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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД C68

Коды ЭШД

C65 C66 C67

C68

C69 C70 C71

C68

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Испанская партия (разменный вариант)
EN: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines

Ходы

1. e4 e5 2. Кf3 Кc6 3. Сb5 a6 4. С:c6

Дебюты

Дебют королевского коня , Испанская партия , Разменный вариант

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{Arkadij was having a great tournament and had lost only one game against Nils
in the event.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O {Possibly
this was the weapon for the Azerbaijani team for this event.} ({Earlier I had
tried} 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Ne7
{Black had no complaints and went on to win in (AD-Nakamura World Cup 2013)})
5... Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 ({In the same event another game
followed} 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 (9. Be3 Nh6 10. Qd2 g5 $5 {An impressive display by
the challenger.} 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. h4 Qg6 13. hxg5 Ng4 14. Nc3 h6 15. Bf4 Be6 16.
Bxc7 Rc8 17. Bb6 hxg5 18. Ne2 c5 19. Ng3 Rh8 20. Rfd1 Qh6 21. b4 cxb4 22. Bd4
f6 23. c3 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Kf7 25. Rac1 Rc4 26. Bd4 b5 27. Qa5 Nh2 28. Qxa6 Nxf3+
29. gxf3 g4 30. f4 Qxf4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Be3 Qf3 33. Rd6 Rh3 34. Rxe6 Rxg3+
35. fxg3 Qxe3+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf1+ {0-1 (37) Meier,G (2648)-Caruana,F 
(2784) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER 2018}) 9... Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nde2 O-O-O
12. Qc1 Rhe8 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. Rad1 Qe5 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 g6 17. f3 {with a
long manoeuvring struggle which ended in a victory for Black as White ended up
overpushing (Guseinov-Yu Yangyi, Astana 2019)}) 9. Nc3 Ne7 (9... Be7 10. Bxe7
Nxe7 {would transpose to the earlier mentioned line.}) 10. Be3 ({Once again I
was fighting for the honour of White with} 10. Bh4 O-O-O 11. Bg3 Qf6 {Here I
uncorked the sexy} 12. Qh5 $5 {, only to be met by} Qxd4 {immediately under
the pretence that I had blundered... (Later on it was concluded to be the
easiest way for Black :))} 13. Qa5 Qb6 14. Qxb6 cxb6 15. Na4 {was my beautiful
point and now Black is forced into} Nd5 16. exd5 Bc5 17. d6 ({Another high
profile game contined} 17. Rad1 Rhe8 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. f3 Re2 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rf2 Re1+ {(Guseinov-Ding Liren World Cup 2015)}) 17... Bf5 {
with a drawn opposite coloured bishop endgame in AD-Sethu, Asians 2008.}) 10...
c5 (10... O-O-O 11. Qe2 {looks preferable for White.}) 11. Nde2 $5 {White
prefers to keep the knight placement flexible and also prepared Nf4-d5 in the
future.} ({Previously my opponent had tried} 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 b6 13. a4
O-O-O (13... a5 {was what I would have probably gone for if he had repeated
this line.} 14. Nb5 O-O-O {looked slightly worse but perfectly playable.}) 14.
a5 c4 $1 15. Nd4 b5 {was fine for Black in Naiditsch-Efimenko 2015.}) 11...
Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Ng6 {Fighting against the above mentioned plan.} (12... b6 13.
a4 $5 (13. Rd2 O-O-O 14. Rad1 h6 $1 {preparing g5.} 15. Nf4 (15. f4 {is too
weakening and strongly met by} g6 $15 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 15... Nc6 16. Nfd5 Be6
17. Bf4 Rd7 {holding the fort.}) 13... Ng6 14. a5 b5 15. h4 $5 Be6 $132 {
[%cal Gg6e5,Ge5c4] White can't really stop Black from castling long.} (15...
Nxh4 {is bad due to} 16. Nd5 $16) (15... O-O-O 16. h5 Ne5 17. Rd5 Nc4 18. Bxc5
Nxb2 {might also hold.})) 13. Rd5 $5 {Vintage Arkadij!} (13. Rd2 O-O-O 14. Rad1
Bd6 15. Nd5 Bc6 {with an equal endgame.} (15... Be6 {is also fine.})) 13... Bc6
14. Rh5 O-O-O {Somehow this felt like a good team event move :).} ({I should
have continued} 14... b6 15. Rd1 Bd6 {with the better position.}) 15. Bxc5 Bxc5
16. Rxc5 Rd2 17. Rc1 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe2 19. Nd6+ Kb8 20. Nf5 (20. Nxf7 Rf8 (
20... Rhe8 21. g3 h6 {[%csl Rf7]}) 21. Kf1 Rd2 22. Ke1 b6 $1 {A nice detail
kicking the rook off the 5th rank making sure the knight has no return!} 23.
Kxd2 bxc5 24. Ng5 Rxf2+ 25. Kc3 Nf4 {White has to be precise to draw this
endgame due to Black's activity.}) 20... Nf4 $6 {Creating unnecessary problems.
} ({After the game my young friend but at the same time inexperienced...as a
team coach :) asked me why I rejected the simple} 20... Rd8 $1 {To which I had
no reply...} 21. Ne3 (21. Nxg7 Rdd2) 21... Red2 {with equality.}) 21. Kf1 (21.
Nxg7 Rd8 (21... Rg8 22. Kf1 $1 (22. Rg5 h6) (22. Rc4 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxg7+ 24.
Kf3 Rd2 $11) 22... Rxg7 23. Rc4 Nd3 24. cxd3 Rxb2 25. Rxc7 Rxa2 {with a
balanced endgame despite White's extra pawn.}) 22. Rc4 Ng6 $11 {followed by
Rd2.}) 21... Rd2 (21... Ne6 {was safer.} 22. Rd5 Re4 23. Rcd1 {is pleasant for
White but not terrible for Black.} (23. Rd7 g6 $11)) 22. Nxg7 Rg8 (22... Rhd8
23. Re5 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Nxg2+ 27. Ke2 $14 {Black
has to be careful as knight endgames are very similar to pawn endgames!}) (
22... Ne2 23. Re1 Nd4 24. Nf5 $14) 23. Rc4 (23. Rf5 Ne2 24. Re1 Rxg7 (24... Nd4
25. Rxf7 Nxc2 26. Rc1 $16) 25. Rxe2 Rd1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Rxg2 28. Rh5
Rg7 {I thought was holding easily.}) 23... Ne2 24. Re1 Rxg7 {I thought this
was the right way but the following endgame turned to be trickier than I had
expected.} (24... Nd4 25. Nh5 Nxc2 26. Rc1 Ne3+ $1 {An important detail which
I didn't see} 27. fxe3 Rgxg2 28. Nf4 Rdf2+ 29. Ke1 Rxh2 {Though even now I am
not sure if this is complete equality.}) 25. Rxe2 Rd1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1
Rxg2 28. Rh4 Rg7 {I thought there was no difference between the rook being on
4th or 5th rank but how wrong I was :).} 29. Ke2 Kc8 30. Kf3 Kd7 $2 {A
careless move which should have cost me the game!} ({The only way was} 30... f6
31. Rh6 Rf7 32. Kf4 Rd7 $1 {Active defence.} (32... Kd8) (32... Kd7 33. Kf5)
33. Ke3 Rf7 {and White still has to find a way to get something real.}) 31. Rg4
$1 {I was ready for the rook endgame but not the pawn endgame!} Rg6 (31... Rxg4
32. Kxg4 Ke6 33. Kg5 {is hopeless.}) 32. Rxg6 fxg6 {The only chance} (32...
hxg6 33. Kg4 f6 34. f4 $1 {and the threat of f5 will be disastrous.}) 33. Kf4
Ke6 (33... h6 34. Ke5 Ke7 35. f4 $18 {The king is way too advanced and hence a
easy victory.}) 34. Kg5 Kf7 35. Kh6 Kg8 36. c4 $6 {Surprisingly after this
White doesn't have a win anymore. One mistake was all it took!} (36. b4 $5 b5
37. f4 Kh8 38. f5 gxf5 39. Kg5 Kg7 40. Kxf5 Kf7 41. Ke5 Ke7 42. Kd5 Kd7 43. h4
$18) (36. a4 {was also winning} Kh8 37. a5 Kg8 38. b4 Kh8 39. c4 Kg8 40. b5 Kh8
41. f4 Kg8 42. c5 c6 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kg5 f4 46. Kxf4 Kf8 47. Kf5
Kf7 48. h4 $18 {Black can't keep the opposition.}) 36... a5 $1 {I seized my
chance and was hoping to exchange a pair of pawns.} 37. b3 Kh8 {Around here I
confidently smiled at Gangs who had finished his game... After all whatever
happens from now on wasn't in my control! My moves were pretty forced as I
can't really touch the c- and b-pawns as that would allow his king to
breakthrough on the queenside.} 38. c5 Kg8 39. a3 Kh8 {Happy to keep making
these moves :).} 40. b4 (40. a4 Kg8 41. h3 Kh8 42. c6 b6 $1 {and White still
can't breakthrough.} (42... bxc6 43. b4 $18)) 40... axb4 41. axb4 Kg8 42. f4 (
42. f3 Kh8 43. f4 Kg8 44. b5 Kh8 45. f5 gxf5 46. Kg5 Kg7 47. Kxf5 Kf7 48. h4
Ke7 49. Kg5 Kf7 {Time to return :).} 50. Kh6 Kg8 51. h5 Kh8 52. Kg5 Kg7 $11)
42... Kh8 43. b5 Kg8 44. h3 Kh8 45. f5 (45. h4 Kg8) 45... gxf5 46. Kg5 Kg7 47.
Kxf5 Kf7 48. Ke5 Ke7 49. h4 b6 $1 {Forcing some questions.} 50. Kd5 (50. cxb6
cxb6 51. h5 (51. Kf5 Kd6 $11) 51... h6 {Complete Opposition!}) 50... bxc5 51.
Kxc5 h5 52. Kc6 Kd8 53. Kd5 Kc8 54. Kc6 Kb8 55. b6 {An epic save which almost
won us the match...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "DSB Kongress-19 Meisterturnier-18"]
[Site "Mannheim"]
[Date "1914.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1914.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GE2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. O-O (7. e5
Qg6 8. O-O Qxc2 (8... Bb7 $142 9. e6 $2 fxe6 10. Ne5 $2 Qxg2+ $1 {Keres}) 9.
Nc3 Bb7 10. Bf4 c5 11. Qe3 Nh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Nh4 {+- Katona,F-Bouwer/corr
1977}) 7... Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Rb8 $1 9. Nb3 Ne7 $1 (9... Nf6 $6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Re1 {
[%cal Ye4e5] /\e5}) 10. Bd2 Ng6 11. Bc3 Nf4 {[%cal Yf4e2,Re2c3] /\Se2-c3} 12.
Re1 Be7 13. N1d2 O-O 14. Nc4 Re8 $6 (14... d6 15. Nca5 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rb6 17. Nc4
Rbb8 $11) 15. Nca5 Bf8 16. Rad1 c5 17. e5 $1 Ne6 (17... d6 18. exd6 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 cxd6 20. Re8 $14 {Alekhine}) 18. Nc4 h6 $1 19. h4 (19. g3 Ng5 20. Re3 Bb7
21. Rxd7 Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Nxh2+ 23. Ke2 Ng4 24. Red3 Rbc8 $15 {Alekhine}) 19... Be7
20. g3 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Nba5 $6 Kh7 $1 23. Kg2 Kg6 24. Rh1 $2 (24. a3 $1)
24... Nd4 $1 25. Bxd4 (25. Rd2 Nb5 26. Rd3 Nxc3 27. Rxc3 {Alekhine}) (25. Ne3
d6 $1 {Alekhine}) 25... cxd4 26. Rxd4 Bb4 27. Nb3 d5 $1 28. Ne3 (28. exd6 Bb7+
29. f3 Re2+ 30. Kf1 Rbe8 $17 {Alekhine}) 28... c5 (28... Rxe5 $6 29. a3 Bd6 30.
Nxd5 Bb7 31. Rhd1 {Alekhine}) 29. Rxd5 $1 (29. Rdd1 d4 30. Nc4 Bb7+ 31. f3 Bd5
32. Nd6 Rxe5 $19 {Alekhine}) 29... Bb7 30. c4 $1 (30. f4 c4 $1) 30... Rxe5 31.
a3 $1 Bxa3 $1 32. Na5 Bxd5+ 33. cxd5 Rxe3 $1 34. fxe3 Rxb2+ 35. Kf3 f5 36. g4 (
36. Nc4 $2 g4+ 37. Kf4 Rb4 $19) (36. d6 g4+ 37. Kf4 c4 $1 $19 {Alekhine} 38. d7
$4 (38. Ke5 Rb5+) 38... Bd6#) 36... fxg4+ 37. Ke4 (37. Kxg4 c4 $19 {Alekhine} (
37... Rb4+ 38. Kg3 (38. Kf3 g4+) 38... Bb2 $17) 38. Ra1 $145 $1 $13) 37... Rb4+
38. Kd3 (38. Ke5 $2 c4 39. Kd4 Bb2+ $19 {Alekhine}) 38... Bb2 39. d6 Bf6 40.
Rf1 g3 41. d7 Rb8 42. Rd1 (42. Nc6 g2 43. Rg1 (43. Rxf6+ Kxf6 44. Nxb8 Ke7 45.
Nc6+ Kxd7 46. Ne5+ Ke6 47. Nf3 g4 48. Ng1 Ke5 $19) 43... Rb7 $19 {Alekhine})
42... g2 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. Rg1 Rxd7 46. Rxg2 Rd3 47. Rc2 Rc3 48.
Rxc3 Bxc3 49. Nc4 a5 50. Nb6 Kf5 51. e4+ Ke5 52. Nc4+ Kd4 53. Nd6 Kd3 54. Nb7
Bb4 55. e5 c4 56. e6 c3 57. Nxa5 c2 58. Nb3 Kc3 59. Nc1 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Caruana applied this opening in his first chess years.
Now, the Spanish system is a good weapon in the top tournaments.} 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Bxc6 {I prefer this move too. Here we get positional play without forced lines.
} dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 {This move is popular in recent years. Black has many other
good moves:} (5... f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 exd4 8. cxd4 Qd7 9. Be3 f5 10. Qb3 Bxf3
11. Qxb7 Rd8 12. gxf3 fxe4 13. Rc1 exf3 14. Qxc6 Bd6 15. Nd2 Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Ne7
17. Rxa6 O-O 18. Ne4 Bf4 19. Re6 Nd5 20. Nc3 Rf5 21. Nxd5 Rdxd5 22. Bxf4 Rxf4
23. Re3 Rg5+ 24. Kh1 Rh5 25. Rae1 Rfh4 26. Re8+ Kf7 27. R8e7+ Kf8 28. Re8+ Kf7
29. R8e7+ {1/2 Andreikin,D (2705)-Morozevich,A (2737)/Saratov 2011/CBM 145}) 6.
d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 {The queen move early in the game does not spoil the black
position. The bishop on g5 is usually located badly.} 8. Nxd4 {If White is
looking for simple play, the queen should take the pawn.} (8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4
Bd7 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Rd2 Ne7 14. Rfd1 Ng6 15. Nde2 Ne5
16. h3 Bb4 17. b3 Be6 18. Ra1 Ba3 19. Rf1 Bb4 20. Ra1 Ba3 21. Rf1 Bb4 22. Ra1 {
1/2 Andreikin,D (2715)-Karjakin,S (2785)/Moscow 2012/CBM 150}) 8... Be7 $1 {
The black bishop quickly comes into play.} 9. Be3 $5 {This move keeps the
tension. A few years ago, Naiditsch prefered to go into an endgame:} (9. Bxe7
Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 b6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. b4 Be6 15. f3 Rd6
16. Kf2 Rhd8 17. Ke3 Bc4 18. Nd3 Re6 19. Rfe1 Nd5+ 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Nf4 Red6
22. e5 Rh6 23. a3 Rxh2 24. Rh1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 d4+ 26. Ke4 h6 27. Rd1 c5 28. bxc5
bxc5 29. Nd3 Bxd3+ 30. cxd3 Kc7 31. Rb1 Kc6 32. f4 g6 33. g4 c4 {1/2 Naiditsch,
A (2685)-Grandelius,N (2525)/Stockholm 2010/CBM 140 Extra}) 9... Nf6 10. f3 O-O
11. Nd2 c5 $5 $146 (11... Be6 12. N2b3 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Qe5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. c3
Qb5 16. Qc2 c5 17. a4 Qb6 18. Nd2 Qc6 19. Nc4 b6 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Bf4 b5 22.
Rfd1 Qc6 23. Ne5 Qb7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. c4 c6 27. g4 Rd8 28. Rxd8+
Bxd8 29. Qd3 Bc7 30. g5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Nd7 32. Bg3 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Kf7 34. Qd3 c4
35. Qxc4 Qxb2 36. Qxc6 Qb6+ 37. Qxb6 Nxb6 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Bf4 Nd7 40. Be3 Ne5
41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Bd4 Nc6 43. Bc3 g6 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. h4 Kd6 46. Kg4 Ke7 47. h5 e5
48. h6 Kd6 49. Kg3 Nd8 50. Bb4+ Kd7 51. Kg4 Ke6 52. Bf8 Nf7 53. Bg7 Kd6 54. Bf6
Ke6 55. Kg3 Nd6 56. Kf2 Ne8 57. Bh8 Nc7 58. Ke3 Kd6 59. Kd3 Ne6 60. Bf6 Nf4+
61. Ke3 Ne6 62. Kd3 {1/2 Huschenbeth,N (2459)-Heimann,A (2471)/Rosenheim 2010/
CBM 138 Extra}) 12. Nc4 $1 {A very useful move. Now White has a small, but
stable advantage.} (12. Ne2 $6 Rd8 $11) 12... Qd8 (12... Qd7 $6 13. Nf5 $14)
13. Ne2 Qe8 {Caruana don't want to go into a slightly worse ending. White's
idea was associated with the transfer of the knight to a5.} (13... Be6 $6 14.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Na5 $1 Rab8 16. Nf4 Nd7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 $16) 14. Bf4 $5 {
An interesting move in Naiditsch's style. White prepares the transfer of the
c4-knight to the kingside for creating an attack. Also White had the
opportunity to play positionally:} (14. Nf4 $5 {/\e4-e5} b5 $5 (14... Be6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 $14) 15. Na5 Bd6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. Rad1 Re8 19.
Rfe1 f6 20. Qf2 Qf7 21. c4 $36) 14... b5 $6 {Caruana pushes the white knight
in the right direction.} (14... Be6 $5 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. Qe1 Qc6 17. Ng3 c4 18.
Kh1 g6 19. Qc3 $36) 15. Ne3 c4 {This move seems good, but it leads to
potential problems. Black can play more reliably:} (15... Qc6 16. c4 $1 Rd8 17.
Qc2 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. Be3 c6 $14) 16.
Kh1 $1 {An important preventive move. Now White easily can transfer his pieces
into the attack.} Qc6 {Of course such a move is not pleasant, but the black
queen is obliged to join the game.} 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Ndf5 {White completed his
plan to transfer the knight. Now it is necessary to connect the queen.} Bc5 19.
Qe1 $1 $40 g6 $2 {In a bad position Caruana starts complications.} ({After} 
19... Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Nh5 21. Bd2 Rfd8 {the black position is tenable. This is a
possible continuation:} 22. a4 $5 b4 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Qh4 $6 Rad8 $1 25. Qxh5
Qg6 $1 26. Qh4 Bf8 $3 27. Qxd8 (27. Qe1 c3 28. Rf2 Qf6 $1 $44) 27... Rxd8 28.
Bxb4 Re8 $1 $11) 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. g4 $5 {An energetic attacking move, but it
weakens also the white king and gives Black hope for counterplay. White gets a
big advantage playing with pieces:} (21. e5 $5 Nh5 (21... Ng8 $2 22. Nd5 Qc6
23. Nxg8 Rxg8 24. Qh4 $1 $18) 22. Bg5 Qe6 (22... Be6 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Neg4 $18)
23. Nhg4 Re8 24. Rd1 Bb7 25. Qh4 $40) 21... Bb7 $2 {I think, Caruana was
shocked by his position after the opening, so he makes one mistake after
another. Correct was to develop the bishop in the center.} (21... Be6 $1 22.
Rd1 (22. g5 Nh5 23. Be5+ f6 24. gxf6+ Nxf6 25. Nhg4 Bd4 $1 26. Rd1 Bxe5 27.
Nxe5 Rad8 $11) 22... Ng8 $1 23. Nhf5+ Kh8 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Nd4 b4 26. Qd2 Rad8
27. c3 $14) 22. g5 Nh5 $6 {The best practical chance was to sacrifice the
knight:} (22... Nxe4 $5 23. fxe4 Rae8 $1 (23... Bxe4+ 24. Ng2 $18) 24. Ng2 Rxe4
25. Qg3 $1 (25. Be5+ $6 f6 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27. gxf6+ Kxh6 28. Qg3 Qe6 29. Rae1
Bd6 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qh3+ Kg5 $44) 25... f6 $8 26. Rae1 $1 Bf2 27. Rxe4 Bxg3
28. Re7+ Kh8 29. Bxg3 Qc6 30. Rf2 Qd5 (30... Qc5 31. Rxf6 Qxe7 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8
33. Be5+ $18) 31. h4 $1 $18) 23. Be5+ f6 24. gxf6+ Nxf6 25. Neg4 $2 {Naiditsch
played superbly until this moment. Maybe he has not found the winning move
because he had little time. AIt is aways sad to destroy a beautiful game in
one move. The logical result of this game was obtained after playing the rook.}
(25. Rd1 $1 $18 Bxe3 (25... Qe6 26. Neg4 Be7 27. Qg3 Kh8 (27... Rae8 28. Nf5+
$18) 28. Bxf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxc7 $18) (25... Rae8 26. Rd7+ Kh8 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28.
Nhg4 Qxb2 29. Qh4 h5 30. Qg5 $18) 26. Rd7+ Kh8 (26... Kxh6 27. Qh4+ Nh5 28.
Bg7#) 27. Ng4 $1 Bh6 $5 (27... Bg5 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 (28... Bxf6 29. Qh4 h5 30. Qg5
$18) 29. Qg3 $1 h6 30. h4 Qe6 31. Rxc7 $18) 28. Qh4 Bg7 29. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 30.
Rd1 Qe6 31. Rd7+ Qxd7 32. Bxf6+ Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Qxh7+ Kc6
36. Qxg6 $18) 25... Bd4 $1 $14 {Black is OK!} 26. Bxd4 (26. Nxf6 Bxe5 27. Nd7
Qe6 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Ng4 Bxb2 $44) 26... Qxd4 27. Rd1 $1 Qxb2 $6 {A
provocative move!} (27... Qb6 28. Qc3 Bc8 29. Kg2 Bxg4 30. Nxg4 Rad8 $14) 28.
Nxf6 $2 {The obvious move, but now Black can defend his king. A quiet pawn
move allowed the continuing of the attack:} (28. c3 $1 $16 {the black queen is
cut off!} Bc8 $8 29. Nf5+ $3 Bxf5 (29... gxf5 $2 30. Nxf6 Rxf6 31. Rg1+ Rg6 32.
exf5 $1 Rxg1+ (32... Bxf5 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. Qxf5 $18) 33. Qxg1+ Kf7
34. f6 $1 Kxf6 35. Qd4+ Kf7 36. Qf4+ Ke6 37. Qxc7 $18) 30. exf5 Rae8 31. Qh4
Qxc3 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. fxg6 Re7 34. Rc1 $3 Qd4 (34... Qb2 35. Rf2 $1 Qd4 (35...
Qxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Nxg4 37. gxh7+ Kh8 38. Rg2 Ne3 39. Rg3 Rf6 40. Qa1 $18) 36. Rd2
Qb6 37. Rg2 Rg7 38. Ne5 Kh8 39. Rcg1 $18) 35. Rfd1 Qb6 36. Rg1 $1 Rg7 37. Ne5
Kh8 38. gxh7 Ng4 39. Qxb6 cxb6 40. Rxg4 Rxg4 41. fxg4 Rf2 42. a4 Re2 43. Nf3
Re4 44. axb5 axb5 45. h3 b4 46. Nd2 Re3 47. Nxc4 Rxh3+ 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. Rxc3
bxc3 50. Na3 b5 51. Nc2 $18) 28... Qxf6 $15 {So, Naiditsch missed his winning
chance twice. As they say in soccer: If you didn't open the score, your
opponent will do it for you. Now White's initiative is enough for only a few
checks.} 29. Ng4 Qf4 {The only move, but the hand does it automatically.} 30.
Rd7+ Rf7 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Rxf7 (32. Rfd1 $5 Raf8 (32... Re8 $6 33. Rd8 $1 Ref8
34. Ne5 $36) 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 {with transition to game.}) 32... Kxf7 33. Rd1 Rf8 {
Mathematically this is not the strongest move.} ({The iron decision consisted
in the following option:} 33... Re8 $1 $19 34. Rd7+ Ke6 $3 {dare a man make
such a move? Perhaps, but only in a friendly blitz game.} 35. Rxh7 Bxe4 36. Kg1
Bxf3 37. Ne3 Kd6 $19) 34. Kg2 Bc8 {It was still not too late to centralize the
king! :)} (34... Ke6 $3 $17) 35. h3 $6 {After this move White is helpless.
Arkady could prepare for a long defence and go to the endgame:} (35. Qe5 $1
Qxe5 36. Nxe5+ {Black has an extra pawn, but realising it is not easy.} Kf6 (
36... Ke6 37. Nc6 Bd7 38. Nb4 Ra8 39. Nd5 Rc8 40. Nf4+ Ke7 41. Nd5+ Kf7 42. Nb6
$1 $11) 37. Rd5 $5 Re8 38. Nc6 Bb7 39. Rc5 Bxc6 40. Rxc6+ Re6 41. Rxc7 Rd6 $15)
35... Kg8 $17 36. e5 $2 {Such moves are usually made in frustration over
missed opportunities.} Qg5 $4 {But why does Caruana pass by an easy win? I
guess it was not his day, too. Even the best chess players have such moments...
} (36... Bxg4 37. hxg4 b4 $1 $19) 37. Qd4 $2 {Obviously the players had little
time.} ({After} 37. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 38. Rxd2 {play continues.}) 37... Bb7 $1 $19 {
White can't hold the fort any more.} 38. Kh2 Bxf3 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Rg1 Qf5 41.
Kg3 Bc6 42. h4 Rf7 43. Qe3 Re7 44. Ng4 h5 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf7 47. Qh7+
Ke6 48. Qg8+ Kxe5 49. Re1+ Kd4 {The black king had great difficulties in this
game, but led his army to victory. The final position in the center of the
board is symbolic.} 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 $5 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6
8. Qxd4 $5 Qxd4 {I was happy with this exchange because of having my pawn on
c6.} (8... Bg4 {looks like being the theoretical move but I felt no compulsion
to play it.} 9. Qc3 $5 $13 {leads to a complicated position.}) 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10.
Nc3 f6 ({Would Janowski go} 10... Nf6 $5 {here?}) 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Rad1 g6 $1
13. Rd3 $6 {I do not like this pseudo aggressive move.} (13. f3 Nh6 14. Nde2
Nf7 $11) 13... Nh6 14. Bxh6 {A strange decision but still...} (14. Rfd1 Nf7 $1
15. b3 Ne5 16. R3d2 Bb4 17. Nde2 Be6 $36 {and Black takes over the initiative.}
) 14... Bxh6 15. Rfd1 Rhe8 16. Nde2 b5 $1 {When you have the pair of bishops
you should push pawns to open the position.} 17. f3 Bf8 ({More enterprising was
} 17... f5 $1 18. a3 (18. exf5 $2 b4 19. Ne4 gxf5 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 fxe4
22. Rxh7 exf3 23. gxf3 Rxe2 24. Rxh6 Rxc2 $17) 18... c5 19. Ng3 $15) 18. Nf4
Bd6 19. Rxd6 $5 {This may well be his only chance.} cxd6 20. Rxd6 Rf8 {I could
not have chosen between} ({and} 20... f5 21. Nd3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Kc7 23. Rf6 Bf5
24. Rf7+ Rd7 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7 $17) 21. Kf2 Kc7 $2 {After this last inaccurate
move White keeps the rooks and the win becomes truly difficult.} (21... g5 22.
Nh5 Be8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Ng3 Bd7 25. a3 a5 26. b4 Ke7 27. Ke3 axb4 28. axb4
Ra8 29. Nge2 Ra1 $17) 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Nd3 $1 $15 a5 24. Ke3 Rd6 25. h4 Be6 26.
g4 Rfd8 $5 ({I have always found it difficult to play moves such as} 26... h6
27. Rg1 g5 28. Rh1 $132) 27. b3 a4 28. g5 $132 fxg5 29. hxg5 axb3 30. axb3 Kb6
31. f4 (31. e5 R6d7 32. Ne4 Re7 $15 {was another option.}) 31... R6d7 (31... c5
32. e5 Rd4 33. Ne4 c4 34. bxc4 Rxc4 35. Rd2 $13 {and it is not clear who is
better and why.}) 32. Rb1 $5 Ra7 33. Ne5 c5 34. Rh1 $1 {The young Serbian
grandmaster at his best!} c4 35. f5 Bg8 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rh6 Rd6 38. Rh8 cxb3
$1 39. cxb3 $138 ({White should not collaborate with} 39. Rxg8 $2 bxc2 40. Ne2
Ra3+ 41. Kf4 Rc3 $19) 39... Bxb3 40. Rb8+ Rb7 41. Rxb7+ Kxb7 42. Nxb5 $11 {
We manoeuvred a little bit after this bitter capture but objectively I do not
see a reason for White to lose this.} Rb6 43. Nd4 Ba4 44. Nc4 Ra6 45. Kf4 Kc7
46. Ke5 Kd7 47. Ne3 Ke7 48. Nd5+ Kf7 49. Nf3 Bd1 50. Nd4 Bh5 51. Nc7 Ra1 52.
Ndb5 Rg1 53. Nd6+ Kf8 (53... Ke7 54. Nd5+ Kd7 55. Nf7 Ke8 56. Nd6+ Kf8 57. Kf6
{transposes to the game.}) 54. Kf6 Rd1 55. Nd5 Rf1+ 56. Ke5 Rg1 {Enough is
enough! It is obvious that 1.5 months of unemployment had effected my game.} (
56... Bf3 57. Nf4 Kg7 58. Ne6+ Kg8 59. Nf4 Kh7 60. Ne6 $11) 57. Kf6 Rf1+ 58.
Ke5 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg Romero Holmes} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6
6. c3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 (7... Bxf3 {Wedberg} 8. Qxf3 O-O-O 9. Qxf7 Nf6 10. d4 exd4
11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Be3 Qd7 $10 {Gipslis,A/ECO}) 8. d4 f6 (8... O-O-O
$6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5) 9. Be3 (9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Be3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bd6 12. Nbd2
Nf6 $10) 9... O-O-O 10. Nbd2 exd4 11. cxd4 Nh6 12. Qc2 (12. Bxh6 $6 {Wedberg}
gxh6 $40 {><g2}) 12... g5 13. Nc4 $1 (13. Rac1 g4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Nc4 Qd7 16.
Bf4 Rg8 $13) (13. e5 Qd5 14. exf6 g4 $44) 13... Qd7 14. Nfd2 f5 (14... g4 15.
h4 g3 (15... f5 {Wedberg} 16. e5 Nf7 $13) 16. f3 Nf7 17. d5 (17. Rac1 $1 Kb8
18. Qb3 $16) 17... Kb8 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Rac1 Bc5 20. Qb3 Rd7) 15. Bxg5 (15. f3
$1 fxe4 16. Ne5 (16. fxe4 g4 17. Rxf8 (17. h4 $1 g3 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Qb3 $16)
17... Rdxf8 18. Bxh6 gxh3 19. Bxf8 Qxd4+ 20. Kh2 Qf2 21. Kxh3 (21. Rg1 Rg8)
21... Rg8) 16... Qe6 17. Nxe4 (17. fxe4 g4 18. h4 c5 $13) 17... Nf5) 15... Re8
(15... Rg8 16. Bxd8 f4 17. Bh4 Qxh3 18. Bg3 Qg4 19. Ne5 Qg7 20. Qb3 $18) 16. e5
(16. Ne5 Qxd4 17. Ndf3 Qxe4 (17... Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxe4 19. Rfe1 Qxc2 20. Rxe8+
Kd7 21. Rd8+ Ke6 22. Nd4+ $18) (17... Qc5 $1 18. Qd2 (18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxh6 (
19. exf5 Nxf5 20. g4 Rhg8) 19... fxe4 20. Nh2 Rxe5 21. Bg7 Rhe8 22. Bxe5 Rxe5
$14) 18... Qd6 $13) 18. Qd2 $1 $18) 16... Rg8 (16... Nf7 17. Bf4 Nd8 18. d5)
17. Bf4 Nf7 $2 (17... Kb8 18. Qc3 Nf7 $13 {/\Nd8}) 18. Ne3 $2 (18. d5 $1 Kd8 (
18... Qxd5 19. Qxf5+ Kb8 20. Ne3 Qxd2 21. Qxh5 $18) (18... Kb8 19. Nb6 $1 Qd8
20. e6 Nd6 21. Nd7+ Ka8 22. dxc6 $18) (18... b5 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd6+ Kd7 21.
Qxc6+ Kxc6 22. Nxe8 $18) (18... cxd5 $4 {Romero Holmes} 19. Nb6+) 19. d6 cxd6
20. exd6 Nxd6 21. Rad1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rg6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Nc4 Ree6 (24... Bxf4
25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qxf5+ $18) 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28.
Qxf5 $18) 18... Nd8 $1 19. Qxf5 Ne6 20. Qxh5 (20. Bg3 $6 {Wedberg} Rg5 21. Qe4
Nxd4 $17) (20. Nb3 $5 {Wedberg} Bg6 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. Bh2 Bd3 23. Qd1 Bxf1 24.
Qxf1 $13 Bh6) 20... Nxf4 21. Qf5 (21. Qf3 Nxh3+ 22. Kh1 Ng5 23. Qf5 Re6 24.
Rfd1 (24. g3 Qxd4) 24... Be7 (24... Qxd4 $1 25. Nf3 (25. Ng4 Be7) 25... Qe4 26.
Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Kg1 Bc5) 25. Ne4 Rf8 26. Nf6 Bxf6 27. exf6 Ne4 28. d5 cxd5 29.
Rxd5 Nd6 $13) (21. Qh4 {Wedberg} Nxh3+ (21... Qxd4 22. Qxh7 $132 {/\Nf3}) 22.
Kh2 Ng5 23. Qg4 Re6 24. Nf5 Reg6 $40) 21... Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Rg5 $1
24. Ng3 Rg6 $1 {/\ Rh6 /\ Rh6} (24... Nxh3 $6 {Wedberg} 25. Nde4 Rg6 26. f4 $16
) 25. Nf3 (25. Nde4 c5 (25... Rh6 $40 {Wedberg}) 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Rxe5
$15) 25... Nxh3 26. Nf5 (26. Kh2 Nf4 27. Nf5 c5 $15) 26... Be7 27. Kh2 (27.
Rae1 Bd8 28. Kh2 (28. Re4 Rf8 29. N3h4 Rg1+ 30. Rxg1 Nxf2+ 31. Kh2 Nxe4 $15)
28... Nf4 (28... Rf8 29. N3h4 $1 Bxh4 30. Nxh4 Rh6 31. Kxh3 Rf4 32. f3 $16) 29.
Re4 Ne6 30. N3h4 Rg5 31. f4 (31. Rg1 Rh5 32. Rgg4 Rf8 $17) 31... Rh5 32. Kh3
Ng7 33. Kg4 Rg8 $19) 27... Nf4 28. Rg1 (28. N3h4 $2 Bxh4 29. Nxh4 Rh6 30. Kg3
Ne2+ 31. Kh3 Nxd4 $19) (28. Rae1 $1 {Romero Holmes /\ Re4}) 28... Bd8 29. N3h4
(29. Rg3 {Wedberg} Rf8 30. N3h4 Bxh4 31. Nxh4 Rh6 32. Rg4 Nd3 33. Rf1 c5 $17)
29... Rxg1 $1 (29... Rf8 $2 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Ne3 Rh8+ 32. Kg3 Ne2+ 33. Kf3 $18
) 30. Rxg1 c5 $1 31. Rg4 $138 (31. Ng7 Rf8 $1 32. Nf3 (32. Nhf5 cxd4 33. Rg4
Ng6 34. Rxd4 Nxe5 35. Kg3 Bf6 $17) 32... Ne2 (32... Nd3 $1 33. Rg3 (33. Kg3
cxd4 $17) 33... cxd4 34. Ne6 Re8 $17) 33. Re1 Nxd4 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. Rf1 $1 (
35. Re2 d3 36. Rd2 Bg5 $17) 35... Bh4 36. f4 d3 37. Ne6 $1 (37. f5 Rf7 38. f6
d2 39. Rd1 Bxf6 40. exf6 Rxf6 41. Rxd2 Rh6+ 42. Kg1 Rg6+ 43. Rg2 $10) 37... Rg8
38. Kh3 $18) 31... Nd3 32. f4 (32. Ng7 Rf8 (32... Rg8 {Romero Holmes} 33. Nhf5)
33. Nhf5 cxd4 34. f4 h5 $19) 32... h5 33. Rg1 (33. Rg7 Nxf4 $19) 33... cxd4 $2
(33... Nxf4 34. Ng7 Rf8 35. Nhf5 Ne2 (35... cxd4 36. Nxd4 c5 37. Nde6 Nxe6 38.
Nxe6 Re8 39. Nxd8 Kxd8 40. Rg5 Kd7 41. Rxh5 $10) 36. Rd1 (36. Re1 Nxd4 37. Nxd4
cxd4 38. Ne6 Rf2+ 39. Kh3 Rxb2 40. Rf1 Rb6 41. Nxd4 c5 42. Rc1 Be7 43. Nf5 Kd7
44. Nxe7 Kxe7 45. Rxc5 Ke6 $19) 36... Nxd4 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Rxd4 Rf2+ 39. Kh3
Rxb2 $19) 34. Ng6 (34. Ng7 Rg8 35. Nhf5 Nxf4 36. Nxd4 Nd3 (36... c5 37. Ndf5
Rf8 38. Rf1 Bg5 39. e6 (39. Rg1 Bd8) 39... Rxf5 40. Nxf5 Nxe6 $10) 37. e6 Bf6
38. Ndf5 Ne5 (38... Be5+ $1 39. Kh1 (39. Kh3 $1 Nf4+ 40. Kh4 Nxe6 41. Ne7+ Kd7
42. Nxg8 Bxg7 43. b3 $10) 39... Nf2+ (39... Bxg7 40. Rxg7 (40. Nxg7 Nf2+ 41.
Kh2 Ng4+ $19) 40... Rxg7 41. Nxg7 Kd8 $19) 40. Kg2 Rxg7+ 41. Nxg7 Bxg7 42. Re1
Ng4 43. e7 Nf6 44. Rd1 c5 (44... b5 45. Rd8+ Kb7 46. Rg8 Bh6 47. Rg6 $18) 45.
Rd6 Kc7 46. Rxf6 Kd7 47. Rb6 Kxe7 48. Rxb7+ $18) 39. Kh3) 34... Nxf4 35. Nxf4
Rf8 36. Ne6 (36. Nxd4 {Wedberg} Rxf4 37. Ne6 Rf2+ 38. Kh3 Kd7 $17) (36. e6 {
Wedberg} Rxf5 37. Rg8 Re5 38. Re8 c5 39. Ng6 Re2+ 40. Kh3 Kc7 41. e7 Bxe7 42.
Rxe7+ Rxe7 43. Nxe7 Kd6 $19) 36... Rxf5 37. Rg8 Kd7 38. Nxd8 (38. Nf8+ Ke7 39.
Ng6+ Kf7 40. Rxd8 Kxg6 $19) 38... Rxe5 39. Nf7 $138 (39. Nf7 Re2+ 40. Rg2 (40.
Kh3 Rxb2 $19) (40. Kg3 {Wedberg} Rxb2 $19) 40... d3 41. Rxe2 dxe2 42. Ne5+ Ke6
43. Nf3 Kd5 44. Kg2 Ke4 45. Kf2 Kd3 46. Ke1 (46. Ne5+ Kd2 47. Nc4+ Kd1 48. Ne3+
Kc1 49. b4 Kd2 50. Nc4+ Kc3 $19) 46... a5 47. b3 c6 48. Kf2 Kc2 49. Kxe2 Kb2
50. Kd3 Kxa2 51. Kc3 Ka3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 $5 {When I had to make my last IM norm
in the 9th round in Geneva in 2006 I chose the Exchange Variation and won 
(after horrible mistakes made by both sides). So I decided to play this
opening again, and again in a decisive moment. If I win that game, I will
complete my last GM norm and become GM. Another interesting moment: my
opponent himself is an expert on this opening.} dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7.
Qe2 Ne7 $5 {Played after long thought. Most probably my opponent wanted to
avoid any preparation.} 8. Nc4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 $14 {Getting back the bishop and
gaining a slight advantage.} c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Ng5 Qg6 12. f4 Be7 (12... b5 13.
Qc3 Bd6 (13... Nd4 14. Kh1 Be7 15. Nf3 $14) 14. f5 Qh5 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Qd2 O-O
17. f6 $14) 13. Nf3 exf4 14. Bxf4 O-O-O 15. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bg3 Qe8
(17... Rd4 18. Qe6+ Rd7 19. Rf5 Rhd8 20. a4 $1 Bd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. a5 $14)
18. Rf5 (18. e5 $5) 18... g6 (18... Rd4 $6 19. Qc3 Qc6 20. Bf2 g6 21. Rf3 Rb4
22. a3 Rb6 23. b3 $14) 19. Rf3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. a4 $1 $14 {Even after the
exchange of queens White has a slight advantage due to Black's pawn weaknesses.
} bxa4 22. Rxa4 Kd7 $1 $138 {Strong defence.} 23. Ra7 $6 (23. Rf1 $142) 23...
Kc6 24. Bh4 $6 g5 25. Be1 Ra8 (25... c4 $1 {equalizes immediately}) 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. Bc3 Kd7 (27... Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Rc1 29. Bxf6 Rxc2+ 30. Kg3 Kd7 {Would
have forced a draw.}) 28. Bxf6 Ra1+ 29. Kf2 Rc1 30. c4 $1 {Now I have time for
that.} Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Bxf6 32. Rxf6 Rxb2 33. Rh6 c6 34. Kg4 $5 {An interesting
try.} (34. Rxh7+ Ke6 35. Rh6+ Ke5 36. Rg6 Kd4 37. Rxg5 Kxd3 38. Rxc5 Kxe4 39.
h4 Kd4 40. Rf5 Kxc4 41. h5 Re2 $11) 34... Rxg2+ 35. Kf5 Rf2+ 36. Kxg5 b5 37.
Rxh7+ Kd6 38. Rh6+ (38. h4 $142 $1 Ke5 39. Re7+ Kd4 40. cxb5 cxb5 41. Rd7+ Kc3
42. e5 {With practical chances for a win, but most probably this should be a
draw.}) 38... Kc7 39. e5 b4 40. Rh7+ Kb6 41. e6 Re2 42. e7 b3 43. Rf7 Ka5 $4 (
43... b2 {Mr Tischbierek wrote in "Schach" No. 5 page 12 from May 2007 that
this is simply winning. But it is not that easy. My opponent, GM Godena, spent
9 a half (!) of his 10 minutes left to think about b2. He saw Rf2, panicked
and played Ka5. He just did not see ...Qxd3 on move 46.} 44. Rf2 $1 (44. Rf1
Rxe7 45. h4 Ka5 $19) 44... Re5+ 45. Kf6 b1=Q 46. Kxe5 Qxd3 (46... Kc7 47. Rf8
Qa1+ 48. Ke6 Qe1+ 49. Kf6 Qf1+ 50. Kg7 Qg1+ 51. Kf7 Qf1+ 52. Kg7 Qg2+ 53. Kf7
Qf3+ 54. Kg7 Qg4+ 55. Kf7 Qf5+ 56. Kg7 Qg5+ 57. Kf7 Qh5+ 58. Kg7 Qe5+ 59. Kf7
Qf4+ 60. Kg7 $11) 47. Rf4 Qd7 48. Rf7 Qd4+ 49. Kf5 $11 {And this position
cannot be won.}) 44. Kf6 b2 45. Rf8 Rf2+ (45... b1=Q 46. Ra8+ Kb6 47. Rb8+ Kc7
48. Rxb1 Kd6 49. h4 (49. Rb7 $2 Rxe7 $1 {nice}) 49... Re6+ 50. Kf5 Rxe7 51. h5
$18) 46. Ke6 Re2+ 47. Kd7 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Ng5 Bd7 8.
d3 Qg6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O-O 11. Nc4 f6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. b3 Qe8 14. Qe1 g5
15. Be3 c5 16. Qc3 h6 17. a3 Rh7 18. Nfd2 Rf7 19. b4 f5 (19... cxb4 20. axb4)
20. bxc5 fxe4 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. Rb1 $1 exd3 23. c6 bxc6 24. cxd3 Rd5 25. Nb6+
$1 cxb6 26. Qxc6+ Kd8 27. Bxb6+ Ke7 28. Bc5+ Kf6 (28... Rxc5 29. Qxc5+ Kf6 30.
Rf1+ Kg6 31. Qxf8 $18) 29. Bxf8 Qd7 (29... Qxf8 30. Rf1+ Rf5 31. Rxf5+ Kxf5 32.
Qf3+ $18) 30. Ne4+ Kg6 31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32. Rb6+ Kf5 33. Ng3+ Ke5 34. d4+ $1 Kxd4
(34... Rxd4 35. Bg7+ $18) 35. Rg6 Ke3 36. h3 g4 37. hxg4 Rg5 38. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Bykhovsky,Av"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7.
Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 O-O-O 9. d4 exd4 $6 (9... Bg4 $5 $13 {De La Villa,J-Illescas,M/
ESP/1995/0:1/26/Inf 64/306/}) 10. Rxd4 Qe7 11. Bf4 $1 g5 12. Bg3 Nh6 (12... h5
$5 13. e5 Bd5 $14) 13. Rxd8+ Qxd8 14. Rd1 Qe7 (14... Qe8 15. Nc4 $16) 15. Nd4
Bd7 16. Qd2 Qb4 $2 (16... Bg7 {/\Rd8+/=/}) 17. Qd3 Qe7 (17... Bd6 18. Nb3 Nf7
19. Nc4 $18) 18. Nc4 c5 19. Bxc7 $1 $18 cxd4 20. Qg3 $1 (20. Nb6+ {Petursson}
Kxc7 21. Nd5+ Kb8 22. Nxe7 Bxe7 23. Qg3+ (23. c3 $5) 23... Kc8 24. Rxd4 $16)
20... b5 21. Nd6+ Kxc7 22. Nxb5+ $1 {Petursson} Kb6 23. Qc7+ Kxb5 24. a4+ Kxa4
25. Rxd4+ Kb5 26. Rd5+ Qc5 27. Qb7+ Ka4 28. Qxa6+ Kb4 29. Rxd7 $1 Qb5 30. Qa3+
1-0

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {Apparently, Maxime wasn't prepared for
a theoretical fight in the Arkhangelsk. I had expected he might play this. and
had prepared accordingly.} dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 {A novelty, at least from the point
of view of my games.} ({I played} 5... Bg4 {against Naiditsch.}) ({And} 5... f6
6. d4 Bg4 {, against Karjakin. Both lines lead to passive and slightly worse
positions for Black.}) ({Recently I tried an enterprising idea of Tkachiev:} 
5... Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qg6 {, and made a draw
against Alekseev. However, the line looks too risky for Black.}) 6. Na3 Be6 ({
Another main line is} 6... b5) 7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 {This move promises White no
advantage. More dangerous is 8.Nc4.} (8. Nc4 Qd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. c3 b5 ({Black
should probably play} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne7 {, but White is
slightly better here.}) 11. Ncxe5 $1 fxe5 12. Nxe5 {This position looks really
dangerous for Black, although Tomashevsky managed to survive in the following
game.} Qc8 13. d4 Bd6 14. d5 Bxe5 15. Qh5+ Bf7 16. Qxe5+ Kf8 17. Be3 Nf6 18.
Bxc5+ Kg8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 h5 21. f3 c6 22. Be7 Nd7 23. Qd4 cxd5 24. exd5
Rh6 25. c4 Rb8 26. Rb4 Rhb6 27. Rxb6 Nxb6 28. Bc5 Nd7 29. Be7 Nb6 30. Bc5 Nd7
31. Be7 Nb6 32. Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A (2681)-Tomashevsky,E (2688)/Ohrid
2009/CBM 133}) 8... Bg4 9. c3 ({Now} 9. Nc4 {is met by} Qe6 $1 {, which forces
White to play} 10. Ne3 Bh5 11. d4 O-O-O {, but here it is clear that White is
not better.}) (9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 O-O-O 11. Be3 Qe6 12. dxe5 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxa3
14. bxa3 {was played in a recent high-level game, Hammer-Eljanov, Novi Sad
2009. Here, instead of 14...Ne7 like Eljanov played, Black is perfectly fine
after} fxe5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Bc5 Qe8) 9... Qe6 10. Nc2 {
Actually, I had briefly looked at this position before the game, and
remembered that Black is fine after castling queenside or 10...Bh5. But then I
realized that Black has an even simpler way which promises immediate equality.}
Bd6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne7 {Black has given up the strong light-squared
bishop, but in return has developed perfectly. Now White is left with a weird
knight on e3, and no way forward. Even in the best case White can only have a
tiny advantage in this type of position, as I found out recently in a blitz
game against Sargissian; I thought my position was promising, but I couldn't
make any headway after he played c5. Here White can't even pretend he is
better.} 13. d4 {Starting from this moment, Maxime started to use a lot of
time. He probably just couldn't find any constructive ideas, but in the end he
almost lost because he was in such bad time trouble.} (13. d3 O-O 14. Bd2 {
is possible, but White can't make any progress. Black can just do something
like} a5 {, and ...a4.}) 13... O-O 14. Bd2 (14. d5 {gives nothing:} cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Rfd8 ({Black can also trade bishops with} 16... c6 17. Rd3
Bc5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfd8) 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rad1 c6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 {, and a draw will soon be agreed.}) 14... a5 $5 {I didn't see what
to do, so I played this space-gaining move, which probably doesn't have much
purpose.... but then again, what exactly is White's plan?} ({I wanted to avoid
} 14... f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Qe4 {, which must be fine for Black, but if White
manages to get into an endgame, he might hope for a little something.}) (14...
Rad8 {is a perfectly fine and natural move.}) 15. dxe5 {Maxime decided to
initiate some play, but considering that he was already low on time, maybe he
should have waited.} Qxe5 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Qd3 {
The position is about equal. If Maxime had more time, I would have just looked
for a clean way to force a draw. But since he was already in time trouble, I
decided to keep the tension and play for a win - objectively not a correct
decision, and rather risky, but it worked!} Raf8 ({Black could consider an
exchange sacrifice:} 19... Bc5 20. Bf4 (20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Re8
$11) 20... Rxf4 21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. Qg3 Qf7 {, with pretty good compensation.})
20. Qc4+ Kh8 ({I could have gone for} 20... Qd5 21. Qxd5+ cxd5 22. f4 {, with
an equal endgame, although White is a bit more comfortable.}) 21. Re1 Qf6 ({
Again, I could have entered an equal ending:} 21... Qc5 22. Qxc5 Bxc5 23. Be3
Bxe3 24. fxe3 Kg8 $11) 22. f4 Rd5 23. Be3 h5 {So, I'm just slowly preparing
some kind of obtuse attack. Actually, my play is pretty dubious and now only
White can be better.} 24. Qe4 Qf7 25. c4 Rf5 26. Rad1 Re8 27. Qd3 Qg6 28. Kg2
h4 29. Bd2 Ref8 {Of course, I cannot afford to trade a pair of rooks. I was
actually pretty optimistic here, but that was probably due to the the clock,
rather than the position.} 30. Re4 $6 {An awkward move.} ({I would prefer to
just centralize the queen with} 30. Qe4) 30... Rh5 {Now Black has at least
created a threat, but with one accurate move White would defend without any
problems.} 31. Qe2 $2 (31. Qf3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kg8 (32... Qh7 33. Qxh5 Qxh5 34.
Rh1 Qxh1+ 35. Kxh1 {is just better for White.}) 33. Rh1 {, and now White
easily defends, because the g3-pawn is defended. In fact, White is already
slightly and safely better.}) 31... hxg3 32. hxg3 Kg8 $1 {It is very dangerous
for White now, maybe even losing, and to top it off he was down to his last
minute. I thought I would win easily here, but now we both started making
mistake after mistake.} ({Of course not} 32... Qh7 $2 33. Qxh5 Qxh5 34. Rh1)
33. c5 $2 {Objectively the decisive mistake, but without time it is nearly
impossible to defend.} (33. Qf3 Qh7 34. Be3 $1 {is the only way:} (34. Kg1 Rh2)
34... Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rxb2 {Black should bravely take the pawn, because there is
no way to attack.} (35... Qh3 36. Rd2 {is nothing.}) 36. Bf2 {White has lost a
pawn, but has consolidated and the situation is not entirely clear. Black is
much better, but White is definitely alive.} (36. c5 {loses spectacularly:}
Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 g5 $3 39. cxd6 g4 $19)) 33... Bxc5 $2 {A very stupid
move, played way too quickly, because I wanted to flag him and thought I would
win every way.} (33... Qh7 {wins on the spot:} 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. cxd6 (35. Kf3
Rh2 $19) 35... Rh2+ 36. Kf3 Qh5+ 37. Ke3 Qxd1 $19) 34. Bxa5 Qh7 $2 {Incredibly,
this misses the win! It seems logical to keep contact with the rook on e4, but
in fact the f4-pawn is key!} (34... Qh6 $3 {was the way to go:} 35. Kf3 b6 36.
Bb4 (36. Bc3 Rh3 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Qe6 Rxf4+ $1 $19 {Again, this motif wins.})
36... Rh2 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Re5 (38. Bxc5 Qh5+ 39. Ke3 b5 {wins like in the
game.}) 38... Rxf4+ $1 {This is the point! Now White can't recapture with the
king.} 39. gxf4 Qh3+ 40. Ke4 Qg2+ 41. Kf5 Kh7 $1 {The only way to win.} (41...
Rh5+ $2 {leads to an odd perpetual:} 42. Ke6 Qg4+ 43. Kf7 Rxe5 44. Rh1+ Rh5 45.
Qe4 $1 Qd7+ 46. Kg6 Qg4+ $11) 42. Rxc5 (42. Qf7 Qh3+ 43. Ke4 Re2#) (42. Ke6
Qg4+ 43. Kf7 Qg6#) 42... Qg6+ 43. Ke5 bxc5 44. Bxc5 Re2+ 45. Qxe2 Qe8+ $19) 35.
Kf3 b6 36. Bb4 $2 {It's logical to eliminate the bishop, but this gives Black
another chance, while White would be alive after 36.Bc3.} (36. Bc3 $1 Rh2 (
36... Rh3 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Qe6 $11) 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Re5 Qh3 (38... Qg6 39. Rd2
Rh3 40. Rg2 Bd6 41. Re4 {, and White seems to be hanging on.}) 39. Rd2 Rh1 40.
Rg5 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 {, and White has survived the complications.}) 36... Rh2 $2 {
Missing it again.} (36... Bxb4 {wins in every line:} 37. Qc4+ (37. Rxb4 Rh2 38.
Qe6+ (38. Qe5 Qc2 $19) 38... Kh8 {, and White's king is too weak.}) 37... Rd5
38. Re5 (38. Rxd5 cxd5 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. Rxb4 Qh1+ $19) 38... Be7 $1 (38... Bd6
39. Rdxd5 Qh1+ 40. Kg4 cxd5 41. Rxd5 Rf7 42. Rf5 Qd1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1+ $11) 39.
Rdxd5 (39. Rxe7 Qh5+ 40. g4 Qh3+ $19) 39... Qh1+ 40. Kg4 cxd5 41. Rxd5 Rf7 42.
Rf5 Bf6 $19) 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Re5 $1 {I missed this move, which saves the game.
A great resource by Maxime, found with only seconds on his clock!} (38. Bxc5 $2
Qh5+ 39. Ke3 b5 $1 {chases the queen either from defence of e2 or from defence
of the c5-bishop, and wins.}) 38... Rf2+ 39. Kg4 R8xf4+ {I had already gotten
low on time myself, so I decided to just force a draw.} 40. gxf4 Rg2+ 41. Kf3
Qh3+ 42. Ke4 Qe3+ 43. Kf5 Qh3+ 44. Ke4 {A crazy, random game for the first
round! It wasn't well played by either of us, but at least it was
entertaining! Considering our erratic play in this game, you would expect some
further craziness the rest of the tournament, but somehow we both went
undefeated!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Nf3 (8. Qg5 $5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 b6 (11... h6 $5) 12. Qe3 Qxa1 13.
Nc3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qxf1+ 15. Kxf1 $14 {Ivanov,V-Bezgodov,A/Elista(RUS-ch)/1994/
1|0/38/}) 8... Qxe4 9. Qa5 Bg4 10. Re1 Qd5 11. Qc3 $6 {N/} (11. Qxc7 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 Qxf3 13. d3 (13. Qxb7 Qg4+ 14. Kf1 Qh3+ 15. Kg1 Qg4+ $10 {Ljubojevic,
L-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow/1994/0,5/16/}) 13... Qg4+ 14. Qg3 Qxg3+ 15. hxg3 $14 {
Brunner,L-Yilmaz,T/Manila/1992/1|0/52/}) 11... Bxf3 $1 (11... Rg8 $5 12. Qf6
Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd6 $10) 12. Qxh8 Qg5 13. g3 Qh5 14. Qf6 O-O-O 15. d3 (15. Re3
Nf5 $17) (15. Qf4 Nf5 $17) 15... Bg7 (15... Nf5 16. Nd2 $16) 16. Qxf7 $6 (16.
Qxe7 Qh3 $19) (16. Qf4 g5 $1 17. Qe3 $2 (17. g4 Bxg4 18. Qxg5 Qxg5 19. Bxg5
Bxb2 20. Bxe7 Rg8 21. Nd2 Bh3+ 22. Kh1 $10) 17... Nf5 $19) (16. Qh4 $1 Qxh4 17.
gxh4 Nf5 18. Nd2 Nxh4 $146) 16... Bd5 (16... Rf8 $4 17. Qxg7 $18) 17. Qxe7 (17.
Qf4 Nf5 18. c4 Nd4 19. cxd5 Nf3+ 20. Kf1 Nxe1 21. Kxe1 Re8+ $22 22. Be3 Bxb2
$17) (17. Qxg7 Qf3 18. Kf1 (18. Re4 Bxe4 $19) 18... Qg2+ 19. Ke2 Bf3+ 20. Kd2 (
20. Ke3 Nf5+ $19) 20... Qxf2+ 21. Kc3 Qxe1+ 22. Bd2 Qe6 $17) 17... Qf3 (17...
Qh3 18. Re4 $18) 18. Kf1 (18. Re4 Bd4 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qd1+ 21. Kg2 Qxc2+
22. Kh3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxb2 $19) 18... Qg2+ 19. Ke2 Bf3+ 20. Kd2 (20. Ke3 Bh6+
$19) 20... Qxf2+ 21. Re2 Bh6+ (21... Bxe2 $5 22. Qxe2 (22. Qxg7 Bxd3+ 23. Kc3
Qxc2+ $19) 22... Bh6+ 23. Kd1 Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Bxc1 $17) 22. Kc3 Qd4+ 23. Kb3
Bd5+ $6 (23... Bxc1 $5 24. Nc3 Qb6+ 25. Qb4 Qxb4+ 26. Kxb4 Bxb2 27. Rae1 Bxe2
$17) 24. c4 Qxd3+ 25. Nc3 Bxc4+ 26. Ka4 (26. Ka3 $4 Bf8 $19) 26... Bb5+ 27. Kb3
Bc4+ 28. Ka4 Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 Be6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. d4 (9. b4 $5 b6 10. Qb1 Ng6 11. c3 Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 c5 14.
axb6 cxb6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 Qe6 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. Qc2 Rfd8
$132 {Rovid,K-Karpatchev,A/Capelle La Grande/1993/1|0/40/}) 9... exd4 $5 (9...
Ng6 $6 10. c4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. c5 Qd7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. h3 O-O-O 15. Qc2
$14 {Glek,I-Mainka,R/Lippstadt/1992/1|0/38/}) 10. Nxd4 Bf7 11. Qe2 c5 12. N4b3
b6 13. a4 a5 14. Nc4 $6 (14. f4 $5 Nc6 15. e5 fxe5 16. fxe5 Qe6 (16... Nxe5 17.
Bf4 $18) (16... Qxe5 17. Rae1 $36) 17. Nf3 Be7 18. Bg5 O-O 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20.
Qe4 Nb4 $132) 14... Qc6 15. Nbd2 g6 16. Bf4 Bg7 17. Ne3 O-O-O $1 (17... O-O 18.
Rfd1 Rad8 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Qf2 $132) 18. Rad1 Rhe8 19. b3 g5 20. Bg3 Bg6 21. f4
(21. f3 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Qa6+ Qb7 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Ne4 Bd4+
27. Kh1 g4 $36) 21... gxf4 22. Bxf4 Kb7 (22... Bxe4 $6 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Qg4+
$18) 23. Qf3 Rd4 $17 24. Nec4 f5 (24... Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 (25... Qxe4 26.
Qxe4+ Rxe4 27. Rd7 $36) 26. Nd6+ (26. Rd6 $5) 26... cxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxf4 28. Qxf4
Qc7 (28... Ng6 29. Qd2 Bh6 30. Rxc6 Bxd2 31. Rfxf6 $132) 29. Rfd1 $132) 25. Be5
(25. exf5 Nxf5 $36) 25... fxe4 26. Qe2 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Qe6 28. Ndc4 Nd5 29. Rde1
e3 30. g3 (30. Qf3 Be4 $17) 30... Re4 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Qf3 Kb8 33. Qf7 e2 34.
Rf3 Qxf7 35. Rxf7 Nb4 36. Na3 c4 37. Rf3 (37. bxc4 Re3 $19) 37... cxb3 38. Rxb3
(38. cxb3 Re3 39. Kg2 Nd3 $19) 38... Re3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40. Nc4 Rc3 41. Ne5 Rxc2
42. Kf2 b5 43. axb5 (43. Rxe2 bxa4 44. Rxc2 Nxc2 45. Nc4 a3 $19) 43... a4 44.
Ra1 Na2 45. h4 Nc3 46. Nd3 (46. Nxg6 a3 47. h5 a2 48. h6 Ne4+ 49. Ke1 Ng5 50.
Ne5 Rb2 $19) 46... Rd2 47. Ne1 Rd4 48. Rc1 (48. Kf3 $5) 48... Ne4+ 49. Kxe2
Nxg3+ 50. Kf3 Nf5 51. h5 gxh5 52. Rc5 Nd6 53. Rxh5 a3 54. Nc2 Rc4 55. Rh2 Rc3+
56. Kf4 Nxb5 57. Ke4 Kb7 58. Ne3 c6 0-1

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-06"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1914.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1914.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd6
8. O-O Ne7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. f4 O-O-O 11. Be3 Rhe8 12. Nb3 $2 (12. Rae1) 12... Nd5
$1 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. e5 Bf8 15. Bc5 Bxc5+ 16. Nxc5 Bf5 17. Rf2 b6 $1 18. Nd3 (
18. Nxa6 c5 $1 19. b4 Kb7 20. b5 d4 $17) 18... c5 19. Rd2 Kc7 20. Nf2 g5 21. g3
gxf4 22. gxf4 Rg8+ 23. Kf1 Rg6 24. Rad1 Kc6 25. Nh1 Bh3+ 26. Kf2 f6 $1 27. Rg1
(27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Kg3 Rg8+ $19) 27... Rxg1 28. Kxg1 fxe5 29. fxe5 Re8 30. Re2
Rf8 31. Ng3 Kd7 32. e6+ (32. Nh5 Ke6 33. Ng7+ Ke7 34. Re1 Rf3 $19) 32... Bxe6
33. Re5 Rf6 34. Rg5 Rg6 35. Rxg6 hxg6 36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Kf3 Ke5 38. h4 d4 39. h5
gxh5 (39... Bd5+ 40. Kf2 $1 g5 $2 41. h6 Kf6 42. Nh5+ Kg6 43. h7 $18) 0-1

[Event "World-ch06 Lasker-Steinitz +10-2=5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1896.12.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1896.11.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)DWS 1897,S.6.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qd3 b5 11. Qe2 c4 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh6
Kf7 14. f4 Qf8 15. Qh4 Nc6 16. Nd5 f5 17. Qf6+ Kg8 18. Qxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nxc7 Rb8
20. O-O-O Kf7 21. Nf3 h6 22. e5 Be7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. h4 Rg8 25. Rhe1 Be6 26. Bc5
b4 27. Ne3 Rb5 28. Bd6 c3 29. b3 a5 30. Rd3 a4 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Bxh4 33.
Re2 axb3 34. cxb3 Be7 35. Nc2 g5 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Nxb4 gxf4 38. Nc6+ Kf7 39.
Rxf4 Rg4 40. Rd4 h5 41. Nd8+ Ke7 42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Rh6 Re4 45. Rf2
Rbxe5 46. Rxh5 Ke6 47. Rh6+ Kd5 48. Rf6 Kd4 49. Rd6+ Kc5 50. Rd8 Re2 51. Rf3
Rxa2 52. Rxc3+ Kb4 53. Rc2 Rxc2+ 54. Kxc2 Re2+ 55. Rd2 Re4 56. Rf2 Rg4 57. Kb2
Re4 58. g3 Re5 59. Rf4+ Kb5 60. Ka3 Rd5 61. Rf3 Ka5 62. b4+ Kb5 63. Kb3 Kb6 64.
Kc4 Kc6 65. Rb3 Re5 66. b5+ Kb6 67. Kd4 Re4+ 68. Kd5 Re8 69. Kd6 Re1 70. Rf3
Kxb5 71. Rxf5+ Kc4 72. g4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch09 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.12.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor Parfenovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1934.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Qd3
Be6 9. c4 Ng6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d5 Bg4 (11... cxd5 12. cxd5 (12. Nxd5 O-O 13. c5
dxc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qa3 Rfd8 $11) 12... Bd7 13. Rac1 $11) 12. dxc6 $16 Bxf3
13. gxf3 Qc8 14. Rfd1 Nh4 15. Qf1 g5 (15... f5 16. Nd5 (16. Qh3 f4 17. Qxc8+
Rxc8 18. Bd2 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Nh4+ 20. Kf1 Nf3 21. Kg2 $11) (16. f4 fxe4 17. fxe5
Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 dxe5 20. Rd7 O-O 21. Rxe7 Rf6 22. Rxe5 Rg6+ 23. Rg5
Rxg5+ 24. Bxg5 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 $11) 16... f4 17. Bd2 Bd8 18. Ba5 $16) 16. Kh1 f5
17. Nd5 f4 18. Bd2 $18 {[#]} Bd8 (18... a5 19. c5 h5 20. Bc3 $18) 19. c5 dxc5
20. Rac1 Nxf3 21. Ba5 $1 Ra7 (21... Nd4 22. Rxc5 Ne6 23. Rcc1 $18) 22. Rxc5 Qe6
23. Rc3 Nd4 {[#]} 24. Qh3 $2 (24. Bb6 cxb6 25. c7 Rxc7 26. Nxc7+ Bxc7 27. Rxc7
$16) (24. Bb4 $1 Ra8 25. Bc5 Nxc6 (25... Kf7 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rxd4 $18) 26.
Ba3 $18) 24... Kf7 (24... Qxh3 25. Rxh3 h5 $11) 25. Qxe6+ Kxe6 26. Nb4 $11 (26.
Rc5 $16) 26... Be7 27. Nc2 Nb5 28. Rcd3 Nd6 29. f3 h5 30. b3 g4 31. Kg2 Rg8 32.
Nb4 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Nf7 34. Nd5 Bd6 35. Nc3 (35. h4 Rg3+ 36. Kf2 Rg4 37. Kf3
Rxh4 38. Rg1 $11) 35... Raa8 $17 {[#]} 36. R3d2 (36. Kf2 Rac8 $17) 36... Rg4
$19 37. Ke2 Ng5 38. Kd3 f3 39. b4 Rf8 40. Rf1 Rg2 41. Rdf2 h4 42. Nd5 Rf7 43.
Ne3 Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Rf4 45. Nd5 Rxe4 46. Nxc7+ Bxc7 47. Bxc7 Rd4+ 48. Kc2 Rc4+
49. Kb2 e4 50. b5 e3 51. Rf1 e2 52. Re1 axb5 53. Bd8 Nf7 54. c7 Ne5 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Helsingborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Ng5 Bd7 8.
Nc4 Qg6 9. d4 f6 10. f4 exf4 (10... fxg5 11. Nxe5 Qe6 12. fxg5 {Med komp}) 11.
Nf3 (11. Bxf4 fxg5 (11... b5 $1) 12. Bxc7) 11... O-O-O (11... Qf7 12. b3 g5 $15
) 12. Bxf4 Qxe4 13. Qd2 g5 $2 14. Bxc7 Kxc7 15. Qa5+ Kc8 16. Nb6+ Kb8 17. Rae1
Qg4 (17... Qg6 18. Ne5 fxe5 19. Rxf8 (19. Qxe5+)) 18. h3 Qh5 19. Ne5 Be8 (19...
Bxh3 20. Nxc6+ bxc6 21. Qxa6 $16) 20. Nbd7+ Kc8 (20... Rxd7 21. Nxd7+ Bxd7 22.
Qd8+ Ka7 23. Qxd7) 21. Nb6+ Kb8 22. Nbd7+ Kc8 23. Nxf8 Bf7 (23... fxe5 24. Ne6
Rd7 25. Rf8 {Och svart дr patt.}) 24. Nxc6 Rxf8 (24... bxc6 25. Qxa6+ Kc7 26.
Ne6+ Bxe6 27. Rxe6) 25. Qc5 Qh6 (25... Re8 26. Ne5+ Kb8 27. Nd7+ Ka8 28. Rxe8+
Bxe8 29. Qc8+ Ka7 30. Qb8#) 26. Ne7+ Kb8 27. Nf5 Bg6 28. Nxh6 Nxh6 29. Re7 Ka8
30. Qb6 Rb8 31. Rxf6 Ng8 32. Qxa6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1938.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Nde2 Ne7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 (10... Be6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. O-O-O O-O-O $11)
11. Nxf4 $14 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rd3 Rhf8 14. Rhd1 c5 15. Nfd5 Nc6 16. Na4
$14 {[#]} Ne5 (16... b6 $2 17. Ndxb6+ cxb6 18. Nxb6+ $18) (16... c4 17. Rg3 Rf7
18. Nc5 $14) 17. R3d2 Rfe8 18. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kochetkov, German"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Qg6 (
7... Bd7 8. Be3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. h3 Qg6 11. Qf3 $14) 8. Nc3 Bc5 (8... Bg4
$6 9. f3 O-O-O 10. fxg4 c5 11. Qf3 cxd4 12. Nd5 $16) 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Kh1 (10. f4
$5 Bg4 11. Qe1 (11. f5 Qf6 12. Qxg4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 $16) 11...
O-O-O 12. Qf2 $16) 10... Bg4 11. Qe1 (11. f3 O-O-O 12. fxg4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 c5
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rxd5 $10) 11... Rd8 (11... O-O-O $5 12. Nb3 (12. Nf5 $6
Nxf5 13. Bxc5 Nh4 $40) 12... Bxe3 13. Qxe3 $14) 12. Nf5 Bb4 $8 (12... Nxf5 $2
13. exf5 $18) (12... Bxe3 $2 13. Nxe7 $16) 13. Nh4 Qf6 14. f4 Ng6 (14... O-O
15. f5 $16) 15. Nf5 O-O 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. Qf2 h5 $1 (17... Bxc3 $2 18. bxc3 Qxc3
19. f5 Ne5 20. h3 $16) (17... Bc8 18. f5 Ne5 19. Nh5 Qd6 20. Qg3 $40) 18. e5
Qe7 19. h3 h4 20. hxg4 hxg3 21. Qxg3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qa3 23. Bg1 (23. e6 $5 Qxc3
$5 (23... Rxe6 $2 24. f5 $18) (23... fxe6 $6 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Qxc3 26. Qxg6
Rxe3 27. f6 $40) 24. f5 Ne5 $13) 23... Rd2 24. Rae1 Rxc2 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. g5 (
26. f5 Qh4+ 27. Bh2 Qxg3 28. Bxg3 Ne7 $132) 26... Rxa2 27. f5 Nxe5 28. f6 Qe6
29. Rfe3 $10 Ra5 30. Bh2 Qf5 31. Rxe5 (31. g6 $2 gxf6) 31... Raxe5 32. Rxe5
Qb1+ 33. Bg1 Qh7+ 34. Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Qf6 (5... d6 6. d4 f6 {
Fьhrt zur Verbesserten Steinitzvariante in der Spanischen Partie, aber mit
einem Mehrtempo fьr WeiЯ!} 7. Nc3 $14) 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 (7. Qxd4 Bb7 8. e5
Qg6 9. Rd1 O-O-O 10. Qd3 Ne7 11. Ng5 $1 $14 {Lasarov,A-Donev,I Plovdiv 1988})
7... Bb7 8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Rb1 Ne7 10. b4 d5 $6 {Schwдcht das wichtige Feld c5
ab, das vom weiЯen Springer als starkes Feld benьtzt wird.} (10... Ng6 $142)
11. Be3 $32 $16 Qg6 12. e5 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. Bd4 h5 15. Na4 Rh6 16. Re1 Rg6
17. Rb3 a5 $6 (17... Qg4 $5 18. Qxg4+ Rxg4 19. Bc5 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Ba6
$14) (17... h4 18. Bc5 Qg5 19. Qf3 Qd2 20. Qf5+ Kb8 21. Rbe3 $14 {/\22.Qf7})
18. Bc5 $1 Qg4 19. Rg3 (19. Qxg4+ $6 Rxg4 $1 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Rc4 22. c3
Re4 $132) 19... Qc4 20. Rxg6 fxg6 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Qxb4 24.
Nd3 Qc3 {WeiЯ steht klar besser: Er hat 1. einen starken Springervorposten auf
c5. 2. den starken Freibauern e5. 3. die offene a und b-Linie gegen den
schwarzen Kцnig.} 25. e6 Ba6 (25... Re8 26. Qf3 Qf6 27. Nc5 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Ba8
29. Ra1 Kb8 30. f4 $1 $18 {/\Kg2-Kg3-Kh4-Kg5-Kg6-Kf7 mit dem entscheidenden
Eindringen des weiЯen Kцnigs. Schwarz hat keine Mittel gegen diesen Plan, weil
der Lдufer a8 wegen der Fesselung Rb1 nicht ziehen darf. Der Kцnig ist zum
Feld b8 gebunden, weil er den Ba8 decken muЯ. Der Turm e8 darf die f-Linie
wegen der Springergabel Nd7 nicht besetzen.}) 26. Qa1 $16 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Kb7 (
27... Bb7 28. Nc5 d4 29. Ra7 (29. f4 {Gewinnt auch leicht.} Rd5 30. e7 $18)
29... Rd5 30. Nxb7 Kb8 31. Ra5 $1 $18) 28. Nc5+ $18 Kb6 29. Nxa6 c5 {Schwarz
versucht, den Na6 zu fangen?} 30. Nb8 c4 (30... Rxb8 31. Rb1+ Ka7 32. Rxb8 Kxb8
33. e7 $18) 31. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 c5
8. Ne2 Bd7 9. Nbc3 Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 $1 12. h4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Bc6
14. h5 Ne5 15. f3 (15. h6 gxh6 (15... g6 16. Nf4 Ng4 17. f3 Nxh6 18. Nfd5 Bg7
19. Nxc7 Rd8 20. N7d5 $13) 16. Nf4 Rg8 17. Ncd5 $44) 15... h6 16. Bh2 (16. Bxe5
$5 Rxe5 17. g4 Bd6 18. Nf4 Rd8 19. Ncd5 $10) 16... b6 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nd5 (18.
hxg6 fxg6 19. Nge2 Bg7 20. Nf4 {/\ Nfd5}) 18... Bg7 19. Nf1 (19. hxg6 fxg6 20.
Nf1 {/\ Nfe3} Nc4 21. b3 Ne5 22. Nfe3 $10) 19... f5 20. Nfe3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 (21.
Nxd5 $142 fxe4 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. hxg6 e3 $132) 21... fxe4 $10 22. f4 (22. fxe4
$5 Nc6 23. hxg6 Rxe4 24. Nf5 Ne7 $1 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Rf1 Rhe8 27. Rf7 Re1+
28. Kd2 R1e2+ 29. Kc1 Re1+ $10) 22... Nd7 23. hxg6 Bd4 24. Nf5 (24. Bg1 Nf6 25.
Rf5 Rhg8 (25... Reg8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxg1 28. Rxg1 Rxg6 29. g4 $44) 26.
Rxh6 Bxe3+ 27. Bxe3 Ng4 28. Rh3 Rxg6 29. Rg5 Rxg5 30. fxg5 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 $10)
24... Nf6 25. Rxd4 $1 (25. Nxd4 $6 Nxd5 26. Nf5 Rhg8 $17 27. Nh4) 25... cxd4
26. Nxd4 e3 27. f5 {/\ Ne6, Be5} Re4 $1 28. Ne6 Rh4 29. Nf4 Re8 $1 (29... Ng4
$2 30. g3 $1 Rxh2 31. Rxh2 Nxh2 32. g7 Rd8 33. f6 $18) 30. g3 Rg4 $8 31. Ne6
Re4 (31... Rxe6 $5 32. fxe6 Rxg6 $17 {/\ Ng4}) 32. Kd1 e2+ 33. Ke1 Ng4 {
Der schwarze freibauer e2 enscheidet!} 34. Bg1 (34. g7 $5 Ne3 35. f6 Nxc2+ (
35... Nf5 $1 36. g8=Q $1 Rxg8 37. f7 Rh8 38. f8=Q+ Rxf8 39. Nxf8 Nd4 40. Kf2
Nxc2 41. Re1 Nxe1 42. Kxe1 Rc4 $3 $19 {/\ Rc1, Rc2}) 36. Kd2 e1=Q+ 37. Rxe1
Nxe1 38. f7 Nf3+ 39. Kd3 $1 Ne5+ 40. Kxe4 Nxf7 $8 41. Kf5 {/\ Nf8} Rg8 42. Kg6
(42. g4 Nd8 43. Nxd8 Kxd8 $8 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. Bxc7 b5 46. b4 $1 $18 {Zug-Zwang!
Sehr lehrreche endspiel mit aktive weises Kцnig!}) 42... Ne5+ 43. Kh7 Rxg7+ 44.
Kxg7 Nf3 $1 45. Kxh6 $14) 34... Ne5 35. Bd4 $2 (35. Nd4 $142) 35... Nf3+ $1 $19
36. Kf2 Nxd4 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. f6 Re6 $1 39. f7 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qe7 {Dieser Damenzug war die
Lieblingsverteidigung in der Abtauschwariante des Ex-Weltmeisters Smyslov in
den 70er Jahren. Die Idee ist einfach schnell den Bc8 zu entwickeln (z.B. Bg4
oder Bd7) um die lange Rochade zu ermцglichen.} 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Qc5 ({Smyslov hat bevorzugt:} 8... Rd8 {und nach:} 9. Qa7 Qb4 {ist eine
ausgeglichene Stellung entstanden.}) 9. Qe5+ {[%cal Ye5e8,Ye5c7] Wegen der
Doppeldrohung wird der Damentausch erzwungen.} Qxe5 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Nd3 $146 (
{RR} 11. Ndf3 f6 12. Nd4 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 fxe5 14. Ne6 Kd7 15. Ng5 Nh6 16. b3 Bd6
17. Bb2 Rae8 18. Ra5 Re7 19. Rd1 Kc8 20. c4 Ree8 21. h3 c5 22. f4 Rhg8 23. f5
Be7 24. Ne6 Nf7 25. Ra2 Bd6 {Pert,R-Bellin,R/England 1998/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (41)
}) ({Fьr Leser die auf der Suche nach Neuerungen sind kann ich folgende neue
Idee empfehlen:} 11. f4 $5 $146 Rd8 12. f5 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Bc8 14. Nd3 Be7 15. Nf3
{mit angenehmer weiЯer Stellung.}) 11... O-O-O 12. b3 f6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Rae1 {
[%mdl 16] Die Stellung hat eine klare Linie bekommen. WeiЯ hat die
Bauernmehrheit am Kцnigsflьgel und hat alle seine Krдfte mobilisiert. Zu
seinem Plan gehцrt eine Bauernoffensive am Kцnigsflьgel. Als Kompensation hat
der Nachziehende den Vorteil des Lдuferpaars.} Bf7 15. Re2 (15. e5 fxe5 16.
Nxe5 $11) (15. f4 $5) 15... Ng6 16. f4 Be7 17. f5 $14 {Jetzt hat der
Anziehende schon Raumvorteil und seine Stellung ist vorzьglich.} Nf8 18. e5 Bh5
19. Nf3 $6 {Schade. Nach diesem ungenauen Zug bekommt der Nachziehende locker
Ausgleich.} ({WeiЯ kцnnte seine Vorteil vergrцЯern mittels:} 19. Re4 $142 Nd7
20. g4 Be8 (20... Nc5 21. gxh5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 $18) 21. Nf3 $14) 19... Bg4 $1 20.
exf6 {[%cal Ye2e7]} Bxf6 {Erzwungen.} 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Re7 Bxf5 23. Nfe1 Bg6 (
{Interessant ist auch die Variante, in der der Nachziehende die Bauernmehrheit
behдlt.} 23... Bxd3 $5 24. Nxd3 Nd7 $44 {Schwarz hat einen Bauer mehr am
Damenflьgel, der allerdings momentan keine Rolle spielt, weil er doppelt ist.
Als Kompensation hat der Anziehende auch besser platzierte Figuren (besonders
den Re7) und die schlechte schwarze Bauernstruktur am Kцnnigsflьgel.}) 24. Rxf6
$14 {WeiЯ behдlt immer noch einen kleinen Vorteil, weil in einem reinen
Bauernendspiel die Bauernmerheit auf dem Kцnigsflьgel eine entscheidende Rolle
spielen kцnnte.} Nd7 25. Rf2 Rhe8 26. Rfe2 {Natьrlich will der Anziehende
seinen aktiven Turm auf e7 behalten.} Rf8 27. Rf2 Rfe8 28. Rfe2 Rf8 29. Rf2 {
WeiЯ kann seine Stellung nicht mehr verstдrken, darum remis durch
Zugwiederholung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Na3 f6 7. Nc4 c5 8. d3
Bg4 9. Ne3 Bh5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nf5 Qd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O $15 {[%csl Rd3] Schwarz
hat die Erцffnungsphase optimal beendet. Was kann man sich in der
Abtausch-Variante der Spanischen Partie mehr wьnschen. Der Nachziehende
besitzt das Lдuferpaar und hat schon Druck gegen den schwachen weiЯen
d3-Bauern. AuЯerdem hat der Anziehende keine Bauernmehrheit (Typisch fьr die
Abtauschvariante) am Kцngisflьgel.} 13. Rd1 c4 $1 {WeiЯ hat schon
Schwierigkeiten.} 14. d4 g6 15. Ng3 (15. Ne3 exd4 16. cxd4 (16. Nxc4) 16...
Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxf3 18. Rxd7 Bxe2 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $17) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 ({
Schwдcher ist} 16. gxf3 exd4 17. Qxc4 Ne5 18. Qe2 d3 $19) 16... exd4 17. Be3 $2
(17. Qxf6 $142 Bg7 18. Qh4) 17... Ne5 18. Qxf6 Bg7 19. Qh4 Nd3 {[%csl Yd3] In
der ganzen Partie spielt der starke schwarze Springer eine wichtige Rolle.} 20.
cxd4 Nxb2 21. Rd2 c3 22. Rc2 Bxd4 $17 {Jetzt ist alles klar! Der Rest ist
Technik.} 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. h3 Qe5 25. Rac1 Nd3 26. Rb1 Rhf8 27. Rb3 {Die
schwarzen Figuren befinden sich harmonisch auf aktiven Posten. Der
c3-Freibauer steht sehr gut. Es ist spьrbar, daЯ die Partie bald zu Ende geht.
Der ungarische GM beendet den Kampf musterhaft auf taktische Weise.} (27. Ne2
$142 Nxf2 28. Nxc3 $19) {[%tqu "De","Wie kann der Nachziehende auf taktische
Weise seinen Vorteil realisieren?","","","d3f2","",5]} 27... Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 64]
} 28. Rbxc3 (28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qc5+ $19) 28... Rd1+ 29. Nf1 {[%tqu "De",
"Wie soll WeiЯ weiter spielen?","","","d1f1","",5]} Rxf1+ $1 30. Kxf1 Nd1+ $1 (
30... Nd1+ 31. Rf3 Rxf3+ 32. gxf3 Ne3+ 33. Ke2 Nxc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {Diese Variante der Spanischen Partie ist sehr einfach ohne
groЯe Theorie-Kenntniss zu spielen. WeiЯ hat die Bauernmehrheit auf dem
Kцnigsflьgel und strebt ein Endspiel an. Als Kompensation hat der Nachziehende
das Lдuferpaar, fьr das es gьnstig ist, die Stellung zu цffnen. In meiner
Praxis haben ich mehrere Partien mit Erfolg in dieser Variante gespielt und
werde einige bis jetzt unverцffentlichte unten zitieren.} Be6 {Diese
Lдuferentwicklung ist das Beste, weil die d-Linie offen bleibt und auf diese
Weise wird die 0-0-0 fьr WeiЯ verhindert.} ({Die andere Alternative hier ist:} 
9... Bd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 (11... Bc6 12. f3 Ne7 13. Rd1 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1
g6 15. Kc1 Bg7 16. Rd1 (16. h4 {Donev,I}) 16... Re8 17. h4 h5 18. c3 {1/2-1/2
Donev,I-Lukascs,P/Klagenfurt-A Liga 1996/[Donev,I] (18)} b6 19. Rd2 a5 20. Kd1
a4 21. a3 {/\Ke1,Kf2}) 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Nc3 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16.
Rxd7 $1 Nxg3 17. Rhd1 Nh5 18. Ne4 $1 b6 19. Nxg5 $16 Bh6 20. h4 Rhg8 21. Rxh7
$18 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Ng7 23. Nd5 {/\Nf6. 1-0 Donev,I-Siklosi,Z/Partenen op 1995/
[Donev,I] (23)}) 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 ({Die andere Alternative:} 11... Bd6
{erlaubt dem Anziehenden die lange Rochade.} 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. hxg3 h6 16. g4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Nxf5 18. gxf5 b5 19. a3 b4 20. Rh3
Rd7 21. Rg3 Bc4 22. Nf4 bxa3 23. bxa3 Kd8 24. Nh5 Be2 25. Nxg7 Rd1+ 26. Kb2 Bc4
27. Nh5 Ke7 28. a4 a5 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Rd3 Rf1 31. f3 c6 32. Ng6+ Bxg6 33. fxg6
Kf8 34. Rd7 Rf2 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rxf6 Rxg2 37. f4 h5 38. f5 h4 39. Rf7 Rg4 40.
e5 h3 41. e6 h2 42. e7 Re4 43. f6 {1-0 Donev,I-Heidenfeld,M/Tetnang 1996 (43)})
12. Rd1 ({Eine interessante Idee ist:} 12. f3 {nebst Kf2 und Rd1}) 12... Rxd1+
13. Kxd1 Ng6 ({Es ist spielbar auch wenn der schwarze Springer am Damenflьgel
entwickelt wird:} 13... Nc6 14. Nc3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. h4 h5 17. Kd2 Ne5 18.
f4 Nc4+ 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Rh3 Re8 21. Rg3 Re7 22. a4 Be6 23. f5 Bd7 24. Rd3 Bc6
25. Ke3 Kd7 26. a5 Re5 27. Kf4 Ke7 28. Rg3 Kf7 29. b3 {1/2-1/2 Donev,
I-Szymczak,Z/Trinec 1990 (29)}) 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 Ne5 16. Kc1 $146 ({RR} 16. b3
b5 17. c3 g6 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Nfd5 Bg7 20. f4 Nc6 21. f5 Re8 22. fxg6 Bxg6 23.
Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rd8 25. c4 Ne7 26. Bxc7 Rxd5+ 27. cxd5 Kxc7 28. Re1 Nxf5 29.
Re6 Kd7 30. Rxa6 Ne3+ {Maslik,M-Dervishi,E/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98/0-1 (51)}) 16...
Bd6 17. Rd1 Re8 18. Nd5 Bf7 19. f3 b5 20. Kb1 f5 21. Nec3 $6 (21. f4 $142 $5
Ng4 22. e5) 21... Nc4 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 $15 {[%cal Ye8e4,Yf5e4,Yd6e4]} 23. Nb6+ (
23. exf5 b4 $1 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rxe4 $17 {[%cal Yf7d5,Ye4h4]}) 23... Kb7
24. e5 Kxb6 ({der e5-Bauer ist vergiftet:} 24... Rxe5 25. Nd7 Re7 26. Nxc5+ $11
) (24... Kc6 $5 25. exd6 cxb6 {/\Rd8 und bald wird der d6-Bauer zur Beute der
schwarzen Figuren.}) 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Rxd6+ Kc7 27. Rd2 Re1+ ({Vielleicht
wдre es besser die Tьrme nicht zu tauschen, sondern:} 27... b4 {zu spielen.})
28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Kd6 {[%cal Yd6e5,Ye5f4,Yf4g3,Yg3h4,Yg3g2][%mdl 4096]
Das Endpiel ist fьr Schwarz besser. 1) Der schwarze Kцnig ist sehr aktiv und
strebt zum Kцnigsflьgel, wo die weiЯen Bauern geschwдcht sind. 2) Im Spiel auf
2 Flьgeln hat der Lдufer bessere Perspektiven als der weiЯe Springer 3) Auch
die schwarzen Bauern stehen besser und haben mehr Raum errobert.} 30. Nf2 Ke5
31. Nh3 Bc4 {Jetzt droht Bf1} 32. g3 Bd5 33. Kc1 (33. f4+ Ke4 {[%cal Ye4f3]}
34. Ng5+ Ke3 35. Kc1 Kf2 $19) 33... Bxf3 $17 {Jetzt hat Schwarz nicht nur
positionelle, sondern auch materielle Vorteile.} 34. Kd2 Bg4 35. Nf2 f4 (35...
c4 36. Ke3 a5 $17) 36. Nd3+ Ke4 37. Nxc5+ (37. Nxf4 Kf3 38. Ne2 Kf2 $19 {
[%cal Yg4e2,Yf2g3]}) 37... Kf3 38. gxf4 Kxf4 $2 (38... Bc8 39. Nd3 Kg3 40. Ke3
Kxh4 $19 {/\ Kg3 nebst h4 mit sehr guten Chancen auf Gewinn fьr Schwarz.}) 39.
Nxa6 Kg3 40. Ke3 Kxh4 41. Kf2 g5 42. Nc5 Bf5 43. c4 bxc4 44. a4 g4 45. a5 g3+
46. Kg1 Kh3 47. a6 Bg4 48. Ne4 Bc8 49. a7 Bb7 50. Nd6 Bf3 51. Nxc4 h4 52. b4 g2
53. Ne3 Ba8 54. b5 Kg3 55. Nf5+ Kg4 56. Ne3+ Kg3 57. Nf5+ Kg4 58. Ne3+ {
Ein Wunder ist geschehen. WeiЯ hat dieses schwere Endspiel gerettet.} Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Nc4 Qd7 9. c3 {Bereitet d2-d4 vor.} c5 $1 $11 {Ein wichtiger strategischer Zug
in der Abtauschvariante der Spanischen Partie. Es ist nicht mehr mцglich, dass
WeiЯ d2-d4 spielen kann, um dadurch eine Bauernmehrheit am Kцnigsflьgel zu
bekommen.} 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. d3 {Mir persцnlich gefдllt der Zug 11.h3 besser.
Als Beispiel schlage ich folgende Musterpartie vor:} (11. h3 $142 $5 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Ne7 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 b5 15. Ne3 cxb4 16. axb4 Bd6 17. d4 O-O 18. Nf5 exd4
19. cxd4 Kh8 20. Bb2 Bxb4 21. Rac1 Ne7 22. Ne3 c6 23. Qg3 Rac8 24. d5 cxd5 25.
e5 fxe5 26. Qxe5 Ng6 27. Qd4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bd6 29. Ng4 h5 30. Rc6 Rg8 31. Qe3
Nf4 32. Qb6 Rd8 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. Bxe5 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Re8 36. Bxg7+ Kg8 37. Rg6
Nf4 38. Be5+ Nxg6 39. Qxg6+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Qh8+ {1-0 Shirov,A-Almasi,Z/
Germany 1997/GER-chT (41)}) 11... Ne7 12. Ne3 Bh5 13. h3 Nc6 14. Nf5 O-O-O 15.
Be3 g6 16. Ng3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qf7 18. a3 Qb3 19. Rd2 Be7 20. Qd1 Na5 {[%cal
Yc5c4] Jetzt hдngt c4 in der Luft} 21. Qg4+ Kb8 22. Rf1 c4 23. d4 exd4 24. Bxd4
Qb5 25. Qe2 Rd7 26. Be3 Rd3 {Ein schцnes Feld fьr den Turm} (26... Rxd2 27.
Qxd2 Rd8 28. Qc2 $11) 27. Rc2 $15 (27. b4 $5 {ist vielleicht stдrker} Nc6 28.
a4 Qxa4 (28... Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qxa4 30. Qxc4 $11) 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Rd8 31.
Qc4 $13) 27... Rhd8 28. Re1 Nb3 29. Nf1 Ka8 30. Qg4 Qc6 31. Rce2 a5 32. Nh2 Rg8
33. Bh6 Rdd8 34. Nf3 {[%cal Ye4e5] WeiЯ plant e5} g5 {Mit diesem Zug versucht
Schwarz den Bh6 einzusperren und spдter mittels Rg6 zu erobern. Dagegen
unternimmt WeiЯ natьrlich GegenmaЯnahmen.} 35. Qh5 Qe8 36. Qxe8 Rdxe8 {/\Rg6}
37. e5 $1 f5 38. h4 gxh4 {Um seinen Lдufer zu befreien mьsste der Anziehende
einen Bauern opfern. Als Kompensation hat WeiЯ die bessere Bauernstruktur.} 39.
Nd2 (39. e6 $5) 39... Rg6 40. Nxb3 cxb3 41. Bf4 Rg4 $2 ({Jetzt kцnnte Schwarz
mit der ganz logischen Turmverdoppelung auf der g- Linie Vorteil erhalten.} 
41... Reg8 $1 42. f3 (42. g3 hxg3 43. fxg3 Bh4 $17) 42... h3 43. g3 (43. Kh2
hxg2 44. Rg1 a4 $17 45. Rgxg2 $2 Rxg2+ 46. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Bxa3 $1 $19)
43... Bh4 $17) 42. Bh2 h3 (42... Reg8 {Jetzt ist zu spдt, weil der Anziehende
mit seinem nдchsten Zug ein wichtiges Tempo gewinnt!} 43. f3 $1 R4g6 44. Kh1
$15) 43. f3 Rg6 44. Kh1 hxg2+ 45. Rxg2 Rd8 {Es droht 46...Rg2 nebst Rd2.} 46.
Bf4 {[%cal Yf4d2]} b5 (46... Rd3 $5 47. Rf1 Bc5 {Und jetzt geht nicht:} 48. Rh2
$2 {wegen:} Rxf3 $3 $19) 47. Rh2 b4 {Die Idee dieses Zuges ist das Feld d4 fьr
den Rd8 zu bekommen.} 48. axb4 axb4 49. cxb4 Rd4 (49... Rd3 50. Rf1 Rd4 51. Be3
$14) 50. Bd2 (50. Be3 Rh4 51. Rxh4 Bxh4 52. Rc1 $11) 50... Rd3 51. Ree2 (51.
Rf1 h5 $1 {/\h4}) 51... Rxf3 {Droht Matt: Tf1} 52. Rxh7 Re6 53. Bc3 (53. Kg2 $5
Rd3 54. Rf7 $14) 53... Kb7 54. Kg2 Rf4 {[%cal Re7b4,Rf4b4,Gc3b4]} 55. Rf2 Rg4+
56. Kf1 Bxb4 57. Bxb4 Rxb4 58. Rxf5 Rc4 59. Rh3 Rc1+ 60. Ke2 Rc2+ 61. Kd1 Rxb2
62. Kc1 Rg2 63. Rxb3+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shetty, Rahul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd6 10. Bf4 Ne7 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Ne3 Ne7
13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. Rd2 Rd7 16. h4 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 Kc7 18. h5 Kc6 19.
f3 d5 20. exd5+ Nxd5 21. Nfxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf5 c4 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Nunn,J/
Hastings 1987/EXT 99 (22)}) 11. Ne3 Be6 12. f3 $146 ({Hier ein
unverцffentlichtes interessantes Beispiel aus meiner eigenen Praxis.} 12. O-O-O
$5 O-O-O 13. Bg3 (13. Rd2 Bxf4 14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kotov,
V-Rodin,M/Voronezh 2001/EXT 2002 (35)}) 13... Bxg3 14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. hxg3 h6
16. g4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Nxf5 18. gxf5 b5 19. a3 b4 20. Rh3 Rd7 21. Rg3 Bc4 22. Nf4
bxa3 23. bxa3 Kd8 24. Nh5 Be2 25. Nxg7 Rd1+ 26. Kb2 Bc4 27. Nh5 Ke7 28. a4 a5
29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Rd3 Rf1 31. f3 c6 32. Ng6+ Bxg6 33. fxg6 Kf8 34. Rd7 Rf2 35.
Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rxf6 Rxg2 37. f4 h5 38. f5 h4 39. Rf7 Rg4 40. e5 h3 41. e6 h2 42.
e7 Re4 43. f6 {1-0 Donev,I-Heidenfeld,M/Tettnang (op)1996 (43)}) 12... O-O-O
13. Kf2 {Die Idee f3 nebst Kf2 scheint mir gut zu sein.Auf diese Weise stehen
die weissen Figuren harmonisch und die Tьrme sind verbunden,bereit um, um die
einzige offene d-Linie zu kдmpfen.} Rd7 14. h4 {Es ist logisch dass der
Anziehende mehr Raum am Kцnigsflьgell ( wo er Bauernmehrheit hat!)errobern
will.In seinem Plan sind die Zьge h2-h4-h5,g2-g4nebst Ng3 im voraus gesehen.}
Bf7 (14... h5 $142) 15. h5 h6 16. Rad1 Rhd8 17. a3 b5 18. g4 c4 19. Bxd6 Rxd6
$6 {Das war die einzige Mцglichkeit fьr den Nachziehenden seine dopell
c-Bauern zu verbesern.} (19... cxd6 $142 {/\d6-d5!} 20. Nf4 (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
exd5 Re8 22. Ng3 Re5 23. Nf5 $13) 20... d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nexd5 Bxd5 $11)
20. Nf4 c5 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rd1 Rxd1 (22... Rd4 23. c3 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 {
Dies fьhrt zur дnlichen Variante wie in der Partie.}) 23. Nxd1 {[%mdl 4096]
Das Endspiel ist sehr schwer fьr schwarz wegen: 1)Der besseren weissen
Bauernstruktur-wobei Bauernmerheit des Nachziehenden am Damenflьgel ist
wertlos(nach c2-c3 die drei weissen Bauern halten problemlos die vier
schwarzen Bauern!) 2) Schwarz hat kein Lдuferpaar(oft in der Abtauschvariante
der Spanischen Partie ist das Lдuferpaar kompensation fьr die schlechtere
Bauernstruktur. 3)Der Bauer g7 und die Felder f5 und g6 sind schwach.} Kc7 24.
Ne3 Kd6 25. c3 Ke5 26. Nfg2 g5 $2 {Nach diesem strategische Fehler ist die
schwarze Stellung verloren.Jetzt wird die schwarze Bauernstruktur am
Kцnigsflьgel noch schlechter.} ({klar besser wдre:} 26... Be6) 27. hxg6 Bxg6
28. Nh4 {[%cal Yh4g6,Yh4f5]} Bf7 29. Nef5 $16 {[%cal Yf5e7,Yf5h6]} Nxf5 30.
Nxf5 {Das Endspiel ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz. Der Rest ist reine
Techniksache.} h5 31. gxh5 Bxh5 32. Ke3 Bf7 33. f4+ Ke6 34. Nh4 Kd6 35. f5 b4 (
35... Ke5 36. Nf3+ Kd6 37. Kf4 $16) 36. axb4 cxb4 37. cxb4 Kc6 38. Kd4 $18 Kb5
39. Kc3 a5 40. bxa5 Kxa5 41. Ng6 Kb5 42. e5 Kc5 43. exf6 {Die Drohung Nh8
nebst f6-f7 ist unvermeidlich.} 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 Be6 (
7... g6 8. Nf3 Qxe4 9. Nc3 (9. Qa5 $13) 9... Qf5 10. Qxf5 Bxf5 11. d3 O-O-O $11
) 8. d3 Nf6 {[%cal Yf6h5,Yd4e5][%mdl 64] Man findet selten Partien in der
Abtauschvariante der Spanischen Partie, in denen es so viele taktische
Mцglichkeiten gibt.} 9. Nf3 {[%cal Yf3d4,Yf6h5]} Qxe4 10. Qxf7+ {Ein
unьblicher Damentausch!} (10. dxe4 Nxh5 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 O-O-O 13.
Re1 $11) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 O-O $11 (13... Bd6 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Yd6f4,Yh5f4]}
14. e5 Be7)) 10... Bxf7 11. dxe4 Nxe4 {Jetzt ist die Stellung offen geworden,
was gьnstig fьr das schwarze Lдuferpaar ist!} 12. Re1 Bg6 13. Nbd2 Nf6 14. Nc4
$6 ({Hier konnte der Anziehende Vorteil bekommen.} 14. c4 $142 {/\ Nb3; zum
einen geht der Bauer weg von dem Lдuferangriff, zum anderen kontrolliert er
das Zentralfeld d5!} Rd8 15. Nb3 $1 (15. b3 Kf8 16. Bb2 Bb4 17. Re2 Bd3 $13)
15... Be4 (15... Ne4 16. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Ye5g6]}) 16. Ng5 Bb4 17. Bf4 $16) 14...
Bxc2 15. Nd4 Bd3 16. Ne5 Be4 17. Ne6 $6 (17. Bg5 $142 $5 {[%cal Yg5f6,Ye1e4]}
O-O-O (17... Bb4 18. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Rxe4 fxe5 20. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 21. Rxb4 $16 {
Wegen der vereinzelten schwarzen Bauern (4 Bauerninseln!) ist das Endspiel
sehr schwer fьr den Nachziehenden.}) 18. Ne6 Rd6 19. Nf7 Rxe6 20. Nxh8 $14)
17... Bd6 18. Bf4 {Hier kцnnte der Anziehende wieder in ein Endspiel mit
kleinem, aber sicheren Vorteil abwickeln:} (18. Nxg7+ $142 Kf8 (18... Ke7 19.
Bg5 Bxe5 20. Rxe4 Kf7 21. Rxe5 Kxg7 22. Re7+ $16) 19. Ne6+ Ke7 {[%cal Ye7e6,
Yd6e5]} 20. Ng5 {[%cal Yg5e4]} Bxe5 21. Nxe4 Rhe8 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24.
Bxf6 Kxf6 25. Kf1 $14) 18... Ke7 19. Ng5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd5 21. Bxc7+ Kd7 22.
Bb6 Rae8 {/\Re1 nebst Ba2} 23. a3 h6 {Jetzt hat Schwarz endlich die Stellung
voll ausgeglichen. Es bleibt nur die beiden Tьrme abzutauschen und die
ungleichfarbigen Lдufer garantieren remis.} (23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8
Kxe8 26. Bd4 Ke7 {Mit einfacher Remisstellung.}) 24. Nh3 g5 25. Bd4 Rhf8 26.
Rxe8 Nxe8 27. f3 Nc7 $6 (27... Nd6 $1 28. Re1 (28. Bg7 Rg8 29. Bxh6 Nf7 $17 {
[%cal Yf7g5,Yf7h6] Der Schlьsselzug.}) 28... Re8 $11) 28. Re1 (28. Bg7 Rg8 29.
Bxh6 Ne6 {[%cal Yg8g6]} 30. Nf2 Ke7 31. Ng4 Kf7 32. Kf2 $14 {/\h4,Rh1}) 28...
Ne6 29. Bc3 {Es ist merkwьrdig, wie in dieser auf den ersten Blick einfache
Stellung der Anziehende seinen minimalen Vorteil in einen ganzen Punkt
umwandelt.} c5 (29... Nf4 30. Nf2 h5 $14 (30... Re8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Be5 $14 {
[%cal Ye5f4,Yf2g4]})) 30. Nf2 h5 31. Ne4 {[%cal Ye4f6]} Bxe4 32. Rxe4 $14 {
Jetzt steht WeiЯ besser. Sein Lдufer ist stдrker als der schwarze Springer, da
auch die weiЯe Bauernstruktur besser ist.} b5 33. Kf2 $14 h4 $2 (33... Rf5 $142
{[%cal Yf5d5]}) 34. g3 hxg3+ 35. hxg3 Rf7 36. Ke3 Rh7 37. Rg4 Rh2 38. f4 {
[%mdl 4096] Das Spiel ist praktisch auf ein Tor. Der weiЯe Freibauer,
unterstьtzt von allen weiЯen Figuren lдuft unaufhaltbar. Im Gegensatz dazu ist
die schwarze Bauernmehrheit am Damenflьgel nicht spьrbar. Hier sieht man
deutlich, welche wichtige Rolle der Lдufer beim Spiel auf 2 Flьgeln spielt!}
gxf4+ 39. gxf4 Rh5 40. Ke4 Ke7 41. f5 Ng5+ 42. Kd5 Ne6 43. Ke5 Kf7 44. Rg6 Ng7
45. Rxa6 Nxf5 46. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Almada, Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.03.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d3 h6 {vermeidet Bg5.} 9. Be3 Bd6 10. d4 {Es ist fьr WeiЯ
gьnstig, den weiЯen d-Bauern fьr den schwarzen e5-Bauern zu tauschen, weil
WeiЯ auf diese Weise eine Bauernmehrheit (4 gegen 3) am Kцnigsflьgel bekommt.
AuЯerdem ist hier wichtig zu bemerken, dass der Nachziehende kein Lдuferpaar
besitzt.} (10. Qg3 g6 11. O-O Qe7 $11 {/\0-0-0}) 10... Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12.
Rd3 {WeiЯ bereitet die Turmverdoppelung auf d-Linie vor.} c5 $1 {Eine echte
Ьberraschung. Mit diesem Zug habe ich ьberhaupt nicht gerechnet. Jetzt muss
ich mich sofort entscheiden, wohin mit dem d-Bauern?} 13. dxc5 (13. dxe5 Bxe5
14. Nd5 (14. Qf5+ Kb8 15. Rhd1 Rxd3 16. cxd3 Rd8 $11 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 c4
18. Bc5 $14)) 14... Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Rxd5 16. exd5 Kb8 $11) 13... Bxc5 14. Qf5+
Kb8 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Yd4d8] Immer noch
hat der Anziehende einen leichten Vorteil: a) Beherrschung der einzigen
offenen Linie b) Besser platzierte Dame Aber bei genauem Spiel muss Schwarz
die Stellung ausgleichen kцnnen.} c6 18. g3 (18. f4 Qg1+ 19. Nd1 Qxg2 20. Qxe5+
Ka8 $15) 18... Re8 19. a3 Qc4 20. f4 Qe6 (20... exf4 21. e5 $1 (21. gxf4 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Rxe4 $19) 21... Nd5 (21... Ng8 22. Qd7 Rc8 23. Qd6+ Ka8 24. b3 $1 Qe6
25. gxf4 $14) 22. Qxf7 Rxe5 23. Qf8+ Ka7 24. b3 $3 $18) 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 (21...
fxe6 22. fxe5 Nh5 23. Ne2 $18) 22. Rd8+ Kc7 23. Rf8 {Nach dem Damentausch hat
der Nachziehende die Stellung ausgeglichen, aber jetzt ist der weiЯe Turm
aggressiv geworden.} Re7 (23... exf4 24. Rxf7+ Kb6 25. Na4+ Ka7 26. gxf4 Nxe4
27. Rxg7 $16) 24. Kd2 (24. fxe5 Nd7 $1 25. Rg8 g6 $15) 24... Nh5 25. Ke3 $1
Nxg3 26. fxe5 Nh5 27. Ne2 $1 Kd7 28. Nd4 $1 $14 Rxe5 29. Rxf7+ Re7 30. Rf5 $1 (
{WeiЯ darf auf keinen Fall die Tьrme tauschen!} 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. e5 g5 $11)
30... Nf6 $6 (30... Ng3 31. Rf4 g5 32. Rg4 Nh5 33. Nf5 Re6 34. Rg1 Nf6 35. Rd1+
Kc7 $11) 31. e5 c5 32. Nf3 Nd5+ (32... Ke6 33. exf6 Kxf5+ 34. fxe7 $18) 33. Ke4
Ke6 34. Rf8 (34. Nh4 $5 $16) 34... Nb6 35. b4 Nd7 36. Rc8 cxb4 37. axb4 (37.
Nd4+ Kf7 38. e6+ Kf6 39. axb4 g6 $16) 37... Kf7 38. c4 Nf8 $6 {In der
Zeitnotphase macht der Nachziehende noch eine Ungenauigkeit, dadurch bekommt
WeiЯ einen deutlichen Vorteil.} (38... Nb6 $142 39. Rc5 Nd7 40. Ra5 $8 g6 41.
Ra1 $14) 39. Nd4 $1 $16 Ne6 40. Nf5 Ng5+ (40... Rd7 41. Nd6+ Kg6 42. Rb8 $18)
41. Kd5 Rd7+ 42. Nd6+ Kg6 43. h4 $18 {Die weiЯen Figuren dominieren auf dem
gesamten Brett. Es ist nicht ьberraschend, dass bald der schwarze Turm und
Springer keine freien Felder mehr haben.} Nf7 (43... Nf3 44. Ke6 $1 $18 {
Der schwarze Turm ist gefangen.}) 44. c5 Re7 45. e6 {Der schwarze Springer hat
kein Abzugsfeld.} (45. e6 Nxd6 46. cxd6 $18 {und wieder ist der schwarze Turm
im weiЯen Netz gefangen.}) 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Be3 Ng6 8.
Nbd2 Be7 {Der ungarische Spieler lдsst den gefдhrlichen zentralen Durchbruch
des Weissen zu. Meiner Meinung nach war 8...c5 vorzuziehen:} (8... c5 $5 9. Nc4
Qe6 10. Ng5 Qg4 $1 11. a4 (11. Qxg4 Bxg4 12. a4 $11) 11... Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 f6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Josenhans,D-Renna,T/Nassau 1992/EXT 97 (18)}) 9. d4 (9. Qe2 O-O
10. Nc4 Qe6 11. g3 c5 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Bb7
17. Bc3 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Lombardy,W-Kavalek,L/Oberlin 1975/MCD (17)}) 9... exd4 {
Die weissen Figuren entfalten nach diesem Tausch grosse Aktivitдt. Vernьftiger
war:} (9... Bg4 10. Nc4 (10. c3 $5) 10... Qe6 11. Ncxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rd8 13.
Qe2 Qxe5 $1 $11) 10. Nxd4 O-O (10... Ne5 11. h3 c5 12. N4b3 b6 13. f4 Nc6 14.
Qe2 f5 15. Kh2 O-O 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. g4 Bc8 18. Nc4 Qf6 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Rae1
Rae8 21. Bc3 Qg6 22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bd5 25. Re5 Bxc4 26. Rfe1
cxd4 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Rxf4 29. Rxc7 Bxb3 30. axb3 d3 31. cxd3 Rf2+ 32.
Kg3 Rxb2 33. Rc3 b5 34. Kf4 b4 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+
Kf6 39. Rc6+ Ke7 40. Rxa6 Rxb3 41. Ra7+ {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Portisch,L/Wijk aan
Zee 1975/MCL (41)}) 11. Nc4 ({Verlockend sieht auch der sofortige Vorstoss} 11.
f4 $5 {aus.} f5 12. Qe2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd5 14. Nc3 Qf7 15. f5 Nh4 16. g4 Bd7 17.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Be6 19. Rad1 Bc4 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Rfd2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Bb4 23.
Bf4 Re8 24. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Videki,S-Hardicsay,P/HUN 1995/EXT 99 (24)}) 11... Qd8
$6 {Passiv.} (11... Qb4 {hдtte versucht werden mьssen, obwohl Schwarz nach 12.
b3 Probleme mit der Entwicklung des Bc8 gehabt hдtte.}) 12. Qh5 c5 $6 {Es
macht den Anschein, als wдre es dem Nachziehenden gar nicht bewusst, welche
Gefahren ihm in dieser Stellung drohen.} (12... Bf6 $142 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. f3 {
mit dieser Zugfolge wдre die weisse Position zwar vorzuziehen gewesen, aber
einen derart heftigen Angriff wie in der Partie hдtte Weiss dadurch nicht in
Szene setzen kцnnen.}) 13. Nf5 b6 14. f4 $1 Bb7 (14... Be6 $5 15. Rad1 Qe8) 15.
Nd2 $6 {Weiss ist auf Sicherheit bedacht und deckt vorerst seinen
Zentralbauern. Er hдtte aber auch mit 15.Rad1! direkt zur Sache kommen kцnnen:}
(15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Rf3 Bxe4 (16... Rd8 17. Re1 Bxe4 18. Rh3 h6 19. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7
20. Qxh6+ Kf6 21. f5 $1 $18) 17. Rh3 h6 18. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 19. Qxh6 $40 {
mit sehr starkem Angriff.}) 15... Re8 16. Rf3 Bf8 ({Keine Lцsung der Problemes
bringt:} 16... Bf6 17. Rh3 h6 (17... Nf8) 18. e5 Qd5 {, denn nach} 19. Rg3 $16
{darf der Bf6 wegen eines Springeropfers auf g7 nicht von seinem Platze
weichen.}) 17. Rh3 h6 {[%tqu "De","WeiЯ am Zug!","","","f5h6","",10]} 18. Nxh6+
$1 {[%mdl 128]} gxh6 19. f5 Re5 $2 (19... Qf6 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qd4+ 22.
Kh1 Qg7 (22... Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Rf1 Qxf5 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rhf3 $18) 23.
fxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Re1 $16) (19... Qd6 $142 $5 20. Bxh6 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
Rxe4 22. fxg6 (22. Bxf8 Qd4+ $1 23. Kh1 Qf2 $3 $19) 22... fxg6 23. Qf3 $14) 20.
Bxh6 {logisch und kraftvoll.} Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 {Droht f6 nebst Matt.}
Bxe4 23. fxg6 (23. f6 $2 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Re2+ 25. Kh1 Qxf6 $17) (23. Nxe4 $2
Qxe4 $19 {[%cal Ye4f5,Ye4e1]}) 23... Bxg2+ (23... fxg6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nxe4
Qxe4 26. Rf1+ Rf5 27. Rhf3 $18) 24. Kxg2 Re2+ 25. Kh1 Qd5+ (25... Qg7 26. gxf7+
Kf8 27. Qh8+ $18) 26. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[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 "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "St Ingbert"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Dautov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7.
Nxd4 c5 8. Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. h4 Nc6 13. Rd1
Be7 {21Minuten} 14. f3 $14 c4 (14... Nd4 15. b3 $10 (15. c3 $2 Nxe2 16. Kxe2
Bxa2 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. c4 Rd4 $17)) 15. c3 $6 {Ьber diesen Zug habe ich 66
Minuten nachgedacht !} (15. Kf2 Bc5 16. a3 $10 (16. c3 Ne5)) (15. Nc3 Bb4 16.
Kf2 (16. Ke2 Nd4+ 17. Kf2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nb5 $19) 16... Bxc3 (16... Nd4 17. Ncd5
$16) 17. bxc3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $1 $10) (15. a3 $142 Bc5 16. Nc3
Nd4 $10) (15. h5 Bc5 16. a3 $2 b5 (16... Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Rd8+ 18. Kc1 Nd4 19.
Nxd4 Bxd4 20. c3 Bc5 21. Rd1 $14)) 15... Bc5 16. Nc2 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Ne5 18. Be3
(18. Ncd4 Bf7 19. Kc2 Nd3 (19... g6 20. Be3 Bd6 (20... Nd3 21. Nc1) 21. Nf4 $10
) 20. Be3 $13) (18. Ned4 Bf7 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nfe3 b5 22. Ke2 h5
23. Rd1 Be7 24. g3 c6 25. Ne1 Be6 26. N1g2 $14) 18... Rd8+ 19. Kc1 Nd3+ 20. Kb1
Bd6 21. Rd1 $2 (21. h5 $142 Re8 22. g4 Ne5 23. Ned4 (23. Ne1 Nxf3 $3 24. Nxf3
Bxg4 25. Neg1 Rxe4 $17) 23... Bd7 24. Rf1 g6 25. hxg6 hxg6 $10) 21... Re8 22.
Ne1 (22. Nc1 f5 $1 23. Nxd3 cxd3 24. Rxd3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Bf7 $15) (22. Ned4 Bd7
23. g4 g6 $15) (22. g4 g6 23. Nc1 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. g5 f4 $1 26. Bd2 Bf5 $17
) (22. b3 f5 $17) 22... f5 $1 $15 23. Nxd3 cxd3 24. Nd4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Bg4 26.
Rxd3 Rxe4 $17 27. Bf2 Bf4 28. b4 (28. g3 Be5 29. b4 b6) 28... b6 29. Bg3 c5 30.
bxc5 bxc5 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Nc2 (32. Nc6) 32... Rf1+ 33. Kb2 Rf2 34. c4 $2 (34.
Kc1 $142 Rxg2 35. Rd5) 34... Bf5 35. Rc3 Rxg2 36. Kb3 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Bxc2+ 38.
Kxc2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 (7.
Nxd4 c5 8. Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {Dies fьhrt zur Hauptvariante mit einem
Mehrtempo fьr WeiЯ.}) 7... Bg4 8. Qe3 ({Eine unbekannte Partie aus der Praxis
des Kommentators.} 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O-O (10... f6 11. O-O-O
Bd6 12. h4 h5 13. e5 fxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O-O 15. Bxg7 Rh7 16. Rhg1 Be7 17. Rxd8+
Bxd8 18. Ne4 Bxh4 19. Be5 Nh6 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6 Rh8 22. Nxh5 Nf5 23. Rg5
Nd4 24. f4 Rf8 25. Re5 Kd7 26. c3 Nf3 27. Re3 Nh4 28. Re4 Ng6 29. Kd2 Rf5 30.
Ng3 Rxf4 31. Ke3 Rf7 32. f4 Ne7 33. c4 c5 34. Re5 b6 35. Ke4 Nc8 36. Nf5 Rh7
37. Rd5+ Nd6+ 38. Nxd6 cxd6 39. Rd2 b5 40. b3 Rh3 41. Kd5 {1/2-1/2 Perovic,
D-Lalic,B/Pula 1991/TD (41)}) 11. Rd1 Ne7 12. f4 Ng6 13. f5 c5 14. Be3 Rxd1+
15. Kxd1 Ne5 16. Ke2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Bd6 18. f4 Re8 19. Kf3 f6 20. b3 Na5 21. Rg1
Bf8 22. Nd5 Nc6 23. c3 Nd8 24. c4 Nf7 25. Bb2 Nd6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nxf6 Rd8
28. Nxh7 b5 29. f6 bxc4 30. bxc4 Bh6 31. e5 Nxc4 32. Rg6 Rd3+ 33. Kg4 Ne3+ 34.
Kh5 Bxf4 35. f7 Rd8 36. Rg8 {1-0 Donev,I-Sharipov,S/Pravez (Kategorie IV) 1989
(36)}) 8... g6 $146 {Die Idee dieses neuen Zug besteht im Abtausch des
schwarzfarbigen Lдufers.} (8... f6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O c5 11. e5 Qe6 12. Ne4 b6
13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Qa3 Kb7 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. Bg5 Qg7 18. Bxd8 {
1-0 Govedarica,R-Kurcubic,A/JUG-chT2 1994/EXT 97 (18)}) 9. h3 Bh6 10. Qe2 Bxc1
11. Rxc1 Qf4 12. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Be6 {Die Erцffnung ist vorbei. Auf dem
Brett steht ein fьr die Abtauschvariante der Spanischen Partie typisches
Mittelspiel. Weiss hat die Bauernmehrheit am Kцnigsflьgel, Schwarz am
Damenflьgel, aber die Qualitдt der schwarzen Damenbauern ist wegen des
doppelten c-Bauern vermindert. Also, falls der Anziehende alle Figuren
abtauschen kann, so wird er in einem reinen Bauernendspiel grossen Vorteil
bekommen.} 14. Nf3 ({Ich denke dass Weiss nach:} 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Nf3 $14 {
mehr aktiv als in der Partie steht.}) 14... O-O-O 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Rxd8+ (16.
Ke2 Bc4+ 17. Ke3 Rhe8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Kc8 20. Kf4 $14) 16... Rxd8 17.
Ke2 b5 {Der Plan des Nachziehenden ist klar. Er versucht durch den
DamenbauernvorstoЯ mehr Raum und Gegenspiel am Damenflьgel zu bekommen.
Dasselbe macht selbstverstдndlich der Anziehende am Kцnigsflьgel, wo er einen
Bauern mehr hat.} 18. a3 c5 19. Ke3 Re8 20. Nd2 Kb7 21. f3 Nd7 22. Ne2 Nb6 23.
g4 c4 24. h4 c5 25. g5 a5 26. Nf4 b4 27. h5 Kc6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh7 (29. c3
$5) 29... c3 $1 30. bxc3 bxc3 (30... bxa3 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rh1 $11 {/\Ra1})
31. Nb1 ({Natьrlich} 31. Nxe6 $2 {geht nicht} cxd2 32. Kxd2 Rxe6 $19) 31... Na4
32. Ne2 Nb2 33. Nexc3 (33. Nbxc3 Nc4+ 34. Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Nd5 Nb2+ (35... Bxd5 $4
36. exd5+ Kxd5 37. Nc3+ Kc6+ 38. Kxc4 $18) (35... Nxa3 36. c4 Rb8 37. Rh1 $14)
36. Kc3 Nd1+ 37. Kd2 Bxd5 38. exd5+ Rxd5+ 39. Kc1 Rd7 $11) 33... Nc4+ 34. Ke2
Rb8 {Fьr den geopferten Bauern hat der Nachziehende genug Kompensation, alle
seine Figuren sind sehr aktiv platziert.} 35. Rh2 Rb2 36. Kd1 Kd6 37. f4 Rb8
38. Ke2 Kc6 39. a4 Rb4 40. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3
Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Be3 f6 13. Rfd1 (13.
Kh1 O-O-O 14. a4 Rh7 15. Rg1 Nh4 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 g5 18. Be3 Nf3 19. Rg3 g4
20. Kg2 b5 21. Na5 Bd6 {0-1 Kleeschaetzky,R-Hein,C/Ilmenau 1981/MCD (36)}) (13.
Rad1 O-O-O 14. Kh1 Rh7 15. Rg1 Nh4 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nf3 18. Rgf1 g5 19. Be3
f5 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 fxe4 22. Bxg5 Rd5 23. Bh4 exd3 24. Rxd3 Be7 25. Bg3
Bf6 26. Rf3 Be7 27. Re1 h4 28. Be5 Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Myo Zaw Min-Sadikin,I/Genting
Highlands 1998/CBM 63 ext (55)}) 13... Nh4 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 O-O-O 16. Bg3
Ng6 17. Kh1 (17. f4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 h4 19. Bh2) 17... Bc5 18. Rg1 Nf8 19. Rg2 g5
20. f4 g4 $6 {Wie wir spдter sehen werden, wird der Bauer g4 ein
abgeschnittener schwacher Bauer.} (20... Ne6 $142 21. fxg5 fxg5 22. Bf2 Bxf2
23. Rxf2 Rdf8 24. Raf1 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Rf8 $13) 21. hxg4 hxg4+ 22. Rh2 Ne6 23.
Rxh8 Rxh8+ 24. Kg2 b5 25. f5 $1 {Jetzt ist der Bauer g4 voll abgeschnitten.
Der Anziehende mцchte natьrlich alle Figuren tauschen, dies wьrde zu einem
gewonnenen Bauernendspiel fьhren.} Ng5 (25... bxc4 $142 $1 26. fxe6 cxd3 (26...
Re8 27. Rf1 Rxe6 28. Rf4 cxd3 29. cxd3 Bd4 (29... Rd6 30. Rf5 $16 {[%cal Yf5c5,
Ye5d6,Yg3d6]}) (29... Bd6 30. Rxg4 Be5 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Kf3 $14) 30. b3 Be5
31. Rxg4 Rd6 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Rg3 $14 {/\Kf2-Ke3}) 27. cxd3 Bd4 28. Rc1 c5 (
28... Kb7 29. Rc4 c5 30. b4 $14) 29. b4 Re8 30. bxc5 Rxe6 31. Rc4 $14) 26. Na5
Kd7 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 {[%mdl 4096]} Nf3 29. Kg2 Nd4 $2 {Nach diesem Fehler,
der den Abtausch des weiЯen Lдufers fьr den schwarzen Springer zulдsst,
bekommt der Anziehende einen klaren positionellen Vorteil.} (29... Bb6 $142 $1
30. Nb3 a5 31. Bf2 Kd6 $13) (29... Bd6 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Kg3 Ne1 32. Kxg4 Nxc2
33. Kh5 Ne3 (33... Ne1 34. d4 Nc2 35. Kg6 Nxd4 36. Kxf6) 34. Kg6 Ng4 $14) 30.
Bf2 $1 Bb6 31. Bxd4 $1 Bxd4 $16 {Es ist ein Leichtes festzustellen, warum WeiЯ
besser steht: a) Der Springer ist besser als der Lдufer b) Die weiЯe
Bauernstruktur ist kompakter - die schwarze Bauern Struktur ist zerrissen (3
schwarze ,,Inseln,, in Vergleich nur 1 WeiЯe) auЯerdem sind die Bauern g4, f6,
c6 + c7 besonders schwach.} 32. c3 Be3 33. Nb3 a5 (33... c5 34. Kg3 $16) 34. d4
$1 {Befestigt die Kontrolle ьber das schwache Feld c5.} (34. Nxa5 Bc1 35. b3
Bd2) 34... a4 35. Nc5+ Ke7 36. a3 $18 Bf4 37. Nd3 Bd6 $6 {Macht das Ende
schneller. Aber es mьssen auch die anderen Lдuferabzьge verlieren.} (37... Bh6
38. Kg3 $18) 38. e5 fxe5 39. dxe5 Bxe5 40. Nxe5 {Der Rest ist reine Technik.}
Kf6 41. Nxc6 {Hecht: 'Glek wдhlt die taktische Lцsung, die wegen der
Mattwendung am Ende gefдlliger wirkt. '} (41. Nxg4+ {Hecht} Kxf5 42. Kf3 Ke6
43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Kd4 c5+ 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Ne5 Kd6 47. c4 $18 {wдre der klare
technische Gewinn.}) 41... Kxf5 42. Nd4+ Ke4 43. Nxb5 c6 44. Na7 Kd5 45. Kg3 (
45. Nxc6 $2 {Hecht} Kxc6 46. Kg3 Kd5 47. Kxg4 Kc4 48. Kf4 Kb3 49. Ke3 Kxb2 50.
Kd3 Kxa3 51. Kc2 Ka2 52. c4 a3 53. c5 Ka1 54. c6 a2 $11) 45... Kc4 46. Nxc6 Kb3
47. Nd4+ Kxb2 48. c4 Kxa3 49. c5 Kb2 (49... Kb4 {Hecht fьhrt zum taktischen
Motiv Springergabel} 50. c6 a3 51. c7 a2 52. c8=Q a1=Q 53. Nc2+ $18) 50. c6 {
Hecht: 'wieder eleganter'} (50. Nb5 $18 {Hecht: gewinnt profan}) 50... a3 51.
c7 a2 52. c8=Q (52. Nc2 {Hecht} Kxc2 53. c8=Q+ Kb2 54. Qb8+ Kc2 55. Qe5 Kb1 56.
Qe1+ Kb2 57. Qb4+ Kc2 58. Qa3 Kb1 59. Qb3+ Ka1 60. Kf4 g3 61. Qc2 g2 62. Qc1# {
kann auch gefallen, obwohl es lдnger dauert.}) 52... a1=Q 53. Qc2+ {Nebst Matt.
} 1-0

[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 f6 8.
Nbd2 O-O-O {Es ist bekannt, dass der GroЯmeister Rosentalis Spezialist der
Abtauschvariante der Spanischen Partie ist.  Hier noch ein Beispiel aus seiner
Praxis:} ({RR} 8... c5 9. Nc4 Qd7 10. h3 Be6 11. Qe2 g5 12. Nfxe5 fxe5 13. Nxe5
Qg7 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Bxg5+ Be7 16. Bxe7+ Nxe7 17. f4 Rg8 18. g4 a5 19. c3 Ra6
20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Kc8 22. Rf2 Ng6 23. Nxg6 {Rozentalis,E-Mikhalevski,A/
Israel 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 9. a3 $146 {Der Anziehende hat seine
Krдfte harmonisch entwickelt. Mit seinem letzten Zug bereitet er einen
Bauernsturm (mittels b2-b4, a4 /\ b5) am Damenflьgell vor. Dieser logische
Plan bei verschiedenseitigen Rochaden war die Waffe des besten brasilianischen
Grossmeisters in seinem Matsch gegen den damals schrecklichen Kortschnoj. Hier
die lehrreiche Musterpartie fьr die Fans der Abtauschvariante:} ({RR} 9. Rb1
Ne7 10. b4 g5 11. a4 Ng6 12. b5 cxb5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxb5 Qc6 15. Rb2 Bc5 16.
Nb3 Bb4 17. Nfd4 exd4 18. Qxg4+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Rxd7 20. Nxd4 Bc3 21. Ra2 Rxd4
22. Ra3 Rb4 23. Rxc3 Re8 24. f3 {Mecking,H-Kortschnoj,V/Augusta 1974/
Candidates/1-0 (41)}) 9... Kb8 10. b4 Ne7 11. Qb1 Nc8 12. Bc5 Qd7 13. a4 {
Alles lдuft nach Plan. Langsam wird die Lage des schwarzen Kцnigs am
Damenflьgel ungemьtlich.} Ka8 {Es ist schwer zu verstehen, warum der Kцnig
nach a8 geht?} 14. Qb2 {WeiЯ bereitet Rfb1 vor.} Nd6 15. Rfb1 b6 $2 {Schwдcht
der Bauer a6.} (15... Kb8 $142 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Qc3) 16. Be3 Nb7 17. Qc3 {
[%cal Yc3c4,Yc4a6]} Kb8 (17... Nd6 18. b5 $1 a5 (18... cxb5 19. axb5 a5 (19...
Nxb5 20. Rxa6+ Kb7 21. Qa1 {/\Qa4}) 20. Rxa5+ $18) 19. bxc6 $18 {Nach dem
Damenabzug folgt Rb6 oder Bb6 mit sehr starkem Angriff.}) 18. Qc4 Nd6 (18... a5
19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. Qa6 {[%cal Ya6a5]} Nb7 21. a5 $1) (18... Ka7 19. a5 $18 {
es droht sowohl axb6 als auch Qxa6! nebst Mattangriff.}) 19. Qxa6 {Die ersten
Frьchte des weiЯen Angriffs sind gefallen. Es ist merkwьrdig, wie die Partie
bis jetzt verlaufen ist, wie ein FuЯballmatch auf ein Tor. Die Hauptszene war
der Damenflьgel, wo der schwarze Monarch sich befand. Und der weiЯe Kцnig
befindet sich gemьtlich am Kцnigsflьgel, wo der Nachziehende kein Spiel
organisieren konnte!} Qc8 {Um den weiЯen Angriff zu neutralisieren erzwingt
der Nachziehende den Damentausch, mit der Hoffnung sich im Endspiel retten zu
kцnnen.} 20. Qxc8+ Kxc8 21. a5 Kb7 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Ra4 Nc8 24. Nc4 Bd6 {
Die weiЯe Initiative am Damenflьgel war so stark, dass der Nachziehende erst
im 24. Zug Zeit gefunden hat, um seinen Kцnigsflьgel fertig zu entwickeln.} ({
Villeicht bot die folgende Variante mehr Chancen Auf Rettung:} 24... Bxf3 25.
gxf3 Bd6) 25. Nxd6+ Rxd6 26. Nd2 $1 $18 g5 {Zu spдt. Jetzt ist dieser
"Angriffzug" sinnlos.} 27. Nc4 Rd7 28. Rba1 {Es droht 29.Nxb6 Nxb6 30.Ra7 +-}
b5 29. Na5+ Kc7 30. R4a3 {Jetzt leuchtet der schwache c6-Bauer.} Rhd8 31. Nb3
Kd6 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Bc5+ Ke6 34. Na5 Kd7 35. f3 Be6 36. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 {[%mdl 16] Fьr WeiЯ ist es gьnstig, wenn er mittels
f3-f4 seine Doppelbauern abtauschen kann. Eben gegen diese Idee ist der
nдchste schwarze Zug gerichtet.} Bd6 11. Nd2 ({Der andere Plan wдre, den Zug
f3-f4 vorzubereiten.} 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2f4]} Ng6 {[%cal Yg6f4]} 13.
Kh2 $1 {[%cal Yh2g3] Ein nьtzlicher Zug. Einerseits bereitet er Kg3 vor um den
Zug f3-f4 zu unterstьtzen, andereseits befreit er die g-Linie fьr den Turm.} h4
14. Rg1 $14 {nebst Rg4}) 11... Ne7 12. Nc4 Ng6 13. Rfd1 (13. Kh1 f6 14. Rg1 Kf7
15. Rg3 Ne7 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Bxf4 Rad8 19. Rag1 Rhg8 20. h4 c5
21. Be3 Nc6 22. f4 b5 23. c3 c4 24. d4 d5 25. exd5 Ne7 26. Bf2 Nf5 27. Rh3 Rge8
28. b3 Re2 29. Kg2 Rxa2 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Rb1 Rxd5 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. Rc7 Rb5 34.
Kf3 Rbb2 35. Rh2 a5 36. Rxc4 a4 37. Rc5 Nxh4+ 38. Rxh4 Rxf2+ 39. Ke4 Rae2+ 40.
Kd3 a3 41. Rcxh5 Rd2+ 42. Ke3 Rfe2+ 43. Kf3 Re1 44. f5+ Kf7 45. Rh1 Rd3+ 46.
Kf4 Rxh1 47. Rxh1 Rxc3 48. Ra1 Ke7 49. Rg1 Rc7 50. Rxg7+ Kd6 51. Rg1 a2 52. Ra1
Rc2 53. Ke4 Rb2 54. Kd3 Rb3+ 55. Kc4 Ra3 56. Kb4 Ra8 57. Kc4 Ra7 58. d5 Ra8 59.
Kd4 Ra4+ 60. Kc3 Kxd5 61. Kb2 Ke5 62. Re1+ Kxf5 63. Ka1 Ra5 64. Rf1+ Kg6 65.
Rg1+ Kf7 {0-1 Zaitsev,I-Notkin,M/Podolsk 1993/TD (65)}) 13... b5 14. Nd2 Kd7
15. Kf1 Nf8 16. Nb3 Ne6 17. d4 exd4 (17... f6) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 f6 20. f4
Rhe8 21. f3 ({Verlockend sieht auch das sofortige:} 21. e5 $5 {aus, da nach} c5
(21... Be7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bxf6+ $16) (21... fxe5 22. fxe5 Bf8 23. f4 Ke6 24.
Ke2 Kf5 25. Kf3 $14) 22. exd6 cxd4 23. Rxd4 c6 (23... cxd6 24. Rad1 Re6 25. f5
$16) 24. Rad1 {muss WeiЯ mit seiner Stellung zufrieden sein.}) 21... Kc8 22. e5
Be7 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Rad1 Kb7 25. Bc3 (25. Kg2 $5 $14) 25... fxe5 26. Bxe5 Bh4
27. Re4 Rf7 28. Ke2 Bg3 29. f5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Raf8 31. Rg1 Rd8 32. Rg5 Rfd7 33.
Kf2 Rh8 34. Re2 (34. h4 $14) 34... h4 35. Rg4 Rh5 36. Rf4 a5 37. Ree4 (37. f6
$142 gxf6 38. Rxf6 {Der Anziehende hat praktisch einen Mehrbauern am
Kцnigsflьgel, weil die schwarzen doppelten c- Bauern wertlos sind. Trotzdem
ist es schwierig, in diesem Doppelturmendspiel den kleinen weiЯen Vorteil zu
realisieren.} Rd1 39. f4 $14) 37... Rd2+ 38. Re2 Rd7 39. Ree4 Rd2+ 40. Re2
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Rd1 O-O-O {Another theoretical line is} (8... c5 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Ibragimov,
I/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67/[Wedberg] (37)}) 9. d4 Bg4 {Quite dangerous seems
continuation} (9... exd4 $6 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Mikhalevski,V/Beersheba 1996/CBM
53/[Bykhovsky,Av] (30)}) 10. Be3 {White has the following possibilities:} (10.
c3 $146 {0-1 Benjamin,J-Leko,P/Horgen 1994/CBM 43/[Leko] (60)}) (10. d5 cxd5
11. Rxd5 Qc6 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. b3 Kc8 $15 {Dobosz-Smejkal/Trencianske Teplice/
1979/}) 10... Qe6 11. dxe5 (11. c3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nh6 14. Rab1 c5
15. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Re8 $11 {0-1 Fressinet,L-Miralles,G/Meribel 1998/CBM
67 (35)}) (11. Nc4 {0-1 Brynell,S-Almasi,Z/Malmo 1994/CBM 42/[Wedberg] (23)})
11... Re8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] In the previous game black has tried} (11... Rxd1+
12. Qxd1 (12. Rxd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 fxe5 $15) 12... Bxa3 13. bxa3 fxe5 14. Ng5
Bxd1 15. Nxe6 Bxc2 16. f3 b6 17. Rc1 Ba4 18. Nxg7 $14 {1-0 Nisipeanu,
L-Sofronie,I/Cappelle la Grande 2002/CBM 86 ext (30)}) 12. Nc4 $1 {activating
the knight} (12. exf6 Nxf6 13. h3 (13. e5 Qxe5 $1) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxa3 15.
bxa3 Nxe4 $15) (12. Nb1 fxe5 13. Rd3 (13. h3 Bh5 14. Rd3 Nf6 15. Nbd2 h6 {
[%cal Gg7g5]}) 13... Qg6 14. Nbd2 Nf6) 12... fxe5 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 fxe5 14.
Rd3 $13) 13. Rd3 (13. Ncd2 Nf6 {and white's pieces are paralyzied.}) 13... Ne7
$6 {losing the resourse of taking on f3, corrupting white's pawn structure.} ({
Better was} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne7 15. Na5 $13 {[%cal Yd3b3]} (15. Rad1 $5))
14. Rad1 $14 Ng6 ({Doesn't work} 14... Bxf3 {in view of} 15. Qxf3 Qxc4 $4 16.
Qg4+ $18) 15. h3 Bxf3 (15... Nh4 16. Ncxe5 $16 (16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxh4 Bxf3 18.
Qxf3 Bxh4 19. Qg4 $14)) (15... Bh5 $2 16. g4 $16) 16. Qxf3 $14 {White has won
the opening struggle and got a dreamed position. His pieces are much more
active than black's counterparts. White's pawn structure is better than
black's one as well.} Be7 17. Qf5 $1 {White has clear advantage in the
forthcoming endgame.} (17. b3 $14) 17... Qxf5 18. exf5 Nh4 19. g4 $1 {After
this move black has some problem with his knight, which, actually, is out of
the game. White's plan is quite simple: 1) to change as much pieces as
possible, because each endgame is winning for him; 2) to attack black's
weaknesses on the king side.} ({Badly} 19. Nxe5 $6 Nxf5 {and black is close to
an equality.}) 19... e4 20. Rd7 {threatening Bf4 and Rxc7.} Rd8 (20... Nf3+ 21.
Kg2 Rd8 (21... b5 22. Bf4 Bd8 23. Na5 $16) 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nd2 $16) 21.
Rxd8+ (21. Rxc7+ {doesn't work, in view of} Kxc7 22. Bf4+ Bd6 (22... Kc8 23.
Nb6#) 23. Nxd6 (23. Bxd6+ Rxd6) 23... Kb6) 21... Bxd8 {Of course, black saves
his rook, at least for defending the e4 pawn.} 22. Nd2 Re8 23. Kf1 (23. Kh2 $5
{comes to consideration.}) 23... g6 {trying to get into the game his knight.}
24. fxg6 hxg6 (24... Nxg6 25. Re1 $16) 25. Re1 Bf6 (25... Nf3 26. Nxf3 exf3 27.
Bd4) 26. Bf4 $1 (26. c3 {was quite strong as well.} Nf3 27. Nxf3 exf3 28. Bd4)
26... Bxb2 27. Bg5 $1 Rh8 (27... Bc3 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Nf3 30. Nxc3 Nxg5
31. h4 $18) 28. Rxe4 Bc1 29. Ke2 Rh7 $2 {loses on the spot.} ({A little more
resistant was} 29... b6 $16) 30. Re8+ $18 Kd7 31. Rd8+ Ke6 32. Ne4 Bxg5 (32...
Bb2 33. Nc5+ Kf7 (33... Ke5 34. f4#) 34. Rd7+ $18) (32... Ba3 33. Nf6 $18) 33.
Nxg5+ Ke7 34. Rg8 $1 {Of course, white could take 1-2 pawns on the queenside
and to get winning position, but this move doesn't remain any chance for black.
} Rh6 35. Kf1 $1 {, preventing Ng2. Now all the black pieces are paralized.
The rest is a matter of an easy technique for white.} Kf6 36. f4 c5 37. Kf2 c4
38. Kg3 b5 39. Rc8 Ke7 40. Rxc7+ Kd6 41. Rg7 Kd5 42. Nf7 Rh5 43. gxh5 Nf5+ 44.
Kf2 Nxg7 45. h6 1-0

[Event "Kish 2nd"]
[Site "Kish"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Darban, Morteza"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4104]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 ({More popular
option is an immediate castle:} 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 {
---> 1-0 Erenburg,S-Inarkiev,E/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (45)}) 5... f6
6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 ({Another theoretical line is} 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nde2 Qxd1+ 9.
Nxd1 {1/2-1/2 Stripunsky,A-Kaidanov,G/Seattle 2002/CBM 087/[Donev] (58)}) 7...
Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 {preparing to castle long.} 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. f3 {covering the
g4 square.} Bd6 $146 {According to my database this position appeared for the
first time. In the preceding games black tried} (10... Bb4 11. Nde2 Ne7 12.
O-O-O Ng6 13. a3 Be7 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.
Nxd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Solak,D-Somborski,N/Niska Banja 1996/EXT 2002 (46)}) (10...
Ne7 11. Kf2 Ng6 12. Rad1 Bd6 13. Nde2 Rhe8 14. h4 Ne5 15. b3 c5 16. Rd2 Bc6 17.
Rhd1 Bf8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nf4 Kd7 21. g4 {1/2-1/2 Kochyev,
A-Savon,V/St Petersburg 1994/EXT 98 (21)}) 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Nb3 $1 {preparing
an occupation of c5 square.} b6 $2 ({Better is} 12... Rhe8 13. Nc5 (13. Bc5
Bf4+ 14. Kb1 b6 $11) 13... Nf5 14. Bf2 Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Be3 16. Bxe3 Nxe3 17. Rd3
Nxg2 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Rg1 Nh4 21. Rxg7+ Re7 $11) {[%tqu "En",
"Please find the best move for white.","","","d1d6","",10]} 13. Rxd6 $1 {
[%mdl 64] Probably, black has underevaluated the resource of sacrificing an
exchange...} (13. Bxb6 $4 Bf4+ $19) 13... cxd6 14. Bxb6 Rde8 15. Rd1 {forcing
black to push forward the "d" pawn, thus, white gets an extremely important
square c5 for his knight.} d5 {Other continuations are not better:} (15... Kb7
16. Rxd6 Bc8 (16... Bh3 17. gxh3 Kxb6 18. Rd7 {[%cal Yc3a4]} Nc8 19. Na4+ Kb5
20. Rb7+ $18) (16... Kxb6 17. Rxd7 $18 {[%cal Yc3a4]}) 17. Na4 $18) 16. Nc5 h5
{intending to join the kingside rook to the game via h6.} (16... f5 17. exd5
cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Re7 20. Nxa6 Rhe8 21. Nc5 $16) 17. a4 $6 {[%cal
Ga4a5,Yc5a6,Ga5b6] seems too slow. Black gets an important tempo to join the
kingside rook to the game.} ({Worse is} 17. Nxa6 Kb7 18. Nc5+ Kxb6 19. Nxd7+
Kc7 20. Nc5 Kd6 $14) ({Right was} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Re7 (
19... Bc6 20. Rd6 $18) 20. Nxa6 Kb7 21. Bc5 $16) 17... f5 $2 {missing the
following opportunity:} (17... Rh6 $1 {[%cal Yh6g6]} 18. a5 (18. exd5 Nxd5 19.
Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Bc6 21. Rd3 (21. Rd6 {is met by} f5) 21... f5 22. b3 $14)
18... Rg6 19. Rd2 f5 20. b3 $14) 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Bc6 $6 {
Black gives white too big material advantage...} ({Probably, the least of the
evils was} 20... Re1+ 21. Kd2 Re7 22. Kc3 $16 {[%cal Yc3b4,Yb4a5]}) 21. Rxf5
Re1+ 22. Kd2 Rhe8 23. Rg5 $1 {protecting the g2 pawn and attacking the g7 pawn.
Unfortunately for black, he cannot create any serious threats against white's
monarch...} (23. Rf7 R1e7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 $16) 23... R1e2+ 24. Kc3 R8e3+ ({
Doesn't change too much:} 24... R8e7 25. a5 Bb5 26. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6,Yd6f5]} h4
27. Nd6+ Kb8 28. Rg4 (28. Bd4 Rc7+ 29. Kb4 Rcxc2 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. Kxb5 Rxg2 {
with some chances for a draw.}) 28... h3 29. gxh3 Rxh2 30. Rh4 $18) 25. Kb4 Re7
(25... Rxc2 {loses as well:} 26. Rxg7 {[%cal Yg7c7]} Rxc5 (26... Rxb2+ 27. Ka5
$18) 27. Bxc5 $18) 26. Ka5 $18 {Now white's monarch is not only safe, but also
very active, that he can take part in pushing forward his passed queenside
pawns. Black's position is hopeless...} Rxc2 27. b3 Rce2 28. Kxa6 h4 29. h3 $1
{preventing any black's counterplay.} Rd2 30. Rg4 {taking control over the
fourth rank.} Kb8 31. b4 Be8 (31... Ka8 32. b5 $18) 32. Rxh4 {winning another
pawn.} Bf7 ({Black cannot take the pawn:} 32... Rxg2 {, in view of} 33. Rd4 $18
{with following Rd8+.}) 33. b5 Be8 34. Ka5 ({It wasn't too late to make a
mistake:} 34. a5 $4 Rd6 $19 {[%cal Ye7a7] with inevitable mate.}) 34... Kc8 35.
Rg4 Bh5 36. Rg5 Be8 37. h4 {Now white is going to push forward as far as he
can his kingside pawns.} Kb8 38. Rg4 Rd5 39. Rf4 Kc8 40. g4 Bf7 41. h5 Rd1 42.
Ka6 Kb8 43. Ne4 {activating the knight.} Be8 44. Rf8 Re6 45. Rg8 Ra1 46. Ka5
Ra3 47. Nd6 {winning an exchange.} (47. Nd6 Rxd6 48. Rxe8+ Kb7 49. Bc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Nakhchivan"]
[Date "2003.07.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. hxg4 {Less popular continuation than} (11.
dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O 15. Re1 $146 (15. a3 Nxe5
16. b3 Rh6 17. Kf1 Bc5 18. Bb2 Rhd6 19. Ke2 Ng6 20. g3 Bxf2 21. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 22.
Rxd2 Rxd2+ 23. Ke3 Rg2 24. Kf3 Rxc2 {Forchert,M-Notkin,M/NRW-II 1996/GER 13/
0-1 (57)}) 15... Nxe5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bb4 18. c3 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Madrid 1997/CBM 58 ext/[Shirov] (37)}) 11... hxg4 12. g3
gxf3 {Black has more risky option:} (12... Nh3+ 13. Kg2 exd4 14. Rh1 O-O-O 15.
Qe2 Bc5 16. Nb3 (16. Nh4 Rxh4 17. Nb3 d3 $13) 16... gxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 18.
Kxf3 Ba7 19. Kg2 Nxf2 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Kxf2 Rh2+ 22. Kf3 Rxc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 De
la Villa Garcia,J-Kazhgaleyev,M/Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext (39)}) 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14.
dxe5 Qxe5 {In my opinion, after this move, white succeeds to get slight
advantage. More principal is} (14... Qh6 $5 15. Nb3 g5 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Rad1
Bxe5 18. c3 Qh3 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rh6 21. Qg2 Qh5 22. Be3 $11 {0-1 Kroeze,
F-Piket,J/Breda 2001/CBM 82 ext (61)}) 15. Nb3 {covering the d4 square.} ({
Another possiblity is} 15. Qf5 Qc5 ({Deserves attention} 15... Qd6 {[%cal
Gg7g6]}) 16. Nf3 g6 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rd8 20. Ree1 c5 21.
Red1 Ke7 22. c3 $14 {1-0 Fressinet,L-Bacrot,E/Besancon 1999/CBM 73 (57)}) 15...
O-O-O $6 $146 {Mistakes in calculation caused black to make this move.} (15...
Bd6 16. Qf5 O-O-O 17. c3 (17. Qxe5 $5) 17... Qxf5 18. exf5 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rodi,L-Rosito,J/Mar del Plata 2000/CBM 75 ext (47)}) 16. c3 $6 {If white
calculated more carefully, he would continue} (16. Qxf7 $1 {looks dangerous,
but concrete variations prove the strength of this move.} Bb4 (16... g6 17.
Qxg6 Bb4 18. c3 Rdg8 19. Qf5 Rxg3+ 20. Kf1 $16) 17. c3 Rd1 (17... Rdf8 18. Qg6
$16) 18. Rxd1 Qxe4 19. Bh6 (19. f3 Qe2 20. Bh6 $18 (20. Rd2 Qe1+ 21. Kg2 Bd6
$40)) 19... Ng5 20. Qd7+ (20. Rd8+ $18) 20... Kb8 21. Nd2 $18) (16. Qf5 $5 $14)
16... Be7 17. Be3 $14 {White achieved a slight advantage, thanks to better
pawn structure, thus each ending is much better for white.} ({Now it is bad to
play} 17. Qxf7 Rdf8 18. Qxe7 Qh5 19. Qxe6+ Kb8 20. Bh6 (20. Kf1 Qf3) 20... Rxh6
21. Qxh6 Qxh6 $17) 17... Rd3 $6 {At this moment, white had something like 3
minutes, so black decided to play on traps.} ({Better was} 17... Bf6 $5 18.
Rad1 $14) 18. Red1 {Only this move! Other 2 logical moves provide to worse
position:} (18. Qxf7 $2 Ng5 (18... Bf6 19. Qg6 Ng5 20. Kg2 Qxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Nxe4
$14) (18... Qxe4 19. Bh6) 19. Bxg5 Rxg3+ 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 Bxg5 $19) (18.
Rad1 $2 Ng5 19. Qg4+ f5 20. Qxf5+ (20. exf5 Qd5 $19) 20... Qxf5 21. exf5 Nf3+
$17) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bg5 20. Bd4 ({White doesn't achieve anything special
after} 20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. exf5 Bxe3 22. fxe6 (22. fxe3 Ng5 $11) 22... Ba7 23.
exf7 Rf8 $14 {/=}) 20... Qb5 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qf5 Qe5 24. Nd4 Qxf5
25. Nxf5 $14 {It looks like white achieved big advantage, but the position is
not so simple. With the next strong move black occupies the "d" file by the
rook, that creates a counterplay.} Ng5 $1 26. Re3 (26. Kg2 $6 Rh2+ $1 27. Kxh2
Nf3+ 28. Kh3 Nxe1 $13) 26... Rd8 27. f4 Ne6 28. Kf2 Rd1 {Black's knight is
going to be activated after occupying the c5 square, so black's pieces are
active. Consequently, white aspire to change at least one of the black pieces,
preferably, the rooks.} (28... Rd2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Nc5 31. Ke3 Na4 32.
Nh6 Nxb2 33. Nxf7 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5] and white is going to organize two
connected passed pawns.}) 29. Re2 Kd7 30. Ke3 (30. Ne3 Rd3 31. Ng4 Ke7 32. Nh6
{[%cal Gh6g8]} Nc5 $14) 30... Nc5 31. Nd4 Rg1 32. Kf3 Rb1 33. b3 Rd1 34. Nf5
Rd3+ 35. Re3 Rd2 36. e5 {activizing the rook.} fxe5 37. Rxe5 Ne6 38. Re2 Rd5
39. Ne3 $2 {White should act more decisive, pushing forward his "g" pawn.} (39.
Nh6 Nd8 40. g4 $14) (39. g4 $14) 39... Rd3 40. Rc2 Nc5 {Now all the white
pieces are passive in comparison to black's ones.} 41. Ke2 Rd6 42. Nc4 $6 {
Not a successful choice of position for knight.} ({Better is} 42. Nf5) 42...
Re6+ 43. Kf3 Re1 44. Rd2+ Ke7 45. Ne3 ({Of course not} 45. Re2+ Rxe2 46. Kxe2
Ne4 $11) 45... b5 46. g4 Rh1 47. f5 f6 48. Re2 ({White had not bad chance for
a win after} 48. Kf4 $1 {[%cal Gg4g5] , aspiring to create the passed pawn.})
48... Kf7 49. Kg2 $6 Rc1 $1 $11 50. c4 Nd3 51. Rd2 (51. Kf3 Ne5+ 52. Ke4 Rg1
$11) 51... Ne5 52. Kg3 (52. cxb5 cxb5 $15) 52... bxc4 53. Nxc4 Rc3+ 54. Kf4
Nxc4 55. bxc4 Rxc4+ 56. Kf3 Ke7 57. Re2+ Kf8 58. Rd2 {At this moment, both of
players knew, that only win gives to one of them the bronze medal, so Indian
chessplayer tried to win this equal position at any price.} a5 (58... Ke7 $11)
59. Rd7 a4 60. Rxc7 Rc2 61. g5 Rxa2 (61... fxg5 {loses on the spot.} 62. Kg4
Rxa2 63. Kh5 $1 a3 64. Kg6 Re2 65. f6 a2 66. Rh7 Ke8 67. Ra7 $18) 62. g6 ({
Nothing gives} 62. Rxc6 fxg5 63. Kg4 Rg2+ (63... Kf7 $11) 64. Kh5 Kf7 $11)
62... Ra1 63. Rxc6 (63. Rf7+ Kg8 64. Rxf6 a3 65. Rxc6 a2 66. f6 Rf1+ 67. Ke4
Rxf6 68. Rc1 $11) 63... Kg7 $1 $11 ({Of course not} 63... a3 64. Rxf6+ Kg7 65.
Ra6 a2 66. Kg2 $18) 64. Rc7+ Kg8 65. Ra7 a3 66. Ra8+ Kg7 67. Ra7+ Kg8 68. Kf2
a2 69. Kg2 Kf8 70. Rf7+ Kg8 71. Ra7 Kf8 72. Ra4 Kg7 $2 ({After} 72... Kg8 {
Black gets draw easily.} 73. Ra6 Kh8 $1 $11) 73. Ra8 $1 {Zugzwang.} Kh6 74. Ra7
Rb1 75. Rxa2 Rb5 76. Rf2 Re5 77. Kg3 {...  In spite of white is a pawn up, the
position is equal. In the continuation of the game, black played carefully and
got the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 22nd"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2004.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 {The one of the possible
alternatives is} (5... Qd6 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Inarkiev,E/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/
[Erenburg] (45)}) 6. h3 h5 {keeping the light-squared bishop on the board,
thus, black tries to develop the attack on the kingside.} 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 {
Less popular is} (8. Be3 {1-0 Marciano,D-Chabanon,J/Meribel 1998/CBM 67/
[Wedberg] (49)}) 8... Ne7 {Black is going to bring the knight to g6, from
where it can occupy the f4 square.} (8... Bc5 {1-0 Prie,E-Guigonis,D/Meribel
1998/CBM 67/[Hecht] (40)}) 9. Nc4 {Another theoretical continuation is:} (9.
Re1 {1/2-1/2 Erenburg,S-Ganguly,S/Nakhchivan 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (77)}) 9...
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Be3 Be7 {Black tried also} (12... f6 {
1-0 Glek,I-Van den Doel,E/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69/[Donev] (53)}) 13. Rfb1 {
According to my database, this position appeared for the first time. In the
preceding games white continued} (13. b4 b5 14. Na5 Bxb4 15. Nxc6 Bd6 $15) (13.
Kh1 Bf6 14. a4 O-O-O 15. a5 Nh4 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Rad1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nc4
g5 20. Kg2 Rh6 21. Rfe1 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Spassky,B/Reykjavik 1977/
Candidates (63)}) (13. Rfd1 O-O-O 14. Kf1 f6 15. Ke2 Nf8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4
Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Dorfman,J/Austria 2003/EXT 2004 (17)}) 13... c5 {
Black starts to build defending construnction on the queenside, which will
prevent from white the breakthroughs d3-d4 or b3-b4.} 14. Kf1 {centralizing
the king, and, at the same time, liberating the "g" file for the rooks.} ({
Immediate attempt to open up the game on the queenside doesn't promise white
anything:} 14. a3 a5 15. b4 axb4 (15... cxb4 16. axb4 a4 17. b5 $14) 16. axb4
Rxa1 17. Rxa1 cxb4 18. Ra8+ Bd8 19. Na5 Kd7 20. Nxb7 Be7 $11) 14... f6 {
preparing to transfer the monarch to f7.} 15. Ke2 Kf7 ({Of course not} 15...
Kd7 $2 16. Rg1) 16. a3 {preparing to carry out b3-b4.} a5 {Of course, black
prevents it, and he completes the building of pawn construction on queenside 
(a5-b6-c5-c7).} 17. a4 {fixing the pawns on the dark squares.} b6 18. Rg1 {
Now the only plan white can realize is carrying out the breakthrough f3-f4.
White is going to press through the "g" file, that will force black to move
his knight from g6.} Bd6 $1 {Of course, black understand, that he cannot keep
the knight on g6, which prevent white's breakthrough f2-f4. Therefore, he
prevents white's plan of initiative with the bishop.} 19. Rg3 Nf8 {Black's
idea is to play h5-h4 and g7-g5, that will absolutely freeze the position...
Of course, the only white's chances to get some initiative is connected with
f3-f4. Therefore, I needed to change black's passive dark-squared bishop.} 20.
f4 exf4 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Bxf4 {White succeeded to carry out f3-f4 and to
open the game. Now white has rooks and bishop against black's rooks and knight,
that, theoretically should promise white an advantage... But, it should be
noted, that the position is still quite closed. Also, black succeeded to force
white to change passive black's dark-squared bishop, that, improved black's
pawn structure as well... Therefore, with exact play black's chances are not
worse.} Ne6 $1 23. Be3 {The capture of d6 pawn doesn't lead to white's favour:}
(23. Bxd6 Rad8 24. e5 Nd4+ 25. Kd2 Nf5 $11) 23... g6 {Black is ready to meet
white's f2-f4 with f6-f5...} 24. Rag1 Rhg8 25. Kd2 {White brings the king
towards the queenside, hoping, that after an exchange of the rooks, white's
monarch will invade into black camp.} (25. f4 {doesn't promise anything
special:} Rad8 (25... f5) 26. c4 (26. h4 f5) 26... f5 27. b3 Rde8 28. R3g2 Rd8
$11) 25... Rad8 {preparing sometimes d6-d5...} 26. f4 Nc7 {moving the knight
from e6, that it will not be attacked after white's f4-f5.} ({Black can
equalize after} 26... d5 {as well:} 27. f5 Nf8 (27... gxf5 28. exd5 $16) 28.
Ke2 (28. Bf4 dxe4 29. Bc7 Rd5 30. Bxb6 c4 31. d4 $141 Rxf5) 28... dxe4 29. dxe4
Re8 30. Kf3 Nd7 (30... g5 31. Rd1) 31. fxg6+ Rxg6 32. Bf4 Rxg3+ 33. Bxg3 c4 $1
$11) 27. c4 {preventing from black the breakthrough d6-d5. After this move,
white cannot improve his position, therefore, the sides agreed for a draw. The
alternative to the move in the game was} (27. h4 {, but black achieves draw
after} d5 28. f5 gxf5 (28... dxe4 {is also possible.} 29. Bh6 $1 {Very strong
move, which was overlooked by both opponents...} g5 (29... e3+ 30. Ke2 $16) 30.
hxg5 fxg5 31. Rxg5 Rxg5 32. Rxg5 Ne8 $1 33. Rxh5 exd3 34. cxd3 c4 35. Rh3 Rd5
36. Ke2 Nd6 37. dxc4 Nxc4 38. b3 Nd6 39. Rd3 (39. Be3 b5 $11) 39... Re5+ 40.
Kf3 Nxf5 41. Bf4 Re6 $11) 29. Rxg8 (29. exf5 Rxg3 30. Rxg3 d4 $15 {[%cal Yc7d5]
}) 29... Rxg8 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. exf5 d4 $1 (31... Kf7 32. Bf4 Ne8 33. Bb8 (33.
c4 dxc4 34. dxc4 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd7 $11) 33... Ng7 34. Bc7 Nxf5 35. Bxb6 Nxh4 36.
Bxc5 Nf3+ 37. Ke2 Ne5 38. d4 Nc6 39. c3 Kg6 40. b4 Kf7 41. Kf3 $14) (31... Ne8
32. Bf4 $14 {[%cal Yf4b8,Yb8a7]}) 32. Bf4 Nd5 33. Bd6 (33. Bb8 Ne7 $11) 33...
Kf7 34. c4 dxc3+ (34... Ne7 35. Bc7 Nc8 36. Bd8 Ke8 37. Bxf6 Nd6 38. Be5 Nxf5
39. Bc7 Kd7 (39... Nxh4 40. Bxb6 $18) 40. Bxb6 Kc6 41. Bd8 Kd7 42. Bg5 $16) 35.
bxc3 Ke8 36. c4 Kd7 $1 37. Bxc5 (37. Be5 Ne7 $11) 37... bxc5 38. cxd5 Kd6 39.
Kc2 Kxd5 40. Kc3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 (5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4
c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. a4 Ne7 14. a5
Bxb3 15. cxb3 b5 $1 $10 {Poutiainen-Petrosjan,A/Erevan/1976/}) 5... exd4 6.
Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 (9. Nc3 Re8 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Nde2 f5
12. exf5 Bxf5 $10 {Smyslov,V-Keres,P/URS-ch/1940/}) 9... Ne7 10. O-O-O f6 $10
11. f3 Ng6 12. h4 h5 13. Nc4 c5 14. Nf5 Be6 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nd2 b6 17. b3
Kc8 18. Bf2 Nf4 19. g3 g6 $1 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. gxf4 f5 22. Rg1 Rg8 23. Nc4 Bf6
24. a4 Kb7 25. Rg2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rg7 27. Kb1 Bc3 28. Ka2 Re7 29. Kb3 Bh8 30. e5
$1 (30. Rxg6 fxe4 31. fxe4 Rxe4 32. f5 Rf4 $17) 30... Re6 31. Rg1 Bg7 32. Rd1
Kc8 33. a5 Bh6 34. Be3 Bf8 35. Ra1 Kb7 36. Rd1 Be7 37. Bf2 Kc8 38. Ra1 Kb7 39.
Rd1 Kc8 40. Ra1 Kb7 41. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 (6. d4 exd4 (6...
Bg4 7. c3 Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 $14 {Hecht,H- Nikolac,J, BL 8586}) 7. Nxd4 c5
8. Nb3 (8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O $10 {Kagan,S- Davies,N, Tel
Aviv 1992.}) 8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nc6 (9... Ng6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 a5
13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nc4 $10 {Heim,B- Kebbekus,T, BL 8788.}) 10. Bf4 c4 11. Nd4
Bg4 12. Rd2 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 c5 14. Rxc4 Rd8 $44 {Santo Roman,M- Murey,Y, Royan
1988.}) (6. Na3 Bg4 $1 (6... Ng6 7. Nc4 Be6 (7... f6 8. d4 Bg4 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10.
Rxd1 Nxe5 11. Ncxe5 fxe5 12. Rd3 $14 {Rosentalis,E- Magomedov,M, URS-sf
Daugavpils 1989.}) 8. Ncxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qd4 10. Nf3 Qxe4 11. Ng5 Qf5 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. d3 Bd6 14. Qe2 $14 {Rosentalis,E- Zaitsev,I, Budapest Spring-op 1989.}
) (6... f6 7. Nc4 c5 8. d3 Be6 9. Ne3 Qd7 $10 {Rosentalis,E- Yilmaz,T,
Berliner Sommer 1991.}) 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc4 f6 9. b3 c5 10. d3 Nc6 $10 {
Pinter-Kuligowski, Groningen 1974.}) 6... Qd4 7. Nf3 (7. Qh5 g6 8. Qg5 (8. Nf3
Qxe4 9. Qa5 Qf4 (9... Bg4 $5 10. Re1 Qd5 11. Qxc7 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qxf3 13. d3
Qg4+ 14. Qg3 Qxg3+ 15. hxg3 $10 {Brunner,L-Yilmaz,T, Manila (ol) 1992.}) (9...
b6 $5 10. Qc3 Rg8 11. Re1 Qd5 12. Ng5 Bg7 13. Qg3 Qd6 14. Qf3 Bf5 15. d3 h6 16.
Ne4 Qd7 $10 {Gurevich,I- Bronstein,D, Hastings Challenger 1991.}) 10. d3 Qd6
11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qb4 $10 {Timman,J- Nikolic,Pr, Brussels WCup 1988.}) 8...
Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 $1 11. b3 $1 h6 12. Qg3 (12. Qe3 f4 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14.
Bb2 Bf5 15. Nxf4 Bxe5 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. d3 Rhe8 $1 $44 {Martin Gonzales,A-
Medina Garcia,A, Olot 1973, 15/255.}) 12... f4 13. Qf3 Bf5 14. Qxb7 (14. Bb2
Qd5 15. Nxf4 Qxf3 16. gxf3 O-O 17. d3 Nc6 $44 {Vladimirov-Ivanov, UdSSR 1975.})
14... Be4 15. Qxc7 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Bxe5 17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qxa6 f3 $5 (18... Qxa1 $6
19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. dxc3 Qxc3 22. Qxf4+ Kg7 $19) (18... Qxa1 $6 19.
Nc3 Bxc3 20. dxc3 Qxc3 21. Bxf4 Rb4 22. Bd6 Qf6 23. Re1 O-O $1 $19) (18... Qxa1
$6 19. Re1 O-O 20. Qe6+ Rf7 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Nc6 23. Rxc5 Nb4 $17) (18...
Qxa1 $6 19. Qe6 $1 Rd8 (19... Rf8 20. Re1 Rf5 {Fritz} 21. Na3 $1 Rd8 22. Nc4
Rd5 23. Kf1 $44) (19... Qxb1 $6 20. Qxe5 Kd7 21. Qxc5 $1 Rhc8 22. Qd4+ Ke8 23.
Ba3 Qxa2 24. Bd6 Qxb3 25. Re1 Rb7 $2 (25... Qe6 26. Kf1 $16) 26. Qh8+ Kd7 27.
Rxe7+ Kxd6 28. Qe5+ Kc6 29. Re6+ Kd7 30. Qd6# $18) 20. Re1 Qxb1 21. Qxe5 Rh7
22. Ba3 (22. Qe6 Rf7 23. Ba3 Qxd3 24. Bxc5 Rd7 $17) 22... Qxd3 23. Bxc5 Rd7 24.
Qb8+ Kf7 25. Qxf4+ Qf5 $6 (25... Nf5 $1 26. g4 Qxd2 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. gxf5 Rxa2
29. fxg6+ Kxg6 $10) 26. Qc4+ Nd5 27. Bd4 g5 28. f3 h5 29. Re5 Qb1+ 30. Kf2 Qxa2
31. Qd3 $44) 19. Nc3 fxg2 20. Re1 O-O 21. Qe6+ (21. Qc4+ Rf7 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23.
Re2 Rbf8 $1 $44) (21. Re2 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qh4+ 23. Kxg2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25.
Kg1 Nf5 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. Bb2 Qg4+ $10) 21... Rf7 22. Nd1 (22. Re2 $1 Bxh2+ (
22... Bc7 23. Qe4 Qd6 24. Qxg2 Nf5 $14) 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Kxg2 Nf5 25. Re4 $1
Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qh5+ $10) 22... Qxa1 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nc6 25. Rxc5 Nb4 26.
Ba3 $2 (26. Bb2 $10) 26... Nxd3 27. Rc6 Ra8 28. Rd6 Rxa3 29. Rxd3 Rxa2 30. Ne3
Kg7 31. Kxg2 Ra5 32. Rd4 Rb5 33. b4 Rbb7 34. Rc4 Rfc7 35. Rg4 $2 (35. Rxc7+
Rxc7 36. Kf3 $17) 35... Rd7 36. h4 h5 37. Rg5 Rxb4 38. d4 Rf7 $1 39. Rd5 Rb2 {
0-1, Timman-Short (m9), El Escorial 1993.}) 7... Qxe4 8. Nc3 (8. Re1 Qg6 9. Ne5
Qf6 10. d4 Bf5 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Qh5 Bg6 $10 {Ree,H- Keres,P, Amsterdam 1971,
12/264.}) 8... Qg6 9. Ne5 Qf5 10. Re1 h5 11. d4 Be6 12. Ne4 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Ng6
14. Nxg6 Qxg6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 $10 16. c3 c5 17. Qb3 (17. Bf4 Bd6 $10) 17... Rd5
18. Be3 h4 $1 19. h3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bd6 21. Rad1 $2 (21. Re2 Re8 22. Rae1 Re7
$10) 21... Rd8 $1 22. a4 Bf4 23. Qc4 Qc2 $1 24. b3 g5 25. Ra1 Qf5 26. b4 $6 (
26. f3 R8d6 $17) 26... g4 27. hxg4 Qxg4 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 e5 30. Be3 Rd1+
31. Re1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rd3 $19 34. Rc1 Rxe3 35. Kf2 Re4 36. Rd1
Rf4+ 37. Ke3 Rc4 38. Kd3 Rg4 39. Rd2 Kd7 40. Rf2 Ke6 41. a5 Kd5 42. Rd2 Rg3+
0-1

[Event "Budapest FS10 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 (6. c3 c5 (
6... f6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Qc2 $14 {Rozentalis,E-Wells,P/
Bern op/1992/}) 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 exd4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxd4 f6 $10 {Wittmann,
W-Chiburdanidze,M/Graz/1991/}) 6... exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 (8. b3 Qe7 9. Nbd2
Be6 (9... Nh6 10. Nc4 Nf7 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfe1 $14 {Martin,
A-Hebden/GB(ch) 56-(358)/1992/}) 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Qd3 Rd8 12. Qe2 $14 {Timman,
J-Piket,J/Brussels SWIFT 25/1992/}) (8. Re1 Ne7 9. e5 (9. c4 {Donev} c5 10. Qc3
O-O 11. e5 $6 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nf5 $1 {><d4} 13. f4 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Nd2 Nd4 $1
16. Ndf3 b6 $1 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Bd2 Bb7 $17 {/\Rae8 Valencak,
S-Donev,I Zьrich(tt)1993}) 9... fxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Bg5 (11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qh4
Qe8 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. Qe4 Bd5 {Orlando,L-Flear,C/Roma op/1990/} 15. Nxd5 Qxe4 16.
Nf6+ $1 Rxf6 17. Rxe4 $14) (11. Qc4+ $6 Nd5 12. Nc3 Qf6 13. Nd3 Qf7 $15 {
Daehr,C-Zieher,H/BL8384/1984/} 14. Re4) 11... Be6 (11... Qe8 12. Qc4+ $6 Nd5
13. Nc3 Be6 $17 {Jenkins,DM-Enterfeldt,L/CCYB03/1991/}) 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. Nc4 (
13. Nf3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 $10) (13. Ng4 Nf5 14. Qe4 Bd7 15. Qc4+ Qf7 16. Qxf7+
Rxf7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd4 {Belic,M-Flear,C/Val Maubuee op/1989/} 19. Rc1
$1 Bf5 20. Be3 $14 Nxc2 $2 21. Rxf5 Rxf5 22. Rxc2 $18) 13... Nf5 $10 {Wahls,
M-Polgar,Zsu/Adelaide-WchJ/1988/}) (8. Nbd2 Be6 9. b3 (9. Qc3 Qe7 10. Nd4 Bb4
11. Qf3 O-O-O 12. c3 Bd6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 $10 {Brinck Claussen,B-Wedberg,T/
Copenhagen op/1991/}) (9. Nb3 Ne7 (9... b6 $10) 10. Nc5 Bc8 11. Qc4 Ng6 12. e5
Bxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. f4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. fxe5 b6 $10 {Zude,A-Wahls,M/
BL8990/1989/}) (9. Re1 Ne7 10. e5 fxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O $10 {Brinck Claussen,
B-Wedberg,T/Novi Sad ol/1990/}) 9... Ne7 10. Nc4 Bb4 $10 {Milligan Scott,
H-Flear,C/Blackpool ztW/1990/}) 8... Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rad1 (10. Rfd1 c5 11.
Qc3 b6 12. Nc4 O-O $10 {Hort,V-Nunn,J/Munich/1991/}) (10. Qd3 O-O $6 11. Nc4
Ng6 12. Nd4 $16 {Brynell,S-Balashov,Y/Berliner Sommer/1991/}) (10. Qc3 Ng6 (
10... O-O 11. Nd4 Bf7 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Nc4 Rd8 $10 {De Sousa,J-Shabtai,R/
Paris-ch/1993/}) 11. Nc4 Bxc4 (11... Bf4 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Bc5 $16 {Brynell,
S-Carlhammar,M/SVE-ch/1991/}) 12. Qxc4 Qe7 $10 {Holzer-Ernst/Oberwart/1991/})
10... O-O (10... Ng6 {Donev} 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 $10 {1/4 Prie,E-Flear,G
Clichy 1993}) 11. Nc4 (11. h3 {Donev} Qe8 12. Nc4 c5 13. Qc3 Rd8 $13) 11... Bb4
(11... Bxh2+ $5 {Donev} 12. Kxh2 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 c5 14. Rd5 $8 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5
16. Ncd2 (16. Nfd2 b5 17. Na5 c4 $15) 16... b6 $10) 12. b3 (12. a3 $2 {Donev}
Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc4 14. axb4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 $17) (12. Nb6 $5 {Donev} c5 13. Qxd8
Raxd8 14. a3 Bxa3 (14... cxb6 15. axb4 $10) (14... Ba5 $6 15. Bxc5 Bxb6 16.
Bxe7 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Re8 18. Bb4 Bg4 $14) 15. Na4 Bb4 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Bc8
18. Nd4 Kf7 $10) 12... Ng6 (12... Qxd4 {Donev} 13. Nxd4 (13. Rxd4 $6 Bc5 14.
Rd3 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 $10) 13... Bxc4 14. bxc4 Kf7 15. Rb1 c5 $13)
13. Nb6 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Rxd4 {Donev} cxb6 (14... c5 15. Rxb4 $1 cxb4 16.
Nxa8 Rxa8 17. Rd1 $14 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3) 15. Rxb4 b5 16. h3 $10) 14...
Rae8 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Nd7 Rfe8 (16... Rf7 $5 {Donev} 17. f3 f5 18. Nc5 $1 Bxc5
(18... Re8 $142 19. Nxb7 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rxe4 22. Ke2 $14) 19.
Bxc5 fxe4 $2 20. Rd8+ Nf8 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rf6+ 23. Ke2 $16) 17. Bc5
Rxe4 18. f3 (18. c4 $6 {Donev} Bc3 19. Be3 b6 $17) 18... Bxc5+ 19. Nxc5 Re2 (
19... Rb4 $6 {Donev} 20. Rd7 Re7 21. Rfd1 $44) 20. Rf2 Re1+ (20... Nf4 {Donev}
21. Nxb7 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Re2+ 23. Kg3 Nxg2 $15) 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rf1 Re2 (22...
Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 $16) 23. Rf2 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novy Smokovec"]
[Site "Novy Smokovec"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Ng5 (7. b3
f6 8. d4 O-O-O 9. Bb2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nh6 11. Qe2 $6 Bf7 12. c4 Qf4 $17 {Romero
Holmes-Hort/ Amsterdam 1987}) (7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 g5 (8... O-O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5
cxd5 11. Rxd5 Qc6 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. b3 Kc8 $15 {Dobosz-Smejkal/ Trencianske
Teplice 1979}) 9. d4 g4 10. Ne1 O-O-O 11. Be3 h5 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 Bf7 14.
c4 Qd7 $1 15. d6 $1 Qc6 $6 (15... cxd6 16. c5 d5 $1 (16... Kb8 $6 17. cxd6 Nh6
18. Bb6 Rc8 19. Bc7+ Ka8 20. Nb5 $3 axb5 21. a4 b4 22. Qb5 Rxc7 23. Qa5+ Kb8
24. dxc7+ Qxc7 25. Rd8+ $18) 17. c6 bxc6 18. Qxa6+ Qb7 19. Qa4 d4 20. Rac1 Bd5
$13) 16. c5 Nh6 17. b4 Qa4 18. Nc4 Rd7 $2 19. Na5 c6 20. Nd3 Nf5 21. a3 Kb8 22.
Nb2 Qb5 23. Qe1 $1 $18 {Timman-Short m/7 1993}) 7... Bd7 8. Nc4 Qg6 9. d3 (9.
d4 f6 10. f4 $1 (10. Nf3 O-O-O (10... Qxe4 $2 {Comp Fritz} 11. Ncxe5 (11. Re1)
11... Qd5 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. c4 $16 {/+ -}) 11. Qd3 exd4 12. Bf4 c5 $17 {
Malisauskas-Tisdall/ Manila olm 1992}) 10... exf4 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Bxf4 Qxe4
13. Qd2 $44 {Brynell-Barkhagen/ SWE-ch 1991}) (9. f4 f6 10. Nf3 Qxe4 11. d3
Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Qd5 $10 {Bus-Malaniuk/ Copenhagen 1991}) 9... f6 10. Nf3 Ne7 (
10... O-O-O 11. a4 h5 12. Be3 h4 13. Ne1 Be6 14. b3 Bb4 $17 {
Hmelnickij-Romanishin/ Herson 1989}) 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Ncd2 Qh5 13. h3 Be6 14. d4
exd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bf7 17. N2b3 Nc8 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nf5
O-O-O (20... Nxf5 21. exf5 Rd8 22. Nc5 $16) 21. Nxg7 Nxe4 22. Nf5 Nd6 23. Nxd6+
cxd6 24. f3 Rhe8 25. Kf2 Re5 26. Nc1 Bg6 27. Rd2 Rb5 28. c3 Bf7 29. Ne2 Kc7 30.
Nf4 Rf5 31. g3 a5 32. a3 Re8 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 b5 35. Kf2 c5 36. Ng2 Re5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 $5 {A quite rare
continuation. Much more popular is 5...Qd6 and 5...f6.} 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6
8. Qg5 Bg7 (8... Qxe4 $2 9. Qf6 $18) 9. Nd3 f5 (9... Qxe4 10. Re1 h6 11. Qg3
Qd4 12. Qxc7 $16) 10. e5 c5 11. b3 b6 ({Of course Black can't take the rook} 
11... Qxa1 $2 {since after} 12. Nc3 $18 {the queen is trapped on a1.}) 12. Bb2
Qg4 13. Qe3 (13. Qxg4 fxg4 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Rae1 Bxd3 16. cxd3 O-O-O $44) 13...
Nd5 14. Qe1 Bb7 {White managed to keep the pawn, but his pieces take quite
awkward positions, so it's quite obvious that Black has some compensation for
his minimal material deficit.} (14... Nf4 15. Nxf4 Qxf4 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. dxe3
Bb7 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. f4 g5 20. c4 $16 {Magem Badals,J-Izeta Txabarri,F/Pamplona
1995}) (14... f4 15. f3 Qg5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bb7 18. Qe2 O-O 19. a4 a5 20.
Nb2 Rad8 21. Rfe1 Qf5 22. d3 $14 {Hjelm,N-Payen,A/Helsinki 2002}) 15. f3 Qg5
16. Nc3 O-O-O 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 f4 (18... Rhe8 19. c4 Bc6 20. Bc3 Qe7 21.
a3 Qd7 22. Nf2 Re6 23. b4 $14 {Oral-Stocek/2004}) 19. b4 $5 {A very ambitious
plan aimed to solve the problem of the knight on d3 and get some attacking
chances on the queenside. Some attention deserved} (19. e6 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rhe8 (
20... Kb7 $6 21. e7 Rde8 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Qe5 Rh7 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Re5 $16) 21.
Qxa6+ Kb8 22. Rae1 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 24. Qe2 $16) 19... c4 20. Nf2 Rhe8 21.
Rfe1 {In some lines White's rook could be very useful on a1, but it was
probably safer to defend on e5 with the second rook.} (21. Rae1) 21... Qe7 22.
a3 Kb8 $6 {It's not the most appropriate timing for the prophylaxis!} (22... g5
$142) 23. d3 cxd3 24. cxd3 $6 ({Once again White had a promising alternative
which led to a significant advantage.} 24. Nxd3 $1 g5 25. a4 h5 26. a5 Bc4 27.
Qe4 Qe6 28. axb6 cxb6 29. h4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf4]}) 24... g5 25. d4 h5 $6 {
Being 2 pawns down for a distant chance to launch an attack is a bit too much!}
(25... Kb7) 26. Qxa6 g4 27. Qe2 $1 {This move is more accurate than
theimmediate capture on g4.} (27. fxg4 hxg4 28. Nxg4 f3 $44 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Ge7h4]}) 27... Bf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6h4,Gh4g3]} 28. Ne4 $2 {Ignoring Black's
threats. Of course opening up the lines on the kingside wasn't an easy
decision to make, but it was the right one. After calm} (28. fxg4 $1 hxg4 (
28... Bh4 $6 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Nd3 Rxg4 31. Nxf4 Bb7 32. d5 $18) 29. Nxg4 Bg5 30.
Nf2 Rh8 {Black has strong play on the kingside, but it's hardly enough to
compensate the lack of 3 pawns.}) 28... Bh4 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Kh1 $6 {Making the
...Bg3 threat even more dangerous!} Rdf8 $1 $40 (30... Bg3 $2 31. hxg3 fxg3 32.
Nf6 $18) 31. Nd2 $6 (31. a4 Bg3 32. hxg3 fxg3 33. Nxg3 (33. Nf6 Rxf6) 33...
gxf3 34. Rxf3 Rxf3 $5 35. gxf3 Qh4+ 36. Qh2 Bxf3+ $19) 31... Bg3 $1 $19 32.
Rfc1 Qh4 (32... Qh4 33. Nf1 Bxh2 $1 34. Rc3 Rg6 35. Rac1 Rfg8 36. R1c2 gxf3 37.
Rxf3 Rxg2 38. Qxg2 Bxf3 39. Qxf3 Rg1#) 0-1

[Event "Gausdal GM-A"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 $5 {
This very interesting line leads to a complicated struggle with mutual chances.
It seems White should be able to get an advantage either by returning his
extra pawn at the right moment or by keeping it!} Bg6 8. Nxe5 Bd6 (8... Qh4 9.
Qf3 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Kg2 O-O-O 12. d3 Bd6 13. Rh1 Ne7 14. Nc3 g5 15. Ne2 {
+/- Gipslis,A/ECO/Fuchs-Trifunovic/Berlin/1962}) 9. Nxg6 (9. d4 Bxe5 10. dxe5
Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxe4 $13) 9... hxg6 10. Qf3 (10. Kg2 Qe7 11. d3 g5 12. Nd2 O-O-O
13. Nc4 f6 14. Qf3 Nh6 15. Be3 Nf7 16. Rad1 $14 {Petersen,S-Agergaard,L/Lyngby
1991}) 10... Qh4 (10... Be5 11. c3 (11. d3 Qh4 12. Kg2 O-O-O 13. g5 Rf8 14.
Qg4+ Qxg4+ 15. hxg4 Ne7 16. f4 Bd6 17. Nc3 $16 {Garcia del Rey,S-Gutierrez
Canseco,P/Spain 1993}) (11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Ne2 c5 13. d3 Nc6 14. Kg2 Qd6 15. Bf4
O-O-O 16. Qg3 g5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 f6 20. b3 $16 {Wittmann,
W-Pilz,D/Austria 1998}) 11... c5 12. Na3 b5 13. Nc2 c4 14. d4 cxd3 15. Rd1 c5
16. Rxd3 Qc7 17. Ne3 $16 {Guseinov,G-Davidov,S/Baku 2000}) (10... Qd7 11. d3
O-O-O 12. Kg2 Ne7 13. Bf4 f5 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Nd2 d5 16. e5 Rh4 $13 {Schelle,
A-Appel,H/Freising 2001}) 11. Kg2 Nf6 $146 {This move was most likely analysed
by Norwegian youngster at his home-lab.} (11... Bf4 $5 12. Nc3 (12. d3 $5 g5 (
12... Bxc1 13. Rxc1 g5 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Rh1 Qh6 17. Qe3 $14) 13.
Bxf4 gxf4 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Rh1 Ng6 16. Qe2 $16) 12... Ne7 13. d4 g5 14. Ne2 (14.
Bxf4 gxf4 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Rh1 Qg5 17. Qb3 Nh4+ 18. Kf1 O-O-O 19. f3 $13) 14...
Ng6 15. Rh1 Qh6 {/\Nh4+} 16. Kf1 Nh4 17. Qd3 (17. Qb3 $5 O-O-O 18. Bxf4 (18.
Qxf7 $2 Rhf8 $40) 18... gxf4 19. f3 $13) 17... Bxc1 18. Rxc1 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Rhe8
$17 {Djurhuus,R-Hector,J/Malmo 1995; Wedberg}) (11... O-O-O 12. d4 f6 13. Nd2
Nh6 14. Nc4 Nf7 15. Rh1 Be7 16. c3 Nd6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Be3 $16 {Hautala,
R-Juntunen,J/Oulu 1998}) 12. e5 (12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. d4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qg3
Qh7 16. Bg5 Bd4 $44) 12... Nd5 13. d4 ({After} 13. exd6 {black has to force a
draw by} Nf4+ 14. Kh2 Qxh3+ (14... Nxh3 15. Qg3 Qh7 16. Re1+ Kd7 17. Kg2 Nf4+
18. Kf3 $18) 15. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 16. Kg1 Ne2+ 17. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 13... Be7 14. Qg3 $6
{I see no point in this move, but it shouldn't be too bad.} (14. c4 Nb4 (14...
Nb6 15. b3 O-O-O 16. Bb2 (16. Be3 $6 c5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Bg5 19. Bh2 Rde8 20.
Re1 Bf6 $15) 16... f6 17. Qg3 Qh6 18. e6 $14) 15. Na3 O-O-O 16. Rd1 f6 17. Bf4
$13) 14... Qh7 15. c4 Nb4 16. Na3 (16. Nc3 Nc2 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19.
Be3 Nc2 $15) 16... O-O-O 17. Be3 $2 (17. Rd1 {[%csl Gd3]} g5 18. Qf3 Kb8 $13)
17... Nd3 18. Rab1 (18. Bg5 $2 Bxg5 19. Qxd3 Rxd4 $19 {[%csl Rh3]}) 18... g5 $1
$17 {[%cal Gh7e4] Threatening to come to e4.} 19. Qf3 (19. Rfd1 f6 20. e6 Qe4+
21. Kg1 Nf4 $17) 19... c5 $1 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxg5 (21. Qf5+ Qxf5 22. gxf5
Bxa3 23. bxa3 Nxe5 24. Bxg5 f6 25. Bf4 Nxc4 $17) (21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rfd1 Rxd1
23. Rxd1 Ne6 $40 {[%cal Ge6f4]}) 21... Nxe5 22. Qf5+ Qxf5 23. gxf5 Rd3 24. Nc2
$6 (24. Bf4) 24... Rdxh3 $19 {Black's attack is very dangerous even with the
queens off the board.} 25. Be3 (25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Rxh1 27. Kxh1 Nxc4 28. b3
Nd6 $19) 25... Rh2+ 26. Kg3 Bd6 27. c5 R8h3+ 28. Kf4 Rf3+ 29. Ke4 Rh4+ 30. Kd5
Nc6 31. Nd4 (31. cxd6 Rxf5#) 31... Rxf5+ $1 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 Nf6 $5 (6... exd4
7. Qxd4 (7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 (8. Ne2 b5 9. Nbc3 Bb7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 c4 12.
a4 Nf6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nc3 O-O $11 {Gerasimchuk,O-Bochkarev,A/
Kiev 1998}) 8... Qxd1 (8... Be6 9. Nc3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 {
1/2-1/2 Leventic,I-Krstic,U/Neum 2002/EXT 2003 (12)}) 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 b6
11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. a4 Nf6 13. f3 Bc6 $13 {Bakhar,M-Sayias,N/Corfu 1989}) 7...
Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. N2f3 Rde8 $11 {Dehmelt,K-Djuric,
S/Philadelphia 1987}) 7. Nc3 {White has no trace of advantage in this line, so
it doesn't really matter if he takes on e5 or plays 7.Nc3.} (7. Nxe5 Nxe4 8.
Re1 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Rad1 Nd5 $11) 7... exd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Nde2 Be6 10. Bf4 Bc4 {Black is starting to create problems for himself,
even though the position remains balanced at this stage.} (10... Qxd1 11. Raxd1
Rac8 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Nf5 Ng4 16. Bg3 g6 $11) 11. Re1
Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 (12... Bxe2 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. axb4 Bc4 15. Bxc7 Rd2 16. Rac1
$16) 13. Ng3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Rfd8 $6 {This move is a mistake after which
black's doomed to passivity. It was necessary to take on c3.} (14... Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rac8 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. f3 Be6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Kf2 Kf7 $132)
15. b4 $1 Bb6 16. Na4 Ne8 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Be3 $1 $14 c5 $6 {Giving up a pawn
doesn't make Black's defense any easier, so it was better to play} (18... b5
19. Bb6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nf6 21. f3 Be6 22. Kf2 $14 {[%cal Gf6d7,Gf7f6] with
worse, but defendable position.}) 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22.
Bb4 Bb5 23. Nf5 $1 Kh8 (23... Rxc2 $6 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. f3 $16 {
[%csl Rb5,Rb7,Re8]}) 24. f3 Ba4 25. Ne3 f6 26. Rd4 Kg8 27. c4 Kf7 28. Kf2 Nc7 (
28... Bc6) 29. Nf5 Ne8 30. f4 Rc7 31. Ne3 Rd7 32. Rxd7+ Bxd7 33. Nd5 {[%csl
Re8]} g6 (33... a5 $5 34. Bc5 g6 35. Ke3 f5 36. e5 h6 37. Bb6 a4 38. Kd4 Ng7
39. Kc5 Bc6 40. g3 g5 $16) 34. Ke3 f5 35. e5 Ng7 $6 (35... h6 36. Kd4 Ng7 37.
Kc5) 36. Nf6 Bc6 37. Nxh7 $18 {White's win is just a matter of time.} Ne6 (
37... Bxg2 38. Ng5+ Ke8 39. e6 Nh5 40. Bd6 Nf6 41. c5 Ne4 42. Nf7 $18) 38. g3
b5 39. cxb5 Bxb5 40. Bd2 Bc6 41. Bb4 Kg8 42. Nf6+ Kf7 43. h4 Ng7 44. Nh7 Ne6
45. Be1 Ba4 46. Bf2 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge3d5]} Bc6 47. Kd3 Ke7 48. Kc4 Bb5+ 49.
Kd5 Be2 50. Bc5+ (50. Kc6) 50... Kf7 51. Kd6 Bc4 52. Bb6 Bb3 53. Be3 a5 (53...
Bc4 54. Nf6 Be2 55. Nd5) 54. Bb6 a4 55. Bf2 Bd1 56. Nf6 Ng7 57. Nd5 Bb3 58. Nc3
Ne6 59. Kc6 Ke7 60. Bb6 $1 Bc2 61. Kb5 {[%csl Ra4]} Kd7 62. Nxa4 Bd3+ 63. Kb4
Kc6 64. Bf2 Nc7 65. Nc3 Nd5+ 66. Nxd5 Kxd5 67. Ka5 Kc6 68. Be1 Be2 69. Bb4 Bc4
70. Bf8 Bb3 71. Ka6 Ba4 72. Ka7 Kc7 73. Bd6+ Kd7 (73... Kc6 74. Kb8 Kd7 75. Kb7
Bd1 76. Kb6 Ba4 77. Ka5 Bd1 78. a4 Kc6 79. Bf8 $18) 74. Kb6 Bd1 75. Bb4 Bc2 76.
Bc5 Bd1 77. Kb5 Be2+ 78. Kb4 Ke6 79. a4 Kd5 80. Bf8 Bd3 81. Ka5 Kc6 82. e6 Bc4
83. e7 Bf7 84. Ka6 Kc7 85. Bg7 Be8 86. a5 Kc6 87. Ka7 Kc7 88. Be5+ Kc8 89. Kb6
Kd7 90. a6 Bf7 91. Kc5 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 ({Another
possibility is} 6... Be6 7. Qe2 f6) 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2 Bb7 9. a4 (9. Re1) (9. d4)
9... b4 $6 (9... c4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 c6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Nf6 14. d4
$14 {Bliumberg,V-Lukacs,P/Budapest 1994}) 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. cxb4 cxb4 12. d4
exd4 13. Ncxd4 c5 14. Rd1 $1 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Qxd4 (15... Qc7 16. Rc4 Bc6 (16...
Rd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qxc4 18. Bg5 $18 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 17. Bf4 $1 Bd6 18. e5 $18) (
15... Qe7 16. Bf4 Rxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxe4 18. Qc4+ Kd7 19. Qc7+ Ke8 20. Qb8+ Kd7 21.
Nf3 $18) 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Bf4 Ne7 18. Rc1+ Nc6 19. Qe3 Bc5 (19... Kd7 20. Kf1
Rd6 21. Qb6 $18) 20. Qh3+ Kd8 21. Be3 Re8 22. Qxh7 $6 ({The simplest was} 22.
Bxd4 $1 Bxd4 23. Qd3 Re7 24. Rxc6 Rd7 25. Qc4 {winning}) 22... Ba7 23. Qxg7
Rdxe4 24. Qf6+ Kc7 25. Bf4+ Kb6 26. h4 $1 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Re6 29.
Qxf7 Re7 30. Qd5 Bb8 31. Bxb8 Nxb8 32. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 f5 {[%mdl 4096] The
position is not drawish, since white has better bishop and some chances for
play on the queenside.} (12... c5 13. Kf1 a5 (13... Ng6 14. Nc4 f6 15. Ke2 Be7
16. Rg1 Kf7 17. a4 b6 18. Rg3 Nf8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne6 21. Be3 b5 22. Na5 {
1-0 Zhang Zhong-Iuldachev,S/Jodhpur 2003/ (51)}) 14. a4 Nc6 15. c3 f6 16. Ke2
b6 17. Rg1 Kf7 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Rg2 h4 20. Rag1 g5 21. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 De la
Villa Garcia,J-Delchev,A/La Roda 2004/ (30)}) (12... Kd7 13. b4 Ng6 14. Kf1 Nf8
15. c3 Ne6 16. Ke2 Rhf8 17. d4 f5 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nd8 20. Rg1 Rf7 21. Nc4
b5 22. Na5 {1-0 Kobalija,M-Kazhgaleyev,M/playchess.com INT 2004/ (41)}) (12...
Ng6 13. b4 f6 14. a4 (14. Kf1 Nf8 15. Nc4 Ne6 16. a4 Ke7 17. Na5 Nd8 18. c3 b6
19. Nc4 Ne6 20. d4 Rhd8 21. Ke2 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Relange,E/Belfort
1997/ (80)}) 14... Kf7 15. Kf1 Nf8 16. Ke2 Ne6 17. c3 Rhd8 18. Nc4 b6 19. Kd2
Be7 20. Kc2 Rd7 21. Rd1 Rad8 {0-1 Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Madrid 1997/ (82)}) 13. b4
a5 14. a3 (14. bxa5 $2 f4) 14... O-O (14... axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Kf7 17.
Nc4 $36) 15. Nc4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Na5 (17. Nxd6 $5 cxd6 18. Ra5 f4 (18...
Rab8 19. Bg5 Kf7 20. f4 $14) 19. Bb6 Kf7 20. Rba1 Rac8 $11) 17... Ra6 18. c4
Ng6 19. Kf1 Rfa8 (19... f4 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Nb7 Rda8 22. Ra5 Be7 23. Rc1 $14)
20. Bd2 fxe4 $6 {Adams doesn't feel the danger of simply keeping the balance.
The exchange of "f" pawns significantly improves white's structure.} (20... Be7
21. Rc1 Nh4 22. Ke2 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Kf7 24. Bc3 c5 25. b5 R6a7 26. Rca4 $13) 21.
fxe4 Be7 22. c5 Bf6 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke8 (24... Ke6 25. Be3 $14) 25. Ra3 Nf8
26. d4 $5 (26. Be3 Ne6 27. Kf3 g5 $11) 26... Ne6 (26... exd4 $5 27. f4 g6 28.
Rg1 Kf7 29. Rd3 Ne6 30. Rdg3 Nf8 $11) 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Be3 Bb2 (28... g5 29.
Rad3 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Kf3 $14) 29. Rad3 Be5 30. Rg1 Rxa5 $6 {Black is
losing patience, he have probably missed 32.f4! by white. The inferior
position had to be defended passively.} (30... Ke7 31. Ra3 Kf7 $14) 31. bxa5
Rxa5 32. f4 $1 Bxf4 (32... Nxf4+ 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Rxg7 b4 35. Rdd7 Ra2+ 36.
Kf3 Bh2 37. e5 $18) 33. Rg6 Kf7 (33... Bxe3 34. Rxe6+ Kf7 35. Rxc6 Bf4 36. Rf3
g5 37. Rxc7+ $18) 34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Bxf4 Ra4 36. Kf3 Rc4 37. Be3 b4 38. Rd4
Rxd4 (38... Rxc5 39. Rxb4 Rc2 40. h4 $18) 39. Bxd4 g5 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 (4... bxc6) 5. O-O Bg4 (5... Qd6) (
5... Ne7 $6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 g6 (7... Ng6) (7... c5) 8. Nb3 $14 {Hort-Nunn,
Hasting 1978}) (5... f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2
Nf6 11. Nc4 Nxe4 12. Ncxe5 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. Be3 b5 $1 $10 {
Fischer-Spassky, Reykjavik (wch/16) 1972}) (5... Ne7 $6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 g6 (
7... Ng6) (7... c5) 8. Nb3 $1 $16 {Hort-Nunn, Hastings 1978}) 6. h3 h5 7. d3
Qf6 8. Be3 (8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Be3 Be7 $10
{Hort-Spassky, m (6) Reykjavik 1977}) 8... Bxf3 (8... Ne7 9. Nbd2 $14) 9. Qxf3
Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Kh1 f6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Rg1 Kf7 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. Rg3 Nh4 {
(/\ 17...g5)} 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Bxf4 d5 $1 $10 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. f3
g5 21. Rf1 Ng6 22. Kg1 Nf4 23. Bxf4 $6 (23. Kf2 h4 24. Rg4 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+
26. Bxf4 $10) 23... gxf4 24. Rg2 Rhg8 25. Rxg8 $2 (25. Rff2 Rg3 $15) (25. h4
Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rg8+ 27. Kf2 Rg3 28. Rg1 $1 $10 {e.g} Rh3 $4 29. Kg2 Rxh4) 25...
Rxg8+ 26. Kf2 dxe4 (26... Rg3 27. exd5 cxd5 28. h4 Rh3 29. Kg2 Rxh4 $4 $19 (
29... Rg3+)) (26... h4 27. exd5 cxd5 28. d4 Rg3 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Rh2 Kd6 31. Rh1
Kc6 32. c3 Kb5 33. b3 f5 34. Rh2 Rg7 35. Rh1 Re7 36. Re1 Rc7 37. Rc1) 27. dxe4
$2 (27. fxe4 Rg3 (27... Ke6 28. Rg1 Rxg1 29. Kxg1 Ke5 30. Kf2 c5 31. c3 c4 32.
d4+ $1) 28. Ke2 (28. h4 $2 Rh3) 28... Re3+ (28... Rxh3 29. Rxf4 Rh2+ 30. Rf2
$10 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 f5 32. e5 Ke6 33. d4 f4 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. c3 h4 36. Kg2 a5 37.
a3 a4 38. Kg1) 29. Kd2 Rxh3 30. Rxf4 Rh2+ 31. Kc3 Kg6 32. d4 Kg5 (32... h4 33.
d5) (32... Rg2 33. Kd3) 33. Rf5+) 27... h4 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. b4 Rg3 30. Rh1 b5
31. c3 Kd6 32. a3 Ke6 33. Rh2 Kd7 34. Rh1 Kc7 35. Rg1 a5 36. Rh1 a4 37. Rg1 Kd6
38. Rxg3 hxg3+ 39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Kg2 f5 41. exf5 Kxf5 42. Kf1 Ke5 43. Kg2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "El Escorial"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 (6... b5 7. c4
Bg4 (7... Nf6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. d3 Qe6 11. b3 Nh5 12. Nc2 $13 {Hort,
V-Spassky,B/Reykjavik cm/1977/}) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. b3 $2 (10. d3 $10)
10... O-O-O $1 11. Re1 Qd3 $15 {Pinter,J-Portisch,L/Budapest/1975/}) 7. Qe2 (7.
Ng5 Bd7 $1 8. Nc4 Qg6 9. d3 f6 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. a4 h5 12. Be3 h4 13. Ne1 Be6
14. b3 Bb4 15. Qe2 Nh6 16. Bd2 Be7 17. b4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rd4 $17 {
Chmelnitsky-Romanishin/Kherson/1989/}) 7... f6 8. Rd1 g5 $6 (8... O-O-O 9. d4
Bg4 10. d5 cxd5 11. Rxd5 Qc6 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. b3 Kc8 $10 {Dobosz-Smejkal,J/
Trencianske Teplice/1979/}) 9. d4 g4 10. Ne1 O-O-O (10... exd4 11. c3 c5 12.
Nec2) 11. Be3 h5 $6 (11... Qe7 $1) 12. d5 $1 cxd5 13. exd5 Bf7 14. c4 Qd7 15.
d6 $1 (15. Rac1 Ne7 (15... Qa4 16. Nb1 $1) 16. Nd3 Nf5 17. d6 (17. c5 Bxd5 18.
c6 Bxc6 19. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Nxe3 22. Qc1 fxe5 23. Qxe3 Bh6
$1) 17... Nxe3 (17... cxd6 18. c5 Nxe3 19. c6 bxc6 20. Nb4 $16) (17... Qxd6 18.
c5 Qc6 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Bg5+ Ne7 22. Qxe5 Rh7) 18. Qxe3 Kb8 19.
Nc5 Qc6 20. Nb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Qb6 (21... Bh6 22. Qc3) 22. dxc7+ Qxc7 23. b6 $3)
15... Qc6 $2 (15... cxd6 16. Bb6 (16. Nd3 $5 {/\ 17.Ra1-c1}) 16... Re8 (16...
Ne7 17. Bxd8) 17. c5 d5 18. c6 $1 (18. Nd3 Ne7 19. Nb4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 (20...
bxc6 21. Nc4 $1) 21. b4 $40) (18. Nc4 $2 Qb5) 18... Qe6 (18... bxc6 19. Qxa6+
Qb7 20. Qa5 Kd7 21. Nc4 Ra8 22. Qc3 $13) 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. cxb7+ Kxb7 21. Bc5
Nc6 22. b4 $40) 16. c5 (16. Nb5 axb5 (16... Qxc4 17. Na7+ Kb8 18. Rac1 Rxd6 19.
Rxd6) 17. cxb5 Qc4 (17... Bc4 18. dxc7 Qxc7) 18. dxc7 Rxd1 19. Qxd1 Qd5 (19...
Be7 20. Bb6) 20. Qa4 $40) 16... Nh6 (16... cxd6 17. cxd6 Kb8 18. Rac1 Qa4 19.
Bb6 Rd7 20. Bc7+ Ka8 21. Nd3 $16) 17. b4 Qa4 (17... Nf5 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5
$40) 18. Nc4 $1 Rd7 (18... Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bg7 (19... Nf5 $2 20. Qe6+ Qd7 21.
dxc7 $18) 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 (20... Rxh6 $2 21. Qe6+ Qd7 22. dxc7 $18) 21. Qe6+ Qd7
22. Qxf6 Rdf8 23. Qg6 $16) (18... Qxb4 19. Rdc1 $1 (19. dxc7 Kxc7 $1 $13 (19...
Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Kxc7 21. Rb1 Qxc4 22. Rxb7+ Kxb7 23. Qd7+ Ka8 24. c6 $18))) 19.
Na5 (19. c6 $5 Qxc6 20. Nb6+ cxb6 21. Rac1 $16) 19... c6 (19... Qxb4 20. c6
Qxa5 (20... Rxd6 21. cxb7+ Kb8 22. Rdb1 Qxa5 23. Ba7+) 21. cxd7+ Kxd7 22. dxc7+
Kxc7 23. Qd3 Kb8 24. Rab1 $18) (19... cxd6 20. c6) 20. Nd3 Nf5 (20... e4 21.
Nb2 Qxb4 22. Nbc4 $16) 21. a3 Kb8 22. Nb2 Qb5 23. Qe1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bh6 25. Kh1
(25. a4 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bf2 $1 27. axb5 Bxe1 28. bxc6 $18) 25... h4 26. a4 Qxa5
27. bxa5 g3 28. h3 Bg5 29. Nd3 Ka8 30. Rab1 Re8 31. Rb6 Bd5 32. e4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Be3 Ng6 (
7... c5 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Nc4 Qf6 10. Qd2 h6 11. Ne1 g5 12. f3 Be6 13. Qf2 b6 14.
b3 Qg6 $15 {Kalish,J-Palciauskas,V/corr Wch-10/1978/}) 8. Nbd2 c5 (8... Be7 9.
Qe2 c5 10. c3 O-O 11. Rfd1 Rd8 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. h3 b6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6
16. Be3 a5 $10 {Chekhov,V-Smejkal,J/Banja Luka/1976/}) 9. Nc4 Qe6 10. Ng5 Qf6 (
10... Qe7 11. Qh5 Bd7 (11... f6 12. Nxh7 Qf7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qxh8 $40) 12. f4 $40) 11. Qh5 Bd6 $5 (11... h6 12. Nh3 Bd6 13.
f4 exf4 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 $14) 12. f4 $5 exf4 (12... Nxf4
$2 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. e5 Bxe5 15. Rae1 $18) 13. e5 Nxe5 (13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 (
14. Ne4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxe5 Bxe4) 14... Qxe5 (14... Nxe5 15. Bxf4 $40)
15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf7+ Kd8 17. Qxf4 $16) 14. Bxf4 (14. Nxe5 g6 $3 (14... Bxe5
15. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 (15... g6 16. Qxe5+ Qxe5 (16... Kxf7 17. Rxf4 Bf5 18. Qxf6+
Kxf6 19. g4 $18) 17. Nxe5 fxe3 18. Rae1 $16) 16. Qxe5+ Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18.
Bxc5+ Kd7 19. Rxf4 $16) (14... Qxe5 15. Bxf4 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Kd7 (16... g6 17.
Qe2+ Kd7 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Rxf7+ $16) 17. Qxf7+ Kc6 $16) 15. Qh4 (15. Ng4 Qe7
16. Qh4 Bxg4) (15. Ne4 Qxe5 16. Qxe5+ Bxe5 17. Bxf4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 f5 19. c3 $10)
15... Qxe5 16. Bxf4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Be6 $13) 14... Nxc4 15. Bxd6 $2 (15. Rae1+ $5
Kd7 $1 (15... Kd8 16. Nxf7+ Kd7 17. Be5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Bxd6 $16) (15...
Be7 16. dxc4 h6 17. Be3 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Bxc5 $18) 16. Be5 (16. dxc4 Bxf4
17. Qxf7+ Qxf7 (17... Kc6 $2 18. Qd5+ Kb6 19. Ne6 $1) 18. Nxf7 Re8 19. Rxe8
Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Kxe8 $17) (16. Be3 Qh6 $1 (16... Qg6 17. Rxf7+ Kc6 18. Qf3+ Kb6
19. dxc4 h6 20. b4 $1 $40) 17. Rxf7+ Kc6 18. Qf3+ Kb6 19. dxc4 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1
$13) 16... Nxe5 17. Rxf6 gxf6 $13) 15... Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Nxd6 17. Rxf7 (17. Rae1+
Kd8) 17... Qg4 $1 (17... Nxf7 18. Re1+ Kd7 19. Nxf7 Rg8 (19... Rf8 20. Qf5+ Kc6
21. Ne5+) (19... g6 20. Ne5+ Kd6 21. Nc4+ Kd7 (21... Kc6 22. Qf3+ Qd5 23. Qf6+)
22. Ne5+ $10) 20. Ne5+ Kd6 21. Nc4+ Kc6 22. Qf3+ Qd5 (22... Kb5 23. a4+ $1 Kxa4
24. Ra1+ $18) 23. Na5+ Kd6 24. Nc4+ Kc6 $10) 18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Qxg4 Bxg4 20.
Rxg7 h6 21. Nh7 (21. Ree7 hxg5 22. Rxc7 Ne8 $19) 21... Bd7 22. Nf6 Bc6 23. Kg1
Kc8 24. Ree7 Kb8 25. Rxc7 Ne8 $1 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Kf2 Re6 28. Rce7 Rf6+ 29.
Kg3 Ka7 30. Ref7 Rxf7 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "El Escorial"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 (7.
Nf3 Qxe4 8. Nc3 Qg6 9. Ne5 Qf5 10. Re1 h5 11. d4 Be6 12. Ne4 O-O-O $13 {
Rozentalis-Piket,Je/Groningen/1992/}) 7... g6 8. Qg5 (8. Nf3 Qxe4 9. Qa5 Qf4 (
9... b6 10. Qc3 Rg8 11. Re1 Qd5 12. Ng5 {Gurevich,M-Bronstein,D/Hastings op/
1991/}) 10. d3 Qd6 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Ne4 $1 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 (13... Bxb4 14. c4
$1) 14. Bd2 $1 Be7 15. a3 Nd5 16. c4 $14 {Timman,J-Nikolic,Pr/Bruxelles/1988/})
8... Bg7 (8... Qxe4 $2 9. Qf6 $18) 9. Nd3 (9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Re1 Qb4 11. c3 Qd6
12. d4 h6 $13) 9... f5 $1 (9... Qxe4 10. Re1 h6 $8 11. Qg3 Qg4 12. Qxc7 $18) (
9... Be6 10. Nc5) 10. e5 c5 (10... Bxe5 $2 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. d4 $1 Qxd4 13. Re1
Qg7 14. Bd2 h6 15. Qg3 O-O 16. Bc3 $18) 11. b3 $1 h6 (11... Qxa1 12. Nc3 $16)
12. Qg3 (12. Qe3 f4 $1 13. Qxd4 (13. Qe2 Bf5 $1) 13... cxd4 14. Bb2 Bf5 15.
Nxf4 Bxe5 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. d3 Rhe8 $1 18. Re1 Nd5 19. a3 Nf4 20. Nd2 Nxe2+ 21.
Rxe2 Bxh2+ $17) 12... f4 13. Qf3 (13. Qxf4 Qxf4 (13... Qxa1 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Bb2
) 14. Nxf4 Bxe5 15. Nd5 $8 Bxa1 16. Nxc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 Kc6 18. c3 Bf5 19. Na3
b5 $17) 13... Bf5 $1 (13... Qxa1 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Bb2 Qxf1+ 17.
Kxf1 Rfd8 18. Qxc7 Rac8 19. Qb6 Nf5 20. Qxa6 $14 {Frenkel-Sternberg/Yurmala/
1975/}) 14. Qxb7 (14. Bb2 Qd5 15. Nxf4 Qxf3 16. gxf3 O-O 17. d3 Nc6 18. Nd2
Nxe5 $13 {Vladimirov-Ivanov/Sochi/1975/}) 14... Be4 15. Qxc7 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Bxe5
(16... Qxa1 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Qb7 (18. Qd6 Rc6) 18... Bxe5 19. Ba3 (19. Nd5 Rh7
20. Nxe7 Rc7) 19... Bxc3 $1 20. Rxa1 Bxa1 $19) 17. Qb7 Rb8 (17... Qxa1 18.
Qxa8+ Kf7 19. Qe4 $5 Qd4 20. Na3) 18. Qxa6 f3 $1 (18... Qxa1 19. Qe6 $1 Qxb1 (
19... Rf8 20. Re1 Rf5 21. Na3 $1) 20. Qxe5 Kd7 21. Qxc5 $1 (21. Re1 Nc6) 21...
Rhc8 22. Qd4+ Ke8 23. Ba3 Qxa2 24. Qh8+ Kd7 25. Qd4+ Ke8 26. Qh8+ $10 (26. Bd6
Qxb3 27. Re1 Qe6)) 19. Nc3 (19. gxf3 Qf4 $19) (19. Qe6 $2 Rb6 $1 20. Qxb6 Qg4
$19) 19... fxg2 (19... Qg4 20. Qa4+) (19... Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 fxg2 (
21... Qg5 $2 22. g3 Qh5 23. Qa4+ Kf7 24. Qh4) 22. Qa4+ (22. Kxg2 Qg4+ $10)
22... Qxa4 23. Nxa4 gxf1=Q+ 24. Kxf1 $13) 20. Re1 O-O 21. Qe6+ (21. Qc4+ Rf7)
21... Rf7 22. Nd1 (22. Re2 Bc7 $1 23. Qe4 Nf5 (23... Qd6 $1 24. Qxg2 Nf5) 24.
Bb2 $13) 22... Qxa1 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 (23... Qxc1 $2 24. Qxb8+) 24. Rxe5 Nc6 25.
Rxc5 (25. Re6 Nd4 26. Rxg6+ Kh7 $19) 25... Nb4 26. Ba3 $2 (26. Bb2 Nxd3 (26...
Nxa2 27. Ne3 Rxb3 28. Be5 $1) 27. Rd5 Nf4 28. Be5 $13) (26. d4 $1 Nxa2 27. Bb2
Rxb3 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. d5) 26... Nxd3 27. Rc6 (27. Rd5 $1 Nf4 28. Bd6 Rd8 29.
Bxf4) 27... Ra8 (27... Re8 $1 28. Ne3 Kh7 $1 29. Bd6 (29. Rd6 Nxf2 $5) 29...
Rxf2 30. Rc7+ Kh8 31. Bg3 Rxd2 $19) 28. Rd6 (28. Rxg6+ Kh7 (28... Rg7 29. Rxg7+
Kxg7 30. Bb2+ Nxb2 31. Nxb2 Rxa2 32. Nc4) 29. Rg3 (29. Rd6 Nf4 30. Bb2 Rg8 $19)
29... Nf4 30. Bd6 Ne2+ 31. Kxg2 Nxg3 32. hxg3 {=/=/+}) 28... Rxa3 29. Rxd3 Rxa2
30. Ne3 (30. Nc3 $17) 30... Kg7 (30... Ra5 $1) 31. Kxg2 (31. Nc4 $5) 31... Ra5
32. Rd4 Rb5 33. b4 Rbb7 34. Rc4 Rfc7 35. Rg4 (35. Rc5 Rxc5 36. bxc5 Rd7 $19)
35... Rd7 36. h4 h5 37. Rg5 Rxb4 38. d4 Rf7 (38... Rbxd4 39. Nf5+) 39. Rd5 Rb2
0-1

[Event "ITA-chT 34th 3pl"]
[Site "Treviso"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.05.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Palermo"]
[BlackTeam "Reggio Emilia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Be3 f6 13. Rfd1 Bd6 $6 14.
Kf1 c5 $6 15. c3 Rd8 $5 $146 16. a3 (16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8
19. Rac1 Kd7 20. Ke2 Nf4+) 16... Kf7 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 (18. cxb4 $5 $14)
18... c6 $6 (18... Rd7 $14) 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. d4 Bc7 (20... Ke6 $2 21. Nxd6 (21.
d5+ cxd5 22. exd5+ Kf5 23. Bc5 $16) 21... Rxd6 22. dxe5 $18) 21. dxe5 Rhd8 22.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. exf6 Kxf6 25. Ra5 Rd7 $2 (25... b5 26. Ne3 Ra7 27.
Ng2 $16) 26. Rf5+ $1 Ke6 27. Rg5 Nf8 (27... Nf4 $2 28. Re5+ Kf7 29. Rf5+ $18)
28. Ke2 (28. Rxh5 Rd3 29. Na5 $18) (28. f4 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rc1 30. Rxg7 Rxc3 31.
Ne3 $18) 28... g6 29. f4 Kf6 30. e5+ Ke6 31. Nd6 (31. f5+ $1 gxf5 32. f4 $18)
31... b6 32. Ke3 (32. Nc4 b5 33. Nd6 $18) 32... a5 33. bxa5 (33. Ke4 a4 34. f5+
gxf5+ 35. Rxf5 Nh7 36. b5 a3 (36... cxb5 37. Nxb5 h4 38. f4 $18) 37. bxc6 $18)
33... bxa5 34. Ke4 $2 (34. f5+ Kxe5 35. fxg6+ Kf6 36. g7 Rxg7 37. Ne4+ Kf7 38.
Rxh5 $16) 34... a4 35. f5+ gxf5+ 36. Rxf5 Nh7 37. Nc4 (37. Rxh5 Nf6+ 38. exf6
Rxd6 39. Ra5 Rd2 40. Rxa4 Rxf2 41. Rc4 Kd6 42. Rd4+ Ke6) 37... Rd5 38. Na3 (38.
f4 Rc5) 38... Rc5 $2 (38... Rd3 $1 39. Rxh5 Rxh3 40. Rxh3 Ng5+ 41. Kd4 Nxh3 42.
f3 Kf5 $11) 39. c4 h4 40. Kf4 (40. f3 $1 Ra5 41. Nc2 Rc5 42. Nd4+ Ke7 43. Rh5 (
43. Kd3 a3 44. Kc3 a2 45. Kb2 Rxc4 46. Rf4 Ke8 47. Kxa2 c5 48. Rxh4 cxd4 49.
Rxh7 d3 50. e6 Rf4 51. Kb3 Rxf3 52. Kc3 Rf6 $14) 43... Nf8 44. Rh6 (44. Rxh4
Rxe5+) 44... Rxc4 45. Kd3 Rc1 46. Nxc6+ Ke8 47. Nd4 a3 48. Ra6 Nd7 49. Kd2 Rh1
50. e6 Nc5 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52. Ra7+ Ke8 53. e7 a2 54. Nf5 Nb3+ 55. Ke3 Re1+ 56.
Kf4 Rxe7 57. Rxe7+ Kf8 58. Ra7 a1=Q 59. Rxa1 Nxa1 60. Nxh4 $18) 40... Ra5 41.
Nc2 (41. Ke4) (41. f3) (41. Rh5 $5 Nf6 42. Rg5 Nd7 43. Rg6+ Kf7 (43... Ke7 44.
Rxc6 Nxe5 45. Rh6 Kf7 46. Rb6 Nd3+ 47. Ke3 Ne1 48. Ke4 $16) 44. Rxc6 (44. e6+
Kxg6 45. exd7 Ra8 46. Ke5 Kf7 47. Kd6 c5 48. Nb5 a3 49. Nxa3 Ra6+ 50. Kc7 Ra7+
51. Kd6 Ra6+ $11) 44... Nxe5 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Ke4) 41... Rc5 42. Na3 Ra5 43.
Ke4 Rc5 44. Kf4 (44. f4 $5 Rd5 45. Nb5 $5 (45. Nc2 Rd2 46. Ne3 a3 47. Rh5 Nf8
48. f5+ Kf7 49. Rg5 a2 50. Rg1 Nh7 51. e6+ Ke8 52. Ra1 Ng5+ 53. Kf4 Nxh3+ 54.
Kg4 Nf2+ 55. Kxh4 Ke7) 45... Rd1 (45... Rd2 $6 46. Nc7+ (46. Rh5 Nf6+ 47. exf6
cxb5) 46... Ke7 47. Rh5 Nf8 48. Rxh4 (48. Rg5 a3 49. Rg7+ Kd8 50. Rf7 Nd7 51.
Ne6+ Ke8 52. Rg7 a2 53. Rg1 Rc2) (48. Rh6 $5 a3 49. Rxc6 Kd7 50. Ra6 Kxc7 51.
Rxa3) 48... a3 49. Rg4 a2 50. Rg1 Rd7 51. Ra1 Rxc7 52. Rxa2) 46. Nc7+ Ke7 47.
Na6 Rc1 48. Rh5 (48. Kd4 Nf8) 48... Nf8 49. Kd3 Ng6 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. e6 a3 52.
Rf7+ Kg8 53. Nb4 Re1 $11) (44. f3 $1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 (7.
Nxd4 $5 {Is the main line.}) 7... Bg4 $5 ({Another line is:} 7... Qxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Nd2 $143 Ne7 11. N2f3 f6 12. h3 c5 13. Ne2 Nc6
14. Rad1 Re8 15. Nc3 Bd6 {0-1 Kagan,S-Keres,P/Petropolis 1973/IZT (39) =/=/+})
10... Ne7 11. Rad1 c5 12. Nf3 b6 13. Ng5 Be8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bf4 Ng6 16.
Rd1+ Kc8 17. Bg3 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kagan,S-Pachman,L/Netanya 1975/EXT 99 (56)})
8. Qe5+ $5 ({Also possibly:} 8. Nbd2 $5 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O-O 10. N4f3 Nf6 (10...
f6 $5 {[%csl Yf6]}) 11. Re1 Bb4 $6 (11... h6 $5) 12. c3 Bc5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nb3
Bb6 15. Nfd4 Rhe8 16. Bg5 Bg6 $2 (16... h6 $5) 17. e5 $16 {1-0 Kagan,S-Lev,R/
Tel Aviv 1999 (48)}) 8... Qxe5 ({Slight better is:} 8... Ne7 $5 9. Nbd2 (9. Qg3
$143 Qxg3 10. hxg3 O-O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Prohaszka,P-Kirjak,R/
Budapest 1994/EXT 99 (12)}) (9. Bf4 O-O-O $2 (9... Bxf3 $5) 10. Qg5 Qe6 $2 (
10... Qg6 $142) 11. Qa5 Rd7 12. Ne5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ritvin,S-Kapstan,A/
Philadelphia 1995/EXT 97 (46)}) 9... O-O-O 10. Qxd6 cxd6 11. Ng5 Bh5 $5 $13 {
[%cal Gh7h6]} (11... Be6 12. f4 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 $11)) 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Be3 $5 {
Besides,white has several alternatives:} (10. b3 $5 O-O-O (10... a5 $6 11. a4
$14) 11. Bb2 Nf6 $1 $11 {[%csl Re4]}) (10. Rd1 $6 Bd6 {/\0-0-0}) (10. f4 $6 f6
$140 11. f5 $2 fxe5 12. fxe6 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Nc3 Ke7 $17 {[%csl Re6]})
10... O-O-O 11. Nd2 $5 $146 (11. Nd3 $5 {-was checked in the previous game.}
Nf6 (11... f6 $5) 12. f3 Bc4 13. Rd1 Nd7 $6 (13... h6 $5) 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Bd4
$14 {1-0 Schwab,R-Brandner,S/Finkenstein 1990/EXT 97 (33)}) 11... f6 12. Nd3 c5
$1 {[%csl Rd2,Rd3][%cal Gc5c4]} ({Worse:} 12... b6 {because of:} 13. b4 $1 $14
{[%cal Yb4c5]}) 13. b3 ({Dubious:} 13. Bxc5 $6 {in view of:} Bxc5 (13... Rxd3
$2 14. Bxf8 Rd7 (14... Rxd2 $2 15. Bxg7 Rd7 16. Bxh8 h6 17. e5 $18) 15. Bb4 $16
(15. Rfd1 $143 Nh6 16. Bb4 Rhd8 17. f3 $14)) 14. Nxc5 $140 Bxa2 $8 (14... Rxd2
$2 15. Nxe6 $16) 15. Rxa2 (15. Rfd1 $142 Bf7 16. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} c6 $11)
15... Rxd2 16. b4 c6 (16... Ne7 $2 17. b5 $1) 17. Nd3 Ne7 18. Rfa1 Re2 $1 (
18... Rd8 $2 19. Kf1 $16 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gf1e1]}) 19. f3 Rd2 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gd2g2] =/=/+}) 13... b6 14. f4 $5 {/\f5;e5} Ne7 15. f5 Bg8 $1 $13 16. Rae1 ({
Senseless:} 16. e5 {because of:} Nd5 $15) 16... Nc6 {/\Bd6(><e5)} 17. e5 $5
fxe5 $5 ({Good enough:} 17... Nxe5 $5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Bg5 Be7 $1 (19... Re8
$143 20. f6 h6 21. Bh4 gxf6 22. Bxf6 Rh7 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Be7 {+/=/=})
20. Bxe7 Rxd2 21. Rxe5 (21. c4 $144 Bf7 22. Rf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Re8 24. Rxe5 Kd7
25. f6 gxf6 26. Bxf6 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 $11) (21. Rf2 $144 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Bf7 23.
Rxe5 Re8 $11 {[%cal Gc8d7]}) 21... Bd5 22. Rf2 Rd1+ 23. Rf1 Rd2 $11) 18. Bg5
Be7 $1 ({After:} 18... Re8 19. f6 h6 20. Bh4 gxf6 21. Bxf6 Rh7 22. Nxe5 Nxe5
23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Be7 {white has a small advantage in the endgame.}) 19.
Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Re3 $1 ({Interestingly:} 20. Rxe5 Nc6 {[%csl Rc2,Rd2,Rd3][%cal
Gc6b4,Gc6d4]} 21. Re3 $142 Nb4 (21... Nd4 $5 22. c3 Nc2 23. Rg3 h5 $13 {
[%cal Gh5h4,Gh8h6,Gh6d6]}) 22. Nxb4 Rxd2 23. Rd3 $1 $11 (23. Re8+ Kb7 24. Nd3
Bd5 $1 $19)) 20... Nc6 21. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Re5]} Nd4 22. Nfxe5 $1 ({Worse is:} 
22. Nxd4 exd4 $140 23. Re7 c4 $5 (23... Rd7 24. Re8+ (24. Rfe1 $2 Bd5 $17)
24... Rd8 25. Re7 Rd7 $11) 24. Ne5 d3 25. cxd3 cxb3 26. Rc1 c5 27. axb3 Bxb3
28. Rb1 Rhe8 $1 $15) 22... Nxc2 23. Rg3 Bd5 $5 ({Can be recommended:} 23... g6
$5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nxg6 Rh7 $13) ({Badly:} 23... Rf8 24. Rxg7 $140 Ne3 {
in view of:} 25. Rf3 Nxf5 26. g4 $1 Nxg7 27. Rxf8+ Kb7 28. Nf7 Ne6 29. Re8 Ng7
30. Rf8 Ne6 31. Nd8+ $1 (31. Re8 $2 $11) 31... Nxd8 32. Rxd8 $16) 24. Rxg7 $2 (
{Very strongly at first:} 24. Rf2 $1 Nd4 $140 (24... Nb4 $143 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26.
Rxg7 $14) 25. Rxg7 Be4 26. f6 (26. g4 $6 h5 $36) 26... Rhf8 $5 $13 (26... Bxd3
$6 27. Nxd3 $140 Nxb3 $6 28. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rd8,Rh8][%cal Ge5f7]} (28. axb3 $2
Rxd3 $13) 28... Nc1 (28... Rhe8 $2 29. f7 $18) 29. Nf7 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 Rf8 32. Rxh7 Nxa2 33. g4 Kd7 34. g5 Ke6 35. Nh6 $16)) 24... Be4 {[%csl
Rd3,Ge4,Rf5][%mdl 2048]} 25. Rg3 $2 {Gross mistake!} ({Loses:} 25. f6 $2 Bxd3
26. Nxd3 Rxd3 27. f7 Rdd8 $19) ({It is necessary:} 25. Nf4 $1 Ne3 $1 (25...
Bxf5 $4 26. Nf7 Rd7 (26... Rhg8 $2 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Nh6 Rf8 29. Nd5 $18 {
[%csl Rf5]}) 27. Nh5 {[%csl Rf5,Rh8][%cal Yh5g7]} Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Bg6 29. Rf8+
Rxf8 30. Rxf8+ Kd7 31. Nf4 $16) 26. Re1 $1 (26. Ne6 $2 Nxf1 27. Rxc7+ Kb8 28.
Kxf1 Rhe8 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge8e6]} (28... Bxf5 $4 29. Nc6+ Ka8 30. Ra7#) 29.
Nc6+ Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Rd1+ 31. Ke2 (31. Kf2 Rc8 $1 32. Rxc8+ (32. Rxb6+ $4 Ka7 $19
{[%csl Rb6]}) 32... Kxc8 $17) 31... Rd5 {[%csl Rf5]} 32. g4 Re7 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Gb8b7]} 33. f6 (33. Rxb6+ $2 Ka7 34. Rc6 Kb7 35. f6 Kxc6 36. fxe7 Re5+
$19) 33... Rf7 $17 (33... Re5+ 34. Kf3 R7xe6 35. f7 Re3+ $11)) 26... Nxf5 27.
Rf7 (27. Rxc7+ Kxc7 28. Ne6+ Kc8 29. Nxd8 Bxg2 $17) 27... Rhe8 $1 (27... Nd6 $6
28. Ne6 $1 Nxf7 29. Nxf7 Rd2 $1 30. Nxh8 (30. Rxe4 Rg8 $13 {[%csl Ra2,Rg2]})
30... Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Bc6 $44) 28. Rxe4 Nd6 {[%csl Re4,Rf7]} 29. Re2 (29. Ra4
$143 Nxf7 (29... Rxe5 $143 30. Rxh7 a5 31. h4 $14) 30. Nxf7 Rd2 31. h4 Kb7 $13)
29... Nxf7 30. Nxf7 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 Rd2 $15) 25... Nd4 $17 {[%csl Rf5,Rg1,Rg3]
[%cal Gd4e2,Gd4f5]} 26. Nf4 ({In myopinion slightly better is:} 26. Rg4 Bxd3 (
26... Bxf5 $2 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxf5 $14) 27. Nxd3 Rhf8 $1 $17 (27... Nxf5 $143
{[%csl Rd3,Rf1,Rg4][%cal Gf5e3]} 28. Rxf5 Rxd3 29. Rg7 Rd7 30. Rff7 Rxf7 31.
Rxf7 h5 $15) 28. f6 $140 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Rxf6+ 30. Ke1 (30. Kxe2 $2 Re8+ $19 {
[%csl Rf1]}) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Nc3 $19) 26... Nxf5 27. Rh3 Nd6 $5 {(><f7);
with the idea:Rhg8;Rde8->} 28. Rh6 Rhg8 29. g3 (29. Rf6 $5 Rde8 30. Nf7 Nxf7
31. Rxf7 Rgf8 $17) 29... Rde8 30. Nf3 (30. Re6 Rxe6 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. Rf8 (32.
Rf6 $2 Bd5 $19) 32... Rxf8 33. Nxf8 Bb1 $17) (30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Rgf8 $17)
30... Nf5 $40 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gf5g3]} 31. Rh3 (31. Rf6 $2 Ne3 (31... Nxg3 $2
32. hxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Ng2 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Yf6f3]} Reg8 34. Rf2 $11) 32. Rf2 Ng4
$19) 31... Bc6 $5 (31... Ne3 $143 32. Rf2 Ng4 33. Rf1 $17) 32. Nd2 $5 ({
Loses right away:} 32. Rxh7 $2 {because of:} Nxg3 33. hxg3 Rxg3+ 34. Kh2 Rxf3
35. Rxf3 Bxf3 $19) 32... Ne3 33. Rf2 ({After:} 33. Re1 Ng4 34. Rxe8+ (34. Rf1
Rd8 $19) 34... Rxe8 35. Rxh7 $2 {is refuted by:} Re1+ 36. Nf1 Bb5 $19 {[%csl
Rf1]}) 33... Ng4 34. Rf1 (34. Re2 $142 Rxe2 35. Nxe2 Re8 36. Kf1 {-/+/-+})
34... Rg7 35. Rh4 Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Rf3][%cal Gg7d7]} 36. Nh5 (36. Re1 $143 Rd7
37. Rh5 $8 (37. Re2 $2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Nf3+ $19) 37... Rxd2 38. Rexe5 Rxe5 39.
Rxe5 Rxa2 $19) 36... Rd7 37. Ne4 $8 (37. Rf2 $2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Nf3+) 37... Bxe4
({Also win:} 37... Ng6 38. Nhf6 (38. Nef6 Rd2 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 38... Nxh4
39. Nxe8 Bxe4 40. gxh4 Rd2 $19) 38. Nf6 $8 (38. Rxe4 Nf3+ 39. Rxf3 Rxe4 40. Nf6
Re1+ 41. Kf2 Rde7 $17) 38... Bd3 $1 (38... Nf3+ $143 39. Rxf3 Bxf3 40. Nxe8 $17
) (38... Bg6 $2 39. Nxe8 Bxe8 40. Re4 Re7 41. Rfe1 Nf3+ 42. Kf2 Rxe4 43. Rxe4
Bc6 $15) 39. Nxe8 (39. Rf2 Ree7 40. Nxd7 Kxd7 $19) 39... Bxf1 40. Kxf1 Ng6 $1
$19 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd7e7] Please pay your attention to the fantastik work of
the black knight.} (40... Re7 $2 41. Nf6 Rf7 42. Rf4 Nd7 43. Nd5 $17) 41. Re4 (
41. Nf6 Rf7 42. Rxh7 Rxf6+ $19) 41... Rf7+ 42. Ke2 Kd7 {[%csl Re8] /\43...Ne7
(פe8)} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Hammer,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 (5... Bg4 {is one of the
most popular alternatives. Fressinet played this variation against me in the
first round. Although the game ended in a draw, I got an initiative. Eljanov
prefered the aggressive Qd6-line.}) 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5
10. d4 O-O-O 11. Be3 Qe6 {Both players spent a lot of time in the opening, but
after the game I discovered that everything had been played before! So much
for re-inventing the wheel.} 12. dxe5 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Ne7 $2 (
14... fxe5 $1 {would have been much better. During the game I thought that I
had strong play with} 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng5 {but the computer just laughs at my
attack with the strong defensive moves Qe7 and Nd7!} Qe7 $1 ({In the
post-mortem, we had a lot of fun with all the possible variations after fxe5,
one of which was Qxa2. The variations should be played through, but it seems
that our post-mortem conclusion that Qxa2 is bad was just wrong. The position
is equal after some wild lines.} 16... Qxa2 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. c4 b5 (18... b6 19.
Bxb6 $1 cxb6 20. Qd6 Qb2 $3 (20... Qb3 $2 21. Ne6 Kb7 22. Qc7+ Ka8 23. Rd8+
Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ $1 (24. Nxd8 $4 Qd1+ 25. Kh2 Qd7 $19) 24... Ka7 25. Qc7+ Ka8 26.
Qc8+ Ka7 27. Nd8 $18) 21. Ne6 $4 Qxf2+ $1 22. Kxf2 Nxe4+ $17) 19. Ne6 $5 (19.
cxb5 axb5 20. Qc3 (20. Rc1 Qd5 $1) 20... Qc4 21. Qa5 Qa4 $1 22. Qxa4 bxa4 23.
f3 Re8 $11 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gh7h6]}) 19... bxc4 (19... Qxc4 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21.
f3 Rg8 22. Nc5 $44) 20. Qd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kb7 22. Nc5+ Kb6 (22... Ka7 $4 23.
Nb3+ c5 24. Bxc5+ Kb7 25. Na5#) 23. Rb8+ Ka5 24. Nb7+ Ka4 25. Nc5+ Ka5 $11) 17.
Qc4 Nf6 18. f3 Nd7 $1 $15 {A very important variation for the line, as White's
opening play has been proved to be flawed. Fortunately for me, Eljanov decided
that he needed to get his pieces out ASAP, and erred with Ne7.}) 15. g4 Bf7 16.
Qd3 Ng6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nd4 Qc4 (18... Qe8 {would have been better, as Black
still has some counterchances against the weakened white kingside. The
continuation} 19. Bh6 Ne5 {is dangerous for both players.}) 19. Nf5 Qxd3 20.
cxd3 Bxa2 21. f4 $16 {I had to give away my extra pawn, but I improved my pawn
structure, I got decent central control and the f6-pawn is extremely weak. All
in all, White enjoys a clear advantage.} c5 22. Ng7 b6 23. Nh5 Rf8 24. Kf2 Ne7
25. f5 Ng8 26. h4 Bf7 27. Nf4 h6 {White has made good progress since the last
position. The black knight has got into a passive position in order to guard
the weak kingside pawns. Now White's goal is (of course) promotion, and my
plan to achieve this was by re-routing the bishop to the long diagonal,
improving my king's position, and then finally playing Re1 and e5, to clear
the way for the powerful f- and g-pawns. In the meanwhile, Black cannot do
anything constructive. In the game, Eljanov tried to get his queenside pawns
rolling, but that only helped me get even more passed pawns!} 28. Bc1 {[%cal
Gc1b2,Gd1e1,Ge4e5,Gf2f3]} Rd8 29. Bb2 b5 $2 30. Rc1 $1 c4 31. d4 $1 {[%csl Gd4,
Ge4,Gf5,Gg4]} a5 32. Bc3 Kb7 (32... b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Bxb4 Rxd4 35. Kf3 {
Does not help much, as the black queenside is shattered while White's dominant
centre is still crushing.}) 33. Ke3 Kb6 34. e5 $1 {Steamroller-pawns!} Bd5 35.
Nxd5+ Rxd5 36. Ke4 Rd8 37. g5 $1 hxg5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. f6 Rf8 40. d5 {No way
I'm gonna allow Nxf6!} b4 41. Bd4+ Kb5 42. a4+ Kxa4 43. Rxc4 {The white pawns
will soon complete their journey across the board, so Eljanov resigned. This
was a very important game in my quest for an individual medal on the first
board. In the end, I managed a silver medal, just behind... Eljanov!} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qxe4
8. Re1 Qg6 9. Ne5 Qf5 10. d4 Be6 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Ne4 h5 13. c3 h4 14. Qe2 Bd5
15. f3 f6 16. Nd3 g5 17. b3 Nh6 18. c4 Bf7 19. Bb2 Rhe8 20. Qf2 h3 21. g4 Qg6
22. Rad1 Kb8 23. Qg3 f5 24. Ne5 Qh7 25. Nf2 Bg8 26. Qxh3 Bd6 27. Qh5 Rf8 28.
Bc1 Bb4 29. Rf1 Nf7 30. Qxh7 Bxh7 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Bxg5 Re8 33. Bd2 Ba3 34. g5
f4 35. Bc1 Bxc1 36. Rxc1 Bf5 37. Kg2 Rh7 38. Rh1 Rh4 39. Rce1 Rg8 40. Re5 Rxg5+
41. Kf1 Rgh5 42. Ke2 Rg5 43. h3 Rhh5 44. Ng4 b6 45. Kf2 Kb7 46. Kg2 $6 (46. Nf6
$142 $16 Rh4 (46... Rh8 47. h4) 47. b4 $1) 46... Rg8 47. Kf2 Rg6 48. Rh2 Rd6
49. Ke1 Rxd4 50. Rhe2 Rd6 51. Nf2 Rdh6 52. Kd2 c5 53. a4 a5 54. Kc3 Rg6 55. Nd3
Bxd3 56. Kxd3 Rxh3 {[#] Schwarz greift den Bf3 an und bekommt den Te5
nachgeworfen!} 57. Ke4 $2 (57. Rf2 $1) 57... Rd6 {[%csl Rb3,Rf3][%cal Rd6d4]}
58. Rf2 $4 Rd4+ 59. Kf5 Rh5+ (59... Rh5+ 60. Kf6 Rd6+ 61. Re6 Rh6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Guigonis, Dominique"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bb4 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne7 13. Bf4 c5 14.
Nb3 b6 15. h4 a5 16. h5 a4 17. Nd2 Be6 18. f3 Bxa2 19. c4 a3 20. Rhe1 Nc6 21.
Re3 Nd4 22. Rde1 Bb1 23. Rxa3 Nxc2 24. Ra8+ Kb7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rh1 Na3 27.
Nxb1 Nxc4 28. Nd2 Na5 29. e5 fxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxd2 31. Kxd2 Nc4+ 32. Kc3 Nxe5 33.
Re1 Nc6 34. Re8 b5 35. Rg8 b4+ 36. Kd2 (36. Kc4 $5 {Wer entdeckt besseres fьr
Schwarz als das hier:} Na5+ (36... Ne5+ 37. Kb3 Kc6 (37... g6 38. f4 Nd3 39.
hxg6 (39. Rxg6 Nxf4 (39... hxg6 40. h6 $18) 40. Rh6 Ne2 41. Rxh7 Nd4+ 42. Kc4
b3 43. Kc3 c4 44. Re7 $18) 39... hxg6 40. g3 Kc6 41. Rxg6+ Kb5 42. Re6 c4+ 43.
Kc2 b3+ 44. Kc3 b2 45. Kc2 c3 $13 {[%cal Rd3b4,Rb5c4,Rc4b3] Analyse!}) 38. Rxg7
Kb5 39. Rxh7 c4+ 40. Kc2 Nd3 41. Rxc7 b3+ 42. Kc3 $18) 37. Kb5 b3 38. Re8 c4
39. Kb4 b2 40. Re1 Nb3 41. Rb1 $18) 36... c4 37. Rxg7 c3+ 38. Kd3 h6 39. f4 Nd4
40. Rd7 Ne6 41. Kc2 Kc6 42. Rd1 Nxf4 43. g4 Ne6 44. Rg1 $13 {[%cal Rg4g5]
Analyse!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Guigonis, Dominique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Bc5 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Bd6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14.
Bxf4 Kd7 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. Bc3 Rhg8 17. f3 f6 18. Kf2 Ke6 19. Rg1 g6 20. Ke3 b5
21. d4 Rab8 22. a3 Ra8 23. Ba5 Raf8 24. Rac1 f5 25. Bd2 Rf7 26. Ke2 fxe4 27.
fxe4 Rgf8 28. Rg2 Rf3 29. Rh1 c5 30. d5+ Ke5 31. Re1 Rxh3 32. Bc3+ Rxc3 33.
bxc3 {[#] Taktisch schlecht stehende schwarze Figuren. Die verdoppelten Tьrme
dringen in die schwarzue Stellung ein und erobern den Springer.} Rf4 34. Kd2
Kf6 35. Ke3 Rh4 36. Rf1+ Kg7 37. Rgf2 Rh3+ 38. Kd2 Kh6 39. Rf7 Nc8 (39... Ng8
40. e5 dxe5 41. d6 $18) 40. Rb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Kodinets, Konstantin L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 c4 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Nxd1 Bc5 14.
Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Ne7 16. Nd4 Bf7 17. c3 Re8 18. Ndf5 Nc6 19. Nxg7 Rxe4 20. Kd2
Bg6 21. h4 Re7 22. Ngf5 Rd7+ 23. Ke2 Ne5 24. h5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Nd3 26. b3 cxb3
27. axb3 {[#] Motto: Der betrogene Betrьger! Taktisches Endspiel mit doppelter
Springergabel und Bauerndurchbruchpointe. Dafьr eine Endspielmedaille} a5 28.
g4 Nc5 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Nd3 31. b5 Kb8 32. Rb1 Ka7 33. Ne3 Kb6 34. Kf3 Rd4
35. Kg3 Ne5 36. f4 {[#]} Rd3 $6 (36... Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rf4]} 37. Rd1 $5 Nxf4
(37... Kxb5 $5) 38. Rxd4 Ne2+ 39. Kf3 Nxd4+ 40. Ke4 Kc5 41. Nd5 $132 {[%csl
Rc7,Rf6,Rh7]}) 37. Kf2 Rd2+ $2 38. Kf1 Nf3 (38... Rd3 39. Ke2 Rxe3+ 40. Kxe3
Nxg4+ 41. Ke4 $18) 39. Nc4+ Kc5 40. Nxd2 Nxd2+ 41. Ke1 Nxb1 42. g5 fxg5 43.
fxg5 Na3 (43... Kd6 44. g6 hxg6 45. h6 $18) (43... Nc3 44. g6 hxg6 45. h6 $18)
44. g6 Nc2+ 45. Kd2 hxg6 46. hxg6 Nd4 47. g7 Kxb5 48. g8=Q c5 49. Kc3 Ne2+ 50.
Kd3 Nd4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7.
Ng5 Bd7 (7... Ne7 $6 8. d3 Ng6 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3
O-O 13. a4 Rad8 14. a5 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Short,N/Amsterdam/1994/1:0/48/Inf 60/
324/}) 8. Nc4 (8. d3 f6 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Nf3 Qf7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nfd2 Ne7 13. b4
Ng6 14. Rb1 b6 $13 {Rozentalis,E-Almasi,Z/GER/1995/0:1/84/}) 8... Qe7 (8... Qg6
9. d3 (9. f4 f6 10. Nf3 Qxe4 11. d3 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Qd5 13. fxe5 O-O-O 14. Be3 Ne7
$13 {Bus,M-Malaniuk,V/Copenhagen Unibank (2) 1991/1/2-1/2 (83)}) (9. d4 {
Wedberg} f6 10. f4 exf4 (10... fxg5 11. Nxe5 Qe6 12. fxg5 $44) 11. Nf3 {
1-0 Brynell,S-Barkhagen,J/SVE-ch (08) 1991 (32)} Qf7 12. b3 g5 $13) 9... f6 10.
Nf3 O-O-O (10... Ne7 {Wedberg} 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Ncd2 Qh5 13. h3 Be6 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bf7 17. N2b3 Nc8 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 $10 {
1/2-1/2 Malisauskas,V-Romanishin,O/Novy Smokovec 1992 (36)}) 11. a4 h5 12. Be3
h4 13. Ne1 Be6 14. b3 Bb4 $15 {Khmelnitsky,I-Romanishin,O/Herson/1989/1:0/61/})
9. d4 f6 10. Nf3 exd4 (10... O-O-O 11. dxe5 Bg4 12. Qe2 fxe5 13. h3 Bxf3 (13...
Bh5 $2 14. g4 $16) 14. Qxf3 $14) 11. Qxd4 c5 (11... Qc5 $142 {Wedberg}) 12. Qc3
O-O-O 13. Re1 Qf7 14. Be3 (14. Bf4 $6 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h4 g4 $132) 14... Nh6
15. Rad1 (15. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 $132) 15... Be7 (15... Be6 {Wedberg} 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8
17. Na5 $16) (15... Ng4 {Wedberg} 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Bxc7 Kxc7
20. Qa5+ Kc8 21. Nb6+ Kb8 22. hxg4 $16) 16. Bf4 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Yc3a5]} g5 17.
Bg3 Qe6 (17... Be6 $2 18. Qa5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bf8 (19... Bd8 20. Qxc5 Bxc4 21.
Qa7 $18) 20. Nb6+ cxb6 21. Qxb6 $18) (17... Bb5 {Wedberg} 18. Qa5 $16 b6 $2 19.
Nxb6+ cxb6 20. Qxb6 $18) 18. Qa5 Qc6 19. Ne3 $1 Be6 20. Nd5 $16 Rd7 (20... Bxd5
21. exd5 Qd7 22. Bxc7 $16) 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. e5 fxe5 23. Rxe5 b6 24. Qxa6+ Kb8
25. Nxg5 Bc8 26. Qd3 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Rg8 $5 {/^a8-h1,><g2/} 28. Qe4 $1 (28. f4 $6
Nf7 $1 29. Nf3 (29. Qxh7 $2 Rxg5 30. fxg5 Nxe5 $13) (29. Qe4 $6 Nxe5 $1 30.
fxe5 Bb7 $17) 29... Bb7 30. Rf1 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Qh6 $44) 28... Qxe4 29. Nxe4 Re8
30. f4 (30. Bf4 $2 Rxe4 31. Bxh6 Re2 $44) 30... Ng4 31. Nf6 Nxf6 32. Bxf6 Re2
33. Rd8 $1 Kb7 (33... Rxc2 $2 34. Rh8 $18) 34. Rg8 (34. c4 $6 Bf5 $132) 34...
Rxc2 35. Rg7 Bf5 36. Be5 Kc6 37. Rxc7+ Kd5 38. Rg7 Be4 39. h3 b5 40. a3 b4 41.
axb4 cxb4 42. Rg5 Ke6 43. Bd4 $1 Kf7 (43... Bg6 44. g4 $16) 44. f5 Rd2 45. Bh8
b3 46. g4 Kf8 47. Bg7+ Kf7 48. Bc3 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Kf8 50. Rg7 Rg3 51. Rxh7 Rxc3 (
51... Bg2+ 52. Kf2 Rxh3 53. Rxh3 Bxh3 54. Kg3 $18) 52. bxc3 b2 53. Rh8+ Ke7 54.
Rb8 $18 b1=Q+ 55. Rxb1 Bxb1 56. Kf2 Kd6 57. h4 Ke5 58. h5 Ba2 (58... Kf4 $2 59.
h6 $18) 59. h6 Bg8 (59... Kf6 60. g5+ $18) 60. Ke3 Bh7 61. c4 Bg8 62. c5 1-0

[Event "IND-ch 55th"]
[Site "Patna"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Karthikeyan,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 $5 (5. O-O {This is the main
line where Black has different options to play. They are:} Bg4 (5... f6) (5...
Bd6) (5... Qd6) (5... Qf6)) 5... f6 (5... Qf6 6. d4 Qg6 (6... exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 (
7... Qg6 8. Qxd4 f6 9. O-O-O $14) 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 $14) 7. dxe5 Qxg2 8. Rg1
Qh3 9. Bf4 $14) 6. d4 {Otherwise Black plays ...c5 and White doesn't have a
clear plan to follow.} exd4 7. Nxd4 $6 (7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 $11 {
transposes to a typical Ruy Lopez Exchange ending.}) 7... c5 8. Nde2 (8. Nb3
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 $15 {and Black has no issues to worry about.}) 8... Qxd1+ 9.
Nxd1 Be6 (9... Bd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 $11 {the light-squared bishop doesn't
have much scope on d7.}) 10. Bf4 (10. Ndc3 $5 O-O-O 11. Be3 b6 {[%cal Gg8e7]
To develop the g8-knight} 12. a4 a5 $15 {and Black is trying for an advantage.}
) 10... O-O-O $15 11. h4 (11. Ne3 Ne7 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. h4 Bg7 14. Rd1
$11) 12. h4 {transposes to the game.} (12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 g5 14. Bg3 f5 {
is the point} 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 $15)) 11... Ne7 (11... f5 12. exf5 (
12. e5 Ne7 13. Bg3 g6 14. f4) 12... Bxf5 13. Ne3 Be6 14. f3 $132 {Black has
good chances but White can defend in the long run.}) 12. Ne3 Nc6 (12... f5 {
is possible but not necessary here:} 13. Rd1 (13. e5 Nc6 14. Bg3 g6 15. f4 h5
$15 {[%csl Ye2,Ye3,Yg3]}) 13... Rxd1+ (13... Re8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16.
Kd2 {and White escapes}) 14. Kxd1 fxe4 15. Nc3 $11) 13. h5 $6 (13. Rd1 Rxd1+ (
13... Be7 14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nc3 $132) 14. Kxd1 b5 $15) 13... c4 (13... Nd4 14.
f3 $11 {and White develops his pieces.}) (13... Ne5 14. Bg3 (14. Bxe5 fxe5 15.
Nf5 Rg8 $15) 14... Nc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. f3 $132 {this could also be played
but Black first develops his pieces before making any further breaks.}) 14. Rd1
(14. f3 Bc5 $15 {[%cal Gh8e8,Gf6f5]}) 14... Bc5 15. c3 (15. Rxd8+ $5 Rxd8 16.
c3 b5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 h6 $15) 15... b5 16. a3 $6 (16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nf5
g5 18. hxg6 hxg6 $15) (16. Ng3 Kb7 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Ke2 $132 {[%cal Gg3f5] is
not easy to play with White.}) 16... Kb7 (16... g5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8
19. Rh6 $11 {and White develops his last piece.}) 17. Nc1 $6 (17. O-O Rhe8 (
17... Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Bg4 19. f3 Bxh5 20. Nd4 $15 {as we have opposite-coloured
bishops, White is near to equality.}) 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17 {[%csl Ya3,Yb2,Yc3]}) (
17. h6 g5 $17) (17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 (18... Rd7 19. Be3 $11) (18... g5
19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Nfd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. f3 {White can
clearly try for equality in this line}) 19. exf5 h6 20. g4 {obviously Black is
better but this is White's best chance} Kb6 $15 {and Black has tries like ...
Rd7, ...Ka5, ...Ka4! etc.}) 17... Rde8 (17... g5 $5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rxh8 (19.
Rxd8 {now there is no check!} Rxh1+ $19) 19... Rxh8 20. Ke2 Ne7 $17 {was
another way to get an advantage.}) 18. f3 $6 (18. Ne2 $5 Rhf8 $15 {[%cal Gf6f5]
and Black carries his plan.}) 18... f5 19. exf5 (19. Nd5 fxe4 20. Nxc7 exf3 21.
gxf3 Re7 22. Nxe6 Rxe6+ 23. Kf1 Re7 $17) (19. Kf2 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rhf8) 19...
Bxf5 20. Kd2 $2 (20. Kf2 Rhf8 21. Rhe1 Bc2 22. Rd5 Bb6 23. g3 Bb1 24. Rd2 Ne5
$17) 20... Rhf8 $2 (20... Bb1 $5 21. Rhe1 Rhf8 22. Bg3 Rxe3) (20... Rxe3 {
was the simplest} 21. Bxe3 Rd8+ 22. Bd4 (22. Ke2 Re8) 22... Nxd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4
24. b3 (24. Ke2 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Bxb2 $19 {is just too much pawns}) 24... Bb2+ (
24... c3+ 25. Ke2 Bc2 $19 {is also clear}) 25. Ke2 Re8+ 26. Kf2 Bxc1 27. Rxc1
cxb3 28. Rc3 b2 29. Rb3 b1=Q 30. Rbxb1 Bxb1 31. Rxb1 c5 $19 {is clearly
winning for Black.}) 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. g3 Ne7 (22... Ne5 23. Rdf1 $17 {and
Black doesn't get the pawn immediately.}) 23. Kc2 $6 (23. Rde1 $5 Rd8+ 24. Kc2
Nd5 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. Bxe5 Rd7 $17 {and Black stays on top.}) 23... Nd5 24. g4
Rxf4 25. Rxd5 Bd6 (25... Bf8 26. h6 g6 27. Rd7 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Rh3 $17 {
is a slow ending for Black.}) 26. Rg5 (26. Rf5 Rxf5 27. gxf5 h6 $19 28. Rg1 Re3
29. Rxg7 Rxf3 30. Rh7 Rxf5 31. Rxh6 Rf2+ 32. Kb1 Rf1 {and Black wins.}) 26...
Bf8 27. Rf1 Re3 28. Kd2 (28. Rf5 Rxf5 29. gxf5 Re5 30. h6 gxh6 31. f4 Rxf5 $17)
28... Rexf3 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Ne2 Rf6 (30... Rf7 31. Rf5 {transposes.}) (30...
g6 31. hxg6 Bh6 32. g7 $11) 31. Rf5 Rxf5 32. gxf5 Kc6 33. Ke3 (33. Nd4+ Kd5 34.
Ne6 Bd6 35. Nxg7 Bf4+ 36. Kc2 Ke5 $19) 33... Be7 34. Ke4 Bg5 (34... Kd6 {
also wins.}) 35. Ke5 Kd7 36. a4 c6 37. axb5 axb5 (37... cxb5 38. Kd5 {Black
should also win this but axb5 was the simplest.} h6 $19) 38. Ke4 Kd6 39. Nd4 (
39. Nf4 Bxf4 40. Kxf4 Ke7 41. Ke5 h6 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. Kf4 c5 44. Ke4 Kg5 $19)
39... Bc1 40. b3 cxb3 41. Nxb3 Bg5 42. Na5 (42. Kd4 Bf6+ 43. Kd3 Kd5 $19) 42...
Kc5 43. Kd3 h6 44. c4 bxc4+ 45. Nxc4 Kd5 46. Na5 Bd8 47. Nb3 (47. Nc4 Bf6 48.
Na5 c5 49. Nc4 Bd4 $19) 47... c5 48. Nd2 Ke5 49. Kc4 Be7 50. Nb3 Kxf5 51. Kd5
Kg4 52. Ke6 c4 53. Na5 c3 54. Kxe7 Kxh5 55. Ke6 c2 56. Nb3 Kg4 57. Ke5 h5 58.
Kd4 h4 59. Ke3 Kg3 60. Nc1 h3 61. Ne2+ Kg2 62. Nf4+ Kf1 63. Kd2 h2 64. Nh5 Kf2
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Lasker"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 34] No story about Lasker's chess career is complete without the
following famous game. The young Cuban genius, Capablanca, was playing easily
and convincingly in this tournament, probably the strongest ever held until
that time. Lasker, as usual, began quite slowly and, with just four rounds to
go, he was trailing a full point behind Capablanca, whom he was desperately
trying to catch. His last chance to fight for tournament victory was to beat
the leader. Keine Geschichte ьber Laskers groЯe Schachkarriere wдre
vollstдndig ohne Erwдhnung der folgenden berьhmten Partie. Der junge Kubaner
Capablanca spielte mьhelos und ьberzeugend in diesem Turnier – wohl dem
stдrksten, das bis dahin je veranstaltet wurde. Lasker begann, wie so oft,
recht verhalten und lag vier Runden vor Ende mit einem vollen Punkt hinter
Capablanca. Er wollte ihn unbedingt einholen, und die letzte Chance dazu – und
zum Gesamtsieg im Turnier – bot sich in der direkten Begegnung gegen den
Tabellenfьhrer.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {(!) A very surprising
choice. The Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez was a dangerous weapon in
Lasker's hands. But nobody in the audience and amongst the participants
believed that this quiet opening would work against Capablanca, whose
excellent technique was already widely recognised. With the charming
self-confidence of youth, Josй Raoul unfortunately shared this misconception
and did not recognise Lasker's real intentions. (!). Eine sehr unerwartete
Entscheidung. Die Abtauschvariante im Spanischen war zwar eine gefдhrliche
Waffe in den Hдnden von Lasker. Aber keiner der Anwesenden glaubte daran, daЯ
diese ruhige Erцffnung gegen den Supertechniker Capablanca zum Erfolg fьhren
wьrde. Mit dem liebenswerten SelbstbewuЯtsein der Jugend teilte Josй Raoul
auch diese Einschдtzung und erkannte die wahren Absichten von Lasker nicht.}
dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 {Now even the queens are off the board.
Is this the way to play for a win in the decisive game? Damit sind auch noch
die Damen vom Brett. Spielt man so um den Gewinn in der entscheidenden Partie?}
Bd6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Re8 {Later Dr Tarrasch suggested a better
line: Spдter gab Dr. Tarrasch die folgende Variante als Verbesserung an:} (
10... f5 11. e5 Bc5 12. Be3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 b6 {and despite White's strong
passed pawn Black has enough defensive resources. So strong was the impression
of Lasker's original plan that the commentators tried to improve Black's play
at the earliest possible stage! But Capablanca was right in his assessment:
Black had little to worry about. und trotz der starken weiЯen Freibauern hat
Schwarz sehr gute Verteidigungsmцglichkeiten. Der Eindruck, den Laskers Plan
spдter hinterlieЯ, war so stark, daЯ die Kommentatoren gezwungen waren, in
einer sehr frьhen Partiephase nach einer Verbesserung in der schwarzen
Spielweise zu suchen. Allerdings hatte Capablanca recht in seiner Einschдtzung:
Noch hat Schwarz keine allzu groЯen Sorgen.}) 11. Nb3 f6 12. f5 $1 {Under the
classical rules of the Steinitz positional school this move has to be damned.
White gets a weak pawn on e4, Black a stronghold on e5, with a devaluation of
White's pawn advantage on the kingside -- too many negative points for just
one move. But Lasker's eagle eye had seen much further. Nach den klassischen
positionellen Regeln der Steinitz-Schule muЯ man diesen Zug verurteilen. WeiЯ
bekommt einen schwachen Bauern auf e4, Schwarz hat fortan einen sicheren
Stьtzpunkt auf e5, und der weiЯe Bauernvorteil am Kцnigsflьgel verliert an
Bedeutung – so viele Negativpunkte fьr einen einzigen Zug. Aber Laskers
Adlerauge hat viel weiter geblickt.} b6 {and here An dieser Stelle empfehlen
die strengen Analytiker} (12... Bd7 13. Bf4 Rad8 {was recommended by stern
post-mortem analysts. But obviously the bishop is better placed on b7, where
it attacks the pawn on e4 Aber offensichtlich ist der Lдufer viel besser auf
b7 postiert, von wo aus er den Bauern auf e4 angreift.}) 13. Bf4 Bb7 $2 {
Now a serious mistake! In general Black should be happy to undouble his
c-pawns, but here the pawn on d6 will become a permanent weakness. Necessary
was Ein ernsthafter Fehler! Im allgemeinen sollte Schwarz glьcklich sein, die
Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie aufzulцsen, aber hier wird der Bauer auf d6 zu
einer dauerhaften Schwдche. Notwendig war} (13... Bxf4 $1 14. Rxf4 c5 $1 15.
Rd1 Bb7 16. Rf2 Rad8 17. Rfd2 (17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Nc6 {
or... oder}) 17... Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Nc6 19. Rd7 Rc8 {and after Ne5 Black is fine.
This plan was recommended by Capablanca -- but alas, only after the game was
over. und nach Se5 hat Schwarz eine gut spielbare Stellung. Dieser Plan wurde
von Capablanca selbst entwickelt – leider erst nach der Partie.}) 14. Bxd6 cxd6
15. Nd4 Rad8 $2 {Capablanca doesn't take White's plan seriously. The knight on
e6 will be a bone in the throat. So 15...Bc8 was obligatory. Maybe the Cuban
was too proud to recognise his mistake so soon. Capablanca nimmt den weiЯen
Plan immer noch nicht ernst. Aber der Springer auf e6 wird ihm ein Dorn im
Fleisch sein. 15...Lc8 war also notwendig. Vielleicht war der Kubaner zu stolz,
seinen Fehler jetzt schon einzugestehen.} 16. Ne6 Rd7 17. Rad1 Nc8 18. Rf2 b5
19. Rfd2 Rde7 20. b4 Kf7 21. a3 Ba8 $2 {The question mark is deserved, not by
the move, but for the idea to open the a file, which can be used effectively
only by the white rooks. Of course Black has lost the strategical battle, but
an exchange sacrifice Das Fragezeichen steht nicht fьr den Zug, sondern fьr
die Idee, die a-Linie zu цffnen, obwohl diese nur von den weiЯen Tьrmen
effektiv genutzt werden kann. Natьrlich hat Schwarz den strategischen Kampf
bereits verloren, aber das Qualitдtsopfer} (21... Rxe6 22. fxe6+ Rxe6 {would
have given him the best fighting chances. wьrde ihm die besten
Widerstandsmцglichkeiten bieten.}) 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. g4 h6 24. Rd3 a5 $2 25. h4
axb4 26. axb4 Rae7 {A sad retreat. Ein trauriger Rьckzug.} 27. Kf3 Rg8 28. Kf4
g6 29. Rg3 g5+ {The last move to be criticised by the annotators. But it's too
late for good advice. Der letzte Zug, der von den Kommentatoren kritisiert
wurde. Aber es ist bereits zu spдt fьr gute Ratschlдge.} (29... gxf5 {doesn't
offer any relief: bringt kaum Entlastung:} 30. exf5 d5 31. g5 $1 hxg5+ 32. hxg5
fxg5+ 33. Nxg5+ Kf8 34. f6 Ra7 35. Ke5 $1 {etc.}) 30. Kf3 Nb6 {A desperate try.
Ein verzweifelter Versuch.} 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rh3 $1 {Lasker continues to
execute his plan without any diversions. Lasker lдЯt sich nicht ablenken und
setzt seinen Plan konsequent fort.} (32. Rxd6 {would have given Black some
extra breathing time. hдtte Schwarz eine Atempause gebracht:} Nc4 33. Rd1 Rh8)
32... Rd7 {The knight is chained to the b6 square. After Der Springer ist an
b6 gekettet. Nach} (32... Nc4 33. Ra1 {the combined invasion of the white
rooks on the a and h files demolished Black's defence. wird die schwarze
Verteidigung durch die Invasion der beiden weiЯen Tьrme zertrьmmert.}) 33. Kg3
{The final preparation. Die letzte Vorbereitung.} Ke8 34. Rdh1 Bb7 {[#]} 35. e5
$1 {For 23 moves (after 12.f5) Black hasn't been able to prevent this pawn
from going ahead! In 23 Zьgen (seit 12.f5) ist es Schwarz nicht gelungen,
diesen Bauern zu neutralisieren!} dxe5 36. Ne4 Nd5 37. N6c5 Bc8 38. Nxd7 Bxd7
39. Rh7 Rf8 40. Ra1 {Painful punishment for the mistake on move 24.
Schmerzhafte Strafe fьr den Fehler im 24. Zug.} Kd8 41. Ra8+ Bc8 42. Nc5 {
and Black resigned, and the old chess wizard Lasker had become the winner of
this historical contest. The psychological effect of this brilliant victory
was long-lasting. A shaken Capablanca lost with white in the next round to Dr
Tarrasch. And even seven years later, in his world championship match against
Lasker, he never played 3...a6 in the Ruy Lopez! und Schwarz gab auf. Der alte
Schachzauberer Lasker war in dieser historischen Begegnung der Siegreiche, und
die psychologische Wirkung hielt lange an. Capablanca war vom Partieverlauf so
erschьttert, daЯ er in der nдchsten Runde gegen Dr. Tarrasch verlor. Und auch
sieben Jahre spдter, in seinem Weltmeisterschaftskampf gegen Lasker, hat er im
Spanischen niemals den Zug 3...a6 zu spielen gewagt!} 1-0

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Ng6 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. a3
c5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Nf3 Bc4 17. Qxc4 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kh2 Bxe3 20. fxe3
Rd7 21. h4 {The queen needs targets to attack. In the games that we have seen
so far, these were not evident, so her majesty was relatively ineffective.  
However, when there are weaknesses, and the queen has the initiative, then she
turns into a heat-seeking guided missile with a nuclear war-head. This is a
great example from a recent tournament. It is actually queen against two rooks,
rather than rook and minor piece, but the same principles apply.  From a
seemingly innocuous position, White uses his initiative to create weaknesses,
discoordinate Black's forces, and finally to win material. The queen and
knight are well known as a deadly duo: as the queen moves like a rook and
bishop, but not a knight, then they compliment each other perfectly.    The
queen needs targets to attack. In the games that we have seen so far, these
were not evident, so her majesty was relatively ineffective.   However, when
there are weaknesses, and the queen has the initiative, then she turns into a
heat-seeking guided missile with a nuclear war-head. This is a great example
from a recent tournament. It is actually queen against two rooks, rather than
rook and minor piece, but the same principles apply.  From a seemingly
innocuous position, White uses his initiative to create weaknesses,
discoordinate Black's forces, and finally to win material. The queen and
knight are well known as a deadly duo: as the queen moves like a rook and
bishop, but not a knight, then they compliment each other perfectly.} Re8 (
21... h5 {was possible, but at least White would have extracted a concession
from Black: the knight on g6 is left unprotected, and the h and g pawns would
be ragged.}) 22. Qxc5 Kb8 23. h5 Nf8 24. Nxe5 Rde7 25. Nc4 Rxe4 26. Qd5 {
A beautiful move, exposing a momentary lack of coordination in Black's army.
The knight, for instance, is unable to move. It might have been a different
story had the Black knight been able to post itself on f6.  While the Black
pieces sort themselves out, White begins the attack against the king.} R4e6 27.
Na5 c6 28. Qb3 R8e7 29. Qb4 {Another impressive creeping move. the queen is
able to pinpoint and exploit the slightest weakness in Black's position. There
is no defence to the twin threats of Nxb7 and Nxc6.} Rf7 30. Nxb7 {Now the
game turns into a rout. Black cannot keep his position together while his king
is permanently exposed, and every single one of his pieces, rooks and pawns,
are potentially vulnerable.} Rxb7 31. Qxf8+ Ka7 32. Qc5+ Kb8 33. Qc4 Rh6 34.
Qxa6 Rxh5+ 35. Kg1 Rc5 36. Qd3 Rd5 37. Qxh7 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rxb2 39. Qxg7 Rxc2 40.
Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-147,-175,-207,-204,-216,-198,-205,-182,-356,-341,-416,-375]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7
Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nde2 (11. Nb3 {is more common here.}) 11... O-O-O (11...
Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Ng6 13. Rd2 O-O-O 14. Rad1 Rhe8 15. f3 Re7 16. Ng3 Rde8 17. Nh5
f6 18. Ne2 $14 {1/2 (159) Rausis,I (2525)-Semcesen,D (2465) Borup 2009}) 12.
Qc1 (12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 (13... Bg4 14. Nb3 b6 15. f3 Be6 16. Nc1 c5 17.
Rf2 Nc6 18. N1e2 f6 19. Nf4 Bf7 $11 {1/2 (32) Romero Holmes,A (2451)-Delchev,A
(2604) Linares 2015}) 14. Nde2 b5 (14... Bc6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Rfd1 h4 17. Nf1 f5
18. f3 Rd4 19. exf5 h3 20. Ng3 hxg2 21. Nce4 Rf8 $11 {0-1 (41) Liu,G (2358)
-Zhou,J (2574) China 2014}) (14... Be6 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Nd5 Rhe8 17. Ne3 Nd4
18. Nf4 g5 {1/2 (18) Alsina Leal,D (2435)-Bartel,M (2608) L'Estartit 2007}) 15.
Rfd1 Bc6 16. Ng3 h5 (16... b4 17. Nce2 g6 18. f3 Bb5 19. Kf2 Kb7 20. Nf4 a5 21.
h4 h6 22. h5 $13 {0-1 (40) Bedouin,X (2341)-Lagarde,M (2575) Sables d'Olonne
2016}) 17. f3 h4 18. Nf1 b4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nd1 h3 21. Nf2 hxg2 22. Kxg2 f5
23. Re1 Ng6 $132 {1/2 (35) Meier,G (2437)-Ragger,M (2434) Vienna 2005}) (12.
Qxd6 cxd6 13. Rad1 (13. f3 Kc7 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nh5 f5 16. Rae1 f4 17. Nf6 Bc8
18. e5 d5 $15 {1/2 (29) Schlenther,M (2428)-Szczepanski,Z (2464) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2011}) 13... Kc7 14. f3 f5 15. Ng3 h6 16. Rfe1 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nc8
18. Nh5 Rhg8 19. g4 Rde8 20. Kg2 Re7 21. Nf2 Rf7 $11 {0-1 (35) Zakaryan,D 
(2315)-Maiorov,N (2560) Voronezh 2015}) 12... Ng6 (12... Rhe8 13. Qe3 Kb8 14.
Rad1 Qe5 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 g6 17. f3 Nc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Kf2 Re7 20. h4 $14
{0-1 (92) Guseinov,G (2664)-Yu,Y (2761) Astana 2019}) (12... Bg4 $5 $146 13.
Nf4 Ng6 14. Nd3 f6 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rde1 b6 19. Qg3 Rd4
$13 {0-1 (57) Jakovenko,D (2738)-Svidler,P (2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167
[Marin,M]}) (12... Qc5 $5 {preventing Qc1-e3} 13. Rb1 (13. Qf4 f5 14. Ng3 h6
15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 fxe4 18. Ncxe4 b6 19. b3 c5 $15 {0-1 (54)
Erzhanov,A (2278)-Batchuluun,T (2523) St Petersburg 2014}) 13... Kb8 (13... b6
14. b4 Qc4 {1/2 (89) Luther,T (2567)-Melkumyan,H (2632) Austria 2016} 15. Qg5
Ng6 16. Rfd1 $13) 14. b4 Qc4 15. a4 Ng6 16. Qe3 $1 $13 (16. Qa3 $6 b6 17. b5 a5
18. Ng3 Nf4 $17 {0-1 (42) Speck,N (2389)-Schandorff,L (2521) Turin 2006})) 13.
Qe3 Kb8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. f4 (15. Rd2 Ne5 16. b3 Bc8 $11 {1/2 (39) Radjabov,T 
(2751)-Adams,M (2729) Baku 2008}) 15... Bc8 $11 {Black has successfully
rearranged his pieces and has no problems.} (15... Bg4 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nc1
Bc8 18. Nd3 a5 19. Rd1 b6 20. Nf2 $11 {1/2 (32) Clement,G (2315)-Sherwood,R 
(2179) Lechenicher SchachServer 2013}) 16. Nc1 $6 (16. Rd3 $5 $11) 16... Rxd1
17. Rxd1 b6 $36 {[%mdl 32] , and Black consequently conducted an assault on
White's e4 pawn. It is even unclear where White made a mistake in further play!
} 18. Nd3 a5 19. Re1 Ba6 $1 20. Nf2 Re8 21. a3 f6 22. Ne2 {Perhaps this
manoeuvre is wrong but passive defence didn't guarantee him survival either.}
Bb7 23. Ng3 c5 24. Nf5 Qf7 25. Rd1 Nf8 $1 26. c3 a4 27. h3 Ne6 28. Ng3 Bc6 29.
Rd2 Nd8 $1 30. Qd3 Nb7 31. Kh2 Nd6 32. Rd1 h5 33. Re1 h4 34. Nf1 Qb3 35. e5
fxe5 36. fxe5 Qxb2 37. Re2 Qb5 38. Qc2 Nc4 39. e6 Nxa3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Rd1 c5 9. c3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Qd7
$146 15. Rac1 (15. Qb3 O-O-O (15... c5 16. Nc4 Nc8 17. e5 $40) 16. Rac1 Nc6 17.
Nc4 Bc5 $13) 15... Nc6 16. Nc2 (16. Nc4 Be7 $13) (16. Qb3 O-O-O $13) 16... Rd8
(16... Bc5 $4 17. Qh5+) (16... O-O-O $2 17. Nxd4) 17. Qb3 (17. Qg3 Qe6 18. Bxc7
Rd7 19. Bb6 Bd6 $13) (17. Ne3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 $140 $2 dxe3 $1 19. Bc5 exf2+ 20.
Bxf2 Qf7 $17) 17... Qc8 (17... Na5 $2 18. Qg3 c5 19. Bc7 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Qxg7 $16) (17... b6 18. Qg3) (17... b5 18. Ne3 $44 Bd6 $140 19. Bxd6 dxe3 20.
Bc5 $16) 18. Qc4 {/\19.b4,20.a4-><<} (18. Nxd4 $2 Rxd4) 18... Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6
20. Nb4 (20. Nxd4 $4 Qd7) 20... Qd7 (20... Nxb4 21. Qxb4 O-O 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd4 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Rc2 $10) 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Qb4 Rb6 $6 (22...
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 c6 24. Rd1 d3 25. Qc4 d2 26. Qb4 Qe7 $10) 23. Qc4 $6 (23. Qc5 Rc6
24. Qa7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qc8 (25... O-O $6 26. Qxb7 $14) 26. Qxd4 O-O 27. Rd1 $14
(27. Qc4+ Rf7)) 23... Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 52nd"]
[Site "Augustow"]
[Date "1996.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.11.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Welkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nbd2 Be6 9. a3 $1 $146 Qd7 (9... Ne7 10. b4 $1) 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. c3 Ne7 12. b4
cxb4 13. axb4 Ng6 14. Rfb1 O-O 15. Nb3 $14 f5 $6 16. Ng5 f4 (16... Bxb3 17.
Rxb3 f4 (17... h6 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Ne4 $14) 18. Bd2 h6 (18... Nh4 19. Qh5 h6
20. Qxh4 hxg5 (20... Be7 $2 21. Qh3) 21. Qxg5 $16) 19. Nf3 {/\20.d4|^}) 17. Nc5
$1 (17. Bd2 $2 f3 $1 18. Nxf3 Bg4 $17) 17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rf6 (18... f3 19.
Nxf3 Bg4 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 (20... Nh4 $2 21. Nxe5) 21. Qa2+ Be6 22. Qa4 Qxd3 23.
Ng5 $16) 19. f3 $1 (19. Nxe6 $2 f3 $1) 19... Nh4 20. Bf2 $1 (20. Nxe6 $2 Rg6 $1
) 20... Rh6 {/\21...Nxg2} (20... Nxg2 $2 21. Nxe6 Rg6 22. Nc5 Qh3 23. Kh1 $18)
21. Bxh4 Rxh4 22. b5 $6 (22. Ra5 h6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. d4 $16 {xRh4}) 22... a5
23. b6 c6 24. Ra3 $4 (24. d4 $14) 24... Rh6 $4 (24... Qe7 25. Nxe6 Qxa3 $19)
25. Rba1 Qd8 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. d4 Qxb6 28. Qa2 Kf7 29. Rb1 $44 Qa7 30. Kh1 exd4
31. cxd4 Qxd4 32. Rxb7+ Kf6 33. h3 a4 34. Qe2 Kg6 $2 (34... Rd8 $13) 35. Rd3 $1
Qa1+ 36. Rd1 Qe5 37. Rdd7 a3 $2 $138 (37... Rd6 $2 38. Rxd6+ Qxd6 39. e5 Qd5 (
39... Qe6 40. Qe4+ Kh6 41. Rc7 $1 Ra6 42. Qxf4+ g5 43. Qf8+ $18) 40. Qc2+ Kh6
41. Qf5 $18) (37... Kh6 $1 38. Qf2 (38. Rxg7 Qxg7 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Qb2+ Kg8
41. Qb7 Ree8 42. Qxc6 a3 $10) 38... Rg6 39. Qh4+ Qh5 40. Qxf4+ Qg5 41. Qxg5+
Kxg5 (41... Rxg5 42. f4 $1 Rb5 43. Rbc7 $40) 42. Ra7 $14) 38. Qa2 Kh6 $2 (38...
Rg8 39. Qxa3 $16 {xKg6}) (38... Ree8 39. Qf7+ Kg5 (39... Kh6 40. Rd6+ Qxd6 41.
Qxg7+ Kh5 42. Qxh7+ Qh6 43. Qf5+ $18) 40. g3 $3 Re6 $1 {/\41...Qa1+ 42.Kg2 Qa2+
} (40... fxg3 41. f4+ Qxf4 42. Qxg7+ Kh5 43. Qxh7+ $18) (40... a2 41. h4+ Kh6
42. Rd6+ $1 $18) 41. h4+ (41. gxf4+ Qxf4 42. Qxe6 Qxf3+ $10 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44.
Kf1 Rf8+ 45. Rf7 Qc1+ $10) 41... Kh6 42. g4 (42. Qxg7+ $2 Qxg7 43. Rxg7 a2)
42... Rg6 43. Rd2 $16) 39. Rxg7 Qxg7 40. Rxg7 $4 (40. Qxe6+ Qg6 41. Qe7 $1 a2 (
41... Kh5 42. Qe5+ Kh6 43. Qxf4+) 42. Qh4+ Qh5 43. Rxh7+ Kxh7 44. Qxh5+ Kg8 45.
Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 (46... Kh7 47. Qa1 c5 48. Kg1 c4 49. Kf2 c3 50. Ke2 Kg6
51. Kd3 Ra3 52. h4 Kh5 53. e5 Kg6 54. e6 Kf6 55. Kc4 Kxe6 56. Kb4 Ra6 57. Kxc3
Kf5 58. Kd2 $18 {/\Ke2-f2,g3}) 47. Qa1 c5 48. Kg1 c4 49. Kf2 c3 50. Ke2 Ra3 (
50... Kh7 51. Kd3 Ra3 52. e5 Kg6 53. e6 Kf6 54. Kc4 $1 $18) 51. h4 Kf7 (51...
Kg7 52. h5 Kh6 53. g4 $1) 52. h5 Kf6 53. Kd3 Kg5 54. g4 $1 $18) 40... Kxg7 41.
Qxe6 a2 42. Qe5+ Kg6 (42... Kg8 $10) 43. Qa1 c5 44. g3 (44. Kg1 c4 45. Kf2 c3
46. Ke2 Kf7 47. Kd3 Ra3 $1 $10) 44... c4 $1 45. gxf4 c3 46. f5+ Kf7 47. e5 c2
48. e6+ Kg8 49. Qg1+ (49. e7 Kf7 50. e8=Q+ Kxe8 51. Qh8+ Kd7 $10) 49... Kf8 50.
Qc5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3
Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 O-O-O $1 (8... c5 {Ernst} 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nc2 O-O-O 11. d4
Qc6 $10 {Timman-Xie Jun/Donner memA/1994/}) (8... g5 $6 {Ernst} 9. d4 g4 10.
Ne1 O-O-O 11. Be3 h5 12. d5 $1 $14 {Timman-Short/San Lorenzo/1993/}) 9. d4 Bg4
$1 10. c3 $146 (10. Be3 {Wedberg: Brynell-Almasi/Malmo/1994}) (10. d5 {Ernst}
cxd5 11. Rxd5 Qc6 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. b3 Kc8 $15 {Dobosz-Smejkal/Trencianske
Teplice/1979/}) 10... Qe6 11. Nc2 (11. dxe5 Rxd1+ 12. Qxd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 fxe5
14. Ng5 Bxd1 15. Nxe6 Nf6 $13) 11... Re8 $5 (11... Ne7 12. dxe5 (12. Ne3 Bh5)
12... Rxd1+ 13. Qxd1 fxe5 14. Ne3 Bh5 $13) 12. Re1 (12. dxe5 $5 {Wedberg} Qxe5
(12... fxe5 13. Ne3 Bh5 14. Nf5 $14) 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Re1 Bh5 15. Nd3 Bd6 $13)
12... exd4 13. Ncxd4 (13. cxd4 $6 f5 $1 14. e5 Ne7 $15) 13... Qd7 (13... Qf7 $6
14. Ne5 $1 fxe5 15. Qxg4+ Kb8 16. Nf5 Nf6 17. Qe2 $16) 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bf4 Ne7
16. Rad1 c5 $8 (16... Ng6 17. Bh2 {+/-/\g4}) 17. Nb3 $1 (17. Nf5 $5 Qc6 18. Ng3
Bf7 19. c4 h5 $1 20. h4 Ng6 $13) 17... Qc6 18. Bh2 (18. c4 $5 {Wedberg /\Qd3,/
\Nd2-b1-c3-d5}) 18... Bf7 19. Qd2 (19. e5 Ng6 20. Qd2 b6 {game}) 19... b6 $1 (
19... Ng6 $2 20. Na5 Qe6 21. e5 {|^+-}) 20. e5 $1 Ng6 21. Re3 $6 (21. e6 Bxe6
22. Nbd4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qd7 24. Nxe6 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Ne5 $1 $10) (21. exf6 gxf6
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qd3 $1 c4 24. Qf5+ Qe6 (24... Be6 $2 25. Qe4 $1 $16) 25.
Qxe6+ Bxe6 26. Nbd4 Bd7 $14) 21... Bc4 $1 22. e6 (22. exf6 gxf6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8
$10) (22. Rde1 $32 {Wedberg}) 22... Bd6 (22... Bxe6 $2 23. Nbd4 cxd4 24. Nxd4
Qd7 25. Nxe6 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 $16) (22... Rxe6 $2 {Wedberg} 23. Qd8+ Kb7 24. Rxe6
Bxe6 25. Nbd4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Qd7 27. Nxe6 {Ernst} Qxd8 (27... Qxe6 $4 28. Qxc7+
$18) 28. Rxd8 $16) 23. Bxd6 Rd8 $15 {><e6} 24. Qe1 (24. Qc2 $5 Rxd6 25. Rxd6
Qxd6 26. Qe4 Bd5 27. Qg4 Re8 $5 (27... Kb8 $15) 28. Qa4 Rxe6 29. Qxa6+ Bb7 $15)
24... Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Nbd2 Bd5 27. c4 Bc6 28. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 (28... Qxe6 $2
29. Nxc5 Qxc4 30. Rc3 Qd5 31. Nxa6 $14 {|^}) 29. Rxe4 Re8 30. b3 $138 Re7 $1 (
30... Nf4 31. e7 Ng6 32. Re6) 31. Re3 Nf8 32. Qb1 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Kf1 g6
35. Ng1 Qd6 36. Nf3 Ne6 37. Qe4 Kd7 38. Kg1 Nd4 39. Qd3 Qe6 $1 40. Kf1 (40.
Nxd4 $2 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. g3 cxd4 $19) 40... Qf5 41. Qxf5+ Nxf5 42. Ke2
Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nc2+ (43... Nxf3 $2 44. Kxf3 b5 45. Ke4 $10) 44. Kd2 Nb4 $1 45. a3
Nc6 {><b3><a3} 46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Ke4 f5+ 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. g3 (49. h4 $1 $8 h6 50.
g3 g5 51. hxg5+ hxg5 52. Nd2 Nd4 53. Kd3 $15) 49... g5 $1 $17 50. Nd2 Nd4 51.
a4 Ke5 52. Kd3 (52. f4+ gxf4+ 53. gxf4+ Kf6 54. Kf2 Kg6 (54... c6 {Ernst} 55.
Ke3 b5 56. a5 Kg7 57. Kf2 Ne6 58. Ke3 Nd8 59. Nf3 Nb7 $19) 55. Kg3 Kh5 56. Kh2
Kh4 57. Kg2 h6 58. Kh2 Ne2 $19) 52... h5 53. Ke3 f4+ 54. Kd3 (54. gxf4+ gxf4+
55. Kd3 Kf5 {/\Kg5,Kh4-+}) 54... g4 (54... fxg3 55. fxg3 h4 56. gxh4 gxh4 57.
Ke3 Kf5 $19) 55. hxg4 $138 hxg4 56. gxf4+ Kxf4 57. Kc3 Nf3 58. Nf1 Ne5 $1 59.
Nh2 (59. Nd2 c6 $1 (59... Nc6 {Ernst} 60. Kd3 Nd4 61. Kc3 Ne2+ 62. Kd3 Ng1 63.
Kc3 Nh3 $19) 60. Kc2 b5 61. axb5 cxb5 62. cxb5 axb5 63. Kc3 b4+ 64. Kc2 Nf3 65.
Nf1 Ng5 (65... Nd4+ 66. Kd3 Nxb3 67. Kc4 $10) 66. Kd3 Ne4 67. Ke2 c4 $1 68.
bxc4 b3 $19) 59... Ke4 60. Kc2 Kd4 (60... Kd4 61. Kd2 Nf3+ 62. Nxf3+ gxf3 63.
Kc2 c6 64. Kd2 b5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Ng5 Bd7 8.
Nc4 Qg6 9. d4 f6 10. f4 $5 exf4 $1 $8 (10... fxg5 $6 11. Nxe5 Qd6 12. fxg5 $16
{xf7/}) 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Qd3 (12. Bxf4 $5 Qxe4 13. Qd2 $44 g5 $4 14. Bxc7 $1
Kxc7 15. Qa5+ Kc8 16. Nb6+ $16) 12... Re8 $1 {N/} (12... Qh6 13. Nfd2 $1 g5 14.
Na5 Be6 15. Ndb3 Bb4 16. Nxc6 $1 $16 {Rausis,I-Herbrechtsmeier,C/Viernsheim/
1992/}) 13. Re1 Qg4 $15 {xf4} 14. Bd2 Ne7 $1 15. Ba5 Kb8 $1 16. Qb3 {/\Ba5xc7/}
Nc8 17. Kh1 Qh5 $1 $17 18. Bd2 g5 19. e5 (19. Na5 Nb6) 19... g4 20. Ng1 f3 $1
$19 21. gxf3 (21. exf6 fxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kf1 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Be6 {/\Be6-d5/}
) 21... Be6 $1 22. Qd3 gxf3 23. Rf1 Rg8 24. Ne3 (24. Nxf3 Bd5 25. Rf2 Rg3 26.
Raf1 Qh3 $1 27. Bf4 Bxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Qg2#) 24... fxe5 25. dxe5 Bh6 26. Nxf3 Rg3
0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf6 $5 {[%emt 0:20:05]
Every now and then, chess proves to be inexhaustible. I must confess that
prior to annotating this game I knew Black had a good half a dozen
alternatives after 5.0-0, but was not familiar with the last move at all! In
fact, it has been played in a few hundred games starting with 1887! So maybe I
should reformulate: chess may be limited, in this game there is nothing really
new, but our even more limited knowledge makes it seem infinite.} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:15] The most ambitious move. White opens the centre and hopes to
prove the queen's development premature by attacking it as soon as possible.
But the game will show that the queen has enough mobility, due to the absence
of the white light-squared bishop and the space cleared by ...dxc6 and ...exd4.
} (6. d3 {allows Black to achieve a comfortable regrouping:} Ne7 (6... Bg4 7.
Nbd2 Ne7 8. h3 h5 {would actually transpose to the 5...Bg4 variation. If Black
wants to play like that it makes no sense starting with 5...Qf6, since this
gives White a choice on move 6.}) 7. Be3 Ng6 8. h3 c5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Qe6
11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bxf4 d5 17.
exd5 Bxd5 18. Rae1 Qc6 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11 {Oleksienko,M (2618)-Chirila,I (2520)
Philadelphia 2014 (1/2-1/2, 60)}) 6... exd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} ({The oldest recorded game with this line went} 7. e5 $6 {It makes no
sense to weaken the light squares. This actually transposes to some sort of
Berlin Defence in which Black has not lost the right to castle, sparing him
quite a bunch of tempi on the way to connect rooks.} Qg6 8. Nxd4 ({In more
recent years White has played} 8. Qxd4 {but there seem to be no reason to
refrain from} Bh3 $146 {for instance} 9. Ng5 Rd8 10. Qf4 Bc8 {Planning ...Nh6
and ...Be7.} 11. e6 $6 {White is too poorly developed to afford such early
activity.} fxe6 12. Qxc7 Bd6 13. Qa5 Nf6 $36) 8... Bh3 9. Qf3 Bg4 10. Qg3 O-O-O
{with comfortable play in Schallopp,E-Harmonist,M Frankfurt 1887 (0-1, 28)})
7... Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10] Still hoping to cause Black
some problems with his queen safety.} (8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 f6 11.
Be3 O-O-O {Solak,D (2630)-Atalik,S (2592) Kocaeli 2008 CBM 125 [Atalik,S] (1/
2-1/2, 58)}) 8... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (8... Be7 9. Be3 (9. Bxe7 Nxe7 {is
likely to transpose to our game.}) 9... Nf6 {0-1 (49) Naiditsch,A (2716)
-Caruana,F (2757) Baden-Baden 2013 CBM 153 [Andreikin,D]}) 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:
40]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:42] The exchange of bishops tends to be a small strategic
success for White in the Exchange Variation. Things are a bit different here,
as this operation ensures the queen higher stability.} ({Without queens, the
best way to prepare long castling would be} 9... f6 {but here this may cause
some problems after} 10. Bh4 O-O-O 11. Bg3 {with advance in development and
continuing initiative for White.}) 10. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (10. Be3 O-O-O 11.
Qf3 Qf6 ({After White has blocked his own f-pawn,} 11... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6g4]
makes sense, for instance:} 12. h3 Qe5 {[%cal Ge7d6]} 13. Nde2 Be6 $11) 12. Qg3
Qg6 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. f3 Rhe8 15. Qf2 Bd6 16. Nde2 Nh5 17. Bf4 {Spectacular,
but not too effective.} (17. g4 {may cause Black space problems.}) 17... Nxf4
18. Nxf4 Qg5 ({Actually, even} 18... Bxf4 {is playable:} 19. Qa7 $1 Be3+ $1 20.
Qxe3 b6) 19. Nd3 Kb8 $13 {Guseinov,G (2631)-Khairullin,I (2658)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 (0-1, 56)}) 10... Nxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nde2 {[%emt 0:
00:10] The typical knight retreat.} (11. Nb3 O-O-O (11... Qxd1 12. Raxd1 b6 {
[%csl Rb3] would be simpler.}) 12. Qe2 g5 $5 {Morozevich' trademark
originality.} (12... Ng6 13. Rad1 Qe7) 13. Qe3 b6 14. Qxg5 Rhg8 15. Qe3 Qg6 16.
g3 h5 {Magem Badals,J (2520)-Morozevich,A (2575) Pamplona 1994 CBM 046 
[Wedberg] (0-1, 40), and Black eventually proved his compensation to be more
dangerous than it may seem at first sight.}) 11... O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:23]} 12.
Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:05][%cal Gc1e3] The exchange on d6 would just repair Black's
structure, so the queen has to look for other horisons.} Bg4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:
07:43]} ({It seems that Black can actually ignore White's plan by continuing
his own regrouping:} 12... Ng6 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rd2 Ne5 16. b3 Bc8
$11 {Radjabov,T (2751)-Adams,M (2729) Baku 2008 (1/2-1/2, 39)}) (12... Qc5 {
[%csl Re3] is a bit committal, but in practice it has worked out well:} 13. Qf4
f5 (13... Be6 14. Rad1 Ng6 $11) 14. Ng3 h6 15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3
fxe4 18. Ncxe4 b6 19. b3 c5 20. Rf7 Rhg8 21. Rd1 Ne5 $15 {Erzhanov,A (2278)
-Batchuluun,T (2523) St Petersburg 2014 (0-1, 54)}) 13. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} (
13. f3 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Be6 {would prevent White's intended regrouping radically.})
({I am slightly puzzled by the engines' suggestion against the consequent} 13.
Qe3 {, namely} Bxe2 {True, Black solves all his problems of coordination, but
isn't the bishop's higher mobility supposed to compensate for the minor
structural defect?!} 14. Qxe2 Ng6 15. Rfd1 (15. Rad1 Qb4 {takes advantage of
the missing e2-knight, by making b2-b3 impossible.}) 15... Qc5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8
17. Rd1 Rd6 {We can notice that Black has got some other form of compensating
dynamically for the double pawns. There is only one open file and Black keeps
it firmly under control, as the exchange on d6 would immediately solve all his
long term problems after ...cxd6. Besides, the black knight is more mobile
than White's, which is restricted precisely by one of the double pawns and by
White's main candidate to promotion, the e4-pawn!} 18. g3 Ne5 19. Kg2 g5 $5 $11
) 13... Ng6 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 14. Nd3 {[%emt 0:05:07]} ({Once again, the
exchange of one minor piece is supposed to help White, but here, too, the
d-file is the main issue:} 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. h3 Be6 (15... Bxh3 {looks a bit
premature:} 16. Rd1 Qe5 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. gxh3 Rxh3 19. Ne2 $14 {due to the
intremediate checks Qd2, Qd1 or sometimes Qg5, White is going to win an
important tempo for approaching with his queen, making Black's compensation
for the piece only partial.}) 16. Qe3 Qd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. Rad1 c5 $1 19. f3
Rhd8 $11) 14... f6 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 15. Qe3 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:05:
48]} 16. f4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Qe7
{[%emt 0:00:36]} 18. Rde1 $13 {[%emt 0:20:37] Both sides have regrouped
harmoniously and the outcome of the middlegame will mainly depend on whether
the central pawns will prove weak or strong.} b6 {[%emt 0:18:15]} 19. Qg3 {
[%emt 0:16:16]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:31] Highlighting the drawback of keeping the
knight on d3: the d-file is Black's.} 20. Ne2 $5 {[%emt 0:16:53]} Ra4 $5 {
[%emt 0:07:46]} (20... Rxe4 {could lead to interesting complications:} 21. Nd4
Kb7 22. f5 Rxe1 (22... Nf8 $2 23. Nxc6 $1 Kxc6 24. Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxg7 $18 {
[%csl Gh8]}) 23. Rxe1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 ({The spectacular} 24. Nxc6 {only leads to
a draw by perpetual:} Kxc6 25. Nxe5+ fxe5 26. Rxe5 Qf7 27. Qf3+ Kd6 28. Qg3 Kd7
29. Qd3+ Kc6 30. Qf3+) 24... fxe5 25. Qxe5 {with chances to get some small
advantage in the endgame.}) 21. c3 $2 {[%emt 0:17:56] An almost imperceptible
mistake. White should have kept the c3-square free for his knight.} (21. a3 $1
Re8 ({The same idea as in the game does not work now:} 21... c5 $6 22. Nc3 $1
Rd4 23. f5 Ne5 24. Nd5 $16) 22. Nb4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rxe4 24. c3 Kb7 25. Nd4 $13 {
The position is hard to evaluate. Black has won a pawn, but his rook is out of
play for a while.}) 21... c5 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:04:38]} (21... Rxa2 22. Nb4 Qc5+
23. Nd4 {creates unnecessary problems on c6.}) 22. f5 {[%emt 0:09:17]} (22. b4
cxb4 23. Nxb4 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 Re8 $17) (22. e5 $5) 22... Rxe4 $1 {[%emt 0:12:21]}
23. fxg6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 24. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxe2
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 26. Qxg4 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. gxh7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxh7 {[%emt 0:
02:13] Black has won a pawn, which will soon ensure him a space advantage, but
he does not have any candidate to promotion yet. White could hope to draw by
using his temporarily higher activity, but this will prove illusory.} 28. Nf4 {
[%emt 0:06:47]} ({Unfortunately,} 28. Re7 {does not offer enough counterplay:}
Kb7 29. Nf4 Kc6 {[%cal Gc6d6]}) 28... Kc8 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (30. Re7 Kd8 31. Rf7 $2 Ke8
$19) 30... Kd8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 31. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
32. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:29] This ending is a lot more
dangerous for White than it may seem. The queenside "majority" (I am not sure
if this term applies if Black cannot create a passed pawn) will soon become
threatening. We will also see another drawback of the move c2-c3: it
chronically weakened the d3-square.} 33. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
18]} 34. Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 35. Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} c4
{[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 37. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 39. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf5+ {[%emt 0:08:28]} 42. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} c6 {[%emt 0:09:31]} 43. Re2 {[%emt 0:12:41]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:22]
} 44. Rd2 {[%emt 0:07:14]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 45. Re2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Kf5 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} 46. Rf2+ {[%emt 0:02:25]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 47. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd3+ {[%emt 0:13:33] I believe that by now it is safe enough
to call Black's position "won".} 48. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Ke1
f5 $19 {is awfully passive for White.}) 48... Re3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 49. Rf5+ {
[%emt 0:05:47]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 50. Rf2 $6 {[%emt 0:00:05] Allowing an
elegant execution, but there was not much hope left anyway.} (50. Rf4+ Kd3 51.
Rf2 a5 52. Kf5 c5 53. h4 b4 {Black will finally get a passed pawn, sealing the
fate of the game.}) 50... f5+ {[%emt 0:03:08]} 51. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Re2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 52. g3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Rg5 {[%emt 0:
00:24]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 54. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
55. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 56. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {The Exchange Variation has never been
too popular at top level. True, in a famous game played at Sankt Petersburg in
1914, Lasker used it to defeat his direct rival Capablanca, while in the late
'60s Fischer obtained a couple of fine wins with it, but in principle the
early capture on c6 has basically remained a mere surprise weapon. With the
Marshall Attack so hard to deal with, the revival of such an early deviation
from the well-trotten paths is not something completely unexpected.} dxc6 5.
O-O Be7 $5 {A relatively rare move.} ({The most common answer is} 5... f6 {
but after} 6. d4 {exd4, which is considered to be the main line, one would
wonder what did the advance of the f-pawn serve for apart from slightly
weakening the e6-square. Personally, I believe that in fact} Bg4 {not only
gives sense to ...f6, but also offers Black entirely adequate play, but
current fashion thinks slightly differently. From this point of view, the text
move is easy to understand: Black defends the e5-pawn by indirect means,
making a more useful developing move than 5...f6. However, the ultimate
consequences of this approach are not that one-sided as it might seem at first
sight.}) 6. d3 ({Having defended the e-file with the bishop, Black is ready to
meet} 6. Nxe5 {with} Qd4 {followed by ...Qxe4. Practice has shown that the
lively play that follows tends to lead to approximate equality. Leko's move is
quite a logical reaction to Black's variation, as can be infered from the next
comment.}) 6... Bf6 {We can see now the main drawback behind defining the
bishop's intentions at such an early stage. In the cases when White refrains
from an early opening of the centre (in the lines based on 6.Bxc6 mainly), the
most desirable way of defending the e5-pawn is ...f6. The bishop belongs to
the a3-f8 diagonal, defending the c-pawn (after a predictable ...c5) and
keeping the enemy queen side under observation. After castling, Black
frequently plays ...Re8 and ...Bf8. On f6, the bishop is both passive and
slightly exposed, preventing the natural connection between the king side
pawns. Of course, 6...f6 would make no sense at all now, because it would
leave Black with problems developing his remaining knight.} 7. Nbd2 {The plan
introduced by this move is the most logical: White concentrates his forces
against the e5-pawn.} (7. Be3 {has also been played, but generally speaking it
makes less sense because it is mainly aimed to sustain the opening of the
centre with d4, for which Black is well prepared.} Ne7 8. Nbd2 ({The immediate
} 8. d4 {offered Black strong counterplay after} Bg4 9. c3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ng6
11. Na3 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg5 13. Qc1 Nh4 {All these moves, taking advantage of
the kingside weaknesses are rather instructive.} 14. f4 Bf6 15. Kh1 Bxd4 $15 {
0-1 Zelcic,R (2540)-Krstic,U (2265)/Pula 1998/EXT 2000 (57)}) (8. h3 Ng6 9. Nc3
O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Ng3 Qd7 {was seen in the game 1/2-1/2
Georgadze,T-Novopashin,A/USSR 1975 (23). Now, Georgadze gives} 13. d4 exd4 14.
Bxd4 Rad8 15. Rfd1 {as clearly better for White but after} Nh4 $15 {it is only
Black who can claim an advantage.}) 8... Ng6 9. Nc4 (9. Nb3 {is less indicated
because the knight has little to do here. After} O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 a5 12.
a4 b6 {White initiated a regroupment similar to that from our main game, but
with considerable loss of time:} 13. Nbd2 c5 14. Nc4 Be6 15. b3 Qe7 16. Bd2
Rad8 17. Bc3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Nf4 19. Nh2 g6 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Ne3 Qd6 22. Qb1 Ne6
23. Qd1 Nd4 {Taking advantage of the few available extra-tempi, Black has
managed to activate his position and has nothing to fear, 1/2-1/2 Zahariev,Z 
(2365)-Djuric,S (2535)/Iraklion 1992/EXT 99' (63)}) 9... Be6 10. b3 b6 11. a4
a5 12. Bd2 Bxc4 13. bxc4 Be7 {A well-timed regroupment. T he bishop abandons
the relatively unfavorable f6-square before the pressure against the e5-pawn
becomes too strong.} 14. Bc3 (14. Rb1 {would prevent the placement of the
bishop on b4, but would allow} Bc5 15. Bc3 Qe7 {instead.}) 14... Bb4 15. Bxb4 (
15. Bxe5 $2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bc3 $17) (15. Bb2 Qe7 16. c3 Bd6 17. d4 {would
manage to create a strong centre of pawns, but the passivity of the bishop and
the weakness of the c4-pawn are too high a price to pay, leaving Black with a
good position after a calm move such as} O-O) 15... axb4 16. c5 Qe7 17. cxb6
cxb6 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Nc4 Ra6 20. Qd2 Rfa8 21. Rab1 c5 {with at least equal
play for Black, 1/2-1/2 Brynell,S (2485)-Grivas,E (2440)/Leningrad 1989/CBM
014 (30)}) 7... Ne7 8. Nc4 Ng6 9. b3 $146 {Technically speaking, this is a
novelty but it could just lead to move transposition.} (9. Bd2 Be6 (9... O-O
10. Bc3 Re8 {is rather similar with the main game. White might play b3 later
anyway in order to increase his control on light squares.}) 10. Ne3 {White
should not retreat with his knight from this active position.} (10. b3 O-O 11.
Bc3 {looks more to the point.}) 10... c5 11. Bc3 Qd7 12. a4 O-O 13. b3 b5 14.
Nd2 Be7 15. Ra2 f6 16. Kh1 Bd6 $15 {Black has considerably restricted the
activity of the enemy minor pieces and regrouped his own in optimal way. His
position is very enjoyable now, 1/2-1/2 Brynell,S (2485)-Grivas,E (2440)/
Leningrad 1989/CBM 014 (30)}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. h3 a5 {In principle,
the side interested in giving the position a blocked character is White, who
has two knights. From this point of view, Black's last move is slightly
cooperative.} ({He should have aimed for the same type of structure as in the
aforementioned game Brynell-Grivas, by preserving the possibility of driving
the c4-knight away with ...b5, with, for instance,} 11... c5 12. a4 b6) ({
In fact, the immediate} 11... b5 {also comes into account, although weakening
the queen side before having completed the development might be not to
everybody's taste.}) 12. a4 c5 13. Kh1 {A slightly mystersterious
prophylactical move, aiming to enable the thematic opening of the king side by
means of f4.} b6 14. Bc3 Be6 {Black cannot stand the irritating pressure
against e5 anymore and decides to exchange one of White's key pieces.} 15. Nh2
{The e5-pawn is poisoned.} (15. Nfxe5 $2 Bxc4) (15. Ncxe5 Bxb3 16. Nc6 Qd6 17.
e5 Qxc6 18. exf6 Bd5 19. fxg7 Nf4 $40) (15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nfxe5 (16. Ncxe5 Qd6)
16... Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 $44) 15... Bxc4 16. bxc4 {This is the first
of the series of occasions when White will have the opportunity to capture
with a pawn towards the centre, which will give him unquestionable superiority
in this area of the board.} Qd7 17. Qg4 Qc6 18. g3 Nf8 19. f4 exf4 {Black, on
the contrary, is forced to capture away from the centre, just as he did on the
4th move.} 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. gxf4 Qg6 22. f5 Qxg4 23. hxg4 f6 $14 {White has
an obvious advantage, but converting it into something more concrete is
anything but easy. The main factor that restricts his active possibilities is
the relative weakness of the c4-pawn, which makes the desirable opening of the
centre by means of d4 not easy to carry out. Leko's strategy during the next
30 moves is in accordance with the general recommendations of the good old
Soviet School regarding the conversion of minimal but stable advantage, when
the opponent hardly has any counterplay. He will maneuver with his pieces in
such a way that it creates small illusory threats, others than the main plan.
Only when the opponent will be tired and somewhat confused about which the
true intentions could be, will he go for the opening of the centre with d4.}
24. Nf3 Rad8 25. Kg2 Rd6 26. Kg3 Nd7 27. Kf4 h6 28. Ke3 Kf7 29. Rad1 Rc6 30.
Rg1 Re7 31. Rd2 Rd6 32. Rdd1 Rc6 33. Rde1 Rd6 34. Rg2 Rc6 35. Rb1 Rd6 36. Ng1
Ne5 37. Ne2 Re8 38. Nc3 Rd4 39. Kf4 Rd7 40. Nd5 Nc6 41. Ke3 Ne5 42. Nc3 Rd6 43.
Ne2 Rd7 44. Kf4 Red8 45. Ng1 Rd6 46. Nf3 Nd7 47. Re1 Re8 48. Rge2 Re7 49. Ke3
Re8 50. Rd1 Rd8 51. Red2 Ke7 52. Kf4 Re8 53. Ke3 Rd8 54. c3 {Finally a pawn
move, preparing d4.} Ne5 {The most rational way of fighting against White's
advantage of space consists of exchanging pieces. Besides, Black's first
capture towards the centre is enabled now.} (54... Rc6 {would only temporarily
prevent d4. After} 55. Rc1 Ne5 56. Nxe5 fxe5 57. d4 {would more or less force
Black to transpose to the game continuation with} Rcd6 ({The immediate} 57...
Kf6 $4 {loses a crucial pawn to} 58. dxe5+)) 55. Nxe5 fxe5 56. d4 Kf6 57. dxe5+
$2 {This move will lead unexpectedly quickly to a win, but is hardly the
strongest in this position. Its main drawbacks are that it allows the strong
centralization of the enemy king and the exchange of one pair of rooks, which
should make White's huge advantage of space bearable for Black.} ({White would
have consolidated his advantage with} 57. d5 {for instance:} Kg5 (57... g5 58.
fxg6 Kxg6 59. Rf2 Rf6 60. Rf5 $16) 58. Rh1 Rf8 59. Rg2 {followed by Rh5(+) and
g5(+). Once a rook will be installed on e6, Black's position would become
hopeless.}) 57... Kxe5 58. Rd5+ Rxd5 59. cxd5 ({Exchanging the remaining rooks
would be pretty dangerous:} 59. Rxd5+ Rxd5 60. exd5 (60. cxd5 {leaves White in
zugzwang after} c4 $19) 60... h5 $1 {although he can probably still save the
day with} 61. gxh5 (61. Kf3 $2 h4 $19) 61... Kxf5 62. Kf3 Kg5 63. Ke4 Kxh5 64.
Ke5 g5 65. Ke6 g4 66. Kd7 g3 67. Kxc7 g2 68. d6 g1=Q 69. d7 {when the
unavailibility of checks along the c-file prevents Black from pushing the
enemy king in front of the pawn. Of course, no player would consider 59.Rxd5+
seriously. I mentioned this obvious mistake here just in order to illustrate
how relative the notion of advantage of space can be. White let good part of
his advantage slip away with the exchange of one pair of rooks and could
almost have turned tables around with a second exchange.}) 59... b5 $4 {
But this is just panic. It seems like if Leko's series of 30 neutral moves
finally produced their psychological effect over Aronian. Otherwise, how could
be explained the fact that just in the moment when he had somewhat relieved
his position he launches himself into a desperate counterattack, involving the
loss of a pawn and completely ruining his queen side structure? In case of a
neutral strategy from Black's part, White could not have continued playing
cat-and-mouse anymore, but would have been forced to embark in double-edged
variations, allowing powerful black counterplay, in order to search for
winning chances.} ({Let's now have a more concrete look at the position. Which
neutral move should Black choose? He cannot move his king because this would
enable Kf4 followed by e5 with a crushing position. The rook cannot leave the
d-file undefended because after, say} 59... Re8 $2 {White would obtain
excellent winning chances with} 60. d6 $1) ({Therefore, we are left with moves
along the d-file. We shall take} 59... Rd6 {as a reference point. Let's see
first what would happen if White intends to carry out the same plan as that
mentioned in the comment to the 57th move:} 60. c4 Rd8 61. Rh1 Rd7 62. Rh5 Rd8
({The only trick Black has to avoid is} 62... Rd6 $4 63. f6+ $1 Kxf6 64. e5+
$18) 63. g5 hxg5 64. Rxg5 Rh8 {Here we can see two significant differences
compared with the comment from the 57th move. First of all, with just one pair
of rooks on board, White cannot carry out the thematic king side break without
giving up the control of the h-file. Secondly, the black king is very actively
placed now. These aspects are sufficient to maintain the balance even.} 65.
Rxg7 Rh3+ 66. Kd2 Kxe4 67. Rxc7 Kxf5 {with a most likely draw, for instance}
68. Re7 Rh2+ 69. Re2 Rh4 70. Kd3 Rh3+ 71. Re3 Rh4 72. Kc3 Rh1 {and the d-pawn
is not dangerous.}) ({Against} 59... Rd6 {White can also try a different plan,
based on the transfer of the king to the queen side, using the c4-square:} 60.
Kd3 Rd8 61. Re1 Re8 62. Kc4 Kd6 {This looks like the safest defensive method.}
(62... Kf4 {might be playable but more risky.}) 63. Kb5 Re5 $1 {Black has to
maintain the e-pawn safely blocked. Otherwise, he would face the permanent
danger of a well-timed e5+, distracting the king from the defence of the
c7-pawn.} 64. c4 Kd7 65. Ka6 Kd6 66. Kb7 Kd7 {White has reached a maximum of
activity, but he seems to have no way to increase his pressure. For instance}
67. d6 (67. g5 hxg5 68. Rg1 Rxe4 69. Rxg5 Rxc4 $11) 67... Kxd6 68. Rd1+ Ke7 69.
Kxc7 Rxe4 $11) 60. axb5 $18 {The rest is easy.} a4 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Ra1 Ra8 63.
Ra3 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {An early deviation from the otherwise
inevitable Anti-Marshall systems. Kamsky seems to have had enough of it here
in Sofia, although the practical results were quite favourable for him.} dxc6
5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 {White choses a radical way
of releasing the king side tension.} (9. hxg4 {does not promisse an advantage:}
hxg4 10. g3 gxf3 11. Qxf3 Qe6 12. Nc4 c5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qf5 Qxf5 15. exf5 f6
16. f4 Bd6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Deviatkin,A (2495)-Fressinet,L (2636)/
playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 100 ext. It should be mentioned that fressinet is
an expert of the Exchange variation with White, too.}) ({White could have
maintained the tension with} 9. Re1 {but then} Ng6 {is considered to offer
Black a good game.}) 9... Bxf3 {This exchange is more or less forced now.} (
9... Ng6 $6 10. hxg4 $1 hxg4 11. Bg5 {This is the difference. The queen's
access to the h-file is denied.} Qe6 12. Nh2 $16 {Pribyl,J-Machacek,P/Havirov
1970/MCD}) 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Rd1 ({Usually, White plays} 12. Be3 {
first. By placing the rook on d1 at such an early stage, White declares his
intention to transfer the king to the more central and safer e2-square.}) 12...
c5 13. Kf1 Bd6 14. Ke2 f6 $146 (14... Nf8 {worked out well in a previous game
where this position was reached.} 15. Be3 ({However, after the knight retreat} 
15. f4 $1 {is critical.}) 15... Ne6 16. c3 Ke7 17. a3 a5 18. a4 Rhd8 19. Rd2 f6
$11 {Sebag,M (2415)-Qin Kanying (2469)/Ekaterinburg 2006}) 15. c3 Kf7 16. Be3
Rhd8 17. a3 a5 18. a4 b6 {Pawn structures of both players are quite solid.
Strictly speaking, the f-pawns are weaker than the c-pawn, but the fact that
the black bishop is restricted by the own structure maintains the balance even.
} 19. Rdc1 {White prepares the opening of the queen side, but this plan will
not yield him any advantage.} ({The alternative consisted of putting pressure
on the g-file aiming to get rid of the double pawns by means of f4.} 19. Rg1
Nf8 (19... Rd7 20. Rg3) 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Bxf4 d5 23. Be3 Rd7 24.
b4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Bd2 axb4 27. Rgb1 Ne6 28. Rxb4 $14) 19... Rd7 20. b4
cxb4 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Rcb1 d5 24. Rxb4 d4 25. Bd2 Rda7 26. f4 {
Finally getting rid of these annoying weaknesses and clearing the f3-square
for the king.} (26. Ra3 {would only lose time in view of} b5 $1 27. Rxb5 Rxa4
28. Rxa4 Rxa4) 26... Nxf4+ 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Kf3 b5 ({In case of} 28... g5 29.
h4 Ra5 30. Rxb6 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Rd6 {it is hard to see how Black can
make any progress, in spite of his extra-pawn.}) 29. Rxb5 Rxa4 30. Rb7+ Kf8 31.
Rg1 g5 32. h4 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Rxa1 34. Rb5 gxh4 35. Rxh5 Ra3 36. Rxh4 (36. Ke2 f3+
) 36... Rxd3+ 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Rxf4 Ke7 39. Rf5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schneider, Lars Ake"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Matanovic,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Inf.26/274} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 f6 7.
Be3 Be6 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Nc4 Qc6 10. Nfd2 Ne7 11. a4 b6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6
14. Bg3 Bd6 (14... Be7 15. Qh5 O-O 16. Ne3 $14) 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 $2
(16... Rd8 17. Ne3 O-O $11) 17. dxc4 Rd8 18. a5 b5 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. Qd5 $16
Ke7 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Ra3 Qc4 $8 23. Bxe5 Qxd5 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rxd5 Rhe8 26.
Rf3+ Kg6 27. Rfd3 Rxe4 28. Rxd6+ Rxd6 29. Rxd6+ Kf5 30. Rd5+ Ke6 31. Rxc5 $18
Kd6 32. Rg5 g6 33. c3 $2 (33. Kf2 $18) 33... Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rc1 35. b4 Rxc3 36.
b5 axb5 37. Rxb5 Ra3 38. Rb6+ Kc5 $2 (38... Ke5 $1 39. a6 Ke4 40. Ke2 (40. h3
Kf4) 40... Ra2+ $11) 39. Rb7 Rxa5 40. Rxh7 Kd5 (40... Kd6 41. Rh6) 41. Re7 Kd6
42. Re4 Kd7 43. h3 Ra3 44. Re3 Ra5 45. Kf3 Rf5+ 46. Kg4 Ra5 47. Re4 Ra2 48. Kf3
Ra5 49. Rg4 Ra6 50. Kf4 Ke7 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. Kh6 Rb6 53. Rf4+ Kg8 54. g4 Ra6 55.
g5 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7.
Nxd4 Bd7 (7... c5 {Donev} 8. Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {Dies fьhrt zur Hauptvariante
mit einem Mehrtempo fьr WeiЯ.}) 8. Be3 O-O-O 9. Qe2 {Donev: 'Damit legt sich
WeiЯ noch nicht fest, auf welche Seite er rochieren wird. Die weiЯe Q steht
optimal auf e2, weil erstens der Pg2 nach f3 gedeckt ist und zweitens nimmt
sie den Pa6 auf dem schwarzen Damenflьgel aufs Korn.'} Qg6 (9... Nh6 {Donev}
10. O-O-O Qg6 11. f3 f5 12. e5 Nf7 13. f4 Bb4 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 16.
Rxd1 Bf8 17. Na7+ Kb8 18. Nc6+ Kc8 19. Bg1 Qh6 20. g3 Bd6 21. Na5 Nd8 22. Qe3
Kd7 23. Qa7 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Kxc6 25. Ne2 Bxa2 26. Nd4+ Kd7 27. Nxf5 {1-0
Yandemirov,V-Kirusha,A/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) 10. O-O-O {'N!?' Donev.
Donev: 'Die lange Rochade scheint logischer zu sein, da die schwarzen B (nach
Bd6) und die schwarze Q bereits auf den Kцnigsflьgel schauen.'} ({Ein Beispiel
aus eigener Praxis gegen den talentierten italienischen GroЯmeister:} 10. f3 {
Donev} Bd6 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. g4 Qf6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Be5 15. Nb3 (15. Qf2 $1
$14) 15... Be6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bd2 c5 18. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Donev,I-Godena,M/SUI
1996/CBM 55 ext (18)}) 10... Bb4 (10... Qxg2 $4 11. Rdg1 Qh3 (11... Bg4 {Donev}
12. Rxg2 Bxe2 13. Ndxe2 $18) 12. Rg3 Qh4 13. Bg5 {'+-' Donev. wins the greedy
queen.}) 11. Qc4 Bd6 {'?!' Donev.} (11... Bxc3 {is less compromising, and after
} 12. Qxc3 Qxe4 13. Nf3 {White has some initiative to compensate for the pawn.}
(13. Qc5 {[%cal Yc5a7] Donev} b6 14. Qc4 $13 {[%cal Yc4a6,Yc4f7]})) 12. Nb3 Nh6
13. Qd4 {Probing for weaknesses in the Black king's position. Donev: 'Schwarz
darf nicht erlauben, dass die weiЯe Dame auf a7 eindringt.'} b6 14. Na4 $1 Bg4
{'?' Donev. Donev: 'Nach diesem Fehler bekommt der Anziehende sehr starken
Angriff. Schwarz sollte in der folgenden Fortsetzung Verteidigung suchen:'} (
14... c5 $2 15. Nxb6+ cxb6 16. Qxd6 $16) (14... Be7 {Donev} 15. Nxb6+ cxb6 16.
Qxb6 c5) 15. Nxb6+ $3 {'->!' Donev.} cxb6 16. Qxb6 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 {'+-' Donev.
Keeping the pressure on. Donev: 'Der Anziehende hat einen Turm weniger, aber
praktisch sind alle weiЯen Figuren gegen den geschwдchten schwarzen Kцnig
gerichtet. AuЯerdem sind die Qg6, der Nh6 und der Rh8 weit von ihrem Monarchen
entfernt. Es ist kein Wunder, dass der weiЯe Angriff in einigen Zьgen die
Partie beendet.  '} (17. Qxc6+ Bc7 {and the threat of a queen exchange
exhausts the attack.}) 17... Ng4 {Black's queen and knight are on the wrong
side of the board.} (17... Kd7 18. e5 {wins a piece back, maintaining an
immense attack.}) 18. Qxa6+ Kd7 19. Bf4 Ke7 20. Bxd6+ Rxd6 21. Qb7+ Ke6 (21...
Ke8 22. Qb8+ Ke7 23. Qc7+) 22. Nc5+ Ke5 23. Qe7+ Re6 24. Qc7+ {24...Kf6 (24...
Rd6 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.f4+ wins) 25.Qf4+ Ke7 26.Rd7+ Kf8 27.Nxe6+ Qxe6 28.Qb8+
Qe8 29.Rd8 wins the queen.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Can, Isik"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 {This is one of the
possible 'slightly awkward' ways to defend the e5-pawn, like 5...Qd6, 5...f6,
5...Bg4 for example. In any case, Black has a fine position - the Exchange
Variation of the Ruy Lopez hasn't been used a lot in present times. One of the
only GMs that still plays it regularly is Dragan Solak from Turkey.} 6. d4 exd4
7. Bg5 (7. e5 $2 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5][%cal Re4e5,Gc8f5,Ge6d5] This is one of the
first games played in the variation. The attractive e5 move is a notable
strategic mistake - without the light-squared bishop, White is not supposed to
place his own pawns on dark squares. It will limit his own c1-bishop, and will
give access to a lot of squares to the the black light-squared c8-bishop} Qg6
8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. c3 Ne7 $17 {[%cal Ge8g8,Gf7f6] 1/2-1/2 (17) Holzwarth,J-Marco,G
Vienna 1890}) 7... Qd6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 (8... Be7 $5 {is also possible} 9. Bxe7 Nxe7
10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3 O-O-O (11... Qxd1 12. Raxd1 b6 13. f4 O-O-O $11) 12. Qf3
Ng6 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Rad1 Qf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (34) Solak,D (2626)
-Eljanov,P (2720) Heraklio 2017}) 9. Nc3 Ne7 {I like this plan better, keeping
the bishop pair (without 8...Be7)} 10. Nb3 $6 {This makes it easier for Black.}
Ng6 $2 {Allowing White to keep the queens with dynamic play is not a good idea.
} (10... Qxd1 $1 {is simply a very comfortable endgame for Black:} 11. Raxd1 b6
12. Rd2 O-O-O 13. Rfd1 f6 14. Be3 Ng6 $15 {[%csl Rb3,Rc3,Re3] 0-1 (43) Sale,S 
(2400)-Georgiev,V (2573) Sibenik 2010. In this position, I feel like White's
minor pieces are very limited, and the bishop pair will slowly outplay the
bishop and knight.}) 11. Qe2 $1 f6 12. Be3 Qe6 13. f4 $1 Qf7 14. Rad1 Bb4 15.
Na4 $5 (15. Bc5 $1 {would be very annoying - Black doesn't have time to solve
all his opening problems} Bxc5+ (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O $2 17. Na5 $1 {
with a decisive attack. For example:} Qxa2 18. Nxb7 Kxb7 19. Ra1 $18) 16. Nxc5
Bc8 17. e5 $1 O-O 18. exf6 Qxf6 (18... gxf6 19. f5 Ne5 20. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Rc8]}
) 19. f5 $16 {[%csl Rc8]}) 15... b6 $2 (15... Bc8 {was sad, but necessary.})
16. a3 $6 (16. Bxb6 $1 {White had to take advantage of his development here,
and the awkwardly placed b4-bishop} cxb6 17. Nxb6 Ra7 18. c3 $1 Be7 (18... Bf8
19. e5 $1 $16 {with a very strong attack}) 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Qxa6
$18) 16... c5 $1 {Forced and good.} 17. axb4 Bxa4 18. Qd2 (18. e5 $5 Bb5 19.
Qf3 {[%csl Ga8]} O-O 20. e6 Qxe6 21. f5 Qe7 22. fxg6 Bxf1 $13 {With a
complicated position - the rooks will have great open files in the center,
despite White having two minor pieces in exchange for one of the rooks.}) 18...
Bb5 19. Rfe1 cxb4 20. Nd4 Rd8 21. Qf2 c5 $6 (21... O-O {Probably Black did not
want to allow 22.f5 followed by 23.Ne6:} 22. f5 Ne5 23. Ne6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Re8
$17 {preparing ...Bc4, or ...Bc6.}) 22. Nxb5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 axb5 24. Qe2 $1 O-O
25. Qxb5 Qe6 26. Qd3 {White threatens the fork on f5 now. Black's regrouping
now is far from easy:} Qg4 $6 (26... Nh8 $3 {followed by ...Nf7, controlling
key squares:} 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Nf7 $11) 27. Rf1 $6 (27. h3 $1 Qg3 {
The queen stays somewhat out of play here} 28. Rf1 Nh4 29. Rf2 $16 {White may
have dangerous invasions in the centre, and may potentially support the
advance of the e-pawn.}) 27... Re8 28. Qd5+ Qe6 $1 {This idea would not be
possible, if White had played 27.h3 first.} 29. Bc1 $2 (29. Qxe6+ $1 {was
forced} Rxe6 30. e5 $1 (30. f5 $2 Rxe4 $17) 30... Re8 31. g4 $1 fxe5 32. f5 Ne7
33. Rd1 $44 {with great compensation for White.}) 29... Qxd5 30. exd5 Kf7 $17 {
Now Black dominates the open file, and the d5-pawn will become a serious
problem. Not to mention that the c1-bishop doesn't have many prospects.} 31. c4
(31. Kf2 Ne7 32. Rd1 Rd8 {winning the pawn.}) 31... bxc3 32. bxc3 Re4 33. Kf2
Rc4 34. g3 Rxc3 35. Be3 Ne7 {White is completely lost now.} 36. Rd1 Nf5 37. Bc1
h5 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Bd2 Nd4+ 40. Kf2 Rf3+ {White resigned in view of ...Rd3
next move.} 0-1

[Event "Geneve FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:06"]
[BlackClock "0:01:10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {A very interesting choice of Muzychuk,
as Kosintseva is a great specialist in the main lines and Muzychuk herself is
the best technician among the women. So, her idea to play the Fischer
variation is a fantastic technical and psychological choice!} dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 {
This line has become popular recently, but in my opinion it is much more
passive than other lines.} 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3
$1 {This is considered to be the best.} ({White can try to increase the
pressure in the center with} 10. Rad1 Ng6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Rfe1
O-O-O 14. c3 $146 Rhe8 15. Bc1 Bc5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. g3 Bb6 18. Kg2 $14 {
Laznicka,V (2596)-Fressinet,L (2640)/Deutschland 2006}) 10... Qd7 ({There are
few other options here:} 10... O-O 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4+ Kh8 13. Rad1 Qe8 14.
Bc5 $14 {Rozentalis,E (2650)-Wedberg,T (2480)/New York 1997}) (10... Ng6 11.
Nd4 (11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Rae1 O-O-O 14. Bc1 Rhe8 15. c3 c5 16. Kh1
Kb8 17. a4 Qd7 18. Re2 Qc6 19. Rfe1 Re7 20. b3 Bf4 21. Ba3 Bd6 22. Re3 Rde8 {
Madl,I (2397)-Kosintseva,N (2565)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2010; and Anna's opponent
obtained a beautiful position here.}) 11... Qe7 (11... Qd7 12. f4 Bf7 13. Nf5
O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Nb3 (15. Nc4 $142 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18.
Rxd6 cxd6 19. Nxd6+ Kg8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Kf2 Rxe4 22. Rd1 $16) 15... Rad8 16.
Ng3 Qg4 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. f5 Ne5 19. Rf4 Qd1+ 20. Rf1 Qg4 21. Rf4 Qd1+ {
1/2 Hammer,J (2609)-Hebden,M (2539)/Oslo NOR 2011}) 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Qxb3
14. axb3 O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. Nc4 Re8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Kf2 {Chadaev,N (2577)
-Tomashevsky,E (2707)/Taganrog RUS 2011; still, Black did not equalise.}) 11.
Nd4 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 $1 {A very good move to exchange queens, as
White's pawn majority on the king's flank will be very dangerous in the future.
} Qxb3 ({A very interesting option is to avoid exchanges:} 13... Qe5 14. f4 Qh5
15. Nc4 Kb8 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Rae1 Re8 18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rd5 20. Bf4 Nf5 21.
c3 g5 22. Bc1 Qg6 {Mladenov,P (2363)-Colin,V (2425)/Saint Affrique 2010. Black
started to overtake the initiative.}) 14. axb3 Rhe8 $6 ({It seems that the
best way to attack is} 14... f5 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. Nc4 fxe4 17. Rd4 Nf5
18. Rxe4 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bc5 20. Re2 Bd4 {1/2 Shyam,N (2385)-Sriram,J (2507)/
Bhubaneswar 2010}) 15... b5 (15... Rhe8 $142) 16. exf5 $2 {1/2 Radjabov,T 
(2717)-Aronian,L (2756)/Sochi 2006} (16. g3 Rhe8 17. Rfe1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19.
Bg5 $14)) 15. Rfd1 {White has to keep the rook on a1 so as to be ready to play
Ra5 at some moment.} Ng6 16. f3 f5 {I know from a lot of my own practice in
different Spanish variations, that these kinds of position are very difficult
to hold. White has a comfortable pawn majority on the king's flank and will
realise it sooner or later.} 17. g3 $1 ({Another try was possible too:} 17.
exf5 Rxe3 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Kf2 Bc5 20. Kf1 Re5 21. Ne4) 17... Be5 18. c3 f4 $6
{Black tries to block White's pawn structure, but it is simply not possible.} (
{A slightly more active try was} 18... Rd3 19. exf5 Nh4 20. Nc4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Nxf5 22. Bf2 Bf6 23. Kf1 Re6 24. f4 Nd6 25. Nd2) 19. Bf2 Rf8 20. Kg2 fxg3 {
After such a move it is clear that Black's plan failed.} ({Or} 20... Rd3 21.
Nc4 Rfd8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. h4 h5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. gxf4 Nxf3 26. Ra5 Nd2 27.
Re5) 21. hxg3 Rd3 22. Kf1 $1 h5 23. Ke2 Rd7 24. Nc4 Bf6 ({Maybe it was
necessary to risk} 24... Rdf7 25. f4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Nxf4+ 27. Kd2 Re8) 25. Rxd7
Kxd7 26. f4 {From now on it is clear that White has won the fight on the
kingside and her pawns will continue to put pressure on the black pieces.} h4
27. f5 $1 hxg3 28. Bxg3 Ne7 29. Rg1 {White is ready to attack the weakness on
g7.} c5 30. Bf4 ({Even better was} 30. Kf3) 30... b5 31. Ne3 Nc6 32. Nd5 Re8 ({
A very bad endgame would appear after} 32... Ne5 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Bxe5 fxe5
35. Rg7+ Kc6 36. Rg6+ Kb7 37. Re6) 33. Ke3 b4 34. Kd3 (34. Nxc7 {was very good:
} Rh8 35. Nxa6 bxc3 36. Nxc5+ Ke7 37. bxc3 Bxc3 38. Rg6) 34... bxc3 35. bxc3
Ne5+ 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Rg6 $1 {All Black's weaknesses are now maximally
exposed.} c6 38. Nb6+ Kc7 39. Na4 {The power of the knight is its ability to
attack different targets. Another way of attack was possible:} (39. Nc4 Bf6 40.
Rg1 Rd8+ 41. Kc2 Re8 42. e5 Bxe5 43. Re1) 39... Rh8 40. Kc4 Bf6 {In this rook
endgame White's pawns are much more dangerous.} (40... Rh3 41. Kxc5 Bxc3 42.
Nxc3 Rxc3+ 43. Kd4 Rxb3 44. Rxg7+ Kd8 45. f6 $18) 41. Rg3 $1 {A very fine move,
eliminating the activiation of Black's rook. Now White has a decisive
advantage.} Kd6 42. Nxc5 a5 ({Or} 42... Ke5 43. Re3 Kf4 44. Re1 Rh4 45. b4 Kf3
46. Kd3) 43. Rd3+ Ke5 44. Rd4 $1 Kf4 45. Nd3+ Kg5 46. Rd6 $18 Re8 47. Nc5 Rc8
48. Ne6+ Kh4 ({No difference, Black is losing after} 48... Kg4 49. Nxg7 Bxg7
50. Rg6+ Kf4 51. Rxg7 Kxe4 52. f6 Ke5 53. f7 Rf8 54. Kc5) 49. Nd4 Kg4 50. Rxc6
Ra8 51. Ne6 Ra7 52. Rc7 Ra8 53. Kd5 Rb8 54. e5 Bh4 55. Nd4 {Yes, a game in
Karpov's or Carlsen's style!} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 85th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2016.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:37"]
[BlackClock "0:00:34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Nbd2 ({Here is a different treatment of the development of the bishop} 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3 Qd7 (10... Ng6 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Qxb3
14. axb3 O-O-O 15. Nc4 Rhe8 16. f3 Ne5 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Rfd1 {
Ramirez,A (2547)-Benjamin,J (2575)/ICC INT 2009, with continuous pressure.})
11. Nd4 (11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Ng6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. Nf5 Ng4 (15...
g6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. h3 g5 18. Rae1 b6 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Kb7 {Solak,D 
(2628)-Wojtaszek,R (2748)/Reykjavik 2015, Black has built very solid position.}
) 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Kb8 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. b3 Rhe8 20. Rd3 Bf8 21. Rfd1 Rxd3
22. Qxd3 g6 {Solak,D (2628)-Svidler,P (2745)/Reykjavik 2015, Black has got
very comfortable play.}) 11... Bf7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Rad1 c5 14. Nb3 Qe6 15. Nxd6
cxd6 16. Bf4 Qxe4 17. Bxd6 Nd5 18. Qe1 Qxe1 19. Rfxe1 Rfc8 {Oleksienko,M (2620)
-Tomashevsky,E (2714)/Doha 2014, with equality.}) 8... Be6 9. b3 Ne7 ({Another
trreatment is} 9... Qe7 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 13. Be3 Be7 (
13... Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Ne7 15. Rad1 c5 16. e5 Be6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nd2 {Socko,B 
(2599)-Bartel,M (2649)/Warsaw POL 2016, Black has some weaknesses.}) 14. Nd4
O-O-O 15. Rad1 Re8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bf2 Nh6 18. Ne3 Nf7 19. Ne2 g6 20. Nf4 {
Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Carlsen,M (2850)/Reykjavik 2015, with a slightly better
ending.}) 10. Nc4 c5 (10... Bb4 {has been tried here:} 11. Ne3 Qxd4 (11... c5
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Bb2 Kf7 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Ne1 Bd2 16. Nf1 Ba5 17. Nd3 c4 18.
Nc5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bg4 {Schneider,L (2430)-Lutikov,A (2540)/Jurmala 1978, Black
has got counterplay.}) 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bb2 O-O-O 14. Rad1 Rhe8 15. a3 Bc5 16.
Rfe1 Ng6 17. f3 h5 18. Kf1 h4 19. Ndf5 {Cyborowski,L (2546)-Malaniuk,V (2508)/
Koszalin 2008, White keeps up the pressure.}) 11. Qc3 (11. Nxd6+ {promised
nothing:} cxd6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Rd1 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5) 11... Nc6 ({Slightly
better play for White was on the cards after} 11... O-O 12. Bb2 b5 13. Nxd6
cxd6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Nh4) 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 (12... Qxd6 {was slightly worse:} 13.
Be3 b6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nd3 Rfd8 17. f3) 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rd8
15. Rd2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Ne5 {White has got longlasting pressure on d6,but Black's
position is still very solid.} 17. h3 Nf7 ({Black is suffering after} 17... Rd7
18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Nh2 $1 Qh4 20. Nf1 b5 21. f3 Qd8 22. Ne3) 18. Nh2 $1 {
The transfer of the knight to stronger squares is very unpleasant for Black.}
Qc7 19. Nf1 Qc6 20. Ng3 ({A more direct way was} 20. Ne3 Qxe4 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22.
Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc8 $2 24. f3) 20... Rd7 21. Qf3 {Now we clearly the
direction of White's transfer of his knight - Ng3-e2-c3-d5.} Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5
({Even slight counterplay was preferable:} 22... fxe5 23. Qd3 c4) 23. Rxd7 Bxd7
24. Qd3 Be6 25. c4 b5 26. Nf5 bxc4 27. Qxc4 $1 {Simple, but great tactics for
strategil purposes! Now both Black's queenside pawns are weak.} Re8 $6 ({
It was better was to suffer in a worse endgame} 27... Bxc4 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29.
Nxc6 Bb5 30. Na5 Ke7 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. f3 Rc7 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. h4) 28. Qe2 g6 ({
There was no easy life after} 28... Qb5 29. Qg4 Bxf5 30. exf5 Kh8 31. Rd5) 29.
Ne3 ({There was a simpler way to get a clearly better endgame} 29. Rd6 $1 Qb5
30. Qg4 Qb4 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Qxe6 Kxh6 34. Qxf6 Qxe4 35. Qxa6)
29... Qxe4 (29... Ra8 {was too passive:} 30. Nd5 Kf7 31. Qe3) 30. Qxa6 Qa8 31.
Qb5 Kf7 32. Nc4 Kg7 33. Nd6 Rf8 ({Or} 33... Rd8 34. Qxc5) 34. Qxc5 Qxa2 35. b4
Qb3 36. Ra1 Rd8 37. Nf5+ $1 {Simple decisive tactics} Kh8 (37... Bxf5 38. Qe7+)
38. Qe7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bertagnolli, Alexander"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Augusta Perusia"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Schakselskap"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 {From my point
of view a very strange modern line. If the author of the modern Spanish
Exchange Variation, Robert James Fischer, could see it - he would laugh
terribly!} 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nxe5 Qh4 9. Qf3 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. d4 $1 {I like
such an attitude - return the pawn and create a strong centre. Top players
were a bit more greedy:} (11. Kg2 g5 12. d3 Ne7 13. Rh1 Qh7 (13... O-O-O 14.
Nd2 Kb8 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. Nf3 Qh7 17. Qe1 c5 18. Qc3 Qg8 19. Qb3 c4 20. Qxc4 Qxc4
21. dxc4 Re8 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. c3 {Solak,D (2598)
-Kapnisis,S (2529) Vrachati 2011 The black pawns on the same colour of squares
as his bishop will become a problem sooner or later.}) 14. Kf1 O-O-O 15. Be3
Kb8 16. Nd2 Qg8 17. Nc4 (17. e5 $1) 17... Ng6 18. Qf5 Rh6 19. a4 Bb4 20. Qf3
Qh7 21. Ke2 Nh4 22. Qg3 Ng6 {So,W (2650)-Kolev,A (2604) Philadelphia 2012,
with equality.}) 11... Qxh3 ({It is better not to hurry about returning the
pawn:} 11... O-O-O 12. Be3 g5 13. Nc3 (13. Nd2 $142) 13... Ne7 14. Kg2 Ng6 15.
Rh1 Qh6 16. Kf1 Bd6 {Chernov,V (2433)-Werle,J (2563) Germany 2009, with
compensation for the pawn.}) 12. Qxh3 Rxh3 13. Nc3 O-O-O ({It was time to
attack the opponent's centre:} 13... c5 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Kg2 Rh4 16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. Be3 Bd6 $11) 14. Kg2 Rh4 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Rh1 ({It was not a bad idea to
arrange tripled pawns!} 16. g5) 16... Rxg4+ 17. Kf3 f5 18. e5 ({It was
possible to keep a slight advantage after} 18. Rag1 Rxg1 19. Rxg1 fxe4+ 20.
Nxe4 Ne7 21. Bg5) 18... Bf8 $6 ({The grandmaster did not want to keep the
knight on h6, but the bishop there was placed well:} 18... Be7) 19. Rag1 c5 $6
({He did not like tripled pawns} 19... Nh6 20. Rxg4 fxg4+ (20... Nxg4 21. Bg5
Re8 22. Ne2) 21. Ke4 $16) 20. d5 Re8 21. Rxg4 fxg4+ 22. Kg2 ({There was a very
interesting and dangerous trip by the king:} 22. Kf4 g5+ 23. Ke4 Bd6 24. e6)
22... Nh6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bg3 Nf5 $6 ({It was time for counterplay:} 24... c6
25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Ne4 Nf7 27. Rh5 Nxe5 28. Rxg5 Nf3 29. Rxg4 Ne1+ 30. Kf1 Nxc2
$13) 25. Rh8 Nh4+ 26. Bxh4 gxh4 27. Ne4 ({There was also another strong route
to attack the g4-pawn via d1-e3:} 27. Nd1) 27... Rd8 28. Rxh4 Rxd5 29. Rh8 Rd8
30. Kg3 {Now White wins the pawn.} Be7 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Kxg4 g6 33. Nf6 $1 {
Making a safe way for the king to attack the g6-pawn.} c4 34. Kg5 Bc5 35. Kxg6
Bxf2 36. Kf7 {Now the e5-pawn is ready to run forward.} Bd4 37. e6 Bxf6 38.
Kxf6 Ke8 39. c3 Kf8 40. e7+ Ke8 41. Ke6 a5 42. Kf6 {Black is in zugzwang -
White just waits for weakening pawn moves and then the king will run to gobble
up all of them.} b5 43. a3 c5 44. Ke6 b4 45. Kd6 {Yes!} 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2
Bb7 9. Re1 {The main line is 9.d4.Here are the other possibilities:} (9. a4 c4
10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 c6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Nf6 14. d4 Nd7 $14 {0-1
Bliumberg,V-Lukacs,P/Budapest FS07 GM 1994 (33)}) (9. Qe2 $6 c4 $1 10. Nb4 c5
$5 (10... Rd8 $6 {0-1 Beikert,G-Zude,A/GER-ch 1993 (40)}) 11. Nd5 $140 f5 $1) (
9. d3 $6 Ne7 $6 (9... Rd8 $142) 10. Qe2 {Santo Roman,M-Anic,D/FRA-ch 1991/1/
2-1/2 (50)}) 9... Ne7 (9... Rd8 10. a4 Nf6 $6 (10... Ne7 $142 11. axb5 axb5 12.
d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 $14 {Prie 67/(418)}) 11. axb5 axb5 12. d4 $16 {
1-0 Prie,E-Sorin,A/Erevan olm 1996 (54) 67/418}) 10. a4 b4 $5 $146 (10... c4
11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Na3 c6 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Ng6 16. d4 Be7 17.
Nc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Prie,E-Kolev,A/Elenite-B 1994 (42)}) (10... Ng6 11. axb5 axb5
12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. d4 {1/2-1/2 Prie,E-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik FRA-ISD 1993}) 11.
Ne3 {><c4} (11. cxb4 cxb4 12. d4 exd4 13. Ncxd4 c5 14. Nb3 (14. Nf5 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Nxf5 16. exf5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Be7 $13) 14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bxe4 16. Nxc5
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nf5 18. Re1+ Be7 $11) 11... f6 $8 12. d4 (12. Nc4 $5 Qd3 13.
Nfxe5 (13. Qb3 $2 Bxe4 $1) 13... fxe5 14. Qh5+ Ng6 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. d4 $44)
12... cxd4 (12... exd4 13. Nf5 (13. cxd4 Bxe4) 13... Qd7 $5 (13... Nxf5 14.
exf5+ $36) 14. cxb4 O-O-O $13) 13. cxd4 Bxe4 14. Nc4 (14. dxe5 $6 Qxd1 15. Rxd1
Bxf3 16. gxf3 fxe5 $15) 14... Qd5 15. dxe5 (15. Ncd2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 (16. Nxf3 e4
) 16... Qxf3 17. Nxf3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Kf7 $15 {/\Nd5}) 15... O-O-O $1 (15... Bxf3
$5 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 O-O-O $1 $11) 16. Nfd2 (16. Qxd5 Bxd5 $15) 16... Bd3
$1 17. exf6 (17. Qb3 $5 h5 $1 {/\Rh8-h6-g6->} (17... Nc6 $2 18. Nd6+) (17... a5
) 18. Qxb4 $140 $2 Nc6 19. Qb3 Bb4 $1) 17... gxf6 $15 {/\Nc6} 18. Ne3 (18. Qb3
$6 Nc6) 18... Qb7 $1 19. Qb3 Nc6 $1 (19... f5 $5) 20. Nec4 (20. Qe6+ Kb8 21.
Qxf6 Rg8 $36) 20... Rg8 $1 21. g3 $8 (21. Nb6+ $2 Qxb6 22. Qxg8 Qxf2+ $1 23.
Kxf2 Bc5+ $19) 21... Rg4 $4 $138 (21... Rg7 $17) 22. Na5 $1 Nxa5 (22... Rxg3+
$6 23. hxg3 Nxa5 24. Qe6+ Kb8 25. Qxf6) 23. Qe6+ Kb8 24. Qxg4 Bc5 $44 25. b3 (
25. Qh5 $5) 25... Bd4 (25... Qd5 $5) 26. Ra2 {/\Bb2} Bc3 $1 27. Re3 $138 Qd5
$44 {><a2,c1,b3} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 36th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d4 {A relatively rare
line. White is going for a classical endgame, which is however rather
poisonous.} ({The most principled line is, of course,} 6. Nxe5 {0-1 Radjabov,T
(2704)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2602)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/[Finkel,A] (32)}) 6...
exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 {Usually this position arises with the f-pawn on f6 and the
knight on g8.} ({The young J. Nunn opted for} 7... g6 {One of the differences
comparing to positions from 5...f6-line is the possibility of this fianchetto.}
8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg7 10. c3 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V (2620)-Nunn,J (2410)/Hastings
1977/MCD (33), and Black is at least not worse after} f5 $11) 8. Ne2 {The most
flexible retreat.} Qxd1 9. Rxd1 {[%csl Rd5] In the endgame which has arisen,
White will try to exploit the weakness of the d5-square and of his extra pawn
on the kingside.} Bd7 {Long castling is a typical plan in these endgames.} 10.
Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 $5 {Before bringing the light-squared bishop to c6 I
decided to move my rook to e8 in order to avoid an exchange. I think it should
be right as White already has a development advantage, which after the
exchange would be even bigger.} ({Black also tested the immediate} 11... Bc6
12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 f5 $6 (14... h4 $5 15. Bh2 Kc8) 15. Nf4 Rh6
16. Bh4 $16 {1-0 Timman,J (2560)-Jackova,J (2375)/Prague 2007/CBM 119 ext (41)}
) 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Nd5 (15. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5] also
comes in consideration.} Bf6 {Provocking 16.e5} ({In case of} 15... Bd8 16. f5
{is unpleasant since} Ne5 {is met by means of} 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8
19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bf4 $14 {with better chances for White.}) 16. e5 Bd8 {[%cal
Gg6e7,Ge7f5]} {Now} 17. f5 $2 Nxe5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxe5 b5 $1
$17 {[%cal Gb5b4] is clearly better for Black.}) 15... Bd8 $11 {This is the
setup I've chosen when I have played 11...Re8. Black managed to complete
development retaining the advantage of the bishop pair. Surprisingly this move
turned out to be a novelty.} ({In the only prceding game, which reached this
position Black played} 15... Bg5 {Provoking} 16. f4 {and only then} Bd8 (16...
Bh6 $5 {[%csl Rf4] is interesting with a pressure on f4.}) 17. e5 h5 (17... f6
$5) 18. Bf2 b6 19. c4 a5 {0-1 Berescu,A-Brkic,A/Crete 2007/CBM 121 (64). with
an approximately equal position, which starts to remind one of the Berlin
sytem.}) 16. f3 {[%cal Gg3f2,Ge2g3] White prepares a regrouping of pieces: the
bishop comes to f2, while the knight goes via g3 to f5.} Rhf8 {[%cal Gf7f5] A
small inaccuracy. Black prepares f5, but underestimates White's plan.} ({
If I had anticipated this obvious plan I would probably have played} 16... Bg5
$11 {preventing it. Now after} 17. f4 Bh6 {we transpose to 15...Bg5.}) 17. Bf2
b6 18. c4 (18. Ng3 $5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg3f5,Gg3h5] would underline Black's
inaccuracy on the 16th move.}) 18... f5 $1 {Playing this move I had to see how
to continue after 20.Nxe4. Only when I found 20...Bh4! I played it.} 19. Ng3
fxe4 20. Nxe4 {White's centralization looks scary, especially taking in
account tactical blows, such as Nxb6 with the following Nd6, but Black's next
move releases the tension.} Bh4 $1 $11 {Usually when you have a bishop pair
you want to keep your bishops, but in this concrete position the exchange
brings a necessary relief.} 21. Bxh4 {Probably it would be a little bit better
to make a waiting move, not allowing a quick access of the knight to d4.
However it's not easy to find useful moves.} Nxh4 22. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4] White
prepares an exchange of the c5-pawn in order to prevent the appearance of the
knight on d4. ON the other hand, White undoubles the black pawns on the
queenside.} Nf5 (22... a5 {was also possible, but I wasn't sure I needed to
prevent b4.}) 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Kb7 25. Nec3 (25. Kf2 $5) 25... Ne3 $1 {
Black is starting to take the initiative.} 26. Nxe3 Rxe3 27. Rd3 $6 {After
this exchange the queenside pawns are getting weak.} ({So White should prefer} 
27. Rc1 $5) 27... Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rf4 {[%csl Rc4]} 29. b5 Be8 $1 {The point. Now
the c-pawn is weak.} 30. bxa6+ Kxa6 31. Ne4 Bc6 {In time-trouble I coudn't
choose where to attack the knight from (c6 or g6) and decided to make a safer
move.} ({However} 31... Bg6 $5 {deserved serious attention.} 32. Kf2 (32. Rd7 {
can be met by means of} Rf7 $1 {, which I missed.}) 32... Bxe4 33. Rd4 Rf7 $1 (
{The straightforward} 33... c5 {doesn't work:} 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. fxe4 b5 $4 {
in view of} 36. e5 $18) 34. Rxe4 Rd7 35. Ke3 c5 $15 {[%cal Gb6b5] and Black
creates a passed pawn on the queenside.}) 32. Nd2 (32. Kf2 Bxe4 33. Rd4 {
transposes to 31...Bg6.}) 32... Ka5 $1 {[%cal Ga5b4] The king comes closer to
the weak c-pawn.} 33. Kf2 Kb4 34. Ke3 Rf8 35. Rb3+ ({Probably} 35. Rd4 {
[%cal Gd2e4] with the idea of Ne4 was more precise.} Ra8 36. Ne4 Ra3+ 37. Kf4
Ra2 38. c5+ Ka5 39. cxb6 cxb6 40. Rd6 $132 {with counterplay.}) 35... Kc5 $15 {
Now White is short of counterplay, however it's still not easy to break
White's defence.} 36. Kd3 ({It would be better to play} 36. Rc3 $1 {in
anticipation of b5.}) 36... Rd8+ 37. Kc3 Re8 38. Kd3 Rd8+ {It's never bad to
repeat the position, especially if you're in the time-trouble.} 39. Kc3 Re8 40.
Kd3 b5 $1 {The only chance to break through.} 41. Rc3 $1 (41. cxb5 $2 Bxb5+ 42.
Kc3 Re3+ 43. Kb2 Re2 $19 {is hopeless for White.}) 41... b4 42. Rc1 Ba4 $6 {
[%cal Ge8d8] An inaccuracy. I'd prepared 43...Rd8 with the following b3, but
underestimated White's counterplay.} ({After} 42... Ra8 $1 $17 {Black's
advantage is obvious.}) 43. Ra1 $1 Ra8 $5 ({Now I realised that after} 43...
Rd8+ 44. Ke3 Bc2 {White plays} 45. Ra5+ Kc6 46. Rb5 Rd3+ 47. Ke2 b3 48. Ne4 {
my chances to win are slim.} ({But not} 48. Nxb3 $4 Rxb3 49. Kd2 Rxb5 50. cxb5+
Kxb5 51. Kxc2 Kc4 $19 {with a winning pawn endgame for Black.})) 44. Ne4+ Kb6
45. Ke3 $1 {Now I can't unpin the bishop without exchanging the rooks.} c5 46.
h4 h6 47. h5 (47. g4 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 47... Bc6 48. Rxa8 Bxa8 49. Nd2 (49.
Nd6 $2 {[%cal Gd6f5] is very risky as the b-pawn is very dangerous.} Ka5 (49...
b3 $5 50. Kd3 Ka5 51. Kc3 Ka4 52. Kb2 Kb4 $19) 50. Kd3 Ka4 51. Kc2 Ka3 52. Kb1
b3 $19) 49... Bc6 $15 50. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3c1,Gc1d3] White transfers his
knight to d3 from where it both controls the b-pawn and attacks the c-pawn.}
Be8 {I'd decided to provoke g4, but frankly speaking I didn't see a break here.
} 51. g4 Ba4 52. Nc1 Bd1 (52... Ka5 {leads to a draw after} 53. Nd3 $1 Bc2 54.
Nxc5 ({But not} 54. Nb2 $2 b3 55. Kd2 Kb4 $19) 54... b3 55. Nxb3+ $1 Bxb3 56.
Kd4 Bd1 ({or} 56... Kb4 57. Ke5 Bxc4 58. Kd6 $11 {[%cal Gd6e7,Ge7f8]}) 57. Ke5
Bxf3 58. Kf5 {[%cal Gf5g6]}) 53. Nd3 Bc2 54. Nb2 ({In fact even} 54. f4 {
is possible.} Bxd3 55. Kxd3 Kc6 56. g5 (56. Ke3 Kd6 57. Kd3 Ke6 58. Ke3 Kf6 59.
Kd3 g6 60. hxg6 Kxg6 61. Ke4 Kg7 $1 62. Kd3 h5 $1 63. gxh5 Kh6 64. Ke4 Kxh5 65.
Kd3 $1 {and White is just waiting with the king and achieves a draw.} ({But not
} 65. f5 $4 Kh6 $3 66. Kd3 Kg5 67. Ke4 Kf6 $19 {and Black wins the f-pawn and
the game.})) 56... Kd6 57. f5 hxg5 58. f6 Ke6 59. fxg7 Kf7 60. h6 g4 $19 {
and Black wins.}) 54... Ka5 55. Kd2 $1 {White has to meet b3 with Kc3 not
allowing Kb4.} Bh7 56. f4 $11 {The position is equal. Neither side can make
progress.} Be4 57. Ke3 Bc2 58. Kd2 Bb1 {I decided to try my last chance.} (
58... Be4 $11) 59. Nd3 Kb6 (59... b3 {was possible with a draw after} 60. Nxc5
Kb4 61. Nxb3 Kxb3 62. c5 Be4 (62... Kc4 63. c6 Be4 64. c7 Bb7 65. f5 Kd5 66. g5
$1 hxg5 67. f6 Ke6 68. fxg7 Kf7 69. h6 g4 70. Ke3 g3 $11) 63. Ke3 Bc6 64. f5
Bd7 $1 65. Kf4 Kc4 66. g5 Kxc5 67. f6 hxg5+ 68. Kxg5 gxf6+ 69. Kxf6 $11) ({Or} 
59... Bxd3 60. Kxd3 Ka4 61. Kc2 Ka3 62. Kb1 Kb3 63. g5 Kxc4 64. f5 Kd5 65. f6
Ke6 66. fxg7 Kf7 67. gxh6 $11) 60. Ne5 ({After} 60. g5 $1 {Black has to be
accurate.} Bxd3 (60... b3 61. Kc3 Kc6 $14) 61. Kxd3 Kc6 62. f5 Kd6 63. f6 Ke6
64. fxg7 Kf7 65. gxh6 Kg8 66. Ke3 Kf7 67. Ke4 Kg8 68. Kf5 Kf7 $1 69. Ke4 $11)
60... Be4 (60... Kc7 $5) 61. g5 ({White could also continue waiting.} 61. Nd3
$11) 61... Kc7 62. Nf7 Bf3 $1 63. f5 $2 {A decisive mistake. Now White is lost.
} ({After the correct} 63. gxh6 gxh6 64. Nxh6 Bxh5 $15 {Black is just slightly
better.}) 63... hxg5 $1 64. Nxg5 Bxh5 65. Ne6+ $2 {This greedy move makes
Black's task easier.} ({However even after the correct} 65. Ne4 Kc6 66. f6 gxf6
67. Nxf6 Bg6 $1 {Black wins bringing the king to d4 and winning the c4-pawn, e.
g.} ({But not} 67... Bf7 68. Kd3 b3 $4 69. Kc3 Bxc4 70. Kb2 $11 {[%cal Gf6e4,
Ge4c3] with a theoretical draw.}) 68. Nd5 Bf7 69. Ne3 Kd6 70. Kd3 Bg6+ 71. Kd2
Ke5 72. Nd1 Kd4 73. Nb2 Bf7 $19) 65... Kd6 66. Nxg7 (66. Kd3 Bg4 67. Nxg7 Ke5
68. f6 Kxf6 69. Ne8+ Ke5 70. Kc2 Bh5 71. Nc7 Kd4 72. Kb3 Bd1+ $19) 66... Bf7 $1
$19 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd6e5,Ge5f6] Suddenly the knight finds itself in a trap.
White can't prevent Ke5-f6 and so he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "1997.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Be3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. f3 f5 (10... Qg6 11. Qe2 f5 12. Rad1 Re8 13. c3 Qh5
14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. g4 Qg6 17. Qf2 h5 18. g5 h4 19. Rfe1 Be7 20. f4
Bc2 21. Rc1 Bd3 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Bd2 Qh5 24. h3 Bf5 25. Kh2 Qf7 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Qxe1 b6 29. b3 Bxh3 30. Kxh3 Qf5+ 31. Kxh4 Bxf4 32. Qe8+ Kb7
33. Qxc6+ Kxc6 34. Nd4+ Kd7 35. Nxf5 Bxd2 36. c4 g6 37. Nd4 Be3 38. Nf3 Ke6 39.
Kg4 c6 40. Nh4 Kf7 41. Nf3 Ke6 42. Nh4 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Swic,W-Marszalek,R/POL-chT
Jachranka 1987}) (10... g5 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. c3 Qg6 13. Rad1 f5 14. N4b3 g4 15.
e5 Bxe5 16. Nc4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 g3+ 18. Kg1 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Ng4 20. Qd3 Qh2+ 21.
Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Bg1 Nh2+ 23. Ke2 Qxg2+ {0-1 Simoli,S-Misailovic,N/Novi Sad op 1989
}) 11. Qe2 (11. c3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Qb3 Nf7 15. e5 c5 16. Na5 Bb5
17. Ne6 c4 18. Nxc4 Re8 19. Nxf8 Rhxf8 20. Na5 b6 21. Qd5 c6 22. Nxc6 Qb7 23.
Nb4 Bxf1 24. e6 Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxe6 26. Kxf1 Kb7 27. c4 Rd8 28. a4 Rd7 29. b4
Rc6 30. b5 Rxc4 31. Nxb6 Rdc7 32. bxa6+ Kxa6 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 34. a5 Ne5 35. Be1
g4 {Rusu,C-Olarasu,G/ROM-chT 1994/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 11... fxe4 $5 $146 (11... Re8
{20/295}) 12. Nxe4 Qe5 (12... Qg6 $5) 13. Bf2 (13. Rad1 $6 Ng4 $1 14. fxg4 Qxe4
$15) 13... Be7 14. c3 {/\b4,a4,b5->} (14. Rad1 $5) 14... Rhe8 15. Rfe1 Qh5 16.
b4 Ng8 $3 {/\Nf6[+]} 17. a4 Nf6 18. b5 $6 (18. Nxf6 Bxf6 $15) (18. g4 $5 Qe5 $5
(18... Qg6 19. b5 Nxe4 20. bxa6 Bxg4 (20... Nxf2 $5 21. a7 Bxg4 $3 22. a8=Q+
Kd7 23. Qxd8+ Kxd8 24. fxg4 Nxg4 $13) 21. axb7+ Kxb7 22. Rab1+ Kc8 23. fxg4
Nxf2 24. Qxf2 Qxg4+ $17) 19. Bg3 (19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22.
Qxb5 axb5 23. Ng5 $15) 19... Qd5 20. Rad1 (20. b5 cxb5 (20... c5 $5) 21. axb5
Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 $17) 20... Nxe4 21. Qxe4 $15 (21. fxe4 Qg5))
18... cxb5 (18... Nxe4 $5 19. bxc6 (19. fxe4 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 cxb5 21. axb5 Bxb5
22. Nxb5 axb5 $17) (19. Qxe4 Bf6 20. Qc2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 cxb5 22. axb5 Bxb5 $17)
(19. bxa6 Nxf2 20. axb7+ (20. a7 Qa5 $19) 20... Kxb7 21. Rab1+ Ka7 22. Qxf2 Bc5
$19) 19... Nxf2 20. cxd7+ Rxd7 21. Qxf2 Bd6 $17) 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. c4 $2 (20.
Nxb5 Qxb5 21. Qxb5 axb5 22. Ng5 $1 Rd3 $1 23. Ne6 Bd6 24. Nxg7 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1
Nd5 $15) 20... Nxe4 $1 21. cxb5 (21. Qxe4 Bb4 $19) 21... Bd6 $1 $19 (21... Nxf2
22. bxa6 $13) 22. fxe4 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Bg1 Rf8+ 25. Qf3 (25. Nf3 Bc5 $1
$19) (25. Nf5 $142 Bc5 26. Qf3 $8 Rd2 (26... Rd3 $5) 27. Re3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3
Qxg2+ 29. Ke1 Re2+ $1 (29... Re8 $5 30. Ng3 Ra2 $19) 30. Qxe2 Qxg1+ 31. Qf1
Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 g6 33. bxa6 bxa6 34. Rxa6 Kd7 $19) 25... Rxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Bc5 27.
bxa6 Bxg1 28. axb7+ Kxb7 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Milu,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg Iordachescu,V Notkin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5.
O-O Qd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 8. Nc4 Qf6 9. d4 exd4 10. Bg5 (10. Qxd4 {Wedberg}
Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 (11... c5 12. Nf5 (12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. a4 f5 15.
Rd1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8 $10 {Arnold,L-Smejkal,J/Deutschland/1986/0:1/60/}) 12...
Be6 13. Na5 (13. Nce3 Nf4 14. Re1 O-O-O $11 {Filipovic,B-Mozetic,D/JUG-ch
Podgorica 1996/CBM 53/[Notkin]/0-1 (48)}) 13... b6 14. Nb3 O-O-O 15. Be3 Bxf5
16. exf5 Ne7 17. g4 h5 $132 {Ottens,S-Lingnau,C/NRW-I 1996/GER 13/1/2-1/2 (60)}
) 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. a4 c5 14. Ne2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 Arnold,L-Werner,C/
Endingen MA 1987/GER 04}) 10... Qe6 11. Qxd4 (11. Nxd4 Qxc4 12. Nb5 f6 (12...
Bd6 13. Qxd6 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 cxd6 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 $14) 13. Nxc7+ Kf7 14.
Nxa8 fxg5 15. Nb6 Qe6 16. Qf3+ Ke8 (16... Kg8 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Qb3+) 17. Rad1
$44) 11... f6 12. Be3 $146 (12. Rad1 Be7 $8 (12... Bd7 13. Na5 fxg5 14. Nxg5
Qe7 15. Nxb7 $44 {Iordachescu,V}) (12... Be7 {Wedberg} 13. Bc1 O-O 14. Rfe1 $14
{Gipslis,A} (14. b3 b6 15. Qc3 c5 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Ne3 Rxd1 19.
Rxd1 Nf4 20. Re1 Qxe4 21. Ng5 Qb4 {Pirisi,G-Lukacs,P/HUN-ch Budapest 1980/
MCD-ch/0-1 (38)}))) (12. Bd2 {Wedberg} Be7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Qc3 (14. e5 c5 15.
Qc3 f5 16. Bg5 b6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Rad1 Rad8 $15 {0-1 Sievers,
S-Malaniuk,V/Hamburg Wichern-op 1995/EXT 95op (39)}) 14... c5 15. a4 b6 16. Be3
Bb7 17. Nfd2 f5 18. exf5 Qxf5 $36 {0-1 Tatai,S-Romanishin,O/Reggio9697 1996/
CBM 57 (44)}) 12... Be7 13. Qd3 O-O (13... c5 14. Nfd2) (13... c5 $13 {Wedberg
/\b6, Bb7}) 14. Nd4 Qf7 15. f4 Rd8 16. Qe2 c5 17. Nf3 f5 $8 18. Nce5 (18. Ng5
$5 {Notkin,M}) 18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qf6 20. Qf3 c6 21. Rad1 Rxd1 (21... Be6 22.
c4) 22. Rxd1 Be6 23. c4 h6 24. b3 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Bf5 26. Qf3 Bd6 27. Qf2 Qe7 $6
(27... Bxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxc5 Re8 30. Bd4 Qe6 31. Bb2 $14) 28. Re1 $1 Rd8
29. Bc1 $6 (29. Bd2 $142 $14 Bxe5 $140 30. Rxe5) 29... Bxe5 $1 30. fxe5 $8 (30.
Rxe5 Rd1+) 30... Be6 $15 31. Be3 b6 32. Qf3 Qd7 33. h3 a5 34. a4 $8 Rf8 $6 35.
Qd1 $1 Rd8 36. Qd6 $1 $11 Qe8 $2 $138 (36... Qc8 $142 37. Qe7 Rd3 38. Bf2 Kh7 (
38... Rxb3 39. Rd1) 39. Re3 $11) 37. Qc7 Rd3 $2 (37... Bxh3 $142 $5 {Fritz 5.
00 (100s) ist zu ьberlegen} 38. Qxb6 (38. gxh3 Qg6+ 39. Kh2 Qc2+ 40. Kh1 Qe4+)
38... Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Qg6+ 40. Kf1 Rf8+ 41. Ke2 Qc2+ 42. Bd2 Qe4+ 43. Kd1 Qb1+
44. Ke2 Qe4+ 45. Be3 Qc2+ 46. Bd2 Qe4+ $11) 38. Qxb6 Bxh3 39. gxh3 Qxe5 40. Bf2
Qg5+ 41. Kf1 Qf5 42. Qxc6 $18 (42. Qxc5 $6 {Fritz 5.00 (100s) ist schnell zu
verwerfen} Qxh3+ 43. Kg1 Qg4+ 44. Kf1 Qh3+ 45. Ke2 Qf3+ 46. Kf1 Qh3+ $11) 42...
Rd2 $2 43. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrik, Tomas"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Rd1 Bg4 9. c3 O-O-O 10. d4 Qe6 11. dxe5 Rxd1+ 12. Qxd1 Bc5 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nd4
Qd7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Be3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Nh6 19. Nc2 Nf7 20. Ne3 Re8
21. f3 b6 22. a3 a5 23. Nf1 a4 24. g4 Nd6 25. Ng3 Nc4 26. Kf2 Rd8 27. Nh5 Rd7
28. h4 Nd2 29. Re1 Nc4 30. Ra1 Rf7 31. Ke2 g6 32. Nf4 Kd7 33. Kd3 Nd6 34. Nxe6
Kxe6 35. f4 Rd7 36. e5 fxe5 37. fxe5 Nb5 38. Ke3 Rf7 39. Ke4 h6 40. Rc1 g5 41.
hxg5 hxg5 42. Be3 Nxa3 43. c4 Rd7 44. Rh1 Rg7 45. Rh6+ Kd7 46. e6+ Ke7 47. Kf5
Nxc4 48. Bxg5+ Rxg5+ 49. Kxg5 a3 50. Rh2 b5 51. Kf5 Ne3+ 52. Kf4 Nc4 53. Kf5
Ne3+ 54. Kf4 Nc4 55. Kf5 Ne3+ 56. Kf4 Nc4 57. Rh7+ Kxe6 58. Rxc7 Kd6 59. Ra7 c5
60. bxc5+ Kxc5 61. g5 Kb6 {[%tqu "En","Which passed pawn wins the race?","","",
"a7a3","",3,"De","Wer gewinnt das Freibauernwettrennen?","","","a7a3","",3]}
62. Rxa3 $1 Nxa3 63. g6 b4 64. g7 Kb5 65. g8=Q Ka4 66. Qa8+ Kb3 67. Ke3 Kb2 68.
Qh8+ Ka2 69. Qh2+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest Hunguest Hotels"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8.
O-O Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nde2 Ng4 13. Bd4 f6 14. h3 Ne5
15. a3 Be7 16. Nf4 Nc4 17. Nce2 O-O-O 18. a4 Rhe8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. b3 Nd6 21.
Re1 b6 22. Bb2 c5 23. c4 Bc6 24. e5 fxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Bxe5 Re8 27. Bc3 g6
28. Rd1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. cxb5 Nxb5 31. Bf6 Bd6 32. Nfe2 Bd7 33. Nc3 Nxc3
34. Bxc3 Kb7 35. Nf1 Bb5 36. Ne3 Ra8 37. Ra1 Re8 38. Rc1 Bd7 39. Nc4 Re2 40.
Rd1 Kc6 41. Na5+ Kb5 42. Nc4 Be6 43. Nxd6+ cxd6 44. Rxd6 Bxb3 45. Rd7 h5 46. g4
hxg4 47. hxg4 Re4 48. g5 Rg4+ 49. Kf1 Rxg5 50. Ke2 Bd5 51. Bd2 Rh5 52. Kd3 Be6
53. Rd6 Bf5+ 54. Kc3 Rh4 55. Be3 Rc4+ 56. Kb3 Bc2+ 57. Ka3 Be4 58. Kb3 Rc2 59.
Re6 c4+ 60. Ka3 Bd5 61. Rxg6 c3 62. Rb6+ Ka5 63. Rb3 Re2 64. Bb6+ Ka6 65. Be3
Bxb3 66. Kxb3 c2 {[%tqu "En","White to move and draw","","","e3c1","",3,"De",
"WeiЯ zieht und hдlt remis","","","e3c1","",3,"Fr","Les Blancs jouent et font
nulle","","","e3c1","",3]} 67. Bc1 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (67. Kb2 $2 Kb5 68. Bc1 (68.
Kc3 Rxe3+ $19) 68... Kc4 69. f4 Kd3 70. Kb3 Re8 71. f5 Rb8+ 72. Ka3 Rb1 $19)
67... Rxf2 68. Kc3 Kb5 69. Bd2 Rg2 70. Kxc2 Kc4 71. Kc1 Kd3 72. Bb4 Ra2 73. Kb1
Rc2 74. Be1 (74. Bf8 $4 Kc3 75. Bc5 Kb3 76. Bb6 Rc8 77. Ba7 Rc7 78. Bb8 Rb7 79.
Be5 Re7 80. Bg3 Rg7 81. Bf2 Rf7 82. Be1 Rf1 $19) 74... Re2 75. Ba5 Re5 76. Bd8
Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Cheboksary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qd7 8.
d3 f6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. Nc4 h5 11. Qe3 b6 12. Qe1 g5 13. Be3 Kb7 14. Rd1 c5 15.
c3 g4 16. h4 Ne7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qe6 19. Qc3 Qxe4 20. dxc5 Nd5 21. c6+ Kc8
22. Qb3 Nxe3 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Nxe3 Qxc6 25. Qd3+ Kc8 26. Qxa6+ Kb8 27. g3 Bc5
28. Rc1 Qf3 29. Qd3 Rf8 30. Rc4 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Qf4 Rd7 34.
a4 Rd6 35. Qe4 Rd7 36. Qc6 f5 37. a5 Qd5+ 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. axb6 cxb6 40. Rc6
b5 41. Rh6 f4 42. gxf4 Kc7 43. b4 Kd7 44. f3 Rd4 45. Kg3 gxf3 46. Kxf3 Rxb4 47.
Rxh5 Ke6 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. Rb6 Rb1 51. Kg5 Rg1+ 52. Kf5 Rb1 53. Rb7+
Kh6 54. Kf6 b4 55. f5 b3 56. Rb8 Kh7 57. Kf7 Rf1 58. f6 Ra1 59. h5 b2 60. Rxb2
Ra7+ 61. Ke8 Ra8+ 62. Kd7 Ra7+ 63. Kc6 Kg8 64. Rg2+ Kf8 65. h6 $2 (65. Kd6 Ra1
66. Ke6 Re1+ 67. Kf5 Kf7 68. Rg7+ Kf8 69. h6 Rf1+ 70. Ke5 Re1+ 71. Kd4 Rd1+ 72.
Ke3 Re1+ 73. Kd2 Rh1 74. h7 $18) {[%tqu "De","Finden Sie den einzigen
Remiszug!","","","a7h7","",3]} 65... Rh7 66. Rg6 {[%tqu "De","Was muss nun
geschehen?","","","h7h8","",3]} Rh8 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 67. Rg2 (67. Kd6 Kf7 68.
Rg7+ Kxf6 69. Re7 Rxh6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Filipovic, Branko"]
[Black "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 Ne7 7.
Nbd2 Ng6 8. Nc4 Qf6 9. d4 (9. Bg5 Qe6 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. Be3 (11. b4 Ba7 12. Be3
O-O 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Qc3 f6 16. Ne3 Nf4 $10 {Van der Wiel,
J-Almasi,Z/Groningen/1994/0:1/60/}) 11... Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5
f5 $10 {Velikov,P-Lukacs,P/Moscow/1977/0:1/44/}) 9... exd4 10. Qxd4 (10. Bg5 {
Wedberg} Qe6 11. Qxd4 f6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Bc1 O-O 14. Rfe1 $14 {Gipslis,A})
10... Qxd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Nf5 (12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. a4 f5 15. Rd1
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8 $10 {Arnold,L-Smejkal,J/Deutschland/1986/0:1/60/} (16... Re8
{Wedberg} 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Ne3 Be7 $15 {Arnold,L-Smejkal,J/BL/1987})) 12... Be6
13. Nce3 Nf4 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. g3 $2 (15. b3 $10) (15. Nf1 {Wedberg} Nh5 16.
Bd2 (16. N1g3 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 h5 $36) 16... g6 17. Bc3 Rg8 18. N5e3 Bh6 19. b3
Rge8 $15) 15... Nh3+ $1 16. Kg2 Ng5 17. f3 (17. Nd5 Nxe4 (17... Bxf5 $1 18.
Bxg5 Bxe4+ 19. Rxe4 Rxd5 20. Re8+ Kd7 21. Rd8+ Kc6 22. Rxd5 Kxd5 23. Rd1+ Kc6
24. Rd8 f6 25. Bf4 g5 $17) 18. Nde7+ Bxe7 19. Nxe7+ Kd7 20. Rxe4 Kxe7 21. Bg5+
f6 22. Rae1 Rd6 23. Bf4 Rc6 24. Bxc7 $10) 17... g6 18. h4 $2 (18. Nh4 h6 $15)
18... gxf5 19. exf5 (19. hxg5 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bg7 21. Nf5 Be5 22. c3 Rd3 23. Be3
Rhd8 $17) 19... Nxf3 $1 20. Kxf3 Bd7 $17 21. g4 $6 (21. Bd2 Bc6+ 22. Ke2 Bd6 $1
23. Rg1 Rhg8 24. g4 Rge8 $17) (21. Rd1 Bg7 $17) (21. Nf1 Bxf5 22. Bg5 Rd6 $17)
21... Bc6+ 22. Kf2 Rd4 $19 23. b3 Be7 $1 24. g5 (24. Ng2 Rxg4 25. Rxe7 Rxg2+
$19) 24... Rf4+ 25. Kg1 (25. Kg3 Rf3+ (25... Bd6 {Wedberg}) 26. Kg4 h5+ 27.
gxh6 Rg8+ 28. Kh5 Rxf5+ $1 29. Nxf5 Bf3#) 25... Rxh4 26. Ng2 Bf6 $5 (26... Re4
{Wedberg} 27. Bf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Rg8 $19) 27. Nxh4 (27. gxf6 Rg8
28. Re2 Rhg4 $19) 27... Bxa1 28. Be3 (28. Re7 Re8 $1) 28... Bc3 29. Rd1 Re8 30.
Kf2 (30. Bxc5 Re2 $19) 30... b6 31. Rd3 Be5 32. f6 Rd8 33. Nf3 Bb2 34. Nd2 Rxd3
35. cxd3 Kd7 36. Nc4 Bc3 37. Bf4 Bd5 38. Kg3 b5 39. Ne5+ Ke6 40. Nf3 c6 41. Nd2
Kf5 42. Be3 Bd4 43. Bxd4 cxd4 44. b4 Kxg5 45. a3 h5 46. Kh3 Kxf6 47. Nf1 Kg5
48. Ng3 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Qd7 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf7 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Rfd1 c5 14. N4b3 b6
15. a4 a5 16. e5 Qc6 17. Nc4 Bd5 18. f3 Qe6 19. Ncxa5 Qxe5 20. c4 Bf7 21. f4
Qe6 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. Re1 $1 bxa5 24. Bxc5 Qa6 25. Nd4 Rd8 26. Nc6 Qxc4 (26...
Rd7 27. b3 $22) 27. Rac1 Qd5 28. Bxe7 Bxe7 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. Nxd8 Kxe7 31. Nxf7
$1 Qxf3 32. Rxc7+ Ke6 33. gxf3 Rb8 34. Kf2 g6 35. Kg3 h5 36. f5+ Kxf5 37. Nd6+
Kg5 38. h4+ Kh6 39. Nc4 Rb4 40. Nxa5 Rxa4 41. Nc6 g5 42. b4 Ra3 43. Nd4 Kg6 44.
b5 Ra4 45. Rd7 Rb4 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. Rd6+ Kf7 48. b6 1-0

[Event "Match Rubinstein-Schlechter +2-1=3"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1918.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Pigusov,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1918.01.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)DSZ 1918, S.71 [Schlechter] 2)Glatman: Rubinstein. [Pigusov].
Gespielt am 27. und 28.Januar 1918.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5.
Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rad1 c5
12. Nde2 Ng6 13. Nd5 O-O-O 14. Nb6+ $4 (14. Ng3 $142 $14 {/\Nf5}) 14... cxb6
15. Rxd6 Bb5 $1 $19 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nc3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Kc7 19. Ke2 Kc6 20.
Nb1 b5 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. Nf1 Nc4 23. Bc1 a5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 a4 26. f3 b4
27. Bd2 Kb5 28. Be3 Kc4 29. Bd2 b3 30. cxb3+ axb3 31. a3 b5 32. g4 Ra8 33. Bc1
b4 34. axb4 Ra1 35. b5 Rxc1 (35... Kxb5 $19) 36. b6 Rc2+ 37. Kd1 (37. Ke3 Rc3+
$1) 37... Rxb2 38. b7 Rxh2 39. b8=Q b2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Piket,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Kh1 f6 (11... f5 12. exf5 (12. Rg1 f4 13.
Bd2 Kf7) 12... Ne7 13. Nd2 Nxf5 14. Rae1) 12. Rg1 Kf7 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Nc4 Rad8
$5 $146 (14... Ng6 {-27/288}) (14... g5 15. h4 (15. d4 $5) 15... gxh4 16. Kh2
Rhg8 17. Kh3 Rg6 18. Rxg6 (18. Kxh4 Rag8 19. Rxg6 Nxg6+ 20. Kxh5 (20. Kh3)
20... Be7 $13) 18... Nxg6 19. Rg1 $44) 15. Rg2 (15. Rad1) (15. a3) (15. a4)
15... g5 (15... c5 16. Rag1 g6 17. a3 b6 18. h4 Rd7) 16. h4 $1 g4 $1 (16...
gxh4 17. Rag1 $1 (17. f4 exf4 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Bxf4 Ng6 20. Be3 (20. Bh2 d5
21. Rag1 Rhg8 22. f3)) 17... Rhg8 18. Rxg8 Nxg8 (18... Rxg8 19. Rxg8 Nxg8 (
19... Kxg8 20. Kh2) 20. Na5) 19. Kh2 Ne7 20. Kh3 Ng6 21. b4 $5 (21. a3) 21...
b6 22. Rb1 Be7 23. a4 $44) 17. fxg4 hxg4 18. Rxg4 Ng6 19. Kg2 Nxh4+ (19... f5
$6 20. exf5 Nxh4+ 21. Kf1 Nxf5 22. Ke2 $14) 20. Kg3 (20. Kf1 $142 $1 Rdg8 (
20... Ng6 21. Ke2 Nf8 22. Rag1 (22. b4 Ne6 23. c3) 22... Ne6 23. a3) 21. Rxg8
Rxg8 22. Ke2 Ng6 23. Rh1 Kg7 24. Na5 Rb8 25. c3 $16) 20... Ng6 21. Rg1 Nf8 $1
22. Kf3 Ne6 23. Ke2 Rh7 (23... Rdg8 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. Rxg8 (25. Rh1) 25... Kxg8
26. Na5 Nd8 27. d4 $14 (27. c3)) 24. a3 c5 25. c3 Rdh8 26. b4 Rh1 $1 27. Na5 b6
(27... Rxg1 28. Rxg1 Rb8 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Rb1 $14) 28. Nb7 $5 (28. Nb3 Rxg1 29.
Rxg1 cxb4 30. axb4 c5 (30... Ra8 $1 $11) 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. d4 $1) 28... cxb4 (
28... Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Be7 30. bxc5 Rb8 (30... Bxc5 31. Nxc5 bxc5 32. Kd2 $1) 31.
c6 Bxa3 32. d4 a5 33. d5 Nd8 34. Bxb6 $18) 29. Nxd6+ cxd6 30. axb4 a5 31. Bxb6
(31. b5 $6 Rxg1 (31... a4 $5) 32. Rxg1 Nc5) 31... axb4 32. cxb4 Rxg1 33. Rxg1
Rb8 $44 34. Ba5 (34. Be3 Rxb4 $11) 34... Nd4+ 35. Kd1 $1 (35. Ke3 Rc8 $1 (35...
Nc2+ 36. Kd2 Nxb4 37. Rb1 Nc6 38. Rxb8 Nxb8 39. Bc7 Nc6 40. Bxd6 Ke6 $11) 36.
Bb6 $8) 35... Nc6 (35... Rc8 36. Bb6 Rc3 37. Rg3 Rb3 $11) 36. Kd2 Rb5 37. Ra1
Nxb4 38. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 {A very rare line. It is
not the first time that Sokolov employed this idea.} 6. Nxe5 {The most
principled continuation. Obviously, black gets the pawn back, but the open
character of the position gives white some attacking prospects, thanks to his
temporary development advantage.} (6. Nc3 Bf6 7. Qe2 Be6 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Qd6
10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Bxe5 O-O-O 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Qe4 Qxe4 15. Rxe4
Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Rxe5 17. Nxe5 Nh6 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Adams,M/
Rethymnon 2003}) (6. d3 Bf6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. b3 Ne7 9. Bb2 Ng6 10. Nc4 Bxc4 11.
dxc4 O-O 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shaw,J-Lalic,B/Hastings 2004 (25)}) 6...
Qd4 7. Qh5 $1 (7. Nf3 Qxe4 8. Re1 Qg6 9. Ne5 Qf5 10. d4 Be6 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12.
Ne4 h5 13. c3 h4 14. Qe2 Bd5 15. f3 f6 16. Nd3 g5 17. b3 Nh6 18. c4 Bf7 19. Bb2
Rhe8 $15 {0-1 Van der Weide,K-Sokolov,I/Rotterdam 1998 (59)}) 7... g6 8. Nf3
Qxe4 9. Qa5 b6 $146 {In the preceding games black went for a principled, but
risky capture 9...Qxc2 which was also played by Ivan Sokolov already.} (9...
Qxc2 10. Re1 {looks dangerous for black.} Qd3 11. Qxc7 Qd8 12. Qf4 (12. Qe5 f6
13. Qf4 Kf8 14. b3 (14. d4 Qd6 15. Nc3 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Bg4 17. d5 Rd8 18. dxc6
bxc6 19. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Teterev,V-Pavlov,M/Zaporozhye 2004 (66)}) 14... Kg7 15.
Bb2 Nh6 16. Nc3 Rf8 17. h3 Ng8 18. Re2 Qd6 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Qc7 21. Ne4 $36
{1/2-1/2 De la Riva,O-Narciso,M/Barcelona 1996 (33)}) 12... Kf8 13. Nc3 g5 14.
Qe3 Nh6 15. b3 Nf5 16. Qe2 h5 17. Bb2 g4 18. Ne5 Nd4 19. Qd1 Bf5 20. Ne2 c5 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Ng3 $14 {0-1 Lemmers,O-Sokolov,I/NED-chT 2000 (37)}) 10. Qc3 Bf6
11. d4 Be6 12. Re1 Qd5 13. Qd3 Qf5 $1 {Black offers a queen exchange at a
price of a serious damage to his pawn structure. On the other hand, with
queens on the board black is not able to complete his development safely.} (
13... Ne7 14. Nc3 Qf5 (14... Qc4 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Qa3 $36) 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Bg5
$36) 14. Qxf5 (14. Qe2 $6 Ne7) 14... gxf5 15. Bg5 $16 {After the exchange of
dark-squared bishops white's advantage become very apparent.} O-O-O 16. Nc3 h6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne2 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Ge2f4]} Nh5 $1 19. Ne5 Kb7 20. Rad1 Rhg8
21. f3 Rg5 22. g3 {Black does not want to stay in passivity and trying to
create a counterplay.} f4 23. g4 f5 24. h3 fxg4 25. fxg4 Rf8 26. Rf1 c5 27. Nf3
Rg7 28. d5 $2 {A tempting move, which does not work.} ({White could keep a
stable advantage by the simple} 28. dxc5 Bc4 29. Rfe1) 28... Bd7 29. Nd2 {
Most probably, Volokitin thought that he was going to win the Pf4 for free.
However, black's reply came as a unpleasant shock...} Nf6 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rg4]}
30. Rxf4 $2 {A turnover mistake.} (30. Nxf4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Rde1 Bh3+
33. Kh2 (33. Kh1 $2 Bxf1 34. Rxf1 Rgf7 $19) 33... Bxf1 34. Rxf1 Rgf7 35. Kg3 h5
36. Rf3 h4+ 37. Kg4 Rg8+ 38. Kh3 (38. Kxh4 $2 Rh7+ 39. Nh5 Rg2 40. Nf1 Rxc2 $17
) 38... Rgf8 39. Kg4 $11) {[%tqu "En","What should Black do?","","","f6g4",
"Now white is in deep trouble.",10]} 30... Nxg4 $1 {Now white is in deep
trouble.} 31. Rxf8 (31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Rxf8 Bxe2+ 33. Kf2 Bxd1 {and black
should win the endgame.}) 31... Ne3+ 32. Kh2 $2 {This is simply loses material.
} ({The only reasonable would have been} 32. Kh1 Nxd1 33. Nf4 Nxb2 34. Rf6 {
though, black is objectively winning here as well.}) 32... Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rxe2
$19 {[%csl Rd1,Rd2]} 34. Rc1 Rxd2 35. c4 Nd1 {Anything wins, but this one is
quite esthetic.} 36. b3 Bxh3 37. a4 h5 38. Ra1 a5 39. Rh8 Bg4 40. Kg1 Bf3 41.
Rg8 h4 42. Rf8 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 $6 {The only
thing in favour of this move is that black avoids some theoretical forced
lines which arise after the main move 6...h5. Basically, after black parts
with his pair of bishops, white simply enjoys a small, but stable advantage
thanks to a superior pawn structure. It's interesting that Becerra already
played this strategically dubious line in the same US championships few rounds
before (see below).} (6... h5 {is the main continuation.}) 7. Qxf3 Nf6 (7...
Qd7 8. d3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 f6 10. Nc4 $14 {0-1 Nataf,I (2559)-Mamedyarov,S (2646)/
Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01/[Postny,E] (40)}) 8. d3 Nd7 9. Nd2 (9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nd2
Qg6 11. Qh2 Bd6 12. Nc4 O-O 13. f4 f5 14. fxe5 Bc5+ 15. Be3 fxe4 16. d4 Be7 17.
Bf4 b5 18. Ne3 Nb6 19. Qg3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milman,L (2478)
-Becerra Rivero,J (2556)/San Diego 2006/CBM 112_01 (31)}) 9... Bd6 10. Qg3 $6 {
White is intending to carry out the advance f2-f4 gaining space on the
kingside. However, white should better keep his queen out of the exchange.} (
10. Nc4 Qf6 11. Qe2 $14 {followed by f2-f4 and Nxd6 if necessary.}) 10... Qf6
11. Nc4 Qg6 $1 {It's recommended for black to exchange queens. In the endgame
white's chances to seize the initiative are rather minimal.} 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13.
f4 f6 14. f5 $6 {A dubious decision.} ({At first it was more logical to bring
the reserves into play by} 14. Bd2) 14... gxf5 15. exf5 (15. Rxf5 Ke7 $11 {
The king gets a nice outpost on e6.}) 15... a5 {Correctly starting the
queenside offensive where black has the majority.} 16. Be3 ({Logical would
have been} 16. a4 {stopping the advance of black's pawns for a while, but the
position is equal anyway.}) 16... a4 17. d4 {Trying to open some files in the
centre. Otherwise, it's hard to find any other reasonable plan for whhite.} b5
18. Nd2 exd4 19. Bxd4 c5 $6 {Black should not be in a rush.} ({It was
preferable to complete the development at the first place:} 19... O-O-O {
In this case black is at least not worse.}) 20. Be3 c4 21. Nf3 {[%csl Ge6]
[%cal Gf3d4,Gd4e6]} a3 $6 {This move is also too hasty.} (21... O-O-O 22. Nd4
Bc5 23. Rae1 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 $14) 22. b3 cxb3 23. cxb3 {Now, it will be very
hard for black if possible at all to create a passed pawn on the queenside.}
Kf7 24. Nd4 Rhe8 25. Bf2 b4 (25... Re5 26. Rad1 Rd5 27. Ne6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nf8
29. Nd4 $16) 26. Rac1 Ra5 27. Rfd1 Nf8 28. g4 Rd5 29. Nf3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Nd7 (
30... Re2 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d3,Gd3c4] White has good
winning chances in this endgame. The Pf5 seriously cramps black's position.})
31. Nd4 Nc5 32. Kf1 (32. Nb5 $6 Ne4 $13) 32... Ne4 33. Be1 c5 34. Ne6 {[%csl
Ge6] This knight is very annoying.} g6 $6 ({Surprisingly, the exchange
sacrifice was the best decision for black:} 34... Rxe6 $3 35. fxe6+ Kxe6 $14)
35. Ke2 gxf5 (35... Rxe6 $1) 36. gxf5 Be7 (36... Rh8 $4 37. Kf3 {[%csl Rd6,Re4]
and black loses a piece.}) ({The same exchange sacrifice is not so sound now,
due to white's passed "h" pawn.} 36... Rxe6) 37. Rd7 Rh8 38. Nf4 Rd8 39. Rxd8
Bxd8 40. Kd3 Nd6 41. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4,Rc5][%cal Ge1f2] Black won't be
able to save all his queenside pawns.} Nxf5 (41... c4+ 42. bxc4 b3 43. axb3 a2
44. Bc3 $18) 42. Kc4 Nd4 43. Bf2 $1 {This is probably the best practical
decision.} (43. Kxc5 Nxb3+ $1 44. Kxb4 Nd4 {and black should hold this one.}) (
43. Bxb4 cxb4 44. Kxd4 f5 {also not so convincing.}) (43. Nxb4 cxb4 44. Kxd4
Be7 45. Kc4 Ke6 46. Bxb4 Bxb4 47. Kxb4 $18) 43... f5 44. Kxc5 Ne6+ 45. Kxb4 Ng5
46. Bh4 Ke6 47. Kc4 Ke5 48. b4 f4 49. b5 Nf7 50. Bxd8 (50. Nxf4 $1 {would have
been more convincing.} Kxf4 (50... Bxh4 51. Ng6+ $18) 51. Bxd8 Nxd8 52. Kb4 Kg3
53. Kxa3 Kxh3 54. Kb4 $18 {[%csl Ga2,Gb5]}) 50... Nxd8 (50... Nd6+ 51. Kd3 Kxd5
52. b6 $18) 51. b6 (51. Nxf4 $1 Kxf4 52. Kb4 $18) 51... f3 52. Ne3 Ke4 (52...
Kf4 53. Kd3 Nb7 54. Nf1 Nc5+ 55. Kd4 Nb7 56. h4 f2 57. h5 Kg5 58. Ke3 Kxh5 59.
Kxf2 Kg5 60. Ke3 Kf5 61. Kd4 Ke6 62. Kc4 Kd6 63. Kb5 $18) 53. Nd1 Nb7 {White's
technique in this endgame is not perfect, but the position remains winning.}
54. Kb4 Nd6 55. h4 Kf4 56. Kc5 Nb7+ 57. Kc6 Na5+ 58. Kc7 Kg4 59. b7 Nxb7 60.
Kxb7 Kxh4 61. Kc6 Kg3 62. Kc5 (62. Kd5 $4 f2 63. Nxf2 Kxf2 64. Kc4 Ke3 65. Kb3
Kd4 $11) 62... Kg2 (62... f2 63. Nxf2 Kxf2 64. Kb4 Ke3 65. Kxa3 Kd4 66. Kb4 $18
) 63. Kb4 Kf1 64. Ne3+ Kf2 65. Nf5 $1 Ke1 66. Kxa3 Kd2 $1 {The only chance.}
67. Kb3 f2 68. Ng3 Ke3 69. a4 Kf4 70. Nf1 Ke5 71. Kb4 Kd6 {Black's king is
making miracles, running all over the board and even stopping the "a" pawn. If
black would have a passed pawn on the "e" or "g" file, then the position would
be drawn, but with the "f" pawn it's lost.} 72. Kb5 Kc7 73. a5 Kb7 74. a6+ Ka7
75. Ka5 Ka8 76. Kb6 Kb8 77. Ne3 Ka8 78. Nd5 $1 {Leads to a forced mate.} (78.
Nd5 f1=Q 79. Nc7+ Kb8 80. a7+ Kc8 81. a8=Q+ Kd7 82. Qe8+ Kd6 83. Qe6#) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 {This continuation is less
popular than the main line 5.0-0 and usually does not yield white an advantage.
} f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {This is the hidden idea
behind 5.Nc3. The knight will be quickly transfered to a better pastures.
However, the whole evaluation of this endgame remains as approximately equal.
White's kingside pawn majority is compensated by Black's pair of bishops.} Be6
({Another way of development is:} 9... Bd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Bc6 12. f3 Ne7
13. Kf2 g5 14. Bg3 Bg7 15. h4 h6 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 f5 18. exf5 Rf8 19.
hxg5 hxg5 20. Rh1 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Naumann,A/
Bundesliga 2004-5 (35)}) 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 (11... c4 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13.
Nxd1 Ne7 14. Nd4 Bf7 15. Ne3 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bc5 17. Ndf5 Re8 18. f3 Bf8 19. Kf2
Ne5 20. Rd1 g6 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Ne2 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,
V-Inarkiev,E/Tomsk 2004 (38)}) 12. Rd1 Re8 {A rare move. Probably, Black
should not avoid the exchange of rooks.} (12... Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 f5 (13... Ng6
14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 Ne5 {- Stripunsky,A-Kaidanov,G/Seattle 2002/CBM 87 [Donev]})
14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ng3 Rf8 19. Re7 Bg6
20. f3 Rf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Onischuk,A/Groningen 1995 (40)}) 13. O-O
$146 (13. Nc3 f5 14. O-O fxe4 15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. a3 Bf7 17. Ned5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5
Bd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nc3 e3 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Re8 23. Rxd6 Rxe3 24. Kf2
Re5 {1/2-1/2 Ginsburg,G-Galdunts,S/Griesheim 2002}) (13. Bg3 Nc6 14. f3 Ne5 15.
Nc3 c4 16. O-O b5 17. h3 Bc5 18. Bf2 Bd6 19. a4 b4 20. Ncd5 Kb7 21. f4 Nc6 22.
Rfe1 Na5 23. Nf1 Bf7 24. Ng3 Bg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Moroz,A-Stern,R/Pardubice 1996 
(57)}) 13... Nc6 ({The immediate} 13... g5 14. Bg3 f5 $5 {does not look bad
for Black as well.}) 14. f3 g5 15. Bg3 f5 {This move is possible, since
White's knights on the e-file are unprotected.} 16. Nd5 (16. exf5 Bxa2 {
[%csl Re2,Re3]} 17. Kf2 Bf7 $13) 16... f4 {Gaining space and getting an
excellent outpost on e5 for the knight.} (16... Bxd5 17. Rxd5 fxe4 18. fxe4
Rxe4 19. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Re4,Rg5]}) 17. Bf2 Ne5 $6 ({It was preferable to cover
f6 square by} 17... Bg7 {The variation:} 18. Bxc5 Bxb2 19. c3 b6 {looks okay
for black.}) 18. Nf6 $1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Nc3 {White has
some initiative now thanks to his active pieces.} h6 22. b3 Bg7 23. Ncd5 Bxf6 (
23... b6 24. Nh5 Bf8 25. Be1 $36 {[%cal Ge1c3]}) 24. Nxf6 Rf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
A glaring tactical blunder.} ({Possible was} 24... b6 {keeping slightly worse,
but defendable position.}) {[%tqu "En","Should White retreat with the knight?",
"","","f2c5","",5]} 25. Bxc5 $1 $18 Rd8 (25... Rxf6 26. Be7 {[%csl Rc8,Rf6]
[%cal Gd1d8] This is what Black obviously overlooked.} Nd7 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28.
Bxf6 {[%csl Rf4,Rg5,Rh6][%cal Gf6g7] and the endgame is hopeless for Black.})
26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Bf8 Nf7 28. Kf2 {Black lost only a pawn, but he won't hold
his kingside weaknesses for long...} c6 29. Bg7 b6 30. Ng8 h5 31. Nf6 h4 32. h3
$1 {The last precise move. Black will lose all his remaining kingside pawns
very soon.} Ke7 33. Nh7 Bd7 34. Bf6+ Ke8 (34... Ke6 35. Nf8+ (35. Bxg5 $4 Nxg5
36. Nxg5+ Kf6 37. Nh7+ Kg7 38. Ng5 Kg6 $19 {[%csl Rg5]}) 35... Kxf6 36. Nxd7+
Ke6 37. Nxb6 $18) 35. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 {This old move appeared
even in 19th century. Nowadays, it's a rarew guest on top level.} 6. d4 exd4 7.
Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rfd1 ({A well known blunder is:} 10. Nc4 $2
Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc4 $17) (10. Rad1 O-O 11. Qc3 Qe8 12. Nc4 Rd8
13. Nd4 Bc8 14. Rfe1 Qf7 15. Qb3 Rfe8 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Ne2 Ng6 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Markovic,M-Gligoric,S/YUG-chT 2000 (91)}) (10. Qc3 Ng6 11. Nd4 Qd7
12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Howell,D-Hebden,M/
Gibraltar 2005 (38)}) 10... Ng6 {Black has a choice, which side to castle.
Motylev chooses a more double-edged plan.} (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Bb4 12. a3 Qxd4
13. Nxd4 Bxc4 14. axb4 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Lukacs,P/Budapest 1996 (58)})
11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. b4 (13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Bd4 Rhe8 15. Bc3 Ne5 16.
Qe2 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Be5 18. Qf5+ Qd7 19. Bxe5 Qxf5 20. exf5 Rxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Brynell,S-Barkhagen,J/SWE-chT 2003 (33)}) 13... O-O-O 14. a4 $146 (14. c3 Rhe8
15. Rd4 Qe6 16. Qe2 Bf4 17. Re1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxa2 19. Red1 Qe6 $15 {0-1
Argandona Rivero,I-Flear,G/San Sebastian 2005 (51)}) 14... Bxb4 $5 {Principled
but risky.} (14... Rhe8 15. b5 Qxe4 16. Rd4 Qe6 17. bxa6 Qxc4 18. axb7+ Kxb7
19. Rxc4 $14) 15. Nd4 $2 {A natural looking move, that allows black to take
over the initiative in an imaginative way...} (15. Rdb1 a5 16. c3 Bd6 17. Qb3
b6 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Qxb6 Bc7 20. Qxc6 Rd6 21. Qb7+ Kd7 22. Qb5+ Kc8 23. Qb7+
$11) {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for Black?","","","e7e4","",15]} 15...
Qxe4 $1 {[%mdl 640]} 16. Qxb4 Nh4 {The point.} 17. Kf1 $8 Qxg2+ 18. Ke1 Qg4 $6
{Not the best choice.} ({The critical line was:} 18... Rhe8 $1 19. Rab1 c5 20.
Qxc5 f5 $1 (20... b6 $2 21. Qc6 Rxe3+ 22. fxe3 Rxd4 23. Qxg2 Nxg2+ 24. Kf2 Rxd1
25. Rxd1 Nh4 26. e4 $14) (20... Rxd4 $2 21. Rxd4 Rxe3+ 22. Kd2 Qxf2+ 23. Kc1 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc5f8]} Re1+ 24. Kb2 Rxb1+ 25. Kxb1 Qf1+ 26. Kb2 b6 27. Qc6 Qg2
28. Re4 $18) 21. Qa7 Rd6 $1 (21... f4 $2 22. Qa8+ Kd7 23. Nc6+ $1 $18) 22. Qa8+
Kd7 23. Qxb7 f4 $1 (23... Qxb7 24. Rxb7 f4 25. Rd3 fxe3 26. fxe3 Ng2+ 27. Kf2
Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxd4 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Rxc7 $11) (23... Qxh2 $5) 24. Qxg2 Nxg2+
25. Kf1 fxe3 26. Kxg2 e2 27. Nxe2 Rxe2 {with good winning chances for black.})
19. Rab1 (19. Kd2 $2 b6 $1 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 19... b6 20. Qc4 Nf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxh2+
22. Ke1 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Nh2+ {Black can't achieve more than a perpetual check.} (
23... Qh3+ 24. Ke2 Nxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Qh5+ 26. Kd2 Rxd4+ 27. Bxd4 Rd8 28. Qxa6+ Kb8
29. Kc3 $16) (23... Rxd4 24. Qxa6+ (24. Bxd4 $2 Qh3+ 25. Ke2 Re8+ 26. Be3 {
[%tqu "En","Find the winning strike.","","","e8e3","",5]} Rxe3+ $1 27. fxe3 (
27. Kxe3 Ne5+ $19) 27... Qg2+ 28. Kd3 Ne5+ $19) 24... Kb8 (24... Kd7 25. Bxd4
Nh2+ 26. Ke1 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 $11) 25. Rxb6+ cxb6 26. Qxb6+ Kc8 27. Qxc6+ Kd8 28.
Bxd4 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for Black.","","","g1e1","",
5]} Qe1+ $1 30. Kxf3 Qxd1+ 31. Kg3 Qxd4 32. Qa8+ Ke7 33. Qxh8 $11) 24. Ke1 Nf3+
25. Kf1 Nh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 $6 {Since I
was playing next to this board, I watched this with some curiosity, because I
always considered this exchange as a concession. Black parts with his strong
light-squared bishop, while his pawnstructure drawbacks are permanent.} (6...
h5 {is the main line.}) 7. Qxf3 Qd7 (7... Bd6 8. d3 Ne7 9. Be3 c5 10. Nd2 O-O
11. Qg4 Ng6 12. Nc4 b5 13. Na5 c6 14. Nb7 Qe7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. g3 $14 {
1-0 Fressinet,L-Yurtaev,L/Istanbul ol 2000 (38)}) 8. d3 O-O-O {The opposite
side castlings usually lead to a sharp play.} (8... Ne7 9. Nd2 Ng6 10. Nc4 Bd6
11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Rae8 13. Qg4 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Nd2 Ref8 16. Ne4 Nf4 17.
Rfe1 Be7 18. c3 Qd5 19. Rd2 h5 20. Qg3 Qf7 21. d4 Ng6 22. Bg5 Bd6 23. Nxd6 cxd6
24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. f4 Ng6 26. Rxd6 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Rde6 h4 29. Qg5 Rf1+ {
1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Kortschnoj,V/Baden-Baden 1981}) 9. Nd2 f6 10. Nc4 h5 11. Qe3 {
[%cal Ge3a7]} (11. Bd2 Kb8 (11... g5 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Kh2 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. Ne3
Bc5 16. b4 Bd4 17. Rab1 b5 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. a4 Qd6 21. Rfd1 Qe6
22. Rb3 g4 23. h4 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Videki,S-Ljubicic,F/Split 1998 (63)}) 12. b4
g5 13. a4 g4 14. Qg3 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Nxh6 16. h4 Qd4 17. Rab1 f5 18. Qxe5 fxe4 19.
Qxd4 Rxd4 20. b5 exd3 21. cxd3 axb5 22. axb5 c5 23. b6 Nf5 24. Rb5 cxb6 25.
Nxb6 Ne7 26. Rxc5 $16 {1-0 Bronstein,D-Nei,I/Tallinn 1971 (49)}) 11... Kb8 $146
(11... c5 12. f4 b5 13. Na5 exf4 14. Qxf4 Bd6 15. Qf3 Be5 16. a4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1
$16 {1-0 Kagan,S-Stepak,Y/Israel 1967 (59)}) 12. b4 g5 ({Too naive is} 12...
Bxb4 $6 13. Rb1 $40) 13. a4 g4 14. h4 Bh6 15. Qg3 $6 {The queen is misplaced
on this square.} (15. Qc5 Bxc1 (15... b6 $2 16. Nxb6 $1 cxb6 17. Qxb6+ $40) 16.
Rfxc1 Qd4 17. Qxd4 (17. Qa5 g3 {[%csl Rg1]}) 17... Rxd4 $11) (15. Qe2 $142 $14)
15... Bxc1 16. Rfxc1 Ne7 17. Re1 $6 {A "mysterious rook move" that I fail to
understand.} ({The immediate attempt of breakthrow leads to nowhere for white:
} 17. b5 cxb5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ne3 (19. Qe3 Qd4 $17) 19... Nc6) ({More to the
point would have been} 17. Rcb1 Qd4 18. Ra3 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 17... Qd4 $1 18.
Qe3 {Sooner or later, white has to pull his queen from the kingside. In the
forthcoming endgame the chances are approximately equal.} b6 19. g3 Rhf8 20. a5
$6 {A committing push.} (20. Ra3 $5) 20... b5 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Nd2 Ka7 (22...
Rxb4 $6 23. Nb3 {[%csl Rb4]}) 23. Ra3 c5 $6 {Now, it was actually possible to
grab the pawn, but Mamedyarov decided to sacrifice his own instead...} (23...
Rxb4 24. Nb3 Rb8 {[%cal Gb4a4]} 25. Rea1 f5 $15) 24. bxc5 Nc6 {[%csl Gc6]} 25.
Nf1 $6 {This is too slow.} (25. f3 $1 {White should try to break throw the
kingside.}) 25... Ra4 $1 {After the exchange of one pair of rooks white's pawn
weaknesses wil lbecome more apparent.} 26. Rea1 $6 (26. Rxa4 bxa4 27. Ra1 Rb8
28. Ne3 Nd4 29. f4 gxf3 30. Kf2 $13) 26... Rxa3 27. Rxa3 b4 28. Ra2 b3 $1 29.
cxb3 Rd8 {Quite an instructive position. White is two pawns up, but is not
able to protect his numerous weaknesses and is actually fighting for a draw
here.} 30. f3 $2 {White started to panic.} (30. Rd2 Nxa5 31. b4 Nc6 $19) (30.
Ne3 $1 Rxd3 31. Ra1 {[%cal Ge3d5,Ga1d1]}) 30... gxf3 31. Kf2 Rxd3 32. Nh2 f5 $1
$19 33. Nxf3 ({A better practical chance would have been:} 33. exf5 e4 34. g4
Ne5 $1 (34... Nb4 $2 35. Rb2 Rd1 36. f6 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nxb2 38. f7 Rd8 39. g5 {
and white is at least not losing.}) 35. gxh5 (35. g5 e3+ 36. Kg3 e2 (36... Rd2
$2 37. Nxf3 Nxf3 38. Kxf3 Rxa2 39. f6 $18 {[%csl Gf6,Gg5]}) 37. Kf2 Rxb3 38.
Ra1 Nd3+ 39. Kxf3 e1=Q 40. Rxe1 Nxe1+ 41. Ke4 (41. Ke2 Nd3 $19) 41... Rh3 42.
Nf1 (42. f6 Rxh4+ 43. Kf5 Rxh2 44. g6 Rf2+ 45. Ke6 Nd3 46. g7 Nxc5+ 47. Kf7 Rg2
$19) 42... Rxh4+ 43. Ke5 Rh1 $19) 35... e3+ 36. Kg3 Rd2 (36... e2 $2 37. Kf2
Rxb3 38. Ra1 Nd3+ 39. Kxf3 e1=Q 40. Rxe1 Nxe1+ 41. Kg4 {[%csl Gf5,Gh5]}) 37.
Nxf3 Nxf3 38. Kxf3 Rxa2 39. Kxe3 {[%tqu "En","Please calculate the winning
variation for Black.","","","a2a5","",10,"a2h2","",0]} Rxa5 $1 (39... Rh2 $4
40. f6 $18) 40. h6 (40. Kd4 Rb5 41. Kc4 Kb7 42. h6 Kc6 $19) 40... Rb5 $1 41. h7
Rxb3+ 42. Kf4 Rb8 43. f6 a5 44. f7 a4 45. Ke5 a3 46. Ke6 a2 47. Ke7 a1=Q $19)
33... fxe4 34. Ne1 e3+ 35. Ke2 Rxb3 {The following check on d4 is decisive.}
36. Nc2 Nd4+ 37. Nxd4 exd4 38. c6 Rc3 39. Ra4 Rc2+ 40. Kd3 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Bodensee-Cup"]
[Site "Ueberlingen-Nussdorf"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rosner, Jonas"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.05.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,56,30,26,39,25,18,15,20,25,29,29,44,36,40,31,12,6,8,-30,15,11,116,71,
73,9,29,12,-12,-52,-40,-123,-86,-93,-93,-203,-145,-198,-162,-180,-197,-201,
-204,-204,-204,-204,-142,-203,-203,-267,-267,-267,-415,-399,-400,-466,-295,
-354,-330]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7.
g4 Bg6 8. Nxe5 Bd6 $5 (8... Ne7 $5 9. d3 h5 10. Bf4 hxg4 11. hxg4 f6 12. Nc4
Qd7 13. Nbd2 Bf7 14. Bg3 Be6 15. Ne3 O-O-O 16. Kg2 g6 17. Rh1 Bg7 18. Qe2 Qd4
19. b3 Rhf8 20. Rae1 Bg8 21. Nf3 Qd7 22. Nd2 Rde8 23. Qd1 b6 24. f4 f5 25. Nf3
Bc3 26. Re2 c5 27. a4 {1/2-1/2 (27) Rosner,J (2412)-Buecker,S (2280) Sasbach
2018}) 9. Nxg6 (9. Nf3 $6 Qd7 $15) 9... hxg6 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. d3 (11. d4 O-O-O
12. Nc3 f5 13. e5 Be7 14. Be3 (14. Ne2 Nh6 15. g5 Nf7 16. Qg2 f4 17. Bxf4 Rxh3
18. f3 Rdh8 19. Qg4 Qxg4+ 20. fxg4 Nxg5 21. Kg2 R3h4 22. Kg3 Rh2 23. Ng1 Ne6
24. Be3 Rxc2 25. Rf7 Bh4+ 26. Kf3 Ng5+ 27. Bxg5 Rf2+ 28. Ke4 Rxf7 29. Bf4 Bd8
30. Ne2 Rh4 31. Rg1 g5 32. Be3 Rh2 33. Kd3 Kd7 34. b3 Rf3 35. Nc3 Be7 36. Ke4
Rhh3 37. Nd1 Ke6 38. a4 a5 39. Rg2 Rfg3 40. Rxg3 Rxg3 41. Nf2 b6 42. Kd3 Kd5
43. Ke2 c5 {0-1 (43) Jensson,E (2378)-Smith,A (2506) Sastamala 2016}) 14... Rf8
15. Ne2 Rh4 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Qg3 g5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rh7 20. Kh2 Nh6 21.
f3 Rfh8 22. Qe3 f4 23. Nxf4 Nf5 24. Qe4 Nxd4 25. e6 Qd6 26. Kg2 Rg7+ 27. Kf2
Nxc2 28. Qxc2 Qxf4 29. Qe4 Qd2+ 30. Qe2 Rg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 32. Kg3 Rg8+ 33.
Kf4 Qxe6 34. Rae1 Qf6+ 35. Ke3 Re8+ {0-1 (35) Sanal,V (2490)-Sychev,K (2537)
St Petersburg 2018}) 11... O-O-O 12. Kg2 (12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Rxh3 14. Kg2
Rh4 15. f3 Nf6 16. Rh1 Rxh1 17. Kxh1 Qd4 18. Nc3 Qf2 19. Qh2 Qxf3+ 20. Qg2 Rh8+
21. Kg1 Qe3+ {0-1 (21) Nuber,K (2302)-Hector,J (2537) Nuremberg 2012}) (12. Nd2
$1) 12... f5 $1 $146 13. exf5 Rf8 14. Nc3 gxf5 15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Rh1
Ne5 18. Qe3 fxg4 19. h4 Nf3 20. Nc3 Be5 $1 21. Ne4 Bd4 22. Qe2 Qd5 23. c3 Bxf2
$1 24. c4 {[#]} Qe5 $1 25. Qxf2 Nxg5 26. Qg3 Qxb2+ 27. Nf2 Ne6 28. Rab1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Stets, Dmitry"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:13:16"]
[BlackClock "0:35:11"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
02:57]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (
5... f6 {La grande ligne}) (5... Bg4) 6. d4 {[%emt 0:04:24]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:
05]} 7. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:22:27][%cal
Gd2c4] La position est toujours théorique mais le MI a réfléchi plus de 20
mns} (8. Be3) (8. Re1) 8... Be6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:06:25]} Ne7 {
[%emt 0:08:00]} (9... Qe7 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 13. Be3 Be7
14. Nd4 O-O-O 15. Rad1 Re8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bf2 Nh6 18. Ne3 Nf7 19. Ne2 g6 20.
Nf4 Bg7 21. a4 Re7 22. Nd3 Kb8 23. Nc4 Bc8 24. a5 Rhe8 25. Nc5 f5 26. Bd4 Bxd4+
27. Rxd4 Ka7 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Ne4 c5 30. Rd2 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Nd8 32. e5 Nc6 33.
Rd5 Nxe5 34. Rxc5 Nc6 35. Rd5 b5 36. axb6+ cxb6 37. Rd6 Kb7 38. Rff6 Rc8 39.
Rd2 {Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Carlsen,M (2850) Reykjavik 2015 1/2-1/2}) 10. Nc4 {
[%emt 0:02:19]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (10... Bb4 11. Qe3 (11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12.
Bb2) 11... Bxc4 $132) 11. Qxc4 $14 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 12.
Qe6+ {[%emt 0:15:28] Une nouveauté trouvée devant l'échiquier} Qe7 {[%emt 0:
02:16]} 13. Qxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 14. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:
01][%cal Gf2f4,Gd4f5]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rhe8 $132
{[%emt 0:08:18]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (16... Nf4) 17.
Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 18. Nf5 $5 {[%emt 0:10:24]} Nxf5 {
[%emt 0:02:00]} 19. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxh2 $5 {[%emt 0:08:13] Un choix
courageux car après la poussée "f4",le Bh2 risque d'être enfermé. Ce coup
rappelle le fameux Bh2 joué par Fischer contre Spassky en Championnat du Monde
} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:15:25][%cal Gf1h1]} (20. g3 Bxg3+ {[%cal Ge8e3]}) 20... h5 $1
{[%emt 0:03:43][%cal Gh5h4,Gh2g3]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} (21. Rh1 Bg3+ $1
22. Kf3 h4) 21... h4 {[%emt 0:09:16]} 22. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Re7 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} 23. Rxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Bxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (24... Kf7) 25. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:
01:21]} 26. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:42] Le plateau DGT a
enregsitré à tort 27.Bc5 qui n'a pas été joué} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruned, Yvalin"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {La variante d'йchange a connu son heure
de gloire avec Fischer dans les annйes 60 mais depuis elle est beaucoup moins
jouйe.} dxc6 5. Nc3 (5. O-O {Normalement une simple transposition} f6 (5... Bg4
6. h3 h5 {5.Nc3 avant le oo permet d'йviter cette variante h7h5}) 6. d4) 5...
f6 {La variante principale} (5... Bd6 6. d4 {Le coup naturel pour faire jouer
la majoritй des blancs а l'aile-roi.}) (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3) (5... Qd6
$5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O-O $132 {[%csl Gd7,Gf8]}) 6.
d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 (7. Nxd4 $142 c5 8. Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 $14) 7... Qxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd6 9. Nde2 Ne7 10. Bf4 Be6 11. O-O-O $14 {1h38 Tout est thйorique et les
blancs ont jouй vite l'ouverture} O-O-O 12. Bg3 $5 (12. f3) 12... h5 ({RR} 
12... Rhe8 13. Rd2 Ng6 14. Rhd1 Ne5 15. b3 b5 16. h3 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2
Bd7 19. Nd1 Nf7 20. Nec3 Nd6 21. f3 f5 22. Re2 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4
25. fxe4 Bd6 26. Bf2 c5 27. Ne3 {Ljubojevic,L (2610)-Adams,M (2590)/Roquebrune
1992/CBM 028/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 13. h4 Ng6 14. Rd2 $146 {[%cal Gh1d1]} ({RR} 14. f3
Rhe8 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Rd2 Kc7 17. Ng3 Nf4 $132 {[%cal Gf4g2]} 18. Nf5 g6 19.
Ne3 Bf7 20. g3 Ne6 21. g4 Ng7 22. Ng2 b5 23. a3 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 hxg4
26. fxg4 Be6 27. Ne3 Rh8 28. Rf2 Rdf8 {Stanojoski,Z (2458)-Markidis,K (2358)/
Kavala 2005/CBM 107 ext/1-0 (46)}) 14... Bf7 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nd4 {[%csl Gf5]}
Kc7 17. Nf5 Ne5 $11 18. b3 g6 19. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5]} Ng4 $1 20. Ned1 (20. Nxg4
hxg4 {[%csl Rf2]}) 20... Rhe8 21. f3 Nh6 22. Nf2 f5 23. Nh3 {[%csl Rg5]} fxe4
24. Nxe4 d5 25. Neg5 Rd6 (25... Bg8) 26. Rdd1 Bg8 27. Rde1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Kd7
29. Nf4 Rf6 30. Nd3 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5]} b6 31. Ne5+ Kd6 32. g4 $1 c5 33. Kd2 b5
34. a3 Be6 35. Nd3 hxg4 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. fxg4 Kd6 39. Nf4 Nxg4
40. Nxg6 d4 $13 {[%csl Gh4] La finale de N йtait assez difficile а jouer car
le Ph est а la fois une faiblesse et une force pour le brestois. Le P R est
celui contre lequel le N adverse a le plus de mal а lutter mais le K noir est
relativement proche} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 {We needed a win against Spain in order to fight for a good place, so I
was in a fighting mood as usual.} e5 {Solid approach.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Bxc6 $5 {Doesn't win a single pawn, but destroys Black pawn's structure a bit:)
} dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 {Protecting e5 in an extraordinary way is usual for black
here, the idea of this move will be clear after White's next move.} 6. h3 h5 $1
{Now bishop is untouchable so white has to develop.} 7. d3 (7. hxg4 $4 hxg4 $19
{[%csl Rg1,Rh1,Rh4][%cal Gd8h4]}) 7... Qf6 8. Nbd2 $5 (8. Be3 {Is also
slightly better for white.}) 8... Ne7 9. Re1 {Known from some 30-40 years ago
when R.J. Fischer played it vs top players of his times.} Be6 {An unusual
attempt, typical for Shirov.} 10. Nb3 Bxb3 (10... Bg4 {Such an incorrect way
to propose a draw after Nbd2 for example Be6, wouldn't work here as now White
is ready to take the bishop:} 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ng5 Qh6 13. Kf1 Qh5 (13... Qh1+
14. Ke2 Qxg2 15. Rg1 $18) 14. Be3 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge1h1]} Ng6 15. Ke2 $1 Be7 16.
Rh1 Nh4 17. g3 $18 (17. Qd2 $18)) 11. axb3 c5 12. c3 (12. Bg5 $5 Qd6 13. Nd2 $5
{[%cal Gd2c4,Gf2f4]} Nc6 14. Nc4 Qg6 15. Qd2 (15. Bh4 f6 16. c3 Qf7 $13)) (12.
b4 cxb4 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. d4 exd4 15. e5 Qd5 16. e6 $13) 12... Nc6 (12... O-O-O
13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 $16 {[%cal Gb4b5,Ga1a5,Gc1g5]} Kb8 15. b5 axb5 16. Qb3 c6
17. Ng5 $18) 13. b4 cxb4 14. d4 (14. Bg5 $5) 14... exd4 (14... bxc3 $5 15. bxc3
$5 $44 (15. Bg5 $44)) 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. cxd4 Be7 17. d5 $1 Ne5 18. Bf4 $5 {
Now Black is already in trouble so there is almost nothing to do.} f6 (18...
Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qd7 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Qg3 O-O 22. Bxc7 (22. Be5 g6 23. Bxc7 Bf6
24. Be5 $16) 22... h4 23. Qf4 Bf6 24. e5 Rxc7 25. exf6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qxd5 27.
fxg7 Kxg7 28. Qg4+ Kh6 29. Qxh4+ Kg7 30. Qg4+ $18) 19. Nd4 $1 (19. Nh4 $5 $16 {
was enough to get a tremendous attack!}) 19... Kf7 20. Qb3 $1 g6 21. Rad1 $5 (
21. Bh2 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5]} Qb6 22. d6+ $18) 21... Kg7 22. Bh2 {[%cal Gf2f4,
Ge4e5]} Qb6 23. Kh1 a5 (23... Kh6 24. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Qxf2 25. Bg1 Qh4
26. Qe3+ Kh7 27. Bf2 $18) 24. f4 a4 25. Qc2 $1 b3 26. Qe2 Nd7 27. e5 (27. f5 $5
{was probably the most direct attempt. Black seems totally lost to me. Under
attack , no clear counterplay.. nothing.} Bd6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd7e5]} 28. Ne6+
Kf7 29. Bg1 Qb4 30. fxg6+ Kxg6 31. Bd4 $1 Be5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Nxc7 $18 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd5d6,Ge1f1]}) 27... f5 28. Bg1 $1 Qa5 29. Qc4 (29. Ne6+ Kh6
30. Nxc7 (30. d6 cxd6 31. exd6 Bf6 32. Nc7 Rac8 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 $18 {
[%cal Ge1a1,Ge2e3,Ge3g3,Gg3g5]}) 30... Qxc7 31. d6 Qd8 32. dxe7 Qxe7 33. Qb5
$16) 29... Bh4 (29... Rhc8 {This would lose by force.} 30. d6 cxd6 31. Qe6 $1
Qd8 32. Qd5 Kh6 33. Ne6 Qe8 34. exd6 Bh4 35. Bd4 $18) (29... Rac8 30. d6 cxd6
31. Qe6 Qd8 32. Qd5 $18 {[%cal Gd4e6,Ge5d6]}) 30. Re3 $1 Rac8 31. Rc3 $18 {
[%csl Rc7]} Rhe8 32. Ne6+ (32. d6 $5 cxd6 33. Ne6+ $1 Kh7 34. Qxc8 Rxc8 35.
Rxc8 $18 a3 36. Rxd6 Qa4 37. Rc7 axb2 38. Rdxd7+ Qxd7 39. Rxd7+ $18 {[%cal
Gd7d1]}) 32... Kh6 33. Nxc7 Bd8 34. d6 $1 Bxc7 35. dxc7 (35. Qf7 $5 {[%csl Rg6]
[%cal Gc3g3]} Bb6 36. Qxd7 $18) 35... Re7 36. Rd6 $5 (36. Rd5 b5 37. Qc6 $18)
36... a3 (36... Nxe5 37. fxe5 Qxe5 38. Be3+ Kh7 39. Rd8 $18 {[%cal Gc4g8]}) 37.
Rg3 $1 Nf8 38. Qg8 Rg7 39. Qh8+ Rh7 (39... Nh7 40. Qxc8 $18) 40. Qxf8+ {
[%cal Gg3g6,Gd6g6] with mate in the next move.} 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Romanishin,O"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 {Portisch} 6. d4 (6. Na3
$142 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2 Ne7 9. d4 (9. a4) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5
12. Nb3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Ne3 {N} (14. Be3) 14... Be6 (14... c4 $2 15. Nd5
Ra7 16. Be3 cxb3 (16... Rd7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Ne5 19. Bd4 {/\ Nb6+/-}) (
16... Rb7 17. a4 $1 cxb3 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra8 Rb8 20. Nc7+ Ke7 21. Rxb8 Nxb8
22. Bc5+ Kf6 23. Rd8 Na6 $8 24. Bxf8 Nxc7 25. Rxc8 Ke6 26. Rxc7 Rxf8 27. Rc3
$16) 17. Bxa7 Nxa7 18. Nc7+ Ke7 19. axb3 {/\ Na6+/-}) 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. a4 $5 (
16. Be3 c4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Kb7 19. a4 Rd7 $13) 16... bxa4 $1 $8 (16...
Kb7 $2 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be3 c4 19. Na5+ $18) (16... c4 $6 17. axb5 axb5 18.
Ra6 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 20. Rxc6+ $1 $16) 17. Rxa4 Nb4 18. Ra5 (18. Be3 $5
Nxd5 19. exd5 Rxd5 (19... Bxd5 $6 20. Rxa6 $1 $16) 20. Rda1 Rd3 $10) 18... c4
$1 19. Nc5 (19. Nb6+ Kc7 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 {/\ Kc7!} 21. Nd2 $2 Nd3 22. Ra1 Bc5 $17
) 19... Nxd5 20. Nxe6 (20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxa6 Bc6 $1 $15) 20...
fxe6 21. exd5 Kb7 $17) 6... exd4 7. Qxd4 $6 (7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 O-O-O 9. Nd2
Qg6 $10) 7... Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nd2 {/\Sc4->Ld6} (10. Nc3 $142)
(10. Nc3 Ne7 11. a4 a5 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. f3 Ng6 14. Bf2 Bb4 15. Re3 Ne5 16. b3
h5 17. Nce2 Bd2 18. Rd1 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 f5 20. Ng3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 b6 22. Rd2 c5
23. Ne2 Bc6 24. N2c3 Rd8 25. Re2 c4 26. Bf4 Rhe8 27. Ng5 Ng6 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29.
Be3 cxb3 30. cxb3 Rd3 {0-1 Kristensen,K-Hazai,L/Copenhagen op 1987}) 10... c5
11. Ne2 Ne7 $1 {/\Sc6-><<} 12. Rad1 (12. Bxc5 Bb5 $19) 12... Nc6 13. Nf3 (13.
h3 $5 {/\f4-f5=}) 13... Re8 $1 14. Nc3 h6 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. h3 f5 $1 $15 17.
exf5 Bxf5 18. Re2 Rhf8 {/\19... Lh3} 19. Ne1 b6 20. Nd5 (20. Nd3 c4) 20... Nd4
21. Red2 Be4 22. Nc3 (22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc5 24. R4d2 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxf2+
$19) 22... Nf5 23. Re2 (23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rd3 c4) 23... Bc6 24. Rdd2 $2 (24.
Bc1 b5 {/\b4-/+}) 24... Rf7 25. Nd3 c4 26. Nf4 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bc5 $19 28. Nfd5
Bxd5 29. Nxd5 c6 30. Nc3 Bxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Re5 $1 {/\33... Ld2 34.Te5
Lf4-+} 33. g3 Bxd2 34. Rxe5 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rxc2 37. Re7 Rxc3 38.
Rxg7 Rd3 39. Kf2 c3 40. Rg8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2000.04.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4100]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4
7. Qxd4 f6 8. c4 $6 {Although anything Rozentalis does in the exchange Spanish
is noteworthy, this particular idea seems a bit suspicious. I think White is
better off sticking to the main line:} (8. Be3 Ne7 (8... Be6 $5 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10.
Nc4 Bb4 {Hebden.}) 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3 $1 O-O (10... Ng6 11. Nd4 Bf7 12. Nf5
$14 {Prie.}) 11. Nc4 $14) 8... c5 9. Qe3 Ne7 10. b3 O-O {During the game I was
rather concerned that Black might try to exploit my d4 weakness immediately:} (
10... Nc6 $5 11. Bb2 (11. Nc3 Nd4 $1) (11. Rd1 Bxh2+) 11... Bg4 12. Nbd2 O-O
13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bf7 15. Nh4 Be5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 $15) 11. Ba3 b6 12. Nc3 Ng6 $6
{According to Mark Hebden ("Hebbo") this is mistaken because it's important to
keep the knight on e7 to cover f5 and d5. Indeed, if the knight stays on e7
Black seems to have a lot of obvious moves to play before thinking whilst
White's ideas are less evident.} (12... Bb7 13. Rad1 Qe8 $132 {Black now plans
...Qh5, Rae8, and a timely ...f5. It's not at all clear to me how White should
stop this idea.} {After} 14. Rfe1 {we have transposed into Rozentalis-Hebden,
Hastings 1997/98. Hebbo assures me that he was better in this game which
proceeded as follows:} Qh5 15. Ne2 Rae8 16. Ng3 Qg4 (16... Bxg3 $5 17. hxg3 f5)
17. h3 Qe6 18. Nh4 Nc6 (18... Qf7 $5) 19. Nhf5 Nd4 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Qd2 {
White seems to be slightly better here and went on to win. Perhaps Hebbo
realised the importance of keeping the knight on e7 after this game. In any
case I don't think Black is worse on move fifteen.}) 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nd5 Bxd5
$2 {Co-operative. Although it is a tad awkward to defend e4 after this,
without the two bishops Black's counterplay is likely to come to an end
eventually.} (14... Qe8 $5 15. Nxb6 (15. Qd3 Rd8) (15. Rfe1 Qf7 16. Bb2 Rae8
17. Qd3 Re6 $5 $13) 15... Bf4) (14... Qd7 $5) 15. Rxd5 Qe7 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. Re1
Rad8 18. g3 $1 {[%csl Gf4,Rg1,Rg2,Rh3] Not a move to be played casually,
especially against a trickster like Mathew, but after some deliberation I
realised that controlling f4 and avoiding back rankers was well worth the
light squared weaknesses this move creates. Moreover, I had a chat with my
pieces at this point, and my king volunteered itself for the g2 square. You
may think I'm joking, mad, or both, but I'm not. Talking to your pieces is one
of the best ways to access your intution, as I will illustrate in my
forthcoming book, "The Seven Deadly Chess Sins".} c6 {Somewhat anti-positional,
weakening b6 and c6, but ther is no compelling alternative.} (18... Ne5 19.
Bxe5 $1 {McShane.} Bxe5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Red1 $16) (18... Qe6 19. Kg2 Qg4 20.
h3 Nf4+ 21. Qxf4 $18 {An important line which helped me decide to play g3.})
19. Rd2 Bc7 20. Kg2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Qe6 22. h3 $1 {[%csl Gg4] Now I have shored
up my kingside and co-ordinated my pieces. Black has to hit me with something
or I will gradually assume the initiative, and slowly create a passed pawn on
the kingside. I had anticipated Mathew's next move, because anything else
leaves Black somewhat planless.} h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5h4]} (22... Re7 23. Qe3 {
The problem for Black is that all exchanges favour white, because the more
pieces I exchange, the easier it is to utilise my kingside majority without
weakening my king.} Re8 24. Re2 Re7 25. Ne1 $5 f5 (25... Be5 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27.
f4 Nf7 28. Nf3 $16) 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Qxe7 Nxe7 28. Rxe7 $36) 23. e5 $1 {
[%csl Rg5][%cal Gb2g7,Ge1e5,Gd2g5,Gf3e5,Gf3g5] A largely inutive decision,
played quite quickly for psychological effect. This move clearly came as a
surprise to my opponent but I had been aware of the possibility when deciding
to play g3. All of my pieces are happy with this move which has the strange
effect of transforming defenders to attackers in white's camp and vice-versa
for Black. The fact that Black's "extra" pawn is in no danger of becoming
passed in the near future(c6) means that even if my judgement was incorrect
I'm only going to be slightly worse at worst. There are a few variations to
calculate, but the move felt so obviously correct that I let me opponent worry
about them while I went to get a coffee.} Nxe5 (23... fxe5 24. Qg5 (24. Ng5 $5
$13 {[%csl Rc7,Re5,Rg6,Rg8][%cal Gc7e5,Gg6e5] Even a quieter approach like
this seems to favour White because both of Black's minor pieces are very
passive and Black has weak(or, rather, tender) pawns on both sides of the
board and my king is relatively more comfortable than Black's.}) 24... Qf7 $1 {
I think we both missed this one but White still seems to be better.} (24... e4
25. Nd2 $16) 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 h4 27. Bc3 Rf8 28. Qe3 $14) (23... Bxe5 {
Maybe the best.} 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Qg5 (25. Rd1 $5) 25... h4 26. f4 Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. fxe5 hxg3 (28... fxe5 29. Rd1 e4 30. Rd6 $16) 29. Kxg3 Nxe5 30.
Bxe5 fxe5 31. Rd1 $14 {(Maybe more, but certainly Black is the one trying to
equalise). It's funny that Fritz thinks Black is better here; perhaps this
suggests that the exchange spanish is a good choice against computers; how are
they to make sense of Black's fourth pawn on the queenside? I am aware that it
is dangerous to underestimate the more advanced programmes on such issues, but
it must be near impossible to programme a computer in this respect. I am no
expert on these matters, but if the computer thinks a pawn is worth one point,
which of the queenside pawns is worth less than one? Is it that both c6 and c5
are less than one-are they as little as a half each? The c6 pawn makes it
difficult for Black to defend laterally, with a rook on e6 for example; does
that mean that the queenside would have a much greater value if the pawn were
on c7? (K&P ending is still lost). Can the four even be considered as a
cluster? Are the four worth more than the three white ones, given that White's
are less likely to be atacked? I have no idea really, but given that humans
find it hard to weigh material and quality considerations like this, it must
be a nightmare for programmers....or maybe I'm completely wrong...? Is it just
a question of crunching through variations to reach the correct assessement,
or can a sophisticated evaluative function get it right here? By the way, in
all this I'm assuming that my understanding of this position as better for
White is correct; I may be wrong about that too; but White's king and rook
look better than Black's, so I doubt it.}) 24. Nxe5 fxe5 (24... Bxe5 25. f4)
25. Qg5 Qh6 (25... g6 26. f4 e4 (26... Rd8 27. Bxe5 Rd2+ 28. Kg1 Bxe5 29. fxe5
$16) 27. Qh6 $18 {Another important and thematic line which is one of the few
I think I really had to see before playing e5.}) 26. Qxh6 gxh6 27. Re4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc6,Re5,Rh5,Rh6] With this move I settled down to a long and pleasant
grind where my opponent will have to squirm around while I probe for ways to
transform advantages. Originally, while getting my coffee, I had intended the
force the issue here with} (27. f4 e4 28. Be5 {but this releases the tension
too soon and with best play Black seems to escape:} Bxe5 29. Rxe4 Rd8 $1 {
Mathew had intended} (29... Kf7 30. fxe5 Ke6 31. Rh4 Kxe5 32. Rxh5+ Kd4 33.
Rxh6 Re2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 {but he hadn't seen} 35. Re6 $1 {which retains the
advantage.}) 30. fxe5 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxa2 32. e6 Kf8 {and Black may even be
better.}) 27... Kf7 28. Kf3 Kg6 29. Ke2 {My long term plan is to get my king
to e4, put the rook on g1, and play for g4, but I thought there was no harm in
probing in other ways for a while, especially since the Fischer clock granted
us 30 seconds extra per move. Moreover, I suspected that with perfect defence
I couldn't win this position so I thought I'd encourage my opponent to become
complacent by giving the impression that I didn't know what I was doing, and
then pounce on him just when he thinks the draw is in sight.} Kf5 30. Rh4 Kg6
31. Bc1 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Bd8 32. Re4 Bc7 33. Rh4 {I'm sure most chessplayers
know that repeating the position is a useful technique when you are slightly
better in a technical position, but you have to have faced it or done it
before you realised just how valuable it is. Given that 23.e5 forced Mathew
onto the defensive he would have been well prepared psychologically to find a
few accurate moves if I had tried somthing direct here. But by faffing around
for a while it may seem to my opponent that I am the one under pyscholical
pressure, because I have to prove something here. But this is not really the
case and the more he feels that his obvious defensive moves are adequate, the
less likley he is to probe deeply for subtle defensive moves when the need
arises.} Bd8 34. Re4 Bc7 35. Bd2 Re6 36. f3 Re8 37. Be1 Re6 38. Bc3 {[%cal
Gf3f4] I think I'm threatening f4 here in the short term, which may help to
disguise my long term threats based on g4.} Kf7 (38... Bd6 39. f4 Kf5 40. Kf3
exf4 41. g4+) 39. Ke3 Re8 40. Kf2 Re6 41. Re1 Kg6 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. g4+ Kg6 (
43... Kg5 {was more troubling, but it doesn't change very much. Black is
unlikely to go for such an active approach unless he feels that I am
threatening something and I haven't given that impression yet.} 44. Rh1 $5 Rf6
45. Bd2 Kh4 46. Be1+ Kg5 47. Rg1 hxg4 48. hxg4 h5 49. Rh1 hxg4 50. Bh4+) 44.
Ke4 Rf6 45. Bd2 Rd6 46. Be3 Rd7 47. Re2 $1 {A strong waiting move, maybe
threatening Rd2 but mainly designed to encourage his rook onto the d8-h4
diagonal, which will prevent his bishop defending there.} Re7 {It's not easy
for Black to defend everything but this clumsy piece placement makes it more
difficult.} (47... Rf7 48. Rd2 $5 {Zugzwang, in that Black has to change the
position.} h4 49. Bf2 Kg5 50. Be3+ Kg6 {In cases where the pawn goes to h4 I
had intended to reroute my pieces to attack e5 and prepare f4. The following
lines are by no means exhaustive, but it seems to me that Black has as much
chance of drawing after ...h4 as White has of winning.} 51. Rd1 Re7 52. Bc1 Rf7
53. Rd3 Re7 54. Bb2 Kg5 55. Ke3 h5 $6 (55... Kg6 56. Rd1 Kg5 57. Bc3 Kg6 58.
Re1 Rd7 59. Ke4 Re7 60. Kd3 Rf7 61. Re3 Rf4 (61... Rd7+ 62. Ke2 Re7 63. Re4 Bd6
64. Be1 Kg5 65. Bd2+ Kg6 66. Bc1 Rd7 67. f4 $5 exf4 68. Re6+ Kg5 69. Bb2 Be7 $2
70. Bg7 $18) 62. Ke2 Kf6 63. Be1 Kg5 64. Rc3 Rf7 65. Bd2+ Kg6 66. Re3 Rf4 67.
Bc3 Kf6 68. Rd3 Ke6 69. Be1 {This looks like an instructive way forward but
after...} b5 $5 $13 {The sleeping giant awakes and the position looks unclear.}
) 56. Ke4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Rf7 58. Bc1+ Kg6 59. Rf3 {White is at least better,
and probably winning.}) 48. Rg2 {[%cal Rg4g5]} Rd7 $4 {Missing my principal
threat.} (48... h4 {was forced, after Which we get variations similar to those
above.} 49. Rd2 Rf7 50. Rd1 Re7 51. Bc1 Rf7 52. Re1 Re7 53. Bb2 Rf7 54. Bc3 Re7
55. Kd3 Rf7 56. Re3 Kg5 57. Ke2 Re7 58. Re4 Bd6 {It's far from clear to me how
White can strengthen his position.}) 49. g5 $1 $18 {Curious, that with all my
pawns on light squares, Mathew should miss this decisive dark square shot.}
hxg5 50. Rxg5+ Kf6 51. Rxh5 Bd6 52. Rh6+ Kg7 53. h4 $1 {Now it's easy.} b5 54.
h5 a5 55. Rg6+ Kh7 56. a4 $1 bxa4 57. bxa4 Rd8 58. Bg5 Rd7 59. Rh6+ Kg7 60.
Rg6+ Kh7 61. Re6 Bf8 62. Rxc6 Rd4+ 63. Kf5 e4 64. fxe4 Rd7 65. Ra6 Bg7 66. e5
Rf7+ 67. Bf6 Bf8 68. Rxa5 Kg8 69. Ra8 Rh7 70. e6 Rxh5+ 71. Kg4 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. b4 Ng6 (9... Qxb4 10. Rb1) 10. Bc5 $146 ({new , though very
natural move. Before this game} 10. Rb1 {was played.}) 10... Qd7 11. Qe1 {
in order to move the queen to e3, where it could take part in protecting king
side and at the same time, providing actions in the centre and queen side.} a5
$13 {Black goes to sharp position, I would prefer to go on with development of
king side.} 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nf4 $6 {Going ahead, when king
side is not yet developed. After that, white is compelled to sacrifice a piece,
but it promices white really strong attack.} (14... Kf7 $142) 15. Nxe5 $1 Ne2+
$8 (15... fxe5 16. Qxe5+ Ne6 17. f3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qa5 $18) 16. Kh1 fxe5
17. Qxe5+ Qe6 18. Qg5 $2 (18. Qxc7 $142 Bxc5 19. bxc5 O-O 20. Qxb7 Qh6 21. Qb4
$14) 18... Bxc5 (18... h6 19. Qe3 Bxc5 (19... Nc3 20. f3 Bh5 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22.
Qc5) 20. bxc5 Nc3 21. d4 {having such a strong centre, white has full
compensation}) (18... Qg6 $142) 19. bxc5 O-O $2 {This loosing back a piece.} (
19... h6 $2 20. Qxg7) (19... Qg6 $142) 20. f3 Qa2 21. fxg4 $2 (21. Qxg4 $1 Qxc2
22. Nc4 Qxd3 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Ne5 Ng3+ 25. hxg3 Qxf1+ 26. Kh2 g6 27. Qe7 Kg8
28. Ng4 Qc1 29. f4) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Nxf1 h6 $3 (22... Qxc2 23. Qd8+ $18) 23.
Qd2 Nd4 {Suddenly black gained good counterplay.} 24. c4 (24. c3 Qa1 25. Kg1
Nb3 $132) 24... Qa3 25. h3 Qxc5 26. Ng3 Ne6 27. Nf5 Qe5 {In spite of pawn down,
black has very solid position, and white is now only slightly better.} 28. Qa2
Nf4 (28... Kh7 $142 29. c5 $2 Nxc5 30. d4 Qe6) 29. Qb1 c5 30. Qf1 Kh8 31. g3
Ne6 32. h4 g6 33. Ne7 (33. Nxh6 Qxg3 $11) 33... Kg7 34. Kg2 Nd4 $4 $138 (34...
Qb2+ 35. Qf2 (35. Kh3 Qf6) 35... Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Kf6 $11) 35. Qf8+ $1 Kxf8 36.
Nxg6+ Ke8 37. Nxe5 c6 38. Nf3 Ne6 39. g5 hxg5 40. Nxg5 Nxg5 41. hxg5 b5 42.
cxb5 (42. Kf3 $4 b4 $11) 42... cxb5 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Be3 Ne7 9. O-O-O Ng6 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Qe2 Qf7 13. f4 Bg4 14. Nf3
Nxf3 15. gxf3 Be6 16. b3 f5 17. Kb1 Qe7 18. Rhg1 O-O-O 19. Bd4 Rhg8 20. Be5
Bxe5 21. fxe5 f4 22. Na4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bf7 24. Qf2 Kb8 25. Nc5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. e6 Be8 28. a4 b6 29. Nxa6+ Kb7 30. Nb4 Qd1+ 31. Ka2 Qd6 32. Nd3 c5 33.
Qh4 c4 34. bxc4 Qxe6 35. Nb2 Bxa4 36. Qxf4 (36. Nxa4 $2 Qxc4+ 37. Ka3 b5 38.
Nb2 b4+ 39. Ka4 Qxc2+ $19) 36... Bc6 37. Kb3 h6 38. h4 Qh3 39. Nd3 g5 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. Qxg5 Qxf3 42. e5 Qe2 43. Kc3 Be4 44. e6 Bxd3 45. Qd5+ Ka7 46. cxd3
Qe1+ 47. Kc2 Qe2+ 48. Kb3 Qd1+ 49. Kc3 Qe1+ 50. Kb3 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rfd1 O-O {10. - c5 Hort,V-Nunn,J, Munich 1991 Disk 23,
game} 11. Nc4 Bb4 (11... Bxh2+ $5 12. Kxh2 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 c5 14. Rd2 {14.Rd5!?}
Bxc4 15. Bxc5 Rf7) 12. a3 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc4 14. axb4 Rfd8 $10 15. Bf4 Rac8 16.
Nf3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Be6 18. Nd4 Bc4 19. f3 Kf8 20. Kf2 Ng6 {20. - Ke8} 21. Bg3
Ne5 22. f4 Ng4+ 23. Kf3 Nh6 24. h3 f5 25. exf5 Bd5+ 26. Kf2 Be4 27. c3 Bxf5 28.
Bh2 Kf7 29. Nf3 Re8 30. g4 Bc8 31. f5 g6 32. fxg6+ Kxg6 33. Bxc7 $16 Nf7 34.
Bf4 h5 35. Rg1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Re4 37. Nh4+ Kg7 38. Kf3 Re8 39. g5 Ne5+ 40. Bxe5+
Rxe5 41. Kf4 Re8 42. Nf3 Rf8+ 43. Ke4 Be6 44. Nd4 Bd5+ 45. Ke5 Kg6 46. Rg3 Rd8
47. Rg1 Rf8 48. Kd6 Rf2 49. b3 Rd2 50. Kc7 Rd3 51. Ne2 Rf3 52. Kxb7 Bxb3 53.
Rc1 Kxg5 54. Nd4 Rf7+ 55. Kxa6 Bd5 56. Kb6 Rf6 57. Rg1+ Kh5 58. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wedberg: Alexei Shirov plays a new move (12.d4!?) against a line that has
been serving Black quite well in the recent years.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik Wedberg} e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2 Ne7 9.
a4 (9. d4 {Ftacnik} cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5 (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6
13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Nc6 Re8 18. f3 Be6 19. a3
Qf4 20. Qd4 h5 {Rozentalis,E-Huebner,R/Manila olm/1992/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 12. Nb3
Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 (13... c4 14. Na5 Ng6 15. Be3 (15. b3 $5 cxb3 16. axb3 Be7
17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 O-O 19. Ne3 f5 $5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Rd6 Rae8 22. Rxa6 Bd3
$132 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,J-Leko,P/Pamplona9394 (07)/1993 (30)}) 15...
Be7 16. Nc6 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 O-O 19. N2b4 Re8 20. a4 Bb7 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Malisauskas,V-Huebner,R/Biel izt (02)/1993 
(38)}) 14. Be3 (14. Ne3 Be6 (14... c4 $2 15. Nd5 Ra7 16. Be3 cxb3 17. Bxa7 Nxa7
18. Nc7+ Ke7 19. axb3 {/\ Na6+/-}) 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. a4 $5 (16. Be3 c4 17. Nc5
Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Kb7 19. a4 Rd7 $13) 16... bxa4 $1 $8 17. Rxa4 Nb4 18. Ra5 Nxd5 (
18... c4 $1 19. Nc5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxa6 Bc6 $1 $15) 19.
exd5 c4 $1 (19... Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxc5 Bc4 22. Be3 $14) 20. Bf4 $5 {
1-0 Rozentalis,E-Mikhalevski,V/Netanya/1993 (33)}) 14... c4 15. Nc5 f5 (15...
f6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Kf7 18. a4 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Be6 20. a5 {1/2-1/2 Shaw,
J-Mannion,S/SCO-ch (05)/1995}) 16. Rd5 fxe4 17. a4 b4 18. Rc1 Be7 19. Ne1 O-O
20. Rxc4 Rf5 21. Rd1 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Bg4 24. f3 exf3 25. Nxf3 b3
26. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Kamsky,G/Manila olm/1992}) 9... Bb7 (9... Rb8 {
Wedberg} 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 (11... Ng6 12. Nxe5 cxd4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
e5 $13 {1/2-1/2 De la Riva Aguado,O-Foisor,C/Zaragoza op 1996 (41)} (14. e5 {
Ftacnik} Qb6 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qf4 Be7 17. b4 cxb4 18. Nxb4 Qe6 19. Nd5 Qxd5 20.
e6 Rb7 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Bf4 Bxe6 23. Qxg7 Rg8 24. Qh7 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 De la Riva
Aguado,O-Foisor,C/Zaragoza op (07)/1996 (41)})) 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Ncxd4 c5 14.
Nxb5 (14. Nb3 {Ftacnik} Nc6 15. Be3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 c4 $10) 14... Qxd1 15. Nc7+
Kd8 16. Rxd1+ Kxc7 17. Bf4+ Kb7 18. Bxb8 (18. Ra3 $6 {Ftacnik} Nc6 19. Ne5 $5
Nxe5 20. Rb3+ Kc6 21. Rxb8 Bd6) (18. Ra5 $6 {Ftacnik} Ra8 19. Rxc5 Ng6) 18...
Kxb8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nf7 Rg8 21. Rd8 Kb7 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Ra7+ {1/2-1/2 Relange,
E-Geenen,M/Brussels zt 1993}) (9... b4 $6 {Wedberg} 10. Ne3 Nc6 11. cxb4 cxb4
12. b3 $1 $16 {1-0 Godena,M-Hebden,M/Linares zt 1995 (20)} (12. b3 $1 {Ftacnik}
Be6 13. Bb2 f6 14. Rc1 O-O-O $6 (14... Na5 $5) 15. Qc2 Kb7 16. d4 $1 $16 {
1-0 Godena,M-Hebden,M/Linares zt (10)/1995 (21)})) 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8+ $146
(11. Qe2 c4 $1 $13 {de la Villa-Giorgadse (Aceimar 1995)}) (11. Na3 $5 {Ftacnik
}) 11... Bxa8 {Ftacnik: The defender is somewhat underdeveloped, his king has
stuck in the center. Ftacnik: Der Nachziehende ist etwas unterentwicklet, sein
Kцnig steckt im Zentrum fest.} 12. d4 {Wedberg: There is clear logic behind
this move: Black is lagging in development so White opens up the game as much
as possible.} (12. Qe2 {Wedberg} c4 13. b3 $5 (13. Rd1 Ng6 14. d3 cxd3 15. Rxd3
Qc6 16. h4 h5 17. Rd1 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Ibragimov,I/Peristeri 1993 
(24)} (17... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 18. Re1 f6 19. g3 Bb7 20. Nd2 Bc8 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. c4
bxc4 23. Nexc4 Bg4 24. Nxd6+ cxd6 25. Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Ibragimov,I/
Peristeri (05)/1993})) 13... Ng6 14. bxc4 Nf4 15. Qe3 bxc4 16. Qa7 Bxe4 17.
Qb8+ Ke7 18. Re1 Nh3+ (18... Bxc2 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxe5+ Ne6 22.
Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Qc7+ Nd7 24. Ne5 Bf5) 19. gxh3 Qg6+ 20. Kf1 Bd3+ 21. Re2 Bxe2+
22. Kxe2 Qd3+ 23. Ke1 Qxf3 24. Ba3+ Kf6 25. Bxf8 $14 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa
Garcia,J-Giorgadze,G/Aceimar op 1995 (26)}) 12... cxd4 (12... exd4 {Ftacnik}
13. Qd3 (13. cxd4 Bxe4 14. Re1 Qd5 15. Ng5 $13) 13... Qc6 14. Rd1 f6 15. Na3
$36) 13. cxd4 Bxe4 (13... exd4 $2 {Wedberg} 14. Ncxd4 $36 c6 (14... Bxe4 15.
Nxb5 Qb6 (15... Qxd1 16. Rxd1 $18) 16. Qa4 (16. Qd4 $16 {Ftacnik}) 16... Bc6
17. Nfd4 Bd7 18. Bf4 $18) 15. Qc2 $16) 14. Nxe5 (14. Re1 $5 Qc6 $1) 14... f6 (
14... Nf5 {Ftacnik} 15. Re1 Qd5 16. Qg4 Bxc2 17. Ng6+ $16) 15. Nd3 Bxd3 $2 (
15... c6 $142 16. Re1 (16. Nc5 $5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qxd4) 16... Bxd3 (16... Bg6 {
Wedberg} 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. Ndb4 Qd7 19. Ne3 $16 {/\d5}) (16... Bd5 17. Bf4 Qd8
18. Nc5 $16) (16... f5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nc5 $16) 17. Qxd3 Kf7 $10) 16. Qxd3 c6 17.
Bd2 $1 {/\Rf1-a1} Nd5 (17... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 18. Ra1 $40) 18. Ra1 Be7 (18... Kf7
19. Ra8) (18... Qb8 {Ftacnik} 19. Qe2+ Be7 20. Nb4 Qb7 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bb4
$18) 19. Ra8+ Bd8 20. Qb3 $1 O-O $2 (20... Kf7 21. Ra7+ Be7 (21... Bc7 22. g3
Rc8 23. Ne3 $16) 22. Ne3 Re8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5+ cxd5 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. Rb7
$16) (20... Qd7 21. Bb4 $1 (21. Ba5 $6 O-O 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Qh3 Kf7 24. Rxd8
Qxd8 25. Qxh7 Qa5 $1 $44) 21... Kf7 22. Bc5 Re8 23. Ra7 Bc7 24. Ne3 Re6 25. g3)
(20... Kf7 $14 {Wedberg}) (20... Rf8 {Ftacnik} 21. Ba5 Kf7 22. Bb4 Qf4 23. g3
Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Re8 25. Rc8 $16) 21. Bb4 Qf4 22. g3 (22. Ne3 {Ftacnik} Be7 23. Ra6
Kh8 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 $14) 22... Qc1+ 23. Kg2 Be7 (23... Re8 24. Ne3 (24. Ba5 $18 {
Wedberg}) (24. Ba5 $18 {Ftacnik}) 24... Qb1 25. Nxd5 Qe4+ 26. Qf3 Qxd5 27.
Qxd5+ cxd5 28. Ba5 $18) 24. Ra1 $1 $18 Qxa1 (24... Qg5 {Ftacnik} 25. Bxe7 Re8
26. Bd6 $18) 25. Nxa1 Bxb4 26. Nc2 $1 Be7 (26... Bd2 27. Qd3 Bc1 28. Qf5 Ne7 (
28... Bxb2 29. Qe6+ $18) 29. Qd7 Kf7 30. Nb4 $18) (26... Ba5 {Ftacnik} 27. Qa3
Bd2 28. Qd6 $18) 27. Ne3 Rd8 28. Qc2 $1 Nxe3+ (28... Nb4 29. Qe4 Bf8 30. Qe6+
Kh8 31. Nf5 $18) 29. fxe3 Rd6 (29... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 30. d5 c5 31. Qe4 $18) 30.
Qe4 $1 Bf8 31. g4 $1 (31. Qe8 $6 f5) 31... g6 (31... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 32. Qxh7 $18
) 32. Qe8 $1 Kg7 (32... f5 {Ftacnik} 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Kf3 Rh6 35. h4 $18) 33.
h4 c5 (33... Kg8 34. Kf3 Kg7 (34... f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Kf4 (36. Kf4 Rf6 37.
Kg5 Kg7 38. Qd7+ $18)) 35. Kf4 Kg8 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Kg7 38. e4 Rxd4 39. h6+
Kg8 40. Qe6+ $18) (33... f5 34. Qe5+ $18) 34. dxc5 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Bxc5 36. g5 $5
(36. Qxb5 Bd6 {Ftacnik} 37. Qd7+ Kg8 38. h5 $18) 36... Rd5 (36... Rd3 37. gxf6+
Kxf6 38. Qc6+ Bd6 39. Ke2 $18) (36... b4 37. Qe6 $1 $18) 37. gxf6+ (37. e4 {
Ftacnik} Re5 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Qh8+ Ke6 40. Qxh7 $18) 37... Kxf6 38. Qc6+ Ke5
39. e4 Rd3+ 40. Ke2 Re3+ 41. Kd2 Kd4 (41... Ba7 {Ftacnik} 42. Qxb5+ Kf4 43. Qd7
Bc5 44. Qc7+ Kxe4 45. Qxc5 $18) (41... Bd4 {Ftacnik} 42. Qd5+ $18) 42. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {Kasimdzhanov has already played many
games in this line.} dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. d3 {A rare move, but
Kasimdzhanov is a big expert in this opening, so that he surely had some idea
behind his move.} (7. c3 {is the main line, followed by Nc2 and a4.}) 7... Ne7
8. Nb1 {Suddenly the N is going back. White is happy about b5, so he prepares
for a4.} c5 {Svidler prepares for Nc6, where the N is active in this type of
position.} (8... Ng6 $5 {was an interesting alternative,} 9. a4 Be7 10. Nc3 Rb8
11. Be3 O-O {with a balanced middlegame.}) 9. a4 $1 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nc3
$1 $146 {A logical novelty by Kasimdzhanov. The N goes toward the d5-square.} (
11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Nb3 Nd4 14. Nfd2 O-O 15. f4 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 c4 $132
{and Black is fine, Ligterink-Zuidema, Nederland 1976.}) 11... Nc6 12. Nd5 {
Suddenly this N has arrived in the centre. 3 moves before it was only on a3,
but now it has a great base on d5.} Be7 $6 {Svidler simply continues his
development and he prepares for 0-0. On the other hand this is a little bit
passive, so White can achieve the following break in the centre.} (12... Be6 {
was also possible,} 13. Ra6 Qd7 ({The greedy} 13... Bxd5 $2 {does not work, as}
14. exd5 Qxd5 15. c4 $1 bxc4 16. Qa4 $1 Rb6 17. Rxb6 cxb6 18. Nxe5 $18 {
and White wins.}) 14. Rxc6 $5 {A very ambitious exchange sacrifice!} ({The
natural} 14. c3 $5 {was another option.}) 14... Qxc6 15. Nxe5 Qb7 16. Qh5 Bd6
17. Qg5 {and White has some initiative for the exchange.}) ({The engine
suggests} 12... Qd8 $5 {, but this is not a human move.} 13. c3 Bd6 14. Be3 O-O
{and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 13. c3 $1 {The right move. White prepares
for d4.} O-O 14. d4 {Now Black is facing a difficult decision.} Bd8 (14... exd4
{could have been met by} 15. cxd4 ({or even} 15. Bf4 $5) 15... cxd4 16. Bf4 Qd7
17. Nxd4 $16 {and White has a great initiative.}) ({Probably the toughest was} 
14... cxd4 15. cxd4 f6 {Black tries to hold his centre and he doesn't allow
Bf4. Nevertheless} 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Be3 $36 {followed by Rc1. Black's
position is not easy.}) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 {White's pieces
are very active, now he wins a P.} Qe6 (17... Qxe4 $2 {loses to} 18. Re1 Qf5
19. Bxc7 $18) 18. Nxc7 Bxc7 19. Bxc7 Rb7 20. Qd6 Qxe4 21. Rfe1 Qg6 22. Qxc5 {
White is a P up, but thanks to the opposite coloured Bs Black has some drawimg
chances.} h6 23. Ra8 {Threatening with Qxf8!} Qf5 {The only move.} 24. Bd6 Qxc5
25. Bxc5 Rd8 26. h3 Kh7 27. Kh2 Rg8 {Black prepares for Be6, now the R is
protected.} 28. b4 (28. g4 Be6 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. Kg3 Rd7 {is similar to the
text move.}) 28... Be6 29. Ra6 Rbb8 30. Re5 Ra8 31. Ra5 Bc4 {A nice square for
the bishop, White can't create a passed P.} 32. Bd4 Rge8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. g4
Ra2 35. h4 Rd2 36. Kg3 {White tries to go on the kingside as much as possible.
However Black's rook is active and he has some counterplay with his unpleasant
checks.} f6 37. Rc5 Be2 38. h5 (38. g5 Rd3+ 39. Kf4 hxg5+ 40. hxg5 Kg6 41. gxf6
gxf6 42. Rc6 Rf3+ 43. Ke4 Kg5 {and Black can hold.}) 38... Rd3+ 39. Kf4 Rf3+
40. Ke4 Rh3 41. Rc7 Kg8 42. Kf5 Rf3+ 43. Ke4 Rh3 44. Kf5 Rf3+ 45. Ke4 {Nice
defence by Svidler!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Lasker"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Aus dem Turnierbuch zitiert in Hannak: Lasker, 49. s.a. Linder: Lasker,
S. 256.   Varnusz: Aljechin der Größte <1914/24>  Kalendovsky I, 232.  
Schuster: Unvergessene Schachpartien, S. 80ff.   Weltgeschichte des Schachs,
Wildhagen 1958, Bd. 11, 387.  Soltis: Gewinnen mit der spanischen
Abtauschvariante, S. 8f. (S)   Reinfeld: The unknown Alekhine (bzw. 100
instructive Games), 95.   Awerbach, u.a.: Die Russen lehren Schach, S. 90f.  
Skinner/Verhoeven: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 330.   Tarrasch: Das
Großmeisterturnier zu St. Petersburg im Jahre 1914, S. 159ff.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 {Jetzt
haben wir die Stellung der Abtauschvariante, die entsteht, wenn WeiЯ gleich im
5. Zug d4 spielt. Nur hat WeiЯ noch den guten Entwicklungszug Nc3 und Schwarz
den hдЯlichen Zug f6 gemacht.} 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3 {Um mit dem B
nach c5 einzudringen, was durch b6 nicht verhindert werden kann, da der P
geschlagen wird. Lasker sucht den B-Zug unschдdlich zu machen - soweit er
ьberhaupt schдdlich ist - und es ergibt sich nun in den nдchsten Zьgen ein
hцchst interessantes Geplдnkel von Angriff und Gegenangriff, wobei man alle
Augenblicke meint, der Weltmeister werde das Gleichgewicht verlieren und
stьrzen.} Ng6 (11... b6 $2 12. Bxb6) 12. Bc5 Bf4+ 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rhe1 (14. g3
Be5 {mit Angriff auf Pe4 und sodann -Bg4 mit gutem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 14...
b6 15. Be3 Be5 16. Bd4 Nh4 {Diese Angriffe zeigen, daЯ es doch besser gewesen
wдre, den K zur Deckung zu verwenden, also kurz zu rochieren.} 17. Rg1 (17.
Bxe5 fxe5 {und die beiden weiЯen N wьrden keine groЯen Sprьnge machen kцnnen.})
(17. g3 $2 Nf3) 17... Be6 (17... g5 $5 {Linder}) 18. f4 $1 Bd6 (18... Bxf4 $4
19. g3) 19. Bf2 (19. Bxb6 $2 Bxf4) 19... Ng6 {Darauf gerдt WeiЯ in
Verlegenheit wegen der Deckung des Pf4.} 20. f5 {Macht den Pe4 rьckstдndig und
ьberlдЯt den Punkt e5 den schwarzen Figuren.  ("!" Linder)} (20. g3 $6 {
macht den Be6 sehr stark.}) 20... Bxb3 21. axb3 (21. fxg6 Be6 22. gxh7+ Kh8 $1
23. Bxb6 Bxh2 $17) 21... Nf8 (21... Ne5 $6 {nimmt Bd6 die Aussicht nach h2.})
22. Bxb6 Bxh2 23. Rh1 cxb6 24. Rxh2 b5 {Schwarz ist nicht nur mit heiler Haut
davongekommen, sondern hat jetzt die bessere Stellung. Der Pe4 ist sehr
schwach und droht durch ...b4 erobert zu werden.} 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Nd1 a5 {
Schwarz spielt gar nicht auf den Pe4, wie man erwarten sollte, sondern auf
einen verspдteten Kцnigsangriff - ein gewagtes Beginnen; denn er gestattet
damit dem Gegner, sich seines rьckstдndigen P zu entledigen und auf dem
Kцnigsflьgel eine Angriffstellung zu erlangen.} 27. Rh3 b4 28. Nf2 Nc5 (28...
Ne5 $6 29. Nd3 {Linder}) 29. Rhe3 a4 $1 30. bxa4 Nxa4 31. e5 $1 fxe5 32. Rxe5
Reb8 {Die offene Linie dem Gegner zu ьberlassen, ist sehr kьhn. Aber Schwarz
hat wirklich etaws Angriff erlangt. Er droht -Nc3+ bc: bc:+ Kc1 Ra1#.} 33. Ne4
b3 $1 (33... Nc3+ 34. Nxc3 bxc3 35. b3 {und wenn Schwarz dann die R auf der
a-Linie verdoppeln will, stцrt WeiЯ das Vorhaben durch Re8+ und erobert dann
den vorgerьckten P.}) 34. Re2 $8 (34. cxb3 $2 Rxb3 35. Re2 Rab8 {und fьr den
Pb2 ist keine genьgende Deckung vorhanden.}) (34. c3 $2 {nun wдre Pb3 stark,
da er den R einen Stьtzpunkt bieten wьrde.}) 34... Nb6 {Jetzt droht -Nc4 nebst
bc:+ und Na3+.} (34... Nxb2 $2 35. Kxb2 Ra2+ 36. Kc3 {und fьr den vorrьckenden
P opfert sich der N, worauf der Angriff des Schwarzen zu Ende ist.}) 35. cxb3
Nd5 36. g4 {Droht mit g5/f6 einen Freibauern zu erlangen.} h6 37. g5 hxg5 38.
Nxg5 Nf6 {Um das bei -Rb3: drohende Matt auf e8 zu decken.} 39. Re7 {Mit der
starken Drohung Ne6 nebst Rg2. Aber Schwarz kann das sehr bequem parieren.
Viel besser war es, mit Rc2 den Pc6 anzugreifen.} Rxb3 40. Rg2 {Um dem
Deckungszug -Rg3 zuvorzukommen. Ganz konsequent gespielt, aber ungьnstig, wie
Lasker in feinster Weise demonstriert.} (40. Ne6 $142) 40... Nd5 {Beide Seiten
haben findig gespielt, und WeiЯ scheint die Oberhand zu haben. In Wirklichkeit
sollte er jedoch darauf bedacht sein, mit 41.Re1 das Remis so gut wie
sicherzustellen. (S)} 41. Rd7 $2 {Nun droht Ne6 mit Mattangriff, aber Schwarz
kommt dem Gegner zuvor.} (41. Re1) 41... Rd3 $3 {Ein ganz hinterlistiger Zug!
Er droht erstens durch d1+ nebst Ne3+ den einen R und zweitens durch Nc3+ den
anderen R zu erobern, und wenn WeiЯ den beiden Schachs durch Kc1 entgehen will,
dann kommt er vom Regen in die Traufe. Ganz brillant.  /\ Nc3+, Rd1+ Kc2 Ne3+ 
(Linder)} 42. Rxd5 $8 {Es gibt nichts besseres als das Qualitдtsopfer.} (42.
Kc1 $2 Ra1+ 43. Kc2 Nb4#) 42... Rxd5 43. Ne6 Kf7 $1 {Pg2 ist nicht zu halten.}
(43... Ra7 44. f6) (43... Rd7 44. f6) 44. Rxg7+ Kf6 45. Rc7 Rd6 {An diesem P
hдngt natьrlich der Gewinn.} 46. Nc5 Kxf5 {Es beginnt nun ein ungemein
schwieriges und feines Endspiel, das in der Schachliteratur noch nicht
vorgekommen ist. Es handelt sich fьr Schwarz lediglich darum, den Turmtausch
zu erzwingen. Als Angriffspunkt dient der N, der bald gefesselt wird. Gegen
einen B wдre das Spiel nicht zu gewinnen, aber ein N ist keine
Verteidigungsfigur: er kann wohl ein ganzes Terrain verteidigen, aber nicht
einen Punkt, wдhrend der B, gedeckt von einem P, ein sturmfreies Bollwerk
bildet.} 47. Rf7+ Ke5 48. Kc2 Rh6 49. Nd3+ Kd6 50. Rf5 Rb8 51. Kc3 Kc7 52. Rf7+
Kb6 53. Rd7 {Das wдre natьrlich die angenehmste Stellung fьr den R, da er hier
einen groЯen Spielraum hat. Aber diese Stellung kann ihm Schwarz leicht nehmen.
Er fesselt den N mit Rh3 und bringt den anderen R auf die d-Linie, etwa nach
d5. Das wдre eine der mцglichen Gewinnstellungen. Aber so einfach geht das
nicht.} Rh3 54. Rd4 Rbh8 {Dieser R droht zunдchst nach h4 zu gehen und danach
nach h5 und d5.} 55. Rb4+ Kc7 56. Kc2 R8h4 57. Rb3 {Jetzt ist die
Beweglichkeit des weiЯen R ganz erheblich eingeschrдnkt.} Rh2+ (57... c5 {
mit -c4 ist das Problem nicht zu lцsen. WeiЯ spielt Rc3 und Ne5 und erobert
nach dem R-Tausch den Pc4.} 58. Rc3 (58. Rb5 Kd6 59. Nxc5 $140 $2 Rc4+ $19)
58... Kd6 $1 {mir scheint, daЯ dies rasch zum Ziele gefьhrt hдtte. Nun droht
-c4 nebst R-Tausch. Aber man bedenke: von dem Vorrьcken des Pc5 hing der 1.
Preis ab! Je weiter der P vorging, um so gefдhrdeter war er und damit der 1.
Preis. Und das Vorrьcken konnte immer noch geschehen, wenn die anderen
Verfahren sich als ungenьgend herausgestellt hдtten.} 59. Ra3 (59. b3 Rh2+ {
und der K wird an den Rand gedrдngt, wo er mattangriffen ausgesetzt ist. z.B.:}
60. Kb1 Rh1+ 61. Ka2 (61. Nc1 R4h3 $19) 61... R4h2+ 62. Ka3 Ra1#) 59... c4 60.
Ra6+ Kd5 61. Nb4+ Kd4 {und der K beteiligt sich als starke Figur am Kampfe.})
58. Kc3 R4h3 59. Rb4 Rh5 60. Rg4 R2h3 {Damit droht Schwarz durch Rd5 sofort zu
gewinnen.} 61. Kc2 Rd5 62. Nf4 Rc5+ 63. Kb1 Rh1+ 64. Ka2 Ra5+ 65. Kb3 Rb5+ 66.
Kc3 Kb6 67. Nd3 Rh3 68. Kc2 {Wieder drohte Rd5 sofort zu gewinnen.} Rd5 69.
Rb4+ Kc7 70. Rb3 Rh2+ 71. Kc3 Kd6 72. Ra3 Rg2 73. Ra1 {WeiЯ will jetzt den N
auf der d-Linie decken statt auf der 3. Reihe. Es macht keinen sehr groЯen
Unterschied. Hier wie dort hat er immer nur einen Zug, aber auf der 3. Reihe
ist er noch dem Angriff des Pc6 ausgesetzt.} Rg3 74. Rd1 Kc7 75. Rd2 Kb6 76.
Rd1 Kb5 {Nun wird die Lage kritisch.} 77. Kc2 (77. Rd2 Rc5+ 78. Kb3 (78. Kd4
Rc4+ 79. Ke5 Re3+ 80. Kf6 Rd4 $19 {und Nd3 wird erobert.}) 78... Rc4 79. Rd1 {
Kb3 darf nicht ziehen, da sonst durch Rd4 der Nd3 verloren geht.} c5 80. Rd2
Re4 {und Schwarz gewinnt, denn es droht -c4 mit N-Gewinn.} (80... Rh3 81. Rd1
Re3 82. Rd2 Rce4 {/\ -c4} 83. Kc3 (83. Ka2 Rd4 $19) (83. Kc2 Re2 $19) 83... c4
$19) 81. Kc3 (81. Ka2 Rd4 $1 $19) (81. Kc2 $1 Rge3 $19 {mit R-Tausch.}) 81...
c4 $19) 77... Kc4 78. b3+ {Damit hat Schwarz eine wesentliche Schwдchung der
schwarzen Stellung erzwungen.} Kb5 79. Rd2 Rh3 80. Rd1 Rh2+ 81. Kc3 Rd8 82. Rg1
Rh3 83. Rd1 Rdh8 {Nun droht Schwarz mit -Rh1 Rd2 R8h2 Nf2 Rf1 den Abtausch zu
erzwingen.} 84. Rg1 R8h5 85. Kc2 Rd5 86. Rd1 Rg5 87. Rd2 {WeiЯ konnte den
Widerstand verlдngern, wenn er den R aus der d-Linie entfernt hдtte. Jetzt
erzwingt Lasker den Abtausch... (Linder)   Dies ist ein Fehlzug, der den
Verlust erheblich beschleunigt. Der R muЯte die d-Linie verlassen. Schwarz
hдtte dann die R auf der 2. Reihe verdoppelt und den K nach d5 gebracht, aber
der Gewinn war dann noch immer ein schwieriges Problem. Das Spiel hдtte sich
etwa folgendermaЯen gestalten kцnnen:} (87. Re1 Rg2+ 88. Kc3 Rhh2 89. Rc1 Kb6
90. Nf4 Ra2 91. Nd3 Kc7 92. Nf4 Kd6 93. Nd3 Rag2 94. Nf4 Rg3+ 95. Nd3 Rhh3 96.
Rd1 Kd5 {und Schwarz ist bedeutend weiter gekommen. Der Rest ist:} 97. Kc2 Rh2+
98. Kc3 Ke4 {und gewinnt, denn es droht Rhh3, oder:} 99. Re1+ Re3 $19 {
R-Tausch oder Eroberung des N wird erzwungen.}) 87... Rhg3 $1 {Jetzt kann Rd2
dem Abtausch nicht mehr entrinnen, da er eine zu geringe Beweglichkeit hat.}
88. Nc1 (88. Rd1 Rg1 89. Rd2 R5g2 $19) 88... Rg2 89. Ne2 Kb6 {Denn nun
erzwingt Re5 den Tausch und dann ist der Gewinn leicht.} (89... Re5 $4 90. Nd4+
) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 {Dies ist nicht gut, wie
sich zwei Züge später zeigt.} ({Am besten ist} 5... Nf6 {, womit die Partie
in das Vierspringerspiel mit der Verteidigung a7-a6! übergeht.}) 6. d3 Bg4 {
Vorzuziehen ist die Entwicklung des Springers nach e7 und spдter nach g6 oder
Qd6.} 7. Be3 {In dieser Weise behandelte Tarrasch eine Partie gegen Tschigorin
(Ostende 1907). Schwarz gerät darauf in arge Verlegenheit, Ws soll er mit dem
angegriffenen Läufer anfangen? In der Italienischen Partie zieht man ihn sehr
bequem nach b6 zurück, was hier wegen der Bauern auf a6 nicht in Frage kommt.
Hier zeugt sich eine andere Schattenseite der Verteidigung a7-a6. Deckt man
den Läufer mit der Dame - sie kann ihn doch nicht ewig gedeckt halten! Und
der Abtausch ist erst recht schlecht; er verstärkt das weiße Zentrum und
öffnet die Linie für den Rochadeturm. Also ist der Zug Bc5 ungenügend.} Bxe3
8. fxe3 Qe7 9. O-O O-O-O {Die lange Rochade ist hier scheinbar ganz sicher,
abe eben nur scheinbar. Sie wird sehr schnell angegriffen, so daß es sich
herausstellt, daß die kurze den Vorrang verdient hätte.} 10. Qe1 Nh6 11. Rb1
{Verrдt mit brutaler Offenheit den ganzen Angriffsplan, gegen den gar nichts
zu machen ist. Der b-Bauer soll in Verbindung mit dem a-Bauern gegen das
anscheinend sturmfreie Bollwerk des feindlichen Kцnigs vorgehen.} f6 12. b4 Nf7
{Eine recht umstдndliche Art den Springer zu entwickeln!} 13. a4 Bxf3 14. Rxf3
b6 {Um dem Gegner keine Angriffslinie zu цffnen. Aber nun wird der Bauer auf
b5 in Verbindung mit dem Springer zu stark.} 15. b5 cxb5 16. axb5 a5 17. Nd5
Qc5 18. c4 {Wieder sehr klar gespielt! Der Angriff soll mit Qc3 nebst d3-d4
weitergefьhrt werden.} Ng5 19. Rf2 Ne6 20. Qc3 Rd7 21. Rd1 Kb7 {Das ergibt
bald eine Gabelstellung; aber es war gegen das drohende Vordringen der Bauern
schon gar keine wirksame Verteidigung mцglich.} 22. d4 Qd6 {Die Dame sollte
wenigstens nach f8 gehen, um nicht das Vorgehen des c-Bauern noch mit Angriff
zu ermцglichen.} 23. Rc2 exd4 24. exd4 Nf4 {Auch bei anderen Zьgen war Schwarz
verloren.} 25. c5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. c6+ Kb8 28. cxd7 Qxd7 29. d5 Re8 30.
d6 cxd6 31. Qc6 {Schwarz gibt auf. Eine sehr hьbsche, flotte Partie.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.14"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Rd1 Bg4 9. Nc4 Qe6 10. Ne3 Bd6 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O-O 12. b3 Nh6 13. Bb2
Bc5 14. d3 $14 {De la Villa - Kruppa, Moscow (ol) 1994}) 11. Nxg4 Qxg4 12. d4
Ne7 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. h3 Qe6 {[#]} 15. Ng5 $1 Qf6 16. Qc4 h6 17. Ne6 b5 18. Qb3
c5 $8 19. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. a4 $1 b4 23. Be3 Qe6 24.
Qd3 $1 $16 (24. Qxe6+ $2 Kxe6 $15) 24... Kc7 25. f4 $1 exf4 26. Bxf4 Nc6 $2 (
26... Ng6 $5 27. Bg3 Ne5) 27. Rd1 Rd8 (27... Ne5 28. Qg3 g5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30.
Qxe5 dxe5 31. Rd5 $16) 28. Bg3 (28. Qxa6 $5 Qxe4 29. a5 $1) 28... Kb7 $2 (28...
Kb7 $2 29. Bxd6 Ne5 30. Qd5+ Qxd5 31. Rxd5 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nuernberg InternationalesMeisterturnier"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1896.08.08"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Vassallo,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {[El gran campeуn Lasker fue un amante
declarado de la variante del cambio en la Espaсola.]} dxc6 5. Nc3 ({Hoy
sabemos que otras se consideran principales tanto} 5. d4) ({como} 5. O-O) 5...
Bc5 $6 {Diagrama #} ({Esta partida fue el primer eslabуn para acabar apartando
esta jugada. Las preferencias por orden de utilizaciуn son} 5... f6) (5... Bd6)
(5... Bg4) (5... Qd6) 6. d3 Bg4 ({Se podнa volver a una senda buena jugando} 
6... f6) 7. Be3 {[La idea correcta. El doblado peуn e3 controlarб casillas
importantes.]} Qd6 ({David Janowky perdiу otras dos partidas importantes
jugando} 7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 Qe7 9. O-O ({El mismo campeуn mundial le ganу en su
match por el entorchado con} 9. Qe2 Nh6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. d4 $5 {
y se impuso despuйs de ardua lucha en Lasker,E-Janowski,D/Paris (m4) 1909.})
9... O-O-O $6 (9... f6) 10. Qe1 Nh6 11. Rb1 $1 {con idea de atacar por el
flanco dama. Una victoria modelo del blanco en Capablanca,J-Janowski,D/St
Petersburg 1914.}) ({No tuvo mejor suerte aunque la mereciу la jugada} 7... Qe7
8. h3 $5 Bh5 9. Qe2 (9. g4 $5 {Alekhine,A-Verlinsky,B/Odessa 1918.}) 9... f6
10. a3 Bf7 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qe3 $5 Qxe3+ 13. fxe3 c5 14. O-O-O O-O-O {con
igualdad, aunque el negro se dejу un peуn pronto y perdiу en Petrosian,
T-Buslaev,A/Tbilisi 1945.}) 8. Bxc5 Qxc5 9. Qd2 Bxf3 $2 {Diagrama #} ({Una
jugada por completo innecesaria que resta posibilidades atractivas. Son mejores
} 9... f6) ({asн como} 9... Ne7) 10. gxf3 Ne7 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. Qe3 $1 {
[Una idea que se volviу habitual.]} Qxe3+ $6 ({El negro estб jugando muy
pedestre y lo va a pagar. No le gustaba} 12... Qe7 {porque pensaba que no
podнa enrocar largo por la amenaza Da7. Pero eso tampoco es tan asн y era
bueno mantener las damas por el momento. Ahora el blanco tiene las manos
libres para elegir por donde juega y el negro ningъn contrajuego con peligro.})
13. fxe3 Rd8 {[Ahora ya no es necesario enroque largo. Estб claro que habrб
peligro por la semiabierta columna "g".]} 14. Ne2 f6 15. Rhg1 Kf7 ({Puede que
fuera mejor} 15... O-O) 16. Rdf1 Rhe8 17. Ng3 Nf8 $6 ({La alternativa} 17...
Nh4 {impidiendo el acceso del caballo blanco tiene feo aspecto aunque quizб
sea sуlo una primera impresiуn.}) ({Por lo que es probable que la mejor opciуn
sea} 17... Ne7) 18. f4 c5 $4 {Diagrama #} ({Un fallo gravнsimo. Lуgica parecнa
} 18... g6) ({y se podнa jugar} 18... Nd7) 19. Nh5 $1 {[El blanco tiene un
ataque decisivo.]} g6 20. fxe5 $1 {[Este detalle es el que quiebra la
resistencia. Seguramente pasado por alto por el doctor Tarrasch.]} Rxe5 ({
La catбstrofe se produce despuйs de} 20... gxh5 21. Rxf6+ Ke7 22. Rg7#) 21.
Nxf6 {[El blanco ha ganado limpiamente un peуn y pasa a realizar su ventaja.]}
Kg7 22. Rf2 h5 23. Nd5 ({Se recomendу en su momento} 23. Rgf1 c6 24. Kd2 b5 25.
Kc3 $1 {con gran ventaja. Pero la jugada de la partida es buena.}) 23... c6 24.
Nf4 c4 25. Rfg2 Rd6 26. h4 cxd3 27. cxd3 Kf7 28. Rg5 $1 Rxg5 ({No se puede} 
28... Re8 29. e5 $1 {y caerб el peуn g6.}) 29. Rxg5 {[El negro está inerme
ante el avance central blanco.]} Rf6 $6 ({Esta jugada lleva a un final
sencillo y ganador para el blanco. Para resistir mбs era mejor} 29... Nh7 30.
Rg3 Nf8 31. d4 {pero la derrota parece inevitable.}) 30. e5 $1 Rf5 31. Rxf5+
gxf5 32. d4 $18 {Diagrama # [El final de caballos es perdedor para el negro.]}
Ke7 33. Kd2 c5 34. Kd3 cxd4 35. exd4 Kd8 36. d5 Kd7 37. Kd4 Kc7 38. b4 Kd7 39.
Kc5 Kc7 40. d6+ Kd7 41. Kd5 {[Y el negro decidiу por fin abandonar.]} 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Rd1 c5 $146 (8... O-O-O) 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nc2 O-O-O 11. d4 Qc6 12. d5 $14 Qe8 13.
Ne3 Bh5 14. b4 $1 Nh6 (14... cxb4 $6 15. cxb4 Bxb4 16. Rb1 $40) 15. Nc4 g5 16.
bxc5 $6 (16. Be3 $14) 16... g4 17. Nh4 g3 $132 18. f3 (18. Nf3 $2 gxf2+ 19.
Qxf2 Ng4 20. Qe2 Bxc5+ $17) 18... Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Qf8 20. Rb1 (20. hxg3 $5 Rg8
21. Kh2 Qg7 22. Qe1 $13) 20... Be8 21. Na5 Bb6 22. Nc4 Bf2 23. Na5 Bb6 24. Nb3
$2 (24. Nc4 $10) 24... f5 $1 $40 {פh4,/\Qf6} 25. Bg5 (25. hxg3 $2 f4 {פh4}
26. c4 fxg3 27. c5 Qf6 $19) 25... Rd7 26. exf5 Rg8 27. Be3 Qf6 28. Bxb6 Qxh4
29. Bg1 gxh2 30. Bf2 (30. Bxh2 Nxf5 $17) 30... Rxg2 $3 31. Bxh4 $8 (31. Kxg2
h1=Q+ $1 32. Rxh1 Rg7+ 33. Kf1 Qxh1+ 34. Bg1 Qxg1#) 31... Rxe2 32. Nc5 Bh5 $1
$19 33. Rf1 Rxd5 34. Ne4 Nxf5 35. Nf6 Nxh4 36. Nxh5 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9495 5th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 (
7... Qg6 8. Qxd4 Bd6 9. Qe3 Nf6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Rg8 12. g3 Qh5 $132 {
Doroshkievich,V-Nikolaevsky,Y/Tibilisi/1967}) 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bxe7
Nxe7 11. Nb3 O-O-O 12. Qe2 (12. Qxd6 $10) 12... g5 $6 13. Qe3 b6 14. Qxg5 $14
Rhg8 15. Qe3 Qg6 16. g3 h5 17. f3 $2 {עg1} (17. Rad1 $16) 17... f5 $132 18.
exf5 Nxf5 19. Qd3 Kb8 20. Ne4 Rg7 21. Qc3 Rf8 22. Rae1 c5 23. Rf2 Bc6 24. Nbd2
Re7 25. b4 $6 (25. a3 {/\b4}) 25... cxb4 26. Qxb4 Rd8 27. Nb3 Re5 28. Qc3 Rde8
29. Nbd2 Bb7 30. Ref1 h4 31. g4 h3 32. Re1 Nh4 33. Rfe2 a5 34. Ng3 $2 Rxe2 35.
Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Nxe2 Nxf3+ $19 37. Nxf3 Qxg4+ 38. Kf2 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Bxf3 40. Qe3
Bd5 0-1

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Djurhuus tries a new move. Hector complicates, that could have cost him the
point, but in the end his tactics wins the game.} 1. e4 {Tisdall} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Qe2 $146 {Tisdall:
This move appears to be a novelty, at least in database terms. It seems
terribly natural, though a trifle slow, to wish to achieve d2-d4 with a rook
at d1.} (8. Nc2 Ne7 9. d4 {->1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,J-Leko,P/Pamplona9394
1993/CBM 39/[Wedberg] (29)} (9. a4 {->1-0 Shirov,A-Short,N/Koop Tjuchem 1996/
CBM 57/[Shirov] (41)})) (8. d4 {Tisdall: is perhaps the most critical, but
Black's resources look sufficient:} cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 (10... c5 {N
} 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nf6 13. f3 $6 ({Wedberg assesses} 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Nb1 {as slightly better for white.}) 13... Be6 14. Be3
Nd7 15. Nb1 Rc8 16. Nc3 c4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Ne2 Kf7 {with a very
comfortable position for black, (0-1, 34), Timman - Short, Riga/Tal 1995.}) 11.
Be3 c5 12. Nf5 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Bxe4 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Nf6 16. f3 Bg6 17.
Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Short,N/Riga Tal 1995}) 8... Bb7 ({Tisdall: Now} 8... Bg4
{followed by placing the rook on d8 looks like an equally natural method of
prophylaxis against white's plan, but Hector prefers a very lively
continuation, aimed at maximizing his main positional trump, the unopposed
light-squared bishop.}) 9. Rd1 O-O-O {Tisdall: This looks risky, but line
opening to try and exploit black's king position or slightly backward
development also enhances the scope of black's best pieces.} 10. d4 exd4 {
Tisdall: Not a reflex capture - Hector wishes to increase pressure against e4
as well as maintaining a pawn mass in front of his king.} 11. cxd4 Qe7 $6 (
11... cxd4 $142 12. Rxd4 Qg6 $36 {Black can develop and attack at the same
time with moves like Bc5/d6, Nf6 and Rhe8.}) 12. e5 (12. dxc5 {Tisdall} Rxd1+
13. Qxd1 Qxe4 14. Be3 Nf6 {Tisdall: should favor black - white's chances to
open lines on the queenside do not look to outweigh the strength of black's
bishop pair, especially the monster on b7.}) 12... Nf6 {Tisdall: I have always
admired the energy and inventiveness that Hector shows in classical e-pawn
openings, and his handling of the late opening/early middlegame here is a good
example of why. The Swede finds very clever ways to develop his odd kingside
in this game. However,} (12... cxd4 {Tisdall: was a much safer option.}) 13.
Nc2 {Tisdall: White rightly rejects the straightforward} (13. Bg5 {Tisdall:
since it is hard to imagine that this will do much more than help black open
lines on the kingside.} h6 14. Bxf6 (14. Bh4 $6 g5 (14... Qe6 $5) 15. Nxg5 {
Tisdall: Anything else is a waste of time, but this is, of course, too
provocative.} hxg5 16. Bxg5 Rg8 $1 (16... Bg7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qg4+) 17. Bxf6
(17. h4 Qe6) 17... Rxg2+ (17... Bxg2 $11) 18. Kf1 Qe6 19. Bxd8 Qh3 20. d5 (20.
Ke1 Bh6 21. Qf1 Qxh2) 20... Bh6 {Tisdall: should give black a decisive attack.}
) 14... gxf6 15. dxc5 {Tisdall: is more sensible, striving to create
counterplay before black completes his development. But with both bishops
active, white's position is treacherous;} Bg7 $2 (15... Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rg8 {
Tisdall: and black's forces generate pressure in all directions.} (16... fxe5
17. Qxe5 Rg8 $5)) 16. Nd4 {Tisdall: and white shuts down the bishop pair and
gains the upper hand.}) 13... Nd5 14. a4 $1 c4 (14... b4 {is the safer path})
15. axb5 axb5 16. Bd2 {Tisdall: A necessary preliminary to further line
opening with b3. Black's control of the central light squares and his bishop
on b7 are very impressive, but his king is a bit breezy.} Rg8 {Hansen,S (2460)
-Hector,J (2540) Reykjavik zt 1995 (7) 0-1 Tisdall: At this point I was
reminded of an earlier experience watching Hector cook up confusion in a
supposedly quiet Spanish backwater. His game against Sune Berg Hansen is worth
a look: 11...Rg8!} 17. Ra7 (17. Ra5 $5 {Tisdall Tisdall: may be more to the
point. If black has to defend b5 with the queen then it will be harder to
advance on the kingside.} Bc6 18. Na3 {and it seems to me that white is
gaining some initiative.}) 17... g5 {Tisdall: Preparing to stake out some
space, even more light-square control, and in some instances to lift the rook
into action.} 18. b3 {Tisdall: The most confrontational continuation, white
could prepare this further by inserting} (18. Rda1 {Tisdall} g4 19. Nfe1) 18...
g4 19. Nfe1 c3 20. Rxb7 $5 (20. Be3 Qd7 21. Ra5 b4 22. Rda1 Qc6 $13) (20. Qxb5
{Tisdall} c6) (20. Bc1 {Tisdall} Qd7 21. Nd3 Qc6 {Tisdall: is also very murky,
though white seems shorter of plans than black. Djurhuus's decision to give up
the exchange and remove two of black's main trumps seems very understandable.})
20... Kxb7 (20... cxd2 $2 21. Qxb5 dxe1=Q+ 22. Rxe1 Nb6 23. Qa6 $18) 21. Qxb5+
Nb6 22. Bxc3 $13 Qd7 (22... Rd5 {Tisdall} 23. Qd3 {Tisdall: and white
threatens Nb4 as well as Ne3 setting his center in motion.}) 23. Qd3 (23. Qxd7
{Tisdall} Rxd7 24. Nd3 $5 {Tisdall: gives white good compensation for the
exchange, though a more definite assessment is very difficult. The players in
the post mortem did not seem terribly decisive either.} (24. Ne3 Nd5 25. Nxd5
Rxd5 {Tisdall: looks slightly better for black.})) 23... Nd5 24. Bd2 (24. Ne3 {
Tisdall Tisdall: looks better - with the queens still on the board it is even
more vital to try and wrest the d5-square from black control.} Nxe3 (24... Rg6
25. N1c2 {Tisdall: gives black problems with maintaining a hold on the center.}
) 25. Qxe3 (25. fxe3 {Tisdall: is also possible, though white must beware of
ideas with ...Bh6 and ...g3.}) 25... Qd5 26. Qd3 Rg6 27. Nc2 {Tisdall: and
white 's position is imporving since the pawn snatch} Qxb3 28. Ne3 {is
perilous for black.}) 24... Rg6 25. Qe4 {Tisdall: White is losing the thread
and begins wasting time.} (25. Ne3 {Tisdall Tisdall: was still a good move.})
25... f5 26. Qe2 (26. exf6 {Tisdall} Re8 27. Qd3 Rxf6 {Tisdall: only activates
the enemy forces.}) 26... Rb6 27. Rb1 (27. Qc4 $5 {Tisdall}) 27... c5 {Tisdall:
A staggering move, difficult to punctuate, that seems to unglue his entire
position. However, with time pressure approaching, it proves to be terribly
effective.} 28. dxc5 $2 {Tisdall: White tries to improve his position before
grabbing material, but this is based on a miscalculation. The direct} (28. Ba5
$5 Ra6 (28... Rb5 $2 29. Bxd8 Nc3 30. Qd3 Nxb1 31. e6 Qe8 32. e7 Bg7 33. Ne3
$18) 29. Bxd8 Nc3 30. Qd3 (30. Qc4 $5 {Tisdall} Nxb1 31. Bg5 (31. dxc5 Qxd8 32.
Nb4 (32. Qb5+ Ka7 33. Nb4 Re6) 32... Ra1 {Tisdall: and black seems to weather
the storm, e.g.} 33. c6+ Kc8 34. Qf7 Be7 (34... Qe7 35. Qxf5+ Kb8 36. c7+) 35.
Qe6+ Kb8 36. c7+ Kxc7 37. Nd5+ Kb8 38. Nxe7 Nd2 $1) 31... cxd4 32. Nxd4 Na3 {
Tisdall: and the confusion continues, though black's exposed king must give
white his full share after the chances, after say} 33. e6 $5) 30... Nxb1 31.
dxc5 Qxd3 32. Nxd3 Ra2 33. Nce1 $14) 28... Bxc5 29. Nd3 (29. Ba5 {Tisdall} Rc6
(29... Ra6 30. Bxd8 Nc3 31. Qd3 $1) 30. Rd1 $5 {Tisdall: looks awkward but
black has adequate resources here as well.} (30. Bxd8 Nc3 31. Qd3 (31. Qf1 Nxb1
32. Qb5+ Kc8) 31... Qxd3 32. Nxd3 Nxb1 {Tisdall: and black has control.}) 30...
Bb6 {and if} 31. Nb4 Bxa5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 {Tisdall: is better for
black since white's remaining pieces are so poorly placed.}) 29... Be7 30. Ba5
{Tisdall: Optically white has coordinated his forces now but in fact the
knight on d3 is fatally exposed.} (30. Nd4 {Tisdall Tisdall: would leave
things completely undecided.}) 30... Nc3 $1 $17 (30... Ra6 $2 31. Bxd8 Nc3 32.
Qd2 Nxb1 33. Nc5+ $1 $18) 31. Qe3 {Tisdall: This was white's point, missing...}
(31. Bxc3 Qxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 $17) 31... Qb5 $1 {Tisdall: ...and suddenly
Hector has glued everything together again. White cannot avoid losing material.
} 32. Bxc3 $2 (32. Qxb6+ Qxb6 33. Bxb6 Kxb6 (33... Rxd3 {Tisdall}) 34. Ra1 Rxd3
35. Ne3 Bc5 36. Nxf5 Ne4 $17) (32. Nc5+ $1 {Tisdall Tisdall: is perhaps the
least lost, but black has many choices here:} Qxc5 (32... Bxc5 33. Qxc3 Rc6 34.
Qe1 Bxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Qxa5) 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 34. Bxc3 Rd3 $17 (34... Rc6 $5)) 32...
Rxd3 33. Qe1 Qc5 $19 34. Bb4 Rxb4 35. Nxb4 Qxb4 36. Qc1 Qd2 37. Qf1 f4 38. b4
f3 39. h3 h5 40. g3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Belov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7.
Qh5 (7. Nf3 {Belov} Qxe4 8. Nc3 Qg6 9. Ne5 Qf5 10. Re1 h5 $1 11. d4 Be6 12. Ne4
Rd8 $10 {Rozentalis,E-Piket,J/Groningen/1992/0:1/42/}) 7... g6 8. Qg5 (8. Nf3
Qxe4 9. Qa5 Bg4 (9... b6 10. Qc3 Rg8 11. Re1 Qd5 12. d4 Be6 13. Ng5 Bg7 14. Qg3
O-O-O 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qa3 Bxd4 17. Qxe7 Qf5 18. Qh4 Rgf8 19. Be3 Bxb2 $13 {
Rausis,I-Nei,I/Cappelle/1993}) (9... Qf4 10. d3 Qd6 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qb4
13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Bd2 Be7 $10 {Timman,J-Nikolic,Pr/Brussels SWIFT/1988}) 10. d3
Qf5 11. Qxc7 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qxf3 13. Re1 Qg4+ 14. Qg3 Qxg3+ 15. hxg3 $10 {
Sanchez Almeyra,J-Alvarez Ibarra,DR/Capablanca mem-B/1993}) 8... Bg7 9. Nd3 f5
10. e5 c5 (10... Nd5 $5 {Belov Keres}) 11. b3 b6 {N} (11... h6 12. Qe3 f4 13.
Qxd4 (13. Qf3 Bf5 14. Qxb7 $5 Be4 15. Qxc7 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Bxe5 17. Qb7 Rb8 18.
Qxa6 f3 $13 {Timman,J-Short,N/ESP(m/9)/1993/0:1/39/}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxf4 Bxe5
15. d3 Kf7 16. Re1 (16. Ne2 Nd5 17. Nd2 c5 18. Ne4 b6 19. Bd2 $14 {Nielsen,
PH-Kruppa,Y/Minsk/1993} (19. Bd2 {Belov} Bg4 20. N2g3 $16 {Nielsen,Pe-Kruppa,Y/
Minsk/1993/})) 16... Nc6 17. a3 Re8 18. Ne2 g5 19. Nd2 Kg6 $2 20. f4 $1 $16 {
Ivanov,Vi-Belotelov,D/Moscow-ch/1994}) (11... Qxa1 {Belov} 12. Nc3 b6 13. Bb2
Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 $16) 12. Qe3 (12. Bb2 Qd5 13. Nc3 Qc6 $13 {/\ Bb7, h6, 0-0-0})
12... Qxa1 $5 (12... Qd5 13. c4 Qc6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Nf4 $16 {/\ Nd5}) (12... f4
{Belov} 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Bb2 $16) 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qxf1+ 15. Kxf1 O-O-O 16.
Ne2 Nd5 (16... Kb8 $5 {Belov}) 17. Qh3 Kb8 18. c4 Ne7 (18... Nb4 {Belov} 19.
Nxb4 Rxd2 (19... cxb4 20. d4 $16) 20. Nd3 $8 Rd8 21. Nef4 Be4 22. Qxh7 $16) 19.
Nef4 Bc8 20. Qh4 Nc6 21. Nd5 Rde8 22. Qf4 Nd8 $2 (22... Be6 $142 $32) 23. Nxc7
$1 $16 Kxc7 (23... Ne6 {Belov} 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Qf3 $16) 24. e6+ Kb7 25. Bxg7
Rhg8 26. Qh6 Nxe6 27. Bf6 Nf8 28. Nf4 Be6 (28... Bd7 {Belov} 29. Nd5 Bc6 30.
Ne7 $18) 29. Qh3 {/\ Qf3 ->} g5 (29... Bd7 30. Qd3 Bc6 31. Qd6 Nd7 32. Nd5 $18)
(29... Ka7 $32 {Belov} 30. Qf3 Nd7) 30. Nxe6 Nxe6 (30... Rxe6 {Belov} 31. Qxf5)
31. Qxh7+ Ka8 32. Qxf5 $18 g4 33. Qd5+ Ka7 34. Qd7+ Ka8 35. Be7 Nd4 36. b4 Rb8
(36... cxb4 {Belov} 37. Qxd4 Rxe7 38. Qd5+ $18) 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 h6 12. Qe3 f4 13. Qxd4 (13. Qf3 {
Timman-Short, San Lorenzo (m9) 1993}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxf4 Bxe5 15. d3 $146 (15.
Nd3 Bf6 16. Nc5 Kf7 {~/= Szmetan-Bravo, Fortaleza 1975}) 15... Kf7 (15... O-O
16. Ba3 Bxf4 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bc5 $16) 16. Ne2 Nd5 17. Nd2 c5 (17... Nb4 18.
Bb2 (18. Nf3 $6 Bf6 19. Bb2 (19. Bd2 a5 20. a3 Nd5 $44) 19... Bg4 $1 $10) 18...
c5 (18... Nxc2 19. Rac1 Nb4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxc7+ $16) 19. a3 Nd5 20. Ne4 b6
$14) 18. Ne4 b6 19. Bd2 $14 Bg4 20. N2g3 Bc7 21. Rfe1 a5 22. a4 Rad8 23. f3 Bc8
24. Re2 Rde8 25. Rae1 Bb7 26. Kf1 Bb8 27. Nf2 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Bc8 29. Nge4 Kg7
30. g3 Rf8 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Nc3 Rxe2 33. Nxe2 g5 34. h4 gxh4 35. g4 Bc7 36. Kh3
Bd8 37. Nf4 Nxf4+ 38. Bxf4 Kg6 39. Ne4 h5 40. Bd2 hxg4+ 41. fxg4 Bb7 42. Be1 c4
$1 $10 43. Nd6 (43. bxc4 Bc6 $13) 43... cxd3 44. cxd3 (44. Nxb7 $4 dxc2 45. Bd2
Bg5 $19) 44... Bf3 45. Nc4 Be2 46. Bxh4 Bf1+ 47. Kg3 Bc7+ 48. Kf3 Bxd3 (48...
Bxd3 49. Bd8 Bxc4 (49... Bxd8 $2 50. Ne5+ Kg5 51. Nxd3 $16) 50. Bxc7 Bxb3 51.
Bxb6 Bxa4 52. Bxa5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9394 4th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2
Ne7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5 12. Nb3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 c4 14. Na5 Ng6
15. b3 $5 {N} (15. Be3 Be7 16. Nc6 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 O-O {=
Malisauskas-Huebner/Biel(izt) 1993/CBM37}) 15... cxb3 16. axb3 Be7 17. Ba3 Bxa3
18. Rxa3 O-O 19. Ne3 f5 $5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Rd6 Rae8 22. Rxa6 Bd3 $132 23. Ra1
Nf4 24. Nb7 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Rxf2 26. Ra8 Rff8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Nb7
Re8 30. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skei"]
[Site "Skei"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Sahl, Bjarke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 (5. Nc3 d6 (5... Bb4 $5 {
Larsen}) 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 {+/- White is a tempo up on 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4, which by the way is a good line for White.})
5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. O-O $6 (7. e5 Qg6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Nb3 c5
11. Qc3 f6 {+/= Krogius-Lutikov, URS 1955}) 7... Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne7 $146 (8...
Nf6 9. Nc3 Rb8 {= ECO}) 9. c4 g6 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. Bc3 O-O $10 12. f4 $6 d5 13.
Re1 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Nf5 15. Nb3 Nd6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rd4 Rb8 18. N1d2 Re8 19.
Kf2 Be6 20. Re1 c5 $1 21. Rd3 a5 22. a4 Bxc4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25.
Nxc5 Nxb2 26. Rb3 Nc4 27. Rb7 Re7 28. Ra7 $15 h5 29. g3 h4 30. g4 Ne3 31. Kf3
Nc4 32. g5 Re3+ 33. Kf2 Re7 34. Kf3 Re3+ 35. Kf2 Re7 36. Ra6 h3 37. Ra7 f6 38.
Ne6+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Kg7 40. Nc6 Rd7 41. Kg3 fxg5 42. fxg5 Nb6 43. Ne5 Re7 44.
Rxa5 Nxa4 45. Kf4 Nb6 46. Rc5 Nc8 47. Rc3 Nd6 48. Rxh3 Nf7 49. Nxf7 Rxf7+ 50.
Ke4 Rf5 51. Rg3 Kf7 52. h4 Ke6 53. Rc3 c5 54. Ra3 Re5+ 55. Kf4 Kd5 56. Rd3+ Ke6
57. Rd8 Rf5+ 58. Kg4 Rf1 59. Re8+ Kd5 60. Rd8+ Ke4 61. Re8+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. d4
(8. Nc2) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 {N} (10... Bb7 {Anand,V-Short,N/
Riga Tal(01)/1995}) 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nf6 13. f3 $6 {Chess laziness.} (13.
Bg5 Be6 (13... Nxe4 $4 14. Re1 $18) (13... c4 14. Nd4 Bxa3 15. bxa3 O-O 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rac1 $14) (13... Nd7 14. Rac1 $14) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16.
Nb1 $14) 13... Be6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nb1 Rc8 16. Nc3 c4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Nxe6 fxe6
19. Ne2 Kf7 20. Bd4 Nd3 21. Rab1 $6 {Loss of important time.} (21. b3 {/\a4, /
\bxc4}) 21... Be7 22. b3 e5 23. Be3 Rhd8 24. bxc4 Rxc4 $1 $17 {Perhaps white
only considered bxc4.} (24... bxc4 $2 25. Nc3 $132) 25. Kf1 Rc2 26. a4 b4 27.
a5 Nb2 28. Rxd8 (28. Rdc1 Nc4 $1 29. Kf2 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Bc5+ $19) 28... Bxd8 29.
Bb6 Bg5 30. g3 b3 31. f4 Nc4 $1 $19 32. Rxb3 Nd2+ 33. Ke1 Nxb3 34. fxg5 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9495 37th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 (6. c3 Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 O-O-O 9. Qxf7 Nf6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Be3
Qd7 $10 {Gipslis,A}) 6... f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. d4 $146 (9. Nc4 Qe6 10.
c3 a5 11. a4 Bd6 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. d4 $14 {Beljavsky,A-Ree,H/Suhumi/1972})
9... Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. c5 Qe6 12. Qc2 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. h3 Qh5 15. b4 Bxh3
$6 (15... a5 16. a3 Be6 $13) 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Qc4 $1 f5 18. dxe5 Rad8 19. Qf1
Qh5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qg2 Rdf8 22. Nh2 Bg5 $6 (22... Nxe5 $16) 23. Ne4 Nh4 24.
Qg3 Bf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. e6 $18 Nf3+ 27. Nxf3 Rg4 28. Ne5 Rxg3+ 29. Nxg3 Qh4
30. e7 Re8 31. Re4 Qf6 32. Rae1 Kg8 33. Nc4 g6 34. Na5 h5 35. Nxb7 h4 36. Nf1
Qg5+ 37. Kh2 Qf5 38. R1e2 g5 39. Nd2 g4 40. Nd8 h3 41. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade-Moscow"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1998.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.01.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

{A game between two of the greats of modern chess. According to Mega 98ґ they
played their first game in 1947. A draw, just like this one 51 years later.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 {Smyslov, 77, plays
a simplifying opening against his two years younger opponent.} Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd6
8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Be3 (9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Re8 11. Nb3 f6 12. f5 {was the start of a
very famous game: Lasker,E-Capablanca,J/St.Petersburg f 1914. Lasker
eventually won the game and the tournament.}) 9... O-O 10. O-O-O f5 11. f3 fxe4
$146 {Simple and clearly good for a draw.} (11... f4 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Kb1 Ne5
14. Nb3 a5 15. Nc1 a4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Trampuz,C-Truta,S/SLO-chT sf 1996/EXT 96ch2
(29)}) 12. Nxe4 Nd5 13. Bf2 Nf4 14. Nxd6 (14. g3 Ne6 15. Rhf1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6
17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bc4 $11) 14... cxd6 15. Bg3 Nxg2 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. h4 Ne3
18. Rde1 Bd7 19. b3 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Re5 {Solid play by both - the draw
is well earned.} Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Re8 23. f4 Re6 24. Rg1 Rg6 25. Rxg6 Bxg6 26. Kd2
Kf7 27. a4 Bf5 28. a5 Kg6 29. c3 Kh5 30. Bxg7 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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"]

{This line is considered to be a good drawing weapon for Black. But the game
shows that it's not fool proof. Black needs to create the right type of
counter play to compensate for Whites 2-1 K-side P majority.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6
10. d4 Bd6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 Rxh2 13. Qxg4 Qh4 14. Qxh4 Rxh4 15. Nf3 Rh5
16. Be3 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. c3 g5 19. g3 O-O-O 20. Be3 g4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Anic,D/Enghien Les Bains 1997/CBM 58/[Wedberg] (37)}) 16...
O-O-O $146 (16... f6 17. Rad1 Kf7 18. g3 Re8 19. Kg2 exd4 20. Bxd4 Ra5 21. Ra1
c5 22. Bc3 Ra4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Pachman,L-Lengyel,L/Vrnjacka Banja zt 1967/EXT 97
(28)}) 17. g3 f5 $6 {This rather violent approach is dubious, since it only
helps White to mobilise his P majority.} (17... f6) 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Kg2 Rdf8
20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. c3 $16 {Black is actively placed, but
unfortunately there are no targets in Whites position. In the longer term
White is going to enjoy his 2 against 1 situation on the K-side.} a5 (22... g5
23. Kh3 Bd6 24. Kg4 $16) 23. a4 Bd6 24. Bd4 c5 25. Be3 Kd7 (25... c4 $5) 26.
Rh1 Kc6 27. Rh4 Be7 28. Re4 Bf6 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Kxd5 31. Rf4 Re8 (31... c4
32. Rf5+ $16) 32. c4+ Kc6 33. b3 Rd8 34. Rf3 b6 (34... Rd3 $142) 35. g4 Be5 36.
Rf5 Kd6 $2 (36... Bb2 $142) 37. f4 Bd4 38. Rd5+ {Now it's more or less forced.}
Ke7 39. Rxd8 Bxe3 $6 {Black tries to avoid the pretty hopeless B:s ending. But
now White has a nice combination to win immediately.} (39... Kxd8 40. Kf3 $18 {
White gains a crucial tempo next move with Ke4.}) 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Kf3 $1 (41.
Kf3 $1 Bxf4 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Kxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2
f6 $146 (8... Bb7 9. d4 (9. Re1 Rd8 10. a4 Nf6 11. axb5 axb5 12. d4 Nxe4 13.
Nxe5 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O $13 {Prie,E-Sorin,A/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2/1-0 (55)})
9... Nf6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5 (11... Ne7 12. f3 c5 13. Nb3 Qc7
14. Qe1 Nc6 15. Be3 c4 16. Nc5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxc5 18. Qe3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 {
1/2-1/2 Beckemeyer,W-Unzicker,W/BL9596 1996/BL 90}) (11... O-O-O 12. Bg5 (12.
Be3 Qg6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Nf3 Bxe4 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Nce1 $13 {1-0 Gerigk,E-Sandor,
C/Baden-Baden Hofmann Cup 1995/EXT 95 (20)}) 12... Be7 13. Qg4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ (
14. Nf5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Bxe4 $17 {Kotronias,V-Van der Sterren,P/Reykjavik op
1994/EXP 39/0-1 (49)}) 14... Rxd7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. f3 c5 17. Nb3 c4 18. Nc5
Rd2 $15 {0-1 De la Villa Garcia,J-Ibragimov,I/Ubeda op 1997/EXP 56 (32)}) 12.
Nb3 O-O-O (12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nf6 14. f3 Rc8 15. a4 c4 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Be3 Nd7
18. axb5 axb5 19. Na3 Bxa3 20. bxa3 $14 {Arencibia,W-Garcia,G/Erevan olm 1996/
EXT 96ch2/1-0 (101)}) 13. Qe2 Qd3 $2 (13... Qg6 14. f3 c4 15. Nbd4 Bc5 16. Be3
Ne7 17. a4 Qb6 $13) 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Be3 c4 (15... Bxe4 16. Bxc5 $16) 16. Nbd4
{>< Rd3} Bxe4 17. Ne1 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Hjartarson,J/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44/
[Wedberg] (50)}) 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxe4 12. Nxe5 Be7 13. f3 Nf6 14. b3 Nd5
15. Ba3 Qd8 16. Nb4 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Nickoloff,B/North Bay op 1994/EXT 94op})
(8... Ne7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5 12. Nb3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 c4 14.
Na5 Ng6 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Be7 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 O-O $10 {De la Villa
Garcia,J-Leko,P/Pamplona/1993}) 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 Bxe4 (10... axb5 11. Rxa8+
Bxa8 12. d4 Bxe4 13. Re1 $36) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Re1 Bb7 13. cxd4 axb5 14. Rxa8+
Bxa8 15. Qe2 e4 16. Qxb5+ Bc6 17. Qa5 Ne7 18. Nd2 f5 19. b3 Qd7 20. Nc4 Ng6 21.
N2e3 Bb5 22. g4 $6 {Daring, but not best.} (22. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 c6 (23...
Bd3 $2 24. Nd5 $1 $16) (23... Bc5 24. Qa8+ Qd8 25. Qb7 $16) 24. Rd1 Bd3 25. Ba3
Bxa3 (25... f4 26. Nc4 Qg4 27. Ra1 Bxc4 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qc7 Ba6 30. e6 $1 $18
) 26. Qa8+ Qd8 27. Qxa3 Rf8 28. Qc5 $16) 22... fxg4 23. Qa8+ Kf7 24. Qxe4 Bb4
25. Rd1 Re8 $1 {The P was lost anyway, but exchanging Q:s is the correct
startegy in view of Blacks K position.} 26. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Nxg4 Re4 28. h3 (28.
Nge3 Nf4 $36) 28... h5 29. Nge5+ Nxe5 30. Nxe5+ Ke6 31. Be3 Kd5 $13 {White has
a P more, but its really difficult to do anything. A slip from White could
easily give Black the upper hand here.} 32. Nd3 $1 Bd6 33. Nc5 Re8 34. Kg2 Rf8
35. Na4 Bd7 36. Nc3+ Ke6 37. d5+ Kf7 38. Ne4 Rb8 39. Nxd6+ $2 (39. Rd3 Bf5 40.
f3 $14) 39... cxd6 40. Rd3 Bf5 $11 41. Rc3 Be4+ 42. Kg3 Bxd5 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44.
Rd7 Bxb3 45. Rxd6 Bc2 46. Rd5 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 Qg4 $5 {N. This is a short game, but quite intense.
Ivanchuks novelty 10. - Qg4 pays off. The soundness of it remains unproven,
since there are unexplored possibilities for White.} (10... h6) (10... c5) (
10... Nd5 $5) 11. f4 $6 (11. Qxg4 $6 fxg4 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nc3 Bxd3 14. cxd3
O-O-O $15) (11. Qe3 $1 Nd5 (11... f4 $6 12. Qxf4 (12. Nxf4 Nf5 13. Qe4 g5)
12... Qxf4 13. Nxf4 Bxe5 14. Ne2 Bf5 15. d4 Bf6 16. c3 $16) 12. Qe1 (12. Qg3 f4
$1 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. Nc3 (14. c4 Be2 $17) 14... f3 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Re1 O-O
$32 $17) 12... O-O (12... Nf4 13. Nxf4 Qxf4 14. d3 Qd4 15. Qc3 $16) (12... f4
13. f3 Qf5 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Qe4 Be6 16. Nc5) 13. f4 g5 14. h3 Qh5 15. b3 $14)
11... Qxg5 12. fxg5 h6 13. gxh6 Rxh6 14. Nc3 g5 15. Re1 Kf7 16. Nf2 Be6 17. d4
Kg6 18. Ne2 $13 (18. Ne2 {/\Nh3, ><g5-f4} Rah8 (18... Bc4 19. b3 Bxe2 20. Rxe2
$14) 19. Nh3 (19. h3 c5 $1 $44) 19... Rxh3 $5 (19... f4 20. Nxg5 Kxg5 21. Nxf4
$16) 20. gxh3 Rxh3 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karaklajic, Nikola"]
[Black "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Karaklajic takes the B on g4 a couple of moves earlier than everyone else and
scores a surprice victory. The line is still sound for Black though, probably
the soundest of all defences to the exchange variation.} 1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9.
hxg4 $146 {Surprisingly this is a novelty} (9. Nc4 {Standard}) 9... hxg4 10. g3
{The point, Nh4 is enabled} g5 $2 (10... gxf3 $1 {Normal and very safe for
Black} 11. Qxf3 (11. Nxf3 O-O-O $13) 11... Qxf3 (11... Qg6 $11) 12. Nxf3 Ng6
13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Ne5 $11) (10... Qh6 $6 11. Nh4 g5 12. Nc4 $5
(12. Qxg4 gxh4 13. Nf3 Qg6 14. Qxg6 Nxg6 15. Kg2 $14) 12... Qh5 13. Nxe5 gxh4
14. Nxg4 Bg7 15. Ne3 Qg6 16. Qg4 $16) 11. Kg2 gxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Bh6 13. Rh1 $14
O-O-O 14. Nh2 Rdg8 15. Bd2 Kb8 16. Ng4 Qe6 17. Qf3 Rg6 18. Bc3 Bg7 19. Rxh8+
Bxh8 20. Bb4 Ng8 21. Qf5 Nh6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Nxh6 (23. Rh1 {also works} Bg7 (
23... Nxg4 24. Rxh8+ Ka7 25. Bd2 Rg6 26. f3 Nf6 27. Bc3 Nd7 28. Rh7 Rf6 29. Rg7
$18) 24. Nxh6 Bxh6 25. Kf3 $1 Kc8 26. Kg4 Kd7 27. Kf5 $16) 23... Rxh6 24. Rh1
Rxh1 25. Kxh1 {[#] A bad Black bishop, infiltration of White's king on the
weak light squares of the kingside, zugzwang! [#] schlechter schwarzer Lдufer,
Einsickern des weiЯen Kцnigs ьber die schwachen weiЯen Felder am Kцnigsflьgel,
Zugzwang!} g4 (25... Kc8 {Hecht} 26. Kg2 Kd7 27. Kf3 Ke6 28. Kg4 f6 29. Kh5 Kf7
30. Kh6 Bg7+ 31. Kh7 Bf8 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Kg6 Ke7 {[#] With the White king on
g7, Black loses by zugzwang if he is on the move and there are no more pawn
moves available. [#] Bei der Position der weiЯen Kцnigs auf g7 verliert
Schwarz infolge Zugzwang, wenn er am Zuge ist und ьber keinen Bauernzug mehr
verfьgt.} 34. g4 (34. b4 $5 b6 35. c4 c5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Kg7 (37. g4 Ke6 38.
Kg7 Ke7 39. a3 a5 40. a4 c6 41. f3 $18) 37... a5 38. a4 Ke6 39. Kf8 f5 40. g4
fxe4 41. dxe4 Kf6 42. f3 c6 43. Ke8 Ke6 44. Kd8 Kd6 45. Kc8 $18) 34... c5 35.
a4 b6 36. Kg7 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. c4 b4 39. b3 c6 40. f3 Ke6 41. Kf8 $18) 26.
Kg2 Kc8 27. f3 gxf3+ (27... Bf6 $5 {Hecht} 28. Bd2 (28. fxg4 Bg5 29. Kf3 Kd7 {
A fortress? -- Analyse it! Festung? - Analyse!}) 28... gxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kd7 30.
Kg4 Ke6 31. Bg5 $16) 28. Kxf3 Kd7 29. Kg4 Ke6 30. Bf8 $1 {The idea is to lock
in the Black B and create zugzwang} Bf6 31. Kh5 Bd8 32. g4 {[#] Hecht: The
problem is the passive bishop on d8, which Black cannot allow to be exchanged 
(a lost pawn endgame due to the great White space advantage, in conjunction
with a domineering king position). Therefore, the d8 bishop requires some
maneuvering room on the queen's wing, e.g., after ...b6, ...c5, ...c6, the c7
square would be free. [#] Hecht: Das Problem ist der passive Ld8, der nicht
getauscht werden darf (verlorenes Bauernendspiel wegen des groЯen weiЯen
Raumvorteils i.V. mit der dominierenden Kцnigsstellung). Also braucht der Ld8
eine Zugmцglichkeit am Damenflьgel, beispielsweise nach b6, c5, c6 wьrde das
Feld c7 frei werden.} b6 (32... f6 {Hecht} 33. Kg6 Be7 34. Bxe7 Kxe7 35. Kf5
Kf7 36. g5 fxg5 37. Kxg5 Ke6 38. Kg6 $18 {Zugzwang Zugzwang}) (32... a5 {Hecht}
33. c4 (33. a4 b6 {followed by ...c5 and ...c6. nebst c5 und c6}) 33... b6 34.
c5 $1) (32... Be7 {Hecht} 33. Bxe7 Kxe7 34. g5 Kf8 35. Kh6 Kg8 36. g6 c5 (36...
f6 37. g7 $18) 37. Kg5 $18) 33. b4 b5 (33... Be7 34. Bxe7 Kxe7 35. Kh6 Kf6 36.
g5+ Ke6 37. g6 fxg6 38. Kxg6 $18) 34. g5 $22 c5 (34... Kd7 35. Kh4 Ke6 (35...
f6 36. g6 Ke8 37. g7 Kf7 38. Kh5 $18) 36. Kg4 $18) 35. Bxc5 c6 36. Kg4 a5 37.
a3 Bc7 38. c4 a4 39. Bf8 Bd8 40. Kh5 Bb6 41. c5 Bd8 42. Bd6 $22 {This ending
is a good example of the little known principle that you should put your P:s
on the colour of your own B, since it will block two squares for the opponents
B, but only one for your own. (Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for
mishaps caused by the improper use of this principle)} f5 43. g6 (43. exf5+
$142 $1 {Hecht} Kxf5 44. g6 Bf6 45. Kh6 e4 (45... Ke6 46. Kh7 Kd5 47. g7 Bxg7
48. Kxg7 Kd4 49. Kf6 $18) 46. dxe4+ Kxe4 47. g7 Bxg7+ 48. Kxg7 Kd3 49. Kf7 Kc3
50. Ke6 Kb3 51. Kd7 Kxa3 52. Kxc6 Kxb4 53. Kd7 $18 {is the logical win, and
the clearer solution. ist der logische Gewinn und klarere Weg}) 43... f4 44.
Kg4 Bf6 45. Bf8 {Zugzwang Zugzwang} f3 46. Kxf3 Bg5 47. Bg7 Bc1 48. Bxe5 Bxa3
49. Bc3 Bc1 50. Ke2 (50. d4 {Hecht} a3 51. d5+ Ke7 52. g7 Kf7 53. dxc6 Bb2 54.
c7 $18) 50... Bg5 51. Kd1 Be7 52. Kc2 Bd8 53. Be5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4124]} {Chabanon comes up with a new and very principal setup to meet
Whites aggressive plans on the Q-side in this line. Later he blunders the game
away in an even position.} 1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6
5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7
12. Rfb1 {Shirovs idea, unsuccessfully launched against Topalov last year. But
it has caught on and the possibilities for improvement are vast.} c5 $146 (
12... Ng6 13. b4 f6 14. Kf1 (14. a4 Kf7 15. Kf1 Nf8 16. Ke2 Ne6 17. c3 Rhd8 18.
Nc4 b6 19. Kd2 Be7 $11 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Torneo Magistral 6th 1997/CBM 59/
[Wedberg]/0-1 (82)}) 14... Nf8 15. Nc4 Ne6 16. a4 Ke7 17. Na5 Nd8 18. c3 b6 19.
Nc4 Ne6 20. d4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Relange,E/Belfort 1997/CBM 62/
[Wedberg] (80)}) 13. Kf1 Nc6 14. c3 f6 15. a3 a5 {Blacks plan of preventing
the advances b4 and d4 seem very sensibel indeed.} 16. Nc4 Kd7 17. a4 g5 18.
Nxd6 cxd6 19. h4 g4 20. Ke2 gxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rag8 22. Rg1 Ke6 23. Rg3 Rxg3+ 24.
fxg3 Rg8 $11 {Hecht: '[#] In einer ausgeglichenen Position verlangt Schwarz
zuviel und ьberzieht. Es wird hernach der Versuch einer besseren Verteidigung
unternommen. '} 25. Rd1 Rg4 26. b3 f5 $6 (26... Rg8 $11) (26... b6 $142 {Hecht}
27. Z0 d5 $140) 27. exf5+ Kxf5 28. Kg2 Ke6 $2 (28... Rg6 $142) 29. Bg5 $1 $16 {
[%cal Yd1f1,Yf1f6,Yf6h6,Yh6h5]} d5 (29... Ne7 {Hecht} 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Rf1 {
[%cal Rf1f5]} Ke6 32. Rf8 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rh5][%cal Rf8h8]}) 30. Rf1 c4 31. Rf6+
Kd7 32. dxc4 dxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Rh6 Rxa4 35. Rxh5 Rc4 (35... Ra2+ $5 {Hecht
} 36. Kh3 a4 37. Rh8 {und nun als Anregung fьr Analysen eine messerscharfe
Variante, die nдheren Untersuchungen vielleicht nicht standhдlt.} b6 38. Ra8
Na5 39. h5 Ra1 40. Kg2 a3 41. h6 Ra2+ 42. Kh3 Ra1 43. Kg4 Rh1 44. Bh4 (44. Rd8+
Ke6 45. Rd2 Nc4 46. Ra2) 44... a2 45. h7 a1=Q 46. Rd8+ Kc7 47. h8=Q Qa4+ 48.
Kh5) 36. Rh7+ Ke6 37. h5 Rxc3 (37... a4 38. h6 a3 39. Rh8 Ra4 40. h7 a2 41.
Re8+ Kd7 42. h8=Q a1=Q 43. Qh3+ $1 $18 Kxe8 (43... Kc7 44. Qc8+ Kd6 45. Qe6+
Kc5 46. Be3+ $18) 44. Qe6+ Kf8 45. Bh6#) 38. h6 Nd4 39. Rg7 Rc8 40. h7 Rh8 41.
g4 Nc6 42. Rxb7 a4 43. Rc7 Kd6 44. Bf6 Re8 45. Rxc6+ Kxc6 46. Bxe5 Rxe5 47.
h8=Q Ra5 48. Qc3+ Rc5 49. Qb4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2
Bb7 {N} (8... Ne7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5 12. Nb3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1
c4 14. Na5 Ng6 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Be7 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 O-O $10 {De la
Villa Garcia,J-Leko,P/Pamplona/1993}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5 12.
Nb3 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Qd3 $2 (13... Qg6 14. f3 c4 15. Nbd4 (15. Na5 $4 Qb6+ $19)
15... Bc5 16. Be3 Ne7 17. a4 Qb6 $13) 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Be3 c4 (15... Bxe4 16.
Bxc5 $16) 16. Nbd4 {>< Rd3} Bxe4 17. Ne1 Nf6 18. a4 b4 19. Rc1 Kb7 20. Nxd3
Bxd3 21. Rfd1 Nd5 22. Nb3 $1 $16 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Kb6 24. Nd2 c3 25. bxc3 Be2 26.
Re1 Bd3 27. cxb4 Bxb4 28. Red1 Bc5 29. Nc4+ Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Re8 31. Kf1 Re5 32.
Rd7 Bxe3 33. Rxf7 Bh6 34. g3 Rd5 35. h4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Kh3 Rd3 38. Rf5
Bd2 39. Re4 Rd6 40. Ree5 a5 41. Rd5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 $18 Bc3 43. Kg4 Kc6 44. Rh5
Kd6 45. Kf3 h6 46. Ke4 Kc6 47. Rb5 Be1 48. h5 Kd6 49. g4 Kc6 50. Kf5 Bb4 51.
Kg6 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Nxe5 Bd6 {N} (8... Qh4 9. Qf3 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Kg2 O-O-O 12. d3 Bd6 13. Rh1
Ne7 14. Nc3 g5 15. Ne2 {+/- Gipslis,A/ECO/Fuchs-Trifunovic/Berlin/1962}) 9.
Nxg6 (9. d4 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxe4 $13) 9... hxg6 10. Kg2 Qh4 11. Qf3
Bf4 $5 12. Nc3 (12. d3 g5 (12... Bxc1 13. Rxc1 g5 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Ne2 Ng6 16.
Rh1 Qh6 17. Qe3 $14) 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Rh1 Ng6 16. Qe2 $14 {/\Nf3})
12... Ne7 13. d4 g5 14. Ne2 (14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Rh1 Qg5 17. Qb3 Nh4+
18. Kf1 O-O-O 19. f3 $13) 14... Ng6 15. Rh1 Qh6 {/\Nh4+} 16. Kf1 Nh4 17. Qd3 (
17. Qb3 $5 O-O-O 18. Bxf4 (18. Qxf7 $2 Rhf8 $40) 18... gxf4 19. f3 $13) 17...
Bxc1 18. Rxc1 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Rhe8 $17 {עg1,צh1} 20. Rg1 Qe6 21. Nc3 Qc4+ 22.
Ne2 Qxa2 23. Qxg5 Rxe4 24. f3 (24. Qxh4 Qc4 25. Re1 Rde8 $17) 24... Nxf3 25.
Qf5+ Re6 26. Rg3 (26. Qxf3 Rf6 27. Nf4 Rxd4 $19) 26... Qc4 27. Rxf3 Qxe2+ 28.
Kg1 Rxd4 $19 29. Rcf1 Rd7 30. Qc5 b6 31. Qf8+ Kb7 32. Qxg7 Rd2 33. R3f2 Qe3 34.
Qc3 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Qc1+ 36. Rf1 Qh6 37. Qg3 f6 38. h4 a5 39. h5 Re4 40. Qf3 Rb4
41. Kh2 Qg5 42. Kh3 Rxb2 43. Qxf6 Qe3+ 44. Qf3 Qc5 45. Qf5 Qa3+ 46. Qd3 Qa2 47.
Rf2 Rb1 48. Kg2 Qg8 49. Qd7 Qc4 50. Qf5 Rb5 51. Qf4 Qe6 52. Kg3 Rc5 53. h6 Rc3+
54. Kh4 Rc4 55. Qg5 Qe4 56. Kh5 a4 57. Rf5 Rxc2 58. h7 Rh2+ 59. Kg6 Qe8+ 60.
Rf7 Rxh7 61. Kxh7 Qxf7+ 0-1

[Event "Belfort"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 (12. Kh2 f6 13. Nc4 Kf7 14.
Rad1 Rhd8 15. h4 a5 16. a4 Ng6 17. Kh3 Nf8 18. d4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Ne6 $11 {
Rozentalis,E-Pedzich,D/MK Cafe op 1997/EXP 59/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 12... Ng6 13. b4
f6 14. Kf1 (14. a4 Kf7 15. Kf1 Nf8 16. Ke2 Ne6 17. c3 Rhd8 18. Nc4 b6 19. Kd2
Be7 $11 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Torneo Magistral 6th 1997/CBM 59/[Wedberg]/0-1 (82)
}) 14... Nf8 15. Nc4 Ne6 16. a4 Ke7 17. Na5 Nd8 18. c3 b6 19. Nc4 Ne6 20. d4 {
This is the advance Shirov wanted to achieve against Topalov, but never
managed to get in.} Rhd8 21. Ke2 Kf7 22. Rb2 Rd7 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. b5 axb5 25.
axb5 cxb5 26. Nxd6+ Rxd6 27. d5 Nf4+ 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Rxb5 Ra8 $11 {White has
played the Shirov plan, but the game is still in balance.} 30. c4 Ke7 31. Rd2
Ra7 32. Rc2 Rd8 33. c5 bxc5 34. Rbxc5 Kd7 35. Kd3 Ra3+ 36. Kd4 Ra4+ (36... Rc8
37. R2c3 Ra2 $11) 37. R5c4 Rxc4+ 38. Rxc4 $14 Re8 39. h4 Kd6 (39... g5 40. hxg5
fxg5 41. Rc6 $14) 40. Rc6+ Kd7 41. Ra6 Re7 42. Kc5 Re8 43. Ra1 Re5 44. Rg1 g5
45. hxg5 Rxg5 46. Rh1 Rg2 47. Rh4 Rxf2 48. Rxf4 Ke7 49. Kd4 h4 50. Ke3 Rh2 51.
Rg4 Kf7 52. Kf4 c6 53. dxc6 Rc2 54. Rxh4 Rxc6 55. Rh7+ Ke6 56. Ra7 Rb6 57. Kg4
Rb4 58. Ra5 Rc4 59. Kf4 Rb4 60. Kg4 Rc4 61. Kh5 Rc1 62. f4 Rg1 63. Ra6+ Kf7 64.
Ra7+ Kf8 65. f5 Rg2 66. Kh6 Rg4 67. Rb7 Rg1 68. Kh5 Rg5+ 69. Kh4 Rg1 70. Rb3
Re1 71. Kg4 Rxe4+ 72. Kh5 Re7 73. Kh6 Kf7 74. Rb8 Ra7 75. Rc8 Rb7 76. Kh7 Ra7
77. Kh6 Rb7 78. Rh8 Rb1 79. Rh7+ Kg8 80. Rg7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Petronic, Jovan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7.
c3 c5 8. Nc2 Bb7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 O-O-O 12. b4 $146 {White
secures his N on d4 by preventing c5 and relies on a small tactic to keep the
material balance.} (12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qg4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ (14. Nf5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5
Bxe4 $15 {Kotronias,V-Van der Sterren,P/Reykjavik op 1994/EXP 39/0-1 (49)})
14... Rxd7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. f3 c5 $36 {0-1 De la Villa Garcia,J-Ibragimov,I/
Ubeda op 1997/EXP 56 (32)}) 12... Bxe4 $6 (12... Qe5 $5) (12... Qg6 $142 $5 {
Kortschnoj} 13. f3 Bd6 $13) 13. Qg4+ f5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 (14... Qe6 $4 15. Ne7+
Kd7 16. Rd1+ Kxe7 17. Qxe6+ Kxe6 18. Rxd8 $18) 15. Qxf5+ Qd7 {The N on d4 is
gone, but so is Blacks important white squared B.} 16. Qf3 Qd5 17. Qh3+ Qd7 18.
Qc3 $16 Nf6 19. a4 $40 bxa4 20. Bg5 (20. Qa3 $16) 20... Be7 21. Qf3 Qd5 22.
Qh3+ Qd7 23. Qf3 Qd5 24. Qg3 Qb5 (24... Qb3 $5) (24... Kb8 $1 $14 {Kortschnoj})
25. Be3 Bd6 26. Qh3+ (26. Qxg7 $4 {Kortschnoj} Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh5+ 28. Kg1 Rhg8
29. Qxf6 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rg8+ 31. Bg5 Rxg5+ 32. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 33. Kh2 Qh5+ 34. Kg2
Qg6+ $19 {[%cal Yg6c2]}) 26... Qd7 (26... Kb7 $1 {Kortschnoj} 27. Z0 Qh5 $14)
27. Qf3 Qg4 28. Qc6 Qh5 29. h3 (29. Qxa6+ $1 Kd7 30. Qxa4+ Kc8 (30... Ke7 {
Kortschnoj} 31. h3 Qe5 32. f4 $16) 31. f4 $18) 29... Qb5 30. Nd4 Qxc6 31. Nxc6
Rde8 32. Rxa4 Kd7 (32... Kb7 33. Na5+ Kc8 34. Nc4 $14) (32... Nd5 {Kortschnoj}
33. Bc5 $16) 33. Rxa6 $16 Ra8 34. Rfa1 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Re8 36. Kf1 Nd5 37. Bd2
Re4 38. b5 Nb6 (38... Bf4 $5 {Kortschnoj} 39. Z0 Kd6 40. Z0 Kc5) 39. Ra1 Ke6
40. f3 Rc4 41. Re1+ (41. Ke2 $16 {Kortschnoj}) 41... Kf6 (41... Kd5 {Kortschnoj
} 42. Be3 Rc3 43. Bd4 $1 Rb3 44. Rd1 $1 Rxb5 45. Na7 $18) 42. Be3 (42. Nd8 $5 {
Kortschnoj} Be5 $8 43. Bg5+ Kxg5 (43... Kf5 44. h4 h5 45. Nc6 $16) 44. Rxe5+
Kf4 45. Re7 g5 (45... Nd5 $5) 46. Rxc7 Rb4 47. Rc5 h6 $44) 42... Bc5 43. Nd8 (
43. Bxc5 {Kortschnoj} Rxc5 44. Nd4 Rd5 45. Re4 Na4 46. Z0 Nc3 $14) 43... Bxe3
44. Rxe3 Nd5 45. Re6+ Kf5 46. Re2 Kf6 (46... Nf4 $1 $11 {Kortschnoj}) 47. g3 g6
(47... Rc5 $142 {Kortschnoj} 48. Re6+ (48. Z0 Rxb5) 48... Kf5 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50.
Ke1 Rc5) 48. Re6+ Kg7 (48... Kf5 {Kortschnoj} 49. h4 Rc5 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kh3
Rc3 $11) 49. Re5 Nb4 (49... Rc5 $142 {Kortschnoj} 50. Ne6+ Kf6 51. Nxc5 Kxe5
$44) 50. f4 Rc1+ 51. Ke2 Rc2+ 52. Kf3 Rc3+ 53. Kg4 Nd3 54. Re7+ Kg8 55. Ne6
Nf2+ 56. Kh4 Rb3 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 (
7... f6 8. Nc4 Qe6 9. a4 Qf7 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Qe2 g5 12. b4 Ng6 13. Rb1 b6 14.
Ne3 Nf4 $13 {Susterman,L-Dodu,P/Odorheiu/1993}) (7... Be6 8. Ng5 O-O-O 9. Nxe6
Qxe6 10. Nc4 Kb8 11. Qh5 f6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6
16. b4 $40 {Ivanov,Vi-Zaitzev,I/Moscow/1994}) 8. Nc4 Qf6 (8... Qe6 9. Ne3 (9.
b3 c5 10. Ne3 Be7 11. Nf5 O-O 12. h4 $14 {Ostojic-Honfi/Kecskemet/1977}) 9...
Bd6 10. Nf5 O-O 11. h4 $5 Ne7 12. Ng5 Qf6 13. g4 g6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. f4 f6 16.
Nh3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qd7 18. Nf2 c5 $13 {Glek,I-Kovalev,A/BL/1993}) 9. Bg5 (9. d4
exd4 10. Bg5 (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. a4 f5 15.
Rd1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Ne3 Be7 $15 {Arnold,L-Smejkal,J/BL/1987})
10... Qe6 11. Qxd4 f6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Bc1 O-O 14. Rfe1 $14 {Gipslis,A}) 9...
Qe6 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. b4 $146 (11. Be3 Be7 $10 {Velikov-Lukac/Moscow/1977}) 11...
Ba7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Qc3 f6 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Rfe1 Rd8
18. Rad1 Ra8 19. a3 $6 (19. d4 $5 exd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Be6 $10) (19. g3
$5) 19... Qf7 20. g3 $6 (20. d4 $142 $132) 20... Qh5 $40 21. gxf4 $2 (21. Nh4
$142 Nh3+ (21... Ne2+ $2 22. Rxe2 Qxe2 23. g4 {Trapping the Q.}) 22. Kg2 Ng5
$40) 21... exf4 22. Nd4 fxe3 23. fxe3 Bh3 (23... Qg5+ $142 24. Kf2 (24. Kh1 Bg4
$19) 24... Bg4 $17) 24. Rd2 Re8 {/\Re8-e5-g5} 25. Rf2 a5 26. Kh1 axb4 27. axb4
Bg4 28. Nf5 $2 (28. Rg1 $142 Re5 29. Rfg2 Rg5 30. Qb3+ Kh8 31. Rg3 $13) 28...
Re5 $1 29. Ref1 Bxf5 $17 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. exf5 Qe2 32. Re1 (32. Qc4+ $5 Kh8
33. Qf4 Qxc2) 32... Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qxf5 $19 34. e4 Qe6 35. b5 cxb5 36. Qxc7 Rc8
37. Qxb7 Qg4+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Rxc2 40. Qd5+ Kf8 $19 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42. Qg3 (
42. Qd7+ Kg6 $1) 42... Qxg3+ 43. hxg3 Rb2 (43... Rd2 $2 44. Rb1 Rxd3 45. Kf2
Rd4 46. Ke3) 44. Rc1 b4 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Rb7 b3 47. Kf1 Kh5 48. Ke1 g5 49.
Rxh7+ Kg4 50. Kd1 Kxg3 51. Rf7 Rf2 52. Kc1 g4 53. d4 Kh4 54. d5 g3 55. Rh7+ Kg5
56. Rg7+ Kf4 57. d6 b2+ 58. Kb1 Rd2 59. d7 Kf3 60. Rg6 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2
f6 8. Rd1 O-O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 $146 (10... Qe6 11. Nc4 exd4 12. Bxd4
Ne7 13. Be3 Re8 14. Ncd2 f5 $36 {Brynell,S-Almasi,Z/Malmц/1994}) 11. Rxd4 Qe7
12. Ra4 $6 {/\Rxa6?} Qe8 13. h3 (13. Rxa6 bxa6 14. Qxa6+ Kd7 15. Rd1+ Bd6 $19)
13... Bh5 14. Re1 Nh6 15. e5 $6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxe5 17. Re4 Qf5 (17... Qxb2 $5)
18. Rf4 Qd5 19. Nc4 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Nf7 $15 21. Bf4 Bc5 22. Kf1 Rhe8 23. Rxe8
Rxe8 24. c3 Bd6 25. Re3 Rd8 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 27. Nxd6+ cxd6 28. Re7 Rd7 $19 {
Hecht: Die beiden schwarzen Figuren sind zu aktiv. Schwarz kann seinen
Mehrbauern problemlos verwerten.} 29. Re8+ Rd8 30. Re7 Rd7 31. Re8+ Kc7 32. Ke2
d5 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. b4 Re7 35. Rg8 Kc7 36. a4 Kb6 {/\a5} 37. a5+ Kb5 38. Rd8 Ka4
39. h4 g6 40. Rf8 f5 41. h5 Kb3 42. h6 Re1 $1 43. Rf7 Rd1+ 44. Ke2 Rh1 45. Kd3
Rxh6 46. Rxb7 Rh4 47. b5 (47. Rb6 Rc4 $19) 47... axb5 48. a6 Rc4 49. Rb6 Rxc3+
50. Kd4 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 (7. Ng5
Bd7 (7... h6 8. Nxe6 Qxe6 9. d3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ne7 11. Be3 b6 12. Qb1 c5 13. Qb3
Qd6 14. Rab1 Nc6 {= Smejkal-Romanishin, Erevan 1976}) 8. d3 (8. Nc4 Qg6 9. d4
f6 10. f4 exf4 11. Nf3 {Brynell-Barkhagen, Swedish Ch 1991} Qf7 12. b3 g5 $15)
8... f6 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Nf3 Qf7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nfd2 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4
Ng6 {Christiansen-Pinter, Manila (ol) 1992}) 7... f6 8. Rd1 Bg4 $146 (8... g5
$6 {Timman-Short (m7) San Lorenzo 1993}) 9. c3 Qe6 10. Nc2 (10. Nc4 $2 Bxf3 $15
) (10. d4 Bxa3 $10) 10... Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bd6 14. Ne3 O-O
15. Nf5 (15. d5 $5) 15... exd4 $1 {/\><e4} 16. cxd4 Rae8 17. Re1 Ne7 18. Nxe7+
Rxe7 19. Bd2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bc3 Bd6 (21... c6 $10) 22. e5 fxe5 23. Qxb7
e4 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Bc5 26. Re2 e3 27. fxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Kh2
Bf4+ 30. g3 Bd6 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Kf3 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7.
Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 Bg4 (8... c5 {Ftacnik} 9. c3) 9. c3 Qe6 10. Nc2 Bh5 (10... Bd6
11. d4 (11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne7 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. d4 O-O $10 {Rozentalis,
E-Romanishin,O/Bonn/1994}) 11... Ne7 12. Ne3 Bh5 13. Qc4 Qxc4 14. Nxc4 O-O-O
$10 {Kotronias,V-Romanishin,O/Tilburg/1994}) 11. d4 Bd6 12. Re1 (12. Ne3 Ne7 (
12... exd4 13. Nf5 $36)) 12... Ne7 13. h3 h6 14. Ne3 Bf7 (14... exd4 {Ftacnik}
15. Nxd4 Qf7 (15... Qe5 16. f4 $1 Qa5 17. Qf2 $16) 16. Qc4 $14) 15. Nf5 Nxf5 (
15... O-O {Ftacnik} 16. N3h4 $5 $36) 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 O-O (
18... Bxe5 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxe5+ Qxe5 20. Rxe5+ Kd7 21. Bf4 $14) 19. Nxf7 Rxf7
20. Be3 Re8 21. Qg4 $4 (21. Rad1 $142 Qe5 22. g3 $13) (21. Qd2 $5 {Ftacnik})
21... Rxe3 $1 $19 22. fxe3 Qe5 23. g3 Rf5 (23... h5 {Ftacnik} 24. Qe2 Qxg3+ 25.
Qg2) 24. Rad1 (24. Kh1 $5 {Ftacnik} Rg5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Rg1 Rxg3 27. Rxg3 Qxg3
28. Qe2 Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 g5 $44) 24... h5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Qe2 (26. Qh4 {Ftacnik}
Be7 27. Rd8+ Bxd8 (27... Kh7 28. Re8 Bxh4 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. gxh4 Re4 31. Kg2
Rxh4 32. e4 g5 $15) 28. Qxd8+ Kh7 29. Qh4 $17) 26... Qxg3+ 27. Qg2 Qh4 28. Kh1
Rg5 (28... Rg5 {Ftacnik} 29. Qf3 Rg3 30. Qf5 Rxh3+ 31. Kg2 Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Rh2 $19
) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4
7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rad1 (10. Nc4 $2 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Qxd4 12.
Nxd4 Bxc4 $17) 10... Ng6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 (11... Bb4 12. Nb6 $1 c5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8
14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 $16 {1-0 Pfannkuche,
M-Jurasin,M/BL8384 1984 (51)}) 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Rfe1 O-O-O {Blacks main idea
here is to attack e4. Its true that Blacks P-formation is weaker in the
endgame, but in the middlegame the pressure along the e- and d-files can be
very effective.} 14. a4 $146 {This is useful since it holds back an expansion
with c5 and b5 after Bd4.} (14. Bd4 Bb4 15. c3 Bd6 16. b4 Rde8 17. a4 Qe6 18.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Re2 h5 22. g3 h4 $13 {Marciano,D-Hebden,
M/Toulouse op 1990/0-1 (71)}) (14. g3 Rhe8 15. Nd4 $2 Qxe4 $17 {Bednarska,
M-Holoubkova,M/Timisoara ztW-A 1993/0-1 (50)}) 14... Rhe8 15. Bd4 Qe6 16. Qxe6+
Rxe6 17. Bc3 Rde8 18. Nd2 Nf4 (18... f5 19. Bxg7 fxe4 20. Bd4 $14) 19. Kf1 g5
20. f3 Ng6 21. g3 h5 (21... Be5 $5) 22. Nc4 Be5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Kf2 g4 25.
Bxe5 Rxe5 (25... fxe5 26. Ke3 $14) 26. Re3 b5 27. b3 gxf3 $2 {This gives
Whites K a chance to become active against Blacks weak K-side P:s.} (27... R8e6
$13) 28. Kxf3 $16 f5 $2 {This only helps White to get passed P:s.} 29. Rde1 Rf8
30. Kf4 $1 $18 {Deciding the game. Whites K is very strong in this position,
while the black K is doing nothing.} Rxe4+ 31. Rxe4 fxe4+ 32. Kg5 $1 Re8 (32...
Rf2 33. h4 Rxc2 34. Kxh5 Rc3 35. g4 $18) 33. c4 (33. Re2 $5) 33... bxc4 34.
bxc4 Re5+ 35. Kf6 Ra5 36. Rxe4 Rxa4 37. Kg6 Ra5 38. h4 Ra3 39. g4 hxg4 40. Rxg4
a5 41. h5 a4 42. c5 Ra1 43. h6 a3 44. h7 Rh1 45. Ra4 Kd7 46. Rxa3 Rg1+ 47. Kf7
Rf1+ 48. Kg7 Rg1+ 49. Kh8 Ke6 50. Ra8 Rg5 (50... Kf7 51. Rc8 $18) 51. Rg8 Rxc5
52. Kg7 Rh5 53. h8=Q Rxh8 54. Rxh8 c5 55. Rh5 c4 56. Rc5 Kd6 57. Rxc4 {CD 3} c5
58. Kf6 Kd5 59. Rc1 (59. Rc2 $4 {Endspiel-CD} Kd4 60. Kf5 c4 61. Kf4 Kd3 62.
Rc1 c3 $11) 59... c4 60. Kf5 Kd4 61. Kf4 Kd3 62. Kf3 c3 63. Rd1+ (63. Rd1+ {
Endspiel-CD} Kc4 64. Ke2 c2 65. Rc1 Kc3 66. Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Bc6 12. f3 Ne7 13. Rd1 Rxd1+ 14.
Kxd1 g5 15. Bg3 Bg7 (15... Bh6 16. Nc3 f5 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. exf5 g4 19. Ne4 Rf8
20. f6 $2 (20. Ke2 $11) 20... gxf3 21. gxf3 Rxf6 $1 22. Nxf6 Bxf3+ 23. Ke1 Bxh1
$17 {0-1 Yandemirov,V-Stevic,H/EUCup Gr4 Balatonbereny 1994/CBM 43 (41)}) 16.
h4 h5 (16... h6 17. Kc1 Re8 18. hxg5 fxg5 19. Be1 Bd7 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Ng3 $16 {
Yandemirov,V-Stripunsky,A/Miedzybrodzie 1991/TD 91\08/1-0 (77)}) 17. Be1 $1 $14
f5 $6 (17... Rd8+ 18. Kc1 g4 19. Ng3 Bh6 20. Bd2 $14) 18. exf5 g4 19. fxg4 Rd8+
20. Kc1 hxg4 21. Rf1 Bh6 22. Nf4 Rf8 23. Bd2 g3 (23... Nxf5 $2 24. Ne6 $1 Nxe3
25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Nxf8 Nxg2 27. h5 $18) 24. Ng6 $16 Re8 (24... Nxg6 $2 25.
fxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Bxg2 27. Nxg3 $18) 25. Ng4 Bxg2 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rg1
Bxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Be4 29. f6 Rh7 30. Rxg3 Bd5 31. Ne5 Rxh4 32. f7 Rh8 33. c4 Be6
34. Rf3 Bxf7 (34... Rf8 35. Rf6 $18) 35. Rxf7 b6 36. Rf3 Kb7 37. Kc3 Rh7 38.
Ng4 b5 39. a3 Re7 40. Nf2 Kb6 41. Nd3 c6 42. Rf5 Re3 43. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Shirov plays a new move, with a brand new plan to go with it, but he fails to
prove its value. Whites play could perhaps be improved, so the line is worth
another try.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7.
d3 Qf6 8. Be3 (8. Nbd2 {Leads to the drawish main line.} Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4
Bd6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 Rxh2 13. Qxg4 Qh4 14. Qxh4 Rxh4 15. Nf3 Rh5 16. dxe5
Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. c3 {Gipslis in ECO gives +/= here} O-O-O (18... g5 $11)
19. Be3 g5 $11 {Barendregt,J-Zuidema,C/Amsterdam IBM 1965/MCL 08/0-1 (88)})
8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 (11. Kh2 f5 12. Rg1 Kf7 13. a4 Ne7
14. Kg2 Ng6 $132 {1-0 De Vreugt,D-Van de Oudeweetering,A/NLD-ch op 1994/EXT
94ch (38)}) (11. c4 Nf6 12. c5 Be7 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. Rc3 f5 16.
exf5 Rhf8 $15 {Den Broeder,G-Van der Weij,A/NLD-chT 1993/EXT 93ch/0-1 (74)}) (
11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Kg2 (12. Kh2 f6 13. h4 Ng6 14. Kh3 Nf8 15. Rg1 Kf7 16. Rg2 Ne6
17. Rag1 Rhg8 18. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Siroky,J-Mrva,V/SVK-chT 1995/EXT 95ch}) 12...
Ng6 13. Rg1 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Siroky,J-Sturc,G/SVK-chT 1995/EXT 95ch}) 11... Ne7
12. Rfb1 $146 {Shirov launches a completely new plan in this position. Rather
than trying to do something on the g-file, he starts play on the Q-side. The
main drawback is that there is little to be had there if Black is cautious.} (
12. Rfd1 f6 13. Kf1 (13. Nb3 Kf7 14. Kf1 g5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dassel,U-Harzheim,L/NRW-I 1989/BIG 80 (23)}) 13... g5 14. Ke2 Ng6 15.
Nf1 Kf7 16. Ng3 Ne7 17. Rh1 h4 18. Nf1 a5 19. a4 {1/2-1/2 Larsen,O-Notkin,M/
Aalborg op 1995/EXT 95op}) (12. Nc4 Ng6 13. Kh1 f6 14. Rg1 Kf7 15. Rg3 Ne7 (
15... Nh4 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Bxf4 d5 $10 {0-1 Ljubojevic,L-Spassky,
B/Tilburg 1978/MCL 08/[Ftacnik] (43)}) 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Bxf4 Rad8
19. Rag1 Rhg8 $11 {Zaitsev,I-Notkin,M/Podolsk-chT 1993/TD 93\07/0-1 (65)}) (12.
Kh1 O-O-O 13. Rg1 Rh7 14. Rg2 c5 15. Rag1 g6 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Bxe7 Bxe7 18. Nc4
Bf6 19. a4 $14 {Rozentalis,E-Duong Thanh Nha/Montreal op 1995/EXT 95op/1-0 (57)
}) (12. Kh2 f6 13. Nc4 O-O-O 14. h4 Kd7 15. Rg1 g6 16. Rab1 Ke6 $13 {Watanabe,
R-Zapata,M/WchJ-U20 Santiago 1990/EXT 90ch/0-1 (46)}) 12... Ng6 13. b4 f6 14.
a4 Kf7 15. Kf1 Nf8 16. Ke2 Ne6 {Now White has to explain the meaning behind
the moves a4 and b4.} 17. c3 $6 {Achange of plan, now White wants to go d4
instead.} (17. c4 $5 {trying for b5 or c5 is at least more in line with the
main idea of a Q-side expansion.} Nd4+ (17... b6 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20.
Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rc1 $16) 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. c5 Bf4 20. Nc4 $13) 17... Rhd8 18. Nc4
(18. d4 exd4 (18... g5 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4 exf4) 19. cxd4 Nf4+ (
19... Bf4 20. Nb3) 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Nb3 Rd6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rd3 $11) 18... b6
19. Kd2 (19. Nxd6+ Rxd6 20. a5 b5 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Rac1 g5 23. c4 Ke7 24. cxb5
cxb5 25. Bc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 c6 $11) 19... Be7 20. Kc2 Rd7 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Rd2
g6 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Kb3 {Finally White threatens d4 again.} c5 $1 $17 25. b5 a5
26. Kc2 Bg7 {White's play is gone, now Black has all the options.} 27. Rh1 f5
28. Rdd1 f4 29. Bc1 Bf6 30. h4 Kg7 31. Rh2 Kh7 32. Rg2 Kh6 33. Rdg1 Rg7 34. Rh1
Kh7 35. Rhg1 Rdg8 36. Rh1 Kh6 37. Kd2 g5 38. hxg5+ Nxg5 39. Ke2 Ne6 40. Rgh2 h4
41. Rxh4+ {The best practical chance} Bxh4 42. Rxh4+ Kg5 43. Rh1 Kf6 44. Bb2
Rg5 45. Rh7 Re8 46. Rd7 Re7 47. Rd5 Rh7 48. d4 exd4 49. e5+ Kf5 50. cxd4 Rg2
51. Nd6+ {Imaginative counterplay, but the position is still lost.} cxd6 52.
exd6+ Kg6 53. d7 Nd8 54. dxc5 bxc5 55. Bc3 Kf7 56. Bxa5 Ke6 57. Rxc5 Rxd7 58.
Bc7 Rgg7 59. Bxf4 Nb7 60. Rc6+ Kd5 61. Be3 Rg1 $19 62. Rh6 Kc4 63. Rc6+ Kb3 64.
b6 Kxa4 65. f4 Kb5 66. Rc2 Nd6 67. Rc5+ Ka6 68. Rd5 Rgg7 69. Kf3 Nc4 70. Rc5
Nxb6 71. Rc6 Rb7 72. f5 Rgc7 73. Re6 Kb5 74. Re5+ Kc4 75. Ke4 Nd7 76. Ra5 Nf6+
77. Ke5 Rc6 78. Bg5 Rb5+ 79. Rxb5 Nd7+ 80. Ke4 Kxb5 81. Kd5 Rc5+ 82. Ke6 Nf8+
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8904]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6
7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 c5 9. c3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4
exd4 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Nc2 Rd8 (16... Be7 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bg3 b5 19.
Ne3 Na5 20. Qd5 $16 {1-0 Glek,I-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio 1997/EXP 59 (41)})
(16... Bd6 17. Nxd4 Bxf4 18. Nxc6 Bxc1 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Qd1+ Kxc6 21. Qxc1+
Kb6 22. b4 c6 23. Qc5+ Kc7 24. Qe7+ Kb6 25. Qxg7 Raf8 26. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A-Estrada Nieto,J/Budapest 1998/EXP 63 (51)}) 17. Qg3 $146 (17. Qb3
Qc8 18. Qc4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Godena,M-Krasenkow,M/Reggio Emilia
1996/CBM 57/[Krasenkow] (23)}) 17... Qf7 (17... Qe6 18. Bxc7 Rd7 19. Bb6 Bd6
$13 {Krasenkov}) 18. Bxc7 Rd7 19. e5 $1 (19. Bb6 Bd6 $13) 19... Be7 (19... Rxc7
20. e6 Qe7 21. Nxd4 Ne5 22. Qb3 $1 (22. Nf5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxe6 24. Nxg7+ Bxg7
25. Qxg7 Nf7 26. Kf1 Kd7 $17) 22... b5 23. Nxb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd8 25. Nc7+ Ke7
26. Nxa6 $18) 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ne1 O-O 22. Nd3 $14 Rd5 23. f4 Qf7 24. Be5 Bd6
25. Re1 Re8 26. Re2 Bf8 27. a3 a5 28. Qg4 Rb5 29. Rf1 Qg6 30. Qf3 Rb3 31. Qd5+
Qf7 32. Qe4 a4 33. Rf3 Rb5 34. Rg3 g6 35. h4 Qd5 $4 36. Rxg6+ $1 $18 Kf7 37.
Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
c4 c5 (8... b6 9. e5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Ne7 11. Bg5 $36 {1-0 Mirkovic,S-Lukacs,P/
Belgrade 1984/MCL 04 (34)}) (8... Qe7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. b3 O-O-O (10... Rd8 11.
Qa7 Bg4 12. e5 fxe5 13. Qxb7 Nf6 14. c5 Bxc5 15. Qxc6+ Bd7 16. Qxc7 $16 {
1-0 Illescas Cordoba,M-Hebden,M/Montpellier 1988/EXT 88 (32)}) 11. Qa7 Bg4 12.
e5 (12. c5 $5) 12... fxe5 13. Na4 Bxf3 14. c5 Qe6 15. gxf3 Qg6+ 16. Kh1 Qh5 17.
cxd6 Qxf3+ 18. Kg1 Qg4+ {1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,A-Chiburdanidze,M/Salamanca
1990/CBM 18}) 9. Qe3 (9. Qc3 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 Qe8
14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Bxd6 {1/2-1/2 Kruszynski,W-Weglarz,L/POL-chT 1986/EXT 86ch}) (
9. Qd5 Ne7 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qh4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. Re1 g5 $36 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-Sokolov,I/Linares 1995/CBM 46/0-1 (50)}) 9... Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3
Qe8 12. Ba3 b6 (12... Qh5 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 {1/2-1/2 Piquemal,
C-Flear,C/FRA-chT 1993/TD 93\08 (22)} Qxf3 $11) 13. Rad1 Bb7 $146 (13... Qh5
14. Nd5 Ng6 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Rd3 Rae8 17. g3 Bh3 18. Re1 f5 19. Qg5 $13 {
1-0 Friberg,H-Schneider,L/SWE-ch 1976/MCD-ch (39)}) 14. Rfe1 Qh5 15. Ne2 Rae8
16. Ng3 Qg4 17. h3 Qe6 {Black has a very nice and well organised position.} 18.
Nh4 Nc6 $6 {Now Black loses his pair of B:s and his excellent coordination.} (
18... g5 $1 {With this move Black could have taken the initiative.} 19. Nhf5 (
19. Nf3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Nf5 21. Qf2 Nd6 $15) 19... Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bf4 21. Qe2 Qxe4
$17) 19. Nhf5 Nd4 (19... Be5 20. f4 Bd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qf2 $14) 20. Nxd6
cxd6 21. Qd2 $14 {><d6} b5 22. cxb5 Nxb5 23. Bb2 Rd8 24. Qa5 (24. Nh5 $14)
24... Rd7 25. Re3 Na7 26. Qe1 Nc6 27. Bc3 Ne7 28. Nh5 Qf7 29. Qe2 Re8 $2 (29...
Ng6 30. Qg4 Rfd8 31. Red3 d5 $11) 30. Qg4 $1 $16 Ng6 31. Bxf6 $1 Qe6 32. Qg5
gxf6 33. Nxf6+ Kg7 34. Nxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxc5 $18 Re6 36. Red3 Qf7 37. Rxd6 Re7 38.
Qc3+ Kh6 39. Qd2+ Kg7 40. Rd7 Ne5 41. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2
Ne7 9. a4 (9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5 12. Nb3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 c4 14.
Na5 Ng6 $10 {Malisauskas,V-Huebner,R/Biel izt/1993}) 9... b4 (9... Bb7 10. axb5
axb5 11. Rxa8+ Bxa8 12. Qe2 c4 $10 {Kotronias,V-Ibragimov,I/Peristeri/1993})
10. Ne3 Nc6 11. cxb4 cxb4 12. b3 $1 Be6 13. Bb2 {[%cal Yb2e5,Yd2d4]} f6 14. Rc1
{[%cal Yc1c7]} O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Rc8]} (14... Na5 $5) 15. Qc2 Kb7 16. d4
$1 $16 exd4 17. Bxd4 Na5 (17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7+ Ka8 20. Qc6+ Ka7
21. Qxe6 $18) 18. e5 Qd7 19. exf6 Bxb3 20. Qe4+ Kb8 21. fxg7 (21. fxg7 Bxg7 22.
Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Qxb4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9596 6th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 b6 (11... h6 12. Qe3 f4 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14.
Nxf4 Bxe5 15. d3 Kf7 16. Re1 Nc6 17. a3 Re8 18. Ne2 g5 19. Nd2 Kg6 $2 20. f4 $1
$16 {Ivanov,Vi-Belotelov,D/Moscow-ch/1994}) 12. Bb2 Qg4 $6 (12... Qd5 13. Nc3 (
13. Nf4 Qc6 14. Nh5 $4 gxh5 15. Qxg7 Rg8 $19) 13... Qc6 $13 {/\ Bb7, h6, 0-0-0}
) 13. Qe3 Nd5 14. Qe1 Nf4 (14... f4 15. f3 Qg5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 $16 {
Van Zyil Smit,K-Bersoult,F/Hastings Masters/1995}) 15. Nxf4 Qxf4 16. Qe3 Qxe3 (
16... Qg4 17. h3 Qh5 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. d4 $14) 17. dxe3 Bb7 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. f4 $1
{ץg7} g5 20. c4 Rhg8 21. g3 Bf3 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Kf2 Be4 24. Ke1 g4 25. Nc3
Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Rd8+ 27. Ke1 Bf3 28. Rc1 h5 29. Rc2 h4 30. gxh4 Rh8 31. Nd5+ Kd8
$2 (31... Bxd5 32. cxd5 Rxh4 33. d6+ Kd8 $14) 32. Rd2 Rxh4 (32... Bxd5 $142)
33. Nxb6+ Ke8 34. Nd5 g3 35. Nxc7+ Ke7 36. hxg3 $1 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Kxf3
$1 Rxd2 39. Ba3 Kd7 40. Nxa6 Rxa2 41. Nxc5+ Kc6 42. Bb4 Rb2 43. Ne6 (43. Ne6
Rxb3 $4 44. Nd4+) 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 {This is
probably one of Blacks safest ways to play against the exchange variation. The
downside is that if White knows the mainline Black has absolutely no winning
chances.} 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Bd6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2
Rxh2 13. Qxg4 Qh4 14. Qxh4 Rxh4 15. Nf3 Rh5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. c3
{This is the starting point of many games.} g5 (18... O-O-O 19. Be3 g5 (19...
f6 20. g3 Rdh8 21. Kg2 Rh2+ 22. Kf3 b6 23. Rad1 R2h5 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Kxf4 $16
{House,G-Fox,A/Edinburgh op 1989/EXT 89op2/1-0 (61)}) (19... Bd6 20. Rad1 Rdh8
21. g3 Bc5 $6 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd4 Rd8 24. Red1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 $16 {Freire,
R-Forster,R/WchJM-U16 1991/EXT 91ch/1-0 (58)}) 20. Kf1 g4 21. Ke2 Rh2 22. Rg1
Re8 $13 {Barendregt,J-Zuidema,C/Amsterdam IBM 1965/MCL 08/0-1 (88)}) (18... f6
19. Be3 Kf7 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. f3 Bg3 22. Bf2 Rh1+ $1 23. Kxh1 Bxf2 24. g3 Bxe1
25. Rxe1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,V-Kozakov,M/Moscow op Russian Winter 1991/TD
91\03 (41)}) 19. g3 O-O-O 20. Be3 g4 21. Kg2 Rdh8 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rxh1
24. Kxh1 $11 {Black has an easy draw here because Whites P:s are hemmed by
Blacks g4-P.} Kd7 25. Kg2 Ke6 26. Bf4 (26. f4 gxf3+ 27. Kxf3 $11) 26... Bd6 27.
Kf1 f5 28. exf5+ Kxf5 29. Be3 Ke4 30. Ke2 Be5 31. Kd2 Kf3 {Its a draw, but
with a K like that Black could almost hope for more.} 32. b4 b6 33. c4 b5 34.
c5 Bb2 35. Kc2 Bf6 36. Kd3 Be5 37. Kd2 Bb2 38. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kottnauer Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 $6 {Hardly the
critical choice against 5. - Qd6.} exd4 7. Nxd4 (7. Qxd4 $6 Bg4 (7... Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 {A similar position, with Pf6 instead of Pf7, is considered to be
absolutely nothing for White. The added possibilities of Nf6 and/or g6, Bg7
makes this an even better version for Black.} Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Bb4 (
10... Ne7 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Rfe1 Ng6 13. a3 Ne5 14. h3 Nc4 15. Bc1 g6 16. f4 f6
17. Kf1 g5 $15 {0-1 Glauser,H-Shvidler,E/Zweisimmen (9) 1993 (41)}) 11. Nde2
Nf6 12. f3 Rde8 13. Bd4 h5 14. Rad1 h4 15. Nf4 Be7 16. Nd3 Be6 17. b3 b6 18.
Ne2 c5 19. Bb2 c4 $15 {Ungure,L-Tisdall,J/Cappelle op (01) 1993/0-1 (62)}) 8.
Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxd6 cxd6 10. gxf3 Ne7 11. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Zaitshik,G-Yudasin,L/
Leningrad II 1989}) 7... Bd7 (7... c5 $6 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nf6 10. Bf4 Be6
11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rd2 b6 13. Rad1 Be7 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nd5 $14 {O'Donnell,
T-Hurelbaatar,C/Novi Sad olm (01) CAN-MON 1990/0-1 (86)}) (7... Qg6 8. Nc3 Bd7
(8... Bc5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. f4 $5) (8... Bg4 $6 9. f3 O-O-O 10. fxg4 c5 11. Qf3
cxd4 12. Nd5 $16) 9. Qf3 O-O-O 10. h3 Bb4 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Nde2 Rhe8 13. e5 Bxc3
14. Nxc3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Abramovic,B-Ivanovic,B/JUG-ch 1989}) 8. Na3
{N} (8. Be3 c5 (8... O-O-O 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. h3 Qg6 11. Qf3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13.
Nxf5 Bxf5 $15 {0-1 Lindeman,S-Mainka,R/Gausdal Arnold Cup (7) 1991 (40)}) (8...
Nf6 9. f3 Qe5 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Nce2 O-O-O 12. Qe1 h5 13. b4 Nd5 $1 $17 {0-1
Maljutin,E-Yurtaev,L/URS-ch58 (03) 1991 (42)}) 9. Ne2 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 O-O-O 11.
Nbc3 f5 (11... Re8 12. f3 f5 13. Kf2 Nf6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Re1 b6
17. Ng3 g6 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Rde2 $10 {Nielsen,PH-Hector,J/Valby K41 (1) 1991/1/
2-1/2 (78)}) 12. Ng3 fxe4 13. Ngxe4 b6 14. Rd2 Be7 15. Nd5 Bc6 16. Rad1 Bxd5
17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. b3 Re8 21. Kf1 c4 22. Ke2 {
1/2-1/2 Waitzkin,J-Frias,V/New York MCC (03) 1993}) (8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Qg6
10. Qe2 Nh6 11. f3 Bd6 12. Nb3 Qh5 13. f4 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Rhe8 $36 {0-1
Masternak,G-Sorokin,M/Cheliabinsk 1991 (34)}) (8. c3 O-O-O 9. Qf3 Qg6 10. Re1
h5 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bf4 h4 13. Nd2 f6 14. Nc4 c5 {[#]} 15. Bxc7 b5 16. Bxd8 bxc4
17. Ba5 Bd6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qf7 20. Qa8+ Bb8 21. Re6 Qa7 22. Qc6+ Bc7 23.
Re7 {1-0 Kviriashvili,J-Lobjanidze,N/Erevan op (11) ;EXP 52 1996}) 8... c5 (
8... O-O-O $1 9. Nc4 (9. c3 Qg6 $36) 9... Qf6 $36) 9. Nf5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 O-O-O
11. Nc4 Re8 12. f3 g6 (12... Bxf5 13. exf5 b5 14. Na5 (14. Ne3 c4 $13) 14... c4
15. a4 Bc5+ 16. Kf1 Ne7 17. g4 h5 $132) 13. Nfe3 Bg7 $2 (13... Ne7 14. Ne5 Be6
15. Nd5 Bg7 16. Bf4 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Nxf7 Rhf8 $132) 14. Nd5 $16 {[%cal
Rd5b6,Rc1f4]} Nf6 (14... Ne7 $2 15. Ndb6+ $1) 15. Nxc7 $1 Kxc7 16. Bf4+ Kd8 (
16... Kc6 17. Rd6+ Kb5 18. Bd2 Kxc4 19. b3+ Kb5 20. a4#) 17. Nd6 Re7 18. Nxb7+
Kc8 19. Nxc5 Rd8 20. Nxa6 Nxe4 $5 {The best practical chance.} 21. fxe4 Rxe4
22. Bg3 $6 (22. Bg5 $5 Rde8 (22... f6 23. Nc5 Rc4 24. Be3 Rxc2 25. Rac1 $18)
23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Nc5+ Kc6 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. c3 Re2 27. Rb1 $16 {Black is very
active, but two extra P:s gives White many possibilities to return some
material at the right moment.}) 22... Ra4 $2 $138 (22... Bxb2 $1 {Splitting
the white Q-side P:s is very important.} 23. Rab1 Bb5 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Rxb2
Bxa6 $14 {Black has excellent drawing chances.}) 23. Nc5 Bd4+ 24. Bf2 Bxf2+ 25.
Kxf2 Rc4 26. Nxd7 Rxc2+ 27. Ke3 $1 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Rd1+ Kc6 30. Rd2 $18
Rc1 31. Rf2 f5 32. Kf4 Rc4+ $138 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9596 6th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Nc4 Qd7 9. Rd1 {N} (9. a4 c5 10. b3 Ne7 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. d3 Be7 13. Ne3 O-O-O
14. a5 g5 $36 {Khmelnitsky,I-Ivanov,AV/USA-ch Modesto/1995 (32)}) (9. c3 O-O-O
10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf7 12. Be3 c5 13. Nf3 Qb5 14. b3 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Qc6 16. e5
Re8 $10 {Glek,I-Leko,P/Copenhagen/1995}) 9... c5 10. c3 Qf7 $6 (10... O-O-O 11.
d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Rxd4 Qb5 $13) 11. b3 Bxc4 12. bxc4 Bd6 13. d4 $14 b6
(13... Ne7 $142) 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. f4 $1 Nf6 (16... exf4 17. e5
Bxe5 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Qc6+ Kf8 20. Ne6+ Kf7 21. Rd7 {+-}) 17. f5 O-O-O 18. Ne6
Rdg8 19. Bg5 g6 20. Rab1 gxf5 (20... h6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Rxb6
gxf5 24. Qb2 Qh4 25. Rc6+ Kd7 26. Nxc5+ Kxc6 27. Qb7+ Kxc5 28. Qc7#) 21. exf5
Rxg5 $8 (21... h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qe4 Kb8 (23... Kd7 24. Rxb6 cxb6 25. Qb7+
Ke8 26. Rxd6) 24. Rxd6 $1) 22. Nxg5 e4 23. Rxd6 $5 (23. Ne6 $16) 23... cxd6 24.
Rxb6 Nd7 25. Rb1 Qxg5 26. Qxe4 d5 27. cxd5 $16 Kc7 28. d6+ Kxd6 29. Qe6+ Kc7
30. Rd1 Qd8 31. f6 Rf8 32. f7 a5 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qa6+ Kc7 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36.
Qa6+ Kc7 37. Qxa5+ Kc8 38. Qa6+ Kc7 39. Qa5+ Kc8 40. Qa6+ Kc7 41. Qe6 Kc8 42.
Rd6 Kc7 43. Qd5 Qe7 44. Qc6+ Kb8 45. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Krasenkov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7.
Qe2 (7. Ng5) 7... f6 8. Rd1 O-O-O (8... Bg4) (8... g5 $6) (8... g5 {Krasenkov})
(8... Bg4 {Krasenkov}) 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 (10. d5 cxd5 11. Rxd5 Qc6 12. Rxd8+
Kxd8 13. b3 Kc8 {=/+/Dobosz-Smejkal/Trencianske Teplice/1979}) (10. c3 $1 Qe6
11. Nc2 $14) 10... Qe6 11. Nc4 (11. dxe5 Rxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 fxe5 $15)
11... exd4 $1 $132 {><e4} 12. Bxd4 (12. Rxd4 $142 {Krasenkov} Re8 13. Ncd2 $10)
12... Ne7 13. Be3 $6 (13. Bc3 {/\ Qe3} Rxd1+ $1 (13... Re8 14. Qe3 Kb8 15. Na5
Bxf3 (15... Ng6 $2 16. Nd4 Qxe4 17. Ndxc6+ bxc6 18. Rd8+ $18) 16. Qxf3 Nc8 17.
Re1 Bd6 18. Nb3 $14) (13... Nd5 14. Qd3 $1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qh3 16. Kh1 b5 17.
exd5 bxc4 18. Qe4 Bd6 19. Qe6+ Qxe6 20. dxe6 $14) 14. Rxd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nf5
$13) 13... Re8 (13... Rxd1+ {Krasenkov} 14. Rxd1 Qxe4 $4 15. Nb6+ $1 cxb6 (
15... Kb8 16. Rd8+ Nc8 17. Nxc8) 16. Bxb6 $18) 14. Ncd2 f5 $36 15. Re1 (15. Qd3
$5 {Krasenkov}) 15... Ng6 (15... fxe4 $2 16. Ng5 Qf5 17. Qc4 Nd5 18. Ngxe4 $14)
16. exf5 (16. Bd4 {Krasenkov} Nh4 17. Qe3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bh5 $15) 16... Qxf5
17. Qc4 (17. Nd4 $5 {Krasenkov}) 17... Bd6 18. Nd4 (18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne5
20. Nd4 $13 Qf6 21. Qc3 g5 $40) (18. Bd4 $5 {Krasenkov} Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf4 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1) 18... Qh5 19. Nf1 $2 (19. g3 c5 20. N4b3 Ne5 21. Qf1 Nf3+
22. Nxf3 Bxf3 $17) (19. h3 {Krasenkov} Bxh3 (19... Bd7 $36) 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21.
N4f3 Rhf8 $40 (21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bf4 $13)) 19... c5 $19 20. Nb3 (20.
Ne2 Ne5 $19) 20... Ne5 21. Qc3 Nf3+ $1 22. gxf3 Bxf3 23. Nbd2 Bxh2+ $1 (23...
Bxh2+ 24. Nxh2 Qg6+ 25. Kf1 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{CBM 43} 1. e4 {Huebner} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3
Be6 7. Qe2 Ne7 {N} (7... f6 {Brynell-Almasi/Malmo/1994/0-1/23}) 8. Nc4 Bxc4 9.
Qxc4 c5 10. Ng5 (10. d3 f6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nh4 $14 {/\ Nf5, f4}) 10... Qf6 11.
d3 (11. d4 $5 cxd4 (11... exd4 $2 12. e5 Qf5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 $16) 12. f4 (
12. Qxc7 Qc6 13. Qxe5 f6 14. Qxd4 fxg5 15. Bxg5 $13) 12... Nc6 13. fxe5 Nxe5
14. Qxc7 Qe7 15. Qb6 $36) 11... h6 12. Nh3 Nc6 13. Be3 Qd6 $2 {Huebner} (13...
Qe6 $142 {Huebner} 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 $14) 14. f4 f6 $6 {Huebner} (14... Be7 $2 {
Huebner:Der ursprьnglich geplante Zug.} 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. fxe5+ $18) (14...
Qe6 $142 {Huebner} 15. Qxe6+ fxe6 16. f5 (16. fxe5 Nxe5 (16... g5 17. Rf6 (17.
b3 Nxe5 18. d4 Nd7 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5 {Schwarz wird sich halten kцnnen.
}) 17... Bg7 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc5 Bxe5 21. c3 (21. d4 Bd6 $10)
21... Rab8 22. Rf1+ Ke6 23. Rf2 g4 24. Nf4+ Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxb2 {Dies ist
unbefriedigen fьr WeiЯ.}) 17. Nf4 Kd7 18. Rad1 {Die Lage des Schwarzen ist
unbequem. Huebner}) 16... Kf7 (16... Kd7 17. f6 {Dies ist unangenehm.}) 17. Nf2
Bd6 18. Ng4 $36 {/\19.f6} h5 (18... Nd4 19. c3 Nc2 20. Rac1 Nxe3 21. Nxe3) 19.
Nf2 $16 {Hiernach wird sich die Schwдchung des Feldes g5 als unangenehm
erweisen.}) 15. Rad1 (15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qc3 O-O-O 17. Bf4 Re8 (17... Qd4+ 18.
Qxd4 cxd4 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rf7 $14) 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nf4 Rg5 $1 $10) 15...
O-O-O 16. c3 $10 {>< d3} (16. f5 $142 $16 {Huebner: mit erheblichem
positionellem Vorteil.}) (16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qc3 Ng4 $1 18. Bf4 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4
cxd4 $10) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Qa4 (18. Bxe5 fxe5 $13 {פh3, ><d3})
18... Qc6 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Nf2 (21. Nf4 $5) 21... Rhe8 22. Rfe1
Rd7 23. g3 Ne5 24. Kg2 h5 25. Bf4 Nf7 26. Nh3 Red8 27. Nf2 Be7 28. b3 $6 {><c3}
b6 29. Re2 Bd6 30. Red2 Be5 31. Rc2 Kb7 32. Be3 g6 33. a4 a5 34. Rdd2 f5 $36
35. exf5 gxf5 36. Re2 Rg8 37. Kf3 h4 38. gxh4 Bxh2 39. Bf4 Bxf4 40. Kxf4 Rh8
41. Kxf5 Rxh4 $17 {עf5,><b3,><c3,><d3} 42. Rcd2 Nd8 43. Ng4 Rf7+ 44. Kg5 Rh1
45. Kg6 Rg1 46. Rg2 Rff1 47. Nf6 Nc6 48. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 49. Kf5 Rb1 50. Nd5 Rxb3
51. Rh2 Nb8 52. Rh7 Na6 53. Ke6 Ra3 54. Nxc7 Nxc7+ 55. Kd6 Rxa4 56. Rxc7+ Ka6
57. c4 Ra1 58. Kc6 Rh1 59. Rc8 Rh6+ 60. Kc7 Rh7+ 61. Kc6 a4 62. Ra8+ Ra7 63.
Rh8 (63. Rb8 Ka5 64. Rxb6 Ra6 $19) 63... Ka5 64. d4 cxd4 65. Rh5+ Kb4 66. Kxb6
Ra8 67. Kb7 Rd8 68. Kc7 Rg8 69. c5 a3 70. c6 a2 71. Rh1 Ra8 72. Ra1 Kb3 73. Kb7
Ra4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 (
6... b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2 Ne7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5 12. Nb3 Qxd1
13. Rxd1 $13 {Malishauskas-Huebner/Biel izt/1993/1/4-1/4/38}) 7. Ng5 (7. Qe2 f6
8. Rd1 Bg4 9. c3 Qe6 10. Nc2 Bd6 (10... Ne7 {Brynell-Romanishin/Malmц/1993/1/
4-1/4/32}) 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne7 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. d4 O-O $10 {
Rozentalis-Romanishin/Bonn/1994/1/4-1/4/43}) 7... Ne7 (7... h6 8. Nxe6 Qxe6 9.
d3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ne7 $10 {Smejkal-Romanishin/Erevan/1976}) (7... Bd7 8. d3 (8.
Nc4 {Ftacnik} Qg6 9. d4 f6 10. f4 $13 {Rausis-Herbrechtsmeier/1992/}) 8... f6
9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Nf3 Qf7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nfd2 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 $13 {
Christiansen-Pinter/Manila ol/1992}) 8. d3 Ng6 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Be3
Bxe3 12. Nxe3 O-O 13. a4 Rad8 $6 (13... a5 $10 {/\b6}) 14. a5 $14 {><b7} Rd7
15. Ra3 f6 16. g3 Ne7 17. Qe1 Rb8 18. Qc3 Kh8 19. Qc5 $1 Nc8 20. f4 Nd6 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 fxe5 23. Raa1 Kg8 24. Kg2 Rf7 25. h4 Re8 $6 (25... h5 $14 {
Ftacnik}) 26. g4 Nb5 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Rf1+ Ke6 29. Nf5 Rg8 30. g5 c5 31. c3
Na7 (31... g6 $2 {Ftacnik} 32. Nh6 Rd8 33. Rf6+ Ke7 34. Rf7+ $16) 32. Ne3 Nc8 {
?Short} (32... Nc6 33. Nd5 (33. Nc4 {Ftacnik} Rd8 34. Rf3 $16) 33... Rc8 34. h5
$1 Nxa5 35. h6 gxh6 36. Rf6+ Kd7 37. Rxh6 $18) 33. h5 (33. Nd5 c6) 33... Ne7
34. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (34... c6 35. Nxe7 Kxe7 36. g6 hxg6 37. hxg6 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Kxf8
39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. Kh5 Ke7 42. Kg5 Ke6 43. b3 Ke7 44. Kf5 Kd6 45. c4
$18) (34... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 35. h6 $5) 35. exd5+ Kxd5 36. Rf7 b6 (36... Kd6 37.
Kf3 b6 38. axb6 cxb6 39. Ke4 $18 (39. Ra7 {Ftacnik} a5 40. Ke4 $16)) 37. Rxc7
bxa5 38. Kf3 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 h6 40. Rxg7 hxg5 41. Rxg5 Rf4 42. c4+ Kc6 43. Rg6+
Kb7 44. b3 Rh4 45. h6 e4 46. dxe4 Rh3+ 47. Kf4 Rxb3 48. Rg3 (48. Rg3 {Ftacnik}
Rb1 49. Rh3 Rf1+ 50. Ke5 Rf8 51. h7 Rh8 52. Kf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz II"]
[BlackTeam "Andernach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Be3 (8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Qc3 (9. Nc4 $2 Bxh2+ $1 $17) 9... Qe7 10. Nd4 O-O-O 11.
Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Qc4 Re8 13. Qxe6+ Rxe6 14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Ne7 16. Nb3 Ba7 17.
Bd2 f5 $132 {Bosch,J-Winants,L/Rotterdam 1997}) 8... Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3
Ng6 (10... O-O $142 11. Nd4 Bf7) 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14.
axb3 O-O-O 15. Nc4 (15. Rfd1 $142 $14 {[%cal Yd2f1,Yf1g3,Yg3f5]}) 15... Rhe8
16. f3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 (17... Bxe5 18. c3 Rd3 19. Kf2 Bxh2 20. Rh1) 18. Rfd1
Kd7 19. g3 Ke6 20. Kg2 Rf8 21. f4 g6 22. Rf1 Rf7 23. Rf3 Rdf8 24. Raf1 exf4 (
24... a5) 25. gxf4 a5 26. Kh3 (26. h4) 26... Be5 27. Bc5 Bd6 28. Be3 Be5 29.
Bc5 Bd6 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Kg4 d5 32. exd5+ (32. f5+ $2 Ke5 $1 33. fxg6 (33.
exd5 gxf5+) 33... Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Rxf3 35. g7 (35. Kxf3 dxe4+) (35. gxh7 Rf8)
35... Rf1 $1 $19) 32... cxd5 33. Rd1 Rf5 34. Rd4 Rc8 1/2-1/2