wirthensohn,H-Flear,G/Graz/1984}) 17... Rb8 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Rxa7 Bxg2+ 20.
Kxg2 Qg5 21. Rh5 Qd8 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 (23... Rf8 $1 {Gershon,Nor} 24.
Rdd5 $1 exd5 25. Re5+ Kd7 26. Rxd5+ Kc7 27. Rc5+ Kd7 28. Qd5+ Qd6 29. Rxb5
Qxd5+ 30. Rxd5+ Ke6 31. Re5+ Kd7 32. Ra5 $1 $16) 24. Qxf7+ Kc6 25. d5+ {
1-0 Popov,L-Schmidt,W/Varna 1967}) (16... c5 17. axb5 Qxg7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19.
Rxc4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Rd1 Qf6 22. Rc7 Be4 23. b6 axb6 24. Qb5+ Kf8 25. Qxb3
Rxg3 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qb4+ {1-0 Hansen,C-Hansen,S/Reykjavik zt 1995}) 17. Ne5
(17. Nd2 $6 {Gershon,Nor} O-O-O 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb1 Nc5 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Rf4
Qxg7 22. dxc5 Rd7 23. Rxc4 Rgd8 24. Bf3 f5 25. Rb4 Qe5 26. Ra7 Qb8 27. Qa2 e5
28. Raxb7 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Cvorovic,D/Pula PCA op 1994}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5
Qxe5 (18... Qxg7 {Gershon,Nor} 19. Qd6 Rc8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 $18) 19. axb5
Qxc3 (19... axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qa1 Qb8 (21... Bb7 {Belov} 22. Qa7 Qc7 23.
Rh8 $18) 22. Rh8 Kd7 23. Rxg8 Qxg8 24. Qa7+ Kd6 25. Qa3+ $18 {1-0 Yermolinsky,
A-Rivas Pastor,M/Leningrad White Knights 1984 (29)} (25. Qa3+ $18 {Gershon,Nor}
b4 26. Qxb4+ c5 27. Qb6+ Ke5 28. Qxc5+ Kf6 29. Qd4+ e5 30. Qh4+ {1-0
Yermolinsky,A-Rivas Pastor,M/Leningrad White Knights 1984})) 20. bxc6 Rd8 21.
Qa4 Bc8 22. Rxc4 $16 Qd3+ 23. Kg1 Rd6 24. Rcc1 (24. Rb4 $1 {Gershon,Nor}) 24...
Rd4 25. Qa5 Rxg7 26. Qe5 Rg8 27. Bf1 Qe4 28. Qc7 Rd8 29. Rd1 Qh4 30. Bg2 Qf6
31. Qb6 e5 32. Qc7 Rg5 33. Qb8 Kf8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Re1 (35. c7 {Gershon,Nor}
Qd7 36. Bb7 Rxg3+ $1 37. fxg3 Qd4+ 38. Kh2 Qd2+ 39. Kh1 Qh6+ 40. Kg1 Qb6+ 41.
Kg2 Qb2+ $11) (35. Bh3 $1 {Gershon,Nor} f5 (35... Rxg3+ 36. fxg3 Qd4+ 37. Kh2
$18) 36. Qxe5 $18) 35... Kg7 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Qxe5+ f6 38. Qc5 Qc7 39. Be4 f5
40. Bd5 Kf6 41. f4 Kg6 42. Kg2 a5 43. Qf8 a4 44. Qg8+ Kh6 45. Qh8+ Kg6 46. Bf3
Qg7 47. Bh5+ Kf6 48. Qxc8 a3 49. Qd8+ Qe7 50. c7 a2 51. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Qf7 17. Be4 Ne7 18. Rh8 $6 {Diese Variante ist hinlänglich
bekannt. Der kritische Zug ist 18.Sxb5 aus Shirov,A-Morovic,I, der Weiß
Vorteil bringen sollte. Der Textzug hingegen ist schwächer.} (18. Nxb5 $1 cxb5
19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Be4 Bd7 $1 21. Rh8 Bc6 22. f3 $1 Kd7 $1 (22... Nbd5 $2 23. Kf2
Nb4 24. a3 $1 (24. Rah1 Bxe4 $2 25. Qxe4 Nbd5 26. R1h7 Qf5 $13) 24... Nd3+ 25.
Bxd3 cxd3 26. Rd1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Rxd3 Bd5 29. Rc3 Nc6 30. Ke3 Kf7 31.
Rh7+ $1 Bg7 32. Rh2 Kg6 $6 33. Rhc2 Na5 34. Rc7 a6 35. Ra7 Nc4+ 36. Ke2 a5 37.
b3 Nxa3 38. Rc8 Bh6 39. Rg8+ Kh5 40. Rh7 {/\ g4. 1-0 Shirov,A-Morovic
Fernandez,I/Las Palmas 1994/CBM 42/[Shirov] (40)}) 23. Ke2 $1 Nf5 (23... Bg7
24. Rh7 Nbd5 25. Rah1 $14) 24. Kf2 Bg7 25. Rh7 Nd5 26. Qg5 Nde7 27. Bxf5 Nxf5
28. Rah1 Ne7 29. Qf4 Ke8 30. R1h4 g5 31. Qxg5 Qxf3+ 32. Ke1 Bf8 33. Qf4 Qd3 34.
Qf7+ Kd7 35. Qxf8 Qb1+ 36. Kf2 Qxb2+ 37. Ke1 Qc1+ 38. Ke2 Qb2+ 39. Kf1 Qc1+ 40.
Kf2 Qd2+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qb1+ 44. Kf2 Qxa2+ 45. Kf1 Qb1+ 46.
Kf2 Qc2+ {1/2-1/2 Sammalvuo,T-Sprenger,J/Paks 2001/EXT 2002 (46)}) 18... Nb6 (
18... Bb7 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Be4 Nb6 22. Ke2 Rd8 23. Rah1 Kd7 24.
a4 Nf5 25. R1h7 Bg7 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. a5 Nd5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Qf3 Nc7 30. Qc6
Qe6 31. Qc5 Qd7 32. Qxa7 Ke8 33. Qb7 Kf8 34. d5 Qxd5 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 36. a6 Nc7
37. a7 Kg8 38. e6 Kxh7 39. e7 Bxb2 40. a8=Q Nxa8 41. e8=Q Nb6 42. Qxb5 Bd4 43.
Qb4 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Mueller,K/Germany 1997/GER-chT/[ChessBase] (43)}) (18...
Ba6 19. a4 b4 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Nb6 22. bxc6 a5 23. c7 Ra7 24. Rh7 Qg8 25.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 26. d5 Rxc7 27. Bxg6+ Kd8 28. d6 Rc5 29. Qd4 Nd7 30. dxe7+ Kxe7 31.
Qd6+ Kd8 32. O-O-O Rc7 33. Be4 c3 34. bxc3 Rxc3+ 35. Kb2 Qf7 36. f4 Qe7 37.
Qb8+ Rc8 38. Qb6+ Rc7 39. Bc6 {1-0 Eingorn,V-Onischuk,A/Cuxhaven 1994/EXT 2002
(39)}) (18... Kd8 19. Bc2 Kc7 20. O-O-O Bg7 21. Rh7 Nf8 22. Rh2 Bb7 23. Ne4 Rd8
24. Ng5 Qg8 25. Kb1 Nf5 26. Qf4 c5 27. dxc5 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nd7 29. Qd2 Bxe5 30.
Rh7 Nd4 31. Rh4 Nf5 32. Qa5+ Kb8 33. Qxb5 Qc8 34. Rxc4 a6 35. Qb4 Bf6 36. Ne4
Be7 37. Nd6 Bxd6 38. cxd6 Qd8 39. Rc6 a5 40. Qc3 Bxc6 41. Qxc6 Nd4 42. Qe4 Qf6
43. Ka1 Nc5 44. Qe1 Qg5 {0-1 Davies,N-McDonald,N/Wrexham 1995/EXT 98 (44)}) 19.
Ke2 {Das Problem des Schwarzen sind die verknoteten Figuren. Schafft es Weiß
jedoch nicht schnell genug, Drohungen aufzustellen, so kann sich der schwarze
Materialvorteil bemerkbar machen.} (19. a4 b4 20. a5 bxc3 21. axb6 cxb2 22.
Rxa7 Rb8 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qg5+ Kd7 25. Bxg6 Rxb6 {0-1 Veingold,A-Korneev,O/
Orense 2000/EXT 2001 (25)}) 19... Bd7 (19... b4 20. Rah1 bxc3 (20... Kd7 21.
R8h7 Qg8 22. Nb5 cxb5 23. Bxa8 Nxa8 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. Qxa8 Nc6 26. Kf1 Kc7 27. d5
exd5 28. e6 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Kg2 c2 31. e7 Bh3+ 32. Kxh3 Qxh7+ 33. Kg4 Qxh1
34. Qxc6+ Kxc6 35. e8=Q+ Kc5 36. Qe7+ Kc4 37. Qe2+ Kc3 {0-1 Kalantarian,
N-Yegiazarian,A/Yerevan 1994/EXT 2003 (37)}) 21. R1h7 Qxh7 22. Rxh7 cxb2 23.
Qf3 Bb7 24. Bxg6+ Nxg6 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26. Qc7+ Ke8 {1/2-1/2 Levin,F-Legky,N/Le
Touquet 1996/EXT 99 (26)}) 20. b4 $2 {Dieser Zug sieht falsch aus.} (20. Rah1 {
ist besser, um durch die Türme auf der h-Linie ein Gegengewicht zu schaffen.}
O-O-O 21. R1h7 Bg7 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Ke1 Nbd5 24. Ne2 Kc7 25. Qg5 a5 26. g4
Be8 27. f4 Qg8 $2 (27... Kd7 $5) 28. Bxd5 $18 Kd8 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Bxe6 Bf7
31. Bxf7 Qxf7 32. Qh6 b4 33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. f5 gxf5 35. Nf4 Ng6 36. Qh5 Nxe5 37.
dxe5 Qxh5 38. gxh5 a4 39. Kd2 c3+ 40. bxc3 b3 {1-0 Rogers,I-Solomon,S/Gold
Coast 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) 20... Nbd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qh4 a5 $19 {Jetzt setzt
sich die schwarze Bauernmasse in Bewegung und Weiß hat kein Gegenspiel.} 23.
bxa5 Rxa5 24. Kf1 b4 25. Ne2 b3 26. a4 Bf5 27. Nc3 b2 28. Re1 Ra7 29. Kg2 Rb7
30. a5 Rb3 31. e6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Qf4 Qf5 34. Qd2 b1=Q 35. Nxb1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 09th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1999.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Re1 $2 {Opfert eine Figur für ungenügende Kompensation. Ich nehme an,
dass der Erfolg des Weißen eher durch den psychologischen Faktor bedingt wurde:
Der Nachziehende hat nach dem Gewinn der Figur die Partie gegen den nominell
deutlich schwächeren Gegner schon abgehakt und vergessen, die Partie auch
wirklich zu gewinnen.} (16. Na4) (16. Rb1) 16... bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Qg4 Bd6
$6 {Ein abstrakter Zug.} ({Ich denke, dass Schwarz direkt zur Eroberung des
Pf6 schreiten sollte:} 18... Bh6 19. Rab1 Qd6 $17) 19. Qxc4 Qa5 20. Qd3 c4 $6 {
Schwarz geht ziemlich sorglos mit seinen Bauern um ...} 21. Qxc4+ Kb8 22. Qb3
Nc5 23. Qc2 Qa4 24. Qd2 Ka8 25. Rab1 Qc4 {Schwarz hat eine Blockade der weißen
Bauern erreicht. Es wäre aber besser, wenn er sie auch erobern könnte.} 26. Be3
$13 Nd3 27. Red1 e4 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Rhe8 (30... Bxd5 $2 31.
Rxd3 $18) 31. h4 {Da ist auch noch einer ...} Ba6 32. h5 Bc4 33. Rbb1 Nc5 34.
h6 Bd3 35. Rb4 Rc7 36. c4 Rb7 37. Rxb7 Kxb7 (37... Nxb7 38. Bf1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1
Bc5 40. Ke2 Rh8 41. Rh1) 38. g4 Be2 39. Rb1+ Kc7 40. Rb5 $16 Bxc4 (40... Nb7
41. Bf1 Bxg4 42. c5) 41. Rxc5+ Bxc5 42. Bxc5 Bxd5 43. g5 Bxa2 44. Bd4 Bb1 (
44... a5 45. g6 fxg6 46. f7 Bxf7 47. h7 $18) 45. Bxa7 (45. g6 e3) 45... Kd6 46.
Be3 Ba2 47. Bf4+ Kd7 48. Kh2 Bd5 49. Kg3 Rh8 50. Be3 Ke8 51. Kf4 Kf8 52. Bh3
Kg8 53. Ke5 Ba2 54. Bf5 Kf8 55. Bxe4 Ke8 56. Kd6 Bb3 57. f4 Kf8 58. Kd7 Be6+
59. Kd8 Kg8 60. Ke7 Bb3 61. f5 Rh7 62. Kd6 Ba2 63. g6 Rh8 64. Bd5 Bxd5 65. Kxd5
fxg6 66. fxg6 {Wer hätte nach 16.Te1? gedacht, das die Partie einmal so enden
wird ?} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qc7 14. Bg2 b4 15. d6
$5 $146 {Bislang waren die schwarzen Ergebnisse nach 14...b4 gut, vielleicht
ändert der Textzug diese Einschätzung. Der Bauer auf d6 wird nicht zu halten
sein, aber bis Schwarz diesen Eindringling einsacken kann, wird er Zeit
verlieren. Hinzukommt, dass Schwarz durch ...b5-b4 seinen Damenflügel (den
Bauern c4) geschwächt hat.} (15. Nb5 Qb6 16. dxe6 Qxe6+ 17. Be3 (17. Kf1 O-O-O
$36 {0-1 Ruck,R-Mastrovasilis,D/Topola 2004/CBM 101/[Lutz] (50)}) 17... O-O-O
18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Bxb7 Kxb7 $17 {0-1 Onischuk,A-Obodchuk,A/Poikovsky 2003/CBM
95/[Lutz] (45)}) (15. O-O $6 bxc3 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Kf7 $17 {0-1 Almeida,
O-Dominguez,L/Holguin City 2002/CBM 89/[Lutz] (53)}) 15... Qb6 16. Ne4 O-O-O (
16... Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Mastrovasilis,D/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (26)}) 17. O-O
Ne5 $6 {Vielleicht sollte Schwarz mit 17...Bd5!? zu der Partie nach 16...Bd5
überleiten, denn auf e5 steht der schwarze Springer wackelig.} 18. Qe2 (18. a3
b3 19. Rc1 (19. Be3 Bxd6 20. Qe2 Nd3 21. Nxd6+ Rxd6 22. Bxb7+ Qxb7 23. Bd2 Qd5
24. Bc3 Nf4 {0-1 Mansson,J-Sherwin,J/Coventry 2004/CBM 99 ext (24)}) 19... Bd5
20. Qe2 Bxd6 21. Rc3 Bc7 22. h4 Nd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 c4 25. Qc3 Qc6 26.
Re1 Kb7 27. Bf3 Ka6 28. Qb4 Bb6 29. Be3 Rc8 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Qc3 Rcg8 32. Kf1
Rc8 33. Re3 b5 34. Kg2 Rhd8 35. h5 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Qd6 37. Re2 Rc5 38. h6 Rh5 39.
h7 Qd1 40. Re1 Qg4 41. Qf3 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Rd2 44. Qf4 Rhd5 45. Bxd5
Rxd5 46. Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Knaak,R/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (46)}) 18... Bd5
19. Rfd1 Qc6 {Unter dem Schutz des Bd5 gruppiert Schwarz seine Kräfte, aber
Weiß hat eine unangenehme Überraschung parat.} 20. a3 b3 21. Rxd5 $1 {Ein sehr
starkes Qualitätsopfer, wonach Weiß entscheidenden Vorteil erhält.} exd5 (21...
Qxd5 22. Nc3 Qxd6 (22... Qd4 23. Nb5) 23. Bf4) 22. Nc3 Qxd6 (22... Bxd6 23. f4
$1 Nd3 24. Bxd5 Qd7 25. Bxc4 Bxf4 26. Ba6+ Kb8 27. gxf4 $16) 23. Nxd5 $18 {
Die beiden weißen Leichtfiguren beherrschen das Brett, der schwarze König
steht offen.} Bh6 (23... Qe6 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. fxe7 Rd4 26. f4 Nd3 27. Qf3 $18)
24. Ne7+ Kc7 25. Bxh6 Rxh6 26. Nf5 Qxf6 27. Nxh6 Nd3 28. Qe4 Rd4 29. Qb7+ Kd8
30. Qb8+ Kd7 31. Bh3+ Kc6 32. Nf5 Rd8 33. Bg2+ Kd7 34. Qb5+ Ke6 35. Qxc4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "232"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Kd8 17. Bxd5 $5 {This move was known from Bacrot,E-Fressinet,L
and seemed to cause Black problems. JHowever, Korneev managed to find an
improvement. Dieser Zug war aus Bacrot,E-Fressinet,L bekannt und schien dem
Schwarzen Probleme zu bereiten. Jedoch konnte Korneev eine Verbesserung finden.
} cxd5 18. Qxg6 Bg7 $1 {Black thus prevents the white rook from getting to h7.
So verhindert Schwarz, dass der weiße Turm nach h7 gelangt.} (18... Rb8 19. Rh7
Qe8 20. Qxe8+ Kxe8 21. f4 $16 b4 22. Ne2 Ba6 23. g4 c3 24. b3 Bd3 25. f5 $1 Rb6
26. Nf4 Be4 27. Ke2 Be7 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. fxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rf1 Ra6 $2 (30... Nxe5
$16) 31. e6+ Kg7 32. Re8 Rxa2+ 33. Ke3 Bg5 34. exd7 Rd2 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Kxe4
$18 Be7 37. Nd5 Bg5 38. Nf6 $1 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Fressinet,L/Val d'Isere 2002/CBM
91/[Lutz] (38)}) (18... Ba6 $5 19. Rh7 Qe8) 19. a4 $146 {A new move. Ein neuer
Zug.} (19. Qg4 Nf8 20. Nxb5 Rb8 21. Nd6 Rxb2 22. Qf3 Rb6 23. Qa3 Rxd6 (23...
Qc7 $5 $13) 24. exd6 Qb7 25. O-O-O Kd7 26. Rh4 Qa6 27. Qc5 Qxd6 28. Qxa7+ Ke8
29. Qa8 Qc7 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Rh5 Kf7 32. Rd1 Bd7 33. Qa3 Be8 34. Qc3 Kg7 35. Rh2
e5 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. dxe5 Bxe5 38. f4 Bf6 39. Qxe8 Qa3+ {1/2-1/2 Sulypa,
A-Korneev,O/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 (39)}) (19. Nxb5 Qb4+ 20. Nc3 Qxb2 21. Qg5+
Kc7 22. Rc1 Bf8 23. O-O Rb8 (23... Nb6 $5) 24. Qg4 Bb4 25. Qxe6 Bxc3 26. Qxd5
Qb4 27. Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Alonso,R-Korneev,O/Campillos 2004/CBM 98 ext (27)}) (19.
Rh7 $2 Nf8 20. Qxg7 Nxh7 $17) 19... Nf8 20. Qg4 b4 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nd6 a5 $13 {
On account of the unusual distribution of material, it is extremely difficult
to evaluate this position. In what follows, there are some interesting twists
and turns. In any case, it is clear that fresh life has been blown into the
variation from Black's point of view. Es ist aufgrund der ungewöhnlichen
Materialverteilung extrem schwierig, diese Stellung einzuschätzen. Der weitere
Verlauf hält noch einige interessante Wendungen parat. Auf jeden Fall ist klar,
dass die Variante aus schwarzer Sicht wieder lebt.} 23. Qh5 Ra6 24. Nf7+ Ke8 (
24... Kc7 25. Rh4) 25. Ng5+ Kd8 26. Rh4 Ra7 (26... Kc7 27. Rf4) 27. Rf4 Rd7 28.
Nf7+ Kc7 29. Qg4 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 {There has been a fresh transformation:
now three black pieces are fighting the white queen. Eine neue Transformation
hat stattgefunden: Nun kämpfen drei schwarze Figuren gegen die weiße Dame.} 31.
Qh5 Re7 32. f4 Nd7 33. g4 b3 34. Kd2 Bf8 35. f5 exf5 36. gxf5 Rg7 37. Qf3 Nb6
38. Rh1 Bb4+ 39. Kc1 c3 40. f6 Rf7 41. bxc3 Ba3+ 42. Kd2 Be6 43. Qd3 Nc4+ 44.
Ke2 b2 45. Rg1 Bf8 46. Rb1 Ba3 47. Rg1 Kb6 $5 {Black avoids a repetition of
moves, since he attributes more value to his passed pawn than to the white
pawns. Schwarz weicht der Zugwiderholung aus, da er seinen Freibauern höher
einschätzt als die weißen Bauern.} 48. Qg6 Ka7 49. Rb1 Rb7 50. Qh5 Nb6 51. Qe8
Bf7 52. Qc6 Nc4 53. e6 Bg6 54. Rg1 b1=Q {A second queen for Black... Die
zweite schwarze Dame ...} 55. Rxb1 Rxb1 56. f7 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 Be4+ 58. Kg3 Rb7
59. Qe8 Bd6+ 60. Kh4 Bf5 61. Kg5 Bh3 62. Kf6 Nd2 63. Qd8 Be7+ 64. Qxe7 Ne4+ 65.
Kg6 Rxe7 66. f8=Q {.. and the second queen for White. Black now has a clear
advantage, but White can probably hang on. ... und die zweite weiße Dame.
Schwarz hat nun eindeutig Vorteil, aber vermutlich kann Weiß sich halten.}
Rxe6+ 67. Kh5 Rc6 68. Qd8 Bc8 69. Qxa5+ Ba6 70. Kg4 Nxc3 71. Kf4 Rc4 72. Ke5
Nxa4 73. Qxd5 Nb6 74. Qf7+ Bb7 75. Qf2 Ra4 76. Kf6 Nd5+ 77. Kg7 Ra6 78. Qc2 Re6
79. Qc5+ Kb8 80. Qf8+ Kc7 81. Qc5+ Kd7 82. Qa7 Re7+ 83. Kg6 Ke6 84. Qa2 Bc6 85.
Kg5 Rg7+ 86. Kh4 Kf7 87. Qf2+ Nf6 88. Kh3 Bd5 89. Qf4 Be6+ 90. Kh2 Rg4 91. Qc7+
Kg6 92. Qd6 Bd5 93. Kh3 Re4 94. Kg3 Re6 95. Qb8 Re3+ 96. Kf2 Rb3 97. Qd6 Rf3+
98. Ke2 Rf5 99. Kd2 Kg5 100. Qe7 Kg4 101. Kc3 Kf3 102. Qe1 Ne4+ 103. Kb4 Nf2
104. Qc3+ Kg4 105. Qc8 Nd3+ 106. Kc3 Nf4 107. Kd2 Be6 108. Qc6 Ra5 109. Qd6 Kf3
110. Kc3 Bd5 111. Kb4 Ra2 112. Qf6 Rc2 113. Kb5 Be4 114. Qf8 Ke3 115. Qh6 Rc7
116. Qg5 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch60"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Bd3 21. Qa8+
Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1 bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. f3 $1 $146 {
Bis hierhin ist alles bereits bekannt und bislang glaubte man, dass das
Endspiel unentschieden ist. Van Wely hat jedoch eine Neuerung parat. In den
nächsten Zügen werden die Damen getauscht, wonach ein Endspiel entsteht, in
dem Weiß als Ersatz für die Minusfigur drei gefährliche Bauern am Königsflügel
hat. Der Vorteil von 26.f3 gegenüber dem bisherigen Zug 26.h4 besteht darin,
dass Weiß mit g3-g4 ein weiteres Tempo für den Vormarsch seiner Bauern gewinnt.
Ich weiß nicht, ob nach Van Welys Neuerung Weiß sicher auf Gewinn steht,
richtig attraktiv erscheint diese Variante für Schwarz jedoch nicht mehr.} (26.
Bxb8 Qxb8 27. Qc6+ Qc7 28. Qa8+ $11) (26. h4 Qb7 $1 (26... Be6 $2 27. Kh2 Rd7
28. h5 Rb7 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. Qe4 Kc7 31. Rd1 Rh8 32. g4 $16 Qb2 33. Qf4+ Kb7
34. Qf3+ Kc7 35. Qf4+ Kc6 36. Qe4+ Kc7 37. Qe5+ Kb6 38. Rd6+ Kb7 39. Qe4+ Kb8
40. Qf4 Kb7 41. Qf3+ Kc7 42. Qf4 Kb7 43. Qf3+ Kc7 44. Rc6+ Kd7 45. Rxc5 Qb6 46.
Re5 Qd6 47. Qb7+ Kd8 48. Qa8+ Bc8 49. Qd5 Qxd5 50. Rxd5+ Ke8 51. Kg3 Rh6 52.
Rd6 Be6 53. f4 Rh8 54. Kh4 Bd7 55. f5 Kd8 56. Ra6 Re8 57. Rxa7 Re4 58. Ra8+ Kc7
59. Kg5 Re3 60. h6 Bc8 61. Ra4 Kd6 62. Rxc4 Bd7 63. a4 {1-0 Yermolinsky,
A-Gurevich,D/USA 1994/CBM 44 (63)}) 27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8 Kxb8
30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2 Kc7 $11 {Shirov hatte dieses Endspiel zum Unentschieden
ausanalysiert.} 32. Kf3 Kd6 33. Kf4 Bc6 34. Kg5 Bf3 35. Kf5 Kd5 36. g4 Kd6 37.
h5 Kd5 38. Kf4 Bd1 39. Kg5 Bf3 40. Kf4 Bd1 41. Kg5 Bf3 42. Kf4 {1/2-1/2
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Shirov,A/Madrid 1996/CBM 53/[Shirov]}) 26... Be6 (26... Qb7
27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 {und nun hat Weiß die Qual der Wahl zwischen zwei guten
Fortsetzungen:} 28. g4 (28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8 (29. g4 Nc6 30. Rxd7+ Bxd7 31. h4
Nd8 32. h5 Ne6 33. Be3 Ba4 {nebst ...Bc2}) 29... Kxb8 30. g4 Rd1+ (30... Be6
31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. h4 Ba4 (32... Kc7 33. h5) 33. h5 Bc2 34. g5 Bh7 35. g6 $18)
31. Kf2 Bg6 (31... Be6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. f7 Rd8 34. g5 $18) 32. h4 Rd6 33. h5
Rxf6 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Re5 $16) 28... Bg6 (28... Be6 29. Rb1+ Ka8 30. Bxb8 Rxb8
31. Rxb8+ Kxb8 32. h4 $18) 29. Re7+ Ka6 30. h4 Nc6 31. Rc7 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Nd8 33.
h5 $18) 27. g4 Bd5 28. Qxb8+ Qxb8 29. Bxb8 Kxb8 30. Kf2 {Dem Vormarsch der
weißen Bauern kann Schwarz nicht viel entgegensetzen.} Kc7 (30... Bc6 31. h4
Rd2+ 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Re3 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. h5 Ra1 36. Re6 $1 Bd5 37. Rd6
Bb7 38. Rd7 $18) 31. h4 Rd6 32. Re7+ Rd7 (32... Kd8 33. g5 Ra6 34. h5 Rxa2+ 35.
Re2 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Be6 37. g6 fxg6 38. h6 $18) 33. h5 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balogh, Tomas"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bb7
15. Nxb5 Nb4 $2 $146 {Diese mißglückte Neuerung wird 10...Be7 auch nicht
wiederbeleben.} (15... O-O-O 16. Nxa7+ (16. Qa4 cxb5 (16... Kb8 17. Nc3 Rxd4
18. O-O Nc5 19. Qa5 Nd3 20. Ne4 Qh6 21. h4 Rg8 22. Nc5 Rgd8 23. Nxb7 R8d5 24.
Bxd5 exd5 25. Nc5 {1-0 Agnello,A-Alberto,M/Gauteng 1998/CBM 64 ext (25)}) 17.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qxb5+ Ka8 19. Qc6+ Kb8 20. Qb5+ Ka8 21. Qc6+ Kb8 22. Qb5+ {
1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Huzman,A/Kujbyshev 1986/MCL (22)}) (16. Na3 Rxd4 17. Qe2 Nb4
18. O-O Ba6 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Rd2 21. Rfc1 Nd3 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Nxb2
24. Nb4 Bb7 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Kc7 27. Nd4 Kd6 28. Rb1 Kc5 29. Ne2 Rb8 30.
h4 Kd5 31. f3 Ke5 32. g4 Rb6 33. h5 Kf6 34. f4 Nd3 35. Rxb6 axb6 36. Kg2 c3 37.
Nxc3 Nxf4+ 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. h6 Ng6 40. a3 Kd4 41. Nb5+ Kc5 42. a4 Kb4 43. Nd6
Kxa4 44. Nxf7 b5 45. Nd8 Nf8 46. Ke3 b4 47. Nxe6 b3 48. Nc5+ {1-0 Uhlmann,
W-Gauglitz,G/Dresden 1985/MCL (48)}) 16... Kb8 17. Nxc6+ Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Nb4 19.
Bf3 Nc2+ 20. Kf1 Rxd4 21. Qe2 Nxa1 22. Kg2 Qf5 23. Rxa1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qxh2+ 25.
Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Bg2 Qf5 27. Kg1 Rhd8 28. Rf1 e5 29. b3 f6 30. bxc4 {Komljenovic,
D-Ballester Sanz,J/Valencia 1992/EXT 98/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxc4
$16 (17. Nxb7 $2 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Qxd4 $17) 17... Rad8 $2 (17... Qxd4 $16) (17...
Rab8 $16) 18. Qb3 a5 19. Nxa5 (19. a3 $18) 19... Rxd4 20. O-O Ba6 21. Rfd1 $18
Nd3 22. Nxc6+ Kd7 23. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxg3 (24... Qxd4 25. Rxd3 Bxd3 26. Rd1
$18) 25. Nf3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 $6 {The setup with ...Qa5 and ...Ba6 is
one from the early days of the Botvinnik Varition. The consensus is that it is
a weaker setup than the main line with ...Bb7 and ...Qb6. But the variation is
well suited to being used as a surprise weapon. Die Aufstellung ...Qa5 und ...
Ba6 stammt noch aus der Frühzeit der Botvinnik-Variante. Es gibt den Konsens,
dass dieser Aufbau schwächer ist als die Hauptvariante mit ...Bb7 und ...Qb6,
als Überraschung kann diese Variante aber durchaus eingesetzt werden.} 12. exf6
b4 13. Ne4 Ba6 14. Qf3 O-O-O (14... Qd5 15. Be3 (15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. b3 Nb6 17.
bxc4 Nxc4 18. Be2 Bb5 19. O-O Na3 20. Bf4 Kb7 21. Rd2 a5 22. Rc1 Bxe2 23. Qxe2
Qh5 24. f3 Qb5 25. Qf2 Rh5 26. Be5 Nc4 27. Rdc2 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxc6 Rd7
30. Qc2 Red5 31. Kg2 a4 32. h4 b3 33. axb3 axb3 {(...) 1-0 Karolyi,T-Wells,P/
HUN 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 15... c5 16. Rd1 Rd8 (16... O-O-O 17. b3 $2 (17. Bg2)
17... Nxf6 18. Ng5 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bb7 20. Bg2 c3 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23.
Kxd1 Ng4 24. Ke1 c2 25. h3 Rd8 {0-1 Khenkin,I-Pedersen,S/Lichtenstein 1997/EXT
99 (25)}) 17. b3 Bb7 18. Bg2 cxb3 19. axb3 Ba6 20. Nxc5 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxc5 22.
dxc5 Ne5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Be4 $18 {1-0 Komarov,D-Abdulla,A/Calcutta 2001/CBM
82/[Lutz] (24)}) 15. Bg2 $2 {This move has been played frequently, but by
playing it White abandons the f1-a6 diagonal and gets problems with his
uncastled king. Both 15.b3 and 15.Be2 are better. Dieser Zug wurde schon
häufiger gespielt, jedoch gibt Weiß so die Diagonale f1-a6 auf und bekommt
Probleme mit seinem unrochierten König. Sowohl 15.b3 als auch 15.Be2 sind
besser.} (15. b3 $5 cxb3 16. Bxa6+ Qxa6 17. Qxb3 Qb5 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Be3 a5 20.
Qc2 Kb7 21. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Miles,A/Basel 1986/MCL (28)}) (15. Be2 $5
Bb7 (15... Qd5 16. O-O c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfd1 Qxg5 20. Qc6+
Kb8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxa6 Qxf6 23. Rf1 c3 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Bf3
$36 {1-0 Hansen,C-Murshed,N/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97/[Chekhov] (40)}) (15... Nb6 16.
Be3 Bb7 17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 Na4 19. Bxc4 Nxb2 20. c6 Bxc6 21. Rac1 Kb7 22. Bxe6
fxe6 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. f7 $16 {Magerramov,E-Oll,L/Klaipeda/1988/
1|0/29/}) 16. O-O Qd5 17. Be3 c5 18. Nd2 Nxf6 19. dxc5 c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. c6
Qxc6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Bd4 Ba3 24. Ne4 Bb2 25. Nxc3 Nf4 26. Nb5 Bxc1 27. Nxa7+
Kd7 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Qb7+ Kd6 31. Qxb5 Rh5 32. Qb6+ Ke7 33. Bf6+
{1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Pedersen,N/Aarhus 1997/EXT 99 (33)}) 15... c3 $1 (15... Nb6
$6 16. O-O Rxd4 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Rfc1 Nd5 19. a3 bxa3 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. bxa3 Qe5
22. Bf1 Qf5 23. Qxf5 exf5 24. Ng5 Nxf6 25. Bc3 Bg7 26. Rab1 Rg8 27. Be5 Bb7 28.
Bxc4 Ng4 29. Nxf7 {1-0 Timman,J-Ribli,Z/Zagreb 1985/MCL (29)}) 16. Nxc3 (16.
bxc3 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Nb8 18. Bd2 Rxd4 19. Bf1 (19. Rb1 Bb4 20. a3 Qxa3 21. Ne4
Rxe4+ 22. Qxe4 Bxd2+ {1-0 Bonin,J-Weldon,C/New York 1987/CBM 02 (22)}) 19...
Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Bb4 21. Ke2 Qa6+ 22. Ke1 Rhd8 23. Bf4 Rd3 {0-1 Ojanen,K-Van
Scheltinga,T/Dubrovnik 1950/MCD (23)}) 16... Nb8 17. Ne4 Rxd4 18. Be3 (18. Bd2
Rh5 19. Qe3 Qf5 20. f4 Bd3 21. Bf3 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rg1 Bc5 {0-1 Rau,
H-Bach,E/Germany 2003/EXT 2004 (23)}) 18... b3+ 19. Nc3 Ra4 $6 (19... Ba3 $1 {
is stronger. ist stärker.} 20. Bxd4 Bxb2 21. Bf1 Bxa1 22. Bxa6+ Qxa6 23. axb3
Rd8 24. Qe3 Bb2 25. Rf1 c5 $2 (25... e5 $1 $19) 26. Be5 Nd7 $2 (26... Qa5 $17 {
intending ...Nc6 mit der Idee ...Nc6}) 27. f4 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qa3 29. Kf2 Qb4 30.
Ne2 Rd5 31. Qh6 Rd7 32. Qe3 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Pinter,J/Taxco 1985/IZT (32)}
) 20. Bf1 Bb7 21. Bg2 Rxa2 22. Rd1 $2 $146 (22. Rb1 $5 {is not yet quite clear.
ist noch nicht ganz klar.} Ba6 (22... Bb4 23. O-O) 23. Bf1 Bb4 24. Bxa6+ Qxa6
25. Bd2 Ra1 26. Qe2 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Bxd2+ 28. Nxd2 Qa1+ 29. Qd1 Qxb2 30. Qxb3
Qe5+ 31. Kf1 Rd8 32. Nf3 Qf5 33. Nh4 Qb5+ 34. Qxb5 cxb5 35. Ke2 Nc6 36. Nf3 Nb4
37. g4 Nd5 38. Ne5 b4 39. Nxf7 Rf8 40. Nd6+ Kd7 41. Ne4 Nxf6 42. Nxf6+ Rxf6 43.
h4 Ke8 44. h5 Kf8 45. Rc1 Rf7 46. Rc5 Rb7 47. Kd2 Rg7 48. g5 Rf7 49. Ke3 Rb7
50. Kd2 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 Fridstein,G-Kamishov,M/Moscow 1947/MCD (50)}) 22... Ba6
23. Bf1 Rxb2 24. Bxa6+ Qxa6 25. Qe4 Rc2 $19 26. Qd4 Ba3 0-1

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit (Women) 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Zimina, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. Qd2 $6 {Die Eröffnungswahl von
Zhao Xue ist überraschend, denn seit den frühen Anfangserfolgen von Michail
Botvinnik in 'seinem" Eröffnungssystem ist bekannt, dass Weiß mit g2-g3 den
Bb7 neutralisieren und den Königsflügel sichern muss.} a6 13. h4 Qb6 14. Be2
O-O-O 15. Rd1 {Meine Computer-Programme sind alle von 15.0-0-0 überzeugt, aber
ich glaube nicht, dass der weiße König am Damenflügel besonders gut steht.} Bb4
$6 {Mir gefällt dieses Läufermanöver nicht besonders.} (15... c5 $5 16. d5 b4
17. Na4 Qd6 18. Bxc4 Ne5 $132) (15... Qc7 16. Qe3) 16. O-O c5 17. a3 Ba5 18.
Qe3 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc7 20. Ne4 Nb6 (20... Bb6 21. Nd6+ Kb8 22. Nxf7) 21. Bf4 e5
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bg3 Nd5 24. Qc5 $6 (24. Qg5 $5 {erscheint mir besser, um
die Damen auf dem Brett zu halten.}) 24... Nf4 25. Bg4+ Kb8 26. Qxc7+ Bxc7 27.
Bxf4 exf4 {Der schwarfeldrige Laeufer wird mit Effekt auf der Diagonalen a1-h8
auftauchen.} 28. Ng5 Rd6 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Be6 {Es sieht so aus, als ob sich die
Dinge positiv für Weiß entwickeln, aber schon bald werden die schwarzen Läufer
das Brett dominieren.} Bb6 31. Nxf7 Rd2 $17 32. Rf1 Bd4 33. Nd8 Ba8 34. h5 Bxf6
35. Nf7 Re2 36. Bg4 Re7 37. Nd6 Rg7 38. f3 Bxb2 39. Re1 Bxa3 40. Re8+ Ka7 {
Es sieht so aus, als würde Weiß noch einmal ins Spiel kommen, aber letztlich
erweisen sich die schwarzen Freibauern als zu stark.} 41. h6 Rh7 42. Nc8+ Kb7
43. Bf5 Rxh6 44. Be4+ Rc6 45. Ne7 Bxe7 46. Bxc6+ Kxc6 47. Rxa8 Kb6 48. Kf1 a5
49. Ke2 b4 50. Kd2 Kb5 51. Rb8+ Ka4 52. Kc2 b3+ 53. Kc3 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 b4 15. d6
$5 $146 Qb6 16. Ne4 Bd5 $5 (16... O-O-O {1-0 Filippov,V-Bocharov,D/Tomsk 2004/
CBM 102 (35)}) 17. O-O (17. Bf4 Qc6 18. f3 O-O-O 19. O-O e5 20. Be3 Bxd6 21. a3
b3 22. Qd2 Bc7 23. Rad1 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nb6 25. Qe2 Kb7 26. Rd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Qd6
28. Qxc4 $44 Bb6 29. Be4 Rb8 30. a4 Rbg8 31. Ra1 a5 32. Qxb3 Rg4 33. Rc1 Rxe4
34. Bxc5 Rb4 35. Qe3 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Rc8 37. Rxa5 Qb6 38. Qxb6+ Rxb6 39. Kg2
Rxb2+ 40. Kf3 Rc3+ 41. Kg4 Rf2 42. d6 Rxf6 43. Rxe5 Rxd6 44. h4 Rg6+ 45. Kh5
Rcxg3 46. Re8 Kc7 47. Re7+ Kd6 48. Rxf7 Rg8 49. Rh7 Kc5 50. a5 Kb5 51. Kh6 Kxa5
52. h5 Kb5 53. Rg7 Rh8+ 54. Rh7 Rc8 55. Rc7 Rh8+ 56. Rh7 Rxh7+ 57. Kxh7 Kc6 58.
h6 Kd6 59. Kh8 Ke6 60. h7 {1/2-1/2 Collas,D-Kapnisis,S/Beruit 2003/CBM 96 ext 
(60)}) 17... O-O-O 18. Qe2 Bxd6 $13 {Nachdem Schwarz so schnell den Bauern d6
gewonnen hat, ist die Stellung äußerst unklar.} 19. f4 Qc6 20. h4 Nb6 21. h5
Bc7 22. g4 Na4 23. Rae1 b3 24. axb3 cxb3 25. Bh4 c4 26. Kh2 (26. Kh2 c3 $5)
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 {
Diese Variante genoß vor einigen Jahren eine gewisse Popularität.} 14. Bg2 (14.
dxe6 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1993 (40)}) 14... Bh6 {Ivanchuks
Idee.} (14... Be7) 15. Bxh6 (15. Bxf6 $5 {Dieser Zug muß der kritische sein.}
Qxf6 {Chekhov} 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nxb5 exd5 (17... a6 $5 18. Nc3 exd5 $132 {
Kasparov/}) 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Nb5 Bg7 20. a4 Qh6 21. h4 Bf6 22. Qe1 $1 Bxh4 23.
Qa5 Be7 24. Qc7+ Ka8 25. Qa5+ Kb8 26. Qc7+ Ka8 27. Rfe1 $18 {Kasparov,
G-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1994/1|0/39/}) 15... Rxh6 16. O-O (16. Nxb5 {Ftacnik} Qa5+
17. Nc3 exd5 $13) (16. Qd2 $5 {Chekhov}) 16... Bxd5 (16... b4 {Kharitonov} 17.
Na4 Bxd5 18. Nxc5 Qb6 $13) 17. Nxb5 Ke7 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Yd8h8,Yh8h2] /\ ...Qh8
} (17... Rb8 $5 {Chekhov} 18. Nc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxb2 20. Qf3 Nd5 21. Rad1 Qf6
22. Qe4 $132 {Van Der Sterren,P-Kuijf,H/Wijk aan Zee/1983/1|0/73/}) 18. Qc1 (
18. Nc3 {Chekhov} Bxg2 19. Kxg2 (19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Kxg2 Rd2 21. Rab1 Ng4 $22
22. Ne4 Ne3+ $19) 19... Qh8 20. h4 Rg8 $36) (18. Bxd5 {Chekhov} exd5 (18...
Nxd5 19. Qc1 Qh8 20. Qxc4 $22 Rxh2 21. Qxc5+ Ke8 (21... Kf6 22. Qd4+ Kg6 23.
Qxh8 Raxh8 24. Nd4 $16) 22. Qc6+ Ke7 23. Qc5+ $10) (18... Qxd5 19. Nc3 Qf5 $36)
19. Re1+ Kf8 20. Qf3 $13) 18... Bxg2 (18... Qh8 $6 19. Qf4 {/\ Qd6} Kf8 20. h4
{[%csl Rf8,Rh6,Rh8] >< f8, h8, h6}) 19. Rd1 $2 (19. Kxg2 $2 Qd5+ {/\ ...Rah8})
(19. Qxh6 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 $13 Qb6 (20... Rb8 21. Nc3 Rxb2 22. Rd1 (22. Rd1 {
Chekhov} Qa8 23. Qc1 Rb8 24. Qf4 $36)) 21. Na3 (21. Nc3 Qxb2 22. Qe3 Rc8 23.
Rb1 $36) 21... Qxb2 22. Nxc4 Qxa2 23. Ne5 $40) 19... Qh8 $17 20. Qxc4 (20. Qf4
Kf8 $17) (20. Kxg2 {Chekhov} Rxh2+ $19) 20... Rc8 (20... Bd5 {Chekhov} 21.
Qxc5+ Ke8 22. Qd6 Rc8 23. Rac1 $18) 21. Qf4 Bd5 22. Qd6+ Ke8 23. Nc7+ Rxc7 24.
Qxc7 Rxh2 25. Qc8+ Ke7 26. Qxc5+ Kd8 27. Rxd5+ (27. Qa5+ {Chekhov} Kc8 $6 (
27... Ke8 $1 28. Qb5+ Kf8 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qxh8+ Rxh8 31. f3 (31. Kf1 Bf3 $19)
(31. f4 Ng4 $19) 31... Bxf3 $19) 28. Rac1+ Kb8 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31.
Qc6+ Kb8 32. Qb5+ Nb6 33. Qc6 $1 Nd5 34. Qb5+ $10) 27... Nxd5 $19 (27... exd5
$2 28. Qd6+ Nd7 29. Qxd5 $13) 28. Qd6+ Ke8 29. Qb8+ Ke7 30. Qxa7+ Kf8 (30...
Kf6 {Chekhov} 31. Qd4+ Kg6 32. Qg4+) 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qe4 (33. Qxe6
{Chekhov} Rh1+ 34. Kg2 Qh2+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ 36. g4 Qh3+ 37. Ke4 Qg2+ 38. Kd4 Rxa1
$19) 33... Qh5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yf6f5] /\ ...f6-f5} 34. Re1 f5 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36.
Re2 (36. Qxe6 {Chekhov} Rh1+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. gxf4 Qh3#) 36... Qh3 (36... Qh3 {
Chekhov} 37. f3 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh2#) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Shirov Kramnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6.
e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13.
d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 (
19. Kxf1 {Ftacnik}) 19... Bxe7 (19... Bh6 {führt gemäß Shirov zum Remis, man
vergleiche seine Anmerkungen zu Beliavsky,A-Shirov,A/EUcup f Ljubljana (03)/
CBM 51 1995 und Azmaiparashvili,Z-Shirov,A/Madrid (03)/CBM 53 1996.
Anscheinend sind Topalov und Kramnik da anderer Meinung.}) (19... Bh6 {Ftacnik}
20. exd8=Q+ (20. Bxh6 Bd3 21. Qa8+ (21. Ne4 $5 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rde8 23. Bg7 $1
Rh5 24. Rd1 Qb5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Shirov,A/EUCup f Ljubljana (03)/1995/ 
(40)}) 21... Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1 bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 (24... Qb7 25. Re7
$1 $18) 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. h4 Be6 (26... Qb7 27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8
Kxb8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Shirov,A/Madrid (03) ;
CBM 53_05 1996 (42)}) 27. Kh2 (27. h5 Bd5 28. Qxb8+ Qxb8 29. Bxb8 Kxb8 30. Re7
Rh8 31. Re5 Be6 32. f4 Kc7 $1 33. Rxc5+ Kd6 34. Ra5 Rh6 $13) 27... Rd7 28. h5
Rb7 29. Bxb8 (29. h6 Qb2 30. Kg1 Qxc3 31. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 32. Bxb8 Qf3 33. Bd6+
Kd7 34. Qxb7+ Qxb7 35. f7 $18) 29... Rxb8 30. Qe4 {Yermolinsky,A-Gurevich,D/
USA-ch (10)/1994/1-0 (63)}) 20... Kxd8 21. Ne4 Bh3 22. Nxc5 Be6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6
24. Qa8+ Qc8 25. Qxa7 Bxg5 26. Qa5+ Qc7 27. Qxg5 Qe5 $1 $10 {Yermolinsky,
A-Ivanchuk,V/Pinsk/1986/0,5/40/}) (19... Bd3 {Ftacnik} 20. Bf4 $3 Qb6 21. Na4
Qb5 22. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 23. Re1 $16) 20. fxe7 Bd3 (20... Rdg8 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,
V (01)/New York PCA 25 (04)/CBM 41 1994 reicht nicht zum Ausgleich.}) (20...
Rdg8 {Ftacnik} 21. Ne4 Rg6 22. Rxf1 $2 (22. Qa8+ $1 Nb8 23. Rxf1 Qc6 24. Rd1 $3
Qxa8 25. Rd8+ Kc7 26. Bf4+ Kb6 27. Rxh8 Re6 28. e8=Q Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Qd5 30.
Rxb8+ Ka6 31. Nd2 $1 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Nb3 c4 34. Nc1 c2 35. h4 $18) 22...
Qc6 23. Qxc6+ Rxc6 24. Rd1 $2 Re8 25. Nd6+ Rxd6 26. Rxd6 f6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Kramnik,V (01)/New York PCA 25' (04)/1994/ (35)}) 21. Ne4 Bxb1 22. Nd6+ Kc7
23. Bf4 (23. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 24. Nxf7 Re8 25. Bf4+ Kb6 (25... Kc8 {Ftacnik} 26.
Qa8+ Nb8 27. Qxb8+ Kd7 28. Qc7+ Ke6 29. Ng5+ Kf5 30. Qd7+ $18) 26. Qd6+ Ka5 27.
Qxd7 {Mit klarem weißen Vorteil gemäß Shirov. Aber Kramnik gibt die folgende
Variante an:} Re1+ 28. Kg2 Be4+ 29. f3 Bc6 30. Qd8+ Ka4 31. Qd2 Ra1 $17) 23...
Kb6 24. Nxc4+ (24. exd8=Q+ {Ftacnik} Rxd8 25. Nxf7 Qc8 26. Qd6+ Ka5 (26... Kb5
27. Qd1 Qa6 28. Nxd8 $16) 27. Qc7+ Qxc7 28. Bxc7+ Ka4 29. Nxd8 Bxa2 $13) 24...
Kb5 25. Nd6+ Kb6 26. exd8=B+ Rxd8 27. Nc4+ (27. Nxf7 $5 Re8 28. Qd6+ Ka5 29.
Qc7+ (29. Qxd7 $2 {Ftacnik} Re1+ 30. Kg2 Qf1+ 31. Kf3 Qe2+ 32. Kg2 Be4+ 33. Kh3
Qh5#) 29... Qb6 30. Qxd7 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Ka6 $14 (31... Bxa2 $2 {Ftacnik} 32. Bc7
$18)) 27... Kb5 28. Nd6+ Kb6 29. Nc4+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch 54th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 {Ein
seltenes Abspiel im Vergleich zur Hauptvariante 7.e5.} Qb6 {...und Schwarz
antwortet mit einem noch seltenerem Abspiel.} (7... Bb7 {ist die solideste
schwarze Option.} 8. axb5 (8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 {ist aus schwarzer Sicht nicht
zu fürchten.}) 8... cxb5 9. Nxb5 Bxe4 10. Bxc4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 O-O (11... Nbd7 12.
O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 $14 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Vera,R/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (49)})
12. O-O Bb7 {...und es entsteht eine Isolani-Stellung, wobei nicht klar ist,
wer von dem Abtausch der Bauern am Damenflügel profitiert:} (12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Qxc4 15. Nd2 Qc6 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Re1 Qf5 18. Be7 Rc8 19.
Re5 Qg6 20. Rg5 Qe4 21. Bf6 g6 22. Qa4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Pinter,J/Lyon
1994/CBM 45 (37)}) 13. Ne5 (13. Qe2 Be7 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Qd2 hxg5 21. Rxd7 Qf6 {1/2-1/2
Garcia Ilundain,D-Kramnik,V/Pamplona 1992/CBM 33 (21)}) 13... a5 (13... Be7 $6
14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ra1 Bd5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Ra7 $16 {
1-0 Knaak,R-Mueller,K/Germany 1998/GER-chT/[RK] (40)}) 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Bxd5 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rh3
f5 22. Qxd5 Qf4 23. Qd1 Ra6 24. Qh5 h6 25. Rf3 Qe5 26. Rxf5 Qxb2 27. Rxa5 Rxa5
28. Qxa5 Rc8 $14 {Ribli,Z-Chernin,A/Hungary 1996/EXT 2000 (31)}) 8. Bxf6 gxf6
9. Be2 {Weiß spielt also ein echtes Gambit, da er den Bauern vorerst nicht
wiedersehen wird. Aber dafür hat er Entwicklungsvorsprung, Zentrumskontrolle
und der schwarze Königsflüegel ist zerstört. Eine der ersten Partien zu diesem
Komplex war die berühmte Partie Tal-Keller (Zuerich 1959), die gewisse Zweifel
an der schwarzen Stellung aufkommen ließ. Allerdings ist die Variante alles
andere als klar.} Bb7 (9... Nd7 {oder}) (9... a6 {sind Alternativen, die
jedoch keine Vorteile gegenüber dem Textzug bieten.}) 10. O-O a6 (10... Nd7 11.
a5 $5 (11. d5 $6 cxd5 12. exd5 b4 13. a5 Qa6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Na4 Rg8 16. Qc2
O-O-O 17. Rfc1 Kb8 18. Ne1 Ne5 19. Qxh7 Bd6 20. Qh3 Qc6 21. f4 Ng6 {0-1
Eingorn,V-Dolmatov,S/Kharkov 1985/MCL (21)}) (11. axb5 $5 cxb5 12. b3 b4 13.
Na4 Qc7 14. Bxc4 Bxe4 15. d5 $36) 11... Qc7 12. a6 Bc8 13. d5 b4 (13... Bc5 14.
b3 b4 15. Na4 c3 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd4 Nxb3 18. Qxf6 Rg8 19. Rab1 Nd2 20. Nxd2
cxd2 21. Rxb4 cxd5 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rd4 Rb8 25. Qh6+ Rg7 26. Rxd5
Bg4 27. Rg5 f6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Rxg4 Re8 31. Rxg7 Qxg7 32. Qxg7+
Kxg7 33. Bb3 Re1 34. f3 Kf6 35. Kf2 {1-0 Lutz,C-Hansen,C/Tilburg 1993/CBM 39 
(35)}) 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nb1 Nc5 16. Bxc4 Be7 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Nd2 Kh8 19. Qh5
Bd7 20. N2b3 e5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Nf3 Be8 23. Qh3 Rd8 24. Rad1 Bg6 25. Nh4 Bxe4
26. Rde1 Bc2 27. Re2 b3 28. Rxc2 bxc2 29. Ng6+ Kg7 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Qf5 Qg7
32. Qxc2 Bb6 33. g3 Qg6 34. Qe2 Rd4 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. b3 Rd4 38.
Re1 Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Agrest,E/Gothenburg 2004/CBM 101 ext (38)})
(10... Bg7 {Clarke} 11. axb5 cxb5 12. b3 b4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Bxc4 Bxe4 15. d5
$36) (10... Bb4 $5) 11. d5 (11. b3 b4 12. a5 Qc7 13. Na4 c3 14. Nb6 Ra7 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Comas Fabrego,L-Korneev,O/Cala Galdana 1999/EXT 2000 (22)}) 11... Nd7 (
11... cxd5 $5 $13 {1-0 Tal,M-Keller,D/Zuerich 1959/MCL/[Bulletin] (34)}) (11...
b4 $2 {Bulletin} 12. dxe6 bxc3 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Bxc4+ Ke8 15. bxc3 Nd7 16.
Rb1 Qc7 17. Nd4 $18) (11... Bc5 $5 $13 {Ragozin-Szily/Moskau-Budapest/1949})
12. b3 $6 $146 {Das erscheint nicht wie der beste Zug. Allerdings ist die
Stellung äußerst unklar.} (12. Nd4 Rd8 (12... cxd5 13. exd5 Bc5 14. dxe6 fxe6
15. Bf3 Bxd4 16. Bxb7 Rd8 17. Bc6 O-O 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qe2 Kh8 20. axb5 axb5
21. h4 Qc6 22. Kh2 Rg7 23. g3 f5 24. Qd2 e5 25. Ne2 Rd8 26. Qc2 f4 27. Nxd4
exd4 28. Qf5 Qf3 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 d3 {0-1 Campos,J-Antunes,A/Mondariz
1996/EXT 98 (30)}) 13. Nxe6 Rc8 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Bg4 Rd8 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Nd5 Kf8 21. Qh5 h6 22. Nxf6 Rd2 23. e5
Be7 24. Qf5 Bxf6 25. exf6 Rd6 26. Qc5 Kg8 27. Ra8+ Qxa8 28. Qxd6 Kh7 29. Qd7
Kg6 30. Qxb5 Qb8 31. Qxc4 Qxb2 32. Qe4+ Kxf6 33. Rb1 Qc3 34. h3 Kg7 35. Rd1 Qf6
36. Rd3 Rf8 37. Rf3 Qd6 38. Qf5 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Rg3+ Kh8 41. f4 Qd4 42.
Rg4 Qd6 43. Kg3 Qe7 44. Kh2 Qd6 45. Kg3 Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Gelashvili,T-Graf,A/Aghia
Pelagia 2004/CBM 101 ext (45)}) (12. dxe6 {Bulletin} fxe6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Bh5+
Ke7 15. Nde2 Rg8 $17) (12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Nd4 Bc6
$15) 12... cxd5 13. exd5 b4 14. a5 Qd6 $17 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Na4 c3 17. Bc4
Qxd1 {Mit dem Damentausch ist klar, dass Weiß in Problemen ist, denn Schwarz
hat einen riesigen Freibauern auf c3.} 18. Rfxd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bh6 20. Bxe6 Ne5
21. Bd5 Rc8 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Rd4 Bd2 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. f4 Ng6 26. Kf3 Rhd8 27. f5
Ne5+ 28. Ke4 Bg5 29. h4 Bh6 30. Nb6 Rc5 31. Bb7 c2 32. Nd5+ Kf7 33. Nxb4 Rxd4+
34. Kxd4 c1=Q 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Nxa6 Bd2 37. Bd5+ Ke7 38. b4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "NED-ch60"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2005.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14. Bg2 Bh6 $5 {
Ivanchuks Idee} 15. Bxh6 {Mir erscheint dieser Zug nicht besonders kritisch.
Vermutlich ist Kasparovs 15.Lxf6!? der Knackpunkt der Variante.} (15. f4 Bxg5
16. fxg5 Nxd5 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. O-O Nxc3 19. Qxc3 O-O-O 20. Rxf7 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Rhg8 23. Qe3 Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Lisanti,M-Limpert,M/Germany 2003/EXT
2004 (23)}) (15. Bxf6 $5 {Dieser Zug muß der kritische sein.} Qxf6 16. O-O
O-O-O 17. Nxb5 exd5 (17... a6 $5 18. Nc3 exd5 19. Qa4 Bg7 20. Qa5 Qd6 21. Rad1
Bd4 22. Ne2 Be5 23. h4 Qc7 24. Qa3 Kb8 25. b4 cxb4 26. Qxb4 f5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5
28. Bxd5 Rd8 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. Qxc4 Rc8 31. Qd3 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Serna Lara,S/
Villarrobledo 2001/EXT 2002 (31)}) 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Nb5 Bg5 (19... Bg7 20. a4
Qh6 21. h4 Bf6 22. Qe1 $1 Bxh4 23. Qa5 $40 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/Linares
1994 (38)} Be7 24. Qc7+ Ka8 25. Qa5+ Kb8 26. Qc7+ Ka8 27. Rfe1 $18 {Kasparov,
G-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1994/1|0/39/}) (19... Qxb2 20. Qa4 $40) (19... d4 20. Qa4
$1 $16) (19... Bf4 $5) 20. Qe1 $1 $40 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Popov,V/St Petersburg
1997/CBM 58/[Lutz] (35) Die Dame schielt nach a5.}) 15... Rxh6 16. Nxb5 (16.
O-O b4 17. Qa4+ (17. Na4 Bxd5 18. Nxc5 Qb6 $13) 17... Kf8 18. Ne2 exd5 19. Nf4
Nh5 20. Nxh5 Rxh5 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Qc2 Kg7 23. Qe2 Rh6 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. h4 a5
26. h5 Kf8 27. g4 Rf6 28. Qe3 Ba8 29. h6 d4 30. Qg5 Rg6 31. Qh4 Qd6 32. h7 Kg7
33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Re4 Rh8 35. Re7 Qf4 {0-1 Jobava,B-Popov,V/St Petersburg 1998/
EXT 99 (35)}) (16. Qd2 Rh5 17. O-O-O (17. Qe2 b4 18. Nd1 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20.
O-O Qd3 21. Re1 O-O-O 22. Ne3 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Rc2 Rd3 26.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Nd5 28. Nxc3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Kb7 30. g4 Rg5 31. f3 Kc6 32. h4
Rd5 33. h5 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rxa2 36. h6 Rd2 37. Ra3 c4 38. Rxa7 Rd8
39. Kf2 Kb6 40. Ra1 Kc5 41. Rc1 Kb4 42. Rb1+ Ka3 43. Rb7 c3 44. Rxf7 Rc8 45.
Rg7 Kb2 46. Rd7 c2 47. Rd2 Kc3 48. Rxc2+ Kxc2 49. g5 Rh8 50. Ke3 Kd1 51. f4 Ke1
52. Kf3 Kd2 53. Kg4 Ke3 54. Kh5 Kxf4 55. g6 Ra8 56. g7 Kf5 57. h7 Ra1 58. Kh4
Kf4 59. Kh3 Kf3 60. Kh2 Ra2+ 61. Kg1 Ra1+ {1/2-1/2 Cordova,E-Martinovic,S/
Belfort 2005/CBM 107 ext (61)}) (17. Nxb5 Re5+ 18. Kf1 Nxd5 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Nc3
O-O-O 21. Nxd5 Rdxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qc2 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bxh1 25. Qc2 Qd6 26.
h4 Bf3 {0-1 Ahling,M-Wellmann,B/Recklinghausen 1994/EXT 2001 (26)}) 17... b4
18. Ne4 Bxd5 19. Qe2 Re5 20. Rhe1 Nxe4 21. f4 c3 22. b3 Qa5 23. fxe5 Qa3+ 24.
Kb1 c4 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. e6 Rd8 28. exf7+ Kf8 29. Qf2 e3 {
0-1 Jelen,I-Ivanisevic,I/Ljubljana 2005/CBM 107 ext (29)}) 16... Bxd5 (16...
Qa5+ 17. Nc3 exd5 $13) 17. O-O Qb6 $146 (17... Ke7 18. Qc1 Bxg2 $13 {0-1
Sherbakov,R-Korneev,O/Elista 1996/CBM 56/[Lutz] (36)}) (17... Rb8 $5 18. Nc3
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxb2 20. Qf3 Nd5 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Qe4 $132 {Van Der Sterren,
P-Kuijf,H/Wijk aan Zee/1983/1|0/73/}) 18. Nc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. Kg1 (20.
f3 $2 Ng4) 20... Ke7 {Mit der Drohung ...Rxh2, so dass Weiß dennoch zu f2-f3
gezwungen ist.} 21. f3 Rd8 22. Qe2 Rd3 {Schwarz hat die schlechtere
Bauernstruktur, aber die aktiveren Figuren.} 23. Rad1 Qd6 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qe3
Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Nb5 e5 28. Rd1 Nd5 29. Rxd3 Rb6 (29... a6 $5 30. Na3 Ne3
31. f4 f6 32. Nb1 Rh8 $44) 30. Rb3 a6 31. Nc7 {Leitet in ein remisliches
Bauernendspiel über.} (31. Na3 Rxb3 32. axb3 f5 33. Nc4 e4 $36) 31... Rxb3 32.
Nxd5+ Kd6 33. axb3 Kxd5 34. h4 (34. g4 $6 e4 35. fxe4+ Kxe4 36. h4 (36. Kf2 Kd3
37. h4 Kc2 $15) 36... Kf3 37. h5 d3 $19) 34... f5 35. h5 (35. g4 fxg4 36. fxg4
Ke6 $11) 35... Ke6 36. g4 fxg4 37. fxg4 {Beide Seiten müssen auf die
gegnerischen Freibauern aufpassen, daher ist die Stellung unentschieden.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5 h6
9. Bh4 $6 {Kempinski ist experimentierfreudig, hätte aber wohl doch besser die
Hauptfortsetzung 9.exf6 gespielt. Aufgrund des gefesselten Springers c3 kann
Schwarz die Initative übernehmen.} (9. exf6) 9... g5 10. Nxg5 (10. exf6 gxh4
11. Ne5 c5 $5 (11... Bb7 12. Be2 c5 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. Qxa8 dxc3
16. O-O cxb2 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nc6 Bd6 19. Nxb8 O-O 20. Qf3 Rxb8 21. Qg4+ Kf8
22. Rfe1 Rb6 23. a5 Rc6 24. Qxh4 c3 25. Qxh6+ Ke8 26. Qh5 c2 27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28.
Re7+ Kc8 29. Qf5+ Kd8 30. Rde1 Bxe7 31. fxe7+ Qxe7 32. Qd5+ Qd7 33. Qg5+ Kc8
34. Qg8+ Kb7 35. a6+ Kxa6 {0-1 Ristic,N-Savanovic,A/Ulcinj 1997/EXT 99 (35)})
12. Qh5 (12. Qf3 cxd4 13. O-O-O Qc7 $13) 12... Qxf6 13. O-O-O a6 14. Be2 Nd7
15. Bf3 cxd4 $1 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxa8 Bxc3 (17... dxc3 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. Be4)
18. bxc3 d3 $1 19. Rxd3 (19. Kb2 {Ftacnik} b4 20. Rc1 Qxf2+ 21. Ka1 b3 $19)
19... cxd3 20. Qc5 Qf4+ 21. Kb2 Qxa4 22. Bf3 Qc2+ 23. Ka1 d2 24. Rb1 Rg8 25.
Qd4 Rg5 26. Rb2 Qc1+ 27. Ka2 Rd5 {Ftacnik. 0-1 Ubilava,E-Shirov,A/Daugavpils
1989/CBM 016/[Ftacnik] (27)}) 10... Qa5 $1 $146 {Danach hat Schwarz schon
mindestens ein Unentschieden sicher.} (10... hxg5 11. Bxg5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa5
13. exf6 Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. Qf3 Qd5 17. Qa3 Qc5 18. Bb4 Qe5+
19. Be2 c5 20. Bc3 Qe4 21. axb5 Qxg2 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Yakovich,Y/Sochi 1986/MCL 
(21)}) (10... Nd5 11. Qh5 Qc7 12. Nge4 Nd7 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Nf4 15. Qg4 Ng6
16. axb5 h5 17. Qg3 Kf8 18. Bg5 h4 19. Qe3 cxb5 20. Bf3 a6 21. Nf6 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Rg8 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Qh7 Ne7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. f3 h3 28. g3
Rg6 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Qh4+ Kd7 31. Qxh3 Qd5 32. Ra5 Kc6 33. Qg2 Kb7 34. Rfa1 f6
35. Qc2 Qxf3 36. Qxg6 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 38. Ke1 fxe5 39. Qg7+ Kb6 40. Qxe5 Qh1+
41. Kd2 Qxh2+ 42. Qe2 Qh6+ 43. Kc2 Qf6 {1-0 Biyiasas,P-Christiansen,L/Lone
Pine 1977/MCD (43)}) (10... Bxc3+ $5 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. exf6 (12. Nxf7 $5 {
führt zur Hauptpartie.}) 12... Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 hxg5 14. Bxg5 e5 15. Be3 Bf5 16.
Rc1 Bd3+ 17. Kf3 e4+ 18. Kf4 Qb4 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. h4 Qd6+ 21. Kg4 Nd7 22. Bg5
Qxd4+ 23. f4 O-O-O 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Qd2 Nc5 26. Qa5 Qd7+ 27. f5 Qc6 28. g3
Qe4+ 29. Bf4 Rdg8+ 30. Kh3 Rxh4+ 31. Kxh4 Rh8+ 32. Kg4 Qe2+ 33. Kg5 Ne4# {
0-1 Olesen,N-Jensen,J/Aarhus 1998/EXT 2000 (33)}) 11. Nxf7 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+
13. Ke2 Nd5 {Mit der Drohung ...Nf4 matt!} 14. Nd6+ Kd7 15. Bg3 Qb2+ 16. Ke1
Qc3+ 17. Ke2 h5 18. h4 Qb2+ 19. Ke1 Qc3+ 20. Ke2 Rg8 {Nachdem Schwarz den
weißen h-Bauern vorgelockt hat, droht nun ...Rxg3.} 21. Qb1 $1 {Weiß ist auf
der Höhe und findet die einzige Fortsetzung, um im Spiel zu bleiben.} Rxg3 22.
Qh7+ Ne7 23. fxg3 Qxa1 $6 (23... Qb2+ $5 {ist vielleicht genauer, aber ob
Schwarz gewinnen kann, ist auch dann fraglich.} 24. Kf3 (24. Ke3 Qxa1 25. Qf7 (
25. Qxh5 Nd5+ $19) 25... Qc3+ 26. Ke4 Qc2+ 27. Ke3 Qg6 28. Qxg6 Nxg6 29. g4
hxg4 30. h5 Nf8 31. h6 $13) 24... Qxa1 25. Qxh5 (25. Qf7 Qc3+ 26. Ke2) 25...
Qxd4 (25... Qd1+ 26. Be2 Qxh1 27. Qe8+ Kc7 28. Qxe7+ Nd7 29. axb5 $13) 26. Qe8+
Kc7 27. Qxe7+ Nd7 $13) 24. Qxh5 Qb2+ {Schwarz ist gut beraten, nun Dauerschach
zu geben.} (24... Qxd4 25. Qe8+ Kc7 26. Qxe7+ Bd7 27. Nf7 {ist riskant für
Schwarz.}) 25. Kf3 Qc3+ 26. Ke4 Qb2 27. Kf3 Qc3+ 28. Ke4 Qc2+ 29. Kf3 Qc3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Azmaiparashvili Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6.
e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13.
d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 (18...
Ba8 {Ftacnik} 19. exd8=Q+ (19. Nd5 $2 Qb7 (19... Qe6 20. exf8=Q Rdxf8 21. Ne7+
Kd8 22. f3 Qe5 23. Qd2 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Rbd1 d3 26. b3 Ne5 27. bxc4 Bxf3
28. Rxd3+ Nxd3 29. Rxf3 Ne5 30. Rf5 Ng4 31. c5 Kd7 {1-0 Gual,A-Oms,J/Manresa
op (08) 1995 (64)}) 20. exf8=Q Rhxf8 21. Ne7+ Kc7 22. Bf4+ Ne5 $1 23. Bxe5+ Kb6
{0-1 Peter,A-Thallinger,H/Budapest FS09 IM-B (07)/1995/ (55)}) 19... Kxd8 20.
Ne2 Kc8 21. Qc2 Qe6 22. f3 $1 (22. Nf4 $5 Qg4 23. Rfe1 Bh6 $1 $8 24. Bxh6 Qf3
$10 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qf3+ 27. Kd2 $5 (27. Kf1 $10) 27... Qxf2+ 28. Re2 Qd4+
29. Kc1 $6 Bf3 $3 $15 {0-1 Yermolinsky,A-Shabalov,A/USSR/1986/ (32)}) 22... Bd6
23. Rbd1 Bc6 $1 (23... Be5 24. Qa4) 24. Nf4 $1 (24. Bf4 Be5 $1 $15) 24... Qe3+
25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Be5 27. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 (27... Bd4 $2 {Yermolinsky,
A-Makarov,M/USSR/1986/} 28. Rxd4 $1) 28. Rxd5 Bd4 $10) 19. Kxf1 (19. Qd5 Bh6 (
19... Bxe7 {Ftacnik} 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4 Rg6 22. Rxf1 $2 (22. Qa8+ $1 Nb8 23.
Rxf1 Qc6 (23... Qb7 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Bf6 $18) 24. Rd1 $3 Qxa8 25. Rd8+ Kc7 (
25... Kb7 26. Rxh8 Re6 27. Nxc5+ $18) 26. Bf4+ Kb6 27. Rxh8 Re6 28. e8=Q Rxe8
29. Rxe8 Qd5 30. Rxb8+ Ka6 31. Nd2 $1 $18) 22... Qc6 23. Qxc6+ Rxc6 24. Rd1 $2
(24. Bf4 $1 Re8 25. Nd6+ Rxd6 26. Bxd6 Kb7 27. Re1 Kc6 28. Bf4) 24... Re8 25.
Nd6+ Rxd6 26. Rxd6 f6 27. Bxf6 Kc7 28. Re6 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxe7 30. Kf1 Re4 31.
Rf4 Rxf4 32. gxf4 Kd6 33. Ke2 a5 34. a4 c3 35. bxc3 b3 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Kramnik,V (01)/New York PCA 25' (04)/ 1994/}) 20. Bxh6 (20. exd8=Q+ {Ftacnik}
Kxd8 21. Ne4 Bh3 22. Nxc5 Be6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qa8+ Qc8 25. Qxa7 Bxg5 26.
Qa5+ Qc7 27. Qxg5 Qe5 $1 $10 {Yermolinsky,A-Ivanchuk,V/Pinsk/1986/0,5/40/})
20... Bd3 21. Qa8+ (21. exd8=Q+ $2 {Ftacnik} Kxd8 $1) (21. Ne4 $5 {Ftacnik}
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 (22. exd8=Q+ $6 Kxd8 23. Qxe4 Rxh6 $17) 22... Rde8 (22... Rxh6 $2
23. Qa8+ Nb8 24. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 25. Qxb8+ $18) 23. Bg7 $1 Rh5 (23... Nxf6 $5) 24.
Rd1 Qb5 $1 25. f4 $2 (25. Qa8+ Nb8 26. Qe4 Nd7 $10) 25... c3 $1 (25... Kc7 $5 {
Beliavsky}) 26. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Shirov,A/EUCup f Ljubljana (03)/1995/
(40)}) 21... Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1 bxc3 (23... Qc6 $5 24. Qxa7 bxc3 25.
bxc3 $44) 24. Bf4 Qb6 (24... Qb7 25. Re7 $3 Qxa8 26. Rc7#) 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. h4
Be6 (26... Qb7 27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8 Kxb8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2
Kc7 32. Kf3 Kd6 33. Kf4 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Shirov,A/Madrid (03)/1996/ 
(42)}) 27. Kh2 Rd7 $5 28. h5 Rb7 29. Bxb8 $2 (29. h6 Qb2 30. Kg1 Qxc3 31. Rxe6
$1 fxe6 32. Bxb8 Qf3 33. Bd6+ Kd7 34. Qxb7+ Qxb7 35. f7 $18) 29... Rxb8 30. Qe4
Kc7 $2 31. Rd1 $1 Rh8 32. g4 $14 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Gurevich,D/USA-ch/1994/ 
(63)}) 19... Bxe7 (19... bxc3 20. Qd5 Bxe7 21. fxe7 c2 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Rc1
c3+ 24. Kg2 cxb2 25. Qa8+ Nb8 26. Rxc2 Qb6 (26... b1=Q 27. Rxc5+ Kd7 28. Qd5+
Qd6 29. Qxf7+ $18 (29. Qxf7+ Qe7 30. Qxe7#)) 27. Bxd8 Kxd8 28. Qd5+ Nd7 29. Rd2
Qb5 30. a4 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Alexandria,N/Halle (03) ;MCL 03 1981 Dies war die
Stammpartie der Variante 16.Rb1.}) (19... Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Nd5 Rxh2 22.
Kg1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qe4 Re8 27. Ne3 Nc6 28. Qf3
Kc7 29. Nxc4 Qd4 30. b3 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Kg2 Ne5 33. Ne3 Kd7 34. Rh1 Ke6
35. Rh8 Kxf6 36. Rc8 Nd3 37. Ra8 Rd4 38. Rxa7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/
Monaco blind (03) ;EXP 52 1996 (59)}) 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4 (21. Qd5 Rxg5 $1 (
21... bxc3 $2 22. Qa8+ Kc7 (22... Nb8 23. bxc3) 23. Bf4+ Kb6 24. bxc3+ Ka5 25.
Bc7+ Ka4 (25... Nb6 26. Qc6 Rh5 27. a4 $18) 26. Qd5 Ka3 27. Qxd7 $16) 22. Qxg5
bxc3 23. bxc3 Qg6 $19) 21... Qc6 (21... Qe6 $5) (21... Qe6 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4
Kb6 24. Qf3 $40) 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Bf4 Rxh2 24. Ke2 $6 {Vielleicht war 24.e8Q
noch besser:} (24. e8=Q+ $5 Rxe8 25. Nxe8+ Ka8 26. Ke2 Qe4+ 27. Be3 Qxe8 (27...
Qg4+ {Azmaiparashvili} 28. Kd2 Qe4 29. Qe2 Qd5+ 30. Kc2 Qe4+ 31. Kd2) 28. Qd5+
Kb8 29. Rd1 Nb6 (29... Kc7 30. Qd6+ $18) 30. Qxc5 {Nun haben wir die gleiche
Stellung wie in der Partie (Zug 31), aber mit dem Unterschied, daß der sK auf
b8 statt auf b7 steht. Dies wirkt sich zum Nachteil für Schwarz aus:} Qa4 31.
Rd8+ Kb7 32. Qe7+ Ka6 33. Bxb6 $18) 24... Ka8 25. Qc2 (25. e8=Q+ {- 24.e8Q}) (
25. e8=Q+ $1 Rxe8+ 26. Nxe8) 25... Nb6 26. Qf5 Nc8 27. e8=Q (27. Qxf7 Rhh8 $1
28. Rd1 (28. Nxc8 Qe4+ 29. Be3 Rxc8) 28... Nxd6 29. Bxd6 Qe4+ 30. Kd2 Rc8 $15)
27... Rxe8+ 28. Nxe8 Qxe8+ 29. Be3 Nb6 30. Rd1 (30. Qf3+ $6 Kb8 $15) (30. Qxc5
{Azmaiparashvili} Qa4 (30... Qd7 31. Rd1 Qg4+ 32. Kd2) 31. Qf8+ Kb7 32. Qxf7+
Ka6 33. Rd1 Qxa2 34. Kf3 Qxb2 35. Bxb6 Qb3+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Rd2 Qe4+ 38. Be3
Qg4+ 39. Qf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Kb5 (40... c3 41. Rd7 b3 42. Bd4 c2 43. Rxa7+ Kb5
44. Ra1) 41. Rd5+ Ka4 42. Rc5 c3) 30... Kb7 (30... Qc6 31. Rd8+ Kb7 32. Bxc5
$16) 31. Qxc5 {Auch hier macht die schwarze Stellung keinen soliden Eindruck.
Kramnik kann kann knapp die Partie halten.} Qa4 $1 32. Rd2 (32. Qe7+ Ka6 33.
Bxb6 axb6 34. Qe4 Rxf2+ (34... Qxa2 $2 35. Qa8+ Kb5 36. Rd5#) 35. Kxf2 Qxd1 36.
Qxc4+ Ka5 37. Qxf7 $16) 32... c3 $1 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Rd4 (34. Qxc3 Qg4+ (34...
Qg4+ 35. Kd3 Qf5+ $10)) 34... Qxa2+ 35. Kf3 c2 (35... Qb1 $2 {Azmaiparashvili}
36. Qe7+ Ka6 37. Ra4+ $1 Kb5 38. Ra5+ $1) (35... Qe6 {Azmaiparashvili} 36. Qxc3
Qc6+ 37. Qxc6+ Kxc6 38. Rf4 Rh7 39. Rf6+ Kd7) 36. Rd2 Rh8 37. Rxc2 (37. Qxc2
Qxc2 38. Rxc2 Re8) 37... Qd5+ 38. Qxd5+ Nxd5 39. Rb2+ Nb6 (39... Ka8 40. Bd4
$14) 40. Ke4 $14 Rc8 41. g4 Rc6 42. g5 (42. f4 {Azmaiparashvili} Re6+ 43. Kf3)
42... Re6+ 43. Kf5 (43. Kd3 $5 a5 44. f4 $14) 43... a5 44. Rb5 (44. Bxb6 Rxb6
45. Re2 (45. Rxb6+ Kxb6 46. Kf6 a4 47. Kxf7 a3 48. g6 a2 49. g7 a1=Q 50. g8=Q
Qa2+ $10) 45... Ka6) 44... a4 45. Ra5 Nc4 46. Rxa4 Nxe3+ 47. fxe3 Rxe3 48. Ra5
(48. Kf6 Rf3+ $10) (48. Rf4 {Azmaiparashvili} Re6 49. Rh4 Re1 50. Kf6 Rf1+ 51.
Ke7 Rf5) 48... Kc6 (48... Rf3+ {Azmaiparashvili} 49. Ke4 Rg3 50. Rf5 Kc6 51.
Ke5 Kd7 52. Kf6 Ke8 53. Kg7 Kd7) 49. Kf6 (49. Re5 Rxe5+ 50. Kxe5 Kd7 51. Kf6
Ke8 $10) 49... Rf3+ 50. Ke7 Rf1 51. Ra6+ Kd5 52. Rf6 Rg1 53. Rf5+ Ke4 54. Kf6
Rg4 55. Re5+ Kd4 (55... Kd4 56. Ra5 Rf4+ 57. Rf5 Ke4 (57... Rxf5+ {
Azmaiparashvili} 58. Kxf5 Ke3) 58. Rxf4+ Kxf4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14. Bg2
Bh6 {Ivanchuks Idee aus seiner Partie gegen Kasparov in Linares 1994.} 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Nxb5 (16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nxb5 exd5 (17... a6 $5 18. Nc3 exd5 $13 {
Ftacnik}) (17... Bxd5 $2 18. Qa4 $18 {Ernst}) (17... Rxd5 $1 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19.
Qa4 $40 {Ernst}) 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Nb5 Bg7 (19... Bg5 20. Qe1 $1 $36 {1/2-1/2
Ionov,S-Popov,V/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 58/[Lutz] (35)}) 20. a4 Qh6 21. h4 Bf6
22. Qe1 $36 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/Linares 1994/CBM 40/[Ftacnik] (39)})
16... O-O-O 17. Nxa7+ $2 {Dieser Zug wird nicht viele Anhänger finden.
Vielleicht hat Weiß einfach die Züge verwechselt. Baburin: 'Is the a7-pawn
worth two tempi in such a sharp position?!'} (17. O-O {führt zu den obigen
Varianten und ist der kritische Zug.}) 17... Kb8 18. Nb5 (18. Qa4 exd5 19. Nb5
(19. O-O Qb6 20. Nb5 Bc6 $19) 19... Rhe8+ 20. Kf1 Qb6 $17) 18... Rxd5 $1 {
Nach diesem offensichtlichem Qualitätsopfer steht Weiß hart am Abgrund. Die
einzige Frage ist, ob er bereits auf Verlust steht.} 19. Bxd5 {Da Weiß noch
nicht rochiert hat, muss er nun das schwarze Opfer annehmen.} (19. Qa4 Bd2+ 20.
Kf1 Qxb2 21. Rd1 Be3 $1 22. Qa7+ Kc8 23. Nd6+ Kd7 $1 24. Qxb7+ Qxb7 25. Nxb7 (
25. Bxd5 Qb2 $19) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Ke2 Rxh1 27. Bxh1 Rxh2 $19) 19... exd5 {
Baburin: 'Now White has serious problems on the a8-h1 diagonal.'} 20. O-O d4 {
Die weiße Königsstellung macht keinen guten Eindruck.} 21. Qh5 $2 (21. f3 Be3+
22. Kg2 d3 23. Nc3 Qf5 24. h4 Rxh4 25. gxh4 Qg4+ 26. Kh2 Bf4+ 27. Kh1 Qh3+ 28.
Kg1 Qh2#) (21. Qa4 {sieht wie die einzige Chance aus, noch Verwicklungen zu
schaffen:} Qc6 (21... Qf3 $2 22. Qa7+ Kc8 23. Nd6+ $18) 22. f3 Be3+ 23. Kg2 Ba6
24. Nc3 Qe6 25. h4 Bb7 (25... dxc3 26. bxc3 Bb7 27. Rab1 $13) 26. Nb5 Qe5 {
und die Drohung ...Tg8 gereicht zum schwarzen Vorteil, z.B.} 27. b4 cxb3 28.
axb3 Rg8 29. Qa7+ Kc8 30. Qa8+ Bxa8 31. Rxa8+ Kd7 32. Rxg8 d3 $17) 21... Bg5
22. Qe2 Bf3 23. Qe1 Bd2 {'!' Baburin.} (23... Bd2 24. Qxd2 Rxh2 25. Kxh2 Qh8+
26. Kg1 Qh1#) (23... Rxh2 $4 {Baburin} 24. Qe8+ Kb7 25. Qd7+ Kb6 26. Kxh2 Qh6+
27. Qh3 $18) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Gleisdorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 $5 {Diese
Variante wurde vor rund 10 Jahren auf allerhöchstem Niveau diskutiert und
geriet dann in Vergessenheit. Vielleichti zu Unrecht ?} 14. Bg2 Be7 15. O-O
Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb5 Qb6 {Beiden Kontrahenten ist diese Stellung gut
bekannt und hatten sie bereits jeweils zweimal in ihrer Praxis gehabt. Van
Wely konnte in seinen dabei Dreev und Kramnik besiegen.} 18. Na3 {Schwarz hat
die schlechtere Bauernstellung und den offeneren König, aber er hat
andererseits seine Figuren zentralisiert und kann entlang der g- und h-Linie
zum Gegenspiel kommen.} (18. Nc3 {Ambroz} Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ 21.
f3 Rad8 22. Qe1 Rd3 23. Rf2 Qd5 24. Rb1 $10 {Quist-Karolyi, Dieren 1988}) 18...
Rh4 $5 {Ein wichtiger Zug. Der schwarze Turm kontrolliert die wichtige 4.Reihe
und kann nicht gut genommen werden.} (18... c3 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. bxc3 Nxc3 21.
Qd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ne4 23. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/Bern 1993/TD (44)})
19. Rc1 $146 {Dieser natürliche Zug scheint eine Neuerung zu sein. Bislang gab
man 19.Qd2 den Vorzug, allerdings konnte Karsten Müller die Spielbarkeit der
schwarzen Stellung nachweisen:} (19. Qd2 Nf4 (19... Rd4 20. Qg5+ $1 Nf6 21.
Bxb7 Rg8 22. Qe5 Nd7 23. Qe2 Qxb7 24. Nxc4 Rh4 25. f3 Qc7 26. Ne3 Kf8 27. Ng4
$1 Rh5 28. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Ambroz] (44)})
(19... Rg8 $5 {Ambroz} 20. gxh4 Nf4 21. Rfd1 Qc7 $40) 20. Nxc4 Qa6 (20... Qc7
$2 21. f3 $3 $18 Nxg2 (21... Rd8 {ChessBase} 22. Qa5 $1) 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. gxh4
Nf4 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Ne5 Rd5 26. Rae1 Nd3 27. Qh6+ {1-0 Oll,L-Topalov,V/Biel
1993/CBM 37/[ChessBase] (27)}) 21. Ne3 (21. Bxb7 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Qxb7+ 23. f3 Rd8
24. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Onischuk,A/Philadelphia 1994/EXT 97 (24)}) 21... Rd8
22. Qc2 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Rh5 24. Rae1 Nd4 25. Qc3 Rdh8 26. h4 Nf3 (26... Ne2 27.
Rxe2 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxe2 29. Nd5+ exd5 30. Re1 Qxe1 31. Qxe1+ Kf6 32. Qc3+ d4
33. Qf3+ Kg7 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qg4+ {
1/2-1/2 Murdzia,P-Mueller,K/Hamburg 2002/CBM 88 ext (38)}) 27. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 28.
Kg1 Rg8 29. Nc4 Ba8 30. Ne5 Qd6 31. Kh2 Qd5 32. f3 f6 33. Nd3 Qg5 34. Qxc5+
Qxc5 35. Nxc5 Rxc5 36. Re2 Bd5 37. b3 Rc3 38. Ref2 f5 39. Kh3 Kf6 40. Kh2 Rh8
41. Kh3 Rh7 42. f4 Kg6 43. Rd2 Rhc7 44. Rfd1 Rc2 45. g4 R7c3+ 46. Rd3 Be4 47.
h5+ Kh6 {0-1 Naumann,A-Mueller,K/Germany 1999/GER-chT (47)}) (19. gxh4 {Ambroz}
Rg8 $1 (19... Nf4 20. Bxb7 Rg8+ (20... Qxb7 21. f3 $18 (21. Qg4 $2 Ne2+ $1 $19)
21... Qxb2 22. Qd6+ $1) 21. Kh1 Qxb7+ 22. f3 Qxb2 23. Qd6+ (23. Qd6+ Ke8 24.
Qc6+)) 20. Nxc4 Nf4 21. f3 (21. Nxb6 $2 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Bxg2#) 21... Rxg2+ 22. Kh1
Qc7 $44) 19... Qa6 20. f4 (20. gxh4 Rg8 {ist auch hier wieder nicht gut
spielbar für Weiß:} 21. f3 (21. Kh1 $2 Nc3) 21... Ne3 22. Qd2 Rxg2+ 23. Qxg2
Nxg2 24. Kxg2 e5 $36) 20... Ne3 {Nach diesem Zug ergibt sich eine mehr oder
weniger erzwungen Folge, die in ein Unentschieden mündet.} 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22.
Qf3 (22. Qe2 $2 Nxf1 23. gxh4 $2 Rg8+) 22... Qxb2 23. gxh4 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Rg2 25.
Qh3 Rf2 26. Rb1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 (27. Rxf1 Nxf1 28. Qxf1 Qxa3 29. Qxc4 Qf3+ 30.
Kg1 Qd5 $17) 27... Qxa3 (27... Qxa2 $5 {führt ebenfalls zum Unentschieden nach}
28. Rb7+ Kf8 29. Rb8+ Ke7 30. Qg1 Qxa3 31. Qg5+ Kd7 32. Qd8+ Kc6 33. Rc8+ Kb5
34. Rb8+ Kc6 {, aber der Texzug ist natürlich sicherer.}) 28. Qf2 Ng4 29. Qg2
Qd3 30. Re1 Ne3 31. Qf2 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Ng4 33. Qg3 Qd4+ 34. Kg2 (34. Kf1 $5 {
ist vielleicht etwas genauer, denn nun kann Schwarz noch etwas auf Gewinn
spielen.}) 34... Qd2+ 35. Kg1 c3 36. h3 c2 37. hxg4 c1=Q 38. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 39. Kg2
c4 40. Qf2 c3 41. Qxa7+ Kf6 42. Qd4+ Kg6 43. h5+ Kh7 44. Qf6 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 Qd3+
46. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 $6 {Meines
Erachtens macht sich Schwarz mit diesem Übergang in die Botvinnik-Variante
keine Freude und sollte besser den Normalzug 6...c5 wählen.} 7. a4 c6 {In der
Zugfolge 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 muss
Schwarz nicht 7...Bb4 spielen, sondern hat die gute Möglichkeit 7...Bb7. Die
Partiestellung hat einen schlechten Ruf für Schwarz und Vallejo kann dies
nicht ändern.} 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. g3 {Mit diesem Zug hat
Weiss lt. meiner Datenbank einen Score von 79%. Mit der Hauptalternative 11.h4
konnte Weiß "nur" 73% erzielen. So oder so erscheint die schwarze Stellung
wenig attraktiv.} (11. h4 {0-1 Cheparinov,I-Vallejo Pons,F/Cuernavaca 2006/CBM
112/[Lutz](60)}) 11... Bb7 12. Bg2 c5 13. O-O g4 14. Nh4 (14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
cxd4 16. Qxg4 dxc3 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qe4 Rxg7 19. axb5 f5 20. Qxa8 Qxe5 21. Rfe1
Qxb5 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rxe6+ Re7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qxa7+ Nd7 26. Rxd7+ Qxd7
27. Qe3+ Kf7 28. Qxc3 Qb7+ 29. Qf3 Qc8 30. Qd5+ Kg6 31. Qd6+ Kf7 32. Qd5+ Kg6
33. Qd6+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Duhayon,Y-Yakovich,Y/Port Erin 2005/CBM 108 ext (33)})
14... Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Rxg7 (15... cxd4 16. Nxb5 Nc6 (16... Rxg7 17. Nxd4 $36) 17.
Qxg4 a6 (17... Rc8 18. Rad1 Bc5 19. Nf4 a6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. Qxc5
axb5 23. axb5 Ne7 24. Qxd4+ Nd5 25. f4 Ke7 26. f5 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Rfe1 {
1-0 Shtyrenkov,V-Rodin,M/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (28)}) 18. Qe4 Rc8 (18... Qd7 19.
Nxd4 {Ftacnik}) (18... Ne7 19. Qxa8 Qxa8 20. Nc7+ $16 {Ftacnik}) 19. Qh7 $5 (
19. Rfd1 $5 Bc5 20. Qh7 Kd7 (20... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 21. Na3 $36) 21. Na3 Bxa3 (
21... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxc4 Rxg7 23. Qe4 $40) 22. Rxa3 Qg5 23. Ne3 Rxg7 (23...
Qxg7 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxg7 Rxg7 25. Nxc4 $16) 24. Qe4 $40 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Van
Wely,L/Groningen 1994/CBM 045/[Ftacnik] (39)}) 19... Ne7 20. Nf4 $5 axb5 21.
Nh5 f5 22. Qh6 Qd6 23. axb5 Qe5 24. Ra6 Bd6 $2 (24... Kf7 $13) 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26.
Nd7 Qd5 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Ne5 d3 30. b6 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Yakovich,Y/
Kazan 2005/CBM 109 (30)}) 16. axb5 (16. dxc5 $14 {Ftacnik}) 16... cxd4 17. Ne4
f5 $2 {Das ist mehr als die schwarze Stellung verträgt.} ({Nach} 17... Be7 {
hätte Schwarz gelassen in die Zukunft blicken können.} 18. Nd2 (18. Qa4 Nd7 19.
Qxc4 Ne5) 18... c3 $5 $13 (18... Nd7 19. Nxc4 $13) (18... Qd5 19. Qa4 Nd7 (
19... Kf8 20. Nxc4) 20. b6 $1 (20. Nxc4 $2 Nc5) 20... Kf8 21. Nxc4 Nc5 22. Qxa7
$1 $40)) 18. Nf4 $1 {Ivanchuk stürtzt sich sofort auf den schwachen Pe6.} Kf7 (
18... Qb6 19. Qc2) 19. Rc1 $1 fxe4 (19... e5 20. Qc2) 20. Rxc4 Bc5 $5 (20...
Be7 21. Rxd4 Qc8 22. Rxe4 $18) 21. Rxc5 Nd7 22. Rh5 (22. Rc6 $5 $16) 22... Nf6
$2 (22... Qb6 $5 {ist noch nicht so klar.}) 23. Re5 $18 Qd6 24. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Labollita, Martin"]
[Black "Kanefsck, Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bb7
15. Nxb5 $6 {Dieser Zug erscheint mir etwas schwächer als 15.Ne4, denn Schwarz
kommt zu schnellem Gegenspiel.} (15. Ne4 {1-0 Novikov,I-Lugo,B/Buenos Aires
2003/CBM 97/[Lutz] (39)}) 15... O-O-O $1 16. Na3 (16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. Nxc6+ Bxc6
18. Bxc6 Nb4 19. Bf3 Nc2+ 20. Kf1 Rxd4 21. Qe2 Nxa1 22. Kg2 Qf5 23. Rxa1 Qh3+
24. Kg1 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Bg2 Qf5 27. Kg1 Rhd8 28. Rf1 e5 29. b3 f6 30.
bxc4 {Komljenovic,D-Ballester Sanz,J/Valencia 1992/EXT 98/1/2-1/2 (57)}) (16.
Qa4 cxb5 (16... Kb8 17. Nc3 Rxd4 18. O-O Nc5 19. Qa5 Nd3 20. Ne4 Qh6 21. h4 Rg8
22. Nc5 Rgd8 23. Nxb7 R8d5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nc5 {1-0 Agnello,A-Alberto,M/
Gauteng 1998/CBM 64 ext (25)}) 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qxb5+ Ka8 19. Qc6+ Kb8 20.
Qb5+ Ka8 21. Qc6+ Kb8 22. Qb5+ {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Huzman,A/Kujbyshev 1986/MCL 
(22)}) 16... Rxd4 17. Qf3 (17. Qe2 Nb4 18. O-O Ba6 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Rd2
21. Rfc1 Nd3 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Nxb2 24. Nb4 Bb7 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Kc7
27. Nd4 Kd6 $13 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Gauglitz,G/Dresden 1985/MCL (48)}) 17... Qe5+
18. Qe3 (18. Kf1 Rhd8 $132) 18... Qa5+ 19. Qc3 Qe5+ (19... Nb4 $5 20. O-O Qh5
21. h4 c5 $13) 20. Qe3 Qa5+ 21. Qc3 Qe5+ 22. Kf1 $2 {Weiß will gegen seinen
schwächer eingestuften Gegner auf Gewinn spielen. Aber die Stellung gibt das
nicht her.} (22. Qe3 $11) 22... Rhd8 23. Re1 (23. Nc2 $5 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+
25. Ne1) 23... Qc5 24. h4 Nb4 25. Kg1 Nd3 26. Rf1 Rg4 $17 {Es ist
offensichtlich, dass der weiße Gewinnversuch in die Hose gegangen ist.} 27. Rh3
Rdg8 28. b4 (28. Kh2 Nxf2 29. b4 Qb6 $19) 28... Nxb4 29. h5 {Weiß wirft seinen
freien h-Bauern in die Waagschale, aber auch der kann nichts mehr ändern.} Nd3
30. h6 Nf4 $1 31. Kh2 Nxh3 32. h7 Nxf2 33. h8=Q Rxg3 {Trotz zweier Damen ist
Weiß hilflos.} 34. Bf3 Qd6 {Das baldige Matt läßt sich nicht mehr verhindern.}
0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Lugo, Blas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 $5 {Dieser Zug stellt eine seltenere Alternative dar
zu 11...Nbd7. Schwarz kann allerdings hier nicht auf Ausgleich hoffen und auch
die vorliegende Partie kann dieses Urteil nicht erschüttern.} 11. exf6 Bxf6 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 (13. a4 Rh4 $13 {gibt Schwarz Gegenspiel.}) 13... Na6 14. Bg2
Bb7 15. Ne4 $1 {Dies gilt als der beste Zug. Die schwarze Dame wird
zurückgedrängt und muss den Druck gegen den Pd4 aufgeben.} (15. Nxb5 $6 {
0-1 Labollita,M-Kanefsck,G/Buenos Aires 2003/CBM 97/[Lutz] (34)}) 15... Qe7 16.
O-O O-O-O 17. a4 {Weiß greift unmittelbar am Damenflügel an.} f5 {Schwarz muss
sich beeilen, um schnell Gegenspiel gegen den weißen Angriff zu entwickeln.} (
17... Kb8 $6 {ist zu langsam:} 18. Qd2 Nb4 (18... b4 19. Qe3 $16 {Kasparov,G})
19. Rfd1 e5 20. Nc5 Nd3 21. axb5 Nxc5 22. Qa5 Rxd4 23. bxc6 $16 {Paunovic,
D-Flear,G/Geneve 1986/Inf 41 (23)}) 18. Nc3 b4 (18... e5 $5 19. axb5 cxb5 20.
Nxb5 Bxg2 21. Rxa6 $1 {ist gut für Weiß, wie R.Vidoniak ausführt:} Bb7 $6 (
21... Bxf1 $2 {Vidoniak,R} 22. Nxa7+ Kb7 23. Qa4 Rd6 24. Qb5+ Kc7 25. Nc6 $18)
(21... Qh7 {Vidoniak,R} 22. h4 Bb7 (22... Bxf1 23. Nxa7+ Kb7 24. Qa4 c3 25.
Kxf1 $18) 23. Qa4 Bxa6 24. Qxa6+ Kb8 25. dxe5 $16) 22. Qa4 $1 $16 Rxh2 (22...
Bxa6 {Vidoniak,R} 23. Qxa6+ Kb8 24. dxe5 $16) 23. Nxa7+ Kb8 24. Nc6+ Kc7 25.
Kxh2 $18 { . 1-0 Vidoniak,R-Nedobora,M/Lvov 1992/Inf 54/[Vidoniak,R] (32)}) (
18... Kb8 $5 {Vidoniak,R} 19. Qe1 $1 b4 20. Ne2 e5 $5 (20... c5 21. Rc1 $1 $16
{/\ 21...cd4 22.Nd4}) 21. Nf4 $1 Rxd4 $5 (21... Qh7 22. Qxe5+ Ka8 23. Bh3 $1
$16) 22. Ng6 Qf6 23. Nxh8 Qxh8 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Rc2 {/\ 26.Re2 e4 27.f3+/-}) 19.
Ne2 Nc5 $146 {Dieser Zug ist neu. Schwarz bringt den Springer heran, so dass
die Idee ...Qh7 an Kraft gewinnt.} (19... c5 20. Qc2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. f3
Nc7 (22... c3 $5 {Vidoniak,R} 23. bxc3 b3 24. Qd3 $1 $14) 23. Qxc4 Nd5 24.
Qxc5+ Kb8 25. Kg1 Rc8 26. Qd6+ Ka8 27. Rfc1 Ne3 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Rc1 Nc2 30.
d5 b3 31. dxe6 Qc4 32. Nf4 {1-0 Ruban,V-Ivanov,S/USSR 1985/Inf 40 (32)}) 20.
Qc2 Ne4 21. Rad1 c5 22. Nf4 $6 {Vielleicht sollte Weiß den Pc4 nehmen, solange
das möglich ist.} (22. Qxc4 $5 $16) 22... Rxh2 $2 {Diese Opferidee schlägt
letztlich nicht durch.} (22... Qh7 23. h3 Bd5 24. dxc5 Qg7 $132 {und Schwarz
hat eine gewisse Stabilität in seine Stellung gebracht.}) 23. Kxh2 Rh8+ 24. Kg1
Qh7 25. Rfe1 Nd2 (25... Nc3 26. d5 $18) 26. f3 $1 {Der einzige, aber
ausreichende Zug.} (26. Rxd2 $2 Qh1+ 27. Bxh1 Rxh1#) 26... Nxf3+ 27. Kf2 Nxe1
28. Rxe1 Bxg2 29. Nxg2 $18 {Damit hat sich der schwarze Angriff erledigt.} f4
30. Qxc4 fxg3+ 31. Ke3 Kb7 32. dxc5 Rd8 33. c6+ Kc7 34. Nf4 Qh6 35. Qxb4 Rd5
36. Qb7+ Kd6 37. Qd7+ Ke5 38. Kf3+ Kd4 39. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 $5 {In diesem Abspiel wurde meines Wissens noch kein
abschließendes Urteil gefällt.} (16... Qb5) (16... Qd6) 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5
Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 $5 {Die Hauptalternative an dieser
Stelle ist ein Qualitätsopfer, das ebenfalls spielbar für Schwraz zu sein
scheint.} (21... Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 $44 23. f3 Nd3 24. h4 b3 $1 (24... Bc5+ 25.
Kg2 Kb7 26. Ra5 $1 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/[Ftacnik] (46)
Ftacnik}) 25. Kg2 Kb7 $44 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Ivanchuk,V/Elista 1998/CBM 65/[Lutz]
(59)}) 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. Rd1 (24. Be3 $5 Rh5 25. Bxa7 Rd5 26. Be3
Qa2 27. Qg4 Ne5 28. Qg8 Rd8 29. Bb6 Qa8 30. Bxd8 Qxe4 31. Qxf8 Nf3+ 32. Kh1
Nh4+ 33. f3 Qe2 34. Ba5+ Kb7 35. Qxb4+ Ka8 36. Qf8+ Kb7 37. Qe7+ Ka6 38. Qd6+ {
1-0 Beliavsky,A-Atalik,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (38)}) (24. b3 Qe5 25.
Rd1 $1 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Lutz,C/Horgen 1994/CBM 43/[Knaak] (42)} (25. Rc1 $2 {
Lutz,Ch-Piket,J/WDR TV-Cup/1994/ CBM 42 Knaak (30)})) (24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Nd2 Qxg5
(25... Bc5 26. Qxc4 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1
Rh7 $14 {Knaak}) 26. Qxc4+ Nc5 27. Ne4 Qh5 28. Rc1 $1 $16 {Knaak}) 24... Qe5
25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd5 27. Qa6+ Kb8 28. Qe2 Kb7 29. Bf4 e5 30. Bd2 a5 31.
b3 $44 {Weiß hat Kompensation für die Qualität, da der schwarze König sehr
offen steht. Schwarz wird Zeitverlieren müssen, um den Turm ins Spiel zu
bringen.} Bh6 32. Bxh6 Rxh6 33. h4 Rh8 34. h5 Rd8 35. Kh2 Kb6 36. Qc2 a4 37.
bxa4 b3 38. a5+ Kxa5 39. Qc7+ Kb4 40. Qc3+ Kb5 41. Qe3 Qc4 42. Nd2 Qd3 43. Nxb3
Qxe3 44. fxe3 Rd6 45. g4 Rxf6 46. Kg3 Kc4 47. Nd2+ Kd3 48. g5 Re6 49. Nf1 Ke2
50. Nh2 Kxe3 51. Kg4 Ke4 52. Nf1 Ra6 53. Ng3+ Kd5 54. h6 e4 55. h7 Ra8 56. Kf5
e3 57. Kf6 Rh8 58. Kg7 Rxh7+ 59. Kxh7 Ke5 60. Ne2 Kf5 61. Kh6 Kg4 62. Nd4 Kf4
63. Kh5 Ke4 64. Ne2 Kf3 65. Nd4+ Ke4 66. Nc2 Kd3 67. Ne1+ Ke2 68. Ng2 Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 $5 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21.
Nc3 Ra5 {Die Hauptalternative ist 21....Qc6.} (21... Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 $44 23.
f3 Nd3 24. h4 b3 $1 (24... Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Kb7 26. Ra5 $1 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,
A/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/[Ftacnik] (46) Ftacnik}) 25. Kg2 Kb7 $44 {1-0 Khalifman,
A-Ivanchuk,V/Elista 1998/CBM 65/[Lutz] (59)}) 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 {
Diese Stellung ist zwar riskant für Schwarz, aber vom theoretischen Standpunkt
her ist die Stellung nicht klar.} 24. Rd1 (24. Be3 $5 Qh5 $5 (24... Qd5 $6 25.
Ng5 e5 26. Ra1 a5 27. Qg4+ $18 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Abreu,A/Yerevan 2001/CBM 086/
[Lutz] (30)}) (24... Kb7 $2 25. Ng5 $1 Qd5 26. Nxf7 Rg8 27. f4 $1 $16 {1-0
Georgiev,K-Chernin,A/Neum 2000/CBM 80/[Pavlovic] (53)}) (24... Rh5 25. Bxa7 Rd5
26. Be3 Qa2 27. Qg4 Ne5 28. Qg8 Rd8 29. Bb6 Qa8 30. Bxd8 Qxe4 31. Qxf8 Nf3+ 32.
Kh1 Nh4+ 33. f3 Qe2 34. Ba5+ Kb7 35. Qxb4+ Ka8 36. Qf8+ Kb7 37. Qe7+ Ka6 38.
Qd6+ {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Atalik,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (38)}) 25. f3 Kb7 (
25... a5 26. b3 cxb3 27. g4 Qxh2+ 28. Qxh2 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 a4 $13 {Pavlovic;
Kosic}) 26. b3 (26. Ra1 a5 27. g4 Qe5 {Pavlovic; Kosic}) 26... Nc5 $1 27. Ng5
Bd6 $13 {Pavlovic; Kosic}) (24. b3 Qe5 25. Rd1 $1 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Lutz,C/
Horgen 1994/CBM 43/[Knaak] (42)} (25. Rc1 $2 {Lutz,Ch-Piket,J/WDR TV-Cup/1994/
CBM 42 Knaak (30)})) (24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Nd2 Qxg5 (25... Bc5 26. Qxc4 Nxf2 27.
Rxf2 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Rh7 $14 {Knaak}) 26. Qxc4+ Nc5
27. Ne4 Qh5 28. Rc1 $1 $16 {Knaak}) 24... Qe5 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 {Dieses
Qualitätsopfer basiert darauf, dass der schwarze König offen steht und der Rh8
nicht so leicht ins Spiel kommt. Jedoch sollte Schwarz hier keine Probleme
haben.} Qd5 27. Qc2+ $6 $146 {Dieser Zug ist neu und erscheint mir nicht wie
eine Verbesserung gegenüber 27.Qa6+.} (27. Qa6+ Kb8 28. Qe2 Kb7 29. Bf4 e5 30.
Bd2 a5 31. b3 $44 {Weiß hat Kompensation für die Qualität, da der schwarze
König sehr offen steht. Schwarz wird Zeitverlieren müssen, um den Turm ins
Spiel zu bringen.} Bh6 32. Bxh6 Rxh6 33. h4 Rh8 34. h5 Rd8 35. Kh2 Kb6 36. Qc2
a4 37. bxa4 b3 38. a5+ Kxa5 39. Qc7+ Kb4 40. Qc3+ Kb5 41. Qe3 Qc4 42. Nd2 Qd3
43. Nxb3 Qxe3 44. fxe3 Rd6 45. g4 Rxf6 46. Kg3 Kc4 47. Nd2+ Kd3 48. g5 Re6 49.
Nf1 Ke2 50. Nh2 Kxe3 51. Kg4 Ke4 52. Nf1 Ra6 53. Ng3+ Kd5 54. h6 e4 55. h7 Ra8
56. Kf5 e3 57. Kf6 Rh8 58. Kg7 Rxh7+ 59. Kxh7 Ke5 60. Ne2 Kf5 61. Kh6 Kg4 62.
Nd4 Kf4 63. Kh5 Ke4 64. Ne2 Kf3 65. Nd4+ Ke4 66. Nc2 Kd3 67. Ne1+ Ke2 68. Ng2
Kf3 {1/2-1/2 Zakharevich,I-Ivanov,S/Samara 2000/CBM 078/[Lutz] (68)}) 27... Kb7
28. Bf4 {Weiß will ...e6-e5 provozieren.} e5 29. Bg5 b3 $1 $17 {Dieser Zug
macht den Unterschied zu Yakharevich,I-Ivanov,S aus: Der schwarze Läufer kann
nach b4 entwickelt werden und der Turm kommt schnell ins Spiel. Schwarz ist im
Vorteil.} 30. Qe2 Bb4 31. Kg2 (31. h4 Rc8) 31... a5 32. Qf3 Rd8 33. h4 a4 {
Die schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel bringen die Entscheidung.} 34. Bc1 Kb8 35.
Qf5 Rc8 36. Bf4 Rc5 37. Be3 a3 $1 (37... a3 38. Bxc5 (38. bxa3 b2 $19) 38...
Bxc5) 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5 h6
9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. h4 {Mit diesem Zug öffnet Weiß entweder die
h-Linie oder aber erhält einen Freibauern. Die Alternative 11.g3 ist ebenfalls
gut für Weiß.} (11. g3 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Vallejo Pons,F/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM
112/[Lutz] (24)}) 11... g4 {Schwarz entschließt sich, die h-Linie geschlossen
zu lassen, dies ist vermutlich die beste Fortsetzung.} (11... Nd7 $5 12. hxg5
Bb7 13. Rh8 Ke7 14. Rh7 Qa5 15. Qc1 bxa4 16. Qc2 a3 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Ne5 Nxc4
19. Nxc4 Qxg5 20. Qb3 c5 21. bxa3 Bxc3+ 22. Qxc3 Qxg2 23. Ne3 Qg5 24. d5 Rac8
25. dxe6 fxe6 26. O-O-O Bf3 27. Re1 Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rg1 Be4 30. Rh6+ Ke7
31. Rg4 Bf5 32. Rg5 Kf7 33. Nc4 Ke7 34. Ne3 Kf7 35. Nxf5 exf5 36. Rd6 Rc7 37.
Rd5 Rxg7 38. Rdxf5+ Ke8 39. Rxc5 Rxg5 40. Rxc7 Rf5 41. Rc2 Rf3 42. Ra2 a5 43.
a4 Rf4 44. Kd1 Kf7 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. f3 Kf5 47. Ke3 Rb4 48. Ra3 Rh4 49. Kd3 Rb4
50. Kc3 Kf4 51. Kc2 Rc4+ 52. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Meister,Y/Hoeckendorf
2004/CBM 100 (52)}) (11... gxh4 12. Rxh4 Qf6 13. g3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Kf1
Bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. axb5 Qxg7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Rd1
Qf6 22. Rc7 Be4 23. b6 axb6 24. Qb5+ Kf8 25. Qxb3 Rxg3 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qb4+
{1-0 Hansen,C-Hansen,S/Reykjavik 1995/CBM 047 (27)}) 12. Ne5 Rxg7 (12... f5 13.
g3 Qd5 14. Rh2 Qe4+ 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Qd2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxg7 19. h5
Bb7 20. h6 Rh7 21. Rd1 c5 22. axb5 Rd8 23. Rc1 Rd4 24. Kf1 Qxe5 25. Bxc4 Qf6
26. Qe3 Re4 27. Qd2 Rd4 28. Qe3 Re4 29. Qd2 Rd4 30. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Popov,
V-Ivanov,S/Moscow 2005/CBM 106 (30)}) 13. h5 f5 14. g3 $146 (14. Be2 $5 Qg5 15.
Kf1 Bb7 16. axb5 Bxc3 17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. bxc3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bd5 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21.
Bxc4 Qd2 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Rd7 25. Ra4 Rad8 26. h6 Rxd4 27.
Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Rh5 Kg8 29. h7+ Kh8 30. Rh6 Re4 31. Rxe6 Kxh7 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Yudasin,L/Pamplona 1992/CBM 033 (31)}) 14... Qd5 15. Rh2 Qe4+ 16. Be2 Nd7 17.
h6 Rh7 18. Nxd7 Bxc3+ (18... Kxd7 19. Kf1 Bxc3 20. bxc3) 19. bxc3 Kxd7 20. Qd2
{Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger, aber dafür die Kontrolle über die schwarzen
Felder. Deswegen hat er die Initiative, aber die schwarze Stellung ist fest.}
Bb7 21. Kf1 Rah8 22. Re1 Qd5 23. Bd1 Qd6 24. Re5 a6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. f3 $5 gxf3
27. Bxf3 Kd8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qf4 Bd7 30. Ra2 {Weiß geht zu konkreten
Aktionen über, die aber auch nicht mehr als Dauerschach versprechen sollten.}
Rxh6 31. Ra8+ Kc7 32. Ra7+ Kc8 33. Ra8+ Kc7 (33... Kb7 $2 34. Rxb5+ $18) 34.
Ra7+ Kc8 {Weiß sollte nun Dauerschach geben. In den folgenden Zügen spielt
vermutlich die Zeitnot eine Rolle.} 35. Kg1 $6 (35. Ra8+ $11) 35... Qb8 $17 36.
Ra6 b4 37. cxb4 Qxb4 38. Ra1 Qb2 $2 (38... Qb8 $5) 39. Ree1 $2 (39. Rea5) 39...
Kd8 $2 (39... Rh2 $19) 40. Qg5+ $2 (40. Rab1) 40... Kc8 41. Qf4 Rh2 $19 42. Qe3
f4 43. Ra8+ Kb7 44. Rxh8 Rg2+ 45. Bxg2 fxe3 46. Rf8 c3 47. Rff1 e2 48. Rf7 c2
49. Rxd7+ Kc8 50. Rd6 c1=Q 51. Rxc6+ Qxc6 52. Bxc6 Qxd4+ 53. Kg2 Qc3 54. Rxe2
Qxc6+ 55. Kg1 Kd7 56. Rg2 Qc1+ 57. Kh2 Qh6+ 58. Kg1 Qe3+ 59. Kh2 Ke7 60. g4 Kf6
0-1

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Ne5 $5 {Mit diesem
Zug bot Zaja etwas naiv ein Unentschieden an, was ihm die Qualifikation zur
Weltmeisterschaft gesichert hätte. Aber Beliavsky selbst hatte die
Qualifikation bereits sicher und sah daher keinen Grund, mit Weiß gegen einen
deutlich schwächeren Gegner ein Unentschieden zu vereinbaren. Vielleicht hatte
Zaja gehofft, dass Beliavsky unangenehm an seine Begegnung gegen Illescas
erinnert würde, aber der Ukrainer hat eine Neuerung parat.} (13... Qb6 {
führt zur Hauptvariante.}) 14. Bg2 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Qd7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 (17.
b3 O-O-O 18. bxc4 Bh6 $1 19. Bh4 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Illescas Cordoba,M/Linares
1994/CBM 40/[Ftacnik] (30)}) 17... O-O-O 18. h4 $1 $146 (18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19.
Qe4+ Qc6 20. h4 Bd6 21. f4 b4 $1 22. Qxc6+ Kxc6 $13 {Hansen,L-Bagirov,V/Moscow/
1975/}) 18... b4 19. Ne4 Qd4 20. Nd2 Bd5 $2 {Trifft nicht den Kern der
Stellung.} (20... Nxb2 $5 {wird von IM Richard Forster in Schach 5/2000
angeregt. Da der Textzug verliert, ist diese Möglichkeit klar vorzuziehen. Die
Stellung ist mir völlig unklar, z.B.} 21. Qxe6+ Kb8 22. f7 Bg7 $13) 21. Rb1 Bh6
22. Nf3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Nd2 $1 $18 {Die entscheidende Abwicklung, Weiß
löst das schwarze Figurenknäuel effektiv auf.} Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 c3 (25... Nxb2
26. Rxb2 c3 27. Rc2 Bxg5 28. hxg5 $1 Rxh1 29. Kxh1 cxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. f7
Rd8 32. g6 $18 {(Forster)}) 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Ne4 c2 28. Rbc1 Rd4 (28... Nxc1
29. Rxc1 $18 {(Forster)}) (28... Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Rd2 31. Ne4 $18 {
(Forster)}) 29. Bxh6 Rxh6 30. f7 Rh8 31. Nxc5 $1 Nxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd6 33. Rxc2 Rc6
34. Rc4 Kd8 35. Rd4+ Ke7 36. Nd7 Ra6 37. Ne5 Rc8 38. Rf4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5185]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5
h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 {
Ivanov,Se: [In the line of 13...Nf6 the game Ionov-Popov (St.Petersburg, 1997)
is of a certain theoretical significance: 14.Bg2 (14.Nb5!? also deserves a try)
14... Bh6 (14...Be7 is possible here, too) 15.Bf6 Qf6 16. O-O O-O-O 17.Nb5 ed5
18.Na7 Kb8 19.Nb5 Bg5 (19...Bg7 was in Kasparov-Ivanchuk, Linares,1994) 20.
Qe1! (worse is 20.f4?! Qh6! 21.fg5 Qh2 22.Kf2 d4 23.Rg1 Rh4! with a dangerous
attack against White's King, Komlenovich-Lupu, Andorra,1994) 20...Rd7 21.b3
Qh6 22.Qe5 (stronger is immediate 22.h4) 22...Ka8 23.h4 Bh4 24.gh4 f6! 25.Qc3
Qh4 26.Qa5 Kb8 27.Qa7 Kc8 28. Qc5 Kb8 29.Rfe1 Rg8 30.Qa7 Kc8 31.Qc5 Kb8 32.Kf1
Qg4 33.Qa7 Kb8 34.Qc5 Kb8 35.Qa7 Kc8 1/2-1/2]} 14. Bg2 b4 15. O-O {Ivanov,Se: 
[Also possible here is 15.Na4 Qb5 16.O-O O-O-O etc. that leads to the game
with the moves transposition. By the way, it is not profitable to play 16.de6
Bg2 17.ed7 Qd7 18.Qe2 Qe6 19.Qe6 fe6 20.Rg1 Rh2 or 20...Bc6, and Black's
chances are better]} O-O-O {Ivanov,Se: [Capturing the Knight brings - 15...bc3
- White the durable initiative, which was proved by the game Sakaev-S.Ivanov 
(Kazan,1995): 16.bc3 (16.de6 Ne5 17.Re1 Bg2 18.Re5 Qc6! with unclear game) 16..
.Qc7 (16...e5 17.Rb1 Qa6 18.Rb7 Qb7 19.d6 Qc8 20.f4 with attack) 17.de6 (17.
Re1!?) 17...fe6 18.Qb1 O-O-O 19.Bb7 Qb7 20.Re1 Bh6 21.Qb7 Kb7 22.f4+/=]} 16.
Na4 {Ivanov,Se: [The other move is 16.Rb1 which has become popular recently.
In I.Novikov-S.Ivanov (St.Petersburg,1996) Black succeeded to revive the line
16...Bh6 which was beleived to be refuted and was substituted for 16...Qa6: 16.
..Bh6 17.Bh6 Rh6 18.b3 bc3!? (18...cb3 19.Na4 Qb5 20.ab3 ed5 21.Rc1 Kb8 
(Piket-Illescas, Dos Hermanas, 1995) 22.Qd2 Rf6 23.Qg5! +/-) 19.bc4 Qa6 20.Rb7
Qb7 21.de6 Qb2! 22.ed7 Rd7 23.Qf3 c2= 24.Qc6 Kd8 25.Qa8 Kc7 26.Qc6 Kd8 27.Qa8
Kc7 28.Qa7 Kd6 29.Qa6 Kc7 30.Qc6 Kd8 31.Qa8 Kc7 32.Qc6 1/2-1/2]} Qb5 {Ivanov,
Se: [The other acceptable opportunity is 16...Qa6. Less promising is 16...Qd6
17.Bf4! (17.de6 Qe6 18.Re1 Ne5! 19.Qd8 (19.Bb7 Kb7 20.Qd8 Nf3 21.Kg2 Qc6! with
attack; 20.Qe2 Qh3=) 19...Kd8 20.Bb7 (Shirov-Piket, Aruba,1995) 20...Qf5! with
unclear game) 17...Qa6 (17...e5 18.Be3 Bh6 19.Qc1 Be3 20.Qe3 Ba6?! 21.a3 Kb8
22.h4 Rdg8 23.Nc5! Nc5 24.ab4 Nb7 25.b3! 1-0, Kramnik-Ivanchuk,Novgorod,1996)
18.de6! (weaker is 18.a3 b3 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Qe2 Nd5 21.Nd5 ed5=/+, Jasnikowski-S.
Ivanov, Lubnewice,1994) 18...fe6 (after 18...Nf6 White should play not 19.Qe2
Bg2 20.e7 Be7 21.Qe7 Nd5 22.Qc5 Kb7 with the unclear play (K.Andreev-A.Ioffe,
St.Petersburg,1995) - but 19.Bb7 Qb7 20.Qc2! (with the idea 20...Bd6 21.Qf5),
keeping the advantage) 19.Bb7 Qb7 20.Qg4 Bh6 21.Bd6! Qc6 22.Rfd1, and White
has an advantage, Ionov-Bjerring, El Vendrell, 1996]} 17. a3 exd5 {Ivanov,Se: 
[Formerly, 17...Nb8 was considered to be the main line here. After that White
would either increase pressure with 18.ab4 cb4 19.Qg4 Bd5 20.Rfc1 and so on -
or introduce an interesting Queen sacrifice: 19.Qd4 Nc6 20.dc6!? Rd4 21.cb7
etc.]} 18. axb4 d4 {'!?' Ivanov,Se. Ivanov,Se: [An attempt to open a new part
in the line of 17...ed5: with the price of a Pawn Black is going to coordinate
his pieces properly. The usual 18...cb4 is now considered to be doubtful
because of the fantastic White's idea in Ivanchuk-Shirov (Wijk-aan-Zee,1996):
19.Be3 (19.Re1 is also not bad) 19...Nc5 20.Qg4 Rd7 (20...Kb8 21.Qd4 Na4 22.
Qa7 Kc7 23.Ra4!+/- or 20...Qd7 21.Qd7 Nd7 22.Rfd1! Nf6 23.Ba7+/-) 21.Qg7!!
After the forced 21...Bg7 22.fg7 Rg8 23.Nc5, Black tried to simplify the play
with 23...d4, but 24.Bb7 Rb7 25.Nb7 Qb6 26.Bd4! Qd4 27.Rfd1 gave White the
decisive attack. Later, in B.Lalic-Wilson (London,1996) Black improved his
play: 23...Rg7!? 24.Bd4 (24.Bh3!? f5 25.Bf5 d4 26.Bd4 Rf7 with unclear play)
24...f5 25.Bh3 Rgf7 26.Ra7 Rc7 27.Ne6 Rce7 28.Ng5 Qe8 with the unclear
position. But White's play can also be improved somewhere]} 19. Bxb7+ {Ivanov,
Se: [Immediate 19.Nc5 was also interesting: 19...Bg2 20.Kg2 Nc5 (20...Bc5 21.
bc5 Qb7 22.c6! (22.Kg1 Ne5 23.f4 Qb2 24.Rf2 Nf3! unclear; 23.c6!) 22...Qc6 23.
f3 Qc5 24.h4+/-) 21.bc5 Bc5 22.Qa4 or 22.Qf3 and White exetrs the certain
pressure]} Kxb7 20. Nc3 {'!?' Ivanov,Se. Ivanov,Se: [The most principal way.
With the piece sacrifice White disclose the files to reach the Black's King at
once. More smooth were 20.bc5, 20.Nc5 or 20.Qf3]} dxc3 {'[]' Ivanov,Se.} 21.
Qd5+ Kb6 {Ivanov,Se: [In case 21...Kc8 22.Ra7 White's threats are rather
unpleasant. In St.Pedersen-S.Ivanov (Cappelle la Grande,1996) Black was
defending with 22...Bh6 (to prevent from the killing 23.Bf4) 23.Bh6 Rh6 24.
Rfa1 Nb8 (24...Rf6? 25.Ra8 Nb8 26.Rb8! Qb8 27.Qc5 and Black loses the material
at any of his answers) 25.Qf7 Qc6 26.b5 Rf6!?, but after 27.Qh7 Qb6 28.bc3
White retained his better chances]} 22. Bf4 {'!?' Ivanov,Se. Ivanov,Se: [22.
Ra5 was tried in Sakaev-S.Ivanov (St.Petersburg,1996). After the forced play -
22...Qb4 23.bc3! (23.Rfa1 Qa5 24.Ra5 cb2! and Black seizes the initiative) 23..
.Qa5 24.Rb1 Qb5 25.Rb5 Kb5 26.Qf7 Bd6 (26...a5!?, 26...Bh6!?) the double-edged
complicated position was arisen which could hardly be estimated,  The game
move looks very strong because now it is bad 22...cb4? 23.Bc7+- or 22...cb2?
23.Ra5 Qb4 24.Bc7! Kc7 25.Ra7 and White mates. Other ways bring Black nothing
good either: 22...a6 23.Ra5 Qb4 24.bc3 (24.Ra6!?) 24...Qa5 25.Rb1 Qb5 26.Rb5
ab5 (26...kb5 27.Bc7) 27.Qf7+/- or 22...Rc8 23.Ra5 Qc6 24.Qc4 Kb7 25.Rfa1 Ra8
26.bc3+/-. Still, there found an amazing defence from the decisive (as they
seem to be) threats] Eine Neuerung gegnüber 22.Ra5.} (22. Ra5 {1-0 Sakaev,
K-Ivanov,S/St.Petersburg-ch (9) 1996 (54)}) 22... Rh5 $1 {'!!' Ivanov,Se.
Ivanov,Se: [Black gives up the whole Rook to deflect the White's Queen from
the center, and he brings up his pieces in interaction just in time]
Spektakulär und auch notwendig.} (22... cxb2 $2 23. Ra5 Qxb4 24. Bc7+ Kxc7 25.
Rxa7+ $18) (22... a6 $2 23. Ra5 Qxb4 24. Rxa6+ Kxa6 25. Qc6+ Nb6 26. Ra1+ Qa5
27. Rxa5+ Kxa5 28. Bc7 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 cxb2 (29... c2 30. Qxb6+ Ka4 31. Qa5+ Kb3
32. Qa3#) 30. Qxb6+ Ka4 31. Qxb2 $16) 23. Qxh5 {Ivanov,Se: [To accept this
sacrifice is necessary because it ic not possible to produce the mating attack
at once: 23.Bc7 Kc7 24.Ra7 Kc8]} cxb2 24. Rad1 {Ivanov,Se: [Now it is
senseless to play 24.Ra5 Qb4 or 24.bc5 Bc5 with the threat 25...Bf2. In the
game Sakaev-S.Ivanov (St.Petersburg,1997, "speed chess") White did not trade
queens to organise an attack, but in vain: 24.Rae1 cb4 25.Qf7 c3 26.Qe6 (26.
Re6!?, 26.Be3!?) 26...Kb7 27.f7 c2 28.Qe8 Rc8 29.h4 Qd3 30.Kh2 Nf6 31.Qc8 Kc8
32.Re8 Kd7 33.Rf8 Qf1 34.Rd8 Kc6, and Black won]} cxb4 $1 {Ivanov,Se: [To
copmose a powerful pawn team at the Q-side Black continue sacrifying. Weaker
is 24...Qb4 25.Qf7 with an attack or 24...c3 25.bc5 Bc5 26.Qf7 and 26...c2?
must not be played because of 27.Qe6 Qc6 (27...Kb7 28.Qe4 Qc6 29.Qc2; 27...Ka5
28.Ra1 ba1Q 29.Ra1 Kb4 30.Bd2x) 28.Qb3 Qb5 29.Qc2+/-] Für die schwarzen
Freibauern ist kein Materialopfer zu schade.} 25. Bc7+ {Ivanov,Se: [Dangerous
is 25.Qf7 c3 or 25.Rd5 Bc5 26.Qf7 (26.Be3 c3 27.Bc5 Nc5 28.Rd8 Qf1 29.Kf1 b1Q)
26...c3 27.Rb1 (27.Qe6 Qc6 28.Qf5 c2) 27...Qe2-+. But 25.Be3!? is interesting,
e.g.: 25...Bc5 26.Rd6 Kc7 27.Bc5 Nc5 (27...Qc5? 28.Rd7!+-) 28.Rd8 Kd8 29.Qf7
with the attack. Stronger is 25...Kc6! 26.Qf7 c3 or 26.Qf3 Kc7 27.Bf4 Kb6 28.
Be3 Bc5 unclear]} Kc6 26. Qxb5+ Kxb5 27. Bxd8 c3 $1 {Ivanov,Se: [Black cannot
save the Knight: 27...Nc5 28.Be7 Bh6 (28...Ne6 29.f4 with the idea 30.f5+-) 29.
Rd5 Bc1 (29...c3 30.Rc5 Ka4 31.f4) 30.Rc5 Ka6 31.Rc4 b1Q 32.Rfc1+- or 27...Nb6
28.g4 (28.Bb6) 28...Bh6 29.f4 with the eventual g4-g5 and Bd8-e7+-]} (27... Nb6
$6 28. Be7 Bh6 29. f4 {/\ g4-g5}) 28. Rxd7 {Trotz seines nominellen
Materialvorteils steht Weiß wahrscheinlich auf Verlust.} a5 $6 {Ivanov,Se: [In
spite of White having two extra Rooks (!) Black's far-advanced pawns provide
him significant counter-chances. With the last move Black is trying to play
win. Still, the really best choice was 28...c2 (which was statred by the
previous home-analyses), and after that the game was to come to draw if the
opponents play exactly: 29.Rdd1 cd1Q (29...Kc4 30.Rde1!) 30.Rd1 Kc4 (30...a5?
31.Ba5 Ka5 32.Rb1+-) 31.Kf1! (31.Rb1?Kb3 32.Be7 Kc2 33.Rb2 Kb2 34.Bf8 b3 35.
Bc5 Ka2 36.Bd4 a5! 37.h4 a4 38.h5 a3 39.h6 b2-+; 31.Be7 Bh6 32.f4? a5 with the
eventual a4-a3-a2-+; better is 32.Rb1 Bc1 33.g4 unclear) 31...Kb3 32.Ke2 Ka2! 
(natural 32...Kc2 is refuted by 33.Be7 Bh6 34.Bb4 Bc1 35.Ba3 (or 35.Bd2)+- or
33...b1Q 34.Rb1 Kb1 35.Bf8 b3 (35...a5 36.h4 etc.) 36.Ba3 Ka2 37.Bc1 a5 38.h4
a4 39.h5 a3 40.h6 b2 41.Bb2 ab2 42.h7 b1Q 43.h8Q, and White is two pawn up in
the queen ending) 33.Be7 (33.Rd2 Kb3 34.Rd1 leads to moves repetition since 34.
Rb2? is bad in view of 34...Kb2 35.Be7 b3 36.Bf8 Ka2 -+; also, Black must not
play 33...Ka1? 34.Bc7! and Be5+-) 33...Bh6! 34.Bb4 (34.f4 b3 35.Rd2 Ka1 36.Bc5
b1Q 37.Bd4 b2-/+) 34...Bc1 35.Bd2 b1Q 36.Rc1 Qe4 37.Be3 a5, with approximately
equal chances in the arisen ending] Es scheint mir, daß Schwarz mit 28...c2 !
gewinnen konnte :} (28... c2 29. Rdd1 Kc4 $1 (29... cxd1=Q $2 30. Rxd1 Kc4 31.
g4 Kb3 (31... Bh6 32. Rb1 Kc3 33. Ba5) 32. g5 Kc2 33. Rf1 b1=Q 34. Rxb1 Kxb1
35. g6 $1 (35. Be7 $2 b3 36. g6 Ka2 37. g7 Bxg7 38. fxg7 b2 39. g8=Q b1=Q+ 40.
Kg2 Qe4+ $11 {Khalifman}) 35... fxg6 (35... b3 36. g7 $18) 36. Be7 b3 (36...
Bh6 37. Bxb4 $18) 37. Bxf8 Ka2 38. Ba3 Kxa3 39. f7 b2 40. f8=Q+ $18) 30. Be7 (
30. g4 Bh6 31. Rb1 c1=Q 32. Rfxc1+ bxc1=Q+ 33. Rxc1+ Bxc1 $19) (30. Rb1 cxb1=Q
31. Rxb1 Kb3 32. Be7 Kc2 33. Rf1 b1=Q 34. Rxb1 Kxb1 35. Bxf8 a5 36. h4 Ka2 $19)
30... Bh6 31. f4 a5 $19) 29. Rd5+ {Ivanov,Se: [White spent almost all the time
before the control and refused to look for the advantage to take his way to
the full equality. He had rather a rich choice there: a). 29.Rf7 c2 30.Rf8 c1Q
31.Be7 Qf132.Kf1 b1Q 33.Kg2 Qe4 unclear; b). 29.Be7 c2 (29...Bh6) 30.Bf8 c1Q
31.Rdd1 Qc2 with the following a4-a3-a2-/+; c). 29.Rb7 Ka4 30.Rc7 Kb3 31.Be7
Bh6 32.f4 c2 33.Rf3 Ka4-+; d). 29.Rc7! (seems to be the strongest) 29...Bd6 
(worse is 29...Bc5 30.Be7 Bb6 31.Rc8 a4 32.h4 a3 33.Rc3! (an important
opportunity!) 33...a2 (33...bc3? 34.Ba3 Bd4 35.Bb2 cb2 36.g4+-) 34.Rb3 (34.
Rcc1? bc1Q 35.Rc1 b3 36.Ba3 Bd4 37.Rd1 Ka4-+) 34...a1Q 35.Rb4 and Black is to
struggle for the draw, but interesting is 29...Ka4!?) 30.Rc8 a4 31.Be7 a3 32.
Bd6 a2 33.Rb8 Kc6 34.Bb4 b1Q 35.Bc3 (35.Rc8 Kd7 36.Rc3 a1Q; 35.Ra8!?) 35...Qb8,
and Black is able to keep the balance]} Kc4 {Ivanov,Se: [29...Kc6 does not
work in view of 30.Ra5 c2 31.Be7 Be7? 32.fe7 Kd7 33.Re1! and White wins]} (
29... Kc6 $5 {sieht zwar absurd aus, ist aber vielleicht spielbar. Zumindest
kann Weiß dann nicht einfach analog der Partie spielen :} 30. Rxa5 (30. Rdd1 $5
{ist hier vielleicht besser.}) 30... c2 31. Be7 b1=Q 32. Bxf8 Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1
c1=Q+ 34. Kg2 b3 35. Ba3 Qa1 {/\ ...Qa2, ...b2}) 30. Rxa5 (30. Rdd1 c2 31. Rde1
a4 32. Be7 a3 $19) 30... c2 31. Be7 b1=Q (31... Bh6 $2 32. Rc5+ Kb3 33. Rxc2
Kxc2 34. Bxb4 Bc1 35. Ba3 $18) 32. Bxf8 {Ivanov,Se: [32.Rc5 is dubious because
of 32...Kd3 33.Bf8 b3 with the following 34...b2]} (32. Rc5+ $2 Kd4 33. Bxf8 b3
34. Bd6 b2 $19) (32. Ra1 $6 Qxa1 33. Rxa1 b3 34. Rc1 Kd3 35. Bxf8 b2 36. Bh6
b1=Q $17 {Es ist mir nicht klar, ob Weiß hier eine Festung errichten kann.})
32... Qxf1+ {Ivanov,Se: [Now 32...b3 is met by 33.Ba3]} 33. Kxf1 c1=Q+ 34. Kg2
Qb1 {Ivanov,Se: [Black has no real reasons to play win (e.g., 34...Qd1)
because it is sufficient for White to give the Bishop for the b-pawn to reach
the draw]} (34... Qd1 35. Bxb4 Kxb4 36. Re5 $11 {/\ Re3 und Weiß errichtet
eine Festung.}) 35. Ra4 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O
c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 (18. Re1) 18... d4 $5 (18... cxb4
) 19. Bxb7+ {Remis in Sakaev,K-VanWely,L/Moscow olm 1994. Gemäß Van Wely kann
Weiß Dauerschach forcieren.} Kxb7 (19... Qxb7 $5) 20. Nc3 $5 {Dieser Zug führt
zwangsläufig zu einer Stellung mit ungewöhnlicher Materialverteilung.} (20.
bxc5 $5) (20. Nxc5+ $5) 20... dxc3 21. Qd5+ Kb6 (21... Kc8 $2 22. Rxa7 cxb2 23.
Bf4 $18) 22. Ra5 (22. bxc3 $2 cxb4 23. Be3+ Bc5) 22... Qxb4 23. bxc3 Qxa5 (
23... Qxc3 $2 24. Rb1+ Kxa5 25. Bd2 $18) 24. Rb1+ Qb5 (24... Kc7 $2 25. Rb7+
Kc8 26. Qc6+ $18) 25. Rxb5+ Kxb5 26. Qxf7 $13 {Ich denke, daß Schwarz in
dieser Stellung keine Problem haben sollte.} Bd6 27. Qd5 Nb6 28. Qf5 a5 29. Bc1
Rhe8 30. Kg2 Re1 31. Ba3 Be5 $2 {Ein glatter Tempoverlust.} (31... Bf8 32. g4
Rd2 33. g5 Ree2 34. g6 Rxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 $18) (31... Re5 $1 32.
Qb1+ (32. Qg6 Nd5 {/\ ...Rf8}) 32... Kc6 $13 {/\ ...Nd5}) 32. f7 Bd6 33. g4 Bf8
34. h4 Rd2 35. h5 Ree2 36. Bxc5 $1 $18 Bxc5 37. Qxc5+ Kxc5 38. f8=Q+ {[#]_|_
Hecht Typisches Endspiel aus der Botwinnik-Variante der Slawischen
Verteidigung mit vollständigem Ungleichgewicht von Material und P-Verteilung.
Freibauernrennen! Taktik} Kb5 39. h6 Nd5 (39... Nd7 40. Qf5+ Re5 41. h7 Rxf5
42. gxf5 $18) 40. h7 Rxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Nf4+ 42. Kg3 Rxf2 43. h8=Q Nd3 44. Qe8+ Kb6
(44... Kc5 45. Qa4 $18) 45. Qd8+ Kb5 (45... Ka6 46. Qd6+) 46. Qd5+ Kb6 47. Qxc4
Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Rd2 50. g5 Nc5 51. g6 Rd7 52. Qg8 Kb7 53. g7 Ne6 54.
Qxe6 Rxg7+ 55. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O Kf8 $1 {Yusupovs Entdeckung, die seit ihrer Entstehung 1993
für einige spektakuläre Schwarzsiege sorgte.} 17. f3 (17. h4 {Razuvaev,
Y-Fillipov,V/RUS-ch Elista 1995/CBM 50 1995}) (17. Be2 {Kharitonov,A-Yagupov,I/
RUS Army-ch/CBM 48 1995}) (17. f4 Nb6 18. Bg2 (18. Ne4 {Vladimirov,E-Bareev,E/
Tilburg (02)/CBM 39 1993}) 18... exd5 19. Qf2 {Kamsky,G-Shirov,A/WchT Luzern/
CBM 38 1993} (19. Nxb5 {Alterman,B-Kamsky,G/Tilburg (02)/CBM 39 1993})) (17. g4
{Piket,J-Kaidanov,G/Tilburg (02)/CBM 39 1993}) 17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd6 (18...
Bxd5 {Bagaturov,G-Jaracz,P/Pardubice op (07)/EXT94op 1994}) 19. Qg5 {Dies galt
bislang als das letzte Wort. Die Drohung ist 20.Nc7.} (19. Nc7 {Salov,V-Bareev,
E/Madrid (09)/CBM 41 1994}) 19... Rb8 $5 {Eine erstaunlich coole Neuerung.
Schwarz läßt die Dame im Abzug stehen.} (19... Rg6 20. Qf5 Ne5 (20... Rd8 21.
Bxc4 $1 bxc4 22. Nf4 Qf6 23. Nxg6+ Qxg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. h4 $16 {Bareev}) 21.
Nf4 Rf6 22. Qh3 $1 (22. Qh5 $4 Qxd1+ $19 {Bareev}) (22. Qh7 Rh6 {Bareev}) 22...
Qxd1+ $8 (22... Qa6 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qh5 $18 {Bareev}) (22... Qc7 23. Qh8+ Ke7
24. Qg7 Rd8 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Rxe5+ $18 {Bareev}) 23. Kxd1 Bxf3+ 24. Kc1 Bxh1 25.
Qh4 $1 Nd7 $8 26. Bh3 Rd6 $8 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qe5+ Kd8 30. h4 $1
$16 {Bareev,E-Filippov,V/RUS-chT Kazan (08) ;CBM 51 1995}) 20. Nf4 (20. Bh3 $5
Ne5 $1 {/\ ...Nd3} (20... Rxh3 $2 21. Nf4 Qh6 (21... Qe7 22. Nxh3 Bxf3 23.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rhe1+ $18) (21... Qe5 22. Nxh3 Bxf3 23. Rxd7 Qxg5+ 24. Nxg5 Bxh1
25. Rxf7+ $16) 22. Nxh3 (22. Qf5 Rd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxd7 Rxg3 $13) 22...
Qxh3 23. Qf4 $1 {/\ Rd7, /\ Qd6} Rd8 (23... Re8 24. Qd6+ Kg8 (24... Re7 25.
Rhe1 $18) 25. Qxd7 $16) (23... Rc8 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Rhe1+ Kd8 26. Qf6+ Kc7 27.
Rxd7+ Qxd7 (27... Kxd7 28. Re7+ Kd8 29. Qd6+) 28. Re7 $18) 24. Qc7 Qh6+ 25. Kb1
(25. f4 $2 Qb6) 25... Qb6 26. Rxd7 $16)) 20... Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Bg2 $14 {
Das Endspiel ist besser für Weiß, da er über die besseren Figuren und die
besseren Bauern verfügt. Das folgende Springermanöver ist interessant.} Ne8 $1
23. h4 Ng7 24. g4 Rf6 25. Ne2 (25. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Ne6 27. g5 Nf4) 25...
Bxf3 26. Bxf3 (26. g5 $5 Rf5 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. Rhf1) 26... Rxf3 27. Rhf1 Rxf1
28. Rxf1 Rd8 29. g5 Ke7 30. Nf4 Rg8 31. Nd5+ Kd6 32. Nc3 b4 33. Ne4+ Ke5 34.
Nxc5 Rh8 35. Rxf7 Nf5 36. Nd7+ Ke6 37. Rf6+ Kxd7 38. Rxf5 Rxh4 39. Ra5 Rh1+ 40.
Kd2 Rh2+ 41. Kc1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4
b5 7. e5 h6 {Kortschnoj: 'The so called "Botvinnik variation" loses gradually
its glare after the death of the inventor...'} 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 $5 {Diese
Partie wurde in der letzten Runde des Turniers gespielt. Ivan Sokolov schreibt
in SCHACH 7/2005 und NIC 5/2004, dass er um den Turniersieg mitkämpfen und
seinen Gegner daher bewusst mit einer alten Variante überraschen wollte.} gxh4
10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 Bb7 (11... c5 {ist die andere wesentliche Möglichkeit.})
12. axb5 $5 {Dies ist ein seltener Zug, der einige Male von Pia Cramling
angewandt wurde.} (12. Be2 {wurde häufiger gespielt.} c5 (12... h3 $5)) 12...
cxb5 (12... c5 $5 {Kortschnoj} 13. Bxc4 Bd6 $1) 13. Bxc4 a6 (13... Bd6 $5 14.
Bxb5+ Ke7 15. Qe2 h5 16. h3 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Garcia Martinez,S/Malaga 2001/
EXT 2002 (16)}) (13... bxc4 $2 {Kortschnoj} 14. Qa4+ Kd8 15. Qa5+ Kc8 16. Ra4
$18) 14. Nxb5 {Kortschnoj: 'We have to pay a credit to the inexhostible
phantasy of grandmaster Bellon, who has discovered these sacrifices in the
year 2000. The first sacrifice is obvious, although has never been played by
others: 13...bc 14.Qa4 Kd8 15.Qa5 Kc8 16.Ra4, winning. The second, the really
terrific blow!, leads to very complicated matters. But still, with advantage
to white! As to playing black Shirov - it looks like he is totally unaware of
the last theoretical developments. Or he made up his mind to challenge white`s
brilliant play, but his home work turned out to be inaccurate. As to the
modern theory, after 12.ab it recommends 12...c5!?. And after 13.Bc4 S.M.
Garcia against P. Cramling played 13...Bd6! and managed to save the game!'}
axb5 $146 {Eine Neuerung am Brett.} (14... Bb4+ 15. Nc3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Bxg2 17.
Rg1 h3 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Rd1 (19. Be2 $5 {sieht wie eine Verbesserung aus. Die
Idee ist Be2-f3, sofern dies taktisch möglich ist.} Rg8 (19... Ra7 20. Bf3 Bxf3
$2 21. Qb4+ $18) 20. Bf3) 19... Rg8 20. Rd3 Rg5 21. Re3 Ra7 22. Nd3 Nc6 $13 23.
Qa3+ Kg7 24. Qd6 Rb7 25. Ke2 Ne7 26. Qd8 Nf5 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Ra1 Nxe3 29.
Kxe3 a5 30. Nc5 Ra7 31. f3 Rg8 32. Bb5 Ke7 33. c4 h5 34. Nd3 h4 35. Ne5 Raa8
36. Bc6 Ra7 37. Bb5 Kd6 38. Nc6 Raa8 39. Ne5 f6 40. Nd7 Ke7 41. Nb6 Ra7 42. c5
Rb8 43. Ba4 Ra6 44. Rb1 Kd8 45. Kf2 Rb7 46. Bc6 Rb8 47. Ba4 Rb7 48. Bc6 Rb8 49.
Ba4 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Ornstein,A/Stockholm 2001/CBM 79 ext (49)}) 15. Bxb5+
Kd8 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Qa4 {Ftacnik: 'White has used rather extreme meassures
in the opening, for the sacrificed piece he can claim strong initiative and a
perfect target in king on d8.'} Bd6 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'This move was perhaps
prepared by Shirov at home.'  Sokolov hatte am Vorabend von seinem Sekundanten
GM Atalik gezeigt bekommen, dass 17...Bxg2 und 17...Bd5 jeweils zu weißem
Vorteil führen. Nach dem Partiezug musste er jedoch selbst anfangen zu spielen.
} (17... Bxg2 {'?' Ftacnik.} 18. Qa7 {'!' Ftacnik.} Kc8 (18... Bd6 {Ftacnik}
19. Nxf7+ Qxf7 20. Qxf7 Rf8 21. Qxe6 Bb4+ 22. Ke2 Bxh1 23. Qb6+ Ke7 24. Qc7+
$18) 19. Bd7+ Nxd7 20. Qxd7+ Kb8 21. f3 Bxf3 (21... Bb4+ {Ftacnik} 22. Kf2 Bxf3
23. Nxf3 $18) 22. Qb5+ Ka7 (22... Kc7 {Ftacnik} 23. Rf1 $16) 23. Rf1 $18) (
17... Bd5 18. Qa7 Kc8 19. Bd7+ Nxd7 20. Qxd7+ Kb8 21. Qb5+ Kc7 22. O-O Qg5 23.
g3 $18) 18. Nc4 $5 (18. Qxa8 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5+ 20. Be2 Qxb2 (20... h3 $5 {
Ftacnik} 21. g3 Ke7 $13) 21. O-O Ke7 22. Qe4 Nd7 23. Qxh4+ Kf8 {ist
remisverdächtig (I.Sokolov)}) 18... Bc7 $5 (18... Bxg2 $5 19. Nxd6 Bxh1 20. Qa7
{sieht gefährlich aus, aber ...} Qg6 $1 {führt zum Dauerschach (I.Sokolov).}) (
18... Qf4 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxa8 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc2+ 21. Nd2 $16) 19. Qxa8 Qg5 {
Kortschnoj: 'And black also has his trump: bishop b5 and rook h1 are hanging!'}
20. Qb7 $1 {Durch ein Turmopfer verschärft Weiß die Partie aufs Maximum.} (20.
Qf3 {Ftacnik} Rf8 21. d5 exd5 22. Ne3 $14) 20... Qc1+ 21. Ke2 Qxh1 22. Ne5 $1 {
Die Pointe. Es droht sowohl 23.Nxf7+ als auch 23.Nc6+.} Qc1 $2 {Ftacnik:
'Shirov is doing wonders in active defense, but as a human he found it a bit
difficult to unearth the unusual idea 22...Rh7!? Return of the queen to the
center of the fight is sensible enough.' Ein Fehler.} (22... Rf8 {verliert
nach I.Sokolov forciert:} 23. Nc6+ Nxc6 24. Qxc6 Ke7 (24... Kc8 25. Qa8+ Bb8
26. Bc6 $18) 25. Qxc7+ Kf6 26. Qe5+ Kg6 27. Bd3+ f5 28. Qxe6+ $18) ({Aber} 
22... Rh7 $1 {hätte Schwarz gerettet, denn} 23. Nc6+ Nxc6 24. Qxc6 Ke7 25.
Qxc7+ Kf8 26. Bd3 Rh8 {'~~' Ftacnik. sollte nach I.Sokolov remis sein.}) (22...
Bxe5 $4 {Ftacnik} 23. dxe5 $18) 23. Nxf7+ Ke7 24. Nxh8 {Schwarz kann zwar nun
mit Schach die beiden Bauern zurückgewinnen, aber sein König bleibt weiterhin
unter Angriff.} Qxb2+ 25. Kf3 Qc3+ 26. Kg4 Qxd4+ 27. Kh3 {Diese Stellung ist
verblüffend: Weiß agiert auf den weißen Feldern, Schwarz auf den Schwarzen.
Weiß ist aber am Drücker} (27. Kh5 $2 {ist zu schlau gespielt:} Qe5+ 28. Kg6
Nd7 $1 29. Bxd7 Qf5+ 30. Kxh6 Bf4+ 31. Kg7 Be5+ 32. Kh6 Kf6 {nebst Matt (I.
Sokolov)}) 27... Qb6 $2 {Ftacnik: 'The demands of ungrateful defensive task
are taking a toll from Shirov as he misses the equalizing idea 27...Qd6!' 
Kortschnoj: 'In a slightly worse position black misses the best chance:'} (
27... Qd6 28. Ng6+ Kf6 29. Be8 Nc6 (29... Qxh2+ 30. Kg4 {nebst Qf3+}) 30. f4 {
, und der weiße König steht sicherer als der schwarze.}) 28. Qc8 $1 Qxb5 29.
Qxc7+ Nd7 30. Ng6+ Kf6 31. Nxh4 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und der schwarze
König ist nach wie vor Drohungen ausgesetzt.} Qd3+ 32. f3 Ne5 33. Qc1 Nf7 (
33... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 34. Qf4 Nf7 $14) 34. Qb2+ e5 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Bad move in
principle, since pawns will become more exposed and vulnerable.'  Schwächt das
Feld f5 und die 6.Reihe.} (34... Ne5 $5 {'+/=!?' Ftacnik.}) (34... Ke7 {Ftacnik
} 35. Qg7 $16) 35. Qb6+ Kg7 36. Kg3 $18 {Mit der Idee Qe6 nebst Nf5+.} Qc4 37.
Qg6+ Kf8 38. Qf6 Kg8 39. Ng6 e4 40. Nf4 exf3 41. Ne6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 78th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qc7 14. Bg2 b4 15. d6
Qb6 16. Ne4 Bd5 $1 {Dieser Zug ist besser als 16...Ne5 und sollte Schwarz
mindestens ausgeglichenes Spiel geben, Schwarz knöpft sich unmittelbar den Pd6
vor. Ist damit 15.d6 entschärft !?} (16... Ne5 $6 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Qe2 (18. a3
b3 19. Rc1 (19. Be3 Bxd6 20. Qe2 Nd3 21. Nxd6+ Rxd6 22. Bxb7+ Qxb7 23. Bd2 Qd5
24. Bc3 Nf4 {0-1 Mansson,J-Sherwin,J/Coventry 2004/CBM 99 ext (24)}) 19... Bd5
20. Qe2 Bxd6 21. Rc3 Bc7 22. h4 Nd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 c4 25. Qc3 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Knaak,R/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (46)}) 18... Bd5 19. Rfd1 Nc6 (
19... Qc6 20. a3 b3 21. Rxd5 $1 $40 {1-0 Filippov,V-Bocharov,D/Tomsk 2004/CBM
102/[Lutz] (35)}) 20. Rac1 Bxd6 21. Rxc4 $1 $40 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Smeets,J/Wijk
aan Zee 2005/CBM 105/[Lutz] (95)}) 17. O-O (17. Bf4 Qc6 18. f3 O-O-O 19. O-O e5
(19... Bh6 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Nb6 22. a3 b3 23. a4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Qxd6 25. a5
Qxf4 26. gxf4 Na8 27. Rac1 Rd4 $36 {0-1 Gupta,A-L'Ami,E/Kochin 2004/CBM 103
ext (39)}) 20. Be3 Bxd6 21. a3 b3 22. Qd2 Bc7 23. Rad1 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nb6 25.
Qe2 Kb7 26. Rd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Qd6 28. Qxc4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Collas,D-Kapnisis,S/
Beruit 2003/CBM 96 ext (60)}) (17. Qa4 O-O-O 18. O-O Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20.
Rfd1 Kb7 21. a3 Nb6 22. Qa5 b3 23. h4 Qc6 24. Bf1 Bf3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxc4
Nxc4 27. Qxd8 Ne5 28. Be3 Bh1 29. Kf1 Qb5+ 30. Kg1 Qc6 31. Kf1 Qb5+ 32. Kg1 {
1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Mastrovasilis,D/Thessaloniki 2004/CBM 102 ext (32)}) 17...
O-O-O 18. Qe2 Bxd6 19. a3 $146 {Eine Neuerung, die aber auch nichts daran
ändert, dass Schwarz gut steht.} (19. f4 Qc6 20. h4 Nb6 21. h5 Bc7 22. g4 Na4
23. Rae1 b3 24. axb3 cxb3 25. Bh4 c4 26. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Mastrovasilis,D/
Tripoli 2004/CBM 102/[Lutz] (26)}) (19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. Bxd5 exd5
22. Qf3 Kb7 23. Rac1 Nb6 24. Bg5 d4 25. Qg4 Qd7 26. Qf3+ Qd5 $17 {0-1 Ramesa,
M-Doric,N/Kostrena 2004/CBM 102 ext (45)}) 19... b3 20. Nc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc6+
22. f3 Ne5 23. Rad1 $17 Nd3 {Unter dem Schutz dieses Springers kann Schwarz
sein Spiel formieren. Wegen der Schwäche des Pb2 steht Schwarz besser.} 24. h4
Qc7 25. Ne4 Be5 26. Rd2 Rhg8 27. f4 Bxb2 $1 28. Rxb2 Nxb2 29. Qxb2 Qc6 30. Re1
Rd4 31. Kf3 Rgd8 32. Qb1 c3 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 c5 12. Be2 (12. Ng4 $1 {Ftacnik} Qe7
13. dxc5 Bg7 $2 (13... Bb7 14. Qd4 e5 $1 15. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Nxe5 Bxc5 $13) 14.
axb5 $5 (14. Qd6 $5 $14) 14... Nd7 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. c6 Nb6 17. Be2 Nd5 $1 {
0-1 Moskalenko,V-Kaidanov,G/Lvov/1988/ (27)}) (12. Nxb5 {Ftacnik} cxd4 13. Nc7+
Kd8 14. Qxd4+ Nd7 15. O-O-O (15. Nxf7+ Kxc7 16. Qxf6 Bb4+ 17. Kd1 Nxf6 18. Nxh8
Ba6 19. Nf7 Ne4 20. Be2 Nxf2+ 21. Kc2 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 Rf8 23. Rf1 Bb7 24. Rf4 Bd5
{0-1 Torres,Ja-O'Donnell,T/San Mateo/1994/ (33)}) 15... Kxc7 16. Qxc4+ Nc5 17.
Qb5 Qf4+ 18. Rd2 Qxa4 19. Qxa4 Nxa4 20. Rc2+ Nc5 21. b4 Rg8 22. bxc5 Rg5 23. f4
Rf5 24. g3 {0-1 Ligterink,G-Kuijf,M/NLD-ch Hilversum/1988/ (37)}) 12... cxd4 $6
{Angesichts der danach entstehenden Probleme sollte Schwarz mittels 12... Bb7
in die Variante 11... Bb7 12.Be2 c5 überlenken.} 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Qe4 Rb8 15.
Nc6 Nc5 16. Qe3 $1 (16. Nd5 $2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 18. Kf1 exd5 19. Nxb8 b4
20. Nc6 Bc5 21. Rd1 Bd7 $17 {Conquest,S-Novikov,I/Tbilisi ;TD 88\01 1988})
16... Rb6 (16... Rb7 17. axb5 Qg5 (17... Nb3 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Bg4
Qg6 21. Qf4 Be7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qg5 24. Bh5 Nc5 25. f4 Ne4 26. Qd4 e5
27. Qxe4 Qxf4 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxe5+ Qe6 30. Qxe6+ Bxe6 31. Rd8+ {1-0
Petrosian,K-Muir,A/Budapest FS07 GM ;EXT 95 1995}) 18. f4 Qxg2 19. O-O-O Rd7
20. Bxc4 Bb7 21. Rhg1 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Bb5 Qb7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 {1-0
Ikonnikov,V-Sulipa,A/Cannes op (03) ;EXP 46 1995}) 17. axb5 Qg5 (17... Rg8 {
Ftacnik} 18. O-O-O Rxg2 19. Rd8+ Qxd8 20. Nxd8 Kxd8 21. Bxc4 $14) (17... Bd7 $2
{Ftacnik} 18. Nd5 $18) 18. f4 Qxg2 19. O-O-O Rxc6 (19... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 20. Nd5
$1 (20. Rdg1 Bxc6 21. Rxg2 Nb3+ 22. Kb1 Bxg2 23. Rd1 Rg8 $13) 20... Nb3+ 21.
Kb1 Bxc6 22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. bxc6 Kxf6 24. Qe5+ Kg6 (24... Ke7 25. Rd7+ Ke8 26.
Qxe6+ $1 fxe6 27. Bh5+ Qg6+ 28. Bxg6#) 25. Rhg1 $18) 20. Bf3 Nb3+ 21. Kb1 Qg6+
22. Be4 Bc5 (22... Rd6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qe5 $18) 23. Qe2 Nd4 (23... Rd6 {
Ftacnik} 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxc4 Nd2+ 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Qxc5 $18) 24. Rxd4 Bxd4
25. Bxg6 $18 Rc5 26. Qd2 Bg7 (26... Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 27. Qxc3 Rg8 28. Bd3 $18)
27. Qe3 Rc7 (27... Bf8 {Ftacnik} 28. Ne4 Rxb5 29. Qc3 $18) 28. Nd5 Rb7 (28...
Rd7 {Ftacnik} 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Qc6 $18) 29. Qc5 Kd8 (29... exd5 {Ftacnik} 30.
Qxc8+ Ke7 31. Qxb7+ $18) (29... fxg6 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxc8+ Kf7 31. Qxb7+ $18) 30.
Nb4 fxg6 31. Rd1+ Bd7 (31... Rd7 {Ftacnik} 32. Nc6+ Kc7 33. Qxa7+ Bb7 34. Rxd7+
$18) 32. Nc6+ Kc8 33. Nxa7+ Kb8 (33... Kd8 {Ftacnik} 34. Qc8+ $18) 34. Qd6+ Ka8
(34... Kxa7 {Ftacnik} 35. Kc2 Bxb2 36. Kxb2 Bxb5 37. Qd4+ Rb6 38. Qxh8 $18) 35.
Nc6 Bxc6 36. Qxc6 Kb8 37. Rd7 (37. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Rxd7 38. Qxd7 Bf6 39. b6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 Bh6 20. Bd6 $146 Bf8 {
Inviting his young opponent to a draw by repetition.} 21. Be7 Bxe7 22. fxe7 {
In the first (previous) round, Smeets had won against Shirov practically
without spending time over the board. Now, once again, the game took a similar
course: Giri slowly entered into time trouble, while Smeets more or less
maintained his initially awarded time for a long sequence of moves. Yet, the
younger player displayed better practical skills and managed to survive his
opponent's home preparation.} Rde8 23. Qd4 Rh6 24. b3 Rxe7 25. Rfc1 Ne5 26. Nc5
c3 27. Rxa7 Nc6 28. Qg4+ Rhe6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 {The position is highly irrational.
Despite his material advantage, White has to be careful not to allow a massive
advance of the enemy pawns.} 30. Ra4 Qc5 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Bf1 d4 33. Bc4 Na5
34. Qb8 Qc6 35. f3 Nxc4 36. Rxb4 Nb6 37. Rxd4+ Nd5 38. Qe5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1200+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 (6. e3) (6. Bg5 b5 7.
axb5 cxb5 8. Nxb5 Qb6 9. Na3 Ne4 10. Nxc4 Qb4+ 11. Ncd2 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 Qxd4 13.
e3 Qd5 (13... Qd7 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Bb5 $32 {Argandona Riveiro,I (2396)-Korneev,
O (2657) Elgoibar 16th 2006 (4) 1/2}) 14. Be2) 6... Bb4 7. Bg5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd2 c5 (10... Qd5) 11. Bxc4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 (13.
Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qe3 Bd7 15. O-O Ne7 16. Bb5 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Bxb5 18. axb5 O-O 19.
Rac1 Nd5 20. Qd4 Rfd8 21. c4 Nb6 22. Qe4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 h6 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Qd4
Nc5 26. Rd1 a5 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. Qd6 Qa7 29. h3 Rc8 30. Nd4 Qb7 31. f3 Kh7 32.
Kh2 Qb4 33. Nc6 Qxc4 34. Rd4 Qc3 35. Rg4 Nb7 36. Qd7 Qxc6 37. Qxf7 Rg8 38. f4
Qe4 39. Qxe6 Nc5 40. Qd6 Nd3 41. e6 Nf2 42. Rh4 Re8 {Gupta,A (2652) -Eljanov,P
(2690) Moscow 2012 0-1}) 13... Nc6 14. Rb1 Ke7 15. Bb5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bd7 17.
Ke3 a6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rhc1 $14 {[%csl Rb7] Les Blancs ont un petit avantage
d'espace dans une finale agréable à jouer car les R Noires auront du mal à
s'activer} Rhc8 20. Ng5 $1 b5 (20... Bxg2 $6 21. f3 {[%csl Re7,Rg2][%cal Gb1b7,
Gg5e4,Ge4d6]}) 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne4 Ra3+ 23. Kf4 Bxe4 24. Kxe4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1
Kd7 26. Rc5 Rb3 {[%cal Gb3b5,Gb3b2]} 27. f4 Rb2 $132 28. g4 b4 (28... Rxh2 29.
Rxb5 $11) 29. d5 b3 30. d6 Re2+ 31. Kd3 b2 32. Rc7+ $1 {Un coup intermédiaire
important pour repousser le K adverse sur la 08ème rangée avant d'attaquer
le P passé} Kd8 33. Rb7 Rxh2 34. Kc3 Rf2 35. Rxb2 Rxf4 36. g5 Re4 37. Rb8+ Kd7
38. Rb7+ Kc6 $4 {Zeitnot?} (38... Kd8 $8 39. Rxf7) 39. d7 (39. Rxf7) 39... Kxb7
40. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {Diese spezielle
Slawisch-Version findet bemerkenswerterweise immer mehr Nachahmer.} 6. e4 ({
Mit dem doppelten Aufzug seines Königsbauern spielt Weiß ein aggressives und
etwas riskantes Gambit (des Pc4). Solider und vielleicht auch besser wirkt} 6.
e3 {, was zu einer für Weiß angenehmen Isolanistellung führt, die nahezu
identisch mit einer Variante des Angenommenen Damengambits ist, z.B.} c5 7.
Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 {und nun:} 10. Qe2 (10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 (
11... b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Ba2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rc8 16. Qe3 Nd5 17.
Nxd5 Bxg5 18. f4 Bh6 $15 {remis/38, Navara,D (2654)-Ivanchuk,V (2746)/Prague
2009}) 12. Qd2 Nb4 (12... Rc8 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 (15...
Bxf6 $6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxa4 18. Bxb7 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rc2 20. Qb4 Rxb2 21.
Qxb2 Bxd1 22. Be4 $14) 16. d5 $14 {1-0/43 Shirov,A (2740)-Svidler,P (2746)/
Foros 2008/CBM 125}) 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 (14. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 15. Bxe6 Qf8 (15...
Nbd5 $143 16. Re5 Nc7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. d5 Ncxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rd1 Nf6 21.
Qc2 Qg8 $2 (21... Qc7 $13) 22. b4 $1 {/\b5+/-, G. Sargissian - E. Najer,
EU-Cup, Kallithea 2008, 1:0/36.}) 16. Re5 (16. d5 Rd8 (16... Nbxd5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 {ist Zugumstellung zu 16...Bxd5}) (16... Bxd5 17.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Rxf2 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qd6
$11) 17. Re5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Kh8 20. Qa5 Bxg5 (20... b6 $2 21.
Bxf7 bxa5 22. Bxe7 Qxf7 23. Bxd8) 21. Bxf7 Bd2 22. Qc7 Bf4 23. Bh5 Rd2 24. Qxc6
bxc6 25. Re8 Qxe8 26. Bxe8 Be5 27. Bxc6 Bd4 $14 {/=}) 16... Kh8 17. d5 Nfxd5
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxf7 $2 (19. Bxd5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxf2 22. Rd2
$11) 19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qxf7 $17 {0:1/27, Sakaev,K (2626)-Vitiugov,N (2694)/
Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia 2009}) 14... bxc6 15. a5 (15. Rad1 $142 a5 16. Bf4 Bd6
17. Be5) 15... Nbd5 16. Bxd5 $6 (16. Bh4 Rb8 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Nc3
Bd6 20. Na4 $11) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Re5 Rb8 19. h4 $2 (19. Ne4) 19...
Nf5 $17 {0:1/42, Karthikeyan,P (2449)-Laznicka,V (2634)/Kolkata 2009}) (10. Bf4
$5 O-O (10... Nb4) 11. Rc1 Nb4 (11... Nd5 $2 12. Bxd5 $1 exd5 13. Qb3 Nb4 14.
Nb5 a6 15. Nc7 Ra7 16. Bd2 $16 {1-0/81, Potkin,V (2606)-Bindrich,F (2516)/BL
0910 SC Eppingen - SV Mülheim Nord 2009}) 12. Ne5 Nfd5 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Bd2 Nc6
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd3 $13 {/=, 1:0/55, Illescas Cordoba,M (2604)
-Fridman,D (2630)/Dresden 2008}) (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. Bb3 Nb4 13. Ne5
Rc8 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2746)
-Grischuk,A (2748)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 130}) (10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
O-O 13. Be3 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Evdokimov,A (2556)-Kobalia,M (2648)/St Petersburg
2009/CBM 132 Extra}) 10... O-O (10... Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bf4
$18) 11. Rd1 Nd5 (11... Bd7 $6 12. Bg5 $6 (12. d5 $1 {der thematische Vorstoß}
exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 $14) 12... Nd5 (12... Nb4 13. d5 {- 11...Nb4}) 13.
Bxd5 $6 (13. Bd2 $5) 13... Bxg5 $6 (13... exd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxe7 Nxe7 16.
Ne5 $14) 14. Be4 $1 $16 {1-0/25, Babula,V-Loeffler,S/Bremen GER 2008}) (11...
Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 $1 (12... Bd7 13. d5 $1 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16.
Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2729)
-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo 2006 (46)}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Ng4 Be7
16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxg4 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V (2594)-Balogh,C 
(2575)/Graz AUT 2008/The Week in Chess 698}) 12. Bb3 Ncb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qg4
Nf6 15. Qg3 Bc6 $6 (15... Be8) 16. Bh6 Ne8 17. Rac1 Kh8 18. Nxc6 (18. Bf4)
18... bxc6 19. Bf4 Nd6 20. Be5 Nf5 21. Qh3 Qb6 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Ng3 Nd5 $2 (
23... Nh4 24. Nh5 Rg8 25. Nf4 $40) 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Bc2 Kg8 26. Bxf5 $16 {
1:0/54, Kasimdzhanov,R (2702)-Perez Garcia,R (2426)/Lugo 2009}) 6... Bb4 7. Bg5
({Andere aktuelle Beispiele: I} 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5
11. Ng5 Nc6 12. h4 Qc7 13. Rh3 Bb7 14. Rf3 Nd8 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nd6 Ne7 17. Rg3
Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Qh5 Ne6 20. Qxf5 Qe7 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Be2 a5 23. Qf6 Rfe8
24. d5 Bxd5 25. Rxb5 Qxf6 26. exf6 Red8 $15 {remis/57, Akopian,V (2712)
-Eljanov,P (2716), Jermuk 2009}) ({II} 7. Bxc4 $6 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 $6 (8... Nf6
$15) 9. bxc3 Be7 (9... Bxc3 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Qd3 Ba5 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qh3 h5 14.
g4 $40) 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 Nd7 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. Rae1 Kh8 14. Bc1 g6 15. Re3 Bg7
16. Rfe1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 f5 (17... Qa5 18. Rh3 {->} {/\} h5 $2 19. Rxh5+ $1 gxh5
20. Qxh5+ Kg8 21. Bh6 $1 Qxc3 22. Re3 $18) 18. Qe2 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bxb5
Qb6 21. Ba3 Rg8 $2 (21... f4) 22. c4 Bf8 23. Bd6 Ba6 24. Bd7 Rg7 25. Bxe6 Bxd6
26. exd6 Qxd6 27. Qb2 $18 f4 28. R3e2 h5 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. Qa1 Rb6 31. c5 Qxd5
32. Re7 {1-0 Sandipan,C (2623)-Kobalia,M (2643)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2009}) 7...
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Nd2 $5 $146 {Eine originelle und
lt. meiner Datenbanken neue Idee, sich des Vorpostenspringers zu entledigen.
Oder:} ({I} 11. Be3 b5 12. Qc2 f5 13. exf6 Nexf6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2652)-Hansen,S (2542)/Helsingor 2008/CBM 125 Extra}) ({II} 
11. Qe2 f5 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Qxa4 14. Qb2 Qa5 15. Bd3 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Qd5 17.
O-O O-O 18. c4 Qd8 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. c5 Nd5 21. Qxb7 Be8 22. Ng5 Qxg5 23. Qxa8
Nf4 24. g3 Nxd3 25. Rb1 f4 26. Rb3 Qf5 27. Rb8 Qh5 28. Qxa7 f3 29. h4 Qg4 30.
Rb7 Bf7 31. Rfb1 Qh3 {0-1 Harikrishna,P (2659)-Ruck,R (2574)/Beijing 2008/CBM
126 Extra}) 11... Nxd2 ({I Die Annahme des Scheinopfers gibt Weiß nach} 11...
Nxg5 $143 12. h4 Nb6 13. hxg5 Qxa4 14. Rc2 $5 $14 {mindestens etwas besseres
Spiel.}) ({II} 11... Nxc3 12. Nxc4 Nxd1+ 13. Nxa5 Nb2 14. Nxb7 Bxb7 15. Rb1 h6
16. Bc1 (16. Rxb2 $4 hxg5 17. Rxb7 Rh4 $1) 16... c5 17. Rxb2 Bd5 $11) 12. Bxd2
Nb6 13. Qg4 Bd7 $6 ({Mittels doppeltem Bauernopfer taucht der schwarze König
schleunigst am Damenflügel unter. Den Vorzug indes verdiente m.E.} 13... Rg8
$142 $13) 14. Qxg7 O-O-O 15. Qxf7 $14 Rdf8 $6 ({Treibt die Dame auf ein
günstiges Feld, während das effektivere} 15... Rdg8 $142 $5 16. Qe7 (16. h4 Qd5
17. f3 Nxa4) 16... Qd5 17. f3 Nxa4 $14 {mehr Gegendruck entfaltet.}) 16. Qe7
Qd5 ({I} 16... Qxa4 17. Be2 Qa2 (17... Re8 18. Qc5) 18. Bh6 Rfg8 19. Bf3 (19.
Bg7 $4 Nd5 20. Qf7 Qb2) 19... Nd5 (19... Rg6 20. O-O Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 (21...
cxd5 22. Ra1 Qe2 23. g3 a6 24. Qc5+ Kb8 25. Qd6+ Kc8 26. Rfb1 Qe4 27. Rxb7) 22.
Ra1 Qe2 23. Bf4 a6 24. Rfb1 Qf3 25. g3 Qxf4 26. Rxb7 Qf5 27. Qb4) 20. Bxd5 Re8
(20... cxd5 $4 21. Bg7) 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Rhg8 24. O-O $16) (
{II} 16... Rfg8 $2 17. Ra1) 17. f3 Nxa4 18. Be2 $16 {Zwar ist das Material
wieder ausgeglichen, aber aufgrund diverser positioneller Pluspunkte 
(Königssicherheit, Bauernstruktur, Läuferpaar) hat Weiß zweifellos Vorteil,
den er in der Folge jedoch nicht festhalten kann.} c5 (18... Nb2 19. Ra1 a6 (
19... Kb8 $4 20. Qa3) 20. O-O $16) 19. Be3 (19. O-O Bc6 (19... cxd4 $2 20. Bxc4
$1 Qxe5 21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Qd6) (19... Re8 20. Qh4) 20. Be3 $16 {ist
Zugumstellung zur Partie}) 19... Bc6 (19... Re8 20. Qh4 Rhg8 21. O-O Rg7 22.
Rc2 Reg8 23. g3 b5 (23... Rf7 24. Rd1 Rgf8 25. dxc5 Qxe5 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Bxd4
$16) 24. Rd1 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 $16) 20. O-O h5 ({I} 20... Nb2 21. Rb1
Re8 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Kf2 $16) ({II} 20... Re8 21.
Qh4 Rhg8 22. Qxh7 $5 (22. Kh1) 22... Nxc3 23. Rxc3 cxd4 24. Bxc4 Qxe5 25. Bxe6+
Qxe6 26. Bxd4 $16) 21. Qd6 $6 ({Genauer war} 21. Rc2 $16 {, um den Springer
nicht so einfach via b2 nach d3 hereinzulassen.}) 21... a6 22. dxc5 $14 (22.
Rc2 Qxd6 23. exd6 b5 24. dxc5 $14) 22... Nb2 23. Qxd5 ({I} 23. Rc2 Nd3 $14 24.
Rd2 Rd8 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Bd4 $14 (26. f4 $14)) ({II} 23. Bg5 Rhg8 24. Bf6 $14)
23... Bxd5 24. Bg5 (24. h4 $5 Rhg8 25. Bg5 Na4 (25... Rf5 26. f4) 26. c6 b5 27.
g4 $14) 24... Rh7 25. Bf6 Nd3 (25... Rg8 $5 26. g3 (26. h4 Nd3) 26... Na4 27.
c6 b5 28. f4 h4 29. g4 $13) 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. c4 Bc6 28. Rfd1 Rd7 29. Rd2 Ba4
30. Rb1 Rd4 31. Rb6 Bc6 32. Rb3 Rxc4 33. Rbxd3 $13 {Der weiße Vorteil hat sich
nahezu verflüchtigt, und ein spannendes Endspiel mit heterogenen Bauernduos
zeichnet sich ab.} a5 34. Kf2 a4 35. h3 Bd5 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 Rxc5 (37...
Kd7 38. g5 Ke8 39. Rd4 (39. g6 Rg8 40. g7 (40. Rg3 a3) 40... Rxc5 41. h4 Kf7
$11) 39... Kf7 $11) 38. g5 b5 39. g6 b4 $2 ({Zu optimistisch. Prophylaxe war
vorerst angesagt, und der schwarze König sollte besser herbeieilen, um dabei
zu helfen, den Vormarsch der feindlichen Freibauern zu stoppen, z.B} 39... Rg8
$142 40. g7 (40. Rg3 $2 b4) 40... Kd7 41. h4 Ke8 42. h5 Kf7 43. Rg3 Rc1 44. h6
Rh1 $11 45. Rc2 Bc4 46. Rd2 Bd5) 40. h4 $2 ({I Dem dramatischen,
hochkomplizierten Wettrennen hätte Weiß nach} 40. g7 $142 Rg8 41. Rd4 $1 a3 (
41... Rb5 42. Rb2) (41... Rc3 42. Rxb4 a3 {ist Zugumstellung zu 41...a3}) 42.
Rxb4 Rc3 43. h4 Kc7 44. Ra4 $16 {die Spitze genommen und sich schnell klaren
Stellungsvorteil und Bauernplus gesichert. Weiter könnte z.B. folgen} (44. Rxd5
$143 $6 exd5 45. e6 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Kd6 (46... a2 $2 47. Rb2 $1 $18) (46... Kc6
47. Ra4 a2 48. h5 (48. Be5 d4 49. Bxd4 Kd5 50. e7 Ke6 51. Ra7 Rc4 52. Ke4 a1=Q
53. Rxa1 Rxd4+ 54. Kxd4 Kxe7 55. Rg1 Kf6 $11) 48... Kb5 49. Ra7 Rh2 50. Kg4 Kc5
51. Kf5 d4 52. Kg6 d3 53. Kf7 d2 $13 {nebst beiderseits fantastischen
Möglichkeiten}) 47. Rb6+ Kc5 48. Ra6 a2 49. e7 d4 50. h5 Rh2 51. Be5 Rxh5 52.
Ke4 Re8 53. Bxd4+ Kc4 54. Bf6 Kb3 $14 {/=}) 44... Kb6 45. h5 Rh3 46. Rdd4 Kc5 (
46... a2 $2 {erlaubt ein brillantes Qualitätsopfer:} 47. Rxd5 $3 exd5 48. Rxa2
d4 (48... Rh2+ 49. Kg3 Rxa2 (49... Rxh5 50. Rg2 d4 51. Kg4 Rh1 52. Kf5) 50. h6
$18) 49. Ra4 d3 50. Rd4 Kc7 51. Rd6 Rxh5 52. Rxd3 Rh7 53. Ra3 Kc6 54. Ra7 Rh3
55. Ra6+ Kb7 56. Rd6 Kc7 57. Rd5 Rh7 58. Ke3 Rh2 (58... Rhxg7 59. Bxg7 Rxg7 60.
Ke4 $8 $18) 59. Kf4 $18) 47. Be7+ Kc6 48. Ra6+ Kb5 49. Rxa3 Rxa3 50. Bxa3 Rxg7
51. Rb4+ Kc6 52. Rh4 $16 {und selbst hiernach bliebe es unklar, ob Weiß
gewinnen kann.}) ({II} 40. Rd4 $142 $1 Rg8 (40... Rb5 41. Rb2) 41. g7 a3 {
ist Zugumstellung zu 40.g7}) 40... a3 41. g7 Rg8 42. h5 Rc1 ({Die "normale"
Fortsetzung, während aus dem Silikon-Traumland auch} 42... Rxg7 43. Bxg7 b3 44.
h6 b2 45. h7 b1=Q 46. h8=Q+ Kb7 {als "=" vermeldet wird:} 47. Qf8 (47. Rxd5
Rxd5 (47... Qf5+ $11) 48. Rxd5 Qa2+ {nebst Qxd5=}) 47... a2 (47... Rc1) 48. Ra3
(48. Qxc5 a1=Q 49. Qe7+) 48... Rc8 49. Qe7+ $11 {"usw."}) 43. Rxd5 $5 ({
Wenngleich Weiß mit diesem Qualitätsopfer eine falsche Idee verknüpft, erhält
das Spiel dadurch reizvolle, neue Impulse. Nach} 43. h6 Rh1 44. Bg5 Rh5 45. Bf4
Kd7 $11 {und z.B.} 46. Rd1 Ke8 47. Ra1 Kf7 48. Rd4 Ra8 49. Rxb4 a2 50. Be3 Kg8
51. Rf4 Rb8 52. Kg3 Rxe5 53. Bd2 Rf5 {wäre die Luft raus.}) 43... exd5 44. Kg3
$2 ({Jetzt war das "Quallenopfer"} 44. Rxd5 {aber erforderlich:} Kc7 ({
Spielbar ist auch} 44... b3 {, z.B.} 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. Bxd8 b2 47. g8=Q Rc2+
48. Kf3 b1=Q 49. Bg5+ Kc7 (49... Kb7 50. Qd5+ $11) 50. Qd8+ $11) 45. h6 Rh1 46.
Rd8 a2 47. Rxg8 a1=Q 48. Rc8+ Kxc8 49. g8=Q+ Kb7 50. Qd5+ Ka7 51. Qc5+ Ka6 52.
Qc6+ Ka7 53. Qc7+ Ka8 $11 {/Ka6=, Rybka läßt grüßen!}) 44... Rg1+ $2 {In
Anbetracht ihrer prächtigen kämpferischen Leistung sehen wir beiden
Großmeister gerne nach, daß sie die folgende, subtile Computer-Widerlegung
nicht realisiert haben:} ({I} 44... Rxg7+ $1 45. Bxg7 b3 46. h6 (46. e6 Rg1+
$19) 46... b2 47. h7 b1=Q 48. h8=Q+ Kb7 $19 {, und es ist der ungeschützte
weiße König, der den feindlichen Schwerfiguren zum Opfer fällt, z.B.} 49. Qe8 (
49. Rg2 Rc3+ 50. Kh2 a2 51. Bf6 (51. e6 a1=Q 52. Bxc3 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Qxh8) 51...
a1=Q 52. Rg7+ Rc7 53. Rxc7+ Kxc7 {- Weiß gehen die Schachgebote bald aus.})
49... Rg1+ 50. Rg2 Qe1+ 51. Kh3 Rh1+ 52. Kg4 Qe4+ 53. Kg3 Qh4+ 54. Kf3 Rh3+ 55.
Ke2 Qc4+ 56. Kf2 Qc2+ 57. Kf1 Qd1+ 58. Kf2 Rf3#) ({II Oder auch} 44... b3 $1 {
, was nach} 45. h6 (45. e6 Rxg7+ 46. Bxg7 Rg1+ 47. Kf4 Rxg7 $19) 45... b2 46.
h7 Rxg7+ 47. Bxg7 b1=Q {Zugumstellung zu 44...Rxg7+/47...b1Q ist.}) 45. Rg2 $11
Rh1 ({Nun käme} 45... Rxg7+ $2 {eindeutig zu spät:} 46. Bxg7 Rxg2+ (46... Rh1
$2 47. e6 $1) 47. Kxg2 b3 48. h6) 46. Rh2 ({Da auch} 46. Kg4 $2 {wegen} b3 {
ausscheidet, ist das Remis durch Stellungswiederholung erzwungen.}) 46... Rg1+
47. Rg2 Rh1 48. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Nagesh,Havanur"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 ({In his early years Tal played the King's Indian Defence
with} 2... g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {and had great success. Decades later Kasparov
followed his example.}) ({Similarly in those days Tal played the Moden Benoni
with} 2... c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 {followed by...g6, Bg7 and...0-0.
Subsequently it became part of Garry's arsenal as well.}) 3. Nf3 {A flexible
move that allows the "softer" Queen's Indian Defence with 3...b6 and 4...Bb7.}
({On the other hand he does not permit the strategically complex Nimzo-Indian,
} 3. Nc3 Bb4 {offering greater possibilities for Black.}) 3... d5 ({After} 3...
b6 {Garry had scored quite a few victories with the Petrosian Variation,} 4. a3
Bb7) 4. Nc3 c6 {Finally, the players have reached Semi-Slav Defence by
transposition.} 5. Bg5 {Here comes the Anti-Meran Variation.} (5. e3 Nbd7 {
leads to the tranquil waters of Meran Defence.}) 5... dxc4 {The Botvinnik
System with which the 6th World Champion scored a number of sterling victories.
It's an exquisite irony that the foremost exponent for White against this
system is the Patriarch's own disciple, Garry Kasparov.} ({In their previous
encounter at Moscow Interzonal 1982 Tal opted for} 5... h6 {(Moscow Variation)
and Garry responded with the Anti-Moscow Gambit, sacrificing the c-pawn.} 6.
Bh4 (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 {is the main line.}) 6... dxc4 {and the game was drawn in an
unclear position after Garry had sacrificed a piece.}) 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 (9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 {does not promise much for White.}) (9.
Bg3 Nd5 {is less played, although players like Nakamura and more recently
Rogozenco have had some success with the line.}) 9... hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11.
exf6 Bb7 ({If} 11... Nxf6 $2 12. Qf3 ({But not the other way round.} 12. Nxb5
$2 cxb5 13. Qf3 Bb4+ $19) 12... Be7 13. Nxb5 $16) 12. g3 c5 (12... Nxf6 {
is seldom played and hardly mentioned in theory books. After} 13. Bg2 ({Not} 
13. Qf3 $2 Be7 14. Bxf6 (14. Nxb5 $4 Qa5+ $1 $19) 14... Bxf6 15. Nxb5 Rb8 16.
Nd6+ Qxd6 17. Qxf6 Qb4+ 18. Kd1 Rg8 $17) 13... Be7 14. O-O {White threatens 15.
Bxb5. A possible line is} a6 15. a4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne4 $16)
13. d5 Qb6 ({Now} 13... Nxf6 {can be played. After} 14. Bg2 Be7 15. O-O (15.
Nxb5 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Nxd5 $17) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 $1 ({
If} 18. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 Rxh2 $1 $19) 18... c3
$13 {the position is unclear.} ({Not} 18... Qxb2 $2 19. Rb1 Qxa3 20. Rxb7+ Kf6
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 $18)) 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 {This move
has had its share of problems and is less seen in praxis.} (16... Qa6 $1 {
is the move in vogue. The queen targets the knight on a4, guards the
vulnerable pawn on e6 and remains ready to occupy the diagonal b7-h1 in case
the bishops are exchanged.} 17. a3 Bxd5 $1 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2
cxb4 $13) 17. a3 Nb8 $6 {A paradoxical retreat. Black intensifies the pressure
on d-file and hopes to return with the knight to c6. However, all this costs
some precious tempi.} ({After the standard} 17... exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 {
has come into vogue. If} Nxf6 $2 20. Qd4 Qa6 21. h4 {followed by 22.Bh3+ gives
White the attack.}) (17... Bxd5 $2 {fails to} 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. Bxe6+ {If the
queen had retreated to a6, this idea would not have worked.}) 18. axb4 cxb4 19.
Be3 $6 {Garry is self-critical. Here he questions his own move and instead
recommends 19. Qd4 or 19. Qg4.} ({As tournament practice has shown,} 19. Qg4 $1
{is stronger. The queen moves away from the d-file and targets e6.} Bxd5 20.
Rfc1 Nc6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Rxg5 23. Qe4) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2
Nc6 22. Rfc1 Ne5 $1 {A daring move. He offers the a-pawn, clearing the path
for the White rook when his own king remains exposed to attack. He is taking
these appalling risks because he is preparing an attack of his own against the
White king.} ({Two years before this encounter Kasparov had scored spectacular
victories against} 22... Na5 $2 {played by Timoschenko and Dorfman.}) 23. b3 ({
Not} 23. Bxa7 $2 Kb7 $1 24. Be3 Rd3 $1 $17 {Threatening 25...Qc6 and ...Nf3+
sets problems for White. For example,} 25. f4 $2 Rxh2 26. Kxh2 Rxe3 27. Qd1 Rd3
28. Qh1+ Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. Rd1 Re3 $19 {If} 31. Kh3 e5 $1) 23... c3 24. Nxc3
$1 {The knight was doing nothing on a4. At least this sacrifice opens lines
against Black king.} bxc3 25. Rxc3+ Kb8 26. Qc2 {Garry spent 42 minutes before
settling for this move and much of it was to decide whether to take the a7
pawn or not.} (26. Bxa7+ Kb7 27. Qc2 (27. Qe4 Qb4 28. Qc2 Bd6 29. h4 ({Not} 29.
Ra4 $2 Nf3+ $3 30. Rxf3 (30. Kg2 Ne1+ 31. Kf1 Nxc2 32. Rxb4+ Nxb4 $19) 30...
Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rh5+ 33. Kg2 Qh1#) 29... Ra5 30. Rxa5 Qxa5 {
and Black should win as the knight outweighs the White pawns.}) 27... Bd6 28.
b4 {transposes to the game.}) 26... Bd6 $1 {Combining attack and defence.} (
26... Nf3+ $6 {is weak.} 27. Kg2 Ne1+ (27... Rxh2+ $2 28. Kxf3 Rf5+ 29. Kg4 $1
Rf4+ $6 30. Bxf4+ $1 (30. gxf4 $4 Qh5+ 31. Kg3 Qh3#) (30. Kxf4 $4 Bd6+ 31. Kf3
Qh5+ $19)) 28. Rxe1 Bb4 29. Rc1 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 $44) 27. Bxa7+ Kb7 28. b4 $1 {
Nagesh Havanur: 'transposes to the game.'} Nc6 $6 {Threatening both 29...Nxa7
and 29...Be5 winning material. Yet it is not the strongest move according to
Garry.} (28... Bxb4 $2 29. Rc7+ Ka8 30. Bb6+ Kb8 31. Rb7+ $1 Kxb7 32. Qc7#) (
28... Qxb4 $2 29. Rb3 $18) ({The best move is} 28... Ra8 $1 29. Ra5 $8 Qd7 {
Threatening 30...Nc6!} 30. Bb6 $1 Ra6 {Forcing exchange of rooks on his terms.}
({Not} 30... Raxa5 31. bxa5 (31. Bxa5 Nc6 $17) 31... Ka6 $15) 31. Rxa6 Kxa6 32.
Bc5 Kb7 {and Black should win with careful play.}) 29. Be3 {Garry saves his
bishop and gives up his rook.} Be5 {Tal spent 32 minutes before deciding on
this move.} ({He was first inclined to play} 29... Rc8 $5 {and even wrote the
move on his scoresheet. After the game in joint analysis both players
concluded that} 30. Qh7 {is the best move here. After} ({Tal did not like the
reply} 30. f4 $5 {But this is easily met by} e5 ({He calculated} 30... Bxb4 31.
Rb1 {missing} Na7 $1 ({He only saw} 31... Bxc3 $2 32. Rxb5+ Rxb5 33. Qxc3 $18)
32. Rxc8 Nxc8 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Rb1 Qb5)) 30... Be5 31. Qxf7+ ({Not} 31. Rxc6
Qxc6 $1 32. Qxf7+ Rc7 33. Ra7+ Kb8 {White cannot save himself against the
threats of 34...Rxf7 and 34...Rd1+ at the same time.}) 31... Rc7 32. Qe8 Rd8
33. f7 Bxc3 34. Qxd8 Nxd8 ({Or} 34... Bxa1 35. Qg8 Rd7 36. f8=Q Rd1+ 37. Kg2
Qf1+ 38. Kf3 Ne5+ 39. Kf4 Qc4+ 40. Kg5 Qg4+ {Nagesh Havanur: '='} 41. Kh6 Qh3+
42. Kg5 Qg4+ $11) 35. Ra7+ {Nagesh Havanur: '='} Kc8 36. Ra8+ Kb7 37. Ra7+ $11)
30. Rxc6 Bxa1 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. Ba7+ ({Not} 32. Rxf7 $2 Rd7 33. Re7 Bxf6 34.
Rxe6 Bd4 $19) 32... Ka8 33. Be3 {Threatening mate with 34.Qa2+} Kb8 34. Ba7+
Ka8 {A useful repetition before time control. But now what?} 35. Bc5 Kb8 36.
Rxf7 $1 Be5 37. Ba7+ ({Garry writes, at the board he was not able to assess
the variation} 37. Re7 $1 Rhd8 (37... Bxf6 38. Bd6+ $18) 38. f7 Rd1+ 39. Kg2
Qc6+ $1 40. Kh3 Qf3 $1 41. Qh7 $8 {Stopping 41... Rh8+ and also threatening 42.
Re8 and f7-f8=Q.} Bxg3 $1 42. fxg3 R1d5 {Forcing White to find a draw with
"only" moves.} ({Or Black can play the easier move} 42... Qf1+ $11 {and draw
by perpetual check.}) 43. Rb7+ $1 {Nagesh Havanur: '='} Kc8 (43... Kxb7 $4 44.
f8=Q+ $18) 44. Rc7+ $1 Kb8 45. Rb7+ $11) 37... Ka8 38. Be3 Rd7 $1 39. Qa2+ $2 {
An error in time trouble.} (39. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 40. f7 $1 {would have maintained
dynamic balance according to Garry. Note that} Qxf7 $4 {fails to} 41. Qe4+ Qb7
42. Qxe5 $18) 39... Kb8 40. Ba7+ $1 (40. Qxe6 $2 {fails to} Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Qf1+ (
{Garry endorses Igor Stohl's recommendation} 41... Rd6 42. Qb3 Rd3 43. Qe6 Rxe3
$1 {But after} 44. Rh7 (44. fxe3 $4 Qe2+ $19) 44... Re8 (44... Rxh7 45. Qg8+
Kb7 46. Qxh7+ Kb6 47. fxe3 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg4 Qxf6 $11 {and White
cannot escape from checks.}) 45. Re7 Rf8 46. f7 Rd3 47. Re8+ Rd8 48. Qxe5+ Qxe5
49. Rxe5 Rxf7 {matters are not so clear. Black rooks have to cope with four
White passed pawns!}) 42. Kf3 Qh1+ 43. Kg4 Qe4+ 44. Kg5 Rg8+ 45. Rg7 Bxf6+ $1
46. Kxf6 ({Or} 46. Qxf6 Rd5+ 47. Kh6 Rh8+ $19) 46... Qxe6+ 47. Kxe6 Rxg7 $19 {
Analysis by ChessBase.}) 40... Kc8 {A resourceful monarch! All along he has
saved himself with "only" moves.} 41. Qxe6 Qd5 ({Not} 41... Kd8 $2 42. Rxd7+
Qxd7 43. Qxe5 {Threatening both 44.Qb8+ and also 44.f7. Either way the rook is
lost.} Qxa7 44. f7 Qxf7 ({Or} 44... Rf8 45. Qd6+ $18) 45. Qxh8+ Kd7 46. h4 $18)
42. Qa6+ Qb7 $6 {Fatigue!} ({He could have played for a win with} 42... Kd8 $1
{But after} 43. Bb6+ Ke8 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. Qa7+ Ke6 46. Qe7+ Kf5 47. f7 Bg7 48.
h4 Kg6 49. b5 Qxf7 {it is not easy for Black to escape from checks, if at all.}
) 43. Qc4+ Qc7 $1 {Threatening to exchange queens or rooks and so forcing back
the White queen to a6. Draw on account of perpetual check.Times:2.35-1.30.
½-½ (43)} (43... Kd8 {also draws.But Black has to be careful.} 44. Rxd7+ Qxd7
(44... Kxd7 $4 45. Bc5 $18) 45. Bb6+ Bc7 (45... Ke8 $2 46. Qe2 $1 $18) 46. Bc5
Bd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15.
Qd2 Qxf6 (15... Rxf6 16. O-O-O b4 17. Ne4 exd5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bxc4 Nb6 20.
Bb5+ Kf8 21. h4 $14) 16. Ne4 (16. O-O-O Kf8 17. Be2 Nb6 18. Qe3 exd5 19. Qxc5+
Kg8 20. Rd4 Rc8 21. Rg4+ Rg6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Yagupov,I/
Russia/1995/1-0/37/}) 16... Qf3 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxb7 Rh5 {[N]} (18... Qxh1 19.
d6+ Ke8 20. Qxh6 Qe4+ 21. Be2 Qh1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb7 23. Rd1 Qa6 24. Ke1 Qc6 25. Qh4
Qh1+ 26. Kd2 Qd5+ 27. Kc1 $18) 19. d6+ Ke8 20. Rg1 c3 (20... Re5+ 21. Be2 Qxb7
22. O-O-O $16) 21. bxc3 (21. Qxc3 Qxc3+ (21... Re5+ 22. Kd2 Qd5+ 23. Kc2 Qe4+
24. Bd3 Qxb7 25. f4 Rh5 26. h4 c4 27. Be2 b4 28. Qe3 $16) 22. bxc3 Rb8 23. Na5
Rb6 $1 $13) 21... Re5+ 22. Be2 Rxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Qxc3+ 24. Kf1 Qxa1+ 25. Kg2 Qd4
26. Rd1 (26. Qxb5 Rb8 27. Rb1 Qe4+ 28. Kg1 c4 $132) 26... Qa4 27. Qf3 $1 Rc8
28. Qh5 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Qxb7 30. Qh8+ Nf8 31. d7+ Qxd7 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Kf1 a5 (
33... Ke7 34. Qh4+ (34. h4 c4 35. Qd4 c3 36. Qb4+ Ke8 37. Qxb5+ Nd7 38. Qb7 Rc5
$1 $17) 34... Ke8 35. Qh8 Ke7 $10) 34. h4 b4 35. Ke2 a4 36. h5 Ke7 37. h6 Rd8
38. Qe5 Rc8 (38... Rd5 39. Qc7+ Nd7 40. g4 Kf6 41. Qd8+ Kg6 42. Qh8 $18) 39.
Qe4 Nd7 40. h7 Rh8 41. Qh4+ f6 (41... Nf6 42. Qg5 $16) 42. Qh5 a3 43. Kd2 b3
44. axb3 a2 45. Qh1 Kd6 $1 46. Qa1 Rxh7 47. Qxa2 Rh5 48. Qa6+ (48. g4 Rd5+ 49.
Ke2 Rd4 50. f3 e5 $10) 48... Ke7 49. Qb7 Rd5+ 50. Kc3 Rd4 $10 51. Qc7 Rb4 52.
Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 {Main Line of Botvinik set up.This game I choose to coment for personal
interest and because I found this game from teoretical wiew most important.}
16. Na4 ({Another critical move is} 16. Rb1) 16... Qa6 $5 {In my opinion best
move. .I was defending blacks side in many blitz games on now famous ICC. Lutz:
'In dieser Variante ist das endgültige Urteil der Theorie noch nicht geklärt.'}
({Another posibility is} 16... Qb5) (16... Qd6 {Lutz}) 17. a3 {Allready
crossroad: 17.dxe6 has been recomended many times. I think its not that strong.
} (17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Qc6 $1 $146 {My idea which I tested via internet.
Previosly played 18...Bf1 simply loses.} (18... Bxf1 19. Nxc5 $1 {Difference
beetwen Qa6 and Qb5!} Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Qxd7+ Qxd7 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23.
Rxf1 $18) 19. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 20. Re1 Bh1 21. f3 Bxf3 22. Qc2 Bd6 {[%cal Gc6h1,
Gd6g3]} 23. Qf5 Rh5 $132) 17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4
21. Nc3 Ra5 {Another possibility is 21..Qc6, but my favorite is the move
played in the game.} (21... Qc6 {Lutz} 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 $44 {ist ebenfalls
spielbar.}) 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. Be3 {The move was played in a game
Beliavsky-Atalik. Another possiblity is 24.b3.} (24. b3 Qe5 $1 25. Qe3 (25. Qf3
Qf5 $1 $132 {[%cal Gh8h2,Gf5h3]}) (25. Rd1 Qb2 {Rogozenko-Tella Cappelle la
Grande 1998 was ok for black .}) 25... Nc5 $1 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. bxc4 Rh5 28. h4
Qxe3 $132 {[%csl Ga7,Gb4][%cal Ga7a5] And blacks a-b pawn are very fast.}) (24.
Rd1 Qe5 25. b3 {Transpose unless white wants to follow a game Zaharov-Ivanov.S
ST-Petersburg 2000 where white played badly 25.Rxd3.} (25. Rxd3 $2 cxd3 26.
Qxd3 Qd5 $15)) (24. Qc2 {Lutz}) 24... Kb7 $2 {'N' Lutz. In my opinion the
critical mistake. In such sharp positions only one mistake is enough to lead
you to a disaster, and this move is such a mistake. Black was trying to
improve on the above mentioned game but did not succesed. GM Atalik played 24..
.R h5.} (24... Qh5 $1 {This very strong move was shown to me a long time ago
by one of the best Semi-Slav players in the world Yugoslav GM Kosic. Before
and after that we made together some interesting analysis in this line.} 25. f3
Kb7 {And only now this move. His idea(Kosic) here was to start roling pawns
and then to sac a whole rook!.} (25... a5 26. b3 cxb3 27. g4 Qxh2+ 28. Qxh2
Rxh2 29. Kxh2 a4 {Perhaps transparent but nice idea! After that I started to
realize Botvinik line and started to make my own research on a line and it
took me around one month of tremendous work (consulting with my friend
Yugoslav master Vujacic B.) a full of ideas and exact lines of course not even
thinking that a last word has been done far from that.}) 26. b3 (26. Ra1 a5 27.
g4 Qe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5b2,Ge5h2]}) 26... Nc5 $1 27. Ng5 Bd6 {The position
is not simple to evaluate and this is only one of many possible lines here!.})
(24... Rh5 25. Bxa7 Rd5 26. Be3 Qa2 27. Qg4 Ne5 28. Qg8 Rd8 29. Bb6 Qa8 30.
Bxd8 Qxe4 31. Qxf8 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nh4+ 33. f3 Qe2 34. Ba5+ Kb7 35. Qxb4+ Ka8 36.
Qf8+ Kb7 37. Qe7+ Ka6 38. Qd6+ {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Atalik,S/ Vrnjacka Banja 1999 
(38)}) 25. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gg5f7] Lutz: 'Der Angriff gegen den Pf7 ist
überraschenderweise sehr unangenehm.'} Qd5 (25... Qf5 26. Nxf7 Rh7 27. Ra1 a5
28. Ng5 $18) (25... Qc7 {Lutz} 26. b3 $1) 26. Nxf7 Rg8 27. f4 $1 {[%csl Gf6]
Now f6 pawn plays a big (winning) role in the game.} a5 (27... Bc5 $5 {Lutz /\
...Rf8}) 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Qxe5 30. f7 Rh8 31. Rf4 $18 {It is clear that
black cannot survive such pressure. Lutz: 'Weiß hat nun klaren Vorteil, da der
Pf7 ein Riese ist und der schwarze König schutzbedürftig ist.'} c3 (31... Rh7
32. Qf2 $18) (31... Bc5 {Lutz} 32. Qf3+ Kb6 33. Re4 $18) 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Qd3
Rh5 34. Rc4 (34. Qd7+ $5 {Lutz} Qc7 35. Qxe6 c2 36. Qe4+ $16) 34... Qb5 {
Threat Qd7 must be stoped.} 35. Qxc3 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qa2+ 37. Kf3 Rf5+ 38. Bf4 Qa3
{Black succeded to change Qs and to stop mating attack but only to face a lost
endgame.} 39. Rc7+ Kb6 40. Rc6+ Kb5 41. Qxa3 Bxa3 42. Rxe6 Rxf7 43. Ke4 {
After demolishing blacks strong pawns on queenside + eliminating e6-pawn using
mating threats he reached a technically winning endgame which for Kiril
Georgiev doesn't pose any problem.} Bb4 44. g4 a4 45. g5 a3 46. Be5 {[%csl Ge5]
[%cal Ge5a1,Ge5h8]} Rf1 47. g6 Re1+ 48. Kf5 Rf1+ (48... a2 {Lutz} 49. g7 $18)
49. Kg4 Bf8 50. Re8 a2 51. Ra8 Re1 52. Bc3 Rg1+ 53. Kh5 (53. Kh5 {Lutz} Kc4 54.
Bf6 Rf1 55. g7 Bxg7 56. Bxg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 {Etwas überraschend, da
Shirov diesen Zug schon einige Jahre nicht mehr gespielt hatte. Ich hatte aber
eine Gegenüberraschung geplant.} 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 Qa5 8. Bd2 c5 9. dxc5 {
Von dieser Neuerung erhofft sich Weiß nur, den Gegner aus seinen Kenntnissen
zu bringen.} ({Genauso wie nach dem üblichen Zug} 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O {
hat Schwarz kaum Probleme.}) 9... Nc6 {Es gab mehrere Alternativen.} 10. Bxc4
Qxc5 11. Qe2 e5 {Ein guter Zug, der dem Bc8 den Weg öffnet. Ohne diesen
Vorstoß muss Schwarz auch ständig mit der Möglichkeit rechnen, dass Weiß
selber e5 spielt.} 12. Be3 $2 {Ab hier spielen wir für eine Weile beide
schlecht.} (12. O-O Bg4 13. Rac1 Nd4 14. Bb5+ Qxb5 $5 15. Qxb5+ Nxb5 16. Nxb5
Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Rd8 {bringt nicht viel ein, aber vielleicht sollte einfach Bg4
mittels}) (12. h3 {verhindert werden. Nach} O-O 13. O-O Be6 $5 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Be3 {darf sich Weiß einen kleinen Vorteil erhoffen.}) 12...
Qe7 $2 ({Nach} 12... Nd4 13. Qd3 {übersah Shirov den starken Zug} Nc2+ $1 {
Ich hatte darauf} 14. Ke2 Nxe3 15. Bb5+ {geplant, leider aber das einfache} Ke7
{verpasst, wonach Schwarz besser steht.}) 13. O-O Bxc3 ({Den Nc3 nach d5
zuzulassen, wäre gefährlich} 13... O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 e4 ({oder} 15...
Na5 16. Ba2 $36) 16. dxc6 exf3 17. Qxf3 bxc6 18. Rfd1 $14 ({aber nicht} 18.
Qxc6 $2 Bb7 19. Qb5 Qe4 $19 {Die Schwäche auf c6 läuft nicht davon.})) 14. bxc3
O-O (14... Nxe4 $6 {haben wir beide wegen} 15. Bd5 $6 Nf6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17.
Qc4 {für schlecht gehalten. Aber eigentlich verteidigt der Computer diese
Stellung mittels} O-O $1 18. Bc5 Ba6 $1 $11 {Weiß setzt aber richtig mit 15.
Bc1! fort und behält eine gefährliche Initiative.}) 15. Bc1 $1 {Eine gute Idee.
.. leider kommen wir bald zu Fehlern zurück!} Qc7 16. Ba3 Rd8 (16... Re8 17.
Rfd1 $14) 17. h3 $6 ({Ich verzichtete auf meine ursprüngliche Idee} 17. Ng5 {
, weil ich nach} Bg4 $6 (17... Rd7 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bg4 20. f3 Bh5 {
ist nur leicht besser für Weiß.}) {den starken taktischen Schlag} 18. Bxf7+ $1
Qxf7 19. f3 Qg6 $2 (19... Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Qb3 21. Qb5 $16) 20. Qa2+ $1 $18 {
übersah.}) 17... Na5 18. Ba2 Be6 {Nun muss sich Weiß bereits um den Ausgleich
bemühen.} 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rfd1 (20. Qb5 Nxe4 21. Rfe1 Rd5 {geht nicht gut,
aber}) (20. Bb4 Nc4 21. a5 {war möglich.}) 20... Qc4 (20... Qxc3 21. Be7 Rxd1+
22. Rxd1 {verspricht Weiß genug Kompensation}) ({Vielleicht war aber} 20... b6
{besser als der forcierende Textzug.}) 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Be7 $1 {Weiß erobert
nun die d-Linie, was ihm Gegenchancen verspricht.} Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxe4 (23...
b6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd7 a5 26. g4 $132 {[%csl Rg8]}) 24. Rd7 Nb6 ({Genauer war
} 24... b6 25. Rc7 Nb2 26. Nxe5 Nxa4 27. c4 {, aber die weißen Figuren sind
aktiv genug, um das Gleichgewicht zu halten.}) 25. Rxb7 Nxa4 26. c4 (26. Nxe5
Naxc3 27. f3 $11 {war auch möglich, aber ich bekam plötzlich wieder
Gewinnideen.}) 26... Nac5 27. Rc7 Nd3 28. c5 Rb8 $1 {Der Einsatz dieses Turms
garantiert die Punkteteilung, auch wenn die folgenden Varianten noch wild sind.
} 29. Bd6 ({Komischerweise führen die meisten Varianten zum Remis, z.B:} 29. c6
Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Ndxf2 31. Ng1 (31. g4 Rb2 $11) 31... Nd2 32. g4 Nfe4 33. Rb7 Rf1
34. Bh4 Rf8 $11 {Mit wenig Zeit übrige verzichtete ich verständlicherweise auf
eine Verteidigung mit g4 ...}) ({Der prophylaktische Zug} 29. Kh2 {macht Sinn,
falls Weiß nach} Rb1 {die Idee} 30. Ng5 {sieht. Trotzdem hält Schwarz nach}
Nxg5 31. Bxg5 Nxf2 32. c6 Rh1+ 33. Kg3 Ne4+ 34. Kg4 Nxg5 35. Rd7 {problemlos,
u.a. mit} Nxh3 36. c7 h5+ 37. Kxh5 Nf4+ 38. Kg5 Rc1 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. c8=Q Rxc8
41. Rxc8 Nxg2 $11) 29... Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Ndxf2 31. Rc8+ ({Wieder fehlte mir der
Mut zu} 31. g4 {, auch wenn hier nur Menschen Risiken fühlen können. Der
Computer zeigt fast überall Remis! Eine Variante setzt fort mit} Rb2 32. Rc8+
Kf7 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Nxe5+ Kg5 35. Be7+ Nf6 36. c6 Rc2 $11 {Schwarz ist aktiv
genug.}) 31... Kf7 32. Nxe5+ Kf6 33. Rf8+ Kg5 34. Nf7+ ({Es gibt nichts
Besseres als Dauerschach.} 34. Be7+ Kh6 $11) 34... Kg6 35. Ne5+ Kh6 36. Nf7+
Kg6 37. Ne5+ Kh6 38. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Moor, Olivier"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Qb6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Be2 Bb4 $2 (9... Bb7 10. O-O a6 {ist die normale Fortsetzung.}) 10. O-O
$2 (10. d5 $1 $16 {widerlegt den schwarzen Fehler; siehe Soln-Sulava, Bled 1995
}) 10... Bb7 11. d5 $5 {Dieser direkte Versuch, ist nun nicht so stark wie im
früheren Zug.} (11. Qc2) (11. Qd2) 11... Bxc3 (11... cxd5 12. axb5 (12. Nxb5 a6
13. Nc3 dxe4 14. Nd2 Rg8 15. Nxc4 Qc5 $17) 12... dxe4 13. Nd2 Rg8 14. Nxc4 (14.
Ncxe4 Nd7 $1) 14... Qc5 $15) 12. bxc3 (12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. bxc3 bxa4 $5 14. Nd2
O-O 15. Nxc4 Qc5 $15) 12... cxd5 13. axb5 (13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Rb1 (14. axb5 Qxb5
15. Qd4 Nd7 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Qxa7 Rg8 $15) 14... a6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qd4 (16.
Nd4 Ra5) 16... Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rg8 18. g3 Nc6 19. Nxb5 {versprach vermutlich
bessere Chancen, da der schwarze Mehrbauer von keinem grossen Wert ist.}) 13...
dxe4 (13... Nd7 $5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nd4 Rg8 16. g3 Nc5 {[%csl Gd5] wäre
besser gewesen, da der Bd5 sich als sehr starke Figur erweisen wird.}) 14. Nd2
O-O (14... Qxb5 15. Nxc4 O-O {kommt aufs gleiche, während 15.Rb1?! Qd7 für
Weiss schlechter ist.}) 15. Nxc4 (15. Rb1 {verdiente vielleicht den Vorzug,
aber Weiss verfolgt seine aggressive Strategie.} Nd7 16. Nxc4 Qc7 $15) 15...
Qxb5 $8 (15... Qc5 16. Qd6) (15... Qc7 16. Qd6 Rc8 17. Rfd1) 16. Ra5 $1 {
[%cal Ya1a5,Ya5h5] Dies ist klar die beste Chance. Der Ra1 wird auf den
Königsflügel überführt.} (16. Nd6 Qd5) (16. Rb1 Qd5 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Qg5) (
{und} 16. Na5 Qd5 {sind sichtlich schwächer.}) 16... Qd7 17. Qc1 Bd5 $4 {
[%csl Ra5][%cal Ra5d5,Yc1h6,Gc4e3,Ge3f5,Ge3g4] Ein katastrophaler Zug, der
seine Ursache in der Unterschätzung des weissen Angriffs findet. Es war mir
genug, dem Ra5 den Weg zum KF zu sperren, aber leider kommt auch der Nc4 zum
Wort.} ({Nach} 17... Qe7 $1 {[%mdl 256] wäre Schwarz im Vorteil geblieben:} 18.
Rh5 (18. Qh6 f5 $17 {[%csl Ra5]}) 18... f5 19. Qh6 f6 {[%cal Ge7h7]} 20. Ne3 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Ye2c4,Yc4g8]} Ba6 21. Bd1 $5 Bxf1 (21... Nd7 $6 22. Bb3 Nc5 23.
Nxf5 Qc7 24. Rh3 Kh8 25. Nh4 {mit Angriff.}) 22. Bb3 Bc4 $1 {[%cal Ra1h1,Rh1a1]
} ({ein wichtiger Zwischenzug, der in einigen Varianten die Schwäche der
weissen Grundreihe unterzeichnet:} 22... Rf7 $2 23. Nxf5 Qd7 24. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6
25. Rg5+ $18) 23. Bxc4 Rf7 $17 {und nun ist} 24. Nxf5 Qd7 25. Bxe6 $4 {wegen} (
25. Nd4 $142 Qa4 $17) {wegen} 25... Qd1# {nicht mehr möglich.}) 18. Qh6 Nc6 $2
({Erst jetzt erkannte ich, dass} 18... Qd8 {nach 19.Ne3(?) Qxa5 20.Ng4 Nd7 21.
Nxf6 Nxf6 22.Qg5 zum Dauerschach führt. Ich entschied mich um eine mutigere
Fortsetzung, die aber zwangsläufig Material verliert. Um die Wahrheit zu sagen,
steht Weiss nach 18...Qd8 auch klar besser, z.B:} 19. Rfa1 $5 (19. Rd1 Re8 (
19... Nd7 20. Raxd5 $1 exd5 21. Rxd5 Re8 22. Bg4 $16) 20. Raa1 {ist ebenfalls
gefährlich}) 19... Nc6 20. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Ge3g4,Gg4f6]} Nxa5 21. Ng4 f5 22. Nf6+
Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Nc4 {Das Damenopfer ist zwar besser hier als in der Partie, aber
es unterliegt keinen Zweiffel, dass Weiss gewinnen sollte.}) 19. Ne3 Nxa5 (
19... Ne5 20. Qxf6 (20. c4 Bc6 21. Rxe5 fxe5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Ng4
$18) 20... Qd8 21. Qxe5 Qxa5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Ng4 $18) ({und} 
19... f5 20. Rxd5 {sind hoffnungslos.}) 20. Ng4 Qe7 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxf6 $18
Rab8 23. h4 Rb2 24. Re1 (24. h5 h6 25. Bg4 Kh7 26. Bf5+ Kg8 27. Qxh6 exf5 28.
Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ $18) 24... Ra2 25. h5 (25. c4 Rxe2 $1 26. Rxe2 Nxc4 $16)
25... h6 26. Bf1 (26. Qxh6 f5 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qe7 Rg8 29. Qxa7 $18) 26... Kh7
27. c4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Rxe4 Be2 30. Qe5 (30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qg6+ $18)
30... Bd3 31. Rg4 Rg8 32. Rxg8 Kxg8 33. Qg3+ Kf8 34. Qxd3 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Ra4 36.
g3 Kg8 37. Qe3 Kh7 38. Qe5 (38. Qf3 Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Qf6) 38... Rc4 39. f4
a6 40. Qe2 Rc5 41. g4 a5 42. Qd3+ Kg8 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qf6 Rc7 45. g5 hxg5 46.
h6 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.02.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Biel"]
[BlackTeam "Reichenstein"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 {Eine
ungewöhnliche Zugfolge, um ins Botwinnik-System zu kommen. Schwarz spielt ja
nämlich seit einigen Jahren 5...h6 vor dxc4, um das Botwinnik-System zu
vermeiden (7...g5 8.Bg3 b5). Aber wer hat je behauptet, dass dieses System
schlecht ist ?!} 8. e5 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Qa5 12. Be2 ({
Mit dem Textzug versucht Weiss, von der gegnerischen Zugfolge zu profitieren.
11...Qa5 ist nämlich gegen 11.g3 üblicher und gilt auch als spielbar. Daher
suchte ich hier nach einer Alternative. Es stellt sich aber heraus, dass} 12.
g3 {trotzdem vorzuziehen ist.}) 12... Bb7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qc2 ({Weiss ist in
Schwierigkeiten geraten, weil sein König schlecht geschützt ist. Er braucht
einen Läufer auf g2, um den mächtigen Vorstoss c6-c5 zu entschärfen. Nach} 14.
a4 b4 15. Ne4 c5 {oder}) (14. Qc1 c5 15. Rd1 {(Onischuk-Shabalov, USA-ch
Stillwater 2007)} Bd6 $1 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Bg3 a6 {hat Schwarz eine
aussichtsreiche Stellung.}) 14... c5 ({Im Fall von} 14... Qc7 $6 15. h4 Bh6 16.
f4 Bxg5 17. hxg5 {darf Weiss auf Vorteil hoffen.}) ({Auf} 14... Bh6 {hatte ich
unbewusst die Neuerung} 15. Bh4 {geplant. Das Spiel nach} Bf8 (15... Bf4 16.
Bg3 Bxg3 17. fxg3) 16. Bg3 Nxf6 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd5 20. Qc2 Ba6
21. Rfc1 Bh6 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc1 24. Qa6+ Kd7 25. Qxa7+ Ke8 26. Rxc1
Rh5 {ist unklar.}) 15. a4 $146 (15. dxc5 $2 Bxc5 16. Ne4 Qc7 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Gc7h2,Gb7g2]}) 15... b4 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. h4 b3 ({Wenn} 17... cxd4 18. Bxc4 Nc5
19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rfc1 {nicht so klar ist}) ({behält Schwarz aber nach} 17...
Bh6 $1 18. f4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 c3 {die Initiative. Der Textzug verjagt eine
Zeitlang die weissen Figuren, schwächt aber den b-Bauern.}) 18. Qb1 cxd4 19.
Bxc4 Kb8 ({Vorzuziehen war wohl} 19... Nc5 20. Bd3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Bh6 22. Bxh6
Rxh6 23. g3 $13) 20. Rc1 Qe5 21. Re1 $1 Bb4 22. Re2 {Auch wenn es nicht so
aussieht, hat eher Weiss die Stellung seiner Figuren verbessert.} Qa5 (22...
Qc7 23. Bxb3 Ne5 24. Qd1 $16) 23. Qd1 Ne5 24. Bb5 {[%cal Ga5e5] Ein wichtiger
Zug, der auf die folgende Variante (24...a6) basiert.} Rd5 $1 (24... a6 {
geht nicht gut wegen} 25. Bf4 Qc7 26. Qc1 $1 (26. Rc1 $2 Nf3+ $19) (26. Bg3 d3
$1 27. Re3 axb5 28. Rc1 Qc2 $1 29. Bxe5+ Ka7 30. axb5 d2 31. Nxd2 (31. b6+ Kxb6
32. Bc7+ Kxc7 33. Rxc2+ bxc2 34. Qxc2+ Kb6 35. Qd1 Rxh4 36. Ng3 Rc4 $19) 31...
Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Bxd2 34. Rd3 Ba5 $15) 26... axb5 27. Qxc7+ Kxc7
28. Ng5 $1 (28. Bxe5+ Kb6) 28... Bd6 (28... Rxh4 29. Bxe5+ Kb6 30. Bg3) 29.
Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rd7 31. Rxb5 Rxh4 32. Rc1+ Kb8 33. Nf3 $16) 25. Nd2 Ka8 (
25... a6 26. Bf4 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 axb5 28. Rxd4) (25... Ng6 26. Nxb3 $36) 26. Rc1
$2 ({Weiss hätte einen gewissen Vorteil mittels} 26. Re4 {sichern können, z.B:}
Bxd2 (26... Qd8 27. Qxb3 Qd6 28. Qg3 $16) 27. Bxd2 Qb6 (27... Qd8 28. Qxb3 Rxb5
29. Qxb5 Bxe4 30. Qxe5 Rxh4 31. f3 $16) 28. Bf1 Nd7 29. a5 Qd6 30. a6 Bc6 31.
Rc1 $16) 26... d3 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Nc4 ({Der Computer bleibt optimistisch nach
} 28. Nxb3 Qb6 29. Qxd3 a6 30. Bc4 {, aber Weiss muss nach} Rxg5 $1 {sogar
aufpassen, und die richtige Fortsetzung zum Remis finden:} 31. hxg5 Qc6 32. Qg3
Bd6 33. Bxe6 Qe4 34. Bf5 Qd5 35. Qf3 Qe5 36. Qg3 Qd5 $11) 28... d2 $2 ({
In Zeitnot irrt sich mein Gegner. Ich hatte den Zug} 28... Rxg5 $1 {im voraus
gesehen, dachte aber, dass Weiss mittels} 29. Nxa5 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 {die
schwarzen Gegenchancen zunichte bringt. Aber den schönen Zug} Rg1+ $1 {hatte
ich übersehen. Schwarz hat hier Dauerschach:} 31. Kxg1 Rg8+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kh2 $2
Bd6+ 33. Kh3 Bg2#) 32... Bg2+ 33. Kg1 Bf3+ 34. Kf1 $11) 29. Bxd2 Bxd2 30. Nxa5
Bxa5 31. Qd7 Rg8 $138 {Hort überschritt in dieser hoffnungslosen Stellung die
Zeit.} 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi zt (Women)"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prudnikova, Svetlana"]
[Black "Tqeshelashvili, Sopio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "Petronic,J"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[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 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qb6 12. exf6 Bb7 13. Bg2 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Bh6 (16... bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa6 18. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 19. dxe6 $16) 17.
Bh4 Nf8 18. Qg4 Kc7 19. Rfd1 Bc8 20. Qxc4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qd6 22. Rb5 $1 Nd7 23.
Qa4 $1 Ba6 24. dxe6 $1 Qxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxb5 26. Qd5 Rb8 27. exd7 Bxd7 28. Qxc5+
Kd8 29. Qe7+ Kc8 30. h3 1-0

[Event "SRB-chT 1st"]
[Site "Zlatibor"]
[Date "2007.08.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 {This time I decided
to avoid the main lines of the Botvinnik variation.} ({The main line is} 6. e4
b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7) 6... Bb4 7. e4 c5 $5 {
A rare, but playable move. The position transposes to a Vienna variation (D39)
with an extra move a2-a4 for White. Black is trying to benefit from the
weakness of the b4 square.} ({More popular, but risky line goes with} 7... b5
8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8) 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 ({A safer line for
White is} 9. Bb5+ Nc6 (9... Bd7 $6 10. Qxd4 $1 {This is the point of 9.Bb5.})
10. Nxd4 {, but the chances to achieve an advantage here are rather low.}) 9...
h6 {This variation appeared for the first time in the Wch match
Bronstein-Botvinnik in 1951!} 10. Be3 {White is practically forced to
sacrifice a pawn for an initiative.} ({After} 10. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12.
O-O O-O {0-1 Hauchard,A (2513)-Lautier,J (2632)/Paris 2000/CBM 077/[Lutz] (33)
Black might be even slightly better.}) 10... Nxe4 11. Ndb5 $5 $146 {A novelty
composed over the board. Objectively, the move in the text is not better than
the previously played 11.0-0, but it poses some concrete tasks for Black.} (11.
O-O Nf6 (11... Nd6 $6 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 a6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16.
Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6+ fxe6 18. Rxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Vasiliev,V (2265)-Supatashvili,
K (2440)/Pardubice 1993/TD (35)}) 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nc6 15. Qg3
Kh8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Rd8 18. Rd3 Bb7 19. Ree3 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21. Rd1
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,D-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1951/MainBase (22)})
11... Nd7 $6 {This move is too passive, the knight belongs on the c6 square.
It was preferable to try to simplify the position as much as possible.} (11...
Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Ba5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Rb1 Bxc3 17. Rfc1
Be5 18. Nxb7) (11... Nd6 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Qg4 Be5 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. O-O Nc6 {
Undoubtedly, in both cases White has compensation, but it's probably not
sufficient for more than equality.}) 12. O-O Bxc3 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14.
Qg4 $36) 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Qd4 Ndf6 $6 {Probably, my opponent was unhappy with
his position, therefore he tried to change the course of the game by
sacrificing an exchange. However, Black's position was not that desperate. I
expected 14...Nec5.} (14... Nec5 15. Bf4 (15. Nd6 $6 b6 $132 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) (
15. a5 $6 b6 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Rfb1 Ba6 18. Nxa7 Qxa7 19. Bxa6 Qc7 $11 {
[%csl Gc5]}) 15... e5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Qxc5 Rc8 19. Qxa7 Rxc4 $14
) 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nc7 (16. f3 $6 {Unfortunately, this tempting move does not
work.} Nd6 (16... a6 $2 17. Nc7 Nd6 18. Ba2 $16 Rb8 $2 19. Rfd1 $18 {[%cal
Gd1d8]}) 17. Rad1 (17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Nxb5 19. Be4 Nd6 20. Bc5 f5 21. Bxd6
fxe4 22. fxe4 b6 $11) 17... Nd5 $8 18. Bxd5 Nxb5 19. Be4 Nd6 $1 (19... Rxd1 $2
20. Rxd1 f5 21. Rd8+ Kf7 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Rxb7 Nxc3 25. Rxg7 $16)
20. Bc5 f5 21. Bxd6 fxe4 22. fxe4 b6 $11) 16... Bd7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 {For the
sacrificed exchange Black has a pawn and chances to make use of white's pawn
weaknesses on the queenside. Still, White is clearly better and playing for a
win without any risk. The pair of strong bishops is an important factor here
as well.} 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Be2 $6 {Inaccuracy.} (19. Bf1 Nd5 20. Bd4 Nd2 21. c4
Nf6 22. Ra3 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 {with good winning chances.}) 19... Nd5 20. Bd4 Rc8
$6 (20... Nd2 $1 21. Rd1 (21. c4 $2 Nf4 {[%csl Re2]} 22. Bd1 Nb3 23. Bxb3 Ne2+
24. Kf1 Nxd4 $14 {The drawback of 19.Be2 can be noticed clearly from this
variation.}) 21... Nb3 22. Ra3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6 {Of course, White has winning
chances, but without the dark-squared bishop black's defensive task is
somewhat easier.}) 21. c4 Nf4 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. f3 Ng5 24. h4 {The knights are
kicked away from their active locations. White is objectively winning, but
there is still a lot of work to do.} Nh7 25. Rd1 Nf8 26. a5 Nd7 27. Rd2 {
Doubling the rooks along the open "d" file.} Kf8 28. Rad1 Ng6 (28... Ba4 $2 29.
Be3 $1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 $18 {[%csl Rd7,Rf4]}) 29. h5 Ne7 30. Bb2 Rc7 31. Bd3 f5
32. Bc2 $6 {Just a waste of tempo.} (32. Re1 Nc5 33. Bc2 $18 {[%cal Gb2a3]})
32... Kf7 33. Re1 Nf6 {[%csl Rh5]} 34. Bxf6 (34. Rd6 Bd7 35. Be5 Rc6 {and
White does not have anything decisive.}) 34... Kxf6 35. Rd8 Kf7 36. Bb3 Rd7 37.
Rxd7 Bxd7 38. c5 Kf6 39. Rd1 Bc6 40. Rd6 Nd5 41. Bc4 {[%cal Gc4a6]} (41. Bxd5
$2 Bxd5 42. f4 Ke7 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. g3 Ke7 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kd4 Bc6 47. Rd8 Ke7
48. Rb8 Kf6 49. Rc8 Bf3 50. Rc7 Bc6 {I don't see a win here, since Black is
not in zugzwang.}) 41... Nc7 42. Rd8 Ne8 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Rd1 Bd7 45. Rb1 Bc6
46. Re1 Nc7 47. Ke3 e5 {This move weakens the 6th rank and makes white's task
easier. However, I believe that the endgame is lost for Black anyway.} 48. Rd1
f4+ 49. Kf2 Ne6 50. Bxe6 Kxe6 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. g3 {White just needs space for
his king.} fxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Be8 54. Kf2 Bc6 (54... Bxh5 55. Rb6 $18) 55. Ke3 Kf7
56. f4 exf4+ 57. Kxf4 {White's plan is simple: to arrive with the king to c7
and to pick up the Pb7 transforming to a won pawns endgame.} Ke7 58. Rg6 Kf8
59. Ke5 Be8 60. Rg3 ({The following variation was a faster win, but required
precise calculation in time-trouble:} 60. Rb6 Bc6 61. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 62. Kd6 g5
63. hxg6 h5 64. Kxc6 h4 65. Kb6 h3 66. c6 h2 67. c7 h1=Q 68. c8=Q+ Kg7 69. Qb7+
$18) 60... g6 $1 {The last practical chance.} {[%tqu "En","White's position is
winning. What is the most convincing continuation?","","","c5c6","The most
convincing way. Black is now forced to take with the pawn, and White is going
to capture the 'a' pawn.",10,"h5g6","",0]} 61. c6 $1 {The most convincing way.
Black is now forced to take with the pawn, and White is going to capture the
"a" pawn.} (61. hxg6 Kg7 62. Rb3 Bc6 63. Kd6 h5 {still requires some work from
White.}) 61... bxc6 62. Rb3 gxh5 63. Rb6 h4 64. Rxa6 h3 65. Rb6 {The "h" pawn
is easily stopped, while the white pawn queens.} Bh5 66. Rb2 Ke7 67. a6 Bf3 68.
Rb7+ {[%mdl 4096]} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Colin, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 {COLIN avait crée la surprise а la ronde précédente en battant le GMI
ABBASOV} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 {Une variante risquée pour les
blancs car ils ne sont pas certains de récupérer le P sacrifié} (5. a4 $142 {
la grande variante}) 5... b5 (5... Nf6) 6. Bg2 Bb7 (6... Nf6 {retombe sur une
Catalane} 7. Ne5 {Ivanisevic,I (2664)-Kim,A (2460) Biel MTO op 41st 2008 (11)
1-0}) 7. O-O Nd7 8. e4 ({RR} 8. Ng5 Be7 9. h4 h6 10. Nh3 a6 11. e4 e5 12. Be3
Bf6 13. Ne2 c5 14. d5 Ne7 15. a4 Nc8 16. f3 Nd6 17. Nf2 h5 18. Nh3 b4 19. a5
Bc8 20. Ng5 Rb8 21. Qa4 Rb5 22. Rfd1 Nb7 {Del Rio Angelis,S (2509)-Rustemov,A 
(2607)/Dos Hermanas 2002/CBM 087 ext/0-1 (49)}) (8. a4 a6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5
Ne7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bg5 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qc8 14. Qa7 $13) 8... Bb4 ({RR} 8...
Ngf6 9. Re1 (9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 $1 {Ivanisevic,I (2664)-Blagojevic,D (2519)
Niksic rap rapid 2008 (1.3) 1-0}) 9... Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rad1 Rc8
13. h3 Re8 14. g4 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nxc4 Qa7 19. Nd6
Bxd6 20. Bxd6 a5 21. Bc5 Qb8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Qd2 {Camarena Gimenez,R (2416)
-Tibensky,R (2416)/Stare Mesto 2008/CB35/1-0 (50)}) (8... b4) 9. Bg5 $146 ({RR
} 9. d5 e5 10. a4 a6 11. Bg5 Ngf6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. Nh4 Nc5 19. Nf5 Kd7 20. Qf3 e4 21. Qc3
Qxd5 22. Qxf6 Be5 23. Qe7+ Kc6 {Gausel,E (2500)-Storland,K (2269)/Gausdal 1999/
CBM 071 ext/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 9... Ngf6 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13.
Bxg5 Qa5 14. exf6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. a4 $1 a6 (16... Rg8 17. axb5 $1 Rxg5
18. bxc6) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Qg4 Rg8 20. Qf4 $14 Rxg5 21. Qxg5
Qxd4 22. Qc1 Nxf6 23. Rd1 $1 Qa7 $6 (23... Qe5) 24. Qb2 (24. Qf4 $36 Nd5 25.
Qe5 $16 {[%csl Re8,Gf8][%cal Ge5h8]}) 24... Ke7 25. Ra1 (25. Qe5 {[%csl Rd6]}
Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 (26. Kh1) 26... Ng4+ 27. Ke2 Nxe5 28. Ra1 Bb7 29. Ra7) 25... Qb8
26. Qb4+ Kd7 27. Qc5 Bb7 28. Ra7 Nd5 29. h4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gh4h8]} c3 30. Be4
(30. Bxd5 exd5 (30... cxd5 $4 31. Qxb5+) 31. Kf1 c2) 30... f5 (30... b4 $2 31.
h5) 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Ra3 (32. Qb6 {[%csl Rb8]} Kc8 33. Qd4 (33. h5 $2 c2 34.
Ra1 Qe5)) 32... Qd6 33. Qa7 Kc8 34. Rxc3 d4 35. Qc5 Kc7 36. Rc1 Qxc5 $6 {
[%csl Rb7]} 37. Rxc5 Kd6 (37... d3) 38. h5 $1 Kxc5 39. h6 b4 $6 (39... d3 $142
40. h7 d2 41. h8=Q d1=Q+ 42. Kg2 Kb6 $19) 40. h7 b3 41. h8=Q b2 42. Qf8+ Kb5
43. Qxf5+ Kb4 44. Qd3 $2 (44. Qc2 Ka3 45. f4 Ba6 46. Kf2 d3 47. Qb1 $18) 44...
Ba6 $1 {Sauve la partie!} 45. Qxd4+ Kb3 46. Qe4 (46. Qb6+ Bb5 47. Qe3+ Kc2 48.
Qe4+ Kc1 $11) 46... Bb5 47. f4 Ka2 48. Qe6+ Ka1 49. Qf6 Ka2 50. Qf7+ Ka3 51.
Qh7 Ka2 52. Qf7+ Ka3 53. Qh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 b5 8. Nd2
Bb7 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 14. Bh4
Qc7 $2 (14... O-O 15. e4 Qc7 $19) 15. Rxg7 $11 Qxh2 16. Bf3 Qxh4 17. Bxc6 Kf8
18. Nf3 Qh6 19. Rg2 Rc8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Rxb5 Rg8 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. Ke2 Kh8
24. Qa4 Qg6 25. Qd1 h6 26. Rb7 Rd8 27. Rxa7 Rb8 $1 (27... Qe4 $2) 28. Rxd7 Rb2+
29. Nd2 Qg4+ 30. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Elsness, Frode"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Ke2 Kg7 21.
Rh5 Nf8 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 c3 24. Rg5+ Kf7 25. bxc3 Nxc3+ 26. Kd2 Na4 27.
Rc1 Nh7 28. Rh5 Nf8 29. Rg5 Rd8+ 30. Ke3 Nh7 31. Rh5 Nf8 32. Be4 b4 33. Rc4 a5
34. Bc2 Nc3 35. Rf4+ Ke7 36. Rg4 Nd5+ 37. Kf3 Kd7 38. Rh8 Ne7 $2 (38... Ba6 39.
Rgg8 Bc4) 39. Rg7 $2 (39. Rf4 $18) 39... Ba6 $14 40. Ba4 $6 (40. Kg2 Ke8 41.
Bb3 $11) 40... Bc4 $17 41. Bb3 Bxb3 42. axb3 Ke8 43. Ke4 Rd2 44. f4 Re2+ 45.
Kf3 $1 Rb2 46. g4 Rxb3+ 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 Rb1 49. f5 exf5 50. gxf5 Rf1+ 51.
Ke4 b3 52. f6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e7g6","",10]} Neg6 $1 53. Rh2 Re1+ 54. Kd3
a4 55. Ra7 $2 (55. Kc3 Nf4 56. Ra7 $17) 55... Nxe5+ $19 56. Kc3 Rc1+ 57. Kb4 b2
58. f7+ $2 (58. Rxb2 Nd3+ 59. Ka3) 58... Kd8 $19 59. Rxb2 Nd3+ 60. Ka3 Nxb2 61.
Kxb2 Rxc5 62. Ka3 Rf5 63. Kxa4 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 {
normally Miguel prefers more quiet lines with 5...h6} 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 {This system was deeply analysed by Michail
Botvinnik and tested by him for the first time in the Moscow championship of
1943. It became well-known after the game Denker-Botvinnik,USA-USSR 1945.} 11.
exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 (12... c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxe6 $1 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxh1 16. e7
a6 17. h4 $1 Bh6 18. f4 $1 $16 {Polugaevsky-Torre,Moscow 1981. This fantastic
novelty (17.h4!!) saved the move 11.ef6 from oblivion.}) 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O
c5 (14... Ne5 $5 {Provokes an extremely interesting queen sacrifice: 15.de5
Rd1 16.Rad1,probably with enough compensation for White.} 15. Qe2 {
recommendation of G.Borisenko} Qxd4 16. Be3 $1 Qd3 17. Rfd1 Qxe2 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8
19. Nxe2 $10 {Smyslov-Botvinnik,Moscow 1954 (m/5)}) 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 (16. Rb1
{This witty move of Wolfgang Uhlmann became somewhat less popular after the
gam e Yermolinsky-Ivanchuk,Pinsk 1986:} Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5
Bh6 $1 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Ne4 Bh3 $1 $10) 16... Qb5 17. a3 (17. dxe6 {
very sharp continuation, favourite of Predrag Nikolic. It may be considered al
most refuted by several most recent games.} Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Qxe6 20.
Qc2 Ne5 21. Rae1 Rd4 $1 {the patent of Savchenko} 22. h4 Bd6 23. a3 (23. Be3 $2
Rdxh4 $1 24. gxh4 Rxh4 25. Kg1 Nd3 $40 {Rublevsky-Savchenko,Helsinki 1992}) (
23. Re4 $2 Qd5 24. Qe2 Nxf3 $1 $19 {Bareev-Oll,Moscow,rapid 1992}) (23. Re2 $1
$13 {A.Shirov}) 23... Qd5 $1 24. Qf5+ Kc7 25. Re2 Kc6 $1 $15 {and powerful
centralization gives better chances to Black,-Nikolic-Shirov,Wijk aan Zee 1993}
) 17... Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qd4 $1 (19. Be3 {is not in fashion any more} Bxd5
20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Rfc1 Ne5 $1 {this powerful novelty of Alexandre
Shabalov (used by him against me on 19.06. 1983 in the international junior's
tournament in Leningrad) was a serious blow to the entire White's concept in
this system.}) (19. Qg4 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Nc6 (20... Nd7 $2 21. Qf4 $1 {preventing
Nd7-e5} Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Bf1 Kb7 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd5 26. Qe4 $18 {
Magerramov-Savchenko,St.-Petersburg 1992}) 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Kd7 23. Rd1
$5 {proposed and analysed by Rainer Knaak in the 'Schach' magazine} (23. Rac1
Rxg5 24. Qe4 Nd8 25. Qd4+ Ke8 26. Qxa7 Qa5 27. Qb8 Qxa4 28. Rd4 Rd5 $4 (28...
Qa5 $10) 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qc8 $1 $18 {I.Sokolov-Oll,Wijk aan Zee 1993}) 23...
Ne5 24. Rc5 $1 Nxg4 25. Rdxd5+ exd5 26. Rxb5 Nxh2 27. Kg2 Ng4 28. Rxd5+ Ke6 29.
Rd8 Rh2+ 30. Kf3 Kf5 31. Be3 $18 {Piket-Nalbandian,Biel 1993}) (19. Qg4 $14 {
Kortschnoj}) 19... Nc6 $8 {The priority of the move 19.Qd4! belongs to Helmut
Krausser. However I must ad mit my complete ignorance in this respect. I
didn't follow too closely the re- cent theoretical developments in the
Botvinnik variation.} (19... Rxd5 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxa7 Nc6 21. Nb6+ Kc7 22. Bf4+
Bd6 23. Nxd5+ exd5 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. Qe3 Kc7 26. Rfe1 Rd8 27. b3 d4 28. Qf4+
Kb6 29. Re7 {1-0/Shirov,A-Oll,L (4)/Tilburg2.26 (30')/1992/}) 20. dxc6 $1 {
While executing this move I thought that I was creating something new and beau
tiful. What a self-deception!} (20. Qg4 $2 {Kortschnoj} Rxd5 $17 (20... Rxd5 $1
{Ftacnik} 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17)) (20. Nb6+ $6 {Ftacnik} axb6 $8 21. dxc6 Bxc6 $8
22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qg4 Kb7 $1 $15) 20... Rxd4 21. cxb7+ Kc7 (21... Kb8 {this
retreat was tried already in the stemgame Krausser-Guenther,corr.1990. Ac
cording to the analysis of Helmut Krausser (Informant 49) it leads to serious
problems for Black} 22. Be3 e5 (22... Rd5 23. Bxa7+ $1) (22... Bc5 $2 23. Nxc5
Qxc5 24. Ra6 Rhd8 25. Rc6 $1 $16) 23. b3 $1 (23. Nc3 $2 bxc3 24. Rxa7 Kxa7 25.
Ra1+ Ba3 $1 26. Rxa3+ Kb6 $19) 23... c3 (23... cxb3 24. Rfc1 Bd6 25. Bxd4 exd4
26. Rc6 Bc7 $16) (23... Bh6 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxa7+ Kc7 $16) (23... Bd6 24.
bxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxa7+ Kc7 $16) 24. Rad1 $1 (24. Rfd1 Bh6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4
c2 27. Rc4 Qe5 $1 $44) 24... Bh6 (24... Bd6 $5 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Bc7 27.
Rc4 Rh5 28. Rc1 Re5 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. R4xc3 Qa5 31. Bf3 Rb5 $16 {H.Krausser.
Indeed, the position looks absolutely hopeless for Black. I can't imagine his
next move, for example 32.h4 Qb6 33.Re1!+-}) 25. Bxd4 exd4 (25... c2 26. Bc5 $3
cxd1=Q 27. Rxd1 Kc7 28. Bd6+ Kd7 29. Nc5+ $18) 26. Rxd4 c2 $2 (26... Bd2 $5 $16
) 27. Rc4 c1=Q 28. Rfxc1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 $18 (29. Rxc1 {Ftacnik} Rd8 30. Nc5 a5
31. h4 Ka7 32. Na4 Rd5 33. Nb6 {1-0/Krausser,H-Guenther/corr/1990/})) (21...
Kb8 {Kortschnoj}) 22. Be3 e5 {During the game I considered this move a mistake
and calculated mainly the lin es starting with 22...Rd5. However, the best I
can do now is just to reproduce the analysis of this continuation by Krausser}
(22... Rd5 23. Bxa7 $1 {I pondered over 23.Rfb1!? as well} Bd6 (23... Qxb7 24.
Nb6 $16) (23... Kxb7 24. Nb6 Bd6 (24... Bh6 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rfe1 $1 Rc8 27.
Re7+ {27.Re5! looks quite strong also} Kc6 28. Bd4 $16) 25. Rfd1 $1 (25. Rfc1
$2 {Ftacnik} Rc8 $1 $17) 25... Rhh5 26. Rdc1 $1 $16) 24. Nb6 Bc5 $1 25. Nxd5+
exd5 26. b8=Q+ Rxb8 27. Bxb8+ Kxb8 28. Bxd5 Bxf2+ $14 {Very impressive! I
would not like to play a correspondence game with Helmut!}) (22... Bc5 {
Kortschnoj} 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Rad1 (24. Ra6 {Kortschnoj} Kb8 25. Rc6 Qh5 26. h4
$146) 24... Rhd8 $13) 23. Nc3 $1 {Only this move is new. Now Black is forced
to accept the knight sacrifice} (23. b3 c3 (23... Bh6 {Ftacnik} 24. Bxd4 exd4
25. bxc4 $16) 24. Rfc1 $1 {improvement of Krausser; his main lines go as
follows:} (24. Rad1 $2 {following the course of the game Krausser-Guenther,
but with one significant d ifference - the black king is much better placed on
c7 than on b8} Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bh6 $1 {now this move becomes possible} 26. Bc5 c2
27. Bd6+ Kd7 28. Bh3+ Ke8 29. Re1 Qxb7 30. f4 Qd5 31. Bxe5 Qd1 {0-1,
Maiwald-Shabalov,Neu-Isenburg 1992}) 24... Bc5 $1 25. Nxc3 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rhd8
27. Bf3 $1 Rb8 (27... R8d5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rac1 Kxb7 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5
Qxb3 32. Rxe5 $16 {as Black has no perpetual check after 32...a5 33.Ra5 Qb1+
34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Kh3,- such assessment seems to be correct}) 28. Rac1 Kb6 29.
Rxc5 {more restrained approach-29.h4-deserves serious attention as well,-the
black pieces are tied and hardly can move} Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Kxc5 31. Kf1 Kb4 32.
Bxd4 exd4 33. Ke2 {in this endgame after 33...Kc3! Black is still fighting})
23... bxc3 24. bxc3 Rd6 $2 {Loses immediately. Black had a wide range of
alternatives, but only one was good} (24... Bh6 25. Bxh6 Rxh6 26. cxd4 $18) (
24... Qc5 25. Rfb1 Bd6 26. Ra6 $1 Rb8 27. h4 $1 {with extra queen Black is in
zugzwang! neither of his pieces can move now,e.g. 27...Kd7 28.cd4 ed4 29.Rd6
Qd6 30.Bf4 and wins.}) (24... Bb4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bxd4 $18) (24... Bc5 $1 {
this was the only defence - Black's idea is to destroy the white king's shelte
r after 25.Rfb1 Rd1+ 26.Rd1 Be3 27.fe3. In my opinion White retains advantage
in this line as well.}) (24... Rd8 {Kortschnoj} 25. Rfb1 Qd7 (25... Qe8 {
Ftacnik} 26. Bxa7 (26. b8=Q+ Rxb8 27. Rxa7+ Kd6 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. Ra6+ Kf5 30.
Bc6 Rd8 31. Bxe8 Rxd1+ 32. Kg2 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Bxf7 Rc8 35. Bd5 Kxf6 36.
h4 $16) 26... Bd6 27. b8=Q+ Rxb8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Bxb8+ Rxb8 30. Bd5 $18) 26.
b8=Q+ $18) 25. Rab1 $1 (25. Rfb1 $2 Ra6 $1 26. Rxb5 Rxa1+ 27. Bf1 Bd6 {still
leaves some hope to Black}) 25... a6 (25... Qb3 26. Rxb3 cxb3 27. Bxa7 Bh6 28.
Rb1 $18) (25... Qe8 26. Bxa7 Rd8 27. Bb6+ $18) 26. Rxb5 axb5 27. Ra1 $1 Rd8 (
27... Rxf6 {Ftacnik} 28. Ra8 Bg7 29. Rxh8 Bxh8 30. Ba7 $18) 28. Be4 $1 Bh6 29.
Bc5 Bf8 (29... Bd2 {would have allowed a very nice finish to the game} 30.
b8=Q+ Rxb8 (30... Kxb8 31. Bb6 $1 Kc8 32. Bc6 $1 {with mate on the next move})
31. Ra7+ Kc8 32. Bf5+ Kd8 33. Be7+ Ke8 34. Bd7#) 30. Ba7 $1 (30. b8=Q+ {
is not so strong any more in view of} Rxb8 (30... Kxb8 31. Bb6 $18) 31. Ra7+
Kc8 $1 (31... Kc8 {Ftacnik} 32. Bf5+ Kd8 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. h4 $18)) 30... Bh6 (
30... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 31. b8=Q+ Rxb8 32. Bxb8+ Rxb8 33. Ra7+ $18) 31. Ra6 {
threatening Ba7-b6+} (31. b8=Q+ {Ftacnik} Rxb8 32. Bxb8+ Rxb8 33. Ra7+ Kb6 34.
Rxf7 Bd2 $132) 31... Rb8 (31... Bd2 {Ftacnik} 32. Bb6+ Kd7 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34.
Ra8 $18) 32. Rb6 $1 {Black loses after 32...Bd2 33.Rb5 Bc3 34.Rc5+ Kd7 35.Bb8
Rb8 36.Rc8!} (32. Rb6 {Ftacnik} Bd2 33. Rxb5 Bxc3 34. Rc5+ Kd6 35. Bxb8+ Rxb8
36. Rc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "China Chess King 1st"]
[Site "Taizhou"]
[Date "2015.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 {Die Botwinnik-Variante sieht man heute eher selten.} Be7
({Die Hauptvariante entsteht nach} 10... Nbd7) 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 (12. Be3
{kommt auch vor.}) 12... Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 {[#]} (13... Bb7) 14. a4 {Kam bisher
kaum vor.} ({Der Hauptzug ist} 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Nxb5 ({Die Alternative ist} 15.
Ne4 Qe7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. a4 f5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Rxa6 Bxa6 20. Nc5 Qxc5 21.
dxc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b4 23. Ra1 Rd8 24. Bf1 Bb5 25. b3 c3 26. Bxb5 c2 27. Be2 a5
28. Rc1 Rd2 29. Kf1 {1-0 (29) Nakamura,H (2767)-Aronian,L (2797) Saint Louis
2014}) 15... O-O-O 16. Qa4 cxb5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qxb5+ Ka8 19. Qc6+ Kb8 20.
Qb5+ Ka8 21. Qc6+ Kb8 22. Qb5+ Ka8 {1/2-1/2 (22) Svidler,P (2740)-Lu,S (2595)
Ningbo 2015}) 14... Nb4 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Kf8 {Rochade ist in dieser
Variante sowieso eine Utopie, insofern ist das ein logischer Zug auf die
weiße Gabeldrohung.} 17. Qd2 a5 {[#]} 18. Bxc4 $2 {Dafür war keine Zeit, der
Läufer fehlt bei der Verteidigung der weißen Felder und der Zug öffnet
Schwarz auch noch die c-Line.} (18. Bg2 {war nicht möglich:} Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Rb8
$19) ({Richtig war} 18. Be2 Bb7 19. f3 ({Nicht} 19. O-O $4 Rxh2 20. Kxh2 Qh8+
21. Kg1 Qh1#) 19... Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxf3 21. Rf1 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 cxd3 $11 {Mit
gleichen Chancen und Spielmöglichkeiten für beiden Seiten.}) 18... Bb7 19. f3
$2 {Noch ein Fehler.} ({Nicht schön, aber besser war} 19. Rf1 Rxh2 20. Rxa5 (
20. Rc1 Bg2 21. Rg1 Bd5 $19) 20... Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 Bg2 23. Rg1 Be4
$17) 19... Rc8 {Es stellt sich heraus, dass der Lc4 nun gar nicht ziehen kann.}
20. Qc3 (20. b3 Rxc4 21. bxc4 Qxf3 22. Rf1 Nd3+ $19) 20... Rxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxf3
22. Kd2 {[#]} (22. Rf1 Nd3+ $19 {Damenverlust oder Matt.}) 22... Rh5 $1 {
Ein nüzlicher Wartezug. Was soll Weiß jetzt ziehen?} 23. Rhe1 (23. Nd6 Qf2+
24. Qe2 Qxd4+ 25. Ke1 Re5 $19) (23. h4 Qf2+ 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Bxh1 26.
Rxh1 Rxb5 $19) 23... Rxh2+ 24. Re2 Bd5 25. Qc8+ Kg7 26. Rxh2 Qd3+ 27. Ke1 Qxg3+
28. Rf2 Nd3+ 29. Ke2 Nxf2 30. Qc3 Qg2 31. Ke1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 ({Derzeit beliebter ist} 
5... h6 {und nun:} 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 {= Moskauer Variante}) 6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 {mit einer ähnlichen Position wie in der Botvinnik-Variante, nur hat
Schwarz hier einen Bauern mehr und nicht weniger.}) 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 {Der spielbare
Pfad für Schwarz ist in dieser Variante sehr dünn. Allerding wird auch von
Weiß ausgezeichnetes Variantengedächtnis verlangt.} 14. Bg2 b4 15. Na4 Qa6 16.
O-O O-O-O 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 ({
Eine berühmte Vorgängerpartie mit hübschen Endspielbildern ist:} 21... Qc6 22.
Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Bc5+ 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. h4 Kb7 26. Ra5 Qd4 27. b3 Bb6 28. Ra2 c3
29. Rd1 Rd8 30. h5 a5 31. g4 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 Qxd1 33. Qxd1 Rxd1 34. h6 Ka6 35. g5
Rd8 36. Kf1 Bd4 37. Ke2 e5 38. Be3 Kb5 39. h7 Rh8 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. g6 fxg6 42.
f7 Kc6 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Re2 a4 45. Re8 axb3 46. Rxh8 b2 47. Rd8+ {1-0 Ivanchuk,
V (2695)-Shirov,A (2740)/Novgorod 1994/CBM 043}) 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24.
Be3 (24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd5 27. Qc2+ Kb7 28. h4 Bh6 29. Nc5+
Kb6 30. Na4+ Kb5 31. Bxh6 Rxh6 32. b3 Rxf6 33. Qe2+ Ka5 34. Nb2 Kb6 35. Nc4+
Kb7 36. Qe1 a5 37. Qe3 e5 38. h5 e4 39. h6 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qh5+ 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42.
Kh2 Qf3 43. Nxa5+ Ka6 {0-1 Rewitz,P (2263)-Kristensen,K (2244)/Silkeborg 2009/
Mega2009 Update 14}) (24. b3 Qe5 25. Rc1 Nxc1 26. Qxc4+ Qc7 27. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 28.
Bxc1 a5 29. g4 Kd7 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. f4 Rc8 32. Be3 a4 33. Nxd6 Kxd6 34. bxa4 Kd5
{0-1 Lutz,C (2595)-Piket,J (2560)/Cologne 1994/CBM 042}) 24... Qh5 25. f3 {
Kaum zu glauben, aber das ist alles schon einmal da gewesen, laut
Online-Datenbank sogar schon in zehn Vorgängerpartien, allerdings zumeist in
Fernpartien.} Qe5 {Der erste echte neue Zug.} (25... a5 26. b3 a4 27. h4 Qe5 ({
Die einzige bekannte Nahpartie verlief so:} 27... axb3 28. Bg5 Qg6 29. Rc1 b2
30. Rxc4+ Bc5+ 31. Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 Rahman,Z (2517)-Gaston,S (2269)/Paris 2002/
CBM 089 ext}) 28. bxc4 Nc5 29. Kg2 Rg8 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rd1 b3 32. h5 Qc7 33.
Qb2 Qf4 34. h6 Qe3 35. Nxc5 Qxc5 36. h7 Rh8 37. Qd2 Qf5 38. Qd7+ Kb8 39. Qd8+
Rxd8 40. Rxd8+ Kc7 {1-0 Daus,P (2401)-Moreno Carretero,C (2444)/ICCF email
2007/Corr 2008}) 26. Qc2 Qb5 ({Kritisch ist auch} 26... Nxb2 27. Rb1 b3 28.
Qxb2 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 a5 {z.B.:} 30. Rb1 (30. Nc3 Bb4 31. Na4 Kc7 32. Nb6 c3 33.
Rxb3 c2 34. Rb2 c1=Q+ 35. Bxc1 Kxb6 36. h4 $14) 30... Bb4 (30... a4 31. Nd2 c3
32. Nxb3 c2 33. Rb2 axb3 34. Rxb3 $16) 31. Bd2 Rd8 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Kf1 c3 34.
Nxc3 bxc3 35. Rxb3 Rd3 36. Ke2 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Rxh2 38. Rxc3+ Kd7 $14) 27. b3 (27.
Bxa7) 27... c3 28. Bxa7 Rh5 29. Be3 Qa6 {mit der Idee Th5-a5-a2} 30. Bg5 {
Die Stellung ist ziemlich unklar, aber Weiß scheint die besseren Chancen zu
besitzen: Der schwarze König steht im Freien, der Th5 ist abgeschnitten, der
Lf8 ist nicht entwickelt. Dem gedeckten schwarzen Freibauern auf c2 steht
langfristig die starke weiße Bauernmajorität am Königsflügel gegenüber.} (30.
Rd1 $5) 30... Ne5 (30... Nc5 31. h4 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Bc5+ 33. Kg2 {war angesichts
des Partieverlaufs vielleicht besser.}) 31. h4 Rh8 $2 {Schwarz findet keinen
Einsatzort für den Läufer und tauscht diesen jetzt in einem zeitraubenden
Manöver ab. Das führt aber geardewegs in den Verlust. Andererseits behindert
der Lf8 auch sehr nachhaltig den schwarzen Turm.} (31... Qd3 $5) 32. Kg2 Bh6
33. Bxh6 Rxh6 34. Rd1 Rh8 $2 ({Nötig war es, denn Springer e5 gedeckt zu
halten:} 34... Rh5 {auch wenn die schwarze Stellung nach} 35. Nd6+ Kc7 36. Qe4
{zum Jubeln keinerlei Anlass gibt.}) 35. Nd6+ (35. Rd6 $5 Qa8 (35... Qa5 36. f4
Nd7 37. Qd3 $18) 36. Qf2 $18) 35... Kb8 ({Oder} 35... Kc7 36. Qe4 Ng4 $5 (36...
Nd7 {verliert} 37. Nxf7 Rf8 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Qd4+ Ke8 (39... Kc7 40. Qc5+ Qc6
41. Qxf8 c2 42. Qe7+ Kb6 43. Qxb4+ Qb5 44. Qxb5+ Kxb5 45. Nd6+ Kb4 46. f7 c1=Q
47. f8=Q $18) 40. Qd8+ Kxf7 41. Qe7+ Kg6 42. Qg7+ Kf5 43. Qg5#) 37. fxg4 Rd8
38. Ne8+ (38. g5 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Qxd6 40. g6 Qd2+ 41. Kh3 c2 42. Qc4+ Kd7 43.
gxf7 c1=Q 44. Qxc1 Qxc1 45. f8=Q Qf1+ $11) 38... Rxe8 39. Qe5+ Kc8 40. Qc5+ ({
Nicht} 40. Rd6 $2 Qb7+ 41. Kh2 Qc7 42. Qb5 Qxd6 43. Qxe8+ Kb7 44. Qxf7+ Kb6 45.
Qe7 Qd2+ 46. Kh3 c2 47. f7 c1=Q 48. Qxe6+ Ka7 49. Qe7+ Kb6 50. Qe6+ Ka7 $11 (
50... Qc6 $2 51. Qxc6+ Kxc6 52. f8=Q $18 {und Schwarz hat kein Dauerschach.}))
40... Kb8 41. Qxb4+ Qb7+ 42. Qxb7+ Kxb7 43. Rc1 Rc8 44. g5 $18) 36. Qe4 Nc6 37.
Nxf7 Rf8 38. Ne5 Nxe5 39. Qxe5+ Ka8 40. Rd6 Qa7 1-0

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6
14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 (16. Rb1 {Marin} Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 $36
{Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V New York (PCA) 25' 1994}) 16... Qd6 $5 (16... Qb5 {Marin}
17. a3) 17. dxe6 (17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 Bh6 $13) 17... Qxe6 18. Re1 Ne5 $1 $146 (
18... Qf5 {Agzamov-Timoschenko/URS/1982/}) (18... Qf5 {Marin} 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7
20. Bf4 Qxf6 21. Re8 $1 $16 {Agzamov-Timoscenko URSS 1982, Informatorul 34})
19. Qxd8+ (19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Qxd8 (20. Qe2 Qh3 21. Qxe5 (21. Qe4+ Ka6 22. Qg2
Qxg2+ (22... Qf5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qc6+ Ka5 25. Bf4) (22... Qxh2+ 23. Qxh2 Nf3+
24. Kg2 Nxh2 25. f3 {(25.Rh1?! Rg8)} Kb5 26. b3 c3 27. Re2 $16 {פh2}) 23. Kxg2
Nd3 24. Re4 Kb5 25. b3 c3 $44) 21... Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1
Qh3+ $10) 20... Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Qc6 $1 (21... Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1 23. Qd7+ Ka6 24.
Qc6+ Ka5 25. Bf4 $18 {Agzamov}) 22. Re7+ (22. Kf1 {Kortschnoj} Nxg5 23. Re8 $16
) (22. Nxc5+ Bxc5 23. Qxh8 Nxe1+ 24. Kh3 (24. Kf1 Qf3 25. Kxe1 Bxf2+ 26. Kd2
Qd3+ 27. Kc1 b3 28. axb3 cxb3 $19) 24... Qe6+ 25. g4 (25. Kh4 Nf3+ 26. Kh5 Qh3+
27. Bh4 Qf5+ 28. Kh6 Qg6#) 25... Qe4 26. Rxe1 Qf3+ 27. Kh4 Bxf2+ 28. Kh5 Qh3+
29. Bh4 Qxh4#) 22... Bxe7 23. Qxh8 (23. Qxe7+ Ka8 $19 (23... Ka8 {Marin} 24.
Qxc5 (24. h4 Nxh4+ 25. Kf1 Nf5 26. Qxc5 (26. Qe5 Nd4 $19) 26... Nxg3+ 27. Ke1 (
27. fxg3 Qf3+) 27... Qh1+ 28. Kd2 Rd8+ 29. Kc2 Qe4+ 30. Kc1 Ne2#) (24. Be3
Nxh2+ 25. Kg1 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nd4 27. Ke1 (27. Bxd4 Qf3 $19) 27... Qf3 28. Bh6
Nc2+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kd2 Qd3+ 30. Kc1 Nxa1 31. Qb7+ Kxb7 32. Nxc5+ Kc6 33. Nxd3
cxd3 $19) 29... Nxa1 30. Nxc5 Nc2 31. Kg1 (31. Qd7 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qh5+ 33. Kd2
Qxc5) 31... Nd4 $17) 24... Qe4 25. Bh6 $3 Nxh2+ $1 (25... Rxh6 26. Qc8#) (25...
Nd2+ 26. f3) (25... Ng5+ $10 26. Kf1 $2 {(26.Kg1 Nf3+)} Re8 $19) 26. Kg1 Nf3+
27. Kf1 Nh2+ 28. Kg1 $10) (23... Ka6 24. Qe4 $1 $18)) 23... Nxg5+ 24. Kg1 Bxf6
$40) 19... Kxd8 20. Bxb7 Kc7 $4 (20... Bd6 21. Bf4 $1 (21. Rad1 {Marin} Kc7 22.
Bg2 Re8 (22... Qf5 23. Bf4 Nd3 (23... Re8 24. Rd5 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 26. Kg2
Be5 27. Nxc5 {(/\Nd7)} c3 {(27...Qxf6 28.Nd7)} 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Nd3 $16 c2 30.
Nxe1 Bxf4 31. Rxf5 c1=Q 32. Rxf4 Qxe1 33. a4 $16) 24. Re7+ Kd8 (24... Kc8 25.
Bxd6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qxf6 {(26...Qc2?? 27.Bb7+ Kd8 28.Bc7#)} 27. Rc7+ Kd8 28.
Be7+ $18) 25. Bxd6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qc2 (26... Qd4 $4 27. Bc7+ Kc8 28. Bb7+ Kxb7
29. Be5+) (26... Qxf6 27. Bxc5) 27. Rf1 Nf2+ (27... Qxa4 28. Bb7 Qa5 29. Rf5 {
/\Rd5, Bc7#}) 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Nxc5 Qxf6 30. Nb7+ Kc8 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. Rxf7+
$18) 23. f4 Qg4 (23... Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Ra1 27. Ke3
Rxa2 28. Bd1 b3 (28... c3 29. bxc3 Rxh2 30. Bb3) 29. Nc3 Rxb2 30. h4 Rh2 31.
Be2 $16) 24. fxe5 Bxe5 {~/=/+/=} (24... Rxe5 $5) 25. Bc1 Re6 (25... Bd4+ 26.
Kh1 {/\Bf4}) 26. Kh1 {(/\Nxc5)} Bd4 $6 27. Bf4+ Kc8 28. h3 Qh5 29. g4 $16) (21.
f4 Qh3 22. fxe5 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Qxg3 24. Rad1 (24. exd6 Qxg5 25. Rad1 Rh2 26. Re2
Qf5+ 27. Ke1 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Qc2+ 29. Rd2 Qxa4 $17) 24... Qxg5 25. Rxd6+ Kc7 26.
Bg2 (26. Bf3 Qf4 $19) 26... Qf4+ 27. Kg1 Qh2+ $10) 21... Re8 (21... Kc7 22.
Nxc5 Qxf6 23. Bg2 $18) (21... Qxf6 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 $18) (
21... Qh3 22. Bxe5 $18) 22. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 23. Rad1+ Kc7 24. Nxc5 Qxf6 25. Rd7+
Kb6 26. Na4+ Kb5 27. b3 $18) (20... Qf5 $1 21. Rxe5 (21. Rad1+ Nd3 22. Bf4 Bd6
$1 23. Be4 Qh3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Bxd6 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 28. Kg2
Rxe1 29. Bf4 Re2 30. Kf3 c4 $17) 21... Qxe5 22. Rd1+ Kc7 (22... Ke8 23. Bc6#) (
22... Bd6 23. Bf4) 23. Bf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Kxb7 25. Rc1 (25. Rd8 {Marin} Kc6 {
(/\Bg7, /\Kb5)} (25... Bg7 $4 26. Rd7+ Kc6 27. fxg7) 26. Rc8+ Kd7 (26... Kb5 $6
27. Nxc5 Rh5 28. Ne4 $14) 27. Ra8 Kc6 $10) (25. Rd7+ Kc6 26. Rxa7 (26. Rxf7 a5
{/\27...Kb5 28.b3 c3-/+}) 26... Kb5 27. Kg2 Bd6 $17 {(פa4)} 28. b3 $6 c3 $1)
25... Rh6 26. Rxc4 Kc6 $10) 21. Bg2 Qd7 22. Bf4 $1 Qxa4 23. Bxe5+ (23. a3 $1
Bd6 (23... Qd7 24. axb4 $18) 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Bxe5 $40) (23. b3 $5 {Marin} Qa6
(23... cxb3 24. axb3 Qxb3 25. Rxa7+ $40 {+-}) 24. Rxe5 Kc8 (24... Bd6 25. Rxc5+
Kb8 26. Rc6) (24... Kb6 25. Re8 {(25.Bf1)} Bg7 26. Bc7+ Kxc7 27. Re7+ Kb6 28.
fxg7 Rg8 29. Rxf7 $16) 25. Re8+ (25. Rd1 Bd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28.
Bxd6 Re1+ 29. Bf1 c3) 25... Kd7 26. Rb8 cxb3 27. Rd1+ Ke6 28. Re8+ Kf5 29. Be4+
Kg4 (29... Kxf6 30. Be5+ Kg5 31. Bxh8 $40) 30. f3+ Kh5 (30... Kh3 31. Bf5#) 31.
Rd5#) 23... Kb6 (23... Bd6 {Marin} 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. b3 $3 {(><d1)} cxb3 (
25... Qa3 26. Re7 {/\Rd1#}) 26. axb3 Qxb3 (26... Qb5 27. Re7 Qd3 28. Be4 Qe2
29. Bb7 Qd3 30. Ra6+ $18) 27. Ra6+ Kc7 28. Rxa7+ Kb6 (28... Kd6 29. Ra6+ Kc7
30. Re7+ Kb8 31. Ra8#) (28... Kb8 29. Ra8+ Kc7 30. Re7+ Kb6 31. Rb7#) 29. Rb7+
Ka6 30. Ra1+ $18) 24. Rad1 (24. a3 Qd7 $13) 24... Rh5 (24... Qxa2 {Marin} 25.
Rd8 (25. Rd7 $5) 25... Kb5 (25... a5 $2 26. Rb8+ Ka6 27. Bc7 c3 28. bxc3 b3 29.
Bc6 Bd6 30. Rb6+ Ka7 31. Rb7+ Ka6 32. Bxd6 Qd2 33. Ree7 $18) (25... c3 26. bxc3
b3 27. Rb8+ Ka5 28. Bd5 {; 28.Bc6}) 26. Bd5 $16) (24... Bh6 {Marin} 25. Rd6+
Ka5 26. b3 Qe8 (26... cxb3 27. Bf1 $18) (26... Qxa2 27. Ra1 Qxa1+ 28. Bxa1 Re8
29. Bf1 Re1 30. Kg2 Bf8 31. Rc6 Kb5 32. Rc8) (26... Qa3 27. Bb7 Kb5 28. bxc4+
Kxc4 29. Ba6+ $18) (26... Qb5 27. Bf1 {+- (27.a4!?)}) 27. bxc4 $40 Bf8 28. Rc6
{+-, /\ 29.Bc7+ Ka4 30.Ra6#}) 25. Rd8 Rxe5 $8 26. Rxe5 c3 (26... Bh6 {Marin}
27. Rd6+ Kc7 28. Rc6+ Kb8 (28... Kd8 29. Rd5+ Ke8 30. Rc8#) (28... Kd7 29. Re7+
Kd8 30. Rd6+ Kc8 31. Bb7+ Kb8 32. Rd8#) 29. Re8+ Kb7 30. Rxc5+ Kb6 31. Rc6+ Kb7
32. Rxc4+ Ka6 (32... Kb6 33. Rxb4+ Qxb4 34. Rb8+ Kc5 35. Rxb4 Kxb4 36. Bd5 $18)
33. Rc6+ Kb7 34. Re7+ Kb8 35. Rd6 Qa5 36. Rdd7 $18) 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Rb8+ $6 (
28. Be4 $142 $1) 28... Ka5 (28... Ka6 {Marin} 29. Bf1+ Ka5 (29... c4 30. Bh3)
30. Rxf8) 29. Rxf8 Qd1+ 30. Bf1 Qd6 31. Rfe8 (31. Re7 c2 32. Rxa7+ Kb4 33. Rfa8
c1=Q (33... Qc6 34. Rb8+ Kc3 35. Ra3+ Kd4 (35... Kd2 36. Rd3+ Kc1 37. h4 Qxf6
38. Rdd8 $18 {עc1, o^a,h}) 36. Rd3+ Ke5 37. Rc3 $18) 34. Ra4+ Kc3 35. Rc4+ Kd2
36. Rxc1 Kxc1 37. Ra4 Kb2 (37... Qxf6 {Marin} 38. Rf4 Qe7 39. a4 {/\h4+- o^a,h}
) 38. Rf4 $18) 31... c2 32. Re1 Qd1 33. R8e7 $1 Kb6 (33... c1=Q {Marin} 34.
Rxd1 Qxd1 35. Rxa7+ Kb6 36. Rxf7 c4 37. Re7 c3 38. f7 Qf3 39. Re3 Qxf7 40. Rxc3
$18) 34. h4 $1 c1=Q 35. Rxd1 Qxd1 36. Rxf7 c4 (36... Qa1 {Marin} 37. h5 Qxa2
38. Rd7 Qe6 39. f7 Qf6) 37. Re7 c3 38. f7 Qf3 39. Rb7+ $1 (39. Re3 {Marin} Qxf7
40. Rxc3 Qxa2 $132 {o^a}) 39... Kc5 (39... Qxb7 40. f8=Q c2 41. Qb4+ Kc7 42.
Qf4+ $18) (39... Kxb7 {Marin} 40. Bg2) 40. Rc7+ Kd6 41. Bg2 Qd1+ (41... Qxf7 {
Marin} 42. Rxf7 c2 43. Rf6+ Kd7 44. Rc6) 42. Kh2 Kxc7 43. f8=Q c2 44. Qf4+ Kb6
45. Bf3 (45. Bf3 Qb1 46. Be4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 $1 (16. Qxg6+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $13) 16... Qf7 17. Be4 Ne7 18.
Nxb5 $1 $146 (18. O-O-O Ba6 $15 {Beliavsky,A-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/}) 18...
cxb5 19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Be4 Bd7 $1 (20... Nbd5 21. Rh8 $1) 21. Rh8 Bc6 22. f3 $1
(22. Bxc6+ Nxc6 23. O-O-O Nd5 $132) 22... Nbd5 $2 (22... Kd7 $1 23. Ke2 $1 (23.
O-O-O Bg7) 23... Bg7 24. Rh7 Nbd5 25. Rah1 $14) 23. Kf2 Nb4 (23... Kd7 24. Rah1
Bg7 25. R1h7 Nb4 (25... b4 26. Qg5 $1 c3 (26... a5 27. Ke1 $3 a4 28. Bxd5 Bxd5
29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Qf6 $18) 27. bxc3 Nxc3 (27... bxc3 28. Qc1 $1 {/\ Qa3}) 28.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 29. Rxg7 Ne4+ (29... Qxg7 30. Qf6 Nf5 31. Qxe6+ $18) 30. Kg2 Nxg5
31. Rxf7 Nxf7 32. Rh7 $18) 26. Bxc6+ Nbxc6 27. Qh4 $1 {/\ 28.Rg7 Qg7 29.Rh7}
Qf5 $1 (27... Nf5 $2 28. Rxg7 Qxg7 (28... Nxg7 29. Qf6 $18) 29. Rh7) 28. Rxg7
Qc2+ 29. Kg1 Qxb2 (29... Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb2+ 31. Kh3 c3 32. Rhh7 Qa3 33. Qe4 $18
) (29... Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qc2+ (30... Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Qxf3 32. Qf6 $1 Qh1+ 33. Kg4
Qd1+ (33... Qxh8 34. Rxe7+) 34. Kg5 $18) 31. Kh3 Qf5+ 32. g4 $1 (32. Qg4 $2 Qb1
) 32... Qxf3+ 33. Qg3 Qh1+ 34. Qh2 Qf3+ 35. Kh4 Nxd4 36. Rhh7 Ndf5+ (36... Ndc6
37. Qd2+) 37. gxf5 Qe4+ 38. Kg5 Qxf5+ 39. Kh6 $18) 30. Rhh7 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qc2+
32. Kh3 Qf5+ 33. Qg4 c3 (33... Qb1 34. Qg5 $18) 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Kg2 c2 36.
Rh1 Nxd4 37. Kf2 b4 38. Rc1 $1 (38. Ke3 $2 b3 $19) 38... Kd8 39. Ke3 Nec6 40.
Rxa7 $1 $18) 24. a3 $1 (24. Rah1 Bxe4 $2 25. Qxe4 Nbd5 26. R1h7 Qf5 $13) 24...
Nd3+ (24... Bxe4 25. axb4 Bf5 26. Qg5 Nc8 (26... Nc6 27. Qf6 $1 Qxf6 28. exf6
Kf7 29. Ra6 $18) 27. Qh6 Ke7 28. Qh4+ Kd7 29. Qf6 Ke8 30. Ra6 $1 Qxf6 31. exf6
Kf7 32. Rc6 $18) 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Rd1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Rxd3 Bd5 29. Rc3
Nc6 (29... Bc4 30. b3 Nd5 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Nb6 (32... Nc3 33. Ke3) 33. c5
$18) 30. Ke3 Kf7 31. Rh7+ $1 Bg7 32. Rh2 Kg6 $6 (32... Ke8 $1 33. g4 $5 $16)
33. Rhc2 Na5 34. Rc7 a6 (34... Bh6+ 35. f4 Nc4+ 36. Ke2 Be4 37. Rc3 a5 38. Rc5
$18) 35. Ra7 Nc4+ 36. Ke2 a5 37. b3 Nxa3 38. Rc8 Bh6 39. Rg8+ Kh5 40. Rh7 {
/\ g4} (40. Rh7 Bxb3 41. g4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Konikowski Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5
dxc4 {Dieser Zug führt in der Regel zu haarsträubenden Verwicklungen, in
welchen häufig die bessere häusliche Vorbereitung entscheidet.} (5... h6 6.
Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 {(Kamsky - Kramnik, 4. Runde) sichert Weiss einen kleinen
Vorteil. Nach} Nd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 dxc4 11. e5 Qe7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Qe2 {war der weisse Raumvorteil fühlbar.}) 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5
hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 (11. g3 {wurde auch schon oft gespielt.} Bb7 (11...
Rg8 {Konikowski} 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Qxg6+ Qf7
17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ne4 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 (19. Kd1 $5 c3 20. Kc2 cxb2 21. Kxb2 $13)
19... c3 20. bxc3 Nxc3+ 21. Nxc3 Bxc3 22. Rd1 b4 23. Bg2 Ba6+ 24. Ke3 Rg8 25.
Bxc6 Nb6 26. Rh6 Bc4 $17 {Lobron,E-Shirov,A/BL/8384/}) 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5
14. d5) 11... Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 $1 {Eine interessante Alternative zu
den Standard-Fortsetzungen} (13... Qb6 {und}) (13... Nb6) 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Qd2
Qxf6 $1 (15... Rxf6 {Karpow - Ribli, Olympiade Saloniki 1988??}) 16. O-O-O (16.
Ne4 Qe5 $1 (16... Qf3 $2 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxb7 Qxh1 19. d6+ Ke8 20. Qxh6 Qxb7
21. Qh4) (16... Qe5 {Kortschnoj} 17. Bg2 exd5 18. Qxh6 dxe4 19. O-O-O $13)) (
16. Bg2 Ne5 17. O-O O-O-O 18. f4 (18. Qe3 {und nun ist} Rxh2 $5 {mit der
Absicht} 19. Qxc5+ (19. f4 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Nd3 {und 21. ... b4}) 19... Kb8 20.
Kxh2 $2 (20. Nxb5 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Bxd5+ 22. f3 Bxf3+ 23. Kg1 Rd7 $1 24. Nd6 Qh8
{ist für Weiss ebenfalls ungemütlich}) 20... Rh8+ 21. Kg1 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 {
sehr interessant.}) 18... Nd3 19. dxe6 (19. Nxb5 exd5) 19... Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxh2+
$1 21. Kxh2 Qh8+ $1 (21... Rh8+ 22. Bh3 f5 23. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 24. Qc3) 22. Bh3 f5
$1 {mit der tödlichen Drohung 23. ... Dxh3+} 23. Nd5 (23. Kg1 Qxh3 24. Qh2
Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rh8+ {und matt}) 23... Bxd5 24. Qc3 Qh6 25. e7 Rh8 26. e8=Q+
Rxe8 {und die Drohungen 27. ... b4 und 27. ... Th8 entscheiden.}) 16... Kf8 $1
(16... Bxd5 {Jusupow - Schirow, Linares 1993. Von Jusupow in seinen
Kommentaren vorgeschlagen.}) (16... Bxd5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bg2 Nb6
19. Qe3+ Kf8 20. Qxc5+ Kg8 21. Qd4 Re8 $13 {Yusupov,A-Shirov,A/Linares/1993/})
17. f4 {Gegen ... Se5 gerichtet.} (17. Ne4 Qg6) (17. Bg2 Ne5 18. Ne4 Nd3+ 19.
Qxd3 cxd3 20. Nxf6 Rxf6 21. Rxd3 Rxf2) (17. g4 {mit der Drohung 18. g5.} Rg6 $1
(17... Rh4 18. Rg1 (18. dxe6 Bxh1 19. exd7 Rd8 20. Nxb5 Rxh2 $19) 18... exd5
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. h3 Qxf2 22. Qd6+ Kg7 23. Qe7 Nf6 (23... Rhh8 24.
Rg2 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Rhe8 26. Qh4 Nf6 $17) 24. Rxd8 Qxg1 25. Rd1 (25. Qe1 Rxh3 $19)
25... Qf2 26. Qxa7 Nxg4 $1 27. hxg4 Rh2 $19) 18. h3 (18. Rg1 {Konikowski} Ne5
19. g5 Qf5 20. Qe3 exd5 21. Bh3 Qf3 (21... Nd3+ $2 22. Rxd3 Qxd3 23. Qxc5+ Kg7
24. Rg3 Rc6 25. Qe7 Qd4 26. Qxb7 $16) 22. Qxc5+ Kg8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5
25. Rxd5 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 Nf4 27. Rf5 Nxh3 28. Rg3 Nxf2 29. Rxf2 $10 {Piket,
J-Kaidanov,G/Tilburg/1993/}) 18... b4 19. Ne4 c3 $1 20. bxc3 Qf3 21. dxe6 Bxe4
22. exd7 bxc3 23. d8=Q+ Kg7 $3 {und Schwarz hat vermutlich die besseren
Chancen, z.B.} 24. Q2d4+ cxd4 25. Qxd4+ Rf6 $1) (17. Qe3 $6 {Kortschnoj} exd5
18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. Bg2 Qxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Ne5 22. Nf4 Ng4 $15) 17...
Nb6 $1 18. Bg2 (18. g4 {Konikowski} Rh4 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Nxc5 Bxd5 21. Rg1 Rxg4
$17) (18. Ne4 {Konikowski} Qg7 19. Bg2 Bxd5 20. Nc3 b4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qf2
Rc8 23. Bxd5 c3 24. b3 c4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. bxc4 b3 27. Qd4 (27. axb3 Ra6 28.
Qe3 Ra1+ 29. Kc2 Ra2+ 30. Kb1 Rb2+ 31. Kc1 c2 32. Rd4 Rb1+ 33. Kxc2 Rxh1 $19)
27... Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Ra6 {0-1 Vladimirov,J-Bareev,J/Tilburg/1993/}) 18... exd5
19. Qf2 (19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rd8 21. Qg2 c3 {kam für Weiss schwerlich in
Betracht.}) (19. Nxb5 {Konikowski} Bc6 20. Nc7 (20. Qa5 d4 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 $17)
20... Rd8 (20... Rc8 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Qg2 $16) 21. f5 (21. Qa5
Na4 22. Rd2 c3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Na6 Na4 26. h4 d4 27. Nc7 Bxg2
28. Rxg2 c4 29. Re1 d3 30. Re4 c3 31. Rg1 (31. Rxa4 d2+ 32. Kd1 c2+ $19) 31...
Nb2 $19) 21... Na4 22. g4 c3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Rd2 d4 26. Ne6+
fxe6 27. Bxc6 exf5 28. Bf3 fxg4 29. Bxg4 Rf6 30. a3 Ne4 31. Rg2 d3 32. Rhg1 Rd4
33. Bh5 Ke7 34. Rg7+ Kd6 35. Rxa7 Rc4+ 36. Kd1 Rc2 37. Ra6+ Ke5 38. Rxf6 Kxf6
39. Rf1+ Ke5 40. Re1 Kd4 {0-1 Alterman,B-Kamsky,G/Tilburg/1993/}) 19... Rc8 (
19... d4 $2 {Konikowski} 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nxc5 $2 (22. f5 $1 Rxb7
23. Qf4 Rh8 (23... Rc6 24. f6 Qe6 25. Nxc5 $1 Rxc5 26. Rhe1 $18) 24. f6 Qc7 25.
Nd6 Rb8 26. Qg5 Rh7 27. Nxb5 Qc6 28. Nxa7 $16) 22... Qxc5 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. h4 c3
25. Rd3 Na4 $17) 20. Nxb5 $6 {Vielleicht war [#]} (20. g4 {(wonach} Rg6 {
folgen kann) etwas genauer.} (20... Qh4 {Ftacnik} 21. Qxh4 Rxh4 22. h3 Rd8 23.
Nxb5 $10) 21. h3 (21. h3 {Konikowski} b4 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 c3 24. f5 (24.
b3 c4 (24... Nxd5 25. Rxd5 c4 26. Rc5 $1) 25. Be4 Rg8 26. Bf5 Rc7 27. Rhe1 Kg7
(27... a5 28. g5 $1 Qxf5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ Kh7 31. Rxg8 f6 32. Ree8 cxb3
33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rh6+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ Kxg8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Rxf6+ $18
) 28. h4 cxb3 29. axb3 a5 $13) 24... Rg8 25. b3 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qh6+ 27. Kb1 Rxg4
28. Rxc5 Rd8 29. Rc7 Rd2 30. Qxa7 Rb2+ 31. Ka1 Rgg2 32. Rc8+ (32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33.
Rd7 Rxa2+ 34. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 35. Kxa2 Qa6+ 36. Kb1 Qe2 37. Rg1+ Kf8 38. Rd8+ Ke7
$19) 32... Kg7 33. Qd4+ Qf6 34. Qxf6+ (34. Rg8+ Kxg8 35. Qxf6 Rxa2+ 36. Kb1
Rgb2+ 37. Kc1 Ra1#) 34... Kxf6 35. Ra8 Kxf5 36. h4 Rh2 37. Rf1+ Rbf2 38. Rxf2+
Rxf2 39. Kb1 Rh2 40. Ra5+ Ke4 41. Rb5 f5 42. Rxb4+ Kd3 43. a4 Rh1+ 44. Ka2 c2
$19)) (20. Bxd5 {Konikowski} Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qa6 22. Qe3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxa2 $17)
(20. Nxd5 {Konikowski} Bxd5 21. Bxd5 c3 22. Bf3 (22. b3 c4 $1) 22... Nc4 23. b3
c2 $1 $19) 20... Na4 $1 {Mit der Idee 21. ... c3.} 21. Qc2 (21. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 Qc6 (22... Qc6 {Konikowski} 23. Nxa7 Qxd5 24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Nxc8 Qxc8
$17)) (21. Nxa7 {Konikowski} Rb8 22. Qc2 Qa6 23. b3 Nb6 $19) 21... Qa6 $1 22.
Na3 {Notwendig, denn} (22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 (23. bxc3 Rb6 (23... Rb6 {
Konikowski} 24. Rd2 d4 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Re1 Rb8 $19)) 23... Qxa2 (23... d4 {
Ftacnik} 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxc4 Rb6 26. Qc2 (26. b3 Rb4 27. Qc2 c4 $1) 26...
Rb8 27. b3 c4 $1 $17) 24. Rxd5 (24. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qxh1) (
24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 Rd8 $19) 24... Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 $1 26. g4 Rb3 {und
Schwarz gewinnt.}) 22... c3 $1 23. Bxd5 $6 {Nach langem Nachdenken. Schirow
wollte nach} (23. bxc3 {den Zug} Qa5 $1 {Die Folge könnte sein:} (23... c4 {
Konikowski} 24. Nb1 (24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nb6 $19) 24... Nc5 25. Rd4 Nd3+ 26.
Kd1 Rb6 {/\Rb2-+}) 24. Nc4 $2 (24. Nb1 Rb8 {mit der Absicht} 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26.
Rxd5 Rhb6) 24... Qxc3 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qa1+ 27. Qb1 Qxb1+ 28. Kxb1 Nc3+ {
und Weiss müsste die Waffen strecken.}) 23... Nxb2 24. Qf5 (24. Bxb7 Qxa3 25.
Bxc8 (25. Qb3 {Konikowski} Qxb3 26. axb3 Rc7 27. Rd8+ (27. Bf3 Nxd1 $19) 27...
Ke7 28. Rb8 Rb6 29. Kc2 c4 $1 (29... Rcxb7 30. Rxb7+ Rxb7 31. Kxc3 c4 32. Kxb2
Rxb3+ 33. Kc2 Ra3 34. Rd1 a5 35. Rd4 Ra2+ 36. Kc3 Rxh2 37. Rxc4 Rh3 38. Ra4
Rxg3+ 39. Kd4 Rg4 40. Ke4 $10) 30. Re1+ Kf6 31. bxc4 Nxc4 32. Kxc3 Nd6+ $19)
25... Nc4+ $1 26. Kb1 Rb6+ 27. Ka1 Qb2+ $1 28. Qxb2 cxb2+ 29. Kb1 Na3# {matt.})
24... Rf6 (24... Bxd5 $5 {Kortschnoj} 25. Rxd5 Nd3+ 26. Qxd3 Qxa3+ 27. Kd1 Qxa2
$36) 25. Qh7 (25. Bxb7 Nd3+ $1 26. Kb1 (26. Qxd3 Qxa3+ {und matt} (26... Qxa3+
{Ftacnik} 27. Kc2 Qb2#)) (26. Kc2 Qa4+ (26... Qa4+ 27. Kxd3 Rxf5 $19)) (26.
Rxd3 {Konikowski} Qxa3+ 27. Kd1 Rxf5 $19) 26... Qxb7+) 25... Qxa3 $1 (25...
Nxd1 {Konikowski} 26. Re1 $1) 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Rhe1+ (27. Rde1+ {Konikowski}
Kd7 28. Qxf6 Nd3+ 29. Kd1 (29. Kc2 Qb2+ 30. Kxd3 Qd2+ 31. Kc4 Bxd5+ 32. Kb5
Qb2+ 33. Ka5 Qxa2+ 34. Kb5 Bc4#) 29... Qc1+ 30. Ke2 Qd2+ 31. Kf3 Nxe1+ $19)
27... Kd7 $1 28. Qh3+ (28. Be6+ Kc6 {oder} (28... Kc7 29. Rd7+ Kc6 (29... Kc6 {
Kortschnoj} 30. Qxf6 Nd3+ 31. Kc2 (31. Kd1 Qc1+ $19) 31... Qb2+ 32. Kxd3 Qd2+
$19)) (28... Kc6 {Konikowski} 29. Bd5+ Kb5 $19)) (28. Bxb7+ {Kortschnoj} Nxd1+
29. Kxd1 Rxh8 $19) (28. Qxf6 {Kortschnoj} Nd3+ 29. Kc2 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qb2+ 31.
Kd3 Qd2+ $19) 28... Kd6 $1 29. Bxb7+ Nxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qxa2 31. Qg2 Qb1+ {Weiss
überschritt die Bedenkzeit!} (31... Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Re6+) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Qxe6 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Rae1
Rd4 22. h4 Bd6 23. a3 (23. Be3 Rdxh4 $1) (23. Re2 $5 Qd5 24. Qf5+ Kc7 25. Rfe1
$5 (25. Bf4 Re8 $13) 25... Nd3 26. Re7+ Bxe7 27. Rxe7+ Kc6 28. Qxd5+ Rxd5 29.
Rxf7 $13) 23... Qd5 $1 24. Qf5+ Kc7 $1 25. Re2 (25. Be3 $2 Nd3) (25. Bf4 Rxf4
$1 26. Qxf4 Nd3 27. Qe4 (27. Re7+ Kc6 28. Qe4 Rg8 $3 29. g4 Bxe7 30. fxe7 Qxe4
31. fxe4 Rxg4+ 32. Kf3 Rg8 $17) 27... Nxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Kc6 $1 $15) 25... Kc6 $3
$15 {/\ Nd3} (25... Nd3 $2 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. axb4 cxb4 28. Re4) 26. b3 $1 (26.
Be3 Nd3 27. Qg5 Re8 $1 $17) (26. Bf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4 (27. gxf4 Nd3 $17) 27... Rg8
$1 28. Qe4 Nd3 $17 29. Kh1 $140 Rxg3 30. Qe8+ Kc7 31. Re7+ Bxe7 32. Qxe7+ Kc6
33. Qe8+ Qd7 34. Qa8+ Kb5 35. Qb8+ (35. Nc3+ bxc3 36. Qb8+ Ka4 37. Qxg3 cxb2
$19) 35... Kxa4 36. Qxg3 Nxb2 $17) 26... c3 $1 (26... cxb3 $6 27. axb4 cxb4 28.
Rc1+ Nc4 (28... Kb5 $2 29. Rc5+ $3 Bxc5 30. Rxe5 $18) 29. Qb1 $1 $40) 27. axb4
cxb4 28. Ra1 $1 Nd3 (28... Rd3 29. Nxc3 $3 bxc3 30. Ra6+ Kc7 31. Rxd6 Kxd6 32.
Rxe5 Qxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34. Re7 $13) 29. Qxd5+ Rxd5 $1 (29... Kxd5 30. Kh3 $1
Rc8 31. Rc2 $13) 30. Re4 $1 Kb5 31. Rc4 $1 Re8 $1 32. Ra2 $1 (32. Rxc3 $2 Re2+
33. Kf1 (33. Kg1 Be5 $19) 33... Rf2+ 34. Kg1 Rxf3 $19) 32... Ne1+ (32... Rde5
$2 33. Rd4) (32... Ree5 $5) 33. Kh3 Nxf3 34. Rxc3 $1 Nxg5+ 35. hxg5 Rh8+ (35...
Rxg5 36. Rd3 Rxg3+ (36... Re6 37. Rf2 {/\ Nb2-c4}) 37. Rxg3 Bxg3 38. Kxg3 Re3+
39. Kf4 Rxb3 40. Nc5 $3 Ra3 (40... Kxc5 41. Rxa7 $10) 41. Rc2 Rc3 (41... b3 42.
Nxb3 Rxb3 43. Rc7) 42. Rxc3 (42. Ra2 $10) 42... bxc3 43. Nd3 Kc4 44. Nc1 c2 45.
Ke5 Kc5 46. Nb3+ $10) 36. Kg2 bxc3 37. Nxc3+ Kc6 38. Nxd5 Kxd5 39. Rxa7 Ke6 40.
Ra4 $4 (40. Kf3 $1 Rh3 41. Kg4 Rxg3+ 42. Kh5 Rh3+ (42... Rxb3 43. Kh6 $10) 43.
Kg4 Rxb3 44. Ra6 (44. Ra5 $5 $10) 44... Rg3+ 45. Kh5 Kf5 46. Ra5+ Be5 47. Kh6
$10) 40... Rg8 $19 41. Rg4 (41. Ra5 Be5 42. Ra6+ Kf5 43. Ra7 Kg6 {/\ Rb8-+})
41... Be5 {/\Kf5-+} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Beliavsky Chekhov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6
14. Bg2 b4 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Rb1 {Nowadays this move seems more critical than}
(16. Na4) 16... Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 {N/} (20.
exd8=Q+ {Chekhov} Kxd8 21. Ne4 Bh3 22. Nxc5 Be6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qa8+ Qc8 25.
Qxa7 Bxg5 26. Qa5+ Qc7 27. Qxg5 Qe5 $1 $10 {Yermolinsky,A-Ivanchuk,V/Pinsk/
1986/0,5/40/}) 20... Bd3 {So far nothing new. But now Beliavsky plays an
interesting novelty which might be a fruit of his homework.} 21. Ne4 $5 $146 {
The known flow is} (21. Qa8+ Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1 bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 (
24... Qb7 $4 25. Re7 $3 Qxa8 26. Rc7#) 25. bxc3 $44 {Yermolinsky-D.Gurevich,
USA (ch) 1994.}) (21. Bf4 {Chekhov} Qb7 $19) 21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 (22. exd8=Q+
$6 {Chekhov} Kxd8 23. Qxe4 Rxh6 $17 {Yermolinsky/}) 22... Rde8 {I think that
something like this I had analysed a long before this game and then I decided
that with a rook more Black has nothing to worry about. However...} (22... Rxh6
$2 {Chekhov} 23. Qa8+ Nb8 24. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 25. Qxb8+ $18) 23. Bg7 $1 {What is
this? A rook down and then the bishop out of play? Unfortunately the e7 pawn
compensates everything.} Rh5 {Another interesting try would be} (23... Nxf6 $5)
(23... Qb7 {Chekhov} 24. Qxc4 $36) 24. Rd1 Qb5 $1 {Probably the only move to
prevent 25.Qa8+ Nb8 26.Rd8+ since} (24... Qa4 $2 {would lose to} 25. b3 cxb3
26. Qa8+ Nb8 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 29. Qxb8+ Kd7 30. Qb7+ Ke6 31. Qe7+
Kf5 32. Qxf7 $18) (24... Re5 {Chekhov} 25. Qa8+ Nb8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. exd8=Q+
Kxd8 28. Qxb8+ Qc8 29. Qxe5 $18) 25. f4 $2 {I believe that the most of players
would go for a move repetition after} (25. Qa8+ Nb8 (25... Qb8 $2 26. Qc6+ Qc7
27. Qa6+ Kb8 28. Qxc4 $18) 26. Qe4 (26. Qf3 Re5 27. h4) 26... Nd7 $10 {but it
is wellknown that Beliavsky almost never does it. In this case he seems wrong.
It is true that now the rook on h5 has no squares and is indefensible but
there is a trick that should turn things into Black's favour.}) 25... c3 $1 (
25... Kc7 $5 {Chekhov} 26. g4 Rh3 27. g5 Rd3) (25... Kc7 $5 {Beliavsky}) 26.
bxc3 {#} c4 $4 {Unbelievible. I saw that after} (26... bxc3 27. Rb1 {I would
have} c2 $3 {but for some misterious reason I rejected it. White would be
hopeless, for example} 28. Rxb5 {(after} (28. Qxc2 Qc6 {Black defends
everything while an extra rook plus the position of the enemy bishop yields
him an easy victory}) 28... c1=Q+ 29. Kg2 Qd2+ 30. Kf3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd5 {
and the game is over.}) 27. cxb4 {Now White is not worse anymore. However
during the game I still thought differently counting on my queen and rook
which are now well connected. Being over-optimistic I could not put much
resistance to the strong White pawns.} Kc7 {My original idea} (27... Nb6 {
would fail to} 28. a4 $3 Qxa4 29. Rd8+ {and neither} Rxd8 (29... Kc7 30. Rxe8
Qd1+ (30... Qxe8 31. f5 $18) 31. Kg2 Qd2+ 32. Kf1 Qd1+ 33. Qe1 $18 {nor}) 30.
exd8=Q+ Kxd8 31. Qe7+ Kc8 32. Qf8+ Kb7 33. Qxf7+ $18 {can give Black surviving
chances.}) 28. g4 Rh3 $2 {Probably a decisive mistake.} (28... Rh4 {was called
for. White must reply} 29. Qf3 $1 {(other tries are clearly unfavourable for
White, for example} (29. f5 $2 Ne5 30. h3 Rxh3 31. Rd5 Re3 $1 32. Qxe3 Qxd5 33.
Qxa7+ Kd6 34. Qb6+ Nc6 35. b5 Qd4+ 36. Qxd4+ Nxd4 $19 {or}) (29. Qe2 Qxb4 $17)
29... Qb6+ (29... Qxb4 30. h3 {yields White enough compensation for the rook.})
30. Kg2 $1 {(not} (30. Kh1 $2 Nxf6 31. f5 Nxg4 32. Qg3+ Kc8 33. Qxh4 Nf2+ 34.
Kg2 Nxd1 35. Qxc4+ Qc7 $19) 30... Nxf6 31. g5 Ng4 32. Kg3 $1 {and Black has
nothing better than} Rxh2 33. Kxg4 Qe6+ {(after} (33... Rxe7 34. Qd5 $1 {
White's chances are definitely not worse}) 34. f5 Qxe7 {which seems to lead to
the draw by move repeatition after} 35. Qf4+ Kb7 36. Qxh2 Qe4+ 37. Qf4 Qg2+ 38.
Kh5 Qe2+ 39. Qg4 Qh2+ 40. Qh4 Qe2+ 41. Qg4) 29. g5 Rd3 $6 30. Rc1 $1 (30. Rxd3
{Chekhov} cxd3 31. g6 d2 32. Qc2+ Qc6 33. Qxd2 fxg6 $19) 30... c3 31. g6 fxg6
32. f7 Rxe7 33. Qxe7 Qb6+ 34. Kf1 $1 {This I overlooked. Now Black is dead.}
Qb5 (34... Qc6 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Be5+ Kb7 37. Bxc3 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kf2
Qxf4+ 40. Ke1 Qc1+ 41. Ke2 $18 {or}) (34... Rf3+ 35. Kg2 Qc6 (35... Qf2+ 36.
Kh1 $18 (36. Kh1 {Chekhov} Re3 37. Be5+ Rxe5 38. Rxc3+ $18)) 36. Be5+ Kb7 37.
Qd6 $18 {would not help.}) 35. Qe2 Qc4 36. Ke1 Kb7 {#} (36... Qxf4 {Chekhov}
37. Qxd3 Qxc1+ 38. Ke2 (38. Kf2 $18 {Beliavsky}) 38... Qb2+ 39. Kf3 $18) 37.
Qg2+ {It is strange that Beliavsky who had almost twenty minutes to reach the
move forty didn't find a simple win with} (37. Bxc3 Qd5 38. Kf2 g5 39. fxg5
Qxf7+ 40. Kg1 $18) (37. f8=Q $1 {Chekhov} Nxf8 38. Bxf8 Qxf4 (38... Qd5 {
Beliavsky} 39. Bc5 Qh1+ $10) 39. Qxd3 Qxc1+ 40. Ke2 Qb2+ 41. Kf3 c2 42. Qd7+
$18) 37... Kc7 38. Qe2 Kb7 39. Qg2+ $4 Kc7 {Now White must get his queen back
to e2, otherwise the position will become very unclear.} 40. Qe2 {And here I
claimed the three moves repitition which arises after} (40. Qe2 Kb7 {.
Possibly my best move in the game.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Ftacnik Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4
b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5
Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 {
This move, considered nearly the refutation of 13...Qb6 line in fact just
seems to lead to the draw according to the present game.} (19. Kxf1 $5 {
Lutz Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V/Dos Hermanas (04)/1996/1/2-1/2/ ; CBM 53}) 19... Bh6 (
19... Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 {,played by Kramnik against Kasparov, doesn't
equalise.} (20... Rdg8 {Ftacnik} 21. Ne4 Rg6 22. Rxf1 $2 (22. Qa8+ $1 Nb8 23.
Rxf1 Qc6 24. Rd1 $3 Qxa8 25. Rd8+ Kc7 26. Bf4+ Kb6 27. Rxh8 Re6 28. e8=Q Rxe8
29. Rxe8 Qd5 30. Rxb8+ Ka6 31. Nd2 $1 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Nb3 c4 34. Nc1 c2
35. h4 $18) 22... Qc6 23. Qxc6+ Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V (01)/New
York PCA 25' (04)/1994/ (35)}) (20... Bd3 21. Ne4 Bxb1 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. exd8=Q+
Rxd8 24. Nxf7 Re8 25. Bf4+ Kb6 26. Qd6+ Ka5 27. Qxd7 $16)) (19... Bd3 {Ftacnik}
20. Bf4 $3 Qb6 21. Na4 Qb5 22. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 23. Re1 $16) 20. Bxh6 {The latest
fashion. An old alternative is} (20. exd8=Q+ {played by Yermolinsky vs.
Ivanchuk in 1986. That game didn't prove any advantage for White.}) (20.
exd8=Q+ {Ftacnik} Kxd8 (20... Rxd8 $2 21. Bxh6 Bd3 22. Ne4 Bxb1 23. Nd6+ Kc7
24. Nxf7 Qc8 25. Qd6+ Kb7 26. Nxd8+ Qxd8 27. f7 $18) 21. Ne4 (21. Kxf1 bxc3 22.
bxc3 Kc7 $1 $17) (21. Rxf1 bxc3 22. Rd1 Qa4 $1 $17) 21... Bh3 (21... Bd3 22.
Nxc5 Qc8 23. Nxd3 cxd3 24. Rc1 Qb8 25. Qxf7 Qd6 26. Qe7+ $18) 22. Nxc5 Be6 23.
Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qa8+ (24. f7+ Kc7 $1 25. Qd4 e5 26. Qh4 $13) 24... Qc8 25. Qxa7
Bxg5 26. Qa5+ Qc7 27. Qxg5 Qe5 $1 $10 {Yermolinsky,A-Ivanchuk,V/Pinsk/1986/0,5/
40/}) (20. Ne4 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxg5 21. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 22. Nxg5 Bd3 $17) 20... Bd3
21. Qa8+ (21. Ne4 {was played in Beliavsky,A-Shirov,A/Ljubljana Eurocup tt
1995 and it's not especially dangerous for Black.}) (21. exd8=Q+ {is bad
according to Yermolinsky because of} Kxd8 $1) (21. Ne4 $5 {Ftacnik} Bxe4 22.
Qxe4 (22. exd8=Q+ $6 Kxd8 23. Qxe4 Rxh6 $17) 22... Rde8 (22... Rxh6 $2 23. Qa8+
Nb8 24. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 25. Qxb8+ $18) 23. Bg7 $1 Rh5 24. Rd1 Qb5 $1 25. f4 $2 (
25. Qa8+ Nb8 26. Qe4 Nd7 $10) 25... c3 $1 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Shirov,A/EUCup
f Ljubljana (03)/1995/ (40)}) 21... Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1 $1 bxc3 (23...
Qb7 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Re7+ Rd7 26. Ne4 Kc6 $14) (23... Qc6 $5 {
Ftacnik} 24. Qxa7 bxc3 25. bxc3 $44) 24. Bf4 Qb6 {The only move.} (24... Qb7 $2
25. Re7 $1 $18 {would be the point of White's idea.}) 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. h4 {
Lutz: Mit klarem Vorteil gemäß Yermolinsky. Dieses Urteil wird hier revidiert.}
(26. Re7 $2 {Ftacnik} Bh3) 26... Qb7 $1 {Until this move everything has been
played in the game Yermolinsky-D.Gurevich (USA (ch) 1994 which White won after}
(26... Be6 27. Kh2 (27. h5 Bd5 28. Qxb8+ Qxb8 29. Bxb8 Kxb8 30. Re7 Rh8 31. Re5
Be6 32. f4 Kc7 $1 33. Rxc5+ Kd6 34. Ra5 Rh6 $13) 27... Rd7 28. h5 {etc. The
text forces White to go for an ending which was considered lost for Black by
Yermolinsky but in fact is drawn.} (28. h5 {Lutz} Rb7 29. Bxb8 $2 (29. h6 Qb2
30. Kg1 Qxc3 31. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 32. Bxb8 Qf3 33. Bd6+ Kd7 34. Qxb7+ Qxb7 35. f7
$18 {Yermolinsky,A}) 29... Rxb8 $13 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Gurevich,D/USA (ch) 62/
473 1994} (29... Rxb8 {Ftacnik} 30. Qe4 Kc7 $2 31. Rd1 $1 Rh8 32. g4 $14 {
1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Gurevich,D/USA (ch) 62/473 1994 (63)}))) (26... Bd7 27. Rd1
Qb7 28. Qxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rb1+ Ka8 30. Rxb8+ (30. Bxb8 {Ftacnik} Rxb8 31. Rxb8+
Kxb8 32. Kg2 $1 Kc7 33. Kf3 Kd6 34. Kf4) 30... Rxb8 31. Bxb8 Kxb8 {wird von
Yermolinsky analysiert und führt zur Partie mit einem Zugpaar weniger.}) 27.
Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8 (29. h5 Nc6 30. Rxd7+ Bxd7 31. h6 Bf5 32. g4
Bh7 33. Bd6 Kb6 34. f4 Kb5 35. f5 $14) (29. Kg2 Nc6 30. Rxd7+ Bxd7 31. Kf3 $14)
29... Kxb8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 {Hecht: [#] Theorie-Endspiel aus Slawisch (B22),
aktiver wK, dynamisches Gleichgewicht} 31. Kg2 (31. f3 {Lutz} Kc7 32. g4 Kd6
33. h5 Ke5 34. g5 Bf5 35. f4+ Ke6 36. Kf2 Bh7 37. Ke3 Bg8 $10 {Yermolinsky,A})
31... Kc7 32. Kf3 Kd6 33. Kf4 Bc6 $3 {Such a move has to be found at home if
you play the Botvinnik variation! If White gets his king to g5 and the pawn on
f4 Black can only resign. The bishop maneuvre prevents this setup.  Lutz: Erst
dies ist eine Verbesserrung gegenüber der Analyse von Yermolinsky. Feld "f3"} (
33... Ke6 {Lutz} 34. Kg5 Bc6 35. f4 Be4 36. g4 Bh7 (36... a5 {Hecht} 37. f5+
Ke5 38. h5 $18) 37. f5+ Ke5 38. Kh6 Bxf5 39. gxf5 Kxf6 40. h5 $18 {Yermolinsky,
A}) 34. Kg5 Bf3 {Lutz: Die Pointe, der f-Bauer ist blockiert.} 35. Kf5 {
White can not get Black into zugzwang as the latter has space for his king.} (
35. h5 {Ftacnik} Ke5 (35... Ke6 36. g4 a5 37. a3 a4 (37... Ke5 $2 38. h6 Be4
39. f4+ Ke6 40. f5+ $18) 38. Kf4 Bd1 39. Kg5 Bf3 40. h6 Be4 41. f4 Bh7 42. f5+
Ke5 43. Kh4 Kxf6 44. Kh5 $10) 36. h6 Be4 37. f4+ Ke6 38. g4 Bh7 39. f5+ Ke5 40.
Kh5 Kxf6 41. Kh4 Ke5) 35... Kd5 36. g4 Kd6 (36... Be4+ {Ftacnik} 37. Kg5 Bf3
38. h5 Ke6 (38... Ke5 $2 39. h6 Be4 40. f4+ Kd5 41. f5 $18) 39. Kf4 Bd1 40. Kg5
Bf3 $10) 37. h5 Kd5 38. Kf4 (38. h6 $2 {Ftacnik} Be4+ 39. Kg5 Ke6 40. f4 Bh7
$19) 38... Bd1 39. Kg5 (39. h6 {Lutz} Bc2 40. Kg5 Bh7 41. f4 Ke6 42. f5+ Ke5 {
und der Ph6 blockiert den weißen König.}) 39... Bf3 {[#] White has improved as
much as he could but it's not enough.} (39... Ke6 $2 40. f4 Bc2 41. f5+ $18)
40. Kf4 (40. h6 $2 Be4 41. f4 Bh7 {would suddenly lose the game as the king
can not come to h6 anymore.}) 40... Bd1 41. Kg5 Bf3 42. Kf4 {Draw because of
triple repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 (19... Ne5 {
Ftacnik} 20. Qd4 (20. Bxa7 d4 21. Nb6+ Kc7 22. Bxb7 Kxb7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Rfc1
d3 25. Qe4+ Qc6 26. Rxc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 d2 29. Be3 Bxg3 30. Bxd2
Bxh2+ 31. Kg2 Be5 {1/2-1/2 Haba,P-Buturin,V/Litomysl op/1995/}) 20... Nc6 21.
Qg4+ Rd7 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. Qf5 Bd6 24. Bd4 Nc6 25. Bc5 d4 26. Be4 Be5 27. Bxd4
Rhd8 28. Be3 Kc7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Nc5 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Westerinen,H/Esbjerg/
1982/}) 20. Qg4+ Rd7 (20... Kb8 {Ftacnik} 21. Qd4 Nxa4 22. Qxa7+ Kc7 23. Rxa4
Ra8 24. Qxa8 Bxa8 25. Rxa8 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Bf4+ Kd7 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Re1+
Kxf6 30. Be5+ Kg6 31. Bxh8 $16 {1-0 Agzamov,G-Chandler,M/Beograd/1982/ (40)})
21. Qg7 $3 {Ftacnik: Fascinating sacrifice born in the safety of the home
laboratory. Black's K will be the target of the active white pieces.} (21. Nxc5
Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Bh3 (23. Qg7 Rdd8 24. Qxf7 $14) 23... Rhd8 24. Qg7 Kc7
25. Bxd7 Rxd7 $44) 21... Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 (22... Rhd8 23. Nxc5 Rc7 24. Bh3+
Kb8) 23. Nxc5 d4 {Ftacnik: Very resourceful, but even without this original
trick position is not so clear.} (23... Rc7 24. Nxb7 (24. Bh3+ {Ftacnik} Kb8
25. Ne6 fxe6 26. Bxa7+ Kc8 27. Bxe6+ Kd8 28. Bxg8 Rxg7 29. Be6 $13) 24... Rxb7
(24... Qxb7 25. Bh3+ (25. Rfd1 {Ftacnik} Qc6 (25... Rxg7 26. Rxd5 $18) 26. Rxd5
Qe6 27. Bf4 $40) 25... Kb8 26. Bxa7+ Qxa7 27. Rxa7 Kxa7 $17) 25. Rfd1 Rd7 (
25... Rxg7 $2 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxd5 Qe8 27. Rc5+ $18) 26. Bd4 $16 {/\
h2-h4-h5-h6-h7} (26. Bh3 Rxg7 27. Rxa7 f5 28. Bxf5 Kb8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Raa1
$13)) (23... f5 24. Rxa7 $1 (24. Nxd7 $6 Qxd7 25. Bd4 Rxg7 $14) 24... Rgxg7 (
24... Rdxg7 25. Rfa1 $18) 25. Rfa1 $18) (23... Rxg7 24. Bh3 $1 Bc6 25. Rxa7 $18
) (23... Bc6 24. Ra6 {/\25.Rfa1+-}) 24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6 (25... Kxb7 26.
Bxd4 a5 27. Rfe1 $18) (25... Qxb7 {Ftacnik} 26. Bxd4 a6 27. Rfe1 $14) 26. Bxd4
$3 (26. Bf4 Kxb7 27. Rfe1 a5 $1 $13) 26... Qxd4 27. Rfd1 Qxb2 (27... Qxd1+ 28.
Rxd1 Kxb7 29. Rd4 Rxg7 30. Rxc4 a5 31. Rf4 $1 Kb6 32. h4 Kb5 33. b3 $18) (27...
Qxg7 28. Rxa7 Kb8 29. Rda1 Re8 (29... Qd4 30. Na5 $3 Qc5 31. Rb7+ Kc8 32. Rxf7
$18) 30. Nd6 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Kxa7 32. Nxc4 $16) (27... Qg4 $5 {Ftacnik} 28. Nd6+
Kb8 29. Rd5 c3 $1 (29... Rxg7 $2 30. Rc5 $16) 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Rb5+ Kc7 (31...
Ka8 32. Rb7 $18) 32. Ra6 c2 33. Rb7+ Kd8 34. Nxf7+ Ke8 35. Nd6+ Kd8) 28. Nd6+
Kb8 (28... Kc7 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxa7+ Kc6 30. Nxc4 $40) 29. Rdb1 Qxg7 $2 (29...
Qd2 30. Nxc4 Qc3 31. Ra4 $1 (31. Ne3 $2 Qc5 32. Ra4 a5 33. Rba1 b3) 31... b3
32. Na5 $1 (32. Ne3 Ka8 33. Ra3 Qxg7 34. Raxb3 $14) 32... Ka8 (32... b2 33.
Rb4+ Ka8 34. R4xb2 $18) 33. Ra3 $1 (33. Rxb3 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qd1 $1) 33... Qxg7
34. Nc6 Kb7 35. Nxa7 $18) (29... Qc3 30. Rxa7 $1 Kxa7 (30... Rxg7 31. Rb7+ Ka8
32. R7xb4 $18) 31. Nb5+ Ka6 32. Nxc3 bxc3 33. Rb4 $1 $18) 30. Rxb4+ Kc7 (30...
Ka8 {Ftacnik} 31. Rba4 (31. Ra5 $14) 31... f6 32. Nb5 $40) 31. Ra6 $1 {Ftacnik:
The beautiful position illustrating the might of coordination in chess. Black
heavy pieces are hidden in the corner and the K is in flames.} Rb8 (31... Qe5 {
Ftacnik} 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Raxa7 $18) (31... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33.
Nxf7+ Ke8 34. Nd6+ $18) 32. Rxa7+ (32. Rxc4+ Kd7 33. Nf5 Qb2) 32... Kxd6 33.
Rxb8 Qg4 (33... c3 34. Rc8 $18) 34. Rd8+ Kc6 35. Ra1 (35. Rxf7 c3 36. Rf4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Moscow Generations m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.12.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 ({The match also twice featured
the Anti-Meran with} 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 {and now:} 7. Bd3 (7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
dxc4 $5 ({A rare move, Black more often plays} 8... Qe7 {, or the direct}) (
8... e5) 9. Bxc4 (9. bxc4 e5 $132) 9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. e4 b4
13. Na4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. Bd4 Ra5 18. g3 Nd7 19.
Nd2 Be5 20. Qe3 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Bc6 23. Be2 Nf6 24. Qe3 h6 25. Rdc1
Bb5 $11 {Shirov,A (2695)-Dubov,D (2629)/Moscow m/2013/}) 7... O-O 8. O-O dxc4
9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 ({For} 11. e4 {see the detailed notes to Zubov,A
(2617)-Korobov,A (2678)/UKR-ch Kiev/2012/ in CBM 150.}) 11... a5 (11... Rc8 $5
{was featured in Aronian,L (2802)-Anand,V (2772)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/. Anand's
notes to this great game are in CBM 153.}) 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. h3 Ba6 $5 ({In Zubov-Korobov I mentioned only} 15... Re8) 16. Be3 (16.
Rd1 Qe7 $13) (16. Rb1 b4 $132 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Bg5 Bb8 20. Qc4 Rb6
21. Be3 Rb7 22. Bc5 {Zakhartsov,V (2580)-Jakovenko,D (2729)/Apatity rpd/2011/}
Qe5 23. f4 Qxc5+ 24. Qxc5 Ba7 $132) 16... b4 17. Bxa6 bxc3 18. Bc4 cxb2 19.
Rad1 Qe7 $1 ({Krasenkow's suggestion rehabilitates the whole line.} 19... Qb8
$143 $6 20. f4 Bc7 21. e5 Bb6 22. Bf2 $1 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 $36 {Aronian,L (2773)
-Shirov,A (2730)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/}) 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. g3 c5
23. f4 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Qb7 $44 {[%csl Gb2] Dubov,D (2629)-Shirov,A (2695)/Moscow
m/2013/ The powerful passed pawn has ample support and gives Black excellent
compensation.}) 5... dxc4 {Shirov played the sharp Botvinnik since his junior
years and recently returned to it - he candidly describes this in his
excellent video to Grischuk,A (2752)-Shirov,A (2705)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/
in CBM 146.} ({The alternative Anti-Moscow Gambit is no less complex and
dangerous for both sides:} 5... h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. h4 ({After
} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 {Black
currently relies on} b4 $5 15. Nb1 $5 (15. Bxb4 Qb6 16. Ba3 Qxd4 17. Qc2 c5 $11
{The evaluation has been proven both in practical and mail games.}) 15... Nf6
16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. dxc5 $146 (18. Ba3 g4 $5 (18... cxd4 $143 19. Bf3
Rc8 (19... Bf8 $2 20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nc5 22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3
$18 {Topalov,V (2775)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Monte Carlo rpd/2011/}) 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21.
Bxb7 Nxf1 22. Bd6 $1 (22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxd4 Qd7 24. Qb6 Nd2 25. Qb8+ Qd8 26.
Qb7 Bf8 27. Qc6+ Qd7 $11) 22... Bf8 $1 (22... d3 23. Bxa6 Qa5 24. Bb5+ Kd8 25.
Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rd8]}) 23. Qxd4 Bxd6 24. exd6 O-O 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Rxf1 Qc6 $14
) 19. Bxg4 (19. f3 Ng5 20. Bxc5 gxf3 $13) 19... cxd4 $5 (19... Qxd4 $132 {Gupta
}) 20. Bf3 Bxe5 21. Nd2 Qh4 $1 22. g3 Rg8 23. Nxe4 (23. Bxe4 Bxg3 (23... Bxe4
24. Qe1 $1 $14) 24. fxg3 Rxg3+ 25. hxg3 Qxg3+ $11) 23... Bxe4 24. Qe2 Bxf3 25.
Qxf3 Rc8 26. Rfe1 Bh8 27. Re4 Qd8 28. Rae1 Qd7 29. Qh5 Rg6 30. Rf4 Bg7 31. Rg4
Rc6 32. Rxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Qf7 $11 {Pontocego,H (2400)-Undisputedchess,H 
(2659)/Engine Room/2012/}) 18... Bxe5 19. Na3 Qc7 20. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 (
21... Qf4 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. cxd6 Bf4 25. d7+ $5 Kxd7 26. Rfd1+
Ke8 27. Kg1 $44) (21... O-O $5 22. c6 Bxc6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44) 22. Qb3 $2 ({
Necessary was} 22. Qe1 $13) 22... Qf4 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. Qg4 Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2
$17 {Van Wely,L (2693)-So,W (2706)/Hoogeveen /2013/} {/\} 26. Kxh2 $2 Rd4) 9...
g4 10. Ne5 Bb4 (10... h5 {is the main move - as far as I know, it hasn't been
refuted yet.}) 11. Be2 $5 {White sacrifices more material, as the Bb4 might be
missed in the defence.} Bb7 $6 ({Principled is} 11... Nxe4 12. O-O {, now
Black can hardly afford to be even more greedy. The circumspect choice is} Bxc3
13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bxg4 Nxg3 (14... Nxe5 $6 15. Bxe5 Rg8 16. Bh5 (16. Bf3 $44) (
16. Qf3 $6 Nd2 17. Qf4 Qxh4 18. Qxd2 Qxg4 19. f3 Qg5 20. Bf4 Qd5 21. Rae1 f6
22. Qc2 Bd7 $15 {Malinin,Y (2371)-Yevseev,D (2513)/Tula/2001/}) 16... Nf6 17.
Bf3 $36) 15. Nxc6 (15. fxg3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 h5 18. Bf3 Bd7 $11)
15... Qc7 16. fxg3 Bb7 17. d5 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. a4 $5 $13) 12. Bxg4 Nbd7
13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O Rg8 15. e5 ({White had other tempting moves as} 15. a3) (
15. a4 {or}) (15. Bh5 $5 Nf6 16. Bf3 $36) 15... Qb6 16. a3 Be7 17. a4 a6 18.
axb5 axb5 $2 (18... cxb5 $142 $1 $14 {/\} 19. d5 $6 h5 20. dxe6 Rxg4 21. Qxd7+
Kf8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rd8 $11) 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Qd2 b4 22.
Ne2 Rh8 23. Nf4 Rg8 24. Bh5 Nf8 25. Rc1 Ba6 26. Be2 $16 {[%csl Rc4,Re8,Rf7,Rh6]
Shirov,A (2695)-Dubov,D (2629)/Moscow m/2013/ Dynamic play is over, Black's
weaknesses will soon start to tell.}) 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 {
This is a side-line, which can arise also from the Anti-Moscow move order.} ({
The main continuation is definitely} 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 ({Recently we
have also had the somewhat neglected} 10... Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 (12. Be3
$5) 12... Qxf6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Na6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. h4 ({
A more popular move is} 17. a4 f5 18. Nc3 {, here the engines quite
successfully employ} Kb8 $5 $13 {Aronian was probably well informed...} ({After
} 18... b4 19. Ne2 c5 20. Qc2 $14 {White scores well in postal chess.})) 17...
c5 18. a4 Rxd4 19. Qe2 b4 20. Rfd1 Bd5 21. Rac1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rc1 Qb7
({Black goes for complication instead of the modest} 23... Nb8 24. Nd2 Nc6 25.
Nxc4 Nd4 $11) 24. Rxc4 Qc6 25. h5 f5 26. Nxc5 $1 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxc5 28. Qxe6+
Kc7 29. Qxa6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 f4 $132 {Kramnik,V (2793)-Aronian,L (2801)/WChT
Antalya/2013/ Black's counterplay was sufficient to save this dangerous
position.}) 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 b4 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Na4
Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rxd5 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Nc3 Qd6 $1 22. Nxd5
Qxd5 23. f3 Bc5+ 24. Be3 Nd3 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ $44 {as in the aforementioned game
Grischuk,A (2752)-Shirov,A (2705)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 9... Nd5 ({
Black stopped playing} 9... Nh5 $143 10. Be2 Bb7 {due to} 11. a4 $1 a6 (11...
b4 $5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Nf6+ $1 (13. Nfd2 Nxg3 14. Nf6+ Ke7 15. fxg3 {Li,S (2543)
-Stopa,J (2464)/Cappelle la Grande/2006/} Qxd4 $1 16. Nxc4 Bxg2 $15) 13... Nxf6
14. exf6 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 12. Nxg5 $1 Nxg3 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. fxg3 $40 {
White's attack is enhanced by the lack of the resource Na6-c7, after} Kg8 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Bg4 Qe7 17. Ne4 Rh7 18. Nd6 Rb8 {Kramnik,V (2770)-Anand,V (2765)/
Belgrade/1997/} {The natural} 19. axb5 {was strong:} cxb5 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21.
Rxa6 Rb6 22. Rxb6 Nxb6 23. Rf6 $16 {/+-}) 10. h4 {The sharpest reaction.} ({
White more often essays} 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 a6 13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Nde4
O-O-O (14... c5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 (15... exd5 16. Bg4 $1 cxd4 $6 (16... dxe4 $142
$5 17. Bxd7+ Ke7 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qg4 $14) 17. a5 Qc6 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Qxd4
$36 Rd8 $2 20. e6+ $1 Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Kc8 22. Qa7 {1-0,Stocek,J (2593)-Krejci,J 
(2455)/Ostrava/2010/}) 16. Nc3 Bg7 (16... cxd4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bh5 {[%cal
Re5e6]} Be7 $5 19. e6 Qxe6 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Bg4 O-O 22. Bxd7 Bd6 $13 {
Houska-Sykora/corr/2007/}) 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bg4 (18. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 19. axb5 (
19. b4 cxb3 20. Qxb3 O-O $11) {with the possible continuation} 19... Qxb5 20.
Qd2 {[%cal Ra1a5]} a5 21. Bf3 Nb6 22. h4 $5 $36) 18... Rd8 $2 (18... cxd4 $8
19. axb5 Nc5 $5 (19... d3 20. Qf3 Nc5 21. Qxd5 O-O $132) 20. Qxd4 Qxb5 21. Qxd5
Rd8 22. Qf3 O-O $11) 19. e6 Nf6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Re1 Ne4 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23.
Qf3+ Kg8 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 $18 {->, Li,S (2549)-Lu,S (2514)/CHN-ch
Xinghua /2012/}) 15. Qd2 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Nb8 19. Nxd5 (
19. b3 $6 cxb3 20. dxc5 {Halkias,S (2585)-Motylev,A (2666)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}
Bc4 $1 $17) 19... Rxd5 20. Bf3 Rxd4 21. Qe2 Be7 $5 (21... Bg7 22. Ra8 Rhd8 23.
Rfa1 b4 24. h3 b3 25. R1a4 Qb5 26. Kh2 R8d7 27. Qe1 Rd3 28. R4a5 Qb6 29. Qe4
$18 {[%cal Ra8b8] Babula,V (2515)-Hoffmann,M (2510)/Bundesliga/2011/ For more
details see the notes to this game in CBM 142 by Babula and Meyer.}) 22. Ra8
Rhd8 23. Rfa1 R8d7 24. h3 Bd8 25. Kh2 Re7 26. Be4 Rdd7 {[%cal Yd7a7,Ye7a7]
Black prepares the exchange of both rooks, the defence holds after after the
forcing} 27. R1a6 Qxa6 28. Rxa6 Nxa6 29. Bc6 Rb7 30. Bxb7+ Rxb7 $11 {Babula,V 
(2584)-Prohaszka,P (2578)/AUT-chT/2013/}) ({All the lines above can also arise
after} 10. Nd2 {, this is actually the move order, used by Babula. Here an
independent try is} h5 $5 11. h3 (11. h4 {seems more logical, but after} g4 $13
{White's bishop can't get to f3 and the position remains unclear.}) 11... Bb7
12. Nde4 Nd7 13. Be2 Nxc3 (13... c5 $5) 14. Nxc3 b4 15. Ne4 c5 16. Bf3 Bd5 17.
O-O (17. Nd6+ $142 $5 Bxd6 18. Bxd5 $36) 17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Qc6
20. Nxg5 Bh6 21. Qf4 O-O-O 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. h4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Nc5 $11 {/=/+,
Babula,V (2591)-Vallejo Pons,F (2695)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/}) 10... Qa5 {Shirov
prefers the immediate counterattack.} ({We have already mentioned} 10... g4 11.
Nd2 h5 $13 12. Nde4 Nd7 13. Be2 (13. f3 Rg8 14. fxg4 Rxg4 (14... c5 $5 $15) 15.
Qf3 b4 16. Bxc4 bxc3 17. O-O Rg7 $2 (17... Qb6 $1 18. bxc3 Nxc3 $13) 18. bxc3
Be7 19. Qxh5 $40 {Moiseenko,A (2669)-Sharapov,E (2498)/Alushta/2010/}) 13...
Bb7 14. O-O a6 15. a4 Qb6 16. a5 Qa7 17. Qd2 (17. Nd6+ $5 $44) 17... Bh6 (17...
c5 $1 $15) 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxc5 Nb4 21. Qd1 Nxc5 22. Ndxb5 axb5 23.
Qd6+ Kg8 24. Nxb5 Bf8 {Ivanov,S (2550)-Dreev,A (2645)/St Petersburg/1998/} 25.
Nxa7 Bxd6 26. exd6 Rxa7 27. Bxc4 $44) (10... Bb4 11. Rc1 {usually only
transposes after} Qa5 {- 10...Qa5}) 11. Rc1 Bb4 {A logical follow-up to the
previous move.} ({After} 11... g4 12. Nd2 {Black's queen is out of things on
a5.}) ({Interesting is} 11... b4 $5 12. Qa4 (12. Ne4 c3 13. bxc3 Nxc3 $1 $132)
12... Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Ba6 (13... gxh4 $5 14. Bxh4 Ba6) 14. hxg5 h5 15. Bxc4 Bxc4
16. Rxc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. a3 bxa3 19. bxa3 b5 20. Rc2 {1/2,Kotyurgin,I 
(2187)-Kharitonov,O/corr/2012/} Rxa3 $13 {/=}) 12. hxg5 $5 {Dubov also
increases the tension.} (12. Qc2 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Qxa2 14. Nd2 {Gerber,R (2310)
-Shabalov,A (2535)/Geneve /1992/} Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 c5 $5 17. dxc5
Kd7 $15) (12. Qd2 g4 $36 {takes White's knight the ideal square.}) ({Also
deserving attention is the move} 12. a3 $5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 g4 (13... Qxa3 $142
$1 $132) 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. Qc2 (15. Nxc4 $5 bxc4 16. Qd2) 15... Nd5 16. Be2 c5
17. O-O Nc6 18. dxc5 Nd4 19. Qd1 {Rajlich,I (2406)-Berczes,D (2450)/Budapest/
2007/} Qa4 $13) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. Nd2 (14. Ke2 Qxa2+ $1 (14... Ba6
$143 $2 15. Rxh6 $36 {Donk,M (2310)-Lingnau,C (2425)/Pardubice /1997/} {/\} Rg8
16. Qc2 {[%cal Rc2c3,Rg5g6]}) 15. Rc2 Qb3 16. Rxh6 Rg8 $13 {/=/+}) 14... Nd7 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty is more in the spirit of the position, than} (14...
Bxd4 $6 15. g6 $1 c3 (15... fxg6 16. Qg4) 16. gxf7+ Kf8 17. Bf4 $6 (17. Ne4 c2+
18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 $36 {and White's superior coordination outweighs the
slight material disadvantage even without the queens.}) 17... Bxe5 $2 (17...
cxd2+ 18. Bxd2 b4 $1 $132) 18. Bxe5 cxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rh7 21. Bxb5
Rxf7 22. f4 $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8] +-,Jamaletdinov,R (2122)-Askarov,M (2242)/
Samara/2002/}) ({Thus Black should strive to complete his development, in this
sense also} 14... c5 $13 {deserves attention.}) 15. Rxh6 {A logical reaction} (
15. Qc2 {/\} Bxd4 16. g6 {leads at best to a complex position after} fxg6 17.
Qxg6+ Kd8 $13) 15... Rg8 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Bh5 $1 O-O-O $1 18. Bxf7 Rxg5 {
[%mdl 64] After a series of natural moves both sides have activated their
forces, the position remains very volatile and full of tactics.} 19. Bxe6 (19.
Bh4 Rxg2 20. Kf1 Bxd2 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. Rh8+ Kc7 23. Kxg2 c5+ $44 {- for
example} 24. Kf1 Bxc1 25. Bxe6 Qc3 26. Rh7 Bf3 27. Rxd7+ Kb8 {forces White to
give a perpetual with} 28. Rd8+ $11 {This is often typical for sharp positions
- a draw is the correct outcome.}) 19... Rxg3 $5 {Shirov still shows a good
grasp of the position.} (19... Bxd4 $143 20. Bh4 $1 (20. Bxd7+ Rxd7 21. Rh8+
Kc7 22. e6+ Rxg3 23. exd7 Bxh8 24. fxg3 Kxd7 25. Qh5 Bc3 $11 {is probably good
enough for a draw.}) 20... Rxg2 21. Kf1 {also costs Black an exchange and the
compensation is less clear:} c5 (21... Rh2 22. Kg1 Rxh4 23. Rxh4 c5 24. Nb3 $14
) 22. Nf3 $5 (22. Nb3 Qa3 $1 (22... cxb3 $2 23. Qxd4) 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Bxc4 (
24. Bxd8 $2 Rxf2+ $1 $19) 24... bxc4 25. Rxc4+ Nc5 26. Bxd8 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qe3+
28. Kf1 Qf4+ $11) 22... Rdg8 23. Bxg8 Rxg8 24. e6 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bg2+ 26. Ke2
Qxa2+ $5 (26... Bxe5 27. Rg6 $1 Rxg6 28. Qd7+ Kb8 29. Qe8+ $18) 27. Qc2 $1 (27.
Rc2 Qb3 28. Rd2 Bxe5 29. Qxb3 cxb3 30. e7 Re8 $1 31. Rd8+ Kb7 32. Rxe8 b2 33.
Rd8 b1=Q 34. Rd7+ Bc7 35. e8=Q Qc2+ 36. Rd2 Qc4+ 37. Rd3 Qc2+ $11) 27... Qxc2+
28. Rxc2 Bxe5 29. e7 $14 {/~~}) 20. fxg3 Bxd4 $6 {However, this is not ideal.}
(20... Kb8 $142 $1 {, after this prophylactic move the position remains
extremely murky.}) 21. Bxd7+ $6 (21. Rh7 Qa3 22. Bxd7+ Kb8 $1 (22... Rxd7 $2
23. Qg4 Qxc1+ 24. Ke2 $18) 23. Nf1 Bxe5 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) ({Dubov missed the
stronger} 21. Qg4 $142 $1 {here even the engine doesn't see equality:} Be3 22.
Bxd7+ Kc7 (22... Rxd7 23. Rd6 Bxd2+ 24. Kd1 Bxc1 25. Qxd7+ Kb8 26. Re6 $18) 23.
Rd6 c3 24. Ke2 $1 (24. Rc2 Bxd2+ 25. Rcxd2 cxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Bc8 27. e6 $14) 24...
Bxd2 25. Qg7 Kb8 26. Rh1 $1 $40) 21... Rxd7 22. e6 Re7 23. Kf1 $2 {Another
mistake.} ({White should have tried to activate his queen:} 23. Qg4 $142 Be3
24. Rh8+ Kc7 25. Rc2 $13) (23. Qf3 $5 {is also stronger than the text move.})
23... Qa3 $1 $36 {On the contrary, Shirov's queen immediately and effectively
enters the fray.} 24. Nf3 Qe3 25. Nxd4 $6 ({He had to play} 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26.
Nxd2 Be3 27. Rh8+ Kc7 28. Ke2 Rxe6 $36 {[%cal Yc6c5] , but the endgame is also
very unpleasant:} 29. Rh7+ Kb8 (29... Kb6 $2 30. Nxc4+ bxc4 31. Rb1+) 30. Rh8+
Bc8 $1 {doesn't help. However, with the queens it will be far worse.}) 25...
Qxh6 {[%csl Gc8,Rf1] Material is equal, but White's king is fatally exposed.}
26. Nf5 (26. Kf2 a6 $1 $17 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rc6c5]}) 26... Qf6 27. g4 Rxe6 28.
Qd2 c5 29. Kg1 Qd8 30. Qf2 Qd5 $19 {Shirov activates his pieces and prepares
the advance of his pawns - the game is decided.} 31. g5 Kc7 32. a4 ({Even after
} 32. Kh2 Kb6 $5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Re6g6,Re6e5] the passed pawn will soon fall.}
) 32... Re5 33. Nh4 Rxg5 34. axb5 Rg4 35. Re1 Qd4 $1 {The cleanest solution,
Black both wins more material and forces a queen swap.} ({The alternative
solution was} 35... Rxh4 36. Re7+ Kb6 37. Qf6+ Bc6 $1 {[]} (37... Kxb5 $2 38.
Qb2+ Ka6 39. Qa1+ $11) 38. Qxc6+ (38. bxc6 Qd4+ 39. Qxd4 cxd4 $19) 38... Qxc6
39. bxc6 Kxc6 40. Rxa7 c3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This tenth round game pitted the event's two undefeated players against each
other, and was, I think, one of the best of the event. Curt's result was the
mirror image of mine, an amazing two draws and seven wins!} 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5
3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. Bb5+ $5 {
A new idea I believe, which first appeared a few rounds earlier when Hannes
Stefansson tried it against me.} Nc6 10. Nxd4 Bd7 $5 {In the days since the
Stefansson game Einar Gausel and I had decided that this move deserved serious
testing. Against Stefansson I simply tried to neutralize the novelty, and the
game was short but interesting:} (10... O-O $5 11. Nxc6 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxc6
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qc7) 11... Qxd1+ $1 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. e5 $6 Ng4 15.
Bf4 Ba5 $1 {and black recovered the sacrificed pawn with a slight initiative.
It seemed certain that Curt planned to deviate on move 14. Even though I had
no particular fear there, experience demanded that I switch lines.}) 11. O-O h6
12. Be3 O-O $1 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Qg4 {is far too risky for black.
Before the game we had feared} Ng5 15. h4 $5 {but} (15. Rad1 $1 {is probably
simpler and stronger.})) 13. f3 Ne5 {Planning ...Rc8 and ...Nc4.} 14. Nc2 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Rfd8 17. Ne3 a6 $6 {This move leads to very interesting
play, but I would rate it as dubious nonetheless. There was no reason to
create weaknesses on the queenside, but I also wanted to create tactical
pressure on the h1-a8 diagonal.} 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Qb3 Ng6 $5 (19... Ned7 {
was possible but I did not want to defend. What follows now is hard to believe,
but I trusted my intuition and form.}) 20. Bb6 {Hansen suggested the quiet} (
20. Rf2 {after the game, simply avoiding the coming complications, but the
bait was too much, and he couldn't believe black's coming attack. Besides, his
tournament form gave every reason for optimism.}) 20... Qf4 $1 21. g3 Qg5 22.
f4 {[#]Not just protecting the Ne3, but embarrassing the queen. I could hear
members of the audience muttering that I had to resign, but now the fun starts.
} Nxf4 {It's hard to give a forced move any exclamation marks. In fact the
whole concept arose as a result of my inaccurate 17th move, but certainly some
of black's moves around here deserve a little extra credit.} 23. Rxf4 Nxe4 {
Threatening ...Nxg3 with a huge attack.} 24. Nf1 (24. Rg4 $5 {was interesting,
when Curt had overlooked the wicked} Nc5 $3 {Now there are many confusing ways
to reach strange endings:} 25. Rxg5 (25. Bxc5 $5 Qxc5 26. Kf2 {may be white's
best, but with two pawns and long term attacking chances, black's compensation
convinced Hansen after the game.}) 25... Nxb3 26. Rb1 (26. Bxd8 Nxa1 $1) 26...
Nd2 (26... Rd2 27. Re5) 27. Rd1 Nf3+ (27... Bxa4 28. Ra1 $1) (27... hxg5 $5 28.
Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc4 Bf3 (29... Bxa4 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2) 30. Kf2 Ne4+ (30...
Bxe2 $5 31. Kxe2 Rc8 32. Nxd2 Rxc3) 31. Kxf3 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Nxc3 {poses few
dangers for black.}) 28. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 (29. Nxd1 Bxf3) 29... hxg5 {
with white advantage.}) 24... Qe5 $1 {With threats on the e-file, the h8-a1
diagonal, and the possibility of ...Ng5.} 25. Bf3 {Not} (25. Bxd8 $4 Qc5+ $1 {
winning the queen for a start.}) 25... Nxc3 {Black has grabbed a third pawn
and now both white rooks are in danger.} 26. Bxd8 (26. Bd4 $5 {was the last
clear chance for an advantage, planning} Ne2+ (26... Rxd4 27. Qxc3 {favors
white.}) 27. Bxe2 Rxd4 (27... Qxe2 28. Ne3 {is winning for white - both
black's king and queen are in real danger.}) 28. Qb2 $1 {looks good for white,
however} Re4 $1 {again forces a very unclear ending.}) 26... Rxd8 27. Rc1 $1 {
White now finds the best way to neutralise black's attack.} Rd3 28. Qc4 Rxf3
29. Rxf3 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxc1 $1 (30... Bxf3 $6 31. Re1) 31. Qxc1 (31. Rc3 $2 Na2
$1 {and black consolidates his position with both attack and material
advantage. Here Curt offered a draw which I decided was the correct result,
though black is certainly in no danger. After}) (31. Qxc1 Bxf3 32. Kxf3 Qd5+ (
32... Qf5+ $6 33. Qf4) 33. Kf2 Qd4+ 34. Ne3 Qxa4 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qxb7 {
black will find it impossible to both protect his king and advance any passed
pawns. I offer this gamein defence of my ultra-solid result, which was not as
dull as it looked.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1980.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Uhlmann,W"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1980.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {The game was postponed.} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6.
e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 Nd5 10. Nf3 $1 (10. Nxf7 $1) 10... Qa5 11. Rc1
Bb4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Be2 Nxc3 (13... N7b6 14. O-O Na4 15. Bf6 $1 Rf8 16. Qxh6
Naxc3 17. bxc3 Nxc3 18. Rc2 $16) 14. bxc3 Ba3 15. Rc2 (15. Rb1 $6 Nb6 {/\ Nd5})
15... b4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Qd3 $2 (17. Qf4 $3 Nxc4 18. Qf6 O-O 19. Qxh6 $18)
17... bxc3 18. O-O Bb2 19. Bf6 Rf8 20. Nd2 $1 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Qb5 22. Rb1 $1 {
[/\ Rxc3]} cxd2 23. Qxb5 cxb5 24. Rcxb2 Bb7 25. Rxd2 Rg8 26. f3 $1 (26. g3)
26... Bxf3 27. Rxb5 Rc8 28. Rc5 (28. h3 $142) 28... Kd7 $1 (28... Rxc5 29. dxc5
Bd5 30. c6 Rg4 31. Rc2 Rc4 32. Rxc4 Bxc4 33. a3 Bd5 34. c7 Kd7 35. Bd8 {
/\ g4, Kf2-g3, h4-h5, g5+-_|_}) 29. h3 h5 30. Ra5 $1 Rc7 31. Kh2 Bd5 32. Ra6
Kc8 33. Rb2 Rb7 34. Rc2+ Rc7 35. Rf2 Kb7 36. Rd6 Rc6 37. Be7 $1 Rc3 38. Bh4 $1
Ra3 39. Rxf7+ Kc8 $1 (39... Kb8 $2 40. Rxd5 $1 exd5 41. e6 Kc8 (41... Rxa2 42.
Bg3+ Kc8 43. Rc7+ Kd8 44. e7+ Ke8 45. Rc8+ $18) 42. e7 Re8 43. Rf5 Ra5 44. Rxh5
$18) 40. Rf2 $1 Bxa2 (40... Rxa2 $2 41. Rxd5 $1 Rxf2 42. Rc5+ $18) 41. Rc2+ Kb8
42. Be7 $1 Ra4 43. Rd7 Bd5 44. Bd6+ Ka8 45. Bc5 Be4 46. Rb2 Ra5 47. Re7 $1 Bf5
(47... Bd5 48. Rh7 $18) 48. Bd6 $1 Ra6 49. Rg7 $1 Rh8 (49... Rxg7 50. Rb8#) 50.
Rbb7 Ra2 51. Rbe7 $1 Rc8 52. Bc5 Rh8 53. Kg3 $1 Be4 54. Kh4 $1 Bxg2 55. Rxe6
Be4 56. Ree7 Rf2 57. Rxa7+ Kb8 58. Bd6+ Kc8 59. e6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Sollentuna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 {Maybe Agrest wasn't aware
of the latest DVD releases? Especially the one on the Botvinnik and Moscow
variation? Or maybe he was, and saw that Qc7 wasn't covered, got curious and
suspicious at the same time? Or maybe he just felt the need to check this
risky and deeply analysed line against someone who had certainly also analysed
it deeply?  Vielleicht kannte Agrest nicht die letzten DVD-Neuerscheinungen?
Vor allem die über die Botwinnik- und die Moskauer Variante? Oder vielleicht
doch, und er hatte gesehen, dass Qc7 nicht behandelt worden war, was ihn
gleichzeitig neugierig und misstrauisch machte? Oder vielleicht verspürte er
einfach das Bedürfnis, diese riskante und tief analysierte Variante gegen
jemand zu überprüfen, der sie bestimmt ebenfalls tief analysiert hatte?} 6. e4
b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5
Qc7 14. Bg2 b4 15. d6 Qb6 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. O-O Bd5 18. Qe2 Qc6 $6 (18... Ne5)
(18... Bxd6) 19. b3 Nb6 20. Bf4 {The safest choice, after spending almost an
hour here I couldn't get it worked out. Die sicherste Wahl; nachdem ich hier
fast eine Stunde verbraucht hatte, konnte ich es einfach nicht berechnen.} (20.
Rfc1 $2 c3 21. a3 Kb8 22. axb4 cxb4 23. Bf4 Bh6 $1 {and the rook on c1 proves
to be very unfortunate. und der Turm auf c1 erweist sich als äußerst
unglücklich.}) ({but aber} 20. a3 {felt like THE move and is indeed THE move.
fühlte sich an wie DER Zug, und es ist auch DER Zug.} cxb3 21. axb4 (21. Qa6+
Qb7) 21... c4 (21... Bc4 {I couldn't imagine grabbing the exchange and leaving
h1-a8 unprotected could possibly work.  Ich konnte mir nicht vorstellen, dass
das Einsacken der Qualität, wonach die Diagonale h1-a8 schutzlos zurückbleibt,
auch nur im Ansatz funktionieren könnte.} 22. Qd1 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 c4 24. Rxa7 Rd7
(24... Bxd6 25. Qa1 Qb5 26. Nc3 b2 27. Qa2 b1=Q+ 28. Qxb1 Qxb4 29. Qe4) 25. Nc5
) 22. Rxa7 Bxd6 23. b5 $1 {This one I like. Der gefällt mir.} (23. Nxd6+ Rxd6
24. Bxd5 Nxd5 (24... Rxd5 25. Bf4) (24... Qxd5 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Ra5) 25. Rfa1
Rhd8 {might not be so clear. ist vielleicht nicht so klar.}) 23... Qxb5 24. Nc3
Qc6 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxf7) 20... Bxd6 (20... c3 21. a3) 21. Bxd6 Bxe4 22. Bxe4
Qxd6 23. Rfd1 $2 {The wrong rook! Later it will become clear why. Anyway White
didn't need to keep the other rook on the a-file, the option of opening the
a-file is an illusion. Der falsche Turm! Später wird deutlich werden, warum.
Jedenfalls hätte Weiß den anderen Turm nicht auf der a-Linie behalten brauchen;
die Möglichkeit, die a-Linie zu öffnen, ist eine Illusion.} (23. Rad1 $1) (23.
bxc4 Qd4 24. Qf3 Nxc4 25. Ba8 Rd7 26. Rfd1 Nd2 27. Qc6+ Kb8) 23... Qc7 24. bxc4
Na4 25. Qe3 $6 (25. Rxd8+ $1 Qxd8 26. Bg2 Qxf6 27. Re1 Nc3 28. Qe3 Rh5 29. g4
$1) (25. Bg2 {after this natural move, it becomes clear why the other rook had
to be taken. Nach diesem natürlichen Zug wird klar, warum der andere Turm
genommen werden musste:} Rxd1+ $1 26. Qxd1 Qe5 $1) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nc3 27.
Re1 (27. Rd2 {in the game I was afraid of In der Parte hatte ich Angst vor} Rd8
{, doch nach} {but after} 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Qh6 $1 Qd6 30. Bg6 $1 {White is
winning, but it wasn't easy to see. gewinnt Weiß; dies war allerdings nicht
leicht zu sehen.}) 27... Nxa2 28. Bg2 Qb6 (28... Nc3 29. Qf3 (29. h4) 29... Rd8
30. h4 a5 31. h5 a4 32. h6 a3 33. h7 Qa7 34. Qh5 {and White is just a bit too
fast. und Weiß ist einfach ein bisschen zu schnell.}) 29. h4 Nc3 30. g4 $1 a5 (
30... Rxh4 31. Qg5 Rh8 32. Qg7 Rd8 33. Qxf7 b3 34. Rxe6 Qc7 35. Re7 (35. Rc6
Rd1+) 35... Rd1+ 36. Bf1 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Qc6+ 38. f3 Nf4+ 39. Kg3 b2 40. Re8+ Rd8
41. Rxd8+ Kxd8 42. Qe7+ Kc8 43. f7) 31. g5 $1 a4 32. Qf3 Rg8 $2 33. Qa8+ Qb8
34. Qa6+ Kd8 35. Re3 Rg6 36. Qc6 Qf4 37. Rd3+ Nd5 38. cxd5 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky/Atalik"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 $6
8. e5 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 {All book so far but here White spent alot
of time choosing between the text} 11. exf6 ({and} 11. g3 {Yermo was concerned
with} Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 {which is another topical line.}) 11... Qa5
{'?!' Lutz. As usual in the games between the players who know each other well,
their opening choices are often influenced by the element of surprise.  Lutz:
'Die Aufstellung mit ...Qa5 und ...Ba6 wird wesentlich seltener gespielt als
die Hauptvariante mit ...Bb7 und ...Qb6.'} ({Certainly} 11... Bb7 12. g3 c5 13.
d5 Bh6 {is theoretically more sound, but who knows what surprises may wait for
you there.}) 12. g3 Ba6 13. Qf3 {Again played after a long think.} ({The
alternative} 13. a3 {leads to a sharp battle:} O-O-O 14. Bg2 Nc5 15. O-O Nb3
16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Rad1 b4 $1 $13 {as in the famous game Beliavsky-Novikov,
Leningrad 1990.}) 13... b4 {Transposing to the main line.} ({The risky attempt,
} 13... Rc8 {met with a severe rebuff:} 14. Be2 b4 15. Ne4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17.
Qf5 $1 $40 {in Kramnik-Ehlvest,Riga 1995.}) 14. Ne4 Qd5 (14... O-O-O {Lutz} 15.
b3 (15. Be2 {Lutz} Bb7 (15... Qd5 {Lutz} 16. O-O c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5
19. Rfd1 Qxg5 20. Qc6+ Kb8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxa6 Qxf6 23. Rf1 c3 24. bxc3
Qxc3 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Bf3 $36 {1-0 Hansen,C-Murshed,N/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97/
[Chekhov] (40)}) (15... Nb6 {Lutz} 16. Be3 Bb7 17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 Na4 19. Bxc4
Nxb2 20. c6 Bxc6 21. Rac1 Kb7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. f7
$16 {Magerramov,E-Oll,L/Klaipeda/1988/1|0/29/}) 16. O-O Qd5 17. Be3 c5 18. Nd2
Nxf6 19. dxc5 c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. c6 Qxc6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Bd4 Ba3 24. Ne4 Bb2
25. Nxc3 Nf4 26. Nb5 Bxc1 27. Nxa7+ Kd7 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Qb7+ Kd6
31. Qxb5 Rh5 32. Qb6+ Ke7 33. Bf6+ {1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Pedersen,N/Aarhus 1997/
EXT 99 (33)}) 15... cxb3 16. Bxa6+ Qxa6 17. Qxb3 Qb5 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Be3 a5 20.
Qc2 Kb7 21. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Miles,A/Basel 1986/MCL (28)}) 15. Be3 (15.
Rd1 {Lutz} O-O-O 16. b3 Nb6 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Be2 Bb5 19. O-O Na3 20. Bf4 Kb7
21. Rd2 a5 22. Rc1 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qh5 24. f3 Qb5 25. Qf2 Rh5 26. Be5 Nc4 27.
Rdc2 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxc6 Rd7 30. Qc2 Red5 31. Kg2 a4 32. h4 b3 33. axb3
axb3 {(...) 1-0 Karolyi,T-Wells,P/HUN 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 15... c5 16. Rd1 Rd8
{Up to this point the players followed the existing theory. The time spent 
(White had 20 minutes left and Black about 50 minutes) may be misleading. It
reflects their decision making process rather than a lack of knowledge.} (16...
O-O-O $2 {looks automatic but the king would come under fire quickly, and the
f7 pawn might be attacked. For example} 17. Bg2 (17. b3 $2 {Lutz} Nxf6 18. Ng5
Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bb7 20. Bg2 c3 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Ng4 24. Ke1 c2
25. h3 Rd8 {0-1 Khenkin,I-Pedersen,S/Lichtenstein 1997/EXT 99 (25)}) 17... c3
18. bxc3 Qxa2 19. Ng5 $18 {and white is already winning.}) 17. Bg2 $1 $146 {
The first independent move and it is a powerful novelty!  Lutz: 'Ein neuer Zug,
aber vielleicht ist 17.b3 einfach besser.'} (17. b3 Bb7 18. Bg2 c3 (18... cxb3
{Lutz} 19. axb3 Ba6 (19... Qxb3 $5 {Lutz}) 20. Nxc5 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxc5 22. dxc5
Ne5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Be4 $18 {1-0 Komarov,D-Abdulla,A/Calcutta 2001/CBM 82/
[Lutz] (24)}) 19. dxc5 (19. Qe2 Qf5) 19... Ne5 20. Qe2 Qxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 22.
Kxd1 Ng4 $11 {would lead to some opposite- color bishop ending which is always
hard to win.}) 17... c3 $1 {To survive in the Botvinnik Black must play as
active as possible.} 18. Nxc5 Qxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Be4 $1 $16 {
It was easy to fall for a diabolical trap:} (21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Be2 Rxh2 $3 {
and if} 23. Rxh2 {then} cxb2 {and the pawn queens.}) 21... Bd3 {This may fall
short of equalizing, but nevertheless, it's the best move.} 22. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 23.
Ke2 {With more time on the clock White would have considered} ({the obvious
exchange sacrifice} 23. Rxd3 $1 Rxd3 24. Ke2 Rd5 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. h4 $18 {
which would have given him an undisputed edge.}) 23... Nxb2 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.
h4 {Yermo thought he was clearly winning here, but Atalik showed his
inventiveness and his best fighting qualities.  Lutz: 'Weiß hat derzeit einen
Bauern mehr, aber die Stellung ist scharf, denn beide Seiten haben Freibauern.
Die schwarzen sind zwar weiter vorgerückt, aber Weiß hat den langschrittigen
Läufer, der beim Kampf auf zwei Flügeln dem kurzschrittigen Springer überlegen
ist. Es scheint mir, dass Weiß irgendwo in der Folge etwas verpasst hat, aber
ich kann nicht genau sagen wo.'} Kd7 26. h5 Kc6 27. g4 Nc4 28. g5 ({
Interesting was} 28. Bc1 $5 {, but it's hard to play a move like this when you
are down to the last couple of minutes.} Ne5 (28... Kxc5 29. g5) (28... a5 {
Lutz} 29. g5 Ne5 (29... a4 $2 {Lutz} 30. g6 fxg6 31. hxg6 Rxh1 32. f7 {und
Weiß kommt zuerst, z.B.} b3 33. axb3 axb3 34. f8=Q Rxc1 35. Qe8+ Kd5 36. Qd7+
Kxc5 37. Qe7+ Kc6 38. Qxe6+ Kb5 39. g7 $18) 30. f4 Nd7 $13 31. Be3) 29. g5 Nd7
30. Be3 a5 31. Rh4 e5 $14) 28... Nxe3 29. fxe3 a5 $1 {Atalik correctly avoids
exposing his king to the pawn promotion with check.} (29... Kxc5 30. g6 fxg6
31. hxg6 Rxh1 32. f7 c2 33. f8=Q+ $18) 30. Kd3 ({Now} 30. g6 $4 fxg6 31. hxg6
Rxh1 32. f7 c2 33. f8=Q c1=Q $19 34. Qd6+ Kb5 $19) {Here comes the most
incredible move of the tournament that prompted Chess Room Coordinated Steve
Brandwein to award this game with the brilliancy prize.} 30... Kb5 $3 31. Rh4
$2 (31. c6 Kxc6 (31... Rd8+ 32. Kc2) 32. g6 fxg6 33. hxg6 Rxh1 34. f7 Rd1+ 35.
Kc2 Rd2+ 36. Kc1 Rf2 37. g7 Rxf7 38. g8=Q Rf1+ 39. Kc2 Rf2+ 40. Kd3 Rd2+ 41.
Ke4 c2 $16 {White is better but it is not clear if he can win.}) ({The
consequences of} 31. h6 {are absolutely unclear:} Kxc5 32. Rf1 Kd5 33. g6 Rxh6
34. g7 Rg6 35. Rh1 Rg2 36. Rh2 Rxh2 37. e4+ Ke5 38. g8=Q Rh3+ 39. Kc2 Rh2+ 40.
Kb3 Rb2+ 41. Kc4 Kxf6 42. a3 Rb1 $16) 31... e5 $1 {That's three great moves in
a row! Yermo left himself with mere seconds (thanks for the increment!) before
accepting a drawish line.  Lutz: 'Nun versickert die Partie ins Unentschieden,
da Schwarz über Gegenspiel mittels ...Rd8+ verfügt.'} 32. g6 (32. c6 {Lutz}
Rd8+ (32... Kxc6 {Lutz} 33. g6 fxg6 34. hxg6 Rd8+ 35. Kc2 Rd2+ 36. Kc1 Rxa2 37.
g7 b3 38. Rc4+ $18) 33. Kc2 Rd2+ 34. Kb1 (34. Kc1 $2 {Lutz} Rxa2 35. c7 b3 36.
Kd1 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 b2 $19) 34... Rd1+ 35. Kc2 Rd2+ $11) 32... fxg6 $2 (32... Rd8+
{After the game we discovered that black could play} 33. Rd4 exd4 34. exd4 a4
35. g7 a3 36. Kc2 (36. h6 b3 37. h7 b2 38. Kc2 Rxd4 39. g8=Q Rd2+ 40. Kxc3
b1=N+ 41. Kb3 Rb2#) 36... Re8 37. h6 Kc4 $1 (37... Re2+ $2 38. Kd3 Rd2+ 39. Ke3
Rg2 40. Kf3 c2 41. Kxg2 c1=Q 42. g8=Q Qd2+ 43. Kg3 Qe3+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kh4 Qxd4+
45. Kh3 Qe3+ $11) 44... Qd2+ $11) 38. h7 Re2+ $19) 33. hxg6 Rd8+ 34. Rd4 $1 (
34. Kc2 $2 Rd2+ 35. Kc1 Rxa2 $1 $19 {with 36...b3 to follow.}) 34... exd4 35.
exd4 ({The wild winning attempt} 35. e4 $2 {is nearly refuted by} Rh8 (35... a4
$1 36. f7 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. g7 b2 $19) 36. g7 Rh2 37. e5 Rd2+ 38. Ke4 c2 39.
g8=Q c1=Q 40. Qe8+ Kc4 41. Qe6+ Kb5 (41... Kc3 42. Qb3#) 42. Qd7+ $11) 35...
Rxd4+ {Finally the smoke clears and it is going to be a draw.} 36. Kxd4 c2 37.
f7 c1=Q 38. f8=Q Qg1+ 39. Kd5 Qg5+ 40. Kd4 Qg1+ {The players were happy to get
out of time trouble,this difficult game and the tournament as well.} 41. Kd5
$11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Guben op 14th"]
[Site "Guben"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Michalczak, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 {I was rather surprised by
the Botvinnik variation. Usually Thomas has chosen the Cambridge Springs.} (
5... Nbd7) 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7
12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18.
axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 Bh6 {Probably he has prepared this novelty. But this move
shouldn't change the estimation of this variation as difficult for Black.
Earlier in my practice appeared:} (19... Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Re1 Rde8 22.
Qg4+ Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qh5 Bd4 25. Bh3 Re6 26. Qh8+ Qd8 27. Qg7 Qxf6 28.
Bxe6+ {1-0, Zakhartsov - Petr, Stare Mesto 2009}) 20. Qd2 {The most simple.
Probably.} (20. Bd6 Bf8 (20... Nxf6 {?} 21. Bh3+ Nd7 22. Nc5) 21. Be7 Re8 22.
Qd4 {was stronger.}) 20... Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Nc5 {Now White obtains a big
advantage.} ({I had expected} 21... Qc6 22. b3 Qxf6 (22... Qc7 23. Qd4 Kb8 24.
Rfe1 (24. Bxd5 $4 Ne5)) 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Nc5 c3 25. Rxa7 Bc6 26. h4 {with
initiative}) (21... Rhe8 $5 22. Bh3 Qc6 {deserved attention.}) 22. Nxc5 Qxc5
23. Rfe1 Rd7 (23... Qd6 24. Qf5+ Qd7 25. Qg5 Rhg8 26. Qh4 Rh8 27. Qd4 {with
threats Re7 and Rxa7.}) 24. Re5 {Preventing ...d4 and preparing Rae1. However,
I have had a more forcing continuation:} (24. h4 $1 d4 (24... Rc7 25. Bh3+ Kb8
26. Re7) 25. Bh3 Qc6 26. Bxd7+ Qxd7 27. Re7 Qc6 28. f3 c3 29. Qg4+ Kb8 30. Qxd4
{, and White wins.}) 24... Bc6 25. h4 {Overlooking the strong move} (25. Bh3 $1
Rxh3 (25... Rhd8 26. Bxd7+ Bxd7 27. Re7) 26. Re8+ Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qb8+
Kd7 29. Rxa7+ Ke6 30. Qc8+ Kxf6 31. Rc7 {, and White wins.}) 25... a5 {An
unexpected exchange sacrifice.} ({Better was} 25... Kb7 26. Bh3 Rc7 27. Rae1
Kb6 28. h5) 26. Bh3 a4 (26... Rhd8 27. h5) 27. Rae1 $2 {Missing the most
simple win} (27. Bxd7+ Bxd7 28. Rd1 Be6 29. Rdxd5 Bxd5 (29... Qxd5 30. Rxd5
Bxd5 31. Qd6 Be6 32. Qxb4) 30. Qf5+ Kb8 31. Rxd5 {That day I was definitely
not in my best shape.}) 27... a3 28. bxa3 b3 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kb7 31.
Qb8+ $2 {Finally missing the victory.} (31. Rb8+ Ka7 32. Bxd7 Bxd7 33. h5 c3 (
33... Bb5 34. a4 b2 35. Rxb5 Qxb5 36. axb5 b1=Q+ 37. Kg2 Qxb5 38. h6) 34. Rxb3
Ka6 (34... c2 {?} 35. Qb8+ Ka6 36. Qb7+ Ka5 37. Qa8+ Qa7 38. Qxa7#) 35. Qb8 (
35. h6 c2 36. Qc1 Bf5 37. g4 Bh7 {or}) (35. Rb1 c2 36. Rc1 d4 37. Qf3 Bf5 {
would be not so clear}) 35... Qc6 36. Qe5 c2 37. Qe2+ Ka7 (37... Ka5 38. Qd2+
Ka6 39. Rc3) 38. Qe3+ d4 (38... Ka6 39. Rc3) 39. Qxd4+ Ka8 40. Rc3 c1=Q+ 41.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 42. Kh2 Bc6 43. g4 {would give good winning chances.}) 31... Ka6 32.
Bxd7 Bxd7 33. Re1 (33. Re7 Bc6 34. Rxf7 {should be a draw:} Qb6 35. Qc8+ Ka5
36. Re7 b2 37. Re1 b1=Q 38. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. Qc7+ Kb5 41. a4+ Kb4 42.
Qb6+ Kc3) 33... Bc6 34. h5 d4 {Due to the threats ...Qd5 and ...Qh5 White
should force the draw.} 35. Re5 Qxa3 36. Qc8+ Kb6 37. Qd8+ Ka6 38. Qc8+ Kb6 39.
Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yuzhny FO-ch op"]
[Site "Armavir"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 ({Earlier Vasily has played} 16... Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4
cxb4 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. dxc6 Rxd4 21. cxb7+ Kb8 22. Be3 e5 23. b3 c3 24. Rfd1 Bh6
25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 c2 27. Rc4 c1=Q+ 28. Raxc1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Rd8 30. h4 Qf5
31. Rc6 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qf5 33. Nc5 a5 34. Ra6 Kc7 35. Ra8 {1-0 Zhou
Jianchao-Papin, Moscow (Aeroflot open) 2010}) 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4
Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. Be3 Qh5 {The
strongest continuation. The other options} (24... Rh5 25. Bxa7 Rd5 26. Be3 Qa2
27. Qg4 {(Beliavsky-Atalik, Vrnjacka Banja 1999), or}) (24... Qd5 25. Ng5 e5
26. Ra1 a5 27. Qg4+ {(Sakaev-Abreu, Erevan 2001) are less attractive for Black.
}) 25. f3 a5 26. b3 a4 (26... cxb3 $2 27. Rc1+ $1 Nxc1 28. Qa6+ Kc7 29. Bb6+
Kc6 30. Ba7+ Kc7 31. Qb6+ {, mating}) 27. h4 $1 (27. bxc4 Nc5 28. Ng5 Bd6 29.
Qg2 b3 30. f4 Kc7 31. g4 Qg6 32. Qd2 Rb8 33. Rd1 Rb6 34. Kg2 Qc2 {gave decent
counterchances to Black due to his 2 passed pawns, Atakisi-Sakai, cr 2002.})
27... Qe5 (27... axb3 28. Bg5 Qg6 29. Rc1 b2 30. Rxc4+ Bc5+ 31. Rxc5+ (31. Nxc5
b1=Q+ 32. Kh2 Nxc5 33. Rxc5+ Kd8 34. Qc4 Qb2+ 35. Kh3 Qc3 36. Rc8+ Kd7 37. Rc7+
{1/2-1/2 Ziaur Rahman-Gaston, Paris 2002}) 31... Nxc5 32. Qc2 b1=Q+ 33. Qxb1
Nxe4 34. fxe4 b3 35. Bf4 Qh5 36. Qxb3 Qc5+ 37. Kg2 {with better chances for
White in A.Kovacevic-Simmelink, cr 2006. Probably, this option is the most
tenacious one for Black.}) (27... Qf5 28. bxc4 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Kg2 Qe5 (
30... Rd8 31. Qc2 b3 32. Qc3 {, threatening Qa5}) 31. Rd1 {with White's
advantage.}) 28. bxc4 Nc5 29. Kg2 $1 Nxe4 (29... Rg8 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rd1 {
with White's advantage, Daus-Moreno Carretero, cr 2007}) 30. Bf4 Qd4 31. c5 $1
{Otherwise Black is doing fine after} (31. fxe4 Bc5 32. Rd1 Qxf6 {, and White
should equalise by} 33. Bd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Rd8 35. c5) 31... e5 (31... Nxc5 32.
Rd1 Qxf6 (32... Qc3 {?} 33. Qb5) 33. Be5 Qf5 34. Bxh8 {with a big advantage.})
32. Be3 Qd5 33. Rd1 {Deciding to return the piece. However,} (33. Qa6+ $1 {
was even stronger:} Kc7 (33... Qb7 34. Qxa4 Bxc5 (34... Nxc5 35. Bxc5 Bxc5 36.
Rc1 Qd5 37. Qxb4) (34... Nxf6 35. c6 Qb8 36. Qa6+ Kc7 37. Ba7 {is also
hopeless for Black}) 35. Bxc5 Nc3 (35... Nxc5 36. Rc1 Qb6 37. Qa8+ {, winning})
36. Qxb4 Qxb4 37. Bxb4 {with a winning advantage}) 34. Qb6+ Kd7 35. fxe4 Qxe4+
36. Kf2 {with a decisive attack.}) 33... Qc6 (33... Nc3 $2 34. Qa6+ Qb7 35.
Rd8+ {winning the queen.}) 34. fxe4 Qxe4+ (34... b3 {was more tenacious,
although after the most precise} 35. Kh2 $1 (35. Qc4 b2 36. Qb4 a3 {is not so
clear}) 35... Kc7 (35... a3 36. Qd3) 36. Qc4 {White should be winning.}) 35.
Kh2 Kc7 (35... Bh6 {was strongly met by} 36. c6 $1 Qxc6 37. Rc1 Qxc1 38. Bxc1
Bxc1 39. Qc4+ {winning.}) (35... Qc6 {was also hopeless:} 36. Qg4+ Kc7 37. Qxb4
{transposing to the game.}) 36. Qd2 Qc6 (36... Rxh4+ 37. gxh4 Qxh4+ 38. Kg2
Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Ke1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qh5+ 42. Kd3 Qg6+ 43. Kc4 Qe4+ 44. Kb5
Qb7+ 45. Kxa4 Qa6+ 46. Kxb4 {winning.}) 37. Qxb4 {Black's position is
completely hopeless.} Qxf6 38. Qa5+ Kc8 39. Qa8+ Kc7 40. Qa7+ Kc8 41. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Petr, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qb6 12. exf6 Bb7 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 {This continuation
occurred only in a few games, but here White has an excellent score - 100 per
cent!} Nc5 (19... Qc6 {was played in another game of the same tournament:} 20.
Qd4 Nc5 21. h4 Ne6 22. Bh3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxa7 Kc7 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26.
Rfe1 Qxf6 27. Nc5 Qb6 28. Re7+ Kc6 29. Nxb7 Qxa7 30. Nxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rexa7 {
[%emt 0:33:29] and White won, Plischki-Pukl, Stare Mesto.}) 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21.
Re1 {Eventually threatening Re7.} (21. h4 {is another way:} Bc6 22. Re1 d4 23.
Qg4+ Rd7 24. Ra5 Qb6 25. Qf5 Bxg2 26. Rxc5+ Bc6 27. Re7 Rhd8 28. Rxf7 Kb7 29.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 30. Qd5+ Bc6 31. Qf7+ Rd7 32. Qxc4 d3 33. Bd2 a5 34. f7 Rd8 35. Rf5
Rf8 36. Qxd3 Qc7 37. Bf4 Qe7 38. Rb5+ Bxb5 39. Qxb5+ Kc8 40. Qc6+ {[%emt 0:33:
26] 1-0 Porper-Lock, Guernsey}) 21... Rde8 $2 {A serious mistake.} (21... Qd7
$1 {was much better:} 22. Ra5 Bb6 23. Re7 (23. Bf3 Rde8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bg4
Re6 {with unclear position}) 23... Bxa5 (23... Qf5 {is worse:} 24. Rb5 Rd7 25.
Rxb4) 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. h4 (25. Qa4 Bc7 26. Bxc7 Rxc7 27. Qxb4 Rd8 28. h4 a5 $1
29. Qb5 a4 $1 30. Qxa4 d4 {and the passed d-pawn gives Black enough
counterplay.}) 25... Bc7 26. Bh3 Bxf4 27. Qa4 Rhd8 28. gxf4 d4 29. Qxb4 Kb8 30.
Bxd7 Rxd7 {and again the black d-pawn causes White's anxiety, for example:} 31.
Qxc4 d3 32. Qb5 Rd5 33. Qe8+ Kc7 34. Qxf7+ Rd7 {and White should give
perpetual check.} 35. Qe8 (35. Qc4+ $2 {loses to} Bc6 36. f7 (36. Qc1 d2 37.
Qd1 Bf3 {and Black wins.}) 36... d2 37. f8=Q d1=Q+ 38. Qf1 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qxh4+ {
with mate}) 35... d2 36. Qe5+ Kc8) 22. Qg4+ $6 {For some reason I wanted to
provoke Qd7, whereas} (22. Rxe8+ {gave a big advantage:} Qxe8 (22... Rxe8 23.
Qh5 Bc6 (23... Rf8 24. Qe5 {mating in a few moves}) 24. Qxf7 Qb6 25. Bh3+ Kd8
26. Rd1 Qb7 {(threatened 27.Rd5)} 27. Qg6 {with a sad position for Black.}) 23.
Bxd5 Qd7 24. Bxb7+ Qxb7 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Rc1 {and pawn c4 falls.}) 22... Qd7 (
22... Kd8 $5 {was a worthy attempt, which I had missed during the game:} 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qh5 Qd7 25. Rd1 c3 {(the only move, saving the d-pawn)} 26. bxc3
bxc3 27. Qf3 (27. Bxd5 {??} c2) 27... Qc6 28. Qd3 Bb4 29. h4 {and despite of
White's advantage, Black still can fight.}) 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qh5 Bd4 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} (24... Kd8 25. Rd1 {led to 22...Kd8}) 25. Bh3 Re6 26.
Qh8+ Qd8 27. Qg7 Qxf6 28. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Isajevsky, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 {A surprise, but a pleasant
one. He never played the Botvinnik before this game.} 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. Bxf6 (12. h4 {, of course, is the
most of principled, but the text is also not without its venom, especially
against an inexperienced player in this variation.}) 12... Nxf6 13. exf6 Qxf6
14. Bg2 Bb7 15. a4 b4 $2 {Probably, he wasn't aware that Black should play} (
15... O-O-O 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Nxb5 Bb4+ 19. Nc3 Rxd4 {(Rogers-M.
Kuijf, Wijk aan Zee 1987). Now the c4-pawn becomes extremely weak.}) 16. Ne4
Qg7 17. Rc1 c3 (17... O-O-O 18. Rxc4 f5 {(Shulman-Cheng, Foxwoods 2007), and
now} 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rxd4 21. Qc1 {gave a big advantage. But now the
black king will be very exposed.}) 18. bxc3 O-O-O 19. Qe2 (19. Qb3 {was
stronger:} bxc3 (19... c5 20. Qc4 Bd5 21. Qa6+ Kb8 22. O-O) (19... Ba6 20. cxb4
Kb8 21. Nc5) 20. Rb1 Rd7 21. O-O a5 22. Nxc3 Bb4 23. Ne2) 19... bxc3 20. O-O
Rxd4 (20... Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qe5 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qc4 {was more tenacious,
although White kept a big advantage.}) 21. Nxc3 Qg4 (21... Kb8 {was strongly
met by} 22. Nb5 {!} cxb5 23. Qxb5 {with decisive mating threats.}) 22. Qe3 Rc4
(22... Kb8 23. Ne4 Qg7 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 {also hopeless}) 23. Ne4 Rxc1 24.
Rxc1 {With two threats - Nf6 and Qxa7.} Be7 25. Qxa7 Rd8 26. h3 Rd1+ 27. Kh2
Qh5 28. Rxd1 Qxd1 29. a5 Qe2 30. Nc5 Qb5 (30... Qe5 {(allowing mate in 2), is
an move entry error, pointed out in TWIC. Anyway, Black's position is
completely lost.}) 31. a6 Bxa6 32. Qxe7 1-0

