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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД A09

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A09

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A09

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Дебют Рети: 1 Кf3 d5 2 c4
EN: Reti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4

Ходы

1. Кf3 d5 2. c4

Дебюты

Дебют Рети

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I think I was around 10 when I got the chance to play in a simul against
Vishy Anand. But I told my parents that I didn't want to be just another
"player" in a simul. I wanted to sit in front of him as a fellow player and
hold my own! I had to wait so many years for it...but it was so worth the wait!
} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 $5 {At the last moment I realised this was a
nasty surprise.} (3... f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 ({I once faced} 5... d3 6. Qa4+ c6
7. Qb3 e4 8. Nd4 f5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Ba3 $1 Qe7 11. g3 h5 12. f3 g6 13. fxe4 fxe4
14. Bg2 h4 15. Rf1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qf7+
Kd8 20. Qf6+ {and I won a nice game in (Adhiban-Raetsky 2016)}) 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7.
b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Bg4 9. Bxg8 Nd7 10. Qb3 Qe7 {Vishy managed to pull off an
amazing escape and drew this game!} 11. Bc4 a4 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Nb6 15. d3 f5 16. e4 f4 17. Kh1 Rd6 18. Rg1 Rh6 19. Nd2 Rf8 20. Nf1 Kb8
21. Bd2 Rh3 22. Be6 Rxf3 23. Kg2 Re3 24. Bg4 f3+ 25. Kh1 Re2 26. Rg3 Rxf2 27.
Kg1 Rg2+ 28. Rxg2 fxg2 29. Ng3 g6 30. Kxg2 h5 31. Be2 Bb4 32. Rf1 Bxd2 33. Qxd2
Rxf1 34. Nxf1 Qc5 35. Qb2 a3 36. Qb3 Qc1 37. Bd1 Nc8 38. Qc2 Qa1 39. Qd2 Nd6
40. b6 cxb6 41. Bb3 Qb2 42. Kh3 Nb5 43. Kh4 Nc3 44. Kg5 Qb1 45. Ng3 Qg1 46.
Kxg6 h4 47. Qg5 hxg3 48. hxg3 Qe3 49. Qxe5+ Ka7 50. Bc4 b5 51. Qc5+ Ka6 52.
Qxa3+ Kb6 53. Qd6+ Ka7 54. Qc5+ Ka6 55. Qd6+ Ka7 56. Qc5+ Ka6 57. Qd6+ {
1/2-1/2 (57) Caruana,F (2804)-Anand,V (2770) Leuven BEL 2016}) (3... Bg4 4. g3
Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Qb3 a5 7. b5 Nd7 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. Qc2 h5 10. d3 h4 11. f4 Nh6
12. Nd2 a4 13. Ba3 Ra7 14. Rb1 Be7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 O-O 18.
b6 cxb6 19. Rxb6 Ng4 20. O-O Nf6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Qb2 Nd7 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qxb7
Qd8 25. Qb2 Nc5 26. Qc2 Qa5 27. Rc1 Rb8 28. Qe2 h3 29. f5 exf5 30. Bd5 Qc3 31.
Rd1 Kf8 32. Qe5 Re8 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Rf1 Nxd3 35. Qd7 Rf8 36. Qxf5 Nb4 37.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Rf7 40. Qe8+ {1/2-1/2 (40) Caruana,F (2807)
-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis USA 2017}) 4. g3 $5 (4. e3 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 {
I wasn't entirely happy with White's compensation.}) 4... cxb4 5. a3 {Now we
are in Benko territory!} b3 {A solid alternative as playing the Benko a move
down could really be nasty.} ({From the other side I chose} 5... f6 $5 6. Bg2 (
6. e3 Nc6) 6... e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 a5 9. e3 Bc5 10. exd4 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4
12. Ra2 Nge7 13. Be3 Qd6 {(Kunte-Adhiban 2011) ended in a draw}) 6. d3 Nc6 7.
Nbd2 e5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 ({Another option was} 9... Bd6 10. Nxb3 O-O 11.
e3 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Be6 {with an equal game.}) 10. Nxb3 (10. Rb1 O-O 11. Rxb3 Nd7
$11) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 $5 {Getting rid of the knight which will influence the
fight for the light squares.} Rb8 12. Ne1 $1 Bd7 (12... Bg4 13. Nc2 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nb4 {with a nice position for White. (but the computer disagrees)})
13. Nc2 b5 {This felt wrong.} 14. Nd2 $1 a6 {This is bit slow.} 15. Nb4 $1 {
After this I manage to seize the intiative.} Nxb4 16. axb4 bxc4 (16... Bxb4 17.
Rxa6 Bc8 18. cxb5 $1 ({Also possible is} 18. Ra2) 18... Rxb5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Ra8 {and the fight will continue on the light squares.}) 17. Nxc4 Bb5 18. Nxe5
Bxb4 19. Rb1 {I liked this move provoking a5.} a5 20. Ng4 Rb6 21. Qc1 $2 {
This stupid move ruined everything :).} (21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bh6 Re8 {should be
fine for Black.}) ({Best was} 21. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Be4 $16 {
[%cal Gd1c1] with an attack for free!!}) 21... Qc8 $1 {Without the queens, it
will be difficult to capitalise on the intiative.} 22. Ne5 $6 ({The last
chance was} 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Bh6 Qxc1 24. Rfxc1 Re8 25. Bf3 (25. Rc7 Rxe2)
25... f5 26. Bf4 $14) 22... Qe6 $1 {The tables have changed dramatically, now
the hunter becomes the hunted!} 23. Nf3 (23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qc7 Rbb8 $15) 23...
Qxe2 24. Nxd4 Qxd3 25. Rd1 (25. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 26. Rd1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Bxc4 28. Nc6
Bc5 {I stopped here prematurely.} 29. Rd2 $1 {and it is a draw.}) 25... Qg6 26.
Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Qc6 Qf5 29. Be4 Qe5 30. Rd7 $1 Rc5 31. Qb7 g6 (
31... Rc3 {offered better chances.}) 32. Bd5 $1 Qf6 33. Rb3 Rc3 (33... Bc3 34.
Kg2 {is also fine.}) 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 36. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (36... Kf8
37. Bd5 Bd4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ $11) 37. Qc8+ Qf8 38. Qc4+ {The cleanest.}
Qf7 {This was my first ever encounter against the Madras Tiger...I was bit
disappointed about missing my chances but still it turned out to be an
entertaining game and I will look forward to our future struggles!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op-A"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 $6 {Among all the defences with reversed
colours Grünfeld does the best in this move order.} (4. d4 $1 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6.
c4 dxc4 {leads to a branch of the Catalan.}) 4... e5 5. O-O Be7 ({Avoiding} 
5... Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nfd2) 6. c4 (6. e4 d4 7. a4 g5 {and Black does not
particularly need a bishop on g4 like in the Averbakh.}) 6... d4 7. e3 Nf6 8.
exd4 (8. Re1 O-O 9. Na3 Bf5 10. exd4 exd4 11. Ne5 (11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 Re8 14. Qf3 Rxe5 15. Rxe5 Bg4 16. Qf4 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qa5 $1 {may well be
an improvement on Ghitescu-Lukacs,Lodz 1978.}) 11... Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bg4) 8...
exd4 9. Bg5 $6 {Directly going into what Polugaevsky made a bread and butter
choice with reversed colors in the Averbakh. Like in many of these structures
Bg5 is a move to define the opponent's pawn structure and once it is
established, the bishop sortie is not needed.} (9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5 (10. Bf4 Bd6
(10... h6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6) 11. Bg5 (11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13.
Rxe5 Qc7)) 10... Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bd6 12. Re1 Bg4 $13) (9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5
11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 $13) 9... O-O (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Re1+ Kf8 12.
Nfd2) 10. a3 a5 (10... h6 $5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nfd2 $1) 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Qc2 Qc7 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Re2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Bd8 $1 $15 {
The Averbakh with colours reversed!} 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Qd1 b6 {At some moment
Black should start expanding on the kingside.} (18... f5 $5) (18... g5 $5) (
18... g6 $5) 19. h3 $5 (19. h4 g6) (19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. Qe2 Qe7 $1 $15) 19... f5
20. Nh2 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qe5 22. Bd5+ Kf8 23. Qd1 $1 {Despite avoiding the
exchange of queens White is not in good shape.} g6 {Cautious!} (23... g5) 24.
Nhf3 Qe8 25. Nh2 Kg7 26. Ndf1 g5 (26... Bc7 27. f4 $1) 27. g4 fxg4 $1 {Black
gets f4 and h4 and does not give the g4-square to White's knight.} (27... Bc7
28. gxf5 $1 Ne7 29. Be6) 28. hxg4 Bc7 29. Be4 Bf4 30. Qe2 a4 31. Ng3 {This
exchange is unavoidable:} (31. Kg2 Ne5 (31... Qe5 $5) 32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. fxg3 (
33. Kxg3 $2 Ng6) 33... Nf7 {like in the game.}) 31... Bxg3 32. fxg3 Nd8 $1 (
32... Ne5 $2 33. Bf5) 33. Qf3 Nf7 34. Kf2 Nd6 35. Bd5 Qe5 $1 {Queens should be
exchanged on f6} ({but not} 35... Qf8 $2 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Nf3 Bxg4 38. Bc6
$11 (38. Ne5)) 36. Nf1 Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 38. Bf3 (38. Nh2 Nf7 39. Nf3 Bxg4 40.
Bxf7 Bxf3 41. Be8 Bd1 $19) 38... Nf7 39. Be2 Ne5 $19 {Triumph of Black's
strategy!} 40. Nd2 $5 (40. Nh2 b5 $19 {wins a pawn.}) 40... Nxg4+ 41. Bxg4 Bxg4
42. b3 axb3 43. Nxb3 Bd7 44. Nd2 g4 $5 (44... Bf5 45. Ke2 h5 46. a4 h4 47. gxh4
gxh4 48. a5 bxa5 49. Nb3 h3 $19) 45. Nb3 (45. Ne4+ Ke5) 45... h5 46. Nc1 Bf5
47. a4 (47. Ke2 Kg5 $19) 47... Ke5 (47... Kg5 $19) 48. Ke1 Bd7 49. Ne2 Be8 $5 {
Too profound!} (49... Bxa4 50. Nf4 Be8 51. Nd5 b5 52. Nc7 b4 53. Nxe8 b3 54.
Kd2 h4 $19) 50. Kf2 (50. Nf4 h4 51. Nd5 h3 52. Kf2 h2 53. Kg2 Bc6 $19 {is the
main idea behind Black's bishop manoeuvre.}) 50... Bxa4 $19 51. Nf4 Be8 52. Ng2
Bf7 53. Ke2 Kf5 54. Nh4+ Kg5 55. Kd2 Be8 56. Ng2 Bc6 57. Nh4 b5 58. cxb5 Bxb5
59. Ng2 Bc6 60. Nh4 Kf6 61. Ke2 c4 $1 {Paralyses the knight and collects the
point.} 62. dxc4 Be4 63. Kd2 Ke5 64. Kc1 Kd6 (64... d3 $19) 65. Kb2 Kc6 $1 {
Black triangulates and gives White the move} (65... Kc5 {in the critical
position.} 66. Kb3) (65... Kc6 66. Kb3 (66. Ka3 d3) 66... Kc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Subasic Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Zenica"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dumpor, Atif"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game has an interesting story. 8th was supposed to be the arrival day for
the tournament. However, when they have changed it into the first day of the
tournament it caused me some difficulties. The night before the game I had to
bring my father to a cardiologist, then I have entered home as late as 1.00 a.
m and did not have a perfect sleep due to a noisy night by my 1,5 months old
son of mine VV. I had to wake up as early as 7.00 go to the airport which is
in the other side of Istanbul wait for my flight. Then came more bad news, the
flight was delayed for an hour. So after all these I came having my luggages
in my hands right to the game. Organizers asked me if I wanted to postpone the
game, I have said no. After all I did not play a tournament for 2,5 months and
I was thirsty.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 $5 {An interesting move which I have
already played.} 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 (4. d4 c6 $5 {Avoiding the Neo-Gruenfeldt
since any c4 could be captured now.} 5. O-O Nf6 $11) 4... dxc4 $5 {This is in
the spirit of Gruenfeld. I remember that Tukmakov has experimented with it in
the mid 80's.} (4... d4 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Ne7 7. b4 a5 8. b5 c5 9. bxc6 Nexc6 $13
{is another way to handle this opening for Black.}) 5. Qa4+ (5. Na3 c5 6. Qa4+
(6. Nxc4 Nc6) 6... Nc6 7. Qxc4 Qb6 $13) 5... Nc6 6. Qxc4 h6 $5 {This turns out
to be a novelty. However it is a very natural move in my opinion.} (6... e5 $6
7. Ng5 Nh6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nc3 $16 {is annoying.}) 7. O-O ({is not in the
style of these people.} 7. d4 $6 Nxd4 (7... Be6 8. Qa4 Qd7 $132) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 (
8... Qxd4 9. Qxc7 Qd7 10. Qc4 $13) 9. O-O c6 $17 {and it is difficult to say
what white has in return for the sacrificed pawn.}) 7... e5 8. d3 Nge7 9. Nc3
O-O {In principle I like these kind of Dragon positions for the other side.
The hole on d4 and backward e pawn gives Black an easy game.} (9... Be6 10. Qa4
) 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Bc5 Re8 12. Rfe1 Ncd4 13. Rac1 {Draw offer} c6 14. Nxd4 $6 {
A conceptional mistake. His black squared bishop is a troublemaker.} (14. Bxd4
exd4 15. Ne4 Nd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Qa4 a5 $15) 14... exd4 15. Ne4
Be6 16. Qc2 Bd5 (16... b6 17. Ba3 Bd5 18. b4 a5 $17) 17. a4 b6 18. Ba3 a5 19.
b3 c5 $17 {By simple play Black has taken over the intiative.} 20. Rb1 Ne7 $1 {
Probing the weaknesses in the e line.} 21. Bh3 (21. e3 Nc6 $17) 21... Nc6 22.
Rbd1 (22. Nd2 h5 23. Nc4 Bh6 $17) 22... Ra7 23. Nd2 h5 $1 ({I did not find a
decent continuation after} 23... Rae7 24. Nc4 Bf3 25. Bf1 Re6 26. Qd2 $17) 24.
Nc4 Bh6 25. Bc1 Nb4 26. Qb1 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Rae7 (27... Na2 $2 28. Qd2 Nc3 29.
Ra1 Rae7 30. e4 $11) 28. Qd2 h4 $1 {Black has to open the kingside in order to
prove his advantage.} 29. Bg4 $1 {This good defensive move has confused me.} (
29. gxh4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Re5 $19) 29... f5 30. Bf3 Bxf3 $2 $138 {Finally fatigue
started to effect me. Giving the killing punch in a strategically won position
is always the most difficult part of our game.} (30... h3 $1 31. e4 $5 dxe3 32.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 33. fxe3 Rd8 34. d4 Qc6 $19 {is the way.}) 31. exf3 h3 {Now we have
entered the most interesting part of the game. Obviously Black has the
advantage, but the shuttered pawn structures combined with the possibility of
queen dives makes things really difficult to appreciate in advance.} 32. Rxe7
$5 {White has to play some exact moves to equalize.} (32. Kf1 Kg7 $1 (32... Qd5
$6 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Kf7 (35... Nxd3 36. Qe2 $1 $11 {
is the tactical move which I have missed in many of the coming lines.} (36.
Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Qf7 $17)) 36. Qe2 (36. Qe5 Qxe5 37. Nxe5+ Ke6 38. f4 g5 39.
Ke2 gxf4 40. gxf4 Nd5 41. Kf3 $11) 36... g5 37. Ke1 $11) 33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. Re1
Qxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 g5 $1 {Important to get this one in.} (36...
Nxd3+ $2 37. Ke2 Nc1+ 38. Kd2 $16) 37. Ke2 (37. Nxb6 $2 Nxd3+ 38. Ke2 Ne5 $19)
(37. Kd2 Nd5 $17) 37... Nd5 38. Kd2 Kf6 $15) 32... Rxe7 $2 {I was to much
relying on the possibility of Qd5.} (32... Qxe7 33. Kf1 Kg7 $1 (33... Qb7 34.
Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Nxd3 36. Qe6+ (36. Qe2 Nc1 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Ne5 Qg7 39. Nd7
$11) 36... Kh7 37. Nd6 Qxf3 38. Qe7+ $11) 34. Re1 Qxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1
g5 $15) 33. Kf1 (33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Nxd3 35. Qe2 Nb4 (35... Nc1 36. Qe6+
Kg7 37. Ne5 Qf6 38. Qd7+ $11) 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Ne5 Qf6 38. Qd7+ Kg8 $11) (33.
Qh6 $2 Qe8 34. Qxh3 Nxd3 35. f4 Re2 36. Rf1 Ne1 37. g4 Qe4 $19) 33... Qd5 34.
Qf4 $2 {A nervous and empty move. These people who are very nervous and unable
to calculate during a game usually they like some pseudo active moves and they
like to die in an epic way.} (34. Re1 Re6 35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. Qe2 Kf7 37. Qxe6+
Kxe6 38. Ke2 Nd5 39. f4 $11 {There is nothing wrong for White in the knight
ending especially if Black could not bring g5 in.}) 34... Kg7 (34... Qe6 35.
Qd2 Qc6 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Kf8 $11 {is too tiny probably amounts to
nothing.}) 35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Re6 37. Nc4 g5 $1 {At least I could have
thrown this one in.} (37... f4 38. g4 (38. Re1 Rf6 $5 $36) 38... Kf8 (38... Kf7
39. Nd2) ({or} 38... Kf6 39. Nd2) 39. Re1 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 Nxd3+ 41. Ke2 Nb4 42.
Nxb6 Ke7 43. Nc4 Nc6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Ke4 g5 46. Na3 Ne5 47. Nc4 Nxc4 48. bxc4
$11) 38. Rd2 {Signs of a misjudgement of the current position.} (38. Re1 Kf6 (
38... Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 Nxd3+ 40. Ke2 (40. Kd2 Nxf2 41. Nxb6 g4) 40... Nb4 41.
Nxb6 $11) 39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 40. Ke2 Nd5 41. Kd2 $15) 38... Kf6 39. Nb2 $6 {
Misplacing his best piece Nc4 temporarily.} (39. Rd1 $142 $15) 39... Nc6 $1 40.
Re2 $4 {The final touch!} (40. Nc4 $1 Ne5 41. Nxe5 Rxe5 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Kxe2
f4 44. g4 Ke5 45. Kd2 Kd5 46. Kc2 Kc6 47. Kb2 b5 48. axb5+ Kxb5 49. Ka3 Kb6 50.
Ka2 ({Even} 50. Ka4 {does not lose.} Ka6 51. Ka3 Kb5 52. Ka2 Kb4 53. Kb2 a4 54.
bxa4 Kxa4 55. Ka2 Kb4 56. Kb2 c4 57. dxc4 Kxc4 58. Kc2 d3+ 59. Kd2 Kd4 60. Kd1
Kc3 61. Kc1 $11) 50... Ka6 51. Kb2 $11) 40... Ne5 $19 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Nf3
$1 {Now the white pawns fall like ripe apples.} 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Nc4 (44. Ke2
Nxh2 45. f3 Ng4 $1 $19) 44... Nxh2+ 45. Kg1 Nf3+ 46. Kh1 (46. Kf1 Ne1 $19)
46... Ne1 47. Nxb6 Nxd3 48. Nc4 Nxf2+ 49. Kh2 d3 50. Kg3 Ne4+ 51. Kxh3 d2 52.
Ne3 Nf2+ 53. Kg2 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Musat, Adrian"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. d3 $5 c5 $6 ({I have to learn about} 3... Nc6 4. g3 e5 5.
Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5) 4. e3 $1 Nc6 5. exd4 cxd4 6. g3 {Now we have a Benoni with
a tempo up for white.} g6 {I have just wanted to gain some more practice in
fianchetto systems.} 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 $6 {This retreat
is too early.} (10. Re1 $142) 10... a5 11. b3 e5 $1 {Now we have a regular
Benoni with fianchetto and Na3.} 12. Ng5 $2 {This is a bad idea.Usually if e4 
(or e5) happens in Benoni of this type white or black goes for Bg4 (or Bg5 in
our game) in order to secure bishop and knight trade.} (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6
Qxf6 14. Nd2 Bf5 $13) 12... Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Be6 16. Rb1
Qd7 17. Bd2 (17. b4 f5 18. Bg2 e4 $17) 17... Bf5 $1 {The star move in the game.
f5 will come only after the bishops exchange.} 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. f3
f5 $17 21. Qg2 Kh7 $1 {I did not want to win the exchange since this would
give him an equal game.Now I had to show some patience.} (21... e4 $6 22. fxe4
Ne5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Nxd4 Qxd3 25. Be3 Ng4 (25... Nxc4 $2 26. Qd5+ Kh7 27.
bxc4 Rxe3 28. Ne6 $16) (25... Rad8 26. Rbd1) 26. Qd5+ Kh7 27. Ne6 Qxd5 28. cxd5
Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd4 30. Rbe1 Bxe3+ 31. Rxe3 $44) 22. Re2 {White changes strategy
and plays for defence rather than an offensive plan connected with a3,b4.} (22.
a3 Nd8 $1 (22... e4 $5 23. fxe4 Ne5 $44) 23. f4 Nf7 $17) 22... Nd8 $1 {An
important maneuver.} 23. Rbe1 Nf7 {Knight can not travel to c5.} (23... Ne6 $2
24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 $44) 24. Bc1 Ra6 25. Bb2 Rae6 $17 {Black has much more
space and his pieces do have more scope.} 26. Na3 Bf8 27. Nb5 Bb4 28. Rf1 Bc5
29. Kh1 $138 Ng5 30. Bc1 $1 {Believe or not I did not see that.} Nf7 $5 (30...
e4 $5 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Qh3+ (33. dxe4 d3 34. Ree1 g4 $40) 33...
Kg7 34. Rxe4 Qc6 $40) 31. Bd2 $6 {The bishop belongs to the other diagonal in
my opinion.} (31. Bb2 Kg7 $17) 31... b6 32. Rfe1 h5 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. Rfe1 R8e7
35. a3 Nd6 $1 36. b4 $2 (36. a4 Nf7 $17 {and whites only counter with b4 is
taken out.}) 36... axb4 37. axb4 Nxb5 38. bxc5 Nc3 {White is lost with his
heavy artillery suffocating.} 39. Bxc3 dxc3 40. f4 $2 {The notorius 40th move.
White spoils everything.} (40. cxb6 $1 Qxd3 $1 (40... Rxb6 $2 41. Qf2 Rd6 42.
Qc5 Rxd3 43. Rxe5 Rxe5 44. Qxe5+ $132) 41. c5 Qd5 {After this black has a win
in both lines,with or without fe4.} 42. Rb1 (42. Qf2 e4 43. Kg1 Rc6 44. Rb1 Rb7
45. Rb5 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qd3 47. Rb3 Rxc5 $19) 42... Rb7 43. Qf2 Rc6 44. Rb5 e4 45.
fxe4 fxe4 46. Kg2 Rf7 47. Qe3 Qd3 48. Rb3 Rxc5 49. Qxe4 Qd1 $19) 40... e4 $1
$19 {Now black is using whites weak first rank with full effect.} 41. dxe4 (41.
cxb6 exd3 $19 {and black comes first.}) 41... Rxe4 (41... Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Rxe4
43. Rc1 Qd2 $1 44. Qg1 bxc5 $19 {white's pieces is stalemated.}) 0-1

[Event "Continental op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2001.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 Nh6 $1 {
I like GM Granda Zuniga's novelty from 1996.} 8. Be3 Qd8 ({I was pondering
about what could be the best place for my queen.} 8... Qd7 {comes into
consideration.}) 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. d4 Bg7 11. d5 cxd5 $6 ({The best seems to me
} 11... Qb6 12. Qd2 Bf5 $15) (11... Qd6 {Zvjaginsev-Granda Zuniga,Pamplona
1996.} 12. Qd2 Qg6 13. Bd3 Qxg2 14. O-O-O Qg5 15. f4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxf4+ 17.
Kb1 $44) 12. cxd5 Bf5 $6 {Very risky, most likely anything is better.} 13. Bb5+
Kf8 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 $1 {This surprised me but only after I
have understood that balack is worse.} hxg6 17. Qb3 $1 Rb8 18. Rad1 Qc7 $14 19.
d6 $6 {This brings back equality in the game.} (19. Ne4 Kg8 $14 (19... Be5 $2
20. f4 $1)) 19... exd6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Rfe1 Bf6 22. Nxf6 (22. Qf3 $6 Bxb2 {
risky but most likely works.} (22... Kg7 23. Qxf6+ Qxf6 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rxd6+
Kg7 $11) 23. Re7 Rh7 24. Rb1 Be5) 22... Qxf6 23. Qb4 Rd8 24. Qxb7 Kg7 25. b3 {
Ambitious.} (25. Qxa6 Qxb2 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Qxd6 Re8 $1 $11) 25... d5 $1 26.
Rxd5 $4 {This move makes the game interesting.} ({After the boring} 26. Qe7 {
only a draw may be expected.}) 26... Rhe8 $1 $19 27. Red1 (27. Rdd1 Qc3 $1 28.
Kf1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qd3+ 30. Kg1 (30. Re2 Re8) 30... Qe2 31. Qb4 Rd1 $19) (27.
Rf1 Re7 $1 $19) 27... Re2 28. f4 (28. Rf1 Re7 $19) (28. f3 Qg5 $1 $19) 28...
Qxf4 29. Rf1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 (30... Qf2 31. Rg1 Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Noyabrsk Fakel Jamala"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "2003.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Farakhov, Rafail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 a6 4. Nxc4 b5 5. Ne3 Nf6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Qb3 c6 13. d4 Nbd7 14. Rd1 Qb8
15. Ng5 Nd5 16. Qd3 Bxg5 17. Nxd5 Bxc1 $5 (17... cxd5 18. Bxg5 Rc8 {also
deserved attention here.}) 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rxc1 Qd6 20. Nxc6 Rc8 21. Qxb5 Nb8
22. b4 Bxc6 23. Rc5 g6 ({After} 23... Qd7 24. Qc4 h6 25. b5 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Rxc5
27. dxc5 Qxb7 28. c6 {White keeps an edge.}) 24. Qc4 Kg7 25. Qc3 Bxg2 26. Rxc8
Bb7 27. Rc7 Qd5 $2 ({A decisive mistake.} 27... Bd5 {was essential.}) {[%tqu
"En","White has a terrific position. How to harvest it?","Exploit a shaky
position of the black bishop and an unfortunate placement of the enemy king.",
"Try to deflect the black king.","e2e4","This efficient pawn move wins
immediately.",5]} 28. e4 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gc3,Gc7,Gd4,Rd5,Ge4,Rg7] A nice winning
move. Black loses his bishop.} Qxe4 (28... Qb5 {falls short of} 29. d5+ Kg8 (
29... e5 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Qe7) 30. dxe6 {, winning.}) 29. d5+ $1 {[%csl Rb7,
Gc3,Gc7,Rg7] winning the bishop and the game.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 (5... b3 6. Bg2 (6. Qxb3) (6.
d3 Nc6 7. Nbd2) 6... Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 a5 9. Qxb3 a4 10. Qd1 (10. Qb2 $5)
10... Bc5 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. Nc2 O-O $15 {Dizdarevic,E-Ionescu,Co/
Kavala Balkanlad/1994/0,5/76/}) 6. Bg2 (6. Bxa3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 (7... g6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. O-O Nh6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nc2 Qc8 13. Nb4 Nxb4 14. Bxb4 $44 {
Larsen,B-Portish,L/Palma de Mallorka(izt)/1970/}) 8. Qa4 Bxa3 9. Qxa3 Nf6 10.
Bg2 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Qxa3 12. Rxa3 Nd7 {Arsovic,Z-Nikolic,M/Cheljabinsk/1989/0,5/})
6... Nc6 7. Bxa3 (7. O-O e5 8. d3 Nf6 9. Qa4 $5 Bd7 10. Bxa3 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Qe7
12. Nfd2 Be6 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. N1d2 Qxa3 15. Rxa3 $14 {Rashkovsky,N-Godes,D/
Daugavpils/1978/}) 7... e5 8. Bxf8 (8. Qa4 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 (9. Qxa3 e4) 9... Bd7
10. d3 Nge7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfb1 $44) 8... Kxf8 9. d3 g6 10. O-O Kg7 11. Nbd2
Nge7 12. Qa4 Qc7 13. Rfb1 Rb8 14. Ne1 h5 15. h4 Bg4 16. Ndf3 Rhe8 17. Nc2 Nc8
18. Nb4 (18. c5 b6 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Qa6 $13) 18... Nb6 19. Qa3 Nxb4 20. Rxb4
Nc8 21. Qb2 b6 22. Ng5 Nd6 23. Qa3 $6 (23. Rb1 Bd7 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 $15)
23... a5 24. Rb2 Bd7 25. Rab1 $6 (25. Ne4 Nb7 26. Rab1 $15) 25... b5 $17 26.
cxb5 Rxb5 27. Qa2 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Re7 29. Rc2 Qd8 (29... Qb6) 30. Qd5 Nb5 31. Ne4
a4 32. Bh3 a3 33. Bxd7 Qxd7 34. Qb3 Qe8 35. Ra2 (35. Rc5 Ra7 36. Qa2 f5 37. Ng5
Nc3 38. Qc4 $132) 35... Rc7 36. Qb4 Qc6 37. Kh2 Qd5 38. Qb1 (38. Ra1 Rc2 $19)
38... f5 39. Ng5 Nc3 $19 40. Qb6 Rb7 41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Qa6 Qxe6 43. Qxb7 Qxa2
44. Qb8 Qf7 45. Qh8+ Qg7 46. Qa8 Qe7 47. Qh8+ Ke6 48. Qg8+ Kd7 49. Qxg6 a2 50.
Qa6 Qb4 51. Qa7+ Kc6 52. Qa8+ Qb7 53. Qa5 Qb6 54. Qa3 Qb1 55. Qa6+ Kc5 56. Qc4+
Kb6 (56... Kb6 57. Qe6+ Ka7 58. Qe7+ Ka6 59. Qe6+ Qb6 60. Qc4+ Ka5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Bayern 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Milov, Leonid"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nuernberg SC NT 1873"]
[BlackTeam "Hof SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. b4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Bxa3 Nc6 8. O-O
e5 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. d3 g6 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rfb1 h6 14. Ne1 Bg4 15.
Ne4 Re8 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe2 $17) 16. Qa3 Bxe2 17. Nd6 e4 18. Nxe8+ Qxe8
19. Rb2 Bg4 20. dxe4 Ne5 21. Qc5 Nc6 22. f3 Be6 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Qb5 a6 25. Qa4
Qe7 26. f4 Nc5 27. Nxc5 Qxc5 28. Qa3 Qxa3 29. Rxa3 Bxc4 30. Kf2 a5 31. Rb6 Rd8
32. Ke1 Ba6 (32... Rd7 $142) 33. Kd2 Rc8 34. Ra1 Nb4 35. Rc1 Rd8 (35... Rxc1
36. Kxc1 Nd3+ 37. Kd2 Nc5 $10) 36. Rc5 $1 $16 a4 $4 37. Rxb4 a3 38. Ra4 Rd6 39.
Rxa3 Rb6 40. Ra2 Rb3 41. Rxa6 bxa6 42. Bf1 a5 43. Rxa5 Rb2+ 44. Kd3 Rxh2 45.
Kxd4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 $1 (3. e3 $10) 3... Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nd7
7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc2 O-O 9. e3 Bf6 10. exd4 exd4 11. b4 Nde5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4
a5 14. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 15. b5 Bd6 16. Bd5 Bc5 17. Qf3 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Re4 h5
20. Nxd4 Bg4 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Rbd8 23. Nb3 Bd6 24. Re4 Bf3 25. Rh4 Bg4 (
25... g5 26. Bxf3 gxh4 27. Nxa5 Bb4 28. Nxb7 Rxd3 $16) 26. Nxa5 Be5 27. Rxg4
hxg4 (27... Bxa1 28. Rf4 $16) 28. Rd1 Ra8 29. Nxb7 Bd4 30. c5 Rfe8 31. b6 Re5
32. Bb3 cxb6 33. c6 Rf5 34. Rd2 Rf6 35. Rc2 Rc8 36. Bd5 Rc7 37. a4 Kf8 38. Kg2
g6 39. f3 Rf5 40. Be4 gxf3+ 41. Bxf3 Be5 42. Rc4 {/\ d4 +-} Bf6 43. Nd6 Ra5 44.
Nb5 $18 Rxb5 45. axb5 Be5 46. d4 Bd6 47. Ra4 Rc8 48. Ra2 Bc7 49. h4 Ke7 50. g4
Rd8 51. Ra7 Kd6 52. h5 Rg8 53. Kf2 Re8 54. Ra1 Rf8 55. Ke3 Re8+ 56. Kd3 Rg8 57.
Rf1 Ke6 58. Bd1 Ke7 59. Bb3 Rf8 60. Ke4 f5+ 61. gxf5 gxh5 62. Rg1 Re8 63. Be6
Kd6 64. d5 h4 65. Rg7 h3 66. Rd7+ Kc5 67. Rxc7 Rh8 68. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf Petrosian-Kortschnoj+1-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1971.07.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Na3 Nc5 11. Nc2 a5 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Ba3 Qb6 15.
Bxc5 (15. Nd2 $1 Nxd3 $2 16. Ne4 Nxe1 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 $18)
(15. Nd2 Be7 $14) 15... Qxc5 16. Nd2 Qb6 $1 (16... Be7 17. a3 Bd7 18. Rb1 Qb6
19. b4 $1 $16) 17. a3 Qc7 18. c5 (18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 b5 21.
cxb5 Ne5 $1 $10) 18... b5 $1 (18... Rb8 19. Nc4 $1 $16) 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Nc4
Qc7 21. b4 Rb8 $5 (21... Bb7 22. b5 Ne7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. a4 $14) 22. Nxa5 (22.
Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxa5 Qc3 $44) 22... Nxa5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Nb4 Bb7 25. Nc6 Bxc6
26. Bxc6 Rfc8 27. Be4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Varga, Z."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. a3 a5 4. e3 c5 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1
g6 9. Bf1 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Rb1 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Nxb3 e5 15.
Qe2 h6 16. g3 Qc7 17. Bg2 Nb6 18. Nc5 Ra5 19. Nxb7 Bxb7 20. Qb2 Ra6 21. c5 Na4
22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Nxc5 24. Rc7 Nxd3 25. Rd1 e4 $2 (25... Nxc1 $17 26. Rxc1
Nd8) 26. Bf1 $1 Rb6 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. Rxd3 Rd8 29. h4 Bf8 30. Bf4 Ra8 31. Ne5
Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Bd6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34. Rc4 Rda6 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Condie, Mark L"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ {Une suite tranquille qui ne pose pas trop de
problèmes aux Noirs} Nc6 {[%cal Ge7e5]} (3... Nd7) (3... c6 4. Qxc4 b5 5. Qc2
Bb7 6. d4 e6 {Transpose sur une Slave}) 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Qxc4 Nf6 (6...
e5 {[%csl Gd4]} 7. Ng5 Nh6 $13 {Markowski,T (2568)-Shirov,A (2746) Rubinstein
Memorial 37th 2000 (3) 0-1}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O (8. d4 $142 {Transpose dans une
Grunfeld} Be6 {Pachman,L (2515)-Kiffmeyer,C (2320) GER-chT N 7778 1977 (4.1)
0-1}) 8... Nd7 9. d3 Nb6 10. Qh4 {[%cal Gc1h6]} e5 $1 {Pare la menace Bh6} 11.
Bg5 f6 12. Bh6 g5 $1 13. Qh5 Be6 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge6f7]} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15 15.
h4 h6 16. Nh2 Bf7 (16... Qd7 {[%csl Gg4]} 17. Be4 Bf7) 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. hxg5
hxg5 19. f4 Be6 $1 20. f5 Bd5 21. e4 $2 {[%csl Rd3]} (21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5
Qc5+ 23. Kg2 Qxd5+ 24. Nf3 $11 {Et les chances sont réciproques}) 21... Bf7
22. Nf3 Rh8 23. Nxg5 Qc5+ 24. d4 Qxd4+ 25. Rf2 fxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kf8 27. Nd5 $2 (
27. f6 Rg8 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Rd1) 27... Nxd5 28. exd5 Nb4 29. d6 cxd6 30. Qf6
Rh7 31. Raf1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. e3 {Hou Yifan plays the Benoni as black, and
now she has an extra tempo; but that doesn't mean she has any kind of
advantage.} Nc6 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 Nd7 {A solid approach,
which makes sense consdering the tempo deficit.} 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Rb1
a5 12. b3 Rb8 {Somewhere around here Black must have gone wrong as White's
a3-b4 pawn push was obvious and effective.} 13. Re1 Re8 (13... f6 14. a3 Nb6
$13) 14. a3 Qc7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Nfxd4 $5 {Hou Yifan plays a strong
idea! This tactically works and puts Black in trouble.} exd4 18. Bf4 Nce5 19.
Nxd4 {Black is very tied up.} bxc4 (19... g5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22.
cxb5 {gives Black good hope of stopping the pawns, but White is better.}) 20.
Nc6 $1 c3 21. Qa4 (21. d4 $18) 21... Rb6 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Be6 24. Rbe1
Bf6 25. R5e3 Rf8 26. b5 Qd6 27. d4 c2 28. Be4 Bd5 29. Qxc2 $2 (29. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5
30. Re8 {is surprisingly hard to deal with. The backrank is too weak.}) 29...
Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxb5 31. Re8 g6 32. Qc4 Qd5 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rc1 Qxc4 35. Rxc4
{The endgame is closer to a draw than a White win.} h5 36. Kg2 Rb3 37. Nb4 Kg7
38. Nc2 h4 39. Kf1 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Rd1 41. Kf3 Rd2 42. h3 Rd3+ 43. Kg4 Rd2 44. Kf3
Rd3+ 45. Kg2 hxg3 46. fxg3 Kg8 47. h4 Kg7 48. Kh3 Be7 49. Ne1 Rb3 50. Rc6 Bf6
51. Rd6 Re3 52. Nc2 Rd3 53. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O d4 (5... e5 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. Ng5 b5
(7... Nd7 8. Bxd5 Qxg5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qxc6 $18) 8. cxb5 Ne7 9. Nc3 $14 {
Kovacevic}) 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5
Ng4 (11... Nd7 $5 $10) 12. Bf4 (12. Bxb7 Nxf2 $1) 12... Bd6 13. h3 (13. Bxd6
Qxd6 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. h3 (16. f4 Ng4) 16... f5 $36 {/\ f4}) 13...
Nf6 (13... Bxf4 14. hxg4 Bd6 15. Nd2 {/\ Ne4,f4-f5}) 14. Bg5 (14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
Nd2 Rb8 $10 (15... Bf5 $5)) 14... h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 Kh8 (
17... Qxd3 $4 18. Ne4 $18) (17... f5 $5) 18. Ne4 Be7 19. f4 Bd7 20. Kh2 Rae8
$15 21. Nf2 Bd8 22. Qf3 (22. Bxb7 Qb6 {/\ Qb2}) 22... Bc8 (22... Bc6 23. Qg4) (
22... b6 23. Qb7) 23. Qd5 Bb6 (23... Re3 $2 24. Rxe3 dxe3 25. Qxc5) 24. a3 Re3
25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Ng4 Be6 (26... Bxg4 27. hxg4 Qxg4 28. Re1 Re8 (28... e2 29.
Bf3) 29. Qxf7) 27. Ne5 (27. Qxb7 Qxd3 {/\ e2,Bc4}) (27. Qd6 Rd8) 27... Bxd5 28.
Nxg6+ fxg6 29. Bxd5 Ba5 30. Bf3 g5 31. Kg2 $6 (31. b4 Bb6 32. Re1 gxf4 33. gxf4
Rxf4 34. Bxb7 (34. Rxe3 cxb4 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Be4+ (36. Kg3 Bc7) 36... Rxe4 37.
Rxe4 bxa3 38. Re2 Bd4 $19 {/\ Bb2}) 34... Rf2+ 35. Kg3) 31... gxf4 32. gxf4
Rxf4 33. b4 cxb4 $6 (33... Bb6 $5 34. Re1 cxb4 35. axb4 Bd4 36. Bxb7 Rf2+ 37.
Kg3 h5 $1 {/\ g5,Be5}) 34. axb4 Bxb4 35. Rxa7 b6 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Re8 Bc5 (
37... Bd2 38. Re6 Rf6 39. Be4+ Kg8 40. Rxf6 gxf6 (40... e2 41. Rf1) 41. Kf3 Kf7
42. d4 $10 {/\ c5}) 38. Re4 $1 $10 Rxe4 (38... Rf7 39. d4) 39. Bxe4+ g6 40. Kf3
Kg7 41. Bc6 Kf6 42. Bd5 (42. Be8 $1) 42... Kg5 (42... g5 43. Bc6 h5 44. Bd7 g4+
$140 45. hxg4 h4 46. g5+ Kxg5 47. Bh3 $10) 43. Bf7 h5 44. Be8 Kf6 45. Ke2 Kg7
46. Kf3 Kh6 47. Ba4 Kg5 (47... g5 48. Bd7) (47... Kg5 48. Be8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch16 Alekhine-Euwe +10-4=11"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.11.27"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 c6 8.
Be3 Qd7 9. d4 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. a4 Rad8 15.
a5 Qc7 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 Ra8 19. Rfa1 e6 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 (20...
Rxa8 $143 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Qa3 Bb7 23. b4) 21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 (22...
Bxc3 $2 23. d6 $3 Qxd6 24. Qxc3 Bxf3 25. Bh6 $16) (22... exd5 $1) 23. Qc4 exd5
24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qe5 26. Rb1 Na4 27. b3 Nb2 28. Qc6 b5 29. Bf4 Qe6 30.
Qxb5 Qe4 31. Rc1 Nd3 32. Qc4 Qe2 33. Rf1 Nxf4 34. Qxf4 Qb5 35. Qf3 Rb8 36. Rb1
Qa6 37. Rd1 Qa3 38. Rb1 Qa2 39. Qd3 Bd4 40. Rf1 Qb2 41. Ne7+ Kf8 $1 $8 (41...
Kh8 42. Nc6 Bxf2+ 43. Rxf2 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qxc6 45. Rxf7 $18) (41... Kg7 42. Nf5+
$1 gxf5 43. Qg3+ $18) 42. Nc6 Bxf2+ 43. Kh2 $1 (43. Kh1 $143) (43. Rxf2 Qc1+
44. Qf1 Qxc6 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rf3 $13) 43... Re8 (43... Rb7 44. Qf3 Bb6 45.
Nd8 $18 {->}) 44. Qf3 Re2 45. Nd4 Rd2 46. Ne6+ Ke7 47. Nf4 Qd4 (47... Bd4 48.
Qb7+ Ke8 49. Nd3 Be5+ 50. Kh1 Qd4 51. Qxf7+ $18) 48. Kh1 Ra2 (48... Bh4 49.
Qb7+ Qd7 (49... Kd6 50. Qb8+) 50. Qb4+ Ke8 51. Ne6 $1 Be7 52. Qb8+ Bd8 53. Nxd8
Qxd8 54. Qe5+ Qe7 55. Qh8+ Kd7 56. Qxh7 Rf2 57. Rd1+ Kc7 58. Qh8 {Alekhine})
49. Ne2 Ra1 50. Qb7+ Kf6 51. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 52. Kh2 Bg1+ 53. Kg3 Bf2+ 54. Kf3 Bxd4+
55. Ke4 Rd1 56. Qd5 (56. Qc6+ $142 Kg5 57. Qc2) 56... Ke7 57. g4 h5 58. gxh5
f5+ 59. Kf3 Rd3+ 60. Ke2 Re3+ 61. Kd2 Re4 62. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Match Keres-Euwe +6-5=3"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1940.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1939.12.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 (3. Qa4+) (3. Na3) 3... c5 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6.
b3 b5 $6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. a4 $1 Qb6 $2 (9... bxa4 10. Rxa4) (9... b4 {
>< c4}) 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8+ Bxa8 12. Na3 Bc6 13. d4 $1 e6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nd4 {/\ 16.Nc6, 17.Bb5} Bxd4 (15... b4 $2 16. Nc4) 16. Qxd4 Qb7 $2 (16... Qxd4
17. Bxd4 b4 18. Nc2 Bd5 {-/+/=/+ Varnusz}) 17. Qb4 (17. Qd6 $2 Bxg2) 17... Nd5
(17... Bxg2 18. Nxb5 {/\ 19.Nd6 +-}) 18. Qd6 Ne7 (18... N7f6 19. Qxc6+ Qxc6 20.
Bxb5 $18) 19. Rc1 (19. Bxg7 $2 Nf5 $19) 19... b4 (19... h5 20. Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 21.
Rc7 Qb8 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Ba3 Nf5 24. Rc8#) 20. Nc4 Nf5 21. Qf4 Bxg2 (21... Bd5
22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qxd6 {/\ 24.Ba6, 25.Rc8 +-} Qb8 24. Qxb8+ Nxb8 25. Rc8+ $18)
22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qxd6 {/\ 24.Rc7! +-} (23. Qxd6 Kd8 24. Bxg7 Bh1 25. Bf6+ Ke8
26. Qe7#) 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Nc6 5. Nxc4 f6 6. Bg2 {>= e3, d4} e5 7.
O-O Nge7 8. d3 Be6 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. f4 (11. Ne3 Qd7 12. Nc3 Nb6 13.
b3 Nd4 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Rc1 {Kashdan-Nimzowitsch/Bled/1931/}) 11... f5 $1 (11...
exf4 $143 12. gxf4 f5 13. Ng3) 12. Ng5 $6 (12. Nc3) (12. Nf2) 12... Bxg5 13.
fxg5 O-O 14. e4 $6 {Weakening his pawns} (14. Ne3 $5) 14... Ndb4 15. exf5 Rxf5
$1 (15... Bxf5 16. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 17. Be4) 16. Rxf5 (16. Be4 $2 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1
Bxc4 18. dxc4 Qd4+) 16... Bxf5 17. Ne3 (17. Be3 $1 {Tal}) 17... Qd4 $1 $17 18.
a3 Nxd3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 $2 (20. Bd2 $1) 20... Rb8 $19 21. Qxc6 Nxc1 22.
Qf3 Bg4 $1 (22... Qxb2 23. Nxf5 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Qxa1+ $19) 23. Qf2 Nd3 24. Qd2
Rxb2 25. Rf1 g6 26. Bd5 Bf5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch03 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1924.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 a5 4. Bb2 axb4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. g3 Bf5 11. Bg2 Bc5 12. O-O O-O 13. e3 Ra5 14. a3 bxa3 15.
Qc3 Bb6 16. Bxa3 c5 17. Bb2 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Qe7 19. f3 Rd8 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
Qxe4 22. Qb3 Ng4 23. Rf4 Qe6 24. Qb2 f6 25. Nc3 Ne5 26. Qc2 g5 27. Rf2 Nd3 28.
Rf1 Nb4 29. Qb2 Nd3 30. Qb3 Nb4 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Qxd5 33. Qc3 Qxd2 34.
Qxf6 Qxe3+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 g4+ 37. Kxg4 Qe4+ 38. Rf4 Qg6+ 39. Qxg6+ hxg6
40. h4 Ba5 41. Rf6 Rd6 42. Kg5 Rxf6 43. Kxf6 Kh7 44. g4 c4 45. g5 Kg8 46. Kxg6
Be1 47. h5 Bd2 48. h6 c3 49. Kf6 c6 $2 (49... c2 $1 50. Kg6 c1=Q 51. h7+ Kf8
52. h8=Q+ Ke7 $10) 50. Kg6 c5 51. Kf6 c4 52. Kg6 Kh8 53. h7 Be1 54. Kf7 Bh4 55.
g6 Bf6 56. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Stern, Rene"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[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 "Empor Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. exd4 exd4 6. g3 h6 7. a3 a5 8. Bg2 Nf6
9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. b3 Bf5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ne4 Bg6 15. Bb2
f5 16. Ned2 Bf6 17. Rxe8+ Bxe8 18. Ne1 Nc5 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Nf1 g5 21. Bc1 Qd6
22. Rb1 Na6 23. Qd1 Rb8 24. Nc2 Ne7 25. Bg2 b5 26. Bd2 a4 27. b4 Kg7 28. Be1
Ng6 29. Nd2 c6 30. Rc1 g4 31. Nf1 Nc7 32. Bd2 Bd7 33. Ne1 h5 34. cxb5 cxb5 35.
Rc5 Na6 36. Rd5 Qe6 37. Nc2 Bc6 38. Nxd4 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 Qc6+ 41.
f3 Ne5 42. Ne3 Nxf3 43. Nxf5+ Kh7 44. Re4 Re8 45. Qa1 Re5 46. Nd4 Qd5 47. Nxf3
gxf3+ 48. Kf2 Rxe4 49. dxe4 Qxd2+ 50. Kxf3 Qd6 51. Qb1 Qf6+ 52. Ke3 Qg5+ 53.
Kf3 Nc7 54. Qd3 Qf6+ 55. Ke3 Qc6 56. e5+ Kg7 57. Qd6 Nd5+ 58. Kd3 Qc3+ 59. Ke4
Qc4+ 60. Kf3 Qd3+ $4 (60... Qf1+ 61. Ke4 Qe2+ 62. Kxd5 Qc4#) 61. Kf2 Qe3+ 62.
Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kg1 Qe3+ 64. Kg2 Qe4+ 65. Kf2 Qf5+ 66. Ke1 Ne3 67. Qe7+ Kh6 68.
Qd6+ Kg5 69. Ke2 Nc4 70. Qd8+ Kh6 71. Qh8+ Qh7 72. Qf6+ Qg6 73. Qh8+ Kg5 74.
Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. d3 (4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. d3 a5 7. b5 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Ne7 $10 {Smejkal,J-Spassky,B/Amsterdam/1973/}) 4... Bg7 5. g3 e5 6.
Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 (8... a5 9. b5 Nd7 10. a4 $14) 9. Nb3 Nd7 10. a4
Nf8 11. b5 Rb8 12. a5 b6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ra7 h6 15. e3 $6 (15. Ne1 $5 Be6 16.
Nc2 Qd7 17. Nb4 $14) 15... dxe3 16. fxe3 Be6 17. Ra4 (17. Bb2 $2 e4 $15) (17.
Ne1 $2 Bxc4 $17) 17... c6 18. bxc6 Nxc6 $10 19. d4 (19. Nfd2 Qd7) 19... b5 (
19... exd4 $5 20. exd4 (20. Nbxd4 Na5 21. c5 (21. Bd2 Bd7 $15) (21. Nxe6 Nxe6
$15) 21... Bd7 $15) 20... b5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 $15) 20. cxb5 Rxb5 21. Nfd2 Na5 22.
Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Nb3 $6 (24. dxe5 $15) 24... Qa4 25. d5 (25. Nc5
Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Bg4 $19) 25... Bg4 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Qb2 Bf5 (27... Rb8 28. Nc5 Qa7
29. Qa3 $1 $8 (29. Nb3 Qb6 $19) (29. Qc3 $2 Rc8 30. Ba3 (30. Qb4 Be2 31. Re1
Qxc5 $19) 30... Nd7 $17)) (27... Nd7 $5) 28. Nd2 Bd3 29. Qb7 Qd7 (29... Bxf1
30. Qxc8 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 e4 $10) 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Re1 f5 $6 (31... Bf8 $5 32.
Be4 (32. Bf1 e4 (32... Nc5 $15) 33. Bxd3 exd3 $40) 32... Bxe4 33. Nxe4 f5 34.
Nf2 e4 $17) 32. e4 $8 Bf8 33. Bf1 Bc2 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Bh3 Bc5+ 36. Kg2 Bd3
37. Nf3 Bd6 $10 1-0

[Event "Prague Masters 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Duda,Jan Krzysztof"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Prior to this game, I had had a teribble 0.5/3 against Victor, and obviously
wanted a revenge.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 {Probably it couldn't come much as
a surprise, because I have started with the Nf3-c4 move order quite often, and
even played 3.b4 twice myself. Nevertheless my opponent slowed down, boosting
my confidence a bit.} Bg4 4. Qb3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 c6 (5... e5 $6 {feels entirely
incorrect. After} 6. Qxb7 Nd7 7. g3 (7. a3 $5) 7... Rb8 8. Qxa7 Bxb4 9. Bg2
Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 {Black didn't have much for a missing pawn, 1-0 (28)
Howell,D (2689)-Tregubov,P (2588), Douglas ENG 2018.}) 6. g3 e5 {[#]} 7. b5 $1
$146 {One of the key ideas. Firstly White doesn't lose time to protect his
hanging pawn, and secondly this move is creating good prospects on the
diagonal h1-a8 for the light-squared bishop, the one which doesn't have
opposition.} Nf6 8. Bg2 Be7 {There are many ways for Black to develop pieces,
but in all cases White should be a bit better.} 9. d3 (9. O-O {was perhaps a
touch more accurate, not fearing} e4 10. Qf4) 9... O-O (9... Qa5+ {This is an
extra option after I played 9.d3.} 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. a4 $5 O-O 12. Ra2 {is what
I was going to play and it's good enough for a minimal edge}) 10. O-O $14 a6
11. Nd2 (11. bxc6 $1 {is more accurate than the text.}) 11... Qc7 (11... axb5
$1 {This is the only way for Black to get some active piece play. Apparently
we both thought that White is somewhat better here, but as usual the engine
disagrees:} 12. cxb5 Qc7 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nc4 {this was my idea with '+=', but
} Rfd8 $132 {Black also has his own play, one plan being Nd5-Nc3, probably
with dynamic equality.}) 12. bxc6 Nxc6 {[#] Here I was pleased with my
position, but couldn't find a satisfying way. Eventually I went for the useful}
13. h4 {with likely g4-g5 to come.} ({Now I can't really recall why I rejected
the 'self-playing' move} 13. Rb1) ({or the less sophisticated} 13. g4 {,
either way White is slightly better.}) 13... Rab8 14. Rb1 Nd8 15. Ne4 {Now it
seems is a proper time to play Ne4, with Black having his knight on d8, where
the exchange of knights looks less appealing for Black.} Nd7 16. Bg5 $1 {
[#] Kind of a disturbing move.} f6 (16... Re8 {Now f5 is no longer an option.})
17. Bd2 f5 {Otherwise the weakness of the light squares may tell...} 18. Ng5
Kh8 (18... h6 $2 19. Qh5 $1 $16 {and the knight is taboo, and White's storm is
coming.}) 19. g4 ({I was quite tempted to play} 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21.
Bd5+ Nf7 {but couldn't find a good follow-up.}) (19. e3 $5 {was an interesting
alternative suggested by Victor after the game. It looks sensible to open up
the position with the bishop pair.}) 19... f4 {A good move, which stops
White's offensive. However, it has the positional drawback that it weakens
light squares and the evergreen e4-square. Well, in bad positions, you often
have to choose between bad or worse... Now the game becomes a pure positional
one, with a lot of maneouvres.} 20. Ne4 Ne6 21. g5 Ndc5 22. Nxc5 (22. Qg4 $5
Nxe4 $140 $4 23. Bxe4 Nc5 24. Bxh7 $1 $18) 22... Nxc5 23. Bb4 {[#] Exchanging
Black's only active piece!} b6 $6 (23... e4 $1 {This would have been a huge
shock for me!! What's more, Victor saw this move, but had a bad idea behind it.
} 24. dxe4 b6 $5 $44 {It's very mysterious that the computer likes so much the
positional pawn sacrifice... Times clearly have changed!} (24... d3 $2 {
was Victor's creative idea, but unfortunately it is not worth two pawns. After}
25. exd3 Rbd8 26. Rfd1 Ne6 27. Bc3 Bc5 28. e5 $1 $16 {White is clearly for
preference, but Black is not dead lost yet obviously.})) 24. Qc6 $1 Qa7 (24...
Rfc8 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 {and here I even have a choice what kind of endgame I want
to play.}) 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qe6 {I was a bit disappointed that I had to move
my nice queen, because I wanted it to be exchanged on b7! I knew, however,
that this was not very likely to happen, and clearly the best setup for White
is to have Be4-Qf3!} (26. Be4 $6 Qe7 {and queen is cut.}) 26... Rbe8 (26... Qe7
{was an offer to play the endgame, which was a very depressing one for Black.
We both weren't really sure if it is a win or a fortress, but hardly anyone
would be willing to trade queens. Now with some help of computer I dare to say
the endgame is indeed winning for White, here are some sample lines:} 27. Qxe7
Bxe7 28. Be4 Bc5 (28... f3 $2 29. exf3 Rf4 30. a4 $1 a5 31. Rb5 $18) (28... h6
29. Kg2) 29. Kg2 {The problem is that Black's king is in fact stuck on the
back rank, which gives White some additional tactical motifs.} Rfe8 (29... g6
30. Kf3 Kg7 31. h5 $18) 30. Kf3 Rbd8 (30... Kg8 31. Rb3 Re7 32. Rfb1 Ree8 33.
a4 a5 34. Rb5 Rec8 35. h5 Rd8 36. Bd5+ Kf8 37. Ke4 Re8 38. Bc6 Rec8 39. Bd7 Rd8
40. Bf5 $18) 31. Rb3 Rd6 32. h5 Re7 33. Rfb1 Re8 34. a4 a5 35. Rb5 Rc8 36. g6
$1 h6 37. Bf5 Rcd8 38. Rxc5 bxc5 39. Rb5 $18) 27. Qh3 Qe7 28. Bc6 Rd8 29. Kg2
Rd6 (29... f3+ {I thought my opponent may like to play this, to get some kind
of activity, but of course it's not easy to decide for such a step because
Black basically sacrifices a pawn for free.} 30. exf3 $5 (30. Bxf3 Rf4 31. Be4
Rdf8 32. f3 Qd6 33. Rg1 Bb4 34. Kh1 Bc5 35. Rg4 $16) 30... Rf4 31. Rfe1 Rdf8
32. Bd5 Qd6 33. Re4 $16) 30. Be4 Qe8 31. Qf3 $16 {[#] White is obviously
better but how to make future progress? Luckily I didn't have it to figure out,
as my opponent errs badly.} Rf7 $4 {In fact a losing mistake, because now
Black is forced to play g6, which is an irreversible weakness and a 'hook' for
White's future invasion.} 32. Qh5 $1 g6 33. Qf3 h5 {Otherwise White will push
h5 himself after some preparations.} 34. gxh6 Rh7 35. Rh1 $1 Rxh6 36. Rbg1 $1
$18 {An efficient setup} Re6 37. Qg4 Re7 38. Kf3 $5 {I knew that Kf1 would
probably be simpler (not allowing any potential checks), but I truly enjoyed
playing Kf3. Also in theory the king here is better suited for the endgame,
but how can Black exchange queens?} Rg7 39. Qg5 Rh5 {[#]} 40. Qf6 {After the
game, I was very angry with myself about having played this move.} ({The point
is I could have won 'in style' with} 40. Bxg6 $1 {but what I miscalculated is
that after} Qa8+ 41. Be4 Rgxg5 42. hxg5 $1 Qe8 43. g6 Rxh1 {White has} 44. g7+
$1 Kg8 45. Bd5+ Kh7 46. g8=Q+ Qxg8 47. Rxh1+ $18 {and curtains.}) 40... Qe7 (
40... Be7 41. Qxb6 $18) (40... Kh7 41. Rxg6 Rxg6 42. Rg1 Rhh6 43. h5 $18) 41.
Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 0,111,19,29,23,12,37,14,-4,4,9,5,-21,-26,-4,-67,-22,-41,-28,-2,-12,-35,
-30,-1,36,-37,-25,-40,-26,-13,13,-18,-18,-18,-18,-15,-30,-19,-35,-47,-37,-62,4,
-16,-7,-20,-20,12,-14,-49,-5,-47,-5,6,14,-36,-57,-97,-23,-23,40,45,43,21,45,-8,
86,0,-1,2,22,0,0,0,1,-17,-15,0,0,0,0,0,27,21,12,39,40,42,42,16,42,43,43,0,43,
35,33,540,839,934,1022,1032,1075,1092,1105,1122,1157,1281,1283,1330,1330,1300,
1894,1894]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. exd4 cxd4 5. Bd3 $5 {A reversed
Schmid-Benoni! To be honest, I had never seen it.} Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 (6... g6 {
went very well for Black in another game:} 7. Re1 Bg7 8. a3 a5 9. Bc2 (9. Qe2
$5 {and then Bc2 might be the right solution}) 9... d3 $1 10. Ba4 Nh6 $1 11.
Nc3 O-O $15 {0-1 (39) Agayev,N (2350)-Stupak,K (2586) Baku AZE 2017}) 7. Bc2
Bg4 8. Ba4 Nd7 {The most solid move.} (8... e5 9. h3 (9. d3 Bd6 $132) 9... Bxf3
10. Qxf3 e4 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. d3 $36) 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 e5 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nbd2 (
12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxe5 Ndxe5 14. Rxe5 O-O {would give Black full compensation for
the pawn.}) 12... O-O 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. a3 a5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd4
exd4 18. Rxe7 Qd6 19. Re2 Nc5 {Here as well Black has more than enough
compensation!} 20. Ne4 (20. Rd2 $6 a4 $17) (20. a4 $1 {in order to play Ra3,
or answer Nxd3 or Bxd3 with Rd2, was perhaps what White had to do.}) 20... Nxe4
(20... Bxe4 $5 21. dxe4 Rfe8 22. f3 a4 $15) 21. dxe4 Rfe8 22. f3 a4 23. c5 Qxc5
24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Rc1 c5 (25... f5 $5 26. e5 d3+ 27. Rf2 Qd4 28. Qd2 c5 $15) 26.
Rc4 f6 27. Qc1 $2 ({Some timid move like} 27. Rd2 {was better. The a4-pawn is
hanging, by the way...}) 27... Ra5 $1 28. Rec2 f5 $2 (28... Bf7 $1 29. Rxc5 d3
30. Bc7 $8 (30. R2c3 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rc8 32. Be3 Rxc5 33. Bxc5 d2 $1 $19) 30...
Rxc5 31. Bxb6 Rxc2 {would surely have brought Black the full point.}) 29. Rxc5
Rxc5 30. Rxc5 fxe4 31. fxe4 d3 32. Be3 Qe6 33. Rc7 Qxe4 34. Bd2 {Suddenly,
it's unclear who is playing for a win!} h6 35. Qc5 Bf7 36. Bc3 Qg6 37. Re7 Rxe7
38. Qxe7 Kh7 39. Qe5 Be8 40. Kf2 {Unbelievably enough, Black never took a
decision to swap queens. True, it was hard to see Levon's winning idea coming.}
Bf7 ({But} 40... Qf6+ {was an easy draw:} 41. Qxf6 gxf6 42. Bxf6 Bf7 (42... Bc6
$5 43. g4 Kg6 44. Bc3 h5 $11) 43. Ke3 (43. b4 axb3 44. a4 Kg6 45. Bc3 Bd5 $11)
43... Bb3 44. Kxd3 Kg6 $11) 41. g4 Bb3 42. Ke3 Bc2 $2 (42... Qg5+ $11) 43. Kd2
Bb3 ({It's now too late for} 43... Qg5+ $4 44. Qxg5 hxg5 {because of} 45. b4 $3
axb3 46. Bb2 {and White wins!}) 44. Ke3 Bc2 (44... Qg5+ $1 $11) 45. Kd2 Bb3 46.
Qe7 Bc2 $4 47. b4 $3 {Finally Levon has got what he wanted, and it's a
masterpiece! He's going to queen one of his queenside pawns, as Black is
totally paralysed on the kingside, while his bishop is stuck on c2!} axb3 (
47... h5 $5 48. g5 Bb3 49. b5 Bf7 50. b6 Qf5 51. Qe5 $18) 48. Bb2 h5 49. g5 h4
50. a4 Kg8 51. a5 Kh7 52. a6 Bd1 53. Kxd1 d2 54. Qxg7+ Qxg7 55. Bxg7 Kxg7 56.
Kxd2 {A tough one for Vidit!} 1-0

[Event "Llucmajor op 5th"]
[Site "Llucmajor"]
[Date "2016.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. Na3 {An interesting idea, wanting to put the
white knight on c2 and benefit from the b4-move, that Benko players dream to
be able to play. However, it is of course not such a big deal with the white
pieces.} e5 5. Nc2 a5 (5... Na6 $5 {with the idea ...c5 as Topalov played in
2016 in Paris is a smart answer.}) ({I had fun playing} 5... g5 $5 {against
Etienne Bacrot almost a year before. The game ended up in my opponent's favour
but it was quite unclear!}) 6. b5 Nd7 7. d3 Nc5 (7... Bd6 {with the idea to
delay ...Nc5 and answer} 8. e3 dxe3 9. Bxe3 {with} Ne7 {was probably smarter.
Black is definitely fine.}) 8. e3 dxe3 9. Bxe3 Bd6 10. Nd2 (10. d4 {was
critical, but after} exd4 11. Nfxd4 Ne7 {Black is fine:} (11... Qe7 $5) 12.
Qh5+ g6 13. Qh6 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Bd3 O-O-O $15
) 10... Ne7 $2 {The only way to justify White's last move!} ({After} 10... f5 {
White would be in trouble and have to play} 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. g3
Nf6 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O {in order not to be clearly worse.}) 11. Ne4 b6 $5 (
11... Nxe4 12. dxe4 b6 13. c5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. O-O-O+ Bd7
17. Bc4 Nc8 $132) 12. Qh5+ Kf8 ({I considered} 12... Ng6 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5
bxc5 15. Qf3 {to be bad for me but after} Rb8 16. Qc6+ Kf7 17. Qxc5 Nf4 {
with the idea} 18. O-O-O Ne6 {the engine claims Black has enough compensation
for being the pawn down!}) 13. Be2 (13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne6 $132
) 13... Bf5 $6 (13... Nf5 {was natural and fine for Black.}) 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Qd6 17. f4 {A very interesting try. From here on my opponent
played a wonderful game!} (17. Ne3 Bg6 18. Qf3 Rd8 $132) 17... exf4 18. Qf3 Kf7
19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Rxf4 Rhd8 $6 {A faulty try at being smart.} (20... Rad8 21.
Rd1 Rhe8 22. Ne3 Bg6 {was fine for Black:} 23. Kf2 (23. d4 $2 Nf5 $17) 23...
Rd6 24. d4 $2 Re6 $17) 21. Rd1 Rd6 $6 (21... g5 22. Rf2 Rd6 23. Ne3 Bg6 $132 {
was the right way.}) 22. Ne3 Be6 23. d4 cxd4 ({I had missed that after} 23...
g5 {White could play} 24. Re4 $1 f5 25. Bh5+ Kf6 26. Rf1 cxd4 27. c5 $1 {
with a clear advantage, as} Rdd8 $4 {is would be met by} 28. Ng4+ $18) 24.
Rfxd4 (24. c5 {was perhaps stronger, with the idea} Rdd8 25. Rdxd4 Rxd4 26.
Rxd4 Bxa2 $2 27. Rd7 $16) 24... Rad8 $2 {Exchanging the rooks on d4 was
mandatory.} 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Kf2 $2 ({I had considered} 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. b6
Ke8 {to hold for Black but had missed the move} 28. c5 $1 {after which White
is probably winning}) 26... f5 $4 (26... Nc8 {was required, although White is
definitely a bit better.}) 27. Rxd6 cxd6 28. Nc2 (28. b6 Ke8 29. c5 $1 {
was (again) even stronger.}) 28... f4 $2 {Missing a very easy tactic.} (28...
Nc8 29. Ke3 {was very difficult for Black, but not lost.}) 29. Nd4 (29. Nd4 Nc8
30. Nxe6 Kxe6 31. Bg4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "World op 43rd"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ $5 {A very recent idea.}
Bd7 (6... Nc6 $5 7. b5 Nb4 8. a3 Nd5 9. exd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qe7+ 11. Be2 Qxc5
12. O-O Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 {was also fine for Black in the game: 0-1 (40)
Demuth,A (2515)-So,W (2778) Montpellier FRA 2015}) 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 (8. Ba3 $6
Qe7 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. exd4 Qc1+ 11. Qd1 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 e4 $132 {1/2-1/2 (34)
Stella,A (2427)-Novikov,S (2550) Budapest HUN 2015}) 8... Ne7 9. exd4 exd4 10.
Bb2 $6 $146 ({Critical is} 10. Ba3 Na6 $5 11. O-O Nb4 12. d3 Bf5 (12... c6 13.
Nbd2 Qb6 $6 (13... b6 $5) 14. bxc6 Qxc6 (14... Bxc6 $5 15. Qb3 O-O-O $13) 15.
Qb3 $40 {1-0 (33) Bukavshin,I (2539)-Shukh,N (2421) RUS 2013}) 13. Re1 $5 $146
(13. Rc1 b6 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. Nbd2 O-O-O $36 {1/2-1/2 (60) Demuth,A (2476)-Duda,
J (2587) Ruzomberok SVK 2014}) 13... Bxd3 (13... b6 14. Qb3 $40) 14. Bxd3 Nxd3
15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qc4 Qd6 17. Nbd2 O-O-O 18. Rac1 b6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nd5
(20... Rd7 $5 21. Rxd4 Qc5 $11) 21. Rxd4 Qc5 $11) 10... Bg4 11. Nxd4 Qd6 (11...
Nd7 $1 {was good, but I was worried after} 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 {the trick}
Bxf2+ $1 {would not work. However it seems to:} 14. Kxf2 Nc5 15. Qg4 Nd3+ 16.
Kg1 Nxb2 17. Qxg7 $6 Qd4+ 18. Kf1 Rf8 $17) 12. Ne2 (12. O-O {would have led
the funny lines like those:} Nd7 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. Bd4 Nf5 15. Re1+ Kd8 {
(definitely a computer move...)} (15... Kf8 16. Re6 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Re4
Nc5 19. Rxg4 Nxa4 20. Rxd4 Nb6 $36) 16. Re6 Qf4 17. g3 Qf3 18. Nc3 Bh3 19. Bd5
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 (20. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kh1 Bxe6 $19) 20... Qd3 $17) 12... Nd7 13.
Nbc3 (13. Bf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxg4 Qd3 {just seemed winning to me, but I had missed
the nice trick} 15. O-O h5 16. Qe6+ {although Black remains better} Kxe6 17.
Nf4+ Kf7 18. Nxd3 Rad8 $15) (13. O-O O-O-O $1 {with the idea} (13... Nb6 {
The natural} 14. Bf7+ Kxf7 15. Qxg4 {would be quite unclear as the black
knight is not so well played on b6.}) 14. Qxa5 Nb6 {looks very good for Black.}
) 13... Bf5 14. Qb3 (14. d4 Bb4 15. a3 Nb6 16. Qb3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Ned5 $15)
14... Ne5 15. Na4 $2 (15. d4 Nxc4 (15... Bxd4 16. O-O-O a4 $1 17. Nxa4 Bxb2+
18. Kxb2 Nxc4+ 19. Qxc4 Be6 $15) (15... O-O-O $5 {is suggested by the engine.})
16. Qxc4 Bb6 $15) 15... Bd3 $1 (15... Bb4 $17) 16. Be6 (16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O
Bxf2+ $1 $19) 16... Bb4 17. Nd4 c5 $1 18. a3 (18. bxc6 N7xc6 19. Nf5 Bxd2+ $19)
18... cxd4 19. axb4 Bxb5 20. Nc5 b6 21. f4 bxc5 22. fxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Kd1 Qe2+ (
23... Be2+ 24. Kc2 (24. Kc1 cxb4 $19) 24... Nc6 {was the cleanest way.}) 24.
Kc1 cxb4 25. Bxd4 Ra6 26. Be3 $6 (26. Bf7+ $8 Kf8 27. Bd5 $8 Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Qc4+
29. Qxc4 Bxc4 $19) 26... a4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 c6 $5 {A solid move, aiming to be able to
answer Bb2 by ...Bxf3 and ...e5 (when b7 won't be hanging).} 5. Ne5 $1 (5. e3
$6 Bxf3 6. gxf3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Na3 Nh6 9. Nc2 e5 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4
12. Nxd4 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 (44) Demuth,A (2538)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Antalya TUR
2017}) 5... Bf5 6. Bb2 $2 (6. e3 $1 $146 {is the only way to create problems:}
e6 ({White aims for} 6... f6 $6 7. Nf3 e5 8. c5 $1 {and Black's position is
not fun to handle, as Adrien Demuth points out in his brand new book on the
Reti.}) 7. Bb2 dxe3 8. dxe3 a5 9. a3 axb4 (9... Nd7 10. Nd2 $36) (9... Nf6 10.
Nd2 $36) 10. Bd3 $1 $36) 6... f6 7. Nf3 e5 8. e3 c5 $1 {The logical reaction.}
9. bxc5 Nc6 $1 {The b7-pawn is untouchable.} 10. exd4 (10. Qxb7 $2 Nge7 $17)
10... exd4 11. Bd3 Qe7+ 12. Kd1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O-O {Black's position is
already excellent.} 14. Na3 Qd7 15. Nc2 Nh6 (15... Bxc5 {was just slightly
better for Black - but I somehow wanted more.}) 16. h3 Nf7 17. Ba3 g5 (17...
Nfe5 $5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qb3 Qc6 $132) 18. Rb1 h5 19. Qb3 Bh6 $5 20. Nb4 ({
Opening the d-file with} 20. Nfxd4 {looks very dangerous:} Nfe5 $44) 20... g4
21. Ne1 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Ne5 23. Nd3 Qc6 24. Kc2 Qxg2 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Ba5 Rde8
27. Rhg1 Qc6 28. Qb5 $2 (28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Qb5 {would be about equal. Now
Black has an extra option to play} d3+ {but White can just move his king:} 30.
Kc3 $132) 28... a6 $2 {A very weird move: thinking I had an extra pawn!!} (
28... Qe4 29. Rb3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Re5 $1 $19) 29. Qxc6+ Nxc6 30. Bb6 Re2 $2 {
After this horrific move I managed to become worse.} (30... f5 $11) 31. Rbd1 f5
32. Rh1 Bg7 33. Rxh8+ Bxh8 34. Rh1 Re8 35. Rh7 Rf8 36. Nf4 $2 (36. Bc7 $1 {
was winning.}) 36... Be5 37. Ng6 Rg8 $2 (37... Re8 38. Rf7 Re6 {is close to a
draw.}) 38. Nxe5 Nxe5 39. Bc7 $2 (39. Rc7+ $1 Kb8 40. Re7 Nxc4 41. Bc7+ $16)
39... Nd7 $4 (39... Re8 $11) 40. Bd6 Kd8 41. Rh5 Nf8 42. Rxf5 Ne6 43. Rf7 Rg7
44. Rxg7 Nxg7 45. Kd3 Ne6 46. Ke4 Kd7 47. d3 Kc6 (47... b6 48. Kd5 $18) 48. Kf5
Kd7 49. Kxg4 b6 50. Kf5 Nd8 51. Ke4 Kc6 52. Be7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poitiers Migne"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 $146 (6... Bd7 7. b5
Bxc5 8. Bc4 Ne7 9. exd4 exd4 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Nxd4 Qd6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nbc3 Bf5
14. Qb3 Ne5 15. Na4 Bd3 16. Be6 Bb4 17. Nd4 c5 18. a3 cxd4 19. axb4 Bxb5 20.
Nc5 b6 21. f4 bxc5 22. fxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Kd1 Qe2+ 24. Kc1 cxb4 25. Bxd4 Ra6 26.
Be3 a4 {0-1 (26) Ramirez,A (2587)-Edouard,R (2639) Arlington 2015}) 7. b5 Nb4
8. a3 Nd5 9. exd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qe7+ 11. Be2 Qxc5 $132 {was also fine for Black
} 12. O-O Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Bb2 Nge7 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Bb3 O-O-O
18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kb8 20. Bc3 Bd4 21. Ra2 Bxc3 22. dxc3 Ng6 23. Kf1 Nf4
24. g3 Nxe6 25. Rxe6 Rd5 26. a4 Rd1+ 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Re4
30. Kd3 Rxa4 31. Re2 Ra1 32. Nd2 a4 33. c4 Rc1 34. Kd4 a3 35. c5 a2 36. Nb3
Rc4+ 37. Kd3 Rxc5 38. Rxa2 Rxb5 39. Nd4 Rd5 40. Kc3 Re5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 {This line is
just known as good for Black. Recently, White has tried ideas based on Bd2
followed by Bc3, b4 or h4 to disturb Black's position, before he can complete
his development. However, Black's position is just healthy.} 7. Bd2 (7. Be3
Nge7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. h4 $5 (9. O-O Nd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Rc1 Qd7 $15 {
½-½ (48) Andriasian,Z (2600)-Pashikian,A (2604) Yerevan 2015}) 9... Nf5 $5 ({
There would be nothing wrong with the most natural move} 9... h6 $5) 10. Bc5
Re8 11. h5 Be6 (11... Nfd4 $5) 12. Rc1 g5 13. e3 h6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. O-O Rad8
16. Rfd1 b6 17. Ba3 b5 $1 {Now we are entering a crazy mess.} 18. Ncd2 b4 19.
Nxg5 Ncd4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Qe3 bxa3 $2 (21... Bg4 $1) 22. Nxe6 axb2 23. Nxd8
bxc1=Q 24. Rxc1 Rxd8 25. Nf3 $14 {1-0 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2798)-Svidler,P 
(2759) Biel 2016}) (7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O {Here White has two main moves,
both with the idea to play b4, but I do not think either of them creates any
problem for Black.} 9. Bd2 (9. Rb1 Be6 $5 (9... a5 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. a3
Qd7 $13 {0-1 (33) Hillarp Persson,T (2546)-Nabaty,T (2670) Stockholm 2018}) 10.
b4 b5 11. Na3 Bxa2 12. Rb2 Be6 (12... e4 $1 $15) 13. Nxb5 Rb8 14. Qa4 a6 $6 (
14... e4 $1 15. dxe4 a6 $1 16. Na3 Bxb2 17. Bxb2 Rxb4 18. Qc2 $44) 15. Nc3 Bd7
16. Qa3 $14 {1-0 (49) Svidler,P (2745)-Gelfand,B (2743) Moscow 2016}) 9... Be6
(9... Nd5 10. Rc1 h6 11. a3 Be6 12. b4 a6 13. e4 Nb6 14. Na5 $16 {1-0 (61)
Carlsen,M (2853)-Nakamura,H (2787) chess.com 2016}) (9... a5 10. Rc1 f6 11. a3
a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Qxb3 Kh8 $13 {½-½ (98) Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Cheparinov,I 
(2689) Doha 2016}) 10. Rc1 a5 11. Bc3 (11. b3 f6 $5 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8
14. Bc3 Nd5 {When Black reaches this perfect setup he's always fine.} 15. Bb2
Bh6 $1 16. e3 a4 $1 $17 {0-1 (23) Gledura,B (2589)-Nakamura,H (2785) Gibraltar
2017}) 11... f6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Qc2 (13. Nfd2 Rfd8 14. Ne4 b6 15. Bb2 Nd5 $13 {
1-0 (40) Anand,V (2760)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Stavanger 2018}) 13... Bh3 14.
Rfd1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. Bb2 Rfe8 (16... Bh6 $5 $13) 17. a3 Ra6 18. Ncd2 Nd8
19. e4 Rc6 20. Qb1 Nb6 21. d4 $14 {1-0 (54) Shimanov,A (2587)-Xu,X (2582)
Moscow 2019}) 7... a5 $5 {There's nothing wrong with the main move 7...Nge7,
nor with Harikhrishna's idea 7...Nf6!?.} (7... Nge7 8. b4 (8. h4 h6 9. Bc3 f6
10. Ne3 Be6 11. h5 g5 12. g4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16.
Qa4 Kb8 $15 {0-1 (72) Grischuk,A (2771)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg
2018}) 8... Be6 (8... O-O 9. Bg2 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. Rc1 b5 12. Na3 {0-1 (37)
Pantsulaia,L (2597)-Petrov,N (2593) St Petersburg 2018} Bd5 $1 $13) 9. Rc1 Nd4
10. Bg2 Bd5 11. e4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be6 13. O-O Nc6 $36 {0-1 (47) Oparin,G (2602)
-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Moscow 2017}) (7... Nf6 $5 {Really fun idea! Now neither
8.b4 or 8.h4 can be threatening as Black is treatening a powerful ...e4.} 8.
Bc3 (8. Ncxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 $44) 8... Nd5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. Ncxe5
O-O 11. Bg2 Qe7 12. d4 c5 $44 {½-½ (58) Almasi,Z (2682)-Harikrishna,P (2729)
Hungary 2019}) 8. Bg2 Nge7 9. Bc3 (9. h4 $5 {looks like the most threatening,
but Black is probably doing OK.} h6 10. Bc3 (10. Qc1 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. Re1 f6
13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nfd2 Nce7 $6 (14... g5 $1 {would just be good for Black.}) 15.
Bc5 b6 $2 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 (16... Qxe7 $2 17. Nxe5 $18) 17. d4 $1 $16 {1-0 (23)
Almasi,Z (2682)-Rodshtein,M (2682) Hungary 2018}) 10... f6 11. b3 ({It is
never clear whom the inclusion of} 11. h5 g5 {helps, but optically it looks
like it helps Black.}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Bb2 Ncb4 (14...
Qd7 $5 15. a3 Qf7 $13) 15. Qb1 c5 16. a3 Nc6 17. e3 g5 (17... Rf7 $5 18. d4 b5
19. Ncd2 exd4 20. exd4 Bf5 $132) 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. d4 cxd4 20. exd4 b5 $13 {
0-1 (53) Markos,J (2559)-Hammer,J (2632) Hersonissos 2017}) 9... f6 10. b3 O-O
11. O-O Be6 12. e4 $6 (12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Nb4 (14... a4 $5) 15.
Qc1 Nbc6 16. Rd1 $6 a4 $15 {½-½ (59) Petrosian,T (2601)-Wen Yang (2594)
chess.com 2020}) 12... b5 13. Ne3 Nd4 {By mixing several plans White just got
clearly worse.} 14. b4 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rfc8 $5 (15... Bh6 $5) 16. Bxd4 (16. bxa5 c5
$17) 16... exd4 17. Nc2 axb4 18. Ncxd4 (18. Nfxd4 Bf7 $17) 18... Bf7 19. Nb3 $2
({White had to go for} 19. Qxb4 c5 20. Qxb5 {although Black is better:} Qd6 21.
Nb3 c4 22. dxc4 Bxc4 23. Qb7 Bxf1 24. Bxf1 Rab8 $15) 19... c5 {Now Black's
pawns are just too strong.} 20. d4 c4 21. Nc5 Qd6 22. Bh3 Rxc5 $5 23. dxc5 Qxd2
24. Nxd2 f5 25. Rab1 (25. Rad1 Rxa2 26. exf5 c3 {should also be an easy win.})
25... Bc3 26. Nf3 Rxa2 27. Rfd1 b3 28. exf5 Bf6 29. Rd6 b2 $5 (29... Kg7 $19)
30. Bf1 (30. Rxf6 Ra1 $19) 30... Ra1 31. Rdd1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Bd5 {A smooth
victory by Anton!} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.05.31"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O a5 7. e3 (7. Na3 Bc5 8.
Nc2 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 {was more than fine for Black in
several games.}) 7... Bc5 $5 {A rare move.} 8. exd4 Bxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Re1 (
10. h3 O-O 11. f4 exf4 (11... Ra6 $5 {with the idea} 12. fxe5 Nd7 {is also
possible.}) 12. Bxf4 Ra6 $1 13. Nc3 Re6 14. Rf2 c6 {is excellent for Black.}) (
10. f4 $6 {fails to} Bg4 $1 11. Qe1 (11. Qa4+ c6 12. fxe5 Nd7 $15) 11... Ne2+
12. Kh1 exf4 13. Nc3 (13. Bxf4 O-O $15) 13... O-O 14. Nxe2 Re8 15. Rf3 $8 Bxf3
16. Bxf3 Qxd3 17. Qc3 Qd1+ 18. Ng1 Qf1 19. Bg2 Qe1 $15) 10... O-O $1 11. Nc3 (
11. Rxe5 $2 Bg4 12. f3 $6 {loses to} Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qd4+ 14. Re3 Rae8 15. Qe2
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ng4 $19) 11... Re8 12. h3 $146 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 c6 $36 {
1/2-1/2 (41) Zimina,O (2351)-Mirzoeva,E (2241) Plovdiv BUL 2014}) ({The
equalising} 12. Bg5 {might be best:} h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Nxd4 Qxd4
16. Qb3 $11) 12... c6 13. f4 (13. g4 $5 Nd7 14. Ne2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Nf8 $13)
13... exf4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 (14... Nxe8 15. Bxf4 Bf5 {is also possible, but I
thought White is very solid if he can put a piece on e4.}) 15. Bxf4 Bf5 16. g4
Bg6 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Bc7 (18. Re1 $5 Ne6 19. d4 $1 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxe8+
Nxe8 22. Be3 $11) 18... Rd7 19. Bxa5 $2 ({Both my opponent and I missed} 19.
Bb6 $1 {with unclear play:} Bxd3 $5 (19... Qe7 20. Qf2 Ne6 21. d4 Qb4 22. d5
Nf4 23. Qxf4 Qxb6+ 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. g5 Nh5 26. Re1 f6 $13) (19... Ne6 20. d4
Nxd4 $6 21. Bxd4 c5 22. Re1 Qf8 23. Nd5 cxd4 24. Qxd4 $14) 20. Qxd3 Nb3 21. Qb1
Nxa1 22. Qxa1 Qe5 23. Qc1 h5 24. g5 Nh7 25. Ne4 Nf8 $44) 19... Qa8 $1 20. Na4 (
20. b4 Ne6 21. Bf1 h5 22. g5 Nh7 $40) (20. g5 Qxa5 21. gxf6 Ne6 $17) (20. Bb6
$2 Nb3 $19) 20... Ne2+ $1 (20... Ne6 21. Nb6 Qa7 22. Bf1 h5 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24.
Re1 $13) (20... Nf3+ $2 21. Bxf3 Rxd3 22. Nb6 Qa7 {fails to} 23. Qf4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rb8]}) 21. Qxe2 Qxa5 22. b3 (22. Nc3 Bxd3 $19) (22. Re1 h5 $17) 22...
Rxd3 $1 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 h5 25. gxh5 $6 (25. Bf3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qg5 $17)
25... Nxh5 26. c5 (26. Qc1 Qe5 $19) 26... Nf4 (26... Qb4 $5) 27. a3 (27. Kh2
Ne6 $19) 27... Bh5 28. Bf3 (28. Qf1 $2 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Qc7+ $19) 28... Nxh3+ (
28... Bxf3 $5 29. Qxf3 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 g5 $19) 29. Kh2 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Ng5 31. Qf4
Qd2+ $1 {White is losing a second pawn.} 32. Qxd2 Nf3+ 33. Kg3 Nxd2 34. b4 Nc4
35. Kf4 Nxa3 36. Nc3 Kf8 37. Ne4 Nc4 38. Nc3 Ke7 39. b5 Ke6 40. Ke4 f5+ 41. Kd4
Ne5 0-1

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. c4 (2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. g4 Nd4 14.
Nxd4 cxd4 15. g5 a4 16. b3 Qb6 17. Nh2 Rfc8 $13 {Mit beiderseitigen Chancen in
Balinas - Uhlmann, Lugano 1968.}) 2... d4 3. e3 (3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6
6. O-O a5 7. Na3 Bc5 8. Nc2 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 a4
$10 {Larsen - Short, Hastings 1988-1989.}) 3... Nc6 4. exd4 (4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3
Nxb4 6. d4 e5 7. a3 Nc6 8. d5 e4 $1 9. Nfd2 Ne5 10. Nxe4 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 Nh6 $1
$40 {Plachetka - Lukacs, Vrnjacka Banja 1985.}) 4... Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3
e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Be3 (8. Qe2 Bd7 9. Be3 Qd6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. g3 Nf5 12. Bh3
Nxe3 13. Bxd7+ Rxd7 14. fxe3 Be7 $10 {Bagirov - Michalchichin, 1978.}) 8... Qd8
9. g4 {Ein neuer Zug.} (9. d4 {Horn,Pe} exd4 (9... Nf5 10. dxe5 Nxe3 11. Qxd8+
Kxd8 12. fxe3 c6 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Ne4 $13) 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Be3
Bb4 $10 {Langeweg-Hort, Amsterdam 1978}) (9. Qe2 $5 {Horn,Pe} Nc6 10. O-O-O $13
{Panchenko-Hodgson, Palma GMA-op 1989}) 9... Ng6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. h3 (11. Qe2 $5
{Horn,Pe}) 11... O-O (11... Bg5 {Horn,Pe}) 12. Qd2 c6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Be4 Qd7
15. g5 (15. Kb1 $5 $13 {Horn,Pe}) 15... Nh4 (15... Bxh3 $2 {Horn,Pe} 16. Rh2 {
/\ Rdh1}) 16. Rdg1 (16. f4 $5 $13 {Horn,Pe}) 16... Rad8 17. Qe2 b5 18. Kb1 (18.
Bxh7+ {Horn,Pe} Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxh4 Qxd3 $19) 18... Nf5 19. Qf3 (19. h4
{Horn,Pe}) 19... bxc4 20. dxc4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. b3 (22. Bxh7+ {Horn,Pe}
Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rg4 Bf5+ (24... Bxg4 $2 25. hxg4 $18) 25. Ka1 Bg6 $1 $19)
(22. Qh5 {Horn,Pe} g6 23. Qh6 Rfe8 24. Rg4 (24. h4 $4 Bf8 $19) 24... Bf8 $19)
22... Qd2 23. Rd1 (23. h4 {Horn,Pe} Ba3 24. Nd1 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb8+ $19) 23...
Qxg5 24. Bxc6 Qg6+ 25. Be4 (25. Kb2 {Horn,Pe} Bc5 26. Rhg1 Qh6 $40) 25... f5
26. Bd5 e4 27. Qg3 (27. Bxe6+ Qxe6 $17) 27... Qf6 28. Bxe6+ (28. Rhg1 {Horn,Pe}
) 28... Qxe6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nd5 Bd6 31. Qe3 Rd7 32. f3 Qe5 33. fxe4 (33. Re1
{Horn,Pe} Ba3 34. Re2) 33... Ba3 34. Qe2 (34. Nc3 f4 35. Qe1 Rd3 36. Kc2 Rxc3+
$1 37. Qxc3 Qxe4+ $19) 34... fxe4 35. Rf1 e3 36. Rf3 (36. Nxe3 Bc5 (36... Rd3 {
Horn,Pe} 37. Rf3 Qc3) 37. Rf3 Re7 $19) 36... Qe4+ 37. Ka1 Bc5 38. a4 Rf7 39.
Rxf7 Kxf7 40. b4 0-1

[Event "Match Alekhine-Euwe +3-2=4"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1927.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "Euwe,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1926.12.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Played in Den Haag.} d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 (3... c5 4. e3 $1 {Reti} (4.
bxc5 Nc6)) (3... f6 $142 {[%cal Ye7e5]}) 4. e3 a5 (4... e5 5. Bb2 (5. exd4 $2
e4 6. Qe2 (6. Ng1 Qxd4 $17) 6... Qe7 7. Ne5 f6 8. Ng4 Nc6 9. Ne3 Nxd4 10. Qd1
$13 {ECO}) 5... Bg7 6. Na3 Nh6 (6... Ne7 7. exd4 exd4 8. Nc2 (8. d3 O-O 9. Be2
$13) 8... O-O 9. Bd3 $5) 7. exd4 exd4 8. Nc2 Nf5 9. Bd3 $5 O-O (9... Qe7+ 10.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 O-O 12. Rhe1 $14) 10. O-O c5 $5 11. b5 (11. a3 Qb6 $13) (11.
bxc5 Na6 12. Bxf5 (12. Re1 Nxc5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Ncxd4 Nd3 $15) 12... Bxf5 13.
Ncxd4 Bd3 14. Re1 Nxc5 $44) 11... Nd6 12. a4 Be6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Re1 Re8 $13)
5. b5 c5 6. exd4 Bg7 7. d3 cxd4 (7... Bxd4 $2 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Qc2 $1 $16 {Euwe}
) 8. g3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Bg2 Nh6 13. O-O O-O 14.
a4 $1 $16 Re8 (14... Qh5 15. Ng5 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. g4 Qh4 18. Qe1 $16 {
_|_ Reti}) 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. c5 Rad8 (17... Be6 {[%cal Ye6d5]} 18.
Ng5 $1 $16 {Euwe}) 18. Ng5 {[%cal Rd1b3]} Bf6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Qd2 Ng4 21. b6
Qc8 (21... Qc6 $4 22. Nd6 $1) 22. c6 $1 (22. Qxa5 Ne5 $1 $132) 22... bxc6 (
22... Qxc6 23. Nd6 Qxb6 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Rab1 Qa6 26. Rxb7 $18 {Euwe}) 23.
Qxa5 Ne5 24. Qd2 Qa6 25. a5 Nxd3 (25... Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. a6 $18 {Euwe}
Nxe1 $145 28. Rxe1 d3 29. b7 Bd4 30. Rd1 (30. Nd2 e5 $13) 30... Ba7 31. Nc3 e5
32. Bxc6 Re6 $13) 26. Nc5 (26. Bf1 $4 Nxe1 27. Bxa6 Nf3+ $19 {Euwe}) 26... Nxc5
27. Bxc5 Qb5 (27... d3 $142 28. Ra3 Qb5 29. Be3 c5) 28. Bxe7 Rc8 29. Bf1 $18 {
Euwe} Qb3 (29... d3 30. Rab1 $18 {Euwe} Qa6 (30... Qc4 $145 31. b7 Rb8 32. Bd6
$18) 31. b7 Rb8 32. Bd6 $18 {Reti}) 30. Ra3 Qd5 31. b7 Rb8 32. a6 Bc8 33.
bxc8=Q Rbxc8 34. Bg2 Qd7 35. Bc5 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 h5 37. a7 Ra8 38. Qe4 d3 39.
Rxd3 Qb7 40. Qxc6 Qb1+ 41. Bf1 Rxa7 42. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,80,31,20,19,-1,21,10,64,13,8,8,8,-25,-5,-36,-13,-15,-28,-27,-28,-20,
-23,5,18,24,29,33,34,39,31,34,32,18,25,41,65,79,100,88,88,79,79,63,110,122,131,
52,64,18,11,11,37,-3,-54,-152,-88,-133,-150,-383,-348,-325,-325,-331,-340,-363,
-363,-345,-278,-348,-398,-404,-480,-602,-531,-540,-464,-1196,-1255,-29979,
-29980,-29981,-1312]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 {This opening has been a
front-runner in the battle for my attention for the past five years.} Bg4 {
Black has an astonishing number of principled ways to react, perhaps none more
so than the text.} ({Against} 3... g5 $5 {White is best off reacting calmly.}
4. h3 (4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Nxg5 e5 6. Ne4 f5 7. Ng3 Nf6 $44) 4... h6 (4... Bg7 5.
Nxg5 e5 6. d3 $14) 5. Bb2 (5. e3 $5 dxe3 6. fxe3 Bg7 7. d4 e5 $1 8. Nxe5 Bxe5
9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6 $132) 5... Bg7 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3 $132 {
White has achieved the necessary Benko-esque action.}) (3... f6 {strongly
encourages White to sacrifice a pawn.} 4. d3 e5 5. a3 (5. Ba3 $5 {is
interesting as in Horton,A-Fodor,T England 2016}) 5... c5 6. e3 cxb4 7. exd4
exd4 8. g3 $44) (3... g6 {was Romanov's own choice on the Black side:} 4. Bb2 (
4. g3 $5) 4... Bg7 5. e3 e5 6. exd4 $2 e4 7. Ne5 f6 8. Ng4 Bxg4 9. Qxg4 f5 10.
Qd1 Bxd4 11. Nc3 Nc6 $17 {Ehlvest,J-Romanov,E Berlin 2015}) (3... c5 4. e3 {
has always seemed to me to be 'neither flesh nor fish', and being a tempo up
on the Blumenfeld Gambit White has good chances of an edge.}) 4. Qb3 (4. d3 {
was my own choice against another Israeli player:} Bxf3 5. exf3 e5 6. b5 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 Nd7 9. g3 Ngf6 10. Bh3 O-O 11. O-O $11 {Fernandez,D-Kobo,
O Paracin 2017}) 4... Bxf3 (4... Nf6 $5 {is also possible, trying to get White
to reconsider allowing the doubled f-pawns.}) (4... a5 5. Bb2 axb4 6. Nxd4 e5 {
is the maximalist approach, whereupon White's only move to play for an edge is
probably} 7. h3 $1 Bd7 8. Nf3 f6 9. d4 $36) 5. Qxf3 c6 6. g3 e5 7. Qb3 {
I'm not a big fan of this move, as I generally believe the c5-square is of
questionable (and usually overstated) importance in this line.} (7. b5 {
therefore looks logical}) 7... a5 (7... h5 $5 {might have led to positions
that were more auspicious for a later Black kingside attack based on ...f5.} 8.
h4 a5 9. b5 a4 10. Qc2 cxb5 11. cxb5 Nd7 $11) 8. b5 $1 {Now there isn't a
choice.} a4 9. Qc2 Bc5 10. Bg2 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Nd7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rb1
Nf6 {Since both sides have been basically making neutral moves, the value of
White's bishop-pair has appreciated considerably.} 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. bxc6 bxc6
17. Rb7 Ng6 18. Bh3 Ne7 19. e3 (19. Re1 $5 {It would have been interesting to
try and take back on e3 with a rook and stretch Black's defences of the
central pawns. Against casual play White quickly gains a very significant edge,
e.g.} Rfd8 20. e3 dxe3 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Nd7 23. Qc3 (23. c5 $5) 23... Nc5
24. Rb1 Nxd3 25. Nxe5 $36) 19... dxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Nd7 (21... c5 $1 {
was principled and exploits White's decision to play with pawns on e3 and d3.
Now Black gets enough counterplay with either ...Rad8 or ...e4 next.}) 22. d4
Rad8 {So White still has something here, but the position is confusing.} 23.
dxe5 $2 (23. Qxa4 Qh6 24. Qa3 $1 {is an odd but useful computer tactic, and so
is} c5 25. dxe5 $1) 23... Nxe5 24. Nd4 (24. Qxa4 {is still possible, but
White's position is too fractured for the pawn to actually have any value, for
instance} Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Qe5 $44) 24... Qa3 25. Qe2 g6 26. c5 $2 {Perhaps
hoping that after an intermezzo the fork on e6 would become good?} (26. Ne6 Rb8
{is ineffectual}) (26. Rfb1 {is the best way to limit damage, ensuring that
White keeps the b-file and threatening Ne6 for real.} Rfe8 (26... Nc8 $5 27.
Ne6 Rd6 28. Nxf8 Rd2 29. Qf1 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Nd3 31. Bg2 $1 $11 {is a bizarre
draw}) 27. Bg2 {Maybe Black has some way to keep a small edge here, but it's
also possible for the tide to suddenly turn against him.}) 26... Nd5 ({The calm
} 26... Rfe8 $17 {left White with insurmountable problems}) 27. Re1 $2 (27. Ne6
Rb8 28. Qa6 {was the unpalatable necessity, giving Black numerous different
perpetual checks on demand but creating counterplay.}) 27... Nc3 ({And now} 
27... Rb8 {was best, since} 28. Reb1 Nc3 {is lost.}) 28. Qf1 (28. Qb2 Qxb2 29.
Rxb2 Nd3 30. Rc2 Nxe1 31. Rxc3 $17 {retains some practical chances}) 28... Qxa2
{Now the game is, for practical purposes, over; White's next move merely
accelerated the end.} 29. Qf4 Nd3 30. Qf1 Nxe1 31. Qxe1 Ne4 32. Nxc6 Rd2 33.
Bf1 Rf7 34. Nb4 Qb3 35. Rb8+ Rf8 36. Rb7 a3 37. c6 a2 38. c7 a1=Q 39. Bc4+ Qxc4
40. Qxa1 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nc6 $5 {Intending to deviate from the theory as
early as possible!} 4. Nc3 Nf6 (4... a6 $5 5. e3 (5. Qxc4) 5... Be6 6. Ne5 Qd6
7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. Ne4 Nf6 $15 {Cyborowski,L-Volzhin,A/Koszalin 1998
}) 5. g3 Nd5 6. Qxc4 Ndb4 $5 {This move is a novelty, which seems to promise
black good prospects in the forthcoming struggle.} (6... Nb6 7. Qb3 g6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 a5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Bd2 h6 14. a3 $14 {
Janata,M-Lehmann,H/Siegburg, Bad Godesberg 1969}) 7. Qb3 Be6 ({Another
reasonable continuation was} 7... Bf5 $5 8. d3 Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Nxc6 Bxb3 11.
Nxd8 Rxd8 12. Kd2 Be6 $13 {and black is doing fine.}) 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qd1 Bf5 $5
({Once again black had a comfortable choice between a move in the game and 9...
Bg4:} 9... Bg4 10. Bg2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Qxd4 13. Qa4+ Qxa4 14. Nxa4
Nxc1 15. Rxc1 O-O-O $11) 10. d3 Bg4 11. a3 ({Nothing promised} 11. Bg2 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 Ndc2+ 15. Kf1 Nxa1 16. a3 Nac2 17. axb4 Nxb4 18.
Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxa7 Rc8 $15 {and black is better.}) 11... Bxf3 12. exf3 Nd5 13.
Bg2 e6 14. f4 Nb6 (14... Bc5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O (16. Qb3 Qe7+ 17. Kf1 Nd4
$17) 16... Ne7 (16... O-O $6 17. Qb3 Nd4 18. Qxb7 c6 19. b4 Rb8 20. Qa6 Ne2+
21. Kh1 $14) 17. f5 Qd7 18. f6 gxf6 19. d4 Bd6 $132) 15. O-O Be7 16. Be3 Qd7
17. Qb3 O-O (17... Qxd3 $2 18. Rfd1 Qg6 19. Nb5 O-O 20. Nxc7 $16) 18. Rfd1 Rfd8
19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 $6 {More in the spirit of the position was} (
20... Qxc6 $5 21. Nb5 Qf3 22. Nxc7 Bf6 23. Nb5 Nd5 24. Bxa7 Ra8 $44 {with more
than sufficient compensation for a pawn. After a move in the game white gets a
steady plus due to a pressure on c6.}) 21. Qc2 $14 a5 22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Na4 g5 $6
({More chances for the successfull defense would leave} 23... c5 $5 24. Bxc5
Bf6 25. d4 Nb6 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Rcd1 b5 28. Nc3 $14) 24. fxg5 Nxe3 25. fxe3
Bxg5 26. Kf2 $16 e5 27. Re1 f5 (27... Qe6 28. Kg1 Qh6 29. Rde2 Qg6 30. Nc5 Be7
31. Rf2 $16) 28. Qc4+ Qd5 29. Rc1 $1 Kh8 30. h4 Bxe3+ (30... Bh6 31. Qxc6 $18)
31. Kxe3 f4+ 32. gxf4 exf4+ 33. Kf2 Qe5 34. Re1 Qf6 35. Kf1 Rd4 36. Qc3 Rbd8
37. Rg2 Qxh4 38. Qxd4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 ({More common is} 4. Qb3) 4... f6 {
Technically a new move - though the idea to play ...e5 is well-known.} 5. Bg2
e5 6. O-O Nd7 7. Qb3 a5 8. e3 {White decides to give the b-pawn to open files
and exploit the fact that Black is behind in development and that the black
king is still in the middle of the board.} dxe3 9. fxe3 axb4 10. d4 Be6 11. Bb2
Nh6 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Nbd2 {Instead of winning back the sacrificed pawn White
decides to increase the pressure and develops another piece.} ({After} 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bb2 {the position remains dynamic and is
roughly equal.}) 13... Nf7 14. Nd4 $1 {An inspired piece sacrifice. White
opens the e-file to attack Black's king.} exd4 15. exd4 {Die Öffnung der
a-Linie garantiert den Figurenrückgewinn.} Nde5 {Black is ready to give
material back.} ({Being greedy does not pay off: After} 15... Be7 16. Rae1 Ra6
17. d5 Bg4 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bd4 {the black king remains stuck in the center
and White has ample compensation for his piece.}) 16. Rae1 {White does not
want to take the offered knight but insists to continue with his attack.
However, he is in for a surprise: [#]} Bc5 $3 {A brillant idea. Black develops
the bishop - even though he sacrifices it - and suddenly has threats of his
own.} 17. Qe3 $2 {A very human reaction. But not the best.} ({The computer
prefers} 17. Bd5 $1 {and likes White's position, e.g.:} Bxd5 (17... O-O 18.
dxc5 (18. Bxe6 $2 Bxd4+ $11) 18... Re8 19. Nf3 $16) 18. cxd5 O-O 19. dxc5 $18)
(17. dxc5 {leads to complications with chances for both sides:} Qxd2 18. Bxe5 (
18. c6 $5 b5 19. Bxe5 O-O 20. Bf4 Qd4+ 21. Rf2 Bxc4 22. Qxb4 Rxa2 23. Be3 Qd6
$11) 18... Rxa2 19. Qf3 O-O 20. Bd6 $11) 17... Rxa2 18. dxc5 Rxb2 19. Rxf7 {
Perhaps White relied on this move when calculating the complications a few
moves earlier. Now, if Black had to take the rook things would be fine for
White. But Black has other options.} Qxd2 $1 {With a winning position for
Black.} 20. Qxd2 Rxd2 21. Rf4 Nd3 22. Rxe6+ Kd7 ({White loses material, e.g.} 
22... Kd7 23. Rfe4 Rd1+ 24. Bf1 b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Nxc4 c5 7. Nfe5 {
Caruana has decided that the immediate pressure in the centre has the chance
to complicate his opponent's development. Several games played with this line
have featured castling with rather peaceful play.} (7. O-O O-O (7... Nc6 8.
Nce5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. d3 a6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Rb8
15. Rac1 b6 16. b4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nd6 Qa7 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5
21. Rc2 $14 {1-0 (36) Jovic,A (2375)-Peric,S (2325) Vrnjacka Banja 1996}) 8. d3
(8. d4 Na6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be3 Nce4 11. Qa4 Be6 12. Rac1 Qd5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14.
Qa5 Qxa5 15. Nxa5 b6 16. Nac6 Rfe8 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Ndc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Rd7 20.
Rfd1 $16 {1-0 (62) Nuri,M (2206)-Asgarizadeh,A (2354) Kocaeli 2013}) (8. b3 Nc6
9. Bb2 Be6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. d3 Nb4 12. a3 Nc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4
Qxd4 16. Bxd4 b6 17. e3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd2 Nc5 20. b4 Nd3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
$15 {0-1 (40) Terreaux,G (2251)-Sokolov,A (2567) Martigny 1999}) 8... Nd5 (8...
Be6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Na5 Nc6 13. Qxd5 Nxa5 14. Bd2 Nc6
15. Qxc5 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bg7 17. Rfc1 $11 {1-0 (49) Lajthajm,B (2477)-Atalik,E 
(2430) Paracin 2013}) (8... Nbd7 9. Qb3 Ne8 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Na5 Nd6 12. Rac1
Be6 13. Qa3 Nd5 14. Rxc5 Qb6 15. Bxd6 exd6 16. Rc2 Nb4 17. Rcc1 Bxa2 18. Nd2
Bh6 19. Ndc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 $16 {1-0 (36) Pavlovic,M (2471)-Sutter,O (2392)
Biel 2005}) 9. Qc2 (9. a3 Nc6 10. b3 b6 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. e4 Nc7 13. b4 cxb4 14.
axb4 Nb5 15. Rb3 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11
{0-1 (41) Adzic,S (2230)-Deegens,V (2290) Korinthos 1998}) 9... b6 10. a3 Bb7
11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qa4 Qc6 17.
Qb4 Qc5 18. Qd2 Qh5 19. Qb4 Qc5 20. Qd2 Qh5 21. Qb4 {1/2 (21) Kuzmicz,K (2397)
-Tazbir,M (2428) Wroclaw 2007}) 7... O-O 8. d3 Nd5 {Naiditsch was not in his
best form in Wijk aan Zee. This might have influenced his decision to avoid
the natural move 8...Nbd7 with the much larger dose of risk involved.} (8...
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qc2 $5 Ne8 11. Na5 Nd6 12. Qxc5 Qe6 13. Qe3 Rb8 14. Qxa7
Bd7 $13) 9. Qb3 e6 (9... Nb6 10. Bf4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be5
Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 (11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rac1 Qd7
$11) 11... Nd7 12. Bd2 b6 {Both players are way too strong to believe that
Black can achieve a good life when he accepts the sacrifice of the pawn for
his splendid g7-bishop. The position would remain balanced, but the level of
risk for the second player would rise significantly.} (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Rf2 Ne3 16. Bf3 Nf5 $11) 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. e4 Nb4 (14... Ne7
15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba6 17. Rab1 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Nf6 $11) 15. Bc3 {White
sensibly abstains from accepting the offer of the pawn sacrifice as his
chances for advantage would simply disappear.} (15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Nc5 17.
Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. Rac1 f5 $11) 15... b5 (15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17.
Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rfd8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Qb6 21. Ng4 Nxd3 $11) 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 (16... bxc4 $6 17. Qc3 cxd3 18. Bh6 f6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ne1 Ba6 21. Rf2
$16) 17. Qc3+ f6 18. Ncd2 Qd6 $6 {The brave queen move in the critical
position indicates that the German chess star was going through difficult
times. Much more natural and desirable would have been to mobilise the rook
for the control of the d-file.} (18... Rad8 $1 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Rf2
e5 $11) 19. a3 Nc6 (19... Nxd3 20. e5 b4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. exd6 bxc3 23. bxc3
N3c5 24. Ra5 $14) 20. Nb3 {Caruana might have tried to put his opponent under
pressure with the immediate advance of the e-pawn.} (20. e5 $5 fxe5 21. Nxe5
Nd4 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxc5 $14) 20... Rac8 (20... b4 21. axb4
cxb4 22. Qc4 Rfc8 23. Bh3 f5 24. Rfc1 $14) 21. Rac1 $6 {The worries about top
players achieving perfection with a negative effect on the number of wins are
simply illusory. Even the great stars from the top 20 are missing chances and
paying a huge price for it. White should have punished the defender for his
dubious queen move to d6 with the radical advance of his e-pawn.} (21. e5 $1
fxe5 22. Nxe5 Nd4 (22... b4 23. axb4 cxb4 24. Nc4+ bxc3 25. Nxd6 cxb2 26. Rab1
Rb8 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Nd4 $16) 23. Nxd7 Bxg2 24. Nxf8 Bxf1 25. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 26.
Qxd4+ cxd4 27. Nxe6+ Kf6 28. Nxd4 Bxd3 29. Rd1 $14) 21... Ne7 22. e5 Qb6 23.
exf6+ Rxf6 24. Kh1 (24. Rf2 c4 25. dxc4 Rxc4 26. Qd2 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Bxf3 28.
Bxf3 e5 $11) 24... Nd5 25. Qd2 c4 {Naiditsch feels that all of his pieces are
well coordinated and he can start active actions in the centre.} 26. dxc4 bxc4
27. Nbd4 Nc5 28. Rc2 {The Italian star feels the heat coming from the black
army, but he is reluctant to to look for lines that may positively equalise
the game.} (28. Rxc4 $2 Ne4 29. Qd3 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Ne3 $19) (28. Rfd1 Nd3 29.
Rxc4 $1 Rxc4 30. Qxd3 Rc7 31. Qd2 $11) 28... Nd3 29. b3 Nb2 $5 {Black deserves
lot of credit for the creative approach. The knight move to b2 in order to
advance the c-pawn is highly original and certainly not without dangers for
White.} 30. Ne5 (30. bxc4 Nxc4 $17) (30. Rfc1 c3 31. Rxc3 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Rd8 33.
Qxb2 Bxf3 34. Nxf3 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Qe2 Qd8 38. Qe5 $11)
30... c3 31. Qf2 Rd8 32. Re1 $2 {Caruana's feeling for chess fails him
terribly with this unfortunate move. It was much more difficult to decide for
the correct 32.Qg1! The queen would be out of harm's way but at the same time
would be exercising lot of control in the position.} (32. Qg1 $1 Nxf4 (32... g5
33. Bf3 (33. Ng4 Rff8 34. Ne5 Rf6 $11) 33... h6 $11) 33. gxf4 Rxd4 (33... Bxg2+
34. Kxg2 Rxd4 35. Rxc3 Qd8 36. Rff3 $11) 34. Rxc3 Rd2 35. Bf3 Rxf4 36. Qg5 Qb5
37. Rg1 Bxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qxe6+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ $11) 32... Nxf4
$1 {[%mdl 64] Naiditsch was certainly hoping for the chance to unleash the
potential of his pieces. His tactical prowess in the complicated position
deserves the highest praise.} 33. gxf4 (33. Nxe6+ Nxe6 34. Qxb6 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2
axb6 36. Rxc3 Rd2+ $19) 33... Rxd4 34. Rxc3 (34. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 35. Qf3 (35. Kg1
Rfxf4 36. Qg3 Nd1 $19) 35... Qxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Rdxf4 37. Ne5 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1 Rxf1+
39. Kg2 Re1 40. Ng4 Nd1 $19) (34. Qe3 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nd1 36. Qe2 Qxb3 37. Rxd1
Qd5+ $19) 34... Nd1 $1 {The knight on the unusual square b2 is becoming the
hero of the day. White is fighting with so many problems that will not find
the chance to prevent it's decisive transfer to the f2-square.} 35. Rc7+ Kg8 $1
(35... Qxc7 $2 36. Qxd4 $16) 36. Qc2 (36. Qg1 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 (37. Qxg2 Qxc7 $19
) 37... Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Nf2 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Nf3 Rxf4 41. Nxd2 Rg4+ $19) 36...
Rdxf4 37. Rxb7 (37. Rxd1 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1 Rxf1#) (37. Qxd1 Qxc7 $19) 37... Nf2+
38. Kg1 (38. Qxf2 Qxf2 39. Rg1 Qe2 $19) 38... Nh3+ 39. Kh1 Rf1+ $1 {A charming
mixture of back rank motifs with a pattern known from smothered mate. The
final part of the game is esthetically very pleasing.} (39... Rf1+ $1 40. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 41. Bxf1 Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "Gruenfeld,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {WSZ 1925,S.368 [Grünfeld].} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 e5 {Von Spielmann in
die Turnierpraxis eingeführt, hat diese Spielweise trotz mehrmaliger
Anwendung noch keine solche Untersuchung erfahren, daß man sie, wie Spielmann,
für schlecht erklären könnte.} 4. Nxe5 (4. Nxc4 e4) 4... Bxa3 5. Qa4+ b5 {
Die Pointe der Verteidigung} 6. Qxa3 Bb7 (6... Qd5 7. Qf3 (7. Nf3) (7. Qg3)
7... Nf6 8. Qxd5 Nxd5 9. g3 f6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Ng4 h5 $2 (11... Na6 $142) 12.
Ne3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (56) Euwe,M-Spielmann,R Wiesbaden 1925}) 7. e3 Qd6 {Dieser
gut aussehende Zug bringt Schwarz forciert in Nachteil, wie das überaus
feinde Gegenspiel des gegners bald ersichtlich macht.} (7... a6 {sollte
geschehen}) (7... Qf6 8. Qc5 Qb6) 8. Qxd6 cxd6 9. Nf3 Nc6 (9... a6) 10. b3 $1 {
Damit wird nicht nur der Damenflügel von Schwarz zersprengt, sondern auch der
Bc1 kann auf b2 günstig eingreifen.} d5 (10... cxb3 11. Bxb5 bxa2 12. Rxa2 $16
) 11. bxc4 (11. a4 $1) 11... dxc4 12. a4 Ba6 (12... a6 13. Rb1) 13. Bb2 f6 14.
d3 $14 (14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Ng5 Nb4 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Ne4 $16) (14. Ng5 bxa4 15.
Ne6 Kf7 16. Nc7 c3 17. Bxc3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rb8 19. Ke2 $16) 14... cxd3 $2 (14...
b4 15. dxc4 Nge7 16. Nd4 $14) 15. Bxd3 $18 Nb4 16. Be4 Rc8 17. Nd4 bxa4 18.
Rxa4 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Rxa7 Ne7 21. Ba3 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. O-O Rc3 24.
Rd1 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 O-O 26. f3 {Grünfeld: Eine sehr gute Leistung
undTartakowers beste Partie im Turnier} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kocovski, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qe2 f6 8.
d3 Bg4 9. f3 Bf5 10. Nd5 Qc5 11. d4 Qc6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. d5 Qb6
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qb3 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. Be2 Ne7 19. O-O Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Rhe8 23. Re1 Bc8 24. Bh5 Ng6 25. Rfe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 b5 27.
cxb5 Rxd5 28. Be2 Bd7 29. a4 Ne5 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 b6 33. Bxe5
fxe5 34. b4 Bc2 35. a5 bxa5 36. bxa5 Ba4 37. Ke3 c6 38. b6 Bb5 39. Bxb5 cxb5 {
[#] Verbundene gegen getrennte Freibauern} 40. Ke4 b4 41. Kd3 {Die getrennten
Freibauern verlieren, weil sie eine Reihe zu weit hinten stehen.} (41. Kd3 b3
42. Kc3 e4 43. Kxb3 e3 44. Kc3 e2 45. Kd2 {q.e.d.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Na3 Nf6 5. Nxc4 Bd5 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 b6 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rc8 14. Ba6
Rc7 15. f3 Ba8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. a3 Bf6 19. f4 Ne7 20. Rf2 Bd5 21. Be2
Rc8 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Bb5 Rb7 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Be2 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rd7 27. Rcf1 Bc6
28. Bc4 Nd5 29. Be2 Qa8 30. Bf3 Ne7 31. b4 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 cxb4 33. axb4 Qc6 34.
Qxc6 Nxc6 35. b5 Na5 36. Ba3 Rc8 37. Bb4 Nb3 38. R3f2 Rc4 39. Bc3 Nc5 40. Rf4
Re4 41. Ra1 Rxf4 42. exf4 {Beweglicher guter Springer gegen schlechten Lдufer
bei weiЯen Bauernschwдchen gegenьber nur einer (a7) bei Schwarz. Tragikomische
SchluЯstellung!} g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Kf2 Nd3+ 45. Ke3 Nf4 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. h4
Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 48. hxg5 Kg6 {[%csl Rb5,Rd2,Rg5]} 49. Bb2 Rc7 50. d3 Rc2 51.
Bd4 Rd2 52. Ra3 Rd1 53. Bf2 Rb1 54. Rxa7 Rxb5 55. Rb7 Rb3 56. Ke4 Rb2 57. Kf3
Rd2 58. d4 Rd3+ 59. Ke4 Rb3 60. g4 b5 61. Rb8 b4 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Rb8 Rc3 (
63... Rc3 64. Rb7 Kg6 65. Rb8 b3 66. Bg1 (66. Rg8+ Kh7 67. Rb8 Rc2 68. Kf3 b2
69. Be1 Rc1 $19) 66... Kxg5 67. Rg8+ Kh4 68. Rb8 Kh3 $19 {[%cal Rh3g2]}) 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Bxa3 Nc6 7. Bg2 g6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Re8 12. Qc2 e5 13. Nfd2 Qc7 14. Nc5 Bf5 15.
Qa4 Rac8 16. Rfb1 b6 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Red8 19. Ra2 Be6 20. Rc2 Ne7 21.
Ra1 a5 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Ng5 Qd7 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Rb1 Bf8 26. Qa4 Nf5 27. Bxf8
Kxf8 28. Rcb2 Qd6 29. Rb5 Ne7 30. Qb3 Rdc8 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Qxb6 Qxb6 33. Rxb6
Rc5 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Rb7 Kf6 36. Rb6+ Kg7 37. Kf1 f5 38. Ke1 Kf7 39. Ra6 e4 40.
dxe4 fxe4 41. Bxe4 Rxc4 42. Rxa5 Rc1+ 43. Kd2 Rf1 44. f4 Rf2 45. h4 Rf1 46. Bf3
Nf5 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Kd3 Rd1+ 49. Ke4 Nxg3+ 50. Ke5 Re1 51. Kf6 Ke8 52. Rxh7
Kd8 53. Bg4 Ne4+ 54. Ke5 Nf2 55. Kd6 Ne4+ 56. Ke5 Nf2 57. Bf3 d3 58. Kd6 Ke8
59. Bd5 Kf8 60. Rf7+ Kg8 61. exd3 Nxd3 62. Re7+ Kh8 63. Rxe1 Nxe1 {[#] Strong
bishop--weak knight. White uses the stalemated knight in order to gain a
passed pawn with decisive effect. [#] Starker Lдufer - schwacher Springer 
WeiЯ benutzt den Pattspringer, um sich mit entscheidender Wirkung einen
Freibauern zu verschaffen.} 64. Be4 Kg7 65. Ke6 Kh6 66. Kf6 Kh5 67. Kg7 Kg4 68.
Kxg6 Kxf4 69. h5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 (3... e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. d4 $14 {Makarov-Ibragimov,
Smolensk 1991}) 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 {N} (6... Nf6 7. d3 Be7 $13) 7.
d3 Nge7 8. Be3 (8. Ne2 $5 b5 9. Bb3) (8. a3) 8... Nd4 9. Bxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nc6
11. Nd2 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. a3 Kh8 14. Ng3 (14. f5 $2 exf5 15. exf5 Ne5) (14. e5
$1 $14) 14... f5 15. Qe2 (15. Qf3 e5 $6 (15... Bd6 16. exf5 exf5 17. Rae1 $14)
16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Qe4) 15... Bd6 16. Kh1 $2 (16. exf5 exf5 17.
Rae1 $14) 16... Qh4 17. e5 $2 {gibt Schwarz den Hebel g7-g5} (17. exf5 exf5 18.
Qf3) 17... Bc7 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Qf2 b5 20. Ba2 Bb6 21. Ne2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 g5 $1
23. Nf3 (23. fxg5 Nxe5 $17) (23. h4 $5 g4 (23... gxf4 24. Nxf4) (23... gxh4 24.
Nf3) (23... h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. g3) 24. Rc1) 23... g4 (23... gxf4 $2 24. Nxf4
$16) 24. Nd2 Rfc8 25. Rc1 a5 26. Nb3 $2 (26. Rff1) 26... a4 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28.
Rxc5 b4 $2 29. axb4 $2 (29. Rf1 b3 30. Bb1) 29... Nxb4 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {/\ Rc2}
31. Bc4 Nc2 $1 {><b2,><e3} 32. h3 (32. Nc1 Ne3) 32... gxh3 33. gxh3 Rb8 34. Kh2
Kg7 35. Ng3 Rxb2 36. Nh5+ Kg6 37. Nf6 Bc6 38. Bxe6 a3 39. Ng8 Nb4 $1 (39... a2
$2 40. Ne7+ Kg7 41. Bxa2 Rxa2 42. Nxc6) 40. Ne7+ Kg7 41. Nxf5+ Kf8 42. Kg3 Rxf2
43. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kf1 Nxf4 45. Bb3 d3 46. e6 Bd5) 44... Nc5 45. Bc4 (
45. Nxd4 Nxe6 46. Nxe6+ Ke7 47. Nd4 Ba4 $1 $19) 45... d3 46. e6 d2 47. e7+ Ke8
48. Be2 Bd5 (48... a2 49. Bh5+ $18) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "De Boer, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O d4 6. d3 e5 7. e3 Nd7 (7... dxe3
8. Bxe3 Be7 9. Nc3) (7... Be7 8. exd4 exd4 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 $14) 8. Re1 (8.
exd4 cxd4 $13) 8... Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 a5 11. Rb1 f5 12. exd4 cxd4 13. a3
a4 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. Bb4 Re8 16. Bd6 $5 $146 (16. Nd2 Kh8 17. c5 (17. Bd6 Qb6 18.
c5 (18. Nb4 Nxb4 19. Bxb4 Nc5 $10) 18... Nxc5 19. Nc4 Qb5 $13 {Ftacnik} (19...
Qa7 $2 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxd4 $16)) 17... e4 $2 (17... Be7 18. Nc4 Bxc5 19.
Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxe5 Qf6 $13) 18. dxe4 Nde5 19. f4 Nd3 20. e5 $44 {
Damljanovic-Kamsky/Belgrad/1991}) 16... Ra6 (16... Qb6 $5 17. Nb4 (17. Ng5 Bxg5
18. Qh5 (18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qxg5) 18... Nf6 19. Qxg5 $13) 17... Nxb4
18. Bxb4 Nc5 $4 19. Nxd4 $18) 17. Nd2 {/\ Bd5-f7} g6 18. c5 Ra5 19. b4 (19. Nc4
$6 Rb5 {/\ Nxc5}) 19... axb3 20. Nxb3 Ra7 21. Nb4 Ndb8 $1 22. Qc1 (22. Bd5+ Be6
23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Qc1) 22... Be6 23. Nd2 Kg7 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd7 (25...
Rxa3 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 (26... bxc6 27. Rxb8 $18) 27. Rxb7+ $16) 26. Nxc6 (26. Nd5
Rxa3) (26. Nc2 $5 {/\ Rb5,Reb1}) 26... Nxc6 27. Qd5 Qf7 (27... Rxa3 28. f4 (28.
Rxb7 $2 Qxb7 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 Rc8 $17) 28... exf4 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Rxb7+
Kh8 31. Rb1 $1 (31. Qxc6 $2 Ra1+ 32. Bf1 Qe3+ 33. Kg2 f3+ 34. Kh3 Qh6#) (31.
Bxf4 Ra1+ 32. Bf1 Qe2 33. Qg2 Qxd3) 31... Qe3+ (31... Nd8 32. c6 $18) 32. Kh1
Qxd3 33. Re1 f3 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Bf8+ Kh8 36. Bh6#) 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bd5+ Kg7
30. Rxb7+ (30. Rb3 {/\ Reb1+/-}) 30... Rxb7 31. Bxc6 Rbb8 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. c6
$2 (33. a4 $5 Ra8 34. Ra1 Kf7 35. a5 Ra6 36. Bc7 Ke6 37. Bb6 $16) (33. Rb1 $5
$16) 33... Kf7 34. c7 (34. f4 e4 35. dxe4 fxe4 36. c7 e3 37. Kg2 Ke6) 34... Ke6
35. Bxe5 (35. Bb4 Rc8 36. Rc1 Kd7 37. Ba5 Be7 $10) 35... Bxe5 36. f4 Rc8 37.
Rxe5+ (37. fxe5 Rxc7) 37... Kd6 38. Ra5 Rxc7 39. Ra6+ Kd5 40. Ra5+ Kd6 41. h4
Rc3 42. h5 Rxd3 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. a4 Ra3 46. Re5+ Kf6 47. a5 g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O c5 6. Qe2 ({Hier oder auch
spдter kann WeiЯ mit} 6. d4 {ins angenommene Damengambit ьberleiten.}) 6... a6
7. Bb3 (7. Rd1 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 Qb6 (9... c4 $6 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. axb5 axb5
12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. d3 cxd3 14. Bxd3 $14 {Vujic Katanic,B-Savic,M/Vrnjacka Banja
1999}) 10. d4 {ist eine Nebenvariante im angenommenen Damengambit.}) (7. d4)
7... b5 $146 (7... Nc6 8. Rd1 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 {->Damengambit}) (7... b6
{Ein Zugestдndnis.} 8. d4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Qc7 12. e5 Nfd7
13. Bf4 Bc6 14. Ng5 $14 {Arsovic,Z-Peric,S/Niksic 1997}) 8. a4 {WeiЯ versucht,
b7-b5 als Schwдchung nachzuweisen.} b4 (8... c4 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. d3 cxd3 11. Bxd3
$14) 9. d3 $5 {Konsequent.} (9. d4) 9... Nc6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. e4 {
[%csl Rb7]} Be7 13. Nc4 Nxc4 (13... b3 $2 14. Nxa5 $16) 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Ng5 {
[%cal Yf2f4,Yf4f5]} h6 16. Nh3 g5 17. f4 O-O-O $5 (17... g4 18. Nf2 Rg8 {
wдre ein Spiel auf ein Tor (das schwarze).}) 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 ({
Vielleicht konnte WeiЯ mit dem verwickelten} 19. e5 {mehr erreichen:} Nd5 (
19... Rxh3 20. gxh3 Qc6 21. exf6 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qxh2+ 23. Ke1 $18) (19... Nd7 20.
Rxf7 $18) 20. Rxf7 Qc6 (20... Rxh3 21. gxh3 Nf4 (21... Qc6 22. Qf3) 22. Bxf4
gxf4 23. Qg4 $18) (20... Rdf8 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nxg5 $16) (20... g4 21. Nf4
Nxf4 22. Bxf4 $16) 21. Bxg5 $1 ({aber nicht} 21. Bxd5 $2 Qxd5 22. Rxe7 Rxh3 23.
Rxb7 (23. gxh3 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Rf8+ 25. Ke3 Qg1+ 26. Kd2 Rf2 $17) 23... Rxd3 24.
Rf7 Qd4+ 25. Be3 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 $17) 21... Rxh3 (21... Bxg5 22. Nxg5 $16)
(21... Rdg8 22. Bxe7 Rxh3) 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rxe7 Re3 24. Qg4 $16) 19... Rdg8
$1 20. Bf4 $8 Bd6 21. Qf3 (21. Bxd6 $2 Qxd6 22. Rxf6 Rxh3 23. g3 Rhxg3+ $19)
21... Ng4 $44 {[%cal Rh8h3]} (21... Rxh3 $2 22. Bxd6 Rxf3 23. Bxc7 Rxf1+ 24.
Rxf1 $18) 22. Kh1 Kb8 (22... Bxf4 $6 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 $16) (22... Rg6 $5)
23. Rae1 Ka8 24. Bb3 (24. Bxa6 $5 Bxa6 25. e5+ Qb7 (25... Bb7 $2 26. exd6 Bxf3
27. dxc7 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Ne3+ 29. Kh1 Nxf1 30. Ng1 $18) 26. exd6 Qxf3 27. Rxf3
Bb7 28. Ref1 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 $14) 24... Rg6 25. Bd1 f5 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qf4 Qd4
$1 (27... Ne5 28. Bf3) ({Auf} 27... Qxd3 {war WeiЯ vorbereitet:} 28. Bf3 Bxe4
29. Bxe4+ fxe4 30. Qc7 $16) 28. b3 ({Jetzt ist} 28. Bf3 $2 {verhindert:} Rxh3
$1 29. gxh3 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19 {[%cal Rg6g2]}) ({Nach} 28. Bxg4 Rxg4 29.
Qf2 Qe5 $17 {beherrscht Schwarz die Lage.}) 28... Ka7 ({Schwarz konnte auch
gleich} 28... Ne5 {spielen:} 29. Nf2 Rgh6 30. h3 Nxd3 31. Nxd3 Qxd3 $17) 29. a5
Ne5 30. Nf2 Rgh6 (30... Rhg8 31. Rg1) 31. h3 Nxd3 (31... Rh4) 32. Nxd3 Qxd3 33.
Re3 Qd2 $2 ({Noch besser war} 33... Qd4 $17 34. Be2 (34. Bc2 Rh4 35. Qf2) 34...
e5 35. Qf2 f4 36. Rd3 Bxe4) 34. Be2 Rh4 (34... e5 35. Qf2 Qd4 36. Kh2 (36. Rd1
$2 Rxh3+ $1 37. gxh3 Rxh3+ $19) 36... f4 (36... Bxe4 37. Rd1 Qb2 38. Rxe4 $1
fxe4 39. Qxc5+ Ka8 40. Qc4 $18) (36... fxe4 37. Rd1 $14) 37. Rd3 Qxf2 38. Rxf2
Bxe4 39. Rd7+ Kb8 40. Re7 $14) 35. Qf2 fxe4 36. Kg1 Rf8 (36... Qd6 37. Rd1 Qe7
$11) 37. Rf3 Rc8 $2 {Schade!} (37... Rxf3 38. Qxc5+ Ka8 39. gxf3 Rh8 40. fxe4
Qxe2 41. Rf8+ Rxf8 42. Qxf8+ $11) 38. Rf7 Qd4 39. Rd1 (39. Rd1 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2
Kb8 41. Rdd7 Bd5 42. Bxa6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. exd4 cxd4 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O
Nge7 {Es ist ein modernes Benoni mit vertauschten Farben entstanden. WeiЯ hat
ein Mehrtempo.} 9. Re1 (9. a3) (9. Na3) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 (10. Na3 $5) 10...
Ng6 11. a3 a5 12. b3 (12. Ne4 $5 Bc7 13. c5 $13) (12. Qc2 Re8 13. b3 h6 $6 (
13... Bf8 {->Partie}) 14. Rb1 Be6 15. h4 (15. c5 Bf8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ra2
$15 {Aljechin}) 15... Rc8 $2 (15... Qe7 16. h5 (16. Qb2 f6) 16... Nf8 17. c5
Bxc5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd6 {/\ Rac8=/+ Aljechin}) 16. c5 $1 $16 {
Capablanca-Janowski, New York 1924}) 12... Re8 13. Qc2 Bf8 $5 14. Rb1 Be6 $1 {
gegen die weiЯe Expansion mit c5 und b4} 15. c5 $6 (15. h4 $5) 15... Bd5 16. b4
$2 (16. Nc4 $2 Bxc5 17. Ncxe5 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxc5 Nf3+
21. Bxf3 Bxf3 $17) 16... axb4 17. axb4 b5 $1 $17 18. h4 (18. cxb6 Bxb4 $17)
18... Ra4 19. h5 Nh8 20. Qd1 Rxb4 21. Rxb4 Nxb4 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxg2 24.
Kxg2 Qd5+ 25. Ndf3 f6 26. Ng4 Nf7 $1 (26... Bxc5 27. h6 $146) 27. h6 f5 28.
Ngh2 g6 29. Qe2 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Velikov, Petar"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. h3 (13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
Nd2 Ne5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. h3 Bf5 $10 {Kasparov}) 13... Nf6 (13... Bxf4 14. hxg4
$14) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2 Qd8 (16... Qg6 17. Re1 Kh8 (17... Qxd3 $4
18. Be4) 18. Ne4 (18. Qf3 $5) 18... Be7 19. f4 Bd7 20. Kh2 Rae8 $10 {
Panno-Timman, Buenos Aires 1980}) 17. Re1 Rb8 (17... Bf5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Be4
Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxb2 21. Nb3 Qf6 22. f4) 18. Qh5 $14 b6 (18... Qg5 $5 19. Qxg5
hxg5 $14) 19. Re2 Re8 20. Rae1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bb7 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Bf8 24.
Qf5 Qc8 25. Qh5 Ra8 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. h4 Qd7 28. Kg2 a6 29. h5 Qa4 30. Qf4 Rc8
31. Nf3 Qc6 (31... Qxa2 32. Qf5 Rc7 (32... Rb8 33. Ne5 Rb7 34. Nd7 $18) (32...
Rd8 33. Ne5 f6 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Nf7 Rb8 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qg6 $40) 33. Re8 Qa4
34. Qe4 {/\ Qa8+-}) 32. Re4 b5 33. b3 Bd6 34. Qf5 bxc4 35. bxc4 Rb8 36. Ne5
Bxe5 37. Qxe5 Rb2 38. Qd5 Qxd5 39. cxd5 Kf8 (39... Rb6 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Rc8 $16
) (39... Rb8 $5 40. Re5 Rd8 41. d6 Rxd6 42. Rxc5 $16 {/\ Kf3-e4, Rd5}) 40. d6
Rb7 41. Re5 Rd7 42. Rd5 g5 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. f3 Ke6 46. Rxc5 Rxd6 47.
Re5+ Kf6 48. Rd5 Rb6 49. Ra5 Ke6 50. g4 f6 51. Kxd4 Rb4+ 52. Ke3 Rb6 53. Ke4
Rb4+ 54. d4 Rb6 55. Rc5 Kd6 56. Kf5 Rb4 57. Ra5 Rxd4 58. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. c4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d4 6. d3 (6. e3 e5 7.
exd4 exd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 $1 12. Bf4 Bd6 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nd2 Qb6 $6 (14... Ne5 {Kasparov} 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. h3 Bf5 $10) 15.
Re1 Bd7 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qb3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Pinter,J/Skara EUchT/1980}) 6... e5
7. a3 (7. e3) 7... a5 $146 (7... Be7 8. b4 $5 cxb4 $140 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Nxe5
$1 $14) (7... Bd7 8. e3 Be7 9. exd4 exd4 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Ne1 Qd7
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 Be7 15. Ne4 Bg4 16. Qd2 h6 17. Nc2 a5 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19.
Nf2 Be6 20. Re2 a4 21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. h3 Bc7 23. Qd1 Ba5 24. Rf1 $14 {Gausel,
E-Elseth,R/NOR-ch (3)/1991/0.5 (44)}) 8. e3 Be7 9. exd4 exd4 10. Re1 {Nun ist
die Hauptfortsetzung mit der Zugabe a3/a5 entstanden.} h6 (10... O-O) 11. Bf4
O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Nd2 (14. Bf4 g5 15. Bc1 Bd6) 14... Ra6 (14...
Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qc7 16. Re1 Re8 (16... Bf5 17. Qf3 $1 $14) 17. Qh5 (17. Bd5)) (
14... f6 $6 15. Bf4 g5 16. h3 gxf4 17. hxg4 $16) 15. h3 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rg6 17.
Qh5 Bd6 18. Re2 Rg5 19. Qh4 Re5 (19... Be7 $6 20. Qe4) 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxe5
Bxe5 22. h4 {Trotz der Vereinfachung und der symmetrischen Bauernstellung:
Wei� st�tzt seine Hoffnungen auf den Druck auf der langen Diagonalen und
den weniger starken Be5.} a4 (22... Bc7 23. Rb1 (23. b4 $6 cxb4 24. axb4 axb4
25. Nb3 Bf5)) (22... Bf5 $5 23. Be4 $14) 23. Rb1 Bc7 24. Be4 {Der wunde Punkt
in der wei�en Bauernstruktur ist der Pd3. Jetzt ist Bf5 verhindert.} Kf8 25.
b4 axb3 26. Nxb3 b6 27. a4 f5 28. Bf3 f4 (28... Bd6 29. a5 bxa5 30. Ra1 Be6 31.
Rxa5 Rc8 $14) (28... g5 29. a5 bxa5 (29... Ke7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ra1 bxa5 32.
Nxc5 g4 33. Bg2 f4 34. gxf4 Bf5 35. Be4)) 29. g4 h5 $1 30. gxh5 Bf5 31. Rd1 Bd6
32. Kg2 Be7 (32... Rd7 $1 $10 {/\ Ra7} 33. a5 bxa5 34. Nxa5 Ra7 35. Nb7 Be7)
33. a5 bxa5 34. Nxa5 Rc8 35. Bd5 Bg4 36. Bf3 Bf5 37. Nc6 Bxh4 $6 (37... Bf6 $5)
38. Ne5 Ke7 (38... Rb8 39. Be4 Bf6 40. Ng6+ Bxg6 41. hxg6 Ke7 $14) 39. Ng6+
Bxg6 40. hxg6 {Hecht: T+ungl.L: blockierte B-Stellung, bessere wei�e Figuren,
schw B-Schw�chen} Kf6 41. Be4 f3+ $2 (41... Rb8 42. Rd2 $14) 42. Kxf3 Rf8 43.
Kg4 Bxf2 44. Rh1 $1 Be3 45. Rh5 Ke6 (45... Rc8 46. Rf5+ Ke6 47. Rf7 Rg8 48. Rc7
Kd6 49. Rc6+ $18) 46. Rxc5 Rf4+ 47. Kg3 Rf8 48. Ra5 Bf4+ 49. Kg4 Bd6 50. Bf5+
Kf6 51. c5 Bb8 52. Rb5 Bh2 53. Rb7 Be5 54. c6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[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 "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. exd4 Qxd4 6. d3 e5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Be3 Qd7 ({Der ьbliche Zug ist} 8... Qd8 {. Die schwarzen Ergebnisse damit sind
gar nicht schlecht, so daЯ es interessant gewesen wдre, zu sehen, was Ftacnik
hier beabsichtigt hatte.} 9. d4 (9. Qe2) (9. g4) (9. Be2) 9... exd4 10. Qxd4
Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 (11... Nf5 12. Be5 c6 13. O-O-O f6 14. Bf4 h5 15. Bd3 Kf7 16.
Rhe1 Bb4 $14 {Ftacnik,L-Karner,H/Tallinn 1981}) 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Rc1 (13. Bf4
Be6 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bf4 Na5 $15 {Timurova,L-Prudnikova,S/Halle 2000}) 13...
Bf5 14. c5 {Osnos} (14. a3 Bd6 $132 {Barle,J-Nikolic,P/Ljubljana 1985}) 14...
O-O-O 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Ne5 17. Be2 Rhe8 18. O-O Bd3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. b4
$11 {Langeweg-Hort/Amsterdam 1978 (nach Zugumstellung)}) 9. d4 (9. Be2 Nf5 10.
Bg4 Bb4 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O (14... O-O-O $5)
15. d4 exd4 16. Bxd4 c5 $132 {Blatny,P-Hertneck,G/Austria 1999}) 9... Nf5 ({Mit
} 9... exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 (10... Nf5 $5) 11. Bxd4 {kцnnte immer noch die
Hauptfortsetzung entstehen.}) 10. dxe5 Nxe3 (10... Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 $5 {Osnos})
11. fxe3 {Hier ist ein Vorzug von 8..Qd7 gegenьber Qd8 erkennbar: der
Zwischentausch auf d8 entfдllt.} Bc5 12. Qd5 (12. Nd5 c6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nf6+
gxf6 15. Qh5+ Qf7 16. Qxc5 e5 $11) 12... Bxe3 13. Rd1 Bg5 (13... Qe7 {gefдllt
mir besser:} 14. Qe4 Bb6 15. Nd5 Ba5+ 16. Kf2 Qc5+ $132) 14. Qc5 $1 Qe7 (14...
Qc6 15. Qxc6+ bxc6 16. g3 $16 {[%cal Yf1g2]}) (14... Be7 15. Rxd7 Bxc5 16. Rxc7
$16) 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O (17. Nd5 Bd8 {[%cal Yc7c6] ist ein
Schlag ins Wasser.}) 17... c6 18. Ne4 {[%cal Ye4d6]} Be6 19. Nd6 {Mit diesem N
braucht WeiЯ sich wenig Sorgen machen, vom Lдuferpaar erdrьckt zu werden.} a5 (
19... Rad8 $5) 20. Rf4 f6 (20... Rad8) 21. exf6 Rxf6 (21... Bxf6 22. Nxb7 Rfb8
(22... Bxb2 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nd8 $16) 23. Bf3 Rxb7 24. Bxc6 Rab8 25. Bxb7
Rxb7 26. b3 $16) 22. Rxf6 gxf6 ({Nach} 22... Bxf6 23. Nxb7 Rb8 (23... Bxb2 24.
Nd8 $16) 24. Nxa5 Rxb2 25. Bf1 $16 {bleibt WeiЯ ein Mehrbauer.}) 23. b3 (23.
Nxb7 Rb8 24. Nxa5 Rxb2 25. Nxc6 Bc5+ 26. Kf1 Rxa2 {[%csl Ga2,Gc5] beschert
Schwarz mehr Gegenspiel als die oben angegebenen Varianten.}) 23... b6 24. Bf3
Rd8 25. c5 bxc5 (25... Bd5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. Rxd5 $16 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29.
cxd6 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ke3 Kxd6 32. Kd4) 26. Nb7 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 a4 $2 {
Beschert dem WeiЯen einen krдftigen Freibauern.} (27... c4 $142 28. Nxa5 (28.
bxc4 Bb4) 28... c3 29. Bc2 Bd5 $14 {und ich sehe keinen weiЯen Gewinn.}) 28.
bxa4 Bxa2 29. a5 Bc4 $2 {Verliert sofort.} (29... Be6 30. a6 (30. Bb3 c4 31.
Ba4) 30... Bc8 $16 {[%cal Yc8b7]}) 30. Bb3 $1 $18 Bxb3 31. a6 c4 32. a7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9596 6th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 (
6... e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Be2 c6 9. O-O Nf5 10. g4 $5 (10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12.
Bc3 $10 {Suba-Ftacnik/Warsaw/1987}) 10... Nh4 11. Be3 Qd6 (11... Qd8 12. d4 h5
13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 hxg4 $17 {Filipowicz-Balashov/Warsaw/1990
}) 12. Ne4 (12. d4 h5 13. f3 Bd7 14. d5 Qg6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Kh1 hxg4 17. fxg4
Bb4 $17 {D.Gurevich-W.Watson/Saint John op/1988}) 12... Qg6 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. d4
(14. c5 $5 {Salov} Bc7 15. d4 e4 16. d5 $132) 14... e4 15. Qc2 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3
exf3 17. Qe4+ $1 Kf8 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Bxg4 20. Rfe1 h5 21. h4 Qf6 22. Qxf6
gxf6 $15 {Illescas Cordoba-V.Salov/Dos Hermanas/1995}) 7. d3 Nh6 $1 $146 {
Der N strebt ьber f5 nach d4. Den Tausch auf h6 braucht Schwarz nicht zu
fьrchten, da der Bc1 die bestwirkende weiЯe Figur ist. Bislang versuchte
Schwarz hдufig den Weg ьber e7 nach f5 (s.o.: Suba-Ftacnik etc.) .} 8. Be3 {
Dieser natьrliche Zug hat den Nachteil, daЯ das geplante Nf5 mit Angriff auf
den Be3 erfolgen kann.} (8. Be2 $5 {schlug Zvjaginsev selbst spдter vor. Auf
einen freiwilligen Rьckzug der Qd4 ist jetzt g4 mцglich.} g6 (8... Nf5 9. g4 {
Das ist der Kern von Zvjaginsevs Idee: er will den N nicht nach d4 lassen.} Nh4
10. Rg1 $36 e5 (10... h5 $6 {ein vergeblicher Versuch, den weiЯen Aufbau zu
widerlegen.} 11. gxh5 Bh3 {Damit kann die weiЯe Rochade vereitelt werden.
Wegen der besseren Entwicklung und einer sicheren Zentralkontrolle scheint
WeiЯ aber dennoch die besseren Chancen zu erhalten.} 12. Be3 Qd6 (12... Qd7 13.
Rg3 Ng2+ 14. Kd2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 $16) 13. Rg3 Ng2+ 14. Kd2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 $16) (
10... Qe5 $2 11. f4 $16) 11. Be3 $14) 9. h3 $1 Bg7 10. g4 f5 11. Be3 Qd6 12.
Qd2 $36) 8... Qd8 {/\ Nf5} (8... Qd6 {Zvjaginsev} 9. Ne4 {/\ Ng3 unterbindet
die Drohung Nf5}) 9. Bxh6 $6 {WeiЯ konnte den Verlust des Lдuferpaars nicht
mehr vermeiden, aber diese Art des Tauschs gibt Schwarz wertvolle Zeit. Die
Schwдchung des Kцnigsflьgels kann WeiЯ anscheinend ohne den schwarzfeldrigen
Lдufer nicht ausnutzen.} (9. d4 Nf5 10. Qd2 (10. Be2 g6) 10... g6 11. O-O-O Bg7
12. Be2 $10) 9... gxh6 10. d4 Bg7 {[%csl Rd4]} 11. d5 Qd6 $1 {Nachdem die
weiЯe Stellung wesentlich geschwдcht ist, greift die Q mit Macht ins Geschehen
ein.} (11... O-O $6 {Zvjaginsev} 12. Bd3 $1 $14 Bxc3+ $140 $6 13. bxc3 cxd5 14.
cxd5 Qxd5 $4 15. Bxh7+ $18) 12. Rc1 $6 (12. Bd3 $2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qe5+ $19) (
12. Be2 Bf5 $17 {Zjaginsev nahm von 12.Be2 Abstand, da jetzt Schwarz mit
seinen starken Lдufern das Geschehen bestimmt. Ich frage mich aber doch, ob
diese Fortsetzung nicht das kleinere Ьbel gewesen wдre, da er jetzt wenigstens
zur Rochade kommt.} 13. O-O O-O-O (13... Be5 14. f4 Bxf4 (14... Bg7 15. Bd3 (
15. Bf3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Qxc4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rc1)) 15. dxc6 Bxh2+ (15... Bc8)
16. Kh1) 14. Bg4) (12. Qd2 $140 $5 {Kortschnoj} Qg6 13. Bd3 Qxg2 14. O-O-O $44)
12... Qg6 $1 {Verhindert die Entwicklung des weiЯen Kцnigsflьgels.} 13. Qf3 (
13. g3 $4 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Qe4+ $19) 13... Qg5 14. Qe3 Be5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 15.
Qxg5 $2 (15. g3 $142 {Zvjaginsev} Qxe3+ (15... Bd4 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Bg2 $17)
16. fxe3 $17) 15... hxg5 16. Bd3 (16. g3 Bf5 17. Bg2 $17) 16... cxd5 17. cxd5 {
Eine wichtige Entscheidung: es ist klar, daЯ der Pd5 in allen mцglichen
denkbaren Endspielen zur Schwдche neigt. Als Ausgleich hat WeiЯ aber eher
aktive Mцglichkeiten. Bei der Alternative wдre WeiЯ auf passive Verteidigung
reduziert, was Zvjaginsev nicht so behagt.} (17. Nxd5 Be6 (17... e6 18. Nc3 Bd7
19. O-O $17) (17... Bxb2 $2 18. Rc2 Be5 19. Re2 $132) 18. Nc3 $17 (18. b3 $17))
17... Bd7 18. O-O Rc8 19. Ne4 (19. Rfe1 $6 {Zvjaginsev} f6 $1 20. Rxe5 $5 fxe5
21. Re1 $17) (19. Bb5 $2 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Kd7 $19 {[%csl Rd5] Der Verlust des Pd5
ist auf die Dauer nicht zu vermeiden.}) 19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 b6 (20... h6 21.
Nc5) 21. b3 $2 (21. Re1 $142 $1 {Mit diesem von Zjaginsev selbst
vorgeschlagenen Zug hдtte er sein mit cxd5 eingeleites aktives Spiel besser
rechtfertigen kцnnen.} Bxb2 (21... h6 22. Nxg5) 22. Nxg5 {mit guten
Remischancen} h6 $17) 21... f5 22. Nc3 Kf7 $19 {Jetzt ist alles klar: WeiЯ
kann kein aktives Spiel mehr organisieren und der schwache Pd5 zusammen mit
dem Lдuferpaar und dem aktiven schwarzen Kцnig garantieren Schwarz den Sieg.}
23. Nb5 Ra8 (23... a6 24. Na7 Kf6 25. Nc6 $132) 24. Rc2 a6 25. Nc7 Rc8 26. Ne6
(26. Nxa6 {Zvjaginsev} Rxc2 27. Bxc2 Bd6 {[%csl Gd6,Ra6][%cal Yf7f6,Yf6e5]} 28.
a4 Kf6 29. b4 Ke5 30. Bb3 Bc8 31. b5 Bb7 $19) 26... Kf6 (26... Rxc2 27. Bxc2
Bxe6 $4 28. dxe6+ Kxe6 $15) 27. g3 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 h6 29. Bd3 Bc8 30. f4 gxf4 31.
Nxf4 Bb7 32. Kf2 Bd6 33. Ke2 Ba3 34. Ke3 Bc8 35. Bf1 Ke5 36. Bh3 Bc1+ 37. Kf3
Bxf4 38. gxf4+ Kd4 39. Bf1 b5 40. Kg3 Bd7 41. b4 Kc3 42. Kh4 Be8 43. Be2 Bf7
44. Bh5 Bxd5 45. Bg6 Bf3 46. Bh5 Be4 47. Bf7 Bf3 48. Bh5 Bxh5 49. Kxh5 Kd4 $1 (
49... Kxb4 50. Kxh6 Ka3 51. Kg5 Kxa2 52. h4 b4 53. h5 b3 54. h6 b2 55. h7 b1=Q
56. h8=Q $132) (49... Kd4 {Kortschnoj} 50. Kxh6 e5 51. fxe5 Kxe5 $19 52. Kg5 f4
53. Kg4 Ke4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Smolensk"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e6 (3... c5 $1 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Bb5 (5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O
Nf6 7. d3 Be7 $13) 5... Bd7 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Ba4
b5 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Be3 Be7 15. f3 {Hier gaben
1989 in Gorki dieselben Spieler wie in der Partie remis.}) 4. Bxc4 c5 5. d4 {
WeiЯ hat eine recht gьnstige Version des angenommenen Damengambits erreicht.}
a6 (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 $14) 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nc6 (9...
b4 10. Ba4+ Nd7 11. Nce2 Bxe4 12. Ng3 $146) 10. Nxc6 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc6 12. Be3
Nf6 (12... b4 $2 13. Ba4 Bxa4 14. Nxa4 $16) 13. f3 $14 {Es ist eine дhnliches
Endspiel wie in der Vorgдngerpartie entstanden.} Be7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Ne2 Rfc8
16. Nf4 Kf8 17. e5 Ne8 (17... Nd7 $2 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxd7 $18) 18. Nd3 g5 19.
Kf2 h5 20. Bc5 a5 21. a3 Ng7 22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Nc5 Nf5 (23... Be8 24. Nb7 $1
$16) 24. Ba2 Nh4 25. Bb1 g4 $2 (25... Ng6 $5) 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rab8 28.
Kg3 Nf5+ 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Kf4 Rc4+ (30... Ke6 31. Rd6+ Ke7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33.
Kxf5 Rc2 34. Ra6 Rxg2 35. f4 $18) 31. Kxf5 gxf3 32. gxf3 a4 33. f4 h4 34. h3
Rbc8 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Rd5 b4 37. Ra5 b3 38. Ra7+ Ke8 39. Kg5 Re4 (39... Rc2
40. Rxa4 Rxb2 41. Kf6 Rd2 42. Rb4 b2 43. f5 $18) 40. f5 Rxe5 41. Rxa4 Re2 42.
Kf6 Rxb2 43. Rxh4 Ra2 44. a4 b2 45. Rb4 Rxa4 46. Rb8+ Kd7 47. Rxb2 Rf4 48. Rb7+
Ke8 49. Rb8+ Kd7 50. Rh8 Kd6 51. Rd8+ Kc7 52. Rd3 Kc6 53. h4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 (3... Nc6 $10) 4. b4 f6 (4... dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 6.
Bb2) 5. bxc5 (5. exd4 cxd4 6. c5) 5... e5 6. exd4 (6. Nxe5 $2 fxe5 7. Qh5+ Ke7
8. Qxe5+ Kf7 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bc3 Nh6 13. f3 Nf5 $17 {
Czerwonyski-Kveinis/Warschau/1991}) 6... e4 $2 $146 (6... exd4 7. d3 Nc6 8. Be2
(8. Bb2 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 $13) (8. g3 $5) (8. Qe2+ $5 Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Ba3)
8... Bxc5 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 b6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Bf1
Ng6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Nd2 f5 17. g3 Bd7 18. Bg2 $14 {Pirc-Kostic/YU-ch/1936})
7. Qe2 Qe7 (7... f5 8. d3 $16 (8. Bb2 $16)) 8. Ng1 Nc6 9. Bb2 Nh6 10. Na3 Bg4 (
10... Nf5 11. Nc2 $16 (11. Nb5 $5 $16)) 11. f3 exf3 12. Nxf3 O-O-O 13. Qxe7
Bxe7 14. d5 $18 Ne5 15. d6 Bf8 (15... Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxf3 17. dxe7 Rhe8 18.
Bh3+ Kb8 19. O-O $18) 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Re8 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Rhe1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Be6 6. Qc2 (6. Ng5 $2 Bd5 7. e4
Bc6) 6... Bd5 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Qd3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 c6 12.
Qb3 b6 13. d4 (13. Ne5 $5 Qd5 14. d4) 13... Qxd4 14. Bf4 Bg7 15. Ne5 Qd5 16.
Rfd1 Qxb3 17. axb3 c5 18. Nc6 (18. Nc4 $2 O-O) 18... a5 19. Rd3 (19. Bc7 Nd7 (
19... Rc8 20. Bxb6)) 19... e6 (19... O-O 20. Nxe7+ Kh8) 20. Be5 (20. Bc7 Rc8)
20... O-O 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. Rf3 Nd5 (22... Ne4 $2 23. Rd7) 23. e4 Nb4 24. Bxg7
(24. Nxb4 axb4 (24... Bxe5 25. Nc6 Bd4 26. Nxd4 Red8 27. Rfd3 Rxd4 28. Rxd4
cxd4 29. Rxd4 Rc8 30. Rd6 Rc2 31. Rxb6 Rxb2 $10) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd7 Rf8)
24... Nxc6 (24... Kxg7 25. Rd7 Nxc6 26. Rfxf7+ Kg8 (26... Kh6 $2 27. Rxh7+ Kg5
28. f4+ Kg4 (28... Kf6 29. Rdf7#) 29. Kg2 $18) 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29.
Rhg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ $10) 25. Rd6 Rac8 26. Bf6 e5 27. Rfd3 h6 28. h4 Nb4 29. Rd2
b5 30. Rb6 Rc6 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 Kf8
36. Kf2 Rxe4 37. Rd8+ Re8 38. Bg7+ Ke7 39. Bf6+ Kf8 40. Bg7+ Ke7 41. Bf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. Bb2 (4. g3 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nbd2 a5 9. b5 c5 $13 {Dizdarevic-P.Nikolic, Sarajevo 1987}) 4... Bg7 5. d3 e5
6. Nbd2 a5 (6... Ne7 7. Nb3 $5 $14 {Nikolic}) 7. a3 Ne7 8. g3 b6 (8... c5 9.
bxc5 Na6 10. a4 {/\ Ba3+/= Nikolic}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 {Ungenau,
denn wegen des ungedeckten Pd3 kann das logische e3 noch nicht durch- gesetzt
werden.} (11. Qb3 $1 {Nikolic}) 11... c5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. e3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1
15. Rxa1 $2 {Zeitverlust} (15. Bxa1 dxe3 16. Rxe3 f6 $10) 15... dxe3 16. fxe3
cxb4 17. Qxb4 (17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Na6 $17 (18... Nbc6 19. d5 Na5 20. Qxb4
Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxc4 $17)) 17... Nf5 18. Re1 Na6 19. Qc3 (19. Qa3 Nc5) 19... Nc5
(19... e4 $6 20. Nd4 Rd8 21. Nxe4 Nxd4 22. exd4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4
$132) 20. Qc2 $2 (20. e4 Nd4 (20... Ne7 21. Nb3 Na4 22. Qc2 Nxb2 23. Qxb2) 21.
Nxd4 exd4 22. Qc2) 20... Rd8 21. Bf1 (21. d4 $2 exd4 22. exd4 Ne6 $17) (21. e4
$6 {Nikolic} Nxd3 22. exf5 Qc5+ 23. Bd4 (23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Qg1+
26. Rxg1 Nf2#) (23. Nd4 Nxe1 $19) 23... Rxd4 24. Nb3 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 $19)
21... e4 $1 22. dxe4 (22. Nxe4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Nxe4 24. dxe4 Bxe4 25. Qf2 $17 (
25. Bg2 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Qxg3+)) 22... Nxg3 $1 23. Bxg7 (23. hxg3
Qxg3+ 24. Bg2 (24. Kh1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 $19) 24... Bxb2 25.
Qxb2 Nd3 26. Qb1 (26. Nf1 Qxe1 27. Nxe1 Nxb2 $19) 26... Qf2+ 27. Kh2 Nxe1 28.
Qxe1 Qxe1 29. Nxe1 Rxd2 $19) 23... Nxf1 24. Ba1 Nxh2 $1 25. Nxh2 Qg3+ 26. Kf1
Qxh2 27. Qc3 f6 (27... f6 28. Qxf6 $4 Rf8) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Maki, Veijo"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Bd6 7. e3 Nge7 8. exd4 (
8. Nbd2 $5 {[%cal Yd2e4] Capablanca}) 8... cxd4 {Nun ist eine Stellung aus dem
modernen Benoni mit vertauschten Farben entstanden.} 9. Na3 (9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2
Ng6 $13 {Capablanca-Janowski/New York/1924}) 9... O-O 10. Nc2 a5 11. Rb1 h6 12.
b3 $6 {Das kommt mir unnцtig langsam vor.} (12. a3 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Rxb3 {
Der Nc2 findet ьber b4 interessante Mцglichkeiten. Jedenfalls leuchtet es mir
nicht ein, daЯ WeiЯ ein Tempo verschenkt hat, um diese Mцglichkeit zu
verhindern.}) 12... Be6 13. a3 Rb8 {ein bekanntes Manцver im Benoni: der
VorstoЯ b3-b4 soll durch b7-b5 gekontert werden.} 14. Re1 {[%cal Yc4c5]} (14.
b4 {wдre die konsequente Fortsetzung gewesen.} b5 (14... axb4 15. axb4 (15.
Nxb4 $5) 15... b5 16. c5 Bc7 $132 {[%cal Ye7d5] Der schwarze Plan ist: erst
die weiЯe Majoritдt am Damenflьgel blockieren und dann den Vormarsch der
eigenen Majoritдt im Zentrum langsam vorbereiten.}) 15. cxb5 Rxb5 16. a4 Rb8
17. b5 Nd5 18. Bd2 $13) (14. Nh4 $5 {wдre ein Versuch, am anderen Flьgel zu
spielen, da Schwarz sich am Damenflьgel gewappnet hat. Danach ist aber mit
g7-g5 zu rechnen.} g5 15. Qh5 gxh4 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. Be4) 14... b5 $132 15. Bd2
(15. c5 Bc7 {ist дhnlich wie bei 14.b4} (15... Bxc5 16. Nxe5 $13)) 15... Qd7
16. Qe2 (16. Nh4) 16... Ng6 17. Qf1 Qc7 18. Rec1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rxb1 20. Rxb1
Rb8 21. Qd1 (21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Nfe1 Nge7 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4
Qxf4 26. gxf4 $11) 21... Nf8 {[%cal Yf8d7,Yd7c5] Das Idealfeld fьr den N ist
auf c5: er greift die Schwдche (Pd3) an, und blockiert den Pc4.} 22. Nfe1 (22.
Rxb8 Nxb8 (22... Qxb8 $6 23. Nh4 Qb6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxa5 g5 $44) 23. Qe1 Nc6
24. Nh4 g5 25. Nf3) 22... Nd7 23. Rxb8+ Ndxb8 $15 24. Qb1 (24. Qh5 {[%cal
Yg2h3]} Qd7) 24... Bd7 25. Bd5 Na6 {[%cal Ya6c5]} 26. Qb5 $2 {Danach leitet
Schwarz in ein gewonnenes Endspiel ьber; es war aber schon nicht mehr ganz
leicht.} Ncb4 27. Qb7 $8 Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Nxc2 29. Nxc2 (29. Bxa6 Nxe1 30. Bxe1 a4
$19) 29... Nc5 {[%csl Rd3]} 30. Bd5 Nb3 (30... Nxd3 31. Bxa5) 31. c5 (31. Be1
Bf5 $19) 31... Nxc5 32. Bxa5 Nxd3 33. Bc4 Nb2 34. Bb3 Bb5 35. Bb4 Bxb4 36. Nxb4
Kf8 37. f3 Ke7 38. Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Nxd3 Bxd3 40. Bd5 f5 41. Ke1 Kd6 42. Bb7 Bb5
43. Kf2 Bc6 44. Bc8 g6 45. g4 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Namgilov, Sogto"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4] Das ist die
Idee von 5.c5} (6. exd4 e4 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Ng1 Nc6 $15) (6. Qb3 {fьhrt zu
дhnlichen Stellungen} axb4 7. Bc4 Nh6 8. O-O Bxc5 9. exd4 Bxd4 (9... exd4 10.
Re1+ Kf8 11. Bb2 Nc6) 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. d4 e4 $6 (12... exd4 13.
Re1+ Kf8 (13... Kd8 14. Bxd4 (14. Nd2 Ng4 15. g3 Ne5 16. Ne4 Qc6 $17) 14... Ng4
15. g3 Nc6 16. Bb2 Na5 17. Qc2 Bd7 $13) 14. Nd2 $13) 13. Nd2 Bf5 (13... f5 14.
f3 $13) (13... Ng4) 14. Nxe4 $1 Bxe4 15. Rae1 Nc6 (15... f5 $6 16. f3) 16.
Rxe4+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 17. Rfe1 $14) 17. Re6 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Nf5 $2 (18... Na5 $6
19. Qxb4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Nf5 21. d5 $16) (18... Rf8 $2 19. d5 $18) 19. Qf3 Nd6 (
19... g6 20. g4 $18) 20. Rxf6 $1 $16 {Ilinsky-Lev/Gausdal/1991}) 6... Nh6 (6...
axb4 7. Qb3 {(Bareev) fьhrt mit Zugumstellung zu Ilinsky-Lev}) 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
(8. Bb2 $10) 8... dxe3 9. Bxe3 (9. fxe3 axb4 (9... e4 10. Ne1 $13 (10. Nd4))
10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Qxe5 $44 {[%csl Rd7]}) 9... Nf5 10. b5 (10. Qa4+
Bd7 11. Qb3 axb4 12. Bg8 Qc8 13. Qf7+ Kd8 14. d4 $13) (10. Qb3 axb4 11. Bg8 Qd7
$15) 10... e4 (10... Nxe3 $2 11. fxe3 Bxc5 12. Nxe5 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 $40) 11. Ne1
Nd7 12. d4 (12. c6 bxc6 13. bxc6 Ne5 $15) 12... Nxc5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bxe6 (14.
Be2 Nd7 (14... Nd3 15. Nxd3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 exd3 17. Bxd3 $10) 15. Nxe4 $10 (15.
Qc2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 f5 17. d5 Bf7 18. Rxf5 $13)) 14... Nxe6 15. Nc2 Qd7 16. Qg4
Nd6 17. Nxe4 (17. d5 Ng5 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $17) 17... O-O (17... Nxb5 18. Rfb1 c6
(18... Nd6 19. d5 $44) 19. a4 Nd6 20. Nc5 $44) 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe4 (19. Rae1
$5) 19... f5 20. Qxb7 f4 21. Bc1 f3 (21... Nxd4 22. Ba3 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Qe5 24.
Bxe7 $14) 22. Qc6 (22. Ba3 Qd7 23. Bxe7 fxg2 (23... Qxe7 24. g3 $14) 24. Bxf8
gxf1=Q+ 25. Rxf1 Rxf8 $13) 22... fxg2 23. Re1 Nf4 24. Qxd6 {ermцglicht die
folgende Kombination} (24. Bxf4 $5 Qxf4 25. Qxg2 Bh4 26. Re2 $10) 24... Nh3+ $1
{Nun setzt eine ungewцhnlich lange erzwungene Folge ein. Es wдre interessant,
zu wissen, wie weit Dao Thien Hai den Verlauf vorausgesehen hat.} (24... Bxd6
25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Kxg2 $10) 25. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 26. Kxh3 Bxd6 27. Ne3 Rxh2+ 28. Kg4
Rf8 29. Rf1 (29. Nc4 h5+ 30. Kg5 Rg2+ 31. Kxh5 Rf5+ 32. Kh4 g6 $19) 29... h5+
30. Kg5 Be7+ 31. Kg6 Rxf1 32. Nxf1 Rg2+ 33. Kf5 $8 Rf2+ 34. Ke6 $8 Rxf1 35.
Kxe7 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Rh5h4,Rh4h3,Rh3h2,Rh2h1] Der erste Pulverdampf hat sich
verzogen. WeiЯ hat zwar nach wie vor einen Figur mehr, aber er hat
Schwierigkeiten, sich angesichts der Fesselung gegen den Vormarsch des h-P zu
wehren. Deswegen ist der folgende Wettlauf seine einzige Chance.} h4 36. d5 (
36. Bb2 $2 Rxa1 37. Bxa1 h3 $19 {[%csl Rd4]}) 36... h3 37. d6 (37. Bb2 $2 Rxa1
38. Bxa1 h2 $19) 37... cxd6 38. b6 h2 39. b7 h1=Q 40. b8=Q+ Kh7 41. Qb1+ (41.
Qb3 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Qxc1 43. Qh3+ Qh6 44. Qf5+ g6 45. Qxa5 $17) 41... g6 42. Qb3
(42. Kxd6 Rf6+ $19) 42... Qe4+ $1 (42... Rxc1 43. Qf7+ $10) 43. Kd7 $2 (43. Qe6
{Es scheint mir, daЯ sich Namgilov damit noch hдtte retten kцnnen.} Qb7+ 44.
Ke8 Qb8+ 45. Kd7 Qa7+ 46. Ke8 Qb8+ $10) 43... Qg4+ 44. Kc7 Rf8 45. Qd5 Qb4 46.
Kd7 Qc3 47. Qxd6 (47. Qh1+ Kg8 48. Bg5 Rf7+ $19) 47... Qc8+ 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai V"]
[Black "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 c5 4. Nxc4 b5 $2 $146 (4... Nc6) 5. Ne3 Bb7 6. a4
$1 a6 $2 (6... bxa4 7. Qxa4+ $16 {[%csl Gc4]}) 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8 9. Qb3
Qa5 (9... Qb6 10. Nc4 Qb7 11. Na3 b4 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Nb5 $18 {[%cal Ra4a8]})
10. Nc4 Qa6 (10... Qa4 11. Qxa4 bxa4 12. Nb6 Bc6 13. Ne5 Bb5 14. e3 $18) 11.
Nce5 c4 (11... e6 12. e4 $18) 12. Nxc4 Qc6 13. Nfe5 Qd5 14. e4 $5 (14. f3 $18)
(14. d3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 bxc4 16. Qb8+ $18) 14... Qxe4+ 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qxb5+ Nbd7
17. f3 Qd5 18. Qa4 $1 (18. Nxd7 Qxb5 19. Nd6+ Kxd7 20. Nxb5 e6 $16) 18... e6
19. Ne3 $2 (19. Bd3 $142 $1 Bc5 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Be4 $18) 19... Qxe5 20. Qxa8+
Qb8 21. Qxb8+ Nxb8 22. Bb5+ Nbd7 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. Ne5 Ke7 25. Nc6+ Kd6 $2 26. d4
{[%cal Rd4c5,Rc1f4]} Nd5 (26... Ra8 27. dxc5+ Kxc5 28. Na7 Rxa7 29. Be3+ $18)
27. dxc5+ Kxc5 28. Ba4 $18 (28. Na7 $18) 28... N7b6 29. b4+ Kd6 30. Bb5 Rc8 31.
Bb2 f6 (31... Rxc6 32. Bxc6 Kxc6 33. Bxg7 $18) 32. Nd4 e5 33. Ne2 (33. Nf5+ $2
Ke6 34. Nxg7+ Kf7 35. Nf5 Rc2 $132) 33... Rc2 34. Bc1 Nxb4 35. Ba3 Kc5 36. Bd3
Ra2 37. Bxb4+ Kxb4 38. Kf2 Nd5 39. Rb1+ Kc5 40. Rc1+ Kd6 41. Bc4 Ra5 42. Rd1
Rc5 43. Bb3 Kc6 44. g3 (44. Bxd5+ Rxd5 45. Rxd5 Kxd5 46. Ke3 $18) 44... f5 45.
Ra1 Ne7 46. Ra7 Kd6 47. h4 g6 48. Rb7 h6 49. Rb6+ Rc6 50. Rxc6+ Nxc6 51. Bf7 g5
52. h5 f4 53. Bg6 Ne7 54. Bc2 fxg3+ 55. Nxg3 Ke6 56. Be4 Ng8 57. Bf5+ Kd5 58.
Ne4 Kd4 59. Bh7 Ne7 60. Ng3 e4 61. Bxe4 Ke5 62. Ke3 Ng8 63. Bc2 Nf6 64. Bb3 Ne8
65. Bf7 Nd6 66. Bg6 Nc4+ 67. Kf2 Nd6 68. Ne2 Nc4 69. Bd3 Nd6 70. Kg3 Nc8 71.
Nc3 Nd6 72. Kg4 Nf7 73. Ne4 Kd4 74. Bc2 Ne5+ 75. Kg3 Nf7 76. Nf6 Nd8 77. Ng4
Nf7 78. Bg6 Nd6 79. Nxh6 Ke5 80. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ilinsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. Qb3 a5 {N} (5... c5 6. bxc5 Bxc5 7.
exd4 (7. Ba3 $5) 7... exd4 8. Ba3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O (10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11.
Qb5 Qxb5 (11... Qd6 12. c5) 12. cxb5 d3 13. Bxd3 Nb4 $44) 10... b6 11. Re1 Qd6
12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Na3 a6 14. Nh4 Nge7 15. Bf3 O-O $10 {Napolitano-Balogh, corr
1960}) 6. c5 $5 axb4 7. Bc4 Nh6 8. O-O Bxc5 9. exd4 Bxd4 (9... exd4 10. Re1+
$146) 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. d4 e4 $2 (12... exd4 13. Re1+ Kf8 (13...
Kd8 14. Bxd4 $146) 14. Nd2 $13) 13. Nd2 Bf5 (13... f5 14. f3 $146) 14. Nxe4 $1
Bxe4 15. Rae1 Nc6 (15... f5 $6 16. f3) 16. Rxe4+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 17. Re6 Qd7 18.
Rfe1 $146) 17. Re6 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Nf5 $2 (18... Na5 $6 19. Qxb4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Nf5
21. d5 $16) (18... Rf8 $146) 19. Qf3 Nd6 (19... g6 20. g4 $18) 20. Rxf6 $1 Ne7
(20... gxf6 21. Qxf6+ $18) (20... Nxc4 21. Rf8+ Rxf8 22. Qxf8+ $18) 21. Rfe6
Ng6 (21... Nxc4 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Qe2+ $18) 22. Bb3 Rf8 23. Qg3
Ra5 24. d5 Kc8 25. Qg5 Kb8 26. g3 Rf7 27. Qd2 Qb5 28. h4 Nc4 29. Re8+ Ka7 30.
Qd4+ Nb6 (30... Qc5 $4 31. Qxc5+ Rxc5 32. Bd4 $18) 31. h5 Nf8 32. R8e7 Rf5 33.
Rxc7 Nfd7 34. Re7 Kb8 35. d6 Nc5 36. Qxg7 Qd3 37. Rxb7+ Nxb7 38. Rxb7+ Ka8 39.
Rc7 Qf3 40. Qh8+ Rf8 41. Rf7 Qxf7 (41... Rxh8 42. Rxf3 Rd8 43. Rd3 $16) 42.
Bxf7 Rxh8 43. Bxh8 Kb7 44. h6 Kc6 45. Bg7 Ra8 46. g4 Nc8 47. g5 Nxd6 48. g6
hxg6 49. Be6 Ne4 50. f4 Kd6 51. Bb3 g5 52. h7 gxf4 53. Bg8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. g3 c5 4. Na3 Nc6 5. Nxc4 g6 6. Bg2 (6. Nce5 Nxe5 7.
Nxe5 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Kf8 {Bilek-Keres, Budapest 1955}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O Nh6 (7...
Nf6 8. b3 Nd5 9. Bb2 Bxb2 10. Nxb2 Bg4 11. Rc1 b6 12. d4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14.
Bg2 e6 15. b4 Nxb4 16. e3 Ndc6 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxc6+ Ke7 20. Bxa8
Rxa8 $13 {Tschechow-Mihaljtschisin, Lvov 1983}) 8. d3 {N} (8. Rb1 $10) 8... Nf5
9. Rb1 O-O 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. a3 a5 12. Bc3 (12. b4 $5 cxb4 (12... axb4 13. axb4
b5 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5) 13. axb4 a4 (13... Nxb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Rxb4 Ra1
16. Qb3 $14) 14. b5 Ncd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. e3 Nb3 17. Bb4) 12... a4 13. Bxg7
Kxg7 14. e3 Rd8 $6 (14... b5 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7 $10) 15. Qc2 Be6 16. b3
$1 axb3 $2 (16... b5 17. Ncd2 (17. Qc3+ f6) 17... axb3 18. Nxb3 c4 19. dxc4 (
19. Nbd4 Nfxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Rxa3 22. Rxb5 Rxd3) (19. Nc5 cxd3 20.
Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Rxb5) 19... Bxc4 20. Rfd1) 17. Rxb3 {/\ Qb2} Kg8
18. Ng5 Bxc4 (18... Bd5 $2 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. e4 $18) 19. Qxc4 Nd6 20. Qh4 (20.
Qxc5 $4 Ra5 $19) 20... h5 21. Rfb1 $2 (21. g4 Ra4 22. f4 $16) 21... b5 $2 (
21... Kg7) 22. g4 $1 Ra4 23. f4 Kg7 (23... hxg4 $4 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8#) 24.
gxh5 Rh8 25. Qe1 $1 $16 Rxh5 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Qxc5 Qa7 28. Qxa7 Nxa7 29. Rc1
Kg7 30. Rc7 Nf5 31. Be4 Kf6 (31... Nxe3 32. Rxe7) 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Rbc3 Rh8
34. e4 Re8 (34... Rh4 $1 35. e5+ Kg6 36. Rxe7 Raxf4 37. h3 (37. Rxa7 Rhg4+ 38.
Kh1 Rf1#) 37... Kxg5 38. Rxa7 Rxh3 39. Rxf7 Rg3+ 40. Kh2 Re3 $10) 35. Kg2 (35.
R3c5 $5 fxe4 36. dxe4 Rxa3 37. Rf5+ Kg6 38. Rxf7) 35... Kg7 36. Kf3 b4 37. axb4
Nb5 38. Rc8 fxe4+ 39. dxe4 Rxc8 40. Rxc8 Rxb4 41. Rd8 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Ne6 43.
Nxe6+ fxe6 44. Re8 Rb3+ (44... Kf7 $16) 45. Kd4 Rh3 $2 (45... Rb4+ $5 46. Ke5
Kf7 47. Rc8 Rb5+ 48. Kd4 Rh5 49. Rc2) 46. Rxe7+ Kf6 47. Ra7 Rxh2 48. e5+ $1 Kf5
(48... Kg6 49. Re7) 49. Rf7+ Kg4 (49... Kg6 50. Rf6+ $18) 50. Ke3 (50. Kc5 $1
$18) 50... Ra2 51. Rg7+ Kh5 (51... Kf5 52. Rg5#) 52. Kd4 {/\ Kc5+-} Rc2 (52...
Rf2 53. Kc5 Rxf4 54. Kd6 $18) 53. Re7 Rc6 54. Rd7 {/\ Rd6} Rc8 55. Rd6 Re8 56.
Ke4 Kg4 (56... Kg6 57. f5+ $18) 57. Ra6 Rf8 $2 (57... Re7) 58. Rxe6 Rxf4+ 59.
Kd5 Kg5 60. Ra6 Rb4 61. Ke6 Kg6 62. Ke7+ Kg7 63. Ra7 Rb8 64. e6 Kg6 65. Ra1
Rb7+ 66. Kd6 Rb6+ 67. Kd7 Rb7+ 68. Kc6 Rb8 69. Kc7 Rh8 70. e7 1-0

[Event "Budapest Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Qa4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 {N} (8. Nc3 O-O 9. d4 Nb6 10. Qd3 $14 {Gutman-Pfleger, BL 1985}) 8... Nb6
9. Nc3 Bf5 10. d3 Qc8 {/\ Bh3} 11. Rd1 O-O 12. a4 Bh3 (12... a5 13. e4 Bh3 14.
Be3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 $14) 13. a5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nbd5 15. e4 Nxc3 (15... Nb4 16. Qa4
c5 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Be3) 16. bxc3 c5
17. Rb1 Nd7 18. Bg5 h6 $2 (18... Re8 $14) 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Bd6 g5 {/\ Qc6} (
20... Qc6 21. Bf4) 21. g4 Nf6 22. h3 c4 (22... h5 23. gxh5 g4 24. hxg4 Qxg4+
25. Bg3 Nxh5 26. Nh2 Nf4+ (26... Qg6 27. Rxb7 $16) 27. Kh1 $16) 23. Rb4 $1 cxd3
24. Qxd3 Qc6 25. e5 Nd7 26. Rc4 Qa6 27. Rc7 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5
30. Rxb7 (30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rdd7 Rf8 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 33. Rdc7 $16 (33. Rxa7 Rxa7
34. Rxa7 Rc8 35. Ra3 $16)) 30... Bh8 31. Rc7 (31. Rdd7 Rf8 (31... Bxc3 32. Rxf7
Bxa5 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rxh6) 32. Nd4 $16) 31... Rec8 $1 32. Rdd7
Bxc3 33. Rxc8+ (33. Rxf7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Bxa5) 33... Rxc8 34. Rxa7 Rc5 35. a6 Ra5
36. Rc7 Bf6 37. a7 Kg7 38. Rd7 Bc3 39. Kf1 Ra2 40. h4 gxh4 41. Nxh4 Kf6 42. Nf3
Ke6 43. Rc7 Ba1 44. Rc6+ (44. Kg2 $5) 44... Kd7 45. Rxh6 Rxa7 46. Kg2 Ra4 47.
Kg3 Ke7 48. Rb6 Kf8 49. Rb5 Bf6 50. Ne1 Ra3+ 51. f3 Re3 52. Ng2 Re2 53. f4 Rb2
54. Rd5 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Kg7 56. Ne3 Bb2 57. Nf5+ Kh7 58. Rd7 Bc1 59. Rxf7+ Kg6 60.
Nd6 Rb6 61. f5+ Kg5 62. Nc4 (62. Rg7+ Kf4 63. Nc4 Rc6) 62... Rb4 63. Ne5 Rb5
64. Rg7+ Kf6 (64... Kf4) 65. Rc7 Bf4 66. Nd7+ Kg5 67. Rc4 Kxg4 68. f6 Rb2+ 69.
Kf1 Rb1+ 70. Ke2 Rb2+ 71. Kf1 (71. Kd3 $4 Rd2+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. Re1 (8.
exd4 exd4 $14) 8... Nd7 {N; Schwarz will wie WeiЯ in der Hauptvariante gegen
Modernes Benoni spielen} (8... O-O 9. Na3 (9. exd4 exd4 10. Bf4) 9... dxe3 $10)
9. Na3 (9. exd4 cxd4) 9... O-O 10. Nc2 a5 (10... dxe3 11. Nxe3 $10) 11. Rb1 f5
$6 {/\ e4} (11... f6 $1 $13) 12. exd4 cxd4 13. a3 {/\ b4} a4 14. Bd2 Bf6 $6 15.
Bb4 Re8 16. Nd2 $16 Kh8 17. c5 {/\ Nc4-d6} e4 $6 18. dxe4 Nde5 19. f4 Nd3 20.
e5 $1 (20. Rf1 fxe4 21. Nxe4 $16) 20... Nxe1 21. Nxe1 Be7 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Nd6
Bxd6 24. cxd6 {eine perfekte Bauernkette} Nxb4 25. axb4 Qb6 26. Nd3 a3 27. bxa3
Rxa3 28. Nc5 d3 29. Kh1 Ba2 30. Rc1 Qxb4 31. Nxd3 Qb5 32. Nc5 b6 33. d7 $18 Rd8
34. e6 bxc5 35. e7 Qb8 36. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 37. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O g6 (5... e4 $6 6. Ne1 Nf6 7. d3
Bf5 (7... exd3 8. Nxd3) 8. Bg5 exd3 9. Nxd3 $14) 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 (8.
Rb1 Nf6 9. b3 O-O 10. a3 Qe7 11. b4 $2 (11. Qc2) (11. Ne1 Nd7 12. Nc2 Nc5 13.
Ne4 Na6 {Osnos}) 11... axb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Nxe5 Na2 $19 {Lobron-Kortschnoj,
Bad Kissingen 1981}) 8... Nge7 9. a3 Bd7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ne4 h6 (
12... f5 13. Nc5 $14) 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 (14... b6 15. b5 Na5 16. Ba3 $13
(16. c5 $13)) 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. Na6 Rb6 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Nh4 Nxh4
20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Rb6 22. Qc4 Qa8 23. gxh4 Rxa6 24. Qxc7 Rc8 25. Qd7 Ra2
26. Rfd1 Rcc2 (26... Bf8 27. b5 $16) 27. b5 $5 (27. Rdc1 $16) 27... Rxd2 28.
Rdc1 $2 (28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. b6 Rc2 (29... Rb2 30. Rxb2 Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Qxb2 32. b7
$18) 30. b7 Qb8 31. Ra1 $18) 28... Bf8 $2 (28... Rdc2 29. b6 (29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30.
b6 Qc8 $19) 29... Rab2 30. Ra1 Rxc1+ (30... Qb8 31. Rxc2 (31. Ra7 Rxc1+ 32. Kg2
Qf8) 31... Rxc2 32. Ra7 Qf8 33. b7 $18) 31. Rxc1 Bf8 32. f3 Rxb6 $19) 29. Rc7
Be7 (29... Rxe2 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qh7#) 30. Rc8+ $18 (30. Qxe7 Qf8 31. Qxf8+
Kxf8 32. b6 Rxe2 33. b7 Rxf2 34. b8=Q+ Kg7 35. Qb7 $18) 30... Qxc8 31. Qxc8+
Kg7 32. Qc7 Bxh4 33. Qxe5+ Bf6 34. Qf4 Rxe2 35. b6 Reb2 36. Rxb2 Rxb2 37. Qc7
Rb5 38. b7 Be5 39. Qxe5+ Rxe5 40. b8=Q Rg5+ 41. Kf1 Rg4 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. h3 Rh4
44. Kg2 g5 45. Qf6 Kf8 46. Kg3 Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qd6 f6 49. Qb8 Kf7 50. Qh8
Ke7 51. Qg8 Kd6 52. Qe8 Kd5 53. Qe7 Rf4 54. Qh7 Kc5 55. Qxh6 Kb4 56. h4 Rxh4
57. Qxf6 Kc3 58. Qxg5 Rh1 59. Qb5 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch Gp A"]
[Site "Cala Mendia"]
[Date "2001.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cacho Reigadas, Sergio"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2001.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Bxa3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. d3
e5 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. O-O (10. Nbd2 g6 11. O-O Kg7 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Ng5 Qe7 14.
Rfb1 Ng4 15. Ngf3 Rb8 16. Nb3 Bd7 17. Nfd2 Rec8 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 $44 {
Hernandez,G-Gamundi Salamanca,A/Cordoba 1995}) 10... g6 11. Qa4 $146 (11. Na3
Kg7 12. Ra2 Qe7 13. Qa1 Rd8 14. Nc2 Kg8 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Ne4 Ne6 $17
{Todorov,O-Stefanov,K/Bankia 1992}) 11... Kg7 12. Nfd2 $5 {Eigentlich ist erst
das neu, denn} ({mit} 12. Nbd2 Re8 {konnte die Stellung obiger Partie
herbeigefьhrt werden.}) 12... Bg4 ({Auf das "normale"} 12... Re8 {kann WeiЯ
den P wieder zurьckgewinnen:} 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6 {wonach Schwarz noch} Bg4
$13 {versuchen kann.}) 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. N1d2 ({Mit} 15. Bxc6 {
war der P дhnlich wie oben zurьckzugewinnen. Es wдre interessant, zu wissen,
was WeiЯ hier fьrchtete.} {WeiЯ verliert zwar die Kontrolle ьber die a-Linie;
allzu schlimm scheint mir das nicht:} bxc6 16. Qxa7 Qxa7 17. Rxa7 Ra8 18. Rxa8
Rxa8 {Mцglicherweise stцrte WeiЯ die eingetretene Vereinfachung?}) 15... Rc7
16. Qa3 Re8 17. Qxe7 Rexe7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ra5 Rb7 20. f3 Bc8 21. Rea1 $44
Ne8 22. Kf2 Nd6 23. Nc5 Rb2 (23... Rbc7) 24. Ncb3 a6 25. R1a2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Rb7
(26... Nf5) 27. Ra5 (27. Rxa6 {gewinnt einen P, aber nicht die Partie:} Rxb3
28. Rxc6 Rb2 29. Ke1 Nf5 30. Rxc8 Ne3 $132) 27... f6 28. f4 exf4 (28... Nf7 29.
fxe5 fxe5 30. Nc5 $44 (30. e3 dxe3+ 31. Kxe3)) 29. gxf4 ({Mit} 29. Nxd4 $5 {
konnte der P wieder kassiert werden:} Rb2 (29... fxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rc7 (30... Rb2
31. N2f3 Bb7 32. Ne6+) 31. Rxa6) 30. N2f3 fxg3+ 31. hxg3 {mit einiger
Vereinfachung.}) 29... Nf5 30. Ra3 Rd7 31. Nf3 h6 32. h4 Kf7 33. Ra4 Ke7 34.
Ra5 Kd8 $2 {Hier war Schwarz nicht genьgend audmerksam.} (34... Rd8) 35. h5 $1
Rg7 (35... Kc7 36. hxg6 Rg7 37. Nbxd4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Gc4,Rc6,Gd3,Ge2,Gf4,Rf6,
Rh6]}) 36. Nbxd4 Nxd4 37. Nxd4 $18 {Das ist das Endspiel, von dem WeiЯ trдumt:
die schwarzen P sind zersplittert.} gxh5 ({Auch nach} 37... Kd7 {wird WeiЯ
mindestens noch einen P kassieren:} 38. hxg6 Rxg6 39. Rh5 Kd6 40. c5+ Kc7 41.
f5 Rg5 42. Rxh6 Bxf5 43. Rxf6 Bd7 44. Nb3) 38. Rxa6 (38. Rxh5 $5) 38... Bxa6
39. Ne6+ Kd7 40. Nxg7 h4 41. Nf5 Ke6 42. e4 Kf7 43. Nxh4 Bc8 44. f5 c5 45. Ng2
Bd7 46. Nf4 Ke7 47. Nd5+ Kf7 48. Kg3 Ba4 49. Ne3 Bb3 50. Kf4 Ba2 51. Nd5 Bb1
52. Ke3 Bc2 53. Nf4 Ke7 54. d4 cxd4+ 55. Kxd4 Ba4 (55... Bd1 56. Nd5+ Kf7 57.
c5 Ba4) 56. c5 Kf7 57. Nh5 Bc6 58. Ng3 Ke7 59. e5 fxe5+ 60. Kxe5 Be8 61. Ne4 h5
62. f6+ Kd7 63. Ng5 h4 64. Kd5 (64. f7 $4 Bxf7 65. Nxf7 $4 h3 $19) 64... Kc7
65. Ne6+ Kc8 66. Nf4 Kc7 67. Ke6 Kd8 68. Kd6 Bf7 69. c6 Kc8 70. c7 Bg8 71. Nh3
Bf7 72. Ng5 Bg8 73. f7 Bxf7 74. Nxf7 h3 75. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Na3 (9. Bg5) (9. Bf4) 9... Nd7 (9... O-O 10. Nb5 (10. Bf4 Nb4 11. Nb5
c6 (11... c5) 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Nbxd4 $16 {Hickl,J-Borik,O/Germany 1993}) (10.
Nc2 h6 11. b3 Bg4 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. a3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Ra6 16. b4 axb4 17.
axb4 $14 {Dumitrache,D-Miladinovic,I/Varna 1994}) 10... Ne8 (10... Bg4 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bh3 f5 16. a3 h6 17. Rae1 g5 18.
hxg5 hxg5 19. Bc1 Qd7 20. Qd5+ $14 {Vukanovic,S-Nestorovic,D/Belgrade 1991}) (
10... Bf5 11. Bf4 Ne8 (11... Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 (13... c6 14. Nxd4
Bg6 15. Bh3 Nd7 16. Nf3 $16 {Lukov,V-Schlichtmann,G/Krumbach 1991}) (13... Bg4
14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 c6 16. Nxd4 Nd7 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Nf5 Bxb2 19. Rab1 $18 {
Szekely,P-Brancaleoni,M/Bratto 1999}) 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxd4 c6 15. Nc3 c5 16. Be3
Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Konietzka,L-Kern,G/Recklinghausen 2000}) 14... Bg6 15. Nf3 Nxe5
16. Nxe5 Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Hutters,T-Kalinitschew,S/Germany 1994}) 12. Ne5 Ra6 13.
g4 $2 Bc8 14. Re1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rg6 16. Re4 c5 $15 {Scafarelli,F-Schmid,L/
Chaumont Neuchatel 1958}) 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. h3 Na7 14. Nxa7 Rxa7 15.
Qd2 h6 16. Be5 c5 17. g4 b6 18. b3 Bc8 $11 {Nalbandian,T-Minasian,A/Yerevan
1996}) 10. Re1 (10. Nc2 Nc5 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 Bg4 13. Re1 Bd6 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Qd2 Qf6 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Rae8 21.
Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Hodgson,J/Zillertal 1993}) 10... O-O 11. Nb5 Nc5 12. Bf4
(12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bf6 {bringt WeiЯ nichts ein.}) (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5
Be6 14. Bf4) 12... Ne6 (12... Na6 13. a3 (13. Ne5 $5) 13... Bf6 14. Qd2 h6 15.
h4 a4 16. Kh2 Bd7 17. h5 Bg4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 c6 $132 {Gufeld,E-Ubilava,E/
Tbilisi 1988} (19... Nc5 $5)) 13. Rxe6 $146 {WeiЯ bekommt einen Bauern und
dazu einiges an positioneller Kompensation fьr die Qualitдt.} (13. Bd2 Nb4 14.
Bf1 Re8 15. Na3 Nc5 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Nc2 Ne6 18. Qd2 c5 $11 {Palermo,V-Braga,
F/Mar del Plata 1999}) 13... fxe6 (13... Bxe6 {fьhrt ebenfalls zu einem Pe6:}
14. Nxc7 (14. Bxc7 Qd7 $13) 14... g5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bd2 $44) 14. Bxc7 Qd7
15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Re1 Na7 $1 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Ne5 ({WeiЯ kann remis erreichen:} 
18. Bc7 Rf8 $11 (18... Re8 19. Nd6 Re7 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxa5 $14)) 18... Bxe5
19. Bxe5 Nxb5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Qg4 Qd7 (21... g6 $6 22. Qh4 Rf8 23. Qxd4 $14)
22. Re4 Qe7 23. Rf4 $6 (23. Rxd4 Rd5 $5 (23... Rxd4 24. Qxd4 $14) 24. Rxd5 (24.
Bxd5 exd5 25. Qh5) 24... exd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 $2 26. Qf3+ Ke8 27. Bc6+
$18) 26. Qe4 Bh3 27. Bc3 $13 (27. Bxb7 Rf8 $13)) (23. Bxg7 $5 e5 $1 (23... Qxg7
24. Qh4 $18) 24. Bf6+ $1 Bxg4 25. Rxg4+ Kf8 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. Bxb7 Ra7 28. Be4
$14) 23... Rd5 $1 {Short sucht das Gegenspiel.} 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qe2 (25. Qh5
$2 g6 26. Qe2 Bh3 27. Rxd4 Rc8 28. f4 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Qc5 30. Ke3 Rc2 $17) 25...
Bh3 {Nun mьЯte nur noch der Ra8 auf die weiЯe Grundreihe...} 26. Qh5 $1 (26.
Rxd4 $2 Rc8 27. f4 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Qc5 29. Ke3 h5 $1 $19) 26... Qe6 27. Qg5 (27.
g4 Re8 (27... Rc8 28. Qxh3 Qxe5 29. Qf3 $11) 28. Qxh3 Qxe5 29. Qf3 $11) 27...
Qd7 28. Rxd4 $2 ({WeiЯ sollte zunдchst den lдstigen Bh3 vertreiben:} 28. Rh4
Be6 29. Bxd4 Rc8) 28... h6 $1 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rh4 (30. f4 Qc8 $17) 30... Qf5
31. f4 {[%csl Rh4] Mit dem deplazierten R hat Schwarz nun so seine Probleme.}
Qc8 32. Qd2 Re6 {[%cal Re6c6]} 33. Bc3 (33. Bxg7 $2 Kxg7 34. Rxh3 Rc6 $19) (33.
a4 Rc6 34. Bc3 d4 $19) ({Vielleicht war hier} 33. Rxh3 $5 {spielbar:} Rc6 34.
Qxa5 Rc1+ ({Nach} 34... Qxh3 35. Qxd5+ Kh7 36. Bc3 Re6 $13 {hat WeiЯ einige
Bauern eingesammelt.}) 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Qd1+ 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Kf3 $11 {
und ich sehe kein Matt.}) 33... Re7 (33... Rc6 34. Qe3) 34. Qf2 $2 ({Die beste
Chance bestand in} 34. Bxa5) 34... b5 $1 {Nun цffnet sich die c-Linie fьr die
schwarzen Schwerfiguren mit entscheidender Wirkung.} 35. Rh5 (35. a3 $2 {
ist nutzlos:} b4 $1 36. axb4 axb4 37. Bd2 Qc2 $19) (35. Qd2 b4 36. Be5 Re6 $19)
35... b4 36. Bd2 Qc2 $19 37. Re5 Rxe5 38. fxe5 Qxb2 39. e6 Bxe6 40. Qb6 Bf7 0-1

[Event "CHN-CIS"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. b3 (5. O-O c5 6. d4 {
=angenommenes Damengambit}) 5... c5 6. Bb2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 (8. d4 $10)
8... a6 9. Be2 b6 (9... b5 10. a4 $5) 10. d3 Bb7 $10 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Rc1 Nd7
13. Rc2 Bf6 14. Qb1 Qe7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Qb2 e5 19.
Nc3 N5f6 20. Nd2 (20. b4 $5) 20... a5 21. h3 h6 22. Nde4 Ne8 23. Na2 f5 24. Nd2
f4 25. e4 Nc7 {><d4} 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Ne6 28. Nf3 (28. bxc5 $2 Nd4 $19)
28... Qd6 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Nexc5 31. Nb4 Ra8 32. Nd2 b5 33. Nd5 $6 Rb8 (
33... Bxd5 34. exd5 Qxd5 $2 (34... Rb8 $1 35. d4) 35. Bf3) 34. Nb3 $2 (34. Qxb5
$4 Bxd5 $19) (34. Nb4 $10) 34... Bxd5 35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. exd5 b4 $1 $17 (36...
Qxd5 $2 37. d4 $1 exd4 $2 38. Bc4 $18) 37. Rc4 (37. d4 Na4 38. Qa1 Nc3 $19)
37... b3 38. d4 exd4 39. Rxd4 Qf6 40. d6 Rb4 41. Rd2 Qxb2 42. Rxb2 Rd4 (42...
Na4 $2 43. Rxb3 Rxb3 44. Bc4+ $16) 43. Rb1 Kf8 44. Bd1 Rd3 45. Kf1 Ke8 46. Ke2
Kd7 47. Rc1 Kxd6 48. Rxc5 Rxd1 49. Rb5 Rb1 50. Kf3 Kc6 51. Rb8 Kc5 52. Kxf4 Kc4
53. Rb7 Re1 54. Rc7+ Kd3 55. Rd7+ Kc2 56. Rc7+ Kd2 57. Rd7+ Kc1 58. Rc7+ Kb1
59. Rxg7 b2 60. g4 Kc2 61. Rb7 b1=Q 62. Rxb1 Rxb1 63. h4 Kd3 64. g5 Rb4+ 65.
Ke5 Re4+ 66. Kf5 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Sariego Figueredo, Wilfredo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ernst} d5 2. c4 d4 3. a3 a5 4. e3 Nc6 {N} (4... c5 5. exd4 cxd4 6. d3
Nc6 7. g3 e5 8. Bg2 {Suba-Hawes, Blackpool zt 1990}) 5. exd4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 Qxd4
7. Nc3 e5 8. d3 Nf6 9. Be3 Qd8 10. Be2 (10. d4 $5 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Bxd4
$14) 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Nd7 13. f4 (13. d4 $5) (13. Rb1 $5 {/\ b4})
13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg5 15. Bxg5 (15. Qd2 Bxf4 16. Qxf4) 15... Qxg5 16. d4 $14
Ra6 17. Qc1 Qd8 18. Qd2 Rg6 19. Bd3 Rh6 20. Rad1 (20. Bf5 $5 $14) 20... Nb6 21.
Rf4 $6 (21. d5 $14 {/\ c5}) 21... c6 22. Qf2 f5 $1 {/\ g5} 23. h4 g5 24. hxg5
Qxg5 {/\ Qh5} 25. Be2 (25. Ne4 $2 Qh5 26. Qg3+ Rg6 $19) (25. d5 $13) (25. Rf1
Qh5) 25... Nd7 26. Rd3 {/\ Rg3} Rg6 27. Rh3 $2 (27. g3 $10) 27... Nf6 $17 28.
Rh2 $2 (28. d5 $6 cxd5 29. cxd5 Re8 $17 {/\ Ne4-/+}) (28. Kh2 h5 {/\ Ng4->})
28... b5 $1 29. cxb5 cxb5 {/\ b4,Ne4} 30. Nxb5 (30. Bxb5 Ng4 $19) 30... Re8 $1
$19 31. Nd6 (31. Nc3 $44 {Ernst}) 31... Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Qxf4 33. Qc4+ (33. Nxc8 {
Ernst} Qc1+ $19) 33... Kh8 (33... Kg7 $4 {Ernst} 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ $18) 34.
Qxc8+ Rg8 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Qb7 Qxd4+ 37. Kf1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Ne4+ 39. Ke3 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Evry 1st"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. b4 f6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nh6 7. e3 $146 {Macht
einen guten Eindruck.} (7. d3 Nf7 8. e3 Nc6 9. b5 Ne7 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Re1 (
11. Ba3 $5 {leuchtet mir mehr ein.}) 11... Ng6 12. h4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. a3 a5
15. h5 Ne7 16. Nh2 O-O 17. Bc1 a4 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra7 $13 {
McNab,C-Ionescu,C/Moscow 1994}) 7... Nf5 (7... Nf7 {hдtte ich eher erwartet.})
8. exd4 cxd4 9. d3 a5 {Inkiov kдmpft um das Feld c5.} (9... Bxb4 $2 10. Qa4+
Nc6 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxb4 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) (9... Nc6 {kцnnte
zu дhnlichen Stellungen wie oben in McNab-Ionescu fьhren.} 10. b5 Nce7) 10. b5
Nd7 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Ba3 {Wenn es Schwarz gelдnge, eine Blockade auf c5
aufzubauen, stьnde er nicht ьbel: deswegen unternimmt WeiЯ konsequente
MaЯnahmen dagegen.} Qc7 13. Nb3 a4 $2 {Das verschlimmert die Lage nur: der Pa4
hat nicht genьgend Unterstьtzung durch die schwarzen Krдfte.} (13... Nxb3 14.
axb3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 $14) (13... Be6 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd2) 14.
Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd2 O-O (16... Nd6 {war die Alternative.} {WeiЯ
kann einfach mit} 17. Ne4 {einen kleinen Vorteil behaupten:} ({oder mit dem
energischen} 17. f4 {sofort fьr Verwicklungen sorgen:} Nf5 (17... exf4 $2 18.
Rxf4 O-O 19. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Rd4]}) 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. fxe5 fxe5 {Verglichen mit
der Partie hat Schwarz Zeit (2 Tempi) verloren; dafьr hat er die Option auf
das Feld e3. Das ist mindestens ein sehr riskantes Geschдft.}) 17... Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 O-O 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh6 $14) 17. Ne4 Qe7 (17... Qa3 $6 {setzt die schwarze
Q langfristigen Umzingelungen aus.}) 18. Qd2 Be6 19. a3 {[%cal Yd2b4]} b6 20.
Qb4 {Hier kann man recht sicher feststellen, daЯ das schwarze Konzept
gescheitert ist: Schwarz konnte die weiЯe Majoritдt am Damenflьgel nicht
zдhmen.} Qa7 (20... Qxb4 21. axb4 a3 22. Ra2 $16) 21. c5 Rab8 22. cxb6 {
[%cal Ye4c5] Geradlinig gespielt.} (22. c6 {gдbe Schwarz bessere Hoffnungen,
zu ьberleben.}) 22... Qxb6 (22... Rxb6 23. Nc5) 23. Nc5 Rfd8 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25.
Qxa4 $18 {Neben den sonstigen Vorteilen hat WeiЯ nun auch noch einen
Mehrbauern.} Nd6 (25... Rdc8 26. Rfb1) 26. Rfb1 e4 27. Qxd4 f5 (27... exd3 28.
Bd5 Nf7 29. Bxe6 Rxd4 30. a4 $18) 28. dxe4 Nxe4 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. a4 (30. Bxe4
fxe4 31. a4 $18) 30... Nc3 31. Re1 Re8 32. Qc5 f4 33. Qc6 Ne2+ (33... Qxc6 34.
bxc6 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Nxa4 36. c7 Rc8 37. Bc6 $18) 34. Kf1 Qd4 35. Qd5+ Kf8 36.
Qxd4 Nxd4 37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Re1+ Kf7 39. Re4 Ne6 40. Bh3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nd7 4. g3 c6 5. Qxc4 e5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Qc2 (8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Qc2 Nfd5 11. b3 f5 $6 (11... f6 12. Bb2 Qe7) 12.
Bb2 Qe7 13. e4 fxe4 14. dxe4 Nc7 15. a4 Bg4 16. Nh4 {/\ Nf5} g6 17. a5 Nd7 18.
Nc4 Bc5 19. h3 Bh5 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Qb3 Ne6 22. g4 Qxh4 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe6+
Nf7 25. gxh5 {Smyslov-Antoshin, Moskau 1967}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d4 h6 11.
Rd1 Qe7 12. e3 Bb4 13. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bishkek zt"]
[Site "Bishkek"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "KGZ"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Nge7 7. e3 (7. Na3) 7...
Ng6 8. exd4 exd4 9. Ng5 $2 (9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc2 a5 11. Rb1 O-O 12. a3 a4 (12...
Bf5 13. Bd2 a4) 13. b4 axb3 14. Rxb3 {Besser-Lemaire,Eupen 1967} Na5 15. Rb1
Bd7 $17 {R.Maric}) (9. Ne1 {/\f4}) 9... Be7 10. Re1 (10. f4) (10. h4) 10... O-O
11. Qh5 $2 Bxg5 (11... h6 $2 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Bd5+ $18) 12. Bxg5 (12. Qxg5
Qxg5 13. Bxg5 Nb4) 12... Qb6 $1 13. Bc1 Nb4 14. Qd1 Bf5 15. Be4 (15. Bf1 Rae8
16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Re1+ $19) 15... Bxe4 16. Rxe4
(16. dxe4 d3 17. Na3 Rad8 $17) 16... f5 17. Re2 f4 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20.
gxf4 Rxf4 21. Nd2 Raf8 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Qe1 R4f5 24. Re8 Qf4 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qe2 Ne5 28. Kg2 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qf5 30. Ne4 Nf3 31. Qf1 Re8 32. Ng3
Qf4 33. Rd1 Nh4 34. Kg1 Rf8 35. Qe2 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Qg4 37. Rf1 Nh4+ 38. Kg1 Nf3+
39. Kg2 b6 40. h3 Nh4+ 41. Kh2 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Qg5 43. Qe6 h6 44. b4 Ne5 45. Qd6
Rd8 46. f4 Rxd6 47. fxg5 Nxd3 48. Rf8+ Kh7 49. Rf7 Ne5 50. Rxa7 d3 51. gxh6 d2
52. Rxg7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "URS-sf Russia-ch"]
[Site "Gorky"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 a6 4. Nxc4 b5 5. Ne3 Bb7 6. a4 (6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. a4 c5 11. Qb3 $14 {Kostic-Przepiorka, Meran 26}) 6...
Nd7 7. d4 e6 8. g3 Ngf6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. O-O O-O 13.
Rd1 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 Nh6 {
Dieser nur auf den ersten Blick seltsam aussehende Zug hat seine bisherigen
Tests ausgezeichnet ьberstanden.} 8. Be2 {Zvjaginsevs Vorschlag nach seiner
Partie gegen Granda Zuniga.} (8. Be3 Qd8 (8... Qd6 9. Ne4) 9. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 10.
d4 Bg7 11. d5 Qd6 $17 {Zvjaginsev-Granda Zuniga/Pamplona/1996}) 8... g6 9. Be3
$146 (9. O-O Bg7 10. Bxh6 $6 Bxh6 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Rad1 Bg7 13. Qc1 O-O-O $17 {
Tondivar,B-Reinderman,D/Antwerp 1998}) ({Die Idee Zvjaginsevs lautete} 9. h3 $1
{um den Nh6 sofort mit g4 zu befragen, wenn er auf f5 auftaucht. Fridman und
Short sind offenbar aber von der Analyse Zvjaginsevs nicht sonderlich
beeindruckt.} Bg7 10. g4 f5 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Qd2 $36) 9... Qd7 (9... Qd8 $5) 10.
d4 Nf5 11. Bg4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Qc7 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 15. Bxf5
{WeiЯ hatte keine gute Alternative.} Bxf5 $11 16. f3 Rd7 17. d5 ({Zu ehrgeizig
ist} 17. g4 $6 Be6 18. d5 $2 Bxc3 $17) 17... cxd5 18. cxd5 Bxc3 {wickelt zum
Remis ab.} (18... Qa5 19. Bd4 {ist ok fьr WeiЯ.}) 19. Qxc3 (19. bxc3 $2 Be6 $17
) 19... Qxc3 20. bxc3 {wegen der ungleichen Lдufer.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "269"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. d3 (6. Bxa3 Nc6 7. d3 g6
8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O Nh6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nc2 Qc8 13. Nb4 Nxb4 14.
Bxb4 Re8 15. Ra2 Bh3 16. Qa4 $146 {Larsen-L.Portisch, Palma de Mallorca izt
1970}) 6... e5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nbd2 {wartet auf einen Zug des f8, bis
der a3 geschlagen wird} (9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Bxa3 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Qe7 12. Nfd2 Be6 13.
Nb3 Nd7 14. N1d2 Qxa3 15. Rxa3 $146 {Rashkovsky-Godes, URS 1978}) (9. Bxa3 Bxa3
10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Rfb1 Nc5 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Nb3 $146 {
Bronstein-Bhend, Paignton 1970}) 9... Be7 10. Bxa3 O-O (10... Bxa3 11. Rxa3 O-O
12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Rfa1 h6 14. Qb2 Rd8 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. Na5 Ndb8 17. Nd2 {
Gernik-Fichtl, Marianske Lazne 1959}) 11. Qc2 {N} (11. Nb3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Nd7)
11... Bd7 12. Rfb1 Rb8 13. Qa2 Re8 14. Ng5 a5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. c5 $146 h6 17.
Nge4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Be6 19. Qa4 Rc7 20. Nc4 Bd5 21. Nxa5 Ne7 (21... Ra8 $4 22.
Nxc6) 22. Qb5 Qc8 23. c6 Bxe4 24. dxe4 b6 $1 (24... Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Qxe5
) 25. Ra2 (25. Nc4 $2 Rxc6 26. Nxe5 Rc5) (25. Nb7 $2 Nxc6) 25... Ra8 26. Qxb6
Nxc6 27. Rc1 Ra6 28. Qc5 Kh7 29. Qd6 d3 $2 (29... Raa7 30. Kg2 (30. Rac2 Rxa5
31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Qh3 $10) 30... Nxa5 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxc7 Qg4 33. f3
Qg6) 30. exd3 Raa7 31. Rac2 Rxa5 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Qxc6 (33. Rxc6 Qh3 34. Rc1)
33... Qd8 34. Qc7 Qxc7 35. Rxc7 f6 36. Kg2 Ra1 37. Rd7 h5 38. h4 Kg6 39. Kf3
Re1 40. Rd5 Kh6 41. Rd6 Kg6 42. Kg2 Re2 43. Kf1 Ra2 44. Ke1 Kf7 45. Rd7+ Kg6
46. Rb7 Rc2 47. Ra7 Rb2 48. Rc7 Ra2 49. Rb7 Rc2 50. Ra7 Rb2 51. Rc7 Ra2 52. Re7
Rc2 53. Kf1 Rd2 54. Rd7 Rb2 55. Kg1 Re2 56. Rd6 Kf7 57. Rd7+ Kg6 58. Kf1 Ra2
59. Kg2 Re2 60. Kf3 Re1 61. Rd5 Kf7 62. Ra5 Kg6 63. Ra7 Kh6 64. Ra8 g5 65.
hxg5+ Kxg5 66. Rg8+ Kh6 67. Rb8 Kg6 68. Rg8+ Kf7 69. Rc8 Kg6 70. Rc5 Ra1 71.
Rd5 Re1 72. Kg2 Re2 73. Kf1 Ra2 74. Rd8 Rb2 75. Kg1 Rd2 76. Kg2 Re2 77. Rd5 Kh6
78. Kf3 Re1 79. Rb5 Kg6 80. Rb8 Kf7 81. Rd8 Kg7 82. Rd6 Kf7 83. Rb6 Kg7 84. Rb2
Kg6 85. Rb7 Kh6 86. Rc7 Kg6 87. Rd7 Kh6 88. Kg2 Re2 89. Kf1 Rd2 90. Kg1 Kg6 91.
Rd6 Kf7 92. Kf1 Kg7 93. Kg2 Re2 94. Rc6 Rd2 95. Rc3 Re2 96. Rb3 Kg6 97. Ra3 Kg7
98. Kf3 Re1 99. Ra6 Kf7 100. Ra4 Kg6 101. Ra5 Kh6 102. Ra6 Kg7 103. Rd6 Kf7
104. d4 exd4 105. Rxd4 Kg6 106. Rd5 Ra1 107. Rd6 Ra3+ 108. Ke2 Ra4 109. Ke3
Ra3+ 110. Rd3 Ra1 111. Rc3 h4 112. gxh4 Rh1 113. Rc6 Rxh4 114. f4 Kf7 115. Kf3
Rh5 116. Rc7+ Kf8 117. Kg4 Ra5 118. e5 fxe5 119. f5 e4 120. Kg5 Ra1 121. Kg6
Rg1+ 122. Kf6 Kg8 123. Rc8+ Kh7 124. Re8 Rg4 125. Ke6 e3 126. Kf7 Rg7+ 127. Kf6
Rg3 128. Re4 Rf3 129. Re8 Rg3 130. Re5 Kg8 131. Ke7 Rg7+ 132. Ke6 Kf8 133. f6
Ra7 134. Rxe3 Ra6+ 135. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Nf6 9. Na3 O-O {Es ist eine Stellung aus dem modernen Benoni entstanden mit
dem kleinen Unterschied, daЯ die Farben vertauscht sind und demzufolge hier
WeiЯ (der Benonispieler) am Zuge ist. Wenn Schwarz am Zuge wдre, wьrde er sich
zwischen den Hauptzьgen Nd7 (am meisten gespielt), h6 (Kortschnojs Patent) und
e5 entscheiden. WeiЯ muЯ nun zeigen, was er mit dem Mehrtempo anzufangen
gedenkt.} 10. Re1 $146 {Der Zug hat eher defensiven Charakter; es ist deswegen
nicht ьberraschend, daЯ WeiЯ bisher sein Glьck direkt auf dem Damenflьgel
suchte (mit garnicht so schlechten praktischen Resultaten), wo er seine
Majoritдt hat.} (10. Rb1 a5 11. Nb5 (11. b3 Nd7 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. Ba3 Na6 14. Qd2
Re8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. Nxa6 Rxa6 19. f4 $14 {Moehring,
G-Veselsky,J/Trnava 1988}) 11... Ne8 12. a3 Nd6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Ng5 Kh8 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 f5 $6 17. c5 $14 {Bricard,E-Letreguilly,O/Montpellier 1991}) (
10. Nc2 a5 11. a3 (11. Re1 a4 12. a3 Nd7 13. Nb4 Nc5 $6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5
$14 {Schmidt,A-Rohs,P/Hessenliga 1993}) 11... a4 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Bb4 Re8 14.
Re1 e5 15. Nh4 Bg4 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rab1 h6 18. b3 axb3 19. Rxb3 $13 {
Schmittdiel,E-Damm,F/Bad Woerishofen 1989}) 10... Nd7 (10... Re8 11. Ne5) 11.
Nc2 a5 (11... Nc5 $6 12. b4) 12. b3 (12. a3 Nc5 {[%cal Yc8f5]}) 12... h6 {
Ein nьtzlicher Vorbereitungszug: Schwarz verhindert ein gelegentliches Ng5.} ({
WeiЯ hat sich gegen} 12... Nc5 {gewappnet: mit} 13. Ba3 {kann der lдstige N
bei Bedarf getauscht werden.}) 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nd2 ({Mit zusдtzlich
geschehenem Rb8 (mit vertauschten Farben, versteht sich) wдhlte Suba hier} 14.
Qe2 $5) 14... Nf6 (14... e5 15. Ne4 {hatte WeiЯ sicher bei 14.Nd2 im Auge.})
15. Bb2 {Gefдllt mir nicht; der Ba3 stand doch nicht schlecht und konnte
spдter immer noch bei Bedarf b2 besuchen.} (15. f4 {war ein radikaler Versuch,
das weiЯe Mehrtempo zu nutzen.} Ng4 (15... Bg4 16. Nf3 e5 17. h3 $14) 16. Ne4
$13) ({Ich mцchte hier fьr} 15. Qe2 {plдdieren; Topalov spielte den Zug gegen
Kamsky in Dos Hermanas 1996 mit Erfolg, obwohl Kamsky den Mehrzug e7-e5 (was
doch die schwarze Absicht zu sein scheint) hatte.}) (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {
war ebenfalls mцglich, versprach WeiЯ aber nichts besonderes.}) 15... e5 16.
Nf3 $6 {Wenn man jetzt die Hin- und Herzieherei von Nf6 und Nf3 und Bb2
zusammenzдhlt, wird man feststellen, daЯ WeiЯ sein Mehrtempo inzwischen
verloren hat.} ({Mit} 16. Qe2 {konnte Markowski immer noch den Bildern aus
Kamsky-Topalov folgen.}) 16... Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b5] Ein bekanntes Gegenmittel
gegen modernes Benoni.} 17. Rc1 $6 {Es ist nicht einfach, den genauen Punkt zu
erwischen, wo die Partie endgьltig abgleitet. Insgesamt macht das weiЯe Spiel
in dieser Phase einen unsicheren und passiven Eindruck. Markowski ist eben
eher kцnigsindische Bilder gewohnt ...} (17. Qd2 $142 Bf5 $140 18. Nh4) 17...
Bf5 18. h3 ({Fьr das Vorgehen am Damenflьgel mit} 18. a3 {ist Schwarz
gewappnet: er kann zur rechten Zeit mit b5 dagegenhalten.}) (18. Nh4 Bg4 {
kann den Bg4 nur temporдr von der Diagonale d3-h7 fernhalten.}) 18... g5 {
Der Bf5 behauptet seine Lieblingsdiagonale.} 19. Kh2 Nd7 {[%cal Yd7c5]} 20. Ba3
({Eine ketzerische Vorgehensweise wдre} 20. Rf1 Nc5 21. Nfe1 {[%cal Yb2a3] .
Der schwarze Vorteil ist kaum bestreitbar, aber die weiЯe Stellung erscheint
mir noch einigermaЯen fest.}) 20... Bf8 $1 {Erkдmpft dem Nd7 die Aussicht auf
das Feld c5.} 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rd7c5]} 22. c5 $2 {Markowski
war vermutlich mit seiner Stellung nicht mehr zufrieden und strebt jetzt
plцtzlich (nach eher passivem Verhalten) Verwicklungen an. Kдme Schwarz
nдmlich wie geplant zu Nc5, so hдtte der Rc1 seinen Sinn verloren. Es zeigt
sich aber, daЯ dem Pc5 die nцtige Unterstьtzung fehlt.} Bg6 (22... Rc8 $5 {
ging auch sofort.}) (22... Nxc5 $2 23. Ncxd4 $132 {wдre im weiЯen Sinne.}) 23.
Bf1 Rc8 {[%csl Rc5] Nun ist der Pc5 nicht mehr zu retten.} 24. Na3 (24. Na1 Nb4
$19 {ist auch nicht besser.}) 24... Nb4 25. Nb5 Nxa2 $19 {WeiЯ hat keinerlei
Kompensation fьr den verlorenen P; eher im Gegenteil.} (25... Nxc5 $2 26. Nxe5
$132) (25... Rxc5 $2 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Nxe5 $132) 26. Rc4 Re6 (26... Qf6 $5 27.
Nd6 $140 (27. Qe2 Nb4 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Nd6 Nxc5 $19) 27... Nc3 $19) 27. Nd6
Rc7 28. Nxb7 (28. Qa1 Nb4 29. Qxa5 Nxd3 $19) 28... Qf6 (28... Rxb7 {gewann
ebenfalls:} 29. c6 Rb5 30. cxd7 Qxd7 $19) 29. Bg2 Nb4 30. Nxa5 Nxd3 31. Re2 (
31. b4 Nxe1 32. Qxe1 $19) 31... Rxc5 32. b4 $6 {verkьrzt das Leiden.} Rxc4 33.
Nxc4 e4 {[%cal Yg6h5,Yd3f2]} 0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 a5 7. e3 (7. Na3) 7...
dxe3 8. Bxe3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 (10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4
13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Be5 c6 15. Na4 Be6 16. b3 Rd3 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 $10 {Savon-Furman, 1971}) 10... Re8 {N} (10... Ng4 11. Nd5 Nxe3 12.
Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 13. fxe3 Bg4 14. Qb3 e4 $1 $17 {Wojtkiewicz-Seirawan, Haninge
1990}) 11. h3 Be6 (11... Bf5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4
$36) 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rad1 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nb5 (15. Ne4 b5 $1 $132) 15...
Bc5 16. Re5 b6 (16... Bb6 17. Ng5) 17. Na7 (17. Ng5) 17... Qd6 18. Nb5 (18. Nb5
Qd8 19. Na7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filipowicz, Andrzej"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7. Be2 (7. d3
Ne7 8. Qe2 $5) 7... Ne7 8. O-O c6 9. d3 {/\ Be3} Nf5 10. g4 $6 (10. Ne4 Be7 11.
Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc3 $10 {Suba-Ftacnik, Warschau zt 1987}) 10... Nh4 (10... Ne7 11.
Be3 Qd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 h5 15. Ne4 Ng6 $15 {Peresypkin-A.
Petrosian, Baku 1977} 16. gxh5 Nf4 17. Rfe1 f6) 11. Be3 Qd8 {N} (11... Qd6 12.
d4 h5 13. f3 Bd7 14. d5 Qg6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Kh1 hxg4 17. fxg4 Bb4 $17 {
D.Gurevich-W.Watson, Saint John op-2 1988}) 12. d4 h5 13. dxe5 (13. gxh5 Bh3
14. Re1 Ng2) 13... Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 (15. f4 $2 Bh3) 15... hxg4 $17
16. Bf4 Rh5 17. Bg3 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Be7 19. Rd3 Nxe5 20. Rd4 Rd8 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22.
Rxg4 Kf8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Bf6 25. Kf1 Rh5 26. Kg2 Be5 27. f4 Bc7 28. Nf2
Rh6 29. Nd3 Rd6 30. Rg3 Rd4 31. b3 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Rxf4 33. Rd3 Ke7 34. Re3+ Kd7
35. Rd3+ Kc7 36. Re3 b5 37. Re7+ Kb6 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. Kg3 Rf6 40. b4 a6 41. h4
g6 42. Rd7 Kc6 43. Ra7 Kd5 44. Rc7 Kd4 45. Kg2 Ke4 46. Kg3 Rf3+ 47. Kg2 Ra3 48.
Rxf7 Rxa2+ 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Re3 Ra4 52. Rf3+ Kg7 53. Rf4 Kh6 54.
Rg4 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Rd3 56. Kf2 Rd5 57. Re4 Kh5 58. Re6 Rd4 59. Rxa6 Rxh4 60. Rd6
Rxb4 61. Kg3 g5 62. Rd3 Rc4 63. Rd8 Rc3+ 64. Kg2 b4 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. a3 (5. Qb3 $5 c5 6. bxc5 Bxc5 7. exd4 (
7. Ba3 $5 Qe7 $2 8. Qb5+ Nd7 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Qxc5 Nxc5 11. exd4 $16 {Osnos})
7... exd4 8. Ba3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O (10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qb5 Qxb5 (11... Qd6
12. c5 $5) 12. cxb5 d3 $5 13. Bxd3 Nb4 $44) 10... b6 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Bxc5 bxc5
13. Na3 a6 14. Nh4 Nge7 15. Bf3 O-O $10 {Napolitano-Balogh/3.WCCC/1960}) (5.
exd4 $2 e4 $1 $17) 5... c5 (5... a5 6. b5 c5 7. d3 Bd6 8. g3 Ne7 9. Bg2 O-O 10.
O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. exd4 cxd4 $13 {Hebert-Kir.Georgiev/St.Agath des Monts/
1985}) 6. exd4 $6 $146 (6. bxc5 Nc6 7. d3 dxe3 8. Bxe3 Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qa5+ 10.
Nbd2 Qxc5 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nbxd4 $6 (13. Nfxd4 $10) 13... Bg4 14.
Be2 Rd8 $15 {Pithart-Fichtl/Marianske Lazne/1956}) 6... cxd4 7. d3 a5 8. bxa5 (
8. b5 a4 $17) 8... Nc6 9. g3 Qxa5+ 10. Nfd2 (10. Nbd2 {><c3} Nge7 11. Qb3)
10... Bf5 11. Qf3 (11. Qb3 $5) 11... Nge7 12. Bg2 h5 13. O-O (13. h3 $5) 13...
Qc7 14. Nb3 Qc8 15. N1d2 Bg4 16. Qe4 h4 17. c5 Bf5 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. Qe1 (19. Qe4
$5) 19... Bh3 20. Nc4 Qe6 21. Qe4 (21. Nd6+ $2 Kd7 22. Rb1 hxg3 23. fxg3 Bxg2
24. Kxg2 Qh3+ 25. Kf3 Qxh2 $17) 21... Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Nd5 23. Bd2 Be7 24. Rae1 g5
(24... hxg3 $1) 25. g4 Kf7 26. h3 Rhd8 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Qd1 Qf7 29. Qc1 (29. Qc2
$1) 29... Rd7 30. Re4 Rad8 31. Qc2 Nc3 32. Bxc3 dxc3 33. Rd1 f5 34. gxf5 (34.
Nxe5 Nxe5 (34... Qd5 35. Nxd7 fxe4 36. Qxc3+ (36. Nb6 Qe5 37. d4 (37. dxe4
Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Qxe4 $40) 37... Nxd4 38. Nxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Qxd4 $19) 36... Kg6
37. Nb6 Qf7 38. d4 Ne5 39. Qe3 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Qe6) 35. Rxe5 fxg4 36. hxg4 Bf6 37.
Re4 (37. Rf5 Rd5 38. Rxd5 Qxd5) 37... Re8 38. Rxe8 Qxe8 39. d4 Qe6 40. f3 Qc4
$40) 34... Qxf5 35. Rde1 Rxd3 36. R1e3 Rxe3 37. Nxe3 Qg6 $2 (37... Qf3 38. Rg4
(38. Rc4 Na5 $1 39. Nxa5 Rd2 $19) 38... Na5 $1 39. Nxa5 (39. Qxc3 Nxb3 40.
Qxe5+ (40. Qxb3 Rd2 $19) 40... Kf7 $19) 39... Rd2 40. Nf5+ Kh8 $19) 38. Rc4
Qxc2 39. Nxc2 Bf6 40. Rxc3 e4 41. Re3 Rd3 42. Nb4 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Nd4 44. Nxd4
Bxd4 45. Rxe4 Rd2 46. Kf3 Rxf2+ 47. Kg4 Rg2+ 48. Kh5 Bxc5 49. Re5 Bxb4 50. axb4
Kf6 51. Rb5 Rg3 52. Rxb7 Rxh3 53. Rb6+ Kf5 54. Rb5+ Kf4 55. Rxg5 Rg3 56. Rc5 h3
57. Rc4+ Kf5 58. Rc5+ Ke4 59. Rc4+ Ke5 60. Rc5+ Kd4 61. Rc1 h2 62. Rh1 Rg2 63.
Kh4 Ke3 64. Kh3 Rg8 65. Rb1 h1=Q+ 66. Rxh1 Rh8+ 67. Kg2 Rxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O Bf5 $6 (6... e5 $10) 7.
Qb3 (7. b4 $5) 7... Qc7 (7... Qb6 $5 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Na3 $14 Nb4 $2 10. Nb5
Rxa2 11. Rxa2 Nxa2 12. Ne5 Bc8 $2 13. Bd2 $18) 8. e4 Bg4 (8... dxe3 $5 9. Bxe3
$6 {/\ d4+/-} (9. fxe3 $1) 9... e5 10. Nc3 Be7 (10... Bxd3 $2 11. Nb5 Qd7 12.
Rfd1 e4 13. Ne1 a6 14. Nxd3 axb5 (14... exd3 15. Rxd3 Qc8 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17.
Rxd6 $18) 15. Nxc5 $18) 11. Nd5 (11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Qd7 $13)
11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bd2 O-O $13) 9. Nh4 (9. e5 $6 Nd7 10.
Bf4 Qb6) (9. h3) 9... e5 10. f4 (10. Nf5 h6 11. h3 Bh5) 10... Be7 11. Nd2 (11.
Nf5 $5) 11... exf4 12. gxf4 Nh5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 (13... O-O $5) 14. exf5 g6 (14...
Nxf4 $2 15. Rxf4 Qxf4 16. Qxb7 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 $18) 15. Nf3 gxf5 $2 (15... Ng7 $2
16. fxg6 (16. Ne5 Nxf5 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Nxc6 $13) 16... hxg6
17. Ne5 $1 Rc8 (17... Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ne6 19. Qxb7) 18. Bd5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ne6 20.
Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxb7 $16) (15... Bd6 $5 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 $2 (17... Kg7
18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 $13) 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Qxb7
Rb8 22. Qxa7 $16) 16. Ne5 $1 Rg8 17. Kh1 Rxg2 (17... Nxe5 18. fxe5 O-O-O 19.
Rxf5 $16) (17... O-O-O 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bf3 $18) 18. Kxg2 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qc6+ (
19... Qxe5 20. Qd1 $16) 20. Kh3 (20. Kf2 $2 Bh4+ $19) (20. Kg1 $2 O-O-O {
/\ Rg8-+}) (20. Rf3 O-O-O 21. Qd1 Rg8+ 22. Kf1 $13) 20... O-O-O 21. Qd1 Ng7 22.
Qf3 Qg6 23. Bd2 h6 24. Rg1 Bg5 25. Raf1 Ne6 26. Bxg5 hxg5 (26... Nxg5+ 27. Rxg5
Qxg5 28. Qxf5+ $16 {><f7,h6}) 27. Qxf5 Qh5+ 28. Kg2 Rh8 29. h3 Kb8 30. Rf3 Nf4+
31. Rxf4 $8 gxf4 32. Qxh5 Rxh5 33. Rf1 Rg5+ $2 (33... Rxe5 34. Rxf4 Re2+ (34...
Re3 $2 35. h4 Rxd3 36. h5 Re3 (36... Rd2+ 37. Rf2 $18) 37. h6 Re8 38. h7 Rh8
39. Rxf7 {/\ Rg8+-} a6 40. Kf3 Ka7 41. Ke4 Kb6 42. Kf5 Rd8 43. Kg6 d3 44. Rf1
d2 45. Rd1 Rd6+ 46. Kg5 Rd8 47. Rxd2 $18) 35. Rf2 Re3 36. h4 Rxd3 37. h5 (37.
Re2 Rd1 38. h5 d3 39. Re5 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rd1) 37... Re3 38. h6 Re8 39. h7 (39.
Rxf7 $2 d3 $8 40. Kf2 d2 41. Rd7 Rh8 $10) 39... d3 40. Kf3 (40. Rxf7 $2 d2 41.
Rd7 Rh8 $10) 40... Rh8 41. Rh2 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kxd3 (43. Rh5 f5 $1 44. Kxd3
Ke5 45. Ke3) 43... Ke5 (43... Ke7 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Kd5 b6 46. Kc6 $18) 44. Rh5+
(44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Ke4 Kg7 46. Kd5 Rc8 47. h8=Q+ Rxh8 48. Rxh8 Kxh8 49. Kxc5 f5
$10) 44... f5 45. Ke3 Kf6 (45... b6 46. b3 a6 47. a3 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49. a4
bxa4 50. bxa4 c4 51. a5 $18) 46. Kf4 Kg6 47. Rh2 (47. Rg5+ Kh6 48. Rxf5 Rxh7
49. Rxc5 Kg6 $16) 47... Kf6 48. a4 (48. Rh6+ Kg7 49. Rd6 Kxh7 50. Rd7+ Kg6 51.
Rxb7 Rh4+ 52. Kf3 Rxc4 53. Rxa7 $10) (48. Rh1 Kg6 49. Ke5 Re8+ $1 50. Kd6 Rh8
51. Kxc5 Rxh7) 48... Kg6 49. a5 Kf6 50. b3 Kg6 51. Rh1 Kf6 52. a6 bxa6 53. Rh6+
Kg7 54. Rxa6 Kxh7 55. Rxa7+ Kg6 56. Ra6+ Kf7 $14) 34. Kf3 Rxe5 35. Kxf4 Re6 (
35... Re3 36. Rh1 $18) 36. Rh1 Kc7 37. h4 Rh6 38. Kg5 Rg6+ 39. Kf5 Rh6 40. h5
Kd7 (40... f6 41. Ke6 {/\ Kf7-g7 +-}) 41. Kg5 Rh7 42. h6 Ke8 43. a3 a5 44. b3
Kf8 45. Re1 Rh8 46. Kh5 Rh7 47. Re2 b6 48. b4 cxb4 49. axb4 axb4 50. Rb2 f5 51.
Rxb4 Rf7 52. Rxb6 Kg8 53. c5 f4 54. c6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Degerman, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Nc6 (6... a6 7. Bb2
Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Nc4 $14 {
Larsen-Zaltsman/Reykjavik/1986 Komarov-Ibragimov/Kherson/1991}) 7. Bb2 Be7 (
7... a6 8. Be2 $14) (7... Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Ncb5 Be7
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rfd1 $14 {Makarov-Drasko/Podgorica/1993}) 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Rc1 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. d4 $14 cxd4 (12... Qc7 13. d5
exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 $14) 13. Nb5 {Now Qd8 has a problem.} Bc5 (13... e5
14. exd4 e4 15. Ne5 $16) 14. a3 a5 (14... a6 15. Nbxd4 $18) 15. exd4 Be7 16.
Ng5 Nb8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Rf7 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. d5 Qf8 21. h3 Bd7 (21...
Bxe6 22. dxe6 $18) 22. a4 (22. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 23. Qe5 $18) 22... Bc5 23. Bxf7+
Qxf7 24. Nc7 $2 (24. Be5 Na6 25. Nd6 $16) 24... Bf5 $2 (24... Bxh3 $1 25. gxh3
(25. Ne6 $2 Bg4 $19) 25... Qxc7 26. Qe6+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $13) 25. Ne6 (25.
Bxf6 $5 gxf6 (25... Qxf6 $5) 26. Ne6 Nd7 27. Qb5 $16) 25... Nbd7 26. Bd4 $2 (
26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Qe8+ Qf8 29. Qc6 $16) 26... Bb4 $2 (26... Bxd4
27. Nxd4 (27. Rxd4 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxe6 29. Rd3 $13) 27... Qxd5 28. Nxf5 Qxf5 29.
Qc4+ $14) 27. Rc1 (27. Qc4 $142 h6 (27... Nxd5 $2 28. Nd8 $18) 28. Bb2 $16)
27... h6 (27... Nxd5 28. Ng5 Qg6 29. Qc4 $16) 28. Rc7 $2 (28. Qc4) 28... Nxd5
$17 29. Rc8+ Nf8 30. Nd8 Qe7 $2 (30... Nf4 $1 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Bd3 $19)
31. Qxe7 Bxe7 32. Rb8 Bc2 33. Ne6 (33. Nc6 $1 Bxb3 34. Nxe7+ Nxe7 35. Bxb6 Bxa4
36. Bxa5 $15) 33... Kf7 34. Nxg7 Bxb3 35. Nf5 Bxa4 $138 (35... Nd7 $1 36. Rh8
Bf6 $17) (35... Bxa4 36. Nxe7 Nxe7 (36... Kxe7 $2 37. Bxb6) 37. Rxb6 Bc6 $15)
1-0

[Event "NED-ch49"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 $1 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qd2 $6 $146 (13.
h3 Nf6 (13... Bxf4 14. hxg4 $14) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1
Kh8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. f4 Bd7 20. Kh2 Rae8 $132 {Panno-Timman/Buenos Aires/1980})
(13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nd2 (14. h3 Nf6 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Qf3 Bg6 17. Rfe1 Rab8 18.
Re2 Qb6 19. Nb3 a5 20. Rae1 a4 $13 {Butnorius-L.Grigorian/URS/1975}) 14... Ne5
(14... Qh6 15. h3 Nf6 16. g4 Qf4 17. Qc1 Qc7 18. f4 Bd7 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Bxc6
Qxc6 21. g5 $14 {Cvitan-Sax/Zagreb/1985}) (14... Qb6 $6 15. Re1 $1 (15. Rb1 a5
16. Ne4 Bd7 17. a3 f5 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. h3 Qxg5 20. f4 Qh6 21. hxg4 fxg4 $17 {
Spassov-Inkiov/Albena/1976}) 15... Bd7 (15... Qxb2 $6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nb3 Qa3
18. Re5 Nd7 19. Re7 $16) 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qb3 Qa5 (17... Bc6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19.
Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nf3 $14 {Kasparov}) 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc7 $14 {
Kasparov-Pinter/EM/1980}) 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. h3 Bf5 $10 {Kasparov}) 13... Re8 14.
Bxd6 (14. Na3 $2 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Re2 $17) 14... Qxd6 15. Na3 Bd7 $5 16. h3 (16.
Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bg2 Qh6 (17... Bc6 18. Bxc6 (18. h3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. Kg1
Ne5 $19) 18... Qxc6 {/\ Ne5} 19. f4 (19. Qd1 Ne5 20. f4 Rxb2 21. Rf2 Rxf2 22.
Kxf2 Nd7 $17) 19... Ne3 $44) 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. b3 Re2 $44) 16... Ne5 17. f4 Nc6
18. Nc2 Re7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Re1 b6 22. Kf2 h5 23. h4 (23. Bxc6
Bxc6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qe2 Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Bg2 27. h4 $15) 23... g6 24. Re4 (24.
Rxe7 Nxe7 25. b4 $15) 24... Kg7 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. b4 Nf5 27. Bh3 $2 (27. b5 $15
) 27... Qc6 $1 $19 28. Bg2 (28. b5 $2 Qh1 29. Bxf5 (29. Bg2 Qh2 $19) 29... Bxf5
$19 {><g3}) 28... Qa4 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. a3 Qb3 {/\ Qb2} 31. Bh3 Qb2 32. Qe2 Kh7
33. Bxf5 Bxf5 $19 34. a4 Bg4 35. Qd2 a5 36. Kf1 Qa2 37. Qf2 Qxa4 38. Ne1 Qd1
39. Kg2 a4 0-1

[Event "Katrineholm"]
[Site "Katrineholm"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lyrberg, Patrik"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Ne7 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
O-O 9. b4 (9. Re1 Nbc6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Ne4 b6 $13 {Karlsson,L-Jansson,B/SWE
1978}) 9... Nd7 (9... c6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qb3 b6 14.
Ne4 Nd7 15. Bf4 h6 16. Qb4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 f5 18. Nd6 (18. Nd2) 18... Ne5 19.
Bxe5 Rxe5 20. c5 $1 bxc5 21. Qc4+ Kh7 22. Nb7 Qb6 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxc5 $16 {
Loeffler,S-Tischbierek,R/Munich 1992}) (9... a5 10. b5 (10. bxa5) 10... c5 11.
Nbd2 (11. bxc6) 11... b6 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Re1 Ra7 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Qe2 Ba8 16. h4
h6 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Nd6 $14 {Markowski,T-Gdanski,J/Ksiaz 1998}) 10. Ba3 c5 11.
bxc5 Nc6 12. Qb3 f5 13. Nc3 $2 {Wenn das klappen wьrde, wдre es ein genialer
Einfall.} ({Mit einer ruhigen Fortsetzung wдre WeiЯ sicher besser gefahren:} 
13. Re1) ({oder} 13. Nbd2) 13... dxc3 14. d4 Nf6 ({Auch} 14... Nxd4 {scheint
gefahrlos zu sein:} 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. c6 bxc6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 $19)
15. d5 Na5 16. Qb4 (16. Qa4 Ne4 $19 (16... Bd7 17. c6 bxc6 $19)) 16... Ne4 $19
17. Rad1 Re8 18. Nd4 Nd2 (18... Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20. dxc6 Qxd4 21. cxb7 Bxb7
22. Qxb7 Qxc4 $19) 19. Qxc3 Nxf1 20. Kxf1 {[%cal Ya3b4]} (20. Bxf1 {vermied
die Probleme auf der Diagonale a6-f1, war aber weniger aktiv.}) 20... b6 21. c6
Ba6 22. d6 Kh8 (22... Bxc4+ $142 $19) (22... Nxc4 $4 23. Bd5+ $16) 23. Bd5 Rc8
$2 (23... Bxc4+ 24. Bxc4 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc3 26. Nxd8 Raxd8 $19 {Angesichts der
Mehrqualitдt sollte Schwarz hier gewinnen kцnnen.}) 24. Bb4 $2 (24. d7 {
lag doch nahe:} Nxc6 25. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 26. Bb2 $1 Nxd4 (26... Ne5 $2 27. Re1 $14
) 27. Qxd4 $15) 24... Re5 25. Kg1 (25. Ne6 Rxe6 26. Bxe6 Rxc6 $19) 25... Bxc4
$2 (25... Bb5 $1 $17) 26. Bxc4 (26. c7 Qd7 (26... Qxd6 27. Bxd6 Rxd5 28. Bf4
$16) (26... Rxd5 27. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 28. Rd2 $16) 27. Bxc4 $14) 26... Nxc6 $2 (
26... Rxc6 27. Nxc6 Nxc6 $14) (26... Nxc4 $2 27. Qxc4 $18 {[%cal Rc6c7]}) (
26... Rc5 $2 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Ne6 Bxc3 29. Nxd8 $18) 27. Ba6 $2 (27. Ne6 Qf6 (
27... Rxe6 28. Bxe6 $1 $16) 28. Nxg7 Nxb4 (28... a5 29. Ba3 $18) (28... Kxg7
29. d7 Rd8 30. Rd6 $18) 29. d7 Rd8 30. Ne8 $18) 27... Nxb4 $2 (27... Rd5 $19)
28. Qxc8 $2 (28. Bxc8 Qxd6 29. Be6 Qc5 $17 {mit einem Mehrbauern.}) 28... Qxc8
29. Bxc8 Rd5 $19 30. a3 Bxd4 (30... Nc2 $19) 31. Rd2 (31. axb4 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2
Rxd1 33. d7 Kg7 $19) 31... Nc6 (31... Bf6 $19) 32. Bb7 Rxd6 33. Bxc6 Bxf2+ 34.
Rxf2 Rxc6 35. Re2 Rc7 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Kf3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Ne7 7. b4 O-O 8. Nbd2 (
8. Ba3 Re8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nb3 Rb8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Rae1 Ne6 13. Bb2 b6 14. e3
Bb7 15. exd4 exd4 16. Re2 $14 {Damljanovic,B-Nikolic,Z/JUG-ch 1989}) (8. Na3
Re8 9. Nc2 a5 10. b5 c5 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. e3 Ra7 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rae1 dxe3 15.
Nxe3 Nf8 16. Bb2 f6 17. h4 $14 {Kozul,Z-Sermek,D/Bled 1996}) 8... a5 (8... Re8
9. Nb3 Nd7 10. a4 Nf8 11. b5 Rb8 12. a5 b6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ra7 h6 15. e3 $6 (
15. Ne1 $5 {Dolmatov} Be6 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. Nb4 $14) 15... dxe3 16. fxe3 Be6 17.
Ra4 c6 18. bxc6 Nxc6 $10 {Kortschnoj,V-Hort,V/Biel 1986}) 9. b5 c5 10. bxc6
Nexc6 (10... Nbxc6 11. Rb1 h6 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Rxb4 Rxa2 15. Qb3
Ra7 16. Rb1 Kh7 17. Ne1 $14 {Trois,F-Sowray,P/Wijk aan Zee 1983}) 11. Ne1 (11.
Rb1 Na6 12. Ne1 (12. Nb3 $5 Re8 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Qc1 Qe7 16. Re1
Nab4 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. Nc5 $1 b6 19. Na4 Rb8 20. a3 $14 {Shchekachev,A-Ivanov,V/
Moscow 1992}) 12... Re8 13. Nc2 Nab4 (13... Bf8 14. Na3 Ncb4 15. Ra1 Nc5 16.
Nb5 Bg4 17. a3 Nba6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rb1 a4 20. Kh2 Bc6 $132 {Szmetan,J-Nikolic,
P/Buenos Aires 1992}) 14. Rb2 Bf8 15. Nb1 (15. a3 Na6 16. Rb5 Nc7 17. Rb1 Ne6
18. Nb3 Ra7 $11 {Dizdarevic,E-Nikolic,P/Sarajevo 1987}) 15... Na6 16. Nca3 Nc5
17. Nb5 Bf5 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qd7 $15 {Markowski,T-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj
1996}) (11. Ba3 Nb4 (11... Re8 12. c5 Bf8 13. Ne4 Na6 14. Nfd2 Ncb4 15. Qc1 Bg4
$15 {Gurevich,D-Masserey,Y/Geneva 1996}) 12. Qb3 (12. Bxb4 axb4 13. Qb3 Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Gleizerov,E/Kstovo 1997}) 12... N8a6 (12... Qe7 13. Ne1 N8c6
14. Nc2 Bh6 $13 {David-Burger, corr 1990}) 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. a3 bxa3 15. Qxa3
Re8 (15... Bd7 16. Rfb1 Nc7 17. Qb2 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 (18. Rxa1 $5) 18... b5 19.
Qa5 bxc4 20. Nxc4 $14 {Fancsy,I-Liiva,R/Duisburg 1992}) 16. Rfb1 f5 17. Ne1 Nc7
18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Qxa8 Nxa8 20. Rxa8 $16 {Larsen,B-Chandler,M/Hastings 1987})
11... Na6 12. Nc2 Re8 (12... Qc7 13. Na3 Qe7 14. Nb5 h6 15. Ba3 Nab4 16. Nb3
Be6 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19. Rab1 Qd8 $11 {Smejkal,J-Xu Jun/Dubai 1986})
13. Ne4 h6 (13... f5 $6 14. Bg5) 14. c5 Re6 15. Ba3 Bf8 ({Aktiver war} 15...
Ncb4 $1 16. Bxb4 (16. Qd2 f5 $11) 16... axb4 17. Nd6 Nxc5 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19.
Nxb4 e4 $132 {und Schwarz kann zufrieden sein.}) 16. Qd2 Kg7 (16... f5 17. Nd6
Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Qxh6 $16) 17. g4 Qh4 (17... Ncb4 18. Nxb4
axb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 $14) 18. f4 $5 (18. g5) 18... Qxg4 19. fxe5 Rxe5
20. e3 Nxc5 $2 (20... Bxc5 21. exd4 Nxd4 {[%cal Rd4f3]} 22. Bxc5 Ne2+ 23. Kh1
Nxc5 24. Rae1 Nxe4 25. dxe4 (25. Bxe4 $2 Rxe4 $19) 25... Ng3+ $1 26. hxg3 Qxg3
(26... Rh5+ 27. Kg1 Qxg3 28. Qd4+ $11) 27. Qf4 $11) 21. exd4 $18 Nxe4 22. Bxf8+
Kxf8 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. dxe5 Ng5 25. Ne3 Qh5 26. Qxh5 gxh5 27. h4 Ne6 28. Nc4
Ned4 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Rac1 Rd5 34. Rg1+
Kf8 35. Ke3 Ne6 36. Rxc6 Rxe5+ 37. Kd2 Nd4 38. Rf6 Re2+ 39. Kc3 Nb5+ 40. Kc4
Ke7 41. Rgf1 Nd6+ 42. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d4 $2 (6... O-O 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 {->A2}) (6... dxc4 7. Qa4 O-O 8. Qxc4) 7. b4 $1 $16 {it's surprising
that there are always new victims to this move.} Nd7 8. a3 (8. b5 Ncb8 9. e3
dxe3 (9... O-O 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Nxb3
15. axb3 $16) 10. Bxe3 a6 11. a4 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nd5 Bf8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3
axb5 16. cxb5 c6 17. Nc3 $16) 8... O-O 9. e3 Bf6 10. Ra2 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. exd4
exd4 13. a4 Ng6 14. Nbd2 Nc5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Be6 17. Nd2 {><b7} Qc8 18.
Ba3 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Re1 h6 21. Qa3 Nf5 22. Nb3 {/\ Nc5 (><b7,><e6)} b6
23. Bxa8 $18 Qxa8 24. Qc1 c5 25. bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qf4 Rd8 27. Nd2 Qc5 28. Re5 Qc8
29. Rb2 Ne7 30. Reb5 Nc6 31. Rxb6 Nb4 32. Rd6 Re8 33. Qxd4 Bh3 34. Rb1 Qa8 35.
Ne4 Nc2 (35... f5 36. Rd7 $18) 36. Qc3 Rxe4 37. dxe4 Qxe4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3
Qxd3 40. Rxd3 Bf5 41. Rd5 Be4 42. Re5 Bc6 43. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foisor, Cristina Adela B"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 d4 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nd7 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc2
a5 9. e3 (9. a3 O-O 10. Rb1 a4 11. Bd2 Na5 12. Bxa5 Rxa5 13. Re1 Re8 14. b4
axb3 15. Rxb3 $10 {Boleslavski-Suetin, URS 1956}) (9. b3 O-O 10. a3 Nc5 11. b4
Nb3 12. Rb1 Nxc1 13. Qxc1 Qd6 14. c5 Qe6 15. e3 dxe3 16. Qxe3 axb4 17. axb4 Ra2
18. Rfc1 Bf6 19. b5 Ne7 $10 {Polugaevsky-Balashov, URS-ch 1969}) 9... Nf8 10.
exd4 exd4 11. Qe2 $6 (11. Bd2 Bf5) (11. Re1 $5 Ne6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5) 11...
Ne6 12. Bd2 (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 O-O) 12... O-O 13. Rfe1 $2 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
Qxe5 Nc5 $10) 13... Bf6 $1 $17 14. Qf1 Nc5 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Rad1 Nb4 17. Nxb4
axb4 18. Be5 Rxa2 19. Nxd4 Bg4 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxf5) 20. Nf3 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nb3
22. d4 (22. Qe2 Qf6 23. Qe4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxb2 $17) 22... Rxb2 23. Qd3 Qf6 24.
h3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 c5 $1 26. Rf5 Qxd4 27. Bxb7 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 g6 29. Re5 Kg7 30.
Rd7 Kf6 31. Red5 Re8 32. R5d6+ Re6 33. Bd5 Rxd6 34. Rxd6+ Ke5 35. Rd7 f5 36.
Rxh7 Nd4 37. Rd7 f4 38. Kg2 fxg3 39. Kxg3 g5 40. Kg4 Rxf2 41. Kxg5 Nc2 42. Bc6
Rf5+ 43. Kh4 Rf4+ 44. Kg5 Rf5+ 45. Kh4 Rf4+ 46. Kg5 Rxc4 47. Rd5+ Ke6 48. Rd8
Rc3 49. h4 Nd4 50. Be4 Ke5 51. Re8+ Ne6+ 52. Kg4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d4 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 $6 (5... Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 a5) (
5... Nf6 6. O-O Nd7) 6. b4 $1 Ng6 7. a3 (7. b5 $14) 7... Be7 8. h4 (8. O-O $14)
8... f6 9. Nbd2 (9. h5 Nf8) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 (10. h5 Nh8) 10... Re8 11. Qb3 Be6
12. e3 dxe3 13. fxe3 a5 (13... Qd7 $5) 14. b5 a4 15. Qc3 Na5 16. h5 $5 (16. Kf2
) 16... Nf8 17. h6 (17. d4 $2 exd4 18. exd4 Bxc4 $19) 17... c6 (17... g6 $2 18.
Nxe5 fxe5 $2 19. Qxe5 $18) 18. hxg7 Ng6 19. Kf2 (19. bxc6 $5 bxc6 (19... Nxc6
20. Nh4 $13) 20. Nh4 Rb8 21. Kf2 Qb6 22. Rab1 $13) 19... cxb5 20. Rh6 bxc4 21.
d4 Nc6 22. Rah1 Kf7 23. Qc2 (23. Rxh7 Rg8) 23... exd4 (23... Rg8 24. d5 Bxd5
25. Qf5 {/\ Ng5}) 24. Nxd4 (24. exd4 $5 {/\ d5} Ra5 25. Rxh7 Rg8 26. Nxc4 $13)
24... Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rg8 26. Nf3 (26. Be4 $5 Rxg7 27. Rxh7 Nf8 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7
29. Qd1 $44 {/\ Qh5} (29. g4 $5) (29. Nf3 $5)) 26... Ra5 $1 (26... Rxg7 27.
Ng5+ fxg5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rxh7+ $18) 27. Bc3 (27. Rxh7 $5 Rxg7 28. Bc3 Rc5
29. Nd4 {With this move order Black gets no chance for Qd3.}) 27... Rc5 28. Nd4
(28. Nh4 Qd3) (28. Rxh7 Qd3) 28... Ne5 29. Nxe6 $6 (29. Rxh7 Nd3+ (29... Rxg7
$4 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Nxe6+ $18) 30. Kf1 $13) 29... Qd3 $1 30.
Qxd3 Nxd3+ 31. Ke2 Kxe6 32. Rxh7 b5 33. R1h5 Ne5 $2 34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Bxe5 $2 (
35. Bb6 $16) 35... fxe5 36. Bh3+ Kf7 37. R5h6 $2 (37. Rxe5 Rxg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7
39. Rxb5 $2 (39. Kd2 c3+ (39... Rb7 40. Rd5 Bxa3 41. Bd7) 40. Kc2 Bxa3 41. Rxb5
Be7) 39... c3 40. Bf5 c2 41. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3 $19) 37... Bf6 38. Bg4 $2
Rxg7 39. Kf3 c3 40. Bf5 c2 41. Bg6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Re8 $6 $146 (11... Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 $11) (
11... Nd7) 12. Bxf6 $1 {Eine undogmatische Entscheidung: das schwarze
Lдuferpaar ist in dieser Stellung nicht viel wert. Der Be7 schaut seine
eigenen Bauern an, und der Bc8 ist ganz sicher nicht besser als sein Kollege
auf g2.} Bxf6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. Rfe1 $16 b6 17. Re2 Bd6
18. Rae1 {WeiЯ beherrscht die einzige offene Linie und die Diagonale h1-a8.
Schwarz muЯ sich um Schadensbegrenzung kьmmern.} Bd7 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Qh5 {
[%cal Re4g5]} h6 $8 21. h4 {[%cal Re4g5]} (21. f4 $5) 21... Be6 $8 {Traurig,
aber notwendig.} (21... a6 22. Ng5 $1 hxg5 23. Re7 $1 $18) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. f4
{[%csl Re6]} Qd7 (23... Qe8 24. Qg4 $16) 24. Nd2 (24. Qg4 $5) 24... Rf6 (24...
e5 {wдre eine radikale Methode, das Problem des schwachen Pe6 zu lцsen.} 25.
fxe5 Qe6 {[%cal Yf8f5] So richtig kann ich nicht glauben, daЯ das klappt; aber
immerhin: die schwarzen Figuren leben wieder.}) 25. Qg4 Re8 26. Nf3 Qf7 27. Ne5
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rf5 $2 (28... Rg6 29. Qf3 $16) 29. Qxf5 $1 (29. Rxf5 $2 exf5 30.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxf5 Qe3+ $11) 29... exf5 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. R8e7 $18 Qg6 32. Kf2
b5 $5 {Bei passivem Verhalten gewinnt WeiЯ einfach durch Verdoppelung auf der
7.Reihe.} 33. R7e6 (33. Rxa7 bxc4 34. Ree7 cxd3 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7
37. a4 c4 38. a5 $18) 33... Qf7 34. cxb5 Qd7 35. Rc6 c4 36. Rxc4 (36. dxc4 $143
d3 {und Schwarz hat ein paar Chancen.}) 36... Qxb5 37. b3 Qa5 38. Rc2 $2 {
Unnцtig passiv.} (38. Re2 $142 $18) 38... Qa6 39. Rd2 {Keine Katastrophe, aber
vor ein paar Zьgen stand WeiЯ noch besser.} Kg6 40. Re7 Qc6 {[%cal Rc6h1]} 41.
h5+ (41. Rde2 Qh1 42. R2e6+ Kh5 43. Rxg7 Qh2+ 44. Ke1 Qxa2 $132) 41... Kxh5 42.
Rxg7 Qf6 43. Rxa7 Kg4 44. Kg2 (44. Rd1 $6 {[%cal Yd1h1]} Qc6) (44. Rc7 $18)
44... Qc6+ 45. Kh2 Kf3 (45... Kf3 46. Re7 {und ich kann nicht erkennen, warum
dies remis sein sollte.} {z.B.:} Qg6 47. Rg2 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. a3 {Suba's Zug} g6 4. b4 (4. e3 {spielt Suba selbst (->
Suba-Hodgson, London 1989, CBM13)}) 4... Bg7 5. Bb2 Nh6 6. g3 (6. e3 $5 e5 7.
d3 (7. exd4 $2 e4 $1)) 6... O-O 7. d3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O (9. b5 $5 c5 10.
bxc6 Nxc6) 9... c5 $10 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nb3 (11. Rb1 $5 {/\ e3}) 11... e5 12.
Bc1 (12. e3 dxe3 13. fxe3 e4) 12... Nf5 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Na5 Ba8
16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 $6 (17. Kxg2) 17... Nb6 18. Rb1 $6 (18. Qc2) 18... Qd7
19. Qc2 (19. Rb5 $2 Nd6) 19... h5 $1 $40 20. h4 (20. e4 dxe3 21. Bxe3 h4) 20...
Rfe8 21. Kh2 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. e4 dxe3 24. fxe3 (24. Nxe3 $2 f5 {/\ f4})
24... e4 $1 25. dxe4 Rcd8 26. Nb3 (26. Rbd1 Ng4+ 27. Kg1 Qc7 28. Rf4 Rxd1+ 29.
Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qc2 Qd7) 26... Qd3 $1 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Nxc5 Rxa3 29. Ra1 Ng4+ 30.
Kg1 Nxc4 31. Rxa3 Nxa3 32. Ra1 Nb5 33. Ra5 Nc3 34. Rxa7 $2 (34. Nf4 Nxe3 (34...
Re7 $2 35. Nd5) (34... Ra8 $2 35. Nd5) 35. Rxa7 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxe4) 34... Ne2+
35. Kf1 Nxg3+ 36. Ke1 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Ke2 Nh6 39. Kf3 Rb4 40. Ra1 Nf5
41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Nf4 Ra4 43. Ng2 Rg4 44. Rh2 Kf6 45. Rh3 Ke5 46. Rh1 Rg3+ 47.
Kf2 Ke4 48. Ra1 Rf3+ 49. Kg1 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Skei"]
[Site "Skei"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tisdall} d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. b4 dxe3 (4... f6) 5. fxe3 cxb4 6. Bb2
$5 $146 {Avoiding the setup with 6...g6.} (6. d4 g6 $5 (6... Nd7 7. c5 Ngf6 8.
Bc4 e6 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Ng5 Nd5 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e4 Nc7 13. O-O+ Nf6 14. Be3 Rf8
$2 (14... Ke8 15. Nd2 $13) 15. e5 Kg8 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nd2 $16 {
Dorfman-Siniavski/Tallinn/1976}) (6... Nf6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Bb2 $1 (8. O-O e6 9.
a3 $44 {Szirmai-Tolnai/Balatonbereny/1988}) 8... e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Qc2 Nc6 11.
e4 $44 {Kochyiev-Kupreichik/URS-ch/1977}) (6... e6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bb2 f5 9. Nbd2
e5 10. d5 e4 11. Nxe4 $1 $18 {Polugaevsky-Campora/New York/1989}) 7. Bd3 Bg7 8.
O-O Nh6 $1 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe2 (10. Rb1 e5) 10... Bf5 11. Ne4 (11. Rb1 $5)
11... Nc6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. h3 e5 $1 $15 {Seirawan-Pr.Nikolic/Sarajevo/1987}) (6.
a3 bxa3 7. Nxa3 Nf6 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. d4 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Bxd2
13. Qxd2 $44 {Bandza-Chekhov/URS/1985}) 6... Nf6 7. Be2 (7. d4 {/\ Bd3}) 7...
Nc6 8. O-O e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Ne4 Bf8 14.
d5 $1 exd5 15. Neg5 g6 $8 16. Qxd5 {><f7} (16. Nxf7 {Tisdall} Qe7 17. cxd5 (17.
Qxd5 {- game}) 17... Nc5 $13) 16... Qe7 (16... Re7 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Ng5 Nde5
19. Nxf7 (19. Qxd8 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Nxd8 21. Rxd8 $18) 19... Qxd5 20. cxd5 Nxf7
21. dxc6 $18) 17. Nxf7 $1 Qxe3+ (17... Qxf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne5+ Kg8 (19...
Ke6 20. Bg4+ $18) (19... Ke7 20. Rf7+ Kd8 21. Nxd7 $18) 20. Nxd7 $16 (20. Nxd7
{Tisdall} Bxd7 21. Rxd7 {/\B-f3-d5; c5,Bc4;} Rad8 $1 22. Rxb7 Rd2 23. Bf3 Na5
$5 24. Rxa7 Nxc4 $44)) 18. Rf2 Qe6 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. N3g5 Re8 (20... Rxe2 {
Tisdall} 21. Rxe2 h6 22. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 hxg5 24. Rxg6+ $16) 21. Nd6 Bxd6
22. Rxd6 Nde5 23. Ne4 Kg7 (23... Ng4 {Tisdall} 24. Rf4 $1) (23... Re6 {Tisdall}
24. Nf6+ {- game.}) 24. Nf6 Re6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 (25... Nxc6 26. Ng4+ $18) (25...
bxc6 {Tisdall} 26. Ng4) 26. Bxe5 Bf5 27. g4 Be6 28. Nd5+ Kh6 29. h4 Bxg4 30.
Bxg4 Rxc4 31. Bf4+ Kg7 32. Be5+ Kh6 33. Bf3 Rxh4 34. Bf6 g5 35. Ne7 Re8 36.
Nf5+ Kg6 37. Nxh4+ Kxf6 38. Bh5+ 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cvek, Robert"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin} d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Bd6 7. e3 Nge7
8. exd4 cxd4 {Es ist eine Stellung aus dem Modernen Benoni mit vertauschten
Farben entstanden: WeiЯ hat ein Tempo mehr als sonst. Vom Original gibt es ein
groЯes Partienmaterial; verglichen damit ist die Partiestellung fast
unerforscht.} 9. Re1 (9. a3 Bg4 {Diese Fesselung wird bei vertauschten Farben
hдufiger angewendet.} (9... a5 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 O-O {war die Zugfolge in
Capablanca-Janowski/New York/1924 (->9...0-0)}) 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Ne4
Ng6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. h4 (16. g4 $5 Be6 17. Be4) 16...
Nge7 17. Ne4 $13 {Kostadinov,A-Budnikov,A/Neuwied op/1993}) 9... f6 {Bei
vertauschten Farben wird das System mit Bd3 und Nge2 meist als scharfes
Angriffssystem interpretiert: man spielt sehr selten Pf3, da man den P auf f4
haben will, um dann auch Pe4-e5 spielen zu kцnnen.} (9... O-O 10. a3 (10. c5 $5
) 10... a5 11. Nbd2 Ng6 (11... f6 {->Partie}) (11... f5 12. c5 Bxc5 (12... Bc7
13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Ng5 $14 {[%cal Rg5f7,Yg5e6]}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15.
Re1 Kh8 16. Nc4 Ng6 17. Qh5 Ra6 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bd2 Bc7 20. b4 $14 {
Andersson-Fernandez/Camaguey/1974}) (11... h6 12. Rb1 a4 13. Ne4 Bb8 14. Bd2 b6
15. Bb4 Ra7 16. b3 axb3 17. Qxb3 Bc7 18. c5 bxc5 19. Nxc5 Re8 20. Nd2 Ra8 21.
Nc4 Rb8 22. Qa4 Nxb4 23. axb4 f6 24. b5 $16 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Law,A/Lloyds Bank
op/1990}) 12. Qc2 Re8 (12... Bg4 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qb3 b6 16. Ne4 Be7
17. h4 h6 18. Ned2 Qc7 19. Nf1 Bc5 20. Qd1 Rce8 21. Bd2 Qd6 22. h5 Nge7 23. b4
axb4 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Nxe5 Bf5 26. Qb3 $14 {Markowski,T-Savchenko,S/London
Lloyds/1994}) 13. Rb1 (13. b3 {Das kommt mir etwas langatmig vor.} h6 (13...
Bf8 $5 14. Rb1 Be6 15. c5 $6 (15. h4 $5) 15... Bd5 16. b4 $2 axb4 17. axb4 b5
$1 $17 {Panchenko,A-Ruban,V/Sochi/1990}) 14. Rb1 Be6 15. h4 (15. c5 Bf8 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Ra2 $15 {Aljechin}) 15... Rc8 (15... Qe7 16. h5 (16. Qb2 f6)
16... Nf8 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd6 {/\ Rac8=/+ Aljechin}) 16. c5
$1 Bb8 17. Nc4 f6 18. Bd2 $14 {Capablanca-Janowski/New York/1924}) 13... Bf8
14. h4 Bg4 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Ne4 h6 17. h5 Nh8 18. g4 f6 19. Qe2 Nf7 20. Bd2 a4
21. Nf1 Qd7 22. Bf3 Reb8 23. Nfg3 b5 24. c5 Ne7 25. Rbc1 Ra6 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27.
c6 $5 $36 {Anastasian,A-Sakaev,K/Groningen/1992}) (9... Ng6 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2
O-O {->9...0-0}) 10. Nbd2 {Gegenьber Na3 verfolgt hier WeiЯ auch am
Kцnigsflьgel und im Zentrum seine Absichten.} (10. Na3 {[%cal Ya3c2,Ya2a3,
Yb2b4,Ya1b1] Hier ist die Strategie auf die Expansion am Damenflьgel gerichtet.
} O-O 11. Nc2 a5 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. b3 Qc7 14. a3 b6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Ra2 17.
Nd2 $13 {Hamdouchi,H-Hawes,J/Manila olm/1992}) 10... O-O 11. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4]}
a5 12. Rb1 (12. Ne4 Be6 13. Bd2 (13. Rb1 Kh8 14. b4 axb4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. axb4
Nxb4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Nxd3 $11 {Davis-Barbulescu/Albena/1986}
) 13... a4 14. b4 axb3 15. Qxb3 Ra7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bb4 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 (18.
axb4 Rxa1 (18... Rfa8 $5) 19. Rxa1 b5) 18... Qd7 19. Reb1 $11 {
Andersson-Spassky/Amsterdam/1973}) 12... Ng6 (12... Rb8 13. Qc2 b6 14. Ne4 Bc7
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 f5 17. Ned2 {[%cal Rb4b5]} Ng6 18. Ba3 Nce7 19. h4 $14 {
Kushch,N-Fedchenko/UKR-chT/1994}) (12... Bg4) (12... a4) (12... Be6) 13. h4 {
Baburin: This move is designed to chase away the g6-knight and to take control
over the light squares on the kingside.} Rb8 {/\ b5; trotzdem gefдllt mir
dieser Zug nicht} (13... Bg4) (13... Be6) ({I think that Black should have
stopped ideas surrounding h4-h5 for a while by playing} 13... Bg4 {Baburin})
14. h5 Nh8 {[%cal Yh8f7]} 15. Nh4 {[%cal Yg3g4]} Nf7 (15... f5 16. c5 $1 Bc7 $8
17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 $16 {[%cal Yb4b5,Yd2c4]}) 16. Ne4 Be7 (16... f5 17. Nxd6
Qxd6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 b5 (19... Nxb4 $2 20. Ba3 $18) (19... Ra8 20. b5 $14)
20. c5 Qf6 $14) 17. g4 {[%csl Ge4,Gf5] WeiЯ errichtet eine weiЯfeldige
Blockade.} Be6 (17... b5 $5) 18. Nf5 h6 (18... Bxf5 $5 {Baburin} 19. gxf5 Qd7
20. Qg4 b5) 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Neg3 Nd6 21. Qf3 {Baburin: White enjoys a spatial
advantage on the kingside and has also good prospects of play on the opposite
flank.} (21. Bd5 Nxf5 (21... Bxd5 22. cxd5 {[%cal Yd2a5]}) 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23.
Nxf5 $14) 21... Rfc8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 b5 24. c5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Bf7 26. Ra1
$16 {[%csl Ga1,Gf3,Gg2] Die weiЯen Figuren arbeiten sehr gut zusammen: Schwarz
kann nicht auf der a-Linie opponieren.} Bf8 27. Ne4 Kh8 (27... Ne7 28. Nd6 Bd5
29. Qg4 $16) 28. Ra6 Qe8 {[%cal Rf7h5]} 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Rxc6 Bxh5 (30... Rxc6
31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Bxc6 Bxh5 33. f4 $18) 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Qh3 {[%cal Re1e4,
Re4h4]} Bg7 (32... Kh7 $5 $16 33. Re4 Ra8 34. Rh4 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Ra2) 33. Ra1 $16
{[%cal Ya6b6,Ya1a6]} (33. Re4 Qf7 34. Rh4 $18) 33... Qf7 34. Qh4 (34. Ra5 Rg8
35. Rxb5 $140 Bf8 36. Kh1 Bg4 $132) 34... Rg8 {[%cal Yg7f8]} 35. Ra6 {hдlt den
Bg7 auf dem hдЯlichen Feld fest.} Kh7 36. Rb6 Bh8 $2 (36... Qa2 37. Qxh5 Qxd2
$16) 37. Kh1 (37. c6 $1 {hдtte die Partie verkьrzt.} Rxg2+ (37... Bg7 38. Rb7
Qa2 (38... Qe8 39. Bd5 $18) 39. Qxh5 Qxd2 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Bd5 $18) 38. Kxg2
Qg7+ (38... Bg7 39. Kg1 $18 (39. Rb7 $18)) 39. Kh2 $18) 37... Rg4 38. Qxg4 (38.
Qh3) 38... Bxg4 39. Rb7 Kg8 (39... Qxb7 40. Bxb7 Bxf5 $2 (40... Bg7 41. Be4 {
ergibt keinen wesentlichen Unterschied zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 41. Be4 $18 {
[%cal Rc5c6,Rc6c7,Rc7c8]}) 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Be4 Bg7 42. f3 Bh3 43. Kh2 Bf1 44.
Kg3 Bf8 45. Kh4 {[%csl Gc5,Rh6] Der Ph6 ist nicht zu retten.} Kg7 46. Kh5 Kh7
47. Bxh6 $1 Be7 (47... Bxh6 $4 48. c6 $18) 48. Bd2 Bd8 49. Kg4 Kg7 50. Kg3 Kf8
51. Kf2 Bh3 52. Bh6+ Kg8 53. Kg3 Bf1 54. f4 Bc7 (54... Kf7 $142 55. fxe5 fxe5
56. Kf3 Bh3 57. Bd2 Kf6 58. Be1 Kg5 59. Bg3 Bc7 60. Bc6 Bxf5 61. Bxb5 Bg6 62.
Kf2 $18) 55. fxe5 Bxe5+ (55... fxe5 56. Kg4 $18) 56. Bf4 Bxf4+ 57. Kxf4 Kf8 58.
Kf3 Ke7 59. Kf2 Bh3 60. Bc6 Bxf5 61. Bxb5 Ke6 62. Bc4+ Ke5 63. b5 Bc8 64. Kf3
Bf5 65. Kg3 (65. b6 Bd7 (65... Bc8 66. c6 $18) 66. Bd5 $1 $18) 65... Bc8 66.
Bf7 f5 67. Kf3 f4 68. c6 1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 b3 $5 6. Bg2 (6. Qxb3 $1) (6. d3 {
/\ Nbd2xb3}) 6... Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 a5 $1 9. Qxb3 $6 (9. a4 $5) 9... a4 10.
Qd1 Bc5 11. Nbd2 $6 (11. Ne1 {/\ Nc2-b4}) 11... f5 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. Nc2 O-O 14.
Nb4 $1 Qd6 (14... Nxb4 $2 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Rxa4 $16) 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nxf6+
Rxf6 17. Nf3 h6 (17... e4 18. Ng5) 18. Ne1 Bd7 19. Nc2 Re8 20. Rb1 b6 21. Bd2
Rff8 (21... Bxa3 22. Rxb6) 22. Nb4 (22. Bb4 $5) 22... Na5 23. Nd5 Nb3 24. Bb4
b5 $1 $15 25. cxb5 Bxb5 (25... Be6 $4 26. Bxc5) 26. Rxb3 $2 (26. Qc2 Rc8 $17) (
26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nb4 e4 $15) 26... axb3 27. Qxb3 Kh7 28. Nc7 Qxc7 29. Rc1 Qd7
30. Rxc5 Rf6 31. Qc2 e4 32. dxe4 d3 33. exd3 Bxd3 34. Qd2 fxe4 35. Bc3 Rf7 36.
Be5 Qa4 37. Ra5 Qb3 38. h4 Rc8 39. Bf4 Rc2 40. Qe3 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Re2 42. Qd4 Qe1
(42... Qc2 $1 43. Qd5 (43. Be3 Rfxf2 44. Bxf2 Rxf2 $19) 43... Rxf2 44. Qxf7
Rxg2+ 45. Kh3 Rh2+ 46. Kg4 Be2+ 47. Kf5 e3+ 48. Ke5 (48. Ke6 Bc4+ $19) 48...
Qc3+ $19) 43. Re5 Qxf2 (43... Rxf2 $2 44. Qxd3) 44. Qxf2 Rxf2 45. Kh3 Re2 46.
a4 Rb7 47. Bf1 Ra2 48. Bxd3 exd3 49. Rd5 Rxa4 (49... Ra3 $5) 50. Rxd3 h5 $2 51.
Rd5 g6 52. Be5 Kg8 53. Rd6 Rg4 54. Bf4 $10 Rb2 55. Ra6 Re2 56. Rb6 Kf7 57. Ra6
Re6 58. Ra5 Rf6 59. Ra4 Ke6 60. Re4+ Kd5 61. Ra4 Rc6 62. Kg2 Rc4 63. Ra5+ Ke4
64. Re5+ Kd4 65. Re1 Kd3 66. Kf3 Rc3 67. Re3+ Kc2 68. Rxc3+ Kxc3 69. Ke4 Kc4
70. Ke5 Kd3 71. Kf6 Ke4 72. Bg5 Rxg3 73. Kxg6 Rb3 74. Kxh5 Kf5 75. Kh6 Rb7 76.
Bd2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 {Pr.Nikolic spielt
diesen Aufbau so hдufig, daЯ man sicher sein kann, daЯ er von seiner Stдrke
ьberzeugt ist.} 7. Na3 {Ьblicherweise kommt dieser N ьber d2(-b3 ) ins Spiel.
Na3 macht aber in diesen Benoni-Stellungen Sinn: von c2 aus unterstьtzt er das
Aufbrechen des Zentrums durch e2-e3 und das Feld b4 spielt eine Schlьsselrolle
im Kampf um die Vorherrschaft am Damenflьgel.} (7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 (8. Ba3 Re8
{Das ist die alte Interpretation des schwarzen Aufbaus: Es folgt Nd7-f8; am
Damenflьgel baut Schwarz dann mit Rb8,b6,Bb7 eine Verteidigungsstellung auf.
Ich glaube nicht, daЯ Pr.Nikolic hier so gespielt hдtte.} 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nb3
Rb8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Rae1 Ne6 13. Bb2 b6 14. e3 Bb7 15. exd4 exd4 16. Re2 c5 17.
bxc5 bxc5 18. Ba3 $14 {Damljanovic,B-Nikolic,Zi/JUG-ch/1989/0.5 (80)}) 8... a5
{Die moderne Interpretation des schwarzen Aufbaus: Schwarz spielt am
Damenflьgel mit.} 9. b5 c5 10. bxc6 (10. Ba3 $2 {Durch das AbschlieЯen des
Damenflьgels kommt das weiЯe Spiel zum Stehen, wдhrend Schwarz alle
Trumpfkarten (VorstoЯ e5-e4) behдlt.} Nd7 11. Rb1 a4 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. h4 f5 14.
Neg5 h6 $17 {Rojas-Todorcevic/Oviedo/1992}) 10... Nexc6 11. Ba3 (11. Rb1 Na6 {
[%cal Ya6c5] Das ist die Idee: Schwarz spielt auf den schwarzen Feldern am
Damenflьgel: c5 und etl. b4.} (11... Qc7 12. Ba3 $14) 12. Nb3 {sagt den Kampf
um das Feld c5 an. Nikolic wird auf diesen Plan auch etwas in petto gehabt
haben.} (12. Ne1 Re8 13. Nc2 Nab4 14. Rb2 Bf8 15. a3 Na6 $15 {[%csl Gc5]} 16.
Rb5 Nc7 17. Rb1 Ne6 18. Nb3 Ra7 19. a4 Nb4 $1 20. Na3 b6 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. Ba3
Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 $17 {Dizdarevic,E-Nikolic,P/Sarajevo/1987. Im Informator 43
hat Nikolic diese Partie selbst kommentiert.}) 12... Re8 (12... a4 13. Na1 {
[%cal Ya1c2]}) 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Qc1 Qe7 16. Re1 Nab4 17. Qd2 Qd8
18. Nc5 $1 b6 19. Na4 Rb8 20. a3 Na6 21. c5 $1 {nimmt dem Schwarzen endgьltig
das ewige N-Feld c5.} b5 22. Nb6 Nxc5 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxb5 $14 {Schekachev,
A-Ivanov,V/Moscow4/1992}) 11... Nb4 (11... Re8 {Ein neuer Zug, der den
scharfen Varianten nach Nb4 aus dem Weg geht. M.E. ist hier das letzte Wort
noch nicht gesprochen.} 12. Rb1 (12. c5 $6 {Eine radikale Lцsung: WeiЯ besetzt
das Schlьsselfeld c5 selbst. Es scheint aber, daЯ er hierfьr noch nicht stark
genug steht.} Bf8 13. Ne4 (13. Nc4 Na6 14. Nb6 Rb8) 13... Na6 14. Nfd2 Ncb4 $15
{[%csl Rc5] Gurevich,D-Masserey,Y/Geneve op/1996}) 12... Na6 13. Qa4 $6 (13.
Qb3) 13... Ncb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Qb3 Bf8 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. Rc2 Nc5
$1 $17 {Klatt,O-Marczell,P/EU/M\GT/1990}) 12. Qb3 Qe7 {Diesen Zug empfahl
Nikolic 1987.} (12... N8a6 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. a3 bxa3 15. Qxa3 Re8 16. Rfb1 $16
{Larsen-Chandler, Hastings 1987}) 13. Ne1 N8c6 14. Nc2 Bh6 15. Nf3 Re8 16. Bxb4
axb4 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rxa3 19. Qxa3 Qxa3 20. Nxa3 e4 $13 {David,G-Burger,H/
corr/1990}) 7... O-O 8. Nc2 a5 {Wie nicht anders zu erwarten, hдlt sich
Nikolic auch unter diesen Bedingungen an sein Konzept des Gegenspiels am
Damenflьgel.} (8... Nd7 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. b5 Bb7 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. Bxc5
bxc5 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 f5 16. Nb3 $14 {Bernard-Flear/Paris/1992}) 9. b5 c5
10. bxc6 Nexc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rb1 Bf8 13. Nd2 Na6 14. Ne4 $146 (14. Na3 Ncb4
15. Ra1 $8 Nc5 16. Nb5 Bg4 17. a3 Nba6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rb1 a4 $15 20. Kh2 Bc6
21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Ne6 23. Rf2 Nac5 $17 {Szmetan,J-Nikolic,P/Buenos Aires/
1992}) 14... Be7 (14... f5 15. Ng5 {[%cal Yg2d5]} (15. Bg5 Be7 $8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Nd2 Nab4 $132 18. Rb2 $13) 15... Nc7 (15... Nc5 16. Bd5+ Kg7 17. f4 $36)) (
14... Nab4 15. a3 Nxc2 (15... Na2 $2 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rb2 Nc3 19.
Nxc3 dxc3 20. Rb3 $16) 16. Qxc2 $14 {[%cal Yb1b5]}) 15. a3 f5 16. Nd2 Nc5 (
16... Nc7 {verhindert Bd5, gibt Schwarz aber auch weniger aktive Mцglichkeiten.
}) 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Nf3 {[%csl Re5]} Bf6 19. Rb5 (19. e3 Na4 20. Bd2 Nc3 (20...
Nb6) (20... dxe3 21. fxe3) 21. Bxc3 dxc3 22. Qe1 $13) 19... Ne6 (19... Na4 20.
Bd2 Nc3 21. Bxc3 dxc3 22. e4 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rc3]}) 20. Bd2 Ra7 $2 (20... Nc7 $5
21. Bxc6 (21. Rc5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 (22. cxd5 $2 Ne7 23. e4 b6 $17) 22... Qc7 $132)
21... bxc6 22. Rxa5 Na6 $44 {[%csl Ra5,Gc8] Es scheint mir, daЯ Schwarz hier
fьr den P genьgend entschдdigt ist: der Ra5 findet nicht leicht ins Spiel
zurьck und langfristig droht Schwarz sich die Diagonale a8-h1 zu Nutze zu
machen.}) 21. Qa1 $1 Qc7 $2 (21... Nc7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxa5 Na6 24. Rb1 $13)
22. e3 $1 $36 Qg7 (22... Bd7 23. exd4 Ncxd4 24. Ncxd4 exd4 25. Rbb1 Bc6 26.
Rfe1 $16) (22... dxe3 23. fxe3 $16 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 23. exd4 e4 (23... exd4 24.
Re1 $16) 24. dxe4 fxe4 (24... Ncxd4 25. Ncxd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Qb1 $16)
25. Ne5 (25. Bxe4 Nexd4 26. Nfxd4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxe4 $13) 25... Nxe5 (25...
Ncxd4 26. Nxd4 (26. Bh6 $2 Qxh6 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Nxh6 Ne2+ $19) (26. Nf7+ Qxf7
27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4+ Nxd4 29. Bxf7 Nf3+ (29... Nxb5 30. cxb5 $18) 30. Kg2
Nxd2 31. Bxe8 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Be6 $11) 26... Bxe5 (26... Nxd4 27. Qxd4 $18) 27.
Nxe6 $8 Bxe6 28. Qb1 $16) 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Qc1 Bd7 (27... Nc7 28. Rxa5 Rxa5
29. Bxa5 Nxd5 30. cxd5 $16) 28. Bh6 (28. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Nc5 30. Bd5 Bh3
31. Rd1 (31. Bh6 Qc7) 31... Bg4 $132) (28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4
31. Bd2 $16) 28... Qf6 29. Rb6 $1 (29. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 30. Bxb7 g5 $17) 29... Ra6
(29... Bc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 $18) 30. Rxa6 (30. Rxb7 $5) 30... bxa6 31.
Be3 {[%csl Gc4]} (31. Bxe4 $6 g5 $1 32. Qd1 $8 $13 (32. Qd2 $2 Bc8 33. f4 Nxf4
$17)) 31... Bb2 32. Qb1 Nc7 33. Bg5 $6 (33. Qxb2 Qxb2 34. Bd4+ Qxd4 35. Nxd4
Nxd5 36. cxd5 Re5 $11) (33. Rd1 $5 $16) (33. Bb7 $5 $16) 33... Qg7 34. Bh6 Qf6
35. Bg5 Qg7 36. Bh6 Qf6 37. Ne3 Bxa3 38. Qb7 $6 (38. Bxe4 $5) 38... Nxd5 $2 (
38... Bd6 39. c5 (39. Bxe4 g5 $17) 39... Be5 40. Bxe4 g5 41. Qb6 (41. Nd5 Qxh6
42. Nxc7 Bc8 $15) (41. f4 gxf4 42. Bxf4 Bxf4 43. Rxf4 Qd4 44. Qxc7 Qxe3+ 45.
Kg2 $11) 41... Bb5 $13) 39. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Bern Training"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 (6... e5 $10)
7. d3 g6 (7... e5 8. Be3 Qd6 9. d4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4) (7... Nf6 $6 8.
Be3 Qd7 9. d4 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. h3 $14 {Aljechin-Euwe, WM 1937}) 8. Be3 Qd8 9.
Qd2 (9. d4 Nh6 $5 {/\ Nf5}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O-O (10. d4 $5 $14) 10... Nf6 11. h3
(11. Bh6 $2 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qd4) (11. f3 {/\ h4}) (11. Be2 {/\ h4}) 11... O-O 12.
g4 Qa5 {/\ b5} 13. Kb1 Rd8 14. Bg2 Be6 15. Ne2 Qa6 $1 (15... Qxd2 16. Rxd2 {
/\ Nf4+/=}) 16. Qc2 Rac8 {/\ b5} 17. Nf4 Bd7 {/\ e5} 18. d4 b5 19. Rhe1 $6 (19.
c5 $5 $14) (19. g5 $4 Bf5 $19) 19... bxc4 20. Bf1 c5 21. Bxc4 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5
23. dxc5 Ne4 $1 {/\ Nc3} 24. Ne2 (24. Qxe4 $4 Qxb2#) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rb8
26. Bd4 (26. b3 $2 Qxe2 27. Qxe2 Nc3+ $19) 26... Nxc5 (26... Bxd4 $2 27. Nxd4
$16) (26... e5 27. Be3 Qxe2 $2 28. Rd8+ $18) 27. Bxg7 (27. Qxc5 $2 Qxc5 28.
Bxc5 Rxb2+ 29. Kc1 Rxe2 $17) (27. Bxc5 $2 Qxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 29. Kc1 Rxe2 $17
) 27... Kxg7 28. Rd5 Rc8 29. Qd2 (29. Nd4 $2 Qf1+ 30. Qc1 Qxc1+ 31. Kxc1 e6 $19
) 29... e6 30. Qd4+ f6 31. Nc3 Qf1+ (31... Qc6 32. Rd6 Qh1+ 33. Qd1 Qxh3 34.
Rd7+ {-> Partie}) 32. Qd1 Qxh3 (32... Qxd1+ 33. Rxd1 $14) 33. Rd7+ $1 Kh6 $8
34. Rxa7 Qd3+ 35. Qxd3 Nxd3 36. f3 Rb8 37. b3 Ne5 38. Ne4 Nxf3 39. Nxf6 Kg5 40.
Nxh7+ Kxg4 41. Re7 e5 42. Kb2 g5 43. a4 Kf4 44. a5 Nd4 45. Rf7+ Ke3 46. Nxg5
Rxb3+ 47. Ka2 Rb5 48. a6 Ra5+ 49. Kb2 Rxa6 50. Re7 Rb6+ 51. Kc3 Rc6+ 52. Kb2
Kf4 53. Nf7 e4 54. Ng5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.01.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 c5 4. Nxc4 Nc6 5. b3 e5 6. Bb2 (6. Ncxe5 $4 Nxe5 7.
Nxe5 Qd4 $19) (6. g3 $6 e4) 6... f6 7. g3 (7. e3) 7... Nge7 8. Bg2 Be6 (8...
Nf5 {schlug Aljechin im Turnierbuch Nottingham 1936 vor} 9. O-O Be7 (9... Be6 {
/\ Qd7}) 10. Ne1 (10. e3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Nfxd4 (12... cxd4 $2 13. Re1
Qd7 14. Qe2 Kf7 15. Ng5+ $1 $18 {Danailov-Tvardon, Warschau 1989}) 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxb7 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19.
Nc8+ Bxc8 20. Bxc8 $10 {Kochiev-Taimanov, Leningrad 1984}) 10... Be6 11. Nd3 (
11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Qd7 13. Nd3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qf1 Rfe8 16. Be4 Nfd4 17.
Ne3 b6 18. Bg2 $13 {Kengis-Yakovich, URS 1985}) 11... Bd5 12. Bh3 Nfd4 13. Rc1
Be4 14. Ne1 O-O 15. e3 Nb5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Nb4 18. a3 Nd3 19. Nxd3 Qxd3
20. Rf2 Nc7 21. Bf1 Qd7 22. d3 Rad8 23. Rd2 Bg6 24. Qf3 $16 {Lputian-Yakovich,
Charkov 1985}) (8... Nd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nh4 (10. e3 $5 {/\ d4}) 10... O-O (
10... Nb6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Be6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Qe1 O-O-O 15. d3 Nxc4 16.
bxc4 Bh3 17. Qg3 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 Bd6 19. Bc3 Rhe8 $132 {Miles-Van der Wiel, Porz
1981/2}) 11. Qb1 {/\ Be4} Rf7 12. Nf5 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Nb6 15. Be4 Bxc4
(15... Nxc4 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Ne3 {/\ Bxh7}) 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bc3 Nd4 (17...
Bf8 $5 $13) 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Bb4 d3 $1 $10 {Botwinnik-Fine,
Nottingham 1936}) 9. O-O Nd5 (9... b5 $6 10. Na3 Qb6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Qe2 a6 13.
g4 Nfe7 14. h3 h5 15. g5 Nf5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. d4 $16 {
Shaboian-Anastasian, Erevan 1986}) (9... Nf5 {-> 8...Nf5}) 10. e3 Be7 (10... b5
$2 11. Na3 a6 12. d4 $1 exd4 (12... cxd4 13. exd4 e4 14. Qc2 $16) 13. exd4 Kf7
14. Re1 Nc7 15. Qe2 Bd5 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. dxc5 Re8 18. Rxd5 $1 {
Mihalkhisin-Dshanoev, 1976}) (10... e4 $2 11. Ne1 f5 12. Qh5+ $16) 11. d4 cxd4
$6 (11... exd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Re1 $14) 12. exd4 e4 13. Ne1 $1 f5 14. f3 O-O
$2 (14... exf3 15. Nxf3 (15. Qxf3 $5 {/\ Nd3,Rae1}) 15... O-O 16. Re1 $36) 15.
fxe4 fxe4 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Bxe4 $16 Rd8 {Schwarz hat keine genьgende
Kompensation.} 18. Qe2 Nc7 19. Rd1 Bd5 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Bxd5+ Nxd5 22. Nfe5 Qe8
23. Re1 b5 24. Na3 a6 25. Nc2 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qe6 27. Qe4 h6 28. Re2 Rd7 29. Ne1
Nde7 30. Nd3 Qd5 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. Nf4 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 b4 34. h4 a5 35. e6 Nf5
36. h5 Rb1 (36... Nfd4 $2 37. Bxd4 Nxd4 38. e7 $18) 37. Ng6 Nce7 38. Nxe7+ Nxe7
39. Bd4 Rd1 40. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Podgorica"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. O-O c5 6. b3 (6. d4 {->D}) 6...
Nc6 7. Bb2 Bd6 (7... a6 8. Be2 $14) 8. d4 O-O 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Ncb5
Be7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Nd4 Bd5 (15... Be8 16. Be2 {
/\ Bf3+/=}) 16. Be2 Rac8 17. Rac1 {/\ f3,e4} Bc5 18. Kf1 Bb6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20.
f3 Kf8 21. e4 Bc6 22. Nxc6 $16 Rxc6 23. Bc4 Ke7 24. Ke2 Bc7 25. g3 b5 26. Bd3
e5 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Nd7 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Nc5 (30... a5) 31. Ba3 Bd6
32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. Bxa6 Kd6 (33... Bb6 34. Kd3 Kd6 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. Bb5+ Kd6 37.
Kb4 Bc5+ 38. Ka5 Kc7 39. Be8 f6 40. Kb5) 34. Bc4 f6 35. a5 Ba7 36. Bg8 h6 37.
f4 Kc5 $2 (37... exf4 38. gxf4 g5) 38. f5 Kd6 39. Kf3 Bg1 40. a6 Bb6 41. Kg4
Ke7 42. Kh5 Kf8 43. Bc4 Bc5 44. Kg6 Bb6 45. g4 Bc5 46. h4 Be3 47. Bd5 Bd4 48.
g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Kxg5 Bf2 51. Kg6 Bc5 52. Bc6 (52. Bc6 Bb6 53. f6 gxf6
54. Kxf6 Bd4 55. Ke6 Kg7 56. Kd6 Kf7 57. Kc7 Ke6 58. Kb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Blackpool zt"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. b3 a6 6. Bb2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be2
{Kommt b7-b5 zuvor, auf das jetzt a4 folgen kann.} Be7 9. Qc2 {N} (9. d4 O-O
10. Nbd2) 9... Nb4 10. Qc3 O-O 11. Rd1 b5 (11... b6 $5 {/\ Bb7}) 12. a4 Bd7 13.
Ne5 Be8 14. Qc1 Qb8 15. h3 Nfd5 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8
Qxa8 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Nxb5 c4 $1 {die Pointe des schwarzen Spiels: Nb5 muЯ
ziehen.} 22. Nc3 cxb3 23. Qb1 f6 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. e4 Qa5 26. Nc4 Qa2 27. Ne3
Bf7 (27... e5 $5 28. Bc4+ Bf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 28. e5 $1 Bg6 (28... Qxb1 29.
Rxb1 Bg6 $10) 29. Qxa2 bxa2 30. Bc4 Kf7 31. f4 Bd3 32. Bb3 Bc5 33. Ra1 Bxe3+ (
33... Bc4 34. Bxc4 Bxe3+ 35. dxe3 Rxc4 36. Ba3 Nc2 37. Rxa2 Nxe3 $10) (33...
Nc2 $5 34. Rxa2 (34. Bxc2 Bxe3+ 35. dxe3 Rxc2 36. Rxa2 Be4) 34... Nxe3 35. dxe3
Bxe3+) 34. dxe3 Bb1 (34... Be4) 35. exf6 gxf6 36. f5 $1 Bxf5 37. Rf1 Ke7 $2 (
37... Nd3 38. Rxf5 (38. Ba1 Nc1) 38... Nxb2 39. Bxa2 Ra8) 38. Ba3 Rb8 39. Bxa2
Kd7 40. Rd1+ Ke8 41. Bc4 Nc2 42. Bc5 Rc8 43. Bb5+ Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Ba7 Nb4
46. Rd4 Nc2 47. Ra4 e5 48. g4 Be6 49. Bd3+ Kg5 50. Bxh7 Bb3 51. Ra5 Rh8 52. Bf5
Rxh3 53. Kf2 Kh4 54. Ke2 Rh2+ 55. Kd3 Ne1+ 56. Kc3 Bf7 57. Bb6 Nf3 58. Bd8 Kg5
59. Ra7 Bg6 60. Rg7 Nh4 61. e4 Ra2 62. Rg8 Ra6 63. Kc4 Kh6 64. Rh8+ Kg5 65. Kb5
Bxf5 66. Kxa6 Bxe4 67. Rf8 Kxg4 68. Rxf6 Bd3+ 69. Kb6 e4 70. Kc5 Nf5 71. Kd5 e3
72. Ba5 Kf3 73. Rf8 e2 74. Rh8 Kf2 75. Rh2+ Kg3 76. Rh1 Bc2 77. Bd2 Kf2 78.
Rh2+ Kf1 79. Ke5 Ng3 80. Kf4 Ne4 81. Ba5 Nf2 82. Kg3 Ne4+ 83. Kf3 Ng5+ 84. Ke3
Bd1 85. Rf2+ Kg1 86. Be1 Nh3 87. Rf3 Kg2 88. Rg3+ Kh2 89. Rg7 Ng1 90. Rg8 Nh3
91. Ba5 Kh1 92. Kd2 Nf2 93. Bb6 Ng4 94. Ke1 Ne5 95. Rg3 Kh2 96. Re3 Nc4 97.
Bc7+ Kg2 98. Rg3+ Kh1 99. Kf2 e1=Q+ 100. Kxe1 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 a5 7. e3 (7. Na3) 7...
dxe3 $1 8. Bxe3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 $6 (10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4
Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Be5 c6 15. Na4 Be6 16. b3 Rd3 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8
19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $10 {Savon-Furman, Gori 1971}) 10... Ng4 11. Nd5 Nxe3 12. Nxe7+
Qxe7 13. fxe3 $6 (13. Rxe3 $5 Bg4 14. h3) 13... Bg4 $1 (13... e4 14. Nd4 exd3
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd3) 14. Qb3 {/\ d4} e4 $1 15. dxe4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 a4 $1 17.
Qc3 (17. Qxb7 $2 Nb4 $1 $19) 17... a3 18. Rab1 axb2 19. Rxb2 Ra3 20. Rb3 Rxb3
21. axb3 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Be2 Ra8 $19 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. b4 Ke7 26. b5 f6 27.
Kf2 Ra2 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Rd4 Rc3 30. Kf2 h6 31. h3 g6 32. Bf1 h5 33. Be2 Nf7 34.
Bf1 Ng5 35. h4 Nf7 36. Bd3 Ne5 37. Be2 b6 38. Rd5 Rc2 39. Ke1 Nxc4 40. Bxc4
Rxc4 41. e5 f5 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Rd8 Kxe5 44. Rd7 Rc5 45. Kf3 c6 46. bxc6 Rxc6
47. Rd8 Rd6 48. Rb8 Kd5 49. Kf4 Kc5 50. Ke5 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Sochi-B"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nd7 4. g3 a6 5. Nc3 (5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2
c5 8. O-O Rc8 $10) 5... e6 $1 {Vaganians Vorschlag} (5... Rb8 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qh4
Bb7 8. Bg2 {Vaganian-Yakovich, Soci 86}) 6. Bg2 Rb8 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3 Bb7 9.
O-O Ngf6 10. d3 Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 {Von Bareev angegeben} (5. Qb3) (5.
Bb2) 5... a5 6. Bb5+ $5 $146 {provoziert c6} (6. Qb3 axb4 7. Bc4 Nh6 8. O-O
Bxc5 9. exd4 $13 {Ilinsky-Lev/Gausdal/1991}) (6. Bc4 axb4 7. Qb3 {(Bareev)
fьhrt mit Zugumstellung zu Ilinsky-Lev}) 6... c6 7. Bc4 Bg4 (7... axb4) 8. exd4
(8. Qb3 $5 Nh6 $8 9. exd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 (10. Qxf3 $2 Qxd4 11. Qc3 Qe4+ 12. Kf1
axb4 13. Qxb4 Qd4 14. Bb2 Bxc5) 10... Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qf4 12. a3 (12. d4 $6 exd4
13. O-O axb4 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Bxd4 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 Qxc5 18. a3 $13)
12... axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 $13) 8... e4 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. h3 exf3 11. Qxe7+
Nxe7 12. hxg4 fxg2 13. Rg1 h5 $1 (13... axb4 14. Rxg2 h5) 14. bxa5 $6 (14. gxh5
Rxh5 15. Rxg2 Rh1+ 16. Bf1 axb4 17. Bb2) 14... hxg4 15. Rxg2 Rh1+ 16. Bf1 f5
$36 17. d3 (17. Na3 Rxa5 (17... Ng6 18. Rg3 Nh4 (18... Rxa5 19. Rb1 Ra7 20.
Rgb3 Nh4 21. Ke2 f4) 19. Ke2 Ng6 (19... Nf3 20. Bg2 Nxd4+ 21. Kd3 Rh2 22. Kxd4
Rxa5) 20. Ke1) 18. Rb1 Ra7 19. Rg3 Ng6 (19... Kd8 20. Rgb3 Kc8 21. Nc4 Nd5) 20.
f3 Be7) 17... Ng6 18. f3 (18. Nd2 Rxa5 19. Nc4 Ra4 20. f3) 18... Nh4 19. Re2+
Kf7 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. Rf2+ (21. Bf4 g5 $1 22. Be5 Nd7 23. Nd2 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bg7
$19) 21... Nf3+ (21... Kg8 $5 22. Bf4 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 $1 (23. Kd1 Nxd4 24. Nd2
Nd7 $19) 23... gxf3 24. Nd2 $17) 22. Ke2 Kg8 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2
(25. Bxd2 Re8+ 26. Be3 (26. Kd1 $2 g3 $1 $19) 26... Nxc5 $1 $19) 25... Rxa5 26.
a4 Nf6 $1 (26... b5 27. d5 $1 $132) (26... b6 27. Rg2 bxc5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29.
Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Rxg4 $10) 27. Rg2 Be7 28. Kc2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Ra8 30. Kb2 Bf6 $2 (
30... Rf8 $1 31. Be2 Rxa1 32. Kxa1 g3 $1 $17) 31. Rxg4 Rh2 32. Kc1 Rf8 33. Bg2
Bxd4 34. Bxd5+ cxd5 35. Rxd4 Rf1+ 36. Kb2 Rxd2+ 37. Kc3 Rxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Moor, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Ne7 7. b4 O-O 8. a4 a5
9. bxa5 (9. b5 c5 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. Ba3 Na6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 Nb4 14. Qd2
Qc7 15. Rab1 c5 $132 {Mestel,A-Formanek,E/Hastings 1993}) 9... Rxa5 $146 ({
Ruhiger wдre} 9... Nbc6 10. Nbd2 Nxa5 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Nc6 13. Nd2 Na5 14.
Qc2 Bd7 $132 {Ivanov,S-Malaniuk,V/St Petersburg 1996}) 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. c5 $5 {
Das ist ein echtes Opfer.} Rxc5 ({Nach} 11... Bc6 12. Nc4 {kommt Schwarz an}
Rxc5 {doch nicht vorbei.} 13. Ba3 Rd5 14. Ng5 $44) 12. Nc4 (12. Nb3 Rd5) 12...
e4 13. Nfd2 exd3 14. exd3 Bc6 15. Ne4 Rd5 {Allzu groЯe Sorgen muЯ sich Schwarz
um den Rd5 nicht machen, da ein "Gewinn" des Rd5 gegen den Bg2 Schwarz
angenehme Aussichten erцffnen wьrde.} (15... Rh5 $6) 16. Ba3 $44 {[%csl Ga3,
Gc4,Ge4] Der schwarze Mehrbauer (Pc7) wird noch lange keine aktive Rolle
spielen. Deswegen muЯ WeiЯ sich nicht (ьber-)eilen, etwas Konkretes
nachzuweisen. Er vertraut auf seine aktiven Figuren.} Re8 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Qd2
Qc8 ({Hier und in den kommenden Zьgen war} 18... b6 {eine Mцglichkeit.}) 19.
Na5 Rde5 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Rab1 Nfe7 $2 {Hier hдtte Moor aufmerksamer sein
mьssen.} ({z.B.} 21... Qa8) 22. f4 $1 {Mohr nutzt die momentan unglьckliche
Stellung der schwarzen Figuren sofort aus.} Re6 23. Bh3 Nf5 (23... f5 24. Qa2
Kh8 25. Rec1 (25. Ng5 $2 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 h6 $132) 25... h6 26. Nc5 Re3 27. Nxb7
$16) 24. Rb5 Nce7 25. Reb1 b6 26. a5 bxa5 27. Ng5 $1 c6 (27... Re3 28. Qa2 Nc6
29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qc4 Nd8 31. Rxa5 $16) 28. Rb8 Qc7 (28... Qxb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8
30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. Bxe6+) 29. Nxe6 ({Gegen} 29. Rxe8+ $18 {
sprach nichts.}) 29... fxe6 (29... Rxb8 30. Nxc7 Rxb1+) 30. R1b7 (30. R1b7 Qxb8
31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 33. Bxe6+) 1-0

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 d4 {->A09} (6... c6 $10
) 7. b4 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. b5 c5 10. bxc6 Nexc6 11. Rb1 (11. Ba3 Nb4 12. Qb3 $1
N8a6 (12... Qe7 13. Ne1 N8c6 14. Nc2 Bh6 $13 {David-Burger, corr 1990}) 13.
Bxb4 axb4 14. a3 bxa3 15. Qxa3 Re8 16. Rfb1 $16 {Larsen-Chandler, Hastings 1987
}) 11... Na6 12. Nb3 $5 (12. Ne1 Re8 13. Nc2 Nab4 14. Rb2 Bf8 15. a3 Na6 $15 {
Dizdarevic-Pr.Nikolic, Sarajevo 1987}) 12... Re8 (12... a4 13. Na1 Nc5 14. Ba3
$16) (12... Nab4 13. Qd2 $14) 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Qc1 Qe7 16. Re1
Nab4 17. Qd2 {/\ a3} (17. a3 $2 Na2 {/\ Nc3-/+}) 17... Qd8 18. Nc5 $1 b6 19.
Na4 Rb8 20. a3 Na6 21. c5 $1 b5 (21... bxc5 22. Rxb8 Naxb8 (22... Ncxb8 23.
Nxe5 $16) 23. Nxc5 $16) 22. Nb6 Nxc5 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 (23... Qxc8 24. Rec1 Ne7 25.
Nxe5 $18) 24. Rxb5 Qd6 25. Qh6 {/\ Ng5} f6 (25... Ne6) 26. Rc1 Na7 (26... Na4
$2 27. Nh4 {/\ Bd5} Ne7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxa5 $16) 27. Rxa5 (27. Rbb1 $5)
27... Qb6 28. Nh4 $1 Rfd8 $2 (28... Qxa5 29. Bd5+ Rf7 (29... Kh8 $4 30. Nxg6#)
30. Bxf7+ (30. Nxg6 {/\ Ne7} Qc7 $1 (30... Rcc7 31. Qf8#) (30... hxg6 31. Qxg6+
Kh8 (31... Kf8 32. Qxf7#) 32. Bxf7 $18) 31. Nh4 $13) 30... Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Ke6
32. Qxg6 (32. Nxg6 Qc7 33. Qh3+ (33. Nf8+ Kd6) 33... Kd6) 32... Qxa3 33. Qf5+
Kd5 34. Qf3+ $13) 29. Bh3 Qxa5 (29... f5 $2 30. Bxf5) 30. Rxc5 {><e6} Qa6 (
30... Qxc5 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Nxg6#) 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Qc1 $18 Rxc5 33. Qxc5 Qa4
34. Nf3 Nb5 35. Qc6 Kg7 36. Kg2 Qb3 37. Nd2 Qc3 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 dxe3 $6 {Ein Experiment. Schwarz ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen
ohne Zwang das Zentrum.} (3... Nc6 $10) 4. fxe3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. e4 (
7. Bd3 {/\ 0-0}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Bg4 9. Be3 {[%cal Rd1d2]} (9. O-O $4 Bxf3)
9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 (10. Bxf3 e5 (10... Nc6 $6 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bd1 g5 13. Bxg5
Qd6) 11. d5 (11. dxe5 Nc6 $132) 11... f5 (11... Nd7 12. Qd2 $16)) 10... f5 (
10... e5 11. dxe5 (11. d5 f5) 11... Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qg5) 11. Qd2 e5 (11... Nf7 12.
exf5 gxf5 13. d5 $16) (11... fxe4 $6 12. fxe4 (12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 exf3)
12... Nf7 13. O-O-O $16) 12. O-O-O (12. Bg5 Qxd4 (12... Qd7 13. Bxh6 exd4 14.
Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Nd1 $16) 13. Bxh6 $18) 12... f4 13. dxe5 $1 (13. Bf2 Nc6 (13...
Nf7) 14. d5) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Bxe5 15. c5 {[%cal Ye2c4]} Nd7 16. Na4 (16.
Bc4+ Kg7) 16... Rfd8 17. Bb5 a6 (17... c6 $2 18. Bc4+ Nf7 19. Ba5 $18) 18. Bc4+
Nf7 19. Ba5 (19. Bd5 Rab8 {[%cal Yd7f6]}) 19... Nf6 20. Nc3 Rxd1+ (20... Nd7
21. Rd5 Kg7 22. Rhd1 Nf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 $16)
21. Rxd1 Re8 22. Nd5 c6 $2 (22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Re7 24. c6 $16) 23. Nc7 (23.
Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Rd7 $18) 23... Re7 24. Rd8+ (24. Ne6 {[%cal
Re6d8]} Kh8 25. h4 $16) 24... Kg7 25. Ne6+ Kh6 (25... Rxe6 26. Bxe6 Nxd8 27.
Bxd8 {[%cal Re6c8]}) 26. Rf8 Nd7 27. Rc8 Nf6 (27... Bf6 28. Nxf4 Nfe5 29. Be2
Nxc5) 28. Bd2 g5 (28... Ng5 $1 29. Nxg5 (29. Nxf4 $2 Nxf3) (29. Bxf4 $2 Bxf4+
30. Nxf4 Nxf3) 29... Kxg5) 29. Rf8 Kg6 30. h3 h6 31. Ba5 Nd7 32. Rc8 Nf6 (32...
Bf6 33. Rc7 Nfe5) 33. b3 Kh7 (33... h5) 34. Nd8 Nxd8 35. Bxd8 Rg7 (35... Rd7
36. Be6 Rd3 37. Bxf6 Bxf6 38. Rc7+) 36. Be6 Kg6 37. Bf5+ Kh5 38. Ba5 Bd4 39.
Bb4 Bf2 40. Kd1 Kh4 41. Ke2 Bg3 $2 (41... Bd4) 42. Bc3 $18 Rf7 43. Rh8 Kh5 44.
Rd8 Nh7 45. Rd6 Nf8 46. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "Aars"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O d4 6. d3 e5 7. e3 dxe3 8. Bxe3 (
8. fxe3 e4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 (9... Be6 10. b3 Nxe4 11. Bb2 Qxd1 (11... Qe7) 12. Rxd1
Nb4 13. Na3 Nd6 14. Ng5 O-O-O 15. Nxe6 $14 {Despotovic-Buljovcic/YU-ch/1968})
10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Nd4 $5 cxd4 12. Bxe4 Be6 (12... dxe3 13. Bxe3 $14) 13. exd4 (
13. b3 dxe3 (13... Bc5 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. exd4 O-O-O 16. Bb2) 14. Bxe3 $14)
13... Bxc4 14. Be3 Nd8 (14... Rd8 15. Nc3) 15. Nd2 $36 Ba6 16. Re1 Be7 17. Bg5
f6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Bf4 Bb4 20. a3 Bxd2 21. Bxd2 Nf7 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Rc7 Nd6
24. Bd5+ $14 {Bilek,I-Kluger,G/Hungary (XXI.ch)/1965}) 8... Be7 (8... h6 9. Nc3
Bd6 10. Nd2 Ng4 11. Nde4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 O-O 13. Qh5 $1 f5 14. Qg6 Be7 15. g4 (
15. Nd5 $5) 15... Bg5 (15... fxe4 16. Bxe4 $16) 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18.
Bd5+ Kh7 19. Ne4 (19. gxf5 $16) 19... Nb4 20. Rf3 (20. gxf5 $16) 20... Nxd5 (
20... Nxd3 $5) 21. cxd5 f4 22. h3 Kg6 23. Nxc5 b6 24. Ne4 $16 {Bistric,
F-Ivanovic,B/Banja Vrucica ch-YU/1991} (24. Nb3 $16)) 9. Nc3 O-O (9... Bf5 10.
Qb3 b6 $1 11. Nd5 $6 (11. Nh4 $5 {Flohr} Bd7 12. Nf5) (11. Nd2 {Flohr} Rc8 12.
Nde4) 11... O-O 12. Rfe1 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Na5 (13... Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Ne5 Bd6
) 14. Qc3 f6 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 $1 (16... Nb7 $10) 17. dxc4 Bd6 18. f4 $2
exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Qd6 21. Qg3 Rfe8 22. Bf3 Qd7 23. b3 Kf8 24. Bh5 {
+/= Ftacnik} g6 25. Be2 $6 (25. Bf3) 25... Re7 26. Bd3 Rce8 27. Kf2 (27. Rxe7
Rxe7 28. Rd1) 27... Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qg4 29. Qg3 Qf5 30. Qf3 Re4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32.
Kg3 g5 33. fxg5 Qxg5+ 34. Kf2 Rf4 {0-1 Kortschnoj-Flohr/SSSR-ch/1954}) 10. Qb3
$146 (10. Re1 h6 11. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 (12... Qxd5 $5 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2
f5 15. dxc5 Rd8 $132) 13. Nxe5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Bf6 $2 (14... Be6 $10) 15. Qb3 Be6
16. Qxb7 $16 {Schmidt-Radulov/EM/1978}) (10. Na4 Bf5 $6 (10... Nd7) 11. Nxc5
Ng4 12. Ne4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxe4 14. dxe4 Bc5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Bh3
Rd6 18. Nh4 g6 19. Kh1 Rfd8 20. Qf3 $16 {Yudovich,M-Tenenbaum/Moskau/1961})
10... Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Nd2 Rb8 16.
a4 $10 Bf5 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Rac1 Bg6 19. Re2 f6 20. Rec2 Bf8 21. Na5 Bd6 22. Nc4
Bf8 23. Nd2 {WeiЯ mцchte mehr als Remis.} (23. Na5 $10) 23... Bd6 (23... Rec8
$5 $10) 24. Ne4 Bxe4 $6 (24... Bf5 $10) 25. dxe4 $14 Rbc8 26. h4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2
Kf8 (27... Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Kh2 b6 30. Bh3 Qa6 31. Qc2) 28. Kh2 Rb8 29.
Bh3 Qd8 30. Be6 g6 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. h5 Qa5 33. Kg2 $6 (33. b3 $14) 33... Qxa4
34. Rc1 Rf8 35. Rh1 Qc2 $2 (35... Qe8 $142 36. Qg4) 36. hxg6 h6 (36... hxg6 $2
37. Qg4 $18 {[%cal Re6f5]}) 37. Bg4 $5 {[%cal Yf3f5,Yf5d7]} (37. Rxh6 $6 Kxh6
38. g7 Kxg7 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ Kg7 41. Qg4+ $10) 37... Qc7 (37... Kxg6 $4
38. Qf5+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ $18) 38. Qf5 Bb4 $2 (38... Rh8 39. Rc1 $5 Qe7 (39... Qxc1
$2 40. Qd7+ Kxg6 41. Bf5+ Kg5 42. Qg7+ Kh5 43. Bg4#) 40. Bh5 b6 41. Rc8 Rxc8
42. Qxc8 {[%cal Yg2h3,Yh3g4,Yg4f5]}) 39. Rxh6 $1 Rh8 40. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1964.08.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "Keres,P"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1964.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 Nf6 4. Nxc4 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. Ne5 Qxd4 (
14... Nd7 $6 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Nc6 (16. Nxg6 $1 $16)) (14... Rxc1 $1 15. Rxc1
Nd7 16. f4 $10) 15. Bxd4 Ng4 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+
Bxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Be6 (5... Bg7 6. Nxc4 O-O 7. b3
(7. O-O c6 8. d3 Ne8 9. Rb1 Nd6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. h3 Qc8 13. Kh2 Nxc4
14. bxc4 b6 15. Ng5 Qc7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 f4 20. c5
Be5 $132 {Karpeshov,O-Poliakov,S/Orsk 2000/}) 7... b5 8. Nce5 Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Rc2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 c4 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Rb2 Bc6 16. Bc3
Qd6 17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. Be5 Qc5 19. Bd4 Qa5 $11 {Ninov,K-Romanishin,O/Sarajevo
1988/}) 6. O-O $146 {[%mdl 8]} (6. Qc2 Bg7 (6... Bd5 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 Nd4 10. Qd3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Qb3 b6 $11 {Tal,M-Kruppa,Y/Moscow 1991/
URS-ch/}) 7. Nxc4 O-O 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rac1 b6 12. Qb1 Bd5
13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. e3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nde5 {1/2-1/2 Panno,O-Slipak,S/Buenos Aires
1999/}) 6... Bg7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nxc4 Nc6 9. d3 Bd5 10. e4 Bxc4 $6 (10... Be6 $5)
11. dxc4 $14 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. c5 Rad8 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bd2 Nd4 17.
Qc4 Bg7 18. Bc3 Nc2 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rc1 Nd4 21. h3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Nf6 23. c6
b6 24. b4 h5 25. h4 Nh7 (25... Ne8 $5 $14) 26. Rd1 $16 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Nf8 28.
Bb3 Ne6 29. Qd5 Nd4 30. Bc4 Qf6 (30... Bf8 31. f4 $18) 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Qd7 d3
(32... Qe5 33. Qxf7+ Kh7 34. Bd3 $18) 33. e5 $1 Qf3 (33... Qxe5 34. Qxf7+ Kh7
35. Bxd3 Qd6 36. Qd7 Qxd7 (36... Qxb4 37. Qxc7 Qe1+ 38. Bf1 Qc3 39. Qd7 Kh6 40.
c7 Bd4 41. Kg2 $18) 37. cxd7 Bf6 38. b5 $18) 34. Bxd3 Kh7 $2 (34... Bxe5 $5 35.
Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qxe5 Qxd3 37. Qxc7 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qf3 39. Qf4 Qxc6 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41.
Qxa7 $16) 35. e6 fxe6 36. Bf1 e5 37. Qxc7 e4 38. Qf4 Qc3 39. Qxe4 (39. c7 $142
$18) 39... Qe5 40. Bd3 (40. Qf4 $5 $18) 40... Qxe4 41. Bxe4 Be5 42. f4 Bc7 43.
a4 1-0

[Event "Ehrat Memorial (SUI-GER m)"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1999.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 $5 d3 {This move is a bit
too optimistic - black is pushing his pawns too far, without an appropriate
support of his pieces. Correct was 5...a5, exploiting premature white's
activity on the queen side. Horn,Pe: 'Kortschnoj nimmt solche
Herausforderungen gerne an. Solange er den Pd3 behauptet, kommt der weiЯe
Kцnigsflьgel schwer ins Spiel.'} ({In den letzten Partien wurde hier} 5... a5 {
Horn,Pe gespielt.} 6. Bc4 (6. exd4 e4 $15) (6. Qb3 axb4 7. Bc4 Nh6 8. O-O Bxc5
9. exd4 Bxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. d4 $13 {Ilinsky-Lev/Gausdal/1991}) (
6. Bb5+ $5 {Gabriel}) 6... Nh6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 dxe3 9. Bxe3 Nf5 10. b5 e4 11.
Ne1 Nd7 $13 {Namgilov,S-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest 1996}) 6. Qb3 {6.Bb2!? had been
played before, the move which would prevent the white phalange on the queen
side to get destroyed.} (6. Bb2 {Horn,Pe} Be6 (6... e4) 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Nc3 {
Bernstein,S-Moskowitz,J/New York 1941/1-0(29)} {und nun hдtte} a5 $5 {zu
einigen weiЯen Problemen gefьhrt.}) 6... e4 7. Nd4 a5 8. Nc3 (8. Ne6 {Horn,Pe:
fьhrt letztlich nur zum Tausch.} Qe7 9. Nxf8 Kxf8) (8. f3 $5 {Horn,Pe
Tischbierek}) 8... f5 9. Ne6 {The move looks rather strange and was strongly
critisized by journalists.Instead 9.g4!? was recommended: Horn,Pe: 'Damit
erreicht WeiЯ wenig; wenn er nichts besseres hatte, ist die Erцffnung nicht zu
empfehlen. Er tauscht sein bestes Tier Nd4 gegen den unentwickelten Bf8 
(zugegeben: der spielt auch auf seinem Ausgangsfeld eine hцchst aktive Rolle
gegen die weiЯe Bauernkette am Damenflьgel). '} (9. g4 axb4 10. Qxb4 (10. Nd5 {
Horn,Pe} fxg4 {als besser befanden.}) 10... Nf6 11. Nxf5 (11. gxf5 Na6 12. Qc4
Nxc5 13. a4 Qe7 14. Ba3 g6 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. f3 $1 ({less convincing:} 16. Bg2
Rh4 17. Ndb5 b6 {...}) 16... exf3 17. Nxf3 Bf5 18. Bxc5 (18. Nd4 $5) 18... Qxc5
19. Bxd3 {- white won a pawn.}) 11... Na6 12. Qc4 Bxf5 13. gxf5 Nxc5 14. a4 Qd7
15. Ba3 Qxf5 16. Bxc5 (16. Bg2 Qe6 $11) 16... Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Bg2 b5 $1
19. Nxb5 Kd7 20. Nc3 Rhe8 21. Rb1 Ra5 22. O-O Bd6 23. f3 {Due to a weakness of
pawn d3 white has slight advantage.}) 9... Qe7 ({Nicht so gut wдre es, den
anderen B zu geben:} 9... Bxe6 {Horn,Pe} 10. Qxe6+ Ne7) 10. Nxf8 $2 {An
interposing check 10.Qa4+! would lead to a clear white edge!} (10. Qa4+ {
The only reply is} Kf7 {Then white, comperatively to the game, is a tempo up.
The variation would go as follows:} (10... c6 $2 11. Nd5) (10... Bd7 11. Nxc7+
Kd8 12. b5 {'<=>' Horn,Pe.}) 11. Nxf8 Kxf8 12. Ba3 (12. b5 {Horn,Pe}) 12... Nf6
13. f3 Kf7 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. g3 Qe5 16. b5 Re8 17. Bg2 Kg8 18. O-O Bf5 19. Qc4+
Kh8 20. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 21. Rf1 {After queen's retreat white takes on e4+/-})
10... Kxf8 $15 11. b5 $6 {11.Qa4 was more subtle. Still, after 11...Na6! 12.
Qa5 c6! black would take over an initiative} Be6 {Horn,Pe: ', denn nun geht
sie doch nach a4:'} 12. Qa4 Nd7 $17 13. Ba3 Nxc5 14. Qd4 b6 15. Na4 $6 (15. Nd5
Qd6 16. Nxb6 Qxd4 17. exd4 cxb6 18. dxc5 bxc5 {white recaptures a pawn, but
with nondeveloped king side has a bad game.}) ({More interesting is} 15. g4 {
after} Rd8 16. Qe5 Qd6 17. Qxd6+ cxd6 18. Bg2 Nf6 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. O-O (20. f3
{Horn,Pe}) 20... Ke7 21. f3 {white is a pawn down, but has some counterplay...}
) 15... Kf7 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qg5 18. g4 {Despair Horn,Pe: 'Ein
verzweifelter Versuch, dem weiЯen Kцnigsflьgel Leben einzuhauchen; er kommt
aber zu spдt. '} (18. Qe5 {Horn,Pe} Rc8) 18... Qxg4 $19 19. Qe5 Rc8 20. h3 Qg5
21. Bd4 Nf6 22. Qh2 Rhd8 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. Rc5 g6 26. a4 Rd5 27. Rc6
(27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Qe5 Be6 29. Qh8 c6 30. b6 Nf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Qxh7+ Qg7
33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. f3 Rb8 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Bg2 Bd5 $19) 27... Qd8 {27...Bd7
was more exact (28.Ra6 Bb5!)} (27... Bd7 $1 $19 {Horn,Pe Tischbierek/Gabriel}
28. Ra6 $140 $2 Bxb5 29. axb5 Rxb5) 28. Bc3 Nd6 {Intermediate Bd7 was stronger.
} 29. h4 $2 {More stubborn was} (29. Qf4 Bd7 30. Qh6 Qg8 31. Ra6 Rc5 32. f3 (
32. Rxa5 Qh8 $1) 32... Ke8 33. fxe4 Rxc3 34. dxc3 d2+ 35. Kxd2 Qa2+ 36. Kd1 (
36. Kc1 Nxe4 37. Rg2 Qa1+ 38. Kc2 Qxf1 39. Raxg6 hxg6 40. Qxg6+ Kd8 41. Qg8+
Be8 42. Qd5+ Nd6 {there are no checks anymore}) 36... Nxe4 37. Rg2 Qb1+ 38. Ke2
Rd8 39. c4 Bc8 $19) ({Ein letzter Versuch war} 29. Qf4 {Horn,Pe}) 29... Bd7 30.
h5 g5 31. h6 Bxc6 32. Qh5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nd7 {This is a
flexible method of preventing the tactical blow b4. However, the knight
retreat has the obvious drawback of interfering the d-file, which enables
White open the position with} 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4 exd4 {thus reaching a position
where he has chances of developing an initiative.} 9. Nbd2 ({Sometimes, White
plays} 9. Re1 {first and only after} O-O {he develops the knight with} 10. Nbd2
a5 (10... Nc5 11. Ne4 {In principle, the idea of exchanging (or drive away)
the c5-knight is correct, but concretely, this move allows Black win time for
his development.} (11. Nb3 $5 {is probably better when} Ne6 {transposes to the
main game.}) 11... Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13. Re1 Bf6 14. a3 a5 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Qc2
{/\b4} (16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b5) 16... Qd7 17. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Rfe8 19.
Nf3 (19. Ne4 Ne5 $5 {[%csl Yf3][%cal Rf5h3] /\->}) 19... h6 20. Qd2 a4 21. b4
axb3 22. Rxb3 Rxe1+ {1/2-1/2 Pritchett,C (2360)-Petrosian,A (2490)/Germany
1993/GER-chT2}) 11. a3 (11. Nb3 Bf6 (11... Nc5 12. Nxc5 (12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Bf6 14. Nb5 c6 15. d4 Ne6 $11) 12... Bxc5 {and now} 13. Bg5 $5 {induces
some discomfort in Black's position, such as the weakness of the e6-square in
case of 13...f6 or problems with the development in case of 13...Qd7.}) 12. Bd2
a4 13. Nc1 Nde5 (13... Nc5 14. a3 {/\Bb4}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Re8 {/\Bg4})
11... a4 (11... Nc5 12. Nb3 Ne6 13. Bd2) 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 Nb6 $6 (13... Nc5
$1) 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Ra5 $1 Rb8 (16... Rxa5 17. Nxa5 c6 18. Rb1)
17. a4 $36 Re8 18. Ra7 Nd7 19. Rb1 Ne5 20. Bf4 Bg4 21. f3 Nc6 $2 (21... Bf5 $1)
22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. fxg4 $16 {1-0 Spiridonov,N (2490)-Westerinen,H (2485)/
Budapest 1976/MCL (33)}) ({A completely different plan is initiated by} 9. Na3
{planning to prepare b4 with Nc2, etc.}) 9... Nc5 (9... O-O 10. Re1 {would
actually transpose to 9.Re1}) 10. Nb3 Ne6 {Having some space advantage, Black
is not interested in exchanges.} ({Besides, in case of} 10... O-O 11. Nxc5 Bxc5
{he would lose control over the g5-square, allowing White to get a perfect
regrouping without loss of time:} 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. f4 Qd7 15. Nf2
Qd8 16. Bd2 a5 17. a3 Bd7 18. Qc2 Bc5 19. Ne4 b6 20. f5 f6 21. g4 Ne5 22. h3
Bc6 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Rae1 $16 {1-0 Stanec,N (2477)-Kummer,H (2321)/Vienna 1999/
CBM 073 ext (41)}) (10... Nxb3 11. Qxb3 O-O {is also not entirely satisfactory,
since after, say,} 12. Bf4 {Black would have some problems completing his
development, because of the pressure against the b7-pawn.}) 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bd2
a5 13. Ne5 {This operation is typical for the Benoni, but in this concrete
case it seems to fail offering White an advantage.} (13. a3 $5 {[%cal Yb3c1,
Yc1a2,Yb2b4,Ya1b1]} a4 14. Nc1 {[%cal Yc1a2,Ya2b4,Yb4d5]} Nc5 15. Bb4 {[%cal
Yb2b3,Yf3e5]}) 13... Nxe5 14. Rxe5 a4 15. Ra5 Bd7 (15... Rxa5 16. Nxa5 Qd7 17.
b4 $36 (17. Nxb7 $2 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 c6 $19)) 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nc1 Bc6 {At the
cost of slightly spoiling his structure, Black neutralizes the pressure along
the h1-a8 diagonal. His advantage of space and the control of the b-file will
compensate for the minor structural deffects.} 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 Bd6 20.
Qc2 h5 21. Re1 Rb8 22. f4 Qb7 23. Bc1 Qb4 24. Rf1 f5 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. h4 g6 $11
{In this blocked position, White has only a symbolic advantage. He has no
other constructive plan available than exchange pieces and create a passed
pawn on the a-file, but this will prove insufficient for achieving anything
concrete.} 27. Kf2 Be7 28. Re1 Bf6 29. Ng1 Nc5 30. Nf3 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.
Ke2 Kd7 33. Bd2 Qb8 34. Kd1 Qe8 35. Ne1 Qb8 36. Nf3 Qe8 37. Ne1 Qb8 38. Ba5 Qb7
39. Kc1 Qa8 40. Bb4 Ne6 41. Qg2 Qb8 42. Bd2 Nc5 43. Qe2 Qe8 44. Qxe8+ Kxe8 45.
Kc2 Ne6 46. Nf3 Kd7 47. Bb4 c5 48. Bd2 Kc6 49. b3 axb3+ 50. Kxb3 Kb6 51. a4 Kb7
52. a5 Ka6 53. Ka4 c6 54. Bc1 Kb7 55. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 {
White is a whole tempo up if compared with a Benoni, but the fact that Black
hasn't developed the king's knight yet offers him additional resources.} Nh6 {
AIming to exert pressure over the critical d4- and e3-squares.} 8. Be2 $5 {
Recommended by Zviagintsev.} (8. Be3 {0-1 Zvjaginsev,V (2600)-Granda Zuniga,J 
(2605)/Pamplona 1996/CBM 052/[Horn,Pe] (49) only runs into Black's plan.}) 8...
Nf5 (8... g6 9. Be3 (9. h3 $1 Bg7 10. g4 f5 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Qd2 $36 {Horn, Pe})
9... Qd7 (9... Qd8 $5) 10. d4 Nf5 (10... Bg7 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4
Nxe3 14. fxe3 b5 $132 {1-0 Grebenkin,V-Kupreichik,V (2505)/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT
2000 (48)}) 11. Bg4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Qc7 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 15.
Bxf5 Bxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,D (2526)-Short,N (2675)/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072/
[Horn,Pe] (20)}) 9. g4 $6 {This pseudo-active move only creates White
additional weaknesses.} ({White should probably aim for normal play, hoping
that his slight advance in development would allow him neutralise the pressure
against the d4-square, for instance:} 9. O-O Qd8 10. Bg4 g6 (10... Nd4 11. Bxc8
Rxc8 12. Be3 e6 13. Qg4 $32) 11. Re1 Bg7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Nd4 14. Bxc8 Rxc8
15. Ne2 O-O $6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qd2 $14) 9... Nh4 10. Rg1 {Rausis blindly
followed the recomendation of Peter Horn, who considered this position to be
favourable for White.} Qd6 $1 {A strong move that seems to change the
evaluation. White has problems defending his numerous weaknesses.} (10... e5
11. Be3 $14 {Horn, Pe} Qd6 12. d4 $36) (10... h5 $6 11. gxh5 Bh3 12. Be3 Qd6 (
12... Qd7 13. Rg3 Ng2+ 14. Kd2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 $16) 13. Rg3 Ng2+ 14. Kd2 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 $16 {Horn, Pe}) (10... Qe5 11. Rg3) 11. f4 $6 {Now, White will fall
behind in development.} (11. Rg3 $6 h5 $1) (11. Be3 $5 Qxh2 12. Kd2 {might
offer White some compensation in view of his slightly better development and
his strong centre. However, the exposed position of his king would definitely
restrict his possibilities.}) 11... e5 $1 12. f5 {Aiming to install a knight
on e4, but this will hardly be a compensation for the numerous weaknesses on
dark squares and the delay in development.} h5 $1 13. h3 Qd4 14. Rg3 hxg4 15.
hxg4 g6 $1 {Breaking any hope for blockade.} 16. fxg6 Nxg6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Kd2
Be6 19. Qa4 Nf4 $17 {White has no compensation for his exposed king and for
the weaknesses on dark squares.} 20. Re1 Be7 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rg2 Qd4 23. Kc2
O-O-O 24. Rf1 Rh3 25. Rgf2 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 27. Kc1 Bc5 28. Qc2 Bxc4 29.
Rxf4 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2 49th"]
[Site "Sant Lluis"]
[Date "2005.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. e3 Nc6 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3
Nge7 {Playing such a sharp system against the reversed Benoni is a rather
courageous decision. White's extra-tempo can make a lot of difference compared
to the normal Benoni.} 9. Na3 {Against the Penrose attack, the system based on
the development of the knight to a6-c7 is considered sligthly dubious. Having
an extra-tempo, White can rely on the fact that he will carry out his planned
advance of the b-pawn before Black gets started with his storm in the centre.
However, this is no guarantee of success yet and the knight might find itself
uncomfortable on c2 at a later stage.} ({Personally, I wouldpreffer the system
based on the development of the knight to d2, although this might be just a
subjective opinion.} 9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 (11. Rb1 a4 12. Ne4 Bb8 13.
Re1 Kh8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Nh4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J (2470)-Miles,A (2560)/
Chester 1979/MCD (43)}) 11... Ng6 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Rb1 (13. c5 Bc7 14. Rb1 {
[%cal Yd2c4,Yf3d2,Yb2b4]}) 13... Rc8 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qb3 b6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. h4
h6 18. Ned2 Qc7 19. Nf1 Bc5 20. Qd1 Rce8 (20... Rfe8 $5 {[%csl Rf8]}) 21. Bd2
Qd6 22. h5 Nge7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Nxe5 $14 {1-0 Markowski,T (2475)
-Savchenko,S (2570)/London 1994/EXT 2000 (49)}) 9... O-O 10. Nc2 ({White can
try to prepare b4 while keeping the knight on a3 in oder to inhibit ...a5 in
view of the possible knight jump to b5.} 10. Rb1 a6 $5 11. Bd2 Rb8 {A typical
reaction. Instead of trying to prevent b4 (which is phisically almost
impossible), Black prepares to meet it in the most convenient way.} 12. Ng5 {
[%cal Yg5e4]} Bc7 (12... f5 $6 13. c5 $1 Bxc5 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Nf7+ $16) 13. c5
(13. b4 b5) 13... h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Rc1 $13 {[%cal Ya3c4]} b5 $6 16. cxb6 Rxb6
17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxb2 19. Qc1 $44 Rb6 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Qa4 Nd8
23. Ba5 Rb2 24. Nd2 Qb5 25. Ne4 Bb8 26. Qa3 $36 {1-0 Szymczak,Z-Chrapkowski,G/
Bydgoszcz 1976/EXT 2001 (29)}) 10... Ng6 (10... a5 11. b3 {The extra-tempo
compared to the normal Benoni allows White to prepare b4 with all the comfort.}
(11. Rb1 {0-1 Maki,V (2395)-Shulman,Y (2555)/Pula 1997/CBM 057 ext/[Horn,Pe] 
(45)}) (11. a3 h6 12. Rb1 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Rxb3 Ra7 15. Nb4 Bd7 16. Qe2 Re8
17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Nd5 Nce7 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {1/2-1/2
Espig,L (2425)-Lukacs,P (2460)/Leipzig 1983/EXT 2001}) 11... Bg4 (11... h6 12.
Re1 Bg4 13. a3 Qd7 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. b4 axb4 16. Nxb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Wexler,
B-Letelier Martner,R/Mar del Plata 1959/MCL (49)}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14.
Nh4 h6 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. a3 Qf6 17. Be4 Rab8 18. Bd2 Nf4 19. Qf3 g6 20. b4 axb4
21. axb4 $16 {1-0 Espig,L (2420)-Enders,P (2330)/Dresden 1985/MCL (46)}) 11.
Re1 h6 12. Rb1 Bf5 {Black decides to ignore White's plan completely and
concentrates his forces in the centre.} 13. Qe2 (13. b4 $5) 13... Qd7 14. b4
Rae8 {This looks like a highly commital move. With a bishop on f5 it is not
likely that Black will play ...f5 very soon, in order to activate the f8-rook.}
({In principle, the other rook should go to e8, but the immediate} 14... Rfe8
15. b5 Nd8 $2 {[%cal Yd8e6,Ye6c5] is impossible because of} 16. Ncxd4) ({
Therefore,} 14... a6 15. Nd2 Rfe8 {deserves consideration.}) 15. Nd2 Bg4 16.
Bf3 Bxf3 $5 {This move, in connection with Black's whole plan, is rather
commital.} (16... h5 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5,Ye5e4] looks like a safer continuation.})
17. Qxf3 e4 $5 {Consequent, but Black will now need high accuracy in order to
solve his problems of coordination, such as the passivity of the f8-rook and
the difficulties in finding a job for the bishop.} (17... f5 18. Qd5+ Rf7 19.
c5 Bc7 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. b5 Na5 22. Nb4 $14) 18. Nxe4 Nce5 19. Qe2 Bc7 {
White's position certainly looks dangerous. His development is incomplete
while his stability on light squares looks rather fragile.} 20. Rd1 $5 {
An interesting prophylactical move. White avoids the possible fork on f3,
consolidates the d3-pawn and radically prevents the opening of the centre by
means of ...Nxc4. However, it must be said that this move doesn't contribute
to the annihilation of the delay in development.} (20. f4 Nxc4 21. dxc4 d3 22.
Qd2 dxc2 $1 23. Qxc2 (23. Qxd7 $2 cxb1=Q $19) 23... Qg4 $44 (23... f5 24. Rd1
$1 Qc6 25. Nf2)) 20... Qh3 $6 {Quite natural, but possibly not best.} ({
The sacrificial attack starting with} 20... Nh4 21. gxh4 Qh3 {might be
insufficient after} 22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 f5 24. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 25. Qg2+ Qg4 26. h3
$1 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Re2+ {(otherwise, the d4-pawn will fall).} 28. Kxf3 Rxc2 29.
Rb2 $16) ({However,} 20... f5 {strongly comes into consideration. In view of
the numerous threats, such as f4, Nh4, Nxc4, we can state that finally all
Black's pieces are actively taking part to the events.} 21. Nc5 Qd6 {[%cal
Yf5f4,Yg6h4,Ye5c4]} (21... Qf7 $5) (21... Qc6 {surrenders a pawn, but wins a
tempo for the development of the attck.} 22. Nxd4 Qd6 23. Ncb3 f4 $132) 22. Qh5
$6 ({Possibly better is the apparently risky} 22. f4 Nxc4 23. Qf3 Ne3 {when,
although Black obviously has some compensation, he will need some time to
bring his f8-rook into play. Now,} 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Nxb7 {ensures White some
stability based on the c5-square.}) 22... Nh4 $1 (22... f4 23. gxf4 {[%csl Ge8]
[%cal Yh5e8]}) 23. Ne1 $8 (23. gxh4 Ng4 24. f4 g6 $19) 23... Nhf3+ 24. Nxf3 g6
25. Qxh6 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Rf7 $40 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Yf7h7,Yd6c6,Gc6h1]}) 21. f4 Ng4
22. Qg2 Qh5 ({When he moved his queen to h3, Black might have missed that after
} 22... Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 f5 {White saves the day with} 24. h3 $1 {when after}
fxe4 25. hxg4 exd3 26. Nxd4 {his pawns restrict the activity of the enemy
pieces in a rather efficient way, for instance} Re4 27. Bb2 Rd8 28. Nf5 {
and White is ready for counter-attack.} (28. Rxd3 $6 Rxf4 $1)) 23. h3 Ne3 24.
Nxe3 dxe3 25. Bxe3 {White has won a second pawn and has more or less completed
his development. Black still needs to prove his compensation for the
sacrificed material.} f5 26. g4 $1 fxg4 27. hxg4 Qh4 28. Bf2 Qd8 29. f5 Nf4 30.
Qf3 h5 31. Kh1 Qd7 32. Bg3 hxg4 33. Qxg4 Rxf5 $4 (33... Qxf5 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35.
Rb2 $14 {[%cal Yb2f2,Yb2h2]}) 34. Nf6+ $18 Rxf6 35. Qxd7 Rh6+ 36. Kg1 Re2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 {
One certainly needs lots of courage to play such an unbalanced opening like
the Benoni with a whole tempo down. Generally speaking this should be possible,
but the difficult thing is to choose a variation where time has less
significance and Black can hope to impose his advantage of space in the long
run.} Bd6 $6 {Developing the bishop on d3 while allowing the pin of the king's
knight is considered to be at least harmless in the normal Benoni. With
reversed colours and the missing tempo, the move certainly looks risky.} ({
The soundest move seems to be} 8... Be7 {Curiously,} 9. b4 $6 {occured in a
game at a relatively high level} (9. Re1 $1) 9... Bxb4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qa4+ {
and now} Nfd7 $1 ({instead of} 11... Nc6 $2 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxb4 Qb6 14. Ba3
Qxb4 15. Bxb4 $14 {1-0 Norwood,D (2405)-Ivanchuk,V (2480)/Baguio City 1987/EXT
97 (48)}) 12. Qxb4 Nxd3 {would lead to a theoretical position with reversed
colours, where the absence of the move ...h6 can hardly change the evaluation:
White has to fight for a draw.}) 9. Bg5 {This seems to be the best moment for
developing the bishop here.} ({Previously} 9. a3 {has been played, which
justifies itself entirely after the mechanical} a5 $6 (9... h6 $5 10. b4 O-O {
would lead to a position where the difference of one tempo might not be too
relevant.}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 O-O (12... Qe7 13. Re1 O-O 14.
Qc2 Be6 15. Rac1 Bc7 16. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U (2565)-Mecking,H (2610)/
Las Palmas 1975/MCD}) 13. Re1 Bg4 (13... Qd8 14. c5 Bc7 15. Nc4 Re8 16. b4 $6 (
16. Rb1) (16. Nfd2 {[%cal Rd2e4,Re4d6]} f5 17. b4 axb4 18. Qb3 $36) 16... axb4
17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nxb4 19. Qb1 Nc6 $15 {0-1 Adamski,J (2375)-Chuchelov,V 
(2490)/Wuerzburg 1992/EXT 97 (42)}) 14. Qc2 Bc5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nfd2 f5 17.
Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Qb5 e4 20. f3 $1 $16 {1-0 Vladimirov,E-Sjoberg,M/
Graz 1981/EXT 99 (29)}) 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. a3 Bf5 $5 13.
Qe2 O-O {Black decides to refrain from weakening his queen side with ...a5.
However, once White has managed to get rid of one of his minor pieces, his
spatial advantage on the queen side will soon tell.} 14. b4 Rfe8 15. Nh4 Be6
16. Ne4 {White has strong pressure on both wings. Black's careless answer will
soon lead him to trouble.} g5 $2 {Bareev might have overlooked one of the next
two moves.} 17. Qh5 $1 $40 {A typical move. In the systems based on ...h6 (h3)
the h5 (h4) square is a perfect placement for the queen.} Kg7 (17... gxh4 18.
Qxh6 $40 {/\Nf6+}) 18. f4 $3 exf4 (18... gxh4 $6 19. f5 $16) 19. gxf4 Bxf4 20.
Rxf4 $1 gxf4 21. b5 Nd8 22. Rf1 $16 {White attacks with his whole army.
Black's desorganized forces can hardly put up any resistance.} Qc7 23. c5 Rg8
24. Nd6 Kf8 25. Kh1 Ke7 26. Qe5 Rg5 27. Nhf5+ Kd7 28. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 $5 (
8. Nbd2 a5 9. b5 c5) 8... h6 9. Ba3 c5 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Rb1 Kh7 (11... cxb4 12.
Rxb4 Nbc6 13. Rb5 a6 14. Rb1 {><b6}) 12. Qc2 Qc7 (12... Nd7 $5 {/\Nf6} 13. Nb3
cxb4 14. Bxb4) 13. Rfe1 {/\e3} Rd8 (13... cxb4 14. Rxb4 Nbc6 15. Rb5 a6 16. Rd5
Be6 17. Rd6 Bf7 18. e3 $36) 14. b5 (14. e3 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Nd5) 14... Nd7 (14...
g5 $5 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. e3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Ng6) 15. e3 dxe3 16. Rxe3 {><e5} f4 (
16... g5 17. d4 e4 (17... cxd4 18. Bxe7 dxe3 19. Nxg5+ $18) 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19.
Rxe4 Ng6 20. Re7 $18) 17. Re2 Nf5 18. Rbe1 Rb8 19. Bb2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 (20...
cxd4 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Re7 $16) 21. Re7 $18 Qa5 $138 22. Ne4 Rf8 (22... Nf8 23.
Nf6+ Kh8 24. Ne8 $18) 23. Qd1 $6 (23. Qe2 $142 Nf6 $140 (23... Qb6 24. Neg5+
$18) 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qe5) 23... Nf6 $5 (23... Qb6 $5 {/\Nf6} 24. Neg5+ hxg5
25. Nxg5+ Kh6 (25... Kh8 26. Qg4 Nf6 27. Qh4+ Nh5 28. Rxg7 $18 {-25...Kh6}) 26.
Qg4 Nf6 27. Qh4+ Nh5 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Re7+ $18) 24. Nxc5 $16 Qb4 25. Ne6 Bxe6
26. R1xe6 fxg3 27. hxg3 Rbe8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 (29. Nxd4 Rd8 $5 30. Ne2
Qxc4 $132 {Conquest}) 29... Nxe8 30. Qe2 $138 {><g6, b7} (30. Nh4 Bf6 $5) 30...
Nc7 31. Qe4 Qxa4 32. Nh4 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qh5 34. Bf3 (34. f4 $142 $1 $18 {/\Bf3})
(34. Qe7 $5 Qe5 35. Nxg6 $1 Kxg6 (35... Qxe7 $142 36. Nxe7 b6 37. Be4+ Kh8 38.
Nc8 $18) 36. Be4+ Kh5 37. Qh4#) 34... Qg5 35. Qxb7 $18 Ne6 36. Be4 Nc5 37. Qc6
Nxe4 38. Qxe4 h5 39. Kg2 Qf6 40. Qc6 (40. c5 $18) 40... Qf7 41. c5 (41. c5 Bf6
42. b6 $5 (42. Nf3 h4 43. gxh4 $18) 42... axb6 43. cxb6 Bxh4 44. Qc7 $1 $18 (
44. b7 $6 Bxg3 $5 45. Kxg3 (45. fxg3 Qa2+) 45... h4+ 46. Kg2 Qf4 (46... h3+ 47.
Kg3) 47. Qc8 Qg5+ 48. Kh3 $18)) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 $5 {An ambitious static approach. Black intends
exchanging on f3 followed by blocking the enemy queenside pawns with ...a7-a5.}
4. g3 (4. Qb3 {, aimed at avoiding double pawns, is likely to waste too much
time with the queen.} c6 (4... Bxf3 {is also sound.} 5. Qxf3 c6 6. g3 e5 7. Qb3
Nf6 8. Bg2 a5 9. b5 a4 10. Qb2 Bc5 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Qc7 13. Na3 h6 14. Rb1
Qd6 15. Nc2 Nbd7 16. Bd2 Rfe8 $11 {Howell,D (2644)-Najer,E (2679) Doha 2016 
(0-1, 46)}) (4... Nf6 5. Bb2 c5 6. Ne5 {The start of a unfortunate adventure.}
Bf5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e5 12. O-O Bxb4
13. f4 e4 14. Qxd4 O-O $17 {Pritchett,C (2326)-Howell,D (2702) Llandudno 2017 
(0-1, 40)}) 5. e3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Na3 Nh6 9. Nc2 e5 $13 10. f4 $6
{Demuth,A (2538)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Antalya 2017 (½-½, 44)} Qh4 $36 {[%cal
Gh6g4]}) ({I also faced this line in a recent blitz game. I remembered I felt
uncomfortable, but the position seems to have been quite OK all the way:} 4. d3
e6 (4... Bxf3 5. exf3 e5 6. a3 a5 {is more ambitious, preventing White from
gaining space with f3-f4.}) 5. a3 Bxf3 6. exf3 a5 7. b5 Nd7 8. Nd2 Nc5 9. Ne4
Nf6 10. Bg5 (10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. f4 O-O 12. g3 c6 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Rb1 $13) 10...
Be7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. g3 (12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. g3 $11) 12... Nd7 13. f4 f5 14. Nd2
a4 15. Bg2 Nc5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. O-O O-O 18. Ra2 Kh8 19. Re1 Rg8 {Marin,M (2539)
-Bartel,M (2641) Tallinn 2016 (0-1, 37) with approximate equality as both
sides are rock solid.}) 4... Bxf3 5. exf3 e5 {As mentioned above, this is the
most ambitious way of clearing the bishop's diagonal.} (5... e6 6. b5 $5 {
Typical for Rapport's originality. He immediately concedes the c5-square,
gaining space without weakening his position and losing time with 2-a3.} (6.
Qb3 {is also likely to waste time.} a5 7. b5 Nd7 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. Qc2 {Caruana,F 
(2807)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis (blitz) 2017 (½-½, 40)} d3 $5 10. Qd1 Qd4
11. Nc3 a4 $15) 6... Nf6 7. Bg2 a6 {The operation initiated by this move will
only clear space for White's pieces.} 8. f4 axb5 9. cxb5 c6 10. O-O Be7 11.
bxc6 Nxc6 12. a4 O-O 13. Na3 Nd7 14. d3 Ra6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Bd2 b6 17. f5 e5 (
17... exf5 18. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 18. f4 $16 {0-1 (40) Rapport,R (2729)
-Caruana,F (2813) Germany 2017}) 6. Bg2 {It is interesting that now, with the
pawn on e5, he reacts differently.} (6. b5 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. f4
exf4 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. Bb2 fxg3 12. hxg3 h5 $36 {Christiansen,J (2462)-Navara,D
(2726) Antalya 2017 (0-1, 39)}) ({But the pawn sacrifice was not necessary, as
} 6. a3 a5 7. b5 Nd7 8. Bg2 {would transpose to the game.}) 6... Nd7 ({
Especially in rapid chess, Black probably was not keen on entering Rapport's
territory with such lines as} 6... Bxb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. f4 Nge7 (8... Qd6 9. Na3
$44) 9. fxe5 $13) 7. a3 (7. b5 $5) 7... a5 (7... Ne7 $6 {Injac,T (2215)
-Ratkovic,M (2382) Paracin 2016 (0-1, 48) unnecessarily creates problems with
kingside development.} 8. O-O Ng6 (8... g6 9. f4 exf4 10. d3 fxg3 11. hxg3 c6
12. Re1 Bg7 13. Qe2 {and the king is stuck in the centre.}) 9. h4 h5 10. d3 $14
{[%csl Gg6,Gh5]}) 8. b5 Bd6 9. f4 $1 {It is best playing this pawn break
before castling in order to avoid the familiar plan based on a later ...
h7-h5-h4.} exf4 10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bg2 Ngf6 12. d3 $1 ({The same idea:} 12. O-O
$6 fxg3 13. hxg3 h5 14. Re1+ Kf8 $36) 12... Qe7+ 13. Kf1 Nc5 (13... fxg3 14.
hxg3 {would just clear the h-file for the white rook, leaving Black with the
question whether castling is really safe.}) 14. Bc6+ {White plays on the light
squares and Black plays on the dark squares. But the white bishop is clearly
the strongest minor piece on the board, even stronger than the c5-knight,
which does not restrict White's coordination that much.} Kf8 (14... Nfd7 15.
Bxf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 O-O 17. Rg1 f5 18. Qf3 Rbe8 19. Nd2 $16 {with little or no
compensation for the pawn.}) 15. Ra2 Nfd7 ({Once again} 15... fxg3 16. hxg3 h5
{is dubious:} 17. Re2 Ne6 18. Bg5 Qd8 19. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 20. Nd2 Be7 21. Qe2 $16
{Black's poorly defended army faces problems defending the light squares and
the king.}) 16. gxf4 $6 {A curious decision.} (16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 $16 {
would have won the pawn without complications.}) 16... Qf6 17. Nd2 Qxf4 $2 (
17... Bxf4 $1 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Bxe4 Nc5 $11) 18. Ne4 (18. Nf3 {
may be even better} Qg4 19. h3 Qg6 20. Nxd4 $16) 18... Qf5 19. h4 $5 h5 ({
Time has not come yet to fight against the bishop with} 19... Ne5 20. Nxc5 Nxc6
(20... Bxc5 21. Be4 $14) 21. Na6 Ra8 (21... Rb6 22. c5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24.
bxc6 Qd5 {Seems to be winning but it loses.} 25. Rg1 $1 Qxa2 26. Qg4 $18 {
[%csl Gc8,Gg7]}) 22. Nxc7 Bxc7 23. bxc6 $16) 20. Bg5 (20. Re2 $5 $14) 20... Ne5
21. Nxc5 Bxc5 ({But now was a good moment for} 21... Nxc6 $1 22. Na6 Rb6 $1 23.
c5 $6 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. bxc6 $2 Qd5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg4] Unfortunately, the
g4-square is not available anymore. Well, too deep nuances for rapid chess I
guess.}) 22. Be4 Qe6 23. Bd5 Qf5 24. Be4 Qe6 25. f3 (25. Re2 $16 Bxa3 26. Qa1 {
[%csl Ga5,Gd4]}) 25... Rxb5 26. Bd5 Qd6 27. Bxf7 Rb7 28. Bd5 c6 29. Be4 $14 {
It is hard to say whether Rapport had blundered ...Rxb5 but his position
remains healthier.} Bxa3 30. Qa4 Bb4 31. f4 Rf7 32. Kg2 Ng4 33. Qxc6 Qxc6 34.
Bxc6 Ne3+ 35. Kf3 g6 36. Be4 Kg7 37. c5 $1 {The start of the final attack.} Ng4
(37... Bxc5 38. Rxa5 $16 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Ga5a6]}) 38. c6 Rc8 39. Rc1 Bc3 40.
Bd5 Ne5+ (40... Rfc7 41. Re2 $16) 41. Ke2 Nxc6 42. Bxf7 Kxf7 43. Rb1 Re8+ 44.
Kf1 Re3 45. Rb6 Nb4 46. Re2 Nxd3 $6 47. f5 $1 {A small trick winning quickly.}
Rxe2 48. fxg6+ Kg7 49. Kxe2 Nc1+ 50. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "Benasque champions 25 ann"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Komljenovic, Davorin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2005.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 $5 {A very rare
but rather interesting move. Black's main problem is that, being a tempo down
compared to the Schmidt Benoni (with reversed colours, of course) he cannot
continue his development in a normal way because of the threat b4.} ({True,
the position after} 6... Be7 7. b4 $1 Bxb4 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Bxc6+
bxc6 11. Qxb4 Nd7 {might seem far from clear, but White has the strong} 12. c5
$1 {It is esential to cut the connection between the d4-pawn and the rest of
his colleagues.} Ne5 (12... Qf6 13. Nd2 (13. Bb2 $6 Rb8 14. Qxd4 $2 Rxb2 $1 $19
) 13... a5 14. Qa4 O-O (14... Nxc5 15. Qc4 Nd7 16. Ne4 Qe5 17. Ba3 $1 $16) 15.
Ne4 Qe5 16. Bb2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Scheffer,G-Reinke/FRG-ch corr 1981/Corr 2000 (36)}
) 13. Bb2 Bh3 14. Re1 Qd5 15. f3 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Rd7 17. Nb3 Rhd8 18. Nxd4 $16 {
1-0 Podgorodetsky,V-Manzhula,G/UKR corr 1997/Corr 2000 (33)}) ({At the same
time, the solid} 6... Nd7 {looks a bit too passive as it allows} 7. e3 {
Neverov,V (2566)-Najer,E (2615) EU-ch 6th Warsaw 2005 (4) 1/2 . However, in
that case, it is not that easy for White to prove an advantage, see the game
analyzed in this very isue,}) 7. b4 $6 {White fails to feel the difference
induced by the development of the bishop to g4.} ({A better reaction would
have probably been} 7. h3 $5 {reminding Black that his bishop is anything but
stable on g4, while his king side is underdeveloped yet.} Bd7 ({The h5-square
is not too apealing as it definitively cuts the bishop away from the own queen
side. The least White can do after} 7... Bh5 {is} 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 {ensuring
himself a nice control on light squares.}) ({At the same time,} 7... Be6 {
might transpose to the game, but Black would have to permanently count with
the knight jump to g5.}) 8. e3 $1 dxe3 (8... Be7 $5 9. exd4 exd4 10. Na3 O-O
11. Nc2 a5 12. b3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yc1b2,Yd1d2,Ya2a3,Yb3b4]}) 9. Bxe3 Bf5 10.
d4 $32 e4 $6 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c6 13. Re1+ Be7 (13... Be6 14.
Nc3 Be7 15. Nd5 cxd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 $14) 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Qf3 $5 $14 {
/\ Rad1} Qxd4 16. Rxe7 Qb6 17. Qxf5 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxc3 19. Rbxb7 Qxc4 20. Rxa7
$16) 11. Ne5 $6 (11. Nh4 Bc8 12. Nc3 Be7 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxh3 18. Re1 $16) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bd4 Qe7
14. Nd2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Salo,T-Mollgren,T/Turku 1990/
EXT 2000}) (7. Qa4 $6 Nd7 $1 8. Nbd2 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 $15 {0-1 Schmidt,J (2210)
-Klings,P/Bergen Enkheim 1997/EXT 2001 (26)}) 7... Bxb4 {The strongest reply.}
({However,} 7... Bxf3 {looks playable as well:} 8. Bxf3 (8. exf3 $5 Bxb4 9. f4
exf4 10. Qa4 $44) 8... Bxb4 9. Qa4 Qd6 (9... Rb8) 10. Na3 O-O (10... Bxa3 11.
Bxa3 Qd7 12. Qb5 $16) 11. Nb5 (11. Rb1 a5 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Bg5 $44) 11... Qe7
12. Nxc7 $2 Qxc7 13. Bxc6 Bc3 $1 {0-1 Legahn,D-Paust,W/Bargteheide 1988/EXT 97}
) 8. Nxe5 (8. Qb3 $5) 8... Nxe5 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxb4 Nd7 {
If we compare this position with that resulting after 6...Be7 7.b4, we can
easily notice that Black is a clear tempo up (...Bg4). This makes a lot of
difference, as we can see in the next comment.} 12. Re1 (12. c5 {is much less
efficient now because of} Ne5 13. f3 Bh3 14. Rf2 Rb8 15. Qa4 Qd5 $132) 12... c5
{Now, it is Black who is better developed, while his central structure is
quite solid. besides, the absence of the g2-bishop will soon tell.} 13. Qa5 O-O
14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Bc1 Re8 16. f3 Bf5 17. Na3 Re6 18. Nc2 Qe7 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Kf2
Ne5 $17 {Black is attacking with his whole army, while White is confined to
passivity. His only hopes are connected with the solidity of his structure,
but Black can combine threats against the e2-pawn and the king.} 21. Ba3 Qd6
22. Rab1 a6 23. Rb3 h6 24. Qa5 Nxc4 25. Qxc5 Nxa3 26. Qxa3 c5 27. Qb2 h5 28.
Na3 h4 29. Nc4 Qe7 30. Rb7 Qg5 31. Rb8 hxg3+ 32. hxg3 Qh6 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.
Rg1 Be6 35. Qc1 Qh2+ 36. Rg2 Qh5 37. Nd6 Rb8 38. Ne4 Rc8 39. g4 Qh4+ 40. Kg1
Qe7 41. Rh2 c4 42. Kg2 f5 43. Qh1 fxe4 44. Rh8+ Kf7 45. Qh5+ Kf6 46. dxe4 Qc5
47. Qh4+ Kf7 48. Rh5 Qe7 49. g5 c3 50. Rh7 Ke8 51. e5 Rc4 52. Rh8+ Kd7 53. Ra8
Kc6 54. Qe4+ Kb5 55. Rb8+ Ka5 56. Qf4 d3 57. Qe3 Qc5 58. Qxd3 Qxe5 59. Qd8+ Ka4
60. Qb6 Qxe2+ 61. Kg3 Qe5+ 62. Kg2 Qxg5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Lindberg, Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 ({The more frequent move orde to reach the game
position is} 3. b4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. d3 e5) 3... g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3
Ne7 7. b4 O-O {In order to build up his advantage of space in the centre,
Black has placed his king's knight on a rather unfavourable (yet) square. In
view of White's advantage of space on the queen side, the other knight will
also face problems finding a good square. We can see that, in spite of the
fact that there is no direct contact between the enemy pieces yet, mutual
restrictions of activity make themselves felt.} 8. Nfd2 $5 {A very rare move,
aiming to concentrate the minor pieces on the queen side, where White is
supposed to display activity.} ({In case of the more natural and popular} 8.
Nbd2 {Black reacts with} a5 9. b5 c5 {aiming to close the queen side and if}
10. bxc6 {then} Nexc6 {followed by Na6, when the knights suddenly become very
efficient in defending the queen side, by controlling the c5-square and being
ready to interfere the crucial a3-f8 diagonal.}) ({In order to avoid such a
course of events, I once tried} 8. a4 $5 h6 ({My idea was to meet} 8... a5 9.
b5 c5 {with} 10. Ra2 {followed by e3}) 9. Ba3 c5 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Rb1 {1-0
Marin,M (2527)-Conquest,S (2488)/Bucharest 1999/CBM 070/[Marin,M] (41)}) 8...
Na6 $146 {As mentioned, the development of this knight is one of the key
problems for Black.} (8... Nd7 9. Na3 {Placing a knight on c2 (c7) in the
Benoni type of positions can be a double edged issue. If the pressure against
the d4 (d5) square is not strong enough, the knight might be simply misplaced
at a later moment of the game, even if it actively sustains the advance of the
b-pawn.} (9. a4 $5) 9... g5 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yf7f5] Black takes advagnateg of the
absence of the white knight from f3 and clears the g6-square for his own
knight. He also prepares a slow king side attack.} 10. Nc2 Ng6 11. a4 a5 12. b5
Re8 ({Black has no time to care about the a5-pawn with} 12... Ra7 13. Nb3 b6 {
because of} 14. e3 $1 {when White gets a very nice position:} dxe3 (14... Nc5
15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Ba3 Qd6 17. Ra2 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yc2a1,Ya1b3,Ya2e2,Ye3d4,
Ga3f8]}) 15. Nxe3 $14 {and the numerous light squared weaknesses will soon
tell.}) 13. Nb3 f5 (13... Ra7 14. Qd2 {[%csl Ga5,Gg5]}) 14. Bd2 {This move
wins a pawn, but releases the pressure against the d4-pawn, thus allowing
Black start active actions in the centre immediately.} (14. Qd2 $5 g4 15. Bb2 {
[%csl Ya5,Yd4] /\Nxa5, /\e3}) 14... e4 $5 15. Bxa5 (15. Ncxd4 Nc5 $1) (15. dxe4
$142 $5 f4 16. Ncxd4 {would have been safer. It is not entirely clear whether
Black's compensation would have been sufficient.}) 15... Nde5 16. Bb4 exd3 17.
exd3 f4 {Black's centralised position and his pressure against the white king
side has a rather dangerous character.} 18. Nbxd4 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Qd2 h5 21.
Bc3 Rf8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K (2533)-Najer,E (2600)/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084 (27)})
(8... c6 9. a4 a5 10. bxa5 ({White had a choice whether to preserve his huge
advantage of space on the queen side or to open lines.} 10. b5 c5 11. Nb3 Nd7
12. Ba3 Qc7 13. e3 Ra7 14. Ra2 b6 15. Re2 {Black faces a tough defence. His
knights are far from being optimally placed, while in case of simplifications
an eventual piece sacrifice for two pawns (on c5 or a5) could well decide the
battle to White's favour.}) 10... Qxa5 11. Ba3 Qc7 (11... Qxa4 $2 12. Nb3 $1
$18) 12. Nb3 f5 13. a5 Bf6 14. N1d2 Na6 15. f4 c5 $6 (15... exf4 $1) 16. fxe5
Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Bc1 Nc6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Qd2 Nd8 21. Rae1 Ne6 22. e3 $36 {
Taking advantage of Black's inacurracy, White has regrouped in optimal way and
has a dangerous initiative.} Nxf4 (22... g5 $2 23. Nxg5 $1 Nxg5 24. exd4 Ne6
25. d5 $18) 23. gxf4 (23. exf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye1e2,Yf1e1,Yf3e5,Yf3g5,Yg2d5]})
23... dxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Bf6 26. Ne5 Kg7 27. Rb1 Re8 $13 {1-0
Bischoff,K (2554)-Miladinovic,I (2503)/Fuerth 2002/CBM 091 (57)}) 9. b5 ({
With the pawn on a2 yet, White would get no advantage by means of} 9. Ba3 c6
10. b5 cxb5 11. cxb5 {because of} Nc7 {[%csl Yb5]}) 9... Nc5 10. Nb3 Ne6 11. a4
(11. Ba3 $6 a6 $1) 11... c5 12. bxc6 ({We get used with the alternative
already:} 12. Ba3 $5 Qc7 13. e3 Rb8 14. exd4 exd4 15. a5 b6 16. N1d2 $14) 12...
Nxc6 13. a5 {Although Black's minor pieces occupy relatively stable squares,
it is not easy to see how he can display any form of activity. White's play on
the queen side is rather easy to carry out.} Bd7 14. N1d2 Re8 15. Ba3 Bf8 16.
Qc1 f5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. c5 $14 {[%cal Ya5a6,Yd2c4,Yc4d6,Gg2b7,Ga1b1]} Qe7 19.
a6 Rab8 20. axb7 Rxb7 21. Ra6 Rc7 22. Qa3 Rb8 23. Rc1 Ned8 24. Nc4 Be6 25. Ra4
h5 26. Nbd2 Kg7 27. Nd6 h4 28. gxh4 Kf8 29. Nf3 Bb3 30. Ra6 Nb4 31. Ra5 Bd5 32.
Nb5 Ndc6 33. Nxc7 Qxc7 34. Ra4 Ke7 35. Rb1 a5 36. Qc1 Rh8 37. Qd2 Rh5 38. Rba1
e4 39. dxe4 Bxe4 40. Nxd4 Bxg2 41. Kxg2 Kf7 42. Nf3 Qb7 43. Kg1 Kg8 44. R4a3
Qc7 45. Rd1 f4 46. Qd6 Qf7 47. Rc3 Qf5 48. Rc4 Qg4+ 49. Kh1 Rf5 50. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 {Traditionally Black avoided transposing to a
reversed Dragon structure, but lately players have learned how to deal with
this structure in general and the last move has become popular.} 4. Na3 ({
In the Catalan it is always advisable to re-capture on c4 with the knight, if
this is possible, but here the merits of the last move over} 4. Qa4+ {are
debatable. The point is that in the reversed Dragon the knight stands best on
c3, controlling e4 and d5. Besides, the queen's early incursion may generate
interesting complications.} Nc6 5. Bg2 ({This looks like the most challenging
move order. If} 5. Qxc4 {allows Black to develop normally and causes later
time loss with the queen.} Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10.
Qa4 Bd7 11. Qa3 Nf5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rac1 b6 14. Rfe1 a5 15. b3 Rc8 16. Qb2 Ncd4
17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne4 c5 $15 {Nakamura,H (2793)-Caruana,F (2787) Saint Louis
2015 (½-½, 152)}) 5... Bg7 6. O-O e5 {The most principled move, continuing
the natural development.} (6... Nh6 7. Qxc4 Nf5 {Arsovic,Z (2401)-Nakar,E 
(2473) Albena 2015 (½-½, 52). This move followed by ...e7-e5 supposes
transposing to the main setup in which Black plays ...Ne7-f5 earlier than
usual.}) (6... Bd7 7. Qxc4 e5 {practically loses a tempo, since Black will
play ...Be6 later anyway.}) 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qe4 f6
11. f4 Bf5 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qe4 Bf5 14. Qe3 Bh3 (14... Qd4 15. fxe5 Qxe3+ 16.
dxe3 fxe5 17. e4 Bxe4 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Bg5 Rb8 20. Rad1 h6 21. Bf6 $14 {Kramnik,
V (2812)-So,W (2770) Paris 2016 (1-0, 29)}) 15. Rf3 Ne7 (15... Bg4 $2 16. Rf2
Qd4 17. fxe5 Qxe3 18. dxe3 fxe5 19. Na3 O-O-O 20. Nxc4 $16 {Rapport,R (2654)
-Bacrot,E (2705) Calvi 2013 (1-0, 41)}) (15... Nh6 $5 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Qc5 Nxe5
18. Re3 $13) 16. fxe5 Nf5 17. Qa3 Qd4+ 18. Rf2 fxe5 19. Qa4+ Ke7 20. Nc3 (20.
d3 $5 cxd3 21. Bg5+ Kf7 22. Qxd4 exd4 23. exd3 h6 24. Bd2 Rhe8 25. Na3 Kg8 $13)
20... Raf8 21. d3 cxd3 22. Bg5+ Ke6 $13 {Zhigalko,A (2591)-Ding,L (2753) Baku
2016 (½-½, 45)}) 4... Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Bd2 {It is not entirely
clear what the talented Hungarian had in mind when delaying castling, but the
game will later transpose to normal paths.} ({The only line with independent
value is} 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 {since in our main game the rook soon
landed on c1.} Be6 (9... a5 {delays b2-b4 for a long time but slightly weakens
the queenside and offers White the opportunity of completing his development.}
10. b3 f6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. a3 Qd7 13. Qc2 Nf5 14. Rfd1 Ra6 $6 {The rook does
not display any form of activity here and will soon become vulnerable to b4-b5.
} 15. e3 Qf7 16. Bc3 Rb8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gb4b5,Re6c4]
} b5 19. Ncd2 Bf8 20. Ne4 Ra2 21. Rb2 Rxb2 22. Qxb2 Ra8 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Nxe5
Ra2 25. Nxc6 Qf7 26. Ne5 $16 {Khairullin,I (2652)-Ragger,M (2698) Berlin 2015 
(1-0, 98). We will use this game as reference for the ulterior course of the
main game.}) 10. b4 (10. Bd2 e4) 10... b5 11. Na3 $6 {This places the knight
on a unfavourable route and if Black had continued energetically White would
not have been able to execute the threat on b5.} (11. Na5 {Loew,G (2287)-Teich,
U (2126) Bad Wiessee 2000 (1-0, 38), looks better.} Bxa2 12. Rb2 Bd5 13. e4 Be6
14. Be3 {with excellent play on the dark squares in exchange for the pawn.})
11... Bxa2 ({Now and later Black refrains in vain from} 11... e4 {clearing the
path for the second bishop and creating a trap for the rook.} 12. Ng5 Bxa2 13.
Rb2 Bxb2 14. Bxb2 exd3 {This may look double-edged but White is not in time to
create dangerous threats along the dark diagonal.} 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qxd3 Ncxb4
17. Qd4 f6 {with huge black material advantage and only partial compensation
for White}) 12. Rb2 Be6 (12... e4 $1 13. Rxa2 exf3 14. Bxf3 Nxb4) 13. Nxb5 Rb8
14. Qa4 a6 15. Nc3 $14 {Svidler,P (2745)-Gelfand,B (2743) Moscow 2016 (1-0, 49)
, After Black's hesitations things have calmed down and White has an enjoyable
reversed Dragon.}) 7... Nge7 8. Rc1 Be6 (8... O-O {could transpose to an
earlier game by Nakamura:} 9. Bg2 ({Gledura might have intended either} 9. h4 {
or}) (9. b4) 9... Nd5 10. O-O h6 11. a3 Be6 (11... a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 {
[%csl Ge5]}) 12. b4 a6 13. e4 Nb6 (13... Nde7 14. Bc3 f6 15. Bb2 {[%cal Gd3d4]}
Bg4 16. a4 b5 17. Ne3 $36) 14. Na5 Qxd3 (14... Nxa5 15. bxa5 Nd7 16. Be3 $14 {
[%cal Gd1d2,Gc1b1,Gf1c1]}) 15. Nxb7 $16 {Carlsen,M (2853)-Nakamura,H (2787)
chess.com INT 2016 (1-0, 61)}) (8... a5 {looks more restrictive, with possible
transposition to the game after} 9. Bg2 Be6) 9. Bg2 ({With the rook freer than
in Svidler-Gelfand above there is no obvious reason to refrain from} 9. b4)
9... a5 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 {Preparing the slow queenside expansion, which will
never occur in the game, though.} (11. Bc3 f6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. a3 Bh3
$6 15. e4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nde7 17. d4 $14 {Schreiner,P (2463)-Landa,K (2601)
Germany 2016 (½-½, 50)}) 11... f6 {Black usually waits until the e5-pawn is
attacked before playing this consolidating move.} (11... Qd7 12. Bc3 f6 13. Qc2
(13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Bd2 {White's play is quite illogical.} g5 16. Qb1
{Petrosian,T (2651)-Pashikian,A (2617) Yerevan 2014 (1-0, 45)} h5 $5 $36) 13...
b5 $6 14. Ncd2 a4 15. Ne4 $14 {Petrosian,T (2611)-Carlsen,M (2851) chess.com
INT 2016 (½-½, 101)}) (11... h6 {looks like a mere loss of time.} 12. Bc3 f6
13. Qd2 $6 (13. a3 $1 {[%cal Gd1c2]}) 13... a4 14. Bb2 $2 {Carelessly
releasing the control over a5.} (14. e4 $5 axb3 15. axb3 b5 $2 16. Na5 $14) (
14. Rfd1) 14... axb3 15. axb3 b5 $1 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Qb4 Nxb3 18. Ng5 hxg5 19.
Bxa8 c5 20. Rxc5 Qxa8 $17 {Pantsulaia,L (2601)-So,W (2782) Baku 2016 (0-1, 37)}
) 12. Qc2 {Gledura lost the game mainly because he delayed a2-a3 for too long.}
(12. a3 $5 Qd7 (12... Nd5 13. e4 Nde7 14. Be3 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Bg4 $6 15. b4 $14)
13. Bc3 Nd5 14. Bb2 {allows White to play according to the plan from
Khairulin-Ragger above.}) (12. Qe1 $6 {is the start of a contorted and not
really effective regrouping.} b6 13. Rc2 Qd7 14. Qc1 Rac8 15. Re1 {Sagit,R 
(2375)-Tari,A (2556) Stockholm 2016 (1-0, 60)} Rfd8 $5) 12... Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8
14. Bc3 ({Now was the last moment for playing} 14. a3) 14... Nd5 15. Bb2 Bh6 {
Kindly inviting White's next move, which facilitates ...a5-a4 indirectly.} (
15... a4 {does not yield too much yet:} 16. bxa4 Ndb4 (16... Bh6 17. Nfd2) 17.
Qb1 Rxa4 18. a3 Nd5 19. e3 $13) 16. e3 {This is the only way of keeping all
the pieces on optimal squares but it weakens the d3-pawn.} (16. Rb1 $2 Ncb4 $19
{traps the queen.}) (16. Ra1 a4 17. bxa4 Ncb4 {leaves White very passive.}) ({
Or if} 16. Nfd2 $5 {the pin is quite unpleasant.} Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 $17) 16...
a4 $1 $17 17. a3 {Gledura plays the delayed pawn move at an unfavourable
moment, possibly based on a miscalculation. But there was no easy way out of
his troubles:} (17. d4 Ncb4 18. Qb1 e4 19. Qxe4 Nxa2 $19) (17. bxa4 Ndb4 18.
Qb1 Rxa4 {[%csl Gd3]} 19. a3 (19. d4 e4 $17 20. Qxe4 Nxa2 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4]}) (
19. Ba3 b5 $17) 19... Nxd3) 17... axb3 18. Qb1 {Equivalent to resignation.} ({
Gledura might have initially planned} 18. Qxb3 {but then noticed one of the
following winning lines:} b5 (18... Nxe3 {is also interesting} 19. fxe3 Bxe3+
20. Kh1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 {with a decisive material advantage.})
19. Qxb5 Rdb8 20. Qc5 Bf8 $19) 18... Bf8 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 (20. Nxd4 Nxd4
21. Rxd4 Qf7 {[%csl Ra3,Gb3][%cal Gc7c6,Gb7b5]}) 20... Qf7 21. Qxb3 $2 {
Losing material in a desperate position.} (21. Bb2 $17) 21... Nb6 $1 22. Nfd2 (
22. Bxb6 Bxc4 {[%csl Ga3,Gd1]}) 22... Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Na5 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O a5 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Na3 O-O (9... Bxa3 10. bxa3 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Ya1b1,Yb1b7] is nothing
to worry about for White, as the half open b-file is beneficial.}) ({On the
other hand,} 9... Nd7 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yd7c5] followed by ...Nc5 looks better
than the passive 10...Ne8.}) 10. Nb5 Ne8 ({Now unfortunately} 10... Nd7 {
runs into} 11. Bf4 {[%csl Rc7] targetting the c7 pawn.}) 11. Re1 {[%csl Gb5,
Rd4,Ge1,Re8,Gf3] Despite Black's nominal space advantage White stands much
better. All White's pieces are or will be actively placed, and Black's pieces
soon end up defending the weaknesses on c7 and d4.} Be6 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 g6
14. Qd2 {[%cal Yd2f4] Possibly intending Qd2-f4 to gang up on the d4 pawn.} Bf5
15. h3 (15. Qf4 Nb4 {now causes a problem with forks on d3.}) 15... h5 16. Ba3
Nb4 17. Nbxd4 $5 (17. Bxb4 $2 axb4 18. Qxb4 c6 19. Na3 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4] is a
bad idea, as White's knight has been forced back and Black has relieved a lot
of the pressure. Instead Speelman sacrifices a piece to get at the dark
squares around the Black king.}) 17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bb2 {[%csl Gb2,
Rg8][%cal Yb2h8] This bishop is extremely strong and White has full
compensation for the piece.} Qd6 20. Qh6 Nf6 $2 (20... f6 {[%cal Yb2f6] was a
much better try, but White will certainly win material back, e.g.} 21. a3 Nc2
22. Bd5+ Rf7 23. g4 $1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bxd3 25. Red1 c6 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qh3 {
and White maintains the initiative.}) 21. c5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Qd8 22. Re5 $1 {
[%cal Ye5f5] Threatening Re5xf5!} Qd7 $6 {after this move Black just loses,
but the alternatives were not much better.} ({If} 22... Nxd3 23. Rd1 $1 {
[%cal Yd1d8] With the d3 knight pinned, White maintains the threat of Re5xf5.}
Nxb2 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 25. Rxf5) (22... Bd7 23. Rxh5 $3 {[%csl Gb2,Rg8,Gh5,Gh6]
[%cal Yb2h8] also wins.}) 23. Be4 $6 {White still wins easily after this move,
but} (23. Re8 $1 {[%csl Ge8,Rf6]} Raxe8 24. Bxf6 {[%csl Gf6,Rg8,Gh6] would
have been a more brutal finish.}) 23... Ra6 24. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26.
Bxf5 {[%cal Yg5h6] Now the threat of 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Bxf6 Rxf6 29.Qh7 mate is
decisive.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The following game is unbelievable. Vladimir Kramnik gets a strategically
lost position after 10 moves, playing White. I will tell you my recipe for
this unprecedented feat. Really.  You start by losing 4 games against Vladimir.
In the first two you self-destruct in one promising and one decent position,
unable to handle either. In game 3, as Black, you get your king mated on d5
after roughly 20 moves. Now you have White again, and Vladimir seems to be
showing some pity, going for a Catalan mainline where you could go into a
number of safe drawish lines. Still, in the opening you blunder/sacrifice a
pawn, are then generously allowed back into the game just to bravely jump into
the abyss again. By now you have convinced Vladimir that you may be able to
play chess, but definitely not against him. Also everything he tried to get
you out of your comfort zone worked out marvellously in his favour. He went
for structures that you had little to no experience with. You even don't need
to prepare anymore, because now he is going to spring a surprise on you again..
. and he always finds something you have not analysed, so don't look at your
opening files. The upside: Now he thinks he can get away with anything against
you!  In game 5 it is time to reap the fruits of all your previous work:} 1. c4
c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O {Because everything I just told you
really is the truth it should come as no surprise that I had never looked at
this position!} d4 {Grabbing space is natural. Earlier, Ivanchuk, Anand and
Caruana had done the same against Vladimir, as I found out after the game.} (
5... e5 {is just as sensible.}) 6. a3 {A puzzling move. I do not see how and
where the inclusion of a3 and a5 could possibly favor White.} ({I only expected
} 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 {and
intended} Ng4 $1 {- otherwise White may take on f6, establishing a grip on the
light squares -} 12. Bf4 Bd6 {with equality.}) 6... e5 7. d3 ({After} 7. b4
cxb4 8. axb4 e4 9. Ng5 Bxb4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bh3 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ba3 a5 {
would be an appealing follow-up to me} 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 {will give
Black plenty of counterplay down the a-file.}) 7... a5 (7... Bd6 8. b4 {
is something I did not want to handle.}) 8. e4 $2 {White goes for a terrible
King's Indian. The queen's knight is devoid of prospects. So bad that a3-a4,
followed by Na3 was probably necessary to begin damage control and get that
knight out of the other pieces' way. This error of judgment from Kramnik is
shocking, but his confidence against me had apparently reached heights where
oxygen begins to lack...} (8. e3 Be7 9. exd4 exd4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Ne5 {was
still the way to go, but Black is already favoured by the inclusion of a3 and
a5} Bd6 $1 12. Nxc6 bxc6 {White's b-pawn is hopelessly weak here} 13. Bxc6 Bg4
14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qb8 17. Nd2 Qxf4 18. gxf4 Nh5 {even leaves
Black with the initiative.}) 8... Be7 9. Ne1 {There is a fundamental problem
with White's traditional f-pawn advance: Black's king has not yet castled!} h5
$1 {As the f-pawn is poised to advance, h5-h4 is going to expose the weakened
squares.} 10. f4 {Played almost instantly, as any other move would signal the
acknowledgment of an opening disaster.} (10. Bg5 Ng8 11. Bxe7 Ngxe7 {would
leave a long positional torture ahead for White.}) 10... h4 {Files will open
up against the white king and it is just a matter of time until Black castles
queenside and gets all his pieces ready for the final assault on the
irreparably weakened white kingside. Vladimir lacks space to do anything
meaningful from here on.} 11. f5 hxg3 12. hxg3 g6 $1 13. Nd2 gxf5 ({A more
precise way might have been} 13... Rg8 14. Qf3 ({but after} 14. g4 gxf5 15.
gxf5 {I felt that White would have some chances to survive in practice. There
is no longer a weak g-pawn and Black would have to play more concretely to win}
) 14... Bd7) 14. exf5 Rg8 15. Qf3 $2 ({White's only practical chance lay in} 
15. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 16. Kg2 {creating some breathing space, but if Black acts
with precision there is still no way to untangle} Rb8 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Rb1 (18.
Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 20. Rf3 Kd7 $1 21. g4 Qh4 22. Rg3 Rh8 23. Nf3 Qh1+ 24.
Kf2 Qd1) 18... Rb7 $1 {leaves White out of moves as} 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f6 {
followed by Rbg7 is killing.}) 15... Bd7 {Now Black just needs to complete his
development and White's position will fall apart under the pressure.} 16. Rf2
Qb6 ({To go exchange hunting with} 16... Ng4 17. Ne4 Nxf2 18. Qxf2 {would
allow White to participate in the game again with a powerful knight on e4.})
17. Re2 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Qb3 {Not necessary, but underscoring Black's superiority
on the whole board felt too good to pass up on.} 19. Nf2 a4 20. Bh6 (20. g4 e4
$1 21. dxe4 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 {is equally hopeless.}) 20... Bf8 21. Bxf8 (21.
Bc1 Bd6) 21... Rdxf8 22. g4 Rg7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rfg8 25. Bf3 f6 26. Rg2
Nd8 $1 {After a series of logical, straightforward moves, the regrouping of
the knight is the finishing touch. Now I knew that the game was effectively
over.} 27. Qe2 Bc6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 $1 29. Qe4 Kc7 30. Nf3 Nf7 31. Rf1 Nd6 32. Qe2
Rxg4 33. Rff2 Nxf5 34. Nd2 Rxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qxb2 37. Kf3 Nd6 38.
Qh2 Qxa3 39. Ke2 Qb2 40. Qh7+ Kb6 41. Qe7 Nb7 {I cannot imagine this game
happening without our previous history. Without a doubt Vladimir will use all
his powers to put things straight in our next confrontation. I will be looking
forward to it!} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 (7... Be7
{is more popular in this position. After} 8. exd4 cxd4 {is possible.} ({
But Black mostly takes} 8... exd4 {where there have been hundreds of
encounters, including a couple of blitz games at the top level.} 9. Bf4 O-O 10.
Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. h3 (13. Qf3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 g5 $5 15. Qd2
Rb8 16. Na3 b6 17. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2772)-Ivanchuk,V (2739)/ Wch Blitz
Moscow 2009/ (25)}) 13... Bxf4 14. hxg4 Bd6 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Bd5 Re8 17. Qf3 Be6
18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Re4 Bf8 21. Rae1 Rf6 22. Qd1 h6 23. a3 a6 24.
Nf3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2803)-Anand,V (2786)/ Tal Memorial Blitz
Moscow 2013 (43)})) 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Bg5 {A standard idea in the Benoni, which
Caruana is now playing with the reversed colours.} h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2
Bc7 12. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4] White ensures getting in b4.} (12. a3 a5 {is also
pretty standard.}) 12... O-O ({The standard} 12... a5 {would not really stop
White from playing} 13. b4 $14) 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 Rab8 $146 ({A couple fo
correspondence games have been seen in these positions. One of them saw Black
pushing with his majority soon with} 14... Bg4 15. a3 Rab8 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Rfe1
(17. b5 $5) 17... f5 $5 18. Ned2 Rbe8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Koehler,J - Oliynyk,V /
Correspondence 2013 (26)}) ({Another game saw Black blocking the queenside with
} 14... Qe7 15. a3 a5 16. b5 Nd8 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4
Ne6 21. Re2 Nc5 22. Nd2 Rae8 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {1-0 Koehler,J
-Eshuis,J /Correspondence 2013 (45)}) 15. Rfe1 a6 (15... Rfe8 {(read Re1 from
White in the Benoni) is a more popular square for the kingside R.} {If} 16. Ne4
{then} Qe7 {The point is that White does not have a P on a3 yet so} 17. b5 (17.
a3 b6 {[%csl Ge4,Gf3][%cal Gg2c6]} 18. Nh4 Bd7 $13) 17... Na5 {is fine for
Black with no Qb4 coming. He can manoeuvre his N back into the game with} 18.
Qb2 b6 19. Rac1 Nb7 {[%cal Gb7c5]}) (15... b5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. Rac1 $14) 16.
Rac1 Rfd8 (16... Rfe8) 17. a3 Qe7 $6 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc6e7] Black may have
probably missed at this moment that taking away the N's retreat square will
have far reaching consequences, more so because of what follows after the move
b5.} ({A sensible option was} 17... Bg4 18. b5 (18. h3) 18... Ne7 {but still
with a pleasant position for White.}) 18. b5 Na5 {[%csl Ra5]} 19. Qb4 $1 {
[%csl Ra5,Re5][%cal Gc7e5,Gc7a5] The B on c7 is soon going to be overloaded.}
Qf6 (19... Qxb4 $2 20. axb4 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 20. Ne4 Bxe4 $2 {Black begins
his surrender with this capture, although the position was getting a bit
difficult anyway.} (20... Qb6 {would have been too awkward, and after} 21. Nh4
Be6 22. a4 Qa7 (22... axb5 23. axb5 $16) (22... Kh7 23. c5 $18) {White has a
nice shot} 23. Ng6 $1 fxg6 $140 24. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Re6]}) ({Best was
probably} 20... Qe6 21. Nc5 (21. Nh4 Bh7) 21... Qf6 22. Nh4 (22. Nd2 $5 {
[%cal Gd2e4]}) 22... Bh7 $14 {with an edge to White due to his better placed
pieces and free flowing queenside pawn-majority.}) 21. Rxe4 {[%csl Ra5][%cal
Gf3e5] /\Ne5. Material losses are now inevitable for Black.} axb5 (21... Rbc8
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxa5 $18) 22. cxb5 Qb6 (22... Rbc8 23. Rxc7 $1 (23. b6 Bd6)
23... Rxc7 24. Qxa5 $16) (22... Qd6 23. Nxe5 $1 Qxb4 $2 24. axb4 Bxe5 25. Rxe5
Nb3 26. Rb1 Nd2 27. Rb2 $18) 23. Nxe5 $18 Bd6 24. Qb2 Rbc8 25. a4 Rxc1+ 26.
Qxc1 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Bxc5 28. h4 h5 $6 29. Bf3 g6 30. Rf4 (30. Rf4 Rf8 31. Nd7 $18
) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3
Nge7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 Ng6 11. Rb1 a5 12. b3 Nb4 13. a3 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Bd7 15.
Ng5 Bc6 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 h6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. f3 Rae8 21. Bb2 Qc6
22. Kg1 Bc5 23. Qg2 Qd6 24. Ra1 Kh7 25. Kh1 Qc6 26. Rae1 Qd6 27. Ra1 Qc6 28.
Rfe1 Be7 29. Nf1 Bd6 30. Re2 Bc5 31. Nd2 Qd6 32. Qh3 Qc6 33. Kg1 e4 34. fxe4
Ne5 35. g4 fxg4 36. Qg3 Bd6 37. Kh1 Nxc4 38. Qxg4 Nxb2 39. Rg1 Be5 40. Nf3 Qf6
41. Nxe5 Rxe5 42. Rf2 Qe7 43. Qg6+ Kg8 44. Rxb2 Re6 45. Qg4 Re5 46. Qh3 Rg5 47.
Rbg2 Rxg2 48. Qxg2 Rf7 49. a4 Qf6 50. Rc1 Qf3 51. Qxf3 Rxf3 52. Rd1 Rf2 53. Rc1
Rd2 54. Rc7 Rxd3 55. Rxb7 Re3 56. Rd7 Rxe4 57. Kg2 Re3 58. Rxd4 Rxb3 59. Rd5
Rb4 60. Rxa5 Kh7 61. Kf2 Rb2+ 62. Kg3 Kg6 63. Ra6+ Kh5 64. Ra5+ g5 65. Rb5 Ra2
66. a5 Ra3+ 67. Kf2 Kh4 68. Kg2 h5 69. Rc5 g4 70. Rb5 Ra2+ 71. Kg1 Ra1+ 72. Kg2
Ra2+ 73. Kg1 Ra1+ 74. Kg2 Ra2+ 75. Kf1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (75. Kg1 $11) 75...
Rxh2 $19 76. a6 Ra2 77. Rb6 Kg3 78. Rc6 h4 79. Rh6 h3 80. Ke1 h2 81. Kd1 Ra1+
82. Kc2 Rg1 {Hier stimmt vermutlich etwas mit der Notation nicht, denn Schwarz
kann auf viele Arten leicht gewinnen:} (82... h1=Q $19) (82... Rxa6 $19) 83.
Kb3 {[%cal Gh2h1]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 e6 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 Nh6 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nd3
b5 9. Qxb5 Bb7 10. Rg1 cxb4 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Nxd7 Rxd7 13. Bxd4 a6 14. Qe5 Qxc4
15. Bb2 Be7 $1 16. Qb8+ (16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qxh6 (17. Qe5 Qc2 18. Bh3 Rd5 19.
Qb8+ Bd8 $19) (17. Qxh7 Be4 18. Qxh6 Qc2 $19) 17... Qc2 $19) 16... Rd8 17. Qxb7
Qc2 0-1

[Event "GRE-chT 40th"]
[Site "Achaia"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.06.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nice Fysiolatris"]
[BlackTeam "Heraklion CN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 {Somewhere near here both players were already out of their
preparation.} 3. b4 {White is playing a sort of BlumenfeldVariation with
reversed colours and an extra move.} f6 {An ambitious line. Black is seizing
space in the centre at the coste of delaying his development.} 4. e3 e5 5. Qb3
{Recently the continuation 5.c5, opening the dangerous diagonal a2-g8, is more
common on grandmaster level. The resulting positions are unusual and really
messy.} (5. c5 a5 (5... d3 $6 6. Qb3 e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. f3 f5 10.
fxe4 fxe4 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Savanovic,A (2428)-Rodshtein,M (2650)
/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (47)}) 6. Bb5+ (6. Bc4 dxe3 7. fxe3 axb4 8. d4 Nc6 9. O-O
Na5 (9... Nh6 $5 $13) 10. Nxe5 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Bb2 Nd5 14.
Qf3 b5 15. cxb6 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qd5 Be7 19. Nc4 b5 $2 20.
Ne5 $1 $18 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2786)/Moscow 2009/EXT 2010 (33)})
6... c6 7. Bc4 Ne7 8. O-O axb4 9. Bb2 Na6 (9... dxe3 10. fxe3 Nf5 $13) 10. exd4
exd4 11. Re1 Nxc5 12. Nxd4 Qd6 13. a3 Na4 14. Qb3 Nxb2 15. Qxb2 Kd8 16. axb4
Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qxb4 18. Be6 $40 {0-1 Berczes,D (2560)-Prusikin,M (2545)/Austria
2012/CB03_2012 (54)}) 5... c5 {Now I think Black should be fine.} 6. bxc5 Nc6 (
6... Bxc5 $6 7. exd4 exd4 8. Ba3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Nh6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12.
Na3 (12. Qb5 $1 $14) 12... O-O 13. Nc2 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Acedo,H (2366)-Luzardo
Alvarez,J (2304)/Argentina 1998/Corr 2002 (35)}) 7. Be2 ({White can
temporarily protect the pawn by} 7. Ba3 {but, it obstructs the queenside
knight.} f5 $5 8. exd4 exd4 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nd7 $11)
7... Bxc5 {Actually, I could wait with this move.} (7... Nh6 8. Na3 (8. exd4 e4
9. d5 exf3 10. dxc6 fxg2 11. Rg1 bxc6 $15 {[%cal Gh6f5,Gf5d4]}) (8. O-O Bxc5
$11) 8... Bxc5 9. exd4 Bxd4 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Nc2 Nf5 12. d3 Bc5 $15 {0-1
Vorobjov,D (2256)-Zacurdajev,M (2400)/Peterhof 2008/CBM 125 Extra (35)}) 8. Ba3
Qe7 $6 {The problems started from this point already.} (8... b6 9. exd4 Bxd4 $1
(9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 $14) 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rad1 Be6 $11) 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. exd4 exd4 $2 {It's, obviously, far more
logical to keep the blockading d4-square for the piece, but I was eager to rob
the white knight of its natural developing c3-square. This consideration was
clearly wrong.} (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Ne7 13. O-O ({Or} 13. Qa3 Bf5
14. O-O Qd7 15. Bh5+ g6 16. Bf3 O-O) 13... O-O 14. Bf3 Kh8 {In both cases
Black manages to finish his development and get a decent position.}) 11. Qb5
$16 Qd6 ({I didn't see any decent compensation for the pawn after} 11... Qxb5
12. cxb5 Nb4 13. Nxd4 {,though it might be the lesser evil.}) 12. c5 Qd5 {
My queen is getting kicked everywhere.} 13. O-O {Now the best move for Black
would have been to put the Pf6 back to f7!} a6 (13... Nge7 14. Na3 {also bad
for Black.}) 14. Qb6 Nge7 15. Na3 d3 16. Bd1 Qd8 17. Nc4 $6 {I considered a
queen swap to be a certain relief for me and was more concerned about 17.Qb3.}
(17. Qb3 Na5 (17... Qd5 18. Qc3 $18 {[%cal Gd1b3]}) 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Re1 Nec6
20. Re3 {[%csl Rd3] winning a pawn and keeping an overwhelming position.} ({
The alternative} 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. Rb1 {is attractive for White
as well.})) 17... Qxb6 18. Nxb6 Rb8 19. Re1 Bg4 20. Bb3 $2 {This prevents
Black's castling, but allows him to spoil the pawn structure for good.} (20.
Rb1 O-O 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rfd8 23. Nc4 $16) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ne5 {
Now at least one of my pieces is well placed. So well that my opponent was
ready to go for the exchange sacrifice that now follows.} 22. f4 $2 {Pushing
too hard for a win.} ({Black holds his own after the normal:} 22. Kg2 g5 23. h4
h6 24. hxg5 (24. Nc4 N7g6) (24. h5 Rh7 25. Nc4 N7c6) 24... hxg5 25. Rh1 Rh4 26.
Rxh4 gxh4 27. f4 N5g6 28. Kf3 Rd8) 22... Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 {Now I am
a full exchange up, but the coordination of my pieces can really be criticised.
} Rd8 $2 (24... Kd8 $1 25. Re3 Nf5 26. Rxd3+ Kc7 27. Rd7+ (27. Be6 g6 28. Nd5+
Kc6 29. Nxf6 Rhd8 $15) 27... Kc6 28. d4 {I calculated until this point,
thought that my king is in grave danger and stopped here. Actually, after} Nxd4
$1 29. Rxd4 Kxc5 {[%csl Rb6,Rd4] the black king emerges a winner!}) 25. Bd5 {
Now White is on top again.} a5 26. Re3 (26. Bxb7 Kf7 27. Nc4 (27. c6 Nd5 28.
Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc1 Rb5 $11) 27... Ng6 (27... Nd5 $2 28. Nd6+ Rxd6 29. cxd6 Nxf4+
30. Kf3 Ne2 31. Bd5+ Kg6 32. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Rd3]}) 28. Kg3 Rhe8 29. Nd6+ Rxd6
30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. cxd6 Kd7 32. Be4 Nf8 (32... Kxd6 $2 33. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 34. Kf3
Kc5 35. Ke4 Kb4 (35... Kc4 36. a4 $1 $18) 36. Kxd3 Ka3 37. Kc3 Kxa2 38. d4 a4
39. d5 a3 40. Kc2 $18) 33. Bxd3 Kxd6 {I believe Black can hold this ending.
Sooner or later the knight will attack some pawns.}) 26... Kf8 27. Bxb7 Nf5 28.
Re4 Rd4 29. Bd5 $2 {This mistake turns the tables, at least from a practical
point of view.} (29. f3 $1 {Now Black can't swap rooks in a comfortable way.}
Rb4 (29... Kf7 30. Bd5+ Rxd5 31. Nxd5 Rc8 32. Rc4 $16) 30. Nd7+ Kf7 31. Bd5+
Kg6 32. Rxb4 axb4 33. Be4 {The pin will cost Black a knight.} Rc8 34. Kf2 Rc7
35. c6 Kh6 36. Bxf5 Rxc6 37. Ke3 Ra6 38. Nc5 Rxa2 39. Bxd3 {and White should
win.}) 29... Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Nd4 31. c6 Ne6 32. Nd5 (32. Bf5 Nc7 33. Kf3 {
was a better try. But, anyway, Black is already better, the only question is
whether he can win or not.}) 32... Kf7 33. Bxd3 Rc8 34. f5 (34. Bb5 Nd4 35. Nb6
Rc7 36. a4 Nxc6 $1 37. Nd5 Rc8 38. Nb6 Rd8 $1 39. Bxc6 Rd6 40. Bd5+ Kf8 $1 $19)
34... Nc7 35. Nb6 Rd8 36. Nd7 {Here Robert offered a draw, but it's already
too late.} Ke7 {In mutual time trouble I managed to realise that my position
is already winning. I have a safe blockade on the dark squares. Meanwhile, all
White's pawns are vulnerable.} 37. Be4 Kd6 38. a4 Na6 39. d4 Nb8 40. Nb6 (40.
Nc5 Re8 $19) 40... Nxc6 41. Nc4+ Kc7 42. d5 (42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Nxa5+ Kd5 {
is lost for White as all his pawns are weak.}) 42... Ne7 43. Nxa5 (43. d6+ Rxd6
44. Nxd6 Kxd6 $19 {[%csl Ra4,Rf5] leads to an endgame which is very easy to
handle as Black.}) 43... Nxd5 {The rest is easy.} 44. Bc2 Nb6 45. Kf3 Rd4 46.
Nb3 Rxa4 47. Nc5 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Nd5 49. Ne6+ Kd6 50. Be4 g5 {An irrational game
with a lot of mistakes where "lady luck" was on my side.} 0-1

[Event "Leningrad Masters"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1933.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 {Viacheslav Vasilievitch Ragozin a йtй Champion du Monde par
correspondance en 1959 aprиs le cycle 1956-1959.} 2. c4 d4 3. b4 (3. g3) (3. e3
) 3... g6 (3... f6 $5 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) (3... a5 $1 {il est curieux que ce coup
ne soit pas davantage utilisй car il est logique} 4. Bb2 {Romanovsky,P-Dus
Chotimirsky,F URS-ch03 Moscow 1924 (5) 1-0} (4. b5 g6 (4... Nd7 $5 {[%cal
Gd7c5]} 5. Nxd4 (5. Bb2 e5 6. e3) 5... e5 (5... Nc5) 6. Nc2 Ngf6 7. g3 Nc5 8.
Nc3 Bg4 9. d3 e4 $1) 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. e3 e5)) 4. Bb2 (4. g3 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Bg2
Ne7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O (8. h4 f5)) 4... Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. d3 Ne7 7. Bg2 c5 $1 8.
bxc5 Nd7 9. Ba3 Nxc5 $1 {[%cal Gd8a5,Ga5e1]} 10. O-O Ne6 (10... Qc7 $142 11.
Nbd2 O-O 12. Rb1 $14) 11. Nbd2 f5 (11... O-O 12. Ne4 $5 f5 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Qb3
$16 {[%cal Gb3g8]}) 12. Rb1 O-O 13. e3 (13. h4 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 13... dxe3
14. fxe3 Re8 (14... Qc7) (14... Rf7) 15. Qc2 (15. Ne1 f4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $132)
15... Rb8 16. c5 f4 $1 17. Rfe1 (17. exf4 exf4 18. Rbe1 $13) (17. Nc4 $5 Nf5)
17... fxe3 (17... Nf5 $142) 18. Nc4 $36 Nd4 $6 (18... Nf5 $142) 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 (
19... exd4 20. c6 $5) 20. Nd6 e2+ 21. Kh1 Be6 $2 (21... Rf8) 22. Rb4 Qf2 23.
Rxe2 Qf6 24. Rf2 Nf5 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. g4 Bh6 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rxb7 Be3 29.
Rf1 f4 30. Be4 Bh3 31. Qd1 Qg5 32. Qb3+ Re6 33. Rxh7 Bf5 34. Bxf5 {Dominique
PRIMEL} 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 18th"]
[Site "Sautron "]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Colin, Vincent"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:37"]
[BlackClock "0:10:16"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} d4 {[%emt 0:
01:00] La ligne critique} 3. e4 $6 {[%emt 0:03:52]} (3. g3 $142) (3. b4 $142) (
3. e3 $142) 3... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]
} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O a5 7. Ne1 Nf6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4
Nd7 10. Bg4 O-O 11. Na3 Nde5 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13. Nac2 Qd7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qe2 f6
16. Nf3 Rf7 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bh6 Nd8 19. Bd2 b6 20. b3 Bf6 21. Rf2 Bg7 22.
Raf1 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Ne6 24. Qg4 Re8 25. h4 Nc5 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Kf1 Bf6 28. g3
Kg7 29. Ke2 Be7 30. Rf1 h6 31. Ra1 Rh8 32. Rh1 Nc5 33. Ne1 Na6 34. Nf3 Bd6 {
Sadovsky,A (2416)-Demidov,M (2534) Moscow 2017 1/2-1/2 (72)}) 5... Be7 {
[%emt 0:07:03]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} h5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 7. h4 $146 {
[%emt 0:00:54]} (7. h3 Be6 8. Na3 h4 9. g4 g5 10. Nc2 a5 11. Bd2 f6 12. O-O Nh6
13. Nfe1 Nf7 14. b3 O-O 15. a3 Nb8 16. b4 b5 17. c5 axb4 18. axb4 Nc6 19. Na3
Qb8 20. Qb1 Qb7 21. Bf3 Ra7 22. Nec2 Rfa8 23. Rc1 Nfd8 24. Qb2 Ra4 25. Ne1 Qa6
26. Nac2 Ba2 27. Bd1 Kg7 28. Ng2 Ne6 29. Nce1 Ra3 30. Kf1 Nf8 31. Ke2 Nd7 32.
Kf1 Ndb8 33. Ke2 Be6 34. Nc2 Ra2 35. Rxa2 Qxa2 36. Qxa2 Rxa2 {Malich,B-Zinn,L
Gera 1962 0-1}) 7... Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:10:34]} Bg4 $132 {
[%emt 0:17:59]} 9. Nc2 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:
05:03] Le signe que les Blancs ont raté l'ouverture} a5 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 11.
Ng5 {[%emt 0:06:05]} Nc5 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:01:56][%csl Gc5]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:01:
17]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:35:16] Il est
rarement bon de réflechir aussi longtemps sur une position et Eric va être
en zeitnot. Les anglais utilisent l'expression "long think bad thing" pour
illustrer les défauts de réflechir trop longtemps au risque d'une analyse
confuse et d'une indécision.} 14. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
15. f4 {[%emt 0:13:30]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} g6 {
[%emt 0:03:56] Joué rapidement alors que la prise ef4 méritait une analyse
plus approfondie} (16... exf4 $1 17. Nxf4 g5 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. hxg5 fxg5 $17 {
[%cal Gh5h4,Gh8h2]}) 17. b3 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 18. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:01:43]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:10] Les Noirs n'ont plus que 8 mns pour
passer le contrôle de temps} 19. fxe5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
20. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} g5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 21. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Bxg5
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h4 $44 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. gxh4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:23] Joué à tempo alors que la prise de la R
pouvait peut-être permettre de jouer une batterie d'Alekhine} (23... Rxh4+ 24.
Kg1 Rdh8 25. Raf1 {[%cal Gf2f8]} Qg7 26. Rf7 Qh6 27. R1f6 Rh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh4#)
24. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qg3 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. Ne1 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 28. Rf6 {[%emt 0:19:03]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 29. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 30. Rf6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rg8
{[%emt 0:03:40]} 31. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} (31... Nh3+ $5
32. Kf1 Nb4 $40 {[%csl Rf1] Ramène une pièce de plus en attaque}) 32. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 33. a3 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Qh2 $2 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} (33... Nxc1 34. Qxc1 Nxd3 35. Nxd3 Qxd3+ {[%csl Rf1]} 36. Kg1 {Et le K
Blanc reste exposé contrairement à celui des Noirs}) 34. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Ng3+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nh1+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 36. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Ng3+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh1+ {[%emt 0:
00:34]} 38. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ng3+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sermier, Guillaume"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.03.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neuchatel"]
[BlackTeam "Wollishofen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. d3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd6 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 e5 11. b4 Re8 12. Re1 h6 {'N!?'} (12... a6 13. Bg5 (13.
a4 Bf5 14. c5 Bf8 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Qd2 h6 17. Rac1 Bh7 18. Bh1 Rad8 19. b5 axb5
20. axb5 Na5 21. b6 Qxc5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Na1 Qb5 {0-1 (23) Jenkins,
R-Schuller,J (2376) ICCF email 2011}) 13... Bf5 14. Nh4 Bd7 $13) 13. b5 (13. c5
$1 Bc7 14. b5 Na5 15. Nb4 $14) 13... Na5 (13... Nb8 $1 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3
Nbd7 $11) 14. Bd2 {'?!' Diagramm [#]} (14. Ba3 $1 $14) 14... a6 {'!'} 15. Bxa5
Qxa5 16. a4 Qc7 (16... Qc3 $5) (16... Bf5 $1 $17) 17. Qe2 Bf5 (17... Bg4 $5)
18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Ne4 (19. Rab1 a5 (19... e4 $5) 20. b6 Qc8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22.
Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Bc5 $15) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qc8 (21... a5 $1)
22. g4 {'?!'} (22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Rab1 f5 24. Qb7 Bc5 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Nb4 a5
27. Nd5 e4 $11) 22... Re6 23. h3 Rg6 24. Kh1 h5 25. f3 Rf6 26. Rg1 Rf4 27. Qe2
f5 {'?!'} (27... Qe6 $17) 28. Raf1 Rf8 {'?!'} 29. gxh5 {'=!'} Rh4 30. Rg6 {'!'}
f4 {'!'} 31. Qg2 Rf7 {'??' Zum ersten Mal im Leben den zweiten Zug vor dem
ersten gemacht!} 32. Kg1 {'??'} Rxh3 {'=/+'} 33. h6 Rg3 {'!'} 34. Rxg3 fxg3 35.
Qxg3 Qe6 36. h7+ Kxh7 {'(+)?!'} (36... Kh8 $1 $17) 37. Rf2 (37. Qg4 $11) 37...
Kg8 38. Qg4 Qh6 (38... Qxg4+ 39. fxg4 e4 $1 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Kf1 exd3 42. Nxd4
Kf6 43. Nf3 Bg3 44. bxa6 bxa6 45. Nd4 Bf4 46. Nc6 Bd2 47. Nd4 Bb4 48. Nf3 Ke6
49. Kf2 $11) 39. Kf1 {'?'} (39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Qe4 $11) 39... Rf4 {'?!'} (39...
Be7 $15) 40. Qc8+ Kh7 (40... Bf8 $6 41. Qxb7 Rh4 42. f4 $14) 41. c5 {'?'} (41.
Ke2 axb5 42. axb5 b6 $15) 41... Rh4 {'?'} (41... Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Be7 43. Qe8 Bh4
44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Ne1 Qg1 46. Rf1 Qe3+ 47. Kd1 Bxe1 48. Qe8+ Rf8 49. Qe6+ Rf7
50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Rh1+ Kg6 52. Qe6+ Kg5 53. f4+ exf4 54. Rxe1 Qxe6 55. Rxe6 axb5
56. axb5 Kh4 $19) 42. Rg2 {'?' Diagramm [#]} (42. Qf5+ $1 Kg8 43. f4 $1 $11)
42... Qc1+ 43. Kf2 (43. Ne1 Rh1+ 44. Rg1 Rxg1+ 45. Kxg1 Qxe1+ $19) 43... Qd2+
44. Kg3 (44. Kg1 Qxd3 $3 (44... Qxc2) (44... Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qxc2+ 46. Kg3 e4+ 47.
Kxh4 Qxg2 48. cxd6 Qf2+ 49. Kg5 Qg3+ (49... Qe3+ 50. f4 exd3 51. Qf5+) 50. Qg4
Qe5+ 51. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 52. Kxf5 exf3 53. d7 f2 54. d8=Q f1=Q+ 55. Ke5 axb5 56.
axb5) 45. cxd6 Qxf3 $3 46. d7 Rh3 $19 (46... Qd1+ 47. Kf2 Rf4+ 48. Kg3 Qh5 $19)
) 44... Qf4+ 45. Kf2 Qd2+ 46. Kg3 e4+ {'!'} 47. cxd6 (47. Kxh4 Qh6+ 48. Kg4
Qg6+ 49. Kh4 Be7+ 50. Kh3 (50. Rg5) 50... Qh5+ 51. Kg3 Qh4#) 47... Qf4+ 48. Kf2
Qxf3+ 49. Kg1 Qd1+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+ 51. Kg1 Qc1+ 52. Kf2 Rf4+ 53. Kg3 (53. Ke2 Qf1+
54. Kd2 Qxg2+ $19) 53... Rf3+ 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. Kh1 Rf1+ 56. Rg1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d4 $1 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8.
d3 Nf6 9. a3 (9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 h6 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nh4
Kh7 15. f4 f5 16. Nf2 e5 17. Nf3 Re8 18. b4 axb3 19. Rxb3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nc5 21.
Rb5 b6 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Nb3 Rxa3 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qa8 27.
Rb5 Ra1 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Qa5 30. h4 Ne5 31. Bd5 Nd7 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Bf3
Nh5 34. Bd6 Qa6 35. Qb8 Bc6 36. Bd5 Bxd5+ 37. cxd5 Nf6 38. Be5 Nxd5 {Caruana,F
(2791)-Svidler,P (2753) Dubai 2014 1/2-1/2}) 9... a5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bf5
12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rb1 Re8 $146 (13... b5 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. cxb5 Ne5
17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Ne4 a4 19. Qxa4 Nxd3 20. Qd1 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxf2 {0-1 (21)
Lafuente,P (2360)-Franchi,G Buenos Aires 2001}) 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b5 $1 16.
Nh4 Bd7 17. Qb3 e5 $11 18. Nhf3 e4 19. dxe4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Ne5 21. Qf1 {Le Bc1
n'est toujours pas développé et l'ouverture des Blancs n'est pas une
réussite} Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rc2 $36 23. b5 Qb6 24. e5 Ng4 25. Be4 Ra2 26. Bd5 Rc2
27. Be4 Ra2 28. Bd5 Rc2 29. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Re1 (12. Bf4 Bd6 13. h3 Bxf4 14.
hxg4 Bd6 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Bd5 Re8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Re4
Bf8 21. Rae1 Rf6 22. Qd1 h6 23. a3 a6 24. Nf3 b5 25. Ne5 Qc7 26. f4 Bd6 27.
cxb5 axb5 28. Nf3 Qd7 29. g5 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Rh6 31. Qe2 Rf8 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Qf3
Bc7 34. Re8 Bd8 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. g4 g6 38. g5 Bg7 39. R1e4 c4 40.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Nxd4 cxd3 {Kramnik,V (2803)-Anand,V (2786) Moscow 2013 1/2-1/2})
12... Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 17. Qh5 $146 (17.
b3 Be6 18. Qf3 b6 19. Re2 Rbe8 20. Rae1 Re7 21. Bf5 g6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4
Rf5 24. f4 Kg7 25. Re5 a5 26. a4 h6 27. h4 h5 28. Qf3 Rf6 29. R1e4 Kf7 30. Re2
Re8 31. Rg5 Re7 32. Ree5 Qc7 33. g4 hxg4 34. Rxg4 Re8 35. Qg3 Rh8 36. h5 Rh6
37. Reg5 Qd6 38. Rxg6 Rhxg6 39. hxg6+ Kg7 40. Qh2 {1-0 (40) Vukic,M (2516)
-Stojanovic,D (2492) Teslic 2006}) 17... g6 18. Qg5 b6 19. Re2 Bd7 20. Rae1
Rbe8 $11 21. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 a5 $1 4. b5 {[%csl Gc5]} g6 5. Bb2 {(1h36)} (5. d3)
5... Bg7 {(1h14)} 6. e3 {Les blancs jouent une benoni en premier mais le temps
de plus n'est pas forcйment un atout.} e5 7. exd4 {(1h32)} exd4 {1h14} 8. Bd3
$5 $146 ({RR} 8. d3 Ne7 9. g3 c5 10. bxc6 Nexc6 11. Qe2+ Be6 12. Bh3 O-O 13.
Bxe6 Re8 14. O-O Rxe6 15. Qd1 Qb6 16. Bc1 Na6 17. Na3 Nc5 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Rb5
b6 20. Nc2 h6 21. Ba3 Bf8 22. Qa1 Re2 {Savanovic,A (2386)-Varga,Z (2533)/
Jahorina 2003/CBM 094 ext/0-1 (38)}) 8... Ne7 {1h14 A.RAETSKY devait s'кtre
prйparй а la nouveautй Bd3 puisqu'il a jouй trйs vite le 8иme coup comme le
mentionne sa feuille de partie.} 9. O-O O-O (9... Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 10. Re1
O-O (10... Nc5 $143 11. Ba3 $5 {[%csl Re7,Re8][%cal Ga3c5]}) 11. Ba3 Re8 $11)
10. Re1 {1h33} Re8 {54mns} 11. Na3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ga3c2]} Nd7 12. Bf1 {1h28}
(12. Nc2 Nc5 13. Bf1 d3 {[%cal Gg7b2]}) 12... Nc5 {[%csl Gc5] 52} 13. d3 {
[%cal Ga3c2]} b6 {37 mns les noirs commencaient а кtre mal au temps et le
russe a passй prиs de 20 mns sur ce coup} 14. Nc2 {1h22} Bb7 $1 {36} (14... Ne6
{Plus solide mais les noirs vont obtenir une forte pression sur la faiblesse
"d3"}) 15. Nfxd4 {1h20} Qd7 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ga8d8] 24} 16. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b2]}
Rad8 $44 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4] 21} 17. Ba1 {1h17} h6 {Plus que 8 mns (+ l'incrйment)
pour passer le contrфle de temps!} (17... Nf5 18. Nxf5 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Qxf5 20.
Qe7 {[%cal Ge7d8,Ge7c7]}) 18. h3 g5 $138 {[%csl Rf5,Rh5][%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4]} 19.
Qh5 Ng6 20. Rxe8+ {1h15} Rxe8 {9} 21. Qg4 Qxg4 {5} 22. hxg4 Nf4 {[%csl Rg2]}
23. Rd1 Rd8 {4} 24. Nb3 Nce6 {01 minute!} 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. a4 c5 {[%csl Rb6]}
(26... c6 $5) 27. Ne3 Kf6 28. g3 Ng6 29. Bg2 $1 {[%cal Ge3d5]} Bxg2 30. Kxg2
Ne7 31. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4]} Kg6 32. Ne4 h5 $2 33. gxh5+ Kxh5 34. Nf6+ {[%csl
Rh5] Il reste peu de piиces sur l'йchiquier mais le K noir est nйanmoins mal
placй et les blancs gagnent un tempo prйcieux pour jouer Nd5 attaquant la
faiblesse "b6'"} Kg6 35. Nfd5 $16 {[%csl Rb6]} Nxd5 36. Nxd5 Rd6 $2 $138 (36...
Rb8 $142 {[%cal Gb8b6]}) 37. Ne7+ $1 Kf6 38. Nc8 Rd8 39. Nxb6 $18 {[%csl Gb5]
[%cal Gb5b8] C'est techniquement gagnй pour les blancs} Ke5 40. Nd5 Kd4 {
le contrфle de temps est passй mais la position des noirs s'est dйgradйe} 41.
Kf3 f5 42. Re1 g4+ 43. Ke2 Ng5 44. Ne3 Nf3 45. Rc1 Rf8 46. b6 Ke5 47. Rb1 Nd4+
48. Kd2 Kd6 49. Rh1 Kc6 50. Rh6+ Kb7 51. Nd5 Re8 52. Rh7+ Kc6 53. Rc7+ Kd6 54.
Nc3 Rb8 55. Nb5+ Nxb5 56. cxb5 Rxb6 57. Ra7 Kd5 58. Rxa5 f4 59. Ra6 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Czarnota, Pawel"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. b4 (4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5) 4...
dxe3 5. fxe3 Nxb4 6. d4 (6. Qa4+ Nc6) 6... e5 $1 (6... e6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. a3 Nc6
9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Kh1 Qe7 15. e4
Rad8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Na5 18. Rfe1 Nb3 19. Bc4 Nc5 20. e5 Nfd7 21. Bc1 h6
22. Bf4 Kh7 23. Bg3 Rde8 24. Nb5 Qd8 25. e6 c6 26. Nd6 cxd5 27. Nxb7 Nxb7 28.
e7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 dxc4 30. Rxd7 Qxe7 31. Rdxe7 Nc5 32. Be5 Nd3 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34.
Rf1 Rc8 35. Nd4 c3 36. Rfxf7+ {Fressinet,L (2693)-Istratescu,A (2628) Le Port
Marly 2012 1-0}) 7. Nxe5 (7. a3 $142 Nc6 8. Be2 {Ikeda,J (2345)-Khenkin,I 
(2659) Australian op 2013 (4) 1/2}) 7... Qh4+ 8. Kd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bf5 (9... Bd6
10. a3 Bxe5 11. axb4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Kxd3 Ng4 14. Kc2 Bxh2 15. Qf3 O-O 16.
Qh3 g5 17. Ra5 f5 18. Qf3 c6 19. Rxf5 Nh6 20. Rf6 Kg7 21. g3 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4
23. Rd6 Rf2+ 24. Kb3 Re8 25. e4 h6 26. Rd7+ Rf7 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. d5 Kg6 29.
d6 Bxg3 30. Rg1 Bxd6 31. Rxg4 Rf8 32. c5 Be5 33. Nd1 Rf3+ 34. Kc2 Bf6 35. Rg2
h5 36. Ne3 g4 37. Bd2 Be5 38. Nf5 Kf6 39. Be1 {Arribas Lopez,A (2494)-Hernando
Rodrigo,J (2327) Barcelona 2013 1/2-1/2}) 10. Qf3 Be4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 12. Ke2
Nc3+ {Force une répétion de coups dans une position peu claire} 13. Kd2 Ne4+
14. Ke2 Nc3+ 15. Kd2 Ne4+ 16. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Cities-ch"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 ({Johansen's teammate Depasquale preferred a rather more unorthodox
-but far quicker - route to victory in an earlier round of the Asian Cities
Championship in a match against Rasht,Iran. Depasquale-Kavian continued} 1. d4
d6 2. h4 $5 c6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. g4 $5 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. g5 h6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qf3
hxg5 $4 9. Bc4 $1 {and Black resigned (No. According to the bases, the game
lasted 31 moves! see 1-0 (31) Depasquale,C (2265)-Kawiyan Dubai 1992 CBM 032
ext r6, mhb) because if} Ngf6 10. hxg5 Rxh1 11. Qxh1 Ng8 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh7 {
wins.}) 1... d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 h6 $6 6. b4 e5 7. Nbd2 Ne7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 g5 10. a4 {The players have staked their claims to opposite
sides of the board. White will gain space on the queenside while Black attacks
on the kingside and in the centre.} Nd7 11. a5 Rb8 12. b5 Ng6 13. Ne1 $1 {
An excellent dual purpose move, avoiding Black's central pawn storm while
repositioning the knight to take part in the queenside assault.} Re8 14. Ba3 f5
15. Nc2 Nf6 16. Nb4 e4 17. a6 $1 {In the nick of time, Johansen makes the
decisive break on the queenside.} Ne5 ({Since Black cannot block the position
with} 17... b6 {due to} 18. Nc6 {, he must allow the opening of lines on
White's side of the board.}) 18. Na5 $1 Bf8 19. axb7 Bxb7 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Qa4
Rb6 22. c5 $1 Bxc5 23. Nc6 $1 Qd6 ({If} 23... Nxc6 24. Bxc5 {wins material.})
24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxd4 Rd8 $6 26. Qa2+ $1 Qd5 {Since Black cannot countenance
27.Ne6 he must allow exchanges leading to a winning endgame for White.} 27.
Qxd5+ Rxd5 28. Nxf5 Rdxb5 (28... exd3 $2 {loses to} 29. Ne7+) 29. dxe4 a5 $6 {
Weak defence in time trouble but in any case White's centre pawns were ready
to start moving down the board.} 30. Nxh6+ Kh7 31. Nf5 Ned7 32. Rfd1 Rc5 33. f4
gxf4 34. gxf4 Nf8 35. e5 Ng6 36. e3 Nxe5 {Sheer desperation; Black is soon
simply a piece down for nothing.} 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38. Rf1 Ng4 39. e4 Rb2 40. Rfc1
c5 41. Rxa5 Re6 42. Raxc5 Ne5 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Re7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 {GM Levan Pantsulaia has rich experience in the Reti Opening.
During his career he managed to outplay many strong players from this position.
} g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 (4. Qa4+ {is another common way of regaining the pawn.})
4... Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Bd2 ({Perhaps, Levan wasn't happy with his
previous experience with this line:} 7. Bg2 e4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nf6 10.
Nfd2 Be6 {Pantsulaia,L (2615)-Sargissian,G (2668) Jerusalem ISR 2015, and
Black had excellent compensaton for a pawn}) 7... Be6 8. Rc1 Nge7 9. Bg2 ({
It was possible to acquire the pair of bishops by means of} 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e4 {
, but after} Bxc4 11. Rxc4 Nd4 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nc6 {Black wouldn't face
any problems due to his control over the d4-spot.}) 9... a5 10. O-O O-O {
The resulting position is quite complex and offers interesting play for both
players} 11. b3 (11. Bc3 f6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Bd2 g5 $15
{Petrosian,T (2651)-Pashikian,A (2617) Yerevan 2014}) 11... h6 $146 (11... f6
$5 {deserved serious consideration:} 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 {and Black's
position seems preferable due to a space advantage.}) ({The previously played} 
11... Qd7 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. Bh3 f5 14. Ne3 $13 {Becker,M (2381)-Schmidt,S (2201)
Germany 2005, allowed White to liquidate the important bishop.}) 12. Bc3 f6 {
Protecting the central pawn is a necessary measure, but the situation is not
as good as before.} 13. Qd2 {Connecting the rooks and getting ready for
pushing d3-d4.} ({Another interesting possibility was:} 13. e4 $5 Bg4 (13...
Nb4 14. Nxa5 Nxa2 15. Nxb7 Qc8 16. Nc5 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 $44) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
h5 16. Qe2 Bh6 17. Rcd1 Nd4 18. Qb2 Nec6 19. f4 $132 {with double-edged play.})
13... a4 14. Bb2 $2 {This move is connected with a blunder.} ({Instead,} 14. e4
$1 axb3 15. axb3 Qd7 (15... b5 $6 16. Na5 Qb8 17. d4 b4 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bb2
Na5 20. d5 Bf7 21. Qe3 $14) 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4
Rfd8 20. Bc3 $11 {would maintain the balance.}) 14... axb3 15. axb3 b5 $1 {
Wesley is making the a5-spot vacant for the knight.} 16. Ne3 (16. Na3 Na5 17.
Qc2 Nxb3 18. Rcd1 Na5 19. Nxb5 c6 20. Na3 Bb3 $17) 16... Na5 17. Qb4 $2 {
A decisive mistake.} ({The lesser evil would be} 17. Rb1 Nxb3 18. Qd1 c6 $17 {
- Black is a pawn up, but the game continues.}) 17... Nxb3 18. Ng5 {A
desperate attempt to complicate matters.} ({But} 18. Rc3 {would hardly be any
better:} c5 19. Qxb5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Rb3 (21. Rxc5 Rb8 $19) 21... dxe3
22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Ra3 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qc8 25. e4 c4 $19 {Despite liquidating
all the opponent's q-side pawns White's position is absolutely lost - the king
is too weak.}) 18... hxg5 19. Bxa8 c5 $1 {I guess, this strong reply was
underestimated by Levan. Now White cannot avoid a major loss of material.} ({
Of course, not} 19... Nxc1 $2 20. Rxc1 Qxa8 21. Qxe7 Re8 22. Qxc7 $11) 20. Rxc5
Qxa8 21. Rxb5 ({Black's technical task doesn't seem tough after} 21. Rc7 Nd5
22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qe7 Bf7 24. Rd7 Qc6 25. Rc7 Qe6 $19) 21... Nc6 22. Qd6 Nbd4 (
{A simpler way was} 22... Re8 $1 23. Qa3 Qxa3 24. Bxa3 Ncd4 $19) 23. Bxd4 ({
The most stubborn try was} 23. Ra1 Qc8 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Rb2 {, but the
vulnerablity of the Kg1 should tell. For instance,} Rd8 26. Qa6 Qc3 27. Qa3
Qxa3 28. Rxa3 f5 $19 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gf4f3]}) 23... Nxd4 24. Rb2 Rd8 25. Qb6 f5 {
The final storm is coming.} 26. Rfb1 f4 27. Nc4 e4 {The rest is just torture.}
28. e3 fxe3 29. fxe3 exd3 30. exd4 Bxc4 31. Qxg6 Qd5 32. Rf2 Qxd4 33. Rbb2 Qe5
34. Rbd2 Rd6 35. Qf5 Qe1+ 36. Rf1 Qxd2 37. Qc8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 {The players have entered into a very rare
theoretical position with mutual chances.} Nf6 ({Two other possibilities look
perfectly playabler for Black:} 4... c6 $5 5. g3 Bxf3 6. exf3 a5 7. bxa5 Qc7 8.
f4 Nd7 $132 {Van Wely,L (2654)-Tomashevsky,E (2695) Dubai 2014}) ({Or} 4...
Bxf3 $5 5. Qxf3 c6 6. Qb3 a5 7. bxa5 Qd7 8. d3 Rxa5 9. Nd2 e5 10. g3 Na6 11.
Bg2 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nf6 $11 {Smith,A (2513)-Grandelius,N (2643) Uppsala SWE 2016})
5. g3 a5 {This is a typical way of securing the c5-spot for the knight.} (5...
Nbd7 $6 {Demuth,A (2545)-Zhigalko,S (2656) Berlin GER 2015 is dubious.} 6. Nxd4
e5 7. Nc2 $16 {, and Black gets no compensation for the central pawn.}) 6. b5
a4 7. Qd3 {The placement of White's queen is rather awkward now, but Peter is
trying to put pressure on the Pd4.} ({The more natural} 7. Qb2 Bxf3 8. exf3 e5
9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. d3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O $11 {wouldn't pose Black any problems.})
7... Bxf3 $6 $146 {A dubious decision - now it would be difficult for Black to
neutralise White's pressure along the h1-a8 diagonal.} ({More to the point is} 
7... c5 8. Bg2 (8. Ne5 $5 Bh5 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. f4 $132) 8... Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10.
O-O e5 {Bologan,V (2640)-Motylev,A (2663) Sochi RUS 2016, Black had an
excellent play.}) 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Bg2 e5 $6 {This advance makes Black's position
even more shaky.} ({The quieter} 9... e6 {was better:} 10. O-O Bc5 11. d3 O-O
12. Bg5 (12. Nd2 cxb5 $1 13. Qxb7 Ra5 14. cxb5 Nd5 $44 {puts White's queen in
danger.}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Nd2 $14) 10. O-O Be7 ({
In comparison to the above-mentioned note, now} 10... Bc5 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5
$16 {would yield White full control over the light squares.}) 11. d3 O-O 12.
Nd2 $16 {Now Black's position lacks any adequate ideas.} h5 {A desperate
attempt to create any counter-play.} (12... Nfd7 {looked somewhat more natural:
} 13. Rb1 f5 {, but after} 14. g4 $1 f4 (14... g6 {is even worse:} 15. gxf5
gxf5 16. Bh3 $18) 15. Ne4 $16 {White would be firmly in a control too.}) 13. h3
{This prophylactic move wasn't necessary.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 13.
Rb1 $5 {and if} h4 {, then} 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne4 $18 {leaves Black in a
hopeless situation.}) 13... g6 14. Rb1 Nh7 ({Hardly better was} 14... Qc7 15.
Bb2 $1 Nh7 16. e3 {and Black's position should collapse soon.}) 15. e3 Re8 ({
Possibly, the best practical chance was} 15... Ng5 $5 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. exd4 Nxd4
18. Qxe5 Bf6 19. Qe3 Bg7 $16 {, giving up the pawn, but securing the d4-spot
for the knight.}) 16. exd4 exd4 17. Re1 {All White's pieces are coming into
play and Black's position slowly starts to collapse.} h4 (17... Ng5 18. Qd1 Bf8
19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 Qc7 22. Qf3 Nd7 23. bxc6 Ne5 24. Qg2 bxc6
25. f4 $18) 18. bxc6 ({An even simpler way was} 18. gxh4 $1 Bxh4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8
20. Ba3) 18... bxc6 19. Rb7 hxg3 20. fxg3 $2 {This natural recapture turns out
to be a serious mistake.} ({Peter had to play} 20. Qxg3 $1 Nf6 21. h4 Bf8 22.
Ne4 Nh5 23. Qg4 $18 {, achieving a winning position.}) 20... Bf6 $2 {Returning
the favour!} ({Finally Black misses a golden opportunity for completing his
development:} 20... Nd7 $1 21. Qxc6 (21. Ne4 $5 {deserves serious attention,
but it's not an easy decision.}) 21... Nc5 $1 {, and there is nothing concrete
for White. For instance,} 22. Rc7 (22. Qxe8+ Qxe8 23. Rbxe7 Qb8 24. Nf1 Ne6 $13
) (22. Bd5 Nxb7 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Bxf7 Rf8 25. Nf3 Nc5 26. Bh6 Bf6 27. Bxf8
Qxf8 $132) 22... Nxd3 23. Qxa8 Nxe1 24. Qxd8 Bxd8 25. Rc8 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Nf8 $14
{and Black gets definite drawing chances.}) 21. Ne4 Nd7 22. Rf1 $18 {The pin
on the f-file is too strong, so Black cannot avoid a major loss of material.}
Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc5 24. Qxc6 Rc8 25. Qb5 Nxb7 26. Bxb7 Rc7 27. Bf4 Re7 {This is
forced. Now the c-passer is becoming very strong.} 28. Be4 Nf8 29. c5 Be5 ({Or
} 29... Ne6 30. Bd6 $18) 30. Bg5 Bxg3 31. Qb6 $1 {The most precise.} Qxb6 (
31... Qe8 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Qf6 $18) 32. cxb6 {The resulting endgame leaves
Black no chances. The rest is just torture.} Re5 33. Bf6 Rb5 34. b7 Ne6 35. Rc1
Nc7 36. Kg2 Bf4 37. Rc4 Kh7 38. Kf3 Bh2 39. Rc5 Kg8 40. Rxb5 Nxb5 41. Bc6 Nc3
42. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Sadorra, Julio"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 $5 {This move hasn't been played by my opponent according
to the database and it's not much of a surprise for me as Saric is considered
to be a good theoretician. The game usually goes into a reverse Schmid-Benoni
or Benko.} 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 a5 5. b5 e6 6. g3 a4 7. Qd3 c5 {we were both
recalling theory at this stage} 8. Bg2 Nd7 ({During the game, I also checked} 
8... Bf5 9. e4 dxe3 (9... Bg6 {[%cal Gd3e2,Gd2d3]} 10. Ne5) 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.
fxe3 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gf3e5] and White should have better chances in this ending.})
9. Qc2 Bd6 {Here I stopped to decide between d3 & 0-0.} 10. O-O {I decided on
this as it's more flexible-- I thought maybe I could do just go directly with
e3 later without d3 etc.} (10. d3 {seemed to transpose to the middlegame I
wanted to reach} Ngf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nbd2 {with a complex reverse Benko game.}
) (10. e3 $2 dxe3 11. dxe3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qf6 $19) 10... h5 $5 {I was quite
surprised by this move as it looked over-ambitious. I stopped to check my
options and eventually I challenged him to do it.} 11. d3 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
(12. exf3 $5 {somehow this escaped my vision during the game} h4 13. f4) 12...
h4) (11. h4 {this gives B a moral and positional victory with his pawn push.}
Ne7 (11... Nh6)) 11... h4 12. Nxh4 (12. Bg5 f6 13. Bxh4 g5) 12... Rxh4 {
This sac looked suspiscious to me as I have enough defensive resources around
my king so far.} 13. gxh4 Qxh4 14. f4 {Before allowing h5-h4, I saw this idea
followed by e4 which refutes the sac, so I thought...} Nh6 {However, when I
saw this move followed by his future progress, I then realized that he has
good positional compensation for the exchange! Therefore, I started focusing
more on calculating the best way to defend.} 15. e4 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Ke7 ({
The most natural and maybe even better as he told me after the game was} 16...
Nf5 {I was intending} 17. Qf2 (17. Bf2 Qh5 {and I was concerned about many
different ideas after Bg3, N going to d4 or e3 (giving back the exchange was
not in my head yet).} (17... Qh6 $5)) 17... Qh5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Be4 Ke7 20.
Nc3 Rh8 21. Rfe1 {I calculated something along these lines I knew he'd still
have threats/ideas but I trusted in the resources of my position around here.}
(21. Rae1 Bh3 (21... Rh6 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4)) 21... Rh6 (21... Nxe3 $5 22.
Rxe3 g5 $13) 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4 {and I should be at least okay here.}) 17.
Bf2 {Now I get an option and was more careful in my thinking this time.} Qh5
18. Bg3 Nf5 19. Nc3 {Careful about preventing his idea and with my
move-orders! After this, he spent plenty of time and I sensed that he was a
bit annoyed that I could do defend against his idea.} ({I was first checking} 
19. Qd2 {but I felt that every tempo matters here} g5 $1 20. Nc3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
gxf4 (21... Rh8) 22. gxf4 Rh8 $40) 19... Rh8 {Keeping the tension and chances
of breaking through, alive!} (19... Ne3 $6 20. Qf2 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 {Without his
"treasured knight" I thought I'm at least equal and maybe I'm even slightly
better as his king now is less safe than mine and I have weak pawns to attack!}
) 20. Ne4 Nf6 ({Strangely, the best move for Black here according to the
engine is the very thing I aimed at preventing:} 20... Nxg3 21. hxg3 g5 $3 {
Still!} 22. Nxd6 (22. Nxg5 Qh2+ 23. Kf2 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Nf3 (25. Kg1
Qh2+ 26. Kf2 Rh6 $1 $40 (26... Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qxg5 $40)) 25... Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Rh2+
) 22... Qh2+ 23. Kf2 gxf4 24. Ne4 f3 $1 (24... f5 25. Rh1) (24... Bh3 25. Rg1
Ne5 26. Qc3 {is complex and somewhat unclear.}) 25. Rg1 f5 26. Qd2 $5 (26. Ng5
f4 27. gxf4 fxg2 28. Rxg2 (28. Qd2 Qh4+ 29. Kxg2 Qh2+) 28... Qxf4+ $19) 26...
fxe4 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Qxg4 Nf6 29. Qf4 e5 30. Qf5 Rh5 31. Qc8 Rg5 $1 32. Qxb7+
Kg6 $19) 21. Nxd6 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qh2+ 23. Kf2 Bh3 {With 15 minutes left, I was
more conscious about my time management while also trying to avoid unnecessary
dangers here. Draw was OK result but I also wanted to keep some chances as one
of my teammates was much worse already.} 24. Kf3 {I made this in 3 min, also
to check if he just wanted repetition} (24. Rg1 Ng4+ 25. Kf3 Bxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Qh5
{I thought he'll have at least a draw here and it felt a bit risky}) 24... Bg4+
25. Kf2 {In his turn, I was already checking lines with Rh3 and I thought I
may some chances there} Rh3 26. Nc8+ Kd8 27. Rh1 Qxg3+ 28. Kg1 Rxh1+ 29. Kxh1
Kxc8 (29... Bf5 {I only realized this possibility when we got here,
fortunately I still have resources against it:} 30. Qxa4 Ng4 31. Qa5+ Kd7 32.
Nb6+ Kd6 (32... Ke7 $4 33. Nd5+ $1 (33. Nc8+ Kf6 (33... Ke8 34. Nd6+ Kd7 {
which may win for B!} 35. Bc6+ $3 (35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qxf4 37. Kg1 Qd4+)
35... bxc6 36. bxc6+ Kxd6 37. Qd8+ Kxc6 38. Qc8+ Kd6 39. Qd8+ $11) 34. Qd8+ Kg6
35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Rf1) 33... exd5 34. Qe1+ $18) 33. Nc8+ Kd7 34.
Nb6+ $11) 30. Rf1 {Much tension & pressure were happening around here as both
of us were also in time trouble. The positions that follow require pure,
accurate calculations.} (30. Qxa4 Bf3) 30... Bh3 31. Rf3 (31. Qf2 Bxg2+ 32.
Qxg2 Qxd3 {I thought I'm the only one risking here}) 31... Qe1+ 32. Rf1 ({
I also considered} 32. Kh2 $5 {but my nerves and emotions were somewhat out of
control that this felt risky to me.} Bf5 {[%cal Rf6g4]}) 32... Qg3 33. Rf3 Qe1+
34. Rf1 Qg3 35. Rf3 {Since Black also had nothing more than equality and
repetition here, we agreed to a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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"]

{The biggest upset of the first round was Magnus Carlsen's draw against Nino
Batsiashvili. The World Champion, fresh from his exploits at the London Chess
Classic, was unable to get going against his Georgian opponent. Let's see how
the game went.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 {This is Carlsen's way of saying
that he would like to have an original game without any theoretical
discussions.} c5 4. c4 d4 5. b4 $5 {Do you get what Carlsen is doing with the
white pieces? He is employing the Benko Gambit with reversed colours!} cxb4 6.
a3 b3 $5 {The Benko is a decent opening with Black. The Black player gets good
compensation. However, the problem with employing it with White is that you
can level the game but to get an advantage might not be so easy. Giving back
the pawn is a very common way to play against the Benko.} (6... bxa3 7. Bxa3 {
would be a fully fledged Benko.}) 7. Qxb3 (7. d3 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2b3] followed
by Nbd2 and regaining the pawn with Nxb3 would have been much more logical.})
7... Nc6 8. O-O e5 {Nino has played natural moves and has a good position out
of the opening. A natural continuation would now be d3, but Magnus wanted to
make use of his lead in development by opening up the position.} 9. e3 Be7 10.
exd4 exd4 (10... e4 $5 11. Ng5 (11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. Qa4+ Kf8 $1 $17) 11... Nxd4
12. Qb2 O-O 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 $17 {would give Black a clear advantage.
But in an over the board game it is not so easy to see this variation.}) 11.
Bb2 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. a4 Na5 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Na3 Bxa3 $6 {While it is
tempting to take a pawn, it would have been better to maintain the pressure.} (
15... Rc8 {Putting further pressure on the c4-pawn would have given Black
equal chances.}) 16. Bxa3 Bxc4 (16... Nxc4 17. Rxe6 $1 Nxa3 18. Rxe8+ $18) 17.
Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 $14 {Magnus surely has a small edge now. This is due to two
factors: his pieces are better posted, and on an open board the bishops are
just too strong.} Bd5 {When your opponent has the bishop pair, it is always a
good idea to exchange one of them.} 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rc1 $1 {The accuracy
with which Magnus plays his next few moves is a treat to watch.} b6 (20... Bxg2
21. Kxg2 h5 {Black's defensive task would have been easier than in the game.})
21. Bf1 {Preserving the bishop pair.} (21. Rc7 Re1+ 22. Bf1 h5 23. Rxa7 $2 Bc4
$19) 21... Bb7 22. Nf5 {With threats like Nd6 in the air, Black's position is
getting quite hard to defend. It is commendable that Batsiashvili could hold
the position from this point onwards, as Carlsen has a clear cut advantage.
And with such edges he is known to beat even 2700+ opponents!} Rd8 (22... g6
23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bb2 $18) 23. d4 Nd5 24. Bg2 g6 25. Nd6 Ba8 26. h4
(26. Rc8 {seems like it wins a pawn but Black can recover it.} Rxc8 27. Nxc8
Bb7 28. Nxa7 Nc3 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Nb5 Nxa4 31. Kf1 $16 {The knight on a4 is
kind of trapped and the white king will slowly proceed towards it. This would
have given Carlsen excellent winning chances. But sometimes it is not so easy
to assess such endgames with equal material just based on the placement of
pieces.}) 26... h5 27. Re1 Bc6 28. Re5 Nf6 29. Rxa5 Bxg2 30. Rxa7 Bd5 {White
still maintains an edge in this position, but the opposite coloured bishops
lend it quite a drawish nature. Besides the bishop on d5 is pretty strong.} 31.
Ra6 Nd7 32. Nb5 $2 {This throws away all the advantage as it allows Black to
activate her rook by threatening a mate.} (32. Kf1 {looks the most logical but
Carlsen must have been afraid of reaching this drawish looking endgame after}
Ra8 33. Rxa8+ Bxa8 34. Ke2 Bd5 {Threatening ...Bb3.} 35. Nb5 (35. Bb4 Bb3 36.
a5 bxa5 37. Bxa5 {This should be closer to a draw than a White win.}) 35... Bb3
36. Nc3 Nf6 $1 37. Kd3 Nd5 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Kc3 Bc6 $11 {This shows the
Carlsen's fears were not unfounded.}) 32... Re8 $1 (32... Ra8 33. Rxa8+ Bxa8
34. Be7 Bd5 35. Nc3 Bb3 36. Kg2 f6 37. Bd8 Kf7 38. Kf3 Ke8 39. Bc7 Kf7 40. Ke4
$16 {White's chances are much preferable to what we saw in the previous
variation.}) 33. Bb4 Re2 34. Ra7 Nf6 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Rc7 Ng4 {
Black has tremendous activity and it is the World Champion who has to play
carefully now in spite of being a pawn up.} 38. Ke1 (38. Be1 Nh2+ 39. Kg1 Nf3+
40. Kf1 Rxc7 41. Nxc7 Bc4+ $19) 38... Rxf2 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 Bf3 41. Re8 (
41. d5 $2 Re2+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kd1 Re8+ $19) 42... Ne3+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Rxg3+
45. Kh2 Nf1#) 41... f6 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Bd2 Rg2 46.
Bf4 g5 $1 {Exchanging as many pawns as she can and getting closer to a draw.}
47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Bxg5 Rxg3 49. Nc3 Bc6 50. Kd2 Rg2+ 51. Re2 Nf2 52. d5 Bxd5 $1
53. Nxd5 Ne4+ 54. Ke3 Rxe2+ 55. Kxe2 Nxg5 56. Nxb6 Ne6 57. a5 Nc7 {It could be
said that the World Champion played quite well for the majority of the game.
He had a small edge and was pushing almost throughout the game. But full
credit to Nino Batsiashvili for playing a fine game to draw against an
opponent who was rated 336 points above her.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. a3
$6 O-O (8... b6 $142 9. Qc2 Bb7 $15) 9. Qc2 $1 h6 (9... b6 10. Ng5 Re8 11. f4
$36 {>>}) 10. Be2 b6 11. d3 (11. b4 Bb7 12. b5 Nb8 $11) 11... Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nd5
13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Bf6 15. Ne4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qe7 17. Ne5 Rfd8 (17... Nxe5 $5
18. Qxe5 Rfd8 19. Nd2 $1 $11) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bf3 Bb5 20. h3 a5 21. d4 $1
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Ba6 24. Qb2 Rc8 25. Nd2 Nf6 26. Ne4 $1 $11 Nd5 27.
Nd2 Nf6 28. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7.
d3 Ne7 8. Be2 (8. Be3 Qd8 9. g4 Ng6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. Qd2 c6 13. O-O-O
Be6 14. Be4 Qd7 $10 {Stohl-Dautov,Brno 1991}) (8. Qe2 {Horn,Pe: was Salov s
own choice against Short in Belgrade 1987.}) 8... c6 9. O-O Nf5 10. g4 $5 (10.
Ne4 {Horn,Pe} Be7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc3 $10 {Suba-Ftacnik/Warsaw/1987}) 10... Nh4
11. Be3 Qd6 (11... Qd8 {Horn,Pe} 12. d4 h5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bxg4 15.
Bxg4 hxg4 $17 {Horn: Filipowicz-Balashov/Warsaw/1990}) 12. Ne4 {Horn: Even
with this move I do not trust the white position.} (12. d4 {Horn,Pe} h5 13. f3
Bd7 14. d5 Qg6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Kh1 hxg4 17. fxg4 Bb4 $17 {D.Gurevich-W.
Watson/Saint John op/1988}) 12... Qg6 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. d4 (14. c5 $5 Bc7 15. d4
e4 16. d5 $132) 14... e4 15. Qc2 (15. c5 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 exf3 18.
Qxf3 Bxg4 $17) (15. Kh1 $5 {Horn,Pe}) 15... Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 exf3 17. Qe4+ $1 Kf8
(17... Be6 $6 18. Nf5 $1 O-O-O 19. Qxf3 Bxc4 20. Bf4 $36) 18. Bf4 (18. Qxf3
Bxg4 19. Qg2 Re8 $17) (18. Nf5 {Horn,Pe} Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 20. gxf5 $17) 18...
Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Bxg4 (19... Qxg4 $5 20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Rfe1+ Be6 $13) 20. Rfe1 (20.
Qc7 {Horn,Pe} h5 21. Qxb7 Rc8 22. h4 Qf6 23. Qxa7 c5 $1 $17) 20... h5 21. h4
Qf6 (21... Rh6 $5 22. Qc7 Kg8 23. Qxb7 Rf8 24. d5 $132) 22. Qxf6 gxf6 {Horn:
The B is clearly superior to the N.} 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. d5 $1 cxd5 25. cxd5 $2 (
25. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 26. cxd5 Kg7 27. Re7 Rd8 28. Rxb7 Rxd5 29. Rxa7 Rd1+ 30. Kh2
Rd2 31. Kg1 Rxb2 $15) 25... f5 26. Kh2 Rh6 27. Re5 Rb6 $1 28. Rd2 f4 29. Nf1 $8
(29. Ne4 f6 $19) 29... Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. b3 Rb4 32. Rd3 Re4 33. Nd2 Re2
34. Kg1 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rd1 36. b4 Bf5 $1 37. Rd4 Bb1 $1 38. a3 Kd7 39. Nxf3 Rxd4
40. Nxd4 Bd3 $1 $19 41. Kg2 (41. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} Kd6 42. Ng5 Kxd5 43. Nxf7 b5 {
/\ Kc4-b3}) 41... Kd6 42. Kf3 Kxd5 43. Nb3 Ke5 44. Nc5 Bc4 45. a4 b6 46. Nd7+
Kf5 47. Nb8 Bb3 48. a5 Ba4 $1 (48... Ba4 49. Na6 Bc6+ 50. Ke2 Bb5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "DEN-chT 1314 52nd"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.11.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bronshoj"]
[BlackTeam "Nordkalotten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 {Auftakt zu einer ruhigen positionellen Partie... ?} d5 2. c4 d4 (2...
c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 (6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 $11 {
1-0 (41) Hillarp Persson,T (2474)-Hector,J (2553) Umea 2003}) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Ng4 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Qb6 14.
O-O Bc5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. hxg4 Bd5 17. Nf3 Qb7 $14 {1/2-1/2 (40) Hillarp Persson,
T (2547)-Hector,J (2568) Vasteras 2011}) 3. b4 ({Die Alternative ist} 3. g3)
3... f6 ({Möglich ist auch} 3... g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 (5. e3)) 4. e3 ({In
einer früheren Partie geschah:} 4. Na3 e5 5. Nc2 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. e4 Be6 8.
Bb2 axb5 9. Bxb5+ c6 10. Bd3 c5 11. bxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14.
Qxe5 $16 {1-0 (64) Hillarp Persson,T (2528)-Hector,J (2509) Orebro 2013}) 4...
e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ ({Andere Züge:} 6. Bc4 dxe3 7. fxe3 axb4 8. d4 Nc6 9. O-O
Na5 10. Nxe5 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. Qf3 b5 15. cxb6
Nxb6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qd5 Be7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne5 Rf8 21. Nxd7 Ra7
22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qxh7 Qxd7 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. d5 Kc8 26. Rac1+ Kb8 27. d6 Qxd6
28. Rfd1 Qa6 29. Qg3+ Ka8 30. Qf3+ Qb7 31. Rc6 Rxa2 32. Rd7 Qxd7 33. Rc7+ {
1-0 (33) Kramnik,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2786) Moscow 2009}) (6. Nxe5 fxe5 7. Qh5+
Kd7 8. Qf5+ Ke8 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Qf5+ Ke7 11. Qxe5+ Be6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. b5 c6
14. Na3 Nf6 15. Bb2 Kf7 16. Bxd4 cxb5 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kxe6 19. Nxb5
Na6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. d4 b6 22. cxb6 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rxb6 24. a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (60)
Van Wely,L (2681)-Kramnik,V (2799) Nice 2008}) (6. Bb5+) 6... Qd7 (6... Bd7 7.
b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Ne7 9. exd4 exd4 10. Ba3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. d3 c6 13. Nbd2 Qb6
14. bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qb3 b5 16. Bf7+ Kf8 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. g3 Bg4 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Nd2 Bd7 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Bh5 g6 26. Nxf6
Bf5 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Qxb4 Kf7 29. Bf3 Qd8 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Nf5 32. Qxb5
Qc7 33. Bg4 {1-0 (33) Bukavshin,I (2539)-Shukh,N (2421) Saratov 2013}) 7. Bb5
c6 8. Bc4 Na6 ({Sachlicher wäre} 8... dxe3 9. fxe3 Qg4 10. b5 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Bd7
$11 {gewesen.}) 9. exd4 e4 10. b5 Nb4 (10... cxb5 11. Bxb5 $18 {verbietet sich.
}) 11. a3 (11. bxc6 bxc6 12. a3 exf3 13. axb4 fxg2 (13... Qxd4 14. Qxc6+ $18 {
diese Möglichkeit hat Weiß in der Partie nicht.}) 14. Rg1 Ne7 15. b5 $14)
11... exf3 (11... Nd5 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Nh4 $16) 12. axb4 Qxd4 {Mit der
hässlich aussehenden Drohung De4.} ({Angesichts der kommenden forcierten
Ereignisse scheint} 12... fxg2 {die bessere Wahl gewesen zu sein.} 13. Rg1 Ne7
14. bxa5 Nf5 15. Bb2 Nh4 16. Ra3 $14) 13. d3 Qe5+ 14. Be3 fxg2 15. Rg1 Qxh2 {
Für den Turm gibt es keine Rettung. Allerdings hat Schwarz ja noch nicht
soviele Figuren entwickelt.} 16. bxc6 {Nach dem drohenden cxb7 folgt in
wenigen Zügen Matt.} Qxg1+ ({Ein anderer Versuch war gleich} 16... b5 17. cxb6
Bxb4+ 18. Ke2 (18. Nc3 $5 Bxc3+ 19. Ke2 Ne7 20. b7 Rb8 21. Rxg2 Qh5+ (21...
Qxg2 $2 22. c7+ $18) 22. f3 Kf8 23. Rb1 ({Nicht bringt} 23. Rc1 Bb4 24. bxc8=Q+
Rxc8 $11 {ein.}) 23... Qe8 24. bxc8=Q Rxc8 25. Rb7 $18) 18... Qxg1 19. Nd2 Bg4+
20. f3 Qh2 21. Rg1 Bh3 22. b7 $18 {und auch hier bringen die beiden Freibauern
Zinsen.}) 17. Kd2 b5 (17... Kd8 18. Nc3 Qxa1 (18... Qh2 19. Nd5 g1=Q 20. Rxg1
Qxg1 21. c7#) 19. c7+ Kxc7 20. Qxa1 $18) 18. cxb6 Bxb4+ 19. Nc3 Qh2 20. b7 Rb8
21. c7+ {Was für ein schreckliches Freibauernpaar.} Kf8 22. cxb8=Q Qxb8 23.
bxc8=Q+ Qxc8 24. Rg1 h5 25. Rxg2 h4 26. Qb5 Ne7 27. Kc2 h3 28. Rh2 Qc7 (28...
Bd6 29. f4 $18) 29. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (29... Qxh2 30. Nxe7 Kxe7 31. Qb7+ Kd6 32. Bb6
{und die Mattdrohung auf c7 ist kaum zu parieren.}) 30. Qxd5 g5 (30... Qxh2 31.
Qf7#) 31. Rxh3 Rxh3 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qe6+ (33. Qe6+ Kf8 (33... Kd8 34. Bb6 $18)
34. Qxf6+ Ke8 35. Qg6+ Kd7 36. Qe6+ Kd8 37. Bb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan J"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O $5 {Provokativ.} (5. d3) 5... e4
6. Ne1 h5 {Schwarz hatte die 1. Stichkampf-Partie verloren und muss hier
gewinnen.} 7. Bxe4 Bh3 ({Einen Vorgänger gibt es:} 7... h4 8. d3 Bh3 9. Ng2
Qd7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Bf3 Bd6 12. Qc1 O-O-O 13. Na3 hxg3 14. fxg3 Ng4 15. Bxd6
cxd6 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Rf2 g5 18. c5 Rhe8 19. Nb5 dxc5 20. Qxc5 Kb8 21. Re1 Re5
22. Qc4 f5 23. e3 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 dxe3 25. Qxg4 fxg4 26. Na3 Nd4 27. Nc4 Nf3+ 28.
Kf1 Nxe1 29. Nxe5 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Rd5 31. Nxg4 Rxd3 32. Kf3 Rd2 33. h4 gxh4 34.
gxh4 e2 35. Kf2 Rxb2 36. h5 Rb4 {0-1 (36) Malakhov,V (2706)-Tomashevsky,E 
(2745) Jurmala 2015}) 8. Qb3 {Weiß sucht schnelles Gegenspiel am Damenflügel.
} (8. Ng2 h4 {mit Angriff.}) 8... Qc8 (8... Bxf1 $6 {wäre kleinlich:} 9. Qxb7
Ne5 10. Kxf1 Rb8 11. Qxa7 $16) 9. Qb5 Nge7 10. Ng2 Qd7 (10... f5 $5 11. Bf3 g5
{wäre auch eine Idee gewesen.}) 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 f5 13. Bf3 d3 {Bauern
sind hier völlig egal, bzw. stehen nur im Weg herum. Schwarz macht das Feld
d4 für den Springer frei.} 14. Re1 (14. exd3 h4 15. Re1 Rb6 16. Qa4 Nd4 $132)
14... Nd4 15. Nf4 Bg4 {Eine völlig unübersichtliche Stellung mit wenig
Bedenkzeit.} (15... Nc2 $6 16. Nxd3 Nxa1 ({Besser} 16... c6) 17. Ne5 $18 {
ist schlecht. Schwarz hat aber auch überhaupt kein Interesse an irgendeinem
Turm, der sowieso nicht mitspielt.}) {[#]} 16. Qxa7 Rd8 17. Bxg4 $2 {Öffnet
Schwarz die h-Linie.} (17. Bd5 $5) 17... hxg4 18. Nxd3 Qd6 {Die schwarze Dame
kommt zum Königsflügel.} (18... Nc2 19. Ne5 {mit der Idee} Qd4 20. Qa4+) 19.
Nc3 Qh6 {Auch mit Computer ist die Stellung nicht so leicht zu erfassen. Mit
großer Wahrscheinlichkeit steht Weiß aber auf Verlust. Der schwarze Angriff
ist zu stark.} 20. Qa4+ c6 21. h4 g5 ({Nach} 21... gxh3 $2 22. Kh2 {wäre der
schwarze Angriff gestoppt.}) 22. Nb4 $2 {[#]} (22. Kg2 gxh4 23. Rh1 {sieht
besser aus, aber Schwarz bleibt am Drücker:} Qf6 $40) 22... gxh4 {Der
Durchbruch in der h-Linie entscheidet die Partie.} 23. d3 Qh7 24. Ncd5 Kf7 25.
Bf4 hxg3 26. fxg3 cxd5 27. Kf2 Qh2+ 28. Ke3 dxc4 29. Qa6 Rh6 30. Qxc4+ Re6+ {
[#] Überall in der weißen Installation platzen nun die Rohre und Wasser, bzw.
schwarze Steine dringen ein.} 31. Kd2 Nf3+ 32. Kc2 Rc8 33. Bc7 Nxe1+ 34. Rxe1
Qg2 {Einmal innehalten und zählen: Es fehlt ein weißer Turm.} 35. Kb3 Bg7 36.
d4 Bxd4 ({Oder} 36... Qb7 37. Rc1 Nc6 $19) 37. Qxd4 Rxc7 38. Qf4 Rb7 39. a3 Qe4
40. Qf1 Qd5+ 41. Kc2 Rxb4 (41... Rxb4 42. axb4 Rc6+ 43. Kb1 Qe4+ 44. Ka2 Qc4+
45. Kb1 Qc2+ 46. Ka2 Ra6#) 0-1

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 c5 4. Nxc4 Nc6 5. b3 f6 6. Bb2 e5 7. g3 Nge7 8. Bg2
Nd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Qb1 Rf7 12. Nf5 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Nb6 15.
Be4 $6 {Botvinnik overestimates his chances.} Bxc4 $6 ({Better is} 15... Nxc4
16. bxc4 {(Alekhine), and now} Qxd2 $1 {ruins the white pawn structure.}) 16.
bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Bb4 d3 21. Bxe7+ Rxe7 22.
Qxd3 Qxd3 23. exd3 Nb6 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Rac1 Nd5 26. a3 Red7 27. Kg2 b6 28. Kf3
Nc7 29. Ke3 Na6 30. Rc3 Nc5 31. Rf2 Rd4 32. f5 Ra4 33. Rg2 Rad4 34. Rf2 Ra4 35.
Rg2 Rad4 36. Rc4 R4d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm-A"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Degerman, Lars"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 (5. g3 e5 6. d3 Ne7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Qb3 a5 9. a3 Nec6 10. b5 a4 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. O-O Nd7 13. c5 Ra5 14. c6 bxc6 15.
bxc6 Nb6 16. Nbd2 $14 {Rogozhnikov,A-Karpeshov,O/Perm/1993}) 5... e5 6. exd4
exd4 7. Be2 (7. d3 Ne7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. a3 c5 11. b5 Nc7 12. O-O Ne6
13. g3 Qc7 14. a4 Bd7 15. Re1 g5 $13 {Fancsy,I-Gabriel,C/Budapest/1994}) 7...
Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 a5 $1 (9... Na6 {Fancsy,I-Gabriel,C/Budapest/1994 ->7.d3})
10. b5 c5 11. bxc6 Nexc6 12. Na3 Na6 13. Nb5 Bf5 14. Ba3 Nab4 15. Bxb4 axb4 16.
Nd2 Re8 17. Nb3 Na7 18. a4 bxa3 19. Nxa3 Nc6 20. Bg4 (20. Nb5 Rxa1 21. Nxa1 Qe7
$36) 20... Bxd3 $5 21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Qg3 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 d3 24. Ra2 Qb6 (24... Bc3
$5 25. Qd1 Bb4 26. Nc2 (26. Qc1 Re2 $17) 26... dxc2 27. Rxc2 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Ra3
$15) (24... Re2 25. Rxe2 dxe2 26. Qxe2 Rxa3 27. Rd1 $10) 25. Qd1 Bc3 $2 (25...
Qb4 26. Qxd3 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 Qxa3 $10) (25... Re2 $10) 26. Qb1 $1 Re2 27. Nc1 $1
$18 Qxb1 $138 (27... Qxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Bd4+ 30. Raf2 d2 31. Nb3 $18)
(27... Qe6) 28. Nxb1 Rexa2 29. Nxa2 Bd4 30. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 ({The reverse Benko} 4. b4 {might be a more
challenging attempt, but, of course, there would be more risk involved.}) 4...
Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4 cxd4 {Hari prefers a more combative
continuation.} ({Usually Black just replies with} 8... exd4 {In this
symmetrical Benoni structure White has hardly anything better than} 9. Bf4 O-O
10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 {but} Ng4 {equalises:} 12. Bf4 (12. Re1 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6
14. Re1 Bf5 $11 {Caruana-Anand, Champions Showdown 2016}) 12... Bd6 {
Kramnik-Anand, Blitz 2013.}) 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Na3 ({Another option is the old
Fischer plan,} 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. g4 a5 12. Ne4 {Of course, all this is lifted
from regular Modern Benoni games. Here White is a tempo ahead, but it remains
to be seen how important it will turn out to be,}) 10... O-O 11. Nc2 a5 12. b3
f6 13. Nd2 Nc5 {It's generally believed that in Benoni structures Black (in
this case White) benefits from a trade of one pair of knights.} ({Therefore, a
more challenging try is} 13... Kh8 $5 {Later in the game we will seee how
important it is for the king to step away from checks on that diagonal.}) 14.
Ne4 Bf5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rb1 Qd6 18. Qf3 Bg6 19. h4 h5 20. Rd1 Rfe8
({The most principled line was} 20... e4 $5 21. dxe4 Ne5 22. Qf4 b5 $1 {
A great shot, which Harikrishna must have missed.} (22... d3 23. Ne1 Rbd8 {
is answered by} 24. b4 $1 axb4 25. axb4 {where} Bxb4 $2 26. Nxd3 Nxd3 27. Qxd6
Rxd6 28. Rxb4 {leaves White well on top}) 23. b4 {and only now Black plays} d3
$1 24. Ne1 (24. bxc5 $4 dxc2 {and Black will get a new queen while going up a
whole rook}) 24... axb4 25. axb4 Bxb4 {and there's no} 26. Nxd3 {on account of}
bxc4 $19 {It's impossible to foresee all possible lines, but the breakthrough
in the centre is thematic in all Benoni variations.}) 21. b4 $1 {Now Radjabov
is in time to defuse the situation} axb4 22. Qd5+ {That check we talked about
in the note to Black's 13th move sure comes in handy.} Qxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kh7 24.
axb4 Bf8 25. Kf1 Rec8 26. b5 Na5 27. Rb2 e4 $1 {Otherwise Black can get worse.}
28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. dxe4 Nxc4 30. Ra2 Nd6 31. Nxd4 1/2-1/2