[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[BlackTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 c5 $2 $146 {
Bereits die Ursache allen Übels. Der Punkt d5 ist geschwächt.} (14... Bb7 15.
Bg5 (15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 Rad8 20.
Bf5 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Rac1 Qe6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd1 c5 25. Qxc5 Qb3 26.
Ne3 Qxb2 27. Qc8 Rf8 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Rc8 {1-0 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/Amber Rapid
1998/EXP 63}) 15... exd4 (15... h6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 hxg5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7
19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Qxg5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bf3 Re5 23. Rd7 Qxd7 24. Qxe5 Re8
25. Qc3 Qf5 26. Rd1 a5 27. Kg2 a4 28. h4 Ba8 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Re5 {Epishin,
V-Polgar,Z/Madrid 1992/CBM 30/[Ftacnik]/1-0 (45)}) 16. Nxd4 Be5 17. Nf5 c5 18.
Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 f6 20. Be3 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Ng4 Bd6 23. Bh6+ Kf7 24. a4 c4
25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Ne3 Nc5 28. Nf5 Bb7 29. Nxd6+ Qxd6 30. Bf4 Qd7
31. Be3 Nd3 32. Bxd3 cxd3 33. Rxd3 Re5 34. d6 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Anand,V/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/CBM 63}) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5
$16 Bg4 {Schwarz versucht, sich taktisch herauszuwinden, wird aber brilliant
widerlegt.} (16... Ned7 17. Bxb5 $1 axb5 18. Nxb5 $18) 17. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 18. Kg2
$1 {Der erste überraschende Königszug.} (18. Bxf3 $2 Bxf3 19. Rd3 $13) 18...
Be5 $5 {Noch ein Schwindelversuch.} (18... gxf6 19. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 20. Kxf3 $16)
19. Nd5 Qa7 20. Bxg7 $1 (20. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Bxf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 {war Weiß
zu wenig.}) 20... Bh3+ $5 (20... Bxg7 21. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 $18) 21. Kxh3
Ng5+ 22. Kh4 $3 $18 {Der weiße König schaltet sich selbst ins Geschehen ein.} (
22. Kg2 Bxg7 23. f3 Ne6 {nebst ...Nd4 würde Schwarz noch etwas Kompensation
geben.}) 22... Kxg7 (22... Nxe4 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. f3 Rxd5 25. Qxe4 $18) 23.
Kxg5 Qd7 {Mit der Drohung ...Qh3.} 24. Bg4 $1 Qd8+ 25. Kh5 Kh8 26. f4 Rg8 27.
Bf5 {Springer und Läufer halten die Verteidigung des weißen Königs zusammen.}
Rc8 28. Qc1 Rc6 29. fxe5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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 "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Qf2 O-O {[%csl Rg8,Rh6] A brave
decision. White has build up a strong P-formation on the K-side and still
black decides to place his K on g8. With his h-P on h7 that would maybe not be
so unusual but with the P on h6 white will be able to open lines quickly and
easily by g4-g5.} 13. O-O-O b5 {[%cal Yb5b4] >< Nc3} 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Nh7 {
[%csl Rh7]} 16. Nxc6 (16. h4 Ne5 $13 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ya8c8,Yc8c1]}) 16... Bxc6
17. h4 Qb7 $1 $132 {[%cal Yb7h1,Yb5b4] White seems to have done everything
right in the opening. Even so black has a somewhat irritating counterplay
against e4.} 18. Kb1 (18. Bd4 $5 b4 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 Bd7 {seems to me to
be a tempo better that the game. I don't think Kb1 is rearly necessary. But
even in that case it is not clear how white should build up a dangerous attack.
}) 18... b4 19. Nd5 $5 {The logical way to keep the initiative} exd5 20. exd5
Bd7 {[%csl Rg2] So what ? White has sacrificed a piece - probably more or less
based on a general feeling - but there does not seem to be a clear way to
continue the attack. White would like to play g5-g6, or build up a strong
battery with Q and B in the /^ a1-h8 to attack g7. However that is not so easy
to achieve. After the game it seems that whites major problem is the not
active enough placed B on g2. If it had been placed on d3 blacks defence would
have been much more difficult.} 21. Rdg1 (21. Bd4 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yd4b2,Yf2d4] /
\b2-b3, Bd4-b2, Qf2-d4} Rae8 22. b3 Bd8 23. Bb2 Bb6 {White has not achieved
anything more than in the game}) 21... Rae8 22. Bd4 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yd4b2,Yf2d4]}
Bd8 23. b3 a5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Ya4b3] Now black has consolidated his position and
starts to think about counterplay based on opening the a-<->.} 24. Rh2 a4 25.
h5 $5 {White until now had some positional compensation based on the misplaced
Nh7. However in the long run he would have no hopes if he did not get his
attack going. With the textmove he gives up another P to open <->s.} axb3 26.
axb3 Bxg5 27. Bf1 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yd3h7,Yd4g7,Yg1g7]} Qxd5 28. Bc4 Qf5 29. Qg3 Re4
30. Bd3 Rxd4 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Yg5h6,Yf5e6,Yh7f6] Black his ready to
consolidate his material advantage by placing his minor pieces on active and
safe squares with Bh6, Be6 and Nf6.} 32. Rf2 $2 {A blunder in a depressing
position} Rg4 33. Qh2 Rxg1+ 34. Qxg1 Be3 $19 35. h6 Bg6 36. hxg7 Rd8 37. Qg3
Bxf2 38. Qxf2 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Rc8c2,Rg6c2]} 39. Qd4 Rxc2 40. Ka1 Rc1+ 41.
Ka2 Rc2+ 42. Ka1 Re2 43. Qxb4 d5 44. Qd6 Kxg7 45. Qxd5 Re4 46. Qc5 Nf8 47. b4
Ne6 48. Qc3+ Rd4 49. b5 Be4 50. Ka2 f5 51. Qc8 Kf7 52. Ka3 Rd8 53. Qc4 Rd3+ 54.
Kb2 Rd4 55. Qc8 f4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 {Eine
relativ selten gespielte Variante. Weiß machte Nc3 statt Rochade, was in
einigen Varianten von Vorteil ist. Ribli.} Nc6 (7... c5) 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6
Qe8 (9... Qd6 $6 10. Qa4 $1 {Jetzt muß Weiß nicht sofort auf e7 schlagen, denn
Schwarz ist so an ...c7-c5 gehindert.}) 10. Nxe7+ (10. Qa4 Bd6 $1) 10... Qxe7
11. Qa4 c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 {Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, aber ohne
seinen Katalanisch-Läufer ist die Königsstellung etwas schwach.} e5 (13... Rd8
14. Qh4 Rb8) 14. Qh4 {[#]} Rb8 (14... h6 15. O-O Qe6 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. e4 Rac8
18. Be3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. Re1 Ba8 $44 {0-1 Archengelsky,M-Ahlender,B/
Norresundby 1993 (41)}) (14... Qb7 15. O-O Be6 16. Rd1 $6 (16. b3) (16. e4)
16... Rac8 17. e4 Rc4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Zaitsev,I/Moskva op 1991 (30)}) 15.
O-O (15. Bg5 {Diese ruhige Fortsetzung spielte seinerzeit der
WM-Herausforderer Kortschnoj, als er nicht viel riskieren wollte.} Rxb2 16. O-O
Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rab1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Be6 21. f3 Rc8 22. Rc1
Rb8 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Kf2 Bxa2 25. Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A/
Wch29-Baguio City 1978 (25)}) 15... Rb4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Rb4h4]} (15... Qe6 $5
16. e4 h6 17. Re1 Rd8 18. b3 Bb7 19. f3 Rd3 20. Na4 Rxf3 21. Kg2 Nxe4 22. Kxf3
g5 23. Qxe4 Qf5+ {0-1 Smejkal,J-King,D/BL9596}) 16. e4 Bb7 (16... h6 17. Re1
Rd8 18. f3 Rd3 19. Kg2 Qe6 $5 (19... Qd6 20. g4 Nh7 21. Qf2 h5 22. g5 Nf8 23.
Be3 Ne6 24. Rad1 $14 {Kakhiani-Botsari Subotica 1991}) 20. g4 Nh7 21. Qf2 h5
22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qg6 $44 {0-1 Markowski,T-Ivanov,S/Krynica 1997 (50)}) (
16... Qb7 17. f3 (17. Re1 $5 Bg4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxg4 Nf6 20. Qf5 $14 {Levin})
17... Qb6+ 18. Rf2 h6 19. g4 Rd8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rxb2 22. Bxf6 Rdd2 23.
Nd1 (23. Na4) 23... Rxf2 24. Nxf2 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,
V-Levin,F/USSR 1988}) 17. f3 (17. Bg5 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Rosentalis,E/
Koszalin 1998 (17)}) 17... Qc5+ $44 (17... Rc8 18. g4 a5 19. Qf2 h5 20. g5 Nh7
21. Qe3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Liang Jinrong/Bejing 1997 (21)}) 18. Kg2 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Gb7g2] Die weiße Dame auf h4 und der weiße Läufer auf c1
stehen schlecht. Schwarz hat aktives Figurenspiel für den Bauern, aber es gibt
noch nichts konkretes.} Nd5 $6 {[#]} (18... Rd8 $44 {Shipov}) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
g4 $5 {Weiß bereitet den Damenzug 21.Qf2 vor.} (20. Qg5 Bb7 21. b3 $2 (21. g4)
21... f5 22. Qe3 Rd4 23. Bb2 fxe4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qc1 Qe5 26. Qc4+ Bd5 27.
Qc5 e3 28. b4 d3 $19 {Shipov,S-Klovans,J/Budapest Sprong op 1992 (40)}) 20...
Bc6 (20... Rxe4 $2 21. fxe4 Bxe4+ 22. Kh3 $18) 21. Re1 (21. b3 $2 Rxe4 22. fxe4
Bxe4+ $17 {[%cal Re4g2]}) (21. Qf2 {Führt zu ähnlichen Varianten wie die
Partiefortsetzung.} Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rfb8 $14) 21... Qd4 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2
$14 {Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, aber die ungleichfarbigen Läufer bieten
dem Schwarzen gute Remischancen.} Ra4 24. a3 (24. b3 Ra6 25. Re2 $14) 24... Rb8
{[%csl Gb3]} 25. Re3 (25. b4 $2 Rbxb4 26. axb4 Rxa1 $11) 25... Kf8 26. Rc3 {
[%csl Gc3]} Bb5 27. Rc2 Rc4 (27... a6 $14) 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. b4 (29. h3 Rb3)
29... a6 30. Be3 Ke8 31. Rc1 Rc8 (31... Bd3 $2 32. Rc7 $16 {[%csl Rb8,Gc7,Re8]
[%cal Gc7h7]}) 32. Bc5 Bb5 {[%cal Gb5f1] Der Läufer verhindert a3-a4 und
kontrolliert wichtige Felder.} (32... Be6 33. Ke3 $14) 33. Rd1 f6 (33... Rd8 $2
34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Bf8 g6 36. Bg7 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rg7e5]}) 34. h4 Rc7 (
34... Rd8 35. Ra1 Ba4 (35... Rd2+ 36. Kg3 (36. Ke3 Re2#) (36. Ke1 {Ähnlich
spielte Weiß in der Partie.}))) 35. Ra1 (35. Rd6 Rc6) 35... Rd7 $6 (35... Ba4
$5 {[%csl Ga4] Der a-Bauer ist blockiert, sodaß Weiß am Königsflügel spielen
müßte.}) 36. a4 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 (37. Kg3 {Der König kann jetzt nicht am
Damenflügel unterstützen.}) 37... Re2+ 38. Kd1 Rh2 39. Ra3 Bc6 40. h5 (40. b5 {
Die richtige Idee, aber zu früh.} axb5 41. a5 Rxh4 42. a6 h5 43. gxh5 (43. a7
hxg4 44. a8=Q+ Bxa8 45. Rxa8+ Kf7 $11) 43... f5 $11) 40... Kd7 (40... g6 $5 {
Ich empfehle diesen Zug. Schwarz kann eventuell mit ...f6-f5 vereinfachen.})
41. b5 $1 {Unter Bauernopfer bildet der Weiße einen entfernten a-Freibauern.} (
41. Rd3+ $5 Kc8 (41... Ke8 42. a5 (42. b5 axb5 43. a5) 42... Bb5 43. Rd6) (
41... Kc7 42. Bf8 Bxa4+ 43. Ke1 g6 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Bg7)) 41... axb5 42. a5
Rh1+ (42... g6 $2 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Rd3+ $16) (42... Rb2 $2 43. Kc1 $16) 43.
Kd2 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 (44. Kd3 $6 b4 $1 45. Bxb4 Bb5+ {[%csl Gb5,Rd3]} 46. Kc3 (46.
Ke3 Re2#) 46... Rf2 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rf3][%cal Rf2f3]}) 44... Rh1 {[%cal Rh1c1,
Rc1c5] Schwarz droht 44...Rc1 nebst 45...Rc4+.} 45. Bf8 g6 46. hxg6 (46. a6 $6
gxh5 47. a7 Ba8 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49. Ra6 f5) (46. h6 $5 {[%csl Rh7]}) 46... hxg6
47. a6 Rc1+ $6 (47... Ke8 $1 48. Bd6 (48. Bb4 Rf1 (48... f5 49. a7 Ba8 50. Ra5)
49. Kc2 Rf2+) (48. Bc5 $2 Rc1+ {[%cal Rc1c5]}) 48... Kd7) 48. Kb4 Rc4+ $2 (
48... Ke8 $5 49. Bh6 (49. Bd6 Kf7 50. Rd3 Rc4+ 51. Ka5 Rd4 $11) 49... Rc4+ 50.
Ka5 Ra4+ 51. Rxa4 bxa4) 49. Ka5 Ra4+ 50. Kb6 Rxa3 51. Bxa3 $16 {[%csl Ga6,Gb6,
Rd7] Wir haben ein ungleichfarbiges Läuferendspiel mit ausgeglichenem Material,
aber die weißen Figuren sind viel aktiver und der a-Freibauer ist äußerst
gefährlich.} f5 {Die einzige Chance des Schwarzen, denn auf f6 ist der Bauer
zu schwach.} 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. exf5 Bxf3 54. Bb2 $1 (54. Kxb5 $2 Kc7 55. Bb2
Kb8 56. Bxe5+ Ka8 $11 {Die Stellung ist gleich. Wenn nötig gibt Schwarz seinen
Läufer für den f-Bauern und Weiß behält den Randbauern mit dem "falschen"
Läufer. Mit weißfeldrigem Läufer stände Weiß auf Gewinn.}) (54. a7 $2 Ba8 55.
Kxb5 e4 $11) 54... b4 (54... Kd6 55. f6 Bd5 56. Bxe5+ $1 Kxe5 57. Kc5 $1 b4 58.
a7 b3 59. f7 $1 b2 60. f8=Q b1=Q 61. Qd6+ Kf5 62. Qxd5+ $18 {Und Weiß bekommt
eine zweite Dame.}) 55. Bxe5 {Schwarz kann mit dem König nicht das rettende
Eckfeld erreichen.} b3 56. a7 Kc8 57. Bd4 Kd7 58. Bg7 Kd6 59. Bc3 Kd7 60. Kc5
Kc7 61. f6 $18 {[%csl Ga7,Gc5,Gf6] Der schwarze König muß den f-Bauern, der
Läufer den a-Bauern aufhalten. Weiß gewinnt den Bauern b3.} Kd7 62. Kc4 {
Und Schwarz gab auf. Weiß holt sich zunächst den schwarzen Bauern, geht dann
mit dem König nach b8, sodaß Schwarz den Läufer für den a-Bauern opfern muß.
Der Rest ist leicht. Ein von Shipov sehr gut gespieltes Endspiel.} (62. Kc4 Ke6
63. Kxb3 Bb7 64. Kc4 Kd6 65. Be5+ Ke6 66. Kc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 c5 $6 {Diser Zug genießt zu Recht keinen guten Ruf.} (9... Bb7) (9...
Be7) 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 (10... Nxf6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4
Rb8 15. Ba4 Ke7 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qxd7+ {1-0 Gligoric,S-Reilly,B/
Madrid 1960/MCD-r6 (18)}) 11. O-O (11. Be4 Rb8 12. O-O f5 13. Bc6 Qc7 14. d5
Bg7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Re1 exd5 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Qxe4 Rb6 19. Ba4 Re6 20. Bf4 Rxe4
21. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxb2 23. Bd6 Rd8 24. Bc7 Rf8 25. Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Oll,L/Biel izt 1993/CBM 37/[Ftacnik]}) (11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be3 Qb6
14. Bc2 Ba6 15. Ba4 Rd8 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxc5 f5 19. exf5 Qxc5 20.
Qg4+ Kh8 21. Nxe6 Qe5 22. Nxf8 Rd8 23. Nd7 {1-0 Akesson,R-Ingbrandt,J/Rilton
Cup96/97 1996/EXP 57}) 11... Bb7 12. e4 $146 (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Qb6 14. a3
Ke7 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Djurhuus,R-Sveshnikov,E/Gausdal Int 1992/TD 92\08}) 12... Qb6 $2 (12...
cxd4 {ist strategisch erzwungen.}) 13. d5 {Da haben wir den Salat. In einer
derartigen Struktur ist der Zug d4-d5 das schlimmste, was Schwarz passieren
kann. Selbst wenn Schwarz den Pd5 erobern sollte, wird er nicht mehr froh,
denn seine weißen Felder, besonders c4 und f5 sind unheilbar geschwächt. Eine
besonders instruktive Partie zu dieser Thematik ist A.Karpov-B.Gelfand 
(Linares 1993, ECO-Code D43).} O-O-O (13... exd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Re1+ Be7 16.
Bf4 {Neben seinen Felderschwächen hat Schwarz auch noch einen unrochierten
König.}) 14. a3 b3 15. Bc4 exd5 16. exd5 Rg8 17. Bxb3 Bd6 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Nxe5
fxe5 20. Bc4 f5 21. b4 $18 {Die weiße Stellung spielt sich von selbst.} f4 22.
Bxc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Qb3 Ka8 26. Rfd1 Qd6 27. Bb5 Rg7 28.
Bc6 e4 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Qc3 Re7 31. Rxb7 Rbxb7 32. Rb1 e3 (32... e3 33. fxe3
fxe3 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Qh8+ Qb8 36. Qxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 c6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Na3
Ng4 9. Naxc4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Nf6 14. e3 Bf5
15. Qe2 Be4 16. Rfc1 a5 17. Bf1 a4 18. Ba3 Re8 19. b4 Bd5 20. Rab1 Ne4 21. b5
cxb5 22. Rxb5 Qe6 23. Bg2 Rec8 24. Ng5 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qc6 26. Bxe4 Qxc1+ 27.
Kg2 Bc4 28. Rc5 Bxe2 29. Rxc1 Rb8 30. Rc2 Ba6 31. Rc7 Bf6 32. Nf3 Kf8 33. Rc5
b6 34. Rc7 Bb5 35. Ne1 e5 36. Nf3 exd4 37. Nxd4 Bxd4 38. exd4 Rd8 39. d5 Rd7
40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Ra8 Kd6 42. Bc2 Bc4 43. Rxa4 b5 44. Ra3 Bxd5+ 45. Kf1 Bc4+ 46.
Ke1 Kc5 47. g4 Kb4 48. Rh3 Bxa2 49. Rxh7 Rd4 50. Bd1 Be6 51. h4 Kc3 52. h5 gxh5
53. gxh5 Rh4 54. Bf3 b4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b6
{Schwarz möchte seine Entwicklung zurückhaltend gestalten. Die Varianten nach
7...b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.e4 geben ihm in letzter Zeit keinen Anlaß zu
Freude.} 8. e4 $1 $146 {Eine starke Neuerung. Mit einfachen Entwicklungszügen
erreicht Weiß nicht viel.} (8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 (9... Nc6 {Huzman} 10. Rd1
cxd4 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Bg5 Bd5 13. Nxd5 Nbxd5 14. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Radocaj,D-Jusic,
Z/Pula 1996/EXT 99 (23)}) 10. Rd1 Qb8 (10... Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd2 b5 13.
Rac1 O-O 14. Be1 Qb8 {'=' Huzman.} 15. Bc2 Rd8 16. Bb1 h6 $11 {Summerscale,
A-Sadler,M/Nottingham 1996}) 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5
Be7 15. e4 Qb7 16. Bg5 $14 {Tkachiev,V-Flear,G/FRA 1996} (16. Bg5 {Huzman} Bxg5
17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Re5+ Kf8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qd6+ Kg7 21. Re7 Nxe4 22. Qe5+ Bf6 23.
Rxb7 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rhe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Flear,G/FRA 1996/EXP 55 (31)}))
8... cxd4 $6 (8... Nxe4 9. d5 $36 Bb7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qxd8+ (11. Qe2 $44)
11... Kxd8 12. Bxe6 Bd6 13. Ng5 $16 {sieht für Schwarz sehr ungemütlich aus.})
(8... Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 {wäre m.E. besser, als der Partiezug, da die weiße Dame
nicht so leicht auf den Königsflügel kommt.} (9... Nfd7 $2 10. d5 $16)) 9. e5
Nfd7 (9... Nd5 $2 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe4 $16 {stellt keine schöne
Alternative dar.}) 10. Qxd4 Bb7 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Qf4 (11. Qg4 {Huzman} Bb7 12.
Bf4 Nc5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Nxb3 15. axb3 O-O-O 16. Ne4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 h5 18.
Qg3 $16 {1-0 Djukanovic,S-Peric,S/YUG t-ch 1996 (28)}) 11... Qc7) 11. Qf4 Nc5
$2 {'?!' Huzman. Damit vernachläßigt Schwarz die Kontrolle über den
Schlüsselpunkt e5, was fatale Folgen hat. Richtig war} (11... Nc6 12. Nc3 (12.
Qg3 $5 Qc7 13. Bf4 $14) 12... Qc7 13. Re1 Nc5 {erst jetzt!} 14. Bc2 Rd8 (14...
Be7 $2 15. Qg3) (14... O-O-O $5 15. Be3 $14) 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nb4 $14 {
mit einer spielbaren Stellung.}) (11... Qc7 {Huzman} 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 Nc5)
12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 (13... Ra7 14. Qg3 $36) 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Qg3 $36) 12.
Nc3 {'!' Huzman.} (12. Bc2 $5 {Huzman} Nd3 13. Qg3 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Nd7 15. Nc3 g6
(15... Rc8 16. Be4 $32) 16. Be4 (16. Ne4 Be7 $14) 16... Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18.
Rc6 $36) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 $16 Be7 {Danach verliert Schwarz das Rochaderecht,
aber guter Rat war bereits teuer. Schwarz hat große Probleme mit der
Entwicklung.} (13... Nd7 14. Ng5 $1 Qe7 15. Nce4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 (16. Nxe4 {
Huzman} Qb4 17. Ra4 Qxb3 18. Ng5 Nxe5 19. Re4 Bd6 20. Rxe5 O-O 21. Qe4 g6 22.
Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qb7 $18) 16... Ra7 17. Be3 $16 {'@' Huzman.}) (13... Nc6 14. Rd1
Qc7 15. Ne4 $16 Rd8 16. Be3 $16 {, und es droht das vernichtende 17.Nd6+.}) (
13... Qc7 {Huzman} 14. Ne4 $36) 14. Qg3 {'!' Huzman.} Kf8 (14... O-O $2 15. Bh6
$18) (14... g6 {Huzman} 15. Bh6 $16) 15. Rd1 Nd7 (15... Qc7 {Huzman} 16. Ra4 $1
$40 {[%cal Ga4g4,Gg4g7]}) 16. Ra4 $1 {'+/-!' Huzman. Das Spiel geht auf ein
Tor, die Angriffszüge finden sich von selbst.} Qe8 17. Rg4 g6 (17... Bxf3 18.
Rxg7 $1 Bh4 (18... Bxd1 $2 19. Bh6 {mit baldigem Matt.} (19. Rg8+ $1 {Huzman}
Rxg8 20. Bh6+ Rg7 21. Qxg7#)) 19. Qxh4 h5 (19... Bxd1 {Huzman} 20. Bh6 $18) 20.
Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 21. Qf6 {'+-' Huzman.} Bb7 22. Rg3 $18) 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Ng5 $1 {
/\Nge4,><d6,f6 '->' Huzman. Das Schicksal von Schwarz ist besiegelt, er spielt
praktisch mit einem Turm weniger.} Bf8 (19... Rd8 20. Rgd4 (20. h4 {[%cal
Gh4h5] Huzman}) (20. b4 $5 Nb8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Rf4 Qd2 23. h4 $18) 20... Nc5
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Qf4 $18) 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Rgd4 Bc6 22. Rf4 $1 f5
23. exf6 e5 24. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 9226]} 1. e4 {Stohl} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Be3 e6 7. Be2 {Stohl: 'Some time ago Tiviakov has written an article about the
English attack for "New in Chess", so it's quite logical he plays something
else. But the classical Scheveningen also belongs to his repertoire.'} Be7 ({
A matter of taste. A flexible alternative is} 7... Qc7 $5 {Stohl} 8. a4 (8. O-O
b5 $1 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 Nxe4 11. c3 $5 b3 $1 12. Nb4 Be7 (12... d5 $6 13. f3 Nf6
14. f4 Bd6 15. Nd3 O-O 16. Qxb3 Nbd7 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qd1 Bb7 20.
b4 Ba7 21. Bd3 Qd6 22. Kh1 Rfc8 23. Qe2 Rc7 24. a5 $16 {Lanka,Z-Stohl,I/
Koszalin op/1999/}) 13. Qxb3 O-O $11 {[%csl Gd6,Ge4,Ge6] [+]}) (8. g4 d5 $1 9.
exd5 Bb4 10. dxe6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 fxe6 13. Bf3 O-O 14. Kg2 e5 (
14... Nd5 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rb1 b5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bd4 Qg6 20. f3
Bf5 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qd2 Bxc2 24. Re1 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/
Monte Carlo act/1999/}) 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Nc6 $13 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Ge3,Rf2,
Gf3,Rf5,Rh2] ^^,ק}) 8... Nc6 {transposes to the game.} (8... b6 $5)) ({
Premature is the immediate} 7... b5 $6 {Stohl} 8. Bf3 $1 e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Nh6
Be6 11. Ng4 Ng8 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bc1 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 h5 15. Ne3 Ngf6 {Sefc,
J-Petrosian,T/EU-chT Wien/1957/} 16. Qd1 Nc5 17. Nd5 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rb6,
Rc6] ׫}) 8. a4 ({More aggressive is} 8. g4 {Stohl} b5 (8... h6 $5) 9. g5 (9.
Bf3 b4 $1 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nb3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 bxc3 13. Bxa8 cxb2 $44) 9... Nfd7
10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nce2 Nc5 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. h4 g6 15. h5 Rg8 16. hxg6
hxg6 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Ne6 21. Bg4 $13 {Borriss,
M-Van Wely,L/Bundesliga 9697/1997/}) 8... Nc6 ({a5 was a positional threat,} 
8... b6 $143 $6 {Stohl} 9. Bf3 $40) 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 (11. Qe1 {
Stohl} Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Qg3 Nd7 $1 16. Bh6 Qc5+
17. Kh1 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qc5 $11) 11... Re8 12. Bf3 {Stohl: 'At least since the
Kasparov-Anand match in 1995 this is White's main try, it has ousted most of
the other moves.'} ({Brave, but probably dubious is} 12. a5 $6 {Stohl} Nxa5 13.
e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Na4 Qa7 17. Bc7 b5 18. Bxa5 bxa4 19. Bf3
Bb7 20. Nc6 Qe3 21. Rxa4 Bf8 22. Bc3 Qc5 23. Bd4 Qd6 $15 {Klovans,J-Palac,M/
Biel MTO/1997/}) 12... Bf8 $6 {'!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'This older move has
experienced a revival lately, mainly due to the main Scheveningen guru
Kasparov.'} ({Black has persisting problems with the former main line} 12...
Rb8 {Stohl} 13. g4 $1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 18.
Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qf2 $5 (20. Bg4 Nd6 $5) 20... Rdc8 21. Rad1 Bc5 22. Nd5
$1 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 {Glek-Wilhelmi, Biel 1997. Je8 je pasivny,
cierny ma problem s pesiakom e5 a luftom pre krala.} (24. Qxe3 Rd8 25. Rc5 Qe7
26. Qc3 Rd4 27. Qa5 Qd6 28. Qc3 Rd8 29. Rd5 Qe7 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Rd2 32.
a5 Nd6 33. b4 Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Nxc8 35. c4 g6 36. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8]
_|_פ,b7,Glek,I-Wilhelmi,C/Biel MTO/1997/})) (12... Na5 {Stohl} 13. g4 $1 Bf8
$5 (13... Nd7 14. Bg2 Bf8 15. Qe1 b6 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Qh4 Nc6 18. Nde2 $1 Nb4
19. Rd2 Qd8 20. g5 f6 21. Nd4 fxg5 22. fxg5 Nc6 23. Rdf2 $40 {Anand,V-Topalov,
V/Dortmund/1996/}) 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 g6 $14 {/<=>~~}) (12... Nxd4 {Stohl} 13.
Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 17. h3 $1 {
prevents Ng4 and dooms Black to passivity, as his N can get to e5 only at the
cost of a pawn.} Qc8 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Qg3 Qb6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 22.
Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 24. Bc7 Qc5 25. Bxd8 Bd6 26. Be7 $1 Bxe7 27. Bxd5 Nxd5
28. Qe5 $16 {Panchenko,Al-Sokolov,A/Moscow-ch/1981/}) (12... Bd7 {Stohl is of
course also playable, nevertheless White's attack is still quite unpleasant
after} 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qh5 $36 (17. Qg4 $5))
13. Nb3 {Stohl: 'The most usual reply, which however doesn't promise too much.'
} (13. g4 $5 {Stohl} Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Bg1 exf4 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18.
Qd2 $5 (18. Bg2 Re5 19. Rxf4 Rxg5 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Raf1 h6 23. a5
Qc6 24. Qf2 Ng4 25. Qd2 Ne5 26. Qf2 Ng4 {1/2,Geller,E-Sokolov,A/Sochi/1983/})
18... h6 $2 19. gxh6 g5 20. Qg2 Kh7 21. Bh5 Re6 22. Bxf7 Rxh6 23. Rxf4 Nc5 24.
Nf6+ $1 Rxf6 25. Qxg5 $18 {David,A-Berend,F/BL2W 9899/1998/}) (13. Qd2 {Stohl}
Na5 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bc1 e5 16. Nde2 d5 $1 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 dxe4 19. Nxe4
Qxc2 $5 (19... Nd5 20. Bg3 Qe7 $6 {Sutovskij,E-Kasparov,G/sim Israel/1998/
This game started the wave of popularity of 12...Bf8!?} (20... Qb6 21. Nf6+ $1
Qxf6 22. Bxd5 $14) 21. N2c3 $1 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Nxf3 23. Nd5 $1 Qe2 24. Nc7 Qxf2
25. Rxf2 Nxh2 26. Nxe8 Ng4 27. Nc7 $1 $16) 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qg3+ Qg6 22. Bd5
Nc6 23. Nc3 Qxg3 24. Bxg3 Bg7 25. Bf3 Be6 26. Ne4 Rad8 27. Bh4 f5 28. Nf6+ Bxf6
29. Bxf6 Rd6 30. Bc3 Bd5 31. Rad1 Red8 32. Bxd5 {1/2,Lutz,C-Galkin,A/EU-chT
Batumi/1999/}) (13. Qe1 {Stohl} Nxd4 (13... Na5 14. Rd1 $14) 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 $132 {is more effective now, than a move earlier.}) (13.
Bf2 {Stohl} Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b6 16. e5 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rad1 d5
19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 g6 21. Qf3 $5 gxf5 22. Nxd5 Qb8 23. Qxf5 Bg7 24. Qxd7 Qd8
25. Qxd8 Raxd8 26. Bxb6 Rc8 {1/2,Kindermann,S-Ribli,Z/Bundesliga 9900/1999/})
13... b6 (13... Na5 $5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd2 $16) 14. a5 $1 {'!?' Stohl.} (14.
g4 $6 {Stohl} Bb7 15. g5 Nd7 {gives Black 2 extra tempi compared to 12...Bd7,
so he has at least equality.}) ({Dangerous, but seemingly playable for Black
is the immediate} 14. e5 {Stohl} dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxc6 (16. Nd4 Bb7 $11)
16... Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qb7 18. Qh5 (18. Rxf7 $6 Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxe8 Qxg2+ $1
$17 {_|_}) 18... g6 19. Qh4 (19. Qg5 $2 Bg7 $15 {is too passive and gives
Black time to consolidate.}) 19... Nxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 $142 (20... Bg7 $6 21. Bh6
$1 (21. Bg5 $6 f5 22. Nd6 Qd5 23. Nxe8 Bb7 $36 {Nataf,IA-Ftacnik,L/Koszalin op/
1999/}) 21... Qe7 22. Bg5 Qc7 (22... Qf8 23. Bf6 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Ng5 Rf8
26. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 27. Nxe6 g5 28. Qe4 $18) 23. Bf6 Ra7 24. Rae1 (24. Ra3 $5 Qc4
25. Rd1 $36) 24... h5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ng5 $1 $40 (26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qf4 Ng4
28. h3 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 e5 30. hxg4 Ree7 $1 $11)) 21. Ng5 $5 (21. Qf4 f5 22. Qxe5
Qxe4 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. Nc6 Bc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Kg1 Bb7 28. Nc4 a5
$11 {1/2,Dolmatov,S-Shipov,A/RUS-ch St.Petersburg/1998/}) (21. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 22.
Rxf6 Qd5 $1 $17) 21... Bxg5 22. Bxg5 f5 23. Rae1 Nf7 24. Bf6 Bd7 25. Re3 Bc6
$13 {1/2,Almasi,Z-Ribli,Z/HUN-chT/1998/}) 14... bxa5 {Stohl: 'The most
principled continuation.'} (14... b5 15. Bb6 Qb7 16. e5 $16 (16. e5 {Stohl}
dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Nd4 Ndxe5 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Qd3 $1 e5 21. Nd5 $16)) (
14... Nd7 $143 {Stohl} 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Qe2 (16. Nb5 axb5 17. Bxb6 Qb8 18.
Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qd3 e5 $5 20. f5 Nb4 21. Qe2 Qc6 22. Ba5 Qxc2 23. Bxb4 Qxb3 24.
Qxb5 Re7 25. Qa5 Qxb2 26. Bxd6 Re8 27. Bxf8 {1/2,Yagupov,I-Najer,E/St.
Petersburg/1999/}) 16... Bb7 17. Na4 (17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. c3 Ne7 20.
Qf2 Nf6 21. Nd2 Ng6 22. c4 Qb8 23. b3 Nd7 $14 {<=>,De Firmian,N-Kobalija,M/
FIDE WCh/1999/}) 17... Nd7 18. c3 Ne7 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. c4 Reb8 21. b3 g6 22. Bd4
e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qe3 Bxa4 25. Rxa4 N7c6 26. Bc3 a5 27. Bd1 Bg7 28. Nb1 Re8
29. Na3 $14 {/+/-,De Firmian,N-Ftacnik,L/Bundesliga 9900/2000/}) 15. e5 dxe5
16. fxe5 Rd8 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: '[]' Stohl: 'This new move is connected with
an exchange sacrifice.'} ({The point of 14.a5!? is best seen after} 16... Nd7
$2 {Stohl} 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxa5 Qc7 19. Qf3 $18) (16... Nd5 $143 $6 {Stohl}
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Bb7 19. Nxa5 $1 $16 {Sion Castro,M-David,A/Pamplona op/
1998/ with the idea} Rxe5 $2 20. Bf4 $18) 17. Nd4 (17. Qe2 $6 {Stohl} Nd5 18.
Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Ndxe7 20. Nxa5 Nd4 $11 {is pleasant for Black.}) 17... Nxd4 $8
{'!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'Seems also best.'} (17... Nd5 18. Bg5 $16 (18. Nxd5 exd5
19. Bg5 $16) (18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bg5 $16) (18. Nxc6 {Stohl} Qxc6 19. Nxd5 exd5
20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Rxa5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rd5,Rf7] ק})) (17... Bb7 {Stohl} 18. Bxc6
$5 (18. exf6 Nxd4 {-18.Bd4}) 18... Bxc6 19. exf6 e5 20. Ne6 $1 fxe6 21. Qg4 $36
{[%csl Gf6] o^f6}) (17... Qxe5 $2 {Stohl} 18. Nxc6 $18) 18. Bxa8 (18. Bxd4 Nd5
$13 ({Sharper is} 18... Bb7 $5 {Stohl} 19. exf6 e5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. fxg7 (21.
Ne2 g6 $5 $15) 21... Bxg7 22. Ne2 exd4 23. Ng3 $44 {[%csl Rf5,Rg8,Rh5] ׻}) (
18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qd2 (20. c3 Rb8 $11) 20... Bb4 21. c3 Bc5 $132))
18... Qxe5 19. Bg1 {'~~' Stohl. Stohl: '/+/=' Stohl: 'Black has sufficient
material compensation and also his forces are quite active. White has problems
extricating his Ba8, once he allows it's exchange, Black can occupy the long
a8-h1/^. But for the time being Black should avoid an endgame and keep as many
active pieces on the board, as possible.'} (19. Qd2 $5 {/\Rae1}) (19. Nd5 $2 {
Stohl} Rxd5 20. Bf4 Qh5 $17) (19. Bf4 {Stohl} Qc5 {doesn't pose Black problems,
if White is not satisfied with a draw after} 20. Be3 $11 (20. Bf3 $143 $6 Be7
$36)) (19. Qd2 $2 {Stohl} Nf3 $1 $17) (19. Bxd4 $6 {Stohl} Rxd4 $40 {[%csl Rb2,
Rh2][%cal Re5b8,Rf6g4] /\Qb8,Ng4,><b2,h2}) (19. Re1 {Stohl} Qb8 $142 $1 (19...
Be7 $6 20. Bxd4 (20. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 21. Bxd5 Nf5 $15) 20... Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22.
Rxa5 $14) (19... Bb4 $6 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Rad1 $14) 20. Bxd4 (20.
Bf3 Nxf3 $15) (20. Be4 e5 $5 $36) 20... Qxa8 21. Rxa5 Bb7 22. Qd2 Ng4 23. Rg5
h5 $5 (23... Bxg2+ $44) 24. h3 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Bxh3 27. Ne4 g6 $1
$40) 19... Be7 (19... Rd7 20. Nd5 (20. Nd5 {Stohl} Ne2 $132)) (19... Qb8 {Stohl
} 20. Bf3 $5 {Now h2 is protected and Black can't take on f3-the idea behind
19.Bg1.} (20. Bxd4 Qxa8 21. Rxf6 e5 $1 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qf1+ Kg8 24. Bxe5 $11)
20... e5 21. Ne4 $13) 20. Nd5 (20. Re1 $6 {Stohl} Qb8 $36 {and Black has the
useful extra Be7 compared to the note above.}) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxd4 (21. Qxd4 $2
{Stohl} Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Nc7 23. Bb6 Nxa8 $17) 21... Qb8 (21... Qc7 $5) 22. Qh5 {
'?!' Stohl. Stohl: 'This direct move forces Black to weaken his position, but
it's not the best.'} (22. Qf3 {Stohl} f6 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Bc3 Bb4 $11) (22.
Bc6 $2 {Stohl} Ne3 $17) (22. Bxd5 $142 $5 {Stohl} Rxd5 23. c4 Rd8 24. Qf3 f6
25. Bc3 Bb4 (25... a4 26. Rxa4 Qb3 27. Rfa1 e5 28. Bb4 $1 Rd3 29. Qe2 Bxb4 30.
Rxb4 Qxb4 31. Qxd3 $16) 26. Rad1 Re8 $5 $14 {/<=>~~ It's unclear if White has
any substantial advantage here, but compared to the game it's not him who is
in danger of losing, Black must be very careful.}) (22. Qg4 $2 {Stohl} e5 23.
Qf3 Be6 $1 $17) 22... f5 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: '[]'} (22... f6 23. Bxd5 exd5 $16 {
'?' Stohl.} (23... Rxd5 $2 24. Qe8+ Bf8 25. Bxf6 $18 {'+-!' Stohl.})) (22... g6
23. Qf3) (22... Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 (23... Bxf6 24. Be4 $18) 24. Ra4 $5 Qxa8 (
24... f5 25. Rg4+ fxg4 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qxe7 $18) (24... Bb4 25. Rxf6 $18) 25.
Rg4+ Kf8 26. Qxh7 Ke8 (26... Bc5 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxf6+ $18) (26... Bd6 27.
Rxf6 $18) 27. Rg8+ Bf8 (27... Kd7 28. Rd1+ Kc7 29. Rgxd8 Bxd8 30. Qxf7+ $18)
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxf6+ Kd7 (30... Ke8 31. Qxf7#) 31. Rd1+ $18) (
22... Bf6 {Stohl} 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxa5 Rf8 25. Bf3 Qxb2 26. c4 $16) (22...
Nf4 {Stohl} 23. Qe5 $16) 23. Bxd5 {'[]' Stohl.} (23. Bc6 $2 {Stohl} Nf4) 23...
Rxd5 24. Qe8+ {Stohl: 'This "activity" is not a direct mistake, but it costs
White time.'} (24. Bc3 $5 {Stohl} g6 (24... Qb5 $5 $13) 25. Qh6 e5 $13 {/\} 26.
Rad1 Qd6 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 a4 $15 {_|_ With his weak a-pawns
safe Black has a pleasant endgame.}) 24... Bf8 {[#]} 25. Bc3 $2 (25. Rad1 $142
$1 Qb7 $8 (25... Qc7 26. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 (26... Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxb6 (27... Qxc2 28.
Rd8 Qc1+ 29. Bg1 $18) 28. Rd8 $1 (28. Qxc8 $18) 28... Qc5 (28... Qb4 29. c3 Qc5
30. Rxc8 $18) 29. Rxc8 Qd6 30. Rd8 $18) (26... Qc4 27. b3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 $18 {
/\Rd8}) (26... Qxc2 27. Rc1 $18) 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Qxc8 $18) 26. c4 Qd7 (26...
Rd6 27. Bc5 $18) (26... Rd7 27. Bc5 $18) (26... Bd7 27. Qd8 Rxd4 $8 (27... Rd6
28. Bc5 $18) 28. Rxd4 Bc6 $16) 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Bc3 $16) 25... Qb7 {'!' Stohl.
Stohl: 'This excellent move prepares the building of a battery on the /^ a8-h1,
which will eventually paralyse White.'} 26. Rxa5 $6 {Stohl: 'Liquidates a
potential ><, but Black is somewhat better even after'} (26. Bxa5 Bd7 27. Qh5
$13) (26. Rad1 Bd7 27. Qh5 $13) (26. Rfd1 {Stohl} Bd7 27. Qh5 a4 28. Rxd5 Qxd5
$15) 26... Bd7 27. Qh5 {'[]' Stohl.} (27. Qd8 $2 Bb5 $19) 27... Rxa5 28. Bxa5
Qxb2 29. Qe2 (29. Rd1 $2 {Stohl} Bb5 $1 {[%csl Rc2] ><c2}) 29... Qa2 (29... Qb5
$5 {Stohl} 30. Qxb5 Bxb5 $11 {/=/+ is also playable, a draw is the most likely
result.}) 30. Qd2 $2 {Stohl: 'White avoids simplification, not realizing he is
already fighting for equality.'} (30. Qxa6 Qxc2 31. Re1 Bc6 (31... Qa4 {Stohl}
32. Qb6 $11 {should be able to hold. Now Black will improve his position
considerably.}) 32. Qe2 $15) 30... Bc6 31. Rc1 $138 Qc4 $17 32. c3 {Stohl: '/
\Bb4'} (32. Qd3 $5 {Stohl} Qh4 $5 $36 {/\Bg2} (32... Qf4 33. Rf1 Qe5 34. Bc3
$15) (32... Qg4 33. Rg1 Be4 34. Qxa6 f4 35. Bc7 f3 36. h3 $1 fxg2+ 37. Kh2 $15)
) 32... Be7 {Stohl: 'An exchange of B would help White.'} (32... f4 $5 {Stohl}
33. Bb4 f3 34. Bxf8 (34. gxf3 $2 Qg4) 34... fxg2+ 35. Kg1 Kxf8 36. Qd8+ (36.
Qd4 Qe2 $1) 36... Kf7 37. Qc7+ Kf6 $17) 33. Bd8 {'?!' Stohl. Stohl: 'White
should have at least kept the o^a6 in check.'} (33. Bb4 $142 {Stohl} Bf6 $17)
33... Bc5 34. Bg5 h6 35. Be3 (35. Bxh6 $2 {Stohl} gxh6 36. Qxh6 Bxg2+ $1 37.
Kxg2 Qe2+ 38. Kh1 Qf3#) 35... Be7 36. Rb1 (36. Ra1 $5 {Stohl} Bf6 37. Bd4 e5
$17 {/-+}) 36... a5 $19 {Stohl: 'Black's pieces cooperate greatly to pave the
a-pawn's way right up to a1.'} 37. Kg1 (37. Qd4 {Stohl} Bxg2+ $1 38. Kg1 (38.
Kxg2 Qa2+ $19) 38... Qc6 $19 {->}) 37... a4 38. Bd4 (38. Qd4 {Stohl} Qe2 $1 {
It's best to avoid the exchange of Q.} (38... Qa2 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Qd2 Qxd2 41.
Bxd2 a3 42. Bc1 a2 43. Bb2 $17 {enables White to resist somewhat.}) 39. Qd2 Qg4
40. Rb6 Bd5 {[%csl Ga4,Rg2][%cal Ga8h1,Ra4a1] -> /^a8-h1 and the o^a4 is
prepared to march on.}) 38... a3 39. Ra1 Bd5 40. Qe3 a2 41. Qg3 Bf8 {Stohl: '/
\Qb3-b2'} 42. Rc1 Be4 43. Qe1 Bd6 (43... Bb1 $2 {Stohl} 44. Rxb1 {is naturally
already not enough for Black.}) 44. h3 Qd3 45. Ra1 Qc2 (45... Qc2 {Stohl} 46.
Qf1 (46. Bf2 Be5 47. Rc1 Qb2 $19) 46... Qb2 {[%cal Re4b1] /\Bb1-+}) 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 $5 ({Another
options is:} 6. Nf3 $5 {See comments to Azmaiparashvili,Z-Huzman,A/Bugojno,
1999/ CBM 74(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(55)}) 6... c5 {Is the main line.Besides,black
has two principales moves:} (6... e5 $5 {See comments to Sakaev,K-Pigusov,E/St.
Petersburg,1999/CBM71(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) ({and} 6... O-O) 7. Bd2 ({
Another alternative is:} 7. a3 {See comments to Bareev,E-Gelfand,B/ Novgorod,
1997/CBM 60(1/2-1/2)(Tsesarsky,I) (30)}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {Much less common
than 8.bxc3, which was popular in the 1930s. Comments to this part of the game
(8-10moves) you can find in annotations to Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Frankfurt,1999
(rapid)/ CBM 72(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(49)} cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O (10... e5
$5 {See comments to games: Kramnik,V-Anand,V/ Frankfurt,1999/CBM 72 (1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(49) and Gelfand,B-Speelman,J/Las Vegas,1999/ CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)(53)
}) 11. Nf3 b6 $5 {/\Bb7(/^a8-h1)} ({In my opinion dubious:} 11... e5 12. Be2 (
12. Rd1 $6 Qxa2 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg4 $11) 12... Bg4 13. O-O (13. h3 $5
Bh5 14. O-O Rad8 15. b4 $14 {Reshevsky,S-Bisguier,A/New York,1957 (1-0)(44)})
13... Bh5 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Qa3 $5 Qxa3 17. bxa3 $14 {Bronstein,
D-Smyslov,V/Parnu,1947(1/2-1/2) (25)}) ({Can be recommended:} 11... Rd8 $5 12.
Be2 Qe4 13. Qb3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qg6 16. Qa3 {+/=/= Keatinge Clay,
A-Falconer,N/Concord, 1995(0-1)(72)}) ({or} 11... Qc5 $5 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Bd2
Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Rd8 15. a3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Be8 17. Ke2 f6 18. h3 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,
G-Short,N/Bugojno,1999 (18)}) 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O {+/=/=} Rac8 {Also good
safely:} (13... Rfd8 14. Rfd1 (14. Bxf6 $143 gxf6 15. Rfd1 Qh5 $1 (15... Qc5 $2
16. Qxc5 bxc5 $14 {[%csl Rc5]}) 16. Nd4 Qg6 17. Qxg6+ (17. Bd3 $4 Qxg2+ $1 18.
Kxg2 Nxd4+ 19. Kh3 Nxc2 20. Bxc2 $17) 17... hxg6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Nxc6 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Bxc6 21. Rc1 Bb7 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11) 14... Qc5 (14... Qe4 $4 15. Bd3
$18 {[%csl Gc2,Gc3,Gd3,Yf6,Rh7][%cal Gc3f6]}) 15. Rac1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rc8 {
+/=/=}) 14. Rfd1 ({After:} 14. Bxf6 {black equalizes:} Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Gc8,
Gd4]} 15. Qd1 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 gxf6) 14... Qe4 $5 {Besides black has two
alternatives:} (14... Qc5 $5 15. Rac1 Nb4 (15... Rfd8 $5) 16. Qb3 (16. Qa4 a5
17. b3 {+/=/=}) 16... Nbd5 17. Bd2 {+/=/=}) ({and} 14... Qh5 $6 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Qa4 $14 (16. Rd7 $2 {is refuted by:} Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rd7]} 17. Rc7 (17.
Nxe5 $4 Qg5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Rg2]}) 17... Rxc7 18. Qxc7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxf3+
20. Kh1 (20. Bxf3 Qxf3 $17 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg8h8]}) 20... e5 $17 {[%csl Rh2]})
) 15. Qxe4 {White transfers to slightly better endgame.Another possibility is:}
(15. Bd3 $5 Qg4 $8 (15... Qd5 $4 16. Bxf6 {[%csl Gd1,Rd5][%cal Gd3h7]} Nb4 (
16... gxf6 17. Bxh7+) 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qb1 Qh5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 $18 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 16. h3 Qh5 $8 17. Qa4 $5 ({Badly:} 17. Bxf6 {in view of:} Ne5 $1 (
17... gxf6 $2 18. Qa4 $14) 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 {[%csl Rc2,Rf6,Rh7]} 19. Nxe5 Rxc2 20.
Bxc2 gxf6 21. Nd3 Rg8 $15) 17... Nd5 $140 18. Be1 {[%csl Ye1]} Rfd8 19. Rac1 {
+/=/=}) 15... Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096]} 16. Be1 {[%csl Ye1,Ye2]} Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ ({
Probably much better is:} 17. b4 $1 {/\b5 (weaknesses: Pa7,Pb6)}) 17... Rxd8 $6
{Inaccuracy.Much better is:} (17... Nxd8 $1 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Gc8c1]} 18. b4
$140 Nc3 (18... Bd5 $143 19. a4 {/\a5 +/=/=}) 19. Bxc3 (19. Bf1 $5) 19... Rxc3
20. Rd1 Rc8 $11 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7]}) 18. Rc1 ({In my opinion} 18. b4 $142)
18... a5 {[%cal Ya5b4]} 19. Bb5 Rd6 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 19... Na7 20. Rc7
(20. Be2 Nc6) (20. Ba4 $6 Nc5 21. Bc2 Bd5 $11) 20... Nc5 21. Be2 Rc8 22. Rxc8+
Nxc8 23. Nd4 {+/=/=_|_}) 20. Kf1 $14 {[%cal Gf1e2]} f6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6e5]}
({Again possibly:} 20... Na7) 21. Ke2 e5 22. a3 ({Good enough right away:} 22.
Nd2 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 Na7 24. Bc4+ Kf8 25. f3 $14) 22... Kf8 23. Nd2 ({Now dubious:
} 23. b4 {because of:} Na7 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Re2][%cal Gb7a6]} 24. Bd3 $140 (24.
Bc4 $6 Rc6 $36 {[%csl Rc1,Gc6]}) 24... Nxf2 25. Bxf2 e4 {[%csl Rd3,Rf3]} 26.
Bc4 exf3+ 27. gxf3 Nc6 $11 {[%cal Gc6e5]}) 23... Nxd2 24. Bxd2 h6 {[%csl Gb5,
Ye5,Yf6,Yg7,Yh6]} (24... Na7 $143 {[%csl Rb5,Rg2]} 25. Rc7 Bf3+ $8 (25... Nxb5
$2 26. Rxb7 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Gb7][%cal Gd2a5,Ga3a4]} Rc6 $140 (26... a4 $4 27.
Bb4) 27. Bxa5 bxa5 (27... Rc2+ $143 28. Kd3 Rxf2 29. Rxb6 {[%csl Rb5]} Nc7 (
29... Rxb2 $2 30. Bb4+ {[%csl Rb5]} Rxb4 31. axb4 $18) 30. Rb8+ Ne8 31. Bb4+
Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kg8 $8 (32... Kg6 $2 33. Re7 {[%csl Re8]}) (32... Ke6 $2 33. Re7+)
33. Re7 Kf8 34. Rxe5+ Kf7 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. b3 $18 {[%cal Ga3a4]}) (27... Nd4+
$143 28. exd4 bxa5 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Ke3 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Re5]}) 28. Rxb5 Rc2+
29. Kf3 $16) 26. gxf3 Nxb5 27. Rb7 {[%csl Rb5,Gb7][%cal Ga3a4,Gd2a5]} Rc6 28.
Bxa5 bxa5 (28... Rc2+ $2 29. Kd3 $18) 29. Rxb5 Rc2+ 30. Kf1 a4 $14) 25. f3 Ke7
{/\Kd8(><c7)} 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Kd8 28. Bd3 {with the idea 29.b5 or 29.Be4}
Ne7 29. b5 {[%cal Gd2b4]} e4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} ({It is necessary:} 29... Nd5 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Yd5b4]} 30. g3 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Ge3e4,Yg3f4]} Nc7 31. e4 $140 (
31. Bb4 $2 Bxf3+ $17 {[%csl Rd3]}) 31... Ne6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6d4]} 32. Bb4
Nd4+ 33. Ke3 Rd7 34. f4 {with slight advantage of white.} (34. Bf1 $143 f5 $11)
) 30. fxe4 Re6 31. Rc4 $16 {[%csl Yc4]} Nc8 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 
31... Ng6 {[%cal Gg6e5]}) 32. Rd4+ Kc7 $6 ({Maybe better is:} 32... Ke8 33. Bb4
Ne7 $16) 33. Be1 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge1g3]} Nd6 $2 {After this move black
loses right away.} (33... Ne7 $142 34. Bg3+ Kc8 35. Bd6 (35. Kf2 $5 {[%csl Rc8,
Gd3]}) 35... Ng6 36. Kf2 Ne5 37. Be2 $16) 34. Bg3 {[%csl Gd4,Rd6,Gg3] With the
idea:35.Bc4(פd6)} Kd7 (34... g5 35. Bc4 Re5 36. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Re5]} (
36. Bxe5 $5 fxe5 37. Rd1 Nxc4 $140 38. Rc1 $18)) 35. Bc4 {[%csl Rd6,Ye6][%cal
Ye6d6]} Re5 $8 36. Bxe5 fxe5 37. Rd2 $18 Bxe4 38. Bd5 Bxd5 (38... Bg6 $144 39.
Bc6+ Ke7 40. Ra2 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga2a8,Ga8b8]}) 39. Rxd5 Ke6 40. Rd3 {[%csl
Rb6][%cal Gd3c3,Gc3c6]} Nxb5 ({Or:} 40... Kd7 41. e4 Ke6 42. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3c6]}
) 41. Rb3 Nd6 42. Rxb6 e4 43. g4 g6 {Black resigns in absolutely losing
position.} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rc1 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. e4 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
Rfd1 a6 16. e5 c5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 c4 19. d5 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nd3 21. d6 Qa7
22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Rac8 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. d7 Rb8 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Qc3 Qd8 28.
b4 Rb6 29. a3 Qb8 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Qc8 Bf8 32. Nd4 Rb7 33. Qxb8 Rdxb8 34. Nf6+
Kg7 35. Nc6 Ra8 36. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. f3 Qg5 17. f4 Qg6 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Ng3 Reb8 21.
b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nf6 23. b5 Nd5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Rb1 Ra8 27. h3
h6 28. Rb3 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Ne5 f6 31. Nxc6 Bg6 32. Nb4 Ne7 33. Qc3 Ra8 34.
Ra3 Rc8 35. Qd2 h5 36. d5 Qd7 37. Qd4 Qb5 38. Ra7 Rc4 39. Rb7 Rxd4 40. Rxb5 Rd1
41. h4 Nf5 42. Nxf5 Bxf5 43. Rc5 Bg4 44. Rc4 Bf5 45. Kg3 Rd2 46. Rc2 Rd1 47.
Kf2 Kg6 48. Nc6 Bd7 49. Nd4 Kf7 50. Ra2 Ke7 51. Ra6 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Rd3 53. d6+
Kf7 54. Ra7 Ke8 55. f5 Rxe3+ 56. Kf4 Rd3 57. Kxe4 Rd1 58. Ra8+ Kf7 59. Rd8 Ba4
60. Rb8 Re1+ 61. Kd3 Bd7 62. Rd8 Ba4 63. Ne6 Rxe6 64. fxe6+ Kxe6 65. g3 Bd7 66.
Kd4 Kxd6 67. Rg8 Bf5 68. Rxg7 Ke6 69. Ke3 Ke5 70. Ra7 Bg4 71. Ra5+ Ke6 72. Kf4
Kf7 73. Ra6 Kg6 74. Rb6 Be2 75. Ke4 Bg4 76. Kd5 Kf5 77. Rb4 Kg6 78. Kd6 Kf7 79.
Rb7+ Kg6 80. Ke7 Kf5 81. Rb4 Ke5 82. Rf4 f5 83. Kf7 Bd1 84. Kg6 Bg4 85. Kg5 Ke6
86. Rf1 Ke5 87. Re1+ Kd5 88. Kf4 Kd6 89. Re5 Kd7 90. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa3 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Rb1 Qxa2 {This line is discussed in detail in CBM82.} 16. O-O b6 $1
$146 {[%mdl 8] This simple move, keeping the pawn and preparing ...Ba6, proves
to be quite appropriate.} (16... Bd7 17. Rxb7 Ba4 18. Qe1 Rfb8 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8
20. Be3 Bc2 21. Qd2 a5 22. f4 Bd6 23. e5 Bb4 24. Qd4 Be4 25. Qxe4 Qxe2 26. Rf2
Qb5 27. f5 Bc3 28. e6 Qb1+ 29. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kh2 Be5+ {1/2-1/2 Lazarev,
V-Dvoirys,S/Geneva SUI 2001/CBM82}) 17. Bh6 (17. Bb4 {was probably better as
it is not easy for Black to comfortably defend the e7 pawn.}) 17... Rd8 18. f4
Bh8 19. Rf2 Qa3 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Kh1 e6 {Destroying White's pawn centre, after
which he has no compensation for the pawn.} 22. Rd2 exd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Qb3
Rac8 25. Re2 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qa4 {White tries to capture both black
pawns on the queenside for his d- and f- pawns.} Qf6 28. Qxa7 (28. Re5 a6)
28... Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rf2 $2 {White couldn't bring himself to take on
b6 but there was nothing to fear:} (30. Qxb6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf4+ 32. g3 Qf3 33.
Qb2+ Rc3 34. Rg1 {with good drawing chances}) (30. f5 $5 {was possible, too.})
30... b5 {Black now keeps his passed pawn and his position is winning in a
long term.} 31. Qb7 Rcc5 32. Rbf1 h5 33. Ra2 Rd4 34. Qb8 Rd8 35. Qa7 Rcd5 36.
Qb7 h4 37. Ra5 Rd1 38. Qf3 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 b4 40. Ra6 Qd4 41. f5 Qd1 42. f6+ Kh6
43. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 44. Kh2 g5 45. Rb6 Rb1 46. Rb7 Kg6 47. Rb6 Kf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. a4 b4 10. e5 Nd5 (10... Nfd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14.
Rc1 O-O 15. Rc7 Bd5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Qd3 f6 20. Qxd4 fxe5
21. Nxe5 Qf6 22. Ndf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Nf8 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Bc4 $16
{1-0 Summerscale,A-Krush,I/York-B 1999/Ajelibre (54)}) 11. Nbd2 (11. Nxd4 Bb7
12. Qg4 Nd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ Ke7 15. Bg5+ N7f6 16. Re1 Qe8 17. Qf3 Qd7
18. Nd2 Kf7 19. Ne4 $40 {1-0 Loeffler,S-Jonkman,H/Wijk aan Zee 1996/CBM 55 ext
(25)}) 11... Nd7 (11... Be7 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. N2f3 $14) 12. Nb3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 ({
White receives nothing after} 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nbxd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 h6 16. Bh4
Bb7 $15) 13... Bxc5 14. Ng5 $1 Be7 (14... Qc7 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Qg3 $44 {White
have compensation for the sacrifised pawn due the pressure on the K's side})
15. Qg4 g6 (15... h5 16. Qg3 {Only weakened K's side}) 16. h4 Qc7 17. Re1 Bf8 {
Black are trying to defend K's side by manouevre Be7-f8-g7 before they castle.
But it costs a lot of time.} (17... O-O 18. h5 $40) 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. Rac1 Qd7
20. h5 Bb7 21. Ne4 O-O 22. Nc5 Qc6 23. Ne4 (23. Qxd4 Rad8 24. Be4 $16) 23...
Qxa4 {Black decides to win some material to compensate huge positional
advantage of White but now White organize strong attack.} ({After} 23... Qd7 {
White can repeat position or try another way of development of their
initiative.} 24. h6 Bh8 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Qxd4 f6 28. Qg4 f5 29.
Qd4 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 24. Ng5 $40 Qd7 (24... h6 25. Nxe6 $1 Bc8 (25... Qd7 26.
Bf5 $1) 26. Rxc8 Rfxc8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bxg6 $1 $18) 25. Nxh7 $1 (25. hxg6
hxg6 26. Qh4 Rfc8) 25... Kxh7 26. hxg6+ Kg8 27. Qh5 fxg6 28. Bxg6 Rfc8 $4 (
28... Bh8 29. Rc4 $1 (29. Re4 Rf5 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Qg6+ Bg7 32. Rxd4 Qe8 $13)
29... Nf4 30. Rxd4 $1 Nxh5 31. Rxd7 $18) (28... Rf4 29. g3 Rf7 30. Re4 $40) 29.
Qh7+ Kf8 30. Bh6 Bxh6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 ({
The main line is} 7. Bg5) 7... Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5
12. b4 Qe7 (12... c5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rab1 Rab8 16. Ba1 cxd4 17.
exd4 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. d5 f4 20. f3 exd5 21. Rfd1 Nb6 22. cxd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Schandorff,L-De Firmian,N/Copenhagen 1996/CBM 54 (63)}) (12... Qf6 13.
Ne1 a5 14. f3 Ng5 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Rb1 Bd5 18. dxc5 Qe7 19. c6 Nb6
20. a4 e5 21. Bb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Shariyazdanov,A/Porec 1998/EXT 99 (62)})
({The main and the most aggressive line is} 12... Rf6 {. For instanse: see the
commented game Postny,E-Psakhis,L/ISR-ch 2000/CBM 81 [Golod,V]}) 13. Nd2 $146 {
White is immediatly starting to harass black's centralized knight.} (13. Bb2
Rae8 14. a4 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. cxd5
$14 {0-1 Novikov,M-Mishuchkov,N/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 58 (51)}) (13. Ne1 c5
14. f3 Nef6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Rb1 Bc6 17. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Grigore,G-Doroshenko,M/
Bucharest 1995/EXT 98 (40)}) 13... Qg5 14. d5 Rae8 $2 {This careless move is a
serious mistake.} (14... exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Nef6 17. Bxd5+ Nxd5 18. Qc6
N7f6 19. Bb2 $44) (14... Nxd2 15. Bxd2 e5 $14) 15. f4 $1 (15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qa4
Ne5 17. Qxa7 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. gxf3 Qxa1 20. Qxb7 Qa2 21. Re1 exf3 22. Bd3
Qxf2 23. Rg1 $14) 15... Qh4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bb2 $6 {White is not taking any
risk, but objectively speaking, it is not clear, what was wrong with 17.Qa4.} (
17. Qa4 {[%csl Ra7,Rd7]} Nf6 (17... Qf6 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Qxa7) 18. Qxa7 Rb8 19.
dxe6 Ng4 20. h3 $16) 17... Re7 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Qc3 (19. Qa4 $6 Bc8 20. Qxa7
Rh6 21. h3 Qg3 $132) 19... Rg6 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Qe1 $14 {It case of the
exchange of queens, white will be better thanks to the pair of strong bishops.}
Qh6 {Black rightly avoids the exchange of queens.} 22. c5 $1 dxc5 (22... Ng4 $5
23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rc1 Rf7 $14) 23. bxc5 Nd7 $6 (23... Ng4 $142
24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. h3 Bc8 $14) 24. cxb6 axb6 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5d3]} (24... cxb6 25.
Bd4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Qa5 $16) 25. Bd4 $1 $16 Rd6 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Qc3 c6 (
27... c5 $2 28. Be5 Nxe5 29. Qxe5 Rfd8 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Bc4 $18) 28. a4 $1 Ra8
29. Ra1 c5 $6 {This is a risky move. Now the black bishop is no longer well
protected and can become a tactical target.} (29... Qg6 $5) 30. Be5 Nxe5 (30...
Re6 31. Rfd1 Nxe5 32. fxe5 $18) 31. Qxe5 Qe6 (31... Kh8 32. Rfd1 Rad8 33. a5
$16) (31... Qg6 {[%cal Ga8e8]} 32. a5 bxa5 (32... Rxa5 33. Rxa5 bxa5 34. Rd1
$18) 33. Rfd1 Re8 34. Qc3 $16) 32. Rfd1 Rad8 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (32...
Qxe5 $4 33. fxe5 Rdd8 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bc4 Rad8 36. Rd1 $18) ({The best
defense was:} 32... Kf7 $1 33. a5 $1 bxa5 (33... Rxa5 $6 34. Rxa5 bxa5 35. Qh5+
$16 Kg8 $2 36. Bg4 Qf7 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Qb8+ Qf8 40. Be6+ {mating.
}) 34. Qc3 {The position is in white's favour, but black has some counterplay.}
) 33. a5 $1 bxa5 34. Rxa5 Bb3 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 (35... Rxd6 $2 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37.
Qh5+ $1 Qg6 38. Qxc5 $18) 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxc5 Rd2 38. Bf1 Bc2 39. Bc4+ Kf8
40. h4 Bd3 (40... Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Re1 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 (43... Kf8 44.
Rf7+ $18) 44. h5 Kf5 45. Kh3 {and black's king in the mating net.}) 41. Rf5+
Ke7 42. Re5+ Kf8 43. Rf5+ Ke7 44. Bg8 $1 {Nice move. White is capturing both
black's kingside pawns.} Re2 45. Rf7+ Kd6 46. Rxg7 Rxe3 47. Bxh7 Bc4 48. Bg8
Bd3 49. Rg5 $1 Re1+ 50. Kh2 Rf1 51. Kg3 e3 {The last chance...} 52. Rd5+ Kc7
53. Rxd3 e2 54. Re3 e1=Q+ 55. Rxe1 Rxe1 56. Kg4 {Of course, white is winning
easily. Surpisingly, black continued to fight for twenty more moves, probably
due to (mutual?) time-trouble.} Kd6 57. h5 Rg1 58. g3 Ke7 59. Bd5 Kf6 60. Kf3
Kg7 61. Kf2 Rd1 62. Bf3 Rd2+ 63. Ke3 Ra2 64. g4 Kf6 65. g5+ Kf5 66. Be4+ Ke6
67. h6 {The winning process is irreproachable.} Rh2 68. Kd4 Rh5 69. Bf3 Rh2 70.
Bg4+ Kf7 71. Ke5 Rg2 72. Be6+ Kf8 73. Kf6 Rh2 74. Kg6 Rf2 75. h7 Rh2 76. Bg4 {
[%cal Rg4h5]} 1-0

[Event "Tromsoe Midnight Sun"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2006.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2006.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Qe2+ Ne7 9. Be3 Nbc6 10. Bxb6 Qxb6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Be2 a5 13. a4 Bf5 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Bb5 Be4 16. Ng5 Bg6 17. Rfe1 d4 18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. Nh4 Nf5 20. Nxg6 hxg6
21. Bd3 Nb4 22. Re5 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rc6 24. Rae1 Qb4 25. Nxa5 Rcc8 26. R1e2 Qxb2
27. g3 Qa1+ 28. Re1 Qxa4 29. Nxb7 Rf8 30. Nc5 Qa7 31. Ne4 Qa2 32. Re2 Qa1+ 33.
Kg2 Qa8 34. Qf3 d3 35. Re1 dxc2 36. Rc1 Rfd8 37. Kh3 Nd4 38. Qe3 Nf5 39. Qb3
Nd4 40. Qe3 Qb7 41. Ng5 Qd7+ 42. g4 Re8 43. Rxe8+ Rxe8 44. Qd3 Qe7 45. Nf3 Ne2
46. Qxc2 Nxc1 47. Qxc1 Qf6 48. Kg3 Qd6+ 49. Kg2 Qd5 50. Kg3 Re4 51. h3 f6 52.
Qc8+ Kh7 53. Qc2 Rb4 54. Qe2 Rb3 55. Kg2 Qd3 56. Qxd3 Rxd3 57. Nh4 g5 58. Nf5
Kg8 59. Ne3 Kf7 60. Kg3 Ke6 61. Kg2 Ke5 62. Nf1 Kd4 63. Ng3 Ke5 64. Nf1 Kf4 65.
Nh2 Ra3 66. Nf1 g6 67. Nh2 Ke4 68. Nf1 Rd3 69. Ng3+ Ke5 70. Nf1 f5 71. gxf5
gxf5 72. Nh2 Ke4 73. Nf1 f4 74. Nh2 f3+ 75. Kg3 Rd1 76. h4 Rg1+ 0-1

