[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 Bc7 13. Bc2 (13. Bxf5 Bxf5
14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 (16... a5 $5) 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qf5 Re8 19.
Rad1 Qd6 20. Bg3 {David,P-Barbero,G/Lazne Bohdanec (11)/1995/ 1-0 (34)}) (13.
Qc2 Nh4 $1 14. Nbd4 (14. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 15. Ng5 f6 16. Ne6 Re8 $19) (14. Nxh4 $5
Qxh4 15. g3 $14) 14... Bg4 (14... Nxd4 $6 15. Nxd4 Nxg2 (15... Ng6 16. Nf5 $14)
16. Kxg2 Qh4 17. Bxh7+ (17. Bf5 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh1+ 19. Ke2 Qh5+ $1 20. Kf1 $11
(20. f3 Re8+ $36)) 17... Qxh7 (17... Kh8 18. Bf5 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2
Qh5+ 21. f3 Re8+ 22. Be3 $18) 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nb5 Bd8 $13 {Smagin,
S-Velimirovic,D/YUG/1992/1|0/60/ (19)} (19... Bb8 $1)) 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qh5
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Be3 f5 19. f4 $8 Bf3 {Yandemirov,V-Kovalev,A/Minsk (06)/1995/
(21)}) 13... g6 14. Bxf5 (14. Bg5 f6 (14... Qd6 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bh4 $14) 15.
Bd2 (15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bh4 $14)) 14... Bxf5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qxd5
{as Ftacnik says and I fully agree with him this is what white must play since
if not black just gets a pair of bishop and big control over the white sqaure,
so if white gives his bishop he must take this pawn} (17. Nfd4 {Ftacnik
Inconsequent continuation, since grabbing the pawn was not that dangerous.
White thus remains without the white square B for no compensation and this
will bring his downfall.} Qe5 18. g3 (18. Nf3 Qd6) 18... Bb6 19. Bf4 (19. Qd2
Re8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Re1 Re4 $15) (19. Be3 $5) 19... Qf6 $36 {0-1 Kharlov,
A-Rublevsky,S/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 50/[Ftacnik] (41)}) 17... Be4 (17... Rd8 18.
Qb5 Qd7 (18... Ne5 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 f6 22. Be3 $16) 19.
Re1 a6 20. Qe2 $14) 18. Qd1 (18. Qb5 Bxf3 19. Qxb7 Bxg2 20. Qxc7 Bd5 $132)
18... Ne5 (18... Rd8 19. Qe2) (18... a5 $5 $44 {Chekhov} 19. Nbd2 Bd3 20. Qa4 {
[%cal Ga1e1,Ga4h4] when white just seems a pawn up to me}) 19. Nfd4 {this is
just a good move black's piece are on the "e" file right now so white can use
it to get control over that important file} Qe7 20. Qe2 f5 (20... Qh4 21. Bg5
Qxg5 22. Qxe4 $16) 21. f3 Bd3 22. Qe3 {well very simple so say now white
simply got a much better position out of the opening it means black find some
more critical things against 17.Qxd5 since if not maybe Nf5 is a bad move?!}
Bc4 23. f4 $6 {well this is not a mistake but well quite a bad move first it
cuts the "h6" bishop out of play here secondly it gives a way the "e4" square
for no reason when I believe white just wanted to exchange Queens but well a
solid move such as Bf4 or Re1 was better with big advantage for white} (23. Bf4
) (23. Re1) 23... Nc6 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Re1 (25. Nd2 {this is the correct move
now with still big advantage for white}) 25... Kf7 26. Nd2 $2 (26. Nf3 Ng8 $1
27. Ng5+ Kf6 28. Nxh7+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kf6 {and white has nothing better than a
draw}) (26. g3 $5) 26... Bd5 $2 {well the right was move was to take on "a2"
with simply no fear!!} (26... Bxa2 $1 27. b3 Nd5 {[%csl Rc3]} 28. c4 Bb6 29.
N2f3 Nf6 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 27. N2f3 $16 {and now again white is much better,
because now Ng8 does not work} Re8 $2 {well after this move black is just
losing} (27... Ng8 28. Ng5+ Kf6 29. Nxh7+ Kf7 30. Ng5+ Kf6 31. Bg7+ {this is
the trick!} Kxg7 32. Nde6+ {and winning}) (27... Bxf3 28. Nxf3 {[%cal Gf3g5]}
Ng8 $4 29. Ng5+ Kf6 30. Re6#) (27... Bd6 $16) 28. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} Bb8 (
28... Bb6+ 29. Kh1) 29. Ne5+ Kg8 (29... Bxe5 30. Rxe5 {[%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6,Gh6g5]
} Rd8 {the only way to keep all the material} 31. Bg5 Be6 32. Nd4 Rd6 33. Nxe6
Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Bxe7 Kxe7 {and this is the basic of chess pawns endgame
one pawn up for white is enough}) 30. Nd7 {[%csl Rb8,Rf6]} a6 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32.
Nxe8 axb5 33. Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 8204]} 1-0

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 9th"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. h4 g6 14. Qf3 f6 15.
exf6 Qxf6 16. Qg3 O-O 17. h5 e5 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. Bg5 Qxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Rxf2 21.
Kxf2 Nxc3 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Ra3 Bg4 24. Rg3 Rf8+ 25. Ke1 Bxh5 26. Be2 Nd4 27. Bd1
Nf4 28. Bxh5 Nxh5 29. Rgh3 Kg7 30. Kd1 Rf2 31. g4 Nf6 32. Ra3 Nxg4 33. Rg1 Nh6
34. Ra6 Nf7 35. Bh4 Rf4 36. Raxg6+ Kh7 37. Bf6 Nf5 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Kc3 a5 40.
R1g4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. e5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc5 14. Be3 Bxd4
15. Bxd4 Nd7 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rd3 Qb4 19. Rg3 g6 20. h4 Rfd8 21. h5
Nb8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Be3 Qxg4 24. Rxg4 Rd3 25. Kf1 Nd7 26. Bd4 Rd2 27. Nb1 Rd3
28. Nc3 Rd2 29. Nb1 Rd3 30. b4 Rd8 31. Rh4 Nf8 32. Bb6 R8d7 33. Nc3 Rd2 34. Re3
g5 35. Rg3 Ng6 36. Rxg5 Rxb2 37. Kg1 Rc2 38. Rh3 Kf8 39. Bc5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Moscow op 02nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.01.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. exd6
e5 9. O-O Bxd6 10. d3 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Qe7 12. Re1 f5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bb3 h6 15.
Bf4 Qe7 16. Na3 Kf8 17. Rad1 g5 18. Nc4 gxf4 19. Nxd6 Qf6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Nf7 Qf6 23. Nxh8 a5 24. Ng6+ Kg7 25. Nxf4 Qe5 26. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5
Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Rfe1 Qc5 18. Bd1 Bd7 19. Be3 Qxh5 20. Bxh5 Rad8
21. Rad1 Bc7 22. Bf3 Bc8 23. Nb3 Ne5 24. Be2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8
27. Bf4 Nc6 28. Bd6 Be7 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Nc5 Nf5 31. f4 Kf8 32. a4 Ke7 33. a5
Kd6 34. Ne4+ Ke7 35. Kf2 Bd7 36. Nc5 Bc6 37. Bf3 Bxf3 38. Kxf3 Nd6 39. b4 h6
40. Ke3 Kd8 41. Kd4 Kc7 42. g4 Kc6 43. c4 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. Nd3 f6 46. Nc5
e5+ 47. Kd3 Kc7 48. Na4 Kd7 49. Nc3 Ke6 50. b5 axb5 51. cxb5 Kd7 52. a6 bxa6
53. bxa6 Kc6 54. Nd5 Ne8 55. Nb4+ Kb6 56. Ke4 Nc7 57. Kf5 Kc5 58. Nc2 Nxa6 59.
Kxf6 Kd5 60. Kxg5 Nc5 61. h4 Ke4 62. h5 Nd7 63. h6 Nf8 64. Kh5 Nh7 65. Kg6 Nf8+
66. Kg7 Ne6+ 67. Kf6 Nf8 68. g5 Nh7+ 69. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
Bg5 e5 9. e3 Be7 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. a5 b5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5
15. Bf4 Qc5 16. a6 Rad8 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Rfc1 Qb4 20. e4 Ng4 21.
Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. Bb1 Nc4 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rd1 g6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27.
Ba2 Qd4 28. Bb1 Nxb2 29. Qxb2 b4 30. h3 bxc3 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Bc2 Bc4 33. Qb4
c5 34. Qb7 Qd2 35. Ba4 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2 37. e5 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 c2 39. Bxc2 Qc1+
40. Kh2 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozov, Grigory"]
[Black "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 b5 14. Qe2
Be5 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Bh3 Nb6 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Qc1 c5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc3 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Qh2 22. Bf1 Qxf2 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qf4 Nh5 25. Qc7 Qxf3 26. Qxc5 Qg4
27. Qxa7 Qxh4 28. Qc7 Ng3 29. Qxc4 Qf4 30. a4 h5 31. a5 h4 32. a6 Qe3 33. Nd5
Qf3 34. Qd3 Qf2 35. Rd2 Qg1+ 36. Rd1 Qa7 37. e5 Ra8 38. Qc4 Nf5 39. Qg4 g6 40.
e6 Qxa6 41. exf7+ Kg7 42. Qf3 Qa2+ 43. Kc2 Rc8+ 44. Nc3 Qa4+ 45. Kc1 Qc6 46.
Qd3 Re8 47. Rf1 Kxf7 48. Rg1 Qc5 49. Qd1 Re3 50. Kb1 Nd4 51. Rf1+ Nf5 52. Rg1
Ng3 53. Qd7+ Re7 54. Qd1 Qf2 55. Nd5 Re2 0-1

