RU en

ChessBase по-русски

Войти

Создать аккаунт

Новый пользователь? Создайте свой аккаунт и вы сможете покупать продукты ChessBase, видеть ваши заказы, получать новости и участвовать в жизни сайта.

Корзина

0 позиций
на сумму 0

Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД B05

Коды ЭШД

B02 B03 B04

B05

B06 B07 B08

B05

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Защита Алехина: 4 Кf3 Сg4
EN: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3 Bg4

Ходы

1. e4 Кf6 2. e5 Кd5 3. d4 d6 4. Кf3 Сg4

Дебюты

Защита Алехина

[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {A surprise but under the circumstances (Artur needed a win to stay
in the match) we expected a surprise!} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6
6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 $5 10. exd6 (10. b3 $1 {The correct
way. 10.exd6 is premature}) 10... cxd6 11. b3 d5 $1 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bxf3 $2
13. Bxf3 dxc4 14. d5 $1 $44) 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. Rfd1 $1 Bf6 {
Black has equalised completely and since I only needed a draw I decided to
simplify to a drawn ending} 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Rac1
$10 Qe4 20. Qg4 $1 (20. Rc4 $2 b5 $15) 20... Qxg4 21. hxg4 Rfc8 22. g5 Be7 23.
d5 exd5 (23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $1 (24. Bxc1 Rd8) 24... exd5 25. Rc7) 24. Rxc8+
Rxc8 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Kf1 (27. g4 $1 $10) 27... Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke8
29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Ke4 Ke6 31. f3 Bc7 32. Bd4 g6 33. Be3 Bd8 34. Bf4 Bb6 35. Bg3
Ba5 36. Bf4 Bc3 37. Be3 Kd6 38. Kd3 Bb2 39. Ke4 Kc6 40. a4 Kd6 41. f4 Ke6 42.
g4 $10 Kd6 43. Bf2 Bc1 44. Bd4 Ke6 45. Bb6 Kd6 46. Bf2 Bb2 47. Be3 Ba3 48. Bd4
Kc6 49. Be3 Bd6 (49... Bc5 50. Bxc5 Kxc5 51. Ke5 Kb4 (51... b5 52. axb5 axb5
53. f5 $1 (53. Kf6 Kd4 54. Kxf7 Ke4)) 52. Kf6 Kxb3 53. a5 $1 Ka4 54. Kxf7 Kxa5
55. f5 b5 56. f6 b4 57. Kg7 b3 58. f7 b2 59. f8=Q b1=Q 60. Kxh7 $10) 50. Bf2 b5
51. Bd4 bxa4 52. bxa4 Bc7 53. Be3 Kd6 54. Bf2 Bd8 55. Bd4 Ke6 56. Be3 f5+ 57.
gxf6 Bxf6 58. g5 Bb2 59. Bf2 Kd6 60. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Bagirov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. exd6 (9. Nc3) 9... cxd6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bg6 (12... Qb8
$5 13. Bc3 a5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Rc1 (15. b4 $2 Na4 $1 16. Qxa4 axb4 $17) 15... Bg6
16. Re1 Bf6 $13) 13. a3 a5 (13... Bf6 $6 14. b4 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17.
Qb3 $1 $16) 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Rc1 (15. Nf1) 15... d5 16. c5 Nd7 (16... Nc8) 17.
Bc3 b6 18. b4 (18. Bb5 Na7 (18... Ndb8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qc7
$10) 19. a4 $5 (19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. cxb6 Nb5 21. Bb2 Qb7 {/\ Qb6}) 19... bxc5 20.
dxc5 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Qc7 $13) 18... axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qc7 $10 (20...
Ra3 $5 21. Nf1 Qa8 $1 22. Ne3 Rb8 23. Ng4 Bd8 $15 24. Bd3 $2 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Nb4
$1) 21. Nf1 Rfb8 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Ng4 Bd8 24. Bd3 Qb3 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qd2 (26.
Qxb3 $2 Rxb3 $17) 26... Nf6 (26... Bc7 $1) 27. Nxf6+ (27. Nfe5 $1 Nxe5 28. Nxe5
Ne4 29. Qf4 Bf6 30. Ba1 $13) 27... gxf6 $1 (27... Bxf6 28. Qf4 Qb7 $10) 28. Ra1
(28. Qh6 Qb7 $1 {/\ Qe7-f8=/+}) 28... Bc7 29. g3 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qc4 $15 31. Nh2
f5 32. Nf3 Bd8 (32... Rb3 33. Rc1 (33. Qh6 $2 Qxc3 34. Ra8+ Rb8 35. Ng5 Nd8))
33. Rc1 Bf6 34. Qf4 (34. Ba5 $2 Qb3 $1 35. Rc3 Qb1+ 36. Rc1 Qe4 $1 $19) 34...
Qd3 35. Qe3 $1 (35. Qd6 $2 Qxf3 36. Qxc6 Bg5 $1 $19) 35... Qb5 (35... Qxe3 $10)
36. h4 $1 Ra8 37. h5 gxh5 (37... Kg7 $2 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39. Bd2 $1 Rh8 40. Kg2
$14) 38. Qh6 Qe2 39. Qxf6 (39. Qxh5 Ra2 $1 $17) 39... Qxf3 40. Qg5+ Kf8 (40...
Kh7 41. Bd2 $1 Nxd4 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qh6+ Kg8 $10) 41. Qh6+ Kg8 (
41... Ke7 42. Qg5+ Kd7 43. Qf6 $1 $16) 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Nc3 (9. O-O) (9. Qb3 Bxf3 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a4 $14
) (9... Be7 $4 10. Qb5+ $18) 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. c5 (12. d5 $142)
12... dxc5 13. dxc5 Nd5 14. Qxb7 Qc8 $1 15. Qxc8+ Rxc8 $44 {Tarjan,J-Alburt,L/
USA-ch/1983/0:1/56/}) 9... Be7 10. d5 e5 11. g4 $5 (11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 f5 $132
) 11... Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Bd3 Qc8 (13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 N8d7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. b3
Nc5 17. Qd2 $36) 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Nd2 $8 O-O (15... Nxc4 $2 16. Qa4+ $18) 16.
b3 Rf4 17. g5 hxg5 $6 (17... h5 $5 18. Nde4 Rf8 19. Be3 Na6 20. Qd2 Qf5 $14)
18. hxg5 Qf5 (18... Bxg5 $2 19. Nde4 $18) 19. Qe2 Na6 20. Nde4 Rf3 21. Be3 $16
Nd7 22. O-O-O Ndc5 23. Rh4 $1 Rh3 (23... Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 (25...
Bxg5+ 26. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Be3 Qxh4 28. Qxf3 $18) 26. Rg1 $16) 24. Ng3 Qd7 25.
Rxh3 Qxh3 26. Qc2 Kf7 $8 27. a3 $1 Qg4 28. b4 Bxg5 (28... Nd7 29. Nge4 Rc8 30.
Qb3 $16) 29. Bxg5 (29. bxc5 Bxe3+ 30. fxe3 Qxg3 31. cxd6 Qxe3+ 32. Kb1 Nc5 $132
) 29... Qxg5+ 30. Kb2 Nd7 31. Nge4 Qh4 (31... Qe7 32. c5 dxc5 33. d6 Qh4 34.
Qb3+ Kf8 35. b5 Nab8 36. Qe6 $18) 32. Nxd6+ Kg8 33. f3 (33. Rd2 Qf4) 33... Qf6
34. c5 $18 Qxf3 (34... Nf8 35. Qe2 Nc7 36. Nde4 Qf7 37. d6 Nce6 38. Nd5 $18)
35. Qxg6 Qf2+ 36. Kb1 Nf8 37. Qh5 Qg2 38. Nce4 Ng6 (38... Qg6 $5 39. Qxe5 Nc7
40. Ka1 Ne8 41. Nc4 $18) 39. Ng5 Qg3 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 (4... g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nc3 $5 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 Bg7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 d5 $6 (10... dxe5 $142 11. dxe5 Qa5 $36)
11. Bd3 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. a4 Rc8 (14... Re8 $5 {/\c5,Rc8,Bf8})
15. Ba3 Re8 (15... c5 16. Bb5 $1) 16. Reb1 $16 {Frolov-Gluckman/Biel izt/1993/}
) 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 d5 (9... a6 10. b3 d5 11. c5
N6d7 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. f4 f6 14. Nf3 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nc6 16. Bd3 (16. a3 $5 b6 17.
b4 $36 {<<}) 16... b6 17. cxb6 Nxb6 (17... cxb6 $5 18. Rc1 $140 (18. Ne2 $10)
18... Ba3 $1 19. Bg5 Qe8 $17) 18. Ne2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nb4 20. Qd2 a5 $10 {
Spasov-Ehlvest/Biel izt/1993/}) 10. c5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc8 12. f4 g6 $6 (12...
Nc6 13. f5 exf5 14. Bf3 $40 {><d5}) 13. Kh1 (13. Bd3 $5 Bh4 14. Qg4 $40) 13...
Kh8 14. Rg1 Bh4 15. Rg4 $6 (15. Bd3 $142 {/\Qg4,Rg2,Ne2-g1-f3 ->}) 15... Nc6
16. Qg1 $2 (16. Bd3) 16... Rg8 $1 17. Qd1 f5 18. Rg2 (18. exf6 $2 Bxf6 {
/\N8e7-f5-/+}) 18... N8e7 19. a3 Rg7 20. Nb1 Qg8 $1 {<->g} 21. Nd2 g5 22. Nf3 (
22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Rxg5 24. Rxg5 Qxg5 25. Nf3 Qf4 $15) 22... gxf4 23. Nxh4
(23. Rxg7 Qxg7 24. Nxh4 (24. Bxf4 Bxf2 25. Bg5 Ng8 {/\Nxd4-+}) 24... fxe3 25.
fxe3 f4 $5 (25... Rg8 $36) 26. exf4 Qh6 27. Nf3 Qxf4 $15 {><d4}) 23... fxe3 24.
fxe3 Rf8 25. Qd2 f4 $1 26. Rag1 (26. exf4 Rxg2 27. Nxg2 Nf5 $15) 26... Rxg2 27.
Rxg2 Qf7 28. Rf2 Ng6 29. Bh5 (29. Nxg6+ Qxg6 30. Bd3 (30. exf4 $2 Qe4+ 31. Bf3
Qxf4 $19) 30... Qg4 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. exf4 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Nxd4 $17) 29... Qe7 $1
30. Ng2 (30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Bxg6 Qg5 32. Qd3 f3 $17) 30... fxe3 31. Qxe3 Rxf2
32. Qxf2 Qf8 $1 33. Qg1 $8 Nf4 $138 34. Qf2 Ng6 35. Qg1 Qf5 36. Be2 (36. Bxg6
hxg6 {/\Qe4-+ _|_}) 36... Nf4 $19 {_|_} 37. Bf3 Nxg2 38. Bxg2 Qf4 39. Qe1 Nxd4
40. Bh3 Qf3+ 41. Bg2 Qe2 42. Qxe2 Nxe2 43. Bh3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 a6 (9... a5 10. h3 (10. exd6 cxd6 11. c5 $5 (11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8
13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. f4 N8a7 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6
$10 {Fedorowicz-Yermolinsky/USA-ch/1993/}) 11... dxc5 12. dxc5 N6d7 13. Ne4 Na6
14. Rc1 f5 {Nijboer-Oll/Groningen PCA-qual/1993/} 15. Nd6 $1 Ndxc5 16. Rxc5
Bxd6 17. Rb5 Qc7 18. h3 Bh5 (18... Bxf3 $6 19. Bxf3 $16) 19. Qb3 $14) 10... Bh5
11. exd6 cxd6 12. Qb3 N8d7 13. Rac1 Bg6 14. Rfd1 Nc8 15. c5 $16 {Haba,P-Tagnon/
Toulouse op/1990/}) 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Qb3 $5 $146 (11. b3 d5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne5
(13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 Nc6 15. Rb1 Bf6 16. a4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 N8e7 18. b5 axb5 19.
axb5 Na5 $10 {Smyslov-Shabalov/Tilburg/1993/}) 13... Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. Rfd1
Bf6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 $10 {Anand-Yusupov (7)/Wijk aan Zee m/1994/})
11... N8d7 12. a4 Bxf3 (12... Qc7 13. a5 Nc8 14. Rfc1 $14) 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14.
Rfc1 $1 Nxc4 {[#]} (14... Qxc4 15. Qa3 $1 Qc7 (15... Qd3 $2 16. Nd5 (16. Be4
Qc4 17. Nb1 $18) 16... Qxa3 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rxa3 Rae8 (18... Rfe8 19. a5 $18)
19. a5 Na8 20. Bf4 e5 $8 21. Bg5 $1 (21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bd2 $18 {_|_}) 21... f6
$140 22. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 23. Bd5 {/\Rh3#}) 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxb7 $16
{^^,><a6,<->c}) (14... Rac8 $142 15. c5 $1 dxc5 16. a5 cxd4 (16... Na8 17. Qxb7
$16 {^^,><a6}) 17. Bxd4 (17. axb6 $6 Qe5 $8 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Nc5 $1) 17...
Nc4 18. Qxb7 $14) 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. Bxd5 Ndb6 $8 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 $14 {
><b7,<->c _|_} Qd7 19. Rac1 $6 (19. d5 $1 Rac8 $140 20. Rb4) 19... Rac8 $1 20.
d5 (20. Rb4 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Rc8 22. Be3 Rc7 23. d5 Bf6 $10) 20... Rfe8 21. h3 (
21. Qc2 $5 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 {<->c}) 21... h6 22. Kh2 Rxc4 (22... Bf6 $142) 23.
Rxc4 (23. Qxc4 Bf6 24. b3 Bb2 25. Rc2 Be5+ $10) 23... Bg5 $6 (23... Bf6) 24.
Bxg5 hxg5 25. Rb4 (25. Qc2 $1 Qe7 (25... Re7 $2 26. Rc8+ Re8 27. Rc7 Re2 $8 28.
Rxd7 Rxc2 29. Rxb7 Rxf2 30. b4 $1 (30. Rb6 a5 31. Rxd6 Rxb2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33.
Ra8) 30... Rd2 31. Rb6 $16 {_|_}) 26. g3 Qe2 27. Kg2 $1 Qxc2 28. Rxc2 Re5 29.
Rc8+ Kh7 30. Rc7 $16 {_|_}) 25... Re7 $14 26. Rb6 Qc7 27. Qb4 Rd7 28. a5 g6 29.
Qd2 Qd8 $1 (29... f6 $2 30. Rb3 {/\Rg3 ׻}) 30. Rb3 Qf6 $1 31. g3 (31. Rg3 Qe5
32. Qxg5 Qxg5 $5 (32... Qxb2) 33. Rxg5 Rc7 $1 34. b4 Rc2 {/\Rb2-d2=}) 31... Re7
32. Kg2 Qf5 33. Rb4 $1 Rc7 (33... Qe5 $142 34. Rc4 $14 (34. Rg4 $5 f6 35. Rc4))
34. Qd4 Qb1 $2 $138 (34... Rc5 35. Rxb7 Qxd5+ 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. b4 Rd4 $16 {_|_
}) 35. Rb6 $1 Rd7 (35... Rc1 $142 36. Rxd6 (36. Rxb7 Rg1+ 37. Kf3 Qf5+ 38. Ke3
Re1+ 39. Kd2 Re8 $1 {/\Qf3<=> עd2} (39... Qe5 $2 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. b4 $1 Rxd5+
42. Ke3 Re5+ 43. Kd4 Re2 44. Rb6 $18 {_|_})) 36... Rg1+ 37. Kf3 Qf5+ 38. Ke3
Re1+ 39. Kd2 Re8 40. Rf6 Qxh3 (40... Qb1 $5) 41. d6 Qf1 42. d7 $1 Qe2+ (42...
Re2+ 43. Kc3 $18) 43. Kc3 Qe1+ 44. Kb3 Rd8 45. Qd5 $1 Qe7 46. Rxg6+ $18 {_|_})
36. Qb4 $18 {_|_} Kg7 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Qxb7 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 $4 $138 (39. Kh2 $18)
39... Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ $4 (40... Qxa5 41. Qc6 (41. b4 Qb5 $10) 41... Qb4 $1
42. Qxa6 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qb1+ $1 44. Kg2 Qe4+ $10) 41. Kh2 $18 Qf5 42. Qb6 Qxd5
43. Qxa6 Qd2 44. Qb6 d5 45. a6 d4 46. Kg2 (46. Kg2 Qd3 (46... d3 47. a7) 47.
Qb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Fioramonti, Hung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. e4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5
Bxe2 (7... Nxe5 $142 8. dxe5 Bf5 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 e6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qxd8+
Bxd8 (12... Rxd8 $2 13. Nb5) 13. g4 $6 (13. Rfd1 {/\Rd2,Rad1 +/=/=}) 13... Bg6
14. f4 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nb5 O-O-O $1 17. Rad1 (17. Nxa7+ Kb8 18. Nb5 Bxb2
$15) 17... Bxb2 $15 18. f5 $2 exf5 19. gxf5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxf5 21. c5 Na4 {
-/+/-+ Korenev-Panchenko, USSR 1991}) 8. Qxe2 Qd6 {N} (8... Nxd4 $6 9. Qc4 c5
10. Be3 a6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bxd4 Nb6 (12... cxd4 13. Qa4+ $1 Ke7 (13... b5 14.
Nxb5 $1 $18) 14. Qxd4 $18 {עe7}) 13. Qb3 cxd4 14. Na4 $1 Nxa4 15. Qxb7 $1 Qd5
$8 16. Qxf7+ Kd8 17. Rfe1 Nc5 18. Rad1 Kc8 19. c3 $18 d3 20. b4 d2 21. Re2 Nd7
22. Nf3 $1 {/\23.Rexd2 1:0 Thorsteins-Hansen,Cu Reykjavik 1985}) 9. Nxc6 Qxc6
10. c4 Qa6 $6 11. Re1 $16 {ץf8,Rh8} Nf6 12. Nc3 e6 13. Nb5 $1 O-O-O $8 14. Bf4
Rd7 15. b4 $1 Ne8 (15... c6 16. Qe5 $18) (15... Bxb4 16. Reb1 Be7 (16... Bd6
17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rb3 {/\Ra3+-}) 17. Rb3 {/\Rab1,Qf3,Nxa7!} h6 (17... c6 $2 18.
Qe5) 18. Rab1 g5 19. Bg3 h5 20. Qf3 c6 (20... g4 21. Nxa7+ $1 Qxa7 22. Qxb7+
Qxb7 23. Rxb7 $18) 21. Nxa7+ $1 Qxa7 22. Qxc6+ $3 Kd8 $8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxb7
$18) 16. Rab1 Nd6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rb3 $1 $18 c6 (18... Kb8 19. Ra3 Qc6 20.
Nxa7 Qb6 21. c5 Qxb4 22. Nc6+ $1 bxc6 23. Rb3 $18) 19. Ra3 Qb6 20. Nxd6+ Rxd6
21. c5 Qxb4 22. Rb3 Qxd4 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Reb1 b5 25. a4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 a6 $5 (9... d5) 10. b3 d5 11. c5 N6d7 12. Nd2 $5 (12. b4 Nc6 13. a3
f6 $132) 12... Bf5 $1 (12... Bxe2 13. Nxe2 $1 Nc6 14. f4 f5 15. g4 $1 g6 16.
Ng3 $14) 13. f4 f6 (13... Nxc5 $2 14. g4 $1 (14. dxc5 d4 $15) 14... Ne4 15.
Ncxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 $16) 14. Nf3 (14. g4 Bg6 15. f5 Bf7 16. Nxd5
$2 fxe5 $1 $17) 14... fxe5 15. fxe5 Nc6 16. Bd3 b6 $1 $10 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Ne2
Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nb4 20. Qd2 a5 21. Nf4 Qd7 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 a4 24. Rac1 axb3
25. axb3 Ra3 26. Bg5 $1 (26. Ng5 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bxg5 28. Bxg5 Ra8 {/\ h6, Rf8=/
+}) 26... Nc8 $2 (26... Bb4 27. Bd2 Be7 28. Bg5 $10) 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 (27... Nxe7
28. Ng5 Ng6 29. Qh3 $1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Nf8 31. Qc3 $14) 28. Rc6 $1 Na7 29. Rc2
$2 (29. Ra6 $14 {><c7, e6}) 29... Rb8 $13 30. Rc3 c6 31. h3 Rf8 32. Rcc1 Rf4 $6
(32... Rb8 $10) 33. Ra1 Nb5 34. Rfc1 $1 $14 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 g6 $2 {><f6} (35...
h6 $14) 36. Qe3 Rf8 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Rc5 $14 Qa7 39. Kh2 Qa1 40. Qf4 Qa7 41. Qc1
(41. Qc1 Qd7 42. h4 {/\ h5+/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Black "Vukic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 (6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 d5 $5 10. c5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 $1 Nc8 12. f4 $1 (12. b4 $5 f6 (
12... a6 13. f4 Qd7 14. Bd3 Bd8 15. a4 c6 16. Ne2 f5 17. Kh1 $16 {
Matanovic-Vukic, YUG-ch 1978}) 13. f4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Qe8 15. Bd3 Bd8 16. Qg4 $18
{Matanovic-Vukic, YUG-ch 1975}) 12... a5 13. f5 $1 Bg5 14. f4 Bh6 15. fxe6 fxe6
16. Bg4 $16 {Shamkovich-Vukic, New York 1976}) 6... Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9.
Be3 (9. exd6 cxd6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Bc3 $1 b6
15. b4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Qc7 17. Qa4 Bg6 18. Nb3 e5 $6 $16 {Kapengut-Ivanov, USSR
1976} (18... a6 19. Na5 Ndb8 $14)) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 d5 (10... N8d7 11. exd6
cxd6 12. b3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 d5 $10 {Adorjan-Corden,
Birmingham 1974}) 11. c5 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bf5 Qe8 15.
Ne2 f6 $10 {Gulko-Bagirov, USSR-ch 1977}) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 13. f4 f5 $1
$10 (13... g6 $2 14. f5 $1 {Levitina-Alexandria, m 1975}) (13... Bh4 14. Bd3 g6
15. Qg4 Kh8 {Diesen-Waganian, Hastings 1974-5}) 14. b4 b6 15. a3 c6 16. Kh2 Rf7
17. Na4 Bf8 18. Rc1 (18. b5 $5) 18... Rb7 19. Bd2 $1 $14 g6 20. Bd3 Kh8 21. Qf3
b5 22. Nb2 Na6 23. Be2 Rab8 24. Nd3 Rg7 25. Rg1 Be7 26. Ne1 Rb7 27. Qg2 Nc7 28.
Nf3 Bh4 29. Nxh4 Qxh4 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. fxg3 Rf7 32. g4 Ne7 33. Rg3 Rb8 34. g5
Rg7 35. h4 Kg8 36. h5 Kf7 37. Rh3 a6 38. Kg2 Rf8 39. Ra1 Ke8 40. a4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O a6 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 (
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Qb3) 8... cxd6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b3 d5
11. Bb2 Be7 12. a3 dxc4 13. bxc4 O-O 14. Rc1 Qc7 15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Qe3 $1 Rd7
17. Rfd1 Qd8 $6 (17... Rad8 18. Ne4) 18. h3 Bh5 19. Ba1 Bg6 20. Ne4 $1 Bxa3 (
20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxa3 22. Rb1) 21. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 22. Qxa3 Qe7 23. Qc3 Qb4 24.
Qe3 Rad8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Qf8 27. h4 $1 h5 (27... h6 28. h5 Bh7 29. Rc3 {
/\30.Rg3}) 28. Qa5 $1 (28. Bxh5 $2 Nxc4 $1 29. Rxc4 Rd5) 28... Nc8 29. Bxh5
Bxh5 30. Qxh5 Ne7 31. Qg4 $1 b5 32. d5 $1 exd5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Bd4 $1 f6 (
34... f5 35. Qg5) 35. Bb6 $1 f5 36. Qe2 Qf6 37. Bxd8 Rxd8 38. Rc7 Ng6 39. Qxb5
Nxh4 40. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 41. Qxd7 Kh7 42. Qxd5 Ng6 43. g3 Ne7 44. Qh1+ Kg6 45. Qf3
Ng8 46. Kg2 Nh6 47. Qd5 Qb2 48. Rd2 Qa1 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50. Rd8 Qa3 51. Qc8 Kg6
52. Rh8 Qd6 53. Qe8+ Nf7 54. Rh4 Kf6 55. Ra4 Qd5+ 56. Kh2 Kg6 57. Ra6+ Kh7 58.
Qc6 $1 Qxc6 59. Rxc6 Ne5 60. Re6 Ng4+ 61. Kg2 Kg8 62. f3 Kf7 63. Ra6 Nf6 64.
Kf2 g5 65. Ke3 Nh5 66. Ra7+ Kg6 67. Ra6+ Kf7 68. f4 $1 (68. g4 $4 fxg4 69. fxg4
Nf6 $10) 68... gxf4+ 69. gxf4 Kg7 70. Rb6 $1 Kh7 (70... Kf7 71. Rh6 Nf6 72. Kd4
) 71. Rb1 Kg6 72. Rh1 Nf6 73. Kd4 Nd7 74. Kd5 Nf6+ 75. Ke5 Nd7+ 76. Ke6 Nf8+
77. Ke7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 13. f4 (13. b4 f5 (13... f6
14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Qe8 $14) (13... b6 14. Rb1 f5 15. f4 Rf7 16. Kh1 $14) (
13... Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. Qa4 b6 16. c6 $14) 14. f4 Kh8 15. Bd3 g5 16. Qh5 $16)
13... Nc6 14. b4 Bh4 15. Rb1 N8e7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qg4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qf3
Ne7 20. b5 Qd7 21. a4 Rfd8 22. Kh2 b6 23. a5 Qe6 24. axb6 $1 axb6 25. c6 Ra3
26. Bc1 Ra5 27. Bd2 Rda8 28. Ne2 Ra3 29. Rb3 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1 31. Bc1 h6 32.
Ra3 Rxa3 33. Bxa3 Nc8 34. Nc3 Na7 35. Bb4 Kg7 36. Kg2 g5 37. fxg5 $2 (37. Qh5
$1 {P a3- c1}) 37... Bxg5 38. h4 Bxh4 39. Nxd5 Nxb5 40. Nf4 Qc4 41. Qh5 Qxb4
42. Qxh4 Qxd4 43. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Qb3 $5 Bxf3 (9... Be7 $4 10. Qb5+) (9... Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. a4) 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. c5 $6 (12. d5 Ne5 13. Be2 exd5 14. cxd5
O-O 15. O-O) 12... dxc5 13. dxc5 Nd5 14. Qxb7 Qc8 $1 15. Qxc8+ Rxc8 16. Nd2 $6
(16. Bxd5 exd5 17. O-O d4 18. Bf4 Bxc5 19. Re1+ Kd7 20. Nc3 $5) 16... Nxe3 17.
fxe3 Bxc5 18. Ke2 Ke7 19. Nc4 Rc7 20. Rac1 Rhc8 21. a3 $6 (21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. b3
) 21... Nb8 22. Ne5 Bb6 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rd1 g6 26. Kd2 $2 (26. b4
) 26... Kd6 27. Rf1 h5 28. b4 h4 29. a4 $2 (29. Rd1 f5) 29... a5 $1 30. b5 f5
31. Bc6 Nb8 32. Ba8 g5 33. Rc1 (33. e4 fxe4 34. Bxe4 Rc4) 33... Rxc1 34. Nxc1
Nd7 35. Nd3 Bc5 $1 36. Bf3 Nb6 37. Bd1 (37. Nxc5 Kxc5 38. Bd1 e5 39. Bc2 e4)
37... Nc4+ 38. Ke2 Bb6 $1 39. e4 fxe4 40. Nf2 Ke5 $1 41. Bb3 (41. Nxe4 Kf4)
41... Nb2 42. Bc2 Kf4 $1 43. Nd1 (43. Nxe4 Nxa4 $1 44. Nxg5 Kxg5 45. Bxa4 Kf4
46. Bc2 e5 47. Kd3 e4+ 48. Ke2 e3 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Bd1 Bc5 51. Kc4 Kd6 52. Kd3
Kc7 $1 53. Kc4 Kb6 54. Be2 a4 55. Kc3 a3 56. Kb3 Kb7 57. Bd3 Kc7 58. Be2 Kd6
59. Bf3 Ke5 60. b6 Kf4 61. b7 Bd6 62. b8=Q Bxb8 63. Kxa3 Kg3 64. Kb3 Kf2 $19)
43... Nd3 44. Nc3 Nb4 45. Bb1 e3 46. Kf1 Ke5 47. Ne4 Bd8 48. Nc5 Nd5 49. Bc2
Nf4 $1 50. Nd3+ Kd4 51. Nxf4 gxf4 52. b6 (52. Ke2 Kc4) 52... Kc3 $1 (52... Bxb6
$2 53. Bg6) 53. b7 Bc7 54. Bg6 f3 $1 (54... Kd2) 55. Bh5 e2+ 56. Ke1 Bg3# 0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 (
8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 $5 $14) 8... cxd6 9. Nc3
Be7 10. d5 $5 (10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. c5 N6d7 13. b4 Nc6 14. Rb1 Bg6 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 $36 {Kupreichik,V-Rivas Pastor,M/Minsk/1982/1|0/40/}) 10...
e5 11. Be3 (11. c5 $5 dxc5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bb5+ N8d7 14. d6 Bh4 (14... Bf6 15.
g5 $18) 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qa4 b5 (16... O-O 17. g5 $18) 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. g5
$18 {Churova,I-Hallerova,E/CZE/1994/1|0/30/}) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 N8d7 13. Qe2
Rc8 14. b3 f5 15. g4 e4 (15... g6 $2 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Bh6+ Kg8
19. Rg1+ $18) (15... f4 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Ne4 Nbd7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Nd7 20.
Rc1 O-O 21. Kf1 $14) 16. Bg2 Bf6 17. Nb5 $1 (17. Rc1 Ne5 18. O-O Nd3 19. Rc2
Nb4 20. Rcc1 (20. gxf5 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 O-O $132) 20... Nd3 $10)
17... Bxa1 (17... Nc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rd1 a6 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qf6 22.
Qe3 O-O 23. gxf5 Qxf5 24. O-O $16) 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. O-O Be5 20. Nxf5 h5 (20...
g6 21. Nd4 Qf6 22. Ne6+ (22. f3 $5) 22... Kg8 23. f3 exf3 24. Rxf3 $146) 21. f4
$1 exf3 (21... Bf6 22. g5 Be7 23. d6 $18) (21... Bb8 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. g5 $36)
22. Qxf3 Kg8 (22... Nf6 23. g5 $18) (22... Qf6 23. g5 Qf7 24. Qe4 $36) 23. d6
Nf6 (23... Bf6 24. g5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ g6 28. Rf7+ Kh6
29. h4 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 $18) 24. g5 (24. g5 Nbd7 25. Ne7+ Kf7 (25... Kh7 26. Qf5+
$18) (25... Kf8 26. Qd5 $18) 26. Qd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Kemeri International-01"]
[Site "Kemeri"]
[Date "1937.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1937.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Alekhine:My Best Games 1924-37.p.214-7 2)CHESS 1837,vol2, p.456 3)
Turnierbuch Schachmeisterturnier zu Kemeri in Lettland 1937, p148.} Nf6 2. e5
Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. Be2 $5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Qxd4 9.
O-O $44 N8d7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 $2 (10... Qxd7 $142 11. Rd1 Qc6 12. b3 e6 13. Bb2
Bd6 (13... Bc5)) 11. Nc3 c6 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Rad1 $14 e6 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. Bxa7
Qa5 16. Bd4 Qf5 17. Qg3 e5 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Na4 Ba5 20. f4 Bc7 21. b3 f6 22.
fxe5 Qe6 23. h3 Rhg8 24. Bd4 Nxe5 25. Qc3 Nd7 26. c5 Rge8 27. b4 Nb8 28. Nb6+
Bxb6 29. cxb6 Qxa2 30. Qg3 Rd7 31. Bc5 Qf7 32. Ra1 Qg6 33. Qh2 Re5 34. Ra8 Rd2
$2 (34... Qd3 35. Qf4 Qe4 36. Qg3 Qe2 37. Qb3 $18) (34... Qg5 35. b5 $16) 35.
Rxb8+ $1 Kxb8 36. Qxe5+ (36. Qxe5+ fxe5 37. Rf8+ Qe8 38. Rxe8+ Rd8 39. Rxd8#)
1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 (5... cxd6 $5) 6. Nc3 Be7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 {/\ 10...Bxf3 11.Lxf3 Nxc4} 10. b3 Re8 11. Be3
Bf6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Rac1 h6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nh2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 h5
18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Kh2 Ne7 20. Rg1 c5 $2 21. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nf5 23. Ng3 Nxe3
24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Nxh5 Bxd4 (25... Be7 $5 {/\ 26...d5}) 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rd1
g6 28. Ng3 d3 29. Rcd2 Rde8 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Re6 32. Rd4 $16 {/\ 33.Ne4}
f5 33. Rd2 a5 34. Ne2 a4 35. Nf4 Rf6 36. Kg3 g5 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. Rxd5 axb3 39.
axb3 Kg7 40. Rb5 Rf7 41. h4 $2 (41. Rb6 $1 Rd7 42. h4 $1 gxh4+ (42... Kf6 43.
c5) 43. Kxh4 (43. Kf4 Kf6 44. c5 Rg7) 43... Kf6 44. c5 Ke5 45. cxd6 $16) 41...
f4+ 42. Kg4 gxh4 43. Rh5 (43. Kxh4 f3 44. gxf3 Rxf3 45. Rxb7+ Kf6 $10) 43...
Kf8 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Rxh4 Rg7+ 46. Kxf4 Rxg2 47. Rh7+ Kd8 48. Rxb7 $10 Re2 49.
Rh7 Re1 50. Rh3 Kc7 51. Re3 Rh1 52. Ke4 Kc6 53. Kd4 Rd1+ 54. Rd3 Rc1 55. b4 Rb1
56. b5+ Kc7 57. Rh3 Kb6 58. Rh7 Rd1+ 59. Kc3 Rc1+ 60. Kb3 d5 61. Rh6+ Kb7 62.
cxd5 Rc5 63. Rd6 Rxb5+ 64. Kc4 Rb1 65. Rd7+ Kc8 66. Rh7 Rb6 67. Kc5 Ra6 68. Kd4
Kd8 69. Rf7 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western CA-28 (National USA CF-01 ch )"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "1927.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1927.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. c4
Nb6 9. Bb2 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 N8d7 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Rad1 c6 14. f4 Qc7
15. Rf3 Rad8 16. Rg3 a6 17. Rdd3 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Rfe8 $1 $11 (19...
Nbxd5 $4 20. Nxd5 $18 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg4+ Kh6 24. Nd7 f6
(24... Qxf4 25. Bg7#) 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 $18) 20. Qd1 $2 (20. Nxf7 Bd6 (
20... Kxf7 21. Ne4 Kf8 22. Be5 Qc8 23. d6 $18) (20... Bf8 $11) 21. Ne5 c4 $11)
(20. Rde3 $11) 20... c4 21. Rd2 (21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 $17) 21... Bf8 $15
(21... Bb4 $17) 22. h3 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Qb4 25. Ng4 $2 (25. d6) 25...
Nxg4+ 26. Rxg4 f5 (26... Nc4 $1 $19) 27. Qxb4 Bxb4 28. Rg3 Nc4 29. Rd4 b5 30.
Nd1 Bc5 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 $19 (31... Kxg7 $4 32. Rxc4+ $18) 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Rc7
Rxd5 34. Nc3 Rd2 35. Rxc5 Rxb2 36. Rxc4 Rc2 37. Rc5 Kg8 38. Rc7 a5 39. a4 Kh8
40. Rc5 Rg8 $17 41. Kg1 Rgxg2+ 42. Kf1 Rh2 43. Kg1 Rxh3 44. Ne4 Rxc5 45. Nxc5
Rf3 46. Ne6 Ra3 47. Nc5 Ra2 48. Kf1 h5 49. Kg1 Kh7 0-1

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.12.12"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 dxe5 7. c5 e4 8. cxb6
(8. Ng5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rd1) 8... exf3 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3
axb6 (10... Nc6 11. O-O Nxd4 (11... axb6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Qe4) 12. Qxb7 axb6 13.
Be3) 11. Qxb7 Nd7 12. Bf4 (12. O-O e6 13. Bf4 Bd6) (12. Qc6 e6 13. Bf4 Bb4+ 14.
Nc3 Ra7 15. O-O Bxc3 {[%cal Ye8g8,Yh8f8] /\16.0-0 =}) 12... e5 $1 13. Bxe5 (13.
dxe5 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 O-O 16. O-O (16. Rd1 Nc5) 16... Nc5 17. Qc6
Ra3 $10 {Alekhine}) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bb4+ 15. Nc3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 O-O 17. O-O
Qe7 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3] >< c3, a2} 18. Rfe1 Qc5 19. Re3 Ra3 (19... Qc4 20. h3
$1 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Qxa2 22. Qc6 Rc8 23. c4 $36 {[%cal Re5e6] /\e6 Alekhine}) 20.
Qf3 Re8 21. h3 $1 Ra5 (21... Rxe5 22. Rd1 h6 23. Rd7 Rf5 24. Qe4 $40 {Alekhine}
) 22. Rd1 Qe7 (22... Rxa2 23. Rd7 Rf8 24. Qg4 $16 {Alekhine}) 23. Qc6 $1 Rc5 (
23... Rxe5 24. Qxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe5 Qf8 26. Red5 $18 {Alekhine}) 24. Qd7 (24.
Qa4 Ra5) (24. Qe4 f6) 24... g6 25. f4 Rc4 $1 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rd4 Rc5 28. Kf2
c6 29. a4 Ra7 30. Rb4 b5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Kf3 Rac7 (32... Ra3 33. Kg4 (33. Ke4
Rcxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Rxb5 Rg3) 33... Rcxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Rxb5 Kg7 {
White should win.}) 33. Rb3 Kf8 34. g4 $2 (34. g3 {[%cal Yf3d2] /\Kd2 +-
Alekhine}) 34... Ke7 {[%cal Ye7e6,Yc5c4,Rc4f4] /\Ke6, Rc4->f4} 35. f5 gxf5 36.
gxf5 f6 $10 37. Kf4 fxe5+ 38. Rxe5+ Rxe5 39. Kxe5 Rc5+ 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Ra3 Rc4+
{The sealed move.} (41... Re5+ $10) 42. Kd3 Rh4 43. Rb3 Kxf5 44. Rxb5+ Ke6 45.
c4 Rxh3+ 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. Rb6+ Kc7 48. Rf6 Rh5 49. Kc3 Kb7 50. Kb4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG Team-ch36"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1984.09.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Kovacevic,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1984.09.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nis Zeleznicar"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Mladost"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 {1)Sahovski Glasnik 1984, p.410} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2
c6 6. Ng5 Bf5 7. Bh5 (7. e6 $5) 7... g6 8. Bg4 Bxg4 9. Qxg4 dxe5 10. dxe5 h6
11. Ne4 Qd7 $1 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. f4 Na6 14. a3 O-O 15. O-O {[#]} f6 $1 16. exf6
exf6 17. f5 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Qe7 $1 19. Ng3 g5 20. b4 Rad8 21. Qf3 Qe5 22. Ra2 Qd4+
23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 b5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Rc2 c5 $1 27. b5 Nac7 28. Rxc4 Bf8
29. a4 Nb6 30. Rg4 Rd4 $1 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. a5 Nc4 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rc1 Ne3
35. Rxc7 Ng4+ 36. Kf1 Nxh2+ 37. Kf2 Bd6 38. Rb7 d3 39. Nh5 Re2+ 40. Kg1 Ng4 41.
Kf1 Bb4 42. g3 Nh2+ 43. Kg1 Bc5+ 44. Kh1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. a4 {White has a massive score with this rare move, which
appears to be mainly the intellectual property of Eric Prie. Maybe it should
be commoner - certainly Shabalov doesn't demonstrate a totally convincing
method against it in the game.} O-O (10... a5 {has been commonest here and was
the choice of Vasyukov, while} 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. b3 {was nothing
much for White in R.Godes-E.Vasyukov, USSR Otborochnii tournament 1979,}) ({
while the untried} 10... d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 N6d7 13. b4 $13 {was offered
by Hort.}) 11. a5 N6d7 12. Nc3 (12. Be3 f5 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Re1 Bf7 15. b4 $16 {
L.M.Evans-Martz, US Champs 1972}) 12... a6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qa4 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Qd8
16. Qa2 {A curious move. This was one of a number of stages in the opening
where taking the space and playing against the c6 knight with d5 looks very
tempting for White.} (16. d5 e5 (16... exd5 17. Nxd5) 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Na4 {
, for example, leaves Black really struggling to develop his pieces, so he
might have to try 16...Bxf3 17 Bxf3 Ne5 instead, but White must be better then.
}) 16... Nf6 17. d5 {It seems strang e for White to arrange this at a moment
when Black can capture and Nxd5 is met by ...Nxd5. The strong impression is
that White fails to make the most of his chances in this phase of the game.}
exd5 18. cxd5 Nbd7 19. b4 Bg6 {Shabalov aims to keep it complex. Instead} (
19... Ne5 {, aiming for some exchanges to relieve Black's cramp, was a
possibility.}) 20. Qb3 (20. Nh4 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Ne4 22. Nxg6 Nxc3 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7
24. Qc4 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 $11) 20... Rc7 (20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Nd2 Bg6 23.
Nc4 $14 {at least, but again perhaps 20...Ne5 was an alternative.}) 21. Nh4 Ne8
22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Na4 {In playing this I think White must have underestimated
the counterplay Shabalov's next allows him to generate. Instead} (23. Ne4 {
would have prevented Black's next and allowed White to continue pressing.})
23... Bg5 24. f4 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bh6 26. Nb6 $2 {With this move White
definitely allows Shabalov's ingenious play more rein that it deserves.} (26.
g3 g5 27. f5 Nef6 28. Re1 {is not clear at all, but}) (26. Qd3 g5 27. Nb6 {
seems to keep the advantage, because} gxf4 $6 (27... Nxb6 28. fxg5 Bxg5 29.
Bxb6 Qe7 {seems to be forced but White retains the advantage after} 30. Rc2)
28. Nxa8 fxe3 29. Nb6 Nxb6 30. axb6 Qh4 {comes up short after} 31. Rf1 {
, and now if} Bf4 {the cruel tactical sequence} 32. Qf5 $1 g5 33. Bh5 $3 Qxh5
34. Rxf4 $18 {disillusions Black.}) 26... Nxb6 27. Bxb6 Qh4 $13 28. g3 (28. Rf1
Bxf4 29. Qf3 g5 30. Bf2 Qh6 31. g3 Be5 {is no good for White either.}) 28...
Qxh3 29. Qd3 Nf6 30. Bf1 (30. Rc7 {was possible and might have obliged Black
to take a draw since} Re8 31. Rxb7 Nxd5 {doesn't seem quite enough:} (31...
Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 33. Qg2 $11) (31... Ng4 32. Bxg4 Qxg4 33. Kg2 Bxf4 34. Qf3
$16) 32. Bf2 Ne3 33. Bf1 $16 Nxf1 34. Qxf1 Qg4 35. Qxa6 Bxf4 36. Qc4 $18) 30...
Qh5 31. Be2 {No doubt with the text White was hoping for 31...Qxd5 32 Qxd5
Nxd5 when White's active pieces give him decent drawing chances while Black
has to spend some time to extricate his bishop, but after Shabalov's next it
is hard for White.} (31. Rc7 Re8 32. Rxb7 Ng4 33. Qd2 Re1 {looks completely
terrifying, but it isn't clear that Black has anything better than perpetual
check after.} 34. b5 Nh2 35. Qxe1 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Nxe1 37. Kxe1 Qf3 38. bxa6 Qxg3+
39. Ke2 Qh2+ 40. Ke1 Bxf4 41. Be2) 31... Ng4 $1 32. Qf3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 f5 34. Qg2
(34. Bg1 Qh3+ 35. Qg2 Qh5 {is similar and also gives Black very good chances
with his plan of ...g5.}) 34... Qh5 (34... Bxf4 35. Rc7 Re8 {was possible and
objectively maybe even better, but one can see why Shabalov avoided it;
without queens the a-pawn is very dangerous and especially if the players were
short of time it must be practically better to keep the initiative..}) 35. Kg1
g5 36. Rf1 Rc8 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. Bxg4 Qxg4 39. Qf3 Rc4 40. Qxg4 fxg4 $17 {
The smoke clears and Black is at least much better and perhaps simply winning
already.} 41. Re1 Kf7 42. Re6 Be7 43. Kf1 Rxb4 44. Bc7 Rb5 45. Bxd6 Bd8 46. Re5
Rxa5 47. Rf5+ Kg6 48. Rf8 Bf6 49. Rb8 Rxd5 $19 50. Bf4 Rb5 51. Ke2 Be5 52. Bxe5
Rxe5+ 53. Kd3 Rb5 54. Ke4 a5 55. Ra8 Rb4+ 56. Ke5 a4 57. Ra7 b6 58. Ke6 b5 59.
Ke5 Rb3 60. Kf4 a3 {A game rather typical of Shabalov's style: White must have
been better but he just couldn't keep control of the tactics. As to the
opening I rather suspect 10...a5 is objectively sounder.} 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galstian, Beniamin"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 {The tabiya of the old main
line with 4...Bg4; once considered almost the most important position in the
whole Alekhine, although Black doesn't enter into it so much any more.} 13. f4
Nc6 14. b4 {White has other moves, but these are perhaps the most common.} Bh4
{An awkward-looking move, but Black has to vacate e7 for his knights. One
reason White would be better off if he hadn't inserted h3 is that he could
meet such a move with Qg4, and if ...f5 or ....h5 then Qh3. By this means he
could make it very difficult for Black to untangle his knights at all.} (14...
a6 {is the most thematic alternative.}) 15. b5 {This seems the most natural,
finding out what Black intends to do with his knights, but} (15. Rb1 {is also
played. A recent example was} N8e7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kh2 (17. Qf3 Nf5 18. Bxf5
gxf5 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Kh2 Rg8 21. Qxf7 Qe8 {was equal in Kindermann-Baburin,
Bundesliga 1998}) 17... Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Rg1 (19. Qf3 Ne7 20. b5 {(Finkel)
might be better, keeping the knight off the circuit which leads to e6}) 19...
Qd7 20. Qf3 Rfd8 {, which saw White getting nowhere fast in Fedorowicz-Baburin,
Imre Konig memorial, 2002.}) 15... N6e7 (15... Na5 {is commoner.} 16. Bd3 g6
17. Qg4 Kh8 (17... f5 18. Qg2 Ne7 19. Kh2 b6 20. c6 a6 21. a4 Nc4 22. Ne2 Nxe3
23. fxe3 a5 $11 {was Macdonald-Palatnik, Hastings 1999}) 18. Kh2 Rg8 19. Ne2 c6
20. a4 f5 21. exf6 $1 {led to a classic White win in Sanakoyev-David, corres
1988-1992}) 16. Bd3 f5 {A new move so far as I can see. In Jansa-Velicka,
Czech Champs 1997, Black played} (16... g6 17. Kh2 ({According to Sanakoyev
the problem with Black's play is} 17. Qg4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qf3 c6 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. Rfb1 {, "and the position opens up before Black is ready to contest
the b-file". This is true, and for that reason maybe 19...Ne7 is preferable to
19...c6.}) 17... Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qb3 Ne7 20. Ne2 {, and now it seems to
me that 20...a6 was better than Velicka's 20...Kh8, (with the idea of ...Ng8
and ...Be7 to meet White's plan of Ng1-f3; the knight proved out of play on g8
and White basically won on the queen side.}) 17. Kh2 Ng6 {A little bit of an
unusual plan; with this structure Bagirov used to play ...Kh8, ..Ng8-...h6...
f7, ....Rg8 and then ....g5.} 18. Rg1 Qe8 19. Qf3 Kh8 20. a4 Bd8 21. a5 Nce7
22. Qg3 Ng8 23. Be2 Bh4 24. Qg2 N8e7 {White is definitely better here: Black
normally does not like to allow White the c5/b5/a5 trio in this line, and
Black's pieces are even more passive than usual.} 25. Nb1 {White often brings
this knight to f3 in this line to annoy the h4 bishop, although e2/g2/f3 is a
more familiar route.} Rg8 26. Nd2 Nf8 27. Nf3 Neg6 28. Rgc1 Be7 29. c6 b6 {
This pawn formation is normally bad news for Black: he cannot contest the
a-file in the long run and then is terribly cramped. An open b-file is not so
hard to cope with.} 30. Qg3 Qd8 31. Kh1 Rc8 32. Bd2 h6 33. Rg1 Nh4 34. Nh2 g6
35. Qb3 Rg7 36. axb6 axb6 37. Ra7 Kh7 38. Nf1 Kh8 39. Ng3 Nh7 40. Rga1 Rg8 41.
Qa4 g5 {Whether White could have cracked Black's shell if he had sat and
waited is an interesting question: evidently Minasian thought so, but what
plan White might have employed I am not sure. If White were to double on b7
and a7, trade bishops on b4 and then try to bring the knight to a6 and win the
c-pawn, for example, one can see that some more propitious moment for ...g5
might well arise during that operation.} 42. Qb3 gxf4 43. Bxf4 Bg5 44. Nh5 Bxf4
45. Nxf4 Ng5 (45... Qg5 46. Qg3 Qxg3 47. fxg3 Rxg3 48. Ra8 $18) 46. Qe3 Qe7 47.
f3 Ng6 48. Nh5 Nh7 49. Nf6 Nxf6 50. exf6 f4 51. Qe5 $1 Nxe5 (51... Qf7 52. Qh5
Kh7 53. Bd3 Qxf6 54. Rg1 Rg7 55. Rg4 Qf7 56. Ra1 $18) 52. fxe7 Ng6 53. Bd3 Nh4
54. Rg1 Rge8 55. Rg4 Nxf3 56. Rxf4 Ng5 57. Rxc7 Rxc7 58. Rf8+ Kg7 59. Rxe8 Kf7
60. Bg6+ Kf6 61. h4 Ne4 62. Rf8+ Kxe7 63. Rf7+ Kd6 64. Rxc7 Kxc7 65. Bxe4 {
A nicely conducted game by White.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bryzgalin, Kirill"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 {A slightly old-fashioned position; neither
4....Bg4 nor 7 exd6 are as popular as they once were, and 9 Nc3 is commoner
than what White plays here.} a5 (11... d5 {and}) (11... Bf5 {have been the
main moves: in the former case usually Black has aimed to play with ...a6
rather than ....a5.}) 12. a3 d5 {It's not clear this is the correct moment for
this. Black can play ...d5 at any time and probably White will reply c5, but
it's possible that Black has more moves to make first which improve his
position after ...d5; c5 than White does. For example} (12... Bf5 13. Re1 Bf6
14. Nf1 d5 15. c5 Nd7 16. Rc1 Be4 17. Ng3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 b6 19. Bc3 Rb8 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 bxc5 22. bxc5 g6 23. Re2 Qc7 24. Ra2 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ne2
Ra3 27. Bb2 Ra2 28. Qb3 Qa7 29. Nc3 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 Nxd4 31. Qb4 Bg5 32. Rb1 Qxc5
33. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Nxc5 35. Kf1 Bf6 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Nb5 Be5 38. Rc8 Nd3
39. Ke2 Nf4+ 40. Kf1 g5 41. Na7 Ng6 42. Kg2 Nh4+ 43. Kh3 h5 44. Nc6 Bf4 45. Nd4
e5 46. Ne2 Nxf3 47. Nxf4 gxf4 48. Kg2 e4 49. Rc5 d4 50. Rxh5 f5 51. Kf1 Kg6 52.
Rh8 d3 53. Rd8 Nxh2+ 54. Ke1 Nf3+ 55. Kd1 Kg5 56. Rd5 Kg4 57. Kc1 e3 {0-1 was
Fedorowicz-Alburt, US 1980, a classic Alekhine game. Here White's 14th
actively hurt him once the typical structure change was effected.}) 13. c5 Nd7
$146 (13... Bxf3 {had been played before, the idea being} 14. Nxf3 Nc8 {
followed by ...Bf6 and ..Ne7-f5. This is a typical idea in the ...cxd6 Exhange
variation, but there ...Nf5 hits a bishop on e3. Here it's a bit of a shot in
the dark, and Black's plan ikn the game (which is not so effective in the
Exchange) works better.}) 14. Bc3 b6 15. b4 bxc5 (15... axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17.
Qxa1 e5 {was an alternative, for example} 18. b5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. c6 Bf6
21. Qd1 Bf5 $1 $13 {These positions with the protected passer on c6 are often
not as good as they appear at first glance in this line.}) 16. dxc5 (16. bxc5 {
was a tamer alternative} Qc7 17. Qa4 e5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. Nb3 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5
$11 {, for example. (I don't think Black should play slowly and allow White
perhaps to build up for Nb3 and a siege of the a5 pawn).}) 16... e5 17. b5 d4
18. bxc6 Nxc5 19. Bxa5 (19. Bb2 {is the other critical line. It seems to me
that White can maintain some advantage here, for example} d3 ({Did Black have
some way of obtaining unclear compensation for two pawns? I don't see it -} 
19... Rb8 20. Qc1 $16) 20. Bxe5 Rc8 21. c7 Qd7 22. Nc4 dxe2 23. Qxe2 Qe6 24.
Rfe1 (24. Rae1 {is interesting also}) 24... Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bf6 26. Rad1 Bxe5 27.
Qxe5 Qg6+ 28. Qg3 {, and Black still hasn't recovered his pawn.}) 19... Rxa5
20. Nxd4 {Settling for a draw. More critical was} (20. Nxe5 {. I don't think
White is risking too much here. A couple of sample variations are} Be6 ({or} 
20... Bxe2 21. Qxe2 d3 22. Qf3 Bf6 23. Ndc4 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Nb3 25. Nc4 Nxa1 26.
Nxa5 Qxa5 27. Qxd3 $16) 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Bc4 Bf6 23. Bxe6 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25.
Nc4 Qc7 26. Nxa5 fxe6 27. Qe1 Rf5 $14) 20... Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Ra6 $11 22. Nc4 e4
23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. c7 Rc8 25. Rab1 Rxc7 26. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Black "Werner, Dimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Re1 {White's most popular set-up against Black's solid
variation, dubbed the Flohr-Agzamov system by Burgess in his Alekhine books.}
Qb8 (10... Qc7 11. Nc4 b5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd5 {is White's key
trick in this line: the text move aims to avoid this by hiding the queen away
from a pawn on d6. I suspect however that Black's best is to play 10...Qc7 11
Nc4 N7b6 rather than the rash 11....b5, although White is still better.}) 11.
Bxd5 (11. Nc4 b5 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. b3 Qc5 15. c4 {(V.Cmilyte-N.
Zhukova, Istanbul Olympiad 2000) was a very sharp idea by the future Mrs
Shirov: in fact since Shirov says in Fire On Board that the two met at this
tournament, one wonders about the parentage of the idea. Anyway Black was
slaughtered in the game. But the text is also rather strong, and much simpler.}
) 11... cxd5 12. c4 Nb6 $146 (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. b3 Rd8 {was grim for
Black in M.Bartel-A.Zhigalko, Swidnica open 2000, especially since after} 15.
Bg5 {I'm not sure the future grandmaster would have had much option but to
retract his last move. Given that the text doesn't go so well either it looks
as though 10...Qb8 might be destined for the scrap heap.}) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
Ne4 Bb4 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Nf6+ (17. Nd6 {was also quite strong but
Sprenger prefers the bird in the hand.}) 17... gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. exf6 Rg8
20. Qxb4 Qd8 21. Qxb7 Qxf6 22. b3 {White should win this position with
reasonable care and Sprenger makes a capable job of it from here on.} a5 23.
Qe4 Rab8 24. Rac1 Rb5 25. Rc4 Rd8 26. g3 Rbd5 27. Kg2 Rf5 28. Re2 h5 {I don't
think this helps much: Black should have just kept his forces as active as
possible and hoped for a chance as White tried to advance.} 29. Qe3 Kh7 30. Rd2
Rg8 31. Rdd4 Qe5 32. Qd3 Kg7 33. Rd7 Rb8 34. Re4 Qf6 35. Qe3 Rbb5 36. Rdd4 Qe7
37. Rf4 Qb7+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Kg6 40. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 41. Ke3 Rc5 42. Kd3 e5
43. Rc4 Rb5 44. f4 {Building a good square for the rook on f4.} Kf5 (44... f6
45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Ke4 {is no better. 44...h4 might have put up more of a fight
but the issue should not be in doubt.}) 45. fxe5 Rxe5 46. Rf4+ Kg6 47. Rh4 Rc5
48. a3 Rc1 49. Kd2 Rc8 50. b4 axb4 51. axb4 Rb8 52. Kc3 f5 53. Kc4 Rc8+ 54. Kd5
{The classical technique. For this frontal attack to work the pawn needs to be
held on the third rank.} Rb8 55. Kc6 Rc8+ 56. Kb7 Rc2 57. b5 Kg5 58. b6 f4 59.
Rxf4 Rxh2 60. Ra4 Rh3 61. Ra3 Kg4 62. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 a6 $5 {/\ ...Bxf3; Bxf3 dxe5; Bxb7 Ra7} (9... O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. c5
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 {is the main line, of course: Black's sideline here had a
period of popularity in the 1990's.}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 (11. exd6 cxd6 12.
Qb3 (12. b3 d5 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Bf6 $11 {Anand-Yusupov, Wijk
aan Zee Candidates 1994}) 12... N8d7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Bg5 16.
Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. c5 $14 {(Anand-Morozevich, Intel rapid 1995) is
usually considered the best way for White to play.}) 11... N8d7 12. a4 $146 (
12. exd6 cxd6 13. a4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 $6 {Kotliar-Yermolinsky, St Martin open 1993
}) 12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 (13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Rfd1 Qb8
17. a5 Nbxc4 $5 18. Bxa7 Qxa7 19. Be4 Rb8 $13) 13... Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qc8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Qc3 {=/+=} Nc5 18. Qc2 a5 19. Nd4 f5 20. exf6 (20. Nb5
b6 21. Rad1 Qb7 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rfd1 $11) 20... Rxf6 21. f5 e5 22. Ne2 c6 23.
Ng3 Rf7 24. Kh1 Qf8 25. Rf3 e4 $6 (25... Rd8 $11) 26. Nxe4 Rxf5 $2 (26... Nxe4
$8 27. Qxe4 Bf6 $14) 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Ng5 $1 $18 Rxg5 (28... g6 $5 29. Ne6
Rxf3 (29... Qe7 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Qxf5 $18) 30. Nxf8 Rfxf8 $16 {/+-}) 29. Rxf8+
Rxf8 30. Qd2 Rgf5 31. Qxa5 Rf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kh2 Bd6+ 34. g3 Rf2+ 35. Kh1
Rxb2 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37. Qc8 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 g6 39. g4 c5 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. g5 Rb4 42.
Qf6+ Kg8 43. a5 Rb3 44. Kf2 Rb4 45. Ke2 Rb3 46. Kd2 Rb4 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Kc2
$22 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2005.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 {This move is theoretically the reason why White might want to
insert h3 Bh5 (which most strong players do in this variation). Those moves
are unhelpful for White if Black continues 9... (or 10 if h3 Bh5 is included,
of course) d5 10 c5 Bxf3 11 gxf3 Nc8, since the pawn blocking the h3 square
deprives White of a lot of his possibilities for a king-side attack and also
makes the position of a Black bishop on h4 more secure. The text move however
is much worse if White has included h3 Bh5, for a reason explained in the
notes to Black's thirteenth.} 10. exd6 cxd6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5
Be6 {If Black's bishop had been on h5 it would now be en prise, and the tempo
lost in moving it to g6 gives White much the better chances. Whether Black can
equalise in the present position is an important question for the whole 4...
Bg4 line: Black has not scored at all well but theoretically he is usually
thought to be OK. Commonest has been} (13... Bf6 {when White has three
alternatives:} 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rd2 Qa5 16. Qxd6 $2 {(a blunder, but
it it not clear how White was to obtain an advantage anyway)} Bxf3 17. Bxf3
Rcd8 18. Qf4 Be5 {was winning for Black in Browne-Hort, San Antonio 1972.}) (
14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 Be6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bf4 Qxd2 20.
Rxd2 d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 $14 {Sammalvuo-Mertanen, Kuopio 1995.}) 14... Bxb2 15.
Qb5 Bf6 16. Qxb7 Rc8 17. h3 Be6 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Rc1 {was fine for Black in
Pacl-Kraus, Czech Champs 1992, although 19...Rb8 now would have been better
than Kraus' 19...Qa5.}) 14. Qd2 (14. Qh5 {has also been tried} Bf6 15. Ng5 (15.
Rad1 {however is worth attention, eg} Bxb2 16. Ng5 h6 (16... Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3
18. Rxd3 h6 19. Ne4 {is dangerous for Black:} Ne5 20. Rxd6 Qc7 21. Rxh6 Ng6 (
21... Nf3+ 22. gxf3 gxh6 23. Kh1 $18) 22. Ng5 gxh6 23. Qxh6 $16 {, for example.
}) 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qb5 Bf6 19. Qxb7 $14) 15... Bf5 {leads nowhere for White.}
) 14... d5 15. c5 Rc8 16. b4 Bf6 17. Rad1 {Only here does the game diverge
from Oral-Velicka, Trinec 1998, where White had tried} (17. Nd4 b6 18. Rac1
Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 {
when White rhaps held a slight edge, but Black's active pieces enabled him to
hold the draw.} 24. a4 Ra8 25. Ra1 Kf8 26. a5 bxa5 27. bxa5 Ke7 28. a6 Kd6 29.
f4 Ra7 30. Kf2 d4 31. Ke1 Bd5 32. g3 Be4 33. Kd2 f5 34. Bd3 Kc5 35. Ra5+ Kd6
36. g4 Bxd3 37. Kxd3 fxg4 38. Kxd4 Kc6 39. Ke5 Kb6 40. Ra2 Rxa6 41. Rxa6+ {
1/2-1/2: Su tovsky's move is more natural, and leads to very much the usual
situation in this variation: White has a slight advantage, but Black retains a
tough position to crack.}) 17... Re8 18. a3 a6 19. Rfe1 Rc7 20. Nd4 (20. Ng5 {
looks like a preferable way of exchanging knight for black-squared bishop
since after that trade White would like to take his bishop to d6, but Black
had prepared} Bc8 (20... Bxg5 21. Bxg5 {looks quite nice for White since he
can take the bishop to d6, while}) (20... d4 21. Bf4 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qd5 23. Bf3
Qb3 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qxd4 {is very nice for White}) 21. Bf4 Rce7 {when} 22.
Bd3 (22. Bd6 $4 Bxg5 $19 {is the point}) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 g6
{isn't much for White.}) 20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rce7 22. Bf1 Bf5 23. Qg5 Bg6 24.
Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. f3 {I don't really understand this move. To me the
plan with Bc3 and a4/b5 looks more natural. Somewhere around here Sutovsky
must I think have underestimated Black's coming defensive manoeuvre.} Bc2 27.
Rd2 Ba4 28. Bb2 Rd7 29. Bd3 Bb5 30. Be4 Bc4 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Bc2 a5 33. bxa5 ({
Since} 33. Bc3 d4 {is bad, White has to acquiesce in equality.}) 33... Ra8 34.
Rd1 Rxa5 35. Re1 Kf8 36. a4 g6 37. h4 d4 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Bxd4 Nxd4 40. Rxd4
Rxc5 41. Be4 b6 42. g4 Be6 43. Rb4 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 N8d7 (9... d5 {of course is the main move, while 9...Nc6 is the
main alternative, but the trend has been towards experimenting with other
ideas hereabouts.}) 10. b3 (10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 {has been the main
alternative: after 9...Nc6 this is ineffective but in the structure arising
after} d5 12. c5 Nc8 {Black's d7 knight belongs on c6, pressing on d4.}) 10...
dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxg4 ({After} 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Rad8
{White is a little better, but presumably Black ought to be able to defend.})
12... Nxg4 13. Qxg4 f5 $5 $146 (13... Bb4 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Bh6 Qf6 16. Bg5 Qf5
17. Qxf5 exf5 $14 {was P.Popovic-L.Alburt, Hastings 1980, in which the great
Alekhine expert managed to hold on.}) 14. Qe2 {This doesn't look like the most
critical move: the queen isn't doing much here and it also takes the knight's
square, which in turn means that a White rook has to be inactive on c1.} (14.
Qg3 Bb4 (14... f4 $2 15. Bxf4 Qxd4 $4 16. Be5 $18) 15. Bf4 Qxd4 16. Nb5 Qf6 17.
a3 Bd6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bxd6 Rf7 {is definitely a bit better for White, and
I'm not sure what Black can do that's much better than that.}) 14... Bb4 15.
Rac1 c6 (15... f4 16. Bd2 Qxd4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rfd1 Rae8 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Qf3
{was an alternative, although White retains an edge here.}) 16. f3 (16. Qd2 {
is the computer's offering to prevent f4 while offering a chance for Bf4. The
self-pin looks unnatural to human players, but maybe if White still wanted to
play for an edge he had to try this.}) 16... Qf6 17. Bf2 Rad8 $11 18. Qc2 e5
19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Re2 Nd7 22. Nb1 Bc5 23. Rd1 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Nc5
25. Rfd2 a5 26. Qc3 (26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qxf5 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Nd3+ {
is a draw by perpetual check for one side or the other after either 30 Kg3 or
30 Ke3; I doubt Kudrin was playing for more than that, but perhaps the text
seemed to offer less risk of a miscalculation.}) 26... Qxc3 (26... Rxd2 27.
Qxd2 $11 (27. Rxd2 Qe7 $15)) 27. Nxc3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 {In lesser company Black's
slight space edge might give White some problems now, but here the advantage
is symbolic, although the players continue until the time control before
agreeing the draw.} Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ne2 Rf6 31. Nf4 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33.
Ke3 Ke5 34. Nd3+ Nxd3 35. Kxd3 f4 36. Kc3 c5 37. Kd3 Kf5 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd2
Kd6 40. Kc3 Ke5 41. Kd3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 {A
non-crit ical move, although it is played occasionally. It's strange that
Kamsky should avoid a theoretical debate in this variation, since White has a
number of quite well-regarded lines. Of course Christiansen doesn't usually
play the Alekhine and when faced with an opening the opponent doesn't usually
play choosing a sideline is a very classical recipe.} O-O 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. exd6
cxd6 10. c3 Rb8 ({The machine favours the quite tempting} 10... Nf4 11. Bf1 d5
{, but Christiansen characteristically prefers a more fluid approach which is
also a typical method in this structure.}) 11. Nf1 Bh5 ({A typical
prophylactic move. After the immediate} 11... b5 {White could play} 12. Ng3 {
and then oblige Black to give up bishop for knight with h3.}) 12. Bd3 {White
wants to ensure he gets to capture on g6 rather than the exchange happening on
d3, although in the later play he isn't able to make much of this.} b5 {
A precaution before going ...Bg6; the immediate} (12... Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14.
c4 Nc7 15. d5 {breaks Black's control in the centre.}) 13. Ng3 (13. Be4 {
followed by Bxd5 is an obvious possibility and clearly both players judged it
not to be good, but unfortunately I'm completely unable to explain why not.})
13... Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 Bf6 16. Qe4 {A move whose idea is revealed on
White's next turn.} ({The computer goes straight for} 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Nfg5 {
, and this certainly gives Black some splendid opportunities to get horribly
mated, for example} Rfe8 (17... Nce7 {is more sensible and seems to avoid
anything directly disastrous}) 18. Qh3 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nf6 20. Re4 Nxe4 21. Qh7+
Kf8 22. Nxe4 f5 23. Ng5 $18) 16... b4 17. h4 ({Sometimes I despair of ever
understanding the first thing about this game. To me} 17. c4 Nde7 18. Bf4 {
looks completely obvious and also a little better for White, but Kamsky has a
different idea.}) 17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Nce7 {Black needs to be a bit careful.
He can't just go straight for the weaknesses with} (18... Rc8 19. h5 Nxc3 20.
Qg4 gxh5 21. Nxh5 {with a crushing attack, for example} Re8 22. Bg5) 19. c4 Nb6
20. Bg5 Nf5 {A solid defensive move. It's not evident that} (20... Nxc4 {
was bad -} 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. h5 f5 23. Qf4 Nd5 24. Qh6 Qf6 25. hxg6 Qxg6 {
, for example, doesn't achieve anything in particular -, but Christiansen
judges it too risky.}) 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Bxg5 24. hxg5 g6 $11
25. Rc2 Re8 26. c5 Nd5 27. Qd2 Re7 28. Rec1 Rec7 29. Qa5 Kg7 30. Qd2 Qe7 {
Neither side has a useful plan to improve their position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 77th"]
[Site "Osterburg"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hoepfl, Thomas"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 a6 {A fashionable try whose idea is to threaten ...Bxf3;
Bxf3 Nxc4 without losing a rook to Bxb7.} 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Qb3 N8d7 13. a4 (
13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. c5 dxc5
19. dxc5 Nd5 20. Qxb7 f5 21. Ng5 {, V.Anand-A.Morozevich, Intel rapid 1995, is
usually given as the approved method to play for White, although White's edge
here is not great.}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 {This move seems to have a strange
attraction for White players; it was also played in M.Kotliar-A.Yermolinsky,
St Martin open 1993, in which White naturally also lost. Of course 14 Bxf3 is
correct; this has been the normal continuation with the pawn on h2, for
example 13 Bxf3 Qc7 14 Rfc1 with an edge for White, P.Blatny-K.Bischoff, Brno
1994.} Rb8 15. Kh1 (15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. d5 Nbd7 17. Ne4 e5 18. Qc3 Rc8 19. Qb4 $6
Nxe4 20. fxe4 Bg5 21. Ra3 a5 22. Qd2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nc5 {with excellent play
for Black on the black squares, was the Yermolinsky game.}) 15... Bg5 16. Rg1
Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qh4 18. Rg2 Nc8 (18... Qxh3+ 19. Rh2 Qf5 20. Rg1 {leaves Black
with considerable difficulties in defending against White's ideas of f4, Rg5
and/or Qd1 and Bd3.}) 19. Kh2 Ne7 20. Rag1 g6 21. Bd3 e5 $11 22. Ne4 $6 {
It doesn't look right to give up f4 and allow the knight to f4 like this.
White needed to find a good way to meet ...exd4, and maybe} (22. Qd1 {was the
one, intending to meet} exd4 {with} 23. Rg4 Qf2+ (23... Qh6 24. Rxd4 Qxe3 25.
Re4 $18 {of course}) 24. R1g2 Qxe3 25. Re4 $18 {, a variation which suggests
that on e4 the knight doesn't only block the bishop, but also both the fourth
rank and the e-file - a sort of voluntary three-way Nowotny interference, rare
outside self-mate problems.}) 22... exd4 23. Rg4 $2 {It's hard to know what
White had in mind with this move, since Black's reply is both obvious and
rather strong.Instead} (23. exd4 Qf4+ (23... f5 {leads only to a draw:} 24.
Nxd6 Qxd4 (24... Qf4+ 25. Kh1 Qxd6 $4 26. c5+ Qd5 27. Bc4 $18) 25. c5+ Kh8 26.
Qe6 Ne5 27. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 28. Kh1 $11) 24. Kh1 Nf5 25. Qc3 Ne3 $15 {is
uncomfortable but by no means over for White.}) 23... Qh6 $19 24. Ng5 {It's
always possible that White just overlooked} (24. exd4 f5 {, I suppose; in any
case he is now obliged to throw himself into a desperate attack, which Black
deals with in great comfort.}) 24... dxe3 25. Bb1 e2 26. Qe3 Ne5 27. R4g3 Rbe8
28. Qd2 f6 29. f4 fxg5 30. fxe5 Rf2+ 31. Kh1 dxe5 32. Qe3 Qf8 33. Bd3 Qf4 34.
Bxe2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Solin 13th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 {An old favourite of the
veteran Yugoslav GM.} 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. c4 Ne7 10. Qxd8+ {
This approach has been thought equal - if that - for White for many years and
this game isn't going to change that, but possibly that suited Kovalevskaya.}
Kxd8 11. Be4 Nd7 12. f4 Nf5 13. Nc3 Kc7 {I find this a surprising decision -
to me either} (13... Bc5+ 14. Kh1 h5 {or}) ({immediately} 13... h5 {(I doubt
whether} 14. Rd1 Bc5+ 15. Kf1 {is a significant nuance), look like the natural
ways to play, but no doubt Kovacevic had good reasons for his choice.}) 14. g4
Bc5+ 15. Kg2 Ne3+ 16. Bxe3 Bxe3 17. Rf3 Bc5 $146 (17... Bd2 18. Rd1 Bxc3 19.
Rxc3 Nc5 {had been played in C.August-H. Wiesman, Bundesliga 1993, with a
definite edge for White. Kovacevic sees no reason to give up the bishop.}) 18.
Bc2 {This isn't terribly incisive - Ne4-d6 is not a practical proposition -
but I don't think White has anything better.} Rad8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rd1 h5 $11
21. g5 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. g6 $6 (23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rd3 {looks like the
practical thing to do. I honestly can't imagine what Kovalevskaya was thinking
of here.}) 23... fxg6 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Rd2+ 26. Rf2 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nd7 28.
Bxg6 Nxe5 29. Bxh5 Nxc4 {It's hard to imagine that Kovalevskaya wanted to play
this position, but equally it's hard to imagine that she overlooked any of the
moves which led from 23 g6 to here. Still, the bishop and the outside passed
pawn enable White to hold on comfortably enough in the game, although perhaps
it could have been closer.} 30. b3 Nd6 31. Kf3 Nf5 32. Kf4 Kd6 33. Bg6 Ne7 34.
Bd3 b5 ({Activating the knight with} 34... Nd5+ 35. Kg4 e5 {looks like a more
crucial try.} 36. h4 Nf4 37. Bb1 g6 {seems to leave White little option but to
give up another pawn with} 38. h5 gxh5+ {, but White is on the verge of being
lost here if not actually gone.}) 35. h4 e5+ 36. Kg4 a5 37. h5 $11 Ke6 38. Kf3
Nd5 39. h6 gxh6 40. gxh6 Kf6 41. h7 Kg7 42. Ke4 Nc3+ 43. Kxe5 Nxa2 44. Kd6 {
A curious game to understand psychologically: White played a very tame opening
and then went for a most curious pawn sacrifice. It illustrates again however
that Black has nothing to fear in this ending.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 (9... O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. Qxd5 Bg6 15. Nd4 $5 (15. Rad1 $1 $16) 15... Bf6 16. Rad1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4
18. Qxd4 Qa5 19. Bf3 Qxa2 20. Bxb7 Rab8 $14 {Garcia Gild-Levin,D/Philadelphia
World op/1991/}) 10. exd6 cxd6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bg6 14. Qb5
$1 Qc7 15. Bf4 a6 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Rd2 $14 Rfd8 19. Rc1 Ne5 20. Rcd1
Rac8 21. Qe3 f6 22. b3 Bf8 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Qg3 Qc5 25. Be3 Qa5 26. Kh2 (26. Kh1
$1 $14) 26... Kh8 27. Bf4 Be4 28. Bh5 g6 29. Be2 g5 30. Be3 d5 $13 31. f4 Bd6
$5 (31... gxf4 32. Qxf4 $16) 32. Nf5 $6 Bb8 (32... Bxf5 33. Rxd5 Qxa2 34. Rxd6
Qxe2 35. fxe5 Rxe5 36. Bd4 $16) 33. Bd4 Bxf5 34. fxe5 Rxe5 $1 (34... fxe5 35.
Bc3 $16) 35. Kh1 dxc4 (35... Re6 36. Qf2 $16) (35... Rxe2 $1 36. Bxf6+ Kg8 $17)
36. Bxc4 $44 b5 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38. Qf3 Bg6 39. Be6 Re8 1-0

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ayapbergenov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 (12... N6d7 13. Nh2 Bg6 14. Qd2
Nc6 15. f4 $16 {Gavrikov,V-Fioramonti,H/Lugano op/1989/}) 13. Nh2 $5 (13. b4
Nc6 14. a3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. g4 Bg6 $10 {Psakhis,L-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk/
1993/}) (13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 $14) 13... Bg6 14. f4 (14. Qd2 $14) 14... Nc6
15. Rc1 (15. a3 Bxc5 $1 $10) 15... Bxc5 $5 16. dxc5 d4 17. Bf2 dxc3 18. Rxc3
N8e7 19. Nf3 Nd5 20. Rc4 Na5 21. Rd4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Rxd5 $5 exd5 24. Qxd5
Rad8 25. Qc4 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 $13 27. Ng5 Rd2 28. Bc4 Rxf4 29. Nxe6 Rxc4 30.
bxc4 Bd3 (30... Nxe5 $4 31. Be3 $1 $18) 31. Re1 Bxc4 32. Nxc7 Rd7 33. Ne8 Re7
34. Nd6 Bxa2 35. Bg3 a5 36. Nc8 Re6 37. Nb6 Bb3 $10 38. Re4 h6 39. Kf2 Nd8 40.
Rd4 Nf7 41. Rd6 $5 Re8 (41... Nxd6 42. cxd6 Kf7 43. Nd7 Re8 $13) 42. Rd3 a4 43.
Ke2 Re6 (43... Nxe5 $2 44. Re3 $18) 44. Re3 Nd8 45. Kd2 Rc6 46. Rc3 Ne6 47. Bf2
Nf4 48. g4 g5 49. Rf3 Kf7 50. Be3 Ke7 51. Kc3 Nd5+ 52. Nxd5+ Bxd5 53. Rf1 a3
54. Kb4 a2 55. Bd4 Ra6 56. Ba1 Bg2 57. Rg1 Bxh3 58. Kb3 Kd7 59. Kb4 Ke7 60. Kb3
Ke8 61. Kb4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. exd6 {This variation hardly promises white any opening
dvantage, but nothing changes 10.b3:} (10. b3 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. b4 f6 13. b5
Na5 14. Nd2 (14. exf6 $5 Bxf6 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxg4
$1 $14 {D'Amore,C-Stull,N/Luxemburg 1981/EXT 2001}) 14... Bxe2 15. Nxe2 c6 16.
a4 b6 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qg4 bxc5 20. Qxe6+ Qf7 $13 {Schandorff,
L-Baburin,A/Copenhagen 1994/EXT 99}) 10... cxd6 11. b3 (11. c5 dxc5 12. dxc5
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qa5 $11 {Jonkman,H-Anastasian,A/Saint
Vincent 2000/CBM 78}) 11... Bf6 (11... Bf5 12. d5 Bf6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 $11 {Bogdanovic,R-Ivkov,B/Sarajevo 1966/EXT 98}) (11... Nd7 $6
12. d5 Nce5 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Nxf7 $1 $16 {Lukov,V-Karayannis,A/Elenite 1987/
EXT 2000}) 12. h3 (12. Rc1 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 N8e7 16. g3 Nf5
17. Ne2 b6 $15 {Dervishi,E-Anastasian,A/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78}) 12... Bh5
13. Ne4 $5 Be7 14. Nc3 (14. d5 exd5 15. Bxb6 (15. cxd5 Nb4 $15 {[%csl Rd5]})
15... Qxb6 16. Qxd5 Bg6 $11) 14... Bf6 15. Qd2 $5 {White is not satisfied with
the draw, of course, but he has to admit that he didn't manage to get anything
out of the openig!} (15. Ne4 $11) 15... d5 16. c5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc8 18. a3 N8e7
{[%cal Ge7f5]} 19. g4 h6 20. Rad1 b6 $15 21. Qc1 {Sacrificing a piece!} (21. b4
bxc5 22. bxc5 Rb8 23. Rb1 Qa5 $15) (21. cxb6 $5) 21... bxc5 22. dxc5 Qb8 $1 {
[%cal Gd5d4]} 23. b4 d4 24. Ne4 dxe3 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qxe3 Kg7 27. Rd6 Ne5 $5
{Black decides to give back some material, even though deserved attention} (
27... Rc8 $5) 28. Bxa8 Qxa8 29. Rc1 Nc8 30. Rdd1 Qc6 31. Kh2 Ng6 32. Rd4 $6 {
Giving up crucial square f4 turns out to lead to black's advantage.} (32. f4
Qc7 33. Rc4 Nce7 34. Qg3 Nd5 35. Rf1 $13) 32... Nce7 33. Qe4 Nd5 {[%csl Gf4]}
34. Rc3 Qc7+ 35. Rg3 Rh8 $1 $17 {[%cal Gh6h5] White king finds himself under
attack.} 36. Kg1 h5 37. Qc2 hxg4 38. Rdxg4 (38. hxg4 Ngf4 39. Re4 Nh3+ 40. Kf1
Ng5 $40) 38... Ndf4 39. Kf1 f5 $1 40. Qc3+ f6 41. Rxf4 Qxf4 42. c6 Rd8 43. b5
Qe4 44. Qe1 Qc4+ 45. Kg1 Kf7 $1 46. Qa5 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Qc5 48. Qc7+ Ne7 49. Qf4
Qd5 50. Qh6 (50. Rg2 e5 51. Qh6 Ke6 52. Qh5 Qd4 53. Qf3 Rd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. exd6 exd6 (6... cxd6) 7.
Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. b3 {White opted for very solid set up which
is not so dangerous for black. However white keeps some pressure due to
minimal advantage in space.} Re8 11. Be3 Bf6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd2 d5 {Otherwise
white would could have played d5 himself.} (13... h6 14. Rac1 (14. Rad1 a5 15.
Rfe1 a4 16. d5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 axb3 19. axb3 $14 {Toth,A-Miko,S/
Hungary 1997}) 14... Ne7 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19.
Bxc5 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Ned5 $1 $11 {Matanovic,A-Hug,W/Berlin West 1971}) (13... Nb4
14. Rac1 h6 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh2 Qe7 18. Nf1 Bh4 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. f4
f5 $13 {Stean,M-Bohm,H/Moscow 1975}) (13... a5 14. Rae1 a4 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Ne5 17. Bd1 axb3 18. axb3 Ned7 19. Nb5 $14 {Sumaneev,D-Jankin,V/Orel 1996}) (
13... Bg6 14. d5 Nb4 (14... Ne7 15. Nd4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3
Nd7 19. Rad1 g6 20. Ne4 Bg7 $11 {Howell,D-Kirsanov,O/London 2001}) 15. Rac1 Na6
16. Nh2 Nc5 17. Ng4 Bh4 18. g3 Be7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qd4 $14 {
Zulfugarli,M-Mirzoev,A/Azerbaijan 1999}) 14. c5 Nc8 15. a3 (15. Rad1 a5 (15...
h6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne1 (17. b4 a6 18. a3 Be4 19. Ne1 Bg5 20. f4 Bh4 21. Nxe4
Rxe4 22. Bf3 Re8 23. Ng2 $14 {Roselli Mailhe,B-Paglilla,C/Vicente Lopez 2002})
17... b6 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. Ng2 Qd6 20. Rc1 a6 21. Rfd1 Bh7 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Nf4
Bg5 24. Bg2 Ne7 $13 {Becker,M-Appel,R/Germany 1988}) 16. Rfe1 N8a7 17. Bf4 Qd7
18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg3 h6 20. Qf4 $16 {Smyslov,V-Spassky,B/Moscow 1960}) (15. b4
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 N8e7 17. g4 h6 18. a3 Qd7 19. Bg2 b6 20. b5 Na5 21. c6 Qd6 22.
Bf4 $14 {Minic,D-Hartston,W/Praia da Rocha 1969}) (15. g4 Bg6 16. Bb5 Qd7 17.
Nh2 a6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. f4 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Gazik,I/Budapest 1993}) (15.
Rfe1 a6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxh5 Bf6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bf4 $14 {Morais,G-Gaboleiro,
G/POR-ch clubs 9th T2 corr9697 1996}) (15. Rfd1 Bg6 16. a3 a5 17. Rac1 h5 18.
Bf4 N8e7 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 $16 {Seul,G-Loos,R/Regensburg 1998}) 15... h6
16. b4 a6 17. Rfe1 N8e7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd7 ({In my opinion
it was better to prevent Bf4 with} 20... Ng6 $1 {and black has nothing to
worry about.}) 21. Bf4 $1 h5 $5 (21... b5 22. Bg3 Ng6 23. Rad1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1
Rd8 25. Rd1 $14) 22. g5 Ng6 23. Bg3 Be7 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Re1 Rxe1
(26... Rd8) 27. Nxe1 Nce7 28. b5 axb5 29. Nxb5 b6 $5 {Temporary pawn sacrifice
to clear a way for the d-pawn. Another opportunity to keep the balance was} (
29... c6 30. Nd6 Nc8 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. Nxf5 f6 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Nc2 Kf7 $11)
30. Nxc7 bxc5 31. dxc5 h4 32. Bh2 d4 33. Nf3 Nc6 34. Qc4 d3 35. Nd5 Qf5 36. Ne3
Qd7 $2 {It seems that black wasn't satisfied with a draw and he took a risk to
fight for a win. The simpliest way to a draw was} (36... Qxc5 37. Qxc5 (37.
Qxd3 Qxa3 38. Qxa3 Bxa3 39. Nf5 Be7 $11) 37... Bxc5 38. a4 Bb4 39. Kf1 f6 40.
gxf6 gxf6 41. Nf5 Kf7 42. N3xh4 Nxh4 43. Nxh4 Nd4 $11 {and black is out of
danger.}) 37. a4 Na5 (37... d2 38. Qe2 (38. Qb5 $5) 38... Bxc5 39. Qxd2 Qe8 40.
Qc3 Bf8 41. Qd3 $16) 38. Qa6 Nc6 39. Qb5 d2 40. Qe2 Bxc5 41. Qxd2 Qa7 42. Qc2
Bxe3 (42... Nd8) 43. fxe3 Nce7 $2 {Decisive mistake! After correct} (43... Nb4
$1 44. Qc8+ (44. Qb3 Qe7 {[%cal Ge7e4]} 45. Qc4 Qxe3 46. Qxb4 Qe2+ $15) 44...
Kh7 45. Qe8 Qb7 $1 $14 {black should hold the position.}) 44. Qe4 $1 {[%csl
Re7]} Qc5 45. Bg1 $1 {[%csl Rh4]} Qa5 46. Bf2 $16 Qc5 47. Qd4 Qa5 48. Qc4 Qa8
49. Qb5 Nc6 50. Kf1 Na7 51. Qf5 Nc6 (51... Nc8 52. Nxh4 Nd6 53. Qd3 Nxh4 54.
Bxh4 Qh1+ 55. Ke2 Qg2+ 56. Kd1 Qc6 $16) 52. Qe4 Qa6+ 53. Kg2 Nce7 54. Bxh4
Nxh4+ 55. Nxh4 $18 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Qd2+ 58. Ng2 Qd6+ 59. Qf4 Qa6 60.
h4 g6 61. Qb8+ $5 Kg7 (61... Kh7 62. Qc7 Qe6 63. a5 Nd5 64. Qb7 Qe5+ 65. Nf4 $1
$18) 62. Qe5+ Kf8 63. Qh8+ Ng8 64. Qd4 Qa5 65. Qa1 Ne7 66. Qa3 Ke8 67. Qb3 Qe5+
68. Kg1 Kf8 69. Qb4 Kg8 70. Qb5 Nd5 71. a5 Kg7 72. Qc5 Qa1+ 73. Kf2 Nc3 74.
Qd4+ Kg8 75. a6 Qa2+ 76. Kf3 Ne2 77. Qd3 Nc1 78. Qb5 $1 {[%csl Ge2]} Kh7 79.
Nf4 Nb3 80. Qd5 Nd2+ 81. Kg4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 13. f4 Bh4 14. Bd3 g6 15. b4
(15. Qg4 Kh8 (15... f5 $6 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. a3 Kh8 18. b4 a6 19. Kh1 N8e7 20. Qd2
Ng8 21. Ne2 Nh6 22. Ng1 Nf7 23. Nf3 $14 {Hendriks,W-Bosch,J/NED-sf 1996 (44)})
16. b4 (16. Nb1 Nc6 17. Nd2 h5 18. Qe2 N8e7 19. Nf3 Nf5 20. Rab1 (20. a3 a6 21.
Kh1 Be7 22. Rg1 Qd7 23. Rg2 $14 {Emms,J-Zilberman,Y/Lloyds Bank op 1994 (47)})
20... a5 21. a3 Be7 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Rc3 $14 {Kosashvili,Y-Zilberman,Y/Rishon
le Zion 1993/1/2-1/2 (76)}) (16. Kh2 Nc6 17. Rac1 Rg8 18. Rg1 Rb8 19. b3 Nb4
20. Bb1 b5 21. cxb6 $6 axb6 22. a3 Na6 23. b4 b5 24. Bd3 c6 $15 {Ott,F-Schmitt,
A/Wuert-chT 1994}) 16... Nc6 17. a3 f5 18. Qd1 a6 19. Kh1 N8e7 20. Ne2 Ng8 21.
Ng1 Nh6 22. Nf3 $14 {Psakhis,L-Agzamov,G/URS-ch50 1983 (50)}) 15... Ne7 (15...
c6 16. Kh2 Ne7 17. Ne2 (17. Rb1 a6 18. a4 Nd7 19. b5 $6 axb5 20. axb5 Nxc5 21.
dxc5 d4 $15 {Sharma,D-Dongre,R/Goodricke 1997 (38)}) 17... Nf5 18. Ng1 Re8 19.
Nf3 Nd7 20. Qe2 Be7 21. Rg1 Qc7 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. a4 $36 {De Vreugt,
D-Starostits,I/EU-chJM U16 1995 (61)}) 16. b5 Nd7 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Kh2 Rg8 19.
Rg1 h5 20. Qf3 c6 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. a4 ({Serious attention deserved} 22. f5 $5 {
with extremly complicated struggle.It's very difficult to give an exact
assesment,but it seems that white's initiative is very dangerous.} exf5 (22...
Nxf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. bxc6 $1 (24. Qf4 $5 Rg7 25. e6 {[%csl Rg6]} fxe6 26.
Qh6+ Rh7 27. Qxg6 {[%cal Ge3f4]} Qc7+ 28. Kh1 Nf6 $1 (28... Bf6 $6 29. Ne2 $6 (
29. Rg2 $1 f4 30. Rbg1 Rg7 (30... Bg7 31. Qf7 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf7f4,Gf7g7]}) 31.
Qxh5+ Rh7 32. Qg4 Rh4 33. Qxe6 Qd8 34. Rg4 $1 $18) 29... cxb5 30. Nf4 e5 31.
Nxh5 Qc6) 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. Rxg5 Rf8 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Rbg1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gg6f6]} Qf7 33. f3 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Qxg6 34. Rxg6 Rff7 35. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Ge2f4]}) 24... bxc6 25. Rxb8 Nxb8 (25... Qxb8 $2 26. Qf4 $18 {[%cal
Gf4h4,Gf4h6]}) 26. Ne2 Be7 $6 (26... Rg7 $5) 27. Nf4 {[%csl Rh5]} h4 28. e6 $1
(28. Nh5 $6 Nd7 29. Qf4 Nf8 30. Qh6+ Nh7 $17) 28... Qe8 29. exf7 Qxf7 30. Nxg6+
$1 Rxg6 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qh6+ $1 Kf6 33. Bg5+ Ke6 34. Re1+ Kd7 35. Rxe7+ Qxe7
36. Qxg6 $18) 23. Ne2 $1 (23. Qf4 g5 24. Qf3 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Qf4 Bg5 27.
Qg3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rg7 29. Kg2 $44) 23... Nf8 24. Nf4 Ne6 25. Nxh5 cxb5 26. Bxb5
$14) 22... Nf5 23. Rb3 Qa5 24. Rgb1 Kg7 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Nxd5 Qxa4
(27... cxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxa4 29. Rbb1 (29. Rb2 Rbd8 30. Qxb7 (30. Qxf7 Rg7 31. Qa2
(31. Qd5 Nb6 32. Qa2 Qxa2 33. Rxa2 Nc8 $17 {[%cal Gd8d5,Gh8g8,Gg8e6]}) 31...
Qxa2 32. Rxa2 Nf8 33. Rxa7 Ne6 34. Ra4 g5 $17)) 29... Rbd8 30. Qxb7 Qc2) 28.
Rb4 Qa3 29. Rbb1 (29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. e6 Nf8 (31... cxd5 32. exd7)
32. e7 Ne6 33. Rb1 Re8 34. Nb4 Bxe7 35. Nxc6) 29... Bxf2 $5 30. Qxf2 cxd5 31.
Qd2 $5 {Covering square d3.} Qa4 32. Qd3 a6 33. Qb3 $6 {Missing very simple} (
33. bxa6 $1 Qxa6 (33... bxa6 34. Ra1 Rb2+ (34... Qb5 35. Qxb5 axb5 (35... Rxb5
36. Rxa6 Rb3 37. Re1 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga6d6]}) 36. Ra7 {[%cal Ga7f7]} Nf8
37. Rxf7 Rg7 38. Rf6 Ra7 (38... Rd7 39. Rb1 b4 40. Rb6 $16) 39. Rd6 b4 40. Rxd5
b3 41. c6 b2 42. Rb1 $18) 35. Kh1 Qb5 36. Qxb5 axb5 37. Ra7 Nf8 38. Rxf7 Re2
39. Bc1 $14) 34. Qxa6 bxa6 35. c6 Rxb1 (35... Nb6 36. c7 Rb7 37. Bd2 Rc8 38.
Ba5 $18) 36. Rxb1 Nb8 37. c7 Nd7 38. Bd2 Kg7 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. Ba5 Kf8 41. Rc6
$16 {with significient advantage in all variations.}) 33... Qxb3 34. Rxb3 a5 (
34... axb5 $2 {[%csl Rb7]} 35. Rxb5 Rgc8 36. Rgb1 Rc7 37. Bd2 b6 38. Kg3 $1 Rc6
39. Ba5 bxa5 40. Rxb8+ Nxb8 41. Rxb8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 f6 43. Rxa5 g5 44. Ra7+ Kg6
45. exf6 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 35. Ra1 b6 36. cxb6 (36. Kg3 $5 Rgc8 37. cxb6 Nxb6
38. Rxa5 Nc4 39. Ra7 Kg8 (39... Nxe3 40. Rxe3 Rxb5 41. Rxf7 Rb4 42. Rd3 Rcc4
43. Kh4 $16 {[%csl Rg6,Rh8][%cal Gh4g5,Ge5e7]}) 40. Kf3 Rd8 41. Rc7 Rb6 42. Ke2
$14) 36... Nxb6 37. Rxa5 Rb7 38. Bf2 Rc8 39. Ra6 Rc2 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Be1 Nc4
42. Ra8 Kh7 $5 (42... Rb2 $2 43. Rxb2 Nxb2 44. Bb4 {[%csl Rg7]} Nc4 (44... Rxb5
45. Be7 Rb6 46. Rd8 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 45. Rd8 $1 $16) 43. b6 (43. Rd8 $2 Re2
{[%csl Re1]}) 43... Rxb6 (43... Re2 $2 44. Ra7 $1 Rxb6 45. Rxb6 Nxb6 46. Rxf7+
Kg8 47. Rb7 $1 $16) 44. Rxb6 Nxb6 45. Rd8 Rb2 (45... Re2 46. Ba5 Nc4 47. Rxd5
Re3+ 48. Kh4 $5 Rf3 49. Kg5 Rxh3 50. Kf6 $132) 46. Ba5 Rb3+ 47. Kh2 (47. Kh4 $5
) 47... Nc4 48. Rxd5 Nxa5 49. Rxa5 Rf3 50. Ra7 Kg8 (50... Rxf4 51. Rxf7+ Kg8
52. Rd7 $14) 51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. Ra7 Kf8 53. Ra8+ Kg7 54. Ra7 Kf8 55. Ra8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gongora Reyes, Maikel"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 (7...
Nc6 $6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. d5 exd5 (9... Ne7 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. Be3 $14) (9... Nb4 10. Nd4 $5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e5 12. a3 Na6 13. b3 $14)
10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 $1 $36 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh1g1,Gd1d4,Ge2b5] Milov,
L-Kopylov,M/Donetsk 1998}) (7... Bxf3 $5 8. Bxf3 c6 9. Qe2 $2 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qd4
11. O-O N8d7 12. Re1 Qxc4 $17 {Zavadsky,P-Nesterov,J/Bratislava op 1993 (44)})
({or} 7... dxe5 $5 8. Nxe5 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 (9. Qxe2 Qxd4 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Qd8
12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nf3 $44 {Rantanen,Y-Solozhenkin,E/FIN-chT 1993 (38)
}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. Qb3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13. O-O Qc5 $15 {Martin,
H-Paolini,C/Trelew Clarin-GP 1995 (28)}) (7... c6 $2 8. exd6 Bxf3 9. gxf3 c5
10. dxc5 N6d7 11. Nb5 Na6 12. b4 $18 {Rohde,M-Andrews,S/Philadelphia 1995}) 8.
h3 (8. exd6 cxd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d5 11. O-O Nc6 12. c5 Nc8 13. a3 Na5 14. Nd2
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd7 $13 {Lehtinen,H-Sanchez,J/FIN 1997}) 8... Bh5 9. exd6 cxd6
10. d5 {I think this move is the best chance for white to fight for opening
adavntage.} O-O $5 {Permitting white to take on e6} (10... e5 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4
h5 13. g5 N8d7 14. Be3 (14. Bd3 Qc8 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Be3 O-O $132 {
Krishilovsky,A-Gerchikov,M/St Petersburg 1997}) 14... Qc8 15. b3 Nc5 16. Rg1
Qf5 $13 {Braun,G-Duemmke,J/Weilburg 1998}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nd4 $5 Bf7 (12...
Bxe2 $2 13. Qxe2 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 13. O-O (13. Bf3 $2 Qc8 14. b3 d5 $15 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 13... Nc6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. b3 $1 {Profilactics against e5} (15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. c5 Nd5 17. cxd6 Bxd6 $13) 15... d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qd2 Nd7 18.
Nf5 Nf6 $6 {Strange decision, which is hardly jastified under the
circumstances. It was to better to keep the bishop.} (18... Bf6 19. Rad1 Be6
20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rc8 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Nb5 $5 $14 (20.
Rfe1 Rad8 21. Nb5 Ne4 22. Qb2 $14) 20... Ne4 21. Qb2 a6 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Rac1
Ne7 24. Qa3 (24. Qa1 $5) 24... Rae8 25. Rc7 $5 {Entering complications which
favor white, but demand very accurate play that's why i think wite should've
prefered} (25. Qb4 $5 {with clear advantage.}) 25... Nc6 $1 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27.
Qxa6 $6 {Making the wrong choice. Better was} (27. Bf3 $1 d4 28. Bxe4 dxe3 29.
fxe3 Qe6 30. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Bg8 $1 32. Rg1 $5 (32. Rxf8 $6 Qe1+ 33. Kh2
Qe5+ 34. g3 Rxf8 35. Qxf8 Qxc7 36. Bg2 Qc2 $11) 32... Rf6 $1 33. Qc1 $1 $16 {
and white keeps the pawn.} (33. Bxe8 Bd5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rh1]})) 27... d4 28.
Rxc6 (28. Bc1 Bd5 $44) 28... Qe5 {Now black seems to have sufficient
counterplay to keep the balance.} 29. Bc1 Bd5 30. Rc2 $6 {[%csl Rc2] Rook is
hanging on c2 so deserved attention} (30. f4 Qb8 (30... Qe7 $2 31. Ba3 $18) 31.
Rc2 (31. Rb6 Qc7 $132) 31... Ng3 32. Rf2 (32. Rd1 Rf6 $1 33. Qd3 Be4 $15) 32...
Ne4 33. Rf3 (33. Rf1 Ng3 $11) 33... Nc3 34. Rf2 Ne4 $11 {and neither side
can't deviate from the repitition.}) (30. Rb6 $5) 30... Nxf2 $1 31. Rxf2 (31.
Bg4 Bxg2 $1 32. Rfxf2 (32. Rcxf2 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Re1
$19) 32... Be4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg1]}) 31... Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Qf5+ 33. Bf4 Qxc2 $19 {
The tactical complications are over and black's material advantage is enough
to win the game.} 34. Qd3 Qxa2 35. b4 Bxg2 $1 36. h4 Bh3 37. Bd2 Qf7+ 38. Kg3
Bf5 39. Qf3 Qg6+ 40. Kf2 Qd6 41. Kg1 Be4 42. Qf4 Qg6+ (42... Qxf4 $5 $19) 43.
Qg5 Qb6 44. Qc5 Qb8 45. Qg5 h6 46. Qf4 Qb6 47. Bh5 Bg6 48. Bf3 d3+ 49. Kg2 Qe6
50. Kg3 Qe7 51. Bc3 Kh7 52. h5 Be4 53. Bg4 Rf8 54. Qe5 Qxe5+ 55. Bxe5 d2 56.
Bf4 Rd8 57. Bd1 Rd3+ 58. Kf2 Bf3 $1 0-1

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 {Slightly passive, but vey
solid variation.} 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 Ne7 11.
Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Qc7 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Qe3
Rfd8 $132 {Findlay,I-Kovacevic,V/Toronto 1989}) 13. Be4 (13. Re1 Bb4 14. Nc3
Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O-O 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Red1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Qe3 Qa5 $15 {
Zavadsky,P-Pejko,O/Trencin 1991}) (13. Bh5 O-O-O 14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Rdf8 16.
Nc3 Ne7 17. Ne4 $14 {Alqvist,E-Eriksson,D/Skelleftea 1999}) 13... Bc5 {It was
too dangerous to take the pawn:} (13... Ngxe5 $6 14. f4 Ng6 15. f5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1
(16. Bf2 $2 Nf4 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Bg3 e5 $17) 16... Ne7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nc3 $36
{and white has very strong initiative for a pawn.}) 14. Rd1 (14. Kh1 $5 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} Ne7 15. f4 g6 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. Be1 h5 18. Bd3 $14 {Sopanen,
P-Makela,A/FIN 1995}) 14... O-O-O (14... Ngxe5 15. Bc2 Qa5 $5 16. Nd2 (16. Bxe5
$2 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxf2+ $19) 16... Ng6 17. Nb3 (17. a3 $5 $36) 17... Qb6 18.
Nxc5 Qxc5 19. b4 $44) 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nc3 Be7 {[%cal Ge7h4]} 17. h3 $1 Rh5 (
17... Bh4 18. Bh2 $1) 18. a3 Rdh8 $6 {Rook has nothing to do on h8, so this
move is just a waste of precious time.} (18... Nxe5 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rd1 Bf6
21. Ne4 $44) 19. Ne4 Nxe5 20. c5 $1 {[%cal Ge4d6]} f6 21. b4 $36 {[%csl Rc7,
Re7] Black is dprived of any counterplay while white's play on the queenside
becomes pretty dangerous.} Kb8 $6 {[%cal Gg3b8]} 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (
23... Bxd8 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Nd6 Bc7 26. b5 $40) 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. Nd6 Qf8 $6 (
25... Bxd6 26. Rxd6 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf2f4]}) (25... Qg8 $5 {[%csl Ge6]})
26. f4 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Nf7 28. Rxe6 $18 {Material balance has been restored and
white black's position is just hopeless.} Rh8 29. Re7 (29. f5+ Ka8 30. fxg6 Ng5
31. Re7 $18) 29... Nh6 30. f5+ Ka8 31. fxg6 Nf5 32. Rf7 Qd8 33. Bd6 $1 Rg8 (
33... Nxd6 34. cxd6 Qxd6 35. Rxg7 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 $18) 34. Qe6 Nh4
35. b5 $1 Re8 (35... cxb5 36. Qe4 $18) 36. bxc6 bxc6 (36... Rxe6 37. cxb7#) 37.
Qg4 f5 38. Qa4 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Qxh4 Nxh4 41. Rxg7 f4 42. Bxf4 Rf8 43. g3
a6 44. gxh4 1-0

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. Be2 Bg4 (6... dxe5 7. Nxe5
g6 (7... Nd7 8. Nf3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O Ne6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3
Qc7 14. Qc1 $14 {Gruenfeld,Y-Zilberman,Y/Israel Nat. League(7.6) 1999}) 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Ndf3 cxd4 $11 {Garcia,G-Miles,A/Capablanca mem-A 1994}) 7.
exd6 exd6 8. Qb3 (8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Rfe1 Qd7
13. a4 a5 14. Rad1 Na6 $11 {Kluegel,J-Yewdokimov,O/Bern op 1992}) (8. d5 c5 9.
Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nd2 $14 {Ye
Jiangchuan-Miles,A/Beijing op 1993}) 8... b6 $6 {Hillarp is known for his
original style,but this move simply creates a weakness,so better was} (8... Qc8
) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Qc8 $6 {Another "original" idea.} 12. O-O O-O
13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Qa4 $5 {[%csl Rc6] Finding a weak spot in the
position of black pieces.} c5 (15... Qb7 $2 16. d5) 16. dxc5 (16. Rcd1 Bf6 17.
Qc6 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qa4 Bxe2 20. Ndxe2 Ne6 21. b3 Nc5 $132) 16... bxc5 {
[%csl Rd6]} ({Black faces problems also after} 16... dxc5 17. Rcd1 Nf6 18. Nd5
Nfxd5 (18... Bd8 19. Nf4 Bg6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bf1 $14) 19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Qc6
$14) 17. Qd1 $5 Rb8 18. b3 Rb6 19. Nd2 Bxe2 (19... Bg6 20. Nde4 Nf6 21. Ng3 Qa6
22. Bf3 $14) 20. Rxe2 Bf6 21. Nf3 (21. Nde4 Be5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qc6 24.
Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Rce1 $14) 21... Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Ne5 (22... Nf6 23. Rd3 Qe6 24. Red2
Ne4 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Bxg5 $14) 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd3 Ne8 (24... Qe6 25. Red2
Ne8 26. Qf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3a8]}) 25. Bf4 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qd7 27. Re3 Kf8 28. Qd3
$1 Kg8 29. Qe4 $16 {[%cal Ge4e7] Despite the material balance white has huge
advantage.} Rb8 $8 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 a6 32. Rd7 (32. Ra7 $6 Rb6 33. Kf1 h6
34. Ke2 Nf6 35. Be3 Rc6 36. Kd3 d5 $14) (32. g4 $5 h6 33. h4 Rd8 (33... Kf8 34.
Rd7 Rb6 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6,Re8]}) 34. Ra7 d5 35. cxd5 Rxd5
36. Rxa6 Rd4 37. Ra4 $18) 32... Rb6 33. Bd2 $5 {White finds very interesting
manouvre,transfering the bichop to d8!} h6 34. Ba5 Rc6 35. Bd8 Nf6 36. Bxf6
gxf6 37. g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg1g2,Gg2d5]} f5 $8 38. gxf5 Kg7 39. Kg2
Kf6 40. Kf3 a5 41. Ra7 $6 ({After} 41. Ke4 $1 $18 {black can just resign,but
move in the game is also sufficient for a win.}) 41... a4 42. Rxa4 Kxf5 43. Ra7
(43. Ra5 $5 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 43... f6 44. Rb7 Ra6 45. a4 Ra8 46. Rb5 Ke5 47. Ke3
Kf5 48. Rb6 $6 ({Another possibility was} 48. a5 $5 Ke6 49. Kd3 $18 {[%cal
Gd3c3,Gb3b4] preparing b4.}) 48... Ke5 49. Kd3 f5 50. Ke3 h5 51. Kf3 h4 52. Rb7
Rd8 53. a5 $2 {Depriving himself the last hope to win the game.} Ra8 54. Rb5 f4
55. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 {Not very promising
move,after which black has a few ways to get balanced position.} Nb6 7. exd6
exd6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bf4 $5 (10. Nc3 Re8 (10... N8d7 $5 {A little bit
passive,but very solid continuation giving black good chances to equalize.} 11.
h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Re8 (12... Nf6 $5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. g4
Bg6 17. Nh4 $14 {Zieher H-Holzapfel D/BL8384 Lasker St. Be 1984 (44)}) 13. Re1
(13. Qd2 Nf8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16. Bg3 h5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 hxg4 $11
{Wach,M-Schroll,G/AUT-ch 1995 (32)}) 13... Nf8 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16.
Rxe2 Rxe2 17. Nxe2 d5 18. c5 Nbd7 19. Re1 $11 {Moroz,A-Timoshenko,G/URS-chT
Podolsk 1990 (41)}) (10... d5 $5 11. c5 Nc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Bf4
Bf6 15. Qd3 Re8 16. b4 Ne7 17. Rfe1 g6 18. g4 $1 $14 {Rechmann,K-Pollmueller,M/
NWL-II 1994 (44)}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Na6 $6 (13... d5 $5 14. c5
N6d7 15. Rae1 Nf8 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nbd7 $11 {Wittmann,W-Bagirov,V/Frunze
1983/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 14. a4 $1 h6 (14... d5 15. a5 Nc8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5 Re6
18. Ne5 $14) 15. Rfe1 Nc7 16. a5 Nc8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bg3 $14 {Dolmatov
S-Agzamov G/Zt cat. 1982/1-0 (74)}) 10... Re8 11. Nc3 d5 12. c5 N6d7 13. h3 $5
(13. Ne5 $6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nxc5 $5 15. dxc5 Bf6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Rc1 Nd7 $11 {
Munizaba Slobodan-Dansker German/Ch World cadets unde 1993 (41)}) 13... Bh5 (
13... Bf5 14. b4 Nf6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Ne5 $13) 14. Qd2 Nf8 15. g4 $5 Bg6 16. Ne5
Nbd7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 (17... Nxg6 18. Bg3 b6 19. b4 a5 20. a3 $14) 18. Be3 Ne6 {
Despite of the fact that white has a pair of bishops and certain advantage in
space black's counterchances on the kingside together with play against pawn
d4 are sufficient for the equality.} 19. b4 b6 $6 20. Rad1 (20. b5 $1 bxc5 21.
bxc6 Nb8 22. c7 Nxc7 23. dxc5 Nc6 24. Bf3 $14) 20... bxc5 $11 21. bxc5 (21.
dxc5 $6 Bf6 22. Ne4 $1 d4 $1 23. f4 a5 $13) 21... Bf6 22. Bf3 Bg5 23. Bg2 Bxe3
24. fxe3 Nf6 25. e4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 N8d7 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 d5 12. h3 $5 (12. c5 Nc8 13. b4 Bf6
14. Qb3 (14. h3 Bxf3 (14... Bh5) 15. Bxf3 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1
Ne7 19. Qa7 $14 {Anand,V-Schmidt,L/Thessaloniki 1988/1-0 (52)}) 14... a6 15. a4
Ne7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc6 18. Rfd1 $14 {Juarez C-Schmidt Wl/Ol 1988 (52)})
12... Bh5 {Very serious attention deserved} (12... Bxf3 $5 13. Bxf3 dxc4 14.
Bxb7 Rb8 15. Ba6 cxb3 16. axb3 Nf6 17. Bf4 Bd6 $14 {with good chances to
equalize.}) 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Bxf3 {Logical move.In the position
with this type of pawn structure bishop has almost nothing to do.} (15... Bf6
16. g4 Bg6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. b5 $14) 16. Bxf3 Bf6 17. Rc1 Ne7 18. g4 $1 {
Restraining the mobility of black pieces.White has sagnificent advantage in
space and as a result much more place for manouevering,which is very important
in closed positions.} Nc6 19. b5 Na5 (19... axb5 20. axb5 Nb4 $2 21. Qb3 Qa5
22. Ra1 $1 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 24. Kh2 $18) 20. Be2 g6 21. f4 Bg7 22. Nb1 $1 {
White knight has nothing to do on c3,so it goes to d2,which is strangely
enough more active place.} Nf6 23. Nd2 axb5 24. axb5 Nc4 $5 {After} (24... Ne4
$5 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rf2 (26. f5 Qh4 27. Kg2 exf5 28. gxf5 Rfd8 $13) 26... f5
27. Bf1 Qd5 $13 {arises position,where black's chances are not worse.}) 25.
Nxc4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Ra3 $6 (26... Nd5 $5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qd3 $5 (28. Ra1 Rxa1
29. Qxa1 Qb3 30. Re1 Qxb5 $15) 28... Ra2 29. Rf2 Rfa8 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Bf2 $14
) 27. Rf3 $14 Ne4 28. Kg2 Nc3 29. Qc2 Nd5 30. Bf2 Rxf3 31. Kxf3 Qd7 32. Qb3 $16
{Black lost precious time playing with the knight and white succeded to
consolidate his position,however white's task is still extremly difficult
because all black pieces are situated on good defensive spots.} Ne7 33. Re1 Kh8
34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Bh4 Ra8 36. Rd3 h5 37. d5 $5 {Probably both sides were in the
timetrouble so last couple of moves were impulsive.Finaly white decides to
break in the center.} exd5 38. Bxd5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 Ra3 $1 40. Rxd7 $6 (40. Rxh5+
$5 gxh5 41. Qxa3 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Qxb5 43. Qe3 $16) 40... Rxb3+ {[#] Hecht:
aktiver wK gegen passiver sK; starker weiЯer Raumvorteil.} 41. Ke4 Rxb5 42. Bf2
$5 ({After} 42. Rxf7 Rxc5 43. Rxb7 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kg8 $14 {white's chances to
win the game are slim.}) 42... Rb4+ 43. Kf3 Kg8 (43... hxg4+ $142 {Hecht} 44.
hxg4 Kg8) 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. g5 f6 $6 {Of course after this move the position
remains drawn,but simple} (45... Bb2 $1 46. Rd7 Kg7 47. Be3 Bc3 $11 {would
leave white no chances to make progress.}) 46. Be3 fxg5 47. fxg5 Be5 48. Re8
Ba1 $6 (48... Bb2 $5) 49. Re4 Bc3 (49... Rxe4 $6 50. Kxe4 Bc3 51. Bd4 Be1 (
51... Bd2 52. Be3 Ba5 53. Kd5 Kg7 54. Ke6 $18) 52. Be3 Kg7 53. Kd5 Kf7 54. Kd6
$18) 50. Re7+ Kg8 51. Bf4 Rb5 $6 (51... Rc4 {Hecht} 52. Bd6 Bb4 53. Rc7 h4 54.
Ke3 Rc3+ 55. Kd4 Rxh3 56. Rxb7 Ba3 57. Be5 $18 {[%cal Rc5c6]}) 52. Bd6 Bd4 $6 {
Giving a white king the possibility to penetrate to sixth rank.} 53. Rc7 Bb2
54. Ke4 Bc1 55. Be7 Rb1 56. Ke5 Bb2+ 57. Kd6 Bc3 58. Rc8+ Kh7 $2 {Throwing
away th game,while after correct} (58... Kf7 $1 59. Rf8+ Kg7 60. Rf3 Bb4 61.
Kc7 Rc1 $11 {black easily holds the position.}) 59. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 {Slightly passive, but rock-solid
variation!} 5. Be2 dxe5 6. dxe5 Bg4 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Re1
Qc7 11. Nc4 N7b6 12. Nxb6 axb6 {This move is better than} (12... Nxb6 13. Qd4
Be7 14. Qg4 g6 15. Bh6 O-O-O 16. a3 Bf8 17. Bg5 $14 {and white got better
chances; Faig,C-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires 2000/CBM 79}) 13. c4 (13. Bd2 Bc5 (13...
b5 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. b3 Bc5 16. a4 $5 bxa4 17. bxa4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 Nxa4 19. Qc4 b5
20. Qe4 $14 {Frolik,E-Einwiller,B/Wuerttemberg 1995/EXT 99}) 14. c3 b5 15. Bxd5
cxd5 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Bg5 Ra4 18. b4 Re8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,I-Smirnov,I/
Sevastopol 2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) (13. Bg5 Bc5 14. a3 h6 15. Bh4 b5 16. Qe2 Nf4
17. Qe4 Ra4 18. b4 Ng6 19. Bg3 $14 {Tupy,M-Pacl,V/CZE-ch 1994/TD}) (13. Bxd5
cxd5 14. c3 Qc4 15. Be3 Bc5 16. a3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kalegin,E-Donchenko,A/Minsk
1993/EXT 97 (16)}) 13... Ne7 14. Bd2 $5 (14. Be4 g6 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5
17. Qb3 c5 18. Bg5 Rg8 19. Bf6 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Michalczak,T-Floegel,U/Germany
1997/GER-chT (48)}) 14... Rd8 15. Qc1 (15. Qe2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Nd4 $11) 15... Ng6
$6 (15... Nf5) 16. Bc3 Be7 17. Qe3 Bc5 18. Qe4 $14 {[%csl Rg6]} Qe7 19. a3 $1 {
Otherwise black would exchnge the bishops with Bb4.} (19. g3 $6 Bb4 $11) 19...
Qh4 20. g3 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Kd7 (21... O-O 22. Kf1 Rd7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Rd8
25. Bc2 $14) 22. b4 Be7 23. h4 Kc7 24. Be2 h5 25. Re3 Rd7 26. Rf3 Bd8 27. a4 $5
{Trying to break on the queenside.} (27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rf8 29. Rd3 Rh8 $14
) 27... Kc8 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 Bc7 30. Re3 Ne7 31. a6 bxa6 32. Rxa6 Kb7 33.
Ra2 Bb6 (33... Nf5 $5 34. Rb2+ Kc8 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 Rd8 37. Be4 Rd1+ 38.
Kg2 Nd4 $14) 34. Rb2 Ka7 35. Rf3 Nf5 36. Be1 $1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gf3a3]} Rb7
37. Kf1 Bc5 38. Ra2+ Kb8 39. Rd3 g6 40. Ra5 Bb6 41. Ra6 Kc7 42. Bf3 {[%cal
Gc4c5]} Ra7 43. Rxa7+ Bxa7 44. Ra3 Bb6 $6 {It was simplier to play} (44... Bd4
$5 45. Ra6 Bxe5 46. Rxc6+ Kd7 47. Ra6 Rc8 $11 {and black is out of danger}) 45.
Bb4 c5 46. Bd2 Rd8 47. Bg5 Rb8 48. Be4 Nd4 (48... Kd7 $1 49. Rd3+ Nd4 $11) 49.
Be7 $1 {[%cal Ge7d6]} Kd7 50. Bd6 Rc8 51. Ra6 Bc7 52. Ra7 (52. Bxc5 Bxe5 53.
Ra7+ Rc7 $11) 52... Nc6 53. Bxc6+ Kxc6 54. Bxc7 Rxc7 55. Ra8 Kd7 56. Ke2 Ke7
57. Ke3 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rf7][%cal Ge3d2,Gd2c2,Gc2a4,Ga4b5,Ge3h6,Gh6g7] White
still keeps sightly better chances due to more active king and rooks, however
blak should hold this one.} f6 58. f4 Kf7 59. Kd3 Rd7+ 60. Kc3 fxe5 61. fxe5 g5
$5 (61... Rd4 $1 62. Ra7+ Kf8 63. Rc7 Rg4 64. Rxc5 Rxg3+ 65. Kb4 Rg4 66. Rc8+
Ke7 $11) 62. hxg5 Kg6 63. Rc8 $2 {Afer this move white is in troubles!} Kxg5
64. Rxc5 Kg4 65. Rc6 Re7 66. Rc8 Kxg3 67. c5 h4 68. c6 (68. Kc4 Rh7 $1 69. c6
h3 70. Ra8 h2 71. Ra1 h1=Q 72. Rxh1 Rxh1 73. Kc5 Kf4 74. Kd6 Kf5 75. c7 Rc1 $19
) 68... h3 69. Kd4 h2 $4 {Missing} (69... Rh7 70. c7 Rg7 $1 $19 {and black is
winning!}) 70. Rg8+ Kf3 71. Rh8 Kg2 72. Kc5 $1 $18 Re8 73. Rh6 h1=Q 74. Rxh1
Kxh1 75. Kd6 Kg2 76. Kd7 Rh8 77. Kxe6 Kg3 78. Kd7 Rh7+ 79. Kd6 Kf4 80. e6 Kf5
81. e7 Rh8 82. Kd7 Ke5 83. c7 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Izmukhambetov, Salauat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nb6 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 {One of the main lines in Alekhine defense promising black very
solid, but slightly passive position.} O-O 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Be3 d5 {This move
is the main idea of the whole variation, so black has to play it sooner or
later} (11... a6 12. b3 d5 13. c5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nc8 15. b4 Nc6 16. Rb1 Bf6 17.
a4 N8e7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 $14 {Vidarsson,J-Shabalov,A/Reykjavik op 1994})
12. c5 N6d7 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 (13... N6d7 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Rab1 a5 16. a3
a4 17. Bd1 Bf6 18. Bxa4 e5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Na2 Qc7 21. Rbc1 Rfb8 22. Nb4 Rb5
23. Rc2 Raa5 24. Re1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Kucumenler,T-Bae,T/WchJM U20 1997}) 14. Bf4 (
14. b3 $6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nc6 16. a3 b6 17. b4 bxc5 18. dxc5 Bf6 19. Qc2 Be5 $132
{Hedke,F-Shabalov,A/Biel op 1992}) (14. Bc1 Nc6 15. b3 N4a5 16. Be3 (16. Rb1
Bf6 17. Be3 b6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Ne2 Nb7 20. Qd3 Nd6 21. Rbc1 $14 {Bojkov,
D-Todorov,T/BUL-ch 1998}) 16... Bf6 17. Rc1 Ne7 18. g4 g6 19. Qd2 $14 {Krakops,
M-Baburin,A/Berliner Sommer 1994}) 14... Nc6 15. b3 N4a5 16. Rc1 b6 17. Na4 Bf6
18. Be3 Rb8 19. Be2 $14 {Kristensen,B-Danielsen,H/Espergarde PC 1992}) 13. b4
a6 $5 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 a6) 14. Ne1 (14. a4 Nc6 15. Rb1 Bf6 16. Re1 Bg6 17.
Rb2 $14) 14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bf6 16. Qd2 (16. Nc2 b6 17. Na4 bxc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5
19. bxc5 Nc6 $11) 16... Nc6 17. Rb1 Re8 18. f4 {Preventing black from playing
e5.} (18. Nc2 $6 {[%csl Rc2]} b6 19. Rfc1 bxc5 20. dxc5 Nde5 21. Nd4 Nc4 22.
Qd3 Bxd4 $1 23. Bxd4 Qh4 $1 $15) 18... b6 19. Na4 bxc5 20. bxc5 (20. dxc5 $5)
20... Qa5 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. Nf3 Rab8 23. Ne5 Rxb1 $1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Rc1 {
Arising endgame is equal and white takes certain risk trying to play it for a
win} (25. Nb6 $5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc4 27. Bd4 (27. c6 $2 Rxb6 $1 28. Bxb6 Ndxb6
29. a4 a5 30. c7 Kf8 $19) 27... Ndxb6 28. cxb6 Rb7 29. a4 Kf8 30. Rc1 (30. a5
$2 Nxa5 31. Ra1 Nb3 32. Rxa6 Nxd4 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Ra7 Rd7 $1 $19) 30... a5 31.
Rb1 Ke7 32. Rb5 Kd7 33. Kf2 $11) 25... Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bd8 27. Nb6 h6 (27... Bxb6
28. cxb6 Nc4 29. Kf2 Kf8 $13) 28. Kf2 Nc6 29. Rd1 Bc7 30. Ke2 Rd8 31. g4 $6 {
[%csl Re5] This move is serious inaccuracy weakening pawn e5, which is
extremly important for white.} (31. Rd3 $5 Kf8 32. Ra3 a5 33. Bd2 Bxb6 34. cxb6
Rb8 35. Bxa5 Nxa5 36. Rxa5 Rxb6 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 $14) 31... Rb8 32. h4
g6 33. h5 Kg7 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Rd2 g5 36. f5 (36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Bxg5 Bxe5 38.
Be3 Bc7 $15) 36... exf5 37. Rxd5 Re8 38. gxf5 (38. Rd7+ Re7 39. Rxe7+ Nxe7 40.
gxf5 Bxe5 41. Nd7 Bb2 42. Kd3 $15) 38... Bxe5 {Suddenly white finds himself in
inferior position and manages to hold it thanks to a blunder of black in the
very end of the game.} 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Nc4 (40. Kg4 h5+ 41. Kxh5 Kxf5 (41...
Rh8+ $6 42. Kg4 Rh4+ 43. Kf3 Kxf5 44. Bf2 g4+ 45. Kg2 Rh2+ 46. Kg1 Rh3 $15) 42.
Bxg5 Rh8+ 43. Bh6 Ne7 $19 {[%cal Ge7g8]}) 40... Kxf5 (40... h5 $5 41. Nd6 g4+
42. Kf2 Rb8 $17) 41. Nd6+ Ke6 42. Rd1 Rb8 $17 43. Nc4 Rb4 44. Nxe5 Nxe5+ 45.
Kg3 Ra4 (45... h5 $1 46. Rd6+ Kf5 47. Rxa6 h4+ 48. Kh3 Rg4 $1 $19) 46. Kf2 Ra5
(46... Rxa2+ $19) 47. Rd6+ Kf5 48. Bd4 Rxa2+ 49. Kf1 Ke4 $2 {Much simplier was}
(49... Nf3 50. Bf2 Nd2+ $19 {[%cal Gd2e4]}) 50. Bxe5 Kxe5 51. Rxh6 a5 52. Rb6
Rc2 $5 (52... Kf4 53. c6 g4 54. Rb5 Rc2 55. Rxa5 Kg3 $17) 53. Rb5 Ra2 $2 {
Missing a win which was still possible after} (53... a4 54. c6+ (54. Ra5 Kf4
55. Rxa4+ Kg3 56. Ra3+ Kh2 $19) 54... Kf4 55. Rb4+ Kg3 56. Rxa4 Rc1+ 57. Ke2
Rxc6 $19) 54. c6+ Kd6 55. Rxg5 Kxc6 56. Ke1 Kb6 57. Kd1 Rh2 58. Kc1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nbd2 {Not the
most ambitious and dangerous for black variation,nevertheless giving white
some hopes to get opening advantage.} dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bf5 ({Not so ba is also} 
8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 N8d7 10. O-O (10. Nef3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 c5
14. Ne4 $14 {Lau,R-Oswald,M/Dresden op 1993}) 10... e6 11. Ndf3 Nxe5 12. dxe5
Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Ba5 Qc8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Rd4 b6 $11 {Coenen,N-Donchenko,A/
Aachen op 1993}) 9. Nef3 (9. Nb3 e6 10. O-O N8d7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13.
a4 O-O 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Bc3 $14 {Jerez Araoz,G-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires VII
Najdorf op 1995}) (9. Ndf3 e6 (9... f6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nxc4 12. O-O Na6
13. Nf4 Qd7 $13 {Kersten,U-Goeke,B/OLO-B 1993}) 10. Ng5 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O $2 12.
g4 Bg6 13. c5 $18 {[%csl Rb4] Nikolaidis,K-Stefanopoulos,O/Zonal 1.5 1998})
9... e6 10. O-O N8d7 (10... Be7 11. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Knezevic,M/Wuppertal
1986}) 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf1 h6 (14... c5 15. Qe2 Bf6 16.
Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc7 18. Rad1 $14) 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Bc3 Nc8 {Black starts to
play without plan and white punishes him in very elegant and nice style.} (
16... a5 $5 17. Qb2 Nf6 18. Ne5 Nbd7 19. Ndf3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Nd7 $11) 17. Qb2
Bf6 18. b4 Ne7 19. a4 Ng6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 b6 (21... Rad8 22. Rae1 b6 23.
g3 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. b5 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 $14) 22. Rae1 Red8 23. Rg4 c5 24. h4
$5 h5 (24... cxd4 25. Nxd4 Nde5 26. Nb5 Qb8 27. Rge4 a6 28. Na3 $14) 25. Rge4
cxb4 (25... cxd4) 26. Qxb4 Be7 $6 {Much more persistant was} (26... Ne7) 27.
Qb1 $1 Ndf8 $6 (27... Nf6 $6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxg6 Qd7 30. Ng5 $16) (27...
Ngf8 $5) 28. Qb5 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} f5 $8 29. R4e3 Nxh4 30. Ne5 $1 Bf6 (30... Bg5
31. Rh3) 31. d5 $1 exd5 32. cxd5 Qc5 33. Qb3 Kh7 (33... Rxd5 34. Bc4 $18) 34.
Nf7 Rd7 (34... Qxd5 35. Bxf6 Qxb3 36. Rxb3 gxf6 37. Nxd8 Rxd8 38. Re7+ $18) 35.
Bxf6 (35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. d6 Kg7 37. Re7 Nhg6 38. Nd8+ Kh6 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40. Qg8
$18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. h3 (6. Nbd2) 6... Bxf3 (
6... Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. e6 fxe6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. c4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Na6
13. Bf4 Nc7 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rfe1 $44 {Ulibin,M-Baburin,A/Vienna 1998}) 7. Qxf3
dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qg3 Qc7 {Black has a bit passive, but very
solid position.} (10... Qb6 11. Nd2 h5 12. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 13. c4 h4 14. Qf4 Qb4
15. a3 Qa4 16. b3 Qc6 17. Bb2 Nb6 $13 {Lahtinen,M-Puranen,J/Finland 1992}) (
10... Ne7 11. Nd2 Nf5 12. Qc3 Nb6 13. Nf3 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Be7 $11 {Gachet,
S-Bibikoff,M/France 2002}) 11. Re1 (11. f4 $2 O-O-O 12. a4 Ne7 13. c3 Nf5 14.
Qf3 h5 15. b4 g5 $17 {Farah,R-Szmetan,J/Mar del Plata 1996}) 11... g6 {A
possible plan, even though a queenside castle seems to be more in the spirit
of the position.} (11... O-O-O 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Qf4 Nf5 14. Nf3 h6 15. Bd3 g5
16. Qa4 Bc5 $13 {Hund,B-Landenbergue,C/Biel 1987}) (11... Ne7 12. Nd2 Ng6 13.
Nf3 Nb6 14. Bd3 Na4 15. c3 Rd8 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Ng5 $36 {Werner,D-Oberhofer,M/
Bad Woerishofen 1989}) 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nf3 O-O (13... b5 14. Bb3 O-O 15. Bg5
Rae8 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bc1 Ne7 18. Qf4 Rd8 19. c3 c5 $132 {Benitez,O-Silva
Sanchez,C/Haifa 1976}) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. a4 $6 {[%csl Ra4] It was
better to play 16.a3 since the pawn is extremly vulnerable on a4.} (16. a3 Nf5
17. Qf4 $14) 16... Nf5 17. Qf4 a5 18. Re2 $6 {The pawn on e5 is well-protected,
so I see no point in doubling the rooks over an e-file.} (18. Rad1) 18... Rfd8
19. Rae1 Nc5 20. g4 (20. b3 Rdb8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qe7 23. Be3 b5 24. Qxc5
Qxc5 25. Bxc5 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb2 $11) 20... Ne7 21. Qg3 $2 {Giving up a pawn on
a4 for no particular reason.} Nxa4 22. Bc1 b5 23. Ba2 Nd5 24. c3 (24. h4 $2
Ndc3 $19) 24... c5 25. Bb1 Naxc3 $1 {Black passed pawns on the queenside are
nearly unstoppable, meanwhile white's attacking prospects on the kingside are
slim.} 26. bxc3 Nxc3 {[%cal Ga5a2,Gb5b3]} 27. Rb2 Nxb1 28. Rxb1 b4 $19 29. Qf4
(29. h4 c4 30. h5 g5) 29... c4 30. Be3 c3 31. Qe4 Rd5 32. Rec1 Rc8 33. Kg2 Qc6
34. Kg3 Qc4 35. Qc2 Qb5 36. Qb3 Bf8 37. Ra1 Rd3 38. Kg2 c2 39. Qb2 b3 40. Ne1
Rdc3 41. Kg1 a4 42. Bd4 a3 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O (9... Bf6 10. h3 (10. Qb3 O-O 11. a3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 d5 13.
c5 Nc4 14. O-O Re8 15. Rae1 $14 {Nielsen,J-Jorgensen,J/Aalborg 1999}) 10... Bh5
11. Be2 Bg6 12. Qb3 a5 13. Bd3 a4 14. Qa3 O-O 15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 17. c5
Nc8 $11 {Holmsten,A-Bagirov,V/FIN 1997}) 10. Qc2 $2 {I'm not sure whether
white's piece sacrific was intentional or he just overlooked black's reply.
Anyway after the move in the game white is facing problems.} f5 $1 {
Threatening both Nb4 and f4} (10... h6 11. a3 Bf6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Re8 14.
O-O-O a5 15. g4 $16 {Winkelmann,A-Niehaus,S/Germany 1997}) 11. a3 f4 12. Bxh7+
Kh8 13. O-O fxe3 14. fxe3 Bg5 {Black is just a piece up. White's only hope is
to create some counterplay over the light squares, so black should be carefull
about that.} (14... Qd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Gg4f5]}) 15. Rae1 Bxf3 (15... Bh6) 16.
Nxf3 Qe7 17. Bd3 Bh6 18. Qb3 a6 (18... Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd4 21. Qc3
$13) (18... Rf6 19. Bc2 Raf8 20. Qd3 g6 $17) 19. Bc2 g5 $6 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7]
Black keeps much better chances after this move, but there was no reason to
expose black king.} 20. Nd2 Rxf1+ 21. Nxf1 Na5 (21... Rf8 22. Qd3 Qf7 23. b3
Nd7 $17) 22. Qd3 Naxc4 23. Ng3 Nxb2 $2 {From now on both sides play
inaccurately, missing quite a few promising possibilities.} (23... g4 24. Qg6
Qg7 25. Qh5 Qg5 26. Qf7 Bg7 $19) 24. Qg6 Qg7 25. Qh5 $6 ({After correct} 25.
Qe6 $1 {[%cal Gg3f5]} Nd7 (25... Rf8 26. Nh5 $18) 26. Nf5 Nf8 27. Qb3 Qf6 28.
Qxb7 $18 {white gets decisive advantage.}) 25... Rf8 26. Nf5 Rxf5 27. Bxf5 N6c4
(27... N2c4 $5 28. Rf1 d5 29. Rf3 Nd6 30. Be6 g4 $15) 28. Rf1 d5 29. Rf3 Nd6
30. Be6 c6 (30... g4 $1 31. Bxg4 Qg5 32. Qh3 Nbc4 $17) 31. h4 gxh4 (31... Nbc4)
32. Qxh4 Qg5 33. Qh2 Nbc4 34. Kh1 Kh7 (34... Qg6 35. Qh3 Kg7 $17) 35. Rg3 Qf6
36. Qh3 Ne4 37. Bf5+ Kh8 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Qc8+ Qf8 40. Qh3 Nd6 41. Qe6 Nf5 42.
Rh3 Kh7 $2 (42... Kg7 43. g4 Nh4 44. Qe5+ Kg8 $11) 43. Qxe4 $18 {[%cal Gg2g4]}
Kg7 44. Rf3 Bxe3 45. Qg4+ Kh7 46. Rxf5 Qg7 47. Qe4 Qxd4 48. Rf7+ Kh6 49. Qh7+
Kg5 50. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Gleria, Francesco"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 N8d7 (9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 $14) 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 Nf6
12. Nd2 $5 (12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bf4 d5 17. c5
Nbd7 18. b4 Ne4 19. Ne5 $14 {Belov,A-Khromov,V/Moscow Alekhine op 1996}) (12.
Re1 d5 13. c5 Nbd7 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 f5 18. Qc4 f4
19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Nxe4 fxe3 21. Rxe3 $13 {Navara,D-Kobler,M/ECh-u20 2000}) (12.
Rc1 Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 Ne8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 Nc7 18. Bf3 $14
{Rechmann,P-Tomaszewski,R/NRW-I 1995}) (12. Qd2 d5 13. c5 Nbd7 14. h3 Bf5 15.
b4 Rc8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rfc1 Bf6 $11 {Schwarz,E-Seils,G/BLW-9293
1993}) 12... Bxe2 (12... Bf5 $6 13. g4 $1 Bg6 14. f4 Qd7 15. h4 $1 h6 16. g5
Ne8 17. Bf3 $14 {[%cal Gd1e2,Ge2g2]}) 13. Qxe2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 (14... d5 $5
15. c5 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Rc8 $5 17. Nb5 $1 (17. a3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxc5 $15 {[%cal
Ge8e2]}) 17... e5 18. dxe5 Bxc5 19. Qf3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Qb6 22. Nd6
Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxb7 $14) 15. Qf3 Qa5 16.
b4 $1 {Well-calculated pawn sacrifice promising white strong initiative for
the pawn.} (16. Rec1 $13) 16... Qxb4 17. Nb5 Qa5 $5 {[%csl Gc7]} 18. Nb3 (18.
Qxb7 $6 Rab8 19. Qf3 (19. Qxa7 $4 Rxb5 $19) 19... d5 $15 {[%csl Rb5]}) 18...
Qb6 (18... Qd8 19. Qxb7 a6 (19... Qc8 $6 20. Na5 $1 $16) 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Qa7
Rf8 22. c5 $1 $16) 19. d5 Nc5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Bf4 $1 $36 {
Increasing the pressure.} Bd8 (22... Rac8 23. Rab1 Qa5 24. Qxb7 Qxa2 25. Nxa7
$16) 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. Nd6 (24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Nd6 Re7 26. Rb7 $14 {[%csl Re6]})
24... Re7 25. Rxb7 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Kf8 (26... Rxb7 27. Nxb7 Bb6 28. Rxe6 $16) 27.
Rb5 $5 (27. Be3 Bb6) (27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Nb7 $2 Bb6 29. Bd6+ Kd7 30. Bxc5 Kc6
$19 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc6b7,Gc6c5]}) 27... Bc7 $1 (27... Bb6 $6 28. a4 $1 Rd8
29. a5 Bc7 30. Nb7 Rdd7 (30... Rd4 $2 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. Nxc5 $18) 31. Bxc7 Rxc7
32. Nxc5 Rc6 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Nd3 $16) 28. Rxc5 Ne8 29. Rc6 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Nxd6
31. Rxd6 Rc8 32. Re4 $6 {Till this move white played extremly good and managed
to get an endgame with winning chanses, but nw he chooses to go the wrong way.}
(32. Rc1 $1 Rec7 33. Rd4 (33. Rxe6 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Ra6 Rc7 36. h4 Kf7 (
36... Ke7 37. Kg2 Kd7 38. Kg3 Kc8 39. a4 Kb7 40. Re6 $16) 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Kg3
Kf7 $14) 33... Rb8 34. Rc2 Rb4 $14) 32... Rec7 33. Ra6 (33. Rdd4 Ke7 {[%cal
Gc8b8,Gb8b2]}) 33... Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxa7 Rc2 36. Kg2 h5 37. h4 Kg8 38.
a3 Ra2 39. a4 Kh7 40. Ra5 Kg6 41. f4 Kf6 42. Kg3 Ra3+ 43. f3 g6 44. Ra7 Ra2 45.
a5 Ra4 46. Ra8 Kf7 47. a6 Kg7 48. a7 (48. Kf2 $2 Rxf4 49. Ke3 Rxh4 50. Kd3 Ra4
$15) 48... Ra2 49. Kh3 Kh7 50. Kg3 Kg7 51. f5 exf5 52. Kf4 Ra1 53. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Black "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nd2 (11. g3 Bc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bg2 a5 14.
Nf3 b5 15. Qe4 Rfb8 16. Bd2 a4 $132 {Leko,P-Onischuk,A/Wijk op 1995 (20)})
11... Bc5 (11... Nf4 12. Qe4 Ng6 13. Nc4 Nb6 (13... Be7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rad1
Rad8 16. Ba5 b6 17. Bc3 Nh4 $13 {Chandler,M-Burgess,G/London Lloyds 1993}) 14.
Nxb6 axb6 15. Bh5 Ra5 16. f4 Nh4 17. b4 Ra4 18. c3 $14 {Hjartarson,
J-Halldorsson,G/ISL-ch 1994}) 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bg5 (13. Bd2 a5 14. Rad1 (14. c4
$6 Ne7 15. Bc3 a4 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Rad1 Ba5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re5] Betko,L-Sergeev,
V/SVK-ch 1994}) 14... a4 15. Nc1 a3 16. b3 Bd4 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. c4 Bxe5 19.
cxd5 O-O 20. dxe6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Baburin,A/7th Monarch Assurance 1998})
13... h6 $6 {Black has to be very carefull to make the moves weakening the
position of the king, espacially if there was no reason for this.} (13... a5
14. Nd2 Bd4 15. Nc4 b5 16. Rad1 $5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 bxc4 18. Qxc4 $14) (13... O-O
) 14. Bd2 a5 15. Rad1 Ne7 (15... O-O 16. Qe4 (16. c4 $6 Ne7 17. Bc3 Rfd8 18.
Be4 a4 19. Nd2 Ba5 $15) 16... a4 17. Nc1 Rfd8 18. Nd3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 $14)
16. Nc1 Nf5 (16... Ng6 $6 17. Nd3 Bd4 18. Bh5 $1 $16 Ngxe5 $2 (18... Ndxe5 19.
Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf4 $18 {[%cal Gd1d4]}) 19. Bf4 $1 $18 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gf4c7,Gh5e8]}) 17. Bg4 Nd4 $6 (17... Nc5 $5) 18. Qe4 $16 {[%csl Rd4]}
O-O-O 19. c3 f5 $5 {This pawn sacrifice is probably the best what black has in
the position, but black has to play precisely to kee th initiative.} (19... Nc5
20. Qb1 Nb5 $16) 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bxe6+ Kb8 $6 (21... Nxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Gh8e8]}) 22. Qf4 {[%cal Gf4b8]} Nxe6 23. Rxe6 Qxf4 (23... Rd7
$1 24. Rde1 (24. Qxc7+ $2 Bxc7 {[%cal Gd7d1]} 25. Ree1 Rhd8 26. Nb3 a4 27. Nd4
c5 28. Nf3 b5 $132) 24... Ng4 $1 25. R6e2 (25. Qxc7+ Bxc7 $11 {[%csl Rd2,Rh2]})
25... Rhd8 $1 26. Qxg4 Rxd2 27. Nb3 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Qf4 $1 $14) 24. Bxf4+ Bc7 25.
Bxc7+ Kxc7 26. Ree1 Rhe8 (26... Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Re8 28. Kf1 $18 {[%cal Gd1e1]})
27. Kf1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Ne4 $6 (28... Re7) 29. f3 Nd6 30. Re1 $18 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1
Nc4 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. Ke2 a4 34. h4 g5 $6 (34... b5 35. b3 Nb6 36. Ke3 c5) 35.
hxg5 hxg5 {[%csl Rg5]} 36. b3 axb3 37. axb3 Na5 (37... Nb6 38. c4 Nd7 39. Ke3
$18) 38. b4 Nc4 39. Nc5 b6 40. Ne4+ Ke5 41. Nxg5 Kf4 42. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Steinitz Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2000.12.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4144]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 {
This continuation promises white nothing special, but leads to very
comfortable play without any danger of losing.} Bxe2 (6... Bf5 $1) 7. Qxe2 h6 (
7... dxe5 8. dxe5 h6 (8... e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. c4 Nb6 12. Nc3 N8d7
13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Ne4 $16 {Oll,L-Kanikevich,A/Sydney Cepacol 1991}) 9. Nf3 e6 10.
O-O Nd7 11. b3 Qc7 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Rfd1 $14 {Ovetchkin,
R-Bratchenko,A/RUS-chT 1995}) 8. Ne4 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qa5+ $5 (9... e6 10. O-O Nd7
11. f4 (11. c4 N5b6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nbc3 Kf8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. f4 $16 {Milov,
L-Pribyl,J/Schwaebisch Gmuend op 1997}) 11... Qb6+ (11... Nc5 12. Nbd2 Nb4 13.
Nf3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 $6 cxd5 16. c3 Bc5+ $15 {Dudas,J-Sarkozy,L/
SVK-chT 1994}) 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. Nbd2 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Nxa6 15. Nc4 $14 {Joecks,
C-Windt,A/OL-NN9495}) 10. c3 e6 11. Nbd2 Nb6 (11... b5 $5 12. O-O Nd7 13. f4 (
13. c4 Nf4 14. Qe3 Ng6 15. Nb3 Qc7 $13) 13... Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Qe3 $11) 12. Nf3 (
12. f4) 12... N8d7 13. Bf4 Qb5 (13... Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 $14) 14. Qc2 Nc5 (
14... Nc4 15. O-O-O Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 Be7 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd7+ Kf8
20. Qxb7 Qf4+ 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rhd1 $16) 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. a4 Qc4 17. Bg3 O-O-O
(17... Rd8 18. Nd2 $6 (18. a5 Nd5 19. Qe2 (19. Nd2 Nb4 20. O-O-O Nd3+ 21. Kb1
Qd5 22. Nb3 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 19... Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 a6 21. Rhd1 Ne7 22. Rxd8+
Kxd8 23. Rd1+ Kc8 $14) 18... Qd5 19. Ne4 Nc4 $11) 18. a5 Nd5 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20.
Kxe2 $14 {In the arising endgame white has slightly better chances due to a
certain advantage in space and the possibility to penitrate to d6.} Rd7 21. h4
a6 $6 (21... h5 22. Ng5 Rhd8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Rhd1 Nc7 $11) 22. h5 Be7 23. Nd2
Bg5 24. Nc4 Kc7 25. Raf1 c5 (25... Rhd8) 26. f4 Bd8 27. Bh4 $1 $14 {[%csl Gd6]}
Kc6 28. Bxd8 Rhxd8 29. Nd6 f6 30. g3 (30. Nc4 Kb5 $1 $17) 30... Ne7 31. Rd1 Nf5
$5 32. Nxf5 exf5 (32... Rxd1 33. Ne7+ Kd7 34. Rxd1+ Kxe7 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. exf6
gxf6 37. g4 Ke7 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Ke4 $14) 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. exf6 gxf6 35. c4 b5
$6 ({I don't see how white manages to make any progress after} 35... Re7+ 36.
Kf3 (36. Kd3 Re4) 36... Re4 37. b3 Rd4 $11) 36. axb6 Kxb6 37. Ra1 a5 $6 {
Looking for active counterplay, which finally turns out losing.} (37... Rd4)
38. b3 Ka6 $2 (38... Rd4 $11) 39. Rc1 Rb7 $6 40. Rc3 a4 (40... Re7+ 41. Kf3 Rd7
42. g4 Kb6 43. gxf5 Kc6 44. Re3 Rd6 45. Re8 (45. Kg4 Kd7 46. Kh4 Rd4) 45...
Rd3+ 46. Ke4 Rxb3 47. Re6+ Kd7 48. Rxf6 $18) 41. bxa4 Ka5 42. Rd3 Kxa4 $6 (
42... Kb4 $5) 43. Rd6 Rb2+ (43... Kb4 44. Rxf6 Kxc4 45. Rxf5 Kd4 46. Rf6 c4 47.
Rxh6 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 c3 49. Rc6 c2 50. Kg4 $18) 44. Kf3 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 Kb4 46. Rxf6
Kxc4 47. Rxf5 Rb6 48. g4 Kd4 49. g5 c4 50. g6 Rb8 51. Rf7 c3 (51... Rc8 52. g7
Rg8 53. f5 c3 54. f6 $18) 52. Rc7 Rb1 53. Rc6 Ra1 54. f5 Kd5 55. Rxc3 Ke5 56.
Rc8 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kd3 Ra3+ 60. Kc4 Ra1 61. Rf8 Rg1 62. f6
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c4 {Interesting
continuation leading to a sharp tactical struggle with mutual chances.} (6. h3
Qe7+ 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nd7 9. c4 N5b6 10. Be3 g6 11. h4 h5 12. Nc3 Bg7 $13 {
De Wit,M-Antoniewski,R/Gent 2001}) (6. Be2) 6... Qe7+ $5 (6... Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Bh5 $13) 7. Be2 ({Nothing promised} 7. Kd2 $5 Nf6
8. Bd3 d5 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Qb3 O-O-O $11 {with equality
}) 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nb6 9. Nc3 g6 10. Be3 N8d7 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. O-O-O c6 $6 {
Black is looking for complications.} (12... O-O-O) 13. h4 Nf6 14. f4 d5 15. c5
Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qa4 (17. f5 $5) 17... O-O 18. Qxc4 (18. f5 Ng4 19. fxg6
hxg6 20. Rde1 b5 21. cxb6 c5 $5 (21... axb6 22. Qxc6 Rfc8 23. Qg2 Nxe3 24. fxe3
b5 25. h5 $18) 22. Qxc4 (22. Nd5 $6 Qb7 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxc6 axb6
26. h5 g5 $36) 22... axb6 23. Kb1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rfe8 $132) 18... b5 19. Qb3 (
19. cxb6 axb6 20. f5 b5 21. Qb3 b4 22. Ne2 Qe4 23. fxg6 hxg6 $44) 19... a5 20.
d5 $6 {[%cal Gg7b2] After this move the black bishop becomes extremly
dangerous, so it was better to push f5 without opening the diagonal a1-h8.} (
20. f5 a4 (20... b4 21. Na4 Nd5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. h5 $16) 21. Qc2
Rfe8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bg5 $14) 20... a4 21. Qb4 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 a3
24. b3 Qf6 25. Qd4 Qc6 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. Qd4 (27. Bd4 Qxf4+ 28. Qe3 Qg4 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. h5 Kg8 31. h6 $14) 27... Qe7 $6 (27... Qc6 28. Qd2 $5 $14) 28. Rd7 Qe6
29. Qd6 $16 Qe4 $6 (29... Qf5 30. h5 b4 31. hxg6 Bb2+ 32. Kd2 Bc3+ 33. Ke2 hxg6
34. Qd3 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 $16) 30. Qd5 Bb2+ (30... Qb4 31. Qd3 $16 {[%csl Gc3]}) 31.
Kd2 Qb4+ 32. Ke2 Bf6 33. Rxf7 $1 $18 Rxf7 34. Qxa8+ Kg7 35. h5 gxh5 36. Rg1+
1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4
Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Nd2 {Harmless continuation permitting black
easily to solve opening problems.} (10. b3 {Finkel,A} N8d7 (10... d5 11. c5
N6d7 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. f4 f6 14. Nf3 (14. g4 $5 Bg6 15. Nf3 $14) 14... fxe5 15.
fxe5 Nc6 16. Bd3 b6 $11 {Spasov,V-Ehlvest,J/Biel izt 1993 (40)}) 11. Rc1 $5 {
Finkel,A} (11. h3 {Finkel,A} Bf5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Re1 $5 h6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Bf4 $14 {Chandler,M-Hort,V/Surakarta 1982/1/2-1/2 
(65)}) 11... Rb8 12. Re1 dxe5 (12... Bxf3 13. exd6 Bxe2 14. dxe7 Bxd1 15.
exd8=Q Rbxd8 16. Rcxd1 $14 {[%csl Rb6]}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 (13... Bxe2 $6 14. Qxe2
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Red1 $16) 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Nd7 16. Bh6 $14 {
Oratovsky,M-Zilberman,Y/ISR-chT (AFEK-Herzliya) 1996 (30)}) (10. Qb3 $5 dxe5
11. c5 $6 exd4 12. cxb6 c5 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2
Nc6 $15 {Rabiega,R-Jansa,V/AUT-chT9596}) (10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 (12.
h3 Bh5 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Bf6 $11 {Anand,V-Jussupow,A/Wijk cm2
1994/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 12... Nc8 13. b4 Nc6 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Rfd1 N8e7 16. Rd2 Nf5
$11 {Dolmatov,S-Morozevich,A/Moscow PCA-Intel qual 1995/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 10...
Bf5 ({Worse is} 10... Bxe2 $6 11. Qxe2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. f4
Rd8 15. Nde4 $14 {and white keeps the advantage due to better position of the
pieces and more space.}) 11. Nde4 (11. exd6 $5 cxd6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rac1 N8d7
$132) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5 N8d7 13. f4 f6 14. Qb3 {Starting complications with
quiet unclear consequances.Another possibility was} (14. exf6 $5 Nxf6 15. Nc5
Rb8 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rad1 Ng4 $11 {with balanced position.}) 14... fxe5 15.
fxe5 Bxe4 {Choosing to simplify the position.Deserved attention} (15... Nxe5 $5
{with mutual chanses.}) 16. Nxe4 Nxe5 17. Rad1 (17. Rfd1 $5 Qe8 (17... Qc8 18.
Bxb6 cxb6 19. Qxb6 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxb7 $11) 18. c5 $2 (18. Bxb6 Qc6 $5
(18... cxb6 19. Qxb6 Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 $11) 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 (19... Qxe4 20. Bxe5
Qxe5 21. Bf3 Rab8 $11) 20. c5 Qc6 21. Qe3 $11) 18... Nd5 19. Bd4 Rf4 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gf4d4,Ge7c5]}) 17... Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Qe8 (18... Qc8 19. c5 $5 Nd5 20. Rxd5
exd5 21. Qxd5+ Nf7 22. Bc4 Qe8 23. Qxb7 $44) 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qxb6 Qc6 21.
Qxc6 bxc6 $15 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga8b8,Gb8b4,Ga6a4] The arising endgame should
be assesed as slightly better for black,but black's advantage has symbolical
character and it's really hard to believe that white will lose this position
in ten moves!} 22. Be2 Rf8 23. g3 a5 24. Kg2 Rb8 25. Rd2 Rb4 26. a3 $6 ({
Why not} 26. b3 $1 a4 27. Bd1 Kf7 28. Bc2 $11 {and white is outof any danger.})
26... Rb3 27. Kf2 (27. c5) 27... c5 28. Nc3 Bg5 29. Rc2 Nc6 30. Nb5 $2 (30. Nd1
Nd4 31. Rc3 Rb7) 30... Nd4 31. Nxd4 Be3+ $1 32. Kf3 Bxd4+ $19 33. Ke4 Bxb2 34.
a4 Bd4 35. Bd3 Ra3 36. Rc1 Rxa4 37. Rb1 Ra2 38. h4 a4 39. g4 a3 40. Rb8+ Kf7
41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. Ra7 h6 0-1

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milov, Leonid"]
[Black "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 $6 {
Serious inaccuracy after which black faces opening problems.More in the spirit
of the position was} (7... Bxf3 $5 8. Bxf3 c6 9. Qe2 $2 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qd4 11.
O-O N8d7 12. Re1 Qxc4 $17 {Zavadsky,P-Nesterov,J/Bratislava op 1993 (44)}) ({or
} 7... dxe5 $5 8. Nxe5 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 (9. Qxe2 Qxd4 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Qd8 12.
Bf4 O-O 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nf3 $44 {Rantanen,Y-Solozhenkin,E/FIN-chT 1993 (38)})
9... Bb4+ 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. Qb3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13. O-O Qc5 $15 {Martin,
H-Paolini,C/Trelew Clarin-GP 1995 (28)}) 8. exd6 cxd6 9. d5 exd5 (9... Ne7 10.
dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 $14) (9... Nb4 10. Nd4 $5 Bxe2 11.
Qxe2 e5 12. a3 Na6 13. b3 $14) 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 $1 $36 {[%csl Rg7][%cal
Gh1g1,Gd1d4,Ge2b5] Fully justified decision:in this position the time and the
space for the pieces is more valuable factor than damaged pawn structure.} Ne5
({Nothing changes} 11... Ne7 12. Qd4 Nd7 (12... Ng6 13. Be3 Qf6 14. Qb4 Ne5 15.
Qb5+ $16) 13. Nb5 $5 Nc8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 a6 16. Qe4+ Be7 17. Nd4 $16 {
and white has significient advantage.}) 12. Bb5+ Ned7 (12... Nbd7 13. Qe2 a6 (
13... Be7 14. f4 Ng6 15. f5 Nh4 16. f6 $5 $16) 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. f4 Ng6 16.
Be3 $36) 13. Qd4 a6 14. Be2 Rc8 (14... Qf6 15. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Rb6]}) 15. Rg1 $5
{Black is running out of usefull moves and his kingside is good target for
white pieces.} Be7 16. Ne4 (16. Rxg7 $6 Bf6 17. Qe3+ Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Bg5
$8 (19. Rg4 Rxc3 $19) 19... Rhg8 $11) 16... Ne5 (16... Nf6 17. Rxg7 Nfxd5 18.
Bd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2a5,Ga1d1]}) 17. Kf1 $1 $16 {Threatening to take on g7.} (17.
Rxg7 $2 Bf6 18. Bg5 $8 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $17 {[%cal Ge5f3,Gf6g7]}) 18... Nxf3+
19. Bxf3 Bxd4 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 $11) 17... Rc2 {Desperation!Black is compleatly
tied up and he makes an attempt to get some counterplay,but this attempt
doesn't work out.} (17... O-O 18. Bh6 g6 19. f4 f5 20. Ng5 $18) 18. f4 Ng6 19.
Bd3 Qc8 20. Bxc2 $18 Qxc2 21. Be3 $1 {[%cal Ga1c1] Forcing the exchange of
queens.} Qc4+ 22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Rc1 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 f5 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 O-O
27. Rc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be2 O-O (8... Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Ng6
14. O-O Nd7 15. g3 a5 16. Qc2 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Kengis,E/Barnaul 1988/TD}) 9. O-O
Nc6 10. d5 $5 {This move leads to minimal advantage of white.} (10. b3 d5 (
10... Bf6 11. Be3 Re8 (11... d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Be6 14. g4 h6 15. a3 N8e7 16.
Ne1 g5 17. Ng2 Ng6 $132 {Najer,E-Ivanov,V/Moscow 1995/CBM 46}) 12. Qd2 (12. h3
Bh5 13. Rc1 (13. Qd2 d5 14. c5 Nc8 15. Rad1 h6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne1 Qd7 18. Ng2
$14 {Barthel,A-Huenerfauth,U/Hagenbach 1998/EXT 2001}) 13... d5 14. c5 Nc8 15.
Re1 a5 16. Qd2 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bh2 $14 {Kholmov,R-Donchenko,A/Moscow 1991/TD}
) 12... Qd7 (12... a6 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 a5 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3
$16 {Rudolf,H-Nicolosi,T/Hamburg 1997/EXT 98}) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rfe1 a5 15. a4
Nb4 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Rxa2 Nc8 $11 {Maroczy,G-Gruenfeld,E/Budapest 1932/EXT 99})
11. c5 Nc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Be3 N8e7 15. Qd3 g6 16. g4 $14 {
Zvjaginsev,V-Bjerring,K/Terrassa 1996/EXT 99}) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. b3
Bg5 $5 {Forcing white bishop to come to b2, if white wants to keep it on the
board.} (12... Nxf3+ $6 13. Qxf3 Bf6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. a4 $14) 13.
Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bf6 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Nd1 {White starts to play for a draw.}
(16. Re3 $5 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 $14) 16... Re8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6
Nxf6 19. Nc3 a6 $11 20. f3 Nd7 21. Kf2 {It's hard to believe that white may
lose such position, but step by step black gains additional positional pluses
till white finally collapses at the very end of the game.} (21. f4 $5 {[%cal
Gg1f2,Gf2f3]}) 21... Ne5 22. Re3 f5 $1 23. Rd1 (23. Ne2 $6 b5 24. Rc1 bxc4 25.
bxc4 Rab8 $15) 23... Re7 24. h3 Rae8 25. Re2 g5 26. g3 Kf7 27. Rd4 ({Not so
bad was} 27. f4 gxf4 28. gxf4 Ng6 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Kf3 $11 {, but white
doesn't want to make any weaknesses.}) 27... Kf6 28. Rc2 (28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4
Ng6 30. Rxe7 Rxe7) 28... h5 29. Ne2 $6 g4 30. fxg4 (30. Ng1) 30... hxg4 31. h4
Nf3 $15 32. Rd3 (32. Rf4) 32... Re4 33. Rb2 R8e7 34. a4 a5 35. Nc3 (35. Rc2)
35... Re1 36. Re2 R7xe2+ 37. Nxe2 Rb1 38. Nf4 $6 (38. Re3) 38... Rb2+ 39. Ke3 (
39. Kf1 Nd2+ 40. Ke1 Nxb3 $17) 39... Ne1 $5 40. Rc3 Ng2+ 41. Nxg2 Rxg2 42. Kd4
f4 $5 43. gxf4 Kf5 44. c5 $2 {Finally making a decisive mistake!} (44. Re3 $1 {
[%cal Ge3e7]} Rh2 (44... Rd2+ 45. Kc3 Rh2 46. Re7 g3 47. Rxc7 Rxh4 (47... g2 $6
48. Rg7 Kxf4 49. c5 dxc5 50. d6 $16) 48. Rf7+ Ke4 49. Rxb7 Rg4 50. Re7+ Kf3 51.
Re1 Kf2 52. Rb1 g2 53. c5 $13) 45. Re7 g3 46. Rxc7 g2 47. Rg7 Kxf4 48. c5 dxc5+
49. Kxc5 Kf3 50. d6 Rxh4 51. d7 Rh8 52. Kb6) 44... Kxf4 $19 45. cxd6 cxd6 46.
Rc7 (46. Rc1 Rd2+ 47. Kc4 g3 48. h5 g2 49. Rg1 (49. h6 Rc2+ $1 $19) 49... Kf3
$19) 46... Rd2+ 47. Kc3 Rxd5 {[%cal Gg4g1]} 48. Rxb7 g3 49. Rg7 Kf3 50. b4
axb4+ 51. Kxb4 Rd4+ 52. Kb5 g2 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Nbd2 {It's not so clear where the knight is better placed:
on d2 or c3,but on my point of view developing the knight on d2 white keeps
more options for further play.} (10. Nc3 $5 O-O 11. Bf4 N8d7 12. b3 a6 13. Re1
Rc8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nf6 17. Qd3 h6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Thorhallsson,T-Zilberman,Y/Peer Gynt 1995}) 10... Nc6 11. b3 (11. a3 a5 12. b3
O-O 13. Bb2 d5 14. c5 Nd7 15. Bc3 Nf6 16. b4 Ne4 17. Qc2 Bg6 18. Qb2 $14 {
Korneev,O-Pogorelov,R/Berga op 1995}) 11... Bg6 (11... O-O 12. Bb2 d5 13. c5
Nd7 14. a3 f6 15. b4 a6 16. Re1 Bf7 17. Bd3 $14 {Bogut,Z-Viland,B/CRO-chT2 1997
}) 12. Bb2 O-O 13. a3 a5 14. Re1 (14. Bc3 Bf6 15. b4 $6 Na4 $1 16. Qxa4 axb4
17. Qxa8 Qxa8 18. axb4 Qb8 19. b5 Ne7 $17 {Kosten,A-Baburin,A/86th ch-British
1999}) 14... Bf6 ({Deserved attention typical for this kind of positions
advance 14...d5:} 14... d5 $5 15. c5 (15. Nf1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bf6 17. Ne3 Be4
$132) 15... Nd7 16. Bb5 $5 (16. Bc3 Nf6 17. Nh4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 16...
Nf6 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Bc3 Bf6 21. Nf3 Be4 22. Rad1 $14)
15. Rc1 Qb8 $6 {Strange place for a queen!} 16. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3,Ge3g4]} Rc8
17. Ne3 $14 d5 18. Ng4 Be7 19. Nge5 Rc7 (19... Be4 $5 20. c5 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Nd7
22. Bc3 b6 23. b4 $14) 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. c5 Nd7 22. Bc3 b6 $6 {It was
necessary to play} (22... Nf6 $1 {and only then b6:} 23. Bd3 b6 24. b4 axb4 25.
axb4 bxc5 26. dxc5 Nxb4 $13 {with unclear position.}) 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 bxc5
25. dxc5 $16 Bf6 {Now the capture on b4 is losing and white pawns become
serious force.} (25... Nxb4 26. Qd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd4b4,Gd4g7]}) 26. b5 Na5 27.
c6 Nb6 28. Be5 $1 Qd8 $6 ({No easy life would expect black after} 28... Bxe5
29. Nxe5 {[%csl Ra5]} Nbc4 30. Bxc4 Nxc4 31. Nxc4 dxc4 32. Qd6 $1 $16) 29. Bxc7
Qxc7 30. Nd2 $18 {Black has managed to stop the pawns,but it's only temporary
measures.} Qf4 31. Nb3 Nac4 32. g3 $5 Qc7 33. Nc5 {[%cal Gc5a6]} Ra2 34. Bxc4
Nxc4 35. Nd7 Be7 (35... Be7 36. Qb3 $1 Rb2 37. Qxb2 $1 Nxb2 38. b6 Qd8 39. c7
$18) 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 0102 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. exd6 {The idea behind this move is to start an
actions on the queenside where white has an advantage.} (11. Qb3 dxe5 12. Nxe5
Bxe2 13. Nxe2 N8d7 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Nf3 $14 {Tatai,S-Zelcic,R/Formia 1995}) (
11. b3 d5 12. c5 N6d7 (12... Nc8 13. b4 Nc6 14. a3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. g4 Bg6
17. Qb3 h6 18. Rad1 $14 {Psakhis,L-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk 1993}) 13. Ne1 (13.
Nh2 Bg6 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. f4 Nxc5 16. dxc5 d4 17. Bf2 $16 {Gavrikov,V-Fioramonti,
H/Lugano 1989}) 13... Bg6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qg4 Qe8 17. Nf3 f5 18.
Qg3 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Bogdanovski,V/Budva 1996}) 11... cxd6 12. c5 $5 (12. Qb3
N8d7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Bg5 $2 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. c5
dxc5 19. dxc5 Nd5 20. Qxb7 $16 {Anand,V-Morozevich,A/Moscow 1995}) (12. Nd2
Bxe2 13. Qxe2 N8d7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. a4 a5 16. Nb5 $14 {Van der Wiel,J-Blees,A/
Antwerp 1999}) 12... dxc5 (12... Nc8 13. Qb3 b6 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. g4 Bg6 16.
Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {Schmittdiel,E-Horvath,C/Gausdal 1994}) (12... N6d7 13.
cxd6 Bxd6 14. d5 e5 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Bg5 Bg6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Nd2
$16 {Fercec,N-Zelcic,R/Pula 1994}) 13. dxc5 N6d7 (13... Nd5 $2 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 (
14... exd5 15. Qb3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Rd2
Nc6 18. Rad1 $16) 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nc6 18. Rd1 Qc8
({Of course not} 18... Nxb4 $2 19. Ne5 Bxe2 (19... Bf6 20. Rxd7 Qc8 21. Bxh5
Bxe5 22. Rd1 $18) 20. Rxd7 Qe8 21. Nxe2 Nc2 22. Qd1 $18 {and white is just a
piece up}) 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. g4 $5 ({I like} 20. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ge4d6,Gb4b5]} Bxf3
21. Bxf3 Nde5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Be2 $14 {and black still has to fight for a
draw.}) 20... Bg6 21. b5 $5 {[%csl Rc5]} Ncb8 22. Qa7 $6 {White queen is
misplaced on a7 so better was} (22. Qc4 Re8 23. Na4 $14) 22... Re8 $1 23. c6 (
23. Rc1 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 (25. Qxb7 Qa3 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rc3]}) 25...
Nxc5 26. Ne5 Nbd7 $17) (23. Na4 Bc2 $17) 23... bxc6 24. b6 h5 $1 25. Rc1 (25.
Bf4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bf6 27. b7 Qd8 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Qg5 $17) 25... hxg4 26.
hxg4 Qd8 27. Rd1 Bf6 $5 28. Na4 Bc2 {Coming to d5!} 29. Rd2 Be4 $1 {[%cal
Ge4d5]} 30. Nc5 Bd5 $17 31. Nxd7 Nxd7 32. b7 {[%csl Rb7] White pawn is very
close to become a queen, but it proves to be impossible to make a final step
since square b8 is well protected by black pieces.} (32. Rd1 c5 33. Rb1 Bc3 $17
{[%cal Gc3b4]}) 32... Qe7 33. g5 Bc3 34. Rd3 Qb4 $19 {Preparing to take the
b-pawn.} 35. Bd4 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Qb2 37. Bd1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 0102 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 Nc7 7. O-O (7. Ng5 $5
Bf5 8. g4 Bxb1 9. Rxb1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 h6 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. f4 g5 $1
$132 {Ernst,T-Cramling,P/Copenhagen 1982}) 7... Bxf3 (7... Nd7 8. exd6 exd6 9.
Nc3 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 (12. d5 c5 13. Bf4 a6 14. a4 f5 15. Nh2
Bf7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qc2 $16 {Campora,D-Paulsen,D/Dortmund 1981}) 12... Nb6 13.
Qb3 Kh8 14. a4 Rb8 15. Rad1 f5 16. a5 Nd7 17. c5 $14 {Schneider,L-Cramling,D/
Karlskrona 1983}) (7... g6 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nd7
$11 {Braeunlin,K-Kindl,P/Friedrichshafen 1983}) 8. exd6 $5 {Heading for an
endgame which is slightly better for white.} (8. Bxf3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10.
Rxd1 Nd7 11. Bf4 g6 (11... h5 12. Re1 Ne6 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Bd1 e6 15. Bc3 Nf5
16. Bc2 g6 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Rad1 $14 {Nielsen,P-Radzikowska,K/Katowice 1993})
12. Re1 Ne6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Ba5 Re8 15. Bg4 Bg7 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. g3 $14 {
Wolski,T-Patty,J/Reno 1994}) 8... Bxe2 9. dxc7 Bxd1 10. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 11. Rxd1
Nd7 {This move is an improvment comparing to} (11... e6 $6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Nc3
Be7 14. h3 Rc8 15. Rd3 Nb6 16. d5 $1 $36 {and black king feels very unsafe on
d8; Kudrin,S-Cramling,D/Gausdal 1982}) 12. Nc3 g6 13. b4 $5 Bg7 14. b5 Rc8 ({
Deserved attention} 14... cxb5 15. Nxb5 a6 (15... Rc8 16. c5 a6 17. Na3 b5 $6
18. Nc2 $14 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) 16. Na3 Kc7 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Bf4+ e5 $13 {with
unclear position.}) 15. c5 b6 (15... cxb5 16. Nxb5 a6 17. Na3 Rxc5 $1 (17... b5
$6 18. Nc2 $14) 18. Bh6 $1 Bxh6 19. dxc5 Kc7 $11) 16. a4 $5 {Interesting
tactical idea, however promising white only equality.} bxc5 17. dxc5 cxb5 $5 (
17... Bxc3 $2 18. Ra3 Bb4 19. Rad3 cxb5 20. Rxd7+ Ke8 21. axb5 Bxc5 22. Be3 $16
) 18. axb5 Bxc3 19. Rxa7 $1 Rc7 20. Ra8+ Rc8 21. Ra3 Bb4 $2 {Bad decision.
After correct} (21... Rxc5 $1 22. Bf4 (22. Be3 $6 Rxb5 23. Ra7 Ke8 24. Raxd7
Rb8 $1 $17) 22... e5 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxe5 Rb3 25. Bxh8 Rxb5 $11 {the draw is
just inevitable.}) 22. Rad3 Bxc5 23. Rxd7+ Ke8 24. Be3 $1 $14 Bxe3 $6 (24...
Bd6 $5 25. Ra7 f6 26. b6 Rf8 $14) 25. fxe3 f6 26. b6 $16 {Now black is in
troubles.} Rc1 $1 (26... Kf7 27. b7 Rb8 28. R1d6 $18 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1a6,Ga6a7]}
) 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Rxc1 Kd6 29. g4 $1 (29. Rb1 $2 Kc6 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Kf3
Rxb6 32. Rxb6+ Kxb6 33. Ke4 Kc6 $11) 29... Rb8 30. Rf1 Ke5 31. Rb1 Kd5 32. Kg2
Kc5 33. b7 Kc6 34. Rf1 $1 (34. Kf3 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Kxb7 36. Ke4 Kc6 $11 37. g5
$140 $2 fxg5 38. Ke5 h5 39. Kf6 g4 40. Kxg6 h4 $19) 34... Rxb7 35. Rxf6+ Kd5
36. Rf8 Ke5 37. Re8+ Kf6 38. h4 h6 39. Ra8 Kg7 40. Kf3 Rf7+ 41. Kg3 Re7 42. Kf3
Rf7+ 43. Ke2 Rb7 44. Ra4 $5 Rb1 $6 {It's not so easy to defend this position,
but with correct play black should hold on.} (44... Kf6 $14) 45. Kf3 Rh1 $6 46.
g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Rh3+ 48. Ke2 Rg3 49. Ra5 Kf7 50. Re5 Rg1 51. Kf3 Ra1 52. Kf4
Rf1+ (52... Ra4+ 53. e4 Ra6 54. Rb5 Ke7 55. Rb7+ Ke8 56. Ke5 $18) 53. Ke4 Ra1
54. Rc5 Rg1 55. Kf4 Ke6 (55... Rf1+ 56. Ke5 $1 Rf5+ 57. Kd6 Rxc5 58. Kxc5 Ke6
59. Kd4 Kf5 60. e4+ Kxg5 61. e5 Kf5 62. Kd5 $18) 56. Rc6+ Kf7 57. Rc7+ Kf8 58.
e4 Rg2 59. Ke5 $1 Ra2 60. Kd6 Ra6+ 61. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12288]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 {Not so
ambitious,but nevertheless quiet poisonous continuation demending from black
accurate play not to sink into the troubles.} exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 (7. Bd3 $5
) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Nc6 (10... c6 11. b3 $5 a5 12. Bf4 d5
13. c5 N6d7 14. Na4 Re8 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Rfe1 $14 {Velicka,P-Sergeev,V/Trinec
op9798}) 11. b3 (11. g3 $6 Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Rfe1 d5 15. c5 Nc8
16. b4 a6 17. Rab1 N8e7 $13 {Hunt,H-Sedina,E/Erevan olw 1996}) 11... Bf6 12.
Be3 Bg6 (12... d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 N8e7 16. b5 Na5 17. Qd3 c6
$13 {Kuczynski,R-Tomaszewski,R/Rubinstein mem 1987}) (12... Re8 13. Qd2 d5 14.
c5 Nc8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bb5 Qd7 17. Nh2 a6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. f4 {1/2-1/2
Kuczynski,R-Gazik,I/Budapest zt-B 1993}) 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rac1 (14. a4 $6 a5 15.
Rac1 Nb4 16. Rfd1 c6 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Qxa2 d5 19. c5 Nd7 $13 {Hendriks,R-De
Waal,M/Computerij op 1998}) 14... h6 15. d5 (15. Bd3 $5) 15... Ne7 16. Nd4 (16.
Bd3 Nf5 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Qc2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bxh4 $11) 16... Nf5 17.
Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nb5 Nd7 $11 19. Nxa7 $2 {This move is not so easy to explain,
because I don't exactly understand what white could miss.} Rxa7 20. Bxa7 b6 {
[%csl Ra7]} 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qa8 23. Rfe1 Rd8 $1 (23... Rxe1+ $2 24. Rxe1
Qxa7 (24... Nf8 25. Qf5 Ng6 26. Qd7 $1 $18) 25. Re8+ Nf8 26. Qf5 $1 {[%cal
Gf5c8]} Qa3 27. g3 $1 $16) 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Re2 g6 26. Rce1 Kg7 27. a4 $6 {
[%csl Rb3] Giving black an opportunity to attack the b-pawn.} Qa5 28. Qf3 Qb4
$15 29. Re8 (29. Re3 Nc5 (29... h5 $5 30. g3 h4 31. Qg4 Ne5 32. Qe4 $132) 30.
Rd1 Bg5 31. Re2 Rb8 $5 $15) 29... Nc5 30. R8e2 (30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. Re3 Bg5 32.
Rc3 Bd2 (32... Bf6 33. Re3) 33. Rc2 Nxb3 $17 34. Rb2 Nd4 $1 $19) 30... Nxb3 $4
31. Qd3 $4 (31. Rb1 Bc3 32. Re7 Rf8 (32... Bf6 33. Ra7) 33. Qd1 $18) 31... Nc5
32. Qc2 Qxa4 $19 {The position is absolutely winning for black and it seems
that nothing can save white,but this game keeps on and a lot of strange are
happening.} 33. Qxa4 Nxa4 34. Re8 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 Bd4 36. Kf1 Nb2 37. Ke2 Bc5 38.
Re4 f5 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Re6+ Kf7 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Nxc4 43. f4 Ne3 44. Kf3
Nxd5 45. f5 Ne7 46. Kf4 b5 47. Re2 b4 48. Ra2 gxf5 49. gxf5 Nd5+ 50. Kg4 Kf6
51. Ra8 Ke5 ({May be} 51... h5+ $5 {would close the circle?}) 52. Re8+ Kd4 53.
Re6 b3 54. f6 b2 $6 (54... Nxf6+ 55. Rxf6 b2 56. Rf1 Kd3 $19 {[%cal Gd3c2,
Gb2b1]}) 55. f7 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qg1+ 57. Kh3 Qg5 58. Qf2+ Ne3 59. Rxd6+ $1 Ke5 (
59... Bxd6 60. Qf4+ $3 $11) 60. Qh2+ Ke4 61. Re6+ Kd3 $2 (61... Kd5 62. Rd6+
Bxd6 63. Qa2+ Ke4 64. Qc2+ Kd5 65. Qe4+ Kc5 66. Qc6+ $11) (61... Kf3 $1 62.
Qh1+ Kf2 63. Qh2+ Ng2 $19) 62. Rd6+ $1 Bxd6 63. Qc2+ Kd4 64. Qc4+ Ke5 65. Qe6+
Kf4 66. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Spring"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kosikov, Alexey I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 {Very solid,but passive
variation,giving up the lightsquared bishop at very early stage of the game.}
6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Re1 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Re1 Nf4
12. Qe4 Ng6 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rad1 $14 {Chandler,M-Burgess,G/London
Lloyds 1993}) 9... Nd7 10. Nd2 Be7 (10... Qc7 $5 11. Nc4 N7b6 12. Qe2 Nxc4 13.
Qxc4 O-O-O $6 14. a3 Be7 15. b4 Rd7 16. Qb3 $36 {Aronian,L-Karr,J/Cannes op
1996}) 11. Nc4 (11. a4 O-O 12. Nc4 N7b6 13. Qd4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 Barth,
A-Zimmermann,F/OLO-B9798 1998}) (11. Nf1 Qc7 12. c4 N5b6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. b3
Rfd8 15. Bb2 Nf8 16. g3 Nbd7 17. Bg2 Nc5 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Bc3
Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Qd7 22. Ne3 Qxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Nd3 24. Be4 Nc1 25. Bb1 Ne2+ 26. Kf1
Nxc3 27. Nxc3 g5 28. f4 Kg7 29. Kg2 Ba3 30. fxg5 Nd7 31. h4 Nxe5 32. Ne4 Be7
33. Kh3 a5 34. a4 Nf3 35. Bc2 Nd4 36. Bd1 e5 37. Nc3 Bb4 38. Ne2 Nf5 39. Bc2
Ne3 40. Bb1 Be1 41. Ng1 Bb4 42. Nf3 Bc3 43. Bd3 Bd4 44. Nd2 Nd1 45. Ne4 {
1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Baklan,V/EU-chJM U18 1995}) (11. g3 Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O-O
13. a3 Nc5 14. Nf1 Qb6 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 h6 17. h4 g5 18. h5 Na4 19. Qxb6
axb6 20. b3 Nc3 21. Bb2 Nb5 22. Red1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. a4 Ba3 25. Ba1 Nc7
26. Kg2 Na6 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Bd4 Bc5 29. Bb2 Nc7 30. c4 Na6 31. Be4 Bb4 32.
Bc1 Nc5 33. Bc2 Ke7 34. f4 f6 35. exf6+ Kxf6 {Arnason,J-Westerinen,H/Nordic zt
1992/1-0 (56)}) 11... O-O 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 {Preventing b5.} Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 (
14... Nc5 $5) 15. Qe4 (15. g3 $5 b6 16. Bg2 Nc5 17. b3 Na6 18. Be4 Nc5 19. Bg2
Nb7 20. Kh1 $14 {Serafino,D-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires PRENAJ 1994}) 15... Nb4 $2 {
[%csl Rf4] After this move white takes control over the square d6 and black
finds himself in troubles.} 16. Bf4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gc4d6]} Nc5 17. Qe2 Rd4 (
17... Nd5 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. Nd6 $1 Nbxa4 20. Qe3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rc5][%cal
Gb2b3]}) 18. Bg3 Rad8 (18... Rd7 19. Nd6 Rad8) 19. Nd6 (19. c3 $2 Rxc4 20. Qxc4
Nc2 21. Rad1 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Rd2 $15) 19... Bg5 $2 {Losing on the spot.It was
necessary to play} (19... Nd5 $1 {[%csl Ra4] with defendable position.}) 20.
Bh5 $1 $18 f5 (20... g6 21. c3 Rd2 22. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rg5]}) 21. Bf7+ Kf8
22. c3 Rd2 (22... R4xd6 23. exd6 Qxf7 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Qc4 $18) 23. Qh5 Bh6
24. cxb4 axb4 25. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 10272]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 Nb6 7.
Nbd2 N8d7 8. exd6 (8. h3 $5 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 dxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bf4 (
12. Qd4 $5 h6 13. Rd1 g5 14. b3 $1 Bg7 15. Bb2 O-O-O 16. Qe3 Kb8 17. a4 $36 {
Sokolov,A-Kremenietsky,A/Moscow op 1990 (42)}) 12... Bc5 $6 13. a3 (13. Bd3 $5
h6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Bh2 g5 16. a3 Be7 17. b4 $16 {Junge,R-Barthel,B/Krumbach
op 1991 (31)}) 13... a5 14. b3 Nc8 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Bh2 $14 {
Garcia,G-Fernandez Garcia,J/Las Palmas op 1989 (58)}) (8. O-O dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5
10. dxe5 Be6 (10... Bf5 11. Qb3 $5 e6 12. Qg3 Qc7 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Be3 Be7 15.
Nd4 Bg6 16. Rac1 $14 {Bronstein,L-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires op 1990 (39)}) 11. Qb3
g6 $6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Ng5 $1 Qc8 14. f4 O-O 15. Be3 $16 {Nijboer,
F-Landenbergue,C/Luzern 1989 (35)}) 8... exd6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 (10. Re1 O-O
11. h3 Bf5 12. Nf1 h6 13. a4 Nf6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Ne3 Be4 16. Bd3 d5 $11 {
Gola,M-Zvolanek,L/CZE-chT9495 1995 (26)}) 10... a5 11. Re1 (11. Ra3 O-O 12. Re3
d5 $5 13. c5 Nc8 14. Qc2 Bh5 15. Bd3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 $5 17. Rfe1 Bf6 $13 {
Van Riemsdijk,H-Fernandez Garcia,J/Buenos Aires 1990/0-1 (48)}) 11... O-O 12.
Ra3 Re8 13. Re3 Qc7 (13... Nf6 $5 14. h3 Bh5 15. b3 Qc7 16. Nh2 Bg6 17. Ndf1
Bf8 18. Bf3 $14 {Ferguson,M-Neil,D/BCF-ch 1994 (41)}) 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Qc2 {
Deserved attention} (15. Qe2 $5 Bf8 (15... Nc8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nh4 $1 $14 {
[%cal Gh4f5]}) 16. Ne4 Nbd7 17. h3 Bh5 18. b3 $14 {with slightly better
prospects.}) 15... Bh5 16. Ne4 (16. b3 $5) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf6 18. Bxh7+
Kf8 19. Qf5 $6 (19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8 21. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (21... Bxf3 $2
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. gxf3 $18) 22. Nxg5 Qe7 (22... g6 $6 23. Bg8 $1 (23. g4 $6 Qe7
$8 24. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxg4 26. Nf6+ Ke7 $1 (26... Kf8 $6 27. Nxg4 Kg7 28.
Bxg6 fxg6 29. b3 $16) 27. Nxg4 Nxc4 28. b3 Nd2 $44 {[%csl Rb3,Rd4,Rh7]}) 23...
Qe7 24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. h4 $18) 23. h4 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Bd1 25. Qf5 $16) 19... Bxf3
20. Qxf6 $2 {The 'point' of previous move of white.Simple} (20. Qxf3 Bxd4 $1 (
20... Rxe3 $6 21. Bxe3 Nxc4 22. Qxf6 $3 {[%csl Rf8]} Nxe3 23. Qh4 $18) 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. b3 (23. Qe4+ Qe7 24. b3 $11) 23... g6 24. h4 $13
{would keep the balance.}) 20... gxf6 21. Rxe8+ Kg7 $19 {Eliminating white's
hopes to give nice mate after} (21... Rxe8 $4 22. Bh6#) 22. R8e7 Qc8 {Black
has a queen for a rook and everything seems to be clear,but the fun just
begins!} 23. Bd3 Qg4 $6 {Starting to create difficulties to himself.Better was}
(23... Bh5 $5) 24. Bf1 Rg8 $5 25. h3 Qh5 26. gxf3 Qxf3 27. R7e4 $6 {More
persistant was} (27. R1e2 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} Nxc4 28. Rxb7 d5 29. Rbe7 Nd6 30.
R7e3) 27... Kh8+ 28. Rg4 Rxg4+ 29. hxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ $6 {More accurate
was} (30... Qxd4) 31. Kg1 Qxd4 32. b3 Qg4+ 33. Bg2 Nd7 34. Bb2 Ne5 35. Re3 Qd1+
(35... d5 $4 36. Rh3+ Kg7 37. Rg3 $16) 36. Bf1 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nh4+ 38. Kg1 Kg7
39. Rg3+ Kf8 40. Bxf6 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Ne5 {Black has made maximum to complicate
theposition,but it's still wining!} 42. Bd8 Ng6 {[%cal Gg6f4]} 43. Bg5 Qh5 $5
44. Bd3 Ne5 45. Bf1 Ng4 46. Be3 Qh2+ 47. Kf3 Nxe3 {Finally exhanging one of
the bishops for a knight.} 48. Kxe3 f5 49. Bd3 f4+ 50. Kxf4 Qxf2+ 51. Rf3 Qd4+
52. Kg3+ Ke7 53. Bf1 Qg1+ 54. Kf4 Qd4+ 55. Kg3 d5 56. cxd5 cxd5 {Black's plan
is very simple:not to give to white king to come to the queenside,then to
transfer his own king to c2(via b4-a3-b2) and to push the d-pawn.It takes some
time to carry out this plan,but white can't do nothing against.} 57. Bb5 Qg1+
58. Kf4 Kf6 59. Rd3 Qf2+ 60. Rf3 Qd4+ 61. Kg3+ Ke5 62. Rd3 Qf4+ 63. Kg2 Ke4 64.
Rh3 Qd2+ 65. Kf1 Qd1+ 66. Kg2 Qd2+ 67. Kf1 Kd4 68. Rh4+ Ke3 $6 (68... Kc3 $1
69. Rh3+ Kc2 70. Rf3 Qd1+ 71. Kf2 d4 $19) 69. Rh3+ Ke4 70. Rh4+ Kf3 71. Rh3+
Kf4 72. Rd3 Qc1+ 73. Ke2 Qc2+ 74. Kf1 Ke4 75. Rh3 Qd1+ 76. Kg2 Qg4+ 77. Rg3 Qf4
78. Rh3 Kd4 79. Rd3+ Ke5 80. Rf3 Qd2+ 81. Kf1 d4 82. Bc4 Kd6 83. Rd3 Qb2 84.
Rh3 Ke5 85. Be2 Qc1+ 86. Kf2 Qc2 87. Rh5+ Kd6 88. Rh6+ Kc5 {Finally finding
the right way!} 89. Rh5+ Kb4 90. Rh3 Ka3 91. Rd3 Kb2 {[%cal Gc2c5,Gb2c2]} 92.
Rxd4 $2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Coenen, Norbert"]
[Black "Burgess, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Bristol"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 {The idea behind this move
is to retreat to c7 and not to b6 as black usually does in this variation,
however the knight is a bit passive on c7 so i doubt that this line is better
than theoretical recommendation.} 6. c4 Nc7 7. exd6 (7. O-O Bxf3 8. exd6 Bxe2
9. dxc7 Bxd1 10. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 11. Rxd1 e6 12. Bf4 $14 {Kudrin,S-Cramling,D/
Gausdal 1982}) (7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. O-O Bxf3 9. Nxf3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ne6 11. b4 g6 12.
Re1 Bg7 13. Bb2 $14 {Nunn,J-Paulsen,D/Hamburg 1984}) 7... exd6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3
(9. Nc3 O-O (9... Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 O-O 12. d5 c5 13. Bf4 a6 14. a4 f5 15.
Nh2 Bf7 16. Bd3 $14 {Campora,D-Paulsen,D/Dortmund 1981}) 10. h3 Bf5 (10... Bh5
11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. d5 c5 14. a3 a5 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bd1 Bf8
18. Ba4 $14 {King,D-Cramling,P/Groningen 1982}) 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bd3
Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Bh2 $14 {Emms,J-Rogers,I/London 1991}) (9.
Qb3 b6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Rfe1 Nf6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rad1 {1/2-1/2
Gurevich,V-Pribyl,J/Belgorod 1991/TD}) 9... Bf5 (9... Bh5) 10. d5 $5 {[%csl
Rc7] Restricting black knight and preparing to bring the knight to d4.} cxd5 $6
(10... O-O 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. f4 c5 14. Nc2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Be4 $13) 11.
cxd5 Nd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. f4 $1 f5 $6 {[%csl Re6,Rg6]} (14... h6 15.
f5 Bh7 16. g4 Bf6 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bg2 $14) 15. Bf3 Bf6 16. Re1 Bxd4+ {black
couldn't tolerate white knight on d4 any more because Ne6 was threatened.} (
16... Nc5 17. Ne6 (17. b4 $2 Ne4 {[%cal Gf6a1]} 18. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Re8
$17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 17... N7xe6 18. dxe6 Re8 19. Bd5 $16) 17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. g3 Qd7
19. a4 (19. Bd2 $5) 19... a5 $5 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc7a6,Ga6c5] Weakening b6,
but securing square c5 for the knight.} (19... Ne4 $6 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. g4 Qe7
22. Kh2 Qh4 23. Be3 $16) 20. Bd2 Na6 21. Re3 Nb4 $6 {[%csl Rb4]} (21... Nc5 $1
22. Rae1 Rfe8 $14) 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Qb6 $6 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6]} Rc5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]}
24. Re6 Rd8 25. Be3 Rxc3 $2 {Sacrificing an exchange instead of taking the
pawn! After correct} (25... Nbxd5 $8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd8+ (27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28.
Bf2 Bf7 $17) 27... Qxd8 28. Bxc5 Nxf4 $1 (28... dxc5 29. Rd1 $14) 29. gxf4 (29.
Rxd6 Qg5 30. Kh2 Ne2 $1 $19) 29... dxc5 30. Rd1 Qh4 $15 {black is clearly
better.}) 26. bxc3 Nbxd5 27. Qxa5 b6 $6 (27... Bf7 28. Rxf6 Nxf6 29. Rb1 $16 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 28. Bxd5 $1 $18 Bf7 $6 (28... Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Bf7 30. Rxd6 Bxd5 31.
Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Bxb6 Bc4 $18) 29. Rxf6 bxa5 30. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 Qc7 {Black's counterplay is based on the play vs
white pawn on e5.} (10... Qg5 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Re4 O-O-O 13. Rg4 Qe7 14. a3 Ba5
15. c4 f5 16. Rd4 c5 17. cxd5 cxd4 18. d6 $44 {Ni Hua-Zhigalko,A/Oropesa del
Mar 2000}) 11. Re1 Rd8 (11... O-O-O 12. Nd2 (12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Kh1
Rhe8 15. f4 g6 $11 {Gdanski,J-Lanzani,M/Haifa 1989}) 12... Bb4 13. Bxd5 exd5
14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc5 16. Qe3 b6 17. a4 Ne6 18. Ba3 $36 {O'Donnell,T-Bouah,
L/Moscow 1994}) (11... a5 12. a3 Rd8 13. g3 Ne7 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. h4 Bc5 16. Ra2
$5 O-O 17. Nd2 Ba7 18. Nf1 Bb8 19. h5 Ngxe5 20. Bg2 $36 {Loginov,V-Donchenko,A/
Uzhgorod 1988}) 12. g3 $5 (12. Qe2 Bb4 13. Rd1 a5 14. g3 O-O 15. a3 Bc5 16. Nd2
Ne7 17. Bg2 Ng6 18. Nf3 Nb6 19. h4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Re1 $14 {Golod,
V-Donchenko,A/Alushta 1993}) 12... Ne7 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. a3 (14. Nd2 $6 {[%csl
Rd2]} Ndxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxd2 $17) 14... Be7 15. h4 $6
{Very strange decision! instead of making some profilactics against N:e5 white
is indulging black to take the pawn.} (15. Bg2 $5 Ngxe5 16. f4 (16. Bxe5 $2
Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Rd1+ $1 19. Bf1 Bf6 20. f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Ke7 $19 {
[%csl Ra1,Rb1][%cal Gh8d8,Gd8d5]}) 16... Ng6 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bb2 $14) 15...
Ngxe5 16. Bg2 Bf6 17. Bc3 h5 $6 {[%csl Rh5] Now black can't castle kingside
because the pawn on h5 is hanging, however he finds an alternative plan, which
works out very good in this game. Nevertheless better was} (17... Ng6 $5 18. h5
Ne7 19. h6 g6 20. Qf3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Nf5 $15) 18. Bh3 Ng6 (18... g6 19. Nd2 O-O
20. Ne4 Bg7 21. f4 Ng4 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 $11) 19. a4 a5 20.
Qe4 Ne7 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 (22... N7xf6 23. Na3 O-O $15) 23. Na3 Kf8
24. Nc4 f5 25. Re2 $2 {This natural move turns out to be a decisive mistake
permitting black to create very dangerous threats} b5 $1 $17 26. axb5 cxb5 27.
Bxf5 $5 {Desperate attempt to find counterplay.} (27. Nxa5 Ne5 28. Qg2 Rg8 $1 {
[%cal Gd5f4]} 29. Qf1 $8 Nf4 30. Re3 Nxh3+ 31. Qxh3 f4 32. Re4 fxg3 33. fxg3
Qc3 $1 $19) 27... exf5 28. Qxd5 bxc4 29. Rae1 (29. Qxf5 $5 cxb3 30. cxb3 Rh6
31. Rxa5 $17) 29... Nf6 30. Qxf5 Rh6 $1 31. Re7 Rd7 32. R7e5 (32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33.
Qxa5 cxb3 34. cxb3 Rg6 $17) 32... cxb3 33. cxb3 Rg6 34. Rxa5 Rd2 $1 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gg6g3] Suddenly white king finds himself under attack.} 35. Rae5 Qb6 36.
R5e3 Rd4 37. Re6 $5 Qb4 38. Ra1 Rd5 39. Ra8+ (39. Qc2 Rxg3+ 40. fxg3 Qd4+ 41.
Kh2 fxe6 $19) 39... Kg7 40. Rxf6 Rxf5 41. Rxf5 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Bxf3 (12... Nd7 13. h3 (13. b4
Nxb4 (13... f5 14. b5 Na5 15. Rc1 Bf6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 $14 {
Schulz,J-Gietl,T/Bayern-chB 1981}) (13... a6 14. Rb1 Bf6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
b6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Be2 $14 {Kiefer,G-Juergensen,M/BL8182 1982}) 14. Qb3 (14.
Rb1 Nc6 15. Rxb7 Rb8 16. Rxb8 Ndxb8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qa5 19. Qd3 Bf6 20.
Rb1 $14 {Tal,M-Vasiukov,E/URS-ch35}) 14... Nc6 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17.
Rac1 Rfd8 18. a4 $14 {Keres,P-Flores Alvarez,R/Santiago 1957}) 13... Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 b6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Ne2 Ba3 $36 {Evans,L-Marachi/Siegen olm
1970}) 13. Bxf3 Nc8 14. Be2 (14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Rfd1 N8e7 16. Bg4 g6 17. Nb5 h5
18. Bh3 a6 19. Nd6 b6 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. b4 $14 {Rosandic,D-Kovacevic,V/Zagreb
Vukovar 1993}) (14. b4 a6 15. Qb3 Bf6 16. Rad1 N8e7 17. Bg4 g6 18. Ne2 Kh8 19.
g3 h5 20. Bh3 h4 21. f4 $14 {Gulbrandsen,A-Heiberg,T/NOR-ch 1984}) (14. Rb1 Bf6
15. b4 a6 16. a4 N8e7 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Qd3 b6 19. Rfc1 $14 {Vlassov,N-Orlinkov,
M/Moscow op 1994}) 14... Bf6 15. Bb5 $5 {It's hard to believe that white can
get an opening advantage with such manouvre!} N8e7 16. Ne2 Qa5 $6 ({Better was
} 16... Nf5 17. Bd3 (17. Bxc6 Nxe3 18. fxe3 bxc6 19. b4 a5 20. a3 Rb8 21. Rb1
axb4 22. axb4 e5 $15) 17... Nxe3 18. fxe3 e5 19. Bf5 Re8 $132 {and black is
the one who fights for opening advantage.}) 17. Bd3 e5 18. a3 $5 {Temporarely
sacrifising a pawn white gets time to regroup the pieces.} exd4 (18... e4 19.
b4 Qd8 20. Bc2 Nf5 21. Qd2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bg5 23. Bb3 Ne7 24. Nf4 Qd7 25. Rf2
$14) 19. b4 Qd8 20. Bc1 Ne5 ({Also after} 20... Qd7 21. Bb2 Qg4 22. b5 Ne5 23.
h3 $1 (23. Nxd4 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 Rac8 25. Rac1 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Rfe8 $11) 23... Qh4
24. Bxd4 (24. Nxd4) 24... Rfe8 (24... Nf3+ $2 25. gxf3 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27.
Bxh7+ $1 $18) 25. Rc1 $14 {White has some pressure.}) 21. Bb2 N7c6 22. Nxd4
Nxd3 (22... Nxd4 $6 23. Bxd4 Nxd3 (23... Nf3+ $2 24. Qxf3 Bxd4 25. Bxh7+ $18)
24. Qxd3 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 23. Qxd3 Ne5 24. Qb3 Nc4 25. Bc3 a5 ({
Serious attention deserved} 25... Bxd4 $5 26. Bxd4 Qh4 (26... Nd2 $2 27. Qg3 f6
28. Rfe1 $16) 27. Rad1 (27. Qc3 f6 28. b5 Rfe8 29. a4 Re4 30. Rad1 Rc8 $13)
27... Rfe8 28. Ba1 Rad8 29. Qa4 Qe7 $132 {with counterchanses.}) 26. Rfd1 Re8
27. Nf3 axb4 (27... a4 28. Qc2 h6 29. h3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 28.
axb4 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 g5 $2 {Self-distruction!There was no need in
such a drastic measures.After logical} (30... b6 $5 31. c6 b5 32. Nd4 Qb6 33.
Qc3 g6 34. h3 $14 {black is doing just fine.}) 31. h3 h5 32. Qc3 $1 g4 33. Nh2
gxh3 (33... Qg5 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rg4]} g3 $8 (35... Re4 $4
36. Ra8+ $18) 36. Nf3 $1 (36. Ng4 $6 gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Nd2 $1 38. Kg1 Ne4 39. Ne3
Nf6 $132) 36... gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qe3+ 38. Qxe3 Nxe3 39. Ra7 {[%csl Rb7]} Nd1+ 40.
Kg3 Rb8 41. Kf4 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf4c7]}) 34. Qxh3 Qg5 35. Rd1 {[%cal
Gh2f3]} Nd2 (35... Rd8 36. Nf3 Qg6 37. Rd4 $16 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gd4h4]}) 36.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Rd8 38. Rd4 Qe5 (38... Kg7 $5) 39. Rh4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 N8d7 11. b3 (11. exd6 cxd6 12. b3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4
Bf6 15. Rc1 a6 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne7 18. a4 Nf5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Grosar,A-Hug,
W/Bad Woerishofen 1993/CBM 34 (18)}) 11... a6 (11... Qb8 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Qc2
Nf8 14. Qb2 Ng6 15. Bh2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 dxe5 17. dxe5 c6 18. Rae1 $14 {
Grigoriants,S-Guseinov,K/Moscow 1998}) (11... Rb8 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Qd2 Nf6 14.
Rac1 a6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc8 18. Nh2 $14 {Minasian,
A-Mnatsakanian,E/Yerevan 1994}) 12. Rc1 (12. exd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Re8 15. f4 Bf8 16. a4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Rac1 Nbd7 19. g4 g6 $132 {Acs,
P-Appel,R/Budapest 1996}) (12. a4 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7
16. Rad1 Qe8 17. f4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Qc6 $11 {Ostermeyer,P-Appel,R/
Germany 1993}) 12... Bxf3 $6 {Giving up the bishop to trade the pawn on b7 for
white pawn on e5, however black knight on b6 remains out of the game. which
evantually costs black a point.} (12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Qh5 Rd8 18. Ne4 Nf8 $11 {Chandler,M-Appel,R/Germany
1998}) 13. Bxf3 $14 dxe5 (13... Rb8 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Qe2 $14) 14. Bxb7 exd4
15. Bxd4 c5 16. Be3 Ra7 17. Bf3 Bg5 (17... Ne5 18. Be4 f5 19. Bc2 Rd7 20. Qe2
$14) 18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 $6 (19... Qe7 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Rxd7
Nbxd7 23. Rd1 $16) 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Rcd1 $16 {White's control over
the d-file deprives black of any counter-play.} Rc8 (22... e5 23. Rd6 Nbd7 24.
Bc6 $16) 23. Qe5 $5 Ne8 24. g3 h6 25. h4 Kf8 26. Rd3 Kg8 (26... Rd7 27. Ne4
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Nd7 29. Qc3 f5 30. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gf3b7,Gc3a5]}) 27.
R1d2 Kf8 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. Qe3 Rac7 30. Rd1 Ra7 31. Qd2 $1 {Preparing
penitration of the rook.} Rcc7 (31... Kf8 32. Ne4 {[%cal Gd2a5,Ge4d6]}) 32. Ne4
{[%cal Gd2a5]} a5 33. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3b5]} Rd7 34. Bc6 $1 {Giving up his
beutiful bishop the black knight on e8!} Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Rc7 36. Bxe8 Qxe8 37.
Qd8 Qxd8 38. Rxd8+ Kh7 39. Rd6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5] Now black loses one of
the pawns and white's advantage becomes decisive.} Nd7 (39... Rb7 40. Rc6 Nd7
41. Na4 $18) 40. Ra6 Ne5 41. Rxa5 Kg6 42. Na4 Nd7 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Ke3 Rc6 45.
Nc3 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1998.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svensson, Bengt"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bf6 14. Qd2 {
This move is considered to be the "main" line of the variation,although I
don't think it gives white any opening advantage.More dangerous for black are
14.Rad1 and 14.Rfd1!?,but even after them black has very good chances to
equalize:} (14. Rad1 $5 Bxb2 15. Qb5 Bf6 16. Qxb7 Rc8 17. h3 Be6 18. Qb5 $14 {
Pacl,V-Kraus/CSR-chT 1992 (35)}) (14. Rfd1 Re8 (14... Rc8 $5 15. Rd2 Qa5 $1 16.
Qxd6 $2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rcd8 18. Qf4 Be5 $1 $17 {Browne,W-Hort,V/San Antonio
1972 (40)}) 15. Rd2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. h3 Be6 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qb6 $1 $14 {
[%csl Rd6] Gruenfeld,Y-Zilberman,Y/Rishon le Zion 1994 (35)}) 14... Re8 {
Another posssibility is} (14... Qa5 15. Rfd1 (15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rab1 Rfe8 $6 (
16... Bxf3 $5) 17. b3 Nc6 18. Rbd1 Rad8 19. h3 Bf5 20. g4 $14 {Borriss,
M-Baburin,A/Berlin open 1992 (35)}) 15... Rfe8 16. h3 Be6 17. Nd4 Qxd2 18. Rxd2
Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxh3 $11 {Werner,C-Achmitt,A/Bodenseecup tt,
Wasserburg GER 1996 (31)}) 15. Rfd1 $6 {Inaccuracy, after which black easily
solves his opening problems.It was more precise to put other rook on d1,while
this one would be better placed on e1.} (15. Rad1 Re6 16. h3 Bf5 $6 17. b3 Qe7
18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 $14 {Hansen,S-Stojanovski,S/Copenhagen op 1994 (43)})
15... Qe7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Rac1 (17. Qxd6 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bf6 $11) 17... Rad8 $11
18. Re1 $5 {Admitting the mistake on 15th move.} Qc7 19. b3 Bg6 {Both sides
has maximally improved the position of the pieces and now it is very important
to find a correct plan for the future actions.With his next moves white is
showing that he has nothing against a draw,while black tries somehow to
complicate the matters!} 20. Nh2 Be5 21. Nf3 Be4 $5 (21... Bf6) 22. Red1 h6 23.
b4 (23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qb2 Bg6 $5 $132 {[%cal Gf7f4,Ge5e4]} (24... f5 $6 25. f3
f4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxf4 exf4 $1 (27... Bxf3 28. Bg5 $1 hxg5 29. Bxf3 $16 {
[%csl Rg5]}) 28. fxe4 Nd4 29. Kh1 (29. Bf3 $6 Qc5 $1 30. Qf2 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3
Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rxa2 34. Rd1 Rb2 $15) 29... Qe5 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Bg4
$14)) 23... d5 $5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. c5 $6 {Now white has to be carefull to
keep the balance.Deserved attention} (25. cxd5 $5 Rxd5 26. Qe1 (26. Qc3 $2 Qxc3
27. Rxc3 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nxb4 29. Bxa7 Nxa2 30. Rc7 Bd5 $17) 26... Qb2 (26...
Nd4 $5 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Bc4 $11) 27. Bc4 Rdd8 (27... Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Qxb4 $6 29. Qxb4 Nxb4 30. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal Gd7f7,Gd7b7]}) 28.
Rxd8 Rxd8 29. b5 Ne5 $13) 25... d4 $6 {Missing simple} (25... Bxg2 $5 26. Kxg2
d4 27. Bxh6 Qxe2 (27... gxh6 $6 28. Bf3 Re6 29. b5 Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Qf5 31. Bg2 $14
) 28. Qxe2 (28. Re1 $6 Qh5 $1 29. Bg5 f6 30. Bf4 Ne5 $36) 28... Rxe2 29. Bd2
Ne5 $15 {with better chances.}) 26. Bf4 {Regaining status-quo!} Qf6 27. Bd6
$132 d3 (27... a6 $5 28. a4 Qg6 29. Bf1 (29. f3 $6 Bf5 30. b5 (30. Kh1 Nxb4 $17
) 30... axb5 31. axb5 d3 $3 32. Bxd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Re1+ $1 {[%csl Rd3][%cal
Ge1c1]} 34. Rxe1 Qxd3 35. bxc6 bxc6 $17) 29... d3 $5 (29... Ne5 30. Bxe5 (30.
Kh1 $5) 30... Rxe5 31. Re1 Rg5 32. g3 $13) 30. Bg3 $1 Nd4 $1 31. Rc3 Bf3 $1 32.
Rxd3 Bxd1 33. Qxd1 $44) 28. Bxd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Nxb4 30. Qd2 Nc6 31. Re1 $11 {
Intending to exchange major pieces over the e-file.} Nd4 32. Rcd1 Rxe1+ 33.
Qxe1 (33. Rxe1 $6 Nf5 34. Qa5 Nxd6 35. cxd6 Rxd6 36. Qxa7 Rd2 $15) 33... Nf5
34. Qb4 b6 35. Qa4 $1 {Nice defensive move,depriving black last chanse to get
any benefits from the pin over the d-file.} a5 36. Bc7 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 bxc5 38.
Bxa5 Nd4 39. Bc3 Qe5 40. Bxd4 cxd4 41. a4 d3 42. Qxd3 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 d5 $6 (9... Nc6 $5) 10. c5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc8 12. f4 Bh4 13. Bd3 g6 (
13... f5 $5 14. exf6 (14. b4 Ne7 15. Kh1 Ng6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Ne2 c6 18. a4 a6
19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Be7 21. Rfc1 $14 {Doring,R-Hasek,V/Klatovy op-A 1997 (42)}
) 14... g6 15. f7+ Kh8 $6 16. Qg4 Qf6 $2 17. Kg2 Qe7 18. Rae1 Bf6 19. Bd2 $16 {
Van der Wiel,J-Bohm,H/NLD-ch 1979 (38)}) 14. f5 $5 (14. Qg4 f5 15. Qh3 Be7 16.
b4 b6 17. a3 (17. Ne2 Qe8 18. a4 Nc6 19. Bd2 a5 20. b5 Nb4 21. Rfc1 Nxd3 22.
Qxd3 Bd8 $13 {Geisler,F-Maus,S/BL9495 1995 (28)}) 17... a5 18. Kh1 axb4 19.
axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nc6 21. Ra4 $16 {Gentes,K-Huda,R/CAN-chJ 1987 (34)}) (14.
Kh1 Ne7 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Qf3 Nbc6 17. a3 Nf5 18. Ne2 b6 19. Rac1 $14 {
Kruszynski,W-Gruen,P/Hamburg op 1984 (42)}) 14... exf5 15. Qf3 c6 (15... Nc6 $6
16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Qf4 Be7 18. Rg1 Rg8 19. Bxf5 $1 $16 {Oral,T-Kantorik,M/SVK-ch
1997 (60)}) 16. Kh1 Kh8 $2 {This variation is very dangerous for black and
that's the reason why the value of each move is extremly high.The last move of
black is inaccuracy after which nothing can save black from the defeat.It was
nssasary to play 16...f6 with complicated struggle:} (16... f6 $5 17. e6 Bg5 $8
18. Rae1 Re8 (18... Ne7 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20. Qg3) 19. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 20. Bxg5 $5 (
20. Qxf5 $1 Ne7 (20... Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Qe7 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rh3 Rg8 (23... Na6
24. Rxh7+ Qxh7 25. Qxf6+) (23... Rf8 24. Ne2 $18 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4g6]}) 24.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Ne2 Na6 26. Nf4 Nc7 27. Rg3+ Kf8 (27... Kh8 28. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 29.
Qxg6 $18) 28. Qh3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gh3h6]}) 21. Qg4 Kh8 $5 (21... Ng6
22. f4 Bh4 23. Re2 $1 (23. f5 Bxe1 24. fxg6 Qe7 $8 (24... Bxc3 $2 25. gxh7+ Kh8
26. Rg1 Qe7 27. Qg8+ $1 $18) 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Bh6 $5 Bxc3 (26... Qxh7 27. Bg7+
$1 Qxg7 28. Qh5+ Qh7 29. Qxe8+ Qg8 30. Qh5+ Qh7 31. Qe2 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge6e8]})
27. Rg1 Qxh7 28. Bg7+ Kg8 $11) 23... f5 24. Qxf5 Bf6 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. f5 $36)
22. f4 $1 (22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Ng8 $1 $15) 22... Bh6 23. Qh3 Ng8 (23... Bg7
$5) 24. Rg1 Bg7 25. f5 $40 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8][%cal Gg1g4,Ge1g1]}) 20... fxg5 21.
Qxf5 Rf8 22. Qg4 Qf6 23. f4 Qxd4 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25. f5 $44) 17. Rg1 Na6 $6 (
17... f6 $5) 18. Bxf5 $1 $16 Ne7 ({Immideatly loses} 18... gxf5 19. Bh6 Rg8 20.
Rxg8+ Qxg8 21. Rg1 $18) 19. Bc2 Ng8 (19... f5 20. Qh3 Ng8 21. Ne2 Nc7 22. Nf4
$16 {[%csl Rh4,Rh8]}) 20. Qh3 Nc7 21. Rg4 Be7 22. Rag1 Qd7 (22... Ne6 23. f4
Ng7 24. f5 $18) 23. f4 $1 {White's play is very simple,logical and efficient.
Black is helpless againgt the advance of the f-pawn.} Rae8 24. f5 $18 Bd8 25.
Ne2 b6 26. Nf4 g5 $5 {Permitting white to finish the game in "old" style.} 27.
Qxh7+ $3 Kxh7 28. f6+ Kh6 (28... Kh8 29. Rxg5 Nh6 30. Rh5 $18) 29. Rh4+ $1 gxh4
30. Ne6+ Kh5 31. Bd1# 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 {Very risky continuation
demanding from black very accurate play.} 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Bf5
(8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qd7 10. c4 Nb4 11. Rd1 Qf5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Be3 g6 14. Nb5 $1
Rc8 15. Nxa7 Nxa7 16. Bxa7 $16 {Kindermann,S-Siegel,G/Munich 1993}) 9. c4 (9.
Bg4 Bxg4 10. Qxg4 Qd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Qf3 Nb4 13. Na3 Qd5 14. Qg4+ e6 15. Bg5
Qd4 $4 16. Rad1 $1 $18 {1-0 Stripunsky,A-Sobolewski,P/Polanica Zdroj 1996/EXT
98 (16)}) 9... Nb6 10. Qb3 (10. Nc3 e6 11. Be3 c6 (11... Be7 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.
g4 Bg6 14. f4 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 $13 {Korenev,A-Panchenko,A/Belgorod 1991}) 12.
Qb3 Qc7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Na4 Be7 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Rd2 $14 {Diamant,
T-Dudas,P/HUN 1998}) 10... e6 $6 {After this move black is in troubles. More
logical was} (10... Qd4 11. Be3 Qxe5 12. Rd1 $1 (12. c5 $6 Be6 13. Qb4 a5 14.
Qa3 Nd5 $17) 12... Be4 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. c5 Nd7 15. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7][%cal
Gf2f4] even though white keeps very dangerous initiative.}) 11. Rd1 (11. Be3
Qc8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Nxa7 $16 {Miklosi,A-Lutring,A/HUN
1997}) 11... Qe7 (11... Qh4 12. c5 $1 Bxc5 $140 13. Qb5+ $18) 12. Nc3 g5 $2 {
Overoolikng white's 14th move.} (12... c6 $5) 13. Bf3 c6 14. Nb5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gb5d6] Taking the knight leads completely winning position for white,
that's why black is forced to play} Bh6 (14... cxb5 15. Qxb5+ Nd7 16. Bxg5 $1
a6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qc6 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nxf5
exf5 18. Bc5+ Kg7 19. Bd6 Qc8 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Rf7] Winning a pawn
since queen is an only piece which can take caare of f7.} Qe8 22. Bxf7 $1 Qxf7
23. e6 Qf6 24. exd7 1-0

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nosenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 $6 {Dubious variation fully
passing the initiative into white's hands.} 6. e6 $1 fxe6 (6... Bxe6 $2 7. c4
Ndb4 8. d5 Bf5 9. Na3 e5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. O-O $16 {Wieder,H-Muellen,J/RLPF-ch
1990 (29)}) 7. c3 {One of a few good continuations.} (7. O-O $5 Qd7 8. c4 Nf6
9. Nc3 g6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nd8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qb3
$44 {Mestel,A-Kindl,P/Groningen op 1989 (61)}) (7. Ng5 $5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nxd4 9.
Qd1 (9. Qe4 c5 10. Nxh7 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ exf6 12. Qg6+ Kd7 13. Na3 Qe8 $17 {
Balla,Z-Kostic,B/Budapest 1921}) 9... h6 10. Nxe6 Nxe6 11. Qxd5 Qc8 12. Qh5+
Kd8 13. O-O Nd4 14. Qd1 $44 {Eberth,Z-Dede,E/Cseppko op 1997 (38)}) 7... Qd7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Bf5 ({Also after immideate castle} 9... O-O-O $6 10. Ng5 $1 Bxe2
11. Qxe2 Rg8 12. Nxe6 Re8 13. c4 $14 {black is in troubles.}) (9... h6 $5) 10.
Na3 h6 11. Nh4 $1 O-O-O (11... Bh7 12. Bc4 $5 (12. Bh5+ $6 Nxh5 13. Qxh5+ Kd8
14. Ng6 Rg8 15. Nc4 e5 $1 $132) 12... Be4 13. f3 Bd5 14. Ng6 Rg8 15. Bd3 Nd8
16. c4 Bc6 17. Qe2 $16) 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. d5 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 $2 {This move
strangely enough is losing by force!It ws nessasary to play} (14... Ng6 $8 {
with highly unpleasent,but defendable position.}) 15. Bb5 $1 $40 c6 16. dxc6
bxc6 17. Ba6+ Kc7 {Now we can see the difference between the positions of the
knight on g6 and on f7.} (17... Kb8 $2 18. Qb3+ $18 {[%cal Gb3b8,Gb3f7]}) 18.
Qb3 d5 19. Qb7+ Kd6 20. Qb4+ Kc7 ({Nothing changes} 20... c5 21. Nb5+ Kc6 22.
Re6+ $3 Qxe6 (22... Nd6 23. Rxd6+ $1 Qxd6 (23... exd6 24. Nd4+ cxd4 25. Qb5+
Kc7 26. Qb7#) 24. Nd4+ $1 cxd4 25. Qb5+ Kc7 26. Qb7#) 23. Nxa7+ Kd7 24. Qb5+
Kc7 25. Qb7+ Kd6 26. Qc6#) 21. Be3 e5 (21... Rb8 22. Qa5+ Rb6 23. Bd3 Qc8 24.
Qxa7+ (24. Bxb6+ axb6 25. Qa7+ Qb7 26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. Bxf5 $16) 24... Rb7 25.
Bb6+ Kd6 (25... Kd7 26. Bxf5+ $18) 26. Nb5+ $1 cxb5 27. Qa3+ Kd7 28. Bxf5+ $18)
22. Qb7+ Kd6 23. fxe5+ Nxe5 24. Bf4 Ne4 25. Nc4+ $1 $18 {The last touch!Black
loses a piece getting nothing in return.} Ke6 (25... dxc4 26. Rad1+ Ke6 27.
Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxc4+ Nxc4 29. Qb3 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. Qxc4 $18) 26. Nxe5 Qxb7
27. Bxb7 Bc5+ 28. Kf1 g5 29. Nd3 $1 gxf4 30. Nxc5+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 (11. gxf3 $5) 11... Ne5 12. Be2 Be7 13.
Nc3 (13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Nc3 Nbd7 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rfd1 Qb4 18. Nb5 Qxd2
$13 {Seidman,H-Berliner,H/USA-ch 1960}) (13. a4 O-O 14. Ra3 (14. f4 Ng6 15. a5
Nd7 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ne3 $14 {Oratovsky,M-Kaenel,H/Saanen 1994})
14... f5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rh3 Bf6 17. g4 Qc7 18. g5 $14 {Yates,F-Colle,E/
Scarborough 1930}) (13. f4 Ned7 14. a4 Nf6 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Be3 b6
18. a6 $14 {Horvath,J-Gombocz,Z/HUN-chT2 1994}) 13... O-O (13... Rc8 14. Be3
O-O 15. Bd4 Ned7 16. a4 a5 17. Re1 $14 {Moiseev,V-Baburin,A/Spring op 1990})
14. a4 a5 (14... a6 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Be3 f5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Bd3 g6
20. Na4 $14 {Mencinger,V-Leopoldseder,S/Finkenstein op 1994}) 15. Ra3 Ned7 16.
Bb5 Nc5 17. Ne2 (17. Qh5 $6 g6 18. Qh6 Bf6 19. Rd1 Bg7 20. Qh3 Rc8 $13) 17...
Bg5 18. Nf4 $6 ({Missing an interesting possibility to fight for the advantage
} 18. f4 $5 Bf6 19. g4 g6 20. g5 Bg7 21. f5 $5 f6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. gxf6 Rxf6
24. Rg3 $14) 18... Rc8 19. h4 Bh6 (19... Bxh4 $5 20. Rh3 Ne4 (20... Bg5 21. Qh5
h6) 21. Bd3 $44) 20. Qg4 $6 {Absolutely unjustified sacrifice after which
white has to fight for equality} (20. g3) 20... Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Nxd5 22. Bg5 Nf6
23. Qf3 (23. Qf5 $5) 23... d5 24. Rd1 (24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rg3+ Kh8
27. Rd1 Rfd8 28. Re3 Ne6 $15) 24... Nce4 25. Rad3 Qb6 26. Be3 (26. g4 Rc2 (
26... Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Nxf2 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 f6 31. Be3 $44)
27. Be3 Qe6 28. g5 Ng4 $17) 26... Qe6 27. Bd4 Rc2 28. Qf4 Rfc8 29. f3 $2 ({
After correct} 29. Re1 $5 {the position would remain unclear.}) 29... Nh5 30.
Qe5 (30. Qe3 Qg6 31. g4 Qd6 $1 (31... Nf2 $5) 32. fxe4 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Nf4 $19 {
[%csl Rf1]}) 30... Qxe5 (30... Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rc2+ 32. R3d2 Qxe5 33. Bxe5 Rxd2+
34. Rxd2 Nxd2 $17) 31. Bxe5 Nf2 32. Rxd5 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Rc1 $17 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+
35. Kh2 (35. Kf2) 35... Nf6 36. Bc3 b6 37. Bc6 Rd1 38. g4 Nd5 39. Be5 f6 40.
Bb8 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Ne7 42. Bb5 Rxb2 43. Bc7 (43. Bd6 Kf7 44. Bc4+ Kf8) 43... Rxb5
$1 $19 {The simplest and the quickest way to win the game.} 44. axb5 Nd5 {
[%cal Ga5a1]} 45. Bd6 Nc3 46. Bc7 Nxb5 47. Bxb6 a4 48. Be3 a3 49. Bc1 a2 50.
Bb2 Na3 51. Kf4 Nc2 52. Ke4 a1=Q 53. Bxa1 Nxa1 54. Kd4 Nb3+ 0-1

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Leukerbad"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Ballmann, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 $6 {This move can hardly be recommened. Now white
gets clear advantage without making any effort.} (10... Bxf3) 11. c5 Nc4 (11...
Nc8 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Nb3 $14 {Nunn,J-Dankert,P/
Germany 1992}) (11... N6d7 12. b4 b6 13. Rc1 c6 14. Na4 a5 15. g4 Bg6 16. b5
bxc5 17. dxc5 $14 {[%cal Gb5b6] Kavalek,L-Martz,W/El Paso 1973}) 12. Bxc4 dxc4
13. Qe2 {[%csl Rc4] Reminding black that he has a weak pawn on c4.} Bxf3 (13...
Qd7 14. Qxc4 Nc6 15. b4 b5 16. Nxb5 Rfb8 17. Rab1 $16 {Rovid,K-Mozes,E/HUN 1992
}) 14. Qxf3 (14. gxf3 $5 Bg5 15. Kh2 f5 16. f4 Bh6 17. Qxc4 Qh4 18. Qxe6+ Kh8
19. Ne2 $16 {Enklaar,B-Bohm,H/Wijk aan Zee 1975}) 14... Nc6 15. Rad1 Qc8 (15...
Qd7 $6 16. Qe2 Na5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 $18 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 16. Qe2 Na5 17. d5
exd5 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. Bd2 $1 {Simple and strong. Black has to give up a pawn.}
(19. Qh5 c6 20. Nc3 Bc7 21. f4 Qe6 $14) 19... c6 20. Ne3 b5 (20... Qe6 21. f4
b5 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bb4 c5 24. Rd6 Qe8 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qxc4 $16) 21. cxb6
axb6 22. Bb4 $5 c5 23. Bxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxc4 $16 b5 25. Qd5 c4 26. b4 cxb3 (26...
Rxa2 27. Qxb5 c3 28. Rc1 {[%csl Rc3]}) 27. axb3 Bb6 28. Qe4 {[%cal Ge3d5]} Bxe3
29. Qxe3 Ra3 30. Rd6 $1 {e6 is coming...} Qc2 31. e6 fxe6 (31... Rxb3 $2 32.
exf7+ Rxf7 33. Rd8+ Rf8 34. Qe6+ $18) 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qe7 Raa8 34. Rd7 Rg8
35. Qb4 Qf5 36. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rg7] Keeping an eye on g7.} Ra3 37. Re1 Qg6 (
37... Rxb3 38. Rxg7 $1 Rd3 39. Qb2 $18) 38. Re3 {[%cal Ge3g3] Bringing another
rook into play.} Ra2 39. Rg3 Qh6 40. Rgxg7 Qxg7 41. Rxg7 Rxg7 42. Qe5 h6 43.
Qxb5 Rb2 44. Qd3 Kg8 45. h4 Ra2 46. b4 Kh8 47. b5 Ra8 48. Qe3 Ra1+ (48... Rg6
49. Qe5+ Kh7 50. h5 Rgg8 51. Qe7+ Kh8 52. b6 $18) 49. Kh2 Ra4 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 d5 ({Another alternative is} 10... N8d7 {leading to
different kind of positions.}) 11. c5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 13. f4 {White has a
significant advantage in space, but black has no weaknesses, that's why it's
not an easy task for white to shatter black's position.} (13. b4 f5 $6 (13...
f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Qe8 $14) (13... b6 14. Rb1 f5 15. f4 Rf7 16. Kh1 $14) (
13... Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. Qa4 b6 16. c6 $14) 14. f4 Kh8 15. Bd3 g5 16. Qh5 $16)
13... Nc6 {[%cal Ge7h4,Gc6e7,Ge7f5] Intending to bring the knight to f5.} (
13... f5 14. b4 b6 (14... Bh4 15. Kh2 Kh8 (15... Ne7 16. Rg1 b6 17. a3 Nd7 18.
Rc1 Kh8 19. c6 $1 $16 {Rosseli,M Bernardo-Stull,Norbert/Salonika (Greece) 1988}
) 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. b5 Ne7 18. a4 Qe8 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rg2 $14 {Khmelnitsky,Igor
N-Panchenko,Alexandar G/Pula (Croatia) 1990}) (14... Qe8 $5 15. b5 Bd8 16. Qb3
Ne7 17. Kh2 Rf7 18. a4 Nd7 19. Bh5 g6 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. a5 $14 {Dueball,
Juergen-Schifferdecker,Wilhelm/Germany 1980}) (14... Rf7 $5 15. Kh2 Bf8 16. Bd3
a6 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. a3 N8a7 19. Ng1 g6 20. Nf3 Rg7 21. Rg1 Be7 22. Qd2 $14 {
Cabrilo,Goran-Haik,Aldo/Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia) 1981}) (14... a6 $5 15.
Kh1 Rf7 16. Rg1 Bf8 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. Rg3 Rd7 19. Rag1 N8e7 20. Bh5 Qb8 21. a3
$14 {German,Gustavo-Milos,Gilberto/Villa Martelli (Argentina) (8) 1997}) 15. a3
c6 16. Kh2 Rf7 17. Na4 Bf8 18. Rc1 Rb7 19. Bd2 g6 20. Bd3 Kh8 $13 {Byrne,
Robert E-Vukic,Milan/Bugojno (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 1978}) 14. b4 Bh4 (14... a6
15. a3 Bh4 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qd1 Kh8 19. Kh2 N8e7 20. Ne2 Ng8 21. Ng1
Nh6 22. Nf3 $14 {Solozhenkin,E-Bagirov,V/Sevastopol 1986}) (14... f5 $2 15. Qa4
$1 Bh4 16. b5 N6e7 17. Kh2 Kh8 18. Qd1 $1 Ng6 19. a4 b6 20. a5 $16 {Tiviakov,
S-Castelfranchi,C/St Vincent 1998}) 15. Rb1 {white will have to push a b-pawn
sooner or later, but he doesn't to do it right away because black knight has
very comfortable square a5.} (15. b5 Na5 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qg4 h5 (17... f5 18.
Qg2 Ne7 19. Kh2 b6 20. c6 a6 21. a4 Nc4 22. Ne2 Nxe3 23. fxe3 a5 $11 {McDonald,
N-Palatnik,S/Hastings 2000}) 18. Qf3 Ne7 19. Kh2 f5 20. Rg1 Kf7 21. Qe2 c6 22.
Rab1 $14 {Dorfman,J-Bagirov,V/Ordzhonikidze 1978}) 15... N8e7 (15... N6e7 16.
Bd3 g6 17. Kh1 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Ne2 a6 20. a4 Ne7 21. b5 axb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Hendriks,W-Vakhidov,T/Dieren 1998/EXT 99 (21)}) 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kh2 (17.
Qg4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. b5 Qd7 21. a4 Rfd8 22. Kh2 b6 23. a5 Qe6
24. axb6 $1 axb6 25. c6 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Alburt,L/Ashkhabad 1978}) (17. Qf3 Nf5
18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Kh2 Rg8 21. Qxf7 Qe8 22. Qxe8 Raxe8 23. Rg1 (23.
Ne2 Kg7 24. Ng1 h6 25. Nf3 Be7 26. Bd2 a6 27. a4 Kf7 28. Rfc1 Ra8 29. Rb2 Rgc8
$11 {Tiviakov,S-Velicka,P/Cheliabinsk 1990}) 23... Rxg1 24. Kxg1 Kg8 {
Kindermann,S-Baburin,A/Germany 1998/GER-chT}) 17... Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Rg1
$6 {After this move black manages to bring the knight to e6 that's why it was
necessary to play} (19. Qf3 $5 Ne7 20. b5 {with some initiative.}) 19... Qd7
20. Qf3 Rfd8 21. Qh5 Be7 22. Qd1 a6 23. Ne2 {White is aware that he has no
opening advantage that's why he is trying to consolidate his position by
bringing the knight to f3.} (23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 Ra3 25. Rb3 Ra7 $15) 23...
Kh8 24. Qc2 Rg8 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gd8e6]} 25. a3 Nd8 26. Rg3 Ne6 27. a4 (27. Ng1 Bf8
28. Nf3 h5 29. h4 Bh6 $15) 27... c6 28. Rb3 Bf8 29. Qb1 Bh6 30. h4 Ng7 31. Rh3
Nh5 32. Qc1 Qe6 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Drozdov, Igor"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne1 $5 (13. Nh2 $5 Nc4
$6 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. f4 f5 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Rae1 $14 {Zivkovic,V-Jankovic,B/
CRO-chT 1996 (37)}) (13. Bd3 c6 14. Ne2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Be4 $6 16. Ng3 Bxf3 17.
Qxf3 $16 {Cladouras,P-Grosse Kloenne,E/BL2-N 1991 (29)}) 13... f5 (13... f6 $6
14. f4 f5 15. Ng2 Nc6 16. Kh1 $6 Qd7 17. Bg1 Bb4 18. Nh4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 $14 {
Gaborit,J-Hauchard,A/FRA-chJ 1989 (46)}) (13... Nc6 14. Ng2 (14. f4 f5 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Nf3 h6 17. b3 $5 Qd6 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Qd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb4 21. Qd2
Nc2 $132 {Svidler,P-Solozhenkin,E/RUS-ch 1995 (38)}) 14... f6 15. Nf4 $6 fxe5
16. dxe5 d4 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 $36 {Emms,J-Baburin,A/Isle of Man op
1996 (31)}) 14. Ng2 (14. Nd3 $5 c6 15. Nf4 Qd7 16. Kh2 Nc4 (16... Na6 17. Nxg6
hxg6 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Rg1 $5 f4 21. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Qh5 $40 {
Ornstein,A-Alburt,L/Reykjavik op 1984/1-0 (65)}) 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. gxf5 gxf5
19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Rg1 Bb4 $2 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Bxg7 $1 $18 {Balzar,A-Fend,J/
OLO-C 1995 (24)}) 14... Bg5 $6 {Now white has to do nothing to develop the
initiative-it's getting stronger and stronger itself.Better was} (14... c6 15.
Nf4 Qd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 Qe6 18. Qe1 $14) 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 $14 Qd8 (
16... Qh6 $2 17. g5 Qxh3 18. Rf3 $18) 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Kh8 19. b3 $5 {
This move is not a part of white's plan,but white is not limited with time,
because black is not able to create any counterplay.} a6 (19... Qh4 20. Kg2
Rad8 21. Bb5 Ne7 22. Bd3 $14) 20. Rf2 Ne7 21. Bd3 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2g3]} Qd7 22.
Ne2 c6 23. Ng3 Rf7 24. h4 $16 h6 (24... fxg4 25. f5 Raf8 26. Qxg4 (26. Rg2 Nxf5
27. Ngxf5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxg4 $16) 26... h5 27. Qg5 $18)
25. Qc2 {Black is compleatly tied up and he has to wait for the moment when
white will decide to start actions.} Raf8 26. Re1 Qe6 27. h5 Bh7 28. gxf5 Nxf5
29. Nexf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. Rg2 $1 $18 Rxf4 (32... Rxh5 33.
Qg6 Qxg6 34. Rxg6 Kh7 35. Rd6 Rf5 36. e6 Nc8 37. Rd7 $18) 33. Qg6 Qe7 (33...
Qxg6 34. hxg6 Nc8 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Ne7 37. Rf2 $18) 34. Rf1 Rxd4 35. Rgf2
(35. Rf7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+) 35... Nd7 (35... Qg5+ 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. Rf7 Rg4+
38. Kh2 Rf4 39. R1xf4 gxf4 40. e6 $18) 36. Rf7 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch playoff"]
[Site "Itabirito"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.12.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. h3 (9. d5 e5 10. Be3 N8d7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. b3 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6
15. h4 $5 $36 {Van Hul,C-Mannaert,E/BEL-chT9697 1997 (25)}) 9... Bh5 (9... Bf5
10. O-O N8d7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. a4 a5 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bf1 $14 {Govedarica,
R-Nisman,B/Belgrade op 1989 (36)}) 10. d5 (10. b3 O-O 11. Be3 Nc6 12. O-O d5
13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 $5 $14 {Tolnai,T-Hauchard,A/EU-chT 1992 (29)}) 10... e5 11.
g4 Bg6 12. Be3 (12. h4 $5 e4 $6 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Ngxe4 Re8 15. Qd4 Na6 16. h5
$16 {Messa,R-Corvi,M/Verona op 1997 (31)}) 12... N8d7 13. h4 $5 ({Nothing
promises} 13. c5 $6 Nxc5 (13... dxc5 $2 14. d6 Bf8 15. Nb5 $16) 14. Bxc5 dxc5
15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Nxg6+ hxg6 $13 {and black doesn't have any
problems.}) 13... h5 14. g5 a6 15. b3 ({Another possibility was} 15. Nd2 Rc8
16. b3 Nc5 17. f3 $5 {[%cal Gd2e4]} (17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Nde4 Rc8 19. Ng3 Nd7 20.
Rc1 (20. Bxh5 $6 Qa5 21. Rc1 Bxh5 22. Nxh5 g6 23. Ng3 b5 $36 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]
[%cal Gc8c3]}) 20... Qa5 21. Qd2 Bd8 $5 $132) 17... Nbd7 (17... Nd3+ $6 18.
Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Nde4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 $14) 18. Nde4 Qa5 19. Nxc5 (19. Qd2 $2 Nxb3
$19) 19... Nxc5 20. Rc1 $13 {with mutual chanses.}) 15... Qc7 16. Bd3 O-O 17.
Ne4 (17. Bxg6 {Slightly different type of position would arise after} fxg6 18.
Nd2 Nc5 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd7 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Qd3 Qa5+ 23. Qd2 Qa3 $132 {
,but also in this case black seems to have sufficient counterchanses.}) 17...
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 19. Nd2 Nc5 20. Qc2 ({It was better to keep the bishop by} 20.
Bc2 $1 Rac8 21. Rc1 (21. b4 $5 Ncd7 22. Bb3 $13) 21... Bd8 22. Qf3 a5 23. Kf1
Nbd7 24. Kg2 $14 {and white has very comfortable advantage.}) 20... Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 ({It's impossible to take with the knight} 21. Nxe4 $2 Nxd5 $17 {[%cal
Gc7c2]}) 21... Nd7 22. O-O Nc5 23. Bxc5 $5 {White decides to give up the
bishop hoping to transfer f4 and to use the fact that black bishop is out of
play.} (23. Qg2 Rae8 24. f4 exf4 25. Bd4 $1 (25. Rxf4 $2 Bxg5 $15 {[%cal Ge8e3]
}) 25... f6 $5 26. b4 fxg5 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Bb2 g4 29. Qe4 Kh7 $132) 23...
Qxc5 24. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Rae8 25. f4 exf4 26. Rae1 $1 {Strong move
preventing Bd8.} (26. Qxf4) 26... Qc8 27. Qg2 Qg4 $6 {This move is inaccracy
after which white could get an endgame with some winning chanses.Deserved
attention} (27... Bd8 $5) 28. Qh2 $2 {An only mistake white makes in the game
proves to be crucial.After correct} (28. Qxg4 $1 hxg4 29. Re4 $3 (29. Rxf4 $2
Bxg5 $1 30. Rxe8 Bxf4 31. Re2 Kg7 $19) 29... f5 30. gxf6 Rxf6 (30... Bxf6 $6
31. Rfxf4 Bxh4 (31... Be5 32. Rxg4 Rf2 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rg2 $18) 32. Rxg4 $16)
31. Rfxf4 (31. Kg2 b5 32. Rfe1 Rf7 $15 {[%cal Gg8f8,Ge8b8]}) 31... Rxf4 32.
Rxf4 Bxh4 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Kg2 $14 {black has to work hard to make a draw.})
28... Bd8 $1 $17 29. Ne4 (29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxf4 (30. Qxf4 $2 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Bb6+
$19) 30... Re1+ 31. Nf1 Qd1 32. Qf2 Re2 33. Qf3 Qe1 $17) 29... f3 30. Rg1 Rxe4
$1 $19 {White probably missed this strong reply making his 28th move.Now
white's position deteriorates in a few moves.} 31. Rxg4 Rxe1+ 32. Rg1 Rfe8 {
[%csl Rh1][%cal Gd8b6]} 33. Qf2 $8 R1e2 34. Qg3 (34. Qxf3 R8e3 35. Qf1 Bb6 $1
$19 {[%cal Gb6d4,Gd4e5]}) 34... Bb6 35. Rf1 R8e4 36. Qh3 Rg4 $1 {[%cal Gf3f2,
Gg4g1]} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Herzliya Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. b3 N8d7 11. exd6 (11. h3 Bf5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Re1 $5 h6 14.
Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Bf4 $14 {Chandler,M-Hort,V/Surakarta
1982/1/2-1/2 (65)}) (11. Rc1 $5 Rb8 12. Re1 dxe5 (12... Bxf3 13. exd6 Bxe2 14.
dxe7 Bxd1 15. exd8=Q Rbxd8 16. Rcxd1 $14) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 (13... Bxe2 $6 14. Qxe2
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Red1 $16) 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Nd7 16. Bh6 $14 {
Oratovsky,M-Zilberman,Y/ISR-chT (AFEK-Herzliya) 1996 (30)}) 11... cxd6 12. d5
$5 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 (13. Qd2 $5 Rc8 14. a4 Nf6 15. a5 Nbd7 16. d5 $5 $13 {
Zeller Frank-Appel Ralf/Bundesliga 1995/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 13... Re8 14. Bf4 (14.
Qd2 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Nbd7 16. Red1 Rc8 17. Qb2 h6 18. a4 a5 19. Qb1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Parkanyi,A-Schnelzer,R/Budapest FS10 IM-A 1994 (41)}) 14... Rc8 15. a4 Nf8 16.
g4 Bg6 17. Re1 h6 18. Bg3 Nh7 $132 {Schneider,H-Schnelzer,R/Hessenliga 1995 
(54)}) (12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. h4 Nf6 17. Ng5 h6
$13 {1/2-1/2 De Souza,A-Loureiro,L/BRA-ch 1995}) 12... e5 13. Ne1 $5 (13. Nd2
$5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 Re8 18. Nde4 Ne5 19.
Raf1 Qe7 $13) 13... Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bg5 (14... f5 15. f4 Rc8 (15... e4 $6 16. Nc2
$14) (15... g5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 (16... dxe5 17. g4 $1 $16) 17. Nc2 f4 18. Bd2 Bf6
19. Nd4 Nexc4 $6 20. Ne6 Nxd2 21. Nxd8 Nxf1 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Ne4 $1 $18) 16.
Nf3 Bf6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qf2 $1 $14) 15. Nd3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 $14 Nf6 (16... f5
17. f4 e4 18. Nb4 a5 19. Nc2 Nc5 20. Nd4 Nbd7 21. Ncb5 Qb6 22. Ne6 $1 Nxe6 23.
Qxb6 Nxb6 24. dxe6 Rae8 25. Nxd6 Rxe6 26. Nxb7 $16) 17. f4 Nbd7 18. fxe5 Ng4
19. Qg3 Ngxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Kh1 Rc8 22. Ne4 f6 23. a4 $1 $14 {Preventing
black's counterplay on the queenside. White stands slightly better because of
weakness of e6 square.} Kh8 24. a5 h6 $6 {Creating to himself another weakness.
} 25. Qh3 $1 Rc7 26. Ng3 Rcf7 27. Nf5 Re8 28. Qg3 Qd7 29. h3 g6 30. Nd4 Kh7 31.
Ne6 $16 Qe7 32. Rae1 Rc8 33. Rf4 Rg8 34. Qe3 f5 35. c5 $1 {White pieces take
ideal position and it's a time for breakthrough.} g5 36. Rf2 Ng6 37. b4 Qd7 38.
Qd3 f4 (38... Ne7 39. Rfe2 (39. Ref1 $5 dxc5 40. Rxf5 Nxf5 41. Rxf5 Rxf5 42.
Qxf5+ Kh8 43. bxc5 $40) 39... Re8 40. Qf3 $40) 39. Rfe2 Qa4 40. Re4 f3 $6 41.
gxf3 Qd7 42. f4 $1 $18 {The rest is a matter of technique.} dxc5 43. bxc5 Kh8
44. fxg5 Rf5 45. d6 hxg5 46. Qe2 (46. Qd1 $1 $18) 46... Rd5 47. Qh5+ Qh7 48.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 49. Rb4 Kh6 50. Rxb7 Ne5 51. Rf1 Rh8 52. Rf6+ Kh5 53. Rb4 Rh7 54.
Rd4 Rxd4 55. Nxd4 Rb7 56. c6 Rb4 57. c7 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3120]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7.
c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc4 13. Bf4 (13.
Bc1 $5 b6 14. b3 Na5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Nb5 Nac6 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. a3 $14 {
Akhmadeev,V-Loginov,V/URS-chT 1988/1-0 (53)}) 13... Nc6 (13... Nxb2 $6 14. Qb1
Nc4 15. Qxb7 Nd7 16. c6 $6 (16. Nxd5 $5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Na3 18. Qxa8 Qxa8 19.
Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rac1 $16) 16... Ndb6 17. Bc7 Qe8 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nxd5 $1 $14 {
Cocozza,M-Smith,R/Luzern olm 1982 (40)}) 14. b3 N4a5 15. Be3 (15. Rb1 Bf6 16.
Ne2 $5 (16. Be3 b6 17. b4 (17. cxb6 $6 Qxb6 18. Na4 Qb4 19. a3 Qd6 20. Nc5 Rfc8
21. Rc1 Ne7 $13 {Geller,E-Kortschnoj,V/Stockholm izt 1962/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 17...
bxc5 $1 18. bxc5 Nc4 19. Be2 Qa5 20. Ne4 $5 $13 {Dervishi,E-Bagirov,R/EU-chJM
U18 1997 (48)}) 16... Ne7 17. Ng3 Nec6 18. Be3 g6 $5 19. Re1 Bg7 $11 {Jirovsky,
P-Smejkal,L/Team Championships, CZE 1998 (26)}) 15... Bf6 (15... b6 $5 16. Na4
Rb8 $6 (16... b5 17. Nc3 b4 18. Na4 Bf6 19. Qd2 Ne7 $6 (19... Rb8 20. Rad1 Ne7
21. Bg4 Nac6 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qd2 $14 {Majer,J-Kviriashvili,I/Komercni Banka op
1996/1-0 (57)}) 20. Qxb4 Nac6 21. Qc3 e5 22. Qd2 exd4 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Rad1 $16
{Kostro,J-Iskov,G/Nice olm 1974/1/2-1/2 (99)}) (16... Nb7 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. b4
Bf6 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Be2 Qd7 21. b5 Qd8 22. Bg4 $14 {Hracek,Z-Jansa,V/CZE-ch
plof m 1994 (47)}) 17. Rc1 bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bf6 19. a3 Ne7 20. Be2 Nf5 21. b4 Nb7
22. Bf4 $14 {Karpov,A-Bagirov,V/URS-ch38 Riga 1970 (46)}) 16. Rc1 Ne7 $5 17. g4
$5 {Responsible,but fully justified decision.White takes under controle very
important square f5 depriving black counterplay against pawn d4.} Nec6 (17...
Ng6 18. Be2 b6 19. Na4 (19. b4 $6 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 $15) 19... bxc5 20. Nxc5 e5
(20... Rc8 21. f4 Nc6 22. a3 $14) 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. f4 Bc7 23. Qd2 $14) 18. Bg2
b6 19. Na4 Re8 20. f4 $14 {Now,when he does'nt have to worry about the center
white can slowly increase the pressure on the queenside.} Rc8 21. Qd2 Nb7 $6 {
Letting white to play b4.It was better to keep the knight on a5.} (21... g6 22.
Rfd1 Bg7 23. h3 b5) 22. b4 g6 23. Rfd1 Bg7 (23... bxc5 $6 24. dxc5 {[%csl Rb7]}
(24. Nxc5 $6 Nd6 $15) 24... Bg7 25. Bf2 Ne7 26. Nc3 $14) 24. h3 b5 25. Nb2 Qc7
26. Bf2 Ra8 (26... a5 27. a3 {[%csl Rb5]} Rb8 28. Bf1 Na7 29. Nd3 Rbc8 30. Be2
$14 {[%cal Gg1g2,Gd1h1,Gh3h5]}) 27. a4 $5 bxa4 28. Nxa4 Reb8 29. Bf1 Nbd8 30.
Rb1 {White's advantage becomes more and more significient:black simply doesn't
have enougph space for manouvering,while white can strangthen his position
without giving black any chanse of counterplay.} a6 31. Rb2 Rb7 32. Ra1 Raa7
33. Kg2 Qb8 34. Rab1 Qc7 35. Be3 Qb8 36. Be2 Qc7 37. Nc3 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Qb8 38.
Na4 {White decides to postpone the active measures till the timecontrole.} Qc7
39. Bf1 Qb8 40. Be2 Qc7 41. Rc1 Qb8 42. Nb6 {Finally deciding to create
something.} Qc7 43. Qc3 Bf6 44. Qd2 Bg7 45. Ra1 Rxb6 $8 ({Very few chanses of
survival leaves} 45... Nb8 46. Rba2 Ndc6 47. Bxa6 Rxa6 48. Rxa6 Nxa6 49. Rxa6
Nb8 50. Ra1 Qc6 51. Qe2 $16) 46. cxb6 Qxb6 47. b5 axb5 48. Rxb5 Qc7 49. Rxa7
Qxa7 50. Rc5 {White won an exchange,but black's defensive resourses re still
quiet significient.} Bf8 51. Rc2 Bd6 52. Ra2 Qb8 53. Rb2 Qa7 54. Ra2 Qb8 55.
Rb2 Qa7 56. Bb5 Qa3 57. Rc2 Qa8 58. f5 $1 $16 {Breaking through black's
defense.} exf5 59. gxf5 Qb7 60. Bxc6 Nxc6 61. Qc1 Na7 (61... Ne7 62. f6 Nf5 63.
Rc8+ Bf8 64. Qc5 $1 (64. Bf2 $6 Nd6 65. Rxf8+ Kxf8 66. Qc5 Qb8 67. Bg3 Qb2+ 68.
Kf3 Qb3+ $11 69. Kg4 $2 h5+) 64... Nxe3+ 65. Kf3 Qxc8 66. Qxc8 $18) (61... Nd8
62. Rc8 Be7 63. Qc7 Qxc7 64. Rxc7 Bf6 65. fxg6 hxg6 66. Rd7 $18) 62. Bh6 $1 $18
{[%csl Rg8]} Qd7 63. Ra2 Nc6 64. Ra8+ Nd8 65. Qe3 (65. Qc8 $5 Qxc8 66. Rxc8 Be7
67. Rc7 Bf6 68. Rd7 Nc6 69. Rd6 $18) 65... Qe7 66. f6 $1 Qd7 67. Bg5 Bf8 68.
Qe7 $1 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 86th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Poetsch, Hagen"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Be7 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. O-O N8d7 14. a4 Rc8
15. Be2 a6 16. a5 Nc4 17. Qa4 Nce5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qb4 Ned7 20. Rfc1 Bg5 21. f4
{Schwächt die Königsstellung.} ({Solider war} 21. Nd1) 21... Bf6 22. Bg4 Re8
23. Bxc5 {Weiß spielt weiter aktiv, aber schwächt die schwarzen Felder noch
mehr.} Rxc5 24. Qxb7 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Nf6 26. Bf3 Rxa5 27. Qb4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bc5
29. Qc4 a5 {Schwarz hat den Bauern zurückgewonnen und die Initiative
übernommen.} 30. Na4 Bb4 31. Qd4 Nd7 32. Qa7 g6 33. Bg4 Nf6 34. Bf3 Ne4 35.
Qd4 Nd2 36. Qd3 Qh4 37. Bg4 Qf2 ({Der Computer will hier mit} 37... Re1+ 38.
Rxe1 Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 Nf1+ 40. Kg1 Bd2 {gewinnen, aber der menschliche Partiezug
gewinnt ebenfalls. Schwarz will 38...Te3 spielen.}) 38. f5 gxf5 39. Bxf5 Re3
40. Bxh7+ Kg7 {Weiß gab auf. 41.Dc2 Te2 ist hoffnungslos.} 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Szmetan, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bf5 7. e6 fxe6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Nxe6 Qd7 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Rg1 Na6
15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Be3 Ncd5 17. Bd2 Re8 18. O-O-O e5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Qf3 h5 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh4 24. Qe3 Rxg4 25. f4 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Qf5 27.
Bc3 Rc5 28. Ne6 Rc4 29. Nxg7 $1 {[%csl Gc3,Gg1,Rf5] a sacrifice for clearing
the line <->g, /^a1-h8 against bK ein Opfer zwecks Цffnung der g-Linie und der
Diagonalen a1-h8} Bxg7 30. Qe7 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qxf4+ 31. Kb1 $1 (31. Bd2 $2
Rxc2+ $3 32. Kxc2 Qf5+ 33. Kd1 (33. Kc1 Qc5+ $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 33... Qh5+ 34.
Ke1 Qh4+ 35. Kd1 Qh5+ $10) 31... Qg4 (31... Qh6 32. Bxf6 Rg4 33. Qe6+ $18 {
[%csl Rg4]}) 32. Rxg4 Rxg4 33. a3 $18 {[%csl Ya7,Yb7,Yc6,Yd6]} Rg1+ 34. Ka2 Nd5
35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Bd2 Nf6 39. Bc3 Nd5 40. Bd2 Nf6 41.
Qxb7 Ne4 42. Be3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. b3 Bg6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. a3 Bf6 14. b4 e5 15. d5
Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Nf3
Qb6 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 a5 24. Qa4 Qc7 25. Bxd4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4
Nf6 28. Nb5 Qxc4 29. Nxd6 Qxb4 30. axb4 Rd8 31. Nxb7 Rb8 32. Nd6 Nxd5 33. b5
Kf8 34. f3 Rd8 35. Ne4 Rb8 36. Rb1 Ke7 37. Rb3 Rb6 38. h4 f5 39. Ng5 Nc7 40.
Re3+ Kd7 41. Nf7 Rxb5 42. Ne5+ Ke6 43. Nxg6+ Kf6 {[#] 3-2 am Kцnigsflьgel. 
Nette taktische Einlage mit Springergabeln in den Varianten und im Finale.} 44.
Nf8 Rb4 45. Nd7+ Kg6 46. g3 Rd4 47. Ne5+ Kh7 48. Rb3 Ne8 49. Nc6 Rc4 50. Nd8
Nf6 51. Rb5 g6 52. Rb7+ Kg8 53. Ne6 Nh5 54. Kg2 Rc3 55. Ng5 Ra3 56. Rb6 Kg7 57.
Ne6+ Kf7 58. Nd8+ Kg7 59. Rb7+ Kf6 60. Rf7+ Ke5 61. Rf8 Ra2+ 62. Kh3 Kd4 63.
Re8 (63. Rg8 Ra6 (63... Ke3 64. Rxg6 Kxf3 65. Ne6 (65. Rg5 f4 $1 66. Rxh5 $4
Ra1 $1 $19) 65... Ra1 66. Nd4+ Ke4 67. Nb3 Rh1+ 68. Kg2 Rxh4 $1 69. Nc5+ Kd5
70. gxh4 Nf4+ 71. Kf3 Nxg6 72. h5 Ne7 $11)) 63... Ra1 64. g4 fxg4+ 65. fxg4
Ra3+ (65... Rh1+ 66. Kg2 Rxh4 $11) 66. Kh2 Ra2+ 67. Kg1 Nf4 68. Ne6+ Ke4 69.
Ng5+ Kd5 70. Kf1 Rg2 71. Rd8+ (71. Ne4 Rh2 72. Nf6+ Kd6 73. Re4 Ne6 74. g5 Ng7
75. Kg1 Ra2 $14) 71... Kc6 72. Nf3 Rxg4 73. Rd4 (73. Ne5+ Kc7 74. Rd7+ Kc8 $11)
73... Kc5 (73... Nd5 $2 74. Ne5+ Kc5 75. Rxd5+ Kxd5 76. Nxg4 Ke4 77. Kg2 g5 78.
h5 $18) 74. Ra4 Nd5 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd5e3]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 a5 {/\10... Lf3 11.Lf3 Sc4 12.Lb7 Ta7-/+} (9... a6 10. exd6 cxd6 11.
b3 (11. Qb3 $5 N8d7 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. Rfc1 $1 Qxc4 15. Qa3 $1 Qc7 (
15... Qd3 $2 16. Nd5 (16. Be4 Qc4 17. Nb1 $18) 16... Qxa3 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18.
Rxa3 Rae8 (18... Rfe8 19. a5 $18) 19. a5 Na8 20. Bf4 e5 $8 21. Bg5 $1 (21. dxe5
dxe5 22. Bd2 $18 {_|_}) 21... f6 $140 22. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 23. Bd5 {/\Rh3#}) 16.
Nd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxb7 $16 {^^,><a6,<->c}) 11... d5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne5
(13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 Nc6 15. Rb1 Bf6 16. a4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 N8e7 18. b5 axb5 19.
axb5 Na5 $10 {Smyslov-Shabalov/Tilburg/1993/}) 13... Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. Rfd1
Bf6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 $10 {Anand-Yusupov (7)/Wijk aan Zee m/1994/}) (
9... d5 10. c5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc8 (11... N6d7 12. f4 f5 13. b4 b6 14. Qb3 Kh8
15. Rac1 c6 16. Kh1 a5 17. a3 Qc7 18. Rg1 $16 {Quillan-Roe, Southhampten GB-ch
1986}) 12. b4 (12. f4 Nc6 13. Rb1 {/\ 14.b4} Bxc5 (13... Bh4 14. Kh1 N8e7 15.
Bd3 $1 Nf5 $2 (15... g6 16. Qg4 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qf3 Ne7 19. Qh3 Nc6 (
19... Nc8 20. Rg1 Kh8 $8 21. b4 a6 22. a4 $16 c6 23. Rb3 {/\ b5+/-}) 20. b4 $16
) 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qf3 $1 Ne7 18. Qh3 $18) 14. dxc5 d4 15. Ne4 dxe3 16. fxe3
Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 $16 {Abramovic-Alburt /New York open /1988}) 12... Nc6 (12...
Bh4 13. f4 Nc6 14. Kh1 N8e7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Rb1 Kh8 17. Rg1 Rg8 18. Qf3 Nf5 19.
Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxg8+ Qxg8 21. Rg1 Qf8 22. Qh5 Bd8 23. a3 $13 {Pichler-Goebel/
corr/1988}) 13. b5 Na5 14. Qa4 b6 15. Rac1 Bh4 16. Bd3 f5 17. f4 Ne7 18. c6 a6
19. bxa6 Nexc6 20. Nb5 $16 {Goedkoop-Alingh Prins/corr/ 1989}) (9... Nc6 10.
exd6 cxd6 11. d5 exd5 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 (12... exd5 13. Bxd5 {><d6}) 13.
dxe6 fxe6 14. Bg4 $16) 12. Nxd5 Bxf3 13. Bxb6 axb6 (13... Bxe2 14. Bxd8 Bxd1
15. Bxe7 $16) 14. Bxf3 $16) 10. b3 (10. h3 Bh5 (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3) 11. exd6
cxd6 12. Qb3 N8d7 13. Rac1 Bg6 14. Rfd1 Nc8 15. c5 $16 {Haba,P-Tagnon/Toulouse
op/1990/}) (10. exd6 cxd6 11. c5 $5 (11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Nc6 15. f4 N8a7 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 $10 {
Fedorowicz-Yermolinsky/USA-ch/1993/}) 11... dxc5 12. dxc5 N6d7 13. Ne4 Na6 14.
Rc1 f5 {Nijboer-Oll/Groningen PCA-qual/1993/} 15. Nd6 $1 Ndxc5 16. Rxc5 Bxd6
17. Rb5 Qc7 18. h3 Bh5 (18... Bxf3 $6 19. Bxf3 $16) 19. Qb3 $14) 10... Na6 11.
h3 Bh5 (11... Bf5) 12. Qd2 (12. exd6 cxd6 13. Nb5 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nc7 15. a4 Na6 {
/\Sb4=}) 12... Nd7 {/\de, de, Sc5} 13. Rad1 Bg6 (13... dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 (
14... Nxe5 15. Bxh5 $16) 15. Qxe2 {/\f4} Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe8 (16... Qc8 17. Ne4)
17. Qg4 $36 (17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Qg4 Rfd8)) (13... Qb8 {/\14... Lf3 15.Lf3 de} 14.
Bf4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 17. Qe2 {/\Se4 +/= (),^^}) 14. Nb5 $6 {
/\Sd6} (14. Bf4 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 $14) 14... dxe5 15. dxe5 (15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Bf3 Rxd2 21.
Bxd2 b6 22. Bb7 Nc5 23. Bc6 Bb1 24. Nc3 Bd3 $10) 15... Nac5 (15... Ndc5 $2 16.
Qxa5) 16. Bd4 {/\De3->c5,Td2,Td1} (16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxd8 (17. Qe3 Qb8) 17...
Bxd8 $10) 16... c6 17. Nd6 (17. Nc3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 (18. Qe3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qc7 $10
) 18... Bxe4 19. Bc3 Nc5 $10) 17... Qc7 (17... Qb8 18. Qe3 Bxd6 (18... b6 19.
Ba1 Rd8 20. Nd4 Nxe5 (20... Qc7 21. f4 (21. Bf3 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Bxd6 $17) 21...
Bxd6 (21... Nf8 22. Bf3 Bxd6 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. Nb5 $16) 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Bf3
$16 (23. Nf5 $143)) 21. Qxe5 Bxd6 (21... Qxd6 22. Nxc6 Qxe5 23. Nxe7+ Kf8 24.
Bxe5 Kxe7 25. Bxg7 f6 26. Bh6 $18) 22. Nxc6 Bxe5 23. Nxb8 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bf6 (
24... Rxb8 25. Bxe5 Rc8 26. Bc7 $18) (24... Bc7 25. Be5 $18) 25. Be5 h6 26. Bc7
$16 {/+-}) 19. exd6 Ne4 (19... Qxd6 20. Bxg7) (19... b6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 (20...
Qxd6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg7) 21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qe3 Qxd6 23. Bxf6 $16) 20. c5 f6 (
20... b6 21. cxb6 Nxd6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rd8 24. Qf4 $18) 21. Nh4 $18) 18.
Qe3 b6 19. Rd2 (19. Ba1 f5 (19... Rad8 {19... Tfd8} 20. Nd4 (20. Rd2 Nxe5 21.
Qxe5 f6 $17) 20... Nxe5 (20... Nb8 21. f4 Bxd6 22. exd6 Rxd6 23. Nb5 cxb5 24.
Qe5 $16) 21. Qxe5 (21. N4b5 $2 cxb5 22. Nxb5 Nxc4 23. Qc3 Qe5) 21... f6 (21...
Bxd6 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nf5+ Kg8 24. Nh6#) 22. Nxe6 fxe5 23. Nxc7 Bxd6 $17) 20.
Nd4 Nxe5 (20... f4 $6 21. Qc3 Nxe5 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxe5 {><e4}) 21. Nxe6 Nxe6
22. Qxe5 Rf6 {/\23... Sc5-+} 23. c5 Nxc5 (23... b5 24. Bf3 {/\25.Sb5, 25.Tfe1})
24. Nc4 Qb7 (24... Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Rff8 (25... Re6 26. Nxb6 Rxe5 27. Bc4+ $16 {
/+-}) 26. Nxb6 $16 {_|_}) 25. Nxb6 Re8 (25... Qxb6 $2 26. Qxe7 Re8 27. Bc4+ Kh8
28. Qxf6 $18) 26. Nc4 Bf8 27. Qb2 a4 $13) 19... Rad8 (19... f5 $5 20. Rfd1 (20.
Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd4 f4 22. Qc3 Bxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Bf3 (24. Nf5 Qc7) 24... Be4
) (20. g3 h6 21. Nh4 {game}) 20... f4 21. Qc3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qb2 Rad8
$15) 20. Rfd1 f5 {->Sd6 /\21... f4 22.Dc3 Se4 /\Sc5-e4} (20... Bxd6 21. exd6
Qb8 {/\22... Se4} 22. Nh4 $16) (20... f6 21. Ba1 $16) 21. g3 $2 (21. Bxc5 $142
Nxc5 $2 22. Nd4 {><c6, e6} f4 (22... Qd7 23. Bf3 Bxd6 24. Nxc6 $18) (22... Bxd6
23. exd6 Qb7 (23... Qxd6 24. Nxc6 $18) (23... Rxd6 24. Nb5 $16 {/+-}) (23...
Qd7 24. Nf3 {/\25.Se5+/-} (24. Bf3 $16)) (23... Qc8 24. Bf3 Rxd6 25. Nxf5 Rxd2
26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rxc8 29. Bf3 $16) 24. Nxe6 Rde8 25. Nxc5
$18) 23. Qf3 Bxd6 24. exd6 Qxd6 (24... Rxd6 25. Nb5 Rxd2 26. Nxc7 $18) 25. Nxe6
$16) (21. Ne1 $2 Ne4 22. Nxe4 (22. Rd3 $2 f4 23. Qf3 Ng5 24. Qg4 h5 $19) 22...
fxe4 23. Qg3 Nc5 $15 (23... Bb4 $6 24. Bc3 Nc5 25. Rd6)) 21... h6 (21... Ne4
22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Ng5 $16) 22. Nh4 $2 (22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd4 {/\24.Df3 (24Lf3?
Lg5)} Be8 24. f4 Bd7 25. Bf3 $36) (22. Ne1 Ne4 23. Rd3 (23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. f4
exf3 25. Nxf3 Nc5 $16) 23... c5 (23... Kh7 $5 24. Ng2 c5 25. Bb2 Nxe5 26. Nb5
Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qb8 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. f3 $18) (23... Ndc5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Rd4
$36) 24. Bb2 Nxe5 25. Nb5 Qb8 (25... Rxd3 $2 26. Nxd3) 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+
Bxd8 28. f3 $16) 22... Bh7 $2 (22... f4 $5 23. Qf3 (23. Qc3 Bxh4 (23... Ne4 24.
Nxg6 Nxc3 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 (25... Kh7 $2 26. Bd3+) 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Bxc3 $18) (
23... Bh7 24. Bg4 $36) 24. gxh4 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 $10 {/\26... c5}) 23... Bh7 (
23... Bxh4 $2 24. gxh4 $16) (23... fxg3 $2 24. Qxg3 Ne4 25. Qxg6 Nxd2 26. Qxe6+
{/\27.De7+-}) 24. Qg4 Bg5 25. Nf3 Bf5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Qh5 fxg3 28. Nxg5 gxf2+
29. Bxf2 hxg5 $17 30. Qxg5 $2 Ne4) (22... Bxh4 23. gxh4 Ne4 24. Rd3 (24. Nxe4
fxe4 25. Bg4 Rde8 (25... Bf5 $6 26. Bxf5 exf5 (26... Rxf5 27. Bxb6) 27. e6 $16)
26. Kh1 Bf5 (26... Nxe5 $2 27. Qg3) 27. Bh5 Rd8 28. Rg1 $40 {>>}) 24... f4 (
24... Ndc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rd4 $16) 25. Qf3 Nxd6 26. exd6 Qxd6 (26... Qb8 27.
Qg4) 27. Bxg7 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Qe7 (28... Ne5 $2 29. Qg2) 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 $10 30.
Qxc6 Ne5 31. Qd6 (31. Qg2+ Kh8 {/\32... Sd3, 32... Tg8 33.Lg4 h5}) 31... Qg7+
$17) 23. f4 $2 (23. Ng2 Ne4 (23... g5 24. Bf3 $16) 24. Rd3 Nec5 (24... c5 25.
Bb2 Nxe5 26. Nb5 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qb8 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. f3) 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rd4
$36) 23... Ne4 (23... Bxh4 24. gxh4 Ne4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Kh2 $18 {->g<->}) 24.
Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bg4 (25. Kh2 Bb4 $10 26. Bc3 (26. Rc2 Nc5 $10) 26... Bc5 27. Bd4
Bb4) 25... Nc5 (25... Bf5 $2 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Ng6 Rfe8 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Bxb6
$18) 26. Kh2 {/\27.Lc5 Lc5 28.Le6} (26. Ng2 $6 Bg6 27. Kh2 Nd7 {/\28... Lb4=}
28. Nh4 Kh7) 26... Kh8 $6 (26... g5 $142 27. Ng2 Bf5) (26... Bxh4) (26... Bxh4
$2 27. Bxc5 bxc5 (27... Bxg3+ 28. Kxg3 bxc5 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Qxc5) 28. Bxe6+
Kh8 29. gxh4 Rd3 30. Rxd3 exd3 31. h5 Qe7 32. Bg4 {/\33.Kg3} Qh4 33. Rd2 $18) (
26... Bf5 $2 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Ng6 Rf7 (28... Rfe8 29. g4 $18) 29. Bxc5 Rxd2+
30. Qxd2 Bxc5 (30... bxc5 $2 31. e6 Rf6 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7 33. Qd8+ $18) 31. e6 Rf6
32. Qd8+ Qxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. e7 $18) (26... Rfe8 $2 27. Bh5 Rf8 28. Ng6 $40
{+-}) (26... Qc8 $6) 27. Ng2 $2 (27. Bh5 Bxh4 28. gxh4 Qe7 29. Kg3 {/\30.Lc5
bc 31.Td6} (29. Bg4 $2 Qxh4 30. Bxc5 Rxd2+ 31. Rxd2 bxc5 32. Qg3 (32. Qxc5 Rxf4
33. Bxe6 Rf3 $40 {-+}) 32... Qe7 $17) (29. Qg3 $6 e3 30. Bxe3 Rxd2+ (30... Ne4
31. Rxd8 Nxg3 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Kxg3 $16) 31. Bxd2 Ne4 32. Qe1 Nxd2 33. Qxd2
Qxh4 $10) 29... Nd3 30. Bxb6 Rb8 (30... Rxf4 31. Bxd8 Qxd8 32. Qxf4 $18) (30...
Nxf4 31. Rxd8 Nxh5+ 32. Kh2 $18) 31. Rxd3 exd3 32. Bc5 $16) 27... Rfe8 $6 (
27... Bf5 $1 $10 28. Qg1 (28. Be2 Nd7 {/\29... Lb4 30.Lc3 Lc5=/+}) 28... Rd7 (
28... Nd7 29. Ne3 Bb4 30. Re2 Bc5 (30... Nc5 31. Nc2 {/\32.a3}) 31. Bxf5 exf5
32. e6 Bxd4 (32... Nf6 $2 33. Nxf5) (32... Nb8 33. Bxc5 bxc5 (33... Rxd1 34.
Nxd1 bxc5 35. Qxc5) 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Qa1 $16 Qd4 $2 36. Qxd4 cxd4 37. e7) 33.
e7 (33. Rxd4 $2 Ne5) 33... c5 34. Qg2 $16 {/+-}) 29. Be3 (29. Ne3 $2 Nd3 30.
Nxf5 exf5 31. Bxb6 Qb8 32. Be2 Bb4 33. Rc2 c5 $17) 29... Rfd8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31.
Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Be2 g5 $10) 28. Qg1 (28. Bh5) (28. Ne1 Bf8 (28... Rb8 29. Qg1 Nd3
(29... Bf8 30. Be3 {/\31.Sc2 Sd3 32.Sd4+/-}) 30. Nxd3 exd3 31. Be3 Bb4 32. Rf2
$16 {/\33.Dg2, 34.Lf3, 35.Le4}) (28... Rd7 29. Bxc5 Rxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Bxc5 31. Qd7
Qxd7 32. Rxd7 e3 {/\33... Lb1} 33. Rd1 $16 {>< Pawns, /\K->[+]}) 29. Nc2 (29.
Qg1 Rd7 30. Be3 Red8 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Nc2 Bf5 34. Nd4 Nd3 35.
Bxf5 exf5 36. e6 Qd6 37. Nxf5 Qxe6 38. Nh4 Bc5 39. f5 Qf6 $10) 29... Rd7 30.
Bxc5 (30. Qg1 Red8 $10) 30... Rxd2+ 31. Qxd2 Bxc5 {/\Lf5} 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7
e3 34. Ne1 Bb1 $10) 28... Bg6 $6 {/\29... Lf8} (28... Rd7 29. Be3 (29. Bxe6
Rxd4 (29... Nxe6 $2 30. Bxb6 Rxd2 31. Bxc7 Rxd1 (31... Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nxc7 33.
Qb6 $18) 32. Qxd1 Nxc7 33. Qd7 Bd8 34. f5 Rf8 35. g4 $18) 30. Rxd4 Nxe6 31. Rd7
Qb8 32. g4 Bc5 $17) (29. Bxc5 Rxd2 (29... Bxc5 $2 30. Rxd7 Bxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Qc8
32. Bxe6 $18) 30. Rxd2 Bxc5 31. Qd1 e3 32. Rd7 Qc8 {/\33... Lc2} 33. Bxe6 e2
34. Qd2 Bb4 35. Qd4 Bc5 (35... e1=Q $2 36. Nxe1 Bxe1 37. f5 {/\38.Dg4->+-}) 36.
Qd2 Bb4 $10) 29... Red8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Ne1 Bf5 33. Nc2 Bf8 34.
Nd4 Nd3 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. e6 Qd6 37. Nxf5 Qxe6 38. Nh4 Bc5 39. f5 Qf6 $10) (
28... Bf5 29. Ne3 $16 Bxg4 (29... Rf8 30. Nc2 {/\31.Le3, 32.Se4}) 30. Nxg4 {
><e4 /\31.De3, 32.Sf2}) (28... Bf8 29. Bh5 Re7 30. Bxc5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 (31. Bd6
$2 Rxd1) 31... bxc5 32. Qxc5 Re8 33. Qd4 $16) 29. Be3 (29. Ne1 Rd7 30. Be3 Red8
31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Nc2 {game}) 29... Bf5 (29... Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rd8
31. Qd1 {/\32.Lc5 Td2 33.Dd2 Lc5 34.Le6} Bf5 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxd8+ Bxd8 34.
Bxc5 bxc5 35. Ne3 $18) (29... Rd3 30. Ne1) 30. Ne1 (30. Bh5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 (31.
Bxe8 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Nd3 $10) 31... Rd8 $10) (30. Nh4 Bxg4 31. hxg4 Kh7 {/\32...
g5} (31... Rxd2+ $2 32. Rxd2 Bxh4 33. gxh4 Qe7 (33... g5 34. fxg5 Qxe5+ 35. Kh1
{/\36.Ld4}) 34. Kg3 Nd3 35. Qg2 $16 {>< e4})) 30... Rxd2+ 31. Rxd2 Rd8 32.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Nc2 (33. Be2 g5 $10) 33... Qd7 $2 (33... Qd3 $5 34. Nd4 Bxg4 35.
hxg4 a4 36. Nxc6 axb3 37. axb3 Bf8 38. Nd4 (38. b4 Na6 $44) 38... Nxb3 39. Nxe6
Bb4 {/\40... Ld2, 40... Sd2} 40. f5 Qe2+ 41. Qf2 (41. Kh3 h5) 41... Qxg4 42.
Bxb6 Nd2 43. Nd4 Nxc4) 34. Be2 $2 {/\35.Sd4 Sd3 36.Sf5 ef 37.Lb6} (34. Bxf5
exf5 35. Nd4 g5 (35... g6 36. g4 Kh7 (36... Ne6 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Bxb6 $16 {/+-
}) (36... fxg4 37. Qxg4 $18) 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Qg2 {/\39.e6 Se6 40.Sf5 (/\41.
De4) Dd3? 41.Se7 De3 42.Dg8#} Bf8 39. h4 Qf7 40. Qh3 $16 {><f5}) 36. Qf1 (36.
e6 Nxe6 37. Nxf5 Kh7 (37... Nxf4 $2 38. Qa1+) (37... Bc5 38. Qa1+ {/\39.Df6})
38. Qb1 (38. Qg2 Qd3) (38. Qa1 Qd3) 38... Nc5 $13 39. Bxc5 (39. Nxe7 Qxe7 40.
fxg5 hxg5 41. Qf1 Kg6 42. g4 Qe5+) 39... Bxc5 40. Qxe4 Qd2+ 41. Qg2 Qd3) 36...
gxf4 37. gxf4 {/\38.h4 39.Dh3} Nd3 38. Qg1 {/\39.e6+-} Nxf4 $2 39. Bxf4 Bc5 40.
e6 Qxd4 41. Qxd4+ Bxd4 42. e7 $18) (34. Nd4 Bxg4 (34... Nd3 35. Bxf5 exf5 36.
e6 Qd6 37. Nxf5 Qxe6 38. Nxe7 Qxe7 39. Bxb6 c5 40. Qe3 Qd6 41. Qxe4 Nxf4 42.
Bxa5 $18) (34... a4 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. g4 fxg4 37. Qxg4 Qe8 {37... Db7} (37...
Qxg4 38. hxg4 {/\39.Sc6}) (37... Qc7 $2 38. b4 Nd3 39. Ne6) 38. f5 $16) 35.
hxg4 Nd3 (35... a4 36. Qg2 {/\g4+-}) (35... g6 36. Qg2 Kg7 37. a3 $18) 36. Qg2
c5 37. Qxe4 Nb4 (37... cxd4 38. Qxd3 $18) 38. Nb5 Nxa2 39. f5 $16) 34... Bg6 $2
(34... a4 $142 35. Nd4 g5 $10) (34... Bh7 $142) 35. h4 $2 (35. Bg4 $1 h5 (35...
Bf5 36. Nd4 $16 (36. Bxf5 exf5 37. Nd4 $16)) (35... Qd3 36. Nd4 a4 (36... Be8
37. Qc1 {/\38.Le2+-}) 37. Nxc6 (37. Qc1 $2 axb3 38. Be2 b2) 37... axb3 38. axb3
Bf8 39. Nd4 Nxb3 40. Be2 Qc3 41. Nxe6 $18) (35... a4 36. Nd4 {compare 35... h5}
) 36. Be2 {/\37.h4 ><h5} a4 (36... h4 37. gxh4 Bf5 38. h5) 37. Nd4 Nd3 38. Qd1
h4 (38... c5 39. Bxh5 cxd4 (39... Bh7 40. Nb5) 40. Bxg6 $40 {+-}) (38... Bc5
39. Bxh5 Bxd4 40. Bxd4 Qxd4 41. Bxg6 Qf2+ (41... Kg8 42. Qe2 $18) 42. Kh1 Kg8 (
42... Qxg3 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qh7+ Kf8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qe8#) 43. Bxe4 Ne1 44.
Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Qxc6 Qxg3 47. Qxe6 $18) 39. Bg4 (39. Bh5 $6 hxg3+ 40.
Kxg3 Qe8 (40... Bf5 41. Bf7) 41. Bg4 Bc5) 39... hxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Bf7 41. Qh1 {
/\De4} c5 42. Qxe4 cxd4 43. Qxd3) (35. Qb1 b5 {/\Sd3}) 35... a4 36. h5 Bf5 (
36... axb3 $2 37. axb3 Bh7 38. Nd4 Nd3 39. Qa1 c5 40. Qa8+ Bg8 41. Nc6) (36...
Bh7 37. Nd4 (37. Qb1 Nd3 38. Bxb6 (38. bxa4 Bc5 39. a5 (39. Bxc5 Nxc5 {/\40...
Dd2} 40. Qd1 Nd3 $10) 39... Bxe3 (39... bxa5 40. Bxc5 Nxc5 41. Qb8+ Bg8 42. Qd6
$16) 40. Nxe3 (40. axb6 $2 Nc5 41. b7 Nxb7 42. Nxe3 Qd2 43. Qxb7 Qxe2+ 44. Ng2
Qxh5+ $17) 40... bxa5 41. Qb8+ Bg8 42. Qd6 Qa7 43. Ng4 Nc1 44. Bf1 e3 45. Qd1
Nxa2 $10) 38... Nxf4 39. gxf4 (39. Qd1 Nd3) 39... Qd2 40. Qd1 Qxf4+ 41. Kg2 c5
$10 42. Bg4 (42. Qd7 Bh4) 42... e3) 37... Nd3 38. Bg4 Bf5 39. Bxf5 (39. Nxf5
exf5 40. Bh3 Bc5 41. Bxc5 (41. g4 $2 Nxf4) 41... Nxc5 42. g4 Qd2+ {/\Db4})
39... exf5 40. e6 Qd6 41. Nxf5 Qxe6 42. Nxe7 Qxe7 43. Bxb6 axb3 44. axb3 Qb4 (
44... Qe8 45. Qd1) 45. Qe3 Qxb3 46. Qxe4 Qb2+ 47. Kh3 (47. Kh1 Qb1+ 48. Bg1 (
48. Kg2 Ne1+ $19) (48. Kh2 Qc2+ 49. Qg2 Qxc4 $17) 48... Nf2+ $19) 47... Nxf4+ {
/\48... Db6=}) 37. Qb1 (37. Nd4 $142 axb3 (37... Nd3 38. Nxf5 exf5 39. bxa4 c5
(39... Nb2 40. g4 $16) 40. Qd1 $16 {/\41.Db3}) 38. axb3 Nd3 39. Nxf5 (39. Qa1
Bc5) 39... exf5 40. Bxb6 Qb7 (40... c5 $2 41. Ba5 $16) 41. c5 (41. Bxd3 exd3
42. Qd4 c5 43. Bxc5 Bxc5 44. Qxc5 Qf3 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qxf5+ $10) (41. Be3 Qxb3
42. g4 Qa2 43. Qg2 Ne1 $40) 41... Qd7 42. Qe3 Qd5) (37. g4 $2 Bh7 {׻,f4})
37... Nd3 (37... axb3 $142 38. axb3 Nd3 39. Qa1 c5 $10) 38. Bxb6 $2 (38. bxa4
Bc5 39. a5 Bxe3 40. Nxe3 bxa5 41. Nxf5 (41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qd6 Qa7 43. Nxf5 Qf2+
{/\44... De2}) 41... exf5 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qd6 Qxd6 44. exd6 Nc5 45. g4 Kg8 46.
Kg3 Kf7 47. gxf5 Ke8 48. Kf2 (48. f6 gxf6 49. Kg4 Kd7 50. Kf5 e3 $13) 48... Kd7
49. Ke3 Kxd6 50. Kd4 Nd7 51. Kxe4 Nf6+ 52. Kd4 c5+ $10) 38... c5 $2 (38... Nxf4
39. gxf4 (39. Qd1 Qb7 $17) 39... Qd2 40. Qd1 Qxf4+ 41. Kg2 c5 $40 {/= /\Lh4, e3
}) 39. bxa4 $2 (39. Ba5 axb3 40. axb3 (40. Qxb3 $2 Nc1 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Bf1
Qd2+) 40... g5 41. hxg6 Bxg6 42. Bc3 $16 h5 43. Ne3 {/\44.f5}) 39... Qxa4 $6 (
39... Nxf4 40. gxf4 (40. Qd1 $8 Nd3 (40... Qb7 41. a5) 41. a5 (41. Ne3 $2 Qd4)
41... Qa4 42. Ne3 Qxa2 43. Qc2 Qa3 $10) 40... Qd2 41. Qd1 Qxf4+ 42. Kg2 e3 $40
{-+}) 40. Ne3 (40. Qb3 Qxb3 41. axb3 Nc1 $10) 40... Qd7 $2 {adjourned} (40...
Qa3 {/\41... Sf4, 41... Dc3} 41. Nxf5 exf5 42. Bc7 (42. Qb3 Qc1 43. Bxd3 Qd2+)
42... Qc3 43. Qb8+ (43. Bd6 Bxd6 44. exd6 Qd4) 43... Kh7 44. Qc8 Qd2 45. Qxf5+
Kh8 46. Qxe4 Nc1 $10) (40... g5 41. hxg6 Bxg6 42. Bc7 $16) 41. Qd1 (41. Qb5 Qd4
42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Nxf5 (43. Qxe7 Qxe3) 43... Qf2+ 44. Kh3 exf5 45. Qg6+ Kh8 (
45... Kg8 $2 46. Qe6+ Kh8 47. Qc8+ Kh7 48. Qxf5+ $18) 46. Qe8+ Kh7 $10) 41...
Qd4 (41... g5 42. hxg6 Bxg6 43. a4 (43. Ba5 $143 Qa7 44. Qd2 Kh7 45. Bc3 Qa3)
43... Qd4 44. Qd2 Nb2 45. Qxd4 cxd4 46. Bxd4 Nxa4 47. Bg4 $18) 42. Qd2 g5 (
42... Qa1 43. Bd1 (43. Ba5 $2 Nc1) 43... Qb1 (43... Nb4 44. a4 Nd3 45. a5) 44.
Ba5 {/\45.Lc3}) 43. hxg6 Bxg6 44. Ba5 h5 $6 (44... Kh7 45. Bc3 Qd7 46. Qd1 $18
{o^a}) 45. Bc3 Qd8 46. Ng2 $6 (46. f5 $18 exf5 (46... Bxf5 47. Nxf5 Bg5 (47...
exf5 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. e6 $18) 48. Qd1 (48. Ne3 $18) 48... exf5 49. Bxd3 exd3
50. Qxh5+ Kg8 51. e6 $18) (46... Bf7 47. f6 Bf8 48. Ng2 {/\49.Dg5} Kh7 49. Qd1
$18) 47. Nxf5 Bxf5 (47... Bg5 48. e6+ Kg8 (48... Kh7 49. e7 Qd4 (49... Qxe7 50.
Nxe7 Bxd2 51. Bxd2) 50. Qxg5 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qxf5 52. Qxf5 Bxf5 53. e8=Q $18) 49.
e7 Bxe7 50. Qh6 $40 {+-}) 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. e6 $18) 46... Qf8 (46... h4 47. g4
$18) (46... Qa8 47. g4 (47. f5 Bxf5 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Bxh5 Qa3 (49... Qxa2 $2
50. g4) 50. Bd2 (50. g4 $2 Qxc3 51. gxf5 Qxe5+) 50... Nxe5 $13) (47. Qd1 h4 48.
gxh4 Qxa2 $132 {/\49... Dc4}) (47. Bd1 Qa3 48. g4 hxg4 49. Bxg4 Bf5 50. Bxf5
exf5 51. Ne3 Nxf4 52. Nxf5 Bg5 53. e6+ Kg8 54. e7 $16) 47... hxg4 (47... h4 48.
f5) 48. Bxg4 $40 {+-} Qa6 (48... Bf5 49. Bxf5 exf5 50. Qe3 {/\51.e6, 51.Dh3}
Qf8 51. Qh3+ Kg8 52. Ne3 {><f5} Nxf4 $2 53. Qg3+) (48... Qg8 49. Qe3 Qh7+ 50.
Qh3 Bf5 51. Bxf5 exf5 52. Qxh7+ Kxh7 53. a4 {/\Sg2-d5+-}) 49. f5 Bxf5 50. Qh6+
(50. Bxf5 exf5 51. e6+ Kg8 52. Qh6 $18) 50... Bh7 51. Bf5) 47. a4 (47. Qe3 Qa8
48. g4 Qa3 (48... Qxa2 49. f5) (48... hxg4 49. Bxg4 Qa3 50. Bd2 $18 {><e6}) 49.
gxh5 Bf5 (49... Qxc3 50. hxg6 Kg7 51. Qh3 $18) (49... Bxh5 50. Qh3 Qxc3 51.
Qxh5+ Kg7 52. Qe8 $18) 50. Qd2 Nc1 {+/-/+-} 51. Bb2 Qh3+) 47... h4 48. g4 $4 {
/\49.De3+-} (48. gxh4 $142 Qh6 49. Kg3 (49. Qe3 Bxh4 50. Qh3 Nxf4 51. Qxh4
Qxh4+ 52. Nxh4 Nxe2 53. Nxg6+ Kg7 54. Bb2 (54. a5 $143 Nxc3 55. a6 Na4 $18)
54... Kxg6 55. a5 Nd4 56. Bxd4 cxd4 57. Kg3 $18 {o^a}) 49... Bf5 50. Qe3 {
/\h5, Kh2}) 48... h3 49. Kxh3 Nf2+ 50. Kh2 $2 (50. Kg3 $142 Nh1+ 51. Kh2 Qh6+
52. Kg1 Ng3 (52... Bh4 $2 53. Nxh4 (53. g5 Bf2+ 54. Kf1 Qh2 55. Qd8+ Kg7 56.
Qf6+ Kh7 57. Qe7+ $10) 53... Qxh4 54. Qe1 Qh3 (54... Ng3 55. Kg2 $18) 55. Bf1
$18) 53. Qe3 (53. f5 $143 Bg5) (53. g5 $143 Qh1+ 54. Kf2 e3+ 55. Qxe3 Ne4+ 56.
Kf3 Qh5#) 53... Qh1+ 54. Kf2 Nxe2 $13 (54... Qh2 55. Qxg3 e3+ 56. Qxe3 Bh4+ 57.
Kf1 Qh1+ 58. Qg1 $18) 55. Qxe2 Qh3 (55... Bh4+ 56. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 57. Kg2 e3 58.
Qf3 Bd3 59. Qh3 $18) (55... Qh2 56. a5 (56. Ke3 Qg3+ 57. Kd2 e3+ 58. Kc1 Be4
59. Nxe3 Qxf4 60. Kb2 Bg5 $132) (56. Qe3 $6 Bh4+ 57. Kf1 Qh1+ 58. Qg1 Qh3 $10)
(56. g5 Bf5 57. Qe3 (57. Ke3 $2 Qg3+ 58. Kd2 Bg4 59. Qxe4 Bf3) 57... Bh3 58.
Qg3 Qh1 59. Ne3 $18) 56... Bh4+ 57. Ke3 Qg3+ 58. Kd2 e3+ 59. Kd1 Be4 60. Be1 (
60. Nxh4 $143) 60... Qxg2 61. Qxg2 Bxg2 62. Bxh4 Bf3+ 63. Ke1 Bxg4 64. Be7 $18)
56. Bd2 (56. Be1 e3+ 57. Nxe3 Bh4+ 58. Kg1 Be4 59. Ng2 Bf3 (59... Bxe1 $2 60.
Qxe4) (59... Bxg2 60. Bxh4 Bf3 61. Qh2 Qxh2+ (61... Qxg4+ 62. Kf2 $18) 62. Kxh2
Bxg4 $13 {/+-}) 60. Qd2 Bxe1 61. Nxe1 Qxg4+ 62. Kf2 $18) 56... e3+ (56... Qh2
57. g5) 57. Qxe3 (57. Nxe3 Bh4+ 58. Kg1 Be4 59. Ng2 (59. Qh2 $2 Bf2+) 59... Bf3
60. Qf1 $132) (57. Bxe3 Be4 58. Qf1 $8 Qxg4 $132) 57... Qxg4 58. Qg3 $18) 50...
Qh6+ 51. Kg1 (51. Kg3 Nh1#) 51... Nh3+ 52. Kf1 Ng5 $1 (52... Nxf4 $2 53. Qxf4
Bg5 54. Qf2 (54. Qg3 $2 Qh1+ 55. Kf2 e3+ 56. Kf3 (56. Nxe3 $2 Bh4) 56... Be4+
57. Kxe4 Qh7+ (57... Qb1+ 58. Bd3 Qb7#) 58. Kf3 Qb7#) 54... e3 (54... Qh3 55.
Be1 e3 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Kg1 Be4 58. Qf7+ {/\59.Dh5+-д} (58. Qf1 $2 Bf4 $19))
55. Nxe3 $142 (55. Qg1 Be4 (55... Qf8+ 56. Ke1 Qb8 57. Nxe3 $18) 56. a5 (56.
Ke1 Qh3 57. Qf1 (57. Bf1 e2) (57. Nxe3 Bxe3 58. Qf1 Qh4+ 59. Kd1 Qd8+ $10)
57... Kg7 $17) 56... Qh3 {/\Lh4} 57. Be1 Kg7 58. a6 Kg6 59. a7 Kg7 $13) 55...
Qh3+ (55... Bxe3 56. Qf6+ Kh7 57. Qf3 $18) 56. Ng2 (56. Qg2 Qxe3 57. Qf3 Qc1+
58. Kf2 $18) 56... Qxc3 57. Qxc5 Qa1+ 58. Kf2 Qxa4 59. Qc8+ Kg7 (59... Qe8 60.
Qxe8+ Bxe8 61. Kg3 $18) 60. Qxe6 Qa7+ 61. Kg3 Qa3+ 62. Kh2 $18) 53. fxg5 (53.
Ke1 $2 Qh1+ 54. Kf2 (54. Bf1 $2 Nf3+) 54... e3+ $19 55. Kxe3 (55. Qxe3 Ne4+ 56.
Kf3 Qh3#) (55. Nxe3 Ne4#) 55... Qg1#) (53. Kf2 Nh3+ 54. Kg3 (54. Ke3 Nxf4 55.
Nxf4 Bg5 $36) (54. Kf1 Ng5 $10) (54. Ke1 Ng1 55. Qe3 Qh1 56. Bf1 (56. Kf2 Qh2
57. g5 (57. Kf1 $2 Nh3 58. Ke1 Qxg2 59. Bf1 Bh4+ $19) 57... Nh3+ 58. Ke1 Qxg2
59. Bf1 Nxf4 60. Qxf4 Qc2 $10) 56... Nf3+ 57. Kf2 (57. Ke2 Qh3 $40) 57... Bh4+
58. Nxh4 (58. Ke2 Nh2 59. Nxh4 Qxf1+ 60. Kd2 Nf3+ 61. Nxf3 exf3 $10) 58...
Qxh4+ 59. Ke2 Qh2+ (59... Qxg4 $2 60. Kd1) 60. Qf2 (60. Kd1 Qa2 $10) 60... Qxf4
61. Qxc5 Qxg4 $40) 54... Ng1 55. Kf2 (55. Qe1 Qh3+ $15) (55. Qe3 Nf3) 55...
Nh3+ 56. Kg3 Ng1 57. a5 (57. Kf2 $10) 57... Qh3+ 58. Kf2 Qh2 59. g5 Nh3+ 60.
Ke1 Qxg2 61. Bf1 $5 Nxf4 (61... Qg3+ $17) 62. Qxf4 Qc2 63. Qd2 Qa4 $10) 53...
Bxg5 54. Qd6 Qh1+ 55. Kf2 Qh2 (55... e3+ $2 56. Kg3 Be4 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Bf3
$18) 56. Bf1 $8 (56. Qxc5 $2 e3+ 57. Ke1 Qg1+ 58. Bf1 Qf2+ 59. Kd1 Qxf1+ 60.
Ne1 e2#) (56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Bf1 (57. a5 Bh4+ 58. Ke3 Qxg2 59. Kd2 e3+ 60. Kd1
Qe4 $17) 57... e3+ 58. Ke2 Qg3 59. Kd1 (59. a5 Qxg4+ 60. Ke1 Qg3+ 61. Kd1 e2+
62. Bxe2 Qxc3 $19) 59... Qxg4+ 60. Be2 Qe4 $19) 56... e3+ {adjourned} 57. Ke2 (
57. Ke2 Qg3 58. Kd1 $8 (58. Qf8+ Kh7 $19 59. Qf3 $2 Bd3+) 58... Qxg4+ (58...
e2+ 59. Kxe2 Qxc3 60. Kf2 $16) 59. Be2 Qxg2 (59... Qe4 $2 60. Qb8+ Kg7 61. Ne1
$18) 60. Qf8+ Kh7 {/\61... De4} 61. Qf3 Qg1+ 62. Qf1 Qf2 $1 {/\63... Lh5} 63.
Qxf2 (63. Qh1+ Kg7 {/\64... Df5} 64. Qb7+ Kh6 65. Qh1+ $10) 63... exf2 {
/\64... Lh5} 64. Bf1 Bh5+ 65. Kc2 Bf3 66. a5 Bb7 {/\Kh7-g6-h5=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. d5 $6 exd5 (9... dxe5 $143 10. Nxe5 $36 (10. dxe6 $5)) 10. cxd5 dxe5 (
10... Bxf3 $143 11. Bxf3 dxe5 12. d6 $16) 11. g4 (11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O
$17 {[%csl Rd5]}) 11... Bg6 12. Nxe5 N8d7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 (13... Nxd7 $5 14. Bf4
(14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 Re8) 14... O-O $32) 14. Bb5 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd7+
Kxd7 17. Ba6 (17. Be2 $5 $11) 17... Bd6 (17... Z0 18. Bf4 $40 {/\0-0-0}) 18.
Be3 h5 19. Ke2 (19. O-O-O Kc7) 19... Rae8 {[%cal Ge8e2]} 20. a4 hxg4 21. a5 Nc8
(21... Nd5 $4 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Bb5+ $18) 22. hxg4 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Bf4 24. Rd1+
Kc7 (24... Nd6 $2 25. Nb5 $1 $16 cxb5 $140 26. Bxb5+ Kc7 27. Bxe8 Bxe3 28. Rxd6
$18) 25. Rc1 $2 {WeiЯ hat seine Stellung ьberschдtzt. Statt dessen mьsste er
Remis forcieren.} (25. Nd5+ $142 $1 cxd5 26. Rc1+ Kd6 $1 (26... Kd7 $2 27. Bb5+
Kd8 28. Bxe8 $18) (26... Kb8 $2 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Bxf4+ Rc7 29. b4 $18) 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bxf4+ Kd7 $11) (25. Nb5+ $142 $1 cxb5 (25... Kb8 $2 26. Rd8 Rxd8
27. Bxf4+ Ka8 28. Nc7+ Kb8 29. Ne6+ Rd6 30. Nxg7 $18) 26. Rc1+ Kd6 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Bxf4+ Kd7 29. Bxc8+ Kxc8 $11) 25... Bxe3 26. Nd5+ Kd7 27. Nxe3 Nd6 $17
{[%csl Ra5,Rb2]} 28. Rd1 Kc7 29. Rd4 c5 30. Rd2 Kc6 31. Kf3 f6 32. Kg2 Re4 33.
b3 Rd4 34. Rb2 Be4+ (34... Bf7 $5 $17) 35. Kf1 Bf3 36. Be2 Bxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Kb5
38. Rc2 a6 39. Rc1 g5 $6 $138 {[%csl Rf6]} (39... Nb7 $142 40. Nc4 Rxg4 $19) (
39... Rb4 40. Rc3) 40. f3 Rb4 $6 (40... Nb7 $142 41. Nc4 Kb4) 41. Nd5 Rxb3 42.
Nxf6 c4 $17 43. Rd1 Kc6 $1 44. Nd5 Nb5 45. Ne7+ Kc7 $1 (45... Kc5 $2 46. Rd5+)
46. Nd5+ Kb7 47. Kf2 c3 48. f4 $5 (48. Rc1 Kc6 49. Nf6 Na3 50. Ne4 c2 51. Ke2
Rb5 $17) 48... gxf4 $1 (48... c2 $143 49. Rc1 Nd4 50. fxg5 $1 Rb1 51. Rxc2 Nxc2
52. g6 Kc6 53. Ne7+ Kc5 54. g7) 49. Nxf4 (49. Rc1 $5 $17) 49... c2 50. Rc1 Nd4
51. Ne2 $138 (51. Ke1 Rg3 $19) (51. Kg2 Rc3 52. Nd5 Rd3 $17) 51... Rf3+ 52. Kg2
Nxe2 53. Rxc2 Nd4 $1 $19 54. Rc4 (54. Rb2+ Rb3 55. Rxb3+ Nxb3 56. g5 Nxa5 57.
g6 Nc6 58. g7 Ne7 59. Kf3 Kc6 60. Ke4 Kd6 61. Kd3 (61. Kd4 Nf5+ {[%cal Rf5d4,
Rf5g7]}) 61... Ke6 62. Kc4 Kf7 63. Kc5 a5 $1 64. Kb5 Nc6 $19 {[%cal Gc6a5]})
54... Rd3 55. Rc5 Ne6 56. Re5 Nf4+ 57. Kf2 Kc6 58. Rf5 Ne6 59. g5 Rd5 $1 60.
Rxd5 (60. Rf6 Kd6 61. g6 Rxa5 $19) 60... Kxd5 61. g6 Ke4 $1 (61... Ke5 $2 62.
Ke3 Kf6 (62... Kf5 63. g7 Nxg7 64. Kd4 Ne6+ 65. Kd5 Nf4+ 66. Kc5 Nd3+ 67. Kb6
Nb4 68. Kc5 $11) 63. Ke4 Kxg6 64. Kd5 Kf5 65. Kc6 $11 {[%csl Ra6]}) 62. Kg3 (
62. Ke2 Nf4+ $19) (62. Ke1 Kf5 63. Kd2 Kxg6 64. Kd3 Kf5 65. Kc4 Ke5 $19) 62...
Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g6,Yf4h5,Yh5g7,Yh5g3]} (62... Nf4 $1 63. g7 Nh5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Burgess, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. c4 Ne7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Nc3 {Normally white defends the e-pawn with
11.b3, 11.Bg4, 11.Bd2, or 11.Bf4. White had reasonable compensation for the
pawn in the game.} Qa5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Ndxe5 14. Bh5 O-O-O 15. f4 Qc5+ 16.
Kh1 Nxc4 17. f5 Rd2 18. Qe1 exf5 19. b3 Qe3 20. bxc4 Qxc3 21. Rxf5 Qd4 22. Rd5
1-0

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Burgess, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bf5 7. Bg4 Bxg4 {
7...Qd7.} 8. Qxg4 h6 9. Nf3 {9.Ne4!? .  x d6.} dxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. O-O Nd7 12.
a3 Qc7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. c4 Ne7 15. b4 g5 16. Qd4 c5 17. Qe4 Nc6 18. Nc3 cxb4
19. Nb5 Nc5 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. axb4 Na6 22. Qe2 g4 23. Be3 gxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd4 25.
Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Red1 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 9900 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 {I would like to get my kingside pawn
majority rolling, but it isn't clear how to go about doing it. After a little
thought I went for the most aggressive continuation, but throwing a pawn up in
front of the king is risky to put it mildly.} 12. g4 $5 ({Neither} 12. Ne1 {nor
}) (12. Nd2 {particularly appealed to me. I felt that after the exchange of
bishops Black would find it easier to blockade my pawns on f5 and e6. My
research after the game more or less confirmed this. For example:}) (12. Ne1
Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc6 14. Nd3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Nd8 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. f4 f5 18. g4 c6 19.
Kh2 Nd7 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. gxf5 Rxf5 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne2 Ndf8 24. Ng3 Ng7 25. Nxf5
Nxf5 26. Bf2 Ne6 27. Ne1 Qd7 28. Ng2 Rf8 29. Rd3 Nh6 30. Qd1 Nf5 31. Qg4 {
1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Bagirov,V/Kirovakan 1978/EXT 99 (31) A solid performance
by one of the masters of the Alekhine.}) 12... Bg6 13. Ne1 f6 ({Black should
not attempt the blockade on f5 straightaway - it leaves the f4 square free for
the knight:} 13... f5 14. Nd3 c6 15. Nf4 Qd7 16. Kh2 Na6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. gxf5
gxf5 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Rg1 f4 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qh5 Rf5 23. Rg1+ Rg5 24. Rxg5+
Bxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kh7 26. Bxf4 $16 {1-0 Ornstein,A-Alburt,L/Reykjavik 1984/MCD 
(65)}) 14. f4 fxe5 $5 {Instead of blockading on f5, Baburin is intent on
accelerating the complications.} (14... f5 {would have been steadier. It is
not easy to break down the blockade.}) 15. dxe5 c5 {Both sides roll their pawn
fronts down the board. How far can they go before coming to a standstill?} 16.
f5 Be8 17. Bf4 ({I did not seriously consider advancing the pawn again, though
it is worth a look:} 17. f6 gxf6 (17... d4 $5 18. fxe7 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Qxe7 20.
Bd2 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Nc6 {is okay for Black}) 18. Bh6 fxe5 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 (20... Qxd5 $2 21. Qxd5+ Nxd5 22. Bc4 Bc6 23. Rd1) 21. Bc4 Bc6 22. Qf3 Na6
23. Rd1 Nac7 24. Nd3 Qd6 {and it appears that Black is holding.}) 17... Bc6 18.
Bf3 d4 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Ng2 Nd7 ({Black would love to grab the bishop, but it
just isn't feasible here:} 20... Nxf4 21. Nxf4 {The knights are too strong.})
21. Bg3 {A rough equilibrium has been reached. Both sides find it difficult to
push their pawn majorities any further. I do not wish to play e6 as it would
allow Black to use the f6 square.} Qb6 22. b3 Rad8 23. Kh2 Kh8 24. Qd2 Qb4 25.
Qc2 Bb5 26. Rfe1 d3 {Black seizes the chance to advance the pawn a square
further, but without the support of Black's army it won't be that dangerous.}
27. Qf2 N7b6 {Black hopes to play ...c4, but in preparing it, he has bunched
his pieces on the queenside. I could have exploited their offside position by
playing 28 Bh4!, exchanging off the (potential) blockader of the e-pawn and
getting my queen to h4 with a powerful attack. Naturally, it isn't crystal
clear, but with Black's queen 'in Siberia' it is logical to go for this
continuation.  Instead, with both me and my opponent approaching the last five
minutes, I went for a randomising move:} 28. a4 Bc6 29. a5 Nd7 30. Nd2 {
I have just saddled myself with a weak b-pawn - hence this miserable retreat.}
({Nevertheless, I could have justified the a-pawn's advance if I had played} 
30. a6 {If I am going to push this pawn, it should go the whole way. After} b5
{, at least the bishop on c6 will be unprotected, restricting the d5 knight's
movement - see the game.}) 30... Bg5 31. Ne4 Be7 32. e6 $6 {A desperate
winning attempt, but unjustified. The e-pawn is securely blockaded, and the
knight can use the f6 square. Of course I realised that, but I wanted to give
my bishop a square on e5.  We both had very little time left at this point,
which explains, if not excuses, the quality of some of the following moves.}
N7f6 33. Nd2 Nc3 $1 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. Be5 {I was pinning my hopes on this move,
giving me more control.} Nfe4 {Baburin's instinct was to remove the blockader
of the d-pawn, but during the game I was more concerned about} (35... Ne2 $5 {
setting up some unpleasant tactical threats. Moreover, the knight really puts
a spanner in the smooth(ish) workings of White's army.} 36. Nf3 ({
Unfortunately I cannot sacrifice the exchange to get rid of the d-pawn:} 36.
Rxe2 $2 dxe2 {- the knight on d2 is en prise.}) (36. Rad1 $2 Qxg4 $1 37. Bxf6
Bd6+) 36... Qxg4 37. Bxf6 Bd6+ 38. Be5 {During the game I got this far
assuming I was okay, but Black's initiative is persistent:} Qxf5 39. Bxd6 Rxd6
40. e7 Re8 {the e-pawn gets rounded up and Black has excellent compensation
for the piece: White's knights lack footholds.}) 36. Nxe4 Nxe4 37. Qb2 ({
I was not satisfied with the 'automatic' move} 37. Qf4 {as} Nd2 $5 {is tricky
to deal with.}) {A critical moment. Black's d-pawn is set to roll, but White
has created a threat on the kingside.} 37... Bf6 $2 {Helpfully removing the
blockader of the e-pawn - a panicky time pressure move.} (37... d2 38. Bxg7+ (
38. Rf1) 38... Kg8 39. Red1 (39. Rf1) 39... Nf2 40. Bxf8 Qb8+ 41. Kg1 Nxh3+ 42.
Kh1 (42. Kf1 $4 Qb5#) 42... Nf2+ 43. Kg1 Nh3+ {with a draw, was a line we
arrived at in the post mortem, but I am sure White can do better (Rf1, for
instance, prevents Nf2).}) 38. Bxf6 gxf6 (38... Rxf6 39. Qe5 $1 {is a powerful
centralising move, preparing to advance the e-pawn and covering the b8-h2
diagonal, securing White's king:} Nd2 40. Re3) 39. e7 d2 40. Red1 $2 {White
wins after this but} (40. Rxe4 Qxe4 41. exd8=Q Rxd8 42. Qxf6+ {was more
convincing.}) 40... Rfe8 (40... Qb8+ 41. Kg1 Qg3 42. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 43. Rxd2 {
is simple enough.}) 41. exd8=Q Rxd8 42. Ra4 Qb8+ (42... Qc3 43. Qxc3 Nxc3 44.
Raa1 {wins easily for White - untangling isn't difficult, especially with
Black's king stuck in the corner.}) 43. Kg1 {The struggle revolved around both
sides' passed pawns and their blockaders. I missed an opportunity to exchange
off the bishop on e7 on move 28, while Baburin missed a good shot with 35...
Ne2, sowing confusion in my camp.} 1-0

[Event "Sydney Cepacol"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Kanikevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bxe2 (6... Bf5 $1) 7.
Qxe2 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. O-O Be7 {After 6...Be2, black's position is passive,
but 9...Be7 makes things worse. 9...Nd7 has to be tried.} 10. Nf3 O-O 11. c4
Nb6 12. Nc3 N8d7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Ne4 $16 Rad8 15. Rad1 Nc8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Qc1
Qa5 18. a3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. b4 Qh5 21. Ng3 Qe8 22. Qe3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6
24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nd3 e5 26. Ne4 Rg6 27. c5 Qe6 28. f4 Ne7 29. fxe5 Rxf1+ 30.
Rxf1 Nxe5 31. Nf4 Nd5 32. Nxe6 Nxe3 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Nf4 Rg4 35. h3 Ng6 36.
hxg4 Nxf8 37. Nd6 b6 38. cxb6 axb6 39. a4 Nd7 40. a5 bxa5 41. bxa5 Nb8 42. Nd3
Nxg4 43. Nc5 g5 44. Nc4 Nf6 45. Kf2 Nd5 46. Kf3 Nb4 47. Ke4 Kg6 48. Ne5+ Kf6
49. g4 Nd5 50. Kd4 Ke7 51. Ne4 Nf6 52. Nxf6 Kxf6 53. Nd3 h5 54. gxh5 g4 55. Nf2
Kg5 56. Nxg4 Kxh5 57. Ne5 Na6 58. Nxc6 Kg6 59. Kc4 Kf6 60. Kb5 Nc7+ 61. Kb6 Ne8
62. a6 Nd6 63. Nd4 Ke5 64. Nb5 Nc4+ 65. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.12.08"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "Kmoch/Bogoljubow"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {WSZ 1925, S.356 [Kmoch]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 $2 {
Diese Spielweise hatte Rubinstein einmal empfohlen und fühlte sich offenbar
verpflichtet, seinen Standpunkt zu vertreten. Weiß kommt aber sehr rasch in
Nachteil.} Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. dxe5 e6 8. g3 $4 {Schwer verstдndlich,} ({
besser war} 8. Bd3 $142) ({Bogoljubow: Hier halte ich} 8. c3 {fьr das einzig
Richtige.}) (8. Qe4 {GJ}) 8... Nc6 $1 {Viel stдrker als etwa 8....Nbd7} (8...
Nd7 $143) 9. Bb5 Qd7 $1 10. Qe4 Bc5 11. c3 O-O {Bogoljubow:Jetzt wird die
frьher oder spдter geцffnete f-Linie fьr WeiЯ verhдngnisvoll.} 12. b4 {All
dies ist sehr ungesund und verdirbt die Stellung stets mehr. Rubinstein spielt
diese Partie sehr zerfahren.} Bb6 ({Bogoljubow:Nicht gut ist} 12... Ndxb4 {
wegen} 13. Ba3 $1) ({Bogoljubow:Ebenso verfrьht wдre} 12... f5 {wegen} 13. Qd3
{und der Lдufer c5 muЯ nach e7 zurьck,} Be7 ({weil auf} 13... Bb6 14. c4 {
folgt.})) 13. O-O f5 $1 {Diesen Bauern muЯ WeiЯ en passant schlagen, da sonst
Schwarz bald mit f5-f4 entscheidenden Angriff erlangt.} 14. exf6 ({Bogoljubow:
In Betracht kam} 14. Qd3) 14... Nxf6 15. Qe2 e5 $1 {Greift h3 an. Spielmann
hat eine weit ьberlegene Stellung erlangt und fьhrt sie kraftvoll zum Sieg.}
16. Kh2 Qf5 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Nc4 Ne4 $1 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Be3 {Es drohte Qxf2
usw. WeiЯ kann Bauernverlust nicht vermeiden.} ({Bogolubow: Bauernverlust war
bei} 20. Bd3 {wegen} Qxf2+ {nicht zu vermeiden.}) 20... Nxc3 21. Qc4+ Nd5 22.
Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rad1 (23. Qxc6 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rd2+ 25. Kg1 Rf2 $1 {Mit baldigem
Gewinn.}) 23... Qe6 24. Bc1 Rf3 25. Rde1 Rdf8 26. Re2 e4 $1 27. Kg1 {Fьhrt die
unhaltbare Partie zu einem flotten Ende. Bogolubow: WeiЯ hat gegen die Drohung
Rf3xg3 keine genьgende Verteidigung.} ({Auf} 27. Qxe4 {gewinnt} Rxf2+ $19)
27... Rxg3+ 28. fxg3 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 ({Bogolubow: Die Partie war auch mit} 29.
Kh2 {nicht mehr zu halten.}) 29... Ne3+ 30. Bxe3 Qxc4 {WeiЯ gab auf, da er
Bauernverlust nicht vermeiden kann und der Gewinn fьr Schwarz dann ganz leicht
ist.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 15th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Kosintseva,T"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the final round. I absolutely had to win if I wanted
to be among the three prize-winners. For that reason I was feeling in a very
combattive mood before the start of the round.  Diese Partie wurde in der
letzten Runde gespielt. Um in die ersten drei Preisrдnge zu gelangen, musste
ich unbedingt gewinnen. Deshalb war ich vor Beginn der Runde дuЯerst
kдmpferisch gestimmt.} 1. e4 Nf6 {The Alekhine Defence was a a surprise for me.
Natalia had played this opening previously, but recently she had only been
using it in rapid and blitz games! Judging by her choice of opening she was
also out for a full-blooded battle.  Die Aljechin-Verteidigung war eine
Ьberraschung fьr mich. Natalia hatte diese Erцffnung auch frьher schon
gespielt, aber in letzter Zeit tat sie dies nur noch in Schnellpartien und im
Blitz! Ihrer Erцffnungswahl nach zu urteilen, war sie ebenfalls auf einen
vollen Kampf aus.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6
8. exd6 ({The main variation here is Die Hauptvariante ist hier} 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Be3 {, so as to maintain the tension in the centre. But during the game I
decided to choose a rarer line in order to get Black out of her preparation as
quickly as possible. , um die Spannung im Zentrum aufrechtzuerhalten. Aber
wдhrend der Partie traf ich den Entschluss, ein selteneres Abspiel zu wдhlen,
um Schwarz so schnell wie mцglich aus der Vorbereitung zu bringen.}) 8... cxd6
9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 d5 {The thematic advance in the centre. Der
programmgemдЯe VorstoЯ im Zentrum.} ({The normal developing move Der normale
Entwicklungszug} 11... Nc6 {here runs into trifft hier auf} 12. d5 {and White
would already have a better pawn structure. und schon hдtte WeiЯ die bessere
Bauernstruktur.}) 12. c5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. b3 N4a5 {At this
point Black has at her disposal the specific plan to break up the queenside
with the advance b7-b6. But at the same time she has problems with her
a5-knight, which had been obliged to go to the edge of the board.  Schwarz
steht hier der konkrete Plan zur Verfьgung, mit dem VorstoЯ b7-b6 den
Damenflьgel zu sprengen. Aber gleichzeitig hat sie Probleme mit dem Springer
a5, der an den Brettrand ausweichen musste.} 16. Rb1 b6 ({It was worth
considering Aufmerksamkeit verdiente} 16... Bf6 17. Ne2 b6 18. b4 Nc4 19. b5
Ne7 20. c6 {with unclear play. mit unklarem Spiel.}) 17. b4 Nc4 18. Be2 Bg5 ({
If Wenn} 18... Bf6 {, then , so} 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Bd6 Re8 21. Qe2 (21. d5 Nxb4
) 21... Nxd4 22. Qxc4 {with the initiative. mit Initiative.}) (18... Rc8 $5)
19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. b5 Ne7 22. Qe2 ({I did not like} 22. c6 {
on account of gefiel mir wegen} Rfd8 {, because it seems to me that I would
not manage to defend the d4-pawn quickly and advantageously. But the computer
is of a different opinion: nicht, denn es schien mir, als ob ich es nicht
schaffen wьrde, den Bauern d4 schnell und vorteilhaft zu verteidigen. Aber der
Computer ist anderer Meinung:} 23. Rb4 a6 24. c7 $1 (24. a4 axb5 25. axb5 Nd5
26. Rxc4 Nxc3 27. Rxc3 Qxb5 28. c7 Rdc8 $14) 24... Rdc8 25. Rxc4 axb5 26. f4 $1
Qg3 (26... Qf5 27. g4 $1 Qg6 28. Nxb5 $16) 27. Nxb5 Rxa2 28. Rc2 $16 {and in
view of the far-advanced c7-pawn, White can claim a superiority. und aufgrund
des weit vorgerьckten Bauern c7 behauptet WeiЯ Ьbergewicht.}) 22... Nf5 {
A logical move. Black puts pressure on d4 and in addition there also appears
the resource ...Nh4. Ein logischer Zug. Schwarz drьckt gegen d4 und dazu
taucht noch die Ressource ...Nh4 auf.} (22... Nd5 23. Ne4 (23. Qxc4 Nf4 24. g3
Nxh3+ 25. Kh2 Nf4 $13) 23... Qg6 24. Qf3 f5 25. Nc3 $36) (22... bxc5 $2 23. Ne4
Qd5 24. dxc5 f5 25. Nd6 $18) (22... Rfd8 23. Qxc4 (23. Rfd1 Nd5 24. Ne4 Qg6 25.
Qf3 Qf5) 23... Nf5 24. Ne2 Nh4 25. Ng3 $16) 23. Rfd1 ({Taking the pawn with
Das Schlagen des Bauern mit} 23. Qxc4 $2 {failed to scheiterte an} Nh4 24. g3
Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nd2) 23... Rad8 24. Qe5 {This is the variation I had previously
been aiming for. Das ist die Variante, die ich schon vorher angestrebt hatte.}
({Interessant ist} 24. Qxc4 {is interesting:} Nh4 25. g3 bxc5 (25... Nf3+ 26.
Kg2 Nd2 27. h4 Qh6 28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Rd1 Qc2 30. c6 $36) 26. Qxc5 (26. dxc5
Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nd2 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxc5 $14) 26... Nf3+ 27. Kg2 (27. Kh1 e5
$132) 27... Nh4+ 28. Kf1 Nf5 29. Qe5 $36) 24... Qh4 {It seems to me that this
is the key moment in the game. Possibly Black simply overlooked my reply.
After this my advantage takes on decisive proportions. Mir scheint, dies ist
der Schlьsselmoment der Partie. Mцglicherweise hat Schwarz meinen Antwortzug
einfach ьbersehen. Danach nimmt mein Vorteil entscheidende AusmaЯe an.} ({
She had to play Notwendig war} 24... h6 {with the threat ...Nxd4. After mit
der Drohung ...Nxd4. Nach} 25. d5 (25. c6 Nxd4 26. Qxg5 hxg5) 25... bxc5 26.
dxe6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Nd4 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. exf7+ Kxf7 $14 {Black must equalise.
muss Schwarz ausgleichen.}) 25. d5 bxc5 26. dxe6 fxe6 (26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Rd7 $18) 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Qxc4 {White is
a pawn up and Black has no special compensation in return. WeiЯ hat einen
Bauern mehr und Schwarz keine besondere Kompensation dafьr.} Qd4 {It was
probably worth keeping the queens on the board and thus making it harder for
White to convert her advantage, Wahrscheinlich lohnte es sich, die Damen auf
dem Brett zu behalten und WeiЯ so die Verwertung des Vorteils zu erschweren.} (
29... Qe7 $5) 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31. Ne4 {White has at her disposal quite a simple
winning plan: the king goes into the centre to d3 and then the b-pawn advances,
supported by the rook which is posted behind it and also by the knight. WeiЯ
verfьgt ьber einen ziemlich einfachen Gewinnplan: der Kцnig geht ins Zentrum
nach d3, und dann rьckt der b-Bauer vor, der vom dahinter postierten Turm
sowie dem Springer unterstьtzt wird.} h6 (31... Re8 32. f3 Rc8 33. a4 $18) 32.
a4 Rb8 33. Kf1 Ne7 34. Ke2 Nd5 35. Kd3 Rd8 (35... Nf4+ 36. Kxd4 Nxg2 37. a5 Nf4
38. b6 axb6 39. axb6 $18) 36. a5 Nf4+ 37. Kd2 Rb8 38. b6 axb6 39. axb6 Ne6 40.
b7 Kg8 41. Nd6 Nd8 (41... Nc5 42. Rb5 Nd7 43. Kd3 $18) (41... Kf8 42. Rc1 $18)
42. Kd3 ({A little trap was Eine kleine Falle war} 42. Rc1 Nxb7 43. Rb1 Rf8)
42... Kf8 43. Kxd4 Ke7 44. Kd5 Kd7 45. Rc1 ({Schneller gewann} 45. Ne4 {
won more quickly.}) 45... Ne6 46. Ke5 ({If Wenn} 46. Rc8 {, then , so} Nc7+ 47.
Ke5 Rxb7 {, although here too after , obwohl WeiЯ auch hier nach} 48. Rg8 {
White is also winning. auf Gewinn steht.}) 46... Nc7 47. f4 h5 48. g4 hxg4 49.
hxg4 g6 50. f5 gxf5 51. gxf5 Na6 52. f6 Nb4 53. Rc8 Nd3+ (53... Rxb7 54. Nxb7
Kxc8 55. f7 $18) (53... Nc6+ 54. Kd5 Nb4+ 55. Kc4 Nc6 56. f7 $18) 54. Kd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne1 Nc6 {N/} (13... Bb4
$5 14. Rc1 (14. f4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Be4) 14... Nc6 15. Ng2 f6 16. e6 Qe7 17. Nf4
Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nd8 19. Qb3 $13 {Hebden,M-Bricard,F/Clermont Ferrand/1989/}) 14.
f4 f5 15. exf6 $2 (15. b3 $13) 15... Bxf6 16. Nf3 h6 17. b3 Qd6 18. Bd3 Rae8 $1
19. Qd2 $2 (19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nb5 (21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8
23. Bf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qh2+ 25. Ke1 Qg3+ 26. Ke2 Qg2+ 27. Ke1 (27. Ke3 $2 d4+ $1
28. Kxd4 Qf2+ 29. Ke5 Qf6#) 27... Qg3+ $10) 21... Qf6 22. Bxg6 Bxa1 23. Bxe8
Rxe8 24. Qxa1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxe3 26. Nxc7 Rxh3 $17) 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb4 21.
Qd2 Nc2 $1 22. Qxc2 Rxe3 23. Ne2 $6 (23. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1
Qe7 26. Ne2 Rxh3 27. Qf5 $13) 23... Rfe8 $1 (23... g5 24. fxg5 Bxg5 (24... hxg5
25. Kg2 Rfe8 $13) 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rf1 Qe8 $13) 24. Ne5 $1 Rxh3
25. Kg2 Rh4 26. Qf5 (26. Kg3 Nd7 27. Qf5 Nf8 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Qa6 $17)
26... c5 27. Ng3 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qc6 29. Rae1 Rf8 30. e6 $1 Nc8 $2 (30... d4+ $1
31. Qe4 Nd5 32. Nf5 Rxg4+ 33. Kh3 Qe8 $1 34. Ng3 Nf6 35. Qe5 Qg6 36. Rf3 Rh4+
$1 $17) 31. Qe5 Ne7 32. Nh5 $1 Rxg4+ 33. Kh3 d4 $2 $138 (33... Rh4+ $1 34. Kg3
(34. Kg2 d4+ 35. Rf3 Rg4+ 36. Kf2 Rf5 $17 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Ng3 Rf6 39. f5 Nxf5
40. Nxf5 Rxf5 $1 $19) (34. Kxh4 Ng6+ 35. Kg4 Nxe5+ 36. Rxe5 g6 37. Ng3 Re8 38.
Rfe1 $13) 34... Nf5+ 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Kxh4 Qe8 37. Ng3 Qe7+ 38. Kg4 Rf6 39. f5
Rf8 40. Rf4 $13) 34. Kxg4 Qg2+ 35. Ng3 Rf6 36. f5 h5+ (36... Nxf5 37. Qxf5 Rxf5
38. Rxf5 g6 39. Rff1 h5+ 40. Kf4 g5+ 41. Kf5 $16) 37. Kxh5 Qh3+ (37... g6+ 38.
Kg5 Nd5 39. Qxd5 $1 $18) 38. Kg5 Nc6 39. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Texas Collegiate Super Finals"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel"]
[Black "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Ruiz,J"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Even though I knew Drozdowski could play the Alekhine, I didn't
prepare for that opening. He also plays the Sicilian and I was worried he
could choose the Taimanov.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 {As I hadn't
prepared against this opening I tried to play a different line than usual. I
knew that h3 was playable and I had never played a game with h3 so I decided
to take the risk.} (5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 {- the most common
line.}) 5... Bh5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 {Again another move that is not
the most common, but playable.} O-O 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Nc3 Nc6 {
[%cal Gh5f3,Gb6c4]} 12. b3 d5 13. c5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 {I was expecting ...Nc8
with idea of Bf6-N8e7-Nf5 putting some pressure on d4.} (14... Nc8 15. Be3 Bf6
{[%cal Gc8e7,Ge7f5,Gf5d4]}) 15. Be3 ({I should have played more aggressively.} 
15. Rb1 Bf6 16. Be3 Nxc5 17. Nxd5 $1) 15... b6 {This would not be a problem,
if Rb1 had been played.} 16. Na4 bxc5 17. dxc5 Nde5 {I was expecting ...Bg5
instead.} (17... Bg5 $15 18. g3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rb8 20. Rc1 Qf6 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4,
Gd4,Ge5][%cal Gf8c8] My black squares would be weak and it would be difficult
to advance on the queenside, despite the pawn majority. Also my knight would
be badly placed. My light-squared bishop would be kind of blocked by his
centre, though it would delay its advance.}) 18. Be2 d4 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Rc1 ({
Perhaps a prophylactic move like} 20. Bf1 {could have been better.}) (20. Rb1 {
[%cal Gb3b5] made more sense, as the rook would be better placed on b1 than on
c1.}) 20... Qd5 21. f4 {It looks like f4 was a hasty move. 21.b4 was stronger
with a considerable advantage. 21.Ba6 would lead to a position which is
slightly better for White.} (21. b4 Rab8 (21... Qxa2 $6 22. Bf1 Qd5 23. b5 Ne7
24. c6 $16) (21... d3 22. Bf1 Qxa2 23. Nc3 Qb2 24. Ne4 Rfd8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26.
Re3 Rab8 (26... Nd4 27. Rxe5 $3 fxe5 28. Qg4+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 29. Bg5 Ne2+ 30.
Bxe2 e4 31. Qh4 Kg8 32. Bh5 Rd5 33. Bh6 $18) 29. Bh6+ Ke7 30. Qg7 Ne2+ 31. Bxe2
dxe2 32. Bg5+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qxf7+ Kc8 35. Re1 Rd1 36. Kh2 $1 $18) (26...
Rd5 27. Bc3 Qa3 28. Qd2 Kf8 29. Rg3 Rad8 30. b5 Ne7 31. c6 {It looks horrible
for Black.}) 27. Bc3 Qa3 28. f4 Ng6 29. Bxf6 Qxb4 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd3 $18)
22. a3 Ne7 23. f4 N5g6 24. Bd3 $16) (21. Ba6 Rab8 22. Qe2 Nb4 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24.
Nb2 Qc6 25. Bd3 $14) 21... d3 22. Bh5 Ng6 23. Bf3 Qd7 24. Bxc6 $4 {
Definitively a really bad move, especially combined with the next one.} (24.
Rc4 {This move was the first one that came to my mind. I spent, relatively
speaking, much time thinking if Rc4 or Bxc6 was better.} Rad8 25. Kh2 Be7 26.
g3 $11) (24. Kh2 Rfd8 25. Be4 Rac8 $11) 24... Qxc6 25. Qf3 $2 {A really
horrible move, but I thought my rook was on f1! That was also the reason why I
played 24.Bxc6.} Qxf3 26. gxf3 Nh4 27. Rf1 (27. Red1 {was obviously a better
move than the passive Rf1.} Rfd8 (27... Nxf3+ 28. Kf2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Rfd8 30.
Rcd1 Kf8 31. Rxd3 $14) 28. Be3 e5 29. fxe5 (29. Rc4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 31. Kf2
Ng5 32. Bxg5 Bxg5 33. Nc3 $44 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gb3b5,Gc5c7] White has some
compensation for the pawn, due to his pawn majority on the queenside and due
to the weakness of the d3-pawn.}) 29... Nxf3+ 30. Kf1 Nxe5 31. c6 Rdc8 (31...
Rac8 32. c7 Rd7 33. Bxa7 Rdxc7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Bd4 Rc2 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxd3
) 32. c7 Be7 33. Bf4 Bd6 34. Nc3 Rxc7 35. Nb5 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 g5 $1 $15) 27...
Nf5 (27... Rfd8 {was more precise!}) 28. Rc4 ({Again I had some chances of
equalise with} 28. Rfd1 {but it looks like I didn't want my rook to be better
placed.} Rfd8 29. Bc3 Be7 30. Be1 $8 {in order to get equality} Nd4 31. Kf1
Nxf3 32. Rc3 Nxe1 33. Kxe1 Bh4+ 34. Kd2 e5 35. Rxd3 exf4 36. Ke2 $11 {[%csl
Gf4,Gh4][%cal Ge2f3,Gc5c7,Gb3b5] Despite being a pawn down, White would have
really good compensation on the queenside. Additionally, it would be easy for
the bishop to find an active role. Also the f4 pawn would soon be attacked.})
28... Rac8 29. c6 $6 {At this point I thought it would be a good idea to start
moving my pawns in order to get some counterplay, but obviously it wasn't the
right moment to do it.} Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Be3 $6 31. Rd1 {Finally I placed my rook
on d1.} Rfd8 32. Nb2 Rd6 33. c7 Bb6 $6 {That move lost a little bit of his
advantage and gave me some chances.} 34. Na4 Rd7 35. Nxb6 axb6 36. Rdc1 Ne7 {
At this point I realised that there was nothing that I could have done in
order noy to lose the c-pawn, so I started thinking that it was already time
to move my queenside to get some chances of drawing.} 37. a4 Nd5 38. b4 Rdxc7
$6 {I realised that the endgame without rooks would be drawn because of the
weakness of the d-pawn. My pawns on the queenside become dangerous.} (38... Kf8
{was a clearly better option, but I am not sure if it was enough to win the
game.} 39. Kg3 Rcxc7 40. Rxc7 Nxc7 {it was better to retain one rook.} (40...
Rxc7 41. Rxc7 Nxc7 42. Kf2 {again an equal position}) 41. a5 Ke7 42. Kf2 g6 43.
Rc3 bxa5 {the better option would be taking} (43... Kd8 44. axb6 Nd5 45. Rxd3
Nxb6 {and I am not sure, if Black could win}) 44. bxa5 Kd8 45. Ra3 Kc8 46. Ke3
Nd5+ 47. Ke4 Kb8 48. Rxd3 Rb7 {Black has an advantage but it is unclear, if he
can win.}) 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Nxc7 {This endgame is already drawn.} 41. Kg3
Kf8 42. Kf2 Nd5 43. a5 Ke7 44. a6 Kd7 45. a7 Nc7 46. f5 $8 {The only move to
go for a draw.} e5 47. f4 e4 48. Ke3 Kc6 49. Kxe4 Kb7 {I was unsure, if taking
on d3 was the correct move. I saw I could try something with f6, but I didn't
want to give the e6-square to the knight.} 50. Kxd3 f6 51. Kc4 Kxa7 52. b5 Kb7
53. Bb4 Ne8 54. Kd5 Nc7+ 55. Kc4 Ne8 56. Kd5 Nc7+ 57. Kc4 Ne8 58. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.06.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Rapport is well-known for his original openings. For the Prague
match he prepared the Alekhine, which he had never played before. With 1,5/2
he could hardly have wished for a better result!} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {
David remains true to his repertoire. The solid text-move is more popular than
the ultra sharp 4 pawns attack, which doesn't seem to be a refutation of the
Alekhine anyway:} (4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3
Be7 10. d5 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Rad1 Rd8 15.
Qe1 Rd7 16. Qg3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 Bxg6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 Na5 21. b3
Nc6 22. Kf2 Rf8 23. Kg1 Rfd8 24. g4 a6 25. Kg2 Nb4 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rxd2
28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Nd7 30. Nb5 axb5 31. Bxb4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Kf7 $11 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2734)-Vitiugov,N (2691) St Petersburg rpd 2012. In the
manoeuvring struggle Black patiently neutralised White's slight edge.}) 10...
exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 {Black can hold the balance even after the
straightforward} 13. e6 (13. Qf3 c5 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxc6 (15. Qg4 N6d5 16.
Bd2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bc5 18. O-O-O Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nd5 20. e6 {Kain,A (2102)
-Collobiano,A (2077) email 2008} O-O 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Bc4 Rd7 $11) 15... bxc6
16. Qe4 N6d5 17. Bf2 O-O 18. Bc4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20. O-O Nxc3 21. Qxc6 Rc8
22. Qa6 {Kulaots,K (2578)-Yuffa,D (2502) Moscow 2016} Ne4 $132) 13... fxe6 14.
dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 Bxh1 17. O-O-O Qf6 18. gxh4 O-O 19. Bb5 c6 20. Bg5
Qe5 21. e7 {with} Rf2 $5 (21... Rfe8 $143 22. Nf5 $36) 22. Qg1 (22. Qe6+ $6
Qxe6 23. Nxe6 N4d5 24. Nd8 Nxe7 25. Bxe7 cxb5 26. Rxh1 Rc8 $17 {Wiesinger,
J-Caprano,J ICCF corr 1990}) 22... Qxh2 23. Qxh2 Rxh2 24. Ne6 N4d5 25. Nxd5
Nxd5 26. Bc4 Be4 27. Bb3 h6 28. Rf1 Nxe7 29. Bxe7 {1/2, Van Daatselaar,J (2122)
-Legemaat,G (2345) ICCF email 2009} Bd5 30. Nc7 Bxb3 31. Nxa8 Bxa2 $11) 4...
Bg4 {This classical continuation is rather rare nowadays.} ({Black often
prefers the modest} 4... dxe5 5. Nxe5 {, leading to structures featured also
in the Caro-Kann, Rubinstein French, or Scandinavian. In fact the Alekhine
games I annotated in the not too distant past featured this line:} c6 (5... g6
6. Bc4 Be6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nef3 N7f6 11. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 12.
Ng5 $40 {Grischuk,A (2736)-Riazantsev,A (2661) Moscow 2009. For more details
see the notes in CBM 134}) 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O ({A circumspect choice instead of
the wild} 7. g4 Be6 8. f4 f6 9. Nd3 Bf7 10. O-O Na6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5
13. Be3 Be7 14. Bf3 Qd7 15. c3 Rd8 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Kh1 Nc7 18. Rae1 Bg6 19. Bf2
Rfe8 20. Rg1 Bd6 21. Bg3 Nd5 $11 {Navara,D (2638)-Short,N (2663) Wijk aan Zee
2009}) 7... Nd7 8. Nf3 (8. Bg4 Bxg4 9. Qxg4 g6 $5 {Grischuk,A (2763)-Kamsky,G 
(2746) olm Istanbul 2012. This line looks OK for Black, for more details see
the notes in CBM 151.}) 8... e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 Bd6 (10... Ne4 $142 $5) 11.
h3 (11. Nh4 $14) 11... O-O (11... Ne4 {and}) (11... h6 {are more solid}) 12.
Nh4 Ne4 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bxe4 (15. Qf3 $5) 15... fxe4 16. Re1 Qh4
17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Bb4 19. Bd2 Nb6 (19... Bxc3 20. Bxc3 $14) 20. b3 Rad8 21.
Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxb4 Rexd4 23. Re7 (23. Be7 $1 Re8 24. Bc5 Rdd8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Rd1 $36) 23... R4d7 24. Rae1 f6 25. a4 $2 (25. Bc5 $36) 25... Rxe7 26. Rxe7
Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Nd7 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Ra8 {Navara,D (2727)-Luch,M (2413) Czechia
2015} Rb1 30. Rxa7 Rxb3 $15 {/\} 31. Rxb7 Ke6 {[%cal Rc6c5,Rd7e5,Re5d3]}) 5.
Be2 e6 6. O-O ({Undoubtedly surprised in game 2, Navara went for a line he
used in his junior years:} 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3
(10. Be3 {The standard continuation is} d5 (10... N8d7 11. b3 Nf6 12. Re1 (12.
Nd2 $5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. Qf3 Qa5 16. b4 $1 Qxb4 17. Nb5 Qa5
18. Nb3 Qb6 19. d5 Nc5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Bf4 $44 {De Gleria,F 
(2432)-Appel,R (2481) Essen 2001 See the notes to this game in CBM 083 by
Finkel.}) 12... d5 13. c5 Nbd7 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 (15. Qc2 $14) 15... dxe4 16.
Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 f5 18. Qc4 f4 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Nxe4 fxe3 21. Rxe3 $44 Bf6 $2
(21... Nf6 $5 $13) 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Nd6 $16 {1-0 (39) Navara,D (2433)-Kobler,M 
(2166) Aviles 2000}) 11. c5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc4 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. b3 {and now
Black can consider the unusual} Na3 $5 (14... N4a5 15. Rb1 Bf6 16. Be3 b6 17.
cxb6 Qxb6 18. Na4 Qb4 19. a3 Qd6 20. Nc5 $14 {Geller,E-Kortschnoj,V Stockholm
izt 1962 This is similar to Navara-Rapport, quoted below.}) 15. Rc1 Bf6 16. Ne2
a5 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Qd2 Nb5 20. Be3 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qb6 22. a4 Nd6 23.
Rdc1 Nf5 24. Qc3 Nce7 25. Qd3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bg5 27. g3 Nc6 28. Qc3 Na7 29. Kg2
Be7 $15 {Leite,D (2315)-Arnold,G (2224) email 2012}) 10... Bh5 11. b3 Nc6 12.
Be3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 a6 15. a3 (15. Rb1 Bf6 16. a4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 N8e7 18.
b5 axb5 19. axb5 Na5 20. Be2 Nf5 21. Rb4 $14 {/~~, Godena,M (2485)-D'Amore,C 
(2415) Florence 1993. This is maybe more promising for White, but the
resulting position still remains quite complex.}) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bf6 17.
g4 N8e7 18. Bg2 g6 19. f4 b6 20. Na4 bxc5 21. Nxc5 Nc8 22. Rc1 N6e7 23. Qd3 Nd6
24. Kh1 Nc4 $132 {Although the engine still favours White, Black's setup is
solid and he even gained the upper hand after} 25. Bf2 Kh8 26. Rc2 Re8 27. Re2
Ra7 28. Rfe1 Rf8 29. Rf1 Re8 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Bh4 $6 dxe4 32. Qxc4 f5 33. Qxe6
Nd5 $1 $17 {Navara,D (2744)-Rapport,R (2731) Prague m 2016}) 6... Be7 7. h3 Bh5
8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {The main alternative.} ({White finally spurns
the line from game 2, which he could have still achieved with} 10. exd6 cxd6 {
- 6.c4 Nb6 7.exd6}) 10... d5 11. cxd5 $5 {David probably also wanted to
present an opening surprise of his own and opts for a relatively rare
continuation. Possibly he was inspired by White's impressive score in this
line in engine games.} ({The standard move is} 11. c5 Bxf3 {More principled is}
12. gxf3 $142 (12. Bxf3 Nc4 13. Bf4 (13. b3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 b6 15. e4 c6 16. b4
bxc5 17. bxc5 Qa5 18. Nxd5 Bg5 $1 19. Bh5 cxd5 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Rxf7 Qd2 $1
22. Qxd2 Bxd2 23. Raf1 Nc6 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rd7 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Bxd4 27. e6 Be5
28. Rxd5 Re8 29. Re1 Rxe6 30. Rd6 Kf7 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxe5 Kf6 33. Rd5 Ke6
34. Rh5 h6 $11 {Spassky,B (2660)-Fischer,R (2785) Reykjavik 1972}) 13... b6 14.
b3 Na5 15. Na4 bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Re1 Nc6 19. a3 a5 20. Qd3
Qe7 21. Rac1 Rfb8 22. Bd1 Ra7 23. Bc2 Nf8 24. Bd2 Rab7 $132 {1/2, Hayakawa,S 
(2316)-Vlasveld,W (2512) email 2012}) 12... Nc8 13. f4 Nc6 14. b4 $14 {()
Although Black's position is solid, it remains cramped for a long time.} ({Even
} 14. f5 $5 exf5 15. Bf3 Bg5 16. Nxd5 f4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 {gives White
chances to fight for an advantage.})) ({The even more unusual} 11. b3 $5 {
also deserves attention:} dxc4 (11... Nc6 12. c5 Nc8 13. Qd2 $14) 12. bxc4 Nc6
13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Bd3 $1 Nb4 (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. dxe5
Qd3 18. Ne4 Kg8 19. Qg4 Rfd8 20. Rb3 Qc2 21. Bh6 g6 22. Qf4 Nd7 23. Rf3 $18 {
White,D (2408)-Everitt,G (2271) email 2008}) 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 17.
g4 Bxg5 18. Rxb4 Kh7 19. gxh5 Bxe3 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. fxe3 Qh4 22. Rb2 $36 {
Rytshagov,M (2420)-Maki,V (2415) Tampere 1992}) 11... exd5 $5 {[%mdl 32] Black
wants to blockade White's kingside majority on the light squares. The text
move leads to a complex strategic fight.} ({Initially Black used to prefer} 
11... Nxd5 {and Navara admitted that in his preparation he concentrated mainly
on this more popular recapture. However,} 12. Qb3 {causes Black quite a few
problems:} Nb6 (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qc8 (13... b6 14. d5 Bc5 15. dxe6 Bxe3+ 16.
Kh1 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Nd5 Bc5 21. Nxc7 $18 {
Giorgadze,T-Alburt,L (2505) Tbilisi 1977}) 14. d5 $5 ({More energetic than} 14.
Bd3 $14) 14... Bc5 (14... Nd7 15. dxe6 Nc5 16. exf7+ Bxf7 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. Qc2 a5 20. Bc4 Rae8 21. a3 c6 22. Rad1 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ $16 {purepower,
h (2604)-amd64bit,s (1842) Engine Room blitz 2011}) 15. Ne4 (15. Bc4 $36) (15.
Nd4 $5 Bxe2 16. Ncxe2 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 exd5 18. Qxd5 $32 {/\} Nd7 19. Rxf7 Rxf7
20. e6 $16) 15... Bb6 16. Bc4 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nc6 18. e6 Na5 19. exf7+ Bxf7 20.
Qd3 Qd8 21. Nfg5 Bxe3+ {Savon,V (2540)-Alburt,L (2505) Beltsy 1977} 22. Kh1 $1
Bxg5 (22... Bxd5 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Bg8 26. Ne6+ $18) 23.
Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Rf1 Bf6 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Bxf7+ $36) (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14.
Rad1 $16 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4,Ge5][%cal Yc3c4,Yd4d5]}) 13. d5 $5 (13. a4 a5 14. Rfd1
(14. Rad1 c6 (14... Nc6 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Qc8 18. Rb5 Bg6 19.
Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf5 21. Bc5 Be6 22. Qc3 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 c6 24. Rxa5 $16 {
Gligoric,S-Vukic,M Novi Sad 1976}) 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Qxb7 Nd7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qxc6
Rc8 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Qa7 Ra8 21. Qd4 $2 (21. Qb7 $11) 21... Bc5 22. Qd2 Nxe3 23.
fxe3 {Bernardino,Z-Cirello,L corr 1989} Nxe5 $1 $17) 14... c6 15. d5 $5 (15.
Nd2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Na6 17. Nf4 Nb4 18. Ne4 N6d5 19. Nh5 Kh8 20. Bd2 g6 21. Nf4
Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qd5 $15 {Balashov,Y (2595)-Palatnik,S (2505) Kislovodsk 1982})
15... Nxd5 16. Qxb7 Nd7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qb5 Rb8 20. Nxd5 $5 (20.
Qc6 Rc8 $11) 20... Rxb5 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bxb5 (22. axb5 Be4 $132) 22... Nb8 (
22... Rd8 $5 23. Bd2 Nf8 24. Bxa5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Be4 $13) 23. Rac1 Qb7 {
Vinagre,H-Zarske,J France corr 1992} 24. Ne1 $44 {/+/=}) 13... Nxd5 (13... exd5
14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Nxd5 Bc5 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Nf4 (17. Ng5 $5 Bxe2 18. Qc2 g6 19.
Qxe2 $40) 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19. e6 (19. Bg4 Qe8 20. e6 Nd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4
22. Nd5 $16) 19... Nd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Bg4 Qd8 23. Be6 Qf6 24.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Ne6 {Kremenietsky,A (2395)-Kolev,A (2380) Ruse 1987} Bxb2 $11)
14. Rfd1 (14. Qxb7 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Rxd8 Nxb7 18. Rd7 Bc5 19.
Kf2 Bb6 20. b4 (20. Na4 $142 $36) 20... Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Rd8 23.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Nd4 Bg6 25. Bf3 c5 $11 {Felgaer,R (2570)-Valerga,D (2481)
Buenos Aires 2015}) 14... c6 (14... Nxc3 15. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 16. Kf1 Rxd8 17. Qxb7
Nd7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rd1 Rab8 20. Qc6 Nf8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Kxe2 Rxb2+ 23. Kf1
$16 {purepower,h (2546)-amd64bit,s (1980) Engine Room blitz 2011}) 15. g4 Bg6
16. Qxb7 Nd7 17. Rac1 N7b6 18. Qxc6 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Rc8 (20... Bb4
21. Qd4 Ba5 22. Qc4 Bb6 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 h5 25. Rd4 Rb8 26. b3 $16 {
phil harris,h (2643)-ivanhoe,h (2548) Engine Room blitz 2011}) 21. a3 Qd7 22.
Bc4 h5 23. Bg5 hxg4 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. hxg4 Nb6 26. Be2 $16 {Glaser,K (2241)
-Barbalic,Z (2132) email 2014}) 12. Ne1 {Starts preparing a kingside attack.} (
{More committal, but also interesting is} 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne1 Nc6 (13... f5 $6
14. Ng2 {[%cal Yg2f4]} Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qd8 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Kh8 19.
b3 a6 20. Rf2 Ne7 21. Bd3 Qd7 22. Ne2 c6 23. Ng3 Rf7 24. h4 $16 {Drozdov,I 
(2440)-Bratchenko,A (2355) Maikop 1998}) (13... f6 14. f4 fxe5 (14... f5 15.
Ng2 Nc6 16. Kh1 Qd7 17. Bg1 Bb4 18. Nh4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne7 20. Ng2 c6 21. Ne3
Rac8 22. a4 Na8 23. Ra2 b6 24. Bd3 Nc7 25. Raf2 {0-1 (46) Van Dongen,
P-Villeneuve,A (2330) Epinal 1989}) 15. dxe5 c5 16. f5 Be8 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Bf3
d4 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Ng2 Nd7 21. Bg3 Qb6 22. b3 Rad8 23. Kh2 Kh8 24. Qd2 Qb4 25.
Qc2 Bb5 26. Rfe1 d3 27. Qf2 $36 {King,D (2514)-Baburin,A (2591) Birmingham 2000
}) 14. f4 (14. Ng2 f6 15. Nf4 $6 (15. f4 $1) 15... fxe5 16. dxe5 d4 17. Nxg6
hxg6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Qc2 Qxe5 $15 {Emms,J (2500)
-Baburin,A (2545) Isle of Man 1996}) 14... f5 15. exf6 $2 (15. Ng2 $142 $13 {
/+/=}) 15... Bxf6 16. Nf3 h6 17. b3 Qd6 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Qd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb4
21. Qd2 Nc2 22. Qxc2 Rxe3 $36 {Svidler,P (2635)-Solozhenkin,E (2515) Elista
1995}) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 (13. Nxe2 $5 Nc6 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Ned3
Rad8 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qc3 Nac4 20. b3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 c6 22. Qe1 Bxc5
23. Rxc5 Nd7 24. Rc2 Nf8 25. Nh5 $14 {Vaida,R-Satosuo,R (2093) email 2012})
13... c6 (13... Nc6 14. Nd3 Qd7 (14... f6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bf2 fxe5 $2 (16... f5
$14) 17. dxe5 d4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 20. Nd5 $16 {Donaldson
Akhmilovskaya,E (2280)-Wiese Jozwiak,M (2030) Buenos Aires olw 1978}) 15. Rad1
Nd8 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. f4 f5 18. g4 c6 19. Kh2 Nd7 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. gxf5 (21. Qg2
$14 {[%cal Yc3e2,Ye2g3]}) 21... Rxf5 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne2 Ndf8 24. Ng3 Ng7 $1 25.
Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Bf2 Ne6 $44 {Plachetka,J-Bagirov,V Kirovakan 1978}) (13... f6 14.
Rd1 Qd7 15. exf6 (15. f4 $14) 15... Bxf6 16. Nd3 c6 17. b3 Na6 18. f4 Rae8 19.
Ne5 Qd8 20. Bc1 Nc8 21. Qd3 Nc7 22. Ba3 Be7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. b4 a6 25. a4 Nd6
26. Rde1 g6 $14 {/=, Ruch,E (2472)-Vlasveld,W (2508) email 2014. Despite the
powerful Ne5 it's difficult to breach Black's defences. A similar situation
could occur later in the game.}) 14. Nd3 Na6 $5 $146 {A natural novelty, the
knight heads in the direction of e6.} (14... a5 15. f4 f5 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Rae1
Na6 18. Bf2 Re8 19. g4 Rf8 20. e6 Qc7 21. Kg2 Rae8 $5 22. Nxa6 bxa6 23. Bg3 Qc8
24. Qd3 g6 25. Re2 Bb4 $132 {Lumley,W (2395)-Vlasveld,W (2471) email 2008}) (
14... Qd7 15. b3 Qf5 $2 16. f4 h5 17. g4 Qh7 18. f5 $16 {alfjoo,h (2628)
-amd64bit,s (1985) Engine Room blitz 2011}) 15. Rae1 {He prefers concentrating
his pieces against the king to a pawn attack.} ({The position after} 15. f4 f5
16. g4 (16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ne5 Nc7 $132) 16... Nc7 $13 {is far from clear.})
15... Nc7 16. Nf4 $5 (16. f4 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne5 Qd6 {is again similar to
the previous note - Navara was not impressed.}) 16... Qd7 17. Nh5 Rae8 ({
A move which also deservs attention is also} 17... f6 18. Bc1 $5 $13 (18. e6
Nxe6 19. Bh6 gxh6 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Rxe6 Kf7 $15) (18. exf6 Bxf6 $11)) 18. Qf3
(18. f4 {is again met by} f5 $11 (18... g6 19. f5 $1 gxh5 20. Qxh5 $44)) 18...
Kh8 (18... f6 $5 19. Qg3 (19. Bh6 Ne6 20. Qg4 Bd8 $15 {leads nowhere}) 19...
Ne6 20. Bf4 (20. exf6 Bxf6 {is more pleasant for Black}) 20... Kh8 $13 (20...
fxe5 21. Bxe5 g6 $11)) 19. Ne2 ({According to Navara, limiting the Nb6 with} 
19. b3 {is more solid. However, Black can claim equality after} f6 $132) 19...
Nc4 20. Bc1 (20. b3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 (21. fxe3 f6 $15) 21... Ne6 $11) (20. Qg3 $5
Ne6 (20... Rg8 21. b3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 $5 $14) (20... g6 21. Bh6 (21. Nhf4 Qf5 $1
(21... f6 22. Nxg6+ hxg6 23. Nf4 $44) 22. Bc1 f6 $132) 21... Rg8 22. Nf6 Bxf6
23. exf6 Ne6 24. Qg4 {[%cal Re2f4,Rh6g7]} Nd6 25. Bg7+ Rxg7 26. fxg7+ Kg8 $1
$44) 21. Nef4 g6 $13) (20. Neg3 f6 21. Nf5 (21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Bh6+ Kh8 $1 $15 {
was mentioned by Navara in the post-mortem, the attack has no obvious
follow-up.} (22... Kxh6 $2 23. e6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Nxe6 25. b3 Nd6 26. Qe3+ Ng5
27. h4 $16)) 21... Ne6 $5 (21... fxe5 22. Nhxg7 Bb4 $13) 22. b3 (22. Nxe7 fxe5
23. Nf5 g6 $17) 22... Nxe3 23. Qxe3 fxe5 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. dxe5 d4 $132 {/=/+})
20... f6 $8 {Forced, but good - due to the increasing pressure Black must free
his position.} 21. Qg3 (21. b3 fxe5 22. Qg3 Bb4 23. bxc4 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 exd4 $5
(24... g6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. dxe5 gxh5 27. Nf4 $44) 25. c5 b6 $15 {/\} 26. cxb6
axb6 27. Bf4 Rf5 $1 28. Bxc7 Rxh5 $17 {[%cal Rd4d3]}) ({After} 21. exf6 Bxf6 {
the attack is over and White is fighting for equality.}) 21... Bb4 22. exf6 g6
$5 {[%mdl 64] The tactical tension grows and unfortunately for White, he loses
track here...} (22... gxf6 23. Nc3 Ne6 $11) 23. Bh6 $2 ({The correct way to
hold the balance was} 23. Ng7 $142 $1 Ra8 (23... Bxe1 24. Nxe8 Ba5 25. Nxc7
Bxc7 26. Qf3 Qe6 27. Bg5 h6 $11) (23... Re4 24. f3 Re3 25. Qf2 $1 Rxe2 (25...
Rxf6 26. Bxe3 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Kxg7 29. Nf4 $14) 26. Rxe2 Rxf6 27.
Bh6 Rf7 (27... g5 28. f4 Rxh6 29. fxg5 $40) 28. Qh4 $36) 24. Bg5 Bxe1 (24...
Nd2 25. Nf4 Ne4 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. h4 $13 {[%cal Yh4h5]}) 25. Rxe1 Ne8 26. Nf4
$5 (26. Qh4 {[%cal Re2g6]} Nxf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Qxg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.
Nf4 $11) 26... Nxf6 (26... Nxg7 $2 27. fxg7+ Qxg7 28. Re7 Rf7 29. Ne6 Rxe7 30.
Nxg7 Rxg7 31. Bf6 $18) 27. Nge6 Ne4 (27... Rae8 $2 28. Nxg6+ hxg6 29. Bxf6+
Rxf6 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qxf6 Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Ng5+ $16) 28. Qh4 Kg8 29.
Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Bh6 Re8 31. f3 Ned6 $11) 23... Bxe1 24. Bxf8 $6 (24. Rxe1 Rf7 (
24... gxh5 $4 25. Qg7+ $1 $18) 25. Ng7 Ref8 $1 (25... Rc8 $143 26. Qh4 Ne8 27.
Nf4 Nxf6 (27... Kg8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. Qg5 {[%cal Rf4g6]} Qe4 31.
Nd3 $1 $13 {[%cal Yd3e5,Rg5g3]}) 28. Nge6 Kg8 29. Ng5 Re7 30. Nge6 $132 {Gareev
}) 26. b3 Nd6 $17) 24... Rxf8 25. Rxe1 gxh5 26. Nf4 Rxf6 27. Nxh5 Rg6 $1 $19 {
Forced, but sufficient to beat off the attack.} (27... Re6 28. Rxe6 Nxe6 29. b3
Qe8 30. bxc4 Qxh5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7+ $15) 28. Qh4 (28. Qf4 Qd8 $8 $19)
28... Re6 $1 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Nf4 (30. Qd8+ Ne8) 30... Qf7 31. Qd8+ Ne8 32.
Nd3 h6 33. b3 Ncd6 34. Ne5 Qc7 35. Qh4 Qg7 36. Qd8 Kh7 37. f4 Qf6 38. Qd7+ Ng7
{[%cal Rd6b5,Rd6f5]} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Nc3 O-O (10... Nc6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bg6
14. Qb5 Qc7 15. Bf4 $14 {Tkachiev,V-Blatny,P/Jakarta/1994/1:0/39/}) 11. b3 Nc6
12. Be3 (12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bf6 $1 15. Qxh5 (15. Rb1 Bg6) 15...
Bxa1 16. Ng5 (16. Bg5 Bf6 $17) (16. Bd3 g6 $17) 16... h6 $17) 12... d5 13. c5
Nc8 (13... Nd7 $5 14. b4 $6 Nxb4 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qxb7 Rac8 $1 $13
18. Qxd7 $140 $2 Rc7 $19) 14. b4 a6 15. Qa4 (15. g4 $5 Bg6 16. Qa4 $13) 15...
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ra7 (16... Bf6 $5 17. Rad1 (17. b5 N6e7 18. g4 Ng6 $13) 17...
N8e7 18. g4 Ng6 $13) 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. Qb3 N8e7 19. g4 Ng6 20. Bg2 $1 (20. a4
Bg5 $13) 20... b6 $5 {><b4} (20... Nh4 21. Bh1 $14) (20... Bg5 21. f4 $16) 21.
a3 bxc5 22. dxc5 (22. bxc5 Na5 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Bc1 $13) 22... Qb8 $5 {/\ Nf4}
23. f4 a5 (23... Na5 24. Qc2 Nc4 25. Bc1 a5 $13) 24. b5 $1 (24. f5 Nh4 $1 25.
Bf4 Be5 $17) 24... Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxb5 26. Rb1 Qa4 $6 (26... Qa6 27. Rb6 Qc8 $44
) 27. f5 Nge5 28. Rf4 Nc4 29. f6 e5 (29... g6 $13 30. Bc1 $5 e5 31. Rxc4 $140
dxc4 (31... Qxc4 32. Qxc4 dxc4 33. Bxc6 $16) 32. Qd2 Kh8 $1 (32... c3 33. Qh6
Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 $18) 33. Qh6 Rg8 34. Bxc6 Qd1+ $1 (34... Qxc6 $4 35.
Rb8 Qxc5+ (35... Ra8 36. Qg7#) 36. Kf1 $18) 35. Kh2 Qc2+ $19) 30. fxg7 Rc8 31.
Rf6 d4 32. Bxc6 dxc3 (32... Rxc6 33. Rxc6 (33. Rb8+ Kxg7 34. Bh6+ Kxf6 35. Qf3+
Ke6 36. Re8+ (36. Qf5+ Kd5 37. Qf3+ Kxc5 38. Bf8+ Nd6 $19) 36... Re7 37. Qf5+
Kd5 38. Rxe7 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 $132) 33... Qxc6 $8 (33... dxc3 34. Rb8+ Kxg7 35.
Bh6#) 34. Bxd4 Qd5 $1 $13 (34... exd4 35. Qxd4 $16)) 33. Bxa4 Nxe3 34. c6 Kxg7
35. Rf3 Nd5 36. Rb5 (36. Rd3 Nf4) 36... e4 (36... Nf4 37. Rxe5 $16) (36... Rxc6
37. Rxd5 c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. Rxe5 $10) (36... Rd8 37. Rc5 (37. Rd3 Nc7 $1 38.
Rxd8 Nxb5 39. Rd3 $1 (39. Bxb5 c2 $19) 39... Nd4 40. Kf2 c2 41. Rc3 Rc7 $15)
37... e4 $13) 37. Rf1 Ne3 $6 (37... Ne7 38. Rc5 Rac7 39. Rxc3 $14 Nxc6 $4 40.
Rfc1 $18) (37... Rd8 38. Rd1 (38. Rc5 $5) 38... Nc7 39. Rc5 $1 (39. Rxd8 Nxb5
40. Rd1 Nxa3 41. Rd7 Ra8 $17) 39... Rxd1+ 40. Bxd1 $14) 38. Re1 c2 $2 (38...
Rxc6 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Bxc6 Kxg5 41. Rxe3 $18) (38... Nc4 $142 39. Rc5 Nb6 (
39... Nd6 40. Rd1 $16) 40. Bb5 $14) 39. Rc5 Nd1 $2 (39... Rb8 $8 40. Bxc2 $1 (
40. c7 Rc8 41. Rxe3 Raxc7 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. Bxc2 Rxc2 44. Rxe4 $10) (40. Kf2
Rb1 (40... Nd1+ 41. Ke2 $16) 41. Bxc2 (41. c7 Nd1+ 42. Rxd1 cxd1=N+ 43. Bxd1
Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Rxd1 $15) 41... Rxe1 42. Kxe1 Nxc2+ 43. Rxc2 Rc7 44. Kf2 Kf6 45.
Ke3 Ke5 46. Rc5+ Kd6 47. Rxa5 Rxc6 48. Kxe4 Rc3 49. h4 $14) 40... Nxc2 41. Rxc2
$16) 40. Rxc2 $18 e3 41. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 69th"]
[Site "Kolomna"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 (4... g6) ({and} 4... dxe5 {are the
other main lines.}) 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 (9...
d5 {is the most common main move.}) 10. b3 (10. exd6 {is the main continuation
and looks more ambitious, for example} cxd6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5
(13. cxd5 $5) 13... Be6 14. Qd2 d5 15. c5 Rc8 16. b4 Bf6 17. Rad1 $14 {and
White has a comfortable middlegame, Sutovsky-Berkes, Paks 2005.}) 10... dxe5
11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 ({In case of} 13... Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
Rfd8 15. f4 {The position simplifies a bit and White has some space advantage,
the position is balanced.}) 14. f4 Bc5 15. Qc1 Qe7 16. Nc3 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Na4 Ba3 19. Qd1 ({The smart} 19. Qxa3 $5 {is leading to an equal endgame,} Qxa3
20. Bc5 Qxa4 21. bxa4 Rfd8 $11) 19... a6 20. Qe2 e5 21. f5 c6 (21... e4 $5) 22.
Nc3 ({The straightforward} 22. Rad1 {was also fine.}) 22... e4 $1 23. c5 $6 {
White wanted to frees the c4-square for his queen, but this is an inaccuracy,
the c5-pawn will be weak.} (23. Rad1 {was the natural reply.}) 23... Kh8 24.
Na4 Nd5 25. Bd4 Rae8 26. g3 e3 $1 {Suddenly Black is very active and his
e-pawn is like a battering ram.} 27. Rad1 Bb4 28. Ba1 {This move simply gives
the c5-pawn.} (28. Rc1 {was tougher, but Black has also initiative after} Qd7
$1 29. Nb2 Re4 $36) 28... Bxc5 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. Rc4 Rf7 32. Rg4 {
Ambitious R-maneuver by White, but Black can protect hardly the g7-pawn.} Qd7
33. h4 Ree7 34. Qd3 Qc7 (34... e2 $1 {was stronger,} 35. Re1 Re3 $19 {and
Black should be winning.}) 35. h5 Nf6 36. Rg5 Ne4 37. Qxe3 Nxg5 38. Qxg5 Qb6+
39. Kg2 h6 $4 {A terrible blunder, which completely changes the game.} (39...
Qd8) ({or} 39... Kg8 {and Black has a clear exchange up.}) 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41.
Bxg7 $1 {This is the point!} Rxg7 42. f6 Rxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Qe3+ 44. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 45.
Rf3 Re1 46. f7+ Kf8 47. Rf6 c5 48. Rf5 Rc1 49. h6 $2 {White complicates his
own thing!} (49. Kg2 $1 {was winning immediately,} Rc2+ (49... Re1 50. h6 Re6
51. Rh5 $18) 50. Rf2 Rxf2+ 51. Kxf2 Kxf7 52. Ke3 $18 {and Black has to resign.}
) 49... Rh1 50. Rf6 b5 51. Rxa6 Kxf7 52. Ra7+ ({Probably} 52. Rc6 $1 {was the
best move, for example} Rc1 53. Kf4 c4 54. bxc4 bxc4 55. Ke3 {and Black is in
a difficult situation.}) 52... Ke6 53. h7 ({In case of} 53. Kf4 c4 54. bxc4
bxc4 55. Kg5 Rg1+ $11 {should be equalizing.}) 53... Kd5 54. Kg2 Rh6 55. Rd7+
Ke4 $2 {Decisive mistake! Black wants to activate his king, but this is a
losing move!} (55... Kc6 {was important,} 56. Rf7 Rh5 ({, but not} 56... c4 $2
57. Rf6+ $18) 57. Kf3 c4 {and Black will survive.}) 56. a4 $1 $18 {Suddenly
the a-pawn becomes very fast, Black can't stop it!} c4 57. a5 $1 {The only
winning move!} cxb3 58. a6 b2 59. a7 b1=Q 60. a8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Eikrem Memorial"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {A career first, motivated partly due to Rune's recent lack of
success against this, and also partly to steer away from more theoretical
lines.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. b3 O-O 10. Be2 (10. h3 $5 {is interesting, and perhaps more dangerous.})
10... Re8 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. O-O d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. h3 Be6 $1 {Now this is the
logical retreat - d5 needs support, and on h5 the bishop would only get in the
way of the Nc8's efforts to recycle into play via g6 or f5.} 15. b4 a6 {
A double-edged decision as now white gets easier access to the queenside.} (
15... N8e7 $5 16. b5 (16. g4 $5) 16... Na5 17. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 18. Qxa5 Nxe3 19.
fxe3 Bd5 20. Qc3 Qe7 {is not very worrisome for black. Perhaps white should
try to stake out the entire board with}) 16. b5 $6 {This is rushing things.
Much more natural was} (16. Rab1 {but then black can try} Bf5 17. Rb2 Be4 $5 {
with counterplay.}) 16... axb5 17. Nxb5 Na5 18. Bf4 Re7 19. Rfe1 b6 {now
black's access to the queenside files and the c4-square guarantee him good
prospects.} 20. Rac1 c6 21. Nd6 Nxd6 (21... bxc5 $5 22. Nxc8 (22. dxc5 Rea7 (
22... Nb7 $5) 23. Nd4 $13 (23. Ne5 Be7 $1 $15)) 22... Qxc8 23. dxc5 Rea7 $15)
22. Bxd6 Rb7 23. Ne5 bxc5 24. Bxc5 Bg5 $5 (24... Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nc4 26. Bxc4 (
26. Qd4 Qg5 $15) 26... dxc4 27. Qxd8+ $10) 25. f4 Bh4 26. Rf1 f6 $5 (26... Bf5
27. Bb4 Qb6 28. Bxa5 Qxa5 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxc6 Rxa2 31. Bf3 $16) 27. Nf3 Bg3
{The bishop on g3 is very perilously placed, but to exploit this white must
allow counterplay on the second rank and on c4. With time pressure approaching,
the position becomes completely random. Objectively, black is probably asking
a bit too much of his position, but the practical chances are quite reasonable.
} 28. Qe3 Bf5 29. Ne5 $1 Rb2 30. Nd3 $1 Rxa2 {Unfortunately the natural} (30...
Nc4 {fails to} 31. Rxc4 $1 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 dxc4 33. Nb4 $16 {and black is
suddenly saddled with weak pawns and scattered pieces. However there were two
other intriguing ways to punt the exchange:}) (30... Rxe2 $5 31. Qxe2 h5 32.
Bb4 Nc4 33. Be1 h4 34. Bxg3 hxg3 $132) (30... Qe8 $5 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 32. Nxb2
Rxe2 33. Nd1 $1 Be4 $5 34. Nf2 Bf5 $5 $44 {In both cases I think black has
very reasonable practical chances for the sacrificed material.}) 31. Nb4 Qe8 $1
(31... Rb2 $2 32. Bd3 Be4 $1 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. d5 $1 (34. Qxg3 Rxb4 35. Bxb4
Qxd4+ $16)) 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Nxa2 Rxe2 34. Rf3 Rxa2 35. Rxg3 Nc4 (35... Be4 {
was correct, preventing the Rg3 from reentering the game. Paradoxically, this
error increases black's winning chances since time pressure was now the major
factor.}) 36. Rcc3 $2 $138 (36. Rf3 $1 $14) 36... Be4 $2 $138 {A panic
reaction to the fact that white's rook could have escaped via f3. As Simen
Agdestein pointed out after the game,} (36... Ra1+ $1 {would have posed white
real trouble.} 37. Kh2 (37. Kf2 Nd2 $17) 37... h5 $1 {Solving black's
potential problem with his king.} (37... Nd2 38. Ra3) 38. Rgf3 (38. h4 $5 Nd2
39. Ra3 Rb1 $1 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Rga3 Nf1+ 42. Kg1 Ne3+ $1 $36 43. Kf2 Ng4+ 44.
Ke2 $1 (44. Kg3 Rb2) 44... Rb2+ 45. Kf1 Be4 46. g3 Nh2+ 47. Ke1 (47. Kg1 $4
Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Rf1+) 47... Nf3+ 48. Kd1 (48. Kf1 Rd2) 48... Rg2 $17)
38... Nd2) 37. Rb3 g6 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. f5 g5 $4 {The muddled product of a
nervous last think. There was no reason to fear} (39... Bxf5 $1 40. Rb7+ (40.
Rgb3 Be4 41. R3b7+ Ke6 42. g4 Rg2+ $10) 40... Kg8 41. Rf3 Be4 42. Rf2 (42. Rxf6
Rxg2+ $10) 42... Ra1+ 43. Rf1 Ra2 44. Rf2 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Ne3 46. Rxf6 Nf1+ 47.
Kg1 Ne3+ $10) 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. h4 h6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kh2 $1 Nd2 (43... Rf2
$142 $16) (43... Bxf5 44. Rf3 $18) 44. Rxg5+ $1 fxg5 45. f6 (45. f6 Nf3+ 46.
Kg3 Ne5 (46... Rxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Ne5+ 48. Kg3 Nf7 49. Kg4 Bc2 50. Rc7 Bd3 51. Bb4
$18) 47. dxe5 Rxg2+ 48. Kh3 g4+ 49. Kh4 Rh2+ 50. Kg5 Rh7 51. Rxh7 Bxh7 52. e6 {
A terribly painful and unneccesary loss, but that is sadly the price one often
pays for taking chances and avoiding safe options. I could not recover from
the disappointment, which was also foolish.}) 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt-playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Tompa,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 N8d7 $6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. b3 $1 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 a6
15. Nd2 $5 $146 (15. a4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bf6 17. Qd3 Ne7 18. g4 $1 $16 {xd5})
15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bf6 17. Nb3 Ne7 18. Rfd1 $14 Nc6 19. a3 b6 $5 20. Na4 bxc5
$2 (20... b5 $142) 21. Naxc5 Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Ra7 $2 (22... a5 23. b5 Ne7 24. Rab1
Nc8 {/\ Nb6 xc4<=>}) 23. Nxa6 Qa8 24. b5 Nb8 25. Nc5 $1 Rxa3 26. Qb2 $18 Ra5
27. Bd2 Ra7 28. Bf4 Rc8 29. b6 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qc6 31. b7 Re8 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33.
Ra8 (33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. b8=Q+ $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 08th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1990.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Vogt,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 11/1990} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. c4 Nb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. exd6 cxd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Bg6 13. a3 {
Bereitet b3-b4 vor und verhindert einen Springerausfall nach b4.} a5 14. Re1
Bf6 15. Nf1 (15. Bc3 e5 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bb2 d3) 15... d5 16. c5
Nd7 {/\ Nc5} 17. Qd2 e5 $6 {Schwarz sollte sich passiv verhalten, obwohl 18.b4
WeiЯ zum Vorteil verhilft.} (17... b6) 18. dxe5 Ndxe5 19. Rad1 Qc7 (19... Nxf3+
20. Bxf3 d4 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4) 20. Ne3 Rad8
21. Nxe5 (21. Nxd5 $4 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxf3+ $19) 21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 (22...
Qxe5 23. Nxd5) 23. f4 Nd7 (23... d4 24. fxe5 dxe3 25. Qxe3) (23... Qxc5 24.
fxe5 d4 25. Kh1) 24. f5 d4 25. Qxd4 (25. Nd5 Qxc5 26. Qxd4 Bxf5 27. Qxc5 Nxc5
28. Ne7+) 25... Nf6 (25... Nxc5 26. Nd5 Nxb3 27. Qc4) 26. Qc4 (26. Qc3 $2 Ne4
27. Qc2 Qf4) 26... Qe5 27. Bd3 $1 {Dieser Zug zeigt, wer "Chef im Ring" ist!}
Bh5 28. Ng4 Qc7 (28... Qg3 29. Re3 Qh4 $4 30. Nh6+) 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Rc1 Qg3
31. Bf1 Rd2 32. Qc3 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kh2 $2 Bf3 $1) 33... Rfd8 34. Qxf6 Bf3 (
34... Qg3 35. Qe5 {dauert nur etwas lдnger}) 35. Qg5+ Kf8 (35... Kh8 36. f6 Rg8
37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Re8#) 36. f6 Be2 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Qxf7+ Kc8 40.
Qe6+ 1-0