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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД B00 - B99 B70

Коды ЭШД

B67 B68 B69

B70

B71 B72 B73

B70

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Сицилианская защита (вариант Дракона): 6 g3 и 6 Сe2 (без Сe3)
EN: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)

Ходы

1. e4 c5 2. Кf3 d6 3. d4 c:d4 4. К:d4 Кf6 5. Кc3 g6

Дебюты

Сицилианская защита , Вариант дракона

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 (11. Kh1 h6 $6 (11... Rc8 12. f4 Nb4 $6 13.
f5 Bc4 14. a5 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rc5 16. Ra4 Nc6 17. b4 Rxc3 18. Bxf6 Re3 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. b5 $16 {Fishbein,A-Karason,A Saint John op-1 1988 1-0 40}) 12. Be3 d5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nc5 Bxb2 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Nd7 $16
{Xie Jun-Chiburdanidze,M (11) WchW Manila 1991 1-0 34}) 11... Na5 12. Kh1 Rc8
13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bd3 Rfe8 (14... Bc4 15. Qf3 e6 (15... Qb4 16. Rab1 b5 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qxc2 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bg5 23.
Qg3 Rcd8 24. Rbd1 e6 25. Qxg5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. e6 Qe4 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29.
Rd1 Qf5 30. Qc1 d4 {0-1 Thorhallsson,T-Petursson,M/Reykjavik op (06) ;EXP 39
1994 (45)}) 16. f5 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qb4 18. Rf2 $16 {Fishbein,A-Danek,L Vienna op
(4) 1991 1-0 41}) 15. Qf3 (15. Qe2 Qb4 16. a5 $2 (16. f5 Qxb2 $2 17. Bd2 $18)
16... Bg4 (16... Qxb2 $2 17. Na4 Qd4 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. Ra4 $16) 17. Qd2 Bd7 $1
18. Qe2 $2 (18. Ra3 Bc6 $15) 18... Qxb2 $17 19. Bxf6 (19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nd7
$17) 19... Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bb5 (20... Qxa1 $5 21. Rxa1 Bxa1 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Nd5
Rc5 $17) 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rab1 Rc5 $1 (23... Rxc2 $6 24. Rxb5
$15) 24. Rfd1 (24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. Rfe1 Rxc2 26. Rxb5 Rxe4 $19) 24... Kg7 25.
Nb6 (25. g4 g5 26. Nxf6 exf6 27. fxg5 fxg5 28. Rd4 Re6 $19) 25... Rxc2 26. Rxb5
Re2 27. Nd5 (27. Rb4 $5 $17) 27... Rxe4 $19 {0-1 Anand,V-Topalov,V/Linares (08)
,CBM 40 1994 (42)}) (15. f5 $5) 15... Bd7 $1 16. Rab1 (16. Rae1 Bc6 $132) 16...
Qc5 $1 (16... Qb4 17. e5) 17. Bxf6 $8 (17. f5 Bc6 $15) 17... exf6 (17... Bxf6
$6 18. Nd5 Bxa4 19. b4 $1 Qa7 20. e5 Bg7 21. f5 $40) 18. Nd5 f5 (18... Bxa4 19.
b4 $1 Qc6 20. f5 Bb5 21. fxg6 $2 (21. Rbc1 $1 $44) 21... hxg6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6
23. Qxf6 Qd7 $11) 19. exf5 Bc6 20. c4 Bxd5 $11 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. cxd5 Re3 23.
Rfd1 Rc5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. b3 Kf8 26. Bc4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bf1 b4 29. Bc4
Rc3 30. Kg1 Ra5 31. Rd2 Ke7 32. Kf1 Re3 33. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. Kh1 $1 {White should restrain ...b7-b5, and the king move
looks most precise, as sometimes the QB goes to f4 in one jump.} Qc7 (10... b6
$2 11. Nc6 Qe8 12. e5 $18) (10... e5 11. Nb3 (11. Nf3 Nc5 $10) 11... Qc7 (11...
exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 (12... Nc5 13. Bxd6 Nxb3 14. Bxf8 $18) 13. Qd2 $14 {But a
very nice edge indeed.}) (11... Nc5 $2 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. fxe5 $16
) 12. f5 $5 $36) 11. Bf3 $1 Re8 (11... b6 $4 12. e5 $18) (11... Rb8 $5) (11...
e5 12. Nb3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Bg5 $1 $14) 12. Nb3 (12. f5 $5 Ne5 13. Bg5 Nc4
(13... Nxf3 14. Qxf3 $14) (13... Bd7 14. Bxf6) 14. Qc1 $5 $14 Nxe4 $140 15.
Bxe4 Bxd4 16. Nd5 Qd8 $8 17. f6 $1 $16) 12... Nb6 (12... Rb8 $5) 13. Qe1 (13.
Qe2 $5 Be6 (13... Nc4 $140 14. a5 $1 Bd7 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4
$16) 14. Rd1 Bc4 15. Qf2 Nbd7 16. Be3) 13... Nc4 (13... Be6 $5) 14. Be2 $6 b6
$1 {Of course now that the bishop is not on the h1-a8/^ anymore} (14... Bd7 15.
a5) 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rec8 $1 $10 {Quite nice, to keep the a8 rook defending
the a6 pawn.} 17. Nd2 Nxd2 (17... Na5 18. Nf3) 18. Bxd2 Nd7 19. Ra3 $6 {
What the hell am I doing??} (19. Rae1 $5 Nc5 20. f5 Bxc3 $5 21. Bxc3 Nxa4 22.
Bd4 $13) (19. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 (20... Bxb2 21. Ra2 $1 Bc3 22. Bxc3 (22.
Bxa6 Rxa6 $1 23. Bxc3 Rca8 $13) 22... Qxc3 23. Bxa6 Rc7 24. Bb5 $13) 21. c3
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc4 $15) 19... e6 $5 (19... Nc5 20. b4 (20. Be3 $5 {This is a
strange configuration to prefer over Bd2 and Re1 with an extra tempo to boot,
but maybe White is still equal here.}) 20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 $15) 20. Nd1 Nc5 21.
Bc3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Re8 (22... d5 $1 23. e5 (23. exd5 exd5 24. f5 Re8 $15) 23...
d4 $15) 23. Raa1 Rac8 24. Rfe1 f5 $1 25. Rad1 fxe4 (25... d5 $1 26. exd5 Qxf4
$17 {Ivanchuk}) 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 d5 (27... Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxc2 29. Qxc2
Rxc2 30. Rxd6 Rxb2 31. a5 $15) 28. Bd3 Qxf4 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Qxa6 Rxc2 31. Qb5
$1 {The move he missed} (31. Qxb6 Qg4 32. Qg1 (32. Rg1 Rxg2) 32... Qxa4 $17)
31... Qb8 32. Rxd5 Rxb2 33. Qxb2 exd5 34. Rd1 $15 Qd6 35. Qd4 $6 (35. h3 d4 $15
) 35... Re5 $6 (35... Qc5 $1) 36. h3 Qe6 37. Kh2 Qd6 38. Kh1 Rf5 39. Kg1 h5 $2
40. Rb1 $1 Qc5 41. Qxc5 bxc5 42. a5 $10 Rf4 43. Rb5 Rc4 44. a6 Ra4 45. Rxc5
Rxa6 46. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karklins, Andrew"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 $5 {Karklins comes up as usual with some venomous line.} dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8
10. Bg2 Bb7 $6 {Not the best.} (10... Kc7 11. f4 e4 12. Be3 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 Bf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 $11) 12... Bf5 13. Bd4 Bg7 $11) (10... Bd7 11. f4 Bh6 (
11... exf4 $2 12. Bxf4 Bg7 13. O-O-O Kc8 14. Rhe1 Re8 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Rd1+
$16) 12. fxe5 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Ng4 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 $11) (10... Bf5 11.
Bxc6 Rc8 12. Ba4 Ne4 $15) 11. Bd2 (11. f4 Nd7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Bg7 14.
O-O-O+ Kc7 15. Rhe1 f6 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Nc5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bc8 $15) 11... Kc7
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Na4 (13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Ng5 $2 h6 15. Nxf7 Rhf8 16. Nxh6 Rxf2
$17) 13... a5 14. Rhe1 e6 15. f4 $2 (15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Bxe5+ Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bd6
18. Re2 Rhd8 $11) 15... Bd6 16. Bc3 exf4 $1 $19 17. Bxh8 Rxh8 18. Rd3 Ba6 19.
Rf3 g5 20. gxf4 Bxf4+ $5 (20... gxf4 $142) 21. Kb1 Rd8 (21... Ne5 22. Rxf4 gxf4
23. Nc5 (23. Rxe5 $2 Rg8 $19) 23... Nc4 24. Nxa6+ Kb6 $19) (21... h6 $5) 22. b3
(22. Rh3 Nf8 (22... Nf6 23. Rh6)) 22... h6 23. c4 e5 24. Bh3 Bc8 25. Kc2 h5 26.
Bf5 g4 (26... Nc5 27. Bxc8 Nxa4 (27... Rd2+ 28. Kc3 Nxa4+ 29. bxa4 Rxh2 30.
Rxf4 (30. Bf5 Bd2+) 30... exf4 31. Bf5 Kd6 $17) 28. bxa4 Kxc8 $19) 27. Rf2 (27.
Rd3 Nc5) 27... g3 28. Rf3 h4 (28... gxh2 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. Rh1 Ne5 31. Bxc8
Rxc8 32. Rxh2 Rh8 $19) 29. hxg3 hxg3 30. Re2 Rg8 31. Rf1 Rg5 32. Be4 Nf8 33.
Nc5 Ne6 34. Nxe6+ Bxe6 35. a3 Rg8 (35... Bg4 36. Ree1 Rh5 37. Rh1 Rh2+ 38. Rxh2
gxh2 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 f5 41. Bg2 e4 $19) 36. Rh1 Bg4 37. Rg2 (37. Ree1 f5
38. Bg2 Rd8 39. Rh7+ Kb6 $19) 37... f5 38. Rh7+ Kb6 39. Bd3 e4 (39... Bf3 40.
b4 axb4 41. axb4 c5 42. Rg1 e4 $19) 40. Bf1 Bd6 (40... Bf3 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4
c5 $19) 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Bxb4 43. Kb3 $2 (43. Rxg3 Bd1+ 44. Kxd1 Rxg3 45.
Bh3 Rf3 $19) 43... Kc5 44. Rf7 Be1 45. Ra2 Bd1+ 46. Kb2 g2 47. Rxf5+ Kd4 48.
Ra7 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nxd4
$5 {A rare continuation, gaining popularity in the modern practice.} ({After} 
6... g6 {White can opt for} 7. Bg2 (7. Nde2 {, avoiding knight exchange and
playing Dragon line with all minor pieces.} Bg7 {Gofshtein,L} 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O
Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 b4 14. Ra2 Ng4 $132 {
Ivanchuk-Kramnik ,1995 Horgen}) 7... Nxd4 (7... Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10.
Qxd8+ (10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bg2 $13 (11. Bxa8 Qxa8 $40)) 10... Kxd8 11. Bxc6 Rb8
12. Be3 Rxb2 $1 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Bb5 $5 (14. Kxb2 Kxc6 15. Bxa7) 14... Rb4
15. a3 Rxb5 16. Nxb5+ Kb7 {Adams-Dreev ,Linares 1997}) 8. Qxd4 Bg7) (6... Bg4 {
Gofshtein,L} 7. f3 Bd7 (7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bd7 (8... Bxf3 $2 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Rf1
$36) 9. g4 e5 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Rg1 $1 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5
15. Nd5 $16 {Atlas-Tukmakov,Liechtentshtein 1991}) 8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 g6 10.
O-O-O Bg7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qb4 $1 Qc8 (12... O-O 13. Bb5 $16) 13. Rxd7 $3 Nxd7
14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bb5 e6 16. Rd1 $1 $18 {Motvani-Lamford Aosta 1987}) (6... e5 {
Gofshtein,L} 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. h3 b5 11. Be3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Na5 14. b3 $14 {Boleslavsky-Bondarevsky,USSR 1953}) (6... Qb6 {
Gofshtein,L} 7. Nb3 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 g6 $1 12. a3
Na6 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. b4 O-O 18. Be2 $13)
7. Qxd4 g6 8. Bg5 (8. e5 {Gofshtein,L} dxe5 9. Qxe5 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5
$1 12. Qe2 e6 $5 (12... Qc8 $5 13. Qxe7 Re8 14. Qxb7 Qxb7 15. Bxb7 Rab8 $44 {
Kaidanov}) 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bf3 h5 15. Rb1 Ng4 $1 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 Nxe3 18.
fxe3 $14 {Kaidanov}) (8. Bg2 {Gofshtein,L} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb4 a5 11. Qb3
Be6 12. Nd5 (12. Qxb7 Nd7 13. Qb5 (13. Nd5 Rb8 $15) (13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Qa7 Nc5
15. e5 Bxe5 $17) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 $17) 12... a4 $15 {Adams-Kramnik Wijk
aan Zee}) 8... Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O (9... h6 {Gofshtein,L} 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qd3 Be6
12. O-O Rc8 $132 {Fillipenko-Atalik,Capella Grande 1995}) 10. Qd2 Be6 (10...
Qb6 $1 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Rb1 Be6 12. O-O Rac8 13. Rfe1 Rc4 $36 {Farah-Sorokin
Boga 1997}) 11. O-O Rc8 (11... Ng4 {Gofshtein,L} 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxb2 14.
Rab1 Bf6 15. Rxb7 Rc8 $15 {Mrva-Dohojan,Germany 1998}) 12. Rfe1 (12. Nd5 {
Gofshtein,L} Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 Rc7 15. h3 b5 $132 {Balashov-Brodskij
1991 Smolensk 1991}) 12... Nd7 $5 ({An interesting idea. Black opens the main
diagonal for his bishop, whereas his knight gets access to the e5- and b6-
squares. Vacating the f6-square for his bishop yields Black a possibility to
offer exchange of the dark-squared bishops. The standard continuation is} 12...
Re8 13. Nd5 Ng4 14. c3 h6 15. h3 hxg5 16. hxg4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 {1/2-1/2
Vombek,D-Sher,M/Maribor 1990}) 13. Rab1 (13. Nd5 $5 $14 {Gofshtein,L}) 13...
Re8 (13... Bxc3 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 14. bxc3 b6 $132) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 (14... Nb6 $5
$132 {Gofshtein,L}) 15. exd5 Bf6 $6 (15... Nb6 {(threatening 16...Nc4 and
provoking 16.b3? Bc3)} 16. c3 Nc4 {was to be preferred. Now White obtains a
durable advantage.}) (15... Nb6 $5 $132 {Gofshtein,L}) 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Re2
Qb6 18. c3 Qc5 19. Rbe1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge2e7,Ge1e7,Gh2h3,Gg3g4,Gf2f4] A
strong presssure along the e-file and good attacking prospects on the kingside
are the factors, which determine White's lasting advantage.} Rc7 20. h3 {
Preparing pawn advances on the kingside.} Kg7 (20... h5 {is met by} 21. Qg5) (
20... b5 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 21. Kh2 Qc4 22. a3 a5 {Trying to obtain some
counterplay on the queenside.} 23. g4 h6 24. f4 $1 b5 25. g5 hxg5 $2 ({Opening
f- and h- files is definitely in White's favor. Passive, but prudent} 25... Ng8
{was to be preferred.}) 26. fxg5 Nd7 (26... Nh5 $2 27. Re4 Qc5 28. Bf3 {
, intending to exchange the bishop for the knight, further weakening Black's
kingside.}) (26... Nh7 $6 27. Re4 Qc5 28. Qf4 $1 {, and White's pressure along
the e-, f- and, above all, h-files (after Qh4) is very unpleasant.}) 27. Re4 (
27. Rxe7 $2 {Gofshtein,L} Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Ne5 $132) 27... Qc5 28. Qf4 $1 $18 {
[%csl Re7,Rf7,Rg7][%cal Ge4e7,Ge1e7,Ge1f1,Gf1f7,Gf4h4,Gh4h6,Ge4h4]} ({Black
obviously counted on} 28. Rxe7 $6 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Ne5 {, obtaining a counterplay.
However, Movsesian response shows that he plans a very different continuation
of his aggresive play. After the white queen thrust, Black's position is
defenseless.}) 28... Nb6 ({Now the threat 29.Re7 cannot be ignored:} 28... a4
29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Ne5 31. Qf6+ Kf8 32. Re6 {with mate in 4} (32. Rxe5 {
also wins easily:} dxe5 33. d6 {/\Qh8#})) (28... Qxd5 $4 {immediately loses
after} 29. Rxe7 $18) (28... Ne5 {admits an elegant refutation:} 29. Rxe5 $1
dxe5 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 (30... Kh7 31. Re4 {/\Rh4+-}) 31. d6 (31. Re4 {offers a
trace of resistance after} Rf8 32. Rh4 f6) 31... Qxe5+ 32. Rxe5 Rc4 (32... Ra7
33. Bc6 $18) 33. Bf1 {, with easy win.} (33. dxe7 {must also suffice for win})
(33. Bd5 $1 {Gofshtein,L} Rc5 (33... Rf4 34. Bc6) 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxc5 exd6
36. Rxb5 $18)) 29. Rf1 $1 Rf8 30. Qh4 $1 Kg8 (30... Rh8 {does not help either:}
31. Rxf7+ (31. Ref4 {(not the strongest continuation, which, however, must
suffice for win)} e5 (31... Rxh4 32. Rxf7+ Kh8 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. R1f7#) 32.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qxh8 $18) 31... Kxf7 32. Qxh8 {, and Black's
position is unbearable.}) 31. Qh6 {Threatening 32.Rh4} Qxd5 32. Rf6 $1 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4h4,Gf6g6,Gh4h8,Gg6g8] Powerful final accord! Mate is
inevitable now in view of the threats 33.Rg6+ and 33.Rh4.} 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Kontic, Djordjije"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 Bd7 9. h3 Qc8 10. b3 b5 $5 {A new move. The standard continuation is} (
10... O-O 11. Bb2 a5 (11... Ne8 12. Qd2 b5 13. O-O-O Qa6 14. Kb1 e6 15. f4 Rd8
16. g4 Ne7 17. a3 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Koch,J/Cannes Martinez 1995}) (11... Rb8 12.
Qd2 b5 13. O-O-O a5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exd5 Nb4 17. a3 Na6 18. Nd4
{Savic,M-Marcetic,N/JUG-chT 1993/1-0 (65)}) (11... Re8 12. Rb1 Nb4 13. a3 Na6
14. g4 Nc5 15. Ng3 Ne6 16. Qd2 Qc5 17. Nce2 Rac8 18. c4 b5 19. O-O Red8 20.
Rfc1 Qb6 21. g5 Ne8 22. Bxg7 N8xg7 23. Nc3 {Marinkovic,I-Markovic,M/JUG-chT
1997/0-1 (48)}) 12. a3 (12. Rb1 Nb8 13. Nf4 e6 14. Qxd6 Rd8 15. Qd2 Bb5 16. Nd3
Ba6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Marinkovic,I-Velimirovic,D/JUG-chT 1996 (43)})
12... Ra6 13. Rb1 Na7 14. Nf4 Re8 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 a4 18.
bxa4 Nc6 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nd5 Qc8 21. Qd2 {1-0 Salov,V-Ivanchuk,V/Buenos Aires
Sicilian 1994 (37)}) 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Nd5 ({The most natural
response. Still,} 13. Nf4 {was an interesting alternative.}) 13... Nxd5 14.
exd5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Na5 ({The central square is taboo for the knight:} 15... Ne5
$2 16. f4 $18) 16. c3 Nb7 17. h4 (17. Rd2 $5 {/\Rd4 deserved here serious
attention.}) 17... Bf5 {Now the threat is 18...Nc5 /\Nd3+.} 18. O-O Nc5 19. Nd4
Rb7 20. Nxf5 (20. f3 {, with the idea 21.g4, is strongly met by} h5) (20. Re1 {
fails to} Nd3 21. Nxf5 Qxf5) 20... Qxf5 21. Rd2 b4 22. cxb4 Rxb4 23. Re1 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Ge3e7,Ge1e7,Gd2e2]} Re8 24. Rd4 (24. Re3 {was a good
alternative here.} Ne4 {is bad in view of} 25. Rde2 {, and White could exert a
strong pressure on e-file after 25.Qe2.}) 24... a5 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Qd2 Qf6
27. Rc1 ({The b4 pawn is invulnerable:} 27. Qxb4 $2 Nd3 28. Qb5 Qxf2+ 29. Kh2
Nxe1 $19) 27... Ra8 28. Kh2 h5 29. Rc4 Rb8 30. Rf4 (30. f4 Qa1 $140 31. f5 $1 {
deserved serious attention.}) 30... Qc3 31. Qxc3 bxc3 32. Rc4 Ra8 33. b4 Nd3
34. Rxc3 Nxb4 {Now Black sets his rook and knight on a5 and c5 respectively,
preventing further advanement of the a -pawn.} 35. a3 Na6 36. Bf1 Nc5 37. Bb5
Ra5 38. Bc6 Ra6 39. Bb5 Ra5 40. Bc6 Ra6 41. Kg2 e5 42. Bb5 Ra5 43. Bc6 Ra6 44.
Bb5 Ra5 45. Bc6 Kf8 46. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Ra2 e6 15.
Ne3 (15. Ndf4 Nde5 (15... Qc7 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Nc1 Bb7 18. Ncd3 Ra8 19. Rxa8
Rxa8 20. Re1 Na4 21. c3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Na5 {0-1 Horvath,T-Georgiev,K/Lvov 1984 
(37)}) 16. b3 Qc7 17. c3 Bb7 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Ba6 20. Ndxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6
Qe7 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 {Mencinger,V-Peptan,C/Ljubljana 1997/0-1 (72)}) 15... Qc7 ({
Another move} 15... Nc5 {also brings Black good practical results:} 16. Bd2 (
16. g4 Bb7 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. f4 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qd2 Ra1 21. g5 Nd4 22. Ng4
Nd7 23. c3 Nb3 24. Qc2 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 b4 27. f5 bxc3 28. f6 Qb6+
29. Kh2 Qxb2 30. Qd1 c2 31. Qxd6 c1=Q 32. Qxd7 Bf8 {0-1 Del Rio,S-Relange,E/
WchJM-U20 1994}) 16... b4 17. b3 Ba6 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Nf1 Ra8 20. Nc1 Bb5 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bf4 Nb7 23. Be3 Ra1 {0-1 Giertz,N-Tatai,S/Zuerich op 1988 (31)})
16. Qd2 {Preventing 16...Nb4 and threatening 17.Rd1.} Nf6 17. g4 ({Now} 17. Rd1
$6 {is met by} Rd8) 17... h6 18. f4 Bb7 19. Ng3 $6 ({Instead,} 19. b3 Rbd8 20.
Bb2 {deserved here serioius attention. The text move allows Black to realize a
liberating pawn advance d6-d5.}) 19... Rbd8 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd8d5]} 20. Kh1 d5
21. exd5 exd5 22. c3 (22. Nxd5 $4 {would be a terrible mistake here:} Nxd5 23.
Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Nb4) 22... d4 {After this move Black gains a stable
positional advantage due to the better position of his pieces and control over
the center.} 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Nxg2 ({Black
retains a superior position also after} 26. Kxg2 Rfe8) 26... Rfe8 {[%cal Gd8d1,
Ge8e1,Gd4b3,Gd4c2,Gf6d5]} 27. Be3 Nb3 28. Re1 Rd3 (28... Nd5 {is met by} 29.
Ra3) 29. Bf2 Rc8 $6 ({This move significantly reduces Black's winning
perspectives. Natural} 29... Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 (30. Bxe1 Nd7) 30... Rd2 {yielded
Black good winning chances.}) 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Bxe3 Nd5 32. Ra3 Nxe3 (32... Nd4
33. Rd3 {leads to transposition.}) 33. Nxe3 (33. Rxb3 {fails to} Nxg2 34. Kxg2
Rc2+ {followed by 35...Rb2.}) 33... Nd4 34. Rd3 Ne6 (34... Nf3 {or 34...Nc2
were plausible alternatives here. Still, in all lines White must be able to
keep his position.}) 35. f5 Nf4 36. Rb3 Bd4 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. Ngf1 Rc1 39. Kh2
Re1 40. Kg3 g5 41. Kf3 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gamboa, Nelson"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 Be6 (9... h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd3 Ng4 12. Bc1 Be6 13.
Nd5 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. O-O Rc8 17. c3 e6 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. a4 d5 20.
exd5 exd5 21. Kh1 Rfe8 $132 {0-1 Lebedev,B-Beilin,M/Moscow-ch 1955 (41)}) 10.
Qd2 Ng4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 ({After} 12. exd5 h6 13. Bf4 g5 {Black's get
better chances.}) 12... Qb6 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Bh3 $2 ({A dubious
decision. Why not immediately} 15. c3 {? Now} g5 (15... Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qxc3 17.
Rxb7 {is in White's favor.}) (15... Rc5 {fails to} 16. Qd1 h5 (16... Ne5 17.
Be3) 17. h3 Ne5 18. Be3) 16. Qf5 {leads to a sharp play, in which White has
good attacking chances.}) 15... h5 16. c3 Rc5 17. Qd2 (17. Qb3 Rb5 18. Qa4 O-O
{is favorable for Black.}) 17... Ne5 {Threatening 18...Nf3+ and 18...Nc4.
White must exchange his bishop for the knight.} 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Rae1 g5 20.
Qe3 Rc5 21. Qe2 g4 22. Bg2 Be5 23. Rd1 Kd7 24. Kh1 Kc7 {Black has a superior
position. His pieces are actively situated, his bishop is dominating over his
white vis-a-vis, which has no moves, and his attacking chances on the kingside
seem very dangerous for white.} 25. Rd2 Kb8 {King transfer to the queenside
yields Black additional trumps in his  forthcoming actions on the kingside.}
26. f4 gxf3 27. Rxf3 h4 28. gxh4 ({After} 28. Rxf7 $2 hxg3 29. h3 Qd8 {White's
position is unbearable.}) 28... Bf6 (28... Rxh4 29. Rh3) 29. Rf5 Rxh4 30. Rxc5
Qxc5 31. Rd5 Qc8 32. Rf5 Be5 (32... Qh8 $5 33. h3 Qg7 34. Rh5 Rxh5 35. Qxh5 Qg3
{=/+/-/+ was a plausible alternative}) 33. h3 Qe6 (33... Rh7 34. Rh5 Rg7 {
deserved serious attention.}) 34. Qb5 a6 35. Qe8+ Ka7 36. Qxf7 Qh6 37. Qxe7 (
37. Rf1 {, with the idea 38.Qf3, loses in view of} Rxh3+ 38. Kg1 (38. Bxh3
Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Qh2#) 38... Rh1+) 37... Rh5 $1 {[%cal Ge5h2,Gh6c1,Gc1h1,Gc1b2]} (
{Now} 37... Rxh3+ 38. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 {is definitely not the best
development of plot for Black. The elegant rook retreat allows him to continue
play for win.}) 38. Qf7 ({Certainly, not} 38. Rxh5 $4 Qc1+ 39. Bf1 Qxf1#) (38.
Rf1 {loses after} Rxh3+) (38. Rf3 Qc1+ 39. Rf1 Qxb2 $17) 38... Rxf5 39. Qxf5 {
[%cal Re5h2,Re5b2,Ge5h8,Ge5d6] [#] Hecht:  A dominant black bishop with many
functions: (a) it blocks the e4-pawn, which imprisons the bishop on g2; (b) it
providess attacking chances against White's king; (c) it supports Black's
queenside action; (d) it keeps the White h-pawn under control. [#] Hecht: 
Dominanter schwarzer Lдufer mit Multifunktion: a) er blockt den Be4, der dem
Lg2 die Sicht versperrt; b) er liefert Angriffschancen gegen den weiЯen Kцnig;
c) er unterstьtzt die schwarzen Aktionen am Damenflьge; d) er kontrolliert den
weiЯen h-Bauern.} Qc1+ 40. Qf1 Qxb2 {Despite extra pawn, White's position is
cleraly inferior. His queenside is destroyed and Black is planning to combine
pawn advancements on the queenside with mate threats on the opposite wing of
the board.} 41. Qg1+ Kb8 42. a4 Qb3 43. Bf3 Qxa4 44. h4 Qc4 45. h5 a5 46. h6 a4
47. h7 Kc7 (47... a3 $4 {would be a terrible mistake in view of} 48. Qg8+ $18)
48. Qb1 Qxc3 {Increacing control over the main diagonal and intending queen
exchange.} 49. Kg2 Qb2+ {The simplest. Now Black can freely advance his b-pawn.
} 50. Qxb2 Bxb2 51. Bh5 b5 52. Bf7 Kb6 53. Kf3 b4 54. Ke3 b3 55. Kd3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 (11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. h3 b4 14. Be3
Nd7 15. Qc1 e6 16. Ndf4 Qc7 17. Ra2 Nf6 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. c4 Bb7 20. b3 Nd7 21.
Rd1 Nce5 22. Nxb4 Nc5 23. Nd4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxb4 25. Nb5 Qb6 26. Qa3 Nxc4 27.
bxc4 Rxc4 28. Bd3 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Svidler,P/RUS-ch m1-2 Elista 1997}) 11... b5
12. axb5 axb5 13. Kh2 b4 14. Nd5 Nd7 (14... Bb7 {is an interesting alternative:
} 15. Ra4 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Ra2 e6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. f3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Be3 Qe7 23. Ra5 Nb7 24. Ra7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf4 Bc6 27. Bd2
Qd6 28. Nd3 Bc3 $17 {0-1 Kosanski,S-Biliskov,V/CRO-Cup Pula 1995 (41)}) 15. Ra2
$5 ({The game Grinfeld,A-Djeno,M/Bled opW 1992 saw more agressive continuation:
} 15. f4 Nc5 16. f5 e6 17. Ne3 Na5 $6 18. f6 $1 Bh8 19. e5 $1 {(imprisoning
the bishop)} Nab7 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Ng4 h5 22. Nh6+ Kh7 23. Qe2 Be8 24. Nf3 Qb6
25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Ng5+ {(the final blow)} Kxh6 27. Nxf7+ Kh7 28. Qh6+ {1-0})
15... e6 16. Ne3 b3 {Thematic sacrifice, allowing Black to diminish the
queenside of his opponent. After 15...Nc5 16.b3 /\Nc4, White has better
prospects.} 17. cxb3 Nc5 18. Nc4 Ba6 (18... Nxb3 19. Qxd6 {does not yield
sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 19. Bf4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Nb4 21. Ra3 ({
The best retreat for the rook.} 21. Ra1 {is bad in view of} Nbd3) (21. Ra7 {
is strongly met by} Qb6) 21... Bxb2 22. Re3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf4h6,Gf2f5] A
complex situation. Regaining the pawn, Black obtained active position for his
minor pieces. Yet, the problem of d6-pawn is not solved. Moreover, White
pieces are concetrated on the kingside, and Black has to count with possible
demonstration of activity on this part of the board. White is ready for
thematic plan Bh6 followed by march of the f-pawn.} Be5 (22... Rb6 $5 {was
worth considering. White could reply with} 23. Nc3 {, locking the black bishop
and provoking rather risky for Black} g5 24. Qg4 h6) 23. Bh6 Re8 (23... Bg7 {
is dubious in view of} 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. f4 {/\f5, /\Qd4, Rd1, ><d6}) 24. f4
Bh8 25. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3b5,Gb5d6,Gf4f5] White maximally activates his pieces.}
Qb6 26. Nb5 d5 $2 {Allows favorable for White simplifications. 26...Rbd8 was
to prefer.} 27. exd5 exd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Re1 $1 $16 {Exploiting the
weakness of the last rank.} Ne4 (29... Rd8 {is strrongly met by} 30. Qe2) 30.
cxd5 Bg7 (30... Qxb5 {loses after} 31. Rxe4) (30... Qf2 {is refuted by
exchange sacrifice} 31. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 32. Qa4 {, and Black loses because of the
weakness of the last rank.}) 31. Bxg7 f5 32. Qd4 Qxb5 33. Bh6 Re7 34. Bxe4 fxe4
35. d6 (35. Rxe4 {is met by} Qxd5) 35... Nc6 36. Qc3 Ra7 37. Rxe4 Ra2+ 38. Kg1
Qb6+ 39. Re3 Qa7 40. Qb3+ Kh8 41. Qxa2 $1 {The final blow. The weakness of the
last rank was definitely the major factor in this game.} Qxe3+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Maki, Veijo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 b4 $5 ({A logical
continuation. The popular alternative is} 13... Nd7 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. O-O Nde5
16. b3 b4 17. Ra4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Ra7 {, with
better perspectives for White, Matulovic,M-Markovic,M/ JUG-ch Banja Vrucica
1991.}) 14. O-O Nd7 15. Ra2 e6 {A standard decision. Black hopes to compensate
the potential weakness of the Pd6 by the active piece play.} 16. Ndf4 Qc7 17.
b3 {Fixing the second potential weakness: Pb4.} Bb7 18. Qd2 Ra8 {A reasonable
choice. It is prudent for Black to neutralize the potential activity of the
white rook at the file "a".} 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd1 ({A natural move. Yet, it
seems that White had to opt for} 20. Nd3 $5 Ba6 (20... Qa5 $6 21. Ndc1 $1 $14 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2d6,Gf1d1,Gd1d6] קd6}) 21. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6] קb4,
קd6}) 20... Ra1 $1 21. Nc1 Bb2 22. Nfe2 Ba6 23. Kh2 ({Certainly, not} 23. Qxd6
$4 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxe2 $19) 23... Bxe2 24. Nxe2 (24. Qxe2 {can be met by} Bxc1
$5 25. Bxc1 Nd4) 24... Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nc5 26. f4 e5 27. f5 Nd7 28. Qd2 Nd4 $1 {
This excellent positional sacrifice solves all Black's problems.} 29. Nxd4 exd4
30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Qc5 $1 {[%csl Yb3,Yc2,Ye4] The simplest. With pawns
fixed on the light squares and useless light-squared bishop White's material
advantage is absolutely insignificant.} 32. Qxc5 dxc5 ({Black could also opt
for} 32... Nxc5 {, following by Kg7-f6-e5.}) 33. Kg1 (33. g4 {fails to} g5 $1 {
, and White is in a real trouble ue to his tragicomic pawn structure. In this
case Black even gets winning chances, setting his king at e5 and the knight at
d4 and, by using zugzwang motive, enetering by his king the key square f4.})
33... Kg7 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. h4 {Now the position is
absolutely equal.} h6 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Kf2 g5 40. hxg5+ hxg5 41. Bf1 Ne5 42. Bb5
Ke7 43. Be2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mencinger, Vojko"]
[Black "Peptan, Corina Isabela"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10304]} 1. e4 {Mencinger,V} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 b5 12. axb5
axb5 13. Nd5 Nd7 (13... b4 14. Ra2 e6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. b3 Qc7 18.
Qd2 Rd8 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. Be3 Nc6 21. h4 Bb7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Nf4 h4 24. Nh5 Bc3
25. Qe2 hxg3 26. Rd3 Ne7 27. Bg5 gxf2+ 28. Qxf2 f5 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. Nf6+ Kf7
31. Qh4 Rg8 32. Nxd7 Bxe4 33. Qh5+ Rg6 34. Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Braga,F/
Clarin GP-f 1997/CBM 58}) 14. Ra2 (14. f4 {yielded Balck good counterchances
after} Nb6 15. Kh2 Nc4 16. c3 e6 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Nc2 b4 $132 {Shevelev,
A-Delchev,A/Anibal op4th 1997/CBM 58}) 14... e6 15. Ndf4 Nde5 (15... Qc7 {
is a good alternative:} 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Nc1 Bb7 18. Ncd3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20.
Re1 Na4 21. c3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Na5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Nd3 c4 25. Nb4 Rd8 26. Bg5 Rd7
27. Rd1 Nb3 28. Be3 Bf8 29. Kf1 Bc5 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Ke2 Bxb4 32. cxb4 Nd4+
33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Qd2 e5 35. f4 Kg7 36. Qxd4 exd4 37. g4 f5 {0-1 Horvath,
T-Georgiev,K/Lvov 1984/MCL 01}) 16. b3 Qc7 17. c3 $5 {An interesting idea.
White is planning to transfer his rook to d2, increasing pressure on the
d6-pawn. Moreover, the text move enables maneuver Nd4.} Bb7 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19.
Nd4 (19. Ba3 $5 {was a noteworthy alternative:} b4 20. cxb4 Na7 (20... Ra8 21.
Nc3) 21. Nd4) 19... Ba6 {'?!' Mencinger,V.} (19... Nxd4 {Mencinger,V} 20. cxd4
Nd7 21. Rc2 Qa5 22. d5 e5 23. Nd3 Rdc8 24. Bd2 Qb6 $11) 20. Ndxe6 $5 {'+/-!'
Mencinger,V.} ({Enterprising sacrifice. After} 20. Nfe2 {/\f4} b4 21. c4 {
White has better chances.}) 20... fxe6 21. Nxe6 Qe7 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Kh2 {
'!' Mencinger,V.} ({Tempting} 23. f4 Nf7 24. e5 {'?' Mencinger,V. fails to}
dxe5 25. Bxc6 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qc5+) 23... Nf7 24. Ra2 Bb7 25. Bd2 Rd7 26. Re1
Ncd8 27. Qe2 Bc6 28. f4 Rc7 29. Qd3 Ne6 30. b4 Nf8 31. Ra6 Nd8 $6 (31... Bd7
$142 {/\Be6}) 32. c4 $1 {'(+)' Mencinger,V.} (32. Rd1 $5 {Mencinger,V} Nfe6 33.
Be3 Rd7 34. c4 bxc4 35. Qxc4 $16) 32... bxc4 (32... Bb7 {Mencinger,V} 33. cxb5
Bxa6 34. bxa6 $18) 33. Qxc4+ Qe6 {'?!' Mencinger,V.} (33... Nfe6 {Mencinger,V}
34. Qd3 Nd4 35. Rc1) 34. Qxe6+ ({Strong was also} 34. Rc1 $1 {/\b5} Qxc4 35.
Rxc4 Bb5 (35... Nfe6 {loses after} 36. f5 Nd4 37. Bg5 Nf7 38. Be3 Bb7 39. Ra8+
Bxa8 40. Rxc7) 36. Rxc7 Bxa6 37. Ra7 {, with good chances due to the strong
passed pawn.}) 34... Nfxe6 35. Rc1 Kf8 (35... Kf7 {is refuted by} 36. b5 Bxb5
37. Rxc7+ Nxc7 38. Ra7 Nde6 39. f5 $18) 36. f5 Nd4 37. Bg5 Ke8 (37... Nf7 38.
Rcxc6 Nxc6 39. Ra8+) 38. Bxd8 $2 ({Unexplainable decision. Thematic} 38. b5 $1
{was winning. Now Black gets the upperhand.}) 38... Kxd8 39. Rd1 {'?'
Mencinger,V.} (39. b5 $1 {Mencinger,V} Bd7 (39... Bxb5 40. Rxc7 Kxc7 41. Ra7+)
40. Ra8+ Bc8 41. Rxc7 Kxc7 42. Ra7+) 39... Ke7 40. Rc1 Kd7 41. Rd1 Rb7 42. fxg6
hxg6 43. Rb1 Be5 {'-/+' Mencinger,V.} 44. h4 Ke7 45. Ra2 Bb5 46. Bf1 Bc6 47.
Bd3 Nb5 48. Rc1 Bd7 49. Ra8 Nd4 50. Rb1 Rc7 {Black managed to efficiently
regroup his forces and has now s dangerous initiative.} 51. Ra3 Nf3+ 52. Kg2
Nd2 53. Re1 Nc4 54. Ra2 Nb2 {Knights' impressive maneuver increases Black's
advantage.} 55. Bf1 {'-+' Mencinger,V.} (55. Ba6 {Mencinger,V} Bg4) 55... Bg4
$1 {[%csl Ra2,Rg2][%cal Gc7c2,Gc2g2,Gg4d1,Gg4h3,Ge5b2,Ge5g3] Threatening ...
Rc2+} 56. Re3 Bd4 $1 {After this move White is defenceless.} 57. Re2 (57. Rea3
{loses to} Rc2+ 58. Kh1 Rf2) 57... Bxe2 58. Bxe2 Nc4 {White is lost. The rest
needs no comment} 59. Kh3 Ne5 60. Rd2 Bb6 61. h5 gxh5 62. Bxh5 Rc4 63. b5 Rxe4
64. Be2 Rb4 65. Kg2 Rb3 66. Ra2 Kf6 67. Rd2 Bc5 68. Ra2 Kf5 69. Rd2 Rb1 70. Bf1
Ke6 71. Rc2 Ng4 72. Bc4+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 9798"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Winterthur SCM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 Nd7 (11... b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bg5 Nd7
14. Qc1 Re8 15. Rd1 Nc5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. b4 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Ne6 19. Ndf4 Ne5 $132
{Ivanov,A-Ernst,T/Gausdal 1991 (32)}) 12. c3 Re8 $6 ({Das ist eine Neuerung.} 
12... b5 {geschah in der Partie Atlas,V-David,A/Erevan olm 1996:} 13. axb5 axb5
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. Nb4 Ra8 17. Be3 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qb6 19. Qd1 Qa5 20.
Nd3 Rc8 $11 {Diese Fortsetzung gefдllt mir etwas besser als der Textzug.}) 13.
Nd4 e6 14. Ne3 (14. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 15. Nb4 Qc7 {ist ungьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) 14...
Qc7 (14... Nxd4 15. cxd4 b5 (15... e5 16. dxe5 (16. d5 $6 a5 $1 {/\Nc5<=>})
16... Nxe5 (16... dxe5 17. b3 $14) 17. Bd2 $1 {/\Bc3} Nd3 18. Bc3 $14) 16. axb5
axb5 17. b3 {/\Bb2, Qd2, Rfc1+/-}) 15. b3 $1 Nf6 ({die Fortsetzung} 15... Nxd4
16. cxd4 Qc3 {braucht Weiss nicht zu fьrchten:} 17. Ra2 Qxd4 18. Rd2 Qc5 19.
Nc4 $16) (15... Nde5 16. Bb2 $14 {bietet dem WeiЯen Aussichten auf einen
kleinen Vorteil.}) 16. Bb2 (16. Ba3 $6 d5 $1 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bxd5 Bh3 $44) 16... d5 $6 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern fьr Aktivitдt. Es ist
wahr, daЯ er Initiative erhдlt, aber mit richtigen Zьgen kann Weiss den
Angriff abwehren.} (16... Bd7 {war vorsichtiger, aber die Stellung nach} 17. c4
$1 $16 {ist nicht erfreulich fьr Schwarz.}) 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bxd5 Bh3 20. Re1 ({Nach} 20. Bg2 $6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Rbd8 $44 {
sollte Schwarz keine Mьhe haben, remis zu halten.}) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nxd4
22. cxd4 Rd8 23. Rc1 $1 ({Mit} 23. Qe4 $6 Bf5 24. Qf3 Qc2 $44 {kann WeiЯ nicht
viel erreichen.}) 23... Qb6 24. a5 $1 (24. Qe7 $4 Rxd5 25. Qe8+ Bf8 26. Ba3 Rd8
$19) 24... Qb5 25. Bc4 Qd7 (25... Qf5 26. Qe7 $16) 26. Rd1 Bf6 (26... Re8 27.
Qd2 {dьrfte dem Schwarzen keine Rettung bringen, obwohl es vielleicht zдher
war:} Qg4 (27... Qf5 28. Qf4 (28. Qd3 $2 Qxa5) 28... Qxf4 29. gxf4 Re4 30. Bd5
Rxf4 31. Bxb7 $16) 28. Qd3 $16) 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Qf3 $1 Kg7 (28... Bg4 {
scheitert natьrlich an} 29. Qxf6 Bxd1 30. d5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb2h8]} Re1+ 31.
Kg2 Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Ba3+ $18) (28... Qe7 29. Bc3) 29. Qd5 $1 (29. Be2 $6 {
/\g4} h5 $1 $132) 29... Qe7 30. Bc3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc3b4,Gb4e7,Gc4f7] Jetzt
droht 31. Bb4! Qc7 32.Bd6+-. Auch nach 30...Be6 32.Qf3 ist die Stellung des
Schwarzen hoffnungslos.} 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. h3 (13. c3 b4 (13...
Nd7 14. Nd4 Nde5 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qe2 e6 17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. cxb4 Bb7 19. Rd1 Qc7
20. Bf4 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. Rc2 Ba8 23. Rdc1 {1/2-1/2 Vulicevic,N-Kaliksteyn,
A/New York op 1993}) 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. cxd4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 {
1/2-1/2 Kopylov,J-Nesis,G/corr 1992}) (13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Qc1 Re8 15. Rd1 Nc5 16.
Bh6 Bh8 17. b4 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Ne6 19. Ndf4 Ne5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. f4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1
Ra8 23. Qc3 Rec8 24. Qd2 Ng4 25. Nd4 Ra2 26. f5 Rcxc2 27. Nxc2 Nf2+ 28. Qxf2
Qxf2 29. Ne3 Bc4 30. e5 gxf5 31. exd6 exd6 32. Rg1 Re2 33. Nd1 {0-1 Ivanov,
A-Ernst,T/Gausdal 1991}) 13... Nd7 14. c3 e6 ({Planning to meet} 14... b4 {by}
15. Nd4) 15. Ne3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Bd7 $1 {Threatening 16...b4.} 17. Nec2 (17. b4 $2
{fails to} Na4 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc6d4,Gg7c3,Ga4c3]}) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 $6
({Slightly imprecise move. After} 18. cxd4 Nb3 19. Ra7 {/\Be3} Nxc1 20. Qxc1 {
the position is about equal.}) 18... b4 19. Be3 Qc8 20. Qe2 e5 21. Nc2 bxc3 22.
bxc3 Rb7 $6 {Strange move. Logical continuation is Rb2, whereas} (22... Bxh3
23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Ne3 {yields White certain compensation for the
pawn.}) (22... Na4 {can be replied by} 23. c4) (22... Nb3 $15 {also deserved
serious attention.}) 23. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Na4 25. Qd2 Nxc3 (25... Qxc3 26.
Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Rb6 Ba4) 26. Rb6 Nb5 27. Nb4 Nd4 28. Nd5 Qc5 ({Allows easy
eqalization. Better chances promises} 28... Re8 {(/\Bh3), intending ot meet}
29. Bg5 {by} Bxh3 $1 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Bxe7 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qc7 $19) 29. Qb4 Be6
({White regains the pawn.} 29... Bc6 $4 {fails to} 30. Bxd4 $18) 30. Rxd6 Qxb4
31. Nxb4 Rb8 {The position is even.} 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Nc6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb2 35.
Rd8+ Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Be3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd5 Nd7 ({An
important alternative} 13... b4 {, was tested in the same tournament in the
game Matulovic-Zontakh (see also game Jansa -Maki, Pula 1997).}) 14. Nd4 Nxd4 (
14... Bb7 15. O-O Nde5 16. b3 b4 17. Ra4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 20.
Re1 Bf6 21. Ra7 Rb7 22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Qd2 Rc8 24. Re4 Qa8 25. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Matulovic,M-Markovic,M/JUG-ch 1991 (33)}) 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bb7 17. Nb4
Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. O-O Ra8 20. b3 {[%csl Ya4,Gb4,Yc4][%cal Gb3c4,Gb3a4]} (
20. Rfe1 $6 {is strongly met by} Ra4) 20... f5 21. exf5 (21. Rae1 $5 {was an
interesting option:} f4 (21... fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 e5 24. f4) 22. gxf4
Rxf4 23. Nd3 Rff8 24. f4 $14) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rxf5 23. Rxa8+ Nxa8 24. Ra1 (
24. f4 {deserved here serious attention:} Rc5 25. Rf3 Nc7 26. Rd3 {planning
king transfer to the center.}) 24... Nc7 25. Nc6 (25. Ra7 {is met by} Rc5 {
. The text move temporarily wins a pawn, but Black has enough resources to
equalize.}) 25... Rc5 26. Nxe7+ Kf7 27. Nc8 Ke6 28. c4 Kd7 ({Certainly, not} 
28... bxc4 $2 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Nb6+) 29. Nb6+ Kc6 {Regaining a pawn and
obtaining temporary initiaitve.} 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. cxd5+ Rxd5 32. Ra7 Rd3 33. b4
Rb3 34. Rxh7 Rxb4 35. Rg7 Re4 36. Rxg6 (36. Kf3 {is wrong in view of} Re6)
36... b4 37. Rg8 (37. Kf3 {is met by} b3 $1 {, and White has to fight for a
draw by} 38. Rg8) 37... Re7 38. Rc8+ Rc7 39. Ra8 b3 40. Ra1 Kb5 41. Rd1 Kb4 42.
Rxd6 {And draw was agreed. It seems, however, that fight is not yet over, and
the result could be different if the game continued.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 9900"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2000.01.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1999.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems SK"]
[BlackTeam "Graz ESV Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 b6 8. Bg2
Ba6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. a3 $5 $146 {[%cal Gc3a2,Ga2b4]} ({
An interesting novelty. Other options are:} 12. Qd2 b5 (12... Nd7 13. Rab1 Nc5
14. Nd1 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Ne6 16. Ne3 Ne5 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rf2 Nf6 19. c4 b5 20. cxb5
Bxb5 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Nc5 {0-1 Mokry,K-Lanc,A/
Trnava 1986/EXT 97 (40)}) 13. a3 Qb6 14. Rfe1 e6 15. Nf4 Bb7 16. Rad1 a6 17. h3
Rfd8 18. Qc1 Ne7 19. Qa1 e5 20. Nd3 Bh6 21. Kh2 Nh5 22. Re2 Rf8 23. Nb4 Nf6 24.
a4 a5 25. Nba2 b4 26. Nb5 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxd6 Qb7 29. c4 Bf3 30. Rxe5
Bg7 31. Rxe7 {1-0 Mokry,K-Kobas,A/Zenica 1986/EXT 97 (42)}) (12. Rb1 Nd7 13.
Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rxb2 e6 15. Ne3 Qf6 16. Rb1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nd4 18. Qd1 Nb5 19. Qd3
Nc3 20. Rbe1 Ne5 21. Qd2 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Nc4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Nxd6
Qxc2 26. Qh6 Rc5 27. Re1 Qc3 {0-1 De Armas,A-Madl,I/Smederevska-Palanka 1987 
(27)}) 12... Qc7 13. Re1 e6 14. Na2 b5 15. Nec3 ({If} 15. Nb4 {then} Bb7 16.
Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. a4 b4 (18... bxa4 19. Rxa4 e5 20. Ne2) 19. a5 Qc5 20.
e5 $140 $6 Nd5) 15... Qb6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 $5 (18. h3 $5 {
/\Qc1-a1, /^a1-h8 deserved serious attention here. In the arising endgame
Black has good counterchances.}) 18... Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Ne8 20. Red3 (20. Ba1 Nd4
$36) 20... a5 $1 21. R3d2 Na7 (21... b4 $5 {was an interesting option:} 22.
axb4 axb4 23. Na4 Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Ra8 25. Na4) 22. Ba1 Rd7 23. Ne2 Bxa1 24. Rxa1
Rdc7 25. c3 Nf6 (25... a4 $5 $15) 26. f3 d5 $6 27. e5 Nd7 28. f4 Nc5 29. Rb1
Nc6 30. Kf2 h5 31. h3 (31. Nd4 $5 {would be premature here:} Nxd4 32. cxd4 Ne4+
(32... Nd3+ $5 33. Ke3 Nc1 34. Nxc1 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 $36 36. Kd3 $140 b4 {
/^f1-a6}) 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Ke3 Bd5) 31... a4 32. b4 Nb3 33. Rd3 d4 $6 ({
This pawn thrust is a mistake, after which White has an upperhand.} 33... f6 {
was to be preferred.} 34. exf6 Kf7) 34. Rbd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8,Ga2c3,Ge2d4,Gg2b7]
} ({Black's idea would be justified after} 34. cxd4 Nbxd4 $1 35. Bxc6 (35. Nxd4
Nxd4 36. Bxb7 Rxb7 (36... Rc2+ 37. Kf1 R8c4 38. Rbd1 Nb3 (38... Nf5 39. R1d2
Nxg3+ 40. Kf2) 39. Nc3 R2xc3 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Ba6 Rxg3 42. Bxb5 $14) 37. Nc3
Rbc7 $36) 35... Nxc6 $13 {The text move allows White to seize initiative.})
34... dxc3 35. Naxc3 Na7 36. Bxb7 Rxb7 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Rxd8+ Kg7 39. Ne4 Nc6
40. Re8 Rd7 41. Nd6 (41. Nf6 {was a good alternative to the text:} Rd8 (41...
Rd2 $2 42. Rg8+ Kh6 43. g4 {, and mate is inevitable.}) 42. Rxd8 Nxd8 43. Ne8+
Kf8 44. Nd6 {, winning the b5 pawn.}) 41... Ncd4 42. Nxd4 Nxd4 43. Rc8 $1 {
Creating new threats to the black king.} Nf5 $2 {Loses a piece. 43...g5 was
more stubborn.} 44. Ne8+ Kh6 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Rd2+ ({The only chance. After
} 46... Ne7 47. g5+ Kh7 (47... Kh5 48. Nf6+ Kh4 49. Rh8#) 48. Nf6+ Kg7 49. Nxd7
Nxc8 50. Ke3 {the knight endgame is hopeless for Black}) 47. Ke1 Rd3 48. gxf5
gxf5 49. Nd6 Rxa3 50. Nxb5 Rb3 51. Rc4 a3 52. Nc3 Rb2 (52... Rb1+ {(/\ 53.
Nb1?? a2-+) does not help in view of} 53. Kd2 Rb2+ 54. Kc1) 53. b5 a2 54. Nxa2
Rxa2 55. Rb4 Ra7 56. b6 Rb7 57. Ke2 f6 ({After} 57... Kh5 {White is winning by
transferring his king to the a-file:} 58. Kd3 (58. Kf3 Kh4 59. Rb1 Kh5 60. Rb2
Kg6 61. Ke3 Kh5 62. Kd4 Kg4 63. Kc5 Kxf4 64. Kc6 Rb8 65. Rb5 Ke4 66. Kc7 Rf8
67. b7 f4 68. b8=Q Rxb8 69. Kxb8 f3 70. Kc7 f2 71. Rb1 Kxe5 72. Rf1 f5 73. Rxf2
f4) 58... Kg4 59. Kc3 Kf3 60. Kb3 Ke3 61. Ka4 Rxb6 62. Rxb6 Kxf4 63. Rb7 Kxe5
64. Rxf7 f4 65. Kb3 Ke4 66. Kc3 Ke3 67. Re7 $18) {The text move is easily
refuted.} 58. exf6 Kg6 59. Ke3 Kxf6 60. Kd4 Ke7 61. Kc5 e5 62. Kc6 Rb8 63. Kc7
Rf8 64. fxe5 Ke6 65. Rb5 f4 66. b7 Rf7+ 67. Kb6 Rf8 68. Ka7 ({Black resigned
in view of the line:} 68. Ka7 f3 69. b8=Q Rxb8 70. Kxb8 f2 71. Rb1 Kxe5 72. Rf1
$18) 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O ({Another option here is} 8... Bd7 9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 Rc8 11. Rd1
Nb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Nd4 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Ndb5 Ne8 17. Kh1 Nc7
18. Qe2 Rc5 19. Nxd6 Rxg5 20. Nxf7 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxf7 22. Qc4 Nc6 23. Nb5 Ne8
24. Qe6 Rc5 25. c3 b6 26. Rd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 Ne5 28. Qxb6 Bf6 29. Qd8 Rf8 30.
Qxa5 Kg7 31. Nd4 Nd6 32. Ne6+ Kf7 33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. a5 Nec4 36. a6
Nxb2 37. a7 Bxc3 38. a8=Q {1-0 Hase,R-Aparicio,A/Santa Fe 1973/MCD (38)}) 9.
Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Bxb3 $6 {The course of the game shows the
drawbacks of Black's operation.} (11... Rc8 $5 {/\Ne5-c4 was a plausible
alternative here.}) 12. cxb3 Nd7 $6 {A logical continuation of Black's plan,
which however, seriously diminishes his kingside and allows White to rapidly
develop a dangerous attack  there.} (12... Qb6 {was to be preferred, e.g.} 13.
Bc4 Ne5 14. Bxf6 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qb3 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Qc2 Qb4 {
(/\19...Rfc8 20.b3 b5 21.ab5 a4->)} 19. Rd5 Rfc8 20. b3 Rc5) 13. Kb1 Nc5 14.
Bc4 Ne5 15. Bb5 $1 {This pawn sascrifice yields White excellent attacking
chances.} (15. Nd5 {leads to unclear play after} Nxc4 16. bxc4 f6 17. Be3)
15... Nxb3 16. Qe3 {Threatening 17.Nd5.} Nc6 (16... Nc5 {deserved serious
attention here.}) 17. h4 $1 {Launching dangerous attack on the king side. 
Baburin: 'Although this motif - opening the h-file after h2-h4-h5xg6, has been
used in thousands of games, it remains one of the most dangerous treatments in
such pawn structures. Here White's small material deficit is fully compensated
by his play on the kingside, besides of this Black has misplaced one of his
knights, while winning the b3-pawn.'} (17. Nd5 {is met by} Nbd4) 17... Nbd4 18.
h5 Ne6 19. hxg6 $1 (19. Bh6 {was an option here, but the text move is the best.
}) 19... Nxg5 20. Qxg5 hxg6 (20... fxg6 $4 {loses on the spot after} 21. Bc4+
Kh8 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rh1+) 21. Qh4 ({This move is much stronger than} 21. Rh3
$6 e6 22. Qg3 Qf6 {, followed by Rfd8 and Kf8-e7.}) 21... Re8 22. f4 $1 {
The strongest continuation, preparing the e4-e5 advancement.} e6 23. Qh7+ Kf8
24. e5 d5 25. Ne4 {'!?' Baburin.} Qe7 {[%tqu "En","","","","e4d6","",0]} 26.
Nf2 $1 {[%csl Rg8,Rh6][%cal Gf2g4,Gg4h6,Gh7g8] Baburin: 'Threatening Nf2-g4-h6
or Rh4, Rdh1 and Qxg7+.'} ({This non-obvious knight retreat is much stronger
than the appealing continuation} 26. Nd6 {, which in fact yields Black
excellent play after} Red8 {, followed by 27...Rd6. Now White is planning the
maneuver Nf2-g4-h6, with decisive mate threats.}) 26... Red8 27. Ng4 Qb4 (27...
Rac8 28. Nh6 {/\Qg8#} Bxh6 29. Qh8#) (27... Qc7 28. Nf6 Ne7 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Be8
$1) 28. Nf6 Ne7 {[%mdl 64]} {[%tqu "En","Which move wins on the spot?","","",
"b5e8","This is the winning move.",10]} 29. Be8 $3 {[%csl Rd7,Rf7,Rf8][%cal
Gh7g7,Gh1h7,Gh7f7,Gf6d7,Ge8f7]} g5 (29... Rxe8 30. Nd7#) (29... Rac8 30. Qxg7+
Kxg7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Rxf7#) 30. g4 {Baburin: 'Black cannot prevent Qxg7+ with
checkmate.'} (30. g4 Rac8 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rh7+ Kg6 (32... Kf8 33. Rxf7#) 33.
Bxf7#) 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Summermatter, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2000.02.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg4 8.
Bg2 Rc8 ({The alternatives are:} 8... Bg7 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 O-O 11. O-O Qb6
12. c3 Rac8 13. Nf4 Qa6 14. Re1 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. a4 bxa4 18.
Rxa4 Qb6 19. Qe2 Rb8 20. Kh2 Bf6 21. Rb4 Qc7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Rc4 Qb7 24. g4 {
1/2-1/2 Boleslavsky,I-Mikenas,V/Gorky 1954/EXT 99 (41)}) (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Bg7
10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Be1 a6 16. b3
Ne5 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Rac1 Re8 19. c4 a5 20. Bh3 Ra8 21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. Bc3 Qb6 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qb2+ Kg8 25. Re3 e5 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Qf6 Qd8 28. Bxe6+ Nxe6 29.
Rxe6 {1-0 Speelman,J-Sosonko,G/London 1980/MCD (52)}) (8... Qc8 9. h3 Bd7 10.
Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bc3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Ne5 15. Qd4 Qc4 16.
O-O-O Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Rac8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Nb6 21. g4 Rc5 22. Bg2
Kf8 23. Nd1 Rec8 24. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Karlsson,L/Svendborg 1981/MCD (46)})
9. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Rfd1 $5 Ne5 14. Rd4 $5 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd4a4] An unusual for this line and efficient rook thrust.
White seizes control over the the c4-square and threaten 15.Ra4.} a6 (14... Nc6
{is strongly met by} 15. Ra4 {, and after} Qd8 {White can choose between
grabbing the a7-pawn} 16. Bxa7 Nxa7 $140 17. Rxa7 Qb6 18. Nb5 Nh5 19. e5 {
or playing 16.Rd1 a6 17.Nd5, with better chances in both cases.}) 15. f4 Ned7 (
{More natural} 15... Nc6 16. Ra4 Qd8 17. Rd1 (17. Nd5 $5 Nd7 18. c3 Nc5 19. Ra3
e6 20. Nb4 {also deserves serious attention}) 17... Nd7 {was to be preferred.})
16. Rad1 Qc7 {intending to play Nb6-c4.Yet, White realize now an efficient
pawn thrust, yielding him a long-term initiative.} 17. e5 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal
Ge5d6,Ge5f6,Gd1d7]} dxe5 18. Rxd7 $1 ({The justification of the initial
sacrifice. Overly optimistic} 18. fxe5 $6 {falls short of} Nxe5 19. Bf4 Nh5 {
(the only move)} 20. Nd5 Qxc2 $15 (20... Qd6 21. Bg5 Nxg3 22. Qe1 $14)) 18...
Nxd7 19. Nd5 Qxc2 {The only defence. After} (19... Qd8 20. Nb6 Rc7 21. Qd3 $16
{, or}) (19... Qd6 20. Nb6 {White gets a large advantage.}) 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21.
Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Rxd7 exf4 (22... Rxb2 {is strongly met by} 23. Bd5 $1 {/\f4-f5})
23. gxf4 Rxb2 24. Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal Gd5a2,Gd5f7,Ge3c5,Gc5f8,Gd7b7,
Gd7f7] /\Bc5, קf7. This bishop centralization allow White to keep a very
important a-pawn and increase the pressure on the seventh rank.} b6 25. f5 $1 {
Threatening Rd6 and Bg5} Re2 $6 ({After this natural move Black gets in a
critical situation.} 25... Bf6 {fails to} 26. Bxf7 $1 (26. Bh6 $5 Bg7 (26...
Re8 27. Bxf7) 27. Bg5 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Kg7 $14) 26... Rxf7 27. Rd8+ Rf8 (27... Kg7
28. Rg8#) 28. Rxf8+ Kg7 29. Bh6+ (29. Rxf6 $2 Rb1+ 30. Kg2 Kxf6 31. fxg6 hxg6
32. Nd5+ Kf5 33. Nxb6 Rb2+ $17) 29... Kxh6 30. Rxf6 Kg5 31. Rf8 Rxa2 32. f6 $18
) ({More stubborn was} 25... a5 {, and White can choose between} 26. Rd6 Re2
27. Bxb6 Rxe7 28. f6 {and 26.Kf1, with better chances.}) 26. Bxb6 Bf6 (26...
Rb8 {is strongly met by} 27. Bb3 $5 {/\Nd5} ({also} 27. Nc6 {deserves
attention:} Rxb6 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 30. Rxf7+ Kh6 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rf2
$14) 27... Rxb6 $140 $2 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 30. Rxf7+ Kh6 31. f6 $18)
27. Nc6 $1 ({More chances to Black would yield} 27. Bc5 Re8) ({or} 27. Bd8 Kg7)
27... gxf5 28. Kf1 Rc2 $6 $138 ({A dubious decision.} 28... Rd2 {was to be
preferred.}) 29. Nd8 $1 Bxd8 30. Bxd8 Kg7 31. Bb6 $6 $138 ({Not the best reply.
Much simpler was} 31. Rd6 $1 {/\Bf6+} Re8 (31... f6 32. Be7 $18) 32. Bg5 $18)
31... Kg6 32. Bb3 Rh2 33. Rd3 f4 $6 (33... Rc8 {was a better choice:} 34. Rg3+
Kf6 35. Bd4+ Ke7 36. Re3+ Kf8) 34. Bc7 Rc8 $6 ({More stubborn was} 34... Kf5)
35. Bxf4 Rb2 36. Bd2 Kf5 37. Ke2 Rg8 38. Kf3 Rg1 39. Rd5+ Kg6 40. Rd6+ f6 41.
Rxf6+ (41. Bc4 $5 {should be also sufficient to win.}) 41... Kxf6 42. Bc3+ Kf5
43. Bxb2 Rf1+ 44. Kg2 Re1 45. Bd4 Ke4 46. Bb6 Rc1 47. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal
Ga4a5,Gb3c4,Gc4a6] The most efficient way of converting the advantage. White's
a-pawn comes to a5, after which the light-squared bishop gets to the f1-a6
diagonal.} h5 48. a5 h4 49. Be6 Rc2+ 50. Kf1 Rc1+ 51. Ke2 Rc2+ 52. Ke1 Rc3 53.
Kd2 Rd3+ 54. Kc2 Rd6 55. Bg4 $6 $138 ({A mistake in a time-trouble, which is
fortunately still suffies for win.} 55. Bc4 {was easily winning:} Kf3 56. Bxa6
Kg2 57. Bb7+ Kxh3 58. Bc5 (58. a6 Rxb6 59. a7 Rxb7 60. a8=Q $18) 58... Rg6 59.
a6 $18) 55... Kd5 56. Bf3+ Kc4 57. Be2+ Kb4 58. Bxa6 Rd5 59. Be2 Rxa5 60. Bg4
$1 (60. Bxa5+ $2 Kxa5 {leads to a theoretical draw (cf. an illustrous game
Korchnoj-Karpov in Bagio 1978)}) 60... Ra8 61. Kd3 Kb5 62. Bf2 Rh8 63. Bd7+ $1
{[%cal Gf2a7,Gd7a4] Cutting off the Black king.} Kb4 64. Ke4 Rd8 65. Bf5 Rh8
66. Kf4 Kc4 67. Kg5 Kd5 68. Bxh4 {Finally!Now the unstoppable march of the
last white pawn decides the game.} Kd6 69. Bg3+ Ke7 70. h4 Rg8+ 71. Bg6 Ra8 72.
h5 Ra5+ 73. Kh6 Kf8 74. Kh7 Ra7+ 75. Kh8 Ra6 76. Be5 Ke7 77. Kg7 Ke6 78. Bd4
Ra4 79. Bf7+ Kf5 80. Bc5 Ra5 81. Bf8 Ra1 82. Bg6+ Ke6 83. h6 Ra7+ 84. Kg8 Kf6
85. h7 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2002.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
a6 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
c3 Nc5 16. Bc2 e5 17. Nb3 Na4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Rad1 d5
22. exd5 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf1 e4 25. Qg3 Nxd5 26. Rd4 Nf6 27. Ne3 Kf8 28.
Red1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qe5 Qe7 32. Qd4 h5 33. a4 bxa4 34.
Bxa4 Kg8 35. c4 Kg7 36. c5 Qc7 {[%tqu "En","All White's pieces are superbly
placed. How can he use this?","Try to gain control over the d5-square.","Use
the power of the passed c-pawn.","c5c6","",5]} 37. c6 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Ge3,Rf6]
[%cal Gd4g7,Ga4c6] This efficient pawn thrust decides the game for White.} Bc8
{[%tqu "En","How can White conclude the game?","Exploit the shaky position of
the black queen.","Sacrifice your queen!","d4f6","A nice game conclusion!",4]}
38. Qxf6+ $1 {[%csl Rc7,Rf6][%cal Ge3d5,Gd5c7,Gd5f6]} (38. Qxf6+ {, and Black
resigned, as after} Kxf6 39. Nd5+ Ke5 40. Nxc7 {he has no compensation for the
lost piece.}) 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Ballmann, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.02.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg4 8.
Bg2 Bxe2 (8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5
Ne5 14. c3 Rfc8 15. Re1 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. f4 Nd3 18. Rxe7 Rab8 19. Re2 Rxc3
$1 20. bxc3 Bxc3 $44 {0-1 Bronstein,D-Tal,M/Tbilisi 1982/EXT 99 (41)}) 9. Qxe2
Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bg5 (13. a4 $5 Nc5 14. Bg5 $13 (14.
Ra3 $5)) 13... h6 14. Be3 b5 15. Rad1 a5 (15... b4 $2 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. Bxa7
Rb7 18. Nxb4 Rxb4 19. b3 $16) 16. h4 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5,Gh5g6] Quite an
unusual move for this line and yet the strongest contunuation. White is
threatening with the pawn thrust to h5, weakening Black's kingside.} Nde5 (
16... b4 17. cxb4 axb4 {is strongly met by} 18. Rc1 $1 (18. h5 e6 19. Nf4 g5
$13) 18... Na5 19. Qd2 {, with various threats.}) 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bf2 (18. Bc1 {
also deserved here serious attention.}) 18... e6 19. Ne3 Ne7 ({After} 19...
Nxe3 20. Bxe3 {White has excellent attacking chances on the kingside.}) 20. h5
$1 gxh5 21. f5 $1 ({Premature} 21. Qxh5 Nxb2 22. Ng4 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 (23. Bd4 e5)
23... Kh7 {, followed by 24...Ng8, does not promise White a sufficient
compensation. The text move yields White a very dangerous attack.}) 21... Ne5 (
{After} 21... Nxe3 22. Bxe3 {threatening 23.f6, Black's position is hopeless.})
22. Qxh5 $6 ({Not the strongest contuation. Instead,} 22. Bh3 $1 {was to be
preferred, as after} exf5 23. exf5 {White has great prospects on the kingside.}
) 22... Nc8 $1 {The most stubborn reply.} 23. Bh3 (23. Ng4 $6 {falls short of}
Qg5 $1) (23. Qh3 $5 {was an interesting alternative to the text move.}) 23...
Qg5 $1 {Again the best reply.} 24. Qe2 ({After} 24. Qxg5 $2 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nxg5 {
Black has a good play in the ending.}) 24... Re8 25. Ng2 $1 {Threatening 26.
Be3 Qg3 27.Qh5 /\Bf4.} exf5 26. Bxf5 Ne7 27. Be3 $1 {Winning the queen. Yet,
Black gets considerable compensation for it.} Qxg3 28. Bf4 Nxf5 29. Bxg3 Nxg3
30. Qf2 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 b4 ({Immediate} 31... Re6 {is strongly met by} 32. Qa7)
32. Ne3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Re6 34. Nf5 Kh8 35. Kh1 Ng4 36. Qa7 $1 Rf8 (36... Rb2 $2
{loses on the spot in view of} 37. Qxf7) 37. Nxg7 (37. Qxa5 Be5) 37... Kxg7 38.
Qxa5 Re5 (38... Rxe4 $2 {is refuted by} 39. Qf5 Rc4 40. Rg1 {, and White wins.}
) 39. Qb6 Rg8 $6 (39... Rh5+ 40. Kg2 Rg5 $36 {was to be preferred.}) 40. Qd4 $1
f6 41. Rf5 $1 Ree8 (41... Re6 {deserved attention here.}) 42. Rb5 $6 ({An
appealing, but not the strongest continuation. A simpler way to convert the
material advantage was} 42. Kg2 $1 {, immediately leaving the dangerous corner.
The text move yields Black dangerous counterplay.}) 42... Kh8 43. Kg2 $2 ({
To continue struggle for the win, White had to play} 43. Rb7 $1 Re5 (43... Rxe4
44. Rh7+ $16) 44. Kg2 {, with the threat 45.Qa7. The only move for Black is} f5
$1 {, opening the f6-square for his knight.} {Yet, after} 45. Kf1 {White
retains a large advantage.}) 43... d5 $1 {Excellent resource, allowing Black
to seize the initiative.} 44. exd5 (44. Rxd5 {leads to a draw by perpetual
after} Ne3+ 45. Kf3 Nxd5 46. exd5 Re5 47. d6 Rgg5 48. d7 Rgf5+) 44... Re5 $1 ({
Certainly, not} 44... Re2+ $2 45. Kf3 Re3+ 46. Qxe3 Nxe3 47. Kxe3 {, and White
easily wins. The text move creates manifold threats, and White has to play
carefully to keep the balance.}) 45. Kf3 (45. Qf4 $2 {is refuted by} Rf5 $1 {
and White loses his queen.}) (45. Rb2 {loses in view of} Nh2+ 46. Kh1 (46. Kxh2
Rh5+) 46... Nf3) 45... Nh2+ 46. Kf2 ({Certainly, not} 46. Kf4 $4 Rg4#) 46...
Ng4+ ({An attempt to play on win leads to fiasco:} 46... Rf5+ $2 47. Ke2 Rg2+
48. Kd3 Rf3+ 49. Kc4 Rg4 50. d6 $18 {, and Black cannot stop the passed pawn.})
47. Kf3 Nh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Elista Uralan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb4 a5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Qxb7 (12. Nd5 {is another
option:} a4 13. Qxb7 Bxd5 14. exd5 a3 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Qb5 Qc8 18.
Bg5 Qf5 19. Bxe7 Rfb8 20. Qc4 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Schaefer,M-Kunze,M/FRG-ch qual 1990/
GER 01}) 12... Bc4 13. e5 $1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gg2a8] A strong continuation,
allowing White to fight for advantage. The alternatives do not promise him
anything real:} (13. Re1 Nd7 14. Qc6 Nc5 15. e5 Rc8 16. Qf3 Bxe5 17. Bh6 Re8
18. Rad1 Nd7 19. Bh3 Rc7 20. Re3 $132 {1-0 Milos,G-Gaprindashvili,N/Palma de
Mallorca GMA 1989/TD 89\13 (45)}) (13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Qc6 Ne5 16. Qa4
Rb4 17. Qa3 Be6 18. b3 Ng4 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Rf1 Bd4 $17 {0-1 Jusic,Z-Jirovsky,M/
Stockerau op-J 1991/EXT 91op2 (33)}) 13... Bxf1 ({After} 13... Rb8 {White can
choose between} 14. Qa7 {14...de5 15.Rd1} ({and advnenturous} 14. exf6 Rxb7 15.
fxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxb7 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 {, with better chances in both cases.})) 14.
Qxa8 Qxa8 15. Bxa8 dxe5 ({Certainly, not} 15... Rxa8 $4 16. exf6 $18) 16. Kxf1
Rxa8 17. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga1a3,Ga3b3,Gb3b5,Gc1d2,Gd2a5,Gb5a5] A good
move. White fixes the weak a5-pawn and intends to bring his rook into play via
a3.} e6 18. Ra3 Rc8 (18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rc3 {would be even more
advantageous for White.}) 19. Rb3 Nd5 $2 {This natural move yields White large
advantage.} (19... Nd7 $6 {is strongly met by} 20. Rb7) (19... Bf8 $5 {
deserved a serious attention here:} 20. Rb5 (20. Be3 Bb4 21. Na2 $6 Nd5) 20...
Bb4 {, and now:} 21. Bd2 (21. Rxe5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nd5 $1 {, with a good play
for Black.} (22... Rxc3 23. Rxa5 Rxc2 24. Bh6 {looks dangerous for Black}))
21... Nd7 {, with a complex play.}) 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Ke1 $1 f5 (21... Rxc2 $4
{loses on the spot in view of} 22. Rb8+ Bf8 23. Bh6) 22. Kd1 Rc4 (22... Rc5 {
is strongly met by} 23. Rb5) 23. Rb8+ Kf7 24. Rb7+ Kg8 25. b3 Rd4+ 26. Ke2 Re4+
27. Kf1 Rd4 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Rb7+ Kg8 30. Be3 Rd1+ 31. Ke2 Ra1 32. Bd2 Ra2 33.
Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Rc7 d4 36. Bxa5 e4 37. Bb6 $1 ({The strongest
conitnuation. Still,} 37. Bd2 d3+ 38. Kd1 (38. cxd3 Bh6) 38... Ra1+ 39. Bc1 d2
(39... Bh6 40. cxd3 exd3 41. f4) 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Kxd2 {/\Bb2+} Kf7 42. h4
Ke6 43. Bb2 Rh1 44. a5 {should be also sufficient for win.}) 37... d3+ 38. Kd1
Ra1+ 39. Kd2 Rb1 40. a5 dxc2 41. Rxg7+ $1 {The final subtlety. Now Black is
clearly lost.} Kxg7 42. Kxc2 Re1 (42... Ra1 {loses after} 43. Bd4+) 43. a6 Kf7
44. b4 e3 (44... Ra1 {is met by} 45. Ba5) 45. fxe3 1-0

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Be3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd5 b4 ({This
continuation was tested in the game Jansa,V-Maki,V/EU-chTM 1997. The game
continued 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Ra2 e6 16.Ndf4 Qc7 17.b3.Bb7 18.Qd2 Ra8 19.Rxa8 Rxa8
20.Rd1 and ended a draw on move 43. The popular alternative is} 13... Nd7 14.
Nd4 Bb7 15. O-O Nde5 16. b3 b4 17. Ra4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. Re1
Bf6 21. Ra7 {, with better perspectives for White, Matulovic,M-Markovic,M/
JUG-ch Banja Vrucica 1991.}) 14. Nd4 $2 {A dubious continuation, yielding
Black better chances. Jansa's choice 14.0-0 is definitely better.} Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bf5 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gf5c2,Gd8c8,Gc8c2,Gc8h3]
Natural and strong move. Attacking the weak d5-pawn and disturbing
consolidation of the white pieces, Black develops dangerous initiative.} 18.
Be4 ({Perhaps, immediate} 18. Kd2 {was still better.}) 18... Qc8 19. Kd2 Rb5 $1
{Threatening Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Qf5 winning the d5-pawn.} 20. f3 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Rc5
22. Rac1 Rc4 23. Qe3 e6 $1 {This thematic pawn advance allows Black again to
explore the weak d5-pawn and yields his queen the key f5-square, from which it
can effectively rule actions of his rooks.} 24. c3 exd5 25. exd5 Qf5 {[%csl
Rd5][%cal Gf5d5,Gf8c8,Gb4c3,Gc8b8,Gb8b2,Gc8c3]} 26. Qd3 Qf2+ 27. Qe2 Qc5 28.
Qd3 bxc3+ 29. bxc3 Ra4 30. Rhe1 Rb8 31. Rc2 Ra5 {Winning the d5 pawn and
obtainig a winning position.} 32. Qd4 Qxd5 33. Re4 Qb3 34. Qe3 Rd5+ 35. Rd4 Re5
36. Qd3 Qb1 37. Re4 Rf5 38. Rf4 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Re8 40. Rc1 (40. Rc1 Qb7 41. Qxd6
Qg2+ 42. Kd3 Qe4+ 43. Kd2 Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 640]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7.
Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 $6 ({This continuaion is less popular than} 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bg2 {
, often planning to set the dark-squared bishop on the big diagonal. Now after}
Qc8 (9... Bg7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. a4 Rc8 13. Ra2 Qc7 14. f4 Nc4 15.
b3 O-O 16. bxc4 Qxc4 17. Ra3 Bxa4 18. Qd3 Bxc2 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxa7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Velickovic,S-Velimirovic,D/Vrsac 1981/MCD-r8 (116)}) {White can choose
between:} 10. Bg5 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 (10... Bg7 11. c3 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nxf6+
exf6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Bd4 f5 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Na3 19. O-O-O {
1-0 Novikov,Y-Raudive,A/Koszalin 1997/EXP 59 (41)}) 11. exd5 Ne5 12. a4 Bg7 13.
Ra2 Bf6 14. f4 Nc4 15. b3 Na5 16. Be3 O-O 17. c4 b6 18. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Shmuter,
L-Ponomariov,B/Kherson 1990/EXT 90 (35)}) (10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qd2 a5 (
12... b5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Nd5 e5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. h4 Bg4 17. Nc3 Be6 18. O-O
Nd4 19. Rbc1 Rd8 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 {0-1 Georgiev,V-Krakops,M/
Ubeda 1997/EXP 56 (40)}) 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. c3 Na6 18. Nf4 Nc5 19. O-O e5 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Nd5 {1-0 Jansa,
V-Nevednichy,V/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1995/CBM 47 (44)}) 10... Bg7 11. Rc1 Nh7 12.
Bd2 O-O 13. b3 Rb8 14. Nd5 b5 15. c3 Re8 16. Be3 e6 17. Ndf4 Qc7 18. O-O Ne5
19. Nd3 Nf6 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. f3 a6 {1/2-1/2 Arnason,J-Yrjola,J/Helsinki 1986/
MCL 02 (21)}) 8... Bg7 ({Another interesting option here is} 8... Ne5 9. Bg2
Bg4 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. f4 Nc6 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5
16. O-O Qd7 17. Kh2 O-O-O 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Kb8 20. Rf3 Rhe8 21. Raf1 {
1-0 Sorokin,M-Ulibin,M/Kursk 1987/EXT 87 (42)}) 9. Qc1 $5 (9. Bg2 {is strongly
met by} Nh7 {, followed by h5-h4}) ({If} 9. Qd2 {then} Ne5 10. Bg2 Bh3 {
, with initiative.}) 9... Bg4 (9... Nh7 $6 {falls short after} 10. Bh6) 10. Bg2
Ne5 11. O-O h4 $1 {An appealing pawn sacrifice, yielding Black a durable
initiative.} (11... Nf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 {is also OK for Black.}) 12. Bxh4 (12.
f4 $2 {is refuted by} Qb6+ 13. Kh1 (13. Rf2 Bxe2 14. fxe5 Ng4 $19) 13... h3)
12... Qc8 13. f3 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Nf4 Qc8 16. Nd3 $6 ({After this move
White start experiencing serious problems.} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ncd5 {was to be
preferred.}) 16... Nc4 {Now Black is threatening 17...Nd7 followed by 18...Nb2
or 18...f6 /\g5.} 17. Ne2 (17. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 18. Nd5 $2 {would be a terrible
mistake, in view of} Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Qh3 {, winning on the spot.}) 17... Nd7 $1 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf7f6,Gg6g5,Gh8h2] Threatening ...f7-f6 followed by ...g6-g5.}
18. Bg5 Nc5 $1 {Now White has to protect the b2-pawn.} 19. Rb1 Ne6 $1 {[%csl
Rg5][%cal Ge6g5] By means of the impressive knight maneuver, Black forces
exchange of the white bishop for his knight, after which his attack becomes
very dangerous.} 20. b3 $2 ({After this move Black gets a large advantage.} 20.
h4 {was to be preferred.}) 20... Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Na3 22. c4 $2 ({Loses
immediately} 22. Rbc1 {fails to} Bh6) (22. Rbd1 {was more stubborn, although}
Bh6 (22... Qh3 23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Qa5 $132) 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. fxg4 Nxc2 {is
clearly in Black's favor.}) 22... Qh3 {White resigned in view of the
inevitable loss of the rook.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bg5 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Kh1 Nd7 (12... Rc8 13. Bf3 Nb4 14. Qd2
Nd7 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. c3 Kh8 19. Qc2 f6 20. Bh4 e6 21.
Ne3 Qc7 22. Bg3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Salimaki,J-Paasikangas,J/Vantaa 1993/EXT 99 (61)})
13. Bf3 Rc8 (13... Re8 14. Qd2 Ra7 15. Rae1 Ba8 16. Nd1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. c3
Qb8 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nc2 Nc5 21. Qf2 Qc7 22. Re3 h6 23. Bh4 Ra2 24. Be2 Na4 25.
Bxb5 Nxb2 26. Rg3 Qa5 27. Nb4 Nxb4 28. Bxe8 Nxd1 29. Qf3 Nxc3 30. Bxe7 Nxe4 {
0-1 Jones,A-Sadler,M/Eastbourne 1990/EXT 97 (30)}) 14. Rf2 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8,Re7]
[%cal Gf2d2,Gd2d8,Ge4e5,Gc3d5,Gd5e7,Gg5d8] Intending to play 15.Rd2
threatening 16.e5.} ({The standard continuation is} 14. Rb1 Nb4 15. Nc1 Nc5 16.
N1e2 Bc6 17. b3 Ne6 18. Qd2 Nxg5 19. fxg5 a5 20. Nd1 Bb7 21. c3 Nc6 22. Ne3 Ne5
{0-1 Gretarsdottir,G-Johansson,V/Mamaia 1991/EXT 97 (44)}) 14... Nc5 $1 15.
Nxc5 (15. Rd2 {yields White after} Nxb3 16. cxb3 {an excellent play, but after
15...Ne6! Black has better prospects.}) (15. Bh4 {is strongly met by} Nxb3 16.
cxb3 Nd4) (15. Bg4 $5 {deserved attention here.}) 15... bxc5 16. Nd5 $6 ({After
} 16. Bh4 Nd4 {Black has a good play.}) (16. Bg4 $5 {was an interesting option
here.}) {The text move allows Black to seize an initiative.} 16... f6 $1 17.
Bh4 e6 $1 18. Ne3 Nd4 19. Rd2 g5 $1 20. Bg3 (20. fxg5 fxg5 21. Bg3 Nxf3 22.
Rxd6 (22. gxf3 d5 $5 (22... Qf6 $36) 23. exd5 Bd4 $40) 22... Qf6 23. gxf3 (23.
Ng4 Qg6 24. gxf3 Rxf3 $1 {is bad for White}) 23... Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 {
yields Black a large advantage in the ending.}) 20... gxf4 21. Bxf4 e5 22. Bg3
Bh6 23. Ra3 Qb6 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Rf2 Kh8 26. Bg4 Rcd8 27. Qe1 (27. c3 {was a
better choice:} Nc6 (27... d5 $6 28. cxd4 dxc4 29. d5 $16) (27... Bxe4 28. cxd4
cxd4 29. Nd2 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 f5 $13)) 27... Qf7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Bh4 $6 (29. c3 {
was to be preferred.}) 29... Qg6 30. Bf5 ({If} 30. Rg3 {then} Qxe4 31. Qxe4
Bxe4 32. Bxf6+ Bg7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $36) 30... Nxf5 31. Rxf5 Bf4 32. Rb3 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] This move allows for an elegant refutation.} (32. g3 $4 {loses on
the spot after} Qxf5) (32. c4 {was to be preferred.}) {[%tqu "En","","","",
"a8e4","",10]} 32... Bxe4 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rf5][%cal Gd6d5,Gc5c4]} 33. Qxe4 d5 34.
Qf3 (34. Qd3 {loses after} c4 35. Rxf6 (35. Nxc4 dxc4 36. Bxf6+ Qxf6 37. Rxf6
cxd3) 35... cxd3 36. Rxg6 dxc2 37. Rc6 c1=Q+ 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Bxd8 Rf1#) 34...
Qxf5 {White is clearly lost.} 35. g3 Qh3 36. Rb7 Bg5 37. Nc6 Bxh4 38. Nxd8 Rxd8
0-1

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 16384]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7.
Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 b4 ({
This continuation was tested in the game Jansa,V-Maki,V/EU-chTM 1997. The game
continued 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Ra2 e6 16.Ndf4 Qc7 17.b3.Bb7 18.Qd2 Ra8 19.Rxa8 Rxa8
20.Rd1 and ended a draw on move 43. The popular alternative is} 13... Nd7 14.
Nd4 Bb7 15. O-O Nde5 16. b3 b4 17. Ra4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. Re1
Bf6 21. Ra7 {, with better perspectives for White, Matulovic,M-Markovic,M/
JUG-ch Banja Vrucica 1991.}) 14. Nd4 $2 {A dubious continuation, tested by
Matulovivh in his game against Zontakh, which was analyzed in CBM65. Jansa's
attempt to improve his play against Maki turns out to be a very dubious
undertaking.} Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bf5 {The best move.
Attacking the weak d5-pawn and disturbing consolidation of the white pieces,
Black develops dangerous initiative.} 18. Kd2 (18. Be4 {is not better:} Qc8 19.
Kd2 Rb5 20. f3 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Rc5 22. Rac1 Rc4 23. Qe3 e6 24. c3 exd5 25. exd5
Qf5 26. Qd3 Qf2+ 27. Qe2 Qc5 $19 {0-1 Matulovic,M-Zontakh,A/Sabac 1998/CBM
65_03 (40)}) 18... e5 $1 {The strongest continuation. Black opens the e-line
for his rook and d8-h4 diagonal for his queen.} 19. dxe6 Bxe6 {[%csl Rc4,Rd2]
[%cal Gb8c8,Gc8c2,Gf8e8,Ge8e1,Gd8c7,Gd8g5,Gg5d2,Ge6c4]} 20. Rhd1 Rc8 {
Threatening 20...Rc4.} 21. Ke1 $2 (21. Qxb4 {is refuted by} Rc4 22. Qa5 Qf6 $1
23. Qb6 Rfc8 24. c3 Rxc3 $1 25. Rac1 R3c5 $1 $19 {, and} 26. Rxc5 {loses in
view of} Qxf2+) ({Perhaps, more stubborn was} 21. b3 {, intending to meet} Qg5+
{by} 22. Qe3 {, but at any rate White's position is very difficult.}) 21...
Rxc2 $1 {Beginning of precisely calculated tactical operation.} 22. Ra8 Qe7 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Ge7e1,Ge6c4,Gc2e2,Gc4f1] Threatening ...Bc4+.} 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (
{It was not still late to lose on the spot:} 23... Kxf8 $4 24. Qh8#) 24. Ra1 ({
After} 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxb2 {the ending is lost for White.}) 24... Qg7
25. Ra8+ Bc8 ({White resigned in an entirely lost position.} 25... Bc8 26. Qxd6
(26. Qxb4 Qe5+) (26. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 26... Qxb2) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O (9. Bh6 b5 (9... Nc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13.
Bc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Rc8 15. Qd4 Qa5 16. Kb1 Kg8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 $14 {
Jimenez E-Wexler/Ch Panamerican (7) 1962}) 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Bf3 Ra7 12. O-O-O
Qa5 13. Kb1 Rc7 14. h4 h6 15. h5 g5 16. Qe3 Re8 {Bertok-Buljovcic/Titograd 1965
}) 9... Bd7 10. Bh6 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
h5 ({The most critical. White could also have tried} 15. Qg5 $5 {, offering a
choice between the ending occuring after} Qxg5+ 16. hxg5 {, and 15...b5 16.e5
de5 17.Qe5|^}) 15... g5 16. h6+ ({The logical follow-up to White's last move.
However, it seems that immediate} 16. f4 $5 {offered better chances of
developing the initiative on the kingside, e. g.:} h6 (16... Nxe4 $4 {is
suisidal due to} 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd4+ $18) (16... gxf4 17. h6+ Kf8 18. Qxf4
$36) 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg5) 16... Kf8 17. Bc4 ({Now} 17. f4 $2 {fails to} Nxe4
$1 18. Nxe4 (18. Qd4 e5) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxa5 Rxc2+ 20. Kb1 Rc5+) 17... Qe5 18.
Bb3 b5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc5 21. g4 Nd7 22. Kb1 a5 23. c3 ({The agressive
set-up: White hopes to get a sufficient compensation for the Pd5, due to the
chronical weakeness of the Ph7.} 23. a3 a4 24. Ba2 {, keeping the control over
the Pd5, also comes into consideration.}) 23... a4 24. Bc2 Nf6 25. f4 $6 ({
An unfortunate sacrifice. White's set-up could be justified after} 25. Rhe1
Qxd5 (25... Rxd5 $2 26. Rxe5 Rxd2 27. Rxb5 $16) 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxh7) 25...
gxf4 26. g5 Nxd5 ({The most precise continuation, whereas} 26... Qxg5 27. Rdg1
{yields White counterchances.}) 27. Qd3 a3 $1 {Breaking the quuenside.} 28.
Qxh7 axb2 29. Rxd5 ({The only move. After} 29. Qg7+ Qxg7 30. hxg7+ Kxg7 31.
Rh7+ Kg8 32. Rdh1 Nxc3+ 33. Kxb2 Rxa2+ 34. Kb3 Rxc2 {White is lost.}) 29...
Rxd5 30. g6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 (31. Bxg6 {loses after} Qf6 32. Be4 Qe6 33. Qg7+ (33.
Rg1 $4 Rd1+ $1 34. Rxd1 Qxa2+ 35. Kc2 b1=Q#) 33... Ke8 34. Qg6+ Qxg6 35. Bxg6+
Kd7 $19) 31... Qg5 32. Qe4 Kf7 33. Bb3 e6 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Qf3 ({Or} 35. Qh7+
Kf6 $19) 35... Qe5 36. Rh5 $2 ({Loses immediately. However, after} 36. h7 {
there is no much hope to save the game.}) 36... Qe1+ 37. Kxb2 Qd2+ 38. Kb1
Qxa2+ 39. Kc1 Qa1+ 40. Kc2 Ra2+ 41. Kd3 Qb1+ 42. Kd4 Rd2+ {An elegant finish.}
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nd7 ({Two main alternatives
are:} 12... e6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxh6 Rfd8
18. Rb1 Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. b3 Rac8 21. Bd3 Rc5 $13 {Kupreichik,V-Fedorov,A/
Minsk 1996}) (12... Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. Qd2 Nxa4 17. Nxb4
Nxb4 18. Qxb4 Bc6 19. e5 $36 {Gelfand,B-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1996}) 13. Rb1 Bb7 (
{A new move. The most popular continuation here is} 13... Nb6 14. Nd5 g5 (14...
Bb7 15. Na5 Ra7 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. c3 Qb8 18. f3 e6 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Bg3 Rd8
21. Qc2 Qc8 22. Bf2 $14 {Schmaltz,R-Reschke,S/BL 1996}) 15. Bg3 Nc4 16. c3 e6
17. Ne3 N4e5 18. Qh5 Qf6 19. Rbd1 Rd8 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bh4 Qg6 22. Qxg6 fxg6 $15
{Hachian,M-Tukhmakov,V/Erevan op 1996}) 14. Nd5 Rc8 (14... Nb6 {would lead to
a transposition into the game Schmaltz,R-Reschke.}) 15. f4 Re8 16. c3 Nb6 17.
Qd2 Nxd5 $2 ({After this move Black faces serious problems.} 17... Nc4 {
was to be preferred.}) 18. exd5 Nb8 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Bf3 Bf6 21. Bf2 {White has
a typical advantage, controlling the most important files and diagonales, and
possessing manifold possibilities for active play in the centre and at the
kingside. Black is very passive, whereas White threatens by the invasion of
his knight at c6 and exerts annoying pressure upon Pe7.} Nb6 22. Re2 $1 {
Preparing the harmonious set-up.} Nc4 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. h4 Qd7 25. Nd4 Kh8 26.
Rbe1 {[%csl Re7,Rh8][%cal Ge3e7,Ge2e7,Gg2g6,Gh4h5,Gd4c6] Triumph of White's
opening strategy.} Rg8 27. g4 $1 {Disclosing manifolds threats: 28.Kg2 /\g5,
h5, Rh1; 28. g5, followed by Nc6.} g5 $4 ({A suicidal move. However, even
after more stubborn} 27... Qd8 {Black's position is unbearable.}) 28. hxg5 hxg5
29. Nf5 $1 {The decisive move. Now the game is over.} gxf4 30. Bd4 $1 Rg6 31.
Rxe7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nde2 Nf6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. c3 (14.
Ra2 {yields Black excellent counterchances:} e6 15. Ne3 Nc5 16. g4 (16. Bd2 b4
17. b3 Ba6 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Nf1 Ra8 20. Nc1 Bb5 $15 {Giertz,N-Tatai,S/Zurich
open 1988}) 16... Bb7 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. f4 Ra8 $15 {Del Rio,G-Relange,E/Matinhos
1994}) 14... e6 $5 $146 ({The standard continuaition} 14... Nc5 {proved to be
a reliable idea:} 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ra7 Rb7 19. Rxb7
Bxb7 20. Qd2 f6 21. Be3 e6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Nf4 Ne5 $11 {Rodriguez,A-Garbarino,R/
San Martin 1995}) 15. Ne3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nec2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 (18. cxd4 {
allows Black to develop initiative after} Nb3 19. Ra7 (19. Ra3 $6 Nxc1 20. Qxc1
b4 $15) 19... Nxc1 20. Qxc1 b4 $36 {/\b3, /\Bb5, Qb6}) 18... b4 19. c4 $2 ({
Loses an exchange without due compensation.} 19. Bd2 {was to be preferred:} Nd3
20. Qc2 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nb4 $11) 19... Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nb3 21. Qxd6 Rb6 $1 (21...
Nxa1 22. Bh6 $44) 22. Qd3 Nxa1 23. Be3 (23. Bh6 Bc6 $17) 23... Rb8 24. Rxa1 Bc6
$15 25. Qc2 Qe7 26. h4 e5 27. c5 Ra8 (27... h5 $5 28. Qc4 Kg7) 28. Rc1 Qe6 29.
Bf1 Qg4 (29... Qd7 $5 {/\Qb7=/+}) 30. Bg2 Rfd8 (30... b3 $2 31. Qxb3 Bxe4 32.
Qc4 $18) (30... Qd7 $142 {/\Qb7}) 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Re1 Qd7 {/\Qd3} 33. Qc1 f6 $6
(33... Qd3 $2 {was bad in view of} 34. Bh6+ Kg8 35. Qg5 $18 {->}) (33... Qe7
$142 $15) 34. Bh6+ Kh8 35. Qc4 $1 {After this move White gets full
compensation for the exchange.} Qe7 (35... Rab8 36. Rd1 $1 Qe7 (36... Qxd1 $2
37. Qf7 $18) 37. Rxd8+ (37. Rd6 $143 $2 Rxd6 38. cxd6 Qxd6 39. Qf7 Rg8) 37...
Rxd8 38. Qxb4 $13) 36. Qxb4 $132 Rab8 37. Qc3 Rd4 38. Re2 $2 ({A mistake,
passing an advaantage to Black. After} 38. f4 $1 {/^a1-h8; ><e5} Rdb4 39. fxe5
fxe5 (39... Qxe5 $2 40. Bf4 $16) 40. Bf4 $36 {White retains good
counterchances.}) (38. Bc1 $5 $13 {also deserved attention.}) 38... g5 $1 $17 {
ץh6, /\Rg8-g6} 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rg8 $1 {/\Rg6} 41. f5 Qb7 {><e4} 42. Qf3
Rb4 43. Qd3 {/\Qd6} Rd4 (43... Rxb2 44. Qd6 $1 Rxe2 45. Qxf6+ Rg7 46. Qf8+ $11)
44. Qf3 Qb4 45. Qh5 Qc4 $1 (45... Bxe4 $4 46. Qf7 $18) (45... Qxc5 $2 46. Be3)
46. Qf3 (46. Be3 $2 Rxe4 $1 47. Bxe4 Qxe4 $19) 46... Rd3 47. Be3 Rb3 48. Rd2
Qb4 49. Rc2 Rxb2 50. Rxb2 Qxb2 $19 51. Bh6 Qc2 52. Be3 Rb8 53. Qg4 Qd3 (53...
Rb2 $2 54. Bh6 Rb7 55. Bf8 {/\h5-h6}) 54. Bh6 Rg8 55. Qf3 Qc4 56. Be3 Bb5 57.
Qh5 Qc2 58. Qf3 Bc6 59. Bg1 Be8 $1 {/\Bh5. the game is lost. The rest needs no
comment.} 60. Qf2 Qxf2 61. Bxf2 Bb5 62. Bf3 Ra8 63. h5 Kg7 64. Kg2 Ra2 65. Kg1
Ra3 66. Kg2 Rc3 67. Bd1 Bc6 68. Bf3 Kf7 69. h6 Rc4 70. Bh5+ Kf8 71. Bh4 Bxe4+
72. Kg3 Rc3+ 73. Kh2 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Schlechter Memorial"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balinov, Ilia"]
[Black "Rotstein, Jefim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Balinov,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be2 (5. c4 {Maroczy}) 5... Bg7 6.
Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 {Mit Zugumstellung haben wir eine populдre
Variante des "Drachen" am Brett.} 9. Re1 {Als Hauptvariante gelten 9. Lg5 oder
9. Le3. Der Textzug verfolgt die Absicht Sc3-d5 nebst Druck auf "e7".} a6 {
In Frage kam auch} (9... Be6 {nebst 10. ...Tc8.}) 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 {Bereitet
Sc3-d5 vor.} h6 $6 {Von minderer Gьte, schwдcht der Zug lediglich die schwarze
Bauernstellung.} 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 (13... b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5
16. f4) 14. Rxa4 Nd7 $2 {Notwendig war} (14... Re8) 15. Nd5 $1 Nb6 (15... Bxb2
$2 {verbietet sich wegen} 16. c3 Nb6 17. Ra2 Nxd5 18. exd5) 16. Ra2 {
Interessant war} (16. Rb4 $5 Nxb4 (16... Nxd5 17. Rxb7 Nb6 18. Qd2 {nebst 19.
De3, jeweils mit Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 17. Bxe7 Qd7 18. Bxf8 N4xd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. exd5 Bxd5) 16... g5 17. Bg3 a5 (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Ra5 Bxb2 20.
Qd2 Qb6 21. c3 $16 {/+-}) 18. c3 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. c4 $1 {/\ 21. Nd4.
Sofortiges 20. Sd4 geht nicht da der Bd5 hдngt.} Qb6 $6 {[#]} 21. c5 $1 {
Mцglich war auch} (21. Nd4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxd4 24. Rxe7 {usw.})
21... Qb4 22. c6 Bc8 23. Nd2 $1 Bg4 (23... Bf5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc4 Bf6 26.
Ra4 Qc5 27. Ne3 {nebst 28. Ld3 mit Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 24. Qc2 Bf5 25. Qxf5
Qxd2 26. Raa1 Qxd5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Bd3 $16 {/+- Der c-Bauer trдgt den
Marschallstab im Tornister.} Rfc8 29. Be4 Qd6 30. Red1 Qf6 $2 {Ein Fehler in
bereits schwieriger Stellung.} (30... Qb8 31. Rd7 Qxb2 32. Rb1 Qa3 33. c7 $18)
31. Qxf6 Bxf6 32. c7 e6 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Rxa5 Rc8 35. Rd7 Kf8 36. Rc5 e4 37.
b4 Ke8 38. Rd1 Be7 39. Rc4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 66th"]
[Site "Binz"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. a4 Nb4 10. Bf3 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d5 $5 $13) 10... d6 11.
Bg5 $6 (11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nd5 (12. Bg5 $5 Qc8 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. f3
Qe6 16. Nd4 Qc4 17. Rac1 Rac8) 12... Nfxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Be4 Qc8 15. c3 Bxe4
16. Rxe4 Qf5 17. Rd4 Bxd4 (17... Nc2 $2 18. g4) 18. Nxd4 Qd3 $17) (11. Nd4 Bd7)
11... Nd7 $5 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. b3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Bc6 16. Rfe1 Re8 $6 (
16... Qd7 $5 $15 {/\Rc7,Rfc8} 17. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 18. exd5 N4xd5 19. c4 Nf6) 17.
Bg4 $1 Nd7 $6 (17... Bd7 $142 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Ncb5 Nc5) 18. Ncb5 $1 {/\Nd6}
Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rc6 $8 (19... h6 $2 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nxc2 23.
Rc1 Ne5 (23... Nf6 24. Be6 $1) 24. Bh3 Nb4 25. Nc7 Rf8 26. Ne6 fxe6 27. Bxe6+
Rf7 28. Rc8 $16) (19... Bb2 20. Nxd6 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 $16) (19... Na2 20. Nxd6 Bc3
21. Qf4) 20. c3 Na6 21. Bxd7 $6 Qxd7 22. c4 Nc5 $6 (22... Rd8 $5 {/\Qe8-f8,
Rcc8,Nb4-c6}) 23. Rb1 (23. Qc2 $5) 23... Ra6 24. Bh6 Bh8 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Rbd1
Qe6 27. Bc1 Raa8 28. Bb2 $6 (28. f4 {/\Re2,Rf1 -> f4-f5 -> f7}) 28... Bxb2 29.
Qxb2 f6 30. Qc2 Qf7 31. Re3 Ne6 32. Nc3 Kh8 33. Nd5 Rg8 34. h4 $6 Nd8 35. Rg3
Nc6 36. Qc3 Rad8 37. Rf3 Rgf8 38. Qe3 Qe6 39. Nc7 Qc8 40. Nd5 Qe6 41. Rg3 Qf7
42. Qb6 Rd7 43. Rgd3 f5 $1 $15 44. Nc3 Qf6 45. c5 Qxh4 46. cxd6 fxe4 47. Rh3
Qg4 48. Rg3 Qf5 49. dxe7 Rxe7 50. Qe3 (50. Re1 e3 $1) 50... Qe6 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nde2 O-O 8.
Bg2 Rb8 $5 {[%cal Ye5d4] Der VorstoЯ b5-b4 stellt hier ein wichtiges Element
der schwarzen Initiative am Damenflьgel dar.} (8... d6 {ist die
Hauptfortsetzung.} 9. O-O Rb8) 9. a4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bg5 (12.
Nd5 $5) 12... h6 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd5 Ng4 (14... Nd7 $5 15. c3 (15. Rb1 e6) (15.
Bc1 b4) 15... e6 16. Bxd6 exd5 17. exd5 Nce5 $13) 15. h3 Nge5 16. Bc1 {/\f4} e6
17. Ne3 Nc4 18. c3 (18. Nxc4 $6 bxc4 {[%cal Og7b2,Gc2e4]}) 18... Qc7 19. Rb1
Kh7 (19... Ba6 20. b3) 20. b3 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zeitlein, Michael"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen II"]
[BlackTeam "Isernhagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be2 cxd4 (4... d5 $5 5. dxc5 (5. exd5 cxd4 6.
Bb5+ (6. Nxd4 Qxd5) 6... Kf8 7. Nxd4 $2 Qxd5 $17) 5... Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+ 7.
Nbxd2 $14) 5. Nxd4 Nc6 (5... d5 6. Bb5+ $1 (6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 $14) 6... Kf8
7. Nc3 $1 e5 (7... dxe4 $2 8. Ne6+) 8. Nb3 d4 9. Nd5 $14) 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 $5 {/\Bf1 gefolgt von Nd5} Be6 (9... a6 $5 10. Bg5 (10. Bf1
b5) 10... b5) 10. Bg5 {/\Nd5} (10. Bf1 Nd7 (10... d5 $5 11. Nc5 Bg4 12. f3 d4
$13) 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c3 Nce5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rc1 Nc4 15. Rc2 Ndb6 16. h3 Qd7
17. Nf4 Na4 18. Nd3 d5 {0-1 Meister,Y-Tiviakov,S/ Cheliabinsk 1990/(53)}) 10...
Nd7 {Ein bekannter Plan: /\Nb6-c4} (10... Rc8 11. Bf1) 11. Qd2 (11. f4 a5 $5
12. a4 $1 $13) 11... Nb6 $6 (11... Rc8 $142 12. Rad1 (12. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6
Qb6 $132) 12... Re8 (12... Nce5 13. Nd5 $36) (12... a5 $6 13. Bb5) (12... Nb6
13. Bh6) 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qb6 $132) (11... Re8 $5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 (12... Bh8
$6 13. f4 {/\f5}) 13. Qxh6 Qb6 $132) 12. Bh6 (12. Rad1 Ne5 (12... Rc8 $5) 13.
Nd5 Re8 14. Bb5 $6 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 $132) 12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nd7
$5 {/\Qb6} (14... Nb4 $6 15. Rd2 $1 (15. e5 $6 Nxc2 16. Ne4 $5 {/\Ng5} f6 $1
$132) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. e5 $36) 15. h4 $6 (15. Nd5 $1 Nb6 $5 (15...
Bxd5 $2 16. exd5 $16) (15... Nde5 16. f4 $14) 16. Nf4 $36) 15... Qb6 $1 16. h5
(16. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb4 $36) 16... Nf6 $132 17. hxg6 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18.
exd5 Ne5) (17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh4 $1 (18. Nd5 $2 Nxd5) 18... Kh8 {/\g5} 19. Nd5
(19. Na4 Qb4 20. Nc3 Qb6 $11) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 g5 $5 (20... Ne5 21. c4 g5
22. Qd4 $14) 21. Qxg5 (21. Qg3 Ne4 $15) 21... Ne5 22. c3 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Ne4+
24. Kg1 Nxg5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vasteras op"]
[Site "Vasteras"]
[Date "2012.09.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Hedman, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 {After having
studied three games of Nigel Short winning with the white pieces I decided to
give this rather untheoretical move a try with the hope of surprising my
opponent.} g6 {Black switches to the Dragon Variation. This used not to be so
clever after having played ...a6. However after 6.Qf3 Black might claim that
White's setup is not perfect either.} ({In the games played by Short two games
followed} 6... Nbd7 {when White had better chances after} 7. h3 {1-0 (41)
Short,N (2677)-Istratescu,A (2628) Bunratty 2012} ({and} 7. Be2 {1-0 (28)
Short,N (2674)-Grandelius,N (2491) Malmo 2009.})) 7. h3 {White takes control
of the g4 square which is necessary in order to complete development and later
on 0-0-0. It also prepares the move g4 which should come at some point.} ({
Starting with} 7. Be3 {is likely to transpose after} Bg7 8. h3 {but White also
has to take the knight move to g4 into account.}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 ({was played
by Vallejo but White's pieces look a little loose here. The idea seems to be
to let Black win a tempo by} 8. Bg5 Qa5 {when after} 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nc6
11. Kb1 Bd7 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 {looks like an improvement for Black.})
12. Nb3 {1-0 (54) Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Topalov,V (2752) Leon 2012 White wins
this tempo back. An interesting position with mutual chances arose next.}) 8...
O-O 9. g4 $6 {This seems to be a mistake here as White is not yet ready to go
for a straightforward attack. Instead quiet development should be preferred.} (
9. O-O-O Nc6 10. g4 ({and now} 10. Kb1 $1 $146 {would avoid the problems with
the a2-pawn which followed in the game.})) ({or} 9. Be2 {followed by 0-0 when
White's king is safe while White still can create attacking possibillities on
the kingside.}) 9... Nc6 {With regular development Black has achieved a good
version of the Dragon.} 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Qg2 $6 {This is the normal follow-up
for White, preparing to play f4. However against this setup by Black this idea
doesn't work very well and White shouldn't have played g4 that early, as was
already mentioned.} ({Taking this into account White should rather head for
either} 11. Be2) ({or} 11. g5 {to create counterplay in time. Although Black
is perfectly fine in both cases White does at least get some activity.}) 11...
Rc8 12. f4 {Continuing according to the plan.} ({White has also tried} 12. Be2
{when after} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Rxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Qa5 {0-1 (26) Abergel,T
(2538)-Negi,P (2621) Cappelle la Grande 2010 Black obtained very strong
counterplay for the exchange and went on to win}) (12. Nb3 $146 {was worth
considering in order to avoid what happened in the game. However Black has
concrete tactics after} Nb4 $1 $15 {when both ...Rxc3 and ...Nxc2 are in the
air.}) 12... Nxd4 $1 {This exchange is very strong at this point. During the
game it came as somewhat of a surprise, but I soon realised that I was in
severe trouble.} 13. Bxd4 Qa5 {Now Black is threatening ...e5 followed by an
exchange sacrifice on c3.} 14. Qg3 (14. Qg1 {intending Bb6 can be met by} {
the simple} Rc6 $36 {adding further pressure on the c-file.} (14... Rxc3 15.
Bxc3 Qxa2 16. Bd3 Bc6 $44) 15. Qg3 Be6 16. a3 b5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 $36)
(14. f5 {would at least stop ...Be6 but after} e5 $1 15. fxe6 Bxe6 $36 {
Black gets there anyway leaving White with a troublesome future.}) 14... Be6 $1
{A small but very important improvement. Black gets out of any x-ray attack on
the d-file and adds pressure to White's position. Now ...b5 is something White
has to comsider seriously. Also exchange sacrifices on c3 can be very
dangerous.} 15. a3 b5 {Black is ready for the b4-break and White doesn't have
much time to create counterplay.} 16. f5 $6 (16. Qg1 Rc6 $40 17. f5 b4 $17 {
would not make things better.}) (16. Qd3 $1 {seems to be the best defence.} b4
17. axb4 Qa1+ (17... Qxb4 18. g5 Nh5 $15 {is also good for Black.}) 18. Kd2
Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qa3 (19... Qxc3+ $2 {is a bit too speculative. Now White is
better after} 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qe2 $1 Rfc8 22. Kd1 $14 {although Black
definitely has a lot of compensation for the queen.}) 20. Nd5 Qxd3+ 21. Bxd3
Nxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Bxd5 23. Bxg7 Bxe4 24. Bxf8 Rxc2+ 25. Ke3 Bxh1 26. Bxe7 Bc6 27.
Bxd6 Rh2 28. Rc1 Rxh3+ 29. Kd4 $44 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4g5] And White should
have enough counterplay to save the draw.}) 16... b4 17. e5 $4 {This move is
simply losing. However neither my opponent nor I was able to calculate it
until the end, so practically speaking this appeared to be quite a good
decision.} (17. axb4 $4 {loses to} Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qxb2 $19 (18... Rxc3 19. Qxc3
Nxe4+ 20. Ke1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 {gives White chances to hold a
draw.})) ({Objectively speaking} 17. fxe6 $8 {was the move to be played when
we have} bxc3 (17... bxa3 $5 {is also interesting when play gets very messy. A
possible line is} 18. Na2 axb2+ 19. Kb1 Nxe4 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qb3 Bxd4 22.
Rxd4 Qe5 23. Rd5 Nd2+ 24. Rxd2 Qe1+ 25. Kxb2 Qxd2 26. Bxa6 Rc5 27. Rf1 e6 $13 {
with a pretty unclear position.}) 18. Bxc3 Nxe4 19. Bxa5 Nxg3 20. Rg1 Nxf1 21.
exf7+ Rxf7 22. Rgxf1 {when White has good chances of a draw although Black is
on top after} Rcf8 $15) 17... dxe5 $2 {This move lets White get out with a
very decent position.} (17... Nd5 $19 {was one option when in the long run
Black is winning due to his superb initiaitve.}) ({However the most
straightforward line is} 17... Rxc3 18. Bxc3 bxc3 (18... Ne4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20.
Qe3 $1) 19. Qxc3 Bh6+ $1 {This was the critical move we both missed during the
game. When waiting with the exchange on c3 for a move White no longer has the
b2-square available.} (19... Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 21. Rg1 dxe5 22. g5 Bf3 $17 {
would also be good enough for a clear advantage and likely winning in the long
run.}) 20. Kb1 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Ne4 $19 {Now the threat of ...Ncx3+ prevents
White from taking on e6. Black's material advantage and powerful pair of
Bishops should provide a comfortable win.}) 18. Qxe5 {Forces the exchange of
queens with a miraculous escape.} Qxe5 19. Bxe5 bxc3 20. fxe6 cxb2+ $6 (20...
Ne4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd7 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Rc6 24. Bg2 Rb6+ 25. Kc1 Rxe6 26. Re1
f5 $15 {would have kept an advantage for Black.}) 21. Bxb2 fxe6 22. Bxa6 {
Suddenly White has equalised on material and has the bishop pair along with
two passed pawns, which even gives him some practical winning chances.} Rc7 23.
Rhe1 Rb8 24. g5 Nd5 {Black decided to play actively rather than defending his
e6-pawn at any cost.} (24... Nh5 25. Bxg7 $14) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxe6 Nc3 27.
Rde1 Kf7 28. Bd3 Na4 29. R6e4 Nc5 30. Bc4+ e6 $5 {An interesting decision.
Black gives up another pawn in order to get the white bishop exchanged. Not at
all a bad idea in view of the double rook endning that provides Black with
excellent drawing chances.} 31. Bxe6+ Nxe6 32. Rxe6 Rbc8 33. R1e2 Ra8 34. R2e3
Ra5 35. h4 Rca7 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. Rff3 ({At some point White will have to give
up a pawn in order to exchange off a pair of rooks. Instead of playing
passively,} 37. c4 {looks like a good way to continue.} Rc7 (37... h6 38. Ree6
$16) (37... Rxa3 38. Rxa3 Rxa3 39. Kb2 {seems to be winning for White as the
black king is cut off from the c-pawn and White can defend h4 by Rf4 when
necessary.}) 38. Rf4 $16 {and White has a much more active position than in
the game.}) 37... h6 38. Rg3 Ra4 39. Rh3 Rc7 40. Kb2 hxg5 41. hxg5 Ra5 42. Rhg3
Rcc5 {Black is now about to eliminate White's last kingside pawn, after which
he will have excellent drawing chances.} 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Re6 (44. Rd7 Rxg5 45.
Rb3 Rge5 46. Rb8+ Re8 47. Rbb7 g5) 44... Kf7 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Rf1 Rxg5 {
In a way this move helps White as it's much easier to make progress with only
one pair of rooks on the board. However Black will probably have to allow this
at some point anyway.} (46... Rcb5+ 47. Ka2 Rxg5 48. Rxg5 Rxg5 49. a4 {is
similar.}) 47. Rxg5 Rxg5 {Now White must act quickly as if Black can get his
king over to b7 he would have a theoretical draw even without his g6-pawn.} 48.
a4 $1 {Planning Ra1 and pushing the a-pawn forward.} Re5 49. Kb3 g5 50. Ra1 g4
51. a5 g3 52. a6 g2 53. a7 Re8 54. Kb4 Ra8 $2 {This makes things easy for
White.} (54... Rf8 55. Rg1 Ra8 56. Rxg2+ Kf7 57. c4 Rxa7 58. Re2 $18 {wins for
White.}) (54... Kf6 {would at least force White to show some technique.} 55. c4
(55. Kb5 {would not lead anywhere as Black can give checks from the side.} Re5+
56. Kc6 (56. Kb4 Re8 57. c4 $18) 56... Re6+ 57. Kd7 $4 {allows} Re7+ {followed
by ...Rxa7. when Black has at least a draw.}) 55... Ra8 56. Rg1 Rxa7 57. Rxg2
Ke6 58. Rd2 $1 $18 {is also winning.}) 55. Kb5 {Black resigned as ...g1Q can
be taken with check.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Masserey, Yvan"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+
Bd7 (7... Nbd7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. f4 Bg4 12. Nf3 Qa5 13.
Kb1 Rfe8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rac8 16. Rhe1 $14 {Horvath,T-Sievers,S Hamburg
HSK (04) 1991 0-1 40}) 8. Qe2 a6 (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4
11. Rxd4 g5 12. e5 gxh4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Rxd6 {1-0 Bus,M-Hansen,SuB
Copenhagen Unibank (5) 1991}) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxc6 Qe8 13. Nxe5
Be6 14. Qa6 (14. Rhe1 Qc8 15. f3 Rb8 16. Rd3 Qb7 17. b3 Rfc8 18. g4 $14 {
Kiss,A-Wukits,R Donau op (2) 1992 1-0 43}) 14... Rc8 15. Rhe1 Rc5 16. f4 Qa8
17. Rd2 Rfc8 18. Red1 h6 19. Bh4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 $44 (20. Nxg6 $1 $16 {Hamdouchi,
H-Garcia Lopez,LM Alicante op (02) 1992 1-0 34})) (8... O-O 9. O-O-O Qa5 10.
Kb1 a6 11. Bxd7 Qxg5 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bh3 Nc6 14. Nb3 Qc7 $10 {Blodstein,
A-Fedorov,A Voskresensk2 1993 1/2 19}) 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O-O (10. h4 Rc8 11.
Rh3 h5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 e6 14. Nb3 Rc6 15. f4 Qc7 16. Rhd3 b5 $10 {
Frolov,A-Palkovi,J Siofok Hungaroil (02) 1990 1-0 39}) 10... Rc8 11. f4 (11.
Nd5 $142 {Donev}) 11... Rxc3 $5 (11... O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Qa5 14. Nf3 (
14. Nf5 $5) (14. Bxf6 $1 {Donev} exf6 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. e6 Bh6+ $2 (16... fxe6 $8
17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. c3 $14) 17. Kb1 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Ne4 $18)
14... Rxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 $44) 12. bxc3 Qc7 (12... Qa5 {Donev} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Qc4 Nc5 $14) 13. Rhe1 (13. Rd3 $1 {Donev} O-O 14. Rhd1 Nc5 15. Re3 Rc8 $13)
13... h6 (13... Qxc3 14. Nb3 (14. Kb1 Nc5 $17 {/\ Na4}) 14... Nh5 15. e5 dxe5
16. g4 $1 $14) (13... Qxc3 $5 {Donev}) 14. Bh4 $2 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14... Nxf6
15. Qf3 $16) 15. Qf3 O-O $14) 14... O-O (14... Qxc3 {Donev} 15. Qd3 Qa1+ 16.
Kd2 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rab1 $1 (18. Reb1 $2 Nxe4+ $1 19. Ke3 (19. Qxe4 Qxd4+
20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Ra4 Bb6 22. Re4 f6 $17) 19... Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Kxd4
Ndc5 $19) 18... Qa2 19. Bxf6 (19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Rab1 Qa2 $10) 19... Bxf6 20. Rxb7
Nc5 21. Rb8+ Kd7 22. Qh3+ Kc7 23. Rxh8 Bxh8 24. Nb3 $14) 15. Qe3 (15. e5 {Donev
} dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Nb5 $1 Qc6 18. Qe4 e6 19. c4 $14) 15... Rc8 16. h3 (16.
Bxf6 {Donev} Bxf6 17. Ne2 Nb6 $40) 16... Qc5 (16... Qa5 $5 $40) (16... Qa5 $5 {
Donev} 17. Kb1 Rxc3 (17... Nb6 $5 $40) 18. Rd3 Rc4 $10) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Kd2 (
18. Rd3 Ne5 $1 $19) (18. Kb1 $142 {Donev} Nb6 19. Nb3 Qc7 $15) 18... Nb6 (18...
Ne5 $1 $17) 19. Qd3 (19. Ke2 $142 {Donev}) 19... Nc4+ 20. Ke2 Nb2 21. Qd2 Nxd1
22. Rxd1 Qxc3 (22... Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Nf3 Rxc2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[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. Be2 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8.
O-O a6 (8... O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 Nd7 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Ng4 13. h3
Nge5 14. a4 $14 {Chandler,M-Shirov,A Hastings 1991}) (11... Bd7 12. a4 b4 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 $14 {Sinowjew,J-Tischbierek,R Dortmund op 1992}) 12. Qd2
(12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Nd5 Bb7 $2 (13... Re8 $10) 14. Na5 $1 Nxd5 15. Nxb7 Qc7 16.
exd5 Ne5 17. f4 $18 {Emelin,V-Yakovich,Y St.Petersburg op (07) 1994 1/2 37})
12... Re8 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Nc1 Bb7 15. Bh6 Bh8 $10 {Geller,J-Serper,G Helsinki
op (05) 1992 1/2 48}) 9. Re1 b5 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 e6 $5 $146 (12...
Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. a5 Qc7 $10 {Masserey,Y-Petursson,M Horgen SKA (02) 1994
0-1 34 - CBM 43}) 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. a5 $1 {Legt den Pa6 fest und schafft
einen wichtigen Stьtzpunkt auf b6.} Bg7 $2 {Verschenkt ein wertvolles Tempo.} (
14... Qe7 {/\ Rd8, o. Rfc8}) 15. Ra2 Qe7 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. f4 e5 {
Ohne diesen Zug bleibt Schwarz kein Gegenspiel.} 19. f5 $1 gxf5 20. exf5 Kh8 $6
(20... d5 21. Bg5 $1 (21. Qxd5 $2 Nd4 $19) (21. Bc5 Qh4 $1 $132) 21... Qd6 (
21... Bf6 $2 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxd5 Qxf5 24. Nc5 $16) 22. f6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6
24. Qxd5 Nd8 25. Qd2 Qf4 26. Qxf4 exf4 27. Nd4 Ne6 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Ra4 Rxc2
30. Rxb4 Bd5 $14) 21. Raa1 $1 $16 d5 22. Bc5 Qf6 23. Bb6 Ne7 (23... Qxf5 24.
Nc5 Rcb8 25. Qxd5 $16) 24. Nc5 Bc6 (24... Qc6 25. g4 d4 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Bg2
Nd5 28. Qd3 $16) 25. Nxa6 d4 26. Nxb4 Bh6 27. Qd3 Nxf5 28. Nxc6 $18 Rxc6 29.
Qe4 Be3+ 30. Rxe3 (30. Kh1 $4 Ng3+ $3 31. hxg3 Qf2 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33. Be2 Qxe2
$1 $19) 30... Nxe3 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. b4 Rg8 33. Bc5 Rxc5 34. bxc5 Kf8 35. a6 (35.
a6 Rxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Nxg2 37. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2
(7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3
b4 14. Ra2 Ng4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bc1 e6 17. Ne3 b3 $15 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V
Horgen CS (07) 1995 1/2 49 - CBM 50}) 7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 (
10. Qd3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c3 Re8 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. a3
Bd7 $1 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. Rfe1 Ba4 $17 {Martinez,F-Mestel,A Oviedo 25' (05) 1993
0-1 37}) (10. a4 Be6 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. a5 Nd7 13. Bd2 (13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qxc2
15. Bg5 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Bxe7 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Rfe8 $17 {Reinderman,
D-Wojtkiewicz,A Wijk-B (01) 1994 1/2 39}) (13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Ne5 15. Nd5
Qd7 $10 {Milosevic,G-Petursson,M Lugano op 1989}) (13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bd4 f6 17. Rfe1 $14 {Kotronias,V-Georgiev,Kir Sofia 1986 - Inf.
42/234}) 13... Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Ne5 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Bc3 Bh3 18. Qxd7
Bxd7 19. f4 $14 {Kindermann,S-Wirthensohn,H Hamburg SKA 1991 1-0 79}) 10... Be6
(10... Qa5 11. Qd1 Be6 12. a4 Rac8 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bd2 Qb4 15. e5 dxe5 16.
Rxe5 Qd4 17. Rb5 b6 $15 {Voigt,M-Gikas,B Dortmund op-A (05) 1992 1-0 36}) 11.
Qd1 Qc8 $146 (11... Qc7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 (12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 b5 15.
Qe2 Rab8 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Qd2 h5 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Rac1 $10 {Fabisovich,
V-Savchenko,S Pula op (2/28) 1990 1/2 64}) 13. exd5 $14 {^^} b5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. c3 Rab8 (15... a5 $5) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Qd2 $14 {Lukin,
A-Arakelian,E St.Petersburg op (01) 1994 1-0 39}) 12. Kh2 Qc4 13. a4 Rac8 14.
a5 Nd7 15. Ra3 Qc7 16. f4 Bxc3 $5 {Baburin: This move either destroys the
White pawn structure on the QSide or wins the a5-pawn. It's likely that White
did not expect this solution.} 17. Rxc3 (17. bxc3 Qc5 {Obwohl der Drachen g7
fehlt, spielt sich die Stellung wegen des zerrissenen weiЯen Damenflьgels
angenehmer fьr Schwarz.}) 17... Qxa5 $15 {Aber so ist es ein ganzer P.} 18. f5
Bc4 (18... gxf5 $2 19. exf5 Bxf5 (19... Rxc3 20. fxe6 $18) 20. Bh6 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Bg6 (21... Rc8 $2 22. Qh5 Rc5 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. Qg4+ $18) 22. Bxf8 Kxf8
$13) 19. Rf4 Ba6 20. fxg6 hxg6 (20... fxg6 21. Qg4 $132) 21. Rh4 Rxc3 22. Bd2
Rfc8 $1 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qd2 Qe5 (24... Nf6 $1 25. Qh6 (25. bxc3 g5 26. Rh6
Kg7 $19) (25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 g5 27. Rh6 Kg7 $19) 25... Nh5 26. bxc3 Qxc3
$17) 25. bxc3 Bc4 {/\a7-a5-a1} 26. Qh6 (26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. cxd4 e5 $1 $19 {
WeiЯ spielt ohne den Rh4.}) 26... Nf8 27. Rg4 a5 28. Rg5 Qxc3 29. e5 Qxc2 $1
$19 30. Kh1 (30. exd6 Bf1 $19) 30... Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qb2 32. Kh1 dxe5 33. Rg4 Be6
34. Rh4 e4 35. Qf4 (35. Bxe4 a4 $19 {[%cal Ga4a1]}) 35... a4 36. Qxe4 a3 37.
Qxb7 (37. Qd4 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 a2 39. Rd1 b5 $19) 37... Qc1+ 38. Kh2 a2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 (10. a4 Be6 11. f4 b5 12. axb5 Qb6+ $1 13. Kh1
axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Bxb5 Nxe4 $1 $15) 10... b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 (11... b4 $142 $1
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qc1 Ra7 $1 $15 {Donev,I-Novkovic,M
Dornbirn 1991}) (11... Bd7 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 Nh7 15. Rb1 g5 16.
Bf2 Bxc3 {1/2 Xie Jun-Spassky,B Monaco Veterans-Women (07) 1994}) 12. Bh4 (12.
Nd5 Nd7 13. c3 Re8 14. Kh1 a5 15. Qd2 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. Nd3 axb2 18. Qxb2 $10 {
Xie Jun-Serper,G Jakarta (02) 1994 1-0 35}) (12. Kh1 h6 (12... Nd7 13. Rb1 (13.
Qe1 {Ernst} a5 14. Nxb5 a4 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Nc5 $44 {Tal,M-Gufeld,E/USSR/1977
}) 13... Nb6 14. Nd5 Nc4 15. e5 Re8 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Bxb7 Qxd1
19. Rfxd1 Ra7 20. Rd7 $16 {Xie Jun-Alterman,B Cap d'Agde 1994 0-1 60 - EXP 43})
(12... Re8 13. e5 $5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bg4 Nf8 17. Nc5 Qb6 18.
Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 $13 {Christiansen,B-Ernst,T/Sweden/1982}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. e5 Bg7 (14... dxe5 $2 15. Nc5 $16) 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 exd6 17. Ne4 Rad8
18. Rab1 Ba8 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. c3 Nd5 21. g3 Rfe8 $15 {Orlov,V-Fridman,D
URS-chJ Alma Ata 1991 1/2 86}) (12. Nd5 $14 {Ernst Gufeld}) 12... Nd7 13. Rb1
a5 14. a4 (14. Nxb5 $4 {Ernst} Qb6+ $19) 14... bxa4 15. Nxa4 Ba6 16. e5 $2 {[#]
} (16. Re1 $10) 16... Bxf1 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bxd7 (18. exd6 Nf6 19. Bb7 Rb8 20.
Qxf1 Rxb7 21. Nbc5 Ra7 $17) 18... Qxd7 19. Qxf1 (19. Nb6 Qb7 (19... Qa7 $2 20.
Bf2 $16) 20. Nd5 Be2 21. Qd2 (21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bxe7 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 dxe5 (23...
Rfe8 $2 24. exd6 $18) 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15) 21... Rfe8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxe7
Qxe7 24. Qxe2 dxe5 $15) 19... Qxa4 20. Bxe7 Rxc2 $1 (20... Rfe8 21. exd6 Rxc2
22. Qd3 (22. Rd1 Qxb3 23. d7 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Qxe7 $19) 22... Qc6 23. Nd2 $17) 21.
Bxf8 Bxf8 $19 {Trotz matteriellem Gleichgewicht ist die weiЯe Stellung
hoffnungslos. Der Nb3 findet keinen Stьtzpunkt und die K-Stellung ist arg
geschwдcht. [#]} 22. Qf3 (22. Qd3 Qc6 23. Qf3 (23. Nd2 dxe5 (23... Bh6 $1 {
Ernst} 24. Ne4 (24. g3 dxe5) 24... Bxf4 25. exd6 Bxd6 $1 $19) 24. fxe5 Qb6+ 25.
Kh1 Rxb2 $19) 23... Qb6+ {- 22.Qf3} (23... Qc4 $19 {- 22.Qf3}) 24. Kh1 a4 $19)
22... Qc4 23. exd6 (23. Rd1 dxe5 24. fxe5 Rxb2 $19) 23... Bxd6 24. f5 a4 25.
Rd1 (25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Na1 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rc1+ $19) 25... axb3 (25... axb3 26.
Rxd6 Qc5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O b6 $5 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. f4 d6 11. Bf3 Nd7 $5 {/\ Nc5 ><d4, e5} 12. Rb1 {
/\ Nd5 ><b2} (12. Qd2 $142 $5 Nc5 13. f5 $40) 12... Nc5 13. Nd5 (13. f5 $5)
13... f6 14. Bh4 e6 15. Nc3 g5 $5 $132 16. Bg3 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Bg4 (18.
Nb5 $132) 18... Qe7 19. Nd4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Kh8 $5 21. Rbd1 $6 {פd4} (21. Bg3 $5
$13) 21... f5 $1 $36 22. Qg3 $1 (22. exf5 Bxd4+ $19 {/\ Rg8}) (22. Bg5 Bxd4+
23. Rxd4 Qg7 $1 24. exf5 exf5 $1 $19 {/\ Ne6}) (22. Qh3 Nxe4 $17) 22... Nxe4 $1
23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bxd6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qf6+ 26. Kg1 $2 (26. Qf4 $4 Qxf4+ 27.
Bxf4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rf8 $19) (26. Ke1 e5 {/\ Rd8|^}) (26. Qf2 $142 $1 Qg6 $5 $36
) 26... e5 $4 (26... Rd8 $142 $1 27. c3 e5 28. Rf1 (28. Bc7 exd4 29. Bxd8 Qxd8
30. cxd4 Ba6 $1 $19 {/\ Bd3 ><d4, f1}) 28... Qxd6 29. Rf7 Qh6 $3 30. Rxg7 (30.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7 exd4 32. Rxb7 d3 $19) 30... Qc1+ $1 31. Kf2 e3+ $3 32. Qxe3
$1 Qxe3+ 33. Kxe3 exd4+ $19) 27. Rf1 $1 Qxd6 (27... Qg6 28. Nf5 $16 {|^} (28.
Bxe5 $2 Qxg3 $19)) 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nf5+ Kg6 $6 (29... Kf6 $5 30. Nxd6+ Ke6
31. Nxb7 Rb8 32. Re1 Rxb7 33. Rxe4 Kf5 (33... Kd5 $5) 34. Re2 Rd7 $44) 30. Nxd6
Bc6 31. Nc4 $1 (31. Re1 Rd8 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Kf5 $1 $44) 31... Re8 32.
Rd1 Bb5 $5 33. Ne3 $1 {/\ Rd6+/-} (33. Nd6 Rd8) 33... Re6 34. c4 Bc6 35. Kf2
Kf7 36. Rd8 Rf6+ $5 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Rh8 $16 Rf7 39. b4 Kd6 40. g4 a5 41. Nf5+
Kc7 42. bxa5 $6 (42. b5 Bd7 43. Ne3 Kd6 {/\ Kc5}) (42. a3 $142 Bd7 43. Ne3 $16)
42... bxa5 {/\ Bd7, Kb6-c5} 43. Ke3 $5 (43. c5 Bd7 $14) 43... Rd7 $1 44. h4 {
/\ g5+-} Rd3+ 45. Ke2 Ra3 46. Rxh7+ Kb6 47. g5 $5 (47. h5 Rxa2+ 48. Ke3 (48.
Kf1 a4) 48... Ra3+ $10 49. Kf2 (49. Ke2) 49... Rf3+ 50. Ke2 a4 $132) 47...
Rxa2+ 48. Ke3 $6 (48. Kf1 $142 $1 Ra1+ (48... a4 49. g6 a3 50. g7 Ra1+ 51. Kf2
Rf1+ 52. Kxf1 a2 53. g8=Q a1=Q+ 54. Kf2 $18) 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 $16) 48...
Ra3+ 49. Kd2 $6 (49. Ke2) 49... Ra2+ 50. Kc1 $6 (50. Kc3 $2 Ba4 $1) (50. Ke1 $2
a4 $36) (50. Ke3 $44) 50... Ra1+ $6 (50... a4 $5 51. Rh6 $5 $132 (51. g6 Rg2
52. g7 a3 53. Kb1 e3 $3 54. Nxe3 Be4+ 55. Ka1 Rg1+ $19)) 51. Kb2 Rf1 52. Ne3
Rf3 53. Nd5+ $14 (53. Ng4 $5 $14) 53... Bxd5 $1 54. cxd5 Kc5 55. g6 Rg3 $1 56.
h5 (56. g7 $2 e3 57. Kc3 a4 $36 58. h5 a3 59. h6 a2 $19) 56... e3 57. Kc3 e4 $1
58. Re7 $5 (58. g7 $2 Rg1) (58. Ra7 $5 $14) 58... Kxd5 59. Ra7 Rg1 60. Rxa5+
Kd6 $5 61. Ra2 $6 (61. Ra6+ $1 $14) 61... Rg5 $1 62. Rh2 Rc5+ $3 63. Kd4 e2 $10
64. Rxe2 Rxh5 (64... Rxh5 65. Rg2 Rh8 66. g7 Rg8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 (
7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rac8 13. Rfc1
a5 14. Qa3 Ng4 $15 {Spangenberg,H-Leko,P/Buenos Aires ARG-WORLD (02)/1994/})
7... Bg7 8. Bg2 Rb8 (8... O-O 9. O-O Rb8 (9... Bd7) (9... Bg4) (9... a5 $6) 10.
a4 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. h3 Nb4 13. Nd5 Nbxd5 14. exd5 Qc7 $10 {Georgiev,
Ki-Shirov,A/Pardubice (02)/1994/1-0 (58)}) 9. b3 $5 $146 b5 (9... Bg4 $5) 10.
Bb2 O-O 11. Qd2 Ne5 (11... b4 12. Nd5 $2 (12. Nd1 a5 $10) (12. Na4 Ba6 $10 (
12... Bd7 {Ernst} 13. O-O-O Qa5 $13)) 12... Nxe4 $19) 12. f4 Ned7 13. O-O-O $5
Bb7 14. Nd5 a5 $6 (14... e6 $1 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxd6 (16. Qb4 a5 $1) (16. Qe3
Qa5 $15) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxd8 (17. Qb4 $2 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Qf6+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20.
Nxd4 (20. Rxd4 Nxg3 $1 $19)) 17... Rfxd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $10) 15.
Rhe1 $14 Nxd5 (15... b4 16. Nd4 $14) 16. exd5 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 b4 18. Nd4 Nc5 $2
(18... Rc8 19. f5 Ne5 $14) 19. f5 $1 $40 a4 $6 20. Kb1 $16 Nd7 $2 (20... Kg7
21. Qxb4 axb3 22. axb3 Qc7 $16 (22... Bxd5 $2 23. Qc3 $18)) 21. fxg6 hxg6 22.
Qh6 $1 $18 {/\ Re4-h4} axb3 23. axb3 e5 {Verzweiflung!} (23... Ne5 24. Re4 $18)
(23... Nc5 24. Ne6 $1 fxe6 (24... Nxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Rd4 $18)
25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rd4 $18) (23... Ra8 {Ernst} 24. Nf5 $1 gxf5 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26.
Rd4 Nf6 27. Rh4+ Nh7 28. Qxf5 $18) 24. dxe6 Bxg2 25. e7 Qa5 26. Ne6 $1 (26. Ne6
fxe6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Rd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Kh1 Rc8 (11... h6 $6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nc5 Bxb2 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Nd7 $16 {Xie
Jun-Chiburdanidze,M (11) WchW Manila 1991 1-0 34}) 12. f4 Na5 (12... Nb4 $6 13.
f5 Bc4 14. a5 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rc5 16. Ra4 Nc6 17. b4 Rxc3 18. Bxf6 Re3 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. b5 $16 {Fishbein,A-Karason,A Saint John op-1 1988 1-0 40}) 13. Nxa5
Qxa5 14. Bd3 Rfe8 (14... Bc4 15. Qf3 e6 16. f5 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qb4 18. Rf2 $16 {
Fishbein,A-Danek,L Vienna op (4) 1991 1-0 41}) 15. Qe2 (15. f5 $5) 15... Qb4
16. a5 $2 (16. f5 Qxb2 $2 (16... Bd7 $10) 17. Bd2 $18) 16... Bg4 (16... Qxb2 $2
17. Na4 Qd4 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. Ra4 $16) 17. Qd2 Bd7 $1 18. Qe2 $2 (18. Ra3 Bc6 $15
) 18... Qxb2 $17 19. Bxf6 (19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nd7 $17) 19... Bxf6 20. Nd5
Bb5 (20... Qxa1 $5 21. Rxa1 Bxa1 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Nd5 Rc5 $17) 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22.
Qxb5 axb5 23. Rab1 Rc5 $1 (23... Rxc2 $6 24. Rxb5 $15) 24. Rfd1 (24. Nxf6+ exf6
25. Rfe1 Rxc2 26. Rxb5 Rxe4 $19) 24... Kg7 25. Nb6 (25. g4 g5 26. Nxf6 exf6 27.
fxg5 fxg5 28. Rd4 Re6 $19) 25... Rxc2 26. Rxb5 Re2 27. Nd5 (27. Rb4 $5 $17)
27... Rxe4 $19 28. Rxb7 Ra8 29. g4 (29. Rb5 Ra4 $19) 29... Rxa5 30. g5 Ba1 31.
Nxe7 (31. Rxe7 $2 Rxd5 $19) 31... Rxf4 32. Nc6 (32. Rb8 h5 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34.
Rxd6 Be5 $19) 32... Ra8 $1 (32... Ra2 33. Nd8 (33. Nb4 Rb2 $19) 33... Kf8 34.
Rc1 {/\ Ne6}) 33. Rxd6 Ra2 34. Rd1 Rff2 35. Nd8 Kg8 36. Rb8 h5 (36... Be5 $4
37. Ne6+ Bxb8 38. Rd8#) 37. gxh6 Be5 38. Rb7 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rhg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ (
40... Rg4 $19) 41. Kg1 Rhg2+ 42. Kh1 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 b6 $5
$146 (7... Bd7 8. Bg2 Qc8 9. h3 Bg7 10. Be3 b5 $146 (10... O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 $146
(11... b5) 12. b3 d5 $1 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bd2 e6 15. O-O Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17.
Nf4 Bc6 18. Ba5 b6 19. Bb4 Ne4 20. c4 $1 $10 {Marinkovic,I-Golubev Belgrad
1991 -Inf.53/202}) 11. Rc1 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. b3 Bb5 15. O-O Qa6
16. Re1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 a5 $10 {Marinkovic,I-Jovicic,M Belgrad
1991 -Inf.53/202}) 8. Bg2 Ba6 9. O-O (9. e5 $2 Nxe5 10. f4 (10. Bxa8 Qxa8 $19)
10... Ned7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 $17) 9... Bg7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Ra3 (12. h3
$5) 12... Bb7 13. Re1 a6 14. Nbc3 Ne5 15. Nd5 Nfd7 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17.
Ra2 $10) 16. b3 e6 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. f4 (18. f3 f5 $15) 18... Ned7 19. f5 (19.
Qxd6 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 (20. Qd3 Ndc5 $17) 20... Bxe4 21. Rd1 Nc5 $17) 19... Bxe4
20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qxd6 Rc6 22. Qd1 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Qf6 $17 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Nd4
Rd6 26. Rf1 Qd8 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. b4 Nc4 $1 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rd3 cxd4 (30...
Nb2 $19) 31. Bc1 Qf5 32. Rf3 Qc5 33. Rd3 Rb6 34. Qe2 Ne5 {Boensch} 0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Kh1 Na5 11. f4 (11. Nd5 $5 Re8 12. f3 Rc8 13. Bb5
Nc6 14. c3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Bf4 $14 {Vogt-Becker, DDR-ch
1986}) 11... Nc4 12. f5 Nxb2 13. Qe1 (13. Qc1 Bc4 14. e5 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Ne4 16.
f6 exf6 17. exf6 Re8 18. Ng3 Nxg5 19. Qxb2 Bh8 20. Rf2 h6 $17 {
Khalifman-Savchenko, URS 1984}) 13... Bd7 14. Qh4 Rc8 (14... Na4 15. Nxa4 Bxa4
16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Rab1 Qc7 $15 {Kusmin-Khalifman, URS-ch 1990}) 15.
Rf3 Re8 16. Raf1 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 $1 {N} (18. fxg6 $6 hxg6 19. Rcf3
Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Be6 21. Qb5 $2 $17 {Kruszynski-Inkiov, Kopenhagen 1988 -Inf.46/
271} (21. h4 $5 Bf6 22. Qh6 Bg7 $10 {Kruszynski})) 18... Bxc3 19. Nd4 d5 20.
Qf3 $1 (20. Qxd5 Ba4 $17) 20... Bxd4 21. fxg6 Bf6 (21... fxg6 $2 22. Qxd5+ Be6
(22... e6 23. Qxd4 Qxg5 24. Qxd7 $16) 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Bb5 $16) (21... hxg6 $2
22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rf4 $18) 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bc1 $1 Kg7 (23... Na4 $2 24. Qh5+
Kg8 25. Bd3 $18) 24. Bxb2 Rf8 (24... Bxb2 25. Qf7+ Kh8 (25... Kh6 26. Qh5+ Kg7
27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Qxh7#) 26. Bd3 Bg7 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qg6 $18) 25. Bc1 Kh8 (25...
Be5 $2 26. Bh6+ $16) 26. Qxd5 Bc6 $10 27. Qh5 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. c4 Be6 30.
Be3 Rc8 31. Rf4 Bg5 32. Bd4+ Kg8 $2 (32... Bf6 $10) 33. Bg4 $1 Rc6 $8 34. Bxe6+
Rxe6 35. Rg4 Rg6 36. Bxa7 $14 Kf7 37. Bd4 $2 (37. Bg1 $14) 37... Rd6 38. g3 Bf6
$10 39. Bxf6 exf6 40. Rf4 Rd2 41. a4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Kh1 Na5 11. f4 (11. Nd5 $1 $10) 11... Nc4 12. f5 Nxb2
13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Qh4 Na4 (14... Rc8 15. Rf3 Re8 16. Raf1 Rxc3 $13 {Kruszynski,
W-Inkiov,V Kopenhagen 1988}) 15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Nd4 (16. e5 Bxb3 17. exf6 exf6
18. fxg6 fxg6 19. axb3 fxg5 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Qc4+) 16... Rc8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18.
Rab1 Qc7 19. Rf3 Qc5 20. Ne2 Qa5 21. Rh3 h5 22. Nf4 Qxa2 23. Rf1 Rxc2 $1 24.
Nxh5 (24. Bxc2 Qxc2 $19) (24. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 25. Qg3 h4 $5 26. Qf3 Rfc8 $17)
24... Nxh5 (24... gxh5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rg3+ Bg7 27. Qg5 Qb2 28. f6 $18) 25.
g4 f6 26. Be3 (26. fxg6 fxg5 27. Qxh5 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Rf2 $19) 26... Qb3 $1 {xe4
} 27. Bxc2 Qxc2 28. gxh5 Bc6 29. Rg3 (29. hxg6 Qxe4+ $1 (29... Bxe4+ 30. Rhf3
Rc8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Bh6 Bxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Rf2 (35. Kg3 Qg1+
) 35... Qg4+ 36. Kh1 $1 (36. Kf1 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qh4+))) 29... g5 30. Qg4 Qxe4+
$19 31. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Rg4 Bd3 34. Rf2 Rh8 35. Bxa7 Rxh5 36. Bb6 d5
37. Rb4 Be4 38. Bc5 g4 39. Rxb7 Bf8 40. Rf4 Rg5 41. Kf2 Bxf5 42. Ra4 Rh5 43.
Kg2 Be4+ 44. Kg3 f5 (44... f5 45. Bxe7 $5 (45. Raa7 Rh3+ 46. Kf2 (46. Kf4 Bh6+
47. Ke5 Bg7+ 48. Kf4 Rf3+ 49. Kg5 Bf6+ 50. Kh5 Rh3#) 46... Rxh2+) 45... Bxe7
46. Raa7 Kf6 $1 (46... f4+ 47. Kxf4 Rf5+ 48. Kxg4 Re5 $17) 47. Rxe7 (47. Ra6+
Kg5 48. Rxe7 f4+ 49. Kf2 Rxh2+) 47... Rh3+ 48. Kf2 Rxh2+ { g3}) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. g3 g6 7. Nde2
(7. Bg2 Bd7 (7... Nxd4 $5) 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nb3 Qc8 10. Nd5 Bh3 11. Re1 Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. c3 Qc4 $10 {Milosevic - Trepp, Schweiz 1990}) 7...
Bd7 8. Bg2 Qc8 9. Nd5 (9. h3 Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rc1 Bc6
14. O-O d5 {Rechlis - Rachels, Manila izt 1990}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O Nxd5 11. exd5
Ne5 12. a4 Bh3 13. Ra2 h5 $1 $40 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. f3 g5 16. Kh1 (16. Bxg5 $5)
16... Bf6 17. b3 Qf5 18. Nd4 Qg6 19. c4 g4 20. Rg2 (20. f4 Qe4+ 21. Rg2 Nd3 (
21... h4 $2 22. Re1) 22. Nb5 h4 $17) (20. fxg4 Qe4+ 21. Rg2 hxg4 $17) 20... h4
21. gxh4 Rxh4 22. f4 (22. fxg4 $5) 22... Nd7 23. Nb5 (23. f5 Qh7 24. Nb5 O-O-O
25. Bf4 a6 $17) 23... O-O-O 24. Nxa7+ Kb8 25. Be3 Rdh8 $19 26. Qe1 g3 27. Qa5 (
27. Qxg3 Qxg3 28. Rxg3 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Rh1+ 30. Kf2 R8h2+ 31. Rg2 Bh4+ $19) 27...
Rxh2+ 28. Rxh2 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Re1 (9. Bg5) (9. Kh1) 9... a6 (9... Be6 10. Bf1 d5 11. exd5
Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. c4 $14 {Ermenkov,E-Los,S Groningen 1990}) 10. Bf1 b5 11.
Bg5 h6 {N} (11... Nd7 12. Qc1 Nb6 $10 {Kramnik-Serper URS 1989}) 12. Bh4 Ng4
13. h3 Nge5 14. a4 Nc4 (14... b4 15. Nd5 $14) 15. axb5 Nxb2 16. Qc1 Bxc3 17.
bxc6 Qc7 (17... Bxe1 18. Qxe1 $18 {Nb2}) 18. Re3 Qxc6 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Bxd6
Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxh6 Bg7 23. Qe3 Bf5 (23... Qxc2 $2 24. Qe8+ Kh7 25.
Qxf7 $18) 24. Rxa6 (24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. c4 $16) 24... Rxa6 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxa6
Bxc2 $14 27. Nc5 Bd4 28. Nd7 Nd1 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Nc3 31. Bc4 Ne4 32. Nb7
Kf8 33. f3 Ng3 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. g4 Nd4 36. Ke3 Nc6 37. Nc5 Ne5 38. Ba2 g5 39. f4
gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 Nd3+ 41. Nxd3 Bxd3 42. Ke5 Kg7 43. g5 Kg6 44. h4 Be2 45. Bd5 Bd1
46. Be4+ Kh5 47. Kf6 Bb3 48. Bc6 Kxh4 49. Be8 Bc4 50. Bxf7 Bxf7 51. Kxf7 Kxg5 {
Boensch} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pekarek, Ales"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8.
Nbc3 O-O 9. O-O a5 $6 {N} (9... Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. a4 Nb4 12. Be3 a5 13. Qd2
Bc6 14. Nd4 Nd7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rab1 Nb6 17. b3 c5 $15 {Priehoda,V-Danek,L
Brno/Morava 1991}) (9... Rb8) (9... Bg4) 10. a4 Be6 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. h3 Rc8 13.
Nef4 Bxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. exd5 $16) 14. exd5 Nfd7 15. Ra2 Qb6 $6
16. Ne2 Nc5 17. b3 e6 $6 (17... Na6 18. Be3 Qd8 $14) 18. Be3 Ned7 19. dxe6 fxe6
20. Nd4 Rce8 21. Nb5 d5 22. c4 $1 $16 dxc4 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Rd6 Nc6 25. Qc1 c3 (
25... Be5 26. Qxc4 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 $18) 26. Qa3 Rf5 27. f4 (27. g4 Re5 28. Bd4 c2
$13) 27... Bf8 28. g4 Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Nb4 30. Nc4 (30. Nxe8 $2 Nc2 31. Qc1 Nxe3
32. Qxe3 Rf8 $10) 30... Qc7 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Qa1 Ncd3 33. Bb6 (33. Qxc3 $2
Rxe3) 33... Qg7 34. Qd1 c2 35. Qd2 Qe7 36. Be3 Rd8 37. Qc3 Na2 $2 (37... Rc8
$16) 38. Qxc2 {Boensch} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Na4 Qc7 13. c4 {N} (13. c3 {N
} Rb8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Kh1 a5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Nac5
Bc8 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Bd5 Ne7 22. Na6 $16 {Zapata,A-Martin Gonzales,A
Salamanca 1991}) (13. Rc1 {N} a5 14. Re1 Ba6 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nb4 $2 (16...
Qa7+ 17. Kh1 Nb4 18. Be2 Rfc8 {/\Rc3} 19. Bf1 a4 20. Na1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 a3 $19 {
(Rechlis)-Inf.53/201}) 17. e5 Nd3 18. f5 $13 {Bashkov,V-Rechlis,G Ostrava 1991}
) (13. Rf2) 13... h6 (13... bxc3 {Ernst} 14. Nxc3 Be6 15. Kh1 Rab8 $14) 14. Bh4
g5 $6 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Ne5 17. Nd4 $1 $40 Qxc4 $2 (17... Nxf3+ 18. gxf3
Bh3 19. Rf2 $16) 18. Rc1 Qd3 (18... Qxa2 19. b3 Nfg4 $1 20. Ra1 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3
Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Qe2 23. h3 Ne5 24. Rg3 $18) 19. Nc6 $1 $18 Be6 (19... Qxd1 20.
Nxe7+ $18) (19... Re8 20. Nb6 $18) 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Nf5 Qxd1 22. Rcxd1 Bxa2
23. Rxd6 Ng8 24. Be2 f6 25. Bd2 a5 26. Rf4 Ng6 27. Rf3 N8e7 28. Rh3+ Kg8 29.
Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Bh6+ Kg8 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Rg3 Kf7 33. Bh5 Rc8 34. Rf3 Kg7 35.
Bxg6 Nxg6 36. Rfxf6 Ne5 37. Rf5 {Boensch} 1-0

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Laketic, Gojko"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nde2 Rc8 11. g4 (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. a4 Qc7 14. Nd4
Qc5 $14 {-ECO}) 11... Ne5 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Ng3 b5 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nd5 e6 15.
Ne3 Ne5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. b3 b4 18. a4 f5 $13 {Kotsur-Riskin,A URS-chT Azov 1991
0-1 39}) 12. b3 $2 (12. a4 $5) 12... b5 13. f4 Nexg4 $1 14. e5 (14. hxg4 Nxg4
$17 {/\ b5-b4; Qb6}) 14... Qb6+ $1 (14... dxe5 15. hxg4 $13) 15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16.
Rxf2 Qxf2 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Qh4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Be3 (20. c3 b4 $19) (20.
Rb1 Bc6 $17) 20... Rxc2 $1 $17 21. Qxc2 (21. Bd4 Qf5 22. Ng3 Qxf4 23. Qxc2 Qxd4
$17) 21... Qxa1+ 22. Kh2 Rc8 23. Qd2 Bc6 24. Bxc6 (24. Bd4 Qb1 25. Nc3 Qf5 $17)
24... Rxc6 25. Nd4 Ra6 26. Nc2 Qxa2 $19 27. Qc3 Ra3 28. Bd4 f6 29. f5 Rxb3 30.
Qc8+ Kg7 {Boensch} (30... Kg7 31. Qc7 Kf7 $19) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 h5 8. h3
Bd7 9. Bg2 Qc8 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qd2 b5 $1 13. O-O-O (13. Nxb5 Nxe4)
13... a5 14. Nd5 a4 $5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Qxd6 axb3 18. axb3 (18.
Qxd7 bxc2 19. Rd6 Nb4) 18... Ne5 19. Rd5 Ra6 20. Qb4 Rc6 21. Rd2 Be6 22. Nd4
Ra6 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. e5 Qb6 26. exf6 Rc8 27. Rhd1 Kh7 28. Be4 Qe3
29. Kb2 Qa7 30. Rd4 Ra2+ 31. Kc1 Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Rc4 $1 33. Rxc4 (33. bxc4 Qxd4+
34. Bd3 Rxd1+ (34... Qf2+ 35. Kc3 Rxd1 36. Qf8 Qe1+ 37. Kd4 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Bf5+
39. Kd4 Qe4+ 40. Kc5 Qxc4+ 41. Kb6 Qe6+ 42. Kxb5 Qxf6 $19) 35. Kxd1 bxc4 36.
Qf8 Qa1+ 37. Kd2 Qxf6 38. Bf1 Qd4+) 33... Qf2+ 34. Kc3 Rxd1 35. Kb2 bxc4 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nbd7 6. g3 (6. Bc4 $5) 6... g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 (9. Re1 a6 10. h3 $6 (10. Nd5 $10) 10... e5 $1 11.
Nde2 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 Rb8 $15 {Fuchs-Taimanov, Kizlovodsk 1966}
) 9... Ne5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. a4 Qb6 {/\..Nc4}
15. Rb1 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Kh1 Nf7 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Ba1 Rad8 20. f4 Nh6 21.
Nb5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Nf5 23. Re1 Ne3 24. Qd4 (24. Qxd6 $2 Bc6) 24... Qxd4 25. Nxd4
Nxg2 26. Kxg2 e5 27. Ne2 Bc6+ 28. Kf2 d5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 (29... Bxd5 30. Nc3 (30.
Rab1)) 30. Rad1 exf4 31. Nxf4 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 g5 33. Nd3 Kf7 34. Rc1 Kf6 35. Rc5
Rd8 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kf2 Be4 38. Nb2 b6 39. Rb5 Re6 40. b4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jevtic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Dekic, Josip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3
Na6 9. O-O Nc5 10. Re1 a5 11. a4 Nxb3 12. Nxb3 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bc6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd7 17. c4 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Ra3 e6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6
Qxe6 22. Re3 Qd7 23. Qf3 g5 24. Bg3 Qxa4 25. Qxb7 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. Rd3 Re8
28. Qf3 Qc2 29. Bxd6 Qxb2 30. c5 a4 31. Nc4 Qc2 32. Ne5 h5 33. Re3 Qa2 34. c6
Qe6 35. Rd3 a3 36. Nd7 a2 37. Nc5 Qxd6+ 38. Rxd6 a1=Q 39. Nd3 Qc3 40. Qf5 g4
41. h4 g3+ $3 42. fxg3 (42. Kxg3 Ne4+ $19) 42... Ng4+ 43. Kh3 $8 Qa1 $1 44.
Qxh5 $8 Nf6 45. Rxf6 $8 Qh1+ 46. Kg4 Qd1+ (46... Bxf6 $1 $19) 47. Rf3 $8 Re4+
$8 48. Nf4 $4 (48. Kf5 Ra4 $19) (48. Kg5 Qb3 $1 49. Rf4 f6+ 50. Kg6 (50. Kg4
Qd1+ 51. Kf5 Re5+ 52. Nxe5 Qxh5+ $19) 50... Qf7+ 51. Kf5 Qe6+ $1 52. Kg6 f5+
53. Kg5 Qf6#) 48... Re5 $1 49. Qxe5 Bxe5 $19 50. Kf5 Qd6 51. Rd3 Qf6+ 52. Ke4
Bc7 53. Kf3 Qxc6+ 54. Kg4 Qe4 55. Rf3 f5+ 56. Kh3 Qe1 57. Kh2 Kg7 58. Nd5 Bb8
59. Nf4 Ba7 60. Nh3 Kg6 61. Nf4+ Kf6 62. Nh3 Ke5 63. Ra3 Bc5 64. Ra8 Kf6 65.
Ra6+ Kg7 66. Ra4 Be3 67. Rc4 Qd1 68. Rc6 Kf7 69. Ra6 Ke7 70. Rc6 Bd4 71. Ra6
Qf1 72. Ra4 Qd1 73. Ra6 Kd7 74. Ra5 Ke6 75. Ng5+ Kf6 76. Nh3 Qe1 77. Ra6+ Ke5
78. Ra8 Kd5 79. Nf4+ Kc6 80. Nh3 Be5 81. Ra3 Qb4 82. Re3 Qd4 83. Re2 Kd5 84.
Nf4+ Bxf4 85. gxf4 Qxf4+ 86. g3 Qf1 87. Ra2 f4 88. gxf4 Qxf4+ 89. Kh3 $1 Qf3+
$1 90. Kh2 $8 Qg4 $1 91. Ra5+ $1 Kc6 $1 92. Ra3 Qxh4+ $1 {(mate in 26 moves!)}
93. Rh3 (93. Kg2 $1) 93... Qf4+ (93... Qf2+ $1) 94. Kg2 $1 Kd5 $1 95. Rf3 $1
Qg5+ $1 96. Rg3 $1 Qd2+ $1 97. Kh3 (97. Kf3 $1) 97... Ke5 (97... Ke4 $1) 98.
Rg4 (98. Rg2 $1) 98... Kf5 $1 99. Rg2 $1 Qe1 (99... Qd3+ $1) 100. Kh2 (100.
Rf2+ $3) 100... Kf4 $1 101. Ra2 (101. Rg7 $1) 101... Qg3+ $1 102. Kh1 $8 (102.
Kh1 $8 Qd3 $1 103. Rf2+ Kg3 104. Rg2+ Kf3 105. Kg1 Qd1+ 106. Kh2 Qe1 107. Ra2
Qh4+ 108. Kg1 Qd4+ 109. Kh1 Qh8+ 110. Kg1 Qg8+ $19) 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Barbulescu, Dan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 {Face au leader, le
roumain était contraint de jouer pour le gain pour garder une chance de finir
à la 03ème place mais il choisit une variante peu ambitieuse.} Bg7 7. O-O O-O
8. Kh1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 (11. a3) 11... Bb7 (11... Bd7) 12. Be3
Rc8 $146 (12... Qc7) (12... Nd7 13. Nd4 {Sznapik,A (2440)-Sax,G (2550) Baile
Herculane zt 1982 (10) 1-0}) 13. Qd2 (13. e5 $5 {[%cal Gf3b7] Aurait évité
que les Noirs ne poussent eux mêmes e5}) 13... e5 $1 14. Rad1 exf4 {[%cal
Gc6e5]} 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxf3 18. gxf3 b4 19. Na4 Rxc2 20.
Nd4 Rc4 21. b3 $2 (21. Rc1) 21... Nxe4 $2 22. bxc4 Nxd6 23. Bxd6 Rd8 24. Nf5
gxf5 25. Bxb4 Bd4 26. Nc5 Ba8 27. Nb3 (27. Kg2 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gf1d1]} f4 28.
Rd1) 27... Be3 28. Kg2 {Trop tard!} f4 29. a3 f6 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. h4 $4 (31. Ne4
) 31... a5 32. Bxa5 Rg8+ 33. Kh2 Bxc5 $19 34. Bd2 Rg3 35. Bxf4 Rxf3 36. Rxf3
Bxf3 37. a4 Be2 38. a5 Bxc4 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. Kg4 Be2+ 41. Kg3 Bd6 42. Kf2 Bxf4
43. Kxe2 Kf5 44. Kf3 h5 45. a6 Bb8 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb4 a5 11. Qb3 Rb8 $6 (11... Be6 $1 12. Nd5 a4 13. Qxb7
Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bg5 Qb8 16. Qxb8 Rfxb8 17. Bxe7 Rxb2 18. a3 Rxc2 19. Rae1
Ra6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bb2 22. Rfe1 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Bxc1 24. Bf6 Ra8 25. Rc4
Bxa3 26. Bd4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 a3 29. Rc1 a2 {0-1 Adams,M-Kramnik,V/
Hoogovens 1998/sp 98/03}) 12. a4 Nd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16.
Rxd4 Nc5 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. Re1 Bc6 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. h4 Qb7 21. h5 Rd8 22. Bg2 Kg7
23. b3 f6 24. Qc1 Rbc8 25. Qe3 e6 26. Red1 Qe7 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. h6+ Kf7 29.
axb5 Qc7 30. f4 Ke7 31. Rc4 Qb8 32. Rf1 Rd7 33. f5 Rdc7 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. e5
dxe5 36. Rg4 Rg8 37. Qf2 f5 38. h7 Rg7 39. Rh4 Qh8 40. Qe3 e4 41. Qg5+ Kf7 42.
Rh6 Nd7 43. Bxe4 Nf8 44. Qd8 Rd7 45. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Voitsberg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sinowjew, Juri"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Bd3 d5 13. e5 d4 $1 14. Nd1 Nd7
15. f4 Nc5 16. f5 Bxf5 $1 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Rxf5 Ne4 19. Qe2 Nxg5 20. Rxg5 f6
21. exf6 $2 (21. Rg3 $142) 21... exf6 22. Rg3 Re8 23. Qd2 Rxc2 $1 24. Qb4 Qb6
0-1

[Event "Copenhagen IM (Politiken Cup-05)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1983.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iskov, Gert"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1983.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3
a6 (8... Nc6 9. Be3 Na5 10. O-O b6 $1 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. f4 $6 Rc8 13. Rae1 Rxc3
14. Qxc3 Nxe4 15. Qd3 Nxb3 16. axb3 e5 17. Ne2 Qa8 $17) 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7
11. a4 $1 bxa4 (11... b4 12. Nd5) 12. Bxa4 e6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Bxd7
Nxd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Ne5 18. Rad1 Nc4 19. Na4 e5 $6 20. Nf3 f6 21. b3 Bc6
22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Rd3 $1 Rad8 24. Red1 Rd7 25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. Nh2 f5 $1 27. exf5
gxf5 28. Qh6 Nc8 $6 (28... Rg7 29. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 Bxg2 (30... Rxg2+ 31.
Kf1 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxh2 33. Rxc6 $14) 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. Kxg2 Rxc3 33. Rd6 Nc8
34. Rxa6 Rxc2 35. Ra5 $14) 29. Qe6+ Rf7 30. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Rxd5
Qxc2 33. Nf3 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Re8 $1 35. Rg8+ Kxg8 36. Qxe8+ Rf8 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38.
g3 Rf6 39. Qd7+ Rf7 40. Qd8 Qc7 $4 (40... Qc6 $1 41. Qg5+ Kh8 (41... Kf8 $2 42.
Qh6+ Kg8 43. Rxe5 $1 Qxf3 $2 44. Re8+ $18) 42. Qd8+ $10 (42. Rd3 Qc5 (42... e4
$2 43. Ne5 $1) 43. Qd2)) 41. Qg5+ Kh8 (41... Kf8) 42. Nxe5 $1 {/\ 42...dxe5 43.
Rd8} Rf8 (42... Rg7 43. Qf6 Qe7 44. Qxf5 Nb6 45. Nc6 $16) 43. Nd3 Qc2 $5 44.
Rxf5 Rxf5 45. Qxf5 Kg7 46. Kg2 Ne7 47. Qe4 Kf6 $1 48. Qd4+ Ke6 49. Qe3+ Kf7 50.
Nb4 Qc8 51. Qa7 $1 Ke6 52. Nxa6 Nd5 $1 53. Qxh7 $1 Nf6 (53... Qxa6 54. Qe4+)
54. Nc7+ (54. Nc7+ Ke5 55. Qe7+ {/\ Qxd6}) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bd7 8.
Bg2 Qc8 9. h3 $1 Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 (11. Nd5 $5 $14) 11... Rd8 12. Qd2 Nb4
13. Rc1 Bc6 14. O-O d5 15. e5 d4 16. Bxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc6 18. Qe3 (18. f4 $1
$16) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Nf3 (21. f4 Qc4) 21... Qc5 (
21... Qc6 22. Qe4 $1 Bxe5 23. c4 $1 $18) 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. c4 Rac8 24. b3 a6
25. Rfe1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Re4 e6 28. Kf1 Ra8 29. b4 Rxc4 30. Rexc4 bxc4 31.
Rxc4 Ra1+ 32. Ke2 Ra2+ $4 (32... Rb1 $1 $10) 33. Kd3 Rxf2 34. Rc8+ $1 $18 Bf8
35. Nd2 Rg2 (35... Rf5 36. Ke4 Rf2 37. Ke3 Rf5 38. Nf3 $18) 36. b5 Rxg3+ 37.
Kc2 Ra3 38. b6 Ra2+ 39. Kc1 Ra1+ 40. Nb1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch30 Final"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1962.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nb3 d6 9. e4 a5 10. a4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
Rfc1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Nb5 {[#]} Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxb2 20. Nd4 (
20. c3) 20... Bd7 21. Bf1 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Bd2 Rc5 24. Nb3 $2 (24. Be3)
24... Bxa1 25. Nxa1 Bxa4 $17 26. Bd3 Rfc8 (26... Ra8) 27. Rb1 d5 28. e5 d4 29.
Rxb7 Rxe5 (29... e6) 30. Kf2 (30. Nb3) 30... Bc6 31. Rb6 a4 32. Ba6 Rc7 {[#]}
33. Bh6 $2 (33. Bf4 f6 (33... Rf5 34. Ke1 Rxf4 35. gxf4 $11) 34. Bd3 $11) 33...
Rf5+ $19 34. Kg1 f6 35. g4 Rc5 36. Bf4 e5 37. Bd2 Be4 38. Bb4 R5c6 39. Rb8+ Kg7
40. Bb5 Rc8 41. Rb7+ R6c7 42. Rb6 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 26th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Cmiel,Thorsten "]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,89,-32,13,-6,21,-7,12,-12,30,10,24,-7,20,-20,27,12,27,-19,0,-30,33,0,
0,-56,-20,-86,17,6,17,0,27,-52,-32,-59,62,-86,10,-2,48,0,47,34,53,0,8,0,124,66,
141,72,227,206,535,535,751,746,748,748,740,740,742,745,736,740,800,801,29988,
29989,29989,29990,29990,29982,29991,29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4.
d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b6 {9...Le6, 9...a6
und 9...a5 werden hier häufiger gespielt.} 10. Bg5 {Dieser Zug ist
charakteristisch für diese nach Karpov benannte Bekämpfungsmethode der
Drachen-Variante. Weiß plant mit Sd5 einen weiteren raumgreifenden Zug zu
machen. Nach Schlagen dort wäre der Turm auf e1, der bislang die Aufgabe hat,
den Bauern e4 zu decken, sehr gut postiert.} (10. Bf1 Bb7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Nd5
e6 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qd2 b5 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. f3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Qb6+ 19.
Be3 Qxb2 20. N1e2 {war ungefähr ausgelichen in Ganguly,S (2657) -Shankland,S 
(2668) Saint Louis 2018, 0-1 (62).}) 10... Bb7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Bh6 $146 ({
Vorgänger:} 12. Bf1 Ne5 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. c3 d5 17.
exd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 (53) Varacalli,F (2316)-Perez Ponsa,F (2547) Villa Martelli
2018}) 12... Ne5 {Nach zwanzigminütigem Nachdenken gespielt.} 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. Qd4 Nc6 15. Qe3 e6 ({Nach Tausch des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers kam hier
der Najdorf-Zug in Betracht.} 15... e5 $5) 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qc1 {[#]Die
entstandene Stellung sollte etwa ausgeglichen sein. Der Bauer auf d6 ist der
einzige Schwachpunkt im Lager des Nachziehenden. Schwarz hingegen kann auf
typisches Gegenspiel auf der c-Linie hoffen.} Rfd8 18. Rd3 $5 {Ein kreatives
Manöver, typisch für den Spielstil des Georgiers.} Ba6 {Vielleicht etwas zu
riskant gespielt.} (18... Ne5 19. Rh3 h5) 19. Rh3 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 ({Besser war
es, sofort auf h6 ein Zwischenschach zu geben, um die folgende Antwort des
Gegners zu entkräften.} 20. Qh6+ $11 Kg8 21. Rxe2) 20... h5 21. f4 $6 (21. Rd3
$5) 21... Ng4 (21... Qb7 $1 {Dieser Zug bereitet den Vormarsch des b-Bauern
vor und war vorzuziehen. In der Partie benötigte das zeitraubende
Vorbereitung mit a6.}) 22. Rf3 a6 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qe1 ({Eine aggressivere
Spielweise bestand in dem Vormarsch des f-Bauern.} 24. f5 $5 Ne5 25. Rf1 b5 26.
a3) 24... b5 25. Kh1 Rc7 $6 {Dieser Zug verstellt die Dame und ist aus
taktischen Gründen falsch.} 26. Qf2 $6 (26. Nd5 $1) 26... Re8 (26... b4 $142
$1 27. Na4 d5 28. exd5 Rxd5 {und der Nachziehende steht ausgezeichnet.}) 27. a3
Rh8 $6 {Schwarz will mit h4 und Sh5 fortsetzen. Dieser Plan erweist sich
allerdings als nicht sonderlich effektiv.} 28. Rd3 h4 29. Red2 $1 a5 30. Qe3 a4
31. Nd4 $36 Na5 ({Vorsichtiger war:} 31... Nxd4 32. Rxd4 d5) 32. b3 (32. Rd1
$142 $1) 32... axb3 33. cxb3 Rb7 $2 (33... Nc4 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. Nxe6+ fxe6 36.
Rxd6 {war ebenfalls vorteilhaft für den Georgier.}) 34. Ncxb5 e5 (34... d5 35.
e5 Ne4 36. Rc2) 35. fxe5 $1 dxe5 {[#]Es folgt eine gefällige Schlussoffensive.
} 36. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 37. Qg5+ Kf8 {[#]} 38. Rd8+ $1 Ne8 {[#]} 39. Rxe8+ $1 Qxe8 {
[#]} (39... Kxe8 40. Qg7 $1) 40. Qf6 $1 Rg8 41. Rd8 Rxb5 42. Qh6+ Rg7 43. Qd6+
Kg8 44. Rxe8+ Kh7 45. Qd7 {Die Doppeldrohung gegen den Turm und den Bauern f5
entscheidet.} 1-0

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7.
Nb3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 (10. a4 Be6 11. f4 b5 12. axb5 Qb6+ $1 13.
Kh1 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Bxb5 Nxe4 $1 $15) 10... b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 (11... b4 12.
Nd5 (12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 exf6 $1 14. Bxc6 cxb2 15. Rb1 (15. Bxa8 bxa1=Q 16.
Nxa1 fxg5 $17) 15... Qb6+ $17) (12. Na4 $142 {/\c4}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5
14. Nxa5 (14. Nd4 Qb6 15. c3 Nc4 $15) 14... Qxa5 15. Qc1 Ra7 $1 $15 {Donev,
I-Novkovic,M Dornbirn 1991}) 12. Nd5 Nd7 (12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 (13... Na5 {
Kortschnoj} 14. c3 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 $13) 14. c3 Nd7 15. Re1 Re8 16. Re2 $14 {
/\Qe1}) 13. c3 Re8 (13... Nb6 14. Na5 Nxd5 15. Nxc6 (15. Nxb7 $2 Qb6+ $17)
15... Bxc6 16. exd5 Bb7 $10) 14. Kh1 a5 15. Qd2 (15. a3 $5 a4 16. Nc1 $14 {
/\Nd3}) 15... a4 16. Nc1 (16. Nd4 {Kortschnoj} Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 $10) 16... a3
17. Nd3 (17. b4 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 17... axb2 18. Qxb2 $10 {><a2,c3} Qc8 19. Rac1
(19. Qxb5 {Kortschnoj} e6 $13) 19... e6 20. Ne3 Nf6 (20... Qc7 $5 {Kortschnoj})
21. Qf2 (21. Qxb5 Rxa2 $13) 21... h6 (21... Qc7 {Kortschnoj} 22. Qh4 Nd7 23.
Ng4 Rxa2 24. f5 $44) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. e5 $1 Bg7 (23... dxe5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25.
fxe5 $14) 24. c4 (24. exd6 {Kortschnoj} Rd8 25. c4 $16) 24... Nd4 $6 (24... b4
25. exd6 Bd4 $44 {/\Ra3}) 25. cxb5 Qb8 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. b6 $1 Qe4 (27... Qxb6
28. Nc4 Qa7 29. Nxd6 Red8 30. a4 $14) 28. Rfd1 dxe5 (28... Ra3 $142) (28... Ra3
{Kortschnoj} 29. Nc4 Rxd3 30. Nxd6 $18) 29. fxe5 (29. Nxe5 $5) 29... Nf5 (29...
Bxe5 $2 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Ng4 Qe2 32. Qxd4 $18) 30. Nxf5 exf5 $16 31. Nc5 Qxe5
32. b7 Rad8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Na6 Kh7 35. Rb1 $138 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ninov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Nbd7 (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 h6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Qe3 Rc8 $132
14. Bb6 Rxc3 $1 15. Bxa5 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Bxg4 $15) 9. Bh6 Bxh6 (9... O-O 10. Bxg7
Kxg7 11. h4 $40) 10. Qxh6 b5 (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O e5 12. Nb3 $16 Qxf2 13. Rdf1
$1 (13. Rhf1 Qxg2) 13... Qb6 (13... Qxg2 14. Rhg1 Ng8 15. Qg7 $18) 14. Rxf6
Nxf6 15. Qg7 $18) (10... Ne5 11. h3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bd7 $13 {/\0-0-0}) 11. O-O-O
Bb7 12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. Nd5 (13. f4) 13... e5 (13... Qa5) 14. Nxf6+ $2 (14. Nb3 $5
Nxe4 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Rxe4 $10) 14... Qxf6 15. Bg4 $2 (15. Bf3 exd4 16. e5
dxe5 17. Bxb7 $13) 15... exd4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxd4 Rc7 18. f4 (18. Rf4 Qd6 19.
Qg7 Rf8 20. Bxd7+ Rxd7 $17) 18... Kd8 $1 $17 (18... e4 $6 19. Red1 Bc8 (19...
Nc5 20. Rd6 Ne6 21. f5 $1 $40) 20. Rxe4+ $132) 19. fxe5 Qf2 20. Qg5+ Kc8 21.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Qxe1+ 23. Rd1 Qf2 24. Qe7 Kb8 25. Rd7 Qe3+ 26. Kd1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Ermenkov,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {It is a good idea to apply the "Anti-Sveshnikov" move order
against people who have something to do with the city of Chelyabinsk...} Nc6 3.
Nge2 d6 (3... e5 4. Nd5 Nge7 5. Nec3 {followed by 6.Bc4 with a small edge for
White.}) (3... Nf6 4. g3 {threatening 5.d4 and thus avoiding the Sveshnikov
variation.}) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 {Of course the best move here is 6.
Bg5 but in this absolutely decisive last round game I had in mind much more to
try to play chess instead of comparing theoretical knowledge in 30 moves
variations in the Rauzer system.} g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 {I have
played this position numerous times with White and Black as well (of course
with one tempo deficit from the English opening.)} a5 {I met this move for the
first time in this game.} ({An instructive example of} 9... Be6 {is my game
with White against G. West, Novi Sad Olympiad, 1990:} 10. Bf1 a5 11. a4 Bxb3
12. cxb3 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. f3 Rc8 15. Bf2 Nb4 16. Bc4 e6 17. Re2 Qe7 18. Rd2
Rfd8 19. Qe2 {with a great advantage for White. The readers will grasp the
importance of this example , in connection with the present game, very soon.
As for 9...a5 I came to the conclusion that I should definitely not play 10.a4
because after 10...Nb4 - the main idea of the whole variation - to establish a
white knight on d5 will be unplayable. Black will simply capture Nf:d5 and
after e:d, Bf5 and White will be in trouble. At the same time White has to
prevent 10...a4, and 11...a3, so I decided to play "Ruy-Lopez" on the road to
f1.}) 10. Bb5 $1 {After the game I checked the good old books and that move
turned out to be the best theoretical move.} Ne8 $6 $146 (10... Be6 11. Bg5 Rc8
(11... h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. a4 g5 14. Bg3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nd4 {gave Black some
advantage in the game Xie Yun-Gaponenko, Yerevan Olympiad, 1996, but White's
play should not be difficult to improve...}) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4
h6 15. Bd2 {led to an advantage for White in the game Yemelin-Bakhrark, St.
Petersburg Open, 1996}) 11. a4 $1 {Now - yes!} Nc7 12. Bf1 Be6 13. Be3 Bxb3 $6
14. cxb3 Na6 {I enjoyed myself a lot here. Black's plan looks attractive -
Ncb4, Rc8, Nc5, e6 and d5, etc., however it has but one drawback - it is
impossible to achieve. Have a look above at my game against Guy West!} 15. Re2
$1 Nc5 16. f3 Nb4 17. Rd2 Rc8 18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. f4 {
Until now I had spent about 15 minutes on the clock and that is small wonder
having in mind that I was just repeating myself against G. West. At the same
time Kharlov had about 15 minutes left only and looked completely dejected.
But as all chess players know it's one thing to have a winning position and
another thing to win it...} Nc6 22. Bf2 $6 ({Of course White had to play here} 
22. e5 {and Black cannot avoid the crush. I decided however not to hurry and
to try to win the game much rather by keeping the advantage instead of
pressing it home. White is threatening 23.Bh4 and 24.Nd5 and Black will soon
be in a complete zugzwang in the middle-game. Black can and should not wait
any more, so Kharlov came up with}) 22... e5 {This move looks like a typical
harakiri, and maybe it is, but it poses White a serious problem "Win please...
" I spent here almost an hour and at the end I decided to play something which
I did not like at all. I even considered my position to be worse after what I
chose, but the situation was so strenuous and so full of tension that I
decided to rely on the most substantial of all advantages - the material
advantage.} 23. Nb5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bh4 Rd7 ({The only move since the
"e4" pawn is untouchable:} 25... Nxe4 $2 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Re1 d5 28. Bxd5) 26.
Bb5 {Good old "Ruy-Lopez" against people who are trying to play chess with
moves like 13...B:b3?} Rc6 $1 27. Re1 Nxb3 28. Rdd1 Rdc7 29. e5 {You have to
open files when you have extra rooks.} dxe5 30. fxe5 Qe6 $1 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32.
Bf6 $1 c5 $2 ({This is the position I had in mind when I played 23.Nb5. I saw
that Black cannot take} 32... Bxf6 33. exf6 Qxf6 {because of} 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35.
Qb8 {winning a piece.}) ({but I thought that after the obligatory} 32... Bf8 $1
{(preserving the defender) Black has an excellent compensation for the
exchange and a very easy game at that, even in a desperate time trouble ,by
just pushing c5 - c4 - c3 etc. watching carefully for tricks. The move Kharlov
played shows either desperation (quite unreasonable at that moment), or a time
trouble panic, or what was almost inconceivable - lack of understanding! A
good chess player should not allow Bg7 to be exchanged in such type of
position. The rest of the game is a good illustration of the principle "You
got what you bargained for".}) 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rf1 {White's plan now is very
easy - triple the heavy pieces on the "f" file and crush the black King.} c4
35. Qe4 $1 ({of course not} 35. Rf6 Qd5 $1) 35... d3 $2 (35... c3 {had more
venom.}) 36. Rf6 Qe7 37. Qf4 $1 d2 38. h4 Qc5+ $2 {Facilitates White's task
due to time trouble panic.} 39. Kh2 h6 40. Rf1 {picturesque position} Qe7 41.
e6 $1 fxe6 42. h5 g5 43. Qe5 Kg8 44. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bashkov, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Rc1 (13. Rf2 Rb8 14. c3
Na5 15. cxb4 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Be6 17. Qc3 Qa7 18. Qe1 Bd7 19. Nc3 Rxb4 $10) 13...
a5 14. Re1 Ba6 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nb4 17. e5 Nd3 18. f5 (18. exf6 $4 Qa7+ $19
) 18... Nxe1 19. Qxe1 dxe5 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Rd1 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Qc7 23. fxg6 hxg6
24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qxa5 Qxa5 26. Nxa5 Be2 27. Rd5 $1 e4 28. Bxe7 e3 29. Rd8+
Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Bxb2 31. Bb6 Bc1 32. Nb3 Bd2 33. Ba5 $1 {Erzwingt den Abtausch
des einen schwarzen Lдufers.} Bxa5 34. Nxa5 f5 35. Nc6 Bb5 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 (11. Nd5 Nd7 $1 12. c3 e6 13. Ne3 Nb6 $10
{Zagrebelnyj-Serper/57-215/1992/,Vujacic,B-Ristic,Nen/JUG-chT/1993/}) 11... Nd7
$1 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. a4 $14 {Chandler,M-Shirov,A/Hastings/
1991/}) (11... Bd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 $14 {Sinowjew,
J-Tischbierek,R/Dortmund op/1992/}) 12. Rb1 (12. Qc1 Nb6 $10 {Kramnik-Serper/
48/(292)/1989/}) (12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Nc1 Bb7 15. Bh6 Bh8 $10 {
Geller,E-Serper,G/Helsinki op/1992/}) 12... Nb6 (12... Re8 $10) 13. Nd5 Bb7 $2
14. Na5 $1 Nxd5 (14... Nxa5 $2 15. Bxe7 Qd7 16. Bxf8 Bxd5 17. Bxg7 $18) 15.
Nxb7 Qc7 16. exd5 Ne5 17. f4 (17. Nxd6 exd6 $14) 17... f6 18. Bh4 Nf7 19. Nxd6
Nxd6 20. Bf2 Rfe8 21. Bd3 f5 22. Qf3 Nc4 $1 $44 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qb3 Rac8 25.
Qxc4 Rxc4 26. d6 Kf7 $1 27. d7 Rd8 28. Rbd1 Rc6 29. c3 Rd6 30. Bc5 R6xd7 31.
Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rxd8 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Ra1 34. Rd7+ Kg8 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37.
Rd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pekarek, Ales"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3
a6 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 bxa4 (11... Nbd7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8
14. Ndxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Nc7 Qb7 $10 {Stoica - Martin Gonzales, Dubai 
(ol) 1986.}) 12. Bxa4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxd7 (14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16.
Nc6 e6 $1 $15) 14... Qxd7 15. Nb3 Rac8 16. Qd3 Qe6 17. Rad1 (17. Na5 $6 Ba8 18.
Qxa6 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. f3 Qf5 21. Bxe7 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxf3 $19) 17... Nd7 $2
(17... Qc4 $10) 18. Nd5 $16 Rfe8 19. c3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. b4 Rcc8 22. c4
Bxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. Re4 $1 Qb7 25. Bd2 Qc7 26. Rc1 Bb2 27. Rc2 Be5 28. Re1 e6
$2 29. Rxe5 $1 $18 dxe5 30. d6 Qd7 31. c5 Rc6 32. Bg5 $2 (32. Ra2 Ra8 33. Qe4
$18) 32... f5 33. Ra2 e4 34. Qd4 Rb8 35. Bd2 Qg7 36. Qc4 Qe5 37. Rxa6 Qxd6 $1
$10 38. Bf4 Qxf4 39. Rxc6 Rxb4 $1 40. Qxb4 (40. Qxe6+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+
Kg5 $1 $10) 40... Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 16th"]
[Site "Buekfuerdo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 {[#]} Rb8 $5 10. a4 {[#]} (10. f4 $6 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Na5 $15 {>< Bg5. Kleinplatz,S-Koch,JR/Cannes/1993}) (10. Re1 a6 11.
Bf1 (11. a4 $5) (11. f4 b5 12. Bf3 h6 13. Bh4 e5 $10 {Zapata,A-Hernandez,R/
Cuba/1990}) 11... Re8 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. c3 b5 14. a4 b4 $132 {Pliester,L-Sax,G/
Aruba/1992}) 10... Na5 $1 $146 (10... Be6) 11. Nxa5 (11. f4 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Be6
13. Kh1 Qb6 $132) 11... Qxa5 12. Qd2 (12. f4 $2 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb2 $17) 12...
Be6 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Rxd2 $14 {[#]}
Kf8 18. f4 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. c4 Rc6 21. a5 b6 22. a6 h5 23. b3 Ke7 24. Re1
Be6 25. Bf3 Rc7 26. h3 b5 27. Bd5 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rb6 $10 29. Rde2 Rxa6 30. g4
hxg4 31. hxg4 Kd7 32. Bxe6+ fxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxc4 34. Rxg6 Rxf4 35. Kg2 Rd4 36.
Re3 Ra1 37. Rg7+ Kc6 38. Kf3 a5 39. g5 Rf1+ 40. Ke2 Rf5 41. Rc3+ Kd5 42. Ra7
Re4+ 43. Re3 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Kc4 45. g6 Rg5 46. g7 Kb5 47. Rd7 Kc6 48. Ra7 a4
49. Rxa4 Rxg7 50. Kd2 Kb5 51. Ra3 Rg2+ 52. Kd1 d5 53. Rf3 Kc4 54. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden-B"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[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. Be2 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Na4 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14.
Rb1 Nc4 15. Qe2 Qc7 $1 16. Kh1 Bf5 $17 {Zapata-Miles, Thessaloniki (ol) 1984.})
(12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Rb1 Nc4 15. Qe2 Qc7 $1 16. c3 a5 17. Nd4 Ba6 18.
Qf2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na3 $17 {Magomedov-Torok, Budapest 1991.}) 12... Qc7 13. c4 (
13. Rf2 Rb8 14. c3 Na5 15. cxb4 Nxb3 $1 16. Qxb3 Be6 17. Qc3 Qa7 18. Qe1 Bd7
19. Nc3 Rxb4 $10 {Zapata-Kudrin, Titograd 1984.}) 13... Be6 (13... bxc3 14.
Nxc3 Be6 15. Kh1 Rab8 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. e5 $1 $16) (13... bxc3 14. Nxc3 Be6 15.
Kh1 Rfc8 $1 16. Rc1 Qb6 $10) (13... Nd7 14. Kh1 a5 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6
17. Bh4 a4 $15 {Gipslis-Shirov,A/Daugavpils/1990/}) 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qc2 Rfe8
16. Kh1 Na5 17. c5 $1 $16 Nxb3 18. axb3 d5 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Bc8 21. c6 e5
22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Qb6 Qe5 25. Qe3 Qxe3 (25... Qc7 26. Bf4 $16) 26.
Bxe3 e5 27. Nb6 d4 28. Bg5 e4 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Bxe4 $18 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Be5 32.
Bd3 Kg7 33. Re1 Kf6 34. Bc4 d3 35. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. a3 Be6 (11... Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 $6 (12... a5 $3
13. Kh1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6
19. Qxd6 Qxb2 20. Qc5 Qc3 21. Qf2 Rd8 $17 {Bistric,F-Adorjan,A/Sarajevo/1982/})
13. Kh1 $14 {Bischoff,K-Schlemeyer,W/Bl/8283}) 12. Kh1 Rc8 (12... Rb8 13. Bf3
b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. Nd4 Qc7 $13 {Hansen,MS-Prevot,E/Cappelle op/
1993/}) 13. Bd3 (13. Bf3 Bc4 14. Rf2 Qb6 15. Rd2 a5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb8
18. Nd4 $14 {Yurtaev,L-Serper,G/Frunze/1988/}) 13... Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. f5 Bd7
16. Qe1 Ne5 17. Qh4 f6 18. Be3 Be8 19. h3 Bf7 20. Qf2 Nbc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22.
Bc1 $14 e6 23. a4 b4 24. Nd1 a5 25. Ne3 Ne5 26. Ba6 Rc5 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. Bb5 Rd8
29. c3 bxc3 30. bxc3 exf5 (30... Rxc3 31. Bb2 Rb3 32. Rac1 $44) 31. exf5 Rxc3
32. Bb2 Rb3 33. Rac1 Qb7 34. Rc3 Qe4 35. Re1 Qb4 36. Rxb3 Qxb3 37. Qd2 Bh6 38.
Qxa5 Rc8 39. Bd4 Nd3 40. Qa6 $1 $16 Nxe1 41. Qxc8+ Kg7 42. Bxf6+ $1 Kxf6 43.
Ng4+ Kg5 (43... Kg7 44. f6# $18) (43... Ke7 44. f6# $18) 44. Qc1+ Kh4 45. Qxh6+
Kg3 46. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Eksjo"]
[Site "Eksjo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukez, Franko"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 b5 11. Qd2 b4 $1 $146 {[#]} (11... Ne5 12. f4 $14 {
Topalov,A-Shirov,A/Las Palmas/1994}) 12. Nd1 (12. Nd5 $2 Nxe4 $1 $19) 12... Bb7
13. O-O a5 14. a3 $2 (14. Rb1 $1 Ne5 15. f3 (15. f4 $6 Ned7 $15) 15... Qc7 16.
Ne3 Rfd8 $1 (16... Rfc8 17. Rbc1 Bh6 (17... Ba6 18. c4 bxc3 (18... a4 19. Nd5
$2 (19. Rfd1 $14) 19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Nd3 $1 21. Bxg7 Nxc1 22. Ba1 Nxe2+ 23.
Qxe2 $44) 19. Bxc3 $14 Nd3 $2 20. Bxf6 $1 $18) (17... Ra8 $5) 18. c4 (18. Kh1)
18... bxc3 19. Bxc3 d5 $2 20. f4 $1 $18 {/\ 21.Bxf6.}) 17. c4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Bh6
$5 $10) 14... Qc7 15. Rb1 Rfc8 (15... Rfd8 $5) 16. Ne3 Ne5 17. f3 $8 bxa3 18.
Bxa3 Bh6 {/\ 19..Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Qxc2 , /\ 19..a4 20.b3xa4? Nc4.} 19. Nf4 Ba6 20.
Rf2 (20. Rfc1 a4 $1 (20... Qc3 21. Qf2 $1) 21. bxa4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 $15 {
/\ 23..e5.}) 20... a4 {[#]} 21. Bh3 (21. Qd4 $5 axb3 22. Rxb3 Rxb3 23. cxb3
Bxf4 24. gxf4 Nd3 25. Rc2 Qb8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. e5 Nc1 $5 (27... Nh5 $2 28.
Nd5 $16) (27... dxe5)) (21. Qd1 $2 axb3 22. Rxb3 Rxb3 23. cxb3 Bxf4 24. gxf4
Nd3 25. Rc2 Qb8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $15) (21. Ned5 $2 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd2 23. Nxc7
Rxc7 24. Rxd2 Nc4 $19) 21... Rd8 (21... Qc3 $5 22. Bc1 (22. Bxc8 Qxd2 23. Rxd2
Nxf3+ $19) (22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Ned5 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. Nxe7+ Kg7 26. Bxd6
$13) 22... Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Rc5 $15) 22. Nfd5 (22. Bb4 $2 {[#]} axb3 23. Rxb3 $5
$15 (23. Ba5 $6 bxc2 $1 (23... Qa7 24. Bxd8 bxc2 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Qxc2 Qxd8
$16) 24. Rc1 Qa7 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44 26. Rxc2 (26. Bf1 $2 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Qa6+ (
27... Nh5 $1 28. Neg2 Nxf4 29. gxf4 $8 Nc4 30. Qd3 (30. Qxc2 Ne3+ 31. Nxe3 Qxe3
$17) 30... Na3 31. Ra1 Qc5 $17) 28. Qe2 Qxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Nc6) 26... Bxf4 27. gxf4
Nd3 $17 28. Bf1 $2 Nxf2 29. Ra2 Nd1 $1 $19)) 22... Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd2 24. Nxc7
Bc8 $8 25. Kg2 $2 (25. Bxc8 Rbxc8 26. Nd5 Rxc2 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Nd5 axb3 29.
Rxb3 Nc4 30. Bb4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Bxb4 32. Rxb4 Ne5 $10) 25... Be3 26. Re2 Bxh3+
27. Kxh3 Bc5 $1 28. Bxc5 $8 dxc5 29. Re3 (29. Nd5 e6 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. f4 $1 {
Lekander} Kxe7 32. fxe5 c4 $1 33. b4 Rb5 $17) (29. f4 Nf3 $1 30. Nd5 Kf8 $17 {
Und 31..Nd4.}) 29... h5 $1 {[#]} (29... Rd2 {Nicht so einfach.} 30. Na6 Rb5 31.
Rc3 c4 32. f4 $1 $13 (32. b4 $2 Rf2 33. f4 Nf3 34. g4 Nd2 $19)) 30. Rf1 $2 (30.
Nd5 e6 31. Nc3 (31. Ne7+ $2 Kf8 32. f4 $1 {Lekander} Ng4 $19) (31. Nf4 Rd2 $17)
31... Rd2 32. bxa4 (32. Nxa4 g5 $1 33. Nxc5 (33. Rh1 Rxc2 $5 $19) 33... g4+ 34.
Kh4 (34. fxg4 $2 hxg4+ 35. Kh4 f6 $1 36. Rh1 Kf7 $1 {Und 37..Rh8#}) 34... Rxh2+
35. Kg5 Rxc2 $19) 32... Rxb1 33. Nxb1 Rxc2 $17) (30. Rc1 Rd2 (30... a3 $6 31.
Ra1 $2 (31. g4 hxg4+ 32. fxg4 a2) 31... Rd2 32. Rxa3 g5 $1 {Mit starkem
Angriff, z.B} 33. g4 h4 34. Nd5 Ng6 35. Rd3 $8 Rxc2 36. Ra7 c4 $19) (30... axb3
$2 31. cxb3 Rd2 32. Rxc5 Nd3 $1 33. Rb5 $1 $10) 31. bxa4 $2 (31. g4 hxg4+ (
31... axb3 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. cxb3 Nd3 34. Rg1 Nf4+ 35. Kh4 g5+ 36. Kxg5 Nh3+
$19) 32. fxg4 Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 34. Kg3 Nxe3 35. Kf3 Nxc2 36. Rxc2 axb3 $17
37. Rb2 c4 38. Nd5 e6 39. Nc3 Rd8 $19) 31... g5 $1 $17 32. g4) (30. Na6 Rb5 $8
31. Rf1 (31. Rc3 Rd2 32. Nxc5 Nxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxc5 34. Rd3 Rdxc2 35. bxa4 Ra2 $19
) (31. b4 $6 cxb4 32. Rxb4 Ra5 $17) 31... Rd2 32. Rc3 axb3 33. cxb3 g5 $1 $17 {
Der Angriff schlдgt durch.}) 30... axb3 (30... Rd2 $5 31. bxa4 g5 $1) 31. cxb3
(31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. cxb3 Rd3) 31... Rd3 32. Rxd3 Nxd3 $19 33. f4 Rxb3 34. Nd5 c4
$1 (34... e6 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. e5 c4 37. Rf3 (37. Ra1 $2 Nxf4+ $19) 37... Rb2
$19) 35. Nxe7+ Kf8 36. Nc6 c3 37. Nd4 Rb2 38. Rf3 Nf2+ 39. Kh4 Nxe4 40. h3 c2
41. Ne2 Rb1 42. f5 g5+ 43. Kxh5 Re1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. a5 Nd7 13. Nd5 (13. Bd2 Rfe8 14.
Rfc1 Ne5 15. Nd5 $14 {Kindermann,S-Wirthensohn,H/Hamburg/1991/}) (13. Bg5 Rfe8
14. Rfc1 Ne5 15. Nd5 Qd7 $10 {Milosevic,G-Petursson,M/Lugano op/1989/}) (13.
Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bd4 f6 17. Rfe1 $14 {Kotronias,V-Georgiev,
Kir/Sofia 42-234/1986/}) 13... Bxd5 14. exd5 Qxc2 15. Bg5 (15. Qxb7 Nc5 16.
Qxe7 Nb3 17. Be4 Qc4 18. Rb1 Rae8 $17) 15... Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Bxe7 Bxa1
18. Rxa1 Rfe8 19. Bxd6 Rac8 20. Bf4 Nc5 21. Be3 Kf8 22. Re1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Re8
$10 24. Rc3 Re1+ 25. Bf1 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Kg2 Rd1 28. Bc4 Rd4 29. Kf3 Ke7
30. Rc2 Kd6 31. Ke3 Re4+ 32. Kd2 f5 33. f3 Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Rd1 35. Ra2 Rc1 36. Kd4
Rd1+ 37. Ke3 Rc1 38. Kd4 Rd1+ 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Re1 {After
this move position becomes typical for the sicilian defense} (7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Be3 (8. Bf4 Nc6 (8... Nh5 9. Be5 Nc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qc1 Qd6 12. Qe3 Nd4 13.
Nb5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5 e5 15. Qc3 $14 {Righi,E-Biosvert,J/Erevan olm 1996}) 9. h3 b6
(9... Nd4 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 $5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Na4 Qc6 $132 {Volkmann,F-Loebler,H/AUT-chT9495}) 10. e5 Nd7 $6 (10... Qxd1 $1
11. Raxd1 Nd7 12. Bb5 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfe1 f6 15. Nd5 $44) 11. Qd5 $14
{Solak,D-Velimirovic,D/Novak Nikolic mem 2nd 2000}) 8... b6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10.
Rfd1 Nc6 11. Rxd8+ Nxd8 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Nd2 (13. e5 Ng4 14. Bg5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Mohr,G/Maribor 1996}) 13... Nc6 14. Nc4 (14. Nb5 Rd8
15. c3 Ba6 16. f3 Ne5 17. a4 Rd7 18. Kf1 h5 19. h3 Kh7 $11 {Titz,H-Dornieden,M/
8th World Seniors 1998}) 14... Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. f3 Nd7 17. Nb5 Nc6 $11 {
Andersson,U-Torre,E/Leningrad 1987}) (7. Kh1 b6 8. d5 Na6 9. Ng1 Nc7 10. a4 e6
11. dxe6 fxe6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 $15 {Roos,J-Horvath,C/Honved-B
1997}) 7... cxd4 (7... a6 8. a4 b6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. h3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
Bxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd5 $14 {Hellsten,J-Agrest,E/SWE-ch 1998}) 8. Nxd4 Nbd7
(8... Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 (9... Be6 10. Bf1 (10. Bg5 a5 11. Bb5 Na7 12. Bf1 Nc6 13.
a4 $14 {Rotman,D-Kanstler,B/Petach Tikva 1996}) 10... a5 11. a4 Bxb3 12. cxb3
e6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qd2 $13 {Lakos,
N-Kindermann,S/Mitropa Cup 1998}) 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. c3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nce5 16. Nd2 e6 $132 {Luther,T-Hickl,J/GER-ch 1998}) 9. a4
a6 (9... Nc5 10. Bf3 (10. Bf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11) 10... Bd7 11.
Bg5 Qb6 12. b3 $14) 10. a5 Nc5 11. Bf3 e6 {Now the pawn on d6 becomes weakness,
but it's not so easy for wite to tke advantage of this fact.} (11... e5 12. Nb3
(12. Nde2 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. exd5 e4 16. Be3 exf3 17. Bxc5 fxe2
18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. c3 $14) 12... Nxb3 13. cxb3 Be6 14. b4 $14) 12. Be3 Qc7 13.
Ra3 $1 Ncd7 $6 (13... e5 $5 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Nxc5 $6 dxc5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
e4 $13) 14. Nb3 Ne5 15. Bb6 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qe7 17. Raa1 $14 {[%csl Rd6]
Preparing to double the rooks over the d-file} Nd7 (17... Bd7 $5 18. Rad1 $1 (
18. e5 $6 dxe5 19. Bc5 (19. Qxb7 Rfb8 20. Qf3 e4 21. Qg3 Nd5 $132) 19... Qd8
20. Bxf8 Bc6 $1 21. Qh3 (21. Ne4 Kxf8 22. Nbd2 Nd5 $13) (21. Bxg7 Bxf3 22. Bxf6
Qxf6 23. gxf3 Qxf3 $13) 21... Qxf8 22. Rxe5 Nd5 $44) 18... Bc6 19. Qg3 Ne8 20.
Nd4 $14) 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Na4 (22. Qd2 Rad8
23. Rad1 Bc8 24. Re3 $14) 22... Rad8 23. Nb6 Nb8 $5 {[%cal Gd7c6,Gb8d7] Good
defensive manouvre} (23... e5 24. Nd5 Qh4 25. Rf1 $14) 24. Rad1 Bc6 25. Qe3 Nd7
26. Nxd7 (26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 $11) 26... Rxd7
27. Rd2 e5 28. f5 (28. Rf2 $6 exf4 29. Rxf4 Qe5 30. Nd4 Qxa5 31. Rh4 Kh8 $15 {
[%csl Re1]}) 28... gxf5 (28... f6 $5) 29. exf5 Qf6 30. Rf2 Kh8 31. Nd2 Rg8 32.
Ne4 Qh4 $132 (32... Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Rc8 34. c4 $14) 33. f6 Rdd8 $2 {Decisive
mistake! Now white gets winning position.} (33... Rg6) 34. Ng3 Rg6 35. Nf5 Qb4
(35... Qxf6 $2 36. Nh6 Rxg2+ (36... Rxh6 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Qg5 $18 {[%cal
Gg5d8]}) 37. Rxg2 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Qg6+ 39. Kh1 f5 40. Rg1 Qe6 41. Qg5 Qd5+ 42.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 43. Rxg2 Rf8 44. Rg5 $18) 36. Ne7 Rg4 37. h3 $1 $18 Rgg8 (37... Re4
38. Qh6 {[%csl Gg7]} Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 $18) 38. Rd1 $6 (38. Nxg8 Rxg8 39. Qd2 $1
Qxb2 40. Qxd6 $18) 38... Qc5 $1 39. Qxc5 dxc5 40. Rxd8 Rxd8 41. Re2 Rd6 $8 42.
Rxe5 Rxf6 43. Rxc5 $18 Kg7 (43... Be4 $2 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Rg8+ Kh6 46. Rg4 $1
Re6 47. Ng8+ Kh5 48. Rxe4 $18 {[%cal Gg8f6]}) 44. Nxc6 bxc6 45. g4 Kf8 46. Kg2
Ke7 47. Kg3 Rd6 48. Kf4 Rh6 49. Kg3 Re6 50. Kf4 Rh6 51. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3b3,Gb3b6]
} Rf6+ 52. Ke4 Re6+ 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Rf3 (54. Rb3 c5+ 55. Kc4 Re4+ 56. Kd3 Kd5
57. Rb6 $18) 54... c5+ 55. Kd3 Kc6 56. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Re1 (11. f4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bf3 b4 (13...
Be6 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. c3 b4 16. Kh1 Nb6 17. cxb4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Nxb2 19. b5 Bxd5 20.
exd5 Nb4 21. Bxe7 {1-0 Fishbein,A-Rachels,S/USA 1986/ (77)}) 14. Na4 Na5 15. e5
Nxb3 16. cxb3 Ne8 17. Re1 f6 18. Bh4 Kh8 19. Bf2 Bd7 20. Bd4 {1-0 Zude,
E-Shirazi,K/Munich 1992/ (40)}) (11. Bh4 Be6 12. Kh1 Na5 13. e5 Nxb3 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Nxa1 16. Bh4 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd7 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bf3 d5 20. Bxd5
Rbd8 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 {0-1 De Wit,J-Georgiev,K/Wijk aan Zee 1984/ (28)}) 11...
Be6 12. Qd2 (12. Bf1 Na5 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. b3 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Re8 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Rad1 {1-0 Sigurjonsson,G-Jonsson,B/Reykjavik 1986/ 
(39)}) 12... Nd7 {The black's defense in the line with short castles is not so
simple, white has an easy plan to use his active bishop on g5.} 13. Rad1 Bxb3 (
13... Rc8 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. c3 Ba3 16. Ra1 Bc5 17. a5 Ba7 $13) 14. cxb3 Nc5 15.
Bc4 (15. Qc2 Nd4 $15) 15... Ne5 (15... Rc8 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Bh4 Rb8 (17... Nd4
18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Bxe7 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxe7 22. a5 $16) 18. Qe3 (18.
f4 b5) 18... Bxb2 $13) 16. Nd5 Re8 (16... Nxc4 17. bxc4 f6 18. Be3 Nxa4 19. Qb4
Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxa4 $16) 17. f4 Nxc4 $6 {Shariyazdanov is showing
courage and plans to eat the a4 pawn. It seems that he had to keep both
knights in order to slow down white's attack.} (17... Nc6 $5 18. e5 (18. Qe3 b5
19. axb5 axb5 20. Be2 Ne6 21. Qg3) 18... Ne6 19. exd6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxd6 $13)
18. bxc4 h6 19. Bh4 Nxa4 20. e5 $1 Nb6 (20... dxe5 $2 21. Qb4 $1 Nxb2 (21... b5
22. Nxe7+ $18) 22. Qxb2 Qa5 23. fxe5 $18) (20... Qd7 21. b3 Nc5 22. exd6 exd6 (
22... e6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 $16) 23. Bf6 $16) 21. Nxe7+ $5 {Romanov can
finally benefit from the concentrated activity of his pieces in the center.} (
21. exd6 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 (22. dxe7 Nxe7 $15) 22... Qxd6 23. Rxe7 Qxf4 $1 (23...
Qxd5 $2 24. cxd5 Bxb2 25. d6 f6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. d7 Rd8 28. Bf2 $18) 24. Bg3
Qf6 25. Rd7 Rbc8 $11) 21... Rxe7 (21... Kh7 22. Qb4 $16) 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. exd6
(23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 Rd8 25. b3 Bc3 26. Re7 Nc8 27. Rxb7 Rxd6 28. Rd7 Bb4
$15) 23... Qd7 (23... Qf6 24. d7 Rd8 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qa5 Bf6 28.
c5 Na8 29. Qxd8 Bxd8 30. Re1 Nc7 31. Re8 Ne6 32. g4 Bc7 33. b4 Nd8 34. Kf2 $16)
24. Re7 Qf5 $2 {It is easy to see ghosts in the defense and overlook the
simple threat. After this move white can win back the piece for his mighty d
pawn.} (24... Qc6 $1 25. Rc7 Nxc4 (25... Qa4 26. c5 Na8 27. Re7 Bf6 28. Ree1
Qd7 29. b4 $14) 26. Rxc6 Nxd2 27. Rc7 Nb3 28. d7 Rd8 29. Re1 $14) 25. d7 $1
Qc5+ (25... Nxd7 26. Rxd7 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 (27. Qf2 Qxc4 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qxf5 Bxb2
30. R1d5 Rf8) 27... Qxc4 28. Qe3 Bxb2 29. f5 Bg7 30. fxg6 $16) 26. Qe3 Nxd7 (
26... Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Nxd7 28. Rxd7 Bxb2 29. Rb3 Bc1 30. g3 $18) 27. Rdxd7 Qxe3+
28. Rxe3 Bf8 {[%mdl 4096] The defender can not claim even a pawn for his
missing exchange, his resistance is thus rather hopeless.} (28... Bxb2 29. Rb3
$18) 29. Kf1 b6 30. Red3 Rc8 31. b3 (31. Rd8 Rxc4 32. f5 Rf4+ 33. Rf3 $16)
31... Rc6 32. Ke2 Bc5 33. Rb7 h5 34. g3 Rf6 35. Kf3 a5 (35... Kg7 36. Ra7 a5
37. Rd5 $18) 36. h3 Kg7 37. Rdd7 Bg1 38. g4 $1 {The simple advance of the g
pawn will easily break black's defensive set up.} hxg4+ 39. hxg4 g5 (39... Bh2
40. g5 $1 Rf5 (40... Rxf4+ 41. Kg2 Rh4 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Rfd7 $18) 41. Rd4 $18)
40. f5 Bh2 41. Ke4 Bg3 42. Kd5 Bf4 43. c5 $1 bxc5 44. Kxc5 Bg3 45. Kb5 Be1 46.
Rb6 {The last drop, without rook black will not be able even to pretend, that
he can keep up the fight for draw.} Rxb6+ 47. Kxb6 Kf6 48. Rd5 (48. Rd5 Bc3 49.
Rxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 Ng4 11. Qb4 Ne5 12. Be3 Nc6 {Black has transfered
his knight to the queenside in order to balance white's initiative.} 13. Qa3
Be6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nd5 Bh3 (15... f5 16. Nf4 Bc4 17. Rfd1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 $14)
16. Rad1 Rac8 (16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 $1 18. Qb3 Kh8 $132) 17. c4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2
Rfd8 {Georgiev likes his pawns in classical forms and thus he neglects good
idea of playing for the counterplay with timely f7-f5.} (18... f5 $1 $36) 19.
c5 e6 (19... Qe6 20. cxd6 Qxe4+ 21. f3 Qf5 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. dxe7 Qc2+ 24. Rf2
Qxd1 25. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 26. Bxa7 $14) 20. Nc3 d5 (20... Be5 21. f4 (21. b4 Qe8
$11) 21... Bxc3 22. Qxc3 d5 23. b4 $14) 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bg5 {The pawn d5 is
weak, but white must play very carefully as his king on g2 does not feel
entirely safe.} (22. Nxd5 $2 Nd4 $1 23. Nf4 Qc6+ 24. f3 Nc2 $15) (22. Rxd5 Qe6
23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxd6 $11) 22... Re8 (22... Bxc3 23. Qxc3 (
23. Bxd8 $2 Bb4 $1) 23... Re8 24. Bf6 Qf5 25. Bh8 d4 $11) 23. Rxd5 (23. Nxd5 $2
Nd4 $17) 23... Qg4 24. Bf4 $2 {An unfortunate move, as it is not contributing
to the solution of the main problem- reducing black's activity.} (24. h3 Qc4
25. Rd7 $14) 24... Nd4 25. f3 Qe6 26. Rd1 (26. Rd6 Qc4 27. a6 bxa6 28. Rxa6 Ne2
$15) (26. Rf2 Nxf3 27. Rxf3 Bxc3 $15) 26... Nc2 $2 {Georgiev dreams about
great future for the knight, but he could have delivered a terrible blow right
away with 26...Nxf3!} (26... Nxf3 $1 27. Kxf3 (27. Rd6 Ne1+ $19) 27... Bxc3 28.
Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kh3 Bb4 $17) 27. Qb3 (27. Qa4 Ne1+ 28. Rxe1 (28. Kf2 Bxc3 $19)
28... Qxe1 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Ne4 Red8 $15) 27... Ne1+ 28. Rxe1 (28. Kf2 Bxc3 $19)
(28. Kg1 Qh3 29. R1d2 Nxf3+ $19) 28... Qxe1 29. Rd7 Re6 (29... Rf8 30. Rd1 Qe6
31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Ne4 $11) 30. Rd1 $2 (30. Qxb7 $1 Rxc5 (30... Ree8 31. Rxf7
Bxc3 32. bxc3 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) (30... Ree8 31. Qb3 Re2+ 32.
Nxe2 Qxe2+ 33. Kh3 Qe8 34. Rxa7 $18) 31. Bd2 Re2+ (31... Qe5 32. f4 Qf6 33. Ne4
$16) 32. Nxe2 Qxe2+ 33. Kg1 (33. Kh3 $2 Rh5+ 34. Kg4 Qe6+ 35. Kf4 g5#) 33...
Bf8 34. Qe4 Rc1+ 35. Bxc1 Bc5+ 36. Rd4 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxd4 38. Qxd4 Bxd4 39. b4
$16) 30... Re2+ 31. Kh3 $6 {[%mdl 64] The position was truly complicated and
Damljanovic failed to solve it in a most critical moment. The second mistake
puts him at a clear disadvantage.} (31. Nxe2 Qxe2+ 32. Kh3 (32. Kg1 Bf8 33. Qd3
Bxc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxb2 $15) 32... Bf6 33. Qd3 Qe6+ 34. Kg2 Rxc5 $11) 31... Rxb2 $1
(31... Qf2 32. Nxe2 Qxe2 33. Qxb7 $16) 32. Qxb2 Qxd1 (32... Qxc3 33. Qxb7 Qxc5
34. Be3 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qf5 (35... Rc2+ 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Bxd2 Bd4 38. Qa8+ Kg7
39. Bb4 $16) 36. Bf2 $16) 33. Nxd1 Bxb2 34. Nxb2 Rxc5 35. a6 $1 (35. Bd2 $2 Rc2
$19) 35... bxa6 {The endgame is very unpleasant for white, since with king in
the wrong corner and no counterplay white will suffer terribly.} 36. g4 a5 37.
Kg3 Rc2 38. Na4 (38. Be5 f5 39. g5 Kf7 40. h3 Ke6 41. f4 Kd5 42. Kf3 Kc5 $17)
38... Rc4 39. Nb2 Rb4 40. Nd3 (40. Be5 a4 $17) 40... Rb5 41. Nc1 Rb1 42. Ne2 (
42. Na2 a4 43. Be5 a3 44. Nc3 Rc1 $19) 42... a4 43. Nc3 a3 $1 44. Be5 (44. Nxb1
a2 $19) 44... Rc1 45. Na2 (45. h4 Rc2 46. Nd5 a2 47. Nb4 Re2 48. Bc3 Rd2 49.
Kf4 a5 50. Nc6 a4 51. Nb4 a3 52. Ke3 Rb2 $19) 45... Rc2 46. Nb4 Re2 47. Bf6 a2
48. Nd3 Re6 49. Ba1 Re3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qd1 b5 13. a3 Nd7 {Tiviakov
has solved all opening problems, his ambitions are connected with his well
placed light pieces.} (13... Rc8 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Qf4 Qb7 17. Rad1
a5 18. Rd3 a4 19. Ba2 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. e5 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 dxe5 23. Bxe5 {
1-0 Hansen,S-Fuglsang,F/Copenhagen 1997/ (40)}) 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Rb1
(16. c3 h6 17. Bh4 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 a5 $11) 16... h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 e6 19. Nb4
Bb7 (19... Bxe4 20. Bxd6 Nb7 21. Bg3 Qxd1 22. Rbxd1 Bg6 23. Na6 Bxb2 24. Rd7
Na5 25. Nc7 Red8 26. Red1 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 $44) 20. f3 (20. Bxd6 Nxe4 21. Bh2 Qxd1
22. Rexd1 Nc5 $17) 20... a5 21. Nd3 Nxb3 22. cxb3 f5 $5 {[%mdl 32] With
bishops pair on the board Black can well afford to open up the position. Black
should be slightly better.} 23. exf5 (23. Rc1 f4 24. Bf2 Qe7 $15) 23... exf5
24. Bf2 (24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bxd6 $2 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 $19) 24... Qf6 25. Qd2 (
25. Rc1 Qf7 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $15) 25... Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qf7 27. b4 a4 28. h4 (28.
Qe3 Rf8 29. Qb6 Qd5 $17) 28... f4 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Nc1 g4 $2 {The attacker
got too excited in the critical moment. Much better was to keep the extra d6
pawn with the centralising move 30...Qd5!} (30... Qd5 $1 31. Rd1 (31. Qxd5+
Bxd5 32. Rd1 Bc4 $17) 31... Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Re8 33. Ne2 Re6 $17) 31. Qxd6 Bf8 (
31... g3 $5 32. Bd4 (32. Bc5 Bd5 33. Re7 Qf5 34. Qd7 Qxd7 35. Rxd7 Re8 $19) (
32. Bb6 Rf8 33. Qe7 Qd5 34. Bc5 Rf7 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Qxe4 37. fxe4 Bxb2
$17) 32... Bxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Qh7 34. Re5 $13) 32. Qe5 gxf3 (32... Qg6 33. fxg4 (
33. Qxb5 $2 gxf3 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. g3 fxg3 36. Bd4+ Kh7 37. Qc7+ Bg7 38. Qxb7
f2+ $19) 33... Qxg4 34. Qe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Bd5 36. Rg6+ Kh7 37. Rg4 $11) (32...
g3 $2 33. Bd4 $16) 33. Nd3 Ra6 34. Nxf4 (34. Qxf4 Qg6 35. Qg3 Qxg3 36. Bxg3 Rg6
37. Kf2 fxg2 $17) 34... Rh6 35. g4 $6 (35. gxf3 $1 Bxf3 36. Bd4 Bd6 37. Qg5+
Kh7 38. Re8 Bf8 $14) 35... Qg7 36. Qf5 $2 {McShane has probably miscalculated
in the critical moment, Black will get very promising position.} (36. g5 $5 Rd6
37. Bc5 Qxe5 (37... Rd2 38. Qe6+ Qf7 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Re5 $16) 38. Rxe5 Rd1+
39. Kf2 Bxc5+ 40. bxc5 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rxb2 42. Re7 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ $11) 36...
Rf6 37. Nh5 (37. Qe5 Qxg4+ $19) 37... Rxf5 38. Nxg7 Rg5 39. Nf5 Rxg4+ 40. Kf1 (
40. Kh1 Kf7 $17) 40... Be4 41. Ng3 Bd5 $6 {Tiviakov returns the favour with
the mediocre continuation.} (41... Bd3+ 42. Kg1 Bg7 $1 43. Kh2 Bg6 44. Re3 Rf4
$19) 42. Re8 Kf7 43. Re5 Bc6 44. Rf5+ Ke8 45. Nh5 Rc4 46. Nf6+ $6 {Good
chances for the survival were offered by the exact move 46.Bc5!} (46. Bc5 $1
Bxc5 47. Rxc5 Rxc5 48. bxc5 Kd7 (48... Kf7 49. Nf4 Kf6 50. Nd3 Ke6 51. Nb4 $11)
49. Nf4 Be4 50. Kf2 Kc6 51. Ke3 Bf5 52. Kxf3 Kxc5 53. Ng2 $15) 46... Kd8 47.
Bb6+ Kc8 48. Nd5 (48. Bc5 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Kf1 Bg7 51. Bd4 Rg2 $17) 48...
Bd6 49. Bc5 Bxc5 50. bxc5 Bxd5 $1 (50... Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Kd7 52. Nb4 Rb1 53. Nd3
$15) 51. Rxd5 Rc2 52. Rd3 Rxb2 53. Rxf3 Rb3 $1 {This simple rook endgame seems
to be lost for White.} 54. Rf7 (54. Rxb3 $2 axb3 55. Ke2 b2 $19) (54. Rf6 Rxa3
55. Rb6 Rb3 56. Ke2 a3 $19) 54... Rxa3 55. Ke2 Rc3 56. Kd2 Rxc5 57. Kd3 a3 58.
Ra7 b4 59. Kd4 Rc1 60. Kd3 b3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 {Wells} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Nd5 $6 $146 {The objective merit of
this novelty is very questionable since black is well prepared for the
tactical squirmish in the center.} (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bb3 Rfe8 14.
Rad1 Rac8 15. e5 b4 16. exf6 bxc3 17. Qf4 exf6 18. Bxf6 cxb2 {1/2-1/2 Acs,P 
(2460)-Salmensuu,O (2380)/Budapest 1997/ ext (26)}) 11... Qc5 $2 (11... Nxd5 $1
12. Nxc6 (12. Nb3 Qa4 13. exd5 Qxc4 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxe7 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17.
Bxf8 Bxe1 18. Bxd6 Re8 $15) 12... bxc6 13. exd5 e6 $1 14. dxe6 (14. dxc6 Qxg5
15. cxd7 d5 16. Bb5 Bxb2 $15) (14. Bd2 Qc5 15. dxe6 fxe6 $15) 14... Bxe6 15.
Bxe6 Qxg5 16. Bd7 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. Re3 Qc5 $15) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 (12... Bxc6
13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd5 $16) 13. Bxf6 (13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. Qxd7 Bxe7 (16... Qxc4 17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Rfc8 19. Nb4 $16) 17. Qd3 f5
$11) 13... exf6 (13... cxd5 $2 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qxd5 $16) (13... Bxf6 14.
Nxf6+ exf6 15. Qd3 Be6 $11) 14. Ne3 Rab8 15. Qd3 Rfd8 (15... Rxb2 $5 16. Rad1 (
16. Bb3 f5 $15) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxa2 20. Rxe6
Rc8 21. Rd1 a5 $13) 16. Rad1 Be6 $6 {Thorfinnsson could have leaned back on
his bishop pair, but he rather "improves" his pawn structure. White will keep
a distinct pull as all opponent's pawns will need protection.} (16... f5 17.
Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Be5 19. Rd2 fxe4 20. Red1 Rb7 21. Ba6 $14) (16... Bh6 $5 17.
b3 (17. Qxd6 $2 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qxc4) 17... Bf4 $11) 17. b3 Bh6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
c4 a5 (19... Bxe3 20. Rxe3 $14) 20. Nc2 Qb6 $2 {It is not so easy to suggest
anything really helpful for black, but losing two tempoes is certainly not
solving anything.} (20... Bf4 21. Nd4 Re8 22. g3 Be5 23. Nf3 (23. f4 Rbd8 24.
Kg2 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 e5 $11) 23... a4 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qd6 $14) 21.
Qg3 Qc5 22. Rd3 Qe5 {Wells: 'Similar queen manouevres are known to me from the
Richter-Rauzer. The queen and bishop are both reasonably active, but there are
clearly question marks over Black's structure.'} 23. Nd4 Rbc8 (23... Qxg3 24.
fxg3 Re8 25. Nxc6 $16) 24. Qh4 (24. Qg4 Re8 (24... f5 25. Qh4 Bg7 26. Nxc6 $18)
25. Nf3 Qc5 26. Red1 Bf8 $14) 24... Kg7 {'?!' Wells.} (24... Bg7 25. Red1 a4 (
25... Rd7 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. e5 fxe5 28. Ng5 Bf6 29. Qg4 Bxg5 30. Qxe6+ $18) 26.
bxa4 Rd7 27. a5 f5 28. Nf3 Qxa5 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxa2 31. Qe7 $16) (24...
Bg5 {Wells} 25. Qg4 Kf7 26. Red1 {[%cal Gd4f3]}) 25. f4 $1 Qc5 (25... Bxf4 26.
Qxf4 Qxf4 27. Nxe6+ $18) 26. Qf2 Re8 (26... Kf7 {'+/-!' Wells.} 27. f5 exf5 28.
exf5 gxf5 29. Qh4 (29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 Bf8 31. Red1 Ke6 32. g4 $16) 29...
Bg7 30. Kh2 $18) 27. e5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The punishment is painful for the
defender, Zelcic is opening up the position with the help of small tactics.}
fxe5 (27... Kf7 28. Qh4 Bg7 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Qxh7+ Bg7 31. Kf1 $18) 28. Rxe5
Qa3 (28... dxe5 29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 30. Qxc5 $18) 29. Nxe6+ Kf7 30. f5 $1 {Wells:
'Not a difficult attacking solution, but still a pleasingly crisp one!'} Kg8
31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rg3 {Wells: 'Dereliction of duty by the poor queen? Well, at
least an unfortunate by-product of self preservation.'} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[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 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5
15. e5 {White finds is very testing to find a way to at least a minimal
advantage, black pieces are active and weaknesses simply absent.} h6 16. Bh4
dxe5 17. Qxd8 (17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Qe1 Qb8 $15) 17... Raxd8 $1 18. fxe5 (18. Bxc6
Bxc6 19. Bxe7 Rd2 20. Bxf8 Rxg2 21. Rad1 Rxc2+ 22. Nd5 Kxf8 $19) (18. Bxe7 Nxe7
19. Bxb7 a5 20. Ne4 exf4 21. Nxc5 Bxb2 $15) 18... Bxe5 19. Rae1 $2 {[%mdl
16384] This ambitious move will be punished as black can steer the game
towards very pleasant endgame.} (19. Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 20. Bxb7 a5 21. Rae1 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 (22. Rxe7 Bxb2 23. c4 f5 24. Bd5+ Kh8 $17) 22... Rd7 23. Ba6 $11) 19...
Bxc3 (19... f6 20. Bf2 Bd4 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxe7 Rfe8 $15) 20.
bxc3 Rd7 21. Bf2 Na5 (21... c4 22. Be2 (22. Be3 h5 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Kg1 $15)
22... Rd2 23. Be3 Rxc2 24. Bxh6 Rc8 25. Bxc4 Ne5 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 Rxc3 28.
Kg1 Rc2 $17) 22. Bxc5 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 (23. gxf3 Nc6 $15) 23... Nc6 24. Rd3 Rb7 $1
(24... Rfd8 $2 25. Red1 $1 Rxd3 26. cxd3 $11) 25. h3 (25. Rde3 Rfb8 26. Kg1 Kf8
$15) 25... f6 26. Red1 Kf7 27. Be3 (27. Rd7 Rfb8 $17) 27... Rc8 28. c4 (28.
Bxh6 $2 g5 $1 29. h4 Rh8 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. Rh3 Kg6 32. Re1 Nd8 33. Bxg5 Rxh3+
34. gxh3 Kxg5 $19) (28. Rd5 Ne5 29. Bxh6 Rxc3 $17) 28... Rb4 $1 {It becomes
obvious, that black will dominate the endgame with safe king position and much
better pawn structure.} 29. c5 (29. Ra3 Rxc4 30. c3 h5 $19) 29... Rxa4 30. Rb3
Rc7 31. Rb6 (31. Bxh6 g5 32. Rf1 Nd4 33. Rb8 Rxc5 $19) 31... g5 32. Bf2 Ne5 33.
Rb8 h5 34. c3 (34. Kg1 Ra2 35. c3 a5 $19) 34... h4 $1 35. Rdb1 Rc4 36. Bd4 (36.
Be1 R7xc5 $19) 36... Nc6 37. R8b6 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc1 a5 40. Ra6 a4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 b6 8. Bg2
Ba6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. h3 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 (12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nd5 Ng4
14. Rb1 Nge5 15. b3 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 e6 17. Ne3 g5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. c3 {1-0
Agopov,M-Berry,N/Sas van Gent 1996/ (32)}) 12... O-O 13. a4 Na5 14. b3 Bb7 15.
Rc1 Nd7 16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. f3 Nc6 19. c4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bc3 dxc4
22. Nxc4 {1-0 Vokac,M-Jirovsky,M/Czechia 2001/ (38)}) 11... O-O 12. Bg5 (12. a4
Nb4 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nd4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe5 18. c3 Rc4
19. Bg2 Rd8 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Qb1 Nd3 {0-1 Rodriguez Cespedes,A-Pirisi,G/Dieren
1989/ (41)}) (12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. Nd5 Nde5 15. b3 e6 16. Ndc3 f6 17.
Nb5 Nf7 18. c4 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rbc1 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Ristic,N/Vrnjacka
Banja 1990/ (43)}) 12... Nd7 13. Qd2 $6 (13. Rb1 $5) 13... Bxe2 $5 {Unusual
exchange of a strong bishop, but black's play in on the kingside is
surprisingly strong.} (13... Nde5 14. b3 f5 $13) 14. Rxe2 Nd4 (14... Nde5 $1
15. Qd1 (15. Nd5 Nc4 16. Qd3 Nxb2 17. Qb3 Nd4 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Nxg6+ fxg6 20.
Bxd8 Rfxd8 21. Qf7 Nxe2+ $19) (15. b3 Nd4 16. Re3 Ne6 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. h4 h6 19.
Rd1 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Bxd6 exd6 22. Nb5 Ne5 23. c4 $17) 15... Nc4 16. Bc1
Nd4 17. Re1 Na3 18. bxa3 (18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. bxa3 Rxc3 20. Qxd4 Rxc2 21. Rad1 Qc7
$19) 18... Nxc2 19. Bh6 Bxc3 20. Rc1 Nxe1 21. Rxc3 Nxg2 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Bxf8
Ne3 24. Qd2 Kxf8 25. Qxe3 Qxh3 $19) 15. Ree1 Ne5 16. Qd1 Ne6 (16... Nc4 17. Nd5
Nc6 18. b3 h6 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. bxc4 e6 $11) 17. Bc1 Nc4 18. Qd3 b5 (18... Na3
19. Rd1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nc4 21. Rb1 $13) 19. Rb1 Na3 (19... Nc5 20. Qf3 f5 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Qe2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Re5 24. Qd1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qd7 $15) 20. bxa3
Rxc3 21. Qxb5 Bd4 (21... Nd4 22. Qa6 Nxc2 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. Bb2 $11) (21... Rxc2
22. Qa4 Rxa2 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Rec1 Nc5 $11) 22. Bh6 Rxc2 23. Re2 (23. Bxf8 Bxf2+
24. Kh1 Bxe1 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Rxe1 Nc5 $15) 23... Rc5 (23... Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Re8
25. Qb5 Qc8 $11) 24. Qa4 Ra5 (24... Re8 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rc7 $11) 25. Qb4
Re8 {Black has a better pawn structure, but white bishops pair has a chance to
offer suffcient compensation.} (25... Bc5 26. Qe1 Re8 27. Bc1 Bxa3 28. Bd2 Ra6
29. Bc3 $13) 26. Kh2 Bb6 (26... Bc5 27. Qc4 Rxa3 28. Bc1 Ra5 29. Bd2 Ra3 $11)
27. Rd1 Qc8 (27... Bc5 $5 28. Qb2 Rxa3 29. e5 Qb6 $15) 28. Rd5 Qa6 29. Qb2 (29.
Rxa5 $2 Qxe2 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Rxb5 Bxf2 $17) 29... Rxa3 $2 (29... Rxd5 30. exd5
Nd4 31. Re4 Nf5 32. Bf4 e5 33. dxe6 fxe6 34. Qf6 Qc8 $11) (29... Bc5 30. Rc2 (
30. e5 Bxa3 31. Rxa5 Qxa5 $15) 30... Bxa3 31. Rxa5 Qxa5 32. Qb7 $11) 30. e5 $1
{[%mdl 2048] Suddenly black finds it impossible to prevent mate on g7 at a
reasonable cost.} dxe5 (30... Bd4 $2 31. Rxd4 $1 Nxd4 32. Qxd4 Qxe2 33. exd6 e5
(33... f6 34. Qd5+ e6 35. Qb7 $18) 34. Qh4 Qh5 35. d7 Rf8 36. d8=Q Qxh6 37.
Qdf6 $18) (30... Ra4 31. exd6 Bd4 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rxe7 $18) 31.
Rdxe5 Bd4 (31... Nd4 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 $18) 32. Rxe6 Bxb2 (32... Qxe6 33.
Qxd4 $18) 33. Rxa6 Rxa6 34. Rxb2 Ra5 (34... e5 35. g4 $16) 35. h4 f6 36. Rb7 g5
(36... Rd8 37. Bf1 Rc8 38. Rxe7 Rxa2 39. Kh3 Rxf2 40. Ba6 Rcc2 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42.
Rxa7+ Ke8 43. Bb5+ Kd8 44. Rxh7 $18) 37. Bc6 Rd8 (37... Rc8 38. Bd7 Rd8 39.
Be6+ Kh8 40. Rxe7 $18) 38. Rxe7 Rxa2 (38... gxh4 39. gxh4 Rxa2 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41.
Rg2 $18) 39. Kg2 gxh4 40. gxh4 Kh8 41. Bd5 $1 (41. Bd5 $1 Rg8+ 42. Kh3 Ra3+ 43.
Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch 71st"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2005.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Trifonov, Denis"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3
a6 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 (12. Bxa4 e6 (12... Qc7 13. Bg5
Nbd7 14. Nd5 (14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Nb3 Rac8 16. Qd3 Qe6 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Nd5 {
1/2-1/2 Pekarek,A-Ernst,T/Dortmund 1992/ (42)}) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Nc6
Bxc6 17. dxc6 e6 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. c3 d5 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
J-Sehner,N/Budapest 1987/ (30)}) 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Bh6
Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Ne5 (17... Nc5 18. Re3 e5 19. Nf5 f6 20. Ng3 Ne6 21. Rd1 Nd4 {
0-1 Nicholson,J-Hodgson,J/Southampton 1986/ (49)}) 18. Rad1 Nc4 19. Na4 e5 20.
Nf3 f6 21. b3 Bc6 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Rd3 {1-0 Iskov,G-Kudrin,S/Copenhagen 1983/ 
(54)}) (12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Rc8 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxb2 19. Bxe7 Qb6 20. Reb1 {1/2-1/2 Bobras,P-Moor,R/Chania 1994/
(68)}) 12... Nbd7 13. f3 {White has managed to undermine black's pawn
structure, but all Fedorov's pieces are harmoniously developed.} (13. Bd5 Nxd5
14. exd5 Nb6 15. Rb4 Qc7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Qd5 Rfc8
20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Nd5 Kf8 {0-1 Nicholson,J-Watson,W/Southampton 1986/ (39)})
13... Nc5 14. Ra3 e6 15. Ba2 (15. Be3 Qc7 (15... d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. f4) 16. Ba2
Rfe8 $13) 15... Qb6 16. Kh2 (16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Nb1 Qb6 $17) 16... Nh5 17. Nce2 (
17. Nde2 Be5+ 18. Kh1 Ng3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxg3 20. Rf1 Be5 21. Qe1 $13) 17... Rfd8
18. c3 d5 19. b4 (19. exd5 Bxd5 20. b4 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 Nb7 $15) 19... Qc7+ 20. g3
$2 {[%mdl 256] Trifonov must have been unhappy with the flow of the game, but
opening of the kingside had to be done more carefully.} (20. Kg1 dxe4 21. bxc5
e5 22. fxe4 exd4 23. cxd4 Bxe4 24. g4 Nf6 $13) 20... dxe4 21. bxc5 exf3 $1 22.
Nf4 (22. Rg1 e5 23. Qf1 fxe2 24. Nxe2 Rd3 $19) 22... Nxf4 23. Bxf4 (23. gxf4 e5
24. fxe5 Bxe5+ 25. Kg1 Bxd4+ $19) 23... e5 {Black is winning back the
sacrificed piece with a great premium.} 24. Bg5 (24. c6 Bxc6 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26.
Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nxc6 Qe3 $19) 24... Rd7 (24... exd4 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. cxd4 Bxd4
27. Rd3 Qxc5 $19) 25. Ra4 (25. Be3 Rad8 26. Ra4 Qxc5 $19) 25... Qxc5 26. Rc4
Qd6 (26... Qa5 27. Ra4 Qc7 28. Qd2 exd4 29. cxd4 Qc6 $19) 27. Qa4 (27. Be3 exd4
28. cxd4 Re8 $19) 27... exd4 28. Bf4 f2 $1 {Fine last move wins a decent
square for black queen, the game is over.} (28... Qb6 29. cxd4 Bxd4 $19) (28...
f2 $1 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Rxf2 Qe1 $19) 0-1

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Estremera Panos, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. b3 $146 {Shirov comes
up with a novelty, that aims to neutralize black's pressure along the a1-h8
diagonal.} b4 14. Na4 Ba6 (14... Nxe4 $5 15. Bxe4 Bxa1 16. Bxc6 Bxh3 17. Re1
Bg7 $13) 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Re1 Bxe2 (16... Rfc8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 (18...
Qxc2 $2 19. Nb6 $16) 19. Be3 Bb5 20. Ra2 Bc6 $11) 17. Qxe2 Nd7 18. Red1 Rfc8
19. Rd2 {The position is fairly equal since white has to worry about the c2
pawn.} (19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Nb2 Qd7 $11) 19... Nb6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 (
20... Bxb2 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. Ra2 Be5 23. Qa6 Kf8 $11) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qe3 Rb5 (
22... Kg8 23. f4 h6 24. Rd5 e5 $11) 23. Rd5 Qb6 (23... Rxd5 24. exd5 Ne5 25.
Ra2 (25. f4 Nd7 26. Qxe7 Qc3 27. Ra2 Nf6 $1 (27... Qxg3 28. Qxd7 Qe3+ 29. Kh1
Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qxf4+ $11) 28. Ra7 Rf8 29. Kh2 Nh5 30. Qh4 Re8 $19) 25... Qc5 $11)
24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Bf1 Ne5 (25... Nb8 26. Bd3 Nd7 27. Ra7 e6 28. Rb5 Rxb5 29.
Bxb5 Nc5 30. f3 Kf6 $11) 26. f4 Nd7 27. e5 (27. Rd2 Rc3 28. Kf2 Nc5 29. Bg2 e5
$15) 27... Rxc2 28. Ra7 Nc5 $2 {Estremera plays and active move, but misses
the simple tactical problem of the soon to be loose knight.} (28... Nb8 $1 29.
Rxe7 dxe5 30. fxe5 Rc1 (30... Rc3 31. Bc4 Rxg3+ 32. Kh2 Rf3 33. Rd6 Rc6 34. Rb7
$16) 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Be2 Re6 $11) 29. Rxe7 dxe5 (29... Nxb3 30. exd6 Rd2 31.
Bc4 Nd4 32. Rxf7+ Kh6 33. Kh1 Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Nc2 36. Re7 Re1 37. g4
$18) 30. Rc7 exf4 (30... Rc3 31. Rdxc5 Rxg3+ 32. Kh2 exf4 33. Bc4 Rf6 34. Rb5
$16) 31. Rdxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 (32. Rxc5 fxg3 33. Kg2 f5 34. Kxg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb4 a5 11. Qb3 Be6 $1 (11... Rb8 12. a4 Nd7 13. Be3 b6
14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Short,N/FIDE-Wch k.o.
1997/CBM 63 (44)}) 12. Nd5 (12. Qxb7 Bc4 13. Re1 (13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Be3 Rb8 15.
Qc6 Ne5 16. Qa4 Rb4 {0-1 Jusic,Z-Jirovsky,M/Stockerau op-J 1991/EXT 91op2 (33)}
) 13... Nd7 14. Qc6 Nc5 15. e5 {1-0 Milos,G-Gaprindashvili,N/Palma de Mallorca
GMA 1989/TD 89\13 (45)}) 12... a4 13. Qxb7 (13. Qa3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. c3
Qd7 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Be3 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. Bd4 {1/2-1/2
Schmidt Schaeffer,S-Werner,C/BL2-S9697 1996/BL2-S (34)}) 13... Nxd5 (13... Bxd5
14. exd5 a3 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Qb5 Qc8 18. Bg5 Qf5 19. Bxe7 Rfb8 20.
Qc4 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Schaefer,M-Kunze,M/FRG-ch qual 1990/GER 01}) 14. exd5 Bf5 15.
Bg5 $2 (15. c3 $142 $5 a3 16. Qb3 axb2 17. Qxb2 Qa5 18. Bd2 $13) 15... Qb8 16.
Qxb8 Rfxb8 17. Bxe7 Rxb2 18. a3 Rxc2 19. Rae1 (19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bb2 21.
Rc6 Re8 22. Rc7 (22. Bxd6 $4 Re1+ 23. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 22... Bxa3 $17) 19... Ra6
20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bb2 22. Rfe1 $2 (22. Re3 $142 Bd4 $17 {/\23... Bc5})
22... Rc1 $1 $19 (22... Bxa3 $4 23. Bf6 $18) 23. Rxc1 Bxc1 24. Bf6 Ra8 25. Rc4
Bxa3 26. Bd4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 a3 29. Rc1 a2 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Be3 (9. Nb3) 9... Bd7 10. O-O $5 (10. Nde2 Rb8 11. a4 a6) 10... Ne5 $1
11. Nde2 b5 $2 (11... Nc4 12. Bc1 b5 $1 $132) 12. b3 $1 Qc8 13. f4 Nc6 14. Kh2
$14 Rb8 15. Qd2 b4 16. Nd5 a5 17. Rac1 Rd8 $6 (17... Re8) 18. Rfe1 Qa6 19. c3
$6 (19. c4 $16) 19... a4 $1 20. c4 axb3 21. axb3 Qa3 22. Nd4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Na5
24. Rb1 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxb3 26. Qd1 Ba4 $2 (26... Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxe7 Bf5
29. Rb3 Qa6 $10) 27. f5 $1 Nc5 28. Qg4 $1 Bd7 29. Bd4 $1 $18 Bxf5 30. Qh4 Nd7 (
30... Bxb1 31. Qh6 $1 f6 32. Rxe7 $18) 31. Ra1 $5 (31. Ra1 $5 Qd3 32. Rxe7 Ne5
33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Qf6 Rf8 35. Raa7 $18) (31. Rxe7 Qd3 (31... Bxb1 32. Rxd7 $1
Rxd7 33. Qf6 Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Bf6#) (31... Ne5 32. Qf6 $1 Rf8 33. Rxe5 $1
dxe5 34. Bxe5 $18) 32. Rxf7 $3 Kxf7 33. Qxh7+ Ke8 34. Re1+ Ne5 35. Bxe5 dxe5
36. Rxe5+ Kf8 37. Re7 $1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Re1 (9. Bg5 Be6 10. Re1 a5 11. Bb5 Nd7 (11... Ne5 12. h3 Rc8 13. Nd5
Bxd5 14. exd5 a4 15. Bxa4 Nc4 16. Rb1 Qb6 17. Nd2 Nxb2 18. Qf3 Qd4 19. Bb3 Rfe8
20. Ne4 {1-0 Geller,E-Knoppert,E/Berlin 1991/ (31)}) (11... h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13.
a4 g5 14. Bg3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nd4 16. Bc4 e6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Kh1 Rfd8 19. f3 d5
20. exd5 exd5 21. Bb5 Nf5 {0-1 Xie Jun-Gaponenko,I/Yerevan 1996/ (27)}) (11...
Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 h6 15. Bd2 Nd7 $2 (15... b6) 16. Nxa5 Nd3
17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Be3 Qxb7 19. Qxd3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Bakhrakh,V/St
Petersburg 1996/ (28)}) 12. Nd5 Re8 13. c3 a4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Nf3 Ra5 16. Qd3
Bd7 17. Qe2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rad1 {1-0
Kupreichik,V-Velimirovic,D/Cetinje 1993/ (38)}) 9... a5 (9... a6 10. Bf1 b5 11.
Nd5 Nd7 $1 12. c3 e6 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Ng4 Nc4 16. Nd2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1
Nxd2 18. Bxd2 f5 $15 {Zagrebelny-Serper/Tashkent/1992/}) 10. Bb5 Be6 11. h3 {
Kovalov makes a timid move, that can hardly crack the black defense. The
position after 11.Bg5 would have transposed to the well known line with
somewhat better chances for white.} (11. Bg5 $1) 11... Rc8 (11... Qc7 12. Be3
Ne5 $11) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 (13. Bh4) 13... d5 {Stanojoski is impatient to
solve the problems of the center, since white often continues with unpleasant
jump of the knight to d5.} 14. Bxc6 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5
17. c4 Be6 18. Rad1 Bxb2 19. Nc5 $14) 14... Rxc6 (14... bxc6 15. Nc5 Rb8 (15...
Nxe4 16. N3xe4 dxe4 17. Nxe6 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 fxe6 19. Rd7 Kf7 20. Bc5 Bf6 21.
Red1 $14) 16. Bd4 Bc8 $11) 15. e5 (15. Nd4 Rxc3 $5 (15... Rc4 16. e5 Nd7 17.
Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nxd5 Nxe5 19. Nc3 $14) 16. bxc3 Nxe4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Kf7
$13) 15... Ne4 16. Nd4 Ra6 17. Ncb5 (17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. c3 Qc7 $11) 17... Bc8 (
17... Bxe5 18. Bxh6 Re8 19. f3 Bd7 20. fxe4 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qb6+ 22. Be3 Qxb5 23.
Qxd5 Qxd5 24. exd5 e6 25. dxe6 Raxe6 26. Bf2 $14) 18. f3 Nc5 (18... Ng3 19. Qd2
g5 20. Bf2 Nh5 $11) 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rad1 e6 {White has managed to obtain small
advantage, but black's position is very solid.} (20... Qd7 21. Nc3 Na4 (21...
Bxe5 $2 22. Bxh6 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Kxh6 24. Qxc5 $18) 22. Nxa4 Qxa4 23. b3 Qd7 24.
f4 $14) (20... Nd7 21. f4 a4 22. Qc3 $14) 21. Nf5 $5 (21. Bf4 Bd7 22. c3 Bxb5
23. Nxb5 Qb6 24. Nd4 a4 $11) 21... gxf5 (21... Nb3 22. axb3 gxf5 23. f4 $14)
22. Bxc5 Rg8 23. Bd4 (23. c4 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27.
Re2 Re6 $11) 23... Bf8 24. Nc3 Rc6 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Bf2 (26. a3 Qg3 27. Rg1 $11)
26... Qg5 27. Be3 Qg6 {With two bishops and open g file black can hope to keep
balance.} (27... Qg3 28. Bf4 Qh4 29. Nb5 Rc4 30. Nd4 a4 31. c3 b6 32. Kh2 $11)
28. Rg1 Rc4 29. Bd4 (29. g4 Bb4 30. Bd4 Bd7 $11) 29... Qg5 30. Qd3 Qh4 31. Ne2
Bd7 32. Kh2 (32. b3 Rc8 33. Kh2 $11) 32... Kh8 (32... Bb5 33. Qd2 Rc8 $15) 33.
g3 Qg5 34. Nf4 Bc5 (34... Bb5 35. b3 Rc5 36. Qd2 Rc8 37. g4 Be7 38. c3 $14) 35.
h4 $2 (35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. h4 Qg7 37. Rde1 Bb5 38. Qd2 d4 $11) 35... Qd8 $2 {
Both players seem to have missed the simple combination winning a pawn for
black.} (35... Rxd4 $1 36. hxg5 Rxd3 37. Nxd3 Bxg1+ 38. Kxg1 hxg5 $17) 36. Bxc5
Rxc5 37. Rg2 Qc7 (37... Bb5 38. Qe3 Rc6 39. Ne2 Rg6 40. Nd4 Rb6 41. Nxb5 Rxb5
42. c4 $16) 38. Qe3 Rxc2 $2 {This grave tactical mistake looses on the spot,
white manages to win with kingside attack.} (38... Rg7 39. c3 Rc4 40. Rdg1 $14)
39. Nxd5 $1 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Qc2+ (40... exd5 41. Qxh6#) 41. Rd2 f4 42. Qxf4 Qg6
(42... Qh7 43. Nf6 $18) 43. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[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. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 b4 14. Nd5 Nd7 15.
Rb1 {It seems a bit more logical to protect the b2 pawn from the a2 square.} (
15. Ra2 Nc5 (15... e6 16. Ndf4 Qc7 (16... b3 17. cxb3 Nb4 18. Ra1 Bxb2 19. Rb1
Be5 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Ba6 23. Rfd1 Rc8 {0-1 Marinkovic,
I-Kovacevic,A/Ulcinj/1997/ (40)}) 17. b3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Rfd8 (18... Ra8 19. Rxa8
Rxa8 20. Rd1 (20. Nd3 $5 Ba6 21. Rd1) 20... Ra1 $1 21. Nc1 Bb2 22. Nfe2 Ba6 23.
Kh2 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nc5 26. f4 e5 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Maki,V/Pula/
1997/ (43)}) 19. Nd3 Ba8 20. Bg5 Rdc8 21. Bh6 Bh8 22. Rd1 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,
V-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal/1996/ (44)}) (15... Bb7 16. Qd2 e6 17. Ndf4 Nde5 18.
b3 Qc7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rfc8 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Rd1 Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Rogic,
D-Loncar,R/Medulin/1997/ (34)}) 16. b3 (16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Re8
19. b3 h6 20. Bd2 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb6 22. Re1 {1-0 Mokry,K-Jirovsky,P/CZE/1998/ 
(33)}) 16... Bb7 17. g4 e6 18. Ndf4 Ne5 (18... Qe7 19. Nd3 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. Qd2 Ra2 22. Ndc1 Ra1 23. Rd1 e5 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Ne6 {1/2-1/2
Popovic,P-Zaltsman,V/New York/1986/ (30)}) 19. Ng3 Qc7 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Rd1
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 d5 24. Ra7 Qc8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Bg5 Qc5 27. Bxd8
dxe4 {1/2-1/2 Grigorov,J-Inkiov,V/Sofia/1985/ (53)}) (15. Nd4 $4 Bxd4 $1 $19 (
15... Bb7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd5 (18... e5 19. Qd2 Bxd5 20.
Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Slobodjan,R-Sadler,M/Germany/1999/ (35)}) 19. exd5
Qc7 20. Ra7 Rb7 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Re1 Nf6 23. Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Shalnev,N-Vuckovic,
A/Neuwied/1993/ (30)}) (15... Nde5 16. f4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
f5 (19. Qd2 Be6 20. Ra6 Rc8 21. Rf2 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nb8 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Ra7 {
1/2-1/2 Mazi,L-Gazarek,D/Ljubljana/1998/ (31)}) 19... Bb7 20. Kh2 Ne5 21. Nxe7
f6 22. Nd5 g5 23. Ne3 Rf7 24. h4 gxh4 25. gxh4 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Mendoza,R-Bischoff,
D/Yerevan/1996/ (48)}) 16. Bxd4 e6 17. Ne3 (17. Nf4 e5 $19) 17... e5 18. Ba7
Rb7 19. Qxd6 Nxa7 20. Nd5 (20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Bf1 Qf6 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Nd5 Qe6 {
0-1 L'Ami,E-Tiviakov,S/Hoogeveen/1999/ (47)}) 20... Re8 21. Nxb4 Re6 22. Qd2
Qb6 (22... Nc6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. c3 Qb6 25. b4 Qc7 26. Rac1 Nb6 {0-1 Bellia,
Fabrizio-Tiviakov,Sergei/Caorle/1990 (41)}) 23. c3 Nc6 24. Ra6 Qb5 25. Ra8 Nb6
26. Raa1 Nxb4 27. cxb4 Rd7 {0-1 Kamsky,G-Tiviakov,S/Daugavpils/1986/ (68)}) (
15. Qc1 e6 (15... Nde5 16. b3 e6 17. Ndf4 Bb7 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
Rfc8 21. Ra2 Ra8 {0-1 Payen,A-Rigo,J/Paris/1995/ (35)}) 16. Ndf4 Nb6 (16... Qc7
17. Ra2 Nf6 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. c4 Bb7 20. b3 Nd7 21. Rd1 Nce5 22. Nxb4 {1-0
Malakhov,V-Svidler,P/Elista/1997/ (28)}) 17. Nd3 Re8 18. Rd1 Nc4 19. Bh6 Bh8
20. b3 N4a5 21. Ra2 Ba6 22. Bg5 Qc7 {1-0 Payen,A-Derrieux,C/Bagneux/1993/ (81)}
) 15... e6 16. Ndf4 b3 $5 17. cxb3 (17. Qxd6 bxc2 18. Rbc1 Nb4 $13) 17... Nc5
18. Nc1 (18. Rc1 Ba6 19. Re1 (19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Rxc5 Nd4 22. Re1
Nxe2+ 23. Nxe2 Rxb3 $15) 19... Qe7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qc2 Rfc8 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23.
Rxc5 Rxb3 24. Rec1 Ne7 $11) 18... Na5 (18... Ba6 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Bd2 $14) 19.
e5 $3 {[%mdl 64] A surprising move, that shows the conncetion between the
squares b4,c5 and e5 in it's main tactical undercurrent.} (19. Bxc5 dxc5 20.
Qc2 Qb6 21. Rd1 $13) 19... Ba6 (19... dxe5 $2 20. Bxc5 exf4 21. Bxf8 $18) (
19... Bxe5 20. b4 Rxb4 (20... g5 21. bxc5 gxf4 22. gxf4 $16) (20... Bxf4 21.
Bxf4 e5 22. Bd2 $18) 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Nfd3 $1 (23. Ncd3 $6 Bxf4
24. Nxb4 Bd2 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. Bxc6 Ba6 27. Rfd1 Be2 $17) 23... Nc4 24. Nxb4
cxb4 25. Na2 b3 26. Nc3 $14) 20. Re1 Naxb3 (20... Ncb7 $2 21. exd6 e5 22. Nd5
Nxd6 23. Ra1 $18) 21. exd6 (21. Qxd6 $1 Qa5 (21... Qxd6 22. exd6 Rfd8 23. Nxb3
Nxb3 24. Red1 Rb4 25. Bc6 Be5 26. d7 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Nd4 28. Bg5 Nxc6 29. Rbc1 $1
$18) (21... Qc8 22. Nxb3 Nxb3 23. Rec1 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Qe8 25. Qxa6 Bxe5 26. Nd3
$18) 22. Nxb3 Nxb3 23. Qa3 Qxa3 24. bxa3 Bc4 25. Ba7 Rbc8 26. Re3 $16) 21...
Qd7 22. Nxb3 Nxb3 23. Ne2 (23. Nd3 Rfd8 24. Nc5 (24. Bf4 f6 25. Nc1 Nxc1 26.
Rxc1 e5 27. Rc6 Bb5 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Rc7 Qxd6 $11) 24... Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxb2 $11
) 23... Be5 $1 {Shirov's pieces are very active, so he should be able to come
close to equality.} (23... Rfd8 24. Bf4 f6 25. Nc3 $16) 24. Nd4 (24. Nc1 Nxc1
25. Rxc1 Rfc8 $14) 24... Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd6 26. Bc3 (26. Bc5 Rfd8 27. b4 Qc7
$11) 26... Qe7 27. Ra1 (27. Bf6 Qxf6 28. Qxd6 Bb7 $11) 27... Bb7 28. Bxb7 (28.
Ra7 Bc5 $11) 28... Rxb7 29. Qf3 (29. Qd4 e5 30. Qe4 Rd8 31. Ra6 $14) 29... Rb5
30. Qe3 (30. Bf6 $5 Qc7 31. Rac1 $14) 30... Bb4 31. Ra7 Rb7 32. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Vouldis, Angelos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 d5 11. Nc5 d4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nb1 (13. Na4 Kh8 (
13... b6 14. Bg5 e5 15. b3 h6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Nb2 Kh7 18. h4 h5 19. g3 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 Ciganikova,A-Pinter,E/SVK 1999/ (59)}) (13... Qa5 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qb3
Kh8 16. Bd2 Ng4 17. f3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bd4+ 19. Bxd4+ Nxd4 20. Qc3 Qxa4 21. fxg4
e5 {1/2-1/2 Pujos,S-Philippe,C/France 2001/ (59)}) 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. e5 Nd5 16.
Nd3 Qc7 17. f4 Ncb4 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Re2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qc4 {
0-1 Sinowjew,J-Anka,E/Budapest 1993/ (46)}) 13... Ne5 (13... Qb6 14. Nd2 Ne5
15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Rac8 17. Bb3 Kh8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Bg5 Rf7 20. a4 {1-0
Feuvrier,S-Leclair,M/FRA 1999/ (41)}) 14. Bf4 $2 {The combination of white
underdeveloped pieces and open f file for black rook is very dangerous,
Schmalz will be punished in a great style.} (14. h3 Qb6 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Nd2 Nf4
17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 d3 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. cxd3 Qxa1 21. Qxa1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 {
1-0 Bauer,C-Aronian,L/Cannes 1996/ (61)}) 14... Nfg4 15. Bg3 (15. Bxe5 Nxf2 16.
Qe2 Bxe5 $19) 15... d3 16. cxd3 (16. h3 Nxf2 $3 17. Bxf2 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Ng4+ $1
19. hxg4 (19. Qxg4 Qd4+ 20. Re3 Rf8+ 21. Qf3 Bh6 22. Ke1 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 dxc2 $19
) 19... Qb6+ 20. Kg3 Be5+ 21. Kh3 Qg1 22. g5 Qh2+ 23. Kg4 Qh5#) 16... Qd4 17.
Qe2 (17. Re2 Nxd3 18. Nc3 Ngxf2 19. Bxf2 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Qg1+ $1
22. Kxg1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxd1+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nxe4+ 27. Kh1
Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nd1+ 29. Kh1 Nxb2 $19) 17... Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Vouldis plays
beatiful combination based on complete domination over the dark squares.} 18.
Bxf2 Rxf2 19. Qxf2 Ng4 20. Qxd4 (20. Re2 Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Rf8 $19) 20... Bxd4+ 21.
Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nxd3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxe4+ 25. Kh1 (25. Re3 Bxe3+ 26.
Kh1 Rf8 27. Be2 Bc1 $19) 25... Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nd3+ 27. Kh1 Nxe1 28. Nd2 (28. Nc3
Nc2 29. Rd1 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Ne3 $19) 28... Nc2 29. Rc1 Ne3 30. Be2 {Due to the
opposite coloured bishops and doubled e pawn black has to work for his
deserved point.} (30. b4 Nxf1 31. Nf3 e5 32. Rxf1 Rc8 $19) 30... Rd8 (30...
Bxb2 31. Rc7 Be5 32. Rxb7 Rc8 33. Kg1 Rc2 34. Kf2 Nd5 35. Nc4 Nc3 $19) 31. Nf3
Bb6 (31... Bxb2 32. Rb1 Bd4 33. Rxb7 e5 34. Rxe7 Rc8 35. h3 Nf5 $19) 32. h3 h6
33. b4 Kg7 34. a4 Nd5 35. a5 (35. b5 Nf4 36. Bc4 Rc8 37. Rc2 Kf6 $19) 35... Be3
36. Rc4 Kf6 37. g3 a6 38. h4 (38. Re4 Ba7 (38... Bc1 39. Bc4 Bb2 40. Nd2 Bc3
41. Nb3 e5 42. Nc5 $132) 39. Kg2 Bb8 $19) 38... Ba7 39. Kh2 e5 40. Kh3 Bb8 41.
Nh2 (41. Nd2 Nf4+ $1 (41... Ne3 42. Rc3 Rxd2 (42... Nf5 43. Ne4+ Kg7 44. Nc5
$132) 43. Rxe3 Bd6 44. Bf3 Bxb4 45. Bxb7 Rd6 46. Rb3 $15) 42. gxf4 Rxd2 43.
fxe5+ (43. Bf3 exf4 44. Bxb7 h5 45. Rc1 f3 46. Rh1 Rg2 $19) 43... Bxe5 44. Re4
Kf5 $19) 41... h5 42. Nf3 Ne3 43. Rc3 Nd1 44. Bxd1 {White had to avoid such
exchange of pieces at all costs, but he really wanted to get a semblance of
counterplay.} (44. Rc1 Nf2+ 45. Kg2 Ne4 46. Rf1 Kg7 $17) 44... Rxd1 45. Rc8 Bd6
46. Ng5 e6 47. Re8 (47. Ne4+ Kf5 48. Nxd6+ Rxd6 49. Rf8+ Ke4 50. Rf7 b6 51. Rg7
Kd3 52. Rxg6 e4 $19) 47... Be7 48. Rh8 Kf5 49. Rh7 Bxg5 50. hxg5 e4 51. Kg2
Rd2+ 52. Kf1 Kg4 53. Rxb7 Kxg3 54. Rb6 h4 (54... h4 55. Rxe6 h3 56. Rxg6 h2 $19
) 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[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. Be2 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Bh4 Nd7 13. Rb1 Nb6 {Black is
doing fine in this line, as his pieces are well developed and weaknesses are
not obvious.} 14. Nd5 Re8 (14... Nc4 15. c3 f6 16. Nd2 $14) 15. Re1 a5 (15...
Nc4 16. c3 a5 17. Nd2 $14) 16. c3 a4 (16... b4 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Bf2 $14) 17. Nc1
Nxd5 18. exd5 (18. Qxd5 b4 $11) 18... Na5 19. Ne2 Rc8 (19... Qd7 20. Nd4 e5 21.
dxe6 fxe6 22. Bf2 Rab8 $11) 20. Nd4 {With the white pawn on d5 black has to
worry about c6 square and a pawn on e7.} Rc5 21. Nc2 Rc4 (21... Qd7 22. Qd3 e5
23. Bf2 Rcc8 $11) 22. Qd2 Qd7 23. Bf2 Rcc8 24. Qd3 Ba8 (24... Nc4 25. Nd4 $14)
25. Nd4 Nc4 26. b3 Na3 27. Rbc1 e5 (27... Bh6 28. Qd2 e5 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Bg4
Bd5 31. Qb2 Bxf4 32. Qxa3 $16) 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Qh3 axb3 31.
axb3 Rac8 $2 {Counterplay doesn't seem to be sufficient, so it made sense to
exchange the bishop for the knight with 31...Bxd4.} (31... Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Qf7
33. Qf3 $14) 32. Nxe6 b4 (32... Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Bxc3 34. Qxc3 Rxe6 35. Ra1 b4 36.
Qxb4 Nb5 37. Ra5 $16) 33. Nxg7 (33. c4 Re7 34. Bh4 Rf7 35. Qd3 Bc3 36. Re2 $16)
(33. cxb4 $4 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxe6 $19) 33... Qxh3 34. Rxe8+ (34. gxh3 Kxg7 35. c4
Kf7 36. h4 h5 37. Kg2 $16) 34... Rxe8 35. gxh3 Kxg7 36. Kg2 $2 {Apicella is
paying back the favour, now black will be able to get enough compensation.} (
36. c4 Kf7 37. Rd1 Re6 38. Kg2 $16) 36... bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rb8 38. Kf3 Kf6 (38...
Nb1 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Bd4 Rxb3+ 41. Kg4 Rb4 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Bf6 Nd2 44. Rxh7
Ne4 $11) 39. Be1 (39. Be3 Nb5 40. Rd3 Ke6 41. h4 $14) 39... Ke6 40. Kg4 d5 41.
Re3+ (41. Bf2 Nb5 42. Re3+ Kd6 43. h4 Nd4 $11) 41... Kd7 42. Rd3 Nc2 43. Rxd5+
Ke6 44. Re5+ Kf7 45. Bf2 (45. b4 Nxe1 46. Rxe1 Rxb4 $11) 45... Rxb3 {The
disadvantage has been reduced to the bare minimum, Chabanon should survive.}
46. h4 Rb4 47. Bc5 (47. h5 Nd4 48. hxg6+ hxg6 $14) 47... Rc4 48. Kg5 Nd4 49.
Bxd4 Rxd4 50. h5 gxh5 51. Ra5 h6+ 52. Kf5 (52. Kxh6 Rxf4 $11) 52... Rd6 53.
Ra7+ Kf8 54. h4 (54. Ke5 Rb6 55. f5 Rb5+ $11) 54... Rb6 55. Rd7 Ra6 56. Ke5 Rg6
57. f5 Rg4 58. Kf6 Kg8 $1 59. Rd8+ Kh7 60. Ke5 (60. Kf7 Rxh4 61. f6 Ra4 $11)
60... Kg7 61. Rd7+ (61. f6+ Kf7 (61... Kg6 $2 62. Rd7 $18) 62. Kf5 Rxh4 63.
Rd7+ Kf8 64. Kg6 Rg4+ $11) 61... Kg8 62. Ke6 Re4+ 63. Kf6 Rxh4 64. Rd8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Bg5 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 Rc8 12. Kh1 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Ndb5 Qb6 15.
Bd3 Nxd3 (15... Qc5 16. Bh4 Qh5 17. Qxh5 gxh5 18. Rf3 Rfe8 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Bf2
Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Ehrler,E-Wallinger,M/Kitzingen/1980/ (24)}) (15...
Rc5 16. Bh4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qc7 18. Bf2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rh5 20. g4 Rc5 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. Rxa5 {1-0 Sziva,E-Hendriks,W/Enschede 1996/ (36)}) (15... Rfe8 16. Qe2
Bxd3 17. cxd3 Nd7 18. f5 Nc5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. d4 Nd7 21. Rad1 {1-0 Kundin,A-Le
Roux,J/Tallinn/1997/ (38)}) (15... Bxd3 16. cxd3 d5 17. e5 d4 18. exf6 exf6 19.
Bh4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. c4 Ne3 22. Bf2 {1-0 Haik,A-Dancevski,O/Cannes/1997/ 
(50)}) 16. cxd3 Bxb5 17. axb5 (17. Nxb5 Rc6 $11) 17... e6 (17... h6 18. Bh4 e6
19. f5 $40) 18. f5 gxf5 $2 {Black is too courageous in opening the kingside,
white will obtain serious attacking chances.} (18... Nd7 19. f6 Bh8 20. Qe1 Ne5
21. Qg3 Qd4 22. Rfd1 $13) 19. exf5 d5 (19... Rce8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qh5 $16)
20. Ra4 $2 (20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qg4+
Kf7 25. Qd7+ Kg6 26. Qxc8 Qxb5 27. Qg8+ Kh6 28. g4 $1 $18) 20... h6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qh5 (22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qg4+ Kh7 26. Qd7+
Kg6 27. Qg4+ Kh7 28. Qd7+ $11) 22... Kh7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rg4 Qe3 $1 (24...
Bg5 $2 25. Rf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. h4 Qd6 28. hxg5 Rf8 29. g6 Rxf7 30. gxf7
Kh7 31. Rg8 $18) 25. Qg6+ $6 {Active but wrong, with a bit more restrained 25.
Rg3! the chances where still equaly shared.} (25. Rg3 $1 Qd2 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27.
Rgf3 Bg7 28. Qxe6 Qxd3 29. Rd1 $11) 25... Kh8 26. h4 (26. Nd1 Qd2 27. Rgf4 Bg7
28. Qxe6 Qxd3 29. g4 Qxb5 $17) (26. Rg3 Bxc3 $1 27. Ra1 Qf4 28. Rf3 Rf6 29.
Rxf4 Rxg6 30. bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 26... Be5 27. Rd1 (27. Ra1 $2 Rc7 $17) 27... d4 $2
{The comedy of small errors continues, Brendel misses a way to keep his
chances favourable.} (27... Rc7 $1 28. d4 Bd6 29. g3 Rcf7 30. Kh2 $15) 28. Re4
(28. Ne2 Rg8 29. Qxe6 Rxg4 30. Qxg4 Rf8 $13) 28... Rf6 29. Rxe3 (29. Qxf6+ Bxf6
30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. Re1 Bd4 $17) 29... Rxg6 30. Rxe5 dxc3 31. Rc1 $2 (31. bxc3
Rxc3 32. Rde1 Rxd3 33. Rxe6 $11) 31... cxb2 $3 32. Rxc8+ Rg8 (32... Rg8 33.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Re1 a4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 (11... Nd7 12. Qd2 Re8 (12... Nc5 13.
Bh6 Rc8 14. Rad1 a6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re3 Ne5 17. Be2 h6 18. f4 Ned7 19. Nxc5
Nxc5 20. f5 b5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 {1-0 Lobzhanidze,D-Zesch,L/Leutersdorf
2000/ (67)}) 13. Rad1 (13. Rab1 a6 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. c3 e6 16. Ne3 h6 17. Bf4
Nce5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Bf1 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Lopez,R-De la
Riva Aguado,O/Mondariz 1997/ (60)}) (13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Re3 a6 15. Rh3 Nce5 16.
Re1 b5 17. Qf4 Rc8 18. Nd4 Nf6 19. Qh4 Neg4 20. Bg5 Qb6 {0-1 Timagin,P-David,A/
Pardubice 1999/ (35)}) 13... a6 14. f4 b5 15. e5 Nb6 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7
18. exd6 Qb8 19. Qxb6 b4 20. Rxe7 bxc3 21. Rxb7 {1-0 Chandler,M-Pytel,K/
England 1997/ (28)}) (11... Re8 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Nd5 Ne5 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Bb5
Rf8 16. Qe2 f5 {1/2-1/2 Zozulia,A-Melamed,T/Alushta 1999/ (49)}) (11... Rc8 12.
Nd5 (12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qd7 17. h3 Nd4
18. Bf2 e5 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxb5 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd4 Bxc4 24.
bxc4 Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Helaszek,E-Mikrut,D/Koszalin 1999/ (63)}) (12. Qd2 Re8 13.
Rad1 Na5 14. f3 Qc7 15. Nxa5 bxa5 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Be3 a6 19. Nd4
Qc7 20. c4 Rb8 21. b3 {1-0 Adnoy,H-Martinsen,S/Bergen 2001/ (30)}) 12... e6 13.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. c3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Ne5 (16... d5 17. e5 Qe7 18. Rad1
Rd7 19. Qe3 Rcd8 20. Bb5 Rc7 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd4 {1-0 Vatter,H-Zimmer,F/
Hassloch 1999/ (46)}) 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Nc1 Ne5 19. Nb3 Nc4 {0-1 David,A-Nataf,
I/France 2000/ (24)}) 12. Be3 (12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Qd2 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Rad1 Qd7
16. Re3 Rfd8 17. Be2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Be5 19. Bb5 e6 {0-1 Teodorescu,F-Nevednichy,
V/Herculane 1996/ (39)}) 12... Rc8 13. f3 {Apart from h6 pawn black has no
palpable weaknesses, his bishops could be come strong on the fianchetto
positions.} (13. Qd2 Kh7 14. f3 (14. f4 $6 Ng4 $15) 14... Nd7) 13... Kh7 14.
Qd2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qc7 (15... Nce5 16. f4 Ng4 17. e5 $14) 16. Nd5 Qb8 17. c3 (17.
Bb5 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Nde5 $11) 17... Rfe8 18. Qf2 (18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Bd4
Qb7 $11) 18... e6 19. Nf4 Rcd8 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. c4 (21. Red1 Ne5 $13) (21. Bb5
Re7 22. Red1 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nb4 27. Rd2
Nxa2 $13) 21... Ne5 22. Rc1 (22. Red1 Bxe4 $5 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Qe2 Nxd2 25.
Rxd2 Rc8 $15) 22... d5 {[%mdl 32] Fedrov's pieces could hardly be better, so
he is ready to strike in the center.} (22... Bxe4 $5 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Qe2 Nxd2
25. Bxd2 d5 $15) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 (24. exd5 Nxd5 (24... Nfg4 $5 25. fxg4
Nxg4 26. Qf3 Nxe3 27. Bb5 Re5 28. Bc6 Nf5 $13) 25. Nxd5 Rxd5) 24... Nxd5 25.
exd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 (26. Bd4 Red8 27. Rcd1 Qd6 28. f4 Ng4 29. Qg3 Nf6 $11) 26...
Bxd5 27. Nd4 (27. Bb5 Re7 28. Bf4 Qb7 $1 $15) 27... Qd8 (27... Bxa2 28. b3 $1
Nd7 29. Bc4 Nc5 30. Nc6 (30. Bxf7 Nd3 31. Qd2 Nxc1 32. Nc6 Qa8 33. Bxe8 Qxe8
34. Qxc1 Qd7 $15) 30... Qd6 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Qxa2 Qxc6 33. Qxa7 $11) 28. Bb5 (
28. b3 Nxf3+ $1 29. Nxf3 (29. gxf3 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Qg5+ $19) 29... Bxf3 30. Qxf3
Rxe3 31. Qxf7 Re7 $15) 28... Bxa2 $1 {The tactics works fine for the second
player, white is fighting against the loss of a pawn.} 29. Kh1 (29. Bxe8 Nd3
30. Ne6 $5 (30. Qd2 Nxc1 31. Bb5 Qc7 32. b4 Nb3 33. Qxa2 Nxd4 $17) 30... Bxe6
31. Rd1 Bb3 32. Rd2 Bc4 33. Ba4 Qe7 34. Rxd3 (34. Qe2 Nxb2 $19) 34... Bxd3 $17)
29... Qe7 (29... Bd5 30. Bxe8 Nd3 31. Qc2 Nxc1 32. Bxf7 Bxf7 $17) 30. Bxe8 (30.
b3 Nd3 $1 31. Bxd3 Qxe3 $19) 30... Nd3 31. Qd2 (31. Qe2 Nxc1 32. Bxc1 Qc5 33.
Nc2 Bb3 34. Qd2 Qxc2 35. Qxc2 Bxc2 36. Bxf7 Bd4 $15) 31... Nxc1 32. Bxf7 (32.
Ba4 Qc7 (32... Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Nb3 34. Bxb3 Bxb3 35. g4 $15) 33. b4 a6 34. Nf5
Qc4 35. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Bxc1 gxf5 $17) 32... Bxf7 33. Qxc1 a5 {With bishops
pair and a pawn majority on the queenside all chances are pointing to black.}
34. Qd2 (34. Nc6 Qd6 35. Na7 (35. Bxb6 Bd5 $19) 35... Qf6 36. Qc7 Bd5 37. Bxb6
Qxb2 $17) 34... a4 $1 35. Kg1 (35. Nc2 Bb3 36. Nd4 Bc4 $17) 35... Bc4 36. f4
Qe4 37. Kf2 (37. Nc2 b5 38. Bd4 Bf8 $17) 37... b5 38. Nf3 Bd5 39. Bc5 (39. Bd4
Bf8 40. Qa5 Qc2+ 41. Kg3 Bxf3 42. Qa7+ Kg8 43. Kxf3 Qc6+ 44. Kf2 b4 $17) 39...
Bc6 40. Bb4 Bf6 41. Kg3 (41. Bc5 Bd5 $17) 41... g5 $1 42. fxg5 (42. Bd6 gxf4+
43. Bxf4 b4 44. Qd6 Bg7 $17) 42... hxg5 43. Bc3 $2 {Serious tactical mistake,
suddenly a4 pawn will become unstoppable.} (43. Nxg5+ $1 Bxg5 44. Qxg5 Qxb4 (
44... Qxg2+ 45. Kh4 $1 (45. Kf4 $2 Qe4+ 46. Kg3 Qxb4 47. Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kf7
49. Qc7+ Kf8 50. Qxc6 Qxb2 $19) 45... Qxh2+ 46. Kg4 Qg2+ 47. Kh4 Qh1+ 48. Kg3
Qf3+ 49. Kh4 Qe4+ (49... Qf2+ 50. Qg3 Qf6+ 51. Qg5 $15) 50. Qg4 Qh1+ 51. Qh3
Qd5 $15) 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46. Qe5+ Kf7 47. Qc7+ Kf8 48. Qxc6 Qxb2 $17) (43. Bd6 g4
44. Nh4 Bd7 $17) 43... Qf4+ $1 44. Qxf4 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Bxc3 46. Ng5+ (46. bxc3
Bxf3 47. gxf3 a3 $19) 46... Kg6 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Kh1 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. a4 {Black's pieces are developed
so harmoniously, that White's chances to get the advantage must be minimal.} (
12. Qe1 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Bg7 17. a4 Qd7 18.
Qd1 Rc4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3 Rfc8 {0-1 Koenig,I-Napolitano,M/Munich 1936 (49)}
) (12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nd4 Na5 14. b3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nce2 Qc7 17. Rac1 Nxd4
18. Bxd4 e5 19. Ba1 Nc5 20. f5 Bxe4 21. f6 Bh8 22. Nc3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 {1-0
Sznapik,A (2440)-Sax,G (2550)/Baile Herculane 1982 (42)}) (12. e5 dxe5 13. Nc5
Qb6 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Qe1 Nde5 19. Ng5
Qc8 20. Qh4 h6 21. Ne4 Nd4 $19 {0-1 Cherniaev,A (2410)-Serper,G (2560)/St
Petersburg 1994 (27)}) (12. Nd5 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. c3 Qc7 15. Be3 Rad8 16.
Qe2 Nb8 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 $11 {
1-0 Barua,D (2528)-Bakre,T (2443)/Calicut 2003 (61)}) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 {
Both other alternative moves make an equally good impression, the only problem
was the burden of choice.} (13... e6 14. Ne3 Qc7 15. Bd2 a5 $11) (13... Nd7 14.
a5 (14. f5 e6 15. Nf4 Qe7 $15) 14... Rb8 15. Be3 $13) 14. exd5 Na5 15. c3 $5 {
Nisipeanu felt, that his position could become endangered and thus he chooses
somewhat shocking solution.} (15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Rd1 Qc5 18. Nb3 Nxb3
19. Qxb3 a5 20. c3 Ba6 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Rb1 b3 $17 {0-1 Boulay,
D-Charbonneau,P/Montreal 1997 (79)}) (15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Qd3 Rfc8
$15) 15... bxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 (16... Bxc3 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bd4 $15)
17. Rb1 Ba8 18. Nd2 $6 {White was playing really slowly at this stage and the
insecurity has kept going till the last move. A much better idea was to crown
his risky concept with the logical move 18.f5!? with chances for full
compensation.} (18. f5 $5 Bxc3 (18... gxf5 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Qd3 e6 21. Qxa6 $14)
19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nd2 $44) 18... Nc4 (
18... Bxc3 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Qxa6 Qxa4 21. Ne4 Qc2 $15) 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Bd2 (
20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Bd2 Rxa4 $15) 20... Qa5 21. Qe1 (21. Qe2 Bxd5 22. Qxe7 Bxf3 23.
Rxf3 Qd5 24. Qe2 Rxa4 $17) 21... Bxd5 22. Be2 Qxa4 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Young
Carlsen is well known for his positive attitude towards exchange sacrifices.
At this moment the trade is nearly forced, but the consequences will be very
pleasant for Black.} (22... Rxa4 23. c4 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 $13) 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24.
Rf2 (24. Rg1 Qc2 $17) 24... e6 25. Be3 (25. Rb4 Qc6 26. Be3 Qd5 $17) 25... Bd5
26. Rfb2 Qe4 27. Qd2 h5 {The optimal spread of the black forces is clearly
favourable for the activity with two bishops.} (27... a5 $17) 28. Bd4 (28. Rb8
$2 Bxc3 $1 $19) 28... Bh6 29. Be3 $138 (29. Rb8 Bxf4 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rb8+
Ke7 $19) 29... a5 $1 30. Rb8 $6 {Time trouble is seldom a relief in difficult
positions. Nisipeanu would love to exchange the pieces in order to ease the
pressure from his opponent.} (30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Kg1 e5 $17) 30... Kh7 31. h3 (31.
Rxf8 $2 Qxb1+ $19) 31... Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Bg7 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34. cxd4 a4 $1 {
The true consequence of exchanges is the situation, in which White has no way
of preventing the black pawn from reaching the a2-square.} 35. Kh2 a3 36. Rb4
a2 37. Ra4 Qb1 {White is just able to stop the pawn from promoting, but not
the disaster on the kingside.} (37... Qb1 38. Qc3 Qf1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Bg4 8. Nde2 Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. c3 b5 14.
axb5 axb5 15. Bg5 (15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf4 b4 18. Nd5 Bh8 $11) 15...
Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nd4 (17. b4 Bxh3 18. Bxe7 (18. Bxh3 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Nxg5 20.
Bg2 f5 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rc8 $15) 18... Qxe7 19. Bxh3 Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Rfe8 $15
) 17... b4 $1 {Black defends weak spots c6 and e7 and starts active play
against white pawns structure.} 18. cxb4 (18. f4 h6 19. Bh4 Nc4 20. Qe2 Qc7 21.
Nc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc4 Qb6+ 23. Rf2 bxc3 $1 $13) 18... Rxb4 19. Nc6 Bxc6 $1 (19...
Nxc6 20. dxc6 Be6 21. Ra7 Re8 22. Re1 Rxb2 23. c7 Qd7 24. Bxe7 $1 $14) 20. dxc6
h6 21. Bd2 (21. Bc1 e6 $15) 21... Rxb2 22. Ba5 Qc8 23. Qd5 (23. Bc3 Rb5 $17)
23... Qf5 24. g4 (24. f4 e6 $1 25. Qe4 (25. Qxd6 Nc4 26. Qc7 Qc2 $19) 25...
Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Nc4 27. Ra4 d5 $19) 24... Qf4 25. c7 Nxg4 $1 {[%mdl 64] The
tactics directed against the king tends be very effective.} (25... Nc4 26. Qe4
$1 (26. Rac1 Be5 27. Rfe1 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qf4 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Bd4 $19) (26.
Rfc1 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Ne3 28. Qf3 Qxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Nxg2 30. c8=Q Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kh7
$19) 26... Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxa5 28. Rxa5 $14) 26. hxg4 Be5 27. Qxe5 $8 (27. Rfd1
Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Bf4+ 31. Kg1 Be3+ 32. Kf1 Qf2#) 27...
dxe5 28. Rad1 (28. Rab1 Rc2 (28... Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qxg4 30. Rb8 Rc8 31. Kh2 e4
32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Bxe4 f5 $19) 29. Rb4 Qf6 30. Bb7 Qh4 $19) 28... Rc2 29. Rd8
e4 30. Bb6 Qxg4 (30... Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Qxc7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bxe4 Qf4 34. f3 f5
$19) 31. Ra1 (31. Re1 e3 $1 $19) 31... e3 $1 32. Raa8 Rc1+ (32... Rc1+ 33. Kh2
Qh4+ 34. Bh3 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 Qxf2#) 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 77th"]
[Site "Osterburg"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hoepfl, Thomas"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bd7 8.
Bg2 Qc8 9. h3 Bg7 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Ncd5 $6 Nxd5 12. exd5 {The score for white
is not exactly encouraging as he struggles to finish development and tame
active black pieces.} (12. Nxd5 Re8 13. c3 Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 15. a4 Qc5 16. Qd3 b5
17. Ne3 Rac8 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. axb5 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Bxc3+ 22. Kf2
Bxa1 $17 {0-1 Inkiov,V (2440)-Marcelin,C (2452)/Paris 2002/ (64)}) 12... Ne5 (
12... Nb4 13. O-O Nxc2 14. Rb1 Bb5 15. Ne2 Qf5 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Rc1 Rc5 18. Bf3
Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 {0-1 Zieher,H (2235)-Mandl,R/Germany 1984/ (30)}) 13. a4 (13.
O-O b5 14. g4 b4 15. Nd3 a5 16. Re1 Re8 17. a3 Bb5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. axb4 axb4
20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qd2 Bc4 22. Qxb4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15 {0-1 Jaitte,P-Henao,
R (2380)/Buenos Aires 1991/ (54)}) 13... Qc4 14. Qe2 $2 {Meister is clearly
leading in development so it is no wonder, that this meak move is not solving
whiteґs problem.} (14. Ne2 Bf5 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Ra3 h5 $17) 14... Rfc8 15. c3
Bxa4 (15... g5 16. Nh5 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Be5 $17) 16. Qxc4 Rxc4 17.
Be3 (17. Bf1 Re4+ 18. Be3 Bd7 $17) 17... Be8 18. Rxa7 (18. Kd2 Rcc8 19. b3 Nd7
20. Ne2 a5 $17) (18. Bxa7 Ra4 19. Rxa4 Bxa4 20. Be3 Bb5 21. Kd2 g5 22. Nh5 Nc4+
23. Kc2 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 Be5 $17) 18... Rxa7 19. Bxa7 {Hoepfl just about manages
to keep material balance, but now the position will collapse under attack of
well prepared black pieces.} Ra4 20. Bd4 (20. Be3 Ra1+ 21. Kd2 Nc4+ 22. Ke2 Ra2
$19) 20... Ra1+ 21. Kd2 (21. Ke2 Bb5+ 22. Ke3 Nc4+ 23. Ke4 Ra2 24. b3 f5+ 25.
Kf3 Nd2+ 26. Ke3 g5 27. Nd3 Bxd4+ 28. cxd4 Nxb3 $19) 21... Nc4+ 22. Kc2 (22.
Ke2 Ra2 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rb1 Nxb2 $17) 22... Ba4+ {Rarely all black pieces
play in such a full harmony.} 23. Kd3 (23. b3 Ra2+ 24. Kd1 Bxb3+ 25. Ke1 Bxd4
26. cxd4 Rd2 $19) 23... Nxb2+ 24. Ke3 Nd1+ 25. Kd3 (25. Kf3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 g5
27. Nd3 Bb5 $19) 25... Ra2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 (10. Bg5 d4 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bc4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxf4 O-O 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. e5 Qe7 {0-1 Rovner,
D-Chekhover,V/Leningrad 1938/ (38)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 (11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7
Ndxe7 $11) 11... Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O-O O-O-O {White can claim minimal
advantage due to the queenside majority, but chances for win are small.} (13...
Be6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rc8 16. Bd3 f6 $11) 14. c4 Be6 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 (15...
Nxd8 16. Bxa7 Bh6+ 17. Kc2 (17. Kd1 Kc7 18. c5 Bxb3+ 19. axb3 Ne6 20. Bb6+ Kc6
21. b4 Ra8 22. Kc2 $14) 17... Nc6 18. Bc5 Rd8 19. Bd3 $14) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 (16...
Bc8 17. Bd3 b6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nf6 $13) 17. Bxc5 Kc7 18. Bd3 Rd8 19. Rd1 b6 20.
Ba3 (20. Be3 Nb4 21. Be2 Nxa2+ $15) 20... h5 21. b3 g5 (21... f5 22. Be2 Rd7
23. Bb2 g5 $11) 22. Bb1 Nd4 $2 {Sedlak plays actively, but in a very
suspicious way.} (22... Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 f5 24. Bf8 g4 25. Bg7 a6 $11) 23. Re1 $1
Nc6 (23... f6 $2 24. Be7 $18) 24. Be4 g4 (24... f6 $2 25. Bxc6 Kxc6 26. Be7 $18
) 25. Bb2 (25. Bxc6 Kxc6 26. Rxe5 gxf3 27. gxf3 Rd3 28. Rxh5 Rxf3 $14) 25...
Nd4 (25... f6 26. fxg4 Bxg4 (26... hxg4 27. Rf1 f5 28. Bxf5 Rf8 29. Bd3 Rh8 30.
Be4 Rxh2 31. Rf6 $16) 27. h3 Bd7 28. Rf1 $16) 26. Bh7 gxf3 27. gxf3 (27. Rxe5
$2 f2 $1 28. Bd3 Nxb3+ $19) 27... f6 (27... Nxf3 28. Re3 Nd4 29. Rxe5 $14) 28.
f4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] The opening of the game must be good for the player with a
bishops pair.} Nf3 (28... Rd7 29. Bxd4 Rxh7 30. fxe5 f5 31. Rg1 $16) 29. Re2
Bg4 30. Rf2 Ne1 (30... Nd4 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Be4 Be6 33. Rg2 Bg4 $11) 31. Rd2 (
31. Bc2 Nxc2 32. Kxc2 Re8 $11) 31... Rh8 (31... exf4 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. Bxf6+
Kd7 34. Be5 f3 35. Bd4 Ng2 36. Kd2 $14) 32. Bg6 Rh6 (32... exf4 33. Bxf6 Rh6
34. Be5+ Kc8 35. Bb1 f3 $13) 33. Bb1 exf4 34. Rf2 f3 35. h3 $1 Bxh3 36. Bc3 Ng2
(36... Bg4 37. Bxe1 h4 38. Bd2 $16) 37. Rxf3 Bg4 $6 {White is a pawn down, but
it is black that had to play very carefully.} (37... Bd7 $1 38. Bd2 (38. Bxf6
h4 39. Be5+ Kd8 $13) 38... Rh8 39. Rf2 Rg8 40. Rxf6 h4 $13) 38. Rf2 Nh4 (38...
Ne3 39. Bd2 Nd1 40. Rf4 Rh8 41. Bc2 $18) 39. Bd2 Rh8 40. Rxf6 Nf3 41. Bf4+ Kd7
(41... Kc8 42. Rf7 Bd7 43. Be4 $14) 42. Be4 h4 $2 {Very serious omission,
since now black king will have to go to the 8th rank and his life will be
misserable.} (42... Ke7 $1 43. Rg6 Kf7 44. Rc6 h4 45. Bd5+ Ke7 $14) 43. Rf7+
Ke8 (43... Ke6 44. Bd5#) 44. Rxa7 Rf8 (44... Rh5 45. Rg7 $18) 45. Bd6 Rf6 46.
Bc6+ (46. Bc6+ Bd7 47. Bxd7+ Kd8 48. c5 bxc5 49. Bxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorensen, Jan"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. f4 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Ndb5 Bxb5
15. axb5 Nd7 16. Bg4 $5 (16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Bf3 Ne6 18. Bh4 Nd4 19. Bd1 b6 20. Bf2
e5 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Ne2 Qe8 23. c3 dxc3 24. Nxc3 Qe6 {0-1 Botkin,V-Chernikov,
O/Ozery/1997/ (36)}) 16... Rc7 $6 {Black feels the pressure and sacrifices
importnat pawn, his compensation will e murky at best.} (16... h6 17. Bh4 f5 (
17... Bxc3 $6 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Be1 Re3 20. Qd2 Rxe4 21. c3 $16) 18. exf5 gxf5
19. Bh3 $14) 17. Rxa5 Nb6 18. Be2 (18. Ra7 Nc4 19. b6 (19. Qc1 Nxb2 20. Nd5
Nxd5 21. exd5 f5 22. Be2 Qc8 $13) 19... Nxb6 20. Qe2 Qb8 $11) 18... Qd7 19. Ra3
(19. f5 $1 $16) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 (20. b6 Nxa3 21. bxc7 Naxc2 $15) 20... Rxc4
21. Rb3 (21. f5 $16) 21... Rfc8 22. f5 h6 23. fxg6 fxg6 (23... hxg5 $2 24.
gxf7+ Kf8 25. Qh5 $18) 24. Bh4 Qe6 25. Be1 (25. Qd2 Rd4) (25. Bf2 Bxc3 26. bxc3
Na2 $11) 25... Rd4 26. Qe2 (26. Qb1 Nd3 27. cxd3 (27. b6 Nc5 28. Ra3 Nxe4 $13)
27... Qxb3 28. Bf2 Rxc3 (28... Rb4 29. Nd5 Rc2 30. Nxb4 Rxb2 31. Qc1 Qxb4 32.
b6 $11) 29. Bxd4 Rc2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Bxf2 Qxb5 $11) 26... Nd3 27. Nd5 $2 {
Sorensen collapses under the pressure instead of looking for active play with
equality.} (27. cxd3 $1 Qxb3 28. Bf2 Rf8 (28... Rb4 29. Nd5 Rc2 30. Qf3 Rxb5 (
30... Ra4 31. Nxe7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 $40) 31. Bd4 $1) 29. Bxd4 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Bxd4
$11) 27... Nc1 (27... Rxe4 $1 28. Qxd3 (28. Qd2 Nxe1 29. Re3 Nxg2 30. Rxe4 Qxe4
31. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rxc2+ $19) 28... Rxe1 29. c4 (29. Nf4 Qe4 $19) 29...
Rf8 $19) 28. Qe3 Nxb3 (28... Rxc2 $6 29. Rc3 Rxe4 30. Qf3 Rxe1 31. Rxc2 Nd3 32.
Rd2 $11) 29. Qxb3 Kh8 30. Qg3 (30. Bh4 g5 31. Bg3 Rxe4 $19) 30... Rxe4 31. Nf4
{Black is so completely winning, that is is difficult for him to choose the
simpliest win. The cunny 31...Rf8! was very nice and decisive, but even the
simple text is more than sufficient.} Rxf4 (31... Rf8 $1 32. Bc3 (32. Nxg6+
Qxg6 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Bc3+ Kh7 $19) 32... Rfxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Qxf4 Bxc3
35. Qxh6+ Kg8 $19) 32. Rxf4 (32. Qxf4 Rf8 $19) 32... Rxc2 33. Rf1 Rxb2 34. Bc3
Rxb5 35. Re1 (35. Qf4 Kg8 (35... Rf5 $4 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qxg7#) 36. Bxg7 Rf5
$19) 35... Qf7 36. Qe3 Bxc3 37. Qxc3+ Kh7 38. h3 Re5 39. Rxe5 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 08th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2000.06.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mateo, Ramon"]
[Black "Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nb3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. a3 Be6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. f5 Bc4 15.
Be2 (15. Rf2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nce5 $15) 15... Nb6 16. Nc1 (16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Be3
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Na4 $15) 16... Nd4 {Black pieces are abviously doing a great job
in the center, but the position is still within the limits of equilibrium.} (
16... Bxc3 $6 17. bxc3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nc4 19. Bh6 $13) 17. Bxc4 (17. Bd3 $5 d5
18. fxg6 hxg6 19. exd5 $13) 17... Rxc4 18. Nd3 $6 (18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Rc6
$11) 18... d5 $1 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. exd5 (20. e5 Ne6 21. Bd2 $13) 20... Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxe7 Re8 {The difference in piece activity is becoming
unsustainable, white had to pull the breaks and try to limit the demage.} 23.
Nb4 $2 (23. c3 $1 Rxe7 24. Nf4 Qg5 $17) 23... Qb7 24. b3 (24. Bg5 a5 25. Nd3
Rxc2 $17) 24... Rcc8 25. Bh4 a5 $1 26. Bf2 (26. Nd3 Rxc2 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Bxf2
Ne2 $19) 26... Re2 (26... Nf5 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Re2 $19) (
26... axb4 27. Bxd4 Rcd8 28. Rf4 Re4 29. Qf3 Rdxd4 30. axb4 Rxb4 31. c3 f5 32.
cxb4 Bxa1 $19) 27. c3 (27. Nd3 Rcxc2 $19) 27... Rxc3 (27... axb4 $1 28. cxd4
Rcc2 29. axb4 Rcd2 $19) 28. Ra2 $1 axb4 29. Rxe2 Nxe2 30. Qxe2 bxa3 {Despite
heroic effort white is still dead lost as the black a3 pawn can not be stopped.
} 31. b4 (31. Qa2 b4 $19) 31... Rc4 32. Bc5 (32. Qa2 Bb2 $19) 32... Qe4 33. Qf2
Qe6 34. h3 Re4 35. Rd1 a2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. Kh1 Nc4 12. f5 Nxb2 13. Qc1 (13. Qe1 Bd7 (
13... Bc4 $2 14. Bc1 $18)) 13... Bc4 (13... Qc8 14. e5 Qxc3 15. exf6 exf6 16.
Bd2 Qe5 17. Re1 Qxf5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Qxb2 f5 20. c3 Bd5 21. Bf1 {1-0 Leveille,
F-Hua Lefong/Montreal/1996/ (44)}) 14. e5 $6 {The tactics works well for black,
this ambitious move was already proven to be wrong.} (14. Qxb2 Bxe2 (14... Nxe4
15. Bxc4 Bxc3 16. Qc1 Bxa1 17. Nxa1 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Kh8 19. Qh6 d5 20. Bd3 Kg8
21. Nb3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Carton,C-Le Quang,K/Paris/1998/ (28)}) 15. Nxe2 Nxe4 16.
f6 Nxf6 (16... exf6 17. Be3 Re8 18. Bd4 Qd7 (18... Rc8 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. c3 b6
21. Rac1 Qc6 22. c4 Qa4 23. Nd5 Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Sziva,E-Heinatz,G/Farum/1993/ 
(47)}) 19. Ng3 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Qg4 21. Rf3 Bh6 22. Raf1 f5 23. c3 Re6 24. Nc1 b6
25. Nd3 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Popova,N-Velcheva,M/Rimavska Sobota/ 1992/ (48)}) 17.
Nbd4 (17. Qc1 Rc8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Nbd4 Ne4 20. Bh6 e5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qe3 Nc3
23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Nf5+ Kh8 25. Qh6 e4 26. Rb3 Qe5 27. Rh3 {1-0 Morawietz,
D-Wellner,E/Porz/1990/ (27)}) (17. c3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Nd2 d5 20. Qa3 b6
21. Nd4 Rc5 22. N4b3 Rc7 23. Bf4 Rcc8 24. Be5 Rfe8 25. Qb4 Bh6 26. Bxf6 exf6
27. Qd4 f5 {0-1 Van der Wiel,J-Watson,W/Mondorf/1991/ (49)}) (17. Qd4 h6 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 exf6 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. Nd5 Qe5 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Ne4 Rfe8 24.
Nxd6 Re6 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. Qxe5+ Rxe5 27. N5d4 {1/2-1/2 Cabrilo,G-Inkiov,V/Varna/
1983/ (33)}) 17... Ne4 (17... Qd7 18. c4 Rac8 {Gipslis,A: 'N'} 19. Rac1 Rc5 20.
Be3 Rfc8 21. Qb3 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg1 Rc8 25. Rd1 {1-0
Gipslis,A-Borge,N/Aalborg/1993/ (41)}) (17... Qa5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxb7 Rab8
20. Qe4 Qa4 21. Rad1 Rfc8 {0-1 Babaev,R-El Kher,H/Tallinn/1997/ (35)}) 18. Be3
Qd7 19. c4 Rac8 (19... d5 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Rab1 Nd6 $1 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Rxb3
Rfc8 24. Rd1 $1 Rc4 25. Kg1 Rac8 26. Nb5 Nf5 (26... Nxb5 27. Rxb5 b6 28. Rd7
R4c7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. a4 $14 {_|_}) 27. Bf2 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Nadyrhanov,
S/Alushta/1994/ (47)}) 20. Rac1 b6 21. Qb1 Nf6 22. Qb3 Qb7 23. Nc3 Rc5 24. Nf3
Rh5 25. Rce1 Ng4 26. Bg1 Rc8 27. Ne4 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Savchenko,S/
Gausdal/1992/ (27)}) 14... Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Ne4 16. f6 exf6 17. exf6 Re8 18. Nc3 (
18. Ng3 Nxg5 19. Qxb2 Bh8 20. Rf2 h6 21. Raf1 Re6 22. c4 Nh7 23. Nd2 Qb6 24.
Qc1 Nxf6 25. Nde4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxf7 Bg7 {0-1 Khalifman,A-Savchenko,S/
URS/1984/ (30)}) 18... Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Re5 {Black has not only a spare pawn, but
also excellent defender in his Bg7.} (19... Rc8 20. Nd5 Re5 21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Qd4
Bf8 23. Rad1 Nb6 24. Ne3 Qe8 25. Rf3 Re4 26. Qd3 Bh6 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Watson,
W/Germany/1993/ (39)}) 20. Qh4 (20. Qc1 Bxf6 21. Qxb2 Re3 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Na4
Qh4 $1 24. Qd4 Re4 $19) 20... Rc8 21. Ne4 (21. Rf3 Nc4 22. Ne4 h6 $19) 21...
Bf8 22. Nd4 (22. Ng5 h6 23. Nf3 Re8 $19) 22... Rc4 23. c3 (23. Nd2 Ra4 24. Rfb1
Qb6 25. N2b3 Nc4 $17) 23... Na4 {Black has to be active to detract white from
his kingside, but he is doing a good job.} 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ngf3 (25. Nge6 Qc8 (
25... fxe6 $2 26. f7+ Kg7 27. Qxd8 $18) 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 $19) 25... Nxc3 26. Rae1
(26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Ne6 Qd5 28. Qh3 Qxe6 $19) 26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Nd5 28. Qe4
Nxf6 (28... Qa5 29. Qe2 Qa4 $19) 29. Qxb7 Qb6 {Withot queens black will simply
be two pawns ahead.} 30. Qxb6 (30. Qa8 Rxd4 31. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19) 30... axb6 31.
Rb1 Nd7 32. g3 d5 33. Re1 Bc5 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Nb5 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kh3
Rxa2 38. Rc8 Nf6 39. Rc7 Rf2 (39... Rf2 40. Ne5 Ne4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. Be2
Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. f4 a6 12. Rb1 (12. a4 Na5 13. f5 Bxb3
14. cxb3 Rxc3 15. Bxf6 Rxb3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bc4 Rb4 18. Bd5 Qb6 19. Qd2 Qd4 {
0-1 Kasimdzhanov,R-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee/ 1999/ (47)}) (12. Bf3 Re8 13. Nd5
Na5 14. Nd4 Nc4 15. f5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxb2 17. Qc1 Nc4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Rb1 Qc7
20. Qf4 Ne5 {0-1 Uskova,F-Levitan,Y/Jakarta/1993/ (42)}) 12... Na5 (12... b5
13. Qd2 (13. f5 $6 Bd7 (13... Bxb3 $2 14. axb3 b4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 $16)
14. Bxf6 (14. Bd3 Ne5 $15) 14... Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bg7 16. c3 e6 17. f6 Bh8 18. Ne3
Be8 $15) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bg7 16. Rfc1 f5 17. c4 $13) 13. e5 Nxb3
(13... dxe5 $2 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nxa5 $18) 14. axb3 (14. exf6 exf6 15. Bh4 Nc5
$15) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 {Black has excellent pieces and perfect target in
e5 pawn, white fights for his dear life.} (15... Qxd1 16. Rbxd1 Ng4 17. Bf3 Rc7
18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Rd2 Bxe5 20. Nd5 Rd7 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Ba3 Kg7 $15) 16. Bf3 b6
(16... Rb8 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. Rbd1 Qc7 19. Bf4 Qc5 $15) 17. Bd5 (17. Bb7 $5 Rc7
18. Bxa6 Nxe5 19. Qe2 $11) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxe6 (18. Bb7 Qxd1 19. Rbxd1 Rc7 20.
Bxa6 Ra8 $15) 18... Qxd1 19. Rbxd1 (19. Bxf7+ $2 Nxf7 $19) 19... fxe6 20. Bxe7
Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Nc6 22. Bh4 (22. Ba3 Nd4 23. Rf2 Rc7 24. g4 Rf7 $17) 22... Nd4 {
[%mdl 4096] The typical Sicilian endgame that went fine for black , Roselli
Mailhe faces loss of material.} 23. Rf2 b5 24. b4 Rc4 (24... Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Ne4 Nxc2 27. Nc5 e5 28. Nxa6 e4 $17) 25. Be7 Nc6 26. Bd6 (26. Bf6 Rxb4 27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. b3 Rd4 $17) 26... Nxb4 27. b3 (27. Re2 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Nd5 29. Rxe6
Rxc3 30. Re2 Re3 $19) 27... Rc6 (27... Nd3 $1 28. Rf8+ (28. cxd3 Rxc3 29. g4
Rxd3 $19) 28... Bxf8 29. bxc4 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Bxd6 31. Kxf2 bxc4 $19) 28. Bxb4
Bxc3 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Kg1 {Hecht: '[#] Der Turm muss sich selbst helfen. Der
Kцnigseinsatz erscheint zu langsam.'} a5 31. Kf1 {'?!' Hecht.} (31. Re2 $142 $1
{Hecht} a4 (31... Kf7 {Hecht} 32. Re5 $15) 32. bxa4 bxa4 33. Rxe6 Rxc2 34. Ra6
{mit Turmaktivierung.} Rc4 $17) 31... a4 32. bxa4 (32. Ke1 axb3 (32... a3 33.
Kd2 b4 34. Re2 Kf7 35. Re5 Rc7 $17) 33. cxb3 Rxb3 34. Rf6 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Re5 $19)
32... bxa4 33. Ke1 a3 34. Kd2 a2 35. Rf1 Ra3 36. Ra1 e5 {The rooks are placed
perfectly, but only from Larsen's perspective.} 37. Kc1 (37. c4 Kf7 38. Kc2 e4
39. Kb2 Ra6 $19) (37. c3 {Hecht} e4 38. Kc2 Ra8 39. Kb2 Kf7 40. Rf1+ Ke6 41.
Ka1 Ke5 $19) 37... e4 38. Kb2 Ra7 39. Kc3 (39. c4 Kf7 40. c5 Ke6 $19) 39... Kf7
40. Kd4 Ra4+ 41. c4 Ke6 42. Kxe4 (42. Kc3 e3 $19) 42... Rxc4+ 43. Kd3 Ra4 {
'-+' Hecht. Hecht: 'Klassische Gewinnposition'} 44. Kc3 Kf5 45. Kb3 Ra7 46. Kb2
(46. Rxa2 Rxa2 47. Kxa2 Ke4 48. Kb2 Ke3 $19) 46... Kg4 47. Kc3 h5 48. Kd3 h4
49. Ke3 h3 50. g3 (50. gxh3+ Kxh3 51. Kf2 Kxh2 $19) 50... Ra3+ (50... Ra3+ 51.
Kf2 Kf5 52. Ke2 Ke4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nb3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. f4 Nb4 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. Nd4 Bc4 15.
Re1 h6 $5 16. Bh4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Ndb5 Rfd8 19. Qc1 g5 20. Bg3 Qe6 {
Black enjoys excellent pieces, but his pawn structure is somewhat compromised.}
(20... g4 21. Be2 Qe6 22. Bh4 Rd7 $11) 21. Na3 Ba6 22. Nab5 $5 Bxb5 (22... Nc6
23. Qe3 Nd4 24. Rac1 Rd7 $15) 23. axb5 b6 24. Bf2 (24. Rd1 g4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Be2 Rd4 $13) 24... Bf8 25. g3 (25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28.
Qd8+ Kg7 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Qd2 $11) 25... Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Re2 Rc7 28. Qe3
Rd6 29. Rf1 Qc4 30. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Great oversight in the moment, when
chances were still quite equal.} (30. Bg2 Qc5 31. Qf3 $11) 30... Nxc2 $1 31.
Qc1 (31. Rxc2 Qxf1+ $19) 31... Nd4 32. hxg5 (32. Rd2 Rcd7 33. hxg5 Nb3 $19)
32... Nxe2 33. Bxe2 Qxe2 $1 (33... Qe6 34. Rxf6 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1
Rxf6+ 37. gxf6 Qg6 $15) 34. Nxe2 (34. Rxf6 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rd1+ $19) 34... Rxc1
35. Rxc1 Nxe4 36. Rc6 (36. gxh6 Rxh6+ 37. Kg2 f5 $17) 36... Kh7 37. gxh6 (37.
Nc3 Nxg3+ 38. Kg2 Nf5 $19) 37... Rd2 38. Nc3 Ng5 $2 {The final stage of the
game was surely clouded by the severe time trouble.} (38... Nxg3+ $1 39. Kg1
Rxb2 40. Rxb6 f5 $19) 39. Kg1 (39. Rxb6 $2 Nf3 $19) 39... e4 40. Rxb6 f5 (40...
f5 41. Kf1 Nf3 (41... e3 42. Rb7+ Kxh6 43. Re7 Rxb2 44. Rxe3 Kh5 $15) 42. Re6
Rxb2 43. b6 Nh2+ 44. Ke1 Ng4 $15) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Qe2 b5 14. c3 Qd7
{Black should not have been suffering too much with a good development and
single weakness on e7.} 15. Re1 Rfc8 (15... Bf6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qd1 a5 18. Rxa4
h5 19. Ra2 Bb1 20. Ra3 Rfb8 21. h3 {1-0 Masic,L-Ristic,N/Skender Vakuf 1980/ 
(37)}) 16. Bf1 Rab8 $2 {Palac has decided to start a direct counterplay on the
queenside, but failed to spot a great tactical refutation by the opponent.} (
16... b4 $5 17. cxb4 Bf6 18. Qb5 Qc7 $44) 17. Qxe7 b4 (17... Qxe7 18. Rxe7 b4
19. cxb4 Bd4 20. g4 $1 $16) 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19. cxb4 Rxb4 (19... Be5 20. a3 Bb5
21. Be3 $16) 20. Re7 Rd8 (20... Rc7 21. Bf4 Rxf4 (21... Bxb2 22. Bxd6 Bxa1 23.
Bxc7 $18) 22. gxf4 Bxb2 23. Rae1 Bf6 24. R7e3 $16) 21. Bd2 $1 Rxb2 (21... Bxb2
22. Bxb4 Bxa1 23. Ba5 $18) 22. Ba5 Rb7 23. Ba6 $1 {A paradoxal situation, when
mounting threats is stronger than immediate grab of the material.} (23. Bxd8
Bxa1 24. Ba6 Rb1+ 25. Kg2 Bf5 $14) 23... Rb6 (23... Bxa1 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Rxd7
$18) (23... Rdb8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rc1 $18) 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rb1 Kf8 26. Re2
Bd4 27. Bb5 Bg4 (27... Bf5 28. Rc1 $18) 28. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 4096] Malakhov
reduces technical difficulties with an original exchange combination. The
bishops along the 4th rank are simply too vulnerable.} Rxe8 29. Bxe8 Bf5 (29...
Kxe8 30. Rb4 Bf3 31. Rxd4 g5 32. Rb4 Bxd5 33. a4 Bc6 34. Rxb6 Bxa4 35. Rxd6 $18
) 30. Re1 Bc3 31. Re2 Bb4 (31... Bg4 32. Rc2 $18) 32. Bb5 g5 33. f3 h5 34. Kf2
Bc5+ 35. Ke1 Kg7 36. Re8 Kf6 37. Ke2 g4 {Black is still resisting the pressure,
but he has no counterplay or compensation for the missing exchange.} (37... Bb1
38. a4 Ba2 39. Bc6 g4 40. Re4 $18) 38. Rh8 Bg6 39. Re8 Kg7 (39... Bf5 40. a4
Bg1 41. Rh8 Bg6 42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Bd3 $18) 40. Bd7 f5 (40... Bb1 41. a4 Ba2 42.
fxg4 hxg4 43. Bxg4 Bxd5 44. Bf3 $18) 41. Rc8 Kf6 42. Be8 $1 {The demise of the
light square bishops will make Malakhov's task rather easy.} Bg1 43. Bxg6 Kxg6
44. Kf1 Bc5 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Re8 Kf7 47. Re6 Kg7 48. a4 Bb4 49. h3 1-0

[Event "Comtois Masters 5th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2002.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 d5 11. Nc5 dxe4 $5 {[%mdl 8] Somewhat surprising as
black is accepting break up of his nice pawn structure. On the other hand
black's pieces are slightly ahead in their development ambitions.} (11... d4
12. Ne2 (12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nb1 Ne5 14. h3 Qb6 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Nc4
Nxc4 18. Bxc4 d3 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. cxd3 Qxa1 21. Qxa1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 {1-0 Bauer,
C-Aronian,L/Cannes 1996/ (61)}) 12... Bc8 13. Ng3 b6 14. Nd3 e5 15. Bd2 Bb7 16.
c4 a5 17. b3 Re8 18. a3 Nd7 19. b4 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Aronian,L/Omsk 1996/ (71)}) (
11... Bg4 12. f3 d4 13. Nb5 Bc8 (13... Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3
Qxa4 17. b3 Qa6 18. Nc7 Qb6 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. f4 d3+ 21. Be3 {1-0 Zagrebelny,
S-Degraeve,J/Cappelle la Grande 2002/ (41)}) 14. c3 dxc3 15. Nxc3 Qb6 (15...
Qc7 16. Be3 b6 17. Na6 Qb7 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Qb5 Nd8 {0-1 Zagrebelny,
S-Leko,P/Budapest 1993/ (69)}) 16. N3a4 Qc7 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Nd3 Ne5 (18... b6
19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. Bf2 e6 22. Qa3 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,V-Guseinov,K/
Baku 2001/ (22)}) 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Qc2 Nxd3 21. Bxd3 Nh5 22. Bf1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2
Zagrebelny,S-Golubev,M/Moscow 1995/ (57)}) 12. Nxe6 (12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nxb7
Rb8 14. Nc5 Nd4 $15) 12... fxe6 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Bg5 (14. Nxe4 Nxe4 (14...
Nb4 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Re2 Rd1 17. a3 Nc6 $15) 15. Rxe4 Rd1 $17) 14... Nd4 {
Black obviously enjoys lot of play for his triple pawns on the e file, white
must be polite and avoid trouble.} (14... Nb4 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Rxe4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxa2 19. Rce1 Rxc3 20. Rxe6 a6 21. Rxe7 b5 22. Ra7 $11) 15.
Rac1 h6 (15... Rc8 16. Red1 Nf5 (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. c3 Ne6 19. Bxe7
Rf5 $11) 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Rd7 Rf7 19. Rcd1 $11) 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Nxe4 f5 18.
Nc5 b6 19. Nxe6 (19. Nb7 Rd7 20. c3 Rxb7 21. cxd4 Bxd4 $11) 19... Nxe6 20. Bc4
(20. Rxe6 Bxb2 21. Rce1 Kg7 $11) 20... Bxb2 21. Rcd1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bd7 $5 (11... b4) 12. Re1 $5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh7
14. Bf2 $6 (14. Rb1 $142 $1 g5 (14... a5 15. Bf2 $14) 15. Bg3 gxf4 (15... b4
16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 {><d6}) 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Kh1 $14) 14... b4 15. Na4 Rb8 16.
a3 Ne5 $1 17. axb4 Nc4 (17... Rxb4 18. fxe5 Bxa4 19. exd6 exd6 20. Qd2 Qb8 21.
Nd4 $13) 18. Qe2 Nxb2 $1 (18... Rxb4 $6 19. c3 $1 Bxa4 20. cxb4 Bxb3 21. Qd3)
19. Nxb2 Bxb2 20. Ra2 (20. Rab1 $5) 20... Bc3 21. Rd1 Bb5 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. Be1
Bg7 $2 (23... Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Bc4 $15) 24. Na5 $1 $16 {/\ c4()} Bc4 25. Ra3 Bb2
26. Nxc4 Qxc4 27. Qd3 $1 Qxd3 (27... Rfc8 28. Rxa6 Qxc2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Rd2
$1 $16) 28. Raxd3 Bg7 29. c4 (29. Ra3 $1 Rfc8 30. c3 {><a6}) 29... Rfc8 30. Rc1
g5 $6 (30... Nf8) 31. g3 Nf8 32. Bd2 Ne6 33. Bg4 gxf4 (33... Rc7 $142 $16) 34.
gxf4 Rc7 35. Kh1 $1 $40 {<->g} Nd4 36. Rg3 Kh7 37. Bh5 Rf8 38. c5 $1 dxc5 39.
bxc5 Ne6 40. c6 $1 Nd8 41. e5 $1 $18 {ץg7} Rxc6 42. Rcg1 Ne6 (42... Bh8 43.
Bf3 Rc4 44. Be2) (42... Rg8 43. Ba5) 43. Bf3 Rb6 (43... Rcc8 44. Be4+ $1 (44.
Bd5 Rg8 45. f5 Ng5 46. Bxg5 hxg5 47. Bxf7 Bxe5 $1 $16) 44... Kh8 45. f5 Nc5 (
45... Ng5 46. Bxg5 hxg5 47. Rxg5) 46. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 47. Rh3 Kh7 48. f6+ Nxe4 49.
Rg7+ Kh8 50. Rxh6#) 44. Bd5 Rg8 45. f5 Ng5 46. Bxg5 Bxe5 (46... hxg5 47. Rxg5)
47. Rh3 (47. Be3) 47... Bd4 $1 48. Be4 $1 (48. f6 $2 Rxg5 $1 49. Rxg5 Rb1+ 50.
Kg2 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Rxg5 52. fxe7 Re5) 48... Rg7 49. f6+ Kg8 50. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "El Taher, Fouad"]
[Black "Ozolin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nb3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Bf1 Na5 (10... Rc8 11. Bg5 (11. Nd5 Re8 (11... Nxd5 12.
exd5 Ne5 13. c3 b5 14. Be3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Qf3 e5 18. dxe6
fxe6 {0-1 Odeev,H-Motylev,A/Ubeda/2001/ (33)}) 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. c3
b5 15. Be3 a5 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bh6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Bd4 Bh6 20. Be3 Bg7 {
1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Beaumont,C/England/1999/ (20)}) 11... Ne5 12. Qd2 Re8 13.
Kh1 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. c3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 {
0-1 Lobzhanidze,D-Motylev,A/Ubeda/2000/ (42)}) (10... a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Nb5 Bc6
13. c3 Na6 14. f3 Nd7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nac5 17. N3d4 Nb6 18. b3 Qd7 19. Ra2
Rfc8 20. Rd2 {1-0 Saltaev,M-Bancod,R/Jakarta/1997/ (74)}) 11. Bg5 Nxb3 (11...
Rc8 $2 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. e5 $16) 12. axb3 Bc6 13. Qd2 Re8 (13... Ng4 14. Be2
Ne5 15. Be3 $14) 14. Rad1 {The swap on b3 helped to improve white's pawn
structure, but after the night's jump to d5 black will have to live with
backward pawn e7.} Qc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. c3 $14) 16.
exd5 Rac8 17. c3 a6 18. h3 Qd7 19. b4 Qf5 (19... Rc7 20. Qf4 $14) 20. g4 $5 Qd7
21. Re3 b5 22. Bg2 Rc4 23. Rde1 Kf8 24. R3e2 (24. b3 Rc7 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bf4 g5
27. Bg3 h5 28. f3 $13) 24... Qb7 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. Be3 Qd8 27. Bg5 Qb6 28. Kh1 a5
29. Be3 Qc7 30. bxa5 Qxa5 31. Bd4 Rc7 (31... h6 32. Re3 Rc7 $14) 32. Qe3 Rb7
33. Qf4 b4 34. c4 b3 35. c5 {Al Taher tries to break up Ozolin's defense, but
the tactic's is not completely in his favour.} (35. g5 Nh5 36. Qe3 Qb4 37.
Bxg7+ Nxg7 38. Qd4 $14) 35... dxc5 (35... Qc7 $2 36. cxd6 Qxd6 37. Qxd6 exd6
38. Bxf6 Rxe2 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxe2 $18) 36. Bc3 Qd8 $2 (36... Qb6 $1 37. d6
Rd7 38. dxe7+ (38. Bxf6 Bxf6 39. g5 Bd4 40. Bd5 e5 $1 $19) 38... Rexe7 39. Rxe7
Rxe7 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. g5 Ne8 42. Bxg7 Nxg7 43. Bd5 $11) 37. d6 $1 Rd7 38. Bc6
Rxd6 39. Bxe8 Qxe8 (39... Nxe8 40. Rxe7 $18) 40. Rxe7 Qc6+ 41. Kg1 h6 42. Bxf6
(42. Bxf6 Bxf6 43. Qxh6+ Bg7 44. Re8+ Qxe8 45. Rxe8+ Kxe8 46. Qxg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Parmentier, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "St Ingbert"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Bf1 a5 11. a4 Bxb3 12. cxb3 e6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 d5 {Black has an extra "half a pawn", but in the long run he has to face
the strength of the white's bishop pair.} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 Ncb4 18. Qf3
Qf6 19. Qe4 Rfc8 {The position from the opening is very close to equality, it
is difficult to make progress for either side.} (19... Qd4 20. Qb1 Rac8 21. Bc4
Rc6 22. Red1 Qf6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27.
Rxc6 bxc6 28. Rc5 {1-0 Siegel,G-Parmentier,X/France 2001/ (55)}) 20. Bc4 Qd4 (
20... Rc5 21. Qe2 Nf4 $11) 21. Qb1 Rc6 (21... Rd8 22. Red1 Qb6 $11) 22. Red1
Qf6 (22... Qb6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rd2 Rd8 $11) 23. Rd2 Rac8 24. Nb5 Nb6 $2 {
Probably a blunder since without exchange Parmentier will be in difficulties.}
(24... Rd8 25. Rcd1 Rd7 26. Qe4 $14) 25. Na7 $1 (25. Nd6 Ra8 26. Rcd1 Nxc4 27.
bxc4 $16) 25... Rxc4 26. bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Nxc4 28. Rd7 Nxb2 (28... Qxb2 $2
29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Qxb2 Nxb2 31. Bd6 $18) 29. Rxb7 Qd4 (29... Bf8 30. Nc6 Nxc6
31. Qxb2 $16) 30. Rb8+ $1 Bf8 31. Nb5 Qd2 (31... Qd3 32. Qxd3 N4xd3 33. Bd6 $18
) 32. Bd6 Nd1 (32... N4d3 33. Qf1 $18) 33. Rxf8+ Kg7 34. Rxf7+ $1 {Impressive
small combination that turns the black king into a perfect attacking target.}
Kxf7 35. Qh7+ Kf6 (35... Ke8 36. Qe7#) 36. Qe7+ (36. Qe7+ Kg6 (36... Kf5 37.
Qf7+ Kg4 38. h3+ Kh4 39. Bg3#) 37. Qxe6+ Kg7 38. Be5+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Ke8 40. Nc7+
Kd7 41. Qe6+ Kd8 42. Qe8#) 1-0

[Event "Osasco Franca Garcia Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Osasco"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Needleman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Pelikian, Jefferson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a4 Ne5 {Black is not pretending, that he played Nbd7 in order to
jump to c5. The knight goes to the center in order to exploit the weakness of
the c4 square.} (9... a6 10. h3 (10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Qc7 12. Nb3 Nc5 13. Nd4
Ncd7 14. a5 Rb8 15. Nb3 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Na5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Ra4 Qc7
20. Qe2 Be6 21. Qxa6 Nd7 22. Qa7 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Manik,M-Alvir,A/Austria 2004/ 
(22)}) 10... e5 (10... Qc7 11. Re1 e6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nb3 Ne5 14. Na4 Nc4 15.
Bd2 Bd7 16. Bc3 e5 17. Bf1 Be6 18. Bb4 Rbd8 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nb6 Be6 21. Kh2
h5 22. c4 h4 {0-1 De la Riva Aguado,O-Polgar,J/Andorra 2000/ (45)}) 11. Nde2
Qc7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. b3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. a5 Nc8 16. Ra2 Qd7 17. Kh2 Kh8 18.
Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. c4 h5 21. b4 {1-0 Mestel,A-Fries Nielsen,J/Esbjerg
1980/ (39)}) (9... Nc5 10. Re1 (10. h3 Nfd7 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Ne6 13. Nb3 Nc6
{1/2-1/2 Shour,J-Paehtz,E/Dresden 2000/ (13)}) 10... Bg4 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. h3 Bd7
13. b3 Ne6 14. Nde2 Qc7 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Rab1 h5 17. h4 Bc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
exd5 Nc5 {0-1 Felgaer,R-Glek,I/Dos Hermanas 2003/ (45)}) 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nd5 Rc8
12. Bg5 (12. c3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. Re1 Rfe8 $11) 12... Nxd5 (12... e6 13.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b3 $14) 13. exd5 h6 14. Bc1 (14. Bf4 Nc4 15. b3 g5
16. Bc1 Qb6 17. c3 Na5 18. Bd2 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Bf5 $11) 14... Nc4 15. Ra2 (15. b3
Qb6 16. bxc4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rb1 b6 19. Bxh6 Rfe8 $15) 15... Qb6 16. c3
Kh7 (16... e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rc2 $14) 17. Re1 e5 18.
dxe6 fxe6 19. b3 {Needleman understands, that due to the lesser number of pawn
islands his position should be somewhat better. The search for weakness in the
black's camp brings him to the focus on g6 square.} (19. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 20. Kh2
Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Rce8 $17) 19... Ne5 (19... Na5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Rxc3 22.
Bf4 Qxb3 23. Qxb3 Nxb3 24. Re7 $14) 20. Be3 Qc7 (20... Rxc3 $2 21. Nxe6 Qxb3
22. Qxb3 Rxb3 23. Nxf8+ Bxf8 24. Bxa7 $18) 21. f4 Nf7 (21... Nc6 22. Nb5 Qd8
23. Qxd6 $16) 22. c4 (22. Be4 $2 d5 $1 $15) 22... a6 23. Be4 $1 e5 (23... d5 $2
24. cxd5 exd5 25. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6 26. Qb1+ Kf6 (26... Kh5 27. g4+ $18) 27. Nb5
Bf5 28. Bd4+ Ne5 29. Bxe5+ Kg6 30. Nxc7 $18) 24. Qh5 Nh8 25. fxe5 dxe5 (25...
Bf5 26. Bxf5 (26. Nxf5 gxh5 27. Ne7+ Ng6 28. Nxg6 Rfe8 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxc8
Qxc8) 26... Rxf5 27. exd6 Rxh5 28. dxc7 Rxh3 29. Kg2 Rh5 30. Ne6 Re5 31. Bf2
$18) 26. Nf3 Bf5 {Pelikian does his best to show serious resistance. Somewhat
more precise looks the alternative move putting prussure on f3 knight.} (26...
Bc6 $5 27. Qg4 (27. Qh4 $2 Rxf3 $19) 27... Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30.
Nd2 $14) 27. Qh4 Bxe4 (27... Nf7 28. Bxf5 (28. Bd5 e4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4
Qxg3+ 31. Rg2 Rce8 32. Rxg3 Rxe4 33. Bc5 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Re8 $11) 28... gxf5 29.
Qh5 Nd8 30. Kh2 $14) 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Nxe4 Rf5 $2 {[%mdl 256] Completely wrong
idea, since black will suffer along the open d file and rook on f5 is too
exposed.} (29... Qd8 30. Qxd8 Rfxd8 31. Rd2 $14) 30. Rd2 Rcf8 31. Red1 $1 Nf7 (
31... Qf7 32. Nd6 Rf1+ 33. Kh2 Qf3 34. Rxf1 Qxf1 35. Qe4 Qf3 36. Qxf3 Rxf3 37.
Re2 $16) 32. Qg4 (32. Rd7 Qc6 33. a5 Bf6 34. Qg4 Ng5 $14) 32... Qc6 33. Rd5 h5
(33... b6 34. Qe2 Nh8 35. Qd3 $16) 34. Qe2 Kh7 (34... Bh6 35. Bxh6 Nxh6 36. Rd6
Qe8 37. a5 $16) 35. g4 $1 {White turns his positional domination into material
gain, black is lost.} hxg4 36. hxg4 Rf4 (36... Rf6 37. Nxf6+ Bxf6 38. a5 $18)
37. Bxf4 exf4 38. R1d3 (38. Qh2+ Kg8 39. Qxf4 Qb6+ 40. Nc5 Ne5 41. Qg3 Nf3+ 42.
Kg2 Qf6 43. Kh1 $18) 38... Kg8 39. Nd6 (39. Nf2 Re8 40. Qd1 Ne5 41. Rh3 $18)
39... Nxd6 40. Rxd6 Qc5+ 41. Kf1 Qg5 (41... f3 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Qxg6 $18) 42.
Qe6+ Kh7 43. Rh3+ Bh6 44. Rd7+ Kh8 45. Qe7 $1 (45. Qe7 $1 Qxe7 46. Rxe7 $18)
1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 (6... Bxc3+ $5
7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. c4 $10) 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 (11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 $13 {
Masserey,Y-Petursson,M/Horgen/1994/}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 (12... e6 $5 {
Adams,M-Miles,A/NED/1996/}) 13. a4 (13. Nd5 $6 g5 14. Bg3 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 {
Emelin=Tkachev,92}) 13... b4 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Rb1 (15. Ra2 $5) 15... Nb6 16. Qd2
$146 (16. a5 Na4 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nxb2 19. Nxb4 Nxa5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 21. c3 Na4
22. e5 {Nielsen+Ward,90}) 16... Nxa4 (16... g5 17. Bg3 Nxa4 (17... Nxd5 18.
exd5 Ne5 19. a5) 18. Nxb4 Nxb2 (18... Bxb2 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxb2 Nxb2 21. Qc3
$18) 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd4 $44) 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 (17... Nxb2 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4
Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Na4 21. e5 $44) 18. Qxb4 Bc6 19. e5 (19. Nd4 Bd7 20. f3 a5 21.
Qd2 $10) 19... Qb8 (19... Rb8 $5 20. Qa3 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 dxe5 22. Bxe7 Qc8 23.
Bxf8 (23. Nd2 Re8 $143 $44) 23... Qxf8 24. Bxa6 (24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bxa6 Be4)
24... Qxa3 25. bxa3 Be4 26. Nd2 $10) 20. Qa3 g5 $6 {Black seriously weakened
their Queen's side. They were still okay after} (20... Bxe5 21. Bxe7 Re8 22.
Bh4 Bb5 23. Bg3 $10) 21. Bg3 dxe5 (21... f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Na5 $14) 22. Nd4
$1 {I guess Vladimir missed this move.} (22. Na5 $5 $16 {Kramnik/}) 22... Bd7 (
22... Qb7 23. Nxc6 (23. Nf5 $5) (23. Nf5 $5) 23... Qxc6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5
$16) 23. Qxe7 (23. Nf3 f6 24. Qxe7 Qe8 $13) 23... Qe8 24. Qd6 $1 {This was a
very difficult move White have to make possible for bishop on g3 to enter the
game.} (24. Qa3 f6 $13) 24... e4 (24... f6 25. Bc4+ (25. Bxa6 $5) (25. Bxa6 $5)
25... Kh8 26. Ne6) 25. Qb4 (25. Bc4 $2 Rd8 $1 (25... Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Nf5
$16) 26. Qg6 Kh8 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 f5 $19) (25. Qd5 Nb6 26. Qc5 Na4 27.
Qb4 {-game}) 25... a5 26. Qd2 f5 27. Bd6 $1 {White had another tempting
possibility but in my opinion the it's more important to put the bishop into
the game immediately.} (27. f3 Qg6 28. fxe4 fxe4 $14) (27. f3 $5 $16) 27... Rf6
28. Ba3 Kh8 29. b3 {this is not the precise move order and could give Black
counter chances} (29. Rbd1 $1 $16 {Was stronger and White would have maximal
centralisation of pieces}) 29... Nb6 30. c4 Qe5 $6 {Black miss their chance to
take the game out of White's control.} (30... a4 $1 {Would force White to make
a choice between small edge and big complications, where both sides had their
chances} 31. b4 (31. Nb5 Bxb5 32. cxb5 axb3 $14 (32... axb3 33. Rxb3 $14))
31... Rd6 32. Bb2 a3 (32... Qe5 33. Rbd1 a3 34. Ba1 Ba4 35. c5 (35. Nxf5 Rxd2
36. Bxe5 Rxd1 37. Bxg7+ Kh7 38. Rxd1 Bxd1 $17) 35... Bxd1 (35... Rd5 36. cxb6
Bxd1 37. Rxd1 Rb8 (37... Rad8 38. Qe3) 38. Qc1 Rxb6 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Bc4) 36.
cxd6 Ba4 37. Nb5 $16) 33. Ba1 (33. c5 axb2 34. cxd6 Qe5 $44) 33... a2 34. Rbd1
Ba4 35. c5 (35. Nxf5 Rxd2 36. Bxg7+ Kh7 37. Rxd2 Qe6 38. g4 Nxc4 39. Bxc4 Qxc4
40. Rd6 Ra6 $17) 35... Rxd4 (35... Rd5 36. cxb6 Rad8 (36... Bxd1 37. Rxd1 Rad8
(37... Qd7 38. Bc4 Rxd4 (38... Rd6 $5) (38... Rd6 $5 {Gelfand,B}) 39. Qxd4 Bxd4
40. Rxd4 $18) 38. Qxa2 {/\} Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Rxd4 40. Bxd4+ Rxd4 41. Qa1 Qd8 42.
b7 $18) 37. Rc1 Bxd4 38. Bxd4+ Rxd4 39. Qxa2 $16) 36. Bxd4 Bxd1 37. Bxg7+ (37.
cxb6 Qd7 38. b7 Qxb7 39. Rxd1 Qd7) 37... Kxg7 38. Qc3+ (38. Qd4+ Kg6 39. Rxd1
Qd7 (39... Rd8 $2 40. Qxd8 Qxd8 41. Rxd8 a1=Q 42. cxb6 Qe1 43. b7 e3 $10) 40.
Qxd7 Nxd7 41. Ra1 $13) 38... Kh7 39. Rxd1 Nd5 40. Qd4 Nxb4 41. Qf6 $13) 31.
Rbd1 (31. c5 Nd5 32. Nf3 Qf4 33. Qxd5 Bc6 $132) 31... Rc8 32. Nb5 $16 (32. c5
Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 $44) (32. f3 $5) 32... Bxb5 33. Bb2 $1 Qc7 (33... Qe6 34.
cxb5 Rf7 35. Bxg7+ Rxg7 36. Qxa5 $16) (33... Qe7 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. cxb5 Bc3 36.
Qe3 Bxe1 37. Qxb6 $18) 34. cxb5 Rff8 35. Rc1 Qe7 36. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 37. bxc6 Bxb2
38. Qxb2+ Kh7 39. Qd4 Qb4 40. Qxb4 (40. Rd1 $5 $18) 40... axb4 41. Rd1 Rc8 42.
Rd6 $18 {Blacks' pieces are extremely passive. That why they are sacrifising a
piece to get some conterplay but it's not enough to save the game.} Kg7 (42...
Rc7 43. Be2 Kg7 44. h3 $18 (44. Bh5) (44. Bh5) (44. Bh5 $18)) 43. g4 fxg4 44.
c7 Na8 45. Rd8 Rxc7 46. Rxa8 Rc3 47. Bc4 e3 (47... Rc1+ 48. Kg2 h5 49. Rb8 (49.
Re8 Re1 50. Bd5 h4 51. h3) 49... h4 50. h3 gxh3+ 51. Kxh3 Rc2 52. Rg8+ Kh6 53.
Rf8 $18) 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51. Ra6+ Kg7 52. fxe3 Rxe3 53.
Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Rb6 g3 56. Rxb4 h5 57. Rb7+ Kf6 (57... Kh6 $142 58.
Rb6+ Kg7 59. Rd6 $18) 58. Rf7+ Kg6 59. Rf1 g4 60. Rb1 gxh2+ 61. Kxh2 h4 62. Bf1
1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 {Mit der Zugumstellung haben wir die Drachenvariante bekommen. Jetzt muЯ
WeiЯ gegen seine eigene Lieblingserцffnung kдmpfen!} O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 b6
$6 (10... a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 $132) 11. Re1 Bb7 12. h3 Nb4 $6 (12...
Nd7 $1) 13. Nd5 Nbxd5 14. exd5 Qc7 15. Ra3 $1 $14 Rfe8 16. Re3 Rbc8 17. Nc3 a6
18. R3e2 Kf8 (18... Qd7 $5 $132 {/\b5}) 19. Be3 Qc4 20. Bxb6 Nd7 (20... Qb4 21.
Bd4 Qxb2 22. Qd3 $16 {/\Rb1}) 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Bg5 Be5 23. f4 $1 $16 Bxc3 24.
bxc3 Rc7 25. f5 Qxc3 (25... gxf5 $2 26. Qd2) 26. Re3 Qb2 (26... Qc4 27. Bh6+
Kg8 28. Qa1 f6 29. Qxf6 $3 $18) 27. f6 Kg8 28. Rxe7 Rcxe7 29. Rxe7 Rf8 30. Qe2
Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 Qxd5 33. Bh6 Ne6 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Qe3 Qc6 36. Qh6+
$6 (36. Qb3 $1 Kg8 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. c4 $18 {/\f7}) 36... Kg8 37.
Qd2 h6 38. h4 Qf3 39. Rd7 (39. Re8+ Kh7 $2 (39... Nf8 $16) 40. Qxh6+ $1 Kxh6
41. Rh8#) 39... g5 40. Rxd6 gxh4 41. Qg2 $1 Qxf6 42. gxh4+ Kf8 43. Qg3 Qf1 44.
Rd2 Qc4 45. a5 Ke7 46. Rf2 Qc5 47. Qf3 Qe5+ 48. Kh1 f6 49. Re2 Qxa5 50. Qe4 Qb6
51. c4 a5 52. Qh7+ $1 $18 (52. c5 Qb3 $1 $132) 52... Kd8 53. Qg8+ Ke7 54. Qg7+
Kd6 55. Rd2+ Ke5 (55... Kc5 56. Qg1+ Kc6 57. Rd6+ $1 $18) 56. Rd5+ Kf4 57.
Qxf6+ Kg3 58. Qg6+ Kh3 59. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sorensen, Jan"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nxd4 (6... e5 $5)
7. Qxd4 g6 8. O-O {Another possibility, 8.e5, looks dangerous,but black would
have good chances for defence after:} (8. e5 dxe5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qxe5 Bg7 (
10... a6 $5 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Nd5 $5 Bxb5 (12... O-O $2 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qxe7
Rfe8 15. Qxe8+ Rxe8+ 16. Be2 $18 {1-0 Sion Castro,M-Manso Gil,A/Mondariz 1997/
EXT 99 (22)}) 13. Bxf6 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 O-O 15. Bh4 Re8 $132) 13...
Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ Kf8 15. Nd5 f6 $132) 11. Bg5 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7
14. O-O-O+ Kc6 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Re3 h6 17. Bxf6 exf6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Browne,
W-Robatsch,K/Amsterdam IBM 1972 (33),also possible another possibilities.There
are:}) (8. g4 $5 h6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. f3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O $132 {
1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Makarichev,S/RUS-ch Elista 1995 (39)}) (8. a4 Bg7 9. a5 O-O
10. O-O Nd7 11. Qb4 Ne5 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Qd2 e6 14. Nf4 Qc7 15. Rd1 Nd4 $1 $15 {
0-1 Isupov,V-Makarichev,S/RUS-chT Kazan 1995 (52)}) (8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nd5 Nh5 $132 12. Qd2 {0-1 Totsky,L-Makarichev,S/Simferopol 1990/
EXT 97 (39)} (12. Qb4 e6 13. Ne3 a5 14. Qa3 (14. Qb3) 14... Qb5)) 8... Bg7 9.
Bg5 {another possibilities are:} (9. Qd1 O-O 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1
Bc6 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. f4 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Llaneza Vega,M-Fernandez,E/San Agustin
1998/EXT 2000 (33)}) (9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 (10... Be6 11. f3 a6 12. Rfd1 Rc8
13. Bf1 Qc7 $132 {1-0 Bohnstorff,M-Lunkmoss,G/Germany 1993/EXT 97-B (61)}) 11.
Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. b3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. c4 $16
{1-0 Diedrichsen,D-Hoexter,H/Germany 1992/EXT 97-B (63)}) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 {
also possible:} (10. Rad1 Be6 11. Qb4 $1 (11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Bf3 Qb6 $132 {
0-1 Romanova,E-Matnadze,A/Murek 1998/CBM 65 ext (58)}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd3 $6 (
12. f4) 12... Rfc8 13. Nb5 $5 Qb8 14. Nd4 $14 {0-1 Ibragimov,A-Makarov,M/Omsk
1996/CBM 57/[Rechlis,G] (49)}) 10... Be6 $5 {another continuation is:} (10...
Bd7 11. Rfe1 Rc8 12. Bf3 b5 $132 {1-0 Le Roux,J-Kuemin,S/Murek 1998/CBM 65 ext
(28)}) 11. Rfd1 $146 {Another plan is a jump of knight to d5,as it was in the
game mentioned above. It also gives black good counterplay:} (11. Rfe1 Rc8 12.
Bf1 Qb6 13. Rab1 Rfd8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf6 18.
Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Khasin,A/Krasnoiarsk 1998/EXT 2000 (18)}) 11... Rc8 $132
{[%cal Ye6c4,Yc7c3,Rc8c3]} 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qb6 $5 15. Rab1
Rc7 16. Be2 Rfc8 $15 {Black possess initiatiave already,and white forced
transition to defence} 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Qd2 a6 19. h3 Qc5 20. Bd3 Nh5 21. a3 Qe5
{[%csl Rf4][%cal Yh5f4,Ye5f4]} 22. Ne2 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ye2f4,Yd2f4]} g5 $5 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Rg5f4,Ye5f4,Yh5f4] Thi is strong move,after which, black gets
control over f4-point, and begins preparation for attack on the kingside.} 23.
c3 Kh8 24. Nd4 Rg8 {[%cal Yg8g5]} 25. Qe3 g4 $5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. hxg4 Rxg4 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Yg4g2,Yh5f4,Yf4g2]} 28. Bf1 Qg7 29. Qd2 Rc5 $40 {Black tries
to transfer last piece to the attack.} 30. g3 (30. Qd4 e5) (30. Re3 Rcg5 $36)
30... Nxg3 31. fxg3 Rxg3+ 32. Kf2 $2 {mistake. After 32.Bg2 white would have
some practical chances.} (32. Bg2 Rxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Rg5 34. Re2 Rxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Qe5
36. Rf1 h5 37. Rf8+ Kh7 38. Rf7+ Kh6 $17) 32... Rh5 33. Re2 $8 Rg1 {Best move,
33...Qg4, would lead to the quick win after:} (33... Qg4 $1 34. Ke1 Rh1 35. Kd1
Rxf1+ 36. Kc2 Rg2 $1 37. Rxg2 Qxe4+ 38. Kb3 Qxb1 39. Qh6 (39. Qd4+ e5 40. Qc4
Qd1+ 41. Ka2 Rf8 $19) 39... Qd1+ 40. Ka2 Qd5+ $19) 34. Ke3 {Another
possibilities would also lead to loss:} (34. Qf4 e5 35. Qf3 Rh6 36. Ke1 Rf6 $19
) (34. Qd4 e5 (34... Rh2+ 35. Ke3 e5 36. Qc4 Qh6+ 37. Kd3 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 Qh2+
39. Ke1 $13) 35. Qd3 Rhh1 $19 (35... Rh2+ 36. Ke1)) 34... Qg3+ 35. Kd4 Re5 $2 {
black had missed nice idea,which leads to the win after:} (35... Qf3 $1 $40 36.
Qe1 b5 $3 37. Re3 (37. Rd1 Rd5+ 38. exd5 Rg4+ 39. Re4 e5#) 37... Rd5+ $19) 36.
Re3 {Another possibilities do not give anything :} (36. Qe3 Qg7 $1 37. Kc4
Rxe4+ $1 38. Qxe4 d5+ $19) (36. Qh6 Qf3 {[%cal Yf3f1,Yg1f1]} 37. Re3 (37. Rbe1
Rxf1 38. Rxf1 Qxf1 $19) 37... Rxe4+ 38. Rxe4 e5+ $19) 36... Qf4 37. Qe2 Rf5 38.
Kd3 $2 {Decisive mistake. After38.Re1 game would be a draw:} (38. Re1 $1 Qe5+ (
38... Rf8 39. Bg2 $18) 39. Kd3 Qb5+ 40. c4 Qb3+ 41. Kd2 (41. Kd4 e5+ 42. Kd5
e6+ 43. Kxe6 Rg6+ 44. Ke7 Qb6 $19) 41... Qxb2+ 42. Kd1 $11) 38... Rf8 $19 39.
e5 (39. Kc2 Rxf1 40. Rxf1 Qxf1 $19) 39... d5 40. Rh3 Qf5+ 41. Kd4 Qxb1 $19 0-1

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 (11... Rc8 12. Nd5 (12. Qd2 $1) 12... Rc5
$1 13. Qd2 Re8 14. c4 a6 15. a4 $6 e6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bh4 $6 g5 $1 $17 {
Razsmyslov,E-Golubev,N/UKR/1988/}) 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. f3 {N/} (13. Nd5) 13... a6
14. a4 (14. Qd2 b5) 14... Nc5 15. Ba2 Re8 16. Qd2 (16. Bf2 $5 $14) 16... e5 $1
17. Nde2 $6 (17. Bxf6 $13) (17. Nb3 $13) 17... Nfxe4 18. Bxd8 $8 Nxd2 19. Bxb6
e4 $5 20. fxe4 (20. f4) 20... Ndxe4 $2 (20... Ncxe4) 21. Rf1 d5 $5 (21... Ne6
$14) 22. Ba5 $2 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Ne6 $36 24. Bb3 Nd4 $1 25. Rac1 Nxb3 26. cxb3 d4
$17 27. Na2 $8 Bd5 28. Nb4 Bxb3 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Ra1 Be6 (30... Bf8 $5) 31.
Bb6 Bf5 32. Nxa6 d3 33. Rd1 Rc2 $1 34. b4 Be4 35. Bf2 Bf8 $4 (35... d2 $19 36.
Be3 Rc1 $3 (36... Bd4 37. Kf2) 37. Rxc1 Bd4 $1 38. Kf1 Bd3+) 36. a5 Rb2 37. Kf1
Bxb4 38. Nxb4 Rxb4 39. Ra1 Bb7 40. Be3 Ba6 41. Bxh6 Ra4 42. Rb1 $15 Rxa5 43.
Rb8+ Kh7 44. Bd2 Rf5+ 45. Kg1 g5 46. g4 Rc5 47. Kf2 Re5 48. Be3 Bc4 49. Rd8 f6
$10 50. Rd6 (50. Rd4 $1) 50... Kg6 51. Bd4 $6 Re2+ $15 52. Kf3 Re6 $1 53. Rd8
Re1 54. Bf2 Re2 55. h4 $1 Re5 56. Rd4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 h6 12. Bh4 Nd7 13. Rb1 Nde5 14. Nd5 g5 15.
Bg3 e6 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Nd2 Nxc4 21. Nxc4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 d5 23. Re1 dxc4 24. Qh5 Qd5 25. h4 Rad8 26. hxg5 Qxg5 27. Qxg5
hxg5 28. Rbc1 Bxb2 29. Rxc4 Rd5 30. Ra4 a5 31. Bc7 Rc8 32. Bb6 Rb8 33. Be3 Rb4
34. Rxb4 axb4 35. Kf1 f6 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rd5 38. Re2 Be5 39. Rd2 Bd6 40.
Rxd5 exd5 {"Schlechter" schwarzer Lдufer - daher wertloser schwarzer Mehrbauer}
41. g4 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Bd4 Be5 (43... Be5 44. Bc5 Bc3 45. Kd3 Ke5 $140 46.
a3 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Ne5 13. O-O Qb6 14. h3 Kh8
15. Kh1 Rg8 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd2 Rc5 19. Na4 Rh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21.
Nxb6 Ng3+ 22. Kg1 Nxf1 23. Nxf1 axb6 24. Ne3 Ra8 25. a3 Ra4 26. c4 Bxc4 27. Rd4
b5 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke1 e5 30. Rxd6 exf4 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 b4 33. Rb6 bxa3
34. bxa3 Rxa3 35. Rxb7 Rd3 36. Rd7 g5 37. Ke2 Rd4 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Rd8 h5 40. d6
Kf5 41. d7 h4 42. Ke2 f6 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. Re8+ Kxd7 {2-4 Bauern am Kцnigsflьgel
bei deformierter schwarzer Bauernstellung. Es riecht zwar nach Gewinn bei
Ьberfьhrung des schwarzen Turms nach g3 mit nachfolgendem f3. Doch die Gefahr,
nur mit den Bauern f+h zurьck zu bleiben ist groЯ.} 45. Re2 Rd3 46. Re1 Kd6 47.
Re8 Re3 48. Rd8+ Ke6 49. Re8+ Kf5 50. Ra8 (50. Rxe3 fxe3+ 51. Kxe3 g4 52. hxg4+
Kxg4 53. Kf2 Kf4 54. Kf1 Kg3 55. Kg1 h3 56. gxh3 Kxh3 57. Kf2 Kg4 $19) 50...
Rg3 51. Ra5+ Kg6 52. Ra6 f3 53. gxf3 Rxh3 {Problemturm auf h3/g3} 54. Kg2 $8
Rg3+ 55. Kf2 Kf5 56. Ra5+ Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Ra7+ Kg6 59. Ra8 f5 60. Ra6+ Kh5
61. Ra5 Kg6 62. Ra6+ Kh5 63. Ra5 f4 64. Ra6 $2 {LдЯt den schwarzen Kцnig via
h4 einsickern} (64. Ra8 $142 h3 65. Rh8+ Kg6 66. Ke2 g4 67. fxg4 Kg5 68. Kf2
Rb3 69. Rg8+ Kh4 70. Rh8+ Kxg4 71. Rg8+ Kf5 $11 {und wir sind im
remistrдchtigen Endspiel "Turm mit f+h" gelandet mit optimal postiertem weiЯen
Turm.}) 64... h3 65. Ra8 Rg2+ 66. Kf1 Kh4 $1 {Das wars!} 67. Rh8+ Kg3 68. Rh5
Ra2 69. Rxg5+ Kxf3 {Zwar auch "Turm mit f+h" aber mit dem weiЯen Kцnig auf
verlorenem Posten.} 70. Kg1 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiseljak"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Kh1 Na5 13. Nd2 d5 14. e5 d4 15.
exf6 exf6 16. Nce4 fxg5 17. fxg5 h6 18. gxh6 Bxh6 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Bf3 Rc8 21.
Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Ng4 Be3 23. Ra3 Nd6 24. Nxe3 dxe3 25. Rxe3 Nc4 26. Rd3 Qh4 27.
Nxc4 Qxc4 28. Qf3 f5 29. Rd6 Rf6 30. Rd2 Rc7 31. b3 Qc3 32. Qf2 Re6 33. Re1 Re4
34. h3 Rce7 35. Red1 Qe3 36. Kg1 a5 37. Rd7 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Re1+
40. Rxe1 Rxd7 41. Re6 Rb7 42. c4 Kh6 43. Ke2 Kg5 44. Ke3 Rb8 45. Rd6 Re8+ 46.
Kf2 Rb8 47. Kf3 Rb7 48. h4+ Kh5 49. Kf4 Rb8 50. g3 Rb7 51. Rd8 Kh6 52. h5 gxh5
53. Rd6+ Kh7 54. Kxf5 Rg7 55. Kf4 Rg4+ 56. Kf3 Rg6 57. Rxg6 Kxg6 {# Die
wei�e Bauernmajorit�t am Damenfl�gel ist teilentwertet. Zun�chst
begibt sich der wei�e K�nig in das Quadrat des schwarzen b-Bauern, dann
erfolgt der Bauerndurchbruch am Damenfl�gel.} 58. Ke3 Kf5 59. b4 (59. b4 axb4
60. c5 bxc5 61. a5 {+- Quadratregel!}) 1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-B"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Kh1 Rfc8 14. Bd3 Rc5
15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 Rac8 17. Qe1 g5 18. Bf2 R5c7 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Bd4 Ng4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg3 Rh8 23. h3 Qe5 24. Qxe5+ Nxe5 25. Kg1 g4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 27.
Rf3 Rc5 28. Ne2 Rch5 29. Ng3 Rg5 30. Be2 Kf8 31. Bf1 Rhg8 32. Raa3 Nf6 33. Rfe3
Bd7 34. Be2 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxg3 36. Rxg3 Rxg3 37. Kf2 Bc6 38. Kxg3 Bxe4 {
[#] Leicht verstдndliche und technisch saubere Verwertung eines Mehrbauern bei
fortschreitendem Raumvorteil. Unklar ist, warum WeiЯ nicht die Chance zu a5
nutzt.} 39. c3 e6 (39... a5 $1) 40. Kf2 (40. a5 $5 {gefolgt von Kf2, g3 und
Ke3 und es gibt wenigstens nicht die auf die Lдuferfarbe festgelegte
Bauernschwдche a4.}) 40... Ke7 41. Bd1 a5 $1 42. g3 d5 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Be2 Bc2
45. Bb5 e5 46. Be8 f6 47. Bb5 Bf5 48. Be2 Bd7 49. Bd1 Kc5 50. Kd2 d4 51. Bc2 f5
52. Bb3 b6 53. Bc2 Be6 54. Bd1 e4 55. cxd4+ Kxd4 56. Bc2 Bc4 57. Bd1 e3+ 58.
Ke1 f4 59. gxf4 Ke4 60. Bh5 Kxf4 61. Be8 Ke4 62. Bg6+ Kd4 63. Bc2 Bd3 64. Bb3
Kc5 65. Bf7 Kb4 {Die Schwдche des Ba4 wirkt in jedem Falle entscheidend.} 66.
b3 (66. Be8 Kb3 67. Bd7 Kxb2 68. Be8 Kc3 69. Bd7 Kb4 70. Be8 b5 ({oder} 70...
Bc2 71. Ke2 Bxa4 72. Bg6 Kc3 73. Kxe3 Bb3 $19) 71. axb5 Bxb5 72. Bxb5 Kxb5 73.
Ke2 Kc4 74. Kxe3 Kc3 75. Ke2 Kc2 $19) 66... Kc3 67. Be6 Bc2 68. Ke2 Bxb3 69.
Bf5 (69. Bd7 Kb4 70. Kxe3 Bxa4 71. Bf5 Kc3 $19 {[%cal Ra4b3,Ra5a1]}) 69... Bxa4
70. Kxe3 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[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. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 $6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ $1 (10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44) 10... Kxd8
11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Be3 Rxb2 $2 (12... a6 13. Ba7 Rb4 14. a3 Rxb2 (14... Rd4 $4
15. Bb6#) 15. O-O-O+ Kc7 16. Kxb2 Kxc6 $44) (12... Kc7 13. Ba4 (13. Bg2 a6 14.
O-O-O $14 {+/= Cifuentes Parada,R-Gulko,B/Amsterdam II 1988}) 13... a6 14.
O-O-O Bb7 15. Rhe1 Bf3 (15... Rbd8 16. Bb3 e6 17. Na4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Radu,
E-Shumiakina,T/Bucharest-AW 1994 (39)}) 16. Rd3 (16. Rd2 e6 17. Bb3 Ng4 18. Bc4
Nxe3 19. fxe3 e4 $132 {0-1 Burchardt Hofman,B-Prudnikova,S/Halle-W 1987 (44)})
16... Rhd8 17. Ba7 Rb7 18. Rxf3 Rxa7 19. Rxe5 $16 {Filipenko,A-Lugovoi,A/
Smolensk Alekhine op 1992/1-0 (70)}) 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Bb5 $1 {It seems,that
this move the black overlooked.} Rb4 15. a3 Rxb5 (15... Re4 16. Bxa7 $18) 16.
Nxb5+ Kb7 17. Nxa7 Bf5 (17... Bd7 18. Rd3 Be6 (18... Ra8 19. Rb3+ Ka6 20. Rb6+
Ka5 21. Rd1 Rxa7 22. Rxf6 $18) 19. Rhd1 Ra8 20. Kd2 $1 $18) 18. Kb2 Ng4 19. Nb5
Rc8 20. Rd2 (20. c3 Ka6 21. a4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Ka5 $132) 20... Ka6 21. a4 e4+ 22.
Bd4 Bh6 23. Re2 e5 24. Ba7 (24. Bc3 e3 25. f3 Nf2) 24... Rc4 25. h3 (25. Ra1
Be6 26. h3 Ka5 (26... Rb4+ 27. Ka3 Bf8 28. Nc7+ Kxa7 29. Nxe6 $18) 27. c3 $18)
25... Nf6 26. Nd6 (26. Bb8 Rxa4 $1 (26... Nd7 27. Bd6 Rxa4 28. Nc3 Rd4 29. Ra1+
Kb7 (29... Kb6 30. Be7 $16) 30. Nb5 $16) 27. Bxe5 Rb4+ 28. Ka3 Rxb5 29. Bxf6
Be6 $132) (26. Be3 Rb4+ 27. Kc1 (27. Kc3 Nd5+ 28. Kd2 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Rxa4 30.
Rb1) 27... Rxa4 28. Nc3 Ra1+ 29. Nb1 Bf8 30. Kb2 Ra4 $14) 26... Rxa4 27. Be3
Bf8 28. Nxf5 (28. Kb3 Ra5 29. Rd2 $16) 28... Rb4+ 29. Kc1 gxf5 30. c3 Ra4 (
30... Rc4 31. Ra2+ Kb5 32. Kd2 $18) 31. Kb2 Kb5 32. Rd2 Be7 33. Bg5 $1 e3 (
33... Kc4 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. Rd7 $18) 34. Bxe3 Kc4 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Kxa1 Nd5 (
36... Kxc3 37. Kb1 $18) 37. Kb2 Bd8 (37... Bf6 38. Kc2 $18) 38. Kc2 Ba5 39. Rd1
h5 40. Bd2 Bb6 41. Be1 f4 42. Ra1 $18 f3 (42... fxg3 43. fxg3 f5 44. Ra4+ Kb5
45. Rh4 $18) 43. Ra4+ Kc5 44. c4 Nf6 45. Ba5 $1 Nd7 (45... Ne4 46. Bxb6+ Kxb6
47. Ra3 $18) 46. Kd3 f5 47. Bxb6+ Kxb6 48. Ke3 e4 49. Rb4+ Kc6 50. Rb5 Nc5 51.
Rb8 Nd7 52. Rh8 Ne5 53. Kd4 Nd3 54. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Bakhrakh, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 {King} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a5 (9... a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Nd5 Nd7 $1 12. c3 e6 13. Ne3
Nb6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Ng4 Nc4 16. Nd2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 f5 $15 {
Zagrebelny-Serper,Tashkent,1992}) 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5
Nb4 14. c4 h6 15. Bd2 Nd7 $2 (15... b6) 16. Nxa5 Nd3 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Be3 Qxb7
19. Qxd3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bg7 21. Qd2 Ne5 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qa7 24. Rb3 {
King: Not sophisticated, but highly effective.} Qa5 25. Re2 Ng4 26. Qh4 Nf6 27.
Rh3 Nh5 28. g4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kemerovo SDYuShOR Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Bf1 a5 (10... d5 11. Nc5 Bg4 12. f3 d4 13. Ne2 Bc8 14.
c3 dxc3 15. Nxc3 Qc7 16. Be3 b6 17. Na6 Qb7 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Qb5 Nd8
(20... Rac8 21. Nc5 Qb8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 $14) 21. e5 Ne8 22. Red1 Rc8 23. f4 Nc7
24. Nxc7 Rxc7 25. Be2 Bd7 26. Qd3 Bc6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxd5 Ne6
30. Rc1 Qb8 31. b4 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Bc4 Nd8 34. Qe4 e6 35. Kf2 Nc6 36. a3
h5 $10 {Zagrebelny,S-Leko,P/Budapest Exp 1993 0-1(69)}) 11. a4 Bxb3 $1 {>< b4}
12. cxb3 e6 13. Bc4 Nb4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Kh7
18. Re2 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bb5 (20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. Bxb7 Rxd2 23.
Rexd2 Qe6 $17) (20. Bxd5 Qf5 $1 $19) (20. Bd3) 20... Rac8 21. Ree1 Rc7 22. Bd3
Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bb1 Re8 25. g3 (25. Nxd5 $4 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qe1+) 25... Qe5
26. Na2 (26. Nxd5 $4 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Rxb1) 26... Nc6
27. Kg2 d4 28. Nc1 Qd5+ 29. f3 Re7 30. Bd3 Ne5 31. Be4 Qe6 32. Qxa5 $6 (32. h3)
32... Ng4 $1 $17 33. Rd2 Ne3+ 34. Kg1 Qh3 35. Rf2 d3 $1 36. Nxd3 (36. Bxd3 Bd4
37. Qb4 Rd7) 36... Bd4 37. Qd8 (37. Qb4 Rd7 38. Qe1 Qe6 $17) 37... Rd7 38. Qe8
Nd1 $19 39. g4 Bxf2+ 40. Nxf2 Qh4 41. Nd3 (41. Qxd7 Qxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qf1#) 41...
Re7 42. Qd8 f5 $1 43. gxf5 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 (9... Bd7) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 $6 (10... b5 11. h3 b4 12. Bg5 Nd7
13. Rb1 Re8 14. c3 Ba6 15. Re1 Nde5 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qc1 N4e5 18. Qd2 Nc4 19.
Qc1 N4e5 {1/2-1/2 Mortensen,E-Ernst,T/Gausdal zt 1987}) 11. exd5 Ne5 12. h3 Bd7
13. c3 Bb5 14. b3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 b5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rac1 a5 18. c4 bxc4 19. f4
Nd7 20. Rxc4 Nc5 21. Rfc1 Rb4 22. Kh2 (22. Bxc5 $2 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 dxc5 24. Qxc5
$4 Bd4+ {-+}) 22... Rc8 23. h4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Rb8 25. Qc2 Rb4 26. a3 Rxc4 27.
Qxc4 Qb8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Na4 30. b5 Nc5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Qxc5 Qd6 33. Qa7
e5 34. dxe6 fxe6 35. b6 Bh6 36. b7 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Qxf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Sakthi"]
[Site "Sakthi"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tilak, Sharad S"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Kh1 Rc8 10. f4 a6 $6 {A waste of time, it serves no purpose in this
position} (10... O-O $142 11. Be3 Na5 12. f5 (12. g4 $6 Rxc3 $1 13. bxc3 Nxe4
14. Bd4 Nxc3 $17) 12... Bc4 13. g4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc4 15. g5 Nd7 $15 {><b2,c3})
11. Be3 O-O 12. g4 $6 (12. Bf3 $142 Na5 13. e5 $1 Nc4 (13... dxe5 $4 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. Nxa5 $19) 14. exf6 Nxe3 15. fxg7 $1 Nxd1 16. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 17. Raxd1
$14) 12... Na5 13. g5 $2 (13. Nxa5 $142 Qxa5 14. Bd4) 13... Rxc3 $1 14. gxf6 (
14. bxc3 Nxe4 $19) 14... Rxe3 15. fxg7 Re8 (15... Kxg7 $4 16. Qd4+) 16. f5 gxf5
$1 17. exf5 Bd7 $17 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Rf4 e5 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Bd3 Bd5+ 22. Kg1
Be4 23. Qh5 Re7 24. Bxe4 R3xe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. c3 Qc5 (26... Re5) 27. Qf3
Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rf4 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Kxg7 31. Rd1 Nc4 32. Kg3 Rf6 33. b3 Ne5
34. c4 Rg6+ $2 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. Ke4 Rg2 37. Kd5 Rxh2 38. Kxd6 Ng4 39. Kc7 Rxa2
40. Kxb7 Ne5 41. c5 h5 42. Rf1+ Kg6 43. Nf3 Nxf3 44. Rxf3 Rc2 45. c6 h4 46. c7
f5 47. c8=Q Rxc8 48. Kxc8 Kg5 49. b4 Kg4 50. Ra3 h3 51. Rxa6 h2 52. Ra1 f4 53.
b5 Kg3 54. b6 Kg2 55. b7 h1=Q 56. Rxh1 Kxh1 57. b8=Q f3 58. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nb3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Re1 (9. Kh1) (9. Bg5) 9... Be6 (9... a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. c3
{/\ Bg5} e6 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Ng4 Nc4 16. Nd2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nxd2 18.
Bxd2 f5 $1 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nf2 (20. exf5 $2 gxf5 21. Nf2 Rf6 $17) 20... e5 $1
$17 {Zagrebelny,S-Serper,G/Tashkent/1992}) 10. Bf1 a5 (10... d5 11. Nc5 d4 12.
Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nb1 Ne5 14. h3 Qb6 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4
d3 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. cxd3 Qxa1 21. Qxa1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 $15 {Bauer,C-Aronian,L/
Candas op/1996}) 11. a4 Nb4 (11... Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 Nd7 $1
$10) 12. Nd4 Qc8 (12... Rc8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Qd2 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd1 $14) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 Qc6 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. h3 Rac8
17. Rc1 Rf7 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Nb5 Qb8 $14 (19... Qd8 $4 20. Nxd6 {+-}) (19... Qc5
20. Be3 Qe5 21. c3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Nc5 $10) 20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 e5 $6 (21... b6)
22. Be3 Nc5 23. Qc4 Rc6 24. Red1 Qe8 25. Na7 (25. Rc2 $1 {/\ Rcd2}) 25... Rc7
26. b4 Na6 (26... Qxa4 $4 27. Nb5 $1 (27. Ra1 $2 Qb3 28. Qxb3 Nxb3 29. Ra3 Rxc3
$17) 27... Rc8 28. Ra1 Qb3 29. Qxb3 Nxb3 30. Ra3 a4 31. Rxa4 {+-}) 27. Qb3 $16
Qf8 28. Bb6 Bh6 29. Bxc7 Bxc1 30. Bxa5 Bf4 31. Nb5 Qh6 32. Nc7 Nxc7 33. Bxc7
Kg7 34. Bb6 g5 35. a5 g4 36. Rd3 Qg6 37. Qc4 h5 38. h4 g3 39. Rf3 Qg4 40. fxg3
d5 41. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Black "Mukhametov, Eldar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 (10... Na5) (10... b5 $5) 11. Bf3 (11. Kh1 $1 Rd8
12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Rf2 e6 14. Rd2 Qc7 15. Qe1 h6 16. Bh4 {Karpov-Miles, Bad
Lauterberg 1977}) 11... Bg4 (11... a5 12. Nd5 $6 (12. a4) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5
Nb4 14. c3 Na6 15. a3 a4 16. Nd4 Qc4 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Nc5 19. Rad1 Ra6 20.
Nc1 Rb6 21. Rf2 Nfe4 $1 $17 {Sugar-Szalanczy,Budapest,1981}) 12. Nd5 $6 Bxf3
13. gxf3 (13. Qxf3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bf6
18. Bxf6 exf6 $15) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 h6 15. Bh4 (15. dxc6 hxg5 16. cxb7 Qxb7
17. fxg5 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 $15) 15... Qh3 16. Bf2 Nb8 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. Qd4+ Nf6 20. Rae1 Rac8 21. c4 Rc7 22. Nd2 Qf5 23. Qxa7 Qxf4 24. Qe3 Qh4 25.
a4 e6 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. f4 Nh5 28. Qd4+ Kh7 29. Qxd6 Rcf7 30. Ne4 Nxf4 31. Ng3
Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[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 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Na4 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14.
Qe2 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bh4 Qd4 19. Rac1 Qxf4 20.
Bxe7 Bf5 21. Rc4 Qe5 22. Qd1 Qxb2 23. Re2 Qb1 24. Rc1 Qd3 25. Bxd6 Bc3 26. Be7
Ra7 27. d6 Qb5 28. Qg1 Qb8 29. Rd1 Bg7 30. Qc5 Rc8 {Ljubojevic,L-Sosonko,G/
Tilburg 1984 1-0(52)}) 12... Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxa8
Qxa8 16. Nac5 Bc6 17. Qe2 {~/= Zapata,A-Gurevich,D/New York 1984}) 14. exd6
Nxd6 15. Re1 Ra7 16. Bh4 Qb8 $2 17. Nac5 $2 {White misses an opportunity,
better was} (17. Bf2 Rc7 18. Nbc5 Bc8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxe7 {and White is
clearly on top}) 17... Rc8 18. Rxe7 $6 (18. Bxe7) 18... Nxe7 19. Bxe7 Bf8 20.
Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qd4 (21. Qd5) 21... Nf5 22. Qf6 (22. Qd2) 22... Qxf4 $17 23. Rf1
(23. Re1) 23... Bb5 24. Re1 Qh4 $19 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Bb7 Rd8 27. Re4 Rd1+ 28.
Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 {more usual is 8.h3} Nc6 (8... a6 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nbd7 {
is a better setup for Black}) 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 $2 (10... Nd7) 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. e5 $16 Nh5 13. g4 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. gxh5 gxh5 17.
Be3 a6 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. c3 Rc4 20. Nd2 Rc6 21. a4 Kf7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Nikolic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk Poliot-Kadyr"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Re1 a6 (9... Be6) (9... a5) 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bf1 Nd7 12. Rb1 b4 $6 (
12... Nb6 13. Nd5 h6 $10) 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Qd2 $14 Rb8 15. h3 a5 16. c3 Nf8 (
16... bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. Bb5 Ba8 19. a4 $14) 17. Rbc1 Bd7 18. Nd4 bxc3 19.
bxc3 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. a4 Bd7 22. Bb5 f6 23. Be3 Ne5 24. c4 e6 25. Nf4 Nf7
26. Red1 Qc7 27. Qa2 g5 28. Nh5 Qb7 29. Bd4 e5 30. Be3 $16 Red8 31. Ng3 Be6 32.
Qe2 Nh8 33. Qd2 Qc7 34. Nf5 Bf8 35. Qe2 Ng6 36. Qf3 Qf7 37. Bd2 Ra8 38. Bc6 Ra6
39. Bd5 Nf4 40. Bxf4 gxf4 41. Rb1 Ra7 42. Rb6 $18 Rc7 43. Rb5 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Ra8
45. Rdb1 Qe8 46. Kh2 Rc4 47. Rb7 Rb4 48. R1xb4 axb4 49. Qg4+ Qg6 50. Rxb4 Qxg4
51. hxg4 Ra5 52. Rc4 Ra7 53. Kh3 Rb7 54. f3 Rb1 55. Kh2 Ra1 56. Rc8 Rxa4 57.
Nxd6 Ra6 58. Nf5 Ra1 59. Rc6 Kf7 60. Rc7+ Kg6 61. d6 Ra8 62. d7 Rd8 63. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 h6 12. Bh4 e6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 (14. Rad1
Rd8 15. f4 Bb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. f5 Ne5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. Nf3 g5 21.
Bf2 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Nh5 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Qf8 25. Qe3 Rc7 26. Ne2 Rf7 27.
Bh3 Bc8 28. Rf1 Kh8 29. Bg4 Nf4 30. Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Rd2 Qf7 32. Bh3 Rf8 33. Bg2
Bb7 34. Rfd1 d5 35. h3 Kg8 36. c3 Qg7 37. Qb6 Qf7 38. Qe3 Rf6 39. e5 Rf5 40.
Rd4 Qg7 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Miles,A/Tilburg 59/245 1993 (122)}) (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Qxh6 Ne5 $13 {according to Miles}) 14... b4 15. Nd1 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxh6
Rfd8 18. Rb1 Na5 $44 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. b3 Rac8 21. Bd3 $6 (21. Bc4 $142 Rc5 22.
Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Re3 {+/=/+/-}) 21... Rc5 $1 22. Ne3
Rh5 23. Nc4 (23. Qf4 Be5) 23... Qc5 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. h3 d5 26. exd5 Rdxd5 27.
Qb8 (27. Ne3 Rd4 28. Qh2 Be5 $15) 27... Rd7 28. Be4 Bd4 $1 29. Bxb7 $2 (29. Qg3
Rg5 30. Qh4) 29... Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Rh8 $17 32. Qf4 Rxb7 33. Rf1 f5
$6 {this weakens Black's King position and gives White chances. Better is} (
33... Qf5 34. Qd4+ e5 35. Qxe5+ Qxe5 36. Nxe5 Re8 {should win for black}) 34.
Rd1 Qe7 35. Rd6 {already the consequences of 33...f5 are showing, e5 and e6
are a source of concern for Black, in addition he is losing the a-pawn} Qf6 36.
Rxa6 Rh4 37. Qd6 Re4 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. a5 Qa1 40. Rb6 {and now White is better!}
Rf7 (40... Rxb6 41. axb6 Re1 42. Qxb4 $18) 41. Nd2 Re1 42. Nf3 $18 Rh1+ 43. Kg3
f4+ 44. Kg4 Qf6 45. Ng5+ Kg7 46. Nxe6+ (46. Nxf7 $4 Qf5+ 47. Kf3 (47. Kh4 Qh5#)
47... Qh5+ 48. Kxf4 (48. Ke4 Qe2+ 49. Kxf4 Qf2+ 50. Ke4 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Qe2+ $1
52. Kd4 Qxc2 $1 $19) (48. Kf2 Qh4+ 49. Ke2 Qe1+ 50. Kd3 Qc3+ 51. Ke4 Qe3#)
48... Qh4+ 49. Kf3 Rf1+ 50. Ke3 Qe1+ 51. Kd4 Qc3+ 52. Ke4 Qxc2+ 53. Ke3 Qf2+
54. Ke4 Re1+ 55. Kd3 Rd1+ 56. Kc4 Rd5 $3 $19) 46... Kh6 47. Qxf4+ Qxf4+ 48.
Nxf4 Rg7 49. Rxb4 Ra1 50. Rb5 Ra2 51. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 30th"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[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. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. O-O-O {Rodriguez is in
an adventurous mood. There was nothing wrong with 13 0-0.} Qa5 14. Kb1 Rfc8 15.
f4 b5 16. Rhe1 Ne8 17. g4 b4 18. Nd5 {White's powerful central position is
more than sufficient to counterbalance Black's Qside attack.} Bxb2 19. Kxb2 e6
20. Ne3 Na7 21. c4 bxc3+ 22. Nxc3 Rc7 23. Nb1 Qb6 24. Na3 Bb5 25. Ka1 Rd7 26.
Nac4 Qd8 27. g5 Nc6 28. Qc3 e5 29. fxe5 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Qxg5 31. Bf3 Qe7 32. exd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Nde2 Nc6 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Rc8 12. c3 a6 13. Nf4 b5 14. Qe2 Na5 15.
Rd1 Qc7 16. h4 e6 17. h5 Rfe8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nd3 Nc4 20. a4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Nf4 b4 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Ra4 Nd5 26. Be4 Ncb6 27. Ra3 Qc4 28.
Bd3 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Nxf4 31. gxf4 Nd5 32. Ra4 Rcc8 33. Qf3 Bxb2 34.
f5 {White chooses to simplify - correctly. If he doesn't he could easily lose
the pawn on f4, and perhaps even the game.} Be5+ 35. Kg2 gxf5 36. Bxf5 Nf4+ 37.
Rxf4 Bxf4 {In conclusion we can say that in positions with queen versus pieces:
** The pieces need secure footholds; and a good pawn structure helps too. In
other words, a lack of targets for the queen to attack.  ** In general, the
player with the queen should try to exchange off as many pieces as possible,
the rooks in particular, in order to lessen any attacking chances, but also to
create more targets: the pieces can no longer protect each other, and the
queen usually has greater freedom of movement.  Positions with rook and minor
piece against queen are often playable, but in practical play, it is usually a
great advantage to have the queen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Re1 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. c3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nce5 16. Nd2 e6 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Nec4 Qc7 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 (20. Qb3 $6
Nh5 $1 $15 {grabbing the bishop.}) 20... Rad8 21. Rad1 Re7 22. f3 Nh5 23. Bf2
Nf4 24. Qc4 {The only thing that White has going for him in this position is
the queenside pawn majority. Its potency would increase with the queen
exchange.} Qb8 $1 25. Qb3 Red7 26. Nc4 Bc6 {I would say that White is a
fraction better here - after exchanging rooks for instance.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wuppertal"]
[Site "Wuppertal"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Odendahl, Reiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Qd2 $5 {N} (7.
Qd3 Qc8 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Be3 $14 {Adams-Suesman/Boston/1944/}) (7. f3
Bd7 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. g4 $36) 7... Nc6 8. Bg2 Qc8 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. h3 Be6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O-O d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 f6 16.
exf6 (16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Nc5 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Qe3 Rc8 20. Bd4 Qc6 $132)
16... exf6 17. Rhe1 Re8 (17... Nb6 $5) 18. g4 Bf7 $2 (18... Nb6 $5) 19. Rxe8+
Qxe8 20. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Nf8 (21... Rd8 22. Bc6 Be6 23. Re1 Qf8 24. Rxe6
Nc5 25. Qxd8 Qxd8 26. Re8+ Qxe8 27. Bxe8 $18) 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. g5 Qe4 $2 (
23... fxg5 $142) 24. Bxf6 Ne6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rf1 Kg8 27. h4 Kf8 28. h5 Ke7
29. Re1 Qf5 30. h6 Kf8 31. Qd6+ Kg8 32. Qb8+ Nf8 33. Re7 a5 34. Ra7 Be6 35.
Rg7+ Kh8 36. Qd6 Nd7 37. Qd4 1-0

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. Bg5 $146 {(12.a5)} Rac8 13. Rfc1
(13. a5 Qc4 14. Ra4 Rc7 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Qa3 Ng4 17. Bd4 Ne5 18. Rd1 Nc4 19. Qa1
(19. Qb4 $5) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 b5 $1 $15) 13... a5 $1 (13... Rfe8 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. c3 $14) 14. Qa3 $2 (14. Qd4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd4 16. Nxc7
Rxc7 17. c3 $10) 14... Ng4 $1 $15 {(><f2)} 15. Nd1 $8 (15. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 16. exd5
Bd4 $19) 15... Ne5 16. Ne3 h6 17. Bf4 Nc6 {(/\g5)} 18. h4 (18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
exd5 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qc4 $17) 18... Nd4 19. Qd3 Qc5 {(/\g5)} 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Bf1 $8 Rxc2 (23... Rc5 $1 24. Be3 Rxd5 25. c4 Rc5 (25...
Rh5 $5) 26. Rd1 e5 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. b3 d5 $17) 24. Rxc2 Nxc2 25. Rc1 Nb4 26.
Bd2 $1 $15 Nxd5 (26... Bxb2 27. Rc7 Nxd5 28. Rxb7 Bc3 29. Bxh6 Rc8 $15) 27. Bg2
e6 28. b3 Ra8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rc7 b6 31. Rc6 $1 (31. Rb7 Bd4 32. Bxh6 Rc8 $17
) 31... Rb8 32. Rxd6 d4 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Rd7 Rc8 (34... Ke8 35. Rc7 Be5 36. Rc1
$1 {(/\Re1)} Kd7 37. Bxh6 $10) 35. Rd6 Rb8 36. Rd7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 Rc8 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. a4 (12. Bg5 Bxd5 13. exd5 h6 $5
14. Be3 Qc7 $13) 12... Re8 (12... Bg4 13. f3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. c3 Nc4 16.
Kh1 a6 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Be3 $14 {Reinderman,D-Barkhagen,J/Sas Van Gent/1992/})
13. a5 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. c3 Nc4 16. Ne3 Ne5 17. Nd4 $1 (17. Nd5 Nc4 18. Ne3
$10) 17... a6 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Nd5 $2 (19. Bd2 $5 Nc6 20. Nc4 $16) (19. Bd2 e6 (
19... Qb8 20. Red1 Qa7 21. Kh1 $16) 20. Red1 $14) (19. Kh1) 19... Nxd5 20. exd5
$2 (20. Qxd5 $142) 20... Nc4 21. Bg5 $6 (21. Bxc4 Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 Qxc4 $17) (21.
Qb4 $5) 21... Nxa5 $17 22. Qb4 Nc4 23. Bxe7 (23. Bxc4 Bxd4+ 24. cxd4 Qxc4 25.
Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Rxd4 28. Bxd6 Rxd5 $17) 23... Be5 24. Bh4 Qb6
$1 25. Bf2 Qxb4 26. cxb4 Kf8 27. Re2 Bf6 28. Rae1 Nxb2 $1 29. b5 Rxe2 30. Bxe2
a5 31. Nc6 bxc6 32. dxc6 Bxc6 33. bxc6 Rxc6 34. Bb5 Rc8 $19 35. Bg3 d5 36. Ra1
Kg7 37. Rxa5 Rc5 38. Bd6 Bd4+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Kf1 Rf2+ 42. Ke1
Rxg2 43. Ra8 Nc4 44. Bg3 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 Nd7 $44 (11... b5) 12. c3 b5 13. axb5 axb5
14. Nd4 Nde5 15. Nxc6 (15. f4 Nxd4 16. fxe5 Nc6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bg5 Be5 $1)
15... Nxc6 16. Qe2 b4 (16... e6 17. Nb4 $5) 17. Bd2 (17. c4 e6 18. Ne3 Qb6 $15)
17... bxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Be6 20. c4 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nd4 22. Qd3 Nb3 23.
Rab1 Nc5 24. Qe3 Qa5 (24... Qc7 $5 25. f4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Rb8) 25. h4 Qa2 26.
Rxb8 Rxb8 27. e5 Qb2 28. exd6 exd6 29. Qe7 (29. Qf4 Qe5 30. Qxe5 dxe5 31. Rc1
Nd7 32. Rc7 Nf6 $15) 29... Qb6 30. h5 Qd8 31. Qxd8+ Rxd8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rd1
$2 (33. Rb1 $1) 33... Rb8 34. Rd2 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. f4 Kf6 37. Bf3 Nb3 38.
Ra2 Nd4 39. Bg2 Rb3 40. Ra6 Nf5 41. g4 (41. Bh3 $1 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 Nxg3 43. Rxd6+
Ke7 44. Ra6 Ne2+ 45. Kh1 Nxf4 46. d6+ Kf8 47. d7 Ke7 48. Ra8 Rd2 49. Re8+ Kf6
50. Bg4 Kg5 51. d8=Q+ Rxd8 52. Rxd8 Kxg4 $15) 41... Ne3 42. Bh3 Ke7 $17 43. Ra4
(43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Ra6 Nxd5 45. Rxd6 Nxf4 46. Bf1 Rf3 47. Bg2 (47. Kg1 Rg3+) (
47. Bc4 Rh3+ 48. Kg1 Rg3+) 47... Re3) 43... Rd3 $2 (43... Nxd5 44. Re4+ Kf8 45.
Rd4 Rb5 46. g5 (46. Bg2 Ne3 $17) 46... Ke7 47. Re4+ (47. f5 gxf5 48. Bxf5 Ne3
49. Re4+ Kf8 50. Rxe3 Rxf5) 47... Kd8 48. Rd4 (48. f5 gxf5 49. Bxf5 Ne7) 48...
Kc7 $17) 44. g5 $1 Kf8 (44... Nxd5 45. f5 gxf5 46. Bxf5 Rd2+ 47. Kg3) 45. Ra8+
Kg7 46. Ra7 $1 Nf5 47. Bxf5 gxf5 48. Rd7 $1 (48. Ra5 Kg6 49. Kg2 Kh5 50. Ra7
Kg4 51. Rxf7 Kxf4 $19) 48... Rxd5 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Kf3 f6 51. gxf6 Kxf6 52. Rh7
Rd3+ 53. Ke2 Rg3 54. Rh6+ Rg6 55. Rh5 Ke6 56. Ke3 Rg3+ 57. Kd4 Rf3 58. Rh6+ Kd7
59. Kd5 Rd3+ 60. Kc4 Ra3 61. Rf6 Ra5 62. Kd4 Ke7 63. Rh6 Ra4+ 64. Kd5 Rxf4 65.
Re6+ Kf7 66. Rxd6 Re4 67. Ra6 Kg7 68. Rb6 Re3 69. Kd4 f4 70. Ra6 Re7 71. Kd3 f3
72. Ra2 Re2 73. Rxe2 fxe2 74. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shevelev, Arkady"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 {A big surprise for my opponent. In all our previous games
I used to play 1...e5. Besides I had an intention to play for a win that is
quite difficult after 1...e5 espesially if your rather expierenced opponent
didn't object against a draw. Despite very little practice in Sicilian defence
I managed to play my best game in this tournament.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 {Favourite weapon of A.Shevelev against Dragon.} Nc6
7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. c3 {
Very rare branch of the g3-line. Its purpose is to refrain from h3. The
possibility of immediate 13...b4 is a principal drawback.} ({After the main} 
13. h3 {Black has a choice between} Nd7 ({and} 13... b4)) 13... b4 ({After} 
13... Nd7 {White can abstain from h3 that is the idea of 13.c3. Despite this
fact Black has got good positions in both games I managed to find.} 14. Nd4
Nxd4 (14... Nde5 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qe2 e6 17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. cxb4 Bb7 19. Rd1 Qc7
20. Bf4 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. Rc2 Ba8 23. Rdc1 {1/2-1/2 Vulicevic,N-Kaliksteyn,
A/New York 1993/TD (23)}) 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. Nb4 Ra8 17. Be3 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qb6
19. Qd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Janev,E-Ilchov,R/Bankia 1992/EXT 98 (40)}) 14.
Nxf6+ $146 {Perhaps a novelty.} (14. Nd4 Nxd4 (14... Bb7 $2 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16.
Nxb4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gc6b8]}) 15. Nxf6+ {1/2-1/2
Lukov-Georgiev,1984} (15. cxd4 Nxd5 16. exd5 e6) 15... exf6 $1 16. cxd4 f5 $15
{with minimal adge for Black.}) 14... Bxf6 15. Nd4 Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 2048] A fight
for the initiative from the very beginning.} (15... Bb7 16. f4 $1 Qb6 17. Be3)
16. f4 Bg4 $1 {It's important to take off one defence from the knight on d4.} (
{Now in case of} 16... Nc4 17. b3 {is possible.}) (16... Qb6) (16... bxc3 $5
17. bxc3 (17. fxe5 dxe5) 17... Nc4 18. Nc6 $140 $4 Qb6+ {[%cal Rb6g1,Rb6c6]})
17. Qc2 Nc4 (17... Qb6 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bf2 bxc3 20. bxc3) 18. f5 $5 {An
interesting idea. White tries to catch Black' s bishop that forces me play
very fast.} ({This time} 18. b3 $2 {is refuted by} bxc3 $1 {[%csl Rd4] That's
why 16...Bg4 is important.} 19. Qxc3 Qb6 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Rd4]}) 18... Qb6 $1 {
The only thing to think about was to change first on c3 or not. I decided to
refrain from it as possibility N:b2 can be essential in some variations.} 19.
Qf2 $8 ({After} 19. h3 $2 {Black make use of unprotectability of the rook on
a1.} bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2 Qxa1 $19 23. Qxc4 $140 (23. Bh6
Qd4 {[%cal Gc4e3,Gb8b2]}) 23... Rfc8 24. Bg5 Qb2 $1 {[%cal Gg4e2,Gc8c2]}) 19...
Rfc8 $1 {[%cal Gc4b2] preparing N:b2! The only problem before making of this
move was choosing the right piece to put on the c-file.19...Qc5 and 19...Rbc8
with the same idea N:b2 came in consideration, but the move in the text seems
most logical as weakening of the f7 square is not important.} ({Now} 19... Nxb2
$2 {doesn't work} 20. Qxb2 (20. Bxb2 $2 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rfc8 {[%csl Rd4]}) 20...
bxc3 21. Qxb6) 20. Ra4 $1 {Clever defence.Now knight on d4 is defended by the
rook from a4!} ({After} 20. h3 $5 {White's construction in the centre
collapses by the means of} Nxb2 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4] Black strikes on the base
of the construction.} 21. fxg6 $1 {This intermediate move temporary saves
White.} ({Both} 21. Bxb2 bxc3 $19 {[%csl Rd4]}) ({and} 21. Qxb2 Rxc3 {[%csl
Rd4]} 22. hxg4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh2 Ra3 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra1] lead to the complete
disaster.}) 21... Nd3 $1 (21... Nd1) (21... hxg6 22. Qxb2 Rxc3 23. Rxf6 $1 {
The point of 21.fg!} exf6 24. Qf2 $1) 22. gxf7+ (22. Qe3 hxg6 23. Rxf6 $1 Nxc1
(23... exf6 24. Qxd3 Rxc3 25. Qd2 Bf3 $13) 24. Rxc1 exf6 25. hxg4 Qc5 $1 $17 {
[%cal Gb4c3]}) 22... Kxf7 23. Qa2+ b3 24. Qxb3+ (24. Qd2 $142 {Probably the
only White's chance to escape.}) 24... Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Be2 $1 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27.
Nd4 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Bd3 $19) 20... bxc3 ({After} 20... Nxb2 $2 21. Bxb2 (21. Qxb2
$2 Rxc3) (21. Rxb4 Qxb4 {see comments of 22...Qc5}) 21... bxc3 22. Bc1 {
[%cal Ga4d4] White's defence works.}) 21. bxc3 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Gc8c3] Again
Black wants to destroy the base of the construction.} 22. Rb4 (22. Bd2 Qc5 23.
h3 Nd3 24. Qe3 Nb2 25. Ra6 Nc4 $19) 22... Qc5 $1 ({Tempting} 22... Qxb4 {
is enough only for equality.} 23. cxb4 Nd3 24. Qe3 Nxc1 {[%cal Gf6d4]} 25. Rxc1
(25. Kh1 $5) 25... Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Bxd4+ 27. Kf1 $1 Ra8 $1 (27... Rxb4 $2 28. h3
Ra4 $140 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. hxg4) 28. h3 Ra1 (28... Bh5 29. b5 $1 (29. g4 Ra1 30.
Qxa1 Bxa1 31. gxh5 gxf5 32. exf5 e6 33. h6 $1 d5 34. Bf3 $11 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gf3d1,Gd1c2]}) 29... Ra1 30. Qxa1 Bxa1 31. b6 d5 32. exd5 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Be5
$11) 29. Qxa1 Bxa1 30. hxg4 $11) 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 {[%cal Gc5c3,Ge5d3]} 24. Qe3 {
Most stubborn defence} (24. Bd2 $2 Rb2 {[%cal Ge5c4]}) (24. h3 Nd3 $1 (24...
Qxc3 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 25. hxg4 Nxg4 26. Ne2 $1) 25. Qd2 (25. Qe3 Qxc3 26. Nc6 Be2
$1 27. Bd2 Qxc6 28. Qxe2 $17) 25... Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Be2 $5 $17 {[%cal Ge2c4]} (
26... e5 $5) (26... Rc8 27. Rb1 Qxc3 $140 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Nb5 Rxg3 30. hxg4
Rxg4 $13)) 24... Nc4 25. Qf2 Ne5 {Being in time-trouble I have repeated the
position winning time for finding very nice idea} 26. Qe3 h6 $3 {[%cal Gf6g5]
[%mdl 64] That's it.Otherwise I would have to resign myself for a draw.} 27.
Nc2 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Serious mistake after very stubborn defence.Now Black'
pressure is getting decisive.} (27. h3 $2 Bg5 28. Qf2 (28. Qe1 Nd3 {[%csl Re1]}
) 28... Nd3 29. Qa2 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Bxc1 31. fxg6 Be6 $19) (27. Qxh6 $6 Qxc3 28.
Qe3 Qxd4 $1 29. Qxd4 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Bxd4+ 31. Kg2 gxf5 $17) (27. fxg6 $1 {
was the only chance to stay in the game.} fxg6 28. Qxh6 Qxc3 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ $1 (
29... Qc5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge5c4]} 30. Kh1 $1) (29... Nd3 $2 30. e5 $1 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg2d5]}) 30. Bxe3 Nc4 31. Bf2 Rb2 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb2f2]}
32. Nc6 $8 (32. Nf3 $2 Bxf3 33. Bxf3 Nd2) (32. h3 $2 Rxf2 $1) 32... Nd2 33. Re1
Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 Bxf3 35. e5 $1 Bxc6 36. exf6 e5 $1 $15 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5,Rf6,Rg1]})
27... Be2 $1 {Finally bishop finds a way out.} 28. Re1 (28. Rf2 Rb1 $1) 28...
Nd3 $1 29. Qxc5 (29. Rxe2 Rb1 $1) 29... dxc5 30. Rxe2 Rb1 $1 $17 {Puenta.Now
Black's big advantage doesn't give rise to doubts.All black pieces and
espesially Black's bishop tower over white ones.} 31. fxg6 fxg6 (31... Rxc1+
32. Bf1 fxg6 {see 31...fg}) 32. Bf1 Rxc1 33. c4 Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 32] White is
lack of moves.} 34. h4 (34. Rd2 Ne5 35. Kg2 Bg5 36. Rf2 Ng4 37. Re2 Rxc2 $1 38.
Rxc2 Ne3+) (34. Kg2 Rxc2 $1 35. Rxc2 Ne1+) 34... h5 $1 {The same strategy.} 35.
Rd2 (35. Ne3 Bd4 {[%cal Gd3e5]}) 35... Ne5 {[%cal Re5f3]} 36. Kf2 (36. Kg2 Ng4
$1 {[%cal Gc1c2]} 37. Bd3 Bc3 38. Re2 Ne5 {[%csl Rd3][%mdl 32] Look at this
position of full dominancy. White's bishop is encicled of its own pieces!} 39.
Re3 Bd4 $1 $19) 36... Ng4+ 37. Ke2 (37. Kg1 {doesn't save} Bc3 38. Re2 e5 39.
Rg2 Kf6 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} 40. Re2 Ke7 41. Rg2 Kd6 $19 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gd6c7,
Gc7b6,Gb6a5,Ga5a4,Ga4b3][%mdl 32]}) (37. Kg2 Rxc2) 37... Bc3 38. Rd1 Rxc2+ 39.
Kd3 Rf2 $1 40. Kxc3 Ne3 $19 {The rest is clear.} 41. Rd7 Nxf1 42. Rxe7+ Kf6 43.
Rc7 Nxg3 44. Rc6+ Kg7 45. e5 Re2 46. e6 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Re5 48. e7 Rxe7 49. Kd3
Re5 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2012.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Miroshnichenko,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Besiktas Jimnastik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 b4 15. Nd5
Nd7 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Nd4 e6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Bd4 Qc7
22. b3 Ra8 23. Qe3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Qd2 h5 27. Ne2 Nd7 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nf4 Nf6 30. Qxb4 Qxc2 31. Qxd6 Qxb3 {The position looks dead
draw, so White goes for the last wave of pressure, which surprisingly pays off.
} 32. e5 Ne4 {Only move!} (32... Bxg2 $4 33. exf6+) (32... Nd5 33. Nxe6+ $1
fxe6 34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Qd8 Qb7 36. Qh8+ Kg5 37. Qf8 $18) (32... Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Ne4
34. Nxe6+ fxe6 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qxa8 Nxf2 (37... Ng5 $18 {doesn't
change much.}) 38. Qa7+ $18 {, picking up the horse on one of the longest
forks ever!}) 33. Qd4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Bc6 {'??'} (34... Bb7 35. Qd7 (35. Nxe6+
fxe6 36. Qd7+ {leads nowhere -} Kh6 37. Qxe6 Ng5 38. Qe8 Bxg2 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40.
Qe7+ $11) 35... Qb6 36. Nxe6+ Qxe6 37. Qxb7 Nxf2 38. Qf3 Qxe5 $1 {not the only,
but perhaps the easiest way to draw.} 39. Qxf2 h4 $11) 35. Nd3 {'!'} Qb7 36.
Nb4 {'!'} Bd5 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Bxe4 {'!'} dxe4 39. e6+ Kh6 (39... Kh7 40. Qd7
Qb2 41. Qxf7+ Qg7 42. Qd7 $1 $18) 40. Qh8+ Kg5 41. Qe5+ Kh6 42. e7 $18 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Kh1 (10. Re1 $5 a5 $5 (10... Rc8) 11. Bb5 $1 Nd7 12. Nd5
Re8 13. c3 a4 14. Nd2 (14. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxd5 16. exd5 a3 17. b4 $14 {
Kupreichik/}) 14... Nb6 15. Nf3 $14 {Kupreichik,V-Velimirovic,D/JUG/1993/1:0/})
10... a5 11. a4 Rc8 (11... Nd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. f5 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qe2 Nb6
16. Qb5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Be3 $16 {Karpov,An-Sosonko,G/Bad
Lauterberg/1977/1:0/45/}) 12. f4 (12. Re1 {N} Nb4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Ndb5 Bxb5 15.
Bxb5 Qb6 16. Qe2 Qc5 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Bb6 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Ra8 20. Nd1 Nc6 21. c3
d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bc5 $14 {Renet,O-Petursson,N/Marseille/1988/}) 12... Nb4
13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Ndb5 d5 $5 (14... Qb6 15. Bxc4 $5 (15. Bh4) 15... Rxc4 16. Qe2
Rfc8 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. e5 $5 (18. f5 $1 Nc6 19. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21.
Nxd6 $16 {King,D}) 18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 $13 {King,D-Wilder,M/Dortmund/1988/
1:0/53/}) 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Qb8 $6 (17... Rc5 $5 18. d6 (18.
Qf3 Nxd5 19. Rad1 e6 $14) 18... exd6 19. Nxd6 Bxc3 20. Nxb7 $1 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 (
21. Raxd1 Rc7 22. bxc3 Rxb7 23. cxb4 Rxb4 $10) 21... Rc7 22. bxc3 Nxc2 $14) 18.
Qe2 $1 $14 (18. Qd2 Rd8 $44) 18... Rxf4 19. d6 $1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qd8 21. Rd1 (
21. Ne4 Be5 $1 $13 (21... Bxb2 $2 22. c3 $18) (21... Bg7 22. Nc5 exd6 23. Nxb7
$16)) 21... exd6 22. Rxd6 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Bxe7 24. Rd7 Bf6 25. Ne4 $1 (25. Rxb7 $6
Re8) 25... Bxb2 26. c3 $1 Nc6 27. Rxb7 Rd8 28. g3 Ne5 29. Kg2 f5 $2 (29... Rd3
$1 $14) 30. Nf6+ $18 Kf8 31. Nxh7+ Kg8 32. Nd4 Rd6 (32... Bxc3 $4 33. Nf6+ Kf8
34. Ne6#) 33. Rxb2 Kxh7 34. Rb5 Nc4 35. Kf2 Rd7 36. Ke2 Re7+ 37. Kd3 Ne5+ 38.
Kc2 Ng4 39. Rxa5 Nxh2 40. Rb5 Nf1 41. a5 Ra7 42. Nc6 Rc7 43. Nb4 Ne3+ 44. Kd3
Nc4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 "China"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 (9... a5) (9... a6) 10. f4 (10. Kh1) 10... b5 (10...
Na5) 11. Bf3 (11. f5 $5) 11... b4 12. Nd5 a5 $5 (12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14.
Qe2 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. a3 Rc7 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. c3 Qc5 20. Qd2
Rb8 {King,D-Kraehenbuehl,G/Luzern/1989/0,5/20/}) 13. a4 $6 {N/} (13. Nxf6+ exf6
14. Bh4 a4 15. Nc1 a3 16. b3 g5 17. Bf2 f5 $17 {Silva,F-Almeida,R/Almada/1988/
Inf 46/271/}) 13... bxa3 14. Rxa3 a4 $15 15. Bxf6 (15. Nd4 $4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4
Nxd5 $19) 15... Bxf6 $1 (15... exf6 $5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 f5 $15) 16. Nxf6+
exf6 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. c3 Bb3 $5 (18... Qxb2 $6 19. Rxa4 (19. Nxe6 $2 Qxa3 20.
Nxf8 Rxf8 $17) 19... Bb3 $5 (19... Qxc3 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxd6)
20. Qa1 $1 Qxa1 21. Raxa1 $10) 19. Qd2 Rab8 (19... Na5 $6 20. Qf2 Nc4 21. Raa1)
20. Raa1 Nxd4 21. cxd4 (21. Qxd4 $6 Qxd4+ 22. cxd4 Rb4 23. d5 Rc8 $17) 21...
Qb4 22. Qf2 (22. Qe3 $6 Rfc8 23. Rf2 Bc2 $1 24. Rc1 Qxb2 25. Qd2 a3 26. Rxc2
Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qxc2 28. Rxc2 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Rb2 $19) 22... Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Rc4 24.
Rxc4 Qxc4 25. e5 (25. d5 Bc2 $19) 25... fxe5 26. fxe5 Rb4 (26... dxe5 $5 27.
dxe5 Bc2 $17) 27. Bd1 Qxd4 $17 28. Bxb3 axb3 29. exd6 (29. Ra8+ $2 Kg7 30. Qxd4
Rxd4 31. exd6 Rxd6 32. Rb8 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ $19) 29... Qxd6 30. h3 Re4 31. Rf1
Qe7 32. Rd1 Re3 33. Qf4 h5 34. Rd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxe3 Qd5 36. Kf2 {White doesn't
manage vera well defending against the threat to exchange Qs.} (36. h4 $5 {
Hecht: White needs more space!}) 36... h4 37. Qc3 g5 (37... Qe6 38. Qd4 g5 $17)
38. Qf6 Kf8 (38... Kh7 $1) 39. Kf1 Ke8 40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Kf1 Ke8 42. Kf2 Kf8 43.
Kf1 Kg8 44. Kf2 Kh7 45. Ke3 (45. Kg1 Qc5+ 46. Kh2 (46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qc2+
48. Kg1 Qg6 $17) 46... Qc7+ 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Qxf4 gxf4 50. Kg1 Kg6
51. Kf2 Kf5 52. Kf3 f6 53. Kf2 Ke4 54. Ke2 f3+ 55. gxf3+ Kf4 56. Kf2 f5 57. Ke2
Kg3 58. Ke3 Kxh3 59. Kf2 f4 $19) 45... Qc4 46. Kf2 $6 (46. Qxg5 $4 Qc1+) (46.
Qf5+ $142 Kh6 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qh8+ (48. Qf3+ Kg6 $17) (48. Kd2 Qc2+ 49. Ke3
Qg6 50. Qh8+ Qh6 $17) 48... Kg6 49. Qg8+ Kf6 50. Qh8+ Ke7 $17 51. Qe5+ $4 Qe6
$19) 46... Qc2+ 47. Kf3 (47. Kg1 $5 {Hecht}) 47... Qg6 48. Qe5 Qc6+ 49. Kf2 Kg6
$19 (49... Kg6 50. Qd4 (50. Qb8 {Hecht} Qf6+ 51. Kg1 Qxb2 52. Qb6+ f6 53. Qe6
Qd4+ 54. Kf1 b2 55. Qg8+ Kf5 56. Qh7+ Kf4 57. Qc7+ Ke3 58. Qe7+ Kd2 59. Qe2+
Kc1 $19) 50... Qf6+ $19) (49... Kg6 50. Qe2 Qc2 $19) (49... Kg6 50. Kg1 Qc1+
51. Kf2 Qf4+ 52. Qxf4 gxf4 53. Ke2 (53. Kf3 Kf5 $19) 53... Kf5 54. Kd3 (54. Kf3
f6 $19) 54... f3 55. gxf3 Kf4 56. Kc3 Kg3 $1 57. Kxb3 Kxh3 58. Kc4 Kg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. e5 {This is a surprise weapon that was used thrice in 2014 by
Vladimir Onischuk. Although one of them is a blitz game (from the World Blitz
Championship) his 100% score in the three games is very likely to have
prompted research into this variation.} Nd7 ({The game from the World Blitz
Championship went} 9... dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Be3 Ng4 $6 (11... Kc7 $5 12.
Bc5 (12. Nb5+ Kb8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nc3 Kc7 $15) 12... Bf8 (12... Bd7 13. Bxe7
Bc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O Rhe8 16. Bd6+ Kb7 17. Rhe1 $14) 13. Nb5+ Kb8 14.
O-O-O $36) 12. Bc5 (12. O-O-O+ $142 Kc7 13. Nd5+ Kb8 14. Bc5 $16) 12... Bd7 13.
h3 Nf6 14. O-O-O Kc8 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Rxd7+ Kc6
19. Rxf7 Rf8 20. Rxf8 Rxf8 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rd1 g5 23. c4 h5 24. Rd5 h4 25. Rxe5
Bd8 26. b4 Rf3 27. a4 a6 28. Re6+ Kc7 29. Rxa6 {1-0 Onischuk,V (2594)-Nielsen,
P (2654)/Dubai 2014/CBM 160 Extra}) ({An untested alternative is} 9... Ng4 $5
10. f4 dxe5 (10... Nh6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Qf2 (12. Qe4 O-O $132) 12... dxe5 13.
Rd1 $44) 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. h3 Nf6 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. e6 fxe6 15. Bd2 $14 {
[%csl Rd8,Re6,Re7][%cal Ge1c1]}) 10. Qa4 O-O (10... dxe5 11. Be3 $36 {
preparing either Rd1 or 0-0-0.}) (10... Bxe5 11. Bh6 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 11. exd6
Nb6 $146 {A novelty, but a move that cannot be too hard to find. With this
move Black readies himself for an easy endgame where the defects in pawn
structure will be compensated for by active pieces and counter-attacking
chances.} ({Previously against Onischuk, Black had accepted a weak pawn
structure with Qs on the board.} 11... exd6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qb4 a5 14. Qf4 Be5
15. Qf3 Bf5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qxb7 $14 {White has a pleasant edge.}
Rb8 19. Qa7 Bxc2 20. Rac1 Bf5 21. Rfd1 Rc8 22. Re1 Rcc5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. h3 h5
25. Rd1 Rc5 26. h4 d5 27. a4 Be6 28. Ne4 Qc7 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Qa6 Rc1 31. Rxc1
Qxc1+ 32. Kh2 Qxb2 33. Qxa5 Qxf2 34. Qa7 Qxf6 35. Qxb6 Kg7 36. a5 Bc8 37. Qxf6+
Kxf6 38. Bxd5 g5 39. Kg2 gxh4 40. gxh4 Kf5 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Kf4 f6 43. Be4+ Kg7
44. Bf5 Ba6 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. Kd4 Bb7 47. Be4 Bc8 48. Bf3 Kg6 49. Be2 Kh6 50. Bb5
Bb7 51. Be8 Ba6 52. Kc5 Bc8 53. Kd6 {1-0 Onischuk,V (2594)-Tolnai,T (2469)/
Zalakaros 2014/CBM 160 Extra}) (11... Nc5 12. Qa3 $1 exd6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bf4
$14 {[%csl Rd6]} Bxc2 $6 15. Rac1 Bf5 16. Rcd1 Bd3 17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. Nd5 Qxb2
19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21. Bxc5 Bc2 22. Be7 Bxd1 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd1 {
1-0 Onischuk,V (2593)-Miroshnichenko,E (2602)/Kocaeli 2014/CBM 162 Extra}) 12.
Qf4 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 14. O-O Nc4 ({Another good try for equality is} 14...
Bf5 $5 {Sample variations are} 15. Bxb7 (15. Re1 Rfe8 (15... Nc4 16. Bxb7 Rab8
17. Re7 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bf4 Nxb2 20. Bc6 Rb8 $15) 16. Bf4 Bxc3 (16...
Nc4 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bd5 Nxb2 19. Nb5 $1 $14) 17. bxc3 d5 $11 {[%csl Rc2]} 18.
a4 Be4 19. a5 Nc4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ra4 Rac8 22. Rb1 b6 23. axb6 axb6 $11)
15... Rab8 16. Ba6 Bxc2 $11) 15. Nd5 {White's best bet for an advantage.} Bxb2
16. Bxb2 Nxb2 17. Rfb1 {I wonder if this is psychological. In the second round
Hou Yifan had made a pawn sacrifice which could have been recovered
comfortably for equality. While trying to maintain the pressure instead of
taking back the pawn, she messed up and lost the game. On this day she does
not take the risk and recovers the pawn immediately.} ({White could have kept
pressing a bit with} 17. Rfe1 Nc4 (17... Bf5 18. Ne7+ Kg7 19. Nxf5+ gxf5 20.
Rab1 $16) (17... Be6 18. Rab1 Na4 19. Rxb7 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rg8][%cal Gg2a8]})
18. Re7 (18. Re4 Ne5 19. Rb1 $14) 18... Rb8 (18... Kg7 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Ne8+ {
transposes}) 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Ne8+ Kg8 21. Rae1 $14 {[%cal Gg2d5]}) 17... Na4
18. Nc7 (18. Ne7+ Kg7 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Rxb7 a5 21. Ra7 (21. Rc1 Nc3 $15)
21... Rxc2 22. Rxa5 Nc3 $11) 18... Rb8 19. Na6 Ra8 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 (20... Nc3 21.
Rb4 Bxb7 22. Rxb7 Rfe8 $11) 21. Rxb7 Rfc8 22. Re1 Nc5 (22... Rxc2 23. Ree7 Rf8
24. Rxa7 Nc3 (24... Rxa2 25. Nb4 Ra1+ 26. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Ra4]}) 25. Nb4 Rb2 26.
Nd3 (26. a3 Nd1 $132) 26... Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Nxa2 28. Rd7 $11) 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24.
Ree7 Rf5 25. Rbc7 (25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Rc5 27. a4 Rxc2 $11 {is an easy draw.
}) 25... a5 26. Kg2 Rb8 27. a3 Rbb5 28. f4 h5 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. Ke3 Rb1 31. Kf3
Rf1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Kf3 Rf1+ 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Kf3 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigurd Svedenborg Memorial"]
[Site "Narvik"]
[Date "1979.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Johannessen, Svein"]
[Black "Pytel, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Niklasson,C"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 $5 {Ett ovanligt drag som hеller flera mцjligheter
цppna. Spelet kan senare lдnkas цver i slutet sicilianskt eller Paulsen
beroende pе hur svart stдller upp sig. Speciellt mot en teorikunnig spelare
som Pytel kan det vara pstkologiskt riktig att undvika de allt fцr utforskade
stigarna.} Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 $1 {I "draken" дr g2-g3 en ganska tam fortsдttning,
sе svart gцr sдkert rдtt i att fianchettera sin kungslцpare.} 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4
{Redan i detta tidiga skede av partiet stеr svart innfцr ett val som sдtter
sin prдgel pе hela det kommande kampfцrloppet: att цppna spelet med 6.d2-d4
eller vдlja ett mer slutet spelsдtt med 6.0-0 och d2-d3 fцr att senare
fortsдtta med Nf3-h4 och f2-f4.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Bd7 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nde2
{Vit har en viss terrдngfцrdel i centrum dе han beherskat fдltet d5, och det
дr kring denna punkt vit bygger sin strategi. Genom att dra springaren till e2
tjдnar han tvе syften: a) mцjligheten att цka kontrollen av d4 med Ne2-f4, b)
genom att lцparen har fianchetterats till g2 дr fдltet c4 fцrsvagat. Nu finns
mцjligheten b2-b3 dе Nc3 дr garderat. Men svart har inga pеtagliga svagheter
och kommer nu att som sе ofta i Sicilianskt trycka lдngs c-linjen och
expandera med damflygelbцnderna (a7-a6 och b7-b5). Chanserna vдger jдmnt.} a6
11. g4 {Logiskt. Vit hotar nu g4-g5 vilket skulle цka terrдngfцrdelen och
kontrollen av d5. Svart mеste dдrfцr fцrsvaga kungsstдllningen nеgot.} h6 12.
Be3 Ne5 13. b3 g5 $2 ({En allvarlig strategisk felbedцmning som pе ett
цdesdigert sдtt fцrsvagar den egne stдllningen. Tanken bakom draget дr att
kunna sдkra e5-springarens starka stдllning, men han betalat ett alldeles fцr
hцgt pris, vilket "Lama" i fortsдttningen цvertygande visar. Varfцr дr g6-g5
en sе allvarlig fцrsvagning nдr vit kan kosta pе sig att spela g3-g4? Svaret
stеr att finna i det faktum att vit har mцjlighet att цppna spelet med f2-f4
medan svart inte hat motsvarande mцjlighet till att genomfцra f7-f5. Jдmvikten
upprдtthеlles med} 13... Bc6 {, som lдmnar d7-fдltet fritt fцr springaren och
mцjliggцr e7-e6 i ett senare skede, t.ex.} 14. f4 (14. Nd5 Ned7 {fцljt av
e7-e6=}) 14... Ned7 15. Nd4 (15. Nd5 e6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $11) 15... Rc8 16. Nxc6
bxc6 $11 {. Lцparparet utgцr hдr inte nеgon stцrre fцrdel, och man lдgger
mдrke till att vit inom цverskеdlig tid inte har nеgon bra bondeframstцt.}) 14.
f4 $1 {Det дr redan hдr befogat att tala om en avgцrande vit fцrdel, дven om
det naturligtvis дr mycket kvar att spela om.} gxf4 15. Nxf4 e6 16. Nce2 $1 {
Pjдserna dirigeras цver till kungsflygeln. En vit springare pе h5 mеste ge
Pytel associasioner till "jдrnhдsten", ett medeltida spanskt tortyrredskap!}
Bb5 $1 {I ett svеrt lдge finner svart den enda mцjliga planen: att locka fram
c2-c4 fцr att sedan sprдnga med b7-b5.} 17. c4 Bc6 18. Ng3 Kh7 {Fцr att kunna
dra ner lцparen till h8 efter Nh5 utan att h6 faller. Om svart vill fortsдtta
partiet, mеste han till varje pris behеlla sin svartfдltslцpare.} 19. Nfh5 Nxh5
20. Nxh5 Bh8 21. Qd2 b5 22. Rac1 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rb8 24. Bxh6 Rg8 25. Bf4 $1 Rb2
$5 {Svart har gjort det bдsta mцjliga av situationen och lyckats skapa ett
visst motspel. Men det дr hдr viktigt att lдgga mдrke till att dette motspel
дr av tillfдllig natur, medan svagheterna pе kungsflygeln och dдrmed kungens
utsatte lдge дr bestеende nackdelar.} 26. Rc2 Nxc4 27. Qd3 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Ne5 29.
Rxb2 Qxb2 30. Qxd6 Bb5 31. Bxe5 $1 {Ett avslag som inte дr sе sjдlvklart som
det ser ut. Vit mеste ytterst noga kontrollera sе att motstеndarens dominans
цver de svarta fдlten inte fеr nеgon betydelse i de kommande fцrvecklingarna.
Men еterigen gцr den svarta kungens utsatta lдge att vеgskеlen vдger цver i
vits favцr.} Bxe5 ({Eller} 31... Qxe5 32. Rxf7+ Kg6 33. Qe7 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Be5+
35. Nf4+ Bxf4+ 36. Rxf4 {, och vit vinner. (} Qe5 37. Qf7+ {)}) 32. Rxf7+ Kh6 (
{Fцrlorar gцr} 32... Kh8 33. Qe7 Qc1+ 34. Bf1 Bg7 (34... Qh6 35. Bxb5 $18) 35.
Nxg7 Rxg7 (35... Bxf1 36. Qh4+ $18) 36. Rf8+ Kh7 (36... Rg8 37. Qf6+ $18) 37.
Qh4+ $18 {. Partifortsдttningen дr trots allt den bдsta praktiske mцjligheten
i en fцrlorat stдllning. Kanske befann sig Svein, som sе mеnga gеnger fцrr, i
tidsnцd och dе дr inga stдllningar lдtta att vinna.}) 33. Qxe6+ Rg6 34. Qf5
Qc1+ 35. Bf1 Bxf1 36. Qxf1 Qe3 37. Rf3 Qxe4 38. Qd3 Qb7 39. Kg2 Bb8 40. Qd4 Rb6
{Dragserien дr avklarat, och vit byter nu цver till ett lдttvunnet slutspel
som inte krдver nеgra ytterligare kommentarer.} 41. Qxb6+ Qxb6 42. Rf6+ Qxf6
43. Nxf6 Kg5 44. Nd5 Bd6 45. Kf3 Ba3 46. Ne3 Bc5 47. Nf5 Ba3 48. h4+ Kg6 49.
Ng3 a5 50. g5 a4 51. Kg4 Bc1 52. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zozulia, Anna"]
[Black "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 (5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3)
5... Bg7 6. Nb3 {Une ligne secondaire pas trйs ambitieuse} (6. Be3 $142) 6...
Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 (9. Re1) 9... Be6 (9... a6) (9... a5 {[%cal
Ga5a4]} 10. a4 $8) 10. Re1 (10. Kh1) (10. f4) 10... Rc8 (10... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]
} 11. a4) 11. Bf1 Nd7 12. Qd2 Re8 ({RR} 12... a5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a4 15.
Nxa4 Nb4 16. Nd4 Nxc2 17. Nxc2 Rxc2 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Be2 Ra8 21. Nc3
Qb6 22. Bb5 Bxa2 23. Kh1 Bc4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Qe2 Qb3 27. h3 {
Odeev,H (2442)-Tiviakov,S (2608)/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 078/0-1 (32)}) 13. Rad1
$146 (13. Rab1 $2 {Van Himbergen,H-Tiviakov,S (2567) Zwolle KPMG op (1) 0-1})
13... Na5 14. Nb5 Nxb3 15. axb3 f6 16. Bh6 a6 17. Nd4 Bf7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re3
{[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge3h3]} Kh8 20. Rh3 Rg8 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Nf8 (22... Rxc4
$2 23. Qh6 Rg7 24. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Ne6+ {[%cal Ge6d8,Gf6g7]}) 23. b3 Qe8 24.
Ne2 Ne6 25. Nf4 {[%csl Gd5]} Nxf4 $1 26. Qxf4 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rd2 Rc5 29.
Rhd3 Qc6 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. h3 Rc8 32. Rd5 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Qxc2 34. Rxb5 Rc3 $17 35.
Qg4 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 Qxb3 37. Kh2 Qc4 {[%cal Gc4g4]} 38. Qf3 Qd4 39. g3 Qe5 40.
Qd3 f5 $5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd6d1] cherche а crйer un P passй} 41. exf5 gxf5 42.
Qc4 d5 $40 {[%cal Gd5d1]} 43. Qb4 d4 44. Qd2 h6 45. h4 Qd5 46. Qb4 Kf7 47. Qd2
d3 48. Qxh6 d2 49. Qh5+ Ke6 50. Qd1 Qd3 51. Kg2 Kf6 52. f3 e5 53. h5 Kg5 54.
Kf2 e4 55. fxe4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00] The American
super star is going out for blood in this game! The Tal Memorial hadn't been
good for Hikaru, and his game against Svidler was very one-sided in favour of
the Russian, so he brings out all of his fighting spirit against Ian!} 6. Be2 {
[%emt 0:05:30] Perhaps a slight disappointment for the spectators. The game
steers away from the razor-sharp lines of the Yugoslav attack, but this
doesn't mean the game will be any less interesting.} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 9. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 10. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Nd2 $6 {[%emt 0:08:30] A strange novelty. The more
common move is} (11. a4 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nb4 {with the idea of ...e6 next move,
which is considered to be fine for Black.}) 11... a4 {[%emt 0:08:30]} (11... d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 {looked like a slight edge for Black already,
however the move played in the game is just as ambitious.}) 12. Ndb1 {[%emt 0:
01:30] Although original, this anti-development manoeuvre of the knight cannot
be recommended. It is not heading for any particularly useful square.} Ra5 {
[%emt 0:15:30]} 13. Na3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 14. exd5 {[%emt 0:
01:30]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 15. Ncb5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:23:30]}
16. c3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:30] There should be almost no doubt
that Black has achieved an excellent position from the opening.} 17. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:30] The position is relatively quiet, and
Black has many ways to proceed and all of them should give him a slight edge.
White's pieces are just clumsy. Be5 also came to mind.} 18. Rd1 {[%emt 0:06:30]
} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 19. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Na3
{[%emt 0:07:30] Retreating again to the side of the board...} (20. Nd4 $6 Bc4
$1 21. Qe1 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Rad5 {followed by ...a3 gave Black a dominating
position. Black has exchanged White's passive bishop on f1 but in exchange he
has absolute control over the d-file.}) 20... Rad5 {[%emt 0:09:30]} 21. Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:
30]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Qc6 $15 {[%emt 0:02:30] / -/+ Nakamura has now established a stable advantage.
He holds the open d-file, the pair of bishops and is overall more active.
Although he is still far from winning, he has punished Ian for his dubious
play.} 25. Nc2 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:06:41]} (25... Qd7 {with the idea
of penetrating directly on the d-file was worth considering.} 26. a3 (26. Nb4
Rd1 (26... Rd2 $2 27. Nd3 {makes the rook quite uncomfortable.}) 27. Rxd1 Qxd1
28. Qe2 Qb1 29. a3 Bh6 $15 {with strong pressure over the queenside, but White
is solid and will probably hold.}) 26... Rd2 {seems terrible, so White must do
something.}) 26. a3 {[%emt 0:02:30] This move finishes the solidification of
the queenside. Of course, this also means that he will never be able to
advance the pawns in a dangerous way. Black has all the trumps, and White will
be happy to survive. At the moment he will have a good square for his N on b4,
which is very stable, but sadly far away from the kingside if anything happens
there.} Be5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 27. Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28.
Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:01:41]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Bxd3 $5 {[%emt 0:07:54] Nakamura tries
to dismantle Ian's position in an opposite coloured game where he will hold
the initiative. It was also possible to tend to the position in a more calm
and subtle matter, as he is holding all the trump cards.} (30... h5 31. h4 Kg7
{with the idea of f6 and e5 comes to mind.}) 31. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:19] The point, now
the f2 AND b2 pawns will be under fire.} 33. Re4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:
04:08]} 34. Bc4 $6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} (34. Re2 Rf6 35. Qg2 {looks unpleasant but
I don't see how Black makes progress. White simply maintains his pieces where
they are and there is an insufficient amount of viable targets.}) 34... e6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxa3 36. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxb2 $6
{[%emt 0:01:18]} (36... Rxb2 {Although it is usually not advisable to trade
pieces when the opposite coloured bishops are on the board and you are trying
to play for a win, I believe this was a better move. Although Hikaru has won
some queenside pawns, the initiative on the kingside is lost, which means he
has to be careful concerning his own king. The combined power of the passed
a-pawn and the pressure he can exert over f2 might still allow him to win this
game.} 37. Ba2 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Kg7 39. Kg2 Bd6 40. Qc4 Qxc4 41. Bxc4 Be5 {
is two extra pawns, but not an easy task.}) 37. Bxf7+ $5 {[%emt 0:01:30] The
evaluation is more for the practical value of the move than for its objective
value. Of course, this move should lose, but figuring out how is not easy when
all that remains are seconds on the clock.} (37. Ba2 Bxc3 $2 (37... Ba3 38. Re4
$1 $17 {and this is the problem variation. How does Black defend his a4-pawn?
The only viable solution seems to be the following:} Rb2 39. Bd5 $1 Kg7 (39...
Bc5 $2 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 $1 $11 {A fabulous resource, which you can't blame
the players for missing in such time pressure.}) 40. Rxa4 Bc5 41. Ra2 $1 Bxf2+
42. Kg2 $15 {This forces the trade of the rooks, and the endgame is unpleasant
for White but holdable.}) 38. Bxf7+ Qxf7 39. Qxc3 {leaves the king way too
vulnerable to consider winning.}) 37... Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 38. Qd3 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} Re6 $2 {[%emt 0:03:45] And Nakamura falters. It is hard to blame him
with little time left. It was absolutely essential to take control of d8.} (
38... Qc7 $1 39. Re8+ (39. Qd5+ Kf8 $1 40. Qe4 (40. Re3 Rf6 41. Qd4 Kg7 $19 {
and Black consolidated.}) 40... Ba3 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qxa4 Be7 $19 {and Black
has nothing to worry about.}) 39... Kg7 $1 40. Qd4+ Rf6 41. Rd8 $1 (41. Qd5
Qxc3 42. Qg8+ Kh6 $19 {is no more than a silly check on g8, after which Black
is obviously winning.}) 41... Qxc3 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ Rf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45.
Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kf6 47. Qd6+ Kf5 $19 {and Black isn't only not getting mated,
the checks run out soon and his extra material should tell.}) 39. Qd8+ {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:39:40]} 42. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:04] Trying to win. The rook is quite poisoned.} 43. Qxd6 {
[%emt 0:01:30]} (43. Qxe6+ Qxe6 44. Rxe6 Kf8 $1 {and since the R can't make it
to the a-file, this becomes incredibly dangerous for White.} 45. Rd6 Ke8 46.
Re6+ Kd8 47. Rf6 Kc7 $1 48. Rf8 b5 $19) 43... Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 44. Rxb2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 45. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:
04] Like in the previous part of the game, Black is the one holding all the
trump cards, however he is still far from winning. His a3-pawn is quite
vulnerable and the pawn count will be dangerously reduced.} 46. Kf1 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 47. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 48.
Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. f4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:
03:27]} (49... Ra4 {to cut off White on the 4th rank was probably a good
winning attempt.} 50. c4+ (50. g4 $1 b5 $1 {controlling c4, now White is very
passive.} 51. g5 $1 {seemingly a horrible concession, but what else? - however,
how does Black proceed?} Ra8 52. Kc2 $11 Ke4 53. Kb3 Kxf4 54. Rxa3 $11) 50...
Kc5 51. g4 b6 {has the same idea as h6, but solidifies the b-pawn.} (51... h6 {
Black is making White move, he has no choice but to weaken his f-pawn.} 52. f5
gxf5 53. gxf5 Kb4 54. Kc2 Ra5 55. Ra1 $1 {Unfortunately White still has this
resource, which allows him basically to draw the game.} Rxf5 56. Rb1+ Kxc4 57.
Rxb7 $11) 52. f5 {now fails to...} (52. h4 {A subtle difference, changing the
position of the pawn.} b5 $1 (52... h6 53. f5 gxf5 54. gxf5 Kb4 55. Kc2 Ra5 56.
Ra1 Rxf5 57. Rb1+ Ka5 58. Kb3 $11 {is now drawn.}) 53. cxb5 Rxf4 $19 {and
White's kingside falls.}) 52... gxf5 53. gxf5 Kb4 54. Kc2 Ra5 55. Ra1 Rxf5 56.
Rb1+ Ka5 $1 $19 {and the extra pawns tilt the balance in favour of Black, who
is winning this position without any doubt.} 57. Kb3 Rf3+ 58. Ka2 Rxh3 $19) 50.
g4 {[%emt 0:19:30]} h4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05] I like this move, as it makes h3
into another weakness, specially considering what White's only resource in
this position is.} 51. c4+ {[%emt 0:08:30]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 53. Rf2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00] I think this
move is very important, since Black's rook is considerably more active on the
e-file, White must create as many problems as possible. He will advance his
f-pawn in hopes of creating sufficient counterplay.} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 54.
Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxc4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} (54... Kc6 $5 {was an interesting
study-like move. The idea is to try to catch the f-pawn with the K, while
allowing the R to defend and capture pawns. However it might still not be
enough.} 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Kd7 57. Kb1 Rxh3 58. Ka2 Ke7 59. Rf4 $1 (59. f6+
$2 Kf7 60. Rf4 b6 {Zugzwang.}) 59... b6 60. Rd4 Kf6 61. Rf4 {and the game is
still not won.}) (54... Kd6 55. Rd2+ {is awkward for Black.}) 55. f5 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:39] Controlling the important f4-square.} 56. f6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (56... Rb3 57. Rf4+ $2 {Overly cute.} (57.
Rf1 $11) 57... gxf4 58. f7 Rc3+ $19) 57. f7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 58. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (58... b5 59. Rf5 b4 60. Ka2
$11 {And Black can't make any progress in this position.} Kc3 61. Rc5+ Kd4 62.
Rf5 Kc4 63. Rf6 $11) 59. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 60. Rxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Rh5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:
42]} (61... Rf2 62. Rxh4 b5 63. g5 $1 $11 (63. Rh5 $4 b4 64. Rb5 Rb2+ 65. Ka1
Kd6 $19)) 62. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 63. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:03:
30]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 64. Rb5+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} (64...
Kd4 65. Ka2 Rxh3 66. g5 $11) 65. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 66.
g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 67. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {
[%emt 0:01:06] This endgame with the split pawns is, unfortunately for Hikaru,
drawn. It is reminiscent of the Botvinnik-Fischer endgame from the 1962
Olympiad. The defensive task is not incredibly difficult.} 68. g6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 70. Ka2
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:06:
53]} 72. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 73. Rb4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} h3
{[%emt 0:01:57]} 74. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (74... h2 75.
Rh3 Kxg6 76. Rh8 {is a simple draw, since the a3-pawn does not help Black.})
75. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 76. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke5 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 77. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 78. Ka1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 79. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:01:
39]} 80. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 81. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} 82. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 83. Rb4+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 84. Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 85. Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03] Hikaru had the advantage
the entire game, it seemed like he was about to win on several occasions, but
Ian's combination of resourcefulness and sheer desperation allowed him to
scrape a draw from an atrocious opening.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 28th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2012.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the last round of the event. I had had a pretty good tournament but
by no means was it stellar. I wanted to win this game pretty badly.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 {I hadn't prepped too
hard for this game since it was in the morning, but I didn't know that Neverov
played this line of the Dragondorf. I decided to employ some really old
analysis I had studied.} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 {The point of this setup
is that White will continue with Re1, Bf1, Nd5, pressuring the weak e7 pawn
while retaining a super solid position. This line is actually quite annoying.
My favourite way of playing as Black involves an early a5 followed by Be6xb3.
However tihs is obviously impossible due to the fact that Black played a
Najdorf first, so his pawn is already pushed to a6 which isn't necessarily all
that great.} b5 10. Re1 O-O (10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxe4 {was something I was
legitimately worried about during the game, but then when I found out I didn't
have to sacrifice anything it took me two seconds to realise this was
unplayable for Black.} 12. Bh4 $1 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Bf3 f5 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15.
Rxe4 Ra7 $17 {is not enough compensation}) (12. Bf3 Nxg5 $19 {doesn't come
close to working.}) (12. Be3 $5 {I thought this was quite strong.} Rb8 $8 (
12... O-O 13. Bf3 f5 14. Nb6 $16) 13. Nd4 $44) 12... g5 (12... O-O 13. Bf3 $16
{and Black's position is terrible.}) 13. Bf3 $40) 11. Bf1 {This is pretty much
'the' setup. Now Black has to actively do something or he will be positionally
smothered after Nd5.} h6 {A pretty important intermediate move.} (11... Bb7 12.
Nd5 Nd7 13. c3 $14) 12. Bh4 Bb7 (12... Nd7 {is definitely better, but I'm not
so sure about the continuation of 100% of the games.} 13. Rb1 (13. f4 $5 b4 14.
Na4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6+ 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Rb1 $13) 13... Nde5 14. Nd5 g5 15. Bg3 {
Apicella-Mamedov, 2011} e6 $13) 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 g5 (14... Nh7 {is somewhat
of a ridiculous move.} 15. Rb1 g5 16. Bg3 e6 17. Ne3 $16 {Smirin-Gurevich 2008}
) 15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Ra2 {Surprisingly the first new move of the game, though I
wasn't aware of it. I put the rook here and not on b1 because I wanted to
support on b2 while supporting a5, which I play eventually. Though the rook
does look quite awkward.} e6 {Basically forced.} (16... Nde5 17. a5 $14 {
is already atrocious}) (16... Nc5 17. a5 Nxb3 18. cxb3 $14 {isn't exactly a
delight either}) (16... a5 $6 17. Ne3 {and Black will have huge problems with
that N going to f5.}) 17. Ne3 Nde5 18. a5 {White has a few targets - mainly d6
and b4. His position is solid but Black does have fantastic activity. The
chances should be about even.} Rc8 19. Qd2 Kh8 $6 {I didn't quite get this
move, but my opponent spent way too much time trying to figure out the opening
and was already in time pressure.} 20. Be2 {I liked this move, it controlled a
lot of important squares and it seemed overall useful.} (20. Rd1 Rc7 21. Qxd6
Rd7 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxb4 Rxd1 24. Qxb7 $1 (24. Nxd1 Qxd1 25. Qxb7 Qxc2 {
was definitely not favourable for White.}) 24... Re1 {was something I quite
honestly did not even consider during the game. It seems very risky but the
computer deems it playable.} 25. Qxa6 g4 $1 {with the idea of ...Nf3+. Scary
stuff.}) 20... Rc7 21. f4 {My opponent was in a bit of time pressure so I
thought sharpening up the game couldn't hurt. Under other circumstances I
might have shuffled the pieces around for a bit.} (21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Ra4 $14 {
and it was also a better way to play.}) 21... gxf4 22. Bxf4 Ng6 $5 {Stuff gets
real after this} (22... Rg8 23. Rf1 Rd7 24. Bh5 $13 {was more along the lines
of what I expected.}) 23. Bxd6 (23. Bg3 {was fully playable, but I felt greedy.
}) 23... Rd7 24. Nc4 $1 (24. Rd1 Be5 25. Nc4 (25. Bxe5+ Ncxe5 26. Qe1 Qg5 $40 {
is definite compensation.}) 25... Rxd6 $1 26. Nxd6 Qh4 {seemed like a
perpetual.} 27. g3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 Nf4 $19 {but the computer said
I was just lost. Honestly the perpetual was bad enough.}) 24... Nge5 (24... Qh4
{was an important alternative.} 25. Bd3 Rxd6 26. Nxd6 Be5 27. g3 Bxg3 28. hxg3
Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 Qxd6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Re3 $16 {Black has compensation, as
White's king is super exposed, but White should just be better.}) 25. Nxe5 Rxd6
26. Nxc6 Bxc6 (26... Rxd2 27. Nxd8 Rdxd8 28. Bd3 $14 {Black has compensation
due to his activity, strong pair of bishops and multitude of targets. But
White is up a pawn, a long struggle in which all results are possible is ahead,
but I'll take White.}) 27. Qf4 (27. Qxb4 Qh4 {I thought was too dangerous.} (
27... Be5 $1 $36 {is even stronger})) 27... f5 $2 {Quite the mistake. Black
allows White to close the game too much. The pressure on g2 is nothing but an
illusion.} (27... e5 28. Qe3 f5 29. Nc5 $13 {still keeps the game very
interesting.} (29. Bd3 $5)) 28. e5 Rd5 (28... Rd7 29. Raa1 Rg8 30. Bf1 $14) 29.
Bxa6 (29. Bf3 $2 Rxe5 $1 {A pretty tactical stroke that my opponent had
prepared.} 30. Rxe5 Bxf3 31. Ra1 (31. Re1 Be4 {with a lot of compensation.})
31... Qc7 $13) 29... Rd1 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Qd5 $6 (31... Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qa8+
33. Kh3 Qxa6 34. Nd4 $14 {is not the safest for White but it is a full pawn
and a passed one at that. White's better.}) 32. Bf1 {White is now up two pawns
(since e5 is taboo) and is beginning to consolidate.} Rg8 (32... Qxe5 33. Qxe5
Bxe5 34. Re1 Be4 35. Bd3 $18) (32... Bxe5 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Re1
$18) 33. Re1 Bf8 34. Re2 Qd1 35. Qd2 {Solid, but there was no reason not to
push the a-pawn.} (35. a6 {And Black doesn't have too many threats}) 35... Qb1
36. Nd4 Bd5 37. Re1 (37. Nxf5 Bc5+ 38. Nd4 {was pretty uncomfortable.}) 37...
Qxb2 38. Nxf5 b3 (38... exf5 39. Qxd5 $18) 39. Ne7 {This is the blow I had
prepared when I played Re1.} Qxc2 $6 (39... bxc2 40. Nxd5 exd5 41. Rc1 $16) 40.
Qxc2 bxc2 41. Nxg8 $18 {The end of time pressure, but the rest is nothing but
a clean up. The best Black can do is trade his c-pawn for a full rook, but
that still leaves him two pawns down.} Be4 42. Nf6 Bb4 43. Rc1 Bd2 44. Rxc2
Bxc2 45. a6 Bc3 46. Kh1 Bd4 47. Bc4 Kg7 48. Bxe6 Bd3 49. Bc8 Bb5 50. Bb7 Kf7 {
My opponent forfeited on time in a clearly lost position. A wild game for sure,
and I was nervous at points, but I always thought I had it under control.} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Escobar Forero, Alder"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nb3 $6 g6 $6 {White's
sixth move is inaccurate and black could exploit it by choosing one of the
many Sicilian variation where white's last move is just a waste of time . It's
funny to notice that black chooses maybe the only variation where Nb3 is one
of the main lines !} (6... e6) (6... a6) (6... e5) (6... a5) 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qd2
$6 {Deviating again from the main line !} (8. Be2 $142) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10.
Bg3 Nh5 11. O-O-O Bd7 (11... Be6 $142) 12. Be2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 a5 14. a4 Rc8 15.
f4 Nb4 16. e5 Qc7 $6 (16... Qb6 $17 17. Kb1 O-O $40) 17. Nd4 $1 Qc5 (17... dxe5
$5 18. Ndb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5+ Kf8 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 $2 Na2+ $1 22. Kb1 Nxc3+
23. bxc3 Qxc3 $19) 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Ndxb5 O-O 20. fxg5 Qxe5 21. gxh6 Bf6 22.
Kb1 Kh8 $6 (22... d5 $1) 23. g4 Rg8 $6 (23... d5) 24. Rde1 $1 Qg5 $1 $13 25.
Qxg5 Bxg5 26. Ne4 Bf4 27. c3 Nd3 28. Rd1 Ne5 29. g3 Be3 30. Rd5 Rg6 31. Nbxd6
exd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 {A sensible
decision, transposing to a Dragon Sicilian at a time when White can no longer
employ the dreaded Yugoslav Attack (involving Be3, f3, Bc4, Qd2, 0-0-0 and a
pawn push on the kingside).} 7. Nb3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 $5 a6 $5 10. a4 Be6
11. Kh1 ({Preparing} 11. f4 {which if played immediately would have allowed} b5
$1) 11... h6 $6 {A sure sign of poor opening preparation - Chiburdanidze wants
to exchange into an endgame which is known to be dubious for Black.} ({After
sensible play such as} 11... Rc8 12. f4 Re8 $5 13. Bf3 Nd7 $1 {/\...Nb6-c4,
Black would have serious couterplay on the queenside.}) 12. Be3 $1 d5 $2 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 $6 15. Nc5 $1 Bxb2 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 Nb4 $2 (17...
Ba2 {was the only chance since Black could still fight after} 18. c4 ({or} 18.
Bxh6 Rfc8) 18... Bg7) 18. Nd7 $1 Bc6 ({Unfortunately} 18... Rfd8 {loses to} 19.
Nb6 Rab8 20. Bc5) 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Bc5 $1 a5 (20... Nxc2 {walks into} 21. Rd2
{/\22.Bd1.}) 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd8 Bxa4 24. Bxa5 Nc6 25. Rb1 Bd4
26. Bc7 Bxc2 27. Rxb7 {White's pieces combine extremely well here making the
technical process surprisingly easy.} Be4 (27... Bxf2 28. Bf3 Nd4 29. Be5 $1 g5
30. Bd5 {is a typical winning line.}) 28. Bc4 g5 29. f4 Kg7 30. Bd6 Nd8 31. Rd7
Bb6 32. Be5+ Kf8 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Bf6 {[T] Here, with her position in ruins,
Chiburdanidze exceeded the time limit.} 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vukovic, Zdravko"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 (11. Nd5 Nd7 12. c3 e6 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. Nd4
Bb7 $11) (11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. a5 Rb8 $11) 11... h6 {I think if Black
plays this, then the plan should be connected somehow with g6-g5. Otherwise I
donґt see the sense of h7-h6.} (11... Nd7 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Be3 Nxd5
15. exd5 Ne5 16. Bd4 Bb7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 $11 {
Vukovici-Rogozenko,Bucharest 1998}) 12. Bh4 Nd7 {Itґs probably always good to
play this first, then Bb7. It forces White to play Rb1, losing the possibility
of a2-a4.} (12... Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. Qd2 $13 {
Gelfand-Kramnik, Novgorod 1996}) 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Nd5 Re8 $146 (14... g5 {
Looks more logical than the game.} 15. Bg3 Nc4 16. c3 e6 17. Ne3 N4e5 18. Qh5
Qf6 19. Rbd1 Rd8 $11 20. f4 $6 gxf4 21. Bh4 Qg6 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Bxd8 Nxd8 24.
Nc2 Nb7 25. Ncd4 Bd7 26. Nf3 Kf7 $15 {Khacian-Tukmakov, Erevan 1996}) 15. f4 $1
Bb7 16. c3 Rc8 17. Kh1 $14 {Now the move h7-h6 turns to be in Whiteґs favour.}
Nb8 $5 {This unusual plan I found after a long thinking. With Blackґs Knights
on d7 and b6 White must always consider Nd5 ed5 and the second Knight comes on
b6.} 18. Be2 $1 {The correct reaction.} N8d7 19. Bf3 Ba8 20. Qe2 $14 Rc4 $5 21.
Rbd1 Nxd5 22. exd5 g5 {Otherwise there was no much sense in Previous moves.}
23. Bf2 (23. Bg3 $1 gxf4 24. Bh4 {This is what I was most afraid of. White has
a very good compensation for the pawn. Light squares on Blackґs kingside are
extremely weak and the Bishop on a8 is out of play. But Black has his
advantages too - an extra pawn and good controle over the dark squares.} Ne5
25. Nd4 $44) 23... Rxf4 24. Bg3 Rc4 25. Nd4 $2 (25. Bxd6 $8 g4 26. Bxg4 Rxg4
27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Nf6 30. Re5 $1 {This move was missed by
my oponent.} Bf8 31. Rf5 Kg7 $13 {During the game I was quite optimistic about
this position. Now I think that I overestimated it and the chances are about
equal.}) 25... Bxd4 $1 26. cxd4 Nf6 {The position changed completely. Black
has material and positional advantage. The worst thing for White is no
possibility for counterplay.} 27. h4 Qd7 $1 {With the idea 28...Qf5.} 28. b3
Rc7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Be4 Qg4 31. Qxg4 Nxg4 32. Bf5 Nf6 33. Rc1 Ra7 $1 {
Temporary defending the weaknesses - seventh rank and the pawn on a6.} 34. Re2
Bxd5 35. Be1 Kg7 36. Kg1 Rh8 37. Bd2 Rh5 $19 38. Rc8 e6 39. Bd3 Ra8 40. Rxa8
Bxa8 41. Bb4 Rh4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[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. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb4 Qc7 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 b6
(14... Bf6 15. Be3 (15. Re1) 15... Rfc8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. a4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4
19. Bf1 Rcc8 20. Rd2 h5 21. h4 Bd7 22. Ra3 $14 {1-0 Mokry,K-Banas,J/Trnava
1987/ (41)}) 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Rad1 $14 Bf8 $6 18. Rd2 e5 $6 19.
dxe6 Bxe6 20. Qa4 $16 {The plan with Bf8 and e5 is doubtful and leads to a
position with lasting advantage for White.} Bd7 21. Qd1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Be6 23.
a3 b5 24. Qe2 Bc4 25. Qd1 a5 26. h4 h5 27. Rd4 Qb6 28. Bf3 {Black is paralized
and White plays for a while without a clear plan. He is out of danger anyway,
so the next 14 moves does not change the position.} Be6 29. Be3 Qb8 30. Bg5 Rc8
31. Bf4 Rd8 32. Qd2 Qb6 33. Be3 Qc7 34. Bg5 Re8 35. Bf4 Rd8 36. Be2 Qc6 37. Bf1
Qb6 38. Be3 Qb8 39. Bg5 Re8 40. Bf4 Rd8 41. Be2 Qb6 42. Bh6 {Finally White
rightly decides to swap dark-squared Bishops. After that the King will become
more vulnerable and Black should consider also a possible sac on g6 later.}
Bxh6 43. Qxh6 Qc5 44. Bd3 Bf5 $2 {White has a considerable positional
advantage, but this mistake leads to a lost Rooks endgame for Black.} (44...
Re8 {Trying to complicate things.} 45. Qg5 $1 $16 {After this precise move
Black has a difficult position, but still it was better than the game.} (45.
Bxg6 $6 {White reaches nothing with this sac:} fxg6 46. Qxg6+ Kf8 47. Rf4+ (47.
Qf6+ Bf7 (47... Kg8)) 47... Ke7) (45. Re4 $5 Bd7 (45... Qd5 46. Qe3 $14) 46.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 $14) (45. Rf4 $2 Bd5 $1 $19 46. Kf1 Qc8 $1 47. g4 Qe6 48. Kg1 Qe1+
49. Bf1 Re3 $3 {/\50... Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Rh3+!})) 45. Qg5 $18 Re8 (45... Rd7 46.
Bxf5 Qxf5 47. Qxf5 gxf5 48. Rd5 $18) 46. Bxf5 Qxf5 47. Qxf5 Re1+ 48. Kg2 gxf5
49. Rxd6 Re2 50. b4 a4 51. Rd5 Ra2 52. Rxf5 Rxa3 53. Rxh5 Rxc3 54. Rxb5 Rb3 55.
Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Romero Holmes"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Johnson,M} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nde2 d6 7.
g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 Nd7 (11... b5 {Johnson,M} 12.
axb5 axb5 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Qc1 Re8 15. Rd1 Nc5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. b4 Bxa1 18. Qxa1
Ne6 19. Ndf4 Ne5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. f4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Ra8 23. Qc3 Rec8 24. Qd2 Ng4
25. Nd4 Ra2 26. f5 Rcxc2 27. Nxc2 Nf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxf2 29. Ne3 Bc4 30. e5 gxf5
31. exd6 exd6 32. Rg1 Re2 33. Nd1 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Ernst,T/Gausdal 1991}) 12. c3
b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nd4 Nde5 (14... Nxd4 {Johnson,M} 15. cxd4 e6 16. Nb4 Bb7
$10) 15. Be3 (15. f4 {Johnson,M} Nxd4 16. fxe5 Nc6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Nf6+ Kh8
19. Qxd6 exd6 $14) 15... e6 (15... Nc4 16. Bg5) 16. Nb4 $1 {Maybe unexpected
but very logical move. The doubled pawns are not disadvantageus because White
obtains more columns ( the opening of the c column is a nice compensation )
and have a good pressure against d6.} (16. f4 {Johnson,M} exd5 $1 17. fxe5 Nxe5
18. exd5 Nc4 19. Bc1 Re8 20. b3 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Qd2 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qb6 24.
Qxb6 Rxb6 $10) 16... Nxb4 17. cxb4 Bd7 18. b3 $1 Nc6 19. Qd2 $1 (19. Nxc6 Bxc6
20. Ra6 Qd7 $15) 19... Nxd4 (19... Rc8 {Johnson,M}) 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rb6
$6 {I feel this a dubious move. It s too passive. After this move black queen
is out fo play. The activ move} (21... Qb6 22. Rfd1 e5 $1 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24.
Rxd6 Be6 {The bishop comes to it s best square and Black can fight for the d
column. We give some examples of black possibilities.} 25. Ra3 (25. Rd3 Rfd8
26. Bf1 (26. Rad1 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rc8 28. Bf1 Rc1 29. Kg2 Re1 30. Re3 (30. f3 Rb1
31. Rc3 Rb2+ 32. Kg1 Bxb3 (32... Rb1 33. Kf2 Rb2+) 33. Bxb5 Be6 34. Rc5 Bh3 (
34... f6 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 h5 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 $14) 35. Rxe5 Rg2+ 36.
Kh1 Rb2 $10) 30... Rxe3 31. fxe3 Bd7) 26... Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Bxb3 28. Rc1 Rd8 $1)
(25. Ra5 Bxb3 26. Bf1 Bc4) 25... Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bf1 Rd4 28. Bxb5 Rxb4)
22. Ra7 (22. f4 $5 {Maybe is more logical.}) 22... e5 23. Qe3 Rc6 (23... Bc6
24. f4 Qb8 25. Ra2 {and White maintain a clear initiative in the king side,
with the black queen far from the defense.}) (23... Bc6 {Johnson,M}) 24. f4
exf4 25. gxf4 Rc2 $2 {Black needs to avoid White attack trying to exchange
queens. For this reason it was necessary to play} (25... Bc8 26. e5 $5 Qb6 27.
Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Bd5 $1 Be6 (28... dxe5 29. fxe5 Be6 30. Rf6 $1 {Thanks to this
resource, White will win the seventh rank for both rooks.} Rd8 31. Bxe6 fxe6
32. Rff7 $16) 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rc1 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33. Kf2 {
and White is better.}) 26. f5 gxf5 27. exf5 Bc6 $6 (27... Kh8 $8 28. Kh1 $1 Re8
(28... Rg8 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Be4 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qh4+ $18)
29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Bd5 Qe7 31. Rxd7 $1) 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Qh6 Kh8 (29... Qb6+ 30.
Kh1 Qxa7 31. f6) 30. Kh1 {This move decides the game} Rc2 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Rxg8+
Kxg8 33. f6 Qf8 34. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 g6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Re1 {Die Idee von WeiЯ besteht darin, mit Bg5 und Nd5 auf den
schwarzen Nf6 Druck auszuьben, damit dieser auf d5 tauscht. Der Re1 ermцglicht
nach folgendem Bf1 den Zug Nd5 weil er den Be4 deckt. AuЯerdem steht der R
nach Tausch auf d5 nach exd5 schon auf der dann halboffenen Linie.} Be6 10. Bg5
(10. Bf1) 10... h6 (10... d5 $5) 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. Nc5 d4 14. Nb5 Bc8
15. e5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bc4 Qb6 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Nc7 {
Bis hierhin folgten beide Spieler der Partie Romero Holmes-Leko 1993} Ne5 (
20... Rac8 $1 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne6 Qxb2 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 $15 {
0-1 Romero Holmes,A-Leko,P/Leon 1993/CBM 36/(44)}) 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Bb3 Nd7
$11 23. Qh5 Nc5 24. Qg6 {[%cal Rg3e5]} Kh8 25. Re1 e5 26. Bf7 Qxg6 27. Bxg6 Nd7
28. f3 Bf6 29. Be4 Rb8 30. Bf5 Rd8 31. Rc1 Nc5 32. Re1 Nd7 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Ke2
Kf7 35. Kd2 e6 36. Be4 Nc5 37. Bd3 Nxd3 38. cxd3 Rd5 39. Rc1 Ke7 40. Rc8 Rd8
41. Rc7+ Rd7 42. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Re1 {Eine junge Variante, die Anfang der 90er in Mode gekommen ist.
WeiЯ rдumt die e-Linie fьr den Turm, macht mit Bg5 und Nd5 Druck gegen f6, um
Schwarz zum Tausch auf d5 zu bewegen und hofft dann nach exd5 Spiel auf der
e-Linie gegen den e7 zu bekommen.} (9. Be3 Be6 10. f4) 9... a5 (9... Be6) (9...
a6) 10. a4 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nb4 (12... Bxb3 13. cxb3 Nb4) 13. Nd4 Bd7 14.
Ndb5 Rc8 15. Bf1 g5 16. Bg3 Ng4 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. h4 $2 (19. h3 $142
) 19... Rc5 20. Be2 $2 (20. hxg5 $142) 20... gxh4 21. Bxh4 Rh5 22. Bg3 Be5 23.
Bxg4 (23. Bxe5 $4 Qxf2#) 23... Bxg4 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rc1 (25. Ne2 Qf6 26. Rc1
Qh4 27. f3 (27. Ng3 $4 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Nxh1 Rxh1#) 27... Qh2+ 28. Kf1 (
28. Kf2 Bh3 29. Rg1 Rg5 $19) 28... Bxf3 $40) 25... Kh7 $17 (25... Qf6) 26. Re3
$2 (26. Nd1 {[%cal Yd1e3]}) 26... Rg8 27. Rg3 Qf6 28. Qe3 Qh4 29. f4 exf4 30.
Qxf4 e5 31. Qe3 f5 (31... f5 32. exf5 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Rxf5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 54th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 (5... Nc6 {ist vielleicht
etwas genauer:} 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 (7... Bd7) 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Qd3 (10. Qb4)) 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 {So geht es aber auch.} (7... Nc6 {
wäre hier weniger gut, wegen} 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5) 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nde2 {Der
Springer kann von hier über f4 nach d5 gelangen.} (9. Be3 $6 {bringt hier
wenig wegen} O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Kh2 Nc4 $15) 9... h5 ({Ebenfalls
gespielt wurden} 9... Qc8 $5) ({oder} 9... O-O) 10. Bg5 ({Andere Züge:} 10.
Be3 Ne5 11. b3 Rc8 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rc1 Nd8 15. a4 h4 16. g4 Nxg4 17.
hxg4 h3 18. Bf1 Bxg4 19. Nd5 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 e6 21. Ndc3 a6 22. Nd1 Bf3 23. Rxh3
Bxe4 24. Rxh8+ Bxh8 25. Nf2 Bc6 26. c4 e5 27. Nc3 Ne6 28. Nd3 f5 29. Be2 Bg7
30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Nc7 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. d6 Nd5 35. Bg5 b6 36.
a5 Kd7 37. axb6 Nxb6 38. Be7 a5 39. Nc5+ Kc6 40. Na4 Bh6+ 41. Kd1 Be3 42. Nc3
Kd7 {1-0 (42) Romanishin,O (2575)-Chekhov,V (2530) Sochi 1983}) ({Oder} 10. O-O
Qc8 11. Kh2 {und nun ist} h4 12. g4 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Nxg4+ {wohl zu optimistisch:}
14. Kh1 Nce5 15. Nf4 h3 16. Nxh3 Qd7 17. f3 Nf6 18. Kh2 O-O-O 19. Rh1 d5 20.
exd5 Qd6 21. Kg1 Qc5+ 22. Nf2 Rxh1+ 23. Bxh1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Qe2 Nc4 26.
c3 Re5 27. Qf1 Rh5 28. Rb1 Be5 29. f4 Bf6 30. b3 Nd6 31. Bf3 Rh4 32. Qd3 Qa5
33. Be3 Qxa2 34. c4 Nf5 35. Rd1 {1-0 (35) Sarkozy,L (2373)-Zwardon,V (2247)
Pardubice 2010}) 10... b5 $5 {Ein neuer Zug.} ({Schwarz fuhr in zwei
Vorgängerpartien auch gut mit} 10... Qa5) 11. O-O (11. Nxb5 Rb8 $15) 11... Qc8
12. Nd5 (12. Kh2 h4 {gefiel Weiß nicht:} 13. Bxh4 (13. g4 Ne5 {mit der
Drohung Sxg4.}) 13... b4 (13... g5 14. Bxg5 Bxh3 15. Bh4 Bg4 $13) 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 $17) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. h4 (14. Kh2 h4 $40)
14... O-O $15 {Schwarz hat nun sehr bequemes Spiel.} 15. Nd4 (15. Bxe7 $2 Re8
16. Bg5 (16. Bxd6 Nc4 17. Bf4 Nxb2 18. Qe1 Qxc2 $19) 16... Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18.
Nd4 Nc4 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 $17) 15... Re8 16. Re1 b4 {Erobert Raum am Damenflügel
und schafft Platz für weitere Operationen.} 17. a3 Rb8 $1 ({Nach} 17... a5 18.
axb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 {ist der schwarze Vorteil am Damenflügel weitgehend
verflogen.}) 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Nc6 (19. Rxa7 $4 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Nf3+ $19) 19...
Bxc6 20. dxc6 Rxb2 21. Rxa7 (21. Qd5 {Bessere Verteidigungschancen bot
vielleicht} Rb6 (21... a6 22. Rab1 (22. Reb1 Rxc2 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qc7
25. Qb3 $14)) (21... Rxc2 22. Rec1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 {und der c-Bauer wird stark.}
) 22. Rxa7 Nxc6 23. Be3 Nxa7 24. Bxb6 Qb8 25. Be3 {Mit Kompensation dank des
Läuferpaars und aktiver Figurenstellung.}) 21... Nxc6 22. Bxc6 (22. Ra4 Ne5
23. Ra8 Qd7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $17 {mit viel aktiverer schwarzer Figurenstellung
als in der Variante C) zum 21. Zug}) 22... Qxc6 23. Raxe7 Rxe7 24. Bxe7 Bc3 25.
Qc1 $2 (25. Re3 Be5 $17) 25... Rb7 {Nun hat Schwarz viele Drohungen.} 26. Qh6 (
26. Re3 Ra7 $19) 26... Qe8 27. Re3 Rxe7 28. Rxc3 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Rf3 (30.
Kh2 Qh1#) 30... Qe2 31. Re3 Qf1+ 32. Kf3 Qh1+ 33. Kf4 Qg2 (33... Rxe3 $3 34.
fxe3 (34. Kxe3 Qc1+) 34... Qd1 35. Qg5 Kh7 {droht nun f6, gefolgt von Dg4.} 36.
Ke4 f5+ {gefolgt von Matt.}) 34. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 35. Ke4 Qxe1+ 36. Qe3 Qxe3+ 37.
Kxe3 f6 38. Ke4 Kf7 39. Kd5 Ke7 40. c4 g5 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Ke4 f5+ 43. Kd4 g4
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 {Diese Idee ist seit 1990 populдr geworden.} Be6 10. Bf1 {
Schwarz kann hier alles mцgliche spielen. Der Zug d6-d5 ist die prinzpiellste
Fortsetzung, denn in Sizilianisch strebt der Schwarze (angeblich) danach sich
mit d6-d6 zu befreien.} d5 (10... Rc8) (10... a5) (10... a6) 11. Nc5 d4 (11...
Bg4 12. f3 d4 {1-0 Orlov,V-Fedorov,A/St.Petersburg op2 1994 (55)}) 12. Ne2 (12.
Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nb1 Ne5 14. h3 Qb6 {Bauer,C-Aronian,L/Candas op 1996/1-0 (61)})
12... Bc8 13. Ng3 b6 14. Nd3 e5 {Nun ist ein fьr Sizilianisch ganz untypischer
Stellungstyp entstanden.} 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. c4 a5 17. b3 Re8 18. a3 Nd7 19. b4
Qh4 20. Nh1 Nd8 21. g3 Qe7 22. f3 f6 23. Nhf2 Nf7 24. Qb3 Bc6 25. Bh3 Nf8 26.
Reb1 a4 27. Qa2 f5 28. b5 Bd7 29. Nb4 Rac8 30. Nd5 Qd8 31. Rb4 Kh8 32. Rxa4 Nd6
33. Bf1 Ne6 34. Re1 Nc5 35. Ra7 Be6 36. a4 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Bxd5 38. cxd5 Ndxe4
39. fxe4 Ra8 40. Rxa8 Qxa8 41. a5 bxa5 42. Qxa5 Qxa5 43. Bxa5 d3 44. d6 Bf8 45.
Bc7 Re6 46. Bh3 Bxd6 47. Bxe6 Bxc7 48. Bd5 Ba5 49. Ra1 Bc3 50. Ra8+ Kg7 51. Kf1
d2 52. Ke2 Nd3 53. Ra3 Nf2 54. Bb3 Bd4 55. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 56. Kd3 Nd6 57. Bc4 Bg1
58. Ra6 e4+ 59. Kc3 Nc8 60. Bd5 Bxh2 61. b6 Bxg3 62. b7 Ne7 63. Bxe4 Ng8 64.
Ra8 Nf6 65. Bc6 Be5+ 66. Kc4 h5 67. b8=Q Bxb8 68. Rxb8 h4 69. Kd4 g5 70. Ke5
Ng8 71. Be4 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3
O-O 8. Bb3 b6 $1 {Die sofortige Fianchettierung des Bc8 ohne umstдndliches
a7-a6 beschleunigt die schwarze Entwicklung und erzeugt Druck gegen e4.} ({
Die Alternative ist} 8... a6) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Rc8 (11... h6 12.
Bh4 Rc8 13. f3 (13. Nd5) 13... a6 14. a4 (14. Qd2 b5) 14... Nc5 15. Ba2 Re8 16.
Qd2 e5 $1 $132 {Kholmov,R-Golubev,M/Moscow 1996/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 12. Nd5 Rc5 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Yd8a8,Ya8e4]} (12... e6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qd3 Rc5 15. Nf3 Qa8
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. c3 Rd8 18. Qe3 Qc8 $17 {0-1 Borocz,I-Kahn,E/Budapest FS10
IM-A 1993 (41)}) 13. c3 (13. Qd2 Re8 14. c4 a6 15. a4 $6 e6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.
Bh4 $6 g5 $1 $17 {Razsmyslov,E-Golubev,N/UKR/1988/}) 13... Re8 (13... Nxd5 $2
14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Re1e7]}) 14. Nf3 (14. Z0 Nxe4 $140 15.
Rxe4 Bxd5) 14... Qa8 15. Be3 Nxd5 $1 {Schwarz zieht konsequent durch - das
sizilianische Qualitдtsopfer einmal woanders.} ({Baburin: Black could get good
play after the dull} 15... Rcc8 {Baburin as well, but his attempt to seize the
initiative is much more interesting.}) 16. exd5 Bxd5 {[#]The point - Black
sacrifices the exchange for a pawn and better pawn forrmation.} 17. Bxc5 Bxf3
18. gxf3 (18. Qxf3 $142 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nxc5 $17 {[%cal Yc5e6,Ye6f4]}) 18... Nxc5
19. Ba4 {This is the point of keeping the queens on - White either forces
Black to exchange the knight or wins the e7-pawn. However, the weakened pawn
formation can give Black enough play and Black correctly keeps the knight on
the board by giving away more material after} Rf8 $1 {Schwarz gibt lieber den
Bauern e7 als den starken Springer.} (19... Nxa4 $2 20. Qxa4 $44) 20. Rxe7 Qd8
{[%cal Yd8h4]} 21. Rxa7 Qg5+ $40 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. f4 (23. Z0 Qxh3+ $140 24. Kg1
Be5 25. Z0 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bg3+ 27. Kg1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qxf2#) (23. Kg2 {Baburin} Ne6
$5 $13 (23... Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 $11)) 23... Qxf2 24. Qc2 Qe3 $1 {[%cal Yc5e4,
Yc5d3]} (24... Qxf4 $6) 25. Bc6 Nd3 26. Re7 $2 {White's desire to move the
rook closer to the scene of action is understandable, but the text has some
tactical drawbacks.} (26. Bg2 $142 Nxf4 (26... Nf2+ 27. Kh2 Bh6 (27... Qxf4+
28. Kg1 $18 {[%csl Rf2]}) 28. Ra4 Bxf4+ 29. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Kg1 Nxh3+ 31. Bxh3
$16) 27. Qe4 Qg3 28. Qf3 $14) (26. Qg2 $142 {Baburin} Nxb2 (26... Nf2+ 27. Kh2
Qxf4+ (27... Bh6 28. Qf3 Qd2 29. Kg1 Bxf4) 28. Kg1 Nd3) 27. Qf3) 26... Nf2+ 27.
Kg2 Qxh3+ 28. Kxf2 (28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Kf1 Nh3 (29... Nd3 {Baburin}) 30. Qg2
Qxf4+ 31. Qf3 Qc4+ 32. Kg2 Nf4+ $40) 28... Qh4+ 29. Kg2 Qxe7 $19 {The insecure
position of the white king determines Black advantage here. Bilanz: Mehrbauer
fьr Schwarz und luftige weiЯe Kцnigsstellung.} 30. Qf2 Qe6 {[%csl Rc6][%cal
Ye6a2,Ye6g4,Rd6d5]} 31. Qf3 Bh6 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Bd5 Qf5 {[%csl Rf4]} 34. Rh4
Re8 35. Kg3 Qb1 36. Qf2 Qd3+ 37. Bf3 Re3 {Damit sind nun durch feine Manцver
alle weiЯen Figuren zusammensgeschoben.} 38. Kg2 d5 39. a3 d4 40. cxd4 Qxd4 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Rh6f4]} 41. f5 Qf6 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Re4 {In der Hoffnung, daЯ
die ungleichfarbigen Lдufer noch Remischancen geben.} (43. Rxh6 $2 Qg5+ $19)
43... Rxe4 44. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Bc1 46. a4 Bxb2 47. Bc6 f5 48. Ke3 Kf6 49.
Kd3 g5 50. Kc4 g4 51. Kb5 Bd4 52. a5 bxa5 53. Kxa5 f4 54. Kb4 f3 (54... g3 55.
Bf3) 55. Kc4 Ke5 (55... Ke5 56. Kd3 Kf4 57. Kxd4 g3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Sievers,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Magdeburg USC"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8. g4
$6 {Dieser Zug ist natьrlich mit einigen Risiken verbunden, da er die weiЯe
Stellung nicht unerheblich schwдcht. In dieser Variante will WeiЯ gerade um
diesen Preis sofortigen Kцnigsangriff erhalten. Dies ist jedoch nicht so
einfach.} Be6 (8... b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. h4 a5 12. a4 Nb4 13. h5 d5
$132 {Smyslov,V-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1960}) 9. f4 O-O (9... Qb6 $5 10. f5 $6 (
10. g5 Nd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 $13) 10... Bxb3 11. axb3 Qd4 12. Ra4 Qxd1+
13. Bxd1 Nd7 $15 {Rossato,G-Lippi,A/Pellestrina 1979}) 10. f5 (10. h4 $6 {
mit direkten Angriffsversuchen kommt WeiЯ wohl nicht weiter.} d5 (10... Na5 11.
h5 Rc8 12. Bf3 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Bxg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17.
Bd2 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Qc7 19. Rh4 Nf6 20. Qe6 Qb6 21. O-O-O Qc6 22. f5 gxf5 23.
exf5 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. c4 Bf6 26. Rh3 Nb6 27. c5 dxc5 28. Be3 Na4 29. Rd7
b6 30. Rh6 Rg8 31. Rh1 Nc3 32. Rxa7 Ne2+ 33. Kd2 Nd4 34. Ke1 Nxf5 35. Bf2 Rd8
36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Rg1 h5 39. Rb7 Rd6 40. a4 c4 41. Rc7 c3 42. Rc8+
Kh7 43. Ra8 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Bd4+ {0-1 Hilge,A-Kersten,U/Hessen qual 1990/GER (44)}
) 11. e5 (11. f5 d4 12. fxe6 dxc3 13. exf7+ Kh8 $15 {und WeiЯ bleibt mit
etlichen Schwдchen zurьck.}) 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Be3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nb4
$36) 10... Bd7 $1 {Schwarz erkennt, daЯ er den Lдufer noch brauchen kцnnte.
Der Abtausch auf b3 ist dagegen viel schwдcher.} (10... Bxb3 11. axb3 Nd7 12.
Be3 Nc5 $13 {Hilge,A-Engelmann,W/Bayern 1994}) 11. g5 Ne8 {Nun muЯ sich weiЯ
um den bauern f5 kьmmern. Gern wьrde er jetzt mit seinen Bauern wieder
zurьckziehen dьrfen.} 12. O-O (12. fxg6 fxg6 $15 (12... hxg6 13. h4 {ist nicht
ungefдhrlich fьr Schwarz})) 12... a5 $1 13. a4 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nb4 {[#]  Schwarz
steht nun besser, da er auch die letzte weiЯe Idee, den Springer nach d5 zu
bringen, entkrдftet hat.} 15. Nd5 $2 {WeiЯ verliert die Nerven. Seine Stellung
war zwar schlechter, doch keineswegs schon verloren.} (15. Bb5 $1 Bc6 (15...
Bxb5 16. axb5 Nc7 17. Qe2 $16) 16. Qe2 (16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Rf3 e6 $15) 16... d5
$1 {Durch diesen GegenstoЯ im Zentrum цffnet Schwarz das Spiel zu seinen
Gunsten.} 17. Nxd5 (17. Be3 d4 18. Bg1 gxf5 19. Rxf5 e5 {nebst Sd6 mit
schwarzem Vorteil}) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. exd5 Qxd5+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21.
Rxf3 Nd6 $15) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxf5 $17 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. c3 e5 $1 {Schwarz
entledigt sich des rьckstдndigen Bauern e7 und цffnet die Stellung. Die
Schwдchen in der weiЯen Stellung lassen sich jetzt nicht mehr verbergen.} 19.
dxe6 fxe6 20. Bg2 d5 21. Re1 Nd6 22. Be3 Qd8 23. Nd4 Ne4 {[#]} 24. Qb3 Nc5 25.
Qa2 $6 (25. Qd1 $5) 25... Nd3 26. Rg1 $2 (26. Rf1 Bxd4 27. cxd4 (27. Bxd4 Qxg5
{und WeiЯ kann aus der Diagonalen kein Vorteil ziehen.}) 27... Rc2 $36) 26...
Qxg5 $1 {Sehr schцn aber doch nicht allzu schwer zu sehen. Der Rest ist
einfach.} 27. Rge1 (27. Bxg5 Nf2#) 27... Qh5 28. Rf1 Be5 29. Bg1 Bh3 30. Bxd5
Bxf1 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Rxf1 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 (11... b4 $5) 12. Kh1 Nd7 13. Rb1 (13.
Qe1 a5 14. Nxb5 a4 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Nc5 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. Nba3 Nd4 19. Rf2 Rc8
20. Rd1 Nxf3 21. gxf3 Qc7 $146 {Tal,M-Gufeld,E/URS/1977/}) 13... Re8 (13... Nb6
14. Nd5 Nc4 15. e5 Re8 (15... dxe5 16. Nc5 Ra7 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19.
Nxb7 Rd7 20. Rbd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 f6 $13 {Moroz,A-Levin,F/Lvov/1988/}) (15... f6
16. exf6 exf6 17. Bh4 Rf7 18. Re1 Qf8 19. c3 $14 {Sapis,L-Szymczak,R/POL/1988/}
) 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Bxb7 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Ra7 20. Rd7 Nf5 $146 {
Xie,J-Alterman,B/FRA/1994/}) 14. Nd5 f6 $1 {N Kramnik/} (14... Qb8 15. c3 a5
16. a3 a4 17. Nc1 e6 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Nd3 Ne7 20. Nf2 $13 {Xie,J-Tisdall,J/USA/
1995/}) 15. Bh4 e6 16. Ne3 g5 $1 17. Bg3 (17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Bg3 Nde5 (18... Be5
19. Ng4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nde5 21. Nd4 $13) 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. c3 $13)
17... gxf4 18. Bxf4 Nde5 19. Bh5 Rf8 $15 20. c3 Qe7 21. Qe2 Ng6 22. Bg3 Nce5
23. Nd2 $8 (23. Ng4 f5 24. exf5 exf5 $17) 23... Kh8 (23... Rad8 $5 24. Rf2 Bh6
25. Rbf1 Qg7 $13) 24. Rf2 Rad8 25. Rbf1 Bh6 $15 26. Ng4 $6 Nxg4 27. Bxg4 d5 $1
$17 28. Bh5 (28. e5 f5 29. Bh5 d4 $1 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Nf3 Re4 $17) (28. exd5
Rxd5 (28... Bxd5 29. c4 Bxg2+ (29... bxc4 30. Nxc4 f5 (30... Qc5 31. b3 f5 32.
Bh5 $13) 31. Bh5 f4 32. Bxg6 fxg3 33. Rf7 (33. Qe5+ Kg8 (33... Bg7 $1 34. Qh5
h6 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Bd3 Bxg2+ $19) 34. Rxf8+ (34. Bf7+ Rxf7
35. Rxf7 Qh4 $19) 34... Rxf8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Bd3 $15) (33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 (34... Bxf8 35. Bd3 $10) 35. Bd3 Bf4 $15) 33... Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Qh4
$19) (29... Ba8 $1 30. Nb3 $1 (30. Nf3 f5 31. Bh5 f4 $19) 30... f5 31. Bh5 f4 (
31... Be4 $1 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Re1 Rd3 (33... Bd3 34. Qxe6 Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Bxc4
$15) 34. Be5+ Kg8 35. cxb5 axb5 $17) 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Rxf4 Rxf4
35. Rxf4 (35. Qe5+ Qf6) 35... Qg5 36. Rg4 Qf5 37. h3 $16) 30. Kxg2 Rxd2 31.
Qxe6 $16) 29. Nb3 f5 30. Bh5 $1 (30. Bf3 f4 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 $17) 30... f4 31.
Bxg6 fxg3 (31... hxg6 32. Bxf4 Bxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Qg5 35. Rf1 $16))
28... dxe4 29. Nxe4 f5 30. Bxg6 (30. Nd6 $5 Rxd6 31. Bxg6 f4 32. Bc2 (32. Qe5+
Kg8 33. Bh4 Qxh4 34. Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qxd6 Qf6 $17) 32... e5 (32... fxg3 33. Qe5+
Kg8 34. Qxg3+ Kh8 35. Qe5+ $16) 33. Bxf4 $1 Bxf4 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Bxg2+
36. Kxg2 Qg5+ 37. Rg4 Rd2 38. Rxg5 Rxe2+ 39. Kf3 Rxc2 $17) 30... hxg6 31. Nd6
Ba8 $1 $19 (31... Bd5 32. c4 $1 $13) 32. Be5+ (32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Rd1 Bg7 34. Qc5
e5 35. Rfd2 f4 36. Bf2 Qg5 $19) 32... Kg8 33. Rd1 (33. Qd3 Bg7 34. Bxg7 Qxg7
35. Rd2 Bd5 $19) 33... Rd7 34. Qd3 Rfd8 35. Qg3 (35. Qh3 Bg7) (35. Rfd2 Bd5 36.
Qh3 Bg7 $19) 35... Qg5 36. Qxg5 Bxg5 37. Rd3 (37. b3 Bd5 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4
Bxc4 $19) 37... Be4 38. Rh3 Rxd6 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ Ke8 41. Rh8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Match Najdorf-Tartakower +2-1=2"]
[Site "Torun"]
[Date "1935.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Annotator "Tartakower,S"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1935.07.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Lissowski: Young Najdorf. p.50 2)WSZ 1935, S.227-228 [Tartakower]} c5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9.
f4 a6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Re1 e6 12. Be3 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Na5 16.
Qxb4 Nc4 17. Bd4 Bxe4 18. Nd2 Bxf3 19. Qxc4 Bc6 20. Nc3 Qb7 21. Re2 Rfc8 22.
Qb3 Qc7 23. Rd1 Rab8 24. Qa3 Ba8 25. Nb3 Rd8 26. Qa1 Qc4 27. Red2 Re8 28. Re1
Ng4 29. h3 (29. Qd1 e5 $17 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Rde2 Qc7) 29... e5 $19 30. fxe5
dxe5 31. Ba7 Rxb3 32. cxb3 Qf4 33. hxg4 Qxd2 34. Re2 Qd7 35. Bc5 Qxg4 36. b4 e4
37. Qe1 f5 38. b5 e3 39. Qd1 f4 40. Qb3+ Kh8 41. Qf7 Rg8 42. Rc2 axb5 43. axb5
f3 44. Bxe3 fxg2 45. Ne2 Rf8 46. Rc4 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 Nd7 {[#]} 12. Qd2 (12. a3 {hдtte auf
Kosten eines Tempos die nun folgende Schwдchung des weiЯen Damenflьgels
verhindert. Aber WeiЯ setzt lieber auf Aktivitдt.}) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14.
Rab1 Bg7 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Qxb4 Re8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. c4 Rb8 19. Qa5 Rb7 20. Qa4
Rf8 21. f3 $6 {Eine unscheunbare Ungenauigkeit. Hдtte WeiЯ den Braten gerochen,
hдtte WeiЯ sicher zuerst Tc1-e1 gespielt.} Bc3 $1 22. Rec1 Bb4 {Plцtzlich
leidet die Dame unter Platzmangel. Der fьr Schwarz gьnstige Abtausch mehrerer
Leichtfiguren ist nicht mehr zu verhindern.} 23. Kh1 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxb7
Bxb7 26. Bxc5 dxc5 $17 {Der Lb7 ist klar besser als sein Widersacher.  Das
Hauptproblem ist aber, daЯ WeiЯ im Mittelspiel den Lb7 mit seinen
weiЯfeldrigen Bauern abblocken muЯ. Im Lдuferendspiel gehцren die Bauern dann
aber auf die andere Farbe, um nicht den Angriffen des gegnerischen Lдufers
ausgesetzt zu sein.  Ein Chamдleon kцnnte einen solchen Farbenwechsel sicher
leicht bewдltigen.} 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. a3 Kg7 29. Qb3 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qe5 31. Kg1
Qb2 32. Qd3 e5 33. Qe3 Qd4 34. Kf2 f5 {Nun steht WeiЯ vor einer sehr
schwierigen Entscheidung. Der Damentausch lцst Schwarz die Bauerninsel auf und
gibt ihm einen gedeckten Freibauern. Mit Lf1-d3 kann man die Entscheidung auf
den Gegner abwдlzen, ob er mit fxe4 oder f5-f4 fortsetzen will oder das
Entscheidungsrecht zurьckgibt. e4xf5 verlдngert die Wirkungslinie des Lb7,
verpaЯt dem Schwarzen aber eine Bauerinsel. In jedem Falle hat Schwarz
exzellente Gewinnchancen.} 35. Qxd4 cxd4 36. c5 fxe4 37. fxe4 Kf6 $1 38. Kf3 g5
39. g4 Ke7 40. Bc4 Kd8 41. Bd5 Bc8 $1 $19 {Schwarz hat den richtigen
Gewinnplan gefunden. Die weiЯen Figuren sind der sicherung des Bc5,
Verteidigung des Kцnigsflьgels und Aufhalten des Bd4 ьberfordert.} 42. h3 Bd7
43. Kf2 Kc7 44. Ke1 Be8 45. Kf2 a5 46. Ke1 h5 47. gxh5 Bxh5 48. Kf2 Be8 49. Kg3
Ba4 50. Kf2 Bd7 51. Kg3 d3 52. Kf2 Bxh3 53. Ke3 Bf1 54. Kf2 d2 55. Bb3 Bc4 56.
Bd1 Kc6 0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Fritz3} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 (11... b4 $142 $1 {Ernst}
) 12. Kh1 (12. Nd5 Nd7 13. c3 Re8 14. Kh1 a5 15. Qd2 $6 a4 16. Nc1 a3 $17 {
Xie Jun-Serper/jakarta/1994/1-0/}) 12... Nd7 (12... Na5 13. e5 (13. Nxa5 Qxa5
14. e5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 b4 $1 $13 {Poses no danger for Black.}) 13... Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 b4 $1 (14... dxe5 15. Rad1 $16) 15. exf6 $1 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxb3
17. axb3 dxe5 $15) 15... exf6 16. Bh4 $1 bxc3 17. Qxc3 $14) 13. Rb1 {This
protects b2 and also creates the possibilityof using the b-file in some cases,
whre Black advances ...a5-a4-a3.} Re8 {Ernst: Neuerung.} (13... Nb6 {Ernst} 14.
Nd5 Nc4 15. e5 Re8 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Bxb7 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Ra7 20.
Rd7 Nf5 21. Bc6 Rxd7 22. Bxd7 Re2 $17 {Xie Jun-Alterman,B/France/1994}) 14. Nd5
Qb8 $1 {A good move, I think, which prepares to roll back some of the central
pressure.} (14... a5 $5 15. c3 (15. a3 a4 16. Nc1 Nd4) 15... a4 16. Nc1 a3 17.
bxa3 Rxa3 18. c4 {Is one of the ideas behind Xie`s setup.}) 15. c3 a5 16. a3 {
To hinder b5-b4.} a4 $13 17. Nc1 e6 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Nd3 Ne7 20. Nf2 {White`s
knights have fallen back only to support her center and to use g4 as a
launching pad to attack h6 and f6.} h6 21. Bh4 (21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nfg4 Bg7 23.
f5 Nc6 $1 $17) 21... Qc7 22. e5 $5 {Ernst:?} (22. Qe2 $6 Nh7 $5 {Planning
f7-f5 (other pawn breaks are riskier), gives Black good counterplay.}) 22...
dxe5 23. fxe5 Nfd5 24. Bxd5 (24. Nxd5 Bxd5 (24... Nxd5 $5 25. Ng4 h5 $5 26.
Bxd5 Bxd5 (26... hxg4 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Bf6 {Is unpleasant for Black, since
his entire K-side is tender.}) 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Bxf6 Qc4 {Looks scary, but
could well be fine.}) 25. Ng4 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Nd5 {Is solid for Black.}) 24...
Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Ng4 g5 27. Bg3 Rad8 28. Qe1 (28. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 29. exf6
e5 (29... Qc6 $17 {Fritz3}) (29... Bxg2+ $2 30. Kxg2 Qc6+ 31. Qf3) (29... Qc4
30. Qh5 Qe4 31. Rg1 Qg6) 30. Qh5 Kh7 31. Rf5 $5 Be4 32. Rxg5 Bg6 33. Qh4 Qc4 $1
$36) 28... Qc4 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Be4 {Ernst:!} 31. Rc1 Bg6 {Ernst:-/+} 32.
Qf2 $2 (32. Bf2 $142 $15 {/\Bd4}) 32... Rd7 33. Rf1 Red8 34. h3 Qe4 35. Qb6 Rd2
36. R1f2 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qb1 38. Rf1 $1 R8d5 39. Rxd1 Rxd1 40. Bf2 h5 $1 {Ernst:-/
+} (40... Rh1+ {Ernst} 41. Kg3 h5 $1 (41... Qxb2 42. Rxg6+ $10) 42. Qd8+ (42.
Qe3 $142 {Tisdal} h4+ 43. Kg4 $13) (42. Qxb5 $5 $13 {Fritz3}) 42... Kg7 (42...
Kh7 43. Qf8 $1 {/\ 44.Rxf7}) 43. Rf3 (43. Bc5 $2 Qe1+ $19) 43... h4+ 44. Kg4
Rh2 $1 45. Qf6+ Kh7 46. Kxg5 Rxg2+ 47. Kxh4 Qxb2 $17) 41. Bg1 Kg7 42. Qc5 h4 (
42... Qxb2 $142 $5 {Ernst} 43. Qe3 (43. Rxg6+ $2 Kxg6 44. Qe7 Rf1 $19) 43...
Qd2 $17) (42... Re1 $142 $1 {White is completely without moves and will
probably elect to jettison the e-pawn with 42.Qf2 as the least evil.} 43. Qf2
Rxe5 $19) 43. Qe3 $1 Re1 44. Qxg5 Rxg1 45. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qd8+
$1 {This check has escaped my attention.} Kg7 48. Qf6+ Kh6 49. Qf4+ $1 (49.
Qxh4+ Bh5 50. Qf6+ Qg6 $19) 49... Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan op 1st"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2016.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game from the last round of the 1st Yerevan open was very important. I
had to win it in order to get a high prize. My opponent in this game was a
strong very talented player from Armenia. I have played many games against him.
And despite his lower rating nowadays he has won a lot of strong tournaments.} 
1. e4 c5 {The main weapon of my opponent is the Najdorf Variation of the
Sicilian Defence. Against those who play the Najdorf very often I have a very
good weapon - the order of moves beginning with 2.Nc3, completely killing the
possibility for Black to get the Najdorf. Of course, it is impossible to get
an advantage after this order of moves, but in order to equalise Black has to
go into variations less familiar to him - the Paulsen, the Rauzer, the
Scheveningen or the Dragon like in the current game. My main idea behind this
order of moves is to get equal positions less familiar to my opponents, then
to try to outplay them by taking advantage of their mistakes. Some time ago I
wrote 2 theoretical articles for the New In Chess Yearbook series - 'Avoiding
Najdorf' and 'Avoiding Najdorf - 1 year after'. So far my results are
excellent and this order of moves can be advised to to other players who also
wish to avoid the Najdorf.} 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4
cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 {Now we have the Dragon Variation and
the system beginning with the move 6.g3. Also, though being a Dragon player
with Black I have had to encounter this system with both colours only 17 times
after a direct order of moves winning 12 games with only 5 draws. Sufficient
experience which gave me hopes for a good outcome for this game. The system
with ...Rb8 and ...b5 is considered to be the best against 6.g3 system, this
is how I always played myself with Black.} 10. Nd5 $5 ({I prefer to make this
move, since I believe exchanging the a-pawns and opening the a-line is in
Black's favour:} 10. a4 a6 {followed by ...b5, is good for Black.}) 10... Bg4 (
{I made this move for the 1st time with White 20 years ago against Zarnicki in
Buenos Aires and the game went in a similar way with Black losing because of
the weakness of the c-file:} 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. h3 Bd7 13. c3 Bb5 14.
b3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 b5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rac1 $16 a5 18. c4 bxc4 19. f4 Nd7 20. Rxc4
Nc5 21. Rfc1 Rb4 22. Kh2 Rc8 23. h4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Rb8 25. Qc2 Rb4 26. a3 Rxc4
27. Qxc4 Qb8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Na4 30. b5 Nc5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Qxc5 Qd6 33.
Qa7 e5 34. dxe6 fxe6 35. b6 Bh6 36. b7 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Qxf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Bf1
{1-0 Tiviakov,S-Zarnicki,P/Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1996 (39)}) (10... b6 11.
Bg5 Nd7 12. c3 h6 13. Be3 e6 14. Ndf4 $13 Nc5 15. a4 a5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4
Na6 18. Nd3 b5 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Ra4 Nb8 22. b4 axb4 23. Nxb4 Bd7
24. Ra7 Rxb4 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qxb4 Nc6 27. Qa4 Rd8 28. Rd1 d5 29. exd5 {
1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Kanep,M/Tallinn 2015/The Week in Chess 1053 (29)}) (10...
Nd7 11. c3 b6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 e6 14. Nc3 $14 b5 15. Re1 b4 16. Na4 Nb6
17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Be3 Qb5 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. d5 a5 21. Bh6 exd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
exd5 Rfe8 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. h4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. h5 gxh5 29.
Bf3 Qc5 30. Qf6 Bb5 31. Be4 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qe1 33. Bxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qxf7+ Kh6 {
1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Petursson,M/Reykjavik 2015 (34)}) (10... b5 $5 {in my
opinion is the strongest move for Black, not giving White the advantage of the
pair of bishops. Although then Black needs to remember several sharp lines!
After} 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. c3 h6 13. Be3 e6 14. Ndf4 (14. Nb4 $5 {deserves serious
attention}) 14... Nde5 $11 {the position is equal.}) 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 b5
$146 {In order to get equal play Black needs to create counterplay on the
queenside. If Black fails to do so, White will always have an advantage.} ({
The move made by Kotanijan is stronger than the moves played by Black here
previously:} 12... Re8 13. Bg5 (13. c3 $14) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Rae1 (
15. c4 $14) 15... Qb6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Re2 Rbc8 20. Rfe1
Rc7 21. a4 Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Bd2 Rxc2 24. Bxb4 Rc7 25. h4 Bf8 26. g4 Nxg4
27. Bxd6 Rd7 28. Bb4 Nf6 29. Rd2 b6 30. d6 exd6 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Bc6 Rd8 33.
a5 bxa5 34. Bxa5 Rc8 35. Bf3 Rb8 36. b4 Nf6 37. Bc6 d5 38. b5 Bc5 39. f3 Bb6
40. Bc3 d4 41. Bxd4 Rd8 42. Bc3 Rxd2 43. Bxd2 Nh5 44. Kg2 f6 45. Be1 Nf4+ 46.
Kf1 Nd3 47. Bc3 Kf7 48. Bd5+ Ke7 49. Bd2 Kd6 50. Bc4 Ne5 51. Be2 Kd5 52. Kg2
Nc4 53. Be1 Be3 54. Bb4 h5 55. Be7 g5 56. Bxf6 gxh4 57. Be7 Bf4 58. Kh3 Ne3 59.
Bxh4 Nc2 60. Bg3 Bxg3 61. Kxg3 Nd4 62. Bf1 h4+ 63. Kg4 h3 64. Bxh3 Nxb5 65. Kg5
Nd4 66. f4 Ke4 {1/2-1/2 Olea Perez,M-Sanchez Repullo,D/Asturias 1997/EXT 2001 
(66)}) (12... Nd7 13. c3 b5 14. Bg5 $14 (14. Be3 $14) 14... h6 15. Be3 a5 16.
Rac1 Kh7 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. b3 e6 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Ne2 Red8 22. Nd4
Na7 23. Qe2 e5 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nh2 b4 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Ne3 Rxd1+
29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qc2 Bf8 31. Nd5 Qd6 32. Bf1 Kg7 33. Rd1 Qb8 34. Bc4 Nc6 35.
Kg2 Ne7 36. a4 Nxd5 37. Bxd5 c4 38. cxb4 cxb3 39. Qxb3 Qxb4 40. Qxb4 Bxb4 41.
Rc1 Rd6 42. Rc6 {1/2-1/2 Tuma,J-Kanovsky,D/Karlovy Vary 2004/EXT 2005 (42)})
13. Bg5 $6 {Played too quickly. Only after making this move did I realise that
Black could play e6 forcing lot of exchanges.} ({White should have played} 13.
a3 a5 14. c3 $14) ({or} 13. c3 b4 14. Be3 $14 {with good hopes for an
advantage in both lines.} (14. Bd2 $5)) 13... Nxd5 $6 (13... e6 $1 {should
have been played here and after} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. c3 b4 $11 {
the position is equal.}) 14. exd5 Ne5 15. c3 ({The strange looking move} 15. b3
$5 {is recommended by a computer engine, although at the board it is not so
easy to make this move which seriously weakens the black squares.}) 15... Qc7 {
Now we have a typical position for the Classical Dragon on the board, where
White has the advantage of the pair of bishops, but Black has enough
counterplay on the queenside.} 16. Rfe1 {Here at this moment of the game I
spent lot of time. White's idea is to try to open the c-line for the rooks,
like in my game against Zarnicki, but it is not so easy to achieve!} ({If
White plays b2-b3, then Black is always in time to play a5-a4, attacking and
exchanging the b3-pawn with sufficient counterplay. For example,} 16. b3 $5 Bf6
17. Bd2 a5 18. Rac1 (18. f4 Nd7 19. Rac1 a4 $13) 18... a4 $132) ({or} 16. Rae1
Rfe8 $1 (16... h6 17. Be3 a5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bc1 $14) (16... a5 17. f4 Nc4 18.
b3 $14) 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bc1 a5 19. b3 Ne5 20. Bd2 a4 $132) 16... Rfe8 17. Rad1
({After} 17. Rac1 {I didn't like} Qc4 $11 {with equality. The idea of the text
move is to defend the d3-square also trying to provoke Black to play b5-b4
quickly, hoping that Black would himself play for a win.}) 17... a5 (17... Qc4
$5 $11 {is the safest way for Black to equalise. When the queens are off the
board, it is very difficult for White to hope for something serious, although,
of course, he can continue playing for a win.}) ({Please, note that} 17... b4
$2 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Rc1 $16 {is not good for Black.}) 18. Be3 {The idea of
this move is to have the possibility to play f2-f4. With the bishop still on
g5, this move is very difficult to make. Also sometimes the bishop can go to
d4.} b4 ({Although this move is not bad, I would prefer a safer way to play,
exchanging the queens by} 18... Qc4 19. f4 Nd7 (19... Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Nd7 $11)
20. Qxc4 bxc4 21. Rd2 $11 {with an equal ending.}) 19. cxb4 {At this moment of
the game I was happy with my position since the c-file has been opened. And
when the position is open you can always try to use the pair of bishops.} Rxb4
({After} 19... axb4 20. b3 $11 {it is very difficult for Black to take
advantage of the weakness of the a2-pawn, but the b4-pawn controls the very
important c3-square which can sometimes be occupied by the bishop.}) 20. Rc1 (
20. b3 $5 a4 21. Rc1 Qb7 {leads to the same position as 20.Rc1.}) 20... Qb7 21.
b3 ({I didn't like} 21. Rc2 {since after} a4 $1 {there is always a weak pawn
on b2.}) 21... a4 22. bxa4 ({Instead of taking on a4 it was very tempting to
play} 22. Bd2 $5 {I spent lot of time calculating the consequences of this
move, but couldn't make it work. The computer analysis confirms that there is
no advantage for White there.} Rd4 $1 (22... axb3 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. axb3 Qxb3
$14) 23. Bc3 (23. Rc3 axb3 $11) 23... Nd3 24. Bxd4 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 (25. Qd2 Bxd4
26. Qxd4 axb3 27. Rxc1 bxa2 $11) 25... Bxd4 26. bxa4 (26. Rc4 axb3 27. Rxd4 b2
28. Be4 b1=Q+ 29. Bxb1 Qxb1+ $11) 26... Rb8 $11 {with an equal position.})
22... Rxa4 23. Rc2 Rc8 $4 {Until this moment of the game Black was playing
relatively well, getting an equal position. But the next move of Black is a
tactical blunder.} ({After both 23...Qa6 and 23...Qa8 the position would
remain equal. But not drawn, since the pair of bishops, passed a-pawn and the
open character of the game still give White good hopes of winning!} 23... Qa6
$11) (23... Rea8 24. Rec1 $14) (23... Qa8 $11 {But, of course, making the
natural move as 23...Rc8, it is difficult to imagine that the black king
standing safely on g8, surrounded by the pieces - Re8, Bg7, Ne5, would get
mated.}) 24. Qb5 $3 $18 {The position on the board is a perfect tactical
position to solve to use several tactical methods - overload of the queen, the
weakness of the last rank. Rarely seen, such a combination of motifs is a true
masterpiece! When I saw this idea, I could hardly believe that this could work.
But after several minutes of calculations I saw that this beautiful move would
win!} Qxb5 25. Rxc8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Nd7 27. Rxe7 {Everything was forced.} Qc5 {
Despite having an extra queen for the rook and having the right to move, Black
cannot save the game!} (27... Qb8 $142 {would be the most stubborn defence,
although even then White would have an easy win in the ending with an extra
pawn. E.g.} 28. Rxb8 Nxb8 29. Re8 Nd7 30. Bf1 Ra5 31. a4 (31. Bc4 Rc5 32. Bb3
Rb5 33. Rd8 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Nxb8 35. Bf4 $18) 31... f5 (31... Rxd5 32. g4 $18 {
/\Bb5}) 32. Rd8 Ra7 33. Bb5 Kf7 34. Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. Bxf8 $18) ({or} 27... Rc4
28. Rce8 (28. Rd8 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qb8 30. Rxb8 Nxb8 31. Re8 Nd7 32. Bf1 Rc5 33. a4
Rxd5 34. g4 $18) 28... Qb1+ 29. Bf1 Re4 (29... Rc1 30. Bxc1 Qxc1 31. Rxd7 Kg7
32. Rdd8 $18) 30. Rxe4 $18 {with an easy win. The text move allows an elegant
mate!}) 28. Rxf8+ {And here my opponent resigned since after 28...Nxf8 29.Re8
the only way to avoid the mate would be to give up the whole queen by 29...
Qc1+. Unfortunately, since this game had been played in the last round, it
didn't get the prize for the best game of the tournament. Nevertheless, thanks
to the win in this game I was able to share 1st - 8th place in the 1st Yerevan
open.} 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Memorial op 27th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2015.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game from the 6th round of the traditional Torre Memorial in Merida 
(Mexico) was the 2nd game of the 3rd day of play. The tournaments in Merida
are known for their strength and a very hard playing schedule with 2 rounds
each day. Playing non-stop every day, one has hardly enough time to prepare
for the games.} 1. e4 c5 {Don't be fooled by the relatively low rating of my
opponent since most of the Cuban players are under-rated because the country
has been closed for many, many years. And only recently have the Cuban players
got permission to play tournaments abroad and they are still haunted by
numerous difficulties like visa issues, airticket prices etc.} 2. Nc3 {My
opening choice in this game was motivated by the fact that the only system
that my opponent plays in the Sicilian Defence is the Najdorf. The order of
moves chosen by me in this game prevents Black from playing his favourite
system. Either he has to go into other systems like Paulsen, Scheveningen or
Dragon or to go into obscure lines connected with a6, b5, or e7-e5. In all
circumstances Black is taken out of his comfort zone and he has no possibility
to use his theoretical knowledge. Modern theory recommends Black to go into
the Dragon where he has the best chances to equalise. And this is what
happened in the present game. But don't forget that getting equality doesn't
mean making a draw. The author of these lines has been playing the Dragon for
half of his life, and has a good feeling for the resulting positions. 
Interested readers can learn more about "How to avoid Najdorf" from my 2
theoretical articles published in New In Chess several years ago.} d6 3. Nge2
Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 {Besides the exchange on d4
Black has other options like 7...Bd7 or 7...Bg7.} 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Qc4 $5 {This very interesting move is much less popular than any other white
answer in this position. But actually it deserves the most serious attention.
The idea behind this move is to hide the queen on the queenside where it will
try to prevent the Black activity on the queenside. And standing on b3 the
queen not only defends the c2-pawn , but also controls the d5-square and
attacks the b7-pawn. Of course, even after 10.Qc4 Black has several different
possibilities to equalise. But in order to be successful Black needs to have a
feeling for such positions understanding the plans and ideas. There is no move
by move theory in this position. That's why I stick to playing this variation
with White since I have achieved good results with it.} Bd7 {It is not so easy
for Black to choose a move and a plan when basically all moves lead to
equality.} ({Let's look at other possibilities for Black:} 10... Nd7 11. Nd5
Ne5 (11... e6 $11 {with an equal position was better.}) 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6
14. Be3 b6 15. c4 $14 Bb7 (15... e6) 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 e6 18. Nf4 Qc7 19.
Qa3 Rfd8 20. b3 Ba8 21. h3 Ne5 22. Bd4 h5 23. Ne2 Bh6 24. f4 Nd7 25. Nc3 a6 26.
Qxa6 $2 (26. Be3 Nc5 (26... h4 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Bf8 29. Rd3 $16) 27. b4
Nd7 28. Qxa6 Qxc4 29. Nb5 Qe2 30. Rxc8 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 $18) 26... h4 27. gxh4 (
27. Nb5 Qb8 28. Be3 Nc5 29. Qa7 Qxa7 30. Nxa7 Rb8 $14) 27... Bxf4 28. Rc2 Nc5
29. Qa3 Qe7 30. b4 Nd7 31. Ne2 Be5 32. Bf2 Kg7 33. Qe3 Rh8 34. Nf4 Bf6 (34...
Bc6 $44) 35. Qd2 Ne5 36. Qe2 Bb7 37. h5 $6 (37. Bxb6 Ba6 $11) (37. a4 Bxh4 38.
Bxb6 Bg3 $44) 37... g5 38. h6+ Rxh6 39. Nd3 {(½-½ Tiviakov - Esen Baris,
Konya 2012)} (39. Nh5+ Rxh5 40. Qxh5 g4 $17) 39... Nxc4 40. b5 d5 41. e5 Nxe5
42. Rxc8 Nxd3 43. Qxd3 Bxc8 44. Bxb6 Rh4 $15) (10... Be6 {was played in the
original game with 10.Qc4} 11. Nd5 Rc8 (11... Rb8 12. a4 Qd7 13. Re1 Rfc8 14.
Qb3 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. c3) 12. Qb3 b5 (12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 Qd7
15. a4 Rc7 (15... b6 16. Be3 Bd3 17. Rfd1 Qf5 18. Rd2 Rc7 19. g4 Qxg4 20. Rxd3
f5 21. Bd4 f4 22. Qd1 Qg5 23. Qf3 h5 24. Kh1 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qh4 26. Bh3 Kg7 27.
Be6 Kh6 28. Rg1 Rf6 29. Qe2 g5 30. f3 g4 31. fxg4 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Videnova,I/
Casablanca 2015 (31)}) (15... Rc5 16. Be3 Ra5 17. Qd1 $36) 16. a5 (16. Be3 $5
b6 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Rb7 19. Qa3 Rfb8 $13 {Dembo,Y}) 16... Rb8 (16... Rc5 $5
{Dembo,Y}) 17. Re1 (17. Be3 $1 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rfe1 $14 {Dembo,Y}) 17...
h6 (17... b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Qd1 $13 {Dembo,Y}) 18. Ra4 (18. Be3 b5 19. axb6
axb6 20. Bf1 $14 {Dembo,Y}) 18... Rc5 19. Qd1 $14 Qd8 20. g4 Bd7 21. Rae4 Rxa5
22. Bf4 Bf8 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. b4 Ra4 25. Qd1 a5 26. h4 axb4 27. cxb4 Rba8 28. h5
Ra1 29. Bc1 Rc8 30. Qd2 Bg7 31. Bb2 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxb2 33. Qxb2 Bxg4 34. hxg6+
fxg6 35. Qd4 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Salgado Lopez,I-Dembo,Y/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142B 
(35)}) (12... Qd7 13. c4 (13. Bg5 Rc5 $36) (13. Re1) 13... b6 $11 {Dembo,Y} (
13... Nxd5)) 13. c3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. Re1 a5 16. a3 Re8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qd1
Rb8 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Bf5 21. g4 Bd7 22. h3 Rb7 23. Re3 Qc4 24. Qd2 f5 25.
Rae1 Qf4 26. Qe2 Bc8 27. Rd3 Rf8 28. Rd4 Qh6 29. Rf1 fxg4 30. hxg4 Qg5 31. Rfd1
Bd7 32. Re4 Rf7 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 g5 35. Rde2 Kf8 36. Kh2 Rc7 37. Kg3 h6
38. Rd4 Rc5 39. Re1 Kg7 40. Re3 Kf8 41. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A-Artemiev,V/
Voronezh 2014/CBM 160 Extra (41)}) (10... Qa5 {is interesting as well.} 11. a4
(11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 b5 $11) (11. Qb3 $5) 11... a6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Ra3 $11
Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. c3 b5 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Qd1 a5 19. Re1 Bf6
20. h3 h5 21. Bf1 Qc5 22. Re2 Rb7 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Rd2 Rfb8 25. Qa1 a4 26. Kh2
Bd7 27. Be2 Ra8 28. h4 Kg7 29. Qa2 Qd8 30. Bd1 Qe8 31. Qa1 Rab8 32. Kg1 $11 Rb5
$4 33. Bxa4 Qc8 34. Bxb5 Bxb5 35. Bd4 e5 36. dxe6 Qxe6 37. Bxf6+ Qxf6 38. b3 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S-Chumfwa,S/Angola 2012 (38)}) 11. a4 {The main idea of White in
this position is to limit Black's activity on the queenside, establishing full
control over the centre. That's why the move played by White is the most
logical one.} (11. Nd5 b5 (11... Rc8 $11 12. Qb3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qa5 14. c3 Rc7
15. Be3 Re8 16. Qd1) 12. Qd3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 $11 {leads to equality.}) 11...
Rc8 $146 {The first independent move by my opponent who had to work hard in
the unknown opening is a not accurate move.} ({It was better to play} 11... Qa5
{activating the queen with a possible idea to transfer it to the kingside by
Qa5-h5 like S. Savchenko played against me. But don't forget that S. Savchenko
had been playing the Dragon for the biggest part of his life, and very well
understood the strategic ideas and plans in the position.} 12. Ra3 Rac8 (12...
Qh5 $5) 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Rd1 Qc5 15. Be3 Qc7 $2 (15... Qb4 $142 $11 16. Qb5 $140
a5 $15) 16. Bxa7 b6 17. Nb5 Bc4 18. Nxc7 Bxe2 19. Rd2 Rxc7 20. Bxb6 Rb7 21. a5
Nd7 22. Rxe2 (22. e5 Rbb8 (22... d5 23. Bxd5 Rxb6 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Rxe2 Nxd5
26. f4 $16) 23. Rxe2 (23. Bc7 Rxb2 (23... Rbc8 24. exd6 exd6 25. Bxd6 Rfe8 26.
Bb7 $18) 24. Rxe2 Rb1+ 25. Bf1 Bxe5 $14 26. a6 Ra8) (23. exd6 exd6 24. Bc7 Rbe8
25. c3 Ba6 $14) 23... Nxb6 24. exd6 exd6 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. c3 Rfb8 27. Ra2 $18
Kf8 28. Bd5 Rb5 29. c4 Rxb2 30. Rexb2 Rxb2 31. Ra7 Bd4 32. Rxf7+ Ke8 $16) 22...
Nxb6 23. Rb3 (23. e5 d5 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. Bxd5 Rxb2 26. e6 f5 27. Ra7 Bf6 $16)
23... Rfb8 24. e5 d5 25. Rxb6 (25. axb6 e6 $14) 25... Rxb6 26. axb6 Rxb6 27.
Bxd5 Rxb2 28. Bb3 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 e6 30. f4 Rd1 31. g4 Rd4 32. Kg3 Bf8 33. Re3 Bh6
34. Rf3 Re4 35. h4 Re1 36. g5 Bf8 37. Rc3 Rg1+ 38. Kf3 Rh1 39. Rc8 Kg7 40. Ba4
Bb4 41. Be8 Rh3+ 42. Kg4 Rc3 43. Rxc3 Bxc3 44. h5 Kf8 45. Bb5 Ke7 46. Bd3 Kf8
47. Kf3 Ke7 48. Ke3 gxh5 49. Bxh7 h4 50. Kd3 Bb2 51. Kd2 h3 52. Be4 h2 53. Bg2
Bd4 54. c4 Bc5 55. Kd3 Bb6 56. Ke4 Bc5 57. f5 exf5+ 58. Kxf5 Be3 59. Bd5 Bd4
60. Kf4 Bc5 61. Bf3 Ke6 62. Bd5+ Ke7 63. Kg4 Bd4 64. Kf5 Bb6 65. g6 fxg6+ 66.
Kxg6 h1=Q 67. Bxh1 Ke6 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Savchenko,S/Algiers 2015 (67)}) 12.
Qb4 ({Probably, stronger than} 12. Qb3 {preventing Black from developing his
queen to the active square a5 -} Qa5 {when it is not possible to take the pawn
on b7} 13. Qxb7 $140 $4 Rb8 $19) 12... Bc6 {Blocking the c-file.} ({But after
other moves too, White is slightly better playing a4-a5:} 12... b6 13. a5 $36 {
<<} (13. Bd2 Be6 $5 (13... Ng4 $13))) (12... Qc7 13. a5 $14 (13. Be3 $6 a5 $11)
) 13. a5 $14 Qc7 ({It looks interesting to try to spoil White's queenside pawn
structure by} 13... Ng4 14. h3 (14. Ra3 $5) (14. Bd2 $5) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3
Nf6 $14) ({or} 13... Nd7 14. Be3 (14. Bd2 $14) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 $14 {
but it is risky to give up the bishop on g7 since it weakens the black king.})
14. Be3 {Now White is standing slightly better and has some pressure in the
position. The structure also begins to resemble the Paulsen with g3 which I
play with White as well.} Qb8 ({or} 14... a6 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Bd4 $14 {with a
small advantage for White.}) 15. Rac1 (15. Bd4 $14 {was, probably, a better
choice since sooner or later Black would have to exchange the g7-bishop. The
white knight on c3 will be safe and White will have a possibility to improve
his position. In the game I wanted to protect the pawn on c2 in order to play
Nc3-d5 - another strategic idea of White in this position.}) 15... Ng4 ({After
} 15... Nd7 16. Nd5 $14 {White's plan would become a reality.}) 16. Bd2 (16.
Bg5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 f6 $13 {leads to an unclear position.}) 16... Nf6 $6 ({
Clearly Black loses track of what he has to do in this position and just makes
a move, returning back with the knight when he had to think about freeing
himself and gaining space on the queenside by playing} 16... b5 {Then Black
would be again OK, e.g.} 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. Bg5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc4 20. Qb3 a6 $13
{with a complex unclear position.}) 17. Rfe1 ({It was more accurate to play} 
17. Nd5 $142 {first, since this move has to be made under all circumstances.
But it is not clear whether it would be necessary to play Re1 at all. After}
Rfe8 (17... Bxd5 18. exd5 $14) (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Rfe1 $14) 18. Bg5
$14 {Black is forced to exchange on d5. After} (18. c4 $5 $14) 18... Nxd5 (
18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd7 20. Rfe1 $14 (20. c3 $14)) 19. exd5 Bd7 20. c3 $14 {
White retains his small advantage.}) 17... Rfe8 18. Nd5 e6 (18... Nd7 19. Bg5
Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21. h4 $14 {would allow White to get a position he wanted.} (
21. Be3 $14)) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. c4 ({White is one tempo too short to prevent
possible liberating breaks for Black, so I had to decide which one to allow 
(d6-d5 or b7-b5) and had made a mistake, trying to prevent d6-d5 when it was
necessary to play} 20. Be3 $142 {keeping the advantage. During the game I
thought that Black would equalise after} d5 {but after} (20... b5 21. axb6 (21.
a6 $5) 21... axb6 22. Ra1 $14) 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. c3 $14 {White
is considerably better.}) 20... b6 $6 {And Black in his turn makes a mistake.}
({After} 20... b5 $1 {most of his problems would be over.}) 21. a6 $1 {This
move, probably, was underestimated by my opponent. The pawn on a6 becomes very
annoying and strong!} b5 ({The passive} 21... Be7 22. Qb3 Bf8 23. Bf4 $14 {
would allow White to keep the pressure.}) 22. Be3 $1 {Another important strong
move from the white side, keeping an eye on the pawn on a7.} bxc4 23. Rxc4 Bb5
({After} 23... Qxb4 24. Rxb4 Re7 25. Rc1 $16 {Black's position is extremely
difficult.}) 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bf1 $1 {I had to see this important move
beforehand.} Bxf1 26. Qxb8 Rxb8 27. Kxf1 {It was very difficult to make a
choice how to take the bishop on f1.} (27. Rxf1 {would allow the move} d5 $1 {
and that's why I rejected 27.Rf1 because I didn't want to exchange pawns. But
after} 28. exd5 exd5 29. Bxa7 Ra8 30. Bc5 Rxa6 31. b4 $16 {White would keep an
advantage as well.}) 27... Bd8 $8 {The only move.} ({After} 27... Rxb2 28. Rc1
$16 {Black's position looks critical.}) 28. Bxa7 ({The rook ending after} 28.
Rd1 Bb6 29. Rxd6 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rxb2 31. Rd7 Rxh2 32. Rxa7 Ra2 $11 {is drawish.}
) 28... Ra8 29. Bd4 ({It looks tempting to centralise the bishop, but} 29. Be3
$142 Rxa6 30. b4 $14 {would be more accurate.}) 29... e5 $6 {A serious mistake.
} ({After} 29... Rxa6 30. b4 (30. Rc1 Ra4 31. Be3 Kg7 $11) 30... Ra4 31. Rb1
Kf8 {(trying to bring the king to the queenside as quickly as possible)} 32.
Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd7 $11 {Black would be able to make a draw without many
problems.}) 30. Be3 Rxa6 31. b4 Ra8 (31... Kf8 32. b5 Ra8 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Ke2
Ke7 35. Kd3 Ke6 $14 {would keep good drawing chances although then White still
could continue playing for a win.}) 32. b5 ({I saw that I could win a pawn
after} 32. Rd1 $5 Rb8 33. Rxd6 Be7 34. Rd5 Bxb4 35. Rxe5 $16 {but was not sure
whether it would be enough for a win.}) 32... Rb8 (32... Kf8 {leads to the
same position as 31...Kf8 32.b5 Ra8.}) 33. Rb1 Bb6 $6 {A serious and, maybe,
the last mistake. Not all rook endings are drawn. After the exchange of the
bishops the white king is very close to the queenside. For example, it can go
to the a5-square where it will support the advance of the b5-pawn. The bishop
on d8 was controlling the a5-square and should have been kept.} (33... Kf8 {
was better. After} 34. Ke2 (34. b6 Rb7 35. Ra1 Ke8 $11) 34... Ke7 35. Kd3 Ke6
$14 {White still has to work hard to prove he has a substantial advantage.})
34. Bxb6 Rxb6 35. Ke2 Kf8 $6 {This manoeuvre costs Black a tempo.} ({It was
better to play} 35... f5 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. f3 Ke6 38. Kc4 $16 {although even
then White has a huge advantage.}) 36. Kd3 Ke7 ({or} 36... f5 37. f3 Ke7 38.
Kc4 Kd7 39. Kd5 $16 {further improving the pawn structure in the centre and on
the kingside, then returning to the plan connected with the march of the
b5-pawn.}) 37. Kc4 Ke6 (37... h5 38. Kb4 Rb7 39. Ra1 f5 40. f3 $16 {doesn't
change much either.}) 38. Kb4 {From this point it looks like White is winning
in all lines. I was not able to find any possibility for Black to defend. The
white king is on the queenside supporting the passed b-pawn.} f5 ({If Black
tries to activate his rook then White wins as follows:} 38... Rb8 39. Ka5 Ra8+
40. Kb6 Kd7 41. Kb7 Ra3 42. b6 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Kb8 Ra6 45. b7 Ra5 46. Rb2
$18) 39. Ka5 Rb8 40. exf5+ (40. b6 {was another way to win:} fxe4 41. b7 d5 42.
Kb6 d4 43. Kc7 Rg8 44. b8=Q Rxb8 45. Rxb8 $18) 40... Kxf5 (40... Kd7 41. b6
Ra8+ 42. Kb5 Ra2 43. f6 Rxf2 44. Rc1 $18) (40... gxf5 41. b6 d5 42. b7 d4 43.
Kb6 $18) 41. b6 Ke4 {From this point I felt that I was winning but I wanted to
be extremely careful not to allow the win to escape me in a similar way to
what happened 1 month ago in Reykjavik in my game against Rauf Mamedov (also a
rook ending with passed pawns).} 42. Rb3 (42. b7 Kf3 43. Rb2 d5 44. Kb6 d4 45.
Rd2 $18 {was winning as well.}) 42... d5 43. b7 d4 44. f3+ Kd5 45. Kb6 Kc4 ({or
} 45... e4 46. fxe4+ Kxe4 47. Kc7 Rf8 48. b8=Q Rxb8 49. Rxb8 (49. Kxb8 d3 50.
Kc7 d2 51. Rb1 Kd3 52. Kd6 Kc2 53. Rh1 d1=Q+ 54. Rxd1 Kxd1 55. Ke5 Ke2 56. Kf6
Kf3 57. Kg7 g5 58. Kxh7 $18) 49... d3 50. Rd8 Ke3 51. Kd6 $18) 46. Rb1 (46. Kc7
Rxb7+ (46... Re8 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Rxb8 $18) 47. Rxb7 d3 48. Kd6 Kd4 49. Rd7
$18) 46... d3 47. Kc7 Re8 48. b8=Q Rxb8 49. Kxb8 Kc3 (49... g5 50. Kc7 g4 51.
f4 e4 52. f5 d2 53. f6 e3 54. f7 e2 55. f8=Q $18) 50. Kc7 Kc2 51. Ra1 d2 52.
Kd6 d1=Q+ 53. Rxd1 Kxd1 54. Kxe5 Ke2 55. f4 Kf3 56. Kf6 Kg2 57. Kg5 Kh3 58. g4
h6+ 59. Kxg6 {Quite an interesting and useful game from many different points
of view. Unfortunately for me, my last 3 games in the tournament were drawn
and I failed to share the 1st place. Nevertheless, I could look back
positively on the tournament in Merida since the quality of my games was good
and I hadn't lost any rating points.} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Saldano Dayer, Horacio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. a4 Nb4 10. Bf3 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d5 $5 $13) 10... d6 11.
Re1 (11. Nd5 Nfxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. c3 Nd3 (13... Bc2 14. Qd2 (14. Qe2 Bd3)
14... Bxb3 15. cxb4 Bc4 16. Re1 axb4 17. Qxb4 $11) 14. Be3 $2 (14. g4 Nxc1 15.
Nxc1 Bd7 $15) 14... Qc8 $2 {0-1 Gurevich,G-Mariasin,B/ISR-ch 1992 (28)} (14...
Nxb2 15. Qe2 Bxc3 $19 16. Rfc1 Bd3 $1 {[%csl Re2]})) (11. Bg5 $6 Nd7 $5 12. Rc1
Nb6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. b3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Bc6 16. Rfe1 Re8 $6 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,
M-Bangiev,A/GER-ch 1994 (50)} (16... Qd7 $5 $15 {/\Rc7,Rfc8} 17. Nd5 $6 Bxd5
18. exd5 N4xd5 19. c4 Nf6)) (11. Nd4 Bd7) 11... Be6 (11... Bd7 12. Nd5 Nfxd5
13. exd5 Bf5 14. Be4 Qc8 15. c3 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf5 17. Rd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd3 $17
) 12. Nd4 Bg4 (12... Bc4 $5 13. b3 Ba6 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Ncb5 Nd7 16. c4 Nc5 (
16... b6 $1 $11) 17. Bc3 Nc6 (17... Nbd3 18. Re3 (18. Rf1 e5 19. Ne2 f5 20.
exf5 gxf5 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Qc2 $14) 18... Ne5 $15) (17... b6 $11) 18. Rb1 Bxb5
19. axb5 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 e5 22. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,
V-Kratochwil,C/Cappelle op 1995 (42)}) 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Ndb5 h5 $2 (14... Nf6
$11) 15. h3 $14 Ne5 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Re2 (17. Nd4 Nec6 18. Nb5 Ne5) 17... Nxd5
18. exd5 Qd7 (18... Re8 19. c3 Nd7 20. Bg5 $14) 19. Ra2 $5 (19. Qe1 $5 $14)
19... Qf5 20. b3 g5 21. c4 Qg6 (21... b6 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Bd4 $14) 22. f4 $1 $16
gxf4 23. Bxf4 Kh8 (23... Nf3+ 24. Kh1) 24. Re3 Bf6 25. Rg3 Qh7 26. Bg5 h4 (
26... Nd7 27. Bxf6+ Nxf6 28. Re2 Ng8 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Qb6 $1 $18) 27. Bxf6+ exf6
28. Re3 $18 Qh6 29. Qe1 Rce8 30. Rae2 (30. Nxd6 $4 Nf3+ $1 $17) 30... Rg8 31.
Nxd6 $1 Qxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxe1 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nxe8 Nd3 36. d6 Nc5
37. Nxf6 Kg7 38. d7 Ne6 39. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1998.05.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Black "Filgueira, Hernan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. Bg5 (9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bf1 d6 (10... Rc8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3
Ne5 14. Bd4 d6 15. a4 Nf4 16. Be3 Ne6 $132 {Luther,T-Nemet,I/Liechtenstein op
1993/0-1 (49)}) 11. Nd5 (11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 a6 14. f4 b5 15. e5
Nb6 $6 (15... Nc5 16. Nxc5 (16. exd6 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qxd6 $11) 16... dxc5 17. Qe3
Nd4 $11) 16. Qf2 h6 (16... Qc7 $6 17. Bxe7 $1 $16 {1-0 Chandler,M-Pytel,K/4NCL,
Wigan ENG 1997 (27)}) (16... d5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Rd2 $14) 17. Bh4 Nc8 18. Nc5
$14) 11... Nd7 (11... Rc8 12. c3 Ne5 13. Bg5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bf4 Re8 16.
Bb5 Re7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gorelov,S-Arkhipov,S/Moscow op2 1995 (29)}) 12. Rb1 e6 13.
Nc3 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. f3 Rad8 $11 {
Reinderman,D-Van Wely,L/ch-NED, Rotterdam NED 1998/0-1 (78)}) 9... Bb7 10. f4
d6 11. Bf3 Nd7 (11... Qd7 12. Nd5 Ne8 13. c3 e6 14. Ne3 f6 15. Bh4 Bh6 16. Be2
Ne5 17. Qd4 Nf7 18. Ng4 Bxf4 (18... Bg7 $132) 19. Nxf6+ (19. Rxf4 $2 e5 $17 {
0-1 Petranovich,J-Graham,N/USA-op Los Angeles 1991 (31)}) 19... Nxf6 20. Bxf6
e5 21. Qd3 d5 $132) 12. Rb1 (12. Qd2 $142 $5 Nc5 13. f5 $40) (12. Rf2 Rc8 13.
Rd2 f6 14. Bh4 Bh6 15. Bg3 Nc5 16. Bg4 Rb8 17. Qe2 $14 (17. Ne2 $2 Nxe4 $17 {
1-0 Khan,A-Ptacnikova,L/WchJW-U18 Szeged 1994 (33)})) 12... b5 (12... Nc5 13.
Nxc5 (13. Nd5 f6 14. Bh4 e6 15. Nc3 g5 $5 $132 {Kotronias,V-Skembris,S/
Karditsa 1994/1/2-1/2 (64)} (15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Qd7 $132)) (13. f5 $5 $11)
13... bxc5 14. Nd5 f6 15. Bh4 e6 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Nxf3+ 19.
gxf3 d5 $11 {0-1 Timmerman,G-Bosch,J/NLD-ch sf Enschede 1993 (42)}) 13. Kh1 $11
b4 (13... h6 14. Bh4 $11) 14. Nd5 f6 15. Bh4 e6 $1 (15... a5 $2 16. Bg4 f5 17.
exf5 a4 (17... gxf5 18. Bf3 Rf7 19. Re1 Bf8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. Rbc1
$16) 18. Nd2 (18. fxg6 axb3 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. axb3 $44) 18... gxf5 19. Bf3 Ra7
20. Qe1 $16) 16. Nxb4 $1 $14 (16. Ne3 Qe7 17. Bg3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Re1 Nb6
$132) 16... Nxb4 17. Qxd6 Na6 (17... Nxc2 18. Rbc1 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Ne3 (19... Rf7
20. Nc5 $1 $16) 20. Rd3 (20. Qxd7 Nxd1 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Rxd1 Qc7 $11) 20...
Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rxe3 $16) 18. Qxe6+ $2 $15 (18. Rbd1 Ndc5 19. Qxc5 $1
Nxc5 20. Rxd8 Raxd8 21. Nxc5 Bc8 22. Be1 $14) 18... Kh8 $6 $11 (18... Rf7 19.
Rbd1 Qc7 $15) 19. Rbd1 Ndc5 (19... Nac5 20. Qd6 Qb6 21. Bf2 $132) 20. Rxd8 Nxe6
21. Rd6 (21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. f5 Nec5 23. e5 Nxb3 24. Bxa8 fxe5 25. f6 Bh6 26.
axb3 Rxa8 27. Bg3 Bf4 (27... e4 28. Be5 Rf8 29. f7+ Bg7 30. Bd6 Rc8 31. f8=Q+
Bxf8 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Bxf8 $16) 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Rxf4 Kg8 $11) 21... Rae8
22. Na5 Bc8 23. Nc6 g5 (23... Rf7 $6 24. f5 Nec5 25. Rfd1 Ref8 (25... gxf5 26.
Bh5 $18) (25... Na4 26. e5 Nxb2 27. exf6 Bf8 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Rd8 Nxd1 30.
Rxe8 Bd7 31. Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 32. Ne5 $1 Bf5 33. Bxd1 $16) 26. b4 $5 (26. e5 Bxf5
27. Nd8 fxe5 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Bd5 Ne6 $132) (26. g4 Na4 27. b3
Nc3 28. R1d3 Nxa2 $15) 26... Nb7 27. R6d2 gxf5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. b5 Nac5 30.
Nxa7 Ra8 31. b6 $14) 24. Bf2 Nxf4 (24... Nxf4 25. Bxa7 f5 $1 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 (10. Qb4 $5 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb4b7]}) 10...
Be6 11. Qb4 $6 {[%csl Rb4]} (11. Qd1 $13) 11... Qc8 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge6h3,
Gc8c2]} 12. Kh2 a5 13. Qa3 b5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb5,Rf1][%cal Yc3b5,Ge6c4] and the
seizure of the iniative is as powerful as it is sudden. The threat of ...b4
leaves white little choice but to jettison a pawn, with rather stale
positional prospects to boot.} 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxc2 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Re1
Nd7 18. Re2 Qc4 19. b3 Qc3 20. Rb1 Rac8 21. Be4 Nf6 22. Bg2 b4 23. a3 bxa3 24.
Ra2 Qc5 25. Qd2 Qb5 26. Rxa3 Rc5 27. Rba1 Qb6 28. Qd1 Rb5 29. Be3 Qc7 30. Qd3
Reb8 31. Qc4 Qd8 32. Bd2 Qb6 33. Be3 Qd8 34. Bd2 Nd7 35. R1a2 Ne5 36. Qa4 Rb4
37. Qxa5 Qxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 39. Ra7 Kf8 40. Bg5 f6 41. Bf4 Nd3 42. Be3 f5 43.
Bf1 Bf6 44. R2a3 Ne1 45. Rxb3 Rxb3 46. Ba6 Ra3 47. Be2 Rb3 48. Ba6 Bg5 49. Ra8+
Kg7 50. Ba7 Bf6 51. Bc8 Ra3 52. Be6 Nf3+ 53. Kg2 Nd4 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Bb6 Ra6
56. Bxd4 Bxd4 57. f4 Ra2+ 58. Kh1 {Hecht: '[#] Bauernreduzierung und
Lavierphase'} Ra3 59. Kg2 Ra2+ 60. Kh1 Bf2 61. g4 fxg4 62. hxg4 Be3 63. Rf8 Ra4
64. g5+ Kh5 65. Rh8 Bxf4 66. Rxh7+ Kxg5 67. Rxe7 Kf6 68. Rf7+ Ke5 69. Rh7 Ra2
70. Rh3 Ke4 71. Kg1 Be3+ 72. Kf1 g5 73. Rg3 Rf2+ 74. Kg1 Rb2+ 75. Kf1 Kf4 76.
Rg2 {Hecht: '[#] Schwarzer Plan: Unterbrechen der Wirkungslinie des Tg2
Richtung g4'} Rb1+ 77. Ke2 Rb2+ 78. Kf1 Rb1+ 79. Ke2 Ke4 80. Bg8 Rb2+ 81. Kf1
Rb1+ 82. Ke2 Rb2+ 83. Kf1 Rb3 84. Ke2 Ra3 85. Bf7 Bf4 86. Be6 (86. Kf2 {Hecht}
Rf3+ 87. Ke2 Bg3 88. Be6 Kf4 $19 {[%cal Rg5g4]}) 86... Bg3 87. Bf7 g4 88. Bh5
Re3+ 89. Kd2 Be1+ 90. Kd1 g3 (90... g3 {Hecht} 91. Ra2 Bf2 92. Ra4+ Kxd5 93.
Rg4 Kc5 94. Kc2 d5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Re1 $5 {This setup has enjoyed some success for Black with colors
reversed.} Be6 10. Bf1 d5 $5 {Very straightforward. What would be the
ramifications if White tried this idea with the extra move Pa6 (Pa3) thrown in?
} 11. exd5 (11. e5 $2 Ng4 12. Nc5 (12. f4 Qb6+ $19) 12... Qb6 13. Nxe6 Qxf2+
14. Kh1 Qh4 15. Qxg4 $8 Qxg4 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 $19) (11. Nc5 $5 dxe4 (11... d4 12.
Nxe6 (12. Nb5 Bc8 $15) 12... fxe6 13. Nb1 $13) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxd8 (13. Bc4
Nd4 14. Be3 Rc8 $1 15. Bb3 (15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxc4 17. Bxf6 (17. Bxa7 Ra8
18. Be3 Nd5 $17) 17... Bxf6 (17... exf6 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Nxe4 Rc8 20. c3 Kf8 {
Very pleasant for Black.}) 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. Kf1 (21.
Rxb7 $2 Rf4 $19) 21... b6 $15) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 a6 $15) 13... Raxd8 14. Bg5
(14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Rd1 $17) (14. Bc4 Nd4 15. Bb3 a6 $15 {><a7}) 14... Nd4
15. Rac1 $13 {Unclear, but certainly no problem for Black.}) 11... Nxd5 12. Ne4
(12. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15) 12... Ndb4 $5 13. c3 Qxd1 (13... Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nxa2 (14...
Nc2 15. Rb1 a5 (15... Rfd8 16. Bd2 $18 {/\ Rac1}) 16. Bd3 (16. Nec5 a4 17. Nxe6
axb3 18. Nxf8 $140 bxa2) 16... a4 17. Bxc2 axb3 18. Bxb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 $16) 15.
Nbc5 Nxc1 (15... Bg4 16. f3 Nxc1 17. fxg4 b6 18. Nd7 Nb3 $8 19. Ra3) 16. Nxe6
Nb3 17. Ra3 (17. Nxf8 Nxa1 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rxa1 $10) 17... fxe6 18. Rxb3 $44)
1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 {Draken!} 6. Bc4 {Tom har
haft en del dueller med Thomas Ernst och vet hur man handskas med denna
superцppning.} Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 {En liten specialare som Hector har hеllt
pе med ett tag.} Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 (10... Rc8 11. Bg5 {Дr annars
vanligen fцremеlet fцr diskussionerna i den hдr sidovarianten}) 11. Qxd4 Bc6
12. Qd1 {[#] Vit siktar in sig pе att om mцjligt fе en minimal fцrdel.} (12.
Qd3 {Fцrhindrar ...b5 men svart fеr istдllet skott pе damen efter Sd7-c5,e5.})
12... b5 13. Nd5 a5 14. Bg5 (14. a3 {Дr ett litet drag som jag sеg Nunn vinna
med mot Sadler i en liknande stдllning i Bundesliga fцr tvе еr sedan. Han
gjorde bara smе sдkra drag och vдntade pе Sadlers tidsnцd.}) 14... Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 Rb8 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Re8 {Leder till passivt spel fцr svart.}) 16. c3
h6 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Rab1 Qd7 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Bb3 Nc4 22. Bf4 Rc5 23.
Red1 Qc7 1/2-1/2