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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД B57

Коды ЭШД

B54 B55 B56

B57

B58 B59 B60

B57

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Сицилианская защита (атака Созина): с 6...Фb6
EN: Classical Sicilian: Sozin with 6...Qb6

Ходы

1. e4 c5 2. Кf3 d6 3. d4 c:d4 4. К:d4 Кf6 5. Кc3 Кc6 6. Сc4

Дебюты

Сицилианская защита

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 {Judit played 9.f4 against Damljanovic in an earlier
round} a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. g4 $5 h6 12. f4 Be7 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Kb1 (14. h4 {
Boensch} Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Bb7 $13) 14... Rb8 15. Rc1 (15. h4 {Boensch} h5 $1)
15... Nd7 16. a3 Nc6 (16... Nxd3 $2 17. cxd3 Qd8 18. Na2 $16) 17. Na2 {
Otherwise b4 would be very strong} (17. Rhe1 {Boensch} b4 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5
Nce5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bd4 $13) 17... g5 $1 18. h4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Nde5 20. Rcg1
$6 (20. Bd2 $1 {Stopping b4 and intending 21.g5 h5 22.Rhf1 with counterplay}) (
20. Bd2 $5 {Boensch}) 20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 (21. cxd3 b4 $1 22. a4 e5 23. Be3 Be6
$17) 21... b4 $1 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Qc3 (23. Nxb4 Rxb4 $17 (23... Rxb4 {Boensch}
24. Rd1 Bb7 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Bxe4 28. Rh3 $15)) 23... Qxc3
24. Nxc3 e5 25. Bd2 Be6 26. Nc1 Kd7 $17 {White's weaknesses on the kingside
and his two bishops give Black a clear edge} 27. b3 a5 28. N1a2 $6 a4 $1 29.
Nxa4 Nxc2 30. Kxc2 Bxb3+ 31. Kd3 Bxa2 32. Nc3 Be6 $19 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Rxh1
35. Rxh1 Rg8 36. Rg1 Kc6 37. Be3 Bd8 38. Ra1 Bc8 39. Nd5 Bb7 40. Nb4+ Kd7 41.
Nd5 Ke6 42. Kc4 Bxg5 43. Ra7 Bxd5+ 44. exd5+ Kf6 45. Bb6 (45. Bxg5+ Kxg5 46.
Rxf7 Rc8+ 47. Kd3 Rc5 48. Ke4 Rc4+ 49. Ke3 Rd4) 45... Rc8+ 46. Kd3 Rb8 47. Ra6
Kf5 48. Bc7 e4+ 49. Kc4 Rc8 50. Rc6 Bf4 51. Kd4 Re8 0-1

[Event "Luzern"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch (Anand)} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nde2 (7. Nb3 {Boensch}) 7... e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Bg5 Rd8 (10...
Na5 {Boensch} 11. Kh1 Qc5 12. Bf4 b5 {remis: Wahls-Franco Luzern 1989}) 11. Kh1
Ne5 $6 (11... Na5 $14) (11... Na5 {Boensch}) 12. f4 Neg4 13. Qe1 $16 {Black's
threats are illusory} Qc5 14. Nc1 $1 {I have never seen a knight maneouvre to
d3 in the Sozin before,but the knight is extremely well placed there} h6 15.
Nd3 Qc7 (15... Qe3 16. Bh4 Qxe1 17. Raxe1 $16) 16. Bh4 Ne8 $8 17. Bg3 $1 a6 18.
Qe2 Ngf6 19. f5 exf5 (19... e5 20. Nb4 $16) 20. e5 $1 dxe5 21. Nxe5 $18 Bd6 (
21... Be6 $2 {Boensch} 22. Nxf7 $1 $18) 22. Nxf7 Bxg3 23. Nxd8+ Kh7 24. Ne6
Bxe6 25. Qxe6 Bxh2 26. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 27. Qxf5+ Kh8 28. Qf8+ Kh7 29. Bxd5 Nf6 30.
Qxa8 Nxd5 31. Qe8 Nf6 32. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 33. Rd1 {(Anand)} 1-0

[Event "Podlehnik"]
[Site "Podlehnik"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zheliandinov, Viktor"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 {The Sozin System.}
Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bd3 a6 11. a4 {A move with which I do
not sympatize much.It allows black N to use b4 square,and once the N is there
black can attack the center by e5 thrust.} b6 12. f4 O-O 13. Kh1 {My opponent
criticized this move quite a lot but I fully believe that it is playable.} (13.
Qf3 Bb7 (13... Rb8 $5) (13... Nb4 $2 14. e5 $1 Bb7 15. exf6 Bxf3 16. fxe7 Qxe7
17. Rxf3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 $16 {I believe in the power of three pieces versus
queen here.}) 14. Qh3 Nb4) 13... Bb7 14. Qf3 Nb4 15. Qh3 e5 $1 {Using the fact
that the N is undisturbable on b4.} 16. Nd2 $1 {and whites N moves to c4 to
exert pressure on weak spot b6.} exf4 (16... d5 {This move would unnecessarily
make the game completely equal.} 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Ndxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxd3 20.
cxd3 Bxe4 21. dxe4 Qxe5 22. Bxb6 Qxe4 23. Rae1 Qb4 $11) 17. Rxf4 (17. Bxf4 Bc8
18. Qe3 Be6) 17... Nd7 $1 ({I did not like} 17... Bc8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Bd4 Nd7
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Bg5 (21... Ne5 $2 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rxb4 Bxb4 24. Qe4 f5
25. Qxb4 $18) 22. Rg4 f6 $13) 18. Nc4 b5 $5 {All of a sudden I have panicked
and gone for sacrificial mode.} (18... Bf6 19. Raf1 (19. Rxf6 $2 Nxf6 20. Bxb6
Qe7) (19. e5 $2 Nxd3 20. exf6 Nxf4)) (18... Bg5 19. Rf2 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Ne5 21.
Nf5 Bc8 $1 22. Qg3 f6 {With a defendable position for black.}) 19. Na5 $4 (19.
axb5 Nxd3 {This is a must.} (19... axb5 $2 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nxb5 (21. Qf5 $5
bxc4 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxe7 cxd3 (23... Nc6 24. Qg5 cxd3 25. Rf7 Rg8 26. Nb5
Qa5 27. cxd3 $44) 24. Rg4 Ra1+ 25. Bg1 Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 g6 27. Rf4 $18) 21...
Nxd3 $5 (21... Ra1+ 22. Rf1 {The difference.} Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qc6 24. Nd4 $16)
22. Nxc7 Ra1+ 23. Bg1 Nxf4 24. Qxd7 Ne2 25. h4 Rxg1+ 26. Kh2 Bxe4 27. Qe8+ Bf8
28. Ne3 $1 $18 (28. Qxe4 $2 Rh1+ 29. Kxh1 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Nxe4 31. Nd5 $14)) 20.
cxd3 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qf5 $1 {The key move.} (22. Nxb5 $4 Ra1+ 23. Bg1
Qc5 $19) 22... Ra1+ 23. Bg1 Bf6 24. Nxb5 (24. Qxb5 $2 Bd4 25. Ne2 Bxg1 26. Nxg1
d5 27. exd5 Ba6 $1 (27... Qxf4 $2 28. Qxd7 g6 (28... h6 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+
Qxe4 31. dxe4) 29. Qxb7 Qf2 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 $11) 28. Qc6 Qxf4 29.
Qxd7 h6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. Nxe3 Bxd3 $17) 24... Qc5 25. d4 {Is the
move which I have missed.} (25. Qxc5 $6 dxc5 $40 {This also looks playable.} (
25... Nxc5 26. Ncxd6 Bc6 27. d4 Bg5 28. Rf3 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Rc3 h6 $1
$44 {This looks dangerous for white with his king in the corner.} (30... h5 $2
31. Nd6) 31. Nd6 Bf6)) 25... Qxf5 26. exf5 Bg5 (26... d5 27. Ncd6 Bc6 28. Rf3
Bxb5 29. Nxb5 h5 $14 {Because black's activity died.}) 27. Rg4 d5 28. Rxg5 dxc4
$44) 19... Nxd3 $1 {I have chosen to win a pawn rather than the exchange,and I
believe its a reasonable choice.} (19... Bg5 20. Nxb7 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bxf4 22.
Bxf4 Qxb7 23. Bxd6 Rfd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rf1 $44) 20. cxd3 b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22.
exd5 Qxa5 23. Qxd7 Bg5 24. Re4 {Once again my opponent played this very
quickly.} (24. Qc6 $5 {A very interesting idea to catch black's queen on the
edge of the board struck my mind during the game.} Rac8 25. Bb6 Rxc6 26. Bxa5
Rc5 27. Rf5 Rxa5 $1 (27... Bd2 28. Bb6 Rc2 29. Bd4) 28. Rxg5 f5 $1 $19) 24...
Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxd5 $17 {Black is on the top.However he still has to work.} 26.
Rae1 a5 27. Qg4 g6 28. Qc4 $1 Qg5 $2 {A practical decision.I want to keep
queens in order to exchange under favorable circumstances.} (28... Qxc4 29.
dxc4 Rfd8 $1 30. Rd3 Re8 $1 $17) 29. Qd4 Rac8 30. h4 Qh6 $1 31. R1e2 $2 (31.
Re7 Qg7 (31... Rc1 $2 32. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33. Kh2 Qd1 34. Qxd6 Qxa4 35. Qf6 ({or} 
35. h5 Qd1 36. Re5)) 32. Qf2 Rc5 33. Re8 Rf5 $1 $17 {And black starts his own
offensive.}) 31... b3 $1 32. g3 $2 {Horribly weakening the second rank.} (32.
Kh2 Rc2 33. Re8 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Qh5 35. Re4 $1 Qc5 $1 36. Qf6 $1 (36. Qxc5 $2
dxc5 37. Rc4 Rd8 38. Rxc5 Rd4 39. h5 Rxa4 40. h6 Kf8 41. Rb5 Rd4 42. Rxb3 Ke7
43. Rb5 a4 44. Ra5 Kf6 $19) 36... h5 37. Re6 $3 d5 38. Rd6 $36) 32... Rc1+ (
32... Rc2 33. Qxd6 Rxb2 $1 {Is also possible but looks less forced.}) 33. Kg2
Rc2 34. Kf2 Qg7 $1 $19 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. d4 Rb8 $1 37. Kf3 d5 $5 {Now
anything wins but I have calculated the text move till the end.} (37... Rb4 38.
Ke4 (38. Rxc2 $2 bxc2 39. Rc3 Rb3 $1 $19) 38... Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Rxa4 40. Kd3 (40.
Re3 Rb4) 40... Ra1 41. Kc4 a4 42. Kb4 Ra2 $19) (37... Rc4 38. Ke4 Rxa4 39. Kd5
Rb5+ 40. Kc6 Rab4 $19) 38. Re5 (38. Kf4 Rbc8 $1) 38... Rb6 39. Rxd5 Rf6+ 40.
Ke3 Re6+ 41. Re5 Rxe5+ 42. dxe5 Rc4 {The point.} 43. Rd2 Rxa4 44. Rd7 {Nothing
saves white now.} (44. Rd3 Rg4 45. Kf3 Rb4 46. Rd7 Kf8 $19) 44... Ra1 45. Kd2
Kf8 46. Ra7 Rg1 $1 47. Rxa5 Rxg3 {And now whites king is also boxed.} 48. Ra7
h5 (48... h5 49. Rb7 Rh3 50. Kd1 Rxh4 51. Rxb3 Re4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Aegina op"]
[Site "Aegina"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 $1 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd3 $1 (13. Qf3
$6 Qc7 $1 14. O-O-O Rc8 $36) 13... Qxd3 (13... b5 14. Qxc4 bxc4 15. Nd2 d5 16.
Bd4 dxe4 (16... Be7 17. Bxf6 (17. e5 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 f6 20. exf6) 17...
Bxf6 18. exd5 Bxc3 (18... exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Nxc4) 19. bxc3
exd5 20. Nf3) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ncxe4) (13... d5 14. e5) 14. cxd3 Be7 (14... h5
$1 15. a4 h4 16. Nb5 $140 Rc8 $1 17. Kd2 d5 18. e5 a6 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Bb6 h3
21. g3 g5 $1) 15. Rc1 O-O 16. h3 Rfc8 17. g4 Bc6 18. Rh2 $5 (18. Ke2 $143 $6
$36 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Nd4 g5 $132) 18... e5 $1 $8 19. Rhc2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Re8 $8
21. Nd4 d5 22. Kf1 $8 (22. e5 Nd7 $1 23. Ndb5 $140 (23. Nf3 d4 24. Nxd4 Nxe5)
23... Nxe5 $1) 22... dxe4 (22... Bb4 $6 23. e5 $6 (23. exd5 Bxd5 (23... Nxd5
24. Nxc6 (24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Nb5 Bxa2 26. Nc7 Bb3 27. Rf2) 24... bxc6 25. Nxd5
cxd5) 24. Ncb5 $40 (24. g5 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Nh5)) 23... Nd7 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. d4
f6 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Ne2 Ne4 28. Rxc6 Bd2 29. Bxd2 Nxd2+ 30. Ke1 Nf3+ 31. Kf2
Rf8 32. Kg3 Rae8 33. Rf1 Re3 $19) 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Bf6 $1 (
25... Bf6 26. e5 (26. Re2 Re6) 26... Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxc6 h5 29. Rc8+
Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ra5 33. Rxf7 Rxa2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. g4
$5 a6 (8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 $14) (8... h6) (8... h5 9. g5
Ng4 10. O-O $1 (10. Qe2 Nge5 11. Be3 Qc7)) 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. g5 Nd7 11. f4 b5 12.
Qg4 Nc5 (12... Nb6) (12... Nb4 $142) 13. Be3 Nb4 (13... Na4 $1 14. Nxa4 bxa4
15. Nd2 Rb8 $40) 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. O-O-O Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 c4 17. Kb1 Be7 18. dxc4
(18. f5 $6 b4 19. Ne2 (19. Na4 c3 20. Rc1 exf5 21. exf5 Qd7 $17) 19... c3 20.
Rc1 Qd7 $17) 18... Qxc4 19. Qg2 (19. Rd4 e5) 19... Bb7 20. Rd4 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qa5
22. h4 Rc8 23. h5 f5 $4 (23... Bc5 $6 24. Rd3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 b4 26. Ne2 Rxc1+
27. Nxc1 O-O 28. h6 $36) (23... b4 24. Ne2 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qb5 26. Nd3 O-O $11)
24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Qg4 O-O (25... Bxd4 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 27. Bxd4 Qd8 (27... Rc6 28.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qe7+ $18) 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. h6+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Ke8 31. Qe5+ Kd7
32. Qg7+ $18) 26. e5 Be7 27. Qxe6+ $6 (27. Rd7 Rc7 28. Qxe6+ Rf7 29. Bb6 Qxb6
30. Qxb6 Rxd7 31. e6 Rf6 32. Nd5 Rxd5 33. Qxb7 $18) 27... Rf7 28. Rd7 $6 (28.
Nd5 $1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 $18) 28... Rc6 29. Qb3 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7
31. Nxb5 $2 (31. Nd5 $18) 31... Be4+ 32. Ka1 Qb7 33. Nd4 $6 (33. Rc7 Qxb5 34.
Qxb5 axb5 35. e6 Rf5 36. Rxe7 h6 $16) 33... Qxb3 34. Nxb3 $6 (34. axb3 $18)
34... Bf3 (34... Rf5 35. Rc7 $18) 35. Rc8+ Rf8 36. Rc7 Bd8 37. Ra7 Bxh5 38. a4
(38. Rxa6 g5 39. fxg5 Rf1+ 40. Nc1 Re1 41. Bf4 Rf1 $44) 38... g5 39. e6 gxf4 $2
(39... Bd1 $132) 40. Bd4 Re8 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Nc5 $18 Re7 43. Nd7+ Rxd7 44.
Rxd7 (44. exd7 $4 Bg6 $19) 44... Be7 45. b4 Be8 (45... Bg4 46. Bc5 Bxc5 47.
bxc5 Bxe6 48. Rxh7 f3 49. c6) 46. Bg7+ Kxg7 47. Rxe7+ Kf8 48. Rxh7 Bxa4 49.
Rf7+ Ke8 50. Kb2 Bc6 51. Rxf4 Ke7 52. Kc3 Kxe6 53. Kd4 Bb5 54. Kc5 Ke5 55. Rf8
Ke4 56. Rd8 Ke3 57. Kb6 Bc4 58. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-B"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Nd5 Bg7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bg5 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Re1 a6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1
Qd7 15. Bb3 b5 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. c3 Kf8 18. Rd4 h6 19. Bc1 Rc5 20. Be3 h5 21.
Rb4 Rcc8 22. a4 Rb8 23. axb5 a5 ({The best defense.} 23... axb5 {is strongly
met by} 24. h3 {followed by 25.Ra1 /\Ra7, with a large advantage for White.})
24. Rd4 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Ba4 Rxb2 27. Bxe8 Nxe8 28. Rc4 Rb7 29. Rc8 f5
30. c4 Kf7 31. Ra8 Bc3 32. Rc1 Rb3 33. Ra7 (33. Kf1 {was to be preferred.})
33... Nf6 34. h3 Ne4 35. Kh2 $6 (35. c5 {is met by} dxc5 36. d6 Nxd6 37. Bxc5
Ke6) ({Better was} 35. Rd1) 35... Be5+ 36. f4 Bc3 37. c5 $6 dxc5 38. d6 Nxd6
39. Bxc5 Bd2 40. Rf1 Rd3 41. g3 Bb4 42. Rc1 $4 ({The decisive mistake.
Essential was} 42. Bxd6) 42... Rd2+ 43. Kg1 (43. Kh1 {loses to} Ne4 44. Bxb4
Nxg3+ 45. Kg1 axb4) {[%tqu "En","White is an exchange up, but his pieces are
badly placed. What should Black play to win?","The weakness of the diagonal
g1-a7 is the leitmotif of Black's combination.","Sacrifice your rook!","d2d1",
"This nice move wins on the spot!",4]} 43... Rd1+ {[%csl Ra7,Gb4,Rc1,Rc5,Rg1]
[%cal Cc1d1,Gb4c5] This nice move concludes the game in style.} (43... Rd1+ {
White resigned in view of} 44. Rxd1 Bxc5+ 45. Kg2 Bxa7) 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Black "Bielicki, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bg3 Bc6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 b5
15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 b4 19. Nb5 axb5 20. exf6 gxf6
21. Qxb4 Qc5 22. Qd2 Nb6 23. Bf2 Nc4 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. b3 Na3 26. Bd4 Be7 27. Bb2
d5 28. Nd4 Qb6 29. Qh5 Rdf8 30. Re3 Bd6 31. g3 b4 32. Bxa3 bxa3 33. Rc3+ Bc5
34. Qh6 f5 $2 (34... Kb8 35. Qxf6 Rc8 {was to be preferred.}) {[%tqu "En",
"Black's pieces lack coordination. How can White exploit this?","Exploit a
shaky position of the black bishop.","Sacrifice your knight!","d4e6","This
nice move yields White a decisive advantage.",5]} 35. Nxe6 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5,
Rd5,Ge6][%cal Gc3c8,Gh6b6,Gd1d5]} Kb8 (35... fxe6 {loses after} 36. Rxd5 Kb7 (
36... Kb8 37. Rcxc5 $1) 37. Qg7+ Ka8 38. Rdxc5) 36. Rxc5 fxe6 37. Rdxd5 $1 {
threatening 38.Rb5} Qa6 (37... Ka8 {falls short of} 38. Ra5+ Kb8 39. Rdb5) 38.
Rb5+ (38. Rb5+ {, and Black resigned in view of inevitable mate:} Kc8 (38...
Kc7 39. Qg7+) 39. Rdc5+ Kd8 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Qg7+ Rf7 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Qe5#)
1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 (9... Bd7 10. Be3 $1 (10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 $13) 10... Qc7
11. Nb5 Qb8 12. f4 Neg4 13. Bxg4 Bxb5 14. Bf3 Be7 15. Nd4 $14 {Sokolov,
A-Khasin,Al/RUS-ch/1994/1:0/48/}) (9... a6 10. Be3 (10. Bg3 h5 11. h3 Qc7 12.
f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 h4 $1 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/0:1/
33/}) 10... Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 (11... Nc6 12. a4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 $14) 12. Bxc4 Qxc4
13. Qf3 e5 (13... d5 $6 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O $16 {
Zaitsev,I-Serper,G/Moscow/1991/1:0/41/}) (13... Qc7 14. O-O-O b5 15. a3 Bb7 16.
f5 $1 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Levin,F/Novgorod op/1995/1:0/32/}) 14. f5 b5 $132 {
Solozhenkin,E-Lugovoi,A/St Peterburg-ch/1995/0:1/40/}) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 (
11... Ng6 12. O-O O-O 13. g3 Bd7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. h5 Nf8 16. Bf3 h6 17. Rf2 e5
$10 {Zaitsev,I-Makarov,M/Podolsk/1992/0,5/22/}) 12. Nb5 $5 Qc6 13. Bxc4 Qxc4
14. Qd3 Qc6 (14... Qxd3 15. cxd3 Kd8 16. Nxa7 $16) (14... Qxe4 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16.
Nxa8 b6 (16... Qxd3 17. cxd3 b6 18. Nxb6 $18) 17. Nxb6 $18) 15. N3d4 Qd7 16.
O-O-O O-O (16... a6 17. Nc3 O-O $5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4) 17. e5 dxe5 18.
fxe5 Ng4 19. Qe2 Nxe3 $6 (19... Nxe5 $5 20. Nf5 exf5 (20... Qe8 21. Nc7 $18)
21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Nd4 $13) 20. Qxe3 $16 Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxd4 (21... Qe7 22. Nb3 Bb6
23. Nd6 $16) 22. Nxd4 Qa4 (22... Qe7 $5) 23. Kb1 Bd7 24. h4 f5 (24... Rac8 25.
h5 h6 26. Rh4 $36) 25. b3 f4 (25... Qb4 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxd7 $18) 26. Qg4 Qa5
27. Nf3 Qc7 28. Rd4 Bc6 29. Qxe6+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7 31. Re1 Re8 32. Kb2 h6 33.
e6 Rf6 34. e7 Rf7 35. a4 a6 36. a5 g6 37. Re6 Kh7 38. Rdd6 Rg7 39. Ne5 Bxg2 40.
Nxg6 f3 41. Rd8 Rgxe7 42. Rxe7+ Rxe7 43. Nxe7 f2 44. Rf8 f1=Q 45. Rxf1 Bxf1 46.
Kc3 Kg7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Ng3 Bg2 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. c4 Bc6 51. b4 Bf3 52. b5 axb5
53. cxb5 Bg2 54. Ne4 Kd7 55. Nd2 Ke6 56. Kc5 Kd7 57. Kb6 Bd5 58. Nb1 Kd6 59.
Nc3 Bf3 60. Na4 Kd7 61. Nc5+ Kc8 62. Ka7 Kc7 1-0

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Elseth, Roar"]
[Black "Gronn, Atle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. a4 d5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bd3 (13. Qe2 exd5 14.
Bd3 O-O 15. Rae1 Nc6 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.
Kh1 Bd7 21. Re5 $14 {Frolov-Ruban,Podolsk GMA-qual 1989}) 13... Nbxd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bd2 $5 {N} (15. Bd4 Bf6 16. Be4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19.
Qc4 Qb6+ 20. Qc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 Rxd5 22. Rfd1 b6 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Nb3 a5 25.
Nd4) 15... Bf6 (15... Bd7 $142 {/\ Bc6}) 16. c4 Qb6+ (16... Nb6 17. Qc2 $16) (
16... Ne7 $8 17. Qc2 $40 {(),/^ b1-h7}) 17. Kh1 Ne3 $2 (17... Nb4 $4 18. c5 $18
) (17... Nc7 18. Qc2 $1 {/\ Ba5,c5 ;><h7} Qd6 $8 19. Be3 {/\ Rad1,Bc5 +- ףd6})
(17... Ne7 18. Qc2 {/\ Ba5,Rad1 +/-}) 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. c5 $3 {and Black
resigned because he cannot defend against the threat Rf3! This is the most
wonderful queen trap I have seen in this year.It is on move 19,linked with the
new idea in the opening (15.Bd2) and finished by a silent move!} 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O a6 (8... Be7 9. Bg5 Ne5 (9... O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Rd8 12. Qg3 Be5
$146 (12... Qb4) 13. Qh3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Qb4 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Be2 $14) 15... Bxc3
16. bxc3 Qxc3 $15 {Sion Castro-Franco,Z Leon(01) 1992 1/2 30 -CBM 31}) 10. Be2
O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. f5 Ne5 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Rf4 Rc8 17.
Raf1 h6 18. Qh3 Kh7 19. Rh4 Qd8 20. Rff4 Rh8 21. Bxh6 $18 {Wahls,M-Wirthensohn,
H Hamburg SKA 1991 1-0 33}) 9. Bg5 (9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bd3
g6 $146 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qh3 b5 18. e5
dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 $13 {Ivanovic,B-Kozul,Z Jugoslavia 1991 0-1 25 -Inf.53/216})
9... Qc7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. f5 Qe7 15. Qe2
d5 16. a4 $1 $40 b4 17. Na2 Nb8 (17... exf5 18. Rxf5 dxe4 19. Bxa6 $16) 18. c3
$1 exf5 19. Rxf5 dxe4 20. Bc4 Rg8 21. Nxb4 (21. Rc5+ $2 Qxc5+ 22. Nxc5 Bxc5+
23. Kf1 e3 24. g3 Rd2 $19) 21... Qd7 (21... e3 22. Bd5 $16) 22. Raf1 Bd6 23.
Bd5 Bxb4 24. Qc4+ Bc6 (24... Qc7 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. Qxb4+ $18) 25. cxb4 Qa7+
26. Kh1 Rxd5 (26... Qc7 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. Qxa6+ Qb7 29. Qxb7+ Kxb7 30. Nc5+ $18
) 27. Rxd5 e3 28. Nd4 e2 29. Re1 Rg4 30. Nxc6 {Boensch} 1-0

[Event "Cheliabinsk"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Enhbat, P."]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 {-Rublevsky,S-Baikov,V CBM 25}) 9... Qc7 10.
f4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Qe2 (12. Bd3 {/\ Df3}) 12... Bb7 13. Qf2 $2 (13. Bd3 $10)
13... Nb4 14. Bd3 Ng4 $1 15. Bxb6 (15. Qf3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bf6 $15) 15... Nxf2
16. Bxc7 Nfxd3 17. cxd3 Rc8 18. Bb6 (18. Ba5 $15) 18... Nxd3 19. Na5 Ba8 20.
Rab1 Bf6 21. Rf3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Rxd3 Bxa5 23. Bxa5 Bxe4 $19) 22... Bxe4 23.
Re3 f5 24. Rd1 (24. Rd1 Nxf4 25. Rxd6 Nd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Odense"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 $5 6. Bc4 (6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O {-B 68}) 6... Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 (8... bxc6 9. f4
Bg4 10. Qd3 (10. Qe1 d5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bg7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. f5 $16 {
Sokolov,A-Sax,G Brussels WCup 1988 1-0 48}) 10... Bg7 11. h3 Bc8 12. Be3 O-O
13. Rad1 Qa5 14. a3 Nxe4 $2 15. Qxe4 d5 16. Bxd5 Bf5 17. Qc4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 $18
{Velimirovic,D-Jovanovic,SD Arandjelovac (04) 1993 1-0 23}) 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Bg5
Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Re1 h6 (12... Rc8 13. Bb3 Rc7 14. Qd2 $14 {Hardicsay,
P-Gyorkos,L HUN-chT (06) 1991 1-0 34}) 13. Bh4 a6 14. a4 Re8 15. c3 Nd7 16. Bb3
Bf6 17. Bxf6 (17. Bg3 $6 h5 18. Bf4 Kg7 19. Qd2 Rh8 $15) 17... exf6 $5 (17...
Nxf6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. a5 $14) 18. Qd4 Re5 19. f4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 b5 21. Bd1 Qb6
22. Re7 (22. Qxb6 $2 Nxb6 23. a5 Nc4 24. b4 Rc8 $17) 22... Qxd4+ 23. cxd4 Nb6 (
23... Rd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Re3 Nb6 27. Rb3 Nxd5 28. g3 $14) 24. a5
Kf8 (24... Nxd5 25. Rd7 $2 (25. Bf3 Nxe7 26. Bxa8 Nf5 27. Bb7 Nxd4 28. Bxa6 Nb3
29. Bxb5 Nxa5 30. b4 $14) 25... Nxf4 26. Rxd6 Re8 $15) 25. Rb7 Nc4 $1 (25...
Nxd5 26. Bb3 (26. Bf3 Nxf4 27. Rb6 $13) 26... Ne7 27. Rd7 Rc8 $15) 26. b4 Ne3
27. Bf3 Nc2 28. Rd7 Nxb4 $17 29. Rxd6 Ke7 30. Rb6 Rd8 31. g3 f5 32. Kf2 h5 33.
Ke2 Rc8 34. d6+ Kd7 35. Rb7+ Kxd6 36. Rxf7 Rc2+ 37. Kd1 Ke6 38. Rg7 Kf6 39. Rb7
Rxh2 40. Rb6+ Kf7 41. Bb7 h4 42. gxh4 Rxh4 43. Kd2 Rh3 (43... Rxf4 44. Kc3 Na2+
45. Kd3 Rf2 $15) 44. Bxa6 Rd3+ 45. Ke2 Rxd4 46. Bxb5 Rxf4 47. a6 Nxa6 $10 48.
Bxa6 Kg7 49. Bd3 Rh4 50. Rd6 Rf4 51. Ke3 Rh4 52. Kf3 Rg4 53. Rc6 Rh4 54. Rd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Be2 a6 (10... O-O 11. Kh1 a6 (11... Bd7 {
-CBM 24}) 12. f4 Ng6 13. f5 {N} Ne5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rad1 $14 {Galdunc-Serper
Herson 1991 -Inf.51/190}) 11. Kh1 h6 $2 (11... O-O 12. f4 Ng6 $13) 12. Be3 Qc7
13. f4 Nc4 (13... Ng6 14. f5 $16) 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 (16...
Ng4 17. Bd4 h5 18. h3 $18) (16... Nd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 $16) 17. Nxd5 exd5 (
17... Qxd5 18. Qh5 g6 (18... O-O 19. Rf3 $40) 19. Qh3 $16) 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Qh5
Bg5 20. b3 Qc3 21. Bxg5 Qxd4 (21... hxg5 22. Rad1 Qe3 $13) 22. Be7 Bg4 23. Qh4
Rfe8 24. Rae1 Qd2 25. Bf6 h5 (25... gxf6 26. Qxg4+ Kf8 27. Rd1 $18) 26. h3 gxf6
(26... Be2 27. Qg3 g6 28. Qf2 $18) 27. hxg4 Rxe5 $2 (27... Qg5 28. Qxg5+ fxg5
29. gxh5 $16) 28. Rxe5 fxe5 29. Qxh5 $18 Rf8 30. Rf5 Qe1+ (30... Kg7 31. Rg5+
Kf6 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Rxe5+ $18) 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 (8. O-O Be7 9. Bg5 {-Sion Castro,M-Franco,Z CBM 31}) 8... Ne5 9. Be2 a6 (
9... Bd7 $5 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Bd4 $14 {
Zaitsev,V-Kiselev,S Podolsk 1991}) 10. O-O (10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4
Qxc4 13. Qf3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O $14 {Zaitsev,
V-Serper,G Moscow 1991}) 10... Qc7 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. a5 Rc8 14. Be3
Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 O-O 17. g4 $6 (17. Qe1 $5) 17... d5 18. e5 Ne8 19. Nb3
g6 20. Bd4 f6 $1 {xf4} 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bg2 Ng7 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. Rae1 Rcf8 $17
25. Be3 Be7 26. Qd4 $2 Bd6 27. Qd2 g5 $1 28. f5 Bxh2+ 29. Kh1 Bg3 30. Rd1 Ne5
31. Nd4 Nc4 32. Qc1 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Bf4 34. Qh3 exf5 35. Nxd5 fxg4 36. Qc3 Qd6
37. Nxf4 Qh6+ 38. Kg1 gxf4 39. Nxc6 g3 40. Rf3 bxc6 41. Qc4 Kh8 42. b4 Nf5 43.
Qxf4 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 {Boensch} (44. Kf1 Ne3+ $1 45. Qxe3 Rxf3+ 46. Bxf3 g2+ $19)
0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Be2 Kh8 13. f4 Ng6
14. a4 Rg8 15. a5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. g3 a6 $14 {De Firmian,N-Rachels,S USA-ch
m 1990 1-0 44}) 11. Qxd6 Rd8 12. Qg3 Be5 $146 (12... Qb4 13. Be2 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Qxe4 15. Rfe1 Bd7 (15... Rb8 $6 16. Bf3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Re4
$16 {Kuzmin,A-Kiselev,S URS 1988 - Inf.45/229}) 16. Rad1 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18.
c3 Nd5 19. Bf3 $14 {Kuzmin,A-Baikov,A URS 1988 - Inf.45/229}) 13. Qh3 Bd7 14.
Kh1 Qb4 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Be2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 (16... Qxe4 $2 17. Bd3 $18) 17.
f4 $14) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 $15 17. e5 g6 18. f4 Nb4 19. Rf3 Bc6 20. Rg3 (
20. Bxg6 $2 Qxa1+ $1 21. Nxa1 Rd1+ 22. Rf1 Rxf1#) 20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bd5 (
21... Be4 $1 22. d4 Qb2 $17) 22. Rf1 Rac8 $2 (22... Bxb3 $17) 23. Qh6 Bxb3 24.
Rh3 $1 (24. axb3 Rxd3 $19) 24... Bd5 (24... Qc1 $4 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7
27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Kc6 29. Rxc1+ $18) 25. f5 $1 Qb2 (25... exf5 $4 26.
Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qf6+ Kd7 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Rh8#) 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27.
Rg3 exf5 (27... Rc1 $2 28. Qh6+ $18) 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 (29... Kd7 $4
30. e6+ $18) 30. Qh8+ Ke7 {Boensch} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7 (11... a6 12. f4 Ng6 13.
f5 {N} Ne5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rad1 $16 {Galdunc-Serper, Herson 1991 -Inf.51/190})
12. f4 Ng6 13. Qd3 $5 {N} (13. Bh5 Nxh5 14. Bxe7 Ng3+ 15. hxg3 Nxe7 16. g4 f5
17. exf5 exf5 18. g5 Bc6 19. Qd4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd4 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Nxd4 Kxe7
$10 {Rublevsky-Ruban, Smolensk 1991 -CBM24}) 13... Rad8 $6 (13... h6 $2 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e5 $18) (13... Bc6 $5 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 Ne5 $13) 14. f5 Ne5
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Rf4 $40 Rc8 17. Raf1 h6 18. Qh3 Kh7 (18... Qd8 19. Bxh6 gxh6
20. Qxh6+ Nh7 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 $16) 19. Rh4 Qd8 (19... Ng8 20. Bxe7 (20. f6
$1 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 $3 gxf6 (21... Nxf6 22. Rxh6+ gxh6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Bxf6 $18)
(21... Ng6 22. Rf1 $16) 22. Bxh6 Ng6 23. Bxf8+ Nxh4 24. Qxh4+ Kg6 25. Qg4+ Kh7
26. Qg7#) 20... Nxe7 21. f6 N7g6 22. fxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxh6 Rh8 $13) 20. Rff4 Rh8 (
20... Ng8 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Nxf6 23. Rxh6+ gxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Bxf6 $18)
21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Rxh6+ Kg7 23. Qg3+ Ng6 (23... Kxh6 24. Rh4+ Nh5 25. Rxh5#)
24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rh4 Qe8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Rg4 Nxc3 29. Bd3 $1 Qf7
30. Rxg6+ Kf8 31. bxc3 dxe5 32. Qxe5 Ke8 33. Qh8+ (33. Qh8+ Bf8 34. Rf6 Qe7 35.
Bg6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Army"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Be2 (9. f4 Be7 (9... a6 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Nd4
O-O 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Bf8 $10 {Tsuranov,E-Ivanov,T Vladivostok
op (03) 1995 - EXP 46 1/2 45}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qf3 Rb8 (
13... Bb7 14. g4 Nd7 15. g5 Nb4 16. Qg3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 exd5 19. Rac1
Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 $15 {Basanta,G-O'Donnell,T Canada zt (11) 1992 1-0 40}) 14.
Rae1 Nb4 15. g4 Nd7 16. g5 Re8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 Bf8 19. Rf3 Bg7 20. Ref1 Bb7
21. Rh3 Nf8 22. Nd4 e5 $132 {Vasilescu,V-Giffard,N FRA-chT (Belfort-Auxerre[8])
1991 0-1 41}) (9. f3 a6 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bd3 d5 12. Qd2 Bd6 13. g4 h6 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Kb1 Be5 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bf2 d4 19. Nd5 Nbxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5
$15 {Kovacs,G-Lendvai,N/Balatonbereny op (09) 1992/1-0 (51)}) (9. Qe2 a6 10.
Bd3 b5 11. f4 Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 e5 $6 (13... Bb7 14. a5 Nd7 $13) 14. f5 Bb7
15. N1d2 Nb8 16. g4 d5 (16... h6 $5) 17. g5 dxe4 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19.
Bc4 $13) 18. Bc4 Nd5 19. f6 $1 $16 {Polgar,J-Fedorowicz,J Amsterdam OHRA-B (07)
1990 1-0 28}) 9... Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. g4 $2 {WeiЯ versucht den
Umstand auszunutzen, daЯ dem Nf6 das natьrliche Rьckzugsfeld d7 versperrt ist.
Durch seine schlechte Entwicklung ist er aber ungenьgend vorbereitet und lдuft
in einen schwarzen Konter.} Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. g5 Ne8 15. Qd2 f6 $1 16. h4 (
16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 (17. O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 $15) 17... Bh4+ 18. Bf2 Bxf2+
19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Kg2 Bc6 $17) 16... Bc6 (16... fxg5 $2 17. hxg5 Bxg5 18. Rh5
h6 19. Bg2 $16) 17. Qg2 (17. O-O f5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $15) 17... Rc8
18. O-O-O f5 $1 {Der weiЯe Angriff am Kцnigsflьgel ist Geschichte und Schwarz
hat genьgend Zeit einen eigenen Angriff am Damenflьgel aufzubauen.} 19. Kb1 (
19. exf5 $2 Rxf5 {und der Rf8 spielt mit.}) 19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 (20... Rf5
21. Bg4 $13) 21. Nd2 (21. Bg4 Nc7 22. Qh3 Rce8 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Bb4 25. c3
Be7 26. c4 (26. Ng3 Nxe6 27. Qxe6 Bxg5 28. Qg4 Bf6 $15) 26... Bb4 27. cxd5 Rxe6
28. Bxb4 Qxb4 29. Nc3 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Qe4+ $19) 21... Ba4 $6 (21... Nd6 $1 22.
Nb3 Qc7 23. Rhe1 (23. Nc5 Nf5 24. Bf2 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Ba4 $19) 23... Nf5 $15) 22.
Nb3 (22. b3 $5 Qc3 (22... Bb5 23. Bxd5 $2 (23. Bg4 Nc7 24. Nf3 $132) 23... exd5
24. Qxd5+ Rf7 25. c4 Qc3 $19) 23. Nf1 Bb5 24. Bd4 $13) 22... Bxb3 23. axb3 (23.
cxb3 $1 Nd6 24. Rhe1 Nf5 25. Bf2 $132) 23... Rc6 (23... Nd6 $1 $15) 24. f5 $2 (
24. c4 $1 $13) 24... Ra6 25. c3 Rxf5 $17 26. Bg4 Re5 27. Bd4 Re4 28. Rhf1 (28.
Bf3 Rf4 29. Be5 Rf5 $19) 28... Qa2+ 29. Kc2 Ra3 $19 30. Bxe6+ (30. Qf3 Qxb3+
31. Kd3 (31. Kb1 Nd6 32. Bc5 Ra2 33. Rd2 Qa4 34. Ba3 (34. Bxd6 Ra1#) 34... Rxa3
35. bxa3 Rxg4 $19) 31... Qc4+ 32. Kc2 (32. Kd2 Rxd4+ $19) 32... Qa4+ 33. Kc1
Ra1+ 34. Kd2 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Nd6 $19) 30... Rxe6 31. Qxd5 Nc7 32. Qd7 (32. Qf5
Qxb3+ 33. Kb1 Rd6 (33... Re2 $2 34. Qc8+ Bd8 35. Qxd8+ Ne8 36. Rf8+ Kxf8 37.
Bc5+ Kg8 38. Bxa3 $13) 34. Qc8+ Rd8 35. Qxc7 Ra2 36. Qh2 Qa4 37. Kc1 Ba3 $19)
32... Qxb3+ 33. Kd3 (33. Kb1 Qa2+ 34. Kc2 Re2+ 35. Kd3 Qxb2 36. Qc8+ Bd8 37.
Qxd8+ Re8 $19) 33... Qxb2 34. Qc8+ Bd8 35. Qxd8+ Re8 36. Rf8+ Kxf8 37. Qd6+ Kg8
0-1

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 (6... Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 (9... Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Nb5 Qc6 13.
Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 Qc6 15. N3d4 Qd7 16. O-O-O a6 17. Nc3 b5 18. a3 Bb7 $10 {
Lastin,A-Lukin,A RUS-ch Elista (06) 1995 1-0 52 - CBM 50}) 10. O-O (10. a4 Be7
11. a5 Qc7 12. a6 O-O 13. O-O Rfb8 $15 {1/2 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V Horgen CS (09)
1995 - CBM 50}) 10... Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Qc7 13. Qd4 Bc6 14. a6 b6 15. Qe3
Ng6 16. Bg3 e5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 $10 {Rublevsky,
S-Svidler,P Novosibirsk (07) 1995 1/2 25 - CBM 50}) 7. Bb3 (7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O
e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 d5 11. Bd3 d4 12. Na4 c5 13. Nb2 Bc6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. f4
Nd7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. a4 O-O $10 {Hernandez,Gi-Kortschnoj,V Moscow olm (09)
MEX-SUI 1994 0-1 72 - CBM 45}) (7. Be3 Ng4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Nxe3 10. fxe3 e6
11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Rxf6 Bg7 14. Rf2 Rb8 15. Nd1 Ke7 $44 {
Landenbergue,C-Kortschnoj,V Bern Training (1) 1992 0-1 27}) 7... g6 8. h3 $146
(8. f3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O Be6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 $10 {Renet,O-Kortschnoj,V SUI-chT (03) 1995 1/2 26 -
EXP 49}) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd3 b5 $1 12. a3 (12. Nxb5 $6
Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxb5 14. Re1 e6 $15 {[%cal Gg7b2]}) 12... a5 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Rfe1
a4 (14... b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Re8 18. Ra2 $14) 15. Ba2 b4
16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Bxf6 {WeiЯ hat keinen Vorteil aus der Erцffnung herausgeholt,
daher sucht er seine Chancen im Endspiel.} Bxf6 18. Nd5 Rxb2 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20.
Qxd6 Bb5 (20... Be6 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxa4 Rxc2 $10) 21. Qxd8
Rxd8 22. Reb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Bc6 24. f3 Kf8 (24... Rd2 25. Rb8+ Kg7 26. Rc8 Bd7
(26... Rxc2 27. Bd5 a3 28. Rc7 Bxd5 29. Rxc2 a2 30. Rc1 Bb3 31. Ra1 $10) 27.
Rc7 $10) 25. Rb6 Rc8 26. Ra6 Be8 27. Rxf6 (27. c4 $2 Ke7 $1 (27... Rb8 28. c5
Rb2 29. Bd5 $10) 28. Ra7+ (28. Kf2 Rb8 $19) 28... Kd6 29. c5+ (29. Ra5 Rc5 $17)
29... Kxc5 30. Bxf7 Bxf7 31. Rxf7 Ra8 $19) 27... Rxc2 28. Bd5 g5 29. Ra6 h5 30.
Ra7 h4 31. Kh2 Rb2 32. Kg1 Rb6 33. Kf2 f6 34. f4 $6 (34. Ke3 Rb2 35. Ra6 $10)
34... Rb2+ 35. Kf3 gxf4 36. Rh7 a3 37. Ra7 $6 (37. Rh8+ $1 Ke7 38. Rxh4 Bc6 (
38... a2 $2 39. Rh7+ Kd6 40. Ra7 $16) (38... Kd6 $2 39. Rxf4 $16) 39. Rh7+ (39.
Bxc6 a2 40. Rh7+ Kd6 41. Ra7 Kxc6 42. h4 $10) 39... Kd6 40. Ra7 Bxd5 41. exd5
$10) 37... Bh5+ 38. Kxf4 Rf2+ 39. Ke3 Rxg2 40. Kd4 Rg3 41. Rh7 Bg6 42. Rxh4 Kg7
43. Bc4 Rg5 44. Rf4 Ra5 45. Rf2 Ra4 46. Kc3 Bxe4 47. Kb3 Ra8 48. Ra2 Rh8 49.
Rxa3 Rxh3+ 50. Kb4 {Obwohl Short einen P eingebьЯt hat, ist das Endspiel remis.
Schlimstenfalls muЯ er seinen B geben.} Rh4 51. Rg3+ Kh6 52. Kc3 f5 53. Rg8 f4
54. Rh8+ Kg5 55. Rxh4 $4 (55. Rg8+ {und WeiЯ sollte keine Angst vor dem
Endspiel KRB gegen KR haben.}) 55... Kxh4 56. Be2 Kg3 57. Kd2 Bf3 {Mit einigen
sehenswerten Manцvern wird der weiЯe B immer wieder von seinen
Verteidigungsdiagonalen abgelenkt.} 58. Bc4 Bg4 59. Bd5 Bh3 60. Be4 Bg2 61. Bd3
f3 62. Ke3 f2 63. Bc4 Bd5 64. Bf1 Bc6 (64... Bc6 65. Bc4 (65. Kd2 Kh2 66. Ke3
Kg1 67. Bd3 Bg2 68. Bb5 Bf1 69. Bd7 Ba6 70. Bh3 Bc8 $19) 65... Kg2 66. Bd3 Kg1
67. Bc4 Bg2 68. Bb5 Bf1 69. Bd7 Ba6 70. Bh3 Bc8 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bцnsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3
(7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 g6 12. Qe2 Bg7 13.
O-O-O O-O 14. f4 Qb6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bb3 Be6 17. e5 Nd5 18. exd6 exd6 19. Nxd5
Bxd5 20. Be3 Qb4 21. Qd2 Qxd2+ 22. Rxd2 $10 {De Firmian - Rachels, USA-ch 1989}
) 7... e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O (10. Qh5 O-O 11. O-O Kh8 12. Kh1 Ne5
13. Be2 Rg8 14. f4 Ng6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. f5 Ne5 18. Rh3 Rg7 19. Rf4
Qd8 20. Nd4 Qg8 $13 {Van Riemsdijk - Rachels, Manila izt 1990}) 10... Bd7 11.
Kh1 O-O-O $5 12. a4 a6 13. Qh5 Ne5 14. Be2 Kb8 15. a5 Qc7 16. f4 Ng6 17. g3
Rdg8 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Bf3 Bd8 20. Rd2 Be7 21. Bg2 Rg7 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rd3 Qc4 {
23...Lc8!? /\ 24...Dc5} (23... Qc5 $2 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. Nf5 $18) 24. Nce2 Bd8
25. b3 Qb4 26. Ra1 Rgg8 27. c4 Bc8 28. Nc2 Qc5 29. Qf3 h5 30. b4 $44 Qxc4 31.
Rc3 Qb5 32. Ncd4 Qd7 (32... Qxb4 $2 33. Nc6+ bxc6 34. Rb3) 33. Rac1 Be7 $8 34.
b5 e5 35. Rc7 $5 (35. bxa6 exd4 36. Rb3 $13) 35... Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Nf5
h4 38. Qc3+ Kb8 39. b6 Bd8 40. Nxd6 Bg4 41. h3 (41. f5 Ne7 $8 42. Nxf7 Bxe2 $19
) 41... hxg3 42. Kg1 Bd7 43. f5 Nh4 44. Nxf7 Rh7 (44... Bc6 $5) 45. Nxd8 Bb5
46. Ne6 Bxe2 47. Qd2 Nxg2 48. Nf8 $1 $10 Kc8 (48... Rxf8 $2 49. Qd6+ Kc8 50.
Qxf8+ Kd7 51. Kxg2 $18) 49. Qc3+ Kb8 50. Qd2 Kc8 51. Qc1+ Kb8 52. Qd2 Kc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kanstler} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O g6 (8... e6 9. Kh1 (9. Qe2 {Kanstler} Nd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Na4
Qc7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. f4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. c4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 $6 (16. Rac1 $5 Bxb2
17. Qxb2 $14) 16... Nxf6 17. e5 $13 {Prie,E-Miralles,G/FRA/1989/0:1/38/}) 9...
Be7 10. f4 d5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. Rf3 g6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. c4 Nb6 $10 {
0-1 Martinez,C-Timman,J/Oviedo 25' (02) 1993 (30)}) 9. e5 {N/} (9. Bb3 Bg7 10.
Bf4 (10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd4 a5 13. Kh1 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bc5 Rd8 16.
Qe1 $14 {1-0 Votava,J-Kolesar,M/Brno/Morava-C (11) 1991 (34)}) 10... Nd7 (10...
Qc7 11. Re1 Ng4 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rad1 $14 {Del Rio,S-Kozul,Z/Ubeda op ;EXP 51
1996/1-0 (49)}) (10... O-O $6 {Kanstler} 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 $16) 11. Bg5 a5
12. Qf3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Rad1 $14 {Prie,E-Tukmakov,V/Aix les
Bains (3) 1991/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (9. h3 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 e6 13.
Be2 a5 14. Qe1 a4 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Nd1 d5 $10 {Koch,JR-Steingrimsson,H/
Reykjavik FRA-ISD (10) 1993/1-0 (65)}) 9... dxe5 10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... Bg7 11.
Qxe5 O-O 12. Qxe7 Bf5 13. Bb3 Rae8 14. Qd6 Ng4 15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 $16 {
1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Becerra Rivero,J/Capablanca mem-A (12) ;CBM 54_06 1996
(32)} (16. bxc3 Re2 17. Rab1 $1 Qd8 $8 (17... Rxf2 $6 {Kanstler} 18. Bxf7+ $18)
(17... Rd8 {Kanstler}) (17... Qa5 $2 {Kanstler} 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qf6
$18) 18. h3 Nf6 19. Qxc6 Nh5 20. Be3 Bxc2 21. Rbe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bxb3 23. axb3
$18 {Morovic,I-Becerra Rivero,J/Capablanca mem-A(12)/1996/1:0/32/})) (10... Qa5
$6 {Kanstler} 11. f4 $16) (10... Qc5 $5 {Kanstler} 11. Be3 Qa5 $13) (10... Qd4
$5 {Kanstler} 11. Be3 (11. Rd1 $6 Bg4 12. Rxd4 Bxe2 13. Rh4 $13)) 11. f4 e4 (
11... exf4 $2 12. Bxf4 Qb6+ 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Qe1 Qd8 (14... Qxb2 15. Rxf6 $18)
15. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 (15... Nd5 16. Bd4 $18) 16. Bxf7+ Kd7 17. Qb4 Nf6 (17... Bh6
18. Bxh6 (18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Qb7+ Qc7 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. Bxh6 $16) 18... Qb6+ 19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. h3 Be2 (20... Be6 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rae1 Kd5 23. c4+ $18) 21.
Rfe1 Nd6 22. Bg7 Rhd8 23. Bxg6 $16) 18. Qb7+ Kd6 19. Rxf6+ exf6 20. Bf4+ Kc5
21. c3 $18) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bg7 14. c3 O-O 15. Be3 Rb8 $10 (15... Bf5 {
Kanstler} 16. Qf3 Rab8 17. Rf2 $16) 16. Qc2 a5 17. a4 Qb7 18. Rf2 Bf5 19. Qe2 {
/\ 20.Bc5 Rfe8 21.g4 Bd7 22.f5+/-/} h5 $6 (19... Be4 $5 20. Bc5 Bd5 21. Bxd5
cxd5 22. Qxe7 Rfc8 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 $44) 20. h3 {/\ 21.Bc5 Rfe8 22.g4+/-/} h4 $2
21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qe1 Bf6 24. Rd2 Re8 (24... Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qc7
26. b4 $14 {[%cal Ga4a8]}) 25. Bf2 $16 Qc7 26. Bxh4 Qxf4 $2 27. Bxf6 Qxc4 28.
Qxe7 $1 $18 Qe4 (28... Rxe7 $4 {Kanstler} 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rh8#) 29. Qxe4 Bxe4
30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 (31. cxb4 Bd5 (31... Bf5 32. Rd4 $18 {/\ Rh4}) 32. b5 $18)
1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bцnsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3
e6 8. Qe2 {8.0-0; 8.Lg5; 8.Le3} Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3
Bb7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Nd7 15. g5 b4 16. Na4 Na7 $1 17. Nd4 (17. h4 $2 Bc6 $19)
17... Qa5 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Bc1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Nf3 Nb5 $19 22. Bb2 Nc3+
23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Ka1 (24. Qe3 c4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 $19) 24... c4 $1 25. Bxc4 Qa3
26. Rb1 Bb4 $1 (26... Rc5 27. b4) 27. Qe3 Rc5 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. Bd3 a5 30. Ne5
Be7 31. h4 Qd6 32. h5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Be3 (10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. a4 Ned7 14.
f4 O-O 15. Bf3 Rfd8 $13 {Smirin,I-Ruban,V/Tilburg/1994/0:1/46/}) 10... Qc7 11.
Nb5 (11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 Bc6 14. Nd4 Be7 15. O-O-O d5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 Qxa2 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qxh7 Bb4 22. c4 Bc3 {
0-1 Saulin,D-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow op2 (05) ;EXP 50 1995}) 11... Bxb5 (11...
Qb8 12. f4 Neg4 (12... Ng6 13. f5 $5 exf5 14. exf5 Ne5 15. Qd4 a6 16. Nc3 Bxf5
17. O-O Be6 18. Rxf6 $1 (18. Rad1 Be7 $17) 18... gxf6 19. Nd5 $44 {Sokolov,
A-Nevednichy,V/JUG-chT Tivat (01) ;EXP 48 1995/1-0 (57)}) 13. Bxg4 Bxb5 14. Bf3
Be7 (14... e5 15. a4 Bc6 16. Qd3 Be7 17. c4 O-O 18. f5 $14 {Lastin,
A-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow/1995/1:0/55/}) 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. O-O a6 18.
c4 O-O 19. b4 $1 $14 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Khasin,Al/RUS-ch Elista (07) ;CBM 44 1994 
(48)}) 12. Bxb5+ Nc6 13. Qf3 $146 (13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nb4 16. Nd4
Rfe8 17. Qf3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qa5 19. a3 Qa6 20. Rad1 Bd8 21. g4 Nd7 22. Kh1 Bb6
23. Nc2 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 $10 {Zontakh,A-Kozul,Z/Portoroz op ;
EXP 46 1995/0-1 (72)}) (13. Nd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17.
c4 Nb4 18. Qxc6+ Nxc6 19. Ke2 O-O-O 20. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Belikov,V/
RUS-ch Elista (01) ;CBM 50 1995}) 13... a6 14. Bd3 d5 $1 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Be4
Ne5 17. Qe2 (17. Qg3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. fxe3 O-O-O $15) 18... Bd6 $15) 17...
Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd6 19. Qc3 (19. O-O-O Nc4 20. Qf3 O-O-O $15) 19... Qxc3+ 20.
bxc3 Rb8 $15 {[%csl Ga2,Gc2,Gc3]} 21. g3 Ke7 22. f4 Nc4 23. a4 Rhc8 24. Nd4 Bc7
25. Nb3 (25. Rb1 Nd6 26. Bd3 Ba5 27. Ne2 Bxc3+ 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Bxa6 Rxc2 $17)
25... Bb6 26. Bd3 Nd6 27. Kd2 Rc7 28. a5 Ba7 29. Rhe1 g6 30. Nd4 Rbc8 31. Ne2
Rc5 $17 32. Reb1 Rh5 (32... Bb8 $19 {/\ Bc7}) 33. h4 Rcc5 34. Rb4 Rxa5 $19 35.
Rab1 Bc5 36. Rxb7+ Nxb7 37. Rxb7+ Kf8 38. Nd4 Ra1 (38... Rd5 $6 39. Nc6 (39.
Nb3 $2 Ra4 $19) 39... Rb5 40. Rc7 Rb1 41. c4 Rd6 42. Ne5 Bb4+ 43. Ke2 $15) 39.
Nf3 Be7 (39... Bf2 $6 40. g4 Rd5 41. c4 $15) 40. Ne5 Rg1 (40... f6 $2 41. Nc6
Ba3 42. Nd4 $13) 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rb7 Rxe5 43. fxe5 Bf8 44. c4 $2 (44. Bxa6
Rxg3 45. Bb5 $132 {/\ Be8}) 44... Rxg3 45. Rc7 Bb4+ 46. Ke2 Rg1 47. Ke3 (47. c5
Re1+ 48. Kf3 Rxe5 $19) 47... Bc3 48. c5 Ra1 49. Rc6 (49. Bc4 Bxe5 50. Ra7 Kf6
51. c6 Ra3+ 52. Bd3 Rc3 53. Rxa6 h5 $19) (49. Ra7 Ra5 50. c6 Rc5 51. Rxa6 Bxe5
$19) 49... Ra4 50. Bxa6 Rxh4 51. Rc8 Bxe5 52. c4 (52. c6 Kf6 53. Bd3 (53. c7
Rh3+ 54. Ke4 Rc3 $19) 53... Rb4 54. c4 (54. c7 Rb7 $19) 54... Rb8 $19) 52...
Rh3+ 53. Ke4 Bb2 54. Rc7 (54. c6 f5+ 55. Kf4 e5+ 56. Kg5 h6#) 54... Kf8 55.
Rc8+ (55. Kf4 h6 56. Rd7 (56. Rb7 Bd4 57. Rd7 (57. c6 f5 $19) 57... Bxc5 $19)
56... f5 $19) 55... Ke7 56. Rc7+ Kf8 57. Rc8+ Kg7 58. Rc7 Rh5 59. Rb7 (59. c6
Re5+ 60. Kd3 Rc5 61. Bb5 h5 $19) 59... Rh4+ 60. Kd3 Rh3+ 61. Kc2 Be5 62. Bb5 (
62. c6 Ra3 63. Bb5 Ra8 $19) 62... g5 63. Be8 (63. c6 g4 64. c7 Bxc7 65. Rxc7 g3
66. Bc6 g2 67. Bxg2 Rh2 $19) 63... Rf3 64. Kd2 (64. c6 Kf8 65. Bd7 Rc3+ $19)
64... g4 65. Bc6 Rf4 66. Ke2 g3 0-1

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bцnsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3
e6 8. O-O a6 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Be2 Be7 11. Kh1 h5 (11... O-O 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bh5
Nxh5 14. Bxe7 Ng3+ 15. hxg3 Nxe7 16. Qd3 d5 {remis; Brunner,L - Gulko,B
Mьnchen 1990}) 12. a4 (12. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 13. Bxh5 Nc4 $17) 12... Bd7 13. a5 Qc7
14. f4 Ng6 15. Bf3 h4 16. Qe2 Ng8 $1 17. Bxe7 N8xe7 18. Qd2 e5 19. f5 Nf4 20.
Nc1 (20. Rad1 Rh6) 20... g5 $6 (20... Bc6 21. Nd3 g5 22. fxg6 (22. Nb4 Ng8 $17)
22... Nexg6 23. Bg4 $13) 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Rd1 $1 g5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 g4
25. Bd1 g3 26. Nd3 h3 $6 (26... O-O-O 27. Nxe5 h3 28. gxh3 g2+ 29. Kg1 Rdg8 30.
Bg4 Bxg4 31. hxg4 Rg5 32. Nd3 (32. Rf6 Nh3+ 33. Kxg2 Rxe5 $17) 32... Neg6 $17)
27. Nxf4 exf4 28. hxg3 fxg3 29. Be2 O-O-O 30. Rad1 hxg2+ (30... h2 $2 31. Rxd7
$1 Rxd7 32. Bg4 Rhd8 33. Ne2 $18) 31. Kxg2 Kc7 32. R6d3 Ng6 33. Nd5+ Kb8 34.
Rxg3 $18 Nh4+ 35. Kg1 Bc6 36. c4 Rde8 37. Bd3 Re6 38. Rf1 Ng6 39. Rf6 Rxf6 40.
Nxf6 Ne5 41. Be2 Kc7 42. b4 Kd6 43. b5 Be8 44. Rg7 axb5 45. cxb5 Bd7 46. Nxd7
Nxd7 47. e5+ Nxe5 48. Rxb7 Rh3 49. a6 Ra3 50. a7 Kc5 51. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Mukhametov, Eldar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bg5 (8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 Qc7 14.
f5 Rb8 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bd4 e5 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 Bb7 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. O-O h6 21.
Bh4 Be7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Rf2 Nf6 $10 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk-B
(02) ;CBM 52_06 1996 (35)}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O (9... Ne5 10. Be2 a6 11. Kh1
Ng6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Be3 O-O 14. f4 Bd7 15. Qe1 b5 $15 {0-1 Burden,J-Stefansson,
H/Reykjavik op (01) ;CBM 52_06 1996 (41)}) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Kh1
Ne5 12. Be2 Kh8 13. f4 Ng6 14. a4 Rg8 15. a5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. g3 a6 $14 {
De Firmian,N-Rachels,S USA-ch m 1990 1-0 44}) 11. Qxd6 Rd8 12. Qg3 Be5 (12...
Qb4 13. Be2 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxe4 15. Rfe1 Bd7 (15... Rb8 $6 16. Bf3 Qb4 17. Qxb4
Nxb4 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Re4 $16 {Kuzmin,A-Kiselev,S URS 1988 - Inf.45/229}) 16.
Rad1 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. c3 Nd5 19. Bf3 $14 {Kuzmin,A-Baikov,A URS 1988 -
Inf.45/229}) 13. Qh3 Bd7 14. Rad1 $2 $146 (14. Kh1 Qb4 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 Bxc3
16. bxc3 Qe7 (16... Qxe4 $2 17. Bd3 $18) 17. f4 $14) 15... Bxc3 16. a3 (16.
bxc3 Qxc3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sion Castro,M-Franco,Z/Leon (01) 1992 (30)}) 16... Qe7
17. bxc3 e5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. a4 f6 20. Rfb1 Bf7 21. a5 Qc7 22. Be2 Rd6 23. Qc5
Rad8 24. h3 b6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qb5 Na7 27. Qb4 Nc6 28. Qb5 Na7 29. Qb4 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Brunner,L-Khalifman,A/Luzern WchT (SUI-RUS) (1) 1993}) 14... Nb4 15.
Na1 (15. Bd3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxa2 17. e5 h6 $17) 15... Rac8 16. Bb3 Na6 $1 17.
Qh5 Qc7 18. Rd3 $2 {Der weiЯe K-Angriff bleibt ein Wunschtraum, dafьr schwдcht
er aber seine Grundreihe entscheidend.} Nc5 19. Rh3 h6 20. Kh1 Bc6 21. f3 Rd2
22. Nb1 {[%csl Ya1,Yb1] So schlecht platzierte N sieht man selten.} Nxb3 23.
axb3 (23. Nxb3 Rxc2 24. Na3 Rxb2 25. Nc4 Bb5 $1 $19) 23... Rd7 24. Nc3 (24. c3
Rcd8 25. Nc2 Rd1 26. Ne3 Rxf1+ 27. Nxf1 Rd1 28. Nbd2 Bf4 $19) 24... Rcd8 25. f4
Bxc3 (25... Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxf4 $1 27. Rcf3 Qxe4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Azmaiparashvili Har Zvi} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bg4 8. f3 (8. Nd5 {Azmaiparashvili} Qa5+ (8... Qxb5 9. Bxb5
Bxd1 10. Kxd1) 9. b4 Qxb5 (9... Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qxb4+ 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qxc6+ bxc6
13. Bxb4 cxb5 14. Bxb5+ Kd8 15. f3 Bh5 16. O-O-O) (9... Bxd1 10. bxa5 Nxd5 11.
exd5 Nxa5 12. Kxd1 Nxc4 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 g6 15. Rb1) (9... Nxb4 10. Nxf6+
gxf6 11. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 12. Ke2 Nxa1 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Bb5) 10. Bxb5
Bxd1 11. Kxd1 Nxe4 12. Re1 Nxf2+ 13. Ke2 Ne4 14. Kf3 Nf6 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8
g6) 8... Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nb1 (
14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd5 $2 exd5 16. exd5 Bb5 17. Qe1 Be7 18. Bd4 Kf8 19. a3 Rc8
20. axb4 Qc7 $17 {Onoprienko V.-Khasin A. Ch Russia (club) Kazan (Russia) 1995.
}) (14. Nd5 {Azmaiparashvili} exd5 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4+ Kd8) 14... Be7 15.
g4 (15. Nd2 $5 d5 16. g4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 $14) 15... Nxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 (16... Ba4 {
Azmaiparashvili} 17. Nd2) 17. Rdd1 Be6 18. Nd2 Bxb3 (18... O-O {Azmaiparashvili
} 19. Bxe6 (19. Kb1 Rac8) 19... fxe6 20. Qc4 Kf7) 19. cxb3 $1 (19. axb3 Qa1+
20. Nb1 O-O $40 {there is no any good move for White to avoid the march of the
'a' pawn.}) 19... d5 $6 {Of course it is played in Sicilian style but may be
that was done in the wrong moment. Better was to take the pawn on 'a2'.} (19...
Qxa2 20. Nc4 (20. Kc2 {Azmaiparashvili} Qa5 (20... d5 21. Ra1 Rc8+ 22. Nc4
Rxc4+ 23. bxc4 b3+ 24. Kc3 d4+ 25. Kd3) 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Kb1 $44) 20... Qxb3 21.
Kb1 O-O 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nd7 Rc8 $13) 20. exd5 $6 (20. Kb1 $1 d4 (
20... Qb5 21. Rhe1 (21. Qxb5+ axb5 22. g5 d4 23. gxf6 dxe3 24. fxe7 Kxe7 $1 $10
) 21... Qxe2 22. Rxe2 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 $16) 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Bf2 $16)
20... Qxa2 21. Nc4 Qxb3 22. Kb1 {[#]} Rc8 $4 {Just a blunder.} (22... Nd7 23.
d6 Bh4 24. f4 O-O 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qe6 27. Bc5 $13) 23. Rd3 $1 $18 Qxc4
24. Rc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bd6 {Of course the position is completly winning for
White and also it's clear that in this case many roads lead to Rome so it's
dificult to critisize the Whites play.} 26. f4 e4 27. g5 O-O 28. Rd1 (28. Rh3 {
Azmaiparashvili} Rxc1+ 29. Kxc1 Bxf4+ 30. Kb1 Bxg5) 28... Nd7 29. Qxa6 {
I prefer much more to take the "e" pawn after white should not worry about
this pawn which in the game caused his serious problems (Har Zvi).} Bc5 30. Qb5
(30. d6 {Azmaiparashvili} e3 31. Re1 Rfd8 32. Bxe3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 $18) 30... Rc7
31. d6 Ra7 32. b3 {Again I can not understand why Topalov underestimated
black's "e" it seems after 32.Re1 white is better (Har Zvi).} (32. Qc4 $142 {
Azmaiparashvili} Re8 33. f5) 32... e3 33. Bb2 (33. Rd5 $5 Rfa8 34. Bb2 Rb8 35.
Qc4 Re8 36. Rf5 $18) 33... Re8 34. f5 Bxd6 35. g6 hxg6 36. fxg6 Re6 37. gxf7+
Kxf7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Bxg7 e2 (39... Kxg7 $4 {Azmaiparashvili} 40. Rg1+ Kf6 (
40... Kf8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxd7+ Kf5 44. Rxa7 e2 45. Rf7+ Ke4 46.
Qh4+ Kd3 47. Rf3+ Kd2 48. Qg5+) 41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. Rg7+ Kf6 44. Rg6+
) 40. Qh8+ (40. Re1 Kxg7 41. Rg1+ Bg3 $8 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Qxg3 {With good
winning chances for Topalov.}) 40... Kf7 41. Re1 Ra3 42. Qh5+ Kxg7 43. Rg1+ Bg3
{[#]} 44. Qg4+ {Here Vesselin offered a draw that was imedeatly exepted. But
even in this position after long forced variations which may happent after 44.
Rg3 White is still winning. I am almost sure that this halfpoint the bulgarian
GM was remembering on the closing ceremony.} (44. Qg4+ Kf7 (44... Kf6 {
Azmaiparashvili} 45. Qxg3 e1=Q+ 46. Rxe1 Rxb3+ 47. Qxb3 Rxe1+ 48. Kc2 Re2+ 49.
Kd1 Rxh2 50. Qf3+ Ke7 51. Qe4+ Kd8 $10) 45. Qxg3 e1=Q+ 46. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 47. Qxe1
Rxb3+ 48. Kc2 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 Rc5 $10) (44. Rxg3+ Kf8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qh4+ Kd6 (
46... Ke8 47. Rg8+ Nf8 48. Qh5+ Ke7 49. Qc5+ Rd6 50. Rg7+ $18) (46... Ke8 {
Azmaiparashvili}) 47. Qxb4+ Kc7 48. Qc3+ Rc6 49. Qd2 Re6 (49... Rca6 50. Qf4+
Kb7 51. Qb4+ Ka7 52. Qd4+ Kb8 53. Re3 e1=Q+ 54. Rxe1 Rxb3+ 55. Kc2 $18) 50.
Qc1+ Kb7 51. Re3 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 (6... g6 $5 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nh5 $2 (8... Ng4 $8) (8... dxe5 $4 9. Bxf7+ $18) 9. Qf3 $1 e6 (
9... d5 10. Nxd5 $1) 10. g4 Ng7 11. Ne4 Qa5+ (11... d5 12. Nf6+ Ke7 13. Qa3+)
12. Bd2 Qxe5 13. Bc3 {1-0; Fischer,R-Amateur}) (6... Qb6 {Fischer,R-Benko,P
Bled ct 1959}) 7. Bb3 (7. Be3 Ng4 $1) (7. Bg5 e6 8. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 9. Ndb5 O-O-O
10. Nxd6+ Kb8 $19 {->; Gligoric,S}) (7. O-O g6 8. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 (8... bxc6 9. f4
) 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Nd5 $1 $16) 7... g6 8. f3 (8. Be3 Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 (9... Nxe3
$2 10. Bxf7+ $1) 10. Qf3 (10. Bxa7 $2 c5) 10... Ne5 11. Qg3 $16) 8... Na5 (8...
Nxd4 {>=} 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 $14) 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Qd2 h6 (10... O-O 11. Bh6 $40
{/\ h2-h4-h5}) 11. Be3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Qe2 $5 (13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4)
13... Nxe3 (13... Qc7 $2 14. Ndb5) 14. Qxe3 O-O (14... Qb6 {>=; /\ e7-e5} 15.
Qd2 Qc5 16. f4 h5 $2 (16... b5 {>=}) (16... O-O {>=}) 17. Nf3 Bh6 18. e5 $1 $40
{Fischer,R-Marini,L Mar del Plata 1960}) (14... Qa5 {Kotov,A} 15. Kb1 (15. g4
$2 Qg5 $1) (15. f4 O-O 16. h3 e6 $13 {>< d6; ^^}) 15... Qc5 16. Qd3 a6 $10) 15.
g4 (15. h4 h5) 15... Qa5 16. h4 e6 (16... h5 17. g5 Ne8 18. f4 $16 {/\ f4-f5})
17. Nde2 $1 (17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh5 19. f4 Qc5 $132 {/\ e6-e5}) 17... Rc6 18.
g5 hxg5 (18... Nh5 19. gxh6 Bf6 20. f4 $40) 19. hxg5 Nh5 20. f4 Rfc8 21. Kb1 (
21. f5 $5 exf5 22. Nd5 Qxa2 $1 $132) 21... Qb6 22. Qf3 Rc5 23. Qd3 $1 (23. f5
exf5 24. Rxh5 (24. Nd5 Qd8 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Rxh5 $2 Rxc2 $1 $19) 24... gxh5
25. Nf4 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27. Qxh5 Rxb3+ 28. cxb3 Qe3 $132) 23... Bxc3 (23...
R5c6 24. f5 $1 exf5 25. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 26. exf5 $18) (23... R8c6 24. Na4 $18) (
23... Bf8 24. f5 $1 exf5 25. Nd5 Qd8 (25... fxe4 26. Qxe4 Bf5 27. Qxf5 $18) 26.
Rxh5 $1 gxh5 (26... Rxd5 27. Bxd5 gxh5 28. exf5 $18) 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Qh3 $18)
24. Nxc3 (24. bxc3 Bb5) 24... Nxf4 25. Qf3 Nh5 (25... e5 26. Ne2 $1 $18) 26.
Rxh5 $1 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Be8 (27... Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Rh1 Bb5 31.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kd8 (32... Kf8 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Qf6#) 33. Rh8+ Kc7 34.
Rxc8#) 28. Qh6 $1 Rxc3 29. bxc3 (29. Rh1 Qd4) 29... Rxc3 (29... Qe3 30. Rh1
Qxc3 31. g6 Qg7 32. Qh2 $1 $18 {Bronstein,D}) 30. g6 $1 fxg6 31. Rh1 Qd4 32.
Qh7+ (32. Bxe6+ {>=}) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Black "Whitehead, Jay E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 (7. Nb3
) 7... a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 (9... Nxe4 $6 10. Qf3 Ne5 11. Qxe4 Nxc4 12. Nb3
Qc7 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. O-O) 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 e5 $1 14. Bf2 (14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Be6 (15... Ng4 $2 16. Qd5 $1)) 14...
exf4 15. Bd4 Qg5 $1 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rae1 Ng4 $1 18. Rxf4 $4 (18. Qxf4 $10)
18... Qh6 $1 19. h3 Bg5 20. Ref1 Ne5 21. Nd5 Ng6 22. Be3 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24.
Rxf4 Qg5 25. Kh1 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qe7 $2 (26... Kh8 {/\27...f5! 28.Qf2 f6}) 27. a4
a5 28. Rf3 Rac8 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. Rc3 (30. Rxb7 $2 Qxc2 31. Qxa5 $2 Qc1+ 32. Kh2
Qf4+) 30... Qb8 31. Rg3 $1 Rc5 32. Rxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 (8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O a6 (9... O-O 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qe2 {N} Qc7 12. f4
b5 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 dxe5 {1/2-1/2 van der Wiel,
J-Benjamin,Joel/Wijk aan Zee 48/(264) 1989}) 10. a4 Na5 11. Nxa5 {N; 11.Be3 -
38/246} Qxa5 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Qe1 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Be2 Qh4 16. Qd1 g5 17. f4
gxf4 18. Rxf4 Qg3 19. Bg4 Ng6 20. Ne2 Qh4 21. g3 Qg5 22. Rf5 $18 {+- Ivanovic,
B-Plachetka,J/Stara Pazova 46/(248) 1988}) 9... a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. g4
Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 {0-1 Bjerring Kai-Hamann Svend/Ch City, Copenhagen (Denmark) (3)
1996}) (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4 h5 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8
14. Be2 h4 15. g4 Rc8 16. h3 Be7 17. Rhf1 Rc7 18. Rf3 Rhc8 19. Na4 {0-1
Korneev,Oleg-Vasiukov,Evgeny/Elista ch-RUS (08) 1995}) (8. Qd2 Be7 9. f3 O-O
10. g4 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. g5 Nd7 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 b5 15. h5 Nb6 16. g6 Bf6
17. h6 fxg6 18. hxg7 Na4 19. Nd4 {0-1 Xie Jun-Polgar Zsuzsa/Ch World (match) 
(w), Jaen (Spain) (4) 1996} (19. Nd4 Nxd4 {0-1 Xie Jun-Polgar,Z (04)/WchW Jaen
;CBM 52_06 1996})) (8. Be2 Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bh5 Bd7 11. Qd2 Na5 12. O-O
Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc5 14. Qe2 a6 15. Kh1 Rg8 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,Walter-Alvarez,
Jose/Matanzas ch-CU 1995}) (8. a4 Be7 9. a5 Qd8 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bc4 h6 12. f4
Bd7 13. g3 Nb4 14. Qf3 e5 15. Qd1 Qc7 16. Qxd6 Rfe8 17. Kd2 Bf8 18. Qxe5 Bc6
19. Bd3 Red8 {0-1 Short,Nigel-Ivanov,Igor/Hastings (07) 1983}) 8... Ne5 9. Be2
(9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Ng6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. Nd4 {+/-
Greenfeld,A-Schrenzel,I/Israel 37/(209) 1983}) 9... Bd7 (9... Be7 {-65/b57
Rublevski-Nevednichi 1996}) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 Bc6
14. Nd4 d5 15. e5 Nd7 (15... Ba3 {Ninov,N}) (15... Ba3 $3 16. Nd1 $8 Bxb2 17.
Nxb2 Qc3+ 18. Ke2) 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Qd3 Bb4 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd3 20. cxd3
Rc8 21. Rab1 O-O 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Rb4 Bd7 24. Ne2 Nc8 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rbxc4
Rxc4 27. dxc4 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 (6... Bd7 {
Fischer,R-Gligoric,S Bled ct 1959}) 7. Nde2 (7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Nxe4
$19) (7. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 8. O-O $13) 7... e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Kh1 (10.
Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Ng4 $1) 10... Na5 11. Bg5 Qc5 $1 12. f4 (12. Be3 Qc7 $10) 12...
b5 13. Ng3 b4 $2 (13... Bb7 {Gligoric,S}) (13... Nxb3 $1 14. axb3 Bb7 (14... b4
) 15. Nh5 Kh8 $10) 14. e5 $1 dxe5 (14... Nxb3 15. exf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16.
Nce4) 16. Bh6 $18) (14... bxc3 15. exf6 Bxf6 (15... gxf6 16. Bh6 f5 17. Nh5 $40
) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 $1 Qf5 18. Nxd6 Qg6 19. Rf3 $18 {->, Judovic,A} Kh8 20.
Rg3 Qh6 21. Qg4 {/\ Qg8+! +-} Qg6 22. Qh4) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Nce4
Qe7 (16... Qd4 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. Nh5 Rg8 21. Qxg8+
Kxg8 22. Rd8#) 17. Nh5 $1 Kh8 (17... Bh4 18. fxe5 {/\ Qg4, Gligoric,S}) 18.
Nexf6 gxf6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nf6 {/\ Qh5 +-}) (15... bxc3 $1 16. Ne4 Qb4 17.
Qg4 Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Ng4 $40 {/\ Nxh6}) 16. Nce4 Qd4 (16...
Qc7 17. Nh5 $1 (17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Rg8 19. Nxf6 Rg7 20. Qh6 Bb7 $1) 17... f5
18. Nhf6+ $1 Kg7 19. Qh5 $1 Bxf6 (19... h6 20. Rf3 Rh8 (20... exf4 21. Rh3 Rh8
22. Ne8+ $1 $18) 21. Rg3+ Kf8 22. Qxh6+ $18) 20. Nxf6 h6 (20... Rh8 21. Qg5+
Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qh4 Kf8 24. Nxh7+ $18) 21. Rf3 $1 Rh8 (21... Kxf6 22. Qh4+
Kg7 23. Rg3+ Kh7 24. Rh3 $18) 22. Ne8+ Rxe8 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Ke7 25. Qh4+
Kd6 (25... Kf8 26. Rh3 $1 Qd8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qg5+ $18) 26. Rd3+ Kc6 (26...
Kc5 27. Ba4 $1 {/\ Qf2+}) 27. Ba4+ Kb7 28. Bxe8 $18) 17. Qh5 $1 $18 Nxb3 (17...
Kh8 18. Qh6 Rg8 (18... exf4 19. Nh5 $18) 19. Nxf6 $18) (17... exf4 18. Nf5 $1
exf5 19. Rxf4 Qxe4 (19... fxe4 20. Rh4 $18) 20. Rxe4 fxe4 21. Qxa5 $18) (17...
Kg7 {Lombardy,W} 18. Rad1 Qxb2 19. Qh4 Bb7 20. Nxf6 $1 $18) 18. Qh6 $1 exf4 (
18... f5 19. c3 $1 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qb6 21. Nh5 $18) 19. Nh5 f5 20. Rad1 Qe5 21.
Nef6+ Bxf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Nc5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qe7 $1 Ba6 26. Qxc5
Bxf1 27. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "Vrsac"]
[Site "Vrsac"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bg5 Bd7 9. O-O Ne5 10. Be2 Be7 11. Be3 (11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rad1 Rac8 13. Be3 Qc7
14. f4 Neg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Bd4 Bc6 $10 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 $6 {>= 11...
Ne8!} 19. fxe5 Nd5 $2 (19... Nd7 20. Rd3 $1 {/\ 21.Rh3}) 20. Ne4 Kh8 21. c4 Nb6
22. Nd6 $1 {Velimirovic,E-Popovic,P/Vrsac/1989/42/1-0/ ->}) 11... Qc7 12. f4
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. e5 $6 Ne4 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Bc5 Nf5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qd6
Nf5 19. Qa3 b5 20. Qc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 Bc6 $10 22. b4 Ne3 23. Rfc1 O-O 24. a4
bxa4 25. b5 Be8 26. N5xa4 Rc8 27. Ra3 Nc4 28. Rb3 f5 29. Ne2 a6 30. Nac3 Bxb5
31. Nxb5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Rfd8 33. Kf2 Na3 34. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 Nc6 (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4
14. Qf3 Bd7 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Bd4 b5 17. a3 Be7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. f5 h5 20. Qg3
b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Rd4 Qb6 23. Rhd1 h4 24. Qg7 Rf8 25. Kb1 a5 26. fxe6 fxe6
27. R1d3 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Paris PCA-Intel GP 1995/EXP 49/1-0 (43)}) 13. g4
b5 14. g5 (14. Bd3 Bb7 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qf3 Nc5 17. h4 Nb4 18. Rd1 d5 19. Nxc5
Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. a3 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Rc8 24. Qf2 O-O 25. Qxc5
Rxc5 26. Kf2 a5 27. Rd4 e5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 {Czebe,A-Wilhelmi,C/Budapest FS02 IM
1996/EXP 51/1-0 (53)}) 14... Nd7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Qe2 b4 (16... Nb6 $1 {Gulko}
17. O-O-O Be7 {/\ 18... b4, 18... Nc4<=>}) 17. Na4 a5 18. c4 {/^a6-f1} Be7 19.
O-O O-O 20. Rac1 Rfd8 (20... e5 $6 {Gulko} 21. f5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. f6 gxf6
24. Nxd4 $40) 21. Qf2 Nc5 22. Naxc5 dxc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxf4 25. Be3
Qe5 (25... Qd6 $2 {Gulko} 26. Bh5 Ne5 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Bf4 $18) (25... Qc7 $5
{Gulko} 26. Bb6 Qe7 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. h4 Nd4 $44) 26. Bg2 Rd7 27. Rcd1 Qc7 (
27... Rad8 {Gulko} 28. Bf4 $18) 28. Bb6 Qc8 29. Qf4 e5 30. Qf5 Nd4 31. Qxe5 Ne6
32. b3 a4 33. Be3 axb3 34. axb3 Qd8 35. Rd5 Qe7 36. c5 Nc7 37. Qxe7 Rxe7 38.
Rd4 Rae8 39. Bf4 Ne6 40. Rxb4 Nxf4 41. Rxf4 Rc8 42. Rb5 Bc6 43. Rb6 Re5 44. Rf5
Ree8 45. Rf2 Re5 46. Bh3 Rc7 47. Rb8+ Be8 48. c6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. f4 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. g4 Nb4 15. g5
Nd7 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Bb7 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. Qd2
Ba8 22. Kf2 Re5 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24. Kg3 Nc5 25. Kh4 Qd7 26. Rab1 Nxa4 27. Bxe5
dxe5 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Nc2 Nxc3 $1 $19 30. Qxc3 Bg2 31. Kg3 $1 (31. d4 Rc8 $1
32. Qd3 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Qh3#) 31... Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Bxf1 33. Ne3 (33. Rxf1 Rc8 34.
Qd2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Qxh2+ 36. Ke1 Qxc2 $19) 33... Qxh2+ 34. Kxf1 Qh1+ 35. Kf2
Qxb1 36. Ng4 Qa2+ 37. Kg3 Qe6 38. Nf6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Mexico City op"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. f4 a6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. g4 Nb4
15. Rc1 Re8 16. g5 Bf8 17. h4 Nb6 18. a3 Nc6 19. e5 d5 20. h5 Nc4 (20... d4 $1)
21. g6 fxg6 22. Bf2 Rd8 {(...)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 (9... a6 10. Bg3 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/}) 10.
Be3 Qc7 11. f4 (11. Nb5 Qc6 $13) 11... Nc4 (11... Nc6 12. Bf3 a6 13. O-O O-O
14. a4 b6 15. g4 Rb8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 $14 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares/1994/})
12. Bxc4 (12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 $14) 12... Qxc4 13. Qf3 e5 (13...
O-O 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. e5 Bc6 16. exf6 Bxf3 17. fxe7 Bxd1 18. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 19.
Rxd1 Qc6 $132) 14. f5 b5 15. Nd2 (15. Bg5 $6 b4 16. Bxf6 bxc3 17. Bxg7 cxb2 18.
Rb1 Rg8 19. f6 Bd8 $15) 15... Qc6 (15... Qb4 $2 16. O-O-O $16) 16. Bg5 $1 (16.
a3 a5 17. O-O O-O 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxc2 20. Rac1 Qxb2 21. Rc7 Bf6 22. Ne4)
16... b4 (16... Bb7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd3 b4 19. Nd5 $16) 17. Nd5 (17. Bxf6 $2
bxc3) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxc2 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. O-O f6 (20... Qxd2 $2 21. f6+
$18) 21. Qg4 g5 (21... g6 22. Ne4 Qxb2 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh6 Rf8 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26.
Qg7+ Rf7 27. f6+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Rf8 29. f7+ Ke7 30. Qxg5+ $18) 22. Rf2 $44 Qc5 $2
(22... Qxb2 23. Rb1 (23. Nb3 Qc3 24. Rc1 Qd3 $1 25. Rc7+ Bd7) 23... Qxa2 24.
Qxb4 Qxd5) 23. h4 h5 (23... Rg8 24. Ne4 Qxd5 25. hxg5 $40) 24. Qe2 gxh4 25. Ne4
Qb6 (25... Qxd5 $2 26. Rd1 $16) 26. a3 b3 (26... h3 27. axb4 Bd7 28. Ra6) (
26... Bd7 27. axb4 Qxb4) 27. Qf3 Bd7 28. Rc1 h3 $2 (28... Rag8 $5 29. Rc4 Rg4
30. Rb4 Qc7 $132) 29. Qxh3 h4 30. Rc4 $1 a5 $2 (30... Rag8 31. Rb4 Qc7 32. Rxb3
Qc1+ 33. Rf1 Qc4) 31. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 32. Rxh4 $18 Rhf8 33. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Huzman HarZvi} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 8. O-O e6 (8... g6 $5 {Diese Fortsetzung fьhrt zur
Drachenvariante.}) 9. Qe2 (9. b3 {HarZvi} Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 (11... d5
$2 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qxe7) 12. Kh1 (12. Na4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14.
c4 Nb6 15. Nc3 a5 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Re8 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. g3 Qb6
21. Nf5 $6 c5 $1 {Har Zvi: and black position seems very nice Dimitrov,
V-Cabrilo,G 1990}) 12... Qc7 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Na4 Bb7 (14... Bf6) 15. Bd3 Rfe8
16. c4 $13 {Karpov-Stein,L URS-ch39 Leningrad 1971}) (9. Bf4 {HarZvi}) 9... Nd7
{Har Zvi: probably black does not want to enter 9...Be7 10.e5} (9... Be7 {
HarZvi} 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 O-O 12. Na4 Qb4 13. b3 Nd5 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Bd2 Qe7
16. Rad1 Nb6 17. Nc3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 a5 19. Rfe1 $14 {/+/- Sutovskij,E-Gross,D
Wch under 18 1995}) 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Qc7 13. f4 {Vermeidet ...
Ne5.} Bb7 (13... d5 14. Bd3 (14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 $4 Bc5+ $19) 14... Bf6 (
14... g6 {HarZvi} 15. c4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e5 Nd7 18. c5 f6 19. Rae1 {
Prie,E-Miralles,G France-Ch 1989}) 15. c4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 $14) (13... Bf6 14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e5 $1 $16) 14. Rad1 Rae8 $6 {Wie wir spдter sehen werden,
entwickelt Kramnik auf e8 den falschen Turm. Das Problem, mit welchem Turm
wohin, kommt im Mitelspiel sehr oft vor. Die Entscheidung ist von den
beiderseitigen Mittelspielplдnen abhдngig. Um die eigene Intuition zu
verbesern, empfehle ich den Lesern die Partien des ehemaligen Weltmeisters
Capablanca zu studieren. Er hat fast immer die richtige Entscheidung bei der
Turmplazierung getroffen.} (14... d5 15. Bd3 $1 {/\ed5 nebst Bh7,Qh5 und Bg7,
so kцnnte Topalov die berьhmte Kombination Laskers mit dem Doppel Lдuferopfer
vorbereiten.} (15. Bd3 {Huzman} Nc5 (15... c5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.
Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Rd3 Nf6 (21... Be4 22. Rh3+ Bh7 23.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rf3 $18) 22. Rh3+ Nh7 23. Qh5 Be4 24. f5 $18) 16. Qg4 g6 17.
Nxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kh1 $14 {/\} dxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Qg5 $16)) (14... c5 {Huzman}
15. f5 $16) 15. Rd3 c5 {Not a correct move,after this move white gets a very
pleasent position. Topalov hat zwei Figuren, die ungьnstig stehen: Bc4 und Na4.
Er versucht, den Lдufer abzutauschen und den Springer zu zentraliesiren.} (
15... d5 16. Rg3 Bf6 (16... Nf6 {Huzman} 17. Bd3 $40) 17. e5 Be7 18. Bd3 $40) (
15... Bf6 {HarZvi} 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 (17... Bxe5 $2 18. Rxd7 Bxh2+
19. Kh1 Qxd7 20. Kxh2 $18) 18. Rxf6 $3 gxf6 19. Rh3 $1 {the threat is simply
Qh5 there is only one defence} c5 20. Qh5 {the simplest way} Be4 21. Qh4 $1 {
with both threats Qxe4 and Qxf6 when black can resign}) 16. Bb5 $1 {A very
strong move both positionally a tactically because now white's threat after
the pin along the a4-e8 diagonal is Rg3. Es droht 17.Bd7 Qd7 nebst 18.Nc5.} Bc6
(16... Rd8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Qg4 (18. Rg3 {HarZvi} g6 $6 (18... e5 19. c4 $14 {
/+/-}) 19. f5 $40) (18. f5 $40 {Huzman}) 18... g6 19. f5 $40) 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18.
c4 $1 {Har Zvi: white got his advantage,black has a weak "d" pawn plus white
has some threats over the king's side ><d6 Strategisch richtig. Fixiert den
schwachen Bauern d6 auf der halboffenen d-Linie.} Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 {Schwarz
versucht sich wieder harmonisch aufzustellen. Kramnik muЯte jedoch in der
Zwischenzeit seinem Gegner viel Raum im Zentrum ьberlassen.} 20. Qf3 $16 {
Es droht e4-e5 mit Druck auf der d-Linie, deshalb weicht die schwarze Dame aus.
} Qc7 21. Qg3 {Der Anziehende bezitzt Raumvorteil. Hinter seinen Bauern (c4,
e4 und f4) gruppiert er seine Figuren neu, um einen Angriff am Kцnigsflьgel zu
beginnen.} Nf6 22. Nc3 a6 23. Qh3 {Har Zvi: a very strong move,white has some
idea about an f5 break after which he is looking to have some preasure on the
h3-c8 diagonal,plus he has a very interesting idea,putting all his heavy
pieces in the third rank! ><24.f5} Qc6 24. Rg3 {[%cal Yb2g7,Yg4g7]} Kh8 25. Re1
(25. f5 {Huzman} Bf8) 25... Qc8 26. Ree3 $1 {Der weiЯe Angriff wird Zug um Zug
stдrker. Momentan droht das Turmopfer auf g7.} Rg8 27. Nd1 Rd7 {/\ 28...d5
><28...d5} (27... Rde8 {Huzman} 28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Nd7 30. Nf2 $16) 28. f5 $1
{/\ 29.B:f6 B:f6 30.Q:h7+!} (28. Bxf6 $2 {HarZvi} Bxf6 29. Qxh7+ $4 Kxh7 30.
Rh3+ Bh4 $19 (30... Kg6 31. Reg3+ Bg5 $19)) 28... e5 {[%csl Rd5] Kramnik will
den starken Lдufer b2 einschrдnken. Der groЯe Nachteil dieses Zuges ist die
Schwдchung des Feldes d5.} (28... exf5 29. Rg5 (29. exf5 $1 {HarZvi with the
idea Bxf6-Qxh7} Re8 {this is an excellent example of white's idea to put all
his heavy pieces in  the third rank} (29... h6 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Bxf6 Re1+ 32.
Kf2 Rxd1 33. Qxh6#) 30. Rxg7 $3 Kxg7 31. Rg3+ Kh8 32. Qh6 {with mate}) 29...
fxe4 (29... h6 30. Reg3 $16) 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Qxh7+ $3 Kxh7 32. Rh3#) 29. Nc3
$18 {Har Zvi: the knight has nothing more to do on d1,now white wants to
change it with black's one after the h7 square will be very weak} Bd8 30. Nd5
h6 (30... Nxd5 31. Qxh7+ $1 $18 (31. Qxh7+ $1 {HarZvi} Kxh7 32. Rh3+ Bh4 33.
Rxh4#)) 31. Bc1 $1 {Alles lдuft nach Plan. Nachdem der Springer seinen starken
Vorposten d5 erreicht, will auch der Lдufer b2 am Angriff teilnehmen.} Nxd5 32.
exd5 Bf6 33. Re4 {Mit zwei Ideen: a)Bh6 b)Reg4} Qf8 (33... Kh7 {HarZvi} 34.
Reg4 Rh8 35. Bxh6 gxh6 36. Qxh6+ Kxh6 37. Rh3+ Bh4 38. Rhxh4#) 34. Reg4 {
Die Drohung 35.B:h6 ist nicht abzuwehren. Der junge Bulgarische GroЯmeiЯter
hat eine musterhafte, wunderbare Partie zum Thema "Figurenangriff am
Kцnigsflьgell bei beiderseitiger kurzer Roschade" durchgefьrt.} 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Felsberger, Alfred"]
[Black "Videki, Sandor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Dueckstein,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 {
Selten gespielt, obwohl natьrlicher als 7.Sb3.} a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 {
Auf 9....Sxe4 erlangt WeiЯ mit 10.Df3 eine gefдhrliche Initiative.} 10. O-O Be7
11. f4 O-O 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 {14....exf5 15.exf5 Lxf5?
scheitert an 16.Sd5. In Frage kommt 14....b5.} 15. Bf2 {Das folgende Manцver
sichert dem WeiЯen das Feld d5.} Bc6 16. Bh4 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qh5 {
Wдhrend der weiЯe Angriff bereits Konturen annimmt, hat Schwarz keinerlei
Gegenspiel.} Qc7 19. Rf3 Rac8 20. Raf1 b5 21. g4 Qe7 22. h4 b4 {Nach 22....
Lxh4? 23.Th3 ginge der Lдufer verloren.} 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 h6 {Auf 24....
Txc2 folgt 25.g5 Da7+ 26.Kh1 Ld8 27.g6.} 25. g5 $1 {Die entscheidende
Linienцffnung.} hxg5 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. Rh3 Bh6 28. f6 $1 {Entwurzelt den
Lдufer und цffnet eine weitere Linie.} Qa7+ 29. Kh1 Rxc2 30. fxg7 Rf2 31. Rf3
Rxf3 32. Rxf3 {Schwarz gibt auf. [IM Dr. A. Dueckstein]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{My second Bundesliga game with Werder Bremen, a super team from all points of
view.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2
e6 8. O-O a6 (8... Be7 {might be a smarter move order in order to permit} 9.
Bb3 O-O 10. Bg5 Na5 $1 {not allowing Ba4+.}) 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Ng3 h6
$5 {Avoiding too many exchanges.} ({Of course I can play something like} 11...
b5 {but after} 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxh5 O-O {the position seemed
rather flat to me, since a lot of pieces have left the board.}) 12. Bxf6 $5 {
The most tactical choice, which I expected, since my opponent is a very famous
ChessBase commentator for tactics!} (12. Be3 h5 $5 {looks a very decent option
for Black to me. Black is going to play ...h4, ...b5, and take some space,
while White should take measures against ...Ng4 ideas (for example h4 or f4
would be too early). Of course it is weakening - nothing is perfect - and I
believe the position is simply unclear.}) 12... Bxf6 13. Nh5 Be5 $6 {
Definitely not the best, though not so bad, but I missed a few details, and
also simply thought the rest was either too calm or really too dangerous. In
fact, this was probably both the worst and most dangerous, though there is no
huge difference between my three possibilities.} ({After} 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3
g6 15. Nf6+ {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf6g4,Gg4e3] I don't like Black's position: White
will go Ng4-Ne3 and f4-f5 at some point. I don't think the c3-pawn is such a
weakness yet and I think White has some sort of attack almost for free. Black
should be OK after some ...Kf8-...Kg7 followed by some solid and precise moves,
but I don't think I'm fighting for more than equalising here.}) (13... Bd4 {
was the other option, which I didn't consider due to} 14. Ne2 Bxb2 15. Rb1 {
which I thought was bad for Black. However I had missed} Qa5 $1 16. Bd5 $1 {
(otherwise one of the white knights has to move, and my dark-squared bishop
will get to a decent place!)} exd5 (16... Ba3 $5 {(a move nobody likes to play,
I think!)} 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Nef4 $5 O-O 19. Qf3 {is unclear, but somehow not
so pleasant for Black.}) 17. exd5 Ba3 18. dxc6 Qxh5 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Rxb7 O-O
{and the position is equal.}) 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 g6 16. Ne2 $1 {Good and
necessary.} ({After} 16. Ng3 Bd7 {Black will castle long and surely is
completely fine (I would say even a bit better).}) 16... Bxb2 17. Rb1 gxh5 (
17... Ba3 $6 18. Nf6+ {is bad for Black, especially since} Ke7 $2 {loses to}
19. f5 $1 Ne5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Nf4 $18) 18. Rxb2 Bd7 {I need to castle long!}
19. Rf3 (19. f5 {was simply the best, since White gets a pawn back and will
make some pressure:} O-O-O 20. Nf4 Rhe8 (20... exf5 $6 21. Bxf7 $1 {is better
for White.}) 21. Qxh5 (21. Nxh5 exf5 {followed by ...Re5 with counterplay.})
21... Ne5 22. Rfb1 {and somehow Black has some difficulties organising his
pieces. The position is not that clear, but surely unpleasant for Black.}) (19.
c4 O-O-O {is quite good for Black. White has got a solid centre and of course
Black's extra pawn is not that great, but I'm going to push ...h4 and use the
g-file for my rooks. White can probably get a pawn back by playing some knight
moves, but then Black will definitely have good coordination.}) (19. Bc4 $5 {
was a clever option suggested by my opponent while analysing the game, to get
the bishop out of that "jail" on b3 (somehow later we'll see that the bishop
is stuck there and prevents White from attacking). However, after} Na5 20. Bd3
(20. Qd4 Ke7 $5) 20... O-O-O {[%cal Gh8g8,Gc7c5] Black will go ...Rh8, ...Qc5,
and ...d5 at some point, and I don't really see how White is going to attack.}
(20... Nc4 {which we considered good was not so great after} 21. Rb3 $1 {
followed by Qa1.})) 19... O-O-O 20. Rc3 {An interesting plan, but too slow.} d5
$5 {The good way (and place) to react! But actually, maybe another option
would be worth a try. In fact, for some reason we both thought the d5-pawn was
completely untouchable, but it seems that taking it just gives a dead drawn
position.} 21. exd5 (21. e5 Qa5 {is much better for Black in my opinion, due
to White's very badly placed bishop.}) 21... exd5 22. Nd4 (22. Bxd5 Bg4 ({After
} 22... Rhe8 23. Rd3 {it seems that Black has nothing really better than} Bg4)
23. Rd3 Rhe8 24. c4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Bxe2 (25... Qxf4 26. h3 {is OK for White.})
26. Qxe2 Nb4 {with a dead draw, it seems.}) (22. h3 d4 $1 {is good for Black.})
22... Rhe8 $1 {Black wants to go ...Re4, in order to break White's conception.}
({The illogical} 22... Qxf4 $6 23. Ba4 {is dangerous for Black.}) ({is not too
logical either, since after} 22... Qa5 23. Qd2 Kb8 24. Rb1 {White will play
Rd1 and/or Rd3 and probably hold the position, though Black is a bit better.})
23. Rb1 {The most natural. My opponent was already lacking time.} (23. h3 Re4
$1 (23... Qxf4 $5 24. Ba4 Qf2 $1 25. Rb1 Rg8 26. Qg1 Qxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Rg6 $17)
24. Bxd5 $140 $2 Qa5 $1 $19) 23... Re4 24. Bxd5 $2 {Probably just a
miscalculation.} (24. Nxc6 Bxc6 {would free all Black's position: ...d4 is
coming, with some problems on the c6-h1 diagonal, some problems on the e-file,
and the f4-pawn, etc.. Black is much better, for example:} 25. Qxh5 Rde8 26.
Rg1 Re1 {and Black is almost winning. All other 24th moves would definitely be
clearly better for Black, but best...}) 24... Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxb7+ Kb8
27. Bxa6+ Nb5 $19 {Technically better than 27...Bb5: my bishop is stronger
than my opponent's one. There is no point exchanging them.} 28. Rxc7 Kxc7 29.
h3 Nd4 30. c3 Ne6 31. Rb7+ Kd6 32. Bc4 Nxf4 33. Bxf7 Bc6 34. Rb4 Ke5 35. Rb2
Rf8 36. Bc4 Nxg2 37. Re2+ Ne3+ 38. Kh2 Ke4 39. Kg3 Rf3+ 40. Kh4 Kf4 41. Be6 Rg3
(41... Rg3 42. Rd2 Rg5 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe1 {The main idea of this move is to push forward the "e" pawn,
thus, worsening Black's pawn structure.} (9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Na4 Qc7 11. f4 O-O 12.
c4 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,A-Knezevic,B/Belgrade 1998/CBM 064/[Gofshtein,L] (35)}) (
9. Qe2 {is another line.}) 9... Nd7 {Basically, Black cannot allow White to
carry out e4-e5. The second player has some other replies on White's threat:} (
9... Ng4 10. h3 (10. Na4 $146 Qd4 $1 11. Bb3 Ba6 12. Qd1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg7 $11
{Karjakin,S-Alekseev,E/Kallithea 86/(192) 2002/Inf 86/[Golubev,M] (13)}) 10...
Ne5 11. Na4 $1 $32 {1-0 Areshchenko,A-Shishkin,V/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103/
[Gofshtein,L] (40)}) (9... Qc5 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na4 (11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Qh5 13.
f4 d5 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Qf2 Bc6 {1/2-1/2
Karjakin,S-Miroshnichenko,E/Simferopol UKR 2003/The Week in Chess 476 (18)})
11... Qh5 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 O-O 15. Kh1 a5 16. f4 Nc5 17. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Areshchenko,A-Andreev,E/Kramatorsk 2003/CBM 97 (62)}) (9... Qc7 10. f4
d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Be3 e6 14. Qf2 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Ba6 16. Rfd1 {
1-0 Golubev,M-Iordachescu,V/playchess.com INT 2004 (16)}) 10. Na4 $1 {The
point of White's opening idea. White is driving away the Black queen from the
a7-g1 diagonal, and is willing to occupy the long diagonal with his queen.
Other possibilities are:} (10. b3 Bg7 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 O-O 14.
f4 d5 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 17. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Todorovic,G-Perunovic,M/
Kopaonik SCG 2005/The Week in Chess 544 (17)}) (10. Kh1 Bg7 11. f4 Ba6 12. Bxa6
Qxa6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rf3 Rab8 15. b3 e6 16. Rh3 d5 17. Qh4 h5 18. e5 Rfe8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Thipsay,P-Neelotpal,D/ch-IND National A, Calicut IND 2003 (34)}) (10.
Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Bg7 12. Qh4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Ba6 14. Rf3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qf2
Rb8 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hendriks,W-Nijboer,F/Dieren 2002/
CBM 089 ext (64)}) 10... Qd4 $2 $146 {Black wanted to cover the long diagonal,
but his queen will find himself in trouble there...} ({Better was} 10... Qc7
11. Qc3 Rg8 12. f4 Bg7 13. Qf3 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. c3 Rf8 16. Be3 f5 17. Qh3
Rh8 $13 {0-1 Asauskas,H-Nevednichy,V/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 555 (58)
}) 11. Bb3 Nf6 {Other continuations lead to an unpleasant position for Black
as well:} (11... Bg7 12. Bd2 Qf6 13. Bc3 e5 14. f4 $18) (11... Ba6 {is met by}
12. Bd2 Qf6 13. c4 Qh4 (13... Qe6 14. Bc3 f6 15. c5 $36) 14. Bc3 $16) 12. Qa5
$1 {[%cal Ga5c7,Gc1e3,Ya4b6]} Qe5 $2 {Exchange of the queens will not make
Black's life easier, as his pawn structure will become terrible.} (12... Nxe4
13. Be3 Qe5 14. Qc7 Bd7 15. Bxa7 {[%cal Ga4b6]} Rc8 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qxd7 $16
) (12... Bd7 13. Be3 Qxe4 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Rfe1 Qg4 17. Ba4 $18) (
{The least of the evils was} 12... Bg7 13. Be3 Qxe4 14. Nb6 axb6 15. Qxa8 O-O
16. Qa4 $14) 13. Qxe5 dxe5 14. f3 $16 {White's advantage is obvious, thanks to
his superior pawn structure. As a result, Black cannot find good positions for
his bishops...} Nd7 {covering the c5 square.} (14... h5 15. Be3 Bh6 16. Bf2 $16
) 15. Be3 e6 {Black's dark-squared bishop has nothing to do on the f8-h6
diagonal.} 16. Rfd1 Kd8 {transfering the monarch to c7.} (16... Be7 17. Rd2 O-O
18. Rad1 $18) 17. Nc5 $1 {exchanging Black's most important piece on the board.
} (17. Rd2 Kc7 18. Rad1 Be7 $16) 17... Kc7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Bg5 {taking
control over the d8 square.After eliminating Black's knight, White can threat
with occupation of the f6 square.} Rg8 (19... Bg7 20. Rd3 (20. Be7 Rae8 21.
Bd6+ Kb6 22. Rd3) 20... Rae8 21. Rad1 Bc8 22. Ba4 $18) 20. Rd3 {planning to
add the rooks on the "d" file.} c5 {intending to reply with 21...Bb5 on
white's 21.Rad1.} 21. Bc4 $1 {covering the b5 square.} Ba4 22. Rad1 {
threatening with Bf6.} Bg7 (22... Bxc2 23. Rd7+ $18) (22... Bc6 23. Bd8+ Kc8
24. Ba6+ Bb7 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. Rd7+ $18) 23. Be3 $1 $18 {Now Black loses on
the spot.} Bf8 (23... Rad8 24. b3 $18 {[%cal Ge3c5]}) 24. Ra3 Bc6 (24... Bxc2
25. Rc1 {winning the bishop.}) 25. Bd2 $1 {transfering the bishop to a5.} Be7
26. Ba5+ Kc8 27. Ba6+ {winning the bishop.} (27. Ba6+ Bb7 (27... Kb8 28. Rb3+
$18) 28. Bxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rd7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Be3 {
This is a rare continuation. White has the following alternatives:} (7. Nxc6
Bxc6 8. Qe2 e6 9. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yf4d6]} Qa5 10. O-O-O {1-0 Kashtanov,
R-Polaninov,A/St Petersburg 2001/CBM 083/[Gofshtein,L] (41)}) (7. f4 Rc8 8. Bb3
Qa5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 $6 (9... Bxc6 $5 10. Bd2 Qb4 $132) 10. Qe2 d5 11. Bd2 dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Qc7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qh5 $36 {1-0 Planinc,A-Masic,L/Novi Travnik 1969/
EXT 2000 (23)}) (7. f3 $5 Rc8 8. Bb3 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 {0-1 Debarnot,R-Pelikan,J/
Buenos Aires 1968/MCD (46)}) (7. h3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11.
Qd3 Qa5 12. Bd4 Bc6 13. a3 $14 {1-0 Ciric,D-Tal,M/Wijk aan Zee 1968/MCL (40)})
(7. Bb3 g6 8. h3 $146 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd3 b5 $1 12. a3 a5 13.
Bg5 Rb8 14. Rfe1 a4 15. Ba2 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Rxb2 19.
Nxf6+ exf6 20. Qxd6 Bb5 $14 {0-1 Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/Horgen 1995/CBM 050/
[Boensch,U] (64) /=}) 7... Ng4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 {Other possibilities are:} (
9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg3 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O $6 (12. h3 $5) (12. f3 Qb6 $13) 12...
h5 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Nevednichy,V/Krynica 1998/CBM 067/[Gofshtein,L] 
(26)}) (9. O-O Nxe3 10. fxe3 e6 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Rxf6 Bg7 14. Rf2
Rb8 15. Nd1 Ke7 $44 {Landenbergue,C-Kortschnoj,V Bern Training (1) 1992 0-1 27}
) 9... g6 {fianchetting the dark-squared bishop.} 10. f4 $146 {covering the e5
square. White chooses an aggressive plan with long castle. In the previous
game White tried} (10. O-O Bg7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bd3 e5 14. Na4 Nh5
15. Be2 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. c4 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Rab8 20. Qc2 Be6 21.
Rad1 Qg5 22. Kh1 Qe7 23. b3 f5 24. Bf3 f4 25. Qe2 Bf8 26. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Zetocha,
C-Mititelu,G/Romania 1993/EXT 98 (26)}) 10... Bg7 ({It is too dangerous to win
the b2 pawn:} 10... Qb6 11. Qe2 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 (12... Qxc2 13. Bd3 $18) 13.
Rb7 $44) 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bb3 {closing the "b" file.} (12. O-O-O Bd4 $5 13. Be1
Be3+ 14. Bd2 Bd4 $11) (12. h3 Nf6 13. Bb3 {-leads to the game.}) 12... a5 13.
h3 Nf6 14. O-O-O Qb8 {Black moves away the queen from "d" file, and occupies
the "b" file at the same time.} ({The pawn sacrifice} 14... a4 {doesn't
promise Black any serious compensation:} 15. Nxa4 c5 16. Nc3 $14) (14... d5 {
is met by} 15. e5 $1 Ne8 16. g4 $36 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5]}) 15. e5 Nh5 (15... Ne8
16. Rhe1 $14) 16. Rhe1 $14 {[%cal Gg2g4] threatening with g2-g4.White's
chances are obviously better, thanks to well-coordinated pieces.} Bh6 (16... a4
17. Nxa4 c5 18. Nc3 $16) 17. f5 $1 (17. Qf3 {seems strong enough as well:} Ng7
(17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 $16) 18. g4 $16) 17... Ng3 18. Qf2 Bxd2+
19. Qxd2 d5 {closing the a2-g8 diagonal for White's light-squared bishop.} (
19... Nxf5 20. exd6 exd6 21. g4 Ng7 22. Qxd6 $16) (19... Bxf5 20. Qe3 $18) 20.
fxg6 ({Less clear is} 20. f6 exf6 21. exf6 Re8 $13) 20... hxg6 {[%tqu "En",
"Please find the best move for white.","","","d2g5","",10]} 21. Qg5 $1 {
winning the central e7 pawn.} Nf5 22. g4 Ng7 23. Qxe7 $16 {White is a pawn up
without any serious counterplay from Black's side.} Ra7 24. Qh4 Be6 25. Qf2 {
taking control over the g1-a7 diagonal.} Re8 26. Na4 {intending to occupy the
c5 square.} Rae7 27. Qc5 {attacking Black's queenside pawns.} ({Worth
consideration:} 27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Ba4 Qb6 29. Rf1 $16) 27... Qc7 28. Qd6 $1 {
forcing Black to exchange the queens.} Qxd6 {Other continuations don't make
Black's life easier:} (28... Rb8 29. Nc5 Ne8 30. Qxc7 Nxc7 31. Ba4 Rb6 32. Nb3
Ra6 33. Re3 $18) (28... f5 29. Nc5 fxg4 30. Nxe6 Nxe6 31. hxg4 Qxd6 32. exd6
Rd7 33. c4 $18) 29. exd6 Rd7 30. Nc5 Rxd6 (30... Rdd8 31. Ba4 $18) 31. Ne4 {
winning an exchange.} dxe4 32. Rxd6 $18 {The rest should be a matter of an
easy technique, but there is a factor of time....} f5 33. Rxc6 Bxb3 34. axb3
Ne6 35. Ra6 {winning another pawn.} Kf7 36. Rxa5 Kf6 37. h4 {robbing the g5
square from Black's knight.} (37. Rf1 f4) 37... Nd4 38. Ra6+ Ke5 39. Rxg6 Ra8 (
39... f4 {loses as well:} 40. Rg5+ Kf6 41. Rd5 Nf3 42. Rf5+ Kg7 43. Rd1 e3 44.
Rxf4 $18) 40. Kd2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake on the last move of the
first time control... White throws away his amazing advantage...} (40. Kb1 $1 {
promises White an easy victory:} Nf3 (40... f4 41. Rg5+ $18) 41. Re2 Nxh4 42.
Rh6 (42. Rb6 $18) 42... Nf3 (42... f4 43. Rxh4 f3 44. Re1 f2 45. Rh5+ $1 Kd6 (
45... Kd4 46. c3+ Kd3 47. Rd5#) (45... Kf4 46. Rf5+ $18) 46. Rd1+ Kc6 47. Rf5
e3 48. Rf1 $18) 43. gxf5 $18) 40... Nf3+ 41. Ke2 Nxe1 42. Kxe1 f4 $44 {Now
Black's pawns become very dangerous. White needs to play careful not to lose
this position...} 43. Ke2 e3 44. Kf3 (44. Rg7 {doesn't change an evaluation of
the position.} Rd8 45. Kf3 Rd2 46. Rg5+ Kd6 47. Rg6+ $11 (47. Kxf4 $2 e2 48.
Re5 Rd4+ 49. Kf5 Rd5 $19)) 44... Ra1 45. Rg5+ Kd6 46. Ke2 (46. c4 Rf1+ 47. Ke2
Rf2+ 48. Ke1 (48. Kd3 Rd2+ 49. Kc3 f3 $19) 48... f3 49. Rf5 $11) 46... Rc1 47.
Rf5 (47. c4 Rc2+ 48. Kd3 e2 $19) (47. Rg6+ Kd7 48. Rg7+ Kd6 $11) 47... Rxc2+
48. Ke1 Rc1+ (48... Rf2 49. h5 f3 50. h6 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rf2+ $11) 49. Ke2 Rc2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O {In recent years the Sicilian openings
are showing a small trend in which Black is lured into movng the king's knight
in order to win the bishop. The activity of the knight costs time and also
weakens the defence of the monarch's kingside.} (11. f3 b5 12. O-O-O b4 (12...
O-O 13. g4 Na5 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bb7 17. Nf4 Nc5 18. Nh5 Rfd8
19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Rhg1 Nd7 21. Bd4 Bf8 22. Nf6+ {1-0 Vogel,C (2160)-Funke,R 
(2236)/Herne 2007 (59)}) 13. Na4 Rb8 14. g4 Ne5 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17.
Qxe3 Bd7 18. g5 Nh5 19. f4 Qa5 20. Qf3 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Bxg5 {0-1 Guzman Haensch,
H (2110)-Sorokin,M (2560)/Villa Ballester 1997}) 11... Ng4 12. f4 (12. Bd4 O-O
13. f4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nf6 $11) 12... Nxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Rhf1 b5 15. f5 {
White is fighting without the bishop pair so he has to act forcefully to
compensate for the deficit with his initiative.} (15. a3 Qa7 16. Qd2 Qc5 $11)
15... b4 16. Na4 Na5 $6 {Al Modiahki is logical and is trying to eliminate the
second white bishop too. The neglect of his development will force Black to
play very accurately.} (16... Qa7 $1 17. Qd2 a5 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. f6 gxf6 20. Nh5
Kh8 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Bb7 23. Qf4 Rg8 24. Rxd6 Rxg2 25. Nb6 (25. Qxe5 $2
Qe3+ 26. Kd1 Kg8 $1 27. Rf1 Qe2+ $19) 25... Rg1+ 26. Kd2 Rg2+ $11) 17. Ng3
Nxb3+ (17... Qa7 18. Qf4 h6 19. Kb1 e5 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. f6 $1 Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxf6
23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qxh6 Bg4 25. Rf1 $18) 18. axb3 Kh8 $1 (18... Bb7 19. f6 Rac8
20. Rd2 gxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nh5 $18) 21. Qh6 Kh8 22. Rxf6 Qd8 (
22... Bxf6 $2 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Nh5 $18) 23. Nh5 Rg8 24. Rxf7 Bxe4 25. Qxe6 Rf8
26. Kb1 $16) 19. Nh5 exf5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] The decisive mistake in the form of
illogical opening of diagonals and files for the benefit of his better
developed opponent.} (19... Bb7 20. f6 gxf6 21. Nxf6 (21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Nxf6 Rg7
$11) 21... Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Rac8 23. Rf2 a5 24. Kb1 $14) (19... Rg8 20. Nb6 Rb8
21. Nc4 Rb5 22. f6 Rxh5 23. fxe7 Qxe7 24. h3 $14) 20. exf5 Bb7 (20... Rg8 21.
Nb6 Ra7 22. f6 gxf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 Be6 25. Qd4 Qc5 26. Rg6+ Qxd4 27.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Rxd4 $16) 21. f6 $1 {The thematic advance is only the
introduction to the invasion phase of the white pieces.} gxf6 (21... Bxf6 22.
Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Qxf6+ $18) 22. Rde1 Rfe8 (22... Rae8 $2 23. Qh6 Rg8
24. Nxf6 Rg7 25. Nxe8 $18) (22... Rac8 23. Re2 Rfe8 24. Nb6 Rcd8 25. Rfe1 $18)
23. Nb6 Rab8 24. Qh6 Rg8 (24... Bf8 25. Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8
28. Nf6 $18) 25. Nxf6 Rg7 26. Nbd5 {The access of the knights to the d5-square
has become devastating for the defender. White could have won also with the
transfer of the rook to help the kingside attack.} (26. Rf4 $1 Bxf6 (26... Qxb6
27. Rg4 Bxf6 28. Qxf6 Rbg8 29. Qxg7+ Rxg7 30. Re8+ $18) 27. Qxf6 Kg8 (27...
Qxb6 28. Rg4 $18) 28. Re7 Qxb6 29. Rg4 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 $18) 26... Qa5 (26... Bxf6
27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nxc7 Be5 29. Rd1 $16) 27. Nxe7 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2 29. g4 {
A noteworthy defensive move. White is controlling all the important squares
with the exception of the vulnerable g2.} Qc3+ 30. Kd1 Bf3+ (30... Qa1+ 31. Ke2
Qe5+ 32. Kf2 Qc3 33. Kg1 Qxc2 34. Rf2 $18) 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kc1 (32. Re2 Qc3
33. Re3 Qd4+ 34. Ke1 Qb2 35. Nf5 $18) 32... Qc3 33. Re3 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+ 35.
Ke2 (35. Ke1 $18) 35... Qc5 36. Nf5 {Finally the time has come for the
decisive move by the knight.} Qxc2+ (36... Rbg8 37. Qxg7+ Rxg7 38. Re8+ $18)
37. Kf3 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qc2+ 39. Re2 Qc5+ 40. Kf1 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 (11... Bxb5 12. Bxb5+ Nc6 13. Bd3
Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 $14 {Zontakh,A-Kozul,Z/Portoroz/1995/0:1/72/}) 12. f4
Ng6 (12... Neg4 13. Bxg4 Bxb5 14. Bf3 Be7 (14... e5 15. a4 Bc6 16. Qd3 Be7 17.
c4 O-O 18. f5 $14 {Lastin,A-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow/1995/1:0/55/}) 15. Nd4 Bd7
16. Qd3 Qc7 17. O-O a6 18. c4 $14 {Sokolov,An-Khasin,Al/RUS(ch)/1994/1:0/48/})
13. f5 $5 (13. Qd3 $5 Bc6 14. Nc3 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rad1 $14) 13... exf5 14.
exf5 Ne5 15. Qd4 a6 16. Nc3 Bxf5 17. O-O Be6 18. Rxf6 $1 (18. Rad1 Be7 $17)
18... gxf6 19. Nd5 $44 Qd8 20. Rd1 (20. Qa4+ $6 b5 $1 (20... Bd7 21. Qb4 Be7
22. Bb6 Qb8 23. Nc7+ Kf8 24. Nxa8 Qxa8 25. Rd1 $36) 21. Bxb5+ axb5 22. Qxa8
Qxa8 23. Nc7+ Kd7 $1 24. Nxa8 Ng4 $1 (24... Nc4 $2 25. Nb6+ $16) (24... Be7 $2
25. Nb6+ Kc6 26. Nd4+ $1 $16) 25. Bd4 Bh6 $1 26. Nb6+ Kc6 27. Re1 Rb8 28. h3
Ne5 29. Rd1 Rxb6 30. Bxb6 Kxb6 31. Rxd6+ Kc7 $15) 20... Be7 21. Qh4 Rc8 22. c3
h5 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Rg8 (25... Rh7 26. Qg5 Rh8 27. Bxh5 (27.
Qf6 Rh7 28. Qg5 $10) 27... Qb5 $1 28. Be3 (28. Rxd6 $4 Nf3+ $19) 28... Nc4 29.
Bf3 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Kd7 $44) 26. Bxh5 Qe7 27. Qh6 Bd7 (27... Nc4 $1 28. Re1 $5
Kd7 $1 (28... Nxb6 $4 29. Rxe6 $18) 29. Bd4 Nxb2 30. Bf6 $44) 28. g3 Rc6 29.
Bd4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 Rxg5 31. Be2 Bg4 $1 32. Bxg4 Rxg4 33. Nd2 f6 34. Kg2 Kf7 35.
h3 Rg6 36. Rf1 Ke6 37. g4 Rc8 38. Ne4 f5 $4 (38... Rh8 39. Ng3 b5 40. Nf5 $44)
39. Rxf5 $16 Rcg8 40. Ng3 Nc6 41. Rf4 Nxd4 42. Rxd4 Rg5 $2 (42... d5 $142 $16)
43. Ne4 Rb5 44. b3 d5 45. a4 $1 Ra5 $6 (45... Rb6 46. Nc5+ Kd6 47. a5 Rc6 48.
b4 Ke5 49. h4 $16) 46. b4 dxe4 47. bxa5 Ke5 48. Rd7 $18 Rc8 49. Re7+ Kf4 50.
Rf7+ Ke5 51. g5 Rxc3 52. h4 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Rc1 54. Kg4 e3 (54... Rg1+ $142 55.
Kh5 e3 $18) 55. Re7+ Kd4 56. h5 Kd3 57. h6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 Be7 (10... Rc8 11. Be3 (11. f3 Be7 12.
O-O-O O-O 13. g4 Rfd8 {'<=>' Gofshtein,L.} 14. g5 Ne8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. f4 Nc4
$132 {Brustkern,J-Levin,F/Berliner Sommer 1997/0-1(33)}) 11... Qc7 12. Nb5 Bxb5
13. Bxb5+ Ned7 14. O-O Be7 15. Bd3 d5 {'<=>' Gofshtein,L'} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Bd4 $14 {Onischuk,A-Tukmakov,V/Biel SKA 1996/1/2-1/2(41)}) (10... a6 {
Gofshtein,L} 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. O-O b5 13. a3 Be7 14. Rad1 Nc4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Ivanovic,B-Damljanovic,B/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (34)}) 11. O-O-O {
Gofshtein,L: 'another possibility is:'} (11. f3 O-O ({More flexible was:} 11...
Qc7 {Gofshtein,L} 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Nc6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qa5 $1 Qd7 $14 {
with mutual chanses,although white has slightly better prospects.}) 12. g4 {
'->' Gofshtein,L. Gofshtein,L: '1-0 Balashov,Y-Lopushnoy,D/Maikop 1998 (12)'}
Bc6 {[%cal Gf6d7]} 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4 Ng6 16. h4 Rfd8 (16... Rfc8
17. h5 Ngf8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bf3 $14) 17. h5 Ngf8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bf3 b5 $6 {
After this move black is in serious troubles.Deserved attention} (19... d5 $5
20. exd5 exd5 21. h6 g6 (21... Ne4 $2 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf5+ $18)
22. O-O-O Ne4 {with counterplay.}) 20. Qg2 $1 {1-0 Balashov,Y-Lopushnoy,D/
Maikop 1998/CBM 66/[Gofshtein,L] (40)}) 11... O-O {'?!' Gofshtein,L.} (11...
Rc8 $142 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) (11... Bc6 {Gofshtein,L} 12. f3 a6 13. g4 Qc7 (13...
h6 14. h4 Qc7 15. g5 $40 {1-0 Malinin,Y-Mishchenko,V/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74
no vc (34)}) 14. Nd4 (14. g5 Nfd7 15. Be3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Konguveel,P-Bakre,T/
Calcutta 1999/CBM 69 ext (55)}) 14... b5 15. a3 Rb8 $132 {0-1 Ivanovic,
B-Damljanovic,B/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (60)}) 12. g4 {Gofshtein,L: 'with
idea 13.Be5 and 14.g5'} Bc6 (12... Rfd8 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4 Rac8
) 13. f3 Qc7 $1 (13... Rfd8 $6 14. g5 $5 (14. h4 Qc7 15. g5 {'->' Gofshtein,L.
Gofshtein,L: '1-0 Fedorov,A-Lopushnoy,D/St Petersburg 1997'} Nfd7 (15... Nh5
16. Bh2 g6 17. f4 $18) 16. Nd4 $1 a6 17. h5 b5 18. Rdg1 Nf8 (18... b4 19. Nd1
Nf8) 19. a3 $1 $16 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Lopushnoy,D/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 62/
[Gofshtein,L] (29) a good move, wasting one tempi,but completely stopping
black play on the Queen's side}) 14... Ne8 (14... Nfd7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. f4 $16)
15. Be3 $36) (13... a5 14. a4 Qb4 15. Qe1 Rfc8 16. Rd4 Qb6 17. Be3 $16) 14. Nd4
(14. h4 Rfc8 15. g5 Nfd7 16. h5 $36) (14. g5 Nfd7 15. Be3 {[%cal Gf3f4]} b5 $1
{[%csl Rb5,Rf3]} 16. Nd4 a6 $132 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 14... a6 15. g5 Nfd7 16. h4 b5
17. a3 $2 (17. h5 b4 18. Nb1 Nc5 $13 {[%csl Re6]}) (17. Rdg1 b4 18. Nd1 $132)
17... Nc5 $1 {A multi-tasking move. The knight looks on both flanks: holding
the e6 pawn and in variaitons looking to sac itself on e4. Sometimes Nb3 can
be a threat. '?!' Gofshtein,L. Gofshtein,L: 'Wrong move , better looks 17...
Nb6 '} (17... Nb6 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ye5c4,Yb6c4] Gofshtein,L}) 18. h5 Rfc8 {
[%cal Gc8c1]} 19. g6 {'->!' Gofshtein,L. Gofshtein,L: 'perspective pawns
sacrifice,which leads to the strong white's attack .'} fxg6 {Gofshtein,L:
'also after 19...hg 20.h6 white has good attack'} (19... hxg6 {Gofshtein,L} 20.
h6 $5 $40) 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Be3 {Gofshtein,L: 'The attacking plan of white is
clear: to transfer hard pieces to the king side.'} a5 $4 (21... Bf6 $1 {
After this natural move seems like black is on top, having both the pawn and
the initiative} 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxd6 Bxc3 24. Qxc6 (24. bxc3 Nb3+ 25. Kb1
Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxc3 27. Bb6 Nc5 28. Ba5 Na4 $15) 24... Bxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Rxc6 $17)
22. Bxb5 $16 {With the N on e5 white never had this option, but now the knight
has moved and Bb5 wins.} (22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxb5 Nb3+ 24. cxb3 Qxb5 25. Qc2 Qb7
26. Kb1 Rab8 $13) 22... Bxb5 23. Ndxb5 Qb6 24. Kb1 Rab8 25. Bd4 $1 e5 {[%csl
Rd5]} (25... Qa6 26. Qh2 Nf8 27. Rdg1 $18) 26. Be3 Qc6 27. Bxc5 (27. Na7 Qb6
28. Nab5) (27. Qd5+ $142 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rf8 29. Rf1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6,Re7]})
27... Qxc5 28. a4 Nf4 {[%csl Yd5]} 29. Rdg1 Qb4 {[%cal Gc8c3]} 30. Rg4 $1 (30.
Qh2 h5 $1 31. Qd2 d5 $1 32. exd5 Bc5 $17 {[%cal Gc5d4]}) 30... Rxc3 $2 $138 {
'?' Gofshtein,L. Gofshtein,L: 'Last mistake. After 30...Rc5! black has
defensive chances.'} (30... Bf6 $142 $132) (30... Rc5 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 31. Qh2
h5) (30... Bf8 $2 {Gofshtein,L} 31. Qh2 h6 (31... Rxc3 32. Qxh7+ Kf7 33. Qf5+
Ke7 34. Rh7 Ne6 35. Rg6 $18) 32. Qxh6 Rxc3 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Rxg7+ Bxg7 35. Qxb8
Rxf3 36. Qc7+ Kf6 37. Nxd6 $18) 31. Qxc3 Qxa4 32. Nc7 $1 {'+-' Gofshtein,L.} (
32. Qc7 Qxb5 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qxe7+ Kg8 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qh7+
Ke8 38. b3 a4 39. Qg7 {[%cal Gh1h8]} Nh3 $8 40. Rxh3 Qf1+ 41. Kb2 Rxb3+ 42.
cxb3 Qxh3 $16 {With good practical chances for a draw.}) 32... Ne2 33. Qd2 $1
Qa3 {Allows a cute finale, but the position was already lost} (33... Rxb2+ {
[%csl Yb4,Yb5][%cal Gc7b5,Gd2b4] doesn't work since all the squares are
protected} 34. Kxb2 $18) {[%tqu "En","Black is threatenning to mate you. How
would you act?","","","g4g7","",10]} 34. Rxg7+ $1 (34. b3 {also wins} Rxb3+ 35.
cxb3 Qxb3+ 36. Ka1 Nd4 (36... Qa3+ 37. Qa2+) 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qh6+ $18) 34...
Kf8 (34... Kxg7 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Qxh7+ Kf6 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Qf7#)
35. Ne6+ Ke8 36. Rg8+ Kf7 37. Rxb8 Qxf3 38. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Na5 7. Bd3 (7. Bb5+
Bd7 8. Qe2 a6 (8... e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Nb3 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Rc6 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Re3 Qg5 18. g3 Nf6 19. Rd3
Qxd2+ 20. R1xd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,W-Hernandez,G/Oropesa del Mar 1996/EXT
98 (51)}) 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Bg5 e6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 Nc6 14.
f5 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Be7 16. Rhd1 Rc8 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. g3 b5 19. a3 $16 {1-0 Anand,
V-Leko,P/Munich 1994/EXT 2000 (31)}) (7. Be2 e6 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Be7 10. f4 Qc7
11. Kh1 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. b4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Qd4 Bb7 17. Bd3
Rac8 18. e5 $2 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Qh3 g6 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Qh6 $2 Bf8 23. Qh4
Bg7 $17 {0-1 Holzmann,H-Karolyi,T/Balatonbereny 1995/CBM 48 ext (62)}) 7... g6
8. O-O (8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Qd2 a6 13. c4 e6 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rad1 Nc6 16. Nf3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ba3 Qh4 19. g3 $16 {
1-0 Souleidis,G-Thiel,T/Senden 1998/CBM 67 ext (30)}) (8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 Nd7 10.
f4 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Qd2 e6 15. Kh1 Nc6 16. g4 f5
$1 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rae1 Qa5 19. Qf2 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Martin Gonzalez,A-Ubilava,
E/Candas 1992/TD (40) ^^ [+]}) 8... Bg7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. f4 a5 $1 {
forcing} 12. a4 {[%csl Rb4] after which black will have the very important
'b4' post} Be6 13. Nc1 Nb4 (13... Qb6+ $143 14. Kh1 Qxb2 $2 (14... Bg4 15. Qe1
{[%csl Rg4][%cal Gf4f5]}) 15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Rxb7 $16) 14. f5 $2 {Premature.
white gives up the most crucial square in sicilian- e5 without getting
anything real} (14. Be2 $5 {[%cal Ge2f3,Gc1d3]} Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Rfc8 16. Bf3 $13)
14... Bd7 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Kh1 Kh8 {Black removes his king from the a2-g8 /^
with the idea to capture on g6 with the 'f' ppawn in the future, however, i
would prefer the simple improvment of the pieces here.} (16... Bc6 {[%cal
Gf6d7,Gd7e5,Gd6d5]}) 17. N1e2 {[%csl Gg4] allows black to easily transport his
knight to a better position, but there is no good plan for white here.} (17.
fxg6 $6 fxg6 18. Qd2 Ng4 19. Nb3 Nxd3 20. Rxf8+ (20. cxd3 Qb6 $19) 20... Bxf8
21. cxd3 Qb6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gg4f2,Gb6b3]} 22. h3 $8 Nf2+ 23. Kh2 Nxh3 24.
gxh3 Qxb3 $19) (17. Qd2 Ng4) 17... Ng4 18. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1h4]} gxf5 $1 {At the
right moment. White's pieces are discoordinated and black has a wonderful
chance to launch a counterattack.} (18... Ne5 19. Rd1 $13) 19. exf5 Rg8 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gd7c6,Gb4d3,Yc6g2,Yg8g2]} 20. Qh4 Bf6 21. Bxf6+ Nxf6 {[%cal
Gg8g4] the results of white's 14.f5 can now be seen: the 'g' file has been
opened and taken over by black; the f5 pawn is weak and is limiting the white
B; the h1-a8 /^ is opened for black's B while white connot exploit the 'h' and
'e' files since he has to worry about his many weaknesses.} 22. h3 Nxd3 $1 23.
cxd3 {[%csl Rb2,Rd3,Rf5]} Qb6 24. Rab1 Bc6 25. Rf2 Rg5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gc8g8]}
26. Qd4 (26. Qxg5 Qxf2 {[%cal Gc8g8]} 27. Qg3 $8 Qxf5 28. Nd4 Qh5 29. Nxc6 bxc6
$19 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc8b8]}) 26... Qb4 $1 (26... Qc5 $143 27. Qxc5 dxc5 28.
Re1 {would give white time to create some counterplay}) 27. Rg1 $2 {A blunder
in bad position} (27. Qxb4 axb4 28. Na2 Rcg8 29. Rg1 Rh5 (29... Nd5 $5) 30. Nf4
Rxf5 31. Nxb4 e5 $19) 27... Rh5 28. Re1 (28. Kh2 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Ng4+ $19) (28.
Qxb4 $4 Rxh3#) 28... Rxh3+ 29. Kg1 Rh4 (29... Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd3 31. Nxc6 bxc6
32. Rxe7 {would give unnecessary counterchances}) 30. Qxb4 axb4 31. Nb5 Bxb5
32. axb5 Kg7 {[%csl Re7] Bringing the king to protect the pawn, while the
rooks will destroy the pawns.The rest is just a matter of time} 33. Ng3 Rg4 34.
Rf3 Kf8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 35. Nf1 Rc5 (35... b3 $143 36. d4 Rxd4 37. Rxb3) 36.
Rfe3 Rc2 37. g3 (37. Rxe7 Rcxg2+ 38. Kh1 Rg1+ 39. Kh2 Rxf1 $19) 37... Nd5 38.
f6 {desperation} (38. R3e2 b3 39. Rxc2 bxc2 $19 {[%cal Gd5b4]}) 38... Nxe3 39.
fxe7+ Kxe7 40. Nxe3 Rxg3+ 41. Kf1 Rf3+ 42. Kg1 Rc5 (42... Rc5 43. Kg2 Rxe3 44.
Rxe3+ Re5 45. Rh3 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Rxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 (8... a6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Ng3 b5 (11... O-O 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxh5 Nd4 15. f4 b5 16. f5 Qa7 17. Kh1 Qc5 18. Rf4 Qe5 19. Raf1 b4
$15 {1/2-1/2 Semeniuk,A-Obukhov,A/Voronez 1991/CBM 22 ext (63)}) 12. Kh1 h5 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxh5 Bb7 15. Ng3 O-O-O 16. a4 b4 17. Nce2 Kb8 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. c3
Rh4 20. Ng1 Ne5 21. Qd2 d5 22. exd5 Nc4 23. Qe2 Bxd5 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. Nf3 Rf4
26. Rd4 Bd6 27. Rc2 bxc3 28. bxc3 f5 29. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Timman,J/
Manila 1992/TD (29)}) 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Ng3 a6 (10... O-O 11. f4 d5 12. Bd3 dxe4
13. Ncxe4 Nb4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bc1 g6 17. Kh1 Bg7 18. Qf3 Rd8 19.
Be4 f5 20. Bc2 b6 21. Bb3 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Voekler,B-Tischbierek,R/GER 1991/CBM 24
(50)}) 11. a4 (11. f4 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. f5 Nxb3 14. cxb3 O-O 15. Rc1 Qb7 16.
b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Bd7 19. Bg5 Kh8 20. Nh5 Rae8 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. Bh4
Bc6 23. Qd4 e5 24. Qe3 Rg8 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. h3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Ra8 28. Rd1 $16 {
1-0 Ivanovic,B-Fedorowicz,J/Lone Pine 1981/MCL (60)}) 11... O-O 12. Qe2 Bd7 13.
f4 Rac8 14. Bd3 Na5 15. Bf2 (15. Bd4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd6
19. Bc3 Nc6 $17) 15... Nc4 16. Nd1 (16. b3 Nb2 17. Be1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 d5 19. e5
Ne8 20. Kh1 g6 $11) 16... e5 17. fxe5 (17. f5 d5 18. exd5 (18. b3 Nd6 19. exd5
Nxd5 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Qxd5 Bc6 22. Qc5 Bxa1) 18... Nxd5 19. Nh5 Nf6 $13) 17...
Nxe5 18. Ne3 g6 19. Kh1 Be6 20. Be1 Rfe8 21. Bc3 Nfd7 22. Ngf5 Bf8 (22... gxf5
23. exf5 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qg4+ $18) 23. Qf2 Qd8 24. Qf4 f6 25. Nd4 (25.
Nh6+ Kh8) 25... Bf7 26. Nd5 Bg7 (26... Bxd5 $2 27. exd5 {[%csl Ge6]} Qe7 28.
Ne6 $14) 27. Rf2 f5 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4]} (27... Nc5 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxf6 Qxf6
30. Rxf6 Ncxd3 31. cxd3 Nxd3 $11) 28. Ne3 Nc5 29. Nexf5 $8 (29. Rd1 Bf6 30.
exf5 Bg5 31. Qg3 Bh4 32. Qf4 g5 $19) 29... gxf5 30. Nxf5 Bg6 $2 (30... Ncxd3
31. cxd3 Bg6 $17) 31. Bc4+ Ne6 32. Bd5 $1 (32. Nxg7 Rxc4 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 $19)
32... Kh8 33. Qg3 {[%csl Gb7]} Bxf5 (33... Qd7 34. Nxg7 Qxg7 35. Raf1 $44) 34.
exf5 Nc5 35. f6 $1 {Otherwise black would have blocked the position with Bf6}
Bxf6 36. Qh3 Qe7 (36... Ned7 $4 37. Rxf6 Nxf6 38. Qxc8 $1 $18) (36... Bg7 37.
Raf1 Qg5 38. Rf5 $44) 37. Raf1 Ncd7 (37... Rf8 $4 38. Rxf6 {[%csl Gc8]}) 38.
Bxb7 Rc4 39. Bd5 Rh4 40. Qg3 Qg7 41. Kg1 (41. Qxg7+ Bxg7 42. b4 $13) 41... Rg4
42. Qh3 Rh4 43. Qg3 (43. Qe3 Rxh2 $19) 43... Rg4 (43... Qxg3 44. hxg3 Rh6 45.
Bb7 $44) (43... Rf8 44. Be6 $44) (43... Rxa4 $142 44. Bc6 (44. Qxg7+ Bxg7)
44... Qxg3 $1 45. hxg3 Nxc6 $19) 44. Qh3 Rh4 45. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv int"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe2 Ng4 10. Kh1 (10. h3 Ne5 11. Bb3 Bg7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Nd7 $14) (
{In the U-20 world championship half a year earlier my opponent played:} 10.
Be3 Qc7 11. Bd4 e5 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Qd3 d5 15. exd5 e4 16. d6 exd3
17. dxc7 dxc2 18. Rc1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxc2
Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 De Vreugt,D-Blehm,P/Yerevan 1999/CBM 72 ext (45)}) 10... Bg7
11. f4 O-O 12. Bd3 (12. h3 $2 Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nh5 {[%csl Gg3]} 15. Rf3
(15. Qf3 Be6 $1 $17 (15... Bxe5 16. Bxf7+ Kg7 $17)) 15... Qd4 $1 16. g4 Bxg4
17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Ne4 Bxe5 $17) 12... a5 ({perhaps a bit better was to keep
the pawn on a7 not giving white another object for attack.} 12... Rb8) 13. Na4
Qd8 $5 (13... Qb4 14. c3 $1 Qb8 (14... Qxa4 15. b3 $18) 15. c4 {and the queen
is misplaced}) (13... Qc7 14. c4 {black is ok, but a bit passive}) 14. Bd2 (14.
c4 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Qh4 17. h3 Nf6 $132 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gf6h5,Gh5g3]})
14... e5 15. h3 $2 (15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Qh4 17. h3 (17. g3 Qh3 18. Nb6 e4 19.
Bxe4 Ba6 $44) 17... Nf6 18. c4 Nh5 19. Be1 Qg5 $13) 15... exf4 $1 16. Bxf4 (16.
hxg4 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Bd4+ 18. Rf2 Bxg4 19. Qe1 g5 $17 {/\ Be6, g5-g4-g3}) 16...
Ne5 $11 17. c4 Rb8 18. Rad1 Qe7 $6 (18... Qh4 {creating threats without losing
precious time} 19. Bh2 Re8 $15) 19. b3 Re8 20. Qd2 ({of course not:} 20. Nc3 $2
Bg4 21. hxg4 Qh4+ 22. Bh2 (22. Kg1 Nxg4 $17 {/\ Bc3, Bd4}) 22... Nxg4 23. g3
Qxh2+ 24. Qxh2 Nxh2 25. Kxh2 Bxc3 $17) 20... Qh4 21. Be2 (21. Bg5 $142 Qg3 22.
Qf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 Be6 $11) 21... c5 $1 {[%csl Gd4] Taking the important d4
square under control} (21... Bxh3 {Doesn't work} 22. gxh3 Qxh3+ 23. Bh2 Ng4 (
23... Bh6 24. Qxd6) 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Qf4 $18) 22. Qxd6 Bxh3 23. gxh3 ({
The most challenging was:} 23. g3 Bxf1+ (23... Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rfe1 Rc8
26. Rd5 Nd7 {with approximately equal position}) 24. gxh4 Bxe2 25. Rd2 Bf3+ 26.
Kg1 Bxe4 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxc5 Bf4 $44 {With a very strong piece play for
black against white king.}) 23... g5 $1 {The point of black's whole strategy}
24. Bh2 $6 $138 {Makes life easier for black} (24. Bxe5 $142 Qxh3+ $1 (24...
Bxe5 25. Qd3 Bg3 26. Kg2 $18) 25. Bh2 Be5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 {A very strange
situation arises while there is an approximate equality from the material
point of view black has the more active and better coorinated pieces,but if
white can organize his own they will simply bee too many} 27. Rg1 $1 {I
believe it to be white's best possibility} (27. Kg1 Rxe4 28. Bxb8 Rxe2 $19)
27... Rbe8 $1 {Ready to sac an exchange on e4} 28. Rg3 (28. Rd3 Qh4 29. Bf3 (
29. Rg4 $2 Qe1+) (29. Nc3 f5 $17) 29... Rxe4 $19) 28... Qh4 29. Rg4 Qh6 $36 {
[%cal Gf7f5]}) 24... Qxe4+ 25. Bf3 Nxf3 26. Qd5 $2 ({White must have played} 
26. Nxc5 $8 Qe2 27. Bg3 $1 {When black is better but white has many resources.}
Rbd8 ({but not} 27... Be5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 $4 29. Qxb8+ Kg7 30. Ne6+ $1 Rxe6 (
30... fxe6 31. Rd7+ {and it's black the one who gets mated}) 31. Qg3 $18) 28.
Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Bf8 30. Rf2 Qe7 31. Rc8 Nd4 32. Rd2 Qe3 $36 {/\ Kg7, h5-h4}
) 26... Nxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Be5+ 28. Kg1 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Qe2+ ({the simplest was:} 
29... Qxd5 30. cxd5 Re2+ 31. Kh1 Rxa2 $19) 30. Kh1 Qe4+ $2 {lets most of the
advantage away} ({My initial idea was:} 30... Re3 31. Qxf7+ ({but in the last
moment i noticed this move, and without thiniking about the consequenses (i
simply didn't have enough time) rejected Re3, and decided to go for the
'safer' option} 31. Qxg5+ Kh8 32. Qg4 Be5 $1 33. Qxe2 Rxe2 34. Rf5 Rh2+ 35. Kg1
Rg8+ 36. Kf1 Bd4 $19) 31... Kh8 32. Qf5 Rg3 33. Rg1 Rf3 {Winning}) 31. Qxe4
Rxe4 32. Rf5 Rc8 33. Rxg5+ Kf8 {Black has still a big advantage since all his
pieces are better} 34. Nb6 Rc6 35. Nd5 Re2 36. Rg2 Rce6 37. Nf4 $6 $138 (37.
Rxe2 Rxe2 $17) 37... Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 39. Kh2 Be5 40. Rf2 Re4 41. Kg3 f5 {
White is in a zugzwang!} 42. h4 Kf7 43. Rf3 Kf6 44. Rf2 Rxf4 {The safest} 45.
Rxf4 Bxf4+ 46. Kxf4 h6 {White resigned. Black will stalemate white's king on
f1, thus forcing him to play b3b4 after which black promotes his pawn first
with a mate.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. a3 a6 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Be2 Qc6 13. f4 Ng6 14. Bd3 b5 15.
Nh5 Bb7 16. f5 Ne5 17. Bg5 Ned7 18. Qf3 Rae8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qh3 Bd8 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. e5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd3h7]} Qxg2+ $1 {[%csl Rg5,Rh3] a
counterattack, which leads to an (nearly) equal position ein Gegenangriff, der
zu einer fast ausgeglichenen Stellung fьhrt} 23. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bxg5 25.
Ne4 {[%csl Rd6,Rg5]} Be3 26. exd6 Nc5 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Re1 Nxe4 29. Rxe3 Nxd6
30. Rxe6 Rd8 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Re5 Nc4 33. Bxc4+ bxc4 34. Rc5 Rb8 35. Rxc4 Rxb2
36. a4 Ke6 37. Rc7 g5 38. Kg4 Rb4+ 39. Kxg5 Rxa4 40. Rxh7 Rc4 41. Rh6+ Ke7 42.
Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 (9... Nxe4 10. Qf3 f5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O $44) (9... Qb4
10. Bb3 Ng4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 $36) 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bd3 e6 (11... g6 12. Bg5
Ned7 13. Qd2 Bg7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kondenko,A-Slavina,I/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 76 
(90)}) 12. Qe2 (12. a4 $5 Be7 (12... Bd7 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 d5
16. e5 d4 17. Bxd4 Rd8 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,
B-Damljanovic,B/Belgrade 1999/CBM 69 (75)}) (12... b6 13. f4 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Be7
15. Rc1 Qb7 16. O-O O-O 17. g4 Re8 18. g5 Nd7 19. Qf3 Bd8 20. Rc2 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Hartman,B-Spraggett,K/Canada 1986/CBM 04 (20)}) 13. a5 Bd7 14. Bb6 Qc8
15. Qe2 Ng6 16. O-O Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bjarnason,S-Vidarsson,J/ISL 1994/EXT 97 
(23)}) (12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 Bd7 (14... Qc7 15. Qg3 b5 16. e5 dxe5
17. fxe5 b4 18. Na4 $14 {0-1 Koch,J-Hernandez,G/Tunja 1989/TD (54)}) 15. O-O-O
Rc8 16. Rd2 b5 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Ba5 Qa8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Tratar,M/Feldbach
1997/EXT 98 (30)}) 12... b5 (12... Be7 13. a4 b6 14. O-O O-O 15. h3 Re8 16. f4
Nxd3 17. cxd3 e5 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bb7 $132 {0-1 Zamostni,J-Martic,Z/Pula
1994/EXT 97 (35)}) 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 Bb7 15. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5] White try to
destroy pawn chain black's on queenside.} b4 16. Nd1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yd1f2,
Yd1e3,Yd3c4]} (16. Nb1 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. O-O Be7 19. N1d2 (19. Kh1 f5 20. exf6
Bxf6 $132 {0-1 Speelman,J-Timman,J/London 1973/EXT 2001 (53)}) 19... Ncxd2 20.
Bxd2 O-O 21. Be3 {2.25-2.27. 1/2-1/2 Mitkov,N-Hernandez,G/Matanzas 1995/CBM 47
ext (51) [#]}) 16... Rc8 17. Nf2 {Bringing knight to important defencive
position.} Be7 18. Nd2 {Trading an active black knight and aiming to weak
point"a6".} (18. O-O e5 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 {1/2-1/2 Kristiansen,J-Arnason,J/
Reykjavik 1986/EXT 2000 (20)}) 18... Nxd2 19. Bxd2 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4][%cal Yd3a6,
Yd2b4]} d5 $5 {[%cal Ye7b4] The strong answer in the centre making white to
think over not only about attack.} 20. e5 Ne4 21. O-O O-O 22. Rae1 {
Centralizing the rook .} Bc5 (22... Nxd2 $5) 23. Be3 {[%cal Ye3c5]} Qc6 $132
24. Qh5 g6 {Temptating 24...Qa4 but very dangerous for black in order of
white's attack on kingside.} (24... Qxa4 $6 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Re3 $5 (26. f5
exf5 27. Qxf5 Qe8 $132) 26... Qe8 27. Rh3 h6 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Ng4 $18) (24...
Bxe3 $6 25. Rxe3 Qxa4 $2 26. Rh3 $40) 25. Qh4 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Yf2g4,Yg4h6,
Yg4f6]} Nxf2 {Changing the knight which was ready to jump over"g4"-"f6","h6"}
26. Rxf2 Rfe8 {Black must be extremely careful.} (26... d4 27. Bd2 Qxa4 $2 28.
f5 $40) 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. b3 {Totally closing queenside for playing against
black king.} a5 29. Qf6 {Why not to change queens after 29...Qe7 with good
endgame and no problems?!} Ra8 $6 (29... Qe7 $5) 30. h4 {[%mdl 128]} Ba6 (30...
Qe7 $5) 31. Bxa6 Rxa6 32. h5 Rc6 $6 {It seems that black underestimated the
future breakthrough of white pawns.Much more simple looked 32...Qe7 breaking
down all white's iniative.} 33. h6 Qf8 34. f5 $1 Rc7 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qh4 Qc5
37. Kh1 Qe7 38. Qg4 {Opening the "f"-file get some trouble for black but
inspite of this they have sufficient counterplay.} Rcc8 $6 {Giving the
initiative right to white's hands.Better would be 38...Rf8.} (38... Rf8 $5 39.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Rf1+ Kg8 41. Rf6 Rc6 42. Qe2 Qc5 $132) 39. Ref1 {[%cal Rf2f7]}
Rf8 40. Rf6 $5 {Breaking to the black's camp and making them to passive
defence.} Rxf6 41. exf6 Qf7 $6 {Passive move.Much more active 41...Qd6
covering weak black squares was better inspite of possible imaginable danger
for black king.} (41... Qd6 $5 42. f7+ Kf8 43. Qg5 (43. Rf6 Rxc2 $19) 43... e5)
42. Qf4 {[%cal Yf4d6]} Rf8 43. Qe5 Rd8 44. g4 Rd7 $2 {Decisive mistake.Black
loosing the most important point of their defence-pawn "e6".} (44... Rc8) 45.
Re1 Qe8 46. Qxe6+ Qxe6 47. Rxe6 $16 Kf7 48. Ra6 g5 49. Rxa5 Kxf6 50. Rb5 Ke5 {
Also bad 50...Rc7 which lead to same position with moves replacement.} (50...
Rc7 51. Rxb4 Rxc2 52. a5 Ke5 53. a6 Rc7 54. Kg2 $18) 51. Rxb4 Rc7 52. a5 Rxc2
53. a6 $18 Rc8 54. Kg2 d4 55. Kf3 Ra8 56. Ra4 Ra7 57. Ra5+ 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. e5 (9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Qe1 (10. Qd3 Bg7 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Rab1 Qa3 13. Rb7
Qa5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4 O-O $17 {Rigo-Finegold,New-York,1993}) 10... Qc5 11. b3
Bg7 12. Na4 Qh5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Ng4 16. h3 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5
18. f4 $16 {Madl-Varga,Budapest 1997}) (9. h3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 Bb7 12.
e5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 e6 14. Re1 c5 15. Qe2 Rfc8 $15 {Martinez.S-Spragett.K,1993}) (
9. Bb3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Bg5 a5 12. Qf3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Rad1
$14 {Prie-Tukmakov,France 1991}) 9... dxe5 10. Qe2 Qd4 (10... Qc7 $143 11. f4
e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bg7 14. c3 O-O 15. Be3 $14) (10... Bg7 11. Qxe5 O-O
12. Qxe7 Bf5 13. Bb3 Rae8 14. Qd6 h5 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Bf6 c5 18.
Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfe1 $44 {Rcegler-Kozul,1997 Portoroz}) 11. Be3 (
11. Rd1 $2 Bg4 $1) 11... Qd6 $146 (11... Qh4 12. g3 $6 (12. f4 $1 $40) 12...
Qh5 13. f3 Bg7 14. Bc5 Nd7 15. Ba3 Nb6 16. Bb3 O-O 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. g4 Qh3 19.
Bg5 h5 $15 {Toloza-Ricardi,1997 Mar del-Plata}) 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 $1 Bg4 (
13... Bg7 $2 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bb6 $1 $18) 14. Qf2 (14. Nb5 Qb7 $1 $17 (14...
cxb5 $2 15. Bxb5+ Bd7 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Qf3 O-O-O 19. Bd4 $18))
14... e4 (14... Bxd1 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Bd4 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qc5 $18) 15.
Rde1 Bf5 $1 (15... Bg7 $6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Bd4 $16) 16. h3 h5 $11 17. Bd4 Bg7 18.
b3 O-O 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 16th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.12.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e5 $5 {A rare move.
The usual moves in this position are: 6...e6, 6...Qb6 or 6...g6} 7. Nf5 (7. Nf3
Be6 $132) 7... Be6 $5 {Trying to exchange white's active bishop} 8. Bb3 {
White doesn't want to exchange on e6 as after 8...fxe6 black covers all his
weaknesses} g6 {8...Qd7 deserves serious attention as was played by Kuzmin in
the game given below} (8... Qd7 $5 9. Bg5 Nxe4 10. Nxg7+ Bxg7 11. Nxe4 Bxb3 12.
Nxd6+ Kf8 13. axb3 Nd4 14. c3 (14. Nc4 Qf5 $36) 14... Qxd6 15. cxd4 Qg6 $36 {
0-1 Platonov,I-Kuzmin,G/Kiev 1970/EXT 2001 (24)}) (8... Bxf5 9. exf5 Be7 10.
Bg5 O-O 11. O-O Nd4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fischer,R-Saidy,A/West
Orange 1957/Fischer (46)}) 9. Ne3 {9.Nh6 is not dangerous for black as the
practice shows} (9. Nh6 Nd4 $5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. f4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nh5 $36 {
0-1 Schneider,D-Epishin,V/Connecticut 2000/EXT 2001 (23)}) 9... Nd4 $146 {
[%mdl 8] In the game given below black played 9...Bh6 and got a good game} (
9... Bh6 $5 10. Ned5 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 O-O 12. O-O Nd4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qd2 Rac8
15. Rad1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Berndt,S-Baklan,V/Germany 2000/CBM 82 ext (15)}) 10.
Ba4+ Bd7 {The unexpected 10...b5 gives black fine counterplay} (10... b5 $5 11.
Nxb5 Bd7 12. c4 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Qa5+ $132) 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ncd5
{Now after capturing the d5 square white has a stable edge} Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg7
14. c3 Ne6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Be3 f5 {After losing the positional
battle black tries to complicate matters} (17... b6 18. f3 $16) 18. Bxa7 (18.
exf5 $5 gxf5 19. Bxa7 f4 20. f3) 18... fxe4 $6 {By 18...Qa4 black could
significatly make it harder for white} (18... Qa4 $5 19. Bb6 Nf4 20. Qd1 Qxe4
21. Nxf4 exf4) 19. Qxe4 Ng5 20. Qc4 Kh8 21. Be3 $16 {White has the extra pawn
and a clear advantage} Ne6 22. Qe4 Qc6 23. Rad1 {[%cal Rd1d5] Activizing the
rook and freeing the queen from protecting the bishop} Ra8 24. Qg4 Nf4 25. Nb4
Qc7 26. Bxf4 {After exchanging black's dangerous knight white's advantage grows
} exf4 (26... Rxf4 27. Qe6) 27. Qf3 Rae8 28. Rfe1 Qf7 29. h3 {[%csl Rd6,Rf4]}
h5 {Black gives another pawn} (29... Re5 30. Re2 Rfe8 31. Red2 Re1+ 32. Kh2 $18
) (29... Be5 30. Re4) 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxd6 Qf5 32. Rd1 b5 33. Qd3 $18 {
White has a decisive material advantage and winning is just a matter of time}
Qg5 34. Kf1 Kh7 35. Re1 $6 {A hardly understandable move. The simple 35.Nd5
was significatly better} (35. Nd5 $5) 35... Rd8 $2 {Black could have
complicate matters with 35...Re1} (35... Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 f3 $5 (36... Qxg2 37.
Qxb5 Qxh3) 37. Qxf3 Qc1+ 38. Qd1 Qxb2) 36. Qe2 f3 37. Qxf3 $18 Rf8 38. Qe3 {
The rest is simple} Qh4 39. Kg1 Rf5 40. Qd2 Rg5 41. Kh1 Rf5 42. Re2 Qf6 43. Qe1
Qf7 {In this position a draw agreement was signed which could be only
explained by the sportive interest of both sides} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... Qd4 11. Be3 Qd6 $146 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4
$1 Bg4 14. Qf2 e4 15. Rde1 Bf5 16. h3 h5 $11 {Topalov-Kramnik,NOVGOROD 1997})
11. f4 e4 (11... exf4 $6 12. Bxf4 Qb6+ 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bd4 $40) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4
13. Qxe4 Bg7 14. c3 O-O 15. Be3 Bf5 (15... Rb8 16. Qc2 a5 17. a4 $14 {
Morovich-Dougherty,1996}) 16. Qf3 Rad8 $6 (16... Rab8 $142 17. Qf2 c5 $1 18.
Rad1 Rfd8 19. h3 a5 20. b3 Bxc3 $11 {Sergejev.R-Gabriel,1997 Pula}) 17. Rad1 h5
18. Qf2 Bg4 $6 (18... c5 $143 19. Bxc5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8 21. Ba6 (21. b4 Bxc3
22. Rc1 Bf6 23. Ba6 $16) 21... Qxc5 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Bxc8 Qc7 24. Bxf5 Qxd8 25.
Bc2 $16) 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxa7 c5 21. Bxc5 $8 (21. Qxc5 Rc8 $1 22. b4 Bxc3
$132) 21... Rd2 (21... Rc8 $143 22. b4 Bxc3 23. Rc1 $18) 22. Qe3 Rxb2 23. Qxe7
(23. Bb3 $143 Qb7 24. Rf2 Rb1+ $11) 23... Qxe7 24. Bxe7 Bxc3 25. Bc5 $1 h4 26.
h3 Bf5 27. Rd1 (27. Rf2 Rb1+ 28. Rf1 $11 (28. Kh2 $2 Be1)) 27... Ba5 $5 28. Bf2
Bb6 29. Bxb6 Rxb6 30. a4 $6 (30. Kf2 $142 $5 Be4 (30... Rb4 31. Rd4 Kg7 32. Ke3
$16) (30... Rc6 31. Rd4 $16) (30... Rb2+ 31. Kf3 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Ra1 $16)
31. Bb3 $16) 30... Rb4 31. Bb5 (31. Rd4 $2 Kg7) 31... Rxf4 32. Ra1 $6 Rb4 33.
Bc6 (33. Bf1 Rb2 34. a5 Be4 35. a6 Kg7 36. a7 (36. Rc1 f5) 36... Ba8 37. Rc1
Ra2 38. Rc7 g5 $11) 33... Bd3 34. Bf3 (34. a5 Ba6 $11) 34... Ba6 35. Kf2 Kg7
36. Ke3 f5 37. Kd2 g5 38. Kc3 Rf4 39. Kb3 g4 40. hxg4 fxg4 41. Bc6 $11 Rf6 42.
Rc1 g3 43. Be4 (43. Bb5 Bb7 44. Rc2 Rf2) 43... Rf4 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Bd5 Be2 {
with the idea 46...Bd1} 46. Rc1 Rd4 47. Bc6 Ke7 48. Re1 (48. a5 Ba6 49. Bf3 h3)
48... Kd6 49. Rxe2 Kxc6 50. a5 Rd1 51. Re6+ Kb7 52. Rg6 Rg1 53. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gullaksen, Eirik Tvedt"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 {
Except of this move Black can play also} (7... a6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3
Be7 11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. g4 Na5 $132 {0-1 Adhami,V-Markland,P/Skopje
1972/EXT 2000 (35)}) (7... g6 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Be3 Qa5 10. f3 O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12.
Bh6 Rfc8 $132 {0-1 Bogachkov,I-Neizvestnykh,V/Arkhangelsk 1996/EXT 2000 (30)})
(7... Ne5 $6 8. Bb3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. a4 Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 Neg4 13. Qe1
Rac8 14. Ng3 Ne8 15. Qe2 e5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 $36 {1-0 Velimirovic,
D-Terzic,S/Zenica 1989/EXT 97 (37)}) 8. a3 {Rare variation.} ({More popular is
} 8. Be3 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 (9... a6 10. a4 Be7 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 h5
$132 {0-1 Khaetsky,R-Atakisi,U/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (59)}) 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Nb5
Qb8 12. a4 Rd8 $132 {1-0 Caminade,C-Harovelo,I/FRA-chB 1989/TD (34)}) (8. Qd3
Be7 (8... Ne5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qd4 Bxb5 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nxb5) 9. O-O Bd7 10.
Bb3 O-O 11. Qg3 Ne5 12. Kh1 Qa6 13. f4 Ng6 14. f5 $36 {1-0 Kundin,A-Blehm,P/
Rimavska Sobota 1996/EXT 97 (52)}) 8... Be7 (8... a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nf4 Be7 11.
g4 h6 12. h4 Ne5 13. Be2 b5 $132 {0-1 Garcia Martinez,S-Padevsky,N/Havana 1964/
MCD (31)}) 9. Ba2 (9. O-O a6 10. Ba2 (10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. f3
Ne5 14. Nf4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. a4 b4 17. Nce2 a5 18. Nd3 O-O 19. b3 Qa6 20.
c3 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Nd7 23. Nb5 $36 {1-0 Comp King-Timman,J/The
Hague 1997/EXT 98 (39)}) 10... O-O 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. f5 Ne5 $132 {
1-0 Kreiman,B-Waitzkin,J/New York 1993/EXT 97 (27)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11.
Kh1 Ne5 12. f4 Neg4 13. Qd4 $2 ({After right} 13. Qe1 $5 {position is unclear:}
Ne3 14. Bxe3 Qxe3 15. Rd1 Qb6 (15... Bc6 $2 16. Rd4 e5 17. Nd1 $18) 16. e5 Ng4
17. exd6 Bf6 $132) (13. Nd4 $2 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 Nf2+ $17) 13... Qxd4
14. Nxd4 {after QQ exchange Black has slight advantage.} Bd8 $5 {strong
manoeuvre!} 15. h3 (15. Nf3 Bb6 16. e5 Ne8 $15) 15... Bb6 {White has serious
problems. Black's initiative is quite strong.} 16. Nce2 (16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. hxg4
Bxa2 18. Rxa2 Rfe8) 16... e5 17. Nf5 (17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nf3 Nf2+ 19. Kh2 Rae8
$17 {[%csl Re4]}) 17... Nf2+ 18. Kh2 N2xe4 19. Nxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Decisive
mistake} ({Only in case of} 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Neg3 Nxg3 $17 {White has some
resistance chances.}) 19... Nxd6 20. fxe5 Rae8 $1 {[%csl Re2] this move White
probably overlooked. Ne2 is not protected...} 21. Ng3 Rxe5 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23.
Rad1 Bc7 24. Kg1 (24. Bxe5 Rxe5 $19) 24... Bc6 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 $19 26. Rfe1 Rg5
27. Rd3 h5 28. h4 Rg4 29. Re7 Bb6+ 30. Kf1 Bb5 31. c4 Nxc4 32. Ke1 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires zt 2.5"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Peralta, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Qe2 a6 (11... Be7 $5 12. Be3 Qc6 (12...
Qb4 $2 13. f4 $18) 13. Nd4 Qc8 $132) 12. O-O (12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bc1 b5 14. f4 Nc4
$132 {1-0 Milos,G-Filgueira,H/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (31)}) (12. O-O-O {
this move does not look like very dangerous,and gives black good counterplay}
Be7 (12... Rc8 $5 $132) 13. h4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. f4 Nc6 16. h5 {1/2-1/2
Milos,G-Zarnicki,P/San Luis 1995/EXT 97 (42)}) (12. Bxe5 $6 {dubious move,
which lets black serious counterplay.} dxe5 13. O-O-O Bb4 $132 {1-0 Fichtl,
J-Smejkal,J/Pardubice 1965/MCD (57)}) 12... Be7 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Rae1 (13.
Rad1 Be7 14. Bc1 Nf6 (14... g5 $5) 15. f4 Ned7 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Rd3 b5 18. a3
O-O 19. g4 Nc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Fiorito,F/Mar del Plata 1996/CBM 51 ext 
(33)}) 13... Be7 14. Bc1 g5 $5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yg5f4] It is an interesting
plan:black begins counterplay on the king side,and hides his king on the
another side.} 15. Kh1 h5 $5 16. Nd4 O-O-O 17. f3 h4 $132 {0-1 Milos,
G-Yermolinsky,A/Groningen 1996/EXT 98 (57)}) 13. Rad1 O-O (13... g5 $5) 14. Kh1
{with idea ,after 15.Bc1, to begin an attack on the king side} Rac8 (14... Qc7
15. Bc1 b5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Rd3 Rad8 (17... Bf6 18. Rh3 Rfe8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Bragin,
A-Kiselev,S/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (36)}) (17... b4 18. Nd1 Rfc8 19. Rh3 Bf6 $132 {
1-0 Babaev,R-Atakisi,U/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (39)}) 18. Nd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1f2,
Rd1e3]} Nf6 19. Nd4 Qb7 20. Nf2 g6 21. b3 Nb6 22. e5 Nh5 23. Ng4 $40 {[%cal
Gg4h6,Gg4f6] 1-0 Milos,G-Wang Zili/Groningen 1996/EXT 98 (39)}) 15. Bc1 Rfe8 {
black preparing counterplay in the centre} (15... Nc5 $6 16. f4 Nxb3 17. axb3
Ng6 18. Rd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Plasman,H-Veerman,J/Dieren 1997/EXT 98 (28)}) 16. f4
Nc4 17. Rd3 Qc7 18. Nd1 b5 19. c3 Qb7 $146 {In the game Rodrigues.A -
Peralta-see comments to this game above,  was 19...Nf8 but also without
success.19...Qb7 looks stronger,but white saves advantage in this case too.}
20. Nf2 Nf8 $2 {This move is too passive. It was necessary to begin
counterplay in the centre by 20...e5} (20... e5 $5 21. f5 a5 $132) 21. Nd4 $5 {
[%cal Yd4f5,Yd4f3]} Bh4 22. Nh3 Rcd8 23. Nf3 Be7 24. Nf2 f5 25. Rfd1 fxe4 (
25... g6 26. b3 Nb6 27. Ba3 $16) 26. Nxe4 {Black does not have an active plan,
but he has some chances for counterplay} d5 27. Nf2 {[%csl Rd4,Re5][%cal Yf2g4,
Yg4e5,Yf3e5]} Bc5 28. Ng4 {After this move, white captures e5-square.} Nd6 29.
Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 {[%csl Rd4,Re5][%cal Ye3e6] Dark squares in the center
became much weaker after the trade of the bishops.} a5 31. Nd4 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Rd4e6,Ye3e6]} Nc4 32. Rg3 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Rg4f6,Rg4h6]} Kh8 33. b3
Nd6 34. Re3 b4 (34... Ne4 35. Nxb5 $16) (34... Ng6 35. Nxe6 $16) 35. cxb4 axb4
36. Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Rxe6 $16 Ne4 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Qe3 {[%cal Ye3a7]} Qa6 40. h3
{white has pawn up and better position.} h6 41. Rxd5 Qxa2 42. Kh2 Qc2 43. Rd4
Kh7 (43... Nd6 44. Ne5 $18) 44. Rxb4 $18 h5 45. Rc4 Qb1 46. Rc1 Qb2 47. Ne5 Nd2
48. Qd3+ Kg8 49. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires zt 2.5"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Peralta, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Kh1
Rac8 15. Bc1 Rfe8 16. f4 Nc4 17. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3h3]} Qc7 18. Nd1 b5 19. c3 Nf8
$6 $146 {This move is too passive.  Probably better looks 19...Qb7with idea to
prepare counterplay in the centre by  e6-e5, how it was in the game Roselli
-Peralta -see comments below.} 20. Rg3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Rg3g7] White brings up
the rook to the king side,and begins to worry black king.} Qb7 21. Nf2 Kh8 $6 {
It was necessary to play active by 21...d5 or 21...Bh4,creating counterplay in
the centre. Now white is totaly capturing the initiative.} (21... d5 $142 $5
22. Qg4 g6 $132) (21... Bh4 $142 22. Rh3 Bxf2 23. Rxf2 d5 24. e5 b4 $132) 22.
Qg4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yg4g7]} g6 (22... Ng6 23. f5 Nce5 24. Qh5 exf5 25. exf5
Nf8 26. Ng4 $36) 23. f5 exf5 {Black opens e-file,trying to create a
counterplay.} (23... Bf6 24. Qd1 $5 $36) 24. exf5 Bf6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ye8e1]}
25. Qd1 $1 {White is setting free g4-square for the knight.} gxf5 (25... Ne5
26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Qxd6 Bh4 28. Rh3 Rcd8 29. Qc5 $16) (25... Bh4 $2 26. Qd4+ $18
) 26. Nd4 Qd5 27. Qh5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yd4f5,Yh5f5] White begins to take care
on weak black pawns, destroying them.} Bxd4 28. cxd4 f6 {also badly 28...Qd4} (
28... Qxd4 29. Qxf5 Rc7 (29... Ne6 30. Ng4 $36) 30. Ng4 $16) 29. Ng4 $1 {
[%cal Yg4f6,Yg4h6]} Nd7 30. Nh6 Re7 31. Nxf5 $18 Nb8 32. Bh6 Rd7 33. Ne7 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Yh6g7,Yh5d5]} 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qd8 (8... Qa5 9. Nd4 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 g6 12. Be2 (12. Qe2 $142 Bg7
13. f4) 12... Ne5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Ne3 Bg7 15. Bc3 O-O 16. f4 Qb6 $1 17. Qd2 Nd7
$13 {Atalik-Kontronias,Greece 1998}) 9. Nd4 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 (11. Bf4
$5) 11... Ne5 12. Qe2 e6 (12... g6) 13. O-O-O Be7 (13... Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc7 $5 {
Ivanchuk}) 14. Bd4 Qc7 (14... Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qc7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bh6 Rxg2 18.
Rhg1 Rg6 $13) 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 O-O 17. b3 $146 (17. Rd3 Qa5 (17... a5 18.
Rhd1 Rd8) 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 g6 21. Rd1 Kg7 22. Ke2 a5 23. Rc3
Bb4 24. Rcd3 Be7 25. g3 h5 26. h4 f5 27. Rc3 Bb4 28. Re3 Kf6 29. f4 exf4 30.
e5+ {Ivanchuk-Kramnik,Linares 1998}) 17... Bd7 $1 18. c3 (18. Bxa6 Ba3+ 19. Kb1
Rfb8 20. Ka1 c5 $44) 18... a5 19. Rxd7 $1 (19. Rd3 Rfb8 20. Rhd1 Be8 $15) 19...
Qxd7 20. Nb6 Qa7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Rd1 g6 $11 (22... a4 23. b4) 23. a4 Rd8 24.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Kd1 Bb6 26. Ke1 Qe7 27. g3 Qa3 28. Kf1 Qc1+ 29. Qe1 Qc2 30. h4
Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. h5 g5 (32... gxh5 $5 33. Qe2 Qxc3 34. Qxh5 Qc2 35. Qf3 $15)
33. g4 h6 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Kg3 Bc5 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie+"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. Bd3 {11.Qe2 is another way for white, while
black has good conterchances there:} (11. Qe2 O-O (11... b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Nb1
Bb7 14. N1d2 O-O 15. Nf3 e5 $132 {0-1 Klundt,K-Mednis,E/Siegen 1970/EXT 2002 
(41)}) 12. Bd2 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. Rf3 g6 16. Rh3 Rfe8 17. Nd1 a5
18. Ne3 a4 19. Nc1 Nc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Radulov,I/Hastings 1972/MCD 
(48)}) 11... b5 12. Qf3 {This move is very natural-white moves the queen
closer to the kingside; In case of 12.a3 black receives strong counterplay;
Other continuations, like 12.Qe1 and 12.Bd2 lead to semilar positions with
different order of moves;} (12. a3 Bb7 13. Qe1 (13. Qf3 g6 14. Qh3 Rg8 15. Bd2
h5 16. Rae1 Ng4 17. Re2 Bf6 18. Qg3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. h3 Nf6 21. e5 Nd7 22.
exd6 Qxd6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Forgo,E-Lendvai Wells,N/Hungary
1997/EXT 2000 (49)}) 13... O-O 14. Bd2 b4 15. Ne2 bxa3 16. bxa3 e5 17. Ng3 Bc8
18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 $132 {0-1 Protaziuk,G-Perdek,M/Augustow 1996/EXT 99
(49)}) (12. Qe1 O-O 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Qg3 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qh3 f5
$132 {1-0 Tosic,M-Damljanovic,B/Belgrade 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) (12. Bd2 O-O 13.
Qf3 Bb7 14. Rae1 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Qh3 Ba6 $132 {1-0 Klundt,K-Benko,P/Augsburg
1986/EXT 97 (33)}) 12... Bb7 13. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Interesting try; White
provokes 13...b4 which weakens black pawn chain of the queenside;} (13. Qg3 O-O
14. Re1 Rfe8 15. e5 Nd7 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. c3 b4 $132 {1-0 Mueller,
D-Schulte,T/Baden 1998/EXT 2002 (36)}) 13... b4 14. Nd1 {Another line is 14.
Ne2 taking d4 under control;} (14. Ne2 g6 15. Bd2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Be1 O-O 18.
Qh3 Rae8 19. Bh4 f5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Forgo,E-Kopjonkin,G/Zalakaros
1995/EXT 97 (42)}) 14... d5 {14...0-0 deserves attention, not clearing up
plans for a while;} (14... O-O) 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nf2 {White trades strong Ne4 of
black on a spot;} (16. Be3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qh3 Ne7 $132) (16. Bxe4 $6 dxe4
17. Qxe4 Na5 $44) 16... Nc5 (16... f5 17. exf6 Nxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxf6 $14) 17.
Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qg3 {[%cal Yg3g7] White intends to trade dark-square bishops;
Immediate 17.Be3 fails because of 17...d4;} O-O-O 19. Be3 {Not easy task to
evaluate lines with capture of g7 pawn here; That's why white has been
preffered more obvious continuation;} (19. Qxg7 h5 (19... Rdg8 20. Qh6) 20. Qg3
Rdg8 21. Qh3 Qb6 $13) 19... Bxe3 20. Qxe3 g5 $5 {Black is trying to change the
scenario since in calm play white's advantage is obvious;} 21. fxg5 (21. Rae1
gxf4 22. Qxf4 f5 23. Qh6 Rde8 $132) 21... Nxe5 $5 (21... Qxe5 22. Qc5 Qd4 23.
Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Ng4 Rhg8 25. Ne5 $16) 22. Rae1 (22. Qe2 a5 23. Rae1 Nc4 $132)
22... Nc4 23. Bxc4 {This move is very responsible since white opens Bb7 this
way; But in other lines, white doesn't get much as well;} (23. Qe2 Rhg8 (23...
Nxb2 24. Bxa6 Nxa4 25. Bxb7+ Qxb7 26. Nd3 Nc3 27. Qe5 $36) 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bxa6
Rxg5 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 27. Qd2) (23. Qc1 h6 24. g6 fxg6 25. Rxe6 d4 $132) 23...
dxc4 24. Ng4 Rhg8 25. Ne5 $6 {This mistake allows black to capture the
initiative in this game;} (25. Nf6 $5 Rg6 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 h6 28. Ne8 Qc6
29. Nd6+ $36) 25... f5 $5 26. Rf4 Bd5 $2 {Just a blunder; Black would've been
clearly better after 26...Rxg5:} (26... Rxg5 $5 27. Nf3 (27. Rxc4 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1
Bd5+ 29. Qxg5 Bxc4 $40) 27... Rg6 $36) 27. h4 h6 $6 {Black worsens his
position again since white receives passed pawn now;} (27... Kb7 28. Rd4 a5)
28. g6 h5 (28... Be4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Qxe4 $16) 29. b3 $5 {White is trying to
open up the queenside where black king is placed;} Kb8 30. bxc4 Bb7 (30... Be4
31. Rxe4 fxe4 32. Qxe4 $16) 31. c5 $36 Be4 (31... a5 32. c3 b3 33. c6 Bxc6 34.
Rc4 Rd6 35. Rb1 $40) 32. c6 {Vulnerable position of black king is the main
reason of forthcoming troubles;} Rd5 (32... Qxe5 33. Qb6+) 33. Nd7+ $18 Rxd7 (
33... Ka8 34. Nb6+ Kb8 35. Nxd5 exd5 36. Qc5 $18) 34. cxd7 Rxg6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4376]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O (8. Bf4 $5 {see -chess base magazine 78-Fedorov-Gershon}) (8.
Bd3 {see S.Polgar -V. Hort-chess base magazine 78}) 8... Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10.
Bxf6 {white "spoils" pawn structure of black, but it doesn't give a big
success for white.} (10. Kh1 a6 (10... Qc7 11. f4 a6 12. Qf3 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14.
Bd3 Bb7 15. Rae1 Nb4 16. Qh3 Rad8 17. a3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nh7 19. Rc1 {[%cal
Rc1c7]} Qd7 20. Na5 Ba8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ne2 Qa7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Benko,P-Saidy,
A/Chicago 1974/MCD (25)}) 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Nxe4 {typical
combination,which lead to position with good counterplay for black} 14. Bxe7
Nxc3 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. bxc3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Parma,B-Saidy,A/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD
(48)}) 10... gxf6 (10... Bxf6 11. Qxd6 $14 {black doesn't has sufficient
compensation for the lack of pawn}) 11. Qh5 (11. Kh1 {after this move,how is
shown in following games, gives for white small advantage too.} Kh8 (11... Ne5
12. Be2 Kh8 13. f4 Ng6 14. a4 Rg8 15. a5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. g3 a6 18. Qe3 $14
{1-0 De Firmian,N-Rachels,S/Jacksonville 1990/CBM 21 (44)}) 12. f4 Rg8 13. a4
a6 14. Qh5 Rg7 15. a5 Qd8 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 $14 19. c3 Qc7
20. Nd2 Rbg8 21. g3 Bd8 {1/2-1/2 Brunner,L-Benjamin,J/Buenos Aires 1992/TD (21)
}) 11... Ne5 (11... Kh8 {similiar position can arise after this move too.} 12.
Kh1 Bd7 13. f4 Be8 (13... Rg8 14. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Ilincic,Z-Vukovic,Z/Kladovo
1990/CBM 17 (14)} (14. Qxf7 Rg6 15. f5 Rh6 16. Bxe6 Rf8 17. Qxf8+ Bxf8 18. Bxd7
$44 {1/2-1/2 Howell,J-Arlandi,E/Groningen 1985/EXT 2000 (26)})) 14. Rad1 Rg8
15. Qh3 Rg7 16. Be2 Qd8 17. f5 Bd7 18. Nb5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Lukin,A-Petrienko,V/
URS 1984/EXT 2000 (32)}) 12. Be2 Kh8 13. Kh1 Rg8 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qa5 $5 $146 {
Very interesting novelty.White gos to the ending with clear advantage.} (15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. Rd3 Rg7 17. f5 Ne5 18. Rh3 Qd8 19. Rf4 Qg8 $132 {0-1 Moe,M-Welin,
T/Stockholm 1978/EXT 2000 (40)}) 15... Qxa5 16. Nxa5 b6 (16... d5 17. exd5 Bb4
18. Nc4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 exd5 20. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Yd5,Yf7]}) 17. Nc6 Bb7 $5 {
after this move white had to change his active knight for the passive bishop.}
(17... Bf8 18. Nd8 Rg7 19. Rad1 a6 20. Bh5 $36) 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20.
Bh5 Kg7 $14 21. Rf3 Kf8 22. Rfd3 Nc8 23. Bf3 Ke7 24. Kg1 Rd7 25. R1d2 a6 26. a4
Rc7 27. Kf2 Rc5 28. g4 Bc6 29. Be2 a5 30. Rh3 Rg7 31. Rg3 Rg8 32. Rh3 Rg7 33.
Rhd3 {In spite of clear advantage, white didn't found anything for the
possibility to increase his advantage,and game goes to the draw.} Rg8 34. Bf3
Rd8 35. Re3 Kf8 36. Red3 Ke7 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Be2 Kg7 39. Red3 Kf8 $14 40. Rh3
Kg7 41. Re3 Kf8 42. Rd1 Ne7 43. Red3 Nc8 44. Rh3 Kg7 45. Ke1 Ne7 46. Rhd3 Nc8
47. R3d2 Bb7 48. Kf2 Kf8 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Be3 (7. O-O
g6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 $14) 7... Ng4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg3 (10. Bd2
$142) 10... Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O $6 (12. h3 $5) (12. f3 Qb6 $13) 12... h5 $1
$15 13. f3 (13. h3 h4 14. Bxh4 Bxh4 15. hxg4 Qg5 $44) 13... h4 14. Bxh4 Bxh4
15. fxg4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. Qd3 Bxg4 18. Bb3 Qa3 (18... Rfd8 $2 19. a3) 19.
Nd1 (19. Qc4 Bh5) 19... Qc5 20. Ne3 Be6 (20... Bh5 $6 21. Nf5 Bg5 22. Qxd6 $36)
21. Nf5 Bxf5 (21... Bf2 $2 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qh3+) 22. Rxf5 g6 $1
23. Rf3 Kg7 24. Raf1 f6 25. g3 Bg5 26. h4 Bh6 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Cyprus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CYP"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4384]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 (9... Bd7 {- see game Fedorov-Gershon CBM78})
10. a4 (10. Bg3 Ng6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Bf3 Rd8 {[%cal Yd6d5]} 14. O-O-O
Be7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Bf2 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Howell,J-Kozul,Z/Bled 1995/EXT 98 (47)})
(10. O-O Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. a3 Be7 $13 {1-0 Pinski,
J-Banas,J/Bojnice 1994/EXT 99 (34)}) (10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 (11... Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Hoeksema,H/NLD-ch 1994/CBM 42 (26)}) 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd3 d5
$6 (13... Qc7 $132) 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. Na5 $16 {1-0 Galdunts,
S-Wiemer,R/St Ingbert 1994/GER (32)}) 10... Bd7 (10... Qc7 11. a5 Be7 12. O-O
Bd7 (12... O-O 13. Qd4 Nfd7 14. Rfd1 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Madl,I-Gara,T/Budapest 2000/CBM 77 ext (20)}) 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bg3 b5 15. axb6
Qxb6 $132 {1-0 Verduga,D-Martin del Campo,R/Merida 1997/EXT 99 (31)}) (10...
Be7 11. a5 (11. O-O O-O 12. a5 Qc6 13. Ra4 Qc7 14. g4 Nfd7 15. Be3 b5 $132 {
0-1 Schneider,D-Ivanov,A/New York 2000/CBM 76 ext (44)}) 11... Qc6 12. Ra4 b5
13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. f4 Nc6 16. O-O Bb7 $132 {0-1 Milavsky,M-Vovsha,E/
Petah Tiqwa 1996/CBM 55 ext (52)}) 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3
Rc8 $132 {In  my opinion, after white's light-squares B capture black hasn't
any problems.} 15. a5 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ye3b6]} h5 $5 {Typical prophilactic
move in this type of position.} 16. h3 h4 {[%csl Rg3]} 17. O-O Be7 18. Bd4 Qxd3
19. cxd3 Nh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g3,Rh5f4] Black has full counterplay, he preparing
f7-f5 with the capture some space on the king side.} 20. Be3 Ng3 21. Rfc1 f5
22. Kh2 O-O $15 {Two bishops gives for black certain advantage. Now white
should be careful to reach equality without problems.} 23. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Yd2c4,
Yd2e4,Yd2f3] N goes from bad square to the good one.} fxe4 {this move's idea
is to prevent Nc4-b6 threat} 24. dxe4 Bf6 $5 {[%cal Yf6c3] B moves to out-post}
25. Nf3 Bc6 (25... Bxc3 26. bxc3 Nxe4 27. c4 $5 $15 {[%cal Rf3h4]}) 26. e5 dxe5
(26... Bxf3 27. exf6 Bc6 28. fxg7 Kxg7 29. Rd1 $15) 27. fxe5 (27. Nxe5) 27...
Be7 (27... Bd8 28. Nd4 $15) 28. Nd4 $5 Nf5 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Bf2 Bg5 31. Re1
Bf4+ ({Probably, better was} 31... Bd2 $5 {and black would have more chances
to reach something better than in this game:} 32. Re2 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34.
Rb1 Rf7 35. Reb2 Rcc7 $17) 32. Kg1 Bg3 33. Ra4 $5 {[%cal Ya4h4]} Rd8 34. Bxg3
hxg3 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 Rc5 38. Kf3 Rxe5 39. Rb4 Rxa5 {white
hasn't real chances for win.} (39... Rxa5 40. Rxb7 Rc5 41. Rb6 a5 42. Kf4 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Presov 2nd"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bg4 8.
Nd5 {rare move.} ({more popular is} 8. f3 Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 Rc8
(11... e6 12. O-O-O (12. Bb3 {see comments to the game 1-0 Olivier,J-Palac,M/
Baden 1999/CBM 71/[Gofshtein,L] (62)}) 12... b5 13. Bb3 b4 14. Nb1 {see
comments to the game  1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Dos Hermanas 1996/CBM 53/
[Bologan] (44)} (14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne7 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4+ Kd8) 16. Bc4
Bb5 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. Rhe1 Kd7 19. Qd3 {1-0 Balogh,C-Ruiz Gonzalez,G/Budapest
1999/CBM 71 ext (40)})) 12. Nb3 Qc7 $11 {see comments to the game 0-1
Reichmann,H-Rabiega,R/Bremen 1998/CBM 68/[Gofshtein,L] (38)}) 8... Nxd5 ({
Badly is} 8... Qa5+ $2 9. b4 (9. Bd2 Bxd1 10. Bxa5 Nxa5 11. Ndc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8
$18) 9... Qxb5 (9... Nxd5 10. bxa5 Bxd1 11. exd5 Nxa5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 $18
) (9... Bxd1 10. bxa5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nxa5 12. Kxd1 Nxc4 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 g6
15. Rb1 $18) (9... Nxb4 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 12. Ke2 Nxa1 13. Bd2 Qb6
(13... Qa4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Bb5 $18 {[%csl Ra4]}) 14. Qh5 e6 15. Rxa1 $16) 10.
Qd3 Qa4 11. Bb5 $18) ({But interesting is} 8... Qxb5 $5 9. Bxb5 (9. Nc7+ Kd8
10. Bxb5 Bxd1 11. Nxa8 Bxc2 12. f3 (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f3 Kc8 14. Kd2 Ba4 15. b3
Bb5 $17 {[%csl Ra8]}) 12... Nd4 13. Be3 $1 Nxb5 14. a4 Bxa4 15. Rxa4 $14) 9...
Bxd1 10. Kxd1 O-O-O 11. Nxf6 gxf6 12. Bc4 $14 (12. Be3 d5 $1 $11)) 9. Qxg4 Ndb4
$2 $16 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gb4c2]} ({In the next games Black played} 9... Nf6 $1 {
and White didn't get any advantage:} 10. Qe2 e6 (10... a6 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2
Qb6 13. Nc3 e6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. f4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Skalik,P/Augustow
1996/EXT 99 (96)}) 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. f4 a6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Bd3 g6
16. O-O Bg7 17. Kh1 O-O $132 {0-1 Velimirovic,D-Goldin,A/Niksic 1996/EXT 2000 
(50)}) 10. Qe2 Ne5 $6 {Dubious tactical idea.} ({Much better was} 10... Na5 $5
11. O-O a6 12. Na3 Rc8 13. c3 Nbc6 (13... Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc5 15. b3 Nc6 16. Be3
Qb5 17. Rad1 Nb8 18. f4 $16) 14. Be3 (14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. b4 Ne5 16. bxa5 Qxa5
$132) 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb2b4] Threatening b2-b4.White
has advantage because of better development and pair of BB.}) 11. Bb3 $5 ({
Strong was also} 11. Be3 $5 Qa5 12. O-O a6 ({after} 12... Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Nc6 $14
{White has large development advantage, but maybe Black will neutralize it.})
13. Na3 $1 (13. Bd2 Nxc4 $1 (13... Rc8 14. Bb3 Qxb5 (14... Nec6 15. Nxd6+ $1
exd6 16. c3 $16) 15. Qxb5+ axb5 16. Bxb4 Nc6 17. Bd2 $14) 14. Qxc4 Qxb5 15.
Qxb5+ axb5 16. Bxb4 g6 17. Bc3 Rg8 $11 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 13... e6 14. c3 Nbc6 15.
Bb3 $16) {Now Black can realize the tactical idea:} 11... Nbd3+ 12. cxd3 Qxb5
13. d4 $1 Qb4+ (13... Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nc6 15. Be3 g6 16. d5 $16) 14. Qd2 Nd3+ $5
15. Kf1 Qb5 (15... Qxd2 $2 16. Bxd2 a5 (16... Nxb2 17. Rb1 Nd3 18. Ke2 $18 {
[%csl Rd3]}) 17. Bc4 Nb4 18. Rc1 $16) 16. Qe2 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge2b5] Black N
is in a big trouble.} a6 (16... Rc8 17. Bd2 $16) 17. Bd2 Nxb2 $2 $18 {
Immediately loses material and the game.} ({Of course, after} 17... Rc8 {
White keeps advantage, but it was possible to continue resistance.} 18. Bc3 Nf4
(18... e6 19. g3 $18 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ga1d1]}) 19. Qxb5+ axb5 20. g3 Ne6 21.
Kg2 $16) 18. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} Na4 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 e6
22. Ke2 Be7 23. Rc1 Rhe8 24. Rc4 Nc3+ 25. Rxc3 Rxa2 26. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Be3 Qxb2 $2 (9... Qc7 $142 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Kh1 e5 13. fxe5
dxe5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qf3 Be6 $14 {Todorovic-Leskur,Vrnjacka Banja,1996} 16.
Bxe6) (9... Qa5 10. f4 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Qe1 $16 {Hendriks-Van
Doel Jul,1994}) 10. Bd4 Qb4 $2 {The last mistake.} (10... e5 11. Rb1 Qa3 12.
Rb3 Qa5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Bg5 Qc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qf3 Qxc4 (16... Ke7 17. Bd5
Bd7 18. Rb7 Rac8 19. Bxf7 $16) 17. Qxf6 O-O 18. Qxd6 Be6 19. Rfb1 $16 {
Berkovich-Petrienko,USSR 1980}) 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Qd4 $1 Ke7 (12... Be6 13. Nd5
$1 Qc5 14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. Bxe6+ Kxc7 16. Qxf6 $18 {Delanoy-Nicevski,Aoste 1989})
13. Rab1 Qc5 14. Nd5+ $1 {Forcing a winning position:} cxd5 15. Qxc5 dxc5 16.
Bxd5 Ba6 $8 17. Bxa8 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 f5 19. exf5 (19. Rb7+ Kf6 20. Rxa7 fxe4 21.
c4 Ke5 22. Rxf7 $16 {Bosh Jer-Kharlov,A Leewarden 1993}) 19... Bg7 20. Rb7+ Kd6
(20... Kf6 21. Rxa7 gxf5 22. a4 $18) 21. Rxa7 gxf5 22. Bf3 $18 Rf8 23. a4 Bc3
24. g3 f4 25. gxf4 Bd2 26. a5 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe1 {A popular move recently, other lines are 9.Qe2, 9.Bb3, 9.b3, 9.
e5 and 9.Be3} Ng4 ({Areshchenko already has experience with this line, his
game against Shishkov continued} 9... Qc5 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na4 (11. Bb2 O-O 12.
Na4 Qh5 13. f4 d5 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Qf2
Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Miroshnichenko,E/Simferopol UKR 2003/The Week in Chess
476 (18)}) 11... Qh5 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 O-O 15. Kh1 a5 16. f4 Nc5
17. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Areshchenko,A-Andreev,E/Kramatorsk 2003/CBM 97 (62) and ended
in a draw although it seems that white had an advantage in the process}) (9...
Qc7 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Be3 e6 14. Qf2 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Ba6 16.
Rfd1 {1-0 Golubev,M-Iordachescu,V/playchess.com INT 2004 (16)}) 10. h3 (10. Na4
$146 {doesn't give any advantage in view of the strong reply} Qd4 $1 11. Bb3
Ba6 12. Qd1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg7 $11 {Karjakin,S-Alekseev,E/Kallithea 86/(192)
2002/Inf 86/[Golubev,M] (13)}) 10... Ne5 {I'd call this knight manoeuvre
dubious in view of white's strong play} 11. Na4 $1 (11. Bb3 $6 Ba6) 11... Qc7 (
{Now} 11... Qd4 12. Bb3 Ba6 {won't do because of} 13. Bd2 $1 {very strong, the
threat is Bc3 catching the queen} Nd3 (13... Bxf1 14. Bc3) 14. cxd3 Qxd3 15.
Rc1 Qxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 {1-0 Rogovski,V-Sharapov,E/Simferopol UKR
2003/The Week in Chess 476 (25) with a clear and probably decisive advantage})
12. Qc3 $1 {refuting black's plan, white's advantage becomes undoubtfull} Rg8 {
forced} (12... g5 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 {looks very strong for white}) 13. Be2
$6 (13. Bb3 {the bishop should stay on this diagonal} Bg7 14. f4 Nd7 15. Qg3 {
looks stronger}) 13... Bg7 14. f4 Nd7 15. Qe1 {Looks as white has gotten out
with some advantage out of the opening, it's not clear what black would do
with his king} Bf6 {Covering the h4 square, although it is clear that white
would try to go for e4-e5 break when the bishop on f6 can become volnurable} (
15... Bb7 16. Qh4 h6 {was possible}) 16. Bc4 {white realizes his mistake and
brings the bishop back to the a2-f7 diagonal but it allows black to exchange a
few pieces} (16. Kh1 {was interesting} Nb6 (16... g5 17. Bc4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 {
with attack}) 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 (17... axb6 18. Bc4) 18. e5 $1 {is strong now})
16... Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6+ 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. Bxa6 (19. e5 {is not as strong as it
looks at first sight} Bxc4 20. exf6 e6 21. Rf3 Bd5 22. Rd3 Qc5 {and black
seems to be perfectly fine}) 19... Qxa6 20. e5 {a pawn sac which is extremely
dangerous to accept, but probably black should have stand up to the challenge
as his position after 20...Bh4 is clearly inferior} Bh4 $2 (20... dxe5 $5 21.
fxe5 Bxe5 {looks exceptionally dangerous to accept such a sacrifice but it's
not easy to prove any forced win for white although he has a full compensation
for the pawn} 22. Bg5 Qb5 (22... f6 $2 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Rxf6) (22... Bd6 23.
Rd1 Qb5 24. Rxd6 Qxg5 25. Qe4 {with a very strong position for white}) 23. c4 {
more ambitious than 23.Qe4} (23. Qe4 f5 24. Qe3 {with enough compensation for
the pawn}) 23... Qxb2 24. Qe4 f6 25. Rae1 Qd4 26. Qxc6+ Kf7 27. Qb7 $1 {
the threat is to take on e5 or f6} Rge8 $1 {the correct defence} (27... Rgb8
28. Bxf6 $1) (27... Rae8 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6+ Kxf6 31. Qxa7 {
with advantage}) 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 (29... Qe6 $2 {loses to} 30. Ba1+
$3 {an unexpected shot} Kg8 31. Qb2 {winning}) 30. Rxf6+ Kxf6 {and the
position seems closer to a draw than to white's win}) 21. Qd1 O-O-O 22. Be3 {
threatening Qg4} f5 23. Qd4 dxe5 {black hurries to bring his bishop back to
the game which looks as a correct decision} (23... Kb7 24. Rfd1 dxe5 25. Qxe5
Bf6 26. Qe6 {white is clearly better}) 24. Qxe5 Rd6 (24... Bf6 25. Qe6+ Kb8 26.
Rab1 {is similar to the game}) 25. Bc5 Bf6 26. Qe3 Rd7 27. Qe6 Rgd8 28. Rab1 $1
{planning to advance his queenside pawns, exchanging one pair of rooks
favoured black} (28. Rfd1 Kc7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 {makes it much easier on black})
28... Kb8 29. b4 Qc8 30. a4 Rd2 31. Qc4 {obviously only an insane person would
exchange queens in this position} Ka8 32. Be3 (32. b5 $2 {too premature} cxb5
33. Rxb5 (33. axb5 $4 {runs into} R8d4 $1 34. Qc3 Rd5 {and black wins the
bishop}) 33... Qc6 {with counterplay}) 32... R2d5 33. Rfe1 e5 {black is
looking for some counterplay} 34. fxe5 Bxe5 35. Bg5 $1 {now after the black
rook leaves the d8 square white would play b4-b5 when one of black's pieces 
(Qc8 or Rd5) remains undefended} R8d6 (35... Re8 36. b5 Rd4 37. Qb3 c5 38. b6 {
is very strong}) 36. b5 Qd7 37. b6 Rd1 $2 {loses immideatly} (37... Re6 {
planning to exchange rooks with Bg3 was a possible way to continue the game,
although white's advantage is not in doubt} 38. bxa7 Bg3 39. Rf1 (39. Qb3 Rxe1+
40. Rxe1 Bc7 {is unclear}) 39... Kxa7 40. Qb3 Qc7 41. Bd8 Qb8 42. Bb6+ Ka8 {
and black still battles on}) 38. Qg8+ Kb7 39. bxa7+ Kxa7 40. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rae1 Be7
14. Bc1 g5 {Milos-Yermolinsky Hroningen 1997}) 9... Bd7 (9... a6 $143 10. Be3
Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 Be7 (13... e5 14. Rf1 $5 Be7 $2 (14...
exf4 15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Bd4 $16) (14... Be6 $5) 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 $18) 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. g4 a5 $6 16. g5 Nd7 17. a4 $1 b6 (17... f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Nd4
Rf7 20. Ndb5 d5 21. Qg3 $16) 18. Rhg1 Bb7 19. Qh5 Rfe8 20. f5 $40) 10. Be3 (10.
O-O Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f4 Ng6 14. Kh1 Bc6 15. Qe1 d5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Nb3 Nh4 $11 {Smirin-Halifman Iskia 1996}) (10. g4 Bc6 11. f3
Ng6 12. Bg3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qd4 {Short} Qxd4 $2 (15... Bb4+
$1 16. c3 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Nb5 Ke7 19. Nc7 Rad8) 16. Bb5+ Bc6 $2 (16...
Kd8 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Be2 Bc5 19. O-O-O Ke7 20. c4 $14) 17. Nxd4 {Polgar-SHORT
Novgorod 1996}) 10... Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd3 $5 $146 (13. Qf3 Bc6
14. Bd4 (14. Nd4 Be7 15. O-O-O d5 16. e5 Ne4 $17 {Saulin-Dragomarezki,Moskow
1995}) 14... Be7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Rhe1 (16. g4 d5 17. e5 Ne4) 16... a5 $1 {
Mortensen-Hansen Cu Esbjerg1997}) 13... Qxd3 (13... Qc7 $6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15.
Bd4 $1 $16) 14. cxd3 Be7 (14... h5 $5 15. a4 $1 h4 16. h3 $1 $14 Rh5 17. O-O
Be7 18. Rfc1 Bd8 19. Nd2 $1 b6 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. Nd4 a6 22. b4 $1 $16 {
Istratesky-Atalik,Kastoria 1996}) 15. a4 $5 $146 (15. Rc1 O-O 16. h3 Rfc8 17.
g4 $1 Bc6 18. Rh2 e5 $1 19. Rhc2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Re8 21. Nd4 d5 22. Kf1 dxe4 23.
Nxc6 bxc6 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Bf6 $11 {Istratesky-Atalik,Aegina 1996}) 15...
O-O 16. h3 (16. Ke2) 16... e5 $5 (16... Rfc8 $5) 17. O-O (17. f5 $6 d5 $132)
17... Be6 18. Na5 $5 (18. Nd2 exf4 19. Bxf4 d5 $15) 18... exf4 19. Bxf4 d5 $5 {
Black try create active counterplay} (19... Rab8 20. Nb5 $14) 20. Nxb7 dxe4 21.
dxe4 (21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Nbxd6 Rad8 $11) 21... Bb4 22. Rac1 (22. Bd6
Bxc3 $1 (22... Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rab8 24. Rf2 $14) 23. bxc3 (23. Bxf8 Bd4+ $17)
23... Rfc8 24. Nc5 Ne8 $1 25. Be7 (25. Nxe6 Nxd6 $11) 25... Rc7 26. Nxe6 Rxe7
$11) 22... Rfc8 (22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nxe4 24. Rc7 $14) 23. Nb5 $6 (23. Nd6 $5
Rc6 $132) 23... Nxe4 $5 (23... Rxc1 $6 24. Rxc1 Nxe4 25. Nc7 Rc8 (25... Rf8 26.
Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rc4 $16) 26. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 $14 fxe6 28. Kh1) 24. Nc7 Nd2 $1
$11 25. Nxa8 (25. Rfd1 Nb3) 25... Nxf1 26. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 {
This way black avoids the Velimirovich attack.} 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4
Ne5 {Of course, taking the pawn with 9...Nxe4 is dangerous in view of 10.Qf3.}
(9... Nxe4 10. Qf3 f5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O $44) (9... Qb4 10. Bb3 Ng4 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. Bf4 $36) 10. Nb3 {Practically forced. White throws back the black
queen from an active position} (10. Bb3 $6 Nxe4) 10... Qc7 11. Bd3 e6 (11... g6
$5 12. Bg5 Ned7 13. Qd2 Bg7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kondenko,A-Slavina,I/St Petersburg
2000/CBM 76 (90)}) (11... Nc4 $5) 12. Qe2 {White prepares 13.f4. In case of an
immideate 12.f4 black gets a fine counterplay as the tournament practice shows}
(12. a4 $5 Be7 (12... Bd7 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 d5 16. e5 d4 17.
Bxd4 Rd8 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Damljanovic,B/
Belgrade 1999/CBM 69 (75)}) (12... b6 13. f4 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Be7 15. Rc1 Qb7 16.
O-O O-O 17. g4 Re8 18. g5 Nd7 19. Qf3 Bd8 20. Rc2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hartman,
B-Spraggett,K/Canada 1986/CBM 04 (20)}) 13. a5 Bd7 14. Bb6 Qc8 15. Qe2 Ng6 16.
O-O Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bjarnason,S-Vidarsson,J/ISL 1994/EXT 97 (23)}) (12. f4 Nc4
13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 (14. Qd3 Qc7 15. a4 Be7 16. a5 O-O 17. O-O Bd7 $132 {
0-1 Hector,J-Zhang Zhong/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93/[Hecht] (61)}) 14... Bd7 (
14... Qc7 15. Qg3 b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 b4 18. Na4 $14 {0-1 Koch,J-Hernandez,
G/Tunja 1989/TD (54)}) 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Rd2 b5 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Ba5 Qa8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Tratar,M/Feldbach 1997/EXT 98 (30)}) 12... b5 {[%cal Re5c4,Rb5c4]
Black prepares Nc4. The simple 12...Be7 also deserves attention followed by
the exchange on d3, for example:} (12... Be7 $5 13. a4 b6 14. O-O O-O 15. h3
Re8 16. f4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 e5 $132 {0-1 Zamostni,J-Martic,Z/Pula 1994/EXT 97 (35)
}) 13. f4 Nc4 $6 {13...Nd3 deserves attention recieving counterplay.} (13...
Nxd3+ $5 14. cxd3 b4 15. Na4 Nd7 $132) 14. Bxc4 $5 {White exchanges the black
knight and trying to close the c-file, preventing from black any counterplay
over that file. Another possible line which was also played by Macieja is 14.
Bc1 and a2-a4 later on.} (14. Bc1 Bb7 15. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5] White tries to
destroy black's pawn chain on the queenside.} b4 16. Nd1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Yd1f2,Yd1e3,Yd3c4]} (16. Nb1 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. O-O Be7 $132 {2.25-2.27. 1/2-1/
2 Mitkov,N-Hernandez,G/Matanzas 1995/CBM 47 ext (51) [#] (20)}) 16... Rc8 17.
Nf2 {Bringing the knight to an important defencive position.} Be7 18. Nd2 {
Trading the active black knight and aiming to weak point "a6".} (18. O-O e5 19.
Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 {1/2-1/2 Kristiansen,J-Arnason,J/Reykjavik 1986/EXT 2000 (20)
}) 18... Nxd2 19. Bxd2 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4][%cal Yd3a6,Yd2b4]} d5 $5 $132 {[%cal
Ye7b4] 1-0 Macieja,B-Vuckovic,B/Bermuda 2002/CBM 88/[Gofshtein,L] (57)}) 14...
bxc4 {14...Qc4 deserved attention - exchanging queens and limiting white's
attacking possibilities.} (14... Qxc4 $5 15. Qxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 d5 17. Bd4 (17.
exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 $132) 17... Nxe4 18. Ncxe4 dxe4 $14) 15. Nd2 Bb7 {
Black plays too slowly, 15...d5 is much more active with counterplay.} (15...
d5 $5 16. exd5 (16. O-O Be7) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5) 16. O-O-O Rc8 $6 {Black
plays slowly and gets under attack.} (16... d5 $5) 17. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf1f4]
White is preparing an advance on the kingside and removes the rook from the
h1-a8 diagonal in advance.} Be7 {Also after 17...d5 18.f5 white's initiative
looks threatening.} (17... d5 18. f5 $5) 18. g4 {Starting the offense on the
kingside.} d5 {Trying to find some counterplay. In case of a passive defence
white's attack can get very dangerous.} (18... O-O 19. g5 Nd7 20. f5 exf5 21.
exf5 Rfe8 22. f6 $40) 19. Bd4 $1 dxe4 {The lesser evil in this position was 19.
..0-0 although also in this case white has the initiative.} (19... O-O 20. e5
Nd7 21. f5 $40) 20. g5 Nd5 21. Ndxe4 $2 {21.Bxg7 led to an immideate win. Now
the position is getting less clear.} (21. Bxg7 $5 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Rg8 23. Nxe4
$18) 21... Nxf4 (21... O-O $5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. gxf6 g6) 22. Qd2 e5 23. Bxe5
Qxe5 $2 {After the correct 23...Nd3 black still had some hopes.} (23... Nd3+ $5
24. cxd3 Qxe5 25. d4 Qa5 26. d5 Bb4) 24. Qd7+ Kf8 25. Qxb7 $36 {White has a
firm control over the initiative, black's king is uncastled and the rook on h8
is not participating in the game.} Rb8 26. Qa7 g6 {Missing white's reply.
Anyway, black's position is hopeless.} (26... Ne2+ 27. Nxe2 Qxb2+ 28. Kd2 $18)
(26... h6 27. g6 f6 28. Rde1 $36) 27. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Ecuador"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ECU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 $5 (8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. Be2 b5 12. a3 (12. Bf3 Bb7 13. a4
b4 14. Ne2 O-O 15. a5 Nd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Krainov,A-Kotov,V/Vladimir RUS 2004/
The Week in Chess 515 (38)}) 12... O-O 13. Qe1 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 $132 {1-0
Riquelme,D-Sepulveda,J/Santiago 2002/CBM 86 ext (30)}) 8... Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 10.
Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc6 $6 (11... Nc4 $5 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 Qc6) 12.
O-O a6 13. a4 {Preventing b7-b5. In case of 13.Bf3, b7-b5 is dangerous as the
next given below shows but after 13...0-0 with a future b5 black has chances
to get a fine counterplay.} (13. Bf3 b5 (13... O-O $5) 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7
16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Qf3 $36 {1-0 Kountz,J-Schulte,T/Germany 1996/EXT
2002 (32)}) 13... b6 14. Bd3 {Transfering the bishop to a better position. In
case of 14.Bf3 or 14.Kh1 black breaks with d6-d5 after preparing it and gets a
good position.} (14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Kh1 Nb4 17. Qd2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19.
Nxe4 dxe4 20. Be2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Licina,A-Batceceg,T/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (32)})
(14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Qe1 O-O 16. Qg3 Nb4 17. Bd3 d5 18. e5 Ne4 $132 {0-1 Romanelli,
G-Fiorito,F/Villa Ballester 1996/CBM 51 ext (38)}) 14... Rb8 (14... O-O $5) 15.
Qe2 Nb4 16. g4 {White starts an offense on the kingside.} Nd7 17. g5 Nc5 18.
Nd4 e5 $6 {Black is looking for a crisis. 18...0-0 or 18...d5 deserved
attention.} (18... O-O 19. f5 e5 20. Nf3 Bb7 $132) (18... d5 19. exd5 Ncxd3 20.
cxd3 exd5 21. f5 Qe5 22. Rae1 O-O) 19. Nf5 Ne6 $2 {19...Bxf5 was necessary
exchanging white's dangerous knight.} (19... Bxf5 $5 20. exf5 Ncxd3 21. cxd3
Qd7 22. d4 Qxf5 23. fxe5 Qe6 24. exd6 Bxd6 $132) 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nd5 $1 {
White puts more pressure and gets a winning position.} Nxd5 22. exd5 Nxg5 23.
Qg2 {23.Ng7 was stronger not fearing ghosts.} (23. Nxg7+ $5 Kf8 24. Nf5 $36 Rg8
25. Kh1 $18) 23... h6 (23... Bxf5 24. Rxf5 h6 25. Bxa6 Bc5 26. Bb5+ Kf8 27. Re1
$16) 24. h4 $5 {By attacking black's main defender white seizes the intiative.}
Bxf5 25. Rxf5 g6 (25... e4 26. Bxa6 Bc5 27. Re1 $36) 26. Rf2 e4 $8 (26... Nh7
27. Rxf7 $18) 27. hxg5 exd3 28. gxh6 dxc2 29. Rxc2 Qe5 30. Qf3 $6 {An
inaccuracy after a serie of forced moves. 30.Re2 gave white a very strong
initiative.} (30. Re2 $5 Kf8 31. a5 $1 $18) 30... Rd8 {30...g5 was much more
sttuborn with the idea to bring the rook into the game with Rh6.} (30... g5 $5
31. Re2 Rxh6 32. Rae1 Kf8 33. Bxb6 Qf6 34. Qxf6 Bxf6 35. Bc5+ Kg7 $132) 31. Rd1
$5 {[%cal Ge3d4,Rd5d6] A strong move, keeping the initiative in white's hands.}
O-O (31... b5 32. d6 Rxd6 33. Rc8+ Bd8 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Qe4+ $18
) (31... Qh5 32. Qxh5 gxh5 33. Rc6 $18) 32. h7+ Kxh7 33. Bd4 Bc5 34. Rxc5 $1
Qg5+ 35. Kf2 Qh4+ 36. Qg3 $18 {Black doesn't have time to take the rook
because of mate.} g5 37. Rcc1 {[%cal Gd1h1]} Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rxd5 39. Bxb6 {
After the exchange of queens an extra piece and passed pawns on the queenside
give white an easy win.} Re5 40. Re1 Rfe8 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. b4 Rd5 (42... Re4
43. Bc5 f5 44. b5 Rxa4 45. b6 $18) 43. Kg4 Kg6 44. Rc6+ f6 45. Bc5 {White
prepares a decisive break of his passed pawn.} a5 46. bxa5 Rf5 47. a6 Rf4+ 48.
Kg3 Rxa4 49. a7 1-0

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
O-O a6 9. h3 {we can see model plan for white's attack in the king side in the
game Dvoirys-Andrianov.This game coud be good example for white.} (9. Bg5 Qc5
$5 10. Bxf6 Qxc4 11. Bh4 Ne5 12. a4 b6 13. f4 Ng4 14. Rf3 Bb7 15. h3 h5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Ribli,Z/Las Palmas 1974/MCD (23)}) (9. a4 Be7 10. h3 O-O
11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd3 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Qe1 Nb4 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Ng3 Bh4 $132 {
1-0 Janosevic,D-Padevsky,N/Sarajevo 1974/EXT 2001 (33)}) (9. a3 Be7 10. Ba2 O-O
11. Kh1 Qc7 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Ne5 14. Nf4 Nc4 15. Qe2 b5 $132 {0-1 Helmertz,
P-Ostberg,P/Stockholm 1977/MCD (40)}) (9. Kh1 Be7 10. Ng3 (10. f4 O-O 11. Qe1
Qc7 12. a4 d5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bb3 Nbxd5 $132 {1-0 Ljubisavljevic,Z-Radulov,I/
Smederevska Polanka 1979/EXT 2001 (51)}) 10... O-O 11. f4 Qc7 12. a4 Bd7 13. f5
Ne5 14. Bb3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Bg5 $36 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Andrianov,N/
Ordzhonikidze 1978/EXT 2001 (26)}) (9. Be3 Qc7 10. Ng3 b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. f4
Rb8 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Nce2 Bb7 15. f5 Ng4 16. Bg1 Nce5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,
Z-Gross,S/Karvina 1989/EXT 97 (16)}) (9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Ng3 h6 12. Be3
b5 13. f4 Na5 14. f5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. fxe6 Bxe6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Klein,
M-Reinartz,G/Nordwalde 1988/EXT 97 (18)}) 9... Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 (11. Bb3
b5 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. f4 Na5 14. f5 Nc4 (14... Nxb3 $6 15. cxb3) 15. Bg5 Nxb2 $1
16. Qf3 Nc4 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxh5 exf5 $1 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rae1
(21. exf5 $2 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kh2 Qxc3 23. Qg5 Qe5+ $19) 22... Qxc3 23. Qg5
Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Qxg2+ $19) 21... O-O 22. Rxf5 Rae8 23. Qd1 Qc7 24. Qd4 Re6 25.
Ref1 g6 26. Rf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Rd8 28. Kf2 Rd7 29. g4 $6 d5 $1 30. e5 Re7 31.
Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Rxe5 33. Qd4 Qe7 34. Rd6 h5 35. Kf3 Kh7 $1 36. Rd7 Qf6+ 37.
Kg3 h4+ 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Qf3 {0-1 Honfi,K-Benko,P/Budapest 1957/EXT 2000/
[Florian,T] (39)}) 11... b5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nd2
Rd8 $1 {[%cal Yd8d1]} 17. Qe1 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qc1 Bb7 19. Ng3 Na5 $36 {
[%csl Yc4][%cal Ya5c4,Yb7e4,Yc7c2]}) 17... Bb7 18. Nb3 {[%csl Yb3,Rd4][%cal
Yb3d4,Ye2d4,Yb3c5] white take control on d4,and b3 squares} (18. Nxe4 dxe4 19.
Bxe4 Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 $44) 18... a5 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 (20. Nxd4) 20...
Bc6 21. Qe3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yd4b6]} Rab8 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yb8b5]} 22. f5 {
this break on the king side does not give nothing real ,because most of
white's pieces stand to far from black's king.} exf5 23. Rxf5 Bd7 {This black
bishop transfer from c6 to e6 makes position of black more stable.} 24. Rff1
Be6 25. Rad1 h6 26. Rf3 Bg5 27. Qe2 Ra8 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ra8a5] Reliable
defence of a5 sguare impoves black's queen mobility.} 28. Rdf1 Rdc8 {[%cal
Rc7c2]} 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. Kh2 Qb7 $11 (30... Qxa4 $2 31. Bb5 Rxc2 (31... Qa2 32.
Ra1 $18) 32. Qd3 Qa2 33. Qxc2 $18) 31. Rg1 Qb8 32. Bb5 Rc7 33. c3 $6 bxc3 34.
bxc3 $15 {probably,white lost because time-trouble} 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 (
7... Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13. O-O-O b4 14.
Nb1 (14. Nd5 $5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4+ Kd8 $13 {Kramnik}) 14... Be7 $13 {
Topalov-Kramnik 1996,Dos Hermanas}) 8. Be3 Qd8 (8... Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 (9... Nxe4
$6 10. Qf3 f5 (10... Nxc3 $2 11. Nxc6 $18) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 13. Nxd5
$1 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. Bc6+ Kf7 16. Bxe4 e6 17. Rd5 $1 $16 {Bednarskij-Minev,
Bern 1975}) 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 Nc6 $132 {Christiansen-Yermolinsky,
USA 1997}) 9. Nd4 Ng4 (9... e6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. f4 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. O-O Nxd4
14. Bxd4 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 $13 {Movsziszian K-LernerK,1997 Germany})
10. Nxc6 (10. O-O Nce5 11. Bb3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 g6 $2 (12... e6) 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.
Qxf3 Be6 15. Ba4+ $18 {Velimirovic-Vukovic,Belgrade 1988}) 10... bxc6 11. Qf3 (
11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O $14 {Ginsburg-Shmuter,1990
Simferopol}) (11. Bg5 Qb6 $6 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Ne5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bg7 $13)
12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Nd5 $1 $14 {Tompa-Csom,Budapest 1976})
(11. Bd2 g6 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. Rhe1 Rb8 $132
{De Firmian-Polgar.S,1995 Bermuda}) 11... Ne5 12. Qe2 e6 $146 (12... g6 13. f4
Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 O-O $14 {Todorovic-Vykovic Kladovo 1990
}) 13. O-O-O Be7 (13... Nxc4 $6 14. Qxc4 $36) 14. Bd4 (14. Bb3 $5 a5 15. f4 Ba6
16. Qd2 $13) 14... Qc7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 O-O 17. Rd3 Qa5 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qd2
Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 g6 21. Rd1 Kg7 22. Ke2 a5 23. Rc3 Bb4 24. Rcd3 Be7 25. g3 h5 26.
h4 {White coudnot impruve his pozition} f5 $6 27. Rc3 Bb4 28. Re3 Kf6 29. f4
exf4 30. e5+ $5 (30. gxf4 $5 $14) 30... Kf7 31. gxf4 Be7 32. Red3 $1 (32. Rh3
Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 $132) 32... Bxh4 33. Nc5 Be7 34. Rd6 $1 Bxd6 35. exd6 $16 Rd8
36. d7 Ke7 37. dxc8=N+ Rbxc8 38. Rxd8 $6 (38. Rg1 $5 Kf6 39. Nxe6 $16) 38...
Rxd8 39. Nxe6 Rh8 40. Ng5 (40. Kf3 h4 41. Kg2 h3+ 42. Kh2 Rh4 $132) 40... h4
41. Nh3 Kf6 42. Kf2 Rd8 43. Bd3 $14 a4 $5 44. Ng5 (44. bxa4 Ra8) 44... a3 $1 (
44... axb3 45. axb3 $16) 45. Nf3 c5 $5 46. Ng5 Rd4 47. Kf3 Rd7 48. Ke3 Rd8 49.
Nf3 Re8+ 50. Kf2 Rd8 51. Nxh4 {[%csl Yb2,Yd2][%cal Yc5c4]} c4 $3 52. bxc4 (52.
Bxc4 Rd2+) 52... Rb8 53. c5 Rb2 54. c6 Ke7 $8 55. Nxg6+ Kd6 56. Ne5 Rxa2 57.
Nc4+ Kc7 (57... Kxc6 $11) 58. Kg3 (58. Bxf5 $4 Rxc2+ $1 $19) 58... Ra1 (58...
Rxc2 $2 59. Nxa3 Rc3 $2 60. Nb5+) 59. Nxa3 Rxa3 60. Kh4 Kxc6 61. Kg5 $11 Ra5
62. Bxf5 Kd6 63. Kg4 Ke7 64. Bd3 Rc5 65. Kf3 Kd6 66. Ke4 Rh5 67. c4 Rh4 68. Kf5
Kc5 69. Ke5 Rh3 70. Ke4 Rh4 71. Be2 Rh2 72. Kf3 Kd4 73. Bf1 Rh1 74. Kf2 Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bangladesh"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 {is more dangerous for black, see the game Macieja-Kotronias, 2004.} (7.
Ndb5 $5) 7... e6 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 {9.Be3 or 9.Kh1 deserve attention, not
weakening the b4 square, for example:} (9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Qf3
Bb7 (12... O-O 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bb7 16. Qh3 Rfe8 17. Nd4 Bf8
$132 {0-1 Areshchenko,A-Smirin,I/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Hecht] (55)}) 13. a4 b4
14. Ne2 g6 $132 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Bauer,C/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97/[Ftacnik] (70)
}) (9. Kh1 $5 Qc7 10. Bd3 a6 11. f4 O-O 12. Qf3 (12. a4 {— 34/(250)}) 12... b5
13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Qh3 Rfd8 $6 $146 (14... Rad8) (14... b4 $5) 15. a4 $5 b4 16.
Nd1 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Ne3 $36 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik (m) 2003/
Inf 87/[Movsesian,S] (41)}) 9... O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d6,Rd6d5]
A typical rook move. Black prepares d6-d5 in some cases.} 12. Bd3 Nb4 $5 {
Black targets white's light squared bishop so he could take it in a proper
moment. The immideate 12...d5 is premature, as the game given below shows
white has a clear advantage.} (12... d5 $6 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. c3 a6 16.
N5d4 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Mendez Ataria,E/Sao Paulo 2001/CBM 84 ext (26)}) 13. Qf3
Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 14. g4 {white carries out a typical offense on the kingside.
} (14. h3 e5 15. Qf2 Be6 $132 {1-0 Velimirovic,D-Martinovic,S/Smederevska
Palanka 1979/EXT 2001 (57)}) 14... Bc6 {[%cal Gc6e4,Rf6d7] Black brings the
bishop to a more active position and also frees the d7 square for his knight.}
15. g5 Nd7 16. Nd4 {White brings the knight to the centre, preparing the
advance f4-f5.} (16. Qh3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Nc5 $132) 16... Bf8 {A profilactic move.
Black moves his bishop preparing in some cases to move it to g7 after g7-g6.}
17. Qh3 (17. f5 Ne5 18. Qe2 exf5 $132) 17... Re8 {Again a profilactic move.
Black is getting ready to white's attack.} 18. Nf3 (18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Nxd3
20. g6 fxg6 21. fxg6 h6 22. cxd3 Ne5 $132) 18... g6 $5 {Preventing the break
g5-g6 and preparing to move his bishop to a more active diagonal.} (18... a6
19. g6 $5 hxg6 (19... fxg6 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Nxe6 Qe7 22. Bc4 $13) 20. Ng5 Nf6
21. e5 $40) 19. Rae1 Bg7 {[%cal Rg7c3]} 20. Qg3 {[%cal Rh2h4] Making way for
the h-pawn. 20.Bd4 also deserved attention, consolidating the position.} (20.
Bd4 e5 $5 (20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Qb6 23. Qe3) 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22.
Nxe5 dxe5 $132) 20... Qa5 21. h4 $2 {White is recklessly continues his attack,
now 21.Bd4 was necessary trading black's strong bishop.} (21. Bd4 $5 Nxd3 22.
cxd3 Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4) 21... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d3,Rc5a4] Black is taking over the
initiative. It is difficult for white to protect all his weaknesses.} (21...
Nxd3 22. cxd3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Rd1 Bxa4 25. Bd4 Qb3) 22. Rd1 Nxa4 $36 23.
Nd4 (23. Ra1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Qxc3 $17) 23... Nxd3 {Black has an
extra pawn already and wants to enlarge his material advantage.} 24. Nxc6 bxc6
25. Nxa4 Qxa4 26. cxd3 Reb8 $5 {bringing the rook to a more active place.} (
26... Bxb2 $5) 27. e5 {white tries to activize his position in order to get
some compensation for black's large material advantage.} Rxb2 28. d4 (28. exd6
Qb4) 28... Qb5 $19 29. Qf3 d5 {Reducing white's possibilities, by closing the
position.} 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. h5 a5 {Getting his passed pawn closer to the first
rank.} 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rf2 {White doesn't have any real opportunity to
create anything dangerous for the black king.} a4 34. Rxb2 Qxb2 35. Qd1 a3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Bets, Anatolij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 (9... Ng4 10. Nxc6 (10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Ne5 12. Qh5 $1 g6
13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Qh4 Nxf7 15. Rxf7 Qh5 16. Qf2 $18 {Grigoriants-Kalugin
Moskow 1996}) 10... bxc6 11. Bd2 g6 12. Be2 Ne5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bc3
e5 16. Ne3 Be7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qd2 O-O 19. O-O-O Nc5 20. Qe3 f6 21. Bb4 $16 {
Kobalija-Dragomarezkij,Moscow 1996}) 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Nxd4 (12...
Bd7 13. f5 (13. Kh1 Rae8 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. f5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 h6 17. Rae1 b5 18. a3
Qb7 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. e5 $16 {Ivanovich-Levin,Podgorica 1993})
13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 exf5 (14... b5 $6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 b4 17. Qxd7 Rfd8
18. Qa4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 bxc3 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. bxc3 $16 {Kengis-Lukin,1990 Russia}
) (14... Qc7 15. Qd3 exf5 (15... b5 16. a3 Kh8 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Kh1 Rae8 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd6 $16 {Hernandes-Ionov,1996 Ubeda} Bc6) 16. exf5 Bc6 17. Rae1
b5 18. a3 Rae8 19. Re2 Bd8 20. Rfe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Qb7 22. h3 $11 {Aseev-Ionov,
1996 Russia}) 15. exf5 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rab8 17. Bc3 Qc5+ 18. Bd4 Qa5 $11
{Golubev-Popchev,Skopje 1991}) 15... Bc6 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Rad1 (17. Rae1 Bd8
18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Kh1 h6 20. Qg3 Qb4 21. Rd1 Qa5 22. Rf1 $11 {Koch-Hernandes,
1993 Argentina}) 17... Nd7 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nf6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. c4 $11 {Short-Kramnik,Novgorod 1996}) 13. Bxd4 e5 (13... Bd7
14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ne8 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Qg4 Nc7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 $14) 14.
fxe5 (14. Be3 exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Qh5 Qd8 19. Rf3
Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qb6 $11 {De Firmian-Fedorovich,USA1984}) (14. Bf2
exf4 15. Bd4 Be6 16. Rxf4 Qg5 17. Qf1 Rac8 18. Rd1 Ng4 19. Rd3 Ne5 20. Rg3 Qh6
21. Nd5 Bg5 22. Rf5 Bd8 23. Ne3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qe6 25. c3 Ng6 26. Rh5 Qxe4 27.
Nf5 Rc6 28. Bxg7 $18 {Velimirovich-Mihaljisin,Banja-Luka1981}) 14... dxe5 15.
Be3 Ng4 $2 (15... Be6 $142 16. Qe1 Bc5 $11) 16. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 (16... Qc7 17. Rxf7
) 17. Nxd5 Bd6 (17... Bd8 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Nc7 $18) (17... Nxe3 18. Nxe7+ Kh8
19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 $16) 18. Bb6 Be6 19. Rad1 $16 Rac8 20. h3 Bxd5 $2 (20...
Rc6 21. hxg4 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxb6 23. Rfd1 Bb8 24. Rd7 Ba7 25. Kh2 Rh6+ 26. Kg3
Rf6 27. g5 Rf4 28. Kh3 g6 29. g3 Rf2 30. Rxb7 Bd4 31. c3 Be3 32. Kg4 Kg7 33.
Rdd7 h5+ 34. gxh6+ Bxh6 35. Bd5 Bd2 36. c4 Be1 37. c5 Rg2 38. Rb3 Kh6 39. Rxf7
{1-0 Gobet,F-Hort,V/Biel 1982/MCD-r8}) 21. Rxd5 $18 Nf6 22. Rxd6 Nxe4 23. Rd7
Nf6 24. Rxb7 Rc6 1-0

[Event "ASEAN GM 1st"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2004.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaw, Win Lay"]
[Black "Aung, Thant Zin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 {In this position white has a few possible moves (except 9.b3) - 9.Be3,
9.e5 and 9.Bb3} 9. b3 (9. Be3 Qc7 (9... Qxb2 {is very dangerous for black} 10.
Bd4 e5 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Be3 {and white's initiative is very strong})
10. f4 (10. Qe2 Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd4 e5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nxe3
16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Rae1 d5 $17 {0-1 Kosten,A-Strauss,D/Brighton 1984/EXT 99 (53)}
) 10... Bg7 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Kh1 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qf3 Be6 $14 {
Todorovic-Leskur,Vrnjacka Banja,1996} 16. Bxe6) (9. e5 $5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Qd4 11.
Be3 Qd6 $1 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qf2 e4 15. Rde1 Bf5 $1 16. h3 h5 17. Bd4
Bg7 18. b3 O-O 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1997}) (9. Bb3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13.
Qg3 Nc5 14. Qh4 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Re3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bc8 18. Rae1 e5 19. Rd3
f6 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 f5 22. Red1 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Pelletier,Y/
Portoroz 1998/EXT 99 (22)}) 9... Bg7 10. Bb2 {White chose a very harmless line,
he can hardly expect to reach any advantage with it} O-O (10... Nxe4 $4 {
doesn't work in view of} 11. Na4) 11. Na4 ({The immideate} 11. Re1 $6 {allows
a tactical shot} Ng4 $1 {and white is the one who is fighting for an equality}
12. Qd2 (12. Qe2 Qa5 {is very unpleasent for white, for example:} (12... Nxf2
13. Na4 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ {is a draw}) 13. Qd2 Qe5 14. g3 Qh5 {and black
totally seizes the initiative}) 12... Nxf2 13. Na4 Nxe4+ ({Black can also give
a perpetual check if he wants but it looks as he has more than that} 13... Nh3+
14. Kh1 Qf2) 14. Nxb6 Nxd2 15. Bxg7 axb6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Bd3 Bf5 $15 {
and the black knight is feeling fine after ...d5 and Ne4}) 11... Qc7 12. Qe2 d5
{After white removed his knight from the centre this blow becomes possible,
although 12...e5 is not bad too} (12... e5 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Rd3 (14. Nc3 Bb7 {
and black plays d6-d5 anyway}) 14... d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 {0-1 Gross,D-Damljanovic,
B/Valjevo 2000/CBM 76 ext (44) and black is fine}) 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Be5 (14.
Bd3 $6 Ng4 15. g3 e5 {and black seems even a little better}) 14... Qa5 15. Bc3
Qc7 16. Be5 ({Now} 16. Bd3 $4 {loses at once} Ng4 $19) 16... Qa5 17. Bd3 {
white decides to play on, but the position is equal} Bd7 18. Qe1 $6 {white
hopes that in the forthcoming endgame his pair of bishops would be enough
compensation for the corrupted pawn structure, this evaluation seems dubious} (
18. Nb2 {was a better option} Rac8 19. c4 {with equality}) 18... Qxe1 19. Rfxe1
Bxa4 20. bxa4 e6 21. Rab1 {Black is better and I think he could have continued
the game with no risk} (21. Rab1 Nd7 22. Bd6 Rfc8 23. Rb7 Nc5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bg5 Bd7 {Rare move} ({Much more popular are:} 9... Ne5) (9... O-O {
-mainlines.}) 10. Kh1 $6 $132 {White decides do not play} (10. Bxf6 $1 {
[%mdl 4] and Black had to capture on f6 with Pg7, with certain damage of PP
chain.} gxf6 (10... Bxf6 $6 11. Qxd6 Be5 12. Qc5 $14) 11. Qh5 Rc8 12. Kh1 Nb4
13. Bd3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Qa6 {[%csl Gd7,Ge7,Re8,Rf6,Rf7] This position is quite
complicated. Black has pair of BB, in other hand, doubled PP f and Ke8 hasn't
convenient "home". So, position of White can be prefered.} 15. Qe2 $14 {
1-0 Kuczynski,R-Khasin,A/Dresden 1988/CBM 10 (51)} (15. d4 $5 $14)) 10... Rc8
$1 (10... a6 $143 $6 11. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 12. Qh5 Ne5 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. f4 Ng6 $14
{1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Belikov,V/Sochi 1990/TD (39)}) 11. Bxf6 {Too late!} (11.
Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 $132) 11... Bxf6 $1 {Of course!} ({Now Black doesn't need
to play} 11... gxf6) 12. Nb5 (12. Qxd6 Nb4 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4][%cal Gc8c2,Gf6b2]
} 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nd2 Nxc2 15. Rac1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Na3 $132) 12... O-O 13. Be2
({White didn't play} 13. Nxd6 {Because of unpleasant pin} Rcd8 $1 {[%csl Rb2,
Rd6][%cal Gf6b2,Gd8d1]} 14. c3 Ne5 (14... Be7 15. f4 Nb8 {[%csl Rd6]} 16. e5
Ba4 17. Qh5 Bxd6 18. exd6 Rxd6 $132) 15. f4 Ba4 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe6 Rxd6 18.
Bd5 Qc7 $44) 13... d5 $1 {Opening space for pair of BB.} 14. exd5 exd5 (14...
Nb4 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rc2]} 15. N5d4 Nxd5 $15) 15. Qxd5 (15. c3 Rce8 $5 (15... Ne5
$6 16. Qxd5 $14) 16. Bd3 $132) 15... Be6 16. Qe4 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bf6 18. c4 (18.
Nd6 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb8b7]} 19. Bd3 g6 20. Nc4 Qc7 $15) 18... Ne7 19.
c5 Qc6 20. Nd6 (20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Nd6 Rc7 22. Bf3 Rb8 23. Rfd1 $132) 20... b6
$5 21. Qf4 ({Black leaves with advantage in case of} 21. Bd3 {[%csl Rc8,Rh7]
[%cal Gd3h7,Gd6c8]} Qxe4 $8 22. Bxe4 Rcd8 23. Nb7 Bd5 $1 (23... Rc8 24. Nd6
Rcd8 25. Nb7 $11) 24. Bxd5 (24. Nxd8 Bxe4 25. Rbd1 Bd5 {[%csl Rd8]} 26. Rxd5
Nxd5 27. Nb7 $15) 24... Rxd5 25. Rfd1 Rb8 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Re1 g6 28. Nd6 bxc5
29. Nxc5 Rb2 $17) 21... Ng6 22. Qc1 ({Interesting, but wrong was} 22. Qe3 $6
Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gh4g2,Gc6g2,Gh4f5]} (22... Bd5 $6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gc6g2]} 23. f3 Rcd8 24. Bb5 Qc7 25. Ne8 $140 $1 Qe7 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. cxb6 $11
) 23. Ne4 $1 (23. Qg3 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rbc1 Qa4 26. Qf3 Be6 27. c6 Qxa2
28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 $17) 23... Bxb3 24. axb3 Rfe8 25. Bd3 bxc5 $17 {[%cal
Gf6d4]}) 22... Bd5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc6g2]} 23. f3 Rcd8 24. Bb5 Qc7 25. Ne4 Be5
26. cxb6 {White kept material equality, but it is not easy to neutralize pair
of BB...} axb6 (26... Qxb6 $15) 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 {[%csl Gc7,Gd5]} 28. a4 Ne5 {
Now starts a phase of "long manoeunres", and Black eventually gets serious
advantage.} 29. Rfc1 Bb8 30. Nbd2 (30. Re1 $144 f6 (30... f5 31. Nc3 Bb7 32.
Ne2 $132) 31. Ng3 Nc4 32. Nd4 Na3 33. Ra1 Nxb5 $15) 30... f5 31. Nc3 Be6 32.
Nf1 (32. Rc2 Rd6 $15) 32... Rd6 33. Re1 Rc8 34. Rxe5 Rxc3 35. Rbe1 Kf7 36. Ng3
Rc5 37. R5e2 g6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gg6f5,Gg6h5]} 38. Kg1 Bc7 39. Nh1 (39. Kf2 Kf6
40. Nf1 Bf7 $17) 39... Kf6 40. Nf2 Bf7 $17 41. f4 Rd4 42. g3 Bd6 {[%cal Gd6c5]}
(42... h6 $5 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 43. Rb1 Rc3 44. Nd1 Rb3 45. Rc1 Ba3 46. Ra1 (46.
Rc6+ Kg7 47. Ne3 Re4 48. Kf2 Bc5 $19) 46... Bc5 47. Kf1 Bd5 $6 {Last 20 moves
changed position to Black favour. Black pieces catched dominant position.} 48.
Nf2 (48. Re5 $142 Rd2 49. Re2 Rf3+ 50. Ke1 Rd4 $17) 48... Rxb5 $1 $19 {
Advantage transformation. Black wins a P.} 49. axb5 Bc4 50. Raa2 Bxb5 51. Kg2
Bxe2 52. Rxe2 b5 53. Rb2 b4 54. Kf3 Ke6 ({Another way was} 54... Rd6 55. Ke2
Re6+ 56. Kd3 Re3+ 57. Kc4 Rc3+ 58. Kb5 h6 (58... Bxf2 59. Rxf2 b3 60. Rb2 Ke6
61. Kb4 Rc2 62. Rxb3 $1 (62. Kxb3 Rxb2+ 63. Kxb2 Kd5 64. Kc3 Ke4 65. Kd2 Kf3
$19) 62... Rxh2 63. Kc4 Rd2 64. Rb6+ Rd6 65. Rb1 Kf6 66. Rb7 h5 67. Ra7 $44)
59. Nd1 Rc1 60. Rd2 (60. Nf2 Bd4 61. Rd2 b3 $19) 60... g5 $19 {[%csl Rf4][%cal
Gb4b1]}) 55. Ke2 Kd5 56. Nd3 Bd6 57. Rc2 Re4+ 58. Kd1 Rd4 59. Ke2 Re4+ 60. Kd1
Re7 61. Rc8 Kd4 62. Nb2 Rc7 ({Or} 62... h6 63. Rd8 Re6 64. Kc2 g5 $19) 63. Rd8
({Loses also} 63. Rxc7 Bxc7 64. Kc2 Ke3 65. Kb3 Kf2 $19 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3,Rh2]})
63... Rc6 64. Rd7 h5 65. Rg7 Bc7 66. Rd7+ Ke4 67. Re7+ Kf3 68. Kd2 Kg2 69. Nd3
Kxh2 70. Ke2 Kxg3 71. Nxb4 Rc4 72. Nd5 Bxf4 73. Rg7 g5 74. Ne7 Kg4 75. Ng8 Re4+
76. Kd3 Re6 77. Rh7 Be5 78. Nh6+ Kf4 79. Nxf5 Kxf5 80. Rxh5 Bf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lopushnoy, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. a4 Be7 11. a5 Qc7 12. a6 O-O 13. O-O Rfb8 {
- Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Horgen 1995/CBM 50}) 10... Bc6 $6 (10... Rc8 11. Be3 (
11. f3 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 Rfd8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4
Qxc4 18. Bxa7 b5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Qd4 Qb7 22. Bb6 Nc7 23. Rhg1 Re8
24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. f5 Rec8 26. f6 Bf8 27. Rd3 g6 28. Qf2 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30.
Rgd1 Bf5 31. Rxd5 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Ba3+ 33. Kd2 Qxd5+ {0-1 Brustkern,J-Levin,F/
Berliner Sommer 1997/EXP 59}) 11... Qc7 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ned7 14. O-O Be7
15. Bd3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd4 O-O 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. c4 N5b6 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21.
Qe4 g6 22. Bf1 Na4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qe2 e5 25. Rac1 Nc5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. a3
a5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Qxe5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qb6 32. Qf4 Kg7 33. h3 Re8
34. Qf3 Re5 35. Bd3 Qb4 36. g3 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38. Kg2 b6 39. Qc6 Qc3 40.
Be4 h5 41. Bd5 Qd4 {- Onischuk,A-Tukmakov,V/Biel SKA 1996/CBM 55}) 11. f3 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 Rfd8 (13... a5 14. a4 Qb4 15. Qe1 Rfc8 16. Rd4 Qb6 17. Be3
$16) 14. h4 $40 {with easy attack for white without real counterplay for black}
Qc7 15. g5 Nfd7 (15... Nh5 16. Bh2 g6 17. f4 $18) 16. Nd4 $1 a6 17. h5 b5 18.
Rdg1 Nf8 (18... b4 19. Nd1 Nf8) 19. a3 $1 {a good move, wasting one tempi,but
completely stopping black play on the Queen's side} Rab8 20. g6 $1 fxg6 (20...
Bf6 21. Be3 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bg5 $40) 21. Be3 Be8 22. hxg6
Bxg6 $2 (22... hxg6 $142 {when now white's life are not so easy as after 22...
Bxg6?}) 23. f4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. f5 Bf7 26. Bh6 g6 (26... Bf6 27. Bxg7 Bxg7
28. f6 $18) 27. Bxf8 Bxf8 28. Qh2 $18 h6 29. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Be3
Qxb2 (7... a6 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 (9... Nxe4 $2 10. Qf3 Ne5 11. Qxe4 Nxc4 12.
Nb3 Qc7 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. O-O-O $16 {Nann}) 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O
12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 exf5 15. exf5 $11 {Short-Kramnik,Novgorod 1996}
) 8. Ndb5 Qb4 9. Qe2 $1 Ne5 $5 $146 (9... Qa5 $1 $13 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Ne5 13. Bb3 a6 14. f4 (14. Nd4 Qc7 15. f4 Nd7 16. O-O g6 17. Rae1 Nf6
18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Ba5 Qd7 20. Ba4 b5 21. Nxb5 O-O 22. Nc3 Qa7 23. Qxe7 Bd7 24.
Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Qxd6 Rfc8 26. Qa3 Qd4 27. Qa4 Qxa4 28. Nxa4 Rxc2 29. Nb6 Nxb6 30.
Bxb6 Bf8 31. a4 Rac8 32. a5 Rd2 33. f5 Rxd5 34. fxg6 {- Renteria,J-Minaya,J/
Bogota Telecom 1997/EXT 97}) 14... Ng4 15. Nd4 (15. Na3 Qc7 16. Nc4 b5 17. Ba5
Qc5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. c4 g6 21. Bc3 Rg8 22. O-O Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Ne3
24. Rfe1 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Qxc3 26. Rac1 Qa5 27. Rc6 Qd8 28. Rec1 h5 29. Qe3 Bh6
30. h3 Kf8 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rh8 33. Kg2 Bg7 34. Qa7 Bb2 35. R1c2 Ba1 36.
Rc1 Bf6 37. g5 Bb2 38. R1c2 Ba3 39. Qd4 Kg8 40. Rxa6 Bc5 41. Qd3 Qc8 42. Rc6
Qg4+ 43. Qg3 Qd1 {0-1 Pinski,J-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A/MK Cafe op 1997/EXP 59})
15... g6 16. Ba4+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. Ne6 fxe6 20. Qxg4 exd5 21.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rxb7+ Ke6 23. O-O Bd4+ 24. Kh1 {Guimaraes,W-Zarnicki,P/WchJT
U26 1997/EXT 97/0-1 (42)}) (9... Nxe4 10. Bd4 $1 Nxd4 11. Qxe4 e5 12. O-O-O
Qxc4 13. Rxd4 Qc6 14. Nd5 $1 {Dubinskij-Grachev,Moskva 1996}) 10. Rb1 (10. Bb3
Qa5 $13) 10... Qxc4 11. Qxc4 Nxc4 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Nxe3 14. fxe3 b6 15.
O-O (15. Kd2 Bb7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Rxb6 Nxe4+ 18. Nxe4 Bxe4) 15... Bb7 16. Nxb6
axb6 17. Rxb6 Bc8 (17... Bxe4 18. a4) (17... Kc7 18. Rfb1) 18. a4 g6 $1 19.
Rxf6 (19. a5 Bh6 20. Rf3 Nd7) 19... Bg7 $1 (19... exf6 20. a5 d5 21. a6 Bxa6
22. Rxa6 $16) 20. a5 Bxf6 21. Nd5 $8 Kd7 $8 22. a6 Bxa6 23. Rxa6 Ke6 {Black
playes for a win} (23... Rb8 24. Nxf6+ exf6 $11) 24. Rc6 Rb8 25. Kf2 Bg5 26.
Nb6 Rb7 27. Kf3 Ra7 28. g3 Ra6 $6 {a mistake,but black can not really improve
his position.and the game should end with a draw} 29. e5 $1 Ra3 $2 (29... Ra2)
30. exd6 exd6 31. Rxd6+ Ke7 32. Rd3 $14 Ra2 33. Nd5+ Ke6 34. h4 Bh6 35. Nb4 Ra1
{although white of course is better the game more likely to end with a draw}
36. Rc3 Rf1+ 37. Ke2 Rg1 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. Nd3 Bf8 40. Rc4 Bd6 41. Re4+ Kd7 42.
Rc4 Ke6 43. Kf3 Rf1+ 44. Kg2 Rd1 45. Nf4+ Kf5 46. Ne2 Be5 47. Nd4+ Bxd4 48.
Rxd4 {[#] Hecht:  schlechte weiЯe Bauernstruktur und aktive schwarze Figuren} (
48. exd4 Ke4 49. c3 Rd2+ $132) 48... Rc1 49. g4+ (49. Rd2 {Hecht} h5 50. Kf3
Rf1+ 51. Rf2 Rc1 52. e4+ Ke5 53. Re2 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Rc1 $44 {[%csl Rc2,Re4,Rg3]})
49... Ke5 50. c4 h6 51. Kf3 Rh1 52. Rd5+ Ke6 53. h5 Rc1 54. hxg6 fxg6 55. Rc5
Kd6 56. Rd5+ Ke6 57. Rc5 Kd6 $11 58. Rc8 h5 59. gxh5 gxh5 {Hecht: Der
entfernte schwarze Freibauer bindet die weiЯe Figuren sehr bald so, daЯ ein
Gewinn nicht mцglich ist. Typischer Vorgang fьr Turmendspiele dieser Art.} 60.
Ke2 h4 61. Kd3 h3 62. Rh8 Rh1 63. Kd4 Rd1+ 64. Ke4 Rh1 65. Rh5 h2 66. Rd5+ Ke6
67. Rd2 Rc1 68. Rxh2 Rxc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe2 (9. Be3 Qxb2 $2 (9... Qc7 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Kh1 e5 13.
fxe5 dxe5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qf3 $14 {Todorovich-Leskur,Vrnjachka Banja,1996}) 10.
Bd4 e5 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Bg5 Qc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qf3
Qxc4 17. Qxf6 O-O 18. Qxd6 $16 {Berkovich-Petrienko USSR 1980}) (9. h3 Bg7 10.
Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 e6 14. Re1 c5 $15 {Martinez,S
-Spragett,K 1993}) (9. Bb3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Bg5 a5 12. Qf3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Ba6
14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Rad1 $14 {Prie-Tukmakov,France 1991}) (9. e5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Qd4
$5 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qf2 e4 $1 (14... Bxd1 $2 15. fxe5
Qxe5 16. Bd4 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qc5 $18) 15. Rde1 Bf5 $1 16. h3 h5 $11 {
Topalov-Kramnik,Novgorod 1997}) 9... Ng4 $5 $146 (9... Nd7 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. Bd4
e5 12. Rab1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Be3 Be7 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bh6 Nb6 17. Bd3 Be6 18.
Rbb1 Nd7 $17 {All-Spragett,1986 Dubai}) (9... Bg4 10. Qe1 (10. Qd3 Bg7 11. Be3
Qxb2 12. Rab1 Qa3 13. Rb7 Qa5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4 O-O $17 {Rigo-Finegold ,New
York 1993}) 10... Qc5 11. b3 Bg7 12. Na4 Qh5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e5
Ng4 16. h3 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 $16 {Madl-Varga,1997 Budapest}) 10. b3 (
10. h3 Ne5 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Bd4 Qb4 $1 13. f4 (13. Rfb1 Qxc4 14. Qxc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxh8 f6 16. Rb4 (16. f4 Kf7 17. Rb4 Nb6 $17) 16... Ne5 17. Rab1 Kd8 $17) 13...
Qxc4 14. Qxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxh8 f6 16. e5 Kf7 17. exf6 exf6 18. g4 d5 $17) (10. Bb3
Bg7 11. h3 Ne5 12. Be3 Qa6 (12... Ba6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Bh6 $14) (
12... Qa5 13. Rfd1 Ba6 14. Qd2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Bh6 $14) 13. Qd1 (13. Qd2
Nc4 (13... O-O 14. Bh6 $14) 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bh6 Bxc3 $5 16. bxc3 f6 $13 (
16... Qxe4 $13)) 13... O-O $132) 10... Bg7 11. Bb2 Qa5 $5 12. Qd2 $6 Qe5 $1 13.
g3 (13. f4 $2 Qd4+ $17) 13... Qh5 14. f3 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Qe3 {black  with
taktikal way reach eqwal} (15... Ne3 $2 16. Na4 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 $18) 16. Qe1 (16.
Bxf7+ $2 Kf8 17. Qg2 Ne5 18. Nd1 (18. Bc4 Nxc4 19. Nd1 Bxb2 20. Nxe3 Nxe3)
18... Qh6 $19) 16... Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 Ne5 18. Be2 O-O 19. f4 $11 Nd7 20. Na4 Nb6
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxb6 (22. Nb2 $5) 22... axb6 23. a4 Bb7 24. Bf3 c5 25. Kg2 e6
26. Rad1 Rfd8 27. Rd2 Kf8 28. Red1 Ke7 29. Kf2 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lopushnoy, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. O-O {-the main line}) 10... Be7 $146
(10... Rc8 11. Be3 (11. f3 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 Rfd8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Be3 Qc7
16. f4 Nc4 $132 {Brustkern,J-Levin,F/Berliner Sommer 1997/0-1(33)}) 11... Qc7
12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ned7 14. O-O Be7 15. Bd3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd4 $14 {
Onischuk,A-Tukmakov,V/Biel SKA 1996/1/2-1/2(41)}) 11. f3 O-O ({More flexiable
was} 11... Qc7 12. Nb5 Bxb5 (12... Qb8 13. Rd1 $16 (13. O-O-O d5 $1 14. Qc3
Nd3+ $1)) 13. Bxb5+ Nc6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qa5 $1 Qd7 $14 {with mutual chanses,
although white has slightly better prospects.}) 12. g4 Bc6 $5 {[%cal Gf6d7]} (
12... Qc7 $5 13. O-O-O Bc6 (13... a5 $2 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd7 $18)
14. h4 Rfc8 15. g5 Nfd7 16. h5 $36) 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4 Ng6 16. h4
$14 Rfd8 (16... Rfc8 17. h5 Ngf8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bf3 $14) 17. h5 Ngf8 18. Nd4 (
{Less accurate is} 18. Bf3 $6 {in a vew of} Nb6 $1 {and black gets
counterchanses.}) 18... Nc5 19. Bf3 b5 $6 {After this move black is in serious
troubles.Deserved attention} (19... d5 $5 20. exd5 exd5 21. h6 g6 (21... Ne4 $2
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf5+ $18) 22. O-O-O Ne4 {with counterplay.})
20. Qg2 $1 b4 21. Ncb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qd7 23. Nd4 e5 $5 {It's hard to recommend
something better.} 24. Nf5 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rab8 (25... Nfe6 26. Be3 $16) 26. Rd1
Qc7 27. O-O $16 {Black is fully deprived of counterplay.} Nfe6 28. Be3 Bf8 (
28... g6 $5 29. Nh6+ $1 (29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 31. Qg3 Na4 32. Bc1 (
32. Rd2 $6 Nxb2 33. Qh4 Qf8 34. Rh2 Qg7 $13) 32... Rbc8 33. Rf2 Rc5 34. Rd5 $14
) 29... Kg7 30. Rd2 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd2f2,Gf3g4]}) 29. g6 fxg6 30. hxg6 h6
31. Be2 $1 {[%cal Ge2c4]} Re8 32. Bc4 {Full domination of white pieces!} Kh8
33. Kh1 Nd7 $2 {Loosing on the spot.} (33... Na4) 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 {[%tqu "En","",
"","","e3h6","",10]} 35. Bxh6 $1 $18 Ne5 {[%tqu "En","","","","h6g7","",10]}
36. Bxg7+ $1 Kg8 37. Qh3 Nxg6 38. Bxf8 Rxf8 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 58th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 {there are two alternativs:} (
12. O-O Be7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Qg3 Re8 18.
Kh1 b5 19. Bd4 g6 20. e5 Bb7 21. Na5 Qc7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. f5 Nxe5 24. fxe6
fxe6 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Qc6 $132 {0-1 De Firmian,N-Schussler,H/Reykjavik
1984/MCD (40)}) (12. a4 b6 13. Qd4 Rb8 14. O-O Be7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Qd1 O-O 17.
Bd3 Bb7 18. Qe2 Ra8 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. g4 d5 $132 {0-1 Sigurjonsson,G-Hort,V/
Ljubljana 1977/MCD (54)}) 12... Nc4 (12... Nc6 $5 13. g4 b5 14. g5 (14. Bd3 Bb7
15. g5 Nd7 16. Qf3 Nc5 17. h4 Nb4 18. Rd1 d5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. a3
Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 dxe4 $132 {Czebe,A-Wilhelmi,C/Budapest FS02 IM 1996/EXP 51/1-0 
(53)}) 14... Nd7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Qe2 b4 (16... Nb6 $1 {Gulko} 17. O-O-O Be7 {
/\ 18... b4, 18... Nc4<=>}) 17. Na4 a5 18. c4 {/^a6-f1} Be7 $132 {1-0
Christiansen,L-Yermolinsky,A/Chandler 1997/CBM 61/[ChessBase] (48)}) 13. Bxc4
Qxc4 14. Qf3 e5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14... Bd7 {this move was used very often,and
gave for black not bad counterplay} 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Bd4 $5 (16. Rd2 Qc7 (
16... b5 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Ba5 Qa8 19. Re1 Be7 20. Bb4 Rc4 21. Bxd6 b4 22. Nd1
Bxd6 23. Rxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Tratar,M/Feldbach 1997/EXT 98 (30)}) 17. Rhd1
b5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Losev,D-Belikov,V/Moscow 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) 16... b5 17. a3 Be7
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. f5 h5 20. Qg3 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Rd4 Qb6 23. Rhd1 h4 24.
Qg7 Rf8 25. Kb1 a5 $13 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Paris 1995/CBM 49 ext (43)}) (
14... Qc7 $5 15. Qg3 b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 b4 (17... Nd7 $5) 18. Na4 Ne4 19.
Qf4 Bb7 20. O-O g5 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qe2 h4 $132 {0-1 Koch,J-Hernandez,G/Tunja
1989/TD (54)}) (14... d5 $6 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 (16... dxe4 17. Qe2 Qxe2+
18. Kxe2 f5 19. Rhd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Romanov,E-Balogh,C/Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM
72 ext (43)}) 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Bb6 Be7 19. O-O-O g5 20. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Abergel,
T-Radulov,I/Clichy 2000/EXT 2001 (40)}) 15. f5 (15. h3) 15... b5 16. O-O-O (16.
Bg5 b4 17. Nd2 Qc6 $132 18. Ne2) 16... Bd7 (16... b4 $6 17. Nd2 (17. Na5 $2 Qc7
18. Nd5 Qxa5 19. Bb6 Qxa2 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Nxa8 Bb7 $19) 17... Qc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5
19. exd5 Qa4 20. Kb1 Bb7 21. Ne4 $36) (16... Bb7 17. Na5 (17. Nd2 Qc6 $132)
17... Bxe4 18. Nxc4 Bxf3 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. gxf3 $14) 17. Kb1 Rc8 (17... b4 18.
Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc8 20. Rc1) 18. Rc1 h6 {[%csl Rd5,Rg5] Profilactice move} (
18... b4 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 $13) 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Nd5 Qb7 (20...
Nxd5 21. exd5 Be7 22. Ne4 $36) 21. Rhd1 {probably,better was 21.Nf6 with
inducing weaknesses,and keeping some position adventage} (21. Nxf6+ $5 gxf6 22.
Nb3 $5 $14 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Yb3a5]}) 21... Bc6 22. Nb3 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qc7 (23...
Be7) 24. c4 bxc4 25. Nd2 Qb7 26. Nxc4 Be7 27. Qg3 (27. g4 $5 O-O 28. g5 hxg5
29. Bxg5) 27... Kf8 28. Na5 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Qd7 (29... Qb5) 30. Qf3 Kg8 31. g4
Kh7 32. Nc6 Rc8 33. Nxe7 Qxe7 34. g5 Qc7 35. Qg2 Nxd5 36. gxh6 g6 37. fxg6+
fxg6 38. a3 Nf4 39. Bxf4 exf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096]} 40. Qe4 $6 {White does not
feel a danger,and chance to find oneself the losing position} (40. h4 $5 Qc6
41. Qxc6 Rxc6 42. Rd4 f3 43. Rf4 Kxh6 44. Rxf3 Rc4) 40... Qf7 41. Rf1 (41. Rxd6
f3 $36) 41... Rf8 42. Qd4 Qf5+ 43. Ka1 Qe5 44. Qd3 Kxh6 $17 45. h4 Rf5 $5 46.
Qd1 d5 47. Rf3 Qf6 48. Qf1 d4 49. Qf2 Re5 $1 50. Qd2 (50. Rxf4 Qe6 $19) 50...
Re3 $19 51. Rf1 f3 52. Ka2 Kg7 53. h5 Re2 54. Qc1 d3 55. hxg6 Rc2 56. Qb1 f2
57. Ka1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 exf5 15. exf5 Bc6 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Rad1 (17. Kh1 Bd8 18. Qg3 d5
19. Rf4 Qc7 20. Qf2 b5 21. a3 a5 22. Rd1 h6 $11 {Hernandez,G-Ivanovic,B/Novi
Sad olm 1990/0-1 (53)}) (17. Rae1 Bd8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Kh1 h6 20. Qg3 Qb4 21.
Rd1 Qa5 22. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Koch,J-Hernandez,G/WchTJ U26 1993}) 17... b5 $6 $146 {
This move proves to be a novelty.Black has tried different continuations:} (
17... Bd8 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Qg3 Bf6 20. Bd5 (20. Qxd6 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. Nd5
Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. c4 Qxa2 25. Qb6 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxb7 Rb5 28. Qe7
Rbb8 29. Qd6 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Gulko,B/Munich 1990}) 20... Qb4 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd6 $16 {De Firmian,N-Kramnik,V/Erevan olm 1996/1/
2-1/2(49)}) (17... Nd7 18. Qg3 (18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Bg5 21. h3 h6
22. Bd5 Rc8 23. Rf2 Rfe8 $11 {Renet,O-Wang Zili/Geneva op 1997/1/2-1/2(47)})
18... Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nf6 21. Nd5 (21. h3 Re5 22. Qf2 Rfe8 23. Rde1
h5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. a3 Bd7 $11 {Onischuk,A-Svidler,P/Koop Tjuchem 1996/1/2-1/
2(74)}) 21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. c4 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1996
}) 18. Qg3 Nh5 (18... b4 $6 19. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rc8 (20...
Qxd5 $2 21. Bxf6 Qc5+ 22. Bd4 $18) 21. Bb3 $16) 19. Qf2 {[%cal Rd4b6]} Qd8 20.
Bd5 $1 {Showing the deep undestanding of the position.That's true that white's
lightsquared bishop is very strong,but the knight is even stronger!} (20. Nd5
$6 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Bg5 22. g3 Nf6 23. Bf3 Ne4 $14) 20... Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nf6 22.
Qg3 Nh5 23. Qg4 {Winning some time...} Nf6 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qa3 $1 $16 Bh4 26.
Qh3 ({Even better was} 26. Qxa6 $1 Re2 27. Qxb5 Rfe8 28. f6 $1 $16 {with
winning position.}) 26... Nf6 27. Qxh4 Nxd5 28. f6 $5 ({Another promising
possibility was} 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 30. Rxd5 Rfe8 31. Kf2 Kf6 32.
Rfd1 $18) 28... Re6 29. Qg5 Nxf6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33.
Rxd6 $18 {Arising endgame is easily winning for white. [#]} Rc8 34. c3 b4 $1 {
An only chanse to put up some resistance.} 35. cxb4 {Hecht: WeiЯ setzt auf die
entstehenden verbundenen Freibauern. Ernsthaft in Betracht kam jedoch:} (35.
Rd3 $5 {Hecht} a5 36. Kf2 {[%cal Yf2e3,Ye3d4]}) 35... Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Ke3
(37. Kf3 {Hecht} Rxb2 38. Rxa6 Rxb4 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Re8 Ra4 41. Re2 Ra3+ 42.
Ke4 Kg6 43. Kd4 h5 44. Kc4 Ra8 $14 {Der weiЯe a-Bauer ist nur schwer
voranzubringen. Man sehe:} 45. Kb5 {[%cal Ra2a4]} Rb8+ 46. Kc6 Ra8 47. Kb7 Ra3
48. Kb6 {[%cal Rb6b5]} Ra8 $1 {Wenn WeiЯ den Kцnig auf a1 versteckt, um danach
mit Tb2-b4 samt a4 weiterzukommen, hat Schwarz genьgend Gegenspiel am
Kцnigsflьgel.}) 37... Rxb2 38. a3 Rxg2 (38... Rb3+ 39. Rd3 Rb2 40. Kd4 Kf8 (
40... Rxg2 $2 41. Rg3+ Rxg3 42. hxg3 Kf8 43. a4 Ke7 44. Kc5 $18) 41. Kc5 Rxg2
42. Kb6 $18) 39. Rxa6 Rxh2 40. b5 h5 41. a4 $4 {Painfull blunder whoch costs
white a half of point.} (41. b6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b7,Ra6a8,Ya6a4,Ya4b4]} Rb2 42. Kd4
Kf8 (42... h4 43. Kc5 h3 44. Ra4 h2 45. Rh4 $18) 43. Kc5 Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kd8 (
44... Ke6 45. b7 {[%cal Ga7a6,Ga6b6]}) 45. Rxf7 {[%cal Gb6b7]} Kc8 (45... h4
46. Rh7 {[%cal Gh7h8,Yb6b7]}) 46. a4 $18 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) (41. Ra4 {Hecht} Rh3+
42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Rb4 Rxa3 44. b6 Ra8 $11) 41... h4 $11 42. Rxf6 (42. Kf3 {Hecht}
f5 43. b6 {[%cal Ra6a5,Ra5b5,Ra6a8]} Rb2 44. a5 h3 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Rc8 h2 47.
Rc1 Rb5 48. Kg2 Rxa5 49. Rb1 Ra8 $11) 42... Ra2 43. Rf2 (43. Rf4 h3 44. b6 h2
45. b7 Rb2 $11) 43... Rxa4 44. Rb2 h3 45. b6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. Ng3 $6 $146 (9. Bg5 $2 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 11. Kd2 Kxe7 $19 {1/2-1/2
Velimirovic,D-Popovic,P/Zenica 1989/EXT 97 (46)}) (9. Be3 {-mainline} Qc7 10.
f4 (10. f3 a6 11. O-O (11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O-O Na5 13. g4 O-O 14. h4 Nd7 15. Nd4
Nb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ludena,S-Quinones,C/Cuzco 1999/EXT 2000 (58)}) 11... Na5 12.
Qd3 O-O 13. Rad1 b5 $36 {0-1 Haag,E-Csom,I/HUN-ch 1968/MCD (41)}) (10. Nf4 a6
11. g4 h6 12. Qe2 b5 13. O-O-O Ne5 (13... Na5 14. f3 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Bb7 16. h4
Nd7 17. g5 $36 {1-0 Alekseev,A-Riegler,P/Stockerau 1991/EXT 97 (37)}) 14. f3 g5
15. Ng2 Bd7 16. h4 Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rh3 Qa5 19. Qd2 b4 $132 {0-1 Ilincic,
Z-Damljanovic,B/Kladovo 1990/CBM 17 (49)}) 10... a6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Nh5 O-O 13.
O-O b4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Na4 Rb8 $132 {0-1 Van Wijngaarden,F-Ostojic,P/
Beverwijk 1967/EXT 99 (35)}) (9. Nf4 a6 10. g4 h6 11. h4 Na5 12. Qf3 Nxb3 13.
axb3 Nd7 14. Nh5 Rg8 15. g5 $36 {1-0 Alekseev,A-Banas,J/Gyor 1990/EXT 97 (35)})
(9. Qd3 O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qf3 Na5 12. e5 Bc6 13. Be3 Qd8 (13... Bxf3 $5 14.
Bxb6 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bxe2 16. exf6 Bxf6 $17) 14. exf6 Bxf3 15. fxe7 Qxe7 16. gxf3
Qh4+ 17. Ng3 d5 $17 {1-0 Velimirovic,D-Komljenovic,D/Umag 1972/MCD (40)}) (9.
Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. f3 Qc7 12. g4 Ne5 13. Qe3 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 a5 $132 {
1-0 Santo Roman,M-Radziejewski,D/Groningen 1979/EXT 99 (63)}) 9... h5 $5 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4] Standard move shows vulnerability of Ng3.} 10. Be3 Qa5
11. f3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. O-O Rc8 {Black starts counterplay on the queenside.}
14. Qf2 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ge3a7]} b6 15. Rad1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 {Unaccuracy} ({
Can be recommended} 16. Bc1 $5 d5 17. exd5 (17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. exd5 exd5 19.
Rfe1 $14)) 16... Rxc4 17. Rd3 O-O 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. a3 Be8 {Both of sides
implementing manoeuvres in their camps. Pd6 is weak, but Black has pair of BB.}
(19... Bc6) 20. Bd2 Qa6 21. Bg5 Qa5 22. Qd2 ({Worth of attention} 22. h4 $5)
22... Qc5+ 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Bf4 h4 25. Nge2 h3 {White PP chain destroy attempt.}
26. Bxd6 (26. b3 R4c6 27. b4 Qh5 28. g4 Qg6 $132) 26... Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Qc5+ 28.
Kf1 hxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Nd5 $8 {Black initiates complications which lead to
dangerous position for him.} 30. Nxd5 Rxc2 31. b4 $1 (31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxc8
Rxd2 33. R1xd2 Qxc8) 31... Qc4 (31... Rxd2 32. bxc5 Rxe2+ 33. Kf1 $18) 32. Ne7+
Kf8 33. Nxc8 Rxd2 34. R6xd2 Qxc8 35. Rc1 Qa6 36. Rc7 $5 g6 (36... Qxa3 $140 $2
37. Rd8 $1 Qxb4 38. Rcc8 Qb5 (38... Qe7 39. Nd4) 39. Nd4 $36) 37. Nf4 $2 ({
Strong was} 37. Kf2 $1 {and White wins:} b5 38. e5 Qxa3 39. Rd8 Qxb4 40. Rcc8
Qe7 41. Nd4 b4 42. Ke2 a5 43. Nb5 $18) 37... Qxa3 38. Rd8 $2 ({Necessary was} 
38. Kf2 $1 Qxb4 39. Rd8 g5 40. Ne2 a5 41. Rcc8 Qa4 42. Ke3 $36) 38... Qb2+ 39.
Kg3 Qe5 $17 40. Rcc8 Qg5+ 41. Kh3 Qxf4 $17 42. Rxe8+ Kg7 43. Rc3 Qd2 (43...
Qh6+ 44. Kg3 Qg5+ 45. Kh3 Qb5 $19) 44. Ra3 Qf2 (44... Qh6+) 45. Re7 (45. Ra8 g5
46. R8xa7 Kg6) 45... g5 (45... a5 $5 46. Rd7 (46. bxa5 Qc5 $19 47. Rb3 Qxe7 48.
axb6 Qb7) 46... axb4 $19) 46. Rexa7 Kg6 ({Immediately wins} 46... Kh6 $1 47.
Rxf7 (47. Ra8 f5 48. exf5 exf5 49. Rg8) 47... g4+ 48. Kxg4 Qg2+ 49. Kf4 Qg5#)
47. Ra8 f5 {Here Q is stronger than pair of RR.} 48. Rg8+ Kh6 49. exf5 exf5 50.
b5 Kh5 51. Rh8+ Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kh6 53. Rh8+ Kg7 54. Rha8 Qf1+ 55. Kg3 Qg1+ 56.
Kh3 Qf1+ 57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Kh3 g4+ $19 59. Kh4 gxf3 60. h3 (60. R3a7+ Kf6 61.
Rf8+ Ke5 $19) 60... Qe1+ 61. Kg5 (61. Kh5 f2 62. R3a7+ Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke5) 61...
Qe7+ 62. Kh5 Qf7+ 63. Kg5 f2 64. Rf3 (64. Ra1 Qg6+ 65. Kf4 Qg2 $19) 64... Qe7+
0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gross, David"]
[Black "Cvek, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nd7 (11... Qa5 12. Na4 d5 13.
e5 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. c3 Qa3 18. Nb2 Bb7 19. c4 Rfd8
20. Rac1 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rd4 $11 {De Vreugt,D-Van der Wiel,J/
Amsterdam m1 1996/1/2-1/2(40)}) (11... e5 12. Kh1 Nd7 (12... Bg4 $6 13. f3 Bh5
$6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Na4 Qc7 16. c4 c5 17. Qf2 Nb8 18. Nc3 $14 {Akhmadeev,
V-Mukhametov,E/RUS-chT 1994/1-0(33)}) (12... Qc7 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Na4 Bb7 15.
Bd3 Rfe8 16. c4 Bg5 17. Qc2 h6 18. b4 $14 {Karpov,A-Stein,L/URS-ch39 1971/1-0 
(47)}) 13. Nd1 Bg5 14. a4 Qc7 15. a5 Nc5 16. Ba3 Ne6 $11 {Kosc,R-Popovic,P/
Velden op 1993/0-1(40)}) 12. Na4 (12. Rad1 Ne5 $6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15.
Rd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Qe3 $14 {Chigvintsev,A-Pres,G/RUS-sf 1995/1-0 (55)})
12... Qc7 (12... Qa5 13. Bc3 Qd8 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Kh1 d5 16. Bd3 Re8 17. f4 Qc7
18. Rf3 g6 19. Rh3 $40 {Salov,S-Kiselev,S/Moscow Tal 1992/0-1(38)}) 13. f4 Bb7
$146 (13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. a4 Kh8 16. Rae1 f6 17. Rf3 e5 18. f5 d5 19.
Bd3 Bd7 $14 {Egorov,E-Lopushnoy,D/RUS-Cup3 1996/1-0(27)}) 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Rf3
{White position is slightly better,but there is only one problem-how to
improve position of whites knight a4. Deserved attention Bd3 and then c4 with
better chanses.} Rfe8 16. Rh3 Nf8 17. Qh5 d5 18. Bd3 g6 (18... d4 $5 19. Bc1 c5
20. Nb2 $14 {[%cal Gb2c4]}) 19. Qh6 d4 20. Rf1 c5 21. Bc1 (21. Bc1 f5 22. e5
Qc6 23. Rff3 $14 {[%cal Gf3g3]}) (21. f5 $5 exf5 22. exf5 $36) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1998.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Scarella, Enrique Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2344]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7
7. O-O g6 8. Nb3 (8. Re1 Bg7 9. h3 (9. Bb3 O-O 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1
Ne5 13. Qe2 a6 14. a4 Qa5 15. h3 Nc6 16. Nf3 $14 {/= Mirumian,V-Ibragimov,I/
Moscow op 1995/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Qd3 Rc8 14. e5 Bxe5 (14... Bf5 15. exf6 Bxd3 16. fxe7 Bxc4 17. exd8=Q Rfxd8
18. Re7) 15. Rxe5 Rxc4 16. Qxc4 dxe5 17. Rd1 $36 {Kengis,E-Kupreichik,V/
Karsten Kold op 1997/1-0(37)}) (8. Nd5 $5 Bg7 (8... Nxe4 9. Re1 $44) 9. Nxc6
Bxc6 $2 (9... bxc6 $142) 10. Bg5 e6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd6 Rd8
14. Qa3 $16 {1-0 Conquest,S-Dobos,J/Hastings op9495 1995 (33)}) 8... Bg7 9. Re1
O-O 10. Bg5 a5 $5 $146 (10... Rc8 11. Bf1 Be6 $6 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. c3 Re8 14. Qd2
Nce5 15. Rad1 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nf8 $6 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e5 $1 $16 {Komora,A-Cernin,
R/Moravka opJ 1994/1-0(33)}) 11. a4 (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Bf1 a4 14.
Nd4 h6 15. Bh4 Qb6 $1 16. Rb1 e6 $132) 11... Nb4 12. Nd4 (12. Nd5 Nfxd5 $1 13.
exd5 Bxb2 14. Bxe7 Qc7 15. Rb1 (15. Bxf8 Bxa1 (15... Rxf8 $6 16. Rb1 Bc3 17.
Re7 $1 Bf6 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxa5 Qxa4 20. Nxb7 $16) (15... Kxf8 $5 16. Rb1 Bc3
17. Re4 Bf5 $15) 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nxa1 Bxa4 $15 {[%csl Ra1]}) 15... Bc3 16.
Bxf8 Kxf8 $5 (16... Bxe1 17. Qxe1 Qxc4 18. Bxd6 Nxd5 (18... Qxd5 19. Rd1 Nxc2
20. Rxd5 Nxe1 21. Rxa5 $11) 19. Nxa5 Qxa4 20. Nxb7 Qxc2 21. Nc5 $11) 17. Re4
Bf5 $15) 12... Ng4 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 13. Ndb5 (13. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qb6 15.
Re4 $8 f5 $1 (15... Bf5 16. Rf4 Be5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Rxf5 $14) 16. Rxe7 (16.
Rf4 Be5 $17) 16... Bxd4 17. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Bc5 19. Bh4 Ne5 $19 {[%cal
Re5d7,Re5c4]}) 13... Qb6 14. Qd2 Qc5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gb4c2]} 15. Bb3 Qe5 16.
Bf4 {[%tqu "En","","","","g7h6","",10]} Bh6 $5 17. Bxe5 Bxd2 18. Re2 Bh6 (18...
Nxe5 19. Rxd2 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gc3d5]}) 19. Bd4 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc7 $5
Rad8 22. Rd1 (22. N7d5 Nxd5 23. exd5 {[%csl Re7]} (23. Nxd5 $5 e6 24. Nc3 Bc6
25. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Ge2d2,Gf2f3]}) 23... Rfe8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. f3 Nf6 26. g4 $14
) 22... Bc6 23. f3 Ne5 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. N7b5 $6 (25. N7d5 $5 Rfe8 $6 26. Nxb4
axb4 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 $16 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge2e4]}) 25... g5 $1 $132 {
[%csl Ge5] The absence of visible weaknesses and good position of knight e5
gives to black enought counterchances.} 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Ncb5 Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5]}
28. Nc3 Nb4 (28... Nc5 29. Nd5 $36 {[%cal Gd5e7,Gd5b6]}) 29. Nb1 {[%cal Gc2c3]}
Na6 30. Nc3 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knezevic, Bojan"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O e6 9. Qe2 (9. Bf4 Qxb2 (9... Qc7 $5 10. Qe2 e5 11. Bg5 Be7 $11) 10. Qd3 Qb4
11. Rab1 Qc5 12. Rfd1 e5 13. Bg5 $44 {Fisher-R.Birn New-York 1971}) (9. b3 Be7
10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Na4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. c4
$14 {Karpov-Stein USSR 1971}) 9... Be7 (9... Nd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4
Qc7 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rad1 $14 {Topalov-Kramnik Novgorod 1996}) 10. e5 dxe5 11.
Qxe5 O-O 12. Qe2 $146 (12. Na4 Qb4 13. b3 Nd5 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Rad1
Nb6 $11 {Sutovskij-Gross Bbrazil,1995}) (12. Bb3 $2 Ba6 13. Re1 c5 14. Na4 Qc6
15. c4 Bxc4 $17 {LeyvaR-Franko Z,Havana1997}) 12... Bb7 13. b3 Rad8 14. Bb2 c5
$11 {black finished development,and they dont have any problem} 15. Rad1 Qc6
16. f3 h5 {black try to found posibility  anything play,but this game go to
draw} (16... h6) 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 h4 {With idea h4-h3,and
in the case Nf6-h5-f4} 20. Nf2 Qc7 21. Nd3 Nd5 (21... h3 $6 22. gxh3 Nh5 23.
Qe5 $1 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 $1 (24. Nxe5 Nf4 $13) 24... Bxf3 25. Bb8 $16) 22. Bxd5 $6
(22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 (23. Bxe5 Ne3 24. Bb8 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Ba6 26. Bxa7 Bxc4
27. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 28. Nxc5 Bxa2 $11) 23... Nb4 (23... Bf6 24. Nd3 Bxb2 25. Nxb2
Nb4 26. Na4 $14) 24. c3 Nd5 (24... Nxa2 $6 25. Kf2 {black have problem with
knight} (25. b4 Bd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nc6 $13)) 25. Kf2 $11) 22... exd5 $15 23.
Qe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 h3 $6 (24... Bd6 $5 $15) 25. gxh3 Bd6 26. Kg2 f6 27. Nd3 c4
28. Ne1 Bc5 29. c3 Bc8 30. Nc2 Bf5 31. b4 Bb6 32. Nd4 Bd7 (32... Bxd4 33. cxd4
$11) 33. Bc1 Bxd4 34. cxd4 Kf7 35. h4 c3 (35... Kg6 36. Bd2) 36. h5 a6 37. Kg3
Bb5 38. h4 Bd7 39. Bf4 Be8 40. h6 gxh6 41. Bxh6 Kg6 42. Bc1 Kh5 43. Be3 Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Knezevic, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Bd3 (9. e5) (9. Qe2) (9. Be3) 9... Bg7 10. Na4 Qc7 11. f4 O-O 12. c4
e5 $5 (12... Rb8 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qc2 Rb4 16. Nc3 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxc3
18. Qf2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Nc5 20. Qc2 Ba6 $17 {Gara-Jovanovich Budapest 1996}) (
12... c5 13. Nc3 $14) 13. f5 $5 (13. h3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nh5 15. Bh2 Bd4+ 16. Kh1
Be5 $15) (13. fxe5 Ng4 $1 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. g3 (15. Bf4 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ $17)
15... Qd4+ 16. Kg2 Ne5 $17) (13. Nc3 exf4 $132 14. Bxf4) (13. Kh1 $5) 13... d5
$5 $146 (13... Bb7 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rc1 gxf5 16. Rxf5 $16 {Velimirovich-Chom,
Moskow 1996}) 14. fxg6 $2 (14. g4 $13) (14. Bg5 $13) 14... hxg6 15. cxd5 (15.
Nc3 d4 $15) 15... cxd5 $15 16. exd5 (16. Nc3) 16... Bg4 $6 (16... Bb7 $5 17.
Nc3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15 19. Bxg6 $2 Qc5+ $19) (16... Nxd5 $2 17. Bxg6) 17.
Qb3 (17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxd5 $15) (17. Qe1 $5 Nxd5 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Bg5 $132
) 17... Rab8 18. Qc4 Qd7 (18... Qa5 19. Nc3 $13) 19. Nc5 (19. Nc3 Rfc8 $17)
19... Qxd5 20. h3 Rbc8 21. Be3 (21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. hxg4 Rxc5 $15) 21... Bf5 (
21... Be6 22. Qc2) 22. Be2 $11 Be6 23. Qb4 $6 (23. Qc2 Bf5 24. Qc4 $11) (23.
Rac1) 23... Qc6 $1 24. Nxe6 (24. Bb5 Qb6) (24. Bf3 Bd5) 24... Nd5 25. Qh4 $2 (
25. Qe4 f5 $36) (25. Qd2 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe6 27. Qxa7 e4 $1) 25... Nxe3 (25...
Qxe6 $5 26. Bxa7 e4 $5 $36) 26. Rf3 $8 Nxg2 $6 (26... Qxe6 27. Rxe3 Qb6 28. Qf2
Qxb2 29. Rd1 Qxa2 $19) 27. Qg4 $1 (27. Kxg2 Qxe6 $19) 27... Nf4 (27... Qxe6 28.
Qxe6 fxe6 29. Kxg2 $17) 28. Nxf4 (28. Nxf8 $2 Nxe2+ 29. Kf2 Nd4 30. Rc3 Qf6+
$19) 28... exf4 29. Rxf4 (29. Qxf4 Qb6+ $19) 29... Qb6+ (29... Bxb2 $5 30. Raf1
Be5 $17) 30. Kh1 Rc2 (30... Qxb2 31. Raf1 Qxa2 (31... Rc7 32. Bc4 $132) 32.
Rxf7 (32. Bc4 $2 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Be5 $19) 32... Rxf7 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 $15) (30...
Be5 $5 31. Rff1 Qxb2 $19) 31. Raf1 $6 Qxb2 $6 (31... Be5 32. Rb4 Qc6+ 33. Qf3 (
33. Kg1 Bxb2 $17) (33. Bf3 Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Qc5+ $19) (33. Qe4 Qxe4+ 34. Rxe4 Bxb2
35. Re7 Bd4 $15) 33... Qxf3+ 34. Bxf3 Rd8 $36) 32. Bc4 $1 Qb7+ $11 {Last
chance play for win was 33...RC4} 33. R1f3 Qb1+ 34. Rf1 Qb7+ 35. R1f3 Qb1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. e5 (9. Qe2) (9. Bd3) (9. Be3) 9... dxe5 10. Qe2 Qd4 $1 (10... Qc7 11.
f4 $1 e4 12. Nxe4 Bg7 $14) 11. Be3 Qd6 $1 (11... Qh4 $6 12. f4 $1 $36) 12. Rad1
(12. f4 Bg7 13. Rad1 Bg4 $1) 12... Qc7 13. f4 (13. Bc5 $5 Bg7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15.
Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 Nd7 17. Rxd7 $13) 13... Bg4 14. Qf2 e4 (14... Bxd1 15. fxe5
$36) 15. Rde1 Bg7 $6 (15... Bf5 $1 16. h3 h5 17. Bd4 Bg7 18. b3 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qb6 $11) 18... O-O 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Qb6 $11 {Topalov-Kramnik,1997 Novgorod}) 16. Bd4 $6 (16. h3 Bf5 (16... Bc8 17.
Bc5 $16) 17. g4 Bc8 18. Bc5 $16) 16... Bf5 17. h3 h5 18. Bxf6 (18. b3 $142 $11
{Topalov-Kramnik ,Novgorod 1997}) 18... Bxf6 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 (19... Bxb2 $13) 20.
Rxe4 Qb6 $11 (20... Bxb2 $6 21. f5 $1 Qb6 (21... g5 22. f6 $36) 22. fxg6 $36)
21. b3 $6 (21. c3 $5) 21... h4 $1 $15 22. Kh2 $6 (22. Rd1 $142) 22... Qxf2 23.
Rxf2 Rd8 $5 24. f5 $6 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Rh6 26. Bd3 (26. Ra5 Bd4) 26... Rd5 $5 27.
Rf3 (27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Ra4 Be5+ 29. Kh1 Bb8 $36) 27... e6 28. Kg1 Bd4+ 29. Kf1
f5 30. Re2 Kd7 31. Bc4 Rd6 32. Bd3 Bb6 33. Rd2 Ke7 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Ke2 Rd5 36.
Rf4 Rd8 37. Rc4 Rg8 38. Kf1 c5 39. Be2 Ke7 40. Rc3 Rd8 41. Rxd8 Kxd8 42. Bb5
Ke7 43. Rd3 Rh8 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Bc4 e5 46. Rf7+ Kg6 47. Re7 e4 48. Bd5 Kf6 49.
Re6+ Kg5 50. c4 Rh7 51. Rd6 Ba5 52. Bc6 Bb4 53. Rd5 Kf4 54. Bd7 Rh5 55. Bc8 a5
56. Bd7 Rg5 57. Bc8 e3 58. Bd7 Ba3 59. Bc6 $2 (59. Bc8 $142 {One of the
critical moment in the game ,black coudnt impruve his pozition after 59.Bc8,it
doesnot clear why white refuse from controle diagonale c8-h3} e2+ 60. Kxe2
Rxg2+ 61. Kf1 Rxa2 62. Rxf5+ Ke3 63. Bb7 $11) 59... e2+ 60. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 61. Kf1
Rxa2 62. Bd7 Rb2 63. Rxf5+ Ke4 (63... Kg3 64. Rg5+) 64. Rh5 Rxb3 65. Rxh4+ Ke3
66. Rg4 $2 {bad pothision for rook ,why white didnot play 66.Rh8} (66. Rh8 $5)
66... Rb1+ 67. Kg2 Rb2+ 68. Kh1 $6 {It doez not clear why king go to the corner
} (68. Kf1 $142) 68... Bb4 69. h4 $2 {Probably,this is last mistake in the
game,after 69.Rg8 white have good chance for draw} Rd2 $1 70. Bb5 Rd4 $1 $19
71. Rxd4 $2 (71. Rg3+ Kf2 72. Rg2+ Kf3 73. h5 (73. Bc6+ Ke3) 73... Rh4+ 74. Rh2
Rxh2+ 75. Kxh2 Bd2 $1 76. Kh3 (76. Kg1 Bh6 77. Kf1 Ke3 78. Ke1 Kd3 79. Kd1 Kc3
$19) 76... Bh6 77. Kh4 Ke3 78. Kg4 Kd3 79. Kf5 Kc3 80. Ke4 Kb4 81. Kd5 Bf8 82.
Bd7 a4 $19) 71... Kxd4 72. Kg2 Kc3 73. Kf3 Kb3 74. Ke4 Bc3 75. Kd5 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Breder, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 {Black doesn't
want to allow Velimirovic Attack by this move order, which could be arised by
6...e6 7.Be3;} 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5) 7... e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 (9... Be7 10. Be3
$1 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. f4 $16) 10. g4 {White goes for immediate pawn storm
over the kingside; Another possible continuation of the attack is 10.Bg3
following by 11.f4 and e4-e5 then as it happened in one games of Kramnik;
Black received good counterplay there thanks to the 10...h5 reply;} (10. Bg3 h5
$3 11. h3 (11. f4 $2 Neg4) (11. f3 Qc7 12. Qd4 $6 h4 13. Bf2 b5 $1 14. a4 Nc6
15. Qd2 b4 16. Na2 d5 $1 $132) (11. f3 $5 {Boensch}) 11... Qc7 (11... g5 $5)
12. f4 (12. a4 Bd7 $1 13. Qd4 Rc8 $10) 12... Nc4 $132 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,
V/Linares 1993/CBM 34/[Kramnik] (33)}) (10. Qd2 Qc7) 10... Qc7 11. g5 Nfd7 12.
Bg3 (12. Qd4 b5 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Bg3 b4 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 g6 17. Bg4 Bg7
18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. f4 Bf5 20. Kb1 Qxc2+ 21. Ka1 Qxb3 22. fxe5 Qa4 {0-1 Cela,
A-Kotronias,V/Athens 1996/CBM 55 ext (22)}) 12... b5 13. Qd4 Rb8 14. f4 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Only this move is a novelty! White begins immediate operations in the
centre; 13.0-0-0 ,which was played in Kotronias game (see 12.Qd4 ) allows
black to get immediate counterplay by b5-b4;} Nc6 15. Qe3 Be7 16. O-O-O b4 17.
Na4 Nb6 $6 {In my opinion, the swap of white Na4 isn't necessary here since
that knight is just dumb there; Black could get good counterplay by 17...Nd8
or 17...Bb7;} (17... Bb7 $5 $132) 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096]
White has better chances in this multiple-pieces ending because of better
placed pieces and weak of pawns of black over the queenside;} 20. Nd2 {[%cal
Rd2c4]} (20. Bf2 Rb8 21. h4 $14) 20... Na5 {[%cal Ra5c4] Black is just
preventing Nc4 of white by his last move;} 21. Bf2 Rc6 22. Rhg1 O-O 23. Kb1 Re8
24. Rg3 {White transfers the rook to 3rd rank intending a2-a3 break;} Bb7 25.
a3 d5 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Rd3 $6 {Unaccuracy, which wasn't exploited by black in
this game; 27.c3 could give white obvious advantage;} (27. c3 $5 Bd6 28. e5 Bc7
$16) 27... Nc4 $6 {Unaccurate moves which leads black to troubles; Correct is
27...dxe4 with good counterplay;} (27... dxe4 $5 28. Nxe4 (28. Rd7 Bc8 (28...
Rd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Nb3 Bb4 31. Bc5 $14) 29. Ra7 e5 30. c3 Bd6 $132) 28...
Rxc2 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Kxc2 Be4 $132) 28. Nxc4 dxc4 {Probably, 28....Rxc4 was
better idea which leads to some complications; After the text move, white's
advantage is obvious;} (28... Rxc4 29. Rb3 Rxe4 30. Bd3 Rxf4 31. Be3 Rh4 32. c3
e5) 29. Rd7 $16 {White intercepts the initiative by entering to the 7th rank;}
Bc8 30. Ra7 Kf8 $6 {This waiting strategy led black to the loss in this game;}
(30... Rd6 $5 31. Be3 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Bd6) 31. e5 $1 $18 {This move grabs even
more space and opens up the diagonal for white light square bishop;} Bc5 32.
Bxc5+ Rxc5 33. Rd4 c3 34. b4 Rd5 35. Rc4 Rd2 36. Bd3 {[%cal Rc4c7]} a5 37. b5 {
Black resigned since there is no good defense against all threats of white;}
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kashtanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polaninov, Aleksy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 (7. f4
Rc8 8. Bb3 Qa5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 $6 (9... Bxc6 $5 10. Bd2 Qb4 $132) 10. Qe2 d5 11.
Bd2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qc7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qh5 $36 {1-0 Planinc,A-Masic,L/Novi
Travnik 1969/EXT 2000 (23)}) (7. f3 $5 Rc8 8. Bb3 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 {0-1 Debarnot,
R-Pelikan,J/Buenos Aires 1968/MCD (46) This position could be occured with
another move order from dragon variation}) (7. h3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 g6 9. O-O Bg7
10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd3 Qa5 12. Bd4 Bc6 13. a3 $14 {1-0 Ciric,D-Tal,M/Wijk aan Zee
1968/MCL (40)}) 7... Bxc6 (7... bxc6 $5 8. O-O e6 9. Bg5 (9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 d5
11. Bd3 d4 12. Na4 c5 13. Nb2 Bc6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bd2 Rc8 $132 {
0-1 Hernandez,G-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1994/CBM 45/]}) (9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. f3 h4 $132 {[#]. 1/2-1/2 Wang Yu-Matnadze,A/Oropesa del
Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) (9. Bd3 d5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. e5 Ng8 12. Qg4 g6 13. Re1
h5 14. Qg3 Nh6 $132 {0-1 Colovic,A-Cicak,S/Sitges 1996/EXT 99 (28)}) 9... Qa5
10. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {1-0 Jackova,J-Matnadze,A/Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext 
(47) Pair of bishops gives black certain  compensation for the weaknesses.}) 8.
Qe2 (8. Qd3 Nxe4 $5 $132) (8. f3 e6 9. Bb3) 8... e6 (8... Nxe4 $5 9. Nxe4 (9.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qf5 $11) 9... d5 10. Bb5 dxe4 11. Bxc6+ $14
bxc6) (8... g6 9. Bg5 (9. O-O Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bf4 $36 {1/2-1/2
Bubalovic,D-Komljenovic,D/Tucepi 1996/EXT 98 (38)}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O-O Qa5 (
10... Qc7 11. h4 Rc8 12. Bb3 h5 13. f3 a6 14. Rhe1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
$36 {1-0 Aarthie,R-Matnadze,A/Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext (44)}) 11. h4 (
11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Rhe1 (13. Bb3 Rfe8 14. h4 b5 15. h5 Qb6 16. hxg6
hxg6 17. Rh4 $40 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Levitina,I/Thessaloniki 1988/EXT 97 (80)})
13... b5 14. Bb3 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. h4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4
Nc5 20. h5 $40 {1-0 Gross,D-Roth,J/Berlin 1998/CBM 66 ext (29)}) 11... O-O 12.
Kb1 Rfc8 13. Bb3 b5 14. h5 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qf3
Nd7 19. Qh3 f5 20. g4 f4 21. Bh6 {1-0 Hernandez,G-Armas,J/Matanzas 1992/CBM 29
ext (21)}) 9. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yf4d6]} Qa5 10. O-O-O Rd8 $6 (10... Be7 $5
11. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. Rxd6 Qg5+ 13. Qd2 Qxg2 $132) (10... O-O-O $5 11. Bb3 Be7 12.
Kb1 Rd7 13. Rd3 Rhd8 {0-1 Lein,A-Averbakh,Y/Baku 1961/URS-ch (55)}) 11. Nd5 $1
{this tipical knight's jump gives for white a strong pressure.} Rd7 (11... Nd7
$2 12. Bd2 $18) 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Rd3 b5 (13... Qc5 $5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yc5d6]
}) 14. Bb3 b4 15. Rhd1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd3d6,Yd1d6]} Qb5 (15... Bb5 16. Qh5 e5
17. Rd5 $16) (15... Qc5) 16. Bd5 Bxd5 (16... exd5 17. exd5+ Re7 18. Qd2 Bb7 19.
Bxd6 $36) 17. exd5 Qc4 (17... e5 18. Kb1 Rc7 $132) 18. Bg3 e5 19. Kb1 h5 20. h3
f5 21. Re1 Bg7 22. Qf3 Rc7 23. Re2 h4 24. Bh2 f4 $2 (24... Rc5 $5 25. b3 Qb5
26. Qxf5 Rxd5 27. Qc8+ Ke7 28. Qc7+ Ke6 $13) 25. Qxf4 (25. Bxf4 $16) 25... Qxf4
26. Bxf4 $16 f5 $2 {This" active" move leads to loss.The normal 26.Kd7 wood
give for black good chances for resistance.} (26... Kd7 $5) 27. Bd2 {[%csl Rb4]
[%cal Rd2b4]} a5 28. a3 $1 {Black weaknesses are attacked right now.This
attack leads to success.} Rc4 29. axb4 a4 (29... axb4 30. Rb3 $18) 30. Rc3 (30.
Ra3 Rg8 31. Rxa4 Bf6 32. Ra8+ $18) 30... Rd4 (30... Rxc3 31. Bxc3 Kd7 32. Ka2
$18) 31. Rc7 $18 O-O 32. c4 a3 33. bxa3 Rd3 34. Bc1 e4 35. Bb2 Bxb2 36. Rxb2 f4
37. b5 e3 38. Re7 Rxa3 39. b6 Rfa8 40. fxe3 Rxe3 41. b7 1-0

[Event "Noyabrsk Fakel Jamala"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "2003.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 {A relatively rare move.
Black still haven't decided which variation he'll play} 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Bb3 g6 {
Now black transposes to dragon but in a slightly different modification. White
can't transpose to the usual lines with 8.Be3 because of 8...Ng4} 8. f3 Nxd4 9.
Qxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 h6 $146 {Black chooses a new and pretty obligatory move, as
his pawn defence near the king is seriously weakened} (10... Qa5 11. Qd2 Rc8
12. O-O-O Rxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Kb1 $6 (14. e5 $5 Qxe5 15. Rhe1 Qc5 16. Rxe7 d5
17. Qe3 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 $16) 14... Re8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qxc3 $132 {0-1 De
Firmian,N-Makarichev,S/Oslo 1984/MCL (40)}) (10... O-O 11. Qd2 b5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Barczay,L/Trencianske Teplice 1979/MCD (11)} (11... b5 12.
a3 a5 $132 {1-0 Sareen,V-Efimov,I/Genova 2002/CBM 91 ext (28)})) 11. Be3 O-O
12. Qd2 Kh7 13. h4 b5 {[%mdl 512] A typical move. Black tries create a
counterplay on the queen side} 14. h5 $5 {White continues the attack. Black is
almost forced to give a pawn} (14. g4 b4 $132) 14... g5 15. Qd3 $1 {[%cal
Rd3h7,Rd3b5]} Kg8 $8 16. Nxb5 Qa5+ 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. O-O-O {18.Bd4 deserved
attention later bringing the king to a safe place on f2. This way black
wouldn't have a target on the queen side} (18. Bd4 $5 Bc6 19. Kf2 $16) 18...
Be6 19. Kb1 {Defending the a2 pawn as 19...Bb3 was already threatened} Rab8 {
[%cal Rb8b3,Yb6a6,Yb8b6] Activizing the rook and planning to bring it to a6
via b6 sometimes} 20. Bd4 Rc6 {[%cal Rc6a6]} 21. Qe2 {[%cal Re4e5,Rc3d5]
Bringing the queen to a more comfortable place and creating the threat of a
breakthrough in the center by e4-e5} Nd7 {[%cal Rd7c5] A typical maneouvre for
the knight in the sicilian. Black brings another piece closer to the white king
} 22. Nd5 {White exchanges pieces trying to get the game to the technical part}
(22. Bxg7 Bxb3 23. cxb3 (23. Bd4 Bc4 $132) 23... Kxg7 24. g3 Nc5 25. f4 Nxb3 $1
$13) 22... Bxd5 23. exd5 (23. Bxd5 $4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Qc3+ 26. Kb1
(26. Kc1 Qa1+ $19) 26... Rb6+ $19) 23... Ra6 24. Qd2 {White wishes to exchange
pieces. 24.Qe7 was dangerous in view of 24...Nc5} (24. Qxe7 Nc5 $36) 24... Nc5
{Black can't avoid the exchange of queens without worsening his position} (
24... Rb4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. a3 $16) 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Rhe1 {[%cal Re1e7][%mdl
4096] Activizing the rook} Rb7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. c4 $6 {Inaccuracy. 28.Rd4 was
the right way} (28. Rd4 $5 Rab5 29. Kc1 a5 30. Bc4 R5b6 (30... Rxb2 31. Bb3 $18
) 31. b3 $16) 28... Ra6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b6] Bringing the rook to the b-file} 29.
Rd2 (29. Bc2 Rab6 30. b3 a5 31. Kb2 a4 32. Kc3 axb3 33. axb3 Nxb3 34. Rb1 Nc5
35. Rxb6 Rxb6 $132 36. Rxe7) 29... Rab6 {Black's pieces are placed much more
actively then the white pieces. The rooks press over the b-file, the knight is
stronger than the bishop, that's why the opponents probably agreed to a draw}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Qe2 {It is intresting move preparing long castle and attacking break
e4-e5} a6 9. f4 Qc7 {another possibility 9...Be7} (9... Be7 10. Be3 (10. Bd3 e5
11. f5 Nb4 12. Be3 Qc7 13. a3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 h6 15. O-O-O b5 16. g4 Bb7 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Velimirovic,D-Vukovic,Z/Cetinje 1990/EXT 97 (44)}) 10... Qc7 11. O-O-O
Nb4 12. Bd3 e5 13. f5 b5 14. g4 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 a5 $132
{1-0 Ilincic,Z-Vukovic,Z/Cetinje 1990/EXT 97 (63)}) 10. g4 $5 {In agressive
style of Velimirovic.} (10. Bd3 Be7 11. Be3 b5 12. O-O-O O-O (12... Nd7 13. g4
Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. e5 Bb7 16. Be4 O-O 17. Qf2 $14 (17. g5 b4 $1 $132 {
0-1 Wedberg,T-Kozul,Z/Novi Sad 1990/TD/ (41)}) 17... Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Ne4
c4 20. g5 $40 {[%cal Ge4f6]}) 13. Kb1 Nb4 14. Rc1 e5 15. Rhf1 (15. Rhg1 Be6
$132 {1-0 Kuczynski,R-Kozul,Z/Novi Sad 1990/TD (35)} (15... exf4 $5 16. Bxf4
Be6 $11)) (15. a3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qd8 17. d4 exf4 18. Bxf4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,
G-Masculo,J/Sao Paulo 1991/EXT 97 (18)}) 15... Be6 (15... exf4 16. Rxf4 Be6
$132) 16. f5 Bc4 17. g4 d5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21. Nd2
Nfxd5 $132 {1-0 Ivanovic,B-Kozul,Z/Cetinje 1990/EXT 97 (41)}) (10. a4 Be7 11.
O-O O-O 12. a5 Nb4 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Na4 Nf6 (14... d5 15. Bd3 Nxd3 (15... dxe4
16. Bxe4 $14) 16. cxd3 $14) 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. c3 Nc6 17. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Romanishin,
O-Gulko,B/Leningrad 1974/URS-ch (61)}) 10... b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. g5 Nd7 13. Be3
Nc5 (13... b4 14. Nd1 $132) (13... Bb7 14. a3 Nc5 $11) 14. Rg1 (14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Qf2 c4 16. Be2 Bb4 $132) 14... Rb8 (14... Bb7 $132) (14... Nxd3+ 15. cxd3
Bb7 16. Rc1 Rc8 $11) 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. e5 (16. Qf2 c4 17. Bf1 Qa5 18. Bg2 b4
19. Ne2 e5 $15) 16... Bb7 17. O-O-O Nb4 18. Bf2 (18. Be4 $2 Nxa2+ $1) 18...
Nxd3+ (18... Qa5 19. Kb1 (19. a3 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21. Qe2 O-O 22. Ne4 Bxe4
23. Qxe4 b4 $17) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21. Qe2 O-O 22. Ne4 Bd5 23. b3 Bxe4
24. Qxe4 c4 25. Bd4 $11) 19. Rxd3 {Par of Black Bishops are present on the
board temporary: after Ne4 Black will change Bb7 on the N} c4 20. Rdd1 b4 21.
Ne4 Bxe4 {Necessary} (21... c3 $2 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 cxb2+ 24. Kxb2 $1 (24.
Kb1 Qa5 25. Qe5 Bd5 26. Qxb2 O-O 27. Rge1 (27. Bd4 b3 28. Ka1 (28. axb3 Rxb3
29. cxb3 Be4+ $19) 28... bxa2 $19) 27... Rbd8 28. Bd4 Rxd6 29. Bxg7 Qxa2+ 30.
Qxa2 Bxa2+ 31. Kxa2 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Kxg7 33. Kb3 a5 34. Ra1 Ra8 $17) 24... Qc3+
25. Kb1 Bf3 (25... O-O 26. Bd4 Qa3 27. Qe5 $18) (25... Rd8 26. Bd4 Qf3 27. Qe5
$16) 26. d7+ Kd8 (26... Ke7 27. Qxa6 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Qc7 29. Bd4 Rhd8 30. Be5 $18
) 27. Qxa6 Bxd1 28. Bb6+ Rxb6 29. Qxb6+ Qc7 30. Qxc7+ Kxc7 31. Rxd1 Rd8 32. Kb2
$18) 22. Qxe4 b3 {Black open White K, but there are no enough resources of
attack} (22... c3 23. b3 (23. Bd4 Rd8 24. Rd3 cxb2+ 25. Bxb2 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Qb6
27. Rd1 O-O $15) 23... Qa5 (23... O-O 24. Be3 Rbd8 25. Kb1 $11)) 23. axb3 cxb3
24. Rg3 $1 (24. c3 O-O $15 {[%csl Gb3]}) 24... O-O (24... bxc2 25. Qxc2 Qxc2+
26. Kxc2 $11) 25. Rc3 Qa5 26. cxb3 Bb4 27. Rc4 Qa2 $2 $16 {Wrong piece
sacrifice, maybe because of time pressure.} (27... Rfd8 {[%cal Ga5a1]} 28.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rd4 $11 (29. Kb1 $11)) 28. Rxb4 Rfc8+ 29. Rc4 Qxb3 30. Rxc8+
Rxc8+ 31. Kd2 Rd8+ 32. Bd4 Qxb2+ 33. Ke1 Qb4+ $2 {time} (33... Qb4+ 34. Kf2 $18
{Dramatic duel!}) (33... Qxh2 34. Bf2 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 h6 36. Be3 hxg5 37. fxg5
$16) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4100]} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 {
This way black tries to avoid the Velimirovich attack} 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9.
Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 {This position
has been played a lot in practice. Black has several options for the defence:
an active one 14...ef and a cautios 14...Rc8 and 14...Kh8, as been played in
the game} Kh8 (14... exf5 $5 15. exf5 Bc6 {[%cal Yc6g2]} 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Rad1
(17. Kh1 Bd8 18. Qg3 d5 19. Rf4 Qc7 20. Qf2 b5 21. a3 a5 22. Rd1 h6 $11 {
Hernandez,G-Ivanovic,B/Novi Sad olm 1990/0-1 (53)}) 17... Nd7 $5 {An important
deffensive move. Black tries to exchange the black-squared bishops and
diminish the pressure of the white pieces} 18. Qg3 (18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Qc3 Qxc3
20. Nxc3 Bg5 21. h3 h6 22. Bd5 Rc8 23. Rf2 Rfe8 $11 {Renet,O-Wang Zili/Geneva
op 1997/1/2-1/2(47)}) 18... Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nf6 $44 21. Nd5 (21. h3
Re5 22. Qf2 Rfe8 23. Rde1 h5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. a3 Bd7 $11 {Onischuk,A-Svidler,
P/Koop Tjuchem 1996/1/2-1/2(74)}) 21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. c4 {1/2-1/2
Short,N-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1996}) (14... Rac8 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. exd5 Rce8 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Ligterink,G-Van Dop,A/Arnhem
1974/EXT 2001 (47)}) 15. Qd3 b5 16. Bxf6 $5 {White immediatly launches a
desicive action. the safe 16.a3 is also possible} (16. a3 $5 Qc7 17. Qh3 e5 18.
Bf2 Bc6 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Bh4 b4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Castelltort Fernandez,A-Rodriguez Vargas,O/Benasque 1993/TD (34)})
16... Bxf6 {of course black doesn't want to damage his pawn structure after 16.
..gf} 17. Qxd6 b4 $5 {It was dangerous to give up the black-squared bishop
after 17...Bc3} (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rad8 19. f6 Qxc3 20. Rad1 $36) 18. Qxd7
bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 (19... Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Qa4 Bxc3 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rab1
) 20. Rae1 Rad8 21. Qb7 a5 {Despite the activity of the pieces, black's
position is not easy to defend. the permanent weaknesses of "e6" and the light
squares in it's camp together with the insecurity of the king may be to much
to handle...} 22. a4 Rde8 $6 {worth considering 22...ef getting rid of the
"e6" weakness and opening white's king} (22... exf5 $5 23. exf5 Kg8) 23. fxe6
fxe6 24. Qb5 Bh4 $6 {24...Rb8 looks better, with the idea to play "e5" and get
rid of the weakness on "e6"} (24... Rb8 $5 25. Qc4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 e5 $14) 25. Rd1
h6 {the exchange of the "e" pawn on the "a" pawn is not good for black,
because the "e" pawn gets blocked, whereas the "a" pawn may become dangerous} (
25... Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxe4 27. Qxa5 $16) 26. Qe2 Be7 27. g3 $5 {an important move.
white improves the position of the king} Qe5 28. Qg4 $16 Kh7 29. Kg2 Bc5 30.
Rxf8 Bxf8 (30... Rxf8 $2 31. Bxe6 Rf2+ 32. Kh3 $18) 31. Qf4 $5 Qh5 {in the
case of queen exchange, thanks to the "e6" weakness and more active white
pieces, white's edge becomes desicive} (31... Qxf4 32. gxf4 $36) 32. Rd7 Bc5 (
32... Qe2+ $5 {worth serious considiraton 32...Qe2, activating the pieces} 33.
Kh3 Qh5+ 34. Qh4 Qe2 35. Rf7 Kg6 $1) 33. Qf7 Qe5 {though after the queen
exchange, because of the pawn weaknesses, black's position is not easy to
defend, it was a better option} (33... Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Kg6 35. Rc7 Ba3 36. Rb7
Bb4 37. Rb5 $16) 34. Qf4 Qh5 35. Qf3 Qe5 (35... Qg6 36. Kh3 h5 37. Rf7) 36. Qg4
Bb6 37. h4 {White increasingly improving his position} Bc5 38. h5 Kh8 39. Qg6
$18 {due to the 40.Be6 threat, black's position is undefensible} Rf8 40. Bxe6
Qa1 41. Bf5 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 Be7+ 44. Rxe7 Qh1+ 45. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Bg5 {White tries to place his queenside bishop active.} (8. O-O Be7
9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Kh1 a6 (11... Bd7) 12. f4 Ng6 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qd2 Qc7
15. Rad1 $14 {Galdunc-Serper Herson 1991 -Inf.51/190}) 8... a6 9. O-O Ne5 10.
Be2 Be7 11. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4] with idea f4} h6 {in this position black has few
other possibilities. There are:} (11... Qc7 12. f4 Nc6 (12... Ned7 13. a4 b6
14. Bd3 (14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Qe1 h6 16. Bh4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5
Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai,T-Stajcic,N/Budapest 1992/EXT 97 (56)}) 14... Bb7 15.
Qe2 h6 16. Bh4 g5 $5 17. Bg3 (17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 d5 19. Bf4 Bd6 $44) 17...
gxf4 18. Rxf4 Ne5 19. Raf1 $36 {1-0 Minasian,A-Serper,G/Kherson 1991/CBM 21
ext (37)}) 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Bf3 Bd7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Rae1 Ne8 17. e5 f6 18. exf6
gxf6 19. Bh4 Ng7 20. Be4 d5 21. Bd3 $36 {1-0 Gonzales,E-Ziska,B/Novi Sad 1990/
TD (33)}) (11... h5 12. a4 (12. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 13. Bxh5 Nc4 $17) 12... Bd7 13. a5
Qc7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Bf3 h4 16. Qe2 Ng8 $1 17. Bxe7 N8xe7 $132 {1-0 Brunner,
L-Lobron,E/Bern 1990/CBM 17/[Boensch,U] (51)}) (11... O-O 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bh5
Nxh5 14. Bxe7 Ng3+ 15. hxg3 Nxe7 16. Qd3 d5 {remis; Brunner,L - Gulko,B
Mьnchen 1990}) (11... Ng6 12. f4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bh5 O-O 15. Qd3 Rd8 16.
Qg3 Ne7 17. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Franco Ocampo,Z/Leon 1989/EXT 97 
(17)}) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Ned7 {another option, 13...Nc4, looks very dangerous
for black after:} (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 (16... Ng4
17. Bd4 h5 18. h3 $18) (16... Nd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 $16) 17. Nxd5 exd5 (17...
Qxd5 18. Qh5 g6 (18... O-O 19. Rf3 $40) 19. Qh3 $40) 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Qh5 $36 {
1-0 Rublevsky,S-Baikov,V/Azov 1991}) (13... Ng6 14. f5 $16) 14. a4 $5 $146 (14.
Bf3 e5 15. Bg4 Nb6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Qf3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 $132 {
0-1 Wikner,A-Degerman,L/Haparanda 1994/EXT 2000 (36)}) 14... b6 15. Bf3 Bb7 16.
Qe1 {[%cal Re1g3,Yg3g7,Yg3e5]} h5 17. Bf2 {[%cal Yf2g3,Ye4e5] With idea Bg3
and e5} e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bh4 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Yc3d5,Yh4f6]} (19. Qe2 $5)
19... Bb4 {[%cal Yb4c3]} 20. Rd1 {[%cal Yd1d6]} Bxc3 21. bxc3 O-O-O $2 {
[%mdl 128] critical position in the game,black does not feel a  danger, and
after long castle white gets strong attack. Better, of course, was 21...Rc8.} (
21... Rc8 $5 22. Qg3 (22. Rd3 Bc6 $15 {[%cal Yc6a4]}) 22... O-O $132) 22. a5 $5
b5 23. Qe3 {[%cal Ye3a7]} Kb8 24. Rd3 $36 Rc8 25. Rfd1 {[%csl Yd7][%cal Rd1d7]}
Bc6 26. h3 Qa7 27. Qg5 {[%csl Re5,Rg7][%cal Rg5g7,Rg5e5]} Rh7 28. Bg3 {[%csl
Re5][%cal Yg3e5]} Qc7 29. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Yc5a6,Yc5d7]} Ka7 30. Nxd7 Nxd7 31.
Qe7 $1 Nf8 32. Qc5+ Ka8 33. Rd6 Ne6 34. Qxe5 Qb7 35. Bxh5 f6 36. Qxe6 Rxh5 37.
Rxc6 Qxc6 38. Rd6 Qc5 39. Rxa6+ Kb7 40. Rb6+ Ka8 41. Qd7 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zambrana, Oswaldo"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 {
This is one of a few possible moves. Other moves are: 7.Ndb5, 7.Nc6, 7.Nde2} e6
8. Bg5 {A more common development of the bishop is to e3, for example} (8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 O-O (10... a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Rae1 O-O 14. g4
b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 $132 {0-1 Zaitsev,I-Tukmakov,V/Riga 1970/URS-ch (41)})
11. Bd3 a6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Ne8 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nd4 $36
{1-0 Fischer,R-Saidy,A/New York 1966/MCD (40)}) 8... Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O a6
11. a4 $5 {A useful prodilactic move, preventing from black b7-b5} (11. Be3 Qc7
12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 dxe5 17. fxe5 O-O 18.
Nd2 Qd5 $132 {1-0 Brunner,L-Verat,L/Clichy 1991/TD (30)}) 11... Qc7 (11... O-O
12. a5 (12. Kh1 Qc7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qd2 b6 15. Nd4 Re8 16. Rae1 Bb7 17. f5 Nf8
18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Banas,J/Stary Smokovec 1986/
EXT 97 (32)}) 12... Qc7 13. f4 Ned7 14. Kh1 h6 15. Bh4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17.
Bf3 Qc7 18. Bf2 Bd7 19. Na4 Bc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai,T-Gostisa,L/Maribor 1993/
CBM 36 (49)}) 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 $6 {This configuration of white's pieces
makes it difficult for white to create an attack on the black king. If white
wants to attack he should place his bishop on d3} Rb8 14. a5 $6 {Now it is
easier for black to create a counterplay on the queenside by b5 or b6} (14. Qe2
$5) 14... O-O 15. Qe2 b5 16. axb6 (16. Rae1 b4 17. Nd1 h6 18. Bh4 e5 19. f5 Nc5
$132) 16... Nxb6 $132 {[%cal Rb6c4] Black has a comfortable position now} 17.
e5 {White already must think about defence. Black threatened 17...Nc4 and also
to advance the pawn to e5} (17. Na5 h6 18. Bh4 e5 $5 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Nxc3
20. Qd3 Qxe7 21. Nc6 Qc7 22. Nxb8)) 17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 $6 {A dubious move. Black gets a pair of bishops and a total control of
the initiative. The simple 20.Be7 deserved a serious attention, not letting
black to get a pair of bishops} (20. Bxe7 $5 Nxe7 21. Be4) 20... Bxg5 21. Bc4
a5 22. Nxa5 $6 (22. Bd3 $5) 22... Rxb2 {After the exchange of pawns black gets
an advantage. White must think about his weakness on e5 all the time} 23. Bd3
Rb4 24. Nc4 g6 25. Kh1 Be7 26. Rf4 Bb7 27. Raf1 Bd5 $17 {Activazing his pieces
and pressuring the knight on c4} 28. h3 Ra4 (28... Rc8 $5 29. Ne3 Rxf4 30. Rxf4
Qxe5) 29. Nd2 {White makes an unfortunate move and loses material. Anyway,
it's not easy to find for him a good move} Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Bg5 31. Rf2 Bxd2 32.
Qxd2 Qxe5 $17 {And in this ruined position white resigned} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 (11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 (12. Nd2
Bc6 (12... O-O 13. f4 Nc6 (13... Ng6 14. Bd3 (14. a4 b6 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. Qe2
Rfe8 17. Nb3 a6 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. Bd2 $11) (14. Kh1 Bc6
15. Qe1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Nb3 Nh4 19. Bg4 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21.
Nd4 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Khalifman,A/Ischia 1996 (35)}))) 13. a4 Ned7 14.
f4 O-O 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 b6 17. g4 a6 18. g5 Ne8 19. Bg2 Qb7 $132 {0-1
Smirin,I-Ruban,V/Tilburg 1994/Inf 61/ (46)}) 12... Nc4 13. Bd4 (13. Bxc4 Qxc4
14. Bd4 (14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Rf2 Be7 $15 {
0-1 Lamoureux,C-Makarov,M/Cup European Club Asiago Italy 1994 (39)}) 14... O-O
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Qh5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 (18. bxc3 Qd5 $15 {1-0 Zaitsev,
I-Kiselev,S/Podolsk 1991 (48)}) 18... Bb5 (18... Bc6 19. Na5 $11) 19. Rfe1 Rad8
$15) 13... O-O (13... Nxb2 14. Nb5 $1 $18) 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5
Qxe5 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd7 Qe3+ 19. Kf1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lamoureux,C-Lepelletier,
B/Chambery Ch-FRA Accession 1994 (26)}) (11. Kh1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd2 b5 14.
f4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Bf3 e5 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Rab1 $14 {
1-0 Suetin,A-Higatsberger,M/Velden ,EXT 1995 (40)}) 11... O-O (11... a6 12. a5
Qc7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Be3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 e5 17. f5 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19.
Kh1 Bb7 20. Qe2 h6 21. Rfd1 Rfc8 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. b3 Bc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Ruban,V/Novosibirsk (RUS) 1995 (62)}) 12. a5 Qc7 13. a6 $5 {
This idea we can see in the game Rublevsky - Svidler} (13. Qd4 Bc6 (13... a6
14. Bg3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. e5 $14) 14. a6 b6 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. Bg3 e5 17. Rad1
Rad8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Svidler,P/
Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 50/ (25)}) 13... Rfb8 $5 (13... Bc6 $5 14. axb7 (14. Qd4
b6 15. Rfd1 (15. Bg3 Ng6 16. Rfd1 (16. f4 e5 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. Qe3 e5 18. Bf3
Rac8 19. Rd3 Qd7 20. Nd2 b5 21. b4 $132 {0-1 Schneider,D-Yermolinsky,A/Eastern
Open, Washington DC USA 1997 (55)}) 15... Rac8 16. Rd2 $14 {[%csl Yc2][%cal
Gc3b5]}) 14... Bxb7 15. Qd4 $14) (13... b5 14. Nd4 b4 (14... Rab8 15. Ndxb5 $16
) 15. Ncb5 Qb8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ra4 $14 {[%csl Rb4]}) (13... bxa6
14. Bxa6 $14) 14. axb7 Rxb7 15. Be3 (15. Bc1 $5 {[%csl Yb2][%cal Gf2f4,Gb3a5]}
Rab8 16. f4 (16. Na5 $2 Rxb2 17. Bxb2 Rxb2 18. Qd2 d5 $17) 16... Ng6 17. Bd3
$132) 15... Rb4 (15... Bc6 16. f4 (16. f3 d5 $11) 16... Ned7 17. Bf3 Nc5 18.
Nxc5 dxc5 19. b3 Rd8 20. Qe1 $14) 16. f3 (16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 $11) 16...
a5 17. Ra2 (17. f4 Nc4 (17... Ng6 $132) 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Qd3 a4 20. Nd2 Rb4
21. Ra2 $11) 17... a4 18. Nd4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 (19... Rxc4 20. Qd3 (20. Ndb5
Qb8 $15) 20... Rb8 21. Rfa1 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. b3 $11) 20. Qa1
Rc8 ({Black can try to open the game for par of Bishops} 20... e5 21. Nde2 $1 (
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 d5 23. b3 Qc8 24. Nxa4 Qxf5 25. Nc5 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Rb8 $15
) (21. Nb3 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nd2 Qc6 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15) 21... d5 22. b3 Qc7
23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 $132 {[%csl Ra4,Yd6,Yd7][%cal Ge5e4]}) 21. Rd1 e5
22. Nde2 Bc6 $5 (22... Be6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 23. Nc1 (23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Qxa4
25. Nxa4 Rxc2 26. Nec3 Bb3 $15) 23... Qc6 (23... d5 24. exd5 (24. Nd3 d4 25.
Nxe5 Qc7 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Re3,Re5]}) 24... Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. b3 $1 (26. c3
Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 {[%tqu "En","?","","","d5f3","",10]} Bxf3 $3 29.
cxb4 (29. gxf3 Qf2 $19) 29... Qf2 30. Rg1 Rc2 $19) 26... axb3 27. cxb3 Qc6 (
27... Qc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxd5 Rxe3 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. Rdd8 $18) 28. Ra6 Bc5
29. Rxc6 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Bxc6 31. Qxe5 $18) 24. Nd3 Rc4 25. Ra3 $11) 23. Nc1 Bd7
(23... d5 $2 24. b3 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} axb3 25. cxb3 Rxb3 26. Nxb3 Qxb3 27. Rb1
Qc4 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Ra7 $14) 24. Nd3 Rbb8 25. Rd2 Ra8 26. Ra3
h6 27. Ra2 Bd8 28. Ra3 Ba5 29. Rf2 {Black have space advantage and par of
Bishops, but can't increase pressure.} Bd8 30. Rd2 Ba5 31. Rf2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng4 9. exd6 (9. e6 $5 {It looks very  dangerous for black} f5 (9... Ne5 $2
10. exf7+ Nxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qf3+ Kg8 13. Qxc6 $16 {1-0 Belkadi,R-Malagon,
A/Siegen 1970/MCD (47)}) 10. O-O $5 d5 (10... Bg7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Bb3 O-O 13.
Qd2 Rb8 (13... Ba6 14. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Riemersma,L-Wilsbeck,J/Gausdal 1993/TD 
(34)}) 14. Rad1 c5 15. Rfe1 Ba6 16. Nd5 c4 17. Ba4 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. Bxe5
dxe5 20. Nf6+ $16 {1-0 Jimenez Zerquera,E-Idrovo,F/Tucuman 1971/EXT 99 (40)})
11. Nxd5 Bxe6 12. Nf6+ Nxf6 13. Bxe6 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 $16 {1-0 Weigel,H-Steiner,B/
Mittelfranken 1985/MCD (24)}) (9. Bf4 $5 Qb6 (9... d5 $2 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5
Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Rb8 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bc6+ Kd8 15. e6 $18 {1-0 Rezan,S-Kuraja,I/
Pula 1996/EXT 99 (17)}) 10. Qf3 Bf5 (10... dxe5 $6 11. Bxf7+ Kd8 12. Rd1+ Kc7
13. Bg5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kucera,T-Hadac,P/Klatovy 1997/EXT 98 (58)}) 11. exd6 exd6
12. O-O $36 {1-0 Rubinstein,J-Humerez,C/Mar del Plata 1962/EXT 99 (32)}) 9...
Qxd6 (9... exd6 10. O-O d5 $2 (10... Ne5 11. Bb3 Bg7 12. h3 Ba6 13. Re1 $14 {
1-0 De Wachter,S-Hautot,S/Leuven 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) (10... Be7 11. Be2 $14 {
1-0 Jicman,L-Munteanu,M/ROM-chT 1995/EXT 99 (34)}) 11. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 12. Bb5+
Bd7 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Qxg4 Bxb5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Qd4 Be6 17. Qxh8+ Kd7 18. Qxd8+
Rxd8 19. Bxe7 $18 {1-0 Moehring,G-Weissmann,A/Tel Aviv 1964/EXT 99 (31)}) 10.
Be2 $5 $146 {white  prefer  technical  way, without        improvement  pawn 
structure of black} (10. Qxd6 exd6 11. O-O Be6 $5 (11... d5 12. Bb3 Bg7 $6 13.
Ba4 Bd7 14. Re1+ $16 {1-0 Kanyadi,Z-Makai,I/Kobanya 1993/EXT 98 (68)}) 12. Bb3
d5 (12... Be7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bh6 Kd7 15. Rfe1 Rhb8 16. Rad1 Rb4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Bivshev,V-Polugaevsky,L/Leningrad 1956/URS-ch (74)}) 13. h3 Ne5 14. Be3 $14 {
1-0 Popovic,P-Jirovsky,M/Brno 1991/CBM 26 (73)}) (10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Ne4 (11. h3
Ne5 12. Bb3 a5 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Qe4 O-O 15. O-O-O $36 {1-0 Boleslavsky,
I-Kortschnoj,V/Riga 1955/EXT 99 (21)}) 11... Qc7 12. h3 Ne5 $132 {0-1
Blackburne,J-Paulsen,L/Wien 1882/EXT 99 (57)}) 10... Qxd1+ (10... Nf6 11. O-O
Bg7 12. Qxd6 exd6 13. Bf4 $36) 11. Nxd1 $5 {with the idea  after  b2-b3 to
exchange  bishops} Be6 $6 {Letting white white to force exchange of  bishops.
It was better,of  course,11... Bg7 forcing white to lose  tempo  for 12.Rb1}
12. b3 Bg7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxg4 $5 {Good  decision.Knight is
much  better  than  bishop in this position.} Bxg4 16. Ne3 $16 Be6 17. O-O-O g5
$5 {Black  tries to start counterplay on the kingside.} 18. h4 f6 $6 {now
Black founds himself in serious trouble. better was 18...h6 keep intact pawn 
structure} (18... h6 $5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rh5 f6 21. Rdh1 Rg8) 19. Rd4 $5 {
[%cal Gd4a4,Gd4e4] White transfers the rook to more active place.} Rad8 20. Re4
Rd6 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. hxg5 fxg5 25. Ra4 Rd7 26. Ra6
$1 {White forces black to put his rook on defense ,and king of white could be
improve.} Rc7 27. Kd3 h5 28. Ke4 h4 (28... Kf6 29. b4 h4 30. f3 Bc8 $2 31. Nd5+
$18) 29. Ke5 Bc8 30. Ra4 c5 31. f4 $1 {white  breaks pawn structure of black,
and    gets a big advantage} Bd7 (31... g4 32. f5 $18) 32. Re4 Bc6 33. Rc4 Bb5
34. Re4 Bc6 35. Rc4 Bb5 36. Rc3 gxf4 37. Kxf4 Ke6 38. Nf5 a6 39. Re3+ Kf6 40.
Nxh4 Rd7 41. Nf3 Bc6 42. Re5 Bxf3 43. gxf3 c4 $2 (43... Rd4+ 44. Re4 Rd2 45.
Rc4 Rd5) 44. Ra5 $18 e6 45. Rxa6 Rd2 46. c3 1-0

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Andreev, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O g6 $5 {As the game given below shows, another line 8...e6
looks more dangerous} (8... e6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Qc7
13. f4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rae8 15. Rd3 c5 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 $16 {
1-0 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1996/CBM 54 (34)}) 9. Qe2 {White's idea is to
prepare e4-e5, other moves are also possible but they don't promise anything
to white} (9. Be3 Qc7 (9... Qxb2 $2 10. Bd4 e5 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Be3
$36) 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Kh1 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qf3 $14 {
Todorovich-Leskur,Vrnjachka Banja,1996}) (9. h3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 Bb7 12.
e5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 e6 14. Re1 c5 $15 {Martinez,S -Spragett,K 1993}) (9. Bb3 Bg7
10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Bg5 a5 12. Qf3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Rad1 $14 {
Prie-Tukmakov,France 1991}) (9. e5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Qd4 $5 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Rad1 Qc7
13. f4 Bg4 14. Qf2 e4 $1 $132 (14... Bxd1 $2 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Bd4 Qd6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Qc5 $18)) 9... Ng4 $5 {A strong move solving black's problem. Besides
other moves have also been met in practice: 9...Bg7, 9...Nd7, 9...Bg4. As the
following games show 9...Nd7 deserves attention, but 9...Bg4 and 9...Bg7 give
white strong initiative} (9... Bg7 $6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Nh5 (11... O-O 12.
Qxe7 Qd4 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Be3 Qh4 15. Bxe6 Rae8 16. Qxa7 Rxe6 17. h3 $16 {
1-0 Dervishi,E-Ricardi,P/Elista RUS 1998 (37)}) 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Re1 e6 14. Qf3
O-O {[%csl Rc6,Rc8,Rh5]} 15. Ne4 Qa5 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Dervishi,
E-Makarov,M/Elista RUS 1998 (74)}) (9... Nd7 $5 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. Bd4 e5 12.
Rab1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Be3 Be7 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bh6 Nb6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Rbb1
Nd7 $17 {All-Spragett,1986 Dubai}) (9... Bg4 $6 10. Qe1 (10. Qd3 Bg7 11. Be3
Qxb2 12. Rab1 Qa3 13. Rb7 Qa5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4 O-O $17 {Rigo-Finegold ,New
York 1993}) 10... Qc5 11. b3 Bg7 12. Na4 Qh5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e5
Ng4 16. h3 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 $16 {Madl-Varga,1997 Budapest}) 10. Kh1 {
10.h3 is a more common move. After 10...Ne5 black has good perspectives as the
tournament practice shows. Also in case of 10.b3 or 10.Be3 black has
counter-chances.} (10. h3 Ne5 11. Bb3 (11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Bd4 Qb4 $1 13. f4 (13.
Rfb1 Qxc4 14. Qxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxh8 f6 16. Rb4 (16. f4 Kf7 17. Rb4 Nb6 $17) 16...
Ne5 17. Rab1 Kd8 $17) 13... Qxc4 14. Qxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxh8 f6 16. e5 Kf7 17. exf6
exf6 18. g4 d5 $17) 11... Bg7 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qa6 {0-1 Dervishi,E-Tyomkin,D/
Verona 2000/CBM}) (12... Qa5 $5 13. f4 $140 (13. Rfd1 Ba6 14. Qd2 Nc4 15. Bxc4
Bxc4 16. Bh6 $14) 13... Ba6 14. Qf2 Nc4 (14... Bxf1 $2 15. fxe5 {[%csl Rf7] xf7
})) (12... Ba6 $5 13. Qd2 Qb7 $11 (13... Qc7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Bh6 $14)) 13. f4
Nd7 $14) (10. Be3 $5 Nxe3 11. fxe3 {[%csl Rf7]} f6 $1 {[%cal Gf8h6] black will
not castle in close future, buthis position looks safe.}) (10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2
Qa5 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Giaccio,A-Zarnicki,P/Villa Gisell 1998/CBM 64/[Gofshtein,
L] (29)}) 10... Bg7 11. f4 O-O $5 {A natural move, leading to a fine game. The
pseudo-active 11...Bd4 led to difficulties} (11... Bd4 $6 12. Nd1 f5 13. c3 Bg7
14. exf5 gxf5 15. Be6 {1-0 Lima,P-Santos,M/Lisbon 2002/CBM 89 ext (31)}) 12. h3
{12.Bd3 deserves serious attention as it was in the game De Vreugt.D-Gershon
2000. In this case 12...Rb8 (Gershon's recomendation) leads to counterplay for
black.} (12. Bd3 {0-1 De Vreugt,D-Gershon,A/Tel Aviv 2000/CBM 77/[Gershon] (46)
}) 12... Nf6 13. e5 Nd7 $146 {13...de leads to an unclear position. After 13...
Nd7 black is ready to sacrifice a pawn and gets compensation for it.} (13...
dxe5 $5 14. fxe5 Nh5 {[%csl Gg3]} 15. Rf3 (15. Qf3 Be6 $1 $17 (15... Bxe5 16.
Bxf7+ Kg7 $17)) 15... Qd4 $1 16. g4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Ne4 Bxe5 $17 19. c3
Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qh4 $13) 14. Be3 $6 {White doesn't take the chance
to grab a pawn by 14.e6 and sacrifices a pawn by himself. If black receives
the challenge then the better development of white and his more active pieces
gave him some compensation} (14. e6 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Qxe7 d5 17. Bd3 Bf6
(17... Nf6) 18. Qe2 Nc5 $44) 14... Qc7 {Still, 14...Qb2 deserced attention.
It's not easy to find clear compensation for white after this.} (14... Qxb2 $5
15. Bd4 (15. Qd3 dxe5) 15... Qa3) 15. e6 (15. Rae1 $5 Nb6 (15... dxe5 16. fxe5
Qxe5 17. Qf3 $44) 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bd3) 15... fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Ne4 Nf6
18. Ng5 Ne4 $5 {With this strong move black tackles white's threats and gets
good counterplay} 19. Nxe4 Bxe6 $15 {Black has gone out of the opening and he
can freely look into the future} 20. c3 c5 21. Ng5 Bg8 22. Bd2 Qd7 (22... e5 $5
) 23. Rae1 e5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Qd3 {With the threat to win a piece by 26.Rf8
Rf8 27.Re5} Bg7 $6 {Too passive. The active 25...Qa4 gave black the chance to
take over the initiative} (25... Qa4 $5 26. Be3 (26. a3 Qb3) 26... Qh4 $36) 26.
a3 c4 27. Qg3 Qb5 28. Bc1 Qd5 29. Bf4 Rad8 30. Ne4 Qd3 $2 {After this
unfortunate move, the initiative goes to white. It was nessecary to play 30...
Qc6 with counterplay} (30... Qc6 31. Ng5 (31. Bg5 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rd7 33. Nf6
Rf7 $132) 31... Qb5 $132) 31. Rf3 Qc2 $6 {Another dubious move, black takes
his queen away from the center. He could admit his earlier mistake and retreat
with the queen} (31... Qd5 32. Rfe3 Be5 33. Bxe5+ $14) 32. Nxd6 Bd5 (32... Qxb2
33. Rfe3 $36) 33. Rf2 Qd3 34. Re3 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5 {The strong position of the
knight and a possibility of exchanging the dark-squared bishops gives white
strong initiative} 36. Be5 $1 Rxf2 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxf2 Qg5 39. Re8 $5 {
Black is forced to go to a lost queen endgame with two pawn down} Rxe8 40.
Nxe8+ Kg8 (40... Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kh5 42. Ng7+ $18) 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nxd5 Qxd5 43.
Qxa7+ Kg8 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. a4 {White's plan is simple: he pushes his passed
pawn forward, his queen is placed on a important diagonal h2-b8 and it's
difficult for black to receive any counterplay} h5 46. Qc7+ Kh6 47. Qf4+ g5 48.
Qd4 $1 {Offering the exchange of queens white pushes black's queen off the
center} Qc6 49. Qe5 Qxa4 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qxg5 Qd1 52. Qe7+ Kh6 53. Qe3+ Kh7
54. Qe4+ Kh6 55. Qc6+ Kg5 56. Qxc4 $18 {White is totally winning already} Qd6+
57. Kg1 Qb6+ 58. Qd4 Qxb2 59. Qe5+ Kh4 $2 {Big mistake, but also in case of 59.
..Kg6, white's victory is only a matter of time} (59... Kg6 60. Kh2 $18) 60.
Qf4# 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bg5 {Except for} Bd7 {there are four not bad continuations here:} (8... Ne5 9.
Bb5+ (9. Be2 Be7 10. f4 Ng6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g3 O-O 14. O-O-O Rd8
$11 {0-1 Kiulaots,A-Lugovoi,A/URS-chJ Jurmala 1992 (39)}) 9... Bd7 10. Bxf6
Bxb5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Nxb5 Qxb5 13. Qe2 Qa4 14. O-O Be7 15. Rfd1 (15. Rad1 O-O
16. Nc1 Rfd8 17. c3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Justin,M-Tukmakov Vladimir B/Bled Slovenia
1995 (50)}) 15... O-O 16. c3 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Lukin,A-Oll,L/St Petersburg 1993 
(39)}) (8... a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qh5 (10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 h5 13. f4
h4 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 $132 {0-1 Fedorowicz,J-Gulko,B/Salt Lake City USA
1999 (44)}) 10... Bd7 (10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bb3 Qe5 $132 {0-1 Bajkovic,
M-Stajic,S/Kragujevac YUG 2000/The Week in Chess 280 (38)}) 11. O-O Nd4 (11...
Rc8 12. Kh1 Nd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,V-Kozlov Vladimir N/Erevan Trade Unions
tt ch 1983 (28)}) 12. Nxd4 (12. Rad1 Nxc2 $5 (12... Nxb3 13. Bxb3 Qc5 $132) 13.
a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Bh6 $1 $17 (14... a5 $4 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5+ Kd8 17. Qxc2 a4
18. Qc3 Be7 19. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Sutovsky-Shrentzel,I/Tel Aviv 1993 (34)}) 15. Nb1
(15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5+ Kf8 $19) 15... Qc7 $15) 12... Qxd4 $11) (8... Be7 9.
Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O (10. Qh5 $6 Bd7 (10... a6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Be2
O-O-O 14. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal PG ,EXT 1995 (31)}) 11.
O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bb3 Qc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Druckenthaner,A/
AUT-chT 1994 (35)}) (10. Qd2 $5 Bd7 $132 {[%cal Ge8c8]} (10... O-O 11. f4 Kh8
12. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Rodriguez,R-Lauridsen,J/San Sebastian 1995 (35)})) 10... Bd7
11. Kh1 O-O-O 12. a4 a6 13. Qh5 Ne5 14. Be2 Kb8 15. a5 Qc7 16. f4 Ng6 17. g3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Fedorowicz,J-Rachels,S/USA-ch 1989 (52)}) 9. a4 (9. Qd2 Be7 10.
O-O Ne5 11. Be2 Bc6 (11... Qd8 $6 12. Nb5 $2 (12. f4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. Rad1
$14) 12... Bxb5 $2 (12... Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 $17) 13. Bxb5+ $14 {1/2-1/2
Bogdanovic,R-Smailbegovic,H/Sombor YUG ch(4) 1957 (22)}) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Ng6
14. Bd3 O-O $132) (9. Qe2 Rc8 (9... Be7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+
Nexd7 13. f4 Qc7 14. Rhe1 O-O $132 {0-1 Armas,I-Kotronias,V/Wijk aan Zee 1995 
(39)}) 10. f4 Nd4 (10... Nb4 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Rhe1 Qe3+ 13. Qxe3 Nxe3 14. Rxe3
Rxc4 $11 {0-1 O'Neill,P-Miralles,G/EU-chT Haifa 1989 (56)}) 11. Nxd4 Qxb2 $1
12. Kd2 Qb4 13. Rab1 Qxc4 $15 {1-0 Savon V A-Stein L/Moscow 1971 (54)}) (9. O-O
Be7 (9... a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5 Ne5 12. Be2 Rg8 13. Kh1 Rg6 14. Qh4 Rh6 15.
Qg3 Rg6 16. Qh4 Rh6 17. Qg3 Rg6 18. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Tilak,S-Makarichev,S/Calcutta
India 1986 (18)}) (9... Ne5 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kh1 h5 13. f4 Nc4 14.
Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Qd3 Rc7 16. f5 $14 {1-0 Wolff,P-Shamkovich,L/New York op (6)
1992 (41)}) 10. Kh1 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5 Ne5 12. Be2 Rg8 13. Kh1 O-O-O 14. a4
(14. f4 $16) 14... Rg5 15. Qh3 Rg7 16. a5 Qc7 17. a6 $16 {1-0 Kozlov,V-Ivanov,
T/Vladivostok ,EXT 1990 (55)}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 h5 13. f4 h4 14.
Bg4 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Tseitlin,M-Stein,L/USSR (ch) 1971/Inf 12 (31)}) (9. Bxf6 gxf6
10. Qh5 (10. O-O h5 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Bh6 $132 {0-1 Young,
R-Waitzkin,J/New York MCC 1993 (61)}) (10. Qd2 Rg8 11. f4 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Kb8
13. Rhg1 Be7 14. Kb1 h5 15. Be2 h4 16. Bf3 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Lopez,
R-Baron Rodriguez,J/La Coruna op 1996/EXT 96op2 (80)}) 10... Nd4 $1 (10... Rg8
11. O-O Rg6 (11... Ne5 12. Be2 Rg6 13. Qh4 Rh6 (13... Be7 14. Kh1 f5 15. Qxh7
f4 16. Bh5 Rg5 (16... Rf6 17. Qh8+) 17. h4 Rxh5 18. Qxh5 $16 {Feigelson,
I-Makarov,M/URS 1988/Inf 45 (18)}) 14. Qg3 Rg6 15. Qh4 (15. Qf4 Bh6 16. Qh4 Rc8
$132) 15... Rh6 $11) 12. Qh4 O-O-O 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Qxh7 Rdg8 $44 {0-1 Hmadi,
S-Dlugy,M/Tunis izt 1985 (26)}) 11. Bd3 Nxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. O-O Qc5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Zivkovic,Z-Rajkovic,D/Beograd 1985/Inf 40 (32)}) 9... Ne5 10. Be2 {
Velimirovich don't want change B} (10. Bb5 Be7 11. a5 Qc7 12. O-O h6 $132)
10... Be7 11. f4 Ng6 12. f5 $5 (12. Qd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 $132) 12... Ne5 (12...
exf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. O-O Be6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 $14)
13. a5 Qc7 14. O-O (14. Nd4 {[%csl Re6]} O-O 15. O-O $132) 14... O-O 15. Qe1
Kh8 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Rad1 (17. Nd4) 17... h6 18. Qh3 Nh7 19. Be3 (19. Bf4) 19...
a6 20. Bd4 Qc7 (20... exf5 21. exf5 $14 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 21. Qg3 Rae8 (21... Bc6
22. Bb6 Qc8 23. Nd4 Nf6 $14) 22. Nc5 $5 Bc8 (22... Bf6 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. fxe6 (
24. Bxf6 Nhxf6 25. Qxd6 Qxa5 $11) 24... fxe6 25. Bxf6 Nhxf6 26. Rxd6 Qxa5 27.
Rfd1 Re7 $11) 23. Nd3 {White have space advantage, but position of Black is
quite good} (23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bh5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rf8 $11) 23... Bf6 24. Bb6
Qe7 25. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e6] White aspire to loosen black defense, maybe
provocate to take on f5} (25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nf4 Bg5 27. Bd4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Gd4e5,Gf4g6]} Bxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Rf8 30. Qg3 Qc7 $11) 25... Bh4 26.
Qe3 Bg5 27. Qd4 Nf3+ $2 {Combination based on wrong evaluation of finish
position after 32.Kf2} (27... exf5 $1 28. Nfd5 (28. Ncd5 Qd7 29. exf5 Qxf5 30.
Ne3 Qd7 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Nd7 33. Ba7 b6 {[%csl Re3]} 34. Ned5 bxa5 $132)
28... Nc6 $1 29. Qa4 (29. Nxe7 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 (30. Nxc8 Nxe2+ 31. Nxe2 Rxc8 $17)
30... Rxe7 31. exf5 Rfe8 $132) 29... Qe5 30. Nc7 Rd8 (30... Bf4 31. Rd5 Bxh2+
32. Kh1 $18) 31. Nxa6 (31. Rd5 Qe7 32. Nxa6 (32. exf5 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Bxb6 34.
axb6 Qe3 $15 {[%csl Rb6]}) 32... fxe4 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Nb4 Nxb4 35. Qxb4 Nf6
$44) 31... fxe4 32. Bxd8 Nxd8 33. Nb4 f5 34. Nbd5 $44) 28. Rxf3 Bxf4 29. Rxf4
e5 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 exf4 32. Kf2 $16 {[%csl Gb6,Rc8,Rd8,Ge4,Rf4,Gf5]
[%cal Gb6d8] In this position White unequivocally have great advantage: bad
Bc8, no space for RR} Ng5 33. Rd4 g6 34. Bc5 (34. h4 Nh7 35. Bc5 (35. Bc7 gxf5
36. Bxf4 Rg8 37. Bf3 fxe4 38. Nxe4 $14) 35... Rg8 (35... Rd8 36. fxg6 fxg6 37.
Nd5 Rfe8 38. Nxf4 $16) 36. Bc4 $16) 34... Rd8 35. h4 Nh7 36. Nd5 Rfe8 (36...
gxf5 $142 37. Bxf8 Nxf8 38. Bf3 fxe4 39. Bxe4 $16) 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. Nxf4 g5 $2
$18 (38... Nf8 39. Ke3 $16) 39. Nd5 $6 {Keeping winning position, but} (39. Bb6
$3 {Was win immediately} Rxd4 40. Bxd4+ Kg8 41. Bc4+ Kf8 42. Ng6#) 39... gxh4
40. Bh5 $1 Re6 (40... Re5 41. Nf4 Rg8 42. Rc4 $18 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc5d4,Gd4h8]
}) (40... Rxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxd5 42. Bd4+ Kg8 43. Bf3 $18) 41. Nf4 $1 Rxd4 42.
Bxd4+ Kg8 43. Nxe6 Bxe6 44. Be2 Ng5 45. Ke3 h3 46. gxh3 Bxh3 47. b4 Bg2 (47...
Kf7 48. Bc4+ Be6 49. Bd5 Bxd5 50. exd5 h5 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. c4 $18) 48. Bc4+ Kf8
49. Bd5 h5 50. Bf6 {[%csl Rb7]} 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7.
O-O g6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Re1 a6 ({In
another continuations black receive worse but reliable position:} 12... Qd7 13.
Qd2 (13. a4 Rfc8 14. Bb3 Qf5 15. Bh4 Rc7 16. c3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yanovsky,
S-Makarichev,S/Pavlodar 1987 (54)}) (13. Qd3 Rfc8 14. Bb3 b5 15. c3 a5 16. a3
h6 17. Bd2 Rc7 18. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Korbut,E-Matnadze,A/Litohoto GRE 1999 (41)})
13... Rfc8 14. Bb3 Qf5 15. f3 Rc7 16. c3 b5 17. Re2 Qc8 18. Rae1 Qf8 $14 {
1-0 Dueball,J-Calvo Minguez,R/BL 1984 (46)}) (12... h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. a4 Re8
15. c3 Nd7 16. Bb3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. a5 $14) 18.
Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mortensen,E-Larsen,B/DEN-ch 1994/ (54)}) (12... Rc8 13. Bb3
Rc7 (13... Qd7 14. c3 (14. Qf3 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rc7 17. c3 b5 18. Qd3 Rfc8
19. f4 $14 {1-0 Dueball,J-Ueter,H/BL 1981 (47)}) 14... Rc7 15. h3 Rfc8 16. Qd3
Kf8 17. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Makarichev,S/Tbilisi 1973 (30)}) 14. Qd2
Qd7 15. Re2 Rb8 (15... Re8 16. Rae1 b6 17. c3 $14 {1-0 Hardicsay,P-Gyorkos,L/
HUN tt Torekves-Csuti SK 1991 (34)}) 16. a4 Qd8 17. h3 Qf8 18. Rae1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Tseitlin,M-Stein,L/Riga 1970/Inf 11 (46)}) 13. Bb3 (13. Qd2 Re8 14. Re2
Nd7 (14... b5 15. Bb3 Nd7 16. c3 a5 17. Rae1 a4 18. Bc2 Ne5 19. a3 Qd7 20. h3
Nc4 21. Qc1 $14 {0-1 Medina Garcia,A-Olafsson,F/Las Palmas 1978 (81)}) 15. c3
Bf6 16. Bf4 $14 (16. Bb3 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 e5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Renter,R-Tal Mihail/
Tournament Vilnius Lithuania 1955 (58)})) (13. c3 Re8 14. a4 Qc8 (14... Nd7 15.
Qd2 Bf6 16. h4 Rc8 17. Bf1 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Nc5 19. Ra3 e5 20. b4 (20. dxe6 Nxe6 {
[%csl Rg5]} 21. f4 Qb6+ $11) 20... Nd7 21. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Howell,
J-Tischbierek,R/Liechtenstein ,EXT 1995 (36)}) 15. Bb3 Qf5 16. Bh4 Rac8 17. a5
(17. Bxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,T-Zurakhov,V/Tbilisi ch URS 1956 (22)}) 17...
Rc5 18. Ba4 Rec8 19. Bc2 Qd7 20. Bb3 $14) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Re8 15. c3 $14 Nd7 (
15... Rc8 16. h3 $14 (16. Qf3 $14)) 16. Bc2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 (17. Bg3 Be5 18. f4
$14) 17... exf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Rad1 $14) 18. Qd2 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1
Kg7 20. Qf4 Ne5 21. Qd4 Rc8 22. Bb3 Qc7 23. f4 Nd7 (23... Nc4 24. Re2 Qc5 25.
Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Re7 $14) 24. Re3 (24. Re7 Kf8 25. Re3 $14) 24... b5
25. h3 a5 26. Kh2 (26. a3 $14) 26... Qc5 27. Qxc5 (27. Qd3 a4 28. Bd1 Nb6 29.
Bf3 b4 $11) 27... Rxc5 28. a3 f5 29. Kg3 Kf8 30. Kf3 h5 31. Re2 $6 $11 ({
White lose the last possibility to play} 31. h4 $1 Nf6 32. Rd3 a4 33. Ba2 Ne4
34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Kd4 Kd7 36. Re3 $14 {[%cal Gc3c4]}) 31... Nf6 (31... h4 $11)
32. Rd2 Ne4 (32... h4 $11) 33. Rd3 Rc8 (33... h4 $11) 34. Bd1 (34. h4 $2 Nc5
$19) 34... h4 $1 35. Be2 Rc5 36. Rd4 Ke7 37. Ke3 Nf6 38. Bf3 Kd7 39. Rd3 Rc8
40. Rd2 Kc7 41. Kd4 (41. Rd4 $11) 41... Kb6 42. Re2 (42. b3 a4 43. bxa4 Rc4+
$17) 42... Rc4+ 43. Kd3 $4 $19 (43. Ke3 Kc5 (43... a4 44. Rd2 $11) 44. b4+ axb4
45. axb4+ Kb6 46. Rc2 $11) 43... Rxf4 $1 44. Re7 Ng4 $3 {[%mdl 512] Fantastic
sacrifice!} (44... Rc4 $2 45. Rxf7 Ne4 46. Rg7 Kc5 47. Rxg6 Kxd5 $14) 45. hxg4
$8 fxg4 46. Bd1 $8 (46. Be2 g3 47. Rd7 h3 48. Rxd6+ Kc7 49. Rc6+ Kb7 $19) 46...
g3 $1 47. Re1 $8 (47. Re2 g5 48. b4 g4 49. Re1 h3 50. Be2 f5 51. Rh1 Rf2 52.
gxh3 g2 $19) (47. Rd7 h3 48. Rxd6+ Kc7 49. Rc6+ Kb7 $19) 47... Rf2 48. Bg4 {
Anyway White position is lost} (48. Rg1 Rxb2 49. a4 bxa4 50. Bxa4 Kc5 (50... g5
51. Bd7 Kc7 (51... Kc5 52. Ra1 Kb6 (52... Rxg2 53. Rb1 $1 $18)) 52. Bh3 Rf2 53.
Bg4 f5 54. Bd1 g4 55. c4 h3 56. gxh3 gxh3 57. Rxg3 h2 58. Rh3 Rf1 59. Rxh2
Rxd1+ $17) 51. Be8 g5 52. Bxf7 a4 53. Bh5 (53. Ra1 Rxg2 54. Rxa4 h3 55. Rc4+
Kb6 56. Rb4+ Ka5 $19) 53... a3 54. Bf3 a2 55. Ra1 h3 56. gxh3 g2 {[%cal Gb2b1]}
57. Bxg2 Rxg2 $19) 48... Rxg2 49. b4 f5 {Black pawn army sweeps away all on
the way.} 50. Rh1 Rf2 (50... fxg4 51. Rxh4 Rg1 52. Rxg4 g2 53. Ke3 a4 54. Rxg6
Rc1 55. Kf2 Rxc3 56. Rxd6+ Kc7 57. Rc6+ (57. Rh6 Rxa3 58. Kxg2 Rb3 $19) 57...
Rxc6 58. dxc6 Kxc6 59. Kxg2 Kd5 60. Kf3 Kc4 $19) 51. Bh3 g5 52. Ke3 f4+ 53. Kd3
f3 54. Ke3 Rh2 55. Rf1 g2 56. Bxg2 fxg2 57. Rg1 h3 58. Kf3 Rh1 59. Kf2 g4 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olivier, Jean Christophe"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12288] Tsesarsky} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bg4 8. f3 (8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxg4 Nf6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Be3 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Nc3 e6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. f4 Qc7 16. Be3 b5 17. Bb3 Na5 18. g4
Nxb3+ 19. axb3 b4 20. Na4 Nxe4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Macieja Bartlomiej-Skalik
Przemyslaw/Ch Poland (team) 1996 (96)}) 8... Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4
e6 (11... Rc8 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. O-O e6 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Rae1 b5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. f4
Nxd3 18. cxd3 b4 19. Nd1 Bb5 $132 {0-1 Reichmann,H-Rabiega,R/Bremen GER 1998 
(38)}) (11... b5 12. Bb3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Be7 16. O-O (16.
O-O-O O-O 17. g4 Bc6 $132) 16... Qd8 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Rad1 Qc7 $11 {0-1 Koch,
J-Lugovoi,A/EUCup f Budapest ,CBM 1996/ (59)}) 12. Bb3 (12. Nb3 Qc7 13. f4 Be7
14. Bd3 Nb4 15. O-O e5 16. a3 Bg4 17. Qe1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Be6 19. Nd2 exf4 20.
Rxf4 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Masic,L/Sombor 1972 (34)}) (12. O-O Be7 13. Bb3
O-O 14. Kh1 Rac8 15. Rad1 b5 16. a3 Qc7 17. f4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 $11 {0-1
Zimmersmann,R-Lendvai,N/HUN-chW 1991 (29)}) 12... Be7 (12... b5 13. a3 (13. Qf2
Qc7 14. g4 Ne5 15. g5 Nh5 16. a4 (16. Qh4 g6 $132) 16... b4 17. Nce2 Nc4 18.
O-O-O Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qa5 $15 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Waitzkin,J/NY Open (5) 1997 (49)}
) (13. O-O-O Be7 (13... b4 14. Nb1 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Bb5 17.
Qe1 Be7 18. Bd4 Kf8 $19 {0-1 Onoprienko,V-Khasin,A/RUS-chT Kazan 1995 (42)})
14... Be7 15. g4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Rdd1 Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,
V/Dos Hermanas 1996/CBM 53/ (44)}) 14. a3 O-O 15. g4 Rfc8 16. g5 Ne8 17. Kb1 b4
18. axb4 Nxb4 19. f4 Rab8 20. Qe1 Nc7 (20... Bf8 21. f5 exf5 (21... Nxc2 $2 22.
Kxc2 $16 {1-0 Velimirovic,D-Csom,I/Sombor 1972/Inf 14 (27)}) 22. exf5 Nxc2 $1
23. Bxf7+ (23. Kxc2 Bxf5+ 24. Rd3 (24. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 25. Rd3 Rxb3 $19) 24... Bxd3+
(24... Be4 25. Qa1 Qb4 26. Rhd1 Rc5 (26... a5 27. Kb1 Bxd3+ 28. Rxd3 $15) 27.
Kb1 Bxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Ra5 29. Ba2 Qb7 $17) 25. Kxd3 d5 $15) 23... Kxf7 24. g6+
hxg6 25. fxg6+ Kg8 26. Kxc2 Ba4+ $19) 21. f5 d5 $132) 13... Be7 14. O-O Qc7 (
14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 (18... O-O 19. Nd5
Qd8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxd6 $16) (18... Bxb3 19. cxb3 O-O (19... Rc6 20. Rac1
Qd8 21. Nd5 Rxc1 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxc1 O-O 24. Rc6 $16) 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Qxd6 $16) 19. Bg5 O-O 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxe6 Qb6+ 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.
Kxf2 fxe6 24. Rxd6 $18) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Bd4 Qb7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8
$132 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Csom,I/Budapest HUN/K 1976 (24)}) 13. g4 Nxd4 (13... O-O
$11) 14. Bxd4 h5 $5 (14... O-O 15. Qe3 (15. O-O-O Rac8 $132) 15... Bd8 $11) 15.
g5 $5 (15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. O-O-O (16. Rg1 Bh4+ 17. Kd1 Bg5 $15) 16... Rc8 17.
Rhg1 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 (18. Be3 Bf6 19. Bd4 Nf4 20. Qe3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc5 22. Rxg7
e5 23. Rd3 Be6 24. Bxe6 Nxd3+ 25. Qxd3 fxe6 $17) 18... Nf4 19. Qd2 Nh3 20. Rxg5
Qxg5 21. Be3 Qe7 $17) 15... Qxg5 16. Rg1 Qh4+ 17. Rg3 Kf8 (17... Bc6 $15) 18.
O-O-O Ne8 19. Be3 (19. Qg2 Bf6 20. Be3 Be5 21. Bg5 Bf4+ 22. Kb1 Bxg5 23. Rxg5
Rc8 $15) 19... Bc6 20. Qg2 Bd8 21. Ne2 Qe7 22. Rg1 Rh7 23. h4 Qxh4 24. Rg5 Bxe4
(24... Bb5 25. Nc3 d5 26. Rh1 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Qxh1+ 28. Qxh1 $16) 25. fxe4 Bxg5
26. Bxg5 Qg4 27. Qxg4 hxg4 28. Rxg4 Nf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rg2 (30. c3 Ke7 31.
Bc2 Rh2 $15) 30... Rh4 31. Nc3 Rc8 (31... Ke7 $15) 32. Kd2 Rc5 33. Rf2 (33. Ke3
Ke7 $15) 33... Ke7 34. Kd3 Rh3+ (34... b5 $15) 35. Kd2 Re5 (35... Rg5 $15) 36.
Bc4 b5 (36... Rg5 $15) 37. Bd3 b4 (37... Rg5 $15) (37... Reh5 $15) 38. Ne2 d5
$2 $16 {Maybe, time pressure?} (38... a5 39. c3 bxc3+ 40. Nxc3 Rg5 $15) 39.
exd5 f5 (39... Rxd5 40. Nf4 $18) (39... exd5 40. Bxa6 $16 (40. Nd4 Reh5 41.
Nc6+ Kd6 42. Nxb4 a5 43. Na6 $16)) 40. dxe6 (40. Nf4 Rg3 41. dxe6 fxe6 42. Bxa6
$16) 40... fxe6 41. Bxa6 Rh4 42. Nf4 Kf6 43. b3 $6 (43. c3 Re4 44. Ne2 bxc3+
45. Nxc3 Rd4+ 46. Kc2 e5 47. a4 $16) 43... Re4 44. Nd3 $2 $11 {This point for
Bishop, not for knight!} (44. Ne2 $1 Rh8 (44... e5 45. Bd3 $18) 45. Bd3 Reh4
46. c3 Ra8 (46... bxc3+ 47. Nxc3 Rh2 48. Re2 e5 49. a4 e4 50. Rxh2 (50. Bxe4
$11) 50... Rxh2+ 51. Be2 Ke5 52. a5 f4 53. a6 Rh8 (53... f3 54. a7 Rh8 55. Bc4
$18) 54. a7 Rd8+ 55. Ke1 f3 56. Ba6 Kd4 57. Nxe4 Kxe4 58. a8=Q+ Rxa8 59. Bb7+
$18) 47. Nc1 bxc3+ 48. Kxc3 $16) 44... e5 45. c3 bxc3+ 46. Kxc3 Rd4 $4 $18 (
46... Re3 47. Kd2 (47. Bc8 e4 48. Rxf5+ Ke7 49. Rd5 exd3 $11) 47... Reh3 48.
Bc8 (48. a4 $2 e4 $15) (48. Ke2 e4 49. Nf4 Rh2 $44) 48... Rh2 49. Ke1 Rxf2 50.
Nxf2 e4 51. a4 Ke5 52. a5 e3 53. Nd1 Kd4 54. Bb7 Rh2 55. a6 Ra2 56. Nb2 Rxb2
57. a7 Rb1+ 58. Ke2 Rb2+ 59. Ke1 (59. Kf3 Rf2+ 60. Kg3 f4+ 61. Kg4 Ra2 $19)
59... Rb1+ 60. Ke2 $11) 47. a4 Rd6 (47... Rh3 48. Kc2 e4 49. Nc5 $1 (49. Nb2 e3
50. Rf1 f4 51. Kc3 Re4 52. Be2 Rh2 53. Kd3 Rb4 54. Nc4 Rxb3+ 55. Kc2 Rb7 (55...
Rb8 56. Rxf4+ Kg5 57. Rg4+ Kf6 58. Kd3 Rb3+ 59. Kc2 Rb8 $11) 56. Rxf4+ Kg5 57.
Rg4+ Kf6 58. Kd3 Rb3+ 59. Kc2 Rb7 $11) 49... Rh4 (49... Ke5 50. Rxf5+ Kxf5 51.
Bc8+ $18) (49... Rf3 50. Rxf3 exf3 51. Nd3 Re4 52. Nf2 Re3 53. a5 $18) 50. Kc3
Rd8 51. Bb5 e3 52. Rf3 f4 53. a5 Rd5 (53... Ke5 54. Nd3+ Kf5 55. b4 Rc8+ 56.
Nc5 Ke5 57. Bc4 $18) 54. b4 Ke5 55. a6 $18) 48. Bc4 (48. Nc5 $18) 48... e4 49.
Nc5 Ke5 50. a5 (50. b4 $2 Rh3+ 51. Kc2 f4 (51... Kd4 52. Bf1 Rc3+ 53. Kb2 $18)
52. a5 (52. Rg2 f3 53. Rg4 Rd4 54. Rg5+ (54. Be6 Rh5 $1) 54... Kf6 55. Be6 Kxg5
56. Bxh3 Rxb4 $17 (56... e3 57. Ne6+ Kh4 58. Nxd4 $18)) 52... Rd4 53. Be6 Ra3
$132) 50... Rh3+ 51. Kb4 e3 52. Re2 Kd4 (52... f4 53. Nd3+ Rxd3 (53... Ke4 54.
Nf2+ $18) 54. Bxd3 Kd4 55. Bb5 f3 56. Rc2 $18) 53. Ne6+ Rxe6 (53... Ke5 54. Ng5
$18 {[%csl Rf7,Rh3]}) 54. Bxe6 Rh5 55. a6 f4 56. Bg4 Rh8 57. Bf3 Rb8+ 58. Ka4
Rb6 59. Ka5 Rxb3 60. Ra2 Kc5 61. a7 Rb5+ 62. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Be3 Qxb2 {this line  has a bad reputation, black  shows  in this 
game intresting  novelty.} (9... Qc7 $142 $5 10. f4 (10. h3 Bg7 11. f4 (11. Qd2
O-O 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b3 e5
18. Na4 Qxd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nemec,P-Bielczyk,J/CSR 1992/TD (26)}) 11... O-O 12.
Bb3 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Bf2 e6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bh4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Schmid,
H-Freise,H/Voelklingen 1970/EXT 99 (30)}) (10. Qe2 Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd4 e5
13. Be3 Ng4 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Rae1 d5 $17 {0-1 Kosten,
A-Strauss,D/Brighton 1984/EXT 99 (53)}) 10... Bg7 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Kh1 e5 13.
fxe5 dxe5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qf3 Be6 $14 {Todorovic-Leskur,Vrnjacka Banja,1996}
16. Bxe6) (9... Qa5 10. f4 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Qe1 $16 {
Hendriks-Van Doel Jul,1994}) 10. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rd4b2]} (10. Qd2 $6
Qb4 11. Qd4 Qa5 12. Rab1 Bg7 13. Nd5 Bd7 14. Qxa7 Qxa7 15. Nxf6+ exf6 {0-1
Coleman,D-Groenn,A/Gausdal 1991/TD (15)}) 10... e5 {10...Qb7 is possible too,
and black  has    chances  to defend his position} (10... Qb4 $2 {The last
mistake.} 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Qd4 $1 Ke7 (12... Be6 13. Nd5 $1 Qc5 14. Nc7+ Kd7
15. Bxe6+ Kxc7 16. Qxf6 $18 {Delanoy-Nicevski,Aoste 1989}) 13. Rab1 Qc5 14.
Nd5+ $1 {Forcing a winning position:} cxd5 15. Qxc5 dxc5 16. Bxd5 Ba6 $8 17.
Bxa8 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 f5 19. exf5 (19. Rb7+ Kf6 20. Rxa7 fxe4 21. c4 Ke5 22. Rxf7
$16 {Bosh Jer-Kharlov,A Leewarden 1993}) 19... Bg7 20. Rb7+ Kd6 (20... Kf6 21.
Rxa7 gxf5 22. a4 $18) 21. Rxa7 gxf5 22. Bf3 $18 Rf8 23. a4 Bc3 24. g3 f4 25.
gxf4 Bd2 26. a5 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires 1997/CBM 60/
[Gofshtein,L] (26)}) (10... Qb7 $5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bg7 13. Rb1 Qd7 14.
Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. Rb7 Bf5 16. Rfb1 {1/2-1/2 Musil,V-Manik,M/Prievidza 1998/EXT 99
(16)}) 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Be3 Qc7 $5 $146 {a new attempt to
rehabilitate this variation,does not lead to  success because of mistake of 
black later on} (13... Be7 14. Bg5 Qc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qf3 Qxc4 (16... Ke7
17. Bd5 Bd7 18. Rb7 Rac8 19. Bxf7 $16) 17. Qxf6 O-O 18. Qxd6 Be6 19. Rfb1 $16 {
Berkovich-Petrienko,USSR 1980}) 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qf3 Ke7 $2 {
decisive mistake, black had  two  good possibilities for  defence: 16...Bg7,
and 16...Qd8,but  did not use them} (16... Bg7 $1 17. Nd5 $1 cxd5 (17... Qd7
18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf6 O-O 20. Rd1 $16) (17... Qd8 18. Nb6 d5 19. Nxa8 dxc4 20.
Rb8) 18. Bxd5 Be6 $1 (18... Rb8 $2 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Qxf7+ $18) 19. Bxa8 (19.
Rb7 $2 Qc8 20. Rxf7 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rf8 $19) 19... Bxb3 20. cxb3 O-O 21. Bd5 $14)
(16... Qe7 $2 17. Bd5 $1 (17. Nd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Be6) 17... Bd7 18. Rb7 Rc8 19.
Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nd5 $18) (16... Qd8 $5 17. Nd5 $1 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 $1 19. Bxa8
Bxb3 20. Bc6+ $14) 17. Rfb1 h5 {it is  difficult for black  get rid of white's
pressure} (17... Qd8 18. Bd5 $1 Bd7 (18... cxd5 19. Nxd5+ Ke6 20. Qg4#) 19. Rb7
Ke8 (19... Rc8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Nd5+ $40) (19... Qc8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Nd5+
$18) 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 (20... Qxd7 21. Qxf6 $18) 21. Rb7+ Ke8 (21... Kc8 22. Bxc6
$18) 22. Bxc6+ Kf8 23. Rd7 $18) 18. Bd5 $1 Bg4 (18... Bd7 19. Rb7 Qc8 20. Bxc6
$18) 19. Rb7 $1 $18 Bxf3 20. Rxc7+ Kd8 21. Rxc6 Bg4 22. Rxd6+ Ke7 23. Ra6 Rac8
(23... Rab8 24. Rxa7+) 24. Rb7+ Kd8 25. Rd6+ Ke8 26. Bc6+ Kf8 27. Rxf6 Be6 28.
Bd5 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olivier, Jean Christophe"]
[Black "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192] Tsesarsky} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Re8 $146
(12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 (13... Bd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ne8 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Qg4
$14) (13... b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Nf6+ $16) 14. Be3 (14.
Bf2 exf4 15. Bd4 Be6 16. Rxf4 Qg5 17. Qf1 Rac8 18. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Velimirovic,
D-Mihaljcisin,M/Banja Luka 1981 (41)}) (14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Be6 $1 (15... Ng4
$2 16. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Bd6 (17... Bd8 18. Bc5 $18) (17... Nxe3 18. Nxe7+
Kh8 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 $16) 18. Bb6 Be6 19. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Macieja,B-Bets,A/
St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 62/ (24)}) 16. Qf3 (16. Qe1 Bc5 $11) 16... Bc5 $11)
14... exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Qh5 Qd8 (18... Bxf4 19.
Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qxa5 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 $16) 19. Rf3 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qb6 {
1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Fedorowicz,J/USA ch 1984 (21)}) (12... Bd7 13. f5 $1 (13.
Kh1 Rae8 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. f5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exf5 (16... h6 17. Rae1 (17. fxe6
fxe6 18. Qf5 Bd8 19. Qg6 $14) 17... exf5 (17... b5 18. a3 exf5 (18... Qb7 19.
Qg3 Kh8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. e5 $16 {Ivanovich-Levin,Podgorica 1993}) 19. exf5 Bc6
20. Qg3 Kh8 $11) 18. exf5 Bc6 19. Qg3 Kh8 $11) 17. exf5 Bc6 $132) 13... Nxd4 (
13... e5 14. Nf3 (14. Nde2 Rac8 (14... Ng4 15. Qd2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 d5 17. Qg3
Qc5+ (17... Bc5+ 18. Kh1 d4 19. f6 g6 20. Qg5 Rfe8 21. Qh6 Bf8 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7
23. Qxh7+ Ke6 24. f7 $18) 18. Kh1 d4 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. f6 gxf6 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22.
Rxf6 $16) 15. Qd2 $14) 14... Ng4 15. Qd2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18.
Nd5 Rae8 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Nb6 $16) 14. Bxd4 (14. Qxd4 Ng4 (14... exf5 15. exf5
Rae8 (15... Bxf5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxf5 $16) 16. g4 (16. Qd3 Ng4 17. Bd4 Ne5
$132) 16... Bd8 17. Bf2 h5 $132) 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 $132) 14... exf5 (14...
b5 $6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 $16) (14... Qc7 15. Qd3 exf5 (15... b5 16. a3 Kh8
17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd6 $16 {Hernandes-Ionov,1996
Ubeda}) 16. exf5 Bc6 17. Rae1 b5 18. a3 Rae8 19. Re2 Bd8 20. Rfe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2
Qb7 22. h3 $11 {Aseev-Ionov,1996 Russia}) (14... Rfe8 15. fxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qd3 $14) (14... Rac8 15. Qe1 (15. Qf3 Kh8 (15... b5 16. fxe6 fxe6 (
16... Bxe6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 (18... Nd7 19. Bxg7 $18) 19. Rae1 $14)
17. Qh3 $16) 16. Rad1 (16. g4 exf5 17. exf5 (17. gxf5 Bc6 18. Qg3 Ne8 $11)
17... Bc6 18. Qe2 Bd8 $132) 16... b5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 De
Firmian,N-Smirin,I/Antwerpen 1994/Inf 61/ (28)}) (15. g4 e5 16. Be3 Rxc3 17.
bxc3 Nxe4 $132) 15... Bd8 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Kh1 Qh5 18. Qg3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qg6
20. Qd3 Re8 $11 {1-0 Todorovic,M-Kozul,Z/YU ch 1990 (60)}) 15. exf5 (15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rab8 17. Bc3 Qc5+ 18. Bd4 Qa5 $11 {Golubev-Popchev,Skopje 1991})
15... Bc6 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Rad1 (17. Rae1 Bd8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Kh1 h6 20. Qg3
Qb4 21. Rd1 Qa5 22. Rf1 $11 {Koch-Hernandes,1993 Argentina}) 17... Nd7 (17...
Bd8 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Qg3 Bf6 20. Qxd6 (20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxd6 $16) 20... Bxd4
21. Qxd4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Gulko,B/Munich 1990/Inf 49/ (29)}) (17... b5
18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qf2 Qd8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nf6 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qg4 Nf6 24.
Qg3 Nh5 25. Qa3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Ye Jiangchuan/Tan Chin Nam, Beijing CHN
1998 (45)}) 18. Qg3 (18. Ne4 Bxe4 (18... Ne5 19. Qc3 $11) 19. Qxe4 Qc7 20. Rde1
Ne5 21. Kh1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grigoriants,S-Kiselev,S/Moscow RUS 1999 (24)}) 18...
Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Svidler,P/Groningen 1996/CBM
57 (75)}) 13. f5 Bf8 $2 $14 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 (14. Qxd4 exf5 15. exf5 (15.
Rae1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxa2 20. Bd4 Qd5
$15) 15... Bxf5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxf5 Bf6 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxe3 20. Rxd6
Bxb2 21. Rad1 $44) 14... exf5 15. exf5 Bd8 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Qf3 Bc6 $132) 14.
fxe6 fxe6 (14... Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qf3 Qe5 17. Rad1 $16) 15. Nf5 $1 Qe5 $4
$18 (15... Qd8 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Qd2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 $16) (15... d5 $1 {This move
seems very dangerous, but only this move was the best.} 16. Nh6+ (16. exd5 exf5
17. dxc6+ Kh8 18. Bg5 (18. cxb7 Bxb7 $44) 18... Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxc6 20. Qf3 Qxf3
21. Rxf3 Be7 22. Re1 Bc5 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Rd3 b5 25. Nd5 (25. Rd8 Bb7 26. Rd7
Bc6 $11) 25... h6 26. Be7 $14) 16... gxh6 (16... Kh8 17. exd5 Bc5 18. Nf7+ Kg8
19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qh5 $1 (22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5
Be6 24. c4 $16) 22... Bg4 23. Qxg4 $18) 17. Rxf6 (17. exd5 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+
19. Kh1 Nxd5 20. Ne4 Qe7 (20... Qd4 21. Bxd5 Qxd1 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Raxd1 exd5
24. Nxe8+ (24. Nxd5+ Kg7 25. Nc7 Bg4 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd2 $14) 24... Kxe8 25.
Rxd5 $14) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxe8 Qxe8 24. Qxd5 $14) 17... Bg7 (
17... d4 18. Rf5 (18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Bxh6 Rf6 (19... Rf7 20. Qg4+ (20. Nd5 $5
exd5 21. Bxd5 $5 (21. exd5 Ne5 22. Qxd4 Rf5 (22... Ng6 23. d6 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5
25. Re1 $18) 23. Bf4 (23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qb5+ 25. Ke1 Qe8 26. d6+ Nc4+ 27.
Kd1 Qh5+ 28. Ke1 Qe8+ 29. Kd1 $11 (29. Kf2 Qf7+ 30. Kg1 b5 $17)) 23... Nf7 24.
g4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Bd7 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. h3 Qg6 $132) 21... Qc5 (21...
Nd8 22. Qh5 Ne6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Bxe6 Qb6 25. Qg5 (25. Bxc8 d3+ 26. Kh1 Qxh6
27. c3 (27. cxd3 Rc7 $19) 27... d2 28. Bf5 $44) 25... Bxe6 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27.
Qg5+ $11) 22. Qh5 d3+ 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Bg5 Qe8 25. Bf6 (25. Qxf7+ Qxf7 26. Bxf7+
Kxf7 27. cxd3 Be6 $17) 25... Be6 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ (27. Rf1 Qd7 $19) 27...
Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 $11) 20... Kh8 21. Rf1 (21. Ne2 Bd7 22. Rd1 Rg8 23. Qh3 Qe5
$15) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qe5 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Kg1 $132) 20. Qg4+ Rg6 21. Rf1
Bd7 22. Qf4 Kh8 23. Nd5 exd5 24. exd5 Rag8 25. g3 (25. dxc6 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rxh2+
$3 $19) 25... Bh3 26. dxc6 Bxf1 27. Qxd4+ R8g7 28. cxb7 $18) 18... Qd8 19. Qg4+
(19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Bxh6 Rf7 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Ne2 Qf6 23. Qh5 Qf2+ 24. Kh1 Bd7
25. Ng3 Rg8 $15) 19... Kh8 20. Rd1 (20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $19) 20... Qe7 21. Rdf1 dxe3
22. Rf7 Qc5 23. Na4 Qd6 24. Qf3 Bd7 25. Nb6 e2 26. Rxd7 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 exf1=R+
28. Qxf1 Bg7 (28... Qxb6 29. Qf6+ $18) 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 $17) 18. Qh5 Re7 19. Raf1
Bxf6 20. Rxf6 dxe4 21. Rf5 $1 Qd8 22. Qxh6 Rg7 23. Nxe4 Kh8 24. Rf1 $16) 16.
Nh6+ gxh6 17. Rf5 $1 Qxf5 (17... b5 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd4 $18) 18. exf5 Kh8 19.
fxe6 Bxe6 20. Qd2 Bxb3 21. axb3 d5 (21... Ng4 22. Bb6 $18) 22. Rf1 (22. Bxh6
Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Ng4 24. Bg7+ $1 $18) 22... d4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Bg7 25. Rd1 (
25. Rxf6 Re1+ (25... Re6 26. Nd5 $18) 26. Kf2 Re6 27. Rxe6 (27. Nd5 Bxf6 28.
Nxf6 Rf8 $16) 27... Bxd4+ $16) 25... h5 26. Qf4 Ng4 27. h3 Be5 28. Qd2 Ne3 29.
Re1 Nf5 30. Nd5 (30. Ne2 $18) 30... Bd4+ 31. Kh2 h4 32. Ne7 $1 Rxe7 33. Rxe7
Rd8 34. Qg5 Nxe7 35. Qxe7 Rc8 36. c3 Bg7 37. Qxb7 Be5+ 38. Kg1 Rb8 39. Qe7 Bg3
40. Kf1 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 12868]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Nde2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Bg5 Rd8 $5 {[%cal Yd8d6] with idea to
break by d6-d5. Another possibilities in this position are:} (10... Na5 $5 11.
Kh1 Qc5 {[%cal Ga5c4,Gc5c4,Gc5g5]} 12. Bf4 b5 $132 {remis: Wahls-Franco Luzern
1989}) (10... Qc7 11. Qd2 (11. Ng3 a6 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qxh5 b5
15. a3 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rd3 Qc5 18. Qg4 $14 {1-0 Tsarev,V-Levin,F/
Belgorod 1989/TD (63)}) 11... a6 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. Ng3 b5 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Nf5
$5 Ne8 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. a3 $14 {1-0 Wedberg,T-Aperia,T/Stockholm 1978/EXT
2000 (29)}) (10... Ne5 11. Ng3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nh5 Nd7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
Qd3 $14 {0-1 Ankerst,M-Kozul,Z/Bled 1993/TD (55)}) 11. Ng3 {another 
continuation with aim to make break f2-f4 is:} (11. Kh1 Na5 $5 $14 (11... Ne5
$6 12. f4 Neg4 13. Qe1 $16 {(Anand). 1-0 Wahls,M-Miralles,G/Luzern 1989/}) (
11... a6 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 d5 $5 14. Bxf6 dxe4 15. Qe1 Bxf6 $132 {0-1 Picanol,
A-Gomez Esteban,J/ESP 1989}) (11... Na5 {Boensch})) 11... h6 $5 $146 {another
possibilities are:} (11... a6 12. Kh1 (12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qxh5 Bd7
15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Kh1 $14 {0-1 Lammens,T-Demirel,T/Vlissingen 1995/EXT 2000 (59)
}) 12... Qc7 13. f4 h6 (13... b5 14. f5 b4 15. Na4 d5 $5 $132 {1-0 Lamoureux,
C-Sorin,M/FRA 1998/CBM 64 ext (61)}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nh5 $14 {0-1 Prikhodko,
A-Sharapov,E/Alushta 1999/CBM 70 ext (68)}) (11... Bd7 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Bxe7
Nxe7 14. Qxh5 Qc5 15. Qxc5 dxc5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Rd4 18. b3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kharlov,A-Petrienko,V/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 ext (18)}) 12. Be3 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Nh5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc5 $17 {[%cal Rc5h5,Rc5c3]}) 12... Qc7 13. Nh5 {another
possibility is:} (13. f4 $5 Na5 (13... d5 14. e5 d4 (14... Nd7 15. Nb5 Qa5 16.
Nd4 $36) 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nce4 dxe3 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 $36)
14. Nb5 Qb8 $132 {with active counterplay for black}) 13... Bd7 14. f4 {
also possible} (14. Nb5 Qb8 $132 (14... Qa5 $6 15. c4 $36 Nxe4 16. Qg4 $36))
14... Na5 $5 {[%cal Ga5b3,Ga5c4,Gc7c4] with few ideas:1) transfer of knight to
c4;2)preparation of break d6-d5.} 15. Bd4 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 d5 17. exd5 (17. Qg4 $2
e5 $1 $19 18. Nxd5 (18. Qh5 Nxb3 (18... exd4 $2 19. Nxd5 Qd6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Qxa5 Qxe4 22. Rae1 $16) 19. Nxd5 Bg4 $1 20. Qxg4 Rxd5 21. exd5 Nxd4 $17) 18...
Bxg4 19. Nxc7 exd4 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 $17) 17... Bc5 $5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Nxb3
20. axb3 exd5 21. Qxd5 (21. Rfe1 Bc6 $132) 21... Qc7 $44 {After series of
forced moves, game led to position,in which black has sufficient compensation
for the pawn.} 22. Qa5 {It looks better immediate 22.Qh5 or22.Qf3} b6 23. Qh5
Bc6 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qe2 Rd4 $1 {[%cal Yd4f4,Yd4d2,Yd4b4,Yb6b4]
with idea to capture line-d,and to prepare b6-b5-b4} 27. Qe3 Qd7 {[%cal Yd7d4,
Yd4d2]} 28. Kg1 b5 29. h3 b4 30. Ne2 {white's knight  does not have good square
} Rd2 {[%cal Yd2c2]} 31. c3 Rxb2 32. cxb4 Qd5 {[%cal Yd5g2]} 33. Rf2 $8 Rxb3 $6
{white has missed a win by:} (33... Qd1+ $1 34. Kh2 Qe1 $1 35. f5 (35. Kg3 Bb5
36. Kf3 Rd2 $19) (35. Qc5 Be4 36. Qe3 f5 37. Qd4 (37. b5 Rd2 38. Qc5 Kh7 39.
Qe3 Bd3 $19) 37... Rd2 38. Qc5 Kh7 $19) 35... Bb5 36. f6 Rxe2 37. Qg3 g5 38.
Qb8+ Be8 39. Rxe2 Qxe2 $19) 34. Qxa7 (34. Qd4 Bb7 $17) 34... Rxh3 (34... Rxb4
$15) 35. Qd4 (35. Nd4 Rd3 36. Nxc6 Qxc6 $15) 35... Rb3 36. Qxd5 Bxd5 37. Kh2
Rxb4 $17 {Black has a pawn up ,and good chances for a win, because black's
bishop more stronger than white's knight.} 38. Ng3 g6 39. Rd2 Bb7 40. Ne2 Kg7
41. Nd4 h5 42. Kh3 Kh6 43. Kh4 $2 {tactical blunder,but also after 43.Kg3
white would have serious problems.} (43. Kg3 Rc4 44. Kf2 h4 $17 {[%cal Yh6h5,
Yh5g4]}) 43... Bxg2 $1 $19 44. Kg3 Bb7 45. Kh4 Ra4 46. Kg3 Ra3+ 47. Kh2 h4 48.
Rb2 Bd5 49. Rd2 Ba8 50. Rf2 Ra1 51. Kh3 Kh5 $19 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 {[%csl Rd4]} 7.
Be3 {The sharp move,more common 7.Nb5 or 7.N:c6} (7. Ndb5) (7. Nxc6) 7... Qxb2
(7... a6 {after this risky move black gets a sharp counterplay} 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9.
Nd4 e6 (9... Nxe4 $2 10. Qf3 Ne5 11. Qxe4 Nxc4 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Nd4
Qd7 15. O-O-O $16 {Nann}) 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 exf5 15. exf5 $132 {Short-Kramnik,Novgorod 1996}) 8. Ndb5 Qb4 9. Qe2 $6 (
9. Bd3 $5 {This simple move gives white some compensation.} Qa5 10. Bd2 Qd8 11.
Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Be2 $44) (9. Bd2 $2 Qxc4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 b6 $19
) 9... Qa5 $6 {Dubios move.Instead of it black had few good possibilities} (
9... Nxe4 $5 {This move looks very intresting} 10. a3 $6 (10. Bd4 $5 Nxd4 11.
Qxe4 e5 12. O-O-O Qxc4 13. Rxd4 Qc6 14. Nd5 {Dubinskij-Grachev,Moskva 1996} (
14. Nxd6+ $5 Bxd6 15. Qxc6+ bxc6 16. Rxd6 $15) 14... Kd8 $1 15. Nbc7 exd4 16.
Nxa8 Qa4 $17) 10... Qa5 $6 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qc4+ e6 13. Qxe4 a6 $19) (9...
Bg4 $1 $146 10. f3 (10. Qd3 $6 Ne5 11. Qd4 Qxc4 12. Qxc4 Nxc4 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14.
Nxa8 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Kc8 $17 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gc8b8]}) {[%tqu "En","","","",
"f6e4","",10]} 10... Nxe4 $1 11. Bd2 (11. a3 $5 Qa5 12. Bd2 (12. Bd4 $6 Nxd4
13. Qxe4 Nxb5 14. Bxb5+ Kd8 15. O-O (15. fxg4 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Qc7 $19 {[%cal
Ge7e6,Gd6d5]}) 15... Qxc3 16. Qxb7 Qc8 $19) (12. Bb6 Qxb6 13. Qxe4 Be6 $17)
12... Nxd2 13. Nxd6+ (13. Kxd2 {[%cal Gb5d6]} O-O-O $1 14. fxg4 d5 $19 {
[%cal Gd5d4]}) 13... Kd7 14. Qxd2 exd6 15. fxg4 Re8+ 16. Be2 Be7 $17 {[%cal
Ge7f6]}) 11... Nxd2 12. Nc7+ ({Nothing changes} 12. Kxd2 Ne5 13. Bb3 Rc8 $19 {
[%cal Ga7a6]} 14. fxg4 a6 15. Rab1 Qa5 $19) 12... Kd8 13. Kxd2 Ne5 14. Bd3 Kxc7
$19 {0-1 Miserendino,A-Zarnicki,P/Villa Martelli 1998/CBM 65 Now black has a
material advantage and better position. Rest of the game is easy job for black.
}) (9... Ne5 $5 $146 10. Rb1 (10. Bb3 Qa5 $13) 10... Qxc4 11. Qxc4 Nxc4 12.
Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Nxe3 14. fxe3 b6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Makarov,M/St.
Petersburg 1997/CBM 62/}) 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Nd5 $36 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 {Now white
has a nice choice.} 13. f4 $5 (13. Bb3 a6 14. f4 $5 (14. Nd4 $143 g6 $5 (14...
Qc7 $6 15. f4 Nd7 16. O-O g6 17. Rae1 $36 {Renteria,J-Minaya,J/Bogota Telecom
1997/1/2-1/2(33)}) 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bc3 Bg7 17. O-O-O O-O $17 {0-1 Ardeleanu,
A-Nevednichy,V/Tusnad 1997/EXT 99 (32)}) 14... Ng4 15. Nd4 g6 16. Bc3 (16. Ba4+
Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Rb1 Bg7 $17 {0-1 Guimaraes,W-Zarnicki,P/Roque Saenz
Pena 1997/EXT 98 (42)}) 16... Bg7 17. O-O-O O-O $13 {Buenermann,V-Borriss,M/
Germany 1997/GER-chT (49)}) (13. O-O a6 14. Nd4 g6 15. Bb3 Bg7 16. Rae1 O-O 17.
c3 Qb6 $132 {Santos,C-Damljanovic,B/Vila Real de Santo Antonio 1998/EXT 99 (56)
}) 13... Bg4 (13... Ng6 14. O-O $44) 14. Nxd6+ (14. Qe4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Rc8 $132)
14... exd6 15. Bb5+ Bd7 (15... Ke7 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 (17. fxe5 $143 $6 Qxb5
18. Qg5+ Ke8 19. Qxg4 Qxd5 $17) 17... axb6 18. fxe5 $44) 16. fxe5 dxe5 17.
Qxe5+ Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Bxe7 (18... Kxe7 19. Rb1 $14) 19. Bd3 (19. Rb1 b6 $11)
19... Bc5 $11 {After some opening complications, the game was transfered to
the balanced ending.} 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. c4 f5 22. Rhe1 Rde8 23. Kb2 b6 24.
Kb3 g6 25. Bf4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rh1 a6 28. g3 Kb7 29. a4 a5 30. h4 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reichmann, Hendrik"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Ndb5 Bg4 (7... a6 {Theory}) 8. f3 Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 Rc8 (11...
e6 12. Nb3 $6 (12. Bb3 b5 13. a3 (13. Qf2 Qc7 14. g4 Ne5 15. g5 Nh5 16. a4 b4
17. Nce2 Nc4 18. O-O-O Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qa5 20. Ng3 Nxg3 $1 (20... g6 21. Nxh5
gxh5 22. Kb1 Bxa4 23. Bxa4+ Qxa4 24. f4 Rc8 25. Rd2 Bg7 26. f5 Bxd4 27. Qxd4
O-O 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qxd6 Rc6 30. Qd3 Qb5 (30... Rc5 31. Rf1 $14 {1-0 De
Firmian,N-Waitzkin,J/NY Open (5) 1997 (49)}) 31. Qh3 b3 $11) 21. hxg3 g6 22.
Rh2 Bxa4 23. Rdh1 Bd7 24. Kb1 Bg7 25. Rxh7 Qe5 26. c3 Rxh7 27. Rxh7 bxc3 28.
bxc3 Kf8 $17) 13... Be7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Bd4 Qb7 18.
Rfe1 Rfe8 19. f4 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Csom,I/Budapest HUN/K 1976 (24)}) (12.
O-O Be7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Kh1 Rac8 15. Rad1 b5 16. a3 Qc7 17. f4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4
Bc6 19. Bc1 Nd7 20. f5 Nc5 (20... Bf6 21. Rdd1 exf5 22. exf5 Rfe8 $132) 21. f6
Bxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bh6 Kh8 $15 {0-1 Zimmersmann,R-Lendvai,N/HUN-chW 1991 
(29)}) 12... Qc7 13. f4 Be7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. O-O e5 16. a3 Bg4 17. Qe1 Nxd3 18.
cxd3 Be6 19. Nd2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Masic,L/Sombor 1972 (34)}) 12. Nb3 Qc7
$11 (12... Qh5 $5 13. O-O (13. O-O-O e6 14. g4 Qh4 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Be2 h6 17.
g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qf2 19. Be3 Qh4 20. Na5 b5 21. a3 (21. Nb7 Rc6 22. Bg5 Qf2 23.
Be3 Qh4 24. Na5 Rc8 $11) 21... Be7 $132) 13... e6 14. f4 (14. Qf2 Nb4 15. Bd3
d5 $15) (14. a4 Ne5 15. Bd3 Be7 16. a5 O-O 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 d5 $15) 14...
Nb4 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. Bd3 $11) 13. O-O e6 (13... g6 $6 14. Bd3 Ne5 (14... Bg7
15. Qf2 Ne5 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Rfd1 $14) 15. Rac1 (15. Qf2 Nxd3 16.
cxd3 Bg7 17. Rac1 Bc6 (17... O-O $2 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bb6 Rxc1 (19... Qe8 20. Nc7
Qd8 21. Ne6 $18) 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxd8 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rxd8 23. Qb6 $18) (
17... Qb8 18. Rc2 O-O 19. Rfc1 b5 20. a3 Be6 (20... b4 21. Ba7 Qb7 22. Na5 Qa8
23. axb4 $16) (20... Rc6 21. Na5 Rc7 22. Bb6 Rcc8 23. b4 $14) 21. Nd4 (21. Ba7
Qb7 22. Na5 Qd7 23. Bd4 Rfd8 (23... d5 $2 24. e5 Ne8 (24... Nh5 25. Nb3 Nf4 26.
Qd2 Nxd3 (26... g5 27. Nc5 Qc6 28. Ne2 Nxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Bf5 30. Qe3 $16) 27. Qxd3
Bf5 28. Qe2 Bxc2 29. Rxc2 $16) 25. Nb3 Nc7 26. Nc5 Qd8 27. Ne2 $16) 24. Bb6 Re8
25. b4 $14) 21... Bd7 22. b4 e5 23. Nb3 Be6 24. Na5 d5 25. Ba7 Qa8 26. Bc5 Rfe8
$11) 18. d4 Qb8 19. d5 Bd7 20. Ba7 Qa8 21. Rc2 O-O 22. Rfc1 b5 23. a3 $16)
15... Bg7 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 $11) 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Rae1 b5 (15... Be7
$132) 16. Bg5 $6 (16. a3 Be7 17. f4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 O-O 19. Rc1 Qb8 $11) 16...
Be7 17. f4 (17. a3 $11) 17... Nxd3 18. cxd3 b4 (18... h6 $1 19. Bh4 $2 (19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Be7 22. d4 O-O 23. Ne4 Bc6 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Rc2
Qd5 26. Nc3 (26. Rfc1 Bb7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Nc3 Qc6
$15) 26... Qd7 27. Rfc1 f5 $15) 19... Nxe4 $1 20. Bxe7 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Kxe7 $19)
19. Nd1 Bb5 20. e5 (20. Nf2 O-O 21. Rc1 Qb6 $11) (20. f5 e5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Ne3 Qb6 23. Kh1 Bc6 24. Nc4 Qb8 25. Qf2 Bb5 26. Rc1 O-O $15) 20... dxe5 (20...
Nd5 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 $15) 21. fxe5 Nd5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15 23. Kh1 $2 $17 {Useless.
White must to try defence in endgame. Also lose tempo and makes weak the first
line...} (23. Ne3 Qa7 (23... Nxe3 24. Qxe3 O-O 25. Nd4) 24. Rf2 Nxe3 25. Qxe3
Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Ke7 27. Ref3 Rhf8 28. Nd4 (28. Rg3 g6 29. Rg4 a5 30. Nxa5 Rc1+
31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Ra8 $17) 28... Bd7 (28... Rc1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1
Rd8 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. Ke2 Ra8 33. Rf4 Rxa2 34. Rxb4 $11) 29. Rg3 g6 30. Nc2 a5
$15) 23... O-O 24. Rf3 (24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Rfd8
28. Qf4 Rd7 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxd3 31. Qxb4 Qd1+ 32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rd2
$17) (24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Rc2 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Rd8 $17) 24... Rc7 25.
Nf2 (25. Ref1 Qg5 (25... Qh4 26. Rh3 Qg5 (26... Nf4 27. Qe4 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Bc6
29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxf4 $16) 27. Rg3 Qh6 $17) 26. Rg3 Qh6 27. Nd4 (27. Rh3 Nf4
28. Rxh6 Nxe2 $17) 27... Rfc8 $17) 25... Rfc8 26. Qe4 $6 (26. Nd4 Qh4 27. Ne4
Qxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rc1 29. Qg1 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rb1 32. b3 Rb2+ 33. Kg3
Rxa2 34. Nd6 Rd2 35. N4xb5 axb5 36. Nxf7 Nc3 37. Nd6 Ne2+ 38. Kh4 Nd4 39. Rg3
h6 $1 $17) 26... Rc2 27. Rh3 $6 $19 (27. Nd1 Qg5 28. Rg3 Qf4 29. Nd4 Rd2 $17)
27... f5 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Qh4 (29. Qd4 e5 $1 30. Qh4 Rxb2 $19) 29... Bc6 30.
Rhe3 (30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. dxe4 e5 $19) 30... Bd5 31. Nd4 Rxb2 32. Nf5 (32. Nxe6
Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Rb1+ 35. Nd1 Rxd1+ 36. Re1 Rcc1 $19) 32... Qf8 33.
Nd4 Qf7 34. Nf3 Qg6 35. Rg1 h6 36. Qd4 Rxf2 37. Nh4 Qg5 38. Rg3 0-1

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 29664]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Ndb5 a6 (7... Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13.
O-O-O b4 14. Nb1 (14. Nd5 $5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4+ Kd8 $13 {Kramnik})
14... Be7 $13 {Topalov-Kramnik 1996,Dos Hermanas}) 8. Be3 Qd8 (8... Qa5 9. Nd4
Ne5 (9... Nxe4 $6 10. Qf3 f5 (10... Nxc3 $2 11. Nxc6 $18) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
O-O-O d5 13. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. Bc6+ Kf7 16. Bxe4 e6 17. Rd5 $1 $16
{Bednarskij-Minev,Bern 1975}) 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 Nc6 $132 {
Christiansen-Yermolinsky,USA 1997}) 9. Nd4 Ng4 (9... e6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. f4 Be7
12. Qf3 O-O 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 $13 {Movsziszian
K-LernerK,1997 Germany}) 10. Nxc6 (10. O-O Nce5 11. Bb3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 e6 $132 (
12... g6 $2 $16 13. Nf3 f6 (13... Nxf3+ $2 14. Qxf3 f6 (14... Be6 $6 15. Ba4+
$18 {Velimirovic-Vukovic,Belgrade 1988}) 15. Rad1 Bd7 (15... Qa5 16. Rxd6 $1
$18) 16. e5 Bc6 (16... dxe5 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Ba4 $18) 17. Qf4 Rc8 (17... fxe5
18. Qxe5 $1 $18) 18. Qc4 d5 19. exf6 exf6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qa4+ Qd7 22. Qxd7+
Kxd7 23. Rxd5+ Ke7 24. Rfd1 $18) 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bf7+ Kd7 16. Qg4+ Kc6 17.
Be6 $16)) 10... bxc6 11. Qf3 (11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Qe2 (13. h3 Nf6 14.
O-O O-O 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Bb3 a5 17. Kh1 g6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bh4 Bxb3 20. Bxf6
Bxf6 21. axb3 Be7 $11 {1-0 Gdanski,J-Groszpeter,A/Krynica POL 1998 (58)}) 13...
O-O 14. O-O Bh4 $11 (14... Qb6 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Kh2 f5 18. f4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ginsburg,G-Shmuter,L/Ukraina-ch 1990 (47)})) (11. Bg5 h6 (11... Qb6 $6
12. Qd2 h6 (12... Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 $44) 13. Bh4 Qxb2 (13... g5 14. Bg3 h5 15.
h3 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. O-O-O $16 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Shirazi,K/Conejo Valley
1985 (32)}) 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Nd5 (15. Nd5 $1 $14 {Tompa-Csom,Budapest 1976})
15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 Ra7 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Qc3 Kd8 19. Bc6 Qxa2 20. f3 Rc7 (20...
Ne3 21. Qxe3 Rc7 22. Qc3 Bb7 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxb7 Qb1+ 25. Ke2 Qxb7 26. Ra1
Kd7 $11) 21. fxg4 Bb7 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Kd2 Qb2 (23... Rc7 24. Bf2 Qe6 25. Bb6
Qc8 26. Rb1 $18) 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qd4 Kd7 $11 {1-0 Tompa,J-Csom,I/
Magyarorszag (ch) 1976/Inf 22 (40)}) 12. Bh4 Ne5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bg7 $132) (
11. Bd2 g6 (11... e5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. h3 Nf6 14. f4 Nd7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Rhf1
$132 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Csom,I/Dubai olm 1986 (48)}) 12. h3 (12. O-O Bg7 13.
Qe2 O-O 14. f4 Nf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Nd5 18. Rae1 Be6 $132 {
0-1 Schlosser,M-Basin,L/Trnava 1989 (41)}) 12... Nf6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Qd2 (14.
O-O O-O $11) 14... O-O 15. O-O-O Qb6 (15... Be6 16. Bb3 (16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. e5
Nd5 18. exd6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd6 $19) 16... Nd7 $132) 16. Rhe1 (16. Bb3 a5 $132)
16... Rb8 17. Bb3 Be6 $132 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Polgar,Z/Bermuda ,CBM 1995 (70)})
(11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 e6 13. Qf3 Ra7 14. Rad1 Qg5 15. Bb3 Rc7 16. Rd4 g6 17.
Kh1 Qe5 18. Ba4 Bg7 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Rxd6 c5 21. Rd8 (21. Qf4 $14) 21... Bf6
22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qf4 $14 {0-1 Felsberger,A-Makarov,M/EUCup Gr1 Eupen ,EXT
1994 (44)}) (11. Qe2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Ne2 Rb8 16.
b3 Qa5 $15 {0-1 Arsovic,A-Makarov,M/Belgrade "Beopromet" 1993 (49)}) 11... Ne5
12. Qe2 e6 (12... g6 13. f4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. O-O
Rb8 18. b3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Rad1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Todorovic,M-Vukovic,Z/
Kladovo Jugoslavia ch 1990 (60)}) 13. Bb3 (13. O-O-O Be7 (13... Nxc4 $5 14.
Qxc4 Bb7 15. f4 d5 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. f5 Bd6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rhf1 O-O-O (19...
Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qh4 $16) 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bf4 Rhe8 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qg4+ Qd7 24. Qf4 $14) 14. Bd4 (14. Bb3 $5 Qc7 (14... a5 $5 15. f4
Ba6 16. Qd2 Nd7 $132 (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qd4 d5 19. Qxg7 Bf6 20. Qh6
Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qe7 22. Bd4 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Rg8 24. Rhg1 $14)) 15. f4 Nd7 $132)
14... Qc7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 O-O 17. b3 (17. Rd3 Qa5 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qd2
Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 g6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Linares 1998/CBM 64/
[Gofshtein,L] (74)}) 17... Bd7 18. c3 a5 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Nb6 Qa7 21. Nxa8
Rxa8 22. Rd1 g6 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Kd1 Bb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,
B-Ivanchuk,V/Polanica Zdroj POL 1998 (38)}) 13... Be7 14. f4 Nd7 $132 {Do you
recognize this position? Something like this we already saw in some variations.
} 15. g4 $6 (15. O-O-O {was more naturally. B change wasn't need...} O-O 16. g4
$132) 15... Bh4+ 16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 O-O 18. O-O-O d5 $11 19. g5 (19. Rhe1
Rb8 $11) 19... a5 20. Rhf1 $6 $15 (20. Rhe1 Rb8 21. h4 Qb6 $11) 20... Qb6 21.
Qf3 Nc5 (21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 a4 23. Bc4 Rb8 24. Qc3 Qb4 $11) 22. Na4 Nxa4 (
22... Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Qb4 24. Rfe1 Bb7 25. f5 dxe4 26. Qxe4 (26. Rxe4 $4 c5 $19)
26... Qxe4 27. Rxe4 exf5 28. Re7 Rab8 (28... Bc8 29. Rd6 Be6 30. Rxc6 Rfc8 31.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Kd2 f4 33. c4 $14) 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Rd6 Rb6 31. Kd2 f4 32. h4 Bf5
$11) 23. Bxa4 Rb8 24. Qc3 (24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Qc3 $15) 24... Ba6 (24... Rd8 25.
Rfe1 (25. Bxc6 $4 Ba6 $19) 25... d4 26. Qb3 c5 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 $11) 25. Rfe1 Rfd8
(25... Bb5 $5 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 $15) 26. exd5 (26. f5 d4 $1 (26... dxe4 27. fxe6
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 fxe6 29. Qe5 Be2 30. Re1 Bc4 31. Bxc6 (31. Rxe4 Bd5 (31... Rf8
32. b3 Rf5 33. Qg3 Bd5 34. Rf4 Qc7 35. Rxf5 Qxg3 36. hxg3 exf5 37. Kd2 Kf7 38.
Ke3 c5 39. Kf4 Be4 40. c3 Bb1 41. a3 Ke6 $11) 32. Re1 Rf8 33. Bb3 Rf5 34. Qd6
Qb4 35. Qxb4 axb4 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. h4 Kf7 $15) 31... Bxa2 32. Bxe4 Bc4 33. b3
Bb5 $132 (33... Bxb3 34. cxb3 Qxb3 35. Bc2 Qa3+ 36. Kd1 Rd8+ 37. Ke2 Qh3 38.
Qg3 Qh5+ 39. Kf1 $18)) 27. Qa3 c5 28. f6 e5 29. fxg7 c4 30. h4 Qb4 31. Qxb4
axb4 $1 (31... Rxb4 32. Bc6 (32. b3 c3 $17) 32... Kxg7 33. Bd5 $132) 32. Rf1
Bc8 33. Bc6 Be6 $17) 26... cxd5 27. Qd4 Qd6 (27... Bb5 $2 28. Bxb5 Qxd4 29.
Rxd4 Rxb5 30. a4 Rb6 31. f5 $14) 28. c3 Bc4 (28... Rdc8 29. Bc2 Rc4 30. Qe5
Qxe5 31. fxe5 Rh4 $15) 29. f5 $4 $19 (29. Kb1 $15) 29... exf5 (29... Bxa2 30.
g6 (30. f6 Rdc8 31. Bc2 Qb6 $19) 30... hxg6 31. fxg6 fxg6 $17) 30. Re5 (30. Bc2
Bxa2 31. Bxf5 Qxh2 32. Rd2 Qg3 $19) 30... Bxa2 31. Rde1 (31. Rxf5 Qxh2 32. Bc2
Rdc8 33. Rdf1 Rb7 $19) 31... Bc4 $6 (31... Qc7 $1 32. b3 (32. h4 Qb7 (32... Qc4
33. Qxc4 Bxc4 34. Rxf5 Kf8 35. Rfe5 $44) 33. R1e2 Bc4 34. Rf2 g6 35. h5 Qb6 36.
Qh4 gxh5 $1 (36... d4 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Re7 h5 39. gxh6 $132) 37. Rh2 d4 38.
Qxh5 Qg6 $19) 32... Rdc8 33. R1e3 Rf8 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rc1]} 34. Re7 Qb6 $19) 32.
h4 f4 $1 (32... Qc7 $2 33. Rxf5 Qb7 34. Rf2 $15) (32... h5 $2 33. Rxf5 Qb6 34.
Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Re7 $44) (32... g6 $2 33. h5 Rf8 34. hxg6 fxg6 (34... hxg6 35.
Qh4 Rfd8 36. Qh2 Qf8 37. R5e3 $16) 35. Re7 Rf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Bd7 Qxd7 38.
Qf6+ Kg8 39. Re7 Qxe7 40. Qxe7 Rf8 $11) 33. h5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd4g7,Gh5h6]} (
33. Qxf4 Qb6 34. Qd2 d4 $17) 33... f3 $4 $18 (33... h6 $1 34. Qxf4 (34. gxh6
Qxh6 35. Bc2 f3+ 36. Kb1 Qf6 $19) (34. g6 fxg6 35. Re7 Qf6 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37.
hxg6 f3 $19) 34... Qb6 35. Qd2 d4 36. gxh6 dxc3 37. h7+ Kh8 38. Qxc3 Rbc8 $19)
34. h6 (34. Bc2 Be2 35. h6 gxh6 36. gxh6 Qxh6+ 37. Kb1 Kf8 $17) 34... gxh6 35.
gxh6 Qxh6+ 36. Kb1 f6 (36... Qg7 37. Bc2 (37. Rg1 Bd3+ 38. Ka1 Bg6 $19) 37...
f2 (37... Be2 38. Rg1 $18) 38. Qxf2 Kh8 39. Qd4 $18) (36... Rdc8 37. Rg1+ Kf8
38. Reg5 Bd3+ 39. Qxd3 f2 40. Rg8+ Ke7 41. Qe2+ Qe6 42. Qxf2 Rxg8 43. Re1 $18)
37. Re7 $4 $17 (37. Rg1+ Kh8 38. Rh5 $3 {Maybe this nice move was missed by
both players?} Bd3+ (38... Qf8 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40. Bc2+ $18) 39. Ka1 Qf8 40.
Qxd3 $18) 37... f2 $1 (37... Bb3 38. Bxb3 Rxb3 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Qxd5+ Kf8 41.
Qd6+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Qxe8+ $18) 38. Qxf2 Bd3+ 39. Ka1 Be4 $2 $15 (39...
Kh8 40. Qd4 (40. Bd7 Rb7 $19) 40... Be4 $17) 40. Bd7 $1 a4 $6 $11 (40... Kh8
$142 41. Bf5 Bxf5 42. Qxf5 Rg8 (42... d4 43. Rxh7+ Qxh7 44. Qxf6+ Qg7 45. Rh1+
Kg8 46. Qe6+ Qf7 47. Qh6 Qg7 48. Qe6+ $11) 43. Qxd5 Qh2 44. R7e2 (44. R1e2 Qh4
45. R2e4 Qg5 46. Qd1 $15) 44... Qf4 45. Re4 Qg5 46. Qe6 $15) 41. Bf5 Bxf5 42.
Qxf5 Kh8 43. Rxh7+ Qxh7 44. Qxf6+ Qg7 45. Rh1+ Kg8 46. Qe6+ Qf7 47. Rh8+ Kxh8
48. Qxf7 Rd6 49. Qh5+ Kg8 50. Qg4+ Kf7 51. Qxa4 Rc8 (51... Rg8 $11) 52. Qd4 Ke7
53. Kb1 Rc4 54. Qg7+ Kd8 55. Kc2 Rd7 56. Qf8+ (56. Qe5 Re4 57. Qb8+ Ke7 $11)
56... Kc7 57. Qa8 Kd6 58. Qf8+ Ke5 59. Qe8+ Kd6 60. Qg6+ Ke5 61. Qg3+ Ke6 62.
Qe3+ Kd6 63. Qb6+ Ke5 64. b3 Rc8 65. Qe3+ Kd6 66. Qg3+ Ke6 67. Qg6+ Ke5 68.
Qg5+ Ke6 69. Kd3 Rdc7 70. Kd4 Rxc3 71. Qxd5+ Ke7 72. Qe5+ Kd7 73. b4 R3c6 74.
Qf5+ Kc7 75. Qa5+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 {This way
black tries to avoid the Velimirovich attack, which arises after 6...e6 7.Be3
a6 8.Qe2} 7. Nb3 {7.Nb5 and 7.Nc6 was also met. The move in the game leads to
position with mutual chances} e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. g4 {White immideatly starts a
pawn attack on the kingside. 9.Be3 was also met, which usually leads to a
different move order} (9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Kb1
O-O 14. g4 Nd7 15. g5 b4 16. Na4 Na7 $1 $132 {0-1 Ilincic,Z-Kozul,Z/Kladovo
1990/CBM 017/[Boensch,U] (32)}) 9... a6 {As the analysis shows, an immdeate
activity after 9...d5 doesn't lead to a full equality} (9... d5 10. exd5 exd5
11. Bxd5 (11. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxg4 15. Rg1 $16)
11... Bxg4 12. f3 Nb4 13. fxg4 Nfxd5 $132 {0-1 Tobyas,M-Shmuter,L/Pardubice
1993/TD (27)}) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 {Black finishes the
development and prepares a counterplay in the centre} (12... h6 13. O-O-O Nd7
14. h4 Nb4 15. Kb1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 b4 17. Ne2 a5 $132 {0-1 Afek,Y-Teplitsky,Y/
Ajka 1992/TD (41)}) 13. O-O-O Nb4 $5 {[%mdl 4] In this position black has a
few good options. First of all the advance b5-b4, secondly 13...Nb4 exchanging
the white dangerous bishop and preparing the advance d6-d5} (13... b4 $5 14.
Na4 Na5 {1-0 Huber,G-Arnett,D/Philadelphia 1992/TD (31)} (14... Nd7 15. Kb1 Na7
$5 $132 {[%cal Gb7c6,Gc6a4]})) (13... Rc8 14. Rhe1 Nb4 15. Kb1 d5 $5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rd2 O-O $132 {0-1 Kurochkin,V-Ozgibcev,A/Tomsk 2001/CBM 082
ext (48)}) 14. g5 (14. Kb1 O-O 15. g5 Nd7 16. Rhg1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 (17. cxd3 b4
$36) 17... Rfd8 $132 {0-1 Shernoff,L-Castaneda,N/North Bay 1996/EXT 98 (24)})
14... Nxd3+ {This exchange favours black as white can't recapture with a pawn
in view of the threat b5-b4} 15. Qxd3 (15. cxd3 $6 b4 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2
bxc3 18. bxc3 $17) 15... Nd7 {After the exchange of the light squared bishop
black seizes the initiative as it's much easier for him to start an attack on
the queenside than for white on the kingside} 16. Qd4 {White tries to stop
b5-b4 even though it's clearly temporary} (16. Rhg1 b4 17. Ne2 O-O $132) 16...
O-O (16... e5 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. f5 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 a5 21. Qd3 a4 22. Nd2
$13) 17. f5 $6 {[%mdl 512] White tries with the help of sacrifices to get
chances for the attack. In case of 17.h4 black would have got s good
counterplay} (17. h4 Rfc8 18. h5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 (19. Rh2 e5 20. Qd2 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Bxe4 $17) 19... dxc5 $132) 17... exf5 18. exf5 Bxh1 19. Rxh1 {[%cal Gc3d5]}
Rfc8 {[%cal Rc6c2,Rc7c2] freeing the f8 square for the bishop and creating
threats over the c-file} 20. Qe4 Bf8 21. Bd4 {White finds it hard to get
something real. Also after 21.Nd5 as the variations show white doesn't have
enough compensation for the sacrificed exchange} (21. Nd5 Qc4 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23.
Nd2 Rab8) 21... Nc5 $5 22. Nxc5 {In case of 22.Bc5 white finds it hard to
develop the initiative} (22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. f6 c4 25. Rd1 Qe8 26.
Nd2 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Rd8) 22... dxc5 23. Nd5 (23. Be5 Qb6 24. Re1 c4) 23... Qd6 $5
{Black leaves the queen in the centre and doesn't allow white to keep his
pieces on a dominating squares} (23... Qa5 24. Be5 Re8 25. g6) 24. Be5 Re8 25.
Re1 Qd8 {[%cal Rd8g5]} 26. Qg2 (26. Nc7 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Bd6 28. Qe8+ Qxe8 29.
Nxe8 Bf4+ 30. Kb1 Kf8 $19) (26. f6 Bd6 $19) 26... Ra7 $17 {[%cal Ra7d7] Black
transfers his passive rook to the centre and gets a decisive edge} 27. b3 c4 $5
{[%cal Rf8a3] Opening his dark squared bishop and trying to weaken the
position of the white king} 28. g6 fxg6 (28... Rd7 $5 29. bxc4 (29. Qh3 fxg6
30. fxg6 hxg6 $19) 29... bxc4 30. gxh7+ Kh8 $19) 29. fxg6 h6 (29... Rd7) 30.
Qf2 Ba3+ (30... Rd7) 31. Kb1 Rd7 32. b4 (32. Qf5 Bd6 33. Bc3 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Qe8
$19) 32... Rf8 33. Qe3 Rxd5 $19 34. Qxa3 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kb2 Rf2 {
[%cal Rf2c2,Gd1c2]} 37. Qc3 Rf1 {[%cal Rd1a1]} 38. Qe3 (38. Qe3 Qb1+ 39. Ka3
Qxc2 40. Bc3 Qc1+ 41. Qxc1 Rxc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5
a6 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Nd4 Ng4 (9... e6 {-> 6.Bc4 e6}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 g6 12.
h3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Qd2 (14. O-O O-O $10) 14... O-O 15. O-O-O $13 {/\16.e5+/
-} Qb6 $6 {/\16..Nxe4 -+} (15... Be6 $5 16. Bb3 (16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Nd5 18.
exd6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd6 $17) 16... Nd7 {/\Nc5,a6-a5-a4}) 16. Rhe1 (16. Bb3 $6
a5 $132) 16... Rb8 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Na4 (18. Bh6 $2 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qxf2 $17)
18... Qb5 (18... Qa7 $5 {><f2} 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. e5 $13) 19. Bh6 d5 (19... c5
20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. e5 c4 22. exf6+ exf6 23. Nc3 Qb7 24. Kb1 cxb3 25. cxb3 $16)
20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. exd5 (21. Qc3 {/\Nc5} dxe4 22. Rxe4 Qg5+ $15) (21. Qd4 $5 {
><c5, ><b2} dxe4 22. Bxe6 Rfd8 $1 (22... fxe6 23. Nc5 $16) 23. Qc5 Qxa4 24.
Qxe7 $16) 21... Bxd5 (21... cxd5 22. Qd4 $14 (22. g4 $14)) 22. Nc3 Qc5 23. f3
$16 {קc6} Rfd8 24. Qg5 Qb4 25. Qe5 {/\Qxe7} (25. Nxd5 $5 Rxd5 (25... cxd5 26.
Qe5 $16 {><e7 - ><b2}) 26. Rxd5 Qxe1+ (26... cxd5 27. Qe5 e6 28. g4 h6 29. h4
$18) 27. Rd1 Qe2 28. Qg3 $5 $16 {/\Re1, ><e5, <->e} (28. Qd2 $14)) 25... Bxb3
26. axb3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 {<->d} Kg8 28. g4 (28. Rd4 $5 Qb7 29. g4 $16) 28... Re8
29. Kb1 (29. f4 $16) (29. h4 $16) 29... Qb8 30. Qc5 Qb7 31. h4 {/\h4-h5xg6 |^}
h5 32. gxh5 Nxh5 33. Rg1 {/\Qxh5} Kh7 (33... Ng7 $2 34. h5 $18) 34. Rg5 Nf4 (
34... Nf6 $1 {/\Kg7,Rh8 <=>} 35. Ne4 Nxe4 (35... Kg7 $5) 36. fxe4 f6 37. Rg2
Qb5 $13) 35. Qe3 Qc7 36. Re5 f6 37. Re4 Nd5 (37... e5 $4 38. Rxf4 $18) 38. Nxd5
cxd5 39. Re6 {/\Rxa6//\Rxf6} Kg7 40. Rxa6 Qh2 41. Ra4 Qe5 $1 $8 42. Qd2 (42.
Qxe5 fxe5 $13 {/\Rf8}) 42... Qf5 43. Rf4 Qh5 44. Rg4 Rc8 45. Qd3 Kf7 46. Rd4
Rc7 47. Rxd5 (47. b4 $5 $16) 47... Qxh4 48. Qd1 Rc6 49. Rd4 Qf2 50. Rd2 Qh4 51.
Rd8 Re6 $6 (51... Rd6 $16) 52. Qd5 $1 Qh5 53. b4 Qxd5 54. Rxd5 Rb6 55. b5 e5
56. c4 $18 Ke6 57. Kc2 Rd6 {? Hecht} (57... Kf5 {Hecht} 58. b4 Kf4 59. c5 Rxb5
60. c6 Rb8 61. b5 Rc8 62. Rd6 f5 63. b6 $18) (57... f5 $16 {Hecht}) 58. Rxd6+
Kxd6 59. b4 f5 60. c5+ Kd5 61. b6 Kc6 62. b5+ Kb7 63. Kd3 g5 64. Ke3 {Zugzwang}
g4 65. fxg4 fxg4 66. Ke4 Kb8 67. c6 Kc8 68. b7+ Kc7 69. b6+ Kb8 70. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[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 "Mexico"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MEX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 d5 11. Bd3 d4 12. Na4 c5 13. Nb2 Bc6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
f4 Nd7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. a4 O-O 18. a5 Bb5 19. Rf3 f6 20. Raf1 Rf7 21. g4 a6 22.
h4 Qc6 23. g5 f5 24. h5 Bxc4 25. bxc4 g6 26. Rh3 Nf8 27. Re1 Bd6 28. exf5 gxf5
29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rb7 31. Kf3 Rcb8 32. Rhh1 Kg7 33. Bc1 Rb1 34. Ba3 Rxe1
35. Rxe1 Kf7 36. Ra1 Nd7 37. Bc1 Bc7 38. Bd2 Rb2 39. Bc1 Rb7 40. Bd2 Nb8 41.
Rg1 Nc6 42. Ke2 Rb2 43. Ra1 Nb4 44. Bc1 Ra2 45. Rxa2 Nxa2 46. Bd2 Nc3+ 47. Bxc3
dxc3 48. Ke3 $19 {The black a-passed pawn, and the weaker white pawns (Pf4,Pg5)
give Black a winning position. He will activate his K.} Bxa5 49. Be2 Bb4 50.
Bf3 Ba3 51. Bb7 Bc1+ 52. Kf3 a5 53. Bc6 e5 54. g6+ hxg6 55. hxg6+ Kxg6 56. fxe5
Kf7 57. Bd7 Ke7 58. Bc6 Ke6 59. Bb5 Kxe5 60. Ba4 Kf6 61. Bb5 Kg5 62. Bc6 Kh4
63. Bd7 Bd2 64. Bc6 Kg5 65. Bb5 Kf6 66. Ba4 Ke5 67. Bc6 Kd4 68. Bb5 Bc1 69. Kf2
Ke4 70. Bd7 Kf4 71. Bc6 Be3+ 72. Ke2 Bd4 (72... Bd4 73. Bd7 Kg3 74. Bc6 f4 75.
Kf1 f3 76. Be8 Kf4 77. Bd7 Ke3 78. Ke1 f2+ 79. Kf1 Kd2 80. Ba4 Kc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bd3 e6 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 Qc7
15. a4 Be7 16. a5 O-O 17. O-O Bd7 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. Qg3
f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Rad1 Be8 24. Rfe1 Bf7 25. Bd4 Bg6 26. Rd2 Rf7 27. Qe3 Nh5
28. Bc5 Bf6 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Nf4 31. Re1 h6 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Bb6 Rd7 34.
g3 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Ng5 36. h4 Nf7 37. Ne4 Bxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Nd6 39. Nf5 Nxe4 40. Rxd7
Rxc2+ 41. Kf3 Nd2+ 42. Kg4 Nc4 43. Ne7+ Kf7 44. Nc6+ Ke6 45. Rxb7 Rxb2 46. Kh5
Kd5 47. Ne7+ Ke4 48. Nc8 Kf3 49. Rc7 Rb5+ 50. Kg6 Nxa5 51. Bc5 Rb7 52. Rxb7
Nxb7 53. Bf8 Kxg3 54. h5 Kg4 55. Nb6 a5 56. Nd5 Bd4 57. Ne7 Bc5 58. Bxg7 Bxe7
59. Kxh6 Kf5 60. Kh7 Bf6 61. h6 Nd8 (61... Nd8 62. Bf8 Ne6 63. Bd6 Ng5+ 64. Kg8
Kg6 65. Kf8 Kxh6 66. Ke8 Bb2 67. Kd7 a4 {und das Matt mit Lдufer + Springer
wird wohl zu schaffen sein.}) 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 16th"]
[Site "Buekfuerdo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
O-O a6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. f4 O-O 12. f5 Na5 13. Nf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bd7
15. Nh5 Bc6 16. Bg5 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 exf5 19. exf5 f6 20. Qd2 Rfe8
21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Ne2 Re5 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. Kg1 Qh5 25. Rde1 Qg4 26. h3 Qg3 27.
Nxc6 bxc6 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Qd3 Re8 30. Qc4+ Qd5 31. Qxd5+ cxd5 32. Kf2 $18 {
Die schwarze P-Struktur ist zu schlecht.} Re5 33. g4 d4 34. Rd1 Re3 35. Rxd4
Rxh3 36. Ke2 Rg3 37. Rxd6 Rxg4 38. Rxa6 h5 39. Kf3 Rg5 40. Ke4 Rg2 41. c4 {
Klarer weiЯer Gewinn mit verbundenen Freibauern und aktivem K.} h4 42. b4 Rxb2
43. b5 h3 44. Kd5 g5 45. fxg6 Kg7 46. Ra1 Kxg6 47. Kc6 Kf5 48. b6 Ke4 49. Rh1
1-0

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. f4
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Qb4+ 12. Nd2 f5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qf3
Bb7 15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. Qxb4 Bxb4 17. a3 Be7 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Kf2 c5 20. c3 Rd3
21. Be3 Rhd8 22. Rhe1 a6 23. Re2 Bxf3 24. Kxf3 c4 25. Kf2 R8d5 26. g3 Kd7 27.
Rae1 h6 28. Bc1 Rd1 29. h4 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 {[#] blockierte weiЯe Mehrheit am
Damenflьgel, schlechter wL, Raummangel, weiЯe Bauernschwдche g3 sind klare
Verlustmerkmale} g6 31. Bd2 Rd3 32. Rg2 Kd6 33. Kd1 e5 34. Ke2 e4 35. Be3 Ke6
36. Rg1 Be7 37. Rh1 h5 38. Rb1 Kd5 39. Bf2 Bc5 40. Be1 Re3+ 41. Kf1 Rf3+ 42.
Ke2 Re3+ 43. Kf1 Rd3 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. a4 Bb6 46. Ra1 Re3+ 47. Kf1 Rf3+ 48. Ke2
Bg1 49. Rd1 Rd3 50. Rb1 Bh2 51. Bf2 Bxg3 52. Be3 Bxh4 53. b3 cxb3 54. Rxb3 Bd8
55. Rb8 h4 56. Ra8 Bb6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Petrov, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. a3 a6 10. Ba2 O-O 11. Qd3 Re8 12. Qg3 Qc7 13. Bh6 Nh5 14. Qg4 g6 15.
f4 b5 16. f5 Ne5 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qh3 Rb8 19. Rf2 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 d5
22. exd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Qc3 Ng4 25. Ng3 Bf6 26. Rxf6 Ngxf6 27. Rf1 Ng4
28. Rf4 Re5 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. Rxg4+ Bxg4 31. Bf4 Rbe8 32. h3 Bf5 33. Kh2 Be4
34. Qg3+ Kh7 35. Ne3 Qf6 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxf7 Rg5 38. Qh4 Bxg2 39. Ng4 Qf4+
40. Kxg2 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Rf5 44. Bd5 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+
46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 {[#] Taktik! (Fesselung, Springergabel)}
Qxc2+ $6 (48... Qf4+ $11) 49. Bg2 Qc7+ 50. Qg3 Qe7 $2 (50... Qxg3+ 51. Kxg3 h4+
52. Kxh4 Rf4 53. Kg5 Rxb4 $11) 51. Qd3 Qg5 $4 (51... Qc7+ 52. Kg1 Qc1+ 53. Bf1
Qg5 54. Be2 Kg7 $11) 52. Qxf5+ (52. Be4 $18) (52. Qxf5+ $1 Qxf5 53. Be4 Qxe4
54. Nf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 e6 (2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. f4 b5 12. Qf3 Bb7 {This
position can be reached by several different Sicilian variations, e.g.the
Paulsen as in the game, or more commonly, from the Benko var. in Sozin with an
extra move, as demonstrated here. ECO however, classifies it as Scheveningen.})
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nb3 d6 10.
f4 Nf6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. a3 (12. Qh3 Nb4 (12... Rb8 $6 13. Kh1 (13. Rae1 $1)
13... b4 14. Ne2 e5 (14... O-O $5) 15. Rae1 Bc8 $6 (15... O-O) 16. Qf3 O-O 17.
f5 d5 $2 (17... Rd8) (17... Bb7) 18. exd5 e4 19. Bxe4 Ne5 20. Bf4 $1 $18 {
Judasin-Garcia Ilundain/Leon/1992}) (12... b4 $5 13. Ne2 Na5 14. Nd2 $1 h5 (
14... d5 $5 15. e5 Ne4 16. f5 $5 $13) 15. Kh1 d5 16. exd5 (16. e5 $6 Ng4 $10)
16... Bxd5 {Waitzkin-Arnett/New York/1994} 17. Bd4 $14) (12... O-O $5 13. Kh1 (
13. g4 {/\14...b4 15.g5!-> Judasin} Rfe8 $5 {Judasin} (13... Nd7 $5 {Judasin}))
(13. Rae1) 13... Rac8 (13... Nb4 {Boensch} 14. Nd4 Rfe8 15. a3 Nxd3 16. cxd3
Bf8 17. Rf3 Rac8 18. Raf1 Qd8 19. Rg3 Rc5 20. f5 e5 21. Nf3 Rxc3 $5 22. bxc3 d5
$44 {Belikov,V-Ye Rongguang Moscow Alekhine op 1992 0-1 48}) 14. a3 (14. Rae1
Nb4 $10 15. e5 $140 $2 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd3 $1 17. exf6 Nxe1 $1 18. fxe7 Bxg2+
$19) (14. a4 $5 b4 15. Nb1 $13) 14... b4 15. Na4 $2 (15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Nd4 $10)
15... bxa3 16. bxa3 Rb8 17. Nb6 g6 18. Rab1 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Nf3 Bg7 $17 {
Zapolskis-Oll/Riga/zt/1995}) 13. a3 (13. Rae1 $6 e5 $5 (13... O-O 14. a3 (14.
g4 d5 $1 $132 (14... Rfe8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Nd4 Bf8 17. a3 (17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5
Ne5 19. Bd4 $13 {Popovic}) 17... Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nc5 19. Rd1 g6 20. b4 Nd7 21.
Rc1 Qd8 $10 {Ulibin-Popovic/MoskvaGMA/1989})) 14... Nxd3 15. cxd3 Rac8 16. Rc1
Qd7 17. Na5 $2 (17. Nd4 g6 $10) 17... Ba8 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. b4 Bd8 20. Qg3 e5 $1
$17 {Espig-Hort/Polanica/1977}) 14. Kh1 $6 (14. a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 O-O 16. Rc1
Qd8 $10 {Minic-Csom/Siegen 1971}) 14... O-O 15. a3 (15. Nc1 $6 Qc8 (15... Nxd3
16. cxd3 b4 17. Na4 Qd7 (17... Bc8 18. Qf3 Rb8 $15) 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 $15) 16. Qf3
Nxd3 17. cxd3 b4 $6 (17... Qd7 $15 {/\b4}) 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. fxe5
dxe5 21. Qg3 Qe6 22. Rf5 Bd6 $2 (22... g6 $5 $13 23. Rxe5 $140 $2 (23. Nc4 $2
Nxe4 $1) 23... Bd6 24. Rxe6 Bxg3 25. Rxf6 Bxe1) 23. Ref1 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 (
24... Rxd7 25. Rf6 Qe7 26. Bh6 $18) 25. Bg5 $16 {Girkiyan-Shusterman/Moskva/ol/
1994}) 15... Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rac8 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Qf3 $2 (18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. d4
$15) 18... a5 $1 19. d4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ne2 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rc2 23. Qd3 Qc6
$1 $17 {Thorhallsson-Mortensen/Reykjavik/zt/1995}) (13. Nd4 g6 (13... O-O 14.
a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qd8 $10 {Bellin-Gheorghiu,Teesside/1972} (16...
Qd7 $5 $10)) 14. a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Rc8 (15... Qd7 16. Nf3 Nh5 17. g4 Ng7 18.
Rac1 f6 19. Qh6 O-O 20. f5 $13 {Belikov-Kislev/RUS Army-ch/1994}) 16. Rac1 Qd7
17. Nf3 a5 $1 18. f5 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 e5 21. Ng3 $2 (21. Bg5 $13) 21...
Ba6 22. Rcd1 h5 $1 23. Ng5 Ng4 $17 {Lamoureux-Hauchard/Paris/1994}) 13... Nxd3
14. cxd3 O-O (14... e5 15. Rac1 Qd8 16. Nd2 (16. g4 $2 h5 $1 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18.
Qf3 Rh7 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. Ng3 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 a5 22. Be3 a4 23. Nd2 Qc8 $1 $17 {
Tukmakov-Csom/Zagreb/1971}) 16... O-O 17. d4 exd4 $2 (17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Rc8
$10) 18. Bxd4 Re8 19. Rce1 Qd7 20. f5 a5 21. Re3 b4 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Rg3 $16 {
Frolov-Smuter/Nikolaev/zt/1993}) 15. Rac1 Qd8 (15... Qd7 16. g4 $5 $40) 16. Nd4
Rc8 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Kh1 Nd7 $6 (18... g6) 19. f5 e5 20. Nf3 Nf6 21. h3 h6 22.
Qf2 d5 $5 23. Nxe5 dxe4 24. d4 $14 {Tischbierek-Heissler,Bundesliga/94/95}) (
12. a4 {Boensch} b4 13. Ne2 Na5 (13... O-O 14. a5 Rae8 15. Ng3 Bd8 16. Qe2 Qc8
17. Bd2 Nd7 18. c3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. e5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxa5 22. f5 $2 (22.
Rfb1 $10) 22... c4 $17 {Morozevich,A-Tosic,M Alushta 2 (01) 1994 1/2 42}) 14.
Nxa5 Qxa5 15. g4 Rc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Ng3 O-O 18. f5 Ne5 19. Qf4 exf5 20. Nxf5
Rfe8 21. Bd4 Bf8 $15 {Morozevich,A-Tregubov,P Alushta 2 (07) 1994 0-1 33})
12... O-O (12... b4 $6 {Boensch} 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Na5 $14) 13. Qh3 g6 $2 (
13... Rfe8 14. Rae1 g6 $6 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. f5 Bf6 17. Rf2 Nce5 18. fxe6 Rxe6 19.
Ref1 Bg7 20. Rxf7 Nxf7 21. Qxe6 $16 {Polgar,Zso-Damljanovic/Wijk-B/1990}) (
13... b4 $1 14. axb4 (14. Na4 Nd7 (14... bxa3 15. bxa3 Rab8 $15) 15. Rf3 e5 $2
(15... bxa3 16. bxa3 Rfe8 $15) 16. f5 bxa3 17. bxa3 Bf6 18. Qh5 $16 {
Torre-Saidy/Malaga/1969}) 14... Nxb4 15. Nd4 (15. e5 $2 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17.
Rxf6 (17. Bd4 Qh5 $19) 17... Nxd3 $19) 15... Nd7 16. Rf3 $6 (16. Qg3) 16... Nc5
17. f5 e5 18. Qh5 Nd7 19. Nde2 Nf6 20. Qh3 d5 $17 {Franco-Miles/Buenos Aires/
1979/Inf29/279}) 14. f5 exf5 (14... Bc8 15. Bg5 $16) 15. exf5 Ne5 16. Be2 $1
$16 (16. Bh6 {Boensch} Rfe8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rae1 Nfg4 $1 $36) 16... Nc4 17.
Bg5 (17. Bd4 $16 Ne5 $8) 17... d5 (17... Nxb2 {Boensch} 18. Rab1 Nc4 19. fxg6
fxg6 20. Qe6+ Kg7 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nd4 $44) 18. Kh1 (18. fxg6 $2 Qb6+ 19. Kh1
fxg6 $10) 18... Qb6 19. Rad1 (19. Rf4 $1 $16 {/\20.Raf1->}) (19. Bxc4 {Boensch}
dxc4 20. Rae1 $1 Rae8 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Be3 (22. Re6 Ng4 $3 $19) 22... Qc7 23.
Nd4 $13) 19... Nxb2 $5 20. Rd4 (20. Bxf6 {Boensch} Bxf6 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5
Rad8 $17) 20... Rac8 21. Rdf4 (21. Rh4 {Boensch  Stellt keine echte Drohung
dar. z.B.} Qd6 22. Bxf6 (22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Nd4 Qe5 $17) 22... Bxf6 23. Rxh7
Rxc3 $19) 21... d4 $1 (21... Nc4 $2 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Nd4 $40 (23. Qh4 $13 {
Boensch})) (21... Qd6 $1 {Boensch} 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Nd4 Rf7 $17) 22. Nxd4 (22.
fxg6 {Boensch} fxg6 (22... Rxc3 $2 23. Rxf6 $1 Rxh3 24. Rxb6 Bxg5 25. Rxb7 Rh4
26. gxf7+ Kg7 27. Nc5 Rh6 28. Bg4 $18) (22... hxg6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 $18)
23. Nxd4 $13 Rxc3 $4 24. Qxc3 Nd5 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qxb2 $18) 22... Rxc3 23.
Qxc3 Nd5 24. fxg6 $2 (24. Qg3 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 (25. Bxe7 $2 Bxg2+ $19) 25... Bxg5
26. Qxg5 Re8 $16 27. fxg6 $140 $2 Qxg6 $10) 24... hxg6 $2 $138 (24... Nxc3 25.
gxh7+ (25. Bxe7 $2 hxg6 $1 26. Bxf8 Nxe2 27. Nxe2 Nc4 $1 $17 (27... Kxf8 $4 28.
Rxf7+ Kg8 (28... Ke8 29. Rf8+ Ke7 30. R1f7+ $18) 29. Rf8+ Kg7 30. R1f7+ Kh6 31.
Rh8+ Kg5 32. h4+ Kg4 33. Rf4#)) (25. gxf7+ $2 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Bxg5 27. Rf8+ Kg7
28. R1f7+ Kg6 $19) 25... Kh8 $1 (25... Kxh7 $2 26. Rh4+ Kg6 (26... Kg7 $2 27.
Nf5+ $18) (26... Kg8 27. Bxe7 Bxg2+ (27... Re8 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Rf6 $140 $1 $18
Qxd4 30. Rh6#) 28. Kxg2 Nxe2 (28... Qb7+ 29. Kh3 $1 Nxe2 (29... Qxe7 $2 30.
Rg1+ $18) 30. Bf6 $18) 29. Rg4+ Kh7 30. Bxf8 Qb7+ (30... Nxd4 31. Rxf7+ Kh8 32.
Bg7+ $18) 31. Rf3 $16 (31. Nf3 $16)) 27. Bxe7 (27. Rh6+ $2 Kxg5 28. Rxb6 Be4 $1
$13 (28... Nxe2 $4 29. Rf5+ Kh4 30. Rh6+ Kg4 31. h3+ Kg3 32. Nxe2#) 29. h4+
$140 $2 Kxh4 30. Rf4+ Kg3 $1) 27... Bxg2+ (27... Nxe2 $2 28. Rg4+ $1 Kh7 (28...
Kh5 29. Rf5+ $1 Kxg4 30. h3+ Kg3 31. Nxe2#) 29. Bxf8 Nxd4 (29... Bd5 30. Rf5
$18) 30. Rxf7+ Kh8 31. Bg7+) 28. Kxg2 Qb7+ 29. Kh3 $1 Qxe7 30. Bh5+ $1 (30.
Rg1+ Qg5 31. Bh5+ Kh6 $13) 30... Kg5 (30... Kh7 31. Bxf7+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kxf7 33.
Rh7+ Kg6 34. Nxe7+ $18) 31. Rf5+ Kh6 32. Bxf7+ Qxh4+ $8 (32... Kg7 $2 33. Rg4+
Kh6 34. Rh5#) 33. Kxh4 $18) 26. Bxe7 Nxe2 $1 27. Bf6+ (27. Nxe2 Bxg2+ $1 28.
Kxg2 Qb7+ $19) 27... Qxf6 $1 (27... Kxh7 28. Rh4+ Kg6 29. Rg4+ $10) 28. Rxf6
Nxd4 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Bc6 $15) 25. Qg3 (25. Qxb2 {Boensch} Bxg5 26. Rg4
$1 $16) 25... Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Bxg5 (26... Bd6 27. Bf6 $1 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 $18 {
/\29.Qh4}) 27. Qxg5 Qd8 (27... Rd8 28. Nf5 $18) (27... Bc8 28. h4 $16) 28. Qh6
(28. Qxd8 {Boensch} Rxd8 29. h4 $15) 28... Re8 29. h3 $4 $138 (29. Rh4 Qf6 30.
Nf5 $3 (30. Qh7+ {Boensch} Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 (31... Qxh8 32. Rxh8+ Ke7 33. Rxe8+
Kxe8 $10) 32. Qxf6+ (32. Qh6 Qf2 $17) 32... Kxf6 $17) 30... Bxg2+ (30... Rxe2
31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Qxh8 33. Rxh8#) 31. Kg1 $1 Qb6+ 32. Nd4 $18) 29... Nc4
$15 30. Bf3 $2 (30. Rh4 Qf6 31. Qh7+ (31. Nf5 $2 Qa1+ $1 32. Kh2 gxf5 33. Qg5+
Qg7 $19) 31... Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 $1 (32... Qxh8 33. Rxh8+ Ke7 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35.
a4 $10) 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $15 (33... Kxf6 {Boensch} 34. Rf4+ Kg7 $15)) (30. Bxc4 {
Boensch} bxc4 $17) 30... Bxf3 31. Nxf3 Qd1+ $1 32. Kh2 Qd6 $17 33. h4 $2 (33.
Kh1 {Boensch} Qxa3 34. Ng5 Qc1+ $19) 33... Re4 34. g3 Re2+ 35. Kh3 (35. Kh1 {
Boensch} Qd1+ 36. Ng1 Re1 $19) 35... Qd7+ $1 36. g4 (36. Rg4 {Boensch} Ne3 $19)
36... Qd1 $19 37. Rd4 (37. Rxf7 {Boensch} Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Rg2+ 39. Kf4 Qc1+ $19)
37... Qf1+ 38. Kg3 Rg2+ 39. Kf4 Qc1+ 40. Nd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "CZE-chT 0001"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2000.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.11.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brno Lokomotiva"]
[BlackTeam "Praha Holdia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Na5 $6 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. Qe2 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nb3 $1 $14
Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Rc8 (14... Rd8 15. Rd2 O-O 16. Rhd1 $14) (14... O-O-O 15. Qe3
Ne5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Rd3 $14) 15. Qd2 Rc6 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Re3 Rd8 18. f4 b5 19.
Kb1 Nc5 20. Qd4 Rcc8 21. f5 $16 Rb8 22. Rg3 (22. f6 $5 Qxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Nd5
$1 exd5 24. exd5 Qc7 25. Qxf6 Nd7 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qh4+ Kf8 29.
Rf1 Ne5 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Rxf7+ $18) 23. e5 Qg5 24. exd6 Nd7 25. b4 e5 26. Qe4
f5 27. Rg3 Qf6 28. Qc6 $36) 22... f6 23. fxe6 (23. b4 $142 $1 Na4 24. fxe6
Nxc3+ 25. Rxc3 Qxe6 26. Rc6 Rbc8 27. Qd5 $1 $16 (27. Rxa6 $6 Rxc2 28. Kxc2 Qc8+
) (27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxe4) 27... Qxd5 28. exd5 Rxc6 29. dxc6 Kf7 (29... d5
$2 30. Rxd5 $1) (29... Rc8 30. Rxd6 Rc7 31. b3 $1 Kf7 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Ke7
34. c5 $18) 30. c7 Rc8 31. Rxd6 Rxc7 32. Rxa6 Rc4 (32... Re7 33. Rb6 Re1+ 34.
Ka2 Re2 35. Kb3 Rxg2 36. Rxb5 g5 (36... Rxh2 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. b5 h5 39. b6 Re2
40. Rb8 h4 41. c4 $18) 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. b5 Rxh2 39. b6 Re2 40. Rb8 Kf5 41. c4
g4 42. c5 $18) 33. c3 Rg4 $16 34. g3 h5 35. Rb6 h4 36. gxh4 Rxh4 37. Rxb5 Rxh2
38. Rb7+ Kg6 39. Rb8 Kf5 40. b5 g5 41. b6 g4 42. c4 $18) 23... Kh8 $8 24. Nd5
$6 (24. b4 Nxe6 25. Nd5 $14) 24... Qxe6 25. b4 Nxe4 26. Re3 f5 27. g4 Re8 28.
Nc7 (28. gxf5 Qxf5 29. Rde1 Nf6 30. Nxf6 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Qxf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33.
Re6 $11) 28... Nd2+ 29. Rxd2 Qxe3 30. Nxe8 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxe8 32. gxf5 Rd8 33.
b3 Kg8 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 $8 Rf8 36. Rc6 Rxf5 37. Rxa6 Rb5 (37... d5 38. b5
d4 39. b6 Rb5 40. Kc2 Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rd7 $11) 38. Rxd6 Rxb4 39. Rd3 {
(1.59-1.52)} g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. g4 Bc6 11. f3 Ng6 12. Bg3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bb5+ Bc6 17. Nxd4 Ne7 18. O-O-O a6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxc6+
bxc6 21. Rd3 Be7 22. Rhd1 h5 23. Rd7 hxg4 24. fxg4 Bg5+ 25. Kb1 Bh4 26. Rc7
Bxg3 27. hxg3 a5 28. a4 O-O 29. Rxc6 Kh7 30. Rd7 Kg6 31. Rcc7 e5 32. Kc1 Rad8
33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Ra7 Kg5 35. Rxf7 Kxg4 36. Re7 Kxg3 37. Rxe5 Kf4 38. Rxa5 g5
39. Ra7 g4 40. a5 Rg8 41. Kd2 g3 42. Rf7+ Ke4 43. Rf1 g2 44. Rg1 Kf3 45. b4 Kf2
46. Rxg2+ Kxg2 47. b5 Kf3 48. Kd3 Kf4 $2 (48... Rd8+ $1 49. Kc4 Ke4 50. b6 Rc8+
51. Kb5 Kd5 $1 (51... Rxc2 52. a6 Kd5 53. a7 Rb2+ 54. Ka4 $18) 52. b7 (52. a6
Rc5+ $1 53. Kb4 Rc4+ 54. Kb5 $10 (54. Kb3 $2 Rc6 55. b7 Rb6+ {/\Kd5-c6-+}))
52... Rxc2 53. Kb6 Rb2+ 54. Kc7 Rc2+ 55. Kd7 (55. Kd8 Rb2 56. a6 Kc6 57. Kc8
Rh2 $10) 55... Rb2 56. a6 Rb6 $1 57. Kc8 Rc6+ 58. Kd8 Rd6+ 59. Ke8 Re6+ 60. Kf8
Rf6+ 61. Kg8 Rg6+ 62. Kh8 Rh6+ $10 63. Kg7 $4 Rb6 $19) 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Kd5 Rd8+
51. Kc6 Ke6 52. a6 Rd6+ 53. Kb7 Rd7+ 54. Kb6 Rd6+ 55. Ka5 Rd7 56. c4 Ke7 57. b6
Rd1 58. b7 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 56th"]
[Site "Tarvisio"]
[Date "2017.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tutisani, Noe"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Karthikeyan,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Be3 $5 Ng4 (
7... e6 8. Qe2 {transposes to the Velimirovic Attack.}) 8. O-O $2 (8. Nxc6 bxc6
(8... Nxe3 $4 9. Bxf7+ {wins the queen}) 9. Bd2 g6 $11 {and Black gets a
comfortable version of a Dragon.}) 8... Nce5 (8... Nxe3 9. fxe3 e6 10. Qh5 $11)
9. Bb3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 e6 11. Nf3 {Otherwise the knight on e5 is simply strong.}
Be7 {simplest} (11... Ng6 12. Qd4 $11 {[%csl Yf8] the f8-bishop becomes
passive as it cannot be developed without weakening anything.}) (11... Nc6 12.
Nb5 Qb8 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh3 $13) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qg4 (13. Qh5 Bf6
(13... O-O 14. Qxe5 Bf6 {is also possible} 15. Qg3 Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 $15) 14.
Rad1 Qe7 $17) 13... O-O 14. Rf3 $5 {As White is weak in creating counterplay
on the central files, his only chance is to create an attack on the kingside.}
b5 {[%csl Yb3]} 15. Raf1 a5 (15... g6 16. Qg3 b4 17. Ne2 Bb5) (15... b4 16. Nd1
a5 17. Bc4 $15) 16. a4 (16. a3 b4 (16... a4 17. Ba2 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 $17) 17.
axb4 axb4 18. Ne2 Qb6 $17) 16... bxa4 17. Nxa4 (17. Bxa4 Bxa4 18. Nxa4 Qc7 $17)
17... Rb8 18. Qh5 Qe8 (18... Bb5 $5 19. c4 (19. Rh3 h6 20. Ra1 Bxa4 21. Rxa4
Rb4 $17) 19... Be8 $19) 19. Rh3 h6 20. Rg3 Kh7 $6 (20... Bg5 21. h4 (21. Nc5
Bb5 22. c4 Qe7 23. cxb5 Qxc5 $17) 21... g6 22. Qg4 Be7 $17) 21. Qxe5 f6 $6 (
21... Rg8 22. Ra1 Bf6 $17 {was also possible.}) 22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Qb7 $2 (23. Qa7
Bd6 24. Rd1 Rc7 25. Qxa5 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qb8 $15 {and White has very good
chances to get equality.}) 23... Bd6 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Rd1 $2 (25. Nb6 Rc7 26.
Qe4+ Kh8 27. Nxd7 Qxd7 (27... Rxd7 28. Rgf3 Rdf7 29. g4 Bxb2 {Black is a pawn
up but due to the opposite-coloured bishops, White has very good chances of
saving the game.}) 28. Qxe5 (28. Rgf3 Rb8) 28... fxe5 29. Rxf8+ Kh7 30. c3 $17
{and White has very good chances to try for a draw.}) 25... Rc7 26. Qe4+ Kh8
27. Rg4 Bc6 28. Qd3 (28. Qg6 Qxg6 29. Rxg6 h5 $19 {[%csl Rg6]}) 28... Qh5 29.
Bxe6 (29. h3 Rd7 30. Qe2 (30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 f5 $19) 30... Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1
f5 32. Rd4 Qg5 $19) 29... f5 (29... f5 30. Rf4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Bxa4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Alzate, Dario"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Colombia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "COL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. a4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be2 Qc7 11. f4 b6 12. Bf3 a6 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Qc4
{The idea is, in this case, dubious.} Bb7 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 b5 18. axb5
axb5 19. Qc3 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 {White probably got about this far and thought it
looked reasonable, but Black's pieces flood into action:} Bf6 21. Qf3 Nb4 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qd1 Qe4 24. c3 Nd3 25. Qc2 Qe2 26. Bd2 Ra8 27. Qb1 Ra4 {A fine
co-linearmove - see my article in CBM 64!} 28. Rf3 Rxa1 29. Qxa1 Nxb2 30. Re3
Rxe3 31. Bxe3 h5 32. Bg1 Nd3 33. Qa6 Nxf4 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Ng6 36. Nd4
Bxd4 37. Bxd4 f6 38. h3 Kh6 39. Bf2 Qe5 40. Qd3 f5 41. Bd4 Qe4 42. Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.11.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Diese Partie erhielt nicht nur den Spezialpreis fьr die "Beste Partie" beim
Belgrader Invest Turnier, sondern galt auch als die Partie des Jahres 1995.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3
Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Bd3 Neg4 11. Bc1 g6 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. f4 {Topalov
strebt das Maximum an (wie stets): h3 und nach dem Rьckzug des Springers wьrde
Be3 folgen.} Nh5 $1 15. Nd5 (15. Bd2 $5) 15... Qd8 16. Bd2 (16. O-O O-O 17. h3
Ngf6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $11) 16... e6 $1 17. Ba5 $5 {Typisch Topalov: Jede
Herausforderung wird angenommen.} (17. Qxg4 exd5 18. Qf3 O-O 19. O-O dxe4 20.
Bxe4 $11) 17... Qh4+ 18. g3 Nxg3 19. Nc7+ {Nach} (19. hxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kd2 exd5
21. exd5+ Kd7 {steht der weiЯe Kцnig gefдhrdeter.}) 19... Ke7 20. hxg3 Qxg3+
21. Kd1 Nf2+ 22. Kd2 Nxh1 23. Nxa8 $2 {Dieser Fehler ist schwer zu begreifen:
Topalov vermeidet eine Zugwiederholung und gibt Schwarz seinerseits die
Mцglichkeit zur Zugwiederholung.} (23. Rxh1 Qxf4+ (23... Rb8 24. Bb6 $11) 24.
Kd1 Rb8 25. Bd2 Qg3 26. Be1 Qf4 {mit Zugwiederholung.}) 23... Qxf4+ 24. Qe3
Qh2+ 25. Qe2 Qf4+ 26. Qe3 Qh2+ 27. Qe2 Bh6+ $1 {Kramnik will auch mehr als ein
Remis.} 28. Kc3 ({Schwдcher ist} 28. Kd1 Qg1+ 29. Qe1 Qg4+ 30. Be2 Qxe4 31. Nb6
Be3 {mit Vorteil fьr Schwarz (Kramnik).}) 28... Qe5+ ({Objektiv besser ist
vielleicht} 28... Qxe2 29. Bxe2 Ng3 $17 {Die weiЯen Figuren stehen
unkoordiniert, der Pe4 ist sehr schwach und der schwarze h-Bauer wird ganz
schnell sein.}) 29. Kb4 Ng3 30. Qe1 Bg7 (30... Qxb2 $5) 31. Nb6 $2 ({Die beste
Verteidigung bestand in} 31. Rb1 Bd7 32. Ka3 {Doch nach} Rxa8 33. Bc3 Qf4 34.
Bxg7 {steht Schwarz auch ein wenig besser; in Frage kommt z.B. 34...e5.}) 31...
d5 $19 32. Ka4 (32. exd5 Qd6+ 33. Kc4 Qf4+ 34. Kc5 Bd7 35. a4 {wird widerlegt:}
Be5 $1 {(Burgess/Nunn/Emms)} 36. Nxd7 Kxd7 37. dxe6+ (37. c4 Rc8+ 38. Kb4 exd5
$19) 37... fxe6 38. Bd2 Rc8+ 39. Kb6 Bd4+ 40. Ka5 Bb6+ $1 41. Kxb6 Qc7+ 42. Ka7
b5+ 43. Kxa6 Ra8+ 44. Kxb5 Rb8+ 45. Ka6 Qb6#) 32... Bd7+ 33. Nxd7 b5+ 34. Kb4
Kxd7 35. Bb6 Qxb2 {Schneller und sicherer gewann} (35... Nxe4 $1 36. Bxe4 Qxb2
$3 37. Bd3 Kc6 $3 {Das wдre noch schцner gewesen!}) 36. exd5 Rc8 37. dxe6+ Ke8
$1 {[#]} 38. Bc5 $6 {Verliert schnell ebenso wie} (38. c4 $2 Ne4 $3 {: schauen
Sie selbst!}) ({Etwas zдher ist} 38. Bxb5+ axb5 39. exf7+ Kxf7 40. Qxg3 Qc3+
41. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 42. Kxb5 Bxa1 43. Nxa1 h5 {und WeiЯ steht nur materiell besser,
hat aber den schwarzen Bauern wenig entgegen zu setzen.}) 38... Bc3+ $1 39.
Qxc3 a5+ 40. Kxb5 Qxc3 {Quellen: "Informator 65" (Kramnik) Burgess/Nunn/Emms
"The World's Greatest Chess Games" Schach 1/1996} 0-1

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 exf5
15. exf5 Bc6 16. Qe1 (16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Rad1 Nd7 (17... b5 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qf2
Qd8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nf6 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qa3 $16 {
Ehlvest,J-Ye Jiangchuan/Beijing 1998/}) 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nf6
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. c4 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1996/})
16... Rae8 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qf2 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (18. Qg4 Bf6 19. Rad1 Bxd4+ 20.
Qxd4 Re5 21. Qxd6 Rxf5 22. Rxf5 Qxf5 23. Rf1 Qc8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Nf6 26.
Qf5 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Scholl,E-Langeweg,K/Leeuwarden 1972/}) 18... Bf6 19. Bb6 (19.
Rad1 $5) 19... Qb4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nf4 (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Rab1 Qe5 23.
Bxb7 $16) 22. c3 Qb5 23. Qxf4 Qxb6+ 24. Qf2 Qb5 25. Bf3 Qxf5 26. Bxb7 Qb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bg5 a6 9. O-O Ne5 10. Be2 Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bh5 Qc7 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. Qe2 b5 16. e5 Ne8 (16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ne4 $40) 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Na5 d5 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. b4 Bc8 22. Nb3 f6 23. Nc5 g5
24. Ne2 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Qxe5 26. Qh3 Qf5 27. Qb3 Qe5 28. Rde1 Qd6 29. Nfxe6 Bxe6
30. Rxe6 Qd8 31. Nxa6 Rf7 32. Rfe1 Nc7 33. Nxc7 Rxc7 34. h3 Kf7 35. Qf3 Rd7 36.
Qh5+ Kf8 37. a3 Rf7 38. Qh8# {White's flag fell after making his 37th move and
the arbiter declared it 0-1 even though White mated Black} 0-1

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch Dorfman} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5 {Dorfman}) 7... e6 8. Bf4 $5 (8. O-O {Dorfman}) (8. Bg5 {
Dorfman}) 8... Ne5 9. Be2 a6 $8 (9... Be7 10. Be3 $1 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. f4 $16
) 10. Bg3 (10. Qd2 Qc7) (10. O-O {Boensch} Qc7 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. a5
Rc8 14. Be3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 O-O 17. g4 $6 (17. Qe1 $5) 17... d5 18. e5
Ne8 19. Nb3 g6 20. Bd4 f6 $15 {Sion Castro,M-Gulko,B Leon(4) 1992 0-1 44 -CBM
31}) (10. Be3 {Boensch} Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O $14 {Zaitsev,I-Serper,G Moskow7 op 1991 1-0
41}) 10... h5 $3 (10... Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. e5 $1 (12. Bxc4 {Dorfman} Qxc4 13.
Qf3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. f5 $1 $16) 12... dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 (13... Nxb2 $2
14. Qd4) 14. Qd4 Nfd7 15. O-O-O $36) 11. h3 (11. f4 $2 Neg4) (11. f3 Qc7 12.
Qd4 $6 h4 13. Bf2 b5 $1 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qd2 b4 16. Na2 d5 $1 $132) (11. f3 $5 {
Boensch}) 11... Qc7 (11... g5 $5 {Dorfman}) 12. f4 (12. a4 Bd7 $1 13. Qd4 Rc8
$10) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 (13. Qd4 b5 14. e5 (14. a4 e5 $1) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5
Bb7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qf2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 $13) 13... Qxc4 14. Qf3 h4 $1 (14...
Bd7 {Dorfman} 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Bh4) 15. Bh2 (15. Bf2 b5 $1 16. e5 (16. O-O-O
Qc7 $15) 16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. O-O-O dxe5 20. fxe5 Bf5 $1
$10) (15. Bf2 $5 {Dorfman}) 15... Bd7 (15... b5 $2 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 exd5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. O-O-O $16) 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Rhe1 (17. Rd2) (17. e5
{Dorfman} Bc6 18. Qf2 Ne4 $17) (17. Rd2 $5 {Boensch}) 17... b5 $1 18. Qf2 $2 (
18. a3) (18. Rd2 $10) (18. Rd2 $5 {Boensch}) 18... Qc7 $1 19. e5 (19. a3 a5 $40
) 19... b4 20. Rd3 $5 (20. exf6 bxc3 21. f5 cxb2+ (21... e5 $17 {Boensch}) 22.
Kb1 e5 $1 23. fxg7 Bxg7 $17) (20. Nb1 {Dorfman} dxe5 (20... Nh5) 21. fxe5 Nh5 (
21... g6 22. Bf4)) 20... dxe5 21. fxe5 bxc3 (21... Nh5 {Dorfman} 22. Ne4) 22.
Rxc3 (22. exf6 Qxh2 (22... cxb2+ {Boensch} 23. Kb1 Qxh2 24. Qd4 Qc7 $19) 23.
Rxd7 $1 Qg3 $1 24. Qxg3 hxg3 25. Ra7 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 gxf6 27. Rxa6 f5 $17) 22...
Qxc3 $5 (22... Qb8) (22... Qb8 {Dorfman} 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rf1 Rh7 $1 (24...
Rg8 $2 25. g4 $1 $16)) 23. bxc3 Ba3+ 24. Kd2 $2 (24. Kb1 $1 Nd5 25. Bf4 $1 {
/\ Bc1}) (24. Kb1 $5 {Boensch}) 24... Nd5 25. Re4 Rxc3 26. Rg4 (26. Rd4 {
Dorfman} Bb2) (26. Qa7 {Dorfman} Bc8) (26. Rxh4 {Dorfman} O-O 27. Qe2 Rfc8 28.
Qh5 Rxc2+ 29. Ke1 Bb4+ 30. Kf1 Bb5+ 31. Kg1 Rc1+ 32. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 Rf1+
34. Kg3 Be1+ 35. Kg4 Ne3+ $19) 26... O-O $1 27. Qxh4 Rfc8 28. Nd4 Bb4 29. Ke2 (
29. Kc1 {Dorfman} Ne3) 29... Bb5+ $1 30. Nxb5 (30. Kf2 Rxc2+ $1 31. Nxc2 Rxc2+
32. Kf3 (32. Kg3 Be1+) (32. Kg1 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Be1+) 32... Be2+ 33. Ke4 (33. Kg3
Be1#) 33... Rc4#) 30... Rxc2+ 31. Kf3 (31. Kd3 axb5 32. Rxb4 R8c3+ 33. Ke4 Rc4+
$19) 31... axb5 32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Qxb4 R8c3+ (33... R8c3+ {Boensch} 34. Ke4
Rc4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {plus sйrieux que la 3иme ronde} (2... a6 {Dussol,P (2232)
-Shirazi,K (2404) Malakoff 09th Op 2009 (3) 0-1}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 $5 {Une ligne secondaire beaucoup moins jouйe que e6 ou mкme
Qb6, l'effet de surprise a du jouer car le MI n'avait pas utilisй cette
variante depuis une dizaine d'annйes.} (6... e6) 7. O-O (7. Bb3 g6 $5 {
Transposant dans un dragon} 8. f3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 $6 O-O {
[%cal Gg7d4]}) 10... O-O {Bartel,M (2596)-Nisipeanu,L (2693) EU-ch 8th Dresden
2007 (11) 1/2}) 7... a6 (7... g6) 8. a4 (8. Bb3 Rc8 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Re1 e6 11.
Qd3 Be7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Rad1 a5 15. a4 Qd7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 b6
18. Rd3 h6 19. Qh4 b5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Rd4 e5 22. Rdd1 a4 23. Ba2 {Soltis,A 
(2405)-Shirazi,K (2460)/New York 1987/CBM 002/0-1 (45)}) 8... Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c4,
Gc6d4]} 9. Ba2 g6 $1 $146 {transposant dans une bonne variante du dragon} (9...
e6 $143 10. Be3 Be7 11. f3 Ne5 12. Qe2 h5 13. Qf2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 h4
16. Bb6 Qc8 17. a5 e5 18. Nd2 Rb4 19. Rfb1 Be6 20. Qe3 Qc6 21. b3 d5 22. exd5
Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. c4 {Straubinger,D (2125)-Seres,S (2204)/Hungary 2008/
EXT 2009/0-1 (37)}) 10. Nde2 Bg7 $11 11. h3 {[%cal Gc1e3]} (11. f3 $143 Qb6+)
11... O-O 12. Be3 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ng3 (14. Nxb5 $143 Nxe4 $132) 14... Ne5
15. Bd4 Nc6 16. Be3 {Nulle?} Ne5 17. Nce2 {Les blancs jouent pour le gain mais
ils prennent des risques} Qc7 18. c3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Qb7 $17 20. Bb1 Ra8 $1 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. b3 Ra1 $40 23. Bc2 Na5 24. Qd3 b4 25. c4 Bc6 26. e5 dxe5 27. Qd8+
{Mиne а des grandes complications car la Q blanche va risquer d'кtre enfermйe
dans son pйriple dans le camp adverse.} Bf8 28. Kh2 $2 Qa8 $2 (28... Nxb3 $1
29. Bxb3 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Ga1a8] enferme la Q!}) 29. Qc7 Bxg2 30. Rd1 {[%cal
Gd1d8]} Nc6 31. Kxg2 $1 {[%csl Ga8] sans peur de la dйcouverte de la Qa8} Ra7 {
[%csl Rc7]} 32. Qb6 $8 Nd4+ 33. Kf1 Rb7 $17 34. Qc5 {[%cal Gf8c5]} Nd7 (34...
Nxc2 35. Qxe5 Qc8) 35. Qd5 Nxc2 $13 36. Qe4 Nd4 37. Nxd4 exd4 38. Rxd4 Qc8 39.
Qe3 Ne5 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gc8h3]} 40. h4 e6 41. Nh5 $5 {suite illisible et gain
blanc au 69иme coup} (41. Qxe5 Bg7 42. Qe3 Bxd4 43. Qxd4 Rd7 {[%csl Rc1]} 44.
Qe3 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Qd8 $13) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bc4 Nf6 (7...
Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Ng5 $5 Nd4 $13) 8. Qd3 (8. Bg5 $5) 8... h6 {8.Qd3 hints at
Bg5 and 0-0-0, so I prevented it. Playing with Be3 is not especially effective,
especially with my pawn on a7.} 9. Nd5 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 (11. a3 $5 {
[%cal Yc4a2]}) 11... Qd7 (11... Kh8 $5 12. Nxf6 (12. Rd1 Na5 $1) 12... Bxf6 13.
Rd1 $14) 12. b3 $5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yc1a3]} Bxd5 13. Bxd5 (13. exd5 $6 e4 (
13... Nb8 $5) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qe2 exf3 16. Qxf3 d5 $11) 13... Bd8 $5 {
[%csl Gb6,Yd5][%cal Yd8b6,Yc6e7]} 14. Ba3 Bc7 (14... Ne7 $2 15. Bc4 $1 {
This move is rather difficult to deal with, though neither of us noticed it.} (
15. Bxd6 Nexd5 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. exd5 (18. Nxf7 $5 Qxe4 19. Qxe4
Nxe4 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. c4 Ndc3 22. Rfe1 Rd2 $140 23. Re3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc3,Ge3,
Re4][%cal Ye3c3,Ye3e4]}) 18... Qxe5 19. d6 $5 (19. Rad1 Bb6 20. Rfe1 (20. c4
Bc5 $15) 20... Bxf2+ $1 $11 21. Kxf2 Ng4+ 22. Kf3 $8 (22. Kg1 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1
Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qxg2#) (22. Kf1 Qf4+ 23. Kg1 (23. Qf3 Nxh2+ $19) 23... Qxh2+ 24.
Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2#) 22... Nxh2+ 23. Kf2 Ng4+ 24. Kf3 $11) 19... Bb6 20.
Rad1 Ne4 $132) 15... a6 (15... d5 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 17. Bxd5 $16) (15... Bc7 16.
Nxe5 $1 $16 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ya3e7]}) 16. Bxd6 b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxe5 Qe6
19. Nxf7 $16) (14... Bb6 15. Bxd6 $16) 15. Nh4 (15. Rad1 Rad8 $13 16. Nh4 Ne7
17. Bxb7 Bb6 18. Ba6 (18. Qxd6 Qxb7 19. Qxe7 Qxe4 20. Nf3 {Fritz says is good
for White.}) 18... Qg4 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. exf5 {Fritz likes White, but I feel
Black should have decent chances.}) 15... Nxd5 (15... Ne7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Ba6
Qg4 18. Nf5 (18. Qc4 $5) 18... Nxf5 19. exf5 {and again I feel Black should
get good play, though Fritz disagrees.}) 16. Qxd5 Ne7 17. Qxb7 Rfb8 (17... a5 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Yf8b8]} 18. Nf5 $1 $16) 18. Qa6 Qg4 $132 19. Nf5 (19. Nf3 Qxe4
$132) (19. Qc4 Rc8 $1 (19... Qxh4 20. Qxc7 Ng6 {[%csl Re4,Rg2][%cal Yg6f4,
Yh4e4]}) 20. g3 $5 (20. Nf3 Ba5 21. Qa4 (21. h3 $5) 21... Bxc3 22. Rad1 Ng6 23.
h3 Qh5 {[%cal Yg6f4] and I thought this promised good chances, though again
Fritz prefers White after} 24. Qd7 $1 {[%cal Yd7g4]}) (20. Nf5 Nxf5 21. exf5
Qxc4 (21... Qxf5 22. Qd5 $14) 22. bxc4 Bb6 $1 23. Bxd6 f6 $44 {[%csl Gb6,Rc3,
Rc4] Black has full compensation. White can probably keep the c3 pawn, but his
Rs will be so passive that Black will have no problems. He must also look out
for h6-h5, isolating the f5 pawn}) 20... Ba5 21. Qd3 (21. Qa4 Bxc3 22. Rad1 Bd4
23. Bxd6 Bxf2+ $1 $17) 21... Bxc3 22. Rac1 Bd4 23. Bxd6 $140 $2 (23. Nf3 $142
Nc6 $132) 23... Rd8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd3,Rd6,Gd8][%cal Yd8d3,Yd4f2]}) 19... Nxf5
20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Qc6 {White is probably a fraction better.} (21. Rad1 {
was the move he was about to play, but} Qc2 $1 {is annoying.} 22. Bb4 Bb6 $5
23. Rd5 (23. Rxd6 Rd8 $44)) (21. Qc6 Rc8 22. c4 (22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Rxc3
$11) 22... Bb6 (22... e4 $6 23. Bxd6 $1 Bb6 24. Qb7) 23. Qd5 $1 (23. Qxd6 Rd8
$44) 23... Bd4 24. Rac1 (24. Rad1 Qc2 25. Bxd6 Qxa2 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Rf3 Kh8 28.
c5 $36) 24... Rd8 25. Bxd6 Qd3 26. Kh1 $1 Qg6 27. c5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxd6 29.
Qxd6 (29. Qxe5 Qa6 $11) 29... Rxd6 30. Rxe5 Rd2 31. Ra5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Be3 $5 {
Dreamed up by the great inventor Dragoljub Velimirovic. The pawn sacrifice is
very risky and a few years ago this variation became popular. At the moment
theory is strangely not very well developed.} Qxb2 8. Ndb5 ({The other knight
move is too risky and tricky:} 8. Ncb5 Qb4+ 9. c3 Qxc4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8
Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 Bg4 (12... Ng4 $1 {is stronger.}) 13. Nxc6+ bxc6 14. Qb1 Qc4+ $2
(14... Nd7 {keeps the b8-square under control and guarantees Black a clear
advantage, as the knight on a8 has no prospects.}) 15. Kg1 Qa6 16. Qb8+ Bc8 17.
Qc7+ Ke8 18. Nb6 $1 {this move is winning.} Qb7 (18... axb6 19. Bxb6 {leeds to
huge problems for Black.}) 19. Qxc8+ Qxc8 20. Nxc8 Kd7 21. Nxa7 Nxe4 22. f3 Nc3
23. Kf2 Nd5 24. Rhc1 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 c5 26. Rab1 g6 27. Rb7+ Ke6 28. Kd3 Bh6 29.
Re1+ Kd5 30. Rexe7 c4+ 31. Kc2 Bf4 32. Rxf7 g5 33. g3 Be5 34. Rxh7 Rf8 35. Rb5+
Ke6 36. Rh6+ Kf5 37. Rxd6 {1-0 Mairena,M-Eng,K (2135)/Parsippany NJ USA 2003})
8... Qb4 9. Qe2 {Igor Zaitsev's improvement to the variation.} ({Velimirovic
played the weaker} 9. Bd3 $6 {, but this move is practically unplayable:} Qa5
10. Rb1 e6 11. Rb3 Qd8 12. O-O Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. Qf3 e5 15. f5 a6 16. Na3 b5
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 {with a serious black advantage.}) 9... Qa5 ({
The capture of the second pawn is very risky:} 9... Nxe4 10. Bxf7+ (10. Bd4 {
is weak:} Nxd4 $1 11. Qxe4 Nxc2+ $1 (11... e5 $1 12. O-O-O $1 Qxc4 13. Rxd4 Qc6
14. Nd5 $1 Be6 (14... Kd8 15. Rb4 $5 Be6 16. Rd1 $44) 15. Nbc7+ Kd8 {Dubinski,
R (2210)-Grachev,I (2265)/Moscow 1996} 16. Rc4 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Qa6 18. Rc7 {
with a strong initiative for the sacrificed material.}) 12. Kd1 $1 Bf5 $1 (
12... f5 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Qxc2 $1) 13. Bxf7+ $1 (13. Qxf5 Qxc4 $40) 13... Kd8
$1 14. Qxf5 Nxa1 15. Be8 $1 Kxe8 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Ne6+ Ke8 $11) 10... Kd8 $146
11. a3 Nxc3 12. axb4 Nxe2 13. Kxe2 e6 (13... g6 14. Nxa7 Rxa7 15. Rxa7 $1 (15.
Bb6+ Kd7 16. Rxa7 e6 $1 $13) (15. Bxa7 e6 $13 {- 13...e6}) 15... Nxa7 16. Bb6+
Kd7 17. Bd4 e5 18. Bxa7 $14) 14. Rhd1 ({Maybe} 14. Nxa7 {was no weaker:} Rxa7
$1 15. Bxa7 g6 16. Bb6+ Kd7 (16... Ke7 17. b5 Ne5 18. Bd4 Bh6 19. f4 Nxf7 20.
Bxh8 Nxh8 21. Ra8 Kd7 22. Rd1 $14) 17. b5 Ne5 18. Ra4 Be7 19. Bd4 Nxf7 20. Bxh8
Nxh8 21. c4 Nf7 $13) 14... a6 15. Bh5 d5 (15... Nxb4 $142 16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17.
Rxd6+ Kc7 18. Bf4 Nc6 $1 19. Rxe6+ Kb6 20. Rd6 $14) 16. Bb6+ Kd7 (16... Ke7 17.
Nc7 Rb8 18. c4 (18. Ra3 g6 19. Bg4 Bg7 $13) 18... dxc4 (18... Nxb4 19. Ba7 $16)
19. Ra3 $1 $16) 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. c4 Nxb4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rac1 $16 {Szabo,G 
(2440)-Miroshnichenko,E (2634)/Istanbul 2005}) ({Not recommended is another
knight move:} 9... Ne5 $5 10. Bb3 a6 11. Bd2 $1 (11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Bd2 Kxc7 13.
Nd5+ Nxd5 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 $40) 11... axb5 12. Nxb5 Qc5 13. Be3 Qb4+ $11 (13...
Qc6 14. Bd5 Qd7 15. Bb6 $1)) ({But a very interesting move which requires to
be tested is} 9... Bg4 10. f3 Nxe4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qxc3 (12... Be6 $5)
13. fxg4 e6 14. Rab1 Be7 15. Rxb7 O-O 16. Bb5 Bf6 17. Qf2 Qxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd4 19.
Bxc6 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Rac8 {with a big advantage.}) 10. O-O $146 {It can be the
new revival of the gambit line.} ({More than 10 years ago in Russia and in
Poland huge practical testing was done by the masters Pinski and Dubinski (one
is a famous journalist in Poland, the other a famous lawyer in Moscow!)} 10.
Bd2 Qd8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. f4 ({Another option in some way is
losing a tempo} 13. Bb3 a6 14. f4 (14. Nd4 Qc7 15. f4 Nd7 16. O-O g6 17. Rae1
Nf6 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Ba5 Qd7 20. Ba4 b5 21. Nxb5 O-O 22. Nc3 Qa7 23. Qxe7 Bd7
24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Qxd6 Rfc8 26. Qa3 Qd4 27. Qa4 Qxa4 28. Nxa4 Rxc2 {Renteria
Becerra,J (2215)-Minaya Molano,J (2260)/Bogota 1997/EXT 1998/1/2-1/2 (34)})
14... Ng4 15. Na3 (15. Nd4 Nf6 16. O-O g6 17. Rae1 Qb6 18. c3 (18. Be3 Qc7 19.
c4 {is more serious, as it is taking some additional space.}) 18... Qc5 19. Kh1
Bg4 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. f5 Bg7 22. Bg5 Kf8 23. Qe3 {1-0 Pourkashiyan,A (2241)
-Krush,I (2452)/Beijing CHN 2008. with compensation for the pawn.}) 15... Nf6 {
The variation was tested intensively by Polish IM Jan Pinski - with
exceptional results.} (15... Qc7 $6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Ba5 Qc5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8
Qxc8 20. c4 $1 $16 {Pinski,J (2295)-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A (2445)/Koszalin 1997}
) (15... g6 16. Bc3 Rg8 17. Nc4 (17. O-O $2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qc5 $1 19. Nc4 b5 20.
Bd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd6+ Kd8 22. Nxc8 Nh6 $1 $19) 17... b5 $1 18. h3 $1 (18. Ba5 $2
Qd7 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. a4 Bg7 $1 {><b6, a5}) 18... bxc4 19. Ba4+ Bd7 20. Bxd7+
Qxd7 21. hxg4 h5 $2 (21... Bg7 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Qxc4 $13) 22. gxh5 gxh5 23.
Rxh5 $16 {Pinski,J (2245)-Shishkin,V (2425)/Nadole 1997}) (15... f5 16. Nc4 b6
17. Bc3 Kf7 18. O-O Nf6 19. Ne5+ dxe5 20. fxe5 Nxd5 21. e6+ Kg8 22. Rxf5 Nxc3
23. Qf3 h6 24. Rf1 Bb7 25. Qxb7 Kh7 {1/2 Cela,A (2482)-Fedorowicz,J (2517)/New
York USA 2004}) 16. Nc4 Bg4 17. Qd3 b5 18. Na5 (18. Ne3) 18... Bd7 19. a4 g6
20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Bg7 22. axb5 O-O 23. c4 (23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. bxa6 Qb6 $44)
23... Nd7 {'!' Cvetkovic,Sr.} 24. Ba5 Nc5 25. Qc2 Qb8 {'-/+' Cvetkovic,Sr.} 26.
Bc3 Bxc3+ 27. Qxc3 Qb6 {Hector,J (2537)-Kotronias,V (2570)/Malmo 2007/CBM 118/
0-1 (41)}) 13... Bg4 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 (14... exd6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 (15... Bd7 16.
fxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5+ Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Bxe7 19. Bd3 $1 Bc5 20. O-O-O $11 {1/2
Pinski,J (2245)-Varga,P (2395)/Budapest 1997}) 16. Qe4 f5 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Qxb6
axb6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. O-O Kf6 21. h3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bh5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Rae1 Rxa2
25. Bd3 h6 26. h4 f4 27. Bxf4 Bxd3 28. Bxe5+ Kg6 29. cxd3 {Zufic,M (2439)
-Solomunovic,I (2418)/Zupanja 2009/CBM 129 Extra/1-0 (48)}) 15. Qxe5 Qc5 16.
Bb3 Bd7 17. Be3 Qa5+ 18. Kf2 Rg8 19. Rhe1 g6 20. Rad1 f6 21. Qe4 Kf7 {1-0
Zaitsev,I (2460)-Kiselev,S (2525)/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000}) 10... a6 ({It was
possible was to try to complete the development:} 10... e6 11. Rab1 Be7) 11.
Nd5 axb5 ({Possible was the other capture:} 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 axb5 13. Bxb5
Bd7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Bd2 Qc5 {and Black will complete his
development soon.}) 12. Bb6 Nxd5 ({The other queen sacrifice was playable:} 
12... bxc4 13. Bxa5 Rxa5 14. Qxc4 Rc5 15. Qb3 Nxe4 {, but the game would
become seriously unpredictable.}) 13. Bxa5 bxc4 14. exd5 Nxa5 15. Rab1 ({
More logical would be the concentration on the attack of the king:} 15. f4 g6
16. Rae1) 15... e6 16. Rb5 $5 (16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. f4 {was better, but White
wants to obtain an attack on the b-file, exploiting the dubious position of
the knight on a5.}) 16... Bd7 17. Rfb1 Bxb5 (17... Be7 $1 {would be a cool
reaction to the opponent's tricks.}) 18. Rxb5 Be7 19. Qe1 b6 (19... Bd8 20.
dxe6 g6 21. f4 f5 {is not recommended, the king stays in the centre.}) 20. dxe6
O-O 21. Rxb6 Rfc8 $6 (21... d5 $1 {was very simple and logical - the central
pawns must control the centre.}) 22. g3 (22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qe4 {was very good
immediately, but the move in the game is correct too.}) 22... h6 23. exf7+ Kxf7
24. Qe4 Kf8 ({After} 24... Bf6 25. Qd5+ Kg6 26. Rxd6 {Black wuold have
problems with the king and the knight.}) 25. Ra6 $1 {This move destroys
completely the coordination of Black's pieces - the position is lost.} d5 26.
Qf5+ Ke8 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Qxc8+ Kf7 29. Qf5+ Ke8 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qd7 Rxa2 (
31... Rc5 {was slightly more stubborn, but anyhow the queen is much stronger
in this position.}) 32. Qxd5+ Kf8 33. Qf5+ Bf6 34. Qc5+ Ke8 35. Qc8+ Ke7 36.
Qxc4 {He should have resigned here. It is not possible to create any defensive
line against two possible passed pawns.} Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Kd6 38. Qb4+ Kc7 39. Qc5+
Kd7 40. Qb5+ Kc7 41. c4 Ra2 42. c5 Rb2 43. Qd3 Rb4 44. Qd6+ Kc8 45. h4 Rb7 46.
c6 Rc7 47. h5 Kb8 48. f4 Be7 49. Qe5 Bf6 50. Qc5 Be7 51. Qb5+ Kc8 52. Qa4 Kb8
53. Qb3+ Ka7 54. Qa2+ 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Memorial op 15th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 {My opponent plays
this sharp move regularly against the classical system.} Qb6 {Topalov and
Kramnik played quite a few very instructive games against each other in this
line, we`ll take a look at them below.} 7. Ndb5 (7. Nxc6 {Besides this move
and the text there are also 7.Cde2 and 7.Cb3, both leading to unclear
positions.} bxc6 8. O-O {In their next encounter Kramnik chose} g6 {and after
a complicated struggle the game has evened and produced a draw:} (8... e6 $6 {
after the following game this natural move lost its good reputation.} 9. Qe2
Nd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Qc7 13. f4 Bb7 (13... Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
e5 $16) 14. Rad1 {White has an easy game and very unpleasant pressure in the
centre and on the kingside.} Rae8 15. Rd3 $1 c5 16. Bb5 $1 {/\ Bd7, Nc5} Bc6
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 $16 {and Topalov won a text-book game, see Topalov,
V-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1996}) 9. e5 $5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Qd4 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Rad1 Qc7
13. f4 Bg4 14. Qf2 e4 15. Rde1 Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. Bd4 Bg7 18. b3 O-O 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1997}
) 7... Bg4 {A rare move, aimed to provoke f2-f3, after which White won`t be
able to play Fc1-e3 at once.} ({normally Black plays} 7... a6 8. Be3 Qa5 {
or 8...Dd8} 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Bd3 Neg4 11. Bc1 g6 $13 {in yet another game
between Topalov and Kramnik,Beograd 1995 Inf 65}) 8. f3 (8. Nd5 {deserves
attention here as Black has to give up his bishop:} Nxd5 9. Qxg4 Nf6 10. Qe2 e6
11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. f4 a6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Bd3 g6 (15... Be7) 16. O-O
Bg7 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Qf2 Nb4 {but here too Black had no problems in
Velimirovic-Goldin,JUG-chT Niksic 1996}) 8... Bd7 9. Qe2 {It seems that White
has a huge lead in development however by playing a7-a6 and b7-b5 Black chases
the white pieces from the active positions, thus gaining time and obtaining a
good game.} a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 e6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bb3 b4 $1 {A good move,
Black forces the knight to retreat to a passive position.} (13... Be7 {is slow
and allows White to start an attack on the kingside:} 14. a3 $1 {preventing
b5-b4. White is not afraid to weaken his position on the queenside as the
bishop on b3 makes it very difficult for Black to attack. On the other hand,
g2-g4-g5 is threatening.} O-O 15. g4 Rfc8 16. g5 Ne8 17. Kb1 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4
19. f4 Rab8 20. Qe1 Bf8 21. f5 {and White developed a strong attack and won in
Velimirovic,D-Csom,I/Sombor 1972 Inf 14}) 14. Nb1 {This looks like the only
move but my opponent was thinking for over half an hour in this position,
trying to make a tempting 14.Cd5 work. In the end he made the right choice as
after} (14. Nd5 $6 {White has no sufficient compensation for the sacrificed
knight:} exd5 15. exd5 (15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. exd5 Bb5 17. Qe1 Be7 18. Bd4 Kf8 $17)
15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4+ Kd8 {and the black king will be safe on c7.}) 14... Be7
15. Nd2 {only this logical move is a novelty here.} (15. g4 {was played in 2
games, one of them was, yes, again Topalov-Kramnik!} Nxd4 (15... O-O $5 16. g5
Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bb5 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. f4 Bc6 20. Nd2 Nc5 {and Black got a good
position in Bogatirev,L-Khasin,A/RUS-ch sf Omsk 1975}) 16. Rxd4 e5 {led to a
very interesting game in Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Dos Hermanas 1996 Inf 66}) 15...
Nxd4 (15... Qc7 {is Kramnik`s recommendation in this position. Black is going
to exchange the knights on the next move followed by either Fd7-b5 or a6-a5-a4.
}) 16. Bxd4 Bb5 17. Qe1 ({or} 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 (19. Qxe5 Qc6
20. Ne4 (20. Qg3 a5 $1) 20... a5 $17) 19... Qc6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22.
fxe4 Rc8 {followed by 23...a5, with a small advantage for Black.}) 17... O-O (
17... Qc7 $5 {again deserved attention here, preventing Cd2-c4, and after} 18.
e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc6 {we get the position from the previous annotation}) 18.
Nc4 {now White manages to exchange his awkward knight (and this is for the
Black`s good bishop!) and to free himself} Bxc4 (18... Qc7 $2 {doesn`t work
because of} 19. Qxb4 d5 20. Qa5) 19. Bxc4 Rfc8 20. Bb3 Qb5 {threatening 21...a5
} 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 Qc6 {In this moment I thought that the White`s only
move was 23.Da5 but then 23...Tab8 followed by 24...Tb5 would cut the white
queen from the game completely. However my opponent has found a very good
defensive resourse.} ({I rejected} 22... Bc5 {because of} 23. Bxe6 $1 Bxd4 (
23... fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rd7 Be3+
29. Kb1 Qg5 30. Qe4 Qh6 31. Re1 Bg5 32. Qxb4 $16) 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Bxc8 Be3+
26. Kb1 Rxc8 27. Rhe1 Bc5 28. Re5 {followed by the kingside pawns advance, and
White is not worse here.}) 23. c3 $1 {Now the bishop can escape to c2. One can
imagine that White wasn`t very happy to play such a move, of course, but it
appears that it`s far from easy for Black to find a way to the white king;
Black`s problem is that the knight can`t join the attack.} a5 ({the variation} 
23... bxc3 24. Bxc3 Bb4 (24... Rab8 25. Kb1) 25. Rd3 a5 26. Rhd1 a4 27. Bc2 a3
28. Bb3 axb2+ 29. Kxb2 Bxc3+ 30. Rxc3 Qb6 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Qd6 $13 {looks
quite harmless for White.}) 24. Kb1 a4 25. Bc2 bxc3 (25... Bd6 $5 {was a try
to drive the white queen away from the square where it`s so well placed. Still,
after} 26. Qe2 {I don`t see how Black can get an advantage here.} {the line}
bxc3 (26... e5 27. Bxe5 Re8 28. Rxd6 (28. f4 Bxe5 29. fxe5 bxc3 30. Qf3 Qxf3
31. gxf3 Rxe5 32. bxc3 Rc5 $17) 28... Qxd6 29. Bxd6 Rxe2 30. cxb4 Rd2 31. Bg3
Nd5 32. a3 $13 {and the "b" pawn supported by 2 bishops is dangerous.}) 27.
Bxc3 Nd5 {leads to an interesting draw after} 28. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 (28... exd5 $2
29. Qd3 g6 30. Qd4 $18) 29. Rd1 Qc5 30. Qd3 Be5 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Bxa4 $1 Bxc3
(32... Rxa4 33. Bxe5 $18) 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Qh4+ Kg6 36. Bc2+ f5
37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ $11) ({the best was probably to defend
g7-pawn by} 25... Bf8 {thus freeing the knight. But there too after} 26. Be4 (
26. Qe2 bxc3 27. Bxc3 Nd5 28. Bd4 (28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Qd3 Qh6) 28... a3 $36)
26... Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb5 28. cxb4 Qxb4 29. Rhe1 Ra6 $15 {Black would have
hardly had any advantage.}) 26. Bxc3 Rab8 27. Rd3 $2 {An unfortunate place for
the rook.} ({Much better would`ve been} 27. Rc1 {taking control over the
"c"-file and White has nothing to fear:} Bf8 (27... Bd6 28. Qd4) (27... a3 28.
Bb3) 28. Rhd1 Nd5 29. Bd4 Qe8 30. Bd3 {and it`s Black who has to be careful
here.}) 27... Ba3 (27... a3 $6 {allows the bishop to return to its comfortable
place on b3:} 28. Bb3) (27... Bf8 {is also good:} 28. Rc1 (28. Qe2 Nd5 29. Be5
Rb4) 28... Nd5 29. Bd4 f6 30. Qe4 g6 {threatening 31...Bh6} 31. f4 Rb4 $17 {
and Black`s threats along the "b" and "c"-files are hard to meet.}) 28. Rc1 h6
$2 {A very poor move, wasting time and losing the advantage.} ({First I was
going to play} 28... Rb5 {but I didn`t know what to do after} 29. Qd4 {as I
didn`t see} (29. Bxa4 $2 Rxb2+ $1 30. Ka1 (30. Bxb2 Qxc1+) 30... Rxa2+ 31. Kxa2
Qxa4 {wins easily}) ({or} 29. Qe2 Qxc3 $1 30. Rxc3 Rxb2+ 31. Ka1 Rxc3 32. Qd2
Nd5 $17 {with the decisive advantage for Black.}) 29... Qb7 $1 30. Rdd1 Bxb2
31. Bxb2 Rb8 32. Bxh7+ (32. Qxa4 Rxb2+ 33. Ka1 Nd5) 32... Kxh7 33. Rc2 e5 $17 {
with a very big advantage.}) 29. Bd4 $2 {It`s White`s turn to make a mistake.}
(29. Qd4 {was winning a pawn:} Qc7 30. Qxa4 Be7 31. Qa5 {and White is
definitely better as} Qxh2 {doesn`t work in a view of} 32. Be5) 29... Bd6 30.
Qa5 $1 {Forcing the black rook to a8.} ({after both} 30. Qe2 Qb5) ({and} 30.
Qe1 Qb5 {Black has a strong pressure.}) 30... Ra8 31. Qe1 $1 {this nice
triangle with the queen allows White to hold the balance.} ({after} 31. Qb6
Qxb6 32. Bxb6 Bxh2 {Black wins a pawn as} 33. Ra3 {fails to} Be5 $1 34. Rxa4 (
34. Re1 Bxb2 $1) 34... Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Rb8) 31... Nd5 32. Be5 $4 {But this
mistake throws the game away. White probably wanted to neutralise the 32...Ff4
threat but this bishop on the long diagonal was very important for White and
without it White`s position collapses.} (32. Rdd1 {was simple and strong
threatening 33.Fh7.} {After} Qb7 33. Be4 (33. Qe4 g6 34. Bd3 Bf4 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8
36. g3 Be3 $1) 33... Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Rb8 $11 {the position would be about equal.
}) 32... Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qb5 $1 $19 {now White is helpless against the numerous
threats, the most basic ones are 34...Cc3 and 34...Tc2.} (33... Rab8 $2 {
was met by} 34. Rb3 $3) 34. Re1 {What else?} Rxc2 (34... Rab8 {was also
winning easily}) 35. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 36. Qxb2 Qxd5 {Black extra-pawn and open
position of the white king don`t leave White any chances for survival.} 37. Ka1
a3 (37... Rd8) 38. Qc3 Rb8 39. Rc1 (39. Rb1 Rxb1+ 40. Kxb1 Qd1+ 41. Qc1 Qd3+
42. Qc2 Qb5+ 43. Kc1 Qf1+ 44. Qd1 Qc4+ $1 {it`s more exact then 44...Dg2} (
44... Qxg2 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qd3+ f5 47. Qxa3 Qxh2) 45. Qc2 Qd4 46. Qb3 Qg1+ 47.
Qd1 Qxh2 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qd3+ f5 50. Qxa3 Qxg2 $19 {and the "h" pawn is
unstoppable.}) 39... Rb2 40. Qxa3 Rxg2 {The rest doesn`t require any comments.
The black kingside pawns will decide the game.} 41. h4 Qd4+ 42. Qc3 Qxh4 43.
Rc2 Rg3 44. Qd3 Qf6+ 45. Rc3 g5 46. a4 g4 47. Ka2 Rxf3 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Qd1 g3
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O O-O
14. a5 Qc7 $10 {Bischoff.K-Lau,R/BL/1993/1:0/59/}) 9... Bd7 (9... Be7) (9... a6
) 10. Be3 $1 (10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. a4 Ned7 14. f4 O-O 15.
Bf3 Rfd8 $13 {Smirin,I-Ruban,V/Tilburg/1994/0:1/46/}) 10... Qc7 (10... Qd8 11.
f4 $14) 11. Nb5 (11. f4 Nc4) 11... Qb8 12. f4 Neg4 (12... Nc6 13. Bf3 $14) 13.
Bxg4 (13. Nxd6+ $2 Bxd6 14. Bxg4 Bxf4 $17) 13... Bxb5 (13... Nxg4 $2 14. Nxd6+
Bxd6 15. Qxg4 $18) 14. Bf3 Be7 15. Nd4 Bd7 (15... Ba6 16. Qd2 {/\ 17 0-0-0} (
16. c4 $5 Bxc4 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Qc2)) 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. O-O a6 (17... Rc8 $6 18.
Nb5) 18. c4 O-O 19. b4 $1 $14 g6 (19... e5 $6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 exf4 22.
Bxf4 Qb6+ $6 23. Kh1 Qxb4 24. Rab1 $16) (19... Rfd8 $5) 20. Rac1 e5 21. Nb3
Rac8 22. a3 Rfd8 $6 (22... Be6 $5 23. fxe5 (23. Nd2 $6 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nd7) 23...
dxe5 24. c5 $14 (24. Nc5 $5)) 23. f5 $1 gxf5 24. exf5 Kh8 25. Bd5 Be8 26. h3 $6
(26. Rf3 $1 $16 {/\ 27 Rg3,Bh6} Nxd5 $2 27. cxd5 Qd7 28. f6 Bf8 29. Rh3 $18)
26... Nxd5 27. cxd5 Qd7 28. f6 (28. Bb6 $6 Rxc1) 28... Bf8 29. Rf5 Qb5 30. Qd2
(30. Qe4 {/\ 31 Rh5} Qe2 $132) 30... Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Qc4 32. Ne2 (32. Bh6 $6 Bd7
33. Bxf8 Rxf8 (33... Bxf5 $2 34. Qh6 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 $18) 34. Qh6 Rg8
35. Rh5 Qc2 $17) 32... Bb5 33. Ng3 Rc8 34. Rf2 Qb3 35. Nf5 Bd3 36. Ne7 Rc2 37.
Qe1 Rxf2 38. Qxf2 Be4 $6 (38... Qxa3 $2 39. Qh4 {/\ 40 Bh6} Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qf1 (
40... e4 41. Qg3 Qe5 42. Bf4 $18) 41. Qg4 $1 (41. Bh6 $2 Bxh6 42. Qxh6 Qf4+ $10
) 41... Bg6 42. Qc8 $18) (38... Bg6 $5) 39. Qg3 Bg6 40. Kh2 Qd3 41. a4 (41. Bc5
$5 Qxg3+ (41... dxc5 $2 42. Qxe5 {/\ 43 Qb8} Qd2 43. Qb8 Qh6 44. bxc5 Be4 45.
Qg3 $1 (45. c6 bxc6 46. dxc6 Bxg2) 45... Bg6 46. c6 bxc6 47. dxc6 Qc1 48. Qd6
$18 {/\ 49 Ng6}) 42. Kxg3 Bxe7 43. fxe7 f6 44. Bxd6 $14) 41... h6 (41... Qe4 $5
42. h4 h5) 42. Bc5 $1 dxc5 $4 (42... Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Bxe7 $1 44. fxe7 f6 45.
Bxd6 Be8 $14) 43. Qxd3 Bxd3 44. d6 $18 Bf5 45. Nxf5 Bxd6 46. Nxd6 cxb4 47.
Nxf7+ Kh7 48. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1997.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Mortensen,E"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O e5 9. Kh1 (9. Bg5 Qxb2 (9... Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. b3 Rd8 12. Rad1 Bg4 13.
Be3 Qc7 14. Rd2 Bh5 15. f4 Ng4 16. f5 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. d6 Rxd6 19. Qxe4 Rxd2
{0-1 Neelakantan,N-Annageldiev,O/Calcutta op 1996/EXP 50}) 10. Qd3 Qb6 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Ne3 (13. Rab1 Be7 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. f4 Qa5 16. Kh1 Rg8 17.
Bxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxd6 Qd8 19. Qxc6 Qd2 20. Rg1 Bd7 21. Qc4+ Ke7 22. fxe5 fxe5 {
Ashley,M-Waitzkin,J/Mermaid Beach Club 1997/CBM 58/[Rechlis,G]/1-0 (76)}) 13...
Bh6 14. Rad1 Ke7 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Nc4 d5 17. Ba4 Rc8 18. Qa3+ c5 {Topalov,
V-Gavrikov,V/Geneva Credit Suisse 1996/EXP 54/1-0 (29)}) 9... Be7 10. f4 O-O
11. Qd3 {After 11. f5 Lb7 12. g4 d5 black is very active.} Qd4 {Probably not
best, as white get some pressure in the ending. The alternative was 11... exf4
12. Lxf4 Sg4 13. Dg3 Dc5 14. Lb3 Se5 followed by Le6 with a defensible
position.} 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. Na4 Rb8 $2 {A blunder.
White wins after 16. Lxa7! (Curt Hansen) Ta8 17. Sb6 Txa7 (17... Sxb6 18. Lxb6
19. Tb8 La5 20. Txb2 Lc3) 18. Sxc8 Txc8 19. Txf7. Also losing is 16... Tb4 17.
b3 c5 18. Tf2 Tb7 19. Taf1.} 16. Bb3 $2 Ba6 17. Rad1 Bb5 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Nxb5 {
19...Sxb3 20. Sxa7 Sa5 21. Tc1 (21. Ld2 Lb4) Txb2 22. Sxc6 Sxc6 23. Txc6 Txa2 =
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1997.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Mortensen,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 (9. Bb5+ {Gofshtein,L} Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Qe2
a6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rae1 Be7 14. Bc1 g5 $5 $132 {Milos-Yermolinsky 96,Hroningen}
) 9... Bd7 (9... a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 Be7 (13... e5
{Gofshtein,L} 14. Rf1 $5 exf4 (14... Be7 $2 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 $18) (14...
Be6 $5) 15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Bd4 $16) 14. O-O-O O-O 15. g4 a5 $6 (15... Nd7 $142 {
b7-b5}) 16. g5 Nd7 17. a4 $1 Nc5 $6 (17... b6 18. Rhg1 Bb7 19. Qh5 Rfe8 20. Rg3
$16) (17... f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Nd4 Rf7 20. Ndb5 d5 21. Qg3 $16) 18. Nxc5 dxc5
19. f5 $40 {+- Mortensen-Zavoronkov Erewan OL 1996}) 10. Be3 (10. O-O {
Gofshtein,L} Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 (12. f4 Nc4 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
e5 Ne8 $1 $132 {Golubev-Lerner}) 12... O-O 13. f4 Ng6 14. Kh1 Bc6 15. Qe1 d5
16. e5 Ne4 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Nb3 Nh4 $11 {Smirin-Khalifman,1996Iskia}) 10...
Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 Bc6 (13... d5 14. exd5 $14 (14. e5 $14)) (
13... e5 {where white has the interesting option} 14. Rf1 {/\fxe5, Nd5}) 14.
Bd4 (14. Nd4 {Gofshtein,L} Be7 15. O-O-O d5 16. e5 Ne4 $17 {
Saulin-Dragomarezkij.E Moskov 1995}) 14... Be7 (14... Nxe4 $2 15. Nxe4 f5 16.
Qh5+ g6 17. Qe2 $18) 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Rhe1 $14 (16. g4 {Gofshtein,L} d5 17. e5
Ne4) 16... a5 {Curt did not like this move after the game and suggested
immediatly 16... Tfc8.} (16... Rfc8 $142 {Hansen,Cu: With the idea a4 orQa6,
b5.}) 17. Rd3 $1 {Now white can play Sd2, as the bishop on d4 is not hanging
any more.} (17. Bxf6 $2 {Gofshtein,L} Bxf6 18. Rxd6 a4 19. Nd2 Qc5 $17) 17...
Rfc8 18. Nd2 (18. Qh3 $2 Nxe4 (18... Nxe4 $1 {Gofshtein,L} 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
Rxe4 Qd5 $17)) (18. Kb1 $142 b5 $4 19. Nd2 $18) 18... Qa6 19. Qh3 (19. g4 {
Gofshtein,L} b5 $132) 19... b5 20. Rg3 {Threatening 21. Dh6 with a strong
attack.} (20. e5 {Gofshtein,L} dxe5 21. fxe5 Nd5 $132) 20... b4 (20... Kh8 21.
Nf3 {followed by Ng5 is unpleasant for black.}) 21. Nd5 $5 {I could not resist
this sacrifice.} (21. Nd1 $142 {when whites attacking chances are superior.})
21... exd5 22. exd5 Bd7 {The critical position.} 23. Qh6 ({Unfortunately the
nice variation} 23. Rxg7+ $2 Kxg7 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27.
Qg5#) ({fails to} 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Rxe7 Nh5 $1 $19) ({White
should sacrifice the queen:} 23. Bxf6 Bxh3 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25. Rxe7 {with at
least a perpetual.}) (23. Bxf6 {I did not like} Bxf6 {when black has
compensation for the pawn. Possible is} 24. Qxd7 Qb6 25. Ne4 Qd4 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6
{with the idea a4-a3.}) 23... Rxc2+ $1 24. Kxc2 (24. Kb1 $2 {Gofshtein,L} g6
25. Rxe7 Bf5 26. Bxf6 (26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rac8 28. Re1 Qe2 29. Re3 Qd2 30.
a3 b3 $19) 26... Rxd2+ 27. Kc1 Rc2+ 28. Kd1 Qf1+ 29. Re1 Rc1+ $19) (24. Kd1 {
Gofshtein,L} Rc1+ 25. Kxc1 Qc8+) 24... Qc8+ ({Also good was} 24... Bf5+ {/\Bg6}
) 25. Kb3 {very risky, but} (25. Kb1 Bf5+ 26. Ka1 Bg6 27. Qh3 (27. Qh4 {
Gofshtein,L} Nxd5 28. Qh3 (28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 f5 30. Rg3 Bh4 $17) 28... Qxh3
(28... Qc2 29. Nb1 Nxf4 30. Qd7 Bf8 $17) 29. Rxh3 Nxf4 30. Rhe3 Ne6 $17) 27...
Qc2 {with the idea Tc8 is winning for black. The white queen does not
participate in the battle.}) 25... Bg4 26. Rxg4 ({The queen is lost after} 26.
Qg5 h6 27. Qh4 a4+ 28. Kxb4 Nxd5+) (26. Rxe7 $2 {Gofshtein,L} Bd1#) (26. Qh4 {
Gofshtein,L} a4+ 27. Kxb4 Nxd5+ $19) 26... a4+ 27. Kxb4 Nxd5+ 28. Ka3 Qxg4 29.
Qh3 Qxf4 30. Qd3 Bf8 31. g3 {Time trouble.} ({but also} 31. Rf1 Qg4 {is
winning for black.}) (31. Re4 {Gofshtein,L} Nb4 $1 32. Rxf4 (32. Qc3 d5 $1 33.
Rxf4 Nc2#) 32... Nxd3 33. Rg4 d5+) 31... Qg4 32. Qc4 Ne3 33. Qd3 d5+ 34. b4
Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Lugano Open-11"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bg5 Ne5 $6 {Although 9...Ne5 forces the bishop to retreat, Black
will waste time later after White plays f4.} ({Black's best line is probably} 
9... a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5 Nd4 {as played in Nunn-Martinovic, Amsterdam
1975.}) 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Kh1 Ng6 {A necessary precaution since} (11... O-O 12.
f4 Ng6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd7 {does not give Black enough for the
piece. Now, on the other hand, 12 f4 is met by 12...h6.}) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4
O-O 14. Qe1 {We have reached a type of Scheveningen position in which Black's
knight is on g6 rather than c6. This favours White since the knight is subject
to attack by f5 and has less influence on the centre.} Rfe8 15. Rd1 Bc6 {
Here the bishop is exposed to attack by Nd4, so it would have been safer to
play 15...Bf8.} 16. Bf3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nd4 Nxc3 ({Threatening to win a pawn
by} 18... Z0 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bd4 Rac8 22. Rd2 {and e4 cannot
be defended.  Moreover 18...Bb4 is met by 19 Nxd5!, so Black has to give up
his outpost at e4.}) (18... Bb4 19. Nxd5) 19. Qxc3 Rac8 20. Qe1 {The queen
returns to the kingside to help an attack based on the move f5.} Bd7 21. Qg3
Qb6 $6 {Black provokes a crisis by attacking the b2 pawn, which White cannot
easily defend (e.g. 22 b3 Rc3). However by placing his queen opposite White's
bishop he allows a tactical breakthrough.  21...Qa5 was a better defence.} 22.
f5 $1 exf5 {22...Bh4 23 Qh3 exf5 is no better after 24 Bxd5 Rxe5 25 Bxf7+ Kh8 
(or 25...Kxf7 26 Nxf5 with a winning attack) 26 Bxg6 Qxg6 27 Bf4 and White
wins material.} 23. Bxd5 Bh4 24. Nxf5 $6 {Flashy, but not the best. Simply 24
Qh3 transposes to the last note and wins safely.} Bxg3 25. Bxb6 axb6 $2 {
The obvious move, but it loses immediately. 25...Bxe5 was the best, when White
has nothing better than to play 26 Bxa7 with an extra pawn - winning perhaps,
but much more complex than 24 Qh3.} 26. Nd6 $1 {Surprisingly Black has no way
to play on, e.g. 26...Bxe5 27 Bxf7+ Kh8 28 Bxe8 Rxe8 29 Nxe8 Bxe8 30 Rd8 or 26.
..Bh4 27 Bxf7+ Kh8 28 Bxe8 Rxe8 29 Nf7+ and 30 Rxd7.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Onischuk,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Nxd4 (9... e6 $142) 10. Bxd4 e5 (10... Nxe4 11. O-O Nxc3 12.
Bxc3 Qc7 13. Qd3 $44) 11. Be3 Be6 (11... Nxe4 12. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 $16) 12.
Qd3 Rc8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 Kf7 $1 (14... Be7 15. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 16. O-O-O $16)
15. O-O-O Be7 16. Qf3 {/\ g2-g4; B:f6} Rxc3 $2 (16... Rc6 17. g4 h6 18. h4 $1 (
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. h4 g5 $1 $11) 18... hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Kg8 (20...
Ke8 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Kb1 $5 {/\ g5} Kd7 23. g5 Bxg5 24. Rh3) 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22.
Qh3 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kf6 25. Rh3 $40) 17. bxc3 (17. Qxc3 $4 Qxc3 18.
bxc3 Nxe4 $15) 17... Qxa2 $2 (17... Rc8 18. Rd3 Qxa2 19. g4 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. h4 Ke7 $16) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g4 Rc8 $2 (19... Ke7 20. h4 h6 21. Qe3 g5 22.
Qb6 $18) 20. g5 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxg5+ 22. Rd2 d5 23. f4 Be7 24. Rf1 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Krejci, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Na5 {Une ligne
secondaire un peu douteuse mais qui donne des résultats très corrects pour
les Noirs} (6... e6 $142) (6... Qb6 $142) 7. Bd3 (7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Nd5 Nxe4 9.
Qe2 Nf6 10. Nf5 e6 11. Bg5 a6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3
exf5 16. Qd4 Be7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Rde1 Be6 19. g4 fxg4 20. f5 O-O 21. Rhg1
Rfc8 22. Bxf6 Rxc2+ 23. Kd1 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxg4+ Kh8 26. fxe6 Rxb2 27.
exf7 Rb1+ 28. Kd2 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Rf8 30. Rd4 Kg7 31. Rxd6 Rxf7 32. Kf2 Rc7 33.
h4 h5 34. Rd4 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 b5 {0-1 (35) David,A (2587)-Navara,D (2654) France
2009}) (7. Be2 g6 8. O-O Bg7) 7... g6 {[%csl Rd3] L'idée de la variante qui
évite de jouer une structure Sheveningue} 8. O-O Bg7 9. Bg5 $146 (9. Nb3 O-O
10. Bd2 Nc6 11. f4 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Nc1 Nb4 14. f5 Bd7 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Kh1 Kh8
17. N1e2 Ng4 18. Qe1 gxf5 19. exf5 Rg8 20. Qh4 Bf6 21. Bxf6+ Nxf6 22. h3 Nxd3
23. cxd3 Qb6 24. Rab1 Bc6 25. Rf2 Rg5 26. Qd4 Qb4 27. Rg1 Rh5 28. Re1 Rxh3+ 29.
Kg1 Rh4 30. Qxb4 axb4 31. Nb5 Bxb5 32. axb5 Kg7 33. Ng3 Rg4 34. Rf3 Kf8 35. Nf1
Rc5 36. Rfe3 Rc2 37. g3 Nd5 38. f6 Nxe3 {Fedorov,A (2684)-Chernyshov,K (2544)
Smolensk 2000 0-1}) 9... h6 10. Be3 O-O (10... Ng4) 11. f3 e5 $5 12. Nb3 d5
$132 {le Bd3 est assez mal placé et les Noirs en profitent pour prendre
l'initiative au centre} 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Rf3]} 15. Qd2 Nc4
16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qxc2 19. Rae1 {[%cal Ge1e4,Ge4h4]} Bf5 $1
$11 20. g4 Be6 21. Rf2 {L'ouverture a mal tourné pour les Blancs} Qc6 22. Nd2
{[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4f6,Ge4g5]} Bd5 23. Rxe5 (23. Ne4 Rfd8 24. Ng5 Qf6 {Les pièces
Noires Noires sont plus actives}) 23... Rfe8 24. Qf4 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Qd4
Re1+ 27. Kg2 Qe6 28. Nf1 a5 29. a3 Bc6 30. h3 a4 31. Qc3 Re2 32. Qd3 Re1 33.
Rd2 Qe5 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Rf2 (35. Qd4 $2 Re2+ $1) 35... Re2 36. Qb6 Qf4 37. Nh2
Re3 38. Qd8 Rb3 39. Qd2 Qf6 40. g5 {Une belle poubelle pour les Blancs} Qf5 41.
Qd4+ Kg8 42. Qf6 Qxf6 43. gxf6 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg6g5,Gg8h7,Gh7g6,Gg6f6] Les
Blancs ont réussi à échanger les Q mais le P"f6" est un peu faible} Bd7 44.
Rd2 Bf5 45. Ng4 $1 Bxg4 46. hxg4 Rb5 47. Kg3 g5 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6]} 48. Rh2
Rb6 49. Rh5 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rf6,Rg5,Rg8] La finale de R est complexe} Rb5 50. Kh3
Rd5 51. Kg2 Rb5 52. Kg3 Rd5 53. Kf2 Re5 54. f4 $1 Rb5 55. Kf3 (55. Rxg5+ $6
Rxg5 56. fxg5 Kh7 57. Kg3 Kg6 58. Kf4 b6 $1 {Et les Blancs sont en zugzwang})
55... Rb3+ 56. Ke4 gxf4 57. Kxf4 Rb6 58. Rf5 Kh7 59. Kg5 Rxb2 60. Ra5 Rb3 61.
Rd5 Rb2 62. Kh5 Rh2+ 63. Kg5 Rb2 64. Ra5 Rb3 65. Rxa4 Rb5+ 66. Kh4 Kg6 67. Rf4
Rb6 68. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 07th round of 32"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1989.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moingt, Jean Claude"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1989.07.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Vektor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 $5 (6... e6) 7.
Ndb5 (7. Nb3) (7. Nxc6) 7... Bg4 (7... a6) 8. f3 (8. Nd5 $5) 8... Bd7 9. Qe2 a6
10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 b5 (11... e6) 12. Bb3 e6 13. Nxc6 (13. Qf2 $142 {De
Firmian,N (2575)-Waitzkin,J (2440) New York op 1997 (5) 1-0}) 13... Bxc6 14.
Qf2 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Cb5b4,Cb4c3,Ge3b6,Ga2a3]} Qc7 15. O-O (15. O-O-O Be7 16.
g4 a5 $1 17. Bb6 (17. a3 b4 $132) 17... Qb7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nxa4 O-O $17 {
[%cal Gf8b8]}) 15... Be7 16. Rfe1 O-O $15 17. Rad1 {Les blancs ont jouй trop
passivement l'ouverture pour espйrer garder l'avantage.} Rab8 18. g4 a5 19. a3
Nd7 20. Ne2 a4 21. Ba2 b4 $36 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Bd4 Bf6 $1 24. Rb1 Rfb8 $17 25.
b3 d5 $1 26. c3 R4b7 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. c4 axb3 29. cxd5 bxa2 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31.
dxe6 fxe6 32. Nc3 Rb2 $3 {[%cal Ob2f2,Gf6d4]} 0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5
a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
exf5 15. exf5 Bc6 16. Qd3 Nd7 (16... Rae8 17. Rad1 Bd8 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Qg3 Bf6
20. Qxd6 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. c4 Qxa2 25. Qb6 Nxd5
26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxb7 Rb5 28. Qe7 Rbb8 29. Qd6 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,
S-Gulko,B/Munich 1990}) 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nf6
21. h3 Re5 22. Qf2 Rfe8 23. Rde1 h5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. a3 Bd7 26. Qd4 Rxf5 27.
Rxf5 Bxf5 28. Qd6 Nd7 29. Bd5 b6 30. Qe7 (30. Kf2 $142 {Since black has
nothing better than Qc5 this move wins a tempo}) 30... Qc5+ 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32.
b4 Nd7 33. Ne4 Ne5 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 f6 36. c4 a5 37. bxa5 (37. Nd6 $5 Bd7 $1
38. c5 (38. bxa5 $14 bxa5 39. Nb7 a4 40. Nc5 $14) 38... Ke7 $6 39. Nc4 Nxc4+
40. Bxc4 bxc5 41. bxc5 $132) 37... bxa5 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. Kc5 $15 Nd3+ 40. Kb5
Nf4 41. Nc3 (41. Ng3 Bd3) 41... Nxd5 42. Nxd5+ {[#] Hecht starker Lдufer bei
offener Stellung und verteilten Bauernmehrheiten. WeiЯ erreicht remis durch
Blockade der letzten zwei schwarzen Bauern auf der Lдuferfarbe.} Kd6 43. Nb6
Bd3 44. Kxa5 Bf1 45. g3 Bxh3 46. Kb5 Bg2 47. c5+ Kc7 48. Kc4 g5 49. Kd4 Kc6 50.
Ke3 Bd5 51. Kd4 Bg2 52. Na4 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Ke3 Kb5 55. Nc3+ Kxc5 56. Kf2
Bc6 57. Ne2 Kd6 58. Nf4 Be4 59. a4 Ke5 60. Ne2 Kf5 61. Kg1 Kg4 62. Kh2 f5 63.
a5 f4 64. Ng1 Bb7 65. Nh3 Bc8 66. Ng1 f3 67. Nh3 Kf5 68. Nf2 Kf4 69. Kg1 Ke3
70. Nh1 Ba6 71. Nf2 Bb5 72. Ng4+ Ke2 73. Nf2 Ke1 74. Nh1 Bf1 75. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Egorov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Nxc6 $6 $146 (8. Ba4 Bd7 9. Be3 Qxb2 $2 (9... Qc7) 10. Nde2 Qb4 11. Rb1 Qa5 12.
Rxb7 Nxe4 $2 13. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 {1-0 Soltis,A-Vulicevic,N/New York MCC
1992}) 8... bxc6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 $142) 10... g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. h3
O-O 13. f4 c5 $15 14. g4 $2 (14. Qd2 Bb7 15. b3 Nh5 16. Rae1 Ng3 17. Rf2 Bxc3
$5 (17... f5 $1 $15) 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 (18... Bxe4 19. f5 Bxd3 20. Bh6 (20. cxd3 $2
Nxf5 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Bh6 e5 23. d4 f6 $19) 20... Nxf5 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qxd3
Qb7 $44) 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. f5 Bxf5 $2 21. Bh6 f6 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Qg3+ Kf7 24.
Qg7+ $18) 14... Rb8 15. Rb1 Bb7 16. g5 Nh5 17. Qg4 c4 18. Be2 f5 $2 {It is
interesting that many "fianceto" players refuse to exchange their bishop even
for matirial gain , in this case a central pawn !} (18... Bxc3 $1 19. bxc3 Bxe4
$17) 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Bd4 $13 Nh5 $5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bxh5 Rf6
24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Kh1 gxh5 26. Qxh5 e6 27. Rbd1 Rbf8 28. f5 Qc5 (28... Qb6 $5)
29. Rf4 Qe5 30. Rh4 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 exf5 32. Kh2 fxe4 33. Nxe4 Re6 (33... Rg6 34.
Rd2 Rf1 35. Ng3) 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. Ng5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1 $146 (12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4
14. Bxd4 Rac8 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Kh1 b5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc6 19. Rd1 exf5 20.
Qg3 Be6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rcd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Qe4 25. Re1 Qc6 26. Bc3
Nh5 27. Qe3 Bh4 28. Bd5 Qd7 29. Rd1 Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Ne4 31. Qf3 b4 32. Be5 g6 33.
Rd3 Qe7 34. Bxe4 Qxe5 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Bd3 Bb6+ $17 {Kindermann,S-Hjartarson,
J/Thessaloniki olm 1984/1-0 (55)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Bb3 (
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 $14) 15... exf4 16. Rxf4 Nd7 17. Nd5 (17.
Bxe6 $142 fxe6 18. Qg4 Rxf4 (18... Qe5 $6) 19. Bxf4 Nf8 20. Rf1 $1 $14) 17...
Bg5 $1 18. Rf3 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rab8 21. Rg3 g6 22. Qh5 Kg7 23. Qg5
Qd8 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Rf1 b5 26. Qd4 Qb6 27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Rf5 h6 29. Rh3 h5 30.
Rg3 h4 31. Rh5 hxg3 32. Qh6+ Kf6 33. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O e5 9. Bg5 Qxb2 10. Qd3 Qb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13.
Rab1 $5 $146 {This move looks like an improvment over Topalov's move (see game
below).} (13. Ne3 Bh6 14. Rad1 Ke7 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Nc4 d5 17. Ba4 Rc8 18. Qa3+
c5 19. exd5 Bg4 20. f3 Bf5 21. d6+ Kf8 22. d7 Rc7 23. Rd5 Kg7 24. Nd6 Bxd7 25.
Rfd1 Qe7 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Qd3 Qe6 28. Qe4 Kg8 29. Nf5 {1-0 Topalov,V-Gavrikov,
V/Geneva CS 1996}) 13... Be7 $1 (13... cxd5 $2 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16.
Qb7+ Bd7 17. Bxd7 $18) (13... Be6 $2 14. Rb7 $1) (13... Bh6 14. Qf3 $5 cxd5 $2
15. Bxd5 Be6 (15... Bd7 16. Qh5) (15... Ba6 16. Qh5 O-O 17. Qxh6 Bxf1 18. Rb3)
16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5+ $18) 14. Nxe7 (14. Ne3 $5) 14... Kxe7 15. f4 Qa5 16. Kh1
Rg8 17. Bxf7 $6 {Since this move doesn't win by force , it better been avoided
.} (17. f5 $5 $16) 17... Kxf7 18. Qxd6 Qd8 $1 19. Qxc6 Qd2 $1 20. Rg1 Bd7 21.
Qc4+ Ke7 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rbd1 Qa5 24. Qd3 (24. Rd5 Be6 $1 $40) 24... Qc7 25.
Qa3+ Ke8 26. Rgf1 $6 Rc8 27. Rd2 Qc4 $5 28. Rdf2 Qc5 29. Qf3 Kd8 (29... Qe7 $2
30. Qh5+ Rg6) 30. Rd2 Kc7 $1 (30... Rc7) (30... Rg7 $1 $16) 31. Rxd7+ $1 $14
Kxd7 32. Qf7+ Kc6 33. Rf6+ Kb5 34. Qb7+ Qb6 $6 {In this sort of endgames the
defenders king is better placed on the first (or seventh) rank . Black is
probably not familiar wit that secret .} 35. Rxb6+ axb6 36. Qd5+ Ka6 37. h3 Rg6
38. Qd3+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Rc7 40. Qd5+ Ka7 41. c4 Rcg7 42. Qd2 Rg3 43. Qf2 Kb7 44.
Kh2 Rxg2+ $142 45. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Kc6 47. Kg3 Kc5 48. Kg4 Kxc4 49. Kf5 Kd4
50. h4 {Now , the bad position of the black king is felt !} b5 51. h5 b4 52. h6
Kc3 53. Kxe5 Kb2 54. Kf6 Kxa2 55. e5 b3 56. e6 b2 57. e7 b1=Q 58. e8=Q Qd3 59.
Kg7 Ka3 60. Kh8 Qf5 61. Kg8 Qd3 62. Qf7 Ka4 (62... Kb2) 63. Kh8 Qe4 64. Qa7+
Kb5 65. Qxh7 Qe5+ 66. Qg7 Qe8+ 67. Kh7 Qe4+ 68. Qg6 Qe7+ 69. Kg8 Qd8+ (69...
Ka4 $11 {Endspiel-CD} 70. h7 Qd8+ 71. Kg7 Qe7+ 72. Kh6 Qh4+ $11) 70. Kg7 Qe7+
71. Qf7 Qe5+ (71... Qg5+ $11 {Endspiel-CD} 72. Kh7 (72. Qg6 Qe7+ $11) 72... Ka4
$11 (72... Qg1 $11)) 72. Qf6 Qg3+ 73. Kf7 Qc7+ (73... Qd3 $142 {Endspiel-CD}
74. Qf4 $1 $18 (74. Qg6 Qc4+ 75. Qe6 Qd3 76. Kg7 $18 {53}) (74. Kg7 $4 Ka4 $11)
74... Z0 75. Kg7 $140 Qd7+ 76. Kg6 (76. Qf7 $4 Qg4+ $11) 76... Qe8+ 77. Qf7
Qc6+ 78. Qf6 Qe8+ 79. Kg5 Qe3+ 80. Qf4 Qe7+ 81. Kg4 Qe2+ 82. Kf5 Qc2+ 83. Qe4
Qf2+ 84. Ke5 Qh2+ 85. Qf4 Qb2+ (85... Qh5+ 86. Kf6 $18) 86. Ke6 Qa2+ 87. Kf6
Qa6+ 88. Kg5 Qb7 89. Qf1+ Kc5 90. Qf5+ Kc4 91. h7 $18) 74. Kg6 Ka4 75. h7 Qg3+
76. Kh5 (76. Kh5 {Endspiel-CD} Qh3+ $140 77. Qh4+) 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 g6 10. O-O (10. f3 Bg7 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13.
O-O-O {Transposes to the Dragon variation with an extra move for -a6 . Since
a6 is not realy helping in this variation Black should ask himself whether he
wants to play this type of Dragon ?!} Ne5 {[Time] 0-1 Sax,G-Fogarasi,T/
HUN-chSuper 1995 (31)}) 10... Bg7 11. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Bb3 O-O 14.
h3 $14 Re8 $6 15. f4 Nd7 16. c3 Nc5 $6 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. f5 $1 $16 {Black
planless strategy brings him on the verge of disaster ..} Ne5 19. fxg6 (19. Bb3
$142) 19... hxg6 20. Bb3 Bd7 21. Nf3 Rf8 22. Nxe5 (22. Ng5 $5 {With Qe1 , Qh4})
22... dxe5 $6 (22... Bxe5 23. Bh6) 23. d6 e6 $5 24. Qg4 Rae8 25. Rad1 Qb5 26.
Rf2 a5 27. Bc2 f5 $2 28. Qxg6 Rf6 29. Qh5 f4 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bc1 $1 (31. Bg6
$18 Rd8 32. g3 $6) 31... Qc5 32. Qd3 $142 (32. Bg6 $132) 32... Rd8 $5 33. b4 $6
axb4 34. cxb4 Qxb4 35. Ba3 Qa5 36. Qb3 Bc6 37. d7+ $2 Kf7 38. Rd6 $17 Bf8 $2 {
Last move in the first time control is often a mistake .} 39. Qd3 e4 40. Qd1 f3
$19 (40... Qxa3 41. Qh5+ Ke7 $1) (40... e3 $19 41. Re2 (41. Rf1 Qg5 42. Qe2 (
42. g4 Qh4) 42... Bxd6 43. Bxd6 Rxd7 $17) 41... Qxa3) 41. Rxc6 Bxa3 42. Rc8 Bc5
43. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 44. Kxf2 fxg2+ (44... Qxa2+ 45. Bc2 (45. Rc2 Qa4 46. Bxf3 Rxd7
$19) 45... fxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Ke7 $5) 45. Kxg2 Qg5+ 46. Kh1 Qb5 47. Bf3 $6 Ke7 $2 (
47... Rxd7 48. Bh5+ Kg7 49. Qg1+ Kh6 (49... Kh7 $18 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qh8+ Kg5
52. Rg8+ Kf5 53. Bg4+ Ke5 54. Rg5+ $19) 50. Rh8+ (50. Qc1+ Kh7 51. Qc2+ Qf5)
50... Rh7 51. Qc1+ Kg7 $6) 48. Rc7 Rxd7 $19 (48... b6) 49. a4 Kd8 50. Rxd7+
Qxd7 51. Qxd7+ Kxd7 52. Bxb7 Rf2 53. a5 Ra2 54. a6 e5 55. Kg1 Ke6 56. Kf1 Kf5
57. Ke1 e4 58. h4 e3 $1 59. h5 Kg5 60. Bc8 Kxh5 61. Bd7 Kg5 62. Bb5 Kf4 63. Bc4
Ra4 64. Bd5 Rxa6 65. Ke2 Rd6 66. Bb7 Rd2+ 67. Ke1 Rb2 68. Bc6 (68. Bd5 {
Endspiel-CD} Rb5 69. Bc4 Rc5 70. Ba6 Ra5 71. Bc4 Kf3 72. Be2+ Ke4 73. Bc4 (73.
Bg4 Kf4) 73... Kd4 74. Bf7 Rg5 75. Be8 Kd3 76. Kf1 Kd2 $19) 68... Ke5 (68... e2
{Endspiel-CD} 69. Kf2 Rb6 $8 (69... Ra2 $4 70. Bb5 $11) (69... Z0 70. Be8 $140
$11) 70. Bd5 Rd6 $8 71. Bc4 e1=Q+ (71... Rd2 $4 72. Bxe2 $11) 72. Kxe1 $19 Ke3
$8 73. Kf1 (73. Bf7 Rd7 74. Be6 Re7 75. Bh3 Rh7 76. Bg2 Ra7 77. Kd1 Ra1+ 78.
Kc2 Ra2+ $18) 73... Rd2 $8 74. Bb5 Rf2+ (74... Rb2 $4 75. Bc6 $11) 75. Kg1 Kf3
$8 76. Bc4 Kg3 77. Bg8 Rf8 (77... Rc2 $4 78. Kf1 $11) (77... Rb2 $4 78. Kf1 $1
$11 (78. Bc4 $4 Rb1+ 79. Bf1 Re1)) 78. Bh7 Rh8 (78... Rc8 $6 79. Kf1 Kf3 80.
Ke1 Rd8 $8 81. Bc2 Ke3 $8 82. Kf1 Rd2 $8 $19) 79. Bg6 Rh6 80. Bd3 Rd6 81. Bc2 (
81. Be2 Rc6 $19) 81... Rc6 82. Bd1 Rc1 $18) 69. Bf3 Kd4 70. Bh5 Rb5 71. Bg6 Ra5
(71... Rg5 {Endspiel-CD} 72. Bh7 Rg2 73. Bf5 e2 74. Kd2 Rg5 75. Bd7 Re5 76. Ke1
Ke3 $18) 72. Ke2 (72. Bh7 {Endspiel-CD} Ra1+ 73. Ke2 Ra2+ 74. Ke1 Ra7 75. Bf5
Re7 76. Ke2 Re5 77. Bh7 Rg5 78. Ke1 Rg2 79. Bf5 e2 80. Kd2 Rg5 81. Bh7 Re5 82.
Ke1 Ke3 $19) 72... Ra2+ 73. Ke1 Rg2 74. Bf5 Rg5 75. Bh7 Rg1+ 76. Ke2 Rg2+ 77.
Ke1 e2 78. Kd2 Rg7 79. Bf5 Re7 80. Ke1 Ke3 81. Be6 Ra7 82. Ba2 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valerga, Diego"]
[Black "Braga, Fernando Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5
$16) 7... e6 8. Bf4 $3 (8. O-O $1) (8. Bg5 $36) 8... Ne5 9. Be2 a6 $2 (9... Be7
10. Be3 $6 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. f4 $1) 10. Be3 (10. Bg3 h5 $1 $132 (10... Qc7
11. f4 Nc4 12. e5 $5 {Boensch} dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd4 Nfd7 15. O-O-O $5 {
Dorfman}) 11. h3 (11. f4 $1 Neg4) (11. f3 Qc7 12. Qd4 $10 h4 13. Bf2 b5 $13 14.
a4 Nc6 15. Qd2 b4 16. Na2 d5 $1) (11. f3 {Dorfman}) 11... Qc7 (11... g5 $1) 12.
f4 (12. a4 Bd7 $1 $10 13. Qd4 Rc8 $5 {Dorfman}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 (13. Qd4 b5
14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bb7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qf2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 $2) 13... Qxc4
14. Qf3 h4 $16 (14... Bd7 {Dorfman} 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Bh4) 15. Bh2 (15. Bf2 b5
$17 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. O-O-O dxe5 20. fxe5 Bf5 $5 {
Boensch}) (15. Bf2 $1) 15... Bd7 (15... b5 $2 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5
exd5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. O-O-O $10) 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Rhe1 (17. Rd2) (17. e5 $5 {
Boensch} Bc6 18. Qf2 Ne4 $1) (17. Rd2 $40) 17... b5 $5 18. Qf2 $1 (18. a3) (18.
Rd2 $17) (18. Rd2 {Dorfman}) 18... Qc7 {Dorfman} 19. e5 (19. a3 a5 $1) 19... b4
20. Rd3 $1 (20. exf6 bxc3 21. f5 cxb2+ 22. Kb1 e5 $17 23. fxg7 Bxg7 $5) (20.
Nb1 {Dorfman} dxe5 21. fxe5 Nh5) 20... dxe5 21. fxe5 bxc3 (21... Nh5 $1 22. Ne4
) 22. Rxc3 (22. exf6 Qxh2 23. Rxd7 $2 Qg3 $1 24. Qxg3 hxg3 25. Ra7 cxb2+ 26.
Kxb2 gxf6 27. Rxa6 f5 $1 {/\ Bc1}) 22... Qxc3 $5 {Boensch} (22... Qb8) (22...
Qb8 {Dorfman} 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rf1 Rh7 {Dorfman}) 23. bxc3 Ba3+ 24. Kd2 {
Dorfman} (24. Kb1 $19 Nd5 25. Bf4 $1) (24. Kb1 {Dorfman}) 24... Nd5 25. Re4
Rxc3 26. Rg4 (26. Rd4 $1 Bb2) (26. Qa7 $1 Bc8) (26. Rxh4 {0-1 Ivanchuk,
V-Kramnik,V/Linares 1993} O-O 27. Qe2 Rfc8 28. Qh5 Rxc2+ 29. Ke1 Bb4+ 30. Kf1
Bb5+ 31. Kg1 Rc1+ 32. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 Rf1+ 34. Kg3 Be1+ 35. Kg4 Ne3+ {
Boensch}) 26... O-O $6 27. Qxh4 Rfc8 28. Nd4 Bb4 29. Ke2 (29. Kc1 $15 {Sion
Castro,M-Gulko,B Leon(4) 1992 0-1 44 -CBM 31} Ne3) 29... Bb5+ {1-0 Onischuk,
A-Siegel,G/Viernheim 1995} 30. Nxb5 (30. Kf2 Rxc2+ $14 {Zaitsev,I-Serper,G
Moskow7 op 1991 1-0 41} 31. Nxc2 Rxc2+ 32. Kf3 Be2+ 33. Ke4 Rc4#) 30... Rxc2+
31. Kf3 axb5 32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Qxb4 R8c3+ $6) (10. Qd2 Qc7) (10. O-O {1-0
Galdunts,S-Wiemer,R/St.Ingbert op 1994} Qc7 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. a5 Rc8
14. Be3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 O-O 17. g4 {0-1 Touloumis,A-Nikolaidis,K/
Kavala op 1995} d5 18. e5 Ne8 19. Nb3 g6 20. Bd4 f6 $5) 10... Qc7 11. f4 Nc4
12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd3 (13. Qf3 d5 (13... Qc7 14. O-O-O b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. f5
exf5 17. Qxf5 Rc8 18. Bd4 Be7 19. e5 g6 20. exd6 gxf5 21. dxc7 Rxc7 22. Rhe1
Kf8 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Re1+ Be4 25. g4 Rd8 26. gxf5 Rc4 27. Nxe4 Rcxd4 28. Nec5+
Kd6 29. Ne6 fxe6 30. Rxe6+ Kd5 31. Nxd4 Ne4 32. Nf3 Nc5 33. Re5+ Kd6 34. Re1
Rf8 35. Rd1+ $1) 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O $140) 13...
b5 $1 (13... d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. Na5 b5 17. a3 f5 18. a4 g5 19.
axb5 gxf4 20. Bxf4 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rb8 22. Nc7+ Kf7 23. Nxc4 Rb7 24. Nd6+ Bxd6
25. exd6 Rxb2 26. O-O-O Rb4 27. Bd2 Rc4 28. Rhe1 Nc5 29. Be3 Nb7 30. Na8 Rd8
31. Nb6 Rc6 32. d7 $2) (13... Qc7 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Kb1 b5 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Bd4
e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Be3 Be6 21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Qf3 Nf4 23. g3 Ng6 24.
Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Qd3 Rad8 27. Be3 Ne7 28. Nc5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5+ Qf7 30.
Ne6 Bb4 31. Nxd8 Qxd5 32. exd5 Bxe1 33. Ne6 Rf7 34. Bc5 Rd7 35. d6 Bf2 36. b4
Bg1 37. Nc7 Bxh2 38. Nxa6 Kf7 39. Nc7 Bxg3 40. a4 e4 41. Nxb5 h5 42. a5 h4 43.
a6 h3 44. Nc7 h2 $18) 14. a4 $16 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Yc1c7]} (14. O-O $16 Bb7 $1
15. a4 $6 {From this point on , white looses the thread of the position and
quickly finds himself in a difficult position. Catsle was called for} Nxe4 (
15... Bxe4 $6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. axb5 $6) (15... Qxd3 16. cxd3 b4 17. Ne2 $14)
16. axb5 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Ra1 Bd5 21. Nd4 $6
) 14... Qxd3 15. cxd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 $2 17. h3 $15 a5 18. Kf2 $1 (18. O-O Ba6
$17 19. Nec1 $1) 18... Be7 19. g4 $1 {Although white managed to exchange a lot
of matirial , he is still in trouble due to black's pair of bishops and much
better coordinated forces} exf4 20. Nxf4 (20. Bxf4 h5 21. g5 Nd7) 20... g5 21.
Ne2 h5 22. gxh5 Rxh5 23. Kg2 Bb7 24. Ng3 Rh7 25. Bd4 Nd5 26. Kf3 Nf4 27. h4
Nxd3 28. hxg5 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Bxg5 30. Rh8+ Kd7 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. Nxa5 d5 33. Kg4
Bc1 34. b3 Ke6 35. exd5+ Bxd5 36. Nc4 Bxc4 37. bxc4 b3 38. Ne2 Bd2 39. Nc3 Bxc3
40. Bxc3 b2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5
Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 b5 12. Bb3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e6 14. e5
$5 (14. O-O-O) (14. Qf2 Rb8 15. O-O-O) 14... dxe5 15. Qxe5 Be7 16. O-O $6 (16.
O-O-O O-O 17. g4 Bc6 18. g5 Ne8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 $2 20. Qxe4 (20. fxe4 $2 Bd6)
20... Bxg5+ 21. f4 Nf6 22. Qe5 $40) 16... Qd8 17. Rfe1 (17. f4 $5 Rc8 $6 (17...
O-O) 18. f5 exf5 19. Rfe1 $40) 17... Rc8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qg5 Bc6 20. Kh1 O-O
21. Be5 Qb7 22. Ne4 $6 (22. Ne2 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nf4 $36) 22... Bxe4 23.
Rxe4 Rfd8 24. Red4 Ne8 25. Qg3 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 a5 $15 27. c3 b4 28. Rd1 Qb5 $1
29. Qe1 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Rc1 (31. cxb4 $2 a4) 31... a4 32. c4 (32. Bd1 a3
33. bxa3 bxc3 $19) 32... Qa6 33. Bd1 Rxc4 34. Be2 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 {#K Hecht
aktiver N bei einem Mehr-P. Ab Zug 47 3-4 am >> bei geschw�chter wei�er
K-Stellung, Taktik} Qb7 $17 36. a3 g6 37. h3 Nd5 38. axb4 Qxb4 39. Bd3 Qd4 40.
Bf1 Ne3 41. Bb5 Nd1 42. Qc7 Kf8 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Be8 Nxb2 45. Qc7 Qf6 46. Qa5
h5 47. Bxa4 Nd3 48. Qd2 Qd4 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. g3 (50. Kh1 $5 {Hecht}) 50... Nc5
51. f4 Ne4 52. Qc2 (52. Qg2 $142 {Hecht} Qd4 53. Bc6 Nf6 54. h4) 52... Qd4 53.
Bc6 Nd2 54. h4 e5 55. fxe5 Nf1+ 56. Kh1 (56. Kh3 {Hecht} Qg4+ 57. Kg2 Ne3+ $19)
56... Nxg3+ 57. Kg2 Qxe5 58. Qf2 Nf5 59. Bf3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Ng3 a6 10. Bb3 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Nge2 Qc7 (12... Na5 13. Kh1 Qc7 14.
a4 b6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Qd4 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qd4 Bc5 20. Qd3 Nxb3
21. cxb3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rac1 Qe7 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. bxc3
O-O 27. Rfd1 Rfd8 28. Qe3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rd4 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qe5
Rxd4 33. Qxd4 e5 34. Qd5 Qg5 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ g6 37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 f5
39. f4 exf4 40. Qf3 Qe7 41. Qxf4 Kg7 42. Qf2 Qe4 43. Qb2+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2
Georgiev,K-Topalov,V/Las Palmas 1993}) 13. f4 (13. a4 $1 {It's clear that
black can not castle king side , with this move white puts some pressure on
the queens side which will make it difficult for black to castle there.}) 13...
b5 14. a3 Na5 15. Kh1 (15. f5 $142) 15... Bb7 16. Qd3 d5 $1 $15 17. e5 Ne4 18.
Be3 Rc8 19. Bd4 Nc4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qc3 g6 22. Rac1 O-O 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qe3
Rfd8 25. Rfd1 a5 26. Rd2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Rcd1 Ra8 $6 (28... Qa6 29. Kh2
Qa4) 29. Kh2 Ra5 $6 30. g4 $1 hxg3+ 31. Nxg3 $36 Qc6 32. Rg1 Rad5 33. c3 bxc3
34. bxc3 Ra5 35. Rf2 (35. f5) 35... Kh7 $2 36. f5 exf5 37. Nxf5 $1 Bf8 38. Qg5
$1 e3 $2 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. g4 h6 $5 $146 (10... Bc6 11. f3 Ng6 12. Bg3 d5 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bb5+ Bc6 17. Nxd4 Ne7 18. O-O-O a6 19. Nxc6
Nxc6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Rd3 $16 {Polgar,J-Short,N/Novgorod 1996/1-0 (58)}) 11.
f3 Rc8 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. h4 b5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bh2 hxg5 17. hxg5 g6
18. Nd4 $2 {A strange dicision . Now white's knight is driven to a very
passive position , leaving black a free hand to develope an initiative .} (18.
a3 $142) 18... b4 19. Nb1 Nc4 $1 $17 20. Qxb4 (20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Nb3 Bb5 $17)
20... Ne3 21. Rd2 $6 (21. Nc3 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 e5 23. Nd5 (23. Nb3 d5 $2 (23...
Be7 24. Bxa6 Rb8 25. Bb5 Bxg5+ 26. Kb1 O-O $17) 24. Qa5 $14 Qxa5 25. Nxa5 Bb4
26. Bxe5 f6 27. gxf6 Bxa5 28. f7+ Kxf7 29. Bxh8 Rxh8 30. Rxd5 Bxc3 31. Rxd7+
Ke6 32. Ra7 $19) 23... Qd8 24. Nb3 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Qg2 $1 $19) 21... Ng3 $1 (
21... e5 $2 22. Nc3 $1 $16 exd4 (22... d5 23. Qb3 Ng3 24. Bxa6 $1 exd4 (24...
Nxh1 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Bg7 28. Nb5 $18) 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26.
Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Nxh1 28. Qe5+ Kd8 29. Qxh8 $18) 23. Qxd4 Ng3 24. Qxh8 Nxh1
25. Bxd6 $1) 22. Bxa6 Nxh1 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Nb5 Qc4 $1 {This move is the
finisher ! White is forced to change pieces with no compensation for the lost
piece .} 25. Nc7+ $6 Qxc7 26. Qd4 Qc4 $1 27. Qxe3 (27. Qxh8 Qf1+ 28. Rd1 Qxd1#)
27... Qf1+ 28. Rd1 Qf2 $1 $19 29. Bg1 Qxe3+ 30. Bxe3 Rh3 31. Nd2 d5 32. exd5
exd5 33. Re1 Kd8 34. c3 Ng3 35. Bd4 Nf5 36. Bf6+ Kc7 37. Kc2 Bd6 38. b3 Bf4 39.
a4 Kd6 40. Kd3 Nh4 41. Be7+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Black "Grechihin, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 O-O 11. Qe1 Ne5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Qg3 Rfc8 14. Rad1 Kh8
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bc1 Nxb2 17. Bxb2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. e5 Ng8 {Now White gets
a strong initiative. Nun erhдlt WeiЯ starke Initiative.} ({Black's best bet
was the exchange sacrifice Die beste Chance fьr Schwarz war das Qualitдtsopfer
} 19... Rxc3 $1 20. Nxc3 (20. Rb1 Rxd3) 20... Qxc3 21. exf6 Bxf6 {when he
should not be worse. , wonach er nicht schlechter stehen sollte.}) 20. exd6 Bf6
21. Ne4 g6 22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Rxb7 Rd8 24. Ng5 Kg7 {[%tqu "En","White's pieces
are ready to fire - what do you suggest?","Black's queen is unprotected.",
"Strike on the kingside - with an eye on the queenside!","g5f7","Destroying
the pawn shield of Black's king, using the vis-a-vis of the queens.",10,"De",
"Die weiЯen Figuren stehen feuerbereit - was schlagen Sie vor?","Die schware
Dame ist ungedeckt.","Fьhren Sie einen Schlag am Kцnigsflьgel - mit Blick zum
Damenflьgel!","g5f7","Zerschlдgt den Bauernschild des schwarzen Kцnigs unter
Ausnutzung des vis-a-vis der Damen.",10]} 25. Nxf7 $1 {Destroying the pawn
shield of Black's king, using the vis-a-vis of the queens. Zerschlдgt den
Bauernschild des schwarzen Kцnigs unter Ausnutzung des vis-a-vis der Damen.} a6
({The knight is immune: Der Springer ist immun:} 25... Kxf7 26. Bxg6+ hxg6 27.
Qxa3 $18) 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. f5 e5 28. fxg6 h6 29. Bf5 Qxd6 30. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Richtrova,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qe2 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 Nd7 $5 {N} (12... Nb4 13.
Kb1 e5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Rhg1 Be6 $6 (15... exf4 $5) 16. g4 $36 {Kuczynski-Kozul,
Novi Sad ol (5) 1990}) 13. g4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. e5 Bb7 16. Be4 O-O 17. g5 (
17. Qf2 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 (18... Qxb7 $5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rfc8 21. Qf2 b4
22. Na4 b3 $44) 19. Ne4 c4 20. g5 $40 {P f6}) 17... b4 $1 18. Na4 (18. Bxh7+
Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Ne4 Nxe5 $1 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. gxf6 Bxh1 (22... Ng6 23.
fxg7 Kxg7 24. f5 Rh8 $19) 23. fxe5 $18) 18... Na5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. b3 (20. Kb1
$1) (20. Bxc5 b3 $1 21. axb3 (21. Kb1 Rfc8 $1) 21... Nxb3+ 22. cxb3 Bxc5 23.
Nxc5 Rfc8 24. Qc4 Qb6 25. b4 a5 26. Kb1 axb4 27. Rc1 Qa5 {P b3}) 20... Rac8 21.
Kb1 c4 22. Bb6 cxb3 23. axb3 $2 (23. cxb3 $8 Nc4 $2 (23... Nc6 24. Bc5 Qb5 $5
25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Nb6 Rc6 28. Nd7 (28. Rd7 Ng6) 28... Rfc8 {P d5}
) 24. bxc4 Qc6 25. Qc2) 23... Nc4 $1 24. bxc4 Qc6 $1 25. Nb2 Qxb6 26. Rd7 $6 (
26. Rd3 $5 {P h3}) 26... Bc5 27. Rhd1 b3 $1 28. cxb3 Qxb3 29. R7d3 Qb6 30. Rh3
Rb8 31. Rd2 g6 32. Qe1 Be7 {P 33. h4 h5!} 33. Qc1 Rb7 34. Rc2 Rc8 35. Rd3 Bc5
36. Qd2 Rcb8 37. Kc1 Bb4 38. Qe3 Qa5 39. Kd1 Bc5 40. Qd2 Qa1+ 41. Qc1 Qa2 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O (10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nb5 Bxb5 (11... Qb8 12. f4 Neg4 (
12... Ng6 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 Ne5 15. Qd4 a6 16. Nc3 Bxf5 17. O-O Be6 18. Rxf6
gxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Qh4 $36) 13. Bxg4 Bxb5 14. Bf3 e5 15. a4 Bc6
16. Qd3 Be7 17. c4 O-O (17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd7 $13) 18. f5 a6 19. O-O b6 20.
Nd2 $14 {Lastin,A-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow/1995/1:0/55/}) 12. Bxb5+ Nc6 13. Bd3 (
13. Nd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qxc6+ Nxc6
19. Ke2 O-O-O 20. Kf3 {Sokolov,A-Belikov,V/Elista RUS-ch/1995/0,5/20/}) 13...
Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nb4 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qa5 19. a3 Qa6
20. Rad1 Bd8 21. g4 Nd7 22. Kh1 Bb6 23. Nc2 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 $15
) 10... Be7 11. a4 (11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f4 Ng6 14. a4 b6 15. Bd3 Bc6
16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Nb3 a6 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. Bd2 Nc5 22.
Qh3 {Rublevsky,S-Makarov,M/Novosibirsk/1995/0,5/22/}) 11... O-O (11... a6 12.
a5 Qc7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Be3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 e5 17. f5 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6
19. Kh1 $10) 12. a5 Qc7 13. Qd4 Bc6 (13... a6 $5 14. Bg3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. e5
$13) 14. a6 b6 15. Qe3 $1 Ng6 (15... Neg4 16. Qd2 (16. Qg3 Ne5 17. Qe3 Neg4 $10
) 16... Ne5 17. f3 Ng6 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nhf4 20. Nd4 d5 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22.
Bb5 $16) 16. Bg3 e5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 b5 $1 21.
Bxb5 (21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxc2 23. Nd4 Qxb2 $13) (21. Nd4 b4 22. Nd5 Nxd5
23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qb6 26. Qc6 (26. Qb7 Qxb7 27. axb7 Rb8 $17)
) 21... Nxe4 $1 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Nf6 25. Rf5 $1 d5 (25... g6
26. Nd4 $18 gxf5 27. Nxf5 Kh8 28. Nxe7) (25... d5 26. Bd3 Rfe8 27. Qd4 Qc7 28.
Qf4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Nde2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 (9. a3 O-O (9... Bd7 10. Ba2 a6 11. Kh1 Ne5 12.
Qe1 Bc6 13. Nd4 Qxd4 (13... Nxe4 14. Nxc6 Nxc3 15. Nxe5 Nxa2 16. Nxf7 (16. Be3
Qxb2 17. Nc4 Qxc2 $17 {1-0 Riemersma,L-Belikov,V/op, Cappelle La Grande 1996 
(39)}) 16... Kxf7 17. Rxa2 Bf6 $132) 14. Be3 Nf3 15. Bxd4 Nxe1 16. Raxe1 $11)
10. Ba2 (10. Be3 Qc7 (10... Qxb2 11. Ra2 $18) 11. Nb5 (11. Ng3 a6 12. f4 b5 13.
Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 $132 {0-1 Blatny,F-Jansa,V/Havirov 1970 (41)}) 11... Qb8
12. f3 (12. Ng3 a6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Ba2 Ne5 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 g6 17. Qe2 Bf6
18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxb2 21. e5 $132 {1-0 Honfi,K-Liptay,L/
Budapest HU ch 1965 (42)}) 12... a6 13. Nbd4 Ne5 14. Ba2 Qc7 15. c4 b6 16. Rc1
Bb7 17. Nf4 Rfe8 18. b4 Bf8 19. Bb3 $14) 10... Ne5 (10... Bd7 11. Qd3 Ne5 12.
Qg3 Rac8 13. Kh1 Nc4 14. f4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nc3 e3 18. Bxc4
Rxc4 19. Qxe3 $16 {1-0 Saltaev,M-Riemersma,L/Agios Nikolaos 1995 (42)}) (10...
a6 11. Ng3 (11. Be3 Qc7 12. h3 b5 13. f4 Na5 14. Qd3 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bb7 16. Ng3
Rac8 17. Nce2 Rfe8 (17... d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. c3 $132) 18. c3 $132 {0-1
Sergievsky,V-Csom,I/Budapest 1968 (37)}) 11... Rd8 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qe2 b5 14.
Bd2 Ne5 15. b3 Nc6 16. b4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rfd1 $132 {0-1 Scholl,E-Ree,H/
Amsterdam IBM 1971 (54)}) 11. Kh1 (11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Qxc4 15. e5 Ne4 16. b3 Qc6 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Rf3 $11 {1-0 Honfi,K-Drimer,D/
Wijk aan Zee II 1970/Inf 09 (37)}) 11... Bd7 (11... Qa6 12. f4 Nc4 13. Qd3 $14)
(11... Ned7 12. Ng3 Qc6 13. f4 Nc5 14. Qf3 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfe4 16. Qg4 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Ruban,V/Sankt_Peterburg (zt) 1993/Inf 57 (16)} (16. Qg4 Nxg3+
17. Qxg3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 (18. Qg4 Nxc3 19. Bh6 g6 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Qf4 Qc7 22.
bxc3 b6) 18... Qxe4 19. Bh6 Qg6 $132) (16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Nh5 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6
19. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Re6]})) 14... Bd7 15. f5 Kh8 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. Rae1 $14) 12.
f4 Neg4 13. Qd4 $11) (9. Ng3 O-O 10. a3 a6 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Be2 Qc6 13. f4 Ng6
14. Bd3 b5 15. Nh5 (15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Bd2 $14) 15... Bb7 16. f5 Ne5 (16... exf5
17. Rxf5 Nxh5 (17... Rac8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nd5 $14) 18. Qxh5 $14) 17. Bg5
Ned7 (17... Kh8 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Bh4 $14) 18. Qf3 $36 {Dvoirys,S-Lugovoi,A/
Russia (ch) 1996/Inf 66/ (26)}) 9... O-O (9... a6 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4
Bd7 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. Be2 (14. Qe2 $5) 14... Bf8 15. a5 $6 (15. Bf3 $14) 15...
Nxa5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Nc6 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Qe4 dxe5 21. f5 Bd7
22. c3 $44 {1-0 Thomas,I-Michaelsen,N/ISR 1988 (31)}) 10. a3 (10. Bb3 d5 11.
exd5 Rd8 12. Nf4 Bb4 13. Nh5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 $16
(16... g6 $2 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxh7+ Kf6 19. Bh6 {1-0 Ciric Dragoljub
M-Mihaljcisin,M/Athens Greece 1968 (19)})) (10. f4 Rd8 11. f5 d5 12. exd5 Qc5
13. Bb3 exd5 14. Ng3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kiselev,M-Alexeev,A/Erevan ARM T-ch Trade
Unions 1983 (35)}) (10. Ng3 Na5 (10... Qc5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Be2 d5 13. e5 Ne4
14. Ngxe4 dxe4 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nxe4 Qxe5 17. Bd3 $11 {0-1 Hector,J-Bengtsson,B/
Linkoping 1984 (42)}) (10... Rd8 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. f4 Qxb2 14. Qe1
Rac8 15. Rb1 (15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. Nxg7 Kxg7
20. fxe5 Be8 (20... Kf8) 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Bxh7 Nxe5 $4 {1-0 Hector,J-Bielczyk,
J/Stockholm 1985 (22)} (22... Kxh7 23. Rf3 Nxe5 $19) 23. Qg8#) 15... Qa3 16.
Rb3 Qa5 17. Rxb7 $132) (10... a6 11. f4 Qc7 12. a4 Bd7 13. Ba2 Rac8 14. Be3 Na5
15. Bd4 Nc6 16. Bg1 Kh8 17. Qe2 Na5 $132 {1-0 Lwin,A-Chairul/World Cities,
Jakarta INA 1997 (25)}) 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. f4 Qc7 14. Bd2 $14 {
1-0 McTavish,D-Palacios,B/Toronto Closed 1992 (41)}) 10... a6 11. Ba2 Qc7 (
11... Bd7 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qxb2 13. Qd2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16.
Rfb1 Qxa1 17. Rxa1 Nxe3 18. Qxd7 $18) 13. f4 Na5 14. Qd3 b5 15. Rad1 Nc4 16.
Bc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Losev,D-Belikov,V/Moscow 1996 (20)}) (11... Rd8 12. Ng3 d5 13.
exd5 exd5 14. Nh5 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. c4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb5 $11)
14... Be6 15. Nf4 Rd7 16. f3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov Gary-Teplitsky Yan/Simultan Tel
Aviv ISR 1994 (54)}) 12. Ng3 b5 13. f4 Na5 14. f5 (14. Qe2 Bb7 15. f5 Nc4 16.
a4 $14) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Qd4 Bb7 16. a4 Qc6 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. fxe6 fxe6
19. axb5 axb5 20. Bg5 $132) 15... Qxc4 16. Bg5 (16. Qf3 Bb7 (16... d5 17. Bg5
h6 18. exd5 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. exd5 (20. e5 Be7 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22.
cxd3 Bd7 $15) 20... Bb7 $15) 18... hxg5 19. d6 Bb7 20. Qxb7 Bxd6 $132) 17. Bg5
$132) 16... Ra7 17. Rf4 Qc5 18. Qd2 Rc7 19. Rf3 (19. Rd1) 19... Qe5 20. Rd1 (
20. Bf4 Qc5 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Raf1 (22. Rd1 $2 $17 Bg4) (22. Be3 Qc6 $11) 22...
Rfc8 $132) 20... a5 $2 $16 (20... Rc6 $14) 21. b4 $1 (21. Bf4 Qc5 22. fxe6 (22.
Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Nd1 Rxc2 $15) 22... Bxe6
23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 b4 $15) 21... axb4 22. axb4 Ng4 $2 $18 (
22... Nd5 23. Nxb5 $1 (23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 exf5 26. exf5 Nxf5
27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Kg1 (28. Rxf5 Rxc3 $11) 28... Bxc2 29. Nxb5 $11) 23... Bxg5
24. Qxg5 Ne3 25. Qxe3 Qxb5 26. c3 $16) 23. Bxe7 $2 $16 (23. Bf4 $1 Qf6 (23...
Qxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nxd1 27. Qa1 $18) 24. Nxb5 Rd7 (24...
Qh4 25. Nf1 Rc4 26. Nxd6 Rd8 27. Bg3 $18) 25. Bxd6 Qh4 (25... Ba6 26. fxe6 Qxe6
27. Nc7 Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Nxa6 $18) 26. h3 Ne5 27. Rc3 {
Seems dangerous, but White has an advantage.} Bb7 (27... Rfd8 28. Qd4 $1 Bf6 (
28... Rxd6 29. Nxd6 $18) 29. Qc5 exf5 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Bd8 32. Rd5 $1
$18) 28. Qd4 $2 (28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qe1 $1 Rfd8 30. Rc5 Nf3 31. gxf3 Bxd6 32.
Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxh3+ (33... Rxd6 34. Kg2 $18) 34. Kg1 Rxd6 35. Rh5 Rd1 36.
Qxd1 Qxg3+ 37. Kh1 $18) 28... Bf6 29. fxe6 fxe6 (29... Ng4 30. exd7 Bxd4 31.
Rxd4 Ra8 32. Rf3 $18) 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Nxc7 Qxg3 32. Nxe6 Re8 33. Nc5 Bc8 34.
Qd5+ Kh8 35. Qb3 $44 (35. c4 Bxh3 $19)) 23... Rxe7 24. Qg5 $2 $14 (24. Qxd6 Rd7
25. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Nxe5 27. Rc3 Rd8 28. Ne3 $16) 24... exf5 25. Nd5 Ra7 (
25... Ree8 26. exf5 $16) 26. exf5 Nh6 27. Rff1 $6 $132 (27. c3 {[%csl Ya1]
[%cal Ga7a1,Ge5a1]} f6 (27... Kh8 28. Qh5 Nxf5 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 (30. Nxf5
Rfa8 31. Qf3 Ra1 32. Nfe3 $132) 30... Rfa8 31. Qf1 $14) 28. Qh5 $16) 27... f6
28. Qh5 Qb2 29. Qe2 Nf7 $5 (29... Ra2 $2 {[%cal Ga7g7]} 30. Ne4 Qxc2 31. Ne7+
Kh8 32. Rd2 Qxe4 33. Rxa2 Qxb4 34. Ra8 Qc5 35. Re1 (35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxc8+
Qxc8 37. Qxb5 $16) 35... Ng8 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Qxb5 $16) (29...
Kh8 $1 $11) 30. Qf2 Ra2 $4 $18 (30... Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ga3g3]} 31. Nh5 Bb7 $132 {
And White can't play Qg3.}) 31. Nh5 Ng5 (31... Qxc2 32. Qg3 Ng5 33. h4 $18) (
31... Kh8 32. Qg3 Rg8 33. Ne7 Ra3 34. Rd3 Rxd3 35. cxd3 Qe2 36. Re1 Qxh5 37.
Nxg8 Ne5 38. Ne7 $18) 32. Qg3 Qe5 (32... Bb7 33. h4 Ra3 34. Qg4 Bxd5 35. Rxd5
$18) (32... Rf7 33. Rde1 $18 (33. h4 Ne4)) {[%tqu "En","?","","","d5f6","",10]}
33. Ndxf6+ $1 gxf6 34. Qb3+ Be6 35. fxe6 Rb2 36. Qd3 Nxe6 (36... Ne4 37. Nf4
Rc8 (37... Rxb4 38. e7 Re8 39. Nd5 Rc4 40. Rb1 Rd4 41. Qxb5 $18) 38. Qf3 $1 $18
) 37. Rf5 Qd4 38. Qe2 Qc4 39. Nxf6+ Kg7 (39... Rxf6 40. Qxc4 bxc4 41. Rxf6 $18)
40. Qf2 $2 $16 {Unless it is possible to do without blunders?} (40. Nh5+ $2 Kg6
41. Qxc4 bxc4 42. Rxf8 Nxf8 43. Nf4+ Kf5 44. Nd5 Ke5 45. c3 Nd7 46. h3 $16) (
40. Qf3 $1 Kh8 41. Ng4 $18) 40... Qxc2 $2 $18 (40... Rxc2 $1 41. Qa7+ (41. Qf3
Rc1 42. Nh5+ Kg6 43. Rxf8 Rxd1+ 44. Qxd1 Nxf8 $11) (41. Qg3+ Kh8 42. Qxd6 Rc1
$1 $14 (42... Qe2 43. Rg1 Rd8 44. Qe5 Qxe5 45. Rxe5 Rd6 46. Rxb5 Nc7 47. Rb8+
Kg7 48. Ne4 $18)) 41... Qc7 (41... Nc7 42. Qe3 Ne6 (42... Rxf6 43. Qg5+ Rg6 44.
Qe7+ Kh8 45. Rf8+ Qg8 46. Rxg8+ $18) 43. Nh5+ Kg6 44. Rxf8 Nxf8 45. Rxd6+ $18)
42. Nh5+ Kg8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (43... Nxf8 44. Qd4 Rc4 45. Qd5+ Kh8 46. Rf1 Qe7
47. Qa8 Kg8 48. h3 $1 $18) 44. Qa8+ Ke7 45. Qe4 $16) 41. Nh5+ Kg6 42. Rf6+ Kxh5
43. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt 9th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "1999.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 {Mueller,Karsten} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... Nd7 11.
Ne4 $5 (11. Qf3 f6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Rb4 $5 (14... Nb6 $2 15.
Bxb6 axb6 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Qxf6 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rh8][%cal Gc4f7,Gd1d8]}) (
14... Rb7 15. b3 $16) (14... Bg7 $2 15. Ng5 $16) 15. Be6 $2 (15. b3 $1 Bg7 16.
Ng5 Nb8 (16... Rxc4 17. Ne6 Qb7 18. bxc4 $18) 17. Bf7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19.
Bxe6 $16) 15... Bg7 16. Rab1 $132 (16. a3 Rxb2 17. Ng5 e4 18. Nxe4 Ne5 19. Qh3
f5 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 $15 {1-0 Brinck Claussen,B-Holm,S/Copehagen DEN 1999 (37)}))
11... h6 (11... Bg7 12. Be3 Qb7 (12... Qc7 13. Bxf7+ $16) (12... c5 13. Bxf7+
Kxf7 14. Qf3+ Ke8 15. Ng5 Bb7 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. Ne6+ Kc8 18. Qxg7 $16) 13. c3
O-O 14. Rad1 $44) 12. b3 f5 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Rad1 $44) (10... Qd4
11. Be3 (11. Rd1 $6 Bg4 $1 12. Rxd4 Bxe2 13. Rh4 Bg4 $15) 11... Qd6 (11... Qh4
12. f4 (12. g3 $6 Qh5 13. f3 Bg7 14. Bc5 Nd7 15. Ba3 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bf6 (16... Bh3
17. Rfd1 $44) (16... O-O 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. g4 Qh3 19. Bg5 h5 {Toloza-Ricardi,
1997 Mar del-Plata} 20. Ne4 hxg4 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nd6+ Kg8 23. Nxe8 Ba6 24.
Qxa6 gxf3 25. Rf2 Rxe8 26. Qxa7 Nd5 $44) 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Ne4 Bh3 19. Nxf6+
exf6 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Rd6 Be6 22. Rxc6 $14) 12... Bg4 13. Qe1 Qxe1 14. Raxe1
exf4 15. Bd4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rxe6 (17. Rxf4 $14) 17... Kd7 18. Re2 g5 19.
Ne4 h6 20. Rd1 $16) 12. Rad1 (12. f4 e4 (12... Bg7 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Qf2 (14.
Rae1 O-O 15. h3 Nd5 $15) 14... O-O 15. Bd4 Qf5 16. Bxa7 Qxf2+ 17. Bxf2 Bf5 18.
Bb3 e5 $132) 13. h3 (13. Rfd1 $1 Qc7 (13... Bg4 14. Rxd6 Bxe2 15. Rxc6 (15.
Rxf6 Bxc4 16. Rxc6 Be6 17. Rc7 $16) 15... Bxc4 16. Rxc4 $16) 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bd4 $16) (13. Rad1 $6 Bg4 14. Nxe4 Qxd1 $15) 13... Bg7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bd4 O-O
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxg7 Ng3 18. Qf2 Kxg7 19. Qxg3 Qb6+ (19... Bf5 20. Qc3+ $14 {
1/2-1/2 Szeberenyi,A-Balogh,C/Budapest HUN 1999 (34)}) 20. Rf2 Qxb2 21. Rfd2
$44) 12... Qc7 13. f4 $1 (13. Bc5 Bg7 14. Rde1 (14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16.
Rxe5 Nd7 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxe7 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8
22. Kf1 $15) 14... Nd7 15. Ba3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Nd5 $15 (16... f5 17. Qe3 O-O 18.
Qc5 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Vidovic,S-Benkovic,P/Oropesa del Mar ESP 1998 (39)})) 13...
Bg4 (13... e4 14. Nxe4 Bg7 (14... Nxe4 15. Bd4 $16) 15. Bd4 O-O 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bxf6 exf6 18. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lakos,N-Pelletier,Y/18th Mitropa Cup,
Portoroz SLO 1998 (18)}) 14. Qf2 (14. Nb5 Qb7 $1 $17) 14... e4 (14... Bxd1 15.
fxe5 Qxe5 (15... Bxc2 16. exf6 Bf5 17. g4 Bxg4 18. fxe7 Bxe7 19. Nd5 Qd6 20.
Nxe7 Be6 (20... Qxe7 21. Bc5 $18) 21. Bc5 Qe5 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Re1 Qg4+ 24.
Kh1 $18) 16. Bd4 Qd6 (16... Qg5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Rxd1 Kc7 20.
Bxh8 Qe3+ 21. Kf1 Nd2+ 22. Rxd2 Qxd2 23. Be5+ Kb7 24. Bd3 Qe3 25. Qb3+ Qb6 $15)
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 (17... exf6 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Nxf6+ Kd8 20. Rxd1+ Bd6 21. Ne4 Qxe4
(21... Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qh5+ 24. Ke1 Qh1+ 25. Bf1 Re8 26. Rxd6+ $18)
22. Qf6+ Kc7 23. Qxd6+ Kb7 24. Qb4+ Kc8 (24... Kc7 25. Qa5+ Kb8 26. Ba6 $18)
25. Ba6+ Kc7 26. Qb7#) 18. Qc5 e5 $5 19. Bxf7+ Kd7 20. Rxd1+ Kc8 21. Qc4 Kb8
22. Ne4 $18) 15. Rde1 Bf5 (15... Bg7 $6 16. h3 Bd7 (16... Bf5 17. g4 Bc8 18.
Bc5 $16) (16... Bc8 17. Bc5 $16) 17. Bd4 $16) 16. h3 h5 $11 {Topalov-Kramnik,
NOVGOROD 1997}) (10... Bg7 11. Qxe5 O-O (11... Bf5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qxe7 Rae8
14. Qd6 $16) 12. Qxe7 Bf5 13. Bb3 Rae8 14. Qd6 Ng4 (14... h5 15. Be3 $16 (15.
Bg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Bf6 c5 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfe1 $16 {
Rcegler-Kozul,1997 Portoroz})) 15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re2 17. Rab1 Qd8 18. h3
Nf6 19. Qxc6 $18 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Becerra Rivero,J/Capablanca A
Cienfuegos City CUB 1996 (32)}) 11. f4 e4 (11... exf4 $2 12. Bxf4 Qb6+ 13. Be3
Qc7 (13... Bg4 14. Qe1 Qd8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxf7+ Kd7 17. Qb4 Bh6 $1 18. Rae1 (
18. Bxh6 Qb6+ 19. Qxb6 axb6 $14) (18. Qxe4 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qb6 $14) 18... Bxe3+
19. Rxe3 Nd6 (19... Bf5 20. Qb7+ $18) 20. Qxg4+ Kc7 21. Rfe1 $18) 14. Bd4 $16)
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 (12... Bg7 13. Ng5 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. c3 O-O 15. Be3 $14) 13...
O-O 14. c3 Nd5 15. Qe1 e6 16. Rf2 Qb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lakos,N-Tkeshelashvili,S/
Cala Caldana g-18 1996 (23)}) 13. Qxe4 Bg7 14. c3 O-O (14... Bf5 15. Qf3 h5 16.
Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Rad1 Rab8 20. b4 Rfd8 21. Qc4 Qb7 22. Qc5
a6 23. a4 Rd5 $11 {0-1 Kucumenler,T-Fontaine,R/World Juniors, Zagan POL 1997 
(36)}) 15. Be3 Rb8 (15... Bf5 16. Qf3 Rab8 (16... Rad8 $2 17. Rad1 h5 18. Qf2
Bg4 (18... c5 19. Bxc5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8 21. Ba6 (21. b4 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Bf6 23.
Ba6 $16) 21... Qxc5 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Bxc8 Qc7 24. Bxf5 Qxd8 25. Bc2 $16) 19.
Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxa7 c5 21. Bxc5 Rd2 22. Qe3 Rxb2 23. Qxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxe7 Bxc3 25.
Bc5 $1 h4 26. h3 Bf5 27. Rd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Kotronias,V/
Buenos Aires 1997/CBM 60/ (53)}) 17. Qf2 c5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. h3 a5 20. b3 Bxc3
21. Bxc5 Bb4 22. Ba7 Rb7 23. Be3 Qb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sergejev,R-Gabriel,C/EuT-ch,
Pula CRO 1997 (49)}) 16. Rf2 $1 (16. Qc2 $6 a5 $1 (16... Qb7 17. Rf2 c5 18. Rd1
Bf5 19. Qe2 h5 20. h3 Bf6 21. g4 (21. Kh2 Bh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Rd5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+
Rxd8 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Kg7 27. Kg1 Rh8 28. Rh2 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 Bxg4 30. Qxg4
Qxb2+ 31. Qe2 Qxc3 32. Bxc5 $16 {1-0 Hakki,I-Yasseen,A/GM B, Cairo EGY 1997 
(77)}) 21... hxg4 22. hxg4 Be4 23. Bxc5 Bh4 24. Rff1 $16) 17. a4 Qb7 18. Rf2
Bf5 19. Qe2 h5 20. h3 h4 $11 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Hernandez,G/Cienfuegos
1996/Inf 67/ (31)}) 16... Bf5 17. Qf3 Rfd8 (17... a5 18. g4 Bc8 (18... Be6 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qe4 $16) 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Kh8 21. Qh5 $16) 18. Rd1 $2 $11 (
18. Bc5 $1 Bf6 (18... a5 19. Re1 e5 20. g4 e4 21. Qg3 Bc8 (21... Be6 22. Bxe6 (
22. Rxe4 Rd1+ $44) 22... fxe6 23. Rxe4 $16) 22. Rxe4 $16) 19. g4 Bc8 20. f5 (
20. Re1 Bh4 $17) 20... g5 21. Re1 a5 22. Rfe2 Rd7 23. Qh3 $16 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8]
[%cal Gh3h6]}) 18... h5 (18... Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 a5 $132) 19. Rfd2 Bg4 (19... Rxd2
20. Rxd2 e5 $132) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qf1 (22. Qxc6 Qd1+ 23. Kf2
Qc2+ 24. Kg3 Qxb2 25. Qe8+ (25. Qxg6 e6 (25... Qxc3 26. Qxf7+ Kh7 27. Qg8+ Kh6
28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Kg1 Qe4 (29... Qb1+ 30. Bf1 Qe4 (30... Be2 31. f5#) 31. Bxa7
Qxf4 32. Qc4 $16) 30. Bf2 Qxf4 (30... Qb1+ 31. Bf1 $16) 31. h3 (31. Bd3 Qc1+
32. Bf1 a5 $132) 31... Bd4 $1 32. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 26. Qd3 (26. Qg5
Qxc3 27. Qd8+ Bf8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 a5 $11) 26... h4+ 27. Kxg4 Qxg2+ 28.
Kh5 Qf3+ 29. Kg5 Qg2+ 30. Kh5 Qf3+ $11) 25... Kh7 26. Qxf7 (26. Bxf7 Qxc3 27.
Bxg6+ Kh6 28. Bxh5 Qxe3+ 29. Kxg4 Qe2+ 30. Kg3 Qxh5 31. Qxe7 $11) 26... Qxc3
27. Kf2 Qc2+ 28. Kg3 Qc3 $11) 22... Qd7 $2 $16 (22... a5 23. Qd3 Qd6 $11) 23.
Qd3 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]} Qxd3 (23... Qc7 24. Qxg6 $16) 24. Bxd3 a5 (24... Be6
25. a4 a5 26. Bc2 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 25. Bb6 (25. Be4 Bd7 26. a4 Kf8 27. Bb6 c5
28. Bc2 c4 29. Bxa5 $16) 25... a4 26. Bc2 (26. Bc5 Be6 27. Be4 Bxa2 28. Bxc6
Bb3 29. Bxe7 $16) 26... a3 27. bxa3 Bxc3 28. Be4 (28. a4 Be2 29. Be4 Bc4 30.
Bxc6 Bxa2 31. a5 Bc4 32. Bb7 $18) 28... Be6 $6 $18 (28... Bd7 29. a4 f5 $5 30.
Bf3 $2 (30. Bd3 Kf7 31. a5 c5 32. Bc4+ Ke8 33. a6 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kh1 Bc6 35.
Be6 h4 36. h3 Be3 37. a7 (37. Bc8 Bxf4 38. Bb7 Kd7 $15) 37... Ba8 38. a4 Kf8 (
38... Bxf4 39. Bxc5 Kd8 40. Bb6+ Bc7 41. a5 f4 42. Kg1 Bc6 43. Kf2 g5 44. Ke2 (
44. Bg4 e5 45. Bf3 e4) 44... Ba8 (44... Bxg2 45. Bg4 $18) 45. Kd3 Bxg2 46. Bf5
Bb7 47. Be4 Bxb6 48. axb6 Kc8 49. a8=Q+ Bxa8 50. Bxa8 $18) 39. a5 Bxf4 40. Bxc5
Ke8 41. Bb6 Bg3 42. Kg1 f4 43. Bc8 $18) 34... Bc6 35. a7 e5 36. a4 Ba8 37. fxe5
Bxe5 38. Be2 $18 {[%cal Ge2f3]}) 30... e5 31. fxe5 Kf7 32. a5 Ke6 33. a6 Bc8
34. a7 Bb7 35. Kf2 Bxe5 36. g3 h4 37. gxh4 Bxh2 38. a4 Be5 39. Ke2 Bf6 40. Bf2
g5 41. hxg5 (41. h5 g4 42. Bh1 Bg5 $44) 41... Bxg5 42. Bc5 $11) 29. Bxc6 Bxa2
30. a4 Bc4 31. Bb7 Bd2 32. g3 h4 33. a5 hxg3 34. hxg3 e6 35. a6 Bxa6 36. Bxa6
g5 {Mueller,Karsten: Die Festung von Lippstadt von GM Karsten Mьller  Als ich
begann, die kommentierten Partien des CBM 72 zu studieren, war ich zunдchst
erfreut zu lesen, dass IM Ilya Tsesarsky mein Endspiel gegen GM Csom aus
Lippstadt nдher unter die Lupe genommen hat, weil ich mich noch an seine
instruktive Analyse des Bauernendspiels aus Kundin-Zalkind (CBM 54) erinnern
konnte. Doch ich erlebte eine Ьberraschung: [#]Mein a-Bauer hatte Schwarz den
weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer gekostet, und ich fragte mich kurz vor der Zeitkontrolle,
warum mein Gegner immer noch weiterspielt. Da dдmmerte mir, dass es mit so
wenigen Bauern sehr schwierig werden wьrde, die Mehrfigur zur Geltung zu
bringen. So zog ich intuitiv} 37. fxg5 $4 {The misunderstanding elementary
endgames is characteristic for young generation. '?' Mueller,Karsten. Mueller,
Karsten: 'was Tsesarsky mit einem Doppelfragezeichen und dem Kommentar "The
misunderstanding elementary endgames is characteristic for young generation"
versieht. Doch auch die Variante, die er anfьhrt reicht nicht:'} (37. Bc7 $18
gxf4 (37... g4 38. f5 $1 (38. Be2 $4 f5 $11 39. Bc4 (39. Bd8 Kf7 40. Bh4 Ke8
41. Bb5+ Kf7 42. Bc4 $18 {nebst Kцnigsmarsch nach d7.}) 39... Kf7 40. Kf2 Bc3
41. Be5 Bb4 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Bg7 Ba5 44. Bh6 Bc3 45. Bg5+ Kd6 46. Ba6 Kd7 47.
Kd3 Be1 48. Bh4 Kd6 49. Bc8 Bf2 {And White can not strengthen a position.})
38... exf5 39. Bc8 Kg7 40. Bxf5 $18 {Mueller,Karsten: '(Tsesarsky)'}) 38. gxf4
$1 {Much better than P in g3 (g4).} (38. Bxf4 $4 Bc3 $11) 38... Kg7 (38... f5
39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Ke2 (40. Kg3 Be1+ $11) 40... Bc1 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. Be5+ Kg6 43.
Bc8 Kf7 44. Kc4 $18 {Mueller,Karsten: '[#]mit Gewinn fьr WeiЯ laut Tsesarsky.
Doch wie soll der Bauer e6 erobert werden ?'} (44. Kc4 {Mueller,Karsten [#]mit
Gewinn fьr WeiЯ laut Tsesarsky. Doch wie soll der Bauer e6 erobert werden ?}
Ke7 45. Kc5 Ba3+ 46. Kc6 Bb4 47. Ba6 (47. Bg7 Bd2 48. Bh6 e5 $11) 47... Ba3 48.
Kc7 (48. Bd3 Bb4 49. Bc4 Ba3 50. Bd4 Bc1 51. Bc5+ Kf6 52. Bd6 Bb2 53. Kd7 e5
$11) 48... Bb4 49. Bc4 Ba3 50. Kc8 Bb4 51. Bc7 Bc3 52. Bd8+ Kd6 $11)) 39. Kg2
Kg6 40. Kf3 Bc3 41. Bd3+ Kh5 42. Bd8 Be1 43. Bf6 Bd2 44. Be2 Kg6 45. Be5 f6 46.
Bd3+ Kf7 47. Bd6 Ke8 48. Bb5+ Kf7 49. Bd7 Bc3 50. Ke4 Bb2 51. Kd3 Bc1 52. Kc4
Bb2 53. Kb5 Bc3 54. Kc6 Bd2 55. Bc8 Be3 56. Kd7 Bd4 57. Ba6 e5 58. f5 e4 59.
Bc4+ Kg7 60. Ke6 $18) ({Richtig war hingegen} 37. f5 $1 {Mueller,Karsten} exf5
38. Bd3 f4 39. g4 Bc3 40. Kf2 f6 (40... Kg7 41. Kf3 Bb2 42. Bd8 Bf6 43. Bxf6+
Kxf6 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. Bc4+ Kf6 46. Bd5 Ke7 47. Kf5 f6 48. Bc4 f3 49. Ke4 f2 50.
Kf3 Kd6 (50... f5 51. gxf5 Kf6 52. Kg4 $18) 51. Kxf2 Ke5 52. Bd3 $18) 41. Kf3
Kf7 42. Ke4 Ke7 43. Bc5+ Kf7 44. Bc4+ Kg7 45. Be6 Bb2 46. Bd4 Ba3 47. Kf5 Be7
48. Bd5 Bd8 49. Ke6 Kg6 50. Be4+ Kg7 51. Kd7 Ba5 52. Ke7 Bb4+ 53. Ke6 $18)
37... Bxg5 38. Bc4 Bf6 (38... Kg7 39. Kg2 Bd2 (39... Kf6 40. Bd8+ Kg6 41. Bxg5
Kxg5 42. Kf3 $18) 40. Kf3 Kf8 41. Bc5+ Ke8 42. Kg4 Kd7 43. Bb5+ Kd8 44. Bd6 Bc1
45. Bc6 Bd2 46. Kh5 Be3 47. Bf4 Bd4 48. Kg5 Ke7 49. Bd2 Bf6+ (49... f6+ $2 50.
Kg6 Kd6 51. Bf3 f5 52. Be1 (52. Bb4+ Ke5 53. Kf7 Bf2 54. Ke7 Kd4 $11) (52. Bg5
Bf2 53. Bf4+ e5 $11) 52... Ke5 53. Kf7 Kd6 54. Bb4+ Kd7 55. Bd1 e5 56. Ba4+ Kc7
57. Ke6 f4 58. g4 f3 59. Bb5 Kb6 60. Bf1 e4 61. Kd5 e3 62. Kxd4 e2 63. Bxe2
fxe2 64. g5 $18) 50. Kh6 Bd4 $11) 39. Bc7 Kg7 40. Kg2 Bc3 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Kf4
Bd2+ 43. Ke4 Bc3 44. Be5 Be1 45. Kf4 f6 46. Bd3+ (46. Bb2 Kf7 47. g4 Bd2+ 48.
Ke4 Bb4 49. Bb3 Ke7 50. Kd4 Bd6 51. Bc1 Kd7 (51... f5 $2 52. g5 Kf7 53. Ba4 Bc7
54. Bd2 Bd6 55. Ke3 e5 56. Ke2 e4 57. Bd7 f4 58. Bf5 $18) 52. Ba4+ Ke7 53. Kc4
Kf7 54. Bc2 f5 55. g5 Kg6 56. Ba4 f4 $11) 46... Kf7 47. Bb2 Bb4 (47... f5 $11)
48. Kf3 (48. g4 Bd2+ 49. Kf3 f5 $11) 48... Bd6 49. Bc4 f5 $11 {The following
50 moves white vainly try to punch a unapproachable fortress of black Mueller,
Karsten: 'hier trifft Tsesarsky mit seiner Bemerkung "the following 50 moves
white vainly try to punch a unapproachable fortress of black" voll ins
Schwarze.'} 50. Kg2 Bc7 51. Bc3 Bd6 52. Ba5 Bb8 53. Bd8 Bd6 54. Bh4 Bc7 55. Kf3
Bd6 56. Ke3 Bc7 57. Bb3 Bb8 58. Kf3 Bc7 59. Ba4 Bd6 60. Bd7 Bc7 61. Bc8 Bd6 62.
Bd8 Bb8 63. Kg2 Bd6 64. Kh3 Bb8 65. Bd7 Bd6 66. Kh4 Bb8 67. Bg5 Bc7 68. Bd2
Bd8+ 69. Kh3 Bc7 70. Kg2 Bd6 71. Kf3 Kf6 72. Bc3+ Kf7 73. Ba4 Bc7 74. Kg2 Bd6
75. Kh3 Bc7 76. Bd2 Bd6 77. Kh4 Bc7 78. Bd1 Be5 79. Bh5+ Kf6 80. Bg5+ Kg7 81.
Kh3 Bd6 82. Kg2 Bc7 83. Kf3 Be5 84. Bf4 Bc3 85. Bc7 Kf6 86. Bd8+ Kg7 87. Kf4
Bd4 88. Be8 Kf8 89. Ba4 Kf7 90. Bc7 Kf6 91. Kf3 Bc3 92. Ke3 Be1 93. Kd4 Bf2+
94. Kc4 e5 95. Bd8+ Ke6 96. Bh4 f4 97. gxf4 Bxh4 98. fxe5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bg5 a6 (8... Ne5 9. Bb5+ (9. Be2 Be7 10. Be3 (10. f4 Ng6 11. Qd2 O-O (11... h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g3 O-O 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. h4 a5 16. h5 Nf8 17. Nd4 a4 18. a3
Bd7 19. Rhg1 $132 {0-1 Kiulaots,A-Lugovoi,A/URS-chJ Jurmala 1992 (39)}) 12. h4
Rd8 13. h5 Nf8 14. g4 d5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. O-O-O $14 (17. Nb5 Bd7
18. a4 (18. N5d4 Ba4 19. c3 Rac8 $132) 18... Bxb5 19. axb5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Dukaczewski,P-Ehrenfeucht,W/POL tt Mikolajki ,EXT 1991 (21)})) 10... Qc7 11. f4
Nc4 (11... Ned7 12. g4 Nb6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Qd4 (14. Qd2 $14) 14... e5 (14...
O-O 15. O-O-O $14) 15. Qd2 a6 (15... exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. O-O-O a6 18. h4 $14)
16. f5 $14 {1-0 Schneider,L-Jonsson,H/SM 1994 (45)}) 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Bxc4 Qxc4
14. Qd3 Qc6 15. O-O-O (15. N3d4 Qd7 16. c4 O-O 17. O-O b6 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. Bc1
a6 20. Nc3 Rac8 21. b3 d5 $1 $11 {0-1 Brodsky,M-Ehrenfeucht,W/Warsaw 1993 (61)}
) 15... O-O 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Rhg1 a6 18. g4 b5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Qd4 Rd8 $132 {
1-0 Ioseliani,N-Terescenco Nutu,D/Havana 1985 (51)}) 9... Nfd7 (9... Bd7 10.
Bxf6 Bxb5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Nxb5 Qxb5 13. Qe2 Qa4 14. O-O Be7 15. Rfd1 (15.
Rad1 O-O 16. Nc1 Rfd8 17. c3 b5 18. b3 Qa5 19. Qc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Justin,
M-Tukmakov Vladimir B/Bled Slovenia 1995 (50)}) 15... O-O 16. c3 Rad8 17. Qc2
g6 18. a3 f5 $11 {0-1 Lukin,A-Oll,L/St Petersburg 1993 (39)}) 10. Qe2 a6 11.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. f5 Ne5 17. fxe6
Bxe6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 O-O 20. Kb1 Nc6 21. Rhd1 Rad8 22. a3 $14 {[%csl Rd6]
1-0 Istratescu,A-Gronn Alte/WchJ Mamaia ROM 1991 (42)}) (8... Be7 {-Theory}) (
8... Bd7 {-Theory}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Qe2 Qc7 (9... Be7 10. O-O-O (10. O-O O-O 11.
Kh1 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,
A-Cabrilo,G/Nis ,EXT 1993 (44)}) 10... Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb8
14. e5 Ba6 (14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 $19) 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rxd6
Bxe2 18. Rxc6 fxg5 $19 {0-1 Formanek,E-Weinstein,N/Lone 1976 (33)}) (9... Bd7
10. f4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16.
Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nd4 Rae8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8
22. g3 $16 {1-0 Hayoun,L-Lecuyer,C/Val Maubuee ,EXT 1990 (30)}) 10. O-O-O b5
11. Bd3 Be7 12. f4 b4 13. Nb1 e5 14. f5 Bb7 15. N1d2 O-O 16. Bc4 a5 17. Nf3 a4
18. Nbd2 Rfc8 19. Nb1 Na5 $17 {0-1 Friis,B-Bergenser,P/Copenhagen 1975 (32)})
9... gxf6 10. Be2 $146 (10. Qh5 $1 {This move puts before black serious
openning problems. For instant:} Bd7 (10... Ne5 11. Be2 Bd7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Rf1
(13. g3 $14) 13... O-O-O 14. g3 Be7 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Rf3 $16 {1-0 Meszaros,
A-Stajcic,N/Balatonfuzfo 1993 (53)}) (10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 (11. O-O-O Nxb3+ 12.
Bxb3 Qc5 (12... Qxf2 13. Rhf1 Qe3+ 14. Kb1 Be7 15. h4 (15. g3 Bd7 16. Rd3 Qg5
$17) 15... Bd7 16. g4 Qc5 17. g5 $132) 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Rd3 Kb8 16.
Rhd1 Be7 17. Rd4 h5 18. Kb1 $16 {1-0 Meszaros,A-Rezsek,G/Zalakaros ,EXT 1993 
(41)}) 11... Qxd4 12. Bb3 Qe5 13. Qe2 $14) 11. O-O (11. Rf1 Ne5 12. Be2 O-O-O
13. O-O-O Be7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. g3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Anka,E-Gonzalez,G/
Budapest 1993 (30)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Nd4 12. Rad1 Nxc2 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 a5
15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5+ Kd8 17. Qxc2 a4 18. Qc3 Be7 19. Nd4 Rg8 20. Rfe1 $16 {
1-0 Sutovsky-Shrentzel,I/Tel Aviv 1993 (34)}) (11... Be7 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Be2
O-O-O 14. f4 Ng6 15. a4 Kb8 16. a5 Qc7 17. Bd3 $14 (17. Nd4 Qc5 18. Rfd1 Rc8
19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Nb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aboudi,M-Frhat,A/Cairo EGY 1999 (20)})) 12.
Kh1 Nd4 13. Bd3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc5 15. Qh3 h5 16. f4 h4 17. f5 Be7 18. Rf4 Qe5
19. Rxh4 Rxh4 20. Qxh4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,V-Kozlov Vladimir N/Erevan Trade
Unions tt ch 1983 (28)}) 10... Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 h5 13. f4 $14 h4 (13...
Na5 14. Nxa5 (14. Bxh5 Nc4 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Re3]}) 14... Qxa5 15. f5 Qe5 16.
Bxh5 Bd8 (16... exf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Re1 Bxc2 19. Rxe5 Bxd1 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7
21. Bxd1 $16) 17. Qg4 Ba5 18. Ne2 (18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qg6+ Kf8 $19 {[%csl Rh2]}
) 18... exf5 19. exf5 Qxb2 20. Qe4+ Qe5 21. Qxb7 {[%csl Ra8,Rf7]} Rd8 22. Ng3
$16) 14. Qd2 (14. f5 $6 Ne5 $1 15. Rb1 {[%cal Gb3d4]} (15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh5+
Kd8 $132) 15... Qe3 $132) 14... Na5 (14... Rg8 15. Qe1 $14) 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16.
Rab1 Rc8 (16... Rg8 17. b4 Qb6 18. b5 a5 19. Na4 Qd8 20. c4 $14) 17. Bf3 $6
$132 (17. b4 Qc7 18. Rb3 $14 {[%csl Yc2,Re8][%cal Ge2d3]}) 17... Qc5 (17... Bc6
$6 18. b4 $14) 18. h3 b5 19. Rfc1 (19. a3 $132) 19... f5 $6 $14 {Vainly black
weaken a site of the king} 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Bg4 (21. Be4 Qc5 22. a3 (22. Bb7
Rc7 23. Bxa6 Qb6 $17) 22... d5 $15) (21. Bb7 Bc6 22. Bxc6+ (22. Bxc8 Qxh3+ 23.
Kg1 Rg8 $19) 22... Rxc6 23. a4 bxa4 24. Ra1 Rc4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Nxa4 $132)
21... Qg6 22. f5 $6 $132 {Prematurely} (22. Re1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 (22... Rg8
23. f5 exf5 24. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Re8]}) 23. Bf3 Kf7 24. Re3 $14) 22... exf5 23.
Bf3 O-O $1 24. Nd5 $6 $15 (24. Re1 Bg5 25. Qf2 $44) 24... Bg5 25. Qd3 (25. Qf2
Rfe8 26. Rf1 $15) 25... Rfe8 26. Rf1 Re5 (26... Bc6 27. c3 $15) 27. Nb6 Rd8 28.
Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Bd5 (29. Rbd1 $15 {[%cal Gc2c3]}) 29... Rde7 30. Rbd1 Be3 31. c4
$2 $17 (31. c3 $15 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd5f3,Gb2b4]}) 31... b4 32. Bf3 (32. a3 a5
33. axb4 axb4 34. Ra1 Bc5 35. Qf3 $17) 32... Bc5 33. Qd2 (33. Bd5 Qg3 34. Bf3
a5 35. b3 $17) 33... Kg7 34. Qf4 Qg3 $1 $19 35. Qxg3+ (35. Qd2 Be3 36. Qe1 Qxe1
(36... Bf4 37. Qxg3+ hxg3 38. Rxd6 $132) 37. Rdxe1 Ra5 $19) 35... hxg3 {
[%csl Rh1]} 36. b3 Kg6 37. Rb1 Kg5 38. Rbc1 Re3 39. Rcd1 {White in zugzwang} a5
40. Rb1 Rd3 41. Rb2 Ree3 42. Be2 Rd4 43. Bf3 Red3 44. Rfb1 Rd2 (44... Rd2 45.
Rxd2 Rxd2 46. Ra1 Bd4 47. Rd1 Rf2 48. Bd5 Kf6 49. Bf3 Be5 $19 {[%csl Ra2]}) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8. f3
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 b5 12. Bh6 {This archive variation is not
useful for White - the opponent has no problem in this openning.} (12. a4 bxa4
(12... b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. h4 (14. O-O Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Minic,
D-Stein,L/URS-YUG 1969 (19)}) 14... Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qd3 $11 {
1-0 Kovacs,L-Szilagyi/Budapest city ch 1968 (35)}) 13. Nxa4 Bxa4 (13... Qc7 14.
O-O Rfc8 15. Ra2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bouaziz,S-Sarapu,O/
Sousse Interzonal 1967 (21)}) 14. Rxa4 Nd7 15. Ra2 a5 16. O-O Qc7 17. Rfa1 Nc5
18. Rxa5 Rxa5 19. Qxa5 Qxa5 20. Rxa5 Bxb2 21. Bxc5 (21. Ra7 e6 $132) 21... dxc5
22. Kf1 Rc8 23. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Minic,D-Bronstein,D/Belgrade 1964 (23)}) (12.
O-O-O a5 13. Nd5 a4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd5 a3 16. Bxa8 (16. b4 $132) 16...
axb2+ 17. Kb1 Qxa8 18. Qb4 Be6 19. a3 Rc8 20. Bd4 Rc4 21. Qxb2 $132 {1-0 Jocha,
A-Szilagyi,G/Budapest 1966 (30) (Jocha A = Adorjan Andras)}) (12. g4 b4 13. Ne2
a5 14. a4 bxa3 15. Rxa3 a4 16. Ba2 Qb8 17. c3 Bb5 18. Nf4 $132 {0-1 Canda,
D-Estevez,G/Managua Nicaragua 1988 (40)}) (12. h4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxb2
15. Bd4 (15. Bxa8 Bxa1 $19 {[%csl Ra8,Rd2,Re1][%cal Ga1c3]}) 15... Bxd4 (15...
Bxa1 $2 16. Bxa1 Rc8 (16... Qa5 $4 17. h5 $1 $18 (17. Kf2 $4 Rac8 $17 {1-0
Tochtrup,L-Elite 68020/Duisburg 1990 (31)})) 17. h5 e6 18. Qh6 f6 19. hxg6 Qe7
20. Bb3 a5 21. a4 bxa3 22. gxh7+ Kh8 $15) 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. h5 g5 18. h6 e5 19.
Qd2 Kh8 $17) 12... a5 (12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 a5 14. Nd5 (14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Qb8
(15... Bxa4 16. Rxa4 Qb6 17. h4 (17. Qd2 $11) 17... Qc5 18. Qd2 (18. Qg5 $11)
18... Rfb8 19. Qd4 Nd7 (19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 a4 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Bxa4 Rxb2 23.
Kd2 Ra2 $11) 20. Kd2 $11 {1-0 Rennemo,O-Schmidt,G/cr ch-EU 1972 (65)}) 16. O-O
$11 (16. Qe3 $2 Qb4+ 17. Kf2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Kg3 d5 20. c3 Qb8+ 21. e5 (
21. Kh3 dxe4 22. Rhf1 (22. fxe4 Qe5 $19) 22... e5 23. g3 exf3 24. Rxf3 Qc8+ 25.
Kg2 Qc6 $17) 21... Nd7 22. h4 $1 (22. f4 $2 g5 23. fxg5 (23. Rhf1 Rf5 24. fxg5
Rxe5 25. Qf4 Rxg5+ 26. Kh3 Rh5+ 27. Kg3 Ne5 $1 $19) 23... Rf5 24. Kh3 Qe8 25.
g4 Rxe5 26. Qf4 Re4 $17) 22... Nxe5 (22... Qxe5+ 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Rhe1 Rf5 25.
Nc5 Kf7 26. b4 Nc4 $11) 23. f4 Nc4 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 (24... Rf7 25. Kh3 Ra6 $5 26.
Qxd5 (26. Qxa6 Rf6 27. Qxf6 exf6 28. g3 Ne3 $15) 26... Ne3 27. Qe4 Qxf4 28.
Qxf4 Rxf4 29. Nc5 $132) 25. Kh3 Rxf4 $2 $11 (25... Qxf4 $1 26. Rhe1 (26. Qxd5
Rad8 $17) 26... Rf5 (26... g5 $1 27. hxg5 (27. g3 Qf3 28. Rf1 (28. hxg5 Rf7 29.
b3 Qh5+ 30. Kg2 Raf8 31. Ra2 Qf3+ 32. Kh2 Nd6 $17) 28... g4+ 29. Kh2 (29. Qxg4
Qxg4+ 30. Kxg4 Ne3+ $19) 29... Qe3 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Qxg4 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Ne3 $19
) 27... Qxg5 28. Qg4 Qxg4+ 29. Kxg4 Rg8+ 30. Kh3 (30. Kf3 Raf8+ $19) 30... Ra6
31. g4 Rh6+ 32. Kg3 Rhg6 33. Rxe7 Rxg4+ $17) 27. g3 Qf3 28. Qxe7 $11) 26. Rhe1
Rf5 (26... Nxb2 27. Nxb2 Qxb2 28. Qe5+ Rf6 29. Rab1 Qa3 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. Qxe7
Qxe7 32. Rexe7 $11) 27. Qxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kupreichik,V-Stein,L/Sochi 1970 (39)}
)) 14... e6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. c3 b4 $15) 13. a3 $2 $17 {White don't feel a
danger.} (13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a3 $11) 13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a4 15. Ba2 b4 $1 {
Maybe this move was missed by White?} 16. Nd5 (16. axb4 Rb8 (16... Qb6 $5 17.
b5 (17. Bd5 Qxb4 18. Bxa8 Qxb2 19. Kd2 (19. O-O Qxc3 20. Bd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qd4+
22. Kh1 Qxd5 $17) 19... Qb6 (19... Rc8 20. Qe3 $18) 20. Bd5 Qd4+ 21. Kc1 Qxc3
22. Rb1 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qa3+ 25. Kd1 Bf5 26. Rc1 Rc3 $17) (17. Qd2 $1
Qxb4 18. Nd1 Rfb8 19. c3 Qc5 20. Qf2 $15) 17... Bxb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bc6
20. Bxc6 Qxb2 $1 21. O-O Qb6+ $19) 17. b5 Bxb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bd7 20. b3
Qc7 21. Qd2 Rfc8 $15) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rc8 (17... Rb8 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Qc1
Qb6 20. b3 axb3 21. Bxb3 $15) 18. Qd2 e6 19. Ba2 bxa3 20. b4 $2 $19 (20. bxa3
Qh4+ (20... Qf6 21. O-O Qb2 $17) 21. g3 Qf6 22. O-O Qb2 23. Qb4 Rxc2 24. Qxb2
Rxb2 25. Rfd1 Rb6 $17) 20... Bb5 (20... axb3 21. Bxb3 Ra8 22. Qxd6 Qa5+ 23. Qd2
Qc5 $17) 21. Rc1 (21. c3 Qh4+ 22. Kd1 d5 23. exd5 (23. e5 Rfd8 24. Re1 d4 $19 (
24... Qxh2 $19)) 23... Rfd8 24. Re1 exd5 25. h3 Qf6 26. Qd4 Qxd4+ 27. cxd4 Rc3
$19) 21... Qh4+ 22. Kd1 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. c3 (24. g3 Qf6 25. f4 Rfe8 $19)
24... Rfe8 (24... Rfe8 $19) 25. Re1 Bc4 (25... Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Qxh2 (26... Qxe1+
27. Kxe1 Re8+ 28. Kd1 Re3 $17) 27. Qd2 d4 $19) 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. g3 Qf6 28.
Bxc4 dxc4 29. Qf4 Qe6 (29... Qb6 $19) 30. Kc2 Qe2+ 31. Qd2 Qxf3 (31... a2 $19)
32. Kb1 h5 (32... Re2 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ f6 35. Qd7+ Kh6 36. Qh3+ Qh5 37.
Qxh5+ Kxh5 38. Rc2 $132) (32... Qd3+ 33. Qxd3 cxd3 34. Ka2 d2 35. Rd1 Rc8 36.
Kxa3 Rxc3+ 37. Kxa4 $11) 33. Rc2 Qf1+ (33... Qd3 34. Ka2 Re3 35. Kxa3 Qxd2 36.
Rxd2 Rxc3+ 37. Kxa4 $44) 34. Ka2 Re1 35. Kxa3 Rd1 36. Qf4 Ra1+ 37. Ra2 Qb1 $4
$11 (37... Qd1 38. Qxc4 Rb1 39. Rb2 Qc1 $19) 38. Qxc4 Qc1+ 39. Kxa4 Qc2+ 40.
Ka3 Qc1+ (40... Rxa2+ 41. Qxa2 Qxc3+ 42. Ka4 Qc6+ $11) 41. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. O-O g6 9. Qe1 $1 {I have no doubt that this move is stronger than any other
move in this position, including moves like 9.Qe2 and 9.e5; I even tried it
once with the white pieces and got a nice advantage out of the opening.
Aleksandar had never played the 6.Bc4 variation with white, so this line was a
direct preparation for the game.} Qc5 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 $1 (11. Na4 Qh5 12. f3
{is definitely worse than the 11.Bb2 line;}) 11... O-O 12. Na4 Qh5 13. f4 Qh6
$6 $146 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gf6g4] An opening experiment, but not a good one.
Actually, this "creative" move doesn't help black to resolve his opening
problems, and only creates new ones. During the game, I simply forgot that
after 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Bd3 black has the 15.Bd7! move;} (13... Ng4 $145 $6 {
Tyomkin} 14. h3 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Nf6 (16... Ne3 $6 17. Na4 Qd4 18. c3
Qxe4 19. Rf3 $16) 17. e5 dxe5 (17... Nd5 18. Na4 Qa3 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Rd1 $14)
18. Nd3 (18. Na4 Qa3 19. fxe5 Nd5 $14) (18. fxe5 $5 Nd5 19. Nd3 $14) 18... Qb6
19. Qxe5 Re8 20. Nc5 Nd5 21. Na4 Qb8 22. Rae1 $14 {Tyomkin-Gerzhoy, Isr-ch 
(team), 2005;}) (13... Bd7 14. h3 $14 {Areshchenko,A}) (13... d5 14. Bxf6 (14.
Bd3 $145 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 (15... Bg4 16. h3 Be2 17. Bxc6 Bxf1 18. Bxa8 Rxa8
19. Qxf1 Rd8 $14) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxe4 $14 {Areshchenko,A}) (14. exd5 cxd5
15. Bd3 Bd7 $15) (14. Be2 $5 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. h3 $14) 14... exf6 15. exd5
cxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Qf2 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Miroshnichenko,E/
Simferopol 2003/CBM 097 [Gofshtein]}) 14. Rd1 $14 Bg4 $1 {One more inaccuracy
and black will be in a real trouble.} (14... Ng4 15. h3 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Nf6 17.
e5 $16) (14... Nh5 15. Qh4 $1 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Qg7 17. Nd3 $16) 15. Be2 (15. Rd3
Rad8 16. h3 Bc8 17. e5 $14) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qh5 {Hoping to escape in a
worse ending.} 17. Qxh5 gxh5 {The pawn chain is collapsed this way, but black
gets the g4-outpost for his N and the g-file for future counterplay.} (17...
Nxh5 18. e5 {[%csl Rh5]} dxe5 19. fxe5 g5 (19... Bh6 20. Rd7 $16) 20. Rd7 Nf4
21. Rxe7 Rfe8 22. Rd7 $16) 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h3 Nh6 {After 20...
Nf6 21.e5 white opens the central files for his rooks;} (20... Nf6 21. e5 Nd5
22. exd6 exd6 23. c4 Nxf4 24. Rd4 $1 Ne6 25. Rxd6 $16) 21. c4 Rad8 22. c5 Ng8
$1 {Time to bring the N back!} 23. cxd6 {All simplifications are to black's
favor. Perhaps, white should have taken care on his knight instead.} (23. Nb2
Nf6 24. cxd6 exd6 25. e5 Nd5 26. Nc4 dxe5 27. fxe5 $16) 23... exd6 24. e5 $6 {
The white pawn e4 is as week as d6, but anyhow white should have tried to put
some pressure on the d6 pawn.} (24. Rd4 $142 Rfe8 25. Red1 Nf6 26. Nc3 {
[%cal Gb3b4,Gg1f2,Gf2f3]}) 24... dxe5 25. Rxd8 (25. fxe5 Rfe8 (25... Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 Re8 27. Rd7 Re7 28. Rd6 Rxe5 29. Rxc6 Nf6 30. Ra6 Re1+ 31. Kh2 h4 32. Nc3
(32. Rxa7 $2 Nh5 {[%cal Gh5g3]}) 32... Nh5 33. Ra4 $1 $16) 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Nc5 Rd5 28. b4 a5 $14) 25... Rxd8 26. Rxe5 Nf6 {Within 3 moves only, black has
got two active pieces instead of three passive...} 27. Rg5+ Kf8 28. Rf5 (28.
Ra5 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 h4 30. Nc5 Rd5 31. b4 Nh5 32. Rxa7 Nxf4 {and black should
escape here;}) 28... Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Nd5 30. Rxh5 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 (31. Kf3 Kg7 32.
Rg5+ Kf6 33. Rg8 Rxa2 {black is definitely safe here with such active pieces;})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-B"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qe2 g6 9. O-O Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 4] This move was discovered in 98', and there were
only few games played in this line. Our game has a value in development of
this variation.} 10. Bb3 ({An attempt to refute black's original idea was
tried in the game of two young players:} 10. Be3 $146 {Tyomkin,D} Qc7 (10...
Nxe3 11. fxe3 {[%csl Rf7]} f6 {[%cal Gf8h6] black will not castle in close
future, buthis position looks safe.}) 11. Bd4 e5 {Just forces e7-e5,which is
shutting up the diagonal h8-a1.} 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Qd3 d5 $1 {
It leads to some tactical struggle,but in the end of it black gets the
balanced ending.} 15. exd5 e4 16. d6 exd3 17. dxc7 dxc2 18. Rc1 Nxe3 19. fxe3
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 De Vreugt,D-Blehm,P/Yerevan 1999/CBM 72 ext (45)
}) ({Comments of Leon Gofshtein in CBM64 to this source game could be
important:} 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 Qa5 $5 12. Qd2 $6 Qe5 $1 13. g3 Qh5 14. f3 Qc5+
15. Kh1 Qe3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Giaccio,A-Zarnicki,P/Villa Gisell 1998/CBM 64/
[Gofshtein,L] (29)}) 10... Bg7 11. Na4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4] This move is logical
and very principal as well. White intends to play c4, turing off the diagonal
a6-f1. Black has to play exactly here to prove the necessity of Ng4 here. The
previous attempt of white in this position-11.h3, was unsuccessful here.} (11.
h3 {Tyomkin,D} Ne5 12. Be3 Qa6 {It forces white to go to the ending, which is
really convenient for black, as it usually happens in Sicilian Defense.} (12...
Qa5 $5 13. f4 $140 Ba6 14. Qf2 Nc4 (14... Bxf1 $2 15. fxe5 {[%csl Rf7] xf7})) (
12... Ba6 $5 13. Qd2 Qb7 $11) 13. f4 (13. Qd2 Nc4 (13... Bxh3 $2 {[%cal Ye5f3]}
14. f4) 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 $15) 13... Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Nd7 $11 {0-1 Dervishi,E-Tyomkin,
D/Verona 2000/CBM 75/[Tyomkin,D] (49)}) 11... Qa6 {Alternative is Qb5 with
idea to move it over 5th rank, after the logical answer-12.c4.} (11... Qb5 $5
12. c4 (12. Qxb5 cxb5 13. Nc3 Bxc3 $5 14. bxc3 Be6 15. f3 Ne5 $13) 12... Qe5
13. g3 (13. f4 Qh5 14. g3 (14. h3 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 $36 {[%csl Yf2][%cal Rh4g3]
/\Qg3}) 14... Bd4+ 15. Kh1 f5 $5 $36) 13... Qh5 14. h4 Bd4 $13) 12. c4 Rb8 $1 {
[%cal Gb8b4] Very useful move with the idea 13...Rb4 and after 14.Nc3 black
has 14...Rxb3.} 13. Bd2 (13. h3 Ne5 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bd2 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Gc8e6]
Forcing white to trade, otherwise 16...Be6 is coming.}) 13... Ne5 (13... O-O $5
14. f4 $1 $14 {Cutting off e5 square from black knight.} (14. Bc3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3
Ne5 {[%cal Gc8e6,Yc8g4,Rg4e6] /\Be6,/\Bg4} 16. f4 $140 Bg4 17. Qf2 Nxc4 18. Qh4
Qb6+ {/\Ne3})) 14. Bc3 (14. f4 Bg4 (14... Nd7 {the alternative way, if 14...
Bg4 doesn't work.}) 15. Qe3 Nxc4 16. Qd3 Be6 (16... d5 17. f5 $1) 17. Rac1 $13
(17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Bd5 {and black is probably all right.} 19. Rac1 Rg8 $132)
) 14... O-O 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {White has some space advantage here, but
black doesn't suffer from it because there are enough place for all black
pieces.} 17. Kh1 (17. Qd2 $5 {[%csl Yb4,Yc3,Yd4] taking control over dark
squares.}) 17... Rb4 18. Qc2 Kg8 (18... Qa5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 19. a3 Rb8 $11 20.
Ba2 $1 {and this is very semilar to the game.}) 19. a3 (19. c5 $5 dxc5 20. a3
Rd4 $11) 19... Rb8 20. Ba2 {[%cal Ga4c3] Finally white can move their light
pieces on the queenside, and b4-move is coming as well.} Nb6 $1 {preventing
Nc3. Both sides play very logically this game.} 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. b4 a5 (22...
c5 23. b5 $14) 23. Rab1 axb4 24. axb4 Qd4 {Transfering the queen to the
queenside.} 25. Rbd1 Qg7 (25... Qf6 $143 {Black queen can be attacked here by
e4-e5.}) 26. Qd2 $14 {Whte keeps some edge thanks to advantage in space, but
black should achieve a draw by accurate play.} c5 (26... Ra8 27. Rfe1 {[%cal
Ge4e5] /\e5} Bg4 (27... Be6 28. f5 $1 gxf5 $140 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Rxe7 {
[%csl Rc6,Rd6]}) 28. Rc1 $14) 27. b5 Bb7 28. Bb1 Ra8 29. Qe2 {Missing the way
to continue the fight:} (29. e5 $1 Rfd8 (29... dxe5 30. Qd7 $16) 30. Qe3 $14 {
Black has some problems here, and maybe he is forced to play like:} f5 $5 {
with the chances to save.}) 29... Rfd8 30. Rd2 Qc3 {Having few minutes on the
clock, anyone didn't want to eisk in forthcoming mutual time-trouble, so the
draw was agreed.} (30... Qc3 31. Rf3 Qa1 32. Rf1 Qc3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verona op"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2000.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this game I was glad because of my successful opening preparation: I got
convenient ending with equal chances with black in variation, in which my
opponent crashed few good GM's almost from the opening} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 {This variation-7.Nxc6
became popular after the game Topalov-Kramnik-see 8...e6, in which Topalov
certainly won.} bxc6 8. O-O g6 {This way of development of the bishop looks
more natural for me.The only problem after g6 could be the central break of
white by e4-e5, but in this game I found the way to prevent it.} (8... e6 9.
Qe2 Nd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Qc7 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rae8 15. Rd3 c5
16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Topalov,
V-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1996/CBM 54 (34)}) 9. Qe2 {[%cal Ge4e5] The idea is very
clear-to break by e4-e5.} Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 4] All credits for this move to Mr.
Zarnicki! In my preparation to this game I simply couldn't believe that this
move simply solves all black's problems. In two games previously played with
this move black got fine positions, and} ({This logical move lead to some
troubles of black, as it was shown by my opponent in his two games in Olimpiad
in Elista.} 9... Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Nh5 ({An attempt to fi nish
development by sacrifice of pawn-e7,but black didn't find a compensation:} 
11... O-O 12. Qxe7 Qd4 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Be3 Qh4 15. Bxe6 Rae8 16. Qxa7 Rxe6 17.
h3 $16 {1-0 Dervishi,E-Ricardi,P/Elista RUS 1998 (37)}) 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Re1 e6
14. Qf3 O-O {[%csl Rc6,Rc8,Rh5] Black finished the development without any
loss of material, but his position with N on-h5 and blocked B on-c8 looks
really unpleasant.} 15. Ne4 Qa5 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Dervishi,
E-Makarov,M/Elista RUS 1998 (74)}) 10. Bb3 $146 ({An attempt to refute blakc's
original idea was tried in the game of two Dutch players:} 10. Be3 $5 $146 Qc7
(10... Nxe3 11. fxe3 {[%csl Rf7]} f6 {[%cal Gf8h6] black will not castle in
close future, buthis position looks safe.}) 11. Bd4 e5 {Just forces e7-e5,
which is shutting up the diagonal h8-a1.} 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Qd3 d5
$1 {It leads to some tactical struggle,but in the end of it black gets the
balanced ending.} 15. exd5 e4 16. d6 exd3 17. dxc7 dxc2 18. Rc1 Nxe3 19. fxe3
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 De Vreugt,D-Blehm,P/Yerevan 1999/CBM 72 ext (45)
}) ({Comments of Leon Gofshtein in CBM64 to this source game could be
important:} 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 Qa5 $5 12. Qd2 $6 Qe5 $1 13. g3 Qh5 14. f3 Qc5+
15. Kh1 Qe3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Giaccio,A-Zarnicki,P/Villa Gisell 1998/CBM 64/
[Gofshtein,L] (29)}) 10... Bg7 11. h3 Ne5 12. Be3 Qa6 {It forces white to go
to the ending, which is really convenient for black, as it usually happens in
Sicilian Defense.} (12... Qa5 $5 13. f4 $140 Ba6 14. Qf2 Nc4 (14... Bxf1 $2 15.
fxe5 {[%csl Rf7] xf7})) (12... Ba6 $5 13. Qd2 Qb7 $11) 13. f4 (13. Qd2 Nc4 (
13... Bxh3 $2 {[%cal Ye5f3]} 14. f4) 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 $15) 13... Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Nd7
$11 {[%mdl 4096]} 15. c3 Ba6 16. Rf2 O-O 17. Rd1 {[%cal Ge4e5] White has a
little bit more space, but it is totaly useless. On other hand, black may
create a play over the queenside.} Nb6 18. Nd4 Bb7 (18... c5 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20.
f5 $1 {and white gets some activity.}) 19. Nf3 c5 20. Nd2 a5 21. a3 Rab8 22. e5
$5 {Otherwise black will continue the pressure on the queenside.} a4 {[%csl
Rb2] Pawn b2 will be the target of black's attack.} (22... Nd5 $2 23. Bxd5 Bxd5
24. exd6 exd6 25. Nf1 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6] xd6}) 23. Ba2 (23. Bc2 $6 Nd5 {[%cal
Gd6e5]}) 23... Bd5 24. Bb1 Nc4 $1 {[%csl Rb2] Pawn d6 is tacticaly protected.}
25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. exd6 exd6 27. f5 {Intending f5-f6, but black just moves out
the bishop from g7.} (27. Rxd6 $2 Rfe8 $1 {[%csl Rb1,Re3]}) 27... Rfe8 28. Bf4
Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. f6 $6 {White is still ambitious about his position.} d5
$15 {[%csl Rf6] Black king is stalled on-g8, but it's just matter of
time-balck can safely move it to e8.} 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Bd3 Bb3 (32... Bxd3 33.
Rxd3 Rb6 $11) 33. Rdd2 (33. Bc2 Bxc2 34. Rxc2 Rb6 35. Rcd2 Rd6 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Gf8e8,Ge8d7,Gd7c6]}) 33... Rb6 34. g4 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gg4g5]} h6 35. h4 g5
36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rde2 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Bc2 {[%cal Gd5d4] /\d4 In this stage of
the game I had a time-pressure, and my opponent had more than half an hour.
But actually, the game was decided on close moves.} (38... d4 39. cxd4 cxd4 40.
Kg3 Bc2 {-38...Bc2}) 39. Kg3 (39. Bf3 Rxf6 40. Rxc2 Rxf3 41. Rd2 c4 42. Rxd5 (
42. Kg2 Rd3 43. Rxd3 cxd3 44. Kf3 f5 $19) 42... Rf2+ 43. Kg1 Rxb2 {Black has
pawn up and good chances for a win in this rooks ending.}) 39... d4 40. Bc4 (
40. cxd4 cxd4 41. Bc4 d3 (41... Rxb2 $2 42. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3] /\Bd3}) (41...
Bg6 $17) 42. Rd2 Rd6 $17) 40... d3 $6 $138 {Time-trouble miss, which gives
white chances to save.} (40... Bg6 $17 {and after d4-d3, white will not threat
to capture the pawn on -d3, as it was in the game.}) 41. Bd5 $2 {White intends
to outpost his bishop on-d5, but black has a simple way to win.} (41. Rd2 $143
Rd6 (41... Bb1 42. Rd1 Rxb2 43. Bxd3 $11)) 41... Rd6 42. c4 (42. Be4 Bb1 $1 43.
Rf1 (43. Rd2 Rxf6) 43... Ba2 $17 {[%cal Ga2b3]}) 42... Bd1 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd1e2]
} 43. Rd2 Be2 {[%csl Rf6] This bishop made a perfect work in this game!} 44.
Kf2 (44. Be4 Rd4 45. Bf3 Bxf3 46. Kxf3 Ke8 $19 {[%cal Ge8d7,Gd7e6]}) (44. Bf3
Bxf3 45. Kxf3 Rxf6+ 46. Ke4 Rd6 47. Rxd3 Rxd3 48. Kxd3 Ke7 $19 {[%cal Ge7e6,
Gf7f5] Creating the passed pawn on the kingside.}) 44... Rxf6+ 45. Ke3 Rf4 46.
b3 axb3 47. Rb2 Bd1 $1 {[%csl Rb2] The last exact move of black in this game-
white rook is stalled on-b2.} 48. Kxd3 Bc2+ 49. Kc3 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 (8... Qd8 {-is an alternative for black here, but this move is less
popular;}) 9. Nd4 e6 {In my opinion, other moves are better for black than 9...
e6:} (9... Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 g6 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2
Rivera,D-Garcia Ilundain,D/Malaga ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 332 (13)}) (9...
Ne5 {Gofshtein,L} 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 e5
$146 {[%mdl 8]} 15. f5 (15. h3) 15... b5 16. O-O-O (16. Bg5 {Gofshtein,L} b4
17. Nd2 Qc6 $132 18. Ne2) 16... Bd7 (16... b4 $6 {Gofshtein,L} 17. Nd2 (17. Na5
$2 Qc7 18. Nd5 Qxa5 19. Bb6 Qxa2 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Nxa8 Bb7 $19) 17... Qc6 18.
Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa4 20. Kb1 Bb7 21. Ne4 $36) (16... Bb7 {Gofshtein,L} 17. Na5
(17. Nd2 Qc6 $132) 17... Bxe4 18. Nxc4 Bxf3 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. gxf3 $14) 17.
Kb1 Rc8 (17... b4 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc8 20. Rc1) 18. Rc1 h6 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg5] 0-1 Macieja,B-Blehm,P/Warsaw 2001/CBM 82/[Gofshtein,L] (57)
Profilactice move} (18... b4 {Gofshtein,L} 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
$13)) 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Bd7 13. Qe1 $146 {White gets better play
by 13.f5:} (13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 exf5 (14... Rac8 15. Qe1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Bd8
16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Kh1 Qh5 18. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Todorovic,G-Kozul,Z/JUG-ch 1990/CBM
17 (60)}) (14... e5 15. Bf2 Bc6 16. Bh4 $14 {1-0 Felsberger,A-Videki,S/Vienna
1990/CBM 21 (32)}) 15. exf5 Bc6 16. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Gulko,B/
Munich 1990/CBM 18 (29)}) 13... Rae8 $5 {Black gets ready for f4-f5 of white;}
14. Qg3 Qh5 15. f5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exf5 (16... e5 17. Be3 $14 {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Ge3g5]}) 17. Nd5 Qg6 18. exf5 (18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qxd6 Rxe4 $1 20. Bxf6 Bc6 {
[%cal Ge4e2]} 21. Rf2 $11) 18... Bxf5 19. Nxf6+ (19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Qf2 Be6 21.
Bxf6 $11) 19... Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Now white can not use the pin over f-file,
but still can get equal position by 21.Qf3;} 21. Rfd1 $2 {After this move
black is just up a pawn;} (21. Qf3 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Be6 (22... Be4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8
24. Qd1 $11) 23. Qxb7 Qxb2 24. Qxa6 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Re2 26. Qb7 $11) 21... Re5
$17 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Rad1 Bg4 $1 24. Rf1 (24. Qxg4 $4 Re1+ $19) 24... Bh5 25. h3
Kh8 26. Qf4 {For some reason white doesn't place his bishop to d5....} f5 27.
Qd4 Rf6 28. Qh4 Qe8 (28... f4 $5 {[%cal Gf4f3]} 29. Rxf4 $140 $2 Re1+ 30. Kh2
Qe5 31. g3 Re2+ 32. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 33. Kg1 Bf3 $19) 29. Qd4 h6 30. Qb6 Qe7 $2 {
Quite risky decision- white is taking back his pawn, but black is trusting in
his attack over the kingside;} ({Black could go on with a pawn up by:} 30...
Qc6 $142 $17) 31. Bd5 Be2 32. Rf2 $2 {Missing the best defensive chance:} (32.
Rf4 $142 Bb5 33. Qxb7 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Qb8+ Be8 36. g3 {and black doesn't
have anything decisve, although white king is completely open;}) 32... Bb5 33.
Qxb7 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 f4 {That was the idea of black- now the attack
looks very strong, but white can still survive;} 36. Qc8+ Be8 37. Qg4 $2 {
This move loses at once. Unfortunately white didn't find obvious:} (37. Qc3
Qxc3 38. bxc3 fxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Re3+ $17 {and black should work very hard to win
in this ending;}) {Now everything is easy:} 37... h5 38. gxf4 {[%tqu "En","",
"","","e5d5","",10]} Qxd5 $1 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxd5 h4 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge8c6,
Ye1h1]} (40... h4 41. Rg5+ Rg6 42. Rfg2 Rxg5 43. Rxg5+ Kf6 44. Rg4 Re2+ $19 {
[%csl Gb2,Gc2]}) 0-1

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The games between good friends sometimes turn to big battles! Three draw
offers were turned down in this game, and one was accepted.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ng3 a6 {
9...0-0 is premature, but still playable.} (9... O-O 10. a3 (10. Bb3 Na5 11.
Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Qc6 13. Qe2 Nxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. f4 b5 16. e5 Ne8 (16... dxe5
17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bd4 Bb7 19. Nce4 $14) 17. Nce4 f6 18. exf6 $6 (18. Bd4 $5)
18... Nxf6 19. Bd4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Thipsay,P-Dorfman,J/Delhi 1982/
MCD (26)}) 10... a6 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Be2 Qc6 13. f4 Ng6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Nh5 Bb7
16. f5 Ne5 17. Bg5 Ned7 18. Qf3 Rae8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qh3 Bd8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6
22. e5 $1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Lugovoi,A/Elista 1995/CBM 050/[Giese] (42)})
10. Bb3 Qc7 $146 {Strange, but this typical move for such positions appears to
be a novelty... 10...h5 is quite a commitment- Black won't castle kingside in
this game.} (10... h5 11. h3 h4 12. Nge2 Qc7 (12... Na5 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. a4 b6
15. Be3 Bb7 16. Qd4 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. Qf4 Bd6 (18... Qxf4 19. Nxf4 Nxb3 20.
cxb3 exd5 $15) 19. Qd4 Bc5 20. Qd3 Nxb3 21. cxb3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxc5
Qxc5 (23... bxc5 $5) 24. Rac1 Qe7 25. Nc3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Topalov,V/
Las Palmas 1993 (43)}) 13. f4 (13. a4 $1 {Rechlis; It's clear that Black
cannot castle kingside, with this move White puts some pressure on the
queenside which will make it difficult for Black to castle there.}) 13... b5
14. a3 Na5 15. Kh1 (15. f5 $142) (15. Ba2 Nc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Qd4
Nbd7 19. b4 g6 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Rf2 Rh5 $15 {0-1 Hector,J-Lerner,K/Genova 1989/
EXT 97 (39)}) 15... Bb7 16. Qd3 d5 $1 $15 {1-0 Mueller,K-Wilhelmi,C/Hamburg
1996/CBM 056/[Rechlis,G] (40)}) 11. Nh5 (11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. Qxh5 b5 {White has a slight edge here;}) 11... Nxh5 12. Qxh5 Qa5 {Black
delays the castle, first trying to prevent White's possible attack on the
kingside; the ending is definitely good for Black, as it happens in most of
the Sicilian endings (Sicilian players know that very well! :-);} (12... O-O {
Black is a bit passive here, but perhaps may equalize playing precisely;}) 13.
Qg4 Bf6 14. Qg3 O-O $5 {Here I decided to castle, hoping to get a strong
initiative if white accepts the sacrifice;} (14... Nd4 $5 15. Qxd6 Bd7 {
following with Rd8 with a nice compensation;}) 15. Bd2 {Arthur didn't like the
scenario for white in 15.Qxd6 line;} (15. Qxd6 Nd4 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3
17. Be3 Rd8 18. Qc7 $14) (15... Be5 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Qh3 Nd4 18. Be3 $14) 16.
Bf4 {[%cal Gd6c7]} Rd8 17. Qc7 Qh5 $44 {[%cal Gd8d7]}) 15... Nd4 $1 {Black
intends Qxc3, but almost any move of white prevents this idea;} 16. Rae1 Qh5
17. Qd3 b5 $15 {Black has won the opening battle-Black 's pieces take active
positions, while White is lacking a good plan;} 18. Re3 Bb7 (18... Nxb3 19.
axb3 Qc5 {[%cal Gc5d4,Gc8b7]}) 19. Rh3 Qg6 20. Rg3 Qh5 {Virtually offering a
draw, but...} 21. Bg5 {An attempt to play for a win- Arthur demonstrates the
fighting spirit! I totally missed this move, but fortunately it's not harmful
for Black;} Bxg5 22. Qxd4 Qh6 {[%cal Yh6g7,Yg5f4]} 23. Rh3 Qf6 (23... Qg6 24.
Qxd6 Rfd8 25. Qc7 Bxe4 26. Rg3 $1 $14 {and Black's bishops are in the air;})
24. Qxd6 Bf4 25. Qb6 {Bluffing game!} (25. Qd3 Qg6 (25... b4 26. Na4 Qe5 27. g3
Bh6 28. f4 $1 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. g4 {and suddenly White wins the Bh6!}) 26.
Re1 b4 27. Ne2 Be5 28. Nd4 Rfd8 29. c3 Rac8 $15) 25... Rab8 26. Rd1 Rfc8 $1 {
[%cal Gf4c7,Gb7c6] Consolidating the forces;} 27. Rdd3 $6 (27. a3 Qe7 28. Qa5 (
28. Qa7 Qc7 $15) 28... Rd8 29. Rhd3 Rxd3 30. cxd3 (30. Rxd3 Bc1 $1) 30... Qd6
31. g3 Be5 {with a domination on the dark squares and diagonals;}) 27... Bc6 $1
$17 28. Qd4 (28. Qxa6 b4 $17 {[%csl Ge4]}) 28... Qxd4 $2 {I was just too happy
to get a better ending, and even didn't check the other moves... Carelessness.}
(28... b4 29. Ne2 (29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Ne2 Be5 $17) (29. Na4 e5 30. Qa7 Bxe4 $19)
29... Be5 30. Qe3 Qg6 31. f3 Bb5 $17 {[%cal Ge5b2]}) 29. Rxd4 a5 (29... Bc1 30.
Nd1 e5 31. Rd6 Bxe4 32. c3 a5 $17) 30. a3 Be5 $2 (30... Bc1 31. Nd1 e5 32. Rd6
Bxe4 $17) (30... g5 $5 {The move suggested by Igor Nataf also leads to Black's
advantage;}) 31. Rd1 a4 32. Ba2 b4 33. axb4 Rxb4 34. b3 Bxe4 $6 $11 {in a
mutual time-trouble I didn't find a better way than a drawn ending, while
Black is still better after 34...a3;} (34... a3 35. Nb1 g5 $1 36. f3 Be8 37. c4
$15) 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. bxa4 $11 {A draw is obvious now;} Rxa4 37. Bb3 Ra1 38.
Rxa1 Bxa1 39. Rd3 Bf6 40. f4 Rd8 41. Rxd8+ Bxd8 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Ke3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 (7.
Ndb5 {Дr huvuddraget nufцrtiden. Pе plats nr fyra kommer Sde2. Det дr ofta sе
att Jonny vдljer dragen som finns tre fyra pе listorna och specialiserar sig
pе dem. En praktisk attityd.}) (7. Nb3 {Har spelats oftast.}) 7... e6 8. Bb3
Be7 9. O-O Bd7 ({Ett alternativ дr:} 9... a6 10. Bg5 Qc7 {Fцljt av ett snabbt
b5, fцr att tvinga vit att oroa sig fцr sin e-bonde.}) 10. Bg5 Na5 {Lцparparet
дr vдrt mycket fцr en svartspelare i Sicilianskt, speciellt i de fall man kan
fе det utan att behцva kompromettera bondestrukturen. Svart strategi дr
ambitiцs, men en sеdan kostar ofta tid och tid дr viktigt i цppningen.} ({
Tiger avviker frеn partiet Hector-Damljanovic frеn 1989!} 10... Qc5) 11. Qd3 a6
12. Rad1 Nxb3 13. axb3 {Jonny planerar att slе pе f6 och tvinga Tiger att slе
med g-bonden.} Rd8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 {Tiger vдljer en
klassisk strategi. Han offrar d-bonden fцr att fе dynamiskt spel med lцparna.
Det hade varit sдkrare om bonden stod kvar pе a-linjen och svart hade kunnat
slе pе c3 och ge vit en dubbelbonde pе c-linjen. Nu kommer det inte gе lika
lдtt. Svart har endast den rena dynamiken att lita pе och inga statiska
kompensationer. Risken svart tar дr lyckligtvis inte sе stor eftersom vits
merbonde pе damflygeln дr svеr att realisera.} Ke7 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8
19. Rxd8 Kxd8 {[#]} 20. f3 Be7 21. Kf2 Bc5+ 22. Ke1 {Om svart vill ha remi,
kan han bara vдnta och se vad vit hittar pе. Svart дr mycket solid.} b5 {
Om lцparna skall spela mot springarna gдller det att ta fцr sig. Springarna
skall passificeras, och berцvas stцdjepunkter.} 23. Kd2 g5 {Shereschevskij lдr
oss annars att man skall avancera med flankbцnderna nдr man har lцparparet mot
springarparet.} ({Dдrfцr hade kanske:} 23... Bd6 {varit mer logiskt.} 24. g3 h5
{Om vi dе tдnker oss att Jonny hade fullfцljt sin plan.} 25. Na2 g5 26. b4 h4 {
Men nu har svart en bonde mindra, sе det gеr inte att fцlja mallen till punkt
och pricka.}) 24. Na2 {Jonny vдljer att gцra damflygeln statisk eftersom
springarna fцredrar statiska stдllningar.} g4 25. b4 Bd6 26. h3 gxh3 27. gxh3 {
Tiger siktar in sig pе h3-bonden med kungen. Detta дr stormдstarens
kдnnetecken. Tiger har sett slutspelet mellan Cohn och Rubinstein, S:t
Petersburg 1909. Kanske var det dдrifrеn han fick inspirationen.} Ke7 28. Ke3
Kf6 29. c3 Kg5 30. Kf2 Kh4 31. Kg2 Bd7 32. Nac1 e5 33. Ng1 Bc8 34. Nd3 f6 {
Svart har fеtt press mot h3, men priset дr att bondestrukturen har blivit
statisk.} 35. Nf2 Bf8 36. Ng4 Bg7 37. Ne3 Bh6 38. Nd5 {[#] Jonny har visat hur
stormдstarna gцr med springarna. Helt plцtsligt stеr en springare pе ett
stцdjefдlt i centrum. En bдttre plats stеr inte att finna. Om vi summerar
hдndelserna frеn bцrjan av slutspelet kan vi se att vit har fцrbдttrat sina
chanser.} Bg5 ({Man brukar sдga att den som spelar pе remi skall byta bцnder
och den som spelar pе vinst, pjдser. Dдrfцr skall man titta pе varianter som:} 
38... Bc1 {Vit tar naturligtvis inte bonden.} 39. b3 (39. Nxf6 Bxb2 40. f4 {
Hotar matt:} Bxh3+ 41. Kh2 Bg4 42. fxe5 Bxc3 {Svart vinner.})) 39. b3 Be6 40.
f4 exf4 (40... Bxd5 41. exd5 Bxf4 42. d6 e4 43. d7 Bc7 44. Ne2 Kg5 45. Nd4 Kg6
46. Ne6 {Vit vinner.}) 41. Nf3+ Kh5 42. h4 Bh6 43. Nd4 Bc8 (43... Bg4 44. c4 (
44. Nxf6+ Kxh4 45. Nd5 Kg5 {Ger svart цverlevnadschanser.}) 44... Kxh4 45. Nf3+
Bxf3+ 46. Kxf3 {Vit vinner.}) 44. Nxf6+ Kg6 45. Nd5 Kh5 46. Nf3 Bg7 47. Nxf4+
Kg4 48. Nd5 Bb7 49. Nd4 $2 (49. c4 {Vinner enligt Tiger.}) 49... Bxd4 50. cxd4
Kxh4 51. Nc3 Kg4 52. d5 Kf4 53. d6 Bc6 54. Nd5+ Ke5 55. Kf2 Ke6 56. Nf4+ Kxd6
57. Ke3 Be8 58. Nd3 {Stдllningen дr remi. Tiger har en kvart kvar, och Jonny
en minut.} Kc6 59. Kf4 Bf7 $4 {[#] SMs stцrsta groda hittills.} 60. Ne5+ 1-0