[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Koscielski, Janusch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. f4 {Dolmatov's pet system against the Najdorf} Qc7 (10...
exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Nd4 Qd7) (10... b5) 11. f5 Bc4 12. O-O-O
Bxe2 $6 (12... b5 13. g4 (13. Kb1 b4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 $14 (
16. Qxd5 $14)) 13... b4 14. Nd5 (14. Bxc4 bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Nd2) 14... Bxd5
15. exd5 a5 16. g5 a4 $1 $13) 13. Qxe2 Qc6 14. Qf3 a5 (14... b5 15. Bg5 Nbd7
16. Bxf6 (16. Kb1 b4 $2 17. Nd5) 16... Nxf6 17. Nd5 $14 (17. Rhe1 Rac8 18. Re2
$14)) 15. a4 $1 $16 b5 (15... Nbd7 16. g4 $16) 16. axb5 Qb7 17. Nd2 $1 Rc8 18.
Ndb1 {An original knight maneouvre.} a4 19. Rd3 $1 {Nimzowitsch would have
been very happy - first Dolmatov overprotects c3 then b5 and finally the d5
square!} Nbd7 20. Rhd1 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Na3 {Overprotection completed!}
Bf8 23. Kb1 Nd7 24. Nd5 $18 {White usually dreams of these positions} Nb6 25.
g4 (25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Rd5) 25... Nc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. b6 Qc6 28. Rc3 a3 29.
Rxa3 Rxa3 30. Qxa3 Rxe4 (30... Rxc2 31. b7 $18) 31. Qb3 $1 Qb7 32. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The field at this stage could be divided into two groups - those who were
leading (almost half the tournament was on +1!) and those who were not. Sadly,
I was firmly in the bottom of group two. My opponent was one of the leaders
and was in fine shape.} 1. e4 {Boensch Romero} c5 {Kasparov, Topalov and Short
played only Najdorfs against each other and Short won "this mini-tournament"
with 1.5/2 followed by Topalov with 1 and Kasparov with 0.5/2! Short also beat
Gelfand in a Najdorf. Therefore there seemed little reason to expect him to
deviate from this opening!} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Nigel has recently included this opening in his repertoire - in case you
hadn't guessed already.} 6. Be2 {6.Bc4 was too macho for me at this point.} g6
{Romero: Probably Dragon is playable ( also with the move a6 ), against quiet
systems. Anand tries to choose a variation where the tempo a6 is not going for
black.} 7. g4 $1 {Somehow, I wasn't in the mood for a positional game today!} (
7. Be3 {Boensch} Bg7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 b5 (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O
e5 12. Nb3 $16) (10... Ne5 11. h3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bd7 $13 {/\0-0-0}) 11. O-O-O
Bb7 12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. Nd5 e5 14. Nxf6+ $2 Qxf6 15. Bg4 $2 exd4 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Rxd4 Rc7 18. f4 Kd8 $1 $17 {0-1 Ninov,N-Georgiev,Ki/Odorheiu zt (08) ;CBM 47
1995 (26)}) (7. O-O {Boensch} Bg7 8. Bg5 (8. a4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11.
f3 Rc8 $10 {Kamsky,G-Ljubojevic,L/Monaco Amber blind (04) 1994/1-0 (48)}) 8...
Nc6 9. Nb3 b5 (9... O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bf1 h6 12. Bh4 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nd5
g5 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. c3 Be5 17. Bxe5 Ncxe5 18. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,
V-Zilberstein,V/St.Petersburg op (06) ;EXP 46 1995 (28)}) 10. f3 h6 11. Be3 Bb7
12. Qd2 Nd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bg7 16. Nxb4 $10 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,
PH-Hodgson,JM/Forli op (07) 1992 (31)}) 7... h6 (7... b5 8. Bf3 $1 (8. g5 b4)
8... e5 (8... b4 $1 {Boensch} 9. e5 (9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bg7 $10) (9. Na4 e5
$17) 9... dxe5 10. Bxa8 (10. Nc6 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 e4 $19) 10... bxc3 11. Nf3
Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 $44) 9. Nb3) (7... e5 8. Nb3 Be6 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 {/\ Be3,Qd2})
(7... Bg7 $145 {Boensch} 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 h5 11. gxh6 Bxh6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Robatsch,K-Szabo,L/Amsterdam IBM ;MCL 07 1972}) 8. h4 b5
(8... Bg7 {Seems more reasonable to me.}) 9. Bf3 {xe4} (9. a4 {Romero} b4 10.
Nd5 Bg7 {with the threat Nxg4}) 9... e5 {Romero: After this move white cannot
advance his g pawn.} (9... Ra7 $6 10. Be3 {/\ Nd5}) (9... Bb7 10. g5 $1 (10.
Nd5 $6 {Romero} Nbd7 11. Nxf6+ (11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nh7) 11...
Nxf6 12. e5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 dxe5) (10. e5 $6 {Romero} Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxe5 12. Qxa8
exd4 13. Ne2)) (9... b4 $1 {Boensch: Der Zwischenzug 8.h4 h6 ist eher
günstiger für Schwarz. - 7...b5}) 10. Nb3 Be6 {Romero: Black seems to be okay,
because the white structure is overextended and white's king ( also black's )
still has not a sure place. The next move is very surprising. Anand would like
to close the queenside and castle there. A deep idea.} 11. a4 $1 (11. Nd5 $5 {
Romero}) 11... b4 {Romero: Possibly it was better to keep the dynamism of the
position playing the always sharp 11...bxa4.} (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Nc6 (12...
Be7 13. Na5 $1) (12... Nbd7 {Romero} 13. Qe2 (13. Nd5 Nb6 (13... Bxd5 14. exd5
Nb6 15. Ra5 Nc4 16. Ra2) 14. Nxb6 Qxb6) 13... Nb6 (13... Qb6 $1) 14. Rxa6 Bc4
15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qe3 Qa6) 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. g5 $14 (14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 (15.
Bxg5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 $14) 15... Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Nd7 $14)) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13.
exd5 {White has the two bishops and a nice position to boot!} a5 $6 {Otherwise
White would play 5 himself, but giving up the b5 square is not advisable under
any circumstances.  Boensch: Verschenkt wertvolle Entwicklungszeit, die
"Drohung" a4-a5 ist nicht so gewaltig. Nebenbei wird das Feld b5 empfindlich
geschwächt.} (13... Bg7 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Bd2 e4 $132) 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Qe2 $1 {
/\ Qb5} Be7 16. O-O-O {Romero: Now White is clearly better. Black's
counterplay doesn t exist. Normally White would play at the king side, but
look at the fashionable plan that follows.} Kf8 17. Qb5 $1 {Before Black can
develop. xa5} Kg7 (17... h5 {Romero} 18. g5) (17... Rb8 18. Qxa5 Qxa5 19. Nxa5
Ra8 20. Nc6 Rxa4 21. b3 Ra1+ 22. Kb2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 $16) 18. g5 $1 {Romero:
This move just sacrifices one pawn for two and clarifies the position in
typical Anand style. Boensch: Die schwarzen Figuren sollen am K-Flügel
konzentriert werden, danach kann Weiß in Ruhe den Q-Flügel abräumen.} hxg5 19.
hxg5 Nh7 (19... Rxh1 20. gxf6+ $18) 20. Bg4 $1 $16 {Just in time. Otherwise
Black will win Pg5 and trade the Be3} Ndf8 {Black decides to let his queenside
go up in flames and try his best on the other flank.} (20... Nhf8 21. Rxh8 (21.
Kb1 {Romero /\f4}) 21... Kxh8 22. Kb1 $1 {And now Black is tied down to
defending his pieces and is unable to exploit Pg5. White can follow up with
f2-f4 if Black takes, a further Nd4-c6.} (22. Kb1 Kg8 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne5
25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. d6 $16)) (20... Nc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. d6 Bxg5 23. Qxc5 Bxe3+
24. fxe3 Qg5 25. d7 $1 (25. Be2 Rhc8 26. Qb6 Rcb8) (25. Bf3 Rac8 (25... e4 $2
26. Rxh7+ $1) 26. Bc6 $18 {/\ d7}) 25... Qxg4 (25... Rhd8 26. Bf3 $1 $18) 26.
Qxe5+ Nf6 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. d8=Q Rxd8 29. Rxd8 $18) 21. Bb6 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 Qb8
23. Nxa5 Bd8 (23... Nf6 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Bh3 $16) 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 (24... Qxb5
25. axb5 Rxd8 26. Nc6 {/\ b6-b7} (26. Nb7 $5 $18) (26. Nb7 Rb8 27. Nxd6 $18))
25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Qxb4 f5 27. Be2 (27. Bxf5 $2 gxf5 28. Qh4 Ng6 29. Rdg1 (29.
Qh6+ Kf6 30. Rdg1 Rag8 $15) 29... Qf7 30. Qh6+ (30. Ne7 Ng5 $1 31. Qxg5 Rxh1
32. Rxh1 Qxe7 33. Qh6+ Kf6 $17) 30... Kf6 $15) 27... Nd7 28. f4 Nc5 (28... e4
$2 29. Nd4 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 29. Bb5 $1 (29. fxe5 Rxa4 (29... Nxa4 30. exd6 $18
) 30. exd6 $1 Qxd6 31. Qc3+ Nf6 (31... Qf6 32. Qxc5 Rha8 33. c3 $18) (31... Kg8
32. Rdg1 Ne4 33. Ne7+ $18) 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 (32... Kxh8 33. Bb5 $18 (33. Qe5 Nce4
(33... Qxe5 34. Nxe5 Re4 35. Nd3 $16) 34. Ne7 Kg7 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Rg1 $16)))
29... exf4 30. Qxf4 Nf6 31. Nd4 $1 Kf7 32. Ne6 $1 (32. Bc6 {The lazier
approach, but the game continuation is fine.} Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Rd8 34. Nb5 Qe7 35.
a5) 32... Rxh1 (32... Nxe6 33. dxe6+ Kxe6 34. Rhe1+ Kf7 (34... Ne4 35. Rxe4+
fxe4 36. Rf1 $1 $18) 35. Rxd6 $18) 33. Rxh1 $2 (33. Nxc7 $1 {I saw that this
won, but liked the game continuation more. Unfortunately I had missed
something.} Rxd1+ 34. Ka2 Rd8 (34... Ra7 35. Qxd6 Nxa4 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qe7+
Kg8 (37... Kh6 $2 38. Qe3+ $1 $18) 38. Qxf6 Nc5+ 39. Na6 $18 (39. Ba6 $18)) 35.
a5 $1 {/\ a6-a7 +- I don't see any way for Black to stop the aP.} (35. a5 Nfe4
36. a6 Rh8 37. Qf3 Rhh1 38. Qxd1 Rxd1 39. a7 $18)) 33... Nxe6 34. dxe6+ Kxe6
35. Rg1 {And Black has no way to defend against Rg6+ and Bc4+ - or so I
thought.} (35. Bc4+ Kd7 36. Qd4 $16) 35... Rc8 $1 {This came as a shock to me
and Nigel looked happy after a long time.} 36. c3 {I took a deep breath and
then realized that White still had some chances due to Black's exposed K and
his my control of the e8 square. So, I continued.} Kf7 37. Qh6 $1 Rg8 38. Qe3 {
The point of Qh6 - Black can't play Qc5 now due to the Rg8.} d5 $2 {Black's
position is difficult, but Black should have tried to do without this move.} (
38... Rh8 $5 {Probably White doesn't have that much anymore.} 39. Qd4 $140 Qc5
$1 (39... Qc5 40. Qxc5 dxc5 41. a5 Ne4 42. a6 Kf6 43. Bc6 Nd2+ 44. Kc2 Nc4 45.
a7 Nb6 46. Ra1 Na8 47. Ra5 c4 48. Rb5 $18)) 39. Re1 $1 Ne4 (39... Rh8 40. Qe6+
Kg7 41. a5 $1 $16 Ne4 (41... Rh2 42. Qe7+ $1) 42. Rg1) (39... Ra8 $1 40. Qe6+
Kg7 {Es ist nicht leicht den Gewinn nachzuweisen. z.B.} 41. Rg1 Qh2 42. Qe7+
Kh6) 40. Qd4 Rd8 41. c4 {The consequence of d5 - White can open the position
further - now he will soon use the c-file.} g5 42. cxd5 Kg6 (42... g4 43. Rc1
Qf4 44. Qa7+ $16) 43. Rc1 Qf4 44. Rc6+ Kh5 (44... Rd6 45. Rxd6+ Qxd6 46. a5 $18
) 45. Qd1+ $1 {A very important game for me - My first win of the tournament,
against one of the leaders and to top it all, Nigel had been a difficult
opponent for me before this game. The win was therefore most welcome!} (45.
Qd1+ Kh4 46. Rh6+ Kg3 47. Qd3+ Kg2 (47... Qf3 48. Rh3+ $18) 48. Qh3+ Kg1 49.
Qh1+ Kf2 50. Qf1+ Ke3 (50... Kg3 51. Rh3+ Kg4 52. Be2+ $18) 51. Qe2+ Kd4 52.
Qd3+ Kc5 53. Qc4#) 1-0

[Event "Cullera Magistral"]
[Site "Cullera"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Castella Garcia, Fausto"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 {A plan of Efim Geller that worked pretty well in its early days.
White wants to play 10.Bf1 in order to protect e4, and then hop into d5 with
his knight. The idea is also employed often in the Classical Sicilian (1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6), but there, after Black takes on d5,
he has to waste important tempi because his c6-knight will be under attack. In
the Najdorf, however, Black soon found ways to obtain a good game, and the
line more or less disappeared from Master practice. Nowadays only GM Kevin
Spraggett enjoys some success with this line, but this seems to be due to his
greater understanding of the subtleties of the position.} Be6 10. Bf1 Nbd7 11.
a4 $6 {Strangely enough, this natural move is a mistake already, and I knew it
because I had played it myself once.} ({Correct is} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5
13. a4 Rc8 14. c3 Bg6 {, with chances for both sides.}) 11... Rc8 12. a5 (12.
Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. g4 {the only way to keep the pawn.} h6 15. Bg2 Nc4 {
looks quite good for Black. White´s fourteenth move simply weakened too many
dark squares.}) 12... Qc7 {Now Nd5 is prevented due to the pressure on c2.} 13.
f3 ({I played} 13. Bg5 {here, which is a better try for equality.}) 13... h6 {
the strongest continuation. White can do very little to prevent Black from
playing d6-d5.} 14. Be3 Qc6 15. Qd2 d5 {When Black carries this pawn-break out
in the Najdorf it usually means he already stands better.} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 Bxd5 18. f4 $6 {Castella seeks to complicate the game, but he merely
weakens his position further. More appropiate would be} (18. Rad1 Nf6 (18...
Be6 19. Bd3 Rfd8 $15)) 18... Rfd8 19. Rac1 (19. fxe5 Bxb3 (19... Nxe5 20. Bb6
Bxb3 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 (21... Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Bh4) 22. Qe2 Bh4 $17) 20. cxb3
Nxe5) 19... Bf6 $1 {Forcing White to release the tension in the center.} 20. f5
Be7 $1 {Now the knight will head for e4 and g4.} 21. c4 Be4 22. Qf2 Nf6 23. Bb6
Rd7 24. Rcd1 $2 {A big mistake, but White´s position was difficult already.} (
24. c5 Bd3 $15) (24. h3 Bb4 $15 (24... Re8 $15)) 24... Bb4 (24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Qa4 $19) 25. Nd2 $6 Ng4 (25... Ng4 26. Qg3 Bc5+ 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ $19
) 0-1

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 7th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2014.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2014.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 $5 {
A move which was considered to be bad in Najdorf.} ({However the game
continuation prevents variations such as} 7... Be7 8. Bg5 (8. g4 h6) 8... Be6 (
8... Nbd7 $5 9. a4) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. O-O-O Bxd5 13.
Qxd5 Qc7 $14) 8. f4 (8. Bg5 Nbd7) 8... Be7 $1 {An unnoticed move at least it
was used to be for me.} (8... Qc7 9. g4 $1 exf4 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12.
Qd2 Nce5 13. O-O-O $16 {is better for White.}) 9. f5 Bd7 10. Bf3 Bc6 11. Be3 ({
No real time for} 11. g4 Nfd7) 11... h5 $6 $146 {I do not like my choice since
it provides White with space.} (11... b5 12. a3 h5 $1) 12. a4 $1 Nbd7 ({
I did not want to commit} 12... b6 13. Nd2 Nbd7) 13. a5 Rc8 14. O-O $6 (14. h3
$142 h4 15. O-O $14) 14... Ng4 $1 {The start of a plan providing Black with
serious counterplay.} 15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qxg4 Nf6 17. Qe2 (17. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 18.
Qh6 Nxe4 $19) 17... Qd7 $1 {The point is Bb5.} 18. Bb6 $2 {Allowing Black's
main idea for a second time is equal to give the advantage.} (18. Bg5 Bb5 (
18... Nxe4 $2 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe7 Bxc2 21. Nd4 $1 $18) 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20.
Qxb5+ axb5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. c3 Bg5 23. Rfe1 Kd7 24. a6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 Ra8 $44)
(18. Nd2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qg4 Bf6 $44) 18... Bb5 $1 19. Nxb5
Qxb5 20. Qd3 (20. Qxb5+ axb5 21. Nd2 Rxc2 22. Rfc1 Rc6) 20... d5 $5 {A risky
move} ({but} 20... Qc4) ({or} 20... Qc6 21. Rfe1 Rh4 (21... Qxc2 22. Rac1 Qxd3
23. Rxc8+ Kd7 24. Rc7+ $11) 22. Nd2 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rac1 Rxd2 25. Rc8+
Kd7 26. Rc7+ $11 {leads to a forced draw.}) 21. exd5 (21. Qxb5+ axb5 22. exd5
Nxd5 23. Rfe1 f6 $13) 21... Qxd3 22. cxd3 Nxd5 23. Rae1 Nxb6 24. axb6 Rh6 {
Black takes over the initiative.} (24... Kd7 $5 {was another safe choice} 25.
Rxe5 (25. Na5 $6 f6 $36) 25... Bd6 26. Re4 Bxh2+ 27. Kf2 Rc2+ 28. Kf3 Bd6 29.
Na5 Rc5 30. Nxb7 Rxf5+ 31. Ke2 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Rb8 33. Nxd6 Kxd6 34. Rb4 Kc6 35.
Rc4+ Kxb6 36. Ke2 $11) 25. Rxe5 Rxb6 26. Nd2 $6 (26. Rfe1 Rc7 $36 (26... Rxb3
27. Rxe7+ Kf8 $11)) 26... Kf8 27. Nc4 {After this I was in between two moves.}
Rbc6 (27... Rb3) 28. Rfe1 Bb4 $5 {I was already aiming for simplifications.} (
28... Bc5+ 29. Kf1 b5 30. Na5 R6c7 $15) 29. R1e2 $6 (29. R1e4 $142) 29... b5
30. Ne3 Rd6 31. Rd5 Rcd8 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Nc2 Bc5+ 34. d4 Bxd4+ 35. Nxd4 Rxd4
36. b3 $2 $138 {Being short of time and standing behind a more or less
inferior position Milan violates one of principles by playing on the flank
where he stood worse.} (36. g3 a5 37. Kf2 Rd3 38. f6 gxf6 39. Re3 Rd5 40. Ke2
a4 41. Rd3 Rc5 42. Kd2 $11) 36... a5 37. Ra2 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 {Now the a
passer combined with the weakness in the kingside brings Black over the top.}
39. f6 (39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Ke3 Rb4 41. h3 Kf6 42. g4 Ke5 43. Kd3 Kf4 $17) 39... g5
$1 40. Kf2 Kg8 41. Re2 (41. Ke3 Rf4 42. g3 Rb4 $17) 41... Rf4+ 42. Kg3 {
Now his king is confined to the edge of the board.} Kh7 43. Re5 Kg6 44. Ra5
Kxf6 45. Kh3 Kg6 (45... Rh4+ 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Kf3 f5 $19) 46. g4 Rb4 47. Ra6+
Kg7 (47... f6 $2 48. Ra7 $1) 48. Kg3 Rb3+ 49. Kg2 a3 50. Ra5 f6 51. Ra7+ Kf8
52. h3 Ke8 53. Ra6 Ke7 54. Kh2 Rb2+ 55. Kg3 a2 $19 {White's problem is that he
can never sac the rook for Black's pawns and draw the ensuing ending with his
g-passer against the rook.} 56. Kf3 (56. h4 gxh4+ 57. Kxh4 Kd7 58. Kh5 Kc7 59.
Kg6 Kb7 60. Ra3 (60. Rxa2 Rxa2 61. Kxf6 Kc7 62. g5 Kd6 63. g6 Rf2+ $19) 60...
Rf2 61. Kf7 Kc6 62. Kg6 Kc5 63. Ra8 Kb4 64. Rb8+ (64. Rxa2 Rxa2 65. Kxf6 Kc5
66. g5 Kd6 $19) 64... Kc3 65. Ra8 Kb2 66. Rb8+ Kc1 67. Ra8 Kb1 68. Rb8+ Rb2 69.
Re8 (69. Ra8 Rb4 $19) 69... Rb4 $19 {Simply in all the cases Black's king is
close enough.}) 56... Kd7 57. Ke4 Kc7 58. Kf5 $2 {This made my job easy.} ({
He had to try to oppose my king and not to allow him to reach the queenside to
support the passer.} 58. Kd4 Kb7 59. Ra3 Kc6 60. Kc4 Rh2 61. Ra7 Kd6 62. Kd4
Ke6 63. Ke4 Rd2 64. Ke3 Rg2 65. Ke4 Rh2 $22 66. Ra6+ Kf7 67. Kf5 Rf2+ 68. Ke4
Kg6 {However in this case Black wins both White's pawns since the white king
can not return to the safe haven from the 4th rank to protect them.} 69. Kd4
Rh2 70. Kd5 Rxh3 71. Rxa2 Rd3+ 72. Ke6 Rd4 73. Rg2 Re4+ 74. Kd5 Rf4 75. Ke6 f5
76. gxf5+ Rxf5 $19) 58... Rf2+ 59. Kg6 Kb7 60. Ra3 Kc6 61. Kh5 (61. Rxa2 Rxa2
62. Kxf6 Ra5 $19) 61... Kd5 62. Ra4 Kc5 63. Ra8 Kb4 64. Kg6 Kb3 65. Rb8+ Kc2
66. Ra8 Kb1 67. Rb8+ Rb2 68. Re8 (68. Ra8 Rb6 $19) 68... a1=Q ({There is even
no need for} 68... Rb6 69. Re1+ Kb2 70. Re2+ Ka3 71. Re1 Rb1 72. Re8 a1=Q 73.
Ra8+ Kb4 74. Rxa1 Rxa1 75. Kxf6 Ra5 $19) 69. Re1+ Ka2 70. Rxa1+ Kxa1 71. Kxf6
Rb5 (71... Rb5 72. Kg6 Kb2 73. Kh5 Kc3 74. h4 gxh4+ 75. Kxh4 Kd4 $19 {and once
again the fastly approaching king decides the issue.}) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 31st"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2017.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maksimovic, Bojan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 $2 {A terrible move which my opponent played very quickly.} (9. Be3
Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 {used to be Geller's bread and butter.}) 9... b5 $1 $36
10. a3 (10. a4 Bb7 (10... Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Bb7)) 10... Bb7 11. fxe5 $146 (11. Bd3
Nbd7) (11. Bf3 Nbd7) 11... dxe5 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qc7 $5 (13... Rc8 14. Qe2
Nb6 15. Na5 Ba8) 14. Qe2 Rac8 (14... Nb6 15. Na5 Bc8) (14... Rfb8 $2 15. g4 $1)
({I rejected the obvious} 14... Bxa3 15. Rxa3 b4 16. Ra4 bxc3 17. Rc4 Qd8 18.
Rxc3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rc6 $44) (14... Rfc8 $5) 15. Qf2 Nc5 $2 ({And
rejecting} 15... Bxa3 {for a second time.} 16. Rxa3 b4 17. Nb5 $1 Qxc2 $1 (
17... axb5 $2 18. Ra7 Ra8 19. Rfa1 Rxa7 20. Rxa7 Ra8 21. Bg5 $1 {I did not
feel comfortable in this position.}) 18. Ra5 axb5 19. Qxc2 Rxc2 $19 {should
have done the job.}) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 (17. Rfd1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfd8 $17)
17... Qxc5 18. Qxc5 $5 (18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Rd3 Rc4) 18... Rxc5 19. Rfe1 Rb8 $5 {
A mysterious rook move.} (19... Rfc8 {is normal.}) 20. Re2 Rc4 21. Rd1 Kf8 22.
Kf2 g5 $1 $17 {A very important move pushing White's pieces back and thus
gaining space.} 23. g3 (23. g4 h5 24. h3 (24. gxh5 g4 25. Bg2 Ke7 26. Ke3 Rh8
$40) 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 Ke7) 23... Ke7 24. Rd3 g4 25. Bg2 Rbc8 26. Ke3 {
White's king is heading to c1 to liberate the Nc3.} R4c5 (26... a5 $2 27. Nxb5
Rxc2 28. Rdd2 $15) 27. Kd2 a5 28. Kc1 b4 29. Na4 (29. axb4 axb4 30. Na4 Ra5 31.
Nb6 Rb8 32. Nc4 Rc5 33. b3 Ba6 $19) 29... R5c6 30. axb4 ({I was only thinking
about} 30. Rd5 $5 Nxd5 31. exd5 bxa3 $1 32. bxa3 (32. dxc6 a2) 32... Ba6 33.
Rxe5+ Kd6 $19) 30... Ba6 31. Nc5 Bb5 $1 $19 {To recapture the pawn with axb4
is a much bigger threat than to go for the exchange.} (31... Bxd3 $2 32. Nxd3
axb4 33. Nxb4 $13) 32. Rdd2 Bxe2 $6 (32... axb4 $142 33. Nd3 b3 34. c3 (34.
Nxe5 Ra6) 34... Ra6 35. Rd1 Rd8 $19 {was the easiest.}) 33. Rxe2 axb4 34. Nd3
b3 35. c3 Rd6 $1 36. Nb4 (36. Nxe5 $2 Rcd8 (36... Ra8 37. Nc6+) 37. Re1 Ra6 38.
Kb1 Rd2 $19) 36... Ra8 37. Nd5+ Nxd5 38. exd5 Ra1+ 39. Kd2 Rh6 $1 $19 {There
is no place for White's bishop.} 40. Be4 (40. Rxe5+ Kd6 41. Re2 Rxh2 $19) 40...
Kd6 (40... Rf1 41. c4 Kd6 42. Bd3 Rh1 $19) 41. Kd3 $2 ({The most resilient was
} 41. Rf2 f5 $1 42. Rxf5 (42. Bxf5 Rh1 $19 (42... Rf6 $5 {was my original
intention.})) 42... Rxh2+ 43. Kd3 Kc5 $1 44. Rf8 Rd1+ 45. Ke3 Rxb2) 41... Rf1
$1 {Curtains!} 42. c4 f5 43. Bg2 Rc1 44. Rf2 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Bratto op 25th"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2005.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {In the last years I was
staying more and more away from Sicilians. However I also know that Erald
usually plays tootless lines against it.} 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 (10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Nc1 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. Rd1 Nd7 $44 {is more topical.}) 10... b5 11. Bf3 Na5
12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Bb7 (14... Be6 $5 15. Nd5 (15. Qe1 b4 16.
Nd1 Qc5 $132) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Rad8 $11) 15. a3 (15. Qe1 b4 16. Nd1 Qc5 $132
(16... h6 17. Bh4 g5 $2 18. Bg3 g4 19. Be2 Nxe4 20. Ne3 $44)) 15... Qd8 $1 $146
{I have somehow improved on a game of Erald's against my good friend IM Mario
Lanzani from the same event last year. The queen on a5 finished his job there
so she has to return to the harbour.} 16. Bxf6 $6 {White is obviously playing
for d5 square but giving away the pair of bishops is a heavy decision.} (16.
Qe1 Nd7 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Rd1 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 20. Bg4 Nb6 $11) 16... Bxf6 17.
Qe1 Rc8 (17... Qc7 18. Rd1 Rad8 $15) 18. Rd1 {Draw offer.} Qe7 19. Bg4 (19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd6 $1 $15 {Usually these type of positions are better for black.
} (20... Rxc2 $2 21. d6 Qd7 22. Be4 $44)) 19... Rcd8 20. Bf3 (20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 e4 $15) 20... Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Bg5 22. Nf2 $5 ({I was expecting.} 22. Nc3)
22... Rc8 23. Qe2 Qc7 (23... Qc5 24. c3 Qe3 $2 25. Qxe3 Bxe3 26. Ng4) 24. c3
Qc4 {This position looks great for black however now comes the shorter part of
bishops pair: if black can not open the game by pawn exchanges or pushes white
can hold.} 25. Nd3 f5 {So I have decided to force the things.} (25... Rd8 26.
Rd1 $15 (26. Nxe5 $2 Qxe2 27. Bxe2 Rd2)) 26. Nxe5 (26. b3 $2 Qxb3 27. exf5 Bxf3
28. Qxf3 Bf6 29. Nb4 Qxa3 30. Nd5 Kh8 $17) 26... Qxe2 27. Bxe2 fxe4 $6 ({After
} 27... Bxe4 28. Nf3 Be3 29. Rd1 Re8 30. c4 $1 $132 {looked impregnable to me.}
) 28. a4 $2 {He did not play the obvious equalizer.} (28. Bg4 Re8 29. Nf7 Bf6
30. Nd6 Re7 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 32. Be6+ (32. Bc8 Rb6) (32. Re1 Re7) 32... Kf8 33.
Re1 Rb6 34. Bd5 Rd6 35. Bxe4 Rd2 36. Rb1 $11) 28... Bf6 29. Nd7 (29. axb5 $2
Bxe5 30. bxa6 Ba8 $19) 29... bxa4 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Rxf6 Bd5 (31... a3 32.
bxa3 Rxc3 33. h4 e3 (33... Rxa3 $2 34. Bc4+) 34. Rb6 Bc8 35. Kh2 Rc2 36. Bd3
$11 (36. Bxa6 $2 e2)) 32. Rd6 Bf7 33. Rd4 a3 34. bxa3 Rxc3 35. h4 e3 $6 {
Ambitious and stupid at the same time.} (35... Rxa3 36. Rxe4 Kf8 (36... a5 37.
Bc4 $11) 37. Rf4 Ke7 38. Bc4 Bg6 39. g4 $11) 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Bh5 38. Kg1
a5 39. Kf1 Kg7 $2 {I was absolutely unaware of white's next in time trouble.} (
39... Bg4 40. Be2 Be6 $11) 40. Bf5 $1 {Black has to be careful now.I was lucky
that the resulting bishops ending was still a draw due to reduced material.} h6
41. g4 Kf6 42. Ke2 Bf7 43. Bc8 Ke5 44. Kxe3 Bg6 45. Ba6 Bc2 46. Bd3 $2 {
This ended the game a little bit too quick.} (46. Be2 Bg6 47. Kd2 Kf4 48. Kc3
Bf7 49. Kd4 Be6 50. g5 hxg5 51. hxg5 Kxg5 52. Kc5 $11 {is still a draw.}) 46...
Bxd3 47. Kxd3 Kf4 48. g5 {Realizing that its immediate draw Erald offered
peace.} (48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Kxg5 50. Kc4 Kf6 (50... Kf5 51. Kb5 a4 52. Kxa4
Ke6 53. Kb5 Kd7 54. Kb6 Kc8 $11) 51. Kb5 Ke7 52. Kxa5 Kd8 53. Kb6 Kc8 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Otvoreno Prventsvo Pozarevca"]
[Site "Pozarevac"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radovanovic, Dusan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.12.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 ({
Last time in order to avoid the line in this game I had chosen an old path.} 
7... Be6 $5 8. f4 $1 (8. Bg5 Nbd7) 8... Be7 9. f5 Bd7 $14) 8. Bg5 {A nasty
line.} Nc6 $5 {Played by Carlsen 3 days prior to our game.} (8... Be6 {However
when Carlsen tried to play against his own line it meant that he had something
up to his sleeve. Alas Giri chose} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 $5 11. Nd5 Nd7 12.
Rd1 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 $14 {and drew the game this time on the morrow of our
encounter.}) 9. Bxf6 $6 (9. Qd3 Nb4 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a3 (12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 {is the stem game Duda-Carlsen, Doha 2015.}) 12... Bg5 13.
Qd1 Nc6 14. O-O Be6 $11) (9. Qd2 h6 10. Be3 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rd1 Be7 $11)
10... Nxe4 $1 11. Nxe4 d5 $11) (9. O-O $1 h6 (9... Be6 10. Qd2) 10. Be3 $1 {
may question this knight's position on c6 instead of the usual place for it
namely d7.} O-O 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 Nb4 13. f4 $13 {is like my game with
Barbulescu from Belfort 1983 where the extra h6 may turn out to be more
helpful than it seems.}) 9... Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nb4 11. Qd1 Be6 ({I wanted to
prevent} 11... O-O 12. a3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Qd3 Ne7 15. Rd1 $1) 12. a3 Nc6
13. Nd5 Bg5 (13... Rc8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd6 Bxb3 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. cxb3 Nd4
18. Bd1 Nc2+ 19. Bxc2 Rxc2 $11) 14. Qd3 Ne7 {Everything for the control of d5.}
(14... O-O 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. O-O $13) 15. c4 $6 {This makes Black's job easier.}
(15. h4 Bh6 16. g4 Bxd5 (16... f6 $5) 17. g5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Bc6 19. O-O-O Ng6 $1
$17) (15. Nxe7 Kxe7 $1 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. O-O Qb6 $40 {is what I had anticipated.}
) 15... Nxd5 (15... O-O 16. h4 Bh6 17. g4 $1 $13) (15... Rc8 $5) 16. exd5 $5 (
16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Nd2 $15) 16... Bd7 $17 {Black has at least an easy game.} 17.
O-O (17. c5 O-O $1 18. cxd6 Bb5 $17) 17... O-O 18. Qc3 ({I had expected} 18. a4
Re8 (18... b6 19. a5 Rb8) 19. a5 e4 $17) 18... b6 $1 {Now with the queenside
stabilised Black may start kingside operations.} 19. Nd2 f5 20. b4 e4 21. Rae1
Bf6 {I hesitated for a long time about whether to exchange queens and decided
to keep them on.} (21... Qf6 $5 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 $17) 22. Qc2 (22. Qe3 Re8 (22...
Qc7 23. Nb3) (22... a5 23. c5 $1) 23. Nb3 Rc8 $17) 22... Bd4 $1 {Now Black's
bishop has an excellent post.} 23. Kh1 (23. Nb3 Ba4 (23... Be5 $5) 24. Qd2
Bxf2+ (24... Be5 25. Nd4) 25. Rxf2 Bxb3 $17 {and a pawn is a pawn.}) 23... Qf6
(23... Qh4 $5 24. g3 Qf6 {is another idea but I did not see the necessity to
provoke g3.}) 24. f3 $1 exf3 $5 {Keeping the pawn structure fluid.} (24... e3
25. Nb3 Ba4 26. f4 b5 $1 $17) 25. Nxf3 Be3 26. Bd3 Qh6 $1 ({There is no need
to allow a break yet.} 26... Rae8 27. c5 bxc5 28. Bxa6 cxb4 29. axb4 f4 $17)
27. Qc3 (27. Re2 f4 28. Rfe1 Rae8 $17) 27... f4 28. Nd4 $2 {The loss of a
tempo is always unwelcome.} Rf6 $1 29. Nf5 $2 {After this mistake the e-pawn
simply walks!} ({He had to bite the bullet and go back:} 29. Nf3 Raf8 $40) (29.
Ne6 $4 Qxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rh6#) 29... Bxf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxe3 fxe3 32. Rxf5 e2
$19 33. c5 (33. Qe1 Re8 34. h3 Qe3 35. Rf3 Qd4 $19 {and nothing prevents ...
Qd1.}) 33... Re8 34. Qe1 Qd2 $1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Bg5 Rd8 16. Qe1 Nc6 17. Qf2 h6 18. Be3 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Nd4 20. Bc4 Nd5 21. Rae1
Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd6 23. Re4 Nc6 $2 {An imprudent move yielding White a dangerous
initiative. Diese Unvorsichtigkeit überlässt Weiß gefährliche Initiative.} (
23... Qf6 {was to be preferred. war vorzuziehen.}) 24. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge4,Re5,
Re7,Gf4]} Rd4 25. Qe1 Ra7 26. h3 Qc5 $2 ({Better was besser war} 26... Kh8) 27.
Qe3 Qd6 $2 (27... Re7 {was more stubborn. war hartnäckiger.}) 28. fxe5 $1 Rxe4
{[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","Exploit the shaky position of the
enemy queen and the disharmony in the placement of Black's pieces.","Capture
the 'right' rook!","e3a7","An elegant game conclusion.",5,"De","Wie soll Weiß
fortsetzen?","Schlagen Sie Kapital aus der unsicheren Stellung der feindlichen
Dame und der Disharmonie der schwarzen Figuren.","Schlagen Sie den 'richtigen'
Turm!","e3a7","Ein eleganter Partieschluss.",5]} 29. Qxa7 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Re4]
This elegant move decides the game for White. Dieser elegante Zug entscheidet
die Partie für Weiß.} (29. Qxa7 $1 {Black resigned, since after und Schwarz
gab auf, denn nach} Nxa7 (29... Nxe5 30. Qa8+ Qf8 31. Qxe4) (29... Rxe5 30.
Qxf7+ Kh7 31. Qg8+ Kg6 32. Bf7+ Kg5 33. Qxg7+ Kh4 34. Qg4#) 30. exd6 Rd4 31.
Rxf7 Rxc4 32. Rxa7 Rd4 33. Rxa6 {his position is absolutely hopeless. ist
seine Stellung absolut hoffnungslos.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 a5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. f4 {
'?!' A dubious decision, yielding Black a lasting initiaitve.} h6 15. fxe5 (15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f5 {was to be preferred.}) 15... hxg5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 Kg7
18. Nxc6 bxc6 {Black obviously won the opening battle.} 19. Qd4 Rh8 20. Rad1 (
20. Rf2 {/\Raf1 deserved attention here.}) 20... d5 {'!'} 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Rf5
{'?'} (22. Bf3 {was more tenacious. Yet, after} Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rad8 24. Qg1 Rxd1
25. Qxd1 Qe5 26. h3 Qxb2 {White still has serious problems.}) 22... Rad8 23.
Bf3 (23. Rxg5+ {falls short of} Kf8 {, and White suffers material losses.})
23... Be4 {'!' The decisive blow, deciding the game for Black.} ({Of course,
not} 23... Be6 $4 24. Rxg5+ Kh7 25. Qh4#) (23... Bxf3 24. Rxg5+ Kf8 25. Qxd8+)
24. Rxg5+ (24. Qe3 {fails to} Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bxg2+ {, winning the queen.})
24... Bg6 {'!'} (24... Kh6 {is strongly met by} 25. Rh5+ Kg6 26. Bxe4+) 25. Bd5
Rxd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Qxd5 Qc7 {White resigned, as he has no compensation for
the bishop.} 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd5 Bg5+ 13. Kb1 O-O 14. h4 Bxh4
15. g3 Bf6 16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Qh5 Bh6 18. Bg4 a5 19. Ne3 $1 {[%csl Rh6,Rh7][%cal
Gh1h7,Ge3f5,Ge3g4] Threatening 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Ng4. Drohend 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Ng4.} a4 $5 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Nd3 a3 22. b3 Nd4 23. Bf5 Rac8 (23... Qc7 $1 {
, promising Black good counterchances on the queenside, was to be preferred. ,
was Schwarz gute Konterchancen am Damenflügel verspricht, war vorzuziehen.})
24. Nb4 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb4d5,Ge3d5] Occupying the d5-square and obtaining
a durable advantage. Besetzt das Feld d5 mit dauerhaftem Vorteil.} Qc7 25. c4
Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Nxf5 27. Qxf5 f6 28. Nd5 Qf7 29. Rd3 Rc6 30. Nc3 Ra8 31. Rhd1 g6
32. Qh3 Bf8 33. g4 Qe6 34. Nd5 Bg7 35. g5 Re8 36. Rh1 Qxh3 37. Rdxh3 fxg5 38.
Rxh7 Rcc8 39. R7h3 Re6 40. Rg1 Rf8 41. f3 Bf6 42. Kc2 Ree8 43. Rh6 Kf7 44. b4
Rh8 45. Rgh1 Rxh6 46. Rxh6 Kg7 $4 ({A final mistake in a difficult position.
More stubborn was Ein letzter Fehler in schwieriger Stellung. Hartnäckiger war
} 46... Bg7) {[%tqu "En","Black's last move allows White to win the game on
the spot by an elegant petite combination. Can you find it?","Exploit the
unfortunate placement of the black rook and the shaky position of the black
bishop.","Sacrifice your rook!","h6h7","An elegant game conclusion!",3,"De",
"Der letzte schwarze Zug erlaubt Weiß, die Partie mit einer eleganten 'petite
combinaciòn' sofort zu gewinnen. Finden Sie sie?","Schlagen Sie Kapital aus
der unglücklichen Platzierung des schwarzen Turms und dem hängenden schwarzen
Läufer.","Opfern Sie Ihren Turm!","h6h7","Ein eleganter Partieabschluss!",3]}
47. Rh7+ $1 ({Winning a piece and the game: Gewinnt eine Figur und die Partie:
} 47. Rh7+ $1 {[%csl Gd5,Re8,Rf6,Rg7,Gh7][%cal Gd5f6]} Kxh7 48. Nxf6+ Kg7 49.
Nxe8+) 1-0

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdelnabbi, Imed"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. f3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Nc1 Qd8 15.
N1a2 h6 16. Nb4 a5 17. Nba2 Nc5 18. b3 Ne6 19. Kh1 Ne8 20. Nb5 Bg5 21. Bc4 Bxe3
22. Qxe3 Rc5 23. Rd2 N6c7 24. Rad1 Nxb5 25. Bxb5 Bc6 26. Bc4 Bxa4 27. Bxf7+
Kxf7 28. bxa4 Rac8 29. Qb3+ Kg6 30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. c3
Rc4 34. f4 $6 Qf6 $1 35. Qd5 exf4 $17 36. Qb7 Qf7 37. Qxb6 Rxa4 38. Qa6 Qc4 $1
39. Qb7 Qc6 40. Qa7 Qxe4 41. Nb4 Qe3 (41... Ra8 $19) 42. Rd4 Rc7 43. Qa8 {
[%tqu "En","Black has been energetically punishing White's mistakes. How
should he develop his initiative?","Use the weakness of White's back rank.",
"Try to deflect the d1-rook!","a4b4","This elegant move wins on the spot.",4]}
Rxb4 $1 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Ge3d4,Gc7c1,Gc1h1]} (43... Rxb4 {, and White resigned
in view of the line:} 44. cxb4 Qxd4 45. Rxd4 Rc1+ 46. Rd1 Rxd1#) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. a4 Rc8 14. c3 Bg6 15.
a5 Bg5 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Nc4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 e4 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. b4 Nd3 21. Bxd3
exd3 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Re7 25. Kf1 h5 26. h4 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1
Qd8 28. g3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Bf5 30. Nc4 Bd7 31. Nb6 (31. Ne3 {deserved serious
attention here. After} Bf5 (31... Bg4 $6 {is strongly met by} 32. Nxg4 hxg4 33.
Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Qg6 35. Qf4 $1 {retaining an advantage.}) 32. f3 {White has
good counterchances.}) 31... Bg4 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Bf5 34. Qf4 $4 {Setting
a trap that Black falls right into!} ({Essential was} 34. Qe1) {[%tqu "En",
"White's last move was very careless. How can Black take advantage of it?",
"Use the power of your d-pawn.","Sacrifice your bishop!","f5h3","This
beautiful move decides the game.",5]} 34... Bh3+ $1 {[%csl Gd3,Rf4,Gf6][%cal
Gd3d1] This excellent sacrifice opens the way to the d-pawn.} 35. Kf3 (35. Kxh3
{loses to} Qxf4 36. gxf4 d2 {, and the pawn is unstoppable.}) 35... Bg4+ 36.
Ke3 Qxc3 37. Qe4+ (37. Na4 {falls short of} Qe1+ 38. Kxd3 Qd1+) 37... g6 38.
Qxd3 Qe1+ $1 39. Kd4 Qe5+ $1 (39... Qe5+ {, winning the queen:} 40. Kc4 Be2)
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. Bxc4 $5 ({An
interesting approach. The continuation} 13. Ra4 {yielded White an advantage
after} Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rfc8 15. Nf3 Qc6 16. Rd1 Bf8 17. h3 h6 18. Qd3 Be7 19.
Rda1 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd2 Rc6 22. Nc4 Bd8 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Nd5 {+/=/+/-
Huebner,R-Portisch,L/Abano Terme (m3) 1980}) 13... Qxc4 14. Qd3 ({Now} 14. Ra4
{is unefficient, in view of} Qc6) 14... Rac8 ({After} 14... Qxd3 15. cxd3 {
White retains better ending perspectives.}) 15. Nf3 ({Aiming at 16.Nd2. The
appealing alternative was} 15. Rfd1 $5 {, in which case White prevents an
unexpected counterplay.}) (15. Ra4 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Nc5 $132) 15... d5 $5 {
An efficient blow, yielding Black good counterchances.} 16. Qxc4 Rxc4 $1 ({
An enterprising sacrifice. After} 16... dxc4 $6 17. Rfd1 {White retains an
enduring advantage.}) 17. exd5 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Rb4 19. Nb3 Ne8 $1 {/\Nd6-c4} 20.
d6 $5 {Returning a pawn, White impedes Ne8's way to d6, but cannot count on
even a slight advamtage.} (20. Rad1 Nd6 21. Bc1 Nc4 $44) 20... Bxd6 21. Rfd1 (
21. Nd5 Rb5) 21... Ndf6 22. Rd2 Rbc4 23. Re2 Bb4 24. Bd2 e4 25. h3 Bxc3 (25...
Nd6 $5) 26. Bxc3 Nd5 27. Bd4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne8 {
Black protects the d6-pawn and prepares Be7-f6-e5. Usually Black's aim in this
line is to get a superior Knight on e5 vs bad Bishop on e2 (after Nd5, Bxd5;
exd), which actually happened in this game as well.} 15. Bd3 Bf6 16. Qb4 Qc7
17. a5 Be5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 g6 20. Ra4 f5 21. Qb3 Bxf4 22. Rc4 Qd7 23.
Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxf4 Nf6 25. Qb6 Qd7 26. h3 Re8 27. Kh2 Qe7 28. Qd4 Nd7 29. b4
Qe1 30. Qf2 Qxf2 31. Rxf2 Ne5 32. Bf1 Rc8 33. Kg1 Kg7 34. Rd2 Kf6 35. Kf2 g5
36. Re2 Rc4 (36... Rc4 37. Rxe5 $2 Rf4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. f3 O-O 12. a5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 d5 $1 {
[#] Here this thematic move is possible due to some tactical features of the
position, such as X-rays of the d8-Rook.} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5
Nf6 18. Qc4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. c3 {In this endgame Black is
doing well. The a5-pawn can become a target and tie the white Knight down.} Kf8
22. Kf1 Ke8 23. Ke2 Nd7 24. g3 f5 25. Rd5 g6 26. Nc1 e4 27. Bd4 Nf6 28. Bxf6
Bxf6 29. Nb3 exf3+ 30. Kf2 Ra4 31. Kxf3 Ra2 32. Rd2 Bg5 33. Re2+ Kd7 34. Nc5+
Kc6 35. Ne6 Be7 36. Nd4+ Kd7 37. b4 Ra1 38. Rd2 Kc8 39. Ne2 Kc7 40. Rd3 Ra2 41.
h3 Bd6 42. Nd4 Kd7 43. Nb3 Ke6 44. Re3+ Kf6 45. Rd3 Be7 46. Nd2 Rc2 47. Nc4 Rc1
48. Nb6 Ke6 49. Re3+ Kf7 50. Rd3 Bf6 51. c4 Ke6 52. c5 Rc3 53. Ke2 Rxd3 54.
Kxd3 Be5 55. g4 fxg4 56. hxg4 h5 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Ke4 h4 59. c6 0-1

[Event "Parnu-B"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. a4 Nbd7 12. f5 Bc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Nd2 (14. Qd3
$5) 14... Qc6 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. a5 d5 $1 {[#] All Black's pieces and his dark
squared Bishop in particular get freedom after this move, while the e5-pawn
becomes a protected passed pawn later.} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. c4 Qd4
20. Ra2 Nc5 21. b3 Rfd8 22. Ba3 f6 23. Rf3 Rc7 24. Nf1 Qd1 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. h3
Rcd7 27. Kh2 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Rd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. b4 Bxb4 31. Rb2 Bc3 32. Rxb7
e4 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rb7+ Kd6 37. Rxg7 e3 38. Nxe3
Rxe3 39. Ra7 Be5+ 40. g3 Rxg3 41. Rxa6+ Kc5 42. Re6 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Kxc4 44. a6
Kd5 0-1

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{So far we've been looking at games where a rook often proved to be superior
over two minor pieces, particularly in the endgame. Let us now examine the
opposite case - where two minor pieces are better than a rook. As I mentioned
in the introduction assessment of every particular endgame of this kind
depends on a number of factors, e. g. the existence of two bishops and/or
passed pawns, presence of pawn weaknesses, etc.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 exf4
11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rd2 Rd7 16. Rfd1 Rb8
17. a4 Rc8 18. Qe3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Nd7 22. Bf3 Rb8 23.
Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 24. e6 {[#] Here we have a case when White is really WINNING two
minor pieces for a rook & pawn, as his two bishops and knight are extremely
active in this endgame and dominate the rook.} Rd8 25. exd7 Rxd7 26. Nd5 Bd6
27. Bg5 $1 {The bishops MUST be kept on the board!} b5 {After this move the
rook is in trouble, but t's hard to suggest something better for Black.} (27...
f6 $2 28. Bxf6 $1 $18) 28. Nb6 Rc7 (28... Ra7 29. Nc8 Rd7 30. Bg4 $18) 29. Bd8
Ra7 30. Bc6 $1 Be7 31. Nc8 Bxd8 32. Nxa7 bxa4 33. Bxa4 Kf8 34. Nc6 Bc7 35. h3
h5 36. Kg1 g5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Guliev, Logman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 h6 {
[#] This is a typical position for the Najdorf variation with 6.Be2 e5, White 
tries to occupy the d5-square, while Black should prevent it. Karpov and
Geller played many exellent games, from White's side in this line.} 15. Nc1 $1
{This manouevre is characteristic for such positions - the Knight leaves the
inefficient position on b3 (Dr. Tarrasch would be glad!) and aims for the
d5-square after Nb3-c1-a2-b4-d5!} Qc8 16. Nd3 Be6 17. f3 Rd8 18. Na4 $1 {
To gain control over the c8-square.} Qc6 19. Nb6 Rab8 20. c4 Qe8 21. Nb4 Nd7
22. N6d5 Nc5 23. Qc2 Bg5 24. Bf2 $1 {The Black's Bishop on g5 will do nothing
in particular, so White should not swap the Bishops.} Bd7 25. Nb6 Bc6 26. Kh1
Ne6 27. N4d5 {[#] White has established a total control over the central
outpost and is ready to start advancing his pawns on the Q-side.} Nf4 28. Ne3
g6 29. Ned5 Kg7 30. Ra3 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bd7 32. b4 f5 33. c5 Bb5 34. Rc3 Rbc8 35.
Nxc8 Ba4 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Qb1 Rd8 38. d6 Bxd1 39. Qxd1 $18 Qb5 40. Qd5 Bf6 41.
Rd3 Qc6 42. Qc4 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Rd1 h5 45. Bd4 Bxd4 46. Qxd4+ Kh7 47. Rf1
Rd7 48. h3 Qb5 49. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Warsaw Najdorf Memorial"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 {An interesting alternative to the more popular} (9... b6) 10.
f3 {A solid move. White overprotects the e4 pawn and plans to play Nd5.} (10.
f4 {is played more often, when Black can answer with} b5 {preparing ...Bb7 and
put pressure on the e4 pawn.}) 10... Be6 11. Nd5 a5 $1 {This move is
recommended in the book "The Sharpest Sicilian" by Georgiev and Kolev. As
White now has left c3 with his knight there is no good way to protect against .
..a4.} ({When I faced this position for the first time, just about a month
earlier in the Swedish Championship against Erik Hedman I continued with} 11...
Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. c4 b5 {which also is interesting, but I like the game
continuation better.}) 12. Be3 ({White can prevent Black's plan by playing} 12.
a4 $2 {himself. But this is bad in view of} Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 b6 {
and Black has full control over the dark squares as Whites has weakened the
b4-square.}) ({Black is also completely fine after} 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bh4 a4 15. Nd2 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 {as in 1/2-1/2 Short,N-Svidler,P/Wijk aan
Zee 2005/CBM 105 (36)}) ({Black had a good game after} 12. c3 a4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6
14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Nc4 d5 16. Ne3 a3 17. bxa3 d4 18. Ng4 Bxg4 19. fxg4 Nc6 $44 {
0-1 Tseshkovsky,V-Akopian,V/Moscow 2005/CBM 106 (40). with good dark square
control.}) 12... a4 13. Nc1 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 $5 {A positional pawn sacrifice.
This might look like just giving up a pawn for free, but Black gets long term
compensation in his dark square control while White is struggling with his
piece coordination.} 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 $5 {Black is now threatening ..
.a3 followed by ...Bf6.} (16... Qa5 {has been played more often and is also
the recommendation in the Sharpest Sicilian. However during the game I still
thought I was following the analyses of Kolev. However in practice it does not
matter too much as the general ideas are the same.} 17. Rd1 ({White can also
protect his d5-pawn by} 17. c4 {when after} Nd7 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Qd1 Rfe8 20.
Bd3 {a draw was agreed in 1/2-1/2 Henrichs,T-Steingrimsson,H/Differdange 2007/
CBM 119 ext}) 17... Nd7 18. Rb1 (18. Nd3 Bf6 19. Qg4 Qc7 20. Rab1 a3 21. bxa3
Rxa3 22. Qb4 Rxa2 23. Qxb7 Rxc2 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. f4 Bd4 26. Nb4 Be3 27. g3 {
1/2-1/2 Abashev,D-Pushkarev,D/Ulan Ude 2006/EXT 2008}) 18... Rfe8 (18... Bf6
19. Qf2 Rfc8 20. Bd3 g6 21. a3 Qxd5 22. Ne2 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Bb5 Ne6 25.
c3 {1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,A-Sakaev,K/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext}) 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3
Qc7 21. Qc4 Rec8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. c4 Rxa2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 Adams,
M-Karjakin,S/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111}) 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Qd2 $146 ({The
alternative was} 18. Qb4 {when Black can play} Qb6 ({During the game I
intended to play} 18... Qc7 {which also looks reasonable.}) 19. Bb5 ({The
queen exchange} 19. Qxb6 {doesn't give White anything after} Nxb6 20. Rd1 Ra5
21. c4 Rc8 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 g6 {Black has full compensation for the
sacrificed pawn. He controls the open a-file, has a strong bishop on f6 and
good dark square control.}) 19... Ne5 20. b3 Rfc8 21. c4 {Here the players
agreed a draw in 1/2-1/2 Wang Hao-Alekseev,E/Nizhniy Novgorod 2007/CBM 120})
18... Qc7 19. Bd3 {White tries to reorganize his pieces. Here the bishop has a
brigther future and the knight gets a square on e2.} Rfe8 {Black is just
playing simple chess according to general rules and trusts in his long term
dark-squared compensation.} 20. c4 {This protects the d5-pawn and holds the
centre together, but at the same time it's a weakening move. Now the bishop on
f6 becomes an even stronger piece for Black and hits down the diagonal towards
a1.} ({Perhaps it would have been better to play} 20. Ne2 $5 {for a quicker
development and after} Nb6 21. Rfc1 $1 {followed by c4 and White has
coordinated his pieces. Black can stop this by playing} (21. c4 $2 {is bad in
view of} Nxc4 $1 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Bxb2 $15 {see note to 21.b3}) 21... Nc4
{but after} 22. Qb4 Ne3 23. c4 {the placement of the knight on e3 can be set
to question as it doesn't have any squares to go to.}) 20... Ne5 21. b3 {
Another weakening move, one that does not only weaken the diagonal, but also
opens the a-file for Black. However this move seems necessary as} (21. Ne2 $2 {
falls victim to} Nxc4 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Rfc1 $2 Bxb2 $1 24. Qxc4 (24. Rxb2 $2
Nxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxe2 $1 $19) (24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5 Bxc1 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27. Rxc1
b5 $15) 24... Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Rc8 28. Bd3 Rc5 $17 {
and the black rook is clearly stronger than the two minor pieces as White lack
support from his king.}) (21. Qc2 {was also possible, but looks rather passive.
Black has excellent compensation after} g6 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Qc5 {with
activity and play on the dark squares.}) 21... axb3 22. axb3 g6 {A safety move
that is good to have done before going into action. The bishop can now go back
to g7 when necessary and the h7 pawn will not be under attack after Qc2
anymore.} 23. Ne2 Qa5 $1 {A strong move forcing White to make up his mind
whether to exchange queens or to lose time by retreating his own queen.} ({
A possible alternative was} 23... Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb6 $44 {but it didn't feel
right to me exchanging the strong knight on e5.}) 24. Qd1 {This is a bit
passive, but White is planning to play Re1 later and then the queen must
protect the e1-square.} (24. Qxa5 {gives Black a lot of activity after} Rxa5
25. Be4 Bg7 $44 {threatening ...f5 and White is under pressure.} (25... Nd7 $44
)) (24. Qc2 Qb4 $44) 24... Qb4 {From here the queen blocks the b3-pawn nicely
at the same time opening the a-file for the rook that is now ready to enter
the fray on a2.} 25. Ng3 Bg7 {A waiting move, not allowing Ne4 with tempo.
Moreover the immediate} (25... Ra2 $6 {would have been a mistake because of}
26. Qe1 $1 Qxe1 27. Rfxe1 $14 {when White is slightly better.}) 26. Re1 (26.
Rf2 {was another option with the idea to protect against ...Ra2. But Black
simply continues with} Nd7 $44 {with the idea of ..Nc5 and White is still
struggling.}) 26... Ra2 {Threatening ...Rd2.} 27. Re2 Rea8 28. f4 {A further
weakness in the white camp, but the knight on e5 was getting a bit annoying so
it's understandable that White wanted to kick it away from there.} Nd7 {
Now Black threatens to play ...Ra1 with dangerous threats on the first rank.}
29. Rxa2 (29. Ne4 Nf6 $44) 29... Rxa2 {White has managed to exchange one pair
of rooks, but all Black's pieces are still active, while the white ones are
defending. The only thing in White's favour is his extra pawn, which holds the
position in relative balance.} 30. Bf1 {This move indicates that White is
ready to settle for a draw as now Black can easily conquer the b3-pawn by
playing ...Nc5 and exchanging the rooks. Black is slightly better, but its
hard to find a continuation that doesn't allow exchanges which would tend to a
rather drawish position because of the opposite coloured bishops.} Nc5 31. Qf3
Ra1 {Forcing the rook exchange and winning back the b3-pawn. Unfortunately
this also means that the positions turns out to be rather drawish as Black by
this exchange loses a lot of his activity.} ({An interesting winning atempt
would have been} 31... f5 {in order to restrict White's minor pieces from good
squares, but during the game I thought} 32. Qe3 {would give White a lot of
counterplay. However this doesn't seem to be true as after} Ra8 {Black is well
protected and can play on without taking any risks.} 33. Qe7 (33. Ne2 Ne4 $15)
33... Bf8 34. Qe3 Bh6 $1 {Attacking the f4-pawn so as not to allow Re1.} 35.
Ne2 ({After} 35. h4 $6 Kf7 {Black will get the e-file as now} 36. Re1 $2 {
can be met by} Bxf4 $1 $17) 35... Ne4 36. g3 Bg7 {followed by ...Re8 with good
play for Black.}) ({Another interesting option was} 31... Bd4 $5 32. Ne4 (32.
h4 f5 $1 $15) (32. Ne2 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 $15 {is an improved version of what
happened in the game.}) 32... Nxe4 33. Qxe4 Qd2 $36 {with initiative for Black.
}) 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Qe3 ({After} 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34. Qxe4 Qxb3 $36 {Black still
has a slight initiative allthough a draw is the most likely result.}) 33... Bg7
(33... Kf8 34. f5 Qxb3 35. Qxb3 (35. Qh6+ Kg8 $15) 35... Nxb3 36. Ne4 Be5 37.
fxg6 hxg6 38. g4 $11) 34. h4 Kf8 {Black protects the entrance squares for the
white queen before picking up the b3-pawn.} 35. h5 (35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Qxe4 Qxb3
37. c5 $2 {doesn't work in view of} dxc5 38. d6 Bf6 $17 {and the d-pawn is
under control.}) 35... Qxb3 {After this move the draw is a fact.} ({Stronger
was} 35... f5 $1 {when Black maintains some winning chances e.g.} 36. hxg6 hxg6
37. Be2 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Bc3 $15 {And White is still put under pressure.}) 36. Qxb3
{Here my opponent offered a draw which I eventually accepted. There is not
much to play for after} (36. Qxb3 Nxb3 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Ne4 Ke7 39. g4 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 17th"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Brunello, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:19:45"]
[BlackClock "0:10:47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. c4 Bd8 15.
b4 {Diagramm [#]} Qb8 ({Nach} 15... Nf6 {hätte} 16. c5 {wegen} Ne4 {noch
nicht richtig funktioniert.}) 16. Nb3 b6 {Im Moment ist es noch kaum zu
glauben, dass der weiße Springer es sich recht bald schon auf c6 gemütlich
machen wird.} (16... Nf6 {kam in Frage.}) 17. f4 exf4 $6 (17... Be4 $1) 18.
Bxf4 Bg6 19. Rac1 Be7 20. Kh1 Qd8 21. Nd4 Nf6 22. Nc6 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hat
jetzt deutlichen Vorteil.} Qd7 23. Qd4 Rfe8 24. Qxb6 Bd8 25. Qf2 Ne4 26. Qg1
Bf6 27. Bf3 Ng5 28. Bxg5 Bxg5 29. Rc3 Bd2 30. Ra3 Qf5 $2 31. b5 axb5 $4 (31...
a5) 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Mukachevo m"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Bischoff,K"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The first two games were both won by Black after a hard and interesting fight.
Will White achieve a better result today?} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {This quiet move was Geller's main weapon against
any kind of Sicilian. He was one of the few players, who had a positive score
against Bobby Fischer.} e5 {Zahar continues to play a Najdorf. Kasparov used
to play e6 instead of e5 to get a Scheveningen Sicilian.} 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6
{Black is now ready to connect his knights with Nbd7. This Nf6 is the best
defender of the key square d5.} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 (10. Bg4 {looks
interesting, but Black will of course not exchange the bishops. Black is not
afraid at all to get a doubled e-pawn, because he would then win the fight for
d5.}) 10... Be7 {Bad bishops protect good pawns(Suba).} 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 $5
{Diagramm # interesting, more obvious moves were castling queenside or
castling kingside and play for Rfd1. With Rd1 immediately Nigel wants to
provoke a concession.} Bxd5 {This is of course a very safe way to play the
position. Rc8 could have led to more interesting positions.} 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14.
c3 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. Nd2 $5 {Still d5 is the most important square. So the
useless Nb3 is starting a long journey.} Nb6 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. a3 $1 {Diagramm #
It is not easy to explain how deep this move is. White is not threatening Qb4,
but he has this move available now.} Rac8 19. Rfe1 g6 {Black starts to prepare
f5, but this is of course in itself risky.} 20. Nf1 Kh8 {Zahar continues his
risky plan, but I am afraid this is asking for trouble.} (20... Bg5 {to
prevent Ne3 looks solid. After} 21. Qb4 {Black can protect his d-pawn with}
Rfd8) 21. Ne3 f5 22. exf5 Bg5 23. Qb4 $1 {Diagramm # This was prepared five
moves ago. Black is now in big danger.} Bxe3 24. fxe3 gxf5 25. Qxc5 dxc5 26.
Rd6 Rb8 {This passive move is more or less forced. White has the d-file under
control and things look grim for Black.} 27. Red1 Kg7 28. h4 $5 {Diagramm #
This is either a great move or a sign of impatience. It is a bit boring to
suggest Kf2 as an improvement, but Rc6 and Re6 looked promising.} c4 29. Kf2
Rf6 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Rd6+ Kg7 32. e4 fxe4 33. Ke3 Na4 34. Rxa6 {Now Nigel's
queenside will be destroyed.} (34. Rd7+ {may be a better try. After} Kh8 {
White plays} 35. Rd2 {to keep his pawns for a while. If Black tries} Nc5 {
White can calmly build up the kingside with} 36. g4 {before he starts
operations at the other side.}) 34... Nxb2 35. Ra7+ Kh8 36. Kxe4 Na4 37. Kxe5
Nxc3 38. Bf3 Re8+ 39. Kf6 Rf8+ 40. Ke6 Re8+ 41. Kf7 Rg8 42. Ra5 Rb8 43. Bc6 Nb1
44. Bxb5 Nxa3 45. Ba6 Ra8 $1 {Diagramm # With this strong defence Zahar is
saving his bacon.} 46. Rxa3 Ra7+ 47. Kf8 Ra8+ 48. Kf7 Ra7+ {These checks are
necessary, because Black must take the bishop with check.} 49. Kf6 c3 {only now
} 50. Rxc3 Rxa6+ 51. Kf7 Ra7+ {Black is still okay, but today Zahar had to
work hard to get away with a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden Post 7th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1987.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Schurade, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Bodach,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1987.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 2/1988} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. f3 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4
Rxc4 14. Rf2 O-O 15. Rd2 Qd7 16. Nc5 Qc6 17. N5a4 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc8
20. b3 Rh4 {Schwarz mit Angriff auf dem Königsflügel, Weiss mit kombiniertem
Spiel am Damenflügel und im Zentrum, bekannt vor allem aus der Variante 1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5} 21. c4 f5 22. Rc1
Qe8 23. Qe2 ({Zielstrebiger erscheint} 23. c5) 23... Qh5 24. h3 Rf6 25. f4 Rxh3
$5 {Der schwarze Angriff darf nicht zum Stehen kommen.} 26. Qxh5 $2 ({Nach} 26.
gxh3 Qxh3 27. Kf2 Rg6 28. Ke1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Bh4+ 30. Kd1 Qxb3+ 31. Rdc2 Ne5 {
steht er chancenreich, zumal sich Weiss schon in Zeitnot befand.}) 26... Rxh5
27. Nb6 Rfh6 28. Kf2 Nf6 29. fxe5 Ne4+ 30. Ke2 Rg6 31. Nc8 Kf8 32. Nxe7 Kxe7
33. exd6+ Kxd6 34. Bf4+ Kd7 35. Rdc2 Rxg2+ 36. Ke3 Rg4 37. c5 Rh3+ 38. Kd4 Rxf4
39. Ke5 Rf2 40. c6+ bxc6 41. Rxc6 Nf6 42. Rd6+ Ke8 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Rc7+ Kg6
45. Rxa6 Re2+ 46. Kd6 Rxb3 47. Rb6 Ra3 48. a6 Rea2 49. Rcc6 Ra5 50. Kc7 Rxd5
51. Kb7 Rda5 52. Rc1 Kg5 53. Rg1+ Ng4 54. Re1 h5 55. Re7 g6 0-1

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 (9... b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd1 Rd7 14.
a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Bg5 $10 {Wahls,M-Arnason,J Groningen 1990 1/2 22}) (9... Nbd7
$146 10. f3 Qc7 (10... Nb6 11. a4 d5 12. a5 d4 13. Nb1 Nbd7 14. c3 dxc3 15.
Nxc3 $14 {Cseshkovsky,V-Nasybullin Kasachstan 1993 1-0 41}) 11. a4 h6 12. Nd2
Rd8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 $16 {Cseshkovsky,V-Pigusov,E St.Petersburg
zt (5) 1993 1/2 31}) (9... Nc6 $6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qe1 Ne8 $146 13.
Nd5 $1 $14 {(Ehlvest) Ehlvest,J-Gurevich,I Saint-Martin 1993 1-0 47 -Inf.57/258
}) 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 $1 (11. f5 $6 Bc4 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Rfc8 14. Rf3 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Qc4 16. Qxc4 Rxc4 {1/2 Moiseev,V-Isupov,V Kemerovo 1991}) (11. Qd3 $5
b5 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. a3 Nbd7 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd4 $14 {Diaz,JC-Pigusov,E Santa
Clara (12) 1991 1-0 33}) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 Ne4 14. Be3 Rae8 15.
Qc2 Nec5 16. f5 $16 Rc8 17. Nd2 a5 18. Nb1 $1 {Nc3-b5,e4} Qd8 19. Nc3 Bg5 20.
Bg1 Qf6 21. a3 Qh6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na6 24. Rf3 Qf6 (24... Nxb4 $2 25. Qa4
Ra8 $8 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxa8+ Nf8 28. Ne4 $18) 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Qb3 Bh6 27. c5
$1 $18 dxc5 28. Bxa6 bxa6 29. bxc5 Qh4 30. Qa4 Rfd8 31. Bf2 Qh5 32. c6 Bf4 33.
Rh3 Qxf5 34. Nd6 Nb6 35. Nxf5 Nxa4 36. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 $5 (10... h6) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd2 {/\ Nc4-e3-d5}
Be6 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. Ne3 (14. Nxd6 Rc6 15. Nf5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nxe4 $10) 14...
Bg5 15. Ned5 a5 16. Bf3 $14 g6 17. Qe2 f5 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. g3 Bh6 20. Bg2 Rf7
21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Qg5 23. Rf1 Rcf8 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Bxd5
27. Nxd5 Qc1 (27... Nxa4 28. Qf7 Nxb2 29. h4 Qd8 (29... Qxg3 30. Qf6+) 30. Nf6
Bg7 31. Ne8 Bh6 32. Bh3 $40) 28. Qxc1 Bxc1 29. b3 Kg7 30. Kf2 Bb2 31. h4 Kf7
32. Kf3 Nd7 33. Bh3 Nf6 34. Nb6 Bc3 35. Bc8 Ke7 36. Bxb7 $16 Kd8 37. Nc4 Kc7
38. Ba8 Bb4 39. g4 h6 40. g5 $6 (40. Bd5 Nxd5 (40... Be1 41. Bf7 Bxh4 42. Bxg6
Be1 43. Ke2 Bb4 44. Bf5 {/\ Kd3, c3+-}) 41. exd5 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Ke2 Bc3
44. Nd2 Bd4 45. Ne4 $18) 40... hxg5 41. hxg5 Nh5 42. Bd5 Nf4 43. Bf7 Kd7 44.
Nb6+ Ke7 45. Bc4 (45. Bd5 $142) 45... Bc5 46. Nd5+ Nxd5 47. exd5 $14 Ba3 48.
Bd3 Bc1 49. Kg4 Kf7 50. b4 Bd2 $1 51. bxa5 Bxa5 52. c4 Bd2 53. Be4 Ba5 54. Bc2
Bd8 55. Bd3 Ba5 56. c5 dxc5 57. d6 Bd2 58. Bc4+ Ke8 59. Bd5 Kd7 60. Bf7 e4 61.
Bxg6 e3 62. Bd3 Kxd6 63. g6 (63. Kf5 c4 64. Bxc4 Kc5 65. Bb5 Kb4 $10) 63... Ke6
$2 (63... Ke7 $10) 64. Kh5 $1 (64. Kh5 Kf6 65. a5 Bxa5 66. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. f5 Bc4 $5 (12... Bxb3) 13. Be3 Qc7 (
13... Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rxc3 $6 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Ndf6 17. c4 $5 {/\ Rab1,
Nd2+/= ><b7}) (13... b6 $5) 14. a5 b5 $5 (14... Rfd8 $5 15. Ra4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2
Qc6 $1 $10) (14... Rfe8 $5) 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bg5 (16. Na5 d5 $5 $13 (16...
Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nc4 $5 {/\} (17... d5 $6) 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxa6
Rb8 $5)) 16... d5 $1 $8 17. Bxf6 (17. exd5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nbxd5 19. Nxd5 (19.
Bxf6 $6 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxf6 $36 {><c2, c3}) 19... Nxd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxa6
Nb4 22. Ra5 Rxc2 $10) 17... Bxf6 18. Bxc4 (18. exd5 Rfd8 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 (19...
Nxc4 $5 $132 {><b2, e3}) 20. Na5 Qb4 $13) (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfd8 $5 {/\}
20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. d6 Qc6 $10) 18... dxc4 19. Nd2 (19. Na5 Be7 $5 (19... Rfd8
20. Qg4 $5 (20. Qe2 Be7 $5 {/\ Bb4<=>}))) 19... Rfd8 20. Qe2 Qd6 $1 $8 (20...
Qb7 21. Rfd1 {/\ Nf3+/= ><a6, d5}) 21. Nf3 Qb4 $1 $132 22. Rxa6 (22. Ra2 $6 a5)
22... Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxc3 24. Raxb6 Ra8 $1 $8 {|^ /\ Ra1 בa1-h1} 25. h3 $6 (25.
h4 $5) 25... h5 $1 {/\ h4 ><g3} (25... Ra2 $6 26. Rb8 $1 Qxc2 (26... Rxc2 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Rb8 $1 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Qa5 30. Qd2 $1 $18) 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Rxd8+
Bxd8 29. Rb8 {/\ Ne5+/=}) 26. Rc6 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 28. Kh2 h4 $5 (28... c3
29. Qc4 {><c3}) 29. Qxc4 Rd1 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. g3 Qc1 $5 {><f4} (31... hxg3+ $5)
32. Qe2 hxg3+ 33. Kg2 Rd7 $5 {/\ Ra7-a1->} 34. Qe1 $6 (34. Rc3 $5 {/\ Qe3})
34... Qh6 $2 (34... Qxe1 $1 35. Nxe1 Rd4 36. Kf3 Bg5 $1 {/\ Bf4=/+ ><e4}) 35.
Qxg3 $14 Be7 36. Qg4 Rd6 37. h4 Qe3 38. Qh5+ $6 Rh6 39. Qxf7 Qe2+ 40. Kg1 $6
Qe3+ (40... Bc5+ $5 41. Rxc5 Qxf3 42. Rc8 Qg3+ 43. Kf1 $10 {Malisauskas,V}) 41.
Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 Bxh4+ $8 43. Nxh4 Qe3+ 44. Nf3 (44. Kg2 Qe2+ $10) 44... Rh3+
$1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 $6 b5 (9... Nbd7 10. f5 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. g4 h6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nd1
d5 $17 {0-1 Osman,K-Roeder,M/Geneve op (02) ;EXP 46 1995 (27)}) (9... Qc7 10.
Kh1 b5 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. a3 Bb7 13. f5 Rac8 14. g4 d5 15. exd5 e4 $44 {0-1
Zarnicki,P-Sadler,M/Buenos Aires Najdorf (07) ;CBM 49 1995 (38)}) 10. a4 (10.
a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Be3 d5 15. exd5 Rxc3 16. bxc3
e4 $15 {0-1 Houtman,J-Shneider,A/Groningen op (02) ;EXP 45 1994 (28)}) (10. Be3
Bb7 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. Nc5 Bb6 14. Bf2 Bc6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Bf3
Ra7 $10 {Foldi,I-Danner,G/Budapest Elekes (09) 1991/0-1 (48)}) 10... Bb7 (10...
b4 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. a5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qc7 15. Re1 Rfc8 $15 {
Prandstetter,E-Danner,G/Prague Bohemians 1988/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 11. axb5 axb5 12.
Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Bxb5 (13. Qd3 Nbd7 14. Bf3 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 exf4 17. Bxf4
Ne5 18. Qe4 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Bf6 20. Qxb4 Bxd5 21. Rd3 Qa8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Prandstetter,E-Staniszewski,P/Warsaw zt-B 1987 (36)}) 13... Qb6+ 14. Rf2 (14.
Kh1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxb5 $15 {[%csl Yg2,Yh1][%cal Ya8f2,Yg2h1]} 16. Kg1 {[%cal
Ya8g2]}) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 (15... Qxb5 16. Nxd6 $16) 16. Bd3 Ba8 17. Qe2
Bh4 $1 18. Bxh7+ (18. g3 Qc6 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. gxh4 $17) 18... Kh8
19. g3 (19. Be3 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qc6 $17) 19... Kxh7 20. gxh4 Qc6 21. Qd3+ Kg8
22. Kf1 exf4 23. Bxf4 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Re8+ 25. Be3 Nd7 26. Nd2 (26. Qxd6 Ne5 27.
Qd4 Bf3+ 28. Kd2 Ng4 $19) 26... Ne5 27. Qb5 Bc6 28. Qb3 Bd7 (28... Bd7 29. Nf1
Be6 30. Qc3 (30. Qb4 Bg4+ 31. Kd2 Qd5+ 32. Qd4 Nf3+ $19) 30... Rc8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dokhoian Romero Tischbierek} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 (9... Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 $14) (9... b5 $5) 10. f4 a5 {A new and interesting idea,
despite to loose a tempo.} (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qe1 Ne8 (12... Ng4 13.
Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Bh5 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rae1 Qe6 $10 {0-1
Sutovskij,E-Gruenfeld,Y/Rishon le Zion (06) ;CBM 45 1994 (37)}) 13. Rd1 (13.
Nd5 $1) 13... Bh4 14. Bg3 (14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qb6
18. Qc1 $16 {1-0 Cseshkovsky,V-Skalik,P/Wisla BES (04) 1992 (25)}) 14... Bxg3
15. Qxg3 Qb6 16. Bg4 Bc4 17. Rf2 Ne5 18. Rfd2 Rd8 19. Be2 Be6 20. h3 Nf6 $10 {
Dolmatov,S-Mithrakanth,P/Calcutta op (04) ;EXP 50 1996/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 11. a4
Nb4 12. Bf3 {Controlling d5.} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Rf2 d5 15. exd5 exf4
{Cabrilo,G-Kosic,D/JUG-chT Igalo ;EXT 94ch 1994/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 12... Qb6 (12...
Bd7) 13. g4 (13. Re1 {Dokhoian} Qf2 14. Re2 Qh4 15. f5 $6 d5 $132) 13... exf4
14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 (15... Ne5 16. Nf5 Re8 $13 (16... Bxf5 17. exf5 (17.
gxf5 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Bf6 19. Rad1) 17... Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd2
d5 21. Nb5 $16)) 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5 $5 {Forcing matters} gxf5 18. gxf5 Bf6 $2
(18... Kh8 $1 19. Rg1 Bf8 (19... Rg8 $2 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Qg1+ $1 Qxg1+ 22.
Rxg1+ Kh8 23. Bh5 Ne5 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bxe5+ Kf8 26. Bf4 Nxc2 27. Nd5 $18) 20.
Qd2 d5 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Qg5 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qd4 23. e5 $1 Qxe5 24. Rae1 $18) (
20... Qd8 $5 21. Bg5 $5 $44) 21. Be3 (21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. e5 Qc7 (22... Nxe5 23.
Qg5 Ng6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb2 27. Rae1 $44)) 21... Bc5 22.
Bxc5 Qxc5 23. exd5 (23. f6 Qd6 24. e5 Rxe5 25. Qg2 Qf8 $19) 23... Ra6 (23...
Qe3 24. Qg2 Qh6 25. Rae1 $44 (25. Rae1 {Dokhoian} Rf8 26. Ne4 Nf6 27. Nd6 Ra6
28. Qg3 Nxc2 29. Re4 Rxd6 (29... Nxe4 30. Nxf7+) 30. Qxd6 Ng4 31. Qg3 Nge3 32.
Qe5+ f6 33. Qc7 Nxd5 34. Qg3 $16)) (23... Ne5 $2 24. Qh6 $18) 24. Ne4 (24. Qg2
Qf8 $17) 24... Qf8 25. c3 Ne5 26. Be2 $44) 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Qd2 (20. e5 $5 {
Tischbierek}) 20... Ne5 {Black has good squares for their pieces, but no
comunication between queen and king side.} (20... Qd8 21. Nb5 Ne5 22. Nxd6 Rg8
(22... Ra6 23. Nxe8 $3 Qxd2 (23... Qxe8 24. Qg2 Nxc2 25. Bg7+ $18) 24. Nxf6
Rxf6 (24... Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Rxf6 27. Bg7+ $18) 25. Bxd2 Nxf3 26.
Bc3 $18) 23. Bh5 $1 Rxg1+ (23... Ra6 $2 24. Nxf7+ Nxf7 25. Bxf7 $16) 24. Rxg1
Qe7 (24... Bd7 {Dokhoian} 25. Qc3 {/\ 26.Q:e5}) 25. Qg2 Ng6 26. fxg6 fxg6 (
26... hxg6 27. Bxg6 $18) 27. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 (27... Qxd6 28. Bf7 $18) 28. Qxg6 Be6
29. Bf8 $1 $18) 21. Qg2 Ng6 $8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rgf1 $1 {[#]} (23. Bg4 {Romero
}) (23. Bh5 $6 {Dokhoian} Rg8 24. Raf1 Bd4 (24... Be5 $145 $5) 25. Bg5 Be6 $13)
23... Bg7 $6 {Seems logical to propose this change, but black pawn d6 will be
very difficult to defend.} (23... Be5 {defending d6} 24. Rad1 (24. Bg4 {
Romero xf7} Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Nxc2 $1 26. Nd5 (26. Rf7 Qxb2 (26... Nxa1 27. Qd7 Qb3
28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Rg7+ $10) (26... Qxb2 $2 27. Rg1 Qxc3 $145 28. Bd2 $1 $18))
26... Qxb2 27. Rab1 Qa2 28. Rxb7 $6 (28. Qh4 Nb4 (28... Rab8 29. Bf4) 29. Nc7
Rac8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rbc1 $14) 28... Ne3) 24... Be6 (24... Bd7 {Dokhoian} 25.
Bg4 $5 Bc6 26. Rf7 Bxc3 27. Bf5 $1 Rg8 28. bxc3 Nd3 $5 29. Qg5 $1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2
Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kg3 Qd8 33. Re7 $18) 25. Bg4 Bc4 (25... Bxg4 $2 26.
Qxg4 Nxc2 (26... Re7 27. Qf3 (27. Rd2 $16) 27... Ree8 28. Qf7 Nxc2 29. Rf6 Rg8
30. Rfxd6 Qxb2 31. Rd7 $18) 27. Rf7 Qc6 28. Rg1 $1 Rg8 (28... Bxc3 $2 29. Rxh7+
$1 Kxh7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Bg7+ $18) 29. Qh4 Bg7 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qf6 Rag8 32.
Rxg6 $3 $18) 26. Rf3 $36) (23... Qd8 {Romero} 24. Rad1) 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rad1
(25. Bg4 {Romero} Qc6 26. Qf3 Bxg4 27. Qf6+ $10 Kh6 $2 28. Qf4+ Kh5 29. Rg1) (
25. Nb5 $6 {Dokhoian} Bd7 26. Rad1 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 $13) 25... Bd7 {Avoiding
the jump Nb5 [#]} (25... Be6 26. Nb5 Rad8 (26... Bc4 {Romero} 27. Nxd6 Bxf1 28.
Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxf1) 27. c3 $16) (25... Re5 {Romero} 26. Nb5 $1) 26. Qg3 Re5 (
26... Nxc2 27. Rxd6 Bc6 28. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Yg6]}) 27. Bg2 {Black has a lot of
problems. /\Qf4 xf6} (27. Be2 $5 {Dokhoian /\ Be2-c4}) 27... Nxc2 $6 (27... Rf8
28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Rf1+ (29. Qf4+ {Romero}) 29... Kg8 (29... Kg7 30. Qh4 g5 31.
Qh5 Be8 32. Qf3 h6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Rf6 Bg6 35. Rxd6 $18) 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Qf6 (
31. e5 $6 {Dokhoian} Bc6) 31... Qd8 32. Qxd6 Bc6 $16) (27... Rae8 28. Qh4 Be6
29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Nb5 Rxb5 31. axb5 Nxc2 32. Bh3 $18) 28. Nd5 Qd8 (28... Qxb2
29. Qf2 Bc6 30. Qf6+ Kh6 31. Rf4 Nd4 32. Rh4+ Rh5 33. Rxh5+ Kxh5 34. Nf4+ Kh6
35. Ne6 $18) 29. Qf2 Nb4 30. Nb6 $1 Bg4 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Nxa8 Bxd1 33. Rxd1
Qxa8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rxd6 Re8 (35... Nc6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Qxe5 $18) 36. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b5 (9... Nc6 $6) (9... Nbd7 $5) (9... Be6) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7
12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd1 Rb7 $146 (13... Rd7 14. a4 bxa4 (14... b4 15. f4 exf4 16.
Bxf4 Qc8 17. Nd4 Bc4 18. Nf5 $16 {Zvara,P-Schumi,M Prague Bohemians (04) 1991
1-0 40}) 15. Rxa4 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Nxc1 $10 {Wahls,M-Arnason,
J Groningen 1990 1/2 22}) 14. Rc1 $5 (14. a4 $5) 14... Nc6 15. c4 Na5 $1 16.
Nxa5 Qxa5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 Qa8 19. Bd3 (19. f4 $5 $10) 19... Rd8 20. f3 h6
21. Rf2 Bg5 $10 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rd2 (23. Qd2 f6 24. Qb4 Qa4 $15) 23... Qa5
24. h3 g6 25. Kh2 (25. Bf1 Bb3 26. Qe1 Kg7 $15) 25... d5 26. b4 (26. exd5 Rxd5
27. Qe2 Rbd7 $15) 26... Qxa3 27. exd5 Bd7 (27... Rxd5 $2 28. Be4 Rxd2 29. Qxd2
$132) 28. d6 $2 (28. Rb1 $10) 28... Qxb4 $17 29. Be4 Rb6 30. Rc7 Kg7 31. Rd3
Be6 $1 32. d7 (32. Qa1 Kf6 33. d7 Rd6 $19) 32... Qe7 33. Bc6 b4 34. Qa1 Bf5 35.
Rd5 b3 36. Bb5 (36. Rxe5 Qd6 (36... b2 $2 37. Qxb2) 37. Rc8 b2 $19) 36... Qf6
37. Qc3 e4 $1 $19 38. Qxb3 (38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rc6+ (39. Rc8 b2 40. Rxd8 b1=Q
41. Re8 Bxd7 $19) 39... Rxc6 40. Bxc6 exf3 41. Rd2 fxg2 $19) 38... Be6 39. Rc8
Rxd7 40. Qa3 Rxd5 (40... Rxd5 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qg8+ Kh6 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 (7...
Be7) 8. f4 exf4 (8... Qc7 9. g4 $1) 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 Ne5 12. Rd1
Nfd7 (12... Ng6 13. Bg3 $1) 13. Nd5 (13. Nd4) 13... Bxd5 14. Rxd5 O-O 15. Qg3
g6 16. Rdd1 (16. Rd2) 16... Rc8 17. c3 Re8 18. Bg4 Rc7 $2 (18... Nxg4 19. Qxg4
Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Ne5) 19. Bh3 $1 Bh4 20. Qe3 Nc4 21. Qe2 Nde5 22. Nd4 Bg5 23. g3 $1
Bf6 24. b3 Na5 25. c4 Bg7 26. Nc2 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Nb4 Rc5 29. Be3 Qc7 30.
Na6 (30. Qd2 $1) 30... Qc6 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Rd5 (32. Qd2 $1 Qxe4 33. Bg2)
32... c4 33. Qf2 Rf8 34. Bd4 $2 (34. Bc5 $1) 34... Nd3 35. Qe3 Re8 36. bxc4
bxc4 $1 37. Qf3 $2 (37. Bd7 Qxd5 38. exd5 Rxe3 39. Bxe3) 37... Bxd4+ 38. Rxd4
Rf8 39. Kh1 Ne5 40. Qc3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd5 Nbd7 (10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 $1 $13 (12...
Nd7 $6 13. Na5 $1 $14)) 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 Qc7 (13... Nce4 14.
Qb4 a5 15. Qxb7 a4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Qc6 Rxb2 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bd3 $14) 14. f3
h6 (14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Nd7 (15... a5 16. c4) 16. b4 $5 (16. c4 $14)) 15. c4
Nh7 (15... Nfd7 16. Na5 $1 f5 17. b4 Na4 18. Rac1 $16 (18. Rfd1 $16)) (15... b6
16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 $1 $14) 16. Nxc5 (16. Na5 Bg5 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rac1 (18.
Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Rac1 f5 $13) 18... f5 $13 (18... Qb6 $2 19. f4 $18)) 16... dxc5
17. Bd3 Bd6 (17... f5 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rae1 (19. g4 $6 e4 $1 20. fxe4 fxe4 21.
Be2 Rae8 $132) 19... Bd6 20. Bd2 $14 {><e5, /^b1-h7}) 18. g4 Qe7 19. Qg2 Rfe8 (
19... Qh4 $5 20. Bf2 (20. Rae1 $6 Ng5 21. Kh1 $2 Nxf3 $1 $17) 20... Qg5 21.
Rad1 (21. h4 $6 Qd2 $13) 21... Rfe8 22. h4 Qf6 23. Rde1 $14) 20. Rae1 Nf8 (
20... Qh4 21. Bf2 Qg5 22. Re2 Nf8 23. h4 Qd8 24. g5 $16) 21. g5 hxg5 (21... h5
$6 22. g6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Qxg6) 22. Bxg5 f6 23. Bd2 (23. Bh6 $5 $16)
23... Qf7 24. Kh1 Qh5 (24... Re7 25. Re4 $5 (25. Rg1 Qh5 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. fxg4
g5 $1 $14) 25... f5 26. Rh4 Ng6 $2 27. Rh5 $18) (24... f5 25. Qg5 g6 26. Rg1
Kh8 27. Bc3 $16) 25. Qg4 (25. Rg1 g5 $1 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. fxg4 Kg7 $14) 25...
Qh8 (25... Qxg4 26. fxg4 Re7 27. g5 Nd7 28. Bf5 $16) (25... Qf7 26. Rg1 $16)
26. Re2 Re7 27. Rg1 Kf7 28. Rg3 Ke8 29. f4 b6 (29... Nd7 30. Rh3 Qf8 31. Rh7
Kd8 32. Rg2) 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Bf4 Bxf4 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Qxf4 Kf7 34. Qc7+
Kg8 35. d6 Re8 36. d7 Re1+ 37. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bukic, Enver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Kh1 (10. f4 Nb4 11. Be3 Bd7 {Peters-Byrne, USA-ch 1977} 12.
Kh1 Bc6 13. Bd3 $1 $14) 10... Be6 (10... b6) 11. f4 Nb4 (11... Na5 12. f5 Bc4
13. Nxa5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxa5 15. Bg5 Rfc8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $16) 12. f5 Bd7
13. Bg5 Bc6 (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. bxc3 $18) 14. Bf3 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Bc4 Rc8 $10) 14... Rc8 (14... b5) 15. Qe2 h6 $6 16. Bh4 b6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 {
/\..d5} 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Ne8 $6 (20... Nd7 {/\..Bg5} 21. h4
Qc4 (21... Nc5 $2 22. Nc1 $1 $16 Qc6 (22... Qd7 $2 23. Bxe5) 23. Qc4)) 21. h4
Nf6 22. Bf2 Nd7 23. g3 Kf8 24. Nc1 Qc4 25. Qe1 Qc7 26. Qg1 Nc5 27. N1e2 Bc6 28.
b3 Qb7 29. Qg2 Qc7 30. Be3 Bf6 31. Kh2 Qe7 32. Qf2 Bb7 33. Bg2 Kg8 34. Qf3 Kh7
$2 35. Qh5 Qf8 36. Rf1 {/\g4-g5} Nd7 37. Rc1 (37. g4 $2 g6) 37... Rc6 $2 (37...
Rc7) 38. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (38... a5 $5) 39. exd5 $18 Rcc8 40. Be4 Nc5 41. Bxc5 Rxc5
42. g4 (42. g4 Kg8 43. g5 Be7 44. f6 gxf6 45. gxf6 Bxf6 46. Rg1+ Bg7 47. Qf5)
1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-19 Group A "]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1984.06.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1984.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Nc5 8.
Bf3 e6 9. g4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1
Bf6 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Rxd5 Qc7 17. cxb3 Be6 18. Rc5 Qb8 19. Qc2 a5 20. Rb5 Rc8
21. Qe4 a4 22. g5 Bxb2 23. Kxb2 axb3 24. axb3 Qd6 25. Rb4 Bd5 $2 (25... Bf5)
26. Qf4 Qg6 27. Rc1 1-0

[Event "British CF-72 Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1985.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Kh1 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe1 Re8 13. Qf2 Bf8 14. f5 b4 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. Be4 Nd7 18. Qf3 a5 19. f6 Nxf6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Qf5 h6 23. Rf3 Kf8 24. Raf1 Ke7 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Qh7 Rf8 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28.
Qxh6 Rc5 29. Nb3 Rb5 30. Qxf6+ Kd7 31. Qf3 a4 32. Nd2 Rc5 33. c4 bxc3 34. bxc3
Rc7 35. c4 Ke8 36. Bc2 f5 37. Nb1 a3 38. Qh5+ Ke7 39. Qg5+ Ke8 (39... Ke8 40.
Ba4+ $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch41"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1972.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Buturin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Buturin,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1972.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. f5 Bc4 10. a4 b6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 d5 14. O-O (14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxc2 17. O-O $16) 14... d4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 f6
17. Bh4 Qxc2 18. Rac1 Qxb2 19. Rc6 {!} h5 20. Qc4 (20. d6 $1) 20... Qc3 $1 21.
Qa2 Qa3 $1 22. Qc4 Qc3 23. Qa2 Qa3 24. Qc4 Qc3 25. Qa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+670"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:18"]
[BlackClock "0:26:39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 {Carlsen - mit
einem halben Punkt Vorsprung in der Tabelle - scheut riskante Varianten und
versucht mit diesem System einen kleinen Vorteil zu bekommen und danach zu
drücken.} e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 (8... Nc6 $5 {war Carlsens Wahl in der
vierten Runde} 9. Qd3 Nb4 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7
14. O-O-O Be7 15. Kb1 Be6 $15 {0-1 (42) Duda,J (2663)-Carlsen,M (2834) 2015})
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 (12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 $11 {
bringt etwas Schärfe in die Stellung, doch gibt Schwarz auch einen
potentiellen Königsangriff}) 12... Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 {Diagramm [#] Ein sehr
typisches Szenario der Najdorf-Variante: Weiß hat das Feld d5 fest unter
Kontrolle und setzt nun alles daran, eine Leichtrigur, im Optimalfall den
Springer dorthin zu bringen. Mögliche Zugangsfelder sind e3 und b4, da der
Bauer auf c2 auf c3 gestellt werden muss, da er ansonsten schwer zu decken ist.
Nach e3 oder b4 kommt der Springer am besten über d2-f1-->e3 oder a1-c2 -->
e3/b4} 14. Nd2 {bringt den Springer über zweitgenannte Route auf den Weg
Richtung d5 - wo er allerdings nie ankommen wird} (14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nf6
16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rc8 {ist die optimale Figurenverteilung für Weiß, doch
auch hier ist der Sb3 zu weit vom Idealziel d5 entfernt - zudem kann Schwarz
schnell seine Entwicklung vollenden und mit .. .f5 das weiße Zentrum
attackieren.} 18. c3 g6 19. Ke2 Kd7 20. Rhd1 Ke6 21. Nd2 f5 22. a4 Rhd8 23. c4
Rc6 24. b3 Rf8 25. f4 exf4 26. Kf3 Rc5 27. Re1 Kd7 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. exf5 Rxf5
30. Ne4 h5 31. Nc3 g5 32. h3 Bd6 33. Nd5 Be5 34. h4 gxh4 35. Rh1 Rg5 36. Rxh4
Rg3+ 37. Ke4 Bd6 38. Rxh5 Rxb3 39. Rh6 Rb2 40. Nf6+ Kc6 41. Kf5 Bb8 42. a5 {
1/2-1/2 (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)-Wojtaszek,R (2733) Biel 2014}) (14. c3 $5
O-O 15. O-O b5 16. Na1 {[%cal Ga1c2,Gc2b4,Gc2e3] wäre die Alternative gewesen:
Der Vorteil von dem Sc2 ist klar ersichtlich: Schwarz muss sich um beide
Problemfelder gleichzeitig kümmern}) 14... O-O 15. O-O (15. Nc4 $6 {
funktioniert ohne Rochade nicht} Nf6 16. Qd3 b5 17. Ne3 Qa5+ {[%csl Ga2]})
15... b5 16. c3 g6 17. a3 {mit der möglichen Drohung c4 - folgende
Konstellation wäre für Weiß gut} Rab8 (17... Rfe8 $2 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qd3 bxc4
20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 $16) 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qa2 (19. Nf1 $2 Nf6
20. Qd3 d5 $15) 19... Nc5 20. Bf1 Bg5 21. Nb3 {spätestens hier ist klar, dass
der weiße Plan nicht aufgegangen ist, der Springer hat auf b3 keine Zukunft}
Qc6 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nb3 Qc6 24. Rd5 Nd7 25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rf3 $5 (26. Rd5 {
mit Remisschluss wäre eine logische Folge gewesen. Doch Carlsen findet eine
interessante Ressource, der Partie noch einmal Leben einzuhauchen.}) 26... Rd7
{Diagramm [#]} 27. Na5 Qa8 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. exd5 {Schwarz ist von seinem
Problemfeld d5 erlöst und kann nun seine Bauernmehrheit auf den Vormarsch
bringen. Weiß hingegen hat mit b4 nebst c4 und Spiel auf den weißen Feldern
einen ebenso konkreten Plan.} e4 30. Rh3 f5 31. Nc6 Rb6 32. b4 Na4 33. c4 Rc7
34. Rb3 {soweit verlief in diesem Partiestadium alles logisch, nun ist es für
beide Seiten schwer die Stellung wirklich zu verstärken ohne große Schwächen
zu kreieren.} Bd2 {gibt das Zugrecht ab, allerdings steht der Turm auf d1
schlechter als auf e1} (34... Bf6 35. f3 $13) 35. Rd1 Bg5 36. g3 Bf6 37. Rc1
Rbxc6 $5 {nicht erzwungen, da c5 wohl nicht drohte, aber aussichtsreich} (37...
Kg7 38. f3 $5 $13 (38. c5 $2 Rbxc6 39. dxc6 Rxc6 $15)) 38. dxc6 Rxc6 39. Rbb1
Bg5 40. Rc2 d5 41. c5 d4 42. Rd1 Bf6 $1 (42... d3 $2 43. Bxd3 exd3 44. Rxd3 $16
) 43. Rcd2 Nc3 {wickelt in ein Endspiel ab, dass mit etwas genauem Spiel von
Schwarz remis ist} 44. Rxd4 Nxd1 45. Rxd1 Bb2 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 Bxa3 48.
Bxb5 Rc7 (48... axb5 $2 49. Rxa3 $16) 49. Rxa6 Bxb4 50. c6 Ke7 51. Rb6 Bd6 52.
Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:08:11"]
[BlackClock "0:13:50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {So far most Najdorf
players in the tournament faced anti-sicilian systems. Awonder Liang is an
avid Najdorf player himself, and did not shy away from the open sicilian with
White.} 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 (9... Nbd7 {Is the main
line, after} 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O {A complicated middlegame
ensues.}) 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Na5 $1 {A good move, making
space for White to advance his Queenside majority and putting pressure on
Black's b-pawn.} Qc7 14. c4 Bg6 15. b4 Rfe8 {The main reason players prefer to
give up the Bishop on d5, is that black would like to play} (15... f5 {but
after} 16. f4 {When Black struggles to find a good place for the light-squared
Bishop.}) 16. Rac1 $14 {White is almost ready to play c5, whereas Black's
counterplay is slow.} b6 $6 {This stops c5 but the White Knight gains a strong
foothold on c6.} (16... Rad8 17. Rfd1 Nf6 {Was better, as White is able to
stop c5 by targeting the d5 pawn for now.}) 17. Nc6 Bf8 18. Bd3 $1 {White is
exchanging the Bishops and plans to set up an attack with f2-f4.} Nb8 19. Bxg6
hxg6 20. b5 $1 {Strenghtening the Knight's position.} Nd7 21. a4 a5 {Black has
managed to close off the Queenside, and hopes to gain space on the Kingside
when the c6 Knight will be less of a burden. Awonder is quick to act and opens
up a second front} 22. f4 $1 exf4 23. Rxf4 Be7 24. Qf2 $6 (24. h4 $1 {Would
have limited Black's options.} Bf6 25. Qf2 $14) 24... f5 (24... Bg5 $1 25. Rf3
Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Nf6 {Followed by Re8, would have been more
tenacious.}) 25. h4 $1 {Awonder correctly judges that Bg5 has to be stopped,
and introduces the idea of h5!? to expand his attack on the Kingside.} Bf6 26.
h5 $1 gxh5 (26... Bg5 27. hxg6 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 {Followed by Qh4, the Black King
is in serious trouble.}) 27. Rxf5 Re4 28. Rf1 $6 {White could have safely gone
for the pawn instead, after:} (28. Rxh5 Rae8 29. Rh3 $18 {Followed by Rf1})
28... Rae8 29. Bd4 h4 {Black keeps his pawn and things are far from clear} 30.
Kh1 Rg4 31. Rh5 g6 32. Rh6 (32. Bxf6 $5 {Was a promising exchange sacrifice,
after} Nxf6 (32... gxh5 $2 33. Bd8 $1 Rxd8 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qxh5+ {Wins}) 33.
Re5 $1 {A beautiful intermezzo and probably missed by Awonder.} (33. Qxf6 gxh5
{And White has no clear cut way to strengthen the attack.}) 33... dxe5 34. Qxf6
Qg7 35. d6 {Black is in trouble as it is hard to defend against the d-pawn.})
32... Kg7 33. Qf3 Rxd4 34. Rxg6+ Kxg6 35. Qf5+ Kh6 36. Nxd4 Bxd4 37. Qf4+ Kg6
$4 {A blunder in time trouble by Kayden, who defended well from a worrisome
middlegame position. The King can not reach the safehaven on g8 now.} (37...
Kh7 38. Qf7+ $11 (38. Qxh4+ $2 Kg8 {And the bishop can shield the King on the
next move (Bg7)}) 38... Kh6 $1 {And White has nothing more than a perpetual,
after} 39. Qf4+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ $11) 38. Qg4+ Kh6 39. Qxh4+ Kg6 40. Qg4+ Kh6 41.
Qf4+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh6 (42... Kh8 43. Qxe8+ $18) 43. Rf5 $1 {White is winning
as Black is unable to bring his Knight into the defence without losing the
Queen on c7.} Re1+ (43... Re5 44. Qh5+ {Leads to mate:} Kg7 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46.
Qh7#) 44. Kh2 Be5+ 45. g3 {Black has nothing but a few desperado checks left
as mate on h5 is unevitable.} Bxg3+ 46. Kg2 Re2+ 47. Kxg3 Re3+ 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49.
Kf1 Rh2 50. Qe6+ $1 Nf6 (50... Kg7 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ Nf8 53. Qxf8#) 51.
Rxf6+ Kh5 52. Rf5+ {And Black resigned in view of} (52. Rf5+ Kh4 53. Qh6+ Kg4
54. Qg6+ Kh4 55. Rh5#) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nbd7 (6... e5 $5) (
6... e6 $5) 7. O-O (7. Be3 $5 Nc5 8. f3 e6 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Be7
12. g4 Nfd7 13. h4 Ne5 14. g5 Rb8 {Cseshkovsky,V-Liberzon,V/URS/1969/}) 7...
Nc5 8. Bf3 e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Qc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 Rb8 (13...
Bf8 $5) 14. Nb3 $6 (14. g3 $5 {P g2,f4/}) (14. g4 $5) 14... Nfd7 (14... Nxb3
15. Bb6 $1 Qd7 (15... Qc6 16. e5 d5 17. exf6 Nxa1 18. fxe7) 16. cxb3 $16) 15.
Nxc5 dxc5 $15 (15... Nxc5 16. Qd2 Bd7 $140 17. b4) 16. Be2 (16. Na4 $6 Ne5 17.
Nb6 Rd8 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Rad1 Bc6) 16... Ne5 17. Qc1 Bd7 (17... Nc6 18. Bf4 Bd6
19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qe3 Nd4 21. Red1 {P d2, f1, e2=/}) 18. Na4 Rbd8 (18... Bc6
19. Bf1 Bxe4 $140 20. Bf4) 19. Nb6 Bc6 20. Bf1 Nd7 (20... Bxe4 $2 21. Bf4) 21.
Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Bd3 Qe5 (22... Red8 $1) 23. Bf4 (23. f4 Qh5 24. e5 f6 $1 $36)
23... Qd4 24. Be3 Qf6 25. Bf4 (25. Bf4 Qg6 $5 (25... e5) 26. f3 Bb5 27. Bxb5
axb5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 (9. Be3 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Rc8 12. f3 Qc7 $13) 9... Nc6 10. f4 (
10. Be3 $5) 10... Nb4 11. Nd2 $6 (11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a5 Bc6 $10 {
Van der Sterren,P-Kavalek,L/Wijk aan Zee/1978/}) 11... exf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 13.
Kh1 d5 14. exd5 (14. e5 Nd7 15. Nf3 Qb8) 14... Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rf3 $8
Bg4 $6 (16... Qc7 $5 {<<ad8|^/}) 17. Rb3 (17. Rd3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nf4 19. Rxd8
Nxe2 20. Rxa8 (20. Rd7 Bg5 $1) 20... Rxa8) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 (18. Qxe2 Qc7 $5
$15) (18. Qxe2 Re8 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation DDR-HUN (4-4) (5-3)"]
[Site "Zinnowitz"]
[Date "1980.10.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1980.10.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a4 Nbd7 13. a5 Rfc8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
Qf3 $5 (15. Ra4) 15... d5 $5 16. exd5 Bb4 $6 (16... e4 17. Qd1 Bb4 18. Nd2 Qc7
19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxc2 $44) 17. Nd2 $1 Qc7 (17... Qd4 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19.
Nxe4 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Qc6 $14) 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20. f6 $40 g6 21. Be3
Rc4 22. Ng5 $16 h5 23. d6 $1 e4 24. Qf4 Nf8 $22 25. Rad1 Qe2 26. Nxf7 $1 $18
Ne6 (26... Kxf7 27. Qh6 Bxd6 28. Qg7+ Ke6 (28... Ke8 29. Rxd6 Qxf1+ 30. Bg1 $18
) 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Qf7+ Kc8 (30... Kc6 31. Qd5+ Kc7 32. Qxd6+ Kc8 33. Qd8#) 31.
Qe8+ Kc7 32. Bb6#) 27. Qh6 Rc2 (27... Kxf7 28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. f7+) 28. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Zonal playoff"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "1982.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Nunn,John in BCM 1982, p.274-276: Zonal play-off in Leiden.} c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. O-O
Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5 15. Nxe7+
Qxe7 16. Qe1 Rfe8 17. Qg3 Qb4 18. Bh6 Ng6 19. Bd2 Qe4 20. Bd3 Qe5 21. Qf2 Qxb2
22. Rab1 {[#]} Qf6 $2 (22... Qa2 23. Ra1 Qb2 24. Rab1 $11 (24. Nc5 Nge5 $11))
23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nc5 $16 Nce5 25. Ne4 Red8 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. Ba5
Rdc8 29. Rxb7 Nxd3 30. cxd3 Rc2 31. h3 Rac8 32. Bb6 Rd2 33. d4 Kh8 34. Nf6 Bc4
35. Rc1 Nh4 36. Bc7 Ba2 37. Ne4 {/\Bc7-e5+} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik International-09"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1980.02.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1980.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5
15. c4 a5 16. Rc1 f6 17. a3 a4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Qc2 Bf7 22. Rfd1 Bg6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qc3 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxd3 27.
Rc3 Rd8 28. Kg1 g5 29. Be3 Be2 30. Kf2 Bd1 31. Bc5 Bb3 32. Re3 Bxc4 33. Bb4 Kf7
34. Bc3 Rd5 35. Rf3 f5 36. Re3 f4 37. Re5 Rd1 38. Re1 Rd3 39. Re4 Bb5 40. Re5
Rd1 41. Re1 Rd6 42. Re5 Kg6 43. Re7 h6 44. Re4 h5 45. Bb4 Rd3 46. Bc3 h4 47. h3
Rd5 48. Re5 Kf7 49. Re4 Rd3 50. Re5 Rg3 51. Kg1 Kg6 52. Re4 f3 53. Rg4 Rxg4 54.
hxg4 Be2 {[#] white resigns in a drawish position!!} (54... Be2 55. gxf3 Bxf3
56. Kf2 Bxg4 57. Ba5 $1 Kh5 58. Ke3 Bd1 (58... Be6 59. Bd8 Kg4 60. Kf2 Bd5 61.
Be7 c5 62. Bf6 c4 63. Be7) 59. Bd8 g4 60. Kf4 g3 61. Bc7 $1 $11) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Be6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. exd5 b5 14.
axb6 Nxb6 15. c4 $1 {/\ 16.Na5} a5 $1 (15... Nxc4 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Nxe3
18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rxc7 Nexd5 20. Rb7 $16) 16. Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Nxa5 Nbxd5 18. Bd2
Nf4 19. b4 $16 {Bradvarevic-Nemet/Bled/1963/}) 13. exd5 $16 Bf5 14. c4 Bg6 15.
Rc1 {/\ 16.c5} Nc5 $2 $18 (15... f5 16. c5 f4 (16... dxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. b4
f4 19. Bxc5 Bd6 $14) 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Bc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 $14) 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17.
b4 $1 Rac8 (17... cxb4 18. Bb6 {/\ 19.c5}) (17... f5 $6 {>< >>}) 18. Qb3 Bd6
19. Rfd1 {><d2, /\20.bxc5} (19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxb7 Qxa5 22. Ra1
Qd2) 19... Qe7 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Ra1 $1 {/\ Rb6, d6} Rd8 23. Ra4
Bf5 24. Rb4 Bc8 25. Rb6 Rd6 (25... Rxa5 26. d6 Qd7 27. Bf3 $18) 26. Qb4 Qc7 27.
Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Rb1 Qc7 (28... g6 $142 29. Qa3 $2 Rxd5) 29. Qa4 $1 {/\ 30.Rb6}
Bd7 30. Qa3 Rxa5 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Qxa5 g6 33. h3 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Bf5 (34... Qc2
35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qxd7 Qxe2 37. Qc7 $1 a5 38. f4 a4 39. fxe5 a3 40. e6 a2 41.
Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Qf6 $18) 35. Qc3 Qe4 36. Bf3 Qd4 37. Qxd4 exd4 38. g4 Bc8 (38...
a5 39. gxf5 a4 40. d6 Kf8 41. c5 $18) (38... Bc2 39. c5 d3 40. c6 Ba4 41. d6
$18) 39. c5 a5 40. c6 Kf8 41. d6 {Agabezug} (41. d6 Ke8 (41... a4 42. c7 a3 43.
Bc6 a2 44. d7 Bxd7 45. Bxd7 a1=Q 46. c8=Q+ $18) 42. Bd1 Ba6 43. g5 Bb5 (43...
Kd8 44. Bg4) 44. c7 Bd7 45. Ba4 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 e5
(8... b5 9. Bf3 e5 10. Nb3 Be6 {Romero: Black seems to be okay, because the
white structure is overextended and white's king ( also black's ) still has
not a sure place. The next move is very surprising. Anand would like to close
the queenside and castle there. A deep idea.} 11. a4 $1 b4 {Romero: Possibly
it was better to keep the dynamism of the position playing the always sharp 11.
..bxa4.} 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 {1-0 Anand,V-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1996/CBM 52 
[Anand] (44) White has the two bishops and a nice position to boot!}) (8... Bg7
{Anand: Seems more reasonable to me.}) 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Nd4 Qb6 (
11... Qa5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. g5 hxg5
17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Nfd7 {Tseshkovsky,V-Georgiev,K/JUG-chT 1997/EXP 59/0-1 
(88)}) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 {Weiß verspricht sich
von seinem "Angriff" zuviel.} Nc6 $1 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. c3 Be7 18. Qxg6 Kc7 {
Weiß hat keine Spur von Angriff. Im Gegeteil: Seine Dame hat sich verlaufen.}
19. Kf1 Raf8 20. b4 Kb8 21. Qe6 d5 $1 22. Bb3 (22. exd5 Rf6 23. Qd7 Rd8 $19) (
22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qe6 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 f3+ $19) (22. Bxd5 Rf6 23. Qd7 Rd8 $19) (22.
Bd3 $5 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Rf6 24. Qb3 Rd8 $17) 22... dxe4 23. a4 e3 24. b5 axb5 (
24... f3 $5 25. bxc6 e2+ 26. Ke1 Bxh4+ 27. Kd2 (27. Rxh4 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 e1=Q+ 29.
Kc2 Qgf2+ 30. Kb1 Qe4+ 31. Bc2 Qexc2#) 27... e1=Q+ 28. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 29. Kxe1 $2
Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Qg2+ 31. Kd3 Qe2#) 25. axb5 Qxb5+ 26. Bc4 Rf6 (26... Rf6 27. Bxb5
Rxe6 28. Ke2 Rd8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf4 (10... Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a5 $14 {Tal,M-Fischer,R
Curacao 1962}) 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rc8 (12... d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Nd2 Bf5 16. c3 {17. Nc4 od. 17. Bc4 +/-}) 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5
Nfd7 16. c3 Bg5 {>= Bg3} 17. Bg4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Rc4 19. Rxc4 Nxc4 20. Qd4 Nde5
21. Be2 Qc7 22. a5 Rc8 (22... Nxb2 23. c4 Nbxc4 24. Rc1) 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2
Re8 25. h3 (25. c4 $2 Nxc4 26. Qc2 Qe7 $1) 25... g6 26. Qd4 Nd7 27. Bf3 Qc5 28.
Qxc5 Nxc5 29. b4 Nd3 30. c4 $2 (30. Kg1 $142 Rc8 31. Ra3 Ne5 32. Kf2 Nc4 33.
Ra2 Ne5 34. Ra3) 30... Nxb4 31. Rb1 Nd3 32. Rxb7 Nc5 33. Rc7 h5 34. Kg1 Kf8 35.
Kf2 Rb8 36. Rc6 Ke7 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Ke3 Rb3+ 39. Kd2 Rb7 40. Rc8 Ke5 41. Kc3
Rb3+ 42. Kc2 Kd4 43. Rc6 Rc3+ 44. Kd2 (44. Kb1 Nd3 (44... Ke5 $142 45. Rc7 Kf6
46. Rc6 Ke7 47. Rc7+ Ke8 48. Rc6 Kd7) 45. Rb6 $1 (45. Rxa6 Rc1+ 46. Ka2 Kc3 47.
Rb6 Nb4+ 48. Rxb4) 45... h4 46. Ka2 $1 Rc2+ 47. Kb3 $1 Rb2+ 48. Ka3) 44... Ra3
45. Kc2 Ra2+ 46. Kb1 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. a4 O-O 12. g4 $146 (12. f5 Bc4 $13) 12... Bxb3
$1 13. cxb3 Nc5 14. Bf3 exf4 15. Bxf4 h6 16. Be3 Qa5 $10 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1
Qe5 19. Be2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Bf3 Qe5 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bd5 Bf6 24. Rc2 a5
25. Re2 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. h4 Rc7 28. h5 Bf6 29. Bc4 Rcc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch26 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 (9... Nbd7) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 (11. Qd3 $142 $1) 11... Nd7
12. Qd3 Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 $142) 14... Kh8 15. Bf3 g6 16. Ne3
Rc6 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Qe2 b5 19. Ra1 Qb6 20. Nd2 a5 21. Ndf1 Rfc8 22. a3 (22.
Rec1 $142 b4 23. c4) 22... b4 (22... Nd7 $6 23. Bg4) 23. cxb4 axb4 24. a4 Qa7
25. Red1 Ra6 26. Rd3 b3 (26... Bd7 27. b3 Bb5 $1) 27. a5 Rcc6 28. Qd1 Qc7 29.
Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Rc5 31. Rxb3 Raxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rc3 Qb6 34. Rb3 $138 Qa7
35. Rb4 Kg7 36. h4 Bh6 37. b3 $2 Ra2 38. Qe1 Qa5 {/\ 39...Bd2!} 39. Qb1 Ra1 40.
Rb5 Qc3 $1 0-1

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 $6 Bg7 8.
g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O (11. h4 Nb6 12. a3 N8d7 13. h5 Rg8 14.
hxg6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Xu Jun/Yerevan olm 1996}) 11... Nb6 12. Nb3 $2 {
Genauer wäre wohl 12.a3.} (12. a3 $142) 12... Nc6 13. Nd5 $2 (13. h4 Na4 (13...
Rc8 $5) 14. Nxa4 bxa4 15. Nd4 a3 16. b3 O-O $13) 13... Na4 $1 $15 14. Nd4 {
Eingeständnis des Fehlers im 12. Zug. Schwarz steht bereits besser.} (14. c3 b4
$1 15. Nd4 bxc3 16. bxc3 $17) 14... Rc8 15. Kb1 (15. f4 e6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17.
gxf6 Qxf6 $17) 15... Ne5 {/\e6,><e4} 16. f3 O-O $17 17. h4 $2 {Zu spät. Der
schwarze Angriff entwickelt sich nun von allein.} (17. Ka1 $142 $17 {/\} Bxd5
18. exd5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. c3) 17... Bxd5 $1 18. exd5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 $19
{><b2} 20. Nc6 (20. c3 Rb8 $19) 20... Rxc6 $1 21. dxc6 Qb8 22. c3 (22. Bd4 c3
23. Qc1 Nxb2 24. Ka1 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 $19) 22... Nxc3+ 23. Ka1 Nxd1 24. Rxd1
Qb5 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxc6 27. Qc3 Qc7 28. f4 Rb8 {, und Schwarz gewann
nach 41 Zügen.} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch53 First League"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1985.10.??"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. a4 b6 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nd2 Qc7 14.
Rad1 Nc5 15. f3 d5 $10 {Thipsay,P-Howell,J/London/1985/}) 10. f4 Nc6 $6 (10...
exf4 $5 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. Qg3 $14) 11. f5 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nb4 (12... d5
$5 13. Nxd5 (13. exd5 $2 Nb4 14. Qe2 Bxf5) 13... Nxd5 14. Qxd5 (14. exd5 Nb4
15. Qe4 Qc8 $1 $44) 14... Nb4 $5 (14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Rfd8 16. Qc4 Nb4 17. Qe2
$16) 15. Qd2 Bb5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rf2 Rac8 $44) 13. Qe2 d5 14. a3 (14. exd5
$2 Bxf5) 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nc6 16. Be3 Nd4 (16... Nd5 17. Rad1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3
$16) 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe4 $6 (18... Bxf5 19. c3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 $14) 19. Qxe4 Bxf5 20. Qe3 $16 Re8 21. Qf2 Rb8 22. Rad1 Bh4 23. g3 Bg5 24.
Bxb7 g6 25. Bxa6 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Be3 27. b4 Bxc2 28. Re1 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxe1 30.
Kxe1 Ba4 31. Be2 Kg7 (31... Ra8 32. b5 Bc2 33. Kd2 $18) 32. Bd1 (32. b5 $2 Bxb5
33. Rb4 Ra8 34. Rxb5 Rxa3 $14) 32... Be8 33. a4 Kf6 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Ke3 Bc6 36.
a5 f5 37. Be2 g5 38. b5 Be4 39. Rb4 Rc8 40. b6 f4+ 41. gxf4+ gxf4+ 42. Kf2 f3
43. Rxe4+ $1 Kxe4 44. Bxf3+ Ke5 45. b7 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 (9... b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 bxa4 14.
Na5 Nc5 15. Nxb7 $14 {Khalifman,A-Loginov,V/St-Peterburg/1995/1:0/41/}) 10. f4
exf4 (10... Qc7 $5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5) 11. Bxf4 (11. Nd4 $6 g5 $132) 11...
Nc6 12. Qe1 Ne8 (12... Nd7 13. Rd1 Nde5 14. Nd5 $14) (12... b5 13. a3 $14) 13.
Rd1 Bh4 (13... Bf6 14. Nc5 $14) 14. Bg3 (14. Qd2 Bf6) 14... Bf6 (14... Bxg3 15.
Qxg3 Qe7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 $16) 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bc4 Be5 18.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Nf4 Nd8 21. c3 $16 Rc8 22. Bb3 g6 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. h3
$2 (24. Bh4 $5 h6 25. Nd3 Nf7 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. h3 $16) 24... h6 25. Bf2 Nd7
26. Nd3 Bf6 27. Bg3 $10 Nf7 28. Qa7 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. f3 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
Rf2 O-O 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. Na4 d5 $1 (16... Nd7 17. Nb6 Nxb6 (17... Rc6 18. Nxd7
Bxd7 19. Bb6 Qc8 $10) 18. axb6 Qb8 $10) 17. Nb6 dxe4 (17... d4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4
19. Bf2 Bb4 20. c3 dxc3 21. bxc3 Bxc3 22. Bb6 $14) 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 {Für die
geopferte Qualitet hat der Nachziehende genug Kompensation: Das Läuferpaar und
die Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel.} (18... Bxc4 19. Bb6 Qc6 20. Bd8 Bxd8 21.
Rxd8 exf3 22. gxf3 Rxd8 $14) 19. Bg5 (19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bc4 $14) (19. fxe4
Rc8 20. Qf3 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Re2 Bg4 23. Ree1 Rxc2 $15) 19... exf3 20.
Qxf3 h6 (20... Bb4 21. c3 Ne4 22. cxb4 Nxg5 $15) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Re1 Qb5 23.
Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 e4 $1 (24... Rc8 25. Rd2 Bg5 26. Rde2 f6 $13) 25. Rd6 (25.
Rxe4 Bf5 26. Rb4 Bxd3 27. cxd3 Bxb2 28. Rxb7 Rd8 $15) 25... Rc8 26. Rxe6 (26.
Rxe4 Rxc2 27. Nd4 Bxd4+ 28. Rexd4 Rxb2 $10) (26. Re2 e3 27. Rxe3 Rxc2) 26...
fxe6 27. c3 Rd8 $1 (27... Rc4 $6 28. Nd2 Ra4 (28... Rc5 29. Nxe4 Rxa5 30. Nxf6+
gxf6 31. Rxe6 $14) 29. Nxe4 $14) 28. Rxe4 (28. Nc5 Rd5 29. Nxe4 (29. Nxb7 Rb5
30. Nd6 Rxb2 31. Nxe4 Kf7 $15) 29... Kf7 $10) 28... Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rb1 30. Re2
Bxc3 $1 {sonst folgt Nc5!} 31. bxc3 Rxb3 {Hecht: T-T Motive: sT vor
a-Freibauer, passiver sK ===> klares Remis} 32. Rxe6 Rxc3 $15 33. Re7 (33. Rb6
$6 Rc7 $17 {/\Kf7}) 33... Rb3 34. g4 Kh7 35. h4 Kg6 36. Rd7 Rb5 37. Kf3 Kf6 38.
h5 Rb3+ 39. Kf4 Rb4+ 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Kf4 Rxa5 42. Rxb7 Ra1 (42... Rb5 {Hecht}
43. Ra7 Rb6 (43... a5 44. Ra6+ $10) 44. Ke4 g6 45. Rh7 $10) 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44.
Rb7+ Kg8 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Kg3 a5 47. Ra8 a4 48. Kf3 g5 49. hxg6+ Kxg6 50. Ra6+
Kg7 51. Kg2 a3 52. Kh2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Boric, Muhamed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 h6 15.
Nc1 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yc1d3,Yd3b4,Yb4d5,Yc1a2,Ya2b4] Es ist logisch, daß
Weiß versucht, die schlechstehende weiße Leichtfigur Nb3 auf das starke Feld
d5 zu bringen mittels Nb3-c1-d3-b4-d5 oder Nb3-a2-b4-d5. Die berühmteste
Musterpartie zu diesem Thema ist Karpov, A-Nunn,J Amsterdam1985!} Rc8 16. Bb6
Qe8 17. Nd3 Be6 (17... Nd7 18. Ba7 f5 19. Nb4 $14) 18. f3 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 20.
exf5 {Nach diesem Abtausch muß Weiß versuchen die schwarzen Bauern Pd6 und Pe5
mit seinem Springer zu blockieren. Falls Schwarz d6-d5 erreichen kann, bekommt
der Nachziehende eine sehr gute Stellung.} (20. Nb4 $1 Nf6 21. Nbd5 $16 {
Der Anziehende hat die Hauptidee, seinen Springer auf den Vorposten d5 zu
bringen, erreicht.}) 20... Rxf5 21. Nb4 {Vermeidet d6-d5.} Qg6 22. Nbd5 $14 Bf8
23. Qd3 Kh7 (23... Qf7 24. Rd2 $14 (24. Ne4 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxc2
27. Nxd6 Nf6 $1 $15)) 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 {Nach diesem Abtausch ist das
weiße Springerpaar besser als das schwarze Läuferpaar, da es die starken
Zentralfelder beherrscht.} (25. Qe2 e4 $5) 25... dxc5 {Dazu kommt auch noch
der schwache isolierte Bauer e5.} 26. Ne4 $1 $16 c4 27. Qc3 (27. Qe3 $10) 27...
Kh8 (27... Rc5 28. Nb6 $16 (28. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. Qxc4 Qf7 31. Qd3 (
31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Qd3 Bxd5 $17) 31... Bxd5 32. c3 Bc4 33. Qe4 Bd5 34. Qd3 $10))
28. Kh1 (28. Nb6 Rc7 $14) 28... Qf7 29. Nb6 Re8 30. Re1 (30. Rd2 $16) 30... Rf4
31. Rcd1 (31. Qxe5 Bb4 32. Nd6 Bxd6 33. Qxd6 Rf6 $16) 31... Rh4 32. Qxe5 Rh5
33. Qc3 Qc7 34. g3 Qc6 35. Rd4 (35. Nd2 Bd6 36. Re2 $14) 35... Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 h6 13. Ra4 Qc7 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15.
Qe1 Qc6 16. h3 Nc5 (16... Re8 17. Bf3 (17. Rb4 Bd8 18. Ra1 Re7 19. Bf3 Nc5 20.
Nxc5 dxc5 21. Rba4 $10) 17... Nc5 18. Rb4 Nxb3 19. Rb6 Qc7 20. cxb3 $10) 17.
Nxc5 (17. Bxc5 Bxb3 18. Bxd6 Bxa4 19. Bxe7 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Nd7 21. Nxa4 Qxa4 $15)
17... dxc5 18. b3 Rxd1 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qf1 Rd4 21. Ra1 (21. Bxd4 cxd4 (21...
exd4 22. e5 dxc3 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bf3 Qc7 $10) 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24.
Bd3 Bg5 $10) (21. Nd5 Nxd5 (21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Bf3 e4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4
25. Rxe4 Bf6 26. c4 $10) 22. Bxd4 exd4 $10) 21... Rd7 (21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 (22.
Bxd4 Nd2 (22... exd4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Bd3 Qf4 25. Re1 Bd6 26. g3 Qf3 $14) 23.
Qe1 cxd4 24. Qxd2 Bg5 25. Qd3 Qxc3 $10) 22... Qxe4 (22... Rxe4 23. Bf3 c4 24.
Re1 Bb4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bd2 $14) 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Bd3 Qf4 $10 25. Re1 $14)
22. Bd3 Nh5 23. Bc4 Nf4 24. Kh2 Bg5 25. Na4 Be7 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 (26... fxe6 27.
f3 (27. g3 Nh5 (27... Ng6 28. Qc4 Rc7 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. c3 Rc7 $16)) 27... Rc7 (
27... Rd8 28. Qc4 Rc8 29. Rd1 $16) 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Qc4 Rc7 $16) 27. Nb6 Rd6 28.
Nd5 Bd8 29. Qc4 Kh7 30. Qc3 Nd4 31. Ra4 Qc8 (31... Qb5 32. Ra1 (32. Ra3 f5 33.
Bxd4 cxd4 34. Qf3 g6 35. c4 Qc5 $10) 32... Rd7 33. Ra4 f5 34. f3 $15) (31...
Rd7 32. Rc4 (32. Ra1 f5 33. f3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Qg6 35. Qxc5 Qxe4 $10) 32... Be7
33. Nxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxc5 Qxe4 35. b4 $10) 32. f4 Rc6 33. fxe5 Qe6 34. Bf4 Qg6 35.
Qd3 Ne6 36. Bg3 h5 37. Ra1 h4 38. Bf2 Qg5 39. Rf1 Qxe5+ 40. Kh1 Bc7 41. Bg1
Bxa5 42. Rf5 Qg3 43. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. a5 (11. f3 $5 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4
Bxc4 14. Rf2 O-O 15. Rd2 $14) (11. Qd2 {Ernst} Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
Qd3 Qc8 15. Nd2 Rc6 16. Rfc1 O-O $10 {Geller-Dvoiris/Sochi/1983/}) 11... Rxc3
12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bf3 (13. Qd3 Bf5 14. Qc4 Ndf6 (14... O-O 15. f4 d5 16. Qxd5
Nxc3 17. Qc4 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 $14) 15. Qb4 Qc8 16. c4 d5 17. c5 d4 $1 $44) (13.
c4 Nc3 (13... Qc7 $5) 14. Qd2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qc7 16. Nd2 $14 {/\Rfb1}) 13...
Ndf6 (13... Nxc3 14. Qd3 Qc8 15. Bxb7 (15. Nc5 dxc5 16. Qxc3 e4 $1 17. Bxe4 Bf6
18. Qd3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 $17) 15... Qxb7 16. Qxc3 O-O $15 {/\Rc8}) 14. Bxe4 (14.
Qd3 {Ernst} d5 $13) 14... Nxe4 15. Qf3 f5 (15... d5 $6 16. c4 $1 dxc4 (16...
O-O 17. cxd5 $14) 17. Qxe4 cxb3 18. cxb3 $14) 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 e4 18. Qh5+
g6 19. Qh6 $14 Bf6 20. Rfb1 Bd5 21. Rb6 Bc6 22. Rab1 Qd7 23. c4 Bg7 24. Qh3 O-O
25. Bf4 (25. Bh6 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 f4 27. R6b3 $13) (25. Bc3 Be5 $1 $15) 25... Qe6
26. Qb3 (26. Qg3 $6 Qxc4 27. Bxd6 Rd8 $15) 26... g5 $1 (26... Bd4 27. c5 (27.
Rxb7 Bxb7 28. Qxb7 Qxc4 29. Bh6 (29. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qd4+ 31. Ke2 Qxd6 $15)
29... Re8 $15) 27... Qxb3 28. R6xb3 dxc5 $15) (26... h6 {Ernst} 27. Rd1 $36)
27. Bxg5 f4 $1 28. c5 (28. g3 $2 {Ernst} f3 $17) 28... d5 $15 {/\Qg4} 29. Qh3 (
29. Re1 Qg4 30. Be7 f3 31. g3 Qh3 $19) (29. h3 $5) 29... Qxh3 30. gxh3 Bd4 31.
Be7 Rf7 32. Rxb7 (32. Bd6 {Ernst} f3 33. Kf1 Rg7 34. Bg3 Bxc5 $17) 32... e3 (
32... Bxb7 {Ernst} 33. Rxb7 e3 $17) 33. Kf1 (33. Rb8+ {Ernst} Kg7 34. Bh4 e2
35. Rc8 Bd7 36. Rc7 f3 37. c6 Bxh3 $19) 33... Bxb7 34. Rxb7 exf2 35. Rb8+ (35.
c6 {Ernst} Rg7 $19) 35... Kg7 36. Re8 Rf5 37. c6 Re5 38. Bf8+ $8 Kf7 39. Rxe5
Bxe5 40. Bb4 Ke8 41. Kxf2 Kd8 42. Kf3 Kc7 43. Bd2 Kxc6 44. Bxf4 Bc3 (44... Bxf4
45. Kxf4 Kb5 46. Ke5 Kc4 $10 (46... Kxa5 {Ernst} 47. Kxd5 Kb6 48. c4 Kc7 49.
Kc5 $10)) 45. Ke2 Bxa5 46. Kd3 Kc5 47. Bg5 d4 48. Be7+ Kd5 49. Ba3 Bc3 50. Bc1
a5 51. Ba3 a4 52. Bc1 h5 53. h4 Be1 54. Bb2 Bf2 55. c3 dxc3 56. Bxc3 Bxh4 57.
Bb2 Bg5 58. Ba3 Ke5 59. h3 Kd5 60. Bb2 Be7 61. Bc1 (61. Bc1 {Ernst} Ke5 $19)
0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Dueckstein,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 {Aggressiver ist 9.f4.} Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13.
Rfd1 {In dieser Variante versucht Weiß die gegnerischen Aktivitäten am
Damenflügel einzudämmen und selbst am Königsflügel vorzugehen. Der Turm steht
auf d1 un- nütz, wichtiger war es, mit 13.Tfc1 den Springer mobil zu machen.} (
13. Rfc1 Qc6 14. Bf3 Bc4 15. Ra4 Rfe8 16. Rb4 Qc7 17. Ra4 Qc6 {mit Remisschluß.
}) 13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 {Wegen der gleichzeitigen Bedrohung von b3 und e4
unumgänglich und 14.Sd5 Scxe4 zur Folge hätte.} dxc5 15. f3 c4 {Engt den
Gegner ein; darüber hinaus stellt der Ba5 nun ständig ein Sorgen-  kind dar.}
16. Na4 Rfd8 17. Qc3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Rxd7 $2 {Eine Fehlkombination in
etwas unbequemer Lage. Am besten war 19.Sb6.} Qxd7 {Weiß rechnete wohl mit 19..
..Lxd7 20.Sb6 nebst Lxc4 und aktivem Spiel für die Qualität.} 20. Nb6 Qb5 $1 {
Die Widerlegung.} 21. b3 {Nach 21.Sxc8 Lb4 kann Weiß Damenverlust nur durch
die aussichtslose Zugolge 22.Lxc4 Lxc4 23.Sd6 hintanhalten.} Bb4 22. bxc4 Qxa5
23. Qd3 Bc5 {und Weiß gab auf. Es könnte noch folgen: 24.Sxc8 De1+ 25.Lf1
Dxe3+ 26.Dxe3 Lxe3+ 27.Kh1 Lxc8. [IM Dr. A. Dueckstein]} 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 1213 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2012.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 $5 (9... Nc6 $5 {is also a good move (Nepomniachtchi beat
Carlsen in 2011).}) (9... b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6
14. Qd2) 10. Be3 (10. f4 $6 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 {is excellent for Black.}) 10...
Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17.
Bf2 Qc7 18. c4 Rab8 $1 19. a5 (19. Bd3 Ba8 {was OK for Black in
Jakovenko-Khismatullin 2012.}) 19... Ba8 {All this is the main line until now,
more or less.} 20. Rb1 (20. c5 $6 dxc5 21. Bxa6 c4 22. Nd2 c3 23. Nc4 Rfd8 {
is better for Black.}) (20. Ra4 Qb7 21. Nc1 f5 $5 $146 {looks good for Black.}
(21... Nc5 22. Ra1 Qd7 23. Ra2 Rfc8 24. Nd3 Nb3 25. f4 $1 {looked better for
White in Nijboer,F (2638)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2573)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007 (32)})
(21... Rfc8 $5 $146)) 20... Rb4 21. Be1 Rb7 (21... Rxc4 {looks natural but
after} 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Nd2 (23. Bd2 Be7 $15) 23... Qd3 $8 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25.
Nxb3 Bxd5 26. Bd2 Be7 27. Rfd1 {I considered the position to be very drawish,
and, in spite of some small plus, not so easy to play for Black.}) 22. Bc3 {
The only way to try to "punish" ...Rb7, but the bishop is not so well placed
here.} Rfb8 23. Qc2 Be3 24. Bd3 g6 25. Rfe1 Ba7 26. Bd2 (26. f4 $2 exf4 27. Re7
Qd8 $19) 26... f5 27. g4 $6 {A tempting reaction which in fact increases
Black's advantage.} fxg4 28. Bxg6 (28. fxg4 Nf6 29. h3 Qc8 {with the idea of ..
.Rc7 is much better for Black.}) 28... Nf6 $1 (28... gxf3 $4 29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30.
Bg5 $1 {wins for White.}) 29. Qf5 $2 (29. Be4 Qg7 {is much better for Black.})
29... hxg6 $2 (29... Qg7 {wins instantly.}) 30. Qxf6 Qf7 (30... Rxb3 $4 31.
Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Qxg6+) 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Be3 $8 Rxb3 $6 (32... Bxe3 {is easier:}
33. Rxe3 Rb4 (33... Rc7 $5 34. Rc1 Rbc8 {was my first idea but after} 35. Nd2
Bxd5 36. Rd3 {I considered wrongly that White has few practical chances:} Bxc4
37. Rxd6 Bb5 38. Rxc7+ Rxc7 39. fxg4 Ke7 $19) 34. Rc3 Ke7 $1 $19 {(I missed
this last move.)}) 33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Bxa7 gxf3 35. Kg1 Kf6 $4 {Played too fast
after I noticed 45...Rc3 does not win by force.} (35... Rb4 36. Rc1 Kf6 {
still wins easily.}) (35... Rc3 36. c5 Bxd5 37. cxd6 Ke6 38. d7 (38. Bd4 $2 Rc2
$19) 38... Kxd7 39. Rxe5 {should be lost but gives White practical chances.})
36. Re3 {Now the position is drawish.} Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kxf3 (38. Kf1 $5
Rc2 39. Rxf3+ Kg7 40. Bb8) 38... Rc2 39. Bb8 Ke7 (39... Rxc4 40. Bxd6 Bxd5+ 41.
Kf2 {should be a draw.}) 40. Re4 Rxh2 41. Rg4 Rh8 42. Ba7 $6 (42. Bc7 $1 {
would be a better move, but my opponent might have missed that} Rc8 $6 43. Rxg6
$1 {is a draw:} Rxc7 44. Rg7+ Kd8 45. Rg8+ $11) 42... Kf6 43. Be3 Rh5 44. Ke4
$2 (44. Rg1 Kf5 45. Rb1 Rh3+ 46. Ke2 Ke4 47. Bf2 Ra3 48. Be1 $1 {is a draw.} ({
I only saw} 48. Rb8 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 Bxd5 50. cxd5 Rxa5 {and though I still had
chances.})) 44... Bb7 45. Bb6 $2 (45. Bf2 {would be a better move.}) 45... Rh8
$2 (45... Rh3 {wins instantly:} 46. Bd8+ Kg7 47. Be7 Rc3 $1 $19) 46. Be3 Rh3 $1
47. Kd3 $8 (47. Bg5+ Kg7 {is back into 45...Rh3 line. The funny thing is that
after 45...Rh3 46.Bd8+ I only considered 46...Kf7 (which would let White go 47.
Kh4) but saw 46.Be3 Rh3 in advance!}) 47... Bc8 48. Rg2 Bf5+ 49. Kd2 (49. Ke2
$5) 49... Rh1 (49... Be4 50. Rf2+ Bf3 {would have been a better try, to try to
advance with the king.}) 50. Kc3 Rh3 51. Kd2 Kf7 52. Rf2 Rh1 53. Kc3 Ra1 54.
Kb4 (54. Rb2 $1 Rxa5 55. Rb7+ Ke8 (55... Kf6 $4 56. Bb6 $18 {was what I missed,
to be honest!}) 56. Bg5 {with a draw.}) 54... Re1 55. Bd2 Rh1 56. Be3 Rh3 57.
Bb6 Ke7 58. Rd2 e4 $6 (58... g5 $1 59. c5 Rh4+ 60. Kc3 Rh1 {is a better try.} (
60... g4 $6 61. Bc7 {should be a draw.})) 59. c5 Rd3 $5 {I saw that this move
was a draw but I thought it was my only practical chance to win the game. For
the very first time after the last 30 moves: I thought something right!} 60.
Rxd3 exd3 61. Kc3 g5 62. c6 $4 {White should just have... waited!} (62. Kd2 g4
63. Kc3 {(the g-pawn can simply not advance more!)} dxc5 (63... Kd7 64. Ba7 {
does not help Black:} g3 $2 65. cxd6 g2 66. Bc5 $11) (63... g3 64. Bc7 $11) 64.
Bxc5+ Kd7 (64... Kf6 65. Bd6 $11) 65. Kd2 g3 66. Kc3 g2 67. Kd2 {and Black
cannot force White to go d6 (...Kf6 will be met by Bd4+) so the position is a
draw, e.g.} Be4 68. Kc3 Ke8 69. Kd2 Kf7 70. Kc3 Kf6 71. Bd4+ Kf5 72. Kd2 Kg4
73. d6 Bf5 74. d7 Bxd7 75. Kxd3 Kf3 76. Kc3 Ke2 77. Kb2 Kf1 78. Ka1 $11) 62...
g4 63. Bf2 Kd8 $8 (63... Be4 $2 64. Bh4+ Ke8 65. Bg3 $11) 64. Bg3 Kc7 65. Bf2
Be4 66. Bb6+ Kc8 67. Bf2 (67. c7 {is natural but after} g3 68. Kd2 g2 69. Kc3
Kd7 70. Kd2 Bf5 71. Kc3 Ke7 72. c8=Q ({Waiting does not help:} 72. Bg1 Kf6 73.
Bh2 Kg5 74. Kd2 Kg4 75. Ke3 Kh3 76. Bg1 Kg3 77. Kd2 Kf4 $19) 72... Bxc8 73.
Kxd3 Bf5+ (73... Bb7 $5) 74. Kc4 (74. Ke2 Be4 $19) 74... Kf6 $19) 67... Bxd5
68. Kxd3 Kc7 69. Kd4 Kxc6 70. Bg3 Bf7 (70... Bf3 {is much more natural.}) 71.
Bf4 d5 72. Bg3 Kb5 $6 ({It is time to go, finally, to e4 or f3.} 72... Bg6) 73.
Be1 Bg8 $2 {This was my idea when I played 70...Kf7 but after I played I
immediately noticed 74.Ke5.} 74. Kd3 $2 (74. Ke5 {Black no longer has a way to
keep the g-pawn! I would have to go} Kc4 75. Kf5 Kd3 76. Kxg4 Ke2 77. Bc3 Ke3
78. Kf5 d4 79. Bb4 d3 80. Ke5 d2 81. Bxd2+ Kxd2 82. Kd4 {which is a draw if
White defends well.}) 74... Bh7+ 75. Ke3 Bc2 76. Kf4 (76. Kd4 Be4 $22 $19 {
and White cannot just wait!}) 76... Bd1 77. Ke5 Kc4 78. Bf2 Be2 79. Bg1 g3 80.
Bd4 g2 81. Bg1 Bf3 82. Kf4 Be4 83. Ke5 Kc3 $22 {White has no square for his
bishop!} (83... Kd3 84. Kf4 Ke2 85. Kg3 Kf1 86. Kh2 {would not help Black.})
84. Kf4 d4 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Navrotescu, Catalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 {This system gives white a small, lasting positional
edge,} O-O 11. c4 Ne8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16.
Rfd1 Nf6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Qa3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd7 20. Qa5 $16 f6 21. a3 h6 22. b4
Kh7 (22... cxb4 23. Qxb4 $16) 23. Rc1 Qf8 24. Kf2 Qd8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rc8
27. Rd6 Rc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. b5 $1 {To get an outside passed pawn.} cxb5 30.
cxb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Kg6 32. a4 Kf7 33. a5 Ke7 34. a6 Kd6 35. a7 Nb6 36. Bd2 Bd7
(36... Kc7 $2 37. Ba5) 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 38. Ba5 Na8 39. Ke2 Kc6 40. Kd3 Kb5 (40...
Kb7 41. Kc4 Kxa7 42. Kxc5 Kb7 43. Kd6 $18) 41. Bd8 Kb4 42. h4 Kb3 43. h5 c4+
44. Kd2 Kb2 45. Ba5 Kb3 46. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 "India"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. a5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Rac8 14. f5 Bc4 15.
Ra4 Bb5 16. Ra1 Qc6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qc4 $14 h6 21.
Rfe1 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rcd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. h3 Nh5 25. Kg1 Nf6 26. Kf2 Bd8 27. Ra1
Rd4 $6 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Qd3 Bc7 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. b3 Qe5 33. Re1
Qf6 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Qe4 Bxa5 36. Ke2 Bb4 $2 (36... b5 37. g4 h5 38. Qa8 g6 39.
fxg6+ $16) 37. Qxb7 $18 Qxf5 38. Qe4 Qxe4+ 39. Rxe4 a5 40. Kd3 f5 41. Re6 Kg8
42. Rc6 Kf7 43. Kc4 h5 44. Kd5 g6 45. Ke5 Kg7 46. Ke6 h4 47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. Kf6
Ba3 49. Rg7 c4 50. bxc4 g5 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. Kxf5 a4 53. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 h6 13. f3 (13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Bf3
Qc7 15. Nc1 Bf8 16. h3 b5 $1 $15 {Marjanovic-Fedorowicz/43-318/1986-87/}) 13...
Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. f4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. c4 Bd6
20. Kh1 Qd7 $10 21. Qd1 Rb8 22. g4 $5 Nh7 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Nf8
26. Bh5 g6 27. Qf2 Re7 28. Be2 Qxa5 29. Rc3 $44 Qc7 30. Qh4 Be5 31. Rf6 $1 Bxc3
$1 32. d6 Qb6 33. dxe7 Bxf6 34. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 35. gxf6 Qxb2 36. Bg4 Rd8 $132 37.
Qg5 Rd3 38. Be6 $1 (38. Qxc5 Qxf6 $17) 38... Rd1+ 39. Bg1 Rxg1+ $1 40. Kxg1
Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qc2+ 42. Kg3 Qc3+ (42... Qc3+ 43. Kh4 Qe1+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 $14 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 exf4
15. Bxf4 Bg6 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Bb5 Bf6 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. c3 Rfd8 20. Bg3 Nd7 21.
Nd4 Re8 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Re1 Bg6 25. Qf4 Ne5 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. Nd2
Be5 $2 (27... Ne5 $14) 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Bxe5 Re8 30. Qd4 $16 Qe7 31. Nf3 dxe5
32. Rxe5 Qd7 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. d6 $18 Bf5 35. Qe5 Qd7 36. Qxa5 g5 37. h3 h6
38. Qb5 Qe6 39. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 (7...
h6 {is another move if Black wants to avoid the 'pure Sveshnikov' type of
position, but of course White has a creative reply:} 8. Nd2 $5 (8. O-O Be6 9.
Re1 Nbd7 $11 {is harmless.}) 8... Be7 $5 (8... b5 {was MVL's choice, but I
think White stands better.} 9. Nf1 $5 (9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd7 12.
a5 $14 {also gave White something in Hansen,T-Kovalenko,I chess.com INT 2018,
though he later went slightly wrong.}) 9... Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Ne3 Nb6 (11...
Be7 $5 12. Nf5 O-O $132 {makes White find something now, and it's not clear
there are many resources in his position.}) 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rd1 (14.
a4 $5 b4 15. a5 bxc3 16. axb6 cxb2 17. Bxb2 Qxb6 18. Rfb1 $40) 14... Be7 15. a4
b4 16. Na2 a5 $6 17. Qb5+ $146 (17. c3 $2 b3 18. Nb4 $17 {(Carlsen,M-Vachier
Lagrave,M Paris 2017) was unsuccessful.}) 17... Nfd7 18. Qxa5 Ra8 19. Qb5 $3
$16 {Black is in trouble.}) 9. Nc4 b5 10. Ne3 Nbd7 $5 $146 (10... Bb7 {seems
fine too, as played in a recent practical example by one of the leaders of the
current tournament:} 11. a4 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 $1 $11 (
14... Bxd5 15. Qxd5 O-O 16. a5 $14 {Nihal,S-Thogersen,R Stockholm 2017})) 11.
a4 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nf6 $11) 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd2 (10. O-O
{seems like a more popular choice at the top levels, in recognition of the
fact that the white queen could want the e2-square instead of d2 in some lines.
Now the key idea for Black is ...Nd7-b6.} Be7 ({Maybe Black can economise on ..
.Be7, i.e.} 10... O-O $5 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Nb6 $11) 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8
13. Qe2 Nb6 $1 (13... b5 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 f5 $6
18. exf5 $14 {Van Foreest,J-Kokarev,D Riadh 2017}) 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Bb3 O-O
16. Rfd1 g6 ({In a high-level game, Black 'drifted' for a few moves:} 16... Kh8
17. h3 Rcd8 18. Nd2 Bc8 19. Nc4 Qc6 20. a4 $14 {Caruana,F-Grischuk,A Saint
Louis 2017}) 17. h3 Kg7 $11 {Black is thinking of ...Qb5, and forming
counterplay along the c-file.}) 10... Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 Rc8 {By now the
position is equal and there are various ways to play it.} (12... Nf6 $5 13.
Nxf6+ (13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Nxe4 16. Rb6 O-O-O $1 $11) 13...
Bxf6 14. c4 (14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Rc8 $1 $11) 14... Be7 $11) 13. c3 (13. c4
$5 {at least plays for something.} Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qb6 15. b3 $132) 13... Rc6 14.
O-O Nf6 15. Qc2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 {Now Black has a good version of the
"Najdorf with ...Bxd5" position-type, and White has to be careful not to end
up worse.} 17. c4 (17. Nd2 O-O 18. a4 $132 {looks a bit more fluent: White
wants Nc4 and f4.}) 17... O-O 18. b4 Re8 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. Rfe1 g6 $1 {Now it
transpires that Black will get ...e4 in, in a good way, and White has no way
to make the c5-break have any impact.} 21. Bf1 Bh6 {There is no real need to
play ...e4 absolutely immediately.} 22. g3 {Not a bad move, but it
imperceptibly weakens the f3-square, on which Black can now try and land a
knight.} Nd7 23. a3 Bg7 24. h4 {Preparing to meet ...e4 by Ng5.} ({Against a
non-move, e.g.} 24. h3 {Black might have intended} e4 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 f5
{with ...Qf6 and ...Ne5 to come, thanks to White's 22nd.}) 24... Bh6 (24... e4
25. Ng5 Nf6 $36 {was in any case the correct continuation for Black.}) 25. c5
$1 {An ambitious and correct move, trying to take advantage of the tempi that
Black may have just misplaced.} (25. Nd2 $5 $11 {is solid}) 25... dxc5 26. d6
b5 27. bxc5 $6 (27. Qd5 $1 c4 28. Bh3 c3 29. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Rc4 $132)
27... e4 28. Nh2 $2 (28. Ng5 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Rxc5 30. Bg2 {keeps the game a bit
interesting, but Black should be better.}) 28... Nxc5 29. Qd5 Qd7 $1 {Only
move, but good.} 30. Bg2 Bg7 31. Ng4 h5 (31... Qxg4 32. d7 Nxd7 33. Qxd7 Qxd7
34. Rxd7 Rc4 $19 {was the technical solution.}) 32. Ne3 Nd3 33. Bxe4 (33. Rf1
Re5 $19) 33... Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Re6 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Nf5 Bf8 (36... Rxe4 {is good,
as is almost anything by now.}) 37. Bb1 Rde8 38. Kh2 Re5 39. Ne7+ R8xe7 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf1"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. Nc1 d5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Shirov comes up with a great novelty solving the
problem of the d5 weakness.} (15... Rc6 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nh5
19. Be3 Nf6 20. Na4 Qe6 21. Nb6 Bd8 22. Nd5 Qc8 23. c3 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 {1-0
Geller,E-Tukmakov,V/Yerevan/1982/ (57)}) (15... Qc7 16. N1e2 (16. Bb6 Qc6 17.
f3 h6 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf1 Rfc8 23. Rd3
Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke8 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Ostermeyer,P/Hannover 1983/ (80)}) (16. f3
Be6 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. N1a2 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nb4 Nf6 22. Nbd5 Bf8
23. Qd3 Rc6 {0-1 Cernousek,L-Efimenko,Z/Balatonlelle 2001/ (42)}) 16... Bxe2 (
16... Qc6 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qxc2 {0-1 Kadzinski,W-Gieruszynski,
J/Warsaw 1987/ (23)}) 17. Qxe2 Qc4 18. Qf3 h6 19. Ra4 Qe6 20. Rb4 Rc7 21. Qe2
Rfc8 22. Qd3 Rd7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Qb3 Bxa5 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxc2 27. Nxf6+
gxf6 28. b4 {1-0 Tal,M-Rodriguez,R/Moscow 1982/ (41)}) (15... Be6 16. Bb6 Qe8
17. N1a2 (17. Nd3 Rc4 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bf2 f5 20. b3 Rc8 21. Nb4 Qg6 22. Ncd5 Bg5
23. Be3 Bd8 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Kh1 Qf7 26. c4 {1-0 Flacker,E-Rohde,U/Germany
1993/ (43)}) 17... Nd7 18. Be3 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Nb4 Nf6 21. Nbd5 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Bf8 23. b3 Qg6 24. c4 Rf7 25. Kh1 Bf5 26. f3 h5 27. Bf2 e4 {1/2-1/2
Rechlis,G-Soylu,S/Haifa 1989/ (57)}) 16. Bb6 $1 (16. exd5 Bb4 17. Bb6 Bxc3 18.
Qxc3 Qd6 $11) 16... Qe8 (16... Qd7 17. b3 d4 (17... Bb4 18. bxc4 d4 19. N1a2
$16 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Rxc4 21. Na2 Rfc8 22. c3 $16) 18. bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20.
exd5 Rfc8 21. Qe1 Qxd5 22. c3 $16) 17. exd5 Bb4 18. d6 $1 (18. Nd3 Bxc3 19.
Qxc3 Nxd5 20. Qxe5 Nxb6 21. axb6 Bxd3 22. Qxe8 Rfxe8 23. Rxd3 Rxc2 24. Rd7 Rb8
$11) 18... Qd7 19. Nd3 (19. Qe3 Bxd6 20. Nb3 Qc6 $11) 19... Qxd6 20. Nxb4 Qxb4
21. Ne4 $1 {The position is objectively equal and Leko decides to simplify
into draw.} (21. Qc1 Bb5 22. Ra3 Bc6 $11) 21... Qxd2 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd2
Be6 24. f3 (24. Rad1 Kg7 25. c3 Rc4 $11) 24... Rc4 25. c3 Kg7 26. Re1 Rfc8 27.
Kf2 h5 28. Red1 Ra4 29. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 a5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd5 a4 13. Nc1 a3 {Vallejo Pons
weakens the a1-h8 diagonal, but it will not be enough to promise him equality.}
(13... Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. c4 Nd7 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Rb1 g6 18. Ne2 Bg7 19. Bc2
Qc7 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Qxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. a3 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,
K-Grischuk,A/Beersheba 2005/ (50)}) 14. b3 Bxd5 (14... Nd7 15. c3 Rc8 16. Qd2
$14) 15. exd5 Nd4 (15... Nb4 16. c4 b5 17. Qd2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Na6 19. Nb3 $16)
16. c4 Nd7 (16... Nf5 17. Bf2 Qd7 18. Bd3 $16) 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Rb1 g6 {Black
is forced to seek complications, since the exchange of most light pieces would
favour white.} (18... Nc5 19. Ne2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 Re8 22. Qd2 Qd7
23. b4 $16) 19. Ne2 Bg7 (19... Nxe2 20. Qxe2 Bg5 21. Bg1 $16) 20. Qd2 Re8 (
20... Nc5 21. b4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Nxe2 23. Qxe2 f5 24. Qd3 Qd7 25. c5 $16) 21. Nc3
f5 (21... Nc5 22. b4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rc8 24. Rbe1 $16) 22. Rfe1 h5 (22... Qh4 23.
b4 Rac8 24. Rbc1 $16) 23. Bf1 h4 24. f4 {[%mdl 32] Smirnov plays the first
really active move, but white already had a chance to force the game with
exchange of the vital dark squared bishop.} (24. Bxd4 $5 exd4 25. Nb5 Qf6 (
25... Qb6 26. Qg5 $16) 26. Nc7 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. Re6 Qf7 29. Rxd6 Be5 30.
Qg5 $16) 24... h3 (24... Rc8 25. b4 $5 (25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nb5 (26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
27. Re1 dxc3 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qc1 Bd4 $14) 26... Nc5 27. Nxd4 Ne4 28. Rxe4
Rxe4 29. Ne6 Qb6 30. Ng5 Rce8 $14) 25... Qf6 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. c5 $16) (24...
Qf6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bg5 Qf8 27. Bxh4 Bh6 28. Bg5 $16) 25. fxe5 (25. Bxd4 exd4
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Nb5 Nc5 28. Re1 Ne4 $13) 25... dxe5 26. d6 Qf6 (26... Rb8
27. Nd5 $16) 27. Nb5 Nxb5 28. cxb5 hxg2+ $2 {The defender had no enviable task
of limiting the dangerous white pieces, but the text is clearly false.} (28...
e4 29. Bc4+ Kh7 30. Bg5 Qd4 31. Qf4 e3 32. Qf3 hxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4
35. Bd5 Rd4 36. Bxb7 Ra7 37. Bf3 $16) (28... f4 $1 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Bf2 Qe6 31.
Qf3 Nf6 32. Rbd1 $14) 29. Qxg2 f4 (29... e4 30. Bc4+ Kf8 31. Rbd1 Rac8 32. Rf1
$18) (29... Qxd6 30. Bc4+ Kf8 31. Rbd1 Qe7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Bc5+ Re7 34. Qxg6
$18) 30. Bc4+ Kf8 (30... Kh7 31. Qh3+ Bh6 32. Qxd7+ $18) 31. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 2nd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. f3 {Jakovenko is not rushing the issue and intentionally sidesteps the
main move with the transfer of the knight from b3. Presumably he was not too
happy about the possibility of his opponent's counterplay with the ...d6-d5
advance.} (15. Nc1 d5 $5 {The quiet continuation is fine as well, but White
tends to play for an advantage.} (15... Qc7 16. Nd3 (16. Bb6 Qc6 17. f3 h6 (
17... Rfe8 18. N1a2 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 h6 20. Raa1 Qc4 21. Ra4 Qc6 22. Qd3 $14 {
1-0 Barbulescu,D (2465)-Womacka,M (2375)/Eforie Nord 1984 (67)}) 18. Nd3 Bxd3
19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A (2710)
-Ostermeyer,P (2450)/Hannover 1983 (80)}) (16. N1e2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qc4 18. Qf3
h6 19. Ra4 Qe6 20. Rb4 Rc7 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. Qd3 Rd7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Qb3 Bxa5
25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxc2 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. b4 Rc7 29. Qb8+ Rc8 30. Qb7 Rc7
31. Qxa6 Bxb4 {1-0 Tal,M (2610)-Rodriguez,R (2415)/Moscow 1982 (41)}) (16. f3
Be6 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. N1a2 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nb4 Nf6 22. Nbd5 Bf8
23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nd5 $14 {0-1 Cernousek,L (2242)-Efimenko,Z 
(2439)/Balatonlelle 2001 (42)}) 16... Bxd3 (16... d5 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. exd5 Nxd5
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxc2 23. Rd7 Bf6 24. Rxb7
Rxb2 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Ra7 {1/2-1/2 Czarnota,P (2497)-Heberla,B (2487)/Krakow
2006}) 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Qe2 Qc4 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Ra4 Qc7 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Rb4 Rc6
23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Oral,T (2538)-Vokac,M (2451)/Czechia 2009 
(45)}) 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. exd5 Bb4 18. N1a2 $2 (18. d6 Qd7 19. Nd3 Qxd6 $11) 18...
Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne4 21. Qd3 Nxc3 22. Raa1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Qd7 {
0-1 Ivanov,O (2461)-Luzhinsky,V (2298)/Alushta 2009 (35)}) 15... Rc6 16. Kh1 {
Black was ready to employ tactics and push the d-pawn at a suitable moment.} (
16. Nc1 d5 $1 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. b3 $11) 16... Qc8 17.
Rac1 Rd8 18. Nd5 {The waiting game is over. Jakovenko is forced to close the
centre in order to prevent the activity of the enemy pieces.} Bxd5 (18... Nxd5
$2 19. exd5 Rc7 20. Bb6 $14) 19. exd5 Rc4 20. Qd3 e4 $1 {Just in time Carlsen
opens the new front along the e-file.} 21. fxe4 (21. Qe2 exf3 22. Qxf3 Rxc2 23.
Bg5 Qc4 $15) 21... Rxe4 22. c4 Re8 23. Bg1 {White has not sensed the
imperative necessity to react actively against the mounting concentration of
black pieces.} (23. Nd2 Rh4 (23... Rg4 24. b4 Nd7 25. Nf3 $11) 24. Bd4 Nh5 (
24... Qg4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nf3 Rh5 27. Re1 Rf8 28. Rc2 $14) 25. Nf3 Rg4 26.
Qc2 Bf6 $11) 23... Bf8 24. Nd4 $6 (24. Rf1 Qg4 25. h3 Qg5 26. Nd4 $11) 24... g6
25. Rf1 (25. b4 Bh6 $1 26. Rc2 Be3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. Qf1 Qg4 $15) 25... Bh6 26.
Qf3 (26. Rcd1 Ng4 $17) (26. Rc2 Ng4 $17) 26... Rf4 {Quite conciously Black is
avoiding the immediate draw after the simple exchange of pieces.} (26... Bxc1
27. Qxf6 Bxb2 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ $11) 27. Qd3 Ng4 (27... Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Nd7
29. Nf3 Nc5 30. Qc2 Ne4 31. Bb6 f5 32. Kg1 $11) 28. Nf3 $2 {White is not
objecting to the opponent's control of the e file. The exchange of the rooks
was still keeping the position fairly even.} (28. Rxf4 Bxf4 29. Rf1 Be3 30. b3
$11) 28... Rfe4 29. Rc3 (29. Rc2 f5 $17) 29... Ne3 (29... Be3 $1 30. b4 Bxg1
31. Kxg1 Ne3 32. Re1 Qg4 33. Re2 Kf8 $17) 30. Re1 Qg4 31. Re2 Qh5 32. Bxe3 Rxe3
33. Rxe3 Bxe3 $2 {The role of the favourite is really difficult and sometimes
forces players to take extreme risks. Naturally a better solution was to take
on e3 with the rook.} (33... Rxe3 $1 34. Qd1 (34. Qc2 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qf5 $17)
34... Rxc3 35. bxc3 Bg7 36. h3 Qf5 $15) 34. Qe2 Qh6 35. c5 $1 dxc5 36. d6 Re6
$1 37. d7 Bg5 38. Qd1 $2 {The tables have turned and Jakovenko had a chance to
become the master of the situation after the exchange of minor pieces.} (38.
Nxg5 $1 Qxg5 39. Qd1 Qd8 40. Kg1 (40. Rxc5 $2 Qxd7 $19) 40... Re7 41. Rd3 $14)
38... Bd8 39. Rxc5 Qf8 40. Rd5 $6 {The last move before the time control is
often critical. Carlsen will get a chance to activate his major pieces.} (40.
Rc8 $2 Rd6 $1 $17) (40. Qd4 Rd6 41. Rd5 Rxd5 42. Qxd5 Qb4 43. b3 (43. h3 Qxb2
44. Ne5 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Kg7 $15) 43... Qxa5 44. Qxb7 Qa1+ 45. Ng1 $11
) 40... Qb4 41. b3 (41. Qc1 Re2 42. Rc5 Qa4 (42... Qg4 43. Qf1 Rxb2 44. Ne5 Qf5
45. Qxf5 gxf5 46. Kg1 Kf8 47. Rc8 Ke7 48. Nxf7 Kxd7 49. Rxd8+ Ke7 $11) 43. Ng1
Re4 44. Rd5 $15) 41... Re3 42. Nd2 Qc3 43. Nf3 (43. Qb1 f5 44. Qf1 Re5 $15)
43... Qb4 {Blinded by the heat of the fight both players are mysteriously
ignoring the possibility to eliminate the b3-pawn.} (43... Qxb3 $1 44. Kg1
Qxd1+ 45. Rxd1 Kf8 46. Rb1 Ke7 47. Rxb7 Re6 $17) 44. Nd2 Qf4 45. Nf3 (45. Kg1
Qh4 46. Nf3 Qb4 47. Nd2 Qh4 $11) 45... Rc3 46. Qe2 (46. Nd2 f5 47. h3 Kf7 $15)
46... Qe3 47. Qxe3 Rxe3 48. Rd4 {Yet another phase of the game is over and
White has found himself in an unpleasant position despite the threatening
d7-pawn.} (48. Kg1 f6 (48... Rxb3 49. Re5 $1 Kg7 50. Re8 Bxa5 51. d8=Q Bxd8 52.
Rxd8 a5 $11) 49. Rd4 Kf7 50. Rb4 Ke7 51. Rxb7 Bxa5 52. Nd4 Rc3 53. Kf2 h5 54.
b4 Bd8 55. b5 axb5 56. Nxb5 $15) 48... Kf8 (48... Rxb3 49. Re4 Rb1+ 50. Ng1
Bxa5 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. d8=Q Bxd8 53. Rxd8 h5 (53... a5 54. Ra8 Ra1 55. Rb8 $11)
54. Ra8 g5 $17) 49. Rb4 $2 {There was no easy solution to White's problems,
but the chosen path is worse than the alternative.} (49. Kg1 Ke7 50. b4 f5 51.
Ng5 (51. Kf2 Re4 52. Rxe4+ fxe4 53. Nd4 Kxd7 54. Ke3 Be7 55. b5 Bb4 56. bxa6
bxa6 57. Nb3 Kc6 $17) 51... b6 52. Nxh7 bxa5 53. bxa5 Bxa5 54. Nf8 Kxf8 55.
d8=Q+ Bxd8 56. Rxd8+ Kg7 $15) 49... Rd3 $1 50. Rxb7 Rd1+ 51. Ng1 Bxa5 52. g4 {
One more level of uncertainty is gone. White will be struggling in the endgame
without the a-pawn.} (52. b4 Bd8 53. g3 (53. Ra7 $6 Bb6 54. d8=Q+ Bxd8 55. Rxa6
Bg5 $1 56. Ra3 Re1 $19) 53... Ke7 $17) 52... Ke7 53. Kg2 Rxd7 54. Rxd7+ Kxd7
55. Kf3 (55. Nf3 Bd8 56. Kf2 Kd6 $17) 55... Kd6 56. Ke4 Kc5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Nf3
Bd8 59. h3 h6 60. h4 $2 {White's position is objectively hopeless, but Carlsen
would have to work hard on converting his advantage to the full point.
Exposing the pawn by moving to a square of the same colour as the bishop will
significantly shorten the defender's suffering.} (60. Ke3 Bb6+ 61. Kf4 Bf2 $17)
(60. Nd4 Bb6 61. Nf3 Bc5 62. Ne1 Ke5 63. Ng2 Ba7 64. Kd2 (64. b4 Bb6 65. Ne1
Kf4 66. Ke2 Kg3 67. Nd3 Kxh3 68. Kf3 Bd8 69. Nc5 g5 70. Nxa6 f5 $19) 64... Ke4
65. Ke2 Bd4 66. Ne1 Kf4 67. Nf3 Bb6 68. Nd2 Kg3 69. Ne4+ Kxh3 70. Kf3 Bc7 71.
Nf6 (71. Nc5 a5 72. Nd7 Kh4 73. Nf6 Bd8 74. Nd5 h5 $19) 71... Kh4 72. Ne4 (72.
Nd5 Be5 73. Nb4 Bd6 74. Nd5 Kg5 $19) 72... g5 73. Nf6 Bd8 74. Nd5 h5 $19) 60...
h5 $1 61. gxh5 (61. g5 Bb6 62. Nd2 Bf2 63. Nf3 Ba7 64. Nd2 Ke5 $19) 61... gxh5
62. Ke3 Kc5 63. Kd3 (63. Ke4 Kb4 64. Ne5 Bxh4 65. Nxf7 Kxb3 66. Nd6 Bf6 67. Nb7
Kb4 $19) 63... Kb4 {Zugzwang is a sufficient reason for abandoning the
resistance.} (63... Kb4 64. Kc2 Bf6 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe1 Ne8 (12... b5 13. Rd1 (13. Qg3
b4 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Bxg7 (15. Nd5 Bh4 16. Qe3 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Qg5 18. Qxg5+ Bxg5 {
0-1 Braginskij,A-Schwarz,M/Erlangen/1997/ (47)}) 15... Nxg7 16. Nd1 Ne5 17. Nd4
Bh4 18. Qf4 Qg5 {0-1 Hava,C-Forster,R/Stockerau/1992/ (28)}) 13... Qb6+ 14. Kh1
Ne5 15. Nd4 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Qg3 Rae8 19. Be3 {1-0 Petran,
P-Kluger,G/Budapest/1968/ (75)}) (12... Qc7 13. Rd1 Rfe8 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Kh1
Kh8 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qh3 Qb6 19. Bc1 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Unzicker,
W-Bobotsov,M/Lugano/1968/ (19)}) (12... Nd7 13. Rd1 Nce5 14. Nd5 (14. Kh1 Rc8
15. Nd4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5 gxf5 18. Qg3+ Ng6 19. exf5 Bc4 20. fxg6 hxg6 21.
Bxc4 Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Mas,H-Madhavan,C/Kuala Lumpur/1993/ (31)}) 14... Bxd5 15.
Rxd5 Nf6 16. Rd1 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nxe4 18. Bf3 Ng5 19. Bd5 Rae8 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
Qxe5 Bf6 22. Qf5 Re5 {1/2-1/2 Byrne,R-Browne,W/Wijk aan Zee/1980/ (22)}) (12...
Ne5 13. Rd1 (13. Nd4 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qc7 16. Kh1 Qc5 17. Nf5 Bf6 18.
c4 Rac8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Rac1 Rg8 21. Bg4 {1-0 Arutiunova,D-Istrati,I/Cannes/
1997/ (64)}) 13... Qc7 14. Qg3 b5 15. Rd2 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne4 18. Qd3
Nxd2 19. Qxd2 a5 {0-1 Pilotelle,B-Gocheva,R/Paris/1989/ (33)}) (12... d5 13.
Bf3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxb2 18. Be5 Qb4 19.
c3 Qa4 20. Rf4 {1-0 Toenniges,T-Sobisch,R/Germany/1995/ (34)}) (12... Rc8 13.
Rd1 Ne8 14. Qg3 Bh4 15. Qf3 Bf6 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Nd5
Ng4 20. h3 Bxd5 21. Qxg4 Be6 22. Qf3 Bxb2 {0-1 Lui,B-Lim Hoon Cheng/Genting
Highlands/1998/ (29)}) 13. Rd1 (13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Bg3 Nf6 15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Rd1
Rad8 17. Nd2 d5 18. exd5 {1/2-1/2 Arnason,J-Szekely,P/Tallinn/1983/ (18)})
13... Bh4 14. Qd2 Bf6 {Black bishops aims for the nice square e5, the pressure
along the a1-h8 diagonal is also not without importance.} 15. Nd5 $6 (15. Bxd6
Nxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rfd8 $44) 15... Bxb2 16. c3 (16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Be5
$15) 16... Ba3 17. Bg5 f6 (17... Qb8 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nd4 $15) 18. Be3 Bxd5 (
18... b5 19. c4 $1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 $15) 19. exd5 (19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Nd4 Bc5 21.
Rf2 Nc7 22. Qh5 Ne5 $17) 19... Ne5 20. Kh1 (20. Nd4 $5 Nc7 21. Nc2 Bc5 22. Bxc5
dxc5 23. d6 Ne6 $15) 20... Rc8 21. Nd4 Qa5 $1 {White has some compensation for
the pawn in the weakness of e6 square, but his pawn structure is compromised.}
(21... Nc7 22. Nc2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. d6 Ne6 25. Ne3 Qd7 $15) 22. Nf5 (22.
Ne6 Rf7 $17) 22... Rc7 23. Rb1 Bc5 (23... b5 24. Rb3 Bc5 25. Bf4 $15) 24. Bf4 (
24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. a4 g6 $17) 24... Rd7 (24... b5 25. Bg3 $15) 25. Nd4 (25. Bg3
b5 $15) 25... Ba7 26. Ne6 Rff7 27. Rb4 g6 (27... Nc7 $2 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Nxc7
Qxc7 30. Bg4 $1 $14) 28. Rfb1 f5 29. h3 $2 {Too slow in the critical moment,
white had to fight against the activisation of Ne8.} (29. Bg5 $5 Bc5 (29... Nf6
$2 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Rf7 33. Qb2 $18) 30. R4b3 b5 $15) 29...
Nf6 30. Bxe5 (30. c4 Ne4 31. Qc2 Rfe7 $17) 30... dxe5 31. c4 Ne4 32. Qh6 (32.
Qb2 Bd4 33. Nxd4 exd4 34. Bd3 Qc5 $17) 32... Ng3+ 33. Kh2 Nxe2 34. Rxb7 $2 (34.
R4b2 Nd4 $1 (34... Nc3 35. Rxb7 Nxb1 36. Rxd7 Be3 37. Qxe3 Rxd7 38. Qb3 $1 $40)
35. Ng5 Rfe7 36. Nxh7 Rxh7 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 $19) 34... Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Qe1 (35...
Rxb7 $2 36. Qf8#) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 a5 {Move a5 is played very often in reaction to 9...g4, but black
always inserts 9...Be6 for the control of d5 square.} (9... Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 (
10... Ne8 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 (12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a4 15. Na1 Nb8
16. Qb4 Bxg5 17. Rdg1 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Nd7 {0-1 Wantz,F-Letelier Martner,R/
Moscow/1956/ (31)}) 12... Nc6 13. Nd5 Nc7 14. Rg1 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Bc4 Qc8
17. c3 Ne8 18. Be2 Na6 19. Nxa5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nc4 {0-1 Rodrigues,
N-Leonardo,J/Lisbon/1996/ (31)}) 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 (12. Bb5 Na6 13. O-O-O Nb6
14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Qxa5 Nc7 {1/2-1/2
Sadvakasov,D-Ashley,M/Los Angeles/2000/ (67)}) (12. f4 a4 (12... exf4 13. Bxf4
Nc6 14. h4 a4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 a3 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rg1 d5 {0-1 Nikolenko,
O-Yuferov,S/Naberezhnie Chelni 1988/ (31)}) 13. f5 axb3 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. cxb3
Nc6 16. h4 Nc5 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Bxc5 Nxc4 19. bxc4 dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,
S-Gelfand,B/Klaipeda/1988/ (59)}) 12... Na6 (12... Nc6 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. O-O-O Nb4 17. Rhf1 Be6 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Rf1 Qc8 20. Bb5 Qc7
21. Bxd7 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Gelfand,B/Las Vegas/1999/ (21)}) (12... Nb6 13.
h4 N8d7 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. Bb5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Na3+ 18. bxa3 Qxc3 {
1/2-1/2 Sznapik,A-Yuferov,S/Mikolajki/1991/ (18)}) 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nac5
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. h4 Qc8 17. Bb5 Bd8 18. Qe2 Bb6 19. O-O-O {1-0 Dolmatov,
S-Ljubojevic,L/Madrid/1988/ (39)}) 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 (11. Qd2 a4 12. Nc1 Nb6
$13) 11... a4 12. Nd2 Nb6 (12... a3 13. b3 $14) 13. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Nc4 Nc6 (15... Nd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxd6 $16) (15... Ra6 16. Qd2 Be6 17.
O-O-O Bxd5 18. Qxd5 $14) 16. c3 {White has a strong grip in the center, black
risks losing d6 pawn for little compensation.} (16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6
18. Nxd6 Nb4 (18... Nd4 19. Bd1 Ra6 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. c3 Ne6 $14) 19. O-O-O
Nxa2+ 20. Kb1 Nb4 21. h5 $16) 16... b5 17. Nce3 (17. Ncb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Qxd6 Ng6 $14) (17. Na3 $5 b4 18. cxb4 Be6 19. Nc2 f5 20. Bb5 $16
) 17... Rb8 18. Rg1 Kh8 (18... b4 $2 19. Qxa4 $16) 19. a3 f6 (19... f5 $2 20.
exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 $18) 20. Bg4 $1 fxg5 (20... Bb7 21. g6 hxg6 22.
Be6 $18) 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qg4 Rf4 (22... h6 23. Nf5 Bf6 24. Rd1 $16) 23. Nxf4
exf4 24. Nd5 Ne5 25. Qe6 $1 {[%mdl 32] This fine move underlines the
domination on white squares, black is helpless against the knight d5.} (25. Qe2
gxh4 $13) 25... Nf3+ 26. Ke2 Nxg1+ 27. Rxg1 Bf8 (27... Bf6 28. hxg5 Be5 29. Ne7
Rc7 30. Ng6+ hxg6 31. Rh1# $18) 28. hxg5 Qe8 (28... Rb8 29. Nxf4 Qe8 30. Rd1
$18) 29. Qxe8 Rxe8 30. Kf3 g6 31. Kxf4 h6 32. Rh1 Re6 33. Ke3 (33. gxh6 Kh7 34.
Kg5 Re5+ 35. Kf6 Rh5 36. Rg1 Rxh6 37. Kf7 Bg7 38. f4 $18) 33... Kg8 (33... Kh7
34. b4 axb3 35. Rb1 hxg5 36. Rxb3 g4 37. Rxb5 Bh6+ 38. Kd3 $18) 34. Nf4 Re5 35.
Nxg6 Rxg5 36. Nxf8 Kxf8 37. Rxh6 Ke7 (37... Rg1 38. Rxd6 Rb1 39. Rd2 $18) 38.
Rh7+ Ke6 39. Rb7 d5 (39... Kf6 40. f4 Rc5 41. Kd4 $18) 40. Rb6+ Kd7 41. Kf4 Rh5
(41... Rh5 42. e5 Rh2 43. Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O (9... Ng4 10. g3 (10. Nd5 Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Na5 b6 13. Nb7
Qd7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxd6 Nc6 16. Qc3 Na5 17. Qxe5 Rfd8 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Nf5
Qf8 20. Qg3 {1-0 Frolov,A-Loginov,V (2455)/Uzhgorod 1988/ (38)}) 10... Nxe3 11.
Qxe3 Nd7 12. Kb1 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 O-O 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Nb6
18. Ra5 $11 {0-1 Krstic,U (2366)-Palac,M (2549)/Ljubljana 2004/ (30)}) 10. f4
exf4 $6 {[%mdl 4] Karjakin was probably unprepared for the white plan of
skipping the f2-f3 set up. In order to keep the balance black may have to jump
with his knight to g4 square at some stage.} (10... Ng4 11. g3 Nd7 (11... a5
12. Na4 Nd7 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Kb1 Ngf6 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 d5 17. f5 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Bd5 19. Nac3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Bg5 a4 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.
a3 h6 25. Qe4 {1/2 Firman,N (2495)-Szelag,M (2472)/Krakow 2006/ (51)}) 12. Bg1
b5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. f5 Bc4 17. Be3 a5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 b4 20. g4 a4 21. Nc1 e4 22. Qxb4 Bxd5 23. Bxe4 $4 (23. Qxa4 Bc6 24. Qd4
$13) 23... Rb8 24. Qxa4 Qb7 25. Qb3 Bxe4 $19 {0-1 Mongontuul,B (2408)-Motoc,A 
(2313)/Instanbul 2005/ (49)}) 11. Bxf4 Ne8 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Be2 (12. Bxd6 Bg4
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Rad8 $44) 12... Re8 13. Kb1 (13. Bxd6 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Bxd6
15. Qxd6 Qa5 $11) 13... Rc8 $13) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. g4 $1 {Ponomariov is
exercising a very good plan of an immediate kingpawns advance. White fully
benefits from the passive location of the knight on e8.} (13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Kb1
Be5 15. Rhf1 $14) 13... Bf6 (13... a5 $5 14. Nd5 a4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bg5
17. h4 $14) 14. g5 Be5 15. h4 Rc8 (15... a5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 (16... dxe5 17. Qxd8
Nxd8 18. Nc5 $16) 17. Nd4 $16) (15... Bxb3 $5 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Nc7 18. Bxe5
dxe5 19. Bc4 $14) 16. Kb1 Qb6 (16... Bxb3 17. axb3 Nc7 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. Bxe5
Nxe5 20. Rhf1 $16) 17. Nd5 $1 {White's control of the center is excellent, the
poor knight on e8 is still not participating in the battle.} Bxd5 (17... Qd8
18. Be3 b5 19. h5 $16) 18. exd5 Bxf4 (18... Ne7 $2 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. d6 $18)
19. Qxf4 Ne5 20. h5 Qd8 (20... f5 21. Nd4 Qc5 (21... Nc4 22. b3 Na3+ 23. Kb2
Qb4 24. Qd2 $18) 22. c3 Nc7 23. Nxf5 Rce8 24. g6 $18) 21. Nd4 Qd7 (21... Nc7
22. Nf5 a5 23. Rhf1 Na6 24. c3 Nc5 25. h6 $16) 22. Nf5 b5 {The first signs of
a potential counterplay, but white is much closer to the success.} 23. Rdf1 Nc7
(23... Rc5 24. Qe4 Nc7 25. Bd3 $1 g6 (25... Nxd3 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. cxd3 Ne6 28.
Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. dxe6 $18) 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Rxf8 Kxf8
29. Qf4+ Ke8 30. Qf6 $18) 24. Qd4 a5 25. Bg4 Qd8 (25... Kh8 26. h6 g6 27. Ne3
$18) 26. Re1 Ra8 (26... Re8 27. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 28. Bxc8 $18) 27. h6 g6 (27... Re8
28. Nxg7 Rf8 29. Bf5 $18) 28. Rxe5 $1 {Ponomariov doesn't hesitate with the
impressive final fireworks.} dxe5 (28... gxf5 29. Re7 $18) 29. Qxe5 f6 30. Ne7+
Kf7 (30... Kh8 31. gxf6 Rf7 32. Be6 $18) 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Qc6+ (32. Qc6+ Kxe7
33. Re1+ Kf7 34. Be6+ Ke7 35. Bg8+ Ne6 36. Rxe6#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 {It is possible to fight against the black
setup 6...e5 with purely positional weapons.} Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14.
Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 {Leko has learned the lesson from their game played in 2002,
when Shirov equalized after the surprising sacrifice of the central pawn with
a d6-d5 advance.} (15. Nc1 d5 $1 16. Bb6 $1 (16. exd5 Bb4 17. Bb6 Bxc3 18. Qxc3
Qd6 $11) 16... Qe8 (16... Qd7 17. b3 d4 (17... Bb4 18. bxc4 d4 19. N1a2 $16
Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Rxc4 21. Na2 Rfc8 22. c3 $16) 18. bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5
Rfc8 21. Qe1 Qxd5 22. c3 $16) 17. exd5 (17. Nxd5 Nxe4 18. Qe1 Nf6 19. Nxe7+
Qxe7 20. b3 Be6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Be3 f5 23. Nd3 f4 24. Bd2 Rf5 25. f3 {1/2
Petrik,T (2515)-Babula,V (2583)/Turin 2006 (55)}) 17... Bb4 18. d6 $1 (18. Nd3
Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxd5 20. Qxe5 Nxb6 21. axb6 Bxd3 22. Qxe8 Rfxe8 23. Rxd3 Rxc2 24.
Rd7 Rb8 $11) 18... Qd7 19. Nd3 (19. Qe3 Bxd6 20. Nb3 Qc6 $11) 19... Qxd6 20.
Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Ne4 $1 {1/2 Leko,P (2722)-Shirov,A (2697)/Dortmund 2002/ (29)})
15... Rc6 16. Bb6 Rxb6 $6 {Objectively the exchange sacrifice for two pawns is
playable, but from a higher point of view not very promising. Black will have
to face the difficult fight for a draw.} (16... Qc8 17. Nc1 h6 18. Nd3 Be6 $13)
17. axb6 Bxb3 (17... Qxb6+ 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Na5 $14) 18. cxb3 Qxb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxb3
20. Rac1 Rd8 (20... Qb6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 a5 (22... Qxb2 $6 23. Rb1 Qc2 24.
Rxb7 $16) 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Rdc1 g6 25. Rc7 $14) 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 (
22... Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qe2 24. Rxb7 Kf8 25. h3 $16) 23. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] The
dark-squared bishop on e7 continues to be a problem even in the endgame, since
the pawn strcuture has very poor dynamics.} Rd7 24. g3 Kf8 (24... g6 25. Kg2 f5
26. exf5 gxf5 27. f4 $1 exf4 28. gxf4 Kg7 29. Rxf5 Bf6 30. Rc2 $16) 25. f4 f6 (
25... exf4 26. gxf4 Ke8 27. b3 Rd8 28. Kg2 Kd7 29. Kf3 $14) 26. Kg2 Bd8 27. Kf3
Ke7 28. b4 (28. Rc8 Bb6 29. b4 Bd4 30. f5 $14) 28... Rc7 $2 {Leko would be
facing a much harder task of trying to win if the rook could defend the 7th
rank.} (28... Bb6 29. Rc8 Bd4 $14) 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. Rd1 Bb6 (30... exf4 $5
31. gxf4 g6 32. f5 Bb6 33. h4 $14) 31. Ke2 Bd4 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. f5 $1 {White is
excellently fixing the structure on the dark squares; the pawn on g7 is a
future object of attack.} Bb6 (33... Kc6 34. Rc1+ Kd7 35. g4 $16) 34. Rc1 Bd4
35. Rc2 Bb6 36. g4 h6 37. h4 Bd8 {The necessity to play passively with a bad
bishop is a bad sign.} (37... Bd4 38. g5 $1 hxg5 39. hxg5 Bb6 (39... fxg5 40.
Rg2 Ke7 41. Rxg5 Kf7 42. Rg6 $18) 40. g6 $18) 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. Kb3+ Kd7 (39...
Kb5 40. Rc8 $18) 40. Kc4 Kc6 41. b5+ $1 {At the end of the day Leko realized
that he would not be able to break into the opponent's position without
further investment of material.} axb5+ (41... Kb6 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Kd5 $18) (
41... Kd7 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Kd5 $18) 42. Kb4+ Kd7 (42... Kb6 43. Rc8 Bc7 44.
Re8 $1 (44. Rg8 d5 45. exd5 e4 46. Re8 Be5 47. Rc8 e3 48. Rc2 $14) 44... Kc6
45. Re7 Bb8 46. Rxg7 d5 47. exd5+ Kxd5 48. Rxb7 $18) 43. Kxb5 Be7 44. Rd2 Kc7
45. Rd1 {Shirov can only blame himself for the inability to use his great
tactical gift in this game. The exchange sacrifice on move 16 was simply not
forced.} (45. Rd1 Bd8 46. Ra1 Kb8 47. Kc4 Bb6 48. Kd5 Bf2 49. Kxd6 Bxh4 50. Rc1
Bg5 51. Rc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Qd3 (14. a5
Qc7 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qg3 (18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Be3 f5 20.
Qg3 Bxe4 21. Bxa6 Rd6 22. Bd3 Ba8 23. Qf2 Rg6 24. Rg1 Bd6 {0-1 Larsen,
B-Romanishin,O/Riga 1979/ (40)}) 18... Rad8 19. Be3 Bxe4 20. fxe5 Bxc2 21. Bc4
Qc6 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qf2+ Kg8 25. Qxc2 {1-0 Geisendorf,
L-Melzer,G/DDR-ch M744 corr 1985/ (44)}) 14... Nd7 15. Bf3 (15. Be3 Qc7 16.
Rac1 $11) 15... Rac8 16. Bg4 $6 (16. Be3) 16... Rcd8 (16... Rfd8 $5) 17. Bxd7
Rxd7 18. fxe5 d5 {[%mdl 2048] The win of a pawn for white was rather dubious.
White had given up strong bishop and black will in effect get lots of control
of the position.} (18... Qc6 19. Na5 Qxe4 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 $15) 19. Bf4 Rfd8 20.
exd5 Bxd5 21. Qg3 Qc6 22. Qf2 (22. Rfc1 Be4 $15) 22... Qg6 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Qg3
(24. Nd4 Qxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxd4 $15) 24... Be4 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26.
Be3 (26. c4 bxc3 27. bxc3 Ba3 28. Ra1 Bb2 $15) 26... Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 {
The punishment is severe; white had to part with a spare pawn, but his pieces
coordination is poor and pawns remain weak.} 28. Nd4 (28. Nc5 Rd5 29. Nxa6 Rxe5
30. Re1 b3 $1 31. a5 Ba3 32. Nb8 (32. bxa3 b2 $19) 32... Bxb2 $19) 28... Bxa4
29. Ra1 (29. e6 fxe6 30. Nxe6 Bf6 31. Nc5 Re7 $19) 29... Bb5 30. Nxb5 (30. b3
Rd5 $19) 30... axb5 31. Kg1 Rd5 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Bf4 (33. Ra7 Rxe5 $19) 33...
g5 34. Bg3 Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Bd4 {In effect this is the end of the story, white
loses more material.} 36. e6 (36. b3 Bxe5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 $19) (36. Re8 Bxb2 $19)
36... fxe6 37. b3 Bf6 38. Ke2 (38. Re8 Rd3 39. Rxe6 Rxb3 $19) 38... Rc5 39. Be1
Rc2+ 40. Kf1 (40. Kf3 Rb2 $19) 40... Rb2 41. Rb8 (41. Bxb4 Rxb3 $19) 41... Rxb3
42. Rxb5 Rb1 {Nice final touch, white fails to eliminate the black b pawn.} (
42... Rb1 43. Ke2 (43. Rxb4 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 Bc3+ $19) 43... b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lioe, Dede"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Rfc8 14. Be3 b5 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Ra4 Bb5 18. Ra5 Qc6 19. Bd3 Bd8 20. Ra2 {White is
well advised to get some play in this type of position, since Black has a good
plan of improving his pieces.} (20. Ra3 Rab8 21. Qf3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 a5 23. Rb1
h6 24. h3 Rb4 25. Nxa5 Bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rd4 27. Ra6 Qb7 28. Qb5 {1-0 Kononenko,
D-Rudenko,E/Simferopol 2003/ (54)}) 20... Bxd3 21. Qxd3 (21. cxd3 Rab8 22. Nd2
a5 23. Qf3 $13) 21... a5 22. Rfa1 Rab8 23. h3 (23. Nxa5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxb2 25.
Ra6 Rb6 26. h3 h6 $15) 23... h5 24. Ra4 h4 25. R1a2 Rb4 26. Kh2 (26. Nd2 Bb6
27. Qa6 Bd4 28. Qxa5 Rxb2 29. Rc4 Rxa2 30. Rxc6 Rxa5 31. Rxc8+ Kh7 $15) 26...
Bb6 (26... Nxe4 27. Rxb4 Nf2 28. Nxa5 Bxa5 29. Qb5 Bxb4 30. Qxb4 e4 $13) 27.
Ra1 Qc7 28. Kh1 (28. Nb5 $2 Qxc2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32.
Nxd6 Rxb2 33. Nxf7 g6 $19) 28... Qc4 $1 {[%mdl 32] The key move to break
White's defense, he has too many weaknesses to hold the current set up.} 29.
Nd2 (29. Rxb4 Qxd3 30. cxd3 axb4 31. Nd1 d5 $17) 29... Qxd3 30. cxd3 Rxb2 31.
Nc4 Rb3 32. R1a3 (32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Bc7 34. Nxa5 Bxa5 35. Rxa5 Rxd3 $17) (
32. Nxb6 Rcxc3 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. exd5 Rc5 $19) 32... Rxa3 33. Rxa3 Bd4 34. Kh2 (
34. Nb5 Nxe4 35. Nxd4 Ng3+ 36. Kg1 exd4 37. Rxa5 f6 38. Rd5 Rc5 39. Rxd6 Rxf5
$19) 34... Bxc3 35. Rxc3 a4 (35... Rc5 36. Rc1 d5 37. exd5 Nxd5 38. Ra1 Ne7 $19
) 36. Ra3 Nxe4 $1 {Black has extra material and also some vague chances to set
up the mating attack against the White king.} 37. Rxa4 Nc5 38. Nxd6 (38. Ra5
Nxd3 39. Nxd6 Rd8 $17) 38... Rd8 39. Rc4 Nxd3 40. Nb5 (40. Ne4 f6 41. g3 Rd4
42. Rxd4 exd4 43. gxh4 Kh7 44. Kg3 Kh6 $17) 40... Nf4 41. Rc2 Kh7 42. Rf2 Kh6
$1 {The target is f5 pawn and his demise will end the struggle.} 43. Rc2 Kg5
44. Rc7 Kf6 45. Nc3 Rd4 (45... Rf8 46. g4 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Kxf5 48. Nb5 f6 $19)
46. g4 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Nd5 48. Rc6+ Kxf5 49. Nb5 Rd3+ 50. Kh2 f6 51. Nd6+ Kg6
52. Nc4 Kg5 53. Rc8 Rc3 54. Rc6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Qe1 h6 15.
Nc1 d5 $5 {Black has all the forces prepared for this advance, so it is
logical to make it in suitable moment.} 16. Nxd5 (16. exd5 Bf5 17. Nd3 e4 18.
Nf4 Bd6 $11) 16... Bxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. c3 Bd6 19. h3 $14) 17.
exd5 Qxc2 18. Bd3 (18. d6 $1 Bf8 19. Ra3 $14) 18... Qxb2 19. Rb1 (19. Ra2 Qb4
$15) 19... Qa3 20. Bf5 (20. Rxb7 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Nb3 Rxd5 23. Bxa6 Rxd1
24. Qxd1 $14) 20... Rcd8 $2 {Tactically very unfortunate solution as white d
pawn will become a superpower.} (20... Qd6 21. Rxb7 Rb8 $11) (20... Bd6 21.
Rxb7 Rc7 22. Rb1 Qa4 $11) 21. d6 $1 Bf8 (21... Bxd6 22. Rb3 Qa4 23. Rxd6 $18)
22. Rb3 $6 {It was much better just to grab a pawn with fair chances for the
opening advantage.} (22. Rxb7 $1 g6 23. Bh3 Nc5 24. Rb6 Nfd7 25. Rc6 $16) 22...
Qa4 23. Rxb7 g6 24. Bh3 (24. Bd3 Qc6 25. Ra7 Nb8 $11) 24... Ne4 (24... Bg7 25.
Nd3 Rb8 26. Ra7 $16) 25. Rb4 (25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Bxh6 Bxh6 28.
Qxe4 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Qxd6 $11) 25... Qc6 26. Bb6 Nxb6 $2 {Both very strong
players are making sloppy tactical decisions , Smirnov ommits a good
continuation with 26...Nc3!?} (26... Nc3 $5 27. Bxd8 (27. Rd3 Nd5 28. Bxd8 Nxb4
29. Rc3 (29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Qxb4 Rxd8 $17) 29... Qxd6 30. Bc7 Qd5 $17) 27...
Nxd1 28. Be7 Bxe7 29. dxe7 Nc3 $11) 27. Rxb6 Qc2 28. d7 Re7 29. Ne2 $2 {
Small comedy of errors continues, Asrian might have hoped for an advantage
with 29.Nd3!} (29. Nd3 $1 Nc3 (29... Ng5 30. Bg4 Qc4 31. Qb4 $16) 30. Rd2 Qa4
31. Nb2 $1 Qxa5 32. Rdd6 Rexd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Bxd7 Qxb6 35. Qxc3 $16) 29...
Ng5 30. Rbd6 e4 (30... Nxh3+ 31. gxh3 Qf5 32. Ng3 Qxh3 33. Qf1 $11) 31. Bg4 e3
32. f3 (32. f4 Ne6 33. Rc1 Qe4 34. Rxa6 Rdxd7 $11) 32... h5 (32... Ne6 $1 33.
Rc1 Qb2 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 fxe6 $11) 33. Rc1 Qb2 (33... Qa2 34. Rc8 Rexd7
35. Bxd7 Rxc8 36. Rxg6+ fxg6 37. Bxc8 Bb4 $15) 34. Rc8 hxg4 $2 (34... Rexd7 $1
35. Bxd7 Rxc8 36. Rxg6+ fxg6 37. Bxc8 Qb4 $11) 35. Rxd8 gxf3 $2 (35... Rxd7 36.
R6xd7 gxf3 37. Kf1 Qf6 38. Qg3 (38. h3 fxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qxh3 41. Nd4
Ne4 $11) 38... fxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Ne6 40. Ra8 Qf5 $16) 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (36... Kg7
37. Rg8+ Kxg8 38. d8=Q+ Kg7 39. Qc3+ $18) 37. d8=Q+ Re8 38. Qc3 $2 (38. Qh4 $1
Rxd8 39. Rxd8+ Ke7 40. Qxg5+ f6 41. Qxe3+ Kxd8 42. Qxf3 $18) 38... fxe2 $4 {
[%mdl 64] Time trouble has heavily influenced the last phase of the game, the
mistakes are winning in magnitude.} (38... Qb1+ 39. Rd1 $18) (38... Qxc3 39.
Nxc3 e2 40. Qxe8+ (40. Rd1 Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ Ke7 42. Kf2 fxg2 43. Nxe2 Kxd8 $17)
40... Kxe8 41. Rd1 exd1=Q+ 42. Nxd1 fxg2 $17) 39. Qxe8+ Kxe8 40. Qc8+ Ke7 41.
Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Odeev, Handszar"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1
Qd6 15. c4 Rad8 16. a3 Qc7 (16... e4 17. Qd2 $14) 17. Rab1 a5 18. Bd2 e4 (18...
b5 19. Bf3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Qf5 $14) 19. Qh3 Ne8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 f5
22. Qb3 (22. b5 $5 Nd6 23. Bf4 $14) 22... Rf7 23. g3 Rc8 24. Bf1 g6 25. Ra1
cxb4 26. c5 $5 {[%mdl 32] The consequent opening of the a2-g8 diagonal comes
at a cost of three pawns!} (26. Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4 Nd6 28. Ra4 Qc5 $11) 26...
Bxc5 (26... Qxc5 $2 27. Rac1 $18) 27. d6 Nxd6 (27... Qxd6 28. Be3 (28. Bc4
Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qc5+ 30. Ke1 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 32. Ra8 Re7 33. Bg5 Re6 $19)
28... Qe7 29. Bc4 b6 $13) (27... Bxd6 28. Rac1 Bc5 29. Bc4 $13) 28. Bf4 g5 (
28... Kg7 29. Rac1 Rd7 30. Be5+ $1 Kh6 (30... Kf8 31. Qe6 Re8 32. Qf6+ Rf7 33.
Bxd6+ $18) 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Qe6 Rcd8 33. Qf6 Qxe5 34. Qxe5 Nf7 35. Rxd7 Nxe5
36. Rxd8 $18) (28... Rd8 29. Bc4 Qe7 30. Bxf7+ Nxf7 $13) 29. Bxg5 b5 30. Bf4
Qc6 (30... Qb6 31. Kg2 (31. Bxd6 $2 Bxd6 32. Qe6 Rc2 $19) 31... Nc4 (31... Qc6
32. Rac1 Nc4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Qxc4 $14) 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Qxc4 e3 34. f3 $11)
31. Qe6 {Suddenly black has to realize, that he faces serious problems.} Re8 (
31... Nb7 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. Bxb5 Rc8 34. Bd7 Rd8 35. Be6 $14) 32. Qd5 (32. Qh6
Rd7 33. Rac1 e3 34. Bxe3 Bxe3 35. fxe3 Qe4 36. Rd4 Qxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Bxb5
$11) 32... Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Nb7 (33... Rc8 34. Bxd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 $18) 34. Bxb5
Ree7 (34... Re6 35. Bd7 Ref6 36. Ra8+ Bf8 (36... Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. Bxf5
$14) 37. Be8 $14) 35. Bh6 $1 {White is only pawn down and his pieces are just
excellent, black is doomed.} Re6 (35... Rf6 36. Bg5 $16) 36. Bc4 Bxf2+ (36...
Rxh6 37. Rxf5 Nd6 38. Bxf7+ Nxf7 39. Rxc5 $18) 37. Kxf2 Rxh6 38. Rxf5 Nd6 39.
Bxf7+ Kg7 (39... Nxf7 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Ra7 Rf6 42. Rxf6 Kxf6 43. Rb7 $18) 40.
Rf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. fxe5 dxe5 (11... Qb6+ 12. Qd4 Qxd4+ 13. Nxd4 dxe5
14. Nf5 Bb4 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Ne3 Bc5 {
0-1 Saastamoinen,A-Tyni,J/Tampere 1989/ (35)}) 12. Qxd8 {Yurtaev simplifies
into an endgame, in which he keeps the slight initiative due to the better
developed pieces.} (12. a3 Nbd7 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Qe1 Rac8 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Na5
Ba8 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bg4 Rcd8 20. Bf5 Nh7 21. Bxh7 Kxh7 22. Qg4 Qc8
{0-1 Wolter,K-Heinemann,T/Muenster 1992/ (40)}) 12... Rxd8 (12... Bxd8 13. Be3
Nbd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 $11) 13. Na5 Bc8 14. Nd5 (14. Be3 Bb4 15. Bb6 Rd6 16. Rad1
Nbd7 $11) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Bb6 (16... f5 $1 17. Bg5 Re8 18.
Rad1 Bb6 19. Nb3 Nd7 $11) 17. Bd2 Bf5 (17... f5 18. c4 e4 19. Be2 $11) 18. c4 (
18. Rae1 $1 f6 (18... Bxc2 19. Rxe5 Nd7 20. Re7 Nf6 21. Nb7 Rd7 22. d6 $16) 19.
d6 e4 20. Bxe4 (20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Ra7 22. Bd5+ Kf8 23. Bb4 Rad7 24. c4
Bxa5 25. Bxa5 Rxd6 26. Bb4 a5 27. Bxd6+ Rxd6 $11) 20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxd6 22.
Bb4 Rd7 23. Re8+ Kf7 24. Rfe1 Rda7 $11) 18... Bd3 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Rac1 $6 {
White is still ambitious, but he probably should have worried about equality.}
(20. Nc6 bxc4 (20... Re8 21. d6 Bf2 22. Nxe5 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5
25. Bxa8 Bxc4 26. b3 $16) 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Bc3 Bf2 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bc5
$11) 20... Re8 (20... Bf2 $1 21. d6 (21. Red1 e4 $17) 21... Bxe1 22. Rxe1 bxc4
23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc1 $15) 21. b3 (21. Be2 Bxa5 22. Bxa5 bxc4 $17) 21... e4 22.
Be2 Bf2 $1 (22... Ne5 $2 23. c5 $1 e3 24. Bb4 Bxa5 (24... Bxe2 25. cxb6 Nd3 26.
Nc6 Nxc1 27. b7 Rab8 28. Nxb8 Rxb8 29. Rxc1 Bg4 30. h3 Bf5 31. g4 $18) 25. Bxa5
Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Nd3 27. Rc3 Nf4 28. Rexe3 Nxd5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd3 $14) (22...
Nc5 23. Nc6 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nd3 25. Rf1 $11) 23. Rf1 e3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Suddenly
Carlsen is so active, that he can afford small combination aiming at the
dislocated knight on a5.} 24. Bxd3 (24. Bxe3 Bxe2 25. Bxf2 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Re2
$17) 24... exd2 25. Rcd1 Re1 26. Rxd2 (26. g4 Ne5 27. Rxd2 Nxd3 28. Kg2 Rxf1
29. Kxf1 Be1 30. Rxd3 Bxa5 31. c5 Bb4 32. c6 Bd6 $17) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Be1
28. Rd1 (28. Rb2 Bxa5 29. b4 Bd8 30. cxb5 a5 $17) 28... Bxa5 29. cxb5 axb5 30.
Bxb5 Rd8 {White is left with two pawns for the piece, but no real chance for
successful resistance.} 31. d6 Kf8 32. g3 (32. a3 Nf6 33. d7 Bc3 34. Rd3 Be5
35. Kg1 Ke7 $19) 32... Nf6 33. d7 Ke7 34. a3 Nxd7 35. b4 Ne5 36. Rxd8 (36. Re1
Bc7 37. a4 Rd4 38. Rb1 Bd6 $19) 36... Bxd8 37. a4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxe4 (12... Bb7 13. Qd3 a5 14. Be3
exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. Qe2
Bxd3 21. cxd3 {1-0 Slobodjan,R-Womacka,M/Schoeneck 1996/ (45)}) 13. Bf3 f5 14.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxe4 {[%mdl 4] White has chosen the
variaton, that can not be so bad for black. All Kobalijas pieces are working
fine and c2 pawn can become weak.} (17. Bg5 Re8 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20.
Rad1 Nc6 21. Nxe4 Be6 22. Nc5 Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Womacka,M/Germany 1994/ (53)
}) (17. Nc5 Nxc5 $5 18. Bxa8 f4 $1 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Bd2 a5 22. c3
Nb3 23. cxb4 e4 24. g4 Bg6 25. Bg2 f3 26. Bh3 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Nd5 {0-1 Wang
Zili-Zhang Zhong/Shenyang 1999/ (33)}) 17... fxe4 18. Bg5 Ra7 19. Rae1 (19. Nc5
h6 $1 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nxe4 Bb7 22. Rae1 Rc7 $17) 19... h6 20. Bd2 (20. Bxe7
Rxe7 21. Rxe4 Rc7 22. Re2 Bg4 23. Ref2 Bd1 24. Na1 b3 $1 25. Nxb3 Bxc2 $17)
20... a5 (20... Nc6 21. Rxe4 Rf7 22. Kg1 Be6 $15) 21. Rxe4 Nc6 22. Be3 (22. Kg1
Be6 23. Be3 Bxb3 24. cxb3 Rad7 $17) 22... Rf7 23. Re1 $6 (23. Kg1 Rxf1+ 24.
Kxf1 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Be6 $15) 23... Be6 {All black pieces are better than their
counterparts, white is in trouble.} 24. Nd2 (24. Nc5 Bd5 25. Rg4 Nd4 26. Bg1
Nxc2 27. Rxe5 Rf1 $17) 24... Bf5 25. Rc4 Nd4 26. Rc1 (26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4
exd4 28. Rc1 Rc7 29. Nb3 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31. Nxd4 Bxa4 $17) 26... Nxc2 $6 {
Unnecessarily radical solution, white will get the chance to put a real
resistance.} (26... Rfd7 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Nb3 Rd5 $17) 27. R1xc2
Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Rd3 29. Bg1 (29. Bb6 Rf6 30. Bg1) 29... b3 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Nc4
$6 {Dervishi probably believed, that he can attack also a5 pawn. The best move
31.Nf3! would have not been easy to break.} (31. Nf3 $1 Re7 32. Rc1 e4 33. Re1
e3 $15) 31... Rf1 $1 32. Nxe5 Rd2 (32... Rdd1 33. Nf3 Rb1 $15) 33. h4 (33. Rb8
Rxb2 34. Nd7 Ra1 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Ng6+ Kf7 37. Ne5+ Kf6 $19) 33... Rxb2 34. Rb8
Rf4 35. g3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 24th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. g4 h6 10. g5 hxg5 11. fxg5 Nfd7 12. Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 4] This opening line
is played quite rarely, but it may change in the future. White has very
quickly achieved progress on the kingside without having to compromise his own
development.} Nc6 (12... Be7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 Nf8 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. h4 (16.
O-O-O O-O-O 17. h4 Kb8 18. Rhf1 g6 19. Rf7 Re8 20. Kb1 Nb6 21. Rdf1 Nc4 22. Bc1
{1-0 Lampe,D (2250)-Homuth,M/Germany 1994 (41)}) 16... O-O-O 17. Rf1 Qc4 18.
Nd2 Qb4 19. O-O-O d5 20. a3 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. exd5 Nc5 23. Rf7 Rd7 24. Rxe7
Rxe7 25. d6 {1-0 Grinberg,R (2460)-Seidler,A (2200)/Buenos Aires 1975}) (12...
Nb6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 Qd7 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. O-O Be7 18. c4 Nc6
19. Be3 O-O-O 20. Qg4 Qxc4 21. Rac1 Qb5 22. Rf7 Kb8 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Rxe7 Qd3
25. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Comp Saitek Sparc-Gebhardt,U (2240)/Muenster 1993 (61)}) (
12... Rh4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qf3 Nb6 15. g6 Nc6 16. Bg5 Rh8 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. O-O
Kd7 19. Qf7+ {1-0 Boros,D (2114)-Berczes,D (2176)/Budapest 2001}) 13. Be3 (13.
Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 O-O-O 15. Be3 (15. Qxe6 $6 Nd4 $15) 15... Re8 16. O-O-O)
13... O-O-O 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 Nb4 $6 {Van der Weide has spotted a chance
to exploit the potential of the central pawn advance. Timoshenko will have to
prove, that the witty idea comes too early.} (15... Re8 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. h4
$14) 16. O-O-O d5 $2 (16... Re8 17. h4 $16) 17. exd5 exd5 (17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5
exd5 19. Rxd5 $16) 18. a3 $1 d4 (18... Qc4 19. Qe6 Qc6 20. Qf7 d4 21. Bxd4 exd4
22. Nxd4 Nd3+ 23. cxd3 Qd6 24. Nf5 $16) (18... Nxc2 19. Kxc2 d4 20. Nxd4 exd4
21. Bxd4 Kb8 22. h4 $16) 19. axb4 dxc3 (19... dxe3 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Na5 $16) 20.
Rd3 $1 {A fine move, that was easy to miss from a distance. White's pieces
will quickly play to the maximum while Black will be moving only his queen.}
cxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Kb8 22. Rc3 (22. Rhd1 Rc8 23. Rxd7 Qc3+ 24. Ka2 Qxc2+ 25. Ka3
Rxh2 26. R1d2 $18) 22... Qd6 23. Rd1 Rh4 (23... Qe7 24. Qc4 $18) 24. Qxh4 Qxd1
25. Rd3 Qh1 26. Na5 $1 {Excellent idea, the knight is attacking the most
vulnerable spot b7. Black will find it impossible to organize any resistance.}
Be7 (26... e4 27. Qf4+ Ka8 28. Rxd7 $18) 27. Qg4 Kc7 (27... Nb6 28. Bxb6 Rxd3
29. cxd3 Qxh2+ 30. Kc3 $18) 28. Rd1 (28. Rd1 Qxh2 29. Qe4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rostock-08 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1982.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neukirch, Detlef"]
[Black "Bernard, Ryszard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1982.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Nxe4 Bxg5 10. Nxd6+ Kf8 11. Qd5 Qc7 12. Bc4) 9. Bxf6 (9.
f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. O-O O-O $10) 9... Bxf6 10. Nd5 (10. Nd2) 10... Bg5 11.
O-O (11. h4 $5 Bh6 12. g4 $14) 11... O-O 12. a4 (12. Qd3) 12... Nd7 13. a5 Rc8
14. c3 (14. c4 $5) 14... Nf6 15. Nb6 Rc6 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Politekhnik-Yantar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 Be6 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $1 d5 13. g5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
f6 Bb4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. fxg7 Rc8 (17... Kxg7 18. Be3 Nc6 19. c3 (19. Qh5 Rad8
20. Rf2 Rd7 21. Raf1 a5 22. c3 Bd6 23. Nd2 Qd3 24. Qg4 Be7 25. Nxe4 Nd8 26. Rf3
Qd5 27. Nf6 {1-0 Sikula,V-Vajda,S/Budapest/2000/ (27)}) 19... Be7 20. Qg4 Rad8
21. Nd2 Qb5 (21... Qd3 22. Rae1 Qd7 23. Qh5 Qd5 24. Rg1 Rd6 {0-1 Grabics,
M-Vajda,S/Ostrava/1999/ (85)}) 22. Nxe4 Qxb2 23. Rfb1 $1 Qc2 24. Rxb7 Rb8 25.
Rc7 Rb2 $4 (25... Rfc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rf1 $16) 26. Bg1 $18 {1-0 Hjartarson,
J-De Firmian,N/Stockholm/1996/ (27)}) 18. Be3 Nc6 19. c3 Be7 (19... Rd8 20. Nd2
Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Be7 22. Qd7 Rd8 23. Qh3 Rd3 24. g6 fxg6 25. Bh6 Rd8 26. Qd7 {
1-0 Oll,L-Ward,T/Chicago/1997/ (26)}) 20. Qg4 {The whole line can not be
recomended for black, white has massive attack for no compensation.} (20. Nd2
Qd3 (20... Qd5 21. Qg4 Kxg7 22. Nxe4 $16) 21. Qh5 Nd8 22. Rae1 $16) 20... Qd3
$6 (20... Kxg7 21. Nd2 Qd3 22. Rae1 $16) 21. Qf5 Nd8 (21... Qd5 22. Rad1 Qe6
23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rd7 $16) 22. Rad1 Qc4 (22... Qxe3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxf7#) (
22... Qc4 23. Na5 $1 Qxa2 24. c4 Rc7 25. Bb6 Rac8 26. Rd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Qc8 (10... Nbd7 11. a4 (11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne8 (12...
Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qf5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6
gxf6 19. Bg4 e4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Cap d'Agde 1998/ (51)}) (12...
Rc8 13. c4 Re8 (13... a5 14. Rac1 a4 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qa3 $16) 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15.
Qd2 b6 16. Rac1 g6 17. Qe1 h5 18. f3 a5 19. Nd2 Kh7 20. Bd3 Bh6 {0-1 Yemelin,
V-De Firmian,N/Elista 1998/ (44)}) 13. Qd2 a5 (13... Qc7 14. c4 (14. Na5 $5 {
/\ b4, c4+/=}) 14... a5 15. Rac1 (15. Rab1 $5) 15... g6 $1 (15... f5 16. f3 $16
) 16. Na1 Ng7 $10 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Nc2 $6 (18. f3 $10) 18... e4 $1 19. Be2 Nf5
20. Bf4 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Yemelin,V-Sakaev,K/St.Peterburg 1995/ (38)}) 14. a4 Nc5
15. f3 b6 16. Bb5 Nc7 17. Bc6 Ra7 18. Nc1 f5 19. c3 f4 20. Bf2 e4 21. Bxc5 bxc5
22. fxe4 Bg5 23. Nd3 {1-0 Boudre,J-Renet,O/Paris 1996/ (41)}) 11... Rc8 12. a5
Qc7 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 14. Nd5 Qc6 15. Bf3 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc4 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. Qd1 e4
19. Be2 Ne5 20. h3 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Sigurjonsson,G/Reykjavik 1984/ (20)}) (
10... Nc6 11. Rfd1 (11. a3 Na5 12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5
Bxd5 16. Bb6 Bd8 17. Bc5 Re8 18. b4 Rc8 19. c4 Be6 20. Rac1 f5 21. Be3 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Karasev,V/St.Petersburg 1995/ (49)}) 11... Rc8 12. a3 g6 13.
Bh6 Re8 14. Bg5 Kg7 15. Bxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. g3 Ne7 18. Nc3 Rc6 19. a4
Qc7 20. h3 Bh6 21. a5 Rd8 22. Qf3 f5 {0-1 Fishbein,A-De Fotis,G/Chicago 1989/ 
(32)}) 11. Rac1 a5 {xb5} (11... Nc6 12. a3 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Qd2
Ne5 16. Qd4 Qf5 17. f3 exf3 18. Nd2 Qg4 19. Nxf3 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd5 {0-1 Paz,
D-Leskiewicz,M/Guarapuava 1995/ (39)}) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. exd5 e4 14.
Qd4 $16) 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Qd1 Nd7 (14... a4 15. Nd2 a3 16. b3 $14) 15. a4 $1
Bg6 16. Kh1 f5 17. f4 Bf6 18. c3 Qd8 (18... e4 19. Nd4 $14) 19. Bb5 Be8 20.
fxe5 Bxe5 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Rxf5 $16) 21. Nd4 g6 22. Ne6 Qh4 {[%mdl 32] Black
correctly strives for counterplay on the kingside, since the structure on the
other flank favours white.} 23. Bf4 Rf7 24. Qe2 (24. Qe1 Qxe1 (24... Qf6 $2 25.
Bg5 Qh8 26. Nd8 $18) 25. Rcxe1 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Ne5 $14) 24... Bxf4 $6 (24... Re7
$5 25. Qe1 $5 (25. Bxd7 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Bxd7 $13) (
25. Rce1 Bxf4 (25... Rxe6 $2 26. g3 $18) 26. Rxf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Rxe2 28. Rxe2
Ne5 $11) 25... Qxe1 26. Rcxe1 Bxf4 27. Nc7 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rc8 29. Nxe8 Nb6 30.
Re7 Nxd5 31. Rxb7 $14) 25. Rxf4 Qh6 $2 (25... Qf6 26. Re1 $14) 26. Qe1 $1 {
All of sudden the black queen is trapped on the h file.} Nf6 (26... g5 27. Qg3
g4 28. Bd3 $18) 27. Rh4 Nh5 28. Be2 Re7 (28... f4 29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. Nxf4 $16
Rxf4 $2 31. Qg3+ Rg4 32. Qxg4+ hxg4 33. Rxh6 Bg6 34. Re1 $18) 29. Bxh5 gxh5 30.
Qg3+ Kh8 (30... Qg6 $2 31. Qxd6 $18) 31. Rf1 Qf6 32. Rhf4 (32. Re4 $5 Bd7 33.
Qxd6 Rae8 34. Re5 Bxe6 35. dxe6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Qb8+ $18) 32... Bg6 33.
Qd3 Qe5 34. h3 Rae8 35. Qd2 Rg8 36. Re1 Qf6 37. Qf2 h6 (37... Rd7 $1 38. Qb6
Ra8 $16) 38. Qb6 $1 {Converting the advantage with timely attack against
additional targets- pawns a5 and d6.} Rd7 (38... Ra8 39. Qxd6 $18) 39. Qxa5 Bf7
40. Qb6 Re8 41. Qf2 Bxe6 (41... Bg6 42. c4 $18) 42. dxe6 Rxe6 43. Rxe6 Qxe6 44.
Rxf5 $18 Kh7 (44... Re7 45. Rxh5 $18) 45. Rf6 Qe5 46. Qf5+ (46. Qc2+ Kg8 47.
Rg6+ Rg7 (47... Kf8 48. Qd2 $18) 48. Qb3+ Kh7 49. Rxg7+ Qxg7 50. Qd5 $18) 46...
Qxf5 47. Rxf5 d5 (47... Kg6 48. Rd5 $18) 48. Rxh5 d4 49. cxd4 Rxd4 50. b3 Kg6 (
50... Rb4 51. Rb5 $18) 51. Rb5 Rd7 52. Kh2 Rf7 53. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. a4 b4 (11... Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14.
Bxb5 Nb4 (14... Na7 15. Bd3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Na5 $14) 15. Qe2
$5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. c3 Bd5 $8 18. cxb4 Bxb3 19. fxe5 Bd5 {0-1 Zelcic,
R-Sutovskij,E/Dresden/1998/ (36)}) 12. Nd5 Nxe4 (12... Bb7 13. Qd3 a5 14. Be3
exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. Qe2
Bxd3 21. cxd3 Bg5 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 {1-0 Slobodjan,R-Womacka,M/Schoeneck/
1996/ (45)}) 13. Bf3 f5 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Nc5 (17.
Bg5 Re8 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Nxe4 Be6 22. Nc5 Bc4 23.
Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Womacka,M/BL2-O/1994/ (53)}) 17... Nxc5 $5 {[%mdl 1024]
White could not have hoped for much in this line, but the spirited exchange
sacrifice by black even puts him in danger.} 18. Bxa8 f4 19. Bf3 (19. Re1 Ng6 (
19... Bf5 20. Bxf4 (20. Bf3 Ng6 21. Rd1 Rc8 $17) 20... Ne6 (20... exf4 21. Rxe7
Rxa8 22. Re5 $16) 21. Rxe5 Nxf4 22. Rxe7 Rxa8 $15) 20. Bf3 Bf5 21. Bd1 Kf7 $15)
19... Bf5 20. Rd1 (20. Re1 Bxc2 21. Bxf4 Nd3 (21... exf4 22. Rxe7 Nxa4 $11) 22.
Bg5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 $11) 20... Rc8 21. Bd2 (21. Rd2 $5 e4 22. Be2 e3 23. Rd4 g5
$15) 21... a5 (21... Bxc2 22. Re1 (22. Bxb4 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Kf7 $17) 22... Nd3
23. Bb7 $1 Rc7 24. Bxa6 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 $15) 22. c3 $6 {Wang Zili falls apart
under the strain, black pieces are just excellently located.} (22. Re1 e4 23.
Bc1 e3 $1 $17) 22... Nb3 23. cxb4 (23. Ra2 Bc2 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Re1 Nc6 26.
Bxc6 Rxc6 27. cxb4 axb4 $17) 23... e4 24. g4 (24. Bh5 g6 25. Bxf4 Nxa1 26. Rxa1
Nd5 $19) 24... Bg6 $1 (24... fxg3 $6 25. Bg2 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 $15) 25. Bg2 (25.
Ra3 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 axb4 27. Rb3 exf3 $19) 25... f3 26. Bh3 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Nd5 {
Apart from two passed pawns also the activity of pieces of the opponents
speaks volumes for black.} 28. g5 (28. bxa5 e3 $19) 28... Rc2 29. Be6+ Bf7 30.
Bxd5 (30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bc3 axb4 32. Be5 e3 33. Rf1 f2 $19) 30... Bxd5 31. Be3
Re2 32. Bb6 e3 33. h4 (33. h4 f2+ 34. Kh2 f1=Q+ 35. Kg3 Qf3#) 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 (7...
Be6 {/\ Nbd7, Be7}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 (9. f4) 9... Be6 10. f4 (10. a4) 10...
exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rc8 (12... Qb6 $143 {Smyslov-Panno/Amsterdam ct/1956}
) 13. Qe1 Ne5 (13... Nd7 $142 {/\ Ne5}) 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15. Nd4 (15. Be3 $142 {
Unzicker}) 15... Qb6 16. Bc1 Rfe8 17. Qg3 Bf8 18. Nf5 Kh8 $4 (18... Rc6) (18...
Bxf5) (18... g6 {Ivkov}) 19. Rxd6 Qa5 20. Rdd1 b5 (20... Bxa2 21. b4 $1) 21. a3
Bxf5 (21... Qc7 $142) 22. exf5 Bxa3 23. Nxb5 Rxc2 (23... axb5 24. Qxa3 Qxa3 25.
bxa3 Rxc2 (25... Rb8 26. Rd5) 26. Bxb5 $18 {Unzicker}) (23... Bxb2 24. Bxb2
axb5 25. Rxd7 $18) 24. Nd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxb2 26. Rcd1 Nf6 (26... Bc3 27. Nf3
$14) 27. Qb3 Bc3 28. Bf3 Qc5 29. Rc1 Qxd4 30. Qxc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 h5 $138 (31...
Nxf3 $142 {/\ h5}) 32. Re3 Nfg4 33. Bxg4 hxg4 34. f6 gxf6 (34... Re6 $142 {
Ivkov}) 35. Rxf6 Rb8 36. Kg1 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Rxa6 f6 40. Ra5
(40. h4 $142 gxh3 41. gxh3 Rb5 42. Re2 Kg6 43. Rf2 Nd7 44. Rd6 {Unzicker})
40... Nc4 $2 (40... Kg6 $1 41. Rexe5 $2 fxe5 42. Rxe5 Kh6 43. Re4 Kh5 $10 {
Unzicker}) 41. Re7+ Kg6 42. Rc5 $2 (42. Ra6 $1 Rb3+ (42... Kf5 43. Rf7 Kg5 44.
Rg7+ $1 Kf5 45. Rxg4 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Ne3+ {/\ Ng4 +- Ivkov}) 43. Kf4 $1 (43.
Kxg4 $2 Ne3+) 43... Rb2 44. Ree6 Rxg2 45. Rxf6+ Kg7 46. Rfc6 $40 {+- Unzicker})
42... Nd6 $1 43. Kxg4 (43. Re6 $2 Nf5+ $1 44. Kxg4 Rb4+ 45. Kh3 (45. Kf3 Nd4+
$17) 45... Rh4# {Unzicker}) 43... Rxg2+ 44. Kh3 Ra2 45. Rec7 (45. Re3 Nf5 46.
Rf3 Nd4 47. Rg3+ Kf7) 45... Ne4 46. Rc2 Ra3+ 47. Kg4 Nd6 48. Rg2 Ra4+ 49. Kf3+
Kf5 50. Rc5+ Ke6 51. Re2+ (51. Rc6 $5) 51... Kf7 52. Rc7+ Kg6 53. Rg2+ Kf5 54.
Rc5+ Ke6 55. Re2+ $6 (55. Rc6 $1) 55... Kf7 56. Rd5 Nc4 57. Rf5 Kg6 58. Rf4
Ne5+ 59. Kg3 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Kg5 61. Ref2 Ra6 62. Rf5+ Kg6 63. h3 Nd3 64. Rf1 Ne5
(64... Ra2+ 65. Kg3 Ra6) 65. Kh2 Nf7 66. R5f4 Ne5 67. R4f2 Rb6 68. Rg2+ Kf7 $2
(68... Kh6 $1) 69. h4 Ng6 $2 (69... Rb4 70. Kh3 Ng6 71. Rg4 Rb3+ 72. Kh2 Rb5
73. Rfg1 Ne5 74. Rg7+ Ke6 75. R1g3 Rb4 76. Kh3 Rb1 $14 {Ivkov}) 70. h5 Ne5 71.
h6 Rb8 (71... Ng6 72. Rfg1 f5 73. h7 Nh8 74. Rg7+ {Unzicker}) 72. Rg7+ Ke6 73.
h7 Rh8 74. Kg3 f5 75. Rh1 Kf6 76. Rg8 f4+ 77. Kxf4 Ng6+ 78. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. Qd2 (12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Nd7 15. a5 (15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 (16... Bg5 17. Bf2 (17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Na5
Nc5 19. Rb1 Bc8 20. Rb6 Bd7 21. Rxd6 Bxa4 22. Qb1 Rfb8 23. Rb6 Qd8 {1/2-1/2
Ganguly,S-Sasikiran,K/Nagpur 2002/ (38)}) 17... Qc7 18. c4 a5 19. Qe1 (19. Nd2
f5 20. Nb1 Rf6 21. Nc3 Raf8 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. Rb1 Ba8 24. Qc2 Nc5 25. Qc3 Rh6 26.
Be1 Bb7 27. Qxa5 Qf6 28. Bf2 e4 {1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D-Sasikiran,K/Pardubice
2002/ (45)}) 19... Rfb8 20. Ra3 g6 21. Bd3 f5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Ra2
Rac8 25. Qb1 Ba6 26. c5 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 dxc5 28. Bxc5 Qf7 29. Bb6 Nxd5 30. Bxa5
Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Sasikiran,K/Hastings 2002/ (65)}) (16... f5 17. Rb1
Bc8 18. c4 f4 19. Bf2 Rf6 20. Nd2 Rh6 21. Ne4 Bh4 22. Qe1 Bxf2 23. Qxf2 Nf8 24.
Rb6 Bf5 25. c5 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Nd7 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. cxd6 Nf6 29. Bf3 Qxd6 {
1/2-1/2 Xie Jun/Seirawan,Y-Zhu Chen/Short,N/Jinan 2002/ (76)}) 17. c4 a5 18.
Qd2 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. f4 Bd6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Rab1 Ba6 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24.
Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Rab8 {1/2-1/2 Bellia,F-Costantini,R/Montecatini Terme 2001/
(49)}) 15... Bg5 (15... Rc8 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Bf5 Rb8 18. Be4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bc8
20. Bb6 Qe8 21. Nd2 f5 22. Qe2 Bd7 {0-1 Dhar Barua,S-Ravi,L/Raipur 2002/ (35)})
16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Ra4 Nf6 18. Bc4 Qf4 19. Rxb4 Bxd5 20. Qd3 Rac8 21. Nd2 Rc5
22. c3 Rxa5 23. Bxa6 Qh6 24. Bb5 Nh5 25. Rd1 Be6 26. Nf1 d5 {0-1 Herrera,
I-Dominguez,L/Santa Clara 1999/ (45)}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rfd1 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Rc8 15. a4 Nf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na5 Bxd5 18. Bxb5 Qc7 19. c4 Ba8 20. Rac1
e4 {0-1 Smeets,J-Zhigalko,A/Peniscola 2002/ (42)}) (13. a3 h6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Bf1 Rac8 16. Qf2 Nc5 17. Nc1 Rfd8 18. b4 Ne6 19. N1e2 Qb8 20. Ba7 Qa8 21. Bb6
Re8 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,S-Heinemann,T/Hamburg 1999/ (39)}) (13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rfd1 h6
15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Qf2 Nh5 17. Bd3 Qd8 18. a4 f5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Na5 Ba8 21.
exf5 b4 22. Nb5 {1-0 Ruan,L-Zhu Chen/Suzhou 2001/ (60)}) 13... Rc8 (13... Qc7
14. a3 (14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qa8 19.
Qb4 Rb8 20. Qa5 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Qxa5 22. Nxa5 Rxb2 23. c4 Rxa2 24. c5 Rxa5 25. c6
Raa8 {1/2-1/2 Jakubowski,K-Vaulin,A/Koszalin 1999/  (36)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Qe1
Rac8 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. Nc1 Bc6 18. N1a2 a5 19. b4 Nf8 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Nb4 Rdc8
22. Bd2 Qa8 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Nxb5 Rxc2 25. Bd3 Rb2 26. Qa7 {1-0 Anand,
V-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 1999/ (38)}) (13... b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. a3
Nf6 17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Bc4 Qc7 20. Qxb4 Rc8 21. Na5 Rb8 22. Qc3 e4
{0-1 Jobava,B-Jakubowski,K/Oropesa del Mar 2001/ (37)}) 14. a4 $2 {[%mdl 64]
One of the paradoxes of chess lays at the heart of this position, despite loss
of a tempo with b7-b6-b5 black's pieces are better prepared for the first big
clash of forces.} (14. a3 Qc7 $11) 14... b4 15. Nd5 (15. Nb1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 (
16... Bxd5 17. Bxa6 Ra8 18. Qe2 $14) 17. Bxa6 Rxc2 (17... Bxa6 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19.
Rd2 Rfd8 20. Qa5 Qc6 $15) 18. Qxc2 Nxe3 19. Qe2 Nxd1 20. Bxb7 Nc5 21. N1d2 Nxb2
22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Nb3 Nd3 $17) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Qxb4 (17. Nc5 dxc5
18. d6 Re8 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Bc4 e4 $17) 17... Nxd5 $1 18. Qxb7 (18. Qd2 Nxe3
19. Qxe3 Rxc2 $17) 18... Nxe3 19. Rd2 Nxc2 {Sasikiran has won a tempo and his
strong center will be a big worry for white.} 20. Rc1 (20. Rg1 Bg5 21. Rd3 Rb8
22. Qe4 Nb4 $19) 20... Rb8 21. Qe4 (21. Qxa6 Nb4 22. Qa5 Bg5 $19) 21... Nb4 22.
Rcd1 Kh8 (22... f5 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Nc5 d5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7 27. b4
Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qd7 $17) 23. Bc4 f5 24. Qe2 Qe8 25. a5 d5 $1 {Another fine
combination, white has to part with material and black even has a pleasant
choice.} 26. Bxd5 (26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Qb5 28. Qxe5 Rfd8 29. Qxe7 Rxd5 $19)
26... Bg5 (26... Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxb3 28. Rxe5 Rb7 29. Re1 Rf7 30. Qxa6 Rxb2 $17)
27. Bc4 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 (28. Nxd2 Rd8 29. Re1 Qg6 $17) 28... Qc6 29. h3 Rbc8 30.
Bd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 (31. Rxd3 Qc2 $19) 31... e4 32. Qe3 (32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Qe2
Qb7 $19) 32... exf3 33. Qxf3 (33. gxf3 Rfd8 $19) 33... Qxf3 34. gxf3 Rfd8 35.
Re2 g6 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. Na1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Florescu, Codrut Constantin"]
[Black "Florean, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. f4 Nb4 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Be3 (12. Bf3 b5 (12... Rc8 13. Qe2 Qc7
14. Rd1 Qc4 15. Qf2 Ng4 16. Qg3 h5 17. Be2 Qc7 18. f5 Qd8 19. Bxg4 Bh4 20. Qh3
hxg4 21. Qxg4 Nxc2 22. Rb1 Nb4 23. Rxd6 Bxf5 24. Qd1 Be6 25. Rxd8 Rfxd8 26. Nd2
Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Mortensen,E-Nielsen,P/Aarhus 1981/ (49)}) (12... Bc6 13. a5 Rc8
14. Be3 d5 15. fxe5 dxe4 16. Be2 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Nd7 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Nxc6 Rxc6
20. Ra4 Bxe3 21. Rxb4 Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Rayner,E-King,D/London 1984/ (21)}) 13. Be3
(13. Bd2 bxa4 (13... Qb6 14. Nxb5 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 axb5 16. a5 Qc6 17. Rfc1 Qxc2
18. Rxc2 Be6 19. Nc1 Rfc8 20. Rc3 Bg4 21. Nd3 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 {1-0 Marcinkiewicz,
A-Fijlstra,E/EU-ch GT235 corr 1985/ (27)}) 14. Nxa4 a5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Nc3 Ra8
17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Qf2 Rfb8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc2 22. Rac1 {
1-0 Kuzmin,G-Dydyshko,V/Minsk 1982/ (42)}) 13... Qc7 14. Rf2 Rfc8 15. a5 Qc4
16. Rd2 Be8 17. Nc1 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Ermenkov,E-Ribli,Z/Buenos Aires 1978/ (17)}) (
12. Nd5 Nfxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 Bc2 15. Qd2 Bxb3 16. cxb4 Rc8 17. Ra3 Bc4 18.
Rh3 h6 19. b3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bg5 22. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 Gazik,
I-Paladini,J/Sion 1990/ (22)}) 12... Bc6 13. Bf3 b5 (13... Rc8 14. Rf2 Qc7 15.
a5 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Nc5 Bb5 20. Qg1 Bc4 21. Ra4
Re6 22. Rxb4 Rxb6 23. Rxc4 Rxb2 24. Qc1 Rb5 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Rxc8
{1-0 Klovans,J-Gavrikov,V/Minsk/1983/ (27)}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. fxe5
(16. Rfc1 d5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. exd5 Nbxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxb5
exf4 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qf3 Qe5 {0-1 Mestel,A-Tarjan,J/Buenos
Aires/1978/ (41)}) 16... dxe5 17. g4 h6 18. Rg1 (18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Rfd8 $11)
18... Nh7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 $5 {Black is accepting the challenge and
sacrificing the exchange.} (20... Nxd5 21. exd5 Bb7 22. Qxb5 Nf6 $14) 21. exd5
Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Nxc2 23. d6 Bxd6 (23... Rc8 24. dxe7 Nxe3 25. Bc6 Nf6 26. Bxb5
Ned5 27. g5 hxg5 28. Rxg5 $11) 24. Bxa8 Nxe3 25. Bc6 b4 26. Rg3 Nc4 (26... Nd1
27. Rg2 Ne3 28. Rg3 $11) 27. Bb5 (27. Rg2 Nf6 28. Rc2 Ne3 29. Re2 Nfxg4 (29...
Nexg4 $2 30. h3 $18) 30. Bf3 (30. h3 Nf5 $1 $17) 30... e4 31. Bxe4 $11) 27...
Nxb2 (27... Nb6 28. Rd3 Bc7 29. Nc5 Nf6 30. Na6 e4 $13) 28. Rg2 (28. Nd2 Be7
$17) 28... Nd1 29. Rd2 Nc3 30. Rxd6 Nxb5 {[%mdl 1024] The forced sequence has
lead to an interesting endgame with equal chances.} 31. Rd8+ (31. Rd5 $5 Nc3
32. Rd8+ (32. Rxe5 Nf6 $15) 32... Nf8 33. Nc5 b3 34. Nxb3 (34. Nd7 $2 b2 $19)
34... f6 $11) 31... Nf8 32. Rd5 Nc3 33. Rxe5 Ne6 34. Nc5 Nf4 (34... Nxc5 35.
Rxc5 Kh7 36. Rc4 Na2 $11) 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Ne4 (36. Rb8 Na2 37. Na6 Nd3 38. Kg2
$11) 36... Ncd5 (36... Nxe4 $6 37. Rxe4 Nd3 38. Rd4 Ne5 39. Rxb4 $14) 37. Rb8
g5 38. Nd6 Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf6 (39... Kh7 40. Rb8 $15) 40. Rh8 Kg7 41. Rb8 Ne3 42.
Ne8+ (42. Rxb4 Nxg4 43. Rb7 Ne5 $15) 42... Kh7 (42... Kg6 43. Rb6+ Ne6 44. Rxb4
$11) 43. Rb7 {White must take care in order to avoid slight disadvantage.} (43.
Rxb4 Nxg4 44. Rb7 Kg6 45. Nd6 Ne5 $15) 43... Nxg4 44. Rxf7+ Kg6 45. Rb7 Nf2+
46. Kg1 N2d3 47. Rb6+ Kh5 (47... Kh7 48. Rb7+) 48. Nf6+ (48. Ng7+ Kg4 49. Rxh6
b3 50. Rb6 b2 $17) 48... Kh4 49. Ne4 h5 50. Rb5 Ne2+ (50... g4 51. Ng3 $11) (
50... Nh3+ 51. Kf1 g4 52. Nf6 Nhf4 53. Nd5 $11) 51. Kg2 Nc3 52. Rxb4 {
Sacrifice of an exchange simplifies the position, black has few chances to
realize his spare pawn.} (52. Nxc3 $2 bxc3 53. Rb3 c2 $19) 52... Nxb4 53. Nxc3
Kg4 54. Ne4 Nd5 55. Nd2 Kf4 (55... Nf4+ 56. Kg1) 56. Kf2 g4 57. Nb3 Nf6 58. Nd4
(58. Nd2 Ne4+ 59. Nxe4 Kxe4 60. Kg3 Kf5 61. h3 $11) 58... h4 59. Ne2+ Ke4 60.
Nc3+ Kd3 61. Nb5 Ne4+ 62. Kg2 Ke3 63. Nc7 (63. h3 $6 g3 64. Nc7 Nc3 65. Ne6 Nd5
$19) 63... h3+ (63... Nc3 64. Ne6 $15) 64. Kg1 Ke2 65. Nd5 Kf3 66. Ne7 Nc3 67.
Nf5 Ne2+ (67... Kf4 68. Ng3 $11) 68. Kh1 Ke4 69. Nh6 Kf4 70. Nxg4 $1 {A bit
less usual outcome, white forces stalemate!} (70. Nxg4 $1 Kxg4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 (12. f5 Bc4 13. Qe2 Rc8 $11) 12...
h6 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bd2 Nb6 (14... exf4 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Qxf4 $11) 15. Rae1 Nc4
16. f5 Bd7 17. Nd5 $1 {Withg this move Barua will achieve better access for
his pieces to the black's kingside.} Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 (18... Nxb2 $2 19. Bxh6
$1 gxh6 (19... Nxd3 20. Qg3 g6 21. fxg6 f6 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. cxd3 $18) 20. f6
Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Kh7 23. Re4 $16) 19. Bc1 e4 20. Bxe4 Nxb2 (20...
Bxb2 $2 21. Bxb2 Nxb2 22. f6 g6 23. Qf4 Kh7 24. Bxg6+ $1 fxg6 25. Re7+ $18) 21.
Qg3 Be5 (21... Kh8 $5) 22. Qh4 Rfe8 $2 (22... Bf6 23. Qg3 (23. Qh5 Rfe8 $15)
23... Kh8 $13) 23. Bxh6 $5 {[%mdl 128] White was dreaming about a chance to
strike against the kingside pawn structure, black is lost.} (23. f6 $1 Qd8 24.
Qh5 Bxf6 25. Bxb2 Bxb2 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qg6 $18) 23... Na4 (23... gxh6 24. f6
$18) (23... Bc3 24. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 25. f6 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qd8 27. Re7 $18) 24. Qh5
(24. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 25. f6 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qd8 27. Qg5 Qf8 28. Re7 Nb6 29. fxg7
Qxg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rfxf7+ Kg8 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Rxd7 $18) 24... Bf6 25.
Bg5 Qd8 26. Re3 Bxg5 (26... Nc3 27. Rh3 Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Nxe4 30.
Bxf6+ Nxf6 31. Re3+ Be6 32. fxe6 $18) 27. f6 $1 {In the attack it is always
possible to look for small miracles as the king is just a greatful target.}
Rxe4 (27... gxf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Bd3+ Be6 31. Rxe6+ Kd7 32. Qg7
$18) (27... g6 28. Bxg6 $18) 28. fxg7 f6 (28... f5 29. Rxe4 Bf6 (29... Kxg7 30.
Rg4 $1) 30. Re6 Bxg7 31. Qxf5 $16) 29. Rxe4 Nc3 (29... Kxg7 30. h4 Nc3 (30...
Bh6 31. Rfe1 Qf8 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Rxd7 $18) 31. hxg5 Nxe4 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+
Kh8 34. gxf6 Qg8 35. Qxe4 $18) 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh7 $1 Qg8 $8 32. Qh5+ Kxg7 33.
Re7+ Kf8 34. Rxd7 Nxd5 (34... Re8 35. Rh7 $18) 35. Rh7 Ne3 36. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.08.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Be6 (10... b6) 11. a5 Qc6 (11... Nbd7 $142 {Petrosian})
12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Re1 {This move refutes Black's opening(->c2). Petrosian} Nbd7
14. Re2 (14. Nd2 h6 15. Qe2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. c4
Qc6 $10) 14... Qc7 15. Rd2 h6 16. Be2 Nc5 17. f3 (17. Nxc5 $6 dxc5 18. f3 c4
$15 {Unzicker}) 17... Rd8 18. Kh1 Ne8 19. Nxc5 (19. Nd5 {Unzicker}) 19... dxc5
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 (21. exd5 Rd7 22. c4 $14) 21... Nf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.
Qe1 $16 {Petrosian Unzicker offered a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 h6 8. h4
Bg7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rg1 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Nxf6+
exf6 (14... Bxf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. c3 Be6 $11) 15. Qd2 (15. Bc5
Re8 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rd1 Be6 $11) 15... c5 $6 {Sadler invests a whole pawn
for no apparent reason as the similar endgame could have been achieved without
a sacrifice.} (15... f5 16. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Kxg7 18. g5 Be6 $11) 16. Bxc5
Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rd8+ 18. Bd3 (18. Kc1 f5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bb7 21. Be3 Rac8
$14) 18... f5 19. g5 (19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Rab1 Rd5 21. b4 Bf6 22. Rh1 Rad8 23.
Rb3 $14) 19... hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bd4 22. Bxd4 (22. Be7 Rd7 23. Bf6
Bxf6 24. gxf6 Rd6 $11) 22... Rxd4 23. Ke3 {It seems, that with best play white
could have had hoped for somewhat better chances.} (23. Rb6 $1 Ra4 24. Ra1 Be6
25. a3 Rd8 (25... a5 26. c4 Rd8 (26... Bxc4 27. Bc2 $18) 27. Kc3 Rxd3+ 28. Kxd3
Bxc4+ 29. Kd4 Kg7 30. Kc5 $16) 26. Rb4 Ra5 27. Ke3 $14) 23... Ra4 24. Rb6 Be6 (
24... Rxa2 25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Bc4+ Kf8 27. Bxa2 Bb7 $11) 25. Rgb1 (25. Ra1 Re8
26. Kd2 Rf4 $11) 25... a5 (25... Rxa2 26. c4 Re8 27. Rb8 Bc8+ 28. Kf3 Ra3 29.
R1b3 Rxb3 30. Rxb3 $11) 26. a3 $6 {Handke is loosing the control of his
position and finally ends up in the hopeless endgame.} Kg7 (26... Rxa3 27. Rb8+
Rxb8 28. Rxb8+ Kg7 29. Kd4 Ra1 30. f4 a4 $15) 27. Rd6 (27. Ra1 Rh8 28. c4 Rh3+
29. f3 (29. Kd2 Bxc4 30. Bc2 Raxa3 $19) 29... f4+ 30. Kxf4 Bxc4 $15) 27... Rxa3
28. Rb7 Re8 29. Kd2 Kf8 30. Bb5 (30. Ra7 Rc8 31. Rda6 Rc5 32. Rd6 $15) 30...
Rc8 31. Ra7 (31. Bd3 Ra4 $17) 31... Ra1 32. Bd3 Ra4 33. Rda6 Rc5 34. Ra8+ Kg7
35. f4 (35. Rb6 Rg4 36. Ra7 Re5 37. Rb5 Rxb5 38. Bxb5 f4 39. c4 Rxg5 $17) 35...
Rxf4 36. R8a7 (36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Rg4 $19) 36... Re5 37. Rxa5 Rxa5 38. Rxa5
Rg4 39. Ke3 Rxg5 40. Kf4 (40. Kf2 Rg4 41. Rc5 g5 $19) 40... Kf6 41. Ra6 Rg1 42.
c4 g5+ 43. Kf3 f4 $1 44. c5 (44. Ra5 Re1 45. Kf2 Re3 $19) 44... Ke5 45. c6 g4+
46. Ke2 Rc1 47. Ra5+ Bd5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf3 (15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Rad1 Nb4 (16... Be4 17. Rd7 Bxc2 18. Rxb7 Bxb3 19.
Rxb3 Nd4 20. Rb7 Nxe2 21. Rxe7 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Rae8 23. Rfe4 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Rb8
25. Ra7 g6 26. Rxa6 {1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,R-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/Cienfuegos 1996/ 
(26)}) 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nf5 Bb3 20. Rd7 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Rxe2 22. Rxb7
Bxa4 23. Nd6 f6 24. Bh4 Ne5 25. Nf5 {1-0 Fishbein,A-Byrne,R/New York 1985/ (49)
}) 15... Qc4 16. Be2 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Be4 $1 $146 {Black has no
opening problems after this logical move.} (18... Rad8 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Rxd5
Rxc7 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. c3 g6 23. Kg1 Kg7 24. Kf2 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nd8 26. g3 {
1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-De Boer,G/Hilversum 1990/ (26)}) 19. Bd3 (19. Rd7 $1
Bxc2 20. Rxb7 Bxb3 21. Rxb3 Nd4 22. Re3 Nxe2 23. Rxe2 Bb4 24. Re4 a5 $11) 19...
Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rad8 21. Rfd1 (21. Re3 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Rfd8 23. c3 g5 24. Bg3 f5 $11
) 21... Nb4 $1 22. Rxd8 (22. R3d2 Nxc2 23. Rc1 Nb4 24. Rc7 Bf6 25. Rxb7 Nd3 26.
g3 Rfe8 $15) 22... Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. c3 (24. Nd4 Bf6 25. Be3 Bxd4 26.
Bxd4 Nxc2 27. Bb6 f5 $17) 24... Nd3 25. Bc1 {[%mdl 4096] White is already
worse and will have to play very carefully to avoid bigger problems.} (25. Bd6
Nxb2 26. Nc5 b5 27. axb5 axb5 $17) 25... a5 26. c4 (26. Kg1 b5 $1 27. Kf1 bxa4
28. Ke2 Nxb2 29. Nxa5 a3 $19) 26... Ne5 $6 (26... f5 27. g3 g5 28. Kg2 Kf7 $15)
(26... b6 27. h3 h6 28. Kg1 Bf6 29. Be3 Nxb2 30. Bxb6 Nxc4 31. Bxa5 $15) 27. c5
$2 {Antipositional and wrong especially in the light of much better saving
idea 27.Nc5!} (27. Nc5 $1 b6 (27... Nxc4 28. Nxb7 Bc7 29. b3 Ne5 30. g3 f6 31.
Kg2 $11) 28. Nb7 (28. Bf4 Nxc4 29. b3 bxc5 30. bxc4 f5 31. Be3 Bb6 32. g3 Kf7
33. Kg2 Ke6 34. Kf3 Ke5 35. h4 $17) 28... Be7 29. b3 Nd3 30. Be3 Nc5 31. Nxc5
Bxc5 32. Bf4 $11) 27... f6 28. Bd2 Nc6 29. Kg1 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ke3 Kd5 32.
Kd3 f5 33. Bc3 g6 (33... g5 34. Bd2 f4 35. Bc3 h5 $15) 34. Bd2 Ne5+ 35. Ke2 Nc4
36. Bc3 Bc7 37. h3 Ke4 38. Nd4 (38. Kf1 Be5 39. Nxa5 Nxa5 40. Bxa5 Bxb2 41. Bb6
Kd5 42. Ke2 Bd4 $19) 38... Be5 39. Ne6 {After this meek move Ramirez is lost.
The last chance to put up serious resistance was connected with the move 39.c6!
} (39. Nb3 Bxc3 40. bxc3 f4 41. h4 h6 $17) (39. c6 $1 bxc6 (39... Bxd4 40. Bxd4
bxc6 41. Bc3 f4 42. b3 Ne3 43. Bxa5 Nxg2 44. Bd2 $15) 40. Nxc6 Bxc3 41. bxc3 f4
42. Nd4 Ne3 43. Kf2 Nd1+ 44. Ke1 Nxc3 45. Nc6 Nxa4 46. Nxa5 Nb6 $17) 39... Bxc3
40. bxc3 Kd5 $1 (40... Nb2 41. Nd8 Nxa4 42. Nxb7 Kd5 43. Kd2 Nxc5 44. Nxa5 $15)
41. Nd8 Kxc5 42. Nxb7+ Kb6 43. Nd8 Nb2 44. Ne6 Nxa4 45. Kd2 Nc5 46. Nf8 (46.
Nd4 a4 47. Kc2 Ne4 $19) 46... Ne4+ 47. Kd3 Nf6 {White has no counterplay, the
game is over.} 48. Kc4 g5 49. Ne6 h6 50. Kd4 (50. Kb3 f4 51. Kc4 Ne4 52. Nd4
Nd2+ 53. Kd3 Nf1 $19) 50... Nd7 (50... a4 51. Kc4 f4 52. Kb4 Nd5+ 53. Kxa4
Nxc3+ (53... Ne3 54. h4 Nxg2 55. hxg5 f3 56. gxh6 f2 57. h7 f1=Q 58. h8=Q Qc4+
59. Ka3 $11) 54. Kb3 Nd5 55. Kb2 Ne3 56. h4 gxh4 57. Nxf4 Nxg2 58. Nh3 Kc5 $17)
51. g3 a4 52. c4 (52. Kc4 a3 53. Kb3 Nc5+ 54. Nxc5 Kxc5 55. Kxa3 f4 $19) 52...
a3 53. Kc3 Nc5 54. Nd4 Ne4+ 55. Kb4 (55. Kb3 Nxg3 $19) 55... a2 56. Nb3 f4 0-1

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 (11... O-O 12. g4 $1) 12. c4 O-O 13.
O-O a5 (13... Ne8 14. f4 (14. Rac1 Bg5 (14... f5 15. f4 g5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17.
Qd1 Ng7 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Kh1 Rce8 20. b4 {1-0 Hansen,C-Lehikoinen,P/Reykjavik/
1998/ (34)}) 15. Nd2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nef6 17. b4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bd3 g6 {
0-1 Pinter,G-Seres,L/Budapest/2000/ (29)}) (14. Bg4 e4 15. Qxe4 Nef6 16. Qd4
Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Nxc4 19. Bd4 Bf6 20. Rac1 b5 {0-1 Medvegy,
Z-Shariyazdanov,A/Oberwart/2000/ (51)}) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17.
Rac1 Ng6 18. Be3 Be5 19. Bg4 Rb8 20. g3 {1/2-1/2 Rigo,J-Bouaziz,S/Rome/1982/ 
(89)}) (13... Re8 14. Rfd1 (14. Rac1 g6 15. Nd2 a5 16. Nb1 Nc5 17. Qd1 Nfd7 18.
Nc3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. a3 e4 21. b4 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Sammalvuo,T/
Hafnarfjordur/1998/ (40)}) 14... Bf8 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rac1 g6 17. Qe1 h5 18. f3
a5 19. Nd2 Kh7 20. Bd3 Bh6 21. Bc2 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nc5 23. b3 b5 {0-1 Yemelin,
V-De Firmian,N/Elista/1998/ (44)}) (13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. f4 Bd6 16. fxe5
Bxe5 17. Rab1 Qd6 18. h3 Rce8 19. Bf3 b6 20. Kh1 Re7 21. b4 {1/2-1/2
Andrijevic,M-Pavlovic,M/Vrsac 2000/ (37)}) 14. Rad1 (14. Rac1 a4 15. Nd2 Nc5
16. Qa3 Nfd7 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Ra8 19. Qb2 f5 20. Ra1 Bf6 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22.
Qc2 e4 23. b4 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Vaulin,A/St Petersburg 1993/ (31)}) (14. Qd2 b6
15. f3 Ne8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bd3 Bg5 18. Bf5 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Nef6 20. f4 Rb8 21.
fxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Qh3 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Slutzky,L/Israel/1997/ (40)})
14... b6 (14... a4 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. Qa3 $1) 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nfd7 (16... b5
17. cxb5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 $14) 17. f3 Bg5 18. Bf2 f5 $1 {Black badly needs
compensation for the weak white squares on the queenside.} 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Nb1
Qh6 (20... e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Nc3 Nxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Rce8 24. Bd3 $14) 21. Nc3
Rce8 22. a3 $1 (22. Nb5 Bf4 23. g3 Bg5 24. a3 f4 25. Kg2 a4 26. Nc3 Ra8 $13)
22... e4 (22... Be3 $5 23. b4 Bxf2 24. Rxf2 Qe3 25. Rff1 Na6 $13) 23. b4 e3 24.
Be1 (24. bxc5 $2 exf2 25. c6 Bf4 26. h3 Qh4) 24... Nb7 $6 {[%mdl 32] Polgar
misjudges the consequences of this horrid square for the knight, white gets a
chance to hope for success.} (24... Na6 $142 25. Qa4 axb4 26. axb4 Nab8 27. Qb5
$14) 25. Nb5 (25. g3 f4 $1) 25... f4 26. Nc7 Re5 (26... Re7) 27. Bc3 $6 (27.
Ne6 $5 Rf6 28. Bc3 $16) 27... Re7 28. Ne6 Ra8 $1 29. Qf5 Bh4 $1 (29... Bf6 30.
Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 Nxf6 32. Nxf4 axb4 33. axb4 Ra2 34. Rfe1 $16) 30. Qg4 (30.
Bxg7 $2 Rxg7 31. Nxg7 Qxg7 32. Qxf4 Bf2) (30. Qxf4 $2 Rxe6 $19) (30. Nxf4 Rf8
$19) 30... Bf6 (30... Bg3 31. Qh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Bh4 33. Nxf4 $16) 31. Bxf6 Qxf6
32. Nxf4 Qb2 33. Qh4 Rf7 (33... Nf6 $5 34. Bd3 h6 35. Rfe1 $14) 34. Bd3 Nf8 $2
{Another misalocation of the piece, the position was still rather playable for
black.} (34... h6 $5 35. Qg3 axb4 36. axb4 Qxb4 37. Ne6 Ne5 $11) 35. Rfe1 Qxa3
(35... axb4 36. axb4 Ra2 37. Re2 Ra1 38. Qe1 Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Qxb4 40. Ne6 $16)
36. Ne6 g6 (36... axb4 37. Ng5 Rf6 38. Bxh7+ Kh8 39. Bf5+ Kg8 40. Be6+ $18) 37.
Ng5 Rg7 38. Qd4 Qxb4 39. Ne4 Nc5 (39... Nd7 40. Rb1 Qa4 41. Ra1 Qb3 42. Reb1
$18) 40. Rb1 Qa3 (40... Nb3 41. Qxe3 $18) 41. Nf6+ Kh8 (41... Kf7 42. Qxe3 Ra7
43. Nxh7 $1 Rxh7 (43... Qxd3 44. Qe8+ Kg8 45. Nf6+ $18) 44. Bxg6+ Nxg6 45. Qxa3
$18) 42. Rxe3 Nxd3 43. Ne8 $1 {The small combination wins an exchange and
decides the issue.} (43. Rxd3 Qc5 44. Rxb6 Nd7 45. Qxc5 Nxc5 46. Ra3 $16) 43...
Rxe8 44. Rxe8 Kg8 45. Re3 Nf2+ 46. Kg1 Qa4 (46... Qa2 47. Rxb6 $1 Qc2 48. Re8
Qd1+ 49. Qxd1 Nxd1 50. Rxd6 $18) 47. Re2 Rc7 (47... Nh3+ 48. gxh3 $16) 48. Kxf2
Rxc4 49. Qxb6 Rc5 50. Qxd6 Qd4+ 51. Kg3 Rxd5 52. Qf4 Qc5 53. Rc1 $1 Rg5+ (53...
g5 54. Qc7 $18) 54. Kh4 Rh5+ 55. Kg4 $1 Qd5 56. Rd2 (56. Qd2 Qxd2 57. Rxd2 Rxh2
$16) 56... Qe6+ 57. Kg3 a4 58. Qc4 Ra5 59. Re2 $1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. a4 O-O (12... Bxb3 $6 13. cxb3 d5 $2
14. exd5 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne4 $18) 13. Bxc4 (13. a5 $5 Rfc8
14. Kh1 h6 (14... b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19.
Ra2 a5 20. Qd3 a4 $13 {Klovans,-Hoffmann/Biel/1994/}) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxc4
Qxc4 17. Qf3 Rc7 18. Nd2 Qb4 19. Rfb1 Rac8 20. Ra4 Qc5 21. Rba1 Bd8 {1/2-1/2
Oll,L-Kasparov,G/Moscow olm 1994 (42) (33)}) 13... Qxc4 14. a5 h6 (14... Rfc8
15. Ra4 (15. Rf2 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ra4 Qc7 18. Rd2 b5 $1 $36 {0,5 /
Karpov-Gheorghiu/Moscow/1971/}) (15. Kh1 h6 16. Bh4 Bd8 17. Ra4 Qc6 18. Bxf6
Nxf6 19. Qf3 b5 20. axb6 Bxb6 21. Rd1 {1-0 Cabrilo,G-Arsovic,G/Nis 1995/ (33)})
15... Qc6 16. Kh1 $2 (16. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 17. Qd3 Bd8) 16... Bd8 $2 (16... Nxe4 $1
17. Rxe4 $8 Bxg5 $17) 17. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 18. Qd3 $14 b5 19. axb6 Bxb6 20. h3 $1 {
1-0 Dolmatov,S-Doroshkievich,V/Novgorod 1997/ (46)}) 15. Bh4 Rfc8 16. Ra4 Qc6
17. Qd3 b5 (17... Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 (18... Qxc5+ 19. Bf2 Qc6 20. Rd1 $14) 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. b3 $14) 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. Qxa6 Nc4 {It seems, that
black should have enough compensation due to the weakness of b2 and e4 pawns.}
(20... Ra8 21. Qe2 $16) 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rb1 Rc8 $6 (22... Nxb2 $2 23. Nd5
Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxc2 25. Bxe7 $18) (22... Ne3 $5 23. Bxf6 (23. Na1 Bd8 24. Bxf6
Bxf6 25. Kf2 Nc4 26. Nd5 Nd2 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rd1 Nxe4+ 29. Ke3 Nc5 30. b4
Na4 $14) 23... Bxf6 24. Ra1 Nxc2 25. Ra8+ Kh7 26. Nd5 Rc4 27. Rf8 Rxe4 28.
Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rxf6 Rb4 31. Nd2 $14) 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Ra8
25. Kf2 (25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. g4 Ra2 27. h3 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Nxb2 29. Kf2 $14) 25...
Ra2 26. Ke2 Bg5 (26... Rxb2 $2 27. Ra1 $1 $18) (26... Nxb2 $2 27. Nc3 $18) 27.
g3 h5 (27... Rxb2 $2 28. Ra1 $1) 28. h4 Bh6 29. f6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Excellent
strategical move preparing the transposition into endgames with lesser number
of pieces.} g6 (29... Rxb2 $2 30. Ra1 gxf6 (30... Nb6 31. Nxb6 Rxc2+ 32. Kd3
Rg2 33. Nc8 Rxg3+ 34. Kc4 Rg4 35. Nxd6 Rxh4 36. fxg7 Bxg7 37. Kd5 $18) 31. Kd3
$18) (29... Kh7 30. fxg7 Kxg7 (30... Bxg7 31. Nb4 Rxb2 32. Ra1 d5 33. Kd3 Bf8
34. Nxd5 $18) 31. Ne7 Kf8 32. Nf5 Bg7 33. Nd2 Rxb2 34. Ra1 Nb6 35. Kd3 $16) 30.
Nc3 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Nxb2 32. Na5 $1 g5 (32... Kf8 33. Nb5 Na4 34. Nxd6 Nc5 35.
Nac4 Nd7 36. c3 $16) 33. Nb5 gxh4 34. gxh4 Bf8 35. Nc6 {The white pawn on f6
decides the position, black will lose material.} Kh7 36. Ne7 Nc4 (36... Na4 37.
Nxd6 Nc5 38. Nxf7 Nxe4 39. Ng5+ Nxg5 40. hxg5 h4 41. Kf3 $18) 37. Kd3 Nb6 (
37... Nb2+ 38. Kc3 Na4+ 39. Kd2 Nc5 40. Nxd6 Nd7 41. Ne8 Kh8 42. Nd5 $16) 38.
Nxd6 Nd7 39. Nxf7 Nxf6 40. Nc6 Kg7 (40... Ng4 41. Nfxe5 Bg7 42. Nxg4 hxg4 43.
e5 Kg6 44. Ke4 g3 45. Kf3 Kf5 46. Kxg3 Ke6 47. Kf4 Kd5 48. Nb4+ Ke6 49. Nd3 $18
) 41. Nfxe5 Bd6 42. Nf3 Bg3 43. e5 Ng4 44. Ke4 Kf7 45. c4 Ke8 46. Ncd4 Nxe5 (
46... Nf2+ 47. Kf5 Nd3 48. Kf6 Ne1 49. c5 $18) 47. Nxe5 Bxh4 48. Nf5 Bf6 49.
Nf3 Kd7 50. Kd5 Bd8 51. c5 (51. c5 Bf6 52. c6+ Kc7 53. N3d4 Bxd4 54. Nxd4 h4
55. Ne6+ Kc8 56. Nf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nice"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. c4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. O-O Ra4 $6 {This
dubious novelty has a great disadvantage. If black will fail to generate real
counterplay for the exchange the game will be lost without real fight.} 14.
Qxb5 Rxe4 15. Nc3 d5 (15... Rxe3 $5 16. fxe3 Qa8 17. Qd3 d5 18. Rfb1 $16) (
15... Rh4 16. Bg5 $16) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 (16... dxe4 17. Bc4 $18) 17. Na5 (17. Qc6
Nd6 18. f4 d4 19. Bf2 Qb8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxb2 22. Qxe5 Bf6 23. Qh5 $16)
17... d4 (17... Nd6 $1 18. Nc6 (18. Qa6 Nb8 19. Qa7 d4 20. Bc1 e4 $14) 18...
Nxb5 19. Nxd8 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd8 21. Bc3 d4 22. Ba5 Rb8 23. b3 e4 24. Rfc1 d3
25. Bd1 $14) 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Bc1 (19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bc1 Nd6 21. Qa5 Rc8 $16)
19... Bc5 20. Qa6 (20. a3 Nd6 21. Qa5 e4 22. b4 Bb6 23. Qg5 $16) 20... Nb6 (
20... Bd5 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qa8 23. Qb5 $16) 21. Bb5 $6 (21. Na5 Nd5 22.
Qd3 f5 23. a3 Nd6 $16) 21... Bc8 $2 {Kosten misses a golden opportunity to get
back into the game with the unpleasant pin 21...Bd7!?} (21... Bd7 $5 22. Na7
Bxb5 23. Qxb5 (23. Nxb5 $6 Qd7 24. Na3 d3 25. Be3 Ra8 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27. Nxb5
Bxe3 28. fxe3 Nc4 $15) 23... Qxb5 24. Nxb5 d3 25. b3 Rd8 26. Bb2 f6 $14) 22.
Qa5 Bd7 23. Bd3 Bxc6 24. Bxe4 Bb5 (24... Bxe4 25. Qxc5 Qe6 26. f3 Bd5 27. b3
$16) 25. Rd1 (25. a4 $5 Bxf1 (25... Nxa4 26. Rxa4 $18) (25... f5 26. axb5 fxe4
27. b4 $18) 26. Qxc5 Nd7 (26... Nxa4 27. Qc2 Bb5 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Qf5 g6 30.
Qh3 Qd7 31. Qh6 $18) 27. Qc2 d3 28. Bxd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 $16) 25... Nc4 (25... f5
26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxc5 Be2 28. Re1 $18) 26. Qe1 Qe6 27. a4 Bd7 (27... Ba6 28. b4
Bb6 29. b5 $18) 28. b4 Ba7 29. b5 f5 (29... Nd6 30. Bc2 e4 31. Bf4 Re8 32. Qb4
$18) 30. Bc2 e4 (30... Rc8 31. Bb3 Bb8 $16) 31. Bb3 Qf7 $2 {Black is already
facing enormous problems, but his resistance depends on the ability to keep
the center. The last meek move leads to completely lost position.} (31... Rc8
$1 32. Qb4 (32. Bb2 d3 33. Rac1 Kf8 34. Qb4+ Bc5 35. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rxc4
37. Rxc4 Qh6 38. Bd4 Qxh2 39. b6 $16) 32... e3 33. Rd3 exf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qf7 35.
a5 Be6 36. b6 Bb8 37. a6 Bd6 38. b7 Bxb4 39. bxc8=Q+ Bxc8 40. a7 Bb7 41. a8=Q+
Bxa8 42. Rxa8+ Bf8 43. Rxd4 $18) 32. Qb4 (32. b6 $1 Bb8 (32... Bxb6 33. Qb4 Be6
34. Bxc4 Bxc4 35. Qxb6 $18) 33. Rxd4 Be6 34. Bxc4 Bxc4 35. Bb2 Be5 36. Rxc4
Bxb2 37. Rc7 $18) 32... Be6 33. Bxc4 Bxc4 34. b6 Bb8 35. Rxd4 Bd3 (35... Be5
36. Qxc4 Qxc4 37. Rxc4 Bxa1 38. a5 Rd8 39. Kf1 $18) 36. Ba3 Re8 37. Re1 h6 (
37... Be5 38. Rxd3 exd3 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. b7 Re8 (40... Qxb7 41. Qf8#) 41. b8=Q
d2 42. Qxe8+ Qxe8 43. Qxd2 $18) (37... Qh5 38. Qb3+ Kh8 39. Bd6 $18) 38. g3 f4
39. Rxd3 $6 {It was much better to keep two extra pawns with the brave move 30.
Rdxe4!, now black can put up some resistance.} (39. Rdxe4 $1 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Rd8
41. Qc4 f3 42. h4 Qxc4 43. Rxc4 $18) 39... exd3 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42.
Qxd3 Qxa4 43. Bb2 (43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Bb2 (44. Qxb8 $4 f3 $1 45. Qd6 Qc2 46. h3
Qb1+ 47. Kh2 Qf1 $19) 44... Qb3 45. Qd4 $18) 43... Qe8 44. Qf3 Qg6 45. Bd4 Kh7
46. Kf1 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qg6 48. Qb7 (48. b7 Bc7 49. Qd5 $18) 48... Bd6 49. Qc6 h5
(49... Bb8 50. Qxg6+ Kxg6 51. Kf3 fxg3 52. hxg3 Kf7 53. Ke4 $18) 50. b7 h4 51.
Qf3 Bb8 $6 {The last second rate move, it was much better to open up white
king with 51...hxg3!? Delchev would have to work harder for his point.} (51...
hxg3 $5 52. hxg3 fxg3 53. fxg3 Qe6 54. Be3 $18) 52. g4 $1 Qb1 53. Qd5 Qd1 54.
Qe4+ Kg8 55. Kh3 (55. h3 $2 f3+ 56. Qxf3 Qxd4 $15) 55... Qb3+ 56. Kxh4 Bd6 57.
Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qh5+ Kg8 59. Qe8+ Kh7 60. Qe4+ Kg8 61. g5 Qf7 62. g6 Qd7 63. Qd5+
1-0

[Event "UKR-ch KO 74th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2005.09.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 {
Efimenko is compromising his pawn structure on the queenside in order to
prepare for the dissolution of the tension with his hanging knights.} (14... b6
15. f4 (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. a4 a5 17. Qb5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxb6 Qe7 20. b4
Rfb8 21. bxc5 Rxb6 22. cxb6 Qd8 {0-1 Abreu,A (2480)-Delgado,N (2481)/Santa
Clara 2001/ (45)}) 15... f5 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Qc4 Bf6 18. c3 exf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20.
Qe2 Re8 21. Qc2 {1-0 David,A (2544)-Bekker Jensen,D (2264)/Antwerp 1999/ (59)})
15. Qb5 (15. Qc4 Rc8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb5 f5 18. c3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2735)
-Grischuk,A (2710)/Poikovsky 2005/}) 15... Qc7 16. Rfd1 (16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qc4
Nf6 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. g4 Qd8 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rg1 e4 24.
Rg2 Rce8 {0-1 Nikolenko,O (2495)-Voitsekhovsky,S (2540)/Minsk 1998/ (50)}) (16.
Rad1 b6 17. f3 Nf6 18. f4 Nfd7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qc6 Qd8 21. d6 Bg5 22. Bxg5
Qxg5 23. Bc4 {1-0 Cuijpers,F (2496)-Kohlweyer,B (2423)/Germany 2005/ (55)})
16... b6 (16... a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 axb3 20. cxb3 Qd8 21. Rac1
f5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd3 f4 26. Rc1 {1-0 Svidler,P 
(2710)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Haifa 1998/ (35)}) 17. f3 (17. Qc4 f5 18. Bd3 Qd8 19.
Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 e4 22. Bf1 Bf6 23. Rab1 Be5 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4
Nd7 {0-1 Svidler,P (2713)-Polgar,J (2677)/Dos Hermanas 1999/ (33)}) 17... Nf6 (
17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. Qxb4 $14) 18. Qc4 Qb7 $6 {It is
difficult to aprove of this queen move, much better seems proding white knight
with 18...a4!?} (18... a4 $5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qb5 Rfc8 21. a3 Bd6 $13) 19.
Nxc5 bxc5 (19... dxc5 20. d6 Bd8 21. Qa4 Qc8 22. c3 $16) 20. Qb3 Qc7 (20...
Qxb3 21. axb3 Rfb8 22. Kf2 $14) (20... Rfb8 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. b3 a4 23. Bc4 $14
) 21. Bb5 Nh5 (21... a4 22. Qd3 (22. Bxa4 c4 23. Qb5 Rab8 24. Qa6 Rxb2 25. Bc6
Rxc2 26. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 $14) 22... Qa5 23. c4 a3 24. Rab1 $16) 22. Qc4 f5
23. c3 Rab8 $2 {[%mdl 16] Black is not suspecting, that his position is so
critical. Areschenko will be able to transform the pawn structure entirely to
his benefit.} (23... f4 24. Bf2 Bd8 25. a3 Rb8 26. Rab1 $14) 24. b4 $1 Kh8 (
24... axb4 25. cxb4 Qb7 26. a4 cxb4 27. Qxb4 $16) 25. Rab1 Nf4 26. bxc5 (26. a4
Ng6 27. Rb3 f4 28. Bf2 Bh4 29. g3 Bg5 $132) 26... dxc5 27. Bxf4 $1 exf4 28. Re1
Bd6 (28... Rb6 29. a4 $16) 29. Re6 {White is in the driving seat and black has
no sounterplay at all.} Rbd8 30. a4 Rb8 31. Rbe1 Rbd8 32. Qe2 Qf7 33. c4 Qc7
34. Qb2 Kg8 (34... Rb8 35. h4 Rbd8 36. h5 Kg8 37. h6 $16) 35. h4 Rf7 36. Qe2
Rdf8 (36... Rff8 37. h5 h6 38. Qc2 Qf7 39. Qc3 Qc7 40. Be8 $16) 37. h5 $1 {
The advance of white h pawn is threatening to undermine the whole defensive
setup.} Rf6 (37... Qd8 38. Bc6 Qc7 39. Rb1 Qd8 40. Rb5 $16) 38. Rxf6 Rxf6 (
38... gxf6 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Rb1 Be5 41. h6 $16) 39. Qe8+ Bf8 (39... Rf8 40.
Qe6+ Kh8 41. h6 g6 42. Bc6 Qd8 43. Re2 Qc7 44. Rb2 Qd8 45. Rb7 Rf6 46. Rd7 $18)
40. Bd7 $1 {Light squared bishop was dominating the scene, his relocation is
breaking the last defensive bariers.} Qd6 (40... Qb6 41. Be6+ Kh8 42. Bf7 Qd6
43. Rb1 $18) 41. Re6 Qc7 (41... Rxe6 42. Bxe6+ Kh8 43. Qf7 $18) 42. Rxf6 gxf6
43. Be6+ Kg7 44. h6+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 O-O (10... Nbd7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 b5 14. axb6
Nxb6 15. Bg5 Rfc8 (15... Rfd8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qd3
Rdc8 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. g3 h6 {1-0 Jansa,V-Kulaots,K/Hamburg Wichern op (08)/
1993/ (45)}) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Ra2 a5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21.
b3 a4 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Nc4 Qc6 24. Qd3 axb3 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. cxb3 h6 27. Rd1
Be7 $10 {Jansa,V-Szekely,P/Tallinn/1983/}) (10... Bc4 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Rc8
13. Rad1 b5 14. a3 O-O 15. f5 Rfd8 16. g4 d5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19.
Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. h3 {1-0 Mottas,C-Potterat,M/Zuerich op2/1989/ (29)}
) 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $5 $146 {Kasparov has joked, that Short has only one idea
against the Sicilian: the move g2-g4. In this position it is new and
surprisingly unpleasant.} h6 (12... Nbd7 13. g5 Ne8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Rg1 $16)
(12... d5 13. exd5 (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Nd2 Qd4 16. exd5 Qxd5+ 17.
Qf3 Rd8 $13) 13... Rd8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bg5 $16) 13. g5 (13. h4 d5 $1 14. exd5
Rd8) 13... hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nbd7 (14... Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2
Qxe7 18. f6 $16) 15. Rg1 Rfc8 16. Bxc4 (16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qf3 b5
19. Qg2 g6 20. fxg6 Bxh6 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qg6+ Ke6 23. Qxh6 $16) 16... Qxc4
17. Qf3 Kf8 18. a3 b5 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Qh3 Ke8 {Sorry state of affairs, black
has to run from castling nest in order to avoid mate.} (20... Kg8 21. Bh6 Bf8
22. Rg5 d5 23. Rag1 $18) 21. Qh8+ Bf8 (21... Nf8 22. Qxg7 N8h7 23. Bh6 a5 24.
Rg2 $16) 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Rg7 Qb7 24. Rag1 Rc5 25. Rh7 $16) 23.
Rxg7 a5 (23... d5 24. Nf3 Qd6 (24... Nxe4 25. Rxf7 Qc5 26. Qh5 $18) 25. exd5
Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qxd5 27. Rg3 Ne4 28. Rg8 $18) 24. Rg3 b4 (24... Nd7 25. Rc1 b4
26. axb4 axb4 27. Nd5 $18) 25. Qxf6 bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Rxc3 Qa6 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8
28. c4 $18) 26... Qb7 (26... Rab8 27. Rg8 Qc7 (27... Qxc3 28. Qxd6 $18) 28. Qg7
Ke7 29. f6+ Ke6 30. Qg4+ Kxf6 31. Qg5+ Ke6 32. Rf1 $18) 27. Rb1 Qe7 28. Qh8
Rab8 29. Rbg1 Kd7 (29... Rb2 $2 30. f6 Qe6 31. Qxf8+ $1) 30. c4 (30. Nf1 Rb2
31. Ne3 Qd8 32. Qg8 $18) 30... Rb2 31. Rc3 Qd8 (31... a4 32. Nf3 Rcb8 33. c5
$18) 32. Qh7 Ke8 33. Rg8 Qf6 (33... Qb6 34. Qg7 Ke7 35. f6+ $18) 34. Kg2 Kd7
35. Nf1 Be7 (35... Bh6 36. Rg6 (36. Rxc8 Kxc8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. c5 $18) 36...
Rh8 37. Rxf6 Rxh7 38. c5 dxc5 39. Rxc5 $18) 36. Rg7 Rf8 37. Ne3 Qh4 38. Qxh4
Bxh4 {Black is two pawns down and all his pawns are potentially weak.} 39. c5
dxc5 (39... Rb5 40. c6+ Kc8 41. Nd5 $18) 40. Rxc5 a4 41. Kf3 Be7 42. Rd5+ Kc7
43. Rxe5 Bxa3 (43... Bf6 44. Nd5+ Kd6 45. Nxf6 Kxe5 46. Nd7+ $18) 44. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Rostock-07 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1981.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neukirch, Detlef"]
[Black "Bernard, Ryszard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "1981.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 (10... exf4) 11. f5 Bc4 12. a5 Nbd7 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14.
Ra4 Qc7 (14... Qc6 $5) 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. Kh1 h6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Nd2 Rc6 19. Nc4
Rac8 20. Rd1 Bf8 21. Bg1 Qc7 22. b3 Qd8 23. Raa1 Be7 24. Rd2 Qc7 25. Ra4 Qd8
26. Bf2 Qf8 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Nf6 29. Rd1 Qd8 30. Bh4 Ne8 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32.
Nb6 Rd8 33. c4 Qh4 34. g3 Qg5 35. Nd5 Rd7 36. Kg2 Qd8 37. Ra2 Nf6 38. Nxf6+
Qxf6 39. Rd5 Rdc7 40. Rad2 b6 41. axb6 Rxb6 42. Qd1 Rcc6 43. R2d3 Kh7 44. h4
Qe7 45. Kh3 Qb7 46. Qf3 $6 (46. g4 {/\ g4-g5}) 46... Qe7 47. g4 Qf6 48. Qg2 (
48. Qe3 $142) 48... g5 49. fxg6+ fxg6 50. Rf3 Qe6 51. Kh2 $6 Rb7 52. Rd1 Rcc7
53. g5 $6 (53. Rdf1) 53... Rf7 54. Rdf1 Rf4 $1 55. Rxf4 exf4 56. Rxf4 Rxb3 57.
Rf3 Qe5+ 58. Kh3 Qe6+ 59. Kh2 Rxf3 60. Qxf3 hxg5 61. hxg5 Qxc4 62. Qf6 Qc7 63.
Qf8 $6 d5+ 64. Kg2 Qg7 65. Qc8 Qb2+ 66. Kf3 dxe4+ 67. Kxe4 Qg2+ 68. Kf4 Qh2+
69. Kf3 Qh5+ 70. Kf4 Qh4+ 71. Kf3 Qh1+ 72. Kg3 Qg1+ 73. Kf3 Qd1+ 74. Ke3 Qd6
75. Kf3 a5 76. Qb7+ Kg8 77. Qb5 Qd1+ 78. Kg2 Qg4+ 79. Kh2 Qf4+ 80. Kg2 Qe4+ 81.
Kh2 a4 82. Kg3 Qe3+ 83. Kg4 Qd4+ 84. Kg3 Qd6+ 85. Kg4 a3 86. Qb3+ Kf8 87. Kf3
Qc6+ 88. Kg3 Qc7+ 89. Kg2 Qc6+ 90. Kg3 Qd6+ 91. Kf3 Qe7 92. Kg4 Qe4+ 93. Kg3
Qe5+ 94. Kh3 Qb2 95. Qe6 Qc3+ 96. Kg2 Qd2+ 97. Kh3 Qxg5 98. Qd6+ $6 (98. Qc8+
Kf7 99. Qc4+ $1) 98... Qe7 99. Qxg6 Qe3+ 100. Kg2 Qe2+ 101. Kg3 $6 (101. Kg1 $5
) 101... Qe5+ 102. Kf3 a2 103. Qh6+ Kg8 104. Qg6+ Qg7 0-1

[Event "Montreal WCT"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3
bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. c4 Rfb8 19. a5 Bc8 20. c5 $5 {Objectively
Jakovenko's move might not be the best, but it is certainly desirable. If
white can get protected passed pawn in the center black will face difficult
defensive task.} (20. Qc2 Rb4 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rfb1 Rab8 23. Be1 R4b7 24. Nd2 Be3
25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. g4 Bd4 27. Ra2 Nc5 {Netzer,J-De Firmian,N/Stockholm 2003/
0-1 (41)}) 20... dxc5 (20... Nxc5 $5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. d6 Qc6 23. Bc4 Be6 (
23... Bb7 24. Qd3 Bf4 25. Rab1 $14) 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qc2 (25. Re1 Bf4 26. Qc2
Qxd6 27. g3 Bg5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Rb5 $15) 25... Qxd6 26. Bxc5 Qc6 27. Qf2
Rb5 $15) 21. d6 Qc6 22. Bc4 Nf6 $2 {Fedorowicz decides to give up the c5 pawn
for free with the hope to get counterplay with his rook.} (22... Bb7 23. Qd3
Bf4 24. Qf5 Nf6 25. Bxc5 Bc8 26. Qc2 Bd7 $11) 23. Nxc5 Rb2 (23... Bf5 24. Re1
Bf4 25. Qe2 Qxd6 26. g3 Bd2 (26... Bh6 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Bc8 29. Re7 $18)
27. Red1 Rb2 28. Ra2 Rxa2 29. Bxa2 Rd8 30. Nb3 $18) 24. Qa4 (24. Nd3 $5 Rd2 25.
Nxe5 Rxd1 26. Nxc6 Rxd6 27. Rad1 $16) 24... Qxa4 (24... Qxd6 25. Ne4 $18) 25.
Nxa4 Rc2 26. Bb3 (26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Bd3 Rd2 28. Ra3 $16) 26... Rd2 27. Nb6 Rb8
28. Rad1 {Not only is the d6 pawn very dangerous for black, but a6 is a
perfect target for white pieces.} h5 (28... Kf8 29. Bc4 $16) 29. h4 Bf4 30.
Nxc8 Rxb3 (30... Rxc8 31. g3 Bh6 32. Bb6 $16) 31. Rxd2 Bxd2 32. Rd1 Bxa5 (32...
Rb2 33. Kg1 Kf8 34. Nb6 Bxa5 35. Nc4 Rb5 36. Nxa5 Rxa5 37. d7 $16) 33. Ne7+ Kh7
(33... Kf8 34. Nc6 Rb2 35. Be3 Bb6 36. d7 Nxd7 37. Rxd7 $16) 34. d7 {White
will win a piece and the defender has only some murky chances in the ensuing
endgame.} Rb7 (34... e4 35. fxe4 Nxe4 36. Be1 Bd8 37. Nc6 Bf6 38. d8=Q Bxd8 39.
Nxd8 f5 40. Kh2 $16) 35. Nc6 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Nxa5 Kg6 38. Nb7 Kf5 (38...
f5 $5 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Bc5 Ke6 41. Ba3 Kd5 42. Nd6 g6 43. Nc8 $16) 39. Nc5 $1
Nxc5 40. Bxc5 e4 41. fxe4+ Kxe4 42. Kh2 {[%mdl 4096] White will win as his
bishop controls critical promotion square h8.} a5 43. Kg3 f6 (43... a4 44. Bf8
g6 45. Kf2 Kd4 46. Kf3 Kc3 47. Kf4 f6 48. Be7 $18) 44. Bf8 g5 (44... g6 45. Kf2
Kf4 46. Be7 f5 47. Bd6+ Kg4 48. g3 a4 49. Be7 f4 50. gxf4 Kxf4 51. Ke2 $18) 45.
Be7 Kf5 46. Ba3 a4 47. Bb2 Kg6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. g3 {Jakovenko was winning even
in the lines when both players will get the new queen.} (49. g3 Kg6 50. Ke4 f5+
51. Ke5 f4 52. gxf4 gxh4 53. f5+ Kg5 54. Bc1+ Kg4 55. f6 h3 56. f7 h2 57. f8=Q
h1=Q 58. Qf5+ Kg3 59. Bf4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf1"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bg5 (12... Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14.
Nd2 Ne7 15. c4 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nc6 17. b4 Nd4 18. Rab1 f5 19. Bd3 f4 20. f3 g5
21. Kh1 Kh8 22. c5 g4 23. cxd6 gxf3 24. gxf3 $17 {Vogt,L-Ftacnik,L/Trencianske
Teplice/1979/0-1 (57)}) 13. a5 Rc8 14. Bg4 $1 $146 (14. c4 Ne7 15. Nb6 Rc6 16.
Nd2 Ng6 17. g3 Kh8 18. Ra3 Re8 19. Re1 Nf8 20. b4 g6 21. Nf1 f5 22. exf5 gxf5
23. Ne3 Ng6 24. Ned5 $16 {Vogt,L-Fedorowicz,J/Naleczow/1979/1-0 (39)}) 14...
Kh8 (14... Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Bh6 16. Rfd1 $14) 15. c3 Bh6 $6 16. Nb6 Rc7 17. Bxe6
fxe6 18. Qd3 Rcf7 19. Rad1 $1 (19. Nc4 d5 20. Ne3 Bf4 $132) 19... Nxa5 20. Nxa5
Qxb6 21. Nc4 Qa7 (21... Qc5 22. b4) 22. Qe2 (22. Nxd6 $2 Rxf2) 22... b5 23.
Nxd6 Rf6 (23... Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Be3 (24... Rxf2 $2 25. Qxf2 Be3 26. Nf7+ $18) 25.
Rdf1 (25. Nf7+ $6 Kg8 26. Rd8 Bxf2+ $1 27. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Kxf7) 25... Qb6
26. Nxb5 axb5 27. g3 b4 $14) (23... Rd7 24. Rd3 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 $16) 24. Rd3 Qb6
25. g3 (25. b4 $1 Rd8 $140 26. c4 $1) 25... Rd8 26. Rfd1 Rdf8 27. Rf1 Rd8 28.
Qd1 Rdf8 29. Qc2 Be3 (29... Rd8 30. c4 $1) 30. Rxe3 Qxd6 31. Rd3 Qc6 32. Qe2 h6
(32... Qc4 33. f3) 33. Kg2 a5 34. f3 Qc4 35. Rf2 a4 36. h4 R6f7 (36... b4 37.
cxb4 Qxb4 38. Qc2 $14) 37. Qd2 Kh7 38. Rd7 Qc6 (38... Rxd7 39. Qxd7 a3 $5 40.
bxa3 Ra8 $1 41. Qe7 Qxc3 42. Qxe6 Rxa3 43. Qf5+ Kg8 $13) 39. Rd6 Qc4 40. Qd3
Qxd3 41. Rxd3 Rc8 (41... a3 42. bxa3 Ra8 43. Rb2 Rxa3 44. Rxb5 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 $16
) (41... b4 $5 $132) 42. Rd6 Re7 43. Rb6 Rc5 (43... a3 44. bxa3 Rxc3 45. Rxb5
Rxa3 46. Rxe5 $14) 44. Rd2 Kg8 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Ra8 Rd7 47. Kh3 (47. h5 $1 Rd2+
(47... Kf6 48. Kh3 $1 Kg5 49. Rf8 Re7 50. Rf5+ $1 exf5 51. Rg6+ Kxh5 52. exf5
$18) 48. Kh3 Rxb2 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Rf8+ Kg5 51. Rxg7+ Kxh5 52. g4#) 47... h5 $1
(47... Rd2 $2 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. h5+ $1 Kxh5 50. Rxg7 $18) 48. Raa6 Re7 (48...
Rd2 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Raa7 $18) 49. g4 hxg4+ (49... g6 50. g5 Rd7 (50... Re8 51.
Ra5 $18) 51. Rxe6 Rd2 52. Rf6+ Ke7 53. Ra7+ Rd7 54. Rxg6 Rxa7 55. Rg7+ $18) 50.
Kxg4 Kf6 (50... Rd7 51. Ra5 $16) 51. h5 Rcc7 (51... Kf7 52. Ra5 $16) 52. f4 $1
(52. Rxb5 Rb7 53. Rab6 Rxb6 54. Rxb6 Ra7 55. c4 a3 56. bxa3 Rxa3) 52... Rc4 (
52... exf4 53. Rxb5 Kf7 (53... Rb7 $4 54. Rf5#) 54. Kxf4 $18) (52... Rb7 53. f5
Rxb6 54. Rxb6 Kf7 55. Rxe6 $1 $18) 53. Rxb5 Rxe4 54. Rxe5 Rxe5 (54... Rc4 $2
55. Rf5#) 55. fxe5+ Kxe5 56. Rxa4 Rb7 57. Rb4 $1 Rc7 (57... Rxb4+ 58. cxb4 Kd4
59. b5 Kc5 60. Kf4 Kxb5 61. Ke5 $18) 58. Kg5 Kd5 59. Kf4 Rf7+ (59... e5+ 60.
Ke3 $18) 60. Ke3 Rf1 61. Rd4+ Kc5 62. b4+ Kb5 63. Rg4 Rf5 64. Rxg7 Rxh5 65. Rc7
Re5+ 66. Kd3 Rd5+ 67. Kc2 Rd8 68. Rc5+ (68. Kb3 Re8 69. c4+ Kb6 70. Rh7 e5)
68... Kb6 69. Kb3 Re8 70. Kc4 (70. Re5 Kc6 71. c4 $18) 70... Rd8 (70... e5 71.
Kd3 e4+ 72. Ke3 Re7 73. Rc4 $18) 71. b5 Rd6 72. Re5 Kc7 73. Kc5 Rd3 74. c4 Kd7
(74... Rd6 75. Rh5 $18) 75. Re4 Rc3 76. b6 Rb3 77. Rd4+ Kc8 78. Kc6 (78. Kc6 e5
79. Rh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nd5 (12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 h6 (13... Rc8
14. Na3 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 d5 17. c3 Nc6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5
axb5 21. Nca5 Nxa5 22. Nxa5 Ba8 23. Bxb5 {1-0 Palac,M-Boric,M/Pula/1999/ (28)})
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Na3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nbxa5 Nd4
20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Bd3 Bg5 22. Qf2 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo/1998/ 
(59)}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 a5 $1 15. Bd2 Na6 16. Bc3 {Black's set
up on the queenside is not nice, but it certainly slows down white's build up
with his pawn majority.} (16. f4 Bf6 17. Bc3 exf4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qd2 Rae8
20. Bd3 Qe5 21. Rae1 Qg5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxf4 Nc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Kg1 g6
26. g3 Qe7 27. Re4 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-King,D/England/1998/ (27)}) 16... Bg5 $5
17. Bd3 (17. g3 Bc8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Bf6 20. Nd4 $13) 17... Bc8 18. Qc2 g6
19. g3 Bh3 $1 (19... f5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bf6 22. Nd4 Nb4 23. Bxb4 Bxd4 24.
Bc3 $11) 20. Rf2 Nb4 21. Qe2 (21. Bxb4 $5 axb4 22. Nd2 f5 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Nxf1
Qc7 $11) 21... Qd7 (21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc8 $11) 22. Nd2 f5 23. Bxb4 axb4 24.
b3 Qc7 25. Qe1 e4 $5 {The pawn sacrifice is very profound and depends on the
activity of all black pieces.} (25... Qc5 26. Bf1 $11) 26. fxe4 Qg7 $1 27. e5 (
27. exf5 Rae8 28. Qg1 (28. Qb1 Qd4 $17) (28. Re2 $2 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Bxd2 $19)
28... Be3 $17) (27. Ra2 Qc3 $1 (27... Rae8 28. Nf3 Bf6 (28... fxe4 29. Bxe4 (
29. Nxg5 exd3 $17) 29... Bh6 30. Ng1 $16) 29. Rae2 Bc3 30. Qc1 $14) 28. Bf1 (
28. Nf3 Qxe1+ 29. Nxe1 fxe4 $19) 28... Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 fxe4 $15)
27... dxe5 28. Bf1 Bg4 (28... Bxf1 29. Nxf1 e4 $15) 29. Be2 h5 $1 30. Bxg4 hxg4
31. c5 (31. Rd1 Be7 $15 (31... e4 32. Nb1 $1 {xb4})) 31... bxc5 32. Nc4 e4 33.
Rd1 Bf6 {The result of the whole operation is rather gloomy for white. He can
claim only one asset in pawn d5, but black controls the whole board and can
roll over his enemy with pawns.} (33... Qc3 34. Qxc3 (34. d6 Qxb3 35. Qf1 e3
36. Rb2 Qxa4 37. Qd3 Qc6+ 38. Kg1 $17) 34... bxc3 35. Ne5 Rfb8 36. Nxg6 Rxb3
$19) 34. d6 Bd4 35. Ra2 Rae8 36. a5 e3 $1 37. Qf1 g5 (37... f4 $5 38. gxf4 Rxf4
39. Qg2 (39. Qxf4 e2 40. Rxe2 (40. Re1 Qb7+) 40... Rxe2 41. a6 Qa7 $19) 39...
Rf2 $17) 38. Qg2 f4 39. Qd5+ Kh8 (39... Rf7 $2 40. d7 Rd8 41. a6 Rdxd7 42. a7
$3 $16) 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. d7 Rd8 {The pawn mass e3-f4-g4 is much more
dangerous than the lonely hero on d7.} 42. Rxd4 (42. Qh5+ Qh7 43. Qxg4 f3 44.
Rxd4 Qb1+ 45. Qg1 Qxg1+ 46. Kxg1 cxd4 $19) 42... cxd4 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Rg2 (44.
Qd5+ Kh7 45. Qh5+ Qh6 $19) 44... g3 45. Qd5+ (45. hxg3 f3 $19) 45... Kh7 46.
Qh5+ Qh6 47. Qd5 Qg6 48. a6 f3 $1 (48... e2 49. Rxe2 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 f3+ 51. Kh3
fxe2 52. Qh5+ Kg7 $19) (48... f3 $1 49. Rxg3 Qb1+ 50. Rg1 Qxg1+ $1 51. Kxg1 f2+
$19) 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 08th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 {Black is avoiding complications with early a2-a4 and prefers to
play the pawn advance to b5 later.} 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2 f5 {The whole line became
very topical a Jakovenko knows it very well after quite a few of his top level
games.} (17... Qc7 18. c4 a5 (18... Rab8 19. a5 Rfe8 (19... Ba8 20. Ra4 Qb7 21.
Nc1 Nc5 22. Ra1 Qd7 23. Ra2 Rfc8 24. Nd3 Nb3 25. f4 exf4 26. Bb6 Nc5 {1/2
Nijboer,F (2638)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2573)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/ (32)}) 20. Rb1 g6
21. Bd3 Ba8 22. Qc2 Rb4 23. Be1 Rbb8 24. Bf2 Rb4 25. Be1 Rbb8 26. Bf2 {1/2
Onischuk,A (2625)-De Firmian,N (2570)/Luzern 1997/}) (18... Rfb8 19. a5 Bc8 20.
c5 dxc5 21. d6 Qc6 22. Bc4 Nf6 23. Nxc5 Rb2 24. Qa4 Qxa4 25. Nxa4 Rc2 26. Bb3
Rd2 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Rad1 {1-0 Jakovenko,D (2596)-Fedorowicz,J (2507)/Montreal
2005/ (49)}) 19. Qe1 (19. Nd2 f5 20. Nb1 Rf6 21. Nc3 Raf8 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. Rb1
Ba8 24. Qc2 Nc5 25. Qc3 Rh6 26. Be1 Bb7 27. Qxa5 Qf6 28. Bf2 e4 {1/2 Jakovenko,
D (2552)-Sasikiran,K (2650)/Pardubice 2002/ (45)}) 19... Rfb8 20. Ra3 g6 21.
Bd3 f5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Ra2 Rac8 25. Qb1 Ba6 26. c5 Bxd3 27. Qxd3
dxc5 28. Bxc5 Qf7 {1/2 Zhang Zhong (2657)-Sasikiran,K (2569)/Hastings 2002/ 
(65)}) (17... h5 18. c4 Re8 19. Rb1 h4 20. Nd2 (20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Nf6 22.
Qf5 Nd7 23. Nd2 g6 24. Qh3 Rb8 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Bxh4 Bxh4 27. Nxd6 {1-0
Jakovenko,D (2570)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2511)/Goa 2002/ (37)}) 20... Bc8 21. Ne4
Be7 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. d6 Bf8 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bd5 Ra7 27. Rf2 {
1-0 Ye Jiangchuan (2684)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2528)/Jodhpur 2003/ (47)}) 18. Rb1 (
18. c4 Nf6 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. a5 Ba8 21. Ba7 Rc8 22. Bb6 Qe7 23. c5 Bxd5 24. Bxa6
Rb8 25. Qe2 {1-0 Pokazanjev,N (2456)-Bodnaruk,A (2255)/St Petersburg 2006/ (79)
}) 18... Rf7 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qc2 g6 (20... Bc8 21. Rfd1 Rb8 22. c5 $14) 21. Rfd1
Rc8 22. c5 $5 {[%mdl 4] This daring move is the key element of the whole
strategy, white is trying to obtain advantage with the help of the opening in
the center.} (22. Qa2 $5) 22... Kg7 $2 {Alekseev was not in the top form in
Poikovsky, but this alibistic move is just a poor reaction to the impending
crises.} (22... Bxd5 $1 23. Rxd5 (23. Bxa6 Rc6 24. Bb5 Rc8 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26.
Qxc4 Qe7 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. cxd6 Ke6 $11) 23... Nxd5 24. Bc4 Ne7
25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qc4+ d5 27. Qxa6 d4 $15 {1/2 Lapenna,A (2079)-Bresciani,N 
(2290)/Bratto 2006/ (45)}) 23. Bc4 (23. c6 $5 Nxd5 24. Nc5 $1 (24. Rxd5 Rxc6
25. Qd3 $16) 24... dxc5 25. Rxb7 Rxc6 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxd5 $18) 23... Rcc7 (
23... dxc5 24. d6 Rd7 25. Nxc5 $18) 24. Na5 (24. c6 Bc8 25. Bb6 Nh5 26. Qf2 $18
) 24... Bc8 25. cxd6 {The battle is effectively over since Jakovenko is
completely dominating the queenside.} Rcd7 (25... Qxd6 26. Rb6 Qd8 27. d6 $18)
26. Nc6 Qe8 27. Rb8 $1 Rb7 (27... Rxd6 28. Bc5 Rdd7 (28... Rxc6 29. dxc6 Rc7
30. Rd6 Rxc6 31. Bxa6 $18) 29. Bxa6 $18) 28. Ra8 $1 {The rook on the 8th rank
is often annoying, but here it is just too much for black concerned with shaky
center.} e4 29. Ne7 Rfxe7 (29... e3 30. Bxa6 $18) 30. dxe7 e3 31. Bf1 (31. Bxa6
exf2 32. d6 $18) 31... exf2 32. d6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7 $1 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd2 (16. h4 $2 Nxg5 $19) 16... O-O-O 17. Qe3 {[%mdl 4]
White's opening strategy was refuted, g5 pawn is weak and king on h1 reather
exposed. On top of it his pieces are badly coordinated.} (17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Bf3
f6 19. g6 Ng5 $17) 17... Kb8 (17... d5 18. exd5 Bxd5+ 19. Bf3 Bxf3+ 20. Rxf3
Kb8 $15) 18. Rd1 (18. Bd2 f6 19. gxf6 Nhxf6 $15) 18... f6 $1 19. Na5 (19. g6
Ng5 20. Bf1 Rh6 $17) 19... Nxg5 (19... Rc8 20. Qd3 Nhf8 21. Qxd6+ Qxd6 22. Rxd6
Rxc2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Nc5 $15) 20. Bxa6 Rh3 (20... Nc5 21. Bxb7 Qc7 22.
Qc3 Ngxe4 (22... Nxb7 23. Nc6+ Kc8 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25. Na7+ Kd7 26. Qxe5 $15) 23.
Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qb4+ Kc8 25. Qxe4 Qxa5 $15) 21. Qd2 (21. Qe2 Rdh8 22. Bxg5 (22.
Qb5 $2 Rxh2+ 23. Kg1 Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Bh3#) 22... Rxh2+ 23. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qf7
25. Nxb7 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Qxg5+ $19) (21. Bxb7 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 (22. Nc6+ Kxb7 23.
Nxe7 Rxe4 24. Bxg5 Re8 25. Rxd6 Rxe7 $19) 22... Qf8 $19) 21... Nc5 (21... Nf3
22. Nc6+ Kc7 23. Nxe7 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 bxa6 25. Ba5+ Nb6 26. Nd5+ Bxd5 27. Rxd5
$14) (21... Rdh8 22. Nc6+ bxc6 23. Qb4+ Nb6 (23... Kc7 $2 24. Qb7+ Kd8 25. Qc8#
) 24. Qxb6+ Ka8 25. Qxc6+ Ka7 26. Be3+ $1 Kb8 (26... Rxe3 $2 27. Rxd6 $18) 27.
Qb6+ Ka8 $11) 22. Bxb7 (22. Qe2 Ngxe4 23. Kg1 Nxa6 24. Qxa6 bxa6 25. Nc6+ Kb7
26. Nxe7 Re8 27. Nd5 Reh8 $19) 22... Nf3 $1 {The tactics in this part of the
game is fascinating, but white suffers due to underdeveoped pieces.} 23. Nc6+ (
23. Bd5 Rc8 24. Qb4+ Qb7 $1 25. Qxb7+ Nxb7 26. Kg2 Rxc2+ 27. Bd2 Nh4+ 28. Kf1
Bxd5 29. exd5 Nxa5 $19) 23... Kxb7 24. Nxe7 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 (25. Bxd2 Nxe4 $19)
25... Nxe4 26. Rg2 g5 27. c4 $8 (27. b3 Rh7 28. Ng6 Bf5 $19) 27... Bxc4 28. b3
Be6 $19 {The smoke has cleared and white is positionally and materially lost.}
29. Rc2 Rdh8 30. Ba3 (30. Kg1 g4 31. a4 g3 $19) 30... g4 31. Re1 f5 (31... d5
32. Rb2 g3 33. Ree2 Nf2+ $19) 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Bxd6 g3 34. Rc7+ (34. Bxe5
Rxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 34... Ka8 35. a4 (35. Nc6 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1
Rxa2 $19) 35... Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Rh1+ 37. Kg2 R1h2+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kf1 Rd2 $19)
38... Bg4 39. Bxe5 (39. Nc6 Rh1+ 40. Kg2 Bf3+ 41. Kxg3 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 Rg2+ 43.
Ke3 Re2#) 39... Bf3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Qg3 Kh8 (11... Re8 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Qe1
d5 15. exd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Bxa6 Nxc3 19. Bxb7 Nxd1 20. Bxc8
Nxb2 21. Ba6 Qc7 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. Rb1 Nxa4 24. Bxa4 b5 {1/2-1/2 Kaiumov,
D-Roeder,M/Abu Dhabi 1999/ (34)}) (11... Bb7 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Be3 Nef6 14. Nd2
Rc8 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. f3 Qc7 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Rab1 {
1-0 Short,N-Leitao,R/Buenos Aires 2000/ (47)}) 12. Rd1 (12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nd2 d5
(13... Qc7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. f3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. b3 Ne6 19.
Bc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 b5 {0-1 Thipsay,P-Howell,J/London 1985/ (58)}) 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rad1 (16. Bf3 Bh4 17. Qh3 Be6 18. Bg4 f5 19. Be2 Qe7 20. Bc4
Bf6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Ne4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Rashkovsky,N/Barnaul 1984/ 
(25)}) 16... Qc7 17. Nf3 Qb7 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Bxa4 20. Qg4 e4 21. Rxd7 Bxd7
22. Rxd7 f5 23. Rxb7 fxg4 24. Nd2 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Piesina,G/Barnaul 1984/ (35)})
(12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Ne8 15. Be3 g6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18.
Rd2 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Rcd8 20. f3 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 b5 22. Be3 bxc4 23. Bb6 Qc6 24. Bxd8
Rxd8 25. b3 {1-0 Zhelnin,V-Savon,V/Odessa 1989/ (71)}) 12... Bb7 13. f3 Nh5 (
13... Qc7 14. Qf2 Nh5 15. Be3 g6 16. Nd2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nc4 Rg8 19. Kh1
Rg6 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. Nxb6 d5 23. Nd7 Rd8 24. g4 Rxd7 25. gxh5
Rb6 {0-1 Anand,V-Howell,J/Sharjah 1985/ (82)}) 14. Qf2 Bh4 $2 {Fressinet is
hoping to weaken the a8-h1 diagonal, but it comes at a cost of two tempoes.} (
14... Qc7 15. Be3 g6 $13) 15. g3 Be7 16. Bc4 f5 (16... g6 17. Bd5 $16) 17. exf5
Rxf5 18. Bd5 Qc7 $6 (18... Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nhf6 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Qe2 Ng8 22. Qd3
Qf7 23. Qxd6 Rxf3 24. Qc6 Rf8 25. Bf4 $14) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nd5 Rf7 (20... Bf8
21. g4 $1 Nhf6 22. gxf5 Nxd5 23. Bg5 $16) 21. Nxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxd6 {
Mikhalchishin has won a pawn and balck simply doesn't have compensation for it.
} Rf7 (22... Rf8 23. Bg5 Rxf3 24. Qxb6 $1 Qxb6+ 25. Rxb6 Nxb6 26. Bxe7 $16) 23.
Be3 Raf8 (23... Rxf3 $2 24. Rxd7 $18) (23... Qxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Re1 Rf7 26.
Bxb6 $16) 24. Rad1 Qc8 (24... Rxf3 $2 25. Rxd7 Qe4 26. Nd2 Rxf2 27. Nxe4 Re2
28. R1d3 $18) 25. Qe2 Qe8 (25... Nhf6 26. a5 b5 27. Kg2 $16) 26. Nd2 (26. Qxa6
$5 Rxf3 27. Rxd7 Rxe3 28. Qxb6 Re1+ (28... Re2 29. Rd8 $18) 29. Rxe1 Qxd7 30.
Qb5 $18) 26... Nhf6 27. Qxa6 {After the loss of a second pawn black's chances
are very modest.} e4 28. f4 (28. Nxe4 $2 Ne5 $1) 28... Ng4 29. Qe2 Ndf6 (29...
Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Nf6 31. b3 $18) 30. Nc4 (30. b3 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxd7
33. Re1 Ng4 34. Qc3 Rc8 35. Nc4 $18) 30... Qxa4 (30... Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxa4 32.
b3 Qa2 33. R6d2 b5 34. Nd6 Rd7 35. c4 $18) 31. b3 Qb5 (31... Qe8 32. Bxb6 $18)
32. Rxb6 Qh5 33. Rbd6 $18 {White has two extra pawns and a better position,
the game is decided.} h6 34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Bxf6 gxf6 (35... Nxf6 36. Qxh5 Nxh5
37. Rd8 $18) 36. R1d5 Qg6 (36... f5 37. Ne5 $18) 37. Rd8 Rxd8 38. Rxd8+ Kh7 39.
Qd2 Rg7 (39... Qh5 40. Rd7+ Rxd7 41. Qxd7+ Kg8 42. Qd2 $18) 40. Rd7 h5 41. Ne3
Nh6 (41... Nxe3 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qxe3 $18) 42. Qd5 h4 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. g4
$1 Qe8 (44... Nxg4 $2 45. Qd7+ $18) 45. Kf2 Qe7 46. g5 fxg5 47. fxg5 Qf8+ 48.
Ke1 Nf7 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Qxe4 Nxg5 51. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 (13. Nxc5 dxc5
14. c4 Bd6 15. b4 $5) 13... Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 (14... b6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Qd2 Qd7
17. f4 Nfe4 18. Qb4 Rfb8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. Qh4 Rf8
23. g4 Qa4 24. c4 Qc2 25. Rd2 Qe4 26. Qh3 a5 27. b3 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/
Sarajevo/1999/ 1-0 (76)}) 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Rfd1 (16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qc4 Nf6 18.
Rfd1 Bd6 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. g4 Qd8 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rg1 e4 24. Rg2
Rce8 25. g5 Ne5 26. Qa4 Nf3 27. Qd7 Bxh2 {0-1 Nikolenko,O-Voitsekhovsky,S/
Minsk/1998/ (50)}) 16... b6 17. Qc4 (17. a3 f5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 $13) 17... f5 18.
Bd3 Qd8 {Black must get some counterplay on the kingside, since white's two
bishops and domination on queenside make his position vulnerable.} (18... f4 $6
19. Bxe4 (19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe4 g6 $14) 19... fxe3 20. fxe3 b5
21. Qc3 b4 22. Qc4 Bg5 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bf5 $16) 19.
Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 (21. b4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 f4 23. Bd2 f3 $1 $15) 21...
e4 22. Bf1 Bf6 (22... f4 $5 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 (24. b4 $5) 24... Rxf6 25. b4
Nd7 26. Re1 e3 $1 27. fxe3 f3 28. gxf3 Ne5 29. Bg2 Nxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 $17) 23.
Rab1 (23. Bd4 f4 (23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nd7 $15) 24. b4 (24. Bxf6) 24... Nd7 25.
Bxf6 Nxf6 26. c4 e3 $15) 23... Be5 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 $2 {Svidler is making
a move, that equals positional bancrupcy. Black seems to be having a good game,
but after this move all white pawns on the queenside are of lesser quality.} (
25. axb4 Nd7 26. c4 f4 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Nf6 $15) 25... Nd7 26. Rc4 (26. c4
f4 $40) (26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Qxb6 Qg5 $17) 26... Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qe8 28. Re1 (28.
h3 Qg6 $17) 28... Nf6 $1 29. h3 (29. Bxb6 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Ng4 32.
Bd3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 exd3+ $17) 29... Nd7 $1 30. Qc7 (30. Qb4 $5)
30... f4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Polgar plays her cards very skilfully, white has
problems to hold his endangered kingside.} 31. Bc1 (31. Bxb6 Nxb6 (31... e3 $2
32. Bb5 $1 $16) 32. Qxb6 Qg6 (32... e3 33. fxe3 f3 $17 34. gxf3 Qg6+ 35. Bg2
Qg3 36. Kf1 Rxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Qxf3+ $11) 33. c4 e3 $40) 31... e3 32. Bb5 (32. fxe3
f3 33. gxf3 Qg6+ 34. Bg2 Qg3 35. Kf1 Nc5 $1 (35... Rxf3+ 36. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1
Nf8 (37... Bh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxe1+ 40. Kg2 Nf6 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qe6+
Kg6 43. Bb2 $11) 38. Bd2 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Qxh3+ 40. Ke2 Bg3 41. Rb1 Qg2+ 42. Kd3
Qxd5+ 43. Ke2 $13) 36. f4 g5 37. Qe7 gxf4 38. exf4 Bd4 $1 39. Qe2 Qh2 40. Qg4+
Kh8 $19) 32... exf2+ 33. Kxf2 f3 $1 (33... f3 $1 34. Qxd7 (34. gxf3 Bg3+ 35.
Kxg3 Qxe1+ $19) 34... Bg3+ 35. Kxg3 Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. a4 Rc8 14. c3 Bg5 (
14... g5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qd1
Qd7 21. h3 Rf7 22. Qd3 Rcf8 23. Nd2 h5 {1/2-1/2 Fishbein,A-Browne,W/USA 1987/ 
(33)}) (14... h6 15. a5 Bg5 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Nc4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Qc7 19. b4 Bh7
20. Qd2 Rcd8 21. Qe3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Cuijpers,F-King,D/Germany 1990/ (54)}) (14...
Bg6 15. a5 f5 16. Ra4 Nf6 17. Rb4 Qd7 18. f3 Bf7 19. c4 Nh5 20. Be3 Bh4 21. g3
f4 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Lutz,C/Dortmund 1991/ (41)}) (14... a5 15. Be3 Bg6 16. Nd2
f5 17. f4 Bf7 18. Nc4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nf6 20. Rxe7 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxe7 22. Qd4 {
1-0 Cuijpers,F-Koch,T/Germany 1996/ (40)}) 15. Bxg5 (15. a5 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf6
17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Qe3 Bg6 19. f3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. b4 Rc7 22. c4 f5 23. Qb6
Rf6 24. Rad1 f4 25. c5 Bf7 26. c6 {1-0 Cuijpers,F-Bezemer,A/NED 1995/ (33)})
15... Qxg5 16. a5 Bg6 17. Nd2 f5 (17... Bh5 18. Ne4 Bxd1 19. Nxg5 Bc2 20. Rac1
Bg6 21. b4 h6 22. Nf3 Rc7 23. c4 Rfc8 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. Re3 b6 {1/2-1/2 London,
D-Gruenfeld,Y/New York 1985/ (38)}) 18. Nc4 Rf6 19. Ra4 Nc5 (19... Bh5 20. f3
$5 (20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Bf7 $11) (20. Be2 Rg6 21. g3 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 f4 $11)
20... e4 21. f4 Qg6 22. Qd2 $14) 20. Rb4 f4 (20... Bh5 21. f3 e4 22. Qd2 Qg6
23. f4 $14) 21. Rb6 Rd8 $6 {[%mdl 32] White has chosen very unpleasant plan
for Zagrebelny, d6 pawn has the proud role of the key to the black postion.} (
21... Bh5 $5 22. Qd2 (22. f3 e4 23. Nxd6 Bxf3 24. Qd4 Bxg2 25. Bxg2 f3 26. Qf2
Rcf8 $19) 22... Bf3 23. b4 Na4 24. Rxd6 Rxc4 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. d6 $1 $16) 22.
b4 $1 Bh5 (22... Ne4 23. Qf3 Qf5 24. Rxb7 Ng5 25. Qd1 $16) 23. f3 e4 (23... Nd7
24. Rxb7 $18) 24. bxc5 exf3 (24... Bxf3 25. Qc2 e3 26. Rxd6 $18) 25. Qd2 fxg2
26. Bxg2 Qg4 (26... dxc5 27. Rxb7 Bf3 28. Re5 Qg6 (28... Qg4 29. Rbe7 $18) 29.
Rbe7 $18) 27. Rxd6 Rdxd6 28. cxd6 {The attack and defence do not cancel
themselves out, white is winning due to the powerful passed pawn.} f3 29. Ne5
Qh4 (29... Qxg2+ 30. Qxg2 fxg2 31. d7 Rd6 (31... Rf8 32. Nc6 $1 $18) 32. Rb1
Rxd5 33. Rxb7 Kf8 34. Kxg2 $18) 30. Nxf3 Bxf3 31. d7 Rf8 32. Re8 (32. Re8 Bxg2
33. d6 $1 Qf6 (33... Bc6 34. Qa2+ $18) 34. Qa2+ Kh8 35. Qxg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Zrinjevac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. a4 O-O 12. g4 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Nc5 14. g5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Ivanchuk comes with great novelty, that was likely prepared at home.
Black pieces will be driven back home and white wins material.} Nfxe4 15. Nd5
Qd8 (15... Qd7 16. Bg4 $14) 16. b4 Nd7 (16... Ne6 17. f5 $1 Nc7 (17... N6xg5
18. Qd3 Rc8 19. h4 $40) 18. f6 gxf6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. gxf6 $40) 17. Qc2 f5 18.
Nc7 Rc8 19. Qb3+ Kh8 (19... Rf7 20. Bc4 Qf8 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23.
Qxf7+ Nxf7 24. Nd5 $14) 20. Ne6 Qe8 (20... Qb6 21. Nxf8 Qc6 22. Bf3 $14) 21.
Nxf8 Bxf8 22. fxe5 {Morovic has single pawn for the exchange, but his hopes
can be connected with some play against white exposed king.} (22. Bf3 Nb6 23.
Bxe4 fxe4 24. fxe5 Nc4 $14) 22... Nxe5 (22... Qxe5 23. Bf4 $16) 23. Rxf5 g6 (
23... Qc6 24. Kg1 $1 (24. Bf3 Nf2+ 25. Kg2 Qd7 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Kxf2 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Qd2+ $15) 24... Qd7 25. Rf4 $16) 24. Rf4 Qc6 25. Bf3 (25. Kg1 $5 $16)
25... Nxf3 (25... Nf2+ 26. Kg2 (26. Kg1 $2 Nh3+ $19) 26... Nxf3 27. Rxf3 (27.
Qxf3 Nd3 28. Qxc6 Nxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rxc6 30. Rd1 $11) 27... Ne4 28. Be3 $16) 26.
Qxf3 Qxc1+ {Fine combination that can be subtly refuted, the finish is very
instructive.} (26... Nf2+ 27. Kg1 $1 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Ng4 29. Bf4 $18) 27. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 28. Kg2 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 (29. Kh3 $4 Nxg5+ $19) 29... Rc1+ 30. Qf1 (30. Kg2
Rc2+) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 $1 (31. Rxf1 $2 Kg8 $19) 31... Nd2+ (31... Be7 32.
Rxe4 Bxg5 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rb8 $18) 32. Ke1 Be7 33. h4 $1 (33. h4 $1 Nb3 34.
Rf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rogovski, Vladimir"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
O-O 15. Qf3 {[%mdl 4] This plan is pretty dangerous for black as white wants
to put the bishop on d3 and march his kingside pawns against the enemy king.} (
15. h4 Re8 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. g4 g6 18. h5 Re7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Bd3
Rae8 22. Qh3 Qa5 23. f4 Re1 24. Qh4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxd5 26. a3 {1-0 Cernousek,
L-Danner,G/Budapest 2004/ (39)}) 15... Re8 (15... Qa5 16. Kb1 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Re5
(17... Be5 18. h4 Re7 19. h5 Rae8 20. a3 b5 21. Qe4 g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rxh7
Rxh7 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh7 {1-0 Jansa,V-Mietzner,T/Germany 2004/ (29)}) 18. g4
Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. f4 g6 (20... h6 21. h4 g6 22. b4 Rc8 23. g5 hxg5 24.
hxg5 Bg7 25. Rde1 a5 26. a3 {1-0 Lobzhanidze,D-Rechel,B/Wiesbaden 1998/ (65)})
21. b4 g5 22. Bc4 Rb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. fxg5 Be5 25. Rd3 {1-0 Lobzhanidze,
D-Maiorov,O/Cherkessk 1997/ (41)}) (15... d3 16. Bxd3 Be5 17. h4 Rc8 18. c3 f5
19. Bxf5 g6 20. Be6+ Kg7 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. f3 Rc5 23. Rd3 Rf4 24. Qc2 {1-0
Ganguly,S-Sutovsky,E/Pune 2004/ (40)}) 16. Bd3 Re5 17. Rhe1 (17. Kb1 Qe7 (17...
Qb6 18. g4 Rae8 19. h4 Qc5 20. g5 Bd8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qg4 Qxd5 23. a3 b5 24. f4
Re3 25. h5 Qf3 26. Qd7 R3e7 27. Qxd6 Re6 28. Qxd4 {1-0 Mokry,K-Bouaziz,S/
Reggio Emilia 1983/ (50)}) (17... Qa5 18. g4 Qxd5 (18... Rae8 19. h4 h6 20. a3
Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. f4 Rc5 23. g5 Bd8 24. Rhe1 Re3 25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Re1 Rc7
27. Rxe3 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Paehtz,E-Zhao Xue/Elista 2004/ (33)}) 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20.
f4 g5 21. fxg5 (21. Bc4 Rc5 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Rxd4 Be3 24. Re4 Re5 25. Rxe5
dxe5 26. Bd5 Ra7 27. Re1 Bf4 28. c4 {1-0 Navara,D-Smeets,J/Antalya 2004/ (43)})
21... Rxg5 22. Bf5 Re8 23. Rhf1 Be5 24. h4 Rg7 25. h5 h6 26. Rf3 f6 27. a4 {
1-0 Kulaots,K-Areshchenko,A/Cappelle la Grande 2004/ (60)}) 18. h4 Re8 19. a3 (
19. Qh3 h5 20. g4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Re1 22. a3 Rxd1+ {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Palac,M/
Rabac 2004/ (22)}) 19... b5 20. g4 Qb7 (20... Bxh4 21. Qf4 h6 22. Qxd4 Bf6 23.
f4 Re3 24. Qb6 Ra8 25. g5 {1-0 Michielsen,J-Becker,M/Arnhem 2004/ (44)}) 21. g5
Bd8 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qg4 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. h5 {1/2-1/2 Totsky,L-Ivanov,V/
Smolensk 1991/ (36)}) 17... Qe7 18. Rxe5 (18. Re4 Rxe4 19. Bxe4 Qe5 20. g3 Re8
21. Re1 g6 22. Kd1 $14) 18... Qxe5 (18... dxe5 $5 {It seems strange to unleash
the d5 pawn into a potentially dangerous passed monster, but natural recapture
greatly improves black's pawn structure.} 19. Qe4 (19. d6 Qxd6 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21.
Qxa6 Qb4 22. b3 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 g6 $15) 19... g6 20. f4 Qd6 21. g3 Rd8 $13) 19.
Kb1 Re8 20. g3 g6 21. h4 h5 22. a3 (22. Qh1 b5 23. f4 Qe3 24. f5 gxf5 25. Bxf5
d3 26. Bxd3 Qe5 27. c3 b4 $132) 22... Bd8 23. Qh1 Ba5 24. b4 (24. f4 Qe1 25. f5
Qxh1 26. Rxh1 Kg7 27. b4 Bd8 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. a4 $14) 24... Bd8 25. f4 Qe3 26.
f5 g5 (26... Qxg3 27. fxg6 Bxh4 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Qe4+ Kd8 31.
Qxd4 $14) 27. f6 $2 {Rogovski shows a great ambition, but the pawn structure
transformes into enemy's favour.} (27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Qh2 Re3 29. Rh1 Rxg3 30.
Qxh5 Qxh5 31. Rxh5 $14) 27... g4 $1 (27... Bxf6 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Rf1 Kg7 30.
Ka2 (30. Rf5 Qxg3 31. Qxh5 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Qg1 33. Rf4 Ra1+ 34. Kb3 Rxa3+ 35. Kxa3
Qc1+ 36. Ka2 Qxf4 37. Qh7+ Kf8 $15) 30... Re5 31. Qg2 Re3 32. Rf5 Qxg3 33.
Qxg3+ Rxg3 34. Rxh5 $11) 28. Qg2 (28. Qf1 Re5 29. Qg2 Bxf6 $15) 28... a5 29. b5
(29. bxa5 Bxf6 30. Rf1 Bd8 $15) 29... a4 (29... Bxf6 30. Rf1 Kg7 $15) 30. c4 $2
{This suicidal opening of the queenside will prevent Ba5-e1, but white king
will be naked.} (30. Rf1 Ba5 31. Ka2 Be1 32. Rg1 Bf2 $17) 30... dxc3 31. Qc2
Bxf6 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Rf4 Qxg3 34. Rxa4 Re3 (34... Qxh4 $19) 35. Bc4 Re1+ 36.
Ka2 Qg1 37. Bd3 (37. Ra8 Rc1 38. Qe4 Qd1 $19) 37... Rc1 38. Qe2 c2 39. Bxc2 Qc5
(39... Qc5 40. Bb1 Qxd5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3
bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. c4 Rfb8 {Very interesting idea for black
might have been to occupy the a5 square with the black pawn.} (18... a5 19. Qe1
(19. Nd2 f5 20. Nb1 Rf6 21. Nc3 Raf8 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. Rb1 {1/2 Jakovenko,D 
(2552)-Sasikiran,K (2650)/Pardubice 2002/ (45)}) 19... Rfb8 20. Ra3 g6 21. Bd3
f5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Ra2 Rac8 25. Qb1 Ba6 $15 {1/2 Zhang Zhong (2657)
-Sasikiran,K (2569)/Hastings 2002/ (65)}) (18... Rab8 19. a5 Rfe8 20. Rb1 g6
21. Bd3 Ba8 22. Qc2 Rb4 23. Be1 Rbb8 24. Bf2 Rb4 25. Be1 Rbb8 26. Bf2 {1/2
Onischuk,A (2625)-De Firmian,N (2570)/Luzern 1997/}) 19. Ra2 (19. a5 Bc8 20. c5
(20. Qc2 Rb4 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rfb1 Rab8 23. Be1 R4b7 24. Nd2 Be3 25. Rxb7 Rxb7
26. g4 Bd4 $17 {0-1 Netzer,J (2316)-De Firmian,N (2553)/Stockholm 2003/ (41)})
20... dxc5 21. d6 Qc6 22. Bc4 Nf6 23. Nxc5 Rb2 24. Qa4 Qxa4 25. Nxa4 Rc2 26.
Bb3 Rd2 27. Nb6 $16 {1-0 Jakovenko,D (2596)-Fedorowicz,J (2507)/Montreal 2005/
(49)}) 19... Bc8 (19... Nf6 20. Rb2 (20. Rc2 a5 $1 $15) 20... g6 21. a5 $11)
20. c5 $5 {Standard idea of pawn sacrifice is trying to prove, that black
heavy pieces locked in the corner will not have enough freedom and play.} dxc5
(20... Qb7 21. Bc4 Qb4 22. Qc2 dxc5 23. d6 Nb6 24. Bd3 c4 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Nc5
$14) (20... Nxc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. d6 Qd8 23. Rc2 (23. Bxc5 Be6 $15) 23... Be6
24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rb2 $132) 21. d6 Qd8 (21... Qc6 22. Nxc5 $5 Nxc5 23. Rc2
Qxa4 24. Rxc5 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Be6 $11) 22. a5 Bb7 (22... g6 23. Bc4 Bb7 24. Qe2
$14) 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. Bb6 (25. Rb2 Qd7 26. Qc2 Bd5 27. Rd1 Qc6
28. Qd3 Qxc5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc1+ 31. Bd1 Kf8 32. g3 $14) 25... Qd7 26.
Bc7 Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Sprenger must have missed either 27th or 30th white
move, in any case this provocative transfer of the bishop loses.} (26... Bc6
27. Qb3 Bd8 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd2 $14) 27. Qb3 $1 Bc5 28. Qxb7 Bxd6 29. Rc2
Rab8 (29... Bxc7 30. Rfc1 Rab8 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 (31... Rxb7 32. Rxc8+ $18) 32.
Rxc7 $18) 30. Qxb8 $1 {The game will be instantly over due to the
vulnerability of the basic rank.} Rxb8 31. Bxb8 Bxb8 32. Rd1 Qe8 (32... Bd6 33.
Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Rc8+ $18) 33. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 {This opening position
has been tested many times in the last few years. Black has parted with the
ligh-squared bishop, but he believes the kingside activity will compensate for
the positional defect.} 13. Qd2 b6 {Safarli is making a serious positional
concession on the queenside in the hope of slowing down White's potential
attack. He is certainly avoiding lot of unpleasant tension that is present
after the more popular move 13...Nfe4.} (13... Qc7 14. f3 Nh5 15. Na5 h6 16. b4
Nd7 17. c4 Bg5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. g3 Nhf6 20. Bd3 e4 21. fxe4 Ne5 22. Kg2 Rae8
23. Rae1 Re7 24. Bb1 g4 $15 {0-1 Yu Shaoteng (2529)-Wen,Y (2520)/China 2010 
(49)}) (13... Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 (14... b6 15. f3 (15. f4 f5 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Qc4
Bf6 18. c3 exf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qc2 $11 {1-0 David,A (2544)-Bekker
Jensen,D (2264)/Antwerp 1999/ (59)}) (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. a4 a5 17. Qb5 Bg5 18.
Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxb6 Qe7 20. b4 Rfb8 21. bxc5 Rxb6 22. cxb6 Qd8 {0-1 Abreu,A 
(2480)-Delgado,N (2481)/Santa Clara 2001/ (45)}) 15... Nf6 16. Rad1 Nfd7 17.
Qd2 Qc7 18. Nc1 b5 19. b3 Nb6 20. a3 f5 21. g3 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rf5
24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 26. Kh1 Bf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Short,N (2663)-Efimenko,Z 
(2688)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (59)}) 15. Qc4 (15. Qb5 Qc7 (15... b6 16. f3 Nf6 (
16... Bg5 $2 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. h4 Nh3+ 19. gxh3 Qxh4 20. Rf2 $16) 17. Rfd1 Nfd7
18. Nd2 (18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. b3 f5 $14) 18... Bg5 19. Bf2 (19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nc4
f5 21. c3 $14) 19... Qe7 (19... Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qg5 21. Rdd1 f5 22. c3 e4 23. b4
$14) (19... f5 $5 20. Nc4 Rf6 $14) 20. Nc4 f5 (20... Rfc8 21. a3 a4 22. b4 axb3
23. cxb3 $16) 21. Qc6 b5 $1 22. Nxd6 (22. Qxb5 $5 Ra6 23. a4 Rb8 24. Bxc5 Rxb5
25. axb5 Nxc5 26. bxa6 Nxa6 27. Rxa5 Nc7 28. b4 $16) 22... Ra6 23. Bxb5 $1 (23.
Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Qc7 e4 25. d6 Qe6 26. Bxb5 e3 27. Bxa6 exf2+ 28. Kf1 Nxa6 29.
Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qxa6 Bh4 $17) 23... Rxc6 24. dxc6 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G (2620)
-Sadvakasov,D (2612)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005 (56)}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Nxc5 dxc5 17.
Qc4 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. g4 Qd8 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rg1 e4
24. Rg2 Rce8 $11 {0-1 Nikolenko,O-Voitsekhovsky,S/Minsk/1998/ (50)}) (16. Rad1
b6 17. f3 Nf6 18. f4 Nfd7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qc6 Qd8 21. d6 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5
23. Bc4 {1-0 Cuijpers,F (2496)-Kohlweyer,B (2423)/Germany 2005/ (55)}) 16... b6
{Black is using the move b7-b6 anyway, but the white queen is quite active on
the queenside.} (16... a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 axb3 20. cxb3 Qd8
21. Rac1 f5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd3 f4 26. Rc1 {1-0
Svidler,P (2710)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Haifa 1998 (35)}) 17. Qc4 (17. a3 f5 18. Nxc5
bxc5 $13) (17. f3 Nf6 (17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. Qxb4 $14) 18.
Qc4 Qb7 $6 (18... a4 $5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qb5 Rfc8 21. a3 Bd6 $13) 19. Nxc5
bxc5 (19... dxc5 20. d6 Bd8 21. Qa4 Qc8 22. c3 $16) 20. Qb3 Qc7 (20... Qxb3 21.
axb3 Rfb8 22. Kf2 $14) (20... Rfb8 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. b3 a4 23. Bc4 $14) 21. Bb5
Nh5 (21... a4 22. Qd3 (22. Bxa4 c4 23. Qb5 Rab8 24. Qa6 Rxb2 25. Bc6 Rxc2 26.
Rdc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 $14) 22... Qa5 23. c4 a3 24. Rab1 $16) 22. Qc4 f5 23. c3 {
1-0 Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/Rivne 2005 (44)}) 17... f5 18. Bd3
Qd8 (18... f4 $6 19. Bxe4 (19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe4 g6 $14) 19...
fxe3 20. fxe3 b5 21. Qc3 b4 22. Qc4 Bg5 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd3 h6
26. Bf5 $16) 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 (21. b4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 f4 23. Bd2
f3 $1 $15) 21... e4 22. Bf1 $13 {0-1 Svidler,P (2713)-Polgar,J (2677)/Dos
Hermanas 1999 (33)}) 15... Rc8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb5 f5 18. c3 {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P (2735)-Grischuk,A (2710)/Poikovsky 2005/}) 14. f3 Nh5 {Black is well
informed and thus avoids the interesting idea of advancing f3-f4 after 14..Qd7.
} (14... Qd7 15. f4 $5 (15. c3 a5 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Nc1 e4 18. f4 b5 19. h3 Bd8
20. Kh2 Bb6 21. Rb1 Rfb8 22. g4 Na6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. g5 Ne8 25. a3 Qe7 26. Qe3
Rbb8 27. Na2 Nec7 28. Nb4 Nxb4 29. cxb4 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Short,N (2674)-Hillarp
Persson,T (2618)/Malmo 2009 (54)}) 15... Nfe4 16. Qb4 Rfb8 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18.
fxe5 dxe5 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Qh4 Rf8 21. g4 Qa4 22. c4 Qc2 23. Rd2 Qe4 24. Qh3 a5
25. b3 $14 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Sarajevo/1999/ 1-0 (76)}) 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Nxc5
bxc5 {It would have been suicidal to enable the march of White's d-pawn.} (
16... dxc5 $2 17. d6 Bf6 18. d7 $16) 17. c3 Bh4 18. Bd3 (18. b4 f4 19. Bf2
Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qc7 $11) 18... g6 {Safarli is not sure, if the exchange of
dark-squared bishop would have been sufficient for equality.} (18... f4 19. Bf2
Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 g6 $11) 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Bf6 $6 (20... f4 21. Bf2 Bxf2+ 22.
Qxf2 Qd7 $11) 21. Rab1 (21. Rac1 e4 22. fxe4 f4 23. Bf2 Bg5 24. Rf1 f3 25. Be3
Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 fxg2 27. Kxg2 Nf4+ $14) 21... e4 $5 {Black badly needs to get
active play on the kingside, otherwise Efimenko will roll over him on the
other side of the board.} (21... Qe7 22. Be2 Nf4 23. Bf1 $16) 22. fxe4 Be5 23.
Bf2 {White prefers to play cautiously and not risk any surprises since the
black pieces can become very active.} (23. exf5 Qh4 24. g3 Nxg3 25. Qf2 (25.
fxg6 $2 Rf3 $1 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Re1 Raf8 $17) 25... Nxf5 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 $11) (
23. Bh6 $5 f4 (23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 f4 25. Be2 (25. Bxf8 $2 Qh4 26. h3 Rxf8 $19)
25... Be3 26. Qb2 Qh4 27. Bxh5 Rf7 28. Bf3 Re8 29. Qc3 Qxh6 30. Bg4 $16) 24.
Be2 Rf7 25. Qe1 (25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Rb3 Qf6 27. Bg5 Qg6 $11) 25... Nf6 26. Bf3
Rc7 27. Rbc1 $14) 23... f4 (23... Nf4 24. exf5 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxf5 26. Rf1 $14)
24. Be2 Nf6 25. Qd3 (25. Bf3 g5 $1 (25... Qd7 26. Rdc1 $16) 26. h3 h5 27. Qe2
Qe8 $11) 25... g5 26. Qh3 Kg7 (26... Qe7 27. Qe6+ Qxe6 28. dxe6 Nxe4 29. Bd4
$16) (26... Nxe4 27. Bd3 Nf6 28. Bf5 $16) 27. Bg4 $2 {Efimenko must have been
very satisfied with his position as he has managed to stop Black's attack and
can now advance his case. Unfortunately he misses a great tactical shot. It
was much better to take the c-file under control.} (27. Rbc1 $1 Nxe4 (27... Rf7
28. Rc4 $16) 28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Qf5 $16) 27... Nxe4 28. Bf5 Rxf5 $1 (28... Nf6 29.
Rdc1 h5 30. Rc4 g4 31. Qd3 Nxd5 32. Be4 $16) 29. Qxf5 Nc3 {Safarli is winning
the exchange back and only has to cope with the advance of the b-pawn.} 30. a4
(30. Rdc1 Nxb1 31. Qxb1 Qd7 $11) 30... Rb8 31. Re1 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Rb7 (32... Qf6
33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kf5 36. b6 Ke4 37. Rb5 Rb7 $11) 33. b5 axb5
34. axb5 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. b6 Bc3 $6 {[%mdl 4096] I feel compassion with
Black's feeling that he may lose to the pesky b-pawn. Fortunately his king can
be centralizsed in time and cope with White's f2-bishop.} (36... Kf5 $1 37. Rc1
Ke4 38. Rc7 Rb8 39. b7 Kxd5 40. Ba7 Bd4+ 41. Bxd4 Kxd4 42. Rxh7 Kc5 43. Rg7 Kc6
44. Rxg5 Rxb7 45. Rf5 d5 46. Rxf4 Kd6 $11) 37. Rc1 Ba5 38. Kf1 Ke5 (38... Bxb6
39. Rb1 Ke5 40. Rb5 Bxf2 41. Rxb7 Bh4 42. Ke2 Kxd5 43. Kf3 $16) 39. Ra1 Bb4 $2
{Black is still unsure what to do with his problem; it was much stronger to
put the bishop to the c3-square.} (39... Bc3 $1 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Rxh7 Kxd5 42.
Rh5 Ra8 43. Rxg5+ Ke4 $11) 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Rxh7 Bc5 42. b7 Kxd5 43. Rc7 Kc4 44.
Rg7 Kd3 $6 {Safarli remains confused till the end and ignores the chance to
advance his pawns in order to generate counterplay.} (44... d5 45. Rc7 d4 46.
Ke2 g4 47. Kd2 Kd5 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Rg7 Be5 $14) 45. h3 Be3 46. Rd7 Ke4 47. Ke2
Bxf2 (47... Bc5 48. Bxc5 dxc5 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Rg7 Kd6 52. Kc4 $16)
(47... d5 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Bxe3+ fxe3 50. g3 Rf8 51. Rxe3 $18) 48. Kxf2 {
Without bishops on the board the winning chances for White are excellent.
Black will lose the better part of his army when trying to eliminate the
b7-pawn.} d5 (48... Kd5 49. Rc7 $1 (49. Kf3 Kc6 50. Rg7 d5 51. Rxg5 Rxb7 52.
Kxf4 Rb4+ $14) 49... Ke5 50. Kf3 $16) 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Rc7 Kd6 52.
Rh7 Rf8 (52... Kc6 53. Kd4 Re8 54. Re7 Rb8 55. Rg7 Re8 56. Rg6+ Kxb7 57. Kxd5)
53. Rf7 Re8 54. Rg7 Kc6 55. Re7 Rf8 56. Kd4 Rd8 57. Rg7 Re8 58. Rg6+ Kxb7 59.
Kxd5 {Most likely taking the g5-pawn was also sufficient for a win.} (59. Rxg5
Re3 60. Kxd5 f3 61. g4 f2 62. Rf5 Re2 63. Kd4 Kc7 64. Kd3 Ra2 65. Ke3 Ra3+ 66.
Kxf2 Rxh3 67. Rf3 Rh8 68. Rd3 $18) 59... f3 60. gxf3 Rh8 (60... Re3 61. Rxg5
Rxf3 62. h4 Rf6 63. Ke5 Rh6 64. Rg4 $18) 61. Rxg5 Rxh3 62. f4 Kc7 63. Ke6 {
The black king has no chance to get into the line of advance of the pawn and
White will achieve the celebrated Lucena bridge position.} Rh6+ 64. Kf7 Rh7+
65. Rg7 Rh6 66. f5 Kd7 67. f6 Rh8 68. Rg1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 {The line is not so well known, but White has a great ambition to
exploit the potential of the strategic weakness of the d5-square. Black must
try to develop smartly otherwise he will be squeezed in the middlegame.} h6 {
It is interesting, that both pawns moves h6 and b6 sport a much better score
that the obvious 9...0-0. White has to decide what to do with the bishop.} (
9... b6 10. Nd2 (10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Qc7
15. Nh4 Rfd8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $16 {1-0 (42)
Lopez Martinez,J (2589)-Nayhebaver,M (2451) Linares 2017}) 10... h6 (10... Bb7
11. Nc4 h6 (11... Qc7 12. Ne3 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Bc4 $1 Rac8 (14... Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Bd5 $16) (14... Qc5 15. Qd3 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Rec8 17.
Bb3 b5 18. Ncd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Nb6 22. Be3 Qb5 23.
Qxb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Nxa8 25. Ra1 $16 {Stockova,Z (2383)-Shvayger,Y (2275)
Tromsoe olw 2014}) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 Ra8 17. Rfd1 Red8 18. Bd5 Rac8 19. Ra3
Rd7 20. Rb3 Bd8 21. Bc4 Ra8 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rc8 25. Rc3
$16 {Eswaran,A (2225)-Abrahamyan,T (2342) Saint Louis 2016}) 12. Bh4 Qc7 (12...
Rc8 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. Ne3 Qc5 16. Ra3 Qd4 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Ne2 Qxb2 19.
Nc4 Nxd3 20. Nxb2 Nxb2 21. Qa1 Nc4 22. f3 Nxa3 23. Qxa3 d5 24. Qb2 O-O 25. Bxe5
$16 {Hovhannisyan,R (2610)-Gabuzyan,H (2533) Jermuk 2013}) 13. Ne3 (13. f3 $14
{[%cal Yh4f2]}) 13... O-O (13... Qc5 14. O-O g6 15. Bd3 Bd8 16. Qd2 Nh5 17.
Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Ncd5 Nhf6 19. b4 Qc8 20. c4 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 $16 {1-0 (39) Van der
Wiel,J (2570)-Hoeksema,H (2405) Amsterdam 1994}) 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Bc4 Qc5 16.
Bxf6 (16. Qd3 $142 $1 $36) 16... Nxf6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5
20. Nxd5 Qxc2 $11) 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 $5) 11... Nxf6 12. Nc4 Bb7 (12... Be6 $5
13. Ne3 Qc7 $1 (13... O-O 14. Ned5 $14 (14. Bc4 {Lasya,G (1898)-Sahajasri,C 
(2023) Chennai 2011} Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5 17. Nxe5 Qc7 $5 18. Ng6
Rfe8 $11)) 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qc6 $11) 13. a5 $1 (13. Qd3 O-O 14. Ne3 Rc8
$11) 13... b5 14. Nb6 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bf3 (16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Bf3 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Kd7 $44) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ra7 18. c4 $1 $44 d5 $1 (
18... bxc4 19. Qc6+ Kf8 20. Qxc4 g6 21. O-O Kg7 22. Rfd1) 19. cxb5 Bb4+ 20. Ke2
Bxa5 21. Nxd5 axb5 (21... O-O 22. b4 Bb6 23. bxa6 Bd4) 22. b4 Bb6 23. Rxa7 Bxa7
24. Ra1 Bb8 25. Qd3 O-O $11 {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2832)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)
Paris 2017}) (9... O-O 10. Nd2 $5 (10. O-O h6 (10... Nc5 $5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12.
Nd2 {/\ Nc4-e3-d5} Be6 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. Ne3 Bg5 15. Ned5 a5 16. Bf3 $14 g6 17.
Qe2 f5 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. g3 Bh6 20. Bg2 Rf7 21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 $11 {1-0 (64)
Smyslov,V (2520)-Dvoirys,S (2590) Biel 1993}) (10... b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Bb3 h6 16. Nh4 Bf8 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Qf3 Kh7
19. Ne3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe4 21. Qe2 $16 {0-1 (40) Adhiban,B (2670)-Harsha,B 
(2394) Douglas 2017}) 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Nd2
Qb6 (14... Rc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. b4 Rc8 18. a5 f5 19. f3 Bg5 20.
Rfd1 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Qh4 $17 {0-1 (28) Dagakis,P-Pigusov,E (2585) Komotini 1993})
15. a5 Qc6 16. Ra4 Rfd8 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qe8 (18... Qc7 19. Nc4 Nd7 $13)
19. Rb4 Rd7 20. Na4 Bd8 21. Nc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxa5 23. b4 b5 24. Rc6 Bxb4 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Van der Wiel,J (2500)-Beliavsky,A (2635) Wijk aan Zee 1985}) 11...
g5 $5 (11... b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bc4 $14) (11... Nc5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. a5 Be6 (
13... d5 14. Nxd5 Nxe4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qd5 $14) 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 (
15... Rc8) 16. Qxd5 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. c4 Nf6 19. Qd3 Rfc8 20. Nd2 b6 21.
axb6 Qxb6 22. Ra4 $14 {Franken,P (2358)-Langschmidt,D (1980) email 2013}) 12.
Bg3 Nc5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qc1 Kg7 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Bf1 Ncd7 17. f3 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. c3 {Dvoirys,S (2555)-Aseev,K (2522) Krasnoyarsk 2003}
Qc7 $13 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 10... Nc5 (10... d5 $5 {is strategically desirable and
seems to work tactically as well after} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 (12. Nxd5 Bxg5
13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Nexf6+ Bxf6 15. O-O e4 $132) 12... Nxe7 13. Nde4 Qc7 $6 (13...
Nc6 14. O-O Nd4 15. Re1 Nf6 $11) 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Nb6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. a5
Nd7 18. Rd1 (18. O-O-O $16) 18... Nf6 19. Nc4 $6 (19. O-O $1 $36) 19... Bf5 20.
Nxe5 Bxc2 21. Rd2 Bf5 22. O-O Ng6 23. Nxg6 Bxg6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 b6 26.
axb6 Rxb6 $11 {Ylijoki,M-Tiihonen,I Finland 1997}) (10... h6 11. Bh4 (11. Be3
Qc7 12. O-O Nc5 $132) 11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nc4 Nc6 15. O-O
Nd4 $6 (15... Nf6) 16. Re1 f6 17. Nd5 b5 (17... Nc5 18. Nce3 $14) 18. axb5 Bb7
19. Nce3 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. c3 Bxd5 23. cxd4 Bb3 24. Qc1 $36 {
Tarlev,K (2592)-Omidi,A (2313) Rasht 2017}) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc4 Be7 $6 (12...
Be6 $142 $5 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 (13... Rc8 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nb6 Rc6 16. a5 $14) 14.
Nxd6 Rfd8 $32 {/\} 15. O-O-O b5 $1) 13. O-O (13. a5 $1 Rb8 14. Nb6 Nd7 (14...
Be6 $142 $5 15. O-O (15. Bc4 Nxe4 $5 16. Nxe4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 d5 18. Nb6 dxe4 19.
Nd7 Qc7 20. Nxf8 Rd8 $44) 15... Nd7 16. Ncd5 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 Qc7 $14) 15. Ncd5
Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Be6 17. Bc4 $5 Qc7 (17... d5 18. Nxd5 Rc8 19. Bb3 $14) 18. Qd3
Bd8 19. c3 Qc6 20. Bd5 $1 Qe8 (20... Qc7 21. O-O $16) 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd5 $16
{[%csl Gd5,Rd8] 1-0 (52) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)
Saint Louis 2017}) 13... Be6 14. a5 Rc8 15. Nb6 Rc6 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nbd5 Bg5 18.
Na4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc7 (19... Rc8 $1 20. c4 e4 $132) 20. c4 e4 21. c5 $1 dxc5
22. d6 Rc8 (22... Rc6 23. b5 Rc8 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Bxa6 Ra8 $13) 23. Bg4 $1
cxb4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nb6 $14 {1-0 (34) Carlsen,M (2832)-Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2732) Leuven 2017 1-0} Qb5) (9... Qb6 10. a5 Qxb2 11. Bd2 Qb4 12. Nd5 Qc5 13.
Bb4 Qc6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qd4 Ke8 17. Bxd6 Ng6 18. f3 Be6 19. c4
Rd8 20. c5 Nd7 21. Rd1 f6 22. O-O Kf7 23. f4 Nxc5 24. f5 Ne5 25. fxe6+ Nxe6 26.
Qxe5 {1-0 (26) Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Xiong,J (2652) chess.com INT 2017}) 10.
Be3 (10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. f3 h5 14. Nc4 Rc8 15. Ne3 g4 16.
Bf2 h4 17. a5 Kf8 18. b4 Nb3 19. cxb3 Rxc3 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Bc4 h3 $17 {0-1 (37)
Fleck,J (2408)-Naiditsch,A (2524) Germany 2001}) (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bc4 O-O 12.
Qd3 Bd7 13. O-O g6 14. Rfd1 Kg7 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Nf1 a5 17. Ne3 Bc6 18. Rd2 Rfd8
19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Kh1 Bf8 21. b3 h5 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (57) Pierrot,J (2446)-Quiroga,F (2360) Buenos Aires 1999}) 10... b6 11.
Bc4 (11. Nd2 $5 Bb7 12. Nc4 (12. O-O O-O 13. Bc4 $14) 12... Qc7 13. f3 $14)
11... Bb7 12. Qd3 $6 {It is hardly Ragger's fault that this highly desirable
move suffers from a tactical flaw. Much better in the fight for an advantage
was the knight move 12.Nd2.} (12. Nd2 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 Nc5 $14) 12... b5
$1 13. Bb3 (13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bxb5 Qa1+ 16. Nd1 Qa5+ (16... Bxe4
17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nxe5+ Ke6 19. Qb3+ Bd5 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Bf4 Bxc4 22. Qh3+ Kd5
23. Qf3+ Kc5 24. Be3+ Kb4 25. Qf5 $11) 17. Nc3 Bxe4 18. Qd2 $14) (13. Bd5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 $11) 13... b4 14. Nd5 {The first player has to
accept a rather bland position with no chances for an advantage.} (14. Qc4 O-O
15. Qxb4 Rb8 16. Qc4 Nxe4 $11) 14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 (16. exd5 $6
O-O 17. Nd2 f5 $15) 16... O-O 17. Qd3 {A very subtle move that deals with the
idea of the black knight going to f6.} (17. O-O Nf6 18. Qd3 d5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20.
f4 dxe4 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Kh1 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxa6 Bf6 $15)
17... Qc7 (17... Nf6 18. Nh4 $1 Nxe4 19. Nf5 Ng5 20. O-O $11) 18. O-O (18. Nd2
Qc6 (18... Rfc8 19. Rc1 Qc6 20. b3 f5 21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rf8 23. Nc4 Rac8 $15
) 19. O-O Nf6 20. Rfc1 d5 $15) 18... Nf6 19. Nd2 {It is not so good to try the
transfer of the knight to f5 as Black has very strong play in the centre.} (19.
Nh4 Rfc8 20. Rac1 (20. Rfc1 d5) 20... Qc6 $15) 19... Qc6 20. Rfc1 (20. Nc4 Qxe4
21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Rfd1 Rb7 24. f3 Nf6 $15) 20... d5 21. exd5 (21.
c3 dxe4 22. Qb1 Qd5 23. cxb4 Bxb4 24. Nc4 Rad8 $17) 21... Nxd5 22. Nc4 Nxe3 {
I felt that the position is fine for Black, but could not make 22...Rad8! work
in every detail.} (22... Rad8 $1 23. Qf1 (23. Nxe5 Qe6 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Nd4 Bxd4
26. Qxd4 Rfe8 27. Re1 Qc8 $1 (27... Qc6 $6 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1
Rc8 31. Bd4 Rxc2 32. Kf1 $11) 28. Bf4 Ne3 29. Qb6 Nxc2 $15) 23... Bf6 24. a5 e4
25. Rd1 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qb5 $15) 23. fxe3 (23. Nxe3 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Bg5 25. c3 $11)
23... e4 {Despite all the science about light and dark squares it made much
more sense to activate the pieces first. Each pawn move in the middlegame
needs a special justification as the player forgoes the chance to improve one
of his pieces!} (23... Rfd8 $1 24. Qf1 Rd5 25. b3 Rad8 26. Rd1 g6 27. Rxd5 Qxd5
$15) 24. Qe2 Bf6 (24... Rad8 25. b3 Rd5 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rd1 g6
$11) 25. Rab1 Rad8 26. b3 Rd5 27. Rf1 Rfd8 {It was much easier to prevent the
pesky move Qg4 with the simple 27...h5!?} (27... h5 $5 28. Rbd1 Rfd8 29. Rxd5
Rxd5 30. Rd1 $11) 28. Qg4 Rg5 29. Qf4 Qe6 (29... Qd5 30. h3 h5 $11) 30. Rbd1
Rxd1 (30... Rgd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Qg4 Be7 $11) 31. Rxd1 Rd5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33.
Qd6 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} Qh5 {In the next phase of the game Black needs to seek
counterply as a compensation for his vulnerable a6-, e4- and f7-pawns.
Naturally the endgame of the knight against bishop is hopeless.} (33... Qxd6 $2
34. Nxd6 Be5 35. Nxe4 $16) 34. h3 Qe2 35. Qd2 (35. Qxa6 Qxc2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37.
Qf5+ Kg8 38. a5 Qxb3 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. a6 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qa2 42. Qf5+ g6 43. Qxf6
Qxc4 44. Qe7 b3 $11) 35... Qh5 36. Qd7 {By a small miracle Black can always
strike back once White decides to start eating the pawns.} (36. Qxb4 Qd1+ 37.
Kh2 Qxc2 $11) 36... Kh7 37. a5 (37. Kf1 Bc3 $11) 37... Bc3 (37... Qe2 38. Qf5+
Kg8 39. Qxe4 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Bh4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 38. Kf1 Qh4 (38... Bf6 $11) 39.
Qf5+ Kg8 40. Kg1 Bf6 41. Qc8+ (41. Nd2 Qe1+ 42. Nf1 Bh4 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qxa6
Bf2+ 45. Kh2 Bxe3 46. Nxe3 Qxe3 47. Qd6 f5 $11) 41... Kh7 42. Qxa6 $4 {Ragger
was in Crete not in the best form and his feeling for danger has betrayed him
right after the time trouble. This careless move should have lost!} (42. Kh2
Qe1 $11) 42... Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Bh4 44. Qd6 Bf2 45. h4 f5 $2 {I was so confused
after suffering in a worse position since the move 33 that in my mind draw was
highly desirable. This mental block prevented me from looking at the clever
move 45...g5! that contains the devilish idea of ...Bg1! with mate.} (45... g5
$1 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Kh3 (47. a6 Bg1+ $1) 47... Qh1+ 48. Kg4 (48. Qh2 g4+ $19)
48... Qxg2+ 49. Kf5 (49. Kh5 Qf3+ 50. Kxg5 f6+ 51. Qxf6 Bh4+ $19) 49... Qf3+
50. Ke5 Bg3+ $19) 46. Qf4 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+ 48. Qh2 Qd1 49. Qf4 {Both players
have to be satisfied with only half a point.} (49. g3 $2 g5 $1 50. Qg2 Bg1 51.
g4 Qe1 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Qh1 Qf1+ 54. Kg3+ Kg8 55. gxf5 Bf2+ 56. Kh2 Bg3+ $19)
49... Qh1+ 50. Qh2 Qd1 51. Qf4 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. a5 Nb8 {
Karjakin deviates from the standard move 14...Ne7, since from d7 the black
knight will cover the vulnerable b6 square.} 15. Ra4 (15. Nb6 Rc6 16. Bg4 Nd7
$11) 15... Nd7 16. Rb4 Rb8 17. Bc4 {White bishop can address his counterpart
on e6 both from g4 and c4. The game move makes it difficult to dream about
activity with f7-f5 or swapping the bishop for the knight.} (17. Bg4 b5 18.
axb6 Bxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. Be2 Rxb6 21. Na5 $13) 17... b5 (17... h6 18. Nb6 Nxb6
19. Bxe6 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rb6 $14) 18. axb6 Nxb6 (18... Bxd5 $5 19. Bxd5
Rxb6 $13) 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Na5 $2 {Adams has begun to drift at
this stage; Black has enough activity to keep an approximate balance.} (21. Qg4
$1 Re8 22. Rd1 Rxb4 23. cxb4 Qe7 24. Qe2 $14) 21... Rxb4 22. Nc6 (22. cxb4 Qd7
23. Nc4 Qc6 24. b3 Be7 25. Qg4 Rf6 26. Qe2 (26. h3 Qb5 27. Ra1 Qxb4 28. Rxa6
Qxb3 29. Nxd6 Qc2 $17) 26... Qb5 27. Qd2 $11) 22... Qa8 23. Nxb4 a5 24. Na2 $2
{The knight at the edge of the board is very passive. Adams could probably
have saved the game with a counterattack against the central pawns.} (24. Qg4
$1 axb4 25. Qxg5 bxc3 26. bxc3 Qxe4 27. Qe7 Qd5 28. c4 Qxc4 29. Qxd6 Qd5 $15)
24... Qxe4 25. Qxd6 Qc4 26. Nc1 e4 27. b3 Qxc3 (27... Qd5 $1 28. Qa6 (28. Qxd5
exd5 29. Ne2 Rb8 30. Rb1 Kf7 $17) 28... Be7 29. Qe2 Bc5 $17) 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29.
Qd6 $6 (29. Ne2 Qd3 30. Ng3 e3 31. f4 Bf6 32. h3 $15) 29... Rd8 30. Qg3 Qc5 $6
{Excellent grandmasters are only human. White desperately tries to find a
playable position that is only worse, Karjakin is naturally hoping to get more.
} (30... Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rd2 32. Re1 Kg8 $17) 31. Ne2 e3 32. fxe3 (32. f4 Bf6 $17
) 32... Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 Kg8 35. h4 (35. g4 Rd3 36. Rb1 $15) 35...
Rd3 36. Rf5 $6 {[%mdl 4096] The defender's task is very depressing as all the
pluses in the position belong to the enemy.} (36. Ra1 $1 Bb6 37. Rb1 Bf2 (37...
Re3 38. Nf4 Bd8 $17) 38. Ra1 Bxh4 39. Rxa5 Rxb3 $17) 36... Bd2 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38.
gxf3 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 {The model endgame clearly shows the difference between a
strong bishop and a knight suffering from "short legs".} 40. Nd4+ (40. f4 Kd5
41. Kf3 Kc5 42. Ke4 Kb4 43. Kd3 Be1 44. Nd4 Bxh4 45. Nc6+ Kb5 46. Nd4+ Kb6 $19)
40... Ke5 41. Nc2 h5 $1 42. Kf2 Bb4 43. Ke2 (43. Nxb4 axb4 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Ke2
Kf4 46. Kf2 g6 $19) 43... Be7 44. Ne3 Bd8 45. Ng2 Kd4 46. Kd2 (46. Nf4 Kc3 47.
Nxh5 Kxb3 48. Nf4 Bxh4 49. Ne6 a4 $19) 46... g5 $1 {Opening the way of the
passed h-pawn to victory.} 47. hxg5 Bxg5+ 48. f4 Bd8 49. Ne3 (49. Kc2 h4 $19)
49... h4 50. Ke2 h3 51. Kf3 h2 52. Nf5+ Kc3 53. Kg2 Kxb3 54. Nd4+ Kc4 (54...
Kc4 55. Nc6 a4 56. Nxd8 a3 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5
15. Qb5 b6 {Somewhat dubious move weakening the square c6, previously only 15..
.Qc7 was tested.} (15... Qc7 16. Nxc5 (16. Rfd1 a4 (16... b6 17. Qc4 (17. f3
Nf6 18. Qc4 Qb7 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. Qc4 f5 23. c3 Rab8
24. b4 {1-0 Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/Rivne 2005/ (44)}) 17... f5
18. Bd3 Qd8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 e4 22. Bf1 Bf6 23. Rab1 Be5 24. b4
axb4 25. Rxb4 Nd7 {0-1 Svidler,P (2713)-Polgar,J (2677)/Dos Hermanas 1999/ (33)
}) 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 axb3 20. cxb3 Qd8 21. Rac1 f5 22. b4 Ne4
23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd3 f4 26. Rc1 {1-0 Svidler,P (2710)-Gelfand,B
(2675)/Haifa 1998/ (35)}) (16. Rad1 b6 17. f3 Nf6 18. f4 Nfd7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20.
Qc6 Qd8 21. d6 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Qf3 Rab8 26. b3
{1-0 Cuijpers,F (2496)-Kohlweyer,B (2423)/Germany 2005/ (55)}) 16... dxc5 17.
Qc4 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. g4 Qd8 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rg1 e4
24. Rg2 Rce8 $11 {0-1 Nikolenko,O (2495)-Voitsekhovsky,S (2540)/Minsk 1998/ 
(50)}) 16. f3 Nf6 (16... Bg5 $2 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. h4 Nh3+ 19. gxh3 Qxh4 20. Rf2
$16) 17. Rfd1 Nfd7 (17... a4 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Qc4 $14) 18. Nd2 (18. Nxc5 bxc5
19. b3 f5 $14) 18... Bg5 19. Bf2 (19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nc4 f5 21. c3 $14) 19...
Qe7 (19... Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qg5 21. Rdd1 f5 22. c3 e4 23. b4 $14) (19... f5 $5 20.
Nc4 Rf6 $14) 20. Nc4 f5 (20... Rfc8 21. a3 a4 22. b4 axb3 23. cxb3 $16) 21. Qc6
b5 $1 {Considerably the best reaction to the immediate crises even though
capturing on b5 promises white advantage.} 22. Nxd6 (22. Qxb5 $5 Ra6 23. a4 Rb8
24. Bxc5 Rxb5 25. axb5 Nxc5 26. bxa6 Nxa6 27. Rxa5 Nc7 28. b4 $16) 22... Ra6
23. Bxb5 $1 (23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Qc7 e4 25. d6 Qe6 26. Bxb5 e3 27. Bxa6 exf2+ 28.
Kf1 Nxa6 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qxa6 Bh4 $17) 23... Rxc6 24. dxc6 {[%mdl 1024] Milos
has only one rook for the queen but additional piece is on it's way. Black is
not finding time to do his opponent any serious harm.} e4 (24... Bf4 25. cxd7
Nxd7 26. g3 Bg5 27. h4 Bh6 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxd7 $16) 25. cxd7 Nxd7 (25... e3
$2 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. d8=Q+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Bxf7 $18) 26.
Nxf5 (26. c4 $2 e3 27. Be1 e2 $19) 26... Rxf5 27. Bxd7 (27. Rxd7 Qb4 28. a4 e3
$17) 27... Rf8 28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Bc5 Rb8 {Retrospectively it seems that white
would have to struggle to make draw after the logical exchange of bishops 29...
Be3+!?} (29... Be3+ $5 30. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rf2 32. a3 (32. Ba4 Qe4 33. Bb3+
Kf8 34. Bd5 Qxc2 35. b3 Rd2 36. Rdc1 Qb2 $17) 32... Rxc2 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4
Qe4 35. Bh3 h5 $15) 30. Kh1 Qxc2 (30... Rxb2 31. Re1 Qxc2 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Rf8+
$1 (33. Rf1+ Kg6 34. Re6+ Kh5 35. g4+ Kh4 36. Bf2+ Qxf2 (36... Kh3 $2 37. Re3+
Bxe3 38. g5+ Qf5 39. Bxf5#) 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. a4 Kh3 39. Kg1 Rd2 $17) 33... Kg6
34. Bf5+ Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Kxf5 36. Bd4 Rb7 $11) 31. Bd4 Kh8 (31... Qe4 32. Bc3 Bf6
$15) 32. Bc3 a4 (32... Bf6 $15) 33. a3 Bf6 34. Rd2 Qe4 35. Bb4 (35. Rad1 h6 36.
Bxf6 gxf6 37. Rd4 Qc2 38. Bxa4 Qxb2 $15) 35... Qf4 (35... Rxb4 $2 36. axb4 a3
37. Rc1 $1 g6 38. bxa3 Qf4 39. Rdc2 Be5 40. g3 Qf3+ 41. Rg2 Qxa3 42. Rc8+ Kg7
43. b5 $16) 36. Re1 h5 (36... Be5 $5 {Sadvakasov ignores the golden chance to
improve the location of his bishop with 36...Be5!?} 37. g3 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Bc7 (
38... Qf6 39. Kg2 Bxb2 40. Bxa4 $11) 39. Bc5 Ba5 40. Rf1 Qxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Bxd2
42. Bxa4 Rxb2 $15) 37. Rde2 (37. Rd5 g6 38. Bxa4 Bxb2 $11) 37... Ra8 38. Bc6 (
38. Be8 Qg5 39. Bc6 Ra6 $11) 38... Rc8 (38... Ra7 39. Bd5 Kh7 40. b3 axb3 41.
Bxb3 $11) 39. Bxa4 Rc1 40. Bd1 $5 {Milos might have hoped to have become some
winning chances, but black has no problem to prove otherwise.} (40. Rxc1 Qxc1+
41. Re1 Qxb2 $11) 40... Qf5 (40... Rxd1 41. Rxd1 Be5 42. Rxe5 (42. Kg1 Qxh2+
43. Kf2 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Bd4+ 45. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 46. Rf2 h4 $15) 42... Qxe5 43. Bc3 Qb5
(43... Qe2 44. Ra1 h4 45. h3 $16) 44. h4 $16) 41. Re8+ (41. b3 Bh4 $1 $15) (41.
Bd2 Rb1 42. Re3 Rxb2 43. Bf3 g6 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Bc1 $11) 41... Kh7 42. Bf3
Rxe1+ (42... Qf4 43. R8e4 Rxe1+ 44. Rxe1 h4 45. Re4 Qc1+ 46. Re1 Qxb2 47. Bd6
$11) 43. Rxe1 g6 44. b3 Qf4 (44... Qd3 45. Bd1 Bd4 $11) 45. Bc5 Qd2 46. Rd1 Qc3
47. b4 Qxa3 {The drawish character of this position is rather unmistakable.}
48. Be4 (48. Rd7+ Kh8 49. Rd5 $11) 48... Qa4 49. Rd6 Kg7 50. Bd3 Be7 51. Rxg6+
(51. Bd4+ Kf8 52. Rd5 Qxb4 $17) 51... Kf7 52. Bg1 (52. Bxe7 $2 Qd1+ $19) 52...
Qxb4 53. Rg3 h4 54. Rf3+ Kg7 55. h3 Bc5 56. Bh2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 (9... Nxd5 $5 {Kortschnoj} 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 O-O
13. O-O g5 $1 $13) 10. Qd3 Rc8 (10... Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O (11... h5 12. h3 h4 13.
g4 hxg3 14. fxg3 Rc8 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Kb1 O-O 18. g4 a5 19. g5
Nd7 20. Bg4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. h4 Rb5 23. b3 Rb4 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-King,
D/Germany/1999/ (36)}) (11... Nc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. O-O-O e4 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
Qa4+ Kf8 16. g4 Rd8 17. d6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Rd1 g5 20. Bxg5 Bf4+ 21. Bxf4
Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 h5 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Huzman,A/Haifa/2000/ (33)}) 12. O-O (12. g4
$1 Nc5 (12... e4 $5 13. Qd4 Nc5 14. Nd2 a5 $1 15. h4 Qd7 16. g5 Ng4 17. Nxe4
Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 $16) 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. O-O-O e4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. g5
Nd7 17. h4 Ne5 18. h5 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Gelfand,B/Las Vegas/1999/ (39)}) 12...
Rc8 (12... a5 13. c4 b6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nfd7 16. b3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18.
a3 Nf6 19. b4 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Vera,R/Luzern/1997/ (19)}) (12... Nc5 13. Nxc5
dxc5 14. Rad1 e4 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Lautier,J/Elista/
1998/ (16)}) 13. c4 a5 14. Qd2 b6 15. f3 Ne8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bd3 Bg5 18. Bf5
Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Nef6 20. f4 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Slutzky,L/Israel/1997/ (40)}) (10...
O-O 11. c4 (11. O-O b5 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. f4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxe4 16. f5
Ng3 17. Qg4 {0-1 Goormachtigh,S-Gil Rodriguez,I/Oropesa del Mar/1999/ (17)})
11... b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Rb8 (14... Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16.
Qxb5 Qa7 17. a4 Rfb8 18. Qc4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Rab8 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gelfand,B/
Haifa/2000/ (49)}) 15. Rfc1 e4 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Na5 Nxd5 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Qxd5
Ne5 20. Qxe4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Neverov,V/Hoogeveen/1999/ (30)}) 11. c4 {
The character of the game will now be close to the king's indian defence.
Black position is a bit cramped and any exchange on the d5 produces an
"unsicilian" d5-e4 pawn chain.} (11. O-O Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 $11) 11... O-O 12.
O-O Bxd5 (12... Re8 13. Rac1 $14) 13. cxd5 Nb6 14. Nd2 (14. Na5 $6 Nbxd5 15.
Nxb7 Qc7 16. exd5 Qxb7 $11) (14. Rac1 Nfd7 (14... Na4 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Rc1 Qd7
(16... Qd8 17. Qc2 b5 18. Nd2 $16) 17. Qc2 b5 18. Na5 $16) 15. Bg4 Rxc1 16.
Rxc1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Rc7 Nf6 $14) 14... Na4 15. Qa3 Nc5 (
15... b5 16. Rfc1 Qd7 $14) 16. f3 Nh5 17. b4 Nd7 18. g3 g6 19. Nc4 f5 (19... b5
$2 20. Na5 $16) 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 Qe8 (21... exf4 $5 22. gxf4 (22. Bxh5 fxe3
(22... Rxc4 23. Bxf4 $14) 23. Nxe3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Bf6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bg5
$15) 22... Nhf6 23. Qd3 Ne4 24. Kh1 $14) 22. fxe5 Nxe5 $2 (22... dxe5 $5 23.
Qb3 Kh8 (23... f4 24. d6 $18) 24. d6 Bd8 25. Bh6 Ng7 $14) 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd3
$1 {The queen jumps back to the center with a great effect. The threat of
d5-d6 and vulnerability of f5 pawn and knight on h5 make for a list of
greviances a bit too long.} Bxb4 (24... Bd6 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Qxf5 $16) (24...
e4 25. Qd1 Nf6 26. d6 Bd8 27. Rxf5 $18) 25. d6 $1 Rc3 (25... Qe6 26. Bxh5 Bxd6
27. Bd1 $18) (25... f4 26. d7 $18) 26. Qd5+ Qf7 (26... Kh8 27. Bxh5 Qxh5 28.
Qxe5+ Kg8 29. Bd4 $18) 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7 28. Bxh5 Rxe3 (28... Rd7 29. Bg5 $18) 29.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. d7 (30. d7 Ke7 (30... Rd3 31. Rad1 $18) 31. Rad1 Kd8 32. Rxf5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. f4 g6 (12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14.
O-O-O $14) 13. O-O-O Ng7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Kb1 f5 (15... b5 16. h5 $1 exf4 17.
Bxf4 $40) 16. h5 $1 {The positions with opposite castling always require a lot
of courage for swift action. White is obviously more successful with his
kingside attack.} (16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. h5 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ngxh5 $13) 16... gxh5 (
16... fxe4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe4 $40) 17. Bxh5 fxe4 (17... Nxh5
18. Rxh5 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bf7 20. Rh6 $16) 18. Qh2 Rxc3 (18... exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxh5
(19... Bxb3 20. axb3 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Rxf4 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Nd5 $18 (23. Rdf1 $18
)) 20. Qxh5 Rxf4 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke8 23. Qxe6 $18) 19. bxc3 (19. Be2 Bf5
(19... Rxe3 $2 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. Bh5#) 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. c4 $16) 19... Bf5 (
19... Nxh5 $5 20. Qxh5 Bf5 21. Rdf1 (21. g6 Bxg6 22. Rdg1 Kf7 $13) 21... Qc8
22. Qh6 $16) 20. Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 128] In attacking positions the shortcut
usually leads through sacrifices of the material. The target is quite clearly
h7 pawn and the black king.} Bxg4 (20... Bg6 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 (21... exf4 22. Bxf4
Qxd7 23. Bxd6 $18) 22. fxe5 Nf5 23. Bc5 $18) 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Rdf1 (22. f5 $6
Bxd1 (22... Bxf5 23. Rdf1 Ke8 24. Qxg7 Qc8 25. Qh6 $18) 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Qh7+
$11 (24. Rh7 Bf6 $17)) 22... Bf3 (22... Be2 23. fxe5+ Bxf1 24. Rxf1+ Ke6 25.
Qg6+ Kxe5 26. Qxg7+ $18) 23. Rh6 Rg8 (23... exf4 24. Qg6+ Kg8 25. Bd4 Ne5 26.
Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. g6 $18) 24. fxe5 Nxe5 (24... d5 25. e6+ Kf8 26.
exd7 Qxd7 27. Bc5 $18) 25. Qxe4 {Without counterplay black position is falling
apart as white begins to cash the chips.} Ke8 (25... Bxg5 26. Qd5+ Kf8 27.
Rxf3+ Nxf3 28. Qxf3+ Ke8 29. Qd5 $18) 26. Rxf3 Nxf3 27. Qxf3 Bxg5 28. Qd5 $1 (
28. Qd5 $1 Bxh6 29. Qxg8+ Ke7 30. Qxd8+ Kxd8 31. Bxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 (12. Be3 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 14.
Kh1 O-O 15. c4 Rac8 16. Rc1 g6 17. c5 dxc5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Bg4 Nxe5 20. Bxc8
Rxc8 21. Qe2 {1-0 O'Donovan,R-O'Shaughnessy,C/IRL-ch/1994/ (28)}) 12... O-O (
12... Nb6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Qe1 e4 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 18.
Kh1 Be5 19. d6 Qd8 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bg4 {1-0 Chatterjee,L-Sharma,D/Calcutta/1997/
(39)}) 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Be3 (14. a4 a5 15. Be3 b6 16. Rc1 Rab8 17. Bd3 Nc5 18.
Nxc5 bxc5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. b3 {1-0 Grigorov,J-Szekely,P/Ruse/1978/ (49)})
14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf8 (15... Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 b6 19.
Nxc5 bxc5 20. b4 Qb7 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. bxc5 $44) 16. Rc1 Qb6 (16... Ne5 17. Nd4
Qb6 18. Rc2 Neg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. b3 Qd8 {0-1 Wolff,P-Morovic
Fernandez,I/Buenos Aires/1997/ (40)}) 17. Rc2 {Anand has prepared this move
long time ago, but finding a coherent plan in the next few moves will be very
difficult.} g6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Nc1 (19. Re1 $5 Qb4 (19... Ne5 20. c5 Qb4 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bxb7 $14) 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bd2 $14) 19... Ne5 20. b3
h5 21. h3 Bg7 22. Ne2 (22. Re2 Nxf3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxf3 Ne4 $11) 22... Nxf3
23. gxf3 Qc5 24. Rc1 b5 25. Qd2 $2 {White misses his chance to improve the
position of his modestly located knight.} (25. Nd4 bxc4 (25... Nxd5 26. cxd5
Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd6 $11) 26. bxc4 Nd7 27. Nb3 Qa3 $15) 25... bxc4 26.
bxc4 h4 27. Bg5 Nh5 28. Bxh4 Rb8 $1 29. Ng1 $2 (29. Rc2 $142 $13) (29. Ng3 Qc8
$1 30. Nxh5 Rb2 31. Rc2 Qxh3+) (29. Bf2 Qa3 $15) 29... Rb2 30. Rc2 Qxc4 $1 {
White have missed this simple combination that pulls apart his defenses.} 31.
Rxc4 (31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Rb1 Qxh4 $17) 31... Rxd2 32. f4 (32. Rc6 g5 33. Bf2 Bd4
$1 $19 34. Re1 Rb8 $19) 32... Rxd5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Qe1 Nd7 {Black trusts the
flexibility of Scheveningen variation and hopesto hold with the help of e5
square. Unfortunatelly the absence of Nf6 weakens the control of d5 square.} (
12... Re8 13. Rd1 Ng4 14. Nd5 Bh4 15. Bg3 Bg5 16. h3 Nge5 17. Qf2 b5 18. c3 Qb8
19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 {1-0 Krylov,S-Magnusson,J/Wch-06 blind/1986/ (24)}) (
12... Ne8 $5 13. Rd1 (13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Rd1 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nf6 17. Rd1
Qc7 18. Rf5 Bh6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 Rfe8 21. Nf5 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Gurevich,I/
St.Martin op/1993/ (46)}) 13... Bh4 14. Qd2 (14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Qb6 16. Bg4
Bc4 17. Rf2 Ne5 18. Rfd2 Rd8 19. Be2 Be6 {Dolmatov,S-Mithrakanth,P/Calcutta op/
1996/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 14... Ne5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qb6 18. Qc1 Qc6
19. Qe3 Qc5 20. Qe4 Bf6 21. Qxb7 Rc6 22. Nd5 Qxc2 23. Rd2 Qa4 24. b3 Qa5 25.
Rfd1 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Skalik,P/Wisla BES op/1992/}) (12... Ng4 13. Bxg4 (13.
Nd5 Bh4 14. g3 Bg5 15. Qd2 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Nxh2 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 Vuckovic,
B-Arsovic,G/Serbian CF 29th/1998/}) 13... Bxg4 14. Qg3 Bh5 15. Nd5 Re8 16.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rae1 Qe6 18. Bxd6 Qc4 19. Nc5 Qxa2 20. b3 Bg6 {0-1 Sutovskij,
E-Gruenfeld,Y/Rishon le Zion/1994/ (37)}) 13. Rd1 Nde5 14. Nd5 Re8 (14... Bxd5
15. exd5 Nb8 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Na5 $16) 15. c4 b6 (15... Bh4 16.
Qd2 $14) 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qg3 Nce5 18. Bh6 Ng6 (18... g6 19. Nd4 $16) 19. Nxe7+
Qxe7 20. Bg5 f6 (20... Qf8 21. Rxd6 $16) 21. Be3 {White has bishop pair, Pd6
is weak and squares d5, f5 rather vulnerable.} Nge5 22. Nd4 Nc5 (22... Bxc4 $2
23. Bxc4+ Nxc4 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Bh6 $18) (22... Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nf5 Qf8
25. Bh6 Re7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rfe1 $16) 23. Nf5 Bxf5 (23... Qc7 24. Nxd6 Red8
25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Nf5 $16) 24. exf5 Rac8 (24... Nf7 25. Bd4 $1 Ne4 (25... Qxe2
26. Bxf6 $16) 26. Qh4 $16) 25. Bh5 Red8 26. b3 {The knights on solid squares
are not strong enough to prevent mounting of white's pressure. The f pawn is
already on f6, so the weakness of a2-g8 diagonal is palpable.} b5 27. cxb5 (27.
Rfe1 $6 bxc4 28. bxc4 Ne4) 27... axb5 28. Bd4 Ne4 29. Qe3 d5 30. Bf3 $1 {
[%mdl 2048]} Kh8 (30... Ra8 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxa2 33. Bxe5 Rxd1 34. Rxd1
fxe5 (34... Qxe5 $2 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Qb7+ Qe7 37. Qd5+) 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Qxb5
$16) (30... Nxf3 31. gxf3 Rc3 32. Qe1 $1 (32. Bxc3 $2 Ng3+ 33. hxg3 Qxe3 $19)
32... Rc2 33. fxe4 $18) (30... Nc5 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Bxd5+ $16) 31. Bxe4 Ng4 $2
{This loses a knight and a game, but the position was very serious.} (31...
dxe4 32. Qxe4 Nc6 33. Qxe7 Nxe7 34. Bb6 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Nxf5 36. Rd5 $16) 32. Qg3
$1 Qxe4 (32... Nxh2 33. Kxh2 dxe4 34. Be3 $18) 33. Rf4 Qc2 34. Qxg4 $18 Qxa2
35. Qh5 Re8 (35... Qxb3 36. Rh4 Kg8 37. Qxh7+ Kf7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Bxf6 $18)
36. Rh4 Kg8 (36... h6 37. Bxf6 $18) 37. Qxh7+ Kf8 38. Bxf6 gxf6 (38... Rc7 39.
Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qxg7#) 39. Rg4 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Saravanan, Venkat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Bg5 Rd8 16. Qe1 Nc6 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bh4 g5 {Despite absence of a dark squared
bishop black has excellent piece play and good control of the center.} (18...
Nd4 19. Bd3 Rac8 (19... Rdc8 20. Rc1 Qe6 21. Bf2 a5 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qh4 Qe3
24. Rcd1 {1-0 Efimenko,Z-Sedlak,N/Balatonlelle 2001/ (78)}) 20. Rc1 a5 21. Qf2
Rd6 22. Rfe1 Qe6 23. Bg3 Nd7 24. f4 Nc5 25. Bb5 Nxb5 26. axb5 Rdd8 27. fxe5 a4
{0-1 Conquest,S-Gallagher,J/Germany/1998/ (39)}) 19. Bg3 (19. Bf2 Be6 20. Bb6
Rd5 $13) 19... Nh5 20. Bd3 (20. Bf2 Nf4 21. c3 $11) 20... Qe6 (20... Nxg3+ 21.
Qxg3 b3 $1 22. cxb3 (22. Ne4 bxc2 23. Bxc2 Rab8 $15) 22... Be6 23. Be4 Rxd2 24.
Rac1 Rc8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Bxc6 Qc7 $17) 21. b3 f5 (21... Nxg3+ 22. Qxg3 Nd4
23. a5 Re8 24. Ra4 $11) 22. Nc4 f4 (22... e4 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Be2 Nxg3+ 25.
Qxg3 Nd4 26. Bg4 Qc6 27. Ne3 Nxc2 28. Rac1 Bxb3 29. Nxc2 Bxc2 30. Qe5 Re8 31.
Rxc2 $16) (22... Nxg3+ 23. Qxg3 f4 24. Qf2 Ra7 25. Rfe1 Re7 26. Rad1 $11) 23.
Bf2 g4 24. Be4 (24. Bh4 gxf3 25. gxf3 Qh3 26. Qf2 Ra7 $13) 24... Bxe4 $6 {
Saravanan is solving the problems of the center in unfortunate fashion, as
white will get excellent objects for later attack.} (24... gxf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3
26. gxf3 Nf6 $11) 25. Qxe4 g3 (25... gxf3 26. gxf3 Kh8 27. Rfe1 Ng3+ 28. Bxg3
fxg3 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5+ Qxe5 31. Rxe5 $14) 26. hxg3 fxg3 27. Be3 Kg7 28.
Rad1 Qg6 (28... Rab8 29. Qh4 Qf5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Na5 Rc8 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33.
Qe7+ Qf7 34. Qxe5+ $16) 29. Qxg6+ Kxg6 30. Bb6 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Black is losing
control of the d file and it will cost him dearly, white pieces will manage a
concentrated effort against his weaknesses.} Rxd1 (30... Rdc8 31. Rd6+ Kg7 32.
Be3 Nf4 33. Nb6 $18) 31. Rxd1 Kg5 32. Rd6 Rc8 (32... Nd4 33. Nxe5 Nxc2 34. Nf7+
Kf4 35. Re6 Rf8 36. Nd6 $18) 33. Be3+ Nf4 (33... Kh4 34. Nxe5 Nxe5 35. Rd4+ Nf4
36. Rxf4+ Kh5 37. Rf5+ Kg6 38. Rxe5 Rxc2 39. Bf4 $18) 34. Nd2 Ne7 (34... Kf5
35. Rxh6 (35. Ne4 Ne6 36. Nxg3+ Kf6 37. Bxh6 Ncd4 38. Bd2 a5 39. Ne4+ Kg7 40.
Ra6 $18) 35... Nd4 36. Ne4 Rc6 37. Nxg3+ (37. Nd6+ Kg5 38. Nf7+ Kf5 39. Bxd4
Rxc2 40. Be3 Rc3 $14) 37... Kg5 38. Rxc6 Nxc6 39. Ne2 $18) 35. Ne4+ Kh5 36.
Nxg3+ Kh4 37. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mexico"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MEX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Bg5 {Black has chosen
the plan that is really successful in praxis. The knight from b6 covers the
critical square d5 and prepares to jump to c4.} (13. a5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15.
f3 Qc8 (15... Qc7 16. Nc1 (16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxc2 19. Qd3 Qc4
20. Qxc4 R8xc4 21. Rb1 Rb4 {0-1 Astrom,G (2300)-De Firmian,N (2575)/Stockholm
1996}) 16... d5 17. exd5 Rd8 18. Nd3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Bb6 Qc8 {1/2-1/2
Sznapik,A (2460)-Szekely,P (2450)/Athens 1992}) 16. Ra4 (16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Nc1 {
1/2-1/2 Cabrilo,G (2482)-Arsovic,G (2435)/Vrnjacka Banja 2009}) (16. Rac1 h6
17. Qd3 Rb4 18. Na2 Rc4 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Bd8 23.
Be3 Re7 24. Nd2 Rb4 25. c3 Rxb2 26. Nc4 e4 27. fxe4 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qg4+ 29. Kf1
Rxe4 $15 {0-1 Gazik,I (2425)-Zagrebelny,S (2440)/Hungary 1992 (41)}) (16. Nc1
d5 17. exd5 Rd8 18. Nd3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. c3 e4 21. fxe4 Rxe4 22. Kh1 Bd6
23. Qf2 Rf5 24. Qd2 Bd5 $17 {0-1 Burnoiu,N (2403)-Sieciechowicz,M (2427)/Baia
Sprie 2010 (48)}) 16... Rc6 17. Nc1 h6 18. Nd3 Re8 19. Nb4 Rc4 20. Nbd5 Bxd5
21. exd5 Bd8 22. Rda1 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Qd7 24. Qd3 Nh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rigo,Z (2368)
-Stocek,J (2555)/Slovakia 2002 (64)}) 13... Kh8 {Jobava played some very good
games at the olympiad, but his form in this round was far from perfect. Black
is ignoring the threat to the d6-pawn in the belief, that he will get ample
compensation.} (13... Ne8 14. Be3 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17.
Qd3 Qc7 18. Rd2 Rb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rc4 21. c3 Rc6 {1/2-1/2 Laznicka,V 
(2434)-Babula,V (2569)/Olomouc 2004}) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qe2 Qc8 17.
Rd2 Rb4 18. f3 h6 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. Nc1 Rc4 21. Nd3 Qb8 22. Ra1 Rfc8 23. Nd1 Qc7
24. c3 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 $17 {0-1 Tugaj,S (2290)-Areshchenko,A/Kharkov 2000 (61)
}) (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rb4 18. Rad1
Rc8 19. g3 Kf8 20. Kg2 Be7 21. R6d3 h5 22. h4 g6 23. R1d2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ciron 
(2627)-Rybusia (2576)/playchess.com INT 2007 (51)}) (13... Nbd7 14. a5 h6 15.
Be3 Re8 16. f3 Qc7 17. Bf1 Red8 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S (2622)-Zhigalko,A (2600)/
Minsk 2010}) 14. Na5 (14. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Qd3 $14) 15.
Na5 Qc7 16. Qxd6) 14... Qc7 {The second small mystery, since White has not
played the most exact move. The defender is ignoring the chance to punish
White with 14...Nbd7!} (14... Nbd7 $1 15. Nxb7 (15. Nb3 Qc7 $11) 15... Qb6 16.
Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxb2 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Bxa6 Qxc3 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. a5 $11)
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Be7 $6 {The bishop retreat is dubious at best, since
with normal moves Black could keep the damage to a minimum.} (16... g6 $1 17.
g3 Kg7 $14) 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Nd5 $1 {The knight move to the centre is
critical for the defender; White will get a dangerous passed pawn.} Bxd5 (18...
Nxd5 19. exd5 Rxc2 20. dxe6 (20. Bd3 Rc5 21. dxe6 Rxa5 22. exf7 Rxf7 23. Be4
$14) 20... Rxe2 21. Rd7 Bb4 22. e7 Rg8 23. Nc4 $18) 19. exd5 Bb4 $2 {[%mdl 64]
Jobava has disclosed his main problem in this game. The main idea of his
counterplay has been proven faulty and the position immediately becomes lost.}
(19... Rxc2 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Nc8 22. Bd3 Rc5 23. Nxb7 Rc7 24. Rd8 $18) (
19... Rd8 $1 20. Bf3 Bd6 21. c3 f5 22. Nb3 $14) 20. d6 $1 Rxc2 (20... Rd7 21.
Nxb7 $1 {This is the moment of critical blindness; from afar this move had
seemed impossible.} Rxb7 22. c3 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 $18) 21. Bd3 Rxb2 22. Nxb7 {
Despite the material balance Black is completely lost. White can claim the
only passed pawn on the board and it can not be stopped!} Ra8 (22... Rb8 23.
Bxa6 $18) 23. Rac1 g6 (23... Bd2 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Bxc2 Rb8 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Nd6
f6 28. Rxd2 $18) 24. a5 Nd5 (24... Nd7 25. Rc7 Nf8 26. Bc4 $18) 25. d7 Nc3 26.
Bxa6 Nxd1 27. Rc8+ {This moment might have been his last chance in this game,
but Jobava was so upset that he decided to ignore the good advance of the pawn
for a while.} (27. Rxd1 Be7 28. d8=Q+ Bxd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nxd8 Ra2 31. Nc6
$18) 27... Kg7 (27... Rxc8 28. dxc8=Q+ Kg7 29. Qc7 $18) 28. d8=Q Rb1 (28...
Rxc8 29. Qxc8 Rb1 30. h3 $18) 29. Qh8+ Kh6 30. Bd3 Ra1 {30...Rc1 must have
been objectively stronger, but after some simple exchanges Black will have to
resign anyway.} (30... Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxh8 32. Rxd1 $18) 31. Bf1 Be1 32. Qf8+ Kh5
33. Be2+ Kg5 34. h4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. O-O-O Qd6 (13... e4
14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. g4 Rd8 17. d6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Rd1 g5 20.
Bxg5 Bf4+ {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Huzman,A/Haifa/2000/ (33)}) 14. g4 (14. Bf3 O-O
15. g4 b5 16. g5 c4 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. Kb1 c3 20. Qg3 Nb6 21. Rd3 Na4 {
1/2-1/2 Lima,D-Dominguez,L/Istanbul/2000/ (51)}) 14... b5 15. c4 $6 {A novel
approach, but hardly a best way to fight for an advantage. Black will have no
problem to create counterplay against white king on c1.} (15. g5 c4 16. Qf5 g6
17. Qh3 Nd7 18. Kb1 c3 19. b3 O-O 20. Rhf1 Rfb8 21. f4 {1-0 Milos,G-Leitao,R/
Sao Paulo/2001/ (41)}) 15... O-O 16. g5 (16. cxb5 $2 axb5 17. Qxb5 Rxa2 $17)
16... Nd7 17. h4 (17. Qf5 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rab8 $132) 17... bxc4 18. Qc2 (18. Qxc4
Rfb8 19. Bd3 Rb4 20. Qc2 Nf8 $13) 18... Nb6 19. Rhg1 (19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4
Rab8 $15) 19... Rab8 20. Rg4 c3 $5 {Vaulin is forcing a clearing of the
position, white has to accept complete eqaulity.} 21. Qxc3 (21. bxc3 Nxd5 22.
Qe4 Nxc3 23. Rxd6 Nxe4 24. Rxa6 f5 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Rga4 $13) 21... Nxd5 22.
Qc4 Nxe3 (22... Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qb6 24. Qc3 Bd6 25. Ra4 Ra8 26. h5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 {Elimination of the knight on f6 weakens the d5-spot,
but Black has enough resources to survive the temporary crises.} Be7 11. Rd1 {
The immediate knight move to d5 is a bit different, but Chinese players have
demonstrated two different ways of equalising.} (11. Nd5 Bxd5 (11... Nd7 12.
O-O Rc8 13. c3 Nb6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfd1 Nc4 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd2
Rc5 19. Nf1 g6 20. Qd2 Rd8 $11 {1-0 (51) Zhao,J (2589)-Lu,S (2562) China 2013})
12. Qxd5 Qc7 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. c3 Rac8 16. Bd5 Nb6 17. O-O Nxd5 18.
Qxd5 Qc6 19. Qd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 (23) Ni,H (2583)-Xu,J (2617) Taiyuan 2004}) 11...
Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 {This move is a serious concession, but also the reminder
that White's plan of exploiting d5 is a bit one sided. The results for White
are not very encouraging, but even the alternative approach with 12...Rc8
seems to be good enough for keeping the balance.} (12... Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. O-O
O-O 15. g3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. c4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rb1 Rfc8 $11 {
0-1 (55) Andres Gonzalez,I (2392)-Kovalyov,A (2510) San Sebastian 2007}) 13.
Qxd5 b5 {In order to attack the top 10 in the world a player needs many
qualities, one of them is an independent mind. Giri is pushing the b-pawn
instead of the universally accepted 13...Qc7.} (13... Qc7 14. c3 (14. Qc4 Qxc4
15. Bxc4 Nf6 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rc8 18. c3 g6 19. Ke2 Kd7 20. Rhd1 Ke6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)-Wojtaszek,R (2733) Biel 2014}) (14. Bc4
O-O 15. Qd3 Nb6 16. Nd2 Na4 17. Qb3 b5 18. Bd5 Rac8 19. c3 Nb6 20. Nf1 Bg5 21.
Ng3 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (69) Novikov,S (2564)-Makarov,M (2535) Dagomys 2008}) 14...
Nf6 (14... O-O 15. O-O b5 16. Nd2 Rad8 (16... g6 17. a3 Rab8 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19.
Qa2 Nc5 20. Bf1 Bg5 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Na5 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (52) Carlsen,M (2834)
-Giri,A (2784) Doha 2015}) (16... Nb6 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. a3 $1 Rac8 19. Rfe1 g6
20. Nf1 Kh8 (20... Bg5 21. Qb4 Rfd8) 21. Ne3 f5 22. exf5 Bg5 23. Qb4 $1 $14 {
½-½ (51) Short,N (2706)-Efimenko,Z (2654) Mukachevo 2009}) 17. Bf3 Kh8 18.
Rfe1 Nb6 19. Qb3 d5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (27) Makka,I (2167)-Cramling Bellon,A (1978)
Caleta 2018}) 15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O (16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Bf3 b5 18. O-O g6 19. Ra1
Nd7 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. g3 d5 {0-1 (34) Onischuk,V (2602)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2811)
Bastia 2016} 22. Qe2 $11) 16... b5 (16... Rfd8 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19.
Qb1 g6 20. Na1 Rc5 21. Nc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36) Tissir,M (2444)-Kolev,A (2567)
Navalmoral 2007}) 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf3 Rab8 (18... g6 19. g3 Bf8 20. Na1 Bh6
21. Nc2 a5 22. Na3 b4 23. Nb5 Qc5 $11 {0-1 (71) Ponomariov,R (2694)-Salem,A 
(2638) Riadh 2017}) 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. Qe2 Bg5 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3
b4 $11 {0-1 (91) Horvath,A (2459)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2794) Germany 2018}) 14.
Bg4 $6 {Nisipeanu would gladly prove that the vulnerability of the light
square is an issue for Black, but his bishop on h3 will not be on a good spot.}
(14. O-O O-O 15. Qb7 g6 16. c3 h5 17. g3 Qc8 $11) 14... Nf6 15. Qc6+ Kf8 16.
Bh3 g6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfe1 {Black has an easy life and in fact better harmony
in his own camp. The reason for White's relative discomfort is to be found in
his very modest minor pieces.} (18. f4 Qb8 19. Rf2 exf4 20. Rxf4 d5 21. Rdf1
Qe5 22. exd5 Bd6 $15) (18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa7 Nxe4 20. g3 f5 (20... Nf6 21. Rfe1
Rb6 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 $15) 21. Bg2 Rc8 $15) 18... Ra7 19. Qc3 Qb6 20.
Qe3 (20. Qd3 Rc7 $15) 20... Qxe3 21. Rxe3 a5 22. a3 Rb8 {Even without the
queens on the board positions with opposite coloured bishops favour the side
with the initiative or the attack. Black is benefitting from an absence of
troubles and is preparing to deliver some for the opponent.} 23. c3 (23. Nc1 b4
24. a4 Rb6 25. Nb3 Rc6 $15) 23... b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. c4 (25. cxb4 Rxb4 26. f3
Ra2 27. Rb1 Bd8 $17) 25... Rc7 26. Nd2 (26. Rc1 Nh5 27. Rc2 Nf4 28. Bg4 h5 29.
Be2 Rbc8 $15) 26... Ne8 27. Ree1 (27. Rd3 Ra8 28. g3 Nf6 29. f3 h5 $15) 27...
Bg5 28. Nf3 Bh6 {Bishops are now symmetrical, but that is the only aspect that
is similar for both sides. Black is putting pressure on White's queenside.} 29.
b3 (29. g4 Bf4 30. Bf1 b3 $15) 29... Ra8 30. Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 2048] White is very
sorry that he can not really benefit from the soft spot on d5, but putting the
rook there does not solve any problem. It was much better to help the stranded
bishop on h3 with a painful, but playable position.} (30. g3 $1 Ra3 31. Rb1
Rca7 $15) 30... Ra3 31. Rb1 Nf6 32. Rxd6 Nxe4 33. Rd8 {It was very difficult
for White to find a way that minimises the damage. The black pieces are all
better and the b3- and f2-squares are too vulnerable for efficient defence.} (
33. Rb6 Ra2 34. Rxb4 Nxf2 $19) 33... Rca7 (33... Ra2 34. Nxe5 Nxf2 35. Rd7 Rxd7
36. Bxd7 Be3 37. Nf3 Nd3+ 38. Kh1 Nc5 39. Bc6 Nxb3 40. g3 Ra1 $17) 34. Nxe5 Nd2
$1 35. Rxd2 {The sad necessity of eliminating the intruding knight speaks
volumes about the crisis in the White's position. The rest of the game will be
technical with Giri converting the advantage. Please note the sad bishop on h3.
..} (35. Rd1 Ra1 36. Bg4 Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1 Ra1 $19) 35... Bxd2 36. Kf1 Ra1 37.
Rxa1 Rxa1+ 38. Ke2 Re1+ (38... Ra2 $5 39. Nd3 Bc3+ 40. Ke3 Ra3 41. Nc5 Bf6 $19)
39. Kxd2 Rxe5 40. Bd7 Kf6 {The bishop and a pawn are no real match for the
rook, but Black has to improve the king first.} 41. Bc6 Ke7 42. f4 Ra5 43. Kd3
Kd6 (43... Ra3 44. Ba4 Ra2 $19) 44. Bd5 Kc5 45. Bxf7 Ra3 46. Bg8 (46. Kc2 Ra2+
$19) 46... Rxb3+ 47. Kc2 Re3 48. Bxh7 {White has to bite the bullet as he at
least attacks the g6-pawn. In other lines Black would coordinate his pieces
with decisive effect.} (48. Kd2 b3 49. Bxh7 Re6 50. Kc3 Rb6 51. Kb2 Kb4 $19)
48... Re2+ 49. Kb3 Rxg2 50. h4 Rg3+ 51. Kb2 b3 52. Ka3 (52. f5 Kb4 53. fxg6
Rg2+ $19) 52... Kxc4 53. Bg8+ Kc3 54. Bxb3 {A heroic feat of defence as the
pesky b-pawn was stopped. The good news ends here as White will lose the
elementary pawn ending.} Kd4 55. Kb4 Rxb3+ 56. Kxb3 (56. Kxb3 Ke4 57. Kc3 Kxf4
58. Kd3 Kg4 59. Ke3 Kxh4 60. Kf3 g5 61. Kg2 Kg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Saravanan, Venkat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. f3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. c4 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bg5 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. c4 Be3 $2 {The whole idea of switching dark squared
bishop from e7 to c5 is very dubious as the bishop will be sorely missed in
the defense of the kingside.} (17... Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bd3 $14) (17... Rab8
18. Rb1 Rfc8 19. Bd3 $13) 18. Bd3 g6 19. Rb1 Bc8 (19... Rab8 20. Qe1 Bg5 (20...
Bh6 $2 21. Qh4 Bg7 22. Qe7 $18) 21. Qa5 Bd8 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 23. c5 Bxd5 24. cxd6
$16) 20. Qe1 Bc5 (20... Bg5 21. Qa5 Bd8 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 23. c5 $14) 21. Bc1 f6 (
21... Re8 22. Qh4 Bb4 23. Bg5 $14) 22. f4 $1 {Excellent strategy to open up
the new from on the kingside, as black king is unsufficiently protected.} exf4
(22... Rb8 23. f5 g5 24. Bd2 $14) 23. Bxf4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 (24... dxe5 25.
Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4 $16) 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qh4 Be3 (26... Ba7 27.
Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qg7+ Kd8 30. Qf8+ Kd7 31. Rf1 $18) 27. Rf1+ $6 (27.
Re1 $1 Bf4 (27... Ba7 28. Bxg6 $18) (27... Rb8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rxe3 Rxb3 30.
Rf3 $18) 28. g3 Rb8 29. Nd4 Bd2 30. Re2 $18) 27... Kg8 28. Qf6 Bh6 (28... Bd7
29. Bxg6 $18) (28... Bf4 $5 29. c5 (29. g3 Bh3 30. gxf4 Rf8 31. Qg5 Bxf1 32.
Bxf1 Rxf4 $13) 29... Bd7 30. a5 Rb8 (30... Rf8 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. cxd6 e4 33.
Bxa6 Bxd6 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Be2 $16) 31. Qe7 Qd8 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. c6 $16)
29. c5 $1 {Black forces are in obvious disarray so this blow in the center
easily decides.} Bg7 30. cxd6 Bxf6 31. dxc7 Be7 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. Rc6 Bd7 34.
Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O (12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4
14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Qf3 $1 $14 {was the idea of Kramnik, when white
can proceed with Bd3 and advance of the kingside pawns.}) 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. h4 $1
{Kramnik is rushing his activity, since the slower method might not bring him
anything.} (14. g3 a5 $5 15. a3 a4 16. Nd2 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nd4 18. Bd3 Bxd2 19.
Rxd2 $11) 14... Bxh4 15. g3 (15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Bg5 $1 18. Nd5
(18. Ne6 $2 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 $19) 18... b5 19. Bg4 $11) 15... Bf6 (15... Be7
16. f4 a5 17. c3 a4 18. Nd2 a3 19. b3 $14) 16. Qf3 Bg5 $5 (16... h6 17. Nxf6+
Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rxd6 $14) 17. Qh5 h6 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nd2 $5 {White was
unhappy about this move, but alternative 19.c3 was much slower and bearable
for black.} (19. c3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. Nd2 exf4 22. gxf4 Ng6 23. Rdg1 Qe7
24. f5 (24. Bd3 Qe3 $1 $15) 24... Rae8 25. Bd1 Qe3 $11) 19... Nd4 20. Bc4 (20.
Bd3 Bxd5 21. exd5 Re8 22. Ne4 (22. c3 Nb5) 22... exf4 23. gxf4 Rxe4 $3 (23...
Nb5 24. Rde1 Kf8 25. Qf5 $16) 24. Bxe4 Qb6 25. c3 Nb5 26. Kc2 Qc5 27. Rh3 Qc4
$13) 20... Rc8 $1 (20... b5 21. Bd3 $1) 21. c3 Nb5 (21... b5 22. Bd3 Nc6 23. f5
Bxd5 24. exd5 Na5 25. Ne4 $13) 22. f5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxc3 $3 {[%mdl 64] Anand
understands the dangers on the kingside so he bravely sacrifices material for
the strong counterplay.} (23... Qb6 24. Ka1 Qe3 25. Nc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxe4 27.
Bd5 $16) 24. Qg6 $1 (24. bxc3 Nxc3+ 25. Kc2 Nxd5 $1 26. exd5 Qa5 (26... Qb6 $6
27. Rb1 (27. Nb3 $6 Rc8+ 28. Kb1 Rc3 29. Qe2 e4 $11) 27... Qc5+ 28. Kd1 $16)
27. Qf3 Rc8+ 28. Kb1 Rc3 $11) (24. a4 Na3+ $1 25. Ka2 Rxg3 26. bxa3 Qa5 $40)
24... Qb6 25. Rxh6 $1 {Kramnik was contemplating the dangerous move 25.a4, but
the tactics is favouring black. Running short of time white obeyed his
intuition and took a draw.} (25. a4 Na3+ 26. Ka2 Rc2 (26... Nc4 $5 27. Bxc4
Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Qc5 29. Qg4 Qxc4+ 30. Kb1 Rc8 $15) 27. Nb3 Qf2 28. Kxa3 Rxb2 29.
Rxh6 (29. Ra1 b5 $1 $19) 29... Ra2+ 30. Kb4 Qb6+ 31. Kc4 Qc7+ 32. Kb4 a5+ $1 (
32... Qb6+ $11) 33. Kb5 Qd7+ 34. Kb6 (34. Kc4 Qxa4+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Bc4 Qxc4+
37. Kxc4 fxg6 $19) 34... Bd8+ 35. Ka7 b5+ $19) (25. Nb3 Qf2 $1 (25... Rxb3 26.
Bxb3 Qe3 27. Qg4 Nd4 $11) (25... Qe3 $17) 26. Rd2 Qf3 $1 $17) (25. Rxh6 $1 Na3+
26. Ka1 Nc2+ 27. Kb1 Na3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a5 Nc5 {Black is
willing to accept a slightly inferior pawn structure in return for the freedom
of his pieces.} 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qe1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 c4 (17... Qc6
18. Na4 Nd7 19. c4 Nf8 20. Nb6 f6 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Ra3 Bf7 23. Rb3 Ne6 24. Rb6
Qd7 25. Qa1 Rc8 26. Bd1 Rb8 27. Ba4 Qd8 28. Qa3 Nd4 $11 {1-0 Ponomariov,R 
(2718)-Alekseev,E (2708)/Moscow 2008 (53)}) 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Qc3 {The next few
moves strongly resemble the shadow theatre as both players seem unsure about
the best concept.} (19. h3 Qc6 20. Kh2 Kf8 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Nb6 Nd7 23. Be3 Nxb6
24. Bxb6 Rc8 25. Rd1 h6 26. Qc3 f6 27. g3 Qa4 28. Qd2 Bb4 $15 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A (2638)-Pashikian,A (2556)/Moscow 2008 (47)}) (19. Kf1 Rc8 20. Nb6
Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Qc6 22. c3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Ra4 h6 26. Qe3 Rd8
27. Kf2 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petrik,T (2522)-Fercec,N (2501)/Pula 2007 (34)}) 19...
f6 (19... Qc6 20. b4 cxb3 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. cxb3 Bxb3 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Bxa6 Bxa4
25. Rxa4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Ke2 Rb8 $11) (19... Rc8 $5) 20. b3 (20. b4 $5
Qc6 21. Qa3 $14) 20... Rc8 21. b4 Qc6 22. Qa3 f5 $6 {Karjakin is searching for
counterplay. It was more cautious to secure the bishop on e7 and live with
slightly worse chances.} (22... Bf8 23. Rd1 (23. c3 Qb5 24. Nb2 $14) 23... Qb5
24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Nc3 $14) 23. b5 $1 axb5 (23... Bxa3 $2 24. bxc6 $18) 24. Qxe7
bxa4 25. Rd1 (25. a6 Qxa6 26. Rd1 Nf8 27. Rd6 Qa5 $13) 25... Nf8 (25... f4 26.
Rd6 Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Rc6 28. Qe7 fxe3 29. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4 30. Qxd7 $18) 26. Rd6 Re8
$1 (26... Qe8 27. Qxe8 Rxe8 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bxc4+ Be6 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. a6 bxa6
32. Bxa4 $16) 27. Rxc6 Rxe7 28. Bc5 $1 {A magnificient blow in a position
where Ivanchuk is pawn down. The main idea is to get the best square for the
rook currently on c6.} Rd7 $2 (28... Re8 29. Rc7 fxe4 30. fxe4 (30. Rxb7 Ra8
31. Rb5 Nd7 32. Ba3 e3 $1 $11) 30... Ra8 (30... Nd7 31. Bb4 Rb8 32. Kf2 $14)
31. Bb4 a3 32. Bxa3 Rxa5 33. Bb4 $14) 29. Rb6 $1 (29. Rxe6 Nxe6 30. Bxc4 Rd1+
31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf1 Rxc2 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 $132) 29... fxe4 (29... Bf7 30. a6 bxa6
31. Rb8 $18) 30. fxe4 c3 (30... Rd2 31. Rxb7 $1 Rxe2 32. a6 $18) 31. Kf2 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] Ivanchuk is showing his legendary class. Not only he refrained
from dubious combination on the 29th move, but now he improves the king in
order to cooperate with his excellently located pieces.} (31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32.
Rxe6 a3 33. Bc4 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc2 $14) (31. a6 bxa6 32. Rb8 Rf7
33. Ra8 $16) 31... Ba2 (31... Rd2 32. a6 bxa6 33. Rb8 h5 34. Rxf8+ Kh7 35. Ke3
Rxc2 36. Bd6 $16) 32. a6 $1 bxa6 33. Rb8 Rf7+ 34. Ke3 g6 {Black is defending a
very compromised position despite the fact, that he nominally enjoys advantage
of two pawns.} (34... Rf6 35. Be7 Rf7 36. Bd6 $16) 35. Bd6 Rf6 (35... Kg7 36.
Bxe5+ Kh6 37. Bxc3 $16) 36. Rd8 a3 (36... Be6 37. Bxa6 a3 38. Bxa3 Kg7 39. Re8
Ba2 40. Bc8 $18) 37. Bxa3 Kg7 38. Bd6 Rf7 39. Bxe5+ Kh6 40. Bxa6 Ne6 41. Rc8 {
Karjakin has ended the game positionally and materially bankrupt. A great
creative achievement by Ivanchuk!} 1-0

[Event "Gausdal GM-A"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2005.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nbd7 {The modern line with careful advance 9..
.b6 is very popular, black is often ready to sacrifice the exchange for the
knight on c3 in order to enable d6-d5 advance.} (11... b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bg1 Qc7 18. c4 a5 19. Nd2 f5 20.
Nb1 Nc5 21. Nc3 Rf6 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Qc2 {Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas/1997/
0,5}) 12. a4 Rc8 (12... Qc7 13. Rf2 Rfd8 14. Bf1 $14) 13. Rf2 Rc7 14. Bf1 (14.
Qf1 Qa8 15. Rd1 h6 16. Nd2 d5 17. exd5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. Nc4 b5 20. Rxd5
Bxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nd2 b4 {1/2-1/2 Lopez Rodriguez,J-Morales,J/Medina del
Campo 2001/ (48)}) 14... Qa8 15. Rd2 Rfc8 (15... h6 16. Nc1 Rxc3 17. bxc3 d5
18. exd5 (18. Nb3 Rc8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. c4 Be6 22. a5 bxa5 23.
Rxa5 Bb4 24. Ra4 a5 {1/2-1/2 Barua,D-Sowray,P/London 2001/ (37)}) (18. c4 dxe4
19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Qxd7 exf3 21. Kg1 fxg2 22. Bd3 (22. Be2 Bf6 23. Qg4 Be7 {
0-1 Rohl Montes,J-Leitao,R/San Felipe 1998/ (31)}) 22... Bc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24.
Nb3 Bc6 25. Qf5 {1-0 Ye Jiangchuan-Lin Weiguo/Beijing 1997/ (46)}) 18... Nxd5
19. Rd3 e4 20. fxe4 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Nc5 22. e5 Ne4 23. Qe1 Rc8 24. Nb3 Bg5 25. e6
fxe6 26. Rf3 {1-0 Brodsky,M-Sowray,P/Port Erin 2001/ (38)}) 16. Qe2 {
Interesting idea 16.Nc1!? has brought success in two important predecessors
games.} (16. Nc1 $5 Rxc3 (16... Bf8 17. N1a2 h6 18. Nb4 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20.
Rd3 Rc7 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd2 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Alzate,D/Bled 2002/ 
(36)}) 17. bxc3 Rxc3 18. Rd3 Qc8 19. Rxc3 Qxc3 20. Nd3 d5 21. Bd2 Qc8 22. exd5
Bxd5 23. Bb4 {1-0 Lutz,C-Roeder,M/Vienna 1996/ (44)}) 16... h6 17. Rad1 Rxc3
18. bxc3 d5 (18... Rxc3 19. Rd3 Rxd3 (19... Rc8 20. Qd2 $16) 20. Qxd3 d5 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Bg1 $14) 19. exd5 (19. Qf2 Rxc3 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Rd3 $14) 19...
Nxd5 20. Rd3 (20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Rxc3 $1 23. Rxd5 Rxe3 24.
Kg1 Nc5 $11) 20... N7f6 $1 {Carlsen understands, that his chances are closely
married to the activity and coordination of his pieces.} (20... Nxc3 $4 21.
Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxd7 $18) 21. Qe1 e4 (21... b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bf2 $16) (21...
Bf8 22. Bf2 Qb8 23. c4 $16) 22. fxe4 Nxe4 (22... Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Nxe4 24. Rd4 f5
25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Be6 Rf8 $14) 23. Bd4 Nf4 {Black is full exchange down, but
his pieces are dancing on many attractive squares.} (23... f5 24. Rf3 Rf8 25.
c4 Nb4 26. Bxb6 $18) 24. Rf3 (24. Re3 Ng6 25. Kg1 $14) 24... Ng6 (24... Bg5 25.
h4 Nc5 26. hxg5 Bxf3 27. Rd2 $1 (27. gxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Ne4) 27... Bd5 28. Qe5
Nce6 29. gxh6 $14) 25. Kg1 Re8 $5 (25... Bh4 26. g3 Ng5 27. Re3 Nf3+ 28. Rxf3
Bxf3 29. gxh4 Re8 30. Qd2 Bxd1 31. Qxd1 Nxh4 32. Nd2 Re6 33. Qh5 $16) 26. Bc4 (
26. Be2 Ng5 27. Rf2 Ne4 28. Rf5 Nd6 $11) 26... Nd6 27. Be2 Nh4 $1 (27... Bxf3
28. Bxf3 Qb8 29. Qf2 Bg5 $11) 28. Rg3 Ndf5 29. Qf2 Bg5 (29... Nxg3 $5 30. hxg3
Ng6 31. Bxb6 (31. Bc4 Bd5 $1) 31... Qc8 $15) 30. Bf1 (30. Rxg5 hxg5 31. Bf1 Qd8
$11) 30... Re4 $2 {[%mdl 2048] The concentration of black forces was pretty
dangerous, but with his last move he oversteps the limit.} (30... Nxg3 31. hxg3
Ng6 32. Bxb6 Ne5 $15) 31. Bd3 $6 (31. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 32. Bxb6 Re8 33. a5 $16)
31... Rf4 32. Qe2 Nxg3 33. hxg3 Nxg2 $2 {The young swedish prodigy has got
lost in complications. The last chance to use potential of his pieces was
hidden in the spectacular move 33...Bf3!} (33... Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Nxg2 35. Rb1 $14
) (33... Bf3 $1 34. gxf3 (34. Qe5 Rxd4 35. cxd4 (35. Qxd4 Nxg2 $19) 35... Bxd1
36. gxh4 Bxh4 $15) 34... Nxf3+ 35. Kh1 Nxd4+ (35... Rg4 $5 36. Qg2 $18) 36. Qg2
Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Nxc2 $1 38. Bxc2 (38. gxf4 Ne3+ 39. Kf3 Nxd1 40. fxg5 Nxc3 $11)
38... Rxa4 $14) 34. gxf4 Nxf4 35. Qe5 $1 {Kulaots immeditely sizes his chances
for an attack of his own.} f6 (35... Nh3+ 36. Kf1 Bg2+ 37. Ke1 Bh4+ 38. Kd2
Bg5+ 39. Be3 $18) 36. Qf5 g6 (36... Bh1 37. Bc4+ (37. Qh7+ Kf7 38. Bc4+ Ne6 $15
) 37... Kh8 (37... Kf8 38. Rd2 $18) 38. Rd2 $18) 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Qd7 Nh3+ (
38... Bd5 39. Bxd5 Nxd5 40. Rf1 $18) 39. Qxh3 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
(8. O-O $142 {/\ 9.Be3}) 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 (10. O-O $142 O-O 11.
Qd3 Nc6) 10... Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. Rad1 g6 15. Kh1 Bh6
16. Ne3 $6 (16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4) 16... Nf6 17. Bf3 Rc6 18. Qe2 $6 (18. Nd2
$142) 18... Qb6 19. Nd5 $8 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rcc8 $17 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Be2 f5 23. f3
Kg7 24. Nd2 Qc7 25. a4 Bg5 26. Nc4 (26. c4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. b3 b4 29. Rfe1
Nc5 $17) 26... h5 27. Qb3 Rcd8 28. Qa3 Nf6 (28... Nc5 29. b4 Nd7) 29. Qb4 h4
30. Qb6 Qe7 31. Na5 Rd7 32. Nc4 Nh5 33. Rfe1 Bf4 34. Nd2 Qg5 35. Nf1 Rh8 36.
Bd3 Rf7 (36... Ng3+ 37. Kg1 $1 {Unzicker} (37. Nxg3 $2 hxg3 38. h3 Rxh3+ $1 39.
gxh3 g2+ 40. Kg1 Qg3 $19)) 37. Re2 Qf6 38. Kg1 Re8 39. Bc2 Bh6 (39... Rh8 40.
c4 Ng3 41. hxg3 hxg3 42. Nd2 Qh4 43. Kf1 Qh1+ $140 44. Qg1) 40. Ree1 Nf4 41.
Kh1 Rc8 42. Qf2 Nh5 43. Kg1 Bf4 44. Bb3 Rc5 45. Ba2 Qg5 46. Qc2 Rc8 47. Bb1 Re8
(47... Rh8 48. c4 Ng3 49. hxg3 $140 hxg3 50. Nd2 Qh6 51. Kf1 Qh1+ 52. Ke2 Qxg2+
53. Kd3 Qf2 54. Kc3 Qd4+ 55. Kb3 Rh2 $19) 48. Re2 Qd8 49. Ree1 b5 50. axb5 axb5
51. Qf2 Bg5 52. Bd3 Qb8 53. Ra1 Nf4 54. Bc2 Qb7 (54... Nxd5 $2 55. Bb3 Qb7 56.
Rad1) 55. Rad1 Bd8 56. Qd2 Bb6+ 57. Kh1 Rh8 (57... h3 $1 58. g3 Ng2 59. Re2 Ba7
{/\ 60...Qb6} 60. Qd3 Qb6 61. Nd2 e4 $1 62. fxe4 Ne3 63. Ra1 Ng4 64. Qd4+ (64.
Rf1 fxe4 65. Rxf7+ Kxf7 66. Qd4 Qxd4 67. cxd4 e3 $19) 64... Qxd4 65. cxd4 Bxd4
$19 {Unzicker}) 58. Ne3 Nh5 {/\ 59...Ng3, 60...f4} 59. h3 Ba7 (59... Nf4 $142 {
/\ Rh5-g5}) 60. Kh2 Qb6 61. Bd3 Ng3 62. b4 Rhf8 63. c4 f4 64. Ng4 $2 (64. Nc2)
64... bxc4 65. Bxc4 Rb8 66. Rb1 Rc7 67. Ba2 Rbc8 68. Rec1 Rxc1 69. Rxc1 Ne2 $2
(69... Rxc1 70. Qxc1 Ne2 71. Qe1 Nc3 $19) (69... Qa6 {Fischer} 70. Qd1 $1 Rxc1
71. Qxc1 Qxa2 72. Qc7+ $10) 70. Re1 Nc3 71. Bb1 Nxb1 (71... Qxb4 72. Qc2 $1)
72. Rxb1 Rc4 73. Qe1 g5 74. Rc1 Qc7 75. Rxc4 Qxc4 76. Nxe5 $1 Qxd5 (76... dxe5
$2 77. Qxe5+ Kf7 78. Qe6+) 77. Ng4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a5 Rfe8 {Very special
variation with some features of "shadow play". Both sides find it diffcult to
improve the optimal position of their pieces.} 14. h3 h6 15. Qe1 Qb8 16. Bf3
Rc4 (16... b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rxa6 Nc4 19. Rda1 (19. Bc1 Qb7 20. Ra1 Ra8 $44)
19... Nxb2 20. Na5 $14) 17. Nd2 Rc6 (17... Rb4 $2 18. b3 Qc7 19. Nf1 $16) 18.
Nf1 Rec8 19. Bd2 b6 {Playable alternative to the radical b7-b5 advance.
Svidler insists on the opening of the b-file.} (19... b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Ne3
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. b3 $14) 20. Ne3 $1 bxa5 (20... b5 21. Ncd5 Bxd5 22. exd5
R6c7 23. Bb4 $14) 21. Ncd5 Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This move that positionally
compromises Black's position is not easy to explain. White would have been
able to claim minimal progress after the logical 21...Bd8.} (21... Bd8 22. Bc3
Rc5 $13) 22. exd5 Rc5 (22... Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Rxc2 24. Rxa5 Rxb2 25. Rxa6 $16) 23.
Bxa5 e4 (23... Qxb2 $2 24. Rdb1 Qd4 25. Nf5 $18) 24. Be2 Qxb2 25. Bxa6 (25. c3
Qb7 26. Bb4 Ra8 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. c4 $16) 25... Rb8 26. c3 $1 {Quite possibly
Black has missed some move in his calculations and this is a fair candidate.
Suddenly the queen on b2 is feeling very insecure.} Rxa5 (26... Ne5 27. Bb4 $1
Rc7 28. Nf5 Rxb4 (28... Bf8 29. Rdb1 Qc2 30. Ne3 $18) 29. cxb4 Ng6 30. b5 $18)
27. Rxa5 Qb6 (27... Ne5 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Bd8 30. Ra6 $16) 28. Rda1 Nc5 29.
Bf1 {Adams believes, that his rooks are stronger and shows no fear from
Black's one on b8.} (29. Rb5 $5 Qc7 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Be2 $18) 29... Qd8 30.
Rb5 Rc8 31. Ra7 Nfd7 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Qe3 Qf6 34. Ng3 (34. Nd4 Ne5 35. Nb3 $18)
34... Qe5 35. Nxe4 $1 {The elimination of pawns is not a problem for White as
his pieces are getting closer to the enemy king.} Nxe4 36. Rxd7 Rxc3 37. Qe2
Qd4 (37... Rc8 38. Rbb7 f5 39. Qb2 $18) 38. Rd8 $1 Rc1 39. Kh2 (39. Kh2 Nd2 40.
Rxf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 Nf6
15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nxe4 17. Rd5 f6 (17... Re8 {- 71/262}) 18. f3 Ng5 19.
Rfd1 Nf7 20. R5d2 Be6 $1 $11 (20... a5 21. Bc4 $5 $14 {Lutz} (21. Bb5 Be6 {
/\ Rfd8})) 21. a3 $6 (21. Nc1 a5 (21... b5 22. Nd3) 22. Bb5 $11) 21... a5 22.
Bb5 Rfc8 23. Kg1 $2 (23. Nc1 Rc5 24. a4 (24. Bf1 $5) 24... Kf8 25. Ne2 Ke7 26.
Nc3 Rd8 $15) 23... Rxc2 (23... Kf8 $15) 24. Rxc2 Bxb3 25. Rdc1 (25. Rcd2 Bxd1
26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rc1 Nd6 28. Ba6 Nf5) 25... Bxc2 26. Rxc2 Nd6 $17 27. Ba4 (27.
Ba6 b5 28. Rc6 Nf5 $17) 27... Rc8 28. Rd2 Nf5 29. Rd7 (29. Kf2 Nd4) 29... Rc1+
30. Kf2 Rb1 31. Rd2 Kf8 $6 (31... Nd4 32. Bc2 Rc1 $17) 32. Bc6 (32. Bb5 Nd4 33.
Bd3 Rh1 34. h3 h5 35. Bf1 h4 {Nf5}) 32... Nd4 33. Be4 Rh1 34. Bxh7 Rxh2 35. Bd3
Ke7 36. b4 a4 (36... axb4 37. axb4 Rh1 38. Bf1 Rh8 39. Ra2 $132) 37. Rd1 Rh8
38. Rc1 Kd6 39. Rc4 g5 40. b5 (40. Rc1 f5 41. Ke3 $17) 40... Ra8 41. g4 $2 Nxb5
42. Be4 Ra5 43. Rc6+ Kd7 44. Rxb6 Nxa3 45. Bd3 Kc7 46. Rxf6 Nb5 47. Bc4 (47.
Bxb5 Rxb5 48. Ra6 Rb4 49. Kg2 (49. Rg6 a3 50. Ra6 Rb3) 49... Kb7 50. Ra5 Kb6 (
50... Kc6 51. Rxe5) 51. Rxe5 a3 52. Re1 Kb5 (52... a2 53. Ra1 Ra4 54. f4 gxf4
55. g5)) 47... a3 48. Kg3 (48. Kf1 Nd4 (48... a2 49. Bxa2 Rxa2 50. Re6 Re2 (
50... Nd4 51. Rxe5 Nxf3 52. Rf5 Ra3 53. Kf2 Nd2 54. Ke2 Ne4 55. Re5 $11)) 49.
Ba2 Rc5) 48... a2 49. Bxa2 Rxa2 50. Rf5 Kd6 51. Rxg5 Nd4 52. Rg6+ Ke7 53. g5
Ra3 54. Rf6 e4 55. Rf4 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Nor Gutman} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 a5 $5 (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qe1 Ne8
13. Nd5 Bg5 {Ehlvest-Gurevich,I, Saint Martin 1993 ~~}) (10... b5 11. Bf3 Na5
$6 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxf8+
Bxf8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Be7 $2 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. c3 Qh4 22. Rae1 Bc6 23. Re2
Qe7 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. b3 Qd3 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 f5 29. Rce1 Qxc4
30. exf5 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Qd5 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Rxe5 Qxa2+ 34. Kg3 Qd2 35. h4 a5 36.
Ra1 a4 37. Rxa4 Qd1 38. Ra2 Qg1+ 39. Rg2 Qd1 40. Re4 Qd3 41. Rge2 Qd1 42. Re7+
Kf8 43. Kg4 Qg1+ 44. Kh5 Qg3 45. R2e3 Qf4 46. Kg6 Qg3+ 47. Kh7 Qf4 48. Re8+ Kf7
49. R8e7+ Kf8 50. f6 Qf5+ 51. Kh8 gxf6 52. Rg7 Qc5 53. Rb3 Qe5 54. Rb8+ Qxb8
55. Rg8+ {1-0 Sutovskij,E-Colovic,A/WchJM-U18 Szeged 1994}) 11. a4 Nb4 {
Gutman: Eine interessante Idee. Schwarz strebt einen Übergang zur schon von B.
Spassky favorisierten Varianten in der Scheveninger Verteidigung an. Die
Tempoverluste a6-a5 (Najdorf) und e6-e5 (Scheveninger) gleichen sich dann aus.
Laut E.Gellers Analyse stellt der Königszug Kg1-h1 eine Ungenauigkeit da.} 12.
Bf3 $146 {In analysis of game Yemilin-Nepomnishay 1997 [0-1] I had wrote some
interesting ideas about this variation.Here I will only say,that in my opinion
12.g4! is the best answer for all black's questions.Other moves are not
dangerous for black.This novelty too. Gutman: "Ein neuer Plan,der den Vorstoß
g2-g4 verschiebt und den Gegenstoß d6-d5 verhindert. Gleichzeitig nutzt Weiß
den Umstand aus, daß sein König auf h1 steht und das Feld g1 für den Turm frei
ist" J.Dochojan.} (12. g4 $1 exf4 $1 (12... Be6 $2 13. f5 (13. g5 Nd7 14. Rg1
exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Nd4) 13... Bd7 14. g5 Ne8 15. Rg1 $36) 13. Bxf4 Be6 (
13... d5 {Gutman} 14. e5 Ne4 {mit guten Spiel für Schwarz,Gutman.}) 14. g5 Nd7
15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bh3 (16... Nc4 $5 17. Qc1 $1 Rc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg4 $1
Qd7 20. Nd5) 17. Rg1 $14) (12. Nd2 exf4 $1 $13) (12. Rg1 Be6 $5 13. f5 Bd7 14.
Bf3 Bc6 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. g4 d5 $1) (12. Be3 $6 $11 {Yemelin-Nopomnishay,St
Petersburg-ch 1997 [0-1]}) ({Aber,meiner Meinung nach,ist} 12. Be3 $5 {Gutman}
Be6 13. Bf3 {eine genauere Zugsfolge.}) 12... Be6 ({Nichts spricht gegen} 12...
Qb6 $5 {Gutman} 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 {,Kasparow-Gelfand,Amsterdam 1996,14. ...}
Re8 $5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Nd4 (16. Bh5 g6 17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Nd4 Ne6)
16... Ne5 17. Nf5 Bf8 {,und Schwarz hat ausreichende Gegenspiel,Gutman.}) 13.
Be3 (13. f5 Bc4 14. Be2 $5 d5 $5 (14... Bxe2 $6 15. Qxe2 d5 16. exd5 Nbxd5 (
16... Nfxd5 17. Rd1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 $18) 17. Nxd5 (17. Qxe5 Bd6 18. Qd4 Nxc3 19.
Qxc3 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Bg5 Qxc2 22. Qxd6 Qxb3 23. Bxf6 Rc6 24. Qd1 Qxd1 25.
Raxd1 Rxf6 $11) 17... Qxd5 18. Rd1 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. g4 Rd1
22. Rxd1 Nf2+ 23. Kg2 Nxd1 24. Rb1 $14 (24. Kf3 Rc8 25. c3 Nxc3)) (14... Bxb3
$6 15. cxb3 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Bf3 Nf6 $14) 15. exd5 (15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nd2
Qc7 $132) 15... Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Bf3 Rfd8 20.
Rd1 Nb6 $5 $13 (20... e4 $6 21. Bxe4 Nxc3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bf3 $14)) 13...
Rc8 {Schwarz versucht,im Vergleich zu E.Geller Analyse ,einem wichtigenTempo
zu gewinnen.} (13... Qc7 {Gutman} 14. Rf2 {ergibt die "klassische" Stellung,
und nun:} Rfd8 (14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Qb6 {(mit Drohung 16. ...Nxc2!)} 16. Nd4
Nd7 {,und "Schwarz kann in aller Ruhe seinen Springer nash e5 überführen und
die Stellung damit ausgleichen",E.Geller,aber ...} 17. Rd2 Ne5 18. b3 Qc5 19.
Ncb5 {verspricht Schwarz keine ausreichende Gegenspiel,Gutman}) (14... d5 15.
fxe5 (15. exd5 exf4 16. Bc1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Bf5 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. Ndb5 Qb6 20. Re2
Bd6 {mit guten Spiel für Schwarz,Cabrilo-Kosic,Igalo 1994}) 15... Qxe5 (15...
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxe5 18. Qd4) 16. Bd4 Qg5 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. Ne4
Qh6 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 {mit besseren Aussichten für Weiß}) 15. Rd2 Bc4 16.
Qg1 $1 ({nach} 16. Nb5 $6 Bxb5 17. axb5 a4 18. Nc1 d5 19. fxe5 Nxe4 20. c3 Nxd2
21. Bxd2 Qxe5 {Schwarz übernahm die Initiative,1. Wettkampfpartie
Karpow-Spassky,Leningrad 1974}) 16... Nd7 (16... Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Bxb3 18. Bb6 Qd7
19. Rd2) 17. Rc1 $5 ({weniger überzeugt} 17. f5 Nxc2 18. Rxc2 Bxb3 19. Rcc1 {
,I.Boleslawski,19. ...} Nc5 $5) ({oder} 17. Nc1 {,Cabrilo-Kosic,Belgrad 1988,
17. ...} d5 $5 18. exd5 exf4 19. Bd4 Bf6 {mit ausreichende Gegenspiel}) 17...
h6 18. f5 $5 (18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bf6 21. Nd4 Qc4 {stellte
keine Probleme für Schwarz,Kujpers-Timman,Wijk aan Zee 1975}) 18... Nc5 19.
Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rcd1 b6 21. b3 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Ba6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. c4
{mit besseren Spiel für Weiß,Gutman.}) 14. Rf2 $5 {Critical moment!If black
will wait a little more,he will stand under hard pressure.He finds a good
answer.} ({Eine kritische Fortsetzung war} 14. f5 {Gutman} Bc4 15. Re1 $5 {
,und nun:} d5 (15... Qc7 16. Nd2 $1 d5 (16... Ba6 17. g4 Rfd8 18. g5 Ne8 19.
Bg2) 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Nb5 {mit besseren Aussichten für Weiß}) 16. exd5 Nfxd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 (17... Nxd5 18. Bg1) 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Bd2 b6 20.
Rxe5 Bf6 21. Bg5 $1) 19. c3 Nd3 (19... Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nc2 21. Re2 Nxe3 22. Rxe3
) 20. Nc1 Nf4 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Bf2 f6 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Nb3 b6 25. Rd2 Rb8 26.
g3 $5 {mit weißen Druckspiel in Endspiel,Gutman.}) 14... exf4 $5 15. Bxf4 Qb6
$1 {[%cal Gc5f2,Gc8c2,Gb4c2,Ge6b3,Gb6b3] Black desturbs white to place his
pieces.Right chess!} 16. Nd4 d5 $1 ({Mit} 16... Nd7 $5 {Gutman hatte Schwarz
ihren Ziel erreicht,} 17. Rd2 Ne5 {versprach ausreichende Gegenspiel.}) 17. e5
(17. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rf4][%cal Gf7f2]}) (17. Rd2 Bc5 $36) 17... Nd7
18. Rd2 Nc5 $6 (18... Rfd8 $5) 19. Ndb5 f6 $6 (19... Rfd8 20. Be3 Nc6 $140 $6 {
[%cal Gd5d4]} 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxe5 23. Qh5 Bf6 24. Re1 $16) (19... Rfe8
$5) 20. Qe2 $1 (20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Ne4 $1 23. Qd4 Nf2+ 24.
Kg1 Bc5 $1 25. Rxc5 (25. Qc4 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 $11) 25... Qxc5 (25...
Rxc5 26. Be3 $18) 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Be3 Rxc2 28. Bxf2 fxe5 29. Bg3 Rd8 30. Bxe5
Rdd2 $13) 20... fxe5 21. Bxe5 Bg5 22. Rd4 (22. Rdd1 $5) ({Stärker als} 22. Rdd1
$5 {Gutman mit besseren Spiel für Weiß.}) 22... Nc6 $2 23. Rxd5 (23. Nxd5 $1
Nxd4 24. Nxb6 $1 Nxe2 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 (25... Rxf3 26. gxf3 Bxc8 27. Re1 $18) (
25... Bxc8 26. Bxe2 Rf2 27. Nc3 $16) 26. Bxe2 $16) 23... Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qd8 (
24... Qa6 25. Ndc7 Qb6 26. Bd6 $18) 25. Bc7 Qe8 26. Qc4 Ne5 (26... Ne6 {Gutman}
27. Nd6) 27. Bxe5 (27. Qxc5 $1 {Gutman} Nxf3 28. gxf3 {mit entscheidenden
weißen Vorteil,28. ...} Qc6 29. Qd4 (29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. Rg1 Bh4 31. Rg4) 29...
Qxc2 30. Rg1) 27... Qxe5 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8
32. g3 {Weiß gab sich mit einem Mehrbauern zufrieden,aber Schwarz kann sich
nun verteidigen.} {32. ...} b6 (32... Qe7 $5 {Gutman war gefragt.}) 33. Qf7 Qe7
34. Nd6 g6 35. Qd5 Bc7 36. Qa8+ (36. Qd4+ $1 {Gutman} Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.
Ne8+ {,und Weiß gewinnt den Läufer .}) 36... Kg7 37. Ne8+ Kh6 38. Nxc7 Qe1+ (
38... Qxc7 {Gutman} 39. Qe8) 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kh3 Qd7+ 41. g4 ({Schwächt
unnötig den Könisflügel,} 41. Bg4 {Gutman} Qxc7 42. Qe8 {mit weißen Vorteil.})
41... Qxc7 42. Qf8+ Kg5 43. Kg2 h5 44. h4+ (44. gxh5 {Gutman} Ne6) 44... Kxh4
45. Qf6+ g5 46. gxh5 Ne6 47. Qf5 Qg3+ 48. Kf1 Nf4 49. Bc6 Kxh5 50. Be8+ Kh4 51.
Qh7+ Kg4 52. Qd7+ Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.03.01"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nd4 (11... Bg5) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ (
13. Bc4 $5 $14) 13... Qxf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd3 (15. Qd2 d5 $11) 15... Rfe8 (
15... Rac8 16. Qe2 (16. b3 $5) 16... Rfe8 17. Rae1 (17. f3 $5 {/\ Rfd1, Qf2
><d4}) 17... Bd5 18. b3 Re6 $11 {Short-Lautier, Wijk aan Zee 1997}) 16. Qd2 $1
$14 (16. f4 Bd7 {/\Bc6, Re8-e7, Ra8-e8 ->e4=}) 16... Bd7 (16... d5 17. Rfe1 $1
{/\ e5!} dxe4 18. Rxe4 $14) 17. f3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 $1 Re5 $5 (18... Rad8 19. Bf1
d5 20. e5 $1 $14) 19. Qf2 (19. Bf1 d5 $11) 19... Rh5 $2 (19... Rae8 $142 {
/\ 20.Qd4 d5!=} 20. b4 $1 $14) 20. Bc4 $1 $16 (20. Bf1 d5 $11) 20... d5 $6 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Bf1 $138 (22. g4 $1 Rg5 (22... Re5 23. f4 $18) 23. h4 Re5 24. f4
$18) 22... Rc8 (22... d3 23. Rxd3 Qxb2 $2 24. Rad1 $18) 23. Qxd4 Qd6 $2 (23...
Qg5 $142 24. Qg4 $16) 24. c4 $18 Qxh2+ 25. Kf2 Re8 26. cxd5 Rh4 27. Re1 $1 Rf8
28. Qe5 Rf4 29. Re4 Qh4+ 30. g3 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Qf6 32. Qb4 a5 33. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 {White plays a quiet system, based around simple
development and the complete domination of the d5 square.  Personally speaking
as a long-time Najdorf player, I always find these kinds of systems the most
difficult to play against - in the sharp lines you kind of know where you are
as you expect the guy to come for you - but here the danger of falling into
some kind of strategic domination is all too apparent.} Nbd7 11. a4 Qb8 $5 {
The idea behind this sly move is to activate the otherwise dormant bishop on
e7. That's the problem with these lines for Black - while his position is
intrisically sound, it's not easy to generate active play as White is clamping
down on the ...d5 and ...b5 breaks.} 12. Nd2 (12. Qd3 $5 {might be an
interesting alternative. The idea is to meet} Bd8 {with} 13. Rd1 {when the
bishop has to go to the considerably less active square on c7 to defend the
pawn.} Bc7 (13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bg5 {looks slightly unpleasant for
Black- d5 is a rather large hole in the position.}) 14. Be3 $14) 12... Bd8 $1 {
That's why Black's 11th move was so important - Black can now contest the
struggle for the all important d5-square. White's plan is Nf1-e3-d5 with
strategic domination, so the bishop prepares to go to a5 ready to exchange off
one of White's knights and prevent this plan.} 13. Nf1 Ba5 (13... Bb6 14. Ne3
Qc7 {is another way of fighting against White's plan.} 15. g4 (15. Ncd5 $5 Bxd5
16. Nxd5 (16. exd5 e4 17. Be2 Rfe8 {should be fine for Black as all his pieces
occupy promising positions}) 16... Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxc2 {doesn't turn out well
for White}) 15... Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Nb6 {was fairly unclear in Ferreira,J (2413)
-Bruzon Batista,L (2664) Tromsoe 2014  But Black was doing his main job -
fighting for the d5 square.}) 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne3 Rac8 $6 {Not bad, but
missing something even stronger.} ({The immediate} 15... Bxc3 $1 16. Bxc3 Nc5
$1 {was even stronger asking White a serious question - how to protect the e4
pawn?} 17. Nf1 ({also not convincing are} 17. Nf5 $2 Nfxe4 $1 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19.
Rxe4 Bxf5 $19) ({or} 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 $1 19. a5 Na4 {with a queenside
initiative for Black}) 17... Qc6 {when Black wins a pawn.  The very fact that
this possibility seems very strong for Black suggests that something has
already gone badly wrong for White in the opening - perhaps the whole line
needs an overhaul.} 18. Bb4 Rfd8 $17) 16. g4 (16. h3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nc5 18. Ng4
Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qc6 20. Bb4 Rfd8 21. b3 f6 22. Qe2 Bf7 23. Qe3 Ne6 24. c3 b6 {
was also completely fine for Black in Movsesian,S (2677)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2745) Caleta 2014}) ({Incidentally} 16. Ncd5 {seems to offer White very
little.} Bxd5 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. exd5 g6 $1 19. c3 Ne8 {preparing ...f5 with a
counterattack} 20. Qb3 Qd8 $1 {when} 21. Qxb7 $2 {is met by} Nc5 {winning the
exchange.}) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nc5 18. Nf5 $1 {But now the knight can go to
f5, where it exudes a great deal of influence on the position, so at least
White is making sense of his position now.  Watching this game unfold, it was
interesting to see the two Qatar official commentators Danny King and Simon
Williams express contrasting views on this position.  Danny said that as a
life-long Najdorf player how he was always happy to see the move g4 from White
in this opening, as such a move would invariably come back to haunt White
later in the game where he could be subject to a brutal counter-attack - pawns
can't go back.  I think he may have a point and one of the first chess books I
studied in detail was King's "Winning with the Najdorf" in which he gave many
examples where such cavalier attacking moves would be eventually punished by
Black - King clearly believes in the intrinsic soundness of this opening.  On
the other hand Simon Williams as a natural attacking player seemed to like
White's position a lot - after all there is a knight near the Black king, so
mate could be on the horizon!} Rfd8 19. Qc1 {White signals his intentions to
go down the caveman route. But perhaps from Black's point of view it was a
relief to see such a move - pyschologically it's always easier to meet these
head-on attacks.} ({It was also possible to continue the game down quieter
lines - to that end the quiet strengthening move} 19. h3 $5 {was possible,
intending simply Qe2 and a slower build-up of forces.} d5 $2 {is not yet a
threat as e5 is hanging.} 20. exd5 Bxf5 21. Bxe5 Qd7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. gxf5
Qxf5 24. Ra3 $18) 19... Ne8 ({The bold} 19... h6 {would seem like a red rag to
a bull, but nonetheless it's not so easy to refute this move. By keeping the
knight on f6 Black has more influence over the centre.} 20. Qe3 ({the impudent
} 20. g5 $6 {is met harshly by} Nfxe4 $1) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5 Ncd7 22. Rad1 {
does look more pleasant for White, however.}) 20. Ra3 g6 21. Qh6 f6 22. Kh1 $6
({So far Vovk has played a pretty good game but now he seems to lose his way.
In fairness the schedules of these strong opens are extremely tough- I learnt
that lesson from the Isle of Man when by round seven I had completely run out
of energy.  You play one good player after another and it's not just the games
that are tiring but all the preparation involved as well. I think it's high
time that rest days became mandatory in FIDE events, but I guess that's an
argument for another time.} 22. Ne3 $1 {would have enabled White to maintain
the balance.} Qc6 23. Nd5 $13) 22... Rd7 $1 23. g5 $2 {Vovk is seemingly
hypnotised by the powerful knight on f5 and seems to be labouring under the
delusion that Black can never take it under any circumstances. But this
illusion is soon to be shattered..} ({It was still not too late for} 23. Ne3 $1
{even if this is a worse version than on the previous move.} Qc6 $1 24. Bd2 (
24. Nd5 $2 {is now no longer possible because of} Nxe4 $1 {when the rook on d7
covers e7} 25. Nb6 Nxf2+ 26. Kg2 Qxb6 $19) 24... Nxa4 {and Black is starting
to take control of the game, although this is better than just dropping a
piece.}) 23... gxf5 $1 $19 {White is now just dead lost. There is no attack,
Black is covering everything.} 24. gxf6 (24. exf5 Bxf5 25. gxf6 Rf7 {is also
an easy win.}) 24... Rf7 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. exf5 Bd7 $1 27. Bh5 Bc6+ 28. Kg1 Nxf6
29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Kf1 Rg8 31. Qh4 Nce4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. a4 h6 $5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a5 O-O 15.
Ra4 (15. Kh1 Rfc8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3 Rc7 (17... Qc7 $5 18. Rfd1 b5 19. axb6
Qxb6 20. Ra4 Bd8 21. Rda1 Qb7 22. Qd3 Rc6 {ist eine Alternative.}) 18. Nd2 (18.
Ra4 Qc6 19. g4 {,Oll,19. ...} d5 $1 20. exd5 Qd7 21. Raa1 Rc4 22. h3 Bb4) 18...
Qb4 19. Rfb1 Rac8 20. Ra4 Qc5 21. Rba1 Bd8 22. Nf1 b5 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. R1a2 a5
{mit gutem schwarzen Gegenspiel, Oll-Kasparov/Moscow ol 1994.}) 15... Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 Rfc8 17. Kh1 Qd7 $5 18. Raa1 Rc7 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rd3 (20. Nd2 d5 $1 21.
Nf3 d4 22. Nxe5 Qe8) 20... Rc4 21. Nd2 $6 (21. Re1 $5 {war zu bevorzugen, um}
Qc6 {mit} 22. Nd2 Rd4 (22... Rb4 23. b3) 23. Rg3 {zu beantworten.}) 21... Rd4
22. Nf3 Rxc3 $1 23. Rxc3 Rxe4 24. Re3 Rf4 {Und Schwarz übernahm die Initiative.
} 25. Rb3 Rxf5 26. c4 e4 27. Nd4 Re5 28. Rc3 Qc7 29. Nb3 Nd7 30. Rd1 f5 31. Rd5
Nf6 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. c5 Qc6 34. Qc4+ Nd5 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. Qf1 f4 37. Nd2 Nf6
38. Qc4 e3 39. Nf3 Ng4 40. h3 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 Bf6 42. Ne1 e4 43. b4 f3 44. h4 Bxh4
45. gxf3 exf3 46. Qc2+ Kh8 47. Qf5 Nh3+ 48. Qxh3 f2+ 49. Kf1 e2+ 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Munguntuul, Batkhuyag"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:19:40"]
[BlackClock "0:28:12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 Qb6 ({Solider erscheint} 9... h6 $5 10. Be3 (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nd2
Be6 12. Nc4 Rc8 $15 {Jonsson-Koksh, Runde 5}) 10... Ng4 11. Bc1 O-O 12. Nd2
Ngf6 $11 {Kanmazalp-Ivanshuk, EU ch Batumi 2018}) 10. O-O (10. a5 Qxb2 11. Bd2
Qb4 12. Nd5 Qc5 13. Bb4 Qc6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qd4 Ke8 17. Bxd6
Ng6 18. f3 Be6 19. c4 Rd8 20. c5 Nd7 21. Rd1 f6 22. O-O $11 {Vachier Lagrave -
Xiong, Blitz 2017}) 10... h6 $6 ({Dieser Zeitverlust ist schwer zu begründen,
besser gefällt} 10... Qxb2 $5 11. Qd2 Qb6 $15) 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13.
Qxd5 Nf6 14. Qd3 Qb4 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. a5 O-O 19. Rfb1
Qc6 ({Kaum besser wäre} 19... Bd7 20. c4 Bc6 {wegen} 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 $5 (
22. cxd5 Bb5 23. Qd2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Bg5 25. Rb6 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 f5 $11) 22... Bd7
23. Rb4 Bd8 24. Qb3 $14) 20. Bf3 (20. c4 $11) 20... Be6 21. Rb2 (21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 $11) 21... Nd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Rab1 Qc8 $2 ({Die Abwartestrategie
bringt Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten. Notwendig war} 23... Bd8 $5 24. Ba7 (24. Qd2
f5) 24... Bxa5 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 {mit genügend Spiel für die Qualität, etwa} 26.
Qd5 b6 27. Be2 Qc7 28. Bxa6 Bc3 29. Rb3 Be6 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Qxd6 Ra8 32. Qd3
Qc5 $11) 24. Ba7 Ra8 25. Rxb7 Bb5 $2 ({Das kleinere Übel wäre} 25... Re8 26.
Be2 $5 (26. c4 Bc6 27. Rb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8 Qc7 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Bb6 Qc6 $11)
26... Ba4 27. c3 Bc6 28. Rb8 $14) 26. R1xb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Bd8 28. a6 Qxc2 29.
g3 Bg5 30. Bb6 ({Auch} 30. Bb8 {ist gut,} d5 31. exd5 e4 32. Be2 e3 33. f4 Bf6
34. d6 $16) 30... d5 31. a7 $2 ({Nichts sprach gegen} 31. exd5 e4 32. Be2 e3
33. Qd3 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 $18) 31... dxe4 32. Be2 e3 33. h4 exf2+ $2 {Radoslaw
Wojtaszek, der Gewinner des Opens, erwischte einen schlechten Tag.} ({Zum
Remis führte} 33... Qc1+ 34. Bf1 (34. Kg2 exf2 35. Bxf2 Be3 36. Qc4 Qd2 37.
Qd3 Qxd3 38. Bxd3 Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Bxa7 40. Bxa7 Ra8) 34... exf2+ 35. Kxf2 Bd2 36.
Qxe5 Rfe8 37. Re7 Rxe7 38. Qxe7 Qb2 39. Qb7 Ba5+ 40. Kf3 Bxb6 41. Qxa8+ Kh7 42.
Bd3+ g6 43. Bxg6+ Kg7 44. Qb7 Qf2+ 45. Kg4 Bxa7 $11) 34. Kxf2 Bd2 ({
Vorzuziehen war} 34... Bf6 35. Bc5 Rfd8 36. Rb8 $16) 35. Bc5 Bc3 36. Rb8 Qf5+
37. Kg1 $2 ({Sofort gewann} 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Bf3 Qc2+ 39. Kh1 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 $18)
37... Rc8 $2 ({Schwarz verpasst wieder die rettende Taktik:} 37... Qh3 38. g4
Bd4+ ({oder} 38... Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Raxb8 40. axb8=Q Qh3+ 41. Kf2 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh3+
$11) 39. Bxd4 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 exd4 41. Rxa8 Rxa8 42. Qb7 Qh3+ $11 {mit
Dauerschach.}) 38. Qb7 Raxb8 39. axb8=Q Rxb8 40. Qxb8+ Kh7 41. Qb3 Qe4 42. Qd1
$2 ({Gewonnen hätte} 42. Bc4 Bd4+ 43. Kh2 $18) 42... g6 43. Kh2 Bd4 44. Bf8 ({
Einfacher war} 44. Bxd4 exd4 (44... Qxd4 45. Qxd4 exd4 46. g4) 45. h5 Kg7 46.
Bf3 Qe3 47. Kg2 $16) 44... Qa8 45. Bb4 Qe4 46. Qf1 Kg7 47. Be7 f5 48. Bd6 f4 (
48... g5 49. Qg2 $16) 49. g4 $2 (49. Qf3 Qxf3 50. Bxf3 $16 {sollte immer noch
zum Gewinn reichen.}) 49... Qd5 50. Bb4 Qb3 51. Be1 Qe3 52. Qf3 Qg1+ 53. Kh3
Qxe1 54. Qb7+ Kh8 55. Qc8+ Kh7 56. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thinius, Marco"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Bg5 (10... Qc7 $1 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O Be7) 11... Be7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nd7 14. O-O O-O) 11. Rd1 (11. O-O $5 Nc6 12. Nd5 O-O 13.
Rfd1 f5 14. Bf3 g6 15. c3 Kh8 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 {Thipsay- Palit, Mumbay
2004}) 11... Nc6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Ke7 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. O-O
Rhd8 (16... h5 $5 17. g3 h4 18. Rfe1 Rhd8) 17. g3 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Be2 Be6
20. h4 Bh6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Nxc2 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Bc4 f6 26.
Bg8 b6 27. N5a4 b5 28. Nc5 Ke7 29. Nd3 Kd6 30. Bxh7 Be6 31. b3 Nd4 32. f4 a5
33. Kf2 Bg4 $2 (33... Bf7 34. Ne2 Nxe2 35. Kxe2 a4 $11) 34. Bg8 b4 35. Na4 Ne2
36. fxe5+ fxe5 37. Nb6 $18 Nc3 38. Nc4+ Kc7 39. Bd5 Bd1 40. Ndxe5 Bc2 41. Nxa5
Nxa2 42. Nec6 Kb6 43. Nd4 Bd1 44. Nc4+ Kc5 45. Ne6+ Kb5 46. Ne3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 {Die von G. Kasparow bevorzugte Fortsetzung.} b5 {"Wenn Weiß noch
nicht f2-f4 gespielt hat, schwächt dieser Zug lediglich den Damenflügel.",C.
Lutz.} 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nbd7 (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 Nxe4 14. Na5
Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bc4 {Kasparow -Anand , Las Palmas 1996, mit weißer
Initiative.}) 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 b4 (13... bxa4 14. Na5 Nc5 15. Nxb7 Nxb7
16. Rxa4 {Khalifman-Loginow,St.Petersburg 1995. Schwarz steht vor großen
Problemen.}) 14. Na5 Rfb8 15. Be3 d5 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Bc4 Nb6 19.
Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Qd3 Nd7 {Diese Stellung hatte Loginow anvisiert. Verspricht der
"gute" N gegen den "schlechten" B und die schwarzfeldrige Blockade tatsächlich
ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern?} 21. b3 Nc5 22. Qe3 Re8 23. f4 (23.
Rae1 $142 Rb7 24. Re2 Rbe7 25. Rfe1 {mit besseren Aussichten für Weiß.}) 23...
f5 {Sinwoller war 23. ...e4!?.} 24. Rae1 e4 25. Qh3 Rf8 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qxg4
Rb7 28. Qg5 Rf6 29. Qe5 {Mit Vorteil für Weiß.} Kf8 30. Rg1 h6 31. Rg4 Re7 32.
Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Kg2 Rf7 34. Kf2 h5 35. Rg2 Rxf4+ 36. Ke3 Rf5 37. Reg1 Rf7 38. Rg6
Rdf6 39. d6 Rxg6 40. Rxg6 Rf5 41. Kd4 a5 42. Bd5 Nd7 43. Bxe4 Rf4 44. Ke3 Rh4
45. Bf5 Kf7 46. Rg2 Nc5 47. h3 Kf6 48. Rf2 g6 49. d7 Ke7 50. Rd2 Kd8 51. Bxg6
Rxh3+ 52. Kf4 Ne6+ 53. Ke5 Ke7 54. Re2 Ng7 {54. ...Rg3!?.} 55. d8=Q+ Kxd8 56.
Kf6 Rg3 57. Kxg7 h4 58. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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. e4 {Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 {Laut A. Shirow ist dies die stärkste
Fortsetzung. Schwarz ist darauf vorbereitet, das agressive 10.f4 mit 10. ...b5
zu beantworten.} 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. a5 Bc4 (12... Rfc8 {kommt öfter
vor.}) 13. f5 (13. Be3 Rfc8 14. Ra4 {könnte von eigenständiger Bedeutung sein.
In der Partie Liberson-Quinteros,Lone Pine 1975, folgte} {14. ...} Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Qc6 16. Rd1 (16. f5 Bd8 17. Qd3 {ergibt aber wieder bekannte
Stellungsbilder,Galkin-Dvoirys,Elista 1996.}) 16... Bd8 17. f5 b5 18. axb6 Bxb6
19. Bg5 a5 20. h3 Bd8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qd3 Rab8 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rb4 25.
Ra6 Rxa4 26. Nxa4 Nxe4 27. Nxa5 Ng3+ {mit besseren Aussichten für Schwarz.})
13... b5 {Die Alternativen sind 13. ...Bb5, wie E. Meking spielte, 13. ...Rac8
oder 13. ...Rfc8 (von G. Kasparow bevorzugt).} 14. axb6 Nxb6 {"Auf Kosten
gewisser Schwächen im eigenen Lager (des Feldes d5 und des rückständigen Pd6)
beginnt Schwarz den Kampf um das Zentrum und strebt lebhaftes Figurenspiel an"
(Lew Polugajewski).} 15. Bg5 {Das schon von R. Fischers Partien bekannte 15.
Be3 kommt meistens durch Zugumstellung vor und gilt als wenig vielversprechend;
auch} (15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. g4 h6 $1 {bringt Weiß nichts ein.} ({
aber nicht} 17... d5 $6 18. g5 d4 19. gxf6 dxc3 20. fxe7 cxb2 21. Bxb2 Nxb2 22.
f6 {,Ostermeyr-Middendorf,B/L 1979})) 15... Rfc8 {Schwarz hat versucht, andere
Wege zu gehen:} ({A)} 15... Rfd8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Qd3 Rdc8 (19... Rd7 20. Ra2 Bd8 21. Nd5 Qc8 22. Ne3 Bg5 23. Nec4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4
Qc6 25. Rd1 Rdd8 26. Ra5 h6 27. b3 {mit Weißen Vorteil,Jansa -Lazic,Kragujevac
1984}) 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. Ra2 ({sinwolle Profilaktik,nicht uberzeugte} 21. Rd2 $6
Qc5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bg5 24. Re2 Rab8 25. c4 Rb4 26. Rc2 Qb6 27. Qe2 Rc5
28. Nc6 Rb3 {Klowan-Circenis,Riga 1974}) 21... h6 22. g3 Kf8 23. Kg2 Kg8 24. h4
{mit weißem Vorteil,Vogt-Ghitescu,Polanica Zdroj 1977;}) ({B)} 15... d5 16.
Bxc4 $1 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Rfd8 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Ne4 Ne3 20. Qd3 Nxf1 21.
Rxf1 Rac8 {Fernpartie Mielcorek-Wagner,1983,verspricht Weiß kaum ausreichende
Kompensation für die Qualität}) 16... dxc4 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Qe2 {mit besseren
Aussichten für Weiß.}) ({C)} 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qc4 17. Qd1 Qb4 18. Rf3 $5 (
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rfc8 21. c3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8
24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Nxa1 Bg5 {,eine Analyse von Kaplan,stellt keine Probleme für
Schwarz}) 18... Rfc8 19. Nc1 a5 20. Nd3 Qc4 21. Nf2 Qd4 22. Qe2 Qc4 23. Rd3 {
Ich bevorzuge die weiße Stellung.}) 16. Na5 {Meiner Meinung nach besteht die
kritische Alternative in} (16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Ra2 {
und nun:} a5 (19... Bg5 20. f6 $1 Bxf6 21. Nd2 $1 ({nach} 21. Qh5 {Jansa gibt}
{21. ...} Bg5 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 {mit unklaren Stellung an}) 21... Nb6 $5 22. Nxf6+
gxf6 23. Ra3 {mit Weißer Initiative;}) 20. Qd3 $5 (20. Nd2 Nb6 21. b3 a4 22.
Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Nc4 Qc6 24. Qd3 axb3 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. cxb3 h6 $1 27. Rd1 Be7 28.
h3 Ra2 29. Qb1 Re2 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 f6 {mit Remis folgte inder Partie
Jansa-Szekely,Tallin 1984; laut J. Nunn die Schlusstellung ist günstiger für
Schwarz.}) 20... Rab8 (20... Bg5 {,Tarjan-Bukic,Maribor 1978,wird wieder mit}
21. f6 $1 Bxf6 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. c4 $1 a4 25. Ra3 Rab8 26. Qe2 {
beantwortet,Weiß hat gute Angriffschancen.}) 21. Rb1 Bg5 22. Ra4 Rxb3 (22...
Nb6 23. Rxa5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Na1 Qa7 26. b3 Ra8 27. h3 h5 28. Qe2 {
und Schwarz hat nicht ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern,
Klowan-Zilberstein,Riga 1974}) 23. Qxb3 Nd2 24. Qa2 Nxb1 25. Qxb1 g6 {
Klowan-Commons, Primorsko 1976} 26. c4 $5 Rb8 27. Ra3 {mit besseren Spiel für
Weiß.}) 16... Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nbd7 $5 (17... Qc5 {ist wenig sinnvoll wegen} 18.
Ra2 $5 (18. Rfd1 $5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ra2 Bg5 21. Nb3 Qc4 22. Qf2 Qb4 23.
Rda1 d5 24. exd5 e4 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 e3 {Landa-Kaminski,Katowice 1992,}
27. Qf3 $5 {mit Weißen Vorteil}) 18... h6 19. Be3 Qb4 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Nd5 {
mit weißem Druckspiel.}) 18. Ra2 (18. Ra4 {verspricht Schwarz ausreichendes
Gegenspiel nach} Rab8 19. Nb3 a5 $1 20. Rfa1 d5 $1 21. exd5 Bb4) 18... h6 19.
Bh4 Bd8 20. Rd1 Rab8 21. Bxf6 $2 (21. Nb3 Qc4 $5 (21... a5 22. Nxa5 Rxb2 23.
Rxb2 Qxc3 24. Ra2 Bxa5 25. Be1 Qc6 26. Bxa5 Nxe4 27. Be1 Ndf6 {mit etwa
gleichen Chancen}) 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rxa6 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26.
Raxd6 Bg5 {"und Schwarz ist bereit, die Initiative zu übernehmen" (B.Lalic).})
21... Nxf6 22. Nb3 a5 23. Nxa5 Rxb2 $1 24. Nb5 (24. Rxb2 {Petursson} Qxc3 25.
Nc4 Rxc4 26. Rb8 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Rxd6 Qa8 $1 $19) 24... Rxb5 25. Qxb5
Nxe4 {mit schwarzem Vorteil.} 26. Rb1 $5 Kh7 {To avoid Qe8+} 27. f6 $5 {
The best chance} (27. Qa6 {Petursson} Qc5 28. c4 Nc3 29. Nb7 Qd4 $19) 27... g6
$2 (27... Nc3 $1 28. Qd3+ e4 29. Qg3 Bxf6 30. Rb7 Qc5 31. Ra1 Ne2 {"und
Schwarz gewinnt" (B. Lalic).}) 28. Qa6 Nf2+ (28... Qc5 $5 29. h3 Bxf6 (29...
Nc3 {Petursson} 30. Nb7 $1 $13)) 29. Kg1 Qc5 30. c4 $5 Ng4+ 31. Kh1 Bxa5 32.
Qxa5 Qxc4 33. h3 Nxf6 {Black has too many pawn for the exchange and is easily
winning.} 34. Ra4 Qe6 35. Rb7 Kg7 {Trotz einiger Ungenauigkeiten bleibt der
schwarze Vorteil entscheidend.} 36. Qd2 d5 37. Raa7 Rf8 38. Qb4 Ne4 39. Re7 Qf6
40. Qb2 d4 41. Kg1 Ng3 42. Qb5 e4 43. Kh2 Nf5 44. Red7 Ne3 45. Qe2 h5 46. Ra4
Qf4+ 47. g3 Nf1+ 48. Kg1 Nxg3 49. Qc4 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f3 Qc7 13. Rf2 {Folgt G. Kasparow.
Die Hauptafgabe von Weiß besteht darin,den Durbruch d6-d5 zu verhindern;} (13.
Nc1 Rac8 14. N1a2 d5 $1 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxc2 17. d6 Bf6 {Zeschkowski -W.
Gurewitsch, Capelle la Grande 1994, mit gleichen Chancen.}) 13... Rfd8 (13...
Rad8 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Rd2 h6 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Bc4 Nh5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 {
Kasparow- De Firmian,Intel Grand Prix, New York 1995, und der weißfeldrige
Läufer beherrscht das Geschehen.}) 14. Bf1 h6 15. Rd2 Bc6 (15... Rac8 16. Nc1
Nc5 17. N1a2 a5 {wird beantwortet mit} 18. Bb5 $1 {nebst b3, Bc4} (18. Nb5 $6
Qd7 19. Nac3 Qe6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qg6 22. c3 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Ra3 {
mit Remis,Wolff -Sunye Neto, New York Cits 1996})) 16. Nc1 Nc5 17. N1a2 Nxa4
18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. Bxa6 Be6 22. Qg1 Rb8 23. Bb5 Qb7
24. Qd1 Rd8 25. Bg1 Ra8 26. Na4 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. Nc3 Qc6 29. Nd5 Bf8 30.
Rd3 {Mit Vorteil für Weiß.} Ra7 31. g3 Qa8 32. Qe2 Ra1 33. Rd1 Ra2 34. Qb5 Qb7
35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Qb3 Ra6 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Bf2 Qc6 39. c3 Qa8 40. Qd5 Qc8 41.
Qb5 Ra2 42. g4 h5 43. h3 hxg4 44. hxg4 Ra5 45. Qxb6 Ra8 46. Qe3 Ra2 47. Rd2 Qc4
48. b4 Ra3 49. Qd3 Qb3 50. b5 Bh6 51. Re2 Kg7 52. b6 Ra1 53. Qc2 Qc4 54. Qb2
Ra5 55. Qc2 Rb5 56. Qa2 Qxc3 57. Rc2 Qb4 58. Rc4 Qb2 59. Rc2 Qb4 60. Rc7 d5 61.
exd5 Qd6 62. Rc6 Qd7 63. Qc4 Rb2 64. Qc3 Rd2 65. Qb3 e4 66. b7 Bf4 67. Qc3
exf3+ 68. Qxf3 Be5 69. b8=Q Rxf2+ 70. Kxf2 Bxb8 71. Qxf6+ Kg8 72. Qg5+ Kf8 73.
Qf5 Ba7+ 74. Kf3 Qe7 75. Qe4 Qg5 76. Rc7 Bb6 77. Rc6 Ba7 78. d6 Qf6+ 79. Qf5
Qd4 80. Rc8+ Kg7 81. Qg5+ Kh7 82. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Saldano Dayer, Horacio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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. e4 {Nor} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7
8. O-O O-O {Nor: In this position White has four different plans:a4,f4,both or
none of them.In the past a4 with f4 was very popular because it gets a lot of
area,but today theory's opinion has changed.With area came weaknesses.Without
pawns white can't get something so there are only two possibilities.After game
the Shirov-Gelfand f4 became very fashionable.} 9. Kh1 Qc7 {Shirov} (9... Be6
$5 {Nor} 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 a5 $5 (13... Ne4 14.
Be3 Rae8 15. Qc2 $1 Nec5 16. f5 Qd8 $5 17. Bg1 Bg5 18. Nd2 e4 $14 {Dolmatov})
14. Be3 a4 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Rc1 Nfd7 17. f5 Bf6 18. Qc2 e4 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3
Ra3 {Hansen,-Djurhuus, GM, 1994 =/+ -/ 0}) (9... b5 $5 {Nor} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11.
Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd1 Rb7 $5 14. Rc1 $5 Nc6 15. c4 Na5 $1 $132 16. Nxa5
Qxa5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 Qa8 $1 19. Bd3 Rd8 20. f3 h6 $1 $13 {Short,-Kasparov,
Novgorod 1994}) (9... Nbd7 {Nor} 10. f3 Nb6 11. a4 d5 12. a5 d4 13. axb6 dxc3
14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. bxc3 Bxb6 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. c4 $14 {Cseshkovsky}) (9... Nc6 {
Nor} 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qe1 Ne8 13. Nd5 Bg5 $13 {Ehlvest-Gurevich,I,
Saint Martin 1993}) 10. f4 b5 11. fxe5 (11. Bf3 $6 {Nor} Nbd7 12. a3 Bb7 13. f5
Rac8 14. g4 d5 $5 15. exd5 e4 $1 $17 {Zarnicki-Sadler (Buenos Aires 1995)}) (
11. a4 {Nor Why not 11.f:e5 against Shirov?After he had shown the right plan I
could be smarter! Nor Why not 11.fxe5 against Shirov? After he had shown the
right plan I could be smarter!} b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. a5 Nd7 15. Ra4
Nf6 16. Rxb4 Bxd5 17. Rb6 $13 {1-0 GM Lutz-GM Shirov/F-West Open, 1996}) 11...
dxe5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Bb7 (13... h6 $5 {"Dieser Zug, der den Bg5 nach h4
zwingt, wurde von B. Gelfand vorgesclagen" (Lutz).} 14. Bh4 (14. Bd2 Nb6 {
"nebst Be6 stellt hier überhaupt keine Probleme" (Lutz).}) 14... Bb7 15. Qe1 $5
Rae8 $5 {mit ausreichendem Gegenspiel folgte in der Partie Sutovsky-Lutz, Biel
1996.} (15... Rae8 {Nor} 16. a4 b4 17. Na2 $5 a5 18. c3 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Bb4 20.
Qe2 $6 Bxc3 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bb5 Bxe4 $15 {0-1
Sutovskij,E-Lutz,C/Credis, Biel SUI 1996})) 14. Qf3 {What has white in this
position? Only one importent thing-no weaknesses and in our time of
"chessprofessionals" it is very importent to attack without any risk. What
should black do? Only defense-not fair! No, Black should use two different
ideas: 1.Psychology. Never let your partner play without risking: disturb him,
divert him, look for counterplay! 2.Chess. Always play againts weakness. Where
is the weakness? I can see only two white's problems-time and knight on b3.
Now it is easy-14...h6!15.Bd2 Nb6 with counterplay .Let's see what is black
doing...} Nc5 {O dear! Relying on writing above, not this! Think, and you
don't have to be Gelfand to find the right answer! Black's idea is to exchange
knights, Bc8 and...nothing. Now the only question is:will white win in the end
or not. Let's see!} (14... h6 15. Bd2 $1 {Shirov-Gelfand/Dos Hermanas/1996/
"und Weiß hatte die gelegentliche Opferidee Bxh6" (Lutz).} (15. Bd2 $1 {Nor}
Nb6 $1 16. Qg3 (16. Rae1 $5) 16... Kh8 $6 17. Rf5 $1 $36 {1-0 Shirov,A-Gelfand,
B/Dos Hermanas sp 1996}) (15. Bh4 $6 Nb6 {/\ 16...Nh7})) 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne2
{Of course! Now white is better.} ({Sinvoller scheint} 16. Nd1 {nebst Ne3 zu
sein.}) 16... Bc8 (16... Nd7 $142 {Nor} 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Ng3 $36) 17. h3 {
17.Qg3! was better. Attacking with a queen is better than without! Now it is
not easy.} (17. Be3 $6 {Nor} Qc7 (17... Qb4 18. a3) 18. Ng3 Bc5 (18... Bg4 $6
19. Qf2 Be6 20. h3 Bc4 21. Nf5 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Ne8 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7
25. d4 $1 exd4 26. Bxd4 Nd6 27. Qg3 f6 28. e5 fxe5 29. Bxe5 Ne4 30. Qb3+ Kh8
31. Qd5 $16) 19. Bxc5 (19. Bg5 Bg4 $19) 19... Qxc5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 $15) (17.
Qg3 $1 $16 {Nor} Kh8 (17... Nh5 18. Qh4 Nf6 19. Ng3 $1 (19. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 20.
Rxf6 $2 gxf6 21. Qxf6 Rb8 $1 22. Qg5+ (22. Ng3 Rb6) 22... Kh8 23. Nf4 Qd6 24.
Nh5 Rg8 $17) 19... Qc6 (19... Re8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nh5 $18) 20.
Nh5 Nxh5 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bg5 Qg6 23. Be2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Rxf4 $16) (
17... Ng4 18. Bd2 $1 Be6 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bg5 $40 (20. Bh6 $6 Nh5 21. Qf3 Nf6 22.
Be3 (22. Qg3 $11) 22... Qc7 23. Ng3 $13)) 18. Qh4 Be6 $140 19. Rxf6 $1 (19. Ng3
$2 Ng8 20. Nh5 f6 $15) 19... Bxf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Ng3 Rfd8 (
22... Rfe8 23. Nh5 Kf8 24. Ng7 $1 $18) 23. Nh5 Kf8 24. Rf1 Qd6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26.
Ng7 Rg8 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Rd1 Kc7 29. Be2 Qc5 (29... Qc6 30. Qxe5+ Kb7 31. Nxe6
fxe6 32. Rd6 Qxc2 33. Rd7+ Kb6 34. Qd6+ Ka5 35. b4+ Ka4 36. Bd1 $18) 30. Nxe6+
$1 (30. Qxe6 $6 fxe6 31. Nxe6+ Kb6 32. Nxc5 Kxc5 33. Rd5+ Kc6 34. Rxe5 Rge8 35.
Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Bd3 $16) 30... fxe6 31. Qf7+ Kb6 32. Qxe6+ Ka5 33. c3 $18) 17...
Kh8 $5 18. Ng3 {The last chance to let the Queen get in is 18.Qg3! Now I can't
really improve white's play.} (18. Qg3 $142 {Nor} Bb7 19. Qh4 (19. Rf5 $5))
18... Ng8 19. Be3 Qb4 $6 ({Zu bevorzugen war} 19... Qc6 20. Nf5 Bc5) (19... Qc7
$142 {Nor}) 20. a3 Qd6 (20... Qxb2 $4 {Nor} 21. Ne2 $1 $18) (20... Qa5 $5 {Nor}
) 21. Nf5 (21. a4 b4 22. Nf5 {kommt stark in Frage.}) (21. Rad1 $5 {Nor} Qc6
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 $14) 21... Bxf5 22. exf5 (22. Qxf5 {
nebst 23.a4.}) 22... Nf6 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. c3 {White is better, but not better
enough!} Rad8 25. Bc2 (25. g4 $2 {Nor: With idea Rfe1, Bd3-f1-g2.} Rxd3 26.
Rxd3 e4 $19) 25... Bc5 26. Bg5 (26. Bxc5 $6 {Nor} Qxc5 27. Rfe1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1
Re8 $13) 26... Rfe8 27. Bxf6 gxf6 {mit Ausgleich.} 28. Be4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 {
Black, of course, uses the chance to exchange something. White's attack can't
be serious and after a5 and b4 it will be an easy draw. Every player gets what
has he wanted: white attacked without giving chances and black got a draw.
Another game bites the dust!} 30. Bd5 Bb6 31. Qh5 e4 $5 {In case of
multicolored bishops every player has one bishop more, so the pawn's number is
not so important!} (31... Rd7 {war möglich.}) 32. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qf4 34.
Qe1 Bf2 35. Qf1 Qd2 36. Qb1 Be3 37. Bb7 a5 38. Bc6 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. cxb4
Qxb4 41. Bd5 Bd4 42. b3 Be5 {Verschiedenfarbige Läufer versprechen Schwarz
genügend Gegenspiel.} 43. Qc1 Kg7 44. Bc4 Bb8 45. Qd1 Qc3 46. Qf3 Qe1+ 47. Bf1
Qe5 48. g3 Qxg3 49. Qxg3+ Bxg3 50. b4 Kf8 51. Kg2 Bc7 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Ke4 Kd6
54. Bc4 Kc6 55. Kd3 h5 56. Bxf7 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1997.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Nor Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 (9... b5 $5 {Nor} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12.
Be3 Be6 13. Qd1 Rb7 $5 14. Rc1 $5 Nc6 15. c4 Na5 $1 $132 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. cxb5
axb5 18. a3 Qa8 $1 19. Bd3 Rd8 20. f3 h6 $1 $13 {Short,-Kasparov, Novgorod 1994
}) 10. f4 b5 11. fxe5 (11. Bf3 $6 {Nor} Nbd7 12. a3 Bb7 13. f5 Rac8 14. g4 d5
$5 15. exd5 e4 $1 $17 {Zarnicki-Sadler (Buenos Aires 1995)}) (11. a4 $5 {
Nor 1-0 GM Lutz-GM Shirov/F-West Open, 1996 (16)}) 11... dxe5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13.
Bd3 h6 (13... Bb7 {Nor} 14. Qf3 h6 (14... Nc5 $6 $146 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne2 $14
{1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Saldano,H/Anibal op 1997 cbm59}) 15. Bd2 $1 Nb6 $1 16. Qg3
Kh8 $6 17. Rf5 $1 $36 {1-0 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas sp 1996}) 14. Bh4
Bb7 {[#]} 15. a3 $6 {Nor: Sutovsky against Lutz played here 15.Qe1 and got an
interesting position. Hansen,maybe,was afraid of 15...Bb4,so he is ready to
play the same position without a tempi,but I can't say he would stand so well
after 15...Nb6! The question: how to get an advantage after 13...h6 is still
waiting for the answer!} ({Alternativen sind: I)} 15. Qe2 g6 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1
Kg7 18. Ne3 {,Stefansson-Akesson,Torshavn 1997,18. ...} Nc5 $5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5
20. Nc4 Nd7 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen,Gutman;}) ({II)} 15. Qe1 g6 $5 (15...
Rae8 16. a4 b4 {,Sutovsky-Lutz,Biel 1996,} 17. Nd1 (17. Na2 $5 {Nor} a5 18. c3
bxc3 19. Nxc3 Bb4 20. Qe2 $6 Bxc3 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24.
Bb5 Bxe4 $15 {0-1 Sutovskij,E-Lutz,C/Credis, Biel SUI 1996}) 17... g6 18. Ne3
Kg7 19. Rd1 {,und"angesichts der Schwächen am Damenflügel und der halboffene
F-Linie hat Schwarz noch nicht ganz ausgeglichen",C.Lutz}) 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 (
17. Na2 a5 18. c3 Kg7 19. cxb4 $6 axb4 20. Nxb4 Qd6) 17... Kg7 18. Ne3 a5 {
mit ausreichende Gegenspiel,Gutman.}) 15... g6 {Nor: Makes weaknesses on a
weak flank!} (15... Nb6 $142 $5 {Nor: That was the idea.} 16. Bxf6 $5 (16. Qe1
$140 Nh7 $5) 16... Bxf6 17. Rxf6 $5 (17. Qg4 Be7 {Nor: And black is not worse.}
) (17. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 $1 (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21.
Qf5 e4 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qxh6 $13) 18. exd5 (18. Rxf6 $2 Bxb3 19. Rxb6 Bxc2 20.
Bxc2 Qxb6 $19) 18... Nxd5 $17) 17... gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. Qg4+ Kh7
21. Qf5+ $11) 16. Qe1 Kg7 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 a5 19. c3 {Im Vergleich zur
Abspiel mit 15.Qe1,Schwarz hat einfach einem Mehrtempo ... 19. ...} Ba6 (19...
Qd6 $5 {mit guten Spiel für Schwarz.}) (19... bxc3 {Nor} 20. Nxc3 Qb6 21. Bb5
$14) 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Qe2 (21. cxb4 $6 {Nor} axb4 22. Nxb4 $140 Rb6 23. Qc3
Qb7 24. Bxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rxf6 $8 Rxb4 $5 26. Na5 Qxe4 $15) 21... Rc6 (21... Re6
$5 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Rac1 Qb7) 22. Rad1 $6 (22. cxb4 $5 axb4 23. Rac1 {war zu
bevorzugen}) (22. Rac1 $5 {Nor}) 22... Rb8 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Nac1 (24. Rc1 $5 {
Nor}) 24... Nb6 25. Nd3 {Weiß ist bereit einen Bauern zu opfern, um die
Figuren auf bessere Positionen zu bringen, aber die schwarze Figuren stehen
bereits nicht schlecht.} Nc4 $2 ({nichts sprach gegen} 25... Nxa4 {, und Weiß
hat keine ausreichende Kompensation.}) (25... Nxa4 $142 $5 {Nor} 26. Qf3 $1 $36
(26. Nxe5 $2 Qxe5 27. Bg3 Qxb2 28. Qxb2 Nxb2 29. Bxb8 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Nxe4 $19) (
26. Rf2 Ne8 27. Rdf1 $140 f6) (26. Bg3 Bd6 (26... Nd7 $6 27. Nd4 $1 $36) 27.
Nd4 $140 $2 exd4 28. e5 Nh5 $1 29. exd6 Nxg3+ 30. hxg3 Qxd6 $19)) 26. Rf3 Nh5
27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Rdf1 {mit weißen Vorteil.} f6 29. g3 Rd8 30. Rc1 Rdc8 31.
Rff1 Kh7 32. Qe1 Rb8 33. Rf2 {Nor: White plays very impressively!} Qd6 34. Ndc5
Nb6 (34... Rxc5 35. Nxc5 Qxc5 36. b3 $18 (36. b3 {Nor} Qe3 37. bxc4 Qxe1+ 38.
Rxe1 $18)) 35. Rd2 Qf8 36. a5 Na8 37. Rd7+ (37. Nd7 $1 {Nor: Of course!} Qc8 (
37... Rxc1 38. Nxf8+) 38. Rxc6 Qxc6 39. Nxb8 $18) 37... Kh8 (37... Ng7 $142 {
Nor}) 38. Nb7 Rxc1 39. Qxc1 Rc8 40. Qd2 g5 41. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 $5 {[#]}
Bg7 ({Mit} 7... h6 $5 {Schwarz schwächt ihren Königsflügel,aber überlässt Weiß
nicht so viel"lebensvichtiger Raum".} 8. h4 {und nun:} Bg7 $5 {,W.Anand,
scheint die kritische Fortsetzung zu sein.} (8... b5 9. Bf3 e5 10. Nb3 Be6 11.
a4 $1 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 {mit besseren Aussichten für Weiß,Anand-Short,
Amsterdam 1996}) (8... e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 $5 ({W.Anand gibt} 10. Rg1 Nc6 11.
g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Nd7 13. Be3 {an,was überzeugt weniger}) 10... exf4 11. Nd4 Qa5
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5
Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Nfd7 19. Rh7 {mit weißen Druckspiel,Zeschkovski-Kir.Georgiev,
Niksic 1997.})) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 $5 (9. Be3 {ist eine andere Alternative. Und
nun:} Nc6 $5 (9... b5 10. a4 $5 (10. Qd2 Bb7 11. h4 Nb6 12. a3 N8d7 13. h5 Rg8
14. hxg6 {brachte Weiß nicht ein,Svidler-Xu Jun,Yerevan Olimpiade 1996}) 10...
b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. a5 $5 e6 13. Nxb4 Bxe4 14. Bf3 {mit besseren Aussichten für
Weiß}) 10. Qd2 (10. h4 $5 {mit Übergang zu Partie}) 10... Na5 $5 (10... Nb6 11.
Nd5 $5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. h4 {versprach Weiß
besseren Spiel,Horvat-Barczay,Ungarn 1978}) 11. f4 (11. O-O-O Ne5) 11... Nb6
12. b3 Bd7 13. O-O-O (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 b5) 13...
Rc8 {mit ausreichende Gegenspiel.}) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 ({Wenig Erfolg
Schwarz hatte mit: I)} 10... h5 11. gxh6 Bxh6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd4 {
,Robatsch-Szabo,Amsterdam 1972;}) ({II)} 10... Qa5 11. a3 Nc5 12. b4 Qd8 13.
Qd2 Ne6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Rd1 b5 16. Nd5 {mit weißen Vorteil,Hansen-Stangl,
Lippstadt 1997.}) 11. h5 $1 Rg8 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. O-O-O
Qc7 16. Rh7 {Weiß hat ihre Eröffnunsstrategie am Königsflügel durchgesetzt.
NunSchwarz muß Gegenspiel amDamenflügel und in Zentrum behaupten ...} Nc6 17.
Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Be6 20. Kb2 Rc8 (20... O-O-O $2 21. Nd5) 21. f4
Qc5 22. Qd2 $1 {mit weißen Vorteil.} Bd7 23. a3 a5 24. Rf1 a4 $6 (24... Rf8 {
war zu bevorzugen,schwarze Dame auf c5 hatte "lebensvichtige Funktionen".}) 25.
b4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Rf3 Bg4 28. Rd3 Be6 29. Qf2 Bd7 30. Qa7 b5 31. Qf2
Rf8 32. f5 gxf5 33. exf5 Qg4 34. f6 e5 (34... Qxg5 35. fxe7 Kxe7 36. Nd5+ {
war nicht besser.}) 35. Qb6 Qe6 36. Rxd6 Qc4 37. Qe3 Kd8 38. Qxe5 Re8 39. Qxe8+
$1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Rfc8 14. Bxc4 (14. Bg5
{wird mit} d5 $1 15. exd5 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Bb4 {beantwortet.}) 14... Qxc4 15. Ra4
(15. Qf3 d5 $1 16. exd5 e4 $1 17. Qd1 Qc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 {mit gutem Speil für
Schwarz, Pacl -Vokac,Sumperk 1984.}) 15... Qc6 16. Qd3 {Laut J. Nunn "Naidorf
for Tournament Player" mit etwas besseren Aussichten für Weiß.} Bd8 17. Be3 b5
18. axb6 Bxb6 19. Bg5 (19. Bxb6 $142 Qxb6 20. Ra2 Rc6 21. Qe2 {mit druckvollem
Spiel für Weiß.}) 19... Bd8 ({Aktives Gegenspiel versprach .} 19... h6 $1 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Qxa6 Bd4 $1) 20. Be3 (20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rfa1 {
ist vorteilhaft für Weiß.}) 20... Nb6 21. Na5 (21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23.
Qd3 Na4 $1 24. Nxa4 Rxa4 {und Schwarz gewinnt den geopferten Bauern zurück.})
21... Qd7 22. Rb4 {22.Raa1 hätte Schwarz größere Probleme bereitet.} Na4 23.
Nxa4 (23. Rxa4 Rxc3 $1) 23... Bxa5 24. Nb6 Bxb6 25. Rxb6 Rc6 (25... d5 26. Rxf6
$1 gxf6 27. Bh6 Kh8 28. Qg3 Rg8 29. Qh4 Qd6 30. exd5 {mit weißer Initiative.})
26. Rd1 h6 (26... Rxb6 $142 27. Bxb6 h6 28. Qxd6 Qb7 {mit aktivem Spiel für
Schwarz.}) 27. Rb4 Qc7 28. c4 a5 29. Ra4 Qb7 30. Rd2 {30.Bg1!? macht einem
besseren Eindruck.} Rc7 31. Re2 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd2 d5 (33... Nxd2 34.
Rxd2 Rb8 {mit schwarzem Vorteil}) 34. Bxa5 (34. Be1 $142 {mit Ausgleich.})
34... Rca7 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. b4 e3 {Schwarz hat eine Gewinnstellung erreicht.}
37. Kg1 Rd7 38. Kf1 Rd2 39. c5 Rc2 40. Ra3 e2+ 41. Ke1 Ra7 42. Re3 f6 43. Rxe2
Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Rd2 Ke7 46. Bd8+ Ke8 47. Bb6 Ra3 48. Ke2 Rb3 49. Ba5 e4
50. Rd8+ Ke7 51. Rd6 Rc2+ 52. Kd1 Rxg2 53. Kc1 Rc3+ 54. Kb1 Rf3 55. Rd1 Rb3+
56. Ka1 e3 57. c6 Rc2 58. c7 e2 59. Rg1 Kf7 60. Re1 Rd3 61. Kb1 Rdd2 62. b5
Rb2+ 63. Ka1 Ra2+ 64. Kb1 Rdb2+ 65. Kc1 Rc2+ 66. Kb1 Rab2+ 67. Ka1 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. g4 $5 {Ein neuer Versuch!} {10. ...} h6 $6 ({Riskant und
etwaß provokativ,zu bevorzugen war} 10... Be6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nd5 (12. f4 exf4
13. Bxf4 Nc6) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 $5 14. a4 Na6 {mit ausreichende
Gegenspiel,Gutman.}) 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Be6 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. Rg3 Nh7 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Nd5 $6 (16. Qd2 $5 Nc6 17. Rag1 g6 18. Nd5 Qh4 19. Bg4 {stellte
großere Probleme ,Gutman.}) 16... Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc6 18. Rag1 g6 19. Qd2 Rg8 20.
Bc4 Rg7 21. Rh3 Rc8 22. Bd5 Nd8 $1 23. Na5 Rc7 24. Nc4 Ne6 25. Ne3 Nf4 {
Schwarz hat sich konsolidiert,und steht nicht schlechter.} 26. Rh6 Qf8 27. Bb3
Rg8 28. Ng4 Qe7 29. Ne3 Qf8 30. Ng4 Qe7 31. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 {Eine moderne Zugsfolge; Schwarz will noch mit Rochade abwarten.}
10. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 O-O 13. Kh1 $5 Rfe8 14. Be3 exf4 15. Bxf4
Bf8 $5 (15... Ne5 {kann Weiß mit} 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 b6 19. Nxc5
bxc5 20. b4 Qb7 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. bxc5 {beantworten, mit mehr als
ausreichender Kompensation für die Qualität, P.Wolff.}) 16. Rc1 Ne5 (16... Qb6
17. Bd3 Ne5 {,Glek-Svidler,Russische Meisterschaft 1995,} 18. h3 $5 Nfd7 19.
Rc2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rcf2 {mit besseren Aussichten für Weiß.
}) 17. Nd4 (17. h3 $5 {kommt in Frage.}) 17... Qb6 18. Rc2 Neg4 (18... Ng6 $5 {
gefällt mir besser.}) 19. Bxg4 (19. h3 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21. Nf5 Re5 22. Nh6+
gxh6 23. Rxf6 Bg7 {bringt Weiß nicht ein,P.Wolff.}) 19... Nxg4 20. Nf5 Ne5 21.
b3 Qd8 22. Re2 (22. Bxe5 $5 Rxe5 23. Rcf2 Qc7 24. Qg4 {versprach Weiß bessere
Aussichten.}) 22... Qd7 23. Be3 $6 (23. Bxe5 $5 {war zu bevorzugen.} dxe5 (
23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Qg4) 24. g4 $5) 23... b5 24. Bd4 bxc4 25. bxc4 g6
26. Ng3 Bg7 27. Ne4 f5 {mit besseren Spiel für Schwarz.} 28. Nd2 (28. Ng5 Nxc4
29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Ne6 Qa7 {verspricht keine ausreichende Kompensation.}) 28...
Rac8 29. c5 $6 dxc5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. Nc4 Re8 33. Re1 Bd4 34. Nb6
Qd8 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. d6 Qe6 37. Qf1 (37. d7 $2 Qxb6 38. Qb3+ c4) 37... Qxd6
38. Qxa6 Kg7 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. g3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia II"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bb7 $1 ({I)} 13... Nd7
14. Bd2 $1 Rb8 15. c4 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Na5 Bb7 19. Nc4 Qc5 20.
fxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Nc6 {mit entscheidenden weißen Vorteil,Oll-Quist,
Antwerpen 1994;}) ({II)} 13... Bf5 14. Bd3 $5 ({nach} 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3
{,Nijboer-Van der Sterren,Wijk aan Zee 1997,} 16. Bd2 $5 Qc8 $5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18.
Ba5 f6 $1 19. Rc7 Qe8 {Weiß behielt bestimmte Kompensation für den Bauern,aber
nicht mehr}) 14... e4 (14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qc4 18.
Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Na5 Rd4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Nc6 Rxb2 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nf5 {
mit besseren Aussichten für Weiß,Tyomkin}) 15. Be2 Bf6 16. g4 Bd7 17. g5 Be7
18. Bd2 {mit besseren Spiel für Weiß.}) 14. a5 Nd7 15. Bf3 (15. Ra4 Nf6 16.
Rxb4 Bxd5 17. Rb6 Bb7 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qc4 {, Rapidpartie Lutz-Shirow,Frankfurt
1996,19. ...} Qxc4 $5 20. Bxc4 Bxc2 {mit besseren Aussichten für Weiß}) 15...
Qc4 16. Re1 Nf6 $6 ({Hier könnte Weiß besseren Wahl treffen: I)} 16... Rfe8 $5
17. Re4 Qxd5 18. Rxb4 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Rab8 20. Rc4 {,und Weiß muß für Ausgleich
kämpfen,A.Shirow;}) ({II)} 16... Rfc8 $5 17. Nd4 Bh4 18. Nf5 Bxe1 19. Qxe1 e4
$1 20. Be2 Qxc2 21. Be3 Nf6 22. Bd4 (22. Bd1 Qxb2 23. Bd4 Rc3) 22... e3 23.
Nxd6 Bxd5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 {,und Weiß gewann schnell,Jansa-Shirow,
Berlin 1996.}) 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. d6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bd8 20. Rxe5 Qc6 21. Rc5 Qb7
22. Bf4 $2 ({Zu beworzugen war} 22. Qd3 $5 {mit klaren weißen Vorteil.}) 22...
Ne4 $1 {Diese überraschende Mögligkeit hat Weiß übersehen.} 23. fxe4 Qxe4+ 24.
Kg1 Qxf4 25. Qd5 Bf6 26. Rf1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Rad8 28. Rc6 Rfe8 29. Qg2 Qh4 30. d7
Re4 31. Rcxf6 Rg4 32. Qe2 Re4 33. Qg2 Rg4 34. Qe2 Re4 35. Qd1 $2 gxf6 36. Rg1+
Kh8 37. Nc5 Re5 38. Qd6 Re1 $6 (38... Qf2 $1 {gewann sofort.}) 39. Qg3 Rxg1+
40. Qxg1 Qc4 41. h3 Qd5+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kh1 Qd5+ 44. Kh2 Qd2+ 45. Kh1 Qxc2
46. Qd4 Qf5 47. Kh2 b3 48. Kg2 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Bf3 {Laut A. Karpow ,besitzt Weiß nach 15.Qe1 Rfd8 (15. ...c4,, 16.Nd5!
Bxd5 17.exd5) 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.f3 leichtes Übergewicht.} (15. Qe1 Rfd8 (15...
c4 {Thipsay-Gallagher,Kuala Lumpur 1992,} 16. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 17. exd5) 16. Rxd8+
Rxd8 17. f3 {verschafft Weiß laut A. Karpow leichten Vorteil.}) 15... Rfd8 16.
Qe1 Rxd1 17. Qxd1 c4 18. Bb6 Qd6 19. Qe1 Qb4 20. Qb1 {Weiß steht bereits etwas
schlechter.} h6 21. h3 Qd6 22. Be3 Qc6 23. Ra4 Rd8 24. Qe1 Rd7 25. Bb6 Bc5 (
25... Bd8 $142 26. Be3 Nh7 27. Z0 $140 Bg5) 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nd5 {Diese
Möglichkeit hat Gelfand unterschätzt.} Bxd5 28. exd5 e4 29. Be2 c3 30. Qxc3
Qxc3 31. bxc3 Rxd5 32. Rb4 Rxa5 33. Rxb7 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Ra2 35. Bc4 Rxc2 36. Rxf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. g4 {At the moment this move seems to be more popular than
10. f4} Be6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nc5 14. Nxc5 (14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Nbd7 16. Nd4 g6 17. c4 Ne5 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. b4 $14 {Bellin,R-Baburin,A/
Iona Tech Masters Kilkenny IRL (03) 1997 (29)}) 14... Qxc5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. a3
Nd7 17. c4 {Even though white has played his g-P to g5 he is going to play on
the Q-side. It is there he has his P-majority, which is often the most
important element in sicilian positions where white has played the manouvre
Nc3-d5(N/Bxd5) e4xd5.} a5 18. b4 Rfc8 {Black rather passively tries to stop
the white Ps from advancing on the Q-side. However he is in reality a P down
on that wing so that is difficult to achieve.} (18... f5 $5) 19. Bg4 $16 {^^}
Rd8 20. Qb3 Ra6 21. Rfc1 axb4 22. axb4 Rda8 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. c5 $1 {The
standard breakthrough} Ra8 (24... dxc5 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Qb5 $18)
25. Qc4 Nf8 26. Qb5 {[%cal Yc5c6] /\c5-c6} Bd8 27. Qe8 Rb8 28. Qa4 h6 29. h4
hxg5 30. hxg5 Qe7 31. Qa7 Bc7 32. c6 b5 33. Bf5 g6 34. Bh3 Nh7 35. Bd7 Qd8 36.
Ra1 Kg7 37. f4 $1 {Blacks mobility has been restricted considerably so white
opens a second front on the K-side. He will be able to transfer his forces
quickly to that side of the board whereas black will have to keep an eye on
the P-c6.} exf4 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qxf4 Ra8 40. Re1 Nf8 41. Bd4 Nxd7 42. cxd7
Qxd7 43. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Rc7 14. Rad1 Qa8 15.
Bc1 Rfc8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Kg1 Rc4 18. g3 d5 19. Nd2 Rd4 20. exd5 Bb4 21. Nde4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 g6 23. Bd2 Re8 24. Bg2 Qc8 25. h4 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Ne4 Bf8
28. Bc3 Rxa4 29. d6 Rb8 30. Ng5 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rc4 32. Re2 b5 33. Ba5 Re8 34.
Bc7 f5 35. Nf3 h6 36. b3 Rc3 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. cxd3 Kf7 39. Ra2 Ra8 40. d4 e4
41. Ne5+ Ke6 42. Rc2 a5 43. f4 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 45. dxe5 a4 (45... Bg7 $5
46. Rd2 Bxe5 47. Re2 Kd5 48. Rxe5+ Kxe5 49. d7+ Ke6 50. d8=Q Rxd8 51. Bxd8 a4
52. Ba5 axb3 53. Bc3 Kd5 $44) 46. bxa4 bxa4 47. Bb6 $1 a3 (47... Kxe5 48. d7
Be7 49. Rc8 Ra6 50. Re8 Kd6 51. Rxe7 $18) 48. Bd4 a2 49. Ba1 g5 50. h5 {
sperrt den schwarzen Läufer in einen engen Käfig.} Ra3+ (50... Bg7 $142 51. Rc7
Bf8 52. Ke2 g4 53. Kd2 Kd5) 51. Kf2 Ra8 52. Rc7 g4 53. Ke2 Kd5 54. Rf7 Rb8 $2 (
54... Ke4 $5 55. d7 $140 Kd5) 55. Ra7 Ke6 56. Rxa2 Rb7 57. Ra8 Bg7 58. Re8+ Kf7
59. Rc8 Ke6 60. Rc7 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f5 Bc4 13. Bg5 Rac8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
a5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qf3 d5 18. exd5 e4 19. Qg3 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. Nd2
Qc7 22. Ndxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Rxd5 26. f6 Rxc3 27.
Re8+ Kh7 28. Re7 gxf6 29. Rxb7 Rxc2 30. h3 Rg5 31. Rb6 Rgxg2 32. Rxf6 Rh2+ 33.
Kg1 Rcg2+ 34. Kf1 Rg6 35. Rxg6 Kxg6 36. Kg1 Rxh3 37. Rb1 Re3 38. Rb6+ Re6 39.
Kf2 Kf6 40. Kg3 Kg5 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. Kf3 Rg6 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Kh3 Kf5
46. Kh4 Ke5 47. Rb7 Kd4 48. Kh5 Kc4 49. Rb6 Rg6 50. Rb7 Rg5+ 51. Kxh6 Rxa5 52.
Rxf7 {[#] Laut Endspiel-CD Gewinn für Schwarz in längstens 20 Zügen beginnend
mit Tc5/d5/e5, also horizontaler Sperre des weißen Königs. Genau das tut
Schwarz und gewinnt auch sicher. Der Endspielverlauf spricht für sich und
bedarf keiner Kommentierung.} Rc5 $1 53. Rg7 a5 54. Kg6 Kb4 55. Rb7+ Rb5 56.
Rh7 a4 57. Rh4+ Ka5 58. Rh3 Rc5 59. Kf6 Kb4 60. Rh4+ Kb3 61. Rh3+ Kb2 62. Rh8
a3 63. Rb8+ Ka1 64. Ke6 a2 65. Kd6 Rc1 66. Ke5 Rb1 0-1

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
c3 Nc6 16. N1d2 Rad8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. c4 Ne7 20. Rc1 f5 21. Nd5
Nexd5 22. exd5 a5 23. g3 Nxe2 24. Qxe2 Rde8 25. Nd2 Bc8 26. b3 Bd7 27. Qd3 Qc5
28. Rce1 Re7 29. Nb1 Be8 30. Nc3 Bg6 31. Qe3 f4 32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. Nb5 Rd7 34.
Rf2 Rf6 35. g4 h6 36. Kg2 Bh7 37. Rb2 g5 38. Kf2 h5 39. Rg1 hxg4 40. Rxg4 Rg7
41. h4 gxh4 42. Rxh4 Rg3 43. Nc3 Bd3 44. Rd2 Bf5 45. Rh2 Rfg6 46. Rd1 Rxf3+ 47.
Kxf3 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rxc3 {[#] verbundene schwarze Freibauern - Mattnetz. Taktik.}
49. Rh6 Kf7 50. Rxd6 e4 51. Re1 (51. Ra6 Rh3 52. Rf1 e3+ 53. Kg2 (53. Ke2 Bg4+
54. Ke1 f3 $19) 53... Rg3+ (53... Rh4 $2 54. Kf3 Bg4+ (54... Bc2 55. Rxa5 Bxb3
(55... Kf6 56. Rxc5 Ke5 57. d6+ $18) 56. Rxc5 Bxa4 57. Ra1 Bc2 58. Rc6 $18) 55.
Kxf4 Be2+ 56. Kg5+ Bxf1 57. Kxh4 e2 58. Re6 $18) 54. Kh2 Rg4 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4,
Re3e2]} (54... Rh3+ $11)) 51... Rh3 52. Rf1 e3+ 53. Kg2 Rg3+ 54. Kh2 Rg4 55.
Re1 (55. Rh6 e2 56. Re1 f3 $19) 55... Rh4+ 56. Kg1 Be4 57. Kf1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Lvov Cup of Galychina"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2001.12.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kazakov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bf3 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd5 a5 15.
a3 Ba6 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Nc1 Nxd5 18. exd5 Na5 19. axb4 Nc4 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Be2
f5 22. Bc5 dxc5 23. b5 Bxb5 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Bd6 26. Rxa4 e4 27. Ne2 Rb8
28. b3 Re8 29. Ng3 Qf6 30. Re1 g6 31. Ra6 Rb4 32. Qxc5 Bxc5 33. Rxf6 Rd8 34.
Rd1 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 {[#] Unerwartetes Mattfinale} 36. Ra6 Rxd5 37. Kf1 (37.
c4 $142 Rd8 38. b4) 37... Bc3 $1 {Droht matt in zwei Zügen.} 38. f3 Rd1+ 39.
Ke2 $4 (39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 exf3 41. gxf3 Rxc2 (41... Rxh2 42. Ne2 Be1 $13)
42. Kd3 Rc1 43. Rc6 Bd2 44. Rxc1 Bxc1 45. b4 Kf7 $11) 39... Re1+ 40. Kf2 e3#
0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Lafuente, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O Bg6 13. a4 a5 14. Bb5 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. c3 Qc7 17. Nxa5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. b4 Qc7 20. c4 Rcd8 21. Qe3
Ra8 22. Rfe1 h6 23. f3 Bc2 24. Ra1 Rxa5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. Qf2 Bf5
28. f4 e4 29. Qe2 Bh4 30. g3 Bf6 31. Rad1 Bc3 32. Rg1 e3 33. Qxe3 Bc2 34. Rdf1
Bd2 35. Qe2 Qc3 36. Rg2 Bd3 37. Qxd2 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Bxf1 {[#] The active king. 
[#]Der aktive König.} 39. Kg1 Bh3 40. Re2 Kf8 41. Kf2 h5 42. Ke3 f6 43. Kd4 Kf7
44. Kc3 h4 45. Kb4 hxg3 46. hxg3 Rc5 (46... b6 47. Bc6 $18 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Rb4b5,Rb5a6]}) 47. Rh2 Bc8 48. Ka5 g5 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. Kb6 Kg6 51. Rh8 Kf5 52.
Rxc8 $1 (52. Rxc8 Rxc8 53. Kxb7) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. a4 O-O 13. Kh1 Rfc8 14. a5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3 Rc7 18. Nd2 Qb4 19. Rfb1 Rac8 20. Ra4 Qc5 21.
Rba1 Bd8 22. Nf1 b5 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. R1a2 a5 25. h3 Rc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Nd2
Rb4 28. Ra1 Qc6 29. b3 a4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. bxa4 Ba5 32. Nd5 Qxc2 33. Nxf6+
gxf6 34. Nf1 $15 {Black has attacking chances with his 'bad' Ba5. Black
manages to draw with a perpetual.} d5 $1 (34... Qxa4 35. Ne3 Bb6 36. Nd5 Qa1+
37. Kh2 Bg1+ (37... Qg1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 Bd8 40. Kh5 Qd2 41. h4 Kg7 42. g4
$14) 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 Kg7 40. Kh5 Qd2 41. h4 $36) 35. Ne3 $1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2
dxe4 37. Qxe4 Bb6 38. Nd5 Bf2 39. Nxf6+ Kh8 (39... Kf8 40. Qb4+ Kg7 41. Nh5+
$10) 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Nh5+ Kh7 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Nh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 26th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 {Kasparov has been employing this subtle move in the last couple
years, most recently in his game against Anand in Las Palmas, which is
featured elsewhere in this issue of CBM. It is particularly interesting to see
how Kasparov plays against his own favourite opening and one can expect that
the popularity of this move will be enhanced by having such a strong authority
behind. The main idea behind the text is to make a useful waiting move by
delaying the development of Bc1 and see what Black´s intentions are. Quite
often this is followed by an early f4 and if Black swaps quickly with exf4,
the bishop will develope to f4 in one go, gaining an extra tempo (Kh1), as
compared to many familiar variations, where it goes to f4 in 2 moves. The more
traditional approach is to take an immediate action against the potentially
weak square d5 with Be3,Qd2,Rfd1,Bf3, in a true Nimzowitz style, as Karpov
demonstrated with great success in several games in the 80´s, but chess in the
90´s is characterized by more dynamic play.} Be6 {It is quite possible that
this natural looking move may already be inaccurate. Other examples from
Kasparov´s games are} (9... Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rf2 Rad8
14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Rd2 h6 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bc4 $16 {xPa6(b5),d5 Kasparov,G-De
Firmian,N/New York PCA 1995/1-0 (54)}) (9... Nc6 10. f4 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3
Qb6 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5 $5 gxf5 18. gxf5
$44 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/Amsterdam VSB 1996 (35)}) (9... Qc7 $5 10. f4 b5
{is often played, as the drawback behind an early f4 is that the e4 pawn is
often left isolated. Accordingly, it makes sense to deploy the bishop on b7 to
attack it.}) (9... b5 10. a4 $1 {Kasparov-Anand, Las Palmas 1996.}) 10. f4 Qc7
$2 (10... exf4 {This may well be neccessary, which in itself may suggest that
something has gone wrong.} 11. Bxf4 Nc6 {In most of the cases when this
position has occured, it has been Black´s move, e.g. in Karpov-Najdorf,
Hastings 1971, which was quickly drawn after 12...d5, but now White has gained
an extra tempo, as described above.} 12. Qe1 $1 Ne8 ({The traditonal cental
break} 12... d5 {is very unattractive now due to} 13. Rd1 $16) 13. Nd5 Bg5 14.
Bg3 Ne5 15. Rd1 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Rf5 Bh6 19. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 20.
Nd4 $44 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Gurevich,I/St.Martin op 1993 (46)}) 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $1
$16 {This very strong idea of sir Nigel demonstrates yet another subtle point
of 9.Kh1; White is very well placed to start an early offensive on the
kingsflank, since the king is not in the way, once the g-file is opened, as
happened here. "Kasparov has joked, that Short has only one idea against the
Sicilian: the move g2-g4", Ftacnik CBM 52. Sometimes having just one good idea
is enough, not that I share Kasparov´s perception. It is doubtful that Gelfand
would have laughed at this joke after the following game!} d5 (12... h6 13. g5
$1 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nbd7 15. Rg1 Rfc8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3 Kf8 18. a3 b5 19. Nd2
Qc6 20. Qh3 $16 {1-0 Short,N-Gelfand,B/Amsterdam VSB 1996 (43)}) 13. g5 $5 ({
It is also quite possible to accept the sacrifice,} 13. exd5 Rd8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4
15. Bg5 $16 {Ftacnik; it seems doubtful that Black has enough compensation for
the pawn. White however, follows Short´s recommendation in Inf/66/228.}) 13...
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f6 $40 Bb4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Be3 Nc6 19.
c3 Be7 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. Nd2 {White does not have to rely solely on tactics,
once the N is on e4, he is also blessed with huge positional advantage.} Qb5
22. Nxe4 Qxb2 23. Rfb1 $1 Qc2 24. Rxb7 Rb8 25. Rc7 Rb2 $4 (25... Rfc8 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Rf1 $16) 26. Bg1 $18 h5 {Hallucination, but Black could not avoid
losing a piece.} 27. gxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Dallas UT Fall op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Kambrath, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Kambrath,Y"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {
Typically Black plays ...Be7 and 0-0 before choosing the square for his
c8-bishop.} (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 {Now White doesn't have the
option to castle queenside as he did in the game} exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rc8
{[%cal Yc6e5] and Black is fine.}) 8. f4 $5 (8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O {will
transpose to the main line.}) 8... Be7 9. f5 (9. fxe5 {doesn't give any
advantage for White:} dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nc5 Nc6 12. Bg5 (12. Nxe6 fxe6
13. Be3 Nd4 $11 {Black is totally fine here}) 12... Nd4 13. Bd3 Bc8 14. Nb3 Ne6
15. Be3 Bd7 16. Nd5 Bc6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Na5 Rc8 19. g3 Bd8 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21.
c3 Bb6 22. Bd2 Ke7 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Ke2 Ba7 25. Bc1 b5 26. a3 Rb8 27. Bb1 a5 28.
Rd5 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rhd1 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rd7+ Ke8 33. Rxa7 Rxb1 34.
Ra8+ Ke7 35. Bg5+ Nxg5 36. Rxb1 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rxh2 38. Ra7+ Kf6 39. Rb6+ Ne6 40.
Rbb7 Ng5 41. Rb6+ {1/2-1/2 (41) Onischuk,V (2547)-Areshchenko,A (2691) St
Petersburg 2012}) 9... Bd7 10. Bg5 {With the idea to occupy the d5-square.} Bc6
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4 {[%cal Yc4f7] Bringing one more piece to control d5.} O-O
13. Qe2 {The Qd1 was preventing the knight from going to d7. Black would have
had to play ...Qc7 first then ...Nd7.} (13. g3 $5 {[%cal Yh2h4]} Qc7 14. Qd3
Nd7 15. O-O-O) 13... Nd7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Bd5 (15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Na5 $1 Na4 17.
Nxa4 Qxa5 18. Nc3 b5 19. Bb3 $14) 15... a5 $5 {The move that gains counterplay
for Black.} 16. Nd2 (16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 a3 18. b3 Ra5 $1 $15) 16... Bg5 17. h4
Bf4 18. Kb1 Bxd5 19. exd5 {White should keep his knight for the e4-square.}
Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Rc8 21. Ne4 f6 22. Qb5 $2 (22. g4 Nc4 23. Rdd1 a4 24. g5 {
White has the initiative.}) 22... Rc4 $1 $15 {White missed this tactical
resource.} 23. Re2 Rb4 24. Qd3 (24. Qxa5 Rxb2+ $19) 24... Rd4 25. Qa3 Rxd5 26.
g4 Rd4 27. g5 Nc4 28. Qc3 Qc8 (28... Kh8 $1 29. gxf6 gxf6 $17) 29. Ng3 (29.
gxf6 Qxf5 30. fxg7 Rc8 31. Ng3 Qg4 32. Qe1 {the only move to keep the balance}
Nxb2 33. Re4 (33. Kxb2 Rb4+ 34. Kc1 Qd4 $19) 33... Qd1+ 34. Qxd1 Nxd1 35. Rxd4
Nc3+ 36. Kb2 exd4 37. Nf5 Rc5 38. Nxd4 Ne4 $13) 29... Nd2+ {Transposing to an
ending with a clear advantage for Black.} (29... Qc6 $19 {Keeping the queen
was stronger.}) 30. Kc1 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Rg4 32. gxf6 Rxf6 (32... Rxg3 33. fxg7)
33. Nh5 Rxf5 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Rxd2 Rf6 36. Rd5 {In this rook ending, White
can still hope for a draw.} a4 37. h5 a3 38. Ra5 Rg2 39. Rxa3 Rff2 40. Rb3
Rxc2+ 41. Kb1 Rxa2 42. h6+ $2 (42. Rxb7+ Kh6 43. Rd1 Rgd2 44. Rxd2 Rxd2 45. Kc1
Rd5 $17) 42... Kg6 43. Rxb7 Rh2 44. Rxh2 Rxh2 45. Rd7 $6 (45. Rb6 Rxh6 46.
Rxd6+ Kg5 47. Rd8 Re6 $17) 45... Rd2 $19 46. c4 Rd4 47. Re7 Kxh6 48. c5 dxc5
49. Re6+ Kg5 50. Rxe5+ Kg4 51. Rxc5 h5 52. Rc8 h4 53. Kc2 Kg3 54. Kc3 Rg4 55.
Kd2 h3 56. Ke3 h2 57. Rh8 Kg2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b5 $6 (9... Nbd7 10. f3 b6 (10... Nb6 11. a4 d5 12. a5 d4 13. Nb1
Nbd7 14. c3 dxc3 15. Nxc3 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Nasybullin,V/KAZ/1993/}) (10...
Qc7 11. a4 h6 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Pigusov,E/
St-Peterburg(zt)1993/}) 11. a4 Bb7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nc1 $14 {Tseshkovsky,
V-Gurevich,V/Cappelle la Grande/1994/}) (9... Be6 10. f4 Qc7 (10... exf4 11.
Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe1 Ne8 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Bg3 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Gurevich,I/Saint
Martin/1993/}) 11. f5 (11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 a5 14. Be3 a4 15. Nd2
Nc5 $13 {Hansen,LBo-Djurhuus,R/Moscow olm/1994/}) 11... Bc4 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. a4
$14) (9... Qc7 10. a4 (10. f4 b5 $5) 10... Be6 11. f4 $14) 10. a4 (10. Nd5 Nxd5
11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd1 (13. Qd2 Rd7 14. a4 d5 $10) 13... Rb7 $5 14.
Rc1 Nc6 $13 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/Novgorod/1994/}) 10... Bb7 (10... b4 11. Nd5
Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rb7 15. f4 $16 {Oll,L-Piesina,G/Riga(zt)/
1995/}) 11. Nd5 $1 {Tseshkovsky/} Nbd7 (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Nbd7 13. Na5 $1
Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Ra3 Nbxd5 16. Bf3 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Nevostrujev,V/
Vladivostok/1990/}) (11... Bxd5 12. exd5 b4 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Ra4 Nc5 15. Rxb4
Nxb3 16. Rxb3 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Neverov,V/St-Peterburg op/1993/}) 12. Nxe7+
Qxe7 13. f3 bxa4 14. Na5 Nc5 15. Nxb7 $1 {N} (15. Bg5 {Tseshkovsky,V-Isupov,V/
Vladivostok/1990/} Rab8 $13) 15... Nxb7 (15... Qxb7 16. Qxd6 $16) 16. Rxa4 Nc5
17. Ra1 Rfb8 $6 (17... a5 18. Be3 Qc7 $14) 18. b3 a5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qd2 h6 (
20... Rd8 21. Bg5 $1 $16) (20... a4 21. b4 Ncd7 (21... Ncxe4 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23.
Qd3 Rxb4 24. c4 $1 $16) 22. c4 $16) 21. Ra2 $1 $16 a4 $6 (21... Rd8 22. Rfa1
Nb7 (22... d5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 $18) 23. Bc4 $16) 22. Rfa1 Rd8 23. b4 Ncd7
(23... Ne6 24. c4 $1 $16 (24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 d5 $13)) 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25.
Rxa4 Nb6 26. Ra6 Rb8 27. Bf1 Nfd7 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Bg1 Kf8 30. Qb3 Ke7 31. Qa2
$1 Rb8 32. Ra7 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Qxb7 34. c4 $18 Nc8 35. Qa5 Qc6 36. c5 dxc5 37.
bxc5 Qb7 38. Qa2 Na7 39. Qd5 Nc6 40. Bc4 f6 (40... Nd8 41. Qxb7 Nxb7 42. c6 Nd6
43. c7 $18) 41. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Pardubice KB op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Gross, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Bd7 8. Bg5
Bc6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Qd8 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nc4 Nf6 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rd8
15. Ne3 Be7 16. a4 O-O 17. Qc4 $1 {The queen does an excellent job on the
queenside, suppressing Black's counterplay, and so allowing White to dominate
the centre.} Rc8 18. Bf3 g6 19. Qb3 Rfd8 (19... b6 20. Ncd5 (20. Ng4) 20...
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 $14 Qxc2 $2 23. Qxb6) 20. a5 $1 {Without the queen
on b3 Black would get good counterplay by playing ...b6} Bf8 21. g3 Bh6 22. Ng4
Nxg4 23. Bxg4 Rb8 24. Qc4 $1 {Preventing Black playing ...b6 because of the
pin on the c-file.} Qe7 (24... b6 $2 25. axb6 Rxb6 (25... Qxb6 26. Rxa6) 26.
Nd5) 25. Rd3 Kg7 26. Nd5 $2 {A time pressure mistake?} (26. Bh3 {maintains
White's large positional advantage.}) 26... Qg5 27. Bh3 Bb5 28. Qc7 Bxd3 29.
cxd3 Qd2 30. Rf1 Qxd3 31. Qe7 Qxe4 $2 (31... Kh8 {gives Black the advantage.})
32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Be6 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 {Etwas zahm, aber nicht schlecht.} ({Gebräuchlich ist} 
10. f4) 10... b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Bd2 {Die weiße Strategie macht
einen gesunden Eindruck.} Nc4 $5 {Mutig!} 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Na5 Bd7 16. b3 $1 (
{Nach} 16. Nxc4 Bb5 17. b3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qc7 {gewinnt Schwarz den Bauern
zurück und steht dann deutlich besser.}) 16... Bf6 $1 (16... cxb3 17. axb3 {
hätte Weiß gutes Spiel am Damenflügel gegeben.}) 17. bxc4 {Sehr riskant.} (17.
Qe1 {und}) (17. Rb1 {kamen in Frage.}) 17... e4 $1 18. Rb1 ({Die Konsequenzen
von} 18. fxe4 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Re8 20. Qd4 {sind schwer einzuschätzen.}) 18... e3
$1 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Re1 Rb8 21. a3 e2 $5 22. Qd3 Qb6 $5 {Am Ende geht der Plan
auf, aber ich bin nicht sicher, ob dieser Zug richtig ist.} 23. Nb3 a5 24. Nxa5
$2 {Das verliert.} ({Auch} 24. Bxa5 $2 Qxa5 $1 25. Nxa5 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 e1=Q+ {
ist für Schwarz gewonnen.}) ({Doch Sutovskys phantasievolles Spiel hätte wohl
mit} 24. c5 $1 dxc5 (24... Qa7 $5 25. c6 Bf5 26. Qxf5 axb4 $13) 25. Nxc5 {
in Frage gestellt werden können; Weiß opfert den Lb4, erhält aber auch den e2
und steht gewiss nicht schlechter.}) 24... Qf2 $1 25. Nc6 Rb6 26. c3 {Erkennt
die Drohung nicht, aber die Lage war wohl schon ziemlich hoffnungslos, z.B.} (
26. Qd2 h6 {Idee Lg5} 27. f4 Re3 28. Nd4 Bh3 $1 29. gxh3 Rxh3 30. Nf3 Qxf3+ 31.
Kg1 Rh4 32. Rxe2 Bd4+ {usw.}) 26... Re3 27. Qd2 Bxc3 $1 {Weiß gibt bereits auf,
denn 29.Lxc3 Txb1 30.Txb1 Df1+ führt zum Matt.} 0-1

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Babaev, Rashad"]
[Black "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 (12. Bg5 Nbd7 (12... b4 13. Bxf6
bxc3 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Qg4 Qxc3 18. Rf3 Bc8 19. Qh4
Be6 20. Raf1 f6 21. g4 {1/2-1/2 Ganguly,S-Dworakowska,J/Calcutta 2001/}) 13.
Bd3 Bb7 14. Qf3 h6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Rf5 Bc8 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Bf4 g5
20. Rc5 gxf4 21. Qh4 Bxc5 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. e5 Bb7 25. Qxh6 f5
26. exf6 $40 {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1996/}) 12... Be6 $146 {[%mdl 8]}
(12... Bg4 13. Qe1 Bh5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5
g6 19. Rf3 Nh5 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Qe2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Bxa6 Ne5 24. Rff1 h5
25. h3 Bh4 26. Bb5 $18 {Timoshenko,G-Roeder,M/Cappelle 1997/}) (12... b4 13.
Ne2 Be6 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe2 a5 19. Qf2 Nd7
20. a4 Ng7 21. Rad1 Rdc8 22. Bb5 Nf8 23. Rd2 h5 24. Qe3 Nh7 25. Nc1 h4 26. Nge2
Qg5 $15 {Sikora Gizynska,B-Dworakowska,J/Krynica 1997/}) 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Qe2
Nb6 15. Rae1 b4 (15... Rad8 $5) 16. Nd5 Nfxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 (17... Bxg5 $2 18.
dxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ (19. Qe4 $5) 19... Kxf8 (19... Rxf8 20. Qg4 $16) 20. Bxh7
$16) 18. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov Shamkovich} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
The Najdorf variation is the most popular opening system at the present time.
Both opponents play it with White and Black} 6. Be2 {The classical line, which
is more quiet than aggressive ones 6.Bg5 and 6.Bc4} e5 {The alternative 6...e6
leads to the Sheveningen formation} 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 {Alternatives
are 9.a4 and 9.Be3} b5 (9... Nc6 10. f4 a5 (10... exf4 {Dolmatov} 11. Bxf4 Be6)
11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Qb6 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5
$1 {with strong attack, Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/VSB Amsterdam NED 1996}) (9... Be6
10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 {and Black's position is satisfactory,
Glek,I-Svidler,P/ch-RUS Elista 1995}) 10. a4 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3
Be6 13. Qd2 Rd7 {is unclear (Sznapik-Bukic, Lubliana 81, Informator 32/349)})
10... Bb7 (10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxe4 $4 12. Bf3 {wins}) 11. Nd5 {After 11.ab ab 12.
Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Qd3 Nbd7 (Vogt-Suetin, Leipzig 1980) the game is even. Kasparov
choses the new line with the pawn sacrifice.} ({After solid} 11. f3 b4 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 {the posision is practically even, Krylov,S-Baburin,A/32nd
Chess Olympiad Yerevan ARM 1996}) 11... bxa4 {The original idea. Black is
trying to keep an extra pawn, but at cost of some undevelopment. Alternatives
are:} (11... Nxd5 $6 12. exd5 b4 13. a5 {and White has a significant advantage.
}) (11... Nxe4 $5 12. axb5 (12. Bf3 {Dolmatov} f5 13. Na5 Qxa5 14. Nxe7+ Kh8
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd6 $16) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Bxb5 {
White's position is preferable}) (11... Nbd7 12. axb5 (12. Nxe7+ {Dolmatov}
Qxe7 13. f3 bxa4 14. Na5 Nc5 15. Nxb7 $16) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. f3 {White is better, Ivanchuk,V-Malisauskas,V/Keres Rapid 1996}) 12.
Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 (13. Rc4 $2 {Dolmatov} Bb5 14. Rb4 Nc6) 13... Nxe4 {[#] Is
there a sufficient compensation for a pawn? Kasparov continues to play
positionally, posessing control over key square d5} 14. Na5 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6
16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Rh3 {Combining play on two sides. The threat is 18.Qd3} g6 18.
Qd2 {Threatening the simple 19.Qh6} Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bd5 (20. g4 {Timman}
Qc8 (20... Nh4 21. g5 $18) (20... d5 $5 21. gxf5 dxc4 22. Qh6 Qd5+ 23. f3 Rfd8
$13) 21. Bd5 $1 (21. Rc3 Qb7+ 22. Bd5 Qb5) 21... Nh4 22. Rg1 $3 {[#]} (22. Bxa8
{Dolmatov} Qxa8+ 23. f3 e4) 22... g5 23. Rxh4 gxh4 24. g5 Bg7 25. g6 $1 hxg6 (
25... Qf5 26. gxf7+ Kh8 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 (27... e4 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxa8 30.
Bxd6 h6 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. f8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Bxf8+ Kxf8 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kh3 {wins})
28. Qd5 Rf8 29. Bh6 $1 {Fritz and Black has no defense}) (25... Ra7 26. gxh7+
Kh8 (26... Kxh7 27. Qg5 $18) 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kxh7 30. Be4+
Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qh7#) 26. Rxg6 Qh3 27. Rg1 $1 Kh8 (27... e4
28. Bxe4 f5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qh6#) 28. Qg5) 20... h5 {The only
way to hold the position is to sacrifice an exhcange} (20... Rc8 {Dolmatov} 21.
g4 $18) 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. c3 Qb7 24. Qd3 (24. Rd1 $5 {Dolmatov} d5
$2 (24... Rc5 25. b4 Rc6) 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Rxd8+) 24... Rc6 25.
Rd1 {It is strange that Kasparov overlooked 25.Ra5 Ne7 26.f4, which was much
better} (25. b4 {Dolmatov} Ne7 26. Be3 d5 27. Bc5 e4 $16) 25... d5 {Now Black
has full compensation for the exchange. The point is that if 26.Qxd5 Rd6!,
winning.} 26. Ra5 (26. Qxd5 $4 {Dolmatov} Rd6 $17) 26... d4 27. cxd4 exd4 (
27... Nxd4 {Dolmatov} 28. Be3 Qxb2 (28... Nf5 29. Bc5 $16) 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30.
Qxa6 Ne6) 28. b4 Nh4 29. f3 Qxb4 {[Black has a pawn for the exchange, his
pieces are centralized. The game is practically even, yet Kasparov is trying
to break through.} (29... Nf5 {Dolmatov} 30. Bd2 Nd6 31. Rc1 Rb6 32. Rac5 Nb5)
30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Bg7 32. Qd3 Nf5 33. Bf4 Qb2 (33... Bf6 {Dolmatov} 34.
Rb1 Qa5) 34. g3 Kh7 35. Rd2 Qb7 36. Qe4 Qb5 (36... Qxe4 $5 {Dolmatov} 37. fxe4
Ne3 38. Bxe3 dxe3 39. Re2 Bh6) 37. Qd3 Qb7 38. Qe4 Qb5 39. Kg1 Qa5 40. Qd3 Ne7
41. Rd1 Nd5 (41... Nf5 {Dolmatov} 42. Kg2 Qa2+ 43. Rd2 Qd5 44. h3) 42. Bd2 Qa7
43. Re1 Qd7 44. Kg2 Qa7 45. Kg1 Qa2 46. Re2 Qa1+ 47. Re1 Qa4 48. Rc1 Nc3 49. g4
{The last try} Qa5 50. Re1 Qc5 51. h3 Bf6 52. f4 h4 (52... hxg4 {Dolmatov} 53.
hxg4) 53. Qf3 Qb5 54. g5 Bg7 55. Re7 (55. Qg4 Kg8 56. Qxh4 Ne2+ 57. Kh2 d3 {
and Black is no worse}) 55... Qb1+ 56. Qf1 Qf5 57. Qe1 Qxh3 58. Rxf7 Qg4+ 59.
Kh2 h3 (59... Ne2 {Dolmatov} 60. Qf2) 60. Qf1 Ne4 61. Be1 d3 62. Qxh3+ Qxh3+
63. Kxh3 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 18th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,59,19,31,70,45,75,61,61,33,38,32,79,32,41,32,31,30,42,3,15,25,21,1,15,
13,18,10,12,7,16,0,-4,27,20,14,28,19,58,89,99,29,92,116,92,79,67,71,152,149,
166,116,195,178,178,169,174,166,256,273,374,371]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7
11. a4 Rc8 12. Bf3 {[%mdl 36] One of many possible setups for White in this
system. He prepares Nb3-d2-f1.} Re8 (12... h6 13. a5 Nh7 14. g3 Ng5 15. Bg2 Nh7
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rc6 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. c3 Ng5 20. h4 Ne6 21. Nc1 Nf6 22. Na2
Nc5 23. Qc2 Qd8 24. Nb4 $14 {1-0 (45) Rublevsky,S (2652)-Kobalia,M (2620) Tula
RUS 2019}) (12... Qc7 13. a5 Rfd8 14. Nd2 h6 (14... Nc5 $6 {1/2 (82) Pogonina,
N (2501)-Ding,Y (2385) Ningbo 2010} 15. Nd5) 15. Nf1 Bf8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Ng3 Qc7
18. Re2 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Rxa6 Nc4 {1-0 (48) Sethuraman,S (2529)-Banikas,H 
(2593) Vrachati 2011} 21. Bc1 $14) (12... Nb6 $5 13. Nd2 (13. a5 Nc4 14. Bc1 b5
15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Qe2 Rc7 17. Rd1 Ra8 18. Qf1 a5 19. Ra4 Rac8 $132 {1/2 (101)
Aravindh,C (2506)-Sarana,A (2433) Moscow 2016}) 13... Nc4 (13... Qc7 14. a5 Nc4
15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. Re2 h6 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Be2 Qc6 19. f3 $14 {1-0 (59)
Pogonina,N (2501)-Ding,Y (2385) Ningbo 2010}) 14. Nxc4 Rxc4 15. a5 Qd7 (15...
Qc7 $5 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rb4 19. b3 Rxb6 20. axb6 Bd8 21. Qd3
Bxb6 $44 {1/2 (54) Alekseenko,K (2590)-Kokarev,D (2615) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017})
16. Re2 Rfc8 17. Rd2 Rb4 18. Bg5 Rcc4 (18... h6 $5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Rxd6 Qc7 21. Be2 Rc5 $44 {0-1 (48) Rublevsky,S (2683)-Oparin,G (2602)
Moscow 2017}) 13. a5 Qc7 14. Nd2 (14. h3 h6 15. Re2 Bf8 16. Rd2 Qb8 17. Ra4 Rc4
18. Rxc4 Bxc4 19. Be2 Be6 20. Bf3 Rc8 $132 {0-1 (45) Welin,M (2332)-Sagit,R 
(2414) Sweden 2017}) 14... Nf8 {This manoeuvre is rather senseless as Black's
knight will not be placed well on g6.} (14... Bd8 $5 15. Nf1 Nb8 {[%csl Yb8]
[%cal Yb8c6]}) 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. g3 Qd7 (16... Qc6 17. Bg5 Qc5 18. Bd2 Bd8 19.
Ne3 Ne7 20. Na4 Qc6 21. b3 Qd7 22. Bg2 h6 23. c4 $14 {Black withdraws 1-0 (23)
Meier,C (2201)-Ilyin,I (1763) Lechenicher SchachServer 2013}) 17. Re2 h6 18.
Rd2 Rxc3 $6 {[%mdl 512] This exchange sacrifice is tempting but Black doesn't
get enough compensation.} (18... Bh3 $14 {[%cal Yd7e6]}) 19. bxc3 Qc6 20. Rb1
Qxc3 21. Rxb7 Qxa5 22. Ba7 Qa4 23. Ne3 a5 (23... Nxe4 24. c4 $1 Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1
$16) 24. c4 Qc6 25. Qb1 Bc8 26. Rb6 Qa8 27. Bb8 Nd7 28. Rbb2 Nxb8 29. Rxb8 Qa7
30. Bg4 {White has shown his model plan in this game, and Black didn't.} 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Kruppa,Y"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 (8... O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. g4 $13) 9. f4 (9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 $140 Rc8) 9...
Qc7 10. g4 $146 (10. Kh1 Nbd7 (10... O-O 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 h6 13. g5 hxg5 14.
Bxg5 Nbd7 15. Rg1 Rfc8 $16 {Short-Gelfand (Amsterdam 1996, sp 5/96)}) 11. a4
O-O 12. g4 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Nc5 $13 {Anand-Lautier (Amsterdam 1996, sp 5/96)})
10... exf4 (10... h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nfd7 14. Nd5 $16) 11. g5
Nfd7 12. Bxf4 Nc6 13. Bg4 (13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nce5 $11) 13... Bc4 (13... O-O
14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 $16) 14. Rf2 Nde5 15. Bh3 (15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... Qd8 $1)
16. exd5 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. c4 $14) 15... O-O 16. Qh5 (16. Nd5
$5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18. Qh5) 16... g6 17. Qh6 Qb6 18. Kg2 f6 19. Nd5 $6 (19.
gxf6 $142) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 fxg5 (20... Nf7 21. Be6 Ncd8 22. Qh3 $1 $16) 21.
Be6+ Kh8 22. Bg3 Qe3 $1 (22... Nd4 23. Raf1 Nxe6 24. Bxe5+ dxe5 25. Rf7 Rxf7
26. Rxf7 Nf4+ 27. Kh1 $18) 23. dxc6 Qe4+ 24. Kf1 $1 (24. Kg1 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 (25.
Bxf2 Nf3+ $19) 25... Rf8+ 26. Qxf8+ Bxf8 27. c7 Qxc2+ $19) 24... Rxf2+ 25. Bxf2
Qh1+ (25... Rf8 26. Qxf8+ Bxf8 27. c7 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qf3+ 29. Ke1 Qh1+ (29... Ng4
$2 30. Bd4+ $18) 30. Ke2 Qf3+ $11) 26. Ke2 Qf3+ 27. Ke1 Qe4+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+ 29.
Ke1 bxc6 $5 (29... Qe4+ $11) 30. Qh3 Qe4+ 31. Kd1 Rf8 32. Nd2 Qh1+ (32... Qb4
33. Qe3 Qxb2 $2 34. Rb1 $18) 33. Be1 Rf2 (33... Nf3 34. Qf1 $16) 34. Qe3 Rxh2
35. c4 Qg2 $4 $138 (35... Bf6 $13) 36. Bg3 $1 Qh1+ (36... Rh1+ 37. Kc2 Rxa1 38.
Qxe5+ $1) 37. Kc2 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2 Nf3+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Bf2 Ne5 41. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is my game of the day for round 8. I also did brief analysis for nice
wins by Adhiban against Andreikin and Rapport against Magnus Carlsen, but I
chose this draw between Eljanov and Wojtaszek as my game of the day because I
thought it was a very interesting sharp struggle and a true back and forth
battle, rather than being a one-sided affair.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf, in which Wojtaszek is one of the biggest
specialists, along with many other top elite players.} 6. Be2 {A quieter way
to play against the Najdorf.} (6. a3 $5 {This move had been tried earlier in
the tournament by Sergey Karjakin against Pentala Harikrishna, which prompted
Magnus Carlsen to try it against Wojtaszek, where Magnus ended up outplaying
Black, but it's clear that Black could have improved on that game in many
different ways, so Eljanov doesn't want to test Wojtaszek here.}) 6... e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 ({Another approach for Black is} 
10... O-O {I'm curious to know what White had in mind here.} 11. c4 {Maybe
White should play some other way here.} (11. a4) (11. O-O) 11... b5 $1 {
That's the point of not playing ...Bxd5, in order to use the c4-pawn as a hook.
} 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. b3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Ne8 16. O-O Nd6 {with a
complex game which ended up in Black's favour.} 17. a4 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bf4 19. axb5
f5 20. Nd2 Qg5 21. Rad1 axb5 22. exf5 Ra3 23. Ne4 c4 24. Qc2 Qxf5 25. Qb2 Rxb3
26. Qxb3 cxb3 27. Nxd6 Qg6 28. Nxb5 e4 29. d6 b2 30. Nd4 Qxd6 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32.
Ne6 Bxh2+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2 34. Ng5 Bg3 {0-1 (34) Anand,V (2796)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2773) London ENG 2015}) 11. exd5 O-O 12. a4 {Not strictly a novelty, but
already sort of a new idea.} (12. O-O {is a much more popular move here, after
which there is a lot of theory here.} Nc5 $5 (12... Ne8 $5 {is also possible
with two ideas. One is to play for ...f5, and another is to try to trade off
the dark-squared bishops with ...Bg5, since in the long run the bishop on e7
is a bit passive, while White has a bishop pair advantage.} 13. a4 Bg5 14. a5
g6) 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. c4 Qc7 {leads to a non-standard game.}) 12... Rc8 (12...
Ne8 $5 13. a5 Bg5 {I'm not sure if starting with ...Ne8 a move earlier would
make a big difference.}) 13. a5 Ne8 $146 {This move, according to my database,
is the first novelty, a very logical one though of course.} (13... Re8 {
The only other game I found featured 13...Re8.} 14. O-O Bf8 15. c4 g6 16. Nd2
h5 17. f4 $2 (17. h3 $14 {White should have at least some advantage though
here. White has the advantage of the two bishops and a strong space advantage
on the queenside, while Black doesn't have a really obvious plan here as far
as I can see.}) 17... exf4 18. Bxf4 b6 19. b4 bxa5 20. bxa5 Nc5 21. Qf3 Nfd7
22. Bxd6 f5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qf2 Qf6 25. Nf3 Rb8 26. Rab1 Ne4 27. Qa7 Rxb1 28.
Rxb1 Nc3 29. Bd3 Nxb1 30. Qxd7 Nd2 31. Nxd2 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qxd3 {0-1 (32) Le
Goff,D (2270)-Palac,M (2583) Cap d'Agde 2008}) 14. O-O Bg5 15. c4 f5 16. f3 (
16. f4 {Stockfish also suggests this move but it's a very double-edged idea to
give Black the e5-square so easily.} exf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Ne5 19. Qh3 g6
20. Nd4 Ng7 $132) 16... Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 f4 $5 {The start of a very ambitious
plan, perhaps either going for a kingside attack, or more likely just trying
to get control of the e3-square.} (17... Qh4 {This move also seems playable.})
18. Qf2 g5 {This move might already be a bit too ambitious and weakening.} (
18... Rb8 $5 {This move would be very nice prophylaxis against Nd2 since Black
would suddenly open up the b-file and create immediate counterplay.} 19. Nd2 $6
(19. Nc1 $1 {After Nc1 though perhaps White is still better, but this move
isn't so natural to play.} b6 20. axb6 Rxb6 21. Nd3 {Now because of the strong
knight on d3, Black's counterplay falls short.}) 19... b6 $132) (18... g6 {
This was probably more solid, because in a lot of lines the g5-pawn isn't
hanging.}) 19. Nd2 Ndf6 (19... Ng7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. b4 $14 {would also be
better for White:} h6 22. Bd3 Nf6 (22... Ne3 $2 23. Nxd6) 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24.
Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Rac1 $14 {White's pawns on the queenside will be more mobile and
threatening than Black's kingside pawns.}) 20. b4 Ng7 21. Ne4 $1 {But White
got in his move, Ne4 just in time to interfere with Black's plan. Therefore,
possibly this plan didn't work out so well for Black, and it's possible that
Pavel Eljanov knew the nuances of the position a bit deeper than Wojtaszek in
this game.} (21. Bd3 {was also possible but maybe not as clear.} Qd7 {
Stockfish says White is still better, but practically it's easier to play for
Black I think since Black has ideas like ...Nf5 and ...g4.}) 21... Nxe4 22.
fxe4 g4 23. c5 $1 {White is a bit faster.} Qg5 24. c6 bxc6 $5 {I think the
best practical choice.} (24... g3 {This move also falls short.} 25. Qf3 $1
gxh2+ (25... Qh4 26. h3 {is strategically hopeless for Black.}) 26. Kh1 (26.
Kxh2 $5) 26... Rc7 27. Rfc1 $16 {and White is in control. Black can't get
anything going on the kingside. His knight on g7 isn't great, and White's
bishop is a very useful defender and attacker at the same time.}) 25. Bxa6 g3
26. Qf3 Rc7 27. dxc6 gxh2+ 28. Kxh2 d5 $1 {At this point if Black doesn't
create immediate counterplay he will just lose slowly.} 29. exd5 Nf5 30. d6 $6
{Seemingly the idea of this move was probably to simplify the game but in fact
this move does anything but :)} (30. Rae1 $1 {It seems like this move is
cleaner.} Ng3 (30... Rf6 31. Rxe5 $18) (30... Nd4 31. Qe4 Rg7 32. d6 Qh6+ 33.
Kg1 Qxd6 (33... f3 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Qxe5 Qd2 36. Rf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 fxg2+ 38.
Ke3 Nc2+ 39. Kd2 Nxe1 40. Qxe1 g1=Q 41. Qxg1 Rxg1 42. d7 $18 {A picturesque
position. Black has two rooks against White's lone bishop and pawns, but the
rooks are helpless against the 4 monstrous pawns.}) 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Qxe5 $18 {
is an easy technical win.}) (30... Rg7 31. Rxe5) (30... Nh4 31. Qh3 Rf6 32. Kg1
Rh6 33. Be2) 31. Kg1 $1 {That's the key point. White is of course happy to
sacrifice the exchange to eliminate Black's main dynamic threat, his powerful
knight.} Qh4 32. d6 {is just winning. Black's attack doesn't work.} Rg7 33.
Rxe5 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qh4 35. d7 $18) 30... Qh6+ 31. Qh3 Qxd6 32. Bc4+ {The most
natural move, to get the bishop into defence and free up the passed pawns,
with a tempo.} (32. b5 $5 {Maybe this move is playable but to leave the bishop
like this on a6 and completely ignore the kingside is only possible for a
computer to play like that.} Rf6 33. Rfd1 Nd4 {I think that in a practical
game Black has too much initiative even if the computer does defend
miraculously.}) 32... Kh8 33. b5 $6 {Such a natural move but it seems like now
Black really gets too much initiative.} (33. Rfd1 $3 {It seems like only this
very strong move keeps an advantage for White. But it's so hard to give up the
pride and soul of your position, your beautiful passers. But the king safety
is more important.} Qxb4 (33... Qxc6 34. Bd3 {Here Black seems to get enough
counterplay} (34. Rac1 $1 {This seems to be the key 2nd move to make the black
queen commit.} Ne3 $6 (34... Qf6 35. Bd3 {and at least here White is able to
get rid of that dangerous black knight on his terms.}) (34... Qg6 35. Bd3 Rcf7
36. Be4 $16) 35. Be2 $1 Qxc1 36. Rxc1 Rxc1 37. Qe6 $18) 34... Ne3 35. Rac1 Qd6
$1 36. Bxh7 $1 (36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Rc1 Qg7) 36... Ng4+ $1 37. Qxg4 Rxh7+ 38. Kg1
Qe7 39. Rc8 Qa7+ $1 40. Rc5 f3 $1 $132) ({Even still Black can play ...Nd4 and
ignore White's pawns. Though the key difference is, now White isn't forced to
play b5} 33... Nd4 $1 34. a6 $1 Qxc6 35. a7 Rg7 $1 36. b5 Qa8 $1 {Black keeps
making only moves, but now ...Rg3 is a huge threat.} 37. Rd3 f3 38. gxf3 Rxa7 {
Finally Black gets rid of the dangerous passers.} 39. Qg3 $1 {The only move to
continue the battle for an advantage.} Re8 $1 {The only defence not to lose
right away.} 40. Bd5 $1 Qb8 41. Rxa7 Qxa7 42. Qg5 Nxb5 43. Qf6+ Qg7 44. Qxg7+
Kxg7 45. Bc6 Re7 46. Bxb5 e4 47. fxe4 Rxe4 $14 {Wow! And after all that we end
up with rook+bishop vs rook! :) A simply incredible game of chess.}) 34. Be6
Nd4 35. a6 {White seems to have good winning chances here}) 33... Rg7 34. Rad1
Nd4 {This move is fine, but objectively 34...Qc5! might've been much tougher
for White to deal with.} (34... Qc5 $1 {might be stronger since here White
seems to be under pressure and has to play only moves to survive.} 35. Bd3 (35.
Be2 $6 Rg3 $3 36. Qh5 Rg6 $1 $40) 35... Ne3 36. Rc1 Nxf1+ (36... Qa3 $5 {
might be even stronger.} 37. c7 Nxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Rxc7 39. b6 Rg7 40. a6 e4 41.
Bxe4 Qxa6 42. Rb1 f3 43. Bxf3 Qd3 44. Rd1 Qe3 45. b7 Rg6 46. Rb1 Rh6 47. b8=Q
Rxh3+ 48. Kxh3 Rxb8 49. Rxb8+ Kg7 50. Rb7+ $11 {It's a sample computer line,
which is not forced obviously, but shows how difficult it can be for both
sides to play, and funnily enough end in a quiet position (a fortress) :)}) 37.
Rxf1 Rfg8 38. Kh1 e4 $1 39. Bxe4 Qxb5 40. Rxf4 Qxa5 {and I think if anyone is
trying to win, it's Black.}) 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 $1 (35... exd4 $2 36. Qe6 $18) 36.
Qd3 Qc5 (36... Qb2 $5) 37. Rf3 Qe7 {At first chessbomb.com computer claims
this move to be a mistake, but in fact it seems like this move is also
objectively not bad.} (37... Rf6 $5 38. Qd8+ Rf8 39. Qd5 Qe7 {would also be
enough counterplay for a draw.}) 38. Bd5 (38. Qe4 Rg3 $1 {This idea chessbomb
computer misses at a lower depth} 39. b6 (39. Rxg3 $4 fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Rf4 $19)
39... Qg7 $3 {Here too Black will have enough counterplay for a draw.}) 38...
Qg5 $1 39. Rh3 Rd8 $6 {Objectively not the best move, but it worked out very
well for Black in the game, and a very nice practical try it turned out to be.}
(39... f3 $1 {Objectively maybe this move gives Black better chances.} 40. Bxf3
Rd8 {and now suddenly Black generates some counterplay since he now attacks
the queen, and the white queen doesn't have a very nice square to go to.} 41.
Qf1 $1 {This seems like the only move that retains winning chances.} (41. Qc4
$2 Rd2 $1 {Is already a draw.}) (41. Qe4 $2 Rd4 42. c7 Rxc7 {This is equal
also.}) 41... e4 $1 42. Be2 Rdg8 $1 43. g4 (43. g3 Qe5 $1 {The computer on
chessbomb.com doesn't see this far! :)} 44. Qe1 (44. Qf2 e3 45. Qf3 Qe7 $3 {
Sets up a nasty ...Rf7 threat} 46. Rh4 (46. b6 $2 Rf7) 46... Qd6 47. Rh3 Qe7
$11) 44... e3) 43... Qd2 $3 {With very serious counterplay. Black is still
very much in the game.}) 40. b6 $2 {On the last move before the time control
Pavel Eljanov made a heart breaking mistake which allows Black to force a draw.
He just needed to find one more move, and most likely the game would've been
over.} (40. Qf3 $1 {This move would finish off Black since now Black has no
more serious counterplay and White's pawns will be decisive.} e4 {Maybe this
was what Pavel wasn't sure about but it turns out it's not nearly enough for
Black.} 41. Bxe4 Qxb5 {I guess Pavel saw up to here and didn't see a clear win
here, and in fact it's not so obvious that there is a clear win here, while
White just gave up an important b5-pawn. But it turns out Black's king is just
too exposed.} 42. Qc3 $1 $18 (42. c7 $5 {This move also wins but again, it's
not so obvious} Rxc7 43. Qxf4 Rg7 44. Bxh7 $1 {and again, this shot is
decisive.} Rxh7 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Qxd8+ $18) (42. Bxh7 {Finally this move also
wins.} Rxh7 43. c7 {Transposing into the c7 and Qc3 line.}) 42... Kg8 43. c7 $1
Rc8 44. Bxh7+ $3 {That's the point. It's the only winning move though.} Rxh7 (
44... Kf7 45. Be4 $18 {is also completely winning since the attack is
unstoppable.}) 45. Rxh7 Kxh7 46. Qh3+ Kg7 47. Qxc8 {and White wins, since
Black has no perpetual check here.} Qh5+ 48. Qh3) 40... e4 41. Qxe4 f3 $1 {
Possibly this move was missed by Eljanov. Now Black diverts the queen to a
worse square, f3, where it doesn't control the key e5-square. Therefore Black
will be able to give perpetual check.} (41... Rxd5 $4 42. c7 {is possibly what
Eljanov was counting on when he played 40.b6?}) 42. Qxf3 {Everything else
loses. Here Eljanov probably realised that he's blown the win and spent some
time to recover and just make sure he doesn't have some miraculous way still
to win. But unfortunately for him now the win is gone, and in fact if he plays
anything except for Qxf3 he loses by force.} Rxd5 43. c7 Qe5+ 44. Rg3 Rxg3 45.
Qxg3 (45. c8=Q+ $4 Rg8+ {is of course a nice point.}) 45... Qh5+ 46. Qh3 (46.
Kg1 $4 Qd1+ {and here Black will either mate or win the queen by force.}) 46...
Qe5+ {And the game ended in a nice fighting draw. This must have been very
heartbreaking to Pavel Eljanov, especially considering that in the previous
round he was very close to beating Wesley So. Pavel Eljanov could've easily
been a sole leader going into the rest day, and he has really played great
fighting chess in this tournament. Hopefully Pavel can recover from these two
difficult games and continue to play even better after the rest day.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. Nd2 a5 15.
Bd1 Nc5 16. Qe2 g6 17. Nb1 Nh5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qd2 Ng7 20. Ba4 Re7 21. d6 Re6
22. d7 Nf5 23. Qd5 e4 24. Nc3 e3 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Qf3 Rxb2 27. Rab1 $2 (27.
fxe3 Rxe3 28. Qd5 $11) 27... Nd4 $19 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. fxe3+ Kg7 30. Rxb2 Rxe3
31. Nd5 Re2 32. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 33. Kf2 Nd4 34. Re1 Qh4+ 35. Kf1 Ne6 $4 (35... Kf7
36. g3 Qg5 $19) 36. Rxe6 $18 Qxc4+ 37. Ke1 Qxd5 38. Re8 c4 39. d8=Q Bb4+ 40.
Kf2 Bc5+ 41. Ke2 Qxg2+ 42. Kd1 Qf3+ 43. Kc2 Qf5+ 44. Kb2 c3+ 45. Kxc3 Bb4+ 46.
Kb2 Qf2+ 47. Kb1 Qf5+ 48. Bc2 Qf1+ 49. Kb2 Qf4 50. Re4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 (7...
Be6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nb6 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. a4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14.
Re1 O-O 15. Nd2 Be6 (15... b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. b3 Bxb3 19. Nxb5
Qa5 $11 {Smyslov}) 16. Nf1) 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 ({RR} 10. Be3 Be6 11.
Qd2 a5 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Nc1 Ra5 14. Bf3 a3 15. b3 Qc7 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Rac1 h6
18. h3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne2 d5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qe1 Nc3 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24.
Bg4 Qxe1+ {Anand,V (2774)-Polgar,J (2718)/Mainz 2003/CBM 097/1-0 (55)}) 10...
a5 ({RR} 10... b5 11. Be3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. b4 Qa3 15. Rfb1 Be6
16. Qe1 Rfc8 17. Bd2 Bd8 18. Bd3 Rc6 19. Rb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qxb4 21. Nxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:02] 1-0 Azarov,S (2601) -Wojtaszek,R (2726) /Czechia 2010/Mega2011
Update}) 11. Bb5 Na7 $146 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Be3 Nb4 14. a3 a4 15.
Nc1 Nc6 16. Nxa4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. c4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxa4 20. Bb3 Raa8 21.
Nd3 Qb6 22. Nb4 Nd7 23. Nd5 Qxb3 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Rad1 Ra4 26. Nf5 {Jakovenko,
D (2662)-Amonatov,F (2564)/ Moscow 2006/CBM 111 ext/ 1-0 (32)}) 12. Bd3 Nc6 13.
Be3 Be6 (13... a4 $132) 14. Bb5 Na7 $11 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Nd5 a4 $1 17. Nc1 Bxd5
18. exd5 Nd4 $1 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qa5 21. Rd1 (21. c4) 21... Nd7 {[%cal
Gd7c5,Ge7f6]} 22. Rb1 Bf6 $44 23. Qf2 Rfc8 (23... Rac8 {Un plan plus naturel}
24. Bd3 Rfe8) 24. Bd3 a3 (24... Nc5 25. Bf5) 25. b3 g6 26. c4 Qb4 {31"} 27. Bf1
{41" Les deux adversaires avaient joué rapidement la partie.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit (Women) 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. f3 Rac8
15. c4 b6 16. Kh1 Nh5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bd3 g6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21.
Qxf4 Bd6 22. Qh4 Rce8 23. Rae1 Re5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. b3 Kg7 26. Re1 Qd6 27. g3
Re8 28. Re2 Re7 29. Qg5 b5 30. Kg2 b4 31. Qe3 a5 32. Qf3 Qd7 33. Bc2 Bd6 34.
Rxe7 Qxe7 {In spite of the material equality and of the presence of opposite
bishops, White's position is quite unpleasant. The presence of queens on board
makes mating ideas possible. The d5-pawn is safely blocked by the bishop,
which also keeps the king side under pressure. Black's majority is mobile and
could become threatening in any moment. Trotz des materiellen Gleichgewichts
und dem Vorhandensein ungleichfarbiger Läufer ist die weiße Stellung ziemlich
unangenehm. Die Anwesenheit der Damen auf dem Brett ermöglichte Mattideen. Der
Bauer d5 ist sicher vom Läufer blockiert, der gleichzeitig auch den
Königsflügel unter Druck hält. Die schwarze Majorität ist beweglich und könnte
jeden Moment zu einer Bedrohung werden} 35. Qe4 {Of course, the exchange of
queens would lead to a dead draw. Der Damentausch würde natürlich zu einem
toten Remis führen.} Qf6 36. Bb1 h5 {Creating the potential threat of ...h4,
in order to weaken the white king side. Schafft die potentielle Drohung ...h4,
um den weißen Königsflügel zu schwächen.} 37. Bd3 Qg5 38. Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Qe1 Qb2
40. Qf2 Qe5 41. Qe2 Qd4 42. Qe4 Qa1+ 43. Bb1 Qc3 44. Bd3 Qb2 45. Qe2 Qf6+ 46.
Qf2 Qg5 47. Qb2+ Kh7 48. Qf2 Kg8 49. Be4 Qe5 50. Bd3 Kg7 51. Qe2 Qd4 52. Qe4
Qa1+ 53. Bb1 Qb2 54. Qc2 Qd4 55. Qd3 Qf6+ 56. Kg2 {The black queen has finally
escaped the harrasment and Black has time to carry out the thematic Die
schwarze Dame hat sich den Nachstellungen endlich entledigt, und Schwarz hat
Zeit zu dem thematischn} h4 57. Bc2 Qg5 {The simple exchange on g3 would not
necessarily be too effective. Since gxh4 would weaken the position, Black
should combine the threats of ...hxg3 and ...h3. Der einfache Tausch auf g3
wäre nicht unbedingt besonders effektiv. Da gxh4 die Stellung schwächen würde,
sollte Schwarz die Drohungen ...hxg3 und ...h3 kombinieren.} 58. Bd1 f5 59. Be2
Qh6 {[%csl Yg2][%cal Rh4h3]} 60. gxh4 {From a practical point of view, it is
not easy to decide whether White could have avoided this obvious positional
concession. Aus praktischer Sicht ist nicht leicht zu entscheiden, ob Weiß
diese offensichtliche positionelle Konzession hätte vermeiden können.} Qxh4 61.
h3 Qg5+ 62. Kh1 $2 (62. Kf1 $142) 62... Qf4 {[%cal Yf4h2]} 63. Kg2 Qh2+ 64. Kf1
Bg3 $19 {[%cal Yh2h3,Yh2f2,Yh2h1]} 65. Qf3 $8 Qxh3+ 66. Qg2 Qxg2+ 67. Kxg2 Bd6
{[%cal Yg6g4,Rg7f6,Rf6g5,Yf5f3] White can prevent the advance of the king side
pawns only at the cost of his bishop. Weiß kann das Vorrücken der
Königsflügelbauern nur auf Kosten seines Läufers verhindern.} 68. Bd3 Kf6 69.
Bc2 g5 70. Kh3 Kg6 71. Bd1 g4+ 72. Bxg4 (72. Kg2 Kg5 73. Be2 f4 $19) 72...
fxg4+ 73. Kxg4 Bc7 74. Kh4 Kf5 75. Kh5 Bg3 76. Kh6 Ke4 77. Kg5 Kd4 78. Kf5 Kc3
79. Ke6 Kb2 80. d6 Kxa2 81. d7 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 {A rather
modest variation from Black's point of view.} e5 $1 {The adequate reaction. In
the 6.Be2 e5 lines of the Najdorf, White refrains from playing a4 until Black
develops his queen's knight, in order to avoid making the b4-square available
for this piece. Here, he did it even before the typical Boleslavsky structure
has been created.} 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Be6 {Black has easy play.} 11.
Bf3 {By exchanging these knights, Black opens the c-file for counterplay and
partially releases White's pressure against the queenside.} Na5 ({Maybe Kamsky
had prepared something against the more popular} 11... Nb4 {, when White can
maintain the tension with} 12. a5 {, although in practice he has not been too
successfull here either.}) 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qd2 Rfc8 {This is an adequate way
of parrying the threat 14.Nd5 followed by an intermediate capture on e7 with
check in case of 14...Qxd2??} (13... Kh8 {has the same purpose but is hardly
necessary at this stage of the game. However, Black had little trouble in
practice here, too.} 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. h3 Rc4 (15... h6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2
Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd7 19. Be2 Bg5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. a5 f5 {1/2-1/2 Timoscenko,
G-Rashkovsky,N/Kischniev 1975/EXT 2001}) 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxd5 (17... Nxd5
18. exd5 Bd7 19. a5 Rfc8 20. c3 h6 21. Be2 $14 {Milic,B-O'Kelly de Galway,A/
Beverwijk 1963/MCL (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 18. exd5 Ne4 19. Rdd1 (19. Re2 Ng5 $11) (19.
Bxe4 Rxe4 20. a5 f5 $132) 19... Nc5 $1 $11) 14. Rfd1 ({Black's previous move
required some accurate calculation. After} 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Bxd2
Rxc2 $1 17. Bc3 Kxe7 {the rook seems to be in danger, but in fact White cannot
trap it wothout making important positional concessions.} 18. h3 $5 {The most
consistent move.} (18. Rfe1 Bg4 {eliminates the danger for Black immediately.})
(18. Bd1 {allows} Rxc3 $1 19. bxc3 Nxe4 $17 {[%cal Ye4c5] with splendid
compensation for Black.}) 18... Bd7 $1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rd7c6]} 19. Rfe1 Bc6 {
[%cal Yb7b5]} 20. a5 (20. Bd1 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe4 $17) 20... Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b5]
and so on.}) 14... Kf8 {This is a better preparation for the endgame than ...
Kh8.} 15. Qc1 $146 {A sophisticated (though probably over-the-board) novelty,
in Karpov's style, but without any concrete impact over Black's harmonious
position.} (15. h3 Rc4 16. Be2 Rc6 $11 {Klovan,Y-Khasin/Vladivostock 1978})
15... Rc4 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. Qd1 R4c6 18. Rd2 Rc4 ({The thematic sacrifice} 18...
Rxc3 $14 {is probably not entirely sound, because White has no weaknesses on
the kingside.}) 19. Rd3 (19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxa4 $17) 19... R4c6 {For both
sides it is difficult to make further progress.} 20. h3 h6 21. Rd2 Rc4 22. Rd3
R4c6 23. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 {An interesting variation, White
immediately gets the B pair, and creates an unbalanced P structure.} Bxd5 12.
exd5 {Black has different ways to play here.} Ne8 {A typical move, preparing
the standard f5. Here we are on almost virgin soil - I think there is a lot of
unexplored room in these kind of Be2 Najdorfs, which are very complex,
positionally speaking.} ({A recent Anand - Gelfand game saw the main move ...
Nc5. Black wins some tempi, but ends up weakening the light squares on the
Q-side} 12... Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qc4 (15. Qb5 $5 $13 {is the most
common}) 15... Rc8 16. Qb5 b6 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Nh5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (91) Anand,
V (2773)-Gelfand,B (2761) Zuerich 2014}) 13. Bg4 Nef6 (13... g6 $5 {seemed
natural as well. Perhaps White wanted to give the B away on d7? In some
positions, this light-squared B indeed becomes somewhat passive.} 14. Bxd7 Qxd7
15. c4 $13 {White could react with f4!? if Black plays ...f5. On the other
hand, Rac1, and the Q side could also be something interesting for White.}) 14.
Bh3 $1 {No rush to define matters.} Re8 15. c4 e4 (15... b5 $5 16. cxb5 axb5
17. Qxb5 Rb8 $44 {Nb6 is coming next. For example:} 18. Qc4 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6
$44 {there is full compensation now, great play along the a- and b-files}) 16.
Qe2 Nc5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. g3 {I like White's position now, it's
not easy for Black to blockade convincingly the d6-P. Meanwhile, e4 could be a
weakness.} Bd6 20. Bg5 Qe7 21. Bg2 (21. f3 $5 {kind of a weird move at first
sight, but opening lines turns out to be very strong right now} exf3 (21... h6
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. fxe4 Qe7 {is one of the suggestions. But White is a clear P
up, and there is play along the f-file, for example, whenever Black plays f6,
a bunch of weak light-squares appear suddenly} 24. Bg2 $14) 22. Qxe7 $1 Rxe7
23. Rxf3 $36) 21... h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxe4 Qg6 $1 24. Bxg6 Rxe2 25. Bh5 Rxb2
26. Rb1 {Now it becomes interesting. Naturally, there's a great drawing
tendency, but gradually White started to create some problems for Black,
escalating to real pressure, and eventually the whole point!} Rb4 (26... Rxb1
27. Rxb1 b5 {was the standard reaction to exchange everything and go home} 28.
cxb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 g6 $11 {followed by Rxa2.}) 27. Rfc1 b6 28. a3 Rxb1 29. Rxb1
Rb8 $6 (29... b5 {looked like a simple draw once again. It's interesting to
know why Black did not choose this idea. Since after 29...Rb8 it is impossible
for Black to claim any sort of advantage} 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rxb5 Rxa3 32. Rb6
Bf8 $11 {this couldn't be anything to be worried about.}) 30. a4 Kf8 31. Kg2 g6
32. Be2 a5 33. Bd3 h5 34. f4 Kg7 35. Kf3 {Ok, after some moves, the b6-P
became a clear weakness, and White will try pushing his K-side. Objectively,
this is still drawn indeed. But learning how to fight in drawish positions is
a great thing to watch and learn!} Rb7 36. h3 Rb8 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. hxg4 Bc7 39.
g5 Rh8 40. Kg4 Rb8 (40... Rh2 $6 41. d6 Bxd6 42. Rxb6 $16 {things could get
messy. Rb7-Be4-Bd5 coming.}) 41. Re1 Bd6 42. f5 gxf5+ 43. Bxf5 Rh8 44. Rb1 Rb8
$6 {Maybe the first real step in the wrong direction.} (44... Bc7 {was good
enough. Whenever this setup arrives, White's only chance is to play d6. And
Black is ready for that:} 45. d6 Bxd6 46. Rxb6 Rd8 $1 {Be7-Rd4+ threatened} 47.
Rb7 Re8 $1 {avoiding Be4-Bd5. Now Re1-Be7 (attacking g5) is an idea} 48. g6 (
48. Ra7 Re1 49. g6 Re7 50. Ra6 fxg6 51. Rxd6 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Rb7 53. Ke5 Rb4 54.
Kd5 Rxa4 55. Kxc5 Kf7 $11) 48... Re7 49. Rb6 Be5 $11) 45. Bd3 Bc7 46. Re1 Bd6
47. Rh1 Rh8 48. Rb1 Rb8 (48... Bc7 {back to the 44th move analysis.}) 49. Kf5
$1 Bc7 50. Re1 Bd6 51. Rh1 $1 {The key. Now Black can not stop Rh6!, because
the B endgame is lost with the white K on f5.} Re8 (51... Rh8 $2 52. Rxh8 Kxh8
53. Kf6 Kg8 54. g6 $1 {opening way to the Q-side} fxg6 55. Bxg6 Bg3 56. Ke6 Kg7
57. Bh5 Bh4 58. d6 {and Black is helpless:} Bg5 59. d7 Bh4 60. Kd5 Bd8 61. Kc6
Kf8 62. Kb7 Ke7 63. Kc8 b5 64. cxb5 c4 65. Bd1 c3 66. Bc2 Bb6 67. Kb7 Bd8 68.
Kc6 $18 {followed by b6, winning.}) 52. Rh6 Re5+ 53. Kg4 Be7 54. Rxb6 Rxg5+ 55.
Kf4 Rh5 56. Bf5 (56. d6 $5 Bd8 57. Rb8 Bf6 58. Bf5 $16 {placing the P on d7
soon. Could be annoying for Black!}) 56... Rh1 (56... Bg5+ $1 {was a nice
defensive resource} 57. Kg4 (57. Ke5 Rh4 $1 {Bf4+ threatened} 58. d6 Rd4 59.
Be4 Bf6+ 60. Kf5 Rxc4 61. d7 Be7 $11 {kind of holding everything after Rd4})
57... Bd8 $1 {now Rh4+ is coming} 58. Rb8 Rg5+ 59. Kf4 Bc7+ 60. Kxg5 Bxb8 $11)
57. d6 {Now it is getting really annoying for Black.} Rf1+ (57... Bf6 58. Be4
$16 {with Bd5 soon.}) 58. Kg4 Rg1+ $6 (58... Bf6 $5 {stopping Be4} 59. Be4 $6
Be5 $1 60. d7 Rf4+ 61. Kg5 (61. Kh3 Bc7 62. Rb7 Rxe4 63. Rxc7 Rd4 $11) 61...
Bc7 $1 62. Rb7 f6+ $1 63. Kh5 Bd8 {f5-Rh4# coming!} 64. Rb8 Rxe4 65. Rxd8 Rd4
$11) 59. Kh3 Bg5 60. Be4 Ra1 (60... Kf6 $5 61. d7+ (61. Rc6 Ke6 $1 {is the
main idea. The black monarch comes back home in time}) 61... Ke7 62. Bf5 Rh1+
$3 (62... Rd1 63. Rb8 Rd4 64. Rg8 Bf6 65. Bg4 $1 {winning the piece with Re8
next} (65. Re8+ $2 Kd6 66. d8=Q+ Bxd8 67. Rxd8+ Ke5 $1 68. Rxd4 Kxd4 $11) 65...
Kd6 66. d8=Q+ Bxd8 67. Rxd8+ Ke5 68. Re8+ Kf4 69. Be2 $18 {has to be winning})
63. Kg2 Rh4 64. Rb8 Rd4 65. Rg8 Bh4 66. Bg4 f5 $1 67. Bxf5 Kf7 {the key of
this whole 62...Rh1+ idea. Black had the h4-square for the B, so then f5! and
Kf7 was possible} 68. Rh8 $16 {White keeps pushing, but at least it is not
over yet.}) 61. Rc6 $1 Rxa4 62. Rxc5 $18 {There's nothing Black can do against
the white central Ps.} Bf6 63. Rc8 Ra3+ 64. Kg4 a4 65. c5 Rc3 66. c6 a3 67. Ra8
Rc4 68. Kf4 Rc5 69. d7 Bg5+ 70. Kg3 f5 71. Bf3 Kf7 72. Bd5+ Kg6 73. Rg8+ Kh6
74. Rxg5 Rxd5 75. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The 3rd round of the Geneva FIDE GP and Radjabov is the only player on 2/2,
while everybody else is trying to catch him!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 $5 {A move that has a positional reputation, but may
create complicated and agressive positions, as we will see in the game!} e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 {Threatening to take on e4.} (9... Nxd5 $5 {
keeping the bishop is another way to play this} 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qd2 {it is
important to avoid ...Bg5 once and for all} (11. a4 {was played in the oldest
game I found with this quick Nd5 idea: back in 1945!} Nd7 12. a5 Bg5 $1 {
and Black is already confortable, the e3 bishop is an important piece} 13. Bg4
Bxe3 14. Bxf5 Ba7 $1 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. c4 Rhc8 19.
Nd2 f5 $15 {0-1 (43) Stulik,V-Opocensky,K Prague 1945, and Black is simply
better.}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Bg6 13. a4 $1 (13. Rac1 $6 {I played this move in
a game, but didn't get any advantage} a5 $1 14. a4 Nd7 15. Bb5 f5 16. f4 (16.
f3 $5 {was better}) 16... Nf6 17. g3 Ng4 18. c3 Bf6 (18... Be8 $1 $15 {would
be very annoying, threatening to take and play a4. If I take on e8, then I
have problems controlling the queenside properly (...Rxe8! and ...Qc7 with ...
Qc4 ideas)}) 19. Rce1 h5 20. Qe2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 h4 22. Nd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Mekhitarian,K (2550)-Oparin,G (2617) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 13... Nd7 14. a5 h6 15.
c4 Rc8 16. Rac1 {and White had great play on the queenside in this game} e4 $6
(16... Re8 {should be better}) 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Bf4 Bg5 20. Bxg5
hxg5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Qd2 $16 {½-½ (45) Di Berardino,D (2494)-Leitao,R 
(2636) Joao Pessoa 2013, followed with either b4 or Rc3-Rb3-Rb6.}) (9... Nxe4
$2 {is simply bad} 10. Bb6 Qc8 11. Nc7+ Kf8 12. Nxa8 Nd7 13. Be3 $16) 10. Qd3
O-O (10... Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. g4 $1 {The idea seen in Eljanov's game was
found and tried for the first time by Alexander Khalifman in round 16 of the
FIDE World Championship back in 1999, against one of the world's best Najdorf
specialists - Boris Gelfand. Khalifman used it with success and went on to win
the tournament!} Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. O-O-O e4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4
Ne5 18. h5 {and the scary pawn avalanche comes with deadly effects} Rc8 $2 (
18... f5 $1 {was the only chance to survive} 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. Rhg1 $16) 19.
Rh4 $1 c4 {Gelfand tries direct counterplay by sacrificing two pawns, but
White takes the material and remains well defended} 20. Rxe4 c3 21. bxc3 Qa5
22. Kb1 Rxc3 23. Bd4 $18 {1-0 (39) Khalifman,A (2628)-Gelfand,B (2713) Las
Vegas 1999}) 11. a4 $5 {A flexible move, that is almost always useful in this
variation.} (11. O-O {is the most common move here} Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne8 (12...
Rc8 $5 {threatening Nb6} 13. c4 Ne8 14. Rac1 (14. g3 $5 Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16.
gxf4 $13 {with an unclear position}) 14... b6 15. Kh1 (15. Bg4 $5) 15... Bg5
16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 a5 18. Nd2 f5 $15 {0-1 (52) Dastan,B (2519)-Saric,I 
(2618) Minsk 2017, and Black got a perfectly fine position.}) (12... Nb6 $6 13.
c4 a5 14. a4 $1 Nfd7 15. Bd2 $1 {hitting a5} Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bc3 Bd6 18.
b3 $16 {and White has a clear plan to play Rae1, Bd1-Bc2, with amazing
prospects on the kingside}) 13. a4 Bg5 14. a5 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nef6 16. c4 Rb8 17.
Rfb1 Qc7 18. Nd2 $36 {1/2-1/2 (59) Carlsen,M (2838)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2803)
Karlsruhe 2017, with good potential on the queenside.}) 11... Bxd5 (11... Nxd5
$5 {has to be tried in future encounters} 12. exd5 e4 $1 {forced and good} 13.
Qd2 {looks more logical} (13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qd3 Bxd5 15. O-O $13 {White has a
better structure, but Black has good activity, the position should be balanced}
) 13... Bf5 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 h6 {with a very complex position} (15... Bxh4 $2
16. g5 $18) 16. O-O-O (16. g5 $5 h5 17. O-O-O $13) 16... Bxh4 17. Rh3 $40) 12.
exd5 Nc5 $6 {A typical move changing the structure, that also stops White from
expanding on the queenside. On the other hand, White obtains a strong passed
pawn on d5, and a perfect scenario to play with c4 and g4!, castling queenside.
} ({A similar precedent was:} 12... Rc8 13. a5 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. c4 e4 16.
Qc2 Bd6 17. O-O (17. g4 $5 {would be also possible here, like Eljanov played})
17... Qc7 18. g3 Rce8 19. Rfc1 Nd7 20. b4 f5 $36 {0-1 (25) Castrillon Gomez,M 
(2210)-Vazquez,G (2443) Medellin 2017, and Black already has a strong
initiative.}) (12... Ne8 $1 {preparing ...f5, has never been tried before, and
should be a good move.}) 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. c4 Qc7 15. Qc2 Rae8 $6 (15... e4 {
perhaps should be better, because if White plays the same g4 now, then Black
may decide where to place the a8-rook.}) 16. g4 $1 $16 {A good moment to play
this move, because Black has already removed the rook from a8, meaning White
will have more freedom to castle queenside. Also, Black will never be able to
expand with ...f5 anymore, as usually happens in this pawn structure. White
definitely won the opening battle here and has a good advantage.} e4 {This had
to be played sooner or later.} 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Kb1 Ne5 20. h4 $1 (
20. Qxe4 $6 {there is no need to take this pawn, as it helps Black} Nc6 $5 $44
{followed by ...Nb4. White would also have an advantage here, but Black has
time to breathe now.}) 20... Nf3 21. Rh3 $6 (21. h5 $1 {would be very strong.
The problem is that Black only starts the counterplay on the queenside after
white decides to take on f3 (something he will do whenever he wants)} Qd7 (
21... f6 {is the computer's suggestion, and does not solve all the problems}
22. Bxf3 exf3 23. h6 g6 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Rhe1 $16 {and Black has problems
defending his king, and at the same time watching the passed d-pawn, Bg5 is
coming next}) 22. a5 {another problem is that Black can't even play ...Rb8 for
...b6, because e4 is hanging} Qc7 23. Bxf3 exf3 24. Bd2 $1 Re2 $2 25. h6 g6 26.
Qc3 $18 {followed by Qxf3.}) 21... Qd7 $1 {I guess Eljanov missed this. In any
case, he is still better.} 22. Rhh1 Qe7 (22... f5 23. gxf6 Rxf6 24. h5 $16 {
also looks good for White.}) 23. Bxf3 exf3 24. h5 b5 $1 {Counterplay gets
there in time.} 25. cxb5 axb5 26. axb5 Qd7 (26... Rb8 $5 $132) 27. Qd3 (27. Rh4
$5 Qxb5 28. h6 g6 29. Bf4 {not an easy move! now Qc3 is the real threat,
because ...Be5 is no longer possible} Bxf4 30. Rxf4 f6 $1 31. Rxf3 (31. Rxf6 $2
Rxf6 32. gxf6 Kf7 $3 {and Black has very strong counterplay with ...Re2 next} (
32... Re2 $4 33. f7+ $1 Kxf7 34. Qc3 $18 {with a decisive attack})) 31... Re2
32. Rb3 $1 Rxc2 33. Rxb5 Rxf2 34. gxf6 $16 {should be good for White, but
Black is fighting.}) 27... Rb8 28. h6 g6 (28... Qxb5 $2 29. Qc3 $1 $16) 29. Bd2
Rxb5 30. Bc3 Rb3 31. Rhe1 {Preparing Qxf3.} (31. Qxf3 $2 Be5 $1 $36 {and Black
grabs the initiative.}) 31... Qg4 {Forced.} 32. Re4 Qxg5 (32... Qf5 $5 33. Kc2
Rfb8) 33. Qxf3 Be5 $2 (33... Qxh6 $1 {was necessary} 34. Qf6 Rxc3 {and Black
is totally in the game, with decent compensation} 35. Qxc3 Qh5 $44 {followed
by ...Qf5.}) 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. d6 $2 (35. Bxe5 $1 {was winning on the spot}
Rxf3 36. Bc7 $18 {followed by d6, should be a very sad endgame for Black.})
35... f6 $1 36. d7 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Qe7 $2 {Probably in severe time trouble, Ian
throws away a study-like defence to draw this very difficult game. In the
post-game interview Eljanov said that after 34.Rxe5 Qxe5 35.d6, it was already
hopeless for Black, meaning he also did not realize that Black is not losing
the rook endgame, which is totally understandable.} (37... Qxc3 $1 38. bxc3 Rd8
{it was very hard to understand that Black does not lose this position, with
an outside passed pawn for White (since c5 will fall in a few moves)} 39. Kb2
Kf7 40. Kb3 Ke6 41. Kc4 Rxd7 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Kxc5 g5 44. Kd5 (44. Kb6 g4 45.
c4 f5 46. Kb7 Kd6 47. Kb6 Kd7 $11) (44. f3 Kc7 $1 (44... Ke6 $1 {is also enough
}) (44... f5 $2 45. Kd5 g4 46. fxg4 fxg4 47. Ke4 Kc6 48. Kf4 Kc5 49. Kxg4 Kc4
50. Kf5 Kxc3 51. Kf6 Kd4 52. Kg7 Ke5 53. Kxh7 Kf6 {and Black loses by one tempo
} 54. Kg8 $18) 45. Kd5 Kd7 46. c4 f5 {now the advance is well-timed, because
White already pushed his pawn and Black will be able to grab it and come back
in time to the kingside} 47. Ke5 g4 48. fxg4 fxg4 49. Kf4 Kd6 50. Kxg4 Kc5 51.
Kf5 Kxc4 52. Kf6 Kd5 53. Kf7 Ke5 54. Kg7 Ke6 55. Kxh7 Kf7 $11) 44... g4 45. Ke4
Ke6 46. c4 f5+ 47. Kf4 Kf6 $1 {provoking the c-pawn} 48. c5 Ke6 49. c6 Kd6 50.
Kxf5 Kxc6 51. Kxg4 (51. Kf6 Kd6 52. Kg7 Ke6 53. Kxh7 Kf7 $11) 51... Kd6 52. Kf5
Ke7 $11) 38. Qb3+ Kh8 39. Qd5 $18 {Now it's all over.} Rd8 40. Rd3 {and Black
resigned, because of the Re3 threat. Eljanov moves to 2nd place with 2/3, and
Radjabov keeps the sole lead in Geneva with 2,5/3!} (40. Rd3 g5 (40... Qe1+ 41.
Ka2 Qa5+ 42. Ra3 $18) 41. Re3 Qxd7 42. Qxd7 Rxd7 43. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {uma das variantes
favoritas de Karpov. As opções mais agressivas são 6.Be3 e 6.Bg5,
desenvolvendo rapidamente a ala da Dama para em seguida rocar grande e atacar
na ala do Rei.} e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nc5
(11... O-O 12. g4 a5 (12... Nb6 13. c4 Rc8 14. Nd2 Na4 15. h4 a5 16. g5 Nd7 17.
b3 Nac5 18. Qf5 Ra8 19. h5 Qc8 20. Bg4 Qd8 21. Bd1 g6 22. Qh3 Bxg5 23. hxg6 h6
24. Bc2 fxg6 25. Ke2 Kg7 26. Rag1 Rh8 27. Bxg6 Qf6 28. Bf5 {1-0 Dominguez,
L-Herrera,I/Linares ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 324 (28)}) 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4 a4
15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qa3 Qa5 17. b4 axb3 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. cxb3 Ra8 20. Nc4 Nxb3 21.
Rb1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Rc1 f6 25. f4 fxg5 26. Nc8 {Short,N-Xu
Jun/Beijing 2000/CBM 78/1-0 (64)}) 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. O-O-O Qd6 14. g4 $5 $146 (
14. Bf3 O-O 15. g4 b5 16. g5 c4 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. Kb1 c3 20. Qg3 Nb6
21. Rd3 Na4 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Bc1 Bf8 24. Re1 Bg7 25. Be4 Rab8 26. Qh4 Nc5 27.
Rxc3 Na4 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {Lima,D-Dominguez,L/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (51)
}) 14... b5 15. g5 c4 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qh3 Nd7 18. Kb1 c3 19. b3 O-O 20. Rhf1 $3
{não há tempo para atacar na ala do Rei, portanto a única maneira de evitar
que as Pretas prossigam tranqüilamente com o ataque na ala da Dama й
recorrendo ao sistema tradicional de criar contra-jogo no centro.} (20. Qg2 a5
21. Bxb5 (21. h4 a4 $19) 21... a4 $40) 20... Rfb8 $1 (20... a5 $6 21. Bxb5 Nc5
(21... a4 22. Qxd7 axb3 23. Qxd6) 22. f4 $1 e4 (22... a4 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf4
Qg7 25. d6 axb3 26. axb3 Nxb3 27. cxb3 c2+ 28. Kxc2 Rfc8+ 29. Bc4 Ra2+ 30. Kd3
$18) 23. a4 (23. Bc6 a4 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 $40) 23... Rfb8 $1 24. Bd4 $1 Rxb5 (24...
Nxa4 25. Bxa4 Qa3 26. Qxc3 Qxa4 27. Qc7 Rxb3+ 28. cxb3 Qxb3+ 29. Bb2 Rb8 30.
Qe5 $18) 25. axb5 Nd3 $5 (25... a4 26. Qxc3) 26. Bxc3 (26. cxd3 Qb4 $40) (26.
Qe3 $5) 26... Nxf4 27. Qg4 $16) 21. f4 a5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bd4 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Yd4h8]} Bxg5 (23... a4 24. Qxc3 (24. Rxf7 Nxf7 25. Rf1 axb3 26. Rxf7
bxc2+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ $19) 24... Nd7 (24... b4 25. Qg3 axb3 26. Qxe5 bxc2+ 27.
Kxc2 Rxa2+ 28. Kb1 Qxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe2 30. Bxb8 $18) 25. Qf3 $16) 24. Qg3 f6 25.
h4 Bd2 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxe5 Qb6 28. d6 $1 {o Bispo de casas pretas vale
muito mais que uma Torre.} Qc5 29. d7 Rd8 (29... Rb6 $142 {[%csl Gg6]}) 30. Bd6
$18 Qf5 31. Bg4 Qe4 32. Rf1 Bh6 $4 (32... Ra6 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. Bxe5 {e as
Brancas devem ganhar material.}) 33. Re1 Qc6 34. Bf3 ({o mais forte era} 34.
Be6+ {com ataque de mate, conforme podemos ver na variante que segue} Kh8 35.
Be5+ Bg7 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qe5+ Kh6 38. Qe3+ Kg7 39. h5 {e a posição das
Pretas seria indefensável. Ex.:} Rxd7 40. h6+ Kf8 41. Qf4+ Ke7 42. Bf7+ $1 {
etc.}) 34... Qxd7 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Re7 Qxe7 37. Bxe7 Rxd5 38. Qf3 $1 {[%csl
Ra8,Rd5][%cal Yf3a8] й interessante que não há como evitar a perda de uma
Torre inteira!} Rf5 (38... Rad8 39. Bxd8 Rxd8 40. Qf6+) 39. Qxa8+ Kg7 40. a3
Rf1+ 41. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb6 (11... Nd4 {Plus courant}) 12. Rhf1
(12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 exd4 16. f4 h5 17. a4 Kd7 18.
a5 Rae8 19. Bd3 h4 20. g4 hxg3 21. hxg3 g5 22. b4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Kc7 24. Kb2
Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Rh8 26. Rf1 b5 27. axb6+ Kxb6 28. Kb3 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bg7 30. Re1 Bf6
31. Rg1 Rb8 32. Re1 Ra8 33. Kb2 Rh8 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Kc1 Bg7 36. Kd1 Bh6 37. f5
Bg7 38. Ra5 Ra7 39. Ke2 Bf6 40. Kf3 Ra8 41. Ra1 a5 {Karjakin,S (2763)-Nakamura,
H (2758) Moscow 2011 1/2-1/2}) 12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5
O-O 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Qf3 $146 (18. Bd3 $142 b5 19. Bf5 Ra7 20. Qh3
$14 g6 21. Bd3 Rae7 22. Qg3 Re1 23. f4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Re3 25. Qf2 Qd8 26. Qd2
Qa8 27. Qa5 Re8 28. Qb6 Qxd5 29. Qxa6 Ra8 30. Qxb5 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1 Qe6 32. Kb1
Qa2+ 33. Kc1 Qe6 34. Kb1 Qa2+ {1/2-1/2 (34) Felgaer,R (2636)-Gelfand,B (2717)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) 18... Re5 $132 {[%csl Rd5]} (18... Rac8) 19. Bd3 Qxd5
20. Qxd5 Rxd5 {Gagne un P mais au prix fort} 21. f4 h5 22. b4 $1 $44 {[%csl
Rd5]} a5 23. Bc4 Rf5 24. Bd3 Rd5 25. c4 dxc3 26. Bh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxd5 axb4 28.
Rxh5+ Kg6 29. g4 Bd4 30. Re1 c2+ $1 31. Kxc2 Rxa2+ 32. Kd3 Bc5 33. Re7 Ra3+ 34.
Kc2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {This is new
variation for Muzychuk,specially prepared for the World Championship.But, as
the game shows, it is an extremely dangerous thing -to play not very well
prepared variations in such important competitions.} e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Kh1 ({There are two much more aggressive continuations} 9. f4 {and}) (9. Qd3
) 9... b6 ({Black avoids directly playing} 9... b5 {as in this case White was
ready with the counter-strike} 10. a4 b4 ({The more modern approach promises
better counterplay} 10... Bb7 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 d5 14. exd5
Bxd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Bxb5 e4 18. fxe4 Rb8 19. Bd3 Nxe4 20. Bf4
Rd8 21. Qe1 Re8 22. Nd2 Ndf6 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Bb5 Rd8
27. Bd3 {1/2 Stellwagen,D -Bu Xiangzhi ,Wijk aan Zee NED 2007}) 11. Nd5 {
with some unpleasant moments for Black.} Bb7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 d5 14. exd5
Bxd5 15. Bg5 Rd8 16. Qe1 Nc6 17. Qf2 h6 18. Be3 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Nd4 20. Bc4 Nd5
21. Rae1 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd6 23. Re4 Nc6 24. f4 Rd4 25. Qe1 Ra7 26. h3 Qc5 27.
Qe3 Qd6 28. fxe5 Rxe4 29. Qxa7 {1-0 Jakovenko,D -Najer,E ,Krasnoyarsk RUS 2003}
) ({Another development of the night is very popular, but the most recent
example is not encouraging for Black} 9... Nc6 10. f3 b5 11. Be3 Na5 12. Nxa5
Qxa5 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. b4 $5 Qa3 15. Rfb1 Be6 16. Qe1 Rfc8 17. Bd2 Bd8 18. Bd3 (
18. Rb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qxb4 20. Nxb5 Qc5 21. Bb4 Qxc2 22. Nxd6 {with some
initiative.}) 18... Rc6 19. Rb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qxb4 21. Nxb5 {1-0 Azarov,
S-Wojtaszek,R, CZE 2010}) ({Garry Kasparov performed a very slow regrouping of
the pieces:} 9... Bd7 10. Be3 Bc6 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. h3 Rc8
15. Rad1 h6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. g3 Rfd8 18. Kh2 Re8 19. Re2 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21.
Nd2 Rc7 22. Bg2 Rec8 23. Nb3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bxe4 25. Bc1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxc3 27.
Ba3 Ne8 28. f4 {1/2 DEEP JUNIOR-Kasparov,G ,New York USA 2003}) 10. Be3 (10.
Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. f3 Rac8 15. c3 Rfd8 16. a4 h6
17. Rfd1 Qb8 18. Qd2 Qa8 19. Nc1 Rf8 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Bxb6 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23.
Bg1 e4 24. Qxe4 Nxc3 25. Qxe7 Rfe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. bxc3 {1-0 Diamant,A
-Yilmaz,M ,Puerto Madryn ARG 2009}) 10... Bb7 11. f3 b5 ({Direct counterplay
in the centre does not work because of nice deflecting tactics} 11... d5 12.
exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxb6) 12. a4 ({A more direct central strategy is
possible:} 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15. a4 Nf6 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Na5 Bxd5 18. Bxb5 Qc7 19. c4 Ba8 20. Rac1 e4 21. f4 Ng4 22. b4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3
Rfd8 24. Nb3 Bf6 25. Rfd1 {with very unbalanced position, Smeets,J -Zhigalko,A
,Peniscola ESP 2002}) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3
Bg5 17. Bf2 {Of course, it is in Black's interest to exchange bishops.} Qc7 (
17... h5 18. c4 Re8 19. Rb1 h4 20. Nd2 Bc8 21. Ne4 Be7 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5
dxc5 24. d6 Bf8 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bd5 Ra7 27. Rf2 c4 28. Bc6 Bd7 29. Bd5 Be6 {
with an equal position, Ye Jiangchuan -Ghaem Maghami,E ,Jodhpur 2003}) 18. c4
a5 {It is useful not to allow a4-a5, despite the weakening of b5 square.} (
18... Rab8 19. Bd3 f5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rfd1 Kh8 22. Bf1 Ba8 23. c5 $1 dxc5 24.
Nxc5 Rbc8 25. Bxa6 Nxc5 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. d6 Qc6 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Bc6 30.
d7 Rd8 31. a5 {1-0 Jakovenko,D -Gelfand,B ,Moscow 2009}) 19. Nd2 Bxd2 {A
slightly strange decision, but this knight planned to transfer via b1-c3-b5.
So, there is real logic behind this exchange.} ({It was possible to start
direct play on the kingside} 19... f5 20. Nb1 $1 Nc5 21. Nc3 Rfc8 22. Qc2 Qd7
23. Rab1 Ba6 24. g4 fxg4 25. Bxc5 gxf3 26. Rxf3 dxc5 27. Rg1 Bf4 28. Bd3 {
White keeps the initiative, Nijboer,F -Schut,L ,Maastricht 2010}) 20. Qxd2 Ba6
21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Qc3 ({Maybe it was better to attack the a5-pawn immediately} 
22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Be1) 22... f5 23. Rfc1 Nc5 24. Be1 ({It was possible to avoid
the multiple exchanges which are now forced:} 24. Qa3) 24... Rfc8 25. Rxb8 ({
It was still possible simply to improve the positions of her own pieces:} 25.
Qc2 g6 26. Bc3) 25... Rxb8 26. Qxa5 Qb7 ({Black had very good compensation for
the pawn after the exchange of queens:} 26... Qxa5 27. Bxa5 Rb2 28. Re1 Kf7 29.
Bc7 Ke7 30. a5 Na4) 27. Qc3 $6 {It was better to keep the queen on a5, from
where it makes some serious threats.} (27. Rd1 Qb2 28. Bd2 e4 29. Rg1 $5 e3 $2
30. Bxe3 Qxe2 31. Bxc5 Bxc4 32. Bxd6) 27... Qb2 $1 {After the exchange of
queens, the positions of Black's pieces clearly compensate for White's extra
pawn.Of course, it is much easier to play such positions with Black - but
White is not worse at the moment.} 28. Bf1 Nxa4 29. Qxb2 Rxb2 30. Kg1 Nc5 31.
Ra1 $6 ({Technically better would be} 31. Bc3 Rb3 32. Be1 Kf7 33. Ra1) 31...
Rc2 {Now Black starts a direct attack - the target is the c4-pawn.} 32. Bf2
Bxc4 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. d6 ({It was possible to play more simply and better} 34.
Re1 Bxd5 35. Rxe5 Bf7 36. Rxf5 g6 37. Re5 c4 38. Be2 c3 39. Kf2) 34... Kf7 35.
Rd1 Ke8 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Rd5 Kd7 ({A more technically correct way was to
include few important checks} 37... Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 {keeping white
king cut off.}) 38. Rxe5 Kxd6 39. Rxf5 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 c4 (40... Rc2+ {was still
preferable, as the more technical decision.}) 41. Rf8 {It was not really
dangerous if White started attacking Black's pawns} (41. Rg5 Rc2+ (41... Rd1
42. Ke2 Rd5 43. Rxg7 c3 44. Rg8 Kc5 45. Rg7 $1) 42. Ke3) 41... Rc2+ 42. Kg3 Re2
43. Rc8 Kd5 44. Rc7 g6 45. Rxh7 ({Ther was not enough time to start bringing
the king closer to pawn on c4} 45. f4 Rb2 46. Kf3 h5 47. Rd7+ Kc5 48. Rc7+ Kb4
49. h3 h4 50. g4 hxg3 51. Kxg3 c3) 45... c3 46. Rc7 c2 47. Kf4 g5+ $1 48. Kxg5
$2 ({Strange, but a much better try would be} 48. Kg3 Kd4 (48... Rd2 49. Rc8
$11 (49. h4 $2 gxh4+ 50. Kxh4 Rd4+ 51. Kg5 Rc4)) (48... Kd6 49. Rc3 Ke5) 49. h4
gxh4+ 50. Kxh4 Rxg2 51. f4 Ke4 52. Kh3 Re2 53. Kg4 $11 Kd3 54. Rd7+ Kc3 55.
Rc7+ Kd2 56. f5 c1=Q 57. Rxc1 Kxc1 58. f6 Rf2 59. Kg5 Kd2 60. Kg6 Kd3 61. f7 {
and the black king can't prevent the promotion of the white pawn.}) 48... Kd6
49. Rc3 Re5+ 50. Kf6 Rc5 51. Rxc2 Rxc2 52. g4 Rxh2 53. g5 (53. f4 {does not
help:} Rh6+ 54. Kg5 Rh8 55. Kg6 Rg8+ 56. Kh5 Ke7) 53... Rf2 54. g6 Rxf3+ 55.
Kg7 Ke7 56. Kg8 Kf6 57. g7 Rg3 58. Kh8 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Minic/Sindik"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{Inf.27/469} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f5 (12. Kh1 $5) 12...
Bc4 13. a5 Rfc8 (13... b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Kh1 Rfc8 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxc4
Rxc4 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Ra2 $1 $14) 14. Kh1 $6 (14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Ra4 Qc7 16. Qe2
$14) 14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 d5 $1 16. exd5 Bb4 17. Bd2 (17. Na2 Nxd5 18. Nxb4 Nxb4
19. c3 Nd5 $15) 17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxd5 $15 19. Rf3 Re8 $1 20. Ra4 N7f6 21.
Nd2 $2 (21. Rc4 $5 Qe7 $15) 21... Qd7 22. Rh4 (22. Rc4 Qb5 $1 $17 {><a5}) 22...
Nxc3 23. bxc3 e4 24. Rf1 Qc6 25. h3 e3 26. Nc4 Re7 27. Rf3 Rae8 28. Rd4 Nd5 29.
f6 Re4 $1 $19 (29... Nxf6 30. Nd6 {/\ Nf5~~}) 30. Rg3 (30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Nxe3
$2 Qe6 $19) 30... g6 31. Rg4 Rxg4 32. hxg4 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Minic/Sindik"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{Inf.27/465} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. a4 (8. O-O $142 Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. f4 (
10. Be3 {- Inf.25/525}) 10... Nb4 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Bf3 b5 $15 14.
axb5 axb5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 (16. Nxb5 Bxb5 (16... Qb7 $5) 17. Qxb5 Nxc2 18.
Rac1 Rfb8 19. Qd3 Nb4 $15) 16... d5 $1 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. exd5 Nbxd5 19. Bxd5
Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxb5 exf4 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Bxf4 (23. Qf3 fxe3 24. Qxe3
Bf6 $1 25. c3 Qb8 $15) 23... Qxf4 24. Qf3 (24. Qh5 Bf6) 24... Qe5 $44 25. Rf1
Bf6 26. Rb1 Qb5 27. h3 $2 (27. g3) 27... h5 $1 28. Qe3 h4 $17 29. Qf3 Qc4 30.
Qf2 (30. Rd1 Qxc2 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Qa8 Qd1+ $17) 30... Be5 $1 31. Rf1 Bb8 32.
Qf3 $138 (32. Kg1 Rd7 $17) 32... Qc7 33. Kg1 Qh2+ 34. Kf2 Re8 35. Qb7 Bf4 $2 (
35... Bg3+ 36. Kf3 Be1 $19) 36. c3 g6 (36... Bg3+ $19) 37. Nd4 Be3+ 38. Ke2
Bxd4+ 39. Kd3 Qg3+ 40. Kxd4 $2 (40. Rf3 $1 Re3+ 41. Kxd4 Qe5+ 42. Kc4 Qe6+ 43.
Kb4 Re4+ 44. Ka3 $13) 40... Qe3+ 41. Kc4 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 21st"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Mortensen,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 {Gelfand's idea} 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {I have not been able to find any
games with this continuation.} (10... Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Bd5 Rc8
14. Nd2 (14. Qg4 Qc7 15. Rad1 $14 {Gutman}) 14... b5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Nf3 Rfd8
17. Qd2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Ne1 Ra8 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. f3
h6 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Ra7 27. Rxa7 Qxa7 28. Qc4 Rb8 29. g3 Kh7
30. Kg2 Qe3 31. Rxd6 Rc8 32. Qf1 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Bxf7 Qd2+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+
36. Kxf2 Bb6+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. c3 bxc3 39. b3 g5 40. Kd3 Kg7 41. Be8 Kf6 42. b4
Bg1 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Bf2 45. h5 Ke7 46. Ba4 Bg3 47. Kxc3 {- Kasparov,
Gary-Gelfand,Boris/Linares14th (3) ;CBM 57 1997}) 11. Nd5 Nxd5 (11... Bb7 12.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 $14 h6 14. Bh4 g5 $5 15. Bf2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Re1 Nf4 18.
Bf1 Rad8 (18... Rfd8 $5) 19. Qd2) 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 Nf6 15.
Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nxe4 {White is slightly better because of the weak black
pawns on the queenside. The pawn on b6 cannot move as it has to keep Nb3 out.}
17. Rd5 (17. Rc6 $5) 17... Re8 (17... f6 $5 18. f3 Ng5 {with the idea Nf7 and
Be6 is another defensive idea.}) 18. Kg1 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. Rd7 Nf6 (20...
Re7 21. f3 (21. Bf3 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 bxc5 24. b3 $14) 21... Nf6 22.
R7d6 Bc8 23. Nd2 $14) 21. R7d6 Be4 22. c3 Bc2 23. Rc1 (23. Re1 Red8 24. Rc6 (
24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxa6 Ra8 $5) 24... a5 $11) 23... Bxb3 24. axb3 Red8 $1 {
Going for active counterplay.} (24... a5 25. Rcd1 Ke7 26. Bc4 Rec8 27. f3 Rc7
28. Bb5 $14) 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxa6 Rd2 27. Rb1 Ng4 28. f3 (28. Bc4 $5 e4 (
28... Nxf2 $2 29. Rf1) (28... f5 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Rf1 $16) (28... f6 29. Rf1
Rxb2 30. h3 Nh6 31. Ra1 $14) 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Rf1 e3 31. Re1 Rd1 $11) 28... Ne3
29. Re1 (29. Bf1 f5 $44) 29... Nxg2 30. Rxe5 Nf4 (30... Nh4 31. Bb7 Ng6 32. Rb5
$16) 31. Bf1 f6 32. Rb5 Nd5 {This leads by force to a drawn rook ending.} 33.
Bc4 Ne3 34. Rxb6 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rxb2 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39.
Rb7+ Kf8 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Re7+ Nxc4 42. bxc4 Kf8 43. Rc7 Rc2 44. h4 h5 45. c5
Rxc3 46. Kg2 g5 47. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. g4 Be6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bg4 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Be3 Nb6 15.
Nd2 N8d7 16. a5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Ra4 Qc6 19. Rb4 b5 20. axb6 a5 21. Rb5
Rab8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxa5 Nxb6 24. Ra6 Qc7 25. Nb5 Qb7 26. Rxb6 Qxe4+ 27. Kg1
Rxb6 28. Bxb6 Rb8 29. Nc3 Qc4 30. Be3 Rxb2 31. Ne2 Rxc2 32. Ng3 d5 33. Qb1 Bb4
34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Bxc1 e4 37. h4 Kf7 38. Bf4 Bc3 39. Ne2 Bb2 40.
Kg2 Kg6 41. Ng3 Kf7 42. Bd2 Ba3 43. Be3 Bd6 44. Kh3 g6 45. Ne2 e5 46. Ng3 Ke6
47. Ba7 Bb4 48. Kg4 Be1 49. h5 Bc3 50. h6 Be1 51. Kh3 Bd2 52. Be3 Ba5 53. Bc1
Bb6 54. Kg2 Ba5 55. Kf1 Bb6 56. Ke2 Ba5 57. Bd2 Bb6 58. Ke1 Bc5 59. Be3 Bb4+
60. Kd1 Ba5 61. Kc2 Bb4 62. Kd1 Ba5 63. Ke2 Bb4 64. Bd2 Bc5 65. Bc1 Bb4 66. Nf1
Be7 67. Ng3 Bc5 68. Be3 Bb4 69. Bd2 Bc5 70. Bc1 Bb4 71. f3 exf3+ 72. Kxf3 Be1
73. Nf1 Bb4 74. Kg4 Be7 75. Bb2 d4 76. Nd2 Kd5 77. Nf3 Bc5 78. Nh4 d3 79. Bc1
e4 80. Kf4 Bd6+ 81. Ke3 Bg3 82. Ng2 Ke5 83. Bb2+ Kf5 84. Bf6 Bd6 85. Nh4+ Kg4
86. Nxg6 hxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (86... Bc5+ 87. Kd2 Bb4+ 88. Bc3 Bxc3+ 89. Kxc3
Kxg5 $11) 87. h7 Bf4+ 88. Kf2 (88. Kf2 Bg3+ 89. Kg2 d2 90. h8=Q d1=Q 91. Qh3+
Kf4 92. Qxg3+ Kf5 93. Qe5+ Kg4 94. Qxe4+ Kh5 95. Qf3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Zalakaros op 35th"]
[Site "Zalakaros"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 exd4 {A fairly popular position. This also occured in
Kravtsiv-Nitin, first round of this tournament. The position is balanced. In
general, White tries to create something on the queenside with a4-a5-b4 and
Black's natural play is on the kingside.} 16. Bd3 h5 17. Rdf1 Kd7 18. f4 h4 19.
Kd2 Rae8 20. a4 Re3 21. a5 Re7 22. b4 Kc7 23. Kc1 Re3 24. Kd2 g5 25. Kd1 g4 26.
Kd2 g3 27. h3 {I think this was an important moment in the game where Black
had chances to secure complete equality.} Ree8 $2 (27... Bg7 {[%csl Gf4][%cal
Gg7h6]} 28. Rb1 Bh6 29. Rhf1 Rhe8 (29... Re5 30. Kd1 Re3 31. b5 axb5 32. Rxb5
Rhe8) 30. b5 axb5 31. Rxb5 R3e5 {And it's hard for either sides to make
progress. The position remains completely in balance.}) 28. Rb1 Rh5 (28... Bg7
29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Bh6 31. Rhb1 {Chess is tragedy by one tempo.}) 29. Rhe1
Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rh8 31. Rb1 Re8 32. Re1 Rg8 {From a cursory look, this position
just seems better for White as he can penetrate on the kingside with the king,
while he always has the 'second front' on the queen side with the typical b5
break - usual in such positions. Black has no counter play.} (32... Rxe1 33.
Kxe1 Be7 34. Ke2 Bf6 35. Kf3 {I am not entirely sure if White is completely
winning here, but only White can try here and it seems depressing for Black.})
33. Re4 Kd7 34. Ke2 Kd8 35. Kf3 Kc7 36. Re1 Kd7 37. Rb1 Kc7 38. Ke4 Re8+ 39.
Kf5 Bd8 40. Ra1 Re3 41. Kg4 Bf6 42. Kf5 Bd8 43. b5 axb5 44. Bxb5 Be7 45. Bd3
Kb8 46. Ra4 Bd8 47. a6 Ka7 48. axb7+ Kxb7 49. Rxd4 Bb6 50. Rb4 Ka7 51. Kf6 Re1
52. Kxf7 Rg1 53. Be4 Bc5 54. Rb3 Rf1 55. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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"]

{In advance of a game with a strong opponent, one usually prepares especially
hard. Alas, though, in this instance, a difficult defeat that I had suffered
against Smeets the previous day had its effect on me. I decided it was better
just to keep a clear head, especially as Magnus usually manages to surprise
his opponents in the opening, in virtually every game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4
b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. a4 exf4 $5 ({Magnus has played this slightly unusual
move-order before. The game Carlsen-Dominguez, 2010, continued} 12... Nb4 13.
Qd2 d5 14. fxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Nd5 17. Nf5 $14 {and White managed
to win.}) 13. Rxf4 Ne5 {By means of a series of small threats, Black has
managed to equalise.} 14. Qd4 Nc6 15. Qd2 {White has improved the position of
his queen, however, he is not able to strengthen the centre.} Ne5 16. Qd4 Nc6
17. Qd2 Ne5 18. axb5 ({Carlsen had used a lot of time on his last few moves,
and I understood that he was hardly likely to take the repetition of moves,
especially as the tournament situation required him to play for a win.
Naturally, White has many ways to continue the fight, but all involve some
degree of commitment, and even risk. Here is one sample line:} 18. Nd4 Ng6 (
18... b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5) 19. Rff1 Nh4 $5 ({после} 19... b4 20. Nd5
Nxe4 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qxb4 Nh4 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. Rxf5 Ng3+ 25. hxg3 Qxe3 26.
Bd3 g6 27. Rff1 {Chances are about equal, although White's position is
slightly more pleasant}) 20. Nf3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Nxh4 Bxh4 {and Black
is fine.}) 18... axb5 19. Re1 $5 ({A prophylactic decision, based on an
oversight. Of course, one can hardly recommend} 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 {and Black has
excellent piece play.}) ({However, the more natural move} 19. Rd1 {hardly
offers more than equality.} Ng6 20. Rff1 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxb5 Nh4 {
Now White does not manage to obtain a harmonious setup, with the rook on e2,
which it seems to me, was the idea of 19 Re1.} 23. Rf2 Nf5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25.
Qxd3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Bf6 27. c3 Re8 {with equal play.}) 19... Ng6 20. Rff1 b4 21.
Nd5 Nxe4 ({I could not refrain from this concrete and very tempting
continuation. After the quiet} 21... Nxd5 22. exd5 Bf6 {Black has a solid
position, but it is very hard to achieve anything more.}) 22. Nxe7+ (22. Qd4 $6
Bh4 23. Rd1 Re8 {gives Black a serious initiative.}) 22... Qxe7 23. Qxb4 Nh4 {
Now accuracy is required of White; the black bishop, controlling the long
diagonal, is causing a lot of trouble.} 24. Bf3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 (25. Rxf3 {
gives the black knight a wonderful outpost, so White is forced to spoil his
structure.}) 25... Qd7 $1 {Magnus obviously overlooked this move when playing
19 Re1.} 26. Bf4 $1 ({The only move. Other defences against the threat of Ng3+
fail:} 26. Kg1 Ra4 27. Qb6 Ba6 $1 28. fxe4 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 f5 $19) 26... Ra4 27.
Qb6 Nf6 ({After a 30-minute think, I decided to go for simplifications. At the
board, I could not decide on the computer line} 27... g5 28. c4 Rxc4 29. Na5) (
27... Nf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf4 29. Nd4 {leads to equality; the white knight is too
strong.}) 28. Qxd6 Qg4 29. Nd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+
33. Kh1 Qc8 {The best practical chance - with White's king so weak, his passed
pawns are not dangerous.} 34. Qf2 ({Premature is} 34. c4 Rd8 35. Qb6 {(with
the idea of Bd6 and c5) because of} Ne4 $1 {and it is difficult for White to
coordinate his forces.}) 34... Qb7+ 35. Kg1 ({White's activity after} 35. Qg2
Qxb2 36. Be5 Qb6 37. Rf1 Nh5 {(or 37...Ne8) does not fully compensate for the
pawn.}) 35... Ne4 ({Taking control of d4 does not work; after} 35... Rd8 $2 36.
Bg5 {White will probably save the game.}) 36. Qd4 Re8 37. Re2 $6 ({Slight
time-trouble starts to have its effect. In a very uncomfortable position,
Magnus decides to play very solidly. It seems that it was better to forget
prophylaxis and push the pawns:} 37. b4 {or 37.c4. Even then, the simple plan
h6, Re6, f5 etc. gives me a very promising position, but even so, White's
chances are improved by his pawns being closer to the 8th rank.}) 37... h6 $1
38. h3 ({It is hard to decide on} 38. Rg2 g5 39. h4 f6 {, but White should
have changed the character of the position.}) 38... Re6 39. Kh2 {The variation
given in the previous note still applies here.} f5 $6 ({A small inaccuracy;
better was} 39... Kh7) 40. b4 $6 ({Carlsen misses a surprsing possibility. It
was necessary to disturb Black's optimal setup by} 40. Qc4 $1 Qf7 (40... Kf7 {
looks somehow unscientific}) 41. Qd5 g5 42. Bb8 {In any event, this way White
can reach an endgame, where he retains definite chances of saving the game:}
Re7 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. Kg2 Kf6 {and although the white pawns are much slower,
I am unable to give a definitive assessment of this position.}) 40... Kh7 {
Now Black just needs not to blow his advantage. White has no counterplay, and
will soon be unable to defend all his weaknesses.} 41. Re3 Rg6 (41... g5 {
is strong:} 42. Be5 Re7 {but I did not want to weaken my king without absolute
necessity.}) 42. Re2 Qb5 43. Re1 {White's play does not look logical, but
adequate alternatives are hard to see.} Rc6 $6 ({I was afraid of selling
myself too cheaply, and not without good reason. After} 43... Qa6 $1 $19 {
White is in complete zugzwang, and in order to continue the fight, he has to
give up a pawn. The text move does not throw away the win, but significantly
complicates Black's task.}) 44. Rxe4 fxe4 45. Qxe4+ Rg6 46. Bg3 Qd7 $1 {
The main thing is not to allow the white queen to the key square d3, from
where it simultaneously pins the black rook, defends his bishop and supports
the advance of the pawns.} 47. h4 h5 (47... Qd2+ 48. Kh1 $1 h5 49. Qf5 Qd1+ 50.
Kh2 Qg4 51. Qxg4 Rxg4 52. c3 Rc4 53. Be1 Kg6 {, probably wins, but I did not
want to leave White with both of his passed pawns.}) 48. c4 ({Desperation.
After} 48. Qe2 Qf5 {the activation of the rooks decides the game, so more
tenacious was}) (48. Qf3 $1 {, and Black has to go into the above variation:}
Qg4 49. Qxg4 Rxg4 50. c3 Rc4 {and so on.}) 48... Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qc3 50. Qf4 Qxb4
({To my shame, I did not play} 50... Qd3 $1 {because of} 51. b5 Rf6 52. Qe5 Rf5
53. Qb2 (53. Qe6 Rf2 $1) 53... Qxc4 54. b6 {. But this is easily winning
according to the computer: "1. -+ (-5.36): 54...Rb5 55.Qf2 Qe4" etc.}) 51. Qf5
Qxc4 52. Qxh5+ Rh6 {The realisation of the extra exchange does not cause any
problems. The white pawn on h4 will be lost as soon as the queens come off.}
53. Qf3 Qe6+ 54. Kh2 Rf6 55. Qd3+ Rf5 56. Qc2 Qd5 57. Bf2 Kh6 58. Be3+ Kg6 59.
Bf2 Kf6 60. Bg3 Rf1 61. Bf2 Rd1 62. Qc3+ Qe5+ 63. Qxe5+ Kxe5 64. h5 Kf6 {
White cannot even get the ending with rook and h-pawn against bishop, in which
the stronger side only wins with some difficulty.} 65. Bh4+ Kf5 66. Be7 Rd7 {
White resigns} 0-1

[Event "Rostock-05 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1979.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neukirch, Detlef"]
[Black "Bernard, Ryszard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Neukirch,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1979.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a5 Nbd7 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Ra4 Qc6 15.
Qd3 Rac8 (15... Rfc8 16. Kh1 b5 $6 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rxa6 Rxa6 19. Qxa6 Bd8 20.
Qd3 Nc4 21. h3 $14 {Neukirch,D-Gruenberg,HU/Halle 1978}) 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Qf3
h6 18. Be3 Nh7 19. Nd2 Ndf6 20. Nc4 (20. g4 $5 Ng5 21. Qg2) 20... Bd8 21. Rd1
Bc7 22. Rb4 $6 Ng5 $1 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Nb6 Bxb6 25. Rxb6 Qc5 26. Rdxd6 Qxa5
27. Rxb7 Red8 (27... Rxc3 $5 28. bxc3 Nxe4 $13) 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. h3 Qa1+ 30.
Kh2 Qc1 31. Nd5 Qxc2 (31... Nxd5 32. exd5 Qxc2 33. f6) 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Qh5
Rf8 34. Rb6 Kg7 35. Rb7 Kg8 36. Rb6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wu, Wenjin"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Gershon} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3
$6 h6 (7... Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bc4 Be6 13.
Qd3 Rc8 14. Nd2 {Van der Wiel-Beliavsky, Wijk aan Zee 1985} Qc7 15. Bxe6 fxe6
16. Qh3 Qd7 17. a5 Bd8 $10 {Beliavsky}) (7... Qc7 $5) 8. a4 (8. O-O Be7 (8...
Be6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bf1 Be7 11. a4 b6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. h3 Rfc8 15.
Qd2 Qb7 16. Rad1 Bf8 $10 {Zapata-Olafsson,H, Beograd 1988}) 9. Re1 (9. h3 O-O
10. Nh2 $6 Be6 11. Ng4 Nbd7 12. Ne3 b5 13. Ncd5 Rc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. a4 b4
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. c3 bxc3 19. b4 c2 $5 20. Qxc2 Ne6 21. Qa2 Nd4 22.
Bxa6 Rc2 23. Bb2 Ne4 $40 {0-1 Grechkin,D-Lubensky,T/Tbilisi URS sf 1949 (31)})
9... O-O (9... Qc7 10. h3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Bd2 Qb7
15. a5 Bf5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tringov,G-Misailovic,N/JUG-chT2 1994 (37)}) 10. Bf1
Qc7 11. a4 Be6 12. a5 Rc8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c2] 0-1 Zapata,A-Milos,G/
Yopal (7) 1997 cbm60}) (8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nh4 Nc6 11. Ng6 Rg8 12. O-O
Kf7 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. f4 Kg8 15. Be3 exf4 16. Rxf4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Ne5 $10 {
Van der Wiel-Portisch, Tilburg 1984}) 8... Be7 (8... Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 (
10. Be3 Rc8 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nc4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
Qd3 O-O 17. a5 Rc8 18. f3 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxc2 21. Rac1 Bc5 22. Rxc2
Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qxc2 $15 {1-0 Gscheidlen,W-Pfannkuche,M/BL 1984 (42)}) 10... Be7
11. Bf1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 a5 15. Ra3 Nd7 16. g4 Nc5 17. h4
Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Rh3 Qe7 20. f4 f6 $17 {Gallego,-Stohl, GM, 1994}) 9. O-O
O-O (9... Be6 $5 10. Re1 Nbd7 (10... O-O 11. h3 (11. a5 Nc6 12. Be3 Nxa5 13.
Na4 Nc6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nbc4 Qc7 18. Na3 Rfe8 19. h3
b5 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. f4 Nb6 22. b3 Qc5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. g4 Bd7 25. Qe2 Nd5 26. Qh2
Ne3 27. Nb1 Ra8 28. Nbd2 Bc6 29. Qg3 g6 30. h4 a5 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Bg7 33.
Kf2 a4 34. bxa4 Rxa4 35. Nb3 Qc3 {Berkis,E-Bode,W/Dortmund op 1990/0-1 (48)})
11... Qc7 12. Bf1 b6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. b4
Rfc8 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Nf5 e4 20. Qg3 Bxa1 21. Bf4 Qc3 22. Re3 Qf6 23. Nxh6+ Kh7
24. Ng4 Qg6 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Rg3 Bf6 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. Rxg6 Bxh4 {0-1 Pulkkinen,
K-Keskisarja,T/ch-FIN Helsinki 1996}) 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 O-O 13. h3 Rc6 14. Rc1
Qa5 15. Qd2 Bd8 $132 {0-1 Kogan,A-Magerramov,E/Budapest Spring op 1989 (43)})
10. b3 $6 (10. Re1 $142 $5) 10... Nc6 $6 {"Mistake"!There are two differences
between this position and Boleslavsky variation:1.White didn't [and doesn't
have to!] play "h3" 2.Black played "a6",when in "Boleslavsky" he doesn't have
to do it. 2 differences=about 1.5 more tempies for white!But black could make
a third difference.Usually,in Boleslavsky variation black plays Nc6-b8-d7.Here
he could do it without wasting time [10...Be6,and 11...Nb-d7].This third
difference=2 tempis and black could get a very good position.} (10... Be6 $142
$1) 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bb2 {If white had played 10.Re1 [instead of 10.b3] ,and
after this 11.Bf1,he could stand very well [12.Nd5!].} (12. Nd5 $2 Nxe4 13. Bc4
Bxd5 14. Bxd5 (14. Qxd5 Nf6 15. Qd1 d5) 14... Nc3 15. Qd3 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qa5 $17
) 12... Rc8 13. Nd2 $146 {This novelty is better than 13.Qd2,but still 13.Bf1
was interesting.} (13. Qd2 $143 $6 Qc7 14. Bd1 Nb8 15. a5 Qc6 16. Qe3 Nbd7 17.
Be2 Rfe8 18. h3 Bf8 19. Ra4 Nc5 20. Rb4 Qc7 21. Ra1 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Rh4
Bc6 24. Rc4 Ncd7 25. b4 Qb8 26. Nd2 b5 27. axb6 Nxb6 {Mok Tze Meng-Yang Xian/
Jakarta zt 1993/CBM 35/0-1 (40)}) (13. Bf1 $5) 13... Nd4 14. Bc4 Qa5 $6 (14...
Bg4 $142 $1 15. f3 Qb6 {[%cal Rb6g1]} 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Nd5 {[%cal Gb2d4,Yb6d4]}
Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 $13) 15. Nd5 $1 {I see no reason to offer a draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 $6 {[!] After the game Shirov-Gelfand everybody plays
9.Kh1! 9...b6 can't be a good chessmove,but it is a smart decision! Gelfand
wants to see how deep Polgar understands this position without theory.} 10. Be3
$6 {After this move white will not be better.If 10.f4 is the main move after 9.
..b5,it sertently is after 9...b6.} (10. a4 $6 Nbd7 11. Bc4 $6 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nxe4
$6 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Rd1 Qe8
19. c3 Rd8 20. Re1 f4 21. Nd2 $6 Nc5 22. Ne4 $2 Nd3 23. Rf1 f3 $1 24. Qe6 fxg2+
25. Kxg2 Qh5 $19 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Vera,R/Cienfuegos 1980 (28)}) (10. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 (
10... Nxe4 $2 11. Bf3 f5 (11... Bf5 12. Qe2 $18) 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxe4 fxe4
14. Qd5+ $18) 11. Qxd5 Qc7 $1 $132 12. Qxa8 $140 $2 Bb7 13. Qa7 Nc6) (10. f4 $5
Bb7 11. Bf3 $5 $14 (11. fxe5 $6 dxe5 (11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Nd7 15. exd6 Bxd6 $11) 12. Bd3 Nc6 $1 $13 (12... Nbd7 $6 13. Bg5 $36)))
10... Bb7 11. Nd5 $6 {White continues her plan - playing on the queen flank.
Good plan... in other positions!She had to stop and play more carefully [11.
f3!?].} (11. f3 $5 Nbd7 12. a4 (12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 $13 {
1-0 Francis Vasquez-Abdullah Ali Mahmoud/Ch World cadets unde 1993 (35)}) 12...
Qc7 13. Rf2 $5 h6 14. Bf1 Rfc8 $6 15. Nc1 Nc5 16. N1a2 $5 a5 $2 17. Rd2 Ne8 18.
Nb5 Qc6 19. Nac3 $16 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Saulin,D/RUS-ch Elista 1995 (40)})
11... Nxd5 (11... Nxe4 $2 12. Nxb6 Ra7 13. Nd7 Nxd7 14. Bxa7 $18) 12. exd5 Bg5
$1 $15 13. Qd2 $6 (13. Bd3 $142 $5 Bxe3 (13... f5 $2 14. f4 $1 $14) 14. fxe3
Qh4 15. e4 {It is better then in game.}) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qh4 $6 (14... f5
$142 $5 15. Bd3 $5 g6 (15... Qg5 $6 16. e4 f4 17. Qb4 $1 Qd8 18. Na5 Bxd5 $140
19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 $14) 16. e4 $140 f4 $15) (14... Nd7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Nxc5
$140 dxc5 $6 (16... bxc5 $142) 17. d6 $1 (17. c4 $2 Qd6 $17) 17... e4 18. Bc4
$14) 15. Bd3 $5 Nd7 16. e4 a5 $6 {Black's position should be better,but it is
not easy to use this "better"! Gelfand sees it and starts worrying.} 17. Qe3 $1
{/\ Nb3-d2-c4} f5 $6 {Too early.} 18. exf5 $2 (18. Bb5 $1 f4 (18... Nc5 $6 19.
Nxc5 bxc5 20. exf5 Bxd5 21. Rad1 {And white is not worse.}) 19. Qe1 $1 (19. Qg1
Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 $17) 19... Qxe1 20. Raxe1 Nf6 21. Nd2 $1 Rac8 $8 22. Nc4 (22.
Bd3 $6 Nd7 23. Nc4 Rf6 $17) 22... Nxe4 (22... Rfd8 $6 23. b3 $1 $16) 23. Nxb6 (
23. Rxe4 $2 Bxd5) 23... Rc5 24. c4 Nf6 $13) 18... Bxd5 $15 19. Rad1 Rf6 $1 20.
Kg1 (20. Bb5 $143 $6 Rh6 21. h3 $6 (21. Qg1 Nf6 $40) 21... Nf6 $1 $40 (21...
Qxh3+ $2 22. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 23. Kg1 $18)) 20... Rh6 21. Qg3 (21. h3 $143 $6 a4 22.
Nc1 Bc6 23. c4 Nc5 $17) 21... Bc6 $2 (21... Qxg3 $142 22. hxg3 a4 23. Nc1 Nc5
$17) 22. Qxh4 Rxh4 23. g3 $1 Rh6 $6 (23... Ra4 $5 {Was black's last chance.})
24. Bc4+ Kf8 (24... Kh8 $6 25. Be6 $1 $16) 25. f6 $1 $11 {
Understanding=Fighting} Rxf6 26. Rxd6 Rc8 27. c3 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nf6 29. Nd2 b5
30. Be6 Ke7 31. Bxc8 Kxd6 32. Ke2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 (10. Nd5 $5) 10... Nbd7 (10... Nc6 $6 11.
Rfd1 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Nc1 Qa5 14. f3 Rfd8 $1 15. b4 $1 axb3 16. Nxb3 Qc7 17.
Nb5 Qb8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. c4 $16 {Sznapik-Staniszewski, Warszawa(zt) 1987}) (
10... Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 a5 $1 14. Qe1 Ne4 15. f3 Nec5 16.
Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qf2 f5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qe1 Bd6 20. g3 Rf6 21. Bd3 Raf8 22. Rd1
h5 $17 {Liu Wenzhe-Ljubojevic, Luzern(ol) 1982}) 11. a4 Nb6 $6 {It is not the
best variation for black.} (11... Rc8 $5) (11... Nc5 $6 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Rfd1
Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 16. f3 c4 17. a5 Kf8 18. Kf1 {
Yudasin-Kajumov, USSR 1983} Rc8 19. Ra4 $14 {Yudasin}) (11... b6 $5 12. Rfc1 h6
13. f3 Qb8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qb7 16. c4 a5 $1 $15 {Kruppa-Shneider, USSR
(ch) 1991}) 12. a5 (12. Rfd1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
Nc1 Qd7 17. Nd3 Kh8 18. Nb4 Rg8 19. f3 Rg6 20. Nbd5 Rcg8 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Kh1 f5
23. exf5 Bxf5 24. g4 Be6 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nxd6 Qc6 27. Ndxf5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Qxf3+
29. Qg2 Qxf5 {0-1 Zapata,A-Gruenfeld,Y/Dortmund 1984}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4
14. Rfd1 h6 $5 (14... Rc8 15. Nc1 Rc6 (15... Qc7 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. f3 h6 18. Nd3
Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf1 {+/= Karpov,A-Ostermeyer,P/
Hannover 1983}) (15... Be6 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. Nd3 Rc4 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bf2 f5 20. b3
Rc8 21. Nb4 Qg6 22. Ncd5 Bg5 23. Be3 Bd8 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Kh1 Qf7 26. c4 Nc5
27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Nf2 Bg5 30. Qe2 Rf8 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Ne3 Rh5 33.
Nxd6 Qf4 34. Nf1 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Bc8 36. Rad1 Qh4 37. Qe1 Qe7 38. Qe4 Bf5 39.
Qd5+ Kh8 40. Ng3 Rxh2+ 41. Kxh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qxg3 43. Rd8 {1-0 Flacker,E-Rohde,
U/NRW-II 1993}) 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nh5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Na4 Qe6
21. Nb6 Bd8 22. Nd5 Qc8 23. c3 $14 {Geller-Tukmakov, Erevan(zt) 1982}) 15. f3 {
It is not a nessesery move.} (15. Nc1 $5 Qc8 16. Nd3 $1 Ng4 17. Nb4 Nxe3 18.
Qxe3 f5 19. Nbd5 Bg5 20. Qxg5 Bxd5 21. Qd2 $16 {Nunn}) 15... Rc8 16. Nc1 Be6
17. Bb6 (17. Nd3 $5) 17... Qe8 18. N1a2 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 {Now the position is
starting to remind Sveshnikov variation.} 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nb4 Nf6 (21... Qg6
$6 22. Nbd5 Bf8 23. Qd3 Kh7 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Ne4 c4 27. Qc3 Kh8
28. Kh1 Qf7 29. Nb6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Boric,M/Kiev Platonov 1995/CBM 51/
[Donev] (35)}) 22. Nbd5 Nxd5 (22... Bxd5 $6 23. Nxd5 e4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Qb4 {
With a clear advantage.}) 23. Nxd5 Bg5 $1 $146 {After this good novelty the
position looks like a good "Sveshnikov" for black.He exchanges his bad bishop
and it seems like he has enough dinamic compensation for his static weaknesses.
} (23... Bf8 $6 24. b3 (24. Nb6 Rc6 25. b3 Qg6 26. Qd3 Qf7 27. c4 Rh5 28. Qe2
Qg6 29. Nd5 Rf5 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Qe4 Kh8 32. Rac1 Qe8 33. Bb6 Be7 34. Nc7 Qc8
35. Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Re1 Bg5 37. Rcd1 Rf8 38. Qd5 Qc8 {Kaiumov,D-Blodstein,B/
UZB-ch 1993/TD 93\10/1-0 (52)}) 24... Qg6 $1 (24... Qf7 $6 25. Nb6 Rc6 26. c4
Be7 27. Qe2 Bd8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 b5 30. axb6 Bxb6 31. Kh1 Bxe3 32. Qxe3
Qc7 33. Rad1 Rf6 34. h3 Qb6 35. Qd3 Qb4 36. Kh2 Qb8 37. Re1 Rf8 38. Re4 Qc7 39.
Rg4 Rf6 40. b4 Qb6 41. c5 Qc7 42. Kh1 a5 43. Rc4 Qb8 44. cxd6 Rcxd6 45. bxa5
Qd8 46. Rcc5 {1-0 Karpov,A-Quinteros,M/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) 25. Qd3 $5 Bxd5
26. Qxd5+ Qf7 27. c4 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 $14 {Da Costa Junior}) 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. Nc3
(25. f4 $5 Rf5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Nb6 Rc6 28. Re1 $13) 25... Rd8 (25... Bh3 26.
g3 $13 (26. Qd5+ $143 Kh8 27. Rd2 Qg6 $36)) (25... Qg6 $5) 26. Ne4 Rg6 27. Qb4
$6 (27. Nc5 $142 $5 Bh3 $5 $13) 27... d5 28. Ng3 (28. Nc5 Rc8 $5) 28... d4 $6 {
Black didn't have to "sacrifise" this pawn!After 28...Qf7 he is surely not
worse.} (28... Qf7 $1) 29. Qxb7 Bd5 30. Qb4 Rb8 31. Qe1 $5 (31. Qa3 $143) 31...
h5 (31... Rxb2 $6 32. Rxd4 $16) (31... Rc6 32. c3 $5) 32. b3 h4 33. Ne4 h3 34.
g3 Qf7 35. Qe2 Rc6 36. Rd2 Rb5 37. Qd3 Qe7 38. Qf1 $6 (38. Re2 $142 $5) 38...
Bxe4 39. fxe4 Rbc5 {Now black got some compensation.} 40. Rc1 (40. Qxh3 $6 Rxc2
41. Rxc2 Rxc2 $44) 40... Qe6 $1 $44 41. Rf2 Rc8 (41... Rxa5 $6 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43.
Qf3 $40) (41... Qc8 $5 $13) 42. Qe2 Rc3 $5 43. Rcf1 Qg6 44. Qd1 Re3 $5 {
Black doesn't want a draw,but I am not sure he has reasons for this!} (44...
Qxe4 45. Qh5 $1 $11) 45. c4 Rxe4 $6 (45... Qxe4 $142 46. Qh5 $11) 46. Qd3 Qc6
47. Qf3 Qg6 48. Qd3 Qc6 49. Qf3 Qg6 50. Qd3 {It was a third time,but for some
reason white continues to play [althought he wants a draw!]} Rg4 51. Rf5 $5 Rd8
52. c5 e4 53. Qc4+ Kh7 {I guess white lost on time,because if he didn't,I
can't see the reason for resigning after 54.R1-f4!! [the only move].After 54...
e3! white's position is not so good,but he should try.} 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. fxe5 $5 (11. Bf3 $6 Nbd7 12. a3 Bb7 13.
f5 Rac8 14. g4 d5 $5 15. exd5 e4 $1 $17 {Zarnicki-Sadler (Buenos Aires 1995)})
(11. a4 $5 {1-0 GM Lutz-GM Shirov/F-West Open, 1996 (16)}) 11... dxe5 12. Bg5
Nbd7 13. Bd3 h6 $5 {Today we can say,that Lutz's idea [13...h6!] can be
written in the "Theory book" as good answer against "Shirov attack in Naidorf
variation"!} (13... Bb7 14. Qf3 h6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Rf5 Bc8 18. Rxe5
Bd6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Rc5 gxf4 21. Qh4 Bxc5 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. e5 Bb7
25. Qxh6 f5 26. exf6 Rf7 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Dos
Hermanas 1996/CBM 53/[Shirov]/1-0 (60)}) 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Qe1 $5 (15. Qe2 $5 g6
$6 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 Kg7 18. Ne3 Ng8 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. a5 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22.
Qf2 Kh7 23. Qf6 Rad8 24. Ng4 Ng8 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 f6 27. Nf3 b3 28. Rfd1
bxc2 29. Bxc2 Ne7 30. Nd4 Rd6 31. Nb3 Rfd8 32. Nc5 Bc8 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rd1
Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Nc6 36. Be2 Nxa5 37. b4 Nc6 38. Bxa6 Bxa6 39. Nxa6 Na7 40. Kg1
Kg7 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Nc7 Ke7 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. Ne7 g5 46. g4 Nb5 47.
Nc6+ Kd6 48. Nd4 Nc3 49. Kd3 Nd1 {Stefansson,H-Akesson,R/Nordic Grand Prix
1997/EXP 56/1-0 (60)}) (15. a3 $143 $6 $146 g6 $6 (15... Nb6 $142 $5 16. Bxf6
$5 Bxf6 17. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Qf5+ $11)
16. Qe1 Kg7 17. a4 $5 b4 18. Na2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 $5 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Qe2 Rc6 22.
Rad1 Rb8 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Nac1 $6 Nb6 25. Nd3 Nc4 $6 26. Rf3 Nh5 $2 27. Bxe7
Qxe7 28. Rdf1 f6 29. g3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh5] 1-0 Hansen,S-Schandorff,L/DEN-ch
Esbjerg (5) 1997 (40) cbm60}) 15... Rfe8 $6 {Lutz,against Sutovsky,played
better [15...Rae8!?].The pawn on f7 needs some defense and black will
understand this soon.} (15... Rae8 $5 16. a4 b4 17. Na2 a5 18. c3 bxc3 19. Nxc3
Bb4 20. Qe2 Bxc3 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bb5 Bxe4 25. Rd1
Bf5 26. h3 Qe6 27. Nxa5 Bxh3 28. Bc4 Qb6 29. gxh3 Qxa5 30. b3 {Sutovskij,
E-Lutz,C/Biel Credis 1996/CBM 55/0-1 (66)}) 16. a4 {There is something strange
here.If white wanted to play on king's flank [and the game showed that it is
so],he could play 16.Qe2. More than this:if he wanted to bring the knight from
c3 to e3 in order to attack,he could do it now.After all,knight does not have
to run [from the pawn on b4] to e3!It can just go there.Sutovskij against Lutz
understood that now his game is on the queen flank, so he played Na2 and c3.I
am not sure that white should "understand" this,but chessplayer should have
some logical line.Without this "line",white got a bad position without doing
any serious mistakes!} (16. Nd1 $5 $146 {Nor}) 16... b4 17. Nd1 a5 18. Ne3 g6 (
18... g5 {Looks dangerous} 19. Nf5 $1 gxh4 20. Nxh6+ Kf8 $8 (20... Kh7 21. Qxh4
$18) 21. Qxh4 $40) 19. Qf2 {If the queen stood on e2,white would play 19.Rf3.
Here it was interesting too.} (19. Rf3 $5) 19... Rf8 20. Qe2 $6 (20. Qf3 $142
$5 Kg7 (20... Rae8 $5) 21. Ng4 {With initiative,for example} Ng8 22. Bxe7 Nxe7
23. Nf6 $36) 20... Kg7 21. Rf3 $6 {Where is the logical line?!} Nb6 $1 22. Nd2
Nh5 $1 {Black is better.} 23. Qf2 (23. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Rb7h1,Yh5f4,
Gg2g3]}) 23... Bg5 $6 {Bad idea!} (23... f6 $1 {[%csl Rh4]}) 24. b3 {If black
lets white to take on g5,it doesn't mean it is good for him! White was
concerned about the rook on f3,but it is out of danger.} (24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Nb3
{[%cal Gb3c5]} Bc8 $5 26. Nd5 $140 Nxd5 27. exd5 f5) 24... Nf4 $5 (24... Bxe3
$143 25. Qxe3 f6) (24... Bxh4 $143 $6 25. Qxh4 {/\ Nf5}) 25. Rf1 (25. Bxg5 $6
hxg5 26. Qg3 f6 $17) 25... Rad8 (25... Bxh4 $6 26. Qxh4 f5 $6 27. Rg3 $13) 26.
Bg3 $5 h5 $6 (26... f5 $6 {Is too dangerous!} 27. exf5 $1 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Nxd3
29. cxd3 {[%csl Re5]} Bf4 $1 30. d4 $5 $13) (26... Nxd3 $142 $5 27. cxd3 Bxe3
28. Qxe3 f6) 27. Bh4 $6 (27. Ndc4 $5 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 f6) 27... f6 28. Qg3 (28.
Bxg5 $6 fxg5 29. Qg3 Kh6 $1) 28... Bxh4 29. Qxh4 (29. Nf5+ $2 Kh7 30. Nxh4 Rg8
$17 {[%csl Rh4]}) 29... Bc8 $5 (29... f5 $6 30. Qg5 $5 $13) (29... Rd4 $5) 30.
Ndc4 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 $5 (31. Nxc4 $143 $6 Be6 $17) 31... Rd4 $1 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33.
Bxd5 Ba6 $4 (33... Qd6 $1 {With a nice advantage.} 34. Rg3 $140 $2 Kh6 $3 $19)
34. Rxf6 $1 Bxf1 (34... Qe7 $2 35. Bf7 $3 $18) 35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37.
Qxg6+ $6 (37. Bc6+ $1 Rd7 38. Qe6+ $1 (38. Bxd7+ $6 Kxd7 $1) 38... Kd8 39. Bxd7
Qxd7 (39... Bxg2+ $6 40. Kxg2 Qxd7 41. Qxe5 $16) 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qxf1 $14)
37... Ke7 38. Qe6+ Kd8 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. a4 (10. f3 b6 $1 (10... Qc7 11. a4 h6 12. Nd2
Rd8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 $16 {Cseshkovsky-Pigusov, Sankt-Peterburg
(zt) 1993}) (10... b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 $14) (10... Nb6 11. a4 d5 12. a5 d4 13.
axb6 (13. Nb1 Nbd7 14. c3 {Cseshkovsky-Nasybullin, Kazahstan 1993} Nc5 $5 (
14... dxc3 15. Nxc3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 $5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bxc5 18. Na4 $1 Bd4 19. Nb6
Rb8 $8 20. Bd2 $1 $16 {1-0 Cseshkovsky,V-Nasybullin,V/Kazakhstan 1993}) 15.
cxd4 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 exd4 $13 {Cseshkovsky}) 13... dxc3 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. bxc3
Bxb6 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. c4 $14 {Cseshkovsky}) 11. Nd2 (11. a4 $5) 11... b5 $1 $10)
(10. g4 $6 h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Re8 13. Rg1 Nf8 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Bf3 Rc8 16.
h4 N6h7 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. h5 Kh8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Bxb3 $17 {Gurevich,I.
-Wolff, New York 1994}) 10... b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f3 Rc8 $6 {[%cal Gc8c7,Gd8a8]}
(12... Qc7 $5 13. Rf2 (13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 {/\ Nc5=}) (13. Nc1 Rac8 14.
N1a2 d5 $1 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxc2 17. d6 Bf6 $10 {1/2-1/2 Tseshkovsky,
V-Gurevich,V/Cappelle la Grande 1994}) 13... Rad8 (13... Rfd8 14. Bf1 h6 (14...
Bc6 15. Rd2 Qb7 16. Bc4 h6 17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Qf2 Rab8 19. Qf1 Ra8 20. Qf2 Rab8
21. Qf1 Ra8 22. Nc1 Ne6 23. N1a2 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5
27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxb6 Qc6 29. a5 Qxc2 30. Qc1 Rc8 31. Nc3 Qb3 32. Qd2 Bc5 33.
Nd5 Nd4 34. Rc1 Qxd5 35. b4 Qb3 36. Bxc5 Ne6 37. h3 Qa3 38. Rc3 {1/2-1/2
Sakaev,K-Shneider,A/JUG-chT Tivat 1995}) 15. Rd2 Bc6 16. Nc1 Nc5 17. N1a2 Nxa4
18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. Bxa6 Be6 22. Qg1 Rb8 23. Bb5 Qb7
24. Qd1 Rd8 25. Bg1 Ra8 26. Na4 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. Nc3 Qc6 29. Nd5 Bf8 30.
Rd3 Ra7 31. g3 Qa8 32. Qe2 Ra1 33. Rd1 Ra2 34. Qb5 Qb7 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Qb3 Ra6
37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Bf2 {Khalifman Alexander-Nepomnishay Mikhail I/Ch St.
Petersburg, St. Petersburg (Russ 1996/1-0 (82)}) 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Rd2 h6 16.
Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bc4 Nh5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Bg5 20. Bg1 Nf4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22.
Qe1 a5 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Bf2 Rd6 25. h4 Be7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. g3 Ne6 28. c3 g5 $2
29. h5 g4 30. fxg4 Bg5 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Qe2 Qd2 33. Qxd2 Bxd2 34. Bxe6 Kxe6 35.
Kf3 Kd6 36. Ke2 Bc1 37. Kd3 Kc6 {Kasparov,G-De Firmian,N/New York PCA 1995/1-0
(54)}) 13. Rf2 $6 (13. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd1e2,Ge2a6] /\ Qe2+/=}) 13...
Rc7 14. Bf1 Qa8 15. Rd2 h6 $6 $146 {White didn't want to play Bg5 anyway.If
black knew that,I really can't see the idea of this "novelty"!} (15... Rfc8 16.
Nc1 {[#]} Rxc3 17. bxc3 Rxc3 18. Rd3 Qc8 19. Rxc3 Qxc3 20. Nd3 d5 21. Bd2 Qc8
22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Nxb4 Bb7 25. c4 e4 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 exf3
28. Qxf3 Nf6 29. Rd1 h5 30. Qb3 Ng4 31. Re1 Qc5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. h3 Nf6 34.
Qd3+ g6 35. d6 Bd5 36. Re7 Kg7 37. Qg3 Be6 38. Bd3 g5 39. Rc7 Qd5 40. Bc4 Qd1+
41. Kh2 Kh6 42. Bxe6 Ne4 43. Qe5 f6 44. Bf5 {1-0 Lutz,C-Roeder,M/Vienna op
1996/EXP 53}) 16. Nc1 Rxc3 $5 (16... Rfc8 $6 17. N1a2 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal
Ga2b4,Ga2c3,Yc8c3] With nice advantage.}) 17. bxc3 d5 18. c4 $6 {White makes
black to choose.The game showed he was wright, but black could play better.} (
18. Nb3 $5) 18... dxe4 $2 (18... d4 $142 $1 {After this move black could be
much closer to "compensation", and 15...h6 could be usefull!} 19. Bf2 Bb4 (
19... Bxe4 $6 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. c3 $1 $16) (19... Nc5 20. Nd3 $140 Ncxe4 $2 (
20... Nfd7 $142 $5) 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe5 $18) 20. Re2 (20. Rd3 Nc5) 20... Nh5
$5 (20... Nc5 21. Nd3) (20... Bc3 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Na2 $1 Ba5 23. c3 $1 dxc3 24.
Qc2 Rb8 25. Nxc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxa4 27. Ra2 Bc6 28. Qa1 $1 $18) 21. g3 (21. Na2
Ba5 22. c3 Nf4 23. Rc2 $14 {For example} Bc6 $1 24. cxd4 Bxa4 25. d5 Bxc2 26.
Qxc2 $14) 21... f5 $1 22. Rb1 Ba3 $5 23. Bh3 fxe4 $5 24. Bxd7 e3 25. Be6+ Kh8
26. Bd5 $5 (26. Be1 $6 Bxf3+ 27. Kg1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Qe8 29. Bd5 e4 $1 $13) 26...
Bxd5 $5 (26... Bxc1 $6 27. Rxc1 (27. Be1 $2 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxc1 $140
Rxf3 $19) 27... exf2 (27... Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rxf3 (28... Qxd5 29. Rxe3) 29. Rxe3
$3 Rxe3 (29... dxe3 30. Qxf3 exf2 31. c4 $18) (29... Rxf2 30. Rxe5 Nf6 31. Qxd4
$18) 30. Bxe3 Nf6 31. Bf2 Qxd5+ 32. Kg1 $18) 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxf2 Nf6 {
[%cal Gf6g4]} 30. Kg1 $16 Qc6 31. c3 $1 Qxc4 32. cxd4 Qxd4 33. Qxd4 exd4 34.
Rd2 Rd8 35. Rcd1 $18) (26... exf2 27. Bxb7 (27. Rxe5 $6 Nf6 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 $40)
27... Qxb7 28. Rxf2 Nf6 29. Kg1 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 $16) 27. cxd5 exf2 (27... Qxd5 $2
28. Rxe3 $18) 28. Rxf2 (28. Rxe5 $6 Nf6 $36) 28... Qxd5 $14) (18... Bb4 $2 19.
cxd5 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 $18) 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Qxd7 exf3 21. Kg1 $5 fxg2 22. Bd3 {
Now white has only technical problems.Maybe black is not in a loosing position
yet, but he should lose [if white plays right].} Bc5 (22... Bf6 $142 $5) 23.
Bxc5 bxc5 24. Nb3 Bc6 $6 (24... e4 $142 $5 25. Be2 e3 26. Nxc5 Bf3 27. Bd3 {
and although white is better,black has some chances.}) 25. Qf5 $5 e4 26. Be2
Qe8 $6 27. a5 $5 g6 $6 (27... Ba8 $142 28. Nxc5 Qc6 $16) 28. Qf6 Qd7 29. Rd1
Qh3 30. Qf4 $5 g5 (30... f5 31. Rd6 $1 $18) 31. Qg3 $18 Qxg3 32. hxg3 f5 33.
Rd6 Ba8 34. Nxc5 f4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Nd7 f3 (36... Rf7 37. Bh5 Re7 (37... Rg7
38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Nxe4 $1 Bxe4 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Re8+ Kf6 42. Rxe4 $18) 38. Nf6+
Kg7 (38... Kf8 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Ne8+) 39. Ne8+ Kh7 (39... Rxe8 40. Bxe8 e3 41.
Re6 $18) 40. Bg6+ Kh8 41. Rxa6 $1 e3 $140 42. Rxa8 e2 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Nh5+
Kxg6 45. Nxf4+ Kg5 46. Nxg2 e1=Q+ 47. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 48. Kf2 $18) 37. Rg6+ Kf7 38.
Nxf8 fxe2 39. Kf2 Kxf8 40. Kxe2 e3 41. Kxe3 Kf7 42. Rg4 h5 43. Rf4+ Kg6 44. Kf2
Kg5 45. Rf8 Be4 46. Re8 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Wang, Yaoyao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 $6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 (11. Nd4 $6 g5 $132) 11...
Nc6 12. Qe1 (12. Qd2 $6 d5 $11 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qe3 Bd6 16. Bf3
Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qb5 18. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Vaulin,A/RUS-Cup9 Novgorod (8)
1997 cbm60}) (12. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rd2 Rd7 16. Rfd1
$14 {1-0 Hansen,S-Mortensen,E/DEN-ch 1996 (37)}) 12... Ne5 $6 (12... Ne8 13.
Nd5 $1 Bg5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Rd1 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Rf5 $1 Bh6 19.
Rxf6 $1 gxf6 20. Nd4 {Ehlvest-Gurevich,I, Saint Martin 1993}) (12... Rc8 13.
Rd1 Qc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Qh4 g6 18. Bg5 Nh5 19. Nd4
Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qe7 21. Qg4 Ng7 22. Nf3 f5 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ne6 Nxe6
26. dxe6 Nc6 27. Qf4 Ne5 28. Qxh6 Qg7 29. Qd2 Rxe6 30. Be2 Qe7 31. Rf4 Kg7 32.
c3 Re8 33. Rdf1 Rh8 34. Bd1 Qg5 35. Bb3 Qg3 36. h3 Re7 37. Qf2 Qg5 38. Rd1 Qf6
39. Rfd4 Rd8 40. Qd2 Red7 41. a4 Nf7 42. a5 Ng5 43. Bd5 Re7 44. Rb4 Ne4 45. Qd4
Rdd7 46. Rb6 Qe5 47. Kg1 {Jansa,V-Hagesaether,P/Gausdal Eikrem 1996/EXP 54/1-0
(64)}) (12... Nd7 $5 13. Rd1 Nde5 14. Nd5 $5 $146 Bg5 15. Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sutovskij,E-Ricardi,P/Najdorf Buenos Aires (4) 1997}) (12... b5 $6 13. a3 $14)
13. Rd1 $14 Qc7 (13... Nfd7 $143 $6 14. Nd4 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nf5 Nb6 $2 17.
Ng7 $1 Rf8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Bd3 $18 {1-0 Vogt,L-Spassov,L/
Polanica Zdrój 1980 (40)}) (13... Nc4 $2 14. Nc5 $1) 14. Nd4 b5 $6 $146 {
In those positions black can play b5 whenever he wants,but usually doesn't do
it.After b5,black doesn't get "more countreplay" on the queen flank.He only
gets more weaknesses! Anyway,white is already better.} (14... Rad8 15. Qg3 b5
16. Bg5 Ne8 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 g6 20. c3 Bg7 21. Bg5 Rb8 22. h4
Rb7 23. h5 Qc8 24. h6 Bh8 25. Nc6 f6 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. d6 Qe6 28. Qd3 e4 29.
Qd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rd7 31. Bf4 f5 32. Bd1 Bf6 33. Bb3 Kh8 34. Be3 Rxd6 35. Bc5
Be7 36. Bxd6 Nxd6 37. Re5 Bg5 38. Re6 Nc4 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. g4 Bd2 41. gxf5
Bxh6 42. Rxe4 gxf5 43. Rxc4 Be3 44. Rc7 f4 45. Kg2 Rg8+ 46. Kf3 Rg3+ 47. Ke4
Bd2 48. Rd1 Re3+ 49. Kf5 Rd3 50. Rh1 f3 51. Rcxh7+ {1-0 Zvara,P-Danner,G/
Prague Bohemians 1995/EXT 95}) 15. a3 Rac8 16. Qg3 Rfe8 17. Bg5 $5 {Step
number 1 of white's regular plan is to exchange the bishop e6 [17.Nf5 B:f5 18.
R:f5].After this he has two possibilities of putting his pieces,but he will
have to choose later.At this moment,we can only say that he could play
differently [17.N:e6!?]} (17. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 18. Qh3 Bd8 (18... Bf8 19. Bxe5 dxe5
20. Bg4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 b4 (21... Bxa3 $2 22. bxa3 Qxc3 23. Rd7 $18) (21... Rcd8
22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qh5 $1) 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Ne2 $1 Qxc2 $140 $2 (23... Qc6 $142
24. c3 {With advantage.}) 24. Rd7 g6 (24... Re7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27.
Qxe7 $18) (24... Be7 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Qxe7 $18) 25. Rxh7 $1 $18)
19. Bxe5 (19. Bh5 Nxh5 (19... Re7 $6 20. Bg5 $1) 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qxh5 $14)
19... dxe5 20. Bd3 {And white is better.}) 17... Kh8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Qc6
$1 {Black "helps" white to make a decision!Otherwise white could choose a
different plan:R5-f1,Bf3,Rd2,Rf-d1,Bf4.This plan of playing on "d" was
possible here too,but this way is better.} 20. Bd3 $5 (20. Bf3 $143 Ng8 $5)
20... Nfd7 (20... Nh5 $6 21. Qh4 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Nf6 $6 (22... g6 $142) 23. Rxf6
$1 gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Nd5 {With a winning attack.}) 21. Be3 $1 (21. Bxe7
$143 Rxe7 22. Nd5 Ree8 23. Rdf1 f6 $1) 21... Bf8 (21... Bf6 22. Rdf1 {[%csl
Rf6,Rf7][%cal Gc3d5,Gf1f7,Gf5f7]}) 22. Bd4 Re6 $5 23. Rdf1 $6 {Black is in a
worse position,and [as written in the book] trying to exchange pieces.Very
well!But why did white agree with it?Didn't he read this book?} (23. Nd5 $142
$1) 23... Rf6 $1 24. h3 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Re8 26. Nd5 Kg8 27. Qf2 Qc8 28. Rf4 {
And now the results:white finished his plan and stands better.But how to
win-that is the question?} Re6 29. Bc3 Qb7 30. Be2 $1 {White sees that he can
do nothing and starts a new plan.Right!} Nc5 31. Bf3 Nxf3 $6 {Till now black
has been playing very well but now he is tired of passive difense and starts
"to do something".It is wrong decision.If he wanted to play actively, he
should choose another variation [Not 9...Be6?!]!} (31... Ng6 32. Rf5 Qd7 (32...
Nxe4 $2 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Qf3 $1) 33. Qd4 $36) (31... Re8 $142 $5) 32. gxf3 Qc8
33. Rg4 Nd7 34. Kh2 Ne5 35. Rg3 Ng6 36. Rg2 $5 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8][%cal Gf2g3,
Gh3h4,Gd4g7,Gc3g7,Gg2g7]} Qd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 37. f4 $2 {White is tired too
and wants to win immediately.He could loose after this!} (37. Qg3 $142 $1)
37... Rxe4 38. Qf3 (38. f5 $6 Ne5 39. f6 g6 $17) (38. Bxg7 $2 Bxg7 39. f5 Be5+
40. Kh1 Qh4 41. Qxh4 Rxh4 $19) 38... f5 39. Qh5 Qe8 $2 {I guess it was a
zeitnot,and black was afraid of 40.R:g6 [after 39...Qd7!].} (39... Qd7 $1 40.
Rxg6 $140 hxg6 41. Qxg6 Re6 $1 42. Nf6+ $140 Rxf6 43. Bxf6 Qe6 $19) (39... Rxf4
$6 40. Nxf4 (40. Rxg6 $6 hxg6 41. Qxg6 Qh4 $1) 40... Nxf4 41. Qg5 (41. Qxf5 $5
Nxg2 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Kxg2) 41... Qxg5 42. Rxg5 g6 {And white is not suposed
to lose.}) 40. Qxf5 Re2 41. Qd3 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Qe6 {White is a little better
here [again!],but the position looks more like a draw.} 43. Kg3 Ne7 $1 44.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 45. f5 Qh6 46. Qe4 (46. Qd5+ $143 Kf8 47. Qe6 $6 Bh4+ 48. Kf3 Qxe6
49. fxe6 Ke7 (49... g6 $6 50. Ke4 Ke7 51. Kd5) 50. Bxg7 Kxe6 $11) 46... Qg5+
47. Kf3 Kf8 48. Qg4 Qh6 49. Bd4 d5 $11 50. Ke2 Kf7 51. Kd3 Bf8 52. Qg2 Qc6 53.
b3 {In spite of some mistakes,this game was on a good level!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 (10... Nxd5 $6 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 (
12... Nd7 13. Na5 $1 Qc7 14. c4 Rac8 15. b4 $16) 13. a4 $6 Nd7 14. Bb5 Qc7 15.
f3 Nf6 16. Rac1 Bd7 $1 17. c4 b6 18. Qf2 Rab8 19. Nd2 Bc8 $1 20. Nb1 Nd7 $10 {
Adla,-AM. Rodriguez, Mondariz 1994}) (10... Nxe4 $2 11. Nb6 (11. Bb6 Qd7 12.
Nc7) 11... Nc6 (11... Ra7 $142) 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. f3 Nf6 14. c4) 11. Qd3 (11.
f3 $6 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Qd2 a5 $1) (11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. f3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5
$10) 11... Bxd5 (11... Rc8 12. c4 Ne8 $5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rac1 a5 15. a4 $6 Nc5
16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. f4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bf6 19. f5 Nd6 20. Bd3 c4 21. Bb1 b5 $13 {
0-1 Conquest,S-Gallagher,J/Hastings Masters 1990}) 12. exd5 Nc5 {When this
move was born,Ljubojevic and,after him,Browne were saying that this move is
very good [!].When Lj Apicella won his game,he said this move is not so good 
[?!].After this game,someone can say this move is interesting [!?],but in my
opinion the discusion is open and new decorations are waiting for their
painters!!!} (12... a5 13. c4 a4 $6 (13... b6 $142 14. f4 Ne8 15. Kh1 exf4 16.
Bxf4 Nc5 17. Qd2 {0.5:0.5 Ye Jiangchuan-Nunn,Luzern 1985}) 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Qc2
Qa5 16. Nb1 $1 Bd8 17. Nc3 Bb6 18. Bg5 Ncd7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Kh1 Bd4 21. Rac1
a3 22. b3 Qc5 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qh3 Re8 25. Qh4 e4 26. Rcd1 h5 27. Nb5 {Svidler,
P-Loginov,V/St Petersburg-ch 1997/CBM 58/[Nor]/1-0 (41)}) (12... Re8 $5 13. c4
Bf8 14. Rac1 g6 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Nd2 a5 17. b3 Bg7 18. a3 Qe7 19. Qb1 Qf8 20. b4
Bh6 21. Qb3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra4 24. Ra1 Rea8 25. Qc3 Qh6 $15 {
Kudrin-Ljubojevic, New York 1985}) (12... Qb8 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd2
$13 {0-1 Wach,M-Hoelzl,F/AUT-chT 1995}) (12... Qc7 $6 13. c4 g6 14. Nd2 $1 a5
15. b3 $14) 13. Qd2 $1 {This move is surely better than 13.N:c5?} (13. Nxc5 $6
dxc5 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. a4 $6 Qc7 17. g3 Rae8 $36 18. a5 Nd7 19. Bf4
Ne5 20. c4 f5 21. Rac1 h6 22. h4 Ng6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. b4 e3 25. Qe1 f4 $17 {
0-1 King-Browne/Reykjavik/SW, 1990}) 13... Qc7 (13... Nce4 $6 14. Qb4 a5 15.
Qxb7 a4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Qc6 Rxb2 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bd3 $14) (13... Nxb3 $6 14.
axb3 a5 15. c4 b6 $14) 14. f3 Nfd7 $146 (14... h6 $143 $6 15. c4 Nh7 16. Nxc5
dxc5 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. g4 $1 Qe7 19. Qg2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5
f6 23. Bd2 $16 {1-0 Apicella,M-Brunner,L/EU-chT Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (36)}) (
14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Nd7 16. b4 $5) 15. Nxc5 (15. Na5 $5 f5 16. b4 Na4 17. c4 {
As it could have been in the game Apicella-Brunner,but black has a tempi more.}
) 15... Nxc5 (15... dxc5 $2 16. d6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7][%cal Gf1d1,Gd1d7]})
16. b4 Nd7 (16... Na4 $143 $6 17. c4 a5 18. a3 {[%csl Ra4]}) 17. c4 b6 18. a3
a5 19. Rfc1 (19. g4 $6 f5 $1) 19... Ra7 $1 {Now black gets a counterplay
anyway.Good defense!} 20. Ra2 $5 (20. Qb2 $143 $6 Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6a1]}) 20...
Rfa8 21. Rac2 {Both sides have some chances.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gutman Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 $6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 (11. Nd4 $6 g5 $132 (
11... Qc7 $6 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Ne5 15. Qd4 Rac8 16. Rad1 Qc5
17. a3 h6 18. h3 $14 {Van der Wiel-Van der Sterren, Nederland(ch) 1989})) 11...
Nc6 12. Qe1 (12. Qd2 {Gutman} d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qe3 Bd6 16.
Bf3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qb5 18. Rfd1 {Gutman: brachte Weiß nicht mehr als Remis in
Dolmatov-Vaulin/RUS-Cup9 Novgorod/1997/CBM 60. Meiner Meinung nach stellt nur
12.Nd4 bestimmte Probleme für Schwarz.}) 12... Nd7 $5 {Gutman: Eine seltener
gespielte Fortsetzung.} (12... Ne8 13. Nd5 $1 (13. Rd1 $5 Bh4 (13... Bf6 14.
Nc5 $14 (14. Nc5 Qe7 {,Vogt-Damljanovic,Trnava 1982,} 15. N5a4 $5 Nb4 16. Nb6
Rd8 17. Qd2)) 14. Bg3 (14. Qd2 Bf6) 14... Bf6 (14... Bxg3 {Gutman} 15. Qxg3 Qb6
$5 16. Bg4 Bc4 17. Rf2 Ne5 18. Rfd2 Rd8 19. Be2 Be6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nd4 Rd7 22.
Rb1 Rc8 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen,Dolmatov-Mitrakanth,Calcutta 1996.}) 15. Nc5
Qe7 {,Dolmatov-Vaulin,Kasan 1995,} 16. Nxe6 (16. N5a4 $2) 16... fxe6 17. Bc4
Be5 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Nf4 Nd8 21. c3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,
S-Vaulin,A/RUS-chT Kazan 1995}) 13... Bg5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Rd1 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nf6
17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Rf5 $1 Bh6 19. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 20. Nd4 {Ehlvest-Gurevich,I, Saint
Martin 1993}) (12... b5 $6 13. a3 $14) (12... Ne5 $6 13. Rd1 Nfd7 14. Nd4 g6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nf5 Nb6 $2 17. Ng7 $1 Rf8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Bd3
$18 {1-0 Vogt,L-Spassov,L/Polanica Zdrój 1980 (40)}) 13. Rd1 Nde5 (13... Qc7 $6
14. Qg3 Nce5 15. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Palac Mladen-Osterman Rudolf/It (open), Bled
(Slovenia) 1996 (20)}) 14. Nd5 $5 $146 {There is still place for novelties on
14-th move! Gutman: mit besseren Spiel für Weiß,S.Dolmatov.} (14. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5
15. Nd4 g6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Ne2 Qe7 $15 {1-0 Zvara,
P-Dobes,L/CZE-chT 1994 (41)}) 14... Bg5 15. Bg3 {White is a litlle better.} ({
Wenig bringt} 15. Qg3 {Gutman} Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7) 15... Rc8 16.
c4 $5 a5 (16... f5 $6 17. Bxe5 $5 (17. c5 $5) 17... Nxe5 (17... dxe5 18. Nc5
$16) 18. Nd4 Bf7 (18... Bxd5 $2 19. exd5 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd4e6]}) (18...
Bd7 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. f6 $1 $16) 19. Nxf5 g6 (19...
Nxc4 $2 20. Qc3 $1 $18 Ne5 $140 21. Qxc8) 20. Nd4 $16 Nxc4 $140 $2 21. Rxf7 $1
Rxf7 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Ne6 Qe8 24. Nxg5 $18) 17. Qc3 a4 $6 18. Nd4 Bxd5 (18...
Nxd4 $6 19. Qxd4 Nc6 20. Qf2 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 19. Nxc6 $1 (19. exd5 $2 Nxd4
20. Qxd4 Bf6 $13) 19... bxc6 (19... Bxc6 $6 20. Bxe5 Bxe4 (20... Re8 21. Bxg7
Rxe4 22. Bh5 $1 $16) 21. Bxg7 Re8 22. Bh5 $16) 20. exd5 (20. Bxe5 $6 dxe5 (
20... Bxe4 21. Bxd6 Re8 22. Bh5 $1 $16) 21. Bg4 Rc7 22. cxd5 Qd6 $1 $14 (22...
cxd5 $6 23. Qxe5)) 20... Bf6 $6 (20... cxd5 $142 21. Rxd5) 21. dxc6 Rxc6 22.
Qa3 $1 (22. Qc2 $5 {Gutman} Qc8 23. b3 {Gutman: mit weißen Druckspiel.}) 22...
Nxc4 $6 (22... Qc8 $5 23. Qxa4 Nxc4 {As in game.}) 23. Qxa4 $6 {It will be
hard to win the ending.} (23. Bxc4 $5 Rxc4 24. Bxd6 Re8 25. Be5 $16) 23... Qc8
24. Rc1 d5 25. b3 Ne5 (25... Ra6 $2 26. Qb5 Rb6 (26... Rxa2 27. Bd3 $18) 27.
Qxd5 Ne3 28. Rxc8 Nxd5 29. Rfc1 $18) 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Nxc6 {[%csl Ra2,
Rb3][%cal Gd5d1] White is better,but it is very hard to win.} 28. Bf3 Rd8 {
Gutman: Dieses Endspiel hatte Weiß als klar vorteilhaft für sich eingeschätzt,
aber das ist zu optimistisch.} 29. a4 (29. Rd1 $5 h6 $5 (29... Nd4 30. Bh4 $1
Bxh4 $6 (30... Nxf3 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. gxf3 $16) 31. Rxd4 Bf6 32. Rxd5 {With
chances.})) (29. Rc1 $5 {Gutman} Nb4 30. a4 d4 31. Rc4 Nd5 32. a5 d3 33. Be1)
29... g6 30. a5 $6 (30. Rc1 $5 {Gutman} Nd4 31. Bd1) 30... Kg7 31. a6 $6 (31.
Bc7 $5 {Gutman} Rd7 32. Bb6) 31... Ra8 $132 32. Bxd5 Rxa6 33. h3 Nd4 34. Bc4
Ra7 35. Bf4 $6 (35. Bf2 Rb7 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 $11) 35... Rb7 36. Rb1 h5 37. b4 Nc2
38. Bd3 $5 (38. Bd6 $2 Na3 39. Rc1 Bb2 $19) (38. b5 $2 Na3 39. Bd5 (39. Rb4 g5
40. Be3 Nxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxb5) 39... Rxb5 (39... Rd7 $2 40. Bc6 Rd4 41. Rf1) 40.
Rxb5 Nxb5) 38... Rxb4 39. Rxb4 Nxb4 40. Be4 Na2 41. Bd2 Nc3 42. Bxc3 $11
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 $5 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 a5 (
12... Nc5 $1 {Browne} 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. a4 $6 Qc7 17.
g3 Rae8 $36 18. a5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. c4 f5 21. Rac1 h6 22. h4 Ng6 23. Bxd6
Qxd6 24. b4 e3 25. Qe1 f4 $17 {0-1 King-Browne/Reykjavik/SW, 1990}) 13. c4 a4
$6 {Loginov played this move also against Svidler.As I said there,this move
halps white to make order in his lines.} (13... b6 $142 14. f4 Ne8 15. Kh1 exf4
16. Bxf4 Nc5 17. Qd2 {0.5:0.5 Ye Jiangchuan-Nunn,Luzern 1985}) 14. Nd2 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Qa5 16. Nb1 $1 $14 {No matter what blackl plays now,white already has an
advantage.The only problem is that he can't take it home,and there is a long
way to go to the win!} Rfc8 $5 $146 {This move is better than 16...Bd8 which
was played by Loginov against Svidler.It seems like he has his own theory in
this variation,but he lost again!Maybe he should try another variation.} 17.
Nc3 Ncd7 (17... Bd8 18. Nb5 Qa6 (18... Ne8 $2 19. Bg4 $1 Rcb8 20. Bxc5 dxc5 $16
) (18... Nb3 $6 19. axb3 Qxb5 20. bxa4 (20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. bxa4 Qxd5 $14) (20.
Qxh7+ $6 Kxh7 21. cxb5 axb3 22. Bd3+ g6 $13) 20... Qxd5 $14 21. Rfd1 Qc6 22.
Qd3 (22. b4 d5 $13) 22... Rxa4 (22... Bb6 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. b3 $14) 23. Rxa4
Qxa4 24. b3 Qc6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 $14) 19. Rac1 g6 20. f4 Nfd7 $14) 18.
Rac1 Bd8 {Black's big problem is that his game should be on the king's flank,
and his pieces and weaknesses [a4!] are on the queen's!Not easy!} (18... b5 $6
19. cxb5 Nxd5 20. Qf5 $1 Nxc3 (20... N5f6 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. Nd5 $16) 21. bxc3
Nf6 22. c4 $16) (18... g6 19. f4 $16 {Against the weaknesses!}) 19. Nb5 Be7 {
If this move is the best [and it seems to be so],this is telling a lot about
black position [that is only a little worse!!!]} 20. Rfd1 g6 {With the idea of
Ne8,Bd8-b6 and if Bg4 than f5.The rook is not on f1 anymore,therefore, f4 is
not that good,so it seemed logical for Loginov,but white is starting first!}
21. Rd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra4]} Ne4 (21... Ne8 22. Ra3 Bd8 23. Nc3 Nc5 24. Bxc5
Qxc5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Nxa4 $18) 22. Ra3 f5 23. f3 Nef6 24. Qd2 $1 {Already
Nimzowitsch the Great said that the pawns on f5 and e5 are not "the end of the
world".Here they are "the start of the end"!} Qd8 (24... Qxd2 25. Bxd2 {
With the idea of Be3,Nc3-Against a4.}) 25. Bd1 $6 {White played very well and
could finish the game after 25.Na7!Now he should try again.} (25. Na7 $1 Rxa7 (
25... Rc7 26. Rxa4 e4 (26... Nc5 27. Ra5 $18 b6 $140 28. Nc6 Rxc6 29. Rxa8 Qxa8
30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. b4 $18) 27. b3 Nc5 28. Ra5 exf3 29. gxf3 $1 $18 (29. Nb5 $2
Rxa5 30. Qxa5 fxe2 31. Qxc7 Qxc7 32. Nxc7 Nd3 $19)) 26. Bxa7 b6 27. Rxa4 Qc7
28. Rc3 $1 e4 29. b4 Ra8 30. Rca3 Ne5 31. Qd4 Bd8 32. Ra6 $18) 25... Nc5 $1 26.
b4 $5 {After mistake on the last move white can't win the "a4",so he start's
his tradition plan.But black is already not so bad!} (26. Bxc5 $6 Rxc5 27. Bxa4
(27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Bxa4 Nxd5 29. Re1 (29. cxd5 $2 Bg5 $1) 29... Bg5 $15) 27...
Nxd5 28. Re1 (28. cxd5 $2 Bg5 $19) 28... Bg5 29. Qd1 Qb6 30. Kh1 Nc7 $13 31. b4
$140 $2 Rxc4 32. Bb3 Qxb5 33. Rxa8+ Nxa8 34. Qxd6 Kg7 35. Bxc4 Qxc4 36. Qxe5+
Bf6 $17) 26... axb3 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. axb3 e4 $1 $132 (28... Ncd7 $143 29. Bc2
$16) 29. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 30. d6 Ra6 $1 (30... Bf8 31. fxe4 Nxe4 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33.
Bf3 Ng5 (33... Bxd6 34. Bxe4 Bf4 35. Rd1 Qh4 36. Bf3 Qxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2
Ra2+ (38... Qh4 39. Qd7 Ra2+ $140 40. Kd3 Qf2 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ $18) 39.
Kd3 Qxd1+ 40. Bxd1 Rd2+ 41. Kc3 Rxd5 42. cxd5 $18) (33... Qg5 34. Re1 Qd2 35.
Qxd2 Nxd2 36. d7 $18) 34. Rd1 Nxf3+ 35. Qxf3 $16) 31. fxe4 $1 fxe4 $8 (31...
Nxe4 $2 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. dxe7 $18) (31... Bxd6 $2 32. e5 $1 $18) 32. Bc2 Bf8 $2
{Another reason not to play this variation [13...a4] is that after black had
tryed so hard and almost made a draw [!!!],finally he makes some mistakes and
looses.It is not easy to play for a draw!} (32... Bxd6 $1 33. Rd1 e3 34. Qxe3
Qe7 35. Qxe7 Bxe7 $11) 33. Bxe4 $1 $14 Bxd6 $1 {Better late than never!} 34.
Bd5+ Kh8 $6 (34... Kg7 $142) 35. Qb2 $16 {This position is not loosing for
black,but it is very hard to defend it, especially in zeitnot.} (35. Qg5 $5)
35... Bf8 (35... Bf4 36. Re1 Qd7 37. g3 Bb8 38. Qf2 $16) 36. Bxb7 Rb6 (36...
Re6 $5) 37. Bf3 Bg7 38. Qe2 Qe8 $6 39. Qxe8+ Nxe8 40. Re1 Nf6 41. Re7 Ra6 42.
Rb7 Bh6 43. Nc7 Ra1+ $6 (43... Be3+ $142 44. Kf1 Ra2 45. Ne6 h5 46. Rc7 $16)
44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 $18 Bd2 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nxc5 g5 {By next
moves black is looking for some chances,but this is hopeless.} 49. Nd3 h5 50.
h4 Kg6 51. hxg5 Bxg5 52. Rb5 h4+ 53. Kh3 Ra1 54. g3 hxg3 55. Kxg3 Be3 56. Ne5+
Kg7 57. Rb7+ Kh6 58. Ng4+ Nxg4 59. Bxg4 {If black's king was in queen's flank,
maybe he would have some chances, but not here. Hecht: Klarer Gewinn mit
verbundenen Freibauern. Dominierender wL auf d5; passiver sK} Rf1 60. Be2 Rf6
61. Bd3 Rd6 (61... Rb6 62. Rd7 $1 Rxb3 63. Kg4 $18) 62. Be4 Kg5 63. Kf3 Bd4 64.
b4 Ra6 65. Bd5 Kf5 66. Rf7+ Ke5 67. Re7+ Kf5 68. c5 Kf6 69. Rh7 Ra4 70. c6 Ke5
71. c7 Ra3+ 72. Kg4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gutman Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 $1 (9... Bd7 $6 10. Be3 Bc6 11. f3 Nbd7 12. a4
Rc8 13. a5 h6 14. Qd2 Ne8 15. Nd5 {[#]} Bxd5 16. exd5 Bg5 17. c4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3
Nef6 19. Nd2 Nh5 20. g3 f5 21. f4 $16 {1-0 GM Lutz-GM Gutman/F-West Open, 1996
(48)}) 10. a4 Be6 (10... b6 $5 11. Be3 Nbd7 $6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Rf2 $1 Rfd8 14.
Bf1 Rac8 15. Rd2 Qb8 16. Nc1 $1 Qa8 17. N1a2 a5 $1 $8 18. b3 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Solozhenkin,E-Istratescu,A/Avoine 1995}) (10... Nc6 $5) 11. f4 Nbd7 (11... exf4
$5) 12. f5 Bc4 13. Bg5 (13. a5 Rac8 14. Be3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 d5 16. exd5 Bb4 17.
Rfd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. d6 b5 {1/2-1/2 Wolter,K-Goergens,A/
Porz-op28 1992}) 13... Rac8 (13... Rfc8 $5 {Gutman: gilt als Hauptalternative,
und kommt meistens vor.}) 14. a5 {Dolmatov plays this position all the time.It
seems like he makes black play 8...Be6?! and not every player is ready for
this! [#]} d5 $6 ({Gutman: Ein neuer Versuch! Als unzufriedent haben sich
erwiesen: I)} 14... Rfd8 {Gutman} 15. Nd2 d5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qe2 h6 18. Bh4
Bb4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. exd5 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nf6 23. Rfd1 {mit
besseren Aussichten für Weiß,Schöneberg-Gutman,2.BL 1993/94;}) ({II)} 14... h6
{Gutman} 15. Bh4 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Kf8 18. Ra4 Qb8 19. Nc4 Rc6 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 {Tseshkovsky-Ribli/Bled-Portoroz/1979,} 21. Nb6 {mit weißen
Druckspiel.}) 15. exd5 Bxb3 (15... Bb4 $6 16. Ra4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Bd6 18. Nc3 $16
) 16. cxb3 e4 $2 (16... Bb4 $142 $5 17. Ra4 $5 Bxa5 (17... Bxc3 18. d6 Qc5 19.
bxc3 Qxc3 20. Bf3 $16) 18. d6 Qc5 19. Bf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 e4 $5 (20... Qxc3 21.
Bxb7) (20... b5 21. Rxa6 Qxc3 22. Bb7 $1 Rb8 23. Rc6 Qb4 24. Rc7 $16) 21. Bxe4
(21. Bxf6 $2 exf3 22. Be7 fxg2+ 23. Kxg2 $13) 21... b5 22. Rd4 Qxc3 (22... Nxe4
23. Rxe4 Qxc3 24. Re7 $1 $16 (24. f6 Nxf6 25. Rxf6 $2 gxf6 26. Bh6 f5 $8 (26...
Kh8 27. d7 $18) 27. Re3 Qf6 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Bg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 $15)) 23.
Bb7 Rb8 24. Rf3 Qc5 25. b4 Qb6 26. Bd5 $16) 17. Bf4 $2 (17. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 (17...
Qe5 $6 18. d6 $1 Rfe8 (18... Qxe4 19. Bf3 Qb4 20. dxe7 Rfe8 21. Re1 $18) (18...
Bd8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Bf3 $18) 19. Bf3 $1 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 $18 Qxf5
$140 21. Ra4 $18) 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. d6 (19. Bh4 {Gutman} Qe5 20. Bf3) 19... Qc5
20. Bc4 $1 Nf2+ $140 $2 21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Rc1 Qxf5
25. Rc7 $18) 17... Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qd4 $1 {Now white is only better!} Nc5
20. Ra3 Rfe8 21. g3 (21. b4 {Gutman} Nd3 22. Bxd3 Ng4 23. g3 Qh6) 21... h5 (
21... e3 $5) 22. b4 $1 Nd3 $1 (22... Ncd7 $6 23. Raa1 Re5 24. Rad1 $16) 23. b5
$5 (23. Bxd3 $6 exd3 24. Qxd3 (24. Raa1 {Gutman} h4 25. gxh4 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Re2
27. Rf4 d2 28. c4 Ne4 {Gutman: mit aktivem Gegenspiel.}) 24... Qxb4 25. Qd1 $5
Ng4 $1 $13) 23... h4 $6 (23... Nb4 $1 $13) 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Bxd3 {Here the
draw was agreed.White's position is better,but his efforts to win will be
dangerous for him too,therefore he decides not to take a risk.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O Be6 $6 {Althout His Majesty Kasparov played this move,I don't think
this way is the best for equality.} 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Bg5 $5 (11. a4
Nbd7 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 (15. Bxf6 $5) 15... Rfe8 16.
Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Ra4 Qc7 18. Rf2 Qb8 19. Qf3 Kh7 20. g4 Kg8 21. h4 d5 22. Nxd5
Nxd5 23. exd5 b5 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Rxa6 e4 26. Qh3 Nxd5 $13 {0-1 Bocksberger,
S-Gutman,L/GER-CupT 1991 (34)}) 11... Nbd7 12. a4 h6 $6 $146 {Not a good
novelty,and Dolmatov uses the tempi he gets very well.} (12... Bxb3 $6 13. cxb3
d5 $2 14. exd5 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 (16... Nxc3 17. Bxc5 Nxd1 18.
Bg1 $1 $18) 17. Ne4 $18) (12... O-O $5 13. Kh1 Rfc8 (13... h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
a5 Rfd8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3 $6 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21.
Ne4 Rad8 22. c3 Rd3 23. Qe2 Bg5 24. Rf3 Qd5 25. Rxd3 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Re1
Be3 28. g3 Kf8 29. f6 Ba7 30. g4 gxf6 31. Nxf6 Bb8 32. Re2 Bc7 33. Kg2 Bd8 34.
Ne4 Bxa5 35. Nc5 Rd5 36. Rxe5 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Bb6 38. b4 Bxc5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Tseshkovsky,V-Kuczynski,R/POL-chT Lubniewice 1995}) 14. a5 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16.
Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3 Rc7 18. Nd2 Qb4 19. Rfb1 Rac8 (19... Bd8 20. Nf1 Rac8 21. Ra3
Qc5 22. Rba1 b5 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. R1a2 a5 25. h3 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Sotnikov,I/
RUS-sf Briansk 1995}) 20. Ra4 Qc5 21. Rba1 Bd8 22. Nf1 b5 23. axb6 Qxb6 24.
R1a2 a5 25. h3 Rc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Nd2 Rb4 28. Ra1 Qc6 29. b3 a4 30. Rxa4
Rxa4 31. bxa4 Ba5 32. Nd5 Qxc2 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Nf1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Oll,
L-Kasparov,G/Moscow olm 1994 (42)}) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a5 O-O 15. Ra4 $1 {
That is the tempi!} b5 $2 {In this variation black loves playing b5 too
much!This time [and not for the first time!] this "releasing"move helps white.
After 15...B:e2 black is not shining,but playing.} (15... Bxe2 $142 16. Qxe2
Rfc8 17. Kh1 (17. Nd2 $2 b5 18. axb6 Qxb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxb2) 17... Qd7 $1 $14) 16.
axb6 Qxb6+ 17. Kh1 $16 Bb5 $6 {After 17...B:b3 white will get a classical
position as in game Karpov- Meking 1971/72,and after 17...B:e2 another
classical position as in game Geller-Naidorf 1953.Black makes Dolmatov build
some new classical position.} (17... Bxb3 18. cxb3 a5 19. Bc4 Rac8 20. Nd5 Nxd5
21. Bxd5 $16 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc4g8]}) (17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ra7 19. Rfa1 Rfa8
20. R1a2 $16 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gb3a5,Ga5c4,Gc4e3,Ge3d5,Gb3d5]}) 18. Bxb5 axb5
19. Rb4 Qc6 20. Qd3 Rfb8 21. Nd2 {I really don't know where to put the "!".
Maybe after Dolmatov!!!Every move is simple [for exemple:21...Ra5 22.Nc4 and
Na3!].It always happens when Big Player is enjoying!} Bd8 (21... Ra5 22. Nc4
Ra6 23. Na3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 22. Rxb5 Ba5 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Nd5 $1 Nxd5
25. exd5 Qb5 26. Nc4 Qc5 27. b3 $18 {O.K.-White is in the winning position.
What is Dolmatov's plan?Using his domination and 1.Centralize the king 2.Check
pushing pawns on king flank or taking over the "a" file 3.If this doesn't
succeed,to pretect the "c2" and to put the knight on e4 that with pushing of
king flank pawns should win. 4.If he will do it slowly-black will loose by
himself!} Rc8 28. Qe4 (28. f6 $1 Bd8 (28... g6 29. Qh3 h5 30. Nxa5 $18) 29.
fxg7 $18) 28... Bc3 29. g3 {White does not hurry to win.f6 could win all the
time.} (29. f6 $1 g6 30. Qh4 Kh7 31. Qh3 Bb4 32. c3 $18) 29... Ra8 30. Kg2 Ra2
31. Kf3 Ba5 32. Qd3 Bb6 33. h4 Bd8 34. Ke4 {1 and 2 are done.} Be7 35. Qc3 Qb5
36. Rc1 Ra8 37. Qd3 Qb4 38. Kf3 Re8 39. Nd2 Bxh4 {4 comes earlier than 3} 40.
gxh4 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 Qh2+ 42. Kd1 e4 (42... Qg1+ 43. Qf1 Qg4+ 44. Qf3 Qg1+ 45. Nf1
Qd4+ 46. Ke2 Qxh4 47. Re1 e4 48. Qf2 Qg4+ 49. Kd2 Qg5+ 50. Ne3 $18) 43. Qe3 Qe5
44. c4 Qxf5 45. b4 $1 Qe5 46. b5 $1 f5 47. b6 $1 Re7 48. Rb1 Rb7 49. Kc2 Qe8
50. Rb3 Qa4 51. Kb2 Qa6 52. c5 dxc5 53. Qxc5 Qe2 1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 $6 10. f4 Qc7 $6 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $5 $146 {
The usual move here is a4. But this position is unusual! Black is playing Be6
after a4, and for sure not Qc7 in the position after 10 moves. Except for this,
white had to be ready for 9...b5, or 10...b5. So we can see the game without
preparing!} (12. a4 {Tyomkin,D} Nbd7 13. Be3 (13. a5 b5 (13... Rfc8 14. Bxc4 (
14. Ra4 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Ra2 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5
20. Ra5 Rd8 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 f6 23. d4 Bb4 24. Ra4 a5 $15 {0-1 Jansa,
V-Epishin,V/Mlada Boleslav op 1994 (40)}) 14... Qxc4 15. Qf3 $5 (15. Ra4) 15...
d5 $5 16. exd5 Bb4 $6 (16... e4 17. Qd1 Bb4 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Qxc2 $44) 17. Nd2 $1 Qc7 (17... Qd4 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Qc6 $14
) 18. Nde4 $16 {1-0 Vogt,L-Groszpeter,A/DDR-HUN (Zinnowitz) 1980 (28)}) 14.
axb6 Nxb6 15. Bg5 {[%csl Yd5]} (15. Na5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Reuther,E-Spiriev,P/Dortmund op 1989 (28)})
15... Rfc8 16. Na5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qc5 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ra2 Bg5 21.
Nb3 Qc4 22. Qf2 Qb4 23. Rda1 d5 24. exd5 e4 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 e3 $44 {
0-1 Landa,K-Kaminski,M/Katowice op 1992 (38)}) (13. Bg5 Rfc8 14. Rf3 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Qc4 16. Qxc4 Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Moiseev,V-Isupov,V/Kemerovo 1991}) 13... Rac8
14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19. Nd2 R4c6
20. Nb3 Rc4 21. Nd2 R4c6 {1/2-1/2 Santacruz,C-James,D/Moscow olm PAR-WLS 1994})
12... d5 {This move, that is normal for cases like this, will explain if g4 is
good or bad! the most logical move in this position.} (12... Nbd7 13. g5 Nxe4
$2 14. Nxe4 Qc6 15. Bf3 Bxf1 (15... d5 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Nxc4 $18) 16. Nf6+ $18)
13. g5 $6 {Now they are starting a new game.} (13. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 (13... Bxd5 14.
exd5 Rd8 15. c4 b5 16. Bd2 Qd6 17. Ba5 Rd7 18. Nd2 $16) 14. exd5 Rd8 15. Bxc4
Qxc4 $15) (13. exd5 $1 {Usually in the Sicilian defence white's position falls
to pieces after d5. This is sitting so hard in our subconsciousness, that even
if it is not right we will not believe it! But here, after 13.ed, I don't see
anything good for black. How did this happen? Can g4 be right? Yes, it is
right! Black didn't play exact and the ponishment is that moves like g4 are
right!} Bb4 $1 (13... Rd8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bg5 $1 (15. g5 $6 Nxd5 16. Na5 Qb4
17. Nxd5 Qe4+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Rxd5 20. Nxb7 Ra7 21. Rb3 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Nc6
23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. Na5 Rd7 26. f6 Re1 $1 $17) 15... Nbd7 (15... Nc6
16. Nd2 $18) (15... Nc6 $44 {Tyomkin,D}) 16. Qf3 h6 (16... Nxd5 17. Na5 e4 18.
Nxc4 exf3 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rae1 Nc6 21. Rxf3 $16) (16... e4 17. Nd2 $16) 17.
Bh4 (17. Bxf6 $2 Nxf6 18. Rae1 $140 Bb4 19. Rxe5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rac8 $15) 17...
Nb6 (17... Nxd5 18. Na5) (17... Bb4 18. Nd2 Qd4 19. Nde4 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 $16) 18.
Rae1 Nfxd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. f6 $16) (13... Rd8 $15 {Tyomkin,D}) 14. g5 Bxc3
15. gxf6 Bd4 16. fxg7 Rd8 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nxd4 Rxd5 19. Rg1 exd4 (19... Rxd4
20. Qf3 Nc6 21. Be3 Rd7 22. Qg4 $1 Qxc2 (22... Nd4 23. Rg2 Rad8 24. Bg5) 23.
Rg2 Qd3 24. Rd2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Rxd2 $14) 20. Qf3 Nc6 $14) 13... Nxe4 $132 14.
Nxe4 dxe4 (14... Bxb3 15. cxb3 dxe4 16. f6 Bc5 17. fxg7 Rd8 18. Qc2 $13) 15. f6
Bd6 $6 (15... Bd8 {Tyomkin,D} 16. Be3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nc6 (17... Nd7 18. Rad1 $16
{[%cal Ge2g4]}) 18. Qc4 $16) 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Be3 (17. Na5 {Tyomkin,D} Qb5 18.
c4 Qxa5 19. Qxd6 Rd8 20. Qe7 Nc6 21. Qxb7 Rac8 22. Be3 $132) 17... Rd8 18. fxg7
Nc6 19. Qh5 (19. Nd2 Qd5 20. Qg4 Be7 21. Nxe4 $13) 19... Be7 20. Rf2 Nd4 $6 21.
Nd2 (21. Raf1 {Tyomkin,D} Nf3) 21... Qe6 22. Nxe4 Qg6 $6 (22... Nf5 $142) 23.
Qxg6 $2 (23. Nf6+ $1 Kxg7 (23... Bxf6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. gxf6 $16) 24. Qh6+ $1 (
24. Qxh7+ Qxh7 25. Nxh7 Bc5 $1) 24... Qxh6 (24... Kh8 25. Qxh7+ Qxh7 26. Nxh7
Nxc2 27. Rxc2 Kxh7 28. Rc7 Re8 29. Rxb7 $16) 25. gxh6+ Kh8 26. Raf1 $14) 23...
hxg6 24. Bxd4 $5 (24. Raf1 {Tyomkin,D} Nf5) 24... Rxd4 25. Re1 Kxg7 26. Rf3 Rh8
(26... Rad8 $5) 27. c3 Rd7 28. Kg2 Rh5 29. Rh3 Rxh3 {30.K:h3 Rd3+} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 $5 (10... Nxd5 $5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 (12...
Nd7 13. Na5 $1 Qc7 14. c4 Rac8 15. b4 $16 {Browne}) 13. a4 $6 Nd7 14. Bb5 Qc7
15. f3 Nf6 16. Rac1 Bd7 $1 17. c4 b6 18. Qf2 Rab8 19. Nd2 Bc8 $1 20. Nb1 Nd7
$10 {Adla-Rodriguez,Am/Mondariz/1994/}) (10... Nxe4 $2 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Nc7) 11.
Qd3 Bxd5 (11... Rc8 12. c4 Ne8 $5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rac1 a5 15. a4 $6 Nc5 16. Nxc5
dxc5 17. f4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bf6 19. f5 Nd6 20. Bd3 c4 21. Bb1 b5 $13 {0-1
Conquest,S-Gallagher,J/Hastings Masters 1990}) 12. exd5 {It is a critical
position for the variation.In my subjective opinion,it is very hard for white
to get something.The knight on b3 is standing very bad, therefore it is very
hard to push the pawns on queen's flank.But even if white will suceed in doing
it-it is not enough!In order to win, white should have an advantage on both
flanks and this is not easy.} a5 (12... Re8 $5 13. c4 Bf8 14. Rac1 g6 15. Rfd1
b6 16. Nd2 a5 17. b3 Bg7 18. a3 Qe7 19. Qb1 Qf8 20. b4 Bh6 21. Qb3 Bxe3 22.
Qxe3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra4 24. Ra1 Rea8 25. Qc3 Qh6 $15 {Kudrin-Ljubojevic, New
York 1985}) (12... Qb8 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd2 $13 {0-1 Wach,M-Hoelzl,
F/AUT-chT 1995}) (12... Qc7 $6 13. c4 g6 (13... Rfe8 $5) 14. Nd2 $1 a5 (14...
Nc5 15. Qc2 a5 16. b3 $14 {/\ a3, b4}) 15. b3 {+/=}) (12... Nc5 $5 {Browne} 13.
Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. a4 $6 (16. Bf4 $142) 16... Qc7 17. g3
Rae8 $36 18. a5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. c4 f5 21. Rac1 h6 22. h4 Ng6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6
24. b4 e3 25. Qe1 f4 $17 {0-1 King-Browne/Reykjavik/SW, 1990}) 13. c4 a4 $6
$146 {The novelty is helping white to make an order in his lines.I think that
Browne's idea on 12-th move is giving the best chanses for black in this
variation.} (13... b6 $142 14. f4 Ne8 15. Kh1 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc5 17. Qd2 {
0.5:0.5 Ye Jiangchuan-Nunn,Luzern 1985}) 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qa5 $6 (15... b5
$142 16. cxb5 (16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 b4 $1 18. Raf1 Nfd7 $132) 16... Nxd5 17.
Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nc4 (18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Qb1 Qc7 20. Nc4 Rad8 21. Bf3 $14) 18... Bf6
(18... f6 19. Rfd1 Nb4 (19... Ra7 20. Qe4 Rd7 21. Bg4 $18) 20. Qe4 Qe8 21. a3
$18) 19. Rfd1 e4 $8 (19... Nb4 20. Qe4 Qe8 21. a3 $18) 20. Qxe4 Re8 21. Qc2 (
21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxe2 $44) 21... Bd4 (21... Nb4 22. Rxd8 Nxc2 23. Rxa8
Rxa8 24. Rc1 Nd4 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. b6 $16) 22. Bf3 Nb4 23. Qf5 Rb8 24. a3 g6 25.
Qb1 Nd5 26. Qc2 $14) 16. Nb1 $1 $14 {Now white is better,but yet it is not
enough.} Bd8 {Black thinks that positionaly he can't loose.Maybe he is right,
but his defense is not easy.After 15...b5 or 16...b5 black would have more
chanses than now.} (16... b5 $142 17. Na3 (17. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 18. Qf5 Rad8 $1 19.
Qxe5 Bd6 20. Qc3 (20. Qf5 Rfe8 $36) 20... b4 21. Qc2 Qc7 22. Qxa4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1
Qf4 $40) 17... b4 (17... bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qb4 (18... Qc7 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Rac1
Rab8 $14) 19. a3 Qb3 20. Qxb3 Nxb3 21. Rad1 Nd7 22. f4 e4 23. f5 Ndc5 24. Bf4
Rfd8 25. Rfe1 $14) 18. Nb5 Rfc8 19. Qf5 g6 (19... Nfe4 20. f4) 20. Qh3 $14) 17.
Nc3 Bb6 18. Bg5 $6 {I think it was better to start with Bd2.} (18. Bd2 $1 Ba7 (
18... Qa7 19. Bg5 Ncd7 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. b4 $1 $16) 19. Bg5 Ncd7 20. Kh1 (20.
Nxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rxa4 23. b3 Ra5 $13) (20. Nb5 $5) 20... Rfc8
21. b4 $5 Qxb4 22. Rab1 Qa5 23. Rxb7 Bd4 24. Nb5 Nc5 25. Nxd4 $1 Nxb7 26. Nc6
Qc7 27. Qf5 $1 $36) 18... Ncd7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Kh1 Bd4 21. Rac1 a3 $4 {
For a high level-players as those two are-a very serious mistake.Now white has
no weakness and can play without looking back.I can't even guess what had
black missed!} (21... Nc5 22. f4 (22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bf4 Re8 $13)
22... Qb6 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rce1 Re8 $132) 22. b3 Qc5 23. Qf5 $1 $16 {Maybe
black didn't see a defence from two threats:B:f2 and B:c3 with b5. Now white
feels much better!} g6 24. Qh3 Re8 25. Qh4 $1 e4 26. Rcd1 {Althout 26.Bg5 is a
good move,white doesn't have to hurry-he is going to win.} (26. Bg5 $5 e3 $140
27. b4 Qb6 28. fxe3 Bxe3 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Qxf6 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 $18) 26... h5 (
26... e3 27. fxe3 Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Qxe3 29. Bd3 $18) 27. Nb5 Be5 28. Qh3 {After
28.b4 with an idea of Bc1 [28...Qb6 29.Be3] white could win the pawn on a3,but
it is not enough for him!} Kg7 {Black can do nothing.} 29. Be3 Qc8 30. b4 Rh8
$6 31. Bd4 $18 Qf8 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Qc3 $1 Qe7 34. Rd2 b6 (34... Ra4 35. c5
dxc5 36. bxc5 Rd8 37. Rfd1 $18) (34... Rhc8 35. Nxa3 $18) 35. c5 bxc5 36. bxc5
Nfg4 {It won't be long.} (36... Ne8 $142) 37. Nxd6 Kg8 38. Nxe4 Ra4 (38... Nxh2
39. Kxh2 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qxe4 (40... Ng4 41. Qh3) 41. c6 $18) 39. Rd4 Qh4 40. h3
Rxd4 41. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Maiorov, Oleg Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 $6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 {Interesting that in game
against Lin Weiguo [1993] Dolmatov played 11.Nd5 and won.He wrote there that
this move is "!",and 11.f5 is "?!". Today the "decorations" are different!I
think that black should play Be6 after a4-this way he gets a regular position,
in wich he is O.K.Here white will stand better and 11.f5 is suitable move for
it.} (11. Qd3 $5 b5 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. a3 Nbd7 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Nf5
Bxf5 17. exf5 Bd6 18. Qh4 e4 19. g4 Be5 20. g5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nd5 22. c4 bxc4
23. Bxc4 Qe5 24. Bb2 Qxb2 25. Bxd5 Ra7 26. Bxf7 Raxf7 27. g6 h6 28. gxf7 Qb7
29. Rab1 Qd5 30. c4 Qxc4 31. Qe7 Rxf7 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Rbc1 {1-0 Diaz,
J-Pigusov,E/Santa Clara 1991}) (11. Nd5 $1 {Dolmatov} Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4
Ne4 14. Be3 Rae8 15. Qc2 Nec5 16. f5 $16 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Lin Weiguo/WchT
Luzern 1993}) 11... Bc4 12. Bg5 {Interesting 12.g4 was played in game
Fiorito-Ricardi [1997] cbm58} (12. Be3 $6 b5 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Nd2 Qc6 15. Bg5
Nbd7 16. Ne2 $2 d5 17. exd5 $2 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Ne3 19. Nf3 Nxd1 20. Bxf8 Ne3 21.
Bb4 Nxf1 {0-1 Schroeder,B-Csolto,R/EU-chJM U18 Rimavska Sobota 1996}) (12. g4
$5 $146) 12... Nbd7 13. a4 Rfc8 $5 14. a5 $5 (14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 b5 16. axb5
axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Qxb5 (18. Rc1 $6 b4 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. c4 $6 bxc3 21. bxc3
Nc5 22. c4 h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nf3 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nd4 26. Qd3 Qc5 27. Rb1 Ra4 28.
Nfxd4 exd4 29. Nxd4 {0-1 Madsen,P-Nordahl,H/Skei-B 1995}) 18... Qa7 19. b3 $6
Ng4 $1 20. Bxe7 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. h3 Qxd2 23. Na4 $2 Qxc2 $2 (23... Nc5 $1
) 24. Qxd7 Qxb3 25. Qxd6 Qb1+ 26. Kh2 Qxe4 27. f6 Qf4+ 28. Kh1 h5 $19 {1-0
Hlgatian,G-Dworakowska,J/Erevan olw 1996 (40)}) (14. Rf3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qc4 16.
Qxc4 Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Moiseev,V-Isupov,V/Kemerovo 1991}) 14... b5 $2 (14... Qd8
$142 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rc5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nc4 Rac8 19. Nb6 R8c6 20. Qd3
Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Qxb6 22. Ra2 Qb4 23. h3 h6 24. Rd1 Bd8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Bg5
27. Qd3 h5 28. g3 h4 29. gxh4 Bxh4 30. Rd2 Bg5 31. Re2 Bf4 32. c3 $14 {... 1/
2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Gutman,L/BL2-O 1996}) 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd3 {
By 17.Nd5! white could have almost wining position.Now it will be a little
more complicated.But the most interesting thing is that if white plays now 17.
B:f6?!,then after 17...N:f6 he will get a very fashionable ,20-30 years ago,
position,in which the bishop goes to e3 and takes the knight on b6!Although,
Dolmatov, without any doubt, understands this he couldn't believe that this
little change changes the position so drastically.} (17. Nd5 $1 Qd8 (17... Nxd5
$2 18. Qxd5 $18) 18. Na5 Rcc8 (18... Rd4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nc6 $18) 19. Nb7
Qe8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Rxc2 24. Qxf6 $16)
17... Qc7 (17... Rc7 $5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 (19... Qxb3 20. cxb3 Nxd3 21.
Nxc7 Rc8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 $16) (19... Nxd3 $2 20. Nxb6 Rxc2 21. Nxa8 Nxe4
22. Rxa6 $18) 20. Qxd5 Qb7 (20... Rb8 21. Rfd1 Bf6 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. b3 $16)
21. Nxc5 Qxd5 22. exd5 dxc5 $14) 18. Be3 Qc8 19. Na5 $5 Rc7 (19... Rb4 20. b3
Bf8 $140 21. Nc4 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Ra5 Qc6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 $16) 20.
Ra4 {White already gets necessary weaknesses,so he starts to fight for the
queen flank!However,it seems too demonstrated!} Rb8 $5 (20... Nc5 $6 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. Nc4 $16) 21. Nc4 Rxb2 $5 {Maybe not the best move of chess,but very
buty gesture!Black doesn't want to gasp,so he is trying to find some practical
chances.} 22. Nxb2 Rxc3 23. Rc4 Qxc4 $6 {Wrong decision.Black could get the
same position as in game,but with the queens.Now he still has some chances,but
not for too long!} (23... Rxc4 24. Nxc4 (24. Qxc4 $6 Qxc4 25. Nxc4 Nxe4 $13)
24... Qc6 25. Nd2 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 $14) 24. Nxc4 Rxd3 25. cxd3 $16 {Now we get
a really interesting ending.Both sides has 50% to get the result he wants [win
for white;draw for black],so everything depends on players' level of game.
Black started well and almost got an advantage,but white finished even
better!Hard game!} d5 {Ohly chance!} 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Rb1 Bb4 28. Bd2 Bf8 29.
Kg1 $6 {White doesn't have to hurry,but 29.Ra1! was better.} (29. Ra1 $1) 29...
f6 30. Kf2 h5 $5 (30... g6 $6 31. g4 (31. fxg6 $6 hxg6 $14) 31... gxf5 32. gxf5
h5 33. Ke2 $16) 31. Kg3 $5 Nc5 32. Ne3 (32. Ra1 $6 Ne7 33. Nd6 (33. Kh4 Nxf5+
34. Kxh5 Nxd3 35. Rxa6 $14 {but maybe not enough!}) 33... Nb3 34. Ra2 g6 35.
fxg6 Nxd2 36. Rxd2 Nxg6 $14 {but maybe also not enough!}) 32... Nf4 33. Kh4 (
33. Nc4 $5 Nfxd3 (33... Ncxd3 34. Bxf4 Nxf4 35. Rb6 $14) 34. Kh4 Ne4 $14) 33...
Nfxd3 34. Kxh5 Ne4 35. Ba5 Bc5 $6 (35... Nf4+ $142 36. Kg4 Bc5 37. Nc4 Kh7 $14
(37... Nxg2 $2 38. Kf3 $18)) 36. Nd5 Kh7 37. Bb6 $1 Bd4 $6 38. g3 $6 (38. Bxd4
$1 exd4 39. Rd1 Nef2 40. Rd2) 38... Ndf2 39. Bxd4 $2 {As I said-hard game!}
exd4 40. Nf4 $2 Nd6 $2 (40... d3 $1 41. Nd5 d2 42. Ne3 Nc3 43. Ra1 d1=Q+ 44.
Nxd1 Ncxd1 45. Rxa6 $15) 41. Rb2 $1 Nfe4 42. g4 {Now white gets a wining
position again.} Nb5 43. Ra2 $1 Nc5 44. Re2 $1 Nd6 45. Rc2 $1 $18 Nce4 46. Rc6
a5 47. Ra6 {Dolmatov doesn't leave to his partner any chances!} Nf7 48. Rxa5
Ne5 49. Rd5 Nf2 50. Rxd4 Nfxg4 51. Ng6 $1 Nh6 52. Rd8 Ng8 53. Nxe5 fxe5 54. Kg5
{Now it is simple.} Nf6 55. Ra8 Ne4+ 56. Kh4 Nd6 57. Kg4 Nf7 58. Ra7 Nh6+ 59.
Kg5 Ng8 60. Ra3 Nf6 61. Re3 e4 62. Ra3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gutman Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 $6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 (10. Nd5 $5 {Gutman}) 10... Bc4 11.
Bg5 $5 (11. a4 Nbd7 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Bxc4
Qxc4 17. Ra4 Qc7 18. Rf2 Qb8 19. Qf3 Kh7 20. g4 Kg8 21. h4 d5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23.
exd5 b5 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Rxa6 e4 26. Qh3 Nxd5 $13 {0-1 Bocksberger,S-Gutman,L/
GER-CupT 1991 (34)}) 11... Nbd7 12. a4 O-O $1 {That is not the first time
these players play this position.Last time [13...h6?!]was "hurting" for
Doroshkievich,but now he knows what to do.} (12... h6 $6 $146 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14.
a5 O-O 15. Ra4 $1 b5 $2 16. axb6 Qxb6+ 17. Kh1 $16 {1-0 Dolmatov,
S-Doroshkievich,V/RUS-Cup7 1997 cbm59}) (12... Bxb3 $6 13. cxb3 d5 $2 14. exd5
Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne4 $18) 13. Bxc4 (13. a5 $5 Rfc8 14. Kh1
h6 (14... b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Ra2 a5
20. Qd3 a4 $13 {Klovans,-Hoffmann, Biel 1994}) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17.
Qf3 Rc7 18. Nd2 Qb4 19. Rfb1 Rac8 20. Ra4 Qc5 21. Rba1 Bd8 22. Nf1 b5 23. axb6
Qxb6 24. R1a2 a5 25. h3 Rc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Nd2 Rb4 28. Ra1 Qc6 29. b3 a4 30.
Rxa4 Rxa4 31. bxa4 Ba5 32. Nd5 Qxc2 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Nf1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Oll,
L-Kasparov,G/Moscow olm 1994 (42)}) 13... Qxc4 14. a5 Rfc8 15. Ra4 (15. Rf2 h6
16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ra4 Qc7 18. Rd2 b5 $1 $36 {0.5:0.5 Karpov-Gheorghiu, Moscow
1971}) 15... Qc6 16. Kh1 $2 {Dolmatov likes this plan and he has reasons for
this!The only "but" is that he had to play exactly [16.B:f6!] and now black
could get a pawn more with no real compensation for black.For some reasons
black didn't do this and the game continued like nothing happened!} (16. Qd2 $6
b5 $1 17. axb6 Nxb6 $13) (16. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 17. Qd3 Bd8 {As in the game.} (17...
b5 18. axb6 Qxb6+ 19. Kh1 a5 $14 (19... Ng4 $6 20. Qe2 $16))) 16... Bd8 $2 (
16... Nxe4 $1 17. Rxe4 $8 (17. Nxe4 $2 Qxa4 $19) (17. Bxe7 $2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 (
18. Qg4 Qxa4 19. Qg5 Ne4 $19) 18... Qxa4 19. f6 (19. Qxd6 Rxc3 20. Rd1 Rac8 $1
$19) 19... g6 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Qxd6 Qg4 22. Qd2 Rc6 $19) (17. Nd5 Bxg5 18. Rxe4
Qxc2 $19) 17... Bxg5 $17) (16... h6 $5 {Gutman} 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 {Gutman: kommt
stark in Frage.}) 17. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 18. Qd3 $14 b5 {Without this move black
will die slowly in this position.Now white has a small advantage,but in order
to win he needs some black's assistence.} 19. axb6 Bxb6 20. h3 $1 {White
doesn't buy 20.R:a6? and continues to make an order in his lines.} (20. Rxa6 $2
Rxa6 21. Qxa6 Bd4 $1 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Ra1 h5 $44) 20... a5 21. Rd1 Qe8 $6 {
It is an interesting plan of defense,but not the best one.A similar position
was in game Oll-Kasparov [1994] and black wasn't worse.Here Dolmatov's pieces
are better than Oll's,but still Kasparov's plan was stronger.} (21... Rab8 {
Gutman} 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bd4 {Gutman: verspricht keine ausreichende
Kompensation nach} 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Raxd4 Ne8 26. R6d5 Rxb2 27. Rxa5 $1) 22.
Rda1 (22. Ra2 $5 {Gutman} a4 23. Nd2) 22... Qd8 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. Rda1 Qd8 25.
R4a2 Rc6 $6 {Dolmatov waited for this!} (25... Rab8 $5 {Gutman} 26. Rd1 $5 (26.
Nd2 Nh5 27. g3 Bd4) 26... Nh5 {Gutman: mit etwa gleichen Chancen.}) 26. Nd5 $5
Nxd5 27. exd5 Rcc8 28. Nd2 {I am really sorry for Doroshkevich!Last time he
lost to Dolmatov he did it in a similar position against a similar plan.There
he had one pawn less,therefore, it will take longer this time.} Qc7 29. c3 {
Gutman: mit besseren Spiel für Weiß,der Springer ist dem Läufer überlegen.}
Rab8 30. f6 $1 $16 g6 (30... gxf6 $2 31. Ne4 Qe7 (31... Kg7 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33.
Nxf6 $18) 32. Rf1 f5 33. Rxf5 Kh8 34. Rh5 $18) 31. Ne4 Qd8 32. Ra4 Qf8 33. Qd2
$1 {[%cal Gd2b2,Gd2h6]} Bc7 $6 34. Rc4 Rb6 {[%csl Rc6]} 35. Raa4 Bb8 36. Rxc8
Qxc8 37. Rxa5 $18 (37. Rc4 $4 Qxc4 38. Qh6 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ $19) 37... Qf5 38.
Qh6 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Qxf4 exf4 41. b4 h6 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5 Kh7 44. Kh3
hxg5 45. Kg4 Kg6 46. Nxg5 Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Yopal"]
[Site "Yopal"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3
$6 {With all the respect,this variation should be played only in case of a
complite bore,because in other case it's very difficult to understand: why to
play it if white gets a position from Boleslavsky variation [in which black is
O.K.] with two tempis more for black!} h6 (7... Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10.
O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Nd2 {Van der Wiel-Beliavsky,
Wijk aan Zee 1985} Qc7 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 Qd7 17. a5 Bd8 $10 {Beliavsky}) (
7... Qc7 $5) 8. O-O (8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nh4 Nc6 11. Ng6 Rg8 12. O-O
Kf7 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. f4 Kg8 15. Be3 exf4 16. Rxf4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Ne5 $10 {
Van der Wiel-Portisch, Tilburg 1984}) 8... Be7 (8... Be6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bf1
Be7 11. a4 b6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. h3 Rfc8 15. Qd2 Qb7 16. Rad1 Bf8 17.
g4 b5 18. Bg2 b4 19. Na2 a5 $36 {0-1 Zapata,A-Olafsson,H/Belgrade GMA 1988 (38)
}) 9. Re1 (9. h3 O-O 10. Nh2 $6 Be6 11. Ng4 Nbd7 12. Ne3 b5 13. Ncd5 Rc8 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. a4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. c3 bxc3 19. b4 c2 $5 20.
Qxc2 Ne6 21. Qa2 Nd4 22. Bxa6 Rc2 23. Bb2 Ne4 $40 {0-1 Grechkin,D-Lubensky,T/
Tbilisi URS sf 1949 (31)}) 9... O-O (9... Qc7 10. h3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 O-O 14. Bd2 Qb7 15. a5 Bf5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tringov,G-Misailovic,N/
JUG-chT2 1994 (37)}) 10. Bf1 Qc7 (10... Be6 $5 11. h3 (11. a4 b6 12. h3 Nbd7
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. b4 a5 16. c3 Qc7 17. Bb2 Nf6 $15 {1-0 Zapata,
A-Martin del Campo,R/Merida 1993 (59)}) 11... Nbd7 12. a4 Qc7 $6 (12... Rc8 $1)
13. g4 Rad8 14. Bg2 g5 15. a5 $13 {1-0 Garcia,G-Colias,B/USA op 1990 (43)}) 11.
a4 Be6 12. a5 Rc8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c2]} (12... Nbd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Bf5 15. c4 $13) 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Ra4 $6 {The only play white has in those
positions is on the queen flank.But in this case better was to start thinking
about defense in order to equalize.} Nc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd2 Ng4 $1 17. Qf3
Bg5 18. Nb3 Qc6 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rd1 Re8 $5 {Black starts rebuilding his
position.} (20... b5 $6 21. axb6 Qxb6 $142 $13 (21... Bxb3 $2 22. cxb3 Qxb6 23.
Bc4 a5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 $14)) 21. Rb4 Rad8 22. Rb6 Qc7 23. g3 h5 $1 {
I have to say that black knows how to play with initiative.} 24. Bg2 h4 25. g4
$6 {Another weakness.} g6 $17 26. Nc1 Nd7 27. Rb4 Nc5 28. Nb3 $2 (28. Nd5 Bxd5
29. exd5 Qxa5 $19) (28. Rb6 $142) 28... Bxb3 (28... Nxb3 29. cxb3 b5 $1 30. Nd5
Qxa5 31. Qc3 Qa2 $1 $19 (31... Bxd5 32. exd5 Rc8 $6 33. Rc4 (33. Qe1 Rc2 $19)
33... Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rc8 36. Ra1 Rxc3 37. Rxa6 Rxb3 38. Rxd6 Rb1+
39. Bf1 b4)) 29. cxb3 Qxa5 30. Rc4 (30. Nd5 b5 $1 {And the rook is in offside
again!}) 30... Nxb3 $19 31. Ra4 Qc5 32. Nd5 Nd4 33. Qd3 (33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. Qxf6
Qc2 $19) 33... Rc8 34. Bf1 Qc2 35. Nb6 Rc6 36. Qxc2 Rxc2 37. Rb4 Bd2 $1 38. Ra4
(38. Rc4 Rxb2 39. Nd5 Kg7 $19) 38... Be3 39. Kh1 Rxf2 40. Nd5 Bg5 41. b4 Rc8 {
Milos made a classic game for Boleslavsky's position in sicilian defense!Very
impressive!} 0-1

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 (10. Nd5 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7
13. Rfd1 Qc6 14. Bf3 (14. f3 $5 {/\ Rac1, Nd5} h6 (14... Rfd8 15. Nc1 Nf8 16.
Nd3 d5 $6 17. Bb6 $1 d4 $2 18. Nxe5 Qxb6 19. axb6 dxc3 20. Qe1 cxb2 21. Rab1
$18 {1-0 Stoinev,M-Gralka,J/Capelle la Grande op 1991 (40)}) 15. Rac1 Qc7 16.
Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nh7 $1 18. c4 Bg5 19. c5 $1 dxc5 20. d6 $44 {1-0 Jansa,
V-Lutz,C/Rimavska Sobota 1991}) 14... Rfe8 $5 (14... Bc4 $6 15. Qe1 h6 16. h3
Bd8 17. Rd2 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Nc5 19. Qd1 $1 Nfxe4 $6 20. Bxc5 Nxc3 21. Bxc6 Nxd1
22. Bxd6 Rxc6 $2 23. Bxf8 Bg5 24. Rdxd1 Kxf8 $18 {1-0 Gomez Baillo,J-Hoelzl,F/
Novi Sad olm ARG-OST 1990 (31)}) 15. Qe1 (15. h3 $5 Nf8 16. Kh2 Ng6 17. g3 Nd7
18. Nc1 f5 19. Nd3 fxe4 20. Nb4 Qc4 21. Nxe4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Nd5 Rcd8 24.
b3 Qb5 25. Qe1 Bd6 26. Bg5 $1 $18 {1-0 Jemelin-Kulaots/Bratislava jr, SW 1993 
(32)}) 15... Nc5 $5 $146 (15... Ra8 $6 16. Rd2 (16. Nc1 b6 $1 17. Nd3 bxa5 18.
Rxa5 {Kovalev-Moiseev, USSR 1986} Reb8 $10 {Kovalev}) 16... b5 17. axb6 Nxb6
18. Na5 Qc7 19. Na4 $1 Nxa4 20. Rxa4 Bd7 $1 21. Ra2 d5 22. exd5 e4 23. Be2 Bb4
24. Nc4 {Jansa-Sunye, Zenica 1986} Nxd5 25. c3 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 Bd6 27. g3 a5 28.
Qd1 Be6 29. Ra4 Bc5 30. Rxe4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Sunye Neto,J/Zenica 1986 (52)
}) (15... h6 16. Nc1 Ra8 (16... Nc5 $143 17. N1a2 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 Ne6 19. Nd5 Ng5
20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. b3 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc3 23. Qd1 g6 24. Be2 Kg7 25. Bc4 {+/-
Barbulescu,D-Georgescu,G/Romania (ch) 1985}) 17. Nd3 b5 (17... b6 $5) 18. Nb4
Qb7 19. Ncd5 $5 (19. b3 Rac8 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bf5 22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Nc6
Bf6 $13 {Zude,E-Hummel,D/BL2-W 1992/1-0 (55)}) 19... Bf8 20. b3 Nxd5 21. exd5
Bf5 22. Be2 Nc5 23. Ra3 Rab8 24. Nc6 Bxc2 25. Rd2 b4 26. Ra1 Bxb3 27. Nxb8 Rxb8
28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Qf1 Ra8 30. d6 Qc6 $2 31. Qb1 $18 {1-0 Nunn,J-Sunye Neto,J/
Amsterdam OHRA 1985 (38)}) 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 (17... Ng4 $143 $6 18.
Bxg4 Bxg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Qg3 $36) 18. exd5 Qc7 19. c4 Bd6 20. g3 e4 $36 {
Black starts his traditional game,but this doesn't mean that it will be easy.}
21. Be2 $2 (21. Bg2 $1) 21... Nd7 22. Rdc1 f5 $40 23. Rab1 (23. Qd2 Rf8 $1 $40)
23... f4 {[%csl Rg1]} 24. gxf4 Bxf4 25. b4 $2 {White is losing his mind.
Instead of trying to defend [25.B:f4 Q:f4 26.Rc3!],he starts "attacking" on
the queen flank.Does he want to exchange his king for the "c5" pawn?! Or,maybe,
he missed 27...Ne5!} (25. Bxf4 $8 Qxf4 26. Rc3 $1 e3 $140 $6 27. fxe3 Rxe3 28.
Rxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Qf2 {With good chances to defend.For example:} Qe4 30. Re1 Rf8
31. Bf1 Qg4+ 32. Qg2 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Rf2 34. Qg1 $13) 25... Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bd6 27.
Bg4 Ne5 $1 28. Qe2 $8 (28. Bxc8 $2 Qxc8 29. Qf1 Nf3 $19 {/\ Re5}) (28. Be6+ $2
Rxe6 29. dxe6 Nd3 30. Qd2 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Qe7 $19) 28... Nxg4 29. Qxg4 Qf7 $17 {
White is in a better position even without the extra pawn.} 30. b5 $5 (30. bxc5
Bxc5 {With no hope.}) 30... Rb8 $6 (30... axb5 $5 31. Rxb5 Rc7 $17) 31. bxa6 $6
(31. Rg1 $142) 31... bxa6 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Qxe4 Qh5+ 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Qf3 $8 (
35. Qd3 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Ke2 Bf4 {And white has no defense.}) 35... Qg6+
36. Kf1 $8 (36. Kh1 $2 Re5 37. Qg2 Rh5+ 38. Kg1 Bh2+ 39. Kf1 Qd3+ 40. Ke1 Bc7
$1 $19) 36... Rf8 37. Qd1 (37. Qh3 $142 Qd3+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Re8) 37...
Qe4 $1 $19 38. Ke2 Be5 39. Qh1 Qg4+ 40. Kd3 Rb8 $1 41. Rc2 Rb3+ 42. Kd2 Qf5 $1
43. d6 Qd3+ 44. Kc1 Bb2+ 45. Kb1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 exf4 (10... b5) (10... a5 $5) 11. Bxf4 Be6 (
11... b5 $5 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf6 16. c3 Bb7 17.
Nc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Pizzato,C-Leskiewicz,M/AUS-sf Brisbane 1995 (37)}) 12. Qd2 $6
{The main line here is 12.Qe1,but it seems that white has nothing in positions
after 12...Ne8 [or 12...Ng4!?].12.Nd4!? is more promising. After 12.Qd2?! d5
black has an easy equality.} (12. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15.
Rd2 Rd7 16. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Hansen,S-Mortensen,E/DEN-ch 1996 (37)}) (12. Qe1 Ne8
(12... Ng4 $5 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Bh5 15. Nd5 Re8 $13 {0-1 Sutovskij,
E-Gruenfeld,Y/Rishon le Zion 1994 (37)}) (12... d5 $6 13. Rd1 $1) 13. Rd1 Bh4
14. Bg3 (14. Qd2 $5) 14... Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Qb6 16. Bg4 Bc4 17. Rf2 Ne5 18. Rfd2
Rd8 19. Be2 Be6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nd4 Rd7 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Rdd1 Kh8 24. Qf4 h6 25.
a3 Qc5 26. Qh2 Kh7 27. Qg1 Re8 28. Nxe6 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 fxe6 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Rd4
Kg8 32. Rbd1 Rc6 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. R1d2 Ke7 35. Nd1 Rdc7 36. c3 b5 37. Rb4 d5 38.
Nf2 Nc4+ {Dolmatov,S-Mithrakanth,P/Calcutta open 1996/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 12... d5
$11 13. exd5 (13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 $15) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qe3
Bd6 16. Bf3 (16. Rad1 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qe5 $11) (16. Rae1 Rfe8 $11) 16... Bxf4 17.
Qxf4 Qb5 18. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3
b5 $146 {I didn't find a single game with this move, usually they go 8...0-0.}
({One possible line might be} 8... O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rd1 Be7 12.
Nd5 {with interesting play.}) 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Bb7 {Ok so we have a game
practically from scratch, which is rare especially in the Najdorf Sicilian!}
11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Re8 $6
{Preparing the Be7-f8 manoeuvre but tactically wrong.} (16... Be7 {and now the
direct attempt is probably ok for Black:} 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Rdc1 Ba6 19. Qd5 Bxe2
20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxc6 (22. Qxc6 Bg5 23. Rc2 Bd3 24. Rc3 Be2 $11)
22... Qxd5 23. exd5 Ra8 $13) 17. Bf3 $1 Be7 18. Qb5 $16 {Now already the
advantage is on the white side.} Qc8 (18... Qc7 19. Nxa5 Nxa5 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21.
Qxb7 $16) 19. Bg4 {It was possible to take at once on a5...} (19. Bxa5 Rb8 20.
Bc3 Ba8 21. Qc4 Nd4 22. Qxc8 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rexc8 24. Nd2 Rb6 {There is no
doubt that White is better.}) 19... Qxg4 20. Qxb7 Rec8 $6 {Confronted with
early problems Black is going for tactics.} (20... Nb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 (21...
Rab8 22. Qd5 Rxb4 23. Nxa5 Rxb2 24. Nc4 $16) 22. a5 Qe2 23. Rd2 Qc4 24. Qd5
Rec8 25. g3 $14) (20... Qc8 21. Qxc8 Rexc8 22. Rd5 $16) 21. Nxa5 Nxa5 22. Qxe7
Nb3 23. f3 Qf4 24. Ra3 Nd4 25. Raa1 {White had an interesting choice here:} (
25. Bd2 $5 Ne2+ 26. Kf2 Qxh2 27. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 28. Ke3 d5 $1 29. Qxe5 dxe4 30.
fxe4 Rc2 {computers are not unhappy with Black's chances here, but I would be.}
) 25... Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxc3 27. bxc3 h5 28. Qxd6 Rxc3 29. Qd5 Ra6 30. Qb5 Rac6
31. Qf1 $6 {A serious mistake that gives Black chances to escape.} (31. a5 h4
32. h3 Rc2 33. Rg1 Rg6 34. Qd7 $1 Rcxg2 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+
Qxf5 38. exf5 Rd2 39. a6 Rd8 40. a7 Ra8 41. Ra6 {and White should win.}) 31...
h4 32. h3 Rc2 {Now it is rather difficult to progress for White.} 33. Re1 (33.
a5 Rg6 34. a6 Rg3 $1 {and White is going to be mated!}) 33... Qd2 34. Red1 Qg5
35. Re1 Qd2 36. Rad1 Qb4 $6 {Black is making another mistake thus giving White
one more chance to play on.} (36... Qf2 $1 37. Qxf2 Rxf2 38. a5 (38. Rc1 Rg6
39. Rg1 Rd6 $11) 38... Ra2 39. Ra1 Rcc2 $11) 37. Qd3 Kh7 38. Qd8 Rf6 39. Rc1 {
Probably in time trouble White could still create problems with:} (39. Rg1 $1
Qxa4 40. Rd5 Qa3 41. Rxe5 Rc1 42. Rh5+ Kg6 43. Rg5+ $1 $16) 39... Qxa4 {
It is just equal now.} 40. Rxc2 Qxc2 41. Qd1 Qf2 42. Rf1 Qg3 43. Qd7 Rg6 44.
Rg1 Rf6 45. Rf1 Rg6 46. Rg1 Rf6 47. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sadykov, Rustem2"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bg1 {Dies ist nicht die erste Partie, wo Weiss seinen
Läufer nach g1 zurückzieht. Aber das Feld f2 scheint mir natürlicher.} Qc7 18.
c4 Rab8 ({Das Bauernopfer wäre nach} 18... a5 $6 {stärker, da Weiss das Feld
b5 zur Verfügung hätte, z.B:} 19. c5 $5 dxc5 20. Bb5 $44) 19. a5 Ba8 20. c5 ({
Nun ist das ein bisschen optimistisch. Besser sieht} 20. Rb1 Rb4 21. Bd3 Rfb8
22. Qc2 g6 $13 {aus.}) 20... dxc5 21. Bc4 $6 ({Weiss spielt einfach auf
positionnelle Kompensation, aber Schwarz wird später einen Weg zur Aktivität
finden. Besser war deshalb} 21. Bxa6 {, obwohl Schwarz mittels} Rb4 (21... c4
22. Nd2 c3 23. Nc4) 22. d6 Qc6 23. Bd3 c4 24. Be4 Qb5 25. Nc1 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qc6
$36 {[%csl Rd6,Re4] die Initiative übernehmen kann.}) 21... Rb4 22. Qc2 (22.
Qd3 Qd6 $17) (22. Qe2 Qd6 $17) 22... Qd6 (22... Rfb8 23. d6 Qxd6 24. Nxc5 $1 {
[%cal Gc2c5,Gc4f7]}) 23. Rad1 Rfb8 24. Bf2 Qh6 $1 {Hiermit betont Schwarz,
dass er den Bauern d5 nur mit dem Springer blockieren will. Die Dame soll sich
zu einem "halben" Königsangriff beteiligen.} 25. Be1 ({Nach} 25. Nxc5 $6 Bf4
26. h3 Rb2 27. Qe4 Nxc5 28. Bxc5 Qg5 29. Be2 Ra2 $17 {gibt es viele Drohungen
um den weissen König.} 30. Rb1 $140 Rd8) 25... R4b7 $1 {Die weissen Figuren am
Damenflügel stören einander, sodass Schwarz momentan zurückkommen kann.} 26. d6
Bf4 27. g3 $6 ({Wie auch hässlich es aussehen mag, war} 27. h3 {die bessere
Verteidigung. Schwarz würde dann mittels} Be3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge3d4]} 28. Qf5
Qg6 (28... Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Rd3 Bd4 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Bxa6 Rd7 33. Bg3 $13
) 29. Qxg6 hxg6 $15 {etwas Vorteil behaupten.}) 27... Be3 (27... Qh3 {ist wegen
} 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bg5 $15 {weniger überzeugend}) 28. Qd3 $2 (28. Bd5 $6
{führt ebenfalls zum Verlust:} Rb5 29. Bc4 Qh5 30. Kg2 e4 $19) ({aber} 28. Qf5
Qf6 $17 {erlaubte noch Widerstand}) 28... e4 $1 {[%cal Ga8h1] Nun tauchen
allerlei taktische Möglichkeiten auf.} 29. Qd5 (29. fxe4 Rxb3 30. Bxb3 (30.
Rxf7 Rxd3) (30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Bxb3 Rxb3) 30... Rxb3 31. Qc4 Qe6 $19) (29. Qxe4
Rxb3 30. Qe7 Qh5 {[%cal Gh5f3,Gh5f7]}) 29... Nf6 (29... Qg6 $19 {war ebenfalls
gut genug, aber das Ende ist nun auch nah.}) 30. Qf5 exf3 31. Bf2 Bxf2 32. Rxf2
Qe3 33. Kg1 Rxb3 34. d7 Rd8 35. Bxb3 Be4 $5 36. Qf4 (36. Qe5 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2
Ng4+) (36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qh3 Bd3) 36... Qxb3 37. Rfd2 h5 38. h3 Bc6 39. Rd3
Qe6 40. g4 hxg4 41. Rd6 Qe2 42. R6d2 f2+ 43. Qxf2 Qe4 44. Kh2 gxh3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 {The position is well known in modern theory. A
relatively quiet system where the struggle revolves around the control of the
d5-square.} O-O 11. O-O $5 {A slightly surprising choice. White usually
chooses to castle long or play 11.Rd1.} (11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 {
has also been played.}) 11... Nc6 12. a3 Nd4 {Black chooses the most direct
way to continue.} (12... Rc8 13. Rad1 g6 14. Nd5 (14. Qxd6 Nd4 $1 $17) 14...
Bg5 {leads to an unclear position.}) 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Re8 {
This structure has been seen with opposite side castling before but in the
game White has trouble advancing the pawns in front of his king to attack.} 16.
Qf3 Re5 17. Bd3 g6 {It is ideal to achieve the structure in the game to
maintain balance.} 18. g3 Kg7 19. Kg2 h5 20. Rfe1 Qa5 $1 {Forcing White to
make an important decision and bringing the rook on a8 into the game.} 21. b4
Qc7 22. h4 Rae8 23. Reb1 Qc3 24. a4 Re1 {There is nothing left to play for.}
25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Qxe1 27. b5 a5 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Bxe2 Bd8 30. Bd3 f5 31.
b6 Bxb6 32. f4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Issy les Moulineaux tt"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Roser, Kevin"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2008.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[BlackTeam "Evry"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {Le niveau est parfois fort en critérium AS!} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Cette vieille variante était l'arme principale de
KARPOV face а KASPAROV dans le 1er Championnat du Monde entre les deux "k"
mais elle est aujourd"hui beaucoup moins pratiquée} e5 (6... e6 {Un carrefour
important dans cette ligne mais "e5" est davantage dans l'esprit de la Najdorf}
) 7. Nb3 (7. Nf3 {moins populaire mais régulièrement pratiquée par SMYSLOV
dans les années 70}) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 {La cadence était
de 2h/coups sans incrément+ 1hko 06mns} Nbd7 {10mns} 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga1a4] Gagne de l'espace tout en laissant l'option de
développer la R par Ra4} Qc7 {16MNS} 13. Rfd1 (13. Rfc1 $5 {Une alternative
importante} Qc6 14. Bf3 Bc4 $132 15. Qd1 {Leko,P (2736)-Gelfand,B (2700)
Amber-rapid 12th 2003 (11) 1/2} (15. Ra4 $5 $14 {un plan logique après avoir
joué a4a5} Rfd8 {Karpov,A (2720)-Portisch,L (2630) Phillips&Drew 1982 1-0}))
13... Rfd8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gd6d5] 26mns Les deux camps continuent а essayer
de placer leurs pièces sur les meilleures cases et les noirs gardent notamment
l'espoir de réagir au centre par d6d5} 14. Nc1 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gc2c4,Gb2b4,
Gc1b3] la dernière mode sur cette variante Be2. Les blancs vont jouer cd5,
suivi de c2c4 et il espèrent valoriser la majorité avec b4,suivi de Nb3 et la
poussée thématique c4c5 19mns} Nc5 {joué après plus de 20 mns de réflexion sur
ce coup} (14... d5 $143 {un sacrifice assez risqué et il n'est pas certain que
les noirs ont assez de compensations} 15. exd5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 (16. Bf3 $142 e4
17. Bxc5 $16 {Mamedov,R (2538)-Tologontegin,S (2270) Turin ol (Men) 37th 2006 
(7) 1-0})) 15. Nd5 $5 (15. Bf3 d5 16. exd5 e4 $13 {Landa,K (2550)-Karjakin,S 
(2580) ACP Blitz Final 3rd 2004 (2.2) 1-0}) 15... Nxd5 (15... Bxd5 $142 {
concède la paire de B mais les noirs ne perdent pas un tempo comme dans la
partie après Nd5 et ed5 attaquant le B} 16. exd5 Nce4 $11 {Short,N (2683)-Bu
Xiangzhi (2685) UK-CHN Liverpool 2007 (3) 1-0}) 16. exd5 {[%csl Re6]} Bf5 17.
c4 {39mns L'isséen avait visiblement préparé cette ligne car il a joué assez
vite le début.} Bg6 {54mns} (17... Re8 18. b4 Ne4 19. Qb2 Bg5 $1 {Petrolo,M 
(2362)-Zawadka,A (2424) W-ch30 sf02 email 2006 1-0}) 18. b4 {met en march la
majorité blanche en gagnant un tempo sur le N mais les blancs ont des soucis а
trouver une bonne case pour le Nc1 et la Ra1} Ne4 19. Qe1 Re8 20. f3 {50mns} (
20. Nb3 $5 f5 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. f3 Nf6 23. c5 Bf7 {[%csl Rd5]} 24. Bc4 e4 (24...
dxc5 $6 25. Nxc5 $14 {[%cal Gc5d7]}) 25. cxd6) 20... Nf6 {60mns} 21. Qd2 (21.
Ra3 {[%cal Ga3c3,Gc4c5]} e4 (21... Nh5 22. Rc3 Bf6 {[%cal Gf6c3,Ge5e4]} 23. c5
e4 24. Rc4 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bg5 26. Bxg5 $1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1) 22. f4) (21. Nb3 $6 {
[%cal Gc4c5]} Bc2 $1) (21. Ra2 {[%csl Gc2]} e4 22. f4) (21. Bb6 Qd7 $132) 21...
Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4,Ge7g5,Gf7f5] 78 Logiquement dans cette structure, le jeu des
noirs est а l'aile-roi et le GMI va également valoriser sa majorité par f7f5}
22. Nb3 $146 {[%cal Gc4c5] Kevin a réussi а préparer la poussée thématique
c4c5 et malgré le fait que le plan Nc1,b3 était lent, le GMI n'en a pas
profité pour trouver du jeu а l'aile-roi} (22. c5 $5 f5 (22... Nf4 $1 23. Nb3 (
23. Bxf4 exf4 {[%cal Ge7f6]} 24. Qxf4 $6 Bf6 $40)) 23. c6 (23. Nb3) 23... bxc6
24. Bb6 Qb7 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Bxa6 Ra8 27. b5 Qd7 28. Nb3 Rxa6 29. bxa6 Qe6 30.
a7 Qxb3 31. Rab1 Qc4 32. Bf2 Bf7 33. Rb8 Qc6 34. Rc1 {1-0 Prandstetter,E (2410)
-Chloupek,S (2300)/Prague 1992/TD (34)}) 22... Nf4 $1 23. Bf1 (23. Bxf4 exf4
24. Qxf4 Bf6 25. Ra2 {Les pièces blanches sont mal coordonnées et les noirs
ont des trés bonnes compensations} b5 26. Nd4 (26. cxb5 Bc2) 26... Be5 $44 (
26... bxc4 27. Nc6)) 23... Qd7 24. Kh1 {72} h6 {[%cal Ge7g5]} 25. c5 $1 Bg5 $1
{84mns} 26. c6 $6 (26. Rac1 $142 {il semble plus sain de terminer le
développement et au surplus, les noirs vont obtenir une majorité centrale
dangereuse.}) 26... bxc6 27. Bxa6 Rb8 28. dxc6 Qxc6 {[%cal Gc6a6] Les noirs
gagnent un tempo important en attaquant le B} 29. Bf1 (29. b5 {[%csl Ra6]} Qc4
$1 {[%cal Gc4b3,Gd6d5,Gg6c2,Gc2d1,Gc2b3]} 30. Nc1 d5 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Gg5] ont
voit l'intérêt des noirs d'avoir joué Bg5 car les noirs n'ont plus le temps
d'éliminer le défenseur de la case "d5" par Bf4 car la Qd2 sera attaquée sur
la reprise.}) 29... Qc2 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb3] 85 mns} 30. Qxc2 $2 {93 mns La
majorité blanche n'est pas assez avancée pour donner assez de compensations
pour la pièce.} (30. Nc1 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxb4 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ga5a8]} 32. a6 $1
d5 $11) 30... Bxc2 31. Rxd6 Bxb3 $17 32. b5 Be7 33. Rd2 (33. Rc6) 33... Bb4 34.
Rd7 Be6 (34... Bc3 $1 35. Ra3 Be6) 35. Rdd1 Nd5 $1 {les pièces noires sont
trés actives.} 36. Ba7 Ra8 37. b6 Bc3 38. Ra3 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gd4a7]
le clouage du Pb6 empêche les blancs d'avoir le thème tactique b6b7 et les
noirs anticipent la menace Bb5c6 attaquant le défenseur de la case "a8"} 39.
Bb5 {[%cal Gb5c6]} Re7 $1 {[%cal Ga8a7,Ge7a7] Préparant si nécessaire le
sacrifice de qualité en "a7"} 40. Bc6 {100 mns} Raxa7 $1 {99mns La paire de B
des noirs est trés forte et le GMI peut lacher une qualité pour freiner
l'initiative blanche.} 41. bxa7 Rxa7 42. h3 {[%csl Rh1] Un coup humain pour
éviter un mat du couloir mais la perte de temps sera imméditement sanctionnée.}
Ne3 $1 43. Rb1 Nc4 44. Ra4 Rxa5 $19 {la partie est finie et le GMI n'aura
aucune difficulté а valoriser le matériel.} 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Be4+ g6 47. Rxa5
Nxa5 48. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 49. g3 Kg7 50. Kg2 Nc4 51. Kh2 f5 $1 52. Bc6 Kf6
53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Re8+ Kf7 55. Rd8 Ne3 56. Be8+ Kf6 57. Ra8 Nd5 58. Bc6 Ne7 59.
Bb7 f4 60. Be4 Bf2 $1 61. gxf4 exf4 62. Rf8+ Ke5 63. Re8 Bxh4 64. Kg2 Kf6 65.
Rf8+ Bf7 66. Ra8 Kg7 67. Ra7 Bf6 {[%csl Gh5] les blancs ne peuvent rien face а
l'avancée du P passé "h"} 68. Rb7 g5 69. Ra7 Bg6 70. Ba8 Bf5 71. Ra4 Kg6 72.
Bb7 Kf7 73. Ba8 Be6 74. Ra5 Nf5 75. Ra7+ Be7 76. Be4 Nh4+ 77. Kf2 g4 78. fxg4
hxg4 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Herculane"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 (6... e6 {
L'alternative mais qui est moins dans l'esprit de la Najdorf}) (6... Ng4 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7) 7. Nf3 (7. Nb3 {La ligne principale}) 7... Qc7 {
Empêche Bc4 mais au risque de donner un tempo aux Blancs pour jouer Nd5} (7...
Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7) (7... Be6 $143 $5 8. Ng5 $1) 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2 (9. a5
$5 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Nc4 Ncxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nd5
Qd7 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Nb6 Nxf2 $5 18. Nxd7 {Papadopoulos,I (2450)-Kolev,A (2569)
Athens Acropolis op-A 24th 2009 (3) 0-1} (18. Qd2) (18. Qd5 Qe8 19. Nxa8 Nxh1
$13)) 9... O-O 10. O-O Be6 (10... b6 11. Qd3 Nc6 (11... Bb7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6
Rd8 14. Nf5 $1) 12. Qc4 (12. Nd5) 12... Qb7 $132 {Frolyanov,D (2587)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2706) RUS-ch Higher League 63rd 2010 (7) 1/2}) 11. a5 Nc6 {
Plus naturel que le bizarre Rc8 joué pourtant par TOPALOV} (11... Rc8 $143 12.
Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bg4 14. c4 Nd7 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 f5 17. f3 Nf6 18. b4 Qd7
19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Qd3 Qh5 21. c5 Rd8 22. Nc4 Rac8 23. Rac1 e4 24. fxe4 fxe4 25.
Qb3 Ng4 26. h3 Nxe3 27. Nxe3 Bg5 28. c6 Rf8 29. Re1 Qh4 30. Qa2 Bf4 31. Qe2 Qg3
32. Nf1 Qd3 33. Qxd3 exd3 34. Rc4 bxc6 35. dxc6 d5 36. Rd4 Rxc6 37. Rxd3 Rc4
38. b5 axb5 39. Rxd5 b4 40. a6 Rc6 41. Rb5 {Leko,P (2749)-Topalov,V (2783)
Morelia/Linares 2007 1/2-1/2 (84)}) (11... h6 $5 12. Nd5 Nxd5) 12. Nd5 $5 {
Profitant de la position exposée de la Q pour gagner de l'espace} Bxd5 13. Bb6
$1 Qxb6 (13... Qc8 $142 {[%csl Ra8] Probablement un moindre mal mais les Noirs
manquent d'espace}) 14. axb6 Bxe4 15. c3 d5 $1 $146 (15... Rfd8 16. Nd2 Bg6 17.
Nc4 Rac8 18. g4 h6 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Qa2 Bc2 22. Ne3 Bb3 23. Qb1 d5
24. Rc1 Bg5 25. Bd1 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Bc4 27. b4 Nd3 28. Bb3 e4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30.
b5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Nce5 32. Rcd1 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Rc6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Shemagonov,
V-Minakov,Y corr 1991}) 16. b4 Rac8 17. b5 $1 {Force les Noirs à abandonner
la paire de B et à avoir moins de contre-jeu} Bxf3 18. gxf3 axb5 19. Bxb5 Bc5
$5 20. Qb3 Bxb6 21. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7]} Bd8 22. Qxb7 {[%csl Rf8] Les
compensations noires sont insuffisantes notamment à cause du fait que la Rf8
manque d'activité} Rc7 23. Qb5 e4 (23... Re8 24. Ra8 $40 {[%cal Ga8e8,Gb5e8]})
24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Bc4 Na7 26. Qb3 Be7 27. Ra5 Bc5 28. Be2 e3 29. f3 Nc8 (29...
Rd8 $2 30. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 31. Qb6 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rd8][%cal Gb6d8,Gb6c5,Gb6a7]})
30. Ra8 Nb6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rd1 g6 33. c4 Nbd7 34. Qc3 Ke7 35. f4 Ke6 36.
Kg2 Ne4 37. Qh8 Ndf6 38. Qd8 $18 {[%csl Re6]} Ra7 39. Rd5 Bd6 40. Qb6 Ra2 41.
Rxd6+ Nxd6 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Qc7+ Nd7 44. c5 Ne8 45. Qb7 Kd8 46. c6 Ndf6 {
Les Noirs pouvaient abandonner depuis longtemps surtout face à un top GMI} 47.
Qb8+ Ke7 48. c7 Nxc7 49. Qxc7+ Kf8 50. Bc4 Rf2+ 51. Kxe3 Ng4+ 52. Kd3 Rf3+ 53.
Ke4 1-0

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ostojic, Predrag"]
[Black "Bukic, Enver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 (6... e6) 7. Nb3
Be7 8. a4 (8. O-O) (8. Be3) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Nb4 {
[%csl Gd5]} (10... Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 $5) 11. f4 b6 (11... Be6 12. f5
Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bc4 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd2
Nxc2 19. Rac1 Nd4 20. Qg4 Qe7 21. Nf3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5
Nc2 25. h4 Ne3 26. Qh5 {Beliavsky,A (2450)-Tal,M (2660) Moscow 1973 0-1 (43)})
12. Bd2 $146 {[%cal Gd2b4] Une nouveauté pas très convaincante car le Bd2
est trés passif} (12. Be3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Rae1 d5 16. fxe5
dxe4 17. exf6 exd3 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Bh6 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Qc8 21. Qg5 g6 22. Bxf8
Qxf8 23. Re7 Rb8 24. cxd3 Nxd3 25. Nd4 h6 26. Qg3 Nb4 {Rantanen,Y-Sznapik,A
Helsinki 1975 1-0 (33)}) (12. Bf3 Be6 13. Rf2 Rc8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rd2 Rfe8 16.
Nc1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 18. Rxd6 Nc5 19. Rxe6 Qxf4 20. Rxb6 Rcd8 21. Nd5 Nxe4 22.
Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 (22) Semeniuk,A-Rashkovsky,N (2485) Soviet Union 1976}) 12... Bb7
13. Bf3 Rc8 $11 14. Rc1 {[%csl Rc1]} Re8 15. Qe1 Bf8 (15... d5 $5 {Les pièces
Noires sont bien placées} 16. fxe5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4
Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 $44) 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Qf2 Rxc3 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4,
Ge4f2]} 19. bxc3 Na2 20. Bxf6 (20. Rcd1) 20... Bxf6 21. Ra1 Nxc3 22. Qe3 Qc7
23. a5 bxa5 24. Nxa5 Bc8 25. h3 h6 26. Bh5 Be6 {[%cal Ge6f7,Gf6g5]} (26... Bg5
{[%csl Rf7]}) 27. Nb3 Bg5 $44 {[%csl Gg5]} 28. Qc5 Rc8 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Bf3
Bc4 31. Rfe1 Bh4 32. Re3 Bb5 33. Kg1 Bg5 34. Ree1 Bh4 35. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. g3 Rc8 14. f4 b5 15.
Qf3 Nb6 16. h4 Qc7 17. Bd3 exf4 18. gxf4 Na4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. Nd4 Rb8 21. b3
axb3 22. cxb3 Bf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qe4 Rfd8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxh7+ $6 (26. fxe5
Qc3 27. Qxh7+ $11) 26... Kf8 $19 27. Rhg1 e4 $4 (27... Qc3 28. Qh8+ Kf7 $19)
28. Qh8+ $2 (28. Bc4 Qxc4 29. Rxd8+ $11) 28... Kf7 $19 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Rc1 Qd6
$6 (30... Qb6 31. Bxe4 Rd2 $19) 31. Bxe4 $2 (31. Bxa6 Qa3 32. Qc5+ $17) 31...
Rb5 $19 32. Qd1 Qxf4 $2 (32... Qb6 33. Bd3 Qd4 $19) 33. Qc2 $17 Rd7 34. a4 {
[%tqu "En","","","","b5b3","",10]} Rxb3+ $3 35. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 36. Ka2 Rd2+ 37. Ka3
Rd3 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zozulia, Anna"]
[Black "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {la variante а la
mode dans les années 80} e5 (6... e6) 7. Nb3 (7. Nf3 {Revenue populaire
récemment}) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 (9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7) 9... Be6 10.
Be3 Nbd7 11. f3 $6 (11. Qd2 $142 Rc8 12. a5 {[%csl Rb6]}) 11... Nb6 (11... Rc8)
(11... Qc7) 12. a5 Nc4 $15 {[%cal Gc4e3]} 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Na4
$146 ({RR} 15. Nc1 Qc6 16. Nd3 Rac8 17. Nb4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rec1 h6 20.
Nbd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Ra4 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qb5 26.
b3 f6 27. Rb1 Qd7 28. Rb4 Qf5 29. Rc1 e4 {Gruber,M (2123)-Lickleder,A (2227)/
Austria 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (41)}) 15... d5 $1 $36 (15... Bxb3 16. cxb3 Qxa5 17.
Nb6 (17. Bb6 Qb4)) 16. Nd2 Bb5 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. c4 Bxa4 20. cxd5
Qxb6+ $1 21. axb6 Bxd1 22. Raxd1 Bc5+ 23. Kf1 f6 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. d6 Rd7 26.
Rd5 Rc8 27. b3 $13 Kf7 28. f4 $6 {Avec l'idée d'empêcher Ke6 mais les noirs
peuvent encaisser le P} (28. g4 Ke6 29. Red1) 28... exf4 $1 29. Re4 g5 $17 30.
h4 h6 31. Ke2 Bb4 32. Kf3 Rc5 33. Rd1 Rb5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rh1 Kg7 36. Re8
Bxd6 37. Rd1 Rxb3+ 38. Kg4 Re7 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (6... e6) 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (7. Nf3)
7... Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:46]} 9. Kh1 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:05][%cal Gd7c6,Gb8d7] Après quelques minutes
de réflexion, l'israélien choisit une ligne secondaire.} (9... b6 10. Be3 Bb7
11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2
Qc7 18. c4 Rab8 19. Bd3 Ba8 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rfd1 Rb4 22. Be1 Rbb8 23. Bf2 Rb4
24. Be1 Rbb8 25. Bf2 {1/2-1/2 (25) Jakovenko,D (2736)-Khismatullin,D (2664)
Tyumen 2012}) (9... Be6) 10. f4 {[%emt 0:05:53] Le français qui jouait à
tempo prend quelques minutes pour choisir un plan} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 11. Bf3
{[%emt 0:02:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:11:15]} (11... Qc7) 12. Qe2 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:12:
19]} (12. Qe1 Re8 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge5f4]} 13. g4 (13. f5 b5) 13... exf4 {
[%cal Gd7e5]} 14. Bxf4 Bf8 15. Qg3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Rad1
Qe8 19. Qf3 Nc5 20. Nd4 d5 21. Nf5 Rd8 22. Be3 Qe6 23. b3 Re8 24. Bg1 Nd7 25.
Qd3 g6 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Nf6 28. Nh6+ Bxh6 29. Rxf6 Rxg4 30. Rf1 Rge4 31.
c4 Be3 32. Rd7 Bxg1 33. Kxg1 R8e7 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rd1 f5 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. Kf2
Ke8 38. h4 Rd7 39. Rb6 Kd8 40. Ke3 Re7+ 41. Kf3 Rf7 {Mortensen,E (2510)
-Zagorskis,D (2515) Roskilde 1998 1/2-1/2}) (12. a4 b5 $11 {Rudolf,A (2273)
-Restas,P (2263) HUN-chT 0708 2007 (8) 1/2}) (12. Be3 $142 Rc8 13. a4 (13. f5)
13... Qc7 14. Qe1 b6 15. Qg3 {Komsic,D (2350)-Gutman,L (2475) Oberliga Ost B
9798 1997 [1] 0-1}) 12... b5 {[%emt 0:02:56][%cal Gb5b4]} 13. Rd1 $6 {[%emt 0:
00:22][%csl Ra1] Joué à tempo pour éviter l'enfilade Bb5 après Nd5 mais ce
plan ne parait pas conforme à l'esprit de la position et les pièces de
l'aile-dame seront en retard de développement.} (13. a4 $5 b4 14. Nd5 {
Semble plus simple}) 13... b4 {[%emt 0:10:40]} 14. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:02:11]} 15. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb5 $132 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Qe1 {
[%emt 0:03:19]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 17. fxe5 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Nxe5 $15 {
[%emt 0:09:13][%csl Rc2,Ge5][%cal Ge5f3,Ga5a4] L'ouverture des Blancs a mal
tourné et ils doivent maintenant se battre pour l'égalité} 18. Nd4 {[%emt 0:
09:24]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 19. gxf3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} (19. Nxf3 Re8 (19...
Bf6)) 19... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:06:23]}
21. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Qb6 $1 $17 {[%emt 0:02:10][%cal Gb6d4,Gb6d6]} 22. Qg1
{[%emt 0:04:35][%csl Rg1] Quelle poubelle!} Qc5 {[%emt 0:05:23][%csl Rc2]} 23.
axb4 {[%emt 0:10:31]} axb4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 24. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Nc6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 26. Nxb4 {
[%emt 0:04:49]} Qb3 $19 {[%emt 0:02:01][%csl Rb4,Rf3]} 27. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:06]}
Bb5 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 28. Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 29. Qxa1 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 30. Ne1 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:
12]} 31. Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Well, I wanted to have my revenge after the first part in Morelia where
I lost to Alexey with Black in the 7th round of this tournament. Also, ich
brannte auf Revanche nach dem ersten Teil in Morelia, wo ich gegen Alexey mit
Schwarz in der 7. Runde dieses Turniers verloren hatte.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 {An
aggressive choice. Alexey was doing badly in Linares and wanted to change the
situation finally. To win a game would be nice to start with. So the Najdorf.
Eine aggressive Wahl. Alexey erging es in Linares nicht gut, und er wollte die
Lage endlich ändern. Eine Partie zu gewinnen, wäre ein guter Anfang. Daher der
Najdorf.} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 {Black has many options here, but Shirov goes for the most
natural. Black is developing and even attacking White's setup. An dieser
Stelle hat Schwarz viele Möglichkeiten, aber Shirov wählt das Natürlichste.
Der Nachziehende entwickelt sich und greitt den weißen Aufbau sogar an.} Nc6
11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Qf3 Re8 ({If Black
goes for Falls Schwarz hier} 15... Qa5 {follows wählt, so} 16. Kb1 (16. Bd3
Qxa2 17. Qf5 Rfe8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Rde1+ Be5 21. Qxg7 Qa1+ 22.
Kd2 Qa5+ $11) 16... d3 17. Bxd3 Qb4 18. c3 $1 Bxc3 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxc3 $16)
(15... d3 16. Bxd3 {with a pawn up for White and interesting play. mit
Mehrbauern für Weiß und interessantem Spiel.}) 16. Bd3 Re5 {Black tries to
activate his forces and go for Qa5-xd5. White has to be accurate if he wants
to gain something. Schwarz versucht, seine Kräfte zu aktivieren und zu Qa5-xd5
zu kommen. Weiß muss genau spielen, wenn er etwas herausholen will.} 17. Kb1 {
Waiting for Black's attack on the d5-pawn and protecting himself against ...
Qa5. Wartet den Angriff von Schwarz auf den d5-Bauern ab und wappnet sich
gegen ...Qa5.} Qa5 {Still now Black goes for the d5-pawn. So White has to
react, otherwise it will be a simply drawish endgame after Qxd5-Qxd5-Rxd5 then
g6-h5 and so on.  Trotzdem stürzt sich Schwarz jetzt auf den d5-Bauern. Weiß
muss daher reagieren, sonst wird es einfach ein remisliches Endspiel nach
Qxd5-Qxd5-Rxd5, dann g6-h5 und so weiter.} 18. g4 $1 {Now White prepares h4
with g5 to follow. I think that this exact position is quite playable for both
sides. But White looks preferable - at least according to statistics! Jetzt
bereitet der Anziehende h4 nebst g5 vor. Ich denke, dass genau diese Stellung
für beide Seiten durchaus spielbar ist. Allerdings ist Weiß offenbar
vorzuziehen - zumindest laut der Statistik!} Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. f4 {
A pretty harmless looking endgame, which might be true if somebody finds an
easy way to improve on Black's play; but still I was happy to have this
position on the board. Das Endspiel wirkt ziemlich harmlos, was sogar
zutreffen könnte, falls jemand einen einfachen Weg findet, das Spiel von
Schwarz zu verbessern; nichtsdestoweniger war ich glücklch, die Stellung auf
dem Brett zu haben.} Bh4 $2 (20... g6 $4 21. b4 $1 $18 Rc8 22. a4 Rc3 23. Ka2
$18 {And Be4 to come , trapping the d5-rook and taking the point. nebst Be4,
was den Turm d5 fängt und den Punkt einfährt.}) (20... g5 {This move is
possible; after it White is slightly better in the endgame. There are some
examples in the database. fxg5, Rdf1 and so on are possible. Still it was the
best move here. Dieser Zug ist möglich; danach steht Weiß im Endspiel leicht
besser. Dazu gibt es einige Beispiele in der Datenbank; weitergehen könnte es
mit fxg5, Rdf1 usw. Dennoch war dies hier die beste Fortsetzung.}) (20... Rc5
21. g5 Bd8 22. Rhe1 (22. Rde1 Kf8 23. h4 h5 24. Re4 Bb6 25. Rhe1)) 21. b4 $1 {
Now rook is trapped on d5! Nun ist der Turm auf d5 gefangen!} Rc8 {The only
way to try to bring the rook back into the game after 22.Be4 d3!!  Der einzige
Versuch, den Turm wieder ins Spiel zu bringen, und zwar nach 22.Be4 d3!!} 22.
a4 $1 {The most precise. Now it's impossible to save the rook on d5. Am
genauesten. Nun ist der Turm auf d5 nicht zu retten.} (22. c4 $5 dxc3 23. Bxh7+
Kxh7 24. Rxd5 c2+ 25. Kc1 Bf2 {and Black retains some drawing chances. und
Schwarz wahrt einige Remischancen.}) 22... Rc3 (22... Bf6 23. Be4 $1 d3 24. c3
$3 Rxc3 25. Bxd5 Ra3 26. Ba2 $18 (26. Kc1 $18)) (22... f5 23. gxf5 $18) 23. Kb2
(23. Rc1 $5 {Both Grandmaster Ljuboevic and I saw this move instantly. I was
at the board and I heard Ljuboevic's assesment after the game when he told me
about this move. We discussed and we came to conclusion that it was ALSO
winning, but in fact it was even slightly cleaner from cybernetic point of
view. The main reason was that we considered the position after 23..f5! 24.
gxf5 g6, then taking on f5 and going for Bf6 as STILL offering chances. But we
also understood that fxg6-hxg6-Rhg1 SHOULD BE WINNING. But it's easily winning
in fact. Just a totally winning position. So all we analysed was right. Sowohl
Großmeister Ljuboevic als auch ich selbst sahen diesen Zug sofort. Ich saß am
Brett und hörte nach der Partie Ljuboevics Einschätzung, als er mir von diesem
Zug erzählte. Wir diskutierten, und wir kamen zu dem Ergebnis, dass er AUCH
gewinnt, tatsächlich aber in kybernetischer Sicht etwas sauberer war. Der
Hauptgrund war, dass wir die Stellung nach 23...f5! 24.gxf5 g6 nebst Schlagen
auf f5 und der Absicht Bf6 als NOCH Chancen bietend einschätzten. Aber wir
begriffen auch, dass fxg6-hxg6-Rhg1 GEWINNEN SOLLTE. Tatsächlich gewinnt es
leicht. Einfach eine totale Gewinnstellung. Also war alles, was wir analysiert
hatten, richtig.} f5 24. gxf5 g6 {The only way. Now Black wants to give up an
exchange, get the pawn on f5 and bring the bishop to f6. This would create a
sort of fortress. Die einzige Möglichkeit. Nun will Schwarz eine Qualität
geben, den Bauern nach f5 bekommen und den Läufer nach f6 bringen. Danach
entstünde eine Art Festung.} (24... Rxd3 {The idea is that now compared to the
text White's rook is already on c1 instead of king on b2 which is more
important here. White will have the possibility of penetration by Rc8 or Rc7!
Die Idee ist, dass nun im Vergleich zum Text statt des Königs auf b2 der weiße
Turm bereits auf c1 steht, was hier wichtiger ist. Weiß wird die Möglichkeit
haben, mit Rc8 oder Rc7 einzudringen!} 25. cxd3 Rxf5 26. Rc8+ $18) 25. Rhg1 $1
Kf7 26. fxg6+ hxg6 27. Rg4 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rg6][%cal Gc1g1] A strong
intermediate move. Now Black can't play Rh5 due to Bxg6+, and also there is no
single satisfactory square for the bishop. White goes for Rcg1 next, and it's
totally winning due to the fact that the g6-pawn falls after  Ein starker
Zwischenzug. Nun kann Schwarz nicht Rh5 spielten wegen Bxg6+, außerdem der
Läufer kein einziges befriedigendes Feld. Weiß spielt als nächstes Rcg1 und
steht total auf Gewinn aufgrund der Tatsache, dass der g6-Bauern fällt nach}
Be7 28. Rcg1 Bf6 29. R4g3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd3e4]} Kf8 30. Rxg6 Kf7 31. Rh6 $18
{[%csl Rd5,Rf6,Rf7][%cal Gd3e4,Gh6h7]}) 23... f5 $8 (23... Rxd3 24. cxd3 $18 (
24. Rxd3)) (23... Bf6 24. g5 $18 (24. Be4 d3 25. Bxd5 Rc5+ 26. Kb3 Rxd5 (26...
Rc3+ 27. Ka2 Rxc2+ 28. Ka3 Rc3+ 29. Bb3 $18) 27. Rxd3)) 24. gxf5 $1 (24. Bxf5
$2 Rxf5 25. gxf5 Rc4 $1 $132) 24... Rxd3 25. cxd3 Rxf5 26. Rc1 $1 {A very
strong and important move! Otherwise Black still has chances to create some
kind of fortress, by a5 or Bd8-b6-a5 etc... So White should not lose time here.
Ein ganz starker und wichtiger Zug! Andernfalls hat Schwarz noch Chancen,
irgendeine Art von Festung aufzubauen, mit a5 oder Bd8-b6-a5 usw... Daher
sollte Weiß hier keine Zeit verlieren.} Rxf4 27. Rhf1 (27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Rc7+
Ke6 29. Rxb7 Rf2+ 30. Kb1 $18) 27... Rxf1 (27... g5 28. Rxf4 gxf4 29. Rf1 $18)
28. Rxf1 Bd8 (28... Bg5 29. Rf2 $1 h5 30. a5 $1 $18 {White is much faster:
Rc2-c7 and Rxb7 with b5. Also if Black promotes pawns it will be mate after a8
Q - just in case :) Weiß ist viel schneller: Rc2-c7 und Rxb7 nebst b5. Auch
falls Schwarz einen Bauern umwandelt, wird es nach a8 Q Matt sein - nur für
den Fall:)}) 29. a5 $1 {The most precise and a great move. Now Black has to
resign. White threatens to go Rc1-c8-b8 xb7 after which the position is
totally winning. Am genauesten, und ein großartiger Zug. Nun muss Schwarz
aufgeben. Weiß droht Rc1-c8-b8 xb7, wonach die Stellung total gewonnen ist.}
1-0

[Event "Aceimar op"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adla, Diego Gustavo"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 (10... Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 $1 (
13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. a4 Qc7 17. g3 Rae8 $36 {King-Browne/
Reykjavik/1990/}) 13... Qc7 14. f3 h6 15. c4 Nh7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 Bd6 18.
g4 $1 $40 {Apicella-Brunner/Debrecen/1992/}) 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 $146 (
12... Nd7 {This move has been played twice by De Firmian with his opponents
always answering 13.a4. I do not like the following secuence instead:} 13. Na5
$1 Qc7 14. c4 {/\ b4 +/-}) 13. a4 Nd7 14. Bb5 Qc7 15. f3 (15. c4 $5 {/\} Nc5 $6
16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. f4 $1 $36) 15... Nf6 {We have now reached a position similar
to the one in Hjartarson-De Firmian, London open 1986. With his queen on d8,
De Firmian played 15...Bg6?! and the bishop lost his connection with the queen
side.} 16. Rac1 Bd7 $1 {/\ 17...Bxb5 18.axb5 Qc4!} 17. c4 {White finally
played c2-c4 and he can only succeed by playing f2-f4 later on so that his
knight gains access to d4. In the present situation the advance f4 does not
seems very likely so Black must be equal.} (17. Qd3 $5) 17... b6 18. Qf2 Rab8
19. Nd2 (19. Na1 $5 {/\ Nc2,b4}) (19. Bxd7 $5) 19... Bc8 $1 {Leaving White
with a useless bishop on b5.} 20. Nb1 Nd7 (20... Nh5 $1 {Very sharp, but it is
what the position is calling for.} 21. Nc3 f5 22. Bc6 Qd8 {White has free
hands on the queen side, in the meantime Black is ready to launch a powerful
attack on the king side.}) 21. Nc3 $2 {It was the last chance to exchange the
bishop on b5.} (21. Bxd7 $8 Bxd7 22. b3 {/\ Nc3-b5} f5 23. f4 $13) 21... Nc5
22. Rcd1 f5 23. f4 e4 24. Bc6 Ba6 $1 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Bf6 27. Qe2 g6 $1
28. h3 Qg7 $17 {The bishop looks beautiful on c6 but it does nothing.} 29. Rb1
Nd3 30. b3 Bd4 31. Kh2 Rf7 32. Rfd1 Kh8 33. Rd2 Rg8 $40 34. Rbd1 Qf6 {It was
very interesting, probably better, to exchange bishops and go back with the
knight to c5 to prepare calmly the attack by Qf6, Rfg7 and g5, then go again
Nd3 in due time. White is now forced to sacrifice the exchange.} 35. Rxd3 $8
exd3 36. Rxd3 Bxe3 37. Rxe3 Qd4 $1 38. Qf3 g5 39. fxg5 Rxg5 (39... Rfg7 $1) 40.
Re8+ Kg7 41. Re2 {/\ Be8} Rf8 {/\ Kh8} 42. Bd7 f4 (42... Kh8 $1 {/\ f4} 43. g4
$2 h5 $1 44. Bxf5 $2 Rfxf5 $1) 43. Re4 Qf6 (43... Qa1 44. Bg4) 44. Re6 Qb2 45.
Re2 Qd4 46. Re4 Qf6 47. Re6 Qb2 48. Re2 Qa1 $1 49. Re7+ (49. Bg4 Re5) 49... Kh8
50. Bg4 (50. Qe4 Rg7 51. Bg4 Qf6 52. Re6 Qh4) 50... Re5 $1 51. Be6 Qb1 $1 $19 {
><h7, /\ Re3} (51... Re3 $2 52. Rxh7+ $1 $11) 52. Qg4 $8 Qg6 53. Qxg6 hxg6 54.
Rb7 Re2 55. Kg1 f3 $1 56. gxf3 Rxf3 57. Bg4 Rg3+ 58. Kf1 Ra2 59. Rxb6 Rxb3 60.
Be2 Rbb2 61. Rb8+ Kg7 62. Re8 a4 63. c5 dxc5 64. d6 Ra1+ 65. Kf2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Yopal"]
[Site "Yopal"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Nor Gutman Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2
e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. a4 O-O 12. g4 {[#]} (12.
Be3 $6 {Nor} exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 (13... Rfe8 $143 $6 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Nd4 Bf8 16.
Raf1 Qa5 17. Bd3 $1 Ne5 $14 {Geller}) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nfd7 16. Rb4 Rfe8
17. a5 Bf6 18. Bg1 Bg5 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Nf1 g6 21. Rd4 $6 Re7 22. c4 Rae8 23. b4
{Hulak-Portisch, Indonesia 1983} Ned7 $1 {/\ Ne4 Kovacevic =/+}) (12. f5 {Nor}
Bc4 13. g4 $6 (13. Bg5 $5) 13... h6 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Rfd8 16. Rg1 d5 $5 17.
exd5 Nb6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bf3 Nxd5 $5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. Be4 $6
Rxd1 23. Raxd1 b5 $17 {Ehrler,E-Huenerkopf,H/BL 1981/1/2-1/2 (75)}) (12. a5 $5
{Nor} Rfd8 13. f5 (13. Qd3 $6 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Nc5 15. Qc4 Qc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Qe8 18. f5 $6 Rdc8 19. Be3 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Barua,D-Murshed,N/Calcutta 1986 
(45)}) 13... Bc4 14. Be3 Rac8 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Ra4 Qc6 17. Qf3 h6 18. Raa1 Nc5
19. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qb5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Qg4 $40 {1-0 Geller,E-Ivkov,B/
Hilversum AVRO 1973 (33)}) 12... Bxb3 (12... h6 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nh7 15. h4
g6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxc2 19. Bg4 {Gutman: war vorteilhaft
für Weiß,Taborow-Kasparow,UdSSR 1977}) 13. cxb3 Nc5 14. Bf3 exf4 15. Bxf4 (15.
g5 Nfd7 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. h4 f6 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen}) 15...
h6 {We have been following Anand-Lautier, Amsterdam VSB 1996 where Black got a
very easy game within a few moves, but the following idea shows that the
position is still full of danger for Black.} 16. g5 $1 $146 {Nor: After this
good novelty white has some chances for attack.But the most important is that
now it is very hard for black to defend, because white's threats are more
dangerous that it seems to an optimist(and less dangerous than it seems to a
pesimist!)} (16. Be3 $6 Qa5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1 Qe5 {Anand-Lautier,
Amsterdam VSB 1996} (18... Qe5 {Nor} 19. Be2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Bf3 Qe5
22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bd5 Bf6 24. Rc2 a5 25. Re2 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. h4 Rc7 28. h5
Bf6 29. Bc4 Rcc8 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Lautier,J/Amsterdam VSB 1996})) 16... hxg5
17. Bxg5 Qd8 {Nor: A good plan of defense.} (17... Nfxe4 $4 18. Nd5 $18) (17...
Ncxe4 $2 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd5 $18) ({Gutman: Zu bevorzugen war} 17... Ne6 $5
18. Be3 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxd6 Qxb2) 18... Qa5 19.
Rg1 Qe5 {Gutman: mit ausreichende Gegenspiel}) 18. Rg1 $1 (18. e5 $6 {Nor} dxe5
19. b4 Ne6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Be4 Nf4 23. b5 $13) 18... Ne8 $5 (
18... Nfxe4 $2 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxg5 21. Qh5 Re8 22. Bh7+ $18) (18...
Ncxe4 $2 19. Bxe4) 19. Be3 (19. Bxe7 $143 $6 {Nor} Qxe7 20. b4 Nd7 $1 (20...
Ne6 $6 21. Nd5 Qh4 22. e5 $5 dxe5 23. Qe1 $1 $14) 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Rc1 Ne5 {
Nor: And black is not worse.}) 19... Bf6 20. b4 $2 {White would have a very
weak queen side pawn structure after an eventual a6-a5 by Black so moving the
pawn to b4 looks natural and so I played it inmediately.} (20. Nd5 $1 {The
point is that should Black move his bishop from f6 then the strong Be3-g5
would follow forcing Black to further weakening his king side with f7-f6 or
allowing and unpleasant pin through the h4-d8 diagonal.} Be5 (20... Bxb2 $6 21.
Ra2 {[%cal Ya2g2,Yg2g6]}) 21. Bg5 $1 $40) 20... Ne6 {Now from e6 the knight
covers the important square g5.} 21. Qd2 Be5 22. Nd5 Nf6 {During the game I
was aware of the missed opportunity and felt we have now reached another
critical position. White must decide what to do with his rooks and I did not
find anything impressive Nor: Black has found a good plan of defense and now
his position is strong enough in order not to lose.} 23. Rac1 (23. Rad1) (23.
Rg2 {/\ Rag1}) ({Gutman: Weiß verliert Zeit,nichts sprach gegen} 23. Bh6 Nxd5 (
23... Re8 24. Raf1) 24. exd5 Qf6 25. Raf1 {mit Initiative}) 23... Re8 $1 {
Providing a square for the knight and thus intending to exchange the other
knight on d5 to releave the pressure.} 24. b3 $6 Nxd5 25. exd5 Nf8 (25... Nd4
$2 {Nor} 26. Bxd4 Qf6 27. Bh5 $1 Bxd4 28. Rcf1 $18) 26. Rc4 {And with both of
us already short of time I decided to offer a draw I had rejected at an early
stage during the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {So far Nakamura is the only player in Medias who sticks to the
Sicilian Defence. For some reason other players prefer to answer 1.e4 with 1...
e5.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf Sicilian. Hikaru
drew already with it against Karjakin and Radjabov. In those games Black was
absolutely fine after the opening. This time things got worse for the American
though, and after the game he was visibly unhappy with the outcome of the
opening.} 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 (8... Be6 {"is just equal",
according to Nakamura.}) 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Nd2 $1 {A new and strong move.
Similarly to his game versus Ivanchuk from the third round, Nisipeanu improves
the position of the knight, transferring it to the e3-square.} (11. Bc4 {
is the usual continuation, but then the knight remains misplaced on b3.}) 11...
Bb7 12. Nc4 Qc7 (12... g5 13. Bg3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bb7 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6
17. Qxd6 {clearly favours White.}) 13. Ne3 O-O (13... Nxe4 {loses due to} 14.
Ncd5) 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Bc4 Qc5 {The key square in such pawn formations is d5,
which is excellently controlled by White. In order to keep the advantage
Nisipeanu had to continue to develop the pieces in the centre, after which
Black would have had problems to get any sort of counterplay.} ({Again} 15...
Nxe4 {is bad. The simplest solution for White is} 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7
18. Bd5 {winning an exchange.}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Qd3 $1 {secures White a pleasant
advantage. For instance:} Qd4 17. Nf5 Qxd3 18. Nxe7+ ({or} 18. cxd3 Bf8 19.
Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne3 {with firm control of the d5-square.}) 18... Rxe7 19. cxd3 {
and the bishop pair secure White better prospects.}) 16... Nxf6 17. Qf3 Rac8
18. Ncd5 ({A better try was} 18. Bb3 Qb4 19. Ned5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Bf6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Bxb3 {where White can claim an edge thanks to his better
bishop and superior pawn formation. However, the opposite-coloured bishops
make the position drawish.}) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxc2 {White's
knight clearly dominates the opponent's bishop, but Black's extra pawn
compensates for it. The position is equal.} 21. Nxb6 (21. b4 Bd8 $11) 21... Rb8
22. Nd5 (22. a5 Bd8 $11) 22... Qxb2 23. g3 Bg5 ({Nakamura's move is stronger
than} 23... Bd8 24. Qd3 Qd4 25. Qxa6 {because Black cannot take on e4:} Qxe4 $2
{runs into} 26. Qc6 {(threatening besides taking the rook also a check on e7)}
Kf8 27. Qxd6+ Be7 28. Nxe7 {and White wins}) 24. h4 Bd2 $1 {It is funny how
the bishop from d2 is trying to limit the influence of the knight on d5.} 25.
Rad1 Bb4 {This allows White to force a draw. However, the position was about
equal anyway.} (25... Qc2 26. Qe2 Rb2 27. Qxa6 {and again Black cannot take on
e4 because of 28.Qc6.}) (25... Qd4 26. Qe2 Rb2 27. Qxa6 {can be worse only for
Black.}) 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Ne7+ Kf8 {Black cannot avoid the repetition.} ({Both} 
27... Rxe7 $2 28. Qxa3 Bxa3 29. Rxb8+) ({or} 27... Kh8 28. Qxf7 {are just bad
for Black.}) 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
{This move has gained some popularity after the game Kramnik-Anand/Wijk aan
Zee 2004. White wants to exploit the weakness of the central spot d5, leaving
an opportunity of qside castle. My opponent had already some experience in
this variation (with excellent results!)} O-O (8... Nbd7 9. a4 b6 (9... h6 10.
Be3 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 Bb7 13. Rf2 Rc8 14. Bf1 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Ni Hua-Sakaev,K/
Moscow CHN 2004/The Week in Chess 510 (14)}) 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O
Qc7 13. Rfd1 h6 (13... Rfc8 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bb3 Bf8 17. Nf1 Bc6
18. f3 b5 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Kh1 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Qb7 22. Qd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,
A-Balashov,Y/Riga 1970/ (53)}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17.
Rxd5 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98/[Ftacnik] (39)}) (8...
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
O-O 15. Qf3 Re8 (15... d3 16. Bxd3 Be5 17. h4 Rc8 18. c3 f5 19. Bxf5 g6 20.
Be6+ Kg7 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. f3 Rc5 23. Rd3 Rf4 24. Qc2 Rb4 25. b3 $16 {1-0
Ganguly,S-Sutovsky,E/Pune IND 2004/The Week in Chess 514 (40)}) 16. Bd3 Re5 17.
Kb1 Qa5 18. g4 Rae8 19. a3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zatonskih,A-De
Firmian,N/San Diego USA 2004 (45)}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Nd2 Nxe4 (9... Nc6 10. Nc4 Nd4
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Ncb6 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15. O-O g6 16. c3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Navara,D-Rashkovsky,N/Oberwart 2003/CBM 95 ext (44)}) 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11.
Bxd8 Nxd1 12. Be7 Re8 13. Nc4 Nxb2 14. Nb6 $132 {1-0 Fischer,R-Ghitescu,T/
Leipzig 1960/EXT 99 (43)}) 9... Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be6 ({My opponent has already
played that position at the same event:} 10... Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd5 Be6
13. Kb1 Bg5 14. g3 a5 15. h4 Bf6 16. c3 a4 17. Nd2 a3 18. b3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nb8
20. g4 $14 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Paragua,M/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 520 (52)}
) 11. Nd5 $5 $146 {A new attempt to fight for the opening advantage - white
leaves an opportunity of kside castle.} (11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5
Qb6 $1 {[%csl Gb6,Rf2][%cal Gb6f2] A strong improvement, which solves all the
problems.} 14. Rhf1 Nd7 15. Kb1 Nf6 16. Qd3 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Delchev,A-Sutovsky,E/
Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 520 (52)}) 11... Bg5 $5 {A provocation of
white's next move.} (11... Be7 12. O-O (12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qb6 {-->leads
to a mentioned game Delchev-Sutovsky.}) ({but comes to consideration also:} 12.
Rd1 $5 Bg5 13. h4 Bxh4 $132) 12... Nd7 13. Rad1 Bg5 {with a ''Sveshnikov''
type of position. The position seems to be approximately equal.}) (11... Nd7
12. O-O-O Bg5+ 13. Kb1) 12. h4 {That ambitious move is the only way to fight
for the opening advantage.} ({After} 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. c3 Kh8 $132 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Gf7f5] black is at least not worse.}) 12... Be7 (12... Bxh4 $5
13. O-O-O (13. g3 $5 {Ganguly}) 13... Bg5+ 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. g3 $44) (12... Bh6
$6 13. g4 Bf4 (13... Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Bf4 15. Qxb7 $16) 14. Nxf4 exf4 15. O-O-O
Qb6 16. Qd4 $16) 13. O-O-O Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qb6 {Compared to Delchev-Sutovsky
white's pawn is already on h4.} (14... Qc7 15. g4 Nd7 16. g5 Rac8 17. Qd3 $14)
15. Bc4 {White should take control on d5-otherwise black may seize the
initiative by the standard breakthrough d6-d5.} Nd7 (15... Nc6 $6 16. Rd2 Nb4 (
16... a5 17. a4 $14) 17. Qa5 $14) 16. Rd2 {The point is that now ''g5'' spot
is under control, so white may consolidate his position by this simple move.
At the same time, it looks like black has a comfortable play anyway.} (16. Qd2
Nf6 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Bd5 a5 $132) 16... Nf6 {That was played after a deep
thinking. Black starts an immediate counterattack.} ({The alternative was:} 
16... Qc7 $5 17. Qd3 b5 18. Bd5 Rab8 19. Kb1 a5 $132 {with an acceptable play.}
) 17. Qd3 a5 $1 {A standard way of counterplay - white has to deal with
a5-a4-a3, while Nb3 doesn't feel comfortably.} 18. a3 (18. a4 $2 Qc6 {[%csl
Ra4,Re4]}) 18... Rfc8 $6 {A strange move. Now white gets a good opportunity of
improving the placement of his knight.} ({More to the point was a logical
continuation of black's previous move:} 18... a4 $5 19. Na1 Rac8 (19... d5 20.
Bxd5 (20. exd5 e4 21. Qe2 Bd6 $44) 20... Nxd5 21. exd5 Bc5 $132) 20. Ba2 Rc5
$132 {[%cal Gf8d8,Gd6d5] and black's counterplay cannot be understated.}) 19.
Re2 Qc7 $6 {As it usually happens, mistakes are don't come alone. That move is
a simple loss of time, as the queen should be on c6 anyway.} ({Better was:} 
19... Rc7 $142 20. Nd2 Rac8 $132) ({or} 19... a4 $142 20. Nd2 Ra5 $132 {
[%cal Gb6c6]}) 20. Nd2 a4 ({I have also considered an opportunity of:} 20... b5
21. Bxb5 d5 22. exd5 (22. Ba4 $5) 22... Nxd5 23. g3 Bxa3 24. bxa3 (24. Nc4 $2
Bxb2+ $1 25. Kxb2 (25. Nxb2 Nb4 $19) 25... Qc5 $19) 24... Nc3 25. Bc4 Nxe2+ 26.
Qxe2 $14 {with a very complicated position, where white's chances should be
better.}) 21. Kb1 Ra5 22. Ba2 Rc5 23. c3 $14 {White has consolidated his
position. He is ready to start a dangerous attack on the kside, using the
power of Ba2.} Rd8 (23... Qc6 $5) 24. Qc2 b5 {Black's main problem is a
defecit of counterplay. The main idea of the text move is creating a strong
outpost on c4, which can be used by the knight after Ng6-d7-b6-c4.} 25. Rg1 $5
{[%cal Gg2g4] That move looks a bit primitive,but it's not easy to prevent
white from advancing his ''g'' pawn.} (25. Nf3 Rd7 26. Ng5 Bf8 $132) 25... Qc8
(25... Nd7 {can be strongly met by:} 26. Nf1 $1 {(Ganguly)} (26. g4 Nb6 27. g5
Nc4 $132) 26... Nb6 27. Ne3 Bxh4 28. g3 $44 {[%cal Gf2f4] with a full
compensation for a pawn.}) 26. f3 d5 {That move is practically forced, as
black cannot wait anymore.} (26... Nh5 27. g3 $36) 27. exd5 (27. g4 $2 d4 $19)
27... Nxd5 28. Ne4 Rc7 (28... b4 $2 {leads to a very hard endgame after:} 29.
Bxd5 Rcxd5 30. cxb4 Qxc2+ 31. Rxc2 Bxh4 32. Nc3 $16) 29. Rd1 $2 {The position
is very sharp, so every move can change the situation.} ({White could reach a
great advantage by:} 29. Ng5 $142 $1 Bxg5 (29... g6 30. Rxe5) 30. hxg5 b4 (
30... Nxc3+ 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Qe4 Rcd3 33. Rc2 Qd7 34. Rgc1 $16) 31. Bxd5 Rxd5
32. axb4 a3 33. Rge1 $16) 29... Rcd7 30. g3 $6 $138 {An additional mistake,
which allows black to win the queen!} (30. Bxd5 $142 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Rd2
Rxd2 33. Qxd2 $15) 30... g6 $2 $138 ({Black could win a queen after:} 30... Nb4
$1 31. Rxd7 Nxc2 32. Rxe7 b4 $1 {(That move was overlooked by both of the
opponents in the zeitnot)} 33. Bxf7+ (33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Bxe8
Nxa3+ $1 36. bxa3 Qc4 $19) (33. Rxc2 b3 34. Bxb3 axb3 $17) 33... Kf8 34. Rxe5 (
34. Be6 b3 $19) 34... Nxa3+ (34... b3 $2 35. Bd5) 35. bxa3 bxc3 $17) 31. Qc1 $2
{A profilactic against Nd5-e3 or Nd5-b4.} ({At the same time white could
develop a serious initiative after:} 31. h5 $1 gxh5 (31... Ne3 $2 32. Rxd7 Nxc2
33. Rxe7 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rg8][%cal Ge4f6]}) (31... Kg7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rh1 f5
34. Nf2 $36) 32. Rh1 $36) 31... Kg7 (31... h5 $5) 32. Red2 $2 {An additional
mistake - after the exchange of all the rooks white couldn't pretend on any
attack anymore.} (32. h5 $142) 32... Nb6 33. h5 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 f5 {Seizing
space and pushing white's knight from the centre.} 35. h6+ {This pawn will be
very vulnerable in the endgame!} ({White should play more accurately:} 35. Rxd8
Qxd8 36. Nf2 $15) 35... Kf8 36. Qf1 (36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Nf2 Bc5 38. Qd1 Qxd1+
39. Nxd1 Ke7 40. Kc2 (40. Bg8 Nd7 $17) 40... Kf6 41. Bg8 Nd7 $17) 36... Nc4 $1
$17 {Suddenly black has got a clear advantage: his pieces are more active,
while white's pawns can be easily attacked.} (36... Rxd2 $143 37. Nxd2 Qd7 (
37... Qc6) 38. Qf2 $1 $15) 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Nf2 Qd5 ({Deserved
attention also:} 39... Qd2 $5 40. Ka2 Qc2 $1 {[%cal Ge7a3] (Sutovsky,E)} 41.
Qxc4 Qxf2 42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Qh8 Qxg3 44. Qxh7+ Kf6 45. Qg7+ Kg5 46. Qxe7+ (46.
h7 Bf6) 46... Kxh6 $17) 40. Qe2 Bc5 $2 {Missing great winning chances!} ({
There was no reason not to take an important pawn:} 40... Bg5 41. Qc2 $1 {
(the only way to continue the fight)} Qxf3 (41... Bxh6 42. Qxa4 Be3 43. Nd1 Bg5
44. Ka2 $17) 42. Qxa4 Bxh6 $1 (42... Qxf2 $2 43. Qa8+ Kf7 (43... Ke7 44. Qb7+
Kd6 45. Qa6+) 44. Qd5+ $11) (42... Be7 $2 43. Qxc4 $1 Qxf2 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qh8
Ke6 46. Qxh7) 43. Qb4+ Kf7 44. Qxc4+ Kf6 $17 {and white is in troubles.}) 41.
g4 $1 $132 Bxf2 {According to the match situation, this was the most safe
decision, as I was short on time, while the Kf8 is in danger.} (41... Kf7 42.
Ka2 Bf8 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. f4 $1 $132 e4 $140 $2 45. Qh5+ Ke7 46. Ng4 $36) 42.
Qxf2 Qd1+ 43. Ka2 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Nd5 O-O {Alexander Grischuk chooses a tricky order of
moves. Now it's hard to suggest anything better than 11.0-0.} ({In case of} 
10... Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O {Black has to deal with a more aggressive approach -}
12. g4 $5) 11. O-O ({After} 11. c4 b5 $1 12. cxb5 axb5 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5
Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb5 Qa7 $44 {Black had an excellent compensation for a
pawn in 1/2 Svidler,P (2672)-Gelfand,B (2692)/Haifa 2000}) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5
Rc8 $5 {Provoking the c2-c4 advancement.} (12... Nc5 {is much more popuar here.
}) 13. c4 ({Black has nothing to worry about after} 13. a4 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. a5 Qc7 $132) 13... Ne8 {That move is connected with a typical plan of
regrouping the k-side pieces.} (13... a5 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Nd2 g6
17. b3 Bg7 18. a3 h5 19. f3 b6 20. b4 $14 {1-0 Short,N (2645)-Cheparinov,I 
(2713)/Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 14. Qd2 {An exchange of bishops would definitely
suit Black, so Magnus prevents it for a while.} ({Dubious is:} 14. Bg4 $6 e4 $1
15. Qxe4 Nef6 16. Qd4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Nxc4 19. Bd4 Bf6 $15 {0-1
Medvegy,Z (2462)-Shariyazdanov,A (2612)/Oberwart 2000/EXT 2001 (51)}) ({
Black gets a comfortable play after} 14. Rac1 Bg5 15. Nd2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nef6
$11 {0-1 Pinter,G (2384)-Seres,L (2444)/Budapest 2000/CBM 079 ext (29)}) 14...
b6 {A double-edged move. Alexander restricts the activity of Nb3, but the
weakness of c6-spot may tell in the long run.} ({Another Najdorf expert
Alexander Areschenko has opted for:} 14... f5 $5 15. f4 g6 16. Na5 (16. Kh1
Nef6 17. fxe5 Ne4 18. Qe1 dxe5 19. Na5 Rb8 20. b4 Bh4 $1 21. g3 f4 $132) 16...
exf4 17. Bxf4 Nef6 $132 {Black had a decent counterplay in 0-1 Hovhannisyan,R 
(2592)-Areshchenko,A (2701)/Martuni 2014}) 15. Rac1 $146 {A natural innovation.
The rook may support he thematic c4-c5 advancement, while the a1-spot is
vacant for the knight's route.} ({The previously played} 15. f4 {should be met
by:} f5 (15... Qc7 16. Rac1 Nc5 (16... Nef6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qe1 Bd6 19. Qh4
Rfe8 20. Kh1 $14) 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Tsiros,F (2147)-Marosi,L 
(2211)/Gyor HUN 2014}) 16. Rae1 a5 $132) ({The saim can be said about} 15. Rae1
a5 (15... g6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. f4 $14) 16. f4 f5 $1 $132 ({Now} 16... g6 $6 {
looks too passive in view of:} 17. f5 Ng7 18. Bd3 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxf5
Rxc4 21. Qe2 $36)) 15... a5 ({The more aggressive way of handling the position
was:} 15... f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 Bh4 18. Bd3 g6 $132 {, but Alexander's plan
wasn't based on the f7-f5 advancement.}) 16. Na1 g6 {An original way of
handling the position. As was mentioned before, Black deviates from the usual
f7-f5 advancement in order to keep the f5-spot vacant for the knight.} 17. b4 (
17. Nc2 Ng7 18. Bh6 (18. Bd3 f5 19. f3 f4 20. Bf2 Bh4 $132) 18... Re8 19. g4 f5
$132) 17... Ng7 ({No doubt, the naive} 17... axb4 $6 {would be strongly met by:
} 18. Nc2 $1 f5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Nxb4 Nef6 21. Nc6 $14) 18. bxa5 bxa5 ({It was
possible to exchange the powerful dark-squared bishop at cost of a pawn:} 18...
Nf5 $5 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Nc2 Qa7 $44) 19. Bd3 ({After} 19. Nb3 $6
Nf5 20. Nxa5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bg5 22. Nc6 Qb6 23. Rc3 Ra8 {White's position is
getting unpleasant from practical point of view - the extra pawn has no much
value here.}) 19... Nc5 20. Bc2 {That retreat gives Black more time for
activating their pieces.} ({Deserved a serious attention} 20. Rb1 $5 Nxd3 21.
Qxd3 Qc7 22. Rfc1 Rb8 (22... Nf5 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Nb3 $14) 23. Rb5 Nf5 24. a4
Nxe3 25. Qxe3 {The arising complex position contains strategic risk for both
sides, but White's play seems somewhat easier.}) 20... a4 {A consistent
continuation - the Na1 is out of moves now.} ({However, there was no reasons
for rejecting the more aggressive} 20... f5 $5 21. f3 a4 22. Rb1 Bf6 {and
Black is not worse at the very least.}) 21. Rb1 e4 $6 {A dubious pawn
sacrifice. Perhaps, Alexander has overestimated the effect of knight's
appearance on f5.} (21... f5 $142 22. Rb4 (22. Rb5 $6 Nd7 $1 23. Qb4 f4 24. Bc1
f3 $40) 22... Qa5 23. Rd1 Bd8 $132) 22. Bxc5 ({It was possible to postpone
that exchange:} 22. Qe2 $5 f5 (22... Nf5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qxe4 $14) (22... Qd7
23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxe4 $14) 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxa4 Bf6 25. Nb3 Rc8 26. g3 $14)
22... Rxc5 23. Bxa4 $6 {Returning the favoure. Now Alexander's 21 move fully
justifies.} ({At the same time, after} 23. Qe2 $1 f5 (23... Qc7 24. Bxa4 Rxc4
25. Bb5 Rc3 26. Qxe4 $14) 24. Bxa4 Ra5 25. Bb5 $14 {it would be not easy to
develop an attack, so Black doesn't have a sufficient compensation for a pawn.}
) 23... Rxc4 24. Bc6 Nf5 25. Qe2 Rc3 26. Qxe4 {Finally White has won a pawn,
but now Black's pieces are much more active than before.} Ra3 27. Qe2 ({
Nothing promises:} 27. Nc2 Rxa2 28. Nb4 Ra3 29. Bb5 Bf6 30. Nc6 Qb6 31. Be2 Qc5
$11) ({Another way to protect the Pa2 was:} 27. Qc4 Bf6 28. Nc2 Rc3 29. Qa4 Be5
$44 {, but Black gets a decent compensation either.}) 27... Bf6 28. Nb3 Qe7 29.
Qxe7 ({White hardly may play for a win with such a passive pieces:} 29. Rfe1
Qa7 30. Nc1 Nd4 31. Qe4 Rb8 32. Rxb8+ Qxb8 33. Qe8+ Qxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 $11)
29... Nxe7 30. Nd2 Rxa2 $11 {The extra pawn is gone, so the position is
completely equal now.} 31. Nc4 (31. Ne4 Be5 32. f4 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Nf5 $11) 31...
Rd8 32. g4 $6 {An over-ambitious decision. White pushes for a win, but
exposing the king that way is risky.} (32. Rfd1 $142 Kg7 33. g3 $11) 32... Bd4
$1 {Immediately exploiting White's inaccuracy. The bishop is coming to c5,
where it will puts a strong pressure on the Pf2. At the same time, White's
bishop is not doing much.} 33. Rbd1 $6 {One more mistake, which leads to a
loss of pawn.} ({It looks like White shouldn't be able to solve the problems
quite easily after} 33. Rb7 Kf8 34. Kg2 g5 35. Kf3 Ng6 36. Ke4 $1 Rxf2 37. Rxf2
Bxf2 38. h3 $11 {activating all the pieces.}) 33... Bc5 34. Rd2 {It is
necessary to exchange the opponent's active rook.} Rxd2 35. Nxd2 Nxc6 36. dxc6
Rc8 37. Ne4 Rxc6 38. Rd1 {The arising endgame must be very unpleasant for
Magnus, but White still has good drawish chances due to a limited material
ballance.} h6 39. h4 Kf8 40. Kg2 Ke7 41. Rc1 {Preventing Black from advancing
the passer for a while.} Rc8 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Rc2 Rc7 44. h5 $1 {Correctly
swapping more pawn on the k-side.} (44. Rc1 Bb6 45. Re1 Rc2 $17) 44... gxh5 ({
Comparing to the previous note,} 44... Bb6 $6 {can be strongly met by:} 45. Re2
$1 Bd4 46. g5 $1 hxg5 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Kg4 {and draw becomes unavoidable.})
45. gxh5 Bb6 {Obviously, sooner or later Black has to unpin the bishop.} 46.
Re2 Bd4 $1 {Alexander manages to find an excellent resourse - the bishop's
transfer to e5 would pose White more problems.} 47. Kg3 ({Unfortunately,} 47.
Ng3+ Be5 48. Ra2 Rc3+ 49. Kg2 {leads to a hopeless rook's ending:} Bxg3 50.
fxg3 Rc5 51. g4 f5 $19) 47... d5 (47... f5 $5 48. Ng5+ Kf6 49. Nh3 Rg7+ 50. Kf3
Be5 $17) 48. Nd2+ Kf5 49. Kg2 (49. Nf3 Bf6 50. Ra2 d4 51. Ra5+ Ke4 52. Nd2+ Kd3
53. Nf3 Kc2 $17) 49... Be5 50. Nf3 Bf6 51. Ra2 Rd7 52. Ne1 {Obviously, White's
only plan is to set-up blockade.} Rc7 $6 ({There was no reason to deviate from:
} 52... Kg4 53. Ra6 Bg7 54. Nd3 Kxh5 55. Kf3 Kg5 $17 {grabbing the second pawn,
though White still in the game due to activity of all the pieces.}) 53. Kf3 Bg5
54. Ra5 Ke5 55. Ke2 {Now it is not easy to make any progress.} Ke4 56. Ra4+ d4
57. f3+ Kd5 58. Ra5+ Kc4 ({Correctly rejecting} 58... Rc5 59. Rxc5+ Kxc5 60. f4
Bf6 61. Kd3 Kd5 62. Nf3 Bg7 63. Nh4 $11) 59. Nd3 {Provoking the exchange of
rooks.} ({Possibly,} 59. Ra4+ $5 {would be a better choice from practical
point of view:} Kc3 60. Ra3+ Kb4 61. Ra8 Re7+ 62. Kd1) 59... Re7+ 60. Re5 Re6
$5 {Alexander is trying to change the static character of position.} ({It
looks like White should be able to achieve a draw after} 60... Kc3 61. Rxe7
Bxe7 62. Ne5 Kc2 63. Nd3 f6 64. Nf4 Bd6 65. Nd3 f5 66. Ne1+ Kc3 67. Nd3 {
and White's knight has enough spots.}) 61. f4 $1 {The only move.} ({White
cannot afford changing the pawn structure:} 61. Rxe6 $2 fxe6 62. Ne5+ (62. f4
Be7 63. Kd2 Kd5 $19) 62... Kc3 63. Nd3 Be7 64. Ne5 Bf6 65. Nd3 Bh4 66. Ne5 Bg3
67. Nd3 e5 68. Nc5 Kc4 69. Nd3 Kd5 $19 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gd5e6,Ge6f5]}) 61...
Bf6 62. Rxe6 fxe6 {A critical moment.} 63. Nf2 $2 {A decisive mistake.} ({
The precise} 63. Kd2 {would allow Magnus to save a half point:} Kd5 64. Ke2 Bd8
(64... Ke4 65. Nc5+ Kxf4 66. Nxe6+ Kg4 67. Kf2 Kxh5 68. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 69. Kg2 $11)
65. Kf3 Bc7 66. Nf2 Bd6 67. Nd3 $11) 63... Be7 64. Ng4 ({Hopeless was also:} 
64. Nd3 Kc3 65. Nf2 Kc2 66. Nd3 Bf8 67. Ne1+ Kc3 68. Nd3 Bd6 $19) 64... Kc3 65.
f5 ({Or} 65. Kd1 Bf8 66. Nf2 d3 67. Ng4 Kd4 68. Ke1 Ke4 $19) 65... exf5 66.
Nxh6 Kc2 $1 ({White resigns, in view of:} 66... Kc2 67. Nxf5 d3+ 68. Kf3 Bc5
$19 {[%csl Gc5,Rf5][%cal Gd3d2]}) 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Esen, Baris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bg4
Nc6 15. Kb1 Rfd8 {This position is typical for the Be2-Bg5 system in the
Najdorf. However, we should learn from the great Vassily Ivanchuk who
completely outplayed his opponent from this point onwards.} 16. a3 {Stopping ..
.Nb4.} Bf6 17. Rd3 Qb6 18. Rf1 Rab8 19. g3 {A useful move – it can be
helpful to gain space with f4 as well as h4.} Nd4 20. Na5 $1 {The knight is
coming to c4 and the d4 knight can be kicked away at some point with c3.} Nc6
21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gb3a5,Ga5c4,Gc4e3] You can see how the
knight made its route from b3-a5-c4-e3 and is now looking at the juicy hole on
d5.} (22. Nxd6 $2 Nd4 $17) 22... Ne7 23. Qc4 Qa5 24. Rfd1 b5 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26.
axb4 {A strategic victory for White who has left Black with absolutely no
counterplay and lots of weaknesses.} Rb6 27. h4 {Stopping ...Bg5 just in case.}
g6 28. Rc3 Rb7 $6 (28... d5 $1 {Good or bad this was a chance to activate his
pieces as after} 29. Nxd5 (29. exd5 e4 30. Rc7 Rbd6 {White is surely better
here but Black keeps an eye on the d5-pawn and at least has some play.} 31. f4
$1 Nxd5 32. Rc8 $1 $18) 29... Nxd5 30. exd5 Be7 {Black attacks the b4-pawn,
and in this opposite coloured bishop endgame the drawing chances are pretty
good.}) 29. Bh3 h5 30. f3 Bg7 31. g4 Bh6 32. g5 Bf8 33. Ra3 Rb6 34. c3 $1 {
Ivanchuk now shifts his attention to the a6-pawn. But not too soon. He will
first make sure that d6-d5 is not possible.} Ra8 35. Kc2 Kg7 36. Kd3 Ra7 (36...
f6 {Black should play this. But here too it is not clear how to create
counterplay.}) 37. Ke2 Ra8 38. Kf2 Ra7 39. Rda1 Ra8 40. Ra5 Ra7 41. Ke1 Kg8 {
The next task is to relocate the bishop is such a manner as to control the
d5-square.} 42. Bf1 Nc6 43. R5a2 Ne7 44. Bd3 Kg7 45. Ke2 Kg8 46. Bc2 Bg7 47.
Kf2 Kf8 48. Bd3 Ke8 49. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (49... Rc6 50. Bxb5 $18) 50. exd5 {The
problem is that there is no way to stop Ra5 followed by Bxb5 and the a6-pawn
also falls.} Bf8 51. Ra5 Be7 52. Bxb5+ {A smooth positional victory by
Ivanchuk.} 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nc6 9. Qd3 Nb4 $5 $146 {This move was made quite quickly by Magnus and hence
he was clearly prepared.} 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 $6 (12. a3 {is met
by} Bg5 13. Qd1 Nc6 14. O-O Be6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Rad1 $11 {and White has a much
better position than what happened in the game.}) 12... Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14.
O-O-O Be7 15. Kb1 Be6 16. Qd3 O-O $15 {Black has a very pleasant position due
to the following reasons:  1. He has the bishop pair. Although the bishop on
e7 is not particularly great it can be activated either on g5 or after White
plays f4 it can be strong on the a1-h8 diagonal.  2. The d5-square is weak,
however the knight on b3 is at least three moves away from it and cannot
really take advantage of it.  3. And last but not least Black has a clear plan
of attack on the queenside with b5-b4, a5-a4. White also can push his pawns
down the board but somehow he lacks the firepower in that zone.} 17. f4 exf4
18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rhf1 Bf6 20. Rxf4 Be5 {The bishop on e5 is really strong now.}
21. Rff1 Rac8 22. c3 b5 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Nd4 Bc4 25. Qf3 b4 $1 {White's king
position is slowly but surely getting ripped open whereas White has not yet
started his play on the kingside.} 26. cxb4 Qb6 $1 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Nc2 Rfc8 {
The f7 pawn is not really so important as the king can hide safely on f7. Yet
it made sense to take the pawn and then play Rd2.} 29. Rd2 (29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30.
Rd2 Qc6 31. Qf2 Qxe4 (31... a5 {was played by Magnus in the game.}) 32. Re2 $14
{and White should defend this position and might well be slightly better.})
29... Qc6 (29... Qc7 $1) 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qf2 a5 32. a3 $2 (32. bxa5 {is a
computer move but it looks extremely scary and I won't be surprised if there
is a mate somewhere around the corner.} Rb8 33. b3 Rc3 $40) 32... axb4 33. Nxb4
Qxe4+ 34. Ka2 Rxb4 $1 35. axb4 Ra8+ 36. Kb3 Rb8 37. Ka2 Qxb4 {The queen, rook
and bishop combine to launch a winning attack against the white king.} 38. Rc1
Qa4+ 39. Kb1 Qe4+ 40. Rcc2 Bxb2 41. Qf3 Qe1+ 42. Rd1 Bd4+ (42... Bd4+ 43. Kc1
Be3+ {with a winning position. A fine game by Magnus Carlsen who had very
little difficulty in crushing his talented young opponent.}) 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 {After
my second round game against Kasparov I wasn't very convinced about} (7. Bg5)
7... Nf6 8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 {I used to employ} (11. Kh1 {
but now decided to go for the line that Svidler and Short like among others.})
11... Be6 12. Nd5 Nbd7 13. Qd3 {The idea is to make quick threats against the
d6 pawn (by exchanging on e7 and putting the rook on d1). Black's reply is now
forced.} Bxd5 14. exd5 Nc5 15. Qd2 Nfe4 16. Qb4 b6 $5 $146 {A new and
interesting continuation.} (16... a5 {was known but it weakens the White
squares on the queenside.}) 17. f3 $5 {Here I thought for some forty minutes.
Nothing really attracted me, for example} (17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. a4 a5 $5 19. Qb5
Bg5 $5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Qxb6 Qe7 $44) 17... Nf6 18. Qd2 Qd7 $5 {Now I can
repeat the queen's trip to b4 but already attacking the b6 pawn. An
alternative would be} (18... Nh5 $5) 19. f4 $1 Nfe4 20. Qb4 Rfb8 $1 21. Nxc5 $6
{Losing the touch. I should play} (21. Bf3 $5 {with a very unclear position.})
21... Nxc5 22. fxe5 $6 dxe5 23. Rad1 Bd6 $1 24. Qh4 Rf8 $1 $15 {Here I
realised that besides not having any advantage I was also running the risk to
get an inferior position. Now Black wants to play f5 which immediately was not
good:} (24... f5 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 27. Bd3 {and Black is under fire.}
) 25. g4 $1 Qa4 $1 26. c4 $1 {Forced.} (26. c3 $2 f5 $1 27. b4 Ne4 $17 {
is curtains.}) 26... Qc2 $6 {By not taking the pawn Black also gives White the
initiative. It would be extremely difficult to prove White's compensation after
} (26... Qxa2 $1 {but having analysed a great deal I think I managed it:} 27.
Rf3 $1 (27. Rd2 $2 Rae8 $17) 27... Qxb2 28. Rh3 h6 $1 (28... Qc2 $6 29. Rd3 $1
(29. Rf1 $2 f6) 29... Qb1+ (29... h6 30. Bxh6 Qxe2 $2 31. Bxg7 $18) 30. Bf1 h6
31. Bxh6 Nxd3 32. Be3 $40) 29. g5 $1 (29. Bxh6 $2 Qxe2) 29... f6 (29... Be7 30.
Qg4 $44) 30. Bg4 $1 (30. g6 $2 f5) (30. gxh6 $2 Qxe2 31. Re1 (31. Rd2 g5 32.
Bxg5 Qf1+ $3 33. Kxf1 fxg5+ 34. Qf2 Ne4 $19) 31... g5 $1 32. Bxg5 Qxe1+ 33.
Qxe1 fxg5 $17) 30... fxg5 31. Bxg5 Qc2 $1 (31... Ra7 $2 32. Bxh6 gxh6 33. Qxh6
Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Qf6 35. Qh5 Rff7 36. Rg1 Kf8 37. Rf3 Qg7 38. Bf5 Qf6 39. Rg6 $18)
32. Bxh6 Qh7 33. Be3 Qxh4 34. Rxh4 {[#] Black is still pawn up and he has also
exchanged queens but I think that White holds enough fighting resources not to
lose the game. I think the assessment of this position is critical for the
overall evaluation of the 26...Qxa2 line.}) 27. Rd2 Qe4 28. Qh3 $1 $14 a5 29.
b3 {White's pieces are now better consolidated so he is not in hurry.} Qg6 30.
Kh1 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qg6 32. g5 $1 {Probably the best way to keep fighting for the
advantage.} Ne4 33. Bd3 {The temptation to win his queen was extremely high,
so I didn't realise that} (33. Bh5 $142 $1 {(which I saw, of course, as well)}
Nxg5 34. Qg4 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Qxg4 36. Bxg4 Nf4 37. Bxb6 f5 38. Bd1 $14 {would be
a better option.}) 33... Nxg5 $8 34. Bxg5 e4 $1 (34... Qxg5+ $4 35. Rg2 $18)
35. Rg2 exd3 36. Bf6 $1 (36. Be7 Bxe7 37. Rxg6 hxg6 38. Qxd3 Bc5+ 39. Kg2 Rae8
$132) 36... gxf6 37. Qxd3 $14 Rae8 38. Rxf6 Bc5+ $1 39. Kh1 (39. Kf1 $4 Re1+
40. Kxe1 Qxg2 $19) 39... Re3 40. Qd1 (40. Qd2 $5 Rfe8 41. Rf1) 40... Rfe8 $1
41. Rgxg6+ $1 {Good that the time-trouble ended right before this move.
Otherwise I might have gone for the line} (41. Rf1 Qxg2+ $1 42. Kxg2 Re2+ 43.
Kh1 Bd6 {and the immediate draw is the most likely outcome, for instance} 44.
Qd4 Rxh2+ 45. Kg1 Ree2 (45... Bc5 $5 46. Qxc5 bxc5 47. Kxh2 $13) 46. Qg4+ Kf8
47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qg4+ $11) 41... hxg6 42. Rf1 {So, I gained an important tempo
comparing to the last variation but I also improved his pawn structure. Black
can probably hold this position but I still hoped for practical chances. And
my hopes weren't in vain.} R8e7 43. Qg4 Kg7 44. Qh4 f5 $6 ({The day after
Topalov suggested} 44... Kg8 $1 45. Qf6 Rd3 $44) 45. Rd1 $1 {It's extremely
important to take the d3 square from Black's rook. Now his king is more
exposed than before, so his chances are mainly in activity. White is required
a high level of precision in his calculations.} R3e4 (45... R7e4 $142 46. Qd8
f4 47. Qc7+ $1 $14 Kh6 $140 48. Qf7) 46. Qg3 Kf7 47. Qb8 $1 Re8 48. Qc7+ R4e7
49. Qg3 (49. Qc6 $5 Rd8 $140 50. a3 $1 (50. d6 $2 Red7) 50... Rd6 51. Qa4 $16)
49... Re3 50. Qh4 $1 R3e4 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qc7 $1 $16 g5 (52... Re1+ 53. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 54. Kg2 g5 55. Qc6+ $1 Kf7 (55... Ke7 56. Qg6 $1 g4 57. Kg3 $16) 56. d6
$16) 53. Qc6+ Kg7 54. d6 {Finally this pawn moves forward. If the tricks don't
work, the game should be over for Black.} g4 55. Rf1 $1 Rf4 (55... Re1 56. Qd7+
$18) 56. Rg1 Bxg1 57. Qxe8 Bd4 58. Qe2 $1 {In the second time-trouble I nearly
overlooked} (58. Kg2 $2 Rf2+ 59. Kg3 Rf3+ 60. Kh4 $4 (60. Kg2 $11) 60... Bf6+
61. Kh5 Rh3#) 58... Re4 59. Qd2 Kf7 60. d7 Ke7 61. Qg5+ Kxd7 (61... Ke6 62.
d8=N+ $1 $18 {looked amusing to me.}) 62. Qxf5+ Re6 63. Qxg4 $18 {The active
pawns are finally taken and the rest is just technic.} Bc5 64. h4 Ke7 65. Qg7+
Ke8 66. h5 Bf8 67. Qb7 Rf6 68. Kg2 Be7 69. Kg3 Kf8 70. Kg4 Rh6 71. Qa8+ Kf7 72.
Qd5+ Kf8 73. Qd2 Rd6 74. Qe3 Kf7 75. c5 bxc5 76. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Prague SK Dum armady "]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 $146 Bb7 $1 (11... Nbd7 12. g4 $5) 12. a4 b4
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. a5 $8 Qc4 $1 16. Re1 $1 (16. Ra4 $2 Qb5) 16...
Rfc8 $6 (16... Rfe8 17. Re4 Qxd5 18. Rxb4 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Rab8 20. Rc4 $15) 17.
Nd4 $8 (17. Re4 Qxd5 18. Rxb4 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Rab8 $17) 17... Bh4 $5 (17... Bf6
$6 18. Nc6) (17... exd4 $2 18. Rxe7 Nc5 (18... Rc7 19. b3 Qc5 20. Bb2) 19. b3
Qb5 20. Be2 d3 21. cxd3) 18. Nf5 $1 (18. g3 $2 exd4 19. gxh4 Bxd5 $19) 18...
Bxe1 19. Qxe1 e4 $1 20. Be2 $1 (20. Nxd6 Qxd5 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd1 e3 $1 23.
Bf3 Qb5 $15) 20... Qxc2 21. Be3 $1 Nf6 22. Bd4 $2 $138 (22. Bd1 $1 {(Jansa)}
Qd3 (22... Qxb2 $2 23. Bd4) (22... Qc4 23. Nxd6 Qxd5 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 (24... Bxc8
25. Qxb4 $13) 25. Qxb4 $13) 23. Be2 Qc2 $10) 22... e3 $1 23. Nxd6 $6 (23. Ne7+
Kf8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 $17) 23... Bxd5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 $19 26. Qg3+ Kf8
27. Bxa6 Qc1+ 28. Qe1 Qxb2 29. Bf1 e2 30. Bxe2 Re8 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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"]

{My only victory in Dos Hermanas was a truly interesting game but with many
mistakes. Still it gave me some sense of creativity which makes me less
pessimistic for future.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Be2 {I had not employed this move before the present game but it has already
been too much of} (6. Be3 {against Boris.}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Kh1 Qc7 $1 {This very natural plan has surprisingly occured very seldom in the
tournament practise so far. Black avoids the line} (9... b5 10. a4 {but
nevertheless he wants to place his bishop on b7.}) 10. f4 {The flexibility of
Black's 9th move would be seen after} (10. a4 Be6 {and White has already
weakened his queenside.}) 10... b5 {This is the point.} 11. fxe5 {Having found
myself in a new situation I went for an unusual plan. Despite Black's
excellent development and control over the centre White still hopes to attack
enemy king one day. The pawn assault doesn't seem very promising, for example
in the game Zarnicki-Sadler (Buenos Aires 1995) Black got an excellent
counterplay after} (11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. a3 Bb7 13. f5 Rac8 14. g4 d5 $5 15. exd5
e4 $1) 11... dxe5 12. Bg5 $5 $146 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qf3 h6 15. Bd2 $1 {After
} (15. Bh4 Nb6 {/\16...Nh7 it would be difficult to create any attack.}) 15...
Nb6 $1 16. Qg3 {This natural move in fact proves to be unpretentious. I should
have tried} (16. Rae1 $5 {with a very complicated game.}) 16... Kh8 {Boris is
being ambitious. After the game he admitted that he rejected} (16... Nh5 {
in view of} 17. Qg4 (17. Qh3 $6 {was in fact my intention but it would just
yield Black a slightly better position after} Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 $15) 17... Nf6
18. Qg3 (18. Rxf6 $2 Bxf6 19. Bxh6 {is completely unsound because of} Bc8 20.
Qg3 Be6 $17) 18... Nh5 {and White has nothing better than to repeat the
position.}) 17. Rf5 $1 {Going for broke!} Bc8 {This lets White to get a very
dangerous attack by force. I actually expected} (17... b4 18. Raf1 $1 (18. Nd5
Nbxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 {is no better for White}) 18... bxc3 19. Bxh6 g6 {
(otherwise Black gets mated, for example} (19... gxh6 $2 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6
Kh7 22. Qh4 $18 {or}) (19... Ne8 $2 20. Bxg7+ Nxg7 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Rxf7 $18 {
)and I think that the best way now is}) 20. Rxf6 $1 (20. bxc3 Nbd7 {is
probably slightly better for Black.}) 20... Bxf6 21. Rxf6 cxb2 22. Rf1 {
with a very unclear game. Also worth considering is}) (17... Nc4 {But I
believe that by playing} 18. Raf1 $1 Nxd2 (18... Nxb2 $2 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Rxf6
Bxf6 21. Rxf6 $18) 19. Nxd2 {White gets better prospects.}) 18. Rxe5 $1 {
Of course!} Bd6 19. Bf4 g5 {[#]Taking the exchange would yield White total
domination.} 20. Rc5 $1 {It's funny when the only move in the position is at
the same time the most spectacular one.} gxf4 21. Qh4 Bxc5 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 {
So far everything forced. But now I had to start thinking. White has several
ways for the perpetual check but I wanted more.} 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. e5 $1 Bb7 $6
{Now Black gets into serios trouble.} (24... Nd7 $1 {was to be played and after
} 25. Qf5 {not} Re8 $1 (25... Rd8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qxh6+ Ke8 (27... Ke7 28.
Qh4+ Ke8 29. Ne4 Qxe5 30. Re1 $18) 28. Ne4 $1 {and White's attack is decisive
but}) 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Qg5+ (28. Be4 Nb6 $1 $13) 28... Kf8 {
and I see nothing better than} 29. Qh6+ {with a draw.}) 25. Qxh6 f5 26. exf6
Rf7 {The only defence.} (26... Qc7 27. Qg5+ $1 Kh8 28. Re1 {would be hopeless.}
) 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rf1 $1 Re8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 {[#]} 32.
Bg6 $6 {I saw the variation} (32. Bh7+ Rxh7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qxh7 Bxg2+ 35.
Kxg2 Qc6+ 36. Rf3 Qxf6 {but I forgot that then I would have} 37. Ne4 {.After}
Qg7+ 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Rxf4 Nc4 $140 40. Nc5 $1 {Black's chances of survival
are minimal. After the text White is still better but the position gets much
more complicated especially for the time trouble.}) 32... Qc4 33. Bxf7+ Qxf7
34. Qg5+ (34. Qxf4 {would guarantee me the advantage but I was still looking
for a forced way.}) 34... Kh8 35. Qh4+ Qh7 36. f7 Rf8 37. Qxf4 (37. Qf6+ Qg7 {
is just another move repetition.}) 37... Qg6 38. Rf2 Nc8 {Afterwards Gelfand
was unhappy about this move and he proposed} (38... Nc4 {White's best answer
then is} 39. Ne2 $1 $16) 39. h4 $2 (39. Ne2 $1 $18 {would be especially
effective now.}) 39... Kh7 40. Kg1 $6 Qh6 $2 {As it often happens the control
move is the worst in the game. After} (40... Nd6 {it would already be White
who has to look for a draw. Still it seems he can achieve it by continuing} 41.
Qe5 Rxf7 42. Qxd6 Qxd6 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 44. Rxb7 {.}) 41. Qe5 $1 {Now White is
better again.} Qd6 (41... Qg7 $142 42. Qc7 b4 43. Qxb7 bxc3 44. bxc3 Nd6 45.
Qxa6 Nxf7 46. Qd3+ $16) 42. Qe2 $1 Kg7 (42... b4 43. Ne4 $18) 43. Qg4+ Qg6 44.
Qd4+ Kh7 45. h5 $1 Qc6 (45... Qxh5 $2 46. Rf4 {would lose immediately. I
expected}) (45... Qd6 46. Qg4 $1 Qh6 {since} (46... Ne7 $2 {is bad in view of}
47. Qg5 $18)) 46. Qd3+ (46. Qg4 {would still be answered by} Qh6 $8 {and after
all lead to the same thing.}) 46... Kh8 47. Qf5 Qh6 48. Qe5+ (48. Nd5 $1 $16 {
was the right thing to do.}) 48... Qg7 49. Qc7 $6 {White is losing his way.
Better would be} (49. Qf4 $1 $16) 49... b4 50. Ne2 (50. Qxb7 bxc3 51. bxc3 Nd6
$132) 50... Bd5 51. h6 {It is not clear whether White has any winning chances
in the endgame arising after} (51. Nf4 Bxf7 52. Ne6 Bxe6 53. Qxg7+ Kxg7 54. h6+
Kg8 55. h7+ Kxh7 56. Rxf8 Kg7 {but maybe I should have chosen}) (51. Qc5 $5
Bxf7 52. Qxb4 {holding the edge.}) 51... Qg5 52. Qc5 (52. Qf4 $6 Qxf4 53. Nxf4
Ne7 54. Nxd5 Nxd5 {would be just unclear.}) 52... Ne7 53. Ng3 $2 {During the
game I thought this was brilliant but in fact... By playing} (53. c4 $1 bxc3
54. Nxc3 Rxf7 55. Ne4 Qxh6 56. Rxf7 Bxf7 57. Qxe7 {I would still have good
winning chances in the endgame.}) 53... Qc1+ $4 {Both opponents missed simple}
(53... Qxg3 54. Qxe7 Qxf2+ $1 {(first indicated by Miguel Najdorf)} 55. Kxf2
Rxf7+ 56. Qxf7 Bxf7 {with the draw after} 57. a3 {.}) 54. Nf1 {Now it's all
over.} Qg5 55. Ne3 {Black is losing his extra piece after all.} Kh7 56. Nxd5
Qxd5 57. Qxe7 Qd1+ 58. Rf1 Qd4+ 59. Kh1 Kg6 60. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 34] After turning around the complex game with Carlsen, before the
penultimate round Vachier Lagrave was leading the event together with Anand
and Aronian. He was the only one to have White in the last round, moreover his
opponent Nepomniachtchi wasn't in good form in Saint Louis. On the other hand,
winning on demand is never easy... Maxime managed it in style, without
excessive risk and creating a strategically model game in the process.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {As an avid 1.e4 player,
Maxime has encountered the Najdorf dozens of times. The classical text -move
isn't his main choice (he plays mainly 6.Be3 and 6.h3 and has occasionally
tried other moves as well), but having even more experience from Black's side
of the board allows him to essay lines, which currently cause the defence
problems. In this case he chose well, the resulting quiet positions were
unpleasant for Ian.} ({In Saint Louis we saw more of} 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8.
Bg5 (8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14.
Nc3 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a4 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. h4 O-O 19. O-O Rc4 20. b3
Rc7 21. Nd1 Qd4 22. Qa5 Qc5 23. Ne3 Ra8 24. Qd2 g6 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Ra1 Ra7
$11 {Nakamura,H (2792)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... Be6 9.
Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 Nc5 (13... Rc8 14. Nec3
Bh6 15. h4 Nc5 16. Qe2 b5 (16... Bd7 17. f3 Ne6 18. Qf2 Rc5 19. g4 hxg4 20.
fxg4 Bg5 $2 21. Bb5 $1 Bf4 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Qa7 $18 {Anand,V 
(2775)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2783) Leuven rpd 2017}) 17. a3 O-O 18. g3 Bd7 19. Bh3
Ne6 20. f4 (20. Qf1 $5 $36 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg3g4]}) 20... exf4 21. gxf4 (21. e5 $5
$14) 21... Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 23. Bxd7 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qxd7 $44 {Hansen,M (2445)
-Bekker Jensen,S (2466) Denmark 2017}) 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Nec3 b5 16. Ne3 O-O 17.
Rg1 Bh6 18. Ncd5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rc8 20. Be2 Kg7 21. f4 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 exf4 23.
Qxf4 Re8 24. Rxd6 Qe7 25. e5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5+ Rxe5 27. Bf3 {Anand,V (2783)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) Saint Louis 2017} b4 $11) 6... e5 7. Nf3 $5 {Maxime
has never played this before. Ian was rather surprised, the video footage
indicated he felt really uncomfortable.} ({White's two previous outings with
the standard} 7. Nb3 Be7 {aimed to exploit the weak d5-square in a simplified
position:} 8. O-O (8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 Bxd5
13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nf6 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rc8 18. c3 g6 19.
Ke2 Kd7 20. Rhd1 Ke6 21. Nd2 f5 22. a4 Rhd8 23. c4 Rc6 24. b3 Rf8 $132 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)-Wojtaszek,R (2733) Biel 2014 Despite White's control
of d5 Black has reasonable counterplay on the flanks.}) (8. Be3 Be6 9. Bf3 O-O
10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 (11... Nb6 $5 12. Nd2 a5 $13 {is an interesting
alternative}) 12. a5 Re8 13. Qd2 Rc4 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. Qd3 Rb4 16. Qd2 Rc4 17.
Qe1 Qc7 18. Be2 Rc6 19. f3 Rc8 20. Bf1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nc1 d5 $1 23. exd5
Bb4 24. N1e2 {Nakamura,H (2792)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis rpd 2017}
Ne8 $13 {/=/+}) 8... O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 Qc7 $1 (10... Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12.
a5 Nc5 13. Bg5 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Nd7 15. Be3 Nf6 16. b4 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qb3
Qc8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. Rad1 Kh8 23. Rd3 Qc6 24. Rc3 Rxc3
25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 $36 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2703)-Cossin,S (2486) Nimes
2009 Here White has occupied d5 with a mighty knight instead of the rather
clumsy rook - he has a tangible advantage.}) 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. c4
Nd7 (13... a5 $5) 14. Be3 a5 15. Rc1 a4 16. Na1 Bg6 17. Nc2 f5 18. f3 Bh4 19.
g3 f4 20. Bf2 fxg3 21. hxg3 Bg5 22. Ra1 Nc5 23. Na3 b6 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. Kg2 Rf6
$36 {Wang,H (2710)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Beijing blitz 2014}) 7... Be7 ({
The main alternative} 7... h6 {has also been tested recently, when White also
fights for d5 with the manoeuvre} 8. Nd2 {and now:} Be6 ({A risky try is} 8...
b5 $6 {, Black falls back in development:} 9. a4 $5 (9. Nf1 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7
11. Ne3 Nb6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. c3 $2 (
17. Qb5+ Nfd7 18. Qxa5 Ra8 19. Qb5 Rxa4 20. b3 $16 {[%csl Rb4]}) 17... b3 18.
Nb4 axb4 19. a5 bxc3 20. axb6 c2 21. Rd2 Qxb6 22. Ra3 O-O 23. Rxb3 {Carlsen,M 
(2832)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris blitz 2017} Qa6 $15) 9... b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5
11. exd5 a5 12. O-O (12. Bb5+ $5 Nd7 13. Nc4 {/\} Be7 14. Qg4 $36) 12... Be7
13. Bb5+ Bd7 (13... Nd7 $142) 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. b3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qg4 Rh6
18. Qxg5 Kf8 19. Qe3 Qd8 20. Nb6 {1-0, Schroeder,J (2539)-Visser,H (2247)
Barcelona 2017}) 9. Nc4 b5 (9... Qc7 10. Ne3 Nbd7 11. Ncd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5
13. Qxd5 Qxc2 $2 (13... Nf6 $142 14. Qd3 $14) 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Bb3 $1 Qxc1+ 16.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 17. Bd1 Rc7 18. Qa5 Rc5 19. Qa4 Rc6 20. O-O Be7 21. Qb4 Nc5 22. Bb3
O-O 23. Bd5 $16 {Hovhannisyan,R (2640)-Gabuzyan,H (2607) Martuni 2016}) 10. Ne3
Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Ncd5 (12. a4 $5 b4 13. Ncd5 $14) 12... Nb6 13. Qd3 O-O 14.
Rd1 Nfxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Bg5 18. f4 $6 Qf6 (18... g6 $1 19.
Qg4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Re8 $17) 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. c3 Na4 21. Rb1 Rfb8 22. fxe5 Bxe5
23. Bd2 Re8 24. Bf1 Rab8 25. g3 Nb6 26. Be3 $11 {Libiszewski,F (2523)-Paragua,
M (2500) Rockville 2017}) 8. Bg5 Nbd7 (8... Be6 {also deserves attention:} 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. c3
Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ne1 g6 17. g3 h5 18. Ng2 Bg5 19. Rd3 Ne7 20. Qb3 Qc6 21.
Bf3 b5 22. Rad1 Qb6 23. h4 Bh6 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Ng8 27. Rd2
Nf6 $11 {Hovhannisyan,R (2619)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2581) Skopje 2017}) (10. Nd5
Bxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. O-O Nd7 13. c3 O-O 14. a4 Be7 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Qc4 Rac8
17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. Nd2 Rfc8 20. g3 Kf8 21. h4 Nf6 22. a5 Rc5 23. Nb3
R5c6 24. Ra4 {Roa Alonso,S (2380)-Rubio Mejia,L (2457) Madrid 2016} b5 $132)
10... Be7 ({A more natural move is} 10... O-O $142 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 $132
) 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bc4 $1 (12. a4 Nc5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. b4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16.
a5 f5 17. c4 Bg5 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Ra2 Kh8 20. Rc2 Nf6 21. c5 dxc5 22. Rxc5 Qd6
23. Qc2 Rxc5 24. bxc5 Qxd5 25. Qxf5 Qxb3 26. Qxg5 Qa2 $11 {Blahynka,M (2424)
-Nguyen,T (2442) Czech Republic 2016}) 12... Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15.
Bb3 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. c3 Qb6 (17... Bxb3 18. axb3 f5 19. Nd2 $14) 18. Qc2
Rc5 19. Ne1 Rb5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. b4 Qc7 22. Qb3 Rf6 23. c4 Rb6 24. Nd3 Rc6 25.
Rac1 $14 {Bacrot,E (2715)-Areshchenko,A (2652) Linares 2017 This game was
played a few days later than ours.}) 9. a4 O-O ({Maxime already had this
position as Black and played} 9... b6 10. Nd2 h6 (10... Bb7 11. Nc4 h6 (11...
Qc7 12. Ne3 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Bc4 $1 Rac8 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe7
Rxe7 17. Bd5 $16) (14... Qc5 15. Qd3 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Rec8 17. Bb3 b5 18. Ncd5 Bxd5
19. Nxd5 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Nb6 22. Be3 Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Rxa8
Nxa8 25. Ra1 $16 {Stockova,Z (2383)-Shvayger,Y (2275) Tromsoe olw 2014}) 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 Ra8 17. Rfd1 Red8 18. Bd5 Rac8 19. Ra3 Rd7 20. Rb3 Bd8 21.
Bc4 Ra8 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rc8 25. Rc3 $16 {Eswaran,A (2225)
-Abrahamyan,T (2342) Saint Louis 2016}) 12. Bh4 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. O-O g5 14.
Bg3 Qc7 15. Ne3 Qc5 16. Ra3 Qd4 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Ne2 Qxb2 19. Nc4 Nxd3 20. Nxb2
Nxb2 21. Qa1 Nc4 22. f3 Nxa3 23. Qxa3 d5 24. Qb2 O-O 25. Bxe5 $16 {
Hovhannisyan,R (2610)-Gabuzyan,H (2533) Jermuk 2013}) 13. Ne3 (13. f3 $14 {
[%cal Yh4f2]}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Bc4 Qc5 16. Bxf6 (16. Qd3 $142 $1 $36
{Rogozenco}) 16... Nxf6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxc2
21. Nxb6 Rb8 22. Nd5 Qxb2 23. g3 Bg5 24. h4 Bd2 25. Rad1 Bb4 26. Rb1 Qa3 27.
Ne7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ {½, Nisipeanu,L (2659)-Nakamura,H (2774) Medias 2011}) 11.
Bxf6 ({A move which seems preferable is} 11. Bh4 $5 {, which can transpose
into the 10...Bb7 lines above.}) 11... Nxf6 12. Nc4 Be6 $5 (12... Bb7 13. a5 b5
14. Nb6 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bf3 (16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3
19. gxf3 Kd7 $44) (16. c4 $5 $44) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ra7 18. c4 $44 d5 19.
cxb5 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Bxa5 21. Nxd5 axb5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Rxa7 Bxa7 24. Ra1 Bb8 25.
Qd3 O-O 26. Qxb5 e4 27. g3 Be5 28. Rd1 Qg5 29. Kf1 f5 30. Qe2 $14 Kh8 $2 (30...
Bd6 $14) 31. f4 $1 $18 {Carlsen,M (2832)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris rpd
2017}) 13. Ne3 Qc7 $1 (13... O-O 14. Ned5 $14 (14. Bc4 {Lasya,G (1898)
-Sahajasri,C (2023) Chennai 2011} Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5 17. Nxe5 Qc7
$5 18. Ng6 Rfe8 $11)) 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qc6 $11) 10. Nd2 $5 {postpones
castling to proceed with the plan of light-square control.} ({The text move is
more testing than} 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Qd3 Rc8
14. Nd2 Qb6 15. a5 Qc6 16. Ra4 Rfd8 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {Van der Wiel,J 
(2500)-Beliavsky,A (2635) Wijk aan Zee 1985} Qc7 19. Nc4 Nd7 $13) 11... g5 $5 (
11... b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bc4 $14) (11... Nc5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. a5 Be6 (13... d5
14. Nxd5 Nxe4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qd5 $14) 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 ({This
swap is premature,} 15... Be7 {, or}) (15... Rc8 {gives Black typical
counterplay.}) 16. Qxd5 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. c4 Nf6 19. Qd3 Rfc8 20. Nd2 b6 21.
axb6 Qxb6 22. Ra4 $14 {Franken,P (2358)-Langschmidt,D (1980) email 2013}) 12.
Bg3 Nc5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qc1 Kg7 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Bf1 Ncd7 17. f3 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. c3 {Dvoirys,S (2555)-Aseev,K (2522) Krasnoyarsk 2003}
Qc7 $13 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 10... Nc5 {Can such a natural move be a mistake? Yet
on the next move Black will have to resolve a difficult question, so we'll
check the alternatives:} (10... d5 $5 {is strategically desirable and seems to
work tactically as well after} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 (12. Nxd5 Bxg5 13. Ne4
Nf6 14. Nexf6+ Bxf6 15. O-O e4 $132) 12... Nxe7 13. Nde4 Qc7 $6 (13... Nc6 14.
O-O Nd4 15. Re1 Nf6 $11) 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Nb6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. a5 Nd7 18.
Rd1 (18. O-O-O $16) 18... Nf6 19. Nc4 $6 (19. O-O $1 $36) 19... Bf5 20. Nxe5
Bxc2 21. Rd2 Bf5 22. O-O Ng6 23. Nxg6 Bxg6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 b6 26. axb6
Rxb6 $11 {Ylijoki,M-Tiihonen,I Finland 1997}) (10... h6 11. Bh4 (11. Be3 Qc7
12. O-O Nc5 $132) 11... d5 {is another version of the same idea, which also
seems playable:} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nc4 Nc6 15. O-O Nd4 $6 ({
Black gets on the wrong track, both} 15... Nf6 {, or}) (15... Nc5 {should be
enough for equality.}) 16. Re1 f6 17. Nd5 b5 (17... Nc5 18. Nce3 $14) 18. axb5
Bb7 19. Nce3 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. c3 Bxd5 23. cxd4 Bb3 24. Qc1
$36 {Tarlev,K (2592)-Omidi,A (2313) Rasht 2017}) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc4 Be7 $6 {
Passive.} ({All the engines recommend} 12... Be6 $142 $5 13. Qxd6 (13. a5 Rc8
14. Nb6 Rc6 {is a better version of Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi below.}) 13... Qxd6
(13... Rc8 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nb6 Rc6 16. a5 $14) 14. Nxd6 Rfd8 $32 {/\} 15.
O-O-O b5 $1 {deserves a closer look, but Ian was obviously not prepared to
sacrifice a pawn and repeats an earlier game of his.}) 13. a5 $1 $146 {This
rather obvious novelty disrupts Black's plans.} ({Ian was surely prepared to
improve upon} 13. O-O Be6 14. a5 Rc8 15. Nb6 Rc6 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nbd5 Bg5 18.
Na4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc7 (19... Rc8 $1 20. c4 e4 $132) 20. c4 e4 21. c5 $1 dxc5
22. d6 Rc8 (22... Rc6 23. b5 Rc8 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Bxa6 Ra8 $13) 23. Bg4 $1
cxb4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nb6 Qc6 (25... Qb5 $142 $14) 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rb1 $16
e3 28. fxe3 Rd8 29. Qb3 Qd7 30. Qxb4 Qxd6 31. Qxb7 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 Rf8 33. Rbd1
Qh6 $4 34. Qxf7+ {1-0, Carlsen,M (2832)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2732) Leuven blitz
2017}) 13... Rb8 14. Nb6 Nd7 (14... Be6 $142 $5 15. O-O (15. Bc4 Nxe4 $5 (15...
Nd7 16. Ncd5 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 {transposes to the game}) 16. Nxe4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 d5
18. Nb6 dxe4 19. Nd7 Qc7 20. Nxf8 Rd8 $44) 15... Nd7 16. Ncd5 (16. Nxd7 Qxd7
17. Nd5 Bg5 $132) 16... Nxb6 17. Nxb6 Qc7 $14) 15. Ncd5 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Be6 17.
Bc4 $5 ({White already can avoid} 17. O-O Qc7 {from the previous note.}) 17...
Qc7 {Black decides to sit it out.} (17... d5 18. Nxd5 (18. exd5 Bf5 19. O-O Bc5
$132) 18... Rc8 (18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bb4+ 20. c3 Bxa5 21. Qh5 $36 {[%csl Ra5,
Gd5]}) 19. Bb3 $14 {doesn't feel like sufficient compensation.}) 18. Qd3 Bd8
19. c3 Qc6 ({A more resilient way was} 19... Qe7 $142 20. Nd5 (20. Bxe6 $6 fxe6
$11) 20... Qd7 $14 ({or} 20... Qe8 $14 {Black keeps the light-squared bishops
on the board, or retains the option to retake on e6 with a pawn.})) 20. Bd5 $1
Qe8 (20... Qc7 21. O-O $16) 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 (21... Bxb6 22. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Rb6,
Gc4] ^- is hardly the lesser evil - White's B is superior and unopposed; he
can develop his play on both flanks without much counterplay to worry about.})
22. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Rd8]} f5 {At least some activity, but it doesn't
resolve the main problem of the inferior minor piece.} 23. O-O Rc8 24. Rfd1
fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf5 26. Qe2 $1 {The correct decision.} ({White is better also
after} 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 {, but keeping the Q is even stronger. Black's K is
potentially more vulnerable, than White's.}) 26... Kh8 27. c4 Bh4 28. g3 Bg5
29. Ra3 Rce8 30. h4 Bd8 31. b4 {[%cal Ya3d3,Yd5c3,Yc3e4] Patiently expanding
on both flanks. Protecting the Pa5 prepares the activation of the Ra3.} Qg6 32.
h5 Qf5 33. Ne3 (33. Re3 $5 Bg5 34. Re4 $16 {is at least equivalent, but the
text move doesn't spoil anything.}) 33... Qe6 34. Rad3 Be7 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. Rf3
$5 {Karpov,A (2725)-Dolmatov,S (2535) IBM Amsterdam 1980 1-0 Another
instructive moment. Swapping a pair of rooks takes the sting out of possible
counterplay on the f-file. Maybe Maxime was inspired by a similar idea on move
41 of the game} Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Kg8 38. Kg2 e4 {Remaining passive is
psychologically very difficult.} (38... Rf8 {is perhaps more resilient, but
Black's position remains dreary after} 39. Qe4 $16) 39. Qe2 Qe5 40. Ne3 Bg5 $6
{loses almost by force.} (40... Qe6 41. Rd5 (41. h6 $5) 41... Be7 42. Nf5 Bf8
$16 {puts up tougher resistance.}) 41. Rd5 Qf6 42. Nf5 Re6 (42... Re5 {runs
into} 43. Nxd6 Rxd5 44. Nxe4 Qd4 45. cxd5 Qxd5 46. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Re4f6] and Black loses more material.}) 43. c5 $1 {A well-timed winning break.}
({Instead of hitting the weak Pd6 with} 43. Qd1 {, White removes it to invade
decisively.}) 43... dxc5 44. Qc4 Qf7 (44... g6 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Rd6 Kf7 47.
Ng7 $1 Kxg7 48. Qxe6 Qxe6 49. Rxe6 cxb4 50. Rxe4 $18) (44... Kh8 45. Rxc5 Re8 (
45... Rc6 46. Rxc6 bxc6 47. Qxa6 (47. Qxe4 $18) 47... h6 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. a6
$18) 46. Rc8 Rf8 47. Rxf8+ Qxf8 48. Qxe4 $18) 45. Rxc5 $18 h6 46. Rc8+ Kh7 47.
g4 {[%cal Rc8c7]} Re7 (47... Bf4 48. Qd5 {[%cal Rd5d8]} Bg5 (48... Bd6 49. Rd8
$18) 49. Rb8 $18) (47... e3 48. Nxe3 {/\} Bxe3 49. Qc2+ g6 50. Rc7 $18) 48. Qd4
Re6 49. Qd5 $1 g6 {Black is practically in zuzwang:} (49... Be7 50. Re8 $5 (50.
Rc7 $18) 50... Qf6 51. Qc4 Qg5 52. Qc8 $1 Qxg4+ 53. Ng3 Qf3+ (53... g6 54.
Rxe7+) 54. Kg1 $18) (49... Re7 50. Qd8 $18) (49... Qf6 50. Qxb7 $18 {[%cal
Rb7a8]}) 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 (50... Qxg6 51. Rc7+ Be7 (51... Kh8 52. Rg7 Qf6 53. Qd7
$18) 52. Nxe7 Qxg4+ 53. Kf1 Qh3+ 54. Ke1 Qh1+ 55. Kd2 $18) 51. Rf8 (51. Rb8 $1
$18) 51... Qxf8 52. Qxe6+ (52. Qxe6+ Bf6 53. Qxe4 {[%csl Rb7]} Qb8 54. Nd6+ Kg7
55. Ne8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. e4 {Playing against the Sicilian with Anand wasn't an ideal decision.
Ponomariov's latest successes (Dortmund 2010 being the best example) were
connected mainly with closed openings, also in Wijk after this game he
refrained from 1.e4.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 {In Wijk we saw mostly open Sicilians, with
Najdorf being the most trendy choice.} ({The only exception in the main
tournament didn't bring White anything after} 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5.
O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. d3 Nf8 $5 ({An interesting alternative to
the more common} 8... e5) 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 Ne6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 b6
$132 ({or} 12... e5 $5 {can lead to similar positions.})) 9... b6 10. Nh2 Ne6
11. Rb1 O-O 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6 Be6 16. b3 Qd6 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f6 19. Rf3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rf7 21. Rbf1 Raf8 22. Nf3 h6 23. Nh4
Kh7 24. R4f3 c5 25. Qe1 f5 $11 {Grischuk,A (2773)-Vachier-Lagrave,M (2715)/
Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Ponomariov
chooses a restrained line at an important crossroads. White has of course
numerous alternatives:} ({After} 6. f3 {the elite nowadays usually prefers the
full-blooded Najdorf continuation} e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 {and now:} Nbd7 (8...
h5 {allows White to change tack and shift his attention to the << with} 9. Nd5
Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 (11... g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O {allows the
unpleasant} 14. Na5 $1 Qc7 15. c4 h4 16. Rac1 Nh5 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nc6 a5 19.
Qe1 Bf6 20. b3 Nb8 21. Qf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nxc6 23. Bxb6 Qc8 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Be3
$36 {Pruijssers,R (2484)-Van Kampen,R (2443)/Wijk aan Zee C/2011/}) 12. c4 ({
White shouldn't avoid this natural move,} 12. Rc1 a5 13. a4 $6 {led to
problems after} g6 14. Bb5 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. h3 b6 17. c3 Kh7 18. Na1 Ng8 19.
b4 Ne7 20. Rc2 Nf6 21. c4 Nf5 22. Bf2 Bh6 23. Qe1 axb4 $15 {Pruijssers,R (2484)
-Van Der Werf,M (2439)/Wijk aan Zee C/2011/}) 12... b6 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Bg7
15. Rac1 a5 16. Na1 O-O 17. Nc2 Nh7 18. Na3 Nc5 19. Nb5 Qe7 (19... Qd7 $5) 20.
Rce1 f5 21. Bd1 $14 {[%csl Gb5] /~~ This complex position resembles our game,
but here it's more difficult for Black to develop >> activity and White with
his strong Nb5 can claim an edge. After the impetuous} e4 $6 22. Bc2 Bxb2 {
White could have increased his advantage with} 23. Bxe4 $1 (23. fxe4 fxe4 24.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bh6 $6 Qh4 27. Bxf8 $2 Nxf8 28. g3 Qxc4 29. Nxd6
Bd4+ {0-1,Nijboer,F (2584)-Navara,D (2708)/Wijk aan Zee B/2011/}) 23... fxe4
24. Bxc5 $16) ({Straightforward play on opposite flanks} 8... Be7 9. Qd2 O-O
10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 {has been analysed too deeply and as a
consequence players look for sidelines.} {After} 13. gxf6 ({The main
continuation is} 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 $13 ({or} 15... Bxb3 $5 16.
cxb3 a4 $132)) 13... bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7
18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Rg2 $146 ({This novelty doesn't dramatically
alter the position.} 20. c3 {is similar:} g6 21. Kb1 Nh5 22. Rg2 Bh3 23. Rgd2
Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rb8 $132 {Schloegl,D (1796)-Prokopenko,A (2300)/corr/2009/})
20... Bh3 21. Rgd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe6 23. Rff2 h6 {1/2,Anand,V (2810)-Grischuk,
A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/ a draw was a logical outcome - neither player can
carry out an active plan without extreme risk.}) 9. Qd2 (9. g4 b5 (9... Nb6 $5
10. Qd2 d5 11. O-O-O $5 d4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Qe3 Nbd7 15. h3 $1
$44 {Topalov,V (2702)-Ivanchuk,V (2709)/Monte Carlo blind rpd/2000/}) 10. g5 b4
11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1 Qa5 16. f4 g6 $13 {
With the K still on e8 the <->h is not so dangerous and the position is very
complex.}) 9... b5 10. O-O-O h5 $5 {combines the ideas of the previous lines -
prophaylxis with << play:} 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. g3 (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14.
Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qb4 (15. g3 g6 {-12.g3}) 15... Be7 16. a4 Qf2 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18.
Rxd2 bxa4 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Na5 Rb6 21. Bb7 Kd7 22. Bc6+ Kc7 23. c3 Ra6 24. Nc4
Nd7 25. Re2 Nc5 $132 26. f4 $6 e4 27. f5 Rb8 28. Kc2 Bf6 29. Ra1 Rxc6 $1 30.
dxc6 d5 $44 {Bacrot,E (2709)-Sutovsky,E (2676)/Antwerp/2009/}) (12. Bd3 $5 {
/\f4 is possibly the best chance to fight for an advantage.}) 12... Nb6 13.
Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 g6 16. Bh3 Bh6 17. f4 Rc4 18. Qa5 Qxa5 (18...
Qf2 $5 19. Rd2 Qa7 $13) 19. Nxa5 Re4 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Rhe1 (21. Nc6 Rxd5 22.
Bc8 Rc5 23. Rxd6 O-O $132 {/\} 24. Rxf6 Kg7) 21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1+ Kf8 23. Nb7
Kg7 $11 {1/2,Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)-Grischuk,A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) ({
Anand had to face some side lines in Wijk:} 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 $5
9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Qe3
Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rhc1 b4 22.
cxb4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 axb4 25. f5 Rc8 $132 {Vachier-Lagrave,M (2715)
-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) (6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nce2 ({
More usual is the positional} 9. a4) ({If White has aggressive intentions he
mostly prefers} 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 $5 $13) 9... Qc7 10. b3 e5 $1 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12.
exf5 d5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18.
Be3 Nc6 $11 {1/2,Carlsen,M (2814)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) (6. Be3
e5 7. Nf3 (7. Nb3 {is the standard choice.}) 7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 $5
(9... Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 $132 {is played more often, but this is a viable
alternative.}) 10. Nd5 (10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd2 $6 Rc8 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. f4 Nbd7 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Rf5 Bb4 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Qe1 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 $17 {Ivanchuk,V (2740)
-Anand,V (2803)/Leon rpd/2008/ However, White's Q belongs to e2 or d3 in this
line.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qb3 (13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Qxf3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. b3 h6 20. Be3 Bg5 $11 {
Turko,S (1958)-Zuev,K (2186)/corr/2008/ leads to a boring position, but the
text-move is no better.}) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 b5 $5 15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. Qc3 f5
$132 17. Qc7 Rf7 18. Nd2 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd8 20. Rc6 $6 (20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. f3 $11
{/=/+}) 20... Bd7 21. Rxd6 Bc7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. f3 f4 24. Bc5 {Nepomniachtchi,
I (2733)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/} Rc8 $1 25. b4 a5 $15 {/-/+}) ({
The most aggressive} 6. Bg5 {was featured in Wijk only in the B and C groups -
see the notes to Ganguly-Spoelman, Wijk aan Zee B 2011.}) 6... e5 {Najdorf or
Scheveningen is a difficult choice, but still more or less a matter of taste.}
(6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 (10... Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {
is the main line, championed by Kasparov and many others.}) 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Qe1
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Qg3 b5 $6 ({This is probably dubious. Black plays} 14...
g6 {more often, but the P-sacrifice} 15. f5 $5 {is fraught with danger and
barely anyone dared to accept it. However, as White has the |^ in any case,} e5
16. Be3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. f6 Bd8 19. c4 $5 $44 {is perhaps worth a closer
look.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qxc2 19. Bd3 Qc7 20.
b4 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qd1 e5 23. Ra7 Qd8 24. Bg1 exf4 25. b5 $16 {[%csl Gb5]
o^b5, Efimenko,Z (2701)-Navara,D (2708)/Wijk aan Zee B/2011/}) 7. Nb3 ({
With the B already on e2,} 7. Nf3 {is even less effective, than after 6.Be3.
An illustrative example is} h6 (7... Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 $11 {is also playable}) 8.
O-O Be6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bf1 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfe8
15. Rac1 Qb4 16. h3 Bd8 $1 17. Nb1 Ba5 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 19. c3 Ba5 20. b4 Bc7 21.
Nbd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {/=/+,Navara,D (2580)-Hracek,Z (2601)/CZE-ch
Luhacovice/2003/}) 7... Be7 8. O-O {This natural move is played twice as often,
as all the other continuations combined.} ({For the alternatives} 8. Be3 {and})
(8. g4 {see the notes to Carlsen-Nakamura, Wijk aan Zee 2011.}) 8... O-O {
The most flexible reaction.} ({Some time ago Anand used to play} 8... Be6 9. f4
Qc7 10. Kh1 {and now:} {Anand in 2003 introduced the novelty} h6 {, but didn't
quite manage to equalise after} (10... O-O $6 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $1 d5 13. g5
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f6 Bb4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Be3 $40 {is
still considered dangerous for Black.}) ({Less clear is} 10... Nbd7 11. a4 ({
After} 11. g4 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14. Bg4 {the new idea from
correspondence chess circles} Ndf8 $1 $146 (14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qg4 $16 {Short,N (2690)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2500)/Teheran/2003/}) {
rehabilitates the whole line.} 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. g6 Nf6 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 {
[%csl Gf7,Rh1] leads to a position, in which White's K is more exposed, than
Black's:} 18. Nd2 (18. Nd5 Qc4 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. c3 Ke8 22. Re1 Nc5
23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 f5 26. Be3 Kd7 27. a4 Ne4 28. Ra3 Rcg8 $17
{Marczell,P (2572)-Gerzina,M (2541)/corr/2008/}) 18... Rh3 19. Rf3 Rah8 (19...
Rh4 $5 $36) 20. Rxh3 Rxh3 21. Nf3 Qc4 22. Kg2 Rh5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 g5 25.
h3 Bd8 26. Ne2 Nf4+ 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Rc1 Ke7 29. d4 Ke6 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Rc4
Kd6 32. a4 Bb6 $15 {Solozhenkin,E (2508)-Kanep,M (2515)/FIN-chT/2007/}) 11...
O-O 12. a5 Rac8 13. f5 Bc4 14. g4 h6 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 d5 17. Bxc4 dxc4 (
17... Qxc4 $5 18. exd5 $13) 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Rg1 Kf8 20. Qf3 Bb4 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Bxd2 23. Bxd2 Qd6 24. Qg2 Nf6 25. Rad1 Ke7 $2 (25... Ne8 $5 $14) 26.
Rge1 (26. Bc3 $142 $1) 26... Kd7 27. Bc3 $16 {Zherebukh,Y (2450)-Onischuk,V 
(2469)/Kharkov/2007/}) 11. Be3 (11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd4
Nc6 $132) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. c4 b6 15. Rc1 a5 16. Nd2
Rfe8 17. Bd3 (17. Nb1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne4 $132) 17... Bf8 {Polgar,J (2718)-Anand,
V (2774)/Mainz rpd m/2003/} 18. Qf3 $5 $14 {For more details see my notes in
CBM 97, in any case after this game Anand switched to the text-move.}) 9. Be3 {
The main move, but White has tried other ideas as well.} (9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 ({
While the N is still on b8, after} 10. f4 {Black can play} exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 {
Here a4 is more or less redundant and} 12. Kh1 d5 {equalises easily.}) 10...
Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Be3 h6 (12... Rfc8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be2 Qc6 15. f3 d5 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Be6 19. Rfc1 Rd8 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Nd2 f5 22. b4
Bf6 $132 {Bajarani,U (2331)-Smirnov,P (2575)/Voronezh/2009/}) 13. Re1 Rfc8 14.
h3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Bc1 Qb7 (19...
d5 $5 20. exd5 Rd8 21. Nc3 Bb4 $11 {is playable, but Anand wants to keep more
tension.}) 20. b3 Be6 21. Bb2 Rc6 22. Qd3 Rbc8 23. Re2 Nd7 24. Qd1 Bg5 25. c4
Rb8 26. Ra3 Nf8 $13 {Bruzon Batista,L (2226)-Anand,V (2803)/Leon rpd/2006/ led
to a complex, but roughly equal position.}) (9. f4 b5 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Yc8b7] is good for Black, the Bc8 aims for the long diagonal to harass the Pe4.
}) ({More refined is} 9. Kh1 Nc6 $5 (9... b5 {has a bad reputation due to} 10.
a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 $1 bxa4 $6 (11... Nbd7 {or}) (11... b4 {is less risky, but
still doesn't fully solve Black's opening problems.}) 12. Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 Nxe4
14. Na5 $1 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Rh3 g6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6
{Kasparov,G (2785)-Anand,V (2735)/Las Palmas/1996/} {and now} 20. g4 $1 Qc8 21.
Bd5 Nh4 22. Rg1 $1 g5 23. Rxh4 $1 gxh4 24. g5 Bg7 25. g6 $40 {gives White a
crushing attack.}) ({Later Black started to play the more restrained} 9... b6
10. Be3 Bb7 {with a complex struggle after} 11. f3 b5 $5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. c4 Rab8 $132 (18... a5
$13)) {After} 10. f4 (10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2 a5 $1 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 $5 ({
J.Polgar's} 13... Ra5 {can be met by} 14. Bf3 a3 15. Rb1 $5 axb2 16. Rxb2 Qa8
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxa5 Rc8 22. Nb3 Rxc2
23. Kg1 $14 {Kulaots,K (2530)-Womacka,M (2461)/Gausdal/2003/}) 14. Rb1 $5 (14.
b3 Qa5 $36) 14... axb2 15. Rxb2 Qc8 (15... Qd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18.
exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Bd3 g6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. c4 Nd7 $44 {
Timofeev,A (2575)-Sakaev,K (2655)/Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 16. f3 Na5 17. a4 h6 18.
N1a2 Re8 19. Bb5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nb4 Rd8 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24.
Qxd5 Rxa4 25. Rxb7 Rd7 {Moucka,J (2485)-Gooshchin,D (2468)/corr/2008/}) {
the aforementioned consideration still works and Black has} 10... b5 $1 11. Be3
(11. Bf3 Na5 $11 ({or even} 11... Bb7 {is also fine for Black.})) 11... Bb7 12.
a4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. Qd4 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa1 (15... Ng6 16. Rxa8
Qxa8 17. Rf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. c4 Bb7 21. Nf3 Qc8 22. Rf1 Qe6
23. Qd2 Bf6 24. Bd4 Ra8 $11 {Stimac,Z-Shields,G/corr/2006/}) 16. Qxa1 Ng6 17.
Rf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qa4 Qa8 20. Nd2 Qxa4 21. Bxa4 Ra8 22. Nxe4 Rxa4 23.
Nd2 Bf6 24. b3 Ra2 25. c4 Be5 26. Nb1 Ra8 27. Rf1 $11 {1/2,Chovanec,M (2398)
-Borstnik,A (2360)/corr/2008/ Black's pieces are far too active to make the
o^b count for more than equality.}) 14... Nc6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Qd2
Ne5 $1 {Now the position requires repetition, the ambitious} 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Re1 $6 {backfired after} Ng6 20. Rff1 b4 21. Nd5 Nxe4 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxb4
Nh4 24. Bf3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Qd7 $1 26. Bf4 Ra4 27. Qb6 Nf6 28. Qxd6 Qg4 29. Nd4
Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qc8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh1]
/-/+,ע Carlsen,M (2814)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)/Wijk aan Zee/ 2011/ White's K
is permanently vulnerable and Black fully exploited it after he gradually
managed to coordinate his attacking forces.}) 9... Be6 (9... b5 $6 {is still
premature due to} 10. a4 ({or} 10. Nd5 $5 {The Latvian GM Lanka has devised an
interested theory of so called "signal" moves - A certain move is a signal for
a concrete reaction by his opponent. In this line his idea applies quite well
and we can identify a few pairs of signal moves: After White's 0-0 Black can
castle himself without risk, after Be3 the best reaction is Be6 (see
Carlsen-Nakamura!). White usually postpones the f4 advance until Black has
committed his B to e6, but tries to play it before Be3, so that he can retake
directly Bc1xf4. On the other hand, Black invariably postpones b5 until White
has played f4.})) 10. Nd5 {A relatively rare move in a well-known position.} ({
The most popular continuation is} 10. Qd2 Nbd7 (10... b5 {again isn't ideal
due to} 11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nd5 $36) 11. a4 {and now:} {Roughly equivalent is} Nb6
$5 ({After} 11... Rc8 12. a5 {However, the simplest is} Nc5 $5 ({The more
complex} 12... Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qe1 ({or} 14. Nc1 {occurs more often.}))
13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 (14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. f3 c4 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Bb4 18.
Nc3 (18. Bd2 Bxd2 (18... Be7 $5 {/\f6,Kf7=}) 19. Rxd2 Kf8 20. Kf2 Ke7 21. Ke3
Rc6 22. g3 g5 23. Rh1 h6 24. h4 Rg8 25. g4 Rb8 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rh5 b5 $132 {
Laznicka,V (2434)-Baramidze,D (2487)/Obrenovac/2004/}) 18... Bc5 19. Kf2 Kf8
$11 {Geller,E (2620)-Portisch,L (2625)/Las Palmas/1976/}) 14... Qxd2 (14... c4
$5) 15. Rxd2 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. b3 Be7 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ne8 20. g4
Nd6 21. Ra4 h6 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kc6 27.
Bd2 Ra8 28. Bc3 f6 29. h4 b6 $11 {Adams,M (2723)-Anand,V (2804)/London/2010/
Formally White is somewhat better in this _|_, but he couldn't make any
tangible inroads.}) 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 ({Prophylaxis
against} 15. Nc1 d5 $1 16. Bb6 Qe8 {Subsequent tries with} 17. Nxd5 (17. exd5
Bb4 18. d6 Qd7 19. Nd3 Qxd6 (19... Bxd6 $5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bb5 $11 {is even more convincing.}) 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Ne4 Qxd2
22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd2 Be6 24. f3 Rc4 25. c3 Kg7 26. Re1 Rfc8 27. Kf2 h5 $11 {
Leko,P (2722)-Shirov,A (2697)/Dortmund/2002/}) 17... Nxe4 18. Qe1 f5 {also
didn't promise White an advantage:} 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. b3 Bf7 21. c4 Rfe8 22.
Nd3 Bh5 23. f3 Ng5 $132 {Smeets,J (2669)-Giri,A (2677)/Bundesliga/2010/}) 15...
Rc6 16. Kh1 (16. Nc1 d5 $1 $11) (16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Qe1 Bd8 18. Bf2 b5 19. Na2 Be6
20. Nb4 Rc4 21. Nc1 Be7 22. b3 Rc7 23. Ne2 Qb7 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Rd3
d5 $11 {Motylev,A (2674)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2602)/Novokuznetsk/2008/}) 16... Qc8
17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc4 20. Qd3 e4 21. fxe4 Rxe4 22. c4 Re8 23.
Bg1 Bf8 $11 {Jakovenko,D (2742)-Carlsen,M (2772)/Nanjing/2009/ Black's
centralised pieces are very active and already White has to tread with care -
see the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 133.}) (10. f4 {is not too dangerous, after}
exf4 11. Bxf4 ({This costs White a tempo. A more fighting choice is} 11. Rxf4
Nc6 12. Nd5 {but even here after} Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Rb4 Qc7 15. a4 Nfd7 $13
{Black has typical [+]<=>}) 11... Nc6 12. Kh1 d5 $11 {we get a position,
mentioned already in the note to White's 9th move (there the P was on a4). A
similar situation can arise also from the Scheveningen line, in which Black
plays a quick e6-e5 (there his P is on a7). In all cases he can claim equality.
}) (10. a4 {allows Black to play also} Nc6 $5 (10... Nbd7 {will in all
probability soon transpose into the 10.Qd2 lines.}) 11. a5 ({There is the
sterile line} 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rfd1 Bxb3 15. cxb3
Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bg4 b6 21. Bf3
Nd4 22. Bxd4 {1/2,Huebner,R (2635)-Anand,V (2725)/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 11...
Nb4 (11... Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nxa5 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bg4
Qe7 17. Qd5 {gives White compensation for the P, although after} g6 $44 {
he probably can't claim an advantage.}) 12. Bb6 Qd7 (12... Qc8 13. Bf3 Nd7 14.
Be3 Nf6 15. Ra4 d5 $5 16. exd5 Rd8 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. dxe6 (18. Qe2 $6 Nfxd5 $36 {
Spaan,N (2195)-Marcet Bisbal,A (2319)/Sitges/2002/}) 18... Rxd1 19. exf7+ Kxf7
20. Rxd1 $44) 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Re1 Bd8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Ba7 Rfe8 17. Re2 Rc4 18.
Nd2 Rcc8 19. Nf1 Nc6 20. Bb6 Bd8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nxa5 23. Bxa5 Bxa5 24.
Rxa5 e4 $11 {Campora,D (2545)-Chandler,M (2575)/Biel/1987/}) 10... Nbd7 {
The best reaction, other moves are:} (10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 ({
We have already mentioned the motif} 12... Nd7 13. Na5 $1 $14) 13. f4 exf4 (
13... a4 14. fxe5 axb3 15. Rxf5 Rxa2 16. Raf1 $1 $36 dxe5 (16... Rxb2 $6 17. e6
$1 Rxc2 18. Qd3 {/\} fxe6 $2 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Bg4 $1 $18) 17. Bc4 Bd6 (17...
Rxb2 18. Bxb3 {[%csl Rb2] צb2}) 18. Bxb3 $14) 14. Rxf4 Bg6 15. Ra4 b6 16. Nd4
Bf6 17. Bb5 $5 (17. Rc4 Re8 18. Re1 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Na6 20. Bf3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1
Nb4 22. Qg3 b5 23. Rc3 Qf8 $132 {Svidler,P (2650)-Gelfand,B (2665)/Tilburg/
1996/ See the notes by Svidler in CBM 56.}) 17... Nd7 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Rf1 Rfe8
20. c3 $14 Ne5 $6 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Rf4 Bb1 23. Bd4 $40 {Horchman,J (2369)
-Tinture,L (2403)/corr/1999/}) (10... Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 $13 {/+/=
leads to a similar position, as in the game, but this version is slightly
better for White.}) ({Black has also the brave} 10... Nxe4 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Nc7
Nc6 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 {White's material advantage is only small and in practice 
(OTB, as well as corr.) he has found it very difficult to convert it, with
Black's [+] control being an important compensating factor. A possible example
is} 14. c4 a5 15. a4 Qc8 16. Bf3 f5 17. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 18. Qe2 Ra6 19. Be3 Nb4
20. Nd2 Bg4 21. f3 exf3 22. Nxf3 Bf6 $36 {Ayrosa,P (2323)-Cunha,E (2111)/corr/
2008/ However, we still lack top level games in this line.}) 11. Qd3 ({White
must already protect the Pe4 and after} 11. f3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 {Black has an
important extra tempo in comparison with 10...Nxd5 above.}) ({Swapping the bad
B with} 11. Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 {gives Black control of d5 and comfortable play. An
ilustrative example from the Najdorf Stone Age is} 12. Bf3 Rfd8 13. Qd2 Rac8
14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rac1 Ng6 18. Qe3 Nh4 19. Nd2 d5 20.
exd5 Bxd5 $36 {Evans,L-Rossolimo,N/New York/1965/}) 11... Bxd5 ({The usual
choice, as} 11... Rc8 12. c4 $1 {already allows} Bxd5 13. cxd5 $14 {with a
nagging edge.}) ({However, Black can also consider} 11... b5 $5 12. a4 Bxd5 13.
exd5 Qc7 {, White had nothing after} 14. Rfc1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. axb5 axb5
17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Bxb5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb5 20. b3 Rd8 21. Ra8 Rbb8 22. Rxb8 Qxb8
$11 {Voros,J (1956)-Cacko,J (2258)/corr/2006/}) 12. exd5 Nc5 $5 {With this
active sortie Black strives to change the P-structure. This gives him better
chances to achieve full-blooded <=>, than slower alternatives such as} (12...
Ne8 {or}) (12... Re8 13. c4 Bf8) 13. Qd2 (13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rad1 (14. c4 e4 15.
Qc3 Qc7 16. a3 Bd6 17. h3 Nd7 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Qd8 21. b4 b6
22. Bd1 Re5 23. Ba4 Nf6 24. Bc2 Rfe8 $132 {Paragua,M (2526)-Bu Xiangzhi (2714)/
Beijing/2008/}) 14... Bd6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qf5 h6 (16... e4 $5) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 e4 20. g3 b5 21. Rfe1 Re5 22. Kg2 Rae8 $11 {[%csl Gd6,
Gg4] Ivanchuk,V (2730)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Cap d'Agde/1998/ The ^- practically
guarantee Black a draw.}) 13... Nfe4 {Concrete play, which fits in well with
the previous move.} (13... Qc7 14. f3 {limits Black's chances, passive
strategy can get him into serious trouble:} Nfd7 $6 (14... h6 15. c4 Nh7 $6 {
is also not ideal, after} 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. g4 $1 Qe7 19. Qg2 Rfe8
20. Rae1 Nf8 21. g5 $40 {Apicella,M (2435)-Brunner,L (2500)/Debrecen EU-chT/
1992/ White unleashed a strong and direct attack.}) (14... a5 $142 $5 {
deserves attention}) 15. Na5 $1 b6 16. Nc6 Bf6 17. b4 Nb7 18. Rac1 Nd8 19. Rfd1
{Short - Kovaljov, Ottawa 2007. White has a strong attack.} Re8 20. a4 Nb7 21.
Bd3 Nd8 22. Qe2 $16 {Short,N (2683)-Kovalyov,A (2510)/Ottawa/2007/}) 14. Qb4 {
Other moves allow Black to swap his (still) passive B via g5.} a5 {[%mdl 36]
Gains a tempo and fits in with Black's dark-square strategy.} ({However, even} 
14... b6 15. f3 Nf6 {can't be condemned outright:} 16. Qd2 (16. Rad1 Nfd7 17.
Qd2 Qc7 18. Nc1 b5 19. b3 Nb6 20. a3 f5 21. g3 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rf5
24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 $44 {Short,N (2663)-Efimenko,Z (2688)/Wijk aan Zee B/
2009/}) (16. c4 Nh5 17. Qd2 f5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Bf1 f4 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qe2 e4
22. Qxe4 Bf6 $44 {Voitsekhovsky,S (2493)-Kokarev,D (2574)/Kazan/2008/}) 16...
Qd7 17. c3 a5 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Nc1 e4 20. f4 b5 21. h3 Bd8 22. Kh2 Bb6 23. Rb1
Rfb8 24. g4 Na6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 $13 {Short,N (2674)-Hillarp Persson,T (2618)/
Malmo/2009/}) 15. Qb5 (15. Qc4 Rc8 (15... Bg5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 $11)
16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb5 f5 18. c3 {1/2,Svidler,P (2735)-Grischuk,A (2710)/
Poikovsky/2005/ This is similar to our game and comfortable for Black after} b6
$11 {/=/+ The draw offer came at the right moment...}) 15... Qc7 ({A solid
move, although Black can perhaps afford even} 15... b6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Nfd7
18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Bf2 Qe7 20. Nc4 f5 21. Qc6 b5 $5 22. Nxd6 Ra6 23. Bxb5 Rxc6 24.
dxc6 e4 25. cxd7 Nxd7 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bxd7 Rf8 28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Bc5 $11 {
Milos,G (2620)-Sadvakasov,D (2612)/World Cup Khanty Mansiysk/ 2005/}) 16. Qc4 {
Around here the fight starts turning in Black's favour. Ponomariov plays an
unusual move, but it quickly transpires that it's not connected with a new
concept and White starts to slip up. However, it seems Black has nothing to
fear anyway:} (16. Rfd1 b6 (16... a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 $1 axb3
20. cxb3 Qd8 21. Rac1 $14 {Svidler,P (2710)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Haifa rpd/1998/})
17. f3 (17. Qc4 $6 f5 18. Bd3 Qd8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 e4 22. Bf1
Bf6 23. Rab1 Be5 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Nd7 $36 {Svidler,P (2713)-Polgar,J (2677)
/Dos Hermanas/1999/ was ideal for Black. See Ftacnik's notes in CBM 71.}) 17...
Nf6 18. Qc4 a4 $5 (18... Qb7 $143 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. Qc4
f5 23. c3 $14 {[%cal Rb2b4]} Rab8 $2 24. b4 $1 Kh8 25. Rab1 Nf4 26. bxc5 dxc5
27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Re1 $16 {Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/UKR-ch Rivne/
2005/}) 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Bf2 a3 22. Qb3 axb2 23. Rxb2 Bd6 24.
Bg3 e4 $132 {/=/+,Drake Diez de Rivera,P (2537)-Yaroshenko,Y (2514)/corr/2006/}
) (16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 (18... Bd6 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Kh1 f5 21.
Bd3 a4 22. Bd2 g6 23. a3 Rf7 24. Bc3 Nf6 25. Qc4 Raf8 26. Qxa4 e4 27. Bc4 $5
$14 (27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Qxe4 Bxh2 $44 {Szuecs,C 
(2605)-Hertel,P (2652)/corr/2002/})) 19. c4 a4 20. b4 cxb4 $5 (20... axb3 21.
Qxb3 e4 $11) 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Qxd7 (22. Bxd8 Qxb5 23. cxb5 Rxd8 $36) 22... Rxd7
23. Bd3 Bd8 24. Bf2 Ba5 25. g4 h6 26. h4 $13 {Zor champ-Relic,R/playchess.com/
2006/}) (16. Nxc5 Nxc5 $5 $11 (16... dxc5 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Rad1 $11 {/+/= is a
slightly better version of the previous lines.})) 16... Rac8 (16... f5 $5 {
is also playable, Black has little to fear after} 17. f3 (17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18.
Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Nxc5 Rac8 $1 $11 20. f4 exf4) 17.
Rfd1 $6 {The first inaccuracy, which enhances Black >> expansion.} (17. f3 $142
Nf6 (17... Bg5 $2 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. h4 $18) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 (18... b6 $5) 19.
Rad1 {leads to roughly equal positions of the type we have already mentioned
in the note to White's 16th move.}) 17... f5 $1 {Anand doesn't miss his chance
to grab the initiative.} 18. c3 {White will need this move sooner or later.} (
18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 Qd8 $15) (18. f3 Bg5 $1 $15) 18... Qd8 19. Qb5 {Admits
the opening has not gone well.} ({It's difficult to compare this move with} 19.
Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Qb5 b6 $15 {, which is similar to Svidler-Grischuk above.}) 19...
b6 20. Nd2 (20. Nxc5 Nxc5 $15 (20... bxc5 $5)) ({Perhaps White should have
tried} 20. f3 $5 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Nd2 {, although even here Black is fine
after} Nd7 $15) 20... Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6 22. Rab1 (22. f3 Bg5 $36 {is
unpleasant, but now Black activates his B and White will have to exchange it
anyway later on under less attractive circumstances.}) 22... e4 23. b4 Nd7 24.
Rb3 Be5 $36 {[%csl Ge5]} 25. a3 Rf7 $5 {[%cal Gf7d7,Yd8h4] Black is in no
hurry and frees his Q.} 26. c4 {There is no other constructive plan.} axb4 27.
axb4 Ra8 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga8a1] <->a,ףb5 White's problem is his lack of
effective <=> and the fact his Q can't return to the defence.} 28. Bc3 {
A concession, but it's difficult to suggest an improvement.} Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Ra2
30. Re3 g6 31. Bf1 Qf6 32. Rde1 Kg7 {Visibly enjoying his position, Anand
misses the more energetic} (32... f4 $1 33. Rxe4 (33. R3e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 f3 $19
) 33... f3 34. gxf3 (34. g3 Qb2 $19 {[%csl Rf2]}) 34... Qxf3 35. Re8+ Kg7 36.
R8e2 (36. R1e2 Ra1 $18) 36... Rxe2 (36... Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Rxf2 {also wins}) 37.
Rxe2 Ne5 $19 {[%cal Rf7f5,Rf3g4,Rf3f4] ->,/\Qf4, Qg4, Rf5 with a decisive
attack.}) 33. R3e2 Ra3 $17 {Keeps the Qb5 offside} 34. Qc6 h5 35. Re3 Ra7 $1
36. h3 h4 37. Rb3 Ra2 {[%cal Rf6d4] /\Qd4} 38. Rbe3 g5 $6 ({Prolongs the game,
once again Black had a strong tactical solution} 38... Rxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 Qd4 {
[%cal Rf5f4] /\f4} 40. Rd1 (40. Ke2 f4 (40... Ne5 41. Rd1 Nxc6 42. Rxd4 Nxd4+
43. Kd2 Kf6 $19) 41. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 42. Kd2 Qd4+ $19 {->}) (40. g3 hxg3+ 41. Kg2 f4
42. Qxd6 Ne5 $1 $19) 40... Qxd1 41. Qxd6 Qd2+ 42. Be2 Qd4 43. Qf4 Ne5 44. Kg1
Rd7 {/\Nc4-+}) 39. R3e2 Ra7 40. Qc8 (40. Rc2 $1 $15 {/-/+ at least prevents
the immediate centralisation of Black's N.}) 40... Ne5 41. Rc2 $2 ({The final
error.} 41. Qb8 $142 {was more resilient.}) 41... Rf8 42. Qe6 Qd8 $1 $19 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Ra7e7,Rf8f6] /\Rf6, Re7} 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 (44. Rxc5 Re8 45.
Qxf5 dxc5 46. Rxe4 Rf7 $19) 44... Rf6 45. Qxe5 dxe5 46. d6 g4 {The rest is
agony, as White's o^ are not getting anwhere.} 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. g3 (48. Rxe4
g3 49. Rg4+ Rg6 $19) 48... hxg3 49. fxg3 Qa5 50. Rec1 Qa3 51. Rc3 Qb2 52. R1c2
Qb4 (52... Qb4 53. c6 Ra1 $19 {leads to a quick mate.}) 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {The classical line
is still quite rare in Nakamura's practice, who until now has mainly
alternated between the sharp lines as 6.Bg5, 6.Bc4 and 6.Be3.} ({Although the
English Attack is still popular, the latest encounters between top players
with some exceptions mostly confirm the dynamic balance and it seems that they
are just checking the opponent's homework:} 6. Be3 e6 (6... e5 {is the main
and fully playable alternative, which occurs even more often.}) 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 {Currently the most testing
try is} 13. Bf4 $1 (13. Bh3 $143 $6 Nb6 14. b3 (14. g5 Nc4 15. Qd3 hxg5 16.
hxg5 Nd7 $17) 14... dxe4 15. g5 Nfd5 16. fxe4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 hxg5 18. hxg5 g6
19. Kb1 Bg7 20. Rhf1 Qe5 21. Qf2 Ra7 $36 {[%csl Gc8,Gg7][%cal Gg7a1,Gh8h1]
Karjakin,S (2763)-Cheparinov,I (2650)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 13... e5 14.
Bh2 dxe4 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh2 17. Rxh2 exd4 18. Rh8 (18. Rh4 Ng4 $5 $146 (
18... b3 19. axb3 Nc5 20. Nxd4 Nd5 21. fxe4 Nb4 {Leko,P (2737)-Grischuk,A 
(2754)/London/2012/} 22. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Re8] ->}) 19. Rxg4 Nc5 20. Rh4 d3 (
20... b3 $2 21. Kb1 e3 22. Qc1 d3 23. Qxe3+ Be6 24. axb3 dxe2 25. Bxe2 Rd8 26.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Bc4 a5 28. g6 $16 {Saric,I (2622)-Korobov,A (2705)/EU-ch
Legnica/2013/}) 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. Rh8 O-O-O (22... Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d4]} 23. Nb3 $8
Ne6 24. Re1 (24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Re1 dxc2 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxb4+ Qd6 28. Qxd6+
Rxd6 29. Rxe4 Rd1+ 30. Kxc2 Rxf1 31. Ra4 $132 {/=}) 24... Rc8 25. fxe4 Qxc2+
26. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 27. Kb1 d2 28. Rd1 Bxe4 29. Ka1 $13) 23. Kb1 $1 dxc2+ 24. Qxc2
exf3 25. Qd2 Be4+ 26. Ka1 Kb7 27. Bc4 b3 28. Rc1 Qd6 $2 (28... bxa2 $1 $132)
29. Nxf3 $16 {Jakovenko,D (2713)-Artemiev,V (2524)/Yekaterinburg/2013/}) 18...
Nd5 19. Qxd4 Bb7 20. fxe4 (20. Qxe4+ Ne7 21. Qxb4 Ng6 22. Rg8 Ne7 23. Rh8 Ng6
24. Rg8 Ne7 25. Rh8 {1/2, Kasimdzhanov,R (2699)-Grischuk,A (2779)/Thessaloniki/
2013/}) 20... N5b6 21. Qxb4 (21. Bh3 O-O-O 22. Kb1 Kb8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxf8
Rxf8 25. Qxd7 Bxe4 26. Qa4 a5 27. Qb5+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ (28. Nd4 Rd8 $11) 28... Kb8
29. Qb5+ Kc8 30. Qa6+ Kb8 31. Qb5+ Kc8 {1/2, Dominguez Perez,L (2723)-Korobov,
A (2698)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/}) 21... O-O-O 22. Qb3 (22. Qd4 Qc5 23. e5 Qxd4 24.
Nxd4 Nxe5 25. Ne6 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Ng6 27. Rxf8+ Nxf8 28. Nxf8 Kd8 29. Bd3 Ke7
30. Nh7 Na4 31. Kc1 Nc5 32. Bf5 Be4 $44 {Dosi,A (2585)-Hansen,O (2499)/corr/
2009/}) 22... Bxe4 $1 (22... Bc5 $2 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qxf7 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Qe5
26. Bh3 $16 {Jarmula,L (2149)-Zaczek,J (2096)/Warsaw/2012/}) 23. Nc3 Qf4+ 24.
Kb1 Kc7 25. Bxa6 Nc5 26. Nb5+ Kc6 27. Na7+ $8 Kc7 28. Nb5+ Kc6 29. Na7+ Kc7 {
1/2, Karjakin,S (2776)-Grischuk,A (2780)/Beijing/2013/}) ({An interesting
sideline, which Nakamura also used to play, is} 6. h3 {A recent spectacular
encounter went} e5 7. Nde2 h5 $5 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7
12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Re1 b4 16. Na4 Rc4 17. f3 h4 (17...
Bc6 $5 18. b3 Rd4) 18. g4 d5 19. b3 Rd4 (19... Rc7 20. a3 $5 $14 {/~~}) 20.
Qxd4 $1 exd4 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Rxe6+ fxe6 23. Rd1 e5 24. f4 Ne3 25. Bxb7 Nxd1
26. Bc6 exf4 27. Nc5 O-O 28. Nxd7 Re8 29. Kf1 Re3 30. Bxf4 Rxh3 {Leko,P (2737)
-Mamedyarov,S (2761)/Beijing/2013/} 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Ne5 $36) 6... e5 ({
Two weeks earlier in Norway in their encounter Topalov opted for the
Scheveningen continuation} 6... e6 7. Be3 Be7 (7... Qc7 {/\} 8. g4 d5 $5 9.
exd5 Bb4 10. Qd3 $146 (10. dxe6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 fxe6 $13) 10...
Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. O-O-O Nc5 16.
Bf3 Bd7 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Bxb7 Bb5 20. Rd6 Ke7 21. Rhd1 h5 22. a4
Bxa4 23. Rxa6 Bb5 24. Ra5 hxg4 25. c4 Rxc4 26. Rxb5 Rxh2 $11 {Hou,Y (2595)
-Navara,D (2707)/Prague m/2013/}) 8. g4 d5 (8... b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 Bxg5 11.
Qd2 Bf6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhg1 Nc5 $2 (13... O-O $142 $13) 14. e5 $1 Bxe5 15.
Ndxb5 Nb3+ 16. cxb3 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Bc6 18. Bd4 Qc8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Kb1 Rg8
21. Ne4 {1-0, Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Negi,P (2634)/GRE-chT Peristeri/2010/}) 9. exd5
Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nd7 14. O-O-O Ne5 15.
Be2 Bd7 16. f4 (16. Rhe1 $14) 16... Nc6 17. Nb3 O-O-O 18. Bf3 Kc7 19. a3 $6 (
19. Bc3 $14) (19. Rhe1 $5) 19... Na7 20. Nd4 Nb5 21. Be3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc6 23.
Rhf1 f6 24. Be2 h6 25. h4 b5 $11 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Topalov,V (2793)/Stavanger/
2013/ Although the game was drawn in the end, the endgame was more comfortable
for White. Therefore an early deviation is no major surprise, Topalov has
already played both main moves in the past.}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6
10. Qd3 ({The main move here is definitely} 10. Qd2 {, which is covered in
more detail in the notes to Ponomariov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2011 in CBM 141. I
will add just one personal experience:} Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 $5 ({A viable
alternative to} 11... Qc7 {and the more common}) (11... Rc8) 12. a5 Nc4 13.
Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 Rc6 16. Qf2 Qc8 (16... Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5
f5 19. exf5 Qc8 20. Rd2 Rxf5 21. Qe2 Rf7 22. Ra4 Nf6 23. c4 Bf8 24. Rd1 Rfc7
$132 {Mostowik,D (2059)-Auzins,M (2419)/corr/2011/}) 17. Nc1 Qe6 18. Nd3 d5 19.
exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bc5 Bc4 22. c3 Bxd3 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxd3 Rd8 25.
Rad1 Rcd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. h3 g6 $11 {1/2, Petrik,T (2534)
-Stohl,I (2518)/CZE-chT/2013/}) ({Another (and possibly more flexible) way to
achieve the game position is} 10. Nd5 Nbd7 ({Was Nakamura worried about the
sacrificial} 10... Nxe4 $5 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Nc7 Nc6 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 14. f3 Nf6 15.
Bf2 h6 16. c4 Rd8 17. Bb6 (17. Qd2 $5) 17... Rc8 18. Rc1 $6 d5 $1 19. cxd5 Nxd5
20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Nxe6 Bxc1 23. Qxd5 fxe6 24. Qe4 Bxb2 25. Bd3 Kf8
26. Qh7 Nd8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. g3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Bd4 30. Be1 Ke7 $15 {Globa,
V-Babushkin,I (2267)/corr/2011/}) 11. Qd3 {This move order was actually
featured in Ponomariov-Anand.}) 10... Nbd7 ({Natural development, but Black
can consider also the other knight move} 10... Nc6 {This is more popular in
postal games and should also suffice for equality after} 11. a3 {and now:} (11.
Rfd1 Rc8 12. a3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. b4 Qd8 17. c4
f5 18. f4 Bf6 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Re1 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Re4 $15 {Zvara,P
(2419)-Swiercz,D (2611)/CZE-chT/2013/}) 11... Rc8 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rad1 Qxd3 (14... Rfd8 15. Qxd5 Rxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxd5 17. Rd1 Bxb3
18. cxb3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. b4 $14 {[%cal Yb4b5]}) 15. Bxd3 f5 (15... Rfd8
16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rac8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Bc4 Re7 21. Bd3 Rd7 22.
f3 Kf7 23. c3 Ne7 24. Bc2 Nd5 25. Bf2 Rcd8 26. g3 b5 27. Rd2 h5 $11 {Brodt,A 
(2396)-Gueci,A (2469)/corr/2011/}) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rfe8 18. f3 b5 19. b3
Rad8 20. Rfe1 Rd7 21. a4 bxa4 22. bxa4 Rd5 23. Bb6 Nb4 24. Bf1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Rc8 26. Ba5 Nd5 27. Bxa6 Rxc2 $132 {Voiculescu,C (2545)-Demetrio,A (2510)/corr/
2009/ Facing the bishop pair in an endgame is not necessarily ideal, but
Black's position is probably defensible.}) (11... Na5 12. Nd2 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13.
exd5 Bd7 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. b4 Qc7 16. c4 f5 17. f3 b6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bd3 Bh4
20. Rac1 f4 $13 21. Bf2 {1/2, Schmidt,T (2597)-Lounek,J (2520)/corr/2008/})
12... d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Bb6 Bd8 17. Bc5 Re8 18.
b4 Rc8 19. c4 Be6 20. Rac1 f5 21. Be3 Nc6 22. f3 {Yemelin,V (2515)-Karasev,V 
(2405)/St Petersburg/1995/} a5 $5 $132) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 e4 14. Qd2 Ne5
15. Rac1 Re8 16. c4 Nfd7 17. Rc2 (17. h3 h6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Rc3 Qd7 20. b4 Ncd3
21. Qc2 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. f3 b5 24. cxb5 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Nc6 Nf4 27.
Qc2 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 exf3 29. Qc2 fxg2 30. Ne7+ Qxe7 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Kxg2 axb5
33. Qf5+ Kh6 34. Qe4 g6 $44 {1/2, Cornejo,W (2551)-Dronov,A (2680)/corr/2011/})
17... Bh4 (17... Rc7 18. h3 Qc8 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. a4 h6 21. Rc3 Nc5 22. Nxc5
dxc5 23. a5 Bd6 24. Rb3 Rd7 25. Qc2 f5 26. Rb6 $14 {Voiculescu,C (2583)
-Ljubicic,L (2575)/corr/2010/}) (17... h6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. Qd4 f5 22. b4 Ncd7 23. c5 Qf7 24. c6 Nf6 25. Rd1 g5 $14 {/<=>,
Voiculescu,C (2547)-Nefedov,S (2447)/corr/2011/}) 18. Rd1 b6 19. Nd4 Qf6 20.
Rc3 h6 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. b4 Ncd3 23. g3 Qg6 24. Nc6 Bf6 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxb6
Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 exf3 28. Qxg6 fxg6 29. Bd3 Bd8 $1 $11 {Voiculescu,C (2547)
-Avotins,M (2446)/corr/2011/}) 11. Nd5 Bxd5 {Black rarely plays anything else.}
({However, there is the interesting} 11... b5 $5 12. a4 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14.
Rfc1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rab8 20.
Qa5 Rb6 21. Qc3 Ne6 22. Re1 Nd4 23. b3 Rd8 24. Ra2 Rg6 $132 {Pezikov,E (2337)
-Gerasimov,V (2379)/corr/2010/}) 12. exd5 Nc5 {A radical solution, Black wants
to change the pawn structure so that he doesn't have to worry about the
expansion b4,c4-c5 in the future.} (12... Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. Nd2 a5 15. Bd1 Nc5
16. Qe2 g6 17. Nb1 Nh5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qd2 Ng7 20. Ba4 Re7 21. d6 Re6 22. d7
$36 {[%csl Gd7] Hovhannisyan,R (2589)-Andriasian,Z (2624)/Yerevan/2012/}) ({
Similar to the game is} 12... Rc8 13. c4 Nc5 $5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. f4 (15. d6
Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bg5 e4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bg4 Rb8 21. b3
Be5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ {1/2, Sulskis,S (2550)-Vovk,A (2567)/Hastings/
2013/}) (15. Bf3 $5 {is analogous to the game and possibly better.}) 15... Bd6
16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Rab1 Qd6 18. h3 Rce8 19. Bf3 b6 20. Kh1 Re7 21. b4 cxb4 22.
a3 a5 23. axb4 axb4 24. Bd2 Nd7 $11 {Andrijevic,M (2384)-Pavlovic,M (2461)/
Vrsac op/2000/}) 13. Nxc5 {White agrees to resolve the tension.} ({In the
aforementioned game Ponomariov played} 13. Qd2 Nfe4 (13... b6 14. f3 Nh5 15.
Rfd1 f5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. c3 Bh4 18. Bd3 g6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Bf6 21. Rab1
e4 22. fxe4 Be5 23. Bf2 f4 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Qd3 g5 26. Qh3 $36 {Efimenko,Z 
(2683)-Safarli,E (2607)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/ For more details about this
game see the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 139.}) 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qc4 Rac8
{and camr under pressure after the slow} 17. Rfd1 $6 (17. f3 $11) 17... f5 $1
18. c3 Qd8 19. Qb5 b6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6 22. Rab1 e4 23. b4 Nd7 24. Rb3
Be5 $36 {Ponomariov,R (2744)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 13... dxc5 {
[%csl Gd5,Gd6,Ge2,Ge3][%cal Yf6e8,Ye8d6,Ye7d6][%mdl 32] A strategically
interesting position. White has a central passed pawn and two bishops, but
this doesn't necessarily give him an edge, as the blockade on d6 is very
strong.} 14. Bf3 $5 {In the notes to Ponomariov-Anand I mentioned only} (14.
Rad1) ({and} 14. c4 {The drawback of these otherwise natural moves is that
Black can get in the e5-e4 advance with more concrete counterplay. Nakamura's
move prevents it at least for the near future; even purely statistically it
promises White the best practical results.}) 14... Qc7 (14... Bd6 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Re3 g6 19. Rae1 Kg7 20. c4 Qc7 21. Bd1 Nd7 22.
Ba4 (22. g4 $5) 22... f5 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 (23... e4 $5 24. Qc3+ Be5 25. Bg3 f4 26.
Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Bxe8 Bxc3 28. bxc3 $13) 24. f3 g5 25. Bf2 Re7 26. R3e2 Qc7 27.
Bg3 h5 28. Qc3 f4 29. Bf2 Kh6 30. h3 Rg8 $14 {/<=>, Solak,D (2599)-Amonatov,F 
(2610)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 15. c4 g6 $146 {Although this new move is
basically useful, the timing is dubious. Black should try to stabilise his
setup as soon as possible:} (15... Rfe8 16. g3 Bd6 17. Bg2 Qd7 (17... e4 $142
18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bxe4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 g6 $44 {/+/=}) 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Bd2 Qg4 20.
b3 e4 21. Qc2 Ra7 22. Re3 Be5 23. h3 Qg6 24. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 f5 26. Qxe5
Rxe5 27. Rxe5 $36 {Ghyssens,D (2264)-Stolz,P (2130)/corr/2009/}) (15... Ne8 16.
Be4 h6 (16... g6 17. Bh6 Ng7 (17... f5 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Bd5+ $14 {/+/-}) 18.
Rae1 Bd6 (18... f5 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Bxb7 $36) 19. g3 b5 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Rfe1
Rfb8 22. Re2 Ra7 23. b3 b4 24. Ra1 f6 25. Bd2 a5 26. a4 {1-0 Dutra Neto,A 
(2416)-Rizzardi,J (2355)/ICCF email 2011/Corr 2013 (51)} f5 27. Bg2 e4 28. Qc2
$14 {[%cal Rf2f3]}) 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 f5 20. f3 Rae8 21. Rae1
Bf6 22. Bf2 Qc8 23. Re2 Re7 24. b4 b6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Bg3 Qd7 27. Rfe1 $14 {
[%csl Rc5,Re5] Turov,V (2539)-Ferreira,N (2405)/corr/2010/ Transferring the
knight to d6 costs time and allows White to build up pressure against the Pe5 
(or on the e-file).}) (15... Bd6 $142 $1 16. g3 (16. h3 Rae8 17. Be2 e4 18. Qb3
Nd7 19. Rad1 f5 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. g3 e3 22. Bxe3 Bxg3 23. Bf3 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Ne4
25. Rfe1 Bd6 $36 {[%csl Rh1] O'Brien,A (1870)-Ohl,K (1800)/corr/2004/}) 16...
Rae8 17. Qc2 e4 18. Bg2 Ng4 19. Bxe4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 g6 $44 {[%csl Gd6,Re4]
leads to a position in which Black's dark-square control and the opposite
coloured bishops should give him sufficient compensation for the pawn to hold
the balance:} 21. Rae1 (21. Rf3 Re7 (21... f5 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Raf1 Bg7 24. Kg2
Re7 25. e4 fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Bxe4 Qe5 28. Bf3 $14 {Karpanov,V (2134)
-Myakonikikh,D (2338)/corr/2009/}) 22. Bd3 Rfe8 23. e4 Be5 24. Raf1 Rb8 25. Qd2
Kg7 26. Kg2 (26. b4 b5 27. Kh1 bxc4 28. Bxc4 f6 29. Rb1 h5 30. Be2 cxb4 31.
Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Qxb4 a5 {1/2, Voiculescu,C (2565)-Bellmann,H (2484)/corr/2009/})
26... b5 27. b3 b4 28. g4 h6 29. Rh3 Rh8 30. Qe3 Bd4 31. Qf3 f6 32. Rg3 Be5 33.
Bc2 Ree8 $11 {Voiculescu,C (2538)-Ljubicic,A (2505)/corr/2011/}) 21... Re7 22.
Bd3 f5 (22... Rfe8 23. Qd2 Be5 24. Kg2 Rb8 25. a3 Qd6 26. b3 ({A similar line
is} 26. Rf3 b5 27. b3 Kg7 28. Ref1 bxc4 29. Bxc4 f5 30. Re1 Bf6 31. a4 Re5 32.
Re2 h5 33. Qa5 Bd8 34. Qc3 Bf6 $132 {Moreira,J (2399)-Muukkonen,K (2397)/corr/
2011/}) 26... Kg7 27. Rb1 b5 28. Rf3 bxc4 29. Bxc4 f5 30. Qa5 h5 31. h4 Qf6 32.
Qd2 Bd6 33. Qd3 Rbe8 34. Bxa6 Re4 35. Bb5 R8e7 36. Rc1 {1/2, O'Hare,C (2438)
-Muukkonen,K (2397)/corr/2011/} Rg4 $44 {[%csl Rh4]}) 23. a3 Rfe8 24. Rf3 Re5
25. Kg2 Bf8 26. Re2 Qe7 27. Qb3 Qc7 28. Qc2 Qe7 29. Qb3 Bh6 30. Bc2 Qc7 31. Kf2
R5e7 32. Kg2 Qd6 33. Kf2 Bg7 34. Qd3 Re5 35. Qd2 b5 $132 {Demchenko,A (2639)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)/Yekaterinburg/2013/ This is until now the only
non-postal game, which featured the position after move 20. It's also the only
one Black lost, as he got overambitious later on.}) 16. Rae1 h5 $6 {Loses a
pawn almost by force.} (16... Bd6 $142 17. g3 Nd7 $14 (17... Rae8 $2 18. Bh6))
17. Bg5 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Ne8 (17... Qd6 18. Be4 $5 {[%cal Rf2f4,Re4g6]} Nxe4 (
18... b5 19. b3 $16) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19.
Qe3 Nd6 $5 {The best chance. Black doesn't insist on protecting the pawn and
hopes to build a fortress.} (19... f6 20. b4 $1 Rc8 (20... b6 $2 21. d6 $18) (
20... cxb4 21. c5 $16 {/+-}) 21. bxc5 Qxc5 (21... Rxc5 22. d6 $1 Qxd6 $8 23.
Qh6 f5 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Rd7 $18) 22. Qh6 Kf7 23. d6 Nxd6 24. Bd5+ $40) 20. b3
Rfc8 (20... Rfe8 21. Qxc5 b5 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qc3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rac8 25. Be2 $14
{/+/-}) 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rc1 (24. Ra1 $5 {/\} b5
25. cxb5 axb5 26. a4 $36) 24... a5 {Topalov defends passively. As he fails to
hold in the end, perhaps it was worth trying} (24... b5 $5 25. g3 (25. b4 $5
cxb4 26. c5 Rc8 $14) 25... bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8 $14) 25. Kf1 $16 {[%mdl 4096]
It's still not simple to convert the extra pawn, but Nakamura shows patience
and good endgame technique.} Kg7 (25... h4 26. g3 hxg3 27. fxg3 $16) 26. h4 b6
27. g3 Kf6 28. Be2 Re7 29. Rc3 Re8 30. Ke1 Ra8 31. Bd1 Re8+ 32. Kf1 Ke5 33. Bc2
Kf6 34. f3 Re7 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Re3 $1 {White needs a rook swap to make further
progress - this enables him to activate his king.} Rxe3 (36... Rh8 $5 $16 {
is more resilient}) 37. Kxe3 Kg7 (37... Ke7 38. g4 $36 {[%csl Rh5]}) 38. Kf4 f6
39. g4 a4 ({Marking time with} 39... Kf7 40. Bd3 Kg7 41. g5 $5 Kf7 42. gxf6
Kxf6 43. Ke3 $16 {[%cal Yf3f4,Ye3d2,Yd2c3,Ya2a3,Yb3b4] /+- is similar to the
game.}) 40. Bd3 axb3 41. axb3 Kh6 42. g5+ Kg7 (42... fxg5+ 43. hxg5+ Kg7 44.
Kg3 Kf7 45. f4 Kg7 46. Kh4 Kf7 47. f5 $18) 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Ke3 g5 ({Black
can't sit and wait, a sample line is} 44... Nf7 45. f4 Nd6 46. Kd2 Nf7 47. Kc3
Nd6 48. b4 Nb7 49. bxc5 Nxc5 50. Bc2 Nb7 51. Kb4 Nd6 52. c5 $18) 45. hxg5+ Kxg5
46. f4+ Kh6 (46... Kg4 47. Be2+ Kh4 (47... Kf5 48. Bxh5 b5 49. Be2 $18) 48. Bd1
$22) 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Kg3 Kh6 49. Kh4 Ne8 50. f5 Nd6 (50... Nf6 51. d6 (51. Be2
$18) 51... Kg7 52. Be2 Kf8 53. Bf3 Ke8 54. Kg5 $18) 51. f6 $18 Nf7 (51... Nc8
52. Kg3 Nd6 53. Kf4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nf7 54. Kf5 $18) 52. Be2 {[%csl Rh5]} Nd6
53. Bxh5 b5 54. cxb5 {The blockade is broken and White already has a wider
choice.} (54. f7 Kg7 55. cxb5 Nxb5 56. Kg5 Nd6 57. Kf4 $18 {also wins.}) 54...
Nxb5 55. Be2 (55. f7 $142 $18) (55. Kg4 {[%cal Rf6f7,Rg4f5]} Nd4 56. d6 $18)
55... Nd4 56. Bh5 $1 (56. Bd3 $6 Nf3+ 57. Kg3 Ne5 58. d6 Kg5 $14) 56... Nxb3
57. d6 Nd4 58. d7 Ne6 (58... Nc6 59. Bf7 Nd8 60. Bd5 Kg6 61. f7 Kg7 62. Kg5 Kf8
63. Kf6 c4 64. Bxc4 Nxf7 65. Bb3 Nd8 66. Bd5 Nf7 67. Ke6 Nd8+ 68. Kd6 $22 {+-})
59. Bg4 ({Faster is} 59. Bf7 Nd8 60. Bd5 $18 {- 58...Nc6}) 59... Nd8 60. Bf5 c4
61. Kg4 c3 62. Kf4 Nf7 63. Bd3 Nd8 64. Bc2 Kh5 65. Kf5 Kh6 66. Bb3 Kh7 67. Kg5
Nc6 68. Ba4 Nd8 69. Bc2+ Kg8 70. Kg6 Kf8 71. Bb3 Nc6 72. Kf5 Nd8 73. Ke5 Nb7
74. Kd4 {[%cal Rd4c3] The Pc3 falls and White's king returns to support its
pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
{A tricky move order.} ({After one sees the game, a legitimate question is if
White can't play} 8. g4 {immediately. This is also nothing new, as Black
hasn't castled yet, he can afford to play} h6 $1 {After} 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4
Nc6 11. h3 Be6 12. Qd2 d5 13. O-O-O dxe4 14. Qe3 Qc8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 {
Black has opened the [+] for his <=>, so} O-O {is already appropriate.} 17. Kb1
f5 18. Qe3 Nb4 19. Bd3 fxg4 20. Be4 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc4 23. b3 Qf7
24. Ne6 {Shirov,A (2700)-Van Wely,L (2655)/Tilburg/1997/} {should have led to
a balanced _|_ after} Qf5 $1 $11) ({For the standard} 8. O-O {see the notes to
Ponomariov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2011.}) 8... O-O (8... b5 $6 {prematurely
weakens the << and} 9. a4 $1 b4 10. Nd5 $16 {causes serious problems.}) ({
However,} 8... Be6 $142 $1 {is safer than the text move, as now} 9. g4 (9. O-O
O-O {-8.0-0}) {allows [+]<=> with} 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O
Nc6 (12... O-O 13. Nc5 (13. c4 Bc6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Nc5 {Peresipkin,V-Bukhman,
E/Kaliningrad /1972/} a5 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yb8d7] /\b6,Nd7=}) 13... Bc6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Re8 (15... Nd7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. c3 Bc6
20. Bxc6 Rxc6 $11) 16. c4 a5 17. Rac1 b6 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. a3 Bf8 20. Rb1 Nc5 $11
{Firman,N (2551)-Yilmaz,M (2477)/Kharkov/2011/}) 13. c3 (13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5
h5 $13) 13... O-O 14. Qc2 $6 (14. Nc5 $13) 14... Qc7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. f3 Rad8
17. Bd3 g6 $15 {[%csl Rf3,Rg4] ׻, Ninclaus,W-Baert,J/Gent/2010/}) 9. g4 $1 Be6
{Around here the surprised Nakamura started thinking.} (9... Nc6 10. g5 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. Bd2 a5 14. h4 a4 15. Nc1 Be6 16. Bd3 Bb4 17. a3
Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 f5 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. Be4 Bg4 21. Nd3 Bf3 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Qe2
$18 {Yemelin,V (2530)-Nevostrujev,V (2490)/Kazan/2005/}) (9... a5 10. g5 Nfd7
11. h4 a4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nc6 16. c3 b5 17.
Nce3 Rb8 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. a3 f6 20. Bg4 fxg5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qg4 Rf4 23. Nxf4
exf4 24. Nd5 Ne5 25. Qe6 Nf3+ 26. Ke2 Nxg1+ 27. Rxg1 $18 {[%csl Gd5] Yemelin,V
(2522)-Loginov,V (2499)/St Petersburg/2001/}) ({There is hardly anything
better than the natural text move.} 9... h6 $6 {is suicidal:} 10. h4 $1 $40)
10. g5 Nfd7 ({Dolmatov has had excellent results with this line and his games
are very instructive, e.g.} 10... Ne8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. f4 g6 13. O-O-O Ng7 14.
h4 Rc8 15. Kb1 f5 16. h5 $40 gxh5 17. Bxh5 fxe4 18. Qh2 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bf5 20.
Bg4 $1 Bxg4 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Rdf1 Bf3 23. Rh6 Rg8 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe4 Ke8
26. Rxf3 Nxf3 27. Qxf3 Bxg5 28. Qd5 $1 {1-0,Dolmatov,S (2600)-Zakharov,A (2426)
/Linares/2000/ See the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 75.}) 11. h4 $5 {This extremely
aggressive move order might be in fact more testing than the more usual
continuation} (11. Qd2 {and now:} a5 $142 $5 (11... Nb6 12. O-O-O N8d7 {
is rather slow, after} 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 {White has a
pleasant choice of attacking continuations:} 16. f3 {[%cal Yc3d5] /\Nd5} (16.
h5 $5 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nd5 (18. g6 $14) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Rxg5 20. Ne3
Rc6 21. Na5 Rb6 22. Nac4 $36) (16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. Nd5 (
19. h5 $142 $36 {is similar to Carlsen's set-up} Rb4 $2 {runs into} 20. Nf5 $1
Bxf5 21. Nd5 $18) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 $14 (20. Nf5 $6 Re8 21. Qxd5 Bf8 $132 {
Stellwagen,D (2585)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2573)/Wijk aan Zee B /2007/})) 16... Qc7
(16... f5 17. Nd5 $1 {/\} fxe4 18. Na5 $16) 17. h5 b5 (17... Rc8 18. g6 fxg6
19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. c3 R4c6 22. Rdg1 Nf8 23. f4 exf4 24. Nxf4 $40 {
Rogers,I (2575)-Huebner,R (2595)/Wellington/1988/}) 18. g6 Nf6 (18... b4 $5 19.
Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 $14) 19. Rdg1 b4 20. Na4 $1 (20. Bh6 bxc3 21. gxh7+ Nxh7
$8 22. Rxg7+ (22. Qg2 Bg5 23. Bxg5 f6 $13) 22... Kh8 23. Qg2 Bf6 24. Rg1 Qd8 {
Williams,B-Frost,L/corr/1997/} 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 $13) 20... Rc6 21. Bh6
Ne8 22. Bxg7 (22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. h6 Ne8 25. Qg2 d5 $1 {/\} 26.
Qg7+ Nxg7 27. hxg7+ Bh3 28. Rxh3+ Rh6 $19) 22... Kxg7 23. h6+ Kg8 24. g7 $16 {
Hellers,F (2520)-Gavrikov,V (2580)/Brocco/1990/}) 12. f4 (12. a4 Nc6 {[%cal
Yc6b4] The outpost on b4 guarantees Black at least reasonable <=>, Carlsen at
his post-game press-conference admitted he was worried about a5 motifs and
wanted to avoid such situations.} (12... Na6 {is also possible, only after} 13.
Nd5 {Black should play} Nb4 $1 $132 (13... Bxd5 $6 14. exd5 Nac5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5
16. h4 Qc8 17. Bb5 Bd8 18. Qe2 Bb6 19. O-O-O Nb3+ 20. Kb1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22.
c3 Bc5 23. Bd3 f5 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Qe4 Rh6 26. f4 $36 {[%csl Rc5,Gd3] ^-->,
Dolmatov,S (2565)-Ljubojevic,L (2610)/Madrid/1988/ Another model Dolmatov game,
in which White's attack suceeded because of his better B and despite the
simplification.})) 13. f4 (13. h4 Nc5 (13... Nb4 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb6 16.
Na1 f5 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Rhg1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. h5 Qf8 $13 {Mertens,M 
(2454)-Tiemann,H (2492)/corr/2006/}) 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Nb5 Nd4
17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bd2 b6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Ke2 f5 $15 {Vogt,L (2480)-Balashov,Y 
(2545)/Halle /1976/}) (13. Nd5 Nb4 $1 14. Nxa5 $2 Bxd5 15. Qxb4 Be6 16. Bd2 d5
17. Qb5 dxe4 18. Bc4 Bxg5 19. Bb4 e3 $19 {->,Antal,G (2473)-Vajda,L (2537)/
Budapest/2003/}) (13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Kb1 f5 $5 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Rhg1 Rc8 17.
Bh6 Rf7 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Rg3 d5 $1 $15 {Sheretyuk,A (2426)-Ljubicic,L (2516)/
corr/2008/}) 13... f5 (13... Nb4 14. f5 Bxb3 15. cxb3 d5 16. exd5 $14 (16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxd7 Qh4+ $11)) (13... exf4 $5 14. Bxf4
Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nc5 16. Bc4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. h4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Ne6 $11) 14.
exf5 (14. gxf6 $5 Bxf6 15. O-O-O) 14... Bxf5 15. fxe5 dxe5 (15... Ndxe5 16.
O-O-O Nb4 17. Nd4 Bh3 $13) 16. O-O-O Nb4 17. Rhf1 Be6 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Rf1
Qc8 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Bxd7 {1/2,Khalifman,A (2628)-Gelfand,B (2713)/FIDE WCh Las
Vegas/1999/} Qxd7 $11) (12. Bb5 Na6 13. O-O-O {Sadvakasov,D (2509)-Ashley,M 
(2482)/Los Angeles/2000/} Nc7 $132) 12... a4 13. f5 axb3 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. cxb3
Nc6 16. h4 (16. Bc4 Nd4 $1 17. O-O-O Nb6 $132) 16... Nc5 17. Bc4 Na5 (17... Qc8
$5) 18. Bxc5 Nxc4 19. bxc4 dxc5 20. O-O-O Qxd2+ {Even despite the seemingly
miserable Be7 White doesn't have an advantage, as his >> is vulnerable and
Black's R are active.} 21. Kxd2 (21. Rxd2 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b3 Kf7 24. Ne2
Kg6 $132 {[%csl Rg5,Rh4] Stefan,C (2111)-Zirek,M (2137)/corr/2002/}) 21...
Rad8+ 22. Ke2 Rd4 23. Rhf1 Rfd8 24. b3 h6 $11 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. h5 Bg5 $11 {
Dolmatov,S (2550)-Gelfand,B (2585)/Klaipeda/1988/}) 11... Nb6 $6 (11... Nc6
$142 $5 {White can maybe avoid this with} 12. f4 {, but} (12. Qd2 a5 $132 (
12... Rc8 13. Nd5 f5 $6 14. f3 Kh8 15. O-O-O f4 16. Bf2 Re8 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18.
Qxd6 $16 {Romanishin,O-Marjanovic,S/Yerevan /1971/}) {, now} 13. a4 {only
transposes to the above note.} (13. f4 a4 14. f5 axb3 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. cxb3
Nc5 $13 {/\} 17. O-O-O $2 Rxa2)) 12... f5 {is far from clear.}) (11... a5 12.
f4 exf4 (12... a4 13. f5 $36 {is a better version of the above line, as White
has already played the useful h4.}) 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 Nbc6 15. Qd2 $5 $14 (
15. Ndb5 f5 16. Nd5 fxe4 17. Nbc7 Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Ne6 Qb6 20. Nxf8 Rxf8
21. Bxe5 Qf2+ 22. Kd1 dxe5 23. Rf1 {Delchev,A (2583)-Colovic,A (2385)/Subotica/
2003/} Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Ke2 Rxa1 26. Qd7 Nd4+ 27. Kf2 e3+ 28. Kg2 (28.
Kxe3 Rf1) 28... Bf8 29. Qc8 (29. Qf7 $2 Ne6 $1 30. Qxe6 e2 31. Qf7 Rf1) 29...
Kg8 30. Qc4+ $11)) (11... b5 {allows White to profit from his Q on d1 with} 12.
Bg4 (12. Nd5 $5) 12... Nc5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. g6 h6 15. Qg4 Qc8 16. O-O-O Na4
17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Kb1 Rf6 19. Rh3 d5 20. Qh5 Bf8 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 d4 23.
Bxh6 $40 {Smagin,S (2535)-Gallagher,J (2445)/Hastings/1990/}) 12. Qd2 ({
Carlsen didn't like the immediate} 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 {due to} d5 $1 (13...
Nc6 14. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Qd4 Rc8 17. O-O-O Nbc4 18. Nd2 b5 19. Nxc4
Nxc4 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Kb1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qg4 e4 24. Bxe4 Rc4 25. Qg2 Bd6
26. Bd3 $16 {Dolmatov,S (2600)-Ye Jiangchuan (2593)/Shenyang/1999/}) 14. Nd4
Nc6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Nxd5 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Ndxe5 $36 {Tseitlin,M (2540)
-Degraeve,J (2515)/Budapest/1996/}) (12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... N8d7 13. Qd3 Bxd5 14.
exd5 Rc8 15. Nd2 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. c4 Na4 18. Qa3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5
Nb6 $13 {Milos,G (2620)-Mekhitarian,K (2280)/Guarulhos/2005/}) 13. exd5 Bf5 14.
Bd3 Qd7 15. Rg1 a5 16. a4 Na6 17. c3 Nc7 $132 {Schmidt Schaeffer,S (2275)
-Gallagher,J (2500)/SIU-chT/1993/}) 12... N8d7 (12... a5 $5 13. f4 (13. a4 Nc6
{Smagin,S (2355)-Rashkovsky,N (2470)/Moscow/1984/} 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. f4 $5 {
is a suggestion by Shipov, who likes White's chances.}) 13... a4 (13... exf4
14. Bxf4 Nc6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. b3 (16. O-O-O $14 {is better, later White can
kick the N away after it occupies c4.}) 16... a4 17. h5 axb3 18. cxb3 Nbd7 19.
g6 Bh4+ 20. Kd1 Nc5 21. Kc2 Bf6 22. h6 Nxg6 23. hxg7 Re8 24. Be3 Bxg7 25. Bb5
Bg4 26. Qg2 h5 27. Bc4 b5 28. Bxb5 Qa5 29. a4 Rac8 30. Bc4 Nxb3 31. Qf1 Ne5 32.
Nxb3 Nxc4 33. Bd4 Ne3+ {0-1 Yevseev,D (2589)-Rashkovsky,N (2510)/Krasnoyarsk
2003/CBM 098}) 14. f5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Qc1 $6 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 d5 $1 $15) 15...
Bxc4 16. Nc1 {[%csl Gf5,Gg5,Gh4][%cal Yb2b3,Yc3d5] is probably the critical
position. White's >>() in connection with ides like b3 and Nd5 could give him
an edge, if he manages to consolidate, but this is not so simple after} Nc6 {/\
} 17. b3 axb3 18. cxb3 d5 $1 19. exd5 Nd4 $1 $44) 13. f4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
promising novelty.} ({Previously White played almost exclusively} 13. O-O-O {
, but Carlsen wanted to gain access to the d4 square and once and for all stop
the} a5 $5 {ideas.} (13... Rc8 14. Kb1 $36 {leads to a position we have
already considered above in the note to 11.h4!?}) 14. Kb1 a4 15. Nc1 Rc8 (15...
Qc8 16. a3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. N1a2 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. f3 Rf7 21. Nb4 $14 {
Horvath,A (2464)-Flumbort,A (2436)/Budapest/2002/}) (15... f5 $5) 16. a3 f5 17.
Nd5 (17. f3 $5 {[%cal Yc1a2,Ya2b4] /\N1a2-b4+/=}) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc4 $11 {
Andersen,M (2020)-Flumbort,A (2499)/Gausdal/2008/}) (13. h5 Rc8 (13... a5 $142
$1) 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. g6 Rfd8 16. Rdg1 d5 {Maslik,W-Kammel,H/corr/1986/} 17.
gxh7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 $1 $18) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. O-O-O $14 {Ponomariov,R 
(2723)-Karjakin,S (2678) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2007 (9) 1-0 Now the position
resembles games from the 6.Be3 e5 line, in which White has been able to play
f4 in one go. One possible model example from White's point of view is} Rc8 (
15... Nbc4 16. Bxc4 $5 (16. Qd4 Rc8 17. Kb1 f6 $5 $132) 16... Nxc4 17. Qd3 $14
{[%cal Yb3d4,Yd4f5,Yc3d5] /\Nd4-f5,Nd5}) 16. Kb1 Qc7 {I think Black shouldn't
have hesitated so long with the N sortie. Here} (16... Nbc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18.
Qd3 f6 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. Rdg1 fxg5 21. Bxg5 h5 $5 $14 {deserves attention.}) 17.
h5 (17. Nd4 Nbc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Qb6 {forces the N to return, or a
weakening of the << with} 20. b3 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2]}) (17. Ka1 $5 $14) 17... Rfe8
$6 ({Again Black should have considered} 17... Nbc4 $5 18. Bxc4 (18. Qd4 $5
Na3+ 19. Kc1) 18... Nxc4 19. Qd3 (19. Qg2 $2 Nxb2) 19... Na3+ 20. Kc1 Qc4 $132)
18. Ka1 $1 {A nice prophylactic move, designed to take the sting out of the
line} (18. Nd4 Nbc4 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. Bc1 $2 Na3+ 21. Ka1 Qxd4 $1 $17) 18... Bf8
(18... Nbc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qd3 $14 {is less effective now, but still seems
preferable to the text move.}) 19. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 128] White finally activates
his N and his |^ inexorably grows, culminating in a combinational atttack.} Qc5
({In the post-mortem Nakamura suggested} 19... g6 $5 {/\Bg7 , but this fails to
} 20. hxg6 (20. h6) 20... hxg6 (20... fxg6 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Nd5
$18) 21. Bxe5 (21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Be3 Bg7 (22... Nbc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Bd4 Bg7
25. Qh2 $18) 23. Bd4 $40) 21... dxe5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Qe3 $18 {
[%cal Re3h3,Re2g4,Rd1f1,Rf1f6] ><e6,g6,/\Qh3,Bg4,Rdf1-f6}) 23. Bg4 Rd6 24. Qh2
Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 $18) (19... Nbc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Bc1 $1 $36 {
/\g6-> protects everything important and White is ready to roll.}) 20. g6 $1
$40 Nec4 (20... fxg6 21. hxg6 Nxg6 (21... h6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 (23...
Rxe5 24. Qf4 Qc7 25. Bg4 Rb8 26. Rdf1 $18) 24. Bg4 Rxg6 (24... Rd6 25. Bxc8
Rxd2 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Rxd2 $18 {[%csl Rh8] עh8}) 25. Bxc8 $16) 22. Nxe6 Rxe6
23. Bg4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Rf6 25. Qh2 $16) 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qd3 {Here Carlsen
considered Black's position beyond saving - in a practical game it's certainly
almost impossible to defend and Nakamura quckly went down in flames.} fxg6 ({
Slightly more resilient was} 22... h6 $5 {, but after} 23. Qg3 $16 {White is
still clearly on top.}) (22... b5 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. h6 g6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 (25...
fxe6 26. e5 $1 $18) 26. Nd5 $16 {/+-}) 23. hxg6 (23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qh3 Rce8 25.
hxg6 h6 26. Nd5 {[%cal Rh3f5,Rf5f7] /\Qf5-f7} Rxg6 27. Qf5 Ree6 28. Rdf1 {
[%cal Rf5f8,Rf4h6]} Ref6 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $16 {is promising, but Carlsen already
wants more and sees no need to force matters.}) 23... h6 24. Qg3 Qb6 (24...
Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Qb4+ 26. Nb3 d5 27. exd5 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 $19 {is just desperation.})
25. Bc1 Qa5 $6 {[%cal Yc8c3,Yc4b2] Black toys with ideas as Nb2 and Rc3, but
his Q goes offside.} (25... Ne5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 $40 {gives him an extra
tempo in comparison with the game, but White's attack is still very strong.})
26. Rdf1 $1 {Carlsen refrains from} (26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Nd5 $16 {and calmly
piles up the pressure.}) 26... Ne5 {[%cal Rc8c3] /\Rc3} (26... Nxb2 27. Nxe6
Qxc3 (27... Rxc3 28. Qf2 $18) 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Kxb2 $18) (26... Qe5 27. Qf2 $1
Qc5 (27... Rc7 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Bxh6 $18) (27... Re7 28. Rh4 $5
$18 (28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Rc1h6] /\Bh6})) 28. Rhg1 $1 {[%cal Rc1h6]
/\Bh6,g7+-}) 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rd4f5] /\Nf5,><h6} Qxd5
(28... Qa4 29. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 30. g7 Bxg7 31. Rf4 $1 (31. Nf5 $6 Qg4) 31... Qd7
32. Nf5 h5 33. Nh6+ Kh7 34. Rxh5 Ng6 (34... Bxh6 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Rh4#) 35.
Rf7 Rxc2 36. a3 Ree2 37. Nf5+ Kg8 38. Rxg7+ Qxg7 39. Nxg7 Rg2 (39... Kxg7 40.
Rg5 $18) 40. Qxd6 Rxb2 41. Qd8+ Kxg7 42. Qc7+ Kg8 43. Rf5 $18) 29. Bxh6 $1 {
[%mdl 64] With all forces aiming at Black's K, the tactics logically work in
White's favour.} gxh6 (29... Qxd4 30. Be3 $18 {[%cal Rh1h8,Re3d4] /\Bd4,Rh8}) (
29... Qe4 30. Bc1 (30. Nf5 $18) 30... Qxg6 (30... Nxg6 31. Qh3 $18) 31. Qh3 Nf7
32. Rfg1 Qe4 33. Nf5 $18) 30. g7 Be7 (30... Bxg7 31. Nf5 Rc7 32. Nxh6+ Kh7 33.
Ng4+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ $18) 31. Rxh6 Nf7 32. Qg6 $1 (32. Rh8+ $2 Nxh8 33. gxh8=Q+
Kxh8 {and as h1 is protected, White has only a perpetual.}) 32... Nxh6 33. Qxh6
Bf6 34. Qh8+ (34. Qxf6 Qh5 35. Ne6 Kh7 36. Nf4 Qh6 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Nh5 $18 {
wins as well, but the text move is more forceful.}) 34... Kf7 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8
36. Qxf6+ Ke8 37. Re1+ (37. Re1+ Kd7 38. Qe7#) 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 {Rare move-9...Qc7 and 9...Be6 much more popular} 10. f4 b5 $6 {
Probably,stronger 10...a5 ,like it was in the famous game Kkasparov-Gelfand:} (
10... a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Qb6 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8
17. Nf5 gxf5 18. gxf5 $44 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/Amsterdam VSB 1996 (35)})
11. a4 (11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16.
Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxf8+ Bxf8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {1-0
Sutovskij Emil-Colovic Aleksandar/Ch World (cadets) (under 1994 (54)}) 11...
Bb7 {The position after 11...b4 looks quite dangerous for black, still it
maybe not so clear:} (11... b4 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Bf3 f5 $13) 12. axb5 axb5 13.
Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxb5 {Also 14...Na7 wouldn't give equality,e.g.:} Nb4 (14... Na7
15. Bd3 (15. Bc4 $5) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qe2 (17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Re1
$14) 17... Bb7 18. Na5 $14) 15. Qe2 $5 (15. Nd2 $5 {keeps the pawn,but the
pieces would stand very passive.}) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. c3 Bd5 $8 18.
cxb4 Bxb3 19. fxe5 Bd5 20. exd6 (20. Bf4 $5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxb4 22. Qg4 (22. Bc4
$6 Re8 $1 (22... Bxc4 $2 23. Qg4 g6 24. Qxc4 $16)) 22... f6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24.
Rxf6 Bxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 gxf6 $11) 20... Bxd6 21. Bd2 Qc8 {with the
idea Qc8-h3,pushing white's king to g1} (21... Qb7 22. Bc3 Rb8 23. Bc4 $16) (
21... Rb8 $5 22. Bc4 Qb7 23. b3 $14) 22. Kg1 Qd8 (22... Qc7 23. h3 $14 {
And white is better,black can't win the b4 pawn in a view of:} Rb8 24. Bd3 Bxb4
$2 25. Bxb4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 (26. Rf2 Qxb4 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qxd5 $16
) 26... Qxb4 27. Qh5 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxb2+ 29. Rf2 Qb7+ 30. Kg1 g6 31. Qe5 $16)
23. h3 Qh4 24. Qf2 Qe4 (24... Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 $1 Rb8 26. Be2 $16 Bxb4 $2 27.
Bxb4 Rxb4 28. Rd1 $16) 25. Re1 Qg6 26. Rd1 $1 Bg3 27. Qe2 Bb8 $5 {Interesting,
beautiful, but,objectively,not good enough.} 28. Bc3 Ba8 29. Qf2 $4 $138 {
[%csl Yf2,Yg1,Gg2]} (29. Qg4 $1 $16 Qxg4 (29... Qb6+ 30. Bd4) 30. hxg4 Bf4 $16)
29... Ba7 $1 30. Bd4 Rd8 $1 $19 {Now it's all over.} 31. Bf1 Qe4 32. Bxa7 Rxd1
33. Bc5 Bc6 34. Qg3 h6 35. b5 Bxb5 36. Qb8+ Be8 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. g4 $5 Be6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 (12. Be3 Nb6 $5 13. f4 (13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 $15) 13... exf4 (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. f5 $5 (15. Rf2
exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc6 $13) (15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 $13) 15... Bxf1
16. Qxf1 $44) 14. Bxf4 Nc4 $13) (12. a4 $5 Nc6 (12... Nb6 $2 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 $16) 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Rg1 Re8 $13 {Malisauskas-Berezein, Swednica
Piatka 1997}) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 (13... Ne5 $5 14. Nd5 (14. Nd4 Nbd7 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bg4 Qc4 $15) 14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Nbd7) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 (15.
Qxd5 $5 Nde5 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Nd4 g6 $13) 15... Nce5 16. Nd4 g6 17. c4 Rfe8 18.
Rc1 Rac8 (18... Qd8 19. Rg1 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 21. b3 Bf8 22. Rg3 $14 {
Onischuk-Lautier, Tilburg 1997}) 19. b4 $6 (19. b3 Qd8 20. Rg1 Bf8 $13) 19...
Qd8 20. Rg1 Bf8 $132 {xc4} 21. Qb3 (21. Qd2 Nb6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 $15 (22... dxe5
23. Nb3 $13)) (21. Nf3 Bg7 $13) 21... Bg7 22. Rge1 $2 (22. Nf3 a5 $1 23. a3
axb4 24. axb4 Qb6 25. Be3 Nc5 $1 $17) (22. Rgd1 $142 Qe7 $1 23. Re1 $5 (23. Kg1
Nb6 $1 24. c5 (24. Bf1 Nexc4 25. Bxc4 Qe4) 24... dxc5 25. bxc5 Ned7 $1 26. cxb6
Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qxe2 $17) (23. Nf3 $5 Ng4 24. Re1 $13) 23... Nxc4
(23... Nb6 $5 24. Bf1 Qd8 25. Nf3 $1 (25. Red1 Nexc4 26. Bxc4 Re4) 25... Nexc4
$2 26. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Qe7 28. Ng2 $1 $18) 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Nb6 $1 (
25... Qe4+ 26. Nf3 $18) 26. Qd3 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxd6 Bxd4 29. Rd1 Rxe2
30. Rxd4 Rxa2 31. Re4 $1 f5 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Re7+ Kg8 $11) 22... Nb6 $17 23.
Red1 (23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Nxc4 $17) 23... Nexc4 $1 24. Bxc4 Re4 25. Qf3 (25.
Nc6 bxc6 26. Bxa6 Rxf4 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. Rxc6 (28. dxc6 Be5 29. b5 (29. Rc2 Qf5
30. Qd3 Rf1+ $1 $19) 29... Qf5 30. Qd3 Qxg5 31. c7 Rf2 $19) 28... Qf5 29. Qd3
Rd4 $1 $19) (25. Bxa6 Rxf4 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Ne2 Rf5 $19) 25... Rxd4 26. Rxd4
Bxd4 27. Bb3 (27. Bd3 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qc7 29. Bf4 (29. Bd2 Bc3 $19) 29... Qc3
30. Bxd6 Nxd5 $19) 27... Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qc8 $1 29. Bf4 (29. Bd2 Nc4 30. Bf4 Ne5
$19) 29... Qf5 30. Kg2 Nc8 $1 (30... Nd7 31. Bxd6 Qxg5+ 32. Bg3 $15) 31. Bd2
Qe5 32. Bf4 Qe1 33. a3 Ne7 $1 34. Bxd6 Nf5 35. Bg3 Ne3+ 36. Kh3 Qc3 $1 (36...
Qb1 37. Qf4 $1 $13) 37. Qe4 (37. Bd1 Qc8+ 38. Kh4 h6 $1 39. Bf2 (39. Bf4 hxg5+
40. Bxg5 Nxd1 41. Qxd1 Bf2#) (39. gxh6 Ng2+ 40. Qxg2 Bf6#) 39... Nf5+ 40. Kh3
Bxf2 41. Qxf2 Ne3+ 42. Kg3 Nxd1 $19) 37... Qc8+ 38. Kh4 h5 $1 (38... h5 39. Bd1
$8 (39. Bf2 Nf5+ 40. Kh3 Nd6+) 39... Nxd1 40. Qxd4 Ne3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gutman,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 (12... Nd7 13.
Na5 $1 $14 (13. a4 {Gutman,L} b6 14. f4 {Gutman: mit besserem Spiel für Weiß,
gibt J. Nunn in "Naidorf for the Tournament Player" an.})) 13. f4 $5 {Gutman:
Eine ehrgeizige Entscheidung. Meiner Meinung nach war 13.a4 mit etwas besseren
Aussichten für Weiß angemessener.} (13. c4 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bg6 16. Kh1
a4 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Nd3 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Bh5 Be4 21. Be2 Nc5 $17 {Borkowski,
F-Gralka,P/POL/1993/}) (13. a4 $142 {Gutman}) 13... exf4 (13... a4 $6 14. fxe5
$1 (14. Nc1 exf4 15. Rxf4 Bg6 16. Rb4 Qc7 17. Nd3 a3 18. b3 Bf6 19. Bd4 Na6 20.
Rc4 Qxc4 21. Bxf6 Qxd5 $19 {Rizouk,R-Bates,R/SVK/1993/}) 14... axb3 15. Rxf5
Rxa2 16. Rxa2 (16. Raf1 dxe5 (16... Rxb2 17. Bd3 dxe5 18. Qc3 Rxc2 (18... Ra2
19. Qxb3 (19. Bc4 Bd6 20. Bxb3 Ra8 $15) 19... Ra3 20. Qxb7 Nd7 $13) 19. Bxc2
bxc2 $13) 17. Bc4 Rxb2 18. Bxb3 (18. Qc3 Rxc2 19. Qxb3 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Bd6) 18...
Qc7 (18... Bf6 19. Qc3 e4 20. Rxf6 Rxb3 21. Qxb3 gxf6 22. Bh6 $18) 19. d6 Qxd6
20. Qc3 (20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Qc3 Rb4 23. Qc8+ Qd8) 20... Rxb3 21.
Qxb3 Bf6 22. Qxb7 $16) 16... bxa2 17. Rf1 Nd7 (17... dxe5 18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Bxa2
Nd7 $10) 18. Ra1 Nxe5 $15) 14. Rxf4 (14. Bxf4 Bg6 $13) 14... Bg6 15. Ra4 $5 b6
(15... Re8 16. Bb5 $14) (15... Bf6 $5 16. Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Nxa5 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Qf6
19. Nc4 $1 (19. Nxb7 Bc3 $146) 19... Bc3 20. Bg5 $1 Qd4+ (20... Bxd2 21. Bxf6
Re8 (21... Bf4 22. Be7 Re8 23. Rxb7) 22. Kf2 Bf4 23. g3 $16) (20... Qf5 21.
Qxc3 Qxg5 22. Bf3 $16) 21. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Be3 Bxc2 23. Rxb7 $14) 16. Nd4 Bf6
17. Rc4 (17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. dxc6 Qc7 (18... Qe8 19. c3 (19. Bb5 Bxb2 (19... Qe5
20. c4) 20. Rf1 Qe5 21. c4 Bc2 $1 $15) 19... Qxc6 (19... Be4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21.
Bf3 $146)) 19. Bf3 (19. c3 Rfe8) 19... b5 20. Rf4 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Be5 22. Rxb5
Rab8 23. c4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Rfd8 25. a4 $146) (17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Rc4
Nc5) (17. Bb5 {Gutman,L Gutman: bringt nichts ein wegen} Nd7 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Z0
$140 Rfe8) 17... Re8 18. Re1 (18. Bg4 Na6 (18... Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Na6) 19. Nc6 Qc7
20. Ne5 Qe7 $17) (18. Bf3 Nd7 $1 19. Nc6 Ne5 20. Nxd8 Nxc4 21. Qf2 Nxe3 22. Re1
(22. Nc6 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Ba3 $17) 22... Bd4 23. c3 (23. Nc6 Ng4 $1) 23... Bc5 24.
b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Rxa2 26. bxc5 (26. Qxa2 Ng4+ $19) 26... Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Rxd8 28.
Rxe3 bxc5 $19) 18... Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Na6 20. Bf3 (20. Rc6 Nb4 21. Bxb6 Qb8 22.
Bc7 Qa7+ 23. Bb6 Qb8 $10) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nb4 22. Qg3 b5 23. Rc3 Qf8 $1 {
Gutman: Schwarz hat die Initiative übernommen.} 24. Bb6 Nxc2 (24... Nxa2 $5 {
Gutman,L} 25. Rc6 Nb4 26. Rxd6 Nxc2 {Gutman: kommt stark in Betracht.}) 25. Rc6
(25. Bc7 b4 26. Rc6 Qe7 27. Bxd6 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 Qc1+ 29. Qf1 Qxb2) 25... Qe7 26.
Rxd6 Rc8 (26... Re8 27. h3 Ne1 (27... Ne3 28. Rc6 Nc4 29. Bc5) 28. Bg4 Qg5 (
28... Qe4 29. Bd7) 29. Bxa5 (29. Kh2 h5 30. Bd1 Qd2) 29... h5 30. Bxe1 hxg4 31.
Kh2 Re2 $146) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 $5 {Black would like to force White's a4, then he
will gain the b4 square with his N.} (10... Nbd7) ({and} 10... Qc7 {are the
other lines.}) 11. a4 Na6 $1 {The correct way with the N.} ({The natural} 11...
Nc6 {could have been met by} 12. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c3 Na6 15. Be3
$14 {and the a6 N is out of play, White has a comfortable middlegame,
Svidler-Karjakin, Moscow blitz 2009.}) 12. Bg5 {A logical move. Usually White
wants to exchange his dark squared B against his opponent's N, because he is
fighting for the d5 square.} h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb5 $146 {A novelty by
Almasi. He immediately attacks the d6 P.} (14. Nd5 Bg5 15. Bg4 Rc8 16. c3 Nc5
17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne3 Qb6 {and draw, 1/2 Alekseev-Grischuk,
Russia (ch) 2009.}) 14... Qb6 15. Nd2 ({Capturing the P with} 15. Qxd6 $6 {
is dubious, as} Qxd6 16. Nxd6 Nb4 $1 17. Rec1 b6 $1 (17... Nxc2 $6 18. Rxc2
Bxb3 19. Rc3 Be6 20. Nxb7 $14) (17... Bg5 18. Nc5 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 $44 {with some
compensation.}) 18. c4 Rfd8 19. Rd1 (19. Nf5 Rac8 20. Ne3 Bg5 $36) 19... Rd7
$36 {and Black has a great initiative for the P.}) 15... Rfd8 (15... Nc7 $5 {
was a logical decision to remove the b5 N,} 16. Nxc7 (16. Be2 d5 $1) 16... Qxc7
17. Nf1 Bg5 18. Ne3 Rac8 19. c3 Qb6 {and Black has some unpleasant threats on
the queenside.}) 16. Nf1 {A typical manoeuvre. White preapes for Ne3-d5.} Nc5 {
Threatening Nxa4.} 17. Qe2 $1 d5 {A questionable move, but otherwise White
wanted to gain the d5-square with Ne3.} 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Ne3 Rd7
21. Rad1 Rad8 (21... Rxd1 $6 22. Rxd1 Nxa4 $2 {is bad, because of} 23. b3 Nc5
24. Rd6 $18 {and the Q is trapped.}) 22. b3 $14 {White has a comfortable
position. He controls the light squares and the a5 P can also be weak.} Qe6 23.
Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rd1 e4 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qc4 $1 {A good move. White simply
improves his pieces.} Be7 27. Nc3 $1 {Another nice move. The b5 N was useless,
so he transfers it, moreover the e4 P is also hanging.} Qc6 28. g3 $1 {Black
can only just hold on; White is improving his position with his all moves. Now
he has opened his back rank too.} Bf8 29. Qd5 Qe8 30. Nc4 g6 31. Ne5 Kg7 32.
Nxe4 $6 {Finally White wins the e4 P, but it gives some counterchance for
Black.} (32. Kg2 $5) ({or} 32. Qd4 {was more solid} Ne6 33. Qxe4 Ng5 34. Qd5
$16 {with a promising position for White.}) 32... Nxe4 33. Qxe4 Bd6 34. f4 Qe6
35. Qd4 f6 36. Nf3 g5 $1 {A good move. Black immediately tries to create some
practical chances.} 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Kf2 $6 (38. Kf1 $1 $14 {was more
accurate.}) 38... b6 $1 39. Qd3 Bc5+ 40. Nd4 (40. Kg2 g4 $132) (40. Kf1 Kf8 $1
{A typical suggestion by Houdini.} (40... Qh3+ 41. Ke1 Qg2 42. Kd1) 41. Qe2 Qf5
$44 {followed by g4, so Black has enough compensation.}) 40... Qd5 41. c3 Qxb3
{After the time control the position is changed. Now already White has to
fight for the draw.} 42. Kf3 g4+ (42... Qxa4 43. Nf5+ $11 {and White can give
perpetual checks.}) 43. Kxg4 Qxa4 44. Kf3 Bxd4 45. cxd4 b5 46. d5 b4 47. d6 Qd7
48. h4 b3 49. Qxb3 Qc6+ 50. Kg4 Qxd6 51. Qb7+ Kh6 52. Qa8 {The position is
equal, now we will see many moves until the 80th.} Qd7+ 53. Kf4 Qc7+ 54. Kf3
Kg7 55. Qe8 Qc3+ 56. Kg2 Qc2+ 57. Kh3 Qf5+ 58. Kg2 Qd5+ 59. Kh2 Qa2+ 60. Kh3
Qf7 61. Qa4 Qe6+ 62. Kh2 Qe2+ 63. Kh3 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qf5 65. Qe8 Qe5 66. Qd7+ Kg6
67. Qd3+ Qf5 68. Qe2 Kf7 69. Qc4+ Kg7 70. Qc7+ Kg6 71. Qc4 Qf2+ 72. Kh3 Qf5+
73. Kg2 Kg7 74. Qc7+ Kh6 75. Qc6 Qe5 76. Qc4 Qd6 77. g4 Qd7 78. Qf4+ Kg7 79. g5
Qd5+ 80. Kf2 Qc5+ 81. Ke2 $4 {A decisive mistake! White wanted to go for the
queenside to stop Black's aP, but unfortunately he missed Black's reply.} (81.
Kg2 $11) (81. Kf3 $11) 81... Qe5+ $1 $19 {Now Black can exchange the Qs. His K
on g7 can stop White's Ps, but White's K can't handle both Black's a- and e-
Ps.} 82. Qe3 Qxe3+ 83. Kxe3 f5 84. h5 a4 85. Kf4 a3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Int 03rd"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1953.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Szabo,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1953.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 (9. Kh1 $5 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 Ne4
14. Be3 Rae8 15. Qc2 $1 Nec5 16. f5 {Dolmatov,S-Lin Wu/WchT Luzern/1993/1:0/36/
} Qd8 $5 17. Bg1 Bg5 18. Nd2 e4 $14) 9... Be6 10. Bf3 (10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6
12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5 15. c4 Bg5 16. Nc5 Bxf4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Nxf4 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rf6 $1 $132 {Psakhis,L-Gurevich,I/New York/1992/1/2-1/2/39/
}) (10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bf3 $5 c4
16. Na4 {Lansa,V-Rveder,M/GER/1993/1:0/31/} h6 $5 $14) (10. Nd5 Nxd5 $5 (10...
Bxd5 $5 {Chekhov} 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 a5 13. Nd2 Ne8 {/\Bg5/} 14. f3 Bg5 15.
Bf2 f5 16. Qc2 Rc8 $5) 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 $1 $132) 10... Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6
12. Nd2 a5 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. Be2 Bf6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nc4
Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bg5 $1 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 exf4 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24.
Rxf4 g5 25. Rd4 f4 26. Be2 Rc3 27. b4 b6 $1 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Rb1 Rxc2 30. Bd1
Ra2 31. Rb6 g4 32. Rxd6 f3 $1 33. gxf3 gxf3 34. Re6 (34. Kf1 $142 Rxh2 35. Re6
f2 $19) 34... Rg2+ 35. Kf1 f2 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt playoff"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qc7 (12... Nc5 $1 {is
recommended by Daniel King in his book Winning with the Najdorf. He gives the
game King-Browne as the main line in this variation, which continued} 13. Nxc5
dxc5 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. a4 Qc7 17. g3 Rae8 18. a5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Ne5 20.
c4 f5 {with very sharp play.}) 13. c4 g6 14. f4 exf4 (14... e4 15. Qd2 Nc5 16.
Nd4 {now looks favorable for white, so Olafsson finds a more dynamic solution.}
) 15. Bxf4 Ne5 $5 {A very interesting piece sacrifice that gives black good
practical chances.} 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. d6 e4 18. Qd4 Bxd6 19. Qxf6 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1
Be5 21. Qh4 f5 {With two strong pawns, chances to win a third, and white's
poorly posted Nb3, black has attractive compensation. The biggest dangers for
him are a sudden attack, when the white squared bishop can run amok, or the
break g2-g4 , which can fracture black's proud pawn chain.} 22. Rad1 Rad8 {Is}
(22... Bxb2 $5 {simply too greedy? After} 23. Rd5 Bf6 24. Qf2 (24. Qh2 {
intending Sc5 after an exchange of queens also looks pleasant for white.})
24... Rad8 25. Rfd1 {white's inititiative outweighs the pawns.}) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8
24. Qg5 Rf8 25. Rd1 Bf4 26. Qh4 Bg3 27. Qh6 Bf4 28. Qh3 Rd8 (28... h5 $5 {
deserved serious attention, to defang g4.}) 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. g4 Qf6 31. gxf5
gxf5 32. c5 Bc7 33. Kg1 Be5 34. Bc4+ Kg7 35. Qg2+ Kh6 36. Bd5 Bxb2 (36... Qh4
$2 37. Qh1 $1) 37. Bxb7 a5 38. Qh2+ Kg6 39. Qg3+ Kh5 40. c6 Be5 41. Qh3+ Kg6
42. Bc8 $1 Qg5+ 43. Kf1 Bg3 $6 {Now white's knight can reenter the game with
powerful effect. It seems to me that black's best chance was} (43... a4 $1 44.
Nd2 $1 {the only safe square.} h5 (44... Qxd2 45. Qxf5+ Kh6 46. Qe6+ $1) 45.
Bd7 h4 $1 {gives white real problems breaking through.} (45... Qxd2 $2 46.
Qxf5+ Kh6 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. Qxe5 Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh3 $18))
44. Ke2 $1 Qf4 $5 {Black can no longer maintain his pawn phalanx, so aims for
perpetual check.} 45. Bxf5+ $1 Kf6 46. Nd2 Qf2+ 47. Kd1 Qe1+ 48. Kc2 Bf4 49.
Nxe4+ Ke5 50. Nc3 Qf2+ 51. Kb1 (51. Kb3 Qb6+) 51... Qd2 (51... Qe1+ 52. Kb2
Qf2+ 53. Bc2 Qb6+ 54. Ka1) 52. a4 Be3 53. Qg4 $1 {Protecting the Sc3
tactically and bringing the queen in for the kill.} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f4 $5 $146 (10. Bg5 {Tyomkin,D} Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4 Nc6
13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Nd2 (14. a4 $6 {[%csl Rb4]} Qc7 15. Nd2 Nb4) 14... b5 15. a3
Qc7 16. Nf3 Rfd8 17. Qd2 b4 (17... Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 (18... Qxb7 19. Nd5 $16 {
[%csl Rf6]}) 19. Rac1 (19. Nd5 $2 Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qh6 Qxe4 (21... Nc5
22. Nh4 Qxe4 23. Qxf6 Nd7 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Rg8 26. Nxd6 $16) 22. Qxf6 (22.
Nh4 Qf4) 22... Qg6 $17) 19... Qc4 20. Rfe1 $16 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 18. axb4 Nxb4
19. Bb3 (19. Bxb7 $5 Qxb7 20. Ra5 $14) 19... Bc6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Ne1 Ra8 22.
Nd3 Qb6 23. f3 h6 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Ra7 $14 {/= Kasparov,
G-Gelfand,B/It, Linares ESP 1997 (46)/1/2-1/2}) (10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 (11...
b5 {Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1997 (22);CBM59[Tyomkin,D]/1/2-1/2}) 12. a4
Qc7 13. Rf2 h6 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. Nc1 $14 {[%cal Gc1a2,Ya2b4,Yb4d5] Solozhenkin,
E-Saulin,D/RUS-ch Elista 1995 (40)/1-0}) 10... Bb7 11. Bd3 (11. Bf3 $5) 11...
Nbd7 12. a4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 (14. Bxb5 $5 Rxa1 15. Nxa1 Nxe4 (15...
Nc5 16. Be3 Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd3 $14) (15... Qa8 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Nb3
Nf6 18. Nd2 Rc8 $44) 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Nb3 Qa8 19. Qe2 Rb8 20. fxe5
(20. Bd3 Bxd3 (20... Bd5 21. Bc4) 21. Qxd3 e4 22. Qg3 d5 (22... Qd5) 23. Be3
Qc6 24. Nd4 Qd7 $11) 20... dxe5 21. Bd3 $13) 14... Qxa8 15. Bxb5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
Bxe4 17. Qe2 (17. Bxd7 $4 Bxg2+ 18. Kg1 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 (19. Kxf1 Qh1+ $17) 19...
Qa7+) 17... Bc6 (17... Nf6 $5 {[%cal Gf8c8,Ge4g2,Ge4c2]} 18. fxe5 (18. Bd3 Bxd3
19. Qxd3 e4 20. Qe2 d5 21. Be3 Qb7 $11 {[%cal Gf8a8]}) 18... dxe5 19. Bd3 (19.
Bg5 Rc8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 $15) 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21. Qg3 Qe4 $36) 18.
Bxc6 $14 {/=} Qxc6 19. Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4,Yc4e3,Ye3d5]} Qa4 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Re1
f6 22. Qd3 {[%cal Gc4e5]} Qc6 23. Ne3 Rc8 24. Bd2 Bf8 25. fxe5 (25. Bc3 exf4
26. Nd5 Ne5 27. Qf5 f3 28. gxf3 Qxd5 $5 29. Qxc8 Qxf3+ (29... Nxf3 $2 30. Qe6+)
30. Kg1 Qd5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. c3 Kf7 33. b4 h5 $132) 25... Nxe5 26. Qb3+ Kh8
27. Bc3 Nc4 28. Nxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 $11 {[%cal Gh8g8,Gg8f7,Gd6d5] _|_
Black has to play accuratly to make a draw and Boris showed exact way to get it
} 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. Rd4 Rc7 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke6 34. Re4+ Kf7 35. Ke3 d5 36.
Rh4 h6 37. Kd3 Bd6 {[%cal Gd6e5]} 38. Ba5 Rc8 39. h3 Be5 40. Rb4 g5 $1 41. Rb7+
Ke6 42. g4 h5 $1 43. Bb4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rc7 45. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 {In my opinion Anand prepared this move in his
preparation before the game according to a game Solozhenkin-Saulin were white
got a long pressure from the opening and won. But Boris knows this variation
very well and made good results against high level players,and for shure he
knew this game and has shown to Anand his home preparation in this line.} (10.
f4 {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1997 (44);CBM59/1/2-1/2}) 10... Bb7 11. f3
b5 $1 $146 (11... Nbd7 $6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Rf2 h6 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. Nc1 $14 {
[%cal Gc1a2,Ya2b4,Yb4d5] Solozhenkin,E-Saulin,D/RUS-ch Elista 1995 (40)/1-0})
12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 (14... Qc7 $5 15. c3 bxc3 16. Rc1 Nd7 (
16... c2 17. Rxc2 Qd8 18. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Gb3a5]}) 17. bxc3 (17. Rxc3 Qd8 $15 {
[%cal Gd7f6,Gf7f5]}) 17... Nb6 (17... f5 18. f4 $13) 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. a5 $13)
15. c3 (15. f4 $6 Nf6 {[%csl Rd5]} 16. Bc4 Rc8 17. Qd3 e4 18. Qd4 Ng4 $17)
15... bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bg1 Qc7 18. c4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 19. Nd2 {[%cal
Gd2b1,Yb1c3,Yb1a3]} f5 $6 (19... Bxd2 $142 20. Qxd2 Nc5 21. Rfb1 Ba6 22. Bf2 {
[%cal Gf2e1]} Rab8 $15) 20. Nb1 Nc5 (20... Ba6 $143 21. Na3 Rf6 22. Nb5 {
Black queen doesn't pass to >>}) 21. Nc3 Rf6 {[%csl Yd6]} 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Qc2 {
Black has some attacking chances on >>,and White can double his rooks on
b-file.In my opinion Anand was upset of opening results and offered a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Soylu, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b5 10. a4 b4 (10... Bb7 {is more popular continuation}) 11. Nd5 Nxd5
$6 (11... Bb7 $142 {Tyomkin,D} 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. fxe4
Nbd7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bxf6 (17. Bh4 $5 g5 18. Be1 Nxe4 (18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4
20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxd7) 19. Na5 Bd5 20. c4 bxc3 21. bxc3 $44 {[%cal Gc3c4] ^^})
17... Nxf6 18. Qe1 Nh5 19. Na5 Nf4 $11 {Hracek,Z-Votava,J/BL 1996/1/2-1/2 (42)}
) 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 (13. Rd1 $2 {Tyomkin,D} Be6 {Now black easily transfers
d6-d5} 14. Qd3 Rd7 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 15. Bf3 (15. Be3 Qc7 (15... d5 $2 16. Nc5)
16. f4 $6 d5) 15... Qc7 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. a5 Qc6 18. Rac1 d5 {Goloshchapov,
A-Tihonov,J/XII WYCF b18, Cala Galdana ESP 1996/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 13... Be6 14.
Qd2 $146 (14. Qd1 {Tyomkin,D} Rb7 $6 (14... Rd7 $142) 15. f4 $16 {Oll,
S-Piesina,G/Riga (zt) 1995;63/(219)}) 14... Rb7 (14... Rd7 15. Qxb4 d5 16. Bc5
Nc6 17. Qa3 $16) 15. f4 exf4 (15... Qc7 $5 16. f5 Bc4 $140 (16... Bxb3 17. cxb3
$16 {[%cal Ge2c4] <->c}) (16... Bd7 $142 17. Bd3 $40 {>>}) 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18.
Na5) 16. Bxf4 d5 17. e5 Rc7 18. Bd3 Qc8 19. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Ra6]} Nd7 20. Rac1
a5 21. Bb5 $6 {[%csl Ra5]} (21. Nxa5 $142 Qa8 (21... Nc5 22. Bb5 {=21.Bb5}) 22.
Nb3 Qxa4 23. Ra1 Qc6 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 (25... fxe6 26. Qh5) 26. Ra6 $16
) 21... Nc5 $2 (21... Qa8 $142 $14) 22. Nxa5 Qa8 23. Nb3 Nxa4 $2 (23... Nxb3
$142 24. cxb3 Rfc8 $16) 24. Ra1 $18 Ra7 25. Be3 Nc5 {[%tqu "En","Find a
winning continuation for white","you can't capture twice on 'c5' because your
Ra1 will be unprotected.Try to deorganize black pieces","","b5c6","",5]} 26.
Bc6 $1 Rxa1 27. Bxa8 Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Nxb3 29. Qa6 $1 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Qa5
Rc8 32. Bc6 $1 Nd7 33. Bxd7 (33. Ba4 $5 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ya5b4]} Nxe5 34. Qxb4)
(33. Bxd5 $2 Rxc2 34. h3 Rxb2) 33... Bxd7 34. Qxd5 Be6 35. Qd2 {The rest is
easy technical job} g6 36. h3 h5 37. Qxb4 Rxc2 38. Qd4 {[%csl Rd5]} Kh7 39. b4
Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rb1 41. Qc5 Rd1 42. b5 Rd5 43. Qb4 Rxe5 44. b6 Bd5 45. Qd6 (45. b7
Re2 46. Kg1 (46. b8=Q $4 Rxg2+ $11) 46... Rxg2+ 47. Kf1 Bxb7 48. Qxb7 $18 {
[%cal Gb7f7]} Rc2 $8 49. Qxf7+ Kh6 50. h4) 45... Rf5 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Rf2+
48. Kg1 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Be4 50. Qd7 Kh6 51. Qxf7 Rxg4 52. Kf2 g5 53. b7 Bxb7 54.
Qxb7 {theoretically winning ending Q:R+P} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 $14 Nd4 (12... Rc8 $1 13. c3 (
13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxd6 Rfd8 15. Qa3 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Nd4 $17 {Ftacnik}) (13. a5
Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nb4 15. Qxb7 Nxc2 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Qc6 Nb4 18. Qc3 Qd7 $15 {
Ftacnik}) 13... Bg5 {-12...Bg5[Vogt-Ftacnik, Trencianske Teplice 1979]}) (12...
Bg5 13. a5 (13. c3 Rc8 14. a5 (14. Nd2 {Ftacnik} Ne7 15. c4 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nc6
17. b4 Nd4 18. Rab1 f5 19. Bd3 f4 20. f3 g5 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. c5 g4 23. cxd6 gxf3
24. gxf3 $17 {Vogt,L-Ftacnik,L/Trencianske Teplice/1979/0-1 (57)}) 14... Ne7
15. Nb6 Rc6 16. Bg4 Nc8 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. h3 Bd8 19. Ra4 Ne7 20. Rb4 Rc8 21. Re1
$14 {Yudasin,-Schneider, Lyon 1994}) 13... Rc8 14. c4 (14. Bg4 Kh8 (14... Bh6
15. c3 (15. Nb6 {Ubilava,E} Rc7 16. c4 Bg5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Qe7 {/\ Bf6,
Nd4}) 15... Ne7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nb6 Rc6 18. Qg4 d5 $13) (14... Bxg4 {Ftacnik}
15. Qxg4 Bh6 16. Rfd1 $14) (14... Nd4 $146 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Gelfand,B/
Groningen 1996 (24)}) 15. c3 Bh6 16. Nb6 Rc7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qd3 Rcf7 (18...
Bg5 {Ubilava,E} 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Nc4 Rd7 21. Nc5 $18) 19. Rad1 (19. Nc4 {
Ftacnik} d5 20. Ne3 Bf4 $132) 19... Nxa5 20. Nxa5 Qxb6 21. Nc4 Qa7 (21... Qc5 {
Ftacnik} 22. b4) 22. Qe2 (22. Nxd6 $2 {Ftacnik} Rxf2) 22... b5 23. Nxd6 $14 {
Kamsky,-Short, Linares 1994}) (14. Nb6 {Ubilava,E} Rc7 15. c4 Bf6 {/\ Nd4})
14... Ne7 (14... g6 15. Qd3 f5 16. Bf3 Rf7 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Rad1 Be7 19. exf5
gxf5 20. Bd5 $14 {Vogt-Nicevski, Naleczow 1979}) 15. Nb6 Rc6 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. g3
Kh8 18. Ra3 Re8 19. Re1 Nf8 20. b4 g6 21. Nf1 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Ne3 Ng6 24.
Ned5 $16 {Vogt,L-Fedorowicz,J/Naleczow/1979/1-0 (39)}) 13. Nxf6+ $146 (13. Nxd4
Bxd5 (13... exd4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {-13.Nxf6}) 14. exd5 exd4 15. Bd3 g6 $10) 13...
Qxf6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd3 $6 (15. f4 Rac8 16. Bd3 {-15.Bd3} (16. b3 Rfe8 17.
a5 Bd7 18. Bd3 Bc6 $11)) (15. a5 $5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ga1a4] White can achive
advantage only if wins'd'-pawn,otherwise black hasn,t problems} Rac8 16. Ra4
Rc5 (16... Rfe8 17. f4 d3 18. Bxd3 Qxb2 19. Qb1 Qxb1 20. Rxb1 $16) (16... d3
17. Bxd3 Qxb2 18. Qb1 Qxb1 19. Rxb1 $16) 17. f4 Rfc8 18. Bd3 {now black rooks
stand not in a right line,like in the game} Bd7 (18... Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20.
Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Qd3 $16) 19. Ra3 $14) 15... Rac8 16. Qe2 (16. f4 Bc4 17. Rf2 $14)
16... Rfe8 17. Rae1 Bd5 18. b3 (18. f4 {[%cal Ge2h5,Ge4e5]} Bc6 19. Qh5 (19. b3
) (19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Qg5 21. Qf2 Re7 22. Bf5 Rd8 23. e6 f6 $13) 19... g6 (
19... h6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qe6 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Rf1 Qxf1+ 25.
Kxf1 $16) (19... Bxa4 20. e5 Qh6 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22. exd6 $14) 20. Qa5 Re7 $11)
18... Re6 19. Qg4 (19. Qh5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge4d5]} Re5 20. Qd1 Bc6 21. f4 Re6
$11) 19... Rce8 20. Re2 h5 $11 21. Qxh5 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24.
Qd5 Qe7 25. g3 Re2 26. Qxd4 Rxc2 27. Qd3 (27. Qd3 Qc7 28. Re1 Rc1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gutman} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. a4 (11. fxe5 {Gutman} dxe5 12. Bg5 {
stellt größere Probleme für Schwarz.}) 11... b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 $5
$146 (13... Bb7 {Tyomkin,D} 14. a5 Nd7 15. Ra4 Nf6 16. Rxb4 Bxd5 (16... Nxd5
17. Rxb7 Qxb7 18. Bf3 $18) 17. Rb6 Bb7 (17... Rfc8 $5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rbxf6
$6 Rd8) 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. fxe5 Rfc8 21. Qd4 Rxc2 22. Nd2 dxe5 23.
Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 $10 {Lutz -Shirov A/Frankfurt op/1996/}) 14.
c4 $5 (14. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 (14... e4 15. Nd4 exd3 (15... Bg6 16. Be2 h6 $8 17. f5
Bh7 18. Rf4 Bf6 (18... Nd7 19. Nc6 $16 (19. Rxe4 Nf6)) 19. Rxe4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4
Bxf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc8 23. Qg3 $16) 16. Nxf5 dxc2 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.
Qxc2 $13) 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Bd2 $1 (16. Be3 {Gutman Verdiente den Vorzug}) 16...
Rac8 (16... a5 17. c3 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rfb8 19. Nd2 $14) 17. Rac1 Qc4 (17... a5
18. c3 $16) 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Na5 Rd4 20. Bxb4 $1 Rxb4 (20... Rxd5 21. Nc6 Re8
22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Re6 25. f5 $18) 21. Nc6 Rxb2 (21... Rxa4
22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nf5 $1 exf4 24. Nxd6 $16) 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nf5 exf4 24. Nxd6
$14) 14... bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Ra2 $6 (16. Bd2 $1 Qc2 (16... Qc8 17. Rc1 Qd7
18. Ba5 $1 Rc8 (18... Bd8 $2 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. fxe5 Bg6 (20... dxe5 21. Nc5 $18
) 21. e6 $1 Qxa4 22. Rc4 $1 Qe8 23. Rc7 f6 24. Qc1 $1 $18) 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20.
fxe5 dxe5 21. d6 Bf6 22. Qd5 $1 Ra7 23. Nc5 $44) (16... Qb2 $2 17. Rc1 $1 (17.
Bc1 Qc3 18. Bd2 $10) 17... exf4 18. Bc3 Qa2 19. Rxf4 Bg6 20. Qd4 $18) 17. Rc1
Qxd1 18. Bxd1 Be4 $1 (18... Bd3 19. Re1 Bh4 (19... e4 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 f5
22. Nd4 Ra7 23. g4 $1) 20. g3 Bf6 21. Bb4 Rd8 22. Rc7 $44)) 16... Be4 $1 $15
17. fxe5 dxe5 {Weiß hat keine Kompensation für den Bauern.} 18. Bf3 $2 (18. Bb2
$142 Qh3 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Qh5 $15) 18... Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qc4 $1 $17 20. Rc2
(20. d6 Rd8 21. Rd2 Bf8 $17) 20... Qb4 21. Rd3 (21. a5 Rd8 22. Rd3 $17) 21...
Nd7 22. Rc7 $6 (22. d6 Bd8 23. a5 Rb8 24. Bd2 Qa4 25. Rc1 $17) 22... Qxa4 $19
23. Rg3 Rfd8 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Bh6 Bf8 26. Rg4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7.
Be2 e5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bg5 (12... Nd4 {
Short,N-Lautier,J/Wijk Hoogovens 1997/1/2-1/2/(28) Tyomkin,D}) 13. a5 Rc8 14.
Bg4 Nd4 $6 $146 {14...Bh6,14...Bxg4,14...Kh8-see my notes to the game
Short-Lautier,Wijk Hoogovens,1997} 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. f4 Bh6 (16... Bf6 $5) (
16... Bxg4 $2 17. Qxg4 Bf6 18. Qf5 $16) 17. Bxe6 $1 (17. Bf5 $6 g6 18. Qg4 Re8
$1 (18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Rxc2 20. Qd1 $1) 19. Rf2 (19. Nb4 Rc4) (19. Bxe6 fxe6
20. Nb4 Rc4 $17) 19... Rc5 $132) (17. Rf2 $5) (17. Nb4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rc4 $15 {
[%csl Rc2]}) 17... fxe6 18. Nb6 Rc5 {[%cal Gc5a5,Gc5h5]} 19. g3 $14 {Short
played strong in the opening and got advantage after new move of Gelfand} e5 $8
(19... d3 20. Qxd3 Rxa5 21. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Rh6]}) 20. f5 $6 {After this
"logical" move white misses the advantage,which was  achived by strong play of
Short} (20. b4 $14) (20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 dxe5 22. Qd3 $14) 20... Qc7 21. c3
(21. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 22. exd5 Qc5 $15) 21... Rb5 $11 (21... dxc3 $5 {Gelfand
didn't take a risk to accept a sacrifice,and choose a reliable continuation,
which leads to complicated ending, where black was not worse} 22. bxc3 (22. Nd5
c2) (22. Qb3+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7) 22... Rxc3 (22... Rxa5 23. Qb3+) 23. Nd5 (23.
Kh1 $5 Rc2 24. f6 $13) 23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Rc4 25. f6 $1 $44 (25. Qb3 Kh8 26. f6
gxf6 27. Qxb7 Bg7 28. Qxa6 Rxe4 $17 29. Nxf6 $140 $2 Rc4 $19) 25... Qd4 $1 (
25... Rxe4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. fxg7+ $44) 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rab1 $36) 22. Nd5 Qc4
23. Ra4 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. cxd4 (25. cxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Rxb2 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Gh6d2,Gd2a5]} 27. Rc4 Bd2 $15 {]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{From the beginning of the event, I had been feeling much more comfortable
with Black opening-wise, and my +1 score was still enough to tie for first
place, but probably not for too long. Thus I was in the mood for a lively game.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 ({Deviating from our game in Saint-Louis which went} 9. Qd3 {
allowing} Nc6 10. a3 d5 {which is a different story.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O
11. c4 b5 12. Nd2 (12. cxb5 axb5 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 $1 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16.
Qxb5 Qa7 {gives Black adequate compensation with a lot of activity on the
queenside as well as on the dark squares, say as soon as the dark-squared
bishop reaches b6.}) 12... Nc5 (12... Rc8 13. b4 $1 {and suddenly Black is
lacking a freeing move.}) 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. b3 Bxd5 (14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 {
is also playable and maybe the best option available to Black. But getting my
knight to d6 was too appealing to me.}) 15. cxd5 (15. exd5 $2 e4 {is obviously
wrong for White.}) 15... Ne8 16. O-O Nd6 17. a4 {A logical move to press on
the queenside, delaying any decision as to which pawns to attack. Here at
first I couldn't see a suitable plan to get activity as an immediate ...f5
would be too hasty, but as usual in these positions there is an unexpected
concrete option.} (17. Nf3 c4 $1 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Qc2 Bf6 {and Black gets his
counterplay in time.}) (17. Qc2 Rc8 18. a4 c4 19. axb5 cxb3 20. Qxb3 axb5 21.
Ra6 Bg5 $11) 17... Bg5 18. Nf3 Bf4 $1 {You wouldn't expect this bishop to be
stable on this square. Or in the words of Levon : "a very impressive move as
it looks so awful".} 19. axb5 (19. g3 f5 20. Qc3 (20. gxf4 $6 fxe4 21. Qe3 exf3
$15) 20... fxe4 21. Ne1 b4 $1 22. Qxc5 Bd2 {looks good for Black.}) 19... f5 {
Why not?} (19... axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. g3 f5 22. Nh4 fxe4 23. Qc3 Bg5 24. Qxc5
Qb8 {is fine for Black, but not more. I was already inclining towards pushing
my luck.}) 20. Nd2 Qg5 $2 {After pondering my decision for a while, I couldn't
evaluate the resulting position so I took the gamble. My mind was probably
influenced by the fact Vishy had missed the earlier idea with Bf4 and clearly
wasn't feeling comfortable, but I wouldn't have taken the gamble had I been
strong enough to realise I was going one step too far!} (20... axb5 21. exf5
Rc8 $1 {A nice move which had escaped my mind. Now Black is absolutely fine.}
22. Ra6 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 $11) 21. Rad1 $2 {A very strange attempt to keep
things under control in the centre, as it gives away the a-file.} (21. Nc4 $1 {
was the obvious reaction. I thought it would give double-edged play after} fxe4
22. Qh3 Nxb5 {but my knight getting to d4 is no help after} 23. Nb6 $1 Nd4 (
23... Rae8 24. Nd7 Nd4 25. Bc4 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Nxh2 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29.
g3 $1 Nxf1 30. gxf4 $18) 24. Bc4 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxh2 26. d6+ Kh8 27. Nxa8 Nxf1
28. Nc7 $18 {and Black is helpless against Ne6.}) 21... axb5 22. exf5 Ra3 $1 {
After a while, I found this excellent reaction allowing me to keep the fight
going.} (22... Ra2 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qh4 25. g3 Bxg3 26. Qxh4 Bxh4 27. Bxb5
{is just fine for White.}) 23. Ne4 (23. Qc2 c4 $5 (23... Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxb3 25.
Qxb3 Qxd2 26. Bxb5 Rb8 27. Qd3 {is just a draw.}) 24. bxc4 Rh3 $1 {was an idea
I had in mind. It seems to work better than I would have expected after} 25.
Nf3 (25. g3 Bxg3 $1 26. hxg3 (26. fxg3 $2 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Qxe2+ 28. Kxh3 Rf6 $19)
26... Nxf5 $1 27. Ne4 (27. Bg4 $1 {is the only defence but after} Qxg4 28. Qe4
Qh5 {(not the only move here) the attack keeps on going. A beautiful line is}
29. g4 Qg5 30. Qg2 Rh4 31. Nf3 Nd4 $3 32. Nxh4 (32. Rxd4 Rxf3 $19) (32. Nxg5
Ne2#) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Qxh4+ 34. Qh3 Qg5 $1 35. Rde1 Nf4 36. Qg3 Rf6 37. Re3
Rh6+ 38. Kg1 bxc4 {and Black definitely has the upper hand.}) 27... Qh6 28. Bf3
Nd4 29. Rxd4 Rxf3 $1 $19) 25... Qh6 $1 26. gxh3 (26. g3 bxc4 $1 27. gxf4 $2 e4)
26... Qxh3 27. Rfe1 e4 28. Bf1 Qg4+ $1 29. Kh1 Qxf3+ 30. Bg2 Qh5 31. h3 bxc4
32. Rd4 $13) 23... c4 24. Qc2 $4 {The pressure pays off, with Vishy clearly
having overlooked something. He probably wasn't too sure about his other
options and missed my obvious reply.} (24. Qf3 $1 Qh6 (24... Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2
Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. bxc4 Nc3 29. Rd2 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 bxc4 31.
Rxe5 Rd3 $11) 25. g3 Rxb3 26. Qg2 Bg5 27. f6 $1 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qg6 $1 (28...
Bxf6 29. Rb1 {makes White's life too easy; his Qe4 is just what the doctor
ordered to get enough counterplay and control of the position.}) 29. Qxg6 hxg6
30. Rb1 $1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Rc8 32. Bg4 Rb8 33. Be6+ Kf8 34. fxg7+ Kxg7 35. d6 c3
36. Bb3 {and the game peters out to a likely draw.}) (24. Qb1 {looks dangerous
but might be ok as well:} Bxh2+ (24... Qh6 $5 25. g3 Rxb3 26. Qc2 Nxf5 27. d6
$1 Qh3 28. Bxc4+ bxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Qe6 $1 {and White is hanging on by a
thread.}) 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Rxb3 (26... Nxe4 27. Qb2 Ra6 28. d6 $1 $11) 27.
Nxd6 $1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rf6 29. g3 Qh3 30. Rxb5 Rxd6 31. Bxc4 {is likely to end
in a draw.}) 24... Qxf5 {It is quite hard to understand what Vishy actually
missed.} 25. Qb2 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 cxb3 27. Nxd6 {Here I should still be careful
not to allow exchanges which would give White drawing chances. But my passed
pawn combined with attacking possibilities on White's king gave me enough
confidence to think I would win this game.} Qg6 28. Nxb5 e4 ({Vishy mentioned
to me this option after the game:} 28... Qc2 $1 29. Bd3 Qc5 $1 {and White's
knight cannot get back into play.} 30. d6 e4 31. Be2 b2 32. d7 Rd8 {is just
over.}) 29. d6 b2 {...e3 and ...Bc1 are two of the tempting options now on
Black's agenda.} 30. Nd4 {An interesting try which I missed. But I had enough
time on the clock to make sure everything worked out for me.} (30. d7 Rd8 31.
Bc4+ Kh8 32. Rfe1 Qc6 $19) 30... Qxd6 $1 (30... Bxd6 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Rb8
33. Rxd6 b1=Q 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Bf1 Rb8 {is also enough to win, especially as
White can't get his knight out in time:} 36. Nd8 Qf5 $1 37. Ne6 Qe5 38. Ra6 e3
$19) 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Bxh2+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2 $1 {Not the only winning move,
but definitely the most pretty. All Black's pieces are hanging, but White is
in the same situation and the b-pawn might decide the game in several cases.}
34. Ng5 $5 (34. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 35. Kxh2 Qd6+ $19) (34. Rxd6 Bxd6 $1 (34... Rxf1+ $4
35. Kxh2) 35. Rg1 Rc2 36. Bd5 e3 37. Ng5 Rc5 $1 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nxd6+ Rxd5 40.
Nc4 Rh5#) 34... Bg3 $1 {The threat of ...Qh6 forces White to throw in the
towel.} (34... Bg3 35. Rxd6 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Bxd6 {and the b-pawn is unstoppable.
}) 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 (9. a4 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bd3 f5
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bc4) 9... Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12.
Kh1 d5 13. e5 Ne4 (13... Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5 15. c4 Bg5 16. Nc5 Bxf4 17. Nxe6 {N
} (17. Rxf4 {- 30/481}) 17... fxe6 18. Nxf4 Qxd1 $1 (18... Qe7 19. Qd2 Rad8 20.
Qe3 Rd4 21. Rac1 $14) 19. Raxd1 Rf6 $1 20. Kg1 Raf8 21. Nh5 (21. g3 $6 g5 22.
Ng2 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nd4 $15) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 (22. Rxf1 $2 Rd8) 22... g6 23.
Ng3 Rf4 $1 $10 {/\ Kf7-e7, h5-h4} 24. b3 Kf7 25. h3 (25. Ne2 $5 Re4 26. h3 {
/\Kf2,Nc3} (26. Nc3 Re3 27. Rc1 Nd4 28. h3 Nd3 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 $15) 26... Nb4 $1
27. Rd2 Nbd3 $10) 25... Ke7 26. Ne2 Rf8 $1 (26... Re4 27. Kf2 Nb4 28. Nc3 Rf4+
29. Kg3 Rf8 30. Be2 $14) 27. Nc3 h5 $1 {/\ h4} 28. Be2 h4 29. Ne4 Rf4 30. Nc5
Nd4 31. Rd2 $6 b5 $1 32. Nxa6 bxc4 33. bxc4 Re4 34. Kf1 $1 Nf5 35. Nc5 Rf4+ 36.
Kg1 Ng3 $6 37. a4 Nxc4 38. Ra2 $1 $10 Na5 39. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Gurevich,
I/New York 55/262 1992}) 14. Bd3 (14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2
Karpov-Najdorf/Hastings 71/72 1971}) 14... f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 (16. Qe1
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf7 {= Balashov,Yury-Rashkovski/USSR
ch 1986}) 16... dxe4 17. Bxe4 $5 {Versucht Altunbewährtes zu verbessern.} (17.
Nc5 Bd5 (17... exd3 18. Nxe6 dxc2 19. Qxc2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 {= Tseshkovsky,
V-Tukmakov,V/USSR (ch) 33/(373) 1981}) 18. Nxe4 Bxb2 {= Jansa-Rashkovski/ 1980}
) 17... Bc4 $6 (17... Qxd1 {Ist dies zu einfach,zu langweilig,oder habe ich
etwas übersehen?} 18. Raxd1 Bc4 (18... Bxb2 19. Nc5 Bc4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 (20...
Bxa2) 21. cxd3 b5) 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Bxb2 21. d4 Bxd4 $5 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23.
Rxd4 g5 24. Rb1 Rxf4 25. Rxf4 gxf4 26. Rxb7 Rc8) 18. Bd6 $1 Bxf1 19. Qd5+ Kh8
20. Qh5 g6 21. Bxg6 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qd7 23. Nc5 Qg7 24. Bxf8 Qxg6+ 25. Qxg6 hxg6
26. Bd6 Re8 27. Rf1 Bxb2 28. Nxb7 {Aus den mit 17..Lc4?! beginnenden
Komplikationen resultieren schließlich hervorragende weiße Gewinnaussichten.}
Kg8 29. c4 Bd4 30. Kg3 Bg7 31. Rb1 Re3+ 32. Kf2 Bd4 33. Kf1 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Rc3
35. c5 Be3 36. Kf1 Nd4 37. Rb2 g5 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Bg3 Ne6 40. Nd6+ Kg6 41. Rb6
Bxc5 42. Rxa6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6 Kf6 44. a4 Ra3 45. Ra6 Kf5 46. a5 Nf4+ 47. Kf2 Ke4
48. Ke1 Ra2 49. Kd1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BEL-ch"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michiels, Bart"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
{Une variante mise en vogue grâce aux succès de Geller et Karpov. Dès la
sortie du Fou sur e6, les Blancs pourront envisager la poussée du pion vers f5,
pour entamer le siège des cases blanches, en particulier d5, ou lancer un
assaut а l'aile Roi via g4-g5. C'est pourquoi les Noirs ne se pressent pas de
roquer.} Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 {on pourrait aussi jouer tout d'abord} (10. a4) (
{ou} 10. Kh1) 10... Bc4 11. Be3 b5 {Avant d'avoir achevé le développement, un
coup très risqué.} (11... Nbd7 {était plus prudent.}) 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Na5 Qc8
14. Nd5 {Bart ne cherche curieusement pas а bousculer les pions ennemis.} (14.
a4 {s'imposait.}) 14... Nbd7 15. Nxe7 {J'aurais certainement préféré sacrifier
un pion ou deux, plutôt que d'échanger un tel Cavalier.} (15. a4 {ou 15.c4
étaient plus intéressants.}) 15... Kxe7 16. Qd3 ({Ici encore, il fallait
essayer} 16. c4) 16... Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ {Les position des Noirs se révèle
très favorable : les pièces adverses sont dispersées et le pion e4 vulnérable.}
18. Kh1 Rhc8 19. c3 b4 20. Nb3 Qb5 $1 21. Qg3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qc4 {L'édifice
s'écroule comme un château de cartes.} 23. Qxg7 {Cette prise ne fait que hâter
la fin.} Rg8 24. Qh6 {[#]} Qxe4 $4 (24... Rxg2 $1 {gagnait sur-le-champ.}) 25.
Qd2 Qh4 26. Rad1 Rad8 27. Kg1 $2 {Retour du compliment} (27. Rf3 {conservait
de bonnes chances de sauvetage.}) 27... Rxg2+ $1 {Une fois, mais pas deux !}
28. Qxg2 ({Si} 28. Kxg2 Rg8+ {et mat en trois coups.}) 28... Rg8 29. Qxg8 Nxg8
{L'avantage matériel, ajouté а la mauvaise position du Roi, doit assurer le
gain.} 30. Rd2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Nf6 32. c4 Qe3 33. c5 dxc5 34. Rg2 c4 35. Na5 Qc5
36. Nxc4 Qxc4 37. Re1 Qd5 38. Kg1 h5 39. Rge2 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Kg3 e4 42.
Kf4 Qd3 {Les Blancs abandonnent.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Yu,Yangyi"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 {Before the 11th and final round, our team was heading the table with a
1-point lead over Hungary. A draw in the final round against Poland would
secure us the gold medal. During the rest day preceding the 11th round, our
team spent a lot of time preparing. Both my opponent, the 1998-born Jan
Krzysztof Duda, had scored 8.5 points in the first 10 rounds and seemed in
good form. This was our second encounter of the year following our game at the
Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 {Trying not to run into any preparation. My
opponent usually plays 8.0-0 or 8.Be3 and must have expected me to prepare for
these two lines.} (8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. f3 (10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O Bxd5 12.
exd5 Ne8 13. f3 f5 14. a4 Bg5 15. Bf2 e4 16. fxe4 Ne5 17. Qd4 f4 18. Nc5 Nc7
19. Nd3 Bf6 20. Qb4 g5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Ra3 Ne8 23. Bg4 Qf6 24. Be6+ Kh8 25.
Qxb7 Ng7 26. Rb3 Qg6 27. Qb4 a5 28. Qd2 Qxe4 29. Re1 Qxa4 30. Rb7 Rab8 31. b3
Qa2 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Qd3 a4 34. bxa4 Qxa4 35. Bg4 Rb2 36. Bd1 Rb1 37. h4 gxh4
38. c4 Qa1 39. c5 Rc1 40. cxd6 Bxd6 41. Bd4 Qa8 42. Qa6 Qxa6 43. Re8+ Bf8 44.
Rxf8# {1-0 Duda,J (2553)-Goudriaan,E (2431)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2014/The Week in
Chess 1003}) 10... Bxd5 11. exd5 a5 12. c4 a4 13. Nd2 Qa5 14. O-O Bd8 15. c5 b5
16. c6 Nb8 17. b4 Qa6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bb6 20. Qd3 Qa7 21. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 22.
Kh1 Na6 23. Qxb5 Qxb5 24. Bxb5 Nc7 25. Bc4 Rb8 26. Rab1 Na8 27. Kg1 Rf8 28. Rf3
Kd8 29. Kf2 Rc8 30. Ba6 Rc7 31. Ke3 Re7 32. Rbf1 Nb6 33. Kd2 Rc7 34. Kc3 Re7
35. g4 h6 36. Rh3 Rg8 37. b5 Kc7 38. Kb4 f6 39. Ra3 Rh8 40. Bb7 Rg8 41. Rxa4 {
1-0 Duda,J (2411)-Givon,A (2340)/Olomouc CZE 2012/The Week in Chess 927}) ({
Almasi played 8.0-0 against me in Round 3:} 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 $5
11. a4 Na6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Nf1 Nc5 17.
Qe2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Ne3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. b3 Qe6 23.
Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rd1 e4 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qc4 Be7 27. Nc3 Qc6 28. g3 Bf8 29. Qd5
Qe8 30. Nc4 g6 31. Ne5 Kg7 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. Qxe4 Bd6 34. f4 Qe6 35. Qd4 f6 36.
Nf3 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Kf2 b6 39. Qd3 Bc5+ 40. Nd4 Qd5 41. c3 Qxb3 42. Kf3
g4+ 43. Kxg4 Qxa4 44. Kf3 Bxd4 45. cxd4 b5 46. d5 b4 47. d6 Qd7 48. h4 b3 49.
Qxb3 Qc6+ 50. Kg4 Qxd6 51. Qb7+ Kh6 52. Qa8 Qd7+ 53. Kf4 Qc7+ 54. Kf3 Kg7 55.
Qe8 Qc3+ 56. Kg2 Qc2+ 57. Kh3 Qf5+ 58. Kg2 Qd5+ 59. Kh2 Qa2+ 60. Kh3 Qf7 61.
Qa4 Qe6+ 62. Kh2 Qe2+ 63. Kh3 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qf5 65. Qe8 Qe5 66. Qd7+ Kg6 67.
Qd3+ Qf5 68. Qe2 Kf7 69. Qc4+ Kg7 70. Qc7+ Kg6 71. Qc4 Qf2+ 72. Kh3 Qf5+ 73.
Kg2 Kg7 74. Qc7+ Kh6 75. Qc6 Qe5 76. Qc4 Qd6 77. g4 Qd7 78. Qf4+ Kg7 79. g5
Qd5+ 80. Kf2 Qc5+ 81. Ke2 Qe5+ 82. Qe3 Qxe3+ 83. Kxe3 f5 84. h5 a4 85. Kf4 a3 {
0-1 Almasi,Z (2690)-Yu Yangyi (2668)}) 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 {I knew
10...Nc6 is the most frequently played variation, but I decided to choose a
line that keeps as many pieces as possible on the board to maintain the
tension.} O-O (10... Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Qxd6 Be7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 O-O
15. Qd2 Qxf2 16. Bc4) 11. O-O-O Be7 {I knew 12.Kb1 and 12.Nd5 are played often.
I think 12.g3 is also interesting.} 12. Kb1 (12. g3 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 12...
Nd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 {14...Qb6 and 14...Qb7 are the most frequently
played moves, but over the board I felt both moves unnecessarily slow down the
pace of Black's counterattack on the queenside. That's why I played 14...b5
straight away.} b5 (14... Qc7 15. Qc4 Qb6 16. Rhf1 Rfc8 17. Qd3) 15. Qb7 {
I had anticipated this logical response after 14...b5. White wouldn't allow me
to play ...Qc7 and ...Nb6 easily. However, I had already concocted a shrewd
plan to trap his queen after 15...Qb7.} Nf6 $1 16. f3 {Obviously my opponent
still hasn't seen through my plan. 16.f4 seemed stronger in my view and would
have given White an edge but Black should be able to hold.} (16. f4 $1 Qd7 (
16... Rb8 17. Qxa6 Nxe4 (17... Qc7 18. Qa5 Qb7) 18. Rhe1 $1 (18. fxe5 Rb6 19.
Qa5 Nf2 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Bxb5 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 Bc7 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd8d5]}) 18...
Qc7 19. Bf3 Rb6 20. Qa5 $14) 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. g3 $11 g6 19. c4 Rfb8) 16... Re8
$1 17. c4 $2 {Overlooking the plan of ...Bf8, ...Re7. He should have retreated
his queen to c6 now before it was too late.} (17. a3 Bf8 18. Qc6 (18. Rd2 Re6
$1 $17 {[%cal Gd6d5,Ge6b6]}) 18... Qb8 19. Qc3 Rd8 $13) (17. Qc6 Qb8 18. Qc3
Rc8 19. Qd2 Rd8 $13) 17... Bf8 $1 18. Qc6 $2 {I believe 18.c5 would have been
better. The position is more comfortable for White than the one that emerged
on the board.} (18. cxb5 Re7 19. Qc6 Rc7 20. Qb6 Rc1+ $19) (18. c5 Re7 19. Qc6
Rc7 20. Qb6 Nd7 $17) (18. c5 Re7 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. cxb6 Rb7 21. Rc1 Rxb6 22.
Rhd1 a5 $17) 18... Qb8 $1 19. Na5 Qa7 $1 $17 {A strong move that puts a finger
on White's problems: the vulnerable queen and the weak dark squares on the
kingside.} (19... Ra7 20. cxb5 Rc8 21. bxa6 Rxc6 22. Nxc6 Qb6 23. Nxa7 Qxa7 24.
Rc1 $13) (19... d5 $5 20. cxb5 (20. cxd5 Bb4 21. Nb7 Rc8 22. Qb6 Nd7 $19) 20...
axb5 $15 (20... Bb4 21. b6 Bxa5 22. b7 Ra7 23. Bxa6 d4 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Qb5 Bc3
26. bxc3 Qd6 27. cxd4 Rxa6 28. dxe5 Rb6 29. exd6 Rxb5+ 30. Ka1 Rxb7 31. e5 Nd7
$11)) 20. c5 (20. cxb5 axb5 21. b4 d5) 20... dxc5 21. Qb7 c4 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23.
Rc1 Rc7 24. Nb3 Rd7 25. Na1 Rd2 26. Rc2 Red8 $19 {Black has a large advantage
- he is a pawn up and generally has a better position.} 27. b3 c3 28. a4 bxa4
29. Bxa6 a3 30. Bb5 h5 31. h4 g6 32. Re1 Bb4 33. Rec1 Kg7 34. Ka2 Ng8 $1 {
A strong maneuver, threatening ...f5. Here I had calculated that the bishop
ending after 39...Nd4 would be winning for Black in the continuation that
eventually unfolded in the game.} 35. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 36. Rc2 Ne7 (36... f5 $5 37.
Rxd2 cxd2 38. Be2 fxe4 39. Nc2 exf3 40. gxf3 Be7 41. b4 Bxh4 $19) 37. Rxd2 cxd2
38. Be2 Nc6 39. Nc2 Nd4 $1 40. Nxd4 exd4 41. f4 d3 42. Bd1 Kf6 43. g4 hxg4 44.
Bxg4 Ke7 $1 {White's king cannot make any progress, whereas Black's monarch is
free to enter White's position on the dark squares and help his pawns promote.}
45. e5 Kd8 $1 46. f5 (46. h5 gxh5 47. Bxh5 Kc7 48. f5 Kc6 49. e6 fxe6 50. fxe6
Kd5 $19) 46... gxf5 47. Bd1 Ke7 48. h5 Kf8 49. Kb1 Kg7 50. Bf3 Kh6 51. Ka2 Kg5
52. Bd1 f4 53. Kb1 Kf5 54. Bf3 Kxe5 55. Ka2 Bf8 56. h6 Kf6 57. Bh5 Bb4 58. Kb1
f3 {A very beautiful final position. We have won the gold medal!
Congratulations and thanks to the entire team! Thank you!} 0-1

