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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД B00 - B99 B16

Коды ЭШД

B13 B14 B15

B16

B17 B18 B19

B16

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Защита Каро-Канн (вариант Нимцовича)
EN: Caro-Kann: Bronstein-Larsen Variation

Ходы

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Кc3 d:e4 4. К:e4 Кf6 5. К:f6+ g:f6

Дебюты

Защита Каро-Канн , Система Нимцовича

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Ne2 h5 {
[%csl Rd5,Rd6,Re5,Re6,Rf6][%cal Rh5h3,Rh3g2]} 8. Nf4 h4 9. Qf3 Nd7 10. g4 hxg3
11. hxg3 (11. fxg3 e5 12. g4 (12. Ng2 Be6 $11) 12... Bh7 13. Ne2 exd4 14. cxd4
Bb4+ 15. Kf2 Qe7 16. Bg2 O-O-O 17. a3 Bc5 18. Be3 Ne5 $40 {0-1 Bilek,
I-Bronstein,D/HUN-URS 1955}) 11... Rg8 (11... Bg4 12. Qg2 Ne5 13. Rxh8 Nf3+ 14.
Qxf3 Bxf3 $16) 12. Bh3 $14 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 Qa5 {/\0-0-0} 14. Rh5 e5 $5 15. Nd3 {
[%csl Yd1,Ye1,Ye2,Yf1][%cal Gh5a5,Gd3e5]} O-O-O 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Qxf7 Bd6 18.
Be3 Rgf8 19. Qe6 Rfe8 $4 (19... Bc7 $142) (19... Rf6 20. Qc4 Rg6 21. O-O-O Nb6
22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nxe5) 20. Qxd6 Qa4 21. Qb4 (21. Rh4 e4 22. Nc5 $18) 21... Qc2
22. Rd1 (22. Qe4 $142 $5 Nf6 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Qxf6 Qxd3 25. Rxe5 Rh8 26. Bh6
$18) 22... Nf6 23. Rf5 Rh8 (23... e4 24. Rxf6 exd3 25. Qg4+ Kb8 26. Rd2 Qb1+
27. Qd1 Qxa2 28. Rxd3 $18) 24. Rd2 Qb1+ 25. Ke2 e4 (25... Nd5 26. Qg4 $18) 26.
Nc5 b6 27. Qa4 $1 bxc5 28. Qxc6+ (28. Rxf6 $4 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Qd3+ 30. Kc1 Rh1+
31. Qd1 Rxd1#) 28... Kb8 29. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Veterans"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 (6. c3 Bf5 7.
Ne2 h5 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Bd3 h4 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. O-O Qh5 $132
{Estrin-Stecko, USSR 1974}) 6... Bg4 (6... Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Qc7 9. Be3
e6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. c4 $14 {Raaste-Tseitlin, Lodz 1980}) 7. Bf4
(7. Be3 Na6 8. Bc4 e6 9. h3 Bh5 $13) (7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 (8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 O-O-O
10. h3 Bh5 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. Be3 e6 13. b4 f5 $13) 8... Nd7 9. Qd2 $14) 7... Qa5+
8. c3 Qf5 9. Bg3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bh6 11. Bd3 Qe6+ 12. Kf1 Qh3+ 13. Kg1 Nd7 14.
Qb3 Nb6 15. Re1 e6 16. a4 O-O 17. Re4 Bg5 18. Qd1 f5 $2 (18... Qh5 19. Rg4 f5 (
19... Kh8 $5) 20. h4 $1 fxg4 21. fxg4 Qh6 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 (23...
Kg7 24. Be5+ f6 25. f4 $18) 24. Bf5+ Kg8 25. Be5 f6 26. Bxe6+ Kg7 27. f4 Qg6
28. Bf5 Qe8 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Qb3+ Nd5 $8 31. Qxb7 $18) 19. Rh4 $1 Qxh4 (19...
Bxh4 20. Bf1 $18) 20. Bxh4 Bxh4 21. Kf1 Kh8 22. Rg1 Bf6 23. f4 Nd5 24. Qf3 Rad8
25. Bc4 Ne7 26. Qh5 Bg7 27. Qg5 Ng6 28. h4 Rg8 29. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 30. h5 $18 Nxf4
(30... Nf8 31. h6 Rd7 32. hxg7+ Rdxg7 33. Qf6 $18) 31. Qxf4 e5 $6 32. Qxf5 Rgf8
33. Qe6 Rde8 34. Qd7 Bh6 35. Rg3 Rd8 (35... e4 $8 36. Ke2 $18) 36. Qe6 Bf4 37.
Rg8+ $1 (37. Rg8+ Rxg8 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. Qxd8+ Rg8 40. Qf6+ Rg7 41. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Valby K41"]
[Site "Valby"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 (5... exf6 $14)
6. c3 Bf5 {/\Nd7,Qc7,0-0-0} 7. Nf3 e6 8. g3 $5 {N} (8. Bd3) 8... Qb6 (8... Be4
{Ernst} 9. Bg2 h5 10. O-O f5 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bf1 c5 $1 $10 {Ernst - Sehner,
Kopenhagen (open) 1986.}) 9. Qe2 {><e4} Bd6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Be3 Qc7 (11... Be4
$2 12. f3 Bg6 13. d5 $40) 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. O-O O-O-O $6 (13... O-O) 14. c4 {-><<
} c5 $8 (14... f5 15. c5 Be7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Rab1 Qa5
20. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 21. Qb2 $18) 15. Rac1 Kb8 16. Rfd1 {<->d} cxd4 (16... f5 17.
b4 $36) 17. Bxd4 {/^b2-h8,e3-a7} Be5 (17... Bc5 $142) 18. Be3 f5 (18... Nc5 19.
Nxg6 hxg6 20. b4 $40) 19. f4 Bf6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. c5 $18 {/\c6} Be7 (21... Nf8
22. c6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 b6 24. b4 $18) 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Qa5 24. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 (
5... exf6 $14 {Blatny,P}) 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nd7 (7... e6 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Be2 Nb6
10. O-O Nd5 11. Bg3 Bh6 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. d5 $16 {Boleslavsky,
I-Flohr,S/URS/1944/}) 8. g3 Nb6 $6 (8... Be4 $5 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1
f5 $14) 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Qd7 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. O-O Bh3 12. a4 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 h5 14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 b6 16. c4 Nc7 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be3 Bh6 19. d5 cxd5 20.
cxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxh6 Nd4 22. Rac1+ Kb8 23. Bf4+ e5 24. Bxe5+ $16 {Liberzon,
V-Pasman,M/Beersheba/1982/1-0 (51)}) 9... Qd7 10. O-O (10. a4 {Ftacnik} Qe6+
11. Kf1 Qc4+ 12. Kg1 Qd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd3 14. a5 Nd5 15. Ne1 Ba6 16. Bf3 e6 17.
Bd2 f5 18. b3 Bg7 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. c4 Ne4 21. Be3 O-O 22. Nc2 Rfd8 23. Kg2 Rd7
24. Rhe1 $10 {Goetz,R-Derikum,A/BL 8889/1988/0.5 (27)}) 10... h5 $2 (10... Bh3
11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. a4 Qd7 13. a5 Nc8 $14) 11. a4 $1 $16 Bh3 $2 (11... a5 $8 12.
Nh4 (12. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Ra6 13. Re1 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. c4 $16) 12... Bg4 13.
Qb3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Bh6) (11... O-O-O {Blatny,P} 12. a5 {/\a6}) 12. Bxh3 (12. a5 {
Blatny,P} Bxg2 13. Kxg2 (13. axb6 $2 Bxf1 14. Rxa7 Rd8 15. Qxf1 Bh6 $17) 13...
Nd5 $13) 12... Qxh3 13. a5 Nc8 (13... Nd5 14. c4 (14. Qb3 {Blatny,P /\a6})
14... Nb4 (14... Nc7 {Ftacnik} 15. Bf4 $36 (15. Qb3 O-O-O $1)) 15. Qb3 e6 16.
Bd2 $18) 14. a6 b6 (14... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 15. axb7 Qxb7 16. Re1 $16) 15. d5 c5 (
15... Qd7 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Qf3 $18) (15... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 16. Qxd5
Rb8 17. Qb7 $3 $18) 16. Re1 Qd7 (16... Nd6 17. Bf4 (17. b4 $5 $40 {Ftacnik})
17... O-O-O 18. b4 $1 $40) 17. Nh4 $5 (17. Bf4 $6 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Qd2 $16
) 17... Qg4 (17... Bh6 $2 18. Qxh5) (17... Nd6 18. Bf4 O-O-O 19. b4 $18 (19. b4
{Ftacnik} c4 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. d6 exd6 23. Qd5 $18)) 18. Qc2 Qd7 (
18... Nd6 {Ftacnik} 19. Bf4 O-O-O 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nf5 Rd7 22. Ra4 $16) 19.
Bf4 Bh6 (19... Nd6 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nf5 Qd7 22. Re2 O-O-O 23. Rae1
Re8 24. b4 $40) (19... Qxd5 $2 {Blatny,P} 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Qd3 $18) 20. Ng6 $1
$18 Rg8 (20... fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kd8 (21... Kf8 22. Bxh6+ Rxh6 23. Qxh6+ $18) 22.
Bxh6 Qg4 (22... Nd6 {Blatny,P +/-/+- _|_}) 23. Qf7 $18 (23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. Bf4
Kd7 25. Re6 $18)) (20... Bxf4 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxh8 Bd6 22. Qh7 $18) 21. Nxe7 Nxe7
22. d6 (22. d6 {Ftacnik} Bxf4 23. Rxe7+ Qxe7 24. dxe7 $18 (24. dxe7 {Blatny,P}
Be5 25. f4 Bd6 (25... Bxf4 26. Qe4 $18) 26. Re1 $1 (26. Qa4+ Kxe7 27. Re1+ Kf8
28. Qc6 Rd8) 26... b5 $8 27. Qe4 Rc8 28. Qb7 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 Qc7 (
7... e6 8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 Qc7 10. d5 O-O-O 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Qc1
Rhg8 $13 {Kavalek-Larsen/Solingen/1970}) 8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 {/\d5} O-O-O 10. Be3
$6 (10. d5 e5 11. Be3 Kb8 12. Nh4 (12. dxc6 Nc5) 12... Bg6 $13) (10. Qa4 Kb8
11. Be3) 10... e6 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. b4 (12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. d5 c5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Rd2 e5 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. Qa5 Nc8 $15 {Martinovic-Ciric/Yugoslavia/1973}) 12...
Rg8 $1 13. Kh1 Be4 14. Ne1 Nb6 15. Qb3 e5 $1 $15 16. Rd1 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxb4 $6
(17... c5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 (20. Qxd1 Qf4 $15) 20... Qf4 $15
) 18. f3 $6 (18. Qxb4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 c5 20. Qd2 {Larsen/Kavalek} (20. Qxb6 $1
Bxg2+ 21. Nxg2 axb6 22. Rd5)) 18... Bg6 19. Nc2 Be7 20. c5 Nd5 21. Nb4 Nxb4 22.
Qxb4 Rd5 23. Bf2 Rh5 24. f4 Rf5 25. g3 Rd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Bf3 Rd8 $2 (27...
Be4) 28. Re1 (28. f5 $1 Bxf5 29. g4 $18 {/\30.Lg3}) 28... Bf8 $2 29. Qd4 $2 (
29. f5 $1) 29... Be4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Qxf6 {Kavalek offered a draw.} Re8 32.
Bd4 Qd7 33. Rc1 $2 $138 (33. Be3 $142) 33... e3 $1 34. c6 bxc6 35. Kg1 e2 36.
Kf2 Bb4 37. Be5+ Kb7 38. Bc3 (38. Kxe2 $2 Qd2+) 38... Bc5+ 39. Kf3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Qc7 $5 (6... Bf5)
7. g3 h5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 (9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O h4 11. Qd3 hxg3 12. fxg3 e6 13.
Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nh4 f5 16. Rae1 O-O-O $13 {Bauer,T-Hickl,J/GER/1986/}
) 9... Bxf3 $6 (9... Be6 10. Bf4 (10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Qe2 Bh6 13. Bxh6
Rxh6 $13) 10... Qd7) 10. Qxf3 h4 $6 (10... Bh6 $142 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Bg2 (12.
h4 Nd7 13. Bg2 e6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. b4 f5 $132) 12... Nd7 13. O-O h4) 11. Bf4
Qa5 12. Bc4 hxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14. O-O-O $16 Nb6 15. Bb3 Qb5 $2 (15... e6 $16)
16. d5 $1 $18 cxd5 17. Bc7 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. Rxd5 Qc6 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ba5
e6 22. Rd4 Qc6 23. Qd1 f5 24. Re1 b6 25. Bb4 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. g4 fxg4 28.
Qxg4 Rg8 29. Qh4 Ke8 30. Red1 Qc7 31. Qh7 Rf8 32. Qd3 Rc8 33. Qb5+ Qc6 34. Rd8+
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Bd3 Qxb2
8. Ne2 Qb4+ 9. c3 Qa5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb1 Bxd3 12. Qxb7 $1 Bg7 13. Qxa8 O-O 14.
Rfb1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nd7 16. Qxc6 Qxa2 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Qb7 Re8 20. h3
Bg5 21. c4 Nxc4 22. Qd5 Rc8 23. h4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Qe2 $2 (24... Qa6 25. Bh6 Nd6
$11) 25. Bh6 $18 f5 26. Qb7 Re8 27. Qb5 Rc8 28. d5 Qg4 29. Qd7 Ra8 30. Qc6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch01 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Annotator "Levenfish,G/Primel"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1920.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {LEVENFISCH: "I arrived from Petrograd on the day before the first
round and was billeted in an unheated room of a military training hostel. For
our meals we were temporarily included amongst the military trainees. The
hunger and destruction caused by the intervention and the civil war could be
felt at every step, and the food was more than modest"} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 (5... exf6 {l'alternative jouйe rйguliиrement а
l'йpoque par TARTAKOWER} 6. Nf3 (6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rh7]}
Re8+ (8... g6 9. Ne2 Re8 10. h4 $40 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 9. Ne2 Kh8 {Forgacs,
L-Duras,O St Petersburg 1909 0-1}) 6... Bd6 {Teichmann,R-Tartakower,S Karlsbad
1911 (14) 1-0}) 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Ne2 Na6 (8... e6) 9. Bxa6 Qa5+ 10. Qd2
(10. c3 Qxa6 11. Qb3 O-O-O) 10... Qxa6 11. O-O e6 12. Ng3 O-O-O $132 {[%cal
Gd8d2]} 13. Qc3 h5 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4]} 14. Rfe1 Qa4 (14... h4 15. Nf1
h3 $36) 15. Re2 h4 16. Nf1 Qb5 (16... h3) 17. Qe1 h3 $36 18. g3 Bh5 19. Rd2
Qxb2 20. c4 Qa3 21. c5 Bg6 22. Qe2 Be4 23. f3 Bd5 24. Rb2 Bg7 25. Rab1 Rd7 26.
Nd2 f5 27. Kf2 f4 28. gxf4 Bf6 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Rg8 31. Rb3 Rg2+ 32. Kf3
Qa5 33. Qd3 Qxa2 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga2g2]} (33... Qd8 34. Qa6 $1 {[%cal Gb3b8]
LEVENFISH} Qh8 (34... bxa6 35. Rb8+ Kc7 36. R1b7#)) 34. e5 Rg3+ $4 {L'anecdote
est celиbre et aprиs 33. Qa2 LEVENFISH s'est levй pour marcher un peu. Il a
alors croisй ALEKHINE qui lui a dit: "Qg2 et mat?" Revenu s'assoir et
influencй par le futur Champion du Monde, LEVENFISH a lors jouй а tempo Rg3} (
34... Bh4 $19 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Gg2g3,Ga2g2]}) (34... Rxh2 {[%cal Ga2g2]} 35.
Rg1) 35. hxg3 Qg2+ 36. Kg4 Rd8 37. Qh7 Rh8 38. Qxh8+ Bxh8 39. Rxb7 Qe2+ 40. Kh4
Qa6 41. Rb8+ Kc7 42. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Pezerovic, Edin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 {This variation gives
rise to sharp, complex positions, usually with kings on the opposite sides.} 6.
c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2 {is the sharp main line}) 7... e6 8. g3 {The B is a good
defender on g2, and Black has no real counterplay on the g <->.} Bd6 (8... Bg7)
(8... Qd5 $5) 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nh4 {White wants to make profit from the
vulnerable B on f5.} Bg6 11. Bg2 Qe7 $6 (11... Qc7 {is more to the point.}) 12.
O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Rhe8 14. Be3 {Soon or later White will begin his march of
the << pawns.} Nb6 (14... Kb8 $6 15. b4 $1 {/\ b5 opening uo the lines and
especially the long /^ for the B.} f5 16. b5 c5 17. Qf3 $1 Nf6 18. Nxg6 hxg6
19. dxc5 Be5 20. Bg5 {1:0 Slobodjan-Doeres, Pyramiden Franken Cup 1998}) 15. c4
Bc7 16. Rad1 $14 {with prospects of an assault on the <<.}) 9... Nd7 (9... Be4
$2 {loses vital tempi.} 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Nd7 11. Re1 f5 $2 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg2
13. Qh5 $1 {1:0 Wells-Nestrovic, Harkany op 1994}) 11. Re1 f5 12. Nh4 $1 Rg8 (
12... Bxg2 $2 {is met by the zwischenzug} 13. Nxf5 $1 $18) 13. Bxe4 Qxh4 14.
Bxf5 Nd7 15. Bxe6 $1 {destroying Black's defensive line.} O-O-O (15... fxe6 16.
Rxe6+ Be7 17. Qe2 Kd8 18. Kh1 $18 {with three pawns for the piece and a
devastating ->.}) 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qf3 $18 {A.Ivanov-Metrick, New York op
1997}) 10. Nh4 (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8
15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Kg7 19. f4 f5 {The B on g6 is
walled up.} 20. Bf3 $14 {Pribyl-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) (10. O-O Qc7 (
10... Bg4 11. Re1 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rg8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rb1 {The black K
cannot find a safe place on the board.} f5 16. c4 Rg6 17. c5 Be7 18. Bf4 $16 {
and Black is pushed to the wall, De Firmian-Henriksson, Rilton Cup op 1993.})
11. Re1 (11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. c4 h4 15. c5 {just in time!
Otherwise the threat of taking on g3 would be fatal.} Be7 16. Qa4 $16 {
Arnason-Christiansen, Lone Pine 1980}) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 {/\ b5 opening up
the long /^.} (12. c4 c5) 12... e5 13. a4 h5 14. b5 c5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. a5 {
/\ b6 opening lines against the K.} f5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. b6 $1 $16 {
Gallagher-Lematschko, SWZ-chT 1991}) 10... Bg6 11. Bh6 (11. O-O O-O (11... Qc7
12. Re1 (12. c4 O-O 13. d5 Rfe8 14. f4 f5 15. b3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Be7 17. Be3 exd5
18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxd5 Bc5 $11 {King-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) 12... O-O-O
13. b4 {is the standard << ->.} Nb6 14. Qf3 {The battery on the long /^ is
effective.} Be7 15. a4 Nd5 16. b5 f5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qc3 $16 {Gallagher-Bex,
Ticino op 1990}) 12. c4 Re8 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 e5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 {Black has built up a successful blockade on the dark squares.}
18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rac8 $11 {Seibold-Pezerovic, Obrliga Bayern 1997}) 11...
f5 (11... Qc7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. b4 (13. f4 f5 14. b4 {- 13.b4}) 13... f5 (13...
Kb8 14. Qe2 e5 15. b5 $36) 14. f4 (14. Qe2 f4 15. b5 c5) 14... Be7 15. Nf3 Bh5
$13) 12. O-O Nf6 $2 (12... Qc7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. f4 (14. b4 f4) 14... Rhg8 15.
b4 Be7 16. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 13. Qb3 $1 $16 {Now Black has problems to defend >< b7.
} Rb8 (13... Qc7 $4 {loses outright:} 14. Bg7 $18) 14. Rfe1 ({Crisper was} 14.
Bg5 $1 Bh5 (14... h6 $4 15. Nxg6 $18) 15. Rfe1 h6 (15... Rg8 16. f4 $16) 16.
Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Qe7 18. Qxf6 $16) 14... Ng4 $1 (14... Rg8 15. Bg5 Bh5
16. f4 $16) 15. Bg7 $5 {White continues his -> at any rate.} (15. Bd2 $14 {
was the solid, positional choice.}) 15... Rg8 {[#]} 16. Rxe6+ $5 (16. Nxg6 hxg6
$1 (16... Rxg7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. Rad1 Qc7 $14) 17. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6
18. Qxe6+ Qe7 19. Qxg8+ Kd7 {- 16.Rxe6}) (16. Be5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bc5 $13) 16...
Kd7 $6 (16... fxe6 17. Qxe6+ (17. Nxg6 $2 Rxg7 18. Qxe6+ Be7 $19) 17... Qe7 $1
18. Qxg8+ Kd7 19. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 20. Qh7 (20. Bf8 Rxf8 21. Qxg6 Rf6 22. Qg5 Qe2
23. Rf1 Be7 $15) 20... Qf7 $1 (20... Kc7 $2 21. h3) 21. h3 (21. f3 Nf6 22. Qh6
Ng8 $11) 21... Nf6 $1 (21... Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Rg8 23. Qh6 (23. d5 Rxg7 24. dxc6+
bxc6 25. Qh4 f4 26. gxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Rd1+ Kc7 $14 {and despite of
the ^- White retains the better chances because of his extra P.}) 23... Rxg7
24. Qe3 f4 25. gxf4 Qxf4+ (25... Bxf4 26. Qf3) 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 $14 {and the
position is far from a dead draw until the rooks are on the board.}) 22. Qh6
Ng8 23. Qh8 Ne7 24. Qh6 Ng8 $11) 17. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 18. Qa3+ Kc7 (18... Kd7 $2
19. Be5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 $40) 19. Re1 Re8 (19... Rxg7 $2 20. Re7+ $1 Kc8 21. Qc5
$1 (21. Bxc6 Rg8 $1 {This is an extremely cold-blooded defensive move! Other
tries fail to impress:} (21... Nf6 $2 22. Bb5 $18) (21... Qb6 22. Bd7+ Kd8 23.
Nxf5 Nf6 24. Re8+ $1 Kc7 25. Rxb8 Nxd7 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27. Nxg7 Qf6 28. Ne8 Qe6
29. Qb3+ $16) 22. Bd7+ (22. Qc5 Qb6) 22... Qxd7 $1 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Qxa7 Rge8
$13) 21... Nf6 (21... Rg8 $2 22. Nxf5 $18) 22. Nxf5 $1 Bxf5 (22... Nd7 $2 23.
Nd6+ Kc7 24. Nxb7 $1 $18) 23. Bxc6 $1 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 $16) (19... Rc8 $2 20. f3
Rxg7 21. fxg4 Kb8 (21... fxg4 22. Bxc6 $1 $18) 22. gxf5 $18) 20. Rd1 (20. Qa5+
$6 Kd7 $1 $15 {Other continuations are inferior:} (20... Kc8 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 (
21... Kxd8 $2 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. h3 $18) 22. f3 Rg8 23. fxg4 Rxg7 24. gxf5 $16)
(20... b6 21. Qxa7+ Rb7 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qa6 $14)) 20... Qe7 $2 (20... Rg8 $1
{is a move which is not easy to find!} 21. Be5+ (21. Re1 Re8 $11) 21... Nxe5
22. Qa5+ Kc8 23. Qxe5 $44 {and White has already more than sufficient
compensation for the exchange.}) 21. Qa5+ $1 Kc8 (21... b6 22. Qxa7+ Rb7 23.
Qa4 $16) 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. Ne3 Be4 (24... Ra8 25. d5 cxd5 26. Nxd5
$18) 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Be5 $18 {and White has a lot of pawns and an -> for the
exchange.} Nd6 27. Qxa7 Kd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. d5 c5 30. Nc4 Qa6 31. Qxc5 {
White has already four pawns for the exchange.} b5 32. Ne3 Qb6 33. Qb4 h5 34.
Qf4 Qg6 35. c4 bxc4 36. Nxc4 Rb4 37. Ne5+ Rxe5 38. Qxb4 Qc2 39. Qb7+ Kd8 40.
Qb6+ Kd7 41. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Qd5 $5 (6... Bf5
{is more popular.} 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2 {is the sharp main line}) 7... e6 8. g3 {
The B is a good defender on g2, and Black has no real counterplay on the g <->.
} Bd6 (8... Bg7) (8... Qd5 $5) 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nh4 {White wants to make
profit from the vulnerable B on f5.} Bg6 11. Bg2 Qc7 {is more to the point.} (
11... Qe7 $6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Rhe8 14. Be3 {Soon or later White will
begin his march of the << pawns.} Nb6 (14... Kb8 $6 15. b4 $1 {/\ b5 opening
uo the lines and especially the long /^ for the B.} f5 16. b5 c5 17. Qf3 $1 Nf6
18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. dxc5 Be5 20. Bg5 {1:0 Slobodjan-Doeres, Pyramiden Franken
Cup 1998}) 15. c4 Bc7 16. Rad1 $14 {with prospects of an assault on the <<.}))
9... Nd7 (9... Be4 $2 {loses vital tempi.} 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Nd7 11. Re1 f5 $2
12. Ng5 $1 Bxg2 13. Qh5 $1 {1:0 Wells-Nestrovic, Harkany op 1994}) 11. Re1 f5
12. Nh4 $1 Rg8 (12... Bxg2 $2 {is met by the zwischenzug} 13. Nxf5 $1 $18) 13.
Bxe4 Qxh4 14. Bxf5 Nd7 15. Bxe6 $1 {destroying Black's defensive line.} O-O-O (
15... fxe6 16. Rxe6+ Be7 17. Qe2 Kd8 18. Kh1 $18 {with three pawns for the
piece and a devastating ->.}) 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qf3 $18 {A.Ivanov-Metrick,
New York op 1997}) 10. Nh4 (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Bh6 Rfe8
14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Kg7 19. f4 f5 {
The B on g6 is walled up.} 20. Bf3 $14 {Pribyl-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) (
10. O-O Qc7 (10... Bg4 11. Re1 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rg8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rb1
{The black K cannot find a safe place on the board.} f5 16. c4 Rg6 17. c5 Be7
18. Bf4 $16 {and Black is pushed to the wall, De Firmian-Henriksson, Rilton
Cup op 1993.}) 11. Re1 (11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. c4 h4 15. c5 {
just in time! Otherwise the threat of taking on g3 would be fatal.} Be7 16. Qa4
$16 {Arnason-Christiansen, Lone Pine 1980}) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 {/\ b5 opening
up the long /^.} (12. c4 c5) 12... e5 13. a4 h5 14. b5 c5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. a5 {
/\ b6 opening lines against the K.} f5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. b6 $1 $16 {
Gallagher-Lematschko, SWZ-chT 1991}) 10... Bg6 11. Bh6 (11. O-O O-O (11... Qc7
12. Re1 (12. c4 O-O 13. d5 Rfe8 14. f4 f5 15. b3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Be7 17. Be3 exd5
18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxd5 Bc5 $11 {King-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) 12... O-O-O
13. b4 {is the standard << ->.} Nb6 14. Qf3 {The battery on the long /^ is
effective.} Be7 15. a4 Nd5 16. b5 f5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qc3 $16 {Gallagher-Bex,
Ticino op 1990}) 12. c4 Re8 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 e5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 {Black has built up a successful blockade on the dark squares.}
18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rac8 $11 {Seibold-Pezerovic, Obrliga Bayern 1997}) 11...
Qc7 (11... f5 12. O-O Qc7 (12... Nf6 $2 13. Qb3 $1 $16 {Now Black has problems
to defend >< b7, W.Watson-Pezerovic, Germany 2000 CBM 76.}) 13. Re1 O-O-O 14.
f4 (14. b4 f4) 14... Rhg8 15. b4 Be7 16. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 12. O-O O-O-O 13. b4 (13.
f4 f5 14. b4 {- 13.b4}) 13... f5 (13... Kb8 14. Qe2 e5 15. b5 $36) 14. f4 (14.
Qe2 f4 15. b5 c5) 14... Be7 15. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 7. Ne2 (7. Qb3 {doesn't look very
aggressive.} e6 (7... Qe4+ {Now White will gain some tempi chasing the Q.} 8.
Ne2 (8. Be3 Bh6 9. Kd2 Qh4 $5 $132 (9... Bxe3+ 10. fxe3 $14 {Turov-Eliseev, St
Petersburg 1998})) 8... Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Ng3 Qg6 11. c4 f5 12. Bd3 Bg7 13.
O-O-O O-O 14. Qc2 $16 {Leonhardt-Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad 1907}) 8. Ne2 Qxb3 9.
axb3 Bd6 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. Be2 f5 $11 (11... Bc7 12. Bf3 Ke7 13. Bd2 $14 {
Leonhardt-Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad 1911})) (7. Be3 {White can wait with the
development of this B, it is not impressive on e3 either.} Bf5 (7... Rg8 {
This is not so necessary, there are no real threats on the g <->.} 8. Ne2 (8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Qb3 {The exchange of Q helps Black.} (9. g3 Nb6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bg2
e5 {Black has a dangerous counterplay in the [+].} (11... O-O-O $5) 12. dxe5
fxe5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. O-O f6 $15 {Ristic-Pasman,
Groningen 1977}) 9... Nb6 10. c4 Qh5 11. O-O-O Bh6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qb4 O-O-O
14. b3 Rd7 $13 {Kagan-Basman, Birmingham 1977}) 8... Bg4 9. Qc2 (9. h3 Bxe2 10.
Qxe2 {^^} e6 11. Qd2 (11. O-O-O $6 {is too light-hearted.} Qxa2 12. Qh5 h6 $15
{Filipovic-Bukic, Banja Luka 1983}) 11... Nd7 12. c4 $14) 9... Bf5 10. Qd2 Na6
11. Ng3 Bg6 12. b4 e5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 $16 {with a much better P structure,
Kudrin-Josenhans, Philadelphia 1992.}) 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Nf4 Qd6 10. Bd3 Bg6 11.
Ne2 {This is not a very straightforward plan...} (11. Qb3 Nb6) 11... O-O-O 12.
O-O Ne5 $5 $132 {M.Pavlovic-Efimov, Lido Estensi 2003}) (7. Nf3 Bf5 (7... Bg4
8. Be2 $14) 8. Be3 Nd7 $13) (7. c4 $142 Qe4+ 8. Be3 {The black Q is only
developed piece in the black camp...} e5 9. Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 (10. Bd2 Na6 $13 {
Mack-McDonald Ross, Birmingham 2001}) 10... f5 $5 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 {^^}
Bf5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. f3 $16 {Karatorossian,D-Pinto,M/Budapest 1997}) 11. Rg1 (
11. a3 $4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f4) 11... Rg8 (11... f4 $2 12. Bd3 $16) 12. a3 Bxc3+
13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Rxg2 15. Kd2 Rxg1 16. Qxg1 $14 {with a big lead of
development for White.}) 7... e5 $1 (7... Nd7 8. Nf4 Qa5 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bh6
11. O-O Bxf4 12. Bxf4 $16 {with an active ^^, Gaprindashvili-A.Grinfeld,
Tbilisi 1979.}) (7... Bf5 8. Nf4 Qd6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bc4 e6 11. Nh5 Nd7 12. Bf4
$14 {and White has won a lot of tempi chasing the black Q, L.Kovacs-Pinto,
Budapest 1997}) 8. Be3 (8. Qb3 {is too modest.} Qxb3 9. axb3 Be6 10. b4 Nd7 11.
Be3 a6 12. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 A.Sokolov-Seirawan, Rotterdam 1989}) 8... Be6 (8... Bg4
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Rg8 12. Qh5 $14 {Black has weaknesses on the
>>, and the ^^ may also work well, Tangelder-Wortel, Leiden 1998.}) 9. f4 $5 (
9. Qc2 Nd7 10. a3 {/\ 0-0-0} O-O-O 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Rxd1+
14. Kxd1 fxe5 {The _|_ cannot pose a serious problem for Black.} 15. Ng3 f5 16.
Bd3 e4 17. Be2 c5 18. Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Spassky-Seirawan, Barcelona 1989}) 9... Nd7
(9... e4 $5 {deserved attention as well.} 10. Ng3 (10. f5 Qxf5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12.
g3 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Nd7 $44) (10. b3 f5 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bc3 Rg8 $13)
10... f5 11. Qb3 (11. b3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ Kd8) 11... Qxb3
12. axb3 Nd7 13. b4 Nb6 $11 {Now White cannot advance his pawns on the <<.})
10. dxe5 (10. Ng3 Bh6 $1 11. Qd2 exd4 12. Bxd4 O-O-O $132) 10... fxe5 11. Qxd5
Bxd5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf4 Be4 {White's P structure is a bit better, but the
active black pieces fully compensate this.} 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O (15. Bxa7 {
There is no time for hunting pawns.} Bh6 16. Rf1 $5 (16. O-O Rd2 $132) (16. Be3
Rhe8 17. O-O Bd3 $44) 16... Rhe8 17. Rd1 Bd3 $1 $44 {and the K feels himself
uncomfortably in the [+].}) 15... Bh6 16. Bd4 (16. Bxa7 Rd2 $44) 16... Rhe8 17.
Nh5 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Rxf7 {White has won a P, but his pieces lack harmony.
} (19. Bxa7 c5 $1 20. Rxf7 (20. Rf5 Re2 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5+ Kb8 23. Kh1
Rxb2 $44) 20... Be3+ 21. Kf1 Bc1 $132) 19... c5 $1 {The black pieces become
more and more active.} 20. Bf6 (20. Rxh7 Bc1 21. Bf2 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Nxf2 23. Kxf2
Rd2+ 24. Kf3 Rc2 25. Nf4 Rxc3+ 26. Kg4 Rg8+ 27. Kf5 Rf8+ 28. Kg5 Rc2 $132)
20... Rd5 (20... Rd7 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 $44) 21. Ng7 (21. g4 $5 Rg8 22. Ng3 Rd7 (
22... Rxg4 23. Rxh7 Bc1 24. b3 Rf4 25. c4 $14) 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. h3 Ke6 25. Rf1
Nxb2 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Be7 Nd3 $11) 21... Re2 22. Bh4 Nc1 (22... Bxg7 23. Rxg7
Rd7 $44 {and the penetration on the second rank is annoying.}) 23. Rf8+ Kd7 24.
Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 (7.
Ne2 {is the sharp main line}) 7... Nd7 (7... e6 8. g3 {The B is a good
defender on g2, and Black has no real counterplay on the g <->.} Bd6 (8... Bg7)
(8... Qd5 $5) 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nh4 {White wants to make profit from the
vulnerable B on f5.} Bg6 11. Bg2 Qc7 {is more to the point.} (11... Qe7 $6 12.
O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Rhe8 14. Be3 {Soon or later White will begin his march of
the << pawns.} Nb6 (14... Kb8 $6 15. b4 $1 {/\ b5 opening uo the lines and
especially the long /^ for the B.} f5 16. b5 c5 17. Qf3 $1 Nf6 18. Nxg6 hxg6
19. dxc5 Be5 20. Bg5 {1-0 Slobodjan-Doeres, Pyramiden Franken Cup 1998}) 15. c4
Bc7 16. Rad1 $14 {with prospects of an assault on the <<.})) 9... Nd7 (9... Be4
$2 {loses vital tempi.} 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Nd7 11. Re1 f5 $2 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg2
13. Qh5 $1 {1-0 Wells-Nestrovic, Harkany op 1994}) 11. Re1 f5 12. Nh4 $1 Rg8 (
12... Bxg2 $2 {is met by the zwischenzug} 13. Nxf5 $1 $18) 13. Bxe4 Qxh4 14.
Bxf5 Nd7 15. Bxe6 $1 {destroying Black's defensive line.} O-O-O (15... fxe6 16.
Rxe6+ Be7 17. Qe2 Kd8 18. Kh1 $18 {with three pawns for the piece and a
devastating ->.}) 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qf3 $18 {A.Ivanov-Metrick, New York op
1997}) 10. Nh4 (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8
15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Kg7 19. f4 f5 {The B on g6 is
walled up.} 20. Bf3 $14 {Pribyl-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) (10. O-O Qc7 (
10... Bg4 11. Re1 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rg8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rb1 {The black K
cannot find a safe place on the board.} f5 16. c4 Rg6 17. c5 Be7 18. Bf4 $16 {
and Black is pushed to the wall, De Firmian-Henriksson, Rilton Cup op 1993.})
11. Re1 (11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. c4 h4 15. c5 {just in time!
Otherwise the threat of taking on g3 would be fatal.} Be7 16. Qa4 $16 {
Arnason-Christiansen, Lone Pine 1980}) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 {/\ b5 opening up
the long /^.} (12. c4 c5) 12... e5 13. a4 h5 14. b5 c5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. a5 {
/\ b6 opening lines against the K.} f5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. b6 $1 $16 {
Gallagher-Lematschko, SWZ-chT 1991}) 10... Bg6 11. Bh6 (11. O-O O-O (11... Qc7
12. Re1 (12. c4 O-O 13. d5 Rfe8 14. f4 f5 {The B is entombbed, but the N is
also pathetic on f5.} 15. b3 (15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Be3) 15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Be7
17. Be3 exd5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxd5 Bc5 $11 {King-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995})
12... O-O-O 13. b4 {is the standard << ->.} Nb6 14. Qf3 {The battery on the
long /^ is effective.} Be7 15. a4 Nd5 16. b5 f5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qc3 $16 {
Gallagher-Bex, Ticino op 1990}) 12. c4 Re8 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 e5 15. f4 exf4
16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 {Black has built up a successful blockade on the
dark squares.} 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rac8 $11 {Seibold-Pezerovic, Obrliga
Bayern 1997}) 11... Qc7 (11... f5 12. O-O Qc7 (12... Nf6 $2 13. Qb3 $1 $16 {
Now Black has problems to defend >< b7, W.Watson-Pezerovic, Germany 2000 CBM
76.}) 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. f4 (14. b4 f4) 14... Rhg8 15. b4 Be7 16. Nf3 Bh5 $13)
12. O-O O-O-O 13. b4 (13. f4 f5 14. b4 {- 13.b4}) 13... f5 (13... Kb8 14. Qe2
e5 15. b5 $36) 14. f4 (14. Qe2 f4 15. b5 c5) 14... Be7 15. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 8. Qb3
(8. g3 Nb6 {/\ Qd7, Bh3, 0-0-0} (8... Qa5 9. Qe2 {/\ Bg2, 0-0} (9. Bg2 Qa6 {
This is the point, Black is fighting against 0-0.} 10. Bf1 (10. Nh4 $6 Bd3 11.
b3 e5 $1 $132 (11... e6 {is passive.} 12. c4 {(P.Popovic-Damljanovic, Novi Sad
1985)} Bg6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Be3 $14)) (10. Be3 e6 11. Bf1 Qa5 12. Nh4 Be4 13.
f3 Bg6 14. Be2 {Now White's position is not so harmonious.} O-O-O 15. Kf2 Bd6
16. b4 Qc7 17. b5 c5 $13 {Y.Gruenfeld-Pasman, Israel 2003}) 10... Qa5 {is a
repetition of moves.} 11. Qe2 Qd5 12. Bg2 Qe4 13. Be3 Qd3 14. Nh4 Qxe2+ 15.
Kxe2 Bg4+ 16. f3 Be6 17. f4 Nb6 18. f5 Bc4+ 19. Kf2 Bd5 20. b3 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 e6
22. Rhe1 $14 {and there are defects in the black P structure, Luther-Bronstein,
Gausdal 1994.}) 9... O-O-O (9... Qd5 {see the aforementioned Luther-Bronstein
game.}) 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O Rhe8 {/\ e5} 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. a4 {/\ b4 advancing
the pawns against the black K.} e5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qc4 {White's ^^ is strong,
especially the fianchettoed B.} Re6 16. b4 Qc7 17. a5 $36 {Arnason-Chandler,
Brighton 1981}) (8... Qb6 9. Qe2 (9. Bg2 Qa6 {- 8...Qa5}) 9... O-O-O 10. Bg2
Qb5 11. Qxb5 (11. c4 $6 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 (12. Nd2 h5 $132) 12... Qxb2 {Black can
bravely take the "poisoned" pawn.} 13. O-O Qa3 14. Rfc1 e5 $15 {
Timoshenko-Anic, Biel 1994}) 11... cxb5 {The _|_ is a bit better for White
because of the two doubled pawns.} 12. a4 (12. Nh4 Bc2 13. Bd2 Bg6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. h4 (15. Ke2 Bh6 16. f4 $14) 15... Bh6 16. Bxh6 (16. f4 $5) 16... Rxh6
17. O-O-O Nb6 $14) 12... bxa4 13. Rxa4 Kb8 14. Bf4+ $16 {Wells-Anic, Budapest
1993}) (8... Be4 $5 {/\ f5 strengthening the centralized B.} 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O
Bg7 11. Re1 f5 $14 {Dolmatov}) 9. Bg2 (9. Nh4 $5 {disturbing Black's plan
looks interesting.}) 9... Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O (10... h5 $2 11. a4 $1 $16 {
- Campora-Morozevich, Moscow ol 1994 CBM 45}) (10... Bh3 {It is logical to
exchange the strong fianchettoed B.} 11. Bxh3 (11. a4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 h5 (12...
Nd5 13. c4 Nc7 14. b4 {White comes first on the <<.} a6 15. Bf4 Bg7 16. Qd2 O-O
17. a5 Rad8 18. Rad1 e6 19. Rfe1 $14 {Milovanovic-Campora, Tuzla 1983}) 13. h4
Bh6 14. c4 $1 (14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 b6 16. c4 Nc7 $13) 14... O-O-O 15. Qe2 Kb8 16.
Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Rad1 Rg6 18. a5 Nc8 19. d5 $14 {and White grabs the |^ in the [+]
, Morovic Fernandez-Campora, Ponferrada 1992.}) 11... Qxh3 12. a4 {/\ a5,
c4-d5.} Qh5 (12... Qd7 13. a5 Nc8 $14) (12... Qf5 13. a5 Nd5 14. c4 Nc7 15. Bf4
Na6 16. d5 $14 {Glek-D.Roos, Germany 1993}) (12... h5 13. a5 Nd5 14. Qb3 O-O-O
15. a6 {again White's -> comes first.} b6 16. c4 Nc7 17. d5 c5 (17... cxd5 18.
c5 b5 19. Nd4 $16) 18. Bf4 $16 {Sherzer-Filipovich, Philadelphia 2003}) 13. a5
Nc4 (13... Nd5) 14. b3 Nd6 15. c4 e6 16. Ba3 {Black is deprived from long
castles.} Rd8 17. a6 b6 18. Qe2 Be7 19. Rfe1 $14 {P.Popovic-Korchnoi, Titograd
1984}) 11. a4 $1 Nd5 12. Bd2 (12. a5 h5) 12... Bh3 $142 {is the logical
continuation, the fianchettoed B is strong in attack and defence as well.} (
12... e6 $2 13. Re1 $16 {Fernandez Romero-Campora, Dos Hermanas 2005 CBM 107}))
(8. Bf4) 8... Nb6 (8... Qb6 9. Bf4 {White has a slight egde in case of
exchange of queens.} e6 10. Nd2 {/\ Nc4}) 9. a4 $1 (9. Be2 h5 10. a4 $1 $14 (
10. Nh4 Bg4 $13 {Thielemann-Goldberg, Triesen 2000})) 9... a5 {This weakens
the N's position on b6.} 10. Be2 e6 11. Bf4 {The /^ h2-b8 is of great
importance.} Be4 12. Bg3 (12. Nd2 $16) 12... h5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rad1 Rg8 15.
Rfe1 {[#]} f5 $2 {This allows White to attack.} (15... Rg7 $1 {was a good
preparatory move against what happened in the game.} 16. Nd2 (16. h4 f5 17. Nd2
Bd5 18. c4 f4 $1 $40) (16. Nh4 f5 17. Be5 Rg4 18. Nf3 Rg6 $13) 16... Bxg2 $1
17. Bxh5 Bh3 (17... Bd5 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 f5 (19... Bb4 20. Bf3) 20. Kf1 Bb4
21. Re5 Qf6 22. Bf3 f4 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nb6 $18) 18. Ne4 $14) 16. Ne5 $1 h4
17. Bh5 hxg3 $2 {This founders on tactics.} ({Still} 17... Rg7 {was required!}
18. Qxe6 hxg3 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Ng6+ Rxg6 21. Qxg6 gxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bh4+ 23. g3
Qf6 $13) 18. Rxe4 $2 ({missing the win after} 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 19. Bxg8 Bd5 20.
Qxb6 $1 $18) 18... gxf2+ $2 {giving back the favour...} (18... gxh2+ $1 {
and Black has still good practical chances in the sharp position.} 19. Kh1 Kf8
20. Bxf7 Rg7 21. Ree1 Qd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Be6 Nxa4 24. Rd2 f4 25. Kxh2 Bd6
$13) 19. Kxf2 Qd5 20. Bxf7+ Kf8 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rf4 {Now White simply wins
material and the game.} Rh8 (22... Rg5 23. h4 Rg7 24. Be6 $18) 23. Rxf5 Kg7 24.
Ng6 Bh4+ 25. g3 Bf6 26. Nxh8 Rxh8 27. Bh5 Nxa4 28. Kg1 b5 29. Rdf1 Rh6 30. R1f2
$18 (30. g4 Nxb2 31. Kh1 $1 $18 (31. g5 Bxd4+ $1 32. cxd4 Rxh5 $13)) 30... b4
31. g4 bxc3 32. g5 Bxd4 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. bxc3 Nxc3 35. Bf3 a4 36. Kf1 Bxf2
37. Kxf2 Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39. Rg8 c5 40. Ra8 c4 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Ra5 a3 43. h4
a2 44. h5 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Breahna, Radu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bucharest RGA"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest Electrica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1]} c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 (3. d4 {is the main theoretical line.})
3... dxe4 (3... Bg4 {is the other option leading to a complex middlegame.}) 4.
Nxe4 Nf6 {Black wants to play a 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6 gxf6
variation, where the N is already on f3. In some cases White is playing Ne2 in
these lines.} 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4 {Now it's a transposition to the 2.d4 main
lines, where White has no Ne2 moves anymore.} Bf5 (6... Bg4 $142) 7. g3 {
/\ Bg2, 0-0, Nh4 and later on c4 and in case breakthrough in the [+] by d4-d5
opening up the long /^ for the B.} e6 {Black has to react immediately against
White's setup.} ({Therefore the aggressive} 7... Qd5 $142 $5 {comes in
consideration.} 8. c3 (8. Bg2 $2 Qe4+) (8. Be3 $2 {is a blunder in view of}
Bxc2 $1 9. Qxc2 Qxf3 10. Rg1 (10. Qb3 Nd7) 10... e6 11. Bg2 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qh5
13. d5 exd5 (13... O-O $2 14. Qc4 $16 {R.Mainka-Wenner, GER-chT1997}) 14. Qb3
Na6 15. Bd2 (15. a3 $2 d4 $1) 15... Bxd2 16. Qxb7 O-O 17. Qxa6 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Bh6
$17) (8. Be2 $5 {looks rather sophysticated.} Bh3 9. Be3 e6 10. c4 {
(Ernst-Pirrot, Lugano 1987)} Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 Nd7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O $11) 8... Nd7 (8... h5 $6 {This hyperaggressive idea
cannot be good, Black has to finish his development first.} 9. Bg2 Be4 10. O-O
(10. h4 $6 {is an overcautious reaction weakening only White's >>.} e6 11. Qe2
(11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 f5 $13) 11... Qf5 12. Bf4 Bd3 13. Qe3 Nd7 $13 {
Schliestl-Loeffler, Austria 1996}) 10... e6 (10... h4 $6 {is not correct
because of} 11. Nxh4 Rxh4 12. f3 $1 $16) 11. c4 $1 $16) (8... Qe4+ 9. Be3 Bh6
10. Qe2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Nd7 12. Bg2 Qd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd3 14. Nh4 e6 15. e4 Ke7 16.
O-O-O $14 {Nevanlinna-Partanen, Helsinki 1988}) 9. Bg2 Qe4+ 10. Be3 Qd3 11.
Qxd3 Bxd3 12. O-O-O (12. Nd2 $5 {not allowing the pin on the long /^ deserves
attention.}) 12... Be4 13. Rhe1 e6 14. Bf4 Bd5 15. b3 b5 16. Kb2 O-O-O 17. Re3
Nb6 $13 {Zapata-Korchnoi, Titograd 1984}) (7... Nd7 8. Bg2 (8. Nh4 Be4 9. f3
Bg6 10. Bg2 e6) 8... e6 {- 7..e6 8.Bg2 Nd7}) 8. Bg2 Na6 (8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O
10. Nh4 Bg6 11. c4 Nd7 12. Be3 a5 13. d5 {This breakthrough is the main idea
of fianchettoing the B.} Ne5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qe2 $16 {Gelfand-P.Nikolic,
Sarajevo 1991}) (8... Nd7 9. O-O ({or first} 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. O-O Bd6 11. c4 Qc7
12. c5 {This weakens >< d5, but White wins a lot of tempi, and Black has no
time to place his N on d5.} Be7 13. b4 O-O 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bh6 Rfd8 {
(Schmittdiel-Kourkonakis, Gausdal 1990)} 16. f4 $1 $16) 9... Nb6 10. b3 {/\ c4}
Bg7 11. a4 (11. c4 $5) 11... a5 12. Ba3 ({or simply} 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Ba3 $36)
12... Bg4 13. Qd2 f5 14. Rad1 h5 {The opening of the h <-> is not a real
threat.} 15. c4 h4 16. Rfe1 $16 {Jansa-Brinck Claussen, Copenhagen1981}) 9. O-O
Qd7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. c4 O-O-O (11... Nc7 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qxb7 Rab8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Qc5 $16 {Leitao-Loureiro, Araraqua 1999}) 12.
Be3 $16 {White's ^^ focuses the <<, and soon a P storm will begin.} Kb8 (12...
Bd6 13. d5 $16) 13. Qe2 Nc7 (13... Bd6 14. Rad1 $16) 14. Rfd1 Bd6 {[#]} 15. b4
$1 {This is the typical positional P sacrifice in order to open the b <->
against the black K.} Bxb4 (15... f5 {allows the P march} 16. b5 cxb5 17. Qf3
Qc8 18. Rab1 $16 {>< b7}) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rab1 Be7 18. Qc2 (18. Qb2 {was
also devastating, for example:} b6 (18... Na6 19. d5 $1 {This is the typical
breakthrough here.} exd5 20. cxd5 $18) 19. c5 b5 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Ra1 {invading the a <->.} Kb7 23. Ra5 Nd5 (23... Ra8 24. Rxb5+ $18) 24. Rda1
Ra8 25. Qa3 $18) 18... Na6 (18... Ka8 19. Qa4 a6 (19... Na6 {- 18...Na6}) 20.
Rxb7 $1 {This is the final blow!} Kxb7 21. Rb1+ $18) 19. Qa4 Ka8 20. Rxb7 $1 {
destroying the last bastions of the black K!} Kxb7 21. Rb1+ Nb4 22. c5 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {Nowadays this move is rarely to be
seen in top tournaments. The usual choice is between 4...Bf5 and 4...Nd7.} 5.
Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 {As far as I know 6.c3 is considered to be the more precise
move, not allowing Black to develop his bishop to g4 so easily.} (6. c3 Qd5 $5
7. Ne2 (7. Be3 {is more flexible, keeping an option of developing the knight
to e2 or f3 according to circumstances.}) 7... e5 8. Be3 Be6 9. f4 $5 Nd7 10.
dxe5 fxe5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf4 Be4 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Bh6 16.
Bd4 Rhe8 17. Nh5 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Rxf7 c5 $1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S 
(2593)-Nisipeanu,L (2692)/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (24)}) 6... Bg4 (6... Bf5 $6 7.
Bd3 Bg6 8. Bf4 Na6 9. c3 Nc7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 $14 {1-0 Tiviakov,S (2674)
-Roelvaag,M (2196)/Helsingor 2009/CBM 131 Extra (60)}) 7. Be2 Qc7 {Nigel Short
had already played this position many years ago. The move in the text is aimed
at preventing the white bishop from being developed on f4, and at the same
time preparing queenside castling.} 8. Be3 (8. c4 e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. d5 $6 O-O-O
$1 11. dxe6 Ne5 12. Nd2 Bxe6 $15 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,M (2355)-Short,N (2510)/
Dortmund 1983/MCD (28)}) 8... Nd7 9. Nh4 {Normally White doesn't hurry with
this exchange.} ({One of the possible continuations is:} 9. Qd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O
e6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Kb8 {with
minimal advantage for White.}) 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e6 11. O-O-O O-O-O {Black
has little to worry about, the position is about equal.} 12. c4 Qa5 {[%csl Ra2]
} (12... Be7 {followed by 13...f5 is a possible plan as well.}) 13. Kb1 Nb6 14.
Qc2 Qh5 15. g3 Bh6 {Exchanges normally favour the side with less space, so
these moves are understandable.} 16. f4 Kb8 17. Rd2 {Black's queen doesn't
have many squares, but White doesn't have the necessary pieces to put it in
danger.} Rd7 18. Rhd1 Rc8 19. Qc3 Bg7 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 20. f5 {Looks like the
only attempt to make some progress, but now Black can achieve the exchange of
bishops.} Rcd8 21. b3 Bh6 (21... e5 22. Kc1 (22. dxe5 $2 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+
24. Kc2 fxe5 $15) 22... exd4 23. Rxd4 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 25. Kc2 {would lead
to a very similar position to that which occurs in the game later.}) 22. Kc2
Nc8 23. Bxh6 Qxh6 24. Re1 (24. Qf3 e5 $11) 24... e5 25. Red1 exd4 (25... e4 $6
{is risky, as the e-pawn has many more chances of becoming a weakness, rather
than a powerful factor.} 26. Re1 Re7 27. Rf2 $14 {[%cal Gc3e3]}) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4
27. Rxd4 Qf8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. Qd4 Nd6 31. g4 Kc7 32. Kd3 b6 33.
Qe3 Qd7 {White doesn't have a clear plan of improvement, so Sergey decided not
to torture his opponent, even though I think a draw is a bit premature.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 01st final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1948.09.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leningrad"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7
8. Be3 e6 9. c4 Nd7 10. Qb3 $146 (10. Nd2 Bxe2 {Taimanov,M-Flohr,S URS-ch16
Moscow 1948 (7) 1/2}) (10. O-O O-O-O 11. d5 Rg8) (10. d5 $5 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 O-O-O (12... exd5 $4 13. Bc5+) 13. dxe6 Nc5 14. O-O-O Nxe6 (14... fxe6
15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxe6+)) 10... O-O-O $11 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nd2 $1
{le K blanc est bien au centre} Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Be7 15. Rhd1 c5 16. Nb1 (16. d5
$5 exd5 17. cxd5 Rhg8 18. Nc4 {[%cal Gd5d6]} b5 19. d6 Bf8 20. Na3 {[%csl Rb5]}
) 16... Rhg8 17. g3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gb5]} Bxd4 20. Rxd4
Ne5 21. Rcd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb6] la finale est nettement meilleure
pour les blancs} f5 23. b3 (23. h3) 23... Ng4 24. f3 Nf6 25. Nb5 {[%csl Rf7]}
Ne8 26. Ke3 Rg6 27. Kf4 Rh6 28. Rd2 (28. h4) 28... Rg6 29. Ke5 Rg8 30. Rd4 Rg6
31. b4 Rh6 32. Rd2 Rg6 33. a3 h5 34. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Gh4] Les piиces blanches
sont trйs actives} Rh6 35. Rh4 (35. Nd6+ Nxd6 36. Kxd6 {[%cal Gd6e7]} Kd8 37.
Rh4 {[%csl Gd6,Rh5,Rh6][%cal Gg3g4]}) 35... Kd8 $6 (35... Kd7) 36. g4 (36. Nd6
$142) 36... fxg4 37. fxg4 Nf6 38. g5 Nd7+ 39. Kd6 {[%csl Gd6,Rd8]
Demonstration technique des blancs} Rh7 40. Nd4 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gd4e2,Ge2f4]}
Nf8 41. Nf3 (41. Ne2 $2 f6 $1) 41... Ng6 42. Re4 Ne7 43. Ke5 Rg7 44. h4 Rg6 45.
Nd4 Rg8 46. Nb5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb5d6]} Nf5 47. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 48. Rd4 $1 {
la pointe!} (48. Kxd6 $143 Re8) 48... Ke7 49. Rxd6 Rc8 50. Rxb6 Rxc4 51. Rxb7+
Kf8 52. g6 fxg6 53. a4 g5 54. a5 {Une superbe victoire des blancs!} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Skembris,S"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In 2009 I participated in a really nice tournament in Porto Mannu. There I
met some talented young players, among them Nils Grandelius. We played a few
blitz games and analysed together, and it was clear to me that Nils would soon
become a GM - and a strong one as well...} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Nf6 $5 {This sharp line was for many years my favourite line in the
Caro-Kann. You can see some of my games and experiences with it in an article
I wrote in CBM 136.} 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 $5 {This leads to very complicated and
unbalanced positions.} (5... exf6 {is less ambitious, but keeps a more healthy
pawn stucture.}) 6. c3 $5 {This is the most flexible continuation. More about
the alternatives can be seen in my article in CBM 136.} Bf5 $5 ({After} 6...
Nd7 7. g3 (7. Bd3 $5 Nb6 8. Ne2 $14) 7... Nb6 8. Bg2 h5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 $14 {
White has the better chances, eg} Be6 (10... Bf5 $5) 11. O-O Qd7 12. Kh2 O-O-O
13. a4 Bh6 (13... Nd5 $5) 14. a5 Nd5 $6 (14... Nc4 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nh4 $1 $14
) 15. c4 $16 {1-0 Wei,Y (2638)-Onischuk,V (2593)/Kocaeli 2014/CBM 162 Extra 
(35)}) 7. Nf3 Nd7 ({An interesting way is} 7... Qc7 $5 8. g3 $140 e5 9. Bg2 (9.
dxe5 fxe5 $132) 9... Nd7 10. O-O (10. Nh4 Be6 11. O-O (11. dxe5 O-O-O $5 $44 (
11... Nxe5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qd4 $14)) 11... h5 $5 (11... O-O-O 12. Qh5)) 10...
h5 $5 {with chances for both sides.}) 8. g3 $1 {The fianchettoed bishop will
defend White's king position after castling kingside, as well as help in the
attack against the black king after castling queenside.} Qc7 ({An original
idea is} 8... Qa5 $5 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 {X f1/a6} Nb6 10. Bg2 $140 Be6 $132) 9...
Qb5 (9... Qa6 $5) 10. Nh4 $6 (10. Qb3 $5 $36) 10... Bg6 $6 (10... Bd3 $5 $132)
11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 $14 {0-1 Gopal,G (2597)-Short,N (2658)/Caleta 2011/CBM
141 (44)}) 9. Bg2 e6 {This natural move isolates the bishop on f5 from the
queenside, after which it will be dangerous for Black to castle queenside.} (
9... e5 $5 10. Nh4 $140 $5 Be6 11. Qh5 (11. O-O h5) 11... exd4 $36) 10. Nh4 $5
{This strong move (which I proposed in my article) makes the black position
very difficult, as soon it will be difficult to get any active counterplay.}
Bg6 11. Bf4 (11. O-O Bd6 (11... O-O-O 12. a4 $1 $40) 12. Qe2 f5 13. Bg5 $1 $16
O-O (13... f4 14. Qg4 $18) 14. Rfe1 $16 {Kukk,R (2565)-Cuno,T (2526) ICCF
email 2004 1/2-1/2 (40)}) 11... Bd6 ({The last chance to play actively was} 
11... e5 $5 12. Bd2 (12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Bg5 f6) 12... O-O-O) 12. Bxd6 (12. Bh6
$5 O-O-O 13. O-O Kb8 14. a4 $40) 12... Qxd6 13. O-O (13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O Rhe8
15. Rfd1 $14) 13... f5 $146 {A novelty which does not change the evaluation of
the position. Black will have to defend passively for a long time.} (13... O-O
14. f4 f5 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qe2 h6 17. a4 $14) (13... O-O-O 14. f4 f5 15. Qe2
$14 (15. a4 $5)) 14. b4 $36 {Taking control of the dark squares.} (14. Qd2 O-O
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. a4 $14) 14... Nf6 (14... O-O 15. Qd2 $14) 15. a4 a6 ({
Another try was} 15... f4 16. Re1 {although White keeps a plus.}) 16. Re1 (16.
Nf3 Bh5) 16... O-O 17. a5 {In my opinion it was better to keep the option to
play b5, especially since the black bishop cannot participate in the fight on
the queenside.} ({For example} 17. Rc1) ({or} 17. Qc1) 17... Rad8 18. Qc1 Kg7 {
Black cannot do much more than wait.} 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Nc4 Rfe8 22.
Ra2 h6 23. Rae2 Bh5 24. Re3 Nf6 25. Ne5 Ng4 {The exchange of the knights makes
Black's defensive task a bit easier, but his position is still worse.} 26. Nxg4
Bxg4 27. Re5 Bh5 28. Bf1 {In order to improve his position White would have to
break the pawn structure, probably with g4.} ({A start in this direction could
be} 28. Qf4 $5 Qb8 $140 29. Kh1 Rd7 30. h3 {It could be a good start in this
direction.}) 28... Rd5 29. R5e3 Qe7 30. Bc4 Rdd8 31. Re5 Qg5 32. R1e3 ({After} 
32. f4 Qg4 33. Qe3 Qf3 {still nothing happens.}) 32... Bg6 33. Bb3 Rd6 34. h4
Qf6 35. Re1 Red8 36. Qf4 Bh5 37. Kh2 ({Here once more White had the chance to
prepare g4 with} 37. f3 $5) 37... Bg6 38. R1e3 h5 {I don't know if Black had
to play this unpositional move, as he completely gives up the control over the
black squares. Propably Li Chao wanted to meet the white plan with f3 and g4,
but to defend in this way he needs very good nerves!} 39. Re1 Bh7 40. Kg2 Qh6
41. Qg5+ (41. Qf3 $142) 41... Bg6 42. R5e3 R8d7 {After the black queen has
been blocked on the kingside White gets the chance to try an interesting idea.
He will use his king to attack the queenside pawns by going to b6, so Black
will be forced to reorganise his defensive setup.} 43. Kf1 Rd8 44. Ke2 R6d7 45.
Kd2 Rd6 46. Kc1 R6d7 47. Kb2 Rd6 48. Bc4 Re8 49. Kb3 Rd7 50. Bf1 $6 ({Here
after} 50. Qxh6+ $5 Kxh6 51. Be2 Kg7 52. Kc4 Rde7 53. Kc5 $16 {Black has a lot
of difficulties.}) 50... Qxg5 51. hxg5 Rh8 52. Bg2 (52. f4 h4 {and Black
breathes...}) 52... Rdd8 {Black goes on with the passive defence.} (52... h4 $5
) 53. Rh1 f6 54. gxf6+ {According to the engines' evaluation this offers White
a winning advantage.} (54. d5 $5 {gives good practical chances, for example}
fxg5 (54... e5 55. dxc6 bxc6 56. gxf6+ Kxf6 57. Bxc6 Rd2 58. f4 $14) (54...
cxd5 55. Rxe6 $16) 55. Rxe6 Bf7 56. Re7 Kf6 57. Rxb7 Rxd5 $1 58. Rxf7+ Kxf7 59.
Bxd5+ cxd5 60. b5 axb5 61. Kb4 $16) 54... Kxf6 55. Kc4 (55. Rh4 $5 $16) 55...
Ke7 56. Kc5 Bf7 57. Rh4 Kd7 58. Kb6 Kc8 59. Bf3 Kb8 60. Re1 Rh6 61. Re5 Rd6 62.
Kc5 Kc7 63. Re1 Rd8 64. c4 Rh7 65. Reh1 Rdh8 66. Rb1 Be8 67. Re1 Bd7 68. Re5
Rh6 69. d5 {Finally White tries to break the black position.} exd5 70. cxd5
cxd5 71. Bxd5 (71. Rxd5 $142) 71... b6+ 72. Kd4 ({After} 72. axb6+ Rxb6 {
Black can defend.}) 72... bxa5 73. bxa5 Rb8 74. Bc4 Rb2 75. Rc5+ (75. Ke3 $142
$5) 75... Kd6 76. Rd5+ Kc7 77. Rf4 $14 (77. f3 $5 Rg2 $140 78. Bd3 Rxg3 79. Ke3
Rg5 80. Kf4 $36) 77... Rc6 78. Rc5 $6 {Now eveything is clear and the position
is equal.} Rd2+ 79. Kc3 Rxc5 80. Kxd2 Rxa5 81. Bf7 Kd6 82. Rd4+ Ke7 83. Bxh5
Re5 84. g4 fxg4 85. Bxg4 Bxg4 86. Rxg4 a5 87. Kc3 Rf5 88. Ra4 Rxf2 89. Rxa5 $11
Rf3+ 90. Kb4 Rf4+ 91. Kb5 Rf5+ 92. Ka4 Rxa5+ 93. Kxa5 {It seems that White's
setup with g3 is the most critical one and Black needs to be very careful in
this line.} 1/2-1/2