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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД D00 - D99 D15

Коды ЭШД

D12 D13 D14

D15

D16 D17 D18

D15

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Ферзевый гамбит (славянская защита): 4 Кc3 a6 и 4 Кc3 dxc4
EN: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4

Ходы

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Кf3 Кf6 4. Кc3 d:c4 без 5. a4

Дебюты

Ферзевый гамбит , Славянская защита

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 b6 8. cxb6
Qxb6 9. Qd2 Nxf4 10. exf4 e6 11. Rc1 c5 12. Na4 Qa7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd4 Nxa4
15. Rxc8+ Kd7 16. Qxa4+ Kxc8 17. Ne5 $5 (17. Qe8+ Kc7 18. Qxf7+ Kb8 $11) 17...
Qb7 $1 18. Qe8+ Kc7 19. Qxf7+ Kb8 20. Qxe6 (20. Bd3 Qxf7 21. Nxf7 Bb4+ 22. Ke2
Rf8 23. Ng5 Rf6 $15) 20... Bb4+ (20... Bc5 $13) 21. Ke2 Rc8 22. Kf3 $14 Ka7 23.
Bd3 Rc7 24. Bxh7 $6 (24. Rd1 $14) 24... Rf8 25. Rd1 $4 (25. Bg6 $13) 25... g5
$1 $17 26. Bf5 d4+ $1 27. Ke2 Re7 28. Qc4 Rxf5 29. Qxd4+ Qb6 30. Kf1 Bc5 31.
Qe4 Qb5+ 32. Kg1 Rexe5 33. fxe5 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Six Masters"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1922.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1922.09.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S. 166-168;} d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nf3 ({Interessant ist das von Rubinstein gegen Bogoljubow in
demselben Turnier gewählte System:} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 {
in Verbindung mit 7. Se2 usw.}) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 {Im Londoner Turnier habe ich
in dieser Stellung ein System angewandt, welches ich für absolut korrekt
halte, und zwar 4. ... dxc4 in Verbindung mit 5. ... b5 und 6. ... b5-b4. Ich
wollte den Wert dieses Systems nachprüfen, indem ich den Versuch machte, mich
sozusagen selbst zu widerlegen; dazu benutzte ich die Partie mit Tarrasch, da
ich wusste, dass er stets im Bilde der theoretischen Neuerungen ist. Obwohl
die Partie zuletzt zu meinen Gunsten endete, lag das keineswegs an meinem
System, sondern daran, dass mein Gegner nicht genügend in alle seine Details
eingeweiht war. Das System mit 4. ... dxc4 ist spätestens von Lasker gegen
Reti (Mährisch Ostrau 1923) und von Grünfeld gegen Bogoljubow (Karlsbad 1923)
erfolgreich angewandt worden.} dxc4 5. e3 (5. a4 {bereitet dem Schwarzen
keinerlei Schwierigkeiten (vergleiche Buchpartie 70).}) 5... b5 6. a4 b4 ({
Der Zug} 6... Nd5 {, von Alapin vorgeschlagen, ist nach seiner Partie gegen
Rubinstein (Pistyan 1912) verworfen worden.}) 7. Na2 ({Auf} 7. Nb1 {kann
Schwarz einstweilen den Bauern behalten, um ihn in einem passenden Augenblick
zurückzugeben:} Ba6 8. Ne5 Qd5 9. f3 c5 {Durch den Textzug gewinnt Weiß
seinen Bauern zurück, aber sein Springer stets sehr schlecht. Schwarz dagegen
ist in der Entwicklung etwas zurückgeblieben, und der c-Bauer riskiert --
wenn nicht rechtzeitig vorgerückt -- schwach zu werden.}) 7... e6 8. Bxc4 Be7
{In der oben erwähnten Partie spielte Grünfeld hier 8. ... Lb7 in Verbindung
mit Sd7 und c5, was nach meiner Meinung die einzige logische Fortsetzung ist.
Schwarz versäumt den richtigen Augenblick zu diesem Manöver und gibt dadurch
dem Weißen die Möglichkeit, es überhaupt zu unterbinden.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2
Bb7 (10... c5 {wäre schon ungenügend, z.B. :} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Bb7 13.
Bg5 {in Verbindung mit Tfd1 und Weiß steht besser.}) 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. e4 {
Jetzt ist das weiße Spiel dank der Beherrschung der Mittelfelder offenbar
vorzuziehen. Schwächer ist das in identischer Stellung von Reti gegen Lasker
angewandte Manöver 12. b3 und 13. Lb2 durch welches der Punkt c3 geschwächt
und dem Springer das wichtige Feld b3 genommen wird.} a5 {Dieser Bauer
riskiert schwach zu werden, aber falls Schwarz diesen Zug unterlässt, so
droht Weiß nach Sa2-c1-b3 seinen a-Bauern bis nach a6 zu bringen.} 13. Bg5 Re8
{Durch die Deckung des Läufers e7 befreit Schwarz die Dame, damit sie dem
unangenehmen Gegenüber des weißen Turms entgehen kann.} 14. Nc1 Qb6 15. Nb3 {
Diese Springerstellung ist in ähnlichen Positionen sehr stark, wie es u.a.
meine Partien gegen Maroczy und Rubinstein zeigen (Haag 1921). Jetzt setzt
eine richtige Belagerung des schwarzen c-Bauern ein.} h6 16. Be3 Ba6 {
Verhindert ....} 17. Nfd2 ({....} 17. d5 {worauf jetzt} Bxc4 18. Qxc4 exd5 {
usw. erfolgt wäre.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Qf3 {Verteidigt den e-Bauern
und bereitet auf c5 den Zug d5 vor.} c5 20. Bf4 ({Das sofortige} 20. d5 {
würde dem Schwarzen nach} exd5 21. exd5 Bd6 {usw. noch einige Chancen geben.})
20... Qb7 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Qa6 {Eine geistreiche Verteidigung des
angegriffenen Bauern, aber bloß eine vorübergehende.} 23. Rac1 {Der Bauer a5
kann weder mit dem Springer b3 (wegen Ld8) noch mit dem Springer c4 (wegen c4
usw.) geschlagen werden aber nach dem Textzug er ist der Bauer bereits
schutzlos:} Bf8 ({Auf} 23... Bd8 {kann Weiß auf verschiedene Art gewinnen.
Die einfachste ist} 24. Be3 Ne4 25. d6 {mit der Drohung Lxh6 usw.}) 24. Nbxa5
Ne4 25. Nc6 $1 {Am einfachsten.} g5 {Ein Verzweiflungszug.} (25... Qxa4 26.
Bxh6 gxh6 27. Qg4+ {und Dxd7.}) 26. Be5 Nxe5 27. N4xe5 f6 {Offenbar erzwungen.}
28. Qxe4 fxe5 29. d6 Bg7 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 2nd round. I figured that there wasn't a better
time to spring a surprise on Alexei - on the 1st move!  I had played 1.Nf3
against Alexei before, but that was a rapid game in Monaco 1997. In our last
two "classical" encounters, I played e2-e4 as always, but I didn't get
anything in Linares. So here goes...!} 1. Nf3 {Huebner,R Lisenko} d5 2. d4 c6
3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {Alexei plays various types of Slavs and the King' Indian,
and I had also taken a look at this obscure system. Well, it's a lot less
obscure these days thanks to Shirov's efforts! Even so, I had seen it a long
time ago. In the World Junior Championship in Finland 1984, Dreev played an
amazing game against Thorsteins. I couldn't believe that this sort of move
didn't lose at once! I remember thinking that these were the most creative
people on the planet. Informator 36 came out during the event and I saw almost
the whole game played before between Tukmakov and Bagirov! Dreev had merely
improved on that game! So when I looked for a system against 4...a6 I looked
first of all at this move.} 5. Bg5 Ne4 (5... e6 {How many people would play 5..
.a6 against the Botvinnik system?}) 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. g3 (8. e4 $5 {
Lisenko}) 8... g6 {Shirov deviates} (8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 $5
g5 $5 (11... bxc4 $6 {Lisenko} 12. Rb1 e5 (12... Qc8 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. O-O $44)
13. Rxb7 exf4 14. Qa4 $44 {Tukmakov,V-Bagirov,V /SSSR/1983/ Inf 36/449/} (14.
Qa4 {Huebner,R} Qc8 15. Rb6 Bd6 16. Qxc4 Ke7 17. O-O $36 {geschah in der
Partie Tukmakov-Bagirov, UdSSR 1983, Inf. 36/449.})) 12. Bxb8 (12. Bxg5 $5 {
Huebner,R}) 12... bxc4 13. Rb1 Rxb8 14. Rxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxc6+ Rd7 16. Qa4 e6 17.
O-O Bd6 (17... Ke7 {Lisenko} 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxa6 $14) 18. Qxa6 (18. Rb1 {
Lisenko} Ke7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxa6 Rc8 21. Rb7 $1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qb5 $1
(23. a4 $2 Bb4 $3 24. cxb4 c3 25. Qd3 c2 26. Qxh7+ Kd6 $19) 23... h5 $1 24. a4
h4 $17 {Dreev,Dvorietzky/}) 18... Kf7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxc4 Rb8 (20... h5 $1 {
Lisenko}) 21. Qd3 $1 $10 (21. a4 $6 {Lisenko} Qc8 $1 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. f4 $6 $17
{Thorsteins,K-Dreev,A /Kiljava/1984 0:1 (51) Inf 38/474/}) 21... Kg7 22. c4 Qa4
23. c5 Be7 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. a3 Rb3 26. Qe4 $2 (26. Qd1 $1 $13 {Lisenko}) 26...
Qc4 $1 {0-1 Rashkovsky,N-Rublevsky,S/Kurgan 1993/CBM 39/[Lisenko] (37)}) 9. Bg2
Bg7 10. Ne5 $1 {White has to act quickly, otherwise he will simply be a P down.
} Be6 (10... Bxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 {wird von V. Anand vorgeschlagen ("Schach" 5/
1997, S.9). Ich habe nach der einfachen Folge} 12. Bf4 {/\ e4~/=} (12. Bf4 {
Huebner,R} O-O 13. h4 {kein besonderes Vertrauen in die Stellung des Schwarzen.
Vielleicht ist 11...0-0 an Stelle von 11...f6 etwas genauer, aber die
strukturellen Verhдltnisse bleiben dieselben.})) 11. Qb1 $1 {The Ra1 will be
useful on the a-line if Black plays b7-b5} (11. Rb1 Ra7 $1 (11... f6 {Huebner,R
} 12. Nf3 b5 $44)) 11... Qc8 12. a4 $1 a5 (12... Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. a5 $16)
(12... g5 $5 {Not the first move you think of, but here White's N is running
out of squares!} 13. Be3 (13. Bxg5 $4 f6) (13. Bc1 {Huebner,R} g4 {ist eine
Idee Anands; der Springer auf e5 soll durch f7-f6 erobert werden. Ich habe
wenig Zutrauen zu dieser Fortsetzung; nach} 14. h3 gxh3 15. Be4 {sieht die
Stellung des Schwarzen allzu zerfetzt aus.}) 13... g4 {Now White has to play
the ugly... /\f7-f6} (13... Bd5 {sieht weniger ьberzeugend aus.}) 14. f3 {
But he should have good chances after he castles - Black's K won't be safe on
either flank.} (14. O-O f6 15. f4 {This is more speculative.})) 13. O-O O-O 14.
Ra2 $1 {Surprisingly, Black has no way to prevent Rb2-b6. Xb7} Nd7 {Ich bin
der Meinung, daЯ Schwarz} (14... f6 {Huebner,R versuchen sollte; nach} 15. Nf3
Nd7 {entsteht eine unklare Stellung mit Aussichten fьr beide Seiten. Nach dem
Textzug ist Schwarz fьr den Rest der Partie zu passiver Verteidigung
verurteilt.}) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rb2 Ra7 17. Rb6 {/\Qb2;Rb1 - Xb7 Dieser Zug
dient laut Anand dazu, dem Schwarzen den Zug b7-b5 mit Bildung eines
Freibauern auf der a-Linie unmцglich zu machen ("Schach" 5/1997, S.10).} (17.
e4 {In order to meet f5 with e4-e5.} b5 $1 {This was what I didn't like -
Shirov would have been familiar with similar ideas in the Grunfeld. Black just
abandons his centre and puts his hopes on a far advanced a-P. White is
probably better in either case, but I preferred the game continuation.} (17...
f5 {Anand} 18. e5)) 17... f5 $1 {Black's only chance. Otherwise White just
triples.} 18. Qb2 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 (19... Qxd5 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Qxb7 e5 (
21... Bf6 22. Rb1 g5 {We thought Black had some counterchances here when Kevin
Spraggett pointed out the right way.} (22... Qe4 {Huebner,R} 23. Rb2 $14) 23.
Be5 $1 {Spraggett Spraggett} Bxe5 24. Rb5 Rb8 25. Rxd5 Rxb7 26. Rxe5 $18 {
Thanks to g5, Black will lose too many Ps.}) 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24.
Qxc6 Qxc3 25. Rd1 {Though material is about equal, White's -> is very strong.
Especially Rd7 is hard to meet.} (25. Rd1 {steht WeiЯ laut Anand "riesig" 
("Schach" 5/1997, S.10), weil Schwarz Sorgen mit seiner offenen Kцnigsstellung
hat. Ganz klar scheint mir die Sache nach} Kg7 {gefolgt von Tf8-f7 noch nicht
zu sein.})) 20. Rb1 Rd8 (20... Qxa4 $4 21. Rb5 {/\ Ra1+-}) 21. Qa2 ({Auf} 21.
Rxb7 {Huebner,R folgt} Rxb7 22. Qxb7 Qxa4 {. Damit wird der Sinn des Zuges 20..
.Td8 klar: der Bauer auf d5 sollte gedeckt werden, um dem Schwarzen diese
Fortsetzung zu ermцglichen.}) 21... Rc8 22. R6b5 Bf6 23. h4 Kf7 24. R1b2 {
/\Qa2-b1-c1-e3} Rc6 $2 {A blunder, but White was threatening to swing his Q to
e3 and then to open the kingside. Black's position would eventually collapse.
Schwarz stellt den Bauern auf b7 ein. V. Anand meint, ("Schach" 5/1997, S.10),
daЯ die Stellung des Schwarzen ohnehin hoffnungslos sei; WeiЯ bringe seine
Dame nach e3 und цffne die Stellung am Kцnigsflьgel. Diese Цffnung scheint mir
aber nicht einfach zu erreichen zu sein, wenn Schwarz h7-h5 spielt.} 25. Bb8 $1
Raa6 26. Rxb7 Qe6 27. Qb1 g5 {Dies beschleunigt den Untergang, aber jetzt
dьrfte die Stellung des Schwarzen in der Tat hoffnungslos sein.} 28. g4 $1 gxh4
$2 (28... Qe4 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. h5 $16 {White plays e3 and then either
penetrates on the 8th rank or attacks the a5 pawn.}) 29. gxf5 Qc8 30. Kh2 Qg8
31. Qh1 $1 Qd8 32. Bf4 Rcb6 33. Rb8 $1 {Of course taking on b6 and then
capturing the d5 and c4 pawns would also win, but this leads to mate.} Rxb8 34.
Rxb8 Qd7 35. Qg2 (35. Qg2 Bg7 36. Qg4 {/\ Qh5+-}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[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 "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. a4
b4 9. Ne2 $6 {Certainly not the most critical move, but my opponent did not
seem to remember much about this line and took a solid way out.} ({Theory
recommends} 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qc5 Na5 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qb5+ Rc6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Nc4 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 {, when experts
still have not made up their mind as to what should the assessment of this
position be. I guess the fact that Svidler plays this line often very much
speaks in Blackґs favor.}) 9... Nc6 10. a5 Bd7 $5 ({Also possible is} 10... e6
11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6) 11. Ne5 e6 (11... Nxa5 12. Qxb4 Nc6 13. Qb3 e6 $11 {
is equal as well, but I was already thinking of more.}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Ng3
Bd6 ({Right after the game I thought I had missed my chance at this point,
believing there should be some way to get to the a5-pawn. However, I could
find no path to take advantage of this weakness. For example,} 13... Be7 14.
Bd3 O-O 15. Bd2 Rfb8 16. O-O Bd8 17. Qa4 Qb7 (17... Nxa5 18. Bxb4) 18. Rfc1
Nxa5 19. Nh5 $1) ({Best is probably} 13... h5 $1 {, trying to make good use of
my more harmonious development by weakening Whiteґs light-squares on the
kingside.} 14. Bd3 h4 15. Ne2 h3 16. g3 e5 {This is much more dangerous than
in the game due to weakened f3-square.} 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 (18. O-O Bc5 19.
Nd4 Nxd3 (19... Bxd4 20. exd4 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 O-O) 20. Qxd3 O-O 21. Bd2 Ne4 $13)
18... Ne4 (18... Bc5 19. Bf5 Qa7 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22. Qxc6) 19. Be2
Bc5 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bd2 O-O 22. O-O Rfe8 {, with good play for Black.}) 14. Bd3
O-O 15. Bd2 e5 ({Now I realized that} 15... Bc7 16. Qa4 Rfb8 {runs into} 17.
Rc1 {, so I played it safe.}) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. O-O Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfb8 19. b3
Bxg3 20. hxg3 Ne4 {Here I offered a draw, but my opponent declined, and
rightly so, since he has the easier game; objectively, however, the position
remains equal.} 21. Rfc1 Qb5 22. Qd4 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Rc8 24. Qd4 h6 25. Qb6 $1 {
The best chance. Now I went into a pawn-down rook ending which is easily drawn.
} Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Qxb6 27. axb6 Rb8 28. Rc6 a5 29. Rc5 a4 ({I could retain the
pawn by playing} 29... Rxb6 30. Rxa5 Rd6 31. Rb5 d4 32. exd4 Rxd4 {, but, in
time trouble, this seemed more dangerous than the line in the game.} 33. Kf1)
30. bxa4 Rxb6 31. Rxd5 b3 32. Rd1 Ra6 33. Rb1 Rxa4 34. Rxb3 h5 35. Kf1 Ra2 36.
Rb4 f5 {In this way, White will have to trade at least two pawns if he wants
to get rid of his doubled pawns.} 37. Rb5 g6 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. Ke1 Rc2 40. Rd7
Ra2 41. Rd2 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. Ke2 Ra3 45. Rb2 Kf6 46. Rb6+ Kf7
47. Kf3 Ra4 48. Rd6 Ra2 49. e4 {White has been playing around for a while, but
realizes there is no progress without this move.} fxe4+ 50. Ke3 Rb2 51. Rd4 Kf6
52. Rxe4 Rb3+ 53. Ke2 Kf5 54. Rc4 Rb2+ 55. Ke3 Rb3+ 56. Kd4 Rb2 57. Rc8 Kf6 58.
Ke4 Kg7 59. Kf3 Rb3+ 60. Kf4 Rb2 61. Ke3 Rb3+ 62. Kd2 Ra3 63. Rc4 Ra2+ 64. Ke3
Ra3+ 65. Kf4 Ra2 66. Ke3 Ra3+ 67. Kd2 Ra2+ 68. Rc2 Ra3 69. Ke2 Kf6 70. f3 Kf5
71. Kf2 Ra4 72. Kg1 Rb4 73. Kh2 Ra4 74. Kh3 Rb4 75. Rc8 Kf6 76. Rf8+ Kg7 77.
Rf4 Rb2 78. Rc4 Ra2 79. g4 hxg4+ 80. Rxg4 Rd2 81. Ra4 Rf2 {In these endings,
the easiest thing is to attack the back of the pawn-chain.} 82. Ra3 Kf6 83. g3
Rb2 84. Ra6+ Kf7 85. Ra4 Rb5 86. Kg4 Kf6 87. Ra6+ Kf7 88. Rd6 Rf5 89. Rd4 Ra5
90. Kf4 Rb5 91. Rd6 Rb4+ 92. Ke5 Rb5+ 93. Rd5 Rb3 94. Kf4 Kf6 95. Rd6+ Kf7 96.
g4 Rb5 97. Ke4 Ra5 98. Rd5 Ra3 99. Kf4 Rb3 100. Rc5 Ra3 101. Rc7+ Kg8 {Not the
only move, but the most practical one.} (101... Kf8 $2 102. Kg5 Rxf3 103. Kxg6
Rg3 104. g5 $18) (101... Kf6 {draws as well, but it is a very scary ride:} 102.
g5+ Ke6 103. Kg4 Ra1 104. Rg7 Ke5 105. f4+ Ke4 106. Re7+ (106. Rxg6 Rg1+ 107.
Kh4 $4 Kf3) 106... Kd5 107. Re5+ (107. Kg3 Ra3+) 107... Kd6 108. Rb5 Ke7 $11) (
101... Ke6 $2 102. Kg5 $18) 102. Ke4 (102. Kg5 Rxf3 103. Kxg6 Rf8 $11 {is
where the game will eventually lead.}) 102... Rb3 103. Rd7 Ra3 104. f4 Rg3 105.
g5 Rg1 106. Ke5 Rf1 107. Rc7 Rf2 108. Rc4 Kf7 109. Rc7+ Kg8 110. Kf6 Rxf4+ 111.
Kxg6 Rf8 $1 {This is the reason why the king should go to g8. Against a
knight-pawn in rook endings, the weaker side can draw by defending passively
on the first rank.} 112. Rg7+ Kh8 113. Rf7 Ra8 114. Rc7 Kg8 115. Kh6 Ra6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {A year ago I heard a very strong
grandmaster declare that "after 4...a6 white has nothing". The truth is I did
not pay much attention to these words, for I do not play 1.d4, nor was the
Chebanenko part of my repertoire back then. Some time later, in February this
year, in Gibraltar, I was paired against Akopian in the second round and was
unsure as to what I should play. My roommate, Pelletier, offered then to give
me a "quick course" on this opening, and I obtained a solid draw. Of course,
once I got back home I took a more seriouse look into the line and added it to
my usual repertoire. Ok, to say that white has nothing after 4...a6 might be a
little exaggerated, but Black is certainly doing well these days.} 5. c5 {
Aronian has tried several possibilities at this point, but in the last year he
has started to show predilection for the most critical line. After 5.c5, the
vulnerability of the dark squares in Blackґs camp is apparent, while the h2-b8
diagonal becomes especially sensitive. On the other hand, once the pressure on
d5 is gone, preparing the ...e5 break is a much easier goal for Black.} Nbd7 {
The most popuar move, but some Chinese players have shown that 5...Bf5 is a
viable option too. At the Turin Olympiad, Wang Yue was especially succesful
with this line, scoring easy draws against Bareev and Harikrishna and beating
Gagunashvili.} 6. Bf4 Nh5 {The key to Blackґs system. The bishop is too good
on the h2-b8 and should not be allowed to stay there unless White is forced to
incur in some kind of concession.} 7. Bd2 {In my opinion, the most natural
move. White is now ready for e4, so Blackґs best move is to go back to f6. So,
with this manoeuvre White manages to develop his bishop for free, admittedly
not to the most brilliant square, but at least better than c1.} ({The
alternative is to allow Black to exchange the bishop and take back with the
e-pawn, making the ...e5 break very difficult to achieve. Nonetheless, Black
seems to be doing alright here:} 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4 b6 9. b4 {Lately, this has
been the most popular choice.} ({Not long ago,} 9. cxb6 {was the preferred
move, until Black discovered that taking back inmmediately was not forced.} e6
$1 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. g3 (11. f5 Nxb6 12. Qc2 exf5 13. Bxf5 Qe7+ 14. Kf1 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 g6 16. Qd3 O-O {gave White nothing in Gyimesi-Dautov,Goteborg 2005}) 11...
c5 $1 {, and Black gets rid of his backward pawn. After} 12. f5 Nxb6 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. O-O O-O {Nikolic-Malakhov,Khanty Mansyisk 2005, I would say Black
already enjoys the more confortable position.}) 9... g6 {One of the
inconveniences of taking on f4 with the e-pawn is that the g7-bishop can
create some annoying pressure on d4 in the long run.} 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O
12. O-O a5 $1 13. b5 {Best. White should not allow the queenside to open
completely.} (13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Ra3 $1 16. Nb1 Ra7 17. Nc3 Qc7
18. g3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Re1 e6 21. Qc2 Rfa8 {and Black stands better
already, Iljushin-Dobrov,Chessassistantclub.com 2004}) 13... Bb7 14. Na4 bxc5
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Qd2 Qb6 {and Black
had no problems whatsoever in Johannessen-Carlsen,Molde 2004.}) 7... Nhf6 8.
Qc2 {In this position White has mainly tried three moves, although the basic
idea behind all of them is the same: since the bishop cannot go to f4 without
it being harassed, White wants to find the most useful move, one that opposes
Blackґs plans and at the same time leaves the Bf4 option open. The moves that
meet these requirements are 8.h3, 8.Qc2 and 8.Rc1. Aronianґs choice was based
on my probable lack of knowledge on 8.Qc2, since this had been very popular in
2005, but almost completely taken over by 8.Rc1 in 2006. It worked, because
during the game I could hardly remember anything concrete against 8.Qc2.
Luckily, the ideas are very similar in all these lines.} Qc7 {The most active
continuation, preparing ...e5. The alternative, 8...g6, has been doing quite
well of late:} (8... g6 9. e4 dxe4 (9... Nxe4 {might be a little more precise})
10. Nxe4 (10. Ng5 Bg7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bxf7+ {otherwise Black will get ...e5
and with it an excellent position..} Rxf7 13. Ne6 Qe8 14. Nc7 Qf8 15. Ne6 $11 (
15. Nxa8 {is too dangerous due to} e5 $1)) 10... Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 Be6
13. Be2 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1 Bd5 $1 {Threatening to take on f3, a very
desirable exchange for Black in these positions.} 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. f4 b6 {
, with good play for Black in Krasenkow-Bacrot, France 2006.}) 9. Bg5 {
Strictly speaking, a novelty, although the idea is taken from the 8.h3
variation. White simply forgets about e4 for the time being and gets ready to
meet ...e5 with e3, protecting his cener, but leaving the bishop outside the
pawn-chain.} ({During the game, my calculations were focused on the more direct
} 9. e4 e5 $5 {which is what I had in mind. After the game though, I found out
that 9...Nxe4 seems to be equalizing without much difficulty.} (9... Nxe4 10.
Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 (12. Qe5 Nd5 13. Bc4 Qxe5+ 14. dxe5 Bg4 {
is alright for Black.}) 12... Be6 13. Be2 Bd5 14. O-O Bxf3 $1 {An important
exchange in this structure. White did not have time to move the knight out of
the way due to the hanging pawn on g2, and Black quickly reaches a
satisfactory position.} 15. Bxf3 e6 16. b4 Be7 17. a4 O-O {
Krasenkow-Grabarczyk, Polonia 2005}) ({On the other hand,} 9... dxe4 $6 {
is inaccurate:} 10. Ng5 $1 h6 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14.
Bc4 $14 Be6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 g6 18. Bc3 Bg7 19. d5 {
Lautier-Jakovenko, Internet 2004}) 10. exd5 cxd5 11. O-O-O {Najer-Savchenko,
Moscow 2006} (11. Bg5 exd4 12. Qe2+ Ne5 $3 (12... Be7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. Nxd5+
Kd8 15. Nxc7 Kxc7 16. Bf4+ $16) (12... Kd8 $5 13. Nxd5 Qxc5) 13. Bxf6 (13. Nxe5
dxc3) 13... gxf6 14. Nxd5 Qxc5 15. Nxe5 Qxd5 16. Ng6+ Be6 17. Nxh8 Bb4+ 18. Kd1
Ke7 $44 {(Alexei Kuzmin)}) {At this point, Fritz believes} 11... exd4 $1 12.
Re1+ Be7 13. Nxd4 Nxc5 {is great for Black, and I find no reason to disagree.})
9... e5 10. Bxf6 {Aronian kept playing very fast, but it turns out that this
move gives White absolutely nothing. During the postmortem, the Armenian
player confessed the he had forgotten his analysis. So, these guys are human
after all...} ({Natural here is} 10. e3 {, and after} Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O {
there is no doubt that the queen on c2 is doing better in this position than a
pawn on h3 or a rook on c1 (8.h3 and 8.Rc1), but I am not sure this is enough
to give White anything tangible.} Re8) 10... gxf6 $6 ({As Aronian pointed out
after the game,} 10... Nxf6 $1 {leads to equality:} 11. Nxe5 Bxc5 12. Nxd5 (12.
Nxf7 Qxf7 13. dxc5 O-O $44) 12... Qa5+ 13. Qc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 cxd5 15. dxc5 Ne4
$11) 11. e3 f5 $5 ({I did not like the looks of} 11... e4 12. Nh4 f5 13. g3 (
13. Nxf5 Nxc5) 13... Nf6 14. Na4 {and the defects to Blackґs fourth move are
already haunting him.} (14. O-O-O b6) 14... Qa5+ 15. Kd1 f4 16. gxf4 (16. Nb6
$5 Bg4+ 17. Be2 Bxe2+ 18. Kxe2 f3+ 19. Nxf3 $1 exf3+ 20. Kxf3 Rd8 21. Rhb1 Qb5
22. b4 a5 23. a4 Qa6 24. Qf5 Be7 25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 Qa7 27. Ra2 $16 {That is
why I decided to give up a pawn and try to activate my bishops. I sincerely
believe this was my best practical chance, but I would have never thought it
would work out so well.})) 12. g3 $6 {My opponent played this pretty quickly
as well. I had already used up a lot of time at this point, and I think
Aronian simply wanted to keep the position under control. However, he probably
missed my next move.} ({It was necessary to accept the sacrifice, and after} 
12. Qxf5 Bg7 13. Qc2 ({Better than} 13. Qg5 O-O 14. Be2 f5 15. O-O-O f4) 13...
O-O 14. Be2 f5 15. O-O-O exd4 16. exd4 b6 {Black has active play, but
obviously not enough to compensate a pawn.}) 12... f4 $1 {Now everything is in
order again.} 13. exf4 (13. gxf4 exd4) 13... exd4 14. Qe2+ $6 ({It was better
to play} 14. Nxd4 Bxc5 (14... Nxc5 15. O-O-O Bg7 16. Re1+ Kf8) 15. O-O-O O-O
$13) 14... Be7 15. Nxd4 Nxc5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Qh5 Bf6 {Despite the absence of
a g-pawn, my dark-squared bishop does an excellent job at defending and
attacking along the h8-a1 diagonal.} 18. Be2 $1 {A great defensive move! You
can imagine my surprise when my opponent told me that the idea was Rd2-Bd1-Bc2
in order to attack h7. Aronian thought his position was almost lost, while I
thought I was simply better. During the analysis it bacame apparent that Black
has the upper hand, but the position is still quite complicated.} b5 $1 {
The best move, but I must admit that during the game, right after I played the
move, I thought it would have been better to prepare this advance a little
more.} (18... Qb6 19. Nf3 {is the key to Whiteґs defence. The knight on e5 is
an important blockader.}) ({The natural} 18... Bd7 {, preparing ...b5 or ...
Rae8, allows White to carry out his idea.} 19. Rd2 $3 Rfe8 20. Bd1 Qb6 (20...
Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Nf3 $1) 21. Nf3 {, with a complex battle ahead.}) 19. Qh6
Qd6 20. b4 $1 {The only move. Anything else will be met by ...b4, with a clear
advantage for Black.} (20. Bf3 b4 21. Nce2 Re8 22. Rhe1 Ne4 $17) ({Sacrificing
on c6 seems attractive, but Black can easily repel the attack.} 20. Nxc6 Qxc6
21. Rxd5 Bb7 22. Rhd1 (22. Rxc5 Qxh1+ 23. Bd1 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Qxf6 b4
26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 $19) 22... Ne4 23. Rh5 Rfc8 $19) 20... Ne4 {It is
necessary to block the b1-h7 diagonal.} 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nf5 (22. a3 Qe7 $1
23. Nxc6 $4 Qe6 24. Nd4 Qb6 $19) 22... Bb2+ $6 {This leads to a draw.} ({
A much better try is} 22... Qxb4 23. Qxf6 Qc5+ 24. Bc4 $3 (24. Kb2 Qxf5 25.
Qxc6 Be6 {leaves Black clearly on top due to the exposed white king.}) 24...
Qxc4+ (24... Qxf5 $4 25. Bxf7+ $18) (24... Bxf5 25. Qg5+ $11) 25. Kb1 Qb4+ 26.
Ka1 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Rae8 29. Rd7 {, when Black is better, although
Whiteґs activity should be enough to save the game.}) 23. Kxb2 Qxb4+ 24. Ka1
Qc3+ 25. Kb1 Qb4+ 26. Ka1 Qc3+ 27. Kb1 Qb4+ {At this point I only had a minute
and a half (plus the thirty second increment) to reach move forty, so I
decided to take the draw. Many people told me after the game that there was no
risk in continuing, and they were absolutely right. Nevertheless, the result
of the game would have been the same after} (27... Bxf5 28. g4 $1 (28. Qg5+ Bg6
29. f5 Qc5 30. g4 f6 31. Qc1 Qb4+ 32. Ka1 Bf7 33. g5 Qa5 34. Qb2 Rad8) 28...
Bc8 (28... Be6 29. f5 {, planning f6} Bxa2+ $11) 29. Rd8 (29. Rhg1) 29... Qb4+
30. Ka1 Qe7 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qxc6 Be6 (32... Rb8 33. Rd1 Bb7 34. Qc7 Ba8 35.
Qd6) 33. f5 Bc4 34. Bxc4 bxc4 35. Rd1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {It is always nice to play Van Wely, because he is very cordial towards
me.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {After Loek told me that, before his game
with Adams, he had prepared for me by mistake, I did not fancy entering gambit
lines. This explains my modest choice of move.} a6 {An invitation to battle.
In recent times, both 4...Bg4 and 4...Bf5 have been popular, but the danger in
both these lines is that the two players will die of boredom.} 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5
{One of my favourite lines. I managed to bring off a beautiful combination in
this line against Popov in 2005.} Nbd7 {Occasional bold spirits play 6...Bg4
here, but most often Black chooses 6...g6. In the recent European
Championships, the well-known Slav expert Peter Svidler played this against me.
} 7. Bd3 {As far as I know, this was first played at elite level by Boris
Gelfand. I once played 7.b4 against Ivan Sokolov and managed to make a draw
with some difficulty, although the variation was not to blame for that, of
course.} e5 {The most principled reply. The modest 7...g6 is also possible,
but in that case, Black does not usually put his knight on d7 so early. More
often than not, the freeing move e5 is Black's plan. Preparing this by the
tyipcal move 7...Qc7 is not good here, because of 8.Qe2, after which Black is
forced back into g6-lines, since 8...e5 is bad on account of 9.e4.} 8. Nxe5 {
It is hard seriously to recommend 8.Bc2. If White does not react to e5 in
these positions, Black is usually fine.} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 {Besides this move,
Black has another way to regain the pawn.} ({After} 9... Nd7 10. e6 Nxc5 11.
exf7+ Kxf7 12. Bc2 {I prefer White, notwithstanding Black's activity in the
centre. Black will still have to spend a couple of moves evacuating his king. .
}) 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6 {Necessary. Now White must reveal his future plans.
Will it be his king in the centre, or a badly-placed knight?} 12. Ke2 {I
prefer this move. The king is defended at present by its own pawns.} Nh6 13. h3
{13.f5 hopelessly weakens the e5 pawn, which immediately becomes clear after
13...Qc7 or 13...Qb8.} Nf5 {Ivan Sokolov against Gelfand did not put the
knight on f5, but I think it is necessary to do so. The attempt to be clever
and bring the knight out later via g8 should not work.} 14. g4 {Having spent a
couple of days analysing this variation, I think White should play very
actively. It is not in his interests to permit Black to castle and break with
f6. It would also be interesting to see 14.a4 tested in practice.} Ne7 15. Rb1
{Here my opponent, who had been moving instantly, stopped to think for the
first time. In the second round of the same event, Gelfand played 15.Bd2
against me, after which I managed to win, by exploiting the sharp position and,
most of all, Boris' chronic time-trouble. 15.Rb1 is one of many interesting
possibilities in the position. Given that Black needs to play 15...a5, White
gets chances to attack the b5-pawn.} a5 16. e4 Bb7 {This struck me as strange
during the game. 16...d4 is dangerous, but 16...0-0 looks stronger.} 17. f5 ({
I did not like} 17. exd5 {because of} cxd5 18. Bxb5+ Nc6 {It is important to
leave the pawn in the way of the Bishop on b7. It seemed to me that my move
prevented castling.}) 17... Bd4 {It looks as though Black must react quickly
to White's advance, but in fact he can afford to continue in slow-looking
fashion.} ({After} 17... O-O {my intended} 18. Rf1 {with the threat of f6,
allows Black more than one (!) satisfactory reply. The most reliable is 17...
Bd4. In all the lengthy variations that can arise, the position remains
dynamically balanced.}) 18. exd5 ({I did not really study the position after} 
18. f6 gxf6 19. exf6 Ng6 20. exd5 O-O {which just looked rather too crude. The
text move is more natural.}) 18... Bxe5 ({Of course not} 18... Nxd5 {because of
} 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bf4 {with an excellent position for White,}) ({nor} 18...
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxd5 20. Bd2 {with the same assessment.}) ({Straight after the
game, I noticed the interesting move} 18... O-O {on which strongest is} 19. Re1
{leading after} Bxe5 20. Kf1 Qc7 {to a satisfactory position for Black.}) 19.
Be3 {Developing with tempo is rarely wrong, so I did not spend long on this
move.} Qc7 20. Rbc1 {Too ambitious.} ({I understood that after} 20. dxc6 Bxc6
21. Be4 {White's position is the more pleasant, but an inner voice convinced
me to go for a more adventurous continuation.}) 20... b4 21. dxc6 ({On} 21. d6
{replies} Bxd6 22. Ne4 O-O-O {. This did not appeal to me at all.}) 21... Bxc6
22. Ne4 Rd8 {A bad move, after which the dubious 20.Rbc1 fully justifies
itself.} ({After} 22... O-O {despite the number of white pieces pointing at
the enemy king, he starts to have problems. After my intended 23.Rc5 Black
happily devours b2 and after} 23. f6 Nd5 24. Qf5 {there follows} Rfd8 {which I
had missed. All White's threats turn out to be illusory.}) 23. f6 {Exploiting
the fact that the black king is not about to escape in a hurry.} Nd5 24. Rxc6 {
Now Loek sank into thought. Probably he did not anticipate this turn of events.
} Qxc6 25. Rc1 Qd7 {The best decision.} ({After} 25... Qb7 {(completely bad is
25...Qa4 26.Nd6+ winning quickly)} 26. fxg7 Bxg7 27. Bc5 {the black king is
not long for this world.}) 26. Nd6+ {Having seen that after 33.Qb7, the
f7-pawn falls, I did not bother looking at other continuations.} ({Deserving
of attention was} 26. fxg7 Bxg7 27. Bc5 {After the possible} Nf4+ 28. Qxf4
Qxd3+ 29. Kf2 Bd4+ 30. Kg2 Bxc5 31. Qe5+ Be7 32. Qxh8+ Kd7 33. Qxh7 {White has
good chances of victory.}) 26... Qxd6 {The next few moves are forced.} 27. Bb5+
Kf8 28. Bc5 Nf4+ 29. Ke1 {All the while the bishop controls e8, the king is
safe on e1.} gxf6 ({Stronger is} 29... Qxc5 30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxc5 Ng6 {
It is easier for Black to coordinate his pieces if he has a second rook.}) 30.
Bxd6+ Rxd6 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rxh8 {Now there is no threat against the white
king.} Kxh8 33. Qb7 Kg7 {An attempt at active defence.} ({There is some sense
in} 33... Rd8 {trying "to build a fortress" after} 34. Qxf7 Bxb2 35. Be8 Ng6 {
Admittedly, White's play can be strengthened by 35.Qc7.}) 34. Be8 Kh6 ({
The position after} 34... Bc3+ 35. bxc3 Re6+ 36. Kf1 Rxe8 37. cxb4 Nd3 ({on} 
37... axb4 {there is} 38. Qxb4 Nxh3 39. a4 Ng5 40. a5 {winning easily.}) 38.
bxa5 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Re2+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Qb5 {looks winning for White.}) 35.
Qxf7 Ng6 36. Qb3 Nf4 {A mistake in time-trouble. There were more chances of
holding the position after the modest 36...Kg7.} 37. Qg8 {The king is caught
in the net.} Rd4 {The decisive mistake.} ({There was no salvation in} 37... Ne6
{because of the crafty} 38. Ke2 Nf4+ 39. Kf2 {(on 39...Nxh3+ there follows 40.
Ke1 and Black loses the knight) and White plays the decisive h4,}) ({but Black
could resist better with} 37... Rd8 {It turns out that after} 38. h4 Ng6 39.
Ke2 {Black has the move} Bd6 {fter which White has to play very accurately to
win.}) 38. h4 Ng2+ 39. Ke2 Nxh4 40. g5+ fxg5 41. Qe6+ {Black loses a piece,
and with it, his queenside pawns, hence he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Augsburg"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Reiss, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 $1 {A move championed by
GM Dreev.} Nbd7 {The most natural response.} (6... Bg4 7. a4 (7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. a4
Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. Qa3 Nb6 11. b3 exd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O $13)
7... b4 8. Ne2 Nbd7 (8... a5 9. Ne5) 9. a5 Ne4 10. h3 $16) (6... Bf5 7. Ne5 $40
) (6... g6 7. Bd3 (7. b4 $6 a5 8. bxa5 Qxa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nb1 Ne4 11. Be2 Bg7
12. O-O Nxd2 13. Nbxd2 O-O 14. Ne1 e5 15. Nc2 Bf5 $40) (7. Qb3 a5 $132) 7...
Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. O-O $14) 7. b4 a5 8. bxa5 e5 $6 {
A move which I did not like at all.} (8... Qxa5 $142 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nb1 Ne4 11.
Be2 e5 12. O-O Nxd2 13. Nbxd2 Be7 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 {Alexey had some blitz
games like this which he did not win despite of being a pawn up.} exd4 16. exd4
Bf6 (16... Ba6 17. a3 b3 18. Nxb3 Qa4 $44) 17. a3 b3 18. Nxb3 Qa4 19. Nb4 Re8
20. Bg4 Nf8 $44) 9. Bd2 $1 {Now black will have problems in winning the pawn
back.} e4 (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qd5 13. a4 $1 (13. Bb4
$2 Bxc5 14. a3 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be7 $15) 13... b4 14. Bxb4 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16.
exd4 Be6 17. Kd2 Be7 18. Kc3 Kd7 19. Re1 Bd5 20. Bc4 $16) 10. Ng5 $1 $146 {
This looks better than GM Dreev's} (10. Ng1 $5 Rxa5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Rxa4
13. Qxa4 Qc7 14. Na2 (14. Ba6 Be7 15. Nge2 O-O 16. h3 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rb8 $132)
14... Be7 15. Nb4 Nb8 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Ng3 $16) 10... Rxa5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4
Rxa4 13. Qxa4 Nb8 $2 {A horrible move.} (13... Qc7 14. f3 (14. Na2 Be7 15. Nb4
Nb8 16. h4 O-O 17. Be2 Ng4 $132) (14. Ba6 Be7) 14... h6 15. Nh3 exf3 16. gxf3
$14) (13... Bb7 14. Qa7 Qa8 15. Qxa8+ Bxa8 16. f3 $14) 14. Qa7 Bd7 $4 {One
mistake follows another one, my ooponent has pushed the destruction button!} (
14... Nfd7 $8 15. Nh3 Be7 16. Na2 (16. Nxd5 $2 cxd5 17. Ba5 Nc6 $19) 16... O-O
17. Ba5 Qe8 18. Bc7 Nf6 19. Qxb8 (19. Nf4 $5) 19... Bxh3 20. Qxe8 Nxe8 21. Bg3
Bd7 22. Ba6 $16) 15. Na4 $18 {The game became one of the shortest wins in my
career.} h6 16. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 {Inspired by my opponents play
when I was white in this system I have also picked it up for this game.} 6. b3
Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bf5 $5 {I remember the difficulties I have
faced against GM Burmakin and decided to go for this subvariation.} 10. Bd3 Bb4
11. Bb2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rfc1 {Everything has been played in some other
games so far.} Re8 $5 $146 {Here comes my novelty! Frankly speaking since I
had no time to make any preparation my logic commanded me into this.} ({
I did not like the idea to pull my bishop out of b4 too early.} 13... Bd6 $5)
14. cxd5 ({Do not ask me what I had in mind after} 14. Rc2 {since the only
variation which makes my Re8 justified is not rosy.} dxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. Ne5
Bd6 17. Rd1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nfd7 20. Ne4 bxc4 21. Rd6 Rec8 22. Nd2
Rab8 $14) 14... exd5 $2 {I was aiming for such a structure deliberately. No
comments!} (14... cxd5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 a5 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19.
Rc1 Qb8 $14) 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Rc2 Bd6 17. Rac1 Qb6 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19.
Qd1 $1 $18 {and the pawn can not be defended.}) 18. Ne5 $1 $16 {A great move
by Rafik after which the bells toll for black!} Nb8 {A sad necessity.} (18...
Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd4 $1 {This is the point.} (21. Nd4 c5)
21... Nd7 (21... Qb8 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Re6 24. Qc5 $18 {wins a pawn.}) 22.
Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxc6 (23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Rxc6 Ree8 25. R1c2 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Rb8 27.
Rc7 $18) 23... Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Re6 25. Rc7 Kf8 26. Nd4 Re7 27. Rc6 Rb7 28. Nf5
$18) 19. Nf4 (19. Qf5 Qb7 20. Nf4 {is a transposition.}) 19... Qb7 20. Qf5 Rc7
21. f3 Qc8 22. Qxc8 ({White can not keep the queens and he does not want to.} 
22. Qd3 $2 c5 23. Ba3 Nc6 $1 24. Nxc6 c4 $1 25. Bxd6 cxd3 26. Nxd3 Rxc6 27.
Rxc6 Qf5 28. Nf4 h5 29. Be5 Nd7 $132 30. Nxd5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. e4 $11)
22... Rexc8 23. g4 {Black's position looks more precarious after every move.}
Nfd7 24. Kf2 Nf8 25. Ned3 a5 {Bc3-a5 or b4 should be prevented.} 26. Bc3 b4 27.
Be1 {Now another problem comes into the scene, he wants to exchange my good
bishop from over g3 square.} Na6 {I have decided not to give him c5 square.} (
27... g5 28. Nh5 Nbd7 29. Ke2 Ne6 30. Bg3 Bxg3 31. Nxg3 {And white is ready to
filtrate in black's camp.}) (27... Ne6 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Kg2 (29. Nc5 e5) 29...
Nd7 30. Bg3 Bxg3 31. Kxg3 Kf7 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. Rxc5 a4 34. bxa4 Ra7 35. Rxc6
Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Rxa4 37. Rb6 g5 38. h4 gxh4+ (38... h6 39. h5 Kf6 40. Rb8 Rxa2
41. Rxb4 Ra3 42. Rb7 Rxe3 43. Rh7 Rd3 44. Rxh6+ Kf7 45. Rg6 Rxd4 46. Rxg5 $18)
39. Kxh4 Rxa2 40. Kg5 $1 $18) (27... Nbd7 28. Ke2 {should transpose one of the
lines above.} {Since} f6 {runs into} 29. Bg3 Kf7 30. Nxd5 $1 Bxg3 31. Nxc7 Rxc7
32. Rxc6 $18) 28. Ke2 Ne6 29. Bg3 Nxf4+ 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Nxf4 Kf8 32. Kd3 $1 {
A simple move which has caught me by surprise.} (32. Nd3 Ke7 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34.
Rxc5 a4 35. bxa4 Ra8 36. Rxc6 (36. a5 Rca7 37. Rxc6 Rxa5 38. Rc7+ Kd8 $1 39.
Rxf7 Rxa2+ 40. Kf1 b3 41. Rf8+ Kd7 42. Rxa8 Rxa8 43. Rb1 Ra3 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. e4
(45. Kd2 Kb5 46. Kc3 b2+ 47. Kxb2 Rxe3 $11) 45... Kb5 46. exd5 Kc4 47. d6 Ra6
48. d7 Rd6 49. Rc1+ Kb4 50. Rc7 Rxd4 $11) 36... Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Rxa4 38. Rc2 Ra3
39. Rb2 Ke6 $44) 32... Ke7 $6 {I might have tried something riskier.} (32... g5
33. Nh5 Ke7 34. e4 $1 $18 (34. Ng3 c5)) 33. h4 h6 34. h5 $1 $18 {Now it is a
trivial win for white.} Kd6 35. e4 f6 {Another passive decision.} (35... a4 36.
e5+ Kd7 37. bxa4 b3 38. Rb2 Nb4+ (38... bxa2 39. Kd2 $18) 39. Kd2 Nxa2 40. Rcb1
c5 41. Rxb3 cxd4 42. Nxd5 Rc2+ 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Nb6 R8c6 45. Kxd4 Nc1 46. Ra3
Ne2+ 47. Kd3 Kxe5 48. Rb5+ $18) 36. Re2 Re8 37. Rce1 Rce7 38. Ng6 {Transposing
into a won knights ending.} dxe4+ 39. Rxe4 {Simplest but there were other
promising variations in this position.} (39. fxe4 Re6 40. Nh4 Ke7 41. Nf5+ Kf7
42. Kc4 Rd8 43. e5 $18) 39... Rxe4 40. Rxe4 $1 {Right decision.} (40. fxe4 $6
Nc7 41. Nh4 Ne6 42. Nf5+ Kd7 $16 {and blacks position is more resilient
compared the previous ones.}) 40... Rxe4 41. fxe4 $1 {The other recapture was
also leading to a win but the text is much simpler.} (41. Kxe4 $5 Nc7 42. Nh4
Ne6 (42... Nb5 43. Nf5+ Kd7 44. Nxg7 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 Nxa2 46. Nf5 Nc1+ 47. Kc4 $18
) 43. Nf5+ Kd7 44. f4 Kc7 45. Ne3 Kd7 46. Nc4 $18) 41... Nc7 42. Nh4 {Knight
goes to f5 and black is done. I have considered resignation for a while here
but do not forget noone won anything by resigning.} Ne6 43. Nf5+ Kd7 44. d5 {
This is of course winning but the alternative seemed even sweatless.} (44. Ke3
$142 c5 45. dxc5 (45. d5 Nc7 46. Nxg7 c4 47. bxc4 a4 48. Nf5 Na6 49. Kd2 Nc5
50. Nxh6 Nxe4+ 51. Kc2 Kd6 52. Nf5+ Kc5 53. h6 Ng5 54. d6 Kc6 55. c5 Kd7 56.
Nd4 $18) 45... Kc7 46. e5 fxe5 47. Ke4 Nxc5+ 48. Kxe5 Nd3+ 49. Ke4 Nc1 50. Nxg7
Nxa2 51. g5 a4 52. bxa4 b3 53. Kd3 $18) 44... cxd5 45. exd5 Nf4+ 46. Kc4 (46.
Ke4 Ne2 47. Nxg7 Nc3+ 48. Kd4 Nxa2 49. Kc4 Nc3 50. Nf5 Ne4 51. Kb5 Nc3+ 52.
Kxa5 Nxd5 53. Nxh6 Ne3 54. Kxb4 $18) 46... g6 47. hxg6 Nxg6 48. Kb5 $4 {
An incredible blunder by Rafik who was moving quickly in the last moves.} (48.
Nxh6 Kd6 49. Nf5+ Ke5 50. Kc5 Kf4 51. d6 Nf8 52. Nh6 Kg5 53. Ng8 Kxg4 54. Nxf6+
Kf5 55. Nd5 $18) 48... Nf4 49. d6 $5 (49. Kxa5 Nxd5 50. Kb5 Nc3+ 51. Kxb4 Nxa2+
52. Kc4 Ke6 53. Nxh6 Ke5 54. Ng8 Kf4 55. Nxf6 Kg5 56. Nd5 Kxg4 $11) 49... Nd5
50. Kxa5 Kc6 51. Ka4 Kc5 $1 $11 {Probably that is what he has missed. Now the
d pawn is indirectly controlled.} 52. Ka5 Kc6 53. d7 Kxd7 54. Kb5 Nc3+ 55. Kxb4
Nxa2+ 56. Kc4 Ke6 57. Kd4 (57. Nxh6 Ke5 $11) 57... Kf7 58. Nh4 {Now we even
have equal pawns.} (58. Nxh6+ Kg6 59. Nf5 (59. Ng8 Kf7 $11) 59... Kg5 60. Ne3
Kf4 $11) 58... Kg7 59. Ke3 (59. Ke4 Nc1 60. b4 Na2 {wins the b pawn.}) 59... h5
{A lucky save by black.} (59... h5 60. gxh5 Kh6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {The ever nasty Moldavian Slav.Despite
of the fact that black's last looks like a loss of tempo,it is very difficult
for white to get any advantage in this opening.} 5. cxd5 {Is white heading for
a drawish set up?} cxd5 6. Bg5 {No,6.Bg5 is a line already applied by
evertrustworthy sank Peterburg School memebers.} Ne4 {The best reaction.} (6...
e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 {gives white an easy game.}) 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 Bg4 $1 $146 {
Moves should not be condemned according to the results of games,this natural
move is both good and a novelty.} (8... Qa5 9. Qb3 Qb4 {The move from
Iskusnyh-Burmakin,Tomsk 2001.} 10. Qxb4 (10. Qc2 Qa5 (10... Bf5 11. Bd3 Qa5 12.
Qb3 Nxc3 13. Bxf5 Nb5+ (13... Ne4+ 14. Ke2 $14) 14. Ke2 e6 15. Bd3 Nb4 16. Rhc1
$14) 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 e6 14. Be2 $14) 10... Nxb4 11. Rc1 Bf5
12. Nxe4 $5 (12. a3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nc6 14. Rb3 $5 (14. Kd2 e6 15. Bg3 f6 16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Kxd3 Kd7 18. Rhc1 Rc8 $11) 14... b5 (14... O-O-O $2 15. Rc3 $1 {
Suddenly black is helpless against whites threats.}) (14... Na5 15. Rb6 Rc8 (
15... O-O-O $2 16. Ne5 Kc7 17. Nxf7 Kxb6 18. Nxd8 $16) 16. Be2 (16. b4 {
gives no more than a draw.} Rc1+ (16... Nc4 $2 17. Rxb7 Nxa3 18. Bxa6 Rc1+ 19.
Ke2 Rxh1 20. Rb8+ Kd7 21. Ne5+ Kc7 22. Rb7+ $18) 17. Ke2 Nc4 18. Rxb7 Rc2+ $11)
16... Rc6 17. Rxc6 Nxc6 18. Kd2 e6 19. Bg3 f6 20. Nh4 $14) 15. Rc3 Na5 $13)
12... dxe4 (12... Bxe4 $6 13. Rc7) 13. Nd2 Nxa2 14. Rc7 b5 15. g4 Bxg4 16. Bg2
f5 (16... Kd8 17. Rc5 Nb4 18. Bxe4 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Kxc8 20. f3 $44) 17. f3 exf3
18. Nxf3 $44) 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qd7 11. O-O e6 12. c4 dxc4 (12... Nb4 $6 {
Black should give importance to the development.} 13. c5 (13. Be2 $5) 13...
Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3) 15. e4 $40) 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. Bg3 {
White wants to keep all 4 bishops in,yet it is very difficult to approve his
decision.} (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bd3 $5 O-O 16. Be4 $14) 14... O-O (14... b5 15.
Bd3 $1 {and black has to lose another tempo due to} (15. d5 $2 Nb4 $1 (15...
bxc4 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Qd4 Bxf3 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. gxf3 $13)) 15... O-O 16. h3
Bh5 $2 17. Ne5 $1 Bxd1 18. Nxd7 Rfd8 19. Nb6 $18 (19. Be4 Be2 20. Bxc6 Rac8 21.
Rfc1 $18)) 15. a4 {The text move is ambitious but it is hard to judge if this
move leads to an advantage for home team.} (15. Bd3 $142 $1 Rfd8 16. h3 Bh5 17.
Ne5 Bxd1 18. Nxd7 $14) 15... Rac8 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Qb3 $8 Qd5 $6 {This is a
very risky move.I believe black should be quick with Bf5-e4.} (17... Bf5 $1 18.
Qb6 $1 $13) 18. Qxb7 $1 {Calculation rules in todays chess.} Nxd4 19. Bxa6 Ne2+
$1 (19... Bxf3 $2 20. Qxd5 $1 {Simplest.} (20. Qxe7 $5 Bxg2 21. exd4 $16) (20.
gxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kh1 Rc6 $1 22. Bb5 (22. e4 Qc5 23. Rfc1 Qxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25.
Kg2 Ne1+ 26. Kh3 Kf8) 22... Nd2+ 23. f3 (23. Kg1 Nf3+ $11) (23. e4 Nxe4) 23...
Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Rc1 25. Qxe7 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qxe3+ 27. Bf2 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 $13)
20... Bxd5 21. exd4 Rc2 22. Rfc1 $1 $16 {and the a pawn is very dangerous.})
20. Kh1 Nxg3+ 21. hxg3 Bxf3 $1 {GM Rustem Dautov gets down to business and
starts holding a slightly worse position.} (21... Qh5+ 22. Kg1 Bf6 23. Rad1 $16
{is simply a pawn up for white.}) 22. gxf3 Qxb7 23. Bxb7 Rc7 24. Rab1 {I have
lost precious amount of time here to understand which rook belongs to b1, only
after then I have realized that there is no difference.} (24. Rfb1 Rb8 $1 (
24... Rc2 $2 {Blocking the a pawn is more up in the priority list rather than
any agressive attempt for defender.} 25. Kg1 Bf6 (25... Rdd2 26. Be4 $1) 26.
Ra3 Rdd2 27. Be4 $1 {The same trick.}) 25. Be4 {transposes.}) 24... Rb8 25. Be4
Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Ra7 27. Rb8+ Bf8 28. Bc6 g6 $14 {Black is a pawn down but the
nature of the position makes it almost impossible to win for white.} 29. f4 Kg7
30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Rb2 ({It is too early for rooks swap.I was keeping it in mind
if black would have chosen a set up including h5.Then positions reminiscent of
Speelman-Sveshnikov,Biel(izt)1993 might have occured.} 31. Rb7 Rxb7 32. Bxb7
Bb4 33. Kf3 Kf6 $11) 31... Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. g4 h6 34. Rb1 g5 $1 35. f5 exf5
36. gxf5 h5 $1 (36... Kf6 $2 {is dangerous due to} 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kxh5 Kxf5
39. Rb5+ Be5 40. a5 f6 41. Bb7 $18) 37. Rh1 Rc7 $1 (37... h4 38. Kg4 Kf6 39. f4
gxf4 40. exf4 Rc7 41. Bb5 Rc5 42. Rxh4 Rd5 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44. Rh3 Rd4 45. Rf3 $16
{The final position offers some chances to white due to his strong passer.} Kf6
$140 46. a5 {A possible scenario after this thrust.} Rd5 47. Rd3 $1 Rxd3 48.
Bxd3 Bc5 49. Kf3 $1 (49. Bc4 $2 Ke7 50. Bxf7 (50. a6 f6 51. Kf3 Kd6 52. Ke4 $11
) 50... Kxf7 $11) 49... Ke7 50. f6+ Kxf6 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Bc4+ Kf6 53. a6 Ke7
54. f5 Ba7 55. Kd5 Kd7 56. Ke5 $18) 38. Bd5 $1 (38. Bb5 Rc5 $11) 38... Rc5 39.
Ke4 Ra5 40. Rxh5 {Unfortunately this exchange is the only chance for white.}
Rxa4+ 41. Kd3 {There is not much difference in which road whites king should
pursuit to enter into enemy's camp.} ({However route via f3 seems to be the
logical itinerary.} 41. Kf3 $142 Ra5 (41... g4+ $2 42. Kg2 Ra5 43. e4 f6 44.
Rh7+ Kd8 45. Rg7 $18) 42. e4 f6 43. Rh7+ Kd8 44. Kg4 (44. Be6 Ra3+ 45. Kg4 Be5
46. Rd7+ Ke8 $11) 44... Rc5 $11 {With the idea of Rc7.}) 41... f6 42. Rh7+ Kd8
43. Bc6 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 Be5 {Now it is almost a draw.} 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. Re7 (46.
Rd5 Ba1 $1) 46... Rc3 $4 {The text move objectively looks like leading to a
draw ,yet there is no need to allow the dangerous exchange sac.} (46... Ra5 47.
f3 $11) 47. Bb7+ Kd8 48. Rxe5 fxe5 49. Kxe5 Ke7 50. Bd5 Rc2 51. f6+ Kd7 $1 {
Black wants to keep his king up.} (51... Kf8 52. Kf5 Rxf2+ 53. Kxg5) 52. f3 (
52. Kf5 $2 Rxf2+ 53. Kxg5 Kd6 54. e4 Ke5 55. f7 Rxf7 56. Bxf7 Kxe4 $11 {
makes the difference with blacks last.}) 52... Re2 {In this particular
position sometimes even double pawns can win.} (52... Rc3 53. Kf5 $3 Rxe3 (
53... Kd6 54. Be4 (54. Kg6 $2 Kxd5 55. f7 Rc8 56. Kg7 Kc4 57. f8=Q Rxf8 58.
Kxf8 Kd3 59. e4 g4 $11) 54... Rxe3 55. Kxg5 Re1 56. Kg6 Rg1+ 57. Kf7 Rg3 58.
Kf8 Rg1 59. f7 Rc1 (59... Kd7 60. Bf5+ Kd8 61. Bg4 $18) 60. Kg7 $18) 54. Kg6
Re5 (54... Rc3 55. f7 Ke7 56. Kg7 Rc8 57. Bc6 Rf8 58. Be8 Rxe8 59. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8
60. Kf6 Kf8 61. Kxg5 $18) 55. Be4 Rc5 56. Kg7 Ke6 57. f7 Rc7 58. Bg6 Ke5 59.
Kg8 Rc8+ 60. f8=Q Rxf8+ 61. Kxf8 Kf4 62. Bh5 $8 $18) 53. e4 Rf2 54. Be6+ Ke8
55. Bg4 Ra2 56. Kf5 Ra5+ 57. Kg6 Kf8 58. Bf5 Ra3 59. e5 Rxf3 60. e6 Re3 61.
Kxg5 $18 {When pawns are on the 6th as I remember they become unstoppable.} Re1
(61... Ke8 62. Kf4 Re1 63. Be4 Kf8 64. Bd5 Ke8 65. Bc6+ Kf8 66. Kf5 Re2 67. Bd5
Re1 68. Be4 Rf1+) 62. Kf4 Ke8 63. Bg6+ Kf8 64. Be4 Ke8 65. Ke5 (65. Bc6+ Kf8 (
65... Kd8 66. Kf5 Re2 67. Bd7 Rg2 68. Bb5 $18) 66. Kf5 Rf1+ (66... Re3 67. Be4
Rc3 (67... Ke8 68. e7) 68. e7+ Kf7 69. Kf4 Rc8 70. Ke5 Rb8 71. Bd5+ Ke8 72.
Bc6+ Kf7 73. e8=Q+ Rxe8+ 74. Bxe8+ Kxe8 75. Ke6 $18) 67. Ke5 Re1+ 68. Kd6 Re3
69. Bb7 Ke8 70. Bd5 Re1 71. Bf3 Kf8 72. Bh5 $18) 65... Kf8 66. Kd5 (66. Kd4 Ke8
67. Bd5 Re2 68. Kc5 Re1 (68... Re3 69. Kd6 Re1 70. Bf3 Kf8 71. Bh5 $18) 69. Kd6
Re3 70. Bc6+ Kf8 71. Kd7 {is the simplest way to victory as Z.Klausen
demonstrated in 1963.} Re5 (71... Rd3+ 72. Kc7 Re3 73. Kd6 Rd3+ (73... Re2 74.
Bf3 Re3 75. Bh5 Rd3+ 76. Ke5 Re3+ 77. Kd5 Re1 78. Kd6 $18) 74. Bd5 $18) 72. Bf3
Kg8 73. Ke7 Rf5 74. Bh5 Kh7 75. f7 Kg7 76. Ke8 $18) 66... Ke8 67. Bf3 Re3 68.
Bh5+ Kd8 ({Keeping the king on f8 looks tougher,though it is still winning for
white.} 68... Kf8 $142 69. Kd6 Rd3+ 70. Ke5 Re3+ 71. Kd5 Re1 72. Kd6 $18 {
And there is no check on d1,the method is just like Philidor's R+B against R.})
69. Kd6 Rd3+ 70. Ke5 Re3+ 71. Kf5 Re1 72. Bf7 $1 {The sail of whites majesty
to f8 is unavoidable.} Rf1+ 73. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Athens Acropolis"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 {Chebanenko's or Moldavian Slav
is over the board now.} b5 ({Alekhine's move} 5... e6 $5 {reancarnated by
Misha Gurevich is also possible in this opening.}) 6. b3 Bg4 (6... Bf5 7. Bd3
e6 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. O-O {is very popular these days for both colors.}) 7. Be2 {
White has to prepare h3 since he needs protection by his queen for the
queenside.} e6 8. h3 Bh5 (8... Bf5 {looked always risky to me but people do
have different opinions about it.} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb2 (10. Bd3 $5 Bb4) 10...
Bd6 11. Bd3 $5) 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 {GM Dautov's
contribution to theory. Because of this white has to include h3.} 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Rc1 Qb8 (14... Qb7 $2 15. Qc2 {results in whites invasion along c file.})
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 ({Khalifman's move is still not refuted.} 15... Kxd7 $5 16. f3
Qb7 $1 {Black has to try to take some measures on c line.} (16... Ke7 $6 17. e4
dxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. d5 Rd8 20. Qe1 $40) 17. Nf4 $1 (17. Qe1 $5 Rhc8 18. Qh4
(18. e4 $6 dxe4 19. d5 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Qg5 21. fxe4 Rc2 22. Rxd6+ Kxd6 23. e5+ Kd7
24. Bc1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Nd5 26. Rxf7+ Ke8 27. Rf3 Rc8 28. Nd3 Rc2 29. Qf1 Kd7 $11
) 18... Rxc1 19. Nxc1 $14) 17... Bxf4 18. exf4 Rac8 $13) 16. e4 $1 {Touching
the pawn is lethal for black.} Nb6 $6 $146 {After some long thought my
opponent decided for this strange move.} ({After the natural} 16... O-O 17. e5
Be7 18. Ng3 {may generate some kingside attack.} (18. Nf4 Bg5 19. Qg4 Bxf4 20.
Qxf4 b4 21. Rc6 Rc8 22. Rfc1 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 a5 $14) (18. Rc3 Rc8 19. Rg3 $13))
17. e5 Be7 18. Nf4 $5 {This is a multi purpose move, I had some ideas
connected with queenside too.} g6 {Protecting h5 square.} (18... Bg5 $2 {
is of course catastrophic.} 19. Nxe6 $1 Bxc1 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. Bxc1 Kxg7 22.
Qg4+ Kf8 23. Ba3+ Ke8 24. Qg7 $18) 19. Nd3 (19. Qg4 h5 20. Qf3 Qb7 {did not
appeal to me.}) 19... O-O 20. Qd2 (20. f4 $2 Nc4 $1 (20... f5 21. Nc5)) 20...
Rc8 21. Rxc8+ {I wanted to chop the rook of since Ba3 in case of doubling
attempt annoyed me.} (21. Bc3 Ba3 22. Rc2 Qc7 23. Ne1 Qb7 24. Nf3 Be7 $13 {
and we are almost in the starting point.}) 21... Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qe8 $8 {
Practically the only square.} (22... Qd8 $2 23. Bc3 Ba3 24. Rc2 Rc8 25. Ba5
Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qc8 27. Nc5 Nd7 28. b4 Nxc5 29. dxc5 d4 30. c6 $18) (22... Qb7
23. Nc5) 23. Bc3 {I did not want to give him time to consolidate but} ({
None of the following possibilities appealed to me.} 23. Qa5 Bd8 24. Qe1 a5) (
23. Rc7 Qd8) (23. g4 a5) 23... Rc8 24. Ba5 Nd7 25. Bc7 $1 $16 {It looks like
black is doomed to passivity.} Bd8 $6 {I did not expect this.} (25... Nc5 $5
26. Nxc5 Rxc7 27. b4 $1 $16 (27. Nxa6 $2 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qa8 29. Qc7 Qxa6 30.
Qxe7 Qxa2 $11)) 26. Bd6 (26. Qa5 $2 Bxc7 27. Rxc7 Qd8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Nc5
Nxc5 30. Qc3 b4 $1 $132) 26... Bb6 {Now his bishop also went away from the
defence of his kingside.} 27. Rxc8 $6 (27. Nc5 {looks like the move but I did
not like it.} Rc6 28. b4 $1 (28. Nxa6 $2 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Bxd4 30. Qc6 Qd8 31.
Qxb5 Qg5 $132) 28... f6 $16 {white is better but nothing concrete comes out.})
27... Qxc8 28. Ne1 $1 {This is what I was relying on. Sudden switch to the
other flank poses problems for black.} a5 29. Nf3 {I could have tried to
prevent his only idea b4 and Qc3.} (29. a3 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Nf3 Qc4 32. g4
$14 {Since no mate comes out of direct attempts I have decided for the text.} (
32. Qh6 Bxd4 33. Ng5 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Qc1+ $11) (32. Kh2 Kg7 33. Qg5
Bxd4 34. Qd8 Bxe5+ $1 35. Nxe5 Qf4+ $11) (32. Qg5 Kg7)) 29... b4 {This is a
critical position.} 30. h4 {I wanted to prevent any possibility of Qc1-f4
since my queen would leave c1-h6 diagonal by having an extra square namely h3
in my kings disposal.} (30. g4 Qc3 31. Qxc3 bxc3 32. Kf1 c2 33. Ba3 Nb8 34. Ke2
Nc6 35. Kd3 Nb4+ 36. Kd2 Nxa2 37. Kxc2 Nb4+ 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. g5 $11) (30. Kf1
$142 {Maybe this was the idea. I should show some patience and try to bring my
king to the other wing.} Bc7 31. Be7) (30. Qh6 Qc2 $132) (30. Qf4 Qc2 31. g4
Qe4 $11) 30... Bd8 (30... Qc3 $2 31. Qg5 h6 32. Qxh6 $1 (32. Qe7 $2 Qc8 33. h5
Qd8 $1 $14) 32... Bxd4 33. Ng5 Qa1+ (33... Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Bxe5+ 35. f4 Bxf4+ 36.
Bxf4 Nf6 37. Nf3 $1 $18 {tactics work in whites way.}) 34. Kh2 Bxe5+ 35. g3 $18
) 31. h5 $2 $138 {Throwing away a pawn without any clear plan! This is my
typical irresponsable play these days.} (31. g4 $2 Qc3 {is no good because h4
needs protection.}) (31. g3 h5 (31... Qc3 $2 32. Qxc3 bxc3 33. Ne1 f6 34. f4
Kf7 35. Kf2 Be7 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Ke3 $18) 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. a3 $1 bxa3 34. Bxa3
$16) 31... gxh5 $1 $36 {And now what?} 32. g3 Qc3 33. Qe2 Kg7 $1 34. Kg2 Nf8
35. Bxf8+ $6 {I have thought thatI have calculated pretty well despite of time
trouble but in reality} (35. Qb5 $1 Ng6 36. Qe8 h4 $1 37. Qxd8 h3+ 38. Kxh3
Qxf3 39. Qf6+ Qxf6 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41. Bc7 Ne7 (41... Kf5 $2 42. Bxa5 Ke4 43.
Bxb4 Kxd4 44. a4 Ne5 45. a5 Nc6 46. a6 e5 47. Kg4 $16) 42. Bd8 $1 {I have
missed that} (42. Bxa5 $2 Nc6 43. Bb6 e5 44. Bc5 Ke6 $1 (44... exd4 45. Kg2 Ke5
46. Kf3 f5 47. Ke2 $132) 45. Kg2) 42... e5 43. dxe5+ Ke6 44. Bxe7 Kxe7 45. Kg4
Ke6 46. Kf4 (46. f4 $2 h5+ 47. Kxh5 Kf5 $19) 46... h6 47. g4 $8 (47. f3 h5 $19)
47... d4 (47... f6 $2 48. exf6 Kxf6 49. Kg3 Kg5 50. f4+ Kg6 51. Kf3 h5 52. f5+
Kg5 53. gxh5 Kxh5 54. Kf4 d4 55. Ke4 Kg5 56. Kxd4 Kxf5 57. Kc5 $18) 48. Ke4 d3
49. Kxd3 Kxe5 50. Ke3 f5 51. f3 Ke6 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Kg3 Kg5 54. Kh3 $11) 35...
Kxf8 36. Qb5 Kg7 37. Qe8 Qc7 38. Kh3 h6 39. Ne1 $6 {I have lost my composure
immediately.} (39. Kg2 Bg5 $17) 39... Qc1 $4 $138 {He played that very quick.}
(39... h4 $1 {wins easily.} 40. Nd3 (40. Ng2 hxg3 41. fxg3 Bg5 $19) (40. gxh4
Qc3+ 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. Nf3 Bxd4 $19) 40... hxg3 41. fxg3 Qe7 42. Qxe7 (42. Qb5
Qg5 43. Nf4 Qf5+ 44. Kh2 Bg5) 42... Bxe7 43. Kg4 f6 44. Kf3 $17 {may create
some problems to convert but still white is really worse.}) 40. Qxd8 Qxe1 41.
Qf6+ Kg8 42. Kh2 $1 $11 {It is impossible to get rid of white's queen.} Qd2 (
42... Qd2 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qf6 $11) (42... Qe2 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qf6 $11) (42...
Qe4 43. Qxh6 Qf5 44. Kg1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Athens Acropolis"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2003.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Tzermiadianos, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 {This move leads to
closed positions which I usually dislike though it is the most challenging
approach against this type of Slav my opponent has chosen.} Nbd7 {This is
people's choice including, even I did this.} 6. h3 $5 Qc7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 {
Huebner,R: 'Eine ausgeglichene Stellung entsteht nach'} (8. Bxf6 {Huebner,R}
Nxf6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,P-Burmakin,V/
Oberwart 2001/EXT 2002 (38). (38)}) 8... Nh5 $1 $146 {A good novelty.
According to my teammate Sotiris Logothetis this novelty belongs to GM Loek
van Wely. When "Jerry" had problems with what to do in this line, Loeky
mentioned this plan.} 9. g4 $8 (9. e3 $2 g5 10. Nd2 Ndf6 11. Be2 Nf4 $1 $17)
9... g5 10. gxh5 gxh4 11. e3 e5 12. Nxh4 exd4 13. exd4 {After all these more
or less forced moves I was happy with my extra (!) pawn.} Qf4 $5 {This was
unexpected. Huebner,R: 'Auch diese Stellung dьrfte ungefдhr im Gleichgewicht
sein.'} ({I have only considered} 13... b6 $5 14. Qe2+ Kd8 15. cxb6 Nxb6 16.
Ng2 Bg7 17. O-O-O Be6 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qc2 Be6 (19... Bb7 20. Ne3 d4
21. Rg1 Bf6 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 $16) 20. Ne3 Rc8 (20... d4 21. Ne2) 21. Bxa6
Rc7 22. Nb5 Bf5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5+ 24. Kd2 Nc4+ 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Nc3 $1 $16) 18.
Ne3 (18. Qf3 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 $40) 18... Qf4 19. Qd2 Bf6 $1 20. Rg1 Bh4 21. Rg2
Bxh3 22. Ne2 Qf6 23. Rg1 Be6 24. Ng3 Bg5 25. Kb1 $16) 14. Ng2 {I have
understood that this is forced and he will keep his king in the center.} ({
I was thinking that} 14. Qg4 $2 {makes the text impossible but after} Qf6 {
white is in a bad shape.}) 14... Qf6 15. Qe2+ Kd8 $1 {This is a brilliant idea.
Black is ready to throw everything on whites king.} (15... Be7 $6 16. O-O-O Nf8
17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Be2 $16) 16. O-O-O Bg7 17. f4 $1 {I have to occupy some
squares.} (17. Re1 $2 Kc7 $1 (17... Qxd4 18. Qe7+ Kc7 19. Qd6+ $11)) 17... Re8
18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Ne2 $1 {Starting with this move I have done weird maneuvers
with my knights but seems like this is the best plan.} (19. Na4 $2 Ne6 $1 (
19... Bf5 20. Qa5+ Kc8 21. Nb6+ Kb8 22. Nxa8 Kxa8 $44) 20. Nb6 Rb8) 19... Bf5
20. Ne3 Bh7 21. h4 $2 {I have decided to show some activity but there is a
hole in my calculations.} ({I had to consolidate and set up my pieces in such
a way to prevent his tactics.} 21. Rg1 Ne6 22. Rg3 Kc7 (22... Kd7 23. Bg2 Re7
24. f5 $1 Nc7 (24... Ng5 25. Nc3 Rae8 26. h4) 25. Rf1 $16) 23. Bg2 Rad8 24. f5
Ng5 25. Nc3 Kb8 26. h4 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qg2 $16) 21... Ne6 (21... Rxe3 $2
22. Qxe3 Qf5 23. Qb3 $18) 22. Bh3 a5 $2 {'?!' Huebner,R.} ({He has sort of
trusted me and missed} 22... Nxf4 $1 {Huebner,R: 'kommt durchaus in Betracht:'}
23. Qa5+ Ke7 24. Qc7+ (24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. Nxf4 Bxh3 26. Nxh3 Kf8 $17) 24... Kf8
25. Nxf4 Rxe3 26. Ng6+ (26. Rhf1 Qe7 {'-/+' Huebner,R.}) (26. Rdf1 {Huebner,R}
Qe7 $17) 26... Bxg6 27. hxg6 Re7 $17) 23. f5 $1 {This is no blunder, I was
considering the incoming ending better for me but it is just equal. However
during the game I have thought that I had better of it.} (23. Rhg1 {Huebner,R}
Bh8 24. Ng2 {sieht nicht geschmackvoll aus, ist aber vielleicht stдrker.})
23... Nxc5 {He has to take this one and go in the endgame.} (23... Nxd4 $2 24.
Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd5 $16) 24. Nxd5 cxd5 (24... Nb3+ {Huebner,R} 25.
axb3 cxd5 26. Nc3 {fьhrt zu etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 25. dxc5 Qxb2+ 26. Qxb2
Bxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Rxe2+ 28. Kc3 Kc7 29. Rxd5 {After a bunch of forced moves we
have this interesting ending. During the game the facts that Bh3 is better
placed compared to Bh7 and my king up on the board made me think that white
was better but things were not that simple.} Rg8 $6 {Why this line he needs
the double rooks battery on the e line.} ({This is what I was worried the most
since at this point I have realised that the result will just be a draw if he
choses this one.} 29... Rae8 $1 30. Rd6 (30. Rhd1 R8e3+ 31. R1d3 Rxd3+ 32. Rxd3
Rxa2 33. Kc4 (33. Kd4 Ra4+ 34. Ke5 Rxh4 35. Kf6 Rxh5 36. Rf3 Kc6 37. Kxf7 Bxf5
38. Bxf5 Kxc5 $17) 33... Ra4+ (33... Rc2+ 34. Kd5 $44) 34. Kb5 Rf4 35. Rd6 Bxf5
36. Bxf5 Rxf5 37. Rxh6 a4 38. Kxa4 Rxc5 $11) 30... R8e3+ $11) (29... Rxa2 {
This natural capture also leads to a draw. Huebner,R: 'gibt dem Schwarzen auf
jeden Fall gutes Spiel, zum Beispiel'} 30. Rd6 (30. Rhd1 {Huebner,R} Ra3+ 31.
Kc4 Rxh3 $19) (30. Re1 {Huebner,R} Ra3+ 31. Kc4 Ra4+ 32. Kb3 Rxh4 33. Re7+ Kc6
34. Bg2 Rg8) (30. Rd6 Ra6) (30. Rhd1 Ra3+ 31. Kc4 Rxh3 $19) 30... Ra6 31. Rxa6
bxa6 32. Kd4 Ra4+ 33. Ke5 Rxh4 34. Bg2 Rc4 (34... Rxh1 $4 {Only this loses.}
35. Bxh1 a4 36. Bd5 Bg8 37. Kf6 Bh7 38. Bxf7 Kc6 39. Ke5 Kxc5 (39... Bxf5 40.
Kxf5 Kxc5 41. Kg6 $18) 40. f6 $18) 35. Kf6 a4 (35... Rxc5 36. Be4 a4 37. Rf1 a3
38. Bb1 Ra5 39. Ba2 Kd6 40. Bxf7 a2 41. Bxa2 Rxa2 42. Kg7 Bxf5 43. Rxf5 Rg2+
44. Kxh6 Ke7 $11) 36. Rf1 Rxc5 37. Be4 a3 38. Bb1 $11) 30. Rd6 Rf2 $6 {Another
bad move having absolutely no meaning!} ({The e line yes the e line is very
important.} 30... Rg3+ 31. Kd4 Rge3 $11 (31... Bg8 {Huebner,R} 32. Rxh6 Rxa2 {
fьhrt zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung, zum Beispiel} 33. Ke5 Rc2 34. Rh8
f6+ 35. Kxf6 Bd5)) (30... Rxa2 {Huebner,R} 31. Rxh6 Rg3+ 32. Kd4 Bg8 {kommt
auf dasselbe hinaus.}) 31. Kd4 $1 {He probably has missed that one.} (31. Kd3
$2 Rg3+ 32. Ke4 Rxh3 33. Rxh3 Bxf5+ 34. Ke3 Rxa2 $17) 31... Re8 {With this
move he sort of admits his mistake.} (31... Bxf5 $2 32. Ke3 Bxh3 33. Kxf2 $16)
32. Rf6 Re7 33. Rg1 {This is similar to} (33. Kd3 Rfe2 34. Rxf7 R2e3+ 35. Kd2
Re2+ 36. Kd1 Rxf7 37. Kxe2 Bxf5 38. Bg2 $14) 33... Rf4+ 34. Kd5 Rxh4 $2 {
'?!' Huebner,R. A very bad move, once again the e line is critical, he drifted
away with this one.} ({Huebner,R: Besser ist} 34... Rfe4 $8 35. Rxf7 R4e5+ 36.
Kd4 Re4+ 37. Kd3 Re3+ 38. Kd2 Re2+ 39. Kd1 Rxf7 40. Kxe2 Bxf5 {Huebner,R: ',
und Schwarz sollte mьhelos remis halten.'} 41. Bg2 (41. Bxf5 Rxf5 42. Rg7+ Kc8
43. c6 bxc6 44. Rg6 Rxh5 45. Rxc6+ Kd7 46. Rc4 $11) 41... b6 (41... Bg4+ 42.
Ke3 Bxh5 43. Rb1 Kc8 44. Rb6 Rc7 45. Kd4 Rd7+ 46. Kc3 Rc7 47. Rxh6 Rxc5+ 48.
Kd4 Rb5 49. a3 Bg4 50. Bd5 Rb1 $16) 42. cxb6+ Kxb6 $14) 35. Rg7 $2 {This is
absolutely idiotic. I of course had to keep the bishops in the game.} (35. Bg4
Bg8 36. Kd4 (36. Bf3 Re3 37. Rg4 $18 (37. Rxg8 $2 Rd3+ 38. Ke5 Re3+ $11)) (36.
Rxh6 {Huebner,R} f6+ 37. Kd4 Rg7 38. Rg6 Rxg6 39. hxg6 Bxa2 {ist nicht klar.})
36... Rh2 37. Rxh6 Rd2+ 38. Kc3 Red7 39. Rd6 (39. Rg3 {Huebner,R} Rxa2 40. Bf3
Ra3+ 41. Kc4 Rdd3 {fьhrt zum Ausgleich.}) 39... R2xd6 40. cxd6+ Rxd6 (40...
Kxd6 41. Rd1+ (41. Bf3 {Huebner,R} Bh7 42. Rd1+ Kc7 43. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {verspricht
weniger.}) 41... Kc7 42. Rxd7+ (42. a4 {(Huebner,R) Die Aufgabe des Schwarzen
ist nicht einfach.}) 42... Kxd7 43. f6+ Kd6 44. Bf5 Ke5 45. Bd3 Kxf6 46. h6 Ke5
47. h7 Bxh7 48. Bxh7 f5 49. a4 f4 50. Kd3 b5 51. axb5 Kd5 52. Kc3 $1 Kc5 53.
Bd3 $18) 41. Be2 $18 Bh7 {Huebner,R} 42. Rg7 Bxf5 43. Rxf7+ Bd7 44. Bb5 {
und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 35... Rxh3 {'?' Huebner,R.} (35... Rhe4 {Huebner,R} 36.
Rfxf7 Bg8 37. Rxg8 R4e5+ {fьhrt zum Remis.}) 36. Rfxf7 $4 {What a play by what
a player! Even a blind man could have seen that it leads to serious material
loss.} ({Running short of time I was frustrated with} 36. Rxh7 Rxh5 (36... Rd7+
$2 37. Rd6 $18) 37. Rhxf7 (37. Rfxf7 $2 Rxf5+ $1 {is the trick which made me
to go for the disastrous move I have chosen in the game.}) 37... Kd7 $1 {
However white wins by very exact play.} 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Ke5 Rh2 40. Re6+ $1
(40. Rb6 $2 Re2+ 41. Kd4 Rxa2 $1 (41... Rd2+ 42. Kc3 Rxa2 43. Rxb7+ Kf6 44. c6)
42. Rxb7+ (42. Rxh6 Rb2 $11) 42... Kf6 43. c6 Rc2 44. c7 a4 45. Kd5 Kxf5 46.
Rb5 Rxc7 47. Kd6+ Kg4 48. Kxc7 h5 $11) 40... Kd7 (40... Kf7 41. a4 Re2+ 42. Kd6
Rd2+ 43. Kc7 Rd5 44. Kb6 h5 45. Rh6 Rxf5 46. Rh7+ Kg6 47. Rxb7 h4 48. c6 $18)
41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. f6+ Ke8 43. Re6+ (43. Rb6 {(Huebner,R) WeiЯ hat prдchtige
Gewinnaussichten.}) 43... Kf8 44. Rb6 Re2+ 45. Kd6 Kf7 (45... Rd2+ 46. Kc7 Rd5
47. Rb5 h5 48. Kxb7 h4 49. Kb6 h3 50. Rb2 $18) 46. Rxb7+ Kxf6 47. c6 Rd2+ 48.
Kc5 Rxa2 49. c7 Rc2+ 50. Kb6 h5 51. Rb8 h4 52. c8=Q Rxc8 53. Rxc8 Kf5 (53...
Kg5 54. Kc5 h3 55. Kd4 Kf4 56. Rf8+ Kg3 57. Ke3 Kg2 58. Ke2 h2 59. Rg8+ Kh1 60.
Kf2 $18) (53... a4 54. Kc5 $1 a3 55. Kd4 h3 56. Rc2 Kf5 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. Kf2 $18
) 54. Rh8 Kg4 55. Kc5 $1 a4 56. Kd4 a3 57. Ke4 a2 (57... h3 58. Rg8+ Kh4 59.
Kf4 Kh5 60. Rh8+ $18) 58. Rg8+ Kh3 59. Ra8 Kg4 60. Ra7 $3 Kg3 (60... h3 61.
Rg7+ $1 Kh5 62. Kf5 Kh4 63. Kf4 Kh5 64. Rg1 Kh4 65. Kf3 $18) 61. Kf5 $1 (61.
Ra3+ $2 Kg4 62. Ke3 Kg3 $11) 61... h3 62. Ra3+ Kg2 63. Rxa2+ Kg3 64. Ra3+ Kg2
65. Kg4 h2 66. Ra2+ Kg1 67. Kg3 h1=N+ 68. Kf3 $18) 36... Rd3+ $4 {'?' Huebner,
R.} ({WGM Kiseleva immediately pointed out after the game that with} 36... Bg8
$1 $19 {I could have even lost a whole rook.} 37. Rxg8 {Huebner,R} Rxf7 38. Ke6
Rd7 $19 {ist stдrker.}) 37. Kc4 Rxf7 {This was a cold shower for me.} ({
In my dream world I was expecting} 37... Red7 $4 38. Rxh7 $18) 38. Rxf7+ Rd7
39. Rf8 (39. Rf6 $5 {Huebner,R}) 39... Rg7 {'?' Huebner,R. Tricky.} (39... Rd8
40. Rf7+ Rd7 41. Rf8 $11) (39... a4 40. a3 b6 41. Kb5 bxc5 42. Kxc5 Rg7 43. Kb5
Bg8 44. f6 Rg5+ 45. Kxa4 Be6 46. f7 Rf5 47. Rh8 Bxf7 48. Rxh6 $11) (39... b6 {
Huebner,R} 40. Kb5 bxc5 41. Kxc5 Rg7 {bietet Gewinnaussichten.}) 40. f6 $4 {
'?' Huebner,R. Why to release the bishop from its prison.} (40. Kb5 {Huebner,R:
'fьhrt zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.'} a4 41. a3 Rd7 42. Rf6 Bg8 (42... Kd8
43. Kxa4 Rd5 44. c6 $11) 43. Rxh6 Rh7 44. Rxh7+ Bxh7 45. f6 Kd7 46. Kxa4 Ke6
47. Kb5 Be4 48. Kb6 Kxf6 49. a4 $11) 40... Rg4+ 41. Kb5 (41. Kd5 Rg5+ 42. Ke6
Bb1 $19) ({Auf} 41. Kc3 {(Huebner,R) folgt} Bb1 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 41...
Bf5 $1 $19 {With my king in the mating net I better had to resign.} 42. c6
bxc6+ 43. Kxa5 Bd7 44. Ra8 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 $146 12. O-O (12. Nde3 Rd8 13.
Nxd5+ exd5 14. Be3 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Nc6 $11) 12... Nc6 13. Nc3 Rd8
$1 14. Ne4 Bb4 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. b3 $6 (16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 b5) (16. a5 Be8)
16... Be8 17. Bd2 f6 18. Bxb4+ Ncxb4 19. Bf3 b5 20. Na5 Rab8 $15 21. Rdc1 Rdc8
22. axb5 axb5 $1 {xNa5} (22... Bxb5 23. Nc4) 23. Nc5 Rc7 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 (24...
exd5 25. Nd3) 25. Nd3 Rbc8 26. Rxc7+ Rxc7 $17 27. e4 Nc3 28. Re1 Ra7 $1 29. b4
Rd7 30. Nc5 $5 (30. Nc6+ Kf8 (30... Kf7 31. Nde5+ fxe5 32. Nxe5+ Ke7 33. Nxd7
Bxd7 34. f3 $15) 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Nd4 Bf7 33. Nf3 e5 34. Ra1 Na2 $17) 30... Rd4
31. e5 f5 32. Nab7 Rxb4 33. Nd6 Bc6 $1 (33... Bd7 34. Ra1 Na4 35. Nxd7 Kxd7 36.
Nxb5 $11) 34. Nc8+ Kd8 35. Nd6 $4 (35. Na7 Bd5 36. Nxe6+ Kd7 37. Nc5+ (37. Nxg7
Re4 38. Rxe4 fxe4 $19 {xNa7}) 37... Ke8 $17) 35... Bd5 $19 36. Ra1 Rb2 37. f3
Kc7 38. Nd3 Rd2 39. Nf4 Ba2 $4 (39... b4 40. Nxd5+ Rxd5 $19) 40. Rc1 b4 41.
Nb5+ Kb6 42. Nxc3 bxc3 43. Rxc3 g5 44. Rd3 $1 $11 Rxd3 45. Nxd3 Bb1 46. Nc1 Kc5
47. Kf2 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Ne2 Bf5 50. Nxf4 (50. Nxf4 Kd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2014.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 $5 {The reason I switched the
move order} ({is} 5. a4 e6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 a5 $1 10.
Bf4 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Qe7 $11) 5... dxc4 (5... b5 6. b3 Bf5
7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Nxe4 (8. Bd2 $5) 8... Bxe4 9. O-O $14) (5... e6 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4
{transposes into the text.}) 6. a4 e6 (6... g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. a5 (9.
e4 $44) 9... Ne8 $1 10. Qa4 Nd6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Rfe1 $44) 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6
(8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 (9... Nbd7 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. Qd4 $44) 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Ne3
Qc7 12. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxc4 14. Rxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 $44 {are all known
positions.}) 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 $5 (10. Nxd1 Bxc5 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Bd2 $1 $44
(12. Rc1 Na5 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nxc4 Nb3 15. Rc2 Na1 $11)) 10... Bxc5 11. Bg5 $5 {
A strange idea to send the bishop first to g5 then to f4.} (11. Bf4) 11... O-O
(11... Bd7 $142 12. Rac1 (12. Nd2 Na5) 12... Be7 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Be3 Bd8 15.
Bd4 Bc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nde4 Ke7 18. Nxf6 Rad8 $13) 12. h3 (12. Rac1 Ng4 13.
Ne4 Ba7 14. Rxc4 f5 15. Nc5 $13) 12... h6 (12... Na5 13. Ne5) 13. Bf4 Re8 $6 {
this gives White the upper hand.} (13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc6 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Rd7 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Rab8 21. Rxc4 Rxb2 22. e3
a5 23. Rxc6 f5 $11) 14. Ne5 g5 (14... Na5 15. Rac1) 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxc6 (16.
Bxc6 $6 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 bxc6) 16... Bc5 17. Ne5 Rb8 18. Nxc4 $6 {The point
where I went wrong. White should not rush in recapturing c4!} (18. a5 Kg7 (
18... b5 19. axb6 Bxb6 20. Nc6 Rb7 21. Rxa6 Bc7 22. Ra8 Kg7 23. Na7 Rb8 $14)
19. Nxc4 (19. Na4 Bb4 20. Nxc4 e5) 19... Bd7 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rec8 22. Ra3
$14) 18... b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne5 (20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Bb7 $11) 20... Bb7
21. Ra5 $2 {I completely overlooked his next move.} (21. Nd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Re7
23. Rxb7 Rbxb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Ra5 Bd4 $11) 21... Bb6 $1 22. Raa1 {A sad
retreat.} (22. Rxb5 $2 Ba6 23. Nc6 Bxb5 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Nxb5 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2
Rxb5 27. Rd2 Rb3 $17) 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Bc7 24. Nd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Be5 26.
Raa7 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rf8 $11 28. Rab7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Rc8 30. Rxb5 Rxc3 31. e3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmir op 5th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2006.09.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 {My opponent only recently started to play the Slav.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. Nc3 ({Sometime I have to learn} 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6
hxg6 8. Rb1 $5 $13) 4... a6 5. cxd5 $5 {A last round game has its rules. I
wanted to play something which is tricky and I know better the subtleties even
if it is not that efficient against proper play.} cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Nc6 $6
{This made me to relieve.} ({The exact move order is} 7... Qa5 8. Qb3 e6 {
to keep Bd7-a4 possibility open in some lines.} 9. e3 (9. a3 Nxc3 (9... Bd7 10.
Rc1) 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. e3 Ba4 12. Qb2 Nd7 $15) 9... Bb4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. a3 Nc6
12. O-O Qa4 13. Qxa4 Nxa4 14. axb4 $44) 8. e3 Qa5 9. Qb3 e6 {My opponent
started to show some signs of lack of knowledge over the position.} ({I could
have vaguely remembered that} 9... Qb4 $142 {is a tough nut to crack.} 10. Qxb4
(10. Rc1 Bf5) 10... Nxb4 11. Rc1 Bf5 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nc6 $11) 10. Bd3 $14
Nxc3 (10... f5 11. O-O Bd6 $14 {looked interesting to me.}) 11. bxc3 Bd6 12.
O-O Qc7 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 $1 {Most likely unexpected for my opponent
however I had to open lines.} h6 $6 {I do not see the purpose of this waste of
time.} (14... O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd7 17. g4 $40) 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O
17. g4 $16 {White has definitely the upper hand since g4-g5 has already
started some action towards Black's king.} Qf4 $2 {This brave move catalyses
the events.} (17... Bd7 18. g5 Na5 19. Qc2 Bb5 20. Bh7+ $5 Kh8 21. Bd3 $16) 18.
Bxc6 ({I did not like the looks of} 18. Rae1 Qxg4 19. Qb6 $44) 18... bxc6 19.
Ne5 {White has some serious trumps in the current position. Stronger piece at
the moment, connected rooks, better pawn structure.} Qe3+ $2 {This move never
occured to me!} ({I was only looking at} 19... Qe4 20. Qb6 (20. Rae1 $6 Qd5 21.
Qa3 c5 $1 $132 22. dxc5 Bb7 23. Rf2 Rac8 24. c4 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd7 Rxc4
27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. h3 Ke7 $13) 20... c5 21. Rae1 Qd5 22. Nc6 Kh7 23. dxc5 Qxa2
24. Ne7 $40) 20. Kh1 c5 21. Rae1 Qg5 22. dxc5 $18 {White has a winning
position, however, still I had to be careful. My main concern was to blunder
something in time trouble or to give my opponent the possibility to play f6,
e5 which would have made the position highly unclear.} f6 23. Qb6 $3 $138 {
Not a difficult move to find but still it seems to have real punch.} a5 (23...
fxe5 $2 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. Qd6+ $18) 24. c4 Qd2 25. Ng6 Re8 26. Qd6
$2 {I had difficulties to find a move and I immediately erred.} (26. Qc6 $1 Bd7
27. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 28. cxd6 $18) 26... Qg5 $6 {He had a better way.} (26... Rd8
27. Qe7 $18) 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nd5 $18 Bb7 {This looked strange during the game.
} (28... Ba6 29. Nc7 Red8 30. Qxe6 $18) 29. c6 Rad8 30. Rxe6 {After this I
really got relieved.} Rg8 31. Qf4 {It looks risky but I have seen certain
tactics in advance.} (31. Qc5 Bc8 32. Re7 Qxg4 33. Rfe1 $18) 31... Qxf4 32.
Rxf4 Rge8 $1 33. c7 $8 (33. Rfe4 $2 Bxc6) 33... Rc8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Rf1 $3 {
An extremely nasty move. White will defend his passer from c1 indirectly a la
Dr. Roentgen.} Rc8 36. Rc1 $18 {The win became trivial since Black's king can
not step on g8 because of the fork.} g6 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke3 Ke6 40.
Kd4 Bxd5 (40... Kd6 41. c5+ Ke6 42. c6 Ba8 43. Kc5 $18) 41. cxd5+ Kd7 42. Rc6
Rxc7 43. Rxc7+ {Thus I have clinched to 2nd-5th places in the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tolmin AET"]
[BlackTeam "Nova Gorica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {Moldavian Slav,system found by their
late trainer Chebaneko and popularised by Bologan,gavrikov,Rogozenko,Komliakov.
These days everybody tried a bit of this.} 5. Ne5 {Most likelynot the most
ambitious one.} Nbd7 (5... dxc4 $5 6. a4 e6 $13) 6. Bf4 $6 (6. Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 $5
{almost never tried.} (6... Bxd7 7. Qb3 Bc8 8. Bf4) 7. a4 dxc4 8. a5 $36) 6...
dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Nxe5 (11... cxd4 12.
exd4 $5 $13 (12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd1 $11)) 12. Bxe5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Bf3 Qb8
$1 15. Bxb7 (15. Be5 $2 Qxe5 $1 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bc6+ Kf8 $15) 15... Qxb7 16.
f4 O-O 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 {No more weakness on e4.} Rac8 19. Rac1 Rc4 $5 20.
b3 Rcc8 $8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 $6 (21... Nd5 22. Nc5 Rc6 23. Nd3 Rfc8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6
25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 $11) 22. fxe4 $11 Ba3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. e5 $1 Kf8 25.
Kg2 Rc2+ $11 (25... Rc2+ 26. Rf2 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 (6... Qxd7 7.
a4 dxc4 8. a5 $36) 7. Qb3 dxc4 $1 $146 (7... b5 $6 8. cxd5 cxd5 (8... e6 $6 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd1 c5 11. e3 $14) 9. Nxd5 Be6 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. e4
Bc4 13. Qe3 Rc8 14. Bd2 $16) (7... Bc8 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 e6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11.
Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e3 $14) (7... e6 $6 8. cxd5 (8. Qxb7 Rb8 $11) 8... cxd5 9. Qxb7
Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Qb3 Rab8 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. b3 Bc6 17. e3 $16) 8. Qxc4 (8. Qxb7 e5 $1 {Volkov} (8... e6 $6 9. e4 Rb8
10. Qxa6 Bb4 11. Qxc4 (11. e5 Ne4 12. Qxc4 Qa5 13. Qd3 $1 c5 (13... Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 $16) 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc6
17. Be2 $13) 11... Nxe4 12. Bd3 Nd6 13. Qb3 $16) 9. e3 (9. dxe5 Bc5 $1 10. Na4
$1 (10. exf6 $2 Ra7 11. fxg7 Rg8 $17) 10... Ne4 $1 (10... Ra7 $6 11. Nxc5 Rxb7
12. Nxb7 Qb8 $1 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. exf6 Qxd6 15. fxg7+ Kxg7 16. Bd2 $14) 11. Nxc5
Qa5+ 12. Kd1 Rd8 13. Nxe4 Bc8+ 14. Nd6+ Rxd6+ 15. exd6 Bxb7 16. Bd2 Qe5 17. Bc3
Qxd6+ 18. Ke1 O-O 19. Rd1 Qe6 20. h4 $17) 9... exd4 10. exd4 Bd6 11. Bxc4 Rb8
12. Qxa6 Ra8 $11) 8... b5 9. Qd3 e6 (9... Be6 $6 10. g3 Bc4 11. Qd1 e6 12. Bg2)
10. g3 c5 11. Bg2 Rc8 (11... c4 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. O-O Bc6 14. Bxc6+ Rxc6 15. Rd1
$13) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Bxc5 13. O-O b4 (13... O-O 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Rad1 Be7
$11) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 (14... Bb5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Bd2 Rc2 (17...
Nd5 18. Bf3 Rc2 19. Rfd1 $40) 18. Bxb4 Bxe2 19. Ba5+ $13) 15. Qxe4 (15. Bxe4
Bb5) 15... Bc6 16. Qe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 O-O 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd5+ 20. f3 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ionescu, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. h4 Bf5 7. Qb3 b5 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 (9. bxc3 cxd5 10. a4 Nc6 11. e3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Bd7 13. Qa2 h6 14.
Bf4 e6 $10) 9... cxd5 (9... Qxd5 10. Nd2 f6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. f3 e5 13. dxe5 fxe5
14. e4 Qd6 15. Be3 Be6 16. a4 $16) 10. e3 (10. Rc1 Nd7 (10... f6 11. Bf4 Kf7 $5
12. g3 $1 Bd7 13. Bg2 e6 14. O-O Nc6) 11. Qc6 f6 12. Bf4 e6 13. Bc7 Qc8 $13 14.
g4 $140 $2 Bxg4 15. Rg1 h5 16. Rxg4 hxg4 17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. Bd6 Qd8) 10... Nd7
11. Bd3 (11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Bf4 Rc8) 11... Rc8 12. Qd2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa5+ $2 (
13... h6 $6 14. Bf4 e6 15. Ke2 $1 (15. O-O Be7 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. a4 Qb6 $10)
15... Be7 16. g4 $1 $16) (13... f6 $1 14. Bf4 e6 15. O-O Be7 $1 (15... Kf7 16.
a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfc1 $18) 16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfc1 O-O $10)
14. Ke2 (14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 e6 16. Rhc1 Bb4+ 17. Kd3 O-O) 14... f6 $8 15.
Rhc1 $1 Rc4 (15... Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qxa2 (16... fxg5 $2 17. Rc8+ Kf7 18. Qf5+ Nf6
19. Ne5+ Kg8 20. Qe6#) 17. Qf5 $1 Qxb2+ (17... Nb6 18. Rc6 Qxb2+ 19. Nd2 (19.
Rc2 Qb4) 19... Nc4 20. Rc8+ (20. Qe6 Qxd2+ 21. Kf3 Nd6 22. Rxa6 (22. Rxd6 Qd1+
23. Kg3 h5 24. Rxa6 Qg4+ 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Bf4) (22. Rb6 $2 Kd8 $17) 22... Qd1+
23. Kg3 Nf7 (23... Nb7 24. Ra8+ Nd8 25. Qxd5 e6 26. Rxd8+ Kf7 27. Qd7+) 24.
Qc6+) 20... Kf7 21. Qxd5+ Kg6 (21... e6 22. Qb7+ Be7 23. Rxc4 fxg5 24. Rc7 Re8
25. hxg5 a5 26. Rc5) 22. h5+ Kxh5 23. Bxf6+ Kg6 24. Qe4+) 18. Rc2 Qb3 19. Rc8+
Kf7 20. Qxd7) 16. Bf4 g6 17. b3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bg7 19. Qc2 $1 O-O (19... e5 20.
dxe5 $1 fxe5 21. Qc8+ Qd8 22. Bxe5 $1) 20. Bc7 Qa3 21. Qc6 Rf7 22. Rc2 Nf8 23.
Qxd5 e6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Ra7 26. Rc8 Kf7 27. Bc5 Rb7 28. Ra8 Nd7 29. Rxa6
1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata op 34th"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rubinetti, Jorge Alberto"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2003.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{There was a one point difference of 1 point between me and the rest of the
field so I have decided to go for a draw which should provide me first place
in this tournament.Not winning a single tournament in the last two years
worked on me for this decision.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {Jorge
goes for the modern line.} Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 $5 {I prefer this to the confined
positions with usually whites initiative seen in} (5... e6 6. Nh4) 6. Bd3 {
The players with white pieces are fascinated with the tempo up e3,Bd3 Slav
however I am not afraid of the text.} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O {
Only psychological.} ({There is nothing wrong with the obvious.} 9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. a3 Rad8 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. b4
Qh5 17. Rfe1 Bf6 $11) 10. b3 (10. Bf4 {is similar with the above mentioned
lines.}) (10. exd5 cxd5 11. c5 b6 12. Be3 Nc6 $132) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 Nd7 {Here I have offered a draw and finished my tournament with a
victory!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 $6 {I started to lose my
faith into this!} ({Ivan loves to play against} 5... b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
O-O (8. h3 Bxf3 (8... Bf5 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. b4 a5 12. a3 $13) (8...
Bh5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. d5 O-O 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. Nf4 $1 $40 {Everyone
knew this move but it has become popular after Acs started to use it to beat
Movsesian in the great Camahiriyya of Libya!}) 9. Bxf3 Bb4 10. Bd2) 8... Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 (9... Bf5 10. Bd3 $5) 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 {transposes
to the not above above.}) 6. Qb3 (6. Bd3 {is not scary.} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Rfd1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 $13) 6... b5
$5 {First shown to me by Gustafsson.} (6... Ra7 $6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Nc6 (
8... Nbd7 $6 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qxd5 e6 12. Qd1 $16) 9. Be2 h6 $1 (
9... e6 $2 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4) 10. Bd2 e6 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7
14. e4 $1 $16) 7. c5 $6 $146 {As far as I know this is a novelty.} (7. cxd5
$142 cxd5 8. a4 b4 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qc5 Na5 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qb5+ Rc6 $8 (12...
Nd7 $2 13. Qxa6 Nb3 14. Ra3 Nxc1 15. Nxd5 e6 16. Rc3 $18) 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 (14... Kxd7 {looks crazy!} 15. e4 e6 16. Bg5 $44) 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Nc4
(16... Nc6 $2 17. O-O $16) 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qa6 (19. Qa5 Nc4 20.
Nc7+ Kd8 21. Ne6+ Ke8 22. Nc7+ $11) 19... Qxa6 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Nxa6 Nc4 22.
Bc3 $16 {A good proof for its reliability is that Croat-Chilen GM Ivan Morovic
spoke postively about this line to me in Libya.}) 7... Nbd7 $5 {Playing this,
I have already planned the pawn sac which later happenned in the game.} (7...
a5 8. Ne5 Qc8 9. f3 a4 (9... g6 $6 10. Bxb5 cxb5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Qxb5+ Nbd7 (
12... Bd7 13. Qc4) 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nc6 Rxb6 15. cxb6 $16) 10. Qd1 g6 $13) 8. a4
g6 $5 {Another funny move. Since the position contains a lot of unorthodox
traits both players were consumming a lot of time and troubleshooting.} (8...
e5 $5 9. Qa3 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. b4 e4 12. Nd2 Be7 $15) 9. Qa3 b4 {Is this a
good move? Well, I would say that it is pretty forced!} (9... Rc8 $2 10. Bd2
Bg7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Ba5 b4 14. Qa4 Ra8 (14... Rc7 15. Ne5 $16)
15. Bxd8 Rxa4 16. Rxa4 Kxd8 17. Rxb4 Kc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. b4 Ne4 20. Ra7+ Rb7
21. Rxb7+ Kxb7 $16) (9... Rb8 $2 10. Na2 Bg7 11. Nb4 Qc8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qa6
$18) 10. Qxb4 Rb8 11. Qa3 a5 12. Bd2 $2 {White neglects the development!} (12.
Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne1 e5 17. Nc2 exd4 18. Nxd4
$16) 12... Ne4 $1 13. Nxe4 {He should not give up his black squared bishop yet!
} (13. Be2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 e5 15. O-O exd4 16. exd4 Bg7 $44) 13... dxe4 14. Ng1
e5 15. Ne2 Be6 $1 16. Qc3 Bg7 17. Qc2 {He tries to round up my a5 pawn in a
better way.} (17. Qxa5 $6 Qxa5 18. Bxa5 Rxb2 19. Bc3 Rc2 20. Ra3 Ke7 21. Kd1
Ra2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 $40) 17... O-O 18. Bc3 Re8 19. dxe5 (19. Qd2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh5
$40) 19... Nxc5 20. Nd4 {Black's attack started to shape up big time. Now
white has to look for ways to keep black tame.} Nb3 21. Nxb3 Bxb3 22. Qxe4 Bd5
23. Qf4 Qc7 24. Bc4 $1 {The best practical chance.} Bxe5 $2 $138 {Timid stupid
ans chiken shit! However I was in a real time trouble and could not figure out
whose king would stand more naked!} (24... Bxg2 $1 25. Rg1 Bd5 26. Rg5 (26.
Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rd1 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd2 Rb4 31. Ke2 Rxa4 32.
Rgd1 Rb4 33. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 34. Kf3 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 a4 36. Ra5 $15) 26... h6 $1 (
26... f6 $5 27. Rg4 fxe5 28. Qe4 Qf7 29. O-O-O $13) 27. Rg4 Bxe5 28. Qxh6 (28.
Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. b3 Rh5 31. h4 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Rb4 $17) 28... Bxc3+
29. bxc3 Qe5 30. Bxd5 Qxc3+ 31. Ke2 cxd5 32. Rag1 Rb2+ 33. Kf3 Re6 34. Qg5 $15)
25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rb1 Rc5 $11 {Now we are heading
towards a dead draw.} 29. Kd2 Rd8+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rdd2 32. Rhf1 Rxb2 33.
Rxb2 Rxb2 34. Rc1 Rb4 35. Rxc6 h5 {Draw offer} 36. e4 Rxa4 37. h4 Ra2 38. Ra6
Kf8 39. Ra7 Kg7 40. e5 Kf8 41. g3 Ra4 42. Ke3 Kg8 43. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

{I did not play the round before against Slovakia.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4
c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 {The new fashion against whites most pricipla
continuation 5.c5.} 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be5 $5 $146 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 Qc7 $1 9. e4
dxe4 10. Nxe4 Ndf6 11. Nc3 (11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bc4 Bf5) 11... Be6 12. Ne5 g6
13. Qf3) 7... Nxe5 $1 {This natural move turns out to be the best.} ({since
things did not go well for black in} 7... f6 8. Bg3 e5 9. e4 $1 $40 {
Ulko-Zimina,Sankt Peterburg (Chigorin Memorial)2002.}) 8. dxe5 $6 {Very
ambitious.} (8. Nxe5 g6 (8... Nf4 9. e3 Ng6 10. f4) (8... Nf6 9. e3) 9. e3 Bg7
10. Be2 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ng7 12. O-O O-O $13) 8... Nf4 9. Qd2 $6 {According to
Zurab this is already a mistake.} (9. a3 {Sturua} e6 10. Na4 (10. Qd4 Ng6)
10... Qc7 11. e3 Ng6 12. Qd4 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 e5 $1 16.
Nd6+ Qxd6 17. cxd6 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd6 $15) 9... Ng6 10. e4 e6 11. Na4 Bd7 $6 {
I could not see that deep the results of pawn sacrifice however it looks
pretty acceptable.} (11... dxe4 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Ng5 Nxe5 14. O-O-O+ (14. Nb6
$2 Rb8 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Nxf7+ Ke7 17. Nxh8 Nxb2 $17) 14... Kc7 15. Nxe4 Nd7 $1
16. Nd6 Nxc5 17. Nxf7 (17. Ne8+ Kb8 18. Nb6 Be7 19. Nxg7 Ne4 $17) 17... Rg8 $17
) 12. Bd3 {Draw offer.} Qc7 13. Qc3 (13. Nb6 Rd8) 13... Nf4 14. O-O $4 {
A terrible blunder.White should not castle either side.} ({Things are not that
simple after} 14. Kf1 $1 Be7 (14... Nxd3 $6 15. Qxd3 Qa5 16. Qd4 b6 (16... b5
$2 17. Nb6) (16... dxe4 $2 17. Ng5 e3 18. fxe3) 17. Rc1 bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19.
Qxc5 Qxa2 20. Nd4 $44) 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Nb6 Rad8 17. Qe3 Ng6 $17) 14... dxe4 $19
{White loses a piece due to fork on e2.} 0-1

[Event "Valjevo"]
[Site "Valjevo"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 $5 {A favorite of Ivan Ivanisevic
and Viacheslav Eingorn.} e6 ({Would Alapin have chosen} 5... h6 6. cxd5 $1 cxd5
7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O $14) 6. e3 Nbd7 (6...
c5 $6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O $14) 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. g4 {This is the whole
idea.} dxc4 $5 (8... h6 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O $13 {looked absolutely
incomprehensible to me during the hours of preparation.}) 9. e4 $5 (9. Bxc4 b6
$5 10. e4 Bb7 11. e5 c5 $13 {is what I wanted to play.}) 9... c5 (9... e5 {
looks more natural but} 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O $44 {is easier to handle with
White.}) 10. e5 {There is no way back} ({since} 10. dxc5 $6 Bxc5 11. e5 Nd5 12.
Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 $17) 10... cxd4 11. exf6 dxc3 (11... Qxf6 $2
12. Ne4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxf3 14. Bxb4 Qxh1 15. Nd6+ $18) 12. fxg7 Rg8 13. Qxc3 $2
{A bad mistake.} (13. Bg2 $142 $1 {is the move.} Qf6 (13... cxb2 $6 14. Bxb2
Bb4+ 15. Ke2 $1 c3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nb6 (17... Qf6 18. Rac1 Qxc3 19. Rxc3
Rxg7 20. Rhc1 Kd8 21. Rd1 $16) 18. Rhd1 Nd5 19. Qe5 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Nd4
$16) 14. O-O Nc5 (14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Rb8) 15. bxc3 (
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Rxg7 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nxc4 Bc7 $13) 15... h5 16. g5 Qxg7
17. Be3 Bd7 $13) 13... Qf6 $1 (13... b5 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. O-O $44) 14. Qxf6 Nxf6
15. Bxc4 (15. Bh6 $6 {looks good, but isn't.} Bb4+ 16. Ke2 c3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18.
Rd1 b5 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Rhg1 Rc8 21. Rd3 Ke7 $15) 15... b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Ke2
h5 $1 $36 {Black takes over the initiative.} (17... e5 {It took me some time
to see that White does not lose a piece due to} 18. Bf5) (17... Rxg7 18. Bh6
$14) 18. gxh5 $1 {Despite damaging his pawn structure, White keeps the balance
by this.move.} (18. Bg5 $6 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Rh8 Kd7 21. Rh7 Bxf3+ 22.
Kxf3 Ne5+ 23. Ke2 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Be5 25. Bh6 Bxb2 $17) 18... Nxh5 19. Rg1 Rxg7
20. Rxg7 Nxg7 21. a4 $1 b4 $1 (21... bxa4 22. Rxa4 $11) 22. Be3 Nh5 23. Nd2 $2
{An inexplicable move.} (23. Rg1 Rc8 24. Rg8+ $1 Ke7 25. Rg4 $13) 23... Nf4+
24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Be4 Bxe4 {I played this a little bit too fast, missing the
fact that} (25... Rd8 $5 26. Bxb7 (26. Kf3 Rxd2 27. Bxb7 Be5 28. Re1 {
transposes.}) 26... Rxd2+ 27. Kf3 Be5 28. Re1 $8 (28. Bxa6 $2 Bd4 29. Rb1 (29.
Be2 Rxb2 30. Rd1 e5 31. a5 b3 32. a6 Rc2 $19) 29... Rxf2+ 30. Kg3 f5 $1 $17 (
30... Rxb2 $2 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Bc4 Be5+ 33. Kf3 Bc7 34. h4 Ke7 35. Kg4 $3 f5+
36. Kg5 Bd8 37. Kg6 $11)) 28... Bxb2 29. Re2 $1 (29. Bxa6 Bd4 (29... Bc3 $2 30.
Re2 Rd4 31. Re4 $11) 30. Re2 Rd1 31. Bc4 Rc1 $19 {is terribly difficult for
White.}) 29... Rd3+ (29... Rxe2 $2 30. Kxe2 a5 31. Kd3 Bf6 32. Kc4 $11) 30. Re3
Rd6 $17) 26. Nxe4 Rc8 (26... Be5 27. Rg1 Ke7 28. b3 $15) 27. Rd1 Ke7 $2 {
However, this is the real mistake.} ({I had to probe the weakness of f2 as was
pointed out by Iordachescu.} 27... Rc2+ 28. Kf3 Be5 $1 (28... Bc7 $2 29. Rd2 b3
30. Rd3 f5 31. Ng5 Rxb2 32. Nxe6 Bb6 33. Ng7+ Kf8 34. Nxf5 Rxf2+ 35. Ke4 $11)
29. b3 f5 (29... Ke7 30. Rd2) 30. Nd6+ Ke7 31. Nc4 Bb8 $17) 28. Rd4 $1 {
I had absolutely missed this one.} a5 29. Nd2 Bxd2 $8 {A sad necessity!} (29...
Be5 $6 30. Rc4 Rh8 31. Nb3 Rxh3 32. Nxa5 Bxb2 33. Rxb4 $14) 30. Kxd2 $1 (30.
Rxd2 Rc4) 30... f5 31. b3 Kf6 32. Rc4 $1 $11 {By a series of precise moves
White has achieved an equal rook ending.} Rh8 33. h4 Ke5 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Rd4+
Ke7 36. Rc4 e5 $5 (36... Kd6 37. Rd4+ $11) 37. Rc5 Kd6 38. Rxa5 Rxh4 39. Rb5
Re4+ (39... Rh3+ {leads to the famous ending.} 40. f3 e4 41. Rxf5 Rxf3+ 42.
Rxf3 exf3 43. Kxf3 Kd5 44. Kf2 Kd4 45. Kg2 (45. Kg3 Ke5 46. Kg4 Ke4 47. Kh4 Kd4
48. Kg5 Ke5 49. Kg6 Ke6 50. Kg7 Ke7 51. Kg8 Ke8 $11) 45... Ke4 46. Kf1 Kd4 47.
Ke1 Ke4 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. Kc2 Ke4 50. Kb2 Ke5 $11) 40. Kd3 Rd4+ 41. Ke2 Re4+ 42.
Kd3 (42. Kf1 Kc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 {Back to the Chebanenko or Moldavian
Slav.I do not remember any game I have won or lost with this system,however
strangely that was my top scoring opening in Bled!} 5. e3 Bf5 $5 {A cool move
especially healing problems for black in 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.
Nc3 a6!? move order.} 6. Bd3 $5 {I am not very afraid of this either but the
other line needed some work on.} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O $5 {
Is this what is called a finesse?There is nothing wrong with the immediate
exchanges.} (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 12. Bf4 O-O) 10. b3 (10. Bf4
$1 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Qc2 Qa5 {is almost the
same like the text.}) (10. e5 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd5 12. Ne4 h6 $13) 10... dxe4 11.
Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 {Like in Catalan white opts for Bf4.} (13. Bb2
Qa5) 13... Qa5 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bf6 $11 {Now we have an
equilibrium over the board,white has more space but black has better bishop.}
17. h3 Nf8 18. Bd2 ({I was expecting more} 18. Be5 Be7 19. Bg3 Ng6) 18... Qh5 (
18... Qc7 19. Bg5 {would have been dead equal.}) 19. Be3 Ng6 20. Qe4 {Draw
offer.} Nh4 {This does not change the equality but it requires some nerves to
defend areminiscent of Kmoch-Rubinstein,Semmering 1926 type of position for
white.} 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Qxh4 Bxh4 $11 23. Kf1 Rd7 24. Ke2 Red8 25. Rd2 Be7 $1
{This looks more to the point than Bf6 ,and black has to watch for tactics
with d5.} 26. Red1 Bb4 27. Rd3 f6 28. Bd2 Bd6 29. Ba5 Re8 30. Kf3 Kf7 {So
during the last 5 moves black has slightly improved his position and now he
should go for and expansion on the kingside.} 31. Bb6 h5 32. Ke2 $6 ({Why not} 
32. h4) 32... g5 $1 33. a4 Rg8 34. Rh1 Be7 35. f3 h4 $36 {Now black king has a
harbour on f5.} 36. Rhd1 Rc8 {killing the possibility for any d5.} 37. Kd2 $2 {
This is a slight unforced error making space confined for Bb6.} (37. a5 $11)
37... Bb4+ 38. Kc2 a5 $1 $15 {Now the threat is Ra8-Ra6 thus for cing a better
rook ending.} 39. Rf1 $8 {Creating counterplay down on the f file.} Ra8 40. f4
gxf4 41. Rxf4 Rg8 $1 {Now g2 is a permanent headache for white.} 42. Rf2 {
Best under the circumstances.} (42. Rxh4 $6 Rxg2+ 43. Kd1 Kg6 44. Re4 (44. Rh8
Kg7 45. Rh4 f5 $17) 44... e5 $17) 42... f5 43. Kd1 $2 {A bad blunder!} (43. Re2
Rg6 44. Rde3 Re7 (44... Be7 45. Re5 Bb4 46. R5e3 Re7 47. Kd3 Rg8 48. Rf3 Kf6
$11) 45. Kd3 Rg8 46. Re5 Rg3+ 47. R5e3 $11 Re8 $140 $2 48. Rxg3 hxg3 49. Bc7)
43... c5 44. d5 $2 ({Most resilient was to admit the mistake on the last move.
} 44. Kc2 cxd4 45. Rxd4 Rxd4 46. Bxd4 Rg3 47. Re2 f4 48. Rf2 (48. Be5 f3 49.
gxf3 Rxh3 $17) 48... Bd6 49. Bb6 e5 50. Bxa5 Ke6 $17) 44... Kf6 45. d6 $4 {
loses at once.} (45. Rdf3 Rg5 $1 (45... Rg3 $6 46. Rxg3 hxg3 47. Rf3 exd5 48.
cxd5 Rxd5+ 49. Kc1 Rd2 50. Rxg3 Re2 51. h4) 46. Rf4 exd5 $17) 45... Rg3 $1 $19
{now the pawns walk!} 46. Rff3 Rxg2 47. Bc7 e5 48. Rde3 Rd2+ $1 49. Kc1 f4 50.
Rd3 {Nothing saves the day for white.} (50. Rf1 Kf5 51. Ref3 Ke4 52. R3f2 (52.
Bb8 Rg7 53. R3f2 Rxf2 54. Rxf2 Ke3 55. Rf1 f3 $19) 52... Rxf2 53. Rxf2 Ke3 $19)
50... Rxd3 51. Rxd3 e4 52. Rd1 e3 53. Rf1 e2 0-1

[Event "Augsburg"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 $5 {Moldavian Slav rerevisited!} 5. c5
Bg4 $5 (5... Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 $14 {is fashionable these days.}) 6. Qb3 (
6. Ne5 Bf5 $1 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Bg3 e5 11. Be2 (11. Bd3
Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 (12... Qg5 $6 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 $16) (12... e4 $6 13. Qe2)
13. O-O-O O-O $13) 11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Bf6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Re6
$132) 6... Ra7 7. Ne5 Bf5 $1 (7... Bh5 $2 8. e4 $1 dxe4 9. Be2 e6 10. Bxh5 Nxh5
11. Nc4 $1 $40 {is known.}) 8. h3 $5 ({I was expecting the more direct} 8. f3
g6 9. e4 Be6 10. exd5 (10. Be3 Bg7 11. Qc2 (11. Be2 O-O (11... dxe4 $2 12. Bc4
Bxc4 (12... Nd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. fxe4 Qxa4 17. Nxa4
dxe4 18. d5 b5 19. cxb6 $18) 13. Qxc4 O-O 14. fxe4 Nbd7 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nxd7
Nxd7 17. O-O b5 18. Qb3 a5 19. e5 a4 20. Qc2 $16) 12. Qc2) 11... Nfd7 (11...
O-O $6 12. Be2 Ne8 (12... dxe4 13. fxe4 Nbd7 14. Bf4 (14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. h3 (15.
O-O $2 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxd4) 15... Raa8 16. O-O $16) 14... Ne8) 13. O-O-O $1 (13.
O-O $2 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 $17 {is seen in one of many Hodgson
games in this line.}) 13... b6 (13... dxe4 $6 14. fxe4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. h4
Qxe5 17. h5 g5 18. Bd4 $16) 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Na4 Qa5 16. a3 (16. Qc5 Qc7)
16... Nd6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. h4 $16) 12. Nd3 b6 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. e5
O-O $13) 10... Nxd5 11. Bc4 Bg7 $13) 8... g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nfd7
$5 {A strange though playable move.} (11... Nbd7 $142 12. O-O (12. g4 $6 Be6
13. Nd3 Ne4 (13... b6 $6 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15. Ne5 $40) 14. f3 Nexc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5
16. dxc5 d4 17. Qb6 dxc3 18. Qxa7 (18. bxc3 Bxc3+ 19. Kf2 Qa8 $19) 18... cxb2
19. Rb1 Bxa2 20. Kf2 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Qd2 22. Qxb7 Qc2 23. Rd1 a5 24. Bg5 a4 25.
Bxe7 a3 26. Bxf8 Bxf8 $19) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 12. g4 $1
{Stefan comes up with the most dangerous approach!} Be6 (12... Bxe5 $6 13. Bxe5
Nxe5 14. gxf5 Ned7 15. fxg6 hxg6 (15... fxg6 16. f4) 16. f4 $16) 13. Nd3 $1 a5
(13... b6 14. Na4 (14. cxb6 Nxb6 15. Nc5 N8d7 16. Nxa6 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg3
e5 18. O-O-O exd4 19. exd4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 $36) 16... Nc4 17. Nb4 c5 $5 (17...
Qb6 18. Nc2 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rxa1+ 20. Nxa1 $16) (17... Rb7 18. Nxc6 Rxb3 19. Nxd8
Rxb2 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nd1 Rc2 22. Bd3) 18. Nbxd5 (18. Nc6 $5 Na5 19. Nxa5 (19.
Nxd8 $2 Nxb3 20. Rd1 Nxd4 21. exd4 Rxd8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 $17) 19... Qxa5 20. Rd1
cxd4 21. exd4 Nb6 22. Qb5 (22. a3 Nc4 23. O-O Rc8 $44) 22... Na4) 18... Ncb6 (
18... Na5 19. Qd1 cxd4 20. exd4 Nc6 21. Be3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qa5+ 23. Nc3 Rb8 24.
Rb1 Rab7 25. Qa4 Qxa4 26. Nxa4 Nxd4 (26... Bxd4 27. Rd1 Bxe3 28. fxe3 $16) 27.
b3) 19. O-O cxd4 20. exd4 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $44) 14... bxc5 15.
Naxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Nd7 17. Rc1 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Bd7 $14 {should not pose a lot
of problems for black.}) 14. Bg3 b6 $2 {A bad mistake.} (14... Na6 15. Nf4 b6
16. cxb6 Nxb6 $132 ({Even} 16... Qxb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rc1 Nd7
$132)) 15. cxb6 $5 {I have seemingly underestimated this one.} (15. Na4 b5 (
15... bxc5 $6 16. Naxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Nd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rc1 a4 20. Qc2 c5
21. dxc5 Qa5+ (21... Ra5 $2 22. c6 Rc5 23. Qd2 Qc8 24. c7 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qb7
26. O-O $18) 22. Kf1 a3 23. b3 $1 (23. bxa3 Rb7 24. c6 Rb2 25. Qd1 Nc5 26. Kg2
Ne4 27. Rc2 Nc3 28. Qd2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Rc8 $44) 23... Bb2 24. Kg2 Bxc1 25. Rxc1
$16) 16. Nc3 Na6) 15... Nxb6 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Qb6 $2 {Another mistake.} (
17... Bd7 18. Nc5 Be8 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rac1 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Qb6 $14 {is more
resilient.}) 18. Qb3 $1 $18 Nd7 $8 (18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Nd7 20. Kd2 Rc8 21.
Rhc1 $18) (18... Rb7 19. Qxb6 (19. Nc5 Qb4+) 19... Rxb6 20. Bc7 $18) 19. Qxb6
Nxb6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rc2 Bd7 22. Nc5 Be8 23. Kd2 Bf8 24. Rhc1 Rca8 25. h4 a4
26. g5 Nc8 27. Nd3 Rb7 28. Nc5 Rba7 29. Nd3 Rb7 30. Ne5 Na7 31. h5 $6 {My
young opponent lost his patience.} (31. Bf3 $18) 31... gxh5 32. Rh1 (32. Nd3
Nc8 33. Nc5 Rba7 $132) 32... Nc8 (32... f6 33. gxf6 exf6 34. Nd3 Bg6 35. Bxh5
$16) 33. Nxc6 $2 {One mistake leads to another.} (33. Nd3 Nd6 34. Nc5 Ne4+ 35.
Nxe4 dxe4 36. f3 exf3 37. Bxf3 Ra5 38. Bf4 f6 39. gxf6 exf6 $16) (33. Kc1 Nd6
34. Bxh5 Ne4 35. Bf4 $16) 33... Bxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 35. Rc2 Rxc2+ $1 ({Black
has no time for} 35... a3 $2 36. Rxh5 Nb6 37. Bd3 Rc8 38. Bxh7+ Kg7 39. Rxb2
axb2 40. Bf5 Rc1 41. Be5+ f6 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. gxf6 exf6 44. Bxf6 Nc4+ 45. Ke2
b1=Q 46. Bxb1 Rxb1 47. Rd7 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 Rxa2 49. Rxd5 $14) 36. Kxc2 e6 37. Rxh5
Nd6 $1 (37... Ne7 38. Bd3 Rc8+ 39. Kd2 (39. Kb2 Ng6 $132) 39... Ng6 (39... Nf5
$6 40. Be5 Bb4+ 41. Kd1 Rc3 42. Bc2 Be7 43. e4 $16)) (37... Bd6 38. Bxd6 (38.
f4 Ne7 39. Bd3 Rc8+ 40. Kd1 Nf5 41. Bxf5 exf5 42. Rh6 Bf8 $36) 38... Nxd6 39.
Bd3 Rb8 40. Bxh7+ (40. Rh1 $2 a3 41. Rb1 Rxb1 42. Kxb1 Ne4 43. Bxe4 dxe4 44.
Kc2 f6 $19) 40... Kg7 41. Bd3 a3 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. g6 Rb2+ 44. Kc3 Rxf2 45.
gxf7+ Nxf7 46. Bg6 Nh8 47. Bd3 Rxa2 48. Re7 $11) 38. Bxd6 $6 {Draw offer. This
probably does not lose but still it is risky.} (38. Bd3 Rc8+ 39. Kd2 $1 (39.
Kb1 $2 Ne4 40. Bxe4 dxe4 $17) (39. Kb2 Ne4 40. Bxe4 dxe4 41. Rh4 a3+ 42. Kb3
Rc1 43. Rxe4 Rb1+ $13) 39... Ne4+ 40. Bxe4 dxe4 41. Rh4 $1 $132) 38... Bxd6 39.
Rh1 Rc8+ 40. Kd3 $8 (40. Kb2 $2 a3+ 41. Kb3 Rb8+ $17) (40. Kb1 Ba3 $36) 40...
Bb4 41. Ra1 $1 (41. Rb1 $2 Rc3+ 42. Kd2 Rb3+ 43. Kc2 Rxb1 44. Kxb1 Be1 45. f3
Bf2 46. e4 dxe4 47. fxe4 Bxd4 $19) 41... Rc3+ 42. Kd2 Ra3+ 43. Kd1 (43. Kc2 $2
Bc3 44. Rf1 Rxa2+ 45. Kxc3 Rxe2 46. Kb4 Kg7 $19) 43... Ba5 $5 {Whatever I
would have done it seems to be a draw.} ({After the more logical} 43... Kg7 44.
Rb1 (44. Bb5 Be7 45. Kc2 $11) 44... Bc3 45. Rc1 Kg6 46. Bd3+ Kxg5 47. Bxh7 Bb2
48. Rc7 Rxa2 49. Rxf7 Bc3 50. Bg8 Rd2+ 51. Kc1 a3 52. f4+ Kh4 53. Rc7 a2 54.
Rxc3 a1=Q+ 55. Kxd2 $11 {draws.}) 44. Bb5 Kg7 45. Kc2 Rc3+ 46. Kd1 a3 47. Ke2
$4 {This is a real howler, the worst - we both have missed the obvious draw
with} (47. Rc1 $8 Rxc1+ 48. Kxc1 f6 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 $11) 47... Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Bd8
$1 (48... Bc3 49. Ba4 Rxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Bxa1 51. Kf3 $11) 49. Ba4 Rb2 50. Bb3 Bxg5
51. Kg3 (51. Rg1 Kg6 52. Kg3 h5 53. f4 Be7 54. Kf3+ Kf5 55. Rg7 Bh4 $19) 51...
f5 52. Rc1 h5 53. Rc2 Be7 54. f3 (54. Rc7 Kf7 55. Kf3 h4 56. Rc8 Bb4 $19) 54...
Bd6+ 55. Kh4 Kg6 56. Kh3 (56. f4 Bb4 $1 $19 (56... Rxc2 $2 {Black has to be
careful in some of these endgames draw comes.} 57. Bxc2 Bb4 58. Kg3 h4+ 59. Kf2
h3 60. Bd1 Kf6 61. Bf3 Bd2 62. Ke2 Bc1 63. Kd3 Ke7 64. Bh1 Kd6 65. Bf3 Kc6 66.
Bh1 Kb5 67. Bf3 Kb4 68. Bh1 Bxe3 69. Kxe3 Kc3 70. Bf3 Kb2 71. Kd2 Kxa2 72. Kc2
h2 73. Bh1 Ka1 74. Kc1 Ka2 75. Kc2 $11)) 56... Kg5 57. f4+ Kf6 58. Kh4 (58. Rc6
Ke7 59. Kh4 Re2 60. Rc3 Bb4 $19) 58... Bb4 59. Kxh5 (59. Rc6 Re2 60. Bxd5 Rxe3
$19) 59... Rxc2 60. Bxc2 Be1 $1 {is a beautiful finish, is not it?} ({After} 
60... Bd2 $4 61. Kh4 Bxe3 62. Kg3 Bxd4 63. Bb3 Ke7 64. Kf3 Kd6 65. Ke2 Bb2 66.
Kd2 Kc5 67. Ba4 Kd4 68. Bd7 Ke4 69. Bxe6 Bd4 70. Ke2 Bc5 71. Bf7 Bd6 72. Be6
Bxf4 73. Bd7 Be5 74. Ba4 f4 75. Bc2+ Kd4 76. Bb3 Bd6 77. Kf3 Bc7 78. Ke2 Ba5
79. Kf3 Bd2 80. Ke2 Be3 81. Kf3 Kc5 82. Ke2 d4 83. Be6 Kb4 84. Kd3 f3 85. Bg4
f2 86. Be2 Kc5 87. Ke4 Kd6 88. Bc4 Ke7 89. Ke5 $11 {it is just a draw.}) 0-1

[Event "SLO-chT 12th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Krsko Triglav"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 {An old and nowadays rare
continuation.} b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 $6 (7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Nbd2 c3 $1 $11 {equalizes
immediately.}) 7... e6 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 {I wanted to have
Bd6 and Qe7 instead of Be7,Qb6.} 11. Bd2 {Predrag spares e1 square for his
bishop thus it will be easier for him to achieve dc5,Nd4,f3,Bf2,e4.There is
only one danger for black in this line namely if white achieves f3 and e4 Bb7
could have become dead.} (11. Ba6 Qb6 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. a5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5
$13) (11. b3 Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nc1 Bd6 $13) 11... a5 12. Nc1
Bd6 {GM Robert Byrne's recipe.} 13. Nb3 O-O 14. Rfc1 $6 $146 {That is new but
does not change the nature of this position.} (14. Rfd1 Qe7 (14... Qb8 15. h3
Rc8 $11 {Andersson-R.Byrne,Biel(zt) 1976}) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nfd4 Rfd8 17. Be1
(17. f3 $6 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Qc7 19. h3 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 $17) 17... Nxb3 18. Bxb3 (
18. Nxb3 Bc7) 18... Rac8 19. Rac1 (19. f3 Qc7) 19... Be5 20. Qb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Bxd4 22. exd4 Ra8 (22... Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Qb8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8+
Qe8) 23. f3 Bd5 24. Bd1 $11) 14... Qe7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nfd4 Nxb3 $1 {Very
good timing!} 17. Bxb3 ({After} 17. Nxb3 Bc7 $40 {was my idea.Somehow in the
resulting position whites kingside looks weakened temporarily.}) 17... Be5 {
All of a sudden whites pieces are misplaced!} 18. Qb5 $8 {White has to force
exchanges since the threat of Qd6 is too big.} (18. f3 $2 Qd6) (18. Be1 $2 Qd6
19. h3 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4) 18... Bxd4 $6 {I have played this impotent move a
little bit too quick.} (18... Bd5 $5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rc4 $5 $13 (20. Nc6 Qf6
21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Rac1 (23. Rxc8 $6 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 h6
26. Qxa5 Qe4 27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qa6 Qc2 29. Qf1 Qxa4 $17) 23... Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qf5
25. Rc1 Qf6 26. Rc2 $11)) ({After the simple} 18... Nd5 $142 $1 {White is on
the ropes.} 19. Rab1 $1 (19. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 20. Qd3 (20. Nc6 Qg5 $1 21. e4 Bxc6
22. Rxc6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qxd2 $19) 20... Rad8) (19. f3 Qf6 $1) (19. Bd1 Ba6 20.
Qc5 Qf6 21. Bf3 Rfd8 22. Bxd5 (22. Nc6 Bxb2 23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. Rab1 Bxc1 25.
Rxc1 Rc8 26. Qa7 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Qc7 28. Qa8+ (28. Qxc7 Nxc7 29. Bb2) 28... Qc8
29. Bxd5 (29. Qxc8+ Bxc8 30. Bb2 Bd7 31. Bd1 Nb6) 29... exd5 30. Qxc8+ Bxc8 31.
Bb2 Bd7 32. Bd4 Bxa4 33. Bb6 b3 34. Bd4 Bb5 35. f3 f6 $17 {with very good
chances to win this endgame since black's king may eventually head for both
wings.}) 22... Rxd5 23. Qc6 Rdd8 24. Qe4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27.
Be3 $15) (19. Nc6 $2 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxb2) 19... Ba6 20. Qc5 Bd6 (20... Qf6 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. f4 (22. Qxd5 Bd3 23. Ra1 Rfd8 24. Qb3 Be4 25. f3 Bd5 26. Qd3 Qh4
27. f4 Qg4 28. Qf1 Bf6 $44) 22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 $15) 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. Qe4 Bb7
23. Bc2 g6 $15) 19. exd4 Bd5 20. Bd1 {Predrag wants to keep c line open where
his chance for counterplay lies.} (20. Bc2 Rfb8 $15) 20... Ne4 21. Be3 Nd6 22.
Qd3 Nf5 23. Rc5 $1 {Now it is not that clear as if black has any advantage
since white has c line and pair of bishops.} Rfd8 24. Rac1 Qf6 25. Rc7 Qg6 $2 {
Another pass move.This game represents a typical sample for my first round
play!} (25... Nh4 26. f3 Nf5 27. Bf2) (25... e5 $5 {It looks illogical but
black has to open the position.} 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. R1c5 Qe6 (27... Nxe3 28.
fxe3 Qe6 (28... Qg5 29. Bg4 $1 Qxg4 30. Rxd5 $14) 29. Bc2 g6 30. e4 Ba2 31. Qe3
$11) 28. Bc2 Be4 (28... b3 29. Qxf5 bxc2 30. Qxe6 (30. Qxc2 $2 Bb3) 30... Bxe6
31. h3 Bb3 32. Rc3 Rab8 33. R7c5 $11) 29. Qe2 Bxc2 30. Rxc2 Nxe3 31. fxe3 $15)
26. g3 $1 {Draw offer.} ({Predrag rightfully rejects} 26. f3 $2 {because of} e5
$1 27. dxe5 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxd3 29. Bxa8 (29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Bxa8 Rf8 31. Rxf8+ (
31. Be4 Qe6) 31... Kxf8 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Rc6 Nxe3 $1 35. Rxg6 hxg6
$19) 29... h5 30. R7c6 Qg4 $19) 26... Nxe3 $5 {A very contraversial and risky
attempt.} (26... Qf6 {was my original intention and should keep the balance.}
27. Bh5 g6 28. Bg4 $5 $11 (28. Be2 Kg7 29. Qd2 Be4 30. R1c4 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Bd5
32. R4c5 $11)) (26... h6 27. R1c5 Qf6 $13) 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. fxe3 {Now with
whites pawn structure repaired things are looking risky for black.However
since I went deliberately into this position I had something in my mind.} e5 {
That is what I was relying my hopes in.} 29. Kf2 $5 ({Things are not that
clear even after the simple} 29. dxe5 Be6 30. Bf3 Ra6 $8 $44 (30... Rab8 $6 31.
R7c5 b3 32. Rxa5 Rd2 33. Rb1 Bf5 (33... Rbd8 34. Ra8) (33... Rc8 34. Ra8 Rxa8
35. Bxa8 Bc4 36. Bf3) 34. e4 Be6 35. Ra6 $1 Rc8 36. Rd6 Rdc2 37. a5 R2c4 38. a6
Ra4 39. Kf2 $16)) 29... exd4 $6 {As usual the one who exchanges first deprives
himself from better alternatives and undergoes to some bad consequences.This
allows a very critical move named Ke3 down in the line.} (29... Be6 $1 30. Bf3
Rab8 $1 (30... Ra6 $2 31. d5 $1 {The motif which I have missed.} Bd7 (31...
Bxd5 $2 32. Rc8 Rad6 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Rd1 $18) 32. b3 Kf8 33. Be2 Rf6+ (33...
Rd6 34. e4 Ra8 35. Bb5) 34. Ke1 Rd6 35. e4 Ra8 36. Bb5 $16 Ke7 $140 $2 37. R1c6
$1) 31. R1c5 (31. Rd1 Bb3 32. Rd2 Bxa4 33. Ra7 exd4 34. exd4 Rb5 35. d5 Rd6 36.
Rd4 $44) 31... exd4 32. Rxa5 (32. exd4 $2 Rxd4 33. Ke3 Rbd8) 32... d3 $1 {
Now black has equal chances with his passer.} 33. Bd1 b3 $1 (33... Ra8 $2 34.
Rxa8 Rxa8 35. b3 {looks unpleasant for black.}) 34. e4 (34. Rac5 d2 $5 {
leads to unclear circumstances.} (34... Rb4 35. Ra7)) 34... Rbc8 (34... d2 35.
Ke3 Rb4 36. Raa7 Rdd4 37. Rc3 Rxa4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Rd3 Ra2 40. Rxd2 $14) 35.
Rac5 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 Ra8 37. Rc3 Rxa4 38. Rxd3 Rxe4 39. Bxb3 Rb4 40. Bxe6 Rxb2+
41. Kf3 fxe6 $11) 30. exd4 $14 {After black has turned down the draw offer and
entered blindfoldly into this ending things are not that clear for him though
still he did not finish his harakiri.Despite of the fact that white is most
likely better by no means the position is resignable.} Be6 $2 {Still going
onto the sword!} ({Rule number one black has to keep both rooks in the game.} 
30... Ra6 $2 31. Rc8 Rf6+ 32. Ke3 Re6+ 33. Kd2 Ree8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rc5 Be6
36. Kd3 $18) (30... Kh7 $5 {Thus probably not to allow any exchanges blacks
king should evacuate 8th rank.} 31. Re7 $1 (31. R1c5 Ra6 32. Be2 Rf6+ 33. Ke1
Bb3 34. Rxa5 Rxd4 35. Re7 Rc6 36. Re3 Rc2 $1 37. Bd1 Rc1 38. Rxb3 Rcxd1+ 39.
Ke2 $11) (31. Be2 Rd6 32. R1c5 Re8 33. Rxa5 Rf6+ 34. Ke1 Rfe6 35. Rxd5 Rxe2+
36. Kd1 Rxb2 $40) 31... Ra6 32. Rc5 Rad6 33. Ke3 Be6 34. Bc2 Rxd4 35. Rh5+ Kg8
36. Rxa5 $14 Rd2 $140 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Kxd2) (30... Re8 $5 31. Rd7 $1 (31.
R1c5 Rad8 32. Rxa5 Ba2 33. d5 Bxd5 $15) 31... Be6 32. Rd6 Kf8 33. Bf3 Ke7 34.
Rb6 $1 $14 (34. Rdc6 $2 Rac8 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. R7c5 Rxc5 37. Rxc5 Rc8 38. Ke3
Rxc5 39. dxc5 Ke5 40. h4 (40. Bc6 g5 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 f5) 40... Bd5 41. Bd1
(41. Be2 Bb3) 41... Bc6 42. Bb3 f6 43. Kd3 Be4+ 44. Ke3 Bc6 $11)) 31. Bf3 Rab8
$2 {From now on black went downhill in the game!} ({I was expecting to chase
whites king with} 31... Ra6 {However later I have found out to my horror that
there are more tactics than I have seen in the position.} 32. d5 $1 ({
Predrag's line is not that good for white:} 32. R1c6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxd4 34. Ke3
Rd7 35. Ra6 Bc4 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Rxa5 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Rd2 39. b3 Bxb3 40. Rb5 Bxa4
(40... Be6 41. Rxb4 Rxh2 42. a5 Ra2 43. Rb5) (40... g5+ 41. Kxg5 (41. Ke3 Ra2
42. Rxb4 Bxa4 43. h4 $11) 41... Rd4) 41. Rxb4 $11 Bd7 42. h4) 32... Bd7 (32...
Bxd5 $2 33. Rc8 Rad6 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Rd1) 33. Bd1 $1 Kf8 34. R1c5 Ke7 35.
R5c6 $1 $16) 32. Ke3 Bb3 (32... Rb6 33. R1c6 Rxc6 34. Bxc6 Rd6 35. Bb5 $18) 33.
R1c5 Re8+ $2 {This loses almost without a fight but even the best would not
help black.} (33... Bxa4 34. Rxa5 Bb3 35. Raa7 Rd6 36. Rab7 Re8+ 37. Re7 $18)
34. Kd3 Bxa4 (34... Re1 35. Rxa5 Rbe8 36. Ra8 R1e3+ 37. Kd2 $18) 35. Rxa5 $2 {
White had even a better way to decide the game in his favor.} (35. Bd5 $1 Re1 (
35... Rf8 36. Rxa5 Bb5+ 37. Kd2) 36. Bxf7+ Kf8 37. Bxg6 Bb5+ 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39.
Rc8+ Ke7 40. Re8+ Kf6 41. Rxe1 Kxg6 42. Kc4 (42. Re5 $2 Rxe5 43. dxe5 a4 44.
Kc4 a3 45. bxa3 bxa3 46. Kb3 Kf5 47. Kxa3 Kxe5 48. Kb3 Ke4 49. Kc4 Kf3 50. Kd5
Kg2 51. Ke5 Kxh2 52. Kf5 Kxg3 53. Kg6 $11) 42... Rf5 43. Re2 $18) 35... Bb5+ $2
{Low on time and loses immediately.} (35... Bb3 36. Raa7 $16) 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37.
Bc6 Rbb8 {At least this makes black to play some more moves.} (37... Reb8 38.
Bxb5 Rxb5 39. Kc4 {offers no chances even to prolongue the game.}) 38. Bxe8
Rxe8 39. Rb7 $18 f5 (39... Re1 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Rxb4 $18 {And with a king on
h7 black is hopeless.}) 40. Rxb4 g5 41. Rb5 g6 $2 {Still playing like a total
moron in rook endings!Sometime after these days I will take a look to rook
endings more than the 3rd World Champion claimed to do about!} (41... Rf8 $1
42. b4 (42. Ke3 $2 f4+ 43. gxf4 gxf4+ 44. Kf3 Rd8 45. d5 g5 46. Kg4 Kf7 {
and things are not that clear.}) 42... f4 43. g4 $1 g6 44. Rc5 $1 f3 45. Rc1
Kf7 (45... f2 46. Rf1 Rb8 47. Rxf2 Rxb4 48. Ke4 $18) 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Rc6+ (47.
Kf2 Kd5 48. b5 Kxd4 49. b6 Rb8 50. Rb1 Rb7 51. Kxf3 $18) 47... Kd5 48. Rc5+ Kd6
49. Kf2 Rf4 50. Rxg5 $18) 42. b4 Kf7 43. Re5 $1 {Now after this move the win
is a piece of cake because white has achieved protecting his pawns and support
the passers.} Rb8 44. b5 Kf6 45. Rc5 f4 (45... g4 46. Rc6+ Kg5 47. b6) 46. Ke4
Re8+ 47. Re5 Rh8 48. gxf4 $6 {A slight inaccuracy but does not change the
result.} (48. b6 Rxh2 49. gxf4 (49. Rb5 Re2+ 50. Kf3 Re3+ 51. Kf2 Re8 52. b7
Rb8 53. Kf3 Ke6 54. gxf4 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Kd6 56. Kg5 Kc6 57. Rb4 Rxb7 58. d5+ Kc7
59. d6+) 49... Rb2 50. fxg5+ Kf7 51. Kd5 Rxb6 52. Kc5 Ra6 53. d5 $18) 48...
gxf4 49. b6 f3 $8 {I think Predrag missed that but it does not change much.}
50. Kxf3 Rh3+ 51. Ke4 Rb3 52. Kd5 Rxb6 53. Re2 $18 {The proximity of black's
rook to whites d passer makes the position a trivial win for white.} Ra6 54.
Kc5 Ra5+ 55. Kc6 Ra6+ 56. Kb5 {With 4 files to the passer black would be able
to give latteral checks and thus achieve a draw.} Ra3 57. d5 g5 58. d6 Rb3+ 59.
Kc6 Rc3+ 60. Kb7 Kf7 61. d7 Rb3+ 62. Kc7 Rc3+ 63. Kd8 Rc1 {We have a sort of
Lucena situation.} 64. Re7+ Kf8 65. Re5 Rg1 66. Rf5+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Bergstrom, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[BlackTeam "Sollentuna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 a5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nc1 Bb7 13. Nd3 c5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2
Rc7 16. dxc5 Qa8 17. Rfd1 Nxc5 18. Be5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rcc8 20. Rcd1 Rfd8 21. Ne1
Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Ne4 23. Rd4 Bf6 24. Nd3 Rd8 25. f3 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxd4 27. exd4
Nf6 {[%tqu "En","How can White use the superior activity of his pieces?","Play
energetically not to allow Black any time for defence.","Sacrifice your knight
to launch an irresistible attack on the black king.","e5f7","This impressive
sacrifice ruins Black's position.",5]} 28. Nxf7 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rf7,Rg8][%cal
Gc4g8,Ge2e6] After this terrific blow White gets an irresistible attack.} Kxf7
(28... Bd5 {loses after} 29. Ng5) 29. Qxe6+ Kg6 30. Bd3+ Kh6 31. Qh3+ (31. Qe3+
g5 32. Qe7 $1 {was winning as well.}) 31... Nh5 32. g4 Qe8 33. Kf2 Bd5 34. g5+
$1 {The shortest way to the victory.} Kxg5 35. Qf5+ Kh6 36. Qxh7+ Kg5 37. h4+ (
37. f4+ {was winning as well:} Kf6 (37... Nxf4 38. Qf5+) (37... Kh4 38. Bg6 $18
) 38. Qf5+ Ke7 39. Qxd5) 37... Kf6 (37... Kxh4 {fails to} 38. Bg6 {, winning
immediately.}) 38. Qf5+ Ke7 39. Qxd5 Qb8 40. Qxh5 Qh2+ 41. Ke3 Qg1+ 42. Ke4
Qe1+ 43. Kf5 Qe6+ 44. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. f4 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Nc1
Ba6 16. Nb3 Ne4 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qe2 Ra8 19. Rfc1 g6 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Rxc6 g5
22. Rac1 gxf4 23. exf4 Qh4 $4 ({A blunder, which loses on the spot.} 23... Qf6
{or 23...Rg8 promised Black a good counterplay.}) {[%tqu "En","Black's queen
thrust was a very bad slip. How can you punish Black for this 'active' move?",
"Exploit a shaky position of the h8-rook.","Sacrifice an exchange to bring
your queen into play.","c6d6","This is simple, but still quite pretty tactics.
",4]} 24. Rxd6 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Rf8,Rh8][%cal Ge2e5,Gc1c7,Ge5d6,Ge5h8]
Vernichtung einer Deckungsfigur , Doppelangriff} (24. Rxd6 {, and Black
resigned, as after} Nxd6 25. Qe5 Ke7 $140 26. Rc7+ {his position is hopeless.})
1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 31st"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game was played in the last round and up till then Vladimir had had a
very good tournament. His play had been very powerful and impressive, but
somehow in the previous round he made a quick draw with the white pieces
against Negi (who shared 1st place with me), that seemed to me quite strange.
Most probably he was a bit tired and wanted to get a day off. In any case I
had a lot of motivation, first because I had a very bad score (0.5-2.5)
against Vladimir and secondly because it was a must win situation, as in the
event of a draw I would finish in 6-7th place.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.
Nc3 a6 {The Chebanenko variation has been his favourite weapon recently.} 5. c5
{The last game in this line I played 5.a4 , but here I decided to vary with
the text.} Nbd7 {He goes always for this line. Certainly it's well-known that}
(5... Bf5 {is a serious alternative.}) 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 {Obviously the
critical continuation. Before, I had faced} (7... g6 {That game saw} 8. h4 $5
Bg7 9. Bh2 Nhf6 10. Be2 Ng4 11. Bg3 h5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. O-O Ndf6
15. Neg5 Nd5 16. Qb3 $14 {Avrukh,B (2632)-Burmakin,V (2615)/Benidorm 2008/CBM
123 Extra (91). and White retained better chances in a very complex middlegame.
}) 8. exf4 b6 9. b4 ({Theory considers} 9. cxb6 e6 $1 10. Bd3 Bd6 {pretty
harmless for White, as he is unable to do much against the following ...Qb6
and ...c5.}) 9... Qc7 {This move brings Black very good results in practice. A
more popular alternative is} (9... g6) 10. Qd2 $5 $146 {An interesting attempt
to fight for an opening advantage. The main point is to play Rc1 quickly and
not to allow Black to quickly swap the a- and b-pawns on the queenside. This
is what Black achieves easily after} (10. g3 g6 11. Rc1 Bg7 12. Bd3 a5 13. a3
axb4 14. axb4 bxc5 15. bxc5 O-O {and White can hardly find a target for the
attack.}) 10... g6 {The key point is, that the immediate} (10... a5 {is met
strongly by} 11. b5 $1 bxc5 12. bxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne5 $1 Qe6 {Obviously the white
N is untouchable:} (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Bb5 $18) 14. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Kd8 15.
Be2 {[%csl Yd8] with a long-term initiative.}) 11. Rc1 Bh6 $5 {A tempting
continuation, Black intends to carry out e7-e5 in a suitable moment.} ({
In the event of} 11... Bg7 {Black should reckon with} 12. cxb6 $5 Nxb6 13. Bd3
{with a complicated game.}) 12. g3 bxc5 {Black doesn't want to think about a
possible capture on b6 and decided to fully concentrate on his main strategic
idea.} 13. bxc5 O-O 14. h4 $1 {A very strong move and at the same time the
only way to fight for an advantage. Now we can see also the negative side of
Black's 11th move, the h4-h5 idea with the black bishop on h6 looks very
annoying. Other options are harmless for Black.} (14. Bg2 f6 $1 {[%cal Ge7e5]
and Black will comfortably carry out the e7-e5 advance.}) (14. Bh3 $2 {Just a
blunder, since after} Ne5 $1 {[%csl Gf3,Gh3] Black takes over the initiative.})
14... e5 {I didn't expect Black to be able play this so quickly; fortunately
for me White still has things under control.} ({Alternatively} 14... Nf6 {
would led to a pretty sound, but passive position for Black after} 15. Bd3 Bf5
16. Bxf5 {, or} (16. O-O e6) 16... gxf5 17. O-O $14) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {Actually
Black has a big choice here:} (15... Re8 {White should meet with} 16. Be2 {
, while} (16. h5 $6 {unexpectedly runs into the fantastic} g5 $1 17. Qd4 gxf4
18. gxf4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 f6 {and Black is better already.}) 16... Nxc5 (16...
Nxe5 {would just transpose to the game} 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. h5) 17. h5 Bg7 18.
Kf1 Rb8 19. Kg2 $14 {with a very complicated battle, in which probably White's
chances are slightly preferable.}) ({A worse version is} 15... Nxc5 {, since
White has an option of developing his bishop to h3.} 16. h5 Bg7 17. Qe3 $1 Qa5
18. h6 $1 Bh8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bh3 $1 {[%csl Yc6,Yd7,Gh8] and White has a nice
positional edge.}) 16. Nxe5 Re8 17. Be2 Rxe5 18. h5 $1 {Without this
possibility Black would be just better with the bishop pair and the better
pawn structure.} gxh5 19. Kf1 {After a more or less forced line, an
interesting position has arisen with each side having itis own trumps.} Re8 {
A natural reaction; it would be quite dangerous to remove the black queen from
the centre by} (19... Qa5 {White can play} 20. Qc2 $5 Bf5 21. Qd1 Re6 22. Rxh5
Bg7 23. Rxf5 Bxc3 24. Qc2 Bg7 25. Rb1 $1 {getting a favourable position with
opposite coloured bishops.}) 20. Rxh5 Bg7 21. Kg2 ({White can also play} 21.
Bd3 h6 22. Kg2 {, not fearing} Bg4 {in view of} 23. Rh4) 21... Qe7 {It's quite
obvious Black wants his queen close to the kingside. During the game I also
considered} (21... f5 $6 {that positionally looks somewhat risky and indeed
after} 22. Na4 ({Only not} 22. Rch1 $2 Qa5 $1 23. Rg5 Qxc5 {and Black is fine.}
) 22... Be6 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. Qc2 $1 {Black is able to defend his pawns in case
of the natural} (24. Bd3 Qf7 25. Rch1 h6 26. Qc2 Rf8 $14) 24... Bf7 {The key
point is that Black cannot play} (24... Qf7 {in view of the elegant} 25. Rch1
h6 26. Rxh6 $1 Bxh6 27. Bh5 {with a winning position.}) 25. Rhh1 Bg6 26. Bd3
Qf7 27. Rhe1 {and with Black's bishop badly placed on g6 White's positional
advantage is undisputable.}) ({Again Black cannot afford to play} 21... Qa5 $6
22. Bd3 h6 23. f5 {with the following nice idea} d4 24. f6 $1 dxc3 25. Qf4 $18
{with a decisive attack.}) 22. Bd3 h6 23. f5 $1 {A strong plan. Now Black's
light-squared bishop is temporarily out of play.} ({Very unclear would have
been} 23. Na4 Bg4 24. Rhh1 (24. Rh4 Be2 $1) 24... Qf6) 23... Qf6 {Other
options are worse:} ({The idea to activate the bishop immediately by means of} 
23... a5 {[%cal Gc8a6] doesn't work in view of} 24. Rxh6 $1 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 f6
26. Ne4 $1 Rf8 27. Rh1 Qg7 28. Qf4 $1 {and Black is hopeless against White's
threat Rh4-g4.}) (23... Qe5 24. Na4 $1 Rb8 25. Nb6 Qd4 26. Rd1 $1 $16) 24. Nd1
$1 {[%cal Gd1e3,Ge3g4] A strong positional idea, White's knight is heading for
g4 via the e3-square.} d4 $6 {A first inaccuracy. Black prevents White's idea,
but at the same time blocks the big diagonal and weakens the c4-square.} ({
Preferable would have been} 24... Rb8 25. Qf4 {Unexpectedly} (25. Ne3 Rb2 26.
Rc2 Rb1 $1 {allows Black excellent counterplay, since} 27. Ng4 $6 Qa1 $1 {
[%csl Yg2] leads to Black's advantage.}) 25... Qe5 {After} (25... Bd7 26. Ne3
Qd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Ng4 Bg7 29. Nxh6+ Kf8 30. Ng4 $16 {Black remains without
a pawn.}) 26. Qf3 Kf8 (26... d4 {is met strongly by} 27. Rc2 $1 {following by
Nb2-c4.}) 27. Rh4 $1 {An important prophylactic move, White takes control over
the d4-square.} ({Black is fine after} 27. Ne3 Rb2 $1 28. Ng4 Qd4) 27... Bd7
28. Ne3 {White retains better chances.}) 25. Nb2 Qe5 $2 {This is a serious
mistake. Black should have opted for} (25... Re5 {although after} 26. Re1 $1 {
White is better, while} (26. Nc4 $6 Rxc5) ({and} 26. Rch1 $6 Bxf5 {are just
good for Black.})) 26. Nc4 Qxc5 27. Rch1 $40 {White is ready to sacrifice on
h6.} f6 (27... Qd5+ {doesn't help:} 28. f3) 28. Rxh6 $1 ({Also worth
considering is} 28. Qf4 $5) 28... Ra7 {Black's best try would have been} (28...
Qd5+ $142 {and White should play the calm} 29. Kg1 $1 {, since} (29. f3 {
runs into} Bxf5 $1 {with the following point} 30. R6h5 $2 (30. Nb6 $11) 30...
Bxd3 31. Rxd5 Bxc4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ge8e2]}) 29... Rb8 {Also after} (
29... Bxh6 30. Rxh6 Bxf5 31. Rh5 Bxd3 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Nb6 $1 {White's
material advantage should tell.}) 30. Rg6 $1 Bxf5 31. Rh5 Bxd3 32. Rxd5 Bxg6 {
Doesn't change the evaluation} (32... Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Bxg6 34. Rxd4 Ree1 35. Ne3
$1 $16) 33. Rxd4 Be4 34. Kh2 $1 Rb5 35. Qe2 Bg6 36. Ne3 $16) 29. R6h5 Rae7 $6 {
This slightly helps White, but it's difficult to give good advice.} (29... Rc7
30. Qf4 {[%csl Gc7] Only helps White to bring his queen to the kingside.}) (
29... Rb7 {looks like the best try.} 30. Qf4 Qd5+ 31. f3 {Black is unable to
exploit the vulnerability of the second rank.} Kf8 32. Qg4 $1 $16 {and White's
attack plays itself.}) 30. Nb6 $3 $18 {A great tactical idea. White needs the
c4-square for his bishop in order to launch a decisive attack.} Bxf5 {There is
no reasonable defence already. White wins in all lines :} (30... Re5 31. Bc4+
Kf8 32. Rh7 $1 $18 {with the decisive threat 33. Rg7.}) (30... Qxb6 31. Bc4+
Rf7 32. Rh7 $1 $18 {and again Black is hopeless.}) (30... Rf7 31. Bc4 Bxf5 32.
Qf4 $18) 31. Rxf5 Qxb6 32. Bc4+ Rf7 (32... Kf8 {Leads to mate in 5:} 33. Rxf6+
$1 Bxf6 34. Qh6+ Bg7 35. Qf4+ {etc.}) 33. Qc2 $1 {A very accurate move,
White's queen is ready to jump either to c4, or to g6 and h7 squares.} Qb7 {
After} (33... Kf8 {White has a pleasant choice between} 34. Bxf7 {and} (34.
Rfh5 $1 {with a crushing attack.}) 34... Kxf7 35. Qc4+ Kf8 36. Rc5 {with an
absolutely winning position.}) 34. Rfh5 Re5 35. Rxe5 (35. Rh8+ Bxh8 36. Qh7+
Kf8 37. Qxh8+ Ke7 38. Rh7) 35... fxe5 36. Rb1 $1 {White's rook decisively
switches to the b-file.} (36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Qg6 {and Black get mated very
quickly. So far my best game in 2009!}) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch 34th"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 ({The alternatives
are} 6... Nbd7) ({and} 6... h6) 7. e3 a5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 $5 {This move
came already as a slight surprise. Usually Black continues here} (9... Na6 {
following by Nb4.}) 10. Rc1 b6 11. cxd5 {I think this is the right moment to
remove the tension in the centre, as later on Black might have serious
alternatives to recapturing with the e-pawn.} exd5 {White is slightly better
after} (11... Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. e4 Bb7 14. Qb3 $14) ({, while} 11... cxd5
{would be a serious conssession, that allows White to start his play along
c-file.} 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Bf4 {with definite pressure.}) 12. Qb3 $146 {This
square seems to me quite natural for White's queen, where it keeps an eye on
the b6-pawn.} ({The previous game saw} 12. Qc2 {, but White hardly achieved
anything after} Bb7 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Ne2 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Ng3
Nxg3 18. hxg3 g6 19. Qc3 Qd6 $11 {Grischuk- Moor Oliver,ECU Club Cup 2006})
12... Bb7 13. Rfd1 {In fact this natural move might be a slight inaccuracy.} ({
During the game I also thought about} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 ({after} 13... Nxf6 14. Ne5
{White has definite pressure.}) 14. e4 {, but after} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 {
the resulting position is rather double-edged.}) ({Worhty of consideration is} 
13. Bd3 Ne8 14. Bxe7 ({Again} 14. Bf4 {is met strongly by} f5) 14... Qxe7 15.
e4 Qb4 16. Qa3 $5 Qxa3 17. bxa3 {and White has some chances to create some
pressure along b-file, though Black's position is pretty solid.}) 13... Ne8 $1
{A very strong idea, Black's knight is heading for d6, where it will be
perfectly placed, controling the e4-square.} ({In the event of} 13... Re8 {
I was planning to play} 14. Bd3 {with idea to play Bf5 increasing the pressure
against the b6-pawn.}) 14. Bxe7 ({After typical} 14. Bf4 {I didn't like} f5 {
and Black seizes full control over e4-square.}) 14... Qxe7 15. Ne5 {[%csl Gb6]
A very ambitious try, that leads to a very complicated battle.} ({Maybe there
would be more chances for an advantage after} 15. Bd3 {, though after} Nef6 (
15... Nd6 {allows White to execute his idea} 16. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18.
Qxb6 {with clearly better chances.}) 16. Bf5 Ba6 {Black has a reasonable
position.}) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qb4 $1 {The key defensive move.} ({Clearly
worse is} 16... Qxe5 $6 17. Qxb6 Nd6 18. Bd3 {and White has a clear edge.}) 17.
Qc2 Rb8 {In general not such a bad move, but there was nothing wrong with the
logical} (17... Nc7 {Most probably White should continue with} 18. f4 (18. Rd4
Qe7 19. Qb3 Qxe5 20. Qxb6 Rfb8 $1 {is very good for Black.}) 18... g6 ({Risky} 
18... f6 19. Bd3 {and Black has problems with defending the h7-pawn.}) 19. Na2
Qe7 20. Qb3 Rab8 $13) {Here I sank into long thought and came up with a nice
idea:} 18. Bd3 $1 g6 19. e4 Qe7 $6 {This is too passive} ({Unfortunately for
Black} 19... d4 {doesn't work:} 20. Ne2 Ng7 (20... c5 {is too dangerous:} 21.
Nf4 {and White is threatening Bc4 followed by Nd3.}) 21. Bc4 $1 {and White is
clearly better both after} b5 ({, or} 21... Qe7 22. Nxd4 Qxe5 23. Nf3 Qe7 24.
Qc3 $16) 22. Ba2 Rbd8 23. Nf4 d3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Nxd3 Qxe4 26. Nc5 Qxc2 27.
Rxc2 $16) ({The best would be} 19... Nc7 $142 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Re1 $14 {
and maybe White is slightly better here due to the passivity of Black's
light-squared bishop. Black is very much in the game.}) 20. exd5 cxd5 21. f4
Nc7 (21... f6 {is comfortably met by White:} 22. Qb3 $1 ({, but not} 22. Re1
Qc5+ 23. Kh1 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxf4 25. Bxg6 Nf6 {with double-edged play.}) 22...
Qc5+ 23. Kh1 fxe5 24. fxe5 $14 {with advantage.}) 22. Qf2 {The best square for
White's queen.} Ne6 23. Bb1 Rfd8 $6 ({Correct was} 23... Rbd8 {and in the
event of} 24. Nb5 Nc5 25. Ba2 Nxa4 26. Rc7 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Nd6 Nc5 {
we get the position from the game with an important difference: Black's rook
is favourably placed on f8, and that makes Black's position quite reasonable.})
24. Nb5 Nc5 25. Ba2 $1 Nxa4 {Black doesn't sense the danger and accepts the
pawn sacrifice.} ({Relatively better was} 25... Bc6 26. Nd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6
{, though after} 28. f5 $1 {White's chances are clearly preferable.}) 26. Rc7
Rd7 (26... Qf8 {runs into} 27. Nd6 Rxd6 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 30. Bxd5
$18 {and White wins.}) 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Nd6 Nc5 29. f5 $1 $40 {White's attack
appears to be very dangerous.} Ba8 ({The critical line is} 29... Qa4 30. Rf1
Ne4 ({Hopeless for Black is the line} 30... g5 31. Qe3 h6 32. e6 $18 {with a
decisive attack.}) 31. Nxe4 $1 ({After} 31. Qxb6 Nxd6 32. exd6 Qc6 {Black has
good chances to survive.}) 31... Qxe4 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Qh4 {and White has a
powerful attack.}) 30. Rf1 $1 {White calmly increases his pressure. Certainly
I had no intention to regain the pawn} (30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 {, as after} Qc6
{Black has counterplay.}) 30... Rf8 31. Bb1 d4 $2 {Black immediately collapses
under pressure, but even in the event of the best move} (31... Qe7 32. Qg3 Ne4
({After} 32... Nd7 33. Re1 $1 {Black's position is very dangerous, for example}
({Worse is} 33. Nxf7 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Kxf7 35. e6+ Ke7 36. exd7 Kxd7 $13) 33... Nc5
34. f6 Qd7 35. Bf5 $1 Qa4 36. Qg5 Qd4+ 37. Kf1 $18 {and White wins.}) 33. Bxe4
dxe4 34. Qf4 $1 {threatening f6 followed by Qh6.} Rd8 35. f6 Qf8 36. Rc1 $16 {
White dominates.}) 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Bxg6 $1 {[%csl Gf8] It's not clear what
Leonid missed here, but now White has a winning position.} Qg4 34. Bxf7+ Kh7
35. h3 $5 {Most probably White has many ways to the victory , but I found the
following idea} Qg5 36. h4 $1 Qg7 (36... Qxe5 {doesn't help:} 37. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6
38. Qxf8 Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 $18) ({The main point of my
idea was} 36... Qg4 37. h5 $1 {and the 38.Bg6 idea is decisive.}) 37. Qf5+ Kh8
38. Qh5+ Qh7 39. Qxh7+ Kxh7 40. e6 {Now White is absolutely winning. The rest
is very easy.} Bc6 41. e7 Rb8 42. e8=Q Bxe8 43. Nxe8 d3 44. Rf5 $1 1-0

[Event "Athens Acropolis op"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2003.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bf5
(8... Bh5 {is another option}) 9. O-O e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Ne2 $146 {Finally I
decided to deviate from Sokolov-Movsesian 2003, where white obtained a small
edge, but of course my opponent had some improvement in his mind ..} (11. Bb2
O-O (11... Bxd3 $5) 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd3 {[%csl Gf5]} g6 15. Ne5
Qc7 (15... Bd6 $142 16. Ne2 Qe7 $11) 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Qd6 19.
Rc2 $14 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga1c1] Sokolov-Movsesian 2003}) 11... Bxd3 (11... O-O
$5 {also deserves serious attention} 12. Bxf5 (12. Bb2 Ne4 $13) 12... exf5 13.
cxd5 (13. Nf4 dxc4 $5 (13... Bd6 $5) 14. bxc4 Bd6 $11) 13... cxd5 14. Qd3 (14.
Nf4 Bd6) 14... Ne4 15. a4 Qb6 $11) 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Bb2 Qb8 $1 {Very
important! Black should take control over e5-square.} ({All the alternatives
are worse:} 13... bxc4 $6 14. bxc4 Nb6 (14... c5 15. cxd5 exd5 (15... Nxd5 16.
a3 Ba5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 {[%csl Gc5,Gg7]} Qf6 $8 19. Qxd5 $1 exd5 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qf5 $16 {[%csl Gd5] ><d5})
15. Ne5 $36 {[%csl Gc6]}) (13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 (15. c5 $140 $6 Bxc5
) 15... Be7 16. c5 Nc4 17. Rfd1 $14) 14. Rfc1 Bd6 {[%csl Ge5]} 15. Rc2 {
[%cal Ga1c1] The only white idea - to organize some play along the c-file.} Ra7
$5 {[%cal Ga7b7]} (15... Rc8 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Ne5 $14) 16. Rac1 Rb7 17. Bc3 $5
{[%cal Gc3a5] Normally white dark-squared bishop remains very passive after
opening of c-file, so white is planning to activate it via a5.} (17. cxb5 cxb5
18. Rc6 Rb6 $1) 17... Ba3 (17... b4 18. Be1 a5 19. Nd2 $1 Re8 20. c5 (20. e4 $2
dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 c5 $1 $132) 20... Bc7 21. f4 $14) 18. Re1 (18. Rd1
$143 bxc4 $1 19. bxc4 Rb1 $132 20. c5 $140 $2 Qb5 $40) 18... Bd6 19. Rec1 Ba3
20. Rf1 Bd6 $1 (20... bxc4 $140 21. bxc4 Rb1 22. cxd5 $1 {[%csl Ga6]} cxd5 23.
Qxa6 $16) 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Ba5 $36 {I have managed to create some play, but
still black is very much in the game and he should hold white's initiative.}
Rc8 $6 (22... Bc7 $142 $1 23. Bxc7 (23. Bb4 Re8 24. Rfc1 a5 $1 $11) 23... Rxc7
24. Rxc7 (24. Rfc1 $143 Rfc8 $11) 24... Qxc7 25. Rc1 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ga2]} 26.
Qd2 (26. Qc2 b4 27. Nd2) 26... b4 27. a4 Ne4 $11 28. Qc2 $140 Nc3 $1) 23. Rfc1
(23. Rxc8+ $143 Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qf8 25. Rc6 Nb8) 23... Rxc2 24. Qxc2 b4 $2 (24...
Nb6 {[%cal Gb7c7]} 25. Bxb6 (25. Qc6 $2 Nfd7 $1 26. Bxb6 (26. Ne1 $140 $4 Bh2+
$1 27. Kf1 Rc7 $19) 26... Nxb6 27. Rc2 Rd7 $1 $11 {/\ Rd8-c8}) 25... Rxb6 26.
Qc8+ Ne8 27. Ne5 Qxc8 28. Rxc8 Rb8 29. Rc6 a5 30. Nd7 Ra8 31. Nc5 $14 {black
has some difficulties, but should hold in my opinion.}) 25. Qc8+ Ne8 {[%csl
Ge5][%cal Gf7f6]} 26. Nf4 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gf4d3] In the space of a few
move the position has changed completely. White has created a serious play on
the queenside and black's position collapses in a few moves.} h6 $6 $138 (26...
Bxf4 27. exf4 Qxc8 28. Rxc8 Kf8 29. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 30. fxe5 Rb5 31. Bd8 $18) ({
More stubborn was:} 26... Kf8 $142 27. Qc6 $1 (27. Nd3 Qxc8 28. Rxc8 Rb5 29.
Bd8 Rb8 $11) 27... Bxf4 (27... Qa7 28. Qa4 $1 (28. Bd8 $2 Rb8 29. Bh4 Nb6 {
[%cal Gb8c8]}) (28. Nd3 Rb5 29. Bd8 f6 $1 {[%csl Gd8]} (29... Rb8)) 28... Rb5
29. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Be7 (30... Bxe5 31. Bxb4+ Kg8 32. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Ga6]
[%cal Gd3c5]}) 31. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge2d4]} (31. Nd3 Qb7 32. a3 bxa3 33. b4
$14)) 28. exf4 Qxf4 29. Qxb7 (29. g3 Qb8) 29... Qxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Kh1 Qc1+
32. Ng1 Ndf6 33. Bxb4+ Kg8 34. Qe7 $1 h6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 Qb2 37. Qxe6
Qxd4 38. Be1 $16) 27. Nd3 f6 $6 {[%csl Ge5]} (27... Kf8 28. Nfe5 Nxe5 29. dxe5
Qxc8 30. Rxc8 Be7 31. Rc6 $16 {[%csl Ge7,Ge8]}) 28. Qc6 $5 $138 (28. Bxb4 Bxb4
29. Nxb4 Qxc8 30. Rxc8 Rxb4 31. Rxe8+ $16) 28... Kf7 29. Nc5 (29. Qxa6 $2 Ra7
30. Qc6 Ke7 {[%csl Ga5]}) 29... Bxc5 (29... Nxc5 30. dxc5 Bc7 31. Qd7+ Kf8 32.
Bxc7 Nxc7 33. Nd4 {[%csl Ge6]} Qe8 34. Qd6+ Kg8 (34... Qe7 35. Qc6 Ra7 36. Qb6
Ra8 37. Qxc7 $1 $18) 35. c6 Ra7 36. Qxb4 $18) 30. dxc5 Nf8 (30... Ne5 31. Nxe5+
fxe5 32. Rc2 $1 {[%csl Ga2]} (32. Qxa6 $143 Ra7 33. Qb6 Qxb6 34. Bxb6 Rxa2 35.
c6 Ra8 $16) 32... Ra7 33. Bb6 Rb7 34. Qa4 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Gb4]}) 31. Nd4 $18
Nc7 (31... e5 32. Qxd5+ $18) 32. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Gd4c6]} Nb5 (32... e5 33. Nf5
$18 Ne8 34. c6 Rb5 35. c7 Qc8 36. Bxb4 $18) 33. Nc6 Qc8 34. Nd8+ {The rest is
very simple} Kg8 35. Nxb7 Nc3 36. Rxc3 bxc3 37. c6 c2 38. Bd2 e5 39. b4 Qf5 40.
c7 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Pasman, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 (10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nxe5 (11... Bd6 $142 $1) 12. dxe5 Nd7
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Nh5 g6 18. Nf6+ $36 {
Belov,I-Zagorskis,D/Karvina/1992/}) 10... Be7 (10... Bd6 {-a critical move in
my opinion}) 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nf4 $1
$146 {A new move in present position,but this set-up already was used by white
in this line. In my view create serious problems for black.} (15. Rc1 O-O 16.
Nd4 (16. Rc6 Rc8 $2 (16... Qb8 $5) 17. Rxa6 Bc5 {[%csl Ra6]} 18. Qd3 Rb8 19.
Rc6 Qa5 20. Bc3 Qxa2 21. b4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Christiansen,L/Seattle USA
2003/The Week in Chess 427 (36)}) 16... Qb6 17. Rc6 Qb7 18. Qc2 Ra7 $1 {
[%csl Gc7][%cal Gd7b8]} (18... Rfc8 19. Rc1 Rxc6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Nxc6 Bc5 22.
Bd4 Ba3 23. Rc2 Kf8 24. Na5 Bb4 25. Nb7 Ke8 26. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grachev,
B-Cornette,M/Heraklio GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 420 (56)}) 19. Rc1 $2 (19. f4
Nb8 20. Rc3 b4 21. Rd3 Rc8 22. Qe2 Nc6 $10) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe6 (20. Rc7 Qxc7
21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Bf6 $17) (20. Rc8 Ng6 $17) 20... Qxc6 21. Nxf8 Qxc2 22.
Rxc2 Nc4 $3 $17 {0-1 Krasenkow,M-Epishin,V/Brno 1994/CBM 43/[Krasenkow] (34)})
(15. Nd4 $5) 15... O-O 16. Qg4 {The main problem for black right now, that now
they cannot move his queen, because of some blows on d5 or e6. In general Ne6
idea all the time in the air and black has to be careful.} Bg5 {It's very easy
to understand my opponent, who wanted to remove my knight from f4, but this
move gives me also important tempo.} (16... Qb6 17. Nxd5 {[%csl Rd7]}) (16...
Rc8 $142 17. Rac1 Kh8 18. Nh5 $5 g6 19. Nf4 $36 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6]}) (16...
Qb8 $2 17. Nxe6 $18) 17. Nd3 $1 (17. Nh5 $143 g6 (17... Bh6 $5) 18. Nf6+ Nxf6
19. Qxg5 Ne4 20. Qf4 Rc8 $13) 17... Be7 (17... Rc8 18. f4 $5 (18. Rac1) 18...
Be7 (18... Bh6 $142 $1 {[%cal Gg7g6]}) 19. f5 $1 exf5 20. Rxf5 $40 {[%cal
Ge5e6]} g6 $140 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Qd4 $18) 18. Rac1 Qa5 $2 {
This move already in wrong direction.} (18... Qb6 $142 19. Nf4 (19. e4 $143
dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfd8 $11) 19... Rfd8 20. Rc2 $1 (20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf4 Nf8 22. h4
$36) (20. Bd4 Qb7 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Qf5+ $11 (23. f4 Ba3 $1 {
[%cal Gd8e8]})) 20... Qb8 $140 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Rfc1 $36) 19.
Nf4 $1 (19. b4 Qb6 $1 (19... Qxa2 $140 $2 20. Rc7 Rad8 21. Ra1 Qb3 22. Rc3) 20.
Nf4 Qb7 $13) 19... Qxa2 20. Bd4 {[%cal Gf4e6] Black queen is completely out of
the game and it's impossible to do something against white initiative.} Qxb3
21. Rc7 (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Qxd7 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Bf8 (23... Ba3 24.
Rc8+) 24. Qe6 $16 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 21... Rad8 22. Rfc1 $5 {Full domination!
Black cannot do nothing against white threats.} (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 (
23... Kh8 $2 24. Qxe7 $18) 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Bf8 (25... Bh4 26. Qc8+ Rf8
27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qg4) 26. Qe6 Qc4 (26... a5 27. Rc1 a4 28. Rc8 $18 {[%cal
Gd4c5,Gc8f8]}) 27. Qxa6 b4 28. Qe6 $18) 22... Kh8 23. R1c6 Qb1+ $138 (23... a5
24. Ra6 $1 (24. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 25. Qxe6 Bh4 $17) (24. Rxe6 $2 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Qb1+
26. Kh2 Qg6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Nxf8 Bxf8 29. e6 Bd6+ $19) 24... g5 25. Nxe6 fxe6
26. Qxe6 $18) (23... b4 24. Rxa6 {[%cal Ga6a7]} Qb1+ 25. Kh2 b3 26. Raa7 b2 27.
Rxd7 $18) 24. Kh2 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Rxa6 {[%cal Ga6a7]} (26. e6 Nb8 27. Rb6
Bd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Bc5 Rc6 30. Rxc6 Nxc6 31. Bxf8 fxe6 32. Nxe6 g6 33. Nc7
$18) 26... Bg5 27. Raa7 Bxf4+ 28. exf4 Nb8 29. e6 $1 $18 Rg8 30. exf7 (30. Rab7
) 30... Rgf8 31. Bc5 d4 (31... g6 32. Bd4#) 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Re7 {[%cal Ge7e8]
} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.02.26"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Babula/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 g6 {'Black fianchettoes his
bishop in order to support his main strategic goal in this line - the e7-e5
advance in future.'} (5... Nbd7) 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 Bf5 $6 {'I don't like mixing
of moves g6 and Bf5 as the bishop can't retreat on g6 in some cases.'} 8. Nd2
$5 {'Aimed against Ne4.'} ({Alternativen: I} 8. h3) ({II I don't see anything
special for White after} 8. Qb3 Qc8) ({III After} 8. Be2 $6 {Black happily
plays} Ne4 {trying to exchange some pieces as he has less space.}) 8... Nbd7 9.
Be2 h5 $2 {'Black avoids the g2-g4 advance but seriously weakens his position.'
} ({I} 9... e5 $5 10. dxe5 Nh5 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. e4 $1 (12. Qxh5 $143 Bg6 13.
Qh3 Nxc5 $13) 12... Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nb3 Nxe5 16. O-O Nc4 17.
Qc1 $14) ({II We both considered the position after} 9... O-O 10. g4 Be6 $14 {
'as very good for White, but it was better than the text. The bishop on e6
obstructs Black to fulfil the e7-e5 advance.' , Babula}) 10. h3 $1 {'White is
ready again to play g2-g4.'} h4 $6 {'Black avoids for good that advance but
the pawn on h4 will be very week.'} ({I} 10... O-O $2 11. g4 $16 {is now worse
than move before as White opens the h file in addition.}) ({II I think the
best is} 10... Nf8 $5 {Then I wanted to complete my development and to start
play on the queenside.}) 11. O-O e5 $6 {'A strange move again, an opening of
the position favours the better developed side (in this case White), but Black
was in difficult position anyway.'} ({I} 11... O-O $2 12. Nf3 {simply loses
the h4 pawn.}) ({II} 11... Nf8 $5) 12. dxe5 ({I considered also} 12. Bg5 $6 {
, but the text is stronger.}) 12... Nh5 13. Bxh5 Rxh5 14. e4 Be6 (14... dxe4
15. Ndxe4 $16) 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nf3 Nxe5 {'?!' 'These exchanges favours White
as he will gain control over black squares.'} ({I} 16... Nxc5 17. Qd4 {and
Rad1 wins the d5 pawn.}) ({II} 16... Rc8 17. b4 $16) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5
Rxe5 19. Qd4 $16 {'White now has a nice blockade on the black squares and a
technically won position.'} Qc7 (19... Qf6 $2 20. Rae1 $1 Rf5 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22.
Nxd5 $18) 20. Rfe1 $1 $18 {'Black has only one active piece, so White
exchanges it.'} ({Other moves are not so good, for example: I} 20. Nxd5 $2
O-O-O $1 (20... Rxd5 $2 21. Qh8+) (20... Bxd5 $2 21. Rfe1)) ({II} 20. Qxh4 $6
Rh5) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 O-O-O 22. b4 Kb8 (22... g5 23. Re5 Rg8 24. Nxd5 Qd8
25. f3 $18) 23. b5 $5 {'White has more than one winning plan and I opted for
an attack against Black king. Note that White is playing almost a piece up as
Black bishop is very passive.'} (23. Qxh4 d4 24. Rd1 d3 25. b5 $18) 23... Rc8
24. bxa6 Qxc5 (24... bxa6 25. Rb1+ Ka8 26. Nxd5) 25. Qe5+ Ka7 ({I} 25... Qc7
26. axb7 Kxb7 27. Rb1+ Ka8 (27... Kc6 28. Qd4) 28. Qd4 Qa7 29. Qb4 Rc4 30. Qb2
Bf5 (30... d4 31. Nb5) 31. Nxd5 $18) ({II} 25... Rc7 26. Nb5 $1 Qxb5 27. Rc1
$18 (27. a7+)) 26. axb7 Rb8 (26... Kxb7 27. Rb1+ Kc6 28. Na4 $18) 27. a4 $1 {
'!?' 'White's knight gains the nice square close to Black's king.'} ({I saw} 
27. Ne4 Qb4 28. Nd6 Rd8 {during the game and I thought it was not good, but
computer sees a strong reply} 29. Re3 $1 {with idea} Qxd6 30. Qb2 Kb8 31. Ra3)
27... Rxb7 28. Nb5+ {'The king hunt begins.'} Ka6 29. Qh8 Qc8 30. Qxh4 Rb6 31.
Qe7 Ka5 32. Rb1 Bf5 33. Qb4+ Ka6 34. Rd1 Qc4 35. Qf8 Ka5 36. Qxf7 Kxa4 37. Nd4
$6 $138 {'?!' 'An inaccuracy in timetrouble, I overlooked the possibility of
Black's Rb1 move exchanging the rooks. In that case I should have shown some
technique to convert it.' in Zeitnot ein "Schцnheitsfehler"} ({I} 37. Nc7 $142
$1 $18 {'!?'} Rb1 (37... Kb3 38. Nxd5) 38. Rxb1 Bxb1 39. Nxd5) ({II} 37. Rd4
Kxb5 38. Rxc4 dxc4 {+-, z.B.} 39. g4 Bd3 40. f4 Kb4 41. f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Rb5
43. f6 c3 44. Qe7+ Kb3 45. f7 c2 46. Qe3 Kb2 47. f8=Q c1=Q+ 48. Qxc1+ Kxc1)
37... Be4 $2 {'But my opponent misses it too.'} (37... Rb1 {'!'} 38. Qa7+ Kb4
39. Qb6+ Kc3 40. Qa5+ Kb2 41. Qd2+ Ka3 42. Rxb1 Bxb1 43. Ne2 Bc2 (43... Bd3 $2
44. Nf4) 44. f3 {mit "technischer Gewinnstellung" (+-)}) 38. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 $6 {This way of
developing the bishop does not fit well in this position, already determined
by the moves ...c6 & ...c6. In the classical lines of the QGA this bishop
usually belongs on e7.} 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 $6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5
Nxe5 $6 (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O) 12. dxe5 dxc4 13. exf6 Qxd3 14. fxg7 Rg8 15.
Qf3 Rxg7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Ng3 $18 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Bacrot,E"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {Ce coup devient une des armes
principales contre la slave. Kasparov est un nouvel adepte de cette variante.}
5. Bf4 {Une surprise. Christian traite l'ouverture de maniere originale. 5.c5
et 5.a4 sont les coups principaux.} dxc4 6. a4 Nd5 7. Qd2 Nxf4 {J'ai depen se
environ 45 minutes sur mes 3 derniers coups et je pense que la variante est
egale. 7...Ff5 est jouable.} (7... Bf5 $5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. exf5 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qa5+
11. Nd2 $13) 8. Qxf4 Qd6 9. Qxd6 ({Durant la partie, je redoutais plutot} 9.
Qd2 $1 Nd7 10. e3 e5 (10... Qg6 11. Bxc4 $1 Qxg2 12. Ke2 $44 Nb6 $2 13. Bxf7+
$1 Kxf7 14. Rhg1 $18) 11. Bxc4 exd4 12. exd4 Nb6 $1 {Ce coup precis permet aux
noirs d'egaliser} 13. Bb3 Be7 $11) 9... exd6 10. e4 Be6 (10... f5 $5 {Fritz
propose ce coup inhabituel} 11. d5 fxe4 12. Nd2 $13) 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 {
Je ne force pas les blancs a prendre le pion "c4" avec le Cf3} (12... Bg4 $6
13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nxc4 $14) 13. Nd4 Bg6 {Les blancs doivent profiter
immediatement de leur avantage de developpement, sinon, grace aux deux fous,
les noirs vont etre mieux.} 14. h4 (14. f4 Be7 $1 15. f5 Bf6 $15) 14... h5 15.
Kd2 Be7 16. Re1 Kd8 17. Bxc4 Bf6 18. Nb3 $6 ({Les blancs pouvaient chercher
l'egalite par} 18. Nde2 Nd7 19. Nf4 $13) 18... Nd7 19. Na5 $6 (19. Bd3 $1 {
est necessaire} Bxd3 20. Kxd3 Ne5+ 21. Kc2 Rc8 {les blancs egalisent grace a
la manoeuvre 22.Cd2 suivi de 23.Cde4}) 19... Kc7 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Kxd3 Nc5+ 22.
Kc2 Rae8 {La position est deja critique pour les blancs et Christian va faire
le meilleur choix.} 23. b4 $1 Bxc3 24. Kxc3 Nxa4+ 25. Kd4 Nb6 26. Rc1+ $1 Kb8 (
26... Kd7 27. Nxb7 Re5 28. Nc5+ $3 $11) 27. Rhe1 {Pour le pion sacrifie les
blancs ont obtenu une position active, l'avantage materiel noir n'est pas
facile a convertir.} Nc8 28. Nc4 Rhf8 {Ce coup est inutile, mais il me restait
peu de temps et les blancs ne peuvent ameliorer leur position.} 29. g3 g6 30.
Kd3 Rxe1 $1 {Le seul moyen de progresser} 31. Rxe1 Kc7 32. Kd4 Kd7 {La menace
est Te8} 33. Na5 Ne7 $1 34. Rb1 (34. Nxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 34... b5 {34...Tc8 est
egalement suffisant} 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Nxc8 $2 {Avec une minute a la
pendule je ne choisis pas le placement ideal des pieces, mais neanmoins la
finale reste gagnante.} (36... Kxc8 37. Nb3 (37. Nc6 Nxc6+ 38. dxc6 Kc7 39. Kd5
f6 40. f3 g5 $19) 37... Kc7 38. Ke4 Kb6 39. Na5 {Le roi en b6 empeche le
cavalier blanc de s'eloigner a cause de "a6-a5", le cavalier "e7" fait
pression sur le pion "d5", le roi blanc reste donc en "e4 ou "d4". C'est le
bon moment pour creer une faiblesse a l'aile roi.} f6 $1 (39... f5+ $2 {
Une idee interessante mais qui laisse du contre-jeu.} 40. Kd4 f4 41. Ke4 fxg3
42. fxg3 Ng8 43. Kf4 Nf6 44. Kg5 $132 Nxd5 45. Kxg6 Nxb4 46. Nb3 $13) 40. Nb3
g5 $19 {les blancs ne peuvent tenir} 41. Na5 f5+ 42. Kd4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Ng6 $19)
37. Nb3 Kc7 38. f3 $5 {La meilleure chance. Sinon les noirs procedent comme
dans l'analyse de 36...Rxc8} Ne7 39. g4 f5 $1 {Un coup difficile a jouer en
zeitnot.} 40. g5 {Les blancs menacent de fermer l'aile roi et d'egaliser par
41.f4.} (40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Na5 Ng6 42. Ke3 Nxh4 43. Kf4 Ng6+ 44. Kxf5 Ne7+ $19)
40... f4 $1 {La derniere precision avant le controle de temps. Le pion "h4" va
tomber et les blancs n'ont pas de contre-jeu.} 41. Ke4 Kb6 42. Na5 Nf5 43. Kxf4
(43. Nc6 Nxh4 44. Ne7 (44. Nd4 Ng2 $19) 44... a5 $19) 43... Nxh4 44. Nc6 Nf5
45. Ke4 h4 46. f4 h3 47. Kf3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Simic, Radoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Chekhov} d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 (5... g6 $6 {
Chekhov} 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O $14 {Mochalov,E-Chekhov,V/
Orel/1995/0,5/20/}) 6. Bf4 (6. cxd5 {Chekhov} Nxe5 (6... cxd5 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 O-O 13. Nc1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Nb3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. a5 Qa7 18. Rfc1 $14 {Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/Chalkidiki/
1993/1|0/39/}) 7. dxe5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 e6 11. a4 Kc7 12.
h4 Bd7 13. a5 h6 14. Rh3 Be7 15. Rf3 Raf8 16. h5 c5 $132 {Dizdar,G-Schandorff,
L/Moscow/1994/0,5/26/}) 6... e6 (6... dxc4 $5 {Chekhov} 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 $13 {
Itkis,B-Komliakov,V/Nikolaev/1995/0,5/8/}) 7. e3 Be7 (7... Nxe5 $5 {Chekhov} 8.
Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c5 Qe7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd3 b6 13. cxb6 (13. b4 $5 $14)
13... c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Qb4 $132 {Gavrikov,V-Nikolic,P/Horgen/1994/0|1/
46/}) 8. Bd3 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 (10... b5 11. c5 (11. cxd5 {Chekhov}
cxd5 12. a4 bxa4 (12... b4 $5) 13. Nxa4 a5 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. f4 Bb4 16. Rac1 $16
{Borovikov,V-Koutsin,S/Nikolaev/1995/1|0/26/}) 11... Nd7 12. Bg3 e5 13. Bxe5
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxc5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Rac1 $16) 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7
13. Qc2 (13. Qf3 $5 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Rfc1 c5 $6 17. Qh3 g6 18.
Nxc5) 13... h6 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 $32 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rac1
Rfd8 (17... Rac8 {Chekhov} 18. Nc5 $16) 18. Qb3 $16) 16. Ne4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rd5
18. Be2 Rad8 19. Bf3 R5d7 20. b4 (20. h3 $32) (20. Nc5 {Chekhov} Bxc5 21. Qxc5
Qxc5 22. Rxc5 e5 $1 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 exd4 25. Rxf6 dxe3 26. Rxd7 exf2+ $6
(26... Rxd7 $5 27. fxe3 Kg7 28. Rxa6 (28. Rf3 Rd2 29. Rf2 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rd2 $10)
28... Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 Rxb2 31. h4 b4 $14) 27. Kxf2 Rxd7 28. Ke3 $16)
20... a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 f5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 $5 (24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25.
Rxc5 Ra8 (25... Rc7 26. h3 Ra8 27. d5 exd5 28. Rdxd5 Ra4 29. Rd4 $16) 26. Bxc6
Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Ra4 28. Rb1 Rda7 29. Rcc1 Ra2 30. g3 Rd2 31. Rc5 Raa2 32. Rf1
Rab2 33. Rxb5 Rb3 34. Rb7 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rdb2 36. Rc1 Rxb4 37. Rxb4 Rxb4 38. Rc5
$16) 24... Qc7 25. h3 (25. Ra1 $5 {Chekhov}) 25... Ra8 26. g4 f4 (26... fxg4 {
Chekhov} 27. hxg4 Kg7 28. Kg2 Qa5 29. Rh1 $16) 27. Qe4 fxe3 28. Qxe3 Qd8 (28...
Kg7 29. g5 $16 (29. Qe5+ {Chekhov} Qxe5 30. dxe5 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 $16) 29... Rh8
30. d5 exd5 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Re1 Qd8 33. Bg4 Re7 34. Qf6 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Qxf6
36. gxf6 Kf8 37. Re7 $18) 29. Qxh6 Rxd4 30. Kg2 $1 {/\Be4} Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qf8
32. Qg5+ Qg7 33. Qe7 $18 Rb8 34. Rd7 (34. Qc7 Qf8 35. Rd7 b4 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37.
Qxb8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Qf6 39. Qc7+ Qf7 40. Qb6 $18) 34... Ba8 35. g5 Rf8 (35... b4
{Chekhov} 36. h4 b3 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. h5 b2 41.
Be4 Bb7 42. Kf3 Ba6 43. Ke3 Bc4 44. Bb1 $18) 36. h4 b4 37. h5 b3 38. Rd8 $2 (
38. Be4 Qe5 39. Bg6 Qf4 40. h6 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ (41... Qc4+ 42. Bd3 $18) 42.
Ke1 Qc3+ 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 $18) 38... Rxd8 (38... b2 {Chekhov}
39. h6 Rxd8 40. hxg7 b1=Q 41. Qxd8+ Kxg7 42. Qxa8 $18) 39. Qxd8+ Qf8 40. Qb6 (
40. Qxf8+ {Chekhov} Kxf8 41. h6 Bb7 42. Be4 Ba6 43. Kf3 Bc4 44. Ke3 b2 45. Bb1
$18) 40... Qg7 41. Qb8+ Qf8 42. Qe5 (42. Qxb3 {Chekhov} Qxc5 43. Qb8+ Qf8) (42.
Qxf8+ $18 {Chekhov}) 42... Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. h6+ Kg6 45. Be4+ f5 46. gxf6+
Kxf6 (46... Kxh6 47. Kg3 e5 48. Kg4 (48. f4 Bb7 49. fxe5 Bc8 50. Kf4 b2 51. Ke3
Be6 52. Bb1 Kg5 $10) 48... Bb7 49. Kf5 Bc8+ 50. Kxe5 b2 51. Kd6 $18) 47. Kf3
Bb7 48. Ke3 e5 49. Kd2 Bc8 50. Bxc6 Kg6 51. Bd5 Kxh6 52. Kc3 Bf5 (52... Kg5 53.
Kxb3 Kf6 (53... Kf4 54. f3 $18) 54. Kb4 Ke7 55. Ka5 Kd8 56. Kb6 $18) 53. f3 (
53. f3 Kg5 54. Kxb3 Kf6 55. Kb4 Ke7 56. Kb5 Kd8 57. Kb6 Bc8 58. c6 Ke7 59. c7
Kd6 60. Be4 Ke7 61. Ka7 Kd6 62. Kb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Katowice op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e3 Ne4
(8... O-O 9. Be2 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg3 (11. b4 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 $10 {Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/Linares/1994/0,5/57/})
11... Re8 (11... e5 12. dxe5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 N7e6 14. b4 Nd7 15. e4 d4 16. Nxd4
Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxe5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Na4 $14 {Bareev,E-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg/1994/
0,5/43/}) 12. Na4 f6 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rad1 Nb5 15. Qc2 $14 {Salov,V-Magem
Badals,J/Madrid/1994/}) 9. Nxe4 (9. Qc2 Nxc3 (9... f5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. b4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Rfd1 $14) 10. Qxc3 O-O
11. Be2 f6 12. O-O Re8 13. Bg3 e5 $14) 9... dxe4 10. Ng5 e5 $5 (10... Nf6 11.
Qc2 Bf5 12. g4 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Bc4+ e6 (15... Nd5 16. Rg1 e6
17. O-O-O $16) 16. Rg1 $16) 11. dxe5 Qa5+ (11... Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bxe5
Bxe5 14. Nxf7+ $18) 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxc5 (13... Nxe5 14. Nxe4 $16) 14.
Rc1 Nd3 (14... Nd7 15. e6 $16) (14... Ne6 15. Nxe4 Nxf4 16. exf4 $16) 15. Bxd3
exd3 16. Kxd3 O-O 17. Ke2 f6 $1 18. exf6 (18. Nf3 Re8 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. b3 a5
$14) 18... Bxf6 19. b3 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 $14 21. Rhd1 a5 $132 22. Rd4 (22. Rd6
Rfe8 23. Rc2 a4 24. b4 a3 $14) 22... Rf5 23. Rd8+ $6 (23. Bf4 a4 24. g4 Rb5 25.
b4 a3 26. e4 Ra4 27. Bd2 g5 $14) 23... Rxd8 24. Bxd8 Kf7 25. e4 Rb5 26. Rc2 a4
27. bxa4 Rb4 28. Ke3 Rxa4 $10 29. f4 h5 (29... Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Bxa2 31. Bb6 h5
32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bb3 34. f5 Bc2 35. Kf4 Bb1 36. e5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Ba2 38.
Ke3 (38. Bd8 b5 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. Kd4 b4 $10) 38... Bb3 (38... Bb1 $2 39. e6+ Kf6
40. Bd8+ Kxf5 41. e7 $18) 39. Kd4 Ba2 40. Kc5 Ke7 41. Bc7 Bb1 42. Bd6+ Ke8 $10)
30. Bg5 Bxa2 $6 (30... Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 c5 34. f5 b5 35.
Kf4 Bb1 $10) 31. Rb2 b5 32. g4 Bc4 (32... hxg4 33. hxg4 Bc4 34. f5 gxf5 35.
gxf5 Ra3+ 36. Kf4 c5 37. Rh2 $16) 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. f5 $16 Ra3+ 35. Kf4 Rxh3 $6
(35... Rd3 36. e5 Rd4+ 37. Ke3 Rd5) 36. Rd2 Rd3 37. Rh2 b4 38. Rxh5 Kg8 39. Bf6
Rd1 40. Rh8+ Kf7 41. Rh7+ $1 Kf8 (41... Kxf6 42. e5#) 42. Rb7 b3 43. e5 Re1 44.
Kg5 Re2 45. Kg6 Ke8 46. e6 $18 Bxe6 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rxe6 Rg2+ 49. Bg5 b2 50.
Re1 c5 51. Rd1 Re2 52. f6 (52. f6 c4 53. Rd8+ Re8 54. Bh6+ Kg8 55. Rxe8#) 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 (5... Bf5 6. Bf4
Nbd7 7. e3 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 (11. Qb3 $142) 11... f6
12. Bh2 e5 $10 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Magem Badals,J/Madrid/1994/1:0/40/}) (5...
g6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be5 $1 f6 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. e4 Nxg3 $6 (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be6 $14
) 10. hxg3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be6 12. Qc2 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Bf7 14. O-O-O b6 15. Nd2 b5 {
Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/Chalkidiki(m/2)/1993/0,5/28/} 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Be2 Nd7 18.
Bf3 $16 {Gelfand}) 6. Bf4 (6. h3 Qc7) 6... g6 (6... Nh5 7. e3 (7. Bd2 g6 8. e4
(8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxc5 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O $10) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10.
Nc3 Bg4 11. Be3 Ng7 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bg3 h5
17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. O-O g5 20. h4 g4 21. Ne1 {Sherbakov,R-Ivanov,V.L.
/RUS-ch/1994/0,5/21/}) 7... Nxf4 8. exf4 g6 (8... Qc7 9. g3) 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne5
Qc7 11. h4 f6 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. f5 Qf4 14. fxg6 Qxd4 15. gxh7 Qxc5 16. Bg6+ Kd8
17. Qd2 f5 $13 {Tregubov,P-Ivanov,V.L./RUS-ch/1994/0,5/46/}) 7. e3 (7. h3 Bg7
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg3 Re8 12. Bh4 Bf6 13. Bxf6 exf6
14. e4 $14 {van Wely,L-Paunovic,T/Hania/1993/}) 9... Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg3 (
11. b4 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 a5 16. a3 Rxe5 17.
e4 $14 {Shirov,A-Bologan,V/BL/9293/}) 11... e5 $6 (11... Re8 12. Na4 f6 13. Qb3
Kh8 14. Rad1 Nb5 15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. e4 d4 18. Ne1 Nc7 19. Nd3 $14 {
Salov,V-Magem Badals,J/Madrid/1994/}) 12. dxe5 $1 Nxc5 13. Rc1 N7e6 (13... Qe7
14. Bh4 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 $142 $14) 14. b4 Nd7 15. e4 $16 {
Bareev,E-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg/1994/0,5/43/}) 7... Nh5 8. Bg5 (8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4
Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 $14) 8... Bg7 (8... h6 {Hertneck} 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nd2 $1
Ndf6 11. Bg3 (11. Be2 $6 gxh4 12. Bxh5 Rg8 13. Bf3 e5 $1 $36 14. dxe5 Ng4)
11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg7 $13) 9. Nd2 Nhf6 10. Be2 (10. f4 $142 $1 {Hertneck Why
didn't Ivan secure his centre?}) 10... e5 11. O-O O-O $10 12. b4 Re8 13. Nb3
Nf8 (13... h6 {Hertneck} 14. Bh4 exd4 $13) 14. dxe5 (14. Bh4 Bf5 15. Bg3 e4 $10
) 14... Rxe5 15. Bh4 h5 16. Rc1 (16. e4 $2 {Hertneck} Qe8 $1) 16... Re8 17. e4
$6 (17. Nd4 Ne6 $10) 17... dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 $1 {Hertneck: A
strong exchange sac, after which I would prefer rather Black`s position.} 20.
Bxd8 Nc3 21. Rce1 (21. Rxc3 Bxc3 22. Ba5 Be6 23. Rd1 Re8 $15) (21. Rfe1 {
Hertneck} Nxa2 22. Rcd1 Nxb4) (21. Bc4 {Hertneck} Be6 22. Bxe6 Ne2+ 23. Kh1
Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxd8 25. Bc4 Bc3 $1) 21... Nxa2 22. Ba5 Be6 23. Nd2 Bc3 $15 24.
Ne4 $5 (24. Rd1 Bxb4 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Ne4 Nd7 27. Rb1 a5 28. Rfc1 Bf5 29. Bf3
Ne5 $15) 24... Bxb4 $1 (24... Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Nd7 (25... Bd5 {Hertneck} 26. Nd6
Nc3 27. Bf1 $13) 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Bc7 Ra8 28. Ba5 $10) 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Ra1 $1
Nc2 (26... Nd7 $2 27. Rfb1 a5 28. Rxb4) 27. Ra4 (27. Rac1 $5 Nd4 28. Bc4) 27...
Bb3 28. Ra5 Nd4 29. Bd3 (29. Bd1 Bc4 30. Re1 Nfe6 $15) 29... Nfe6 30. Nd6 Nf4
31. Be4 (31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Nb3 $17) 31... f5 32. Bb1 Rd8 $1 $15 33. Re1 (
33. Nxb7 Nde2+ 34. Kh1 Rd2 35. Rxa6 Bd5 36. f3 Nc3 $36) (33. Re1 b6 $1 34. Rxa6
bxc5 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Nxe8 c4 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 (7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 dxc4 $1 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13.
cxd5 $1 cxd5 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Qg4 $14 {Belov,I-Zapolskis,A Karvina
1993 Inf 56/418/}) 12. Nxd7 (12. f4 $5 $44) 12... Qxd7 13. bxc4 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4
15. Bxd4 bxc4 $10 {Neverov,V-Komljakov,V Nikolaev 1993/}) 7... Bxf3 (7... Bh5
8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 $14) 8. Qxf3 $6 (8. gxf3 e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. f4 g6 11. Bd3 Nh5
12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. O-O-O $14 {Sakaev,K-Rublevsky,S S-Peterburg 1993
Inf 56/420/}) 8... e5 $1 $146 (8... bxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. Rb1 $1 (10. Bd2 Bb4 11.
c5 $13 Nbd7 $13) 10... Nbd7 (10... Qa5 11. Qf5 $1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Rxb4
Qxb4 14. Nxd5 $44 {Chernin/}) 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Be2 Qe6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 $1
$16 {Chernin,A-Gavrikov,V Tilburg 1992 Inf 56/419/}) 9. dxe5 $6 (9. Qd1 $5) (9.
Bd2) 9... Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. bxc4 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15.
cxd5 (15. e6 Ra7 $1 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 Nc6 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qg4 Nd8 20.
Bc3 O-O $19 {Ovseevich,S-Komljakov,V Nikolaev 1993/}) 15... cxd5 $17 16. Bd6 (
16. Bd2 Qb2 (16... Nxd2 17. Qxd5 $1 $13) 17. Rd1 Nd7 $17) 16... Qb2 17. Rd1
Qc3+ 18. Ke2 Nd7 19. Rxd5 (19. g4 Rc8 20. Bg2 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 $8 Qxe5 $19) 19...
Qc4+ 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Ke1 Qc1+ 22. Rd1 (22. Qd1 Qb2 23. Qe2 Rc1+ 24. Rd1 Qc3+
$19) 22... Qc3+ 23. Ke2 Rc4 $1 24. g4 (24. Qf4 $5) 24... Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26.
Rd4 Qe6 (26... Rc2+ 27. Kd3 $1 $13) 27. Bg2 Ng3+ $1 $19 28. Kd3 (28. Qxg3 Rxd4
$19) 28... Rxd4+ 29. Kxd4 (29. exd4 Qa6+) 29... Qd7+ 30. Kc5 Nxh1 31. Qa8+ Qd8
32. Bc6+ Ke7 33. Qb7+ Kf8 34. Bxh1 Qe7+ 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. Kb5 Rd8 37. Kxa5 Rd2
0-1

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2 (7.
Bd3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. f4 f6 $13 {Lputian,
S-Skembris,S Debrecen 1992 Inf 56/417/}) 7... e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne2
Ne4 11. a4 b4 12. a5 O-O (12... Bb7 13. Qa4 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 $14 {Gurevich,
M-Bareev,E BRD 1992 Inf 54/359/}) 13. Ng3 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 f5 $10 {Chernin,
A-Rogozenko,D Odorheiu Sec 1993/}) 6... Bg4 7. Be2 (7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 (8. Qxf3
e5 $1) 8... Nbd7 9. f4 e6 10. c5 Ng8 $146 (10... g6 11. Bb2 a5 12. Qc2 Bg7 13.
O-O-O $14 {Sakaev,K-Rublevsky,S S-Peterburg 1993 Inf 56/420/}) 11. Bb2 Ne7 12.
a4 Nf5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Na2 $1 g6 15. Nb4 $14 {Bareev,E-Shirov,A Munchen 1993/
}) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. Bb2 $5 $146 (9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 dxc4 $1
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. bxc4 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 bxc4 $10 {Neverov,V-Komljakov,
V Nikolaev 1993/}) 9... Bd6 (9... Be7 $5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5
Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd4 $14) 10. Ne5 (10. h3 $5 Bh5 11. Ne5) 10... Bxe2 11.
Nxe2 $14 Rc8 (11... Bxe5 $6 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. h3 Ngxe5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Bxg7 $16)
12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nf4 Qa5 $6 (13... Re8 14. Nfd3 Bf8) 14. Nfd3 Rfe8 15. Bc3 Qd8
16. Bb4 Bxb4 (16... Bb8 $2 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc6 Qb6 19. Ne7+ $18) 17. Nxb4
Nxe5 $6 (17... Nb8 18. Rc2 (18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nbc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Qd7 $10) 18...
Qb6 19. Nbd3 Nbd7 20. Qc1 $14) 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. cxd5 Nxe5 $8 (19... cxd5 20.
Nc6 Qg5 (20... Qb6 21. Ne7+ $18) 21. f4 Qh4 22. g3 Qh3 23. Ne7+ $18) 20. Nxc6
Nxc6 21. dxc6 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 $16 Rc7 23. f4 Kf8 (23... Rec8 24. Rd6 Kf8 25. e4
Ke7 26. e5 $16) 24. Rc5 Rec8 25. Rdc1 f5 (25... Ke7 26. e4 Kd6 27. e5+ $16) 26.
e4 $1 fxe4 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Kxe4 Rxc6 30. Rxc6+ Rxc6 31. Rxc6+ Kxc6
32. b4 $1 $18 Kd6 33. Kd4 Kc6 34. Ke5 Kd7 35. Ke4 Kd6 36. Kd4 Kc6 37. Ke5 Kd7
38. g4 Ke7 39. h4 Kd7 40. Ke4 (40. h5 Ke7 41. a3 h6 42. g5 $18) 40... Kd6 41.
h5 Kd7 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. a3 Kf7 (43... Kd7 44. h6 gxh6 45. Kf6 Kd6 46. Kg7 Kd5
47. Kxh7 Ke4 48. Kxh6 Kxf4 49. g5 $18) 44. Kd6 Kf6 45. Kc6 e5 46. fxe5+ Kxe5
47. Kb6 Kf4 48. Kxa6 Kxg4 49. Kxb5 Kxh5 50. Kc4 $1 g5 51. b5 g4 52. Kd3 Kh4 53.
b6 g3 54. Ke2 Kh3 55. b7 (55. b7 g2 56. Kf2 Kh2 57. b8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 (7.
h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 $10 e5 $5 (8... e6 $1 {Anand/} 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qd1 O-O 11. Be2
bxc4 12. bxc4 c5 $1 $10 {Oll,L-Anand,V /Biel/1993/}) 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3
11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. bxc4 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. cxd5 cxd5 {Dlugi,
M-Bologan,V /New York/1993 Inf 57/369/} 16. Bd2 $1 Qb2 17. Rd1 Nc6 (17... Nd7
$5) 18. Bd3 Nxe5 19. Qe2 {Bologan/}) 7... e6 (7... Nbd7 $5) 8. Ne5 (8. O-O $5
Nbd7 (8... Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Ra7 13. a4 $14 {
Christiansen,L-Velicka,P /BRD/1993/}) 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 $14 {
Wells,P-Rogozenko,D /Odorheiu Sec/ 1993/}) (8. O-O {Hertneck}) (8. h3 {Hertneck
} Bxf3 9. gxf3 $1 $14) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Bb4 $1 $146 (9... Bd6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11.
O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 Nbd7 15. Nd2 $14 {Ligterink,G-Cuijpers,
F /Hilversum/1988/}) 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rc2 (13. f3 f6
14. Ng4 exf3 15. gxf3 O-O 16. Nf2 Nd7 17. Nd3 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Qb6 19. O-O c5 $10
{Kolev,At-Sokolov,I /Elenite/1993}) 13... O-O 14. Qg4 (14. O-O $4 {Hertneck} f6
15. Ng4 h5 $19) 14... Bxd2+ (14... f5 {Hertneck} 15. Qe2 $16) 15. Rxd2 Qc3 16.
Ke2 $8 (16. Qxe4 {Hertneck} Qa1+ 17. Rd1 Qxa2 $10) 16... f5 17. Qh4 $1 Ra7 18.
c5 (18. f4 exf3+ 19. gxf3 c5 20. Re1 f4 $1 $13) 18... Rc7 19. Rf1 $6 (19. f4
Nd7 20. Qe7 Nxe5 21. Qxc7 Ng4 $13) (19. f3 $5 exf3+ 20. gxf3 $14) (19. Rhd1 $5
$14) 19... Nd7 $1 (19... Re8 {Hertneck /\ Nd7}) 20. Qe7 (20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. f4
$10) 20... Nxe5 $1 $8 21. Qxc7 Nc4 $1 $10 (21... Nf3 $2 {Hertneck} 22. gxf3
exf3+ 23. Kxf3 Qxd2 24. Qxc6 f4 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. Kg2 fxe3 27. Qxe3 $16) 22.
Rfd1 (22. bxc4 Qxc4+ 23. Ke1 Qc1+ 24. Rd1 Qc3+ $10 (24... Qc3+ {Hertneck} 25.
Ke2 Qc2+ $10)) 22... f4 $1 (22... Nxd2 23. Rxd2 $14) 23. exf4 (23. bxc4 fxe3
24. fxe3 Qxc4+ 25. Rd3 $8 exd3+ $13) 23... e3 24. bxc4 $8 exd2 25. Rxd2 Qxc4+
26. Ke3 (26. Ke1 Qc1+ 27. Rd1 Qxf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 $10) 26... Qc3+ 27. Ke2 (27.
Rd3 {Hertneck} Qe1+ 28. Kf3 g5 29. Kg3 gxf4+ 30. Kf3 Qb1 31. Rd2 Qe1 32. Rd3 (
32. Qa5 $2 e5 $40) 32... Qb1 $10) 27... Qc4+ 28. Ke3 Qc3+ 29. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Black "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 $5 g6 {N/} (5... e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7.
Be2 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. c5 $1 b4 12. Na4 a5 13. a3 $1 $14
{Ilincic,Z-Popchev,M/Jagodina/1993/1:0/36/}) (5... Bf5 $5 6. e3 e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7
8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 b5 10. O-O Be7 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 O-O 14. Nbd2
Qb6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 $10 {Browne,W-Illescas,M/Linares MEX/1994/0,5/61/}) 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 c5 $6 (7... O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Bb2 $14) 8. cxd5 (8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5)
8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O Qd8 (10... cxd4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxd4 $16) 11.
Be3 cxd4 $6 (11... Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 (12... Bxa1 13. Qxa1 $18) 13. Bxc5 Nxd5 14.
Rc1 O-O 15. e4 $16) (11... O-O $6 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 $14 (13. Bxd4 Nc6 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $10)) 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 (13... O-O 14. Rfd1 Qxd4 (14... Nc6
15. Qh4 Qc7 16. Ng5 h5 17. Rac1 $16) 15. Nxd4 $16) 14. Nxd4 $16 e5 (14... O-O
15. Rac1 $16) 15. Nc2 Nc6 $6 (15... Ra7 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Rac1 b6 18. Rfd1 Ke7
$16) 16. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 17. Nb4 O-O $6 (17... Bb7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rc5 f6 20.
Rd1 Ke7 $16) 18. Nxc6 Re8 19. Rac1 a5 20. Rc5 a4 21. b4 a3 (21... f6 22. b5 Bb7
23. Rd1 $18) 22. Rd1 e4 23. b5 Bb7 24. Rd7 Bxc6 25. bxc6 Red8 26. Re5 $1 $18
Kg7 (26... Re8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. c7 Kg7 29. Rd8 $18) (26... f5 27. Ree7 Rxd7
28. Rxd7 Kf8 29. c7 Ke8 30. Rxh7 $18) 27. Rxe4 Re8 28. Rf4 Rxe2 29. Rfxf7+ Kh6
30. h4 Kh5 31. Kg2 g5 32. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 $5 $146 (5. Ne5) (5. c5) (5. e3) (
5. cxd5) 5... g6 $5 (5... e6 6. Bg5 (6. e3 c5 $1 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. cxd5
exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 $10 {Belov,I-Dreev,A/Moscow 2/1985/}) 6... Be7 (6... Nbd7 7.
a5 $1 $14) 7. e3 Qa5 (7... a5 8. Bd3 Na6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Ne5 $1 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7
(11... Nxd3 12. Qxd3 {/\e4/}) 12. Bb1 $14 {Belov,I-Velicka,P/Ostrava/1992/0,5 
(29)/}) 8. Nd2 Bb4 $13) 6. Bf4 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10.
Bd3 $14) (6. e3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O $14) 6... Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 (8. c5 $5)
(8. Rg1) 8... c5 $1 9. dxc5 $6 (9. O-O $5 cxd4 (9... dxc4 10. d5 $1) 10. Nxd4
dxc4 11. Bxc4 $10) 9... Qa5 10. O-O (10. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 $17) 10... dxc4 11. Ne5 (
11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. h3 Bf5 $10) 11... Qxc5 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. a5 $6 (
13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qb6 $10) 13... Be6 $15 14. Na4 Qb4 15. Nab6 Rad8 16. Qa4 (16.
Qc2 $5) 16... Nd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Rad1 Rc5 $17 20. b3 Nd5 $1
(20... Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rxa5 (21... Nc6 22. Rd7) 22. Rb1 $10) 21. Bf3 Rb5 22. Rd3
(22. Rb1 Nc3 23. Rb2 Bxc4 $19) 22... Nb4 23. Rdd1 Nc6 24. Rd3 Bf5 $1 (24...
Nxa5 25. Nxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxb7 $10) 25. e4 Be6 26. e5 Rb8 $1 27. Bxc6 $8 (27. Ra1
Nxe5) 27... bxc6 28. Rfd1 h6 29. h4 (29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Rd3 Bxc4
$19) 29... Rxb3 30. Nb6 Rb5 $1 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Nd7 Bxd7 34.
Rxd7 Bxe5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 $19 36. Ra7 Rxa5 37. Rxe7 Kg7 38. Rc7 Rc5 39. Kf1 h5
40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. f3 a5 43. g4 (43. Kd3 f6 44. Ke3 g5) 43... Kf6 44.
Kd4 Rc1 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Ra7 Ra1 47. Ra6 (47. Kc5 a4 48. Kxc6 a3 $19) 47...
Ra4+ 48. Ke3 Kg7 $1 49. Rxc6 Rxh4 50. Rc5 a4 51. Ra5 Kg6 52. Kf2 Rb4 53. Kg3
h4+ 54. Kg2 f5 55. Kh2 Kg5 56. Kh3 Kf4 57. Kg2 Rc4 $22 58. Rb5 a3 59. Ra5 Rc2+
60. Kh3 a2 61. Ra3 Rb2 $22 (61... Rb2 62. Ra5 Kxf3 63. Rxf5+ Ke2 64. Ra5 Kd2
$19) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Maiorov, Oleg Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Be6 $6 (5... Nbd7 6. Nxc4 (6.
f4 e6 7. e3 Nxe5 8. fxe5 Nd7 9. Qg4 f5 10. Qg3 b5 11. Be2 g6 12. h4 $44 {
Torre,R-Levenfish,G/Moscow/1925/}) 6... b5 7. Ne3 Bb7 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 Bxg2 10.
Nxg2 b4 11. Na4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Be7 $10 {Knaak,R-Horvath,Cs/Halle/
1987/ Inf 44/443/}) (5... e6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 Nd5 8. Bd2 Nb6 9. Ne4 a5 10. e3
O-O 11. Qc2 N8d7 $10 {Benjamin,J-Murey,J/Jerusalem/1986/ Inf 42/471/}) 6. e4 b5
7. f4 g6 8. g4 $5 Nfd7 (8... Bg7 9. f5 $6 (9. Bg2 $5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Be3 $44 {Ftacnik/}) 9... Bc8 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 c5 $13 {
Stohl,I-Ehlvest,J/Tallinn/1986/0:1 (33) Inf 42/471/}) 9. Qe2 (9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10.
d5 Bxg4 11. Qxg4 Nb4 12. Qd1 Nc5 $13) (9. Bg2 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Bg7 11. O-O $44)
9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bd7 (10... Bc8 $5) 11. Be3 Bg7 $6 (11... f6 $5 12. exf6 exf6
13. Bg2 Be7 14. O-O O-O $13) 12. Bg2 h5 (12... f6 $6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bc5 Na6
15. Bd6 $16) (12... O-O $5) 13. g5 O-O 14. O-O $16 a5 $6 (14... Qc7 $5) 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. f5 $5 Bxe5 17. Bh3 Rd8 $6 (17... Bc8 $5) (17... Na6 $5 18. fxg6
Bxh3 19. Qxh5 fxg6 20. Qxh3 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 $16) 18. Qf2 $18 gxf5 19. exf5 (
19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Bxd8 $18) 19... Rf8 20. Ne4 f6 21. Qh4 Be8 22. Rd2 Rf7 23. g6
Rg7 24. Qxh5 e6 25. Rg2 exf5 26. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 {Transposing into a modern
line of the Chebanenco Variation. The pawn on a6 tries to protect the weakened
white squares on the queenside, after the c8-bishop has left.} 6. Bd3 {Solid.
Aiming for a small positional advantage with little risk which is very
suitable to Laznicka's style of play.} (6. Be2 {is often played by Carlsen} h6
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. a3 Nbd7 (9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. O-O Nc6 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bb6 18. a4 $14 {
Ehlvest,J 2535 - Bologan,V 2607, Berlin 10.10.2015 World Rapid 2015}) 10. O-O
Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rd1 b5 $1 16. b3 Re8
17. a4 Qc7 18. c5 Be7 19. Rd3 Nd5 $11 {Ehlvest,J 2535 - Ragger,M 2698, Berlin
14.10.2015 World Blitz 2015}) (6. Qb3 $5 {The most principled move in this
position. White launches a direct attack on b7 provoking} b5 7. c5 (7. cxd5
cxd5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. a4 b4 14.
Na2 {Aronian,L 2784 - Tomashevsky,E 2758, Skopje 23.10.2015 31st ECC Open 2015}
a5 15. O-O Ne4 16. Be1 Bg5 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. b3 Nc6 $1 19. f4 Be7 20. Qxc6 Rc8
21. Qa6 Ra8 $11) 7... a5 8. Nh4 Bc8 9. f4 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2
Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Nf3 f5 16. b4 a4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Kh2
Ne4 20. Be1 $14 {Eljanov,P 2717 - Bologan,V 2607, Berlin 13.10.2015 World
Blitz 2015}) (6. Ne5 {another unpleasant reply for Black. As we teach kids,
Black shouldn't tolerate an enemy piece on the 5th rank. But accomplishing
that task is not as easy as it looks.} Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 $1 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5
Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Be2 Be7 14. Ba5 Rc8 15. Rxc8+
Qxc8 16. Kd2 Qc5 $5 $146 {This interesting novelty played by Postny is based
on a small tactical motif linked with the a-file.} 17. Qa4+ Qc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6
19. b4 (19. Bxa6 Kd7 20. b4 Ra8 21. Bd3 Bd8 22. Bxd8 Rxa2+ $15) 19... Kd7 20.
Rc1 (20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bd3 (21. b5 Ba3 22. f3 h5 23. h3 Bh7 24. g4 h4 25. Re1
Bg6 26. Rd1 Rb8 27. b6 Bb4+ 28. Bxb4 Rxb6 29. Bc8+ Kxc8 30. Kc3 Ra6 $11) 21...
Bd8 $11) 20... Ra8 21. Rc3 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rb3 Be7 24. Bb6 Rb8 25. Ba5 Ra8
26. f4 Bd6 27. Bb6 e5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. g3 Bd6 30. a4 g6 $11 {Tomashevsky,E
2758 - Postny,E 2658, Skopje 24.10.2015 31st ECC Open 2015}) 6... Bxd3 {
A typical opening blunder happened few rounds earlier in the game
Lysyi-Inarkiev.} (6... Bg6 7. O-O e6 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O $2 11.
Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2 13. dxe6 Ba5 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Ne5 $16 {Lysyj,I
2671 - Inarkiev,E 2660, Poikovsky 30.9.2015 16th Karpov Poikovsky}) 7. Qxd3 e6
8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 (10. Rfd1 {would be a more useful move} Ba5 11. a4
Nbd7 12. b4 $5 {since taking on b4 is not the best black option, why not to
take with tempo the space advantage} Bc7 (12... Bxb4 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxb4 Re8
15. a5 $14 {Radjabov,T 2738 - Mamedov,Rau 2657, Berlin 12.10.2015 World Rapid
2015}) 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4
Qe7 19. c5 Rad8 20. Qe4 Nf8 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rdb1 e5 $11 {Kozul,Z
2614 - Predojevic,B 2631, Bol 10.10.2015 24th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2015}) (10. Nxd5
$5 {is less dangerous here} Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. dxe6 Ba5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14.
h4 h6 15. Ne5 Re7 16. Ng6 Rf7 17. Ne5 $11) 10... Bxc3 {I was more focused on
giving up this bishop.} ({But the alternative} 10... Ba5 $5 {is also good
enough} 11. Ne5 (11. b4 Bc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 h6 15. Rac1 Nd7
16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Qh4 {Bogdanovich,S 2590 - Motylev,A 2649, Berlin
13.10.2015 World Blitz 2015} a5 19. Rcd1 axb4 20. axb4 Ra3 $15) 11... Nbd7 12.
Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Rfd1 f5 14. b4 Bc7 15. b5 axb5 16. cxb5 c5 $15 {Lenic,L 2639 -
Postny,E 2653, Rhodes 8.9.2015 1st Colossus Cup 2015}) 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 Re8
13. a4 {Taking control over the white squares, otherwise I would it do myself
after a5-a4.} (13. Rfc1 a5 14. Be1 a4 15. b4 Nd6 16. Nd2 b5 $1 $15 {Vovk,Y
2617 - Schneider,Il 2481, Berlin 11.10.2015 World Rapid 2015}) 13... a5 14. Ba3
Nd7 (14... Na6 $5 {was another possible route for the knight} 15. Rfc1 Nb4 16.
Bxb4 axb4 $11) 15. Rac1 Qb6 $1 {I liked the idea of creating pressure on b3
and c4 with the queen, while other pieces would prepare for an eventual ...e5
or ...c5.} 16. Rc2 Qa6 17. Rfc1 Rad8 18. Ne1 $5 {Threatening cxd5 with
exchanging the queens.} Qb6 (18... Nef6 19. cxd5 Qxd3 20. Nxd3 exd5 21. b4 axb4
22. Bxb4 Ra8 23. a5 $14) 19. b3 h6 20. Rb2 Nef6 21. Qb1 e5 $1 {White's play
has been interesting, but for the moment all his pieces are on the back ranks,
which is the perfect moment to counterattack in the centre.} 22. Nf3 c5 $5 {
May be not the best from an objective point of view but definitely very strong
psychologically.} (22... exd4 23. exd4 (23. Nxd4 c5 24. Nb5 Ne5 25. cxd5 Rxd5
26. Rbc2 Ne4 $15) 23... Re6 $11) 23. cxd5 (23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Rd2
Nxb3 26. h3 Qd8 27. Qxb3 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Qxd2 29. Qxb7 Qa2 30. Qb2 Qxb2 31. Bxb2
Nd7 $11) 23... exd4 24. exd4 cxd4 25. d6 Ne4 26. h3 Nxd6 27. Rd1 $2 {Played
with the wrong rook. I think my opponent simply missed the strike ...Ne5 on
the 29th move.} (27. Rd2 Ne5 28. Nxd4 Ndc4 $1 29. bxc4 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Nxc4 31.
Rd3 Nxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxd4 33. Rxb7 $11) 27... Ne4 28. Rxd4 Nc3 29. Qd3 (29. Qc2
Ne2+ 30. Qxe2 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Nf8 $17) 29... Ne5 $3 $17 {May be not too
complicated but is elegant.} 30. Rxd8 (30. Nxe5 Qxd4 $19) 30... Nxd3 31. Rxe8+
Kh7 32. Rd2 (32. Ne5 Nxf2 33. Nc4 Qc6 34. Re7 Nfe4 35. Rxf7 Qd5 36. Rf3 b5 37.
axb5 Nxb5 38. Ra2 a4 $19) 32... Qxb3 $6 ({I definitely saw} 32... Nxf2 $1 {
and this was my main idea which I was going already to play. But then I
started to calculate his mating threats and simply confused myself.} 33. Rdd8
Nce4 34. Nh4 (34. Kh2 {I think this was the move I didn't like but after the
simple} Qe3 {White can do nothing} 35. Ne5 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Nxh3+ 37. Kh1 Nef2#) (
34. Ne5 Ng4+ 35. Kh1 Ng3#) 34... Ng4+ 35. Kf1 Qf2#) 33. Rxd3 ({Here White
should go for the further pin} 33. Re3 $1 {on which I was going to check} Qb1+
34. Kh2 {and take on f2} Nxf2 $1 35. Rxf2 Qb6 $1 36. Rxc3 (36. Bc1 Nd1) 36...
Qxf2 $15) 33... Ne2+ 34. Rxe2 Qxd3 35. Re3 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxa4 {I evaluated this
position as clearly to the advantage of Black, since his plan to push the
pawns is unstoppable while White's prospects for an attack are very vague.} 37.
Bb2 b5 38. Bd4 b4 39. Re7 Qb3 $6 {For some time I could not see the difference
between ...Qa2 and the text, since on the next move I was anyway going to play
...Qd5.} (39... Qa2 $1 40. Ne5 Qd2 $1 41. Rd7 f6 42. Nc4 Qc2 43. Bxf6 Kg6 $19)
40. Ne5 f6 {I almost played} (40... Qd5 {completely missing} 41. Rd7 $1 Qe6 42.
Rxf7 a4 43. Rb7 b3 44. Nf3 Kg8 45. Rxg7+ Kf8 46. Ra7 Qd6+ 47. Be5 Qb4 48. Nd4
b2 49. Ne6+ Ke8 50. Ng7+ $11) 41. Nd7 Kg8 42. Nc5 $6 {It's difficlut to blame
Viktor for such a mistake, especially as he is trying to bring the knight to
e6, but strangely enough he should use a much slower way to do it.} (42. Bc5 $3
h5 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Re7 Kg6 45. Nf8+ Kf5 46. f3 Qc3 47. g4+ Kf4 48. Ng6+ Kg5 (
48... Kxf3 49. Nh4+ Kf4 50. Be3+ Qxe3 51. Ng2+ $18) 49. Rxg7 f5 50. Nf8+ Kf6 {
while analysing the game I reached this study like type of position in which
the best for White is the beautiful} 51. Bd4+ $3 Qxd4 52. g5+ Kxg7 (52... Ke5
53. Re7+ Kf4 (53... Kd6 54. Rd7+ Ke5 55. Ng6+ $18) 54. Ne6+ $18) 53. Ne6+ Kg6
54. Nxd4 Kxg5 55. Kg3 f4+ 56. Kg2 a4 57. Kf2 Kf6 58. Ke2 Ke5 59. Nc6+ Kd5 60.
Nxb4+ Kc4 61. Na2 Kb3 62. Nc1+ Kc2 63. Nd3 a3 $11) 42... Qd5 $1 {Now White
cannot establish coordination between his pieces.} 43. Rd7 (43. Ne6 Qd6+) 43...
Qc4 44. Be3 b3 45. Rb7 a4 {Establishing a mutual zugzwang on the queenside.
Now the destiny of the game will be decided on the kingside.} 46. g4 $6 {
Opening too wide White's king position, but even after the best} (46. g3 h5 47.
h4 Kh7 48. Kg1 Kg6 49. Kh2 Kf5 50. Rb6 g5 $1 {Black would manage to open the
position of White's king and to win the game} 51. hxg5 fxg5 52. Nb7 Qc2 53.
Nd6+ Ke5 54. Nf7+ Ke4 55. Nxg5+ Kd5 56. Ne6 b2 57. Nd4 b1=Q 58. Nxc2 Qxc2 59.
Rb5+ Ke4 60. Rxh5 a3 61. Ra5 a2 $19) 46... Qd5 $19 {Threatening ...Qxb7. Now
things are forced, Black will combine the threats to the king and the rook,
which together with the promotion of the pawns makes the situation hopeless
for White.} 47. Rb8+ Kh7 48. Kg1 Qe5 49. Rb4 Qc3 50. Rb7 b2 51. Nxa4 Qc1+ 52.
Kh2 (52. Bxc1 bxc1=Q+ 53. Kh2 Qc2 54. Rb4 Qxf2+ 55. Kh1 Qe1+ $19) 52... b1=Q
53. Rxb1 Qxb1 54. Nc5 g6 55. Ne6 Qe4 56. Nd4 h5 57. Kg3 Kg7 58. Nf3 g5 59. Nd4
Qh1 60. gxh5 Qg1+ 61. Kf3 Kh6 62. h4 Kxh5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 {The most aggressive
setup. White is attacking the queenside intending to exploit the absence of
the black light-squared bishop. Der aggressivste Aufbau. WeiЯ greift den
Damenflьgel in der Absicht, die Abwesenheit des weiЯfeldrigen Lдufers von
Schwarz auszunutzen.} (6. Bd3 {is a much more positional move, after which
Black shouldn't have any problems if he plays accurately: ist ein viel
positionellerer Zug, nach dem Schwarz keinerlei Probleme haben sollte, wenn er
genau spielt:} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 (8... Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bf4 (10. e5
dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd5 $11) 10... Nbd7 11. Rad1 Rc8 (11... Nxe4 $5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13.
Qxe4 Qa5 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. a3 Qf5 $1 $11) 12. exd5 exd5 13. c5 Nh5 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. g3 $14 {Jakovenko,D-Kobalia,M/EU-ch 2012}) 9. Bd2 O-O 10.
Rfd1 Ba5 11. Rab1 Nbd7 12. b4 Bc7 13. a4 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. Qxc4 Qd7 $11 {Dreev,A-Vallejo Pons,F/TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011}) (
6. Be2 h6 7. Qb3 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bh5 Nxh5 10. Qxh5 Qf6 11. Na4 Nc6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 $15 {Bocharov,D-Yilmaz,M/11th Aeroflot Open A 2012}) 7... Ra7 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Rc1 (11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. Nxd7
Nxd7 14. Na4 {Khairullin,I-Yilmaz,M/11th Aeroflot Open A 2012} b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5
16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rc8 19. b4 Bf6 20. Rab1 Qc6 $11) 11... O-O
12. O-O Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. a4 Nb8 $1 $11 {Aronian,L-Carlsen,M/3rd London
Chess Classic 2011}) 6... b5 ({The other option is Die andere Option ist} 6...
Ra7 {but I prefer the text. , aber ich bevorzuge den Text.}) 7. c5 a5 $1 {
Of course, this is not a novelty, but I discovered the full strength of this
move only in the morning of my game with David Alberto, when I found the later
plan with ...g6. Natьrlich ist dies keine Neuerung, aber die volle Stдrke
dieses Zuges entdeckte ich erst am Morgen meiner Partie mit David Alberto, als
ich den spдteren Plan mit ...g6 fand.} (7... Nbd7 {was much more often played,
but I was not satisfied with the position I got against Bacrot: wurde
wesentlich hдufiger gespielt, aber ich war nicht zufrieden mti der Stellung,
die ich gegen Bacrot bekam:} 8. a4 e5 9. Na2 (9. Qa3 Rc8 10. Na2 (10. b4 e4 11.
Nd2 Be7 12. Be2 O-O) 10... Be7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nb4 O-O 13. Be2 Ne4 14. O-O
Bf6 $11) (9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. Qa2 Qxa2 12. Nxa2 e4) 9... Be7 (9...
e4 $1 10. Nd2 Qc8 $13) (9... exd4 10. exd4 Ne4 $2 11. Nb4 Rc8 12. axb5 axb5 13.
Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Bxb5 $18 {Mikhalevski,V-Jirka,J/Israel-chT 2009}) 10. Nb4 Qc8 11.
axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Qa3 $1 $16 {Bacrot,E-Bologan,V/Porto Carras 2011})
8. Ne5 a4 $1 {It is very important to get rid of this queen from this side.
Now the potential sacrifices on c6 or on b5 are not dangerous anymore. Es ist
sehr wichtig, die Dame von diesem Flьgel zu vertreiben. Nun sind die
potentiellen Opfer auf c6 oder auf b5 nicht mehr gefдhrlich.} 9. Qd1 g6 $1 {
First played in the mentioned game with David Alberto early this year. The
point is that Black is not cutting off his light-squared bishop from the
queenside by playing ...e6 and develops the other bishop to g7, where it can
be very helpful with ...e5. Zuerst in der erwдhnten Partie mit David Alberto
anfangs diesen Jahres gespielt. Die Pointe ist, dass Schwarz nicht mit ...e6
seinen weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer vom Damenflьgel abschneidet und den anderen Lдufer
nach g7 entwickelt, wo er bei ...e5 sehr hilfreich sein kann.} (9... Ne4 {
was played before with good results for White: wurde zuvor gespielt, mit guten
Ergebnissen fьr WeiЯ:} 10. g4 Bc8 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e6 (12... f6 13. Nd3 g6
14. h4 Bg7 15. h5 f5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nf4 $16 {Khismatullin,
D-Popov,I/Voronezh op 2009}) 13. e4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Qc7 16. Nd3 Nd7 17.
g5 f5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Re1 $14 {Svidler,P-Prie,E/FRA-chT 2009}) 10. g4 (10.
Nxc6 {must be checked: ist zu prьfen:} Nxc6 11. Bxb5 Bd7 $1 12. Bxa4 Bg7 13.
O-O O-O 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. b4 Ne4 {and Black easily holds the march of the
white pawns. und Schwarz hдlt den Vormarsch der weiЯen Bauern mьhelos auf.})
10... Be6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. f4 Qc8 13. h3 h5 14. g5 Nfd7 $1 $146 {This type of
tournament like the European individual requires one to play for a win with
both colours, so I decided to deviate from my game with David for some more
complicated stuff. Dieser Turniertypus wie die Europa-Einzelmeisterschaft
verlangt, dass man mit beiden Farben auf Gewinn spielt, daher beschloss ich,
von meiner Partie mit David abzuweichen, um ein komplizierteres Spiel
anzustreben.} (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc2 ({On Auf} 16. Bxe4 {I was going
to give up the bishop - wollte ich den Lдufer aufgeben -} Bxe5 17. fxe5 Bxh3
$11) 16... Bxe5 17. fxe5 Bf5 18. h4 Qe6 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 {David,
A-Bologan,V/Gibraltar 2012, and here I could go immediately for David,
A-Bologan,V/Gibraltar 2012, und hier konnte ich unmittelbar} Qd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5
22. Bd2 Nc6 $11 {with a clear draw, which I did 20 moves later in the game.
spielen, mit einem klarem Remis, was ich 20 Zьge spдter in der Partie auch tat.
}) 15. Nf3 Na6 16. a3 $1 {Prophylaxis against ...a3 with the idea ...Nxc5.
Prophylaxe gegen ...a3 mit der Idee ...Nxc5.} O-O 17. Ne2 Re8 $3 {I think
exactly this subtle move brought me the very important point with Black. First
of all it's multifunctional and at the same time is a good waiting move. Ich
glaube, genau dieser subtile Zug brachte mir den so wichtigen Punkt mit
Schwarz. Zunдchst einmal ist er multifunktional, und gleichzeitig auch ein
guter Wartezug.} 18. O-O ({On Auf} 18. Ng3 {the sacrifice on c5 would be also
very strong: wдre das Opfer auf c5 ebenfalls sehr stark:} Ndxc5 $1 19. dxc5
Nxc5 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Rb1 Bf5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Qc7 24. O-O Nxc1 25. Rbxc1
Qxf4 26. Nc5 Rad8 $15) ({On Auf} 18. Bd2 {I had prepared hatte ich} Bf5 {
exploiting the fact that White can not control both the e4- and d3-squares.
vorbereitet, was die Tatsache nutzt, dass WeiЯ nicht die Felder e4 und d3
kontrollieren.} 19. Ng3 Bd3 $11) 18... Ndxc5 $1 {You can not even call it a
sacrifice because Black is getting back the material in pawns. Kann man nicht
einmal ein Opfer nennen, denn Schwarz bekommt das Material in Bauern zurьck.}
19. dxc5 Bxh3 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Qc2 ({On Auf} 21. Ned4 {I intended to take the
pawn by wollte ich den Bauern nehmen mit} Nxc5 22. Nxc6 Nb3 23. Rb1 Rac8 24.
Nce5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 (25. fxe5 Rc4) 25... Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Rc5 27. Nd3 Rc7 28. Bd2
Rec8 29. Nb4 Rc4 30. Rf3 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qg4+ 32. Rg3 Qe6 33. Bc3 d4 {with a
strong attack. mit starkem Angriff.}) 21... e5 $1 {Without this move the
attack would definitely stick. Ohne diesen Zug wьrde der Angriff definitiv
stocken.} 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bd2 Bg3 $5 {A move which the computer doesn't give
in the first three lines - my idea was to prevent Rf2. Ein Zug, den der
Computer in den ersten drei Abspielen nicht angibt - meine Idee war, Rf2 zu
verhindern.} 24. Be1 (24. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Re4 26. Nh2 Qxg5 27. Bc3 Nxc5 28.
Bd4 Nb3 29. Qxc6 Rae8 30. Rg1 Qf5 31. Raf1 Nxd4 32. exd4 Qe6 33. Qxe6 R8xe6 34.
Nf3 {with slightly better chances for Black. mit leicht besseren Chancen fьr
Schwarz.}) 24... Bc7 $1 {Now both ...Rxe3 and ...Re4 are threatening. Nun
droht sowohl ...Rxe3 als auch ...Re4.} 25. Nf4 Qg4+ 26. Qg2 Qd7 $5 {Keeping up
the pressure. I didn't want to lose the attack by exchanging queens. Hдlt den
Druck aufrecht. Ich wollte nicht durch den Damentausch den Angriff aus der
Hand geben.} (26... Rxe3 27. Qxg4 hxg4 28. Nh2 Re4 29. Bg3 Bd8 30. Bh4 $13) 27.
Nd3 $6 {My opponent started to get nervous especially since he was already
much down on time. Mein Gegner fing an, nervцs zu werden, vor allem auch, weil
er zeitlich bereits weit hinten lag.} (27. Nh4 $1 {was better, with the idea
of sacrificing on h5 followed by Nf5 and Nh6. war besser, mit der Idee, auf h5
zu ofern, gefolgt von Nf5 und Nh6.} Bxf4 $5 {in order to prevent Nxh5. Um Nxh5
zu verhindern.} 28. exf4 Nxc5 $13) 27... Rxe3 28. Rd1 Rae8 29. Bg3 Bxg3 30.
Qxg3 Qf5 {Strangely enough White's reply completely escaped my calculation.
Seltsamerweise entging die Antwort von WeiЯ komplett meiner Berechnung.} ({
If I had seen Qf4, I would have gone for the initially planned Wenn ich Qf4
gesehen hдtte, hдtte ich mich entschieden fьr das ursprьnglich geplante} 30...
R8e4 31. Nf2 Qe7 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Qe5 exf3 34. Rd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxe3 Qd5 36. Qxf3
Qxg5+ 37. Kh1 Qe7 38. Qxc6 Nxc5 39. Qxb5 Ne4 $17) 31. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 32. Nxf4 Nxc5
33. Rc1 Ne6 34. Ng2 $2 ({I think this was the last moment when Lupulescu could
oppose some resistance with Ich denke, dies war der letzte Moment, wo
Lupulescu noch einigen Widerstand aufbringen konnte mit} 34. Nxe6 R8xe6 35. Nd4
R6e5 36. Kf2 R3e4 37. Nf3 Re2+ 38. Kg1 R5e4 $15) 34... Rb3 35. Rxc6 Rxb2 36.
Rd6 Ra2 37. Ne3 (37. Rxd5 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Nf4+ $19) 37... Rxa3 38. Nxd5 Kg7 39.
Nf6 Re7 40. Kf2 Rc3 41. Rb6 Rc5 42. Ne4 Rf5 $19 {It's clear that White won't
be able to coordinate his pieces without losing the pawn on g5. Es ist klar,
dass WeiЯ nicht imstande sein wird, seine Figuren zu koordinieren, ohne den
Bauern auf g5 zu verlieren.} 43. Nd6 Rf4 44. Re1 b4 45. Kg3 a3 46. Ra6 b3 47.
Nd2 (47. Rxa3 Rxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Nd4+ 49. Kf2 Rxe1 50. Kxe1 Nc2+ $19) 47... Rd4 48.
Nf3 Rd3 49. Nc4 a2 50. Kf2 Rxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 $5 (8... Bb7) 9. Qe2 (9. e4 $5) 9... Bb7 10. Bd2 (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5
$5 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 $40)) 10... O-O {/\ Nbd7 ><e5} 11. Ne5 Ne4 $5 (11...
Nbd7 12. f4 $5 $14) 12. f4 (12. Bxe4 $6 dxe4 $15 {^^ פe5}) (12. f3 Nxd2 13.
Qxd2 Bxe5 $5 14. dxe5 $132) 12... f6 $5 $13 13. Ng4 {/\ f5} (13. Nf3 Nd7 $15)
13... f5 $6 {><e5} (13... Nd7 $5 14. f5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe8 $1 $13) 14. Ne5 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Nd7 16. a4 $1 {><b5} b4 17. Na2 a5 18. Nc1 $1 {/\ Nb3+/- ><a5, c5}
Nxe5 $5 (18... Nb6 19. Nb3 $16) 19. fxe5 $1 (19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Nb3 Qb6 $13)
19... Be7 (19... Bc7 20. Nb3 $16) 20. Bb5 $1 $14 {/\ Nb3} (20. Nb3 Qb6 {
/\ Rac8<=>}) 20... Ba6 $1 (20... Qb6 21. Nd3 $16 {><c5, f4, e6}) 21. Bxa6 (21.
Qe2 $5 $14) 21... Rxa6 22. Nb3 Rc6 $13 {><c4} 23. Rfc1 Rc4 24. Qe2 $5 (24. Qd3
Qc7 $132 {/\} 25. Nc5 $2 Bxc5 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Bb6 $19) (24. Rc2 Qb6 25.
Rac1 Rfc8 $132) 24... Qc7 $8 (24... Rxc1+ $2 25. Rxc1 $16 {><a6}) 25. Rxc4 (25.
g3 Rc8 $15) 25... dxc4 $8 (25... Qxc4 $6 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Nxa5 Rc8 28. Rc1 c3
29. b3 $1 $16 {><c4}) 26. Rc1 c3 $1 (26... Rc8 $2 27. Nc5 $1 $16) 27. bxc3 (27.
Qa6 Bg5 $1 $132) (27. Qd3 Qd7 $5 $13) 27... bxc3 {/\ Bb4} 28. Qa6 {><a5, e6} (
28. Qd3 Bb4 $13) (28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc3 Qd7 $1 30. Rxc5 (30. dxc5 Qxa4 $13 {
/\ Qa1}) 30... Qxa4 $13) 28... f4 $3 (28... Bg5 $4 29. Qd3 $18 {/\ Nc5 ><c3, e6
}) 29. exf4 $8 (29. Nc5 $2 Bxc5 30. Rxc3 Qb6 $19) (29. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 30. exf4 (
30. Nc5 $4 Bxc5 31. Rxc3 Qb6 $19) 30... c2 $1 {/\ Ba3} 31. Na1 (31. d5 Bc5+ 32.
Nxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Kh1 Qe3 $19) 31... Qc3 $1 {(/\ Qe3)} 32. Nxc2 Ba3 $19) (29. Qxa5
$6 Qxa5 30. Nxa5 fxe3 $17) 29... c2 $1 $15 30. Qd3 $1 $8 (30. Qxe6+ Kh8 $19) (
30. Qxa5 Qxa5 31. Nxa5 Rc8 {/\ Ba3-/+}) (30. Na1 Qc3 $17) 30... Rc8 {/\ Ba3}
31. Na1 $8 Qc4 $5 32. Qxc4 $8 (32. Qxc2 $4 Qxd4+ $19) 32... Rxc4 33. Rxc2 (33.
Nxc2 $2 Ba3 34. Ra1 Bb2 35. Ne3 Bxd4 $17) (33. Rxc2 Rxd4 34. Nb3 Rxa4 35. Rc7
$1 $10 {/\Nc5 Lputian}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 h6 7. Bh4 Nd5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 b5 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Bg3 Qb7 {Levitt plays for a win with this
provocative queen maneouvre, hoping Ward will overpress.} 12. Rb1 Qa7 13. Qf3
e6 14. Be2 g6 {If allowed Black will play ...Bg7 and castles, however...} 15.
Qf6 Rh7 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. O-O {[#]} Nd7 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Qf4 {Wwhite must time
his d5-break. The immediate threat is 20 Qc7+.} Ke8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra1 $1
Qb6 (21... Qxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 23. Bf1 Ba8 24. Qb8+ Ke7 25. Bd6+) 22. Rxa8+
Bxa8 23. Ra1 Qb7 {Amazingly Black will survive this position. f5, bringing the
rook in, is an important resource.} 24. d5 (24. Bf3 $5) 24... cxd5 25. exd5 Be7
26. Qe3 (26. Bf3 exd5 27. Qe3) 26... Bg5 27. f4 (27. Bf4 Qxd5 (27... Bxf4 28.
Qxf4 exd5 (28... Qxd5 29. Bf3) (28... Qc8 29. d6 Bd5 (29... f5 30. Qe5 Bd5 31.
Qf6 {with a continuing attack.}) 30. Ra7) 29. Qe3+ Kf8 30. Ra7 Qc8 31. Qe7+ Kg8
32. Rd7) 28. Bf3) 27... Be7 28. Bf3 Qc8 29. d6 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 (30. dxe7 Bd5 31.
Bh4) 30... Qc5+ 31. Bf2 Qxd6 32. Ra8+ Bd8 33. Ra7 Qd5 {The worst is over for
Black and now Ward simplifies to a draw.} 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. Rb7 h5 36. Rxb5 f5
37. Rxd5 Rd7 38. Re5+ Kf7 39. g3 Bf6 40. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reunion IBM op"]
[Site "Reunion"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. cxd5 (6. e3 b5) (6. Bg5 dxc4
) 6... exd5 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bf4 $6 (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3
$11) 10... Bxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Bd3 c5 14. Rhe1 (14. dxc5 $142
Nxc5 $11 (14... Qc7 15. Kb1 $1 (15. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Rxd5 Nf6 $19)
)) 14... Rxe1 15. Rxe1 b5 $1 (15... c4 {Legky,N} 16. Bf5 b5 17. g4 $132) 16.
dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 $2 {[#]} Bd7 (17... Qc7 $3 18. Kb1 (18. Re5 b4 19. Nxd5 Nxd3+
$19) 18... Qxf4 19. Nxd5 $2 (19. Rd1 $17) 19... Qxd4 20. Bh7+ Kf8 (20... Nxh7
$4 21. Re8+ Nf8 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxf8#) 21. Rd1 Qc4 22. Nb6 Qxc2+ $1 23. Bxc2
Rb8 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxc8+ Kd7 27. Bf5+ Ne6 28. Na7 Kc7 $19) 18.
Kb1 Rc8 19. Qd2 b4 (19... b4 20. Nce2 Qb6 $15 (20... Nfe4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rd1
(22. Qxb4 Nd3) 22... Nd3 23. Qe3 $1 {/\f3})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 {The 4...a6-Slav seems to be a common
refuge for players whose expectations in the Grьnfeld were betrayed by the
results, or who simply got fed with it. Kasparov's change of repertoire during
his last years of active play is the most notable example and now we see
Svidler do the same, at least for this game. The wounds received in the
Grьnfeld need some time to heal...} 5. Nc3 {After his loss against Topalov,
Bacrot seems to have come to the conclusion that this is the best square for
the knight after all.} Bf5 $5 ({For years, the main line was supposed to be} 
5... b5 6. b3 Bg4 {but recently Black has been under some pressure after 6.c5 
(instead of 6.b3).}) 6. Bd3 ({In the absence of the moves ...a6 and Nf3, the
early development of the bishop to f5 is strongly met by the exchange on d5
followed by Qb3. The flexibility of the system based on .4..a6 is revealed by
the fact that} 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 {can be adequately met now by} Ra7 {. The
continuation chosen by Bacrot aims to open play in the centre as soon as
possible, taking advantage of the fact that the advance of the a-pawn will be
more or less useless in case of such a course of events.}) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Rad1 {#White
has obtained a stable advantage of space. It will be quite difficult for Black
to break the centre, but on the other hand the fact that he has managed to
exchange two pairs of minor pieces makes his position entirely viable.} Qa5 14.
a3 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. h3 Nf8 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. Bd2 Qh5 {This might look like
a double edged decision. The queen certainly puts some pressure on the white
king side, but it could get into some danger, too. However, the ulteriour
course of the game proves that Svidler's evaluation of the situation was
correct.} 19. Bc3 Rd7 20. Qe4 Red8 21. Rd3 Bf6 {#After having activated his
position to the maximum, Black threatens to open the position with ...c5
already. This invites White to concrete action.} 22. g4 Qh6 23. Bd2 Qxh3 {
Black's strong concentration of forces ensures the relative invulnerability of
the queen. White has no simple way of getting an advantage.} 24. Ng5 ({After} 
24. g5 $6 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qh5 {followed by ...c5, Black recuperates the
sacrificed material with a splendid position.}) ({Even worse would be} 24. Ne5
$2 {because of} Qxd3 {followed by ...Rxd4, with more than sufficient
compensation for the queen.}) ({White's most consistent way to maintain the
tension consists of} 24. Ree3 {, obtaining the complete coordination of forces
and renweing the threats against the enemy queen.}) 24... Qxd3 $5 ({Remarkably,
Svidler avoids the repetition of moves, which would have been inevitable after
} 24... Qh4 {. In case of} 25. Rh3 $2 {Black would have a choice between} Qxh3
{followed by Rxd4 and the immediate 25...Rxd4 with advantage in both cases. I
do not know whether his decision was dictated by his fear that after repeating
the moves once, White would switch to Ree3 or simply wanted to play on a
reatively unbalanced position.}) 25. Qxd3 Rxd4 26. Qh3 Rxd2 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28.
Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Qxg6 Bd4 {#Black's activity ensures him reasonable compensation
for the queen, but he can hardly claim an advantage.} 30. Rf1 Ke7 31. Qg5+ Bf6
32. Qc5+ Kf7 33. g5 Bxb2 34. Rb1 R8d3 35. Qb6 Bd4 36. Qxb7+ Kg6 37. Rf1 Rg3+
38. Kh2 Rxg5 39. Qxc6 Kf6 40. Kh3 Rh5+ 41. Kg4 Rg5+ 42. Kh3 Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 {The Chebanenko Variation. Frankly
speaking, I cannot understand why he classical players of the early 20th
century could not find this useful move, keeping the possibility of actively
developing the traditional problem child bishop on c8. Nowadays, the move
seems so logical and natural!} 5. a4 {One of many sensible replies. What
hasn't White tried, in an effort to refute the Chebanenko! Yet even the
greatest sceptics have to acknowledge that Black's play has a healthy
positional basis. The text move prevents Black gaining space on the queenside
by b5.} e6 {A solid response. True, the bishop on c8 remains passive after all,
but White has had to pay for this achievement by weakening the square b4.} ({
The drawbacks of} 5... Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. a5 {were revealed in the game
Gelfand-Morozevich, Astana 200:} e6 (7... dxc4 {is more reliable}) 8. Qb6 $1
Qxb6 9. axb6 Ra8 10. c5 Nbd7 11. e3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nd2 e5 14. O-O Rfe8 15.
Nb3 Bf8 16. Bd2 Bc2 17. Na5 {and White's pressure on the queenside was
overwhelming.}) 6. g3 {Magnus heads for a Catalan set-up.} ({The latest tests
show that after} 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a5 (7. e3 Qa5 $1) 7... h6 8. Bh4 dxc4 9. e3 b5
$1 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Ne5 c5 {Black successfully equalizes.}) 6... a5 {Securing
a favourable queenside pawn structure. The black pieces will feel comfortable
on the b4 square.} 7. Bg2 Nbd7 ({A rare plan. Usually, Black directs the
knight to b4 via a6, eg.} 7... Na6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Ne5 Nb4
12. e4 Ba6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Rc1 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. bxc4 e5 $1 {and Black
took over the dark squares in the centre (Ruck-Rustemov, Warsaw 2005).}) 8. O-O
({A novelty. In most cases, once Nbd7 has bene played, White has to defend the
c4 pawn, but Magnus is ready to sacrifice it.} 8. Nd2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4
O-O 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qb3 Ng4 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Qc3 f6 18. c5 {and White was better (Pham Hoang - Le Quang, Vietnam 2003).
However, Black's play can easily be strengthened, eg. it would be interseting
to try 9...c5!}) 8... Bb4 ({So this is why the b4 square was left free.} 8...
dxc4 9. e4 Bb4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bf4 {Black will have to suffer for a long time
in a passive position.}) 9. e4 ({A sharp reply! Carlsen opens the centre at
once, exploiting Black's slight lag in development.} 9. Nd2) 9... Bxc3 ({
The most principled. less convincing is} 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 {
and now} f5 $2 {is impossible because of} 12. Nxe6) ({Also} 9... O-O {allows
White pressure after} 10. e5) 10. bxc3 Nxe4 ({Worse is} 10... dxe4 11. Ng5 {
and White regains the pawn at once.}) 11. Ba3 $1 {Having said "a", White must
say "b". He needs to create threats, not worrying about the c3 pawn. Carlsen
cuts off the enemy king in the centre.} Ndf6 ({Kamsky does not grab the second
pawn. After} 11... Nxc3 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Rfe1 {White certainly has very strong
pressure. One cooperative variation runs} b6 $2 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16.
Qxd5 Ra7 17. Rxe6+ $1 {mating.}) 12. Ne5 {White must proceed energetically.}
Nd6 {Kamsky's idea is simple - he closes the a3-f8 diagonal, and so prepares
castling.} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. c4 {Still trying to open central lines at all
cost.} O-O {Kamsky does not even look at taking the pawn. The safety of the
black king is worth all the pawns in the world.} 15. cxd5 Nxd5 {White has
compensation for the pawn.} 16. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Dzagnidze had a promising position against Stefanova. At one point she could
have created serious problems for her opponent.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qb3 Nb4 11.
Na2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Raa1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17.
Ne5 Bd7 18. f4 g6 19. g4 Kg7 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf7 (21. Nxf7 $1 Rf8 22. e4 $1 {
with the idea of Qe3 and Qh6.}) 21... Rf8 22. g5 {After taking the f7 pawn
with her bishop Dzagnidze has gradually lost the advantage. This was a
difficult game for both players though.} Rad8 23. Rf4 Qd6 24. Rc5 b5 25. Qa2
Rb8 26. Bb3 bxa4 27. Bc4 Rb7 28. Qa3 Be6 29. Qc3 Kg8 30. Nxc6 Nxc6 31. Bxe6+
Qxe6 32. d5 Qe7 33. dxc6 Rxb2 34. Qxb2 Qxc5 35. Qa2+ Rf7 36. Qe6 Qe7 37. Qxe7
Rxe7 38. Rxa4 Rc7 39. Rxa5 Rxc6 40. Kf2 Rc4 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra7+ Kg8 43. Ra8+
Kg7 44. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Be2 Na6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 {As it often happens in the Slav, Black has a slightly
passive, but very solid position.} 11. Na2 Na6 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3
Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxg3 (15... h5 16. cxd5 exd5 {favours White:} 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2
h4 19. Be5 {and Black is left with a lot of weaknesses.}) 16. hxg3 Bf6 17. Ne5
Bg7 {#} 18. f4 {White is slightly better thanks to the kingside initiative.}
Nb4 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Na2 Nxa2 21. Qxa2 Be8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Bg4 Qe7 24. Qb6 Qd8
25. Qb3 Qe7 26. Nd3 f5 27. Bf3 g4 28. Be2 h5 29. Rff1 Rf6 30. Kf2 Rh6 31. Rh1
Bf6 32. Qb6 Qd8 {# "I am not sure that exchanging queens was the correct plan"
(Ivanchuk) White's problem is that in the arising endgame the only way to make
progress is connected with the advance b2-b4, but after that Black has a clear
plan to hold the position.} 33. Qxd8 Bxd8 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Bd3 Rf6 36. Rc2 Ra8
37. Rb1 Bc7 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Bxe5 40. fxe5 Rf7 41. c5 Rc7 42. Ke2 Kf8 43.
Rcb2 Ra7 44. Kd2 Ke7 45. Kc3 Kd8 46. Bc2 Rh7 47. Rb1 Kc7 48. Rh1 Rh8 49. Rb6
Bf7 50. Kb4 Rha8 {# "I missed this defensive set-up" (Ivanchuk). Now it
becomes clear that White cannot break through.} 51. Ra1 Ra5 52. Bb3 R8a7 53.
Ra2 Ra8 54. Ra1 R8a7 55. Rf1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:11:07"]
[BlackClock "0:11:51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 (6... b5 $5 {
Is more active but White has been doing well recently after} 7. c5 a5 8. Ne5)
7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. e4 {Sooner or
later White has to opt for this move, Jeffery decides to play it immediately.}
dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. Be3 Ra8 17. a4 a5 18. Rfd1 Bb4
19. Rd3 O-O 20. Rad1 Rfd8 {This position is one typical for openings such as
the Slav, Scandinavian and Caro-kann. It is obvious White has an edge, but
Black's position is compact and difficult to attack.} 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Re3 Qf8
23. Red3 Qe7 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. h4 Rad8 26. Bg4 Qf8 27. Bh3 Be7 28. Be3 Bb4 29.
Qc2 Ne4 30. Qe2 Be7 31. Bf4 Nf6 32. Qf3 Bd6 33. Be3 {Diagram [#] Not much has
happened yet. The Bishop on h3 is well placed but as long as White can not
play d5, Black is doing okay.} Be7 34. Bc1 Rc7 35. Bf4 Bd6 36. Be3 Be7 37. Bf4
Bd6 38. Bg5 Be7 39. Qe2 Rcd7 40. Kh2 Ne8 $5 {Checa decides to switch the
position of his pieces. This is not necessarily a bad idea, but it remains to
be seen how Jeffery was planning to make any progress against the initial
set-up.} 41. Bf4 Bf6 42. Be3 Nd6 43. d5 $1 {White has to play this now, if
Black manages to get the Knight to f5, he is out of trouble.} (43. b3 Nf5 $1
44. Bxf5 gxf5 $11 {Is totally equal.}) 43... Nxc4 44. dxe6 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Rxd3
46. Qxd3 Nxe3 47. Qxe3 fxe6 48. Bxe6+ Kh7 49. b3 Qd6 {The position is not
fully equal, because Black's g6 pawn is a long term weakness.} 50. Kg2 Qe5 51.
Qxe5 Bxe5 52. Kf3 b5 53. Kg4 bxa4 54. bxa4 Bd4 55. f4 Bf2 56. Bd7 c5 57. Be6
Be1 58. Ba2 {White's winning plan is to pin the g6-pawn and eventually attack
it with h4-h5.} Bf2 59. Kf3 Be1 60. Bc4 Bc3 61. Kg2 Be1 62. Bb3 Bd2 63. Kf2 Bc1
64. Ke2 Kh6 $6 65. Bg8 $3 {This does not actually win the game, but it surely
confused Checa. Black was not forced to go for Kh6 and Checa may have been
tricked into believing he got himself into trouble here.} Kh5 66. Kf3 Bd2 67.
Kg2 Kh6 68. Kf2 Kh5 69. Bf7 Kh6 70. Ke2 Bc1 71. Kf3 Kh5 72. Bc4 Bd2 73. Kg2 Kh6
74. Bg8 Bc1 75. Kh3 Bd2 76. Kg4 Be1 77. Kf3 Bd2 78. Kf2 Bc1 79. Kf1 Bd2 80. Kg2
Bc1 81. Kg1 Be3+ 82. Kh1 Bd2 83. Kh2 Be1 84. Kh3 Bd2 85. g4 $1 {Finally, this
is the only way for White to make any progress, but it is still a draw.} Bxf4
86. g5+ Bxg5 (86... Kh5 87. Be6 {And White is threatening Bg4 mate, forcing
Black to sacrifice the Bishop on g5 anyway.}) 87. hxg5+ Kxg5 88. Kg3 Kf5 89.
Kf3 Ke5 $4 {The fatal error, the King should not be heading for the Queenside.
Instead} (89... g5 $1 90. Ba2 (90. Bd5 $4 Ke5 $1 {Is even winning for Black,
as the King can now get to d4.}) 90... g4+ 91. Ke3 Ke5 {And Black should be
able to draw this, for example} 92. Bc4 g3 93. Bf1 Kd5 94. Kd3 c4+ 95. Kc3 Ke4
96. Bg2+ Ke3 97. Kxc4 Kf2 98. Bd5 g2 99. Bxg2 Kxg2 100. Kb5 g5 101. Kxa5 g4
102. Kb6 Kf2 103. a5 g3 104. a6 g2 105. a7 g1=Q 106. a8=Q {Is an example of
how the game could have ended in a draw.}) 90. Ke3 g5 91. Kd3 g4 92. Kc4 g3 93.
Bd5 $1 {White is just in time and can now cut off the Black King from the
Queenside.} Kd6 94. Bg2 g5 95. Kb5 g4 96. Kc4 Ke5 97. Kxc5 Kf4 98. Kd4 {
Jeffery may have gotten a little lucky near the end to win this game, but
nonetheless he managed to pose serious problems to Nicolas Checa. Noticing the
difference between Ke5 and g5 on move 89, was far from trivial!} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {The Slav is a rare guest in Topalov's
games with Black. However, he seems to have included it recently into his
basic repertoire; in Wijk aan Zee 2006 he used it successful against Van Wely.}
5. cxd5 {The exchange variation is by no means peaceful. White aims to limit
Black's counterplay to the minimum, but keep for himself chances for an
advantage. Ivanchuk obtained a nice technical victory in this symmetrical
structure against Leko, (Istanbul, ol 2000), although the opening was
different (the fianchetto Grьnfeld).} cxd5 {#} 6. Qb3 $5 (6. Bf4 {would have d
to a "genuine" position of the exchange variation. After Ivanchuk's move, we
find ourselves on the independent territory of the a6-Slav.}) 6... Nc6 7. Bg5
e6 8. e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 {White enjoys a
better development, but this is not too relevant if he does not find a way to
open the position. In the long run, the pair of bishops is likely to offer
Black an advantage.} b5 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17.
Qe1 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Ne1 a4 21. Nd3 Na5 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Nc4
24. Qe1 Qd8 25. g3 Bb5 {#Black's advantage is obvious now.} 26. h4 $6 {This
move unnecessarily weakens the king side.} g5 $1 ({Black could have won a pawn
with} 26... Nxb2 27. Nxb2 Bxe2 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxe2 Qc1+ 30. Qd1 Qxb2 {
but it is far from clear whether this would have ensured him a win after} 31.
Qc2 Qa3 32. h5 {With his last move, Topalov not only forces the opening of the
h-file, but also retstricts the activity of the white knights even more.}) 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. Kg2 Qc8 29. Ng1 f6 30. Qd1 Be8 31. Nf3 Bh5 32. Rc2 Bg6 33. Re2 g4
34. Nh4 Be4+ 35. Kh2 f5 36. Ne1 {#} Nxe3 $1 {Now that his domination reached
an apogeum, Topalov finally recurs to tactical methods.} 37. Rxe3 Rc1 38. Qd2
Rxb1 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40. Qg5+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 68th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2011.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 8. Qb3
Ra7 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 Be6
15. f4 Nf6 16. h3 h5 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 b6 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Rfc1 Bg4 21. Bf1
Ra8 22. Nd1 Rb8 23. Nf2 Nc4 24. Qc3 Nd6 25. Bd3 Rb6 26. Qa5 Qb8 27. b3 Bf5 28.
Be2 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Rc5 f6 31. Rac1 fxg5 32. hxg5 {#Up until now, White
was trying to pressure on the queenside and to cramp Black's position on the
kingside. The latter has been made at a high cost, which is revealed by the
enterprising rook sacrifice.} Rxf4 $1 33. exf4 {Forced. Those who like to see
mating patterns based on a queen and a bishop co-operation can follow the line}
(33. Qxb6 $2 Rg4+ (33... Qxb6 {is also possible, but less efficient.}) 34. Bxg4
Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Bd3+ 36. Be2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qxe3+ 38. Kg2 Qxe2+ 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Kf2
Qf4+ 41. Kg2 Be4+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kf1 Bd3#) 33... Qxf4 {What to do now? 34.
Qxb6 loses on the spot after 34...Qg3+ 35.Kf1 Bg2+ 36.Kg1 Bf3+ 37.Kf1 Qg2+ 38.
Ke1 Qxe2 mate.} 34. Qe1 ({The queen is brought back to defend the king and
Black has to do something about the 35.Qf2 threat. Another reasonable option
was} 34. R5c3 {when} Qxg5+ 35. Kf1 Rb8 {led to a very sharp and unclear
position. It seems that White would be more likely to go wrong than Black.})
34... Qxg5+ {#The time for a terrible blunder has come.} ({Black could also go
} 34... Rb8 $5 {with a pretty unclear position, just like the one mentioned in
the previous comment.} 35. R5c3 h4 36. Qf2 Qxg5+ 37. Kh2 Rf8 38. Qg1 Qf4+ 39.
Kh3) 35. Kh2 $4 ({Obviously, White should have played} 35. Kf2 {that could
lead to a draw by a perpetual after} Qg2+ 36. Ke3 Qg5+ 37. Kf2 Qg2+ {etc.
However, Black could keep the tension with 35...Rb8!?}) 35... Qg2# {This mate
marked an important step in the winner's way to the second prize.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Nfd7 {rare but
logical. Usually Black develops the bishop first.} 8. Nd3 e5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5
axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. b4 e4 $2 {I dont' think locking the center ri ght away
brings any benefit to Black.} 13. Nf4 Be7 {Alreayd it was hard to avoid White
sacrificing on d5.} (13... Bg7 14. Nfxd5 cxd5 15. Bxb5 O-O 16. O-O $14) (13...
Nf6 {was probably objectively better.}) 14. Nfxd5 cxd5 15. Bxb5 O-O 16. O-O Nf6
17. Be2 Bb7 18. b5 Bc8 19. Qa4 {Black has no plan, White has two passed pawsn.
That's worth the piece easily.} h5 20. Bd2 Be6 21. Qa7 Nbd7 22. Rc1 Ng4 23. Nd1
Kg7 24. Ra1 Bh4 25. c6 (25. h3 {there was no reason not to kick out the knight
first.}) 25... Nb6 26. c7 $2 Qf6 (26... Qd6 $1 {Morozevich misses his only
chance to equalize.} 27. Bxg4 Ra8 $1 {The players must have missed this
resource.} 28. Qxa8 (28. Bxe6 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Qxe6 30. Ba5 Nc8 31. Ra8 Be7 $1 32.
b6 Qc6 $1 33. Rxc8 Qc1 $1 {and magically Black doesn't have enough to repel
Black's threats. This is why Be7 is important, to have Bd6+ after h3.}) 28...
Nxa8 29. c8=Q Bxc8 30. Bxc8 $11) 27. Be1 {playing it a little too safe.} Bc8 $2
(27... Ra8 $1) 28. h3 Nh6 29. Bb4 Rh8 30. Rc1 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. d5 {
Now the pawns just roll forward.} Qg5 33. Qd4+ Kh7 34. Qxe4 Bb7 35. Nc3 Nf5 36.
Qe5 Ra8 37. Ne4 Qh6 38. Rxc4 Nxe3 39. fxe3 Bxd5 40. c8=Q Rxc8 41. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {The Chebanenko Slav has a reputation
of being a solid and dependable defense against 1.d4.} 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd2
{A new approach, but one that makes sense. White tries to develop the
queenside and pressure with the pawns before finishing development on the
kingside.} Bg7 8. b4 a5 $5 {Topalov adds his own dynamic twist to the opening.
Black plays aggressively, vying for the advantage himself.} (8... Bg4 9. h3
Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nbd7 11. f4 {is an old game that Aronian lost against Bu
Xiangzhi in 2004; the Armenian player has improved quite a bit since then,
though!}) 9. bxa5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 {It is unclear if Aronian saw the
exchange sacrifice from here.} (11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Na6 {is unclear.}) 11...
Qd5 12. f4 (12. h4 e5 {cannot be to anyone's liking.}) 12... h6 13. Nh3 Bxh3
14. gxh3 Bxd4 {This is the point of Black's play.} 15. exd4 e3 16. Bxe3 {
Virtually forced, but White took his sweet time thinking about going into this
line.} (16. Rg1 Qxd4 {is completely lost for White as the bishop on d2 is
trapped.}) 16... Qxh1 17. Qd2 {White is down an exchange, but he has a few
things to show for it. For one the pair of bishops is quite strong, for
another Black's king will not easily find a haven. That being said, White's
pawn structure is so bad that if Topalov can reach any endgame it must be
nearly winning for him. The issue is if he can reach it.} Na6 18. O-O-O Qd5 19.
Bg2 Qc4+ 20. Kb1 Qe6 $2 {Aronian remarked that Topalov is a very passionate
player, a passion that fuels his attacks. However in the defensive side it
seems that Topalov is not so strong. A half-joke in the commentary room was
that Topalov was amazing down the exchange for compensation, but vice versa
was not so good.} (20... Qb4+ 21. Ka1 Kd7 $1 {Is still anyone's game.}) 21. d5
{Simple. The pawn crashes through and Black has trouble resisting the advances.
} Qf5+ 22. Kb2 O-O-O $2 {A move only Topalov can play.} (22... O-O 23. dxc6 Nc7
{and it is not so easy to make progress for White; mainly due to his terrible
pawn structure and his somewhat exposed king.}) 23. d6 exd6 $2 {Black is
basically lost after this move, but already the situation was not easy.} 24.
cxd6 Qf6+ 25. Kb1 Qf5+ 26. Kc1 Qf6 27. d7+ $1 {Of course. Now Bd4 will be
playable and devastating.} Kb7 28. Bd4 Qe6 29. Bxh8 {It's hard to say exactly
how Topalov went down in flames so quickly, but he will definitely need to
step up his game to catch up in the tournament.} (29. Bxh8 Rxh8 30. d8=Q Rxd8
31. Qxd8 Qc4+ 32. Kd2 Qxf4+ 33. Ke2 {and Black runs out of checks sooner
rather than later.}) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. Nc2 Qc7 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bb6 Qc8 14. Ne3 Bb5 15.
Rc1 Nfd7 16. Na4 Bg5 17. f4 Nxb6 18. Nxb6 Qc5 19. Rf3 Bf6 20. Nxa8 Rd8 21. Qe1
Nc6 22. Nb6 Bd4 23. Kf2 e5 24. b4 Nxb4 25. fxe5 Nc6 26. Qd2 $2 {This move lost
the game for the Bulgarian GM.} ({After} 26. Nbxc4 Bxc4 {White has an
unpleasant position, but he is not necessarily lost.}) 26... c3 $1 27. Qc2 Nxe5
28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4 Re8 30. Nbd5 Qxd5 31. Kf1 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 11th round. Following a win against Veselin
Topalov, I was highly motivated to increase my score. I also wanted to avenge
my loss against Giri, just a few weeks before, at Reggio Emilia.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 {To be honest, I
couldn't remember much about this variation during the game, but I decided it
was important to meet ...Nfd7 with Nd3, without having to worry about ...e5.} (
{After} 8. Be2 {I vaguely remembered once looking at the following variation:}
Nfd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. e4 b4 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. exd5 {, which looks tempting for White, but I decided to be more
conservative.}) 8... a5 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 {runs into} Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 {, and
the bishop on c1 isn't happy.}) 9... Qc7 10. O-O h5 $1 {A novelty, and a good
one! Actually the idea is very simple: Black wants to play ...Bf5 without
running into g4, so it's a bit strange nobody played like this before.} ({
My main source of inspiration in this line was the following game:} 10... O-O
11. a3 Be6 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Nd3 $1 {, and Black is really cramped and will
have to defend a miserable position for a long time. White eventually won in
Gelfand-Wang Yue, Bazna 2010.}) 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd2 (12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Be6 {
gives White nothing but weaknesses.}) 12... Nbd7 {Black has achieved an ideal
setup. His bishop is securely placed on f5, he has perfect control over the
e4-square, and is ready to trade off the e5-knight.} 13. Bf3 {This was the
only move to keep any tension in the position. Surprisingly, Anish started to
look a bit uncomfortable after this move, although his position is still
perfectly fine.} (13. Be1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 {leads to a dull equality.}) 13...
h4 {An unnecessary move. White has no plans to play g4, so there isn't any
reason to fix the kingside.} ({It was most accurate to begin with} 13... Ne4
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 f6 $1 {With the queen on d1, White has no tactics like
Bxa5.} 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. a4 b4 18. Bc4 e6 19. Qb3 Ke7 {, and next ...f5 leads
to complete equality.}) 14. Qe1 {White is threatening e4, so Black's hand is
forced.} Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be2 f6 $2 {Surprisingly, this is a blunder,
although the computer won't tell you why. Black's position was still pretty
decent, but after this careless move he is on the verge of losing.} ({After} 
16... Nxe5 {I had planned} 17. dxe5 $5 (17. fxe5 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 {gives White
nothing.}) 17... f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bc3 {, with some pressure but nothing
too dramatic. Black should hold without much problem.}) 17. Bxa5 $1 {A
tremendous and unexpected blow, which was certainly overlooked by Anish. For
the piece, White eliminates Black's entire queenside, and he will be
hard-pressed to stop the avalance of pawns.} Rxa5 $2 {It's natural to seek
chances with the queens on, but this is probably already the decisive mistake.}
({There was still a miracle chance for Black:} 17... Qxa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19.
Nxc6 Ra8 20. Bxb5 {, and here Black has to act fast before he is overrun:} e5
$1 {, opening up the center and starting some effective counterplay.} ({
On the other hand, a slow continuation like} 20... Be6 21. a4 f5 22. a5 Kf7 23.
a6 {obviously favors White.}) 21. b4 (21. a4 exf4 22. exf4 Be6 {, and after ...
f5 Black will have his share of the chances.}) (21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rad1 exd4 23.
Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Ra7 25. b4 Ke7 26. a4 Ne5 {is also unclear, since White's
pawns are too vulnerable to advance.}) 21... exf4 22. exf4 Be6 23. d5 $1 {
White also has to act quickly, before Black consolidates his position with ...
Bd5 and ...f5. After this the game spins out of control, with both sides
having numerous options and no clear conclusion in sight. A possible
continuation out of many:} Bxd5 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Rac1 Be6 26. Rd6 Nf8 27. Rcd1
Bd7 28. a4 {, and White's initiative persists.}) 18. Nxc6 Ra8 ({The point of
White's combination is this:} 18... Ra6 19. Nb4 Ra5 (19... Ra8 20. Bxb5 Kf7 21.
a4 {is similar to the game. Black has no counterplay and White can just keep
rolling his pawns down the board.}) 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. a4 $1 Rxa4 (21... bxa4 22.
b4 {wins the rook.}) 22. Bxb5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Kf7 25. Ra7 Rd8 26.
b4 {, and Black is helpless.}) 19. Bxb5 {Black's position is depressing to
look at. He can't make a dent in White's pawn mass, and his extra bishop is
trapped behind his own pawns.} Be6 20. a4 f5 21. Qd2 ({The simple} 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. fxe5 Kf7 23. b4 Bd5 24. Be2 {also promised a winning advantage.}) 21... Bf6
22. d5 {Now White begins taking even more space.} Bf7 23. Rac1 Kf8 (23... O-O
24. d6 exd6 25. cxd6 {, wins a piece with Ne7 coming next.}) 24. b4 Qc8 25. d6
{Now is a perfect time to open the position, since Black is completely
uncoordinated.} exd6 26. cxd6 Qe8 27. Ne7 Be6 28. Rc7 Rh7 29. Nd5 ({I missed
an even simpler way:} 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qd5 {, winning the rook
on a8 due to the mate threat Qg8.}) 29... Bd8 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. a5 {The sadistic
approach, slowly advancing the a-pawn while Black can't even move.} Kg7 32. a6
Kh6 33. a7 Qf8 34. Ne7 Nb6 35. Qf2 Rf7 ({After} 35... Qf6 {I had planned the
attractive finishing blow} 36. Bd7 $1 {, and I'm glad to see the machine
approves.}) 36. Qxh4+ Kg7 37. Qg5 {White is winning every Black pawn. Black
could have safely resigned here, but Anish decided to play on until the time
control.} Bd5 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Nxf5+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 (6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7
8. O-O Be7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Qg4 $36 {Kramnik,V-Bareev,
E/Belgrade/1993/1|0/40/}) 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 (9... Be7
10. Nc2 Nbd7 11. Na3 Qc7 12. Qd4 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 e5 14. Qh4 O-O 15. g4 $1 $146 {
Shulman,Y-Botvinnik,I/Minsk/1994/1|0/20/}) 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. a5 Nc6
13. Na4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nd4 $132 {Kamsky,G-Bareev,E/Linares/1994/0,5/
43/}) 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 $5 (10. Nxd1 Bxc5 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Rc1 e5 13. Nd2
Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nxc4 O-O $10 {Nilsen,P-Schandorff,L/DEN/1994/0,5/54/}) 10...
Bxc5 11. Bg5 h6 (11... Be7 $5 12. Rac1 (12. Nd4 Na5 $5 $13) 12... h6 13. Be3
$146) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ned2 c3 (14... Na5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Nxc4
Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Bc6 (17... b5 18. Rc7) 18. Nd4 $16) 15. bxc3 Na5 16. Nd4 f5 (
16... Bd7 17. N2b3 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Rb8 19. Na5 b6 20. Nb7 $16) 17. N4b3 Nxb3 (
17... Nc6 18. Nc4 $16) 18. Nxb3 e5 19. Bd5 O-O 20. Na5 Rb8 21. Rab1 Rd8 22. c4
(22. Nc6 bxc6 23. Rxb8 cxd5 $19) 22... Kg7 23. Rd3 (23. Kf1 $5) 23... Bd7 24.
Nxb7 Bxa4 25. Ra1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 (26. cxd5 Bb5 27. d6 Bf6 (27... Rxb7 28. dxe7
Rxe7 29. Rd2 e4 30. Ra3 $16) 28. Nc5 e4 29. Rdd1 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 Kf6 $13) 26...
Bc6 27. Na5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rb5 29. Nc4 (29. Nc6 Bd6 30. Rxa6 (30. Rd1 a5) 30...
Rxd5 $10) 29... Rxd5 30. Ne3 Rb5 31. Nxf5+ (31. Rxa6 e4 $10) 31... Kf6 32. Nxe7
Kxe7 33. Rxa6 h5 (33... f6 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. Rh7 $18) 34. Rh6 e4 35. Kg2 Kf8 (
35... Re5 $5) 36. Rf6 Kg7 37. Rf4 f5 (37... Re5 38. h3 Kg6 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
f6 41. Kf1 Kg5 42. e3 $22 Kg6 43. Ke2 Kg5 44. Kd2 Rd5+ 45. Kc2 Re5 46. Kc3 $18)
38. h3 Kg6 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 fxg4 41. Kg3 (41. Rxe4 Kf5 42. Ra4 Rb2 43. e3
Rb1 44. Ra5+ Kf6 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kf4 Rg2) 41... e3 (41... Re5 42. Rxg4+ $6 (
42. Kxg4 Re8 (42... e3 43. f3 $22 Re8 44. Re4 $18) 43. e3 Re7 44. Kg3 Kg5 45.
Kg2 Kg6 46. Kf1 Kg5 47. Ke2 Kg6 48. Kd2 Rd7+ 49. Kc2 Re7 50. Kc3 $18) 42... Kf5
$10) 42. Rxg4+ Kf5 43. Rf4+ Kg6 (43... Ke5 44. f3 Rb3 45. Kg4 Kd5 46. Re4 Ra3
47. Kf4 $18) 44. fxe3 Rb3 45. Kf2 Kg5 46. Kf3 Ra3 47. Rf8 Ra1 48. Ke4 Ra4+ 49.
Kd5 Ra5+ 50. Kd4 Ra4+ 51. Kc5 Ra5+ (51... Re4 52. Rf3 Re8 53. Kd5 Rd8+ 54. Ke6
Re8+ 55. Kd7 Re4 56. Kd6 Re8) 52. Kb4 Ra2 (52... Re5 $5) 53. Rf2 Rc2 54. e4 Kg4
(54... Rc8 55. Rf5+ Kg4 56. Rc5 $6 (56. e3 Re8 $6 (56... Rc7 $5 57. Rf4+ Kg5
58. Rf8 Re7 59. Rf5+ Kg6 60. Rf4 Rc7) 57. Rf4+ Kg5 58. Kc5 $18) 56... Re8 57.
e5 Kf4 58. Kc3 Rxe5 59. Rxe5 Kxe5 60. Kd3 Kd5 $10) 55. e5 Kg5 (55... Rc8 56. e4
Re8 $6 (56... Kg5 $5 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Kb5 Rc7 59. Rf1 Kg5 60. Rf6 Rc8 $22 61.
Kb6 Rc4) 57. Rf5 Rc8 58. e6 Re8 59. Rf6 Kg5 60. e5 $18) 56. Kb5 Kg6 $2 (56...
Rc8 $5 57. e4 Re8 $6 (57... Kg6 $5 58. Rf6+ Kg5 59. Rf5+ Kg6) 58. Rf5+ $18) 57.
e6 Rc8 58. Rf3 Kg7 (58... Re8 59. Re3 Kf5 60. e7 Kf4 61. Rf3+ Ke5 62. Kc6 Rxe7
63. Re3+ Kf6 64. Rxe7 Kxe7 65. Kd5 $18) (58... Kg7 59. e7 Re8 60. Re3 Kf7 61.
Kc6 Rxe7 62. Rxe7+ Kxe7 63. Kd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 Bf5 (5... b5 6. cxd5 (6. c5 $5)
6... cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bg2 Bb7 $10 {Sosonko,G-Hodgson,J/Linares/0,5/10/}) 6.
Bg2 e6 7. O-O (7. Ne5 $5 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 b5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Qb6 12.
Rfd1 Nc6 13. Na4 $1 Qb7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Be4 17. f3 Bg6 18.
e4 $1 $16 {Nikolaidis,I-Popchev,M/Peristeri/1993/1|0/39/}) 7... h6 8. Ne5 Be7
9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qb3 b5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rac1 Qb6 13. Rfd1 (13. Na4 $2 Qxd4 $19)
13... g5 $5 14. Be3 Qd6 (14... Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. f4 Nf6 $22 17. fxg5 Ng4
$36) 15. f3 Nbd7 16. Nd3 Rfc8 17. a3 (17. Bf2 Bxd3 18. exd3 (18. Rxd3 b4 $19)
18... Rc6 $132) 17... Rab8 18. Nb1 (18. Bf2 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21.
Qxb4 Rxb4 22. Rc2 Nb6 $36) 18... Rc4 19. Bf2 Qc6 20. Rc3 Qb7 21. g4 (21. Nd2
Rxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Qxc3 Rc8 23. Qb3 Nb6 24. g4 Bg6 25. h4 Nc4 $15) 22... Nb6
23. h4 Nc4 $17) 21... Bh7 22. e3 a5 $17 23. Bf1 b4 $1 24. axb4 (24. Rxc4 dxc4
25. Qxc4 Qxf3 $19) 24... Bxd3 $1 (24... axb4 25. Rc2 Rbc8 26. Rcd2 $17) 25.
Bxd3 Rxb4 26. Qa3 Bd6 27. Rc2 (27. Qxa5 $4 Ra8 $19) 27... Qb6 28. Be1 (28. Rdd2
Rxd4 29. Qa2 Rb4 $19) 28... Rxd4 29. Qxa5 Rxd3 $1 30. Rxd3 Ne5 31. Qxb6 Rxb6
32. Rd1 Nxf3+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kg2 Nxh2 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Bc3 Nhxg4 $19) 33... Nxh2
34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Bc3 Nhxg4+ 36. Kf3 e5 37. Nd2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Orel"]
[Site "Orel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 (5. Ne5 $5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O
(7... Nh5 8. cxd5 $1 Nxf4 9. exf4 cxd5 10. Qa4+) 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxe5 10.
Bxe5 Be6 11. cxd5 $5 $16 {Mochalov,E-Chekhov,V/Orel/1995/}) (5. c5 $5) 5... b5
(5... c5 $5) 6. cxd5 (6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 $5 8. O-O e6 $10) 6... cxd5 7. Bd2
e6 8. Ne5 (8. Bd3 $6 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Bd6 13. Qa4
Nxd2 14. Nxd2 $16 {Gurevich,M-Bareev,E/GER/1992/1:0/80/}) 8... Nbd7 9. Rc1 Nxe5
$1 (9... Bd6 $6 10. Nc6 $3 Qb6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bxc6 14. Nxd6+
Ke7 15. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 16. Bb4 Kd8 17. Nxf7+ Ke8 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19. f3 $1 $16 {
Dreev,A/Rausis,I/Luzern/1993/1:0/101/}) 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 (11. Bxb5 $2 axb5
12. Nxb5 Bc5 13. b4 Ba6 14. Rxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd6+ Qxd6 $1 16. exd6 Nd3+ $19) 11...
Nc5 $6 (11... Bb7 $1 12. Ne2 Nc5 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. g3 Qb6 15. Bg2 Bc5 $17) 12. b4
Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. a4 Qd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Kf2 $5 Be7 18. Bc3
Qb7 $1 19. Qd2 O-O 20. Bd4 $14 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Ra1 Qd5 23. Qb2 Kf8 $6 (
23... g6 $5) 24. Rd1 $1 Qb7 25. Bc5 $16 Bxc5 $6 (25... Bc6 $5 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7
27. Rd6 Bd5 28. Qd4 Bc4) 26. bxc5 b4 $6 (26... Bc6 $5 27. Qb4 $16) 27. Qd4 Bc6
28. Ra1 $1 $18 Ra8 $8 (28... Rb8 29. Qd6+ Kg8 30. Ba6 Qa8 31. Bb5 $18) 29.
Rxa8+ Qxa8 30. Qxb4 g6 $1 31. Qb6 (31. g4 Qa2 $1) 31... h5 32. g3 $6 (32. h4 $1
Kg7 33. Ba6 Qe8 34. Qc7 $18) 32... Kg7 33. h4 Qe8 (33... Qa4 $4 34. Qa6 $18)
34. Qc7 Qa8 35. Qb6 Qe8 36. Qb4 Qa8 37. Qb2 $6 (37. Bc4 $5) 37... Qa4 38. Kg2
Qa5 39. Qc2 Qe1 40. Qd1 Qc3 41. Qd4 Qc2 42. Qc4 Qd2 43. Kf2 Bd5 44. Qd4 Qc2 45.
Ke1 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 (46. Bd1 Bc6 $10) 46... Qc2 47. Qb4 Kh7 48. Qd4 (48. Qb5 $5
Kg7 49. c6 Qc3 $1 (49... Bxc6 50. Qc4 $5 Qxc4 51. Bxc4 $16) 50. Qb6 Bxc6)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 (6... g6 7. Be2 Bg7
8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 $1 Bb7 10. f4 Qd6 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rab8 13. g4 $1 $16 {
Gelfand,B-Hort,V/Novi Sad ol/1990/}) (6... Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Ne4
10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 f6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 $14 {
Topalov-Popchev/Bulgaria-ch/1992/}) (6... e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Qc2 O-O
10. e4 bxc4 11. bxc4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5 $1 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Bb2
$14 {Cvitan,O-Khmelnitsky/Sibenik/1990/}) 7. Be2 (7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 bxc4 9.
bxc4 e5 10. Rb1 Qa5 $5 (10... Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Be2 Qe6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4
$1 exd4 15. Nxd5 Rc8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. O-O Be7 18. e5 $1 $16 {Chernin,
A-Gavrikov,V/Tilburg/1992/}) 11. Qf5 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bd3 exd4
15. exd4 Rfe8+ $10 {Gleizerov-Berezjuk/Katowice/1992/}) 7... Nbd7 (7... e6 8.
Ne5 $1 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1
Nbd7 15. Nd2 $14 {Ligterink-Cuijpers/Hilversum/1988/}) 8. O-O e6 9. h3 Bh5 (
9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 $14) 10. Ne5 $1 $146 (10. Nd2 Bg6 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 a5 13.
Bb2 Bd6 14. Nc1 O-O 15. Nd3 Ne4 $10 {Schmidt-Berezjuk/Katowice/1992/}) 10...
Bxe2 11. Nxe2 $5 Qc7 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 $1 cxd5 14. Bb2 Bc5 15.
Nf4 O-O 16. Qg4 $16 {Belov-Zapolskis/Karvina/1993/}) 12. Bb2 Bd6 $142 $6 (12...
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Qb7 16. Qc2 Bc5 $14) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Rc1 Qb7 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Qc6 Qxc6 17. Rxc6 $16 Bb4 18. Rfc1 Rfb8 19. Nf4 Nxe5 $6
(19... Bf8 20. Nfd3 g6) 20. dxe5 Ne8 21. Nd3 Be7 22. f4 g6 23. g4 Ng7 24. Bd4
a5 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ne8 $142 $6 (26... Ke8) 27. f5 $1 gxf5 28. gxf5 exf5 29.
Nc5 $1 Bxc5 (29... Rd8 30. e6 $18) 30. Bxc5+ Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kh8 32. Bd4 $18 Rb7
33. e6+ f6 34. Rg5 h6 35. Rxf5 Kg7 (35... Rd8 36. Rxf6 $18) 36. Rxd5 Kg6 37.
Rd7 Rbb8 (37... Rab8 38. e4) 38. e4 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Be3 Rc2+ 41. Rd2 Rc6
42. e7 Rc7 (42... Re6 43. Rd5) 43. Rd5 Rxe7 44. Rxb5 Rxe4 45. Rxa5 Rh4 46. Ra8
Ng7 47. a4 Rxh3 48. b4 Kf5 49. a5 Ne6 50. a6 Ke4 51. Bb6 Rh2+ 52. Kf1 Rh1+ 53.
Kg2 Ra1 54. Re8 Ra2+ 55. Kg3 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Kg3 Ra3+ 58. Kf2 Ra2+ 59.
Ke1 Rxa6 60. Rxe6+ Kf5 61. Rc6 Ra4 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 51st"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bielsko-Biala Wlokniarz"]
[BlackTeam "Zabrze Gornik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. h4 b5 (6... Nxc3 $5 7.
bxc3 dxc4 8. e4 (8. g3 $5 Be6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. a4 Bd5 11. a5 f6 12. Bf4 e5 13.
dxe5 fxe5 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Qd2 O-O 16. O-O Qe7 $146 {Lutz,C-Bologan,V/GER/1993/
1|0/49/}) 8... b5 9. Ne5 Qa5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Rh3 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qh5 O-O-O
14. Rg3 f6 15. a4 g6 16. Qd1 Qb6 $132 {Lobron,E-Magem,B/Moscow/1994/0,5/34/}) (
6... Nxg5 $6 7. hxg5 g6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qf3 f6 11. gxf6 exf6 12. Nd3
dxc4 13. Nc5 b5 14. a4 Qa5 15. Ra2 b4 16. Bxc4+ Kh8 17. Nb3 $16 {Lobron,
E-Tischbierek,R/GER/1995/1|0/41/}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e3 Qa5 $5 {/N/} (8... Bf5 9.
a4 Nxg5 10. hxg5 b4 11. Ne2 e6 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6 15. Rc1 Be7
16. Rc6 $36 {Lobron,E-Van Der Wiel,J/Amsterdam/1995/1|0/27/}) 9. Bd3 $1 (9. Qb3
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 e6 14. Rfe1 Ba3 15. Rc2 h6
16. Bf4 O-O $15) 9... Nxc3 10. Qd2 (10. bxc3 $5 Qxc3+ 11. Ke2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Qa5
13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 $5 e6 14. Rc2 $44) 13... Nc6 $13) 10... b4 11. bxc3 bxc3 12.
Qc2 Bd7 13. O-O Ba4 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. a3 (15. e4 e6 $6 (15... Nb4 16. exd5 Nxd5 (
16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bb5 18. Qe4 Bxf1 19. d6 $40) 17. Rfe1 e6 $13) 16. exd5 Qxd5
17. Be4 Qa5 18. d5 $40) 15... h6 (15... e6 $5 16. e4 h6 17. Bf4 (17. exd5 hxg5
18. dxc6 Bxc6 $132) 17... Be7 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Be4 Qa5 $13) 16. Bf4 e6 17.
Rfb1 $1 (17. e4 Be7) 17... Be7 18. Rb7 Qd8 $2 (18... Rc8 $5 19. Ne5 (19. e4 $6
O-O 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Be4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxe7 c2 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Bd6
Rfd8 $36) 19... Nd8 $1 20. Ra7 Bb5 21. Rxa6 Bxa6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bb5+ Kf8 24.
a4 $44) 19. Rc1 Ra7 (19... Bxa3 20. Rxc3 Be7 21. Bxa6 O-O 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5
$16) (19... O-O 20. Rxc3 $16) 20. Rxa7 Nxa7 21. Rxc3 Nb5 22. Rc6 $1 Qa8 23. Rb6
O-O 24. Ne5 $18 Qa7 25. Bxh6 $1 Qxb6 (25... gxh6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qh5 Kg7 28.
Rxe6 $18) 26. Qg4 Bf6 27. Nd7 Qd8 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Bg5 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 Nxa3 31.
h5 1-0

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.11.26"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Be2 (
8. Ne5 $142) (8. Nbd2 $142) (8. Qc2 $142) (8. Nfd2 $142) 8... e6 9. Ne5 (9. O-O
Be7 $1 {If Black wants to develop quietly this is a reasonable alternative})
9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxc4 (11. Nd2 c3 $2 12. Bxa6 cxd2 13. Bb7 dxc1=Q 14.
Rxc1 Nbd7 15. Nxc6 $18 {Euwe}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. c6 Nc5 14. Nbd2 Qc7
15. Qc2 (15. Bf3 e5 16. Qc2 e4 17. Nxe4 Nfxe4 18. Bxe4 b3 $1 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20.
Qf5 g6 {Euwe} 21. Qh3 $145 Bxc4 22. Bxg6+ Kg7 23. Qh7+ Kf6 24. Bd2 Bxf1 25.
Bc3+ Ke6 26. Be4 $13 Nxe4 $4 27. Qxe4+ Kd6 28. Bb4#) 15... Rad8 16. Bf3 $2 (16.
b3 $15) 16... Nd5 17. b3 Bf6 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qxc6 20. Rfd1 Qc7 {[%csl
Rc3][%cal Rd5c3] /\Nc3, ><c3} 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 {[%cal Rf8d8] /\Rfd8} 22. e4 Rd3
23. Qe5 (23. Ne5 Rc3) (23. Rdc1 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Bxc4 25. Nd2 Rfd8 26. Nxc4 $4
Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Rd1+ $19 {Euwe}) 23... Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Nxb3 26. Rad1
(26. Rd6 Nxa1 27. Rxa6 b3 28. Rxa7 b2 29. Rb7 Rc8 30. Nc4 g6 $19 {Euwe}) 26...
Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Rc8 28. f4 f6 29. Nf3 Kf8 (29... b3 30. Nd4 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Bc4 32.
Rb2 Rc3 $17 {Euwe}) (29... Bb7 30. Rd4 a5 31. Nd2 f5 $1 32. exf5 Bd5 33. fxe6
Bxe6 $19 {Euwe}) 30. Rb2 Rc4 31. Nd2 Rd4 32. Nb3 Rxe4 33. Nc5 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+
35. Ke3 Bc4 36. Rxb4 Bd5 37. Rb8+ Ke7 38. Rg8 Kd6 (38... Kf7 39. Rc8 Rc1 40. g4
$1 a5 41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Nxe6 Re1+ 43. Kf2 Rxe6 $2 44. f5+ $16 {Euwe}) 39. Ne4+
Bxe4 $2 (39... Kc6 40. Nc3 Bxg2 41. Rxg7 Rf3+ 42. Kd2 Bf1 43. Rxh7 (43. Rxa7
Rh3 $17) 43... Rxf4 44. Rxa7 Rh4 $17 {Euwe}) 40. Kxe4 Ra1 (40... g6 41. Rd8+
$10 (41. Rg7 $2 Rf2 $17)) 41. Rxg7 {The sealed move} Rxa4+ 42. Kf3 h5 43. Rf7
Ra3+ 44. Kf2 f5 45. Rh7 Kd5 46. Rxh5 Ke4 47. Rh6 Ra6 48. Kg3 Rd6 49. Rh7 Rd3+
50. Kf2 (50. Kh4 $10) 50... Kxf4 51. Rxa7 Rd2+ 52. Kf1 e5 53. Rg7 Ke3 54. Rg3+
Kd4 55. h4 e4 56. h5 Rd1+ 57. Kf2 Rh1 58. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 bxc4 12. bxc4 Qb8 13. Qc2 $5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. cxd5 cxd5 (16... Qxd5) 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qb7+ Nd7 19. Nd4
Qd6 20. Nc6+ Kf6 21. f4 $1 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rhf8 23. g4 $1 h6 24. Ne5 (24. h4 $5)
24... Nc5 25. g5+ $1 hxg5 (25... Kf5 26. Qb1+ Ne4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qd1 $18)
26. fxg5+ Kxe5 27. Qb2+ d4 28. Rcd1 $1 Na4 29. Qf2 $1 (29. exd4+ Kd5 30. Qb3+
Kc6 31. Qxa4+ Kb7 $132) 29... Qe7 (29... Rc4 30. exd4+ Qxd4 (30... Rxd4 31.
Rfe1+ $18) (30... Kd5 31. Qf3#) 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Re1+ Kd5 33. Qe2 $18) 30.
Qf4+ Kd5 31. Rxd4+ Kc6 32. Rxa4 Kb7 33. Rb1+ Ka7 34. Rxa6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 (5. a4) 5... b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2
e6 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O c5 {>=} (9... Be7 10. Qe2 O-O (10... Nbd7 11. Ba6 Qb6 {
Guimard Flohr, Rd 6}) 11. Rd1 c5 $1 12. dxc5 Qa5 $10) 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6
$6 {>=} (11... Qc7 $5 {Denker-Yanofsky (16)}) 12. b3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Bb2
O-O 15. Nc1 a5 16. Nd3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Bd5 20. Bd4 Qb7
21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Nc4 $14 Qa6 24. e4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qa8 26. Re1
h6 27. g3 Rd8 28. Kg2 Bd4 $2 (28... Rd7 $8) 29. f3 e5 $2 (29... Bc5 $8 30. Rd1
$16) 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. Nxe5 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 g5 $6 34. Qd6 $1 Kg7 35.
Qe7 Qg8 36. h3 Nh7 37. Nc4 Nf8 38. Nd6 $18 Ne6 39. Ne8+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41.
Qxe6 $1 {[41...exf6 42.Nf6+ +-]} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:24] The Chebanenko or ...a6 Slav continues to be very solid;
Ivanchuk obtained a good position from the opening although it would be hard
for either side to make progress because of the locked situation in the center.
} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 6. c5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 8. f4 {[%emt 0:01:
29]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. O-O {
[%emt 0:01:48]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 11. Bf3 {[%emt 0:18:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:26:
20]} 12. Nd3 $146 {[%emt 0:02:38]} (12. h3 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15.
a4 b4 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Ng3 Nd5 18. Nc4 h4 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rc1 Bf6 21. Qe2 e6
22. Kh1 Ke7 23. Be1 Rag8 24. Rg1 Rg6 25. Bf2 Qa7 26. Nd6 Kf8 27. Nc8 Qb7 28.
Nd6 Qa8 29. Rcd1 Bd8 30. Qe1 Bc7 31. Rc1 Rgh6 32. Qe2 Ke7 33. Nc4 Kd7 34. Rc2
Rg8 35. Rgc1 Qb7 36. Qe1 Rgh8 37. Qe2 R6h7 38. Qe1 f6 39. Qf1 Rg8 40. Qe1 b3
41. Re2 Nb4 {Rozum,I (2473)-Malakhov,V (2709) Loo 2013 1/2-1/2}) 12... Nbd7 {
[%emt 0:05:45]} 13. Nf2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
03:12]} Ke7 $5 {[%emt 0:04:03] Ivanchuk's 14...Ke7!? was bizarre but by no
means a bad move as it highlighted that the game was indeed not going to be
opened up any time soon. Actually, the game never opened up, and the players
agreed to a draw in a position where all the pawns had survived but none of
the minor pieces remained on the board.} 15. Be1 {[%emt 0:09:05]} a4 {[%emt 0:
03:58]} 16. Nd3 {[%emt 0:32:21]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 17. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:02:25]}
Bxd3 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 18. Be2 {[%emt 0:07:03]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:08:20]} 19. Nxe2 {
[%emt 0:01:58]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 20. Bh4 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 21. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 24. Nf2 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 25. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rha8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 29. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} b5 {[%emt 0:22:03]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:04:
50]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:05:56] Andreikin's treatment of the opening was ultra-solid.
His a6 Slav locked up the position quickly, but it made him very passive.
White's control of the c-file and his two bishops was simply not enough for
him to break through as Black lacked weaknesses while White had to contend
with his weak f3 and d4 pawns. Eventually Kramnik sacrificed one of these for
some activity, but it was only enough for a draw.} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ne4
{[%emt 0:01:39]} 8. Nxe4 $146 {[%emt 0:03:21]} (8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Be4 10. Qd2
e6 11. Ba5 Qd6 12. O-O Nd7 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4
17. Nf4 Qe4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc5 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Nd3 Bd6 22. Rc1 O-O 23.
Rc6 Be7 24. Rdc2 h6 25. f3 Rfb8 26. e4 Bd8 27. Bd2 Bb6+ 28. Kf1 Kh7 29. Ke2 Kg8
30. g4 Nd7 31. h4 Bd8 32. Bf4 e5 33. Bxe5 Rb7 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 {1-0 (35)
Sokolov,I (2657)-Simonian,H (2475) Cento 2011}) 8... Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 9.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:14:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:
08:08]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:10:54]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:30]
} Bg7 {[%emt 0:11:18]} 13. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 14. Bh3 {
[%emt 0:01:12]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:07:34]} 15. exf3 {[%emt 0:09:29]} Re8 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 16. Rc6 {[%emt 0:06:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:01:43]}
Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 18. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 19. Bc5 {
[%emt 0:05:38]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:07:
15]} 21. g4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 22. Qf4 {[%emt 0:07:50]} f6 {
[%emt 0:05:22]} 23. Be7 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:07:01]} 24. Qg3 {[%emt 0:
06:05]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 25. g5 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 26.
Qxg5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 28. R3c6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 29. Bh6 {[%emt 0:
02:08]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} a4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 31.
bxa4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 32. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Rxf8 {
[%emt 0:02:33]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 (6... Bf5 7. Ne5 (7.
Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Bd6) 7... h6 (7... e6 8. g4 (
8. Bd2 $5 Nfd7 9. Nd3 Be7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Nb2 c5 13. Bf3 Ra7 14.
Nxc4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Bf4 O-O 17. O-O) 8... Bg6 9. h4 Ne4 (9... Bb4 10.
Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 a5 13. Bd2 bxc4 14. bxc4 f6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bg2
Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nd7 18. Qc2 Kf7 19. h5 gxh5 20. gxh5 f5 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Rxb8 Qxb8
23. Ke2 Nf6 24. Bf3) 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 f6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. fxe4 dxe4 14.
Qc2 $14 Bb4+ (14... f5 {Topalov,V-Popchev,M/Bulgaria (ch)1992}) 15. Kf2 f5 16.
gxf5 $1 O-O (16... exf5 17. cxb5 Ne7 (17... Nxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4+ 19. Be3 Qxa1
20. Qc6+ $18) 18. bxa6 $16) 17. Qxe4 Rxf5+ 18. Kg1 Qd6 19. Bg2 Raf8 20. Rh3 Bc3
21. Rb1 Ne7 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 R8f6 24. c5 Qb8 25. h5 h6 26. Bf3 Qf8 27. Bg4
Rf1+ 28. Kh2 Qf7 29. Rg2 Nd5 30. Rhg3 $16) 8. g4 Bh7 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11.
f4 Nfd7 12. cxd5 Nxe5 (12... cxd5 13. Nxd5 $1 exd5 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Bxd5+ Ke8
16. Bxa8 $18) 13. d6 $1 Qxd6 14. dxe5 Qc7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Rc1 c5
18. g5 $1 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. fxg5 Nxe5 22. Qd4 $1 f6 23. Qf4
{1-0 Kramnik,V-Bareev,E/Mуnaco blidfold 2003}) 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5
(9... Bf5 10. Bd3 Bd6 (10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bb4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rfc1 $1 Bd6 14.
Rc2 Rc8 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. bxc4 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qa5 19. Nd2 Qh5 20. c5
Bc7 21. Qd3 a5 22. Qa6 f5 23. Nc4 Nb8 24. Qb7 f4 25. exf4 Bxf4 26. Re1 Bc7 27.
d5 $1 exd5 $2 (27... cxd5 $142 28. Nd6 Qg6 29. Rce2 Bxd6 30. Rxe6 Qf7 31. Qxf7+
Rxf7 32. cxd6 $14) (27... Qxd5 28. Nd6 $18) 28. Nd6 $18 Qg6 29. Re7 {1-0
Gelfand,B-Acs,P/Budapest 2003}) 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Qc2 g6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5
$1) (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 (10... Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. a4 (12. e4 e5 13. Be3
dxc4 14. bxc4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bd6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Be5 18. Ne2 Rfe8 19. Be3
Rac8 20. g3 Bb8 21. Bg2 Ne5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Qb3 Nc4 24. Bd4 Be5 25. f4 Bxd4+
26. Nxd4 Qc5 27. Kh2 Rcd8 28. Qc3 b4 29. Qa1 Na3 30. e5 Nd5 31. Nb3 Qb6 32. e6
fxe6 33. Qe5 Nc4 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Nde3 36. Be4 Rc8 37. Kg1 Kf7 38. f5 Kf6
39. fxe6 Rxe6 40. Nd2 Ke7 41. Kf2 Rc5 42. Nb3 Rb5 43. Rxe3 Nxe3 44. Kxe3 Rh6
45. Bd3 Re5+ 46. Kf4 Ree6 47. Rxb4 Rxh3 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Nc5 Rd6 50. Bf5 Rhh6
51. Ke5 Rd2 52. Ne6+ Ke8 53. Nxg7+ Kd8 54. Ne6+ {1-0 Volkov,S-Yegiazarian,A/
Minsk 1998/EXP 64 (56)}) 12... Rc8 13. axb5 axb5 14. c5 e5 15. Bd2 Ra8 16. Na2
$1 Qc7 17. Nb4 $14) 11. Qc2 (11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. e4) 11... O-O 12. a3
Bxc3 13. Qxc3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Nb6 15. c5 Nbd7 16. Rb1 Re8 17. Bd2 e5 18. Rb7 exd4
19. exd4 Ne4 20. Qa5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Nf8 22. Rfb1 Qf6 23. Rc7 Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7
25. Rb6 Qc7 26. Be2 $14 {Vizmanavin,A-Shirov,A/Intel PCA rapid 1994}) 10. Bb2
Be7 (10... Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Rfc1 Ne4
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qc2 $14) (12... bxc4
13. bxc4 O-O 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. c5 Bc7) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 $1
(14... Qb7 $6 15. Qc2 $1 O-O 16. Qc6 Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rfc8 19. Rfc1
Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Ne8 21. Ng3 b4 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 a5 24. f4 a4 25. Rc4 axb3 26.
axb3 $16) 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 $5 b4 (16... dxe4 17. d5 Be5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19.
Nd4 Qd6 20. Qe2 Bxd4 21. Qxe4 O-O 22. Bxd4 $16) 17. e5 Be7 18. Nf4 O-O 19. Qg4
Qb7 20. h4 Kh8 (20... Rfc8) 21. Rc2 (21. h5 $5 Rac8 22. h6 g6 23. Nh3 Rxc1 (
23... Nb8 24. Ng5 Nc6 25. Rfd1) 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Ng5 Kg8 26. Qf4 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1
Bxg5 28. Qxg5 f6 29. exf6 Kf7 30. Bd2 a5 31. Qf4 Qb8 32. g4 Qxf4 33. Bxf4 Nxf6
34. f3 Ne8 35. Kf2 $16) 21... Rfc8 22. Re2 a5 23. Nh5 g6 24. Nf4 Qb5 25. Rd1 a4
26. h5 g5 27. h6 $1 Rg8 28. Nh3 Rg6 29. Rc2 Rxh6 30. Nxg5 Rg6 31. Bc1 Kg8 32.
Qh5 Nf8 33. Nh3 axb3 34. axb3 Qa6 35. Bh6 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Rc1 Qd8 38. g3
Qb6 39. Be3 Qa6 40. Nf4 Rg5 41. Qe2 Qa3 42. Qd1 Qa6 43. Qe2 Qa3 44. Qd1 Qa6 45.
Rc7 Bd8 46. Rc2 Rf5 47. Nh5 Qa3 48. Rc8 Be7 49. Qg4+ Bg5 50. Bxg5 Qa1+ 51. Kg2
Qxd4 52. Qxd4 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Morozevich,A/Monte Carlo blindfold 2003}) (10...
Qb8 $6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 $1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfd1 Be7
16. Qg4 (16. e4 d4 17. Rxd4 Nxe5) 16... g6 17. Ne2 Nxe5 (17... O-O 18. Qg3 Qb7
19. Rac1 Rac8) 18. Qf4 f6 19. e4 g5 20. Qe3 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Kf7 22. Rac1 Ra7 23.
f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 Bd6 25. Nh5 Rc7 26. Rxc7+ Qxc7 27. Qf4 Be7 28. Nxf6 $1 $18 {
Radjabov,R-Braga,F/ Bled (ol) 2002}) 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 (12. Qxe2 $5 Nxe5 (
12... Rc8 13. f4 O-O 14. a3) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 (15... Qb8
16. Qg4 g6 17. Ne2 {traspone a la partida Radjabov,R-Braga,F/Bled (ol) 2002}) (
15... O-O $6 16. e4 $1 d4 (16... b4 17. Na4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Ra7 $14) 17. Rxd4 Bc5
18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 $1) 16. Qg4 g6 17. e4 d4 18. Ne2 Nxe5 19. Qg3 Nc6 20. Nxd4
O-O 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qe5 f6 23. Rac1 Rad8 $8 (23... Qb6 24. Bd4 $1) 24. Rxd8
Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 fxe5 $14) 12... Nxe5 (12... Qb6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb7 (14...
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Nf4 O-O 17. Qg4) 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Qc7 Rfb8 17. Qxb7 Rxb7
18. Rc6 Kf8 19. Rfc1 Rbb8 20. Nf4 Ke8 21. Nfd3 $14 a5 22. Bc3 (22. f3 a4 23.
Kf2) 22... b4 23. Be1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nd7 25. Nd3 Rb6 26. f3 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Bg5
28. Kf2 Kd8 29. Ke2 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. a3 bxa3 32. Bxa5 Kb7 33. Bb4 Be7 34.
Kd2 e5 $2 (34... Nf8 $142 35. Kc3 Ng6 36. Bxe7 Nxe7 37. g4 Kb6 38. Ne1 Ng6 39.
f4 Nh4 40. Nc2 Ng2 41. b4 h6 42. g5) 35. Kc3 e4 36. Bxe7 a2 37. Kb2 exd3 38.
Bb4 $16 Nf8 39. Kxa2 Ng6 40. Kb2 Nh4 41. Kc3 Nxg2 42. Kxd3 Nh4 43. Ke2 Kc6 44.
Bf8 Nf5 45. Kd3 g6 46. e4 Nh4 47. Ke2 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Amber Blindfold
2003}) (12... Rc8 {= R.Hubner} 13. Rc1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5
(14. Nd4 Rc8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1) 14... cxd5 15. Nf4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15.
Rc1 O-O $1 (15... Rc8 16. Nd4 Bc5 (16... O-O) (16... Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bc5 18. Ba3
b4 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Nc6 Qh4 21. Nxb4 O-O 22. Nc6 Qe4 23. Rd1 Kh8 24. Rd4 $18)
17. f4 (17. b4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc4 19. Rxc4 bxc4) 17... O-O 18. Qg4 g6 (18... Qa5
19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxd7 Bxe3+ 22. Kh2 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Rcd8) 19. h4 (
19. b4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe7 21. a3) 19... h5 20. Qh3 $14) 16. Nd4 (16. Nf4 Qb8) (
16. Rc6 Qb8 17. Qd4 Qb7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qc2 Bc5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22.
Bd4 Rc7) 16... Qb6 (16... Rc8 17. Qe2 (17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Bd4) 17... Qb6 18. e4
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bc5 20. Rd1 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Rc8 $11) 17. e4 (17. Rc6 $6 Qb7 18. Qc2
Ra7 $1 19. Rc1 Nxe5 $1 20. Nxe6 Qxc6 21. Nxf8 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nc4 $1 23. bxc4
dxc4 24. Bd4 Rb7 $17 {Krasenkow,M-Epishin,V/ Brno 1994}) 17... Nxe5 18. exd5
exd5 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rc6 Qd8 22. Re1 Re8 23. Nd6 Qf6 24. Nxe8
Qxc6 25. Rxe5 Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qxd5 $11 {Mukic,J-Fontaine,R/ Hotel
Opatija 2002}) 15... Qb8 $1 (15... O-O 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8
19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf6 $1 (21. Nf4 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24.
Qxd7 Qxd7 25. e6+ f6 26. exd7 Kg7 27. Bd4 Bd8 $11) 21... Nxf6 22. exf6 Bd6 23.
Qd4 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qb6 $1 (25. Qa7 Kg8 $1 26. g3 Bc5) 25... Bc5 26. Qa5
h6 27. Ba3 $5 Bxa3 28. Qxa3 Kg8 29. Qe7 $14) (15... Rc8 $143 16. Qg4 O-O 17.
Rac1 $1 Qb6 $2 18. Nxd5 $1) 16. Nh5 g6 $1 (16... O-O $6 17. e4 $1 g6 (17...
Nxe5 18. exd5 Rd8 (18... g6 19. Re1) 19. Qe2 Rxd5 20. Nf4 Rc5 21. Bd4 $16) 18.
Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Qf4 (19... Qd6 20. Qd2) 20. exd5 exd5 21. Re1 $1 Rae8 (21...
Nxf6 22. g3 Qd6 23. Qd4 Kg7 24. Re5 Rad8 25. Rd1 Kg8 26. Rxd5 $1) (21... Rfe8
22. Qxd5 Nxf6 23. Qc6) 22. Qxd5 Nxf6 23. Qc6 $14) 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 (17... Bxf6 18.
exf6 {xg7}) 18. exf6 Bd6 19. e4 $6 (19. Qd4 $1 O-O (19... Qa7 20. Qd2 (20. Qh4
Qb7 21. Rac1 (21. Qh6 Bf8 22. Qf4 h5 23. Rac1))) (19... O-O 20. Rac1 Qb7 (20...
Rc8 21. e4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Rc6 dxe4 25. Qxe4) 21. Rc2 Rfc8
22. Rfc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Qa7 $1 Qa8 $8 (24... Qxa7 25. Rxc8+ Bf8 26. Ba3
h5 27. Rxf8+ Kh7 28. Be7 g5 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Rg7+ Kh6 31. Rg8 $18) 25. Qxa8
Rxa8 26. Rc6 Bf8 27. Kf1 b4 28. Ke2 a5 29. Kd3 a4 30. e4 dxe4+ 31. Kxe4 $14)
20. Rac1 Qb7 (20... Rc8 21. e4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Rc6 dxe4 25.
Qxe4) 21. Rc2 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 $6 24. Qa7 $1 Qa8 $8 (24... Qxa7
25. Rxc8+ Bf8 26. Ba3 h5 27. Rxf8+ Kh7 28. Be7 g5 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Rg7+ Kh6
31. Rg8 $18) 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. Rc6 Bf8 27. Kf1 b4 28. Ke2 a5 29. Kd3 a4 30. e4
dxe4+ 31. Kxe4 $14) 19... dxe4 20. Qd4 O-O 21. Qxe4 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Ra7 $1 $11 23.
Rac1 (23. Be5 Rad7 (23... h5 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. a4 Rad7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6) 24. Rxd6
Rxd6 25. Qf4 R8d7 $1 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Rc1 $14) (23. g3 Rad7 24. Rd3 (24. Kg2
Bxg3) 24... Bc5 25. Rad1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Qb6 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. b4 Bf8) 23...
Rad7 24. Kh1 (24. g3 $2 Bxg3 $1 25. Rxd7 Bh2+ 26. Kg2 Rxd7 $17) 24... h6 25.
Qc6 $6 (25. Rd4 $142 b4 26. Rcd1 Qc7 27. Qd3) (25. g3 Bxg3 $1 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
fxg3 Qxg3 28. Qg4 Qf2 29. Be5 Rd3 $44) 25... Rc7 (25... Qa7 $5 26. Rc2 Bf4 27.
Rxd7 Qxd7 28. g3 Qd3 29. Kg2 Bd2) 26. Qxa6 (26. Qe4 $11) (26. Qf3 $11) 26...
Ra7 27. Qc6 Rxa2 28. Bd4 (28. Rc2) 28... Bf4 29. Rb1 (29. Bb6 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1
Ra6) 29... Rd6 (29... Rd5 $142) 30. Qe4 e5 $6 31. Bc5 Rxf6 $2 (31... Rxd1+ 32.
Rxd1 Qa8 33. Qxa8+ Rxa8 34. g3 Bg5 35. Rd6 $14) 32. Be7 $1 Qb6 33. Bxf6 Qxf6
34. Rf1 $14 h5 35. Rbd1 Rb2 36. Rd3 Bh6 (36... Qe6) 37. Rf3 Qe6 38. Rd1 Rxb3
39. Rxb3 Qxb3 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Qxe5 Bg7 42. Qf4 Qc4 $2 (42... b4 43. Rd7 Kg8
44. Kh2 Bf8 45. Rd8 $18) (42... Bc3 $142 43. g4 Ba5 44. Rd7 Qxh3+ 45. Kg1 Qxg4+
46. Qxg4 hxg4 47. Rxf7+ Kh6 48. Rb7 b4 49. Kg2 Bd8 $1 50. Kg3 Kh5 51. Rb5+ g5
52. Rxb4 Bc7+ 53. Kg2) 43. Qxc4 bxc4 44. Rc8 c3 45. Kg1 Bd4 46. Rc4 Bg7 47. h4
Bf6 48. Kf1 Kg7 49. Ke2 Kg8 50. Kd3 Kg7 51. g3 Kg8 52. Ke4 $18 Bg7 53. Kd5 Kf8
54. Kd6 Kg8 55. Ke7 Bf8+ 56. Kd7 Bg7 57. Rc8+ Kh7 58. Ke7 f5 (58... Bd4 59.
Kxf7 Bxf2 60. Rxc3 Be1 61. Rb3 Bf2 (61... Kh6 62. Kg8 $1 Bf2 63. Rd3 $1) 62.
Rd3 Be1 63. Kf6 Kh6 (63... Bf2 64. Kg5 Kg7 65. Rd7+ Kf8 66. Kf6 Ke8 67. Rd3)
64. Rd8 Bc3+ (64... Kh7 65. Kg5 Bxg3 66. Rd7+ Kg8 67. Re7 $1 Kf8 68. Re3 $18)
65. Kf7 Kh7 66. Rg8 $18) 59. Rc4 Kg8 60. Ke6 Kh7 61. Kf7 Be5 62. f4 Bg7 63. Rc6
Bd4 64. Rxg6 Bf2 65. Rg7+ Kh6 66. Kg8 Bd4 67. Re7 Kg6 68. Re6+ Bf6 69. Rc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Re8 11. e4 $1 $146 {Dieser natьrliche und starke Zug
ist erstaunlicherweise eine Neuerung. Bisher hielten es die WeiЯspieler fьr
notwendig, diesen VorstoЯ vorzubereiten.} (11. h3 Bf6 $1 12. Bxf6 Nhxf6 13. Qd2
Qc7 14. Rae1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {Sakaev,K-Burmakin,V/Linares 2001}) (11. Re1
Qc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Ndf6 14. Rh4 Be6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Ng4 Rad8 $13 {
Khenkin,I-Engqvist,T/Stockholm 1990}) (11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Rae1 Qc7 13. e4 Bg4 14.
Be2 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe3 Ne6 $11 {Veingold,A-Stefanova,A/Dos Hermanas 2000
}) 11... dxe4 12. Bxe4 Ndf6 13. Bc2 Be6 ({Eigentlich wдre der Abtausch} 13...
Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 {gьnstig fьr Schwarz, leider gerдt dabei sein Nh5 in
eine missliche Lage. Nach} Qxd4 (15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. g4
$14) 16. g4 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bb3 $14 {werden drei schwarze Bauern den
weiЯen Lдufer nicht ganz aufwiegen.}) 14. Re1 Nd5 15. Qd2 $14 Qd7 16. Ne5 (16.
h3 Rad8) ({Eine gute Alternative bestand in} 16. Bh6 $5 Bh8 17. Ne5 $14 {/\}
Bxe5 $6 18. Rxe5) 16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rad8 {Schwarz pocht auf seinen starken
Vorposten d5, aber seine dunklen Felder sind schwach.} 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nxd5 $6
{Die mit diesem Zug beginnenden Vereinfachungen erleichtern ebenfalls die
schwarze Verteidigung.} ({Wesentlich unangenehmer wдre fьr mich} 19. Ne2 $1 $14
{Auf d4 wird dieser Springer eine gute Figur machen.} Qxe5 (19... f6 20. exf6
exf6 21. Bh6 $14) 20. Nd4 (20. Ng3 Qg7 21. Nxh5 gxh5 $13) 20... Qg7 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Bb3 Qf7 23. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Re6]}) 19... Rxd5 20. Qc3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8
22. h3 Ng7 23. a3 Bf5 24. Ba4 {Selbstverstдndlich sollte sich WeiЯ hьten, die
Lдufer abzutauschen.} Ne6 25. Be3 h5 26. Bb3 ({Nikolic sollte den Damentausch
anstreben, obwohl Schwarz auch dann die Stellung mьhelos halten dьrfte. Z.B.} 
26. b4 Rd7 27. Bb3 Qd8 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. f3 Ng7 (29... Nc7 $142) 30. Qd2 $14)
26... Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qb4 Ng7 {/\Be6} 29. Bc4 Be6 30. Be2 (30. Be2 Nf5
31. Bg5 Nd4 32. Bd1 Nf5 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Bxd2 Nd4 $11 {/\Bb3}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung,
deren Ziel ist es, die Modevariante 5...e6 6.Nh4 zu vermeiden.} 6. Bd2 ({Nach} 
6. Qb3 {hat Schwarz die Antwort} b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. a4 b4 $1 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10.
Qc5 Na5 $44) (6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 (8... b5 $5) 9. e4 O-O 10. Rd1
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 {gibt WeiЯ einen Minivorteil.}) 6... e6 7. c5 $5 {
Kortschnoi schlieЯt die Stellung. Seine Vorgehensweise дhnelt dem Spiel von
Schwarz in der VorstoЯvariante des Franzцsischen. Zu Gunsten von WeiЯ ist die
Tatsache, daЯ der Nachziehende seinen VorstoЯ e6-e5 noch nicht durchgesetzt
hat. ЬbermдЯig gefдhrlich ist die weiЯe Strategie nicht, aber sie fьhrt zu
einem interessanten Spiel.} (7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Qb3 b5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. h3 Bh5 11.
g4 Bg6 (11... Nfd7 $5 12. Nxd5 $5 $13) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 Nc6 $11) 7... Nbd7
8. b4 Be7 9. Be2 {AuЯer der Rochadevorbereitung beabsichtigt WeiЯ bei
Gelegenheit den Lдuferabtausch mittels Nf3-h4.} Ne4 {Diese Reaktion sieht sehr
logisch aus.} ({Aber auch} 9... O-O {(oder zuerst 9...h6) war nicht schlecht:}
10. O-O ({Auf} 10. Nh4 $6 {hat Schwarz eine vorzьgliche Antwort} Bg4 $1 (10...
Bg6 $2 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. f4 $14) 11. Bxg4 (11. f3 $6 Bh5 12. f4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2
Ne4 $15) 11... Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Bxh4 $15 {, und der Abtausch der Leichtfiguren
ist gьnstig fьr ihn.}) 10... h6 11. a4 (11. Nh4 $6 Bh7 12. f4 Ne4 $15) 11...
Ne4 12. Nxe4 (12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 e5 16. Qa7 Bf6
17. Nb3 Qb8 $11) (12. Be1 b6 $1 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. cxb6 Qxb6 $11) 12... dxe4 $1
13. Ne1 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd5 15. Bc3 a5 $11) 13... e5 14. Nc2 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bh7 $11) 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 (10... dxe4 $6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 {ist etwas
besser fьr WeiЯ, da der schwarze Bf5 abseits des Geschehens steht, z.B:} a5 13.
a3 O-O 14. Bc3 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Ra8 18. Kc2 $14) 11.
Bc3 Bf6 ({Sehr flexibel war die folgende Vorgehensweise:} 11... O-O 12. O-O Qc7
{(die Frage, welche Figur nach f6 zieht, bleibt offen)} 13. a4 ({nichts
verspricht dem WeiЯen} 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. f4 Nf6 15. a4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11)
13... b6 $5 {die Цffnung der b-Linie ist mit der schwarzen Kontrolle ьber das
Feld b1 begrьndet.} ({nicht schlecht ist} 13... Bg6 {/\Bf6,e5} 14. Qb3 (14. b5
axb5 15. axb5 b6 $11) 14... Bf6 15. b5 e5 $11) 14. Bd3 bxc5 15. bxc5 Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxc5 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11) 12. O-O Bxf3 $6 {
Mit seinem Lдuferpaar wird WeiЯ auf etwas Vorteil rechnen kцnnen.} ({Besser war
} 12... O-O 13. a4 (13. Nd2 Bg6 14. f4 Be7 15. a4 b6 $132) 13... Bxf3 (13... b6
$5) 14. Bxf3 e5 15. Bg4 Re8 16. Qd3 Qc7 $11 {Schwarz kontrolliert den Abtausch
im Zentrum, was ihm die gleichen Chancen sichert.}) 13. Bxf3 O-O ({Im Falle von
} 13... e5 14. Bg4 $1 exd4 (14... e4 15. a4 $14) (14... O-O $2 15. Bxd7 exd4
16. Bxc6 dxc3 17. Bxb7 $16) 15. exd4 O-O 16. a4 Re8 17. Qd3 {kann WeiЯ seine
Schwдche d4 problemlos decken und behдlt einen leichten Druck, z.B:} Nf8 18. b5
Qc7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. g3 Ne6 21. Rab1 $14) 14. Bg4 $1 {Kortschnoi nutz sofort
seine Chance, um den VorstoЯ e6-e5 zu verhindern.} Re8 ({Genauer war das
sofortige} 14... g6 $1) 15. f4 (15. a4 e5 16. Qb3 Qc7 $11) 15... a5 $1 {
Die Цffnung der a-Linie erleichtert Schwarz die Verteidigung.} ({Der andere
Plan, die Ьberfьhrung des Springers nach e4, war etwas langsam und erlaubte
WeiЯ das planmдЯige Vorgehen auf dem Damenflьgel.} 15... g6 16. Qb3 Bg7 17. a4
f5 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. b5 axb5 (19... Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rab1 Rb8
23. Qc4 $16) 20. axb5 Qd7 21. Ra3 $1 (21. b6 Ne4 $14) 21... cxb5 22. Rfa1 Rxa3
23. Rxa3 $14) 16. a3 (16. bxa5 $2 Nxc5) ({In Frage kam} 16. a4 $5 axb4 17. Bxb4
Qc7 18. a5 $14 {mit der weiteren Turmverdopplung auf der b-Linie.}) 16... Qc7
17. Qc2 $6 {Dank dieser Ungenauigkeit kann ich das Spiel erneut ausgleichen.} (
{Nach} 17. Qb3 $1 {(Kortschnoi)} axb4 18. axb4 b6 19. Ra3 $14 {behielt WeiЯ
die Kontrolle ьber die a-Linie und damit seinen leichten Vorteil.}) 17... axb4
18. axb4 b6 $11 {Mein Plan ist nun leicht zu sehen- Qb7,gefolgt vom Abtausch
aller vier Tьrme. Kortschnoi findet die beste Mцglichkeit, das Spiel zu
komplizieren.} 19. Be2 (19. Ra2 $2 Rxa2 20. Qxa2 bxc5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ba5 Qa7
23. dxc5 Ra8 $17) ({Nichts brachte WeiЯ} 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Ra5 Be7 21. Rfa1
Rab8 22. Ra6 Qc7 $11 {, und die Schwдchen b4 und c6 wiegen sich gegenseitig
aus.}) 19... Qb7 20. Bd3 g6 (20... h6 $5) 21. e4 $1 {Kortschnoi hat die
Schwдche c6 im Visier. Er hat richtig eingeschдtzt, daЯ Schwarz keine Zeit fьr
die Ьberfьhrung seines Springers auf das Traumfeld d5 haben wird.} (21. g4 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8 24. Qb3 Bg7 $11) 21... dxe4 22. Bxe4 b5 $6 {
Solide und passiv gespielt.} ({Die Alternative} 22... bxc5 23. dxc5 {habe ich
verworfen, weil der rьckstдndige weiЯe Bauer d4 vom Brett verschwдnde und mein
Springer passiv bliebe. Dennoch war seine Aktivierung mцglich:} (23. bxc5 $2
Bg7 $15 {/\Nf6-d5}) 23... Rxa1 (23... Reb8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rd1 $14) 24. Rxa1
Bxc3 (24... Rb8 25. Ra4 $14) 25. Qxc3 e5 $1 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. h3 Qe7 $11) 23.
g4 $1 {Verhindert rechtzeitig die Springerьberfьhrung nach d5.} Rxa1 24. Rxa1
Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Qxa8 26. g5 Bg7 {In der entstandenen Stellung muЯ Schwarz passiv
ausharren. WeiЯ kann dagegen einige Gewinnversuche unternehmen.} 27. Qe2 $2 ({
Wдhrend der Partie befьrchtete ich} 27. h4 $1 {Wenn Schwarz stehen bleibt,
wird der weiЯe Bauer bis h6 marschieren, wonach der Durchbruch d4-d5
gewinnbringend werden kann.} {Ich wollte} Kf8 {spielen, aber nach} (27... h5 $2
28. gxh6 Bxh6 29. Bxg6 Bxf4 30. Be4 $16 {ist fьr WeiЯ gьnstig.}) (27... Qb8 $5
{"Fritz" verweist auf diese Mцglichkeit, aber die Konsequenzen von} 28. Bxc6 (
28. Qd2 $2 Qc7 29. Kg2 h5 $11) 28... Qxf4 29. Qd2 {sind nicht leicht
einzuschдtzen.}) 28. h5 gxh5 29. Bxh7 {bleibt Schwarz der schwache Bauer h5
erhalten.}) 27... Qa6 $6 ({Besser war es, die Dame zu aktivieren:} 27... Qa3
28. Qd2 Nb8 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. h4 h5 $11) 28. Kg2 Nb8 29. Qb2 Qa4 30. Bf3 Qa8 31.
Kg3 Qa7 32. h4 h5 $11 33. Kf2 (33. gxh6 $6 Bxh6 {braucht Schwarz bereits nicht
zu befьrchten.}) 33... Kf8 $2 {Der erste Schritt in die falsche Richtung. Der
Kцnig ist auf g8 am besten aufgehoben und Schwarz sollte mit der Dame auf der
a-LInie pendeln. Jeder Gewinnversuch mittels eines Durchbruchs d4-d5 oder
f4-f5 wдre dann fьr WeiЯ mit hohem Risiko verbunden.} 34. Ke3 $2 ({Der Fehler
konnte sofort bestraft werden:} 34. d5 $1 Bxc3 35. Qxc3 cxd5 (35... exd5 36.
Qh8+ Ke7 37. f5 gxf5 38. g6 $1 $16) 36. f5 $1 exf5 (36... gxf5 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38.
g6 Qa2+ 39. Be2 $16) (36... Kg8 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Qe5 $18) 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38.
Qf6+ Ke8 39. Bxd5 Qc7 $16 {, und WeiЯ bekommt einige Gewinnchancen.}) 34... Ke7
$4 {Dieser Patzer kann nicht mal mit Zeitnot erklдrt werde, da ich hier noch
ьber vier Minuten Bedenkzeit verfьgte.} ({Richtig war natьrlich} 34... Kg8 $11)
35. d5 $18 Bxc3 36. d6+ Kd7 $2 ({Zдher war} 36... Kd8 37. Qxc3 Qd7 $18) 37.
Qxc3 Kc8 38. Qh8+ Kb7 39. Qd8 Qa3+ 40. Kf2 Qxb4 41. Qc7+ Ka8 42. d7 Qd2+ 43.
Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[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 "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Stohl} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 ({Avrukh plays solely the text and
has had success with Anti-Meran lines,} 4. Nf3 {Stohl} {allows the Classical
Slav with} dxc4 (4... a6 {Stohl} 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 $5 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 (
8... f6 $5 {Stohl /\e5<=>}) 9. O-O f6 10. h3 e5 11. Bh2 e4 12. g4 $5 (12. Bxe4
{Stohl} dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Nd6 f5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nf7+ $14) 12... exd3 13.
gxh5 Nf8 14. e4 $1 Bxh3 15. Re1 Kf7 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Nxd5 Be6 19.
Rxe6 Nxe6 20. Nc7 Rac8 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxb7+ Qe7 23. Qb3+ Qe6 24. Qb7+ Qe7
25. Qxa6 Rhd8 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Qc4+ Qd5 28. hxg6+ hxg6 29. Qxd5+ Rxd5 30. Rd1
$16 {Yermolinsky,A-Xu Jun/FIDE WCh New Delhi/2000/}) 5. a4 {D16-19}) 4... a6 {
'!?' Stohl.} 5. Nf3 {Stohl: 'This natural move is often played, but it's too
soft to cause Black serious problems.'} (5. Bd3 {Stohl} dxc4 $1 (5... b5 $6 {
Stohl} 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 $14) 6. Bxc4 e6 (6... b5 $5 {Stohl} 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {
/\c5~~}) 7. Nf3 c5 {transposes into a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted,
which gives White no advantage.}) (5. b3 {Stohl} Bf5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Bb4 9. Qc2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ne4 11. O-O f5 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. f3 Ng5
15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Qe2 Nf7 17. Nfd3 Nfxe5 18. dxe5 Ba3 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rac1 Rfc8
$11 {Sasikiran,K-Ibragimov,I/Guntur AP/2000/}) ({Arguably the most testing try
is} 5. Qc2 {Stohl} g6 (5... b5 {Stohl} 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 (7... e6 {Stohl}
8. Ng3 $14) 8. Nf4 $5 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. h3 Be6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13.
Bb2 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 (14... fxg6 $5 {Stohl} 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 Bb8 17. Ne2
Qd6 18. Ng3 Ra7 $13 {Morozevich}) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 Rc8 (16... Bb8 $142
$132 {Stohl}) 17. Qd2 Bb8 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. h4 Ba7 22.
Ne2 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 $1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Morozevich,A/Sarajevo/1999/}) 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. b3 c5 11. Ne2 $5 (11. cxd5 {Stohl} Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxc5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxd3 16. Qxe7 Nc6 17. Qf6
Rfe8 18. Bb2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 $11 {Ivanisevic,I-Sokolov,I/Istanbul
olm/2000/}) 11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. dxc5 Rb8 16.
Bd2 Ne5 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Bb4 Be6 19. Nf4 Bxc4 20. Rfd1 {Dautov,R-Hodgson,J/
Istanbul olm/2000/} Rfc8 $5 $13) 5... b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 (7. h3 $143 {Stohl}
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 $1 9. c5 (9. dxe5 {Stohl} Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 $1 11. Bxc3 Ne4 $36)
9... Nbd7 $132 {gives White even less chances to fight for an advantage.}) 7...
Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. Bb2 Bd6 {Stohl: 'This active development is the best, Black
is ready to challenge White's N after it comes to e5.'} (9... Be7 {Stohl} 10.
Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Qb6 12. cxd5 $5 (12. Qc2 {Stohl} O-O 13. Rfc1 dxc4 14. bxc4
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Ng3 bxc4 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Nh5 Bf8 20. Qg4 {
Avrukh,B-Sakaev,K/EU Cup f Bugojno/1999/} Rab8 $11) 12... Nxe5 (12... cxd5 {
Stohl} 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc6 $14) 13. d6 $1 Nf3+ 14. gxf3 Bxd6 15. Kh1 $32 {|^})
10. Ne5 $6 ({Genauer ist} 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 $1 $11 (12...
Rc8 {Stohl} 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Rfc1 Ne4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb7
18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qc2 Ra8 20. Qc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Be7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nf4 Kf8 24.
Nd3 Ke8 25. Bc3 a5 26. Be1 $14 {Stohl,I-Velicka,P/SVK-chT/1995/})) 10... Bxe2
11. Nxe2 Qc7 $1 {'N!' Stohl.} (11... Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nf4 Qa5 $6 (13... bxc4
$1 14. bxc4 Ne4 $132) 14. Nfd3 Rfe8 15. Bc3 Qd8 16. Bb4 $1 Bxb4 17. Nxb4 $14 {
Wells-Rogozenko/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993}) ({Too dangerous is} 11... bxc4 {Stohl}
12. bxc4 Qb8 13. Qc2 $1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qc6+
Ke7 18. Qb7+ Nd7 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. Nc6+ Kf6 21. f4 $1 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rhf8 23. g4
h6 24. Ne5 Nc5 25. g5+ $1 hxg5 26. fxg5+ Kxe5 27. Qb2+ d4 28. Rcd1 Na4 29. Qf2
$1 $18 {Chekhov,A-Volkov,A/Moscow Alekhine op/1996/}) 12. cxd5 {Ein
naheliegender Zug, WeiЯ besetzt mit Tempogewinn die c-Linie. Aber auch Schwarz
hat dabei einen Grund zur Freude - sein schwacher Bauer c6 verschwindet vom
Brett.} (12. Qc2 {Stohl} Nxe5 $5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16.
Qc6+ Ke7 17. Qb7+ Nd7 18. Nd4 Qd6 19. Nc6+ Kf6 $15 {is different compared to
the above example, with the b-file closed White doens't have the Qb2+
possibility and his attack is not too dangerous.}) 12... cxd5 13. Rc1 Qb8 $1
14. f4 $2 {'?!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Strategically suspect, this move compromises
the Bb2.'  Dieser Zug ist strategisch bedenklich. Sollte es dem Nachziehenden
gelingen, den weiЯen Druck auf der c-Linie auszugleichen, werden die
Passivitдt des Bb2 und die Schwдche e4 sofort ins Gewicht fallen.} (14. Qc2 O-O
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 $11 16. h3 a5 $5 $11 {but one can't say Black has a tangible
edge.}) (14. Nc6 Qb7 15. Qd3 O-O (15... Rc8 $6 16. Na5 Qb8 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18.
Rc1 Qb8 19. Nc6 $14) 16. Rc2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Nb6 {/\Nc4} 18. Ne5 (18. Qd1 Rc7 19.
Na5 Qb8 $11) 18... Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 $11) (14. Nxd7 {Stohl} Kxd7 $1 $11 {
/=/+ is pleasant for Black, the same goes for}) 14... O-O 15. Rc6 Rc8 16. Qc2
Rxc6 $1 17. Qxc6 Ra7 $1 18. Rc1 (18. f5 $2 exf5 19. Rxf5 Nb6 $17 {/\Rc7}) 18...
Nb6 {/\Rc7 '=/+' Stohl. Stohl: 'Black has a small, but permanent advantage, in
the _|_ a long and protracted fight for a draw awaits White.'} 19. Qc2 (19. Rc2
$4 Ne4 $19 {/\Rc7}) 19... Rc7 20. Qd1 Qc8 $15 {Schwarz bekam einen kleinen,
aber dauerhaften Vorteil. Avrukh entscheidet sich richtig fьr den Ьbergang in
ein schlechteres, aber haltbares Endspiel.} 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Qc1 ({More
active was} 22. Bc3 $142 $1 {Stohl} b4 ({White would gladly exchange his bad B
after} 22... Ne4 {Stohl} 23. Ba5) 23. Be1 Ne4 24. Qc1 $5 {/\Nc6,<=>><b4}) 22...
Qxc1+ 23. Nxc1 (23. Bxc1 {Stohl} Ne4 $15 {is similar.}) 23... Ne4 (23... Bxe5 {
Stohl} 24. dxe5 Ne4 25. Bd4 $11) 24. Ncd3 Kf8 25. Kf1 $6 ({Besser war} 25. Nc6
$1 {/\Nb4} Ke8 (25... Nd7 26. Kf1) 26. Ncb4 a5 (26... Bxb4 27. Nxb4 a5 28. Nc6
a4 29. Na7 b4 30. Nc6 $14) 27. Nc6 a4 28. Na7 b4 29. Nc6 axb3 30. axb3 Nd2 31.
Ncxb4 Nxb3 32. Bc3 $15) 25... Ke8 26. Ke2 f6 27. Nf3 $6 (27. Nc6 $1 Kd7 28.
Ncb4 a5 29. Nc2 $15) 27... a5 $1 28. Nd2 (28. Kd1 {Stohl} b4 $5 (28... a4 $6 {
Stohl} 29. Kc2 {[%cal Yb2c3,Yc3b4] /\Bc3-b4}) 29. Kc2 Kd7 30. Nd2 Kc6 $15 {
[%cal Yc6b5,Ya5a4] /\Kb5,a4 doesn't offer too much relief now.}) 28... a4 $1 {
/\a3} 29. Nf2 $1 (29. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 30. Nc5 (30. Nf2 a3 (30... f5 {Stohl is
similar to the game, as} 31. d5 $2 Nxd5 32. Bxg7 Nb4 $19 {costs White the
a-pawn.}) 31. Bc3 f5 $17) 30... Bxc5 31. dxc5 Nd5 $17 32. bxa4 bxa4 33. Bd4 Kd7
$17 {[%csl Rc5,Re2] ><c5,K White has no way to activate his K.}) (29. a3 $2
Nxd2 30. Kxd2 axb3 31. Kc3 Nc4 $19) (29. bxa4 $6 {Stohl} Nxa4 30. Nb1 $17)
29... a3 30. Nfxe4 {'[]' Stohl.} (30. Ba1 $2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 b4 $19) 30... dxe4
31. Bc1 (31. Ba1 $2 f5 {/\Nd5, b4-+} 32. d5 Nxd5 33. Bxg7 Nb4 $19) 31... f5 {
Stohl: '/\Nd5-c3'} 32. Nb1 $1 {'[]' Stohl. Stohl: 'White can't do without this
move, which takes b4 from Black's pieces.'} (32. Nf1 $2 {Stohl} Nd5 33. Bd2 Bb4
{[%csl Ra2] ><a2}) 32... b4 33. Nd2 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'White must reactivate
the N immediately.'} (33. Bd2 $2 {Stohl} Nd5 $19 {[%csl Rb1] פb1}) 33... g5 $1
34. g3 (34. Nc4 $2 Nxc4 35. bxc4 gxf4 36. exf4 Bxf4 $1 37. Bxf4 b3 $19) 34...
Nd5 35. Nc4 (35. Nb1 $2 {Stohl} gxf4 36. gxf4 Nc3+ $1 37. Nxc3 bxc3 {/\Bb4} 38.
b4 Bxb4 39. Kd1 Kd7 40. Kc2 Kc6 41. Kb3 Kb5 $19) 35... Bc7 {Stohl: 'Black is
patient'} (35... Nc3+ $6 {Stohl} 36. Kd2 {and Na3 leads to a draw.}) 36. Bd2 {
Die Stellung scheint recht sicher fьr WeiЯ zu sein: das Einbruchsfeld c3 ist
ausreichend gedeckt, Springer und Kцnig von WeiЯ sind aktiv.} Kf7 {/\Kg4,h5-h4
'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'No exchanges yet, Black keeps the tension.'} 37. Kf2 {
Stohl: 'White should still keep the position closed.'} (37. fxg5 $2 Kg6 38. Kf2
Kxg5 39. Kg2 Kg4 40. Be1 h5 41. h3+ Kg5 42. Kg1 h4 43. gxh4+ Kh5 44. Kg2 Bd8
45. Bd2 Bxh4 46. Kh2 Bd8 47. Kg2 Bc7 48. Be1 f4 $17) 37... Kg6 38. Kg2 h5 39.
h4 {'!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'Creates a second weakness (><h4), but radically limits
Black's potential >> attacking ideas.'  WeiЯ schlieЯt den Kцnigsflьgel. Dabei
entsteht in seinem Lager eine zweite Schwдche, der Bauer h4.} ({Leichter lieЯ
sich das Remis folgendermaЯen erreichen:} 39. Kf2 h4 40. Kg2 Kh5 41. fxg5 (41.
Kh3 {Stohl} Bb8 {also forces some concession, although it's unclear how to
increase Black's edge after} 42. fxg5 (42. Be1 $2 {Stohl} gxf4 43. gxf4 Bxf4 $1
$19) (42. Kg2 $6 {Stohl} Kg4 $17) 42... hxg3 43. hxg3 Kxg5 44. Be1 $15) 41...
Kxg5 42. Kh3 $1 hxg3 43. hxg3 Kh5 44. Be1 Bd8 45. Bd2 Be7 (45... Bg5 46. Kg2
Kg4 47. Ne5+ $11) 46. Be1 Nc3 (46... Nf6 47. Ne5) 47. Nxa3 Nxa2 48. Nc2 $11)
39... gxh4 40. gxh4 Kf7 (40... Bd8 41. Ne5+ Kg7 42. Nc6 Bxh4 43. Nxb4 $11) 41.
Kf2 $2 {'?!' Stohl. Der Verlustzug. Der weiЯe Kцnig bleibt bis zum SchluЯ der
Partie an den Bauern h4 gefesselt.} ({Richtig war} 41. Kf1 $1 {Die Aufgabe,
den Bauern h4 zu verteidigen, ьbernimmt der Lдufer von e1, und der weiЯe Kцnig
eilt nach c2. Z.B:} Ke8 42. Ke2 Bd8 (42... Kd7 43. Kd1 Kc6 44. Kc2 Kb5 45. Be1
Ne7 {/\Ng6, Bd8} 46. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 47. dxe5 (47. fxe5 $2 Nd5 48. Bd2 f4 49. exf4
e3 $19) 47... Nd5 48. Bd2 Nb6 49. Be1 Nd7 50. Bd2 Nc5 51. Be1 Nd3 52. Kd2 $11)
43. Be1 Kd7 (43... Nc3+ 44. Bxc3 bxc3 45. Nxa3 Bxh4 46. Nc2 $11 {/\Kf1-g2-h3})
44. Kd1 Kc6 45. Kc2 Be7 46. Bf2 Kb5 47. Be1 Nf6 (47... Nc3 $2 48. Bxc3 bxc3 49.
Kxc3 Bxh4 50. Nxa3+ Kc6 51. Kd2 $16) 48. Kd1 Nh7 49. Ne5 $11) 41... Bd8 $1 42.
Kg3 (42. Ne5+ Ke8 $1 (42... Kg7 $2 43. Nc6 Bxh4+ 44. Kg2 $11) (42... Kf8 43.
Ke2 $1) 43. Ng6 Nc3 $1 44. Bxc3 bxc3 45. Ke2 (45. Ke1 $2 Kf7 46. Ne5+ Kg7 47.
Nc4 Bxh4+ 48. Kd1 Be7 $19) 45... Kf7 46. Ne5+ Kg7 47. Nc4 Be7 $3 {Bringt den
WeiЯen in Zugzwang!} 48. Kd1 Bxh4 49. Nxa3 Be7 50. Nc2 h4 51. Ke2 Kh6 52. Kf2
Kh5 {Der weiЯe Kцnig kann den Blockadeposten auf h3 nicht einnehmen.} 53. a4
Kg4 54. a5 Bd8 55. a6 Bb6 56. b4 h3 57. b5 h2 58. Kg2 h1=Q+ 59. Kxh1 Kf3 60.
Kg1 Ke2 $19) 42... Be7 {Stohl: '/\Nc3' Stohl: 'Black already starts operating
with the motive which will decide the game.'} 43. Kh3 $1 (43. Be1 $2 Nc3 44.
Nxa3 Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Nxf4 $19) 43... Ke8 44. Be1 Kd7 45. Bd2 ({Etwas zдher war} 
45. Kg2 $1 Kc6 46. Kf1 $1 Kb5 $1 (46... Nc3 $2 47. Nxa3 (47. Bxc3 $2 bxc3 48.
Ke2 Kb5 $1 49. Kd1 Kb4 $19) 47... Nxa2 48. Nc4 $1 Nc1 49. Nd2 $11) 47. Kg2 (47.
Ke2 $2 Nc3+ 48. Bxc3 bxc3 $19) 47... Nc3 $1 48. Nxa3+ bxa3 49. Bxc3 Bxh4 50.
Kh3 Be7 51. Bd2 (51. Be1 $2 Bb4 52. Bf2 Bd2 53. Kh4 Kb4 $19) 51... Bb4 {
Erstaunlicherweise ist das Lдuferendspiel gewonnen fьr Schwarz.} 52. Bc1 (52.
Bxb4 Kxb4 53. Kh4 Kc3 54. Kxh5 Kd3 55. b4 Kxe3 56. b5 Kf3 57. b6 e3 58. b7 e2
59. b8=Q e1=Q 60. Kg5 (60. Qa8+ Kxf4 61. Qxa3 Qd1+ 62. Kg6 Qxd4 $19) 60... Qg1+
61. Kf6 Qxd4+ 62. Kxe6 Qb2 $19) 52... Be1 $1 53. Kg2 (53. Bxa3 Bd2 54. Bd6 (54.
Kh4 Bxe3 55. Kxh5 Bxf4 56. Be7 e3 57. a4+ Ka5 58. Bh4 Bd6 $19) (54. Be7 Bxe3
55. Kg3 Bxd4 $19) 54... Bxe3 55. a4+ Ka5 56. Bc7+ Kb4 $19) 53... Kb4 54. Kf1
Bc3 55. Kg2 h4 56. Kf2 h3 57. Kg3 Be1+ 58. Kxh3 Kc3 {Der schwarze Kцnig dringt
mit entscheidendem Effekt ein und unterstьtzt erfolgreich den Freibauern e4.}
59. Kg2 (59. Bxa3 Bd2 60. d5 (60. Be7 Bxe3 61. Kg3 Bd2 62. b4 e3 63. Kf3 Kd3
$19) 60... exd5 61. Bc5 Kd3 62. a4 Bxe3 63. Bxe3 Kxe3 64. a5 d4 65. a6 d3 66.
a7 d2 67. a8=Q d1=Q $19) 59... Kd3 60. Bxa3 (60. Kf1 $2 Bb4 $19 {/\Kc2}) 60...
Kxe3 61. Bc5 Kd3 $19) 45... Kc7 46. Be1 Kb7 47. Bd2 Kc6 48. Ne5+ {'?' Stohl.} (
48. Kg3 $2 {Stohl} Nc3 $142 $1 (48... Kb5 {Stohl} 49. Be1 Nc3 $6 50. Nxa3+ bxa3
51. Bxc3 Bb4 $2 52. Bxb4 $1 (52. Ba1 $2 {Stohl} Be1+ 53. Kg2 Bxh4 54. Bc3 Be7
$17) 52... Kxb4 53. Kf2 $1 Kc3 54. Ke2 Kb2 55. Kd2 Kxa2 56. Kc2 Ka1 57. b4 a2
58. b5 e5 59. b6 $18) (48... Bf8 {Stohl} 49. Kh3 Kb5 50. Kg3 $1 {and again
White's K is too close for} Nc3 {to succeed.}) 49. Nxa3 Ne2+ 50. Kf2 Nxd4 (
50... Nxf4 $5 $17 {Stohl is similar.}) 51. Nc4 Bxh4+ 52. Kf1 Nc2 $19) (48. Be1
$142 $1 {(Stohl) []} Nc3 (48... Kb5 {Stohl} 49. Kg3 {see above.}) 49. Nxa3 Nxa2
50. Nc2 Nc1 {Otherwise after Bd2 White's fortress is unbreakable} 51. Bxb4 Bd8
$142 $1 (51... Bxb4 {Stohl} 52. Nxb4+ Kd6 (52... Kb5 $2 {Stohl} 53. d5 $1 $16)
53. Nc2 Nxb3 54. Kg3 Kd5 55. Na3 Nd2 56. Kf2 Nf3 57. Kg3 {/\} Kc6 58. Nc4 Kb5
59. Ne5 $1 Nd2 60. Kf2 {and the idea Nd7-f6 gives White enough counterplay.})
52. Na1 Ne2 53. Nc2 Ng1+ 54. Kg2 Nf3 55. Be1 $5 $15 {Although Black is better,
winning the game is still far from easy.}) 48... Kb5 49. Nc4 Nc3 $1 {Stohl:
'The right moment for the break!'} 50. Nxa3+ (50. Bxc3 $2 {Stohl} bxc3 $19)
50... bxa3 51. Bxc3 Bb4 $1 {Die Pointe! Jetzt, bei dem entfernten weiЯen Kцnig
auf h3, wird das Einbruchsfeld b4 ausgenuzt.} 52. Bxb4 (52. Ba1 Bd2 (52... Be1
$6 {Stohl} 53. d5 $1 exd5 54. Bd4 {leads to the same position with Black to
move, there is no zugzwang after} Bf2 55. Ba7 $1 Ka5 56. Bc5) 53. d5 exd5 54.
Bd4 Be1 55. Bf6 (55. Ba7 {Stohl} Bf2 $19) 55... Bf2 56. Bd4 Kb4 $19 57. Ba7 Kc3
58. Bc5 Kd3 59. b4 (59. Bxa3 {Stohl} Bxe3 $19 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] o^e,d}) 59...
Bxe3 60. Bxe3 Kxe3 61. b5 Kf2 62. b6 e3 63. b7 e2 64. b8=Q e1=Q 65. Qb6+ Qe3+
$19) 52... Kxb4 53. Kg3 Kc3 54. Kf2 Kb2 (54... Kd3 $2 55. b4 Kc4 56. Ke2 Kxb4
57. Kd2 $11) 55. b4 Kxa2 56. b5 Kb3 $2 ({Leichter gewann} 56... Kb1 $1 57. b6
a2 58. b7 a1=Q 59. b8=Q+ Qb2+ 60. Qxb2+ Kxb2 $19) 57. b6 a2 58. b7 a1=Q 59.
b8=Q+ Kc3 {'-+' Stohl. Stohl: 'Black's () is decisive even in the Q_|_, thanks
to this and the active K White's P soon start falling.'} 60. Qc8+ (60. Qe5 {
Stohl} Kd2 $19 {leads to the game.}) (60. Qe8 {Stohl} Qb2+ (60... Kd2 $5 {Stohl
} 61. Qxh5 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Kxe3 $19) 61. Kg3 (61. Kf1 {Stohl} Kd3 $19 {->}) 61...
Qe2 $19) 60... Kd2 61. Qxe6 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qe2+ {'!' Stohl.} 63. Kh1 {Stohl:
'Otherwise Pe3 falls with check.'} Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qf2+ 65. Kh1 Qxh4+ 66. Kg2 Qg4+
67. Kh2 (67. Kf2 {Stohl} Qf3+ 68. Kg1 Kxe3 $1 $19 {/\} 69. Qxf5 Qg3+ 70. Kh1
Kf2) 67... Kxe3 68. Qb3+ (68. d5 $2 {Stohl} Kf3 {mates.}) 68... Kxd4 69. Qb6+
Kd3 70. Qb1+ Ke2 71. Qc2+ Kf3 72. Qd1+ Kf2 $1 73. Qd2+ Qe2 {forces a Q-swap.}
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 ({
Die andere verbreitete Fortsetzung ist} 7... g6) 8. exf4 b6 9. b4 (9. cxb6)
9... g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Qd2 $146 {Eine Neuerung, bisher wurde 11.Rc1 gespielt.}
(11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. b5 Bb7 14. Na4 bxc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 cxb5 17.
Bxb5 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Qd2 Qb6 $11 {Johannessen,L (2521)-Carlsen,M (2552)/
Molde 2004}) 11... a5 12. b5 Bb7 (12... bxc5 $2 13. bxc6 Nb8 14. Bb5 O-O 15.
dxc5 e6 16. O-O Qc7 17. Nd4 $14) 13. bxc6 Bxc6 14. cxb6 O-O 15. O-O Nxb6 $1 {
Der schwarze Springer strebt nach c4.} (15... Qxb6 16. Rab1 Qa7 17. Bb5 $14)
16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. Rab1 (18. Ne2 $6 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxa5 e6 $44)
18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. d5 Ba8 $1 {/\g5} (20... Bd7 $5 21. Qe3 Bf5 22. Rb5
Bd3 23. Rc1 $14) 21. Rfe1 {Nach mehr oder weniger plausiblen Erцffnungszьgen
ist eine strategisch interessante Stellung entstanden. Dem schwarzen
Lдuferpaar steht das aktive weiЯe Springerpaar gegenьber. Der weiЯe Pd5 ist
schwach, aber er sperrt den Ba8 ein. AuЯerdem stehen die weiЯen Leichtfiguren
deutlich aktiver. Alles in allem befindet sich die Stellung in ungefдhrem
Gleichgewicht.} (21. Qd4 f6 22. Nxc4 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxc3 25. Qxc3
Qxd5 26. Qc4 Bxe5 27. Qxd5+ Bxd5 28. Rb5 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Bc4 $11) 21... Qc8 {
Ein spielbarer Zug, der 22...Rd8 vorbereitet. Besser gefдllt mir jedoch im
Nachhinein 21...Rc8 mit der Idee Qc7 und Rfd8.} (21... Rc8 $1 22. Rb5 Qc7 $11 (
22... Rb8 23. Rc5 Rc8 24. Qe3 $11) (22... Qd6 $5 23. Rxa5 e6 $44)) 22. Qe3 Qd8
$2 {Es gab keinen Grund, zwei Tempi zu verschenken, das logische 22...Rfd8
kцnnte zu einer Zugwiederholung fьhren.} (22... Rd8 $1 23. Nb5 Bxe5 $1 (23...
Bxd5 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Rb5 e6 26. Reb1 $14) 24. fxe5 (24. Qxe5 $2 Rcd7 $15)
24... Rc5 {diese einfache Fortsetzung habe ich ьbersehen.} 25. Na7 (25. d6 $4
Qc6) (25. Nc3 Bxd5 $15) 25... Qc7 26. Nb5 Qc8 $11) 23. Rb5 Rc8 24. h4 {Ein
logisches Vorgehen - WeiЯ will den gegnerischen Kцnig schwдchen.} (24. Qa7 $5
e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Qh4 $132) 24... Qc7 (24... e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. g3 Qc7
27. Qb6 Qxb6 28. Rxb6 $14) (24... Rb8 25. Rc5 Rc8 26. h5 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Qd6 28.
Qxc4 $14 (28. Qxa5 e6 29. dxe6 Qxe6 $44)) 25. h5 gxh5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Trotz
des zweifachen Tempoverlustes im 22. Zug war die schwarze Stellung solide und
gut spielbar nach 25...Rfd8. Die Textfortsetzung dagegen gibt WeiЯ ein klares
Angriffsziel - den schwarzen Kцnig.} (25... Rfd8 $1 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. a4 $14) (
25... Rfe8 $5) 26. Qh3 $16 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Re3 $1 {Ftacnik konzentriert
sich vernьnftigerweise auf den Kцnigsangriff. Verlockend war 28.Nd7, aber
Schwarz hatte eine ausreichende Verteidigung.} (28. Nd7 Qb2 29. Nxf8 Bxc3 $1 (
29... Qxc3 $2 30. Re3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Bxd5 32. Qc8 $18) 30. Re3 Bd4 31. Qc8 Kg7 $1
32. Ne6+ (32. Rg3+ $2 Kh6 $17) 32... fxe6 33. Rg3+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Bg7 35. Qxa8
Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf4 $11) 28... Qd6 (28... Qb2 $6 29. Qxh5 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qd2 31.
Ne4 Qxd5 32. Rg3 Qxe4 33. Qg5 $18) 29. Qxh5 f6 $138 (29... Bxd5 30. Nxd5 (30.
Rg3 Ba8 31. Qg5 Qf6 32. Qxf6 exf6 33. Nxc4 $16) 30... Qxd5 31. Rg3 Qe6 32. Qg5
Qf6 33. Qxf6 exf6 34. Nxc4 $16) 30. Nc6 $2 $138 {In der beginnenden Zeitnot
unterlaufen uns beiden krasse Fehler.} (30. Nxc4 $1 Qxf4 31. Nb6 $16 (31. Nxa5
$16)) 30... Bxc6 31. dxc6 e5 $2 {Das naheliegende und starke 31...f5 entglitt
vollkommen meiner Aufmerksamkeit.} (31... f5 $1 32. c7 $1 e6 33. Rh3 h6 34. Nb5
Qc6 35. Qg6 Rf6 36. Qg3 $14) 32. Rh3 h6 33. Qg6 exf4 $2 (33... Qxc6 34. Rxh6
Rf7 35. fxe5 Qe8 36. Rh5 $16) 34. Qe4 (34. Ne4 $1 Qxc6 35. Rxh6 Rf7 36. Ng5 $18
) 34... Kh8 35. Qxc4 Rc8 36. Rd3 Rxc6 (36... Qe5 37. Nb5 $18) 37. Qe4 $1 $18 {
WeiЯ gewinnt die schwarze Dame.} Qc7 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Rd7 Rxc3 (39... Qe5 40.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qxc6 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qxf2 $18) 40. Rxc7 Rxc7 41. Qe4+ Kh8 42. Qa8+
Kh7 43. Qxa5 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. a4 f5 46. Qb6+ Kg5 47. a5 Be5 48. a6 Ra1 49.
a7 f3+ 50. g3 Ra2 51. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. g3 {M.E. ist
dieser Zug recht harmlos. Mehr Problem bereitet Schwarz 7.e3 oder 7.Bd2.} b6 $5
8. cxb6 (8. b4 Nxf4 9. gxf4 a5 10. b5 Bb7 11. bxc6 Bxc6 12. cxb6 e6 $11) 8...
Nxf4 {Dieser Zwischentausch ist deutlich besser als 8...Qxb6.} (8... Qxb6 $2 9.
Na4 Qb7 (9... Qb4+ 10. Bd2 $14) 10. Bg2 e6 11. O-O c5 12. Rc1 Nxf4 13. gxf4
cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb4 15. Rfd1 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 g6 17. e4 $16 {Gelfand,B (2709)
-Kobalija,M (2618)/playchess.com 2004}) 9. gxf4 e6 10. Bg2 Qxb6 11. Qd2 (11.
O-O $5 Qxb2 12. Na4 $44) 11... Rb8 12. b3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Nach diesem Fehler
steht WeiЯ bereits schlechter. Notwendig war 12.Rb1.} (12. O-O $6 Qxb2 13. Qd3
Qa3 $15) (12. Rb1 $1 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Na4 (15. Rfd1 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Ke7 $11) 15... Qb4 16. Qxb4 Rxb4 17. Nxc5 Rxd4 18. Nd3 Ke7
19. Rfc1 Kd6 $11) 12... Ba3 $1 $15 {Der schwarzfeldrige Lдufer sitzt nun in
der weiЯen Stellung wie ein Pfahl im Fleische.} 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 $6 (14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qb4 $15) (14. Na4 Qc7 $15) 14... a5 $1 {/\Ba6} 15. f5 Qa6 $1 16.
Qxa6 $2 ({Das kleinste Ьbel war} 16. fxe6 $1 Qxd3 17. exd3 fxe6 18. Rae1 Bb4
19. Rc1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Ba3 21. Rcd1 Rf6 22. Re3 Rbf8 $15) 16... Bxa6 17. fxe6
fxe6 18. Rab1 Rf6 $17 {Die entstandene Stellung ist grauenvoll fьr WeiЯ, der
alle Hдnde voll zu tun hat, seinen Bauern e2 zu schьtzen und zu keinem
Gegenspiel fдhig ist. Wдhrenddessen kann Schwarz seinen Druck auf der f-Linie
verstдrken.} 19. Rfe1 (19. Rfd1 Bb4 20. Rbc1 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Bxe2 $17) 19... Rbf8
20. Ng5 h6 21. Nh3 g5 22. f3 c5 $19 23. dxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Kh1 Bb4 25. Rec1 Rc8 {
Die Schwдche e2 geht letzten Endes verloren, die weiЯe Stellung ist vцllig
hoffnungslos.} 26. Na4 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Bxe2 28. Ng1 Bb5 29. Rc7 d4 30. Nb2 Nc5
31. Nh3 d3 32. Nf2 d2 33. Ng4 Rf4 34. Nxh6+ Kf8 35. Ng4 Be2 36. Ne3 Rd4 37.
Nbd1 Nd3 38. Kg1 Bc5 39. Kh1 Rd8 40. h4 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "HUN-GER m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 bxc4 $5 {Ein seltener Zug. Mit der
Hauptvariante 12..Qc7 wurden in letzter Zeit Dutzende von Partien gespielt,
deswegen wollte ich etwas Neues ausprobieren.} (12... Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1
Qb8 15. Nxd7) 13. bxc4 O-O ({Sehr riskant fьr Schwarz ist} 13... Qb8 $6 14. Rb1
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Ba3 {mit starker Initiative fьr den geopferten Bauern,
z.B,} Qc7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qa4 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Rfc1 Bxa3 21. Rxc6 Qd7 22.
Nd4 $1 Bd6 $2 23. Rb7 $18 {Horvath,J-Gartner,G/Budapest 1997}) 14. Qc2 (14.
Nxc6 Qb6 15. c5 Qxc6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 $11) 14... Qc7 15. cxd5 $6 {Mit diesem Zug
verzichtet Horvath auf jeden Anspruch auf Erцffnungsvorteil und muЯ sich im
Endspiel um Remis mьhen. Einen Minivorteil kann WeiЯ nur mit 15.Nd3 behaupten.}
(15. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11) (15. Nd3 $1) 15... cxd5 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Nf4
$1 {Ein guter Zug. WeiЯ verbessert die Stellung seines passiven Springers e2.}
(18. Nc6 Bd6 $15 {/\Nb6}) 18... Nxe5 (18... Bd6 19. Nfd3 $11) 19. dxe5 Nd7 20.
Nd3 Bb6 {Konsequenter sieht 20...Nb6 aus, aber nach 21. Bd4 sah ich fьr
Schwarz keine Mцglichkeit, Fortschritte zu machen.} (20... Ba5 21. Bd4 Rc4 22.
Nb2 $11) (20... Nb6 21. Bd4 Nc4 22. Kf1 Rab8 23. Ke2 Rb5 24. a4 $11) 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ ({Riskant wдre} 22... Rc4 $6 23. Rxc4 (23. Kf1 $11) 23...
dxc4 24. Nb4 Ba5 25. Nc6 Bd2 26. Bd4 c3 27. Nb4 {, und der Freibauer c3 ist in
groЯer Gefahr.}) 23. Nxc1 (23. Bxc1 d4 24. e4 $1 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Kf1 d3
27. Ke1 $11) 23... Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Ke2 Kd8 26. Bd4 Kc7 27. Kd3 Kc6 28. Kc3
{Der weiЯe Kцnig ist rechtzeitig zur Stelle, und das Unentschieden ist nicht
zu vermeiden.} Kb5 (28... Kb5 29. Kb3 Nc5+ (29... Bxd4 30. exd4 Nb6 31. Nd3 $11
) 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. a4+ Ka5 32. Nd3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 {Es ist fьr mich schwer
verstдndlich, warum dieser Zug in der letzten Zeit eine groЯe Popularitдt
erlangt hat. Schwarz sollte nur nicht auf 6...Bg4?! verfallen, sowohl nach 6...
g6, als auch nach 6...Nbd7 kommt er frьher oder spдter zu dem befreienden
VorstoЯ e7-e5 und bekommt ein vollwertiges Spiel.} g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. b4 a5 $1
$146 {[%mdl 8] Eine wichtige Neuerung, derentwegen diese kurze Partie
ьberhaupt kommentiert wird.} ({Nach} 8... Bg4 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne2 $1 {hat WeiЯ
ein angenehmes Spiel, z.B.} Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. Ra2 Ra7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Rfa8 15. f4 $14 {Aronian,L (2693)-Volkov,S (2634)/Sochi 2005}) 9. bxa5 Nfd7 $1
{Das ist die Idee von Schwarz, der zum zьgigen VorstoЯ e7-e5 kommt.} 10. Bd2 e5
11. Bc2 (11. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nxc5 14. Bc3 Qe7 $15) (11. Be2
e4 12. Ng1 Rxa5 $11) 11... O-O $5 {Ein Bauernopfer fьr Initiative. Stattdessen
kцnnte ich mit 11...Rxa5 einen bequemen Ausgleich erreichen.} (11... Rxa5 12.
O-O O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Ra8 $11) 12. Ne2 Re8 $1 (12... e4 13. Nfg1 Na6 14.
Nf4 $13) 13. Bb4 (13. O-O $2 exd4 14. exd4 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Rxe2 17.
Bh6 f6 $17) (13. a4 $6 bxa4 14. Bxa4 Ba6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 13...
Qe7 14. a3 Na6 15. Ra2 f5 {In dieser komplizierten Stellung blieben uns beiden
etwa 40 Minuten Restbedenkzeit bis zur Zeitkontrolle, und ich verspьrte nicht
viel Lust, in eine Riesenzeitnot zu kommen. Deswegen bot ich Remis an, das von
Michael angenommen wurde. Schwarz hat eindeutig Kompensation fьr den
geopferten Bauern.} (15... f5 16. Bb3 e4 17. Nfg1 Nf6 18. h4 Ng4 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2
Bb4 9. Qc2 c5 {Die entstandene Stellung hatte ich bereits zweimal auf dem
Brett.} 10. Nb3 (10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qd5 14. O-O
Qxd4 15. Bg3 Qa7 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. Nc7 Ra7 20. Na5 Bxa5
21. Rxa5 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Dautov,R/Essen 2000}) (10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bxf6 (11. dxc5
O-O $11) 11... Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bd7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc5 16.
Nxc5 Qxc5 17. O-O Bc6 $11 {Gonzalez Velez,F-Magem Badals,J/Torrevieja 1997}) (
10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. a5 (15.
Bf3 $11) 15... O-O 16. Qb6 $6 Rd8 $1 $36 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. O-O-O Nd5 19. Qxc7
Bxc7 $15 {Beliavsky,A-Piket,J/Madrid 1997}) 10... Qc7 11. dxc5 O-O $1 {Der
beste Zug, der Schwarz alle Optionen offen lдЯt.} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc5 13.
Be2 $14) (11... Ne4 $6 12. Bf4 Qc6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Ndxc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5
16. O-O Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxc3 18. Rfc1 $16 {Gyimesi,Z-Rogozenko,D/Hamburg 2000})
12. Bd3 (12. Rc1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc6 15. O-O Qxa4 16. Bd3 h6 $11)
(12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3 h6 15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc5 $11) 12...
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc5 $11 {Schwarz hat ausgeglichen.Gegen den Shooting-Star
Mamedyarov, der in Plovdiv sehr erfolgreich spielte, bestand meine Aufgabe im
"Halten" des Brettes.} ({Eine gute Alternative war} 13... b6 $5 14. O-O Bb7 15.
a5 Bxc5 16. axb6 Bxb6 $11) 14. Bd3 {Mit diesem Zug lehnte der
Jugend-Weltmeister mein Remisangebot ab.} Bd6 $1 {Verhindert nicht nur die
gegnerische Rochade, sondern erschwert auch deren Vorbereitung mittels h3 oder
g3.} 15. Rc1 (15. h3 h6 16. Bxf6 {Der fade Lдuferabtausch kann WeiЯ natьrlich
nicht schmecken.} (16. Bh4 $2 g5 $17) 16... Nxf6 17. O-O Bd7 $11) (15. g3 $6 h6
16. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 15... b6 16. Qe2 $6 {Mehr befьrchtete ich 16.Qd2, wonach
Schwarz seine Rochade-Verhinderungstaktik aufgeben mьЯte.} (16. Qd2 Qb8 (16...
Bb7 $2 17. Nb5 $16) 17. Ne4 (17. e4 $2 h6 18. Be3 Ng4 $15) 17... Be7 $1 (17...
Be5 $2 18. f4 Bb7 19. fxe5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxd7 Qxe5 22. Qd4 $18) (17...
Nxe4 $2 18. Bxe4 Ra7 19. Nd4 $1 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nc6 $16) 18. Nd4 (18. Bf4
e5 19. Bg3 Bb7 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. O-O $11) 18... Bb7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6
Nxf6 21. O-O $11) 16... Qb8 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Nf3 {Nach und nach geriet mein
junger Gegner in Schwierigkeiten: das Problem der Rochade blieb ungelцst,
wдhrend Schwarz seine Entwicklung vollendet hat.} (18. Nc4 Bc7 $1 (18... Bxg2
$5 19. Rg1 Bc6 20. Bh6 Ne8 21. Qh5 f5 $13)) 18... Ng4 ({Genauer war} 18... Rc8
$1 $15) 19. Bb1 ({Nach} 19. Be4 $1 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Bb4+ 21. Ned2 $11 {kцnnte
WeiЯ endlich rochieren.}) 19... Rc8 $15 20. Rd1 Nf8 21. h3 (21. Nd4 Ne5 22. O-O
Neg6 $1 $15 {/\h6}) 21... Ne5 22. Nd2 $1 {Wдhrend der Partie dachte ich, dass
WeiЯ fьr zwei Bauern nicht genug Kompensation bekommt, habe mich dennoch
intuitiv gegen die Opferannahme entschieden. Zurecht, denn die Analyse zeigt,
dass Mamedyarovs Einschдtzung richtig war, und der weiЯe Angriff zumindest fьr
Ausgleich ausreichend ist.} (22. e4 Nfg6 23. O-O Nf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3
Bxf4 $15) 22... Neg6 $1 (22... Bxg2 $5 23. Rg1 Bxh3 24. f4 $1 (24. Bf6 $2 Nfg6
$17) (24. Nde4 $2 Bb4 $17) 24... Neg6 (24... Nc6 $2 25. Nde4 Bb4 26. Bf6 Ng6
27. Qh5 $16) 25. Qf3 Bf5 26. e4 h6 27. exf5 exf5 28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Nd5 $44) 23.
h4 h6 24. h5 Ne7 25. Bh4 (25. Nc4 $5 Nd5 (25... hxg5 $2 26. Nxd6 $16) (25...
Rxc4 26. Bxe7 Rc6 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11) 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxh6 (27. Bh4 Qb4 $17)
27... Nxc3 (27... gxh6 $2 28. e4) 28. bxc3 Qc5 $15) 25... Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 {
Letzten Endes bekam Schwarz das gewьnschte Lдuferpaar, WeiЯ kann dafьr endlich
rochieren.} 27. O-O b5 $1 {Gegen die Drohung Nd2-c4 gerichtet.} (27... Ne6 28.
Qd3 f4 29. Nc4 $13) (27... Qc7 28. Qd3 Qc5 29. Nb3 $11) 28. Nf3 $1 Rc5 {
Diesmal wird Nc3-d5 verhindert. Laut Steinitz' Theorie sollte die Seite mit
dem Lдuferpaar vor allem die gegnerischen Springer in ihrer Bewegung
einschrдnken.} (28... Ne6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd5 b4 31. Qd2 $11) (28... bxa4 29.
Nd4 $11) 29. Rd2 $1 {Stark gespielt! Dank dem Druck auf der d-Linie bekommt
WeiЯ Gegenspiel.} b4 30. Na2 Bd5 {Dieser Zug beruht auf einem
Berechnungsfehler, besser war 30...Rd5.} (30... Rc8 31. Rfd1 Bc5 32. Bg3 Qa7
33. Bd6 a5 34. Nd4 $11) (30... a5 31. Rfd1 Ra6 32. Nc1 $11) (30... Rd5 $1 31.
Rfd1 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Bc5 33. Qc2 (33. Bg3 Qe8 34. Nxb4 Qxa4 $15) 33... Qc8 (33...
Bxf3 34. gxf3 b3 35. Qxc5 bxa2 36. Qa3 $11) 34. Rc1 (34. Rd8 Qc6 35. Rxa8 Bxa8
36. Qxf5 b3 37. Nc3 Bb4 $15) (34. Qc4 Qc6 35. b3 a5 $15) 34... Bd6 35. Qd2 Qd7
36. Rd1 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Qxa4 38. Qxd6 Qxa2 39. Qxb4 Rc8 $15) 31. Rfd1 Bxa2 32.
Rxd6 Bb3 {Wдhrend der Partie wдhnte ich mich hier auf der SiegesstraЯe, aber
der nдchste Zug rettet WeiЯ.} (32... Qb7 33. Nd4 Bc4 34. Qe1 Ne6 $11) 33. Rd8
$1 $11 (33. R1d4 $2 Rc1+ 34. Ne1 (34. Kh2 Ne6 35. Rd2 Bc4 $19) 34... Ne6 $19)
33... Rc8 (33... Bxd1 $2 34. Rxb8 Bxe2 35. Rxa8 $16) (33... Qc7 34. Rxa8 Bxd1
35. Qd2 Bxf3 (35... Rc1 $2 36. Ne1 Bxh5 37. Qxb4 $16) 36. gxf3 f4 $11) 34. R1d4
Qb6 35. Qd2 a5 36. R4d6 Rxd8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Qxd8 Qxd8 39. Bxd8 Bxa4 40. Bxa5
b3 41. Nd4 g6 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. Bb4 Nd7 44. Kf1 Ne5 45. Ke2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 {Schwarz
spielt die s.g. Cambridge Springs-Variante mit eingeschalteten Zьgen a2-a4 und
a7-a6. Diese Einschaltung ist eher zu seinen Gunsten, sein schwarzfeldriger
Lдufer fьhlt sich sehr wohl auf dem schwachen Feld b4.} 8. Nd2 Bb4 9. Qc2 c5
10. Be2 (10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bxf6 (11. dxc5 O-O $11) 11... Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bd7 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. O-O Bc6 $11 {Gonzalez
Velez,F-Magem Badals,J/Torrevieja 1997}) ({Etwas anspruchsvoller, aber auch
riskanter fьr WeiЯ ist} 10. Bh4 $5 O-O 11. Be2 cxd4 (11... Qb6 $5) 12. exd4
dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qd5 14. O-O Qxd4 15. Bg3 {, und WeiЯ bekam eine gute
Kompensation fьr den Bauern in meiner Partie gegen Beliavsky.} Qa7 $6 {Nicht
der beste Zug.} (15... Nd5 $5) (15... e5 $5) 16. a5 $1 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Nb5
Qb7 19. Nc7 Ra7 20. Na5 Bxa5 21. Rxa5 Nbd5 22. Rxa6 Nxc7 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Qxc7
Qxc7 25. Bxc7 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Dautov,R/Essen Julian Borowski 2000}) 10... cxd4
11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 $11 14. a5 $146 {Ein neuer Versuch,
der die Einschдtzung der Stellung kaum дndern wird. Trotz der Schwдche auf b6
hat Schwarz mit seinen zwei Lдufern keinerlei Schwierigkeiten.} (14. Qb3 Bd6
15. a5 (15. Bf3 $11) (15. Qb6 Qxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 $11) 15... O-O 16. Qb6 $6 Rd8
17. Bf3 Rb8 18. O-O-O Nd5 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Rhe1 Nb4 21. Nb6 Bxb6 22. axb6 Rd6
23. d5 Rxb6 24. Bg4 Kf8 $15 {fьhrte in Beliavsky,A-Piket,J/Madrid 1997 zu
einer Stellung, in der der WeiЯe um das Remis kдmpfen muЯte.}) 14... O-O 15.
O-O Bd7 16. Nb6 Rad8 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. g3 $2 {Ein Zug, der die Diagonale a8-h1
und vor allem das Feld f3 empfindlich schwдcht. Obwohl Schwarz nach 18. h3 mit
eventuellem Bd6-f4 die weiЯe Kontrolle ьber die c-Linie streitig machen konnte,
wдre dieser Zug im jeden Fall vorzuziehen.} Bc6 19. Bc4 $1 {Nach ausfьhrlichem
Nachdenken findet P. Van der Sterren den besten Zug. WeiЯ verstдrkt die
Kontrolle ьber das Zentralfeld d5, um den VorstoЯ d4-d5 zu ermцglichen und
zeigt damit, daЯ er nicht mehr als den Chancenausgleich im Sinn hat.} ({
Nach dem "normalen"} 19. Rfd1 {hдtte ich u. a. eine gute Umgruppierung zur
Verfьgung:} Qe7 $1 20. Rac1 ({oder} 20. Nc4 Bb8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 $15)
({aber besser ist immer noch} 20. Bc4 $1) 20... Bc7 {, und der lдstige
Springer b6 wird verdrдngt bzw. abgetauscht.}) 19... Rfe8 $1 {Ein guter
prophylaktischer Zug. Der Bd6 ist bereit zum Abzug nach f8, wonach der weiЯe
Isolani angegriffen wird.} (19... Qe7 {ist hier weniger ьberzeugend wegen} 20.
Rfe1 {mit der Idee d4-d5,}) ({aber} 19... Bf3 $5 20. Rac1 Bh5 {kam in Frage.})
20. Rfd1 $6 {WeiЯ provoziert regelrecht das folgende Manцver. Er merkt nicht,
daЯ sein Spiel auf den VorstoЯ d4-d5 ohne den schwarzen Lдufer auf c6 den
ganzen Sinn verliert. Der Nachziehende kann dann d4-d5 immer mit e6-e5
beantworten, wonach er eine exzellente Blockadestellung erreicht.} ({Die
Zentrumsцffnung durch} 20. d5 $6 {scheint etwas verfrьht, da WeiЯ keine der
Zentrumslinien kontrolliert. Z.B:} exd5 21. Nbxd5 (21. Ncxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bc5
23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rac1 $2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rd2+ 26. Kg1 Qg2#) 21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5
(22. Nxd5 Qd7 $15) 22... Bc5 $15) ({Besser war die Vorbereitung von d4-d5 mit} 
20. Rfe1 $1 {, und wenn} Bf8 {, dann erst} 21. d5 exd5 22. Ncxd5 $1 (22. Rxe8
$6 dxc4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxc4 Re8 $15) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nxd5 24. Bxd5
Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxa5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Re3 Qh5 28. Qxb7 $11 {, und das Spiel ist
ausgeglichen. Ich hдtte aber 20...Bf3!, selbst ohne Tempogewinn, in Erwдgung
gezogen.}) 20... Bf3 $1 21. Rd3 (21. Rd2 Bh5 {mit der Idee 22..Bc5.}) 21... Bh5
$15 {Nun ist der Vorteil von Schwarz augenscheinlich. Die weiЯen Figuren auf
dem Damenflьgel hinterlassen einen unharmonischen Eindruck, und da d4-d5 keine
Drohung mehr darstellt, kann Schwarz in aller Ruhe seine Stellung weiter
verbessern.} 22. Re1 (22. d5 e5 23. Rd2 e4 $36) 22... Bf8 23. h3 h6 {WeiЯ hat
Probleme, einen klaren Plan zu entwickeln und versucht deswegen, passiv
auszuharren.} 24. Ree3 (24. Ne2 Bg6 $15) 24... Qd6 $1 {Der schwache Bauer a5
wird zu einer Zielscheibe. Es droht 25..Qb4.} 25. Re5 Qc7 {/\Rxd4.} 26. Ree3
Qd6 27. Re5 Bg6 28. Rd1 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Bxb4 30. Bf1 Nd7 $1 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 $17 {
Nun gerдt auch der Isolani d4 unter verstдrkten BeschuЯ. Die MaterialeinbuЯen
sind fьr WeiЯ bereits kaum zu vermeiden.} 32. Bg2 $2 ({In der Zeitnotphase
findet Van der Sterren seine beste Chance nicht:} 32. d5 $1 {Um einen Bauern
zu gewinnen, muЯ Schwarz nun seinen Bb4 abtauschen, was dem Anziehenden
bessere Remischancen verspricht.} Bxc3 (32... Red8 33. Be2 $1 (33. dxe6 $2 Rxd1
34. Nxd1 Rxd1 35. e7 Bxe7 36. Rxe7 Bd3 $19) 33... f6 (33... Bxc3 34. bxc3 Rxd5
35. Rexd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. f4 $15) 34. Rxe6 Bxa5 35. Re3 Bf7 36. Bf3 $15)
33. bxc3 f6 34. Re3 exd5 35. Bg2 $1 Red8 $17 {, und Schwarz lдЯt ...Bf7 und ...
Rc7 folgen.}) 32... f6 $19 33. Re3 Bxa5 {Schwarz hat eine technisch gewonnene
Stellung erreicht.} 34. Na4 Bb4 35. Nb6 Rdd8 36. Bf3 Re7 37. h4 Kf8 38. h5 Bf7
39. Kg2 e5 $1 (39... Rc7 $19) 40. dxe5 Rxd1 41. Bxd1 Bc5 {Gewinnt die Qualitдt.
} 42. exf6 Rxe3 43. Nd7+ Ke8 44. Nxc5 (44. fxe3 Kxd7 $19) 44... Bd5+ 45. Kh3
Re1 46. Ba4+ b5 $2 {Technisch unsauber gespielt.} ({Viel leichter war die
Gewinnfьhrung nach} 46... Kf7 $1 47. fxg7 Kxg7) 47. Bc2 gxf6 48. Nxa6 Ke7 49.
b4 Bc4 50. f3 Rh1+ 51. Kg4 Be6+ 52. Kf4 Rxh5 53. g4 Rh2 54. Bd3 Bc4 55. Be4 Ra2
56. Nc5 Rb2 (56... Ra4 $1 57. Nxa4 bxa4 58. Bb1 a3 59. b5 Kd6 60. b6 Kc6 {
gewann etwas schneller. Der weiЯe Kцnig darf nicht auf f5 wegen... Bd3+.}) 57.
Na6 Rb3 58. Bc2 Ra3 59. Nc5 Bd5 60. Bd3 Bc4 61. Be4 Ra4 $1 62. Kf5 Rxb4 63. Kg6
Rb2 64. Kxh6 b4 65. g5 Rh2+ 66. Kg6 Bf7+ 67. Kf5 fxg5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Maki Uuro, Miika"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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 "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nd2
Be7 9. Be2 Bg6 (9... O-O $6 10. g4 Be4 (10... Bg6 11. h4) 11. Rg1 $1 h6 12. h4
Bh7 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Ne4 15. Ncxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 $16 {Salzgeber,F-Ristevski,
S/Martigny 1999}) (9... h6 10. b4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg3 Qc8 13. Bf3 Bd8 14.
e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Ndxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Be5 $14 {Piket,
J-Zagrebelny,S /Istanbul (ol) 2000}) 10. b4 Qc8 (10... O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg3
Qc8 13. Rc1 Bd8 14. f4 b6 $1 15. cxb6 Bxb6 16. Na4 {Piket,J-Sokolov,I /
Amsterdam 2000} Bd8 $1 $11) 11. O-O O-O (11... Bd8 12. Rc1 Bc7 $6 13. Bxc7 Qxc7
14. f4 Ng8 15. e4 Ne7 16. f5 exf5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. b5 O-O 19. b6 $36 {Kramnik,
V-Topalov,V /Dortmund 1999}) 12. a4 $6 {Dieser unvorsichtige Zug erlaubt
Schwarz, das Gegenspiel auf dem Damenflьgel zu starten. Deutlich besser war 12.
Rc1.} (12. Rc1 Bd8 $13) 12... b6 $1 {/\a5} 13. cxb6 (13. a5 $5 b5 14. Bf3 Qb7
15. e4 dxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe4 Nf6 $11) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6
$11) 13... Nxb6 14. Qb3 $6 {Eine weitere Ungenauigkeit, Schwarz kann nun einen
weiЯen Lдufer abtauschen.} ({Nach} 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Na2 Qb7 16. Rc1 Rfc8 $11 {
bliebe die Stellung im Gleichgewicht.}) 14... Nh5 $1 15. Bxh5 Bxh5 16. Rfc1 Qb7
17. b5 (17. Rab1 Bg6 18. Rb2 Nd7 (18... Bd3 19. Ncb1 Bg6 $11) 19. a5 f6 $15 {
/\e5}) 17... cxb5 18. axb5 Rfc8 (18... a5 $5 19. Na4 Rfc8 20. Nc5 Qa7 $13) 19.
bxa6 Rxa6 $15 {Dank seines Lдuferpaares und den aktiven Figuren steht Schwarz
etwas angenehmer.} 20. h3 (20. e4 $5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qc6 22. Rc1 Bg6 23. Na2 Nc4
24. exd5 exd5 25. Nb4 $11) 20... h6 21. Rcb1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qc6 23. Nb5 (23. Rc1
Nc4 $15) 23... Qc2 24. Qxc2 (24. Nd6 Rc6 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Nb3 g5 27. Be5 f6
28. Bg3 $15) 24... Rxc2 25. Nf1 $6 (25. Ra6 $142) 25... Be2 (25... Nc4 $1 26.
Ng3 Bg6 $17) 26. Nd6 (26. Ng3 $1 Bd3 27. Rd1 Bxb5 (27... Bg6 $1) 28. Rb1 $15)
26... g5 27. Be5 f6 28. Bh2 h5 {In den letzten Zьgen hat Schwarz einige
Fortschritte gemacht, die weiЯen Figuren mit Ausnahme des Nd6 wurden auf die
ersten zwei Reihen verdrдngt. Mit dem Textzug wollte ich meinem Gegner das
Feld g3 nehmen.} ({Die andere gute Mцglichkeit war} 28... Rc6 29. Nb7 Nc4 $17)
29. Nb7 h4 30. Bd6 $1 {WeiЯ nimmt natьrlich die Mцglichkeit war, seinen
eingeschrдnkten Lдufer abzutauschen.} Bxd6 31. Nxd6 Nc4 32. Nb7 e5 33. Nc5 (33.
dxe5 fxe5 $17 {/\d4}) 33... e4 $1 {Die Fortsetzung derselben
Einschrдnkungsstrategie.} 34. Nh2 $138 Kf7 $2 $138 {Einen Schritt vor dem Ziel
habe ich fehlgegriffen. Es sollte unbedingt 34...f5 geschehen, und der Nh2
bleibt auЯer Spiel.} (34... f5 $1 35. Na6 $1 (35. Ne6 g4 36. hxg4 (36. Nf4 g3
$19) 36... fxg4 37. Nf4 g3 38. fxg3 hxg3 39. Nxe2 Rxe2 40. Nf1 Nxe3 $19) 35...
Nb6 36. Nc5 g4 37. Nf1 Kf7 $17) 35. Ng4 $1 $11 Nb2 $4 {Es war hцchste Zeit,
den Ausgleich zu fixieren, aber ich spielte noch automatisch auf Gewinn.} (
35... Bxg4 $1 36. hxg4 Nb2 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. Nd7 Rc6 39. Kf1 Nd3 $11) 36. Ra7+
Kg6 37. Ne6 $2 {Selbst in Zeitnot, findet mein Gegner nicht den schцnen
Gewinnweg 37.Nd7!} (37. Nd7 $1 Bxg4 (37... Rc8 38. Ngxf6 $18) 38. Nf8+ Kf5 39.
Rd7 $18) 37... Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. Rg7+ Kf5 40. Nc7 Bxg4 41. hxg4+ Kxg4 42.
Nxd5 Rc6 43. Rf7 Kf5 44. Ne7+ Ke6 45. Rxf6+ Kxf6 46. Nxc6 Nd1 47. Kg1 g4 {
Die forcierte Zugsequenz hat zu einem Springerendspiel gefьhrt, das fьr
Schwarz haltbar ist.} 48. Ne5 Kf5 49. Nc4 Ke6 50. Kf1 Kd5 51. Nb6+ (51. Ne5 g3
52. Ng4 Ke6 53. fxg3 hxg3 54. Ke2 Nc3+ 55. Kd2 Nd5 56. Ne5 Ne7 57. Nc4 Nf5 $14
{Dank seinem aktiven Springer und den Schwдchen e3 und g2 kann sich Schwarz
halten.}) 51... Kc6 52. Nc4 Kd5 53. Nb6+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Nd2
Be7 9. Be2 Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 b6 13. cxb6 (13. a5 $5 b5 14. Bf3
Qb7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe4 Nf6 $11) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4
Nf6 $11) 13... Nxb6 14. a5 $146 {Bislang folgten wir einer frьheren Partie von
mir, wobei Tomi davon nichts wusste und sich jeden Zug erarbeiten muЯte. Die
Zeitinvestition hat sich fьr ihn gelohnt, denn er fand einen interessanten
Plan.} ({Deutlich schwдcher ist} 14. Qb3 {, wonach Schwarz einen der
gegnerischen Lдufer abtauschen kann:} Nh5 $1 15. Bxh5 Bxh5 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. b5
cxb5 18. axb5 Rfc8 (18... a5 $5 19. Na4 Rfc8 20. Nc5 Qa7 $13) 19. bxa6 Rxa6 $15
{Maki Uuro,M (2390)-Dautov,R (2595)/Gothenburg 2005}) 14... Nbd7 15. Na2 Qb7
16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Rc3 $1 {Ein starker Zug. WeiЯ will sich mit all seinen
Schwerfiguren auf den schwachen Bauern c6 stьrzen.} Ne8 {Ich konnte nichts
Besseres finden als diese Ьberfьhrung des Springers nach b5.} (17... c5 $5 {
ist ein interessanter Vorschlag von Fritz. WeiЯ behдlt einen kleinen Vorteil
nach} 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 (19. bxc5 Qb2 20. Qc1 Qxa2 $11) 19... Bxc5 20.
bxc5 Rxc5 (20... Qb2 21. Nc1 e5 22. Bg5 $14) 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Rc2 23. Nac1
$14) 18. Qa4 Nd6 19. Bxd6 {Logisch gespielt, mit dem starken Springer auf b5
wьrde Schwarz zumindest keine Probleme haben.} (19. Rfc1 Nb5 20. Bxb5 cxb5 21.
Qa3 Rc4 $5 (21... Bd8 $11) 22. Nxc4 bxc4 $44) 19... Bxd6 20. Nb3 {Ich habe 20.
Rfc1 erwartet.} ({Nach} 20. Rfc1 Nb8 21. Nb3 (21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5
f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 $11) 21... e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Bf1 (24. Bd3 Bxd4
25. exd4 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Nd7 27. Rdc3 Rac8 $11) 24... Qc7 25. h3 Qd6 $11 {
hat Schwarz trotz seines hдsslichen Springers vollwertiges Spiel.}) 20... e5
21. Nc5 $2 {Nyback ьberschдtzt seine Stellung. Besser wдre es, mit 21.Rfc1 in
die o.g. Variante umzuleiten.} (21. Rfc1 Nb8 $1 (21... exd4 $2 22. Rxc6 d3 23.
Bf3 $16)) 21... Bxc5 (21... Nxc5 $2 22. bxc5 Bf8 23. Rb3 Qe7 24. Rc1 $14 {/\Rb6
}) 22. bxc5 Rcb8 $1 $15 {Das Eindringen der schwarzen Dame nach b2 ist sehr
verlockend, aber in welcher Version ist es am besten? Hier gab es einiges zu
berechnen.} (22... exd4 23. exd4 Rab8 (23... Re8 24. Rb3 Qc7 25. Re3 $14) 24.
Nc1 Re8 25. Rb3 Qc8 26. Rxb8 Nxb8 $11) (22... Rab8 23. dxe5 Nxe5 $2 24. f4 $16)
(22... Qb2 23. Bg4 $1 f5 24. Rb3 Qd2 25. Bf3 $14) 23. Bd1 (23. dxe5 $2 Qb2 24.
Bd1 Rb5 $17) (23. Nc1 exd4 (23... Qb2 24. Rb3 $11) 24. exd4 Qb4 $15) 23... Qb2
$1 24. Qa3 {Das Schlagen auf c6 verbietet sich, und WeiЯ schaltet in die
Verteidigung um.} (24. Qxc6 $2 Qxa2 25. Qxd7 Qb2 $17 {kostet WeiЯ zumindest
eine Figur.}) 24... exd4 ({Genauer war} 24... Ra7 $1 25. Ba4 Rc7 $15) 25. exd4
Qxa3 $2 {Es macht keinen Sinn, die Damen selbst zu tauschen, die richtige
Fortsetzung 25...Ra7! hдtte Schwarz einige Tempi gespart.} (25... Ra7 $1 $15)
26. Rxa3 Rb2 27. Ba4 (27. Nc3 $1 Rd2 (27... Nf8 28. f4 $1) 28. Ba4 Rxd4 29.
Bxc6 Rd8 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. c6 Rc7 32. Rb3 f6 33. Rb6 Kf7 $11) 27... Rc8 28. Nc3
Nf8 29. Ra2 $2 {Mit dem Tausch des aktiven schwarzen Turmes kцnnte Nyback das
Gleichgewicht bewahren.} (29. Rb3 $1 Rxb3 30. Bxb3 Ne6 31. Rd1 $11) 29... Rb4
30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Ne2 Rxa4 $6 {Wir hatten beide wenig Zeit, deswegen ist die
Vereinfachung der Stellung verstдndlich. Das Problem der weiЯen Stellung sind
die Schwдchen des Pd4 und die passiven Leichtfiguren.Deutlich besser wдre
deswegen die Ьberfьhrung des Kцnigs nach d7 nebst Aktivierung des zweiten
Turmes.} (31... Kf8 $1 32. f3 Ke7 33. Kf2 Kd7 $17) 32. Rxa4 Bc2 33. Rda1 Bxa4
34. Rxa4 Rb8 35. f3 Rb2 36. Kf1 h5 {Ein logischer Plan in der besseren
Stellung. Schwarz mцchte dem Gegner einen zweite Schwдche verpassen ( die
erste ist der Bauer d4).} 37. h4 $1 g6 {Hier und spдter war die Ьberfьhrung
des Kцnigs nach f5 und des Springers nach b5 naheliegend, aber aus
unerklдrlichen Grьnden verzichtete ich auf diese.} (37... Kh7 $5 38. g3 (38. g4
$2 g5 $1 39. hxg5 h4 $19) 38... Kg6 $17) 38. g3 Ng7 $2 {Provoziert g3-g4, was
sich aber in Folge als gьnstig fьr WeiЯ herausstellt.} (38... Kg7 $1 39. Ke1 (
39. g4 $2 g5 $1) 39... Kf6 (39... Nc7 $17) 40. Kf2 Kf5 41. Ke3 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Nc7
$17) 39. g4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Ne6 41. Ke1 $6 {Nun konnte WeiЯ die Stellung seines
Springers verbessern- 41.Nf3!} (41. Ng1 $1 $15 {/\Nf3}) 41... Kg7 42. Kf1 Nc7
$2 {Erneut war es richtig, den Kцnig nach vorne zu schicken, diesmal nach h6 -
42...Kh6!} (42... Kh6 $1 43. Ke1 (43. Ng1 g5 $1 $17) 43... f5 $17) 43. Ng1 $1
$15 Rb3 44. Kg2 $6 (44. Kf2 $1 Nb5 45. Nf3 Nc3 46. Ra1 Ne4+ 47. Kg2 $11) 44...
Nb5 45. Nf3 Re3 $1 46. Kf2 Re4 47. Kg3 {Der schwarze Turm ist optimal
platziert, aber kann man weitere Fortschritte machen? Die weiЯe Stellung ist
sehr fest.} f6 48. Rb4 Kf7 49. Ra4 Ke7 50. Rb4 Kf7 51. Ra4 Ke6 52. Rb4 Ke7 53.
Ra4 g5 $1 {Der letzte Gewinnversuch, wдhrend bei uns beiden die letzten zehn
Minuten abliefen.} 54. Rb4 (54. hxg5 $5 fxg5 55. Rb4 Kf6 56. Ra4 $15) 54... f5
$1 (54... gxh4+ 55. Nxh4 Re3+ 56. Kf4 Ra3 57. Nf5+ Kd7 58. Rb1 Rxa5 59. Rh1 $11
) 55. hxg5 Rxg4+ 56. Kh3 $2 ({Besser war} 56. Kf2 $1 $11) 56... Ke6 57. Ra4 Nc3
58. Rb4 Ne4 59. Ne5 $2 {Dieser Fehler sollte zum Verlust fьhren.} (59. Kh2 Rg3
60. Ne5 f4 61. Rb6 Kf5 $15) 59... Nxg5+ 60. Kh2 Rxd4 $1 61. Rxd4 Kxe5 62. Rb4
Ne4 $4 {Dieser natьrliche Zug (man mцchte den Bauern c5 im Auge behalten) ist
zu langsam und lдЯt den Gewinn aus. Der schnelle Vormarsch des d-Bauern war
gefragt. Allerdings war zum Berechnen sehr wenig Zeit vorhanden, uns blieben
1-2 Minuten bis zum Partieende.} (62... d4 $1 63. Kg2 d3 64. Kf1 (64. Kf2 Ne4+
65. Ke3 d2 66. Ke2 f4 67. Rb3 Nxc5 $19) 64... Ne4 65. Rb6 f4 66. Rxc6 d2 67.
Ke2 f3+ $19) 63. Rb6 $11 Nxc5 (63... d4 {kommt hier zu spдt:} 64. Rxc6 $1 d3
65. Rc8 $11) 64. Rxc6 Kd4 65. Kg3 Kc4 66. Kf4 d4 67. Ke5 $1 Kb5 (67... d3 68.
Kd6 d2 69. Rxc5+ Kd3 70. Rd5+ Kc2 71. Ke5 $11) 68. Rb6+ Kxa5 69. Rb1 d3 70. Kd4
Na4 71. Kxd3 Nc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne2 $5 $146 {
Eine originelle Idee. WeiЯ ьberfьhrt zuerst seinen Springer auf ein schцnes
Feld d3 und beendet erst danach seine Entwicklung. Dennoch ist dieser Plan zu
langsam, um Schwarz irgendwelche Probleme zu bereiten.} e6 8. Nf4 Bd6 9. Nd3
O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a5 $1 {Ein ehrgeiziger Zug, geplant ist b5-b4 und Ba6.
Beim schwarzen Bauern auf b4 relativiert sich die Schwдche des Feldes c5, da
WeiЯ das unterstьtzende b2-b4 nicht mehr hat.} ({Mцglich ist auch} 11... Bb7
12. Bd2 {/\Bb4} Qe7 13. b4 Nb6 14. Nc5 Nc4 $11) 12. Bd2 $6 {Nach den zwei
nдchsten natьrlich aussehenden Zьgen von WeiЯ bekommt Schwarz bereits einen
kleinen Vorteil.} ({Besser war deswegen} 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. b4 axb4 15.
Bxb4 Ne4 $11 {/\Nb6-c4}) 12... b4 13. Rc1 (13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6) 13... Ba6
14. Nc5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 {WeiЯ ist auf seinem schlechten Lдufer d2
"sitzengeblieben".} Ne4 ({In Frage kam ebenfalls} 15... Qb6 $5 16. Na4 Qb7 17.
Ne1 Rfc8 18. Nd3 Qb5 19. b3 e5 $15) 16. Nb7 Qb6 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19.
b3 {Dieser Zug schwдcht das Feld c3, er war jedoch wegen der stдndigen Drohung
Nd6-c4 nicht zu vermeiden.} ({Der Turmtausch wдre gьnstig fьr Schwarz:} 19.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Qc6 $15) 19... Qb5 $15 {Die Besetzung des
Feldes c3 wird eingeleitet.} 20. Qxb5 Nxb5 21. Rfd1 Nf6 {><c3 Die Drohung
Ne4-c3 ist sehr gefдhrlich. Mit seinen nдchsten Zьgen findet Beliavsky beinahe
die einzige ausreichende Verteidigung.} 22. Kf1 $1 (22. Ne5 $2 Ne4 23. Nd3 (23.
Be1 $4 Nbc3 24. Bxc3 Nxc3 $19) 23... Rxc1 24. Nxc1 (24. Bxc1 Nbc3 $17) 24...
Rc8 25. Nd3 Rc2 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nec3 $17) 22... Ne4 23. Be1 $1 (23.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Ne1 Kf8 25. f3 Nxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Rc1 27. Rc2 Ra1 28. Rc5 Na3 $17) (
23. Ke1 f6 $15) 23... f6 {Dies schwдcht zwar den Bauern e6, was sich bald
bemerkbar machen wird. Doch ich hatte wegen der Drohung Ne5-d3 keine Wahl.} (
23... Nbc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Ne1 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. f3 Nd2+ 28. Ke2 Nc4 29.
Rxc3 bxc3 30. Ra1 $11) (23... Kf8 24. Ne5 $11) 24. Ng1 $1 {/\Ne2,f3 Diesen
starken Verteidigungszug habe ich unterschдtzt. Schwarz kann zwar einen Bauern
gewinnen, aber nicht das entstehende Turmendspiel.} Nbc3 25. Bxc3 Nxc3 26. Rd2
Nxa2 (26... a4 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Ne2 $11) 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxa2 Rc1+ 29. Ke2
Rxg1 30. Kf3 Rb1 31. Rxa5 Rxb3 {Der weiЯe Turmangriff auf die Schwдche e6 lдЯt
sich nicht vermeiden.} (31... h5 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kg6 34. Re7 $11) (31...
f5 32. Kf4 Kf7 33. Ke5 Rxb3 34. Ra7+ Kg6 35. Re7 $11) 32. Ra8+ $11 Kf7 33. Ra7+
Kf8 (33... Kg6 34. Re7 e5 35. dxe5 d4 36. e6 dxe3 37. fxe3 f5 38. Rf7 $11) 34.
Ra8+ Kf7 35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kd6 38. Rxg7 Kc6 39. Rxh7 (39. Re7
Rc3 40. Rxe6+ Kb5 41. Re7 b3 42. Ke2 $11) 39... Rc3 40. Rh8 Kb7 41. Rh7+ Kb6
42. Rh8 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304 playoff"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Ne5 Nc6 $1 {
Diese logische Fortsetzung wurde bisher nur selten gespielt, meistens
bevorzugt Schwarz 6...e6.} 7. Bg5 $6 {Nicht die beste Antwort, dieser Lдufer
gehцrt nach f4.} (7. Bf4 Qb6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 {fьhrt zu einer bekannten Variante,
in der Schwarz keine Erцffnungsschwierigkeiten verspьrt.}) (7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. Bg5 e6 $11) ({Nach dem naheliegenden Abtausch} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {kann WeiЯ
aus der Schwдche des Feldes c5 kein Kapital schlagen:} 8. e3 (8. Na4 e6 9. Bf4
Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Ne4 $36) 8... e6 9. Bd3 (9. Na4 Ne4) 9... c5 $11)
7... Qb6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd2 Rb8 $1 {Auf diese Weise kann Schwarz das Fehlen
des weiЯen Lдufers auf f4 nutzen.} 10. b3 {Schwarz steht bereits besser, was
sich Alexander mit intensivem Zeitverbrauch anmerken lieЯ ( WeiЯ 1.25, Schwarz
0.39).} (10. Na4 Qb4 11. b3 e5 $1 $15) 10... e5 $1 {Ich sah, daЯ der einfache
Abtausch 10...Ne4 Schwarz eine andauernde und risikolose Initiative einbringt,
lieЯ mich aber dann zu der energischen Textfortsetzung hinreiЯen.} (10... Ne4
$5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 {Schwarz droht e7-e5 nebst Bb4, und die lange Rochade
verspricht dem weiЯen Kцnig keine Ruhe.} 12. Qc2 $1 {Die beste Verteidigung.
Interssant ist die folgende, keinesfalls forcierte Variante.} (12. Be3 e6 13.
O-O-O Ba3+ 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Qc2 a5 $40) (12. Qb2 e5 13. O-O-O Be6 $40) (12.
O-O-O e5 (12... Bf5 13. e3 e6 $40) 13. dxe5 Ba3+ 14. Kb1 Be6 15. Qc2 O-O 16. e3
a5 $40) 12... e5 $1 (12... Bf5 13. Rc1 e5 (13... Rc8 $6 14. Qc5 $14) 14. Qxc6+
Qxc6 15. Rxc6 exd4 16. Rxa6 Bb4+ 17. Bd2 O-O $44) 13. Qxe4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+
15. Kxd2 Qb4+ 16. Kc2 Be6 $1 {/\Bb3} (16... O-O 17. e3 $1 exd4 18. Qxd4 Bf5+
19. Kb2 $14) 17. e3 $1 (17. Qxc6+ $2 Kd8 $17) (17. Qxe5 O-O 18. Qe3 c5 19. Qc3
Qa3 $40) 17... c5 $1 18. Bxa6 (18. Qxe5 cxd4 $40) 18... cxd4 19. exd4 exd4 20.
Qc6+ Ke7 21. Qc7+ Kf6 22. Qf4+ Ke7 23. Qc7+ $11) (10... e6 {wurde nach der
Partie von Alexander vorgeschlagen. Es schien mir zu langsam.} 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. e3 Bb4 (12... c5 $2 13. Na4 $14) (12... Rg8 13. Na4 Qa7 14. Qc2 Bb4+ 15.
Kd1 $13) 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O {WeiЯ entfesselt bald seinen Springer, wonach die
Stellung unklar bleibt.} cxd4 15. exd4 Bd7 16. Qe3 $13) 11. dxe5 (11. Bxf6 $2 {
ist fьr WeiЯ nicht spielbar.} gxf6 12. e3 Bb4 13. Be2 c5 $17) 11... Ne4 (11...
Ng4 {bringt Schwarz nicht mehr als Ausgleich.} 12. e3 Nxe5 13. Be2 $11) 12.
Nxe4 Bb4 13. Nc3 d4 14. Rc1 {Die kritische Stellung. Ich habe sie
korrekterweise als vorteilhaft fьr Schwarz eingeschдtzt, untermauerte aber
diese Einschдtzung mit einer fehlerhaften Idee. Mein nдchster Zug, schon
frьher vorausgeplant, erweist sich als ein grober Fehler. In Wirklichkeit
verfьgt Schwarz ьber mehrere vielversprechende Wege, aber nur einer bringt ihm
einen fьhlbaren Vorteil.} Bf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Qc5 15. e3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3
Qxc3 17. Qxc3 dxc3 18. Bd3 a5 19. Kd1 a4 20. Kc2 axb3+ 21. axb3 Be6 22. Rb1 $11
) (14... Bxc3 15. Rxc3 dxc3 16. Qxc3 c5 17. e4 Qg6 18. Qe3 Bd7 $11) (14... dxc3
15. Qc2 Qa5 $1 16. e3 (16. Bf4 $6 Ba3 17. Rd1 Bf5 18. e4 Bxe4) 16... Qd5 $1 17.
e4 (17. Rd1 Bf5 18. Rxd5 Bxc2 $36) 17... Qxe5 18. Be3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bd3
Bxd3 21. Qxd3 $11) (14... h6 $1 {ist der beste Zug. Schwarz braucht das Feld
d8 fьr seinen Turm und verjagt deswegen den gegnerischen Lдufer.} 15. Bf4 ({
Mir gefiel die Mцglichkeit 15.Be3 nicht, dabei habe ich die folgende Nuance
ьbersehen:} 15. Be3 dxe3 (15... c5 $13) 16. Qxe3 (16. fxe3 O-O $17) 16... Qxe3
17. fxe3 Rb5 $1 {Diesen starken Zug habe ich nicht gesehen. Schwarz droht mit
Rc5.} 18. Kd1 $1 (18. a3 $2 Bxa3 19. Nxb5 Bxc1 20. Nd6+ Ke7 $17) (18. e4 $2 Rc5
19. Kd2 Ke7 20. e3 Rd8+ 21. Bd3 a5 $19) 18... Rxe5 (18... Rc5 19. Nb1 $15) 19.
e4 Ke7 20. e3 Rd8+ 21. Kc2 Rc5 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Na4 Rg5 24. Bxe6 Rxg2+ 25. Kb1
Kxe6 26. Rxc6+ Rd6 $17 {, und trotz des materiellen Defizits hat Schwarz einen
klaren Vorteil.}) 15... g5 $1 16. Bg3 dxc3 17. Qc2 Qd4 $1 {Nun wird es klar,
warum 15...g5 eingeschaltet wurde - Schwarz droht mit Qd2+. Eine andere
vielversprechende Mцglichkeit ist 17...Bf5!?} (17... Bf5 $5 18. e4 Rd8 $1 19.
exf5 (19. Bd3 $2 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rd2 21. O-O Rxc2 22. Rxc2 O-O $17) 19... Rd2 20.
Bc4 (20. Qe4 $2 c2 $19) 20... Rxc2 21. Rxc2 {Optisch sieht die weiЯe Stellung
sehr gut aus, aber dank dem folgenden Zug kann Schwarz einen gefдhrlichen
Kцnigsangriff entfalten.} h5 $1 22. h4 (22. h3 h4 23. Bh2 Qd4 24. O-O g4 25.
hxg4 Qxg4 $17) 22... Qd4 23. hxg5 h4 $17) 18. Rd1 Bf5 $1 19. Rxd4 Bxc2 {
Im Endspiel avanciert der Freibauer c3 zu einer groЯen Kraft.} 20. e3 Be4 $1
21. Bxa6 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bf3 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 $17) 15. e4 $16 {Erst nachdem dieser
Zug ausgefьhrt wurde stellte ich mit groЯem Entsetzen fest, daЯ das geplante
15...Bxe4 mit 16.Nxe4 beantwortet wьrde, wonach die drei weiЯen Leichtfiguren
der schwarzen Dame klar ьberlegen wдren. Ein klarer Fall von Schachblindheit!}
Bg6 {Ein klares Eingestдndnis der eigenen Dummheit, aber es gab kaum etwas
Besseres.} (15... Be6 16. Bd3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 dxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. O-O $16) (
15... Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 17. Bxd2 $16) (15... h6 16. exf5 Bxc3 (16... hxg5 17.
Qxg5 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 $16) 17. Rxc3 dxc3 18. Qxc3 hxg5 19. Bc4 $16) 16. Bc4 (16.
Bd3 $5 $16) 16... h6 17. Bf4 dxc3 $2 {Verzweiflung, die zu frьh kommt. Ich
sollte auf jeden Fall die Qualitдt nehmen. Nach dem Textzug sind die schwarzen
Ьberlebenschancen gleich Null.} (17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 dxc3 19. Qxc3 O-O (19...
Bxe4 20. O-O O-O 21. e6 $16) 20. O-O Rfe8 $16) 18. Qe2 c2+ $2 (18... O-O 19.
O-O $18) (18... Qd4 19. f3 O-O 20. Qe3 $18) 19. Kf1 $18 Rd8 20. f3 O-O 21. Rxc2
Rfe8 22. g3 {Der Rest ist eine klare Sache. In einem Einzelturnier hдtte ich
natьrlich viel frьher aufgegeben.} a5 23. Kg2 Qd4 24. Rcc1 Qd7 25. Rhd1 Qe7 26.
Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Bh5 29. g4 g5 30. Bg3 Bg6 31. Qd3 Bc5 32. Qd2
Bb4 33. Qd4 Bc5 34. Qd3 Bb4 35. h3 Bc5 36. Qd2 Bb4 37. Qd4 Bc5 38. Qd3 Bb4 39.
Kf1 Bc5 40. a4 Bb4 41. Qd4 Bc5 42. Qb2 Bb4 43. Be1 Bxe1 44. Kxe1 Qc5 45. Kf1
Qe3 46. Kg2 Kh7 47. Qf2 Qc3 48. e6 fxe6 49. Qa7+ Kh8 50. Bxe6 Qb2+ 51. Qf2 Qc3
52. Bc4 Kg7 53. h4 Qe5 54. Qd2 gxh4 55. Qd7+ Kf8 56. Qd8+ Be8 57. Qxh4 Kg7 58.
Qh2 Qb2+ 59. Kh3 Qc3 60. Qc7+ Kh8 61. Qf4 Kg7 62. e5 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2
e6 8. Ne5 Bd6 {Die korrekte Entwicklungsreihenfolge-zuerst rochieren! Der
Damenflьgel kann noch warten. Andernfalls kann Schwarz unter Druck geraten, z.B
} (8... Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bd6 $2 (9... Nxe5 $1 $11) 10. Nc6 $3 Qb6 11. a4 $1 Bb7 12.
axb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bxc6 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 16. Bb4 $16 {
Dreev-Rausis/Luzern 1993}) ({oder} 8... Bb7 $6 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 a5 11. Bb5+
Nbd7 12. Qf3 $1 $16) 9. Be2 O-O ({Und noch ein Beispiel der schwarzen
Unachtsamkeit:} 9... Nbd7 10. Nd3 Ne4 $6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nc5 $1
Nf6 14. a4 $16 {Karpov-Gavrikov/Baden-Baden 1995}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd3 {
Huebner,R: 'Der Aufbau des WeiЯen ist reichlich zahm.'} Qe7 12. b4 {Konsequent
gespielt.} ({In der Praxis kam} 12. Rc1 {vor:} Nb6 $6 ({Korrekt ist natьrlich} 
12... Bb7 $11) 13. Nb1 Bd7 14. b3 Rfb8 15. Ba5 Be8 16. Rc2 Nbd7 17. Qc1 e5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bc7 $14 {Akesson,R-Hellsten,J/SWE-chT 9596}) 12... Nb6 13. Nc5
Bd7 {'=/+' Huebner,R.} 14. Bf3 $2 {'?!' Huebner,R. Eine ьberraschende
Entscheidung! Nach langem Nachdenken entschied sich Artur fьr die Durchsetzung
von e3-e4, was unmittelbar zu schwarzem Vorteil fьhrte. Huebner,R: 'Die
Absicht, e3-e4 durchzusetzen, erscheint mir positionell sehr riskant.
Vielleicht hдtte WeiЯ eher mit'} ({Ich erwartete das natьrliche} 14. a4 {.} Nc4
$1 {Die beste Fortsetzung.} 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Ra2 Rfb8 (16... e5 $6 17. Rfa1 exd4
18. exd4 bxa4 19. Bg5 $1 $14) (16... Nd7 $5 17. Rfa1 Ndb6 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rxa8+ Nxa8 21. Qa2 Nc7 $11) 17. Rfa1 Qe8 $11 {, und WeiЯ kann
seinen Druck auf dem Damenflьgel nicht verstдrken, das Spiel ist ausgeglichen.}
) (14. f4 $5 {Huebner,R seine Stellung zusammenhalten sollen.}) 14... Bc6 $15
15. Re1 Nc4 16. e4 {Innerhalb von zwei Zьgen fand ein vollstдndiger
Kulissenwechsel statt. Schwarz drohte bereits mit a6-a5, weswegen WeiЯ seinem
Plan folgen und das Zentrum цffnen muЯ.} (16. a4 $2 bxa4 17. N3xa4 $2 Bxa4 $19)
16... dxe4 (16... Bxc5 17. bxc5 b4 $2 18. Nxd5 $1 $18) 17. N3xe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rfd8 (19... Bxc5 $2 20. bxc5 $11 {/\Bc3}) 20. Bc3 {Schwarz steht
zweifelsohne besser, dennoch wird der weiЯe Nachteil durch den starken
Springer c5 teilweise kompensiert. Mit seinem nдchsten Zug wird Schwarz dessen
Posten schwдchen und seine einzige Schwдche, den Bauern a6, loswerden.} a5 $1 (
20... Qg5 {Huebner,R ist wohl prдziser.}) 21. Qf3 {'?' Huebner,R.} (21. Qh5 {
Huebner,R bot bessere Rettungsaussichten.}) 21... axb4 22. Bxb4 Qg5 $1 $17 {
Die Dame strebt nach d5.} 23. g3 $2 ({Nebenbei wurde eine kleine Falle
gestellt:} 23. Rg4 $2 Rxa2 $19) ({Zдher war im jeden Fall} 23. a3 $1 Qd5 24.
Rae1 Ra7 25. Qh3 Be7 $17) 23... Qd5 24. Qe2 e5 $1 {Artur hat die Gefahr zu
spдt erkannt. Nachdem das linke Standbein des weiЯen Springers, der Bauer b4,
gefallen ist, fдllt auch das rechte, der Bauer d4. Leider reduzierte sich
meine Bedenkzeit noch schneller als sich meine Stellung verbesserte.} 25. Rd1 {
Der Materialverlust war fьr WeiЯ bereits nicht zu vermeiden.} (25. Nd3 exd4 $17
) 25... Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rxa2 $1 27. Qxa2 Qxe4 28. d5 $1 {Die einzige Chance, die
Stellung zu komplizieren. Zu seinem Glьck hat WeiЯ auch weiterhin nicht viele
vernьnftige Zьge zur Auswahl und konnte sich das Nachdenken sparen.} Qf3 29.
Qa1 h5 ({Verlockend scheint der Bauerngewinn} 29... Nb2 $2 30. Rd2 Na4 $2 {
, bis man das vernichtende} (30... Nd3 31. Be7) 31. Be7 $1 Rxd5 $2 32. Qxe5 $3
$18 {sieht.}) ({Eine gute Idee war} 29... e4 $1 30. d6 (30. Be7 $2 {wird durch}
e3 31. Rf1 e2 32. Re1 Ne3 $1 33. fxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Qxe7 $19 {widerlegt;}) (30.
Qd4 $2 {ist schlecht wegen} e3 $1 31. fxe3 Nxe3 $19) {, und erst jetzt, mit
dem weiЯen Lдufer auf c5,} 30... h5 $1 $19) 30. Be7 $1 Rd7 31. d6 h4 32. gxh4
$1 {In dieser Stellung verblieben mir 5 Minuten auf der Uhr gegen 17 von Artur.
Eigentlich genug, um die besten Zьge zu finden. Aber ich zog erneut zu langsam.
} ({Natьrlich nicht} 32. Bxh4 $2 f6 $19) 32... Ra7 $6 {Huebner,R: 'Es ist
nicht leicht zu entscheiden, ob dies die aussichtsreichste Fortsetzung ist;
dies hдngt davon ab, wie man das Damenendspiel, das danach hдtte entstehen
kцnnen (siehe Anmerkung zum 35. Zuge von Schwarz) einschдtzt. Auf jeden Fall
hдtte sich Schwarz mit der Fortsetzung'} ({Unsere Computerprogramme, denen die
Zeitnotprobleme unbekannt sind, finden leicht das gewinnbringende} 32... b4 $1
{Der Freibauer marschiert nach vorne:} 33. Re1 b3 34. Qa4 Qg4+ 35. Kh1 b2 $19)
(32... Qg4+ {Huebner,R} 33. Kf1 (33. Kh1 {Huebner,R} Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Nxd6 35. Bxd6
Qg6+ 36. Kf1 Rxd6 37. Qa8+ Kh7 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 33... Qf5 34. Qc3 (34.
Qa8+ {Huebner,R} Kh7 35. Ke1 Nb2) 34... e4 {gute Gewinnaussichten bewahrt.})
33. Qxa7 (33. Qb1 $2 Ra2 (33... Ne3 $2 34. fxe3 Ra4 35. e4 Rxe4 36. Qxe4 Qxe4
37. d7 Qe3+ $11) 34. Qxa2 Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Nxd6 37. Bxd6 Qd1+ 38. Kg2
Qxd6 $19) 33... Qxd1+ 34. Kg2 Qg4+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kf1 $2 {verliert forciert:}
Nd2+ 36. Ke1 Nf3+ 37. Ke2 Nd4+ 38. Kd2 Qe2+ 39. Kc3 Qc2+ 40. Kb4 Nc6+ $19)
35... Qd1+ ({Keine leichte Verteidigungsaufgabe hat WeiЯ nach} 35... Nxd6 {
Huebner,R} 36. Qb8+ Nc8 37. Qxb5 Nxe7 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxe7 f6) 36. Kg2 Qg4+
37. Kh1 Qf3+ {'?' Huebner,R.  Mit einer Minute auf der Uhr sah ich nur dieses
Dauerschach. Dabei gab es mindestens zwei gewinntrдchtige Mцglichkeiten.} ({
Nicht leicht zu finden war} 37... Qh3 $1 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qg2 Qd3 $5 (39...
Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Nb6 $17) 40. Qg3 Qd5+ 41. Qg2 Qd4 $17) ({Aber} 37... Nxd6 $1 {
lag an der Oberflдche.} 38. Qb8+ (38. Bxd6 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qxd6 $19) 38... Nc8 39.
Qxb5 (39. Qxe5 $2 Nxe7 40. Qxe7 Qc4 $19) 39... Nxe7 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qxe7 f6
$17 {Schwarz gewinnt den Bauern h4 und behдlt im Endspiel exzellente
Gewinnchancen.}) 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
b5 9. cxb6 e6 {Verbunden mit dem nдchsten Zug ist das eine neue Idee, die ich
vor einiger Zeit entdeckt und analysiert habe. Schwarz hat keine Eile mit dem
Nehmen auf b6 und entwickelt zuerst seinen Kцnigsflьgel. Je nach Spiel des
Gegners wird er spдter darьber entscheiden, ob er den weiЯen Bauern mit der
Dame oder mit dem Springer nehmen will.} ({Nach dem hдufig gespielten 9...Qxb6
kann WeiЯ den Bauern b2 mit 10.Bd3! opfern.} 9... Qxb6 10. Bd3 Qxb2 11. Rc1 e6
(11... g6 12. O-O $44) 12. O-O $44) 10. Bd3 ({In einer Nachfolgerpartie
spielte WeiЯ schwдcher:} 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Qd2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qd4 O-O 14.
Be2 Qxb6 $15 {Karner,C-Knoll,H /Gmunden 2005}) 10... Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 8]} 11. f5 (
11. g3 c5 $11) 11... Nxb6 $1 {Auf diese Weise entwickelt Schwarz seine Figuren
am schnellsten.} 12. Qc2 (12. fxe6 Bxe6 13. O-O O-O $11) 12... exf5 13. Bxf5
Qe7+ 14. Kf1 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qd3 O-O $11 {Schwarz hat mьhelos
ausgeglichen.} 17. g3 a5 $1 {Ein einfacher und effektiver Plan, nach a5-a4
kann der schwarze Springer auf c4 Halt finden.} 18. Kg2 a4 19. Rac1 (19. Nd2
Rfe8 20. Rac1 Qd7 $15) 19... Nc4 20. Rc2 Rfb8 21. Re1 Qf6 $6 {Dieser auf den
ersten Blick logische Zug erlaubt WeiЯ eine taktische Entlastung. Sicherer war
die Position der schwarzen Dame nach z.B. 21...Qa7!} (21... Qa7 $1 22. Ree2 Rb4
23. Nd1 Rab8 $15 {, und die schwarzen Figuren kleben an der Schwдche b2.}) 22.
Ree2 Rb4 23. Nd2 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Nxb2 (23... Nxd2 24. Rexd2 Bf8 25. Qe3 Bg7 26.
Ne2 Rab8 27. Qf3 $11) 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Nde4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 $11 Qf5 (26... Qe6
27. Rxb2 Bf8 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Rc2 Rxd4 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Rxc6 $11) 27. Rxb2 Rd8
28. Qf3 Be7 (28... Bf8 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Nh5+ Kh6 32. Nf4 Rxd4 33.
Rb7 Bc5 34. Rxf7 Rd2 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rxf5 Rxf2+ 37. Kh3 $11) 29. Rb7 Qe6 30.
Qf4 a3 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. dxe5 Kf8 {Das entstandene Endspiel ist ausgeglichen,
die aktive Position der weiЯen Figuren wird durch die Schwдche des Bauern a2
wettgemacht.} 33. Rc7 c5 34. f4 h5 35. h3 Ke8 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rd5 38. Kf3
Kd8 39. Ra7 c4 40. Ra8+ Kd7 41. Ra7+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a5 dxc4 (7...
Bb4 8. Qa4 Be7 $11) 8. e3 $146 (8. e4 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Ne5 c5
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 Qxa4 14. Rxa4 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 O-O-O 17. Bxc4
Bd6 18. O-O Rhe8 $15 {Gelfand,B-Kasparov,G/Moscow 2002}) 8... h6 (8... b5 $5 9.
axb6 Qxb6 $132) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4 $5) 9... Nxf6 10. Bxc4 Bb4 11. Qa4 Qe7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Ne5 Bd6 (13... c5 $2 14. Na2 $16) 14. Nd3 {Nach der Erцffnung konnte
ich mir einige Hoffnungen auf einen Minivorteil machen.} c5 {Wahrscheinlich
hatte Alexander eine Order bekommmen, solide zu spielen. Der Textzug
vereinfacht die Stellung, gleicht aber nicht vollstдndig aus.} (14... Bd7 15.
Qb3 Rab8 16. Rfd1 $14) ({Ich rechnete in erster Linie mit dem scharfen Ausfall
} 14... Ng4 $5 15. h3 Qh4 16. Rfd1 (16. Qd1 e5 $1) 16... Bh2+ 17. Kf1 (17. Kh1
Bc7 18. Rd2 Rd8 $11) 17... Nf6 $13) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Be2 (17.
Bd3 $5 Bd7 18. Ne4 $14) 17... Bd7 18. Ne4 $1 Bxa4 19. Nxc5 Bc6 20. Rfc1 $1 $14
{/\Na6} Rfc8 (20... Rfd8 $5 21. b4 (21. Nxa6 Rd2 22. Bf1 Rxb2 $11) 21... Rd2
22. Bf1 $14 {/\Na6}) 21. f3 Kf8 22. e4 Ke7 23. Kf2 {Das entstandene Endspiel
ist fьr einen aktiven Spieler wie Morozevich sicherlich unangenehm zu spielen.
Schwarz ist zur Passivitдt verurteilt, wдhrend WeiЯ seine Stellung nach und
nach verbessern kann.} Nd7 24. Ke3 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Bd7 26. Rac1 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 b6
$5 {Alexander nutzt die erste Mцglichkeit, um sein Spiel etwas zu befreien.} ({
Eine andere Verteidigungsidee war} 27... Kd6 28. Kd4 Bc6 $1 {/\Rd8} (28... Rc8
$4 29. e5+ Ke7 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Kc5 $18) 29. e5+ Kc7 30. b4 Rd8+ 31. Ke3 $14)
28. axb6 Rb8 29. Kd4 Rxb6 30. Kc3 {><a6} f6 $2 {Er sollte das Eindringen des
weiЯen Turmes nicht erlauben. Nach diesem Fehler wird die schwarze Stellung
sofort kritisch.} (30... Kd6 $1 31. b4 (31. Ra5 Bc8 32. e5+ Kc7 $14) 31... f6
32. f4 $14) 31. Rc7 $16 {/\Ra7} a5 32. Ra7 Rc6+ (32... a4 33. Bd1 $16) 33. Bc4
Rc5 34. Kd4 Rh5 {Auf diese Weise rettet Schwarz zwar den Bauern a5, befцrdert
aber seinen Turm langfristig ins Abseits.} 35. h3 {צh5} Kd6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37.
b3 g6 {Ungefдhr hier begann die fьr die neue FIDE-Zeitkontrolle typische
permanente Zeitnot, die Gegner hatten mindestens 30 Sekunden, maximal aber 3-4
Minuten fьr einen Zug. Anhand der Partie kann man sehen, wie konstant schlecht
die Partienqualitдt dabei wird.} (37... Rg5 $2 38. g4 $18 {/\f4}) 38. Be2 $5 {
/\f4} (38. Ra8 $1) 38... Bb5 $1 39. Ra7+ Kd6 40. Bc4 $1 (40. g4 $2 Rc5 41. Rxa5
e5+ 42. Ke3 Bxe2 43. Rxc5 Kxc5 44. Kxe2 Kb4 $11) 40... Bd7 (40... Bxc4 $2 41.
bxc4 $18) 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. Ra8 $1 {><g6 Der richtige Plan, WeiЯ will den
Bauern g6 angreifen.} Kd6 43. Rg8 a4 $1 {Die beste praktische Chance,
Morozevich aktiviert endlich seinen schlafenden Turm.} (43... e5+ $2 44. Kc3
Rg5 45. g4 $18) 44. bxa4 (44. Rxg6 a3 45. b4 Rg5 46. Rxg5 hxg5 47. Kc3 Ba4 $16)
({Besser war} 44. b4 $1 $18 {, wonach der schwarze Turm im Kдfig bliebe.})
44... Ra5 45. Rxg6 Rxa4 46. Kc3 $2 {Dieser Fehler blieb zum Glьck ungestraft.
Richtig war 46.Rxf6, wonach WeiЯ vier Bauern fьr seinen Lдufer bekam, mit
einer technisch gewonnenen Stellung.} (46. Rxf6 $1 Bb5 47. Rxe6+ Kd7 48. Rxh6
Bxc4 49. Ke3 $18) 46... Ke5 $2 ({Deutlich besser war das Spiel gegen den
weiЯen Kцnig:} 46... Kc5 $1 47. Bb3 Ra3 48. Kb2 Kb4 49. Bc2 Re3 50. Rxf6 Re2
$16) 47. Rxh6 f5 (47... Ra3+ 48. Kb2 $18) 48. exf5 exf5 {Schwarz hegt die
Hoffnung, sich durch das Spiel gegen den rьckstдndigen Bauern g2 zu retten.}
49. Rh7 $2 {Es war sehr wichtig, das Eindringen des schwarzen Kцnigs auf f4
mit 49.g3! zu vermeiden.} (49. g3 $1 {><f4} Ra3+ 50. Bb3 Ra1 51. Rh7 Bc6 52.
Re7+ Kd6 53. Re6+ Kc7 54. f4 $18) 49... Bc6 50. Rc7 Ba8 51. Bb3 Ra1 52. Bc2 Rg1
53. Re7+ Kf4 54. Re2 Bc6 {Morozevich hat durch mein unsicheres Spiel viel
erreicht, sieht sich aber nicht (besser gesagt, hat keine Zeit zu sehen), daЯ
er das remisliche Endspiel T gegen T+L erreichen kann.} (54... Bxf3 $1 55. gxf3
Rg3 56. h4 Rxf3+ 57. Kd4 Rh3 $11) 55. Bd3 (55. h4 Rh1 56. Re6 Bxf3 $1 57. gxf3
Kxf3 58. h5 Kf4 $11) 55... Bd7 $2 {Und erneut fьhrte 55... Bxf3! zum Remis.} (
55... Kg3 56. Re6 Bb7 57. Rg6+ Kf2 58. Bxf5 Rxg2 59. Rxg2+ Kxg2 60. Be4 Bc8 61.
h4 $18) (55... Bxf3 $1 56. gxf3 Rg3 57. h4 (57. Rh2 Rxf3 58. h4 Kg3 59. Rh1 Kg2
$11) 57... Rxf3 58. h5 Rh3 59. Rf2+ Kg4 $11) 56. Re7 Bc6 57. Re2 Bd7 $2 58. h4
$1 $18 Bc6 (58... Rh1 59. Re7 Bc6 60. Rg7 Bxf3 61. gxf3 Kxf3 62. Rh7 Kg4 63.
Be2+ $18) 59. h5 Rh1 60. Re6 Bd7 61. Rd6 Be8 62. h6 Kg5 63. Rd5 $2 {Wesentlich
leichter gewann 63.g3!} (63. g3 $1 Rh3 64. f4+ Kg4 65. Be2+ Kxg3 66. Rd3+ $18)
63... Bg6 64. Bxf5 Bxf5 65. g4 Kxh6 66. Rxf5 Rd1 67. Kc4 {Dieses Endspiel ist
eigentlich kinderleicht gewonnen - wenn man nicht die ganze Zeit auf die Uhr
blicken muЯ.} Kg6 68. Rd5 Rf1 69. Rf5 Rd1 70. f4 Rd2 71. Rd5 Rf2 72. Rd6+ $2 ({
Viel leichter gewann} 72. Rg5+ Kh6 (72... Kf6 73. Rf5+ Kg6 74. Kd3 $18) 73. Rf5
Rd2 74. Rf6+ Kg7 75. g5 $18 {/\Kc5,f5 , und nach Kc4-c5 und f4-f5 wiederholt
WeiЯ den Vorgang eine Reihe tiefer.}) 72... Kf7 73. Rd4 Rg2 74. f5 Kf6 75. Kd3
$2 {Hier hat der Kцnig nichts zu suchen, angebracht war 75.Kd5!} (75. Kd5 $1
$18) 75... Kg5 76. Re4 Ra2 77. Kc4 Ra4+ $2 ({Ich weiЯ nicht, ob der Gewinn
nach dem Abschneiden 77...Ra5! noch mцglich war.} 77... Ra5 $1 78. Kd4 Rb5 $11)
78. Kd5 Ra5+ 79. Ke6 Ra7 80. Rd4 Rb7 81. Rd5 Rb6+ 82. Ke7 ({Die Gewinnidee} 82.
Rd6 $1 Rb7 83. f6 Kg6 84. g5 $18 {/\Rd7 lag auf der Oberflдche.}) 82... Rb7+
83. Rd7 Rb6 84. Kf8 $4 $138 {Dieser wahnsinnige Zug brachte das deutsche Team
um den Ehrenpunkt gegen RuЯland. Es war noch nicht zu spдt fьr 84.Rd6!, auch
die Wiederholung einiger Zьge im Sinne des Zeitansparens war nicht von der
Hand zu weisen.} (84. Kf7 $4 Kxg4 85. f6 Kg5 86. Rd5+ Kh6 $11) (84. Rd6 Rb7+
85. Ke6 $18 {/\e6}) 84... Kxg4 85. Rf7 Kg5 $11 86. Kg7 Rh6 87. Rf8 Rh3 88. Rf7
Rh6 89. Rf8 Rh3 90. f6 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
g6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. g3 (10. Qd2) (10. Ne5 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. fxe5
f6 $11) 10... Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 b6 $1 $146 {Schwarz braucht den Bauern
e7 nicht zu verteidigen und kann sein Gegenspiel auf dem Damenflьgel
unmittelbar starten.} (12... Re8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. f5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Qxf5
Ng6 17. h4 e5 $11 {Ivanov,S-Tella,J/Stockholm 2000}) 13. cxb6 (13. Rxe7 $2 bxc5
14. dxc5 Bf6 15. Re1 Nxc5 $15) 13... Nxb6 {/\Bg4} 14. Ne5 c5 15. Rc1 c4 (15...
cxd4 16. Nxd5 Qb7 17. Nb4 $16 {/\Be4}) 16. Bf1 Qd6 ({In einer Nachfolgepartie
spielte Th.Luther sofort} 16... Bf5 $5 17. a4 ({mir gefiel} 17. b3 $5 {nicht.})
17... Qd6 18. a5 Nd7 19. g4 Be6 20. Bg2 Rab8 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 (21... Qxd7 $1) 22.
Nxd5 e6 23. Nb6 Bb5 24. Nxc4 Qxf4 25. Re4 Qc7 $44 {Pigott,J-Luther,T/Cappelle
la Grande 2003}) 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Qe2 {Schwarz kam aus der Erцffnung mit einer
guten Stellung heraus - seine Bauernstruktur ist sehr solide, und das
Lдuferpaar kцnnte bald aktiv werden. Um den Pd5 abzusichern sollte er in den
nдchsten Zьgen e7-e6 spielen. Es wдre zu schade, den Bc8 damit passiv werden
zu lassen...} Bf5 $1 {Richtig! Der Lдufer gehцrt vor die Bauernkette. Zwar ist
seine Position unsicher, aber im Falle des g3-g4 kann er meistens nach d3
ziehen.} (18... e6 $6 19. h4 $36 {/\h5}) (18... f6 $6 19. Nf3 e6 20. h4 $36)
19. b3 e6 20. bxc4 (20. g4 Bd3 21. Qe3 Nd7 $11) 20... dxc4 21. Red1 Rfc8 22. d5
{Pinter setzte seine Hoffnungen auf diesen BauernvorstoЯ. Ich habe mir aber
bereits frьher eine gute Erwiderung zurechtgelegt.} Rc5 $1 {/\exd5} ({Auch
FRITZs Vorschlag 22...Qa3 ist nicht schlecht:} 22... Qa3 $5 23. Qe3 (23. d6 Bd3
24. Qe3 Qxd6 $15) (23. dxe6 Bxe6 $15) 23... Bxe5 (23... exd5 24. Nxd5 Qxe3 25.
Nxe3 Be6 26. Nc6 Rb7 27. Nd8 $14) 24. fxe5 exd5 25. Nxd5 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 $11) 23.
Nc6 (23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Qe3 Qe7 $11) 23... Re8 ({In Frage kam der Zwischenzug} 
23... Bd3 $5) 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 Bxe6 26. Ne5 $1 {Pinter hat die Gefahr
erkannt und steuert auf Remiskurs. In der Tat, das schwarze Lдuferpaar wird
mit jedem Abtausch stдrker, und der blockierte Freibauer c4 kann bald zu einer
groЯen Kraft werden. Nach dem guten Textzug hat es Schwarz allerdings nicht
leicht, diese Vorteile zur Geltung zu bringen.} Bxe5 {Bei meinen Berechnungen
ьbersah ich den starken 29. Zug von WeiЯ.} ({Mehr als ein Ausgleich ist fьr
Schwarz allerdings nicht in Sicht. Z.B,} 26... Ra5 $5 27. Rb1 (27. Rd6 $2 Nc8
28. Rc6 Na7 $15) 27... Nc8 (27... Ra3 28. Rxb6 Rxc3 29. Rxa6 Rc2 $11) 28. Bc6
Rf8 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Rd8 33. Rb8 $11) 27. fxe5
Rxe5 28. Rd6 Bf5 29. Bb7 $1 {Nach dieser umsichtigen Antwort ist die Stellung
endgьltig ausgeglichen. Allerdings begann hier die Zeitnotphase, in der ich
sehr unsauber spielte.} (29. Rxb6 $6 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Bf1 Bd3 32. Rxa6
Rxf1+ 33. Kg2 Rc1 $15) 29... R5e6 30. Rxe6 Bxe6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Bb7 Ra3 33.
Bc6 Kg7 $6 (33... Bd7 $11) (33... Kf8 $1) 34. f4 Nc8 $2 {Der Springer war
schon die ganze Zeit auf b6 schlecht platziert, aber gerade jetzt war nicht
der richtige Zeitpunkt, um fьr ihn einen besseren Posten zu suchen. WeiЯ droht
mit dem Kцnigsmarsch nach c5, und es war an der Zeit, die Lдufer abzutauschen.}
(34... Bd7 35. Bxd7 (35. Bg2 Na4 $11) 35... Nxd7 36. Kf2 Nb6 37. Rc2 Kf6 $11)
35. Kf2 Ne7 36. Be4 $14 h5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kd4 h4 $2 $138 (38... Ra5 $1 $14)
39. gxh4 $2 $138 ({Nach dem naheliegenden} 39. Kc5 $1 hxg3 40. hxg3 $16 {
/\Kb4,a4 hдtte ich meine nachlдssige Endspielbehandlung bereuen mьssen.}) 39...
Ra5 $1 40. a4 Nf5+ 41. Bxf5 Kxf5 $11 42. Ke3 Kg4 43. Rg1+ Kxh4 44. Rg3 Bd7 45.
Rg2 Kh3 46. Ra2 Kg4 47. Rg2+ Kh3 48. Rd2 Ra7 49. a5 Be6 50. Ra2 Rd7 51. Rd2 Ra7
52. Ra2 Rd7 53. Rd2 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. b4 {Dieser Zug
macht mehr Sinn, wenn Schwarz 6...Nbd7 spielt, nach 6...g6 ist er ziemlich
harmlos.} a5 8. bxa5 Qxa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nb1 Ne4 11. a3 Nxd2 12. Nfxd2 Qc7 $1
$146 {[%mdl 8] Eine logische Neuerung, die Dame zieht in Voraussicht von
Nd2-b3 weg und unterstьzt dabei den VorstoЯ e7-e5.} (12... Ba6 $2 13. Nb3 Qa4
14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. O-O Qb5 16. axb4 Bg7 17. Qd2 Rxa1 18. Nxa1 $16 {Peralta,F-De
la Riva Aguado,O /Andorra 2005}) (12... b3 $6 13. Qxb3 Nd7 14. Qc3 Qxc3 15.
Nxc3 e5 16. Nb3 exd4 17. exd4 Bg7 18. Kd2 Nf8 19. Bd3 Ne6 20. Ne2 Ra4 21. Kc3
Bd7 22. f4 Ke7 23. Rhe1 Rb8 24. g4 $14 {Khenkin,I-Motylev,A /Sochi 2005}) 13.
Nb3 (13. a4 e5 $11) 13... bxa3 14. Rxa3 (14. Nxa3 Qb7 15. Nc2 Rxa1 16. Ncxa1 e5
$11) 14... Rxa3 15. Nxa3 Qb7 $1 {Hier wollte ich bereits mehr als Ausgleich,
auf b4 findet die schwarze Dame eine hervorragende Angriffsposition.} (15... e5
$11) (15... Bg7 $11) 16. Nb1 e5 17. Bd3 Qb4+ 18. N1d2 Qc3 $2 {Ich habe das
entstehende Endspiel ьberschдtzt, viel besser war das naheliegende 18...Bg7.} (
18... Bg7 $1 19. dxe5 (19. Qa1 exd4 20. exd4 Bh6 $1 $17) (19. O-O exd4 (19...
O-O 20. Qa1 Nd7 $15) 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Re1+ Be6 23. Nb3 Qb4 24.
Nd4 O-O 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxc5 $17) 19... Nd7 20. O-O Nxe5 21. Be2 O-O 22.
Qc1 Bf5 $15) 19. Qc2 $11 Qxc2 20. Bxc2 exd4 (20... Na6 21. Na5 $14) (20... Ba6
$5 21. Nf3 e4 22. Nfd2 f5) 21. exd4 Ba6 $6 (21... Bg7 $1 22. Nf3 Kd8 $11) 22.
Kd1 $1 Bg7 23. Re1+ ({Besser war} 23. Nf3 $1 O-O (23... f6 24. Re1+ Kd7 25. h4
$14) 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Kd2 Bb5 26. Na5 $14) 23... Kd8 24. Nf3 Re8 $11 25. Rxe8+
Kxe8 26. Kd2 Bf1 {Das Lдuferpaar spielt in dieser Stellung keine Rolle, da die
Bauernstruktur im Zentrum fixiert ist.} 27. g3 Kd8 28. Bd3 Bh6+ 29. Kc3 Bxd3
30. Kxd3 Nd7 (30... Nd7 31. Ne5 Nxe5+ 32. dxe5 Bg7 33. f4 Kd7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. e4 {Eine seltene Variante, die jedoch nicht ohne Gift ist. Schwarz muЯ
seinen nдchsten Zug genau ьberlegen.} dxe4 $6 {Eine Ungenauigkeit. Deutlich
besser ist 9...Nxe4!, und Schwarz hat einen bequemen Ausgleich.} (9... Nxe4 10.
Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 (11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 Bg7 $11) 11... Bg7 12. Bc4 O-O 13.
Bxf7+ $1 {WeiЯ muЯ das Unentschieden forcieren, etwas Besseres hat er nicht.} (
13. Qb3 $2 e6 14. Nxe4 Bxd4 15. O-O Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rad1 Qh4
$19 {Xu Jun-Malakhov,V/Moscow 2004}) (13. O-O Nf6 $15) 13... Rxf7 14. Ne6 Qe8
15. Nc7 Qd8 16. Ne6 Qe8 $11) 10. Ng5 $1 h6 $2 {Dies ist bereits ein Fehler,
Schwarz vergeudet ein wichtiges Tempo und schwдcht dazu seine Bauernstruktur.}
({Richtig war} 10... Bg7 $1 11. Bc4 O-O (11... e6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ncxe4 Nxe4
14. Nxe4 $14) 12. Bxf7+ (12. O-O e5 $11) 12... Rxf7 13. Ne6 Qe8 14. Nc7 Qf8 15.
Nxa8 {Ich konnte dieses Qualitдtsopfer nicht genau einschдtzen. In Wirlichkeit
hat Schwarz eine starke Initiative, die den Materialverlust vollkommen
kompensiert.} (15. Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V-Najer,E/Philadelphia 2004}) 15...
e5 $1 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Nxe4 exd4 18. Bg5 d3 19. Qc4 h6 20. Bd2 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Nde5
$40) 11. Ngxe4 Bg7 12. Bc4 Nxe4 ({Das natьrliche} 12... O-O $2 {geht bereits
nicht wegen der Schwдche g6.} 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qxg6 Qxd4 15. Bxh6 Ne8 16. Bb3
Qxc5 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. O-O $16) 13. Nxe4 b5 $1 {Nach langem Nachdenken
entschied ich mich fьr diese Aktivierung auf dem Damenflьgel, gefolgt vom
Abtausch der Springer. Bei der normalen Figurenentwicklung bleibt Schwarz
wegen seiner Bauernschwдchen (b7,g6, h6) langfristig unter Druck.} (13... f5 $2
14. Ng3 Bxd4 15. Bc3 $40) (13... O-O 14. O-O $14 Kh7 (14... Re8 15. Qb3 $16)
15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Qb3 $16) (13... Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Qb3 $1 e6 16. Be3 $5 (16. Bc3 O-O 17. O-O $14) 16... Bxd4 17. O-O-O Bxe3+
18. Qxe3 Qf6 19. Rd6 $36) 14. Bb3 $1 (14. cxb6 $6 Nxb6 15. Ba5 O-O $11) 14...
Nf6 $2 {Der Springertausch geschieht zu frьh. Energischer und besser war 14...
a5! Je nachdem WeiЯ reagiert, findet der Bc8 auf a6 oder f5 eine gute Position.
} (14... O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. a4 $14) (14... Nf8 15. Bc3 b4 $5 (
15... Be6 $2 16. d5 $18) (15... Ne6 16. Rd1 $14) 16. Bxb4 Ne6 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18.
Bc3 O-O 19. O-O Qd5 20. Rfe1 $14) (14... a5 $1 15. a3 (15. a4 Ba6 16. axb5 (16.
Be3 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Qc7 $132) 16... Bxb5 17. Ba4 (17. Nc3 $5) 17... Bxd4 18. Bxb5
cxb5 19. Rd1 Qc8 $11) 15... Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qe4 Ra6 18. Bc3 Bf5 $132)
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 $14 {An die Schwдche c6 gebunden, wird Schwarz kein
vollwertiges Gegenspiel entwickeln kцnnen.} Bb7 $2 {Zu passiv gespielt. Der
Lдufer sollte auf f5 entwickelt oder sogar auf e6 abgetauscht werden.} (16...
Bd7 17. O-O Qc8 18. Rfe1 (18. Bf4 Be6 19. Be5 $14) 18... Bf5 19. Qf3 $16) (
16... Qc7 $1 17. Bf4 (17. Qf3 Bf5 18. g4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 $14) 17... Bf5 $1
18. Qe3 Qd7 (18... Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Rd8 20. Rd1 $14) 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O 21.
O-O Rad8 22. Rad1 $14) 17. Be3 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 $16 {Der Rochadeverlust spielt
hier keine Rolle. Alle weiЯen Figuren sind aktiv, und vor allem der Bb3 ist
sehr stark. Als nдchstes plant WeiЯ den Abtausch der besten gegnerischen Figur,
des Bf6, mit Bf4-e5.} Qb4 $2 {Ein weiterer Fehler, der den Untergang der
schwarzen Stellung beschleunigt. Das nutzlose Damenmanцver wird mich lediglich
einige Tempi kosten. Angezeigt war die Rьckkehr der Dame.} (18... Qd8 19. Rhd1
Qd7 (19... e6 20. Bf4 $16) 20. a4 Kf8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. d5 cxd5
24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 $16) 19. Rhd1 Rd8 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Rad1 Qa5 (21... Kg7 $4
22. Bd2 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Bxh6+ $18) 22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Be5 Qd8 (23... Kg7
24. Rg3 $1 Qd8 (24... Rg8 25. Kf1 $18 {/\Rg6}) 25. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 (
26... Ke6 27. Bxf6 $18) 27. Bf4 e6 28. Bd6+ Rxd6 29. Rf3 $18) 24. d5 $1 $18 {
Dieser Durchbruch entscheidet die Partie.} (24. Rg3 $5) 24... cxd5 25. Bxd5
Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Qc8 28. c6 Kg7 (28... Bxe5 29. Qxe5 f6 30. Qe4 Kf7
31. Rd7 $18) 29. Rd7 Re8 30. Qd5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5+ Kg8 32. Qd5 e6 33. Qd6 e5 34.
c7 Kg7 35. Qd5 Rf8 36. Kf1 e4 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.05.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2
Bb4 9. Qc2 c5 (9... O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxc4 Qc7 13. O-O a5 14.
Ne4 Nd5 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qe4 f6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Hertneck,G/
Pula 2000}) 10. Bh4 $5 $146 {Ein neuer und sehr interessanter Versuch. WeiЯ
mцchte den Abtausch seines schwarzfeldrigen Lдufers verhindern und ist sogar
bereit, fьr die schnelle Entwicklung einen Bauern zu opfern. Bisher konnte
Schwarz die Stellung mьhelos ausgleichen.} (10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bxf6 (11. dxc5 O-O
$11) 11... Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bd7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc5 16. Nxc5
Qxc5 17. O-O Bc6 $11 {Gonzalez Velez,F-Magem Badals,J/Torrevieja 1997}) (10.
Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. a5 (15. Bf3
$11) 15... O-O 16. Qb6 $6 Rd8 $1 $36 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. O-O-O Nd5 19. Qxc7 Bxc7
$15 {Beliavsky,A-Piket,J/Madrid 1997}) 10... O-O 11. Be2 cxd4 {Schwarz nimmt
die Herausforderung des Gegners an und gewinnt einen Bauern. Eine gute
Alternative stellte 10...Qb6 dar.} (11... Qb6 $5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O b6 $132)
12. exd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 (13. O-O Qb6 (13... Bxc3 $2 14. Nxc4 $16) 14. Nxc4 $1 (
14. Rfd1 $2 Qxd4 15. Nde4 Qe5 $15) (14. Nf3 $2 Qc6 $17) 14... Qxd4 15. Bg3 {
ist nur eine Zugumstellung.}) (13. Bxc4 $6 {Bereitet Schwarz keinerlei
Schwierigkeiten:} Qc7 (13... b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5
Qf4 $36) 14. O-O b6 $11) 13... Qd5 14. O-O Qxd4 15. Bg3 {Eine kritische
Stellung. WeiЯ hat einen klaren Entwicklungsvorsprung, seine Figuren
koordinieren optimal. Schwarz dagegen hat Probleme mit der Entwicklung seines
Bc8, ein "Loch" auf b6, auЯerdem findet seine Dame keinen guten Platz.} Qa7 {
Ein prophylaktischer Zug. Es gab mehrere Alternativen.} (15... Bxc3 $6 {
schwдcht zu sehr die schwarzen Felder} 16. bxc3 Qe4 17. Qa2 $1 Qc6 18. Bf3 Nd5
19. Ne3 Qxc3 (19... Qc5 $142 $14) 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 $16) (15... e5 $5 {
kam in Frage. Schwarz sicher das Feld c5 fьr seine Dame und bereitet eine
Entlastung mittels Nh5 vor.} 16. a5 $1 {stellt Schwarz vor die meisten
Probleme.} (16. Na2 Be7 17. Rfd1 Qc5 $11) (16. Rfd1 Qc5 17. a5 Bxc3 $1 (17...
Rb8 $2 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Nab6 $36) 18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 Ne4 $11) 18... Nh5 $1 19.
Bxh5 Qxc4 20. Bf3 Qc7 $15)) (15... Nd5 {gibt den Bauern sofort zurьck.} 16.
Rfd1 Qa7 17. Nxd5 (17. a5 $5 N7f6 18. Bf3 $44) 17... exd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Rdd1
Be6 20. Bh4 Nd5 21. Qe4 $14 {, und WeiЯ behдlt etwas Druck.}) 16. a5 $1 {
Diesen starken Zug habe ich unterschдtzt. WeiЯ ergreift rechtzeitig die
MaЯnahmen gegen die beiden schwarzen Entwicklungsideen, b6, Bb7 und Nb6,Bd7.} (
16. Rfd1 $6 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Be5 Nd7 $15) 16... b5 $5 {Wegen der knapper
werdenden Zeit entschloЯ ich mich, den Mehrbauern zurьckzugeben und ein leicht
schlechteres Endspiel zu verteidigen.} ({Auf den ersten Blick fдhrt Schwarz mit
} 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 {sehr gut, aber es gibt 19.Bd6!} 19. Bd6
$1 (19. Na5 Bb7 20. c4 (20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Bf3 Nfd5 22. c4 $2 Rac8) 20... Be4
21. Qc3 Nbd7 22. Rfd1 $44) 19... Nxc4 (19... Rd8 $2 20. Bc5 Nfd7 21. Nxb6 Nxb6
22. Rab1 Rb8 23. Qb3 $18) 20. Bxf8 Ne3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Kxf8 23. Qb2 (23.
Bf3 Rb8 24. Rab1 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Qc5 $11) 23... Qc5 24. Ra4 $1 Nd5 (24... Ra7 $4
25. Rc4) 25. Rc4 Qd6 26. Bf3 Rb8 27. Qd2 $14) (16... Nd5 $5 17. Rfd1 N7f6 18.
Bf3 $44 {/\} Be7 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Nb6 Bg4 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Rxd8
Rxd8 24. Bc7 $16 {ףa7}) 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. Nc7 Ra7 20. Na5 Bxa5 21.
Rxa5 Nbd5 22. Rxa6 (22. Nxa6 $2 Nb4 $17) (22. Bxa6 $2 Qb6 $17) 22... Nxc7 (
22... Nb4 $5 23. Rxa7 Nxc2 24. Rxb7 Bxb7 $14) 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Qxc7 (24. Bxc7
Bb7 25. Be5 Rc8 $132) 24... Qxc7 25. Bxc7 Nd5 {Hier endete das forcierte Spiel.
Das Lдuferpaar und der entfernte Freibauer sprechen fьr einen leichten weiЯen
Vorteil. Dennoch dьrfte die schwarze Stellung haltbar sein.} 26. Bd6 (26. Bg3
Bb7 27. Ra1 (27. Rc1 Ra8) 27... Rc8 $132) 26... Rd8 27. Bc5 Bd7 $6 $138 (27...
Bb7 $142 28. Ra1 (28. Bf3 Ra8) 28... Nf4 29. Bf1 Nd3 30. Rd1 Ba6 $132) 28. Ra1
f6 $2 (28... Nf4 $5) 29. Ra7 $2 {Ein Fehler, der die schwarze Verteidigung
enorm erleichtert.} ({Viel unangenehmer wдre fьr Schwarz} 29. b4 $1 Rb8 30. Ra7
Bb5 (30... Be8 31. Bc4 (31. Bd6 Rb6 32. Ra6 $14) 31... Nxb4 $4 32. Bxe6+ Kh8
33. Bf8 $18) 31. Bg4 f5 32. Bf3 g5 $16) 29... Nf4 $1 30. Bf1 Bb5 $1 $11 31. Ra1
Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Rd5 $2 (32... Rd3 $1 33. b4 Rb3 $11) 33. Be3 (33. b4 Nd3 34. Ra8+
Kf7 35. Ra7+ Kg8 36. Ra5 g5 $11) 33... Nd3 34. b3 Rb5 35. Rb1 e5 36. Ke2 Nb4
37. Bd2 $2 {In meiner Zeitnot agiert Beliavsky nicht sehr ьberzeugend, ihm
unterlaufen mehrere kleine Fehler.} (37. Kd2 $142 Rb8 38. Kc3 Nd5+ 39. Kc4
Nxe3+ 40. fxe3 Rc8+ $14) 37... Kf7 38. Rc1 $6 (38. Bxb4 Rxb4 39. Kd2 Ke6 40.
Kc3 Rg4 41. g3 Re4 $11) 38... Nd5 39. Rb1 e4 40. b4 f5 41. Kd1 (41. Ra1 $6 Nxb4
42. Ra7+ (42. Rb1 $2 Nc6) 42... Kg6 43. Bc3 Nd5 $15) (41. g3 Ke6 42. h4 Ke5 43.
Ra1 $11) 41... Ke6 42. Kc2 f4 43. Kb3 Rb7 44. Rc1 $2 ({Es war noch nicht zu
spдt, Remis zu halten.} 44. Kc4 Ke5 (44... Rc7+ 45. Kd4 Rc2 46. Be1) 45. Bc3+
Nxc3 46. Kxc3 $11) 44... e3 45. fxe3 fxe3 46. Re1 (46. Be1 Kf5 47. Rc4 h5 $15)
46... Kf5 47. Bxe3 Rxb4+ 48. Kc2 Rg4 $1 {Nun ьbernimmt Schwarz das Ruder.
Natьrlich bleibt die Stellung remislich, dennoch ist es diesmal WeiЯ, der
aufpassen muЯ.} 49. g3 Ke4 $1 $15 {Der schwarze Kцnig strebt nach h3.} 50. Bd2+
Kf3 51. Re5 Nf6 52. Bc3 Ne4 53. Bd4 {/\Re7} g6 54. Kd3 Nf2+ (54... Nd6 $5 55.
h3 Re4 (55... Rxg3 $2 56. Re3+ Kg2 57. Rxg3+ Kxg3 58. Be5+ $11) 56. Ra5 Nf5 57.
Be5 $15) 55. Kc4 Ne4 56. Kd3 Ng5 57. Be3 Re4 58. Rxg5 $4 {Ein unglaublicher
Fehler, wenn man bedenkt, daЯ Beliavsky nicht mal in Zeitnot war.} (58. Bf4 $1
Rxe5 59. Bxe5 Nh3 60. Kd4 Nf2 61. Bc7 Ng4 62. h3 Nf2 63. Ke5 Nxh3 (63... Kxg3
64. Kf6+ Kxh3 65. Kg7 $11) 64. Kf6 g5 65. Kf5 g4 66. Kf6 {hдtte problemlos
Remis gehalten.}) 58... Rxe3+ $19 59. Kd4 Re2 60. h4 (60. h3 Rh2 61. h4 Rh3 $19
) 60... Re4+ (60... Re4+ 61. Kd3 Rg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. f4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 $146 (11. Qf3 b4 12. Na4 O-O 13. Qe2 Bxe5
14. fxe5 Ne4 $10 {Garcia Palermo,C-Rivas Pastor,M Benasque 1985}) 11... O-O 12.
Be1 (12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qf3 Qe7 $10) 12... Ne4 (12... b4 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Bh4 Qa5
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qd2 Rc7 $10) 13. a4 (13. Qf3 $5 Ndf6 (13... Nxc3 $142) 14.
Bh4 Nd2 $6 15. Qh3 $1 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 (16... gxf6 17. Qxh6 f5 18. Rf2 $18 Ne4)
17. Rf2 Nc4 18. Nd7 $18) 13... b4 $10 (13... bxa4 14. Qxa4 Ndf6 15. Bh4 Nxc3
16. bxc3 $14) (13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 b4 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qe2 a5 17. Rac1 $10) 14.
Nxd7 (14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Be2 Rc8 $15) 14... Qxd7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16.
Bc4 Rfc8 17. b3 $10 (17. Qb3 a5 18. Bd2 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Ba6 20. Qb3 Bxf1 21. Rxf1
Rc8 22. Rc1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Illit "]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 $5 {I have never trusted in this
move very much, but from time to time my priorities vary.} e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3
Na6 8. Be2 ({It was not great pleasure for me to go to position which was lost
by Pono:} 8. Bd3 Nb4 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. O-O
Be6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qb1 O-O-O 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5+ Qd7 18. Qb1 Rhg8 19. Bg3
exd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. Nb3 Ba7 22. c5 Nd3 23. Re3 Qd5 24. Qf1 Qxb3 25. Rd1 Qxd1
26. Qxd1 Nxb2 27. Qf1 Rd1 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Rd8 30. Bd6 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Rd1
32. Qxd1 Nxd1 33. Bd4 b5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Kf1 b4 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Kd3 f5 38.
Bb6 a4 39. Bc5 Na2 40. Kc4 a3 41. Bd4 Kd7 42. Kb3 Nc1+ 43. Kxb4 a2 44. Ba1 Nd3+
45. Kb3 Nxf2 46. Kxa2 Ng4 47. Kb3 Ke6 48. Kc3 Nxh2 49. Kd3 Ng4 50. Bc3 Kd5 51.
Ba5 Ne5+ 52. Ke2 f4 53. Bc7 Ke4 54. Kf2 h5 55. Bd6 Ng6 56. Bc7 Nf8 57. Bd6 Ne6
58. Be7 Kf5 59. Kf3 Ng5+ 60. Kf2 Kg4 61. Bd8 Ne4+ 62. Kg1 f3 63. gxf3+ Kxf3 64.
Kh2 Kg4 65. Bb6 f5 66. Bd4 h4 67. Bb6 Ng3 68. Bc5 f4 69. Kg2 Nf5 70. Bb4 Ne3+
71. Kh2 h3 72. Kg1 Kg3 73. Bd2 Kf3 74. Ba5 Ke2 75. Bc7 f3 76. Bg3 Nf5 {0-1
Ponomariov,R (2705)-Wang Hao (2643)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess
682}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Na2 $5 {The latest fashion!} Na6 $6 {
A very strange move.} ({especially considering that other games of Wang Hao
testify that White does not have anything special} 11... Nxa2 12. Qxa2 Nd7 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfc1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 e5 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. bxa3 exd4 18. Nxd4 g6 (
18... Re8 19. Rab1 g6 20. Be2 Kf8 21. Rc3 Re5 22. f3 f5 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Nb3 Nb6
25. Nc5 Nd5 26. Rcb3 b6 27. f4 Nxf4 28. exf4 Rxc5 29. Rxb6 Rc2 30. Kf1 Be6 31.
Bf3 Rc8 32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Ra7 h6 34. Rxa5 g5 35. fxg5+ hxg5 36. h3 Rd8 37. Re1
Rdd2 38. Rae5 Bd5 39. Bxd5 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 cxd5 {1/2 Moradiabadi,E (2499)-Wang
Hao (2696)/Beijing CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 728}) 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rab1 Kf8 21.
Kf2 Ke7 22. g4 Nc5 23. Be2 Rd5 24. Rc4 Nd7 25. e4 Rc5 26. Rcc1 h5 27. h3 hxg4
28. hxg4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nf8 30. f4 Ne6 31. Ke3 Nxd4 32. Kxd4 Bd7 33. Rb1 b5 34.
axb5 cxb5 35. Bxb5 Rb8 36. a4 Bxg4 37. Rc1 Rd8+ 38. Ke3 Rc8 39. Rxc8 {1/2
Onischuk,A (2670)-Wang Hao (2691)/Poikovsky 2008/CBM 125}) 12. Ne5 $1 {The
plan is simple: Bd3, f4 and White's initiative has become very annoying.} Ne4
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc2 ({There is no point in sacrificing:} 14. Bd3 Nd2 15. Qc2
({It`s a pity but} 15. Bxh7+ {does not work:} Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Ne4 17. f3 f6)
15... Nxf1 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Rxf1 $44) 14... f6 15. Nf3 Bd7 ({The principled
move is} 15... e5 {but analysis show that Black does not achieve full equality}
16. Bd3 exd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. Nh4 Be6 19. cxd5 (19. f3 f5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21.
fxe4 Qxh4 22. g3 Qf6 23. e5 $14) 19... cxd5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 $14 {
however it was a lesser evil in my opinion}) 16. Bd3 f5 17. Ne5 c5 $6 {
Probably a blunder, but the black position is unpleasant already.} (17... Be8
18. c5 $14 {/+/-}) 18. cxd5 exd5 19. f3 Ng5 (19... Nd6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Qxc5
Rc8 22. Qa3 Qe6 23. b3 Nf7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Rac1 $16) 20. h4 Ne6 (20... cxd4
21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. hxg5 dxe3 23. Rac1 $16) 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Bxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qf2
$16 Rac8 24. Rac1 Nb4 25. Nxb4 axb4 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Nd3 Qc4 29.
Nf4 Bf7 30. Qd2 ({I calculated a pawn sacrifice to get my knight to d4} 30. Ne2
$5 Qb3 31. Nd4 Qxa4 32. Rc1 {White is dominating. But at the end, "greediness"
took over!}) 30... b3 31. Rc1 Qxa4 32. h5 $1 gxh5 33. Nxd5 Qh4 34. Rd1 Rc8 35.
Nc3 Qe7 36. Qd4 Rc6 37. e4 h4 38. e5 Bg6 39. f4 Qc5 40. Nd5 $1 {The last
precise move.} ({Rybka's priority is:} 40. Qxc5 Rxc5 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Ke6
43. Rxb7 Rc4 44. Rb6+ Kf5 45. e6 Kxf4 $132 {but I have major doubts as to
whether it is the most precise way.}) 40... Kf7 (40... Qxd4+ 41. Rxd4 Rc2 (
41... Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Kf7 43. Rb4 $18) 42. f5 $18) 41. Ne3 Qxd4 42. Rxd4 Rc1+ 43.
Rd1 $1 Rxd1+ 44. Nxd1 Be4 45. Ne3 Kg6 46. Kh2 Kh5 47. Kh3 b5 48. e6 Bb7 49. e7
Bc8+ 50. g4+ hxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Bd7 52. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Vienna Bawag"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 {Suechting's variation.} 5.
e3 (5. Qc2 Bg4 (5... Na6 6. a3 g6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bg7 10. b4
Bf5 11. Qe3 Rd8 12. c5 Qc7 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. Bb2 Nc7 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Qg3 Qc7 17.
O-O $14 {Ink'ov-Skembris/Sofia/1986}) 6. c5 Qc7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. h3 $1 Bh5 9. Bf4
Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qd7 11. e3 Bg6 12. Bd3 e6 13. b4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. a4 $14 {
()<< Taborov-Lazarycev/SSSR/1985}) (5. cxd5 cxd5 6. a3 Nc6 7. Bf4 $14 {- D13/3}
) (5. c5 Qc7 6. g3 Nh5 (6... Bf5 7. Bf4 Qc8 $14) 7. e4 $14 dxe4 8. Ne5 g6 9.
Bc4 e6 10. Nxe4 Nd7 11. f4 $16 {Kostic-Balogh/Gyula/1921}) (5. Qb3 Bf5 (5... e6
{- D43/1}) (5... Na6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Ne4 (7... Bf5 8. e4 $1 Nxe4 9. Bxa6
bxa6 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bc2 12. Ra3 Rc8 13. Kd2 $16 {Portisch-Gheorghiu/
Hamburg/1965}) (7... Nb4 8. Ra4 $16 {Chernin}) 8. e3 f6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Ra3 $1 $16 {Gheorghiu-Bellon Lopez/Espana/1980 - 30/559})
6. c5 Qc7 (6... Qxb3 7. axb3 Nfd7 8. Bf4 f6 9. e3 $1 e5 10. Bg3 g6 11. b4 Bg7
12. b5 Bg4 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 $16 {Miles-Bellon Lopez/Las Palmas/1980 - 29/
472}) 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. h3 $14 {Chernin}) 5... Bf5 {Chernin's own suggestion in
the Encyclopedia of Chess openings.} (5... Bg4 6. h3 (6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 e6 8.
Bd2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Be7 {Bernstein-Kostic/New York/1917} 11. Qxb6
axb6 12. e4 $14 {Trifunovic [+]^^}) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7
10. Qg3 O-O 11. c5 Qd8 12. b4 $14 {()<< Marshall-Kostic/New York/1917}) 6. Ne5
$14 (6. cxd5 {Ftacnik} cxd5 7. Ne5 (7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bd3 e6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nc6
11. b4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. e4 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Rxc3 17.
e5 Ne4 18. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 Zawadski,S-Bibikoff/FRA-chT/1989/ (28)}) (7. Na4
Qc7 8. Bd2 Bc2 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qxc2 Qxc2 12. Bxc2 Rxc2 13. O-O Ne4
14. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Kd8 16. Be1 e6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. b4 f6 20.
f3 Ng5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. a3 {1-0 Makogonov,V-Rauzer,V/URS-ch05 Moscow (20)/
1927/ (41)}) 7... e6 8. Bb5+ (8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. g5 Ng8 12.
Qd3 Ne7 13. Qb5+ Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Kd7 15. Bd2 Nbc6 16. Rc1 Nf5 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Nc3
Bd6 19. Na4 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Weindl,A-Fioramonti,H/Geneve op (08)/1995/ (28)}) 8...
Nc6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Ne4 11. Qa4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rc8 13. h5 Be4 14. f3 f6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be2 Bb1 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bc2 19. Rxa7 Bxb3 20. Bd3 Rb8 {
Wang Lei-Stefanova,A/Kishinev ztW (01)/1995/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 6... h6 (6... e6 7.
g4 Bg6 8. h4 {XLg6} Ne4 {Ftacnik} 9. h5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. f3 f6 12. Nd3
Bxd3 13. Bxd3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Kf2 O-O-O 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4
Qxc4 19. Bxc4 e5 20. Bb2 exd4 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Varga,Zo/Budapest ExpFS/1992/})
7. g4 Bh7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 $2 (8... cxd5 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Bb5 Rc8) 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10.
Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bd2 e6 (11... Qxb2 12. Rc1 (12. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Qb6 13. Nxc6 $18))
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b3 $1 $18 {/\14Ba5} (13. Bb5 $16) 13... a6 (13... f6 {Ftacnik}
14. Ba5 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ba6 Rc7 16. Ba5 $16) 14... Qxa5+ 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16.
Rxc8+ Ke7 17. Nd3 $16) 14. Ba5 {Ftacnik: The dubious exchange of the knight on
d5 have given white more freedom for the attack. Black have lost the fight for
the control of the crucial c6 point.} Qa7 15. Nxc6 b5 (15... bxc6 {Ftacnik} 16.
Rxc6 Rxc6 17. Qxc6+ Ke7 18. Bxa6 $18) 16. Bxb5 (16. Nxa7 $2 {Ftacnik} Rxc1+ 17.
Kd2 Rc2+ 18. Kd1 bxa4 $19) 16... axb5 17. Qxb5 Qd7 18. O-O Ba3 (18... Bd6 {
Ftacnik} 19. Ne5 Qxb5 20. Rxc8+ Ke7 21. Rxh8 Bxe5 22. Bd8+ Kd7 23. dxe5 $16)
19. Ne5 $1 {Ftacnik: White can afford to win with the music.} Qxb5 20. Rxc8+
Ke7 21. Rxh8 Be4 (21... Qxa5 $2 {Ftacnik} 22. Nc6+ $18) 22. Rb8 $1 (22. Rb8 $1
Qa6 (22... Qxb8 23. Nc6+ $18) 23. Bd8+ $18 (23. Bd8+ {Ftacnik} Kd6 24. Rb6+ $18
)) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Baburin} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 {><b6} Nbd7 (5... g6 6.
Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Ne8 10. Be2 {Kasparov}) 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 (
7. e3) 7... g6 8. e4 $1 (8. e3) (8. Qc1 {/\Bh6}) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 (9...
Bg7) 10. Nxf6+ exf6 $6 (10... Nxf6 11. Bc4 Nd5 12. h3 $5 h6 $6 (12... Bg7 13.
O-O O-O $14) 13. Qb3 $5 (13. O-O Bg7 14. b4 {/\a4,b5}) 13... Bg7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rfe1 e6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne5 $16 {Renman-Engqvist/Sweden/1993}) 11. Bc4 $14
{׫} Qe7+ 12. Be3 Ng7 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. d5 $16 cxd5 16. Qxd5 Qd7 (
16... Rd8 17. Qc4 Bg7 (17... Nxc5 $4 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rfe1+ Kd7 20. Qxf7+ $18)
18. b4 O-O 19. a4 $16) 17. Rad1 (17. Rfd1) 17... Qxd5 18. Rxd5 {Baburin:
Simplification favours White, as he is getting closer to his aim - a winning
pawn endgame.} Be7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Rc7 (20... a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 b6
23. cxb6 Bxb4 24. b7 Rb8 25. Rb5 $18) 21. Nd2 $1 f5 22. Nc4 O-O 23. g3 Kg7 24.
Kg2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. a4 Be7 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke8 29. Rd5 Rd7 30. Rxd7
Kxd7 31. Kd3 Kc7 32. Nb6 $1 {This is a very instructive game. White shows how
to win with a pawn majority on the Q wing. It does not matter that the K
prevents the pawns to expand because Black has problems with the strong N on
b6 and the white K.} Bg5 33. f4 $18 (33. Bxg5 $2 Nxg5 $132) 33... Bd8 34. Kc4
h5 35. h4 Be7 (35... f6 {/\g5} 36. Kd5) 36. b5 Bf8 37. Bd4 axb5+ 38. axb5 Nxd4
$5 39. Kxd4 Bg7+ 40. Kd3 (40. Kc4) 40... Bf8 41. Kc4 Bg7 42. Nd5+ Kd7 43. Nb4
Ba1 (43... Bf8) 44. b6 Bf6 45. Kb5 Be7 46. c6+ bxc6+ 47. Nxc6 Bd6 48. b7 Ke6
49. Kc4 $1 (49. b8=Q Bxb8 50. Nxb8 Kd5 51. Nc6 Ke4 52. Ne5 Ke3 53. Nxf7 Kf3 54.
Nh8 Kxg3 55. Nxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2004.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 (7. h3 $5 {
1/2-1/2 Paschall,W-Erenburg,S/FSGM September, Budapest HUN 2004/CBM 103
[Erenburg] (36)}) 7... e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O {Nowadays very fashionable line.}
Bd6 {The main idea of this continuation is to complete the development as soon
as possible. This continuation is rare in comparison to} (9... Nbd7 {1/2-1/2
Krasenkow,M-Erenburg,S/21st Open, Reykjavik ISL 2004/CBM 100/[Erenburg] (37)})
10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nfd7 {Black has to drive away the knight
from excelent position e5.} 13. Rc1 {Logical decision. The file "c" is going
to be the only open file, so white tries to get control over it...} (13. Nf4
Qe7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Qg4 Qb2 19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rc8 Nd7 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxd7 Qxe5 24. Rd1 {1-0 Bandza,
A-Hinterberger,W/Aschach 1994/EXT 97 (24)}) 13... Bxe5 {Black tried also} (
13... dxc4 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. bxc4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. c5 Bc7 18. f4 $6 Nd5 19.
Rf3 f5 $15 {0-1 Bagaturov,G-Burmakin,V/Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext (40)}) 14. dxe5
dxc4 {Black's idea is to take control over the c4 square, occupying it with
the knight.} ({Black succeeded to equalize after} 14... bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16.
cxd5 cxd5 17. Nf4 Qg5 18. Rc7 N8d7 19. Bd4 Rfc8 20. Rb7 Rcb8 21. Rc7 Rc8 22.
Rb7 Rcb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rb7 {1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Bryzgalin,K/Vladimir 2002/
CBM 87 ext (24)}) 15. Ng3 $146 {[%mdl 512] White has a development advantage
as well as space advantage, therefore he has some chances for successful
sacrifice. This pawn sacrifice is novelty. In previous game white continued} (
15. bxc4 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,N-Postny,E/Budapest 2003/CBM 95 ext/[Postny] 
(29)}) (15. Nf4 {comes to consideration.}) 15... Qh4 $1 {In my opinion, very
strong move. Black prevents from white to play f2-f4, thus he disturbs white
to develop the initative on the kingside.} 16. Kh2 {preparing to carry out
f2-f4.} ({In case of} 16. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Yf3a8,Yf1d1,Yd1d4] I planned to react
with} Qg5 $1 {[%cal Yd7e5,Gg5e5]} 17. Ne4 Qf5 $132 {and black's chances aren't
worse.}) (16. bxc4 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Yb6c4,Yb6d5,Gb5c4]}) 16... Rd8 {threatening
with the capture on e5.} 17. Qe2 (17. Qd6 Nf8 18. Qc7 cxb3 19. axb3 Rd7 $15 {
[%cal Yh4d8]}) 17... cxb3 18. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Leonid knows, that he hasn't
time to take that pawn. He has to get something concrete on the kingside
immediately!} ({After} 18. axb3 c5 {black is going to get his forces into the
game with following Nc6.}) 18... bxa2 19. f5 $44 {Currently black is three
pawns up! But, his pieces are absolutely out of the game, and white's pieces
are really near to black monarch. It is extremely difficult to analize this
position, as Fritz all the time evaluates the position as absolutely winning
for black...} Nf8 {I felt, that I need this knight as the defender near to my
king.} ({Deserves attention:} 19... Nb6 20. Rf4 Qh6 21. f6 Nc4 22. Bc3 g6 $13)
20. Nh5 $1 {White's threat is the following maneouvre: Rf1-f4-g4.} g6 {In my
opinion, the only move. After} (20... exf5 {white's attack is very dangerous:}
21. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 22. e6+ Kg8 (22... Kg6 23. e7 Qxe7 24. Rxf5 $40) 23. exf7+
Kxf7 24. Rxf5+ Ke6 25. Qf3 $40) 21. Nf6+ (21. fxg6 {improves the position of
black's knight.} Nxg6) 21... Kh8 {I wanted to leave the h6 square for the
queen.} 22. Rf4 Qh6 23. Ne4 {Interesting continuation. Maybe} (23. Ng4 {
was stronger:} Qg5 (23... Qg7 $2 24. f6 Qg8 25. Nh6 $18) 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rf7
$44 {and white's initiative seems very dangerous. For instance:} Kg8 26. Rcf1
h5 27. Nf6+ Kxf7 28. Ne4+ Qf5 29. Nd6+ Rxd6 30. exd6 $13) 23... gxf5 24. Nd6 $2
{Probably white missed next black's move... He should continue} (24. Rxf5 $1
Ra7 $13 (24... exf5 25. e6+ $44) (24... Qg7 25. Rcf1 exf5 26. e6 $36)) 24...
Ra7 $1 {After this move black succeeds to parry white's attack.} 25. g4 {
trying to open up the kingside.} (25. Bd4 Rad7 26. Qxa2 Kg8 $19) 25... Ng6 26.
Rd4 fxg4 $1 27. Rxg4 ({After} 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxd8+ Kg7 $19 {black is
winning.}) 27... Rad7 {Step by step black consolidates his forces.} 28. Rf1 f5
$1 29. Rgg1 {It seems like black absolutely parried white's attack. All
black's pieces are in the game, and his material advantage is very big. But,
at this moment black was already in time trouble, so the realization was very
difficult...} (29. exf6 {loses immediately:} Rxd6 30. f7+ e5 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32.
Bxe5+ Kh7 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34. f8=Q Qxf8 35. Rxf8 a1=Q $19) 29... Kg8 $2 {Black
chose the worst location for his monarch- diagonal a2-g8.} ({Much better was} 
29... Rg7 $1 30. Rxf5 $141 exf5 31. Nxf5 Nf4 32. Nxh6 Nxe2 33. Nf7+ Kg8 $19)
30. Bd4 {White starts to take the pawns back!} c5 {seems very logical. Black
gives white another pawn in order to get into the game his queenside knight.}
31. Bxc5 Qg7 {threatening with the capture on e5.} (31... Nc6 $2 {is met by}
32. Qxa2 $14) 32. Bd4 Nc6 (32... f4 {is again met by} 33. Qxa2) 33. Qxa2 Nxd4
34. exd4 Rxd6 35. exd6 Rxd6 36. Rxf5 Qxd4 {After inaccurate play, black
remains with N and 3 pawns for the rook, that should be enough for victory...
But, the opponents were in time trouble, so the quality of the game becomes
really low...} 37. Rf2 {covering the second rank.} b4 $2 {missing simple way
to win.} (37... Qe5+ $1 38. Rg3 (38. Kh1 Rd3 39. Rh2 Qe4+ 40. Qg2 Qxg2+ 41.
Rgxg2 a5 $19) 38... Rd3 39. Rfg2 Qd6 $19) 38. Qe2 e5 $6 {opening the a2-g8
diagonal, that gives white tactical chances.} (38... a5 {was stronger.}) 39.
Qc2 e4 40. Qb3+ Qd5 $2 ({Black could play} 40... Kg7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 {and white
doesn't have any tactical resource here...}) 41. Qe3 $2 {Of course, better was
to take the pawn.} (41. Qxb4 $11) 41... Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qe7 $2 {too passive.
Black needed to activate his pieces:} (42... Rd3 43. Qh6 Qd6 44. Rc2 Qe6 $19)
43. Rfg2 Qe6 $2 {Almost each move is mistake...} (43... Rd3 44. Qh6 Qg7 45. Qh5
a5 46. Qf5 Rf3 $19) 44. Rg3 Qf5 ({Better was} 44... Rd3 45. Qc5 Qd6 $17) 45.
Qa7 Qf8 46. Qb7 Re6 47. Qd5 Qd6 $4 {loses on the spot...} ({Necessary was} 
47... Qf6 $15) 48. Qb3 $4 {missing winnig continuation:} (48. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 49.
Rxg6+ Kf7 50. Qxd6 $18) 48... Kg7 49. Qb2+ Rf6 50. h4 {threatening with h4-h5.}
Qd5 ({Better was} 50... Kh6 51. h5 Nf4 $19) 51. Rf1 e3+ 52. Kg1 Qe6 53. Rxf6 $2
({White could achieve very nice draw:} 53. h5 $1 e2 54. Re1 Qb6+ 55. Kh1 Qf2
56. Rxe2 $1 Qxg3 57. h6+ $1 Kf7 58. Re7+ $1 Kxe7 59. Qxf6+ $1 Kd7 60. Qc6+ Kd8
61. Qd7+ $11) 53... Qxf6 54. Qxf6+ Kxf6 55. Rxe3 a5 $1 {The connection of the
"a" and "b" pawns is much more important than the capture of h4 pawn.} 56. Kf1
{Of course, white needs the monarch to stop such dangerous pawns.} Nf4 $1 {
bringing the knight to queenside, thus helping the pawns to go forward. Also,
black disturbs white to bring the monarch to queenside.} 57. Re8 {White
decides to attack the pawns from behind.} (57. Ke1 $4 Ng2+ $19) 57... b3 58.
Rb8 a4 59. Rb4 (59. Ke1 {loses as well.} b2 60. Kd2 a3 61. Kc2 Ne2 $19) 59...
Nd5 $1 {Very nice work of knight!} 60. Rb7 (60. Rxa4 b2 $19) 60... Ne3+ $1 61.
Ke2 Nc2 {preparing the promotion of "a" pawn.} 62. Kd2 a3 63. Rxh7 {The only
chance.} (63. Rxb3 a2 64. Rb6+ Kf5 65. Ra6 a1=Q 66. Rxa1 Nxa1 67. Kc3 Kg4 $19)
63... a2 64. Ra7 b2 ({Of course not} 64... a1=Q $4 65. Rxa1 Nxa1 66. Kc3 $11)
65. Rxa2 b1=Q 66. Rxc2 Qb4+ {Now black needs to be careful... All of us
remember such games like Svidler-Gelfand, where Peter didn't succeed to win
with the queen against rook. The defence side can make some problems...} 67.
Rc3 Ke5 {Black doesn't hurry to take the pawn, but first, tries to improve his
position.} 68. Kc2 Kd4 69. Rd3+ Ke5 70. h5 Qc4+ 71. Kd2 Ke4 72. Re3+ Kd4 73.
Rg3 Qa2+ {Black succeeded to drive away white monarch from the 2-nd rank.} 74.
Ke1 Qh2 75. Rf3 Ke4 76. Rc3 Qxh5 {Now it is the right moment to take the pawn,
when the white monarch is cutted...} 77. Kd2 Qh2+ 78. Ke1 Qb2 {Step by step
black drives away the white's rook from the third rank.} 79. Rg3 Qc2 80. Kf1
Qd2 81. Rh3 Kf4 {Zugzwang.} 82. Kg1 (82. Ra3 Qc1+ $19) 82... Kg4 83. Rh2 Qe1+
84. Kg2 Qe2+ 85. Kg1 Qd1+ 86. Kf2 Qd4+ 87. Kf1 ({After} 87. Kg2 {black wins
easily as well:} Qe5 88. Kg1 Kg3 89. Rg2+ Kh3 $19) 87... Kg3 88. Rg2+ Kf3 {
winning the rook.} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {This continuation became very popular
in last 10 years.} 5. e3 {Other theoretical possibilities are:} (5. c5) (5. a4)
(5. Bg5) 5... b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 $5 {White
tries to use the fact, that black king is still in the centre. That's why he
plays aggressively. By the way, this continuation is rare, in comparison to} (
10. Bb2 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Pasman,M/Israel 2003/CBM 94/[Avrukh,B] (33)}) 10... Bxe2
11. Nxe2 dxc4 $1 {In my opinion, after this move white hasn't chances to get
an advantage.} ({Less clear is} 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2
Be7 (14... Bc5 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Nh5 g6 18. Nf6+ $36 {Belov,
I-Zagorskis,D/Karvina/1992/}) 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Rc6 Qb7 18. Qc2 Ra7
$1 $11 {0-1 Krasenkow,M-Epishin,V/Brno 1994/CBM 43/[Krasenkow] (34)}) 12. Qc2
$2 $146 {According to my database, this position appeared for the first time.
In the preceding game, at the same tournament, white continued} (12. Nxd7 {
, but didn't get anything special:} Qxd7 13. bxc4 c5 14. Ba3 cxd4 15. Bxf8 Kxf8
16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 bxc4 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Rab1 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,
V-Charbonneau,P/21st Open, Reykjavik ISL 2004 (28)}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd3 $1
{Obviously this move was overlooked by my opponent.} 14. Qxd3 (14. Qb2 Nd5 $17)
14... cxd3 15. Nf4 Nd5 $2 {missing more attractive option:} (15... Ne4 $1 16.
Nxd3 (16. f3 Nc5 17. Ba3 (17. b4 g5 $19) 17... O-O-O $17) 16... O-O-O 17. Rd1
Nc5 18. Nb2 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Nd3 $17) 16. Nxd3 O-O-O {[%cal Yd8d3] trying to
emphasize unsuccessful location of the white's knight.} (16... Rd8 17. Nf4 $1
$15) 17. Bb2 $1 {Much stronger than} (17. Rd1 $2 Nc3 18. Rd2 Ne4 19. Rd1 Nc5
$17) 17... Nb4 ({After} 17... Nxe3 {black throws away his advantage:} 18. fxe3
Rxd3 19. Rac1 $1 $11 (19. Rxf7 Bc5 $15)) 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Rfd1 Kc7 {Black
activizes his king, as immediate changes on the "d" file don't promise him
good chances:} (19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Kf1 c5 23. Ke2 c4
24. a3 Ba5 25. b4 $11 {with draw. The difference is that passed pawn "c" is
less dangerous than the "a" pawn.}) 20. Kf1 ({In my opinion, white had to
create a counterplay with} 20. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Yd4f4,Gd4g4,Ya1d1]}) 20... Kb6 21.
Ke2 a5 22. Rxd8 {White started to change the heavy pieces, as he was sure that
the BB endgame will be drawish. But this endgame is not so simple...} ({
Again better was} 22. Rd4 $5) (22. Bd4+ c5 (22... Kb7 23. e4 {[%cal Gd4e3]})
23. a3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 cxd4 25. exd4 Rd5 $17) 22... Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 a4
25. a3 ({After} 25. Ke2 {black's chances are quite good:} Be7 26. Kd3 Ka5 27.
Bc3+ b4 $15 {[%cal Ga5b5,Gc6c5]}) 25... Be7 26. b4 $2 {[%mdl 4096] After this
move the endgame is objectively lost for white.} ({Of course better was} 26.
bxa4 bxa4 27. Kc2 Kb5 28. Kd3 c5 $15) 26... c5 27. Bc3 cxb4 28. axb4 {The only
move.} ({Loses immediately:} 28. Bxb4 $2 Bc5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb6c6,Gc6d5,Yc5f2]})
28... f6 (28... f5 29. f3 Kc6 30. e4 f4 {See 29.Kc2 variation.}) 29. exf6 {
Other continuations don't change an evaluation of the endgame.} (29. Kc2 Kc6
30. e4 f5 31. f3 f4 32. Bd2 g5 33. Kb2 Kd7 34. Ka3 Ke8 35. Be1 Kf7 36. Bd2 Kg6
37. Be1 h5 38. Kb2 g4 39. Kc3 Kg5 40. Bf2 Bd8 41. Kc2 Bc7 $19) (29. f4 f5 $19 {
[%cal Gb6c6,Gc6d5]}) 29... Bxf6 30. Bxf6 (30. Kc2 Bxc3 31. Kxc3 g5 $19) (30.
Bd2 a3 $19) 30... gxf6 31. g4 {White hopes to build defence construstion, that
black monarch will not succeed to invade into white's camp.} Kc6 32. h4 (32.
Kc2 Kd5 33. Kd3 a3 $19) (32. e4 Kd6 33. f4 e5 34. f5 Ke7 35. h4 h5 $19) 32...
Kd5 $4 {throwing away the victory:} ({The way to the victory was so simple...} 
32... Kd6 $1 33. h5 (33. Kc2 h5 $19) (33. f4 e5 $1 {The simplest.} (33... Ke7
34. e4 Kf7 35. Kc2 (35. h5 Kg7 36. g5 e5 $19) 35... e5 $1 (35... h5 $2 36. g5
e5 37. g6+ $1 $11) 36. fxe5 h5 $3 $19) 34. h5 (34. f5 h5 $1 $19) 34... exf4 35.
exf4 Kd5 $19) 33... Ke7 (33... e5 34. f3 Ke6 $19 {and the king is going to h6.}
) 34. f4 Kf7 35. g5 e5 $19) ({Only not} 32... e5 $2 33. e4 $1 $11 {with
following h4-h5-h6.}) (32... Kd7 $1 {wins as well.}) 33. f4 $1 {Other moves
lose:} (33. h5 e5 $19) (33. f3 $2 Kd6 $1 $19 (33... Kc4 34. f4 Kd3 35. h5 Ke4
36. Kc2 $11)) 33... Kd6 (33... Ke4 34. h5 $1 e5 35. f5 $11) 34. h5 $1 (34. e4
$2 e5 35. f5 h5 $19) 34... Ke7 (34... e5 35. f5 $11) 35. e4 Kf7 36. e5 {
[%cal Gg4g5] In the nick of the time.} h6 (36... f5 37. g5 $11) (36... Kg7 37.
g5 $11) 37. Kc2 {Very disappointing game for black :(} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS09 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 $5 {Usually
white plays first Be2 and afterware h2-h3:} (7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Nbd7 {
1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Erenburg,S/Reykjavik 2004/[Erenburg] (37)}) 7... Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 {Interesting alternative is} (8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. f4 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Flear,G/
Hastings 2002/CBM 93/[Huebner,R] (40)}) 8... e6 {Black prefered more solid
option. Most white players don't take on f3 with the queen, because black gets
some interesting resource of e7-e5:} (8... bxc4 $5 9. bxc4 e5 {1-0 Chernin,
A-Gavrikov,V/Tilburg 1992/CBM 32/[Hertneck] (46)}) 9. Bd2 {covering the a5-e1
diagonal.} Nbd7 {Probably, more principle was} (9... Bb4 {0-1 Oll,L-Anand,V/
Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Ftacnik] (24) creating the pressure on white's queenside.})
10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O {The opponents completed the development, so we can
resume the results of the opening. White has got a pair of bishops, but black
has succeeded to solve the problem of light-squared bishop. I would evaluate
this position as approximately equal, because black's position is very solid.}
12. cxd5 $6 $146 {I don't think, that after such a move white can get
advantage... This move was played for the first time. More logical is} (12.
Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Be1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Qa7 16. Kh1 g6 17. f4 dxc4 (17... c5
$5) 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 $14 {1-0 Volkov,S-Kuporosov,V/Minsk 2000/EXT 2001 
(34)}) 12... cxd5 13. a4 $6 {forcing black to play b5-b4. But, white's pieces
will be misplaced, that, black can use...} (13. a3 {comes to consideration.})
13... b4 14. Ne2 Qb6 $6 {missing more attractive continuation:} (14... e5 $1
15. dxe5 (15. Bf5 Bd6 $1 {threatening with e5-e4} 16. Qg3 Ne4 $1 17. Bxe4 dxe4
$15) 15... Nxe5 16. Qf5 Bd6 17. Nf4 (17. Bb1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 (18. Bxb4 g6) 18...
g6 19. Qf4 Nc4 20. Qh6 Nxd2 21. Bxd5 Bh2+ $1 22. Kxh2 (22. Kh1 Qxd5 23. Rad1
Bc7 24. e4 Qe5 $19) 22... Nxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxd5 24. Nd4 $17) (17. Bxb4 $2 g6 18.
Qf4 Nh5 19. Qd4 Nc6 $19) 17... g6 18. Qg5 Kg7 $1 {Actually, I overlooked this
important move in my calculations. That was the main reason why I preferd
another move...} 19. Bb1 h6 20. Qg3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rfd1 Nd3 $15) 15.
Rac1 g6 {covering the f5 square, thus, preparing to move the "e" pawn.} (15...
Qb7 16. Qg3) ({In this moment, this breakthrough doesn't promise black good
prospects:} 15... e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qf5) 16. Qg3 $1 {Very strong move.
White threats with invasion into the 7-th rank, and, at the same time, he is
ready to cover the e4 square with following f2-f3.} Rfc8 {covering the c7
square.} (16... Ne4 {was also possible, but I saw that I cannot get more than
equality, therefore, I decided to keep more pieces on the board...} 17. Bxe4
dxe4 18. Qc7 Rfd8 $1 $11) 17. f3 Qb7 {preventing from white the breakthrough
e3-e4, and, at the same time, adding the option of changing the heavy pieces
on the "c" file.} 18. Qh2 $5 {Interesting and logical idea to keep control
over the h2-b8 diagonal.} Ne8 {preparing to play Nd6 or Bd6.} 19. g4 {White
intends to manage the attack on the black king, pushing forward the kingside
pawns.} Rxc1 {Black suffers from lack of space, therefore, he starts to change
the pieces.} 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rf1 {Of course, white needs to keep one rook on
the board. The reason is simple: rook and bishops coordinate together better
than the rook and knights...} Rc6 {protecting the a6 square, and, probably
building the battery along the "c" file. But, I think, that after white played
g2-g4, more logical was the following possibility:} (21... Bd6 22. Qf2 e5 $13)
22. h4 Qc7 $6 {After trading the queens, black loses the chances to win the
game and his position becomes slightly worse... The breakthrough in the centre
seems more to the point:} (22... Bd6 $5 23. Qf2 e5 $13 {[%cal Ye8c7,Yc7e6]})
23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. g5 {fixing black's kingside pawns.} h6 25. f4 {After this
move, the position is absolutely drawish, as the position will be absolutely
closed... Interesting plan for white is:} (25. e4 $14 {with following
improving pieces' position. White has some reasons to play for a win: he has a
pair of bishops, and it is well-known fact, that R+B coordinate better than
R+N.}) 25... h5 $11 {Now the position is absolutely closed and both sides
don't have any plan to improve their positions. And the opponents could agree
even here for a draw.} 26. Kg2 (26. a5 {doesn't promise anything special:} Nb8
$11 {[%cal Yc7b5]}) 26... Nb6 27. Ng1 {transfering the knight to e5.} a5 28.
Nf3 Bd6 {covering the e5 square.} 29. Kf2 Nc8 {preparing the transfer of
knight to f5.} 30. Ke2 Ne7 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 Kf8 33. Bd2 Nf5 34. Be1 Ke7
35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. fxe5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.02.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7.
Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 {Nowadays a very fashionable and principled line. Other ones
are:} (8. Rc1 {---> 1-0 Graf,A-Kuraszkiewicz,M/Germany 2003/CBM 099/
[Kortschnoj] (46)}) (8. b4 {---> 0-1 Krasenkow,M-Movsesian,S/Polanica Zdroj
2000/CBM 079/[Ftacnik] (35)}) (8. h3 {---> 0-1 Dreev,A-Volkov,S/Samara 1998/
CBM 067/[Huebner,R] (24) Huebner,R}) 8... e5 {Probably, the most principled
reply. More positional continuation is} (8... g6 {---> 0-1 Xu Jun-Malakhov,V/
Moscow 2004/CBM 103/[Huebner,R] (32)}) 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Na4 $1 Be7 $6 $146 {
With this move black allows white to keep extra pawn on the board...} ({
I should have prefered} 10... Qe7 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. e3 h6 13. Nd4 Qxe5 14. Bf4
Qf6 15. h3 Nge5 16. Be2 g6 17. O-O Bg7 18. b4 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Volkov,S/
playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 100 ext (40)}) (10... Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nb6
Rb8 13. Bc3 $36 {[%cal Ye1c1]}) 11. Qc3 $1 {[%mdl 4] protecting the e5 pawn.}
O-O ({Black doesn't succeed to win the pawn back after} 11... Ngxe5 12. Nxe5
Bf6 13. Nb6 $1 (13. f4 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qh4+ 15. Qg3 Qxa4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 $13) 13...
Bxe5 14. Qe3 d4 15. Qe4 $18) 12. Qd4 $1 {[%mdl 4] covering the fourth rank,
and driving away the knight from g4.} ({Much worse is} 12. h3 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5
Bf6 14. f4 (14. Nb6 Bxe5) 14... Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qh4+ $15) 12... Nh6 13. e4 $1 {
If white completes the development, his position will be winning.} ({It is not
recommendable to change the light-squared bishop:} 13. Bxh6 gxh6 $13 {[%cal
Yf7f6] , as black can get very strong counterplay, using the weaknesses of
dark squares in white's camp.}) 13... f6 $1 {Black opens up the game, hoping
to use the vulnerable position of white's monarch.} (13... dxe4 {loses
immediately:} 14. Qxe4 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Bd3 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 f5
19. exf6 $18) 14. exd5 $2 {missing better opportunity.} (14. e6 $1 Ne5 15. Nb6
Rb8 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. exd5 (17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qg3+
Kh8 21. e5 Qxe6 22. f4 Be7 23. Bd3 Bxc5 24. f5 Rxf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. O-O-O Rg8
$14) 17... cxd5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Qxd5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. f3
$16) 14... fxe5 15. Qc4 cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Bc4 $6 {White chose
unsuccessful position for his light-squared bishop.} ({Better was} 17. Be2 Ng4
18. O-O Nxc5 {and black is close to equality.}) 17... Nxc5 $2 {Now it is
black's "opportunity to miss opportunity"! :)} ({Much stronger is} 17... Ng4 $3
$132 {[%cal Gg4f6,Ye5e4]} 18. c6 (18. O-O Ngf6 19. Qd3 (19. Qe6 Nxc5 $17) 19...
e4 $19) 18... bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rb8 $44 {[%cal Yc8b7]}) 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nb6 Rb8
20. Nxe5 (20. Bxh6 {promises white an advantage, but not so obvious...} gxh6
21. Nxe5 Kg7 $14 {[%cal Ye7f6]}) 20... Bf6 21. Bf4 Be6 $1 {White is a pawn up,
but he needs to play very carefully, as black's pieces are located quite well,
in opposite to white's knight on b6...} 22. O-O Rd4 23. Bg3 (23. Ng6+ $2 hxg6
24. Bxb8 Rxc4 $13) 23... Nf5 24. Nf3 $2 {Probably, white has missed one of the
black's moves in the game... Boris should have prefered:} (24. Nf7+ Bxf7 25.
Bxb8 Bxc4 (25... Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Rac1 $3 Bxf1 28. Rxc5 $18) 26. Rfc1 Nb3
27. axb3 Bxb3 $14 {[%cal Yd4b4]}) 24... Nxg3 25. Nxd4 Bxc4 $1 26. Rfd1 (26.
Nxc4 Nxf1 27. Nf3 b5 $19) 26... Ne2+ ({Maybe stronger was} 26... Bd3 $5 {
(of course, suggested by Fritz)} 27. Nd7 Bxd4 28. hxg3 (28. Nxb8 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 (
29. Kh1 Bxb2 $19) 29... Nf4+ 30. Rxd3 Nfxd3 31. Rd1 Bxb2 32. Nd7 Kg8 $19) 28...
Nxd7 29. Rxd3 Bxb2 30. Rad1 (30. Rb1 Nc5 31. Rd5 Ba3 $19) 30... Nf8 31. Rd8
Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Kg8 33. Rd6 $17) 27. Nxe2 Bxe2 28. Rd5 $1 {White succeeds to
eliminate one of the black's bishops, that increases white's chances very much.
} Nd3 $1 {not allowing white's queenside rook to be activated.} 29. Nd7 Rc8 30.
Nxf6 gxf6 31. h3 Rc2 (31... Nxb2 $4 32. Rd2 $18) 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34.
Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096]} Rxb2 $2 {Black should have kept the rooks on the board:} (
34... Nxb2 $1 $17) 35. Ra7 $2 ({White had to change the rooks:} 35. Rxb2 Nxb2
$15) 35... Ne5 36. a4 h5 37. Ra3 h4 {fixing white's kingside pawns.} 38. Re3
Nd3 {[%cal Yb2b1,Gd3f2] creating some mate threats...} 39. g3 $1 Ne5 {
emphasizing the weakness of light squares in white's camp.} 40. Kg2 hxg3 ({
Comes to consideration:} 40... Bc4 $1 41. gxh4 Nd3 $17) 41. Kxg3 Bc4 42. Rc7
Rb4 43. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Yf2f4]} Bf1 $1 {threatening to take the "a" pawn.} 44. f4
Nd3 {[%cal Yd3f4]} 45. R7c4 Rb2 46. Rd4 Rg2+ 47. Kh4 Rf2 48. Kg3 ({The rook
endgame is probably losing for white:} 48. Rdxd3 Bxd3 49. Rxd3 Rxf4+ 50. Kg3
Rxa4 $17) 48... Rg2+ {winning some time. There was a time control with an
increment.} 49. Kh4 Rf2 50. Kg3 Rd2 $1 {Now black threatens to bring the king
to f5, afterware, white's monarch can find himself in a serious trouble..} 51.
Rd5 Rg2+ 52. Kf3 Rh2 53. Rd6 $2 ({After} 53. Rdxd3 Rxh3+ 54. Ke4 Bxd3+ 55. Rxd3
Rxd3 56. Kxd3 Kf5 {black gets a winning PP endgame:} 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. a5 (58.
Ke4 a5 59. Ke3 f5 60. Ke2 Kxf4 61. Kf2 Ke4 62. Ke2 Kd4 63. Kf3 Kc4 $19) 58...
f5 59. Kd4 Kxf4 60. Kc5 Ke5 61. Kb6 f4 (61... Kd6 $2 62. Kxa6 Kc6 63. Ka7 f4
64. a6 $11) 62. Kxa6 f3 63. Kb7 f2 64. a6 f1=Q 65. a7 Qb5+ 66. Ka8 Qc6+ 67. Kb8
Kd6 $19) (53. Rd8 $19 {gave more chances.}) 53... Rxh3+ 54. Ke4 Rg3 $2 {
missing a simple way to win the game...} (54... Nf2+ $1 55. Kd4 Rxc3 56. Kxc3
Ne4+ $19) 55. Kd4 Rf3 56. Rxa6 Rxf4+ 57. Ke3 Rh4 58. Ra8 (58. Rxd3 Rh3+ $19)
58... Ne5 $19 {Black has three pieces against two white's ones... White has no
chance to stop black's passed pawn "f".} 59. Kf2 Bc4 60. a5 Rh2+ 61. Kg3 Ra2 {
stopping white's counterplay on the queenside.} 62. Kf4 Ra4 63. Ke3 Bd5 64. Ra7
Kf5 65. Kd2 Kf4 66. Rc2 Ra3 67. Ke2 Rh3 $1 68. Kd2 {[%tqu "En","Please find
the winning move for black.","","","e5c4","",10]} Nc4+ $1 {winning an exchange.
} 69. Rxc4+ (69. Ke1 Rh1+ 70. Ke2 Rh2+ 71. Kd3 (71. Kd1 Ne3+ $19) 71... Be4+
$19) 69... Bxc4 70. a6 Kf5 71. Ra8 Ra3 72. a7 Bd5 73. Rd8 Ke6 74. Re8+ Kd7 75.
Rh8 Ke7 $1 {winning white's "a" pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 {
This is of course a provocation, but as we shall see, neither unprecedented
nor necessarily bad.} 8. Bd2 (8. Qc2 e6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 (10... b5 $5
$132) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 $14 {In the symmetrical pawn structure White's advantage
became magnified and he eventually won in Vitiugov,N -Fedoseev,V St Petersburg
2017.}) 8... e6 9. c5 Nbd7 (9... e5 {is possible immediately and this doesn't
lose the bishop-pair, but} 10. Nf3 {then forces Black, if he wants an
independent move, to play the position with opposite-side castling after} e4
11. Ne5 Be7 12. O-O-O $132) 10. Nf3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxc5
$5 {It is an unconventional decision to give up the bishop pair in this way,
with the position quite open and the rook still on a7.} (13... Nxc5 14. Nxc5
Bxc5 15. Bd3 $14 {is likely to just be good for White}) (13... Nxe5 14. Bc3 f6
15. e4 $1 $40 {is not ideal}) 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Ne4 {However, of course, a
big point of Black's play has been that the bishop pair will probably be
returned, barring some largish concessions.} 16. Bd3 ({Let us outline what
Black might have intended after} 16. Bb4 {. Probably he would have continued
chasing the bishop down:} Qb6 {A common theme is that White cannot possibly
allow ...Qa5+.} 17. Qa4 (17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bd3 c5 $11) 17... Bd7 18. Qa5 $5 {
Appearing to save the bishop-pair, but} (18. Qb3 c5) 18... Qxa5 19. Bxa5 b6 $1
{wins it anyway. Now} 20. Bxb6 (20. Bb4 a5 21. Ba3 b5 $15) 20... Rb7 21. Bd4 c5
$1 22. Bc3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Rb2 24. Bxa6 Ke7 $44 {would probably follow, when
Black has full compensation for the 2 pawns.}) 16... Nxd2 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. O-O
f6 19. exf6 (19. f4 $5 {is apparently most testing, but a human would have
nightmarish visions of his doubled e-pawns being played around with before
being taken at the classiest moment when there is absolutely no compensation.}
fxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Be6 $44) 19... Qxf6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Be6 {
A slightly interesting decision in that Black seems to think the presence of
bishops could favour him.} (21... Bf5 $11) 22. b3 Raa8 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rad1 Rad8
25. Rfe1 {White starts to drift a little bit, leaving his bishop 'biting on
granite'.} Kg7 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Rd8 28. Qc2 Qd4 29. h3 Qb4 30. Re2 Bf7 31.
Bf3 Rd4 32. g3 Qd6 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. h4 a5 35. Qb2 b6 36. Qc3 c5 {The position
is still dead level, but Black has improved his position more than White has,
if that makes any sense.} 37. Qe3 Qf6 38. Qc3 Qd8 39. Qe3 Qd6 40. Qg5 Kg7 41.
Qe7 Rd3 (41... Qxe7 42. Rxe7 Rd2 {doesn't threaten the a2-pawn, and so White
has time to get active:} 43. Rb7 $11) 42. Qb7 Qf6 (42... Rxf3 43. Qxf3 Bd5 44.
Re7+ Kh6 45. Re4 $1 $11 {had to be calculated by both sides: Black has nothing.
}) 43. Bc6 Kf8 44. Qb8+ Rd8 45. Qb7 Rd6 46. Bf3 ({With White's sudden flurry
of tricks there may have come the notion that this would be a good time to
encourage trades:} 46. Re4 $1 {and Black needs to stay equal, which he can do
in principled fashion by} Qd8 $1 47. Rf4 Rf6 $11) 46... h5 47. Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qb7
Kf8 49. Qa8+ Qd8 50. Qb7 ({The ending after} 50. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {could not
realistically have been won by either side, but at least Black would be in
more of a position to pretend.}) 50... Rd7 51. Qc6 Kg7 52. Qe4 Rd3 53. Qb7 Qd7
54. Re7 $6 {White is getting tired of playing around, but in playing this
pseudo-active move he forgets that (for tactical reasons) it will not prove
possible to prevent ...c4.} (54. Qxb6 $4 Rxf3 55. Kxf3 $2 Qg4+ 56. Ke3 Qd4+ 57.
Kf3 Bd5+ {is the point.}) 54... Qxb7 55. Rxb7 Rd6 56. Be4 Kf6 57. Kf3 (57. Rc7
a4 {has much the same effect}) 57... c4 58. bxc4 Bxc4 59. a3 Ke5 60. Ke3 Bd5
61. f4+ {Continuing to be accurate. With the slightly more active king it
isn't that surprising that it is Black operating within a greater margin of
error.} ({In the pure rook ending after} 61. Bxd5 Kxd5 {Black would now have
something, although White holds the balance with precise play starting} 62. f3
$15) 61... Ke6 62. Rb8 Bxe4 63. Kxe4 Rc6 64. a4 Rc4+ 65. Kf3 Rc3+ 66. Ke4 Rb3 {
You have to credit Fedoseev with continuing to find ways to play on!} 67. Rg8 (
{White had to take some kind of drastic action, mostly relating to the g-pawn.
There was the choice between the game's mechanism and} 67. Rb7 Kd6 68. g4 $5
hxg4 69. Rg7 Rb4+ 70. Ke3 Rxa4 71. Rxg6+ Kc5 72. Rxg4 Ra1 {, where humans
might hesitate to take on the divided pawns.}) 67... Kf7 68. Rb8 Kf6 69. Rf8+
Ke7 70. Rg8 Rxg3 71. Ke5 Re3+ 72. Kd4 Rg3 73. Ke5 Kf7 74. Rb8 Re3+ 75. Kd4 Re6
{Black manoeuvres, trying to get a better version next time with his rook on
the back rank.} 76. Kd5 Ke7 77. Rg8 Rd6+ 78. Ke5 Kd7 79. Rg7+ $4 {It is here
that White decisively loses the thread.} (79. Rf8 {is a tricky move to make,
simply preparing Rc8+ (a few other moves along the back rank also do this.)
Not least because Black can now try to defend his g-pawn from behind or swap
it for the a-pawn.} Rd1 80. Rg8 Rg1 {I suspect the problem was that with
Black's rook on g3, White knew he would have f5 in similar positions. However,
it turns out that here,} 81. Kf6 $1 Rg4 82. Rg7+ $1 {draws, due to the
discovered-check motif} Kc6 $2 83. Rxg6 Rxf4+ $4 84. Kg5+ $18) 79... Kc6 80.
Rg8 Kc5 $1 81. Rc8+ Rc6 82. Rxc6+ Kxc6 83. Kf6 b5 84. axb5+ Kd6 {White is lost.
} ({The problem is that on d6, Black's king performs all three of the
following duties: 1) Prevents Ke5-d4-c3 etc (unlike Kd7) 2) Catches a rogue
b-pawn in an economical fashion, winning a tempo for the main pawn-race 3)
Wins a critical tempo later on in the pawn race, as we shall see:} 84... Kd6
85. Kxg6 a4 86. f5 a3 87. f6 a2 88. f7 Ke7 $1 {Now if White had Kg7 all would
be well, but now this is met by a coronation with check.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Diese Partie wurde in der fьnften Runde gespielt, nachdem ich einmal gegen
Schweden ausgesetzt hatte. Mit +1 bekamen wir mit England keinen leichten
Gegner zugelost.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {Luke spielt die
Chebanenko Variante regelmдssig, also mussten wir uns gegen diese solide
Erцffnung etwas ausdenken.} 5. Qc2 $5 {Diese relativ seltene Variante wurde
bereits bei der Mannschaftsitzung vorgeschlagen. Nach der genaueren
Betrachtung von einigen "Hauptvarianten" konnte mich vor allem Dennis
ьberzeugen, diese interessante und nicht ganz ausanalysierte Variante zu
spielen. Die Idee besteht darin, so schnell wie mцglich e4 zu spielen, um
zentrale Felder einzunehmen. Dabei nimmt WeiЯ ein Bauernopfer in Kauf.} b5 ({
Цfter wird} 5... dxc4 {gespielt.} {Nach} 6. e4 b5 7. b3 {rдumt WeiЯ mit dem
Bauernopfern das Feld d3 fьr seinen Lдufer und versucht dank besserer
Entwicklung den Druck auf die schwarze Stellung zu erhцhen.} (7. e5 Nd5 8. a4
Bb7 9. e6 {Williams-McShane, 0:1, 2014}) 7... cxb3 (7... b4 8. Nd1 c3 9. a3 e6
{geschah in der Partie Gelfand-Tomashevsky, 1/2, 2015}) (7... Qa5 $5) 8. axb3
e6 9. Bd3 $44) ({Sowohl auf} 5... e6) ({als auch auf} 5... g6 {spielt WeiЯ} 6.
e4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 {mit etwas angenehmerem Spiel.}) 6. e4 $5 {
Es gibt eine Reihe von mцglichen Fortsetzungen in der Stellung. Nach 6.e4 kann
Schwarz einen Bauern mit drei unterschiedlichen Zьgen gewinnen.} (6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Bf4) (6. b3 g6) (6. c5 g6) 6... b4 $146 {Eine Neuerung in diesem frьhen
Partiestadium hat heutzutage eher Seltenheitswert.} (6... dxc4 {fьhrt zu den
Hauptvarianten.}) (6... bxc4 $5) 7. Na4 (7. e5 $5) 7... dxe4 (7... Nxe4 $2 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb6 Qxb6 10. Qxc8+ Qd8 11. Qb7 Nd7 12. Qxd5 Nef6 13. Qb7 e6 14.
Bxa6 $16) 8. Ne5 g6 {Mit einer neuen Stellung konfrontiert entscheidet sich
Luke fьr einen soliden Aufbau. Er ist aber etwas zu passiv und lдsst WeiЯ ohne
weiteres eine Initiative entfalten.} (8... Bf5 $5 9. Bf4 (9. Be3) 9... e6 10.
Rd1 Be7 (10... e3 11. Bd3 exf2+ 12. Qxf2 $36) 11. Qb3 $44) (8... Qxd4 9. Bf4
Qa7 (9... Qd8 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. b3 $36) 10. c5 Qb7 11. Nb6 Ra7 12. Be2 $36) 9.
Be3 {Die grцЯte Frage fьr mich wдhrend der Partie war, kurz oder lang zu
rochieren.} Bg7 10. Be2 (10. d5 $2 cxd5 11. Nb6 d4 $19) (10. O-O-O O-O 11. d5
$6 cxd5 12. Nb6 Bb7 $17) 10... O-O 11. O-O (11. O-O-O $5) 11... Qc7 12. Bf4 Qb7
{Ich war von diesem Zug ьberrascht, dabei ist es logisch c6 mit der Dame zu
kontrollieren, um spдter Nbd7 spielen zu kцnnen.} (12... Qa7 13. Rad1 Nfd7 14.
c5 $16) 13. Nc5 {Nicht energisch genug. Es ist naheliegend, aber vielleicht
wдre es an der Zeit eine zweite Front mit a3 zu erцffnen.} (13. a3 $1 b3 (13...
bxa3 14. Rxa3) 14. Qc3 $16) 13... Qb6 14. Rfd1 ({Immer noch stark war} 14. a3
Nfd7 (14... Nbd7 15. axb4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxb4 17. Ra4 $16) 15. axb4 Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxb4 18. Nxe4 $14) (14. Rad1 Nbd7 15. Ncxd7 Nxd7 16. Qxe4
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bf5 18. Qe3 $14) 14... Nbd7 15. Nexd7 (15. Na4 Qb7 16. h3 $14)
15... Bxd7 (15... Nxd7 $5 16. Nxd7 (16. Nxe4 Bxd4 17. c5 $2 Nxc5 (17... Bxc5 $2
18. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 19. Nxf2 Bxd7 20. Bc4 $16) 18. Rxd4 Ne6 $17) 16... Bxd7 17. Qxe4
Bf5 18. Qe3 $14) 16. Nxd7 (16. h3 $5) 16... Nxd7 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 {Schwarz ist
noch relativ glimpflich aus der Erцffnung rausgekommen, aber WeiЯ behдlt noch
etwas Druck dank des Lдuferpaars.} (17... e5 18. c5 $14 (18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be3
$14 (19. Bxe5 $2 Rae8))) (17... c5 $5 18. Be3 (18. Qxe7 Rae8 19. Qxd7 Rxe2 20.
d5 $13) 18... cxd4 (18... e6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc2) 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 $14) 18. c5 (18. Be3) 18... Qb7 19. Bf3 (
19. d5 $6 {sieht gut aus, klappt aber leider nicht.} cxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21.
Rxd5 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Nf6 23. Rdd1 Bc3 $15) (19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Qc2) 19... Rac8 20.
Qc2 Nf6 (20... e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 (21... Nxe5 22. Be2 $14) 22. Be3 $14) 21. a3 {
Besser spдt als nie! Dieser Zug war schon seit langem ьberfдllig.} a5 (21...
Red8 22. axb4 Nd5 23. Be3 Nxb4 24. Qa4 $14) (21... bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nd5 23. Bxd5
cxd5 24. Qc3 $16) 22. Qa4 (22. axb4 axb4 (22... Qxb4 23. Qc3 $16) 23. Be5 $14)
22... Red8 (22... bxa3 23. bxa3) 23. Qxa5 bxa3 (23... Nd5 $5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25.
Qxb4 Qd7 26. Qb3 $14) 24. bxa3 Nd5 25. Be5 Ra8 (25... Bxe5 {war ein besserer
Verteidigungsversuch.} 26. dxe5 Ra8 27. Qe1 Ra4 28. e6 f6 29. h4 Rxh4 30. a4
$14) 26. Qe1 {Jetzt ist die Stellung sehr schwierig fьr Schwarz, da es kaum
Angriffspunkte in der weiЯen Stellung gibt.} e6 (26... Ra4 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28.
Rdb1 $18) 27. Bd6 $2 {Ein grober Fehler. Wir waren beide schon in Zeitnot und
ich entschied mich endlich, den Springer auf d5 zu tauschen. Dabei habe ich
ein starkes Konterspiel zugelassen, was die ganze Partie kippen konnte.} ({Nach
} 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. a4 $16 {steht WeiЯ technisch fast auf Gewinn.}) 27... Ra4 (
27... Qb2 $1 28. Bxd5 (28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Nc3 $36) 28... exd5 29. Qb4 Qxb4
30. axb4 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bxd4 32. Ra6 Bc3 $8 (32... Rc8 33. Kf1 Bc3 34. Rb6) 33.
Rxc6 (33. Rb6 d4 $15) 33... d4 34. Bc7 Re8 35. g3 d3 36. Bf4 d2 37. Bxd2 Bxd2
38. b5 Rb8 39. b6 $11) 28. Bxd5 (28. Rdb1 Qd7 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Nc3 31. Rb6
Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Rdxd4 33. Rxc6 Kg7 $11) 28... exd5 (28... cxd5 29. Be5 $16) 29.
Rab1 Qa8 $2 $138 {Dieser natьrliche Zug deckt c6, die achte Reihe und baut
Druck auf der a-Linie auf...} (29... Qd7 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Bxb8 Qe6
$11) (29... Qa7 30. Rb6 Qd7) 30. Rb4 {Aber plцtzlich ist die achte Reihe
schwach und WeiЯ kann einen direkten Angriff starten.} Rxa3 $138 (30... h5 31.
Rdb1 Rxb4 32. Qxb4 $14) 31. Rdb1 Qa5 (31... Bf8 $5 32. h4 $1 (32. Rb8 $6 Rxb8
33. Bxb8 (33. Rxb8 $2 Ra1 $15)) 32... Bxd6 33. cxd6 Ra7 34. h5 $40) 32. h3 (32.
h4 $1 Bf8 33. h5 $18) 32... h5 (32... Bf8 $1 33. Be5 Ra2 34. Qc1 Bg7 35. Rb7
Bxe5 36. dxe5 Qd2 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. Rc7 $16) 33. Kh2 $18 Bf6 34. Qc1 Ra4 35.
Rb8 Kg7 36. Qf4 (36. Rxd8 Qxd8 (36... Bxd8) 37. Rb8 Qd7 (37... Rc4 38. Qf4 Rxd4
39. Qf3 $18) 38. Bf8+ Kg8 39. Qh6 $18) 36... Rxd4 37. Qf3 Re4 (37... Rxd6 38.
cxd6 Be5+ 39. g3 h4 (39... Bxd6 40. R1b7 Bxb8 41. Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Rxb8) 40. d7
hxg3+ 41. Kg2 Bc7 42. R1b7 gxf2 (42... Bd8 43. Qxg3 $18) 43. d8=Q f1=Q+ 44.
Kxf1 Qa1+ 45. Rb1 Qa6+ 46. Kg1 Bxd8 47. Rxd8 $18) 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 (38... Qxd8 39.
Rb8 Qd7 40. Bf8+ $18) 39. Rb7 Bf6 40. Bf8+ Kxf8 41. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 05th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2004.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 {An interesting attempt to change the character of the fight,
black bishop is ideal for the pawn structure and by pieceful play Grischuk
woul have nothing to worry about.} dxe4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A daring opening of the
position in the moment, when black needs a tempo to bring his king into safety.
} 17. d5 O-O (17... exd5 18. Bxg7 (18. Qxd5 O-O 19. Rfd1 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21.
Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Nd4 Ng6) 18... Rg8 19. Ba1 Nb6 ({a)} 19... Rg5 20.
f4 exf3 21. Rxf3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Qd6 23. Qd2 $36) ({b)} 19... Qb7 20. Nc3 Nf6 (
20... Bf4 21. Rc2 Rg5 (21... Nb6 22. Qh5 Qc6 (22... h6 23. Ne2) 23. Nxe4 $1
Qxc2 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nxg8 Qg6 26. Qf3 $14) 22. h4 $14) 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Bxf6
Rg6 (22... Qd7 23. Qh5 $36) 23. Bd4 Rxa2 24. Qh5 $36) 20. Bd4 Nd7 21. Nc3 (21.
Ba1 $11) 21... Qd8 22. Nxd5 Qg5 23. Ne3 Rd8 (23... Qf4 24. Re1 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 $14
) 24. Qc2) 18. dxe6 Nc5 $1 (18... fxe6 19. Ng3 ({a)} 19. Nd4 Nc5 $1 (19... Bh2+
$6 20. Kh1 Bf4 21. Nxe6 Bxc1 22. Nxf8 Bxb2 23. Nxd7 Qb7 24. Nc5 Qc6 25. b4 $1
$16) 20. Rxc5 (20. Qg4 $6 Rf4 $1 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qg6 Rf6 23. Qg4 Qf8 $1 $15)
20... Bxc5 21. Nxe6 Qa7 $5 (21... Qb6 $2 22. Qg4 g6 (22... Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rf7
24. Bxg7 h5 25. Qg6 $18) 23. Qxe4 $1 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kf1 Ra7 26. Qd5 $1
$18) 22. Nxf8 (22. Qd5 $2 Qf7 $1 23. Bxg7 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rfd8 $1 25. Qxe4 Bg3 $1
$19 (25... Re8 26. Bb2 Qxe6 27. Qf4 Rad8 28. Qxf2 Qg6 $17)) 22... Rxf8 23. Qd5+
Kh8 24. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bc5 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Bd4 (27. Qe8 Kg8 28. Qe6+ Qf7
29. Qxa6 Qf1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 27... Qf7 28. Kg1 Kg8 $11) 19... Nf6 (19... e3
20. fxe3 Rxf1+ 21. Nxf1 $14) (19... Nc5 20. Qd4 Qc7 21. Nxe4 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Be5
23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe4 25. f3 $14) 20. Bxf6 Bxg3 21. fxg3 gxf6 (21... Rxf6
22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qxe6 Qe5 25. Qxe5 fxe5 26. Kf2 $14) 22. Qg4+ Kh8
23. Qxe4 Qxg3 24. Qxe6 Rae8 25. Qc6 $14) 19. Qd4 {The first independent move
in the game.} (19. Nf4 fxe6 20. Qg4 e5 21. Ne6 Nxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rc6 Bc7
24. Rfc1 Qa7 25. R1c2 Ba5 26. Qxe5 Rae8 27. Rxa6 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Sakaev,K/
Copenhagen 2003/ (27)}) 19... Nxe6 20. Qxe4 Re8 21. Rfe1 Qa7 22. Qf3 {Malakhov
can not hope even for a small advantage, in a symetrical position is his only
tromph-bishop b2-easily eliminated.} (22. Nc3 Bc5 23. Re2 Rad8 $11) 22... Bc5
23. Ng3 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rcd1 Qb4 26. Nf5 Rad8 27. Qc6 Qc5 $6 (27... Qa5
$5 $11) 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. b4 Ne4 31. Rd7 $14 {White's chances
are somewhat better in the endgame.} h5 $1 32. a3 Nf6 33. Ra7 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Re6
35. f3 Nd5 36. Kg3 Nc3 37. Rd7 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Nf4 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Nd5 Nd3+ 41.
Kg3 Ne5 42. Rc7 Rd6 43. Nc3 Kg6 44. Ne4 Rd3 45. Kf4 f6 46. Rc3 Rd1 47. Nc5 h4
48. Nxa6 Nc4 $1 49. Kg4 {Malakhov must suddenly worry about the mating threats.
} (49. a4 $4 Rd4#) 49... Rg1 50. Nc7 (50. Rc2 $2 Ne3+ $19) 50... Rxg2+ 51. Kf4
Nd6 52. Rc6 Nf7 53. Ne6 $2 {After this move black will get a clear upper hand
since h3 pawn is terminaly weak.} (53. Nxb5 Ng5 54. Rc4 Nxh3+ 55. Ke3 Kh5 56.
a4 Nf2 57. Rc8 h3 58. Rh8+ Kg5 $13) 53... Re2 54. Nd4 (54. Rb6 Ne5 55. Rd6 Kf7
$17) 54... Re5 $1 55. Ne6 (55. Rb6 Kh5 56. Rxb5 g5#) 55... Re1 56. Nf8+ Kh6 57.
Re6 Rg1 58. Re7 (58. Rb6 Ng5 59. Rxb5 Nxh3+ 60. Ke3 Re1+ 61. Kd2 Ra1 $17) 58...
Ng5 59. Ne6 Nxh3+ 60. Kf5 Rg3 {Malakhov must have overstepped the time limit,
since the position is anything but resignable.} (60... Rg3 61. f4 $1 g6+ (61...
Nf2 62. Re8 g6+ 63. Kxf6 Kh5 64. Rh8+ Kg4 65. Kxg6 $11) 62. Kxf6 Rxa3 63. Re8
Kh5 64. f5 gxf5 65. Kxf5 Rf3+ 66. Ke4 Rf6 67. Rh8+ $11) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. O-O {Aronian is hinting, that he would be
happy even with a small advantage in a style of Catalan opening. The defender
must be careful when choosing the transposition from middlegame into pure
endgame.} (11. Rc1 c3 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bf4 Bxc5 14. Nxc3 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bb4 16.
Ne4 Ke7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Hertneck,G-Kindermann,
S/Germany 2001/ (23)}) 11... Nxe3 (11... Bd7 12. Nd2 Na5 (12... Rc8 $5 13. Nxc4
Nxe3 14. Ndxe3 Bxc5 15. Rfd1 Ke7 $11) 13. Bd4 f6 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Rc8 16.
Rac1 Bxa4 17. Ra1 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxa4 Ke7 20. Rfa1 (20. Rc1 Rhc8 21. e3
$18) 20... b6 21. Rb4 Rd8 22. Ne4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bui Vinh-Le Quang,L/Hue 2005/ 
(53)}) 12. Nxe3 Bxc5 13. Nxc4 Ke7 14. Rac1 Bd7 $6 {Bacrot was feeling
endangered and is ready to accept distinct disadvantage. The analyses has
proven, that the logical move 14...Rd8!? was keeping balance.} (14... Rd8 $5
15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rb8 18. Rc7+ (18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Rc7 Rdc8
$11) 18... Rd7 19. Rfc1 Kd8 20. R7c2 b6 $11) 15. Nfe5 $1 Nxe5 (15... Rac8 $2
16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Bxc6+ Kxc6 18. Ne5+ Kd5 19. Nxf7 Rhf8 20. Rfd1+ Ke4 21. Rxc5
$1 Rxc5 22. Nd6+ Ke5 23. f4+ Kf6 24. Ne4+ $18) 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18.
Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bc6+ Ke7 20. b3 {The advantage of a pawn in the endgame with
bishop's of opposite colour is minimal, but the presence of the rooks is
radically altering the evaluation. The defender has to suffer before he can
reach the coveted drawish port.} Rb8 21. Rb1 f5 22. e3 Rc7 23. Bf3 Rc3 24. Be2
Rcxb3 (24... a5 25. Bc4 $14) 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Bxa6 Ra3 27. Bb5 Be5 $1 28. Kg2
Ra1 29. Rxa1 Bxa1 30. a5 $1 Be5 31. a6 Bb8 32. h4 Ba7 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Bacrot
is not paying enough attention and radically complicates his task. Aronian
would have much bigger problems to prove his chances after the best defense 32.
..Kf6.} (32... Kf6 33. Kf3 g6 34. g4 h6 $1 $14) 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. g4 $1 h6 (34...
g6 $2 35. g5+ $1 Ke7 36. Bd3 Kd6 37. e4 Bb6 38. exf5 exf5 39. Bc4 Ke7 40. Bg8
Kf8 41. Bxh7 Kg7 42. Bxg6 Kxg6 43. Ke2 Kh5 44. f3 $18) (34... Bb6 35. gxf5 exf5
$16) 35. h5 $1 g5 $2 {The thorough analyses of this fascinating endgame have
proben, that only this move is pushing black over the edge. In the positions
with bishops of the opposite colour the weaker side is usually trying to swap
many pawns, but our game is an exception to the rule. The normal moves are
losing and the draw could have been had only with 35...Ke5!} (35... Bb6 36. Be8
Ba7 37. Bg6 Bb6 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Ke2 Ke5 40. f3 Ba7 41. Kd3 Bb6 42. e4 fxe4+
43. fxe4 Bf2 44. Kc4 Kd6 45. Kb5 Be3 46. e5+ Kxe5 47. Kc6 Ke6 48. Kb7 Ke7 49.
a7 Bxa7 50. Kxa7 $18) (35... fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Bb8 37. Bd3 Ba7 38. Bg6 Bb6 39. Kf4
Ba7 40. Ke4 Ke7 41. f4 Kd6 42. Kd3 Bb6 43. e4 Ba7 44. Kc4 Bf2 45. e5+ Ke7 (
45... Kc6 46. f5 Kb6 47. fxe6 Bh4 48. Kd5 Bg5 49. a7 Kxa7 50. Kc6 $18) 46. Kb5
Kd7 47. Be4 Kc7 48. Bf3 Be3 49. Bg2 Bf2 50. Bh3 Be3 51. Bxe6 Bxf4 52. a7 Kb7
53. Bd5+ Kxa7 54. e6 Bg5 55. Kc6 Kb8 56. Kd7 $18) (35... Ke5 $1 36. Be8 (36.
gxf5 exf5 37. Ke2 f4 $11) 36... Bb6 37. Bg6 Ba7 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Ke2 f4 $1 40.
e4 (40. Kf3 Bb6 41. exf4+ Kd6 42. Ke4 Kc7 43. Kd5 Kb8 44. Ke6 Bd4 $11) 40...
Bb6 41. f3 Ba7 42. Kd3 Bg1 43. Kc4 Bf2 44. Kb5 Kd6 45. e5+ (45. Bf5 Bg1 46. Bg4
Bf2 47. e5+ Kxe5 48. Kc6 Kf6 49. Kb7 g6 $1 50. a7 Bxa7 51. Kxa7 gxh5 52. Bxh5
Kg5 53. Bf7 Kh4 54. Kb6 Kg3 55. Bh5 Kh4 56. Be8 Kg3 $11) 45... Kxe5 46. Kc6 Kf6
47. Kb7 Kg5 48. a7 Bxa7 49. Kxa7 Kh4 $1 50. Kb6 Kg3 51. Be4 Kh4 52. Bg6 Kg3 $11
) 36. hxg6 Kxg6 37. gxf5+ exf5 38. Bf1 $1 Kg5 39. Kg3 {Aronian had a clear way
to win with a strcuture of white pawns e3-f4 and bishop on h3.} (39. Bh3 h5 40.
Ke2 f4 (40... h4 41. f4+ Kf6 42. Kf3 $18) 41. e4 Kf6 42. f3 Ke5 43. Kd3 h4 44.
Ke2 $1 Bb6 45. Kf1 Bc5 46. Kg2 Bb6 47. Bc8 Bc5 48. Kh3 Bf2 49. Kg4 $22 $18)
39... Kf6 40. Bg2 Bb6 41. Kh4 $6 {It was not too late to return with a king to
f3 and realize the main idea.} (41. Kf3 $18) 41... Kg6 42. Bc6 Bd8+ 43. Kg3 Bb6
44. e4 $2 Kf6 45. f4 fxe4 46. Bxe4 Ke6 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. Bg2 Ba7 49. Bh3 Bc5 50.
f5 $2 {Unprecise move, since the best chances for win were promised by the
transfer of the king to e4 or by temo of the bishop 50.Bf1.} (50. Kf3 Ke7 51.
Ke4 Kd6 52. Kf5 (52. f5 Kc7 53. f6 Kb6 54. Bf1 Bf8 55. Kf5 Ka7 56. Kg6 Kb6)
52... Kc7 53. Kg6 Kb6 54. Bf1 Bf8 55. f5 (55. Kf7 Bd6 56. f5 h5) 55... Ka7 56.
f6 Kb6 57. f7 Ka7 58. Kh7 h5 59. Kg8 Bc5 60. f8=Q Bxf8 61. Kxf8 h4 62. Ke7 h3
$11) (50. Bf1 h5+ 51. Kf3 (51. Kg3 Ba7 52. Be2 (52. Kf3 h4 53. Ke4 Ke7 54. Kd5
Kd7 55. Bh3+ Kc7) 52... Kg6 53. Bd3+ Kg7 $1 (53... Kf6 $2 54. Kh4 $18) 54. Kf3
h4 55. Kg4 Bf2 56. Kf5 Kf7 57. Bc4+ Ke7 58. Kg6 h3 59. f5 Kf8) 51... h4 $1 52.
Bh3 (52. Kg4 Bf2 53. Bg2 Ke7 54. Kg5 Kd8 55. f5 Kc7 56. f6 Kb6 57. f7 Bc5 58.
Bf1 h3 $11) 52... Ke7 53. Kg4 (53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kf5 Kc7 55. Kg4 Kb6 56. Bf1 Be7)
53... Bf2 54. f5 Kf6 $1 55. Kf3 Ba7 56. Ke4 Ke7 57. Kd5 Kd7 $1 $11) 50... Ba7 {
Bacrot has played the worst move in the game since together with a bishop move
he resigned- most probably in the drawish position! Chess is a very
complicated game even for the guys with 2700 ratings.} (50... Ba7 51. Kf4 h5
52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Kd5 Kd7 $1 54. f6+ Ke8 55. Be6 h4 56. Kc6 h3 57. Kb7 h2 58. Bd5
Bd4 59. a7 Bxa7 60. Kxa7 h1=Q 61. Bxh1 Kf7 $11) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck Anand} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7.
h3 (7. Be2 {Anand} e6 8. Ne5) 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 (8... bxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10.
Rb1 Qa5 (10... Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Be2 Qe6 $6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 $1 exd4 15.
Nxd5 Rc8 $8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. O-O Be7 18. e5 $1 Nd7 19. Qb7 Nc5 20. Qa7 h5 21.
Rb6 Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Rd1 Rc6 24. Rb4 $16 {Chernin,A-Gavrikov,V/Tilburg/
1992/}) 11. Qf5 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bd3 exd4 15. exd4 Rfe8+ 16.
Ne2 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 c5 {0,5/Gleizerov,E-Berezjuk,S/Katowice op 
(02)/1992/}) (8... e5 $5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13.
bxc4 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. cxd5 (15. e6 Ra7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 Nc6 18. exf7+
Rxf7 19. Qg4 Nd8 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Bd4 Qd6 22. f4 Qxa3 23. Rb1 Nc6 24. Qd1 {
0-1/Ovseevich,S-Komliakov,V/Nikolaev zt/1993/}) 15... cxd5 16. Bd6 Qb2 17. Rd1
Qc3+ 18. Ke2 Nd7 19. Rxd5 Qc4+ 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Ke1 Qc1+ 22. Rd1 Qc3+ 23. Ke2
Rc4 24. g4 $17 {Poluljahov,A-Moskalenko,V/Rostov op/1993/}) 9. Bd2 (9. cxd5
cxd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 $10) 9... Bb4 $1 10. Qd1 (10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 bxc4 12. bxc4
Ne4 $17) 10... O-O 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 $1 $132) (11. cxd5 cxd5
12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 (13. Rxa4 {Hertneck} a5 14. Bd3 {=/+=}) 13... Nc6 14. Bxb4
Nxb4 15. Be2 Qd6 $10) 11... bxc4 12. bxc4 c5 $1 13. dxc5 $6 (13. O-O cxd4 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 dxe3 17. Qxe3 exd5 18. Bf3 Nc6 (18... d4 $1
$15 {Hertneck}) 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxe8+ Qxe8 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxd5 $10) (13. cxd5 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxc3 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5
Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 exd5 17. O-O $14) 15. Bxc3 Nxd5 $10) 13... d4 $1 14. exd4 (14.
Na4 Qa5 $17) (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxb4 dxe3 $19) 14... Qxd4 15. Qc2 (15. Rc1 Rd8)
15... Nc6 16. O-O $6 Qe5 $1 (16... Rad8 17. Rfd1 (17. Rad1 Qe5 18. Bd3 Bxc5 $17
) 17... Qe5 18. Bd3 (18. Bf3 Rxd2 $1) 18... Nd4 19. Qb2 Bxc5 $17) 17. Qa4 (17.
Bd1 $1 Rad8 (17... Nd4 $15) (17... Nd4 $15 {Anand}) 18. Be1 $17) (17. Rfe1 Rad8
(17... Nd4 {Hertneck} 18. Qd3 Rad8 $36) 18. Bf3 (18. Rad1 Nd4 $17) 18... Nd4 $1
(18... Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxc3 20. Rxe5) 19. Rxe5 Nxc2 20. Rd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxc3
$19) (17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Bf3 Nd4 19. Rxe5 Nxc2 $19) 17... Rad8 18. Be1 Nd4 19.
Qxb4 (19. Bd3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxc3 $19) (19. Bd1 $1 Bxc5 $17 {
/\ Nf5-g3}) 19... Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 $6 (20. Kh1 Rd3 (20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxa1 22.
Nd6) 21. Rd1 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Nxc3 $17) 20... Qxa1 21. Nc3 Qc1 $1 22. Qa5 Qf4 23.
Qxa6 Ra8 24. Qd6 Qxc4 {/\ Rfc8-+} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. Ng5 Bb4
$5 9. Qh5 (9. Bd2 $5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 $2 11. Bxc3 Qxg5 12. axb5 $16) 9... g6
10. Qf3 (10. Qh3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd4 {Speelman}) 10... f6 (10... O-O $5 11. Nge4
{/\ Bg5~/=} (11. Qh3 h5 12. g4 $6 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd4 14. Bd2 Qxe5+ 15. Be2))
11. exf6 (11. Nge4 f5) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Bd2 $44 O-O (13... h6 $1
14. Nf3 {/\ Ne5} Nbd7 15. axb5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 cxb5 17. b3 $44) 14. g3 a6 (14...
Bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Bxh6 Rxf3 18. Bg2 $16) 15. Bg2 Ra7 16. O-O {
/\ ab5} Re7 (16... Bxc3) 17. Bf4 $16 e5 $8 (17... Nbd7 18. Na2 $18) (17... Bb7
18. Na2 $18) 18. Bxe5 Nbd7 19. Na2 $5 (19. Bf4 $1 $16) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 (20.
Nxb4 Nd3 21. Nxd3 cxd3 22. Bxc6 Bg4 $1 23. f3 Bd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxd7 $10 (
25. Ra7 $6 d2 $17)) 20... Rxe5 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc3 $6 (23. axb5
cxb5 (23... Bxb2 24. Rab1 c3 25. bxc6 $16) 24. Nc3 $14 {<-> a}) 23... b4 $1 24.
Nd1 c5 25. Rc1 a5 26. Re1 Bd4 27. Rxc4 (27. Bf1 Ng4) 27... Bd7 $1 28. b3 Be8 $2
(28... Kf7 $1 {/\ Be6} 29. Rc1 Be6 30. Rb1 Bf5 $10) 29. Rc1 $2 (29. Bh3 $16 Bf7
30. Be6 $18) 29... Bf7 30. Rb1 c4 $1 $44 (30... Nd5 $6 31. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 32. Ne3
$14 (32. Re7 $14)) 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. Bh3 (32. Re7) 32... Bd3 33. Rc1 Ne4 34.
Be6+ Kh8 35. Kg2 Nxf2 (35... Nc5 $5) 36. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kh3 Bc3 38. Red1 Bc2
39. Rxc2 $2 (39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rg8+ Kh6 41. Ra8 $5 (41. Rxc2 Rxc2 42. Ra8 $15))
39... Rxc2 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Ra8 Re2 $2 (41... Bd4 42. Rxa5 Bg1 43. Rb5 (43. Kg4
Bxh2 {/\ Rc3}) 43... h5 44. g4 Rxh2+ 45. Kg3 h4+ 46. Kf4 $17) 42. Bc4 $10 Re5
43. Ra7+ (43. Ra7+ Kh6 44. Bg8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 {Dominguez is way too
strong not to know about problems after the weaker older move 6...Bg4. Black
has build up a fortress on the queenside and thus will be able to focus on the
centre of the board.} (6... Bg4 7. Qb3 $1) 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 Qc7 {The defender
is usually unable to avoid playing the queen to c7 at some stage in this setup.
It will be necessary to defend the c6-pawn in order to develop the pieces so
Black is waiting to see what his opponent will do.} (8... O-O 9. Be2 (9. Bd3
Be6 (9... Qc7 10. O-O Be6 11. g4 Nbd7 12. f5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Bd2 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Bxe5 17. Qe2 a5 18. a3 a4 $11 {0-1 Eljanov,P (2729)
-Malakhov,V (2706)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 (47)}) 10. g4 Qc7 11. Bd2 a5 12. g5 b4
13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qe2 f6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. gxf6 exf6 19.
O-O-O Bf5 $17 {0-1 Eljanov,P (2729)-Malakhov,V (2706)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 (31)
}) 9... Qc7 10. O-O Be6 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Nf2 h5 14. h3 b4 15. Na4
Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Qe2 h4 $11 {1-0 Wang Yue (2716)-Malakhov,V 
(2732)/Ningbo 2010 (46)}) (8... a5 9. Bd3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qe2
h5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Rdg1 Qb8
19. Nf2 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 a4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E (2705)-Wang Yue (2736)/Elista
2008 (47)}) (8... Be6 9. Bd3 Qc8 10. Bd2 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. b4 Nbd7 13. a4
Ne4 14. Nxe4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 fxe4 16. O-O O-O 17. Be1 Qe6 18. Bh4 f6 19. exf6
exf6 20. Bg3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2729)-Malakhov,V (2706)/Khanty-Mansiysk
2009 (80)}) 9. Be2 h5 {Yet another move, that simply belongs to a defensive
plan. Topalov would like to attack and the advance of the h-pawn will
maximally complicate his g2-g4 idea.} (9... a5 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Be6 (11...
Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. a4 b4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Qb3+ e6 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. g4 Bxe5 18.
fxe5 Na6 19. Qd1 Nc7 20. b3 {0-1 Vitiugov,N (2709)-Malakhov,V (2712)/Moscow
2010 (41)} Ba6 $15) 12. Nd3 (12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Nd3 h6 14. g4 Nh7 15. h4 f5 16.
g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Kf7 18. Kg2 Rfb8 19. Bd2 Nhf8 20. Be2 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B 
(2741)-Wang Yue (2752)/Medias 2010 (82)}) 12... Ne4 13. g4 f5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Ne5 a4 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Qf1 Nxe5 20. fxe5 $14 {
1-0 Al Sayed,M (2490)-Sanchez,L (2262)/Caleta 2011 (54)}) (9... Be6 10. Bf3
Nbd7 11. Nd3 h5 12. a3 Bf5 13. O-O a5 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17.
a4 b4 18. Ne2 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Be6 20. Qc2 Bd5 21. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Ashwin,J (2431)
-Phoobalan,P (2255)/Jalgaon 2010 (61)}) 10. O-O a5 11. a3 {The modest move a3
is a defence against an attack on the c3-knight. The weakness on e4 is so
important, that White can not leave it without exerting some control.} (11. Bd3
Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Qc2 e6 14. Bd2 Nbd7 $11) 11... Bf5 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Bf3 {
We shall be returning to the g4 idea in our comments several times. Topalov
has decided to refrain from it at this early stage of the game, since now he
would not get an advantage.} (13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Be4 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nxe4 dxe4
$11) 13... Ne4 $1 14. Bxe4 (14. g4 $2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Be6 $17)
14... dxe4 (14... Bxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. a4 b4 18. Nc4 $14) 15. Bd2
{The coveted advance of the g-pawn would have meant excessive weakening of the
kingside leading only to problems.} (15. g4 $2 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be6
$17) 15... Nf6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. b4 (17. Be1 O-O 18. Bh4 Rfd8 $11) 17... axb4 18.
axb4 O-O 19. Rfc1 Rfb8 20. Be1 {The Bulgarian ex world championship challenger
has finally parted with the chimera of the pawn attack on the kingside.} (20.
g4 $6 hxg4 21. hxg4 Nd7 22. Nxe4 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Qd7 24. g5 Ra4 $15) 20... Qc8
21. Kh2 Ra6 22. Bh4 Rba8 23. Rxa6 Qxa6 24. Qe1 Qb7 {Dominguez had every reason
to be satisfied with his position, but he could not find the courage to try
using the a-file for an attack at the cost of the e4-pawn.} (24... Ra7 $5 25.
Qd2 Nd5 26. Nxe4 f6 27. Nd3 Qa3 28. Be1 Qb3 $15) 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Nd5 27.
Nxd5 (27. Nxe4 $6 f6 28. Nf3 Nxb4 $15) 27... Bxd5 28. Qa5 $1 Qc8 {Black has
reached the situation where he has to try building a fortress at a cost of a
pawn. It was a much bigger risk to allow the enemy pieces to start active
operations.} (28... Kh7 29. Qd8 f6 30. Nd7 Be6 31. Nb8 Bd5 32. Qe8 $16) 29.
Bxe7 Qe8 30. Qc7 (30. Bh4 $2 f6 $17) (30. Qd8 Qxd8 31. Bxd8 Kf8 32. Kg3 Ke8 33.
Bh4 Bxe5 $11) 30... f6 31. Qd7 Bf7 (31... Qxd7 32. Nxd7 Kf7 33. Bd6 Ke6 34. Nb6
$14) 32. Bxf6 {Topalov will get three pawns for the piece and can look into
the future without concern. The other option was to take the c6-pawn right
away keeping the balance as well.} (32. Qxc6 fxe5 33. Qxe8+ Bxe8 34. fxe5 Kf7
35. Bg5 Ke6 36. Kg3 Kd5 37. Kf4 Bd7 $11) 32... Bxf6 33. Qxc6 Bxe5 $2 {Original,
non-standard positions represent serious risks even for very strong players.
Various solutions can be more difficult to evaluate and judgements can turn
out to be plain wrong.} (33... Qxc6 $5 34. Nxc6 Kf8 35. Na7 Bc4 36. Nc6 Ke8 37.
Ne5 g5 38. f5 $11) 34. Qxe8+ Bxe8 35. fxe5 h4 {Black is hoping to get
counterplay with the pawn advance to g4 with the goal of exploiting the
potential of the h-pawn.} (35... Bc6 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. Kf4 Ke7 38. Kg5 Kf7 39. h4
Bd5 40. g4 hxg4 41. Kxg4 Ke7 42. Kg5 Kf7 43. e6+ Bxe6 44. Kf4 Bf5 45. d5 Kf6
46. c6 $18) 36. d5 Kf7 37. Kg1 Ke7 38. Kf2 g5 39. Ke1 Bf7 {The three white
connected passed pawns are very dangerous and Dominguez must have been
agonising between hopeless continuations.} (39... Bh5 40. Kd2 g4 41. hxg4 Bxg4
42. c6 Bf3 43. d6+ Kd8 44. gxf3 h3 45. e6 h2 46. e7+ Ke8 47. c7 $18) 40. e6 Bh5
(40... Bxe6 41. dxe6 Kxe6 42. Kd2 $18) 41. Kd2 Kd8 {The centralising of the
white king after the immediate 41...g4 was very impressive.} (41... g4 42. hxg4
Bxg4 43. Kc3 Bf3 44. Kd4 Bxg2 45. Ke5 h3 46. d6+ Ke8 (46... Kd8 47. e7+ Kd7 48.
c6+ $18) 47. c6 h2 48. c7 $18) 42. d6 g4 43. hxg4 Bxg4 44. e7+ Ke8 45. c6 Be6
46. Kc3 Bd5 47. c7 Bb7 48. Kd4 Kd7 49. Kc5 {The defender is helpless, as he
can not prevent the loss of the b5-pawn. A very interesting and unusual
endgame!} (49. Kc5 Ba6 50. Kb6 Bc8 51. Kxb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. b4
g6 9. Qc1 h6 (9... Bg7 10. Bh6 $5 $14) 10. e3 (10. Bf4 Nh5) 10... Bg7 11. Bd3
O-O 12. O-O e5 $1 {The key move to the active concept offering black excellent
counterchances.} 13. Nxe5 (13. dxe5 Ng4 14. e6 fxe6 (14... Nde5 $2 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Bc2 Qh4 18. f4 Ng4 19. h3 $16) 15. Bxg6 Rxf3 $1 16.
gxf3 Nge5 17. Bc2 Nxf3+ 18. Kg2 Qf6 $17) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Na4 (15.
f4 d4 $1 16. h3 (16. Bc2 dxc3 17. Bxc3 h5 $17) 16... dxc3 (16... dxe3 17. hxg4
Qxd3 18. Bxe3 Bxg4 $15) 17. Qxc3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxh3 $1 19. gxh3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1
Bxe5 21. Qc2 Qg3 $17) 15... Qh4 16. h3 Nxe5 17. Be2 (17. Bc2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3
$19) 17... Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 128] White's poorly coordinated pieces will have
enough problems to prevent outright catastrophy looming upon his king.} 18.
gxh3 (18. f4 Qg3 19. Rf2 Ng4 $19) 18... Qxh3 19. f4 (19. Bc3 Rae8 $5 (19... Ng4
20. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 21. Kh2 Rae8 22. Bxg7 Qh5+ 23. Kg2 Re4 24. f3 Rh4 25. Rh1 $14) (
19... f5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Qe1 Rfe8 $19) 20. Qd1 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Be5
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Bg4 Rg5 24. f3 f5 25. Qc2 fxg4 26. f4 Rh5 27. Qg2 Qxe3+ 28.
Qf2 Qe4 29. Qg2 Qxb4 $19) (19. Qd1 Nf3+ $1 20. Bxf3 Be5 21. Re1 Bh2+ 22. Kh1
Bg3+ $19) (19. f3 d4 20. Qe1 Rfe8 $40) 19... Qg3+ (19... Ng4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 21.
Kf2 (21. Kh1 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 Rae8 $19) 21... Bf6 22. Rh1 Bh4+ 23. Rxh4 Qxh4+ $17)
20. Kh1 d4 $1 21. Qe1 (21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Rf4 dxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxa1 24. Bf2 Qg5 $19
) (21. exd4 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Bxd4+ 24. Rf2 Qxg4+ $19) (21. Nb2 Qh3+
22. Kg1 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 24. Kf2 Bf6 25. Rh1 Bh4+ 26. Rxh4 Qxh4+ $17) 21...
Qh3+ 22. Kg1 dxe3 23. Bc3 (23. fxe5 Bxe5 $19) 23... Ng4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 25. Kh2
(25. Kh1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Rfd8 27. Bxg7 Rd2 28. Qxd2 exd2 $19) 25... Rfe8 {Black
is blessed with a dangerous e3 pawn, attacking chances and three pawns for a
piece.} 26. Qg3 (26. Bxg7 e2 $1 27. Be5 (27. Rf2 Re3 28. Rg2 Qxf4+ 29. Kg1 Kxg7
$19) 27... exf1=Q 28. Qxf1 Rad8 29. Qg2 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Qd4+ $19)
26... Qf5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nb6 (28. Rae1 $2 Qc2+ 29. Kh1 Qxa4 $19) 28... Rad8
29. Rae1 (29. Rad1 $2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qh5+ $19) 29... Rd2+ 30. Kg1 (30. Kh1 Rxa2
$19) 30... Re4 31. a3 (31. Rxe3 $2 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Qg4+ $19) 31... Qf6 32. Nc8 (
32. Rxe3 Qd4 33. Rfe1 Rxf4 $19) 32... Qd4 33. Rf3 (33. Nd6 e2+ 34. Rf2 Rd1 $1
35. Nf5+ Kh7 36. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 37. Kh2 Rh1+ 38. Kxh1 e1=Q+ 39. Qg1 Qxg1+ 40. Kxg1
Rxd4 $19) 33... e2+ $6 (33... Rd1 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Rf1 e2 36. Re1 Rxf4 37.
Qxf4 Qxe1+ 38. Kg2 Qc3 $19) 34. Kg2 $2 (34. Qf2 $1 Qf6 (34... Rd1 35. Qxd4+)
35. Nd6 Rd1 36. Nxe4 Qa1 37. Re3 Rxe1+ 38. Kg2 $13) 34... Rd1 35. Nd6 (35. Qh4
Qa1 36. Rh3 Rxe1 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Qg7 $19) 35... Qa1 $1 (
35... Qa1 $1 36. Nxe4 Rxe1 37. Qf2 Rg1+ 38. Qxg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 e1=Q+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin Greenfeld Petursson} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 (5.
a4 {Greenfeld} e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5
Nxe5 $5 12. dxe5 dxc4 13. exf6 Qxd3 $2 (13... g5 14. Bxc4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 gxh4
16. Rd4 $14) 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Qf3 $1 Rxg7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Ng3 {
Khalifman,A-Hodgson,J/Ischia(04)/1996/1:0/}) 5... b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 (7.
Qb3 e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 a5 16. Bb5 Nb6 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. b3 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Stanciu,
G-Brandis,I/Bucharest-W (05)/1993/ (38)}) (7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10.
Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Qb6 (11... Rc8 {Greenfeld}) 12. e4 $1 Nxe5 (12... Qxd4 13. exd5
$18) 13. dxe5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qg4 g5 16. Be3 h5 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. b3 Rd8 {
1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Hodgson,J/Hastings9596 (06)/1996/ (41)}) 7... e6 (7... Bf5 8.
e3 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 b4 11. Na4 Ne4 12. h5 f6 13. hxg6 fxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15.
Bd3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 h6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qxe4 Be7 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Qf3
Rf8 22. Qe4 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 {Zsinka,L-Kiss,F/Zalakaros op (02)/1995/1-0 (49)}
) 8. e3 Nbd7 {The simiopen character of the position enables black to first
expand on the queenside and only later worry about the development.} 9. Bd3
Nxe5 (9... Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 (12. Na2 {Greenfeld} O-O 13. Nc1
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. Qe2 $14 {Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/Chalkidiki/1993})
12... Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. Nc1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne4 16. Nb3 Rc6 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qd2
Nd7 19. Bg3 Qa8 20. Rae1 {Huebner,R-Pieper Emden,C/BL 9091/1991/1-0 (63)}) 10.
Bxe5 Nd7 {ה} (10... Bd6 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Na2 O-O 15. a5
Rfb8 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Rogozenko,D/Budapest FS05 GM (04)/1995/}) (10... Be7 {
Greenfeld}) 11. Bg3 Nb6 (11... Bb7 {Greenfeld} 12. O-O Be7 13. Qb3 $1 $14 {
/\ 14.a4 b4 15.a5}) (11... Be7 {Greenfeld}) 12. O-O {@} Bd7 (12... Bb7 13. Rc1
Rc8 14. Qh5 $14) (12... Be7 {Greenfeld} 13. Be5 $1 (13. Rc1 Ra7) 13... Bf6 (
13... O-O 14. Qc2 {/\ Nb5}) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. a4 b4 16. a5 $1 $16) (12... Bd6
$5 {Greenfeld}) 13. e4 {|^ Baburin: Having a lead in development, White is
obliged to open the centre in order to seize the initiative.} b4 14. Ne2 dxe4
$6 {Opening the position is quite risky, black forgets about his lack of the
development.} (14... Be7 15. Rc1 (15. Nf4 {Greenfeld}) 15... Ra7 16. f3 O-O $14
) 15. Bxe4 Ra7 (15... Nd5 {Baburin} 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Rc1 $36) 16. Nf4 Be7 17.
Qf3 (17. Nh5 $6 {Greenfeld} g6 $8 (17... O-O 18. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 19. Be5+ $18)) (
17. Rc1 {Greenfeld} O-O 18. Qf3 $16) 17... Nc4 {Baburin: This is far too
optimistic - Black should have preffered 17...O-O instead.} 18. d5 {[#]Here
along with all the usual reasons for such a typical break there is one special
reason added - the black king is still in the centre.} e5 (18... Nd2 19. Qe3
Nxf1 20. Rxf1 (20. Qxa7 Nxg3 21. hxg3 (21. dxe6 $1 {Greenfeld} Nxe4 (21... fxe6
22. hxg3 Qc8 23. Nd3 O-O 24. Rc1) 22. exd7+ Kf8 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Nd5 $18) 21...
e5 $14) 20... Rc7 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Ng6 $1 $16) 19. Ne6 $1 {Baburin: For the
sacrificed piece White gets long-term positional compensation with the black
king stuck in the centre.} fxe6 (19... Nd2 20. Qh5 $18) 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Bc6+
Bd7 (21... Rd7 22. Rfc1 (22. Rad1 Nxb2 (22... Bf6 23. b3 Nb6 (23... Na5 24.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 25. Bxe5) 24. Rd6 Ke7 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxa6 $16) 23. Bxd7+ Bxd7 24.
Rd5 $1 $18 (24. Qh5+ Kf8) (24. Bxe5 Nxd1 25. Bxg7 Qc7 26. Bxh8 Nc3)) 22... Rf8
23. Qe4 $40) 22. Bd5 Nd6 (22... Rf8 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qxh7 Qc8 25. b3 (25. Rfc1
Rc7) 25... Nd6 26. Qxg6+ Kd8 27. Bxe5 $40) 23. Bxe5 {The pishops's pair is
dominating the position, weaknesses of g7 and b4 pawns are contributing to the
white's compensation for the sacrificed piece. With two pawns and full
deployment White is in a dominating position.} Rf8 (23... Bb5 24. Bxg7 Bxf1 25.
Rxf1 Rf8 26. Bc6+ Rd7 27. Bxf8 Bxf8 28. Qh5+ $18) (23... Nf5 24. Bxg7) 24. Qe3
{>=} (24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qxh7 $18) 24... Qb8 (24... Nb5 25. Rfe1 g6 26. Bb8 $16) (
24... Nc8 {Baburin} 25. Rad1 $40) 25. Rfe1 (25. Bxg7 $4 Nf5) 25... Kd8 26. Rad1
{Baburin: A spectacular position - all the white pieces are perfectly
centralised!} (26. Bd4 Nf5) 26... Re8 (26... Rc7 27. Be6 Rb7 28. Bxg7 Re8 29.
Qd3 $40) (26... Rf6 $1 $16 {Greenfeld}) 27. Bf7 Rf8 28. Bb3 (28. Bd4 $5 {
Greenfeld} Rxf7 (28... Nf5 29. Bb6+ Rc7 30. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 31. Qe6+ Kd8 32. Rd1+
) 29. Bxa7 Qb5 30. Bb6+ Kc8 31. Rc1+ $40) 28... Rb7 {Black seems to be unable
to improve his position.} (28... Re8 29. Qg3 Bf8 30. Re3 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 $16) (
28... Re8 {Greenfeld}) 29. Bxg7 Re8 (29... Nf5 {Greenfeld} 30. Qe6) 30. Be5 Rb6
31. Bf7 Rf8 32. Bd4 Nc8 33. Bxb6+ Qxb6 34. Be6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Hertneck Anand Dautov} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5.
e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O c5 (9... Be7 $1 {Dautov} 10. Nbd2 (
10. Ne5 {Dautov} O-O 11. Nxc4 (11. Bxc4 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 cxd4
14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. Nbd2 Rc8 $10) 10... c3 11. bxc3 bxc3 12. Nb1 (12. Nc4 O-O 13.
Qc2 Nbd7 14. Rd1 c5 15. Ba3 Qc7 $10) 12... Qa5 $1 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 O-O 15.
Nxc3 Nbd7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. e4 Rab8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ng5 Qc4 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21.
Rg3 h6 22. Qd2 Rb3 $1 $10 {Knaak,R-Hertneck,G BL9091 Porz-Bayern}) (9... Qd5 {
Anand} 10. Nbd2 c3 $132) (9... Be7 $1 {Anand If black wants to develop quietly
this is a reasonable alternative}) 10. Nbd2 c3 {N} (10... Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12.
Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Ke7 15. Kf1 (15. b3 $5) 15... Rhd8 16. Rxd8
Rxd8 17. Ke2 Rd5 $10 {Franco,Z-Smyslov,V/Barcelona/1990/} (17... Rd5 {Dautov}
18. Bd2 e5 19. Be1 e4 20. Nfd2 Ke6 21. Rc1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Nb3 Nd7 $10 {
Franko,Z-Smyslov,V Barcelona 1990})) (10... Qd5 {Anand} 11. Ne5 $16) 11. bxc3
bxc3 12. Nb1 Nd5 $2 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nb5 Qxd1 15. Bxd1 $16) (12...
Qa5 $1 13. Ba3 $36 (13. Ba3 {Dautov} Bxe2 (13... Nbd7 14. Nxc3 $1) 14. Qxe2
Nbd7 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. Nxd4 N8d7 18. Nxc3 O-O 19. Nc6 $14)) (12...
Bxe2 $1 {Anand} 13. Qxe2 cxd4 (13... Nd5 $5) 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. Nxc3 O-O 16. Bb2
$14) (12... Qa5 $10 {Hertneck}) 13. Bb5+ $1 (13. e4 c2 14. Qxc2 Nb4 $1 15. Qd1
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 cxd4 $17) 13... Bxb5 14. axb5 cxd4 (14... Qb6 15. e4 Nf6 16. Nxc3
$36) (14... a5 $5 {Dautov} 15. e4 (15. bxa6 Nxa6 16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7
18. Ne5+ Ke8 19. e4 Ndc7 $10) 15... Nb6 16. Nxc3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4 $132) (14...
Nd7 {Anand} 15. e4 N5f6 (15... Nb4 16. Nxc3) 16. Nxc3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 $14 {><c6})
15. Qxd4 Be7 $1 (15... Qc8 {Anand} 16. e4 Nb4 17. Ra4 $36) 16. e4 $1 (16. Qxg7
$2 Bf6 17. Qh6 c2 $19) 16... c2 $1 (16... Nf6 17. Nxc3 $16) (16... Bf6 17. e5
Be7 18. Nxc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 O-O 20. Be3 $1 $16) 17. Na3 (17. Nc3 Nb4 $1) (17.
exd5 $5 Bf6 18. Qa4 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 cxb1=Q 20. Qxb1 Qxd5 (20... O-O 21. Ng5 g6
22. dxe6 $16) 21. Ba3 f6 22. Rd1 Qb7 23. Nd4 Kf7 24. Nxe6 $1 $40) 17... Bf6 (
17... Nb4 18. Qc4 (18. Qxd8+ {Dautov} Bxd8 19. Bd2 Be7 (19... a5 $13 {Hertneck}
) 20. Rfc1 $14) (18. Qc3 $5 $14) 18... Qd3 19. Bd2 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 Nd7 21. b6 $1
$16) 18. e5 Be7 19. Nxc2 Qd7 (19... Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Ncd4 (21. Be3 {Dautov
} N8d7 22. Ra2 $16) 21... a6 22. Nc6 $16) (19... O-O 20. Rxa7 Nd7 $14) (19...
a5 {Dautov} 20. Qg4 (20. bxa6 {Anand} Nxa6 21. Qa4+ Qd7) 20... g6 21. Bh6 $36)
(19... Nd7 {Anand} 20. Rxa7 Bc5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qg4 $16) 20. Qg4 $1 g6 (20...
Qxb5 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. Qxh7 $16) (20... O-O 21. Bh6) 21. Ncd4 (21. Bh6 Qxb5 22.
Ncd4 Qd7 23. Rfc1 Bf8 24. Qh3 $1 $40) 21... O-O 22. Ba3 $1 (22. Bh6 Rc8 23.
Rfc1 Bf8 $16) 22... Rc8 23. h4 Rc4 (23... Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rc4 25. Rfa1 $16) (
23... a5 $5 {Anand /\a4,Ra5}) 24. Bxe7 (24. h5 $22 {Dautov} Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Qxb5
26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qh3 Qb4 28. Ng5 $18) 24... Qxe7 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ (25... Qc7 26.
Qg5 $16) (25... Nc3 $2 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Qe4 $18) 26. Rxc1 Nd7 27. h5 Kg7 (
27... f5 28. Qg3 (28. exf6 N7xf6 29. Qxe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Nxh5 $14) 28... Nf8
29. Rc6 $16) (27... a6 $5 28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. Rc8+ Nf8 $14) (27... a5 {Dautov}
28. Nc6 Qa3 29. Rd1 {/\Rd7} Nf8 (29... Qb3 30. Rxd5 $1 $18) 30. hxg6 hxg6 31.
Ng5 Qb3 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qf4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg3 Qh6 36. b6 $18) 28. Rc6
Nf8 (28... Rb8 29. Ra6 $16) 29. Rd6 $1 f5 (29... Rc8 $2 30. Rxd5 Rc1+ 31. Kh2
exd5 32. Nf5+ $18) (29... Qc7 30. h6+ $1 Kg8 (30... Kxh6 31. Qg5+ Kg7 32. Rxd5
exd5 33. Nf5+ Kg8 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. Qf6+ Kh6 36. Nf5+ Kh5 37. Qg5#) 31. Qg5 Qe7
32. Nc6 Qxg5 33. Nxg5 $18) (29... Qb7 {Dautov} 30. Ng5 Rc8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32.
Ngxe6+ $1 fxe6 33. Nxe6+ Nxe6 34. Qxe6 $18) 30. Qg5 $1 Rb8 (30... Qxg5 31. Nxg5
Nc7 32. Rc6 Rc8 33. Rxc7+ $1 $18) 31. h6+ Kf7 (31... Kg8 32. Qxe7 (32. Nc6 {
Dautov} Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Rxb5 34. Rxd5 $1 $18) 32... Nxe7 33. Nxe6 Nxe6 34. Rxe6
Nd5 35. Rd6 Nc7 36. Rd7 Nxb5 37. Ng5 $18) 32. Rxd5 $1 exd5 33. Qxe7+ {Ftacnik,L
} (33. Qxe7+ Kxe7 34. Nc6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Manninen, Marko"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6
8. axb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Be7 13. Be2 Bd5 (13...
Nd7 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. O-O Bd5 17. Ba3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5
20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ra6 O-O 22. h4 $44 {Nemet-Crepan/Bern op/1988/}) 14. Ne4 (14.
Bf3 Nc6 (14... h6 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. O-O h5 17. Qg3 b4 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Nd6 h4 20.
Qf4 Bxd6 21. exd6 g5 22. Qe3 Qxd6 23. cxb4 Nxb4 24. Ba3 $44 {Schneider,
A-Horvath,Cs/Balatonbereny op/1988/}) (14... h5 {Hertneck} 15. Qg3 Nc6 16. Ne4
b4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Ne7 $17 {Reefschlaeger-Huebner, BL 1984}) 15. Bxd5
exd5 16. h4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd7 18. Qf3 Qe6 19. Bf6 Rg8 20. Ra6 $36 {Vigh,B-Haba,
P/Oberwart op/1992/}) 14... h5 (14... Nd7 15. Bh6 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nxf6+
Bxf6 18. O-O a6 19. Bf3 Kf7 20. Rfe1 $44 {Schlemermeyer,W-Wiedenkeller,M/
Rilton Cup/1988/}) (14... Nc6 $6 {Hertneck} 15. Bh6 b4 16. Bg7 Rg8 17. Bf6 Bxe4
18. Qxe4 Qd5 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qg4 Bxf6 21. Bf3 Qd7 22. exf6 $44 {
Schlemermeyer-Reefschlaeger, BL 1989}) 15. Qf4 a5 (15... Nd7 16. Ba3 Qa5 17.
Qc1 $1 $36) (15... Nc6 {Hertneck}) 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. Nd6+ $6 (17. O-O $142 $13) (
17. O-O $142 {Hertneck} b4 18. Re1) 17... Bxd6 18. Bxd5 (18. exd6 Qf6 (18...
Nb6 {Hertneck})) 18... exd5 19. exd6 Qf6 20. O-O (20. Qe3+ Qe6 $17) (20. Rb1 $8
{Hertneck} Rb8 21. O-O) 20... Qxf4 21. Bxf4 O-O 22. Rfe1 b4 23. Re7 Rfd8 24. g4
(24. cxb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxd7 $2 Ra1+) (24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. cxb4 a4 $19)
24... b3 25. gxh5 Nf8 $1 (25... gxh5 26. Kh1 a4 27. Rg1+ $40) 26. Rb7 (26. h6
a4 27. Ra3 b2 28. Rb7 Rdb8 $19) 26... a4 27. Ra3 Rab8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bc1 (
29. d7 Nxd7 30. Bxb8 b2 $19) 29... b2 30. Bxb2 Rxb2 31. Rxa4 Rb6 (31... Rb7 $1
$19) (31... Kg7 {Hertneck} 32. hxg6 (32. Ra5 Ne6 33. d7 Nf4 34. f3 Rb8 $19)
32... Rb6 $19) 32. Ra8 Rb7 $1 (32... Rxd6 33. h6 Re6 34. h7+ Kxh7 35. Rxf8 Kg7
36. Rd8 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Rc1 $10) 33. h6 f6 34. Ra5 Rd7 35. Rxd5 Ne6 36. Kf1 Kh7
37. Rc5 (37. Ke1 Kxh6 38. Kd2 Kg7 $19) 37... Nxc5 38. dxc5 Kxh6 39. Ke2 {
Ftacnik,L} (39. Ke2 Kg5 40. Ke3 Kf5 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Kxc4 Ra7 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 {This response is not automatic,
as recent games show:} (5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. cxd5
exd5 10. e4 d4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd1 Nxe5 $10) (5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4
8. exf4 Qc7 9. Qd2 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O e6 {and Black was at least equal in
Moskalenko-Rogozenko, Nikolayev Zonal 1993.}) (5. g3 b5 6. c5 $1 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7
8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Be6 10. h3 $14 {Goldin-Bologan, New York Open 1993.}) 5...
Bf5 6. Qb3 b6 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qb3 b4 11. Nb1 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Rac1 c5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Nxd4
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bg4 20. Qc4 h6 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 (22... Nb6 $5 {looks
much stronger.}) 23. Qxd5 Bf6 24. b3 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxe2 26. Bf4 Qe6 27. Re1 {
[#]} Re8 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Qxd7 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Re1 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33.
Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Nf3 Re8 36. Qg4 Qxb3 37. Bxh6 g6 38. Qd4 (38. Qh4 $5)
38... Qc3 39. Qd7 Rc8 40. Bd2 Qc6 $1 {This is the position after time control.}
41. Qd4 (41. Qxc6 Rxc6 42. Bxb4 Rc4 {and Black is no worse.}) 41... Qc4 42. Qb6
b3 43. Qb7 Rd8 44. Bg5 Qd5 45. Qb4 Rd6 46. Qb8+ Kh7 {In the Analysis room, the
expectation was that the king would go to g7.} (46... Kg7 47. Bh6+ $5 (47. Be7
Rc6 48. Qf8+ (48. Bf8+ $5 Kh7 49. Qf4 g5) 48... Kh7 49. Bg5 Rc3) 47... Kf6 48.
Bf4 (48. Qf8 Ke6 49. Bg5 Rd7 50. Qe8+ Kd6 51. Bf4+ Kc6 52. Qc8+ Kb6 53. Bd2) (
48. Qh8+ Kf5 $13 {One championship participant suggested 49.Nd4+ here.} (48...
Ke7 49. Bf8+) (48... Ke6 49. Qe8+ Kf5 50. h3)) 48... Rd7 49. Be5+ Kf5 50. h3
Rb7 51. Qc8+ Ke4 52. g4 $1 b2 53. Qc2+ Qd3 54. Nd2+ Kxe5 55. Qxd3 $18) 47. Qf8
$18 Qb7 48. Bh6 (48. Be7 Qd5 49. Bxd6 b2 50. Be5 $18) 48... f6 49. Bc1 (49. Bg7
Qxg7 50. Qxd6 Qb7) 49... Rd1 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Qxg6+ Qg7 52. Qe8+ Qf8 53. Qe6+
Qf7 54. Qc8+ Kh7 55. Bb2 Rd3 56. Qxa6 Rxf3 {Desperation.} 57. Kxf3 Qd5+ 58. Ke3
Qc5+ 59. Bd4 Qc1+ 60. Ke4 Qh1+ {Another time control reached and Shabalov
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Site "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
b6 9. cxb6 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. f5 {The other concept with 11.g3 is trying to
keep the control of the dark squares.} (11. g3 c5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 c4 14.
Bb1 Qxb6 15. b3 cxb3 16. Na4 Qb4 17. axb3 Rb8 18. Rc3 g6 19. Qc1 Bb7 20. Qe3
Rfc8 {1/2 Babula,V (2566)-Kritz,L (2547)/Austria 2005/ (42)}) 11... Nxb6 12.
fxe6 (12. Qc2 exf5 13. Bxf5 Qe7+ 14. Kf1 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qd3 O-O 17. g3 a5
18. Kg2 a4 19. Rac1 Nc4 20. Rc2 Rfb8 {1/2 Gyimesi,Z (2628)-Dautov,R (2595)/
Gothenburg 2005/ (41)}) 12... Bxe6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 g6 (14... h6 15. Rfe1
Qf6 $11) 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 c5 {Pelletier has no reason for
dissatisfaction. It will be easy to compensate for the isolated d5 pawn with
the help of a bishops pair.} (17... Rfc8 18. Rac1 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5
Bxc5 21. Rc1 Bf8 22. Rc2 {1/2 Volke,K (2473)-Jackelen,T (2454)/Germany 2005/})
18. dxc5 (18. b3 $6 Qf4 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Bxa6 Bf8 21. Qb5 Rcb8 22. Qc6 cxd4
$15) 18... Bxc5 19. Rac1 Rfc8 (19... Bd6 20. Qd4 (20. Qc6 $2 Bb4 $1 $17) 20...
Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Bd7 22. h3 $11) 20. Rc2 a5 (20... Bf8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 (21... Rxc8
22. Qxa6 Rb8 23. b3 Bc5) 22. Qb3 Be6 $11) 21. Rec1 Bf8 (21... Qe7 22. Qb5 Bd7
23. Qb7 Be6 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 22. Nd4 {Werle has got a chance to
force the swap of all the pawns of the queenside, but he opts for continuation
of the fight.} (22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qxa5 Qxb2 25. Qxd5 Be6 26. Qa8
Bxa2 27. Bf1 $11) 22... Qf4 23. g3 Qxc1+ (23... Qg4 24. Be2 Qe4 25. Bf3 Rxc2
26. Rxc2 Qe1+ (26... Qe5 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bg4 $16) 27. Kg2 Qb4 $11) (23...
Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qd6 $11) 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kg2 Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 16384] The
reatreat of the rook is a serious conceptual mistake. Black was onbviously not
suspecting seriousness of the problems after the exchange on the e6 square.} (
25... Bc8 26. Nc2 Ra7 27. Qf4 Rd1 28. Qb8 Re7 29. Qxc8 Rxd3 $11) (25... Bg4 26.
Nb3 Bd1 27. Be2 Bxb3 28. Qxb3 Rc5 $11) 26. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 27. Be2 (27. h4 $5 $14)
27... Kh8 (27... Bd6 28. Qd4 Kf7 29. Bd3 Rb7 30. b3 $14) 28. a3 Rcc8 (28... e5
29. Bb5 Rc5 30. b4 Rc3 31. Bc6 Rb8 32. Bxd5 axb4 33. axb4 Bxb4 34. f4 $16) 29.
h4 $5 {The weakening of the blackґs kingside will make the defense much more
difficult.} (29. Qd7 Re8 30. Bg4 Re7 31. Qc6 Rae8 32. Qb5 Bg7 33. b3 $16) 29...
Bg7 30. h5 gxh5 (30... Bxb2 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Bg4 d4 33. Bxe6 Rc7 34. Qb3 Bc3
35. Bf7 Kg7 (35... d3 36. Bc4 $1 $18) 36. Bxg6 Ra6 37. Qd5 Kxg6 38. Qe4+ Kf7
39. Qf4+ $18) 31. Bxh5 Rab8 $6 {The last chance to show the real resistance
has evaporated with this natural move. It was better to eliminate the white b
pawn with the bishop.} (31... Bxb2 $5 32. Bf7 Bg7 33. Bxe6 Rc5 34. Qd7 $14) 32.
b3 Rc2 33. b4 Rd2 34. bxa5 Rf8 (34... Bd4 35. Kh3 $1 Bxf2 $2 36. Qf4 $18) 35.
Kh3 Rdxf2 (35... Rfxf2 36. Qe8+ Rf8 37. Qxe6 $16) 36. a6 Ra8 (36... d4 37. a7
Ra8 38. Be8 $1 d3 39. Bc6 $18) 37. Be8 $1 {Excellent transfer of the bishop
and the highlight of the succesful whiteґs concept. The defense with the black
rook locked on the a7 square will not be possible.} (37. a7 Rff8 38. Qd7 Rfd8
39. Qb7 Bd4 40. Qe7 Bg7 41. Bf7 $16) 37... Ra7 38. Bc6 Rf8 (38... Rff7 39. Bb7
e5 40. Qb3 $18) 39. Bb7 Be5 40. Qc6 Bb8 (40... Bd4 41. Qxe6 Bf2 42. Qe5+ Kg8
43. Bxd5+ $18) 41. Qxe6 Kg7 42. Qxd5 h6 43. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 (5. e4 $5) (5. a4) 5... b5 6. a4
b4 7. Nb1 (7. Na2) 7... Ba6 8. Qc2 e6 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Qd5 11. Nbd2 Be7 (
11... Nbd7 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. O-O Be7 15. Bd2 O-O $10 {
Stahlberg-Euwe, Stockholm 1937}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 (13. Qc2 $5) 13... c5 (
13... Ne4 $5 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Bd2 $5 Nd7) 14. b3 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 g6 6. cxd5 (6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 dxc4
8. Nxc4 Be6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd3 Nd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bc4 14.
Qc2 c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Nb2 Nb6 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. d5 Qd6
21. f4 e5 22. f5 gxf5 23. Qf2 fxe4 24. Bxb6 {Browne,W-Christiansen,L/USA-ch 
(08)/1994/0-1 (38)}) (6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nd7 10. Nxd7
Qxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 e6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O e5 16. Nb6 Rb8
17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qxd5 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Rfd8 22. Qe4 Qa3
23. Bc4 b5 24. Bb3 {Alterman,B-Titov,G/Manila olm (12.11.2)/1992/1-0 (40)})
6... cxd5 7. g3 (7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Qa3 O-O 11. e3 h6 12. Bh4
g5 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. b4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be2 a5 17. b5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19.
O-O Rfc8 20. Rc1 Ne4 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Qxa5 Rc2 23. Re1 Nxg3 24. hxg3 {
Dao,T-Varga,Z/Budapest FS FebGM (02)/1995/1-0 (68)}) 7... Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O
b5 (9... e6 10. Bg5 {Yermolinsky,A-Kogan,B/Asheville/1992/}) 10. Qb3 $1 Bb7 (
10... e6 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 $16) 11. Bg5 Ne4 (11... e6 12. a4 Qb6 13. e3 b4
14. a5 Qd6 15. Ra4 $1 $16) 12. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Qe6 (13... Bxd5 14. Qxd5
Nxg3 15. hxg3 $18) 14. Bxe4 Rd8 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf6+ Qxf6 17.
Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bd5 $16) 15. Nf6+ $1 (15. Nc3 $6 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxd4 $17) 15...
Bxf6 (15... Qxf6 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bd5 $18) 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bg2
Rxd4 19. Nd3 Rc7 20. Rac1 Rdc4 (20... Rdd7 21. Nc5 $18) 21. b3 Rxc1 (21... Rc3
22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1) 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Kf7 24. h4 Be7 (
24... Ke7 25. Nd3 Kd6 26. Kf1 $16) 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. b4 Bc7 (26... Nd7 27. Bb7)
27. Bb7 a5 28. bxa5 Bxa5 29. Kg2 Bc3 30. Bc8 Nc6 (30... Ke7 31. Nf4 $18) 31.
Nc5 e5 32. Bd7 Na7 (32... Nd4 33. e3 $18) 33. Be6+ Ke7 34. Bg8 h6 (34... Kf8
35. Bd5 $18) 35. Kf3 Nc8 36. Ke4 Bd4 (36... Nd6+ 37. Kd5 Ne8 38. Kc6 b4 39. Bd5
Nf6 40. e4 $18) 37. Nd3 Nd6+ 38. Kd5 Ne8 39. Nxe5 Bxf2 (39... Nf6+ 40. Kxd4 $18
) 40. Nxg6+ Kd8 (40... Kf6 41. Nf4 Kg7 42. Be6 Bxg3 $4 43. Nh5+ $18) 41. Kc6
Nf6 42. Be6 b4 (42... Bxg3 43. Kxb5 $18) 43. g4 Ne4 44. Bd5 Nc3 45. e4 Ne2 46.
Kb5 (46. e5 Nd4+ 47. Kc5 Nf3+ 48. Kxb4 Nxh4 49. Nxh4 Bxh4 50. Kc5 $18) 46...
Be1 47. e5 Kc7 48. e6 (48. e6 Nc3+ 49. Kc4 Nxd5 50. Kxd5 Bf2 51. g5 hxg5 52.
Ne5 Kd8 53. hxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 39th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 {The system with 6.c5
has become more popular after the discovery, that the natural move 6...Bg4 is
not sufficient for equality. Black players are working on best ways to justify
the development with fianchetto of the dark squared bishop.} (6... Bg4 7. Qb3
$1) 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 Nfd7 {It seems very natural to fight against the mighty
intruder on e5 as soon as possible.} (8... O-O 9. f4 (9. O-O Be6 10. Bd2 Qc7
11. Be1 Nbd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6
17. Rxf6 exf6 18. Bg3 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kotsur,P (2563)-Kanep,M (2526)/Dresden
2008 (31)}) 9... Qc7 10. O-O a5 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Be1
e6 15. Rf3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rh3 Rfe8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qh5 h6 20. Bh4 $16
{1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E (2705)-Wang Yue (2736)/Dresden 2008 (31)}) 9. f4 Nxe5 (9...
O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Bf3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 f5 13. exf6 (13. Bd2 Na6 14. Ne2 Nc7 15.
Nf4 Ne6 $14) 13... Bxf6 14. Ne2 Bg7 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Ng3 e6 17. Bc3 Nd7 18. a3
Nf6 19. Qe1 a4 20. Rd1 Ra7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kempinski,R (2595)-Rustemov,A (2520)/
Germany 2009 (37)}) 10. fxe5 f6 $6 {Sokolov is rushing the clarification in
the center, but he suffers from limited space and modest development. Eljanov
will convincingly refute the strategy, so the more restrained concept must be
preferred.} (10... O-O 11. O-O a5 12. e4 (12. a3 Na6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nc7
15. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M (2595)-Burmakin,V (2581)/Tromsoe 2007}) 12... dxe4
13. Nxe4 Na6 14. a4 b4 15. Bc4 Nc7 16. Ng5 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.
Qg4 Qf5 20. Qe2 Nd5 21. g4 Qf7 22. Bd2 Rf8 23. Rf1 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2733)
-Ragger,M (2540)/Austria 2009 (44)}) (10... Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf3 f6 13. exf6
Bxf6 14. Kh1 Bg7 15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Bd5
20. Qf3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 Kempinski,R (2613)-Neuman,P (2444)/Czechia 2009
(38)} e5 $11) 11. exf6 exf6 (11... Bxf6 12. e4 (12. O-O e5 $5) 12... dxe4 13.
Be3 Bf5 14. g4 Bh4+ 15. Kd2 Be6 16. Qc2 $14) 12. e4 b4 (12... f5 13. exd5 (13.
e5 $5 O-O 14. O-O $16) 13... Qh4+ 14. g3 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf4 cxd5 17.
Nxd5 Bb7 18. O-O-O Bxd5 19. Rhe1 Nc6 20. Bxb5+ Kf7 21. Bxc6 Bxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Bxc6
23. Rd6 $14 {0-1 Cmilyte,V (2512)-Houska,J (2399)/Dresden 2008 (54)}) 13. Na4
$1 {[%mdl 4] The game will surely serve as a model in similar positions. White
is ready to mobilize his force in no time and worry about the pawns later.} (
13. Nxd5 $6 cxd5 14. exd5 O-O {1/2-1/2 Mohandesi,S (2342)-Lukov,V (2458)/
Creteil 2002} (14... f5 15. Be3 Qxd5 16. Bf3 Qe6 17. Kf2 Ra7 18. Bf4 Re7 19.
Re1 Qc4 $15)) 13... dxe4 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qb3 Re7 {The defender is already
struggling to finish his development. Centralizations of the rook will not
bring relief and is a sure sign of serious problems.} (15... a5 16. Bf4 Na6 (
16... Nd7 $2 17. Qe6+ Qe7 18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qa4 $18) 17. Bc4 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Nxc5
19. Rxd4 Nxb3 20. Rxe4+ $18) (15... f5 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Qe6+ Qe7 18. Qxc6 Bb7
19. Qa4 $16) 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. Bf4 f5 (17... a5 18. Bd6 Ra7 19. O-O f5 20. Rad1
$16) 18. O-O-O Nd7 (18... a5 19. g4 Nd7 20. gxf5 Nf6 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bc4 $16)
19. Bd6 Nf6 20. Bc4 {White has time to collect material later, for the moment
the priority lays in control of the center and preparation for the attack.} Rd7
(20... Ra7 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 $16) 21. Kb1 Qb7 (21... Rxd6 22.
cxd6 Qd7 23. Qxb4 $18) 22. Qa4 Qa8 (22... Bf8 23. d5 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Bxd6 25.
dxc6 Qc7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. Qxb4 $18) 23. g4 $1 {Excellent
strategical idea of opening the play in the moment, when Black is ill prepared
for even more strain against his pieces.} Nd5 (23... Nxg4 24. d5 Ne5 (24...
cxd5 25. Bxd5 Qa7 26. Be6 Nf6 27. Be5 $18) 25. Bb3 Qb7 26. dxc6 Nxc6 27. Bd5
$18) (23... fxg4 24. Rhf1 a5 25. Be6 Ra7 26. d5 $18) 24. gxf5 gxf5 (24... Ne3
25. Be6 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 gxf5 27. d5 $18) 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rhf1 {Sokolov has
never gotten a chance to finish his development. White pieces will simply come
close and srush the feeble defences.} Kd8 (26... Bf8 27. Be5 Rg8 28. Rxf5 Qc8
29. Rdf1 $18) 27. Rxf5 Re8 28. Qxb4 Re6 (28... a5 29. Qb6+ Kc8 30. Rc1 Bxd4 31.
Rxd5 $18) 29. Rdf1 Kc8 (29... Qb7 30. Qa5+ Kc8 31. Rf8+ $18) 30. Rf8+ Bxf8 31.
Rxf8+ Rd8 32. Qb6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Molodezka"]
[BlackTeam "Koge"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 {
Solving the problem of proper piece development is not easy in any game.
Should we move the bishops or knights first, is it prudent to try for maximum 
(full development) before moving the king to safety, etc. The knight move
enables White to lash out at his less developed opponent.} (7... Be7 8. a4 b4
9. e5 Nd5 (9... bxc3 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. bxc3 Ba6 (11... O-O 12. Bxc4 Ba6 13.
Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. c4 Ne7 18. Qe4 c5 19. Bg5 {
1/2-1/2 (33) Salem,A (2660)-Bilguun,S (2497) St Petersburg 2018} Bxd4 20. Nxd4
cxd4 21. Bf4 Qc6 $11) 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16.
Rd6 O-O 17. Bf3 Nc8 18. Rxc6 Bb7 19. Rxc8 Raxc8 20. Bxb7 $18 {1-0 (27) Adhiban,
B (2650)-Rapport,R (2715) Reykjavik 2018}) 10. Ne4 Ba6 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Rc1 Nd7
13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rxc4 N7b6 15. Rxc6 Qxa4 16. Rc2 O-O 17. Bg5 Rfc8 18. b3 Qd7
19. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (39) Salem,A (2672)-Shankland,S (2725) chess.com
INT 2019}) (7... Bb7 8. Rb1 (8. Qc2 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nbd7 11. e5 Nd5 12.
Ne4 c5 13. Nfg5 cxd4 14. Qh3 Nxe5 15. Nxe6 Qd7 16. Nxd4 Qxh3 17. gxh3 Be7 18.
Nf5 O-O $17 {1-0 (63) Wei,Y (2736)-Van Foreest,J (2601) chess.com INT 2019}) (
8. b3 Bb4 (8... b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. a3 a5
14. axb4 axb4 15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bd2 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qc1 Qb7
$15 {1/2-1/2 (26) Flores,D (2601)-Gustafsson,J (2643) Bangkog 2018}) 9. e5 Bxc3
10. exf6 gxf6 11. Rb1 c5 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. Rxb5 Bc6 14. Rc5 Be4 15. Bd3 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 Na6 17. Rb5 Qd6 18. Nh4 Qc6 19. Ba3 Rc8 20. Qg3 Qxc4 21. Qd6 Bb4 22.
Bxb4 $18 {1-0 (22) Dubov,D (2701)-Postny,E (2579) Batumi 2018}) (8. e5 Nd5 9.
a4 a6 10. Ne4 h6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Be7 14. Ne1 Kf8 15. Nd3 g6
16. Ndc5 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Kg7 18. Qg3 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 $15 {1-0 (46)
Salem,A (2676)-Aravindh,C (2533) Dubai 2019}) 8... Nbd7 9. b3 Bb4 10. Qc2 O-O
11. e5 Bxc3 12. exf6 b4 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. bxc4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Qf5 h6 17.
Bd3 Rh8 18. cxd5 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (66) Dubov,D (2700)-Inarkiev,E (2693) Moscow
2019}) 8. d5 $5 exd5 (8... Nc5 9. dxc6 Qb6 10. e5 Nfe4 11. Nd4 (11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. a4 $1 $16) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na4 13. Qc2 (13. Bd2 $16) 13... Bc5 14. Be3
Ba6 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Ne2 Rxc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 $15 {
0-1 (71) Malassagne,I (2064)-Hapala,E (2119) Le Castella 2018}) 9. exd5 cxd5 {
Black needs to be careful about his decisions as his underdevelopment makes
him vulnerable in many lines.} (9... Nxd5 $2 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Nb6 (11...
Rb8 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Bh5 g6 14. Bf4 $18) 12. Qxb5+ Bd7 13. Qe5+ $16) 10. Re1 Be7
11. Nxd5 Nxd5 (11... O-O 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxc4 Qb4 14. Bf1 $16) 12. Qxd5 Nb6
{Banusz must have played this move with a heavy heart. Deciding the fine line
between the acceptable defence of weaknesses (at the cost of time) and active
damage limitation is not an enviable task.} (12... Rb8 13. a4 $1 (13. Bf4 Rb6
14. a4 Bb7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. axb5 a6 17. Rad1 $16) 13... Bb7 14. Qf5 g6 15. Qh3
O-O 16. Bf4 $16) 13. Qxb5+ (13. Qxd8+ $5 Kxd8 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Be3
$16) 13... Bd7 14. Qa5 O-O 15. Ne5 Rc8 (15... Be6 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7
18. Bd2 $16) 16. Be3 Qc7 {Black is bound to suffer in nearly each line, but
the question was where his survival chances were the best. The computer, not
burdened with prejudices, suggests 16...Bd6!? to exchange the bishop for the
mighty knight as the best solution.} (16... Bd6 $5 17. Red1 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Re8
19. Qa5 $14) 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bf3 (19. Bd4 $1 Bc5 20. Bc3 $16)
19... Bf6 20. g3 $1 (20. Qa3 Rfe8 21. g3 Nd7 22. Qa4 Ne5 23. Bd5 $14) 20...
Bxb2 $2 {The desire to end the direct positional suffering was too strong for
black, so he did not find the patience to judge the resilient 20..Rce8! as
much more hopeful.} (20... Rce8 $1 21. Bf4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $14) 21. Bf4 Qc5 22.
Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Bd6 Rcc8 24. Bxf8 {[%mdl 1024] It would be unjust to dismiss the
rest of the game as a purely technical task. Unfortunately for Black, the
enemy pieces are displaying maximal activity, so his pawn for the exchange
will not cut too much ice as compensation.} (24. Bb7 $5 Rce8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Kf1 $16) 24... Kxf8 25. Bg4 Rb8 (25... Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.
Rd6 g6 28. Rc6 $16) 26. Rd6 g6 27. Rc6 c3 28. Bd1 $1 {The firm defence of the
c2 square is imperative for White, but his pieces can actively play at the
same time.} Rb7 (28... Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Kf1 $16) 29. Bb3 Kg7 30. Kf1 Kf8
{The Hungarian GM was quite shaken by the developments, so he never really
tried to complicate White's task with real counterplay.} (30... a5 $5 31. Re4
f5 32. Re8 $16) 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 $1 {The pawn shield in front of
Black's king is more vulnerable than he would like to believe.} g5 (33... gxh5
34. gxh5 Nd7 35. Re7 Nc5 36. Rxb7 Nxb7 37. Rc7 Nd6 38. Rxa7 $18) 34. f3 Rd7 35.
Rd1 Rb7 (35... Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Nd5 37. Bb3 Nb4 38. Rc7 c2 39. Bxc2 Be5 40. Rc4
Nxa2 41. Ra4 Nc3 42. Rxa7 Nd5 43. Bb3 $18) 36. f4 $1 {Paravayn seizes the
chance to combine the attack on light and dark squares, and that spells the
end of the dreams of some positional barrier.} f6 (36... gxf4 37. g5 $1 hxg5
38. h6+ Kf8 39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. h7 c2 41. Rxc2 $18) 37. fxg5 hxg5 (37... fxg5 38.
Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rd8 Rc7 40. Bc2 $18) 38. Be6 {White isn't running out of ideas to
improve his pieces. His method of converting the advantage was exemplary.} (38.
Rd8 Re7 39. a4 $18) 38... Re7 39. Bf5 Na8 40. Rdd6 Nc7 (40... c2 41. Rxc2 Be5
42. Rd8 Nc7 43. Rc6 $18) 41. Rxf6 Nd5 42. h6+ 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Koutsin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. c4 {Huebner} Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5
8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 (9... Nc6 10. Ne3 (10. Bd2 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Rxc4
{Forster,R-Wirthensohn,H/SWZ-ch (03)/1994/0.5 (12)}) 10... Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7
12. O-O Nd5 $1 13. Nfe5 $5 Nd4 $1 14. Be3 $1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nf5 16. b4 $1 Ba7
17. Rad1 $1 f6 $1 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rd7+ Ke8 20. Rxb7 fxe5 21. g4 Nxe3 $8 22.
Nd6+ {Bareev,E-Shirov,A/Groningen/1993/0.5 (22)}) 10. Be3 (10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O
Nd5 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nd7 15. Nxc4 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Nb6
e5 18. Rac1 Bg4 19. Kf2 Bf5 20. h3 h5 21. Ke1 Rfe8 22. Rc7 e4 23. a5 Re5 24. b4
{Zoler,D-Rotman,D/ISR-ch Tel Aviv/1994/1-0 (41)}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nc6 (11...
Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 $16) 12. Ne3 c3 13. bxc3 Bc5 14. Nc4 Ne4 15. O-O Ke7 (15... Nxd2
16. Nfxd2 Ke7 17. Ne4 Ba7 18. Rfd1 $14) 16. Rab1 Rd8 17. Be1 f6 (17... Rb8 18.
Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 20. Nxf7 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Kxf7 22. Rfd1 $16) (17... Nd6 {
Huebner} 18. Nxd6 (18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd7 $17) 18... Bxd6 (18... Rxd6 19.
Ng5 $13) 19. Nd4 Na5 20. c4 Nxc4 21. Bxb7 Bxb7 22. Rxb7+ Rd7 $10) 18. Nd4 Nxd4
(18... f5 19. Nxc6+ bxc6 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Bd2 $16) 19. Bxe4 Nf5 (19... Nxe2+
$2 {Huebner} 20. Kg2 {und der schwarze Springer wird gefangen.}) (19... Nc6 {
Huebner} 20. Bxh7 f5 21. Bg6 $16) 20. Bxb7 Rb8 (20... Bxb7 21. Rxb7+ Kf8 22. e4
Nd6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Kg2 $16) 21. Na5 Bd7 (21... Bxb7 22. Rxb7+ Kf8 23. Kg2
$16) 22. Ra1 Bb6 (22... Kd6 $6 23. e4 Ne7 24. Bxa6 $18) (22... Nd6 {Huebner}
23. Bxa6 Ra8 24. Nb3 Bxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Rxa6 26. Nc5 $16) 23. Nc6+ Bxc6 24. Bxc6
Nd6 25. Bd2 Nc4 26. Bf4 e5 27. Bc1 Ba5 28. Be4 $1 g6 (28... Bxc3 29. Ra2 g6 (
29... Nd2 {Huebner} 30. Bxd2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Bxd2 32. Rd1 (32. Bxh7 Rc8 $10)
32... Rb2 33. Bxh7 $14) 30. Rc2 Rb3 31. Bd3 $16) (28... Nd2 {Huebner} 29. Bxd2
Rxd2 30. Bd3 $16) 29. Bd3 Rdc8 30. Bh6 Bxc3 31. Rab1 $1 (31. Rac1 Rb3 $13)
31... Na3 (31... Bb2 32. Bc1 Bxc1 33. Rbxc1 Rb4 34. Rc3 $16) (31... Rxb1 32.
Rxb1 Rc7 33. Rb8 $16) 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc1 Ba5 (33... Bb4 34. Rc7+ Ke6 35.
Rxh7 $18) 34. Rc6 Bb4 35. Bg7 (35. Rc7+ $5) 35... Bd6 36. Bxf6+ Ke6 (36... Kxf6
37. Rxd6+ Ke7 38. Rxa6 $18) 37. Rxa6 (37. Rxa6 Rb4 38. Bg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 c5 $6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e4 $36) 11. dxc5 O-O (
11... Bxc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rc1 $16) 12. Rc1 d4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
b4 $5 (15. Qd2 f5 16. Neg5 Bb3 17. Qd3 Bd5 (17... Bxa4 $4 18. Qc4+) 18. h4 h6
19. Nh3 $14) (15. Ne1 a5 $1 16. Nd3 $14) 15... Bd5 (15... Nxb4 16. Nxd4 $16)
16. Nd6 (16. Qd3 Nxb4 17. Qxd4 $14) 16... Bxd6 17. cxd6 Bxf3 (17... Qxd6 18.
Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Nxc6 Qxd1 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Rfxd1 Be4 22. f3 Bg6 23. Rc7 $18) 18.
Bxf3 Qxd6 19. b5 Na5 $1 (19... axb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Qa4 $16) 20. Qd3 axb5 $6 (
20... Qb4 $5 21. Rc7 (21. Ra1 $14) 21... Qxa4 22. b6 Rab8 23. Qf5 $14) 21. Qxb5
(21. axb5 $16 {xNa5}) 21... Rfe8 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Rc2 Re5 24. Qb2 Rd8 25. e3 $1
d3 26. Rc3 d2 (26... Re7 27. Rcxd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Qb4 $16) 27. Rc2 Qf6
28. Bg2 Kg7 (28... Re6 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Rcxd2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 $16) 29. Rcxd2 Nc4
30. Qxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxd8 Ng4 32. R8d2 Qa6 33. h3 Ne5 34. Rd4 h5 (34... b5 $2 35.
f4 Nc4 36. axb5 Qxb5 37. Bf1 $18) 35. Rb1 b6 36. Rb5 f6 37. f4 Nf7 38. Kh2 Nh6
39. Rd7+ Nf7 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Be2 h6 7. Bd3 {A small
detail, that does not radically change the balanced nature of the position.
White has waited for the move h7-h6 before exchanging the light-squared
bishops as the black pawn structure is not quite perfect any more. The older 7.
Qb3 has fallen into disrepute as White was unable to get any advantage.} (7.
Qb3 Ra7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bd2 Be7 (10... Bd6 $2 11. Qa4+ Nc6 (11...
Nbd7 12. Nb5 $18) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ $16 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2837)-Bologan,V 
(2732)/Astana KAZ 2012 (54)}) 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. a4 Nb8
15. e4 dxe4 16. d5 Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 $1 (17... Bc5 $6 18. Nxe4 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6
20. Ng3 $36 {Aronian,L (2802)-Carlsen,M (2826)/London 2011/ (39)}) 18. Qc4 (18.
Qc2 Ra8 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxe4 Bd4 $11) 18... b6 19. g4 exd5 (
19... Bh7 $5 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Rfd1 Qb8 $15) 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Be6 22.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 $11) 7... Bxd3 (7... e6 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Qc2 g6 10. O-O Bd6 $11) 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Bd2 {Carlsen has some experience with the line and he
obviously believes that White should try to act swiftly, otherwise even the
traces of an advantage might prove to be elusive.} (10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12.
Nd2 b5 13. a3 Ba5 14. a4 bxc4 15. bxc4 c5 16. Ba3 Bb4 17. Rfb1 Bxa3 18. Rxa3
cxd4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Qh4 $11 {1/2 (41) Kovalenko,I (2650)-Nyback,T (2610)
Finland 2015}) 10... O-O 11. Rfd1 (11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 dxc4 (12... Nbd7 13.
Rfd1 a5 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4
Rfc8 20. Nd2 Ra6 21. Ne4 $11 {1/2 (31) Georgiev,K (2623)-Rusev,K (2544) Pleven
2015}) 13. Qxc4 Qd5 14. Qb4 b5 15. Qa5 Rc8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. Rfe1 f5
19. f3 c5 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Qb7 22. axb5 Nxb5 $11 {1/2 (41) Giri,A (2790)
-Mamedyarov,S (2756) Shamkir 2015}) (11. b3 a5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2
Re8 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f3 Ng5 18. a4 f6 19. Bc3 Nf7 20. Rad1 $11 {
0-1 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2759)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Tbilisi 2015}) 11... Ba5 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Mamedov was acting in Shamkir with a surprising level of confidence.
In this game his good form translates into an ambition to improve upon the
Nakamura game from the Shamkir event in the year 2014.} (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3
Ne4 (12... Nbd7 13. b3 Qe7 (13... Ne4 14. Bb2 a5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17.
Qc2 $14) 14. Rac1 Rac8 (14... a5 15. Nd2 Rfd8 (15... a4 16. b4 Nb6 17. c5 Nbd7
18. b5 $14) 16. h3 Nf8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Ng6 20. a4 Qg5 21. g3
Rd7 22. h4 Qh5 23. Rd3 Ne7 24. Rcd1 $14) 15. Qe2 Ne4 $6 (15... Rfd8 16. Ne1
dxc4 17. bxc4 c5 18. Qb2 b6 19. f3 (19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxb6 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Qc3 $11) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rc6 $11) 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Ne1 Nd6 (17...
Qg5 18. f3 Nd6 19. c5 Nf5 20. e4 Nh4 21. g3 $14) (17... dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nef6 19.
Nd3 $14) (17... Nef6 18. Nd3 $14) 18. Ba3 $14 {1-0 (61) Carlsen,M (2881)
-Nakamura,H (2772) Shamkir 2014/}) 13. Be1 Nd7 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Qb3 (15. a4 Qf6
16. Qc2 Nd6 17. b3 Rac8 18. Bb4 Ne4 19. Qe2 Qf5 20. h3 Qh5 21. Rc2 $11 {
1-0 (70) Collins,S (2495)-Greet,A (2431) Tromso 2014}) 15... Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6
17. b3 f6 18. Kf1 a5 19. Ng1 a4 20. c5 Nd7 21. b4 $11 {1-0 (49) Michalik,P 
(2570)-Nyback,T (2603) Germany 2015}) (11... a5 12. a3 Bxc3 (12... Be7 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Bf4 $14) 13. bxc3 Nbd7 (13... dxc4 14. Qxc4
Qd5 15. Qe2 $14) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. c4 $14) 12. a4 {The world champion must
have looked at the idea of expansion with the b-pawn, but he obviously did not
like the vulnerability of the c4-square.} (12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. b4 Bc7 14. e4 Nb6
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e5 Nfd7 $132) 12... Nbd7 13. b4 {White needs to play
actively as Black has every reason to consider his position to be
strategically very healthy.} (13. Ne2 Re8 14. Qb3 Rb8 $11) 13... Bxb4 (13...
Bc7 $5 14. a5 Re8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 $11) 14.
Nxd5 exd5 {Modern chess practice is turning into a a game with lots of small
choices for both sides. Both players have been aware that Black is quite close
to full equality, but the selection of the most promising line was wide open.}
(14... cxd5 15. Bxb4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qb3 Re8 18. a5 $14) (14... Bxd2 $5
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rxd2 c5 17. Rb1 Qc7 $11) 15. Bxb4 Re8 (15... dxc4 16. Qxc4
Re8 17. a5 $14) 16. a5 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd5 {The position is nearly equal, but
Carlsen has managed to fix the queenside pawn structure to his favour. Black
will trust his piece control of the centre and the fact, that White has 5
pawns of his pawn structure on the squares of his remaining bishop.} 18. h3 (
18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Rb2 $14) 18... Qc7 19. Be1 N7f6 20. Ne5 Ne4 21. Rac1 Qe7 {
The only real weakness in the black position is the pawn on b7. White does not
even pretend that he could effectively attack it at this stage of the game.} (
21... Rad8 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Rc2 $14) 22. Qd3 Nd6 23. Qa3 f6 (23... Nb5 24. Qb2
Rad8 25. Nd3 Nd6 $11) 24. Nd3 Rad8 25. Bb4 {For better or worse White is
parting with his imperfect bishop with the hope to capitalise on a slightly
better pawn structure.} (25. Nc5 Ne4 $11) 25... Nxb4 26. Qxb4 Ne4 27. Nc5 Nxc5
(27... Rd7 28. Qc4+ Rd5 29. Qb3 Kf8 30. Qxb7 (30. Nxe4 Rb5 $1 $11) 30... Qxb7
31. Nxb7 Rb8 32. f3 Rxb7 33. fxe4 Rxa5 34. Rf1 $11) 28. dxc5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qf7
30. Qg4 (30. Rd6 Re5 31. g3 Kh7 $11) 30... f5 $1 {This weakening move will
make it easier for the defender to keep firm control of the e file as well as
to defend the b7 weakness.} 31. Qb4 Re4 32. Qb6 Qe7 33. Qb3+ (33. Rd6 Kh7 $11)
33... Kh7 34. Rd6 Qe5 $2 {All players are kindly advised to combine defence
with some sensible counterplay. Mamedov discloses how much tension he must
have felt under the surface of the relatively peaceful middlegame. His first
active move is a grave blunder, frustrated he resigned immediately.} (34... Re5
35. Qc2 Re4 $11) 35. Qf7 $1 (35. Qf7 $1 Qe8 (35... Qe7 $2 36. Qxf5+ Kg8 37.
Qc8+ Kh7 38. Rd7 Qe5 39. Qxb7 $18) 36. Qxf5+ g6 37. Qf6 $16) 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Black "Simic, Radoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. h3 Bg7 8. e3 O-O
(8... b6 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Qd2 a5 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 a4 14. Rab1
O-O 15. b3 axb3 16. Rxb3 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. Rb7 Rd8 19. Rfb1 {1-0 Hort,
V-Siegel,G/SWZ-chT 1993 (39)}) 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg3 $5 Re8
12. Bh4 Bf6 $8 13. Bxf6 exf6 (13... Nxf6 $2 14. Ne5 $16) 14. e4 (14. b4 $5)
14... Nf8 15. Re1 Be6 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. exd5 (17. Na4 Rad8 18. Nb6 Qe7 $10) 17...
Bxd5 $1 {פf3, d4} (17... Nxd5 $6 $14) 18. Be4 (18. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 $15 {><d4})
18... Rad8 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qb4 Ne6 23. Qxb7 Nxd4
24. Nxd4 Qxd4 $10 {Van Wely,L-Paunovic,T/Hania/1993/}) 9... b6 (9... Ne8 10.
O-O Nc7 11. Bg3 (11. b4 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 a5
16. a3 Rxe5 17. e4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qf6 20. Rd1 dxe4 21. Qd8+ Qxd8
22. Rxd8+ Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Izeta,F-Magem Badals,J/Ibercaja
op (6) 1994 (45)}) (11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rad1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Rxe5 (15... Qe7 16. f4 Qxc5 17. Qc1 $1 {/\ Nd5+/=}) 16. e4 Qe7 17. exd5
Bf5 18. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Epishin,V/Elenite (04) 1994} (18. Bd3 Bxd3 19.
Rxd3 Qxc5 20. d6 Nd5 21. Qb3 b5 $1 $10 {Epishin,V})) 11... Re8 12. Na4 f6 13.
Qb3 Kh8 14. Rfd1 (14. Rad1 Nb5 15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. e4 d4 18. Ne1 Nc7
19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Bg4 Qe7 21. Qc4 Ng5 22. Rde1 {1-0 Salov,V-Magem Badals,J/
Madrid (01) 1994 (38)}) 14... e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. e4 Qe7 17. Rac1 d4 18. Nb6
Nxc5 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Nxa8 Nxa8 21. Qd2 c5 22. a4 b6 23. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,
G-Epishin,V/Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25' (01) 1995}) (9... Ne4 10. O-O f5 11. Na4
Qa5 12. b4 Qxb4 13. Bc7 e5 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Re8 17. Ba5 Ndxc5
18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxa5 20. Nxb7 Bxb7 21. Rxb7 {1-0 Krizsany,L-Svobodova,M/
Harkany op (01) 1994 (47)}) 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Qc2 (11. O-O Qxb2 12. Rc1 Re8 $13
) (11. b3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rc1 e5 16. Bg5 f6 17.
Nc4 Qb4+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 f5 23. f3
Be6 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. Kd2 {Stamenkovic,Z-Simic,R/Belgrade Trako (01) 1995/1/2-1/
2 (62)}) 11... c5 12. O-O (12. Na4 Qb4+) 12... Qa7 $5 13. Rfd1 (13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. Be5 Bf5) 13... Bb7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Ne5 (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 $10) 15...
cxd4 16. exd4 (16. Rxd4 $5 Rfd8 (16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 e6 $10) 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18.
Rdd1 e5 $36) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 $6 (17. Bxe5 Bh6 18. Rb1 Ne4 19. Bf3 $13)
17... Ne4 18. Be3 Qb8 19. f4 g5 $1 20. fxg5 (20. Bg4 e6 21. Qe2 gxf4 22. Bxf4
Bxe5 $17) 20... Bxe5 (20... Qxe5 21. Bd4 Qxg5 22. Bxg7 Qe3+ 23. Kh2 Kxg7 $17)
21. Bd3 Bf4 $1 22. Re1 (22. Qe2 $2 Bh2+ 23. Kf1 Ng3+) 22... Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 d4 (
23... Qa7 24. Rce1 d4 25. Bxe4 dxe3 26. Bxh7+ Kg7 $17) 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4
dxc3 26. Bxh7+ Kg7 27. bxc3 Rfd8 28. Be4 (28. Qf5 Rh8 29. g6 Qb6+ $19) 28...
Qf4 29. Rf1 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 (30. Kh1 Rxc3 31. Qb2 Rd2 32. Qb7 Qe2 $19) 30... Qxf2+
31. Rxf2 Rxc3 32. Bc2 Rd4 33. Bb3 e6 34. Kh2 Rc5 35. g6 (35. Rf3 Rxg5 36. Rc3
Rd2 $19) 35... Kxg6 36. Rf3 a5 37. Rg3+ Kf6 38. Rf3+ Rf5 39. Rg3 a4 40. Bc2 (
40. Bc2 Rf2 41. Bh7 Rxa2 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 {Not so long ago
the automatic response would have been 6...Bg4, but the plan 7.Qb3! with early
a4 is very unpleasant for Black.} (6... Bg4 7. Qb3 $1) 7. b4 a5 8. bxa5 (8. Ba3
Qc7 9. Be2 e5 $11) 8... e5 9. Bd2 (9. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 9... e4
10. Ng1 Rxa5 11. a4 bxa4 (11... b4 $2 12. Na2 $14) 12. Rxa4 Rxa4 (12... Be7 $2
13. Rxa5 Qxa5 14. Nxd5 $16) 13. Qxa4 Qc7 (13... Nb8 14. Qa8 Qc7 15. Na4 Qb7 16.
Qxb7 Bxb7 $11) 14. Na2 Be7 15. Nb4 {The transfer of the knight to b4 square
and attack against c6 square is crucial for the structure, Black can rely on
the good defensive possibilities of his pieces.} Nb8 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nc3 Bb7 (
17... Rd8 18. Be2 Bg4 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Rc8 $11) 18. Be2 Nbd7 19. Na6 Qc8 $6
{Korotylev is refusing to give up the bishop's pair, but in this particular
position it would enable him to quickly activate the rook and equalize the
game.} (19... Bxa6 $1 20. Qxa6 Rb8 21. O-O Rb2 22. Be1 Qb7 $11) 20. O-O Re8 21.
Rb1 Nf8 22. Nb4 Ne6 23. Ba6 (23. Qa7 Nd8 24. h3 $14) 23... Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qxa6
25. Nxa6 Nd7 (25... Ra8 26. Rb8+ Rxb8 27. Nxb8 Nd8 28. Ne2 Kf8 29. Ba5 $16) 26.
Nb4 $6 {The weak move, as White is losing a lion part of his advantage.} (26.
Rb7 $1 Ra8 (26... Nef8 27. Rc7 $16) 27. Rxd7 Rxa6 28. f3 Kf8 (28... Bxc5 29.
dxc5 f5 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 $16) 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 f5 31. Nc3 $16)
26... Rc8 (26... Nb8 27. f3 f5 $11) 27. Ra1 Kf8 28. Ra7 Ke8 (28... Ndxc5 29.
dxc5 Bxc5 30. Ra4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Nc5 32. Kf1 Nd3 33. Rb7 $16) 29. Na4 Bd8 (29...
f5 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 (30... Ra8 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Nxc6+ Ke8 33. Na5 $18) 31. Nb6+
Kd8 32. Nxc8 Kxc8 33. Nxc6 $16) 30. Kf1 (30. f3 f5 31. Kf2 $14) 30... f5 (30...
Nb8 $1 31. Nb6 (31. f3 Rc7 32. Ra8 Rb7 33. fxe4 dxe4 34. Nb2 Nc7 35. Ra4 Nd5
36. Nc4 Bc7 $11) 31... Rc7 32. Ra8 Rb7 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Nxc6 Rxb6 35. cxb6
Bxb6 $11) 31. Ra6 Nb8 32. Ra8 Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 256] Tired by the prolonged
defence Black is commiting the reckless move, the check on b6 is coming at a
very unsuitable moment.} (32... Nc7 $1 33. Ra7 Ne6 34. Rb7 Nd7 $11) 33. Nb6+ $1
Bxb6 34. cxb6 Rd8 (34... Rf8 35. Bc1 Kc8 36. Ra7 Rf6 37. Ba3 $16) 35. f3 $6 (
35. Bc1 $1 Kd6 36. Ba3 c5 37. dxc5+ Nxc5 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39. Na6 $18) 35... exf3
$2 {The last mistake by Black. He could still have put up serious resistance
with the clever move 35...Kd6! with the idea of improving coordination of his
pieces.} (35... Kd6 $1 36. Na6 (36. Be1 g5) 36... Nxa6 37. Rxa6 Rb8 38. Bb4+
Kd7 39. Ra7+ Kc8 40. Bc5 Rb7 $14) 36. gxf3 g5 (36... Kd6 37. Nd3 $18) 37. Nd3
Kc8 38. Ba5 Re8 (38... Rd7 39. Ne5 Rb7 40. Nxc6 $18) 39. Ra7 (39. Ra7 Kd8 40.
Ne5 Re7 41. Nf7+ Ke8 42. Nd6+ Kd8 43. Nxf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 (5. Qc2 $145 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. Be2
Bg4 8. a4 Nbd7 9. e5 Nd5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Ng5 $1 $146 {
Ehlvest-Dreev, URS 1985}) (5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 $1 {Aseev-Khmelnitsky,
Sibenik 1989/90}) 5... b5 6. b3 (6. cxd5 $145 cxd5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Bd2 e6 9. Ne2
$1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. a4 Bb4 12. a5 $1 $16 {Karpov-Gavrikov, Mazatlan 1988})
6... g6 (6... Bg4) (6... e6) 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Bb7 (9... Nfd7 $2 10.
Nxd7 Qxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 $1 $18) 10. f4 Qd6 (10... Nbd7 11. Bf3 $16)
11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 (12. g4 $5) 12... Rab8 13. g4 Rfd8 (13... bxc4 $2 14. g5
Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qd5 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc5 $16) (13... c5 $2 14. cxb5
$16) 14. g5 Ne8 15. Qg2 bxc4 (15... e6 $5) 16. bxc4 e6 17. Rb1 (17. Bd2 Ba8 18.
c5) 17... Ba8 (17... Qc7 18. Bd2 $16) 18. c5 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Rb8 21.
Rxb8 Nxb8 22. Na4 Bb7 (22... Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Nb6 $16) 23. Ba5 Bxe5 (23...
Nc7 $5) 24. dxe5 Nc7 25. Nb2 Nb5 26. a4 (26. Qc2) 26... Qxc5 (26... Na3 27. Bb4
Nc4 28. Nxc4 dxc4 $18) 27. axb5 Qxe3+ 28. Qf2 Qxf4 (28... Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 cxb5
30. Nd3 $18) 29. Bd2 Qxe5 30. Nd3 Qf5 (30... Qa1+ 31. Be1 cxb5 32. Qa7 $18) 31.
Qa7 Nd7 (31... Qxf3 32. Qxb8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Bc3 $18) 32. Ne1 Bc8 (32...
Ne5 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Bc3 $18) 33. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Prague Masters 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I was very happy to take part in the first Prague International Tournament
which was organized by my friends from Novy Bor Chess Club. It was a perfectly
run event and we all hope it will become a traditional tournament! I had a
tough start with 0.5/2 in the first two Black games. And I was really glad to
finally play White against the US champion. Sam is a student of my co-author
Jacob Aagaard, so I can follow his progress closely. It was the first time I
had a chance to play against him.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5.
Nc3 a6 {A very popular setup nowadays. White has a wide choice. At the Batumi
Olympiad I overpressed and lost a very interesting game vs Nils Grandelius
after 6.Qb3, so this time I decided to play another idea.} 6. Ne5 (6. Qb3) 6...
Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Qxe5 {For
quite a long time Black players were defending a very passive position after} (
11... e6 12. Rc1 Qd7 {, but then they found a more ambitious try.}) 12. Rc1 Bd7
13. Qb6 $5 {A new idea, which was shown to me by the world rapid champion
Daniil Dubov. As usual in the 21st century, it doesn't refute Black's setup
but poses new problems. Black has a rather wide choice and I am sure that the
new games will follow, so I would skip publishing our opening analysis in
these notes.} (13. Bc3 Qc7 14. Qxd5 Bc6 {Black is close to full equality.})
13... Qd6 {The most natural reply.} 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qa7 Rxb2 16. Bxa6 f6 {
One of the possible moves. Here I couldn't recall my analysis correctly, so I
spent quite some time on my next move.} 17. a4 (17. Bd3 {was an alternative
option, but I decided on the most forcing move.}) 17... Bxa4 18. Bc3 Rb8 {
The move I had expected, but as the engine points out stronger was} (18... Rb3
$1 19. O-O Bb5 ({or} 19... Qb8 20. Qd4 Bb5 21. Bxb5+ Rxb5) 20. Bxb5+ (20. Qa8+
Kf7 21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Rb1 Qd7) 20... Rxb5 21. Rb1 Qc6 {Black will be able to
develop his pieces, and all White can achieve is to get his pawn back, with a
draw.}) (18... Rb6 $6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. O-O Qb8 21. Qa2 e6 22. Bh5+ g6 23. Bxf6
$16) 19. Bd3 {I made this move immediately, but the engine points out a better
try.} (19. Bb7 $5 Bb5 {and White has a choice between} 20. Rb1 (20. f4 Kf7 21.
Kf2 Re8 {Black needs to develop his pieces at any cost!} (21... e6 22. Rb1) 22.
Rhd1 e6 23. Bxd5+ Re7 24. Qa5 exd5 25. Qxb5 Qd7 $1 26. Qb3 Qb7 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5
28. Rxd5 Rb7 {Now White has an extra pawn, but I believe that a draw is the
most likely outcome.}) 20... Qc7 $1 21. Bc6+ $1 Qxc6 22. Qxb8+ Kf7 23. Qxb5
Qxc3+ 24. Kf1 e6 25. g3 Be7 26. Kg2 {At this point an engine shows even higher
numbers for White, but still I believe that Black has good drawing chances
here as well.}) 19... Bc6 20. O-O Ra8 21. Qb6 Rb8 22. Qa6 Ra8 23. Qb6 Rb8 24.
Qa6 Ra8 25. Bb4 $1 {I pinned my hopes on this nice finesse.} Rxa6 26. Bxd6 Rb6
$6 ({Right after the game Nikita Vitiugov suggested the following beautiful
idea. Indeed, it allows Black to equalize, but only with very precise play.} 
26... Bb7 $1 27. Bb4 (27. Bg3 Rb6 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Bc6 30. Bf5 Kf7 31. Rb6
g6 32. Bc8 Be8 33. Be6+ Kg7 34. Bxd5 Bf7 $11) 27... Rb6 28. Bc5 (28. Ba5 Rb3
29. Bf5 Kf7 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 g6 32. Bd7 Ba8 33. Rb6 Bh6 $1 34. Be6+ Kg7
$11) 28... Rb2 29. Bd4 Rb3 30. Bc2 Rb4 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Bc6) 27. Rxc6 Rxc6
28. Bb5 exd6 (28... Kd7 29. Rc1) 29. Bxc6+ Kf7 30. Bxd5+ Kg6 31. Rb1 {We got
into the ending with equal material and all the pawns being on one side, which
suggests strong drawing tendencies.However, I was optimistic about my chances.
White's bishop is much stronger than its counterpart, and Black's king is not
comfortably placed, so I decided to attack it.} Be7 32. Rb7 Rc8 {An important
trick allowing Black to finally develop his rook.} 33. g4 $1 Bd8 34. Be6 Rc1+
35. Kg2 Bc7 36. Ra7 {I am trying to build a mating net around his king.} h5 ({
I believe Black had to try to bring his king to g7 with} 36... Rc5 $5 37. Bf5+
(37. h4 h5) 37... Kh6 38. h4 g6 39. Be6 Kg7 40. Ra8 Re5 $14) (36... Kh6 37. h4
g6 38. Ra8 {doesn't allow to do so.}) 37. h3 ({Better was} 37. gxh5+ $1 Kxh5
38. Ra8 Kg6 39. h4 Rc5 (39... Kh7 40. Rf8 Rc5 41. e4) 40. Rh8 $1 f5 (40... Re5
$5 41. h5+ Rxh5 42. Bf7+ Kxf7 43. Rxh5 Bb6 44. Rb5 Bc5 {with a likely fortress.
}) 41. Rf8 Ba5 42. f4 Kh7 43. Bxf5+ g6 44. Rf7+ Kh6 45. Bg4 {with an extra
pawn and winning chances.}) 37... hxg4 38. hxg4 Kh7 (38... Rc5 $5 39. f4 Rc3) (
{Probably the most resolute decision would be a pawn sacrifice:} 38... d5 39.
Bxd5 f5 40. Ra6+ Kg5 41. gxf5 Kxf5 {There is very little material on the board,
so it is unlikely that White would squeeze more than rook + bishop vs rook
ending.}) 39. Ra8 Bb6 40. Rb8 $6 (40. Rf8 $1 {will win a pawn in a favorable
sircumstances.} Rc7 41. Bd5 Re7 42. Ba2 Bxe3 $5 (42... g5 43. Rxf6) 43. fxe3
Rxe3 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Be6 d5 46. Bxd5 Kg6 47. Be6 {and it is not clear if Black
would be able to trade f and g pawns against White's remaining pawn.}) 40...
Ba5 41. Rf8 Rc7 $6 ({Better was} 41... Bc3 {being ready to play g7-g6 when
necessary.}) 42. Bg8+ Kh6 (42... Kg6 43. Bd5 $1 Re7 44. Bc4 {and Black is in
trouble.}) 43. Bd5 ({The engine indicated a smart idea to build a mating net
with} 43. Ba2 Rb7 (43... Rc1 44. Bd5 {and the bishop gets to the b1-h7
diagonal.}) 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Rh5 $1 Be1 $1 {The only chance.} 46. Bd5 Rb2 (
46... Re7 47. f4) 47. Kf1 Bxf2 48. Be4+ Kf7 49. Rh2 Rb4 50. Bd5+ Kg6 51. Kxf2
Rxg4 52. Rh8 {and I would rate White's winning chances pretty highly.}) 43...
Re7 44. Rh8+ (44. f4 g6 $1 45. Rxf6 Kg7 46. Rxd6 Rxe3 {looked very drawish to
me.}) 44... Kg6 45. f4 f5 46. gxf5+ Kxf5 47. Kf3 Kg6 ({I was not sure if I had
any real chances after the pawn sac} 47... g5 48. e4+ Kf6 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Rg8+
Kh6 51. Rxg5 Rg7 52. Rf5 Be1) 48. e4 Rd7 ({More natural and active was} 48...
Rc7 49. Rf8 Kh6 50. Kg4 g6) 49. Ra8 Bb6 50. Kg4 ({Probably White could get
rook + bishop vs rook by} 50. Ra6 Bc5 51. Rc6 (51. e5 Kf5 52. e6 Re7 53. Ra8
Bd4 $1) 51... Ra7 52. e5 Kf5 53. exd6 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Bxd6 55. Rxd6 Kxf4) 50...
Rd8 51. Ra6 Rb8 52. e5 dxe5 53. fxe5 {It is a dead draw already, but I kept on
trying.} Kh7 (53... Kh6) 54. e6 Bd8 (54... Bc5) 55. Ra7 Bf6 56. Be4+ Kg8 (56...
Kh6 {leads to an easy draw.}) 57. e7 Kf7 $4 {Just a blunder.} (57... Bxe7 58.
Rxe7 {will leave White with minimal practical chances in the rook + bishop vs
rook endgame. I held a similar position in the match vs Victor Laznicka.}) 58.
Bd5+ Kg6 59. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 ({This was my 3rd meeting with Wang Yue
in recent months. In the first 2 games he tried} 4... g6 {, but both times I
got an advantage from the opening. So it came as no surprise that he decided
to play another line.}) 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 ({I met the Chebanenko system for the
first time back in 1990. I'll include htat game in these annotations, as it
shows similiar ideas to ones in this game.} 6. b3 g6 (6... Bg4) 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Qd6 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rab8 13. g4 Rfd8 14. g5 Ne8
15. Qg2 bxc4 16. bxc4 e6 17. Rb1 Ba8 18. c5 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Rb8 21.
Rxb8 Nxb8 22. Na4 Bb7 23. Ba5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nc7 25. Nb2 Nb5 26. a4 Qxc5 (26...
Na3 27. Bb4 Nc4 28. Nxc4 dxc4 $18) 27. axb5 Qxe3+ 28. Qf2 Qxf4 29. Bd2 Qxe5 30.
Nd3 Qf5 31. Qa7 Nd7 32. Ne1 Bc8 33. Qc7 {1-0 Gelfand ,B (2680)-Hort,V (2545)/
Novi Sad olm 1990/[Gelfand]}) 6... g6 7. Ne5 (7. Be2 Bg7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Be6
10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 $6 Ne4 12. Bf3 f5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Be1 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nxc3 16.
Bxc3 Bh6 $15 {0-1 Gelfand,B (2717)-Bareev,E (2675)/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005 
(34)}) 7... Bg7 8. f4 a5 {This plan was tried twice by my opponent vs E.
Bacrot and both times he had no problems from the opening.} 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 Bf5
10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qe2 h5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nb6 Ra7 16.
Nd3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Rdg1 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E (2705)-Wang Yue (2736)/
Elista RUS 2008 (47)}) 9... Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 $1 {This is a new and
important idea. I was waiting for a chance to use it for a couple of years. We
had analysed my game vs Bareev with Alexander Khuzman and had realized that e4
is the key square in such a position.} (11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Bd2 Nbd7
14. Be1 e6 15. Rf3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rh3 Rfe8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qh5 h6 20.
Bh4 Ra7 21. Rg3 Kh7 22. Bg5 Rh8 23. Qh4 Qe8 24. Bf6 Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Rg8 26. Rxg8
Qxg8 27. Kf2 Rd7 28. Rg1 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxg4 f5 {1/2-1/2
Bacrot,E (2705)-Wang Yue (2736)/Dresden GER 2008}) 11... Be6 ({If} 11... Ne4 {
then} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. a4 b4 14. Qc2 {keeping an advantage.}) 12. Bf3 {
Taking control of the e4-square.} Nbd7 13. Nd3 $1 {Of course, White is
avoiding any exchanges as Black's pieces are very cramped and he does not have
enough space for them.} h6 $6 {Faced with a new plan my opponent thought for a
long time and decided to build "a wall".} ({I would rather go for} 13... Bf5 {
trying to exchange the poor B.}) 14. g4 $1 {It was easy to let slip the
advantage:} ({After} 14. Bd2 Bf5 15. Nf2 g5 {Black has nothing to worry about.}
) 14... Nh7 (14... h5 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 g5 17. Kg2 {just plays into White's
hands.}) 15. h4 f5 16. g5 hxg5 ({During the game I thought that} 16... h5 {
would be even worse as h5 becomes a target and White would sacrifice a N on h5
in good circumstances, for example} 17. Ne2 Bf7 18. Ng3 e6 19. Bd2 Rfb8 20.
Nxh5 gxh5 21. Bxh5 {However, now things do not seem so clear to me, as Black
would sac a piece, let's say, by} Bxh5 22. Qxh5 Ndf6 23. gxf6 Nxf6 {with good
defending chances.}) 17. hxg5 {So, White has won some more space. The pawns on
c5 and g5 are limiting Black's pieces to the last 2 ranks. The next step in
White's plan is to regroup his pieces. Black has no counterplay whatsoever and
has to wait.} Kf7 18. Kg2 Rfb8 19. Bd2 Nhf8 20. Be2 {B is going to d3 and the
Ns to f3 and g3} Ke8 21. Ne1 Bg8 22. Nf3 Rb7 23. Bd3 Nb8 24. Ne2 Qd8 25. Ng3 {
White is threatening a sacrifice on f5 and Black is obliged to play e6} e6 26.
Rh1 Bh7 $2 {Black wanted to hide his K on g8, but it allows White a strong
regrouping. I still believe that waiting passively was the best option.} ({
Here I was looking for a plan how to break through, if Black simply waits. It
seems possible, that the piece sac e3-e4 would work, for example} 26... Nbd7
27. Qe2 Nb8 28. Rae1 Nbd7 ({probably better is} 28... Re7 {However it is
difficult for Black to defend against all the ideas - White wants to play Bc3,
Qd2, Ne2-c1-b3, forcing a4, then he can play e3-e4 in good circumstances: then
he can bring the N to e5 through d3 etc.} 29. Bc3 Qc7 30. Qd2 Nbd7) 29. e4 fxe4
30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nxe4 {/\Nd6,Ne5. Another plan would be to move the N to d3,
Qe1, plan a4 and sac a N on b4 after b5-b4, followed by the advance of the
b-pawn. However, it is very hard to say, if White's advantage is enough for
victory.}) 27. Qc2 Kf7 28. Rh3 {There is no need even to consider an e3-e4
breakthrough, as White has a better plan at his disposal.} Kg8 29. Rah1 {
Now the B cannot return to g8.} Raa7 30. Kf1 Qe8 31. Be1 Bh8 32. Rh6 Bg7 33.
R6h4 Bh8 34. R1h3 {White is tripling his major pieces on the h-file according
to Alekhine's advice - first the pair of rooks and the Q behind them.} Re7 35.
Qh2 Reb7 36. Rh6 Re7 37. Ne2 Reb7 38. Nc1 Re7 39. Nb3 {It is important to
force Black to play a4, as it gives White the b4-square and the possibility to
open the position by b3, if nessesary. Even though the main action would most
likely take place on the kingside, you should never neglect such a detail.} a4
({Or} 39... Qd8 40. Qd2 $1 a4 41. Nc1 $18) 40. Nc1 Reb7 41. Be2 Re7 42. Nd3
Reb7 43. Nh4 $1 {White has placed his pieces ideally - it is time to go for an
attack!} Bg7 (43... Re7 44. Nxg6 Nxg6 45. Bh5 Bg7 (45... Rg7 46. Ne5) 46. Bxg6
Bxg6 47. Rh8+ $18) (43... Nbd7 44. Nxg6 $18) 44. Rxh7 $1 Nxh7 (44... Kxh7 $2
45. Nxg6+ Kg8 46. Rh8+ Kf7 47. Nde5+ Bxe5 48. Nxe5+) 45. Nxg6 Nd7 $1 {the only
defence} (45... Qxg6 $2 46. Bh5 $18) (45... Bxd4 46. exd4 Qxg6 47. Ne5 $18) 46.
Bh5 Qd8 (46... Ndf8 47. Nxf8 Qxf8 48. Bf3 {winning the N.}) 47. Nb4 Rc7 (47...
Nb8 48. Ne5 Bxe5 49. dxe5 Rg7 50. g6 Nf8 51. Bh4 Qe8 52. Bf6 {with an easy win.
}) 48. Nh8 $3 {A beautiful way to launch the final attack. I got really
excited when I saw this possibility. Strangely enough no engine on my computer
indicates it even set to a depth around 20ply.} ({I was also thinking about} 
48. Ne5 {, but I was not sure how to progress after} Nxe5 49. dxe5 Nf8 50. Nc2
Nd7 51. Bb4 Qe7 52. Nd4) 48... Ndf8 ({I believe that the most stubborn was} 
48... Kxh8 49. Bf7 (49. Bg6 Ndf8) 49... Ndf8 50. Rxh7+ $1 Nxh7 51. g6 Bh6 $1 {
The only defence} 52. Qxh6 Rxf7 53. gxf7 Rxf7 54. Nxc6 {and despite being an
exchange down, White is going to win - for example} Qe8 55. Ne5 Ra7 (55... Rf6
56. Qh4 $18) 56. Bb4 Rc7 57. Ke2 Rc8 58. Kd2 Rc7 59. c6 Rxc6 60. Nxc6 Qxc6 61.
Qg6 $18) (48... Bxh8 {allows the nice} 49. Bf7+ $3 Kxf7 50. Rxh7+ Bg7 51. g6+
$1 Kf8 (51... Kg8 52. Rh8+) (51... Ke8 52. Rxg7 Nf8 53. Rg8 Rg7 54. Rxf8+ Kxf8
55. Nxc6) 52. Rxg7 $18) 49. Nf7 Rxf7 50. Bxf7+ ({White had another way to
victory} 50. Nxc6 Qa8 51. g6 Nxg6 52. Bxg6 Qxc6 53. Bxf7+ Rxf7 54. Rxh7 $18)
50... Rxf7 (50... Kxf7 51. Nxc6 $18) 51. Rxh7 Qe8 ({Or} 51... Nxh7 52. g6 $1
Rc7 53. Qxh7+ Kf8 54. Bh4 $1 Qe8 55. Bg5 $18 {winning easily, for example} Qd7
56. Bh6 Bxh6 57. Qh8+ Ke7 58. Qxh6 Qe8 59. Qh7+ Kd8 60. g7 $18) 52. Rh3 {
Already here I saw it till the end. White exchanges Qs, plays b3, then a4,
exchange Rs on a line and penetrate by B and N into the enemy's camp.} Ng6 53.
Qe2 Rc7 54. Qh5 Kf7 55. Qh7 {Black cannot avoid the exchange of queens.} Qg8 (
55... Nf8 56. g6+ Nxg6 57. Rg3) (55... Qd8 56. Rh6 Nf8 57. Nxc6 Rxc6 58. g6+)
56. Qxg8+ Kxg8 57. Nd3 Ra7 58. Ke2 Kf7 59. Nb4 Ne7 60. Kd1 Ra8 61. Kc2 Rg8 62.
Nd3 Ra8 63. Rh7 Ng6 64. b3 Nf8 65. Rh2 axb3+ 66. Kxb3 Ke8 67. Ra2 Kd7 68. a4
bxa4+ 69. Rxa4 Rxa4 70. Kxa4 Kc8 71. Ba5 Ng6 72. Nb4 Kd7 ({Or} 72... Kb7 73.
Bd8 $1 {with the idea of Ka5, Na6.}) 73. Na6 Kc8 74. Bc7 Bf8 75. Ka5 Kb7 76.
Bd6 Be7 77. Bxe7 ({It is never too late to blunder} 77. Nc7 $2 Bd8) 77... Nxe7
78. Nb4 Ng8 79. Nd3 Ne7 80. Ne5 Ng8 81. g6 Nf6 82. g7 1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki Nikiti"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Nh5 (6... Bg7 7. h3 O-O
8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. b4 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Bxe5 15. dxe5 a5 16. a3 Rxe5 17. e4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qf6 20. Rd1
dxe4 21. Qd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nxe4 $14 {Shirov,A-Bologan,
V/BRD/1993/}) 7. Be5 $1 (7. Bg5) 7... f6 8. Bg3 Bg7 (8... e5 $5 9. e4 $1 $13)
9. e4 Nxg3 $2 (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be6 $14) 10. hxg3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be6 12. Qc2
Qa5+ $1 (12... Bd5 13. Bc4 $1 $16) 13. Nc3 (13. Qc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Rb1
Rb8 $10) (13. Ned2 Nd7 14. Bc4 $13) (13. Nfd2 $1 Nd7 14. Bc4 Bf5 15. a3 $16)
13... Bf7 14. O-O-O b6 $1 15. Nd2 (15. cxb6 Nd7 (15... Qxb6 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Nc5
$16) 16. Na4 $1 Rb8 17. a3 O-O 18. b4 Qd5 19. Bxa6 Nxb6 20. Nc5 $16) 15... b5 (
15... bxc5 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 cxd4 18. Rxh7 $5 $40) 16. f4 $6 (16. Bd3 Nd7
17. Rh4 f5 $1 18. Rdh1 Nf6 $13) (16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Bf3 {/\ d5+/-})
16... Nd7 17. Bd3 f5 18. Nf3 Rb8 19. Kb1 b4 (19... Bf6 $5 {/\ Kf8-g7}) 20. Qa4
Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Bd5 22. Bc2 (22. Rhe1 $1 e6 (22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxd4 24. Bxf5
gxf5 25. Rxd4 Rg8 26. Rd6 $1 $16) (22... a5 23. Bc2 Nf6 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ne6 Ne4
26. Nxg7+ Kf7 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. g4 $1 $16) 23. b3 Kf7 24. Bc4 $16) 22... Bxf3
$1 23. gxf3 e6 24. Rhe1 Kf7 25. Bb3 Rhe8 26. Re2 Re7 27. Nb6 (27. Rde1 Rbe8 28.
Nb6 Nxb6 29. cxb6 Bxd4 30. b7 Rxb7 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Kg7 33. Rxc6 h5 $1 {
xg3}) (27. Kc2 Nf6 28. Rde1 Rbe8 29. Nb6 Nh5 30. Nc8 $5 Nxg3 $1 (30... Rxc8 31.
Rxe6 $18) 31. Nd6+ Kf8 32. Rg2 Nh5 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 $13) 27... Nxb6 28. cxb6 Rxb6
(28... Rxb6 29. Rde1 Bxd4 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf8 32. g4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Hunguest Hotels"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7
8. O-O e6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bb4 $5 {Ftacnik: 'Black does not experience any
problems with the piece development, even the white squared bishop sits on a
great square. The only real minus is the weakness of the square c6 after the
move b7-b5.'} 11. Bb2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rfc1 (13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Qb6) (13. a4 bxc4 14. bxc4 Qa5) 13... Bd6 (13... dxc4 14. bxc4 bxc4 (14...
Nb6 15. Nd2) 15. Qxc4 $14) (13... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 14. Rc2 (14. a4 dxc4 15. bxc4
Nc5 16. Qd1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxa4 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Qb3 $11) (14. cxb5 cxb5 15. a4
bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ba3 Nb6 18. Bxb4 Nxa4 19. Bxf8 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qxf8 $11) (
14. a3 Bd6 15. c5 Bc7 16. b4 Ra8 17. a4 $36) 14... dxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. Nd2
$13) 14. Rc2 $1 (14. a4 $5 dxc4 $140 15. bxc4 b4 16. Ne4 $36) 14... Rc8 (14...
dxc4 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 c5 (16... Nb6 17. Qe2 c5) 17. Rd1 $14) (14... bxc4
$5 15. bxc4 Qa5) 15. Rac1 dxc4 $5 {Ftacnik: 'This exchange represents a
positional concession, but solving the question of white's pressure along the
c file is not at all easy.'} (15... Qa5 $2 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 $1) (15...
bxc4 {Ftacnik} 16. bxc4 c5 17. Na4 cxd4 18. c5 $14) 16. bxc4 b4 (16... Nb6 17.
Nd2) 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qa5 (18... c5 19. Rd2 Nf6 20. Qh4 $36) (18... Be7 {
Ftacnik} 19. c5 Qc7 20. Qd3 a5 21. e4 Rfd8 22. Qe3 $13) 19. Nd2 (19. d5 cxd5
20. cxd5 (20. Qg4 g6 21. cxd5 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Qxa2 $1) 20... Rxc2 21. Qxc2 exd5
22. Qc6 Qxa2 $1 23. Bxg7 (23. Bd4 b3) 23... Kxg7 24. Qxd6 b3 $11) (19. c5 Be7 (
19... Bb8 20. d5 $1 cxd5 21. Qg4 g6 22. c6)) (19. Qd3 $5 Rfd8 20. e4 $14) 19...
Qh5 (19... Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. c5 Bc7 22. Nc4 $14) (19... c5 20. Qd3 (20. d5
e5 21. Qf5 Qc7) (20. dxc5 $5)) 20. c5 (20. Qd3 Qg6 (20... Rfd8 21. c5 Nxc5 22.
Qc4 Na4 23. Qxa6) (20... a5 21. c5 Bc7 {-game}) 21. Qxg6 hxg6 $14) 20... Bc7 (
20... Be7 21. Qd3) 21. Qd3 a5 22. Qa6 $5 (22. e4 Bf4 (22... Qg6 23. Nc4) (22...
Rfd8 23. Qe3)) 22... f5 $1 $132 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (22... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 23. Kf1 (
23. e4 Nf6 24. f3 Qg5 25. Nc4 Qf4 $11) 23... Nb8 24. Qb7 Qd5 $11) 23. Nc4 Nb8
24. Qb7 (24. Qa7 Rf7) 24... f4 $2 (24... Qf7 $1 25. f4 g5 (25... Rce8 26. Nd6 (
26. a3 Re7 27. Qa8 bxa3 28. Bxa3 Bxf4 29. Qxa5 Bc7) 26... Bxd6 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7
28. cxd6 Rd8 29. Rc5 Ra7 (29... a4 30. Rb1) 30. g4 g6 $13) 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 (27... Kxf7 28. cxd6 gxf4 29. exf4) 28. cxd6 gxf4 29. exf4 Rd8 30.
Rc5 Ra7 31. g4 $132) 25. exf4 $2 {Ftacnik: 'It is a bit peculiar that both
very strong players are blindly overlooking the magnificient move 25.d5!! with
a huge advantage for white. '} (25. d5 $1 $18 f3 (25... exd5 26. Nd6) 26. d6
fxg2 27. f4 Qxh3 28. Rxg2) 25... Bxf4 26. Re1 Bc7 (26... Rc7 27. Qb6 Nd7 28.
Qxa5 $16) 27. d5 $1 exd5 $2 $138 {Ftacnik: 'Acs was out of luck in this game,
much tougher resistance was possible after the correct intermediate move 27...
Qg6!'} (27... Qg6 $142 28. Rce2 exd5 29. Nb6 $1 (29. Re7 dxc4 $1 30. Rxg7+ Qxg7
31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Qxc7 c3 $132) 29... Bxb6 (29...
Qf7 30. Nxc8 Bh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qxb7 32. Re7 $18) 30. cxb6 Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32.
Re8+ Rxe8 (32... Rf8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Re7) 33. Rxe8+ Rf8 34. Re7 Rf7 35. Rc7
$16) 28. Nd6 Qg6 29. Re7 $1 (29. Re7 Qxc2 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Nf7+) 1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 $5 $146 (6. g3) 6...
cxd5 (6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxd5) 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4
b4 12. Na2 (12. Ne2 $5 Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. Nc1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne4 16. Nb3 $14 {
Huebner,R-Pieper Emden/1991/}) 12... O-O 13. Nc1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Bxe5 $5)
14... Nd7 (14... Ne4 $5) 15. Nb3 Rc8 (15... Nc5 $2 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7
18. Qc2+ $16) 16. Qe2 (16. a5 Nc5 {xa5}) 16... Qb6 (16... a5 17. Nd4 Nc5 18.
Bb5 $14) 17. a5 (17. Rfc1 $5 $14) 17... Qa7 18. Rfc1 Qa8 $1 (18... Nc5 $2 19.
Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxc5 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh4 $1 $16 {/\ Bg5}) 19. Qh5 (19. Bg3
Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 $10) 19... g6 20. Qg4 {/\ 21.h4} Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Ra1
(22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. h4 h5 24. Qh3 (24. Qg3 Qd8 $1 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Qc7 $17
) 24... Kg7 (24... Nc5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Qg3 {/\ Bg5|^}) 25. g4 Qh8 26. Bg3 $10
) 22... Qb8 (22... Nc5 $2 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg5 $36) 23. Qg3 $5 (23. Qe2 Qa8 {
/\ Nc5} 24. Qg4 Qb8 $10) 23... Bd8 (23... Rc4 $5 {Shirov} 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Nd4
Nc5 $44) (23... Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Bg5 $14) (23... Kg7 24. h4 h6 $13) 24.
Nd4 (24. h4 $5 Bc7 25. h5 Nxe5 26. Nc5 Nxd3 27. Nxd3 $44) 24... Nc5 (24... Rc5
25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bxg6 Qc8 27. Bc2+ Kf7 28. Bh6 $18) (24... Bc7 25. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 26. Bxg6 Nxe5 (26... Bxe5 27. Be8+ $18) 27. Bc2+ Kf7 28. Qh3 $44) 25. Bb1
(25. Bc2 b3 $1 $132) 25... Bxa5 $2 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. h4 $16) (25...
Na4 26. h4 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Nc5 28. h5 $40) (25... Kg7 $5 26. h4 (26. Bg5 Nd7 $17)
26... h6 $13) 26. h4 Bd8 27. h5 Qc7 28. Bh6 $1 (28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30.
Qxg6+ Qg7 31. Qe8+ Qf8 $10) 28... Qe7 $2 (28... Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Bg5 Bxg5
31. Qxg5 Qd8 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. h6 $1 $16) 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31.
Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Rc1 $1 Rc7 (32... Ne4 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. Nc6 $18) (32... Qh7 33.
Qe8+ Qg8 34. Qh5 Qh7 35. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 36. Nxe6 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 {/\ 38.Qe8 Qg8 39.
Bg7} Bc6 38. Nxd8 $18) 33. f4 Qh7 (33... Bc8 34. Bg5 Qf8 35. Bf6+ Bxf6 36. exf6
Qg8 37. Qh5+ $1 (37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Nb3 a5 $1 39. Rxc5 (39. Nxc5 a4 $132) 39...
Rxc5 40. Nxc5 Kf7 $16) 37... Qh7 38. f7 $1 $18) 34. Qe8+ Qg8 35. Bf8 (35. Qh5
Qh7 36. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 37. Nxe6 $18) 35... Rf7 36. Qxd8 Nd3 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. Qf6+
$1 Rg7 39. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT 9900"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2000.03.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Nd2
Be7 9. Be2 Qc8 (9... Bg6) (9... h6) 10. g4 $5 $146 (10. b4 Bd8 (10... Bg6 11.
g4 h6 12. Bg3 Bd8 13. a4 b6 14. a5 b5 15. Qb3 Bc7 16. O-O-O Qb7 17. f4 O-O-O
18. Rdf1 Kb8 19. Qd1 Rde8 20. Rhg1 Qc8 21. Qe1 Qd8 22. Bh4 Qc8 23. Kb2 Kb7 24.
Qf2 Qb8 25. Bg3 Re7 26. h3 {1/2-1/2 Lesiege,A-Slobodjan,R/Varadero CUB 2000/ 
(55)}) 11. f3 Bc7 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg6 15. O-O O-O 16. e5 Nd5
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 b6 19. Qc3 bxc5 20. bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Georgiev,K/
Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) 10... Bg6 11. g5 Ng8 (11... Ne4 12. Ncxe4 dxe4 13. Nc4)
12. h4 (12. e4 h6) 12... h6 $6 (12... e5 $142 $5 $132) 13. gxh6 $1 (13. Rg1
hxg5 14. hxg5 e5 $132 (14... Bd8 15. e4 Bc7 (15... e5 16. dxe5 d4 17. Na4) 16.
Bd6 $5 $36)) 13... Nxh6 14. h5 Nf5 (14... Bh7 15. Rg1) 15. Rg1 Bh7 16. Nf3 $1 {
xe5} Qd8 (16... Bf6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4) (16... Bd8 17. e4 (17. Bd3 Bc7) 17...
dxe4 18. Nxe4 Ba5+ 19. Kf1 $16) 17. Qb3 $1 (17. e4 $6 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf6 19.
Neg5 Bg8 {xd4,xh5}) 17... b6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxb6 (19. Ne5 Qxb3 20. axb3 Nxe5
21. Bxe5 a5 22. Na4 $14 (22. h6 Nxh6 23. Rxg7 Bc2)) 19... Nxb6 20. Rc1 O-O (
20... c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxc5 Nxf4 24. exf4 $16) (20... f6 21.
Bc7 (21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nd5 23. Bd2 Kf7 $1 (23... Kd7 24. Nc5+ Bxc5 25. Rxc5
$14) 24. Rxc6 Rhc8 $132) (21. Nb1 Kd7 22. Nbd2 a5 $132) 21... Nd7 (21... Bd8
22. Bxb6 Bxb6 23. Na4 $16) 22. e4 $1 (22. Na4 Kf7 $1 (22... Bb4+ 23. Kd1 (23.
Kf1 Rc8 24. Rxc6 Ne7 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Rxe6 Rxa6 $19)) 23. Rxc6 Rhc8 $132 24.
Kd2 $140 Bb4+) 22... dxe4 23. Nxe4 Kf7 (23... Bb4+ 24. Kf1 $16) 24. Rxc6 Rhc8
25. Rc4 $5 $16 (25. Bc4 Nf8 26. Nc5 (26. d5 Bb4+ 27. Ke2 Ne7 $1 28. dxe6+ Ke8
29. Rxa6 $140 Rxa6 30. Bb5+ (30. Bxa6 Rxc7 31. Bb5+ Kd8 32. Rd1+ Kc8 33. Ba6+
Kb8) 30... Rc6) 26... Bxc5 (26... Ra7 27. Bxe6+ (27. Nxe6 Ke8 28. Rxa6) 27...
Nxe6 28. Nxe6) 27. Rxc5 Nd7 $1 28. Rc6 Ra7 29. Bxe6+ (29. d5 Rcxc7 (29... exd5
30. Bxd5+) (29... Raxc7 30. dxe6+ Ke7 31. exd7 Rxc6 32. dxc8=Q Rxc8 33. Bxa6
Rc2 34. Bd3 $16) 30. dxe6+ Ke7 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Rxg7+ Kd8 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34.
Rxh7 Rxc4 35. Rxd7+ Ke8 $11) 29... Ke8 30. Bxf5 (30. Bxd7+ Kxd7 31. Bb6 Rxc6
32. Bxa7 Rc2) 30... Bxf5 31. Rxg7 (31. h6 g5) 31... Rcxc7 (31... Raxc7 32. Rg8+
Nf8 33. Rxf6 Rf7) 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Nh4 Bb1 34. h6 Rc1+ (34... Kf8 35. Kd2) 35.
Kd2 Rh1 (35... Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Rxb2 37. h7 Bxh7 38. Rxh7 Rxa2 39. Nf5 $14) 36. h7
Rxh4 37. Rg8+ Nf8 38. h8=Q Rxh8 39. Rxh8 Bxa2 $11)) 21. h6 $1 {xg7} (21. Bc7
Nd7 22. Na4 Rfc8 23. Nb6 Rxc7 24. Nxa8 Ra7 (24... Rc8 25. Bxa6 Rxa8 26. Rxc6
Bb4+ 27. Ke2 Ne7 28. Rc7 $13) 25. Rxc6 Rxa8 $132) 21... Rfc8 (21... Nd7 22. Bd3
) (21... f6 22. Bc7 $16 (22. hxg7 Rfc8 23. Nd2 c5 $132 (23... Nxg7 $2 24. Bh6
Bf8 25. Bg4 $16))) 22. Bd3 $1 (22. hxg7 c5) 22... g6 23. Ne5 c5 (23... Nh4 $5)
24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Ke2 (25. Bxf5 $5 exf5 26. Ke2 Rac8 $14) 25... a5 $2 (25...
Nd6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Nxg6 Bxg6 28. Rxg6+ Kf8 29. Rcg1 $18) (25... Nh4 26. e4
$1 f6 (26... d4 27. Nb1) (26... dxe4 27. Bxe4 Rac8 28. Bb7) 27. Be3 $1 fxe5 28.
Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Nxd5 Nd7 (29... Nxd5 30. exd5 Bd4 31. dxe6 Rf8 32. e7 Rxf2+ 33.
Kd1 Kf7 34. Rc8 $18 (34. Rc7 $5)) 30. b4 Bxf2 31. Nc7 $18) (25... d4 26. Bxf5
dxc3 27. Be4 (27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Nxg6 Bxg6 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ Kf6 $13) 27...
Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxc3 Bf6 30. Rgc1 $16) 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Nd3 Rcc8 (27...
Rc4 28. Nxd5) 28. Be5 $1 $18 Bf8 (28... Bb4 29. Nf4) 29. Bd4 Rcb8 (29... Nd7
30. Nxd5 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Bxh6 32. Rc7) 30. Nf4 Bxh6 31. Nh5 (31. Nfxd5 Nxd5 32.
Nxd5 Bg7 $16) 31... Nd7 32. Nxd5 Kf8 33. Nhf6 Nxf6 34. Nxf6 Bg8 35. Rh1 Bg5 36.
Nxg8 Rd8 37. Nf6 (37. Rh8) 37... Ke7 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rc6+ Rd6 40. Rxd6+ Kxd6
41. f4 1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Qc2 $2 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7.
a4 e6 $3 $146 {Huebner,R: 'Der Textzug sieht bescheidener aus als 7...Lb7,
denn Schwarz gibt den Gambitbauern wieder her. Er beabsichtigt jedoch ein
aussichtsreiches Qualitдtsopfer; es wird wohl niemanden verlocken, dieses
Abspiel mit WeiЯ nochmals zu versuchen.'} ({Die folgende Partie findet sich in
derselben Ausgabe (CBM 92) und ist dort kommentiert:} 7... Bb7 {Huebner,R} 8.
e5 Nd5 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ne4 e5 11. Nc5 Bc8 12. Be2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qd6 14. Ne4 Qe5
15. Nf3 Qf5 16. O-O e5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nh4 Nb4 19. Qb1 Qe6 20. Ng5 Qf6 21.
Nxh7 Qxh4 22. Qg6+ Kd7 23. Bg5 Qxh7 24. Rfd1+ Nd3 25. Rxd3+ cxd3 26. Bg4+ Kc7
27. Rc1+ {1-0 Bareev,E-Georgiev,K/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (27).}) 8. axb5
$2 (8. Bg5 $142) 8... cxb5 9. e5 (9. Nxb5 {Huebner,R} axb5 10. Rxa8 Bb7 {
ist auch in keiner Weise verlockend fьr WeiЯ.}) 9... Nd5 10. Nxb5 axb5 $1 {
Huebner,R: 'Andere Fortsetzungen sind schwдcher, zum Beispiel'} (10... Bb7 {
Huebner,R} 11. Na3 Nb4 12. Qc3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 N8c6 14. Be3 Rc8 (14... Qa5 {
Huebner,R} 15. Bxc4 {Schwarz verfьgt ьber kein wirksames Abzugsschach.}) 15.
Bxc4 Nxd4 16. Qe4 (16. Bxd4 {Huebner,R} Qxd4 17. O-O Bc5 {fьhrt zu einer
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 16... Rxc4 17. Nxc4 Nbc2+ 18. Kd1 Nxa1 19. Qxd4 {
mit Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 11. Rxa8 Bb7 $17 12. Ra7 {'?' Huebner,R.} (12. Bg5 Bb4+
13. Nd2 f6 14. Ra7 Qb6 15. Rxb7 Qxb7 16. exf6 gxf6 $17) (12. Ra1 Nb4 13. Qb1
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd4 15. Ra8 Qxe5+ 16. Qe4 Qc7 17. Be3 (17. Bf4 Bd6) 17... Nd5
$19) ({Die besten Ьberlebensaussichten bietet} 12. Rxb8 {Huebner,R} Qxb8 13.
Be2 {, obwohl Schwarz natьrlich einen schцnen Vorteil hat.}) 12... Nb4 (12...
Qb6 13. Rxb7 Bb4+ (13... Qxb7 14. Be2) 14. Ke2 Qxb7 15. g3 $132) 13. Qd1 Be4 $1
(13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 (14. Qxf3 Nc2+ 15. Kd1 (15. Kd2 Qxd4+ 16. Kxc2 Qxa7) 15...
Qxd4+ 16. Bd3 Qxa7 17. Bxc2 Bc5 $17 (17... Qd4+ 18. Ke2 Qxe5+ 19. Kf1 $15))
14... N8c6 15. Rb7 $1 (15. Ra3 Nxd4 16. Rc3 Qd5) 15... Nxd4 (15... Qa8 16. Rxb5
Nxd4 17. Bxc4) 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qa4+ Nbc6 18. Be3 Qc8 (18... Nxf3+ 19. Ke2
Nfxe5 20. Rd1) 19. Rb6 Bc5 $17) 14. Be2 N8c6 15. Rxf7 $5 (15. Rb7 $142 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 Bxb7 17. O-O $17) 15... Kxf7 $2 (15... Bc2 $1 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 17. Qd2 Nd3+
18. Bxd3 (18. Kf1 Nxd4 $19) 18... Bxd3 19. Qg5 Qa5+ $19) 16. Ng5+ Ke8 {'?!'
Huebner,R.} ({Besser ist} 16... Kg8 {Huebner,R} 17. Nxe4 Nxd4 18. O-O Qd5 19.
Ng5 Qxe5 {mit einigem Vorteil fьr Schwarz.}) 17. Nxe4 Qxd4 (17... Nxd4 {
(Huebner,R) kann jetzt unangenehm mit} 18. Bh5+ {beantwortet werden.}) (17...
Qd5 {Huebner,R} 18. Ng5 Nxd4 19. O-O Qxe5 20. Re1 {ist ebenfalls riskant fьr
Schwarz.}) 18. Nc3 (18. Ng5 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Nxe5 (19... Nd4 20. Be3 Nbc2 21.
Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Bg4 $11) 20. Nxe6 Kd7 $1 21. Nxf8+ (21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Nxb5 Kc6 23.
Nc3 Rd8+ 24. Bd2 Bxf2 $17) 21... Rxf8 22. Be3 Ned3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Kc2 Ra8
$17) (18. Qxd4 {(Huebner,R) ist ebenfalls gut genug:} Nxd4 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Bc3
{fьhrt zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 18... Bc5 (18... Qxd1+ $5 19.
Kxd1 Nd4 (19... Nxe5 {Huebner,R} 20. Nxb5 Ned3 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Ke2 Bc5 23.
Be3 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 Nxb2 25. Rb1 Nd3 26. Nd6+ {usw.}) 20. Be3 Nbc6 (20... Nbc2
21. Bd2) 21. f4 Bb4 $36) (18... Nxe5 {(Huebner,R) bringt nichts ein:} 19. O-O
Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Bc5 21. Nxb5 Nbd3 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nxb2 24. Rd2 Nbd3 25.
Nd6+ Ke7 26. Nxc4 $11) 19. O-O Rf8 20. Nxb5 {'?!' Huebner,R.} (20. Be3 $5 Qxe5
(20... Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nxe5 23. Nxb5 $11) 21. Bxc5 (21. Nxb5 Bxe3
22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qc5 25. Qf1 $17 e5 (25... Nd4 {(Huebner,R)
scheitert an} 26. Rxf8 Nxe2+ 27. Kh1 Qxc4 28. Qf7+ (28. Rf2 {(Huebner,R) wird
mit} Qc1 {abgewehrt.}) 28... Kd6 29. Rd8+ Ke5 30. Qxg7+ {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.})
26. b3 (26. g3 {Huebner,R} Nd4 27. Rxf8 Nxe2+ 28. Kg2 Qxc4 {birgt nun groЯe
Risiken fьr WeiЯ.}) 26... Qd4 27. g3 Nc2 28. Kg2 Rxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 {
WeiЯ ьberlebt.}) 21... Qxc5 22. b3 (22. Qb1 $5 Qf5 23. Qd1 {Bacrot,E}) 22...
cxb3 (22... Qe5 23. Qd2 cxb3 24. Nxb5 $132) 23. Qxb3 Nd4 24. Bxb5+ Ke7 25. Qb2
$1 Nxb5 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. Rb1 $1 $15) 20... Qxd1 21. Rxd1 {'?' Huebner,R.} (21.
Bxd1 Nd3 22. Nd6+ (22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nxb2 25. Bc2 Nxe5 26.
Ke2 Ke7 27. Kd2 {immerhin noch gute Rettungsaussichten.}) 22... Bxd6 23. exd6
Nxc1 $17) 21... Rxf2 22. Nd6+ Ke7 (22... Kf8 $142 23. Ne4 (23. Rf1 {(Huebner,R)
ist unzureichend:} Rf3+ 24. Kh1 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Nd3 26. Bxd3 (26. Ne4 {Huebner,R
} Bd4 {kommt auf dasselbe hinaus.}) 26... cxd3 27. Ne4 Bd4 {mit Gewinnstellung
fьr Schwarz.}) 23... Rxe2+ 24. Nxc5 Ke7 $1 25. Bg5+ (25. Rd7+ {Huebner,R} Ke8
26. Bf4 (26. Bd2 {Huebner,R} Rxe5) 26... Na6 (26... Nxe5 {Huebner,R} 27. Rd2
Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Nbd3 29. Nxe6 Kf7 30. Ng5+ Kg6 31. Ne6 Nxb2 32. Bc3 Nbd3 33. Nf8+
Kf5 34. Nxh7 {kann WeiЯ vermutlich ьberleben.}) 27. Rd6 Nxc5 28. Rxc6 Re1+ 29.
Kf2 Nd3+ 30. Kg3 Re4 31. Bd2 Kd7 32. Rb6 Rxe5 33. Rb7+ Kd6 34. Rxg7 Rb5 {
mit Gewinnaussichten fьr Schwarz.}) 25... Kf7 26. Rf1+ (26. Bf4 {Huebner,R}
Rxb2 27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. Rxg7 Nd3 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Kf1 Nxe5) 26... Kg6 27. Bc1
Rxe5 28. Nd7 Re4 $1 $15 (28... Re2 $4 29. g4) (28... Rf5 29. Nf8+ Kf7 30. Nxh7
Nd3 $15)) 23. Bg5+ Kf8 24. Rf1 {Huebner,R: 'Das ist nun sicherer als'} (24. Ne4
{Huebner,R} Rxe2+ 25. Nxc5 Nxe5 {, und Schwarz behдlt eine gefдhrliche
Initiative.}) 24... Rf6+ 25. Kh1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Nd3 27. Bh4 $1 {Huebner,R:
'Das ist der Unterschied: WeiЯ braucht nun nicht auf d3 zu schlagen.'} (27. g3
h6) 27... Nxb2 28. Nxc4 $11 Bd4 29. Nxb2 (29. Bg3 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Kf7 31. Bd3 (
31. Bb3 Bxe5 32. Ba4) 31... Bxe5 32. Be4) 29... Bxb2 {Huebner,R: 'Jetzt ist
der Mehrbauer des Schwarzen bedeutungslos.'} 30. Be1 Kf7 31. g3 Nxe5 32. Kg2
Kf6 33. Ba5 Bd4 34. Bd8+ Kf7 35. Bc7 Ng4 36. Be2 Nf6 37. Kf3 h6 38. Ba5 Nd5 39.
Bd2 Ke7 40. Bf4 Nf6 41. Bc1 Kd6 42. Bd3 e5 43. Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Rc1 $1
$146 (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd3 dxc4
14. Qxc4 e5 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Rfd1 exd4 17. Rxd4 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. Ne4 Qe7
20. Nd6 Nf6 21. Qc5 Nd7 22. Qc3 Nf6 $11 {Kramnik,V-Bacrot,E/Paris (m/1-rapid)
85/(336) 2002 (22)}) 8... Na6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nb4 11. Qb3 $1 h6 (11... b6 $5
) 12. Bh4 (12. Bf4 b6) 12... b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 (13... Nfxd5 14. Bg3 $5) (13...
exd5 14. Na2 $1 $14) 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd3 Ba6 (16... Nf6 $142 $5)
17. Nxb4 Qxb4 (17... axb4 18. Nb5 $16) 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+
Rxc8 21. Nd6 (21. Na7 Rc7 22. Bxa6 Rxa7 23. Bb5 Rc7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rc1 Ra7
26. b3 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Rc6 Rb7 $14) 21... Rc6 $6 (21... Ra8 $142 $1 22.
Bxa6 Rxa6 23. b3 b5 $1 24. Nxb5 Rc6 $132) (21... Bxe2 22. Nxc8 Bxf1 23. Kxf1
Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Kd3 (25. e4 Kd8 26. Nd6 Ke7) 25... Kd8 (25... f6 26. Kc2 (
26. e4 $5) 26... Kd8 27. Na7 Nb8 28. Kb3 Na6 29. a5) 26. Na7 $1 (26. Nd6 Ke7
27. Nb7 Nf6) 26... Nb8 27. Kc2 Kc7 28. Kb3 Na6 29. a5 $1 bxa5 30. Ka4 Kb7 31.
Nb5 Kb6 32. Nd6 $18) 22. Bxa6 Rxd6 23. Rc1 f5 24. Kf1 (24. Bb5 Nf6 25. Kf1 g5
26. Rc7 g4 $16) 24... e5 25. Bc8 $2 (25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Rd1 Kf7 27. Bb5 $18)
25... exd4 26. Bxd7 $2 (26. exd4 Nb8 27. Bxf5 Nc6 28. Rd1 Na5 $16) 26... Rxd7
27. exd4 b3 $1 $11 28. Rc3 (28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Ke2 Ra7 30. Rd8 Rxa4 31. Rxd5 Ra2
32. Rxf5+ Kg6 33. Rb5 Rxb2+ 34. Kf3 Rb1 $11) 28... Ra7 29. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R.} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3
g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O f6 {Huebner,R: 'In "Schach" 10/2000, S.32, wird dies als
der entscheidende Fehler der Partie bezeichnet, indem es der einzige ist, der
mit einem Fragezeichen verziert wird. Selten pflegen sich aber beim
Schachspielen die Dinge so schnell zu entwickeln. Indessen gefдllt mir ein
plausibler Zug wie'} (9... Nxf4 10. exf4 b6 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Na4 $14 {Dreev})
(9... O-O 10. Bg5 $14) (9... O-O {Huebner,R}) ({oder} 9... b6 {(Huebner,R)
natьrlich besser.}) 10. h3 $1 (10. Bg3 e5) 10... Nxf4 $6 (10... e5 11. Bh2 e4 {
Huebner,R: 'hat WeiЯ zwei vielversprechende Fortsetzungen:'} 12. Bxe4 (12. g4 {
Huebner,R} exd3 13. Qxd3 {mit offensichtlichem Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 12... dxe4
13. Nxe4 O-O (13... Bf8 14. Qb3 Ng7 15. Rad1 {; dies ist schдrfer, aber auch
riskanter.}) 14. Nd6 $1 (14. g4 f5) 14... f5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17.
Qxf7 Qg8 18. Ng5 (18. Qxg8+ Kxg8 19. Nd2) 18... Qxf7 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. Nd6 Nhf6
$14 {Dreev,A}) 11. exf4 e5 {'?!' Huebner,R.} (11... Qc7 12. f5 $1 Nf8 13. Re1
$1 gxf5 14. Nh4 $16 {Dreev,A}) (11... b6 {Huebner,R} 12. b4 a5 13. b5 {ist
unbequem fьr Schwarz.}) (11... O-O {Huebner,R} 12. f5 gxf5 13. Bxf5 e5 (13...
Ne5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Rf5 17. f4 {ist ungesund fьr Schwarz.
}) 14. Nh4 {fьhrt ebenfalls zu deutlichem Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) (11... e6 {
Huebner,R} 12. Re1 Kf7 {mit Versteifung war daher angesagt.}) 12. f5 $1 {
Huebner,R: 'Andere Fortsetzungen dьrften kaum Aussicht auf Vorteil bieten.'} (
12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 O-O $132) 12... e4 $2 {Huebner,R: 'Dies
halte ich fьr den entscheidenden Fehler.'} (12... O-O 13. fxg6 e4 14. gxh7+
Kxh7 15. Bxe4+ dxe4 16. Nxe4 $16) (12... g5 13. Re1 O-O 14. b4 $16 (14. Bc2 a5
$5) 14... e4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nxe4) ({Nur} 12... exd4 {(Huebner,
R) bot Aussichten auf Widerstand:} 13. Na4 (13. Nxd4 Nxc5 14. fxg6 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 O-O {ist keineswegs klar.}) (13. Re1+ Ne5 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. f4 Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qxf5 Qa5 {ist auch nicht ьberzeugend.}) 13... Ne5
14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Bxg6+ Kf8 {. Die Lage ist
keineswegs klar.}) 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 $18 O-O (14... Bf8 15. Re1 Kf7 (15...
Be7 {Huebner,R} 16. d5 cxd5 (16... gxf5 17. d6 fxe4 18. Rxe4 {fьhrt zu einer
fьr Schwarz hoffnungslosen Stellung.}) 17. Qxd5 Kf8 18. Rad1 {sieht
aussichtslos fьr Schwarz aus.}) 16. Qb3+ Kg7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. cxd6 Re8 19. Rxe8
Qxe8 20. Re1) 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nd6 Bh6 17. Rfe1 {Huebner,R: 'WeiЯ hat keine
Eile mit dem Rьckgewinn von Material; er verdoppelt in aller Ruhe seine Tьrme
auf der e-Linie.'} (17. Nf7+ {Huebner,R} Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Qg8 {hдtte dem
Schwarzen erlaubt, Widerstand zu leisten.}) 17... Kg7 (17... b6 18. fxg6 hxg6
19. Qf7 $1 $18 (19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 Qg8 21. Re8 Bf8 22. Qxg8+ Kxg8)) 18. Re4
Nxc5 19. dxc5 gxf5 20. Re8 (20. Rd4 Qc7 21. Rad1) 20... Qxe8 (20... Rxe8 21.
Qf7+ Kh8 22. Nxe8 Be6 23. Qxe6 Qxe8 24. Qxf6+ Bg7 25. Qxf5) 21. Nxe8+ Rxe8 22.
g3 $1 a5 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 a4 25. Qb6 Bd2 26. Qc7+ Kg6 27. Nf3 Bc1 28.
Nh4+ Kh6 29. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. a5 (7. Bf4) 7...
e6 $2 (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 $14) 8. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 9. axb6 Ra8 10. c5 Nbd7 11. e3 (
11. b4 {Huebner,R} Be7 12. e3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bg4 $6 (13... Ne4 {Huebner}) 14. Nd2
e5 15. f3 exd4 16. exd4 Rfe8 17. Be2 Bf5 18. g4 (18. Nb3 {(Huebner,R) ist
genauer.}) 18... Bg6 (18... Bc2 {Huebner,R} 19. Rc1 Bg6) 19. Nb3 Nf8 20. Na5
Ne6 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. O-O {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Magomedov,M/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73/
[Huebner,R] (32)}) (11. Bf4 Ne4 12. e3 Ndxc5 $1 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxe4 (14. Na4
Bb4+ 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Nh4 g5 $13) 14... Bxe4 15. Bc7 Bxf3 $1 16. gxf3 Kd7 17.
Rg1 g6 18. Rg4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Kxd6 $14) 11... Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nd2 $1 (13. O-O
Bg4 $1 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 $14) 13... e5 (13... a5 $5 14.
Nb3 (14. O-O Bc2 15. b3 (15. f4 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nf3 Bxb6 $44) 15... e5
16. Ra2 Bf5 17. Bb2 (17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rfa1 exd4 19. exd4 Nf8 20. Bb2 Ne6) 17...
Rfe8 18. Rfa1 (18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Ncxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rd1 Nxc5) 18...
exd4 19. exd4 Bxc5 (19... Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Na4 Rxe2 22. Nxc5 Rxd2 23.
Nxb7 (23. Bxf6 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 gxf6 25. Nxb7 (25. f3 $16) 25... Rb8 26. Nd6 Bd3
27. b7 Ba6 28. Rxa5 Bxb7 29. f4 d4 30. Kf2 (30. Ra7 d3 31. Kf2 Rd8) 30... d3
31. Ke1) 23... Rb8 (23... Nd7 24. Nd6 $16) 24. Nd6 Rxb6 25. Bxf6 Rxa2 26. Rxa2
$16) 20. dxc5 d4 21. Bf1 (21. Na4 Rxe2 22. Bxd4 Nd5 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Bd3
25. Bd4 $14) 21... dxc3 22. Bxc3 Nd5 (22... Nxc5 23. Rxa5 (23. Bxf6 gxf6 24.
Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Ne4 26. Nc4) 23... Rxa5 24. Rxa5 $14) 23. Bd4 $14) 14... Bc2
(14... a4 15. Rxa4 Rxa4 16. Nxa4 Bc2 17. Bd1) 15. Nxa5 Nxb6 16. Bd2 (16. cxb6
Bb4 17. Kd2 Bg6 18. Nb3 Ne4+) 16... Nbd7 (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. O-O Bd3
19. Rfc1 e5 20. Nxb7) 17. O-O Rfb8 18. b4 $16) 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Nb3 Bf8 (15...
exd4 16. exd4 Bc2 17. Na5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 d4 19. Be3 (19. Nxb7 dxc3 20. Bf3 Bd3
21. bxc3 Bxf1 22. Kxf1) 19... dxe3 (19... dxc3 20. bxc3 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxe2 22.
Nxb7) 20. Nxb7) (15... Rab8 16. Na5 $140 exd4 (16... Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Na4
Bb4 19. Nb3 $16) 17. exd4 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bf4 Bxb6 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 $16)
16. Bd2 $16 (16. Na5 $5 {Notkin,M.} exd4 17. exd4 Nxc5 18. dxc5 d4 19. Nxb7
dxc3 20. Bf3) 16... Bc2 (16... Re7 17. Na5 exd4 18. exd4 Rae8 19. Nxb7 Rxe2 20.
Nxe2 Rxe2 21. Bc3 $16) 17. Na5 exd4 18. exd4 Nxc5 (18... Bxc5 19. dxc5 d4 20.
Bf3 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Be4 $16 (21... Nxc5 22. Rac1 Bd3 23. Bxf6 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 gxf6
25. Rxc5 $16)) 19. dxc5 d4 (19... Bxc5 20. Rfc1) 20. Bf3 $1 dxc3 (20... Bxc5
21. Na4) 21. Bxc3 Ne4 (21... Rab8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 24. Bxc6) (
21... Bxc5 22. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 23. Rfc1) (21... Be4 22. Bxf6 (22. Nxb7 Bxf3 23.
gxf3 Rab8 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. cxd6 Rxb6 $14) 22... gxf6 23. b4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Re7
25. Rfe1 $18) 22. Rfc1 $18 Bd3 (22... Nxc3 23. Rxc2 Ne4 24. Nxb7 Rab8 25. Bxe4
Rxe4 26. Na5 $18) 23. Nxb7 Rab8 (23... Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc6 $18) 24.
Bxe4 Rxe4 (24... Bxe4 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 $18) 25. Rd1 (25. Nd6) 25... Be2 (
25... Rxb7 26. Rxd3 Bxc5 27. Rd8+ Bf8 28. Rxa6) 26. Rd7 Bg4 (26... Re7 27. Rxe7
Bxe7 28. Re1 $1 Rxb7 29. Rxe2 Bxc5 30. Re8+ Bf8 31. Bb4 $18) 27. Rc7 Rc4 (27...
Re7 28. Nd6) 28. Rxa6 h5 (28... Bxc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. b7 Rb5 31. Ra7 Be6 32.
f4 f6 33. Bd4) 29. Ra7 Be6 30. Rxc6 Bd5 31. Rc7 Re8 32. h3 Rf4 33. Nd6 Re2 34.
f3 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxf3 36. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 {Sergey is playing
this system regulary and with success so I was very pretty confident that we
would have this position on the board.  Sergey spielt dieses System regelmдЯig
und mit Erfolg, daher war ich ziemlich zuversichtlich, dass wir diese Stellung
aufs Brett bekommen wьrden.} 7. a3 a5 8. Qc2 $5 {This is a new idea of the
young Israeli GM Maxim Rodshtein. We had analysed it together with him and
Alexander Khuzman. White is preparing e3-e4. Dies ist eine neue idee des
jungen israelischen GM Maxim Rodshtein. Wir hatten sie gemeinsam mit ihm und
Alexander Khuzman analysiert. WeiЯ bereitet e3-e4.} ({Sergey had won a
memorable game after Sergey hatte eine denkwьrdige Partie gewonnen nach} 8. Bd3
e5 $1 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 (10. Nd4 Ndxe5 {and the bishop on d3 is under attack.
und der Lдufer auf d3 ist angegriffen.}) 10... fxe6 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Be2 Nxf2
$3 13. Kxf2 Bd6 14. g3 O-O+ 15. Kg2 Bd7 16. Bd2 e5 17. Nb3 Ne6 {Eljanov,P
-Karjakin,S /Foros UKR 2007. with a great position. mit groЯartiger Stellung.})
8... Qc7 ({If Falls} 8... e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 {then the bishop is not
under attack and it gives White some promising possibilities, so ist der
Lдufer nicht angegriffen, und dies gibt WeiЯ einige aussichtsreiche
Mцglichkeiten,} {for example zum Beispiel} 11. Ncxb5) (8... g6 9. e4 dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Bg7 {should be tried in future. sollte in Zukunft versucht werden.}) 9. e4
Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe5 {A similiar position arises from 1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6 9.h3 Qc7
10.e4 Ne4 11.Ne4 de4 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Qe5, but here Black has played b7-b5 and
weakened the c6 pawn. Eine дhnliche Stellung entsteht nach 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6 9.h3 Qc7 10.e4 Ne4 11.
Ne4 de4 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Qe5, hier aber hat Schwarz b7-b5 gespielt und den
c6-Bauern geschwдcht.} Qxe5+ 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. a4 $1 {An important idea. White
is getting control of the important c4-square and fixing the weak pawn on a5.
Eine wichtige Idee. WeiЯ erlangt die Kontrolle ьber das wichtige Feld c4 und
legt den schwachen Bauern auf a5 fest.} b4 15. Bf4 {It is not clear yet, which
piece should go to c4. Es ist noch nicht klar, welche Figur nach c4 gehen soll.
} (15. Bc4 Nd5) 15... Nd7 $2 {Here the knight is placed too passively. Better
was Hier steht der Springer zu passiv. Besser war} (15... Nd5 16. Bg3 g6 {
with good chances to equalize. mit guten Chancen auszugleichen.}) 16. Nc4 ({
Too hasty would be Zu ьbereilt wдre} 16. d5 $6 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bg3 cxd5
19. Bb5+ Kf7 20. c6 Bc8 {and White's initiative comes to a dead end. und die
weiЯe Initiative endet in einer Sackgasse.}) 16... Ba6 {Forced, as Bc7 was the
threat. Erzwungen, denn es drohte Bc7.} (16... g6 17. Bc7) 17. Nb6 {It took me
a long time to decide on this move. It leads to a long lasting advantage, but
it wouldn't be easy to advance. Ich brauchte lange, um mich fьr diesen Zug zu
entscheiden. Er fьhrt zu anhaltenden Vorteil, aber es wьrde nicht leicht sein,
Fortschritte zu erzielen.} ({White had at his disposal a temporary pawn
sacrifice WeiЯ hatte das vorrьbergehende Bauernopfer} 17. d5 $5 {and after the
forced zu Verfьgung, und nach dem forcierten} cxd5 18. Nb6 Ra7 (18... Nxb6 19.
cxb6 $16) (18... Bxf1 19. Nxa8 Bxg2 20. c6 $18) 19. Nxd5 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 {
Black has two possibilities to win a pawn: kann Schwarz auf zweierlei Weise
einen Bauern gewinnen.} Nxc5 (20... e5 21. Be3 Nxc5 22. Rc1 (22. Ke2 $44 {
with long-term compensation also deserves attention mit langfristiger
Kompensation verdient ebenfalls Aufmerksamkeit.}) 22... Rd7 (22... Nb3 23. Rc8+
Kd7 24. Nb6+ Ke6 25. Ke2) 23. Nb6 Nb3 24. Nxd7 Nxc1 25. Nxe5 $14) (20... e6 $6
21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. c6) 21. Ke2 (21. Be3 e6) (21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Nb5 Rd7 23. Ke2 e5)
21... e6 22. Nc7+ Ke7 23. Rhd1 (23. Nb5 $5) 23... Nb3 24. Rab1 $44 {with full
compensation for the pawn, but I was reluctant to force matters. mit voller
Kompensation fьr den Bauern, aber es widerstrebte mir, die Dinge zu forcieren.}
) 17... Ra7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nc4 {After the exchange of the Bs the knight is
ideally placed on c4 and the black rook is doomed to protect the a5-pawn.
White also has a space advantage, so despite the weak d5-square his chances
are better. Nach dem Tausch der B ist der Springer auf c4 ideal platziert, und
der schwarze Turm ist an die Verteidigung des a-Bauern gebunden.  Zudem hat
WeiЯ Raumvorteil, daher sind trotz der Felderschwдche d5 seine Chancen besser.}
Ra7 20. O-O-O e6 {White's advantage is indisputable, but how to progress? I
had decided that the only reasonable idea is to break through on the f5-square
and to create a second weakness in addition to a5. Der Vorteil von WeiЯ ist
unstrittig, aber wie soll es weitergehen. Ich hatte entschlossen, dass die
einzig vernьnftige Idee darin lag, auf dem Feld f5 durchzubrechen und neben a5
eine zweite Schwдche zu schaffen.} 21. Be5 {White is advised to hurry as his
task would be more difficult to achieve if Black could develop his pieces.
Eile ist geboten, denn falls Schwarz seine Figuren entwickeln kцnnte, wьrde
dies die Aufgabe von WeiЯ erschweren.} ({A similiar idea was Eine дhnliche
Idee war} 21. Rhe1 Be7 (21... Nf6 $6 22. Bb8 Rb7 (22... Ra6 23. Bc7) 23. Be5
Ra7 24. f4) 22. Be5 O-O 23. f4 Rd8 24. Kc2 (24. f5 exf5) 24... g6 25. g4 $14)
21... Nf6 (21... Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rc7 23. f4 g6 24. Nc4 Ra7 25. g4 Bh6 26. Rhf1
Ke7 27. Kc2 $14 {doesn't solve Black's problems. lцst die schwarzen Probleme
nicht.}) 22. Bb8 {White is repeating the position in order to have more time
in an eventual time trouble. WeiЯ wiederholt die Stellung, um in einer
eventuellen Zeitnot mehr Zeit zu haben.} ({I disliked Mir missfiel} 22. Bxf6
gxf6 23. Kc2 h5 $14 {and it is not easy to break through. , und es ist nicht
leicht durchzubrechen.}) 22... Rb7 23. Bg3 Ra7 24. Bb8 Rb7 25. Be5 Ra7 26. f4 {
White is continuing his plan. f4-f5 is a threat now. WeiЯ setzt seinen Plan
fort. Nun ist f4-f5 eine Drohung.} Nd5 {Black is forcing matters. Now both
players have to calculate very deep, as things are getting sharper. Schwarz
forciert die Dinge. Nun mьssen beide Spieler sehr tief rechnen, den die Lage
verschдrft sich.} ({Bad is Schlecht ist} 26... Ne4 27. Rhe1 f5 28. g4 Nf2 (
28... Kf7 29. Re2) 29. gxf5 $1 Nxd1 30. Kxd1 $18) ({A quieter alternative was
Eine ruhigere Alternative war} 26... Be7 {when White has to decide if he would
try to break through by , wonach WeiЯ sich entscheiden muss, ob er
durchzubrechen versucht mit} 27. f5 ({or exchange the bishop for a knight and
prepare f4-f5 carefully: oder den Lдufer fьr den Sprigner tauscht und f4-f5
sorgsam vorbereitet:} 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. g4) 27... exf5 28. Rhf1
Nd5 29. Rxf5 (29. Bxg7 Rg8 30. Bh6 Rxg2 31. Rxf5 Rxh2) 29... f6 30. Bb8 Ra8 31.
Bg3 {/\Nb6} Bd8 $14 {and both the bishop and the rooks are very passive. und
sowohl der Lдufer als auch beide Tьrme stehen sehr passiv.}) 27. Rhe1 f6 (27...
Kd7 28. Bb8 Rb7 (28... Ra8 29. Ne5+) 29. Bd6 (29. Ne5+ Kc8 30. Nxc6 Rxb8 31.
Nxb8 Kxb8 32. f5 Nc7) 29... f6 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. b3 Ra7 32. g3 {and compared
to the game White has managed to prevent ...b4-b3. He gave up the c3-square in
return, on the other hand. und im Vergleich zur Partie hat WeiЯ es geschafft, .
..b4-b3 zu verhindern. Andererseits hat er dafьr das Feld c3 abgetreten.}) 28.
Bd6 (28. Bb8 Ra8 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. Nxd6+ Kd7 31. g3 b3 32. Rd3 Rhb8 33. Rf1 Rb4
34. Rff3 Rxa4 35. Rxb3 Rxd4 36. Rb7+ Nc7 {doesn't pose serious problems.
stellt keine ernsten Probleme.}) 28... Kd7 (28... Bxd6 29. Nxd6+ Kd7 30. g3 {
would transpose to the game, but probably Sergey didn't like 30.f5. wьrde zur
Partie fьhren, aber vermutlich missfiel Sergey 30.f5.}) 29. g3 {I decided to
stick to my initial plan and rejected Ich beschloss, an meinem ursprьnglichen
Plan festzuhalten, und verwarf} ({the tempting das verlockende} 29. Nb6+ $5
Nxb6 30. cxb6 {because of an exchange sacrifice: wegen eines Qualitдtsopfers:}
Bxd6 $5 ({it is also not clear if White's advantage is enough for a win after
ob der weiЯe Vorteil zum Gewinn reicht, ist auch nicht klar nach} 30... Rb7 31.
Bc5 Bd6 32. g3 h5 33. Re2 h4 34. Rde1 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rh5) 31. bxa7 Bxf4+ 32. Kc2
Ra8 33. Re4 Bd6 34. Rde1 e5 $5 (34... Rxa7 35. Rxe6 Be5 36. R6xe5 fxe5 37. Rxe5
$14 {leaves White with minimal winning chances. ьberlдsst WeiЯ minimale
Gewinnchancen.} Kd6 38. Kd3 h6 (38... Rf7 39. Rxa5 Rf2 40. Rg5 Rxb2 41. Rxg7))
35. Rh4 h6 36. Rg4 g5 37. Rd1 Ke6 {and White has some advantage, but I was not
sure how big it was. und WeiЯ hat einigen Vorteil, aber wie groЯ er war,
wusste ich nicht genau.}) 29... Bxd6 30. Nxd6 {The e6-pawn has become weak and
now White is preparing to double rooks on the e-file. Der e6-Bauer ist schwach
geworden, und nun bereitet WeiЯ die Turmverdopplung in der e-Linie vor.} b3 $1
{Starting counterplay in time. Black is vacating the b4-square for a rook.
Leitet rechtzeitig Gegenspiel ein. Schwarz macht das Feld b4 fьr einen Turm
frei.} 31. Re2 (31. Re4 f5) 31... Rb8 32. Rde1 Rb4 ({Black could also try 
Schwarz konnte auch} 32... Nb4 33. Kd2 Nc2 34. Rd1 Nxd4 {but it was not
sufficient, for example versuchen, aber dies reichte nicht aus, zum Beispiel} (
34... Rb4 35. Kc3 Rxa4 36. Kxb3) (34... g6 35. Kc3 $16) 35. Re4 Nc2 36. Nc4 $1
{/\Kc3} Nb4 (36... Ke7 37. Kc3) 37. Rde1 e5 38. fxe5 f5 39. e6+ Ke7 40. Rh4 Kf6
41. Ne5 {with a clear advantage. mit klarem Vorteil.}) 33. Rxe6 ({Weaker is
Schwдcher ist} 33. f5 Rxa4 (33... exf5 $2 34. Re8 Rxa4 35. Kb1 Rxd4 36. Rg8 Rg4
37. Rf8 $18) 34. fxe6+ Kd8 35. Kb1 g6 {and White's play comes to a dead end.
und das Spiel von WeiЯ lдuft sich tot.}) 33... Rxa4 34. Kb1 {It is important
to prevent Ra1. Es ist wichtig, ...Ra1 zu verhindern.} Ra8 $1 {Black cannot
allow Re8. Schwarz darf Re8 nicht zulassen.} ({Bad is Schlecht ist} 34... Rxd4
35. Re8 {and Black is helpless: und Schwarz ist hilflos:} h5 36. Rg8 Ne7 37.
Rxg7 Kd8 38. Nf5) 35. Ne8 $6 {I was hesitating between this move and 35.Nf5,
and as it turned out in home analysis (with the computer's help) this move is
a mistake, which gives Black chances to save the game. Ich schwankte zwischen
diesem Zug und 35.Nf5, und wie sich in der Heimanalyse (mit Computerhilfe)
herausstellte, ist dieser Zug ein Fehler, der Schwarz Chancen gibt, die Partie
zu retten.} ({Stronger was Stдrker war} 35. Nf5 $1 Kc7 {, and now , und nun} ({
bad is schlecht ist} 35... g6 36. Ne7 Rxd4 37. Rd6+ Kc7 38. Rxc6+ Kb7 39. Rd6
Re8 40. c6+ Ka8 41. c7) 36. Ne7 $1 (36. Nxg7 Rxd4 (36... Rd8 37. R1e4 Rc4 38.
Ne8+ Kb8 39. Nd6 Rc2 40. Re2) (36... Kb7 37. Nf5 Ra2 38. Ne3) 37. Rxf6 Kb7 38.
Rfe6 Rg8 {and White has big technical difficulties. und WeiЯ hat groЯe
technische Schwierigkeiten.}) 36... Nb4 37. R1e3 Rd8 38. Nf5 $1 Rd5 $140 39.
Nd6 {However, it is almost impossible to find this line over the board
especially being short of time. Allerdings ist es fast unmцglich, dieses
Abspiel am Brett zu finden, vor allem, wenn man knapp an Zeit ist.}) (35. Nb5
$2 cxb5 36. Rd6+ Kc7 37. Rxd5 Rd8 {allows Black to take over the initiative.
erlaubt Schwarz, die Initiative zu ьbernehmen.}) 35... Rxd4 36. Rd6+ ({In the
event of Im Fall von} 36. Nxg7 {Black can hold both by kann sich Schwarz
sowohl mit} Rc4 {halten} ({and the study-like als auch mit dem studienartigen} 
36... Rd2 37. Rd6+ Kc8 38. Re8+ Kb7 39. Rd7+ Ka6 40. Rxa8+ Kb5 41. Rb8+ Kc4 42.
Rxd5 cxd5 43. Kc1 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 a4 $1 45. c6 Kd3 46. Ne6 Rxc6 47. f5 Rc2 48.
Nf4+ Ke4 49. Re8+ Kf3 $11 50. Re2 $140 a3 51. bxa3 Ra2 $19) 37. Rd6+ Kc7 38.
Ne6+ Kb7) 36... Kc8 37. Rxc6+ Kb7 38. Rce6 Rd3 $2 {Black is taking away the
rook from the Nd6-Nb5 threat, but he is losing an important tempo. Schwarz
entzieht den Turm der Drohung Nd6-Nb5, verliert aber ein wichtiges Tempo.} ({
He could save the game by Er hдtte die Partie retten kцnnen mit} 38... Rd2 $1
39. c6+ (39. Nd6+ Kc7 40. Nb5+ Kb7 $11) (39. Nxg7 a4) (39. Rc1 Rxh2 40. c6+ Ka7
{leads to the same position. fьhrt zur gleichen Stellung.}) 39... Ka7 40. Rc1
Rxh2 41. Nxg7 (41. c7 Rc2 42. Rxc2 bxc2+ 43. Kxc2 (43. Kc1 Kb7 44. Nxg7 Kxc7)
43... Nxc7 44. Re7 Rxe8 45. Rxc7+ Kb6 $11) 41... Rc8 42. Rd6 Nb4 $11) 39. c6+
Ka7 40. c7 {The passed pawn on the 7th rank decides the outcome of the game.
Der Freibauer auf der 7. Reihe entscheidet den Ausgang der Partie.} (40. Rc1 {
leads to the same position. fьhrt zur gleichen Stellung.}) 40... a4 ({A bit
more stubborn was Ein wenig zдher war} 40... Rd2 41. Rc1 Rc2 {but after , doch
nach} 42. Rxc2 bxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Rc8 44. Kd2 Nxc7 45. Re7 Kb6 46. Nxg7 {White is
close to victory. steht WeiЯ dicht vor dem Sieg.}) (40... Rc8 41. Rc1) 41. Rc1
{The time control had passed and it is obvious that White is winning. Die
Zeitkontrolle war vorьber, und es ist offensichtlich, dass WeiЯ auf Gewinn
steht.} a3 ({In the event of Im Fall von} 41... Nb6 {the easiest is the simple
geschieht am einfachsten} 42. Nxg7 ({not so clear is nicht so klar ist} 42.
Rxb6 Rxe8 43. Rb4 Rc8 44. Rxa4+ Kb7 45. Rb4+ Ka7 46. f5 Rd7 47. Rxb3 Rcxc7 {
with some chances to save the game. mit einigen Rettungschancen.})) 42. bxa3 (
42. Nd6 a2+ 43. Ka1 Nb6) (42. c8=Q $2 Rxc8 43. Rxc8 Rd1+ 44. Rc1 a2+ 45. Ka1
Rxc1#) 42... Nc3+ 43. Rxc3 Rxc3 44. Kb2 $1 {Winning an important tempo, as
Gewinnt ein wichtiges Tempo, denn nach} (44. Nd6 Rxc7 45. Nb5+ Kb7 46. Nxc7
Kxc7 {and the a3-pawn is hanging. wьrde der Bauer a3 hдngen.}) 44... Rxe8 (
44... Rc5 45. Nd6 Rxc7 46. Nb5+ Kb7 47. Nxc7 Kxc7 48. Re7+ Kd6 49. Rxg7) 45.
Kxc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Be7
(7... Na6 $5) 8. Rc1 O-O (8... Na6 $5) 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bb1 (11. Ne5)
11... b6 12. Qe2 Ba6 (12... dxc4 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Nxc4 $14) 13. b3 Nd7 $146 (
13... Ne4 $5 14. Bf4 (14. Bxe4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Bb1 c5 18. Nb5
{1/2-1/2 Gladyszev,O-Prie,E/Creon 2003/CBM 95 ext (18)}) (14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Qxe7) 14... Nxc3 15. Rxc3 c5 16. Ne5 f5 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Rcc1 Rd8 19. h3
Bd6 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Qf3 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qe7 $11 {David,A-Dunis,
A/French league 2005}) (13... c5) 14. Bf4 f5 15. Rfd1 (15. Na2 Rc8 16. Nxb4
Bxb4 17. Bd3 Bb7) 15... Bf6 $2 {'?!' Huebner,R. Huebner,R: 'Den Nutzen dieses
Zuges sehe ich nicht ein. Das Feld d6 wird schutzbedьrftig, und der Lдufer
steht auf f6 unwirksam. Es ist erstaunlich, daЯ Schwarz nun sofort in
ernsthafte Schwierigkeiten gerдt: der Punkt c6 und die Kontrolle der c-Linie
werden ihm Ungelegenheiten bringen.'} (15... Rc8 {Huebner,R: 'sollte zum
Ausgleich genьgen.'} 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Qxa2 Bb4 18. Bd3 $14) 16. Na2 Qe7 {
'?' Huebner,R. Huebner,R: 'Schwarz sollte seinen Zug zurьcknehmen:'} (16... Be7
{Huebner,R} 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Bd3 Rc8 {Es ist wichtig, daЯ Schwarz
gelegentlich mit Lb4-a3 das Feld c1 kontrollieren kann.}) 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. Bd3
Rfc8 (18... Qxb3 19. Bd6 dxc4 20. Bc2 Qb2 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 (21... Nxf8 {Huebner,R}
22. e4 c3 23. Qe3 {sieht ungesund fьr Schwarz aus.}) (21... c3 {Huebner,R} 22.
Qe1 Nxf8 23. Bd3 {ist offensichtlich nicht gut fьr Schwarz.}) 22. e4 $16) 19.
cxd5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 cxd5 21. Rc2 $1 {/\Rdc1,c-line} Qa3 {Huebner,R: 'Schwarz
verhindert Td1-c1, aber jetzt gehen ihm wirksame Zьge aus. AuЯerdem kann WeiЯ
mit Lf4-c7 nebst Td1-c1 doch die c-Linie besetzen.'} 22. h3 Kf7 {'?!' Huebner,
R. Huebner,R: 'Die Zentralisierung des Kцnigs ist mit Risiken verbunden.'} (
22... h6 {kommt in Betracht (Huebner,R).}) 23. g4 (23. Bc7 {(Huebner,R) ist
hier stark, denn nach} Bd8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc7 {kann Schwarz sich kaum mehr
retten.}) 23... g6 24. Kg2 (24. Kh2 $5 Ke8 25. gxf5 exf5 (25... gxf5 26. Rg1
Kf7 27. Qe2 $16 {xK}) 26. Rxc8+ (26. Ne5 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qc5 29.
Qb2 Qc6 30. e6 Qxe6 31. Qh8+ Nf8 32. Bh6 Qd6+ 33. Kg1 Rc8 (33... Rd8 34. Rc1)
34. Qg8 Rc5) 26... Rxc8 27. Qa6 $1 $18) 24... Ke8 {Huebner,R: 'Hier und in den
folgenden Zьgen verdient der Tausch auf g4 ernsthafte Erwдgung. Die Pointe
davon ist, daЯ WeiЯ danach keine Mцglichkeit mehr hat, sich im Endspiel am
Kцnigsflьgel mit dem Kцnig Zugang in die Stellung zu verschaffen, wie es in
der Partie geschah. Dennoch bleibt die Stellung des Schwarzen sehr ungemьtlich,
zum Beispiel'} (24... fxg4 {Huebner,R} 25. hxg4 Qe7 (25... Kg8 26. Rdc1) 26.
Rdc1 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 {usw.}) 25. Rdd2 $1 (25. Rdc1 Qxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 $14) 25...
Qe7 26. Rxc8+ {'?!' Huebner,R. Huebner,R: 'Dies entlastet Schwarz ein wenig.'}
(26. g5 Bg7 27. Bc7 {Huebner,R: 'verdienen Erwдgung.'}) (26. Bc7 {Huebner,R
oder}) 26... Rxc8 27. Rc2 Qd8 28. Qd2 Nb8 (28... Be7 29. Qc1 Ba3 30. Rxc8 Bxc1
31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Ng5 Nf8 33. Bd6 h6 34. Nf7+ Ke8 35. Nxh6 $16) (28... Nf8 29.
Qc1 Kd7 30. g5 $18) 29. Qc1 (29. g5 Be7 30. Qc1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 $16) 29... Kd7 {
'?' Huebner,R. Huebner,R: 'Danach ist Schwarz definitiv verloren. Versucht
werden muЯte'} (29... Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Kd7 (30... Nd7 31. Qc6 Kf7 32. Qb7) (30...
Kf7 {Huebner,R obwohl mir nicht klar ist, ob Schwarz die Stellung halten kann.}
) 31. g5 Bg7 32. Qe2 $1) 30. g5 Bh8 ({Huebner,R: Die Fortsetzung} 30... Bg7 31.
Be5 Rxc2 {Huebner,R} 32. Qxc2 Bxe5 33. Nxe5+ Ke8 34. f4 Kf8 35. h4 {dьrfte auf
die Dauer auch hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz sein.}) 31. Rxc8 (31. Be5 Rxc2 32. Qxc2
Nc6) 31... Qxc8 32. Qxc8+ {Huebner,R: 'Dies genьgt zum Gewinn. Noch einfacher
ist vielleicht'} (32. Qa3 {Huebner,R} Nc6 33. Qd6+ Ke8 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Nxe5
Nxe5 36. dxe5 Kf7 37. Qxb6 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt ohne Mьhe.}) 32... Kxc8 33. Bxb8
$3 Kxb8 34. h4 $18 Kc7 35. h5 gxh5 36. Kg3 Bg7 37. Kh4 Kd6 38. Kxh5 Bf8 $6 (
38... Ke7) 39. Ne5 (39. g6 $1 hxg6+ 40. Kxg6 $18) 39... Bg7 40. Nd3 Ke7 41. Ne5
Kd6 42. f4 $1 (42. Nf3 Ke7) 42... Ke7 (42... Bf8 43. g6 hxg6+ 44. Nxg6 (44.
Kxg6 Be7 45. Nf7+ Kd7 46. Ng5) 44... Bg7 45. Kg5 Kd7 46. Ne5+) 43. g6 hxg6+ (
43... h6 44. Nf7 Kf6 45. Nxh6 Ke7 46. Nf7 Kd7 47. Kg5 Ke7 48. Ne5 Kd6 49. Nf3
Ke7 50. Ng1 Kd6 51. Ne2 Ke7 52. Ng3 $18) 44. Kxg6 Bh8 (44... Bf8 45. Nf3 Kd7
46. Kf7 Bb4 47. Ng5 $18) 45. Nf7 {Huebner,R: 'Zum Gewinn fьhrt auch'} (45. Kh7
{Huebner,R} Bf6 46. Kg8 Ke8 47. Ng6 Bd8 48. Kg7 {usw.}) 45... Bf6 46. Ng5 Bh8
47. Nh7 Ke8 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Nh5 Kg8 50. Kh6 (50. Kh6 Kf7 51. Kh7 Bf6 52. Nxf6
Kxf6 53. Kg8 Ke7 54. Kg7 $22) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bc4 Bg7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Nd5 (13... Bg4
14. Ne5 Qxd4 15. Bc3 Qxc5 16. Rfe1 Nd5 17. Nxg4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 b5 19. Be2 Qxc3 (
19... h5 20. Ne3 Qxc3) 20. Nh6+ {1-0 Lautier,J-Malakhov,V/Poikovsky 2004}) (
13... Ra7) (13... Qc7 {-67/464}) 14. h3 (14. Rfe1 $5 Bg4 $140 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16.
Rxe5) 14... Rb8 (14... a5 15. Rfe1 $140 (15. a4 $5) 15... a4 16. Qa3 Be6) (
14... b5 $6 15. cxb6 Nxb6 16. Ba5) 15. Rae1 $1 $146 (15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Qa3 Nc7
17. Bf1 Nb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Bf4 Ra8 $11 {Santos,A-Velicka,P,Portugal,2004}) (
15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Rfe1 Re8 $11) 15... Be6 (15... Bd7
16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qxb7 $16) 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qg3 h6 (
18... Bf6 19. Qh4 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 $16) (18... b6 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Qh4 h6 21. Nf3
g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 $40) (18... Bxd4 $4 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qh4) 19. Nf3 e6
(19... b6 20. b3) (19... Be6 20. Qh4) 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Bd3 $6 (21. f4 $1 f6 (
21... b6 22. b3) 22. Nf3 Bf7 23. g5 (23. f5 exf5 24. gxf5 g5 $13) 23... b6 24.
cxb6 (24. f5 exf5 25. gxh6 Bh8) 24... Qxb6 25. b3 $16) 21... b6 22. Nc4 bxc5 $2
(22... Kh7 $1 23. Nxb6 (23. cxb6 Bxd4) 23... Nxb6 24. Ba5 Bxd4 25. Bxb6 Rxb6
26. cxb6 Qxb6 $44) 23. Ba5 Qc8 24. dxc5 $16 e5 25. b3 f6 (25... Nf4 26. Nd6 (
26. Nxe5 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 $16) 26... Qd7 27. Bc3) 26. Nd6 Qd7 27. Bd2 Bf7 28. f4 (
28. Be4 $5) 28... exf4 (28... Qa7 29. fxe5 (29. Rc1) 29... fxe5 30. Rc1 $16)
29. Bxf4 Rb4 30. Bd2 (30. Bc4 Nxf4 31. Bxf7+ Rxf7 32. Rxf4 (32. Nxf7 $140 Qd4+)
32... Rxf4 33. Qxf4 Re7 $14) 30... Rd4 31. Re4 $2 (31. Rf3 $1 Qa7 (31... Be6
32. Qg2) 32. Qf2 Qxc5 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 (33... Kxf7 34. Re4) 34. Bxg6 $18) 31...
Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Qa7 33. b4 Rd8 (33... a5 34. Nxf7 Qxf7 35. bxa5 $16) 34. Kh2 a5
$2 (34... Bf8 $1 35. Bxd5 (35. Nxf7 Qxf7 $14) 35... Bxd5 36. Rxf6 Qe7 $132) 35.
bxa5 (35. a3 axb4 36. axb4 Bf8) 35... Qxc5 36. Nxf7 (36. Nb7 Qb5 37. Nxd8 Qxf1
$14) 36... Kxf7 37. Qd3 $18 f5 38. gxf5 Be5+ 39. Kh1 g5 40. f6 Rd6 $5 (40...
Bxf6 41. a6) 41. a6 (41. Bg2 Rxf6 42. Qh7+ Ke8 43. Re1 $18) 41... Nxf6 (41...
Nf4 42. Qb3+ Kxf6 43. Be3) 42. Be3 (42. Qb3+ Kg7 43. Bb4 Qb5 (43... Qd4 44.
Bxd6 Qxe4+ 45. Qf3) 44. Bg2 Rd7 45. Qe6) 42... Bd4 (42... Rxd3 43. Bxc5 Rxh3+
44. Kg1 $18) 43. Bxd4 Rxd4 44. Qb3+ (44. Qf3 Rd6 45. Qh5+ Ke7 46. Qxh6 $18)
44... Kg7 45. Qe6 Qf8 (45... Rxe4 46. Qxf6+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. a7) 46. a7 $4
$138 {time} (46. a7 Ra4 47. Qf5 Qf7 $11) (46. Bxc6 Rd6 47. Qb3 $1 $18 (47. Rxf6
$2 Qxf6 48. Qxf6+ Kxf6 49. a7 Rd1+ 50. Kh2 Rd2+ 51. Kg3 Rxa2 52. a8=Q Rxa8 53.
Bxa8 h5 $11)) (46. Qxc6 Qe7 47. a7 (47. Bg2 Rd6 48. Qxd6 Qxd6 49. a7 Nh5 50.
a8=Q Ng3+ 51. Kg1) 47... Nxe4 48. a8=Q Ng3+ 49. Kg2 Nxf1 50. Qab7 Ne3+ 51. Kf3
$18 (51. Kg1 Rd1+ 52. Kf2 Ng4+ $1 53. hxg4 Rd2+ $44)) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3 Nbd7
9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. c4
$14) 13. Na4 h6 (13... Bd8 14. Ne5 Nef6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nb6 Bxb6 17. cxb6 e5
18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rac1 $14) 14. Ne5 Nef6 15. Rac1 Bd8 16. Nb6 Bxb6 (16... Nxb6
17. cxb6 Re7 (17... Be7 $2 18. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 19. b7 $18) 18. a4 a5 19. Rc3 $14 {
/\Rfc1}) 17. cxb6 Nxe5 (17... Qd8 18. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 19. b7 Rb8 20. Rxc6 e5 $1
21. Bh2 Re6 22. Rdc1 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 $16 {/\Ba6,Rc8}) 18. Bxe5 Qd8 (18... Nd7 19.
Bc7 e5 20. Bf1 exd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. Qc3 $16 {/\b4,a4}) 19. Bc7 Qe7 20. Bf1 Nd7
21. Qa4 Qg5 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rd2 e5 24. Qd1 e4 (24... Re6 $142 25. b4 Rae8 26.
a4 (26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Rd4 Qf6 28. a4 $14) 26... exd4 27. Rxd4 Re4 28. b5 $36)
25. b4 Re6 26. Qe1 Qg5 27. Be2 Qe7 28. Rb2 Nf6 29. Qc3 Ne8 30. Bg3 Nd6 31. Qc5
(31. Bxd6 $6 Rxd6 32. a4 Bd7 $10) 31... Rg6 32. a4 Rd8 33. Rbc2 (33. b5 cxb5
34. axb5 Rc8 (34... axb5 35. Qxd5 Nc4 36. Qxf5 Nxb2 37. Rc7 $16) 35. bxa6 $1
Rxc5 36. dxc5 Nc4 37. a7 Qe8 38. Ra2 Qa8 39. Bb8 $18) 33... Be6 34. Kh2 Qg5 35.
Rg1 Nc4 36. Bf4 Qh4 37. Bg3 Qg5 38. h4 $14 Qf6 39. Rf1 (39. Bh5 Rxg3 40. Kxg3 (
40. fxg3 Nxe3 $15) 40... Nd6 41. Rh1 Nf5+ 42. Kh2 Nxe3 43. fxe3 Qxh4+ $10)
39... Bg4 40. Bxc4 dxc4 41. Qxc4 $16 Rd5 42. Rh1 Qd8 43. a5 Qe7 44. Qb3 Be6 45.
Qb1 Rh5 46. Rc5 Bd5 47. Qd1 Rf5 48. h5 Rgg5 49. Kg1 Qe6 (49... Qd7 50. Bf4 Rxf4
51. exf4 $16) 50. Bf4 Bb3 $8 51. Qb1 Rxc5 52. dxc5 Rf5 53. Rh4 Qc4 {[#]} (53...
Bc4 54. Bg3 Bd3 55. Qb2 Qd5 $10) 54. b5 Qd3 $2 (54... Qxb5 55. Qxe4 Qxc5 56.
Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qd7 $13) (54... cxb5 55. c6 $3 Bc2 56. Qxc2 $3 Qxc2 57. cxb7 $18)
(54... axb5 55. a6 $18) 55. Qxd3 exd3 56. bxa6 d2 57. axb7 d1=Q+ 58. Kh2 Rxh5
59. b8=Q+ Kh7 60. Bg3 g5 61. b7 Bd5 62. e4 (62. e4 Bxe4 63. Qe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 a5 8. bxa5
Qxa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nb1 Ne4 11. a3 $5 $146 (11. Be2 {Dreev}) 11... Nxd2 12.
Nfxd2 Rb8 (12... e5 13. Nb3 Qa4 14. axb4 Qxb4+ 15. N1d2 $14) 13. Be2 e5 14. O-O
Be7 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga4a5,Ga1a4,Ga4b4] /\a5, Ra4 ><b4, /
\a6} O-O 17. a5 Nf6 (17... e4 $5 {/\f5-f4; /\Nf6, g6, h5} 18. N1d2 f5 (18...
Nf6 $5) 19. f4 exf3 20. Nxf3 $14) 18. Ra4 Bf5 (18... Ne4 19. Qe1 $1 $16) 19.
N1d2 Rfe8 20. a6 exd4 21. exd4 Bd8 (21... Bf8 $1 22. Re1 h5 $1 {/\g6, Bh6 <=>})
22. Re1 Qe7 $6 (22... Qd7 $142 {[%cal Gd8c7] /\Bc7}) 23. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1e3]}
Ne4 $6 (23... Bc7 $142 24. Ra1 Qd7) 24. Bd3 {[%cal Gf2f3] /\f3+-} Be6 25. Bxe4
dxe4 26. Rxe4 Qd7 27. h3 $16 Bf6 28. Nfd2 Ra8 29. Qf1 $1 (29. Rxb4 $2 Rxa6 $13)
29... Reb8 30. Nc4 Bd8 (30... Qd5 31. Nbd2 Bxd4 32. a7 $1 $18) 31. Re3 g6 (
31... h6 $5 32. Qe2 {[%cal Gc4b6] /\Nb6+/-}) 32. Nca5 $6 (32. Qe2 $142) 32...
Bc7 33. Qe2 Ra7 $6 (33... Qd5 $142) 34. Nc4 Qd5 35. Nb6 $3 Bxb6 36. cxb6 Rxb6
37. Nc5 Qxd4 (37... b3 38. Qb2 $18) 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Rxe6 Rb8 $8 40. Rxc6 Qd5
41. Rc4 b3 42. Rab4 Rba8 43. Rb6 Rd8 44. Rcb4 Qd1+ 45. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 46. Kh2 Rf7
47. Ra4 Rd8 48. Rxb3 Rxf2 49. a7 Rff8 50. Rb7 Rc8 51. Rab4 Ra8 52. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki/Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 a6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 $14) 10. Bd3 Ne4 (10... Re8
11. O-O Nf8 12. Na4 $14) 11. Bf4 $1 $146 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2
Nf6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qc2 {0-1 Geisler Robert-Salzenberg Dirk/Bundesliga nd)
North 1996 (64)}) 11... Ng5 12. Nxg5 (12. Nd2 Ne6 13. Bg3 $14) 12... Bxg5 13.
Bg3 Re8 14. O-O Bh4 15. Bf4 Nb6 $6 {[#]} 16. Nb1 $1 {[/\Nd2-f3]} Bg4 (16... Nd7
$142 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. Nf3 $14) 17. Nd2 Bh5 $6 (17... Ra7 {[>=Nd7]}) 18. Nf3 {
~/\ (Simillar /\) Ki.Georgiev-Lobron ol 1988} Bxf3 19. gxf3 $16 g6 20. Bg3 Bf6
21. Kg2 a5 22. a4 Be7 23. Rh1 Bb4 24. h4 h5 25. Bf4 $18 Kh7 (25... Be7 26. Rcg1
Bf6 27. Kf1 Bg7 28. Bg5 Qc7 29. f4 f6 30. Bxg6 $1) (25... Nd7) 26. e4 $142 Qf6
27. Bg5 Qe6 28. e5 Rac8 (28... c5 $40 29. Qd1 cxd4 30. f4 $1 $18 {[/\f4-f5]})
29. Qd1 Nc4 30. Rc2 c5 31. f4 cxd4 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Qf3 Be7 34. f5 Qxe5 35.
Re2 Qd6 36. Rhe1 f6 37. fxg6 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
a5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. f4 f6 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Qf2 Bh5 $2 {black must keep the bishop on g4 until
white plays f5, or h3. The text allows white to begin the K side attack
without closing the b1-h7 diagonal with f4-f5.} (17... Qb6 18. h3 Be6 19. g4
Rae8 20. Re2 Qa7 21. Kh1 b6 22. Qf3 Bc8 23. h4 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Keitlinghaus,L/Germany 1998/GER-chT (23).}) (17... Qd7 18. f5 Bh5 19. Qh4 Bf7
20. g4 Qd6 21. Rf3 Rae8 22. Re2 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Yevseev,D-Kornev,A/Kazan 2001/
CBM 86 no vc (47)}) 18. Kh1 Bf7 (18... Bg6 19. f5 Bf7 20. g4 {would have been
better for black, but still losing time, compared to the alternative.}) 19. g4
Qd6 20. Rg1 {g4-g5 is already a threat, whereas black has no counterplay} g6 (
20... Rae8 21. g5 fxg5 22. Rxg5 $16 {[%cal Gg5g3,Ge1g1]}) 21. h4 Rae8 22. Rg3
c5 23. Nb5 $1 Qb6 24. Rf1 {in case of the 'f' file opening, and protecting the
Q.} cxd4 25. exd4 $16 {/+-} Kh8 $1 {probably the only move black had to
prevent an immediate opening of the K side.} (25... Ne6 26. f5) (25... Rc8 26.
h5 $18) 26. Rfg1 (26. h5 $2 gxh5 27. gxh5 (27. f5 $5 hxg4 (27... h4 28. Rh3)
28. Rxg4 Re3 $132) 27... f5 $1 {with this pawn sacrifice black brings the Q
back to the game, and now the white king proves to be weak} 28. Rfg1 Qh6 29.
Rg5 Re3 $40) 26... Ne6 27. f5 Ng7 28. Qf4 $2 (28. h5 $142 $1 {looked better,
but too messy. I got a bit greedy, and wanted a clean win....} gxh5 (28... g5
29. h6 {[%csl Rg7] and the knight gets caught}) 29. g5 h4 30. Rh3 Nh5 31. g6 {
winning}) 28... gxf5 29. Qh6 Re1 30. g5 $2 {At this point I got attracted by a
nice R sac, which eventually worked, but had black played the best defence,
white is in trouble.} ({it seems that white should have been satisfied with a
small plus here.} 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Rxg1+ 32. Rxg1 Rg8 33. Re1 $14) (30.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kh2 Qd8 32. Bxf5 (32. g5 Bg6) 32... Re2+ 33. Kg1 Bg8 {and white
is the one in trouble here.}) 30... Nh5 $2 {returning the favor} ({after the
simple:} 30... Bg6 31. Kh2 Rxg1 32. Rxg1 Qd8 {white is just a pawn down,
without any real compensation}) 31. Rxe1 $1 Nxg3+ $2 $138 {after this black is
losing by force} (31... Rxe1+ $8 32. Kh2 Qe6 {would lead to a very nice draw
by perpertual} (32... Nxg3 {-game}) (32... Qd8 33. Bxf5 Re2+ 34. Kg1 Re1+ 35.
Kg2 $1 (35. Kf2 Rf1+ $1 $19) 35... Nf4+ 36. Kf2 Re2+ 37. Kf1 $18) 33. g6 (33.
gxf6 Rh1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ $1 35. Kxg1 Qe1+ 36. Bf1 Qxg3+ $17) 33... Rh1+ (33...
Bxg6 34. Rxg6 $18) 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kh2) 32. Kh2 Rxe1 (32... Ne4 33. Bxe4 fxe4
34. gxf6 Rg8 35. Rg1 Qd8 $8 36. Rg7 Bg6 37. h5 Bf5 38. Rxg8+ Qxg8 39. Nd6 $18 {
[%cal Gf6f7]}) 33. g6 $1 {black cannot defend from two different mate threats:
Qh7 and Qf8,g7#} Rh1+ 34. Kg2 (34. Kxg3 $4 Rg1+ 35. Kh2 Rxg6) 1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 {A rare move,
which was played by Morozevich against Ivanchuk in Corus this year. White
wants to play h3-g4 chasing the bishop or exchanging it after h3 Bxf3.} Nbd7 {
Considering the speed Wang Yue made this move we can conclude that he was
ready for this rare line.} (7... e6 {is more usual.} 8. h3 Bh5 (8... Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 {with the bishop pair, though Black is very solid and not without plusses.
}) 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 {with some initiative.}) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5
$1 {The idea behind all of Wang's previous play. He strikes in the centre and
wants to use his lead in development and the white knight on the edge of the
board, which is a bad piece according to a certain Dr.Tarrasch (with whom I
fully agree!).} 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd1 O-O $1 15. Be2
{the last five moves were very logical, but now Wang played} a5 {A strong and
not very obvious (for me at least) move. Black protects the b4 and a6 pawns
for the future.} 16. Rc2 {An interesting plan by Magnus. He wants to improve
his bishop before castling.} Qe7 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Bb2 Ng6 19. O-O {Finally
when all the white pieces are more less well developed (I am not talking about
Tarrasch's knight!) White castles.} Ne4 20. Bd4 Nh4 $1 {Black has an isolated
pawn, but now he shows that he is also not without play.} 21. Bd3 (21. Bb6 {
a computer-like move. White just wants to take everything, but Black has his
own play against White's king.} Qg5 22. Bg4 (22. g4 Rc8 23. Rxc8 {and now
there are a lot of ways to equalise for Black, but I will just give the nicest.
} Nf3+ $5 24. Kg2 (24. Bxf3 Qe5 {with mate, even though Black is a rook and
piece down!}) 24... Nh4+ {A nice perpetual.}) 22... h5 $1 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. f4
Qe7 25. Bxh5 Ng3 26. Re1 Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Bxf4 28. Qe2 Bg5 {With compensation for
the exchange. I would prefer to play with Black here, though the position is
far from clear. Those knights on h4 and a4 are not of the same value!}) 21...
Nf5 22. Bb6 Rb8 {By this point White is already not fighting for the advantage.
} 23. Bxe4 {It is not very good to give up your "good" bishop, but it was a
very understandable decision, as the knight on e4 was really scary.} (23. Qe2
$5 {Black's threats look scary, but White can defend. And after all an
isolated pawn is still there. On the other hand Black has some initiative. I
would say the position is equal, but I like Black more, as some players, like
me for example, prefer the initiative. Anyway, it is just a matter of taste.}
Qe5 24. g3 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rd1 g6 27. Qf3 h5 {Something like this
could happen after 23.Qe2!? Black's initiative at least fully compensates for
his weaknesses.}) 23... Qxe4 24. Rd2 (24. Qe2 {was safer.} Nh4 25. f3 Qg6 26.
Rd2 Rfe8 {The position is approximately equal, but still Black keeps some sort
of pressure, which compensates for weaknesses on d5 and a5. Only Black can be
better here.}) 24... Rxb6 $1 {The bishop must be killed! Reason: He was
protecting the e3 square. Poor guy...} 25. Nxb6 Qe5 (25... Nxe3 $5 {Would
probably not be so great as it looks.} 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Rdf2 Qxb6 {an
attempt at winning.} (27... Qg3 28. Re2 Qh2+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ {draw.}) 28. Kh1 Qe3
29. Qf3 Qe5 30. g3 {and I think White has no problems at all.}) 26. Re1 $2 {
was the first and the last mistake, though White probably made some inaccurate
moves earlier.} (26. g3 $1 {holds the position.} Nxg3 27. Re1 Ne4 {Trying to
play for a win.} (27... Ne2+ $5 28. Kf1 $1 {Black has nothing but a draw here.}
Qh5 29. Kg2 Qg6+ 30. Kf1 Qh5 $11) 28. f4 Qe6 29. Rg2 Bc5 30. Na4 Ba7 31. Qg4 g6
32. Qxe6 fxe6 {with something like equality in this strange sharp ending.})
26... Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2 29. Rxd5 Ng3+ 30. Kd3 Bc7 $1 {Wang Yue is
precise!} 31. fxg3 Bxb6 32. Kc4 {Even such a brilliant move cannot help White.
His king will be in trouble everywhere.} Rb8 $1 {A very strong and nice move -
the b5-square is taken away from White's king!} 33. Kb5 {Everything will lose
here, but this move is a blunder. It is understandable - Magnus was in time
trouble and his position was very difficult.} Bd4+ $6 {Here Wang missed an
opportunity to mate Magnus immediately.} (33... Bd8+ $1 {just mates.} 34. Ka6 {
other moves do not help either.} Bc7 35. Qd4 Qxh3 {The queen is coming back to
c8 and mate is inevitable.}) 34. Kc4 Bf6 35. Qd3 Qxg3 36. Rd1 Qc7+ 37. Rc5 Qb7
38. Qd6 $2 {Magnus had less than a minute and not surprisingly he did not find
the best chance, which was given to him by Wang on move 33...} (38. Qd7 $1 {
To threaten Rc8 with mate at some point later on.} Qe4+ 39. Rd4 Qc2+ 40. Kd5
Qg2+ 41. e4 g6 {mate on c8 was threatened.} 42. Rc8+ Rxc8 43. Qxc8+ Kg7 44. Rd3
{and it is still better for Black, but not that much anymore.}) 38... Qe4+ 39.
Rd4 Qc2+ 40. Kd5 Qg2+ 41. e4 Rd8 42. Qxd8+ Bxd8 43. Rc8 g6 {The ending is easy
for Black, and Wang finishes the game off nicely.} 44. Rxd8+ Kg7 45. Rd3 Qc2
46. Kd4 a4 47. bxa4 Qxa2 48. Kc5 b3 49. Rb8 b2 50. Rdb3 Qxa4 51. Rxb2 Qxe4 52.
R8b3 Kh6 53. Rc3 f5 54. Rbb3 Qe5+ 55. Kc4 Kh5 56. Kd3 Kh4 57. Kd2 f4 58. Rf3 g5
59. Rfd3 Qc5 60. Rbc3 Qf2+ 61. Kd1 Qf1+ 62. Kd2 Qg2+ 63. Kd1 Qe4 64. Kd2 h5 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 {Black has choice
in this position.Another possibility are:} (6... Bb4 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Nd2 gxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Volkov,S/
Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (82)}) (6... a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Ne5 Nb4
11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Bacrot,E/Paris FRA 2002/The
Week in Chess 399 (24)}) 7. a5 $6 {White lost time.White would have more
chances for my opinion after 7.e3} (7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 b6
11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 a5 13. Rac1 Nh5 14. Bxe7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lavrov,S-Rustemov,A/
Tomsk RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 341 (60)}) 7... Nbd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Bd3
h6 10. Bh4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 e5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Blackburn,J-Berry,N/Scarborough 2001/CBM 83 ext (22)}) 9... dxc4 10.
Bxc4 {After this logical move black equalizes seasily. 10.Ne5 is intresting
but nothing clear there:} (10. Ne5 $5 h6 (10... c5 11. Nxc4) 11. Bh4 Nxe5 12.
dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd6 Qxd6 (14... Qg5 $5 15. f4 Qxg2 16. O-O-O Qh3)
15. exd6 Rd8 16. O-O b5 17. axb6 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Rxb6 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Be2 Rxb2
21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Rxa6 Rc2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Krush,I-Zhu Chen/New Delhi IND 2000/
The Week in Chess 317 (39)}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. O-O b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13.
Bb3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bb7 $11) 11... Nxc5 12. Qe2 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 $15 {Black has small edge
now ,but not easy to reach any progress;} 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Be2 g6 21. Rxd7 Rxd7
22. Bf3 {White offered draw at this moment; But black declined it since white
has weaknesses on the queenside and black was in some time-pressure;} e5 23. g3
Qb4 {Black keeps some advantage, but again there is no way to increase it;} (
23... e4 24. Bg2 Rc7 25. Qd2) 24. Qc3 $5 {After the trade of queen, white gets
some counterplay which compensates weaknesses over the queenside;} Qxc3 25.
bxc3 e4 26. Bg2 Kf8 (26... Rd3 27. Rb1 Rd5 28. Rxb7 Rxa5 29. Bf1 $132) (26...
Kg7 27. Kf1 $11) 27. g4 $5 {The idea is to open up the position and to make
its bishop active;} h6 28. h3 Rc7 29. Rb1 Ke7 (29... Rc5 30. Rxb7 Rxa5 31. Bf1)
30. Rb4 Kd7 31. h4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK-2"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 (5... g6 {-63(328)}) 6. Bf4
e6 7. e3 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c5 Qc7 {TN} (10... Qe7 {-61(382)})
11. f4 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Qd2 a5 {[/\14...Ba6=]} (13... Rb8 14. Na4 Qb4 15.
Qxb4 Rxb4 16. b3 $14) 14. Na4 Qb4 15. Nc5 (15. Qxb4 axb4 16. Nc5 Ke7 $13 {
(/\17...Bd7,18...Rhb8)} (16... Nd7 $6 17. Nd3 b3 18. a3 Ba6 19. Rc1 $14)) 15...
Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nd7 17. Rc1 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Kd7 19. Bd3 Ba6 $6 (19... Kd6 20. Rhc1
Bd7 21. R1c3 Ra7 $14) 20. Bc2 $1 Rhb8 21. Rxa5 Rxb2 {[#]} 22. Ra3 $1 {[/\23.
Rb1]} (22. Rb1 $2 Rxc2+ $1 23. Kxc2 Bd3+ 24. Kxd3 Rxa5 $10) 22... Rbb8 23. Rb1
Bb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. a4 Ba6 26. g4 $5 {[/\g4-g5,h2-h4-h5|^>>]} c5 27. h4 h6
28. Rb6 cxd4 29. exd4 Kc7 30. Rb1 Bb7 31. Kc3 Ra6 32. Rb5 Bc6 (32... Rc6+ 33.
Rc5 Rxc5+ 34. dxc5 f6 35. Kd4 $16) 33. Rc5 Kd6 34. a5 $16 {[/\35.Bd3,36.a6,
Kc3-b4-a5]} Ra8 35. Bd3 f6 36. Bb5 $2 $138 (36. Kb4 Rb8+ (36... e5 37. fxe5+
fxe5 38. dxe5+ $18) 37. Bb5 $1 $18) 36... Bxb5 37. Rxb5 Rc8+ 38. Kd3 Rc1 $14
39. Rb6+ Kd7 40. Rb7+ Kc6 41. Rxg7 Rh1 $1 42. a6 (42. h5 Kb5 43. Rg6 f5 $132)
42... Rxh4 43. a7 Rh3+ 44. Kc2 Ra3 45. Kb2 Ra4 46. Kb3 Ra1 47. Re7 Kd6 $4 (
47... Kb5 $1 $14 48. Rxe6 Rxa7 49. Rxf6 Rg7 50. Rd6 (50. Rxh6 Rxg4 $10) 50...
Rxg4 51. Rxd5+ Kc6 52. Rf5 h5 $14) 48. Rf7 $18 Kc6 (48... f5 49. g5 $18) (48...
Ra6 49. Kb4 Ra1 50. Kb5 $18) 49. Rxf6 Rxa7 50. Rxe6+ (50. Rxe6+ Kb5 51. Rxh6
Re7 52. Rh3 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Magdeburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. e4
dxe4 $5 {TN} (8... e6 {-61/385}) 9. Nxe4 Nc6 (9... e6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxf6+
Qxf6 12. Be4 $36) 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Be4 Rc8 12. O-O $5 Bd6 (12... Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Nxd4 14. Re1+ (14. Bb7 $5) 14... Be7 15. Bg4 $44 f5 16. Bg5 f6 (16... Ne6
17. Bxe7 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 fxg4 19. Bb4 $36) 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Rc1 $1 $36) 13.
Bxc6+ $6 (13. h3 Bh5 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15. Bb7 (15. Re1+ Be5 16. Bg4
Nc2 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Bf4 Nxe1 $15) 15... Rc7 16. Re1+ $36) 14. Bf5 Rc7 15.
Re1+ $36) 13... Rxc6 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Bf4 Qd5 $1 {[/\ 16...Be6]} (15... O-O 16.
d5 Rb6 17. h3 $16) (15... Be6 16. d5 Qxd5 (16... Bxd5 17. Nd4 $40) 17. Nd4 Rc4
18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bd6 Re4 21. f3 $1 $14) 16. a4 Re6 (16... b4 $5
$13 17. Rxe7+ $2 Kxe7 18. Qe1+ Kd7 19. Qxb4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rhc8 $19) 17. axb5
axb5 18. Ra7 Bb4 $1 19. Rxe6+ Bxe6 $15 {[ /\ 20...0-0. 21...Bg4 ]} 20. Ne1 $1 {
[/\Ne1-c2-e3 <=>]} Bc5 (20... O-O $5 21. Nc2 Bc5 (21... Qb3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Ne3
$11) 22. Ra5 Bb6 23. Ra6 Qb7 24. Nb4 Rd8 $15) 21. Ra1 $1 Bxd4 $6 (21... Bb6 22.
Nc2 O-O 23. Qd2 $15) 22. Nc2 Be5 $2 $138 (22... Bb6 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Be3 $1
$132) (22... Bxb2 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rb1 Be5 25. Bxe5 Be4 $1 (25... fxe5 26.
Rxb5 $18) 26. Rxb5 Kd7 $1 $11 (26... O-O 27. Bd6 $16)) 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxe5
fxe5 {[#]} 25. Nb4 $1 $36 Bb7 (25... Be4 26. f3 Bb7 27. Ra7 Bc8 28. Nc6 $16)
26. Ra7 Bc8 27. Nc6 $1 {[/\ 28.Ne7]} e4 $2 (27... h5 $1 28. Re7+ (28. Ne7 Rh6
$3 29. Nxc8 Rc6 30. Re7+ Kf8 31. g3 $11) 28... Kf8 29. Rc7 Be6 30. Nxe5 $14) (
27... O-O 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Ra8 $18) 28. Ne7 $1 $18 Bd7 29. Ra8+ Kxe7 30. Rxh8
h6 31. Kf1 Be8 32. Ke2 f5 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. Kf4 g6 35. Ke5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 (6... Bb4 7. Bd2 a5
8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
O-O Nbd7 15. Re1 Ne4 16. c5 Qc7 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Ba4 Ra6 19. Qc2 Rfa8 20. Rec1
Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Ndf6 $132 {1-0 Svetushkin,D-Krasenkow,M/Istanbul TUR 2003/The
Week in Chess 448 (50)}) 7. Nb1 Ba6 (7... Nf6 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2
c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. e5 Ng4 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Nc4 Bc5 17.
Qd3 O-O 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Nfd2 Kh8 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanov,J-Kharlov,A/Linares ESP 2003/The Week in Chess 434 (22)}) 8. Be2
(8. Qc2 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Qa6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. Ke2 c5 14.
Rc1 Nd7 15. Be1 Be7 16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Rc2 Rfb8 {1/2-1/2 Ruderfer,M-Rabinovich,A/
ISR 2002/The Week in Chess 391 (17)}) (8. Nbd2 $5) 8... c5 $5 {TN} 9. O-O (9.
Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxc4 (10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Ngf6 $132) 10... Ngf6 11. O-O cxd4 $13
) 9... Nf6 10. Nbd2 c3 11. bxc3 bxc3 12. Nb1 cxd4 (12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qa5 14.
Qb5+ $36) 13. Nxd4 Bb4 14. Bb5+ $1 (14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 e5 $5 $132) 14...
Bxb5 15. axb5 O-O 16. Qb3 a5 17. Nxc3 e5 18. Nc2 Bxc3 $5 (18... Be7 19. Rd1
Nbd7 20. Ba3 $14) 19. Qxc3 Nbd7 $11 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Rfd1 Qb6 22. Rab1 Rac8 23.
Qb2 $6 (23. Qd3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Na3 $11) 23... h6 (23... Qb7 $1 {
(텤d7-b6-c4)}) 24. Ne1 Qb7 $5 25. Nf3 Nb6 26. Qa1 (26. Nxe5 $1 Na4 27. Qb3 Nc3
28. Nc4 Nfe4 29. Nxa5 Qb6 (29... Qc7 30. Nc6 $13) 30. Rd7 Qf6 31. Rb2 Nxb5 $132
) 26... Nc4 27. Bb2 $138 (27. Nd2 $142 Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Ne4 $15) 27... Rc5 $17 28.
Rbc1 Nd7 29. Nxe5 $2 (29. Qa2 Qxb5 30. Ba1 Rec8 $17) 29... Ndxe5 30. Bxe5 Rexe5
31. Rxc4 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Nord West Cup 12th"]
[Site "Bad Zwischenahn"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Schneider, Ilja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. e3 ({
In Manolasche-Schneider, Werther 2009, folgte} 8. Bd2 Qxb6 9. Na4 Qa7 $6 ({
meines Erachtens ist} 9... Qc7 $5 {vorzuziehen, mit Ausgleich nach} 10. Rc1 Bd6
11. e3 O-O 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Bd3 a5 14. O-O Ba6 $11) 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. e3 Ne4 12.
Ba5 c5 13. Bd3 (13. dxc5 Nexc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Ne5 {scheitert an}
O-O 17. Qxd7 Bxe3 18. Rxc8 Bxf2+ 19. Kd1 Qd4+ 20. Bd3 Bxc8 21. Qd6 Qa4+ 22. Ke2
Qxa5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxf8 d4 25. Kxf2 Qxe5 26. Qxc8 Qe3+ $11 {mit
Dauerschach}) 13... Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rc7 Rfd8 {, wonach} 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Re8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. Qa4 $16 {WeiЯ klaren Vorteil
versprach.}) 8... Qxb6 ({Auch das sofortige} 8... c5 $5 {kommt in Betracht,} 9.
Bd3 ({oder} 9. Na4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O $11) 9... Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11.
b3 ({auf} 11. Na4 {kдme} c4 12. Bc2 O-O $11) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 ({kaum besser
wдre} 12. Na4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxb6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Nbd7 $11 {gewesen})
12... cxd4 13. exd4 Qxb6 $11 {mit Ausgleich, Cramling-Houska, Gibraltar 2009.})
9. Bd3 c5 10. Na4 Qa7 ({Nichts spricht gegen} 10... Qc7 $5 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2
Bd6 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Bb7 15. Bd2 Bc6 16. Bd3 O-O {und Schwarz kann sich
gut behaupten.}) 11. O-O c4 ({Schneider verfolgt seinen eigenen Weg. In
Stocek-Movsesian, Tschechische Liga 2004, geschah} 11... Be7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13.
Nxc5 Qxc5 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. Rc1 Qb6 $11 {mit Ausgleich.})
12. Bc2 Bd6 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Bb7 15. Bd2 Bc6 16. Bd3 O-O ({Vorzuziehen war
} 16... Qb7 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. b4 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxb4 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7
22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. Qxc6 Rab8 $11 {und Schwarz steht nicht schlechter.}) 17. b4 e5
({Nach} 17... Bb5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Nc5 Nc4 20. Bc3 Qe7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7
23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Bd4 $14 {behдlt WeiЯ mehr vom Spiel.}) 18. Nc5 $2 ({Die
richtige Reaktion wдre} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Nc5 Ne4
22. Bxa6 Rd8 23. Bd3 $14 {mit etwas Plus fьr vWeiЯ gewesen.}) 18... Bxc5 $6 ({
Warum nicht} 18... e4 $5 {Nach} 19. Ne5 ({fraglich wдre} 19. Rxa6 {wegen} Qc7
20. b5 Nb8 $15) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxa6 Qc7 22. Be2 Rxa6 23. Nxa6 Qb6
24. Nc5 $11 {bleibt das Gleichgewicht bestehen.}) 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 $6
({Zu ьberlegen war} 20... Ne4 21. Rxa6 Qc7 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. bxc5 Qxe5 24. Bxe4
dxe4 25. Bb4 f6 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. cxd6 Kf7 {mit guten Remischancen dank
verschiedenfarbiger Lдufer.}) 21. Rxa6 Qc7 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 $6 ({Das kleinere
Ьbel wдre} 22... Rxa8 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Bc3 Ba4 25. Qb1 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qc4 27.
Qd2 Rc8 28. Bd4 Bd7 29. Rb1 Be6 $14 {gewesen.}) 23. bxc5 Nxe5 24. Bc2 Nc4 $2 ({
Hartnдckiger erscheint} 24... Re8 {, wenn auch nach} 25. Qb1 Qxc5 26. Bxh7+ Kh8
27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Bf5 g6 29. Bb4 Qf6 30. Bd7 $5 Nxd7 31. Bc3 Ne5 32. f4 $16 {
WeiЯ klar ьberlegen steht.}) 25. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Utrecht OKU op"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Be7
9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Qe2 cxd4 (11... Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bb1 (13. cxd5
exd5 14. Bb1 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Na5 16. f4 c4 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Rc1 b5 {Hermersmann-
Przybylski, Wichern Open 2001})) 12. exd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Qc7 ({
Schwarz spielt auf Gewinn und vermeidet Vereinfachungen nach} 14... Nc6 $5 15.
cxd5 (15. Rd1 Rc8) 15... exd5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Re1 Bd6) 15. f4 Rfe8 {Eine
riskante Strategie.} (15... Nc6 {war angebracht.}) 16. f5 Bd6 17. fxe6 Rxe6 18.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf5 Ree8 21. Bd3 Qb7 22. Rxf6 $1 {Die Bestrafung!}
gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Nd7+ Ke7 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Nxf6+ Kd8 28.
Qg5 Bxb3 29. Be4 Qc8 30. Nd5+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Bf8 32. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. a4 b4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nb1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. Nc4 Bd5 17. O-O Ne4 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Bd3 f5 20. Qe2 a5 21. Nce5
Bd6 22. Bc4 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qc7 25. Rac1 Rfd8 26. b3 $6 (26. h3 Nc5
27. Rfd1 $15) 26... Nc3 $17 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Yc3d1]} 27. Qf3 Rd5 28. g4 {
White is trying to get some counterplay} Rf8 29. Kh1 f4 30. e4 Rd4 31. Rfe1 e5
32. g5 Re8 33. Qg2 g6 34. f3 Re6 35. h4 Rc6 36. Qg4 Rdxc4 $1 37. bxc4 Qc8 $1
38. Qxc8+ Rxc8 39. Kg2 Kf7 $19 {[%csl Gc3] White cannot use his rooks. He has
been strategically outplayed. Black is winning} 40. Rc2 Rxc4 41. Rec1 Ke6 42.
h5 Kd6 43. h6 Kc6 44. Kf1 Rc5 45. Ra1 Nxe4 46. Rxc5+ Nxc5 47. Ke2 Nb3 48. Rb1
Nd4+ 49. Kd3 Kd5 50. Rc1 Nxf3 51. Rc7 e4+ 52. Ke2 Nxg5 53. Ra7 {White has
managed to activate his R and even though black has strong passed pawns in the
center he now has to play very accurate because the R is much  stronger in
this kind of endgame than the N.} Kd4 54. Rxa5 f3+ 55. Ke1 Ne6 $2 (55... Nf7 $1
56. Rb5 (56. Ra7 Nxh6 57. Rxh7 b3 58. a5 e3 59. a6 Nf5 $19 {/\60. - Sg3/60. -
f2+}) 56... Kc4 57. Rb7 Nxh6 58. a5 e3 59. a6 Nf5 60. Rf7 b3 $1 $19) 56. Ra7
Nc5 57. Rxh7 Nd3+ 58. Kd1 e3 $4 (58... b3 $1 59. a5 (59. Re7 {[]} Ke3 60. h7 f2
61. Rf7 Nf4 62. Rxf4 Kxf4 (62... b2 63. Kc2 Kxf4 64. h8=Q b1=Q+ 65. Kxb1 f1=Q+
66. Ka2 {Also here black is better but still has to prove the win}) 63. Ke2 b2
64. h8=Q f1=Q+ 65. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 66. Ke2 {Black is of course better but it is not
clear to me whether he can win}) 59... e3 60. Rd7+ Kc3 61. Rc7+ Kb2 62. Re7 Ka2
$19) 59. Re7 $1 $18 {Suddenly it is white who is winning} f2 60. Ke2 Nf4+ 61.
Kf1 Nh5 62. Rf7 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Odense"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6
$1 {Maybe even stronger than the also reasonable 8.-,cd4.} (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4
Bc5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. a5 Nc6 13. Na4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nd4
16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rd1 e5 18. Nexc4 Bg4 19. Rd2 e4 $15 {Kamsky,G-Bareev,E/Linares/
1994/}) 9. dxc5 (9. Ne5 $5 {Shirov} Na5 $1 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 $13 {
Lukacs/Hazai}) 9... Qxd1 10. Nxd1 $5 Bxc5 11. Be3 Bb4 $1 {>< Nd1} 12. Rc1 e5
$15 13. Nd2 Bg4 $1 14. f3 Be6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Bd5 $1 {
>< <-> e} 18. Nb6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rad8 20. Rc4 Rfe8 $17 21. Kf3 Ba5 22. Bg1 Rd2
23. Be3 Rd6 (23... Rxe3+ $1 24. Nxe3 (24. Kxe3 Ng4+ $19) 24... Bxb6 25. Rxc6 $1
bxc6 26. Nc4 Rc2 27. Nxb6 Rxb2 $19 {Aagaard}) 24. Bc5 Rde6 25. b4 Bxb6 26. Bxb6
Nd7 27. Bc7 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rc3 Nd4+ 30. Kg2 Rxe2+ $19 31. Nf2 Nf5 32.
Rfc1 h6 33. Rd3 Nf6 34. Rc5 Ne4 35. Rxf5 Nxf2 $2 $138 (35... Rxf2+ 36. Kh3 (36.
Kg1 Rb2 $19 {>< Kg1}) 36... Rb2 $19) 36. Rd8 $1 {>< b5} Nd3+ 37. Kg1 Re1+ 38.
Kg2 R1e2+ 39. Kg1 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Rxd8 41. Bxd8 Re4 42. Rxb5 Rxf4 43. Ba5 Rf2+ 44.
Kg3 Ra2 45. h4 $1 Ra3 46. Kg2 Kh7 47. h5 $1 g6 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Bc7 $10 Ra7
50. Bg3 f5 51. Ra5 Rb7 52. b5 f4 53. Ra3 $1 Rd7 54. Bf2 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Elista Uralan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bf4 h6 8. e3 e6
9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Rxd3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e4 Qd7 18. Rf3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O-O 20. Rxf6 Qxd4
21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxf7 Rc4+ 23. Kb1 Rxc5 24. Rd1 Rd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 {[#] Die
weiЯen Bauern erscheinen gefдhrlicher. Schwarz rettet sich mit Spiel gegen den
weiЯen Kцnig.} 26. g4 Re8 27. h4 Re4 28. f3 Re2 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Rg2 31.
Rg7 d4 32. g6 d3 33. Kc1 c5 34. f4 (34. f4 c4 35. f5 Rc2+ 36. Kb1 Rf2 37. Kc1
Rc2+ (37... Rxf5 38. Rf7 Rg5 39. g7 $18) 38. Kd1 Rxb2 39. f6 c3 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Nxa5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15.
Ne5 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Qxa6 19. Rxa6 Ne7 20. Nd3 Bd2 21.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Ng3 Ne4 23. Nf1 Kd8 24. f3 Bxe3+ 25. Nxe3 Ned6 26. Nc2 Re8 27.
Ncb4 Nb5 28. Nc6+ Kc7 29. Ndb4 Ne7 30. Kf2 Nxc6 31. Rxc6+ Kb7 {[#] Annдhernd
ausgeglichene Position mit weiЯen Bauernschwдchen, die Schwarz im weiteren
Verlauf zu riskant auf Gewinn spielt und dann verliert.} 32. Ke3 Ra8 33. Rc5
Nd6 34. Kd3 Ra1 35. Nc6 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rb1 37. Nd8+ Kb8 38. Rc2 Nb5 39. Rd2 Nd6
40. Rc2 h5 41. Kf2 h4 42. g4 Rd1 43. Kg2 Nb5 44. Nxf7 Nxd4 45. Rc3 Ne2 (45...
Rd2+ 46. Kh3 Rxb2 47. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 48. Kg5 Rh3 49. Ne5 Rh6 50. f4 $11 {z.B.} Ne2
51. Nd7+ Kb7 52. Re3 {[%cal Re3e2,Re3e6,Rd7c5]}) 46. Rb3+ Kc7 47. Kh3 d4 {
Riskant, weil es wegen der schwachen schwarzen Bauern keine echte Gewinnchance
darstellt.} (47... Nd4 $11) (47... Rd2 $11) 48. Kxh4 {Der aktive weiЯe Kцnig
liefert ein beachtliches Gegenargument.} Nc1 49. Ra3 d3 50. Ne5 Kd6 51. f4 Kd5
52. Kg5 d2 53. Ra5+ Ke4 54. Ra4+ Ke3 55. Ra6 Re1 (55... Rh1 56. Nc4+ Kd3 57.
Nxd2 Kxd2 58. Rxe6 Rxh2 59. Re7 $16 {(mindestens!)}) 56. Nc4+ Kd3 57. Nxd2 Kxd2
58. Ra7 Nd3 59. Rxg7 Ke3 (59... Nxb2 $142) 60. f5 $1 exf5 $2 (60... e5 {
war erforderlich}) 61. Re7+ $18 Kd4 62. Rxe1 Nxe1 63. Kxf5 Nf3 64. g5 1-0

[Event "Boskovic Memorial"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 h6
9. O-O Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. a4 Bf6 15. Bd6
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 exd4 19. Bg6 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qxf7+
Kh8 22. Qxb7 a5 23. Rae1 axb4 24. Qxb4 Rb8 25. Qd2 Rxc5 26. Qf4 Qf8 27. Bd3 Re8
28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Rb1 Re5 30. g3 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kg2 {[#] Starker
a-Freibauer, Mattgefahr. Der dunkle Punkt bei Zug 51} Qe5 33. Qf3 Qc5 (33...
Qe6 34. a5 $18) 34. Qe4 Qd5 $8 (34... Kg8 35. Qe8+ Qf8 36. Bc4+ $18) 35. Qxd5
cxd5 36. a5 Be5 37. a6 Bb8 38. Kf3 Kg8 39. Kg4 Kf7 40. Kh5 Ba7 41. f4 Bc5 42.
g4 Kf6 43. h4 Kf7 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5 Ba7 46. Kg4 Ke6 47. h5 Bb8 48. Kf3 Ba7
49. Ke2 Bb8 50. Kd1 Ba7 {[#]} (50... Kd7 51. h6 gxh6 52. gxh6 {kцnnte die
tatsдchliche Zugfolge gewesen sein.} Kc6 $140 53. a7 Bxa7 54. h7 $18) 51. h6 {
Das gewinnt nicht, und ich glaube nicht, dass Beliavsky wirklich so gezogen
hat.} (51. Kc2 $1 Z0 52. Kb3 Z0 53. Ka4 Z0 54. Kb5 Z0 55. Kc6 Z0 56. Kb7 Bc5
57. a7 $18) 51... gxh6 52. gxh6 (52. gxh6 Kf7 53. Kc2 Kg8 54. Kb3 Kh8 55. Ka4
Kg8 56. Kb5 Kh8 57. Kc6 Kg8 58. Kb7 Bc5 59. a7 Bxa7 60. Kxa7 $11) 1-0

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Simic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Qa5 8. Nxd7
Bxd7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 b5 11. c5 Qc7 12. Bd3 e5 13. Bf5 e4 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.
O-O Bg7 16. f3 f5 17. Qf2 O-O 18. Ne2 Rae8 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Ng3 Re6 21. Nf5
Rg6 22. Qf4 Kh8 23. Rf2 Bf6 24. g4 {[#]} Rxg4+ 25. Qxg4 Rg8 26. Qxg8+ Kxg8 27.
Raf1 Be7 28. Rg2+ Kf8 29. Nh6 Ke8 30. Rg8+ Bf8 31. Rxf7 Qxf7 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 {
[#] aktiver wT+K gegen passiven sK und wenig beweglichen sL, schwarze
Bauernschwдchen} 33. Rg5 a5 34. Rf5+ Kg7 35. Kg2 Be7 36. Kg3 Bd8 37. Kg4 Bc7
38. Rg5+ Kf7 39. Kf5 Bxh2 40. Rh5 Bg1 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 (41... Kg8 42. Rc7 Bxe3 43.
Rxc6 Bxd4 44. Ke6 e3 45. Kxd5 Bxb2 46. Re6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 O-O 17. e5 Be7 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. Rg3 Rc6 20. Nf4 Qd8 21. Bc1 Nf8
22. Nh5 Ng6 23. f4 Qd7 24. f5 exf5 25. Bg5 Rac8 26. Kh2 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Rc1 28.
Qf3 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Rc2 30. a4 h6 31. Rg3 bxa4 32. Qxa6 Kh7 33. bxa4 f4 34. Rf3
Qf5 35. Qd3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Ra2 {[#] Tactic: pawn breakthrough. [#] Taktik:
Bauerndurchbruch.} 37. Rb3 $1 Rxa4 38. Rb7 Rxd4 $2 (38... Nf8 $1 39. Rxf7 (39.
Nxf4 Ne6 $11) 39... Ne6 40. Nxf4 Kg8 41. Rf5 Nxd4 42. Rh5 $11) (38... Kh8 $5 {
also defuses White's idea of a breakthrough. entschдrft ebenfalls die weiЯe
Durchbruchsidee}) 39. e6 $3 Re4 (39... Rd2 40. exf7 f3 41. Nf6+ $3 $18) 40.
exf7 Re6 $2 (40... Nf8 $142 41. Rb8 g5 42. Rxf8 Kg6 {presents White with
technical problems either after beschert WeiЯ technische Probleme sowohl nach}
43. Rd8 ({or after als auch bei} 43. Rh8 Kxf7 44. Rxh6 Ke7) 43... Kxf7 44. Rxd5
Kg6 45. g4 fxg3+ 46. Nxg3 Re6) 41. Rb8 $5 (41. Nxf4 $5 Rf6 42. Nxd5 Rf5 43. Ne3
Rf6 44. Ng4 Rf5 {also lacks final clarity. entbehrt auch der letzten Klarheit})
41... Re4 $2 (41... Re7 $142 42. f8=Q Nxf8 43. Rxf8 g5 44. Rd8 Kg6 45. g4 fxg3+
46. Nxg3 Re5 47. Rd6+ Kg7 48. Kg2 $16 {see note to move 40. siehe Anmerkung
zum 40.Zug}) 42. Rg8 $1 {with mate to follow quickly. und Matt in wenigen Zьgen
} 1-0

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Betko, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 g6 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Qd8 14. Nd2 Na5 15.
Qb4 Bf5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Qd7 18. a5 Rfe8 19. Ra4 e5 20. Bg3 exd4 21. cxd4
Bf8 22. Ra2 Qc6 23. Rb2 Re7 24. Bf3 Rd7 25. Qa2 Bd3 26. Rd1 Bc4 27. Qa1 Re8 28.
Rc1 Qf6 29. Bg4 Rde7 30. Qb1 Bb5 31. Be2 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 Rd7 33. Rb2 Ba3 34. Rb6
Qf5 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Rcb1 Rc8 37. Kf1 Rc1+ 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 {[#] Soll der
schlecht stehende Lc1 befreit werden, landet Schwarz in einem angesichts
seiner Streuselkuchenbauern sehr schlechten Turmendspiel} 39. Bd6 f4 (39... Bd2
40. Bb4 Bxb4 41. Rxb4 Rc7 42. Ke2 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. Rxb7 Rxa5 45. Ra7 Kf8
46. g3 Ke8 47. Kf4 Ra2 48. f3 Rxh2 49. Rxa6 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]}) 40. Ke2 (40.
exf4 Bd2 41. Bb4 Bxf4) 40... fxe3 41. fxe3 Rd8 42. Bc5 Re8 43. Rb3 f5 44. Rc3
Bb2 45. Rc2 Ba1 46. g3 {[%cal Re2d3,Rc2a2]} f4 47. gxf4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Re6 49. Rc1
Bb2 50. Rb1 Bc3 51. Rxb7+ Kg6 52. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 4th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Ne2 Bd6 10. Ng3 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. Bb2
Qf6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Rfc8 20. Qb1 g6 21. Nf4 Qe7
22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Qe8 24. Rc2 g5 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Nfd3 f6 27. Nf3 Kf7 28.
Kh1 a5 29. Qd1 Kg6 30. Nd2 a4 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Nc5 Bb8 33. Kg1 Qc7 34. f4 exf3
35. Qxf3 Qh2+ 36. Kf2 Qh1 37. Nd3 Bg3+ 38. Ke2 Qb1 39. e4 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 dxe4 41.
Qxe4+ Kh6 42. Qe2 Qb1+ 43. Nc1 Nd5 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Ba3 Kg7 46. Qd3 Qb7 47.
Ne2 Bf4 48. Kg1 Ne3 49. Nxf4 gxf4 50. d5 Qxd5 51. Qxd5 Nxd5 {weniger Springer
mit Mehrbauer. Strategischer Plan ist das Auflцsen des Doppelbauern unter
Schaffung der Bauernschwдche h3.} 52. Bd6 Kf7 53. a3 Ke6 54. Bf8 Ke5 55. Kf2
Ke4 56. Bd6 Ne3 57. Be7 Nd1+ 58. Ke2 Nc3+ 59. Kf2 Nd5 60. Bd6 Nb6 61. Be7 Kf5
62. Kf3 Nc4 63. Bf8 Ne5+ 64. Kf2 f3 $1 65. gxf3 Ng6 66. Bb4 (66. Bd6 Nf4 67.
Bxf4 Kxf4 $19) 66... Nf4 67. Bc3 Nxh3+ 68. Kg2 Nf4+ 69. Kh2 Ne2 70. Bb2 Kg5 71.
Kg2 f5 72. Kf2 h3 $1 73. Be5 f4 74. Bd6 Nd4 75. Be5 h2 76. Kg2 Nxf3 77. Bd6 Kf5
78. Bb8 Ke4 79. Bc7 Ne5 80. Bd6 (80. Kxh2 Nc4 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Gd6]}) 80... Ng4
0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. Ng5 h6
9. Nge4 b4 10. Nb1 Ba6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Be2 Qb6 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3
Nd7 16. O-O f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nbd2 f5 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. Nxc4 Qc7 21. Ne5 Bxe2
22. Nxe2 Ng4 23. Nf4 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rh6 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Nxe6 Qxe5 27. Nd4 Qe4
28. Qg3 Qg4 29. Qe5 Qe4 30. Qg7 Bf8 31. Qb7 Rd8 32. Nxf5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Qxf5 34.
Qb8+ Ke7 35. Rf1 Qg5 36. Qxf8+ {[#] Mattjagd} Kd7 37. Rf7+ Ke6 38. Qe8+ Kd5 39.
Qd7+ Kc4 (39... Rd6 40. e4+ Kxe4 (40... Kc5 41. Rf5+ Qxf5 42. Qxa7+ $18) 41.
Qxd6 Qe3+ 42. Rf2 $18) 40. Rf4+ (40. b3+ $1 Kxb3 (40... Kc3 41. Qd4+) 41. Qd3+
Kxa4 42. Rxa7+ Qa5 43. Qc2+ Kb5 44. Qf5+ c5 45. Qd7+ $18) 40... Kb3 41. Qd3+
Ka2 42. Rxb4 Rg6 43. g3 c5 44. Rb3 Qe5 45. Ra3+ Kxb2 46. Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
f4 O-O 16. Rc6 Rc8 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rc1 Rxc6 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20. Bc3 Ba3 21. Rc2
Rc7 22. Bb4 Rxc6 23. Nxc6 Qe8 24. Bxa3 h5 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Rc6 Nfd7 27. Kh2 Qd8
28. Ng1 a5 29. Nf3 f6 30. Bd6 a4 31. Bb4 axb3 32. axb3 Nb8 33. Rxe6 Nc8 34.
Nxc8 Qxc8 {[#] Zusammenspiel von Dame und Springer gegen den weiЯen Kцnig
begьnstigt durch schwaches weiЯes Spiel.} 35. f5 $6 (35. Rb6 $11) (35. Rd6 $11)
35... Nc6 (35... Qc2 $142 {[%csl Rb3,Rf5]}) 36. Bc5 Nd8 37. Rd6 Nf7 38. Re6 $6
(38. Rxd5 $5 Qe8 $1 {[%csl Re3]}) 38... Nh6 $17 39. e4 dxe4 40. Rxe4 Nxf5 41.
b4 Qb8+ 42. Kg1 Qa8 43. Re1 h4 44. Kf2 Qd5 45. Ra1 g5 46. Ra7+ Kg6 47. Ra6 {
Aktivitдt zur Unzeit - der Turm wird bei der Verteidigung des Kцnigs fehlen.}
Qe4 $6 (47... Ng3 48. Ne5+ Kh5 $19 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg3e4]}) 48. Kg1 (48. Ne5+
$132) 48... Qb1+ 49. Kh2 Ng3 ({Viel stдrker war} 49... Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3g2,
Re3f1]} 50. Re6 Nxg2 $140 51. Kxg2 Qa2+ $19) 50. Ng1 Qe4 51. Nf3 (51. Ra2 $142)
51... Qb1 52. Ng1 Nf1+ 53. Kh1 Qe1 54. Bd6 {[%csl Gg3,Gh2]} (54. Ra2 Qg3 55.
Nf3 Ne3 $19 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2]}) 54... Ne3 ({genauer war} 54... Qd2 55. Ra2 $141)
55. Be5 Qd2 {[%csl Rg2]} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bd2
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. Bf3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rfd1 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd3 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Nd4 Qb8 21. g3
Bc4 22. Qa4 Ne4 23. Be1 Nc5 24. Qc2 b3 25. axb3 Nxb3 26. Rab1 Nxd4 27. exd4 Bb3
28. Qd3 Bf6 29. Rdc1 Ba2 30. Ra1 Bc4 31. Qd2 Ra6 32. Rcb1 a4 33. Qd1 Qb5 34.
Bc3 h6 35. h4 Be2 36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37. Qf1 Rae6 38. Re1 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 Qxf1+ 40.
Kxf1 Rxe1+ 41. Kxe1 {[#] Der "schlechte" Lдufer} h5 $1 {[%cal Rg8h7,Rh7g6,
Rg6f5]} 42. Kd2 Kh7 43. Ke3 g5 44. hxg5 Bxg5+ 45. Kd3 {Die Alternative 45.f4
sieht schlecht aus, ist aber im Sinne eines Festungsbaues nicht von der Hand
zu weisen.} (45. f4 Bd8 46. f5 (46. Bb4 Kg6 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Bc5 Ba5 49. Bd6 Bd2
50. Bc5 Bc1 51. Ba3 f6 $22) (46. Bd2 Kg6 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Be1 Bb6 49. Bf2 Ba5 {
[%csl Rb2][%cal Ra5d2,Rd2c1]} 50. Be3 Be1 {[%csl Rg3]} 51. Bc1 $8 Ke6 52. Kg2
Kd7 (52... f5 53. Kh3 (53. Be3 Kd7 54. Kh3 Kc6 55. Kh4 Kb5 56. Kxh5 Bxg3 57.
Kg5 Kc4 58. Kxf5 Kb3 59. Ke5 Kxb2 60. Kxd5 a3 61. Kc4 Be1 (61... Bh4 62. Bd2)
62. d5 Bc3 63. d6 a2 64. d7 $11)) 53. Kh3 Kc6 54. Kh4 Kb5 55. Kxh5 Bf2 56. g4
Bxd4 57. g5 Kc4 58. f5 Kb3 59. g6 fxg6+ 60. fxg6 Kc2 61. Bh6 Bxb2 62. g7 Bxg7
63. Bxg7 a3 64. Kg4 Kd3 65. Ba1 Ke3 $1 $19 {Das ist so knapp, dass eine
Ьberprьfung notwendig ist.}) 46... Kh6 47. Kf4 Bc7+ 48. Kf3 Kg5 $19) 45... Kg6
46. Ba5 f5 47. Kc3 (47. f4 h4 $1 48. gxh4 Bxf4 49. Bd8 Kh5 50. Be7 (50. Ke2 Bc1
$19) 50... Bg3 51. Ke3 Kg4 52. h5 f4+ 53. Ke2 f3+ 54. Ke3 f2 55. Ke2 Kxh5 $19 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd4][%cal Rh5g4,Rg4f5,Rf5e4]}) 47... f4 48. Kb4 fxg3 49. fxg3 Bc1 50.
Ka3 (50. Kxa4 Bxb2 51. Bb6 Kf5 52. Kb5 Ke4 $19) 50... Kf5 51. Bd8 Ke4 52. Be7
Kd3 (52... Kxd4 $2 53. Bf6+ Ke4 54. Kxa4 d4 55. b4 d3 56. Kb3 Kf3 57. Bc3 d2
58. Kc2 Ke2 59. Bxd2 Bxd2 60. b5 Be1 {und da der weiЯe Kцnig abgedrдngt ist,
gewinnt Schwarz mit dem vom "guten" zum "falschen" mutierten Lдufer leicht.})
53. Bd8 Kc2 54. Kxa4 Bxb2 55. Kb5 Kd3 56. Kc5 Ke4 57. Bf6 Ba3+ 58. Kc6 Bb4 59.
Bg7 Bc3 60. Kc5 Be1 61. Be5 Bf2 $22 62. Kd6 Bxd4 63. Bf4 Bf2 64. Ke6 d4 65. Kf6
h4 $1 (65... d3 {[%cal Rf2e3]} 66. Bd2 Bxg3 67. Kg5 Kf3 68. Kxh5 Ke2 69. Bg5
Bf2 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6
9. Ne5 Na5 10. d5 Bd6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. e3 O-O 13. Nf3 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Rd8 15. d6
Rxd6 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bd7 19. Ne5 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxc4 {[#] Das Endspiel hat zwei
interessante Gesichter: a) Dame mit Turm = taktisches Endspiel b)
Damenendspiel = ebenfalls taktisch; in beiden Fдllen wegen der kritischen
Kцnigsstellungen.} h6 25. a5 b5 26. Qc3 Rf8 27. Kf1 Qf3 28. Rd7 Qh3+ 29. Ke1
Rf6 30. Qxc5 Qxh2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qc8 Kg6 {Der Kцnig hilft sich selbst!} 33.
Rd6 (33. Qxa6 $142 $1) 33... Kh5 34. Rxe6 (34. Qxa6 $142) 34... Qh1+ 35. Ke2
Qb1 36. Qe8+ (36. Rxa6 $142 {einmal mehr verweigert WeiЯ das Nehmen auf a6})
36... Kg4 37. Rxf6 Qxb2+ 38. Kf1 Qxf6 39. Kg2 Qd6 40. Qa8 Kh5 41. Qb7 b4 42.
Qb6 Qd5+ 43. Kg3 b3 {Probleme werfen andere Zьge auf.} (43... Qh1 $1 {[%csl
Rf2,Rg4][%cal Rh1g1]} 44. Qe6 $1 (44. Qc5 Qb1 $19 {[%cal Rb4b3]}) 44... g6 $1 {
Kцnigssicherung} 45. Qb3 (45. Qa2 Qd1 $1 $19 {[%csl Gb3,Ge2][%cal Rb4b3]})
45... Qg1+ 46. Kh3 {und Schwarz muss erst noch nachweisen, dass er gewinnen
kann.} Qg4+ ({denn} 46... Qxf2 47. Qd1+) ({oder} 46... g5 47. Qf7# {enden mit
Hilfsmatt.}) 47. Kh2 Qf3 48. Kg1 Qe4 {und die Frage nach dem Gewinn bleibt
offen.}) 44. Qxa6 $1 {Das spдte Nehmen auf a6 ist immerhin noch gut fьr das
Remis.} Qd1 45. Qb5 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qh1+ 47. Kg3 Qb1 48. a6 b2 49. a7 Qg1+ 50. Kh3
Qh1+ 51. Kg3 b1=Q 52. Qxb1 Qxb1 53. a8=Q Qg1+ 54. Qg2 Qxg2+ 55. Kxg2 {und das
Bauernendspiel bleibt remis} Kg6 56. f3 Kf6 57. e4 Ke6 58. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 5th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2001.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 h6 7. Bd2 Be6 8. a5 g5
9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Na4 g4 12. Nh4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb6 Nd3+ 15.
Bxd3 cxd3 16. Qa4+ Rc6 17. O-O Bg7 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21.
Qf4 e6 22. Bc3 Nd5 23. Qxg4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ne7 25. Rb1 c5 26. Nf3 Nc6 27. Qg7
Rf8 28. Ne5 Qd6 29. Nxc6 d2 30. Nd4 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxd4 32. cxd4 Kd7 33. Kf1 Rb8
34. Rd1 Rb5 35. Rxd2 Rxa5 36. Ke2 Ra1 {[#] Dieses Endspiel wird herunter
gearbeitet bis zum Typ Turm + Bauern e,f,g gegen Turm + Bauern f,h. Genau
dieses Endspiel nach dem 56.Zug ist vielleicht am ehesten zu gewinnen.} 37. g4
a5 38. h4 a4 39. Rb2 Ke7 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Kf3 a3 42. Ra7 Kg6 43. Ke4 Kf6 44.
Kf4 Ra2 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. Ke4 a2 47. Kf4 h5 48. g5+ Kg6 49. Ke5 Rh1 50. Rxa2 Rxh4
51. f4 Rh1 52. Ra6 h4 53. d5 Re1 54. e4 h3 55. Ra2 (55. dxe6 f6+ $1 56. gxf6 h2
57. e7 Rxe4+ $1 58. Kxe4 h1=Q+ 59. Ke5 Qh5+ 60. Kd6 Kf7 61. Ra8 Qd1+ 62. Kc7
$11) 55... exd5 56. Kxd5 Rh1 57. Ke5 Kg7 $6 (57... Rg1 58. Ra6+ Kg7 59. Rh6 Rg3
(59... f6+ 60. Kf5 fxg5 61. fxg5 Rf1+ 62. Ke6 Rh1 63. e5 h2 $11) 60. Kf5 Re3
61. e5 Rg3 62. Rh4 Kg8 63. Kf6 Ra3 64. f5 Ra6+ 65. e6 fxe6 66. fxe6 Ra3 {
Gewinn oder Remis? Analyse!}) 58. f5 $2 ({Die bessere Idee ist es, den Kцnig
nach f5 zu stellen, um so alle Bauern zu schьtzen.} 58. Ra3 $1 Kg6 59. Rg3 Kg7
60. Kf5 $1 Kf8 61. e5 h2 62. Rg2 Ke7 (62... Kg7 63. Rf2 Kf8 64. Kf6 $18) 63.
Rf2 Kf8 64. Kf6 Kg8 65. f5 Kf8 66. Ra2 Ke8 (66... Kg8 67. Ra8+ Kh7 68. g6+ fxg6
69. fxg6+ Kh6 70. Rh8#) 67. g6 fxg6 68. e6 $18) 58... h2 59. Rb2 Rg1 60. Rxh2
Rxg5 {[#] Ob diese Stellung zu gewinnen ist? Vergleichen Sie dazu bitte
74ENDCBM (Endspiel Grivas-Naumann/Korfu)} 61. Kd6 Rg4 62. e5 Ra4 63. f6+ Kg6
64. Rc2 Ra8 65. Rg2+ Kf5 66. Rf2+ Kg6 67. Rg2+ Kf5 68. Ke7 Ra7+ 69. Kf8 Kxe5
70. Kg7 {Auch diese Position gab es in dem erwдhnten Vergleichsendspiel, in
dem Schwarz lediglich infolge eines Fehlers verlor.} Ke6 71. Re2+ Kf5 72. Re7
Ra6 73. Rxf7 {Der Bauer ist erobert, doch es geht nicht weiter, da die weiЯen
Figuren aneinander klumpen.} (73. Rb7 Rc6 74. Rb5+ Ke6 75. Rb7 Kf5 $11) 73...
Kg5 74. Rf8 Rb6 75. Rf7 (75. f7 Rg6+ 76. Kh7 Rh6+ $11) 75... Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Na6 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. Na2 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxb4 Qxb4 14. Qc2 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qc5 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Bd3 h6 19. cxd5 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Bxd3 21.
Rxd3 cxd5 22. Kf1 Rfc8 23. Rdc3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rb8 25. Rb3 Kf8 26. Rb5 Ke7 27.
b4 axb4 28. a5 Kd7 29. axb6 Kc6 30. Rxb4 Rxb6 31. Rg4 g6 32. Rf4 Rb7 33. g4 Re7
(33... Kc5 34. h4 g5 35. Rf6 gxh4 36. Rxh6 d4 {war der bessere weil aktivere
Weg}) 34. h4 g5 35. Rf6 gxh4 36. Kg2 Kd7 37. Rxh6 Re8 38. Rh7 Ke7 39. g5 Rg8
40. f4 $16 {Die schwarzen Figuren sind nun passiv und harmonieren gar nicht.
Zieht der Turm auf der 8.Reihe folgt g6 und bei Ke8 kommt der Turm nicht von
g8 weg.} Kf8 41. Kh3 Ke7 42. Kxh4 Ke8 43. Kg4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg4f3,Gf3e2,
Ge2d2,Gd2d3,Gd3c3,Gc3b4,Gb4c5,Gc5b6,Gb6c7,Gc7b7,Gb7c6,Gc6c7,Gc7d6,Gd6e7,Ge7f8]
[%mdl 4128] Umgehung durch den weiЯen Kцnig!} Ke7 44. Kf3 Ke8 45. Ke2 Ke7 46.
Kd2 Kf8 47. Kd3 Ke8 48. Kc3 Kf8 49. Kb4 Ke8 50. Kc5 Ke7 51. Kb6 Rb8+ 52. Kc7
Rg8 53. Kb7 Ke8 54. Kc6 Ke7 55. Kc7 $22 {Die Umgehung (Teil I) ist beendet} Rg6
56. Rh8 Rg7 57. Kc6 Rg6 58. Ra8 Rg7 59. Ra7+ Kf8 60. Kd6 Kg8 61. Ra8+ Kh7 62.
Ke7 Kg6 63. Rh8 {Umgehung (Teil II) entscheidet die Partie.} (63. Rh8 Kf5 64.
Kf8 Rg6 65. Kxf7 $19) 1-0

[Event "Nordic-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Bxf5 exf5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qd3 g6 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Qb6 15.
Rfc1 Ke7 16. Rc2 Rhc8 17. Rac1 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Qb7 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Nf4 Ke8 21.
Qd1 Rc7 22. Qc1 Qc8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxc7 Bxc7 25. f3 a5 26. Nxd7 Kxd7 27. Nd3
h5 28. Bc1 h4 29. Bd2 Nh5 30. Be1 g5 31. Bd2 f6 32. Be1 f4 33. Bd2 fxe3 34.
Bxe3 Ng7 35. Bf2 Nf5 36. Nc1 Bf4 37. Ne2 Bd2 38. g3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Nd6 40. g4 f5
41. gxf5 Nxf5 42. Kf1 Ne3+ 43. Bxe3 Bxe3 44. Kg2 Ke6 45. Kg3 Kf5 46. Kg2 g4 47.
Kg3 Bd2 48. Kf2 Bf4 49. Ng3+ Kg5 50. Ne2 Bc7 51. fxg4 Kxg4 {[#] Freibauernduell
} 52. Nc1 Bg3+ (52... Kf4 53. Nd3+ Ke4 54. Nc5+ Kxd4 55. Ne6+ Kc3 56. Nxc7 Kxb3
57. Nxd5 Kxa4 58. Ke2 $11) 53. Kg2 Bf4 54. Nd3 Be3 55. Ne5+ Kf4 56. Nc6 Ke4 57.
Nxa5 Bxd4 (57... Kxd4 58. Nc6+ (58. Kf3 Kd3 59. Nc6 Bc5 60. a5 Kc2 $19) 58...
Kc3 59. Ne7 d4 60. Nd5+ Kxb3 61. a5 $11 {denn Springer und Kцnig beherrschen
den Lдufer} Kc4 62. a6 b3 {sichert Schwarz das Remis}) 58. Nc6 Bc5 59. a5 Kd3
60. Kf3 Kc2 61. a6 Kxb3 62. Ke2 Kc3 63. Kd1 b3 64. Kc1 d4 65. a7 Bxa7 66. Nxa7
d3 67. Nb5+ Kb4 68. Kb2 Kxb5 69. Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 $1
(8. Qxf3 e5 $1 $36) 8... Nbd7 9. f4 e6 10. c5 $14 Ng8 $5 $146 (10... g6 11. Bd3
Nh5 12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc2 (13. Nxb5 $5) 13... Bg7 $13 {Sakaev,K-Rublevsky,S/St.
Petersburg zt/1993}) 11. Bb2 Ne7 12. a4 Nf5 $6 (12... b4) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Na2
(14. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qc8 17. Bc3 Be7 18. Qa4 $36) 14... g6
15. Nb4 Qc8 16. Kd2 (16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qa1 Qb7 18. Qa6 Qxa6 19. Nxa6 Bg7 $13)
16... Be7 (16... Bg7 {/\ Nc5}) 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qa1 Qb7 20. Qa6
Qxa6 21. Nxa6 Ra8 22. Nb4 Bf6 23. Nxc6 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bxb2 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Kd3
Kf8 27. Nd4 b4 $10 28. f3 Rc8 29. Rh2 Bc3 30. Rc2 Rxc5 31. Ne2 Ke7 32. Nxc3
bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rb5 34. Rc7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bd6 (9... Bb7) 10. Nc6 Qb6 11. a4 $1 Bb7 (11... Qxc6 $2 12. Ne4 (
12. Nxb5 Bc5 $13) 12... Qb6 13. a5 Qb8 14. Rxc8+ $1 $18) (11... b4 $1 12. a5
Qb7 $8 (12... Qxc6 $2 13. Ne4 $18) (12... Qc7 $2 13. Na2 $18) 13. Na4 (13. Na2
b3 14. Nab4 Nb8 15. Bd3 (15. Nxb8 $2 Bxb4 16. Nxa6 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Rxa6 $17)
15... Nxc6 16. Nxc6 O-O 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ne5 $13) 13... Ne4 14. Bd3 $14) 12.
axb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bxc6 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Bb5 $1 {An ingenious idea!} Bxb5 16.
Bb4 Kd8 $2 (16... Qxd6 $8 17. Bxd6+ Kxd6 18. Qd2 $1 (18. Qb3 $2 Bc4 19. Qb4+
Kc7 20. Qe7 (20. b3 Rhb8 21. Qc3 Ra3 $17) 20... Rhb8 21. Qxf7 Rxb2 22. Qxe6 Kd8
$1 $17) 18... Ra4 19. f3 (19. b3 Ne4 20. Qb2 Ra6 21. f3 Nef6 22. Qd2 Bc6 23.
O-O $14) 19... Bc4 20. e4 $1 $14) 17. Nxf7+ $16 Ke8 18. Nd6+ (18. Nxh8 Ba4 19.
Qxa4 $1 (19. Qd2 $2 Ne4 20. Bc5 Nxd2 21. Bxb6 Nb3 $17) 19... Rxa4 20. Rc8+ Qd8
21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Ba3 (22. Nf7+ Ke8 $1 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Ba3 Rxa3 25. Nc8+ Kd8
26. bxa3 Kxc8 $13) 22... Ke8 23. Ke2 Rc4 24. f3 $16) 18... Kd8 19. f3 Bc4 20.
Qd2 Ra4 21. Nf7+ $2 (21. Bc5 $1 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qc7 (22... Qxc5 23. Nb7+ $18) 23.
Nxc4 $16) 21... Ke8 22. Bc5 Qxc5 $44 23. dxc5 Kxf7 24. b3 Bxb3 25. c6 Ne5 26.
O-O Bc4 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Nxc6 29. Qb2 Rb8 30. Qa3 Ne7 31. Qa7 Rd8 32. Qb6
Rd7 33. Kf2 h5 34. Ra8 Nf5 35. Qc5 Rb7 36. Ra7 Rxa7 37. Qxa7+ Ne7 38. Qc7 Bd3
39. Ke1 Bb5 40. Kd2 Bf1 41. Qg3 Nf5 42. Qf2 Bb5 43. Qe1 e5 44. Qc1 e4 45. Qc7+
Kg6 46. Qf4 Bd7 47. Ke1 Kf7 48. Kf2 Ke6 49. h4 Nd6 50. Kg1 Nc4 51. Qg5 Kf7 52.
Kf2 Nb2 53. Qg3 Bb5 54. Qc7+ Kg6 55. Qg3+ Kf7 56. Qc7+ Kg6 57. Qg3+ Kh7 58. Qb8
Nd3+ 59. Ke2 Bd7 60. Qd6 Bf5 61. Kd2 Bg6 62. Ke2 Nb2 63. Qb6 Nc4 64. Qc7 Bf5
65. Kf2 Be6 66. Qe7 Bg8 67. Qc7 Kh8 68. Qb8 Kh7 69. Qc7 Be6 70. Qe7 Bd7 71. Ke2
Ba4 72. Qe6 Bc2 73. Qf5+ Kg8 74. Qe6+ Kh8 75. Qc8+ Kh7 76. Qf5+ Kg8 77. Qe6+
Kf8 78. Kf2 Ba4 79. Qc8+ Ke7 80. Qc7+ Bd7 81. Qg3 Kf7 82. Qc7 Na3 83. Qc5 Nb5
84. Ke1 Ke8 85. Kf2 Kf7 86. Ke1 g6 87. Kf2 Ke6 88. Kg3 Nd6 89. Kf4 Bb5 90. Qd4
exf3 91. gxf3 Nd7 92. Qg7 Bd3 93. Qg8+ Ke7 94. Qxd5 Bf5 95. Qd4 Nf8 96. Qb4 Nd7
97. e4 Bxe4 98. fxe4 Nf6 99. Kg5 Nfxe4+ 100. Kxg6 Ng3 101. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 $1
Nbd7 9. f4 bxc4 $146 10. bxc4 dxc4 $5 11. Bxc4 e6 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. O-O (13. Qa4
Nd5 14. Rc1 $14) 13... O-O 14. Ne4 (14. Rb1) (14. a3) 14... a5 15. Bxb4 axb4
16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $10 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Ra5 19. Rab1 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Be2 c5
$1 (8... e6 9. O-O c5 10. Nbd2 c3 11. bxc3 bxc3 12. Nb1 $10 {Salov,V-Huebner,R,
Dortmund 1992, 54/360}) 9. O-O (9. Ne5 e6 10. Bf3 Nd5 11. e4 Nf6 $17) 9... Nc6
10. dxc5 Na5 $1 11. Nbd2 e6 12. b3 (12. Qc2 $2 Qd5 $17) 12... Bxc5 13. Bb2 (13.
Nxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nxb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rdxc1 O-O $15) (13. bxc4 $13) 13... c3
14. Bxa6 cxb2 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. Rb1 a6 17. Be2 Qb6 18. Rxb2 Nd5 $15 {>< c3} 19.
Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Nc3 21. Qc2 Qc7 22. Qc1 Rhd8 23. Rd2 a5 24. Qc2 g6 25. Rc1
Bd6 26. g3 Be5 27. Bf1 h5 28. Bc4 Qc5 29. h4 Bf6 30. Bf1 Rac8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32.
Nd2 Rc8 33. Nc4 g5 34. hxg5 Qxg5 35. Qh7 Rh8 36. Qd3 Rd8 37. Qh7 Rh8 38. Qd3
Qc5 39. Rc2 Rd8 40. Qh7 h4 41. gxh4 Rh8 42. Qd3 Rd8 43. Qh7 Rh8 44. Qd3 Rg8+
45. Bg2 Rd8 46. Qh7 Rh8 47. Qd3 Rd8 48. Qh7 Nxa4 49. Ra2 Nb2 50. Nxa5 Qc1+ 51.
Kh2 Rh8 52. Nc6+ Qxc6 53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. Qxh8 Bxh8 55. Bxc6 Kxc6 56. Rxf7 Nd3 57.
h5 Nc5 58. h6 Nxb3 59. Rf8 Be5+ 60. f4 Bb2 61. e4 Nc5 62. e5 Nd7 63. h7 Nxe5
64. fxe5 Bxe5+ 65. Kg2 b3 66. h8=Q Bxh8 67. Rxh8 Kc5 68. Kf2 Kc4 69. Ke2 b2 70.
Rb8 Kc3 71. Kd1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 (7. e3 g6
8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 $14 {Maksimenko,
A-Khmelnitsky,I, Kherson 1989}) (7. Be3 Qc7 8. g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11.
Qd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 $13 {Pinter,J-Haba,P, Thessaloniki ol 1988}) 7... g6 (7...
e5 $5 8. dxe5 (8. e3) 8... Nxc5 (8... Bxc5 $4 9. g4 $18) 9. e3 g6 10. Nd4 Be7
11. Be2 Ng7 12. O-O O-O $13 {Zlotnik,B-Velicka,P, Groningen op 1991}) 8. h3
$146 (8. Qc1 Bg7 9. Bh6 O-O 10. Bxg7 (10. g4 Nhf6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qf4 (12. h4
Nxg4 13. h5 e5 14. Bh3 Ndf6 $13) 12... b6 {Khmelnitsky}) 10... Nxg7 11. b4 e5
$1 {Aseev,K-Khmelnitsky,I,Sibenik 1989, 48/(500)}) 8... Bg7 $6 (8... e5 $1 9.
g4 (9. e3 e4 10. Nh2 f5 $36) 9... Ng7 $13) 9. g4 Nhf6 10. Bf4 h5 11. Rg1 $6 (
11. g5 Ne4 12. e3 $14) 11... hxg4 12. hxg4 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 (13... Nxb6 14. Ne5
) 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. Qa4 Qxa4 (15... Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Ne4 17. e3 c5 18. Nc3 Bb7 $13)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rakvere Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3 e6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3
c5 9. Bxf6 (9. d5 $5 b4 $142 10. Ne4 exd5 $2 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qxd5 $16) (9. e4
cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. O-O-O $14) 9... gxf6 10. e3 (10. d5 $2 b4 11. Ne4 f5 $17)
10... Bb7 11. Be2 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4
f5 16. Qc2 Nb6 $15 {Akopian,A-Khalifman,A/Luzern WChT/1993}) 11... cxd4 12.
exd4 Bg7 13. O-O Nc6 14. a4 Nb4 $1 (14... b4 15. Ne4 $132) 15. Qd2 bxa4 16.
Nxa4 a5 17. Bb5+ Ke7 $15 {>< d5} 18. Be2 Qd6 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Ra3 Nc6 21. Na4 f5
22. Rd1 Rab8 23. Nc3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nxd4 25. Rxa5 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Qxd2 27. Ra7+
Kf6 28. Rxd2 Rhd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Kf1 Rd2 31. Rb7 Kg6 32. Ke1 Rxb2 33. Nb5
Bd4 34. Nd6 Bxf2+ 35. Kf1 Rxb7 36. Nxb7 Bb6 37. Kg2 Bc7 38. Nc5 Bd6 39. Nd3 e5
40. Nf2 Kg5 41. Nh3+ Kf6 42. Ng1 f4 43. Ne2 Ke6 44. Nc3 Bb4 45. Ne4 f5 46. Nf2
Kd5 47. Kf1 e4 48. Ke2 Bc5 49. Nh3 Ke5 50. Ng5 Kf6 51. Nh3 Be3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.13"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. h4 Nxc3 (6... h6 7. Bf4 e6
) (6... f6 7. Bf4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 dxc4) 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e4 $146 (8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2
Nd7 10. a4 $13 {Lutz,C-Bologan,V/Bundesliga/1993}) 8... b5 9. Ne5 $1 Qa5 (9...
f6 $5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qxh8 fxg5 13. hxg5 (13. Qg8 Qd6 14. hxg5
$13) 13... Qa5 14. Kd2 $13) (9... g6 {/\ f6}) 10. Bd2 e6 11. Rh3 {/\ Rf3} (11.
a4 Qc7) 11... Nd7 $1 (11... Bd6 12. Qg4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. h5 $44) 12. Nxd7 (
12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. d5 Bb7 $15) 12... Bxd7 13. Qh5 $2 (13. a4 $44) 13... O-O-O $1
14. Rg3 (14. Bxc4 $2 e5 $17) (14. Qxf7 $5 e5 15. Rg3 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17.
O-O-O Rhf8 $36) 14... f6 $2 (14... g6 $1 15. Qe5 Be7 $17) 15. a4 $44 g6 16. Qd1
Qb6 17. Qb1 Qb7 (17... e5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. Be3 $13) 18. Ra2 c5 19. Rb2 Qc7 (
19... cxd4 20. Bxc4 $40) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rf3 Be7 22. d5 (22. Rxb5 $5) 22...
exd5 23. exd5 Rhe8 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qa1 Bc6 $8 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Kf1 f5 (27...
Rd7 $15) 28. Qa7 $132 Bd6 29. Rb6 Qd5 30. Qa6+ Kc7 31. Qa7+ Kc8 32. Qa6+ Kc7
33. Qa7+ Kc8 34. Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 (7. Be2 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Be7 $14 {ECO}) 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 bxc4 9. bxc4 e5 $1
{After this surprising pawn push white has to play very accurately} 10. Rb1 (
10. dxe5 $2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 $1 (11... Qa5 $2 12. exf6 Bxc3 13. Rd1 $16) (11...
Ne4 $6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd1 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Kc3 $14) 12.
Bxc3 Ne4 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qa5 15. Kd2 Qxa2+ 16. Rc2 Qa5+ 17. Rc3 Nd7 $17)
(10. c5 Nbd7 11. Be2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Bd1 Ne8 $1 15. Ne2 Nc7 16.
Ba4 Nb5 $13 {Pinter,J-Komliakov,V, Manila ol 1992}) 10... Nbd7 {TN} (10... Qa5
11. Qf5 $1 (11. Bd2 Bb4 $15 12. Rxb4) 11... Nbd7 (11... Bb4 $4 12. Qc8+ Ke7 13.
Qb7+ $18) 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qc2 O-O $10 {Gleizerov,E-Berezjuk,E, Katowice op 1992
}) 11. Bd2 $1 Qe7 $1 12. Be2 (12. cxd5 $2 exd4 13. dxc6 Ne5 14. Qf4 dxc3 15.
Bxc3 Nxc6 $17) 12... Qe6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 (14. O-O e4 15. Qg3 h6 $1 {/\ Bd6
}) 14... exd4 15. Nxd5 Rc8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. O-O Be7 (17... Nxe4 $5) 18. e5
$14 (18. Bd3 Qxa2 19. Qe2 $14) 18... Nd7 19. Qb7 Nc5 20. Qa7 h5 21. Rb6 Qd7 22.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Rd1 Rc6 24. Rb4 d3 25. Bf3 Rcc8 26. Rd4+ Ke6 27. Bd5+ Kxe5 28.
Bc3 Kf5 29. Bxf7 Rcd8 30. Rc4 h4 31. Bb4 Kf6 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 Kxf7 34.
Rc7+ Kf6 35. Rc3 Rhe8 36. Rdxd3 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Re2 39. Rf3+ Ke5 40.
a3 Ra2 41. g3 g5 42. g4 Ke4 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Rf6 a5 45. Rf5 a4 46. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 13th"]
[Site "Leibnitz"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6
8. axb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Be7 13. h4 h5 14. Qf4
Bxg5 15. hxg5 Nc6 (15... a5 16. Rb1 $6 Qd5 17. Rh4 Nd7 18. Ba3 O-O-O 19. Bd6 {
19.Qxf7? Nxe5 -/+} Rh7 20. Rh2 $5 f6 $1 21. gxf6 g5 22. Qf3 Qxd6 23. exd6 Bxf3
24. gxf3 {+/= Lematchko,T-Semenova,L [Bad Kissingen izt 1982]}) (15... Na6 16.
Rh4 Rg8 17. g4 hxg4 18. Rh7 Qd7 19. Bg2 $5 Nb4 $1 20. cxb4 Bxg2 21. d5 $5 {
/\ Be3-c5 ~/= Vanheste,J-Brenninkmeijer,J [Hilversum NL-ch 1988]}) 16. Rh4 Rg8
17. g4 hxg4 18. Rh7 Rf8 {/\ 19.Ba3 b4 -/+} 19. Bg2 a5 20. Be4 b4 21. Bxg6 fxg6
22. Qe4 Ne7 {22...Rf7? 23.Qxg6 Qe7 24.Qh5 /\ g6 +-} 23. Qxb7 Rf7 24. Qb5+ {
24.Rh8 Rf8 25.Rh7 Rf7 =} Kf8 25. Rh8+ Ng8 26. Qxc4 Qc8 27. Rxa5 $5 Kg7 (27...
Qxc4 28. Rxa8+ Ke7 29. Rhxg8 {29.Ra7 =} Qc7 $1 {/\ Rh7, /\ Qb7-e4 <=>} 30. d5
$5) 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Rh4 Rxc3 $10 30. Bd2 Rc4 31. Rb5 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7
9. Be2 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Qc2 $146 (11. b4 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. e4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qf6 $1
$132 {Shirov,A-Bologan,V/Bundesliga/1993}) 11... Re8 (11... e5 $5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. dxe5 (13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 $13) 13... Re8 (13... Qe7 $2 14. e6 $1)
14. Rad1 {- game}) 12. Rad1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 (15...
Qe7 $5 $13) 16. e4 Qe7 17. exd5 Bf5 $1 18. Bd3 (18. Qb3 Nxd5 (18... Rxe2 $2 19.
d6 $18) 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. Bf3 $14) (18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qxc5
20. dxc6 (20. d6 $2 Nd5) 20... Qxc6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Lauterberg Bohemia"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1991.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soffer, Ram"]
[Black "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1991.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. Ng5 h6
9. Nge4 b4 10. Nb1 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 $1 12. Qg4 (12. Nxc4 Nxg2+ $17) 12... Nd3+
13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Nd6+ $6 Bxd6 15. Qxg7 Bf8 16. Qxh8 Qxd4 17. O-O Nd7 18. Nf3
Qg4 19. Qh7 {TN} (19. Bxh6 Qh5 20. Bg7 Qxh8 21. Bxh8 Ke7) (19. Bxh6 Qh5 20. Bg7
Qxh8 21. Bxh8 Bh6 22. Bf6 Nxf6 23. exf6 d2 24. Rfd1 Rd8 {-+ Van Wely-Van Der
Sterren, NLD-ch 1991}) 19... Nc5 20. Be3 Nb3 21. Rad1 Qg6 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Nd2
Nxd2 24. Rxd2 b3 25. Rc1 c5 26. Rdd1 c4 $17 27. Bd2 Rb8 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Bc3 Bc5
30. Ke1 Ke7 31. f3 Bg1 32. h3 g5 33. Kf1 Be3 34. Ra1 Bb7 35. Re1 Bc5 36. Rec1
Be3 37. Re1 Bc5 38. Rec1 Bd5 39. Ke1 Be3 40. Bd2 Bd4 41. Bc3 Be3 42. Bd2 Bc5
43. Bc3 Kf7 44. a5 a6 45. Kd2 Kg6 46. Rf1 h5 47. Rae1 Rf8 48. Re3 Kf5 49. g3
Kg6 50. Ree1 Bxf3 51. Ra1 g4 52. h4 Rf5 53. Rae1 Be2 54. Rxf5 Kxf5 55. Ra1 Ke4
56. Ra4 Be3+ 57. Ke1 Kf3 58. Rb4 d2+ 0-1

[Event "Horgen SKA"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bf4
e6 9. Nh4 (9. e3) 9... Bg6 (9... Be4 $5) 10. e3 e5 $1 11. Nxg6 (11. Bh2 $1 $14)
11... hxg6 12. dxe5 $6 (12. Bh2 $1 $14) 12... Nxc5 13. Qc2 Nfe4 $132 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Kb1 (16. f3 Nc5 17. Kb1) 16... Bh4 $1 17. g3 g5 18. gxh4
gxf4 19. Bd3 fxe3 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. fxe3 Qe6 (21... Rxh4 22. Rd6 $13) 22. Qxe4
Rd8 23. Rd4 (23. Rd4 O-O $10 {/\ Rde8}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch46"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "1991.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. Ng5 h6
9. Nge4 b4 10. Nb1 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Qg4 (12. Nxc4 $2 Nxg2+ $17) 12... Nd3+
13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Nd6+ $2 (14. O-O) 14... Bxd6 15. Qxg7 Bf8 $1 16. Qxh8 Qxd4
17. O-O Nd7 18. Nf3 Qg4 19. Bxh6 (19. Qh7 Nc5 20. Be3 Nb3 21. Rad1 Qg6 22. Qxg6
fxg6 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 b3 $1 $17 {Soffer,R-Grьnberg,HU, Bad Lauterberg 1991
}) 19... Qh5 20. Bg7 Qxh8 21. Bxh8 Bh6 22. Bf6 (22. g4 Ke7 23. g5 Rxh8 24. gxh6
c5 $19 {Fiorito,F-Smyslov,V, Buenos Aires 1990}) 22... Nxf6 23. exf6 d2 $19 24.
Rfd1 Rd8 25. h4 Be2 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 c5 28. b3 c4 29. bxc4 b3 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 $146 6. Bf4 (6. Qb3 $1 Ra7 7.
Bf4) 6... Nbd7 7. e3 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 (11. Nh4 Be6)
(11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd2) 11... f6 12. Bh2 e5 13. Qb3 Ra7 $6 (13... Rf7 $1 14.
Qxb7 $140 $2 Ndxc5 $36) 14. Nc3 exd4 15. Nxe4 (15. Nxd4 $2 Nd2) 15... Bxe4 16.
Nxd4 $1 Re8 (16... Nxc5 $2 17. Qa3 {/\ Ne6}) 17. Bd6 g5 18. Bg4 Nf8 19. Bf5
Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Ng6 21. f3 Kh8 22. e4 $1 $16 dxe4 23. Qf7 Rg8 24. Rae1 $1 Qe8 (
24... exf3 25. Nxg7 $18) 25. Qc7 Qc8 (25... Qa8 $1 26. Rxe4 (26. fxe4) 26... b5
27. Qb6 $16) 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxe4 Raa8 28. Rb4 Ra7 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Re3 Kg8
31. Reb3 Rd7 32. Bb8 Ra8 33. Rxb7 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Bf8 35. Bd6 Rd5 36. Bxf8 Rxf5
37. Bd6 Rd5 38. Rc7 Rd2 39. Rbb7 Nh4 40. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m3 playoff"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3
(8... Bh5) 9. Bxf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. a4 Rc8 $6 (12... Qc7) 13.
axb5 axb5 14. c5 e5 15. Bd2 Ra8 16. Na2 $1 Qc7 17. Nb4 exd4 18. exd4 Rfe8 $6 (
18... Qb7 {/\ Ra1, Ra8}) 19. Be3 $6 (19. Ra2 Qb7 20. Rfa1 $16) 19... Nf8 20.
Qb2 (20. Ra2 $1) 20... Qb7 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Ra1 Ne6 23. Ra2 Kf8 24. Qa1 Rxa2
25. Qxa2 $14 Ke8 26. g3 g6 27. Kg2 Bd8 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Bd3 Bf6 30. Nc2 Nb8 31.
f4 Qa6 32. Qxa6 Nxa6 33. f5 Ng7 34. g4 g5 35. Kf3 h6 36. Ke2 Bd8 37. Bd2 Kd7
38. Ne1 f6 39. Nf3 Ne8 40. h4 Kc8 41. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be2 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg3 $146 (11. b4 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 a5 $1 16. a3 Rxe5 17. e4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qf6 $1
$13 {Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/Linares/1994 Shirov,A-Bologan,V/Bundesliga/1993}) 11...
Re8 12. Na4 f6 (12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 $14) 13. Qb3 Kh8 (13... e5 $142)
14. Rad1 Nb5 (14... e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. e4 $14) 15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17.
e4 d4 18. Ne1 $1 Nc7 19. Nd3 (19. f4 $5) 19... Ne6 20. Bg4 Qe7 21. Qc4 Ng5 22.
Rde1 Nf7 23. Qc2 h5 24. Bd1 Rb8 25. b4 Nf8 26. Nb6 Be6 27. Nc4 Nd7 28. Kh1 Rbd8
29. a3 Rf8 30. Na5 Nb8 31. Qd2 h4 32. Bh2 g5 33. Qe2 Bf6 34. Bb3 Kg7 35. Rb1
Bxb3 36. Rxb3 Nh8 37. Qg4 Ng6 38. Rbb1 Qc7 (38... Qc7 39. Nc4 {/\ Nd6 +/-}) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Nf6 7. e3 Ba6 8. Nbd2
$6 (8. Qc2 e6 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Qd5 $1 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Ne4 {= ECO
D15/4}) (8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 c3 $1 11. bxc3 bxc3 12. Nb1 Qa5 13. Ba3
$1 {<=> Knaak,R-Hertneck,G Bundesliga 90/91}) 8... c3 9. bxc3 Bxf1 10. Nxf1
bxc3 11. Ng3 (11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Ng3 e6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Ne2 Bb4 15. Ba3 c5 16.
dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc3 {= Nikolaevskij-Platonav, SU 1971, ECO D15/4
n. 19}) 11... e6 12. a5 $2 (12. Qc2) 12... Nbd7 13. O-O Bb4 $17 14. Qa4 Rb8 15.
Ba3 Qxa5 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Bd6 Rb5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bb4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21.
Rfc1 Rxd4 22. Rxc3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxc6 O-O 25. g3 Nd5 26. Rca3 h5 27.
Rxa7 h4 28. Kg2 g5 29. Ne7+ Nxe7 30. Rxe7 Kg7 31. Raa7 Kg6 32. Rec7 g4 33. gxh4
Rf4 34. Rc5 Rd8 35. Kg3 Rf3+ 36. Kxg4 Rxf2 37. Ra4 f5+ 38. Kg3 Rdd2 39. Rc6 Kf6
40. Raa6 Rg2+ 41. Kf3 Rdf2+ 42. Ke3 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Rc4 Ref2+ 45. Kg3
Rhg2+ 46. Kh3 Rg1 47. Raa4 Rh1+ 48. Kg3 Rfh2 49. Rf4 Rh3+ 50. Kg2 R1h2+ 51. Kg1
Rb2 52. Rf2 Rb8 53. Kg2 Rbb3 54. Re2 Rbg3+ 55. Kf1 Rg8 56. Ke1 Rh1+ 57. Kd2 Rh8
58. Ra6 Rd8+ 59. Kc2 Re8 60. Ra4 Rc8+ 61. Kd2 Rhc1 62. Rb4 R1c2+ 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 (7... e6)
8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 $5 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 $13) 10. O-O (
10. Nxc6 $1 Qc7 11. cxd5 $1 (11. cxb5 axb5 12. Qxb5 Rc8 $19) 11... Nxd5 (11...
exd5 12. e4 $16) 12. Nxd5 Qxc6 (12... exd5 13. e4) 13. e4 $8 Be7 (13... Kd8 14.
Bg5+ f6 15. Rc1 $16) (13... O-O-O 14. Bg5 exd5 15. Rc1 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Bc3 17.
exd5 Qc7 18. d6 $16) 14. Nxe7 Qc3+ 15. Qd2 Qxa1 16. O-O $16) 10... Nxe5 11.
dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Rfd1 (14. Qg4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O 16. Bb4
Re8 17. Bd6 $14) 14... O-O 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Qe7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 $14
Rab8 19. g3 a5 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Nf8 22. Rad1 Qb7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Be3 Rxd3
25. Rxd3 Nd7 26. f4 Kf8 27. Kg2 Ke7 28. Kf3 Rc7 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. h3 f6 31. exf6+
gxf6 32. g4 f5 33. Bf2 Nf8 34. Rd3 Ng6 35. Bg3 Rc1 36. Nb6 Rc6 37. Nc4 a4 38.
gxf5 exf5 39. Ne3 Ke6 40. bxa4 Ra6 41. Rd4 Bc5 42. Rc4 Bd6 43. Nc2 Kd5 44. Ne3+
Ke6 45. Ke2 Rb6 46. Nc2 Rb3 47. Bf2 Rxh3 48. Be3 Rh4 49. a5 Nxf4+ 50. Bxf4 Rxf4
51. Rxf4 Bxf4 52. Nd4+ Kd5 53. a6 Bb8 54. Nxf5 Kc6 55. Kf3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. h3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 O-O
9. Be2 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. b4 Re8 12. Qd2 (12. a4 $6 e5 13. Bg3 exd4 14. exd4
a5 $1 15. Bh4 (15. b5 Nxc5 $17) 15... Bf6 $1 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. b5 Nxc5 $1 $17)
12... e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. e4 a5 $1 17. a3 (17. Qd4
Re8 $13) (17. bxa5 $6 Qe7 $1 18. exd5 Nxd5 $15) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19.
Rxa1 Qf6 $1 {Would you believe that all this (with a slight transposition of
moves) has already been played?} 20. exd5 $6 $146 (20. f4 $2 Rxe4 $17) (20. Rd1
$1 dxe4 21. Qd8+ (21. Qd6 Qe7) 21... Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nxe4
Be6 25. f4 Nc7 26. Nc3 Nd5 $5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Kf2 f6 29. Bg4 {and white won
in Shirov,A-Bologan,V/Bundesliga/1993. But in NIC Magazine 5/93 I claimed that
the ending should be drawn.}) 20... Rxd5 (20... Nxd5 $2 21. Ra8 $16) 21. Qc1 (
21. Qe3) 21... Rd4 22. b5 Kg7 23. bxc6 bxc6 $15 24. Qe3 Ne6 25. Ra8 Bd7 26. Bg4
Nxc5 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. Qe8 Rd3 29. Ne4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. Qxe5+ Nxe5 32. f4
Nd3 33. Ra7 Nxf4 34. Ng5 Rd5 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rxf4 Rxg5 37. Rf6 c5 38. Rc6 Kf7
39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. Rxh7 c4 41. Rc7 Kd5 42. h4 Re5 43. Kg3 Kd4 44. Rd7+ Ke3 45.
Rc7 Re4 46. Rc6 Kd3 47. Kf3 Rd4 48. Rxg6 c3 49. Ra6 c2 50. Ra1 Kc3 51. Rc1 Kd2
52. Rxc2+ Kxc2 53. g4 Kd3 54. h5 Re4 55. g5 Rh4 56. g6 Rxh5 57. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e3 O-O
9. Be2 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg3 e5 $146 (11... Re8 12. Na4 f6 13. Qb3 $14 {
Salov,V-Magem Badals,J/Madrid/1994}) 12. dxe5 Nxc5 (12... Qe7 13. e4 $14 (13.
e6 Nxc5 14. exf7+ Rxf7 $13)) 13. Rc1 N7e6 (13... Qe7 14. Bh4 f6 $13) 14. b4 Nd7
15. e4 d4 16. Nxd4 (16. Na4 $2 b5 $1 17. Nb2 Qb6 $15) 16... Nxd4 (16... Nxe5
17. Nb3 $14) 17. Qxd4 Nxe5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Na4 $14 Be6 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. Rc5 (
21. Rfd1 $1) 21... Rd2 $6 (21... f6 22. f4 Nd3 23. Rc3 Nxb4 24. f5 Bxa2 25.
Bxb8 Rxb8 $13) 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Re8 24. Bf3 Rxa2 25. Bf6 (25. Bc3 Rd8)
25... a5 $1 $44 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Rd1 (27. Rb1 $1) 27... Rb5 28. Nd7 c5 29. Bc3
Rc8 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nxh7+ Ke7 32. Be5 (32. Bf6+ Ke8 33. Be5 c4 34. Nf6+ Kf8
35. Nd5 c3 $1 $132) 32... Rb6 33. Bf6+ Ke8 34. Bc3 Rb3 35. Be5 c4 36. Bd6 $1
Rd3 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. Rxd3 (38. Kf1 $2 Rxd1+ 39. Bxd1 c3 40. Bc2 Bc4+ 41. Ke1
Ra8 $17) 38... cxd3 39. Bb4 Rc2 40. Ba5+ (40. e5 b5 (40... d2 41. Kh2) 41. Ne4
Rb2 42. Ba5+ Ke7 $13) 40... Kc8 41. Ng4 Ra2 (41... d2 $2 42. Ne3) 42. Bc3 (42.
Bb6 $1) 42... Rc2 43. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3 e6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3
c5 9. a4 $1 $146 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bg7 $13 {
Ehlvest,J-Khalifman,A/Rakvere/1993}) 9... cxd4 (9... c4 $2 10. Bxf6 cxd3 (10...
gxf6 11. Qe4 Ra7 12. axb5 $16) 11. Bxd8 Kxd8 12. e3 $16) (9... b4 10. Ne4 Nbd7
$5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ne5 $1 $14) 10. Nxd4 b4 (
10... e5 $6 11. Nf3 Qxd3 12. exd3 b4 13. Bxf6 $1 $16) 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Rd1 Be7 (13... f5 $2 14. Nxf5 $1 Qxd3 15. Nf6+ Kd8 16. Rxd3+ $16) 14. Qf3
b3 $5 (14... Bd5 15. Nf5 $1 Nd7 (15... exf5 $2 16. Qxf5 $16) 16. Ned6+ Bxd6 17.
Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Nf5+ {/\ e4 +/-}) 15. e3 (15. Nc6 $5 Nxc6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. e3
$1 (17. Nxf6+ $4 Kf8 $19) 17... Bb4+ 18. Nc3 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 b2 20. Qe4 $16) (
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxb7 Qa5+ 17. Rd2 Bxd4 18. Qxa8 O-O $44) 15... Qa5+ 16. Ke2
$1 (16. Rd2 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bb4 18. Qxa8 Bxd2+ 19. Ke2 (19. Kd1 O-O $13) 19...
Qb4 $8 20. Nc6 Qc4+ 21. Kxd2 Qc2+ 22. Ke1 Qc1+ 23. Ke2 Qc2+ $10) 16... Kf8 17.
Qf4 Qe5 (17... Qh5+ $6 18. f3 e5 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxe4 21. fxe4 $16) 18.
f3 Qxf4 19. exf4 Kg7 20. f5 (20. Nxb3 Rc8 $44) 20... Nc6 21. fxe6 Nxd4+ 22.
Rxd4 Rhd8 23. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 24. exd7 Rd8 25. Ke3 f5 (25... Rxd7 $13) 26. Ng3 Bc5+
27. Kf4 Bd6+ 28. Kxf5 Rxd7 29. Ne4 (29. Bc4 $2 Rc7 $1 $17) 29... Bc7 30. Bc4
Re7 31. Nc3 Re5+ 32. Kg4 Kh6 33. f4 Re3 34. Bd5 f5+ 35. Kxf5 Bc8+ 36. Kf6 Bxf4
37. Bxb3 (37. Be4 {would have been safer}) 37... Bg5+ 38. Kf7 Bg4 39. Kf8 $8
Be7+ (39... Bh5 40. Bf7) 40. Kg8 Bb4 41. Bf7 Bxc3 42. bxc3 Rxc3 43. Re1 Rc2 44.
Bd5 Rd2 45. Be4 Bh5 46. Rf1 Bg6 47. Bb7 Rd4 48. a5 Ra4 49. Rf6 Rxa5 50. Rxa6
Rh5 51. h3 Re5 52. Ra8 Kg5 53. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 $6 dxc4 $1 7. Bg2 c5 $1
8. O-O $146 (8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 $10 {Bareev,
E-Shirov,A/Groningen/1993}) 8... cxd4 (8... Nc6 9. Ne5 $5 $44 {Shirov}) 9. Nxd4
Bc5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. a5 Nc6 13. Na4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nd4 $1
16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rd1 e5 18. Nexc4 Bg4 $36 19. Rd2 e4 20. h3 Be6 21. Qd1 Nc6 22.
Qa4 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 e3 $1 24. Ndc4 (24. fxe3 Bxh3 $1) 24... exf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qc7
26. Qa3 Nxa5 $1 27. Qxa5 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Qxc4 29. Bxb7 $1 $10 Qb3 30. Bf3 Qe6 31.
Kg2 Rxb2 32. Rf1 g6 33. Ra1 Rxe2+ 34. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37.
Kh2 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 Ne4 40. Qe1 Qb6 41. Rb1 Qc6 42. Qc1 Qd5 43. Kh2
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Manninen, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin Huebner} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 {ECO-Code D
15.} 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 $5 (10. Ne5 Bxe2 11.
Nxe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Nd4 $2 (15. Nf4 $1 O-O 16.
Rc1 Qb6 17. Qg4 {siehe partie}) 15... Qb6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Rc6 $2 Qb7 18. Qc2
Ra7 $1 19. Rc1 $2 (19. f4 Nb8 20. Rc3 b4 21. Rd3 Rc8 $15) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe6
Qxc6 21. Nxf8 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nc4 $1 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Bd4 Rc7 $19
{Krasenkov-Episin/Brno 1994/}) 10... Qb6 $6 {Huebner:Die Dame steht hier
besonders schlecht. Schwarz bekommt sofort erhebliche Schwierigkeiten.} (10...
Bd6 11. Ne5 $1 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Rc8 13. a4 $1 (13. Qd3 O-O 14. Rfc1 Ne4 15. cxd5
$6 (15. f3 $14) 15... cxd5 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Nf4 (19.
Qc6 Qb8 $10) 19... Rc8 $10 {Kislev-Makarov/Elista/chRus/1994/}) 13... bxc4 14.
bxc4 O-O 15. a5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. f3 Nec5 18. Qc2 $16 {Bagaturov,
G-Berezjuk,S/Brno 1994/}) (10... bxc4 $5 11. bxc4 Rb8 12. Rb1 Bg6 13. Bd3 $14)
(10... Be7 {Huebner} 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Rc8 $10) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Bxe2
13. Nxe2 Be7 $6 (13... Bd6 14. Rc1 Qb7 15. Qc2 $14) 14. Rc1 Nxe5 (14... O-O $5
{Huebner} 15. Qc2 $16) 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Nf4 $1 O-O 17. Qg4 $16 Rad8 {Baburin:
White has more space on the K-side, and more pieces there but he needs targets
Usually pawns can create such targets or weaknesses when they move forward.} (
17... Rac8 $2 18. Nxd5 $18) (17... Qb7 $2 {Huebner} 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7
20. Qg4 Nf8 (20... Kh8 21. e6 Nf6 22. Qf4 Rff8 23. Rc7 $18) 21. e6 Rf6 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rfe1 $16) (17... Rfd8 $5 {Huebner} 18. Rc2 Nf8 19. Rfc1
Rd7 20. Bd4 $16) (17... f5 $2 {Huebner} 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nxd5
$18) 18. h4 (18. Rc2 $1 Qb8 (18... Qb7 $2 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Nxe6 $1 $18) 19. Nh5
g6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 e5 22. Qg5 Qd6 23. Rfc1 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Bxe5
$16) (18. Rc2 {Huebner: sieht plausibler aus, aber die Stellung des Schwarzen
bleibt schlecht.}) 18... f5 $6 {xe6 Huebner: Jetzt wird auch noch e6 schwach.
Zдher war meines Erachtens 18...Tfe8 nebst 19...Sf8. Baburin: Black gains some
space for manouevring on the King side, but at price of weakening his e-pawn.}
(18... Qb8 19. Nh5 g6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 e5 22. Qg5 Qd6 23. f4 $16) (18...
Kh8 {/\Qb7,Rc8}) 19. Qg3 Bc5 (19... Rc8 {Huebner muЯte unbedingt versucht
werden. Nach} 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf6+ (21. Nf4 Kf7 {ist auch noch nicht klar.})
21... Bxf6 22. exf6 Kf7 23. Bd4 Qb8 {Huebner: kann sich Schwarz jedenfalls
noch wehren.}) 20. Rc2 Rfe8 21. Rfc1 b4 {Baburin:To stop 22.b3-b4 Bxb4 23.Rc6 ,
24.Rxe6.} 22. h5 Kf7 23. Qf3 Qb5 24. g4 g6 $2 (24... fxg4 25. Qxg4 $16) 25.
hxg6+ hxg6 26. gxf5 (26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Qh5+) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 47th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2011.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Black "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Hnydiuk,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 ({This came as a surprise. My opponent
usually goes} 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 {when most lines lead to a tactical
fight that suits well an attacking player. However, I was going to avoid that
kind of stuff, relying on chess catenaccio i.e. the line} e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 {that was seen
in the World Championship matches of Topalov (as White) against Kramnik (2006)
and Anand (2010). I had analysed this ending for several hours before I sat
against GM Shishkin. Critical lines reach as deep as move 30. Though he
avoided my preparation, the work was not in vain. I made use of it two rounds
later against IM Marcin Sieciechowicz (2454). The latter game followed:} Rc8
14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Rhd1 Ke8 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Bb6 Rf8 20.
a5 f5 21. exf5 $6 (21. e5 $1 {Topalov-Anand, Sofia (m/8), 2010}) 21... Bxf5 22.
Ne4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Bd6 {and now, in this equal position, we
agreed to a draw.}) 4... a6 {Chebanenko System. I use it regularly against
e2-e3.} 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 {The most principled response, though some
players prefer 6...g6, which leads to a cramped position.} 7. b4 ({The main
line is} 7. Bd3 {Surprisingly, it led to a short disaster for White,
administered to no other than the current World Champion:} e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9.
dxe5 Nd7 10. e6 Nxc5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. b3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qg5 14. g3 Qf6 15.
Bb2 Qf3 16. Rg1 Bg4 17. a3 Re8 18. Rc1 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. h3 Bxh3 21. g4 Bxg4
22. Rg3 Qf5 23. Qd4 Re4 24. Qa7+ Qd7 25. Qb6 c5 {0-1 Anand-Aronian, Tal
Memorial, Moscow 2009. This game shows the dangers that await White if he
plays carelessly.}) ({Other White's options are} 7. a3) ({and} 7. Bd2) 7... a5
8. bxa5 Qxa5 {The idea is to follow with b4 and Ne4 in order to spoil the
harmony in the White camp.} ({Worse is} 8... e5 $6 {that was played in
Dreev-Korotylev, Russia 2004. After} 9. Bd2 e4 10. Ng1 Rxa5 11. a4 bxa4 12.
Rxa4 Rxa4 13. Qxa4 Qc7 14. Na2 Be7 15. Nb4 {White achieved a position of his
dreams. The a- and b- files are open and Black is in big trouble due to the
weak c6 pawn and bad white-squared bishop.}) 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nb1 ({It is likely
that} 10. Ne2 {is more accurate, e.g.} Ne4 11. Nc1 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 e5 13. Nb3 Qa4
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rxa1+ 17. Ke2 {with interesting play that
was seen in Wang Yue-Jakovenko, Taiyuan 2006.}) 10... Ne4 11. Be2 e5 12. a3
Nxd2 13. Nfxd2 Qc7 14. O-O Be7 15. Qb3 $2 {Unexpectedly, this can be met with
a strong tactics.} ({In his youth, one well-known French magician played here} 
15. a4 {(Feller-Kurmann, Mulhouse 2006)}) 15... exd4 ({Prelude to the move 16.
Surprisingly, this position has been already played in a game between two GMs
and Black missed the opportunity by playing} 15... bxa3 {?} 16. Rxa3 Rxa3 17.
Qxa3 O-O 18. Nc3 exd4 19. exd4 Bf6 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Bd3 Nf8 22. h3 Ng6 {1/2:1/2
Prohaszka-Vuckovic, Cappelle la Grande 2011}) 16. exd4 Nxc5 $1 17. dxc5 Qe5 {
I can recapture the sacrificed piece thanks to the double attack on Ra1 and
Be2. My play can seem a bit risky given that I have not castled yet, and the
e-file is open. However, White's pieces are so poorly coordinated that they
are not able to take advantage of the above circumstances.} 18. Ra2 ({Probably,
White could do better by sacrificing a pawn for activity:} 18. Bb5 $5 {However,
after} cxb5 19. Ra2 Bxc5 20. Nf3 Qd6 21. Re1+ Be6 22. axb4 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 Bb6 (
23... Bxb4 24. Qa8+) 24. Qd2 O-O 25. Na3 Bd7 26. Ne5 {Black is better.}) 18...
Qxe2 19. axb4 Rxa2 20. Qxa2 O-O {The real problem is that White's knights are
not only poorly developed, they have no future since they cannot find any safe
harbour in the centre.} 21. Nc3 {From now on I make several moves that gain
tempi.} Qd3 22. Ndb1 Bf6 23. Rd1 Re8 24. h3 {The king needs the h2 escape
square, but the text move weakens White's position further.} Qg6 {Gaining
tempo again: 25...Bh3 is threatened.} 25. Kf1 d4 26. Ne2 Be6 27. Qa6 Bd5 28. f3
{Another forced weakening move.} (28. Nf4 {Loses on the spot due to} Qc2 29.
Qd3 Bc4 {and the queen is lost.}) 28... Qc2 29. Rc1 Qb2 30. Na3 g6 31. Rd1 Qxb4
32. Nf4 Bh4 $1 33. Nd3 Qb3 34. Rb1 Qa2 35. Kg1 Bg3 {After forcing White to
weaken his position I find a perfect outpost for my bishop.} 36. Qa4 Re2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
b6 9. cxb6 e6 ({Nach dem hдufig gespielten 9...Qxb6 kann WeiЯ den Bauern b2
mit 10.Bd3! opfern.} 9... Qxb6 10. Bd3 Qxb2 11. Rc1 e6 (11... g6 12. O-O $44)
12. O-O $44) 10. Bd3 ({In einer Nachfolgerpartie spielte WeiЯ schwдcher:} 10.
Rc1 Bd6 11. Qd2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qd4 O-O 14. Be2 Qxb6 $15 {Karner,C-Knoll,
H /Gmunden 2005}) 10... Bd6 11. g3 (11. f5 Nxb6 12. Qc2 (12. fxe6 Bxe6 13. O-O
O-O $11) 12... exf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Dautov,R/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/
[Dautov] (41). (41)}) 11... c5 12. f5 {Dies ist eine interessante Idee: WeiЯ
spielt erst f4-f5, nachdem Schwarz die Цffnung des Zentrums eingeleitet hat;
der Zug g2-g3 ist ohnehin nьtzlich. Vorteil erreicht WeiЯ so indessen auch
nicht.} (12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 c4 14. Bb1 Qxb6 15. b3 cxb3 16. Na4 Qb4 17. axb3
Rb8 18. Rc3 g6 19. Qc1 Bb7 20. Qe3 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Kritz,L/
Austria 2005/EXT 2006 (42). (42)}) 12... Nxb6 (12... c4 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bc2
O-O {kommt meines Erachtens in Betracht, um den Versuch zu machen zu zeigen,
daЯ g2-g3 doch eine Schwдchung bedeutet.}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 g6
(15... exf5 {sieht solider aus.}) 16. Nxd5 ({Die Folge} 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Ne5
Qc7 18. Rae1 Bd4 19. Qe2 Qd6 20. Kg2 Bb7 21. f3 {fьhrt zu etwa gleichem Spiel.}
) 16... Nxd5 {Der Textzug ist natьrlich solide, aber} (16... Qxd5 17. Be4 Qd6
18. Rac1 {ist keineswegs so klar, wie es den Anschein hat:} Bb4 (18... Rb8 19.
Rfd1 (19. fxg6 {ist nicht ьberzeugend:} f5 20. gxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rfd1 Qe7 22. Qxc5
Qxc5 23. Rxc5 fxe4 24. Ng5+ Kh6 25. Nxe4 Na4 {, und gewinntrдchtig ist die
Stellung des WeiЯen nicht.}) 19... Qe7 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 gxf5 22. Bc6 {
WeiЯ hat einigen Vorteil.}) 19. a3 (19. Bxa8 Nxa8 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qxc8 Rxc8
22. Rxc8+ Kg7 23. Rxa8 Qd5 24. Rb8 a5 25. a3 Bxa3 26. bxa3 Qxf3 {fьhrt zum
Ausgleich.}) 19... Nd5 20. fxg6 Ba5 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. b4 Bd8 {und die Sache
ist nicht deutlich.}) 17. Qxc5 gxf5 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Bf1 Qf6 20. Qd4 Kg7 21.
Rac1 Rfd8 22. a3 Ne7 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nd2 a5 25. Nc4 Bd5 26. Ne3 Rab8 27. Rd2
Rdc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. f4 Bb3 30. Kf2 Nd5 31. Nxd5+ Bxd5 32. b4 a4 33. Bb5 Rc3
34. Rd3 $2 {Dieser Gewinnversuch ist unangemessen. Nach} (34. Bxa4 Rf3+ 35. Kg1
Rxa3 36. Bd1 Ra1 37. Kf2 Rb1 38. Rd4 Rb2+ 39. Be2 $11 {entsteht eine
Remisstellung.}) 34... Rc2+ 35. Ke3 Be4 36. Rd7 {Es gibt nichts Besseres.} ({
Nach} 36. Rd2 Rc3+ 37. Kd4 Rxa3 38. Bc4 Ke7 39. Kc5 (39. Ra2 Rxa2 40. Bxa2 Bd5
$19) 39... Rc3 40. Kd4 Rc1 41. Bb5 Ra1 42. Bc4 f6 {macht Schwarz allmдhlich
Fortschritte.}) 36... Rxh2 37. Ra7 (37. Rd2 Rh3 38. Kf2 h5 {sieht hoffnungslos
fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 37... Rg2 38. Be2 $2 ({Mit der Fortsetzung} 38. Be8 Rxg3+ 39.
Kd4 Rd3+ 40. Kc4 (40. Kc5 e5 41. Rxf7+ Ke6 42. Rxh7 Rc3+ 43. Kb6 exf4 {ist
nicht besser, weil der Kцnig des WeiЯen abgedrдngt ist.}) 40... e5 41. Rxf7+
Ke6 42. Rxh7 {hдtte WeiЯ die Anzahl der Bauern mдchtig reduzieren kцnnen und
Aussichten gehabt, sich noch in das Endspiel Turm und Lдufer gegen Turm zu
retten.}) 38... Rxg3+ 39. Kd4 Kg6 {Jetzt gewinnt Schwarz mьhelos.} 40. Rc7 h5
41. Rc8 h4 42. Rh8 Rxa3 43. Rxh4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O (8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 $10 {Bareev,E-Shirov,A/
Groningen/1993}) 8... cxd4 (8... Nc6 9. Ne5 $5 $44 Na5 $1 {Ftacnik} 10. e3 (10.
dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 $13) 10... Be7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Bd2 Nb3 13. Rb1 cxd4 14.
exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxc4 Nc6 16. b4 Nd5 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Nb8 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Nxd5
exd5 21. Bxd5 Nf6 22. Bg2 Bf5 23. Rc1 Be4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,T-Vologyin,V/Moscow
op (04)/1994/}) 9. Nxd4 Qc7 (9... Bc5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. a5 Nc6 13.
Na4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 geschah in der Partie Kamsky,G-Bareev,E/
Linares 1994 (43). Der in der vorliegenden Partie gespielte Zug gefдllt mir
weniger gut; Schwarz sollte die Aufstellung seiner Dame nicht so frьhzeitig
festlegen.}) 10. a5 Nbd7 (10... e5 11. Nf3 (11. Nc2 Be6 {nebst Sb8-d7 sieht
befriedigend fьr Schwarz aus.}) 11... Be6 (11... Be7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6
(13... Bf6 14. Nd2 $14) 14. Qxc4 Be6 15. Qa4 $14) 12. Ng5 $14) (10... Be7 $5)
11. Nc2 Bc5 (11... Nc5 $5 {kam in Betracht.}) 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Na4
Bxe3 (14... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 15. Qe1 (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe1 Bf5 17. Na3 Be4 18.
Bxe4 Nfxe4 19. Nxc4 Nb3 20. Ra4 Nbc5 $13) 15... Bxe3 (15... Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17.
Ra4 Nc5 18. Rxc4 Be6 19. Rc3 $18) 16. Nxe3 Rb8 17. Qc3 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19.
Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Nxc4 Qd4 21. Nxe5 Rxb2 22. Qc7 $14) (14... Be7 {Ftacnik} 15. Qe1)
15. Nxe3 Qxa5 16. Qd6 {WeiЯ hat reichlich Kompensation fьr das geopferte
Material, denn Schwarz kann seinen Damenflьgel nicht entwickeln.} Qb5 (16...
Ne8 $5 {Ftacnik} 17. Qe7 Qd2 18. Rfd1 (18. Nxc4 $6 Qxe2 19. Nab6 Nxb6 20. Nxb6
Rb8 21. Rfe1 Qxb2 $17) 18... Qxe2 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Qxd7 Rb8 (20... Nf6 21.
Qxb7 $16) 21. Bxb7 $14) 17. Rfc1 a5 {So kann Schwarz seinen Damenturm auf
befriedigende Weise ins Spiel bringen; aber der Lдufer auf c8 bleibt zunдchst
inaktiv.} (17... Ne8 {Ftacnik} 18. Qe7 Nef6 19. Nxc4 Re8 20. Qd6 $44) (17... c3
{Ftacnik} 18. Nxc3 Qb6 (18... Qxb2 19. Rab1 $18) 19. Nf5 $14) 18. Nxc4 (18.
Rxc4 Ra6 19. Qd3 (19. Qd2 Nb6 20. Rc5 Qb4 $13) 19... e4 20. Qc2 Rc6 $11) 18...
Ra6 (18... Re8 $6 {Ftacnik} 19. Qc7 $1) 19. Qc7 Qb4 (19... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 20.
Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Ncb6 Nxb6 22. Nxb6 $16) 20. Ne3 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxc8 Rc6 $11)
20... g6 ({Ein Entlastungsversuch miЯglьckt:} 20... b5 21. Nc3 Qc5 (21... Kh8 {
Ftacnik} 22. Rc2 (22. Ncd5 {Ftacnik} Qxb2 23. Ne7 Nb6 24. Qd6 Nbd7 $13)) 22.
Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Nb6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8
28. Bb7 $18) 21. Rc4 Qd2 (21... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 22. Nc5 Rd6 23. Rc2 $14) (21...
Qb3 {Ftacnik} 22. Ra3 Qb5 23. b3 $14) 22. Rc2 Qd4 (22... Qd6 23. Rd1 (23. Qxd6
Rxd6 24. Rac1 b5 $11 {fьhrt zu nichts.}) (23. Bxb7 Bxb7 (23... Qxc7 24. Rxc7
Ra7 25. Rxc8 Rxb7 26. Rc6 {gefolgt von Se3-c4 ist hцchst unbequem fьr Schwarz.}
) 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Qxc8+ Kg7 {bietet dem Schwarzen
Ausgleichsaussichten.}) 23... Qxc7 24. Rxc7 e4 ({Nach} 24... b5 25. Nc3 {
behдlt WeiЯ sehr starken Druck.}) 25. Nc3 {bleibt дuЯerst unbequem fьr Schwarz.
}) 23. Nc3 Kg7 24. Rd1 Qb4 ({Mit} 24... Qb6 {konnte Schwarz Entlastung durch
Damentausch anstreben, aber seine Lage bleibt schwierig:} 25. Ncd5 Nxd5 26.
Rxd5 (26. Nxd5 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 (27. Nxc7 Rb6 28. Rdc1 Nf6 29. Na8 Ra6 30. Rxc8
Rxa8 $11) 27... Rc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Ne7 Nb8 $14) 26... Qe6 (26... Qxc7 27.
Rxc7 Rb6 28. Nc4 Rb4 29. Rxa5 Nb6 30. Nxb6 Rxb6 31. Ra8 Be6 (31... Bg4 32. Rxf8
Kxf8 33. Bd5 $16) 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Rxb7 $16) 27. Rxa5 (27. Rcd2 Rc6 28. Qxa5
Rc1+ $14) 27... Rxa5 28. Qxa5 Nf6 $14 {Der Textzug ist wohl stдrker.}) (24...
Qc5 {Ftacnik} 25. Ncd5 Qxc7 26. Nxc7 Ra7 (26... Rb6 27. Nc4 Rb4 28. Nxa5 $16)
27. Nb5 Ra8 28. Nd6 $14) 25. Ncd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qb3 $6 (26... Qd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6
28. Rdc1 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Rxc6 {Der Vorteil des WeiЯen ist nicht
unerheblich; ob er zum Sieg genьgt, ist natьrlich zweifelhaft.}) (26... Qa4 {
war das richtige Verfahren, denn nun ist} 27. Ne7 {ungenьgend, weil Schwarz
die Antwort} Rc6 $17 {zur Verfьgung hat. Schwarz dьrfte sich retten kцnnen.})
27. Rd3 {Jetzt ist die Lage des Nachziehenden prekдr.} Qa4 $2 (27... Qa2 28.
Ne7 Ra8 29. Rcd2 Nf6 30. Qxe5 Qe6 {bot bessere Verteidigungsaussichten.}) (
27... Qb5 {war vermutlich am stдrksten:} 28. Nc3 ({Nach} 28. Ne7 Nb6 {ist der
Bauer auf e5 gedeckt.}) 28... Qb3 29. Rcd2 Nf6 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Qxe5+ (31. Bxd5
Qb6 32. Qxe5+ Qf6 {ist nicht aussichtsreicher.}) 31... f6 {mit
Ьberlebensaussichten.}) 28. Ne7 $18 Ra8 29. Rcd2 e4 {Hiernach gewinnt WeiЯ
Material, aber auch} (29... Nf6 30. Qxe5 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz:} Ra6 (
30... Be6 31. Rf3 $18) (30... Re8 31. Rd6 Be6 32. Bxb7 (32. Nd5 $2 Qa1+ 33. Bf1
Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Bh3+ {fьhrt nicht zum Ziel.}) 32... Rab8 33. Bc6 Qa1+ 34. Rd1
$18) (30... Qe8 31. Rd6 Be6 32. Nd5 $18) 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6
Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Qa1 35. Qxf6+ Kh6 36. Rd4 Rxf1+ 37. Kg2 Rg1+ 38. Kf3 $18) 30. Qc3+
Kh6 (30... f6 {Ftacnik} 31. Rd4 Qb5 32. Nxc8 $18) (30... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 31. Rd6
Be6 32. Nd5 Qa1+ 33. Bf1 Bxd5 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35. R6xd5 $18) 31. Rd4 Qb5 32. Nxc8
Raxc8 (32... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 33. Nd6 $18) 33. Qe3+ Kg7 34. Rxd7 Rc1+ 35. Rd1
Rxd1+ (35... Qxd7 {Ftacnik} 36. Rxc1 $18) 36. Rxd1 Qxb2 37. Qxe4 b5 38. Rb1 (
38. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Qc3 39. Rxb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Black "Schmidt, Bodo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a5 dxc4 8. e4 (
8. e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bxc4 Bb4 11. Qa4 Qe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nd3
c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Ne4 Bxa4 19. Nxc5 Bc6 20. Rfc1
Rfc8 21. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Morozevich,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (90). (90)})
8... h6 9. Bh4 (9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 Qxa4
14. Rxa4 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 O-O-O 17. Bxc4 Bd6 18. O-O Rhe8 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Kasparov,G/Moscow 2002/CBM 91 (76). (75)}) 9... Bb4 10. Qa4
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Bxc4 Nxg3 (13... Nxc3 14. Qc2 (14. Qb4 Ne4 {
ist weniger genau.}) 14... Nb5 15. Qb2 {gibt dem WeiЯen starken Druck fьr die
beiden Bauern.}) 14. fxg3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Qb3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd5 18. Qe2
O-O 19. O-O f6 $2 (19... a5 20. Ne5 ({Nach} 20. c4 Ba6 21. Rfc1 (21. Rac1 c5 {
erweckt auch nicht mehr Vertrauen.}) 21... c5 {mangelt es dem WeiЯen an
Angriffspotential am Kцnigsflьgel, und Schwarz hat ausreichendes Gegenspiel im
Zentrum.}) 20... Ba6 21. Qh5 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Ra7 23. Qxh6 f5 24. Ng4 {Der
Angriff des WeiЯen ist sehr gefдhrlich.}) (19... c5 20. Ra5 {gibt dem WeiЯen
ohne Weiteres Vorteil.}) (19... Bb7 {dьrfte die angewiesene Fortsetzung sein:}
20. c4 (20. Ne5 c5 21. Ra5 Rac8 {mit unklarer Lage.}) 20... Qd6 21. Qe4 (21.
Qe3 c5) 21... Rab8 {mit haltbarer Stellung fьr Schwarz.}) 20. Qd3 Kg7 21. Ne5
f5 (21... fxe5 22. Rxf8 Kxf8 23. Qh7 Ke8 24. Rf1 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.
}) 22. Rfb1 c5 23. Ra5 Bb7 24. Rb2 $2 (24. Qf3 {sieht stдrker aus:} Qxf3 25.
gxf3 Ra7 ({Nach} 25... Bc8 26. Rxc5 Ra7 27. Rb6 {dringt WeiЯ entscheidend auf
c7 ein.}) (25... Bd5 26. c4 Bxc4 27. Rb7+ Kg8 (27... Kf6 28. Nxc4 cxd4 29. Ne5
{kostet noch eine Qualitдt.}) 28. Nxc4 cxd4 29. Ne5 {WeiЯ sollte ziemlich
mьhelos gewinnen.}) 26. Rxc5 Bd5 (26... Ba8 27. Rb6 a5 28. Rbb5 {fьhrt zu
leichtem Gewinn fьr WeiЯ.}) 27. Kf2 f4 28. Ke2 {Der Springer auf e5 ist
Siegesgarant.}) 24... Rfc8 (24... Rac8 {hat den Nachteil, daЯ der Lдufer auf
b7 schwer zu decken ist. Nach} 25. Qd1 (25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. Nd3 Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 cxd4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 {Schwarz sollte remis halten kцnnen.}) 25...
Qe4 26. Re2 Qd5 27. Nd3 Qd8 28. Rxc5 {hat WeiЯ erklecklichen Vorteil.}) 25. Qd1
g4 $2 (25... Qe4 {verdient Erwдgung:} 26. Re2 Qd5 27. Nd3 Qd8 28. Rxc5 (28.
Rxe6 Bd5 29. Rexa6 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. dxc5 (31. Nxc5 Rca8 {ist ungьnstig
fьr WeiЯ.}) (31. Qe1 Be4 {fьhrt auch zu nichts.}) 31... Rca8 {Auch hier sollte
Schwarz sich halten kцnnen.}) 28... Be4 29. Re5 Rxc3 (29... Rab8 30. Qd2 {
ist weniger klar.}) 30. Nc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rb8 {Schwarz dьrfte ьberleben.}) 26.
h3 $2 (26. Nd3 {fьhrt auf einfache Weise zu entscheidendem Vorteil.}) 26...
Rab8 27. hxg4 Ba8 $2 (27... Qd8 $2 28. gxf5 {und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) (27... Bc6 {
bietet jedoch gute Rettungsaussichten, weil} 28. Re2 {mit} Bb5 {beantwortet
werden kann.}) 28. Re2 Rb6 (28... Qb3 {ist nicht stдrker:} 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30.
Rxa6 Rxc3 31. Ra7+ Kg8 (31... Kf6 32. Nd7+ Kg5 33. Nxc5 Rg8 34. gxf5 exf5 35.
Kh2 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen eine entscheidende Initiative.}) 32. gxf5 cxd4 (32...
exf5 33. Ng6 {mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) 33. fxe6 {WeiЯ steht auf Gewinn.})
29. gxf5 exf5 30. Qf1 (30. Qd3 {ist ebenfalls stark.}) 30... Rf6 31. Nd3 Qd6 ({
Auf} 31... Qc4 {folgt} 32. Re7+ (32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Nxc5 Qxc3 34. Qf4 Be4) (32.
Nf4 Qxc3) 32... Kf8 33. Re5 {mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) 32. Nf4 (32. Nxc5
Qxg3 33. Ne6+ {fьhrt schneller zum Gewinn.}) 32... Kh7 33. d5 c4 34. Qf2 Rg8
35. Ra1 (35. Nh5 Rf7 36. Re6 $18) 35... Rg7 $6 (35... Qb6 36. Re7+ Kh8 37. Rae1
{rettet den Schwarzen nicht.}) 36. Rae1 (36. Nh5 $18) 36... Qb6 37. Nh5 $18
Bxd5 38. Nxf6+ Qxf6 39. Re5 Qf7 40. Rxf5 Qb7 41. Rf6 Be4 42. Qf4 Bg6 43. Qxc4
a5 44. Kh2 Rc7 45. Qg4 Rg7 46. Rfe6 Qc7 47. Qd4 Qf7 48. Qe5 a4 49. Re7 Qf8 50.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 51. Qd6 Bf7 52. Re7 Kg8 53. Qd8+ Qf8 54. Qxf8+ Kxf8 55. Ra7 Bb3 56.
Kg1 Ke8 57. Kf2 Kd8 58. Ke3 Kc8 59. Kd4 Kb8 60. Ra5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ristic, Nebojsa M"]
[Black "Ljukin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smederevska Palanka Gosa"]
[BlackTeam "Chisinau Rezina-Gaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qg4 Nd7 (11... Qd7 12. Be2 e5 13.
dxe5 Qxg4 14. Bxg4 Nd7 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 Nc5 17. Bf5 Nxa4 18. Be4 Rc8 19.
Bd2 Nc5 20. Bc2 Ra8 21. Be3 e6 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Be4 Kd7 24. Ra6 Bb6 25. Ke2
Rad8 26. h3 {Morrell,G-Shernoff,L/North Bay op 1996/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (38)}) (
11... g6 12. Be2 {sieht f�r Schwarz sehr gef�hrlich aus.}) 12. Nxh7 e5 (
12... Nf6 $5 13. Qg6+ Kd7 {f�hrt zu einer unklaren Stellung.} 14. Ng5 $16 {
Kortschnoj}) 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. Be2 $6 {Wei� sollte den Tausch auf b5
einschalten:} (14. axb5 cxb5 15. dxe5 (15. Be3 $16 {Kortschnoj}) 15... Nxe5 16.
Qh5+ Nf7 17. Be2 Qd6 {mit unklarer Lage.}) 14... exd4 15. Qxd4 Qb6 {Schwarz
hat jetzt deutlichen Vorteil.} 16. Qh4 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bxg2 18. Bh5+ (18. Rg1 Bd5
19. Bh5+ (19. Rxg7 O-O-O $15 {Kortschnoj}) 19... Kd8 20. Rxg7 Nf6 {
�berl��t dem Schwarzen ebenfalls Vorteil.}) 18... g6 19. Bxg6+ Kd8 20.
Rg1 Bd5 21. Rg5 {Wei� will Sd7-e5 verhindern.} Kc7 22. Rb1 a6 $6 (22... Qxa4
$5 {war nicht zu verachten.}) 23. Qh7 $2 {Hier hat die Dame des Wei�en
nichts verloren. Besser war} (23. axb5 axb5 24. Qg3+ {nebst Vorsto� des
h-Bauern.}) 23... Rf6 24. Rb4 {Wei� will die Dame des Schwarzen nicht ins
Spiel lassen, aber sein Turm steht hier erb�rmlich; die Dame kann leicht
aktiviert werden. Es ist jedoch nicht leicht, einen besseren Rat zu geben;} (
24. Bf5 Raf8 {hilft nichts.}) 24... Raf8 25. Be3 Re6 $6 (25... Kd8 $5 $17) (
25... Bf7 $5 $17) 26. Bf5 Rxf5 $2 (26... Rf7 $5 $15) 27. Qxf5 Nc5 28. Kf1 Nd3
29. Qf8 Nxb4 $2 (29... Re4 30. Qa8 Rxe3 (30... Nxb4 31. Qa7+ Kc8 32. Bb6 $18)
31. Qa7+ Kd6 32. Qxe3 Nxb4 33. Rg6+ Kd7 34. Rg7 Qd8 35. cxb4 $16) 30. Bf4+ $4 (
30. Rg8 $18) 30... Kd7 31. Qb8 Re4 $4 (31... Nd3 32. Qb7+ Ke8 33. Qc8+ Qd8 34.
Rg8+ Kf7 35. Qxe6+ Bxe6 36. Rxd8 Nxf4 $19) 32. Qb7+ (32. cxb4 {Kortschnoj} Qd8
$15 (32... Qxb4 $2 33. Qc7+ $18)) 32... Ke8 33. Qc8+ $4 (33. Bc7 $18) 33... Qd8
$19 34. Qf5 Nd3 35. Qg6+ Kd7 36. Qf5+ Re6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rg7 Qf8 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bf5
{Ein neuer Versuch.} 9. Nh4 (9. O-O e6 10. Bb2 h6 {fьhrt zu einer
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) (9. Ne5 Qc7 {bringt dem WeiЯen auch nichts
Besonderes ein.}) 9... Ne4 {Nach anderen Fortsetzungen behдlt WeiЯ
offensichtlich einen leichten Vorteil.} 10. Nxd5 {Dies ist ein origineller
Gedanke; aber Vorteil erlangt WeiЯ nicht mit diesem Zuge. Auch nach} (10. Bb2
Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 {ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.}) 10... cxd5 11. Nxf5 e6 12.
Ng3 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nxg3+ 14. fxg3 O-O {Schwarz hat fьr den geopferten Bauern
reichlich Kompensation. Hier hдtte ich aber lieber die Stellung zunдchst mit} (
14... bxc4 15. bxc4 {geцffnet.}) 15. Bf3 (15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bd2 (16. Bxb5 $2
Bc3 17. Rb1 Rxa2 {ьberlдЯt dem Schwarzen Vorteil.}) 16... Bd6 17. Be1 {kam in
Betracht.}) 15... bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rb1 (18. Bxd5 Bc3 19. Ba3
Bxa1 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 {kostet den WeiЯen Material.}) 18... Qa5 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Kg1
$6 (20. Rb3 Qc7 21. Kf2 Bd6 22. Rd1 Bxg3+ 23. Kg1 {sollte zu einer fьr WeiЯ
haltbaren Stellung fьhren.}) 20... Bd6 (20... Qc7 {sieht mir stдrker aus; ich
sehe nicht, wie WeiЯ seinen Kцnigsturm befreien kann.}) 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Kh2
Qc7 23. Rf1 Bxg3+ 24. Kg1 a5 25. Qd3 Re8 26. Bd2 a4 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Qa6 h5 29.
Qc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Rb8 31. Bc1 Rb1 32. Kf1 Ra1 33. Rc2 g5 34. Bd1 Kg7 35. a3 Ne4
36. Ke2 Bd6 37. Bb2 Ra2 38. Bc1 Ra1 39. Bb2 Rb1 40. Bc1 Rb3 41. Rc6 Nc3+ 42.
Kd2 $6 (42. Kf3 Nxd1 43. Rxd6 Nc3 44. Rc6 {sollte zum Remis genьgen.} (44. Rd8
$2 Rb1 $19)) 42... Nxd1 43. Rxd6 Nxe3 44. Ke2 Nxg2 45. Bxg5 Rxa3 46. Rxd5 (46.
Kf2 $5 Ra2+ 47. Kg3 a3 48. Rxd5 Rc2 49. Ra5 a2 50. Ra6 {sieht besser aus als
die Textfortsetzung.}) 46... Rxh3 47. Ra5 (47. Kf2 Nh4 48. Bxh4 (48. Ra5 $2
Rf3+ 49. Ke2 Rf5 $19) 48... Rxh4 49. Ke3 a3 50. Ra5 Rh2 51. d5 a2 52. d6 Kf6 {
rettet WeiЯ nicht.}) 47... Rg3 (47... a3 48. Kf2 $11) 48. Kf2 Rg4 49. Bd2 $2 (
49. Be7 h4 50. Rxa4 h3 51. Bd6 {sollte zum Remis genьgen. Auch wenn Schwarz
seinen h-Bauern zunдchst nicht vorbringt und seine Figuren zentralisiert,
dьrfte er kaum Gewinnaussichten haben, weil er den Tausch seines Springers
gegen den gegnerischen Lдufer nie zulassen kann, ohne sofort in eine
theoretische Remisstellung zu geraten.}) 49... h4 50. Rxa4 h3 51. Bc3 Kg6 {
Auf Grund der schlechten Stellung seines Lдufers ist WeiЯ nun in дuЯerster
Gefahr.} (51... h2 {ist voreilig:} 52. d5+ Kf8 53. Ra1 (53. Rxg4 h1=Q 54. Rxg2
$11) 53... Nh4 54. Be5 Rg2+ 55. Ke3 f6 56. Bc7 Rc2 57. Bd6+ Kf7 58. Rh1 Nf5+
59. Kd3 {mit remis.}) 52. Ra6+ {WeiЯ verbessert die Kцnigsstellung des Gegners.
} (52. Ra1 {sollte versucht werden.}) 52... Kf5 53. d5 ({Nach} 53. Rh6 Nh4 {
ist der h-Bauer nicht mehr aufzuhalten.}) (53. Ra5+ Ke4 54. Rh5 Ne3 55. Re5+ (
55. Rxh3 Rg2+ 56. Ke1 Kd3 $19) 55... Kf4 {ist hoffnungslos fьr WeiЯ.}) (53. Ra1
Ke4 {ist gleichermaЯen hцchst unerfreulich fьr WeiЯ; Schwarz bekommt einen
gewaltigen Mattangriff.}) 53... h2 54. Ra1 Nf4 $2 (54... Ne3 {gewinnt:} 55. Rh1
(55. d6 Ke4 56. Ra4+ Kd3 57. d7 (57. Rxg4 h1=Q 58. Rd4+ Kxc3 59. d7 Qg2+ $19)
57... Nd1+ 58. Kf3 h1=Q+ 59. Kxg4 Ne3+ $19) 55... Ke4 56. Rxh2 Nd1+ 57. Ke1
Nxc3 58. d6 Rg8 $19) 55. Rh1 Rg2+ 56. Kf3 Ra2 57. Bb4 Rb2 58. Bd6 {Jetzt ist
der Lдufer doch noch auf der richtigen Diagonale angekommen. Schwarz kann
nicht mehr gewinnen.} Rb3+ 59. Kf2 Kg4 60. Rxh2 Rb2+ 61. Kg1 Rb1+ 62. Kf2 Nxd5
63. Rg2+ Kf5 64. Rg8 Rb6 65. Rd8 Nf6 66. Bc7 Rb2+ 67. Ke3 Rb3+ 68. Ke2 Rb7 69.
Bb8 Ke4 70. Bh2 Rb2+ 71. Rd2 Rb3 72. Ra2 Nd5 73. Ra4+ Kf5 74. Ra5 Ke6 75. Ra6+
Ke7 76. Ra7+ Kf8 77. Ra5 Nf6 78. Bd6+ Kg8 79. Ra3 Rb2+ 80. Kf3 Rb5 81. Ra1 Rf5+
82. Ke3 Ng4+ 83. Ke4 Rf2 84. Ra5 f6 85. Rf5 Ra2 86. Kf3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3 b6
9. b4 Ne4 (9... h6 10. Rc1 b5 11. a4 g5 12. Be5 Bg7 13. Bd6 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 h5 17. f3 Bg6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rh6 20. f4 gxf4 21.
O-O Rg6 22. exf4 Qh4 23. Kh2 Bh6 24. g3 Qd8 25. f5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Ra7 27. Rce1
Qd7 28. e6 Rxe6 29. Qf6 bxa4 {1-0 Manolache,M-Marin,L/Miercurea Ciuc 2001/EXT
2002 (29).}) 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Be2 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5 13. Qa4 Bd8 14. Qb3 Bf6 15.
O-O $5 (15. Qa4 Bd8 16. Qb3 $11) 15... Ndxc5 16. Qb2 O-O 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 $2 (
17... dxe4 18. Nd2 Nd3 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Rxc6 Rac8 {fьhrt zu einer
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 18. Bd6 Nd3 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Rfd1 Bb5 (20... Rfd8 {
fьhrt zum Verlust:} 21. Bb4 Qb5 22. Rc5 Qb7 23. Rxd3 Be7 24. Rb3 {usw.}) (20...
Qb5 21. Qxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rc3 {befreit den Schwarzen nicht von
seinen Schwierigkeiten.}) 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rc3 Be7 23. Ne5 Bb4 $2 {Dies fьhrt
unmittelbar zum Verlust. Es folgen einige Vorschlдge zu zдherer Verteidigung;
welche davon die aussichtsreichsten sind, ist schwer auszumachen.} (23... Rc8
24. Rdc1 Bd6 25. f4 Bxe5 26. fxe5 {Das Problem des Schwarzen besteht darin,
daЯ er allzu schwch auf den schwarzen Feldern ist.}) (23... c5 24. dxc5 Qc7 25.
f4 Bf6 (25... Bxc5 26. Rdc1 Bc4 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28. Kf1 $18 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}
) (25... f6 26. Nd3 Rc8 27. f5 {dьrfte Schwarz auch auf die dauer nicht
ьberleben kцnnen.}) 26. Qb4 (26. Rcc1 Rc8 {, und WeiЯ kann die Fesselung des
Springers e5 doch nicht ohne Bauernverlust aufheben.}) 26... Bxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5
28. e4 Bc4 {, und Schwarz kann weiterkдmpfen.}) 24. Rb3 Bd6 {Jetzt gibt es
keine Rettung mehr:} (24... Qa4 25. Nd7 $18) (24... Ba4 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxb4
$18) 25. a4 $18 Bc4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Rc3 Qxa4 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 c5 30.
dxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc4 Be7 32. Ra1 Rb8 33. Rxa6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 g6 35. Rc7 Bf6 36. g3
Be5 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Bb8 39. Kg2 h5 40. Rd8 Bc7 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Rge8 Kg7
43. Ra7 Bb8 44. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 {Dieses Manцver ist hier
nicht besonders wirksam. Ьblich ist} (5... e6 {Nach den weiteren Zьgen} 6. Bd3
Bxd3 7. Qxd3 {wьrde man wohl kaum auf den Zug} a6 {verfallen; die Stellung
nach diesem Zuge entsteht aber in der Partie.}) 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. e4 O-O ({Nach} 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 (10... c5 {wird mit} 11. Qb3 {
beantwortet}) 11. Qxe4 Nd7 12. Bf4 {hat WeiЯ leichten Vorteil. Laut V. Kramnik
("SChach" 9/2001, S.8) ist es wichtig, daЯ dem Schwarzen hier die Mцglichkeit
zu Dd8-a5-a6 mit Druckspiel gegen den Bauern auf c4 fehlt.}) 10. Rd1 b5 ({Nach
} 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 {entsteht eine ganz дhnliche
Stellung wie sie in der vorigen Anmerkung gezeigt wurde. WeiЯ steht bequemer.})
11. c5 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e5 Nfd7 13. a4 bxa4 {fьhrt laut Kramnik ("Schach" 9/
2001, S.8) zu etwa gleichem Spiel.} (13... b4 14. Ne2 {ist dagegen seiner
Meinung nach sehr vorteilhaft fьr WeiЯ.})) 11... dxe4 ({Auf} 11... b4 {folgt
laut Kramnik} 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 (13... cxb2 {scheitert an} 14. fxe7
bxa1=Q 15. exd8=Q Rxd8 16. Qc2 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 14. Qxc3 Qc7 15. g3 Nd7
16. Bf4 {mit Vorteil fьr WeiЯ. Freilich scheint es mir, daЯ Schwarz nach} Qb7 {
gefolgt von Lf6-d8-c7 noch nicht zu verzweifeln braucht.}) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 ({Nach
} 12... Nbd7 {schlдgt Kramnik} 13. Nc3 {vor} ({oder auch} 13. Bf4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Rc8 15. a4 {In der Tat ist die Schwдche des Bauern auf c6 stets lдstig fьr
Schwarz.})) 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14. Qxd5 {Nach anderen Zьgen folgt 14...Sd7, und
Schwarz hat keinerlei Probleme.} cxd5 ({Nach} 14... exd5 15. Re1 Bf6 (15... Re8
16. a4 {ist ebenfalls sehr lдstig fьr Schwarz.}) 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nd7 18.
Re7 Nf6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Ra7 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. f3
Nf6 25. Re3 {hat WeiЯ die prдchtigsten Gewinnaussichten.}) 15. Bf4 Nc6 ({Auf} 
15... f6 {folgt} 16. Re1 Kf7 17. Re2 Re8 18. Bxb8 Raxb8 19. b4 {mit Vorteil
fьr WeiЯ.}) 16. Ne5 Nb8 ({Nach} 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rfc8 18. b4 ({Zu unklarem
Spiel fьhrt die Folge} 18. a4 b4 19. a5 f6 20. Bg3 e5) 18... Kf8 (18... a5 {
scheitert an} 19. a4) 19. a4 {dьrfte Schwarz nicht ьberleben.}) (16... Rfc8 17.
Nxc6 (17. Nd7 Ra7 {bringt nichts ein.}) 17... Rxc6 18. b4 Bf6 19. a4 {fьhrt zu
дhnlichen Bildern.}) ({Schwarz hat andere Mцglichkeiten als den Textzug, um
Springertasusch zu vermeiden.} 16... Na7 17. Nd7 Rfe8 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Bc7 {
kostet die Qualitдt. Nach} Nc6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 {schlдgt Kramnik ("Schach" 9/2001,
S.8)} 21. b4 (21. Rac1 Bf6 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Rd3 {sollte auf die Dauer zum
Erfolg fьhren;} Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. c6 Nxc6 26. Rxc6 Ke7 27. a4 {ьberlebt
Schwarz nicht.}) (21. Kf1 {ist weniger genau; Schwarz kann} Nxd4 {antworten.})
21... Bf6 22. a4 {vor, doch scheint mir nach} Bxd4 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra3 e5 {
die Sache nicht so klar zu sein.}) (16... Na5 {kam dagegen in Betracht; nach}
17. Bd2 ({nach} 17. b3 f6 {erreicht Schwarz sein Ziel, nдmlich die dauerhafte
Blockade des c-Bauern mit dem Springer;}) (17. b4 Nc4 {ist ebenfalls recht
unklar.}) 17... Nc4 18. Nd3 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Bf6 20. Ne1 Rfc8 21. Nf3 h5 {hat
Schwarz gute Ьberlebensaussichten.}) 17. Rd3 {Dieser Zug bereitet vor allem
die Mцglichkeit vor, die Tьrme auf der e-Linie zu verdoppeln, die wichtig ist,
falls Schwarz f7-f6 spielt.} (17. c6 Bd6 18. Rdc1 Ra7 {sieht nicht gesund fьr
WeiЯ aus.}) (17. a4 f6 18. axb5 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. bxa6 Nxe5 {(Kramnik) ist
ganz selbstmцrderisch.}) 17... Rc8 (17... f6 {war konsequent. Nach} 18. Nf3 Nc6
(18... Kf7 19. Bxb8 Rfxb8 20. Re1 Rc8 {ist vielleicht auch gar nicht so
schrecklich fьr Schwarz}) 19. Re1 Kf7 20. Rde3 Nxd4 ({Auf} 20... Nd8 {folgt}
21. Bc7 Re8 22. Bb6 {mit andauerndem Druck.}) 21. Nxd4 Bxc5 22. Rd3 Bxd4 23.
Rxd4 e5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Rxd5 {schдtzt Kramnik das Endspiel als kaum haltbar
fьr Schwarz ein, doch scheint mir nach} Rfe8 {der Schwarze ьber ansehnliche
Remisaussichten zu verfьgen, zum Beispiel} 26. Rdxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Rc8 28. Kf1
Rc1+ 29. Re1 Rc2 30. Rb1 b4 {(Vgl. "Schach" 9/2001, S.9).}) (17... g5 18. Bg3
f6 19. Nf3 g4 20. Bxb8 Rfxb8 (20... gxf3 21. Bf4 fxg2 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. Re1 {
ist verderblich fьr Schwarz.}) 21. Nd2 {wird ebenfalls von Kramnik untersucht,
aber eine solche MiЯhandlung der Bauernstruktur verdient natьrlich kein
Vertrauen.}) 18. Re1 Bf6 $6 {Schwarz erreicht den Abtausch des Lдufers gegen
den gegnerischen Springer, doch muЯ er eine bцse Schwдchung seines
Kцnigsflьgels dafьr in Kauf nehmen. Es gab eine Vielzahl anderer Mцglichkeiten:
} (18... a5 19. Rb3 b4 20. a3 Na6 ({In Betracht kommt auch} 20... Bf6 21. axb4
axb4 22. Rxb4 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Nc6 24. Rb5 f6 25. Bd6 Nxd4 26. Rb7 e5 27. b4 Nf5 {
und Schwarz dьrfte sich halten kцnnen.}) 21. Nd7 {wird von Kramnik angegeben,
doch ist die Lage nach} Ra7 22. Nb6 Rc6 23. axb4 Nxb4 {schwer zu durchschauen.}
) (18... Bd8 {mit der Absicht Ld8-c7xe5 gefдllt mir persцnlich in dieser
Stellung fьr Schwarz am besten.}) 19. Ng4 Nc6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bg3 {WeiЯ
beeilt sich, den wunden Punkt f6 anzugreifen. Nach} (21. Bd6 Kh8 {nebst
Tc8-g8-g6 hat Schwarz nichts zu befьrchten (Kramnik, loc. cit.).}) 21... Kg7 {
Kramnik gibt diesem Zug ein Fragezeichen; er hдlt ihn fьr den entscheidenden
Fehler in der Partie. Ich bin der Meinung, daЯ erst der folgende Zug die
Partie verdirbt.} (21... f5 {wird von Kramnik ebenfalls verworfen, denn} 22.
Be5 ({Nach} 22. Bh4 Kg7 23. Rg3+ Kh6 24. Bf6 Rg8 {ist laut Kramnik, wenn ich
seine Angaben richtig deute (denn er gibt keine Stellungsbewertung an), die
Lage nicht deutlich. Mit 23.Tee3 an Stelle von 23.Tg3+ kann WeiЯ jedoch in die
Variante ьberlenken, die Kramnik in seiner Anmerkung zum 22. Zuge von Schwarz
als gьnstig fьr den Anziehenden beurteilt. Ich bespreche die Angelegenheit
dort weiter.}) 22... Nxe5 23. Rxe5 {fьhrt seiner Meinung nach zu klarem
Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) (21... h6 {war laut Kramnik das richtige Verfahren. Er
gibt folgende Varianten ("Schach" 9/2001, S.25):} 22. Bf4 (22. Bh4 f5 23. Bf6
Kh7 24. h4 (24. Rg3 Rg8) 24... Kg6 25. Be5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 {Schwarz steht besser
als in der oben unter 21...f5 angegebenen Variante, doch hat auch hier WeiЯ
betrдchtlichen Vorteil.}) 22... Kh7 23. Ree3 (23. Rh3 $6 Nxd4 24. Bxh6 Kg6 25.
Be3 Nf5) 23... Rg8 24. Rh3 Rg6 25. Bd2 Kg7 26. Rh5 {mit der Absicht h2-h3,
g2-g4 und f2-f4-f5; ich glaube aber, daЯ WeiЯ nach} f5 {Mьhe haben wird,
diesen Plan zu verwirklichen.}) 22. Bh4 Ne7 $2 {Schwarz durfte den prдchtigen
Blockadeposten mit dem Springer nicht aufgeben.} ({Das mutige} 22... f5 {
war angewiesen:} 23. Ree3 (23. Rg3+ Kh6 24. Bf6 ({Nach} 24. Bg5+ Kg7 {kann
WeiЯ nicht auf andere Weise weiterkommen, als den Lдufer doch nach f6 zu
bringen.}) 24... Rg8 25. Ree3 Rg4 26. Rh3+ Kg6 27. f3 Kxf6 28. fxg4 fxg4 {
mit unklarer Stellung.}) 23... f4 (23... Rg8 {was Kramnik hier als einziges
angibt, ist jetzt ungenau, weil nach} 24. Rg3+ Kh6 25. Bf6 Rg4 26. Rh3+ Kg6 27.
f3 Kxf6 28. fxg4 fxg4 29. Rxh7 {der d-Bauer des WeiЯen gedeckt ist; er steht
auf Gewinn.}) 24. Re1 (24. Rf3 {wird mit} e5 {beantwortet.}) ({Nach} 24. Rh3
Kg6 25. g3 Rg8 26. gxf4 Kf5+ 27. Kf1 f6 {ist mir unklar, wer besser steht.})
24... Kg6 {Ich sehe keinen nennenswerten Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 23. g4 Ng6 (23...
Nc6 {gewдhrt keinen Ausgleich mehr:} 24. Rf3 f5 25. Rf4 (25. gxf5 Nxd4 26. Rg3+
Kf8 27. fxe6 Nxe6 28. f4 {ist laut Kramnik nicht klar; in der Tat whrt sich
Schwarz mit} Re8 29. Bf6 Nxf4) 25... fxg4 26. Rxg4+ Kh6 27. Rf4 Rg8+ 28. Kf1
Kh5 29. h3 (29. Bf6 $2 Rg4) 29... h6 30. Bf6 Kg6 31. Ke2 {(Kramnik, "Schach" 9/
2001, S.9).}) (23... h5 {wird auch noch von Kramnik analysiert:} 24. Rf3 ({
Er gibt auch} 24. gxh5 {an;} Nf5 25. Bg3 $16 {lautet seine Einschдtzung, doch
scheint mir die Sache nach} Rc6 26. Kg2 Rh8 27. Kf3 Rxh5 {gar nicht klar zu
sein.}) 24... hxg4 25. Rf4 $16 {aber auch hier kann Schwarz mit} Kh7 26. Bxf6
Nf5 27. Rxg4 Rg8 28. f3 Rg6 {Widerstand leisten: WeiЯ kann den Bauern auf d4
nicht halten.}) 24. Bg3 a5 $6 {Jetzt kann WeiЯ den Springer an der Rьckkehr in
bewohnte Gegenden hindern.} (24... Ne7 {war zдher. Nach} 25. Rf3 Nc6 (25... a5
26. Bh4 Ng8 27. Ree3 {sieht nicht vertrauenerweckend fьr Schwarz aus.}) 26. Bh4
f5 27. Rf4 fxg4 28. Rxg4+ Kh6 29. Rf4 Rg8+ 30. Kf1 Kh5 31. h3 {geht das Spiel
in eine schon oben angegebene Variante ьber; WeiЯ hat erheblichen Vorteil.})
25. Bd6 h5 {Schwarz цffnet das Spiel. Er will das Feld f5 fьr seinen Springer
freikдmpfen; aber er beschleunigt damit seinen Untergang.} 26. gxh5 Nh4 27.
Rg3+ Kh6 28. Be7 Nf5 29. Bxf6 Nxg3 30. fxg3 {Die Stellung des Schwarzen ist
strategisch verloren.} Rg8 31. Kg2 Kxh5 32. h3 Kg6 33. Rf1 Kh7 34. g4 b4 35.
Kg3 b3 36. a3 Rac8 37. h4 Rg6 38. h5 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 {In diesen Aufbau habe
ich kein ьbermдЯiges Vertrauen. WeiЯ gibt den Bauern auf, ohne sich um eine
besondere Kompensation zu kьmmern.} Bf5 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. b3
Bb4 10. Bb2 Qa5 (10... Nb6 $5) 11. Qc2 cxb3 12. Qxb3 (12. axb3 $5 Qb6 13. e4)
12... Nd5 $6 (12... O-O 13. e4 e5 $17) 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4 (14... Be2 15.
exd5 (15. Rfc1 Bc4 $17) 15... Bxf1 16. dxe6 $13) 15. d5 $2 (15. Bxe4 O-O 16.
Qd3 Nf6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bg2 Rfd8 $15) 15... O-O $19 16. h3 Be2 17. Rfc1 exd5
18. Nf5 (18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb2+ d4 20. Qxe2 f5 {ist hoffnungslos fьr WeiЯ.})
18... d4 (18... f6 19. Bxe4 (19. Ne3 Bd2 20. Nxd5 Bxc1 {WeiЯ hat kein
wirksames Abzugsschach.}) 19... Bc4 20. Qd1 Ne5 {mit Gewinnstellung fьr
Schwarz. Der Textzug genьgt natьrlich auch.}) 19. Bxe4 Rae8 20. Qc2 Nf6 21.
Qxe2 Rxe4 22. Qf3 Qe5 (22... Qd5 $5) 23. Rc4 Bc5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Kg2 b6 $2 (
25... h5) 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rcxd4 Rexd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Qd5 30. a3 Kf8
31. Nc6 a5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 {[#] Hecht RemisschluЯ trotz schwarzem Mehrbauer am
D-Flьgel?!?. Erste Analyse ergibt Gewinn fьr Schwarz!} 33. Kf3 f6 34. Ke4 Nc7
35. Kd3 Ke8 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. Nd4 g6 (37... b5 $5) 38. a4 Kd6 39. f4 h5 $6 (39...
Kc5 $19) 40. Nf3 Nd5 41. Nh4 Ne7 42. g4 hxg4 (42... hxg4 43. hxg4 {Die
Stellung des Schwarzen dьrfte noch stets gewonnen sein.} b5 (43... Kc5 {Hecht}
44. Nxg6 (44. f5 g5 45. Ng6 Nc6 46. Nf8 Ne5 47. Ne6+ Kb4 48. Nxg5 Nxg4 49. Nh7
Kxa4 50. Kf4 Kb3 51. Kxg4 a4 52. Nxf6 a3 53. Ne4 a2 $19) (44. g5 fxg5 45. fxg5
Kb4 46. Ke5 Kxa4 47. Kf6 b5 48. Kxe7 b4 49. Nxg6 (49. Nf3 b3 50. Nd2 Kb4 51.
Kf6 a4 52. Kxg6 a3 53. Kf7 a2 54. g6 a1=Q 55. g7 Qa7+ $19) 49... b3 50. Nf4 b2
51. Ne2 Kb3 $19) 44... Nxg6 45. Kf5 Nxf4 46. Kxf4 b5 $19) 44. axb5 Kc5 {usw.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 (6... Ra7 7. Bf4
Nbd7 8. e3 Nh5 9. Be2 Nxf4 10. exf4 e6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Schoen,W-Pieper Emden,C/NRW-II 1994 (59)}) 7. h3 h6 $6 {Im folgenden legt WeiЯ
die Nachteile dieses Zuges ьberzeugend bloЯ. In den bisherigen Beispielen mit
dieser Variante folgte} (7... Nbd7 8. Bf4 e6 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8
{mit Ausgleich (L. van Wely-Short, Groningen 1996 und Stocek, J- Keitlinghaus,
L, Lazne Bohdanec 1997). Aber auch bei dieser Fortsetzung kommt es in Betracht,
den Plan zu versuchen, den der WeiЯe in der vorliegenden Partie verwirklicht.})
8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. e3 e6 10. g4 {Dies ist eine neue Idee; sie gefдllt mir gut.} Bh7
(10... Be4 $5 {ist erwдgenswert.}) 11. Na4 Be4 12. Be2 Be7 13. Rg1 Bxf3 {
In dieser Stellung wдre es fьr Schwarz offenbar zu gefдhrlich, kurz zu
rochieren. Deshalb fehlt es ihm an der Mцglichkeit, den thematischen VorstoЯ
e6-e5 unter befriedigenden Umstдnden durchzusetzen.} 14. Bxf3 Bd8 15. O-O-O Bc7
16. h4 g6 $6 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxe5 {fьhrt zu einer fьr
Schwarz hoffnungslosen Stellung; aber}) (16... Bxf4 17. exf4 Qc7 {konnte aber
vielleicht versucht werden.}) 17. g5 Bxf4 18. exf4 hxg5 (18... Ng8 19. h5 {
ist fatal fьr Schwarz.}) (18... Nh5 19. f5 {ebenso.}) 19. hxg5 Ng8 20. Rh1 {
Die Цffnung der h-Linie erweist sich nun als unangenehm fьr Schwarz.} Rxh1 21.
Rxh1 Qc7 22. Qe3 O-O-O 23. Rh7 Rf8 24. Bg4 Kd8 25. b4 Ne7 26. Nb2 a5 27. a3
axb4 28. axb4 Qb8 29. Nd3 Qa8 30. Kd2 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Ke2 Qa2+ 33. Kf3
Qb3 34. Qd2 Qc4 35. Ne5 Nxe5+ 36. fxe5 Qf1 $2 ({Nach} 36... Re8 37. Kg2 (37.
Rxf7 Rxe5 {ist dem WeiЯen nicht anzuraten.}) 37... Re7 38. Qf4 {wird der
Durchbruch e5-e6 entscheidend sein.}) ({Mit} 36... Ke7 {konnte Schwarz jedoch
Widerstand leisten:} 37. e6 Kxe6 38. Kg2 Kd7 39. Qf4 Kc8 40. Qd6 Rd8 41. Qe5
Qc1 {und WeiЯ kann die Dauerschachdrohungen wohl nicht parieren.}) 37. e6 Qg1 (
37... fxe6 38. Qf4 Qd1+ (38... Qd3+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kg3 {ist hoffnungslos fьr
Schwarz.}) 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Qxg4 fxg4 41. Rg7 Rf4 42. Rxg6 Rxd4 (42... Ke7 43.
Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rxb7 Rxd4 45. b5 cxb5 46. c6 Rc4 47. c7 Ke8 48. g6 $18) 43. Rxe6
Kd7 44. Re5 Rxb4 45. g6 Ra4 46. Kg3 {sieht auch unhaltbar fьr Schwarz aus,
hдtte aber dem WeiЯen noch genaues Spiel abverlangt.}) 38. Qf4 Qg4+ 39. Qxg4
fxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Ke7 (40... fxe6 41. f4 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz:} Kc8 42.
Rg7 {usw.}) 41. Rxf7+ Rxf7 42. exf7 Kxf7 43. Kf4 Ke6 44. f3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bb2 e6 8. Be2 Nbd7
9. h3 Bf5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Qe7 16. Rc2 dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18. d5 Nb6 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. e4 Nc4 21. Ba1
Bc5 22. Nb1 Nh5 23. a4 Nf4 24. Qf1 f5 25. axb5 $2 {Der Punkt e4 muЯte
unbedingt verteidigt werden:} (25. Qe1 {mit Ьberlebensaussichten.}) 25... fxe4
26. d6 {WeiЯ versucht, im Trьben zu fischen.} (26. Rxc4 exf3 27. g3 Ne2+ 28.
Kh2 axb5 29. Re4 Qa7 {fьhrt zu baldigem Zusammenbruch.}) 26... Nxd6 $6 ({
Die Folge} 26... Bxd6 27. Rxc4 exf3 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 {lдЯt WeiЯ in einer
hoffnungslosen Lage.}) 27. Bxe5 $2 (27. Nxe5 axb5 28. g3 {war zдher.}) 27...
exf3 $19 28. Rxc5 fxg2 29. Qe1 Rxc5 30. Bxd6 Nxh3+ 31. Kxg2 Qb7+ 32. Kh2 Rxf2+
0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7
9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. Bb2 Ra7 12. Rac1 Nfd7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Nd1 Qb8 17. Nf2 Rc8 18. e4 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Nf8 20. exd5 exd5 21.
Qf3 Bd8 22. Qxd5 Rd7 23. Qe4 Ne6 24. Bb2 $2 (24. Be3 Bb6 25. Rd1 Qa7 {ist
nicht klar, aber}) (24. d5 Nc5 25. Qd4 Bb6 26. d6 {lдЯt WeiЯ im Vorteil; auf}
Nxb3 {folgt} 27. Qg4 Nc5 28. Kh1 {mit starkem Angriff.}) 24... Bb6 25. d5 Qa8
26. Rd1 Nc7 27. Bd4 Rxd5 28. Rd3 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Ne6 31. Qe4 Qa7
32. Kf1 h6 33. Nd3 Ng5 34. Qf4 Qd7 35. Ke2 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 g6 6. g3 (6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 Nh5 8.
Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 e6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Bd3
$14 {Alterman,B-Titov,G, Manila olm 1992, TD 92/02.}) (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. g3 (7.
Bg5 Bg7 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Qa3 $14 {Dao Thien Hai-Varga,Zo, Budapest
1995, EXP 46.}) 7... Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 (9... e6 {wie in der Partie
Yermolinsky,A-Kogan,B, Ashville 1992 geschah, ist sicherer.}) 10. Qb3 Bb7 11.
Bg5 e6 {mit der Absicht} (11... Ne4 $2 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Qe6 14. Bxe4 Rd8
15. Nf6+ $16 {Kortschnoj,V-Epishin,V, Madrid 1995.}) (11... Nc6 12. Rad1 {
Auch 12.e3 ist nicht schlecht.} e6 (12... Na5 13. Qb4 e6 14. Ng4 Nc6 15. Qc5 h5
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. e4 $16) 13. e4 (13. Ng4 h5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. e3 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen nur einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 13... Ne7 (
13... h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxc6 (15. exd5 Nxd4 {ist befriedigend fьr Schwarz.})
15... Bxc6 16. exd5 {kostet den Schwarzen auch einen wertvollen Bauern.}) 14.
exd5 Nexd5 (14... Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxd5 {
ist unerfreulich fьr Schwarz.}) 15. Ng4 {Schwarz ist in Schwierigkeiten.}) 12.
a4 Nc6 {ist vielleicht spielbar. Schwarz hat aber jedenfalls einige Probleme
in der Erцffnung.}) 6... Bg7 (6... dxc4 $5) 7. Bg2 (7. cxd5 $5) 7... O-O {
In der Partie Browne,W-Christiansen,L, USA ch 1994, spielte Schwarz sofort 7...
dc4, so daЯ WeiЯ nicht mit 8.cd5 in die Stellung aus der Partie Kortschnoj,
V-Epishin,V, Madrid 1995, ьbergehen konnte.} 8. O-O {Besseres Aussichten
gewдhrt vermutlich der Zug 8.cd5 in Analogie zur Partie Kortschnoj-Epishin,
Madrid 1995 (s.o.).} dxc4 {So erhдlt Schwarz dynamisches Gegenspiel im Zentrum.
} 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bc4 {Durch Zugumstellung ist eine Stellung
aus der Partie Browne,W-Christiansen,L, USA ch 1994, erreicht worden. Dort
folgte 11...Nd5 12.e4 Nc3 13.bc3 mit leichtem Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.} 12. b3 Bxd3
13. Qxd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Bb2 $14 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1
Rd8 19. h3 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Ne8 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bc1 Qc5+ 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Ba3 Bf8
25. e4 Nd3 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Bf1 Nc5 28. e5 f6 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Kg2 Nce4 31.
Bd3 Ke7 32. Kf3 Nd6 33. Ne3 a5 34. g4 Nd7 35. g5 Nc5 36. Bb1 Ne6 37. h4 Ng7 38.
Kg4 Ke6 39. h5 Nxh5 40. f5+ Kf7 41. Ng2 Ng7 42. fxg6+ hxg6 43. Nh4 Nb5 44.
Bxg6+ Kf8 45. Kf4 Nc3 46. a3 Ne6+ 47. Kf5 Nd4+ 48. Ke5 Nxb3 49. Nf5 Nd2 50. Bh5
Nd5 51. Be2 b5 52. Bxb5 cxb5 53. Kxd5 b4 54. axb4 axb4 55. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. f4 e6 10. c5 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Qc2 Ng8 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. O-O-O Nf5 15.
Ne2 Qh4 {Dies kostet lediglich Zeit.} (15... Nh4 $11 {ist solide genug.}) 16.
Ng1 Qe7 17. Nf3 Nh4 18. Qe2 O-O $6 {Dies gefдllt mir ьberhaupt nicht: warum
stellt Schwarz seinen Kцnig in einen Gefahrenbereich?} (18... Bf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5
20. fxe5 Bg7 $11) 19. Rdg1 Bf6 20. Ng5 h6 $2 {Dies ist schon ganz
unverantwortlich. Nach} (20... Bg7 {mit der Absicht Sd7-f6 hat Schwarz immer
noch Aussichten, die Stellung zusammenzuhalten. Jetzt ist seine Bauernstruktur
am Kцnigsflьgel auch noch brьchig.}) 21. Nf3 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Kh8 23. h4 Rg8 24.
Kb1 {WeiЯ verstдrkt seine Stellung in aller Ruhe. Nach} (24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4
Rac8 {scheitert} 26. Bxc6 {an} Nxc5 {so daЯ Schwarz noch Widerstand leisten
kann.}) 24... Rg7 $2 {Schwarz muЯte sich gegen den VorstoЯ e3-e4 wappnen.} (
24... Rac8 25. h5 g5 {bot bessere Aussichten auf Lebensrettung.}) 25. e4 Bxh4 (
{Hoffnungslos ist auf die dauer auch} 25... dxe4 26. Bxe4 Rc8 27. h5 g5 28.
fxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxc6) 26. Qg4 Bf6 {Es gibt keine Rettung:} (26... dxe4 27. Bxe4
f5 28. Qxh4 Qxh4 29. Rxh4 fxe4 30. d5) (26... Bxf2 27. Rg2 dxe4 28. Bxe4 f5 (
28... Nf6 29. Rxh6+ Rh7 30. Qh3 {ist nicht besser.}) 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 30. Qh3) 27.
e5 $18 Rh7 28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Bc1 a5 30. f5 exf5 31. Qf4 h5 32. Qc7 Nf8 33. Bf4
Kg8 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Bxe5 Ne6 36. Bxf5 Re8 37. f4 Kf8 38. Bc2 Rh6 39. f5 gxf5
40. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
Qa5 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. O-O {WeiЯ gibt das Lдuferpaar auf. Sein Aufbau scheint mir
nicht besonders nachhaltig zu sein.} Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. Qc2 (12. e4 dxe4 13.
Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Be6 15. Qc2 Bb4 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. Qc1 h5 19. h3
Rh6 20. Bb1 h4 21. Re4 Bd6 22. Rde1 Bb8 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. f4 Rf6 25. Ba2 Rxf4 26.
Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6 Rf7 28. Qxf7+ Qxf7 29. Bxf7 Kxf7 30. Re4 Ba7 31. Ne2 g5 32.
Kf2 Kf6 33. Ke3 c5 34. Kd3 cxd4 35. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Godena,M/Mendrisio
1999/EXT 2000 (35)}) 12... h6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. h3 Qc7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Rab1 Bd7 {
Es ist mir unklar, warum Schwarz b2-b4 zulдЯt. Nach} (16... a5 {hat er eine
sehr angenehme Stellung.}) 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 {Vorzuziehen ist} (18. b5 cxb5
19. Bxb5 Rac8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 (20... Qxd7 21. Qd3) 21. Rb3 {mit Aussichten auf
Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 18... Rxa5 19. Rfc1 Rb8 (19... Rfa8 {ist plausibler.} 20.
Qb3 Bc8 21. Nb5 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Qb8 23. Nc3 Bd6 {fьhrt zu nichts.}) 20. f4 $6 {
Der Textzug verbessert die Bauernstellung des WeiЯen nicht.} (20. Nb5 cxb5 21.
Qxc7 Bxc7 22. Rxc7 bxa4 {ist natьrlich nicht empfehlenswert fьr WeiЯ, aber nach
}) (20. Nb3 Raa8 21. Ra1 {ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.}) 20... Re8 21. Re1
Rc8 {Dieser Zug ist fьr mich ganz mysteriцs.} 22. Nb3 Raa8 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24.
dxc5 Qa5 25. Ne2 Rcb8 26. Ra1 b5 $4 {Dies ist eine krasse Fehleinschдtzung.
Nach} (26... b6 27. cxb6 (27. Rec1 Re8 {ist nicht erfreulicher fьr WeiЯ.})
27... c5 {hat Schwarz ein angenehmes Leben.}) 27. axb5 $18 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Rxa1+
29. Kh2 cxb5 30. c6 Bc8 31. Qb2 Raa8 32. Qe5 Ba6 33. Nd4 Re8 34. Qd6 Rxe3 35.
c7 Ree8 36. Nf5 {Eine Vielzahl der folgenden Zьge ist fьr mich schwer
verstдndlich.} Ne4 37. Qxd5 Nf6 38. Qd6 Bb7 39. Qb6 Bc8 40. Nd6 Rf8 41. Qc5 Ra2
42. Bf1 Be6 43. c8=Q Bxc8 44. Nxc8 Rd8 45. Nd6 Kh8 46. Bxb5 {Stдrker ist
offensichtlich} (46. Nxf7+) 46... Rb2 47. Qc7 Rf8 48. Bc6 Rd2 49. Nf5 Kh7 50.
Qe7 Rdd8 51. Nd6 Kg8 52. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 {Dieser bescheidene Deckungszug
sieht nicht besonders wirksam aus; WeiЯ verliert die Mцglichkeit, mit Dd1-b3
gegen den Bauern auf b7 zu drьcken, wenn Schwarz seinen weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer
entwickelt. Er ist dann auch nicht besonders beliebt, fьhrt aber zu
unerforschten Stellungen.} Bg4 {Dieser Zug ist, soweit ich sehe, an dieser
Stelle neu. Nicht neu ist jedoch die damit verbundene Absicht: der
Kцnigsspringer des WeiЯen soll nach e5 gelockt werden, damit er sogleich mit
Nb8-d7 abgetauscht werden kann.} (5... Bf5 6. Nh4 (6. e3 e6 {sieht nicht
gefдhrlich fьr Schwarz aus.}) 6... Be6 7. e3 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen das etwas
bequemere Spiel.}) 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 (7... e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 {sieht
ungьnstig fьr Schwarz aus.}) 8. Bb2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 8. g4 Nxe5 9. gxf5 Ned7
10. Bg2 g6 {fьhrt zu befriedigendem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 8... Nxe5 {Schwarz
ist nicht gezwungen, sofort auf e5 zu schlagen. In Betracht kommt} (8... e6 9.
g4 Bg6 10. h4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 (12. h5 {ist nicht besser:} Bb4 13.
hxg6 Nxc3 14. gxf7+ Kf8 (14... Kxf7 {ist ungenau;} 15. Qf3+ Ke8 16. a3 {
fьhrt zum Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) (14... Kd7 15. Qc2 Ne4+ 16. Kd1 {ist ebenfalls
gьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) 15. Qc2 (15. Qd2 Nxa2 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa2 Qe7 {fьhrt zu
besserem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 15... Na4+ 16. Ke2 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 {mit etwa
gleichem Spiel.}) 12... Bxe4 13. f3 dxc4 14. fxe4 Qa5+ 15. Kf2 c3 (15... Rd8 {
ist nicht stдrker; WeiЯ antwortet mit} 16. Qc1) 16. Bc1 Rd8 (16... Qxe5 {
erlaubt die Antwort} 17. Qd4) 17. Qc2 Qxe5 {mit unklarer Lage.}) 9. dxe5 Ne4
10. g4 Nxc3 $6 {Es gibt keinen Grund dafьr, den wohlzentralisierten Springer
abzutauschen.} ({Die Folge} 10... Bg6 11. cxd5 ({Auch} 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nxe4
Bxe4 13. f3 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 Bg6 15. Bd3 {kommt fьr WeiЯ in Betracht.}) 11... Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Qxd5 ({Auch die Fortsetzung} 12... cxd5 13. e6 Qd6 14. exf7+ Bxf7 15.
Qd4 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen Vorteil.}) 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. e6 fxe6 15. Bg2 {dьrfte
dem WeiЯen das bessere Spiel ьberlassen.}) (10... Be6 {ist der angewiesene Zug:
} 11. Nxe4 (11. f3 {Nicht besser ist} Nxc3 12. Bxc3 f5 {mit gutem Spiel fьr
Schwarz.}) (11. Bd3 $2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 dxc4 {verschafft ihm sogar das bessere
Spiel.}) 11... dxe4 12. Be2 f5 {mit Ausgleich.}) 11. Bxc3 Be6 $6 {Dies dьrfte
nicht die beste Mцglichkeit darstellen.} (11... Bg6 12. e6 fxe6 (12... Qd6 13.
exf7+ Bxf7 14. Qd4 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen Vorteil.}) 13. Bg2 {sit nicht angenehm
fьr Schwarz} ({Nach} 13. Be5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Be4 16. Rg1 Rg8 {
hat Schwarz nichts zu fьrchten.})) ({Die Fortsetzung} 11... Be4 12. f3 Bg6 13.
e6 fxe6 14. Be5 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rg8 17. h4 h5 {bildet meines
Erachtens fьr Schwarz das kleinste Ьbel.}) 12. f4 f5 ({Nach} 12... dxc4 13. Qf3
cxb3 14. f5 {erhдlt WeiЯ einen gewaltigen Angriff, zum Beispiel} Bd7 (14... b2
15. Rd1 b1=Q 16. Rxb1 Bc8 17. e6 {ist keine Verbesserung fьr Schwarz.}) 15. e6
(15. Bc4 e6 16. O-O Qe7 17. Bxb3 {ist weniger aggressiv, aber gefдhrlich genug.
}) 15... fxe6 16. Bc4 exf5 (16... Qc8 17. O-O {sieht fьr Schwarz auch nicht
verlockend aus.}) 17. gxf5 Qb6 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. O-O-O {usw.}) 13. Bd3 {Stьnde
der Springer des Schwarzen noch auf e4, dann wдre dieser Zug ganz wirkungslos;
jetzt ist er stark.} Qd7 14. cxd5 (14. Qc2 g6 15. gxf5 Bxf5 ({Nach} 15... gxf5
16. Rg1 {ist die Stellung des Schwarzen strategisch verloren.}) 16. e6 Qxe6 17.
Bxf5 Qxe3+ 18. Kf1 d4 {bringt dem WeiЯen nicht den gewьnschten Erfolg.}) 14...
Bxd5 (14... cxd5 {scheitert an} 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxd5) (14...
Qxd5 15. O-O {sieht ungьnstig fьr Schwarz aus}) 15. Rg1 ({Die Fortsetzung} 15.
Bxf5 e6 16. e4 exf5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. gxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxd5 Qxf4 20. Qxb7 Qe3+ 21.
Kf1 Qd3+ 22. Kg2 Qg6+ 23. Kf1 Rd8 {ist unerquicklich fьr WeiЯ.}) 15... e6 ({
Der Versuch} 15... Bf3 16. Bxf5 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxd1 18. Kxd1 g6 19. Be6 {
fьhrt zu einer strategischen Verluststellung fьr Schwarz.}) 16. gxf5 exf5 17.
Qc2 ({Die Stellung, die nach} 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Rxg6 hxg6 19. Qxh8 O-O-O {
entsteht, ist fьr WeiЯ nicht erstrebenswert.}) 17... Be6 18. O-O-O Qf7 19. Kb1
{WeiЯ bereitet die Fortsetzung e3-e4 vor; der Bauer auf f4 soll nicht mit
Schach geschlagen werden kцnnen. Vielleicht ist jedoch} (19. Kb2 {genauer.})
19... g6 20. h4 $6 {Damit vergibt WeiЯ seinen Vorteil.} ({Nach} 20. e4 O-O-O (
20... fxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxf4 22. Rxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6+ Bf7 (23... Ke7 24. Bd2 {
, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 24. e6 {ist selbstmцrderisch.}) 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Qf2 {
behдlt WeiЯ ausgezeichnete Gewinnaussichten.}) 20... Be7 21. h5 O-O-O 22. Ba5
Rd5 23. Bb6 Kb8 {Dieser Zug dьrfte zum Ausgleich genьgen.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 
23... Bd8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bxa6 {schien mir nicht spielbar zu sein, aber es
gibt doch eine Verteidigung:} Rxd1+ (25... Bxb6 26. Qxc6+ {mit leichtem Gewinn
fьr WeiЯ.}) (25... bxa6 26. Qxc6+ Kb8 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Qd6+ {, und WeiЯ
gewinnt.}) 26. Rxd1 Bd5 27. Bxd8 bxa6 28. Bf6 Be4 29. Bxh8 (29. Qxe4 fxe4 30.
Bxh8 Qh7 31. Bf6 Qh3 {verschafft dem Schwarzen ebenfalls Gegenchancen.}) 29...
Bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Qf8 {, und Schwarz sollte sich halten kцnnen.}) 24. hxg6 hxg6
25. Bc4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Rd6 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qh7 {Dies ist
sicherer als} (29... Qxc4 30. bxc4 Kc8 31. Rg6 ({Auf} 31. e6 {folgt} Bd8 {nach}
32. c5 Bxb6 33. cxb6 Rd8 {verliert WeiЯ das Bauernendspiel.}) 31... Bd8 32. c5
{obwohl Schwarz sich wahrscheinlich wird halten kцnnen.}) 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Bd4
Qh3 $6 (31... Be7 32. Rd7 (32. Re6 Qh1+ 33. Kb2 Ba3+ {fьhrt zum Vorteil fьr
Schwarz.}) 32... Qg6 ({Auf} 32... Kc8 {folgt} 33. e6 Qg6 34. Be5 Bd8 35. Rf7 {
mit Ausgleich.}) 33. Bb2 Bd8 {gibt dem Schwarzen einen kleinen Vorteil, doch
hдlt sich WeiЯ ohne weiteres nach} 34. Rd6 Qh7 35. Bd4 Bc7 36. Rf6 Bxe5 37.
Rxf5) 32. Qc5 Qf1+ $2 {Dieses Schach ist sinnlos und verbessert nur die
Kцnigsstellung des WeiЯen.} (32... Qh1+ {zur Deckung des Bauern auf c6 ist
eine sichere Fortsetzung; nach} 33. Kb2 Kc8 34. Qa7 Rh8 {hat Schwarz
ausreichende Gegendrohungen.}) (32... Kc8 {genьgt jedoch ebenfalls zum Remis:}
33. Rxc6+ bxc6 34. Qxc6+ Kd8 35. Bb6+ Ke7 36. Bc5+ Kf7 ({Sogar} 36... Kd8 37.
Qd6+ Kc8 38. Qxa6+ Kd8 39. Qa8+ Kd7 40. Qb7+ Ke6 41. Qc6+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Be7 43.
e6+ Kf6 44. Bd4+ Kg5 45. Qxe8 Qf1+ {fьhrt zum selben Ergebnis.}) 37. Qd7+ Be7
38. e6+ Kf6 39. Bd4+ Kg5 40. Qxe8 Qf1+ {mit Dauerschach.}) 33. Kb2 Qe2+ ({
Die Folge} 33... Qg2+ 34. Ka3 Kc8 35. Qa7 Rd8 36. Qa8+ (36. Bc5 {gewinnt wohl
auch.}) 36... Kc7 37. Rxd8 Bxd8 38. Bb6+ Kxb6 39. Qxd8+ Ka7 40. e6 {wird der
Nachziehende nicht ьberleben.}) ({Die Fortsetzung} 33... Kc8 {ist nicht mehr
zum Ausgleich ausreichend:} 34. Qa7 (34. Rxc6+ {ergibt auch hier nur
Dauerschach.}) 34... Rd8 35. Bb6 ({Nach} 35. Qa8+ Kc7 36. Rxd8 Qe2+ 37. Ka3
Be7+ 38. Rd6 Qe1 {kann WeiЯ wiederum dem Dauerschach nicht entkommen.}) 35...
Rxd6 36. Qa8+ Kd7 37. Qxb7+ Ke6 38. exd6 Bf6+ 39. Ka3 Qc1+ 40. Ka4 Qc2 41. a3
Kxd6 42. Qxa6 {WeiЯ hat groЯen, vielleicht entscheidenden Vorteil.}) 34. Ka3
Bd8 $2 {Der einzige Rettungsversuch besteht in} (34... Qb5 35. Qa7+ Kc7 36.
Bb6+ Qxb6 37. Rd7+ Kxd7 38. Qxb6 Kc8 39. Qd4 Re6 {Vielleicht erreicht Schwarz
eine Festung.}) (34... Kc8 35. Qa7 Rd8 {reicht nicht aus:} 36. Rxc6+ (36. Qa8+
Kc7 37. Rxd8 Be7+ 38. Rd6 Qe1 {ergibt remis: siehe oben.}) (36. Bb6 Rxd6 37.
Qa8+ (37. exd6 Qb5 {bringt nichts ein.}) 37... Kd7 38. Qxb7+ Ke6 39. exd6 Bf6
40. Qc8+ Kxd6 41. Qc7+ Ke6 42. Qxc6+ Kf7 43. Qc4+ {mag dagegen auch zum Gewinn
genьgen.}) 36... bxc6 37. Bb6 Be7+ 38. Qxe7 Rd7 39. Qe8+ Kb7 40. Qxd7+ Kxb6 41.
Qd6 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt mьhelos.}) 35. Rd7 $2 (35. Qa7+ Kc8 36. Qa8+ Kc7 37.
Ba7 {gewinnt unmittelbar.}) 35... Kc8 36. Rf7 Qd2 37. Qd6 {WeiЯ gibt sich mit
Remis zufrieden. Aber auch nach} (37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. Bxc3 Be7+ 39. Kb2 Kd7 40.
Rxf5 Rg8 {sollte Schwarz das Endspiel nicht verlieren.}) 37... Qa5+ 38. Kb2
Qd2+ 39. Ka3 Qa5+ 40. Kb2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Ba6
8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 c3 11. bxc3 bxc3 12. Nb1 Qa5 13. Ba3 c5 {Soweit
ich feststellen kann, ist dies eine Neuerung; in der Vorgдngerpartie geschah} (
13... Bxa3 14. Rxa3 O-O 15. Nxc3 Nbd7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 $11 {0-1 Knaak,R-Hertneck,
G/BL9091 1991 (49). Nach dem Textzug muЯ WeiЯ schon sorgfдltig spielen, um
nicht in Schwierigkeiten zu geraten; die Variante taugt nicht viel.}) 14. Bxa6
Nxa6 15. Ne5 ({In Betracht kam auch} 15. Qb3 Nd5 (15... Rb8 16. Qxc3 $11) 16.
e4 Nf4 17. Nxc3 Qxc3 {ist natьrlich nicht empfehlenswert:} (17... Rb8 18. Qc4
O-O (18... Qxc3 19. Qxa6 Nh3+ 20. gxh3 Qxf3 21. Qc6+ $16) 19. Rfc1 {mit etwa
ausgeglichener Stellung.}) 18. Qb5+ Kf8 19. Qxa6 Nh3+ 20. gxh3 Qxf3 21. Qc6 {
mit Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 15... Rc8 16. Qb3 $2 (16. Qd3 cxd4 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18.
Qxd4 Nb4 {sieht nicht besser fьr WeiЯ aus.}) (16. Nc4 {war richtig: nach} Qd8 (
16... Qc7 {wird mit} 17. Nxc3 cxd4 18. Nb5 Qxc4 19. Rc1 {beantwortet}) 17. Qb3
O-O 18. Rd1 {ist der Vorteil des Schwarzen nicht nennenswert.}) 16... cxd4 17.
Qb7 (17. Bxe7 {ist nicht besser:} Kxe7 (17... Qxe5 $2 {ist fehlerhaft wegen
der Antwort} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qb7) 18. Qb7+ Qc7 19. Qxa6 Qxe5 20. Qxa7+ Rc7
21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 Nd5 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 17... Rc7 18. Qa8+ Bd8 19.
Bd6 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxc7 Bxc7 22. exd4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ke7 24. Na3 Nab4 25.
Rab1 Rc8 {WeiЯ hatte in dieser Abwicklung keine gьnstige Abweichung zur
Verfьgung, soweit ich sehe. Der c-Bauer des Schwarzen ist nun mehr wert als
die Qualitдt.} 26. Rfc1 Nf4 27. Rxb4 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Nxc1 {Hecht: starker
schwarzer Freibauer, Taktik} 29. Rb7+ Kf8 30. Nc2 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rc8 32. Nc2 a6
33. g3 Rd8 34. Ne3 Rc8 35. Nc2 Rd8 36. Ne3 Na2 37. a5 (37. Rc7 {macht keinen
wesentlichen Unterschied zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 37... Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd3 39.
Rc7 Ke8 40. Kf3 Kd8 41. Rc4 Kd7 42. h4 Rd2 43. Rc5 Rb2 44. Nc4 Kd8 45. Nb6 (45.
Ne3 Rb5 {ist hoffnungslos fьr WeiЯ. Mit dem Textzug verschafft er sich noch
gefдhrliche Drohungen gegen den Kцnig des Schwarzen, die zum Dauerschach
fьhren kцnnen, wenn der Nachziehende es an Aufmerksamkeit fehlen lдЯt.}) 45...
g5 {Hecht: es drohte Dauerschach} (45... c2 $2 {fьhrt nach} 46. Rc8+ Ke7 47.
Rc7+ {zum Dauerschach. Mit dem Textzug erцffnet der Nachziehende seinem Kцnig
ein Fluchtfeld auf g7.}) 46. Rc8+ (46. hxg5 {Hecht}) 46... Ke7 47. Rc7+ Kd8 48.
Rc8+ Ke7 49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. Rc8+ Kg7 51. Nd7 (51. Na4 {scheitert an} Rb4 52. Nxc3
Rb3) 51... g4+ (51... c2 $2 52. Nf6 g4+ 53. Kg2 {fьhrt zum Remis.}) 52. Kg2 ({
Nach} 52. Kxg4 c2 53. Nf6 c1=Q 54. Rg8+ Kh6 {fehlt dem Springer des WeiЯen die
Mцglichkeit zum Schach auf g4.}) 52... Rb5 ({Auch nach} 52... Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kf5
54. Rg5+ Ke4 55. Rxg4+ Kd5 56. Nb6+ Kxe5 {wird Schwarz gewinnen. Der Textzug
ist einfacher; durch Angriff auf den Bauern e5 wird die Drohung Sd7-f6
entkrдftet.}) (52... c2 {Hecht} 53. Nf6 Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kf5 55. Rg5#) 53. h5 Rd5
54. h6+ Kg6 55. Nf6 Rxe5 56. Nxg4 Rg5 57. f3 Rb5 58. Rg8+ Kf5 59. Rg7 c2 60.
Rxf7+ (60. Ne3+ Kf6 61. Nxc2 Rb2 $19) 60... Kg6 61. Rg7+ Kh5 62. Rg8 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 (5... dxc4 6. a4 Be6 7. e4
$16 {Timman-Salov, Sanghi Nagar (m/8) 1994, Inf. 61/382}) 6. Bh4 $6 (6. Bf4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e4 (8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 g5 (11... bxc4
12. Rb1 e5 (12... Qc8 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. O-O $44 {Tukmakov, Inf. 36/449}) 13. Rxb7
exf4 $13 {Tukmakov-Bagirov, UdSSR 1983, Inf. 36/449}) 12. Bxb8 bxc4 13. Rb1
Rxb8 14. Rxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxc6+ Rd7 16. Qa4 e6 17. O-O Bd6 $44 18. Qxa6 Kf7 19.
Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxc4 Rb8 21. Qd3 (21. a4 Qc8 22. Qd3 Kg7 $15 {Thorsteins-Dreev,
Kiljava 1984, Inf.38/474}) 21... Kg7 22. c4 Qa4 23. c5 Be7 24. Ra1 $10 Rb2 25.
a3 Rb3 {Rashkovsky-Rublevsky, Kurgan 1993, CBM 39} 26. Qd1 $13) 8... b5 9. Ne5
g6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Qg3 Be6 12. Nf3 $16 {Zajd-Popov, UdSSR 1975, Inf. 20/576}) (
6. h4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. a4 Bd5 11. a5 f6 12. Bf4 e5
13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Qd2 O-O $13 {Lutz-Bologan, BL 1993/94 (1993),})
6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e4 b5 9. Ne5 {Mit dem Lдufer auf h4 ist dieser Zug 
(anders als in der Partie Zajd-Popov) nicht funktionstьchtig. Ruhiges Spiel
mit 9.a4 oder 9.Le2 gefдllt mir besser.} g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Bg3 O-O 12. h4 $6 {
>= 12.0-0.} c5 $17 13. d5 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qc1 Qf6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nc6 Qxc3
18. Qf4 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. e5 Bf5 21. Rae1 Qa3 22. h5 Re6 23. h6 Bf8 24. Rd1
Rexc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. e6 Bxe6 27. Rfe1 Qa4 28. Qf3 b4 29. Bf4 Rc8 30. Bd6
Bxh6 31. Be7 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Ba3 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bb2 Nb4 15.
Bd3 Ne4 16. Ne2 Re6 17. Ng3 Rg6 18. Bb1 Bxg3 19. fxg3 f6 20. a5 c4 21. bxc4
bxa5 22. c5 Bc6 23. Bc3 Rb8 24. Re2 a4 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Ba2 a5 27. Qd3 f5 28.
Qa6 {(...) Das SchluЯergebnis ist unverstдndlich.} (28. Qa6 Bb5 29. Bxd5+ Qxd5
(29... Kh8 30. Ne5) (29... Kf8 30. Qb7 Be8 31. Qa8 Rb8 32. Qa7) 30. Qc8+ Kf7
31. Ne5+ Kf6 {Schwarz steht jedenfalls besser, aber klar ist die Sache noch
nicht.}) 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Velicka, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nxe5 8. dxe5
Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... cxd5 10. e4 (10. f4 Bc5 11. e3 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Kh1
Bb7 14. Ne2 f6 15. Nd4 Qe7 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. b3 Bb6 18. Bb2 Rf7 19. Rc1 Qd6 20.
Qg4 Re8 21. Rfd1 e5 22. Nf3 Nf6 23. Qh4 exf4 24. Ng5 Rfe7 {Rabinovich,
A-Chekurov,S/EU-chJM U16 Szombathely 1993/TD 93\05/1-0 (38)}) 10... d4 11. Qxd4
Bc5 12. Qd1 Nxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ke2 Bd7 15. Rd1 Ke7 16. f4 Nc6 17. Be3 Bxe3
18. Kxe3 Rhd8 19. e5 Be8 20. Rac1 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Rc8 22. Nf2 Bd7 23. Nd3 b6 24.
b3 {Farago,I-Tolnai,T/AUT-chT 1994/TD 94\03/1-0 (58)}) 10. e4 d4 (10... dxe4
11. e6 (11. O-O Nxe5 (11... Be7 12. Qg4 Nxe5 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Nf3+ 15. Kh1
Bf5 16. Qf4 $16 {ist offenbar unerfreulich fьr Schwarz.}) 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.
Nxe4 Bg4 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Be3 Kc7 $44 {fьhrt zu keinem klaren Ergebnis.}) 11...
fxe6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qb3 {sieht unbequem fьr Schwarz aus.}) 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12.
Qd1 Nxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ke2 Kc7 (14... Ke7 15. b3 (15. Na4 Bd4 {bringt dem
WeiЯen nichts.}) 15... b5 (15... Rd8 16. Na4 Bd4 17. Ba3+ Ke8 18. Rad1 {
ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen das bessere Spiel.}) 16. Bb2 f6 17. Rhd1 $14) 15. Bf4 (15.
Rd1 Be6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Bb2 f6 {fьhrt zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 15...
f6 16. Rac1 Bg4+ 17. f3 Be6 18. Nd5+ (18. b3 $5) 18... Bxd5 (18... cxd5 19.
Rxc5+ Kd6 20. Rc2 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen Vorteil;} {die Fortsetzung} dxe4 21.
Rd1+ Ke7 22. Rc7+ {ist fьr ihn natьrlich sehr gьnstig, und nach anderen Zьgen
wird er den d-Bauern des Schwarzen fesseln.}) 19. Bxe5+ (19. Rxc5 Bxa2 20.
Bxe5+ fxe5 21. Rxe5 Rhe8 {ergibt Ausgleich.}) (19. exd5 Kb6 {verspricht auch
nicht mehr als der Textzug; nach} 20. Bxe5 {muЯ WeiЯ nun mit der Mцglichkeit}
Rhe8 {rechnen.}) 19... fxe5 20. exd5 Kb6 (20... Bd4 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. f4 {
ist ungьnstig fьr Schwarz.}) 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rc4 Bd4 {Die vorzьgliche
Stellung des Lдufers auf d4 hilft dem Schwarzen, das Gleichgewicht zu wahren.}
23. Rhc1 c5 24. b4 Rac8 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Bf5 Rb8 27. h4 h6 28. h5 a5 29. b5 Rf8
30. Bd3 Rcf7 31. Be4 Rf6 32. a4 Rd8 33. R4c2 Rc8 34. Bd3 Rcf8 35. Rf1 R8f7 36.
Bg6 Rf8 37. Be4 Rc8 38. Rc4 Rd8 39. Rd1 Rfd6 40. Rc2 Rc8 41. Bc6 Rcd8 42. Rh1
c4 $6 ({Nach} 42... g5 43. hxg6 Rxg6 44. Be4 Rgd6 {sollte Schwarz keine
Verlustgefahr laufen.}) 43. Rxc4 Bc5 44. Rc2 Bb4 45. Be4 {Dies scheint mir
nicht der aussichtsreichste Gewinnversuch zu sein, aber auch nach} (45. Rhc1
Ba3 46. Ra1 Bb4 47. g4 Rd2+ 48. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 49. Ke3 Rd4 50. Ra2 Be7 {dьrfte
Schwarz ьberleben kцnnen.}) 45... Rd2+ 46. Ke3 (46. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 47. Ke3 Ra2 {
bietet dem WeiЯen keine Gewinnaussichten.}) 46... Bc5+ 47. Rxc5 Kxc5 48. Rc1+
Kb4 49. b6 R2d7 50. b7 Rb8 51. Rb1+ Ka3 52. Ra1+ Kb2 53. Rb1+ Ka3 54. g4 Rd6
55. Ra1+ Kb2 56. Rg1 Ka3 57. Rc1 Rb6 58. Ra1+ Kb4 59. Rb1+ Kc5 60. Rc1+ Kb4 61.
Rc7 Kxa4 62. Rxg7 Kb5 63. Rg6 a4 64. Kd3 a3 65. Rxb6+ Kxb6 66. Kc3 Kc7 67. Kb3
Rd8 68. Kxa3 Rd6 69. Kb4 Rf6 70. Kc5 Ra6 71. Kc4 Rd6 72. Kc3 Kb8 73. Kc4 Kc7
74. Kb4 Rf6 75. Bd5 Rb6+ 76. Kc5 Rf6 77. Be4 Ra6 78. Kd5 Kxb7 79. Kxe5+ Kc7 80.
f4 Kd7 81. g5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
g3 e6 {Diese ruhige Fortsetzung ist, soviel ich sehe, noch nicht probiert
worden. Sie hat viel fьr sich: Schwarz versucht, die sonst in dieser Variante
ьblichen schwдchenden Bauernzьge zu vermeiden und den auf e5 auftauchenden
Springer mit Sb8-d7 abzutauschen. In der Partie findet WeiЯ kein Gegenmittel
gegen diesen Plan und kommt bald in einer Verluststellung zurecht.} 9. Bg2 b5
10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. O-O Be7 13. Qc2 (13. e4 {sieht plausibler aus,
aber Vorteil hat WeiЯ bestimmt nicht.}) 13... Nd7 14. h4 $6 (14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
a4 {gefдllt mir besser; WeiЯ sollte c6-c5 mцglichst unattraktiv fьr Schwarz
machen.}) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bf4 c5 $17 17. e4 cxd4 18. cxd4 O-O 19.
Be3 f5 20. Rfd1 Qd7 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Bd6 23. Bh3 Qf7 24. Bg2 f4 25. gxf4
Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. a4 Bc8 28. Rb4 Qd6 29. Qc3 Bd7 30. Rb2 Rae8 31. axb5
axb5 32. Rd4 Rf6 33. Ra2 b4 $1 {Eine beeindruckende Gewinnkombination.} 34.
Qxc4 Re1+ 35. Bf1 Rg6+ 36. Kh1 Qf8 37. Rf4 {Ich sehe keine Rettung fьr WeiЯ:} (
37. Kh2 b3 38. Rad2 Qd6+ {Nachdem der Turm des WeiЯen nicht mehr auf a8
einzudringen droht, gewinnt Schwarz mьhelos.}) (37. f4 Bh3 38. Rf2 Bxf1 39.
Rxf1 Qf5 40. d6+ Kh8 41. Kh2 Re3 {und Schwarz setzt matt.}) 37... Rxf1+ 38. Kh2
Rf6 $4 {Schwarz strauchelt kurz vor dem Ziel.} ({Zum Gewinn fьhrte} 38... Qb8
39. d6+ Be6 40. Qxb4 Qc8 $19) 39. Rxf6 Qxf6 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Qxf1 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1
Qg5+ 43. Qg2 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2
Bb4 9. Qc2 c5 10. Be2 (10. Nb3 $5 Qc7 11. dxc5 {kommt in Betracht. Wenn
Schwarz versucht, sofort die Initiative zu ergreifen, scheitert er:} Ne4 (11...
Nxc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 {ist offenbar vorteilhaft fьr WeiЯ.}) (11... dxc4
12. Bxc4 Bxc5 {ist vielleicht die solideste Entgegnung.}) 12. Bf4 e5 13. cxd5
Ndxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Rc1 $16) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 {Schwarz hat offenbar keinerlei Probleme.} 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. a5
(15. Qb6 Qxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 {fьhrt zum Ausgleich.}) 15... O-O 16. Qb6 Rd8 17.
Bf3 Rb8 18. O-O-O Nd5 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Rhe1 Nb4 21. Nb6 Bxb6 (21... Nc6 22.
Bxc6 bxc6 (22... Bxb6 23. axb6 bxc6 24. Na4 {fьhrt zu groЯem Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}
) 23. Nca4 {fьhrt zu einer unklaren Lage.}) 22. axb6 Rd6 23. d5 Rxb6 24. Bg4
Kf8 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 $6 (26... Rxe6 {ist solider, doch sollte WeiЯ
die Stellung nach} 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Rd7 {halten kцnnen. In der Folge
entfalten die Tьrme des WeiЯen eine unangenehme Aktivitдt.}) 27. Rd7 Rc8 28.
Re3 Nd5 29. Rg3 Ne7 30. Kb1 Ke8 31. Rd2 Nf5 32. Rgd3 Rbc6 33. Ne4 Rc1+ (33...
h5 34. f3 R8c7 {war sicherer.}) 34. Ka2 h5 35. f3 R8c2 (35... R8c7 $5) 36. Rd8+
Kf7 37. R2d7+ Kg6 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Nh6 40. h3 Rc4 (40... Rc7 {fьhrt zum
Remis.}) 41. Nc3 Rh1 ({Zum Remis ausreichend war} 41... R4xc3 42. bxc3 Rxc3 43.
Rd3 Rxd3 44. Rxd3 Nf7 $11) 42. Re8 Rxh3 $2 (42... Kf6 {war unabdingbar; ich
sehe nun keinen Gewinn fьr WeiЯ.}) 43. Rxe6+ Kh7 44. Ne4 $18 Ra4+ 45. Kb1 Rh1+
46. Kc2 Rf1 (46... Rc4+ 47. Kb3 Rc8 48. Ree7 $18) 47. Ng5+ Kg8 48. Ree7 Rxg4
49. Rxg7+ Kh8 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Rdg7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kravtsov, Sergey"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 bxc4 12. Rb1 e5 13. Rxb7 exf4 14. Qa4 Qc8
15. Rb6 Bd6 16. Qxc4 Ke7 17. gxf4 {Das ist eine Neuerung.} (17. O-O Ra7 18.
Rfb1 Rd8 (18... fxg3 $5 {Tukmakov, Inf. 36/449.}) 19. gxf4 Qe6 (19... Bxf4 20.
d5 $44 {Tukmakov, Inf. 36/449.}) 20. Qd3 g6 21. c4 $44 {geschah in der Partie
Tukmakov-Bagirov, UdSSR 1983, Inf. 36/449. Der Textzug ist keine Verbesserung;
natьrlich sollte WeiЯ seinen Kцnigsturm mцglichst rasch mobilisieren.}) 17...
Ra7 18. Rg1 $2 {Besser war} (18. O-O) 18... g6 19. Be4 f5 20. Bd3 Qe6 $19 {
Nach Damentausch muЯ sich das Materialьbergewicht des Schwarzen auf die Dauer
geltend machen lassen.} 21. Qxe6+ Kxe6 22. e3 Bc7 23. Rb3 Nd7 24. Kd2 a5 25.
Be2 a4 26. Rbb1 Ba5 27. Kd3 c5 28. c4 cxd4 29. exd4 Bc7 30. c5 Bxf4 31. Kc4
Bxh2 32. Rge1 Rc8 33. Bf3+ Kf6 34. Rh1 Bd6 35. Rxh7 Bxc5 36. Bb7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. Bg5 {Bekannt war} (6. Bf4
Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 $1 9. dxc5 $6 Qa5 10. O-O (10. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 $17) 10...
dxc4 11. Ne5 (11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. h3 Bf5 $10) 11... Qxc5 12. Nxc4 Nc6
13. a5 $6 (13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qb6 $10) 13... Be6 $15 {Khalifman,A-Sokolov,I/
Groningen PCA 1993/0-1 (61)}) 6... Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 e6 (8... b6 {scheitert
an} 9. Bxf6 dxc4 10. Bxe7 cxb3 11. Bxd8 Rxd8 12. Bc4) (8... Ne4 {scheint mir
dagegen in Betracht zu kommen.}) 9. a5 $16 {In der Folge wird Schwarz mit der
Entwicklung seines Damenlдufers groЯe Schwierigkeiten haben.} Nbd7 10. Be2 Qe7
11. h3 Re8 12. O-O Qf8 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. Rfd1 f6 17.
Nxd7 Qxd7 18. c5 Qf7 19. Bc4 f5 20. Rd2 Bf6 21. Rf1 Bd8 22. Qb4 Bc7 23. Be5 Qe7
24. Kh2 Qf7 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Rfd1 Re8 27. f3 {In Betracht kam auch} (27. Be2 {
gefolgt von f2-f3, e4xf3, Le2xf3.}) 27... exf3 28. gxf3 Qe7 29. Rg1 Rd8 30.
Rgd1 Kf8 31. e4 $2 {Dies scheint mir unnцtig. Nach} (31. b4 {bleibt Schwarz
vцllig ohne Gegenspiel und wird entscheidende Linienцffnung auf die Dauer
nicht verhindern kцnnen.}) 31... Bxe5+ 32. dxe5 Rxd2+ 33. Qxd2 Qxc5 34. Qd8+
Kg7 35. Qf6+ Kh6 36. Kg3 Qxc4 $2 (36... fxe4 {war nцtig; WeiЯ dьrfte dann
nichts Besseres als Dauerschach haben.}) 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Qe7 (38. Qg7 {
gewinnt ebenfalls:} f4+ 39. Kxf4 h6 40. Rg1 $18) 38... f4+ (38... Kh6 39. Kh4
$18) 39. Kxf4 Kh6 40. Kg4 Bd7 41. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 e6 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Bd6 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 c5 15.
Be1 Qe7 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Nfd4 Qh4 18. h3 Qg5 19. Qg4 Qh6 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21.
Nb3 Bb6 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Qe2 Rac8 $2 {Schwarz sollte den Abtausch seines
weiЯfeldrigen Lдufers nicht zulassen. Nach} (23... Qg6 {steht er eine
Kleinigkeit besser.}) 24. Ba6 Bxg2 $2 {Dies ist beherzt, aber total inkorrekt.
Nach} (24... Bxa6 25. Qxa6 Bc7 26. Rdc1 ({Nach} 26. Rac1 Qh5 27. Nf3 Rcd8 {
ist auch nicht viel los}) 26... Qh5 {kann} 27. Qb7 {mit} Qe5 28. Nf3 Qxb2 {
beantwortet werden.}) 25. Kxg2 $18 Rc5 26. f4 Rh5 27. Qf3 Nd5 28. Nf1 Bxe3 29.
Rxd5 exd5 30. Nxe3 d4 31. Be2 Rc5 32. Ng4 Qg6 33. Kh1 Re8 34. Bd3 Qd6 35. Bd2
h5 36. Ne5 f6 37. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 Nxe5 (9... e6 10. Be2 c5 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4
14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 $11 {Szabolcsi,J-Keitlinghaus,L/Budapest FS08 GM
1996/0-1 (64)}) 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 b4 $6 (11... e6 {sieht verstдndiger aus.
Im Folgenden vernachlдssigt Schwarz die Entwicklung seines Kцnigsflьgels
strдflich.}) 12. Ne4 c5 13. d5 Qa5 14. Bc4 Nb6 $2 (14... g6 {kam in Betracht,
wenn auch die Lage fьr Schwarz positionell schon sehr bedenklich ist; der
Bauer auf c5 ist rьckstдndig und schwach.}) 15. Bc7 Rc8 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qa4+
Kd8 18. O-O h6 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rac1 Bg7 21. d6 e6 $2 ({Schwarz muЯte unbedingt
} 21... Bxe4 22. dxe7+ Kc7 23. Qd7+ Kb8 24. Bxf7 Bxb2 {versuchen. Den Bauern
auf d6, der die schwarzen Streitkrдfte in zwei Teile spaltet und deren
Koordination verhindert, ьberleben zu lassen, bedeutet Selbstmord.}) 22. Qc2
$18 f5 23. Nd2 Qc6 24. f3 Qd7 25. Nb3 Bf6 26. Na5 Rb8 27. Bb3 Qb5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5
29. Rxc5 Rh7 30. Bxe6 Bxb2 31. d7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mishuchkov, Nikolai Mikhailovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 (8.
b4 Bg4 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Bg3 (11. Bxb8 $6 Qxb8 $2 ({Nach} 11... dxc4
{steht eher Schwarz besser.}) 12. cxd5 e5 13. dxe6 $18 {Genovese,M-Zichichi,A/
Catania op 1994/0-1 (48)}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 $14 {Der Textzug scheint mir
stдrker zu sein als 8.b4.}) 8... b6 9. Be2 e6 {Der Zug gefдllt mir nicht.} (
9... Be6 {kommt in Betracht.}) 10. O-O a5 11. Rfd1 Ba6 (11... Na6 12. Ne5 Nb4
13. Na2 c5 {ist vielleicht spielbar.}) 12. Rac1 Nbd7 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5
14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. axb5 {sieht ebenfalls sehr unangenehm fьr
Schwarz aus.}) 13. cxd5 exd5 {Schwarz muЯ das Feld b5 gedeckt halten:} (13...
cxd5 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nb5 $16) (13... Bxe2 14. Nxe2 cxd5 15. Rc6 $16) 14. Bxa6
Rxa6 15. Ne2 Qa8 16. Rc2 Rc8 17. Rdc1 Bf8 $6 (17... c5 $5) 18. Ne5 c5 19. Nc3
Ra7 20. Bg3 (20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Qxb6 Nh5 {fьhrt zu einer unklaren Stellung;} 22.
Be5 Rb7 23. Nxd5 Rxb6 24. Nxb6 Qb7 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. dxc5 Qc6 {ist nicht
gьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) 20... Be7 21. Nb5 Rb7 22. Qd3 Nxe5 $2 (22... Nf8 {WeiЯ
steht besser, muЯ aber erst noch durchdringen. Der Textzug verliert auf
elementare Art einen Bauern. Der Rest der Partie bietet wenig Interessantes.})
23. dxe5 Nh5 24. Qxd5 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rd8 26. Qe4 Rbd7 27. Qxa8 Rxa8 28. Kf1 Rad8
29. Ke2 Rd5 30. f4 c4 31. Kf3 Rd2 32. Nd4 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Rc8 34. Ke4 h5 35. Nb5
Rd8 36. Nd4 Rc8 37. Kf3 Bb4 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Kg7 40. Kf3 f5 41. exf6+ Kxf6
42. e4 Ke7 43. e5 Kd7 44. Ke4 c3 45. bxc3 Be7 46. c4 Rh8 47. Rd2 Kc7 48. Rd3
Rh1 49. Rh3 Re1+ 50. Kd5 Rd1 51. Rh7 Kd8 52. Ke4 Re1+ 53. Kf3 Kd7 54. f5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Be6 (7...
Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. h3 $14 {
1-0 Kempinski,R-Anastasian,A/Linares 2001/CBM 81/[Huebner,R] (53). (52)}) 8. c5
g5 $6 {Da Schwarz darauf angewiesen ist, den Kцnig am Kцnigsflьgel
unterzubringen, ist dieses Verfahren einigermaЯen riskant.} (8... Nbd7 {
nebst g7-g6 sieht mir vertrauenerweckender aus.}) 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Qc2
Nbd7 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. h4 Qc7 14. O-O-O $6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. O-O-O (16. Nxg5 Qh2 17. Bf1 e5 18. Nf3 {kommt auch in Betracht.}
) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 {gibt dem WeiЯen das bessere Spiel.}) 14... gxh4 15. Rxh4
h5 $6 (15... e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe7 19. Na4 Ne4 20. Rh2
Nxd2 {hдtte dem Schwarzen eine brauchbare Stellung verschafft.}) 16. Re1 Bxf3
$6 (16... b6 17. cxb6 Nxb6 {gefдllt mir besser als der Textzug. Der Abtausch
verbessert die Bauernstruktur des WeiЯen.}) 17. gxf3 Ra8 $2 {Danach wird die
Lage des Schwarzen ganz hoffnungslos.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 17... e5 18. e4 Kd8 {
bietet vielleicht noch Kampfesmцglichkeiten.}) 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 {Die
Stellung des Schwarzen ist strategisch verloren: sein Kцnig ist in der Mitte
steckengeblieben (kurze Rochade kommt natьrlich nicht in Betracht), und WeiЯ
hat den grцЯeren EinfluЯ im Zentrum sowie Raumvorteil.} e5 {Die Цffnung der
Stellung beschleunigt den Untergang, aber auch nach} (19... b6 20. e5 (20. Bf4
Bh6) 20... Nd5 21. cxb6 Qxb6 22. Na4 Qc7 23. e6 {wird Schwarz nicht mehr lange
leben.}) 20. f4 $18 exd4 21. e5 Ng4 22. Ne4 Ne3 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25.
Qc4 Nb8 26. Rxe3 Qe7 27. Rg3 Qe6 28. Qb4 Nd7 29. Bc4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3
h6 9. g4 (9. e3 g5 10. Bh2 Bg7 11. Be2 (11. Ne5 O-O 12. f3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bg6 17. O-O-O e5 18. Qc4 Qf6 19. dxe5 Nxe5
20. Qd4 Raa8 21. Qe3 Rad8 22. Be2 Qe7 23. Rhe1 Nd7 24. Qd4+ Nf6 25. Qe3 Qe5 26.
Bf3 h5 27. a3 Rfe8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bd1 Rd4 30. Bc2 Rc4 31. Kb1 Rxc5 32. Qd2
Rc4 33. Qd8 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Vienna
Millenium 1996/CBM 55/[Shirov]}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rad1 Nh7 14. a4 Qc8
15. Rd2 Nhf8 16. Qa3 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Rxe3
21. Nxd5 Re6 22. Nb6 Qe8 23. fxg5 Re3 24. Qb4 Bg6 25. Bc4 hxg5 26. Rdf2 Ne6 27.
Qd2 Nf4 28. Rf3 Re7 29. h4 Ne6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Qxg5 Re5 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. Nd7
Qxd7 34. Qxe5 Ra8 35. h5 {1-0 Lacrosse,M-Coursaget,N/Cannes opB18th 1997/EXP 57
}) 9... Bh7 10. Rg1 g5 11. Bh2 Bg7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. O-O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e4 dxe4 $6 ({Nach} 16... e6 {hдtte Schwarz meines Erachtens
nicht das Geringste zu befьrchten.}) 17. Bg2 Nf6 18. d5 Qa5 {Dies ist gut
genug, aber noch unangenehmer fьr WeiЯ war wohl} (18... cxd5 19. Nxd5 e6 20.
Qb6 (20. Nb6 Qc7 21. Qe3 Qh2 $13 {fьhrt zu einer unklaren Lage. Andere Zьge
kommen fьr Schwarz in Betracht, zum Beispiel} (21... Qf4) (21... a5 {ich habe
Vertrauen in die Mцglichkeiten des Schwarzen.})) 20... exd5 (20... Qxb6 21.
Nxb6 a5 $13) 21. Qxa7 Qa5 {Der Angriff des Schwarzen ist hцchst gefдhrlich.})
19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. cxb6 Raa8 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rge1 Rab8 23. Na4 a5 ({Nach} 23...
Nd5 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rfe8 (25... e6 26. Nc5 Rxb6 27. Nd7 Nf6 28. Rxe6 $11
{fьhrt zum Remis.}) 26. Rc4 Nxb6 27. Nxb6 Rxb6 28. Rd7 {entsteht ein
Doppelturmendspiel mit Remistendenz.}) 24. Rd4 (24. Re3 Nd5 25. Rb3 f5 26. Nc5
Nf4 27. Bf1 Bg8 {fьhrt zu einer scharfen, ziemlich unklaren Stellung.}) 24...
e6 (24... Nd5 {fьhrt zum Remis.}) 25. Re3 Rb7 $2 {Der Turm steht hier nicht
besser, sondern schlechter als auf b8, weil er nach Sa4-c5 stets hдngt. Jetzt
war bestimmt Zeit fьr} (25... Nd5 26. Rb3 Nb4 27. Bxe4 (27. a3 Nd3+ 28. Kd2 f5
{sieht sehr riskant fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 27... Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rfd8 {und Schwarz
sollte nicht verlieren.}) 26. Rb3 Nd5 27. Bf1 Ra8 28. Kd2 Kf6 (28... Rab8 {
scheitert an} 29. Ba6 e5 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Nc5 Rb8 33. b7 $18 {
und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) (28... Bg6 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Nc5 Rbb8 31. b7 Ra7 32. Ba6 {
ist auch nicht mehr ausreichend. Schwarz ist verloren.}) 29. Nc5 Re7 30. b7 Rb8
31. Ra4 Ke5 32. Rxa5 Kd6 33. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 e6 (5... Nbd7 6. Nxc4 b5 7. Nd2
e5 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 $10 {Romanishin-Gawehns, Bonn 1994}) 6. g3 Nbd7 (6... Bb4
7. Bg2 Nd5 8. Bd2 Nb6 9. Ne4 a5 (9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 f6 11. Nf3 O-O $13) 10. e3
O-O 11. Qc2 N8d7 12. Bxb4 (12. Nxc4 $5 $14) 12... axb4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4
Qa5 15. O-O e5 16. a3 Nb6 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 exd4 20. exd4
Rd8 21. Rd1 Nc4 $10 {Benjamin-Murey, Jerusalem 1986, Inf. 42/ (471)}) 7. Nxc4
b5 8. Ne3 (8. Nd2 $5) 8... b4 (8... Bb7 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. O-O Be7 $10)
9. Na4 Ba6 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 bxa3 13. b3 Nd5 14. Nc4 N7b6 15.
Naxb6 axb6 16. Bxa3 Bb5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ra7 O-O 19. Na3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Qd6 21.
Ra1 (21. Rc1 $5 Nb4 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. e3 $14) 21... Nb4 22. e3 Bd3 $10 23. Ra4
c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. Ne5 Bb5 27. Qxd8 Rfxd8 28. Ra5 Be8 29. h4 f6
30. Nc4 Rc7 31. Bh3 Kf7 32. Ra7 Rxa7 33. Rxa7+ Rd7 34. Ra5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Nd3 36.
Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nxe8 Kxe8 38. Ra2 e5 39. Bf5 g6 40. Be4 f5 41. Bxd3 Rxd3 42. Ra5
Rxb3 43. Rxc5 e4 44. h5 Rb2 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. Rc7 Kg8 47. h6 Rb5 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49.
Re7 Kg8 50. Kh3 Rb2 51. Kg2 Rb5 52. g4 fxg4 53. Re8+ Kf7 54. Rh8 Rh5 55. Rxh7+
Kf6 56. Rh8 Rh3 57. h7 Kg5 58. Re8 Rxh7 59. Re5+ Kh4 60. Rxe4 Ra7 61. Re6 Kg5
62. Kg3 Rf7 63. Re5+ Rf5 64. Re6 Rf3+ 65. Kg2 Rf5 66. Rd6 Ra5 67. Rd3 Rf5 68.
Rd4 Rf8 69. Rd5+ Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Nd7 (9... Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 g5 12. Bxb8 (12. Be3 bxc4 13.
Rb1 Qc7 14. h4 Nd7 15. hxg5 fxg5 16. Bxg5 O-O-O 17. O-O Rg8 18. Qd2 h6 19. Be3
e5 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Rxb7 Kxb7 22. Rb1+ Ka7 23. Bxc6 Rb8 24. Bxd7 Rxb1+ 25. Qxb1
exd4 26. Bxd4+ Bc5 27. Qe4 Rd8 28. Bxc5+ Qxc5 29. Be6 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Qh5 31. Qe3+
Kb7 32. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rc1 34. Ke3 Rxc3+ 35. Kd2 Ra3 36. Bxc4 Kc6 37. Bb3
Kc5 38. g4 a5 39. e3 a4 40. Bf7 Kb4 41. f4 Kc5 42. Bg8 Kd6 43. Bf7 Ke7 44. Bc4
Kf8 45. Bd5 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kd6 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Amber-blind6th 1997/EXP 57/1/2-1/
2 (59)}) 12... bxc4 13. Rb1 Rxb8 14. Rxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxc6+ Rd7 16. Qa4 e6 17. O-O
Bd6 18. Qxa6 Kf7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxc4 Rb8 21. Qd3 Kg7 22. c4 Qa4 23. c5 Be7
24. Ra1 {Rashkovsky,N-Rublevsky,S/Kurgan 1993/CBM 39/[Lisenko]/0-1 (37)}) 10.
O-O Bb7 11. Qb1 g6 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. a4 Bg7 14. Qb4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qc6+ 17. f3 Rc8 $6 (17... O-O 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rb1 Nxc5 {
fьhrt zum Remis.}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra5 Nxc5 20. Rxb5 Nd7 21. Rb7 O-O 22. Nxc4
$6 ({Mit} 22. Rb1 {konnte WeiЯ einigen Druck behalten.}) 22... Bxc3 23. Qxc3
Qxb7 24. Bh6 f6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Qd3 Qb5 27. Rd1 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3
Nc6 (8... Nbd7 {sieht natьrlicher aus:} 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. a4 b4 12. a5
Bd6 13. Qa4 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 O-O $14 {Gurevich,M-Bareev,E/BL9192 1992/1-0 (80)})
9. Rc1 Qb6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a3 $6 (11. Ne2 {gefдllt mir besser.}) 11... Na5 12.
Ne5 Nc4 13. Qe2 $6 (13. Rc2 {scheint mir nцtig zu sein.}) 13... Bd6 ({Die
Fortsetzung} 13... Nxb2 14. Nxb5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nc3 {ist fьr Schwarz
nicht empfehlenswert. Nach dem Textzug hat WeiЯ jedoch Schwierigkeiten.}) 14.
f4 $2 {Nцtig war} (14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Bc2 $15) 14... O-O $2 ({Hier sehe ich
nicht, was den Schwarzen an} 14... Nxb2 {hindert.}) 15. Be1 Be7 16. Bh4 Qd8 (
16... Rfc8 17. f5 Rc7 {war zu versuchen. Nach dem Textzug bekommt Schwarz
Schwierigkeiten durch die Schwдche des Feldes c5.}) 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1 Nd6 19.
Nd2 Nfe4 $2 (19... Nde4 {sollte geschehen, um den Abtausch der
schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer (zunдchst) zu vermeiden.}) 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Rc5 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 $18 f6 24. Nec4 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Nf7 26. Nb6 $2 ({Zum
Gewinn fьhrte sofort} 26. c6 Bxc6 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Rxc6 Nd8 29. Qc4 Nxc6 30.
Qxc6 $18) 26... Rd8 27. Nb3 (27. c6 {wird mit} Qc7 {beantwortet.}) 27... Rd3
28. c6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxb3 30. Qc4 Rxe3 $2 (30... Rd3 31. Rxe6 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd8
{hдtte dem Schwarzen erfolgreichen Widerstand ermцglicht; nach} 33. Qxe4 Qd2+
34. Kg3 Qe1+ 35. Kh3 g5 {gerдt der Kцnig des WeiЯen in ein Mattnetz.} 36. f5 h5
) 31. Rc8+ Nd8 32. Nd5 $18 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Qd6 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Kxe1 e3 36. Qc2
Kg7 37. Qc7+ Qxc7 38. Rxc7+ Kg6 39. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. Ne5 e6 6. Bf4 (6. g3 b5 7. c5 Nfd7 8.
Nd3 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. e5 f6 11. f4 a5 12. a3 f5 13. Be3 h5 14. h3 Bf8 15. Qf3
Na6 16. b4 Ndb8 17. Be2 Ra7 18. Kd2 Rah7 19. Kc2 a4 20. Rag1 Qe7 {Dokhoian,
Y-Rausis,I/Lublin 1993/EXP 37/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 6... b5 (6... Be7 7. e3 b5 (7...
O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. a4 b6 12. Qf3 Ra7 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14.
Qh3 cxd4 15. exd4 g6 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. f4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bf6 20. Rf1
Qe7 21. Rae1 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxg6 Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2
fxg6 27. Kxe1 {1-0 Lavrov,A-Svobodova,M/Budapest FS02 IM-A 1995/EXP 46 (41)})
8. cxb5 cxb5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 O-O 13. Nc1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Nd7 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Qe2 a5 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Qb6
21. Bxa6 {Alterman,B-Vainshtein,V/ISR-ch 1992/TD 92\10/1-0 (52)}) (6... c5 7.
e3 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Na4 Re8 16. b3 Ne4 17. Bd3 Re6 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Qc2 Rh4
20. f4 Rh6 21. Rfd1 {Agrest,E-Hellsten,J/Malmo 1996/CBM 54/0-1 (54)}) 7. c5
Nfd7 8. b4 a5 9. a3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 f5 $6 {Schwarz will offenbar
e2-e4 unterbinden, aber sein Vorgehen scheint mir strategisch verfehlt zu sein;
er muЯ e6-e5 anstreben.} (11... Be7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O {fьhrt zu einer
fьr ihn durchaus befriedigenden Stellung.}) 12. e3 Qf6 $2 (12... Be7 {ist
offenbar solider.}) 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Qd8 (14... axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16.
Qxa1 Qd8 (16... Be7 17. Qa7 {kommt nicht in Betracht fьr Schwarz.}) 17. Qa7 {
hat fьr Schwarz die unerfreulichsten Folgen; er darf der Dame des WeiЯen das
Eindringen auf der a-Linie nicht gestatten.}) (14... Be7 15. Bc6 Ra7 16. b5 O-O
17. b6 Ra6 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. b7 f4 20. Bxf4 e5 21. b8=Q Rxb8 22. Bxe5 Qg6 (
22... Qf8 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. Rb1 {sieht schlecht aus fьr Schwarz.}) 23. Bxb8
Qxg2 24. Kd2 Qxf2+ 25. Qe2 {ist unzutunlich fьr Schwarz.}) 15. O-O $2 {Ich
sehe keinen Grund dafьr, dem Schwarzen Zeit zur Organisation einer
Verteidigung einzurдumen. Nach} (15. Bc6 Ra7 (15... Ba6 16. b5 $18 Rc8 17.
Bxd7+ {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) 16. b5 (16. Bb8 Ra6 17. b5 $2 Rxc6 {
wдre natьrlich verkehrt.}) 16... Bb7 17. Qa4 {scheint mir die Lage des
Schwarzen aussichtslos zu sein:} Kf7 (17... Ba8 18. b6 Bxc6 (18... Ra6 19. b7
$18) (18... Rb7 19. Bc7 $18) 19. Qxc6 Ra6 20. Qxe6+) 18. Bxb7 (18. Bxd7 Qxd7
19. c6 Qc8 {ist weniger ьberzeugend, genьgt aber nach} 20. O-O {vielleicht
auch zum Sieg.}) 18... Rxb7 19. c6 {mit Gewinnstellung fьr WeiЯ:} Ra7 (19...
Nb6 20. cxb7 Nxa4 21. b8=Q $18) (19... Rb6 20. Qxa5 $18) 20. cxd7 Qxd7 21. O-O
{usw.}) 15... Be7 (15... Ba6 {ist nicht wirksamer:} 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b5 Ra8
18. b6 Qc8 (18... Nxb6 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Qa4+ Kf7 21. Rab1 Qa6 (21... Qa7 22.
Rfc1 $18) 22. Qd7+ Be7 23. Rb7 Rhe8 24. Rfb1 Rad8 25. Qa4 Rc8 26. Bc7 {sieht
hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz aus.}) (18... e5 19. b7 Ra7 (19... Rb8 20. c6) 20. Rb1
{wird den Nachziehenden nicht mit Freude erfьllen.}) 19. Qa4 {hдlt Schwarz
sicher nicht aus.}) 16. Bc6 (16. c6 O-O 17. cxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. bxa5
Rxa5 20. a4 Rfa8 {fьhrt zu einer Remisstellung.}) 16... Ra7 17. b5 O-O 18. Rb1
({Auch nach} 18. Qa4 Nxc5 (18... Bh4 19. b6 $18) (18... Bf6 19. b6 Nxb6 20.
cxb6 Qxb6 21. Rab1 {sieht auch hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz aus.}) 19. dxc5 Bxc5
20. Rac1 {behдlt WeiЯ erklecklichen Vorteil. Die Kraft des Zuges 18.Da4
besteht darin, daЯ der Lдufer auf c6 gedeckt wird, so daЯ der VorstoЯ b5-b6,
Ta7-a6, b6-b7 droht; der Textzug hat aber den Vorteil, daЯ die Mцglichkeit
Sd7xc5 entkrдftet wird.}) 18... Bh4 ({Hier scheitert} 18... Nxc5 {an} 19. b6)
19. Bd6 Be7 20. Bg3 Bh4 21. b6 Rb7 22. Bxh4 Qxh4 23. f4 $2 {WeiЯ will dem
Gegner jede Mцglichkeit zu Gegenaktionen beschneiden; aber das verlangsamt
natьrlich seine eigene Aktivitдtsentfaltung. Aussichtsreich war} (23. Qa4 Nb8
24. Bxb7 (24. Bb5 f4 25. g3 fxg3 26. fxg3 (26. hxg3 Qg4) 26... Qe4 {Schwarz
bekommt Gegenspiel.}) 24... Bxb7 25. Qxa5 {scheint mir dem WeiЯen aber eine
Gewinnstellung zu verschaffen.} f4 26. g3 fxg3 27. fxg3 Qe4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.
Rf1+ Ke7 30. Qd2 {ist hier nicht mehr wirksam, weil dem Schwarzen der
Damenturm fehlt.}) 23... Nb8 24. Ba4 ({Nach} 24. Bxb7 Bxb7 25. Qe1 Qxe1 26.
Rfxe1 Nc6 {hat Schwarz eine wirksame Blockadestellung errichtet.}) 24... Rbf7
25. c6 Ba6 26. Rf2 Qe7 27. Qc1 (27. c7 Qxa3 {braucht Schwarz nicht zu fьrchten.
}) 27... Bd3 28. Rb3 Bc4 29. Rb1 Qd6 30. c7 Na6 31. Bb5 Nxc7 (31... Bxb5 32.
c8=Q Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Rf8 34. b7 Bd3 35. Rb3 Bc4 36. Rc3 {sieht riskant fьr
Schwarz aus, war aber vielleicht ein genauerer Weg zum Ausgleich; es folgt} Nb8
{usw.}) 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. bxc7 Rxc7 {Nach 34.Dc3 gefolgt von 35.Tfb2 dьrfte
WeiЯ immer noch beachtlichen Vorteil haben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. b4 Ne8 10. Rc1 Nc7 11. Bd3 {In der Partie Ruban-Shestoperov, Moscow chT
1994, geschah 11.Be2. Mit dem Textzug strebt WeiЯ baldiges e3-e4 an.} Re8 (
11... f6 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 {ist eine prьfenswerte Folge.}) 12. O-O e5 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. e4 {Mit 16.Ne2 kann WeiЯ einen
kleinen positionellen Vorteil festhalten.} dxe4 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe4 Rd5 18. Nd6
Ne8) 17... Qe8 {17...Bf5 fьhrte zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.} 18. f4 Re7
19. a4 Be6 20. f5 Bc4 21. Rf4 Rd8 22. Qg4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Kh2 (24. Qh4 $5
) 24... Re3 25. Qg5 Re5 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. a5 Rc6 28. Qh4 (28. Rxc4 $2 Rxf5 29.
Qh4 Qe5+ $19) 28... Qb8 29. Qg3 Rf6 30. Rfd4 $2 (30. fxg6 Rxg6 31. Rg4 Rxg4 32.
hxg4 Qe8 33. Qf4 $16) 30... Rfxf5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Qc7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34.
R8d7 Qc6 35. R1d6 Qe4 36. Rd4 Qe2 37. Rxb7 Rg5 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 Re2+ 40.
Kh1 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Re2+ 42. Kh1 Rgg2 43. Rf4 Rh2+ 44. Kg1 Reg2+ 45. Kf1 Rf2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxd5 8.
e4 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 e6 11. Be3 {In der Partie Dizdar-Schandorff,
Moscow olm 1994, geschah 11.a4. Ich glaube nicht, daЯ das Abspiel dem WeiЯen
groЯe Aussichten auf Erfolg bietet.} Kc7 12. a4 c5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ke2 Be7 15.
c4 Bc6 16. h4 Rhd8 17. h5 Rd7 18. a5 Rad8 19. Ra3 Rb8 20. Ra2 Rbd8 21. Ra3 Rb8
22. Rha1 Rdd8 23. g4 g5 24. Rf1 Rg8 25. Bc2 Rbf8 26. Rb1 Rd8 27. Rab3 Rd7 28.
Rb6 Kc8 29. f3 Bd8 30. Bxc5 Bxb6 31. Bxb6 h6 32. Ke3 Rf8 33. Rf1 f6 34. Bc5
Rff7 35. Bd4 Rxd4 36. Kxd4 Rd7+ 37. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e3 b6
9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. b3 {In der Partie Sakaev-Dreev, Moscow olm 1994, geschah 10.
Qb3 0-0 mit baldigem Remis. Der Textzug verursacht eine gewisse Schwдchung der
schwarzen Felder.} (10. Qd2 $5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 $14) 10... Ne4 (10...
c5 $5) 11. Rc1 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qa5+
15. Qd2 Qxe5 $15) 12... c5 $13) 11... Qb4 12. Qc2 c5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Nxc3
$2 (14... O-O 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 (16... cxd4 17. Nxd7 d3 18. Bxd3 exd3
19. Qxd3 Rfd8 20. Bc7 $18) 17. dxe5 $16) (14... Rc8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 $16)
(14... cxd4 15. exd4 (15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nxd4 e5 (16... O-O 17. Qc7 $16) (16...
Bxd4 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Bh6 Rg8 $13) 17. Nc6 Qb6 18. Qxe4 Rc8 (18... Nc5 19. Qd5
Bxc6 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 exf4 23. exf4 $16) (18... O-O 19. Bg3
Rfe8 20. Qa4 $18) 19. Bf3 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 exf4 23.
Rd1 $16) 15... Rc8 (15... O-O $1 $15) 16. Nxd5 Rxc2 17. Nxb4 Rxe2 18. Rc7 a5
19. Rxb7 axb4 20. Rc1 Nd6 21. Bxd6 exd6 22. Rcc7 $16) (14... Ndf6 $5) 15. Qxc3
Qxc3 16. Rxc3 O-O 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Ne5 cxd4 $5 (18... Bxe5 $6 19. Bxe5 cxd4 (
19... f6 20. Bg4 f5 21. Bf3) 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Bxd4 $16) 19.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Bxa6 e5 23. Bg3 dxe3 $2 (23... e4
24. exd4 Bxd4 25. Bb7 Be6 26. a4 (26. b4 Bc3 27. a3 (27. b5 Ba5 $13) (27. Bd6
d4 28. a4 Bb3 $13) 27... f5 $13) 26... Bc3 27. Bc7 d4 28. a5 Bxb3 29. a6 (29.
Bxe4 Bc4 $13) 29... d3 30. a7 d2 31. a8=Q+ Kg7 $10) 24. fxe3 f5 25. Bb7 d4 26.
exd4 exd4 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Bd5+ Be6 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Ke6 31. Ke2 Bf8 32.
Kd3 Bc5 33. Bf4 Kf6 34. a4 g5 35. Bc7 f4 36. a5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. h3 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug; WeiЯ bereitet Lc1-e3 vor. Besonders wirksam
sieht dieses Manцver nicht aus, aber mit dem bisher gespielten Sf3-e5 erreicht
WeiЯ ebenfalls nicht viel:} (9. Ne5 Be6 10. h3 Qc8 11. Kh2 Ne4 (11... Nfd7 12.
Nf3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. f4 f5 15. Be3 $14 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Najer,E/Istanbul 2003/
CBM 096 (65). (64)}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Rd8 14. f4 Bxh3 15. Rh1 (15. Rf2
Be6 16. e3 f5 17. Bf3 Bd5 $11 {1-0 Goldin,A-Bologan,V/New York 1993/TD (64). 
(63)}) 15... Bf5 16. Qd3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe6 18. g4 f6 19. f5 Qd5 20. Qxd5+ Rxd5
21. Nf3 gxf5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Kg2 Rd5 24. e4 Rd8 25. Be3 $11 {0-1 Ulibin,
M-Voiska,M/Heraklio 1993/TD (39). (39)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Be3 b4 11. Nb1 a5 12. a3
Ba6 13. axb4 axb4 14. Ra4 {WeiЯ entschlieЯt sich fьr ein sehr direktes
Vorgehen, und ich sehe in der Tat nicht, wie er auf andere Weise etwas
erreichen kцnnte.} Bb5 15. Rxb4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Re1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 e5 19.
Na3 Ba6 20. Nc2 Qc7 $6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 20... e4 21. Rb8 Qc7 (21... Qxd2 22.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Nxd2 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen Vorteil. Es ist fьr Schwarz wichtig,
die Damen auf dem Brett zu behalten, um Angriffsmцglichkeiten am Kцnigsflьgel
zu haben.}) 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nh2 {ergibt eine дhnliche Stellung wie die
Partiefolge, nimmt dem WeiЯen aber die im folgenden angegebene Mцglichkeit.})
21. Rc1 $6 (21. Nxe5 Nxe5 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nxc5 23. Nd4 {sieht auch
unbequem fьr Schwarz aus.}) 22. dxe5 {lohnte einen Versuch.}) 21... e4 22. Nh2
f5 {meines Erachtens verfьgt Schwarz ьber genьgend Gegenspiel fьr den
geopferten Bauern.} 23. Ra4 Bb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bf1 Nf8 26. e3 Bxf1 27. Nxf1
Ne6 28. h4 h6 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Ne1 g5 31. Ng2 Bf6 {Dieser Zug ist nicht nцtig.
Schwarz hat zwei andere Fortsetzungen, die zu gutem Spiel fьhren:} (31... Qb7)
(31... f4 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Nxf4 Nxf4 34. exf4 Rf8) 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Ra6 f4 (
33... Kf7 {kommt in Betracht, wenn Schwarz auf Gewinn spielen will.}) 34. gxf4
{Wenn WeiЯ f4-f3 zulдЯt, gerдt sein Kцnig in allzu groЯe Gefahr. Jetzt
entsteht eine Stellung, in der WeiЯ ьber gutes Gegenspiel verfьgt, weil auch
der Kцnig des Schwarzen unsicher zu stehen kommt.} gxf4 35. Nxf4 Nxf4 36. exf4
Qg7+ 37. Kh1 Bxd4 38. b4 Qb7 ({Die Fortsetzung} 38... Bc3 39. Qe3 Qh6+ 40. Kg2
Bxb4 41. Ng3 {fьhrt ebenfalls zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 39. Qe2
{Eine andere Ausgleichsfortsetzung besteht in} (39. Rxc6 Qxc6 40. Qxd4 Qh6+ 41.
Kg2 Qg7+ 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Ne3 d4 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxd4 Rxb4 46. Nc2 Rc4 47.
Ne3 Rxc5 48. f3) 39... Bxf2 (39... Qc8 40. Ra3 Rxb4 41. Rg3+ Kf8 42. Qh5 {
gefolgt von Sf1-e3 hat WeiЯ nicht zu fьrchten.}) 40. Kg2 Bd4 41. Ng3 Qc8 42.
Qh5 Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 31st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nxf4 11. exf4 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Na4 Qa7 ({Die
Fortsetzung} 13... Qc7 {sieht natьrlicher aus:} 14. f5 e5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5
Qd6 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Rb8 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel: Pritchett,C-Engqvist,T/
Gausdal 1993/TD (0-1,41). (41)}) 14. Rc1 Bxd4 {Nach anderen Fortsetzungen wдre
sofort deutlich, daЯ 13...Da7 nicht die richtige Wahl war.} 15. Bxg6 Bxf2+ ({
Nach} 15... Bg7 16. Bb1 {wьrde sich WeiЯ bald ьber den geschwдchten
Kцnigsflьgel des Schwarzen hermachen. Auch nach dem Textzug bleibt die
Kцnigsstellung des Schwarzen unbefriedigend geschьtzt.}) 16. Rxf2 hxg6 17. Nd4
Bb7 18. f5 Qb8 $6 {Schwarz mцchte die Dame zur Verteidigung des Kцnigsflьgels
heranziehen. Dieser Plan ist jedoch zu zeitraubend; auf der Diagonale a7-g1
ьbte sie zudem eine gute Wirkung aus. Es gab bessere Plдne:} (18... e6 19. fxg6
(19. Qd2 exf5 {ist nicht gewinntrдchtig fьr WeiЯ.}) 19... fxg6 20. Qg4 (20.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Qg4 Rf6 {braucht Schwarz ebenfalls nicht zu fьrchten.}) 20...
Rxf2 21. Kxf2 e5 {WeiЯ hat nicht mehr als remis.}) (18... c5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20.
Qg4 cxd4 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Qxd7 Rxf2 ({Nicht besser
ist} 24... d3 {wegen der Mцglichkeit} 25. Rc5) 25. Kxf2 Rf8+ {mit unklaren
Verwicklungen.}) 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qg4 Rxf2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 20... Qd6 21.
Nf5 Rxf5 22. Rxf5 Ne5 23. Qg3 Nd3 24. Qxd3 gxf5 25. Qxf5 {fьhrt zu einer
positionell hoffnungslosen Stellung fьr Schwarz.}) (20... Qe8 21. Qe6+ Kh7 ({
Nicht ratsam fьr Schwarz ist} 21... Kh8 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Qe5+ Kg8 24. Nc5) (
21... Kg7 22. Rxf8 Nxf8 23. Qe5+ {kommt auf das Gleiche hinaus.}) 22. Re1 Rxf2
23. Kxf2 {ist ebenfalls дuЯerst unbequem fьr Schwarz.}) 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+
Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Kxf2
Qd6 29. Nf5 Qg6 ({Nach} 29... Qf6 {kann WeiЯ mit} 30. Qh5+ Qg6 31. Qxg6+ {
in die Partiefolge einlenken, aber auch nach anderen Mцglichkeiten Ausschau
halten.}) 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. g4 (31. Nxe7+ Kf6 32. Nxc6 Rc8 33. Nc3 Rxc6 34.
Nxd5+ Ke5 {bietet dem WeiЯen natьrlich keine Gewinnaussichten.}) 31... Kf6 $6 (
31... Rf8 {machte das Feld a8 fьr den Lдufer frei und bot gute
Ausgleichsaussichten:} 32. Re1 (32. Kg3 e6 33. Nd6 Ba8 {ist auch nicht klar.})
32... e5 33. Kg3 c5 {mit zweischneidigem Spiel.}) 32. Kg3 a5 33. h4 e6 34. Nd6
Ba6 35. Rxc6 Ne5 ({Vielleicht bot die Fortsetzung} 35... Ke7 36. Nb6 Nxb6 37.
Rxb6 Be2 {bessere Verteidigungsaussichten.}) 36. Rb6 $6 {Einen recht
aussichtsreichen Gewinnversuch konnte WeiЯ mit} (36. Ne8+ $5 {unternehmen:}
Rxe8 ({Auch nach} 36... Kf7 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 38. Nc7+ Kd6 39. Nxa8 {kann WeiЯ um
den vollen Punkt kдmpfen.}) 37. Rxa6 Rc8 38. Nc3 Rc5 39. Ra8 {usw.}) 36... Nd7
37. Rc6 (37. Rb3 Ke7 38. Nb7 {war auch durchaus eines Versuches wert.
Vielleicht befand sich WeiЯ in Zeitnot.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mikhalevski,V} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7.
Bd2 g6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 (9... Bg7 {Mikhalevski,V} 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O
Ndf6 (11... e5 $2 {Mowsziszian ><d6} 12. Nd6 exd4 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7
15. Qb3+ Kf8 16. Ng5 $40) 12. Nxf6+ $5 (12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Be3 e6 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nd5 16. Rad1 {(1/2 Ionov-Lunev/St.Petersburg,1994)} Nhf6 17. Bg5 Qc7 18.
Rfe1 $14 {Sakaev,K-Zhukova,N/St.Petersburg op2 (07) ;EXP 43 1994 (50)}) 12...
Bxf6 (12... Nxf6 $5 13. h3 $1 Bf5 14. Qb3 Be4 (14... Qc7 15. Ne5 e6 (15... Nd5
16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Qa3 Qc8 18. Ba5 $16 {Barlov,D-Simic,R/JUG-ch Novi Sad ;CBM
49 1995/0-1 (66)}) 16. f3 $16) 15. Ne5 Bd5 (15... Qxd4 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17. Bc3
Qxc5 18. Qxb7 $36) 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxb7 Qxd4 18. Bc3 Qxc5 19. Qxc6 Rfc8 (
19... Qxc6 20. Nxc6 e6 $14) 20. Qf3 $14 (20. Qxc5 Rxc5 $10)) 13. Qb3 Qc7 (13...
Bg4 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Ne5 $16) (13... Bxd4 {Mowsziszian} 14. Rad1 (14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Rad1 Qxc5 17. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 $44 (17... Rxf7 18. Rd8+)) 14... Bg4
15. Bg5 $1 Bxf3 $8 16. Qxf3 Ng7 (16... Qd7 17. Qe4 e5 18. Qxe5 $1 Bxe5 19. Rxd7
$16) 17. Rfe1 $16) 14. Rfe1 Ng7 15. Bh6 $1 (15. h3 $6 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Be3
Rad8 $15) 15... e6 (15... Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 $16) 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5
$16 {Mowzsizsian: Schwach sind die schwarzen Felder b6,d6,f6,h6. Der Lдufer
auf c8 ist passiv.} Qd8 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Qc3 Qf6 20. Re4 Rd8 21. Rf4 Bd7 22. Re1
(22. g4 g5 23. Re4 Ne7 $16) 22... h5 (22... Qg7 $142 23. g4 Ne7 24. Ne5 Be8 $16
) 23. h3 h4 $6 (23... Qg7 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Ne7 26. Ne5 Be8 27. Kg2 $16) 24.
Re5 Be8 25. Nxh4 $1 g5 26. Rfxf5 exf5 27. Nxf5 Rd7 28. d5 $1 {/\Re8,Qf6} Kh7 (
28... cxd5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxf6 $18) 29. d6 $18 b5 30. Bd3 b4 31. Ne7+ Kh8
32. Rxg5 {1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Sergeev,Vl/Kiev Platonov (03) ;CBM 51 1995
[Movsesian]} (32. Rxg5 $1 bxc3 33. Rg8#)) 10. Nxf6+ (10. Nc3 {Mikhalevski,V}
Bg4 11. Be3 Ng7 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bg3 h5 17.
Bd3 Nb4 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. O-O g5 20. h4 g4 21. Ne1 $10 {Sherbakov,R-Ivanov,Vi/
RUS-ch/1994/0,5/}) 10... Nxf6 (10... exf6 {Mikhalevski,V} 11. Bc4 Qe7+ 12. Be3
Ng7 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Qxd5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Qxd5 18. Rxd5
Be7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Rc7 21. Nd2 f5 22. Nc4 O-O 23. g3 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rd8 25.
Rxd8 Bxd8 26. a4 Be7 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke8 29. Rd5 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Kd3
Kc7 32. Nb6 Bg5 33. f4 Bd8 34. Kc4 h5 35. h4 {Hansen,Curt-Hellsten,Johan/Malmo
(03) 1996/1-0 (49)}) 11. Bc4 Bg7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 (13... Nd5 14. Rfe1
Re8 15. Ne5 Ra7 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qg3 $14 {Peng Zhaoqin-Sheremetieva,M,
Kishinev (ztW) 1995; EXT 95.} (17. Qg3 {Mikhalevski,V} Qc8 18. Ba5 f6 19. Nd3
Bf7 20. b3 Ra8 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Rde1 Rac8 23. Qf3 Nc7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Ne5+ {
1-0 Peng Zhaoqin-Sheremetieva,M/Kishinev ztW (08) ;EXT 95 1995})) 14. Rfe1 (14.
Ne5 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} e6 15. Rad1 $14 (15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Bc3 Nd5)) 14... Bf5
15. Ne5 e6 16. h3 {Dies scheint die kritische Stelle der Partie zu sein; hier
muЯ man nach einer Verbesserung suchen.} (16. Qf3 $5 {kommt in Betracht, fьhrt
aber zu keinem klaren Ergebnis:} Rfd8 (16... h5 17. h3 $16) (16... Nd5 17. g4
Bc2 (17... f6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rxe6 $18) 18. Rac1 (18. b3 f6 19.
Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rac1 Bxb3 21. axb3 $16) 18... Ba4 19. b3 Bb5 20. a4 Bxc4 21. bxc4
$16) (16... Rad8 17. Bc3 Nd7 $13) 17. Bc3 Nd5 (17... g5 $5 18. h3 $14) (17...
Nd7 $2 18. Nxf7) 18. g4 Bc2 $13) (16. Bf4 {ist ein anderer Versuch:} Nh5 (16...
Qc8 17. Qf3 {dьrfte unbequem fьr Schwarz sein}) 17. Be3 Be4 {bringt den WeiЯen
aber auch nicht weiter. Es scheint, daЯ er die beengte Stellung des Lдufers
auf f5 nicht auszunutzen vermag.}) (16. f3 $6 {Mikhalevski,V} Rad8 $1 17. g4
Nxg4 $1 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. fxg4 Rxd4 $40) 16... Be4 (16... Rad8 $2 {Mikhalevski,
V} 17. g4 Be4 (17... Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxd2 20. gxf5 $18) (17... Rxd4
18. Bc3 $18) 18. g5 $18) 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Nxf7 {Wenn Schwarz ungehindert zu
Le4-d5 kommt, hat er nichts mehr zu befьrchten. Der Textzug ergibt aber auch
nicht mehr als Ausgleich.} (18. Ng4 $5 Bd5 $8 (18... Nxg4 $2 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20.
Rxe6 $1) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 (20... exd5 21. Be5 $16) 21. Be5 $14)
18... Rxf7 (18... Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 20. Re1 Nxc5 (20... Qd7 21. Rxe4 Rae8 (
21... Rfe8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qxb7+ $18) 22. Bd6 $16) 21. dxc5
Re8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qxb7+ Qe7 25. Qxa8 $16) 19. Rxe4 (19. Bxe6
Bd5 $17) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe6 Qe8 (20... Qf8 21. Re1 (21. Qxb7 Re8 $17) 21...
Nxf2 (21... Nf6 22. Qxb7 Re8 23. Qxc6 $16) 22. Bd6 (22. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 23. Kg3 Kg7
$10) 22... Qe8 (22... Nxh3+ 23. Qxh3 Bxd4+ 24. Kh2 Qg7 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Re7
$18) 23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Re7 Qf8 (25... Nxh3+ 26. Kh2 Qf8 27. Qb3+
Kh8 28. Rxg7 Rxd6 29. Rf7 $18) 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Rxg7 Rxd6 28. Rf7 $18) 21. Re1
(21. Qxb7 $4 {Mikhalevski,V} Qxe6 $19) 21... Nxf2 (21... Nf6 22. Qxb7 Rd8 $8
23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Re7 Qf8 25. Be5 $16 (25. Bd6 $1 {Mikhalevski,V} Ne8 $8 (
25... Nd5 $2 26. Rc7 $1 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Nxc7 28. dxc7 $18))) 22. Qxb7 (22. Be5
Nxh3+ (22... Rd8 23. Rf1 $1 (23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bxg7 Nd3 $1 (
25... Kxg7 26. Kxf2 Rxd4 27. Re7+) 26. Re3 Nxb2 27. Rb3 Kxg7 28. Rxb2 Rxd4 29.
Rxb7+ Kf6 $10) 23... Nxh3+ {See 22...N:h3} (23... Bxe5 $2 24. Rxf2 $18)) 23.
gxh3 (23. Qxh3 {Mikhalevski,V} Rd8 24. Rf1 Rdd7 $14) 23... Rd8 24. Rf1 Rdd7 25.
Bc4 Bxe5 (25... Kf8 26. Bxf7 Rxf7 27. Qxb7 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qf7+
$13) 26. dxe5 Kg7 27. Bxf7 Rxf7 28. Rxf7+ Qxf7 29. e6 Qe7 30. Qc3+ Qf6 $10) (
22. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kg3 Kh8 24. Qb4 Rxf4 $19) 23... Kg7 24. Bxf7 Qxf7
25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rd1 (26. Bd6 Re8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 $15) 26... Bxc5 27. Rd7+ Ke6
$17) 22... Nxh3+ (22... Rd8 23. Bxf7+ (23. Kxf2 $2 Qxe6 $19) (23. Qxf7+ Qxf7
24. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 25. Kf3 $16) 23... Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 26. Kf3
Bxb2 $10) 23. gxh3 Bxd4+ 24. Kg2 Rd8 25. Bxf7+ (25. Bg5 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} Qxe6
$17) (25. Qxf7+ {Mikhalevski,V} Qxf7 26. Bd6 Re8 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxe8 Kxe8
29. b3 Kf7 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Ke4 $15) (25. Bxf7+ {Mikhalevski,V} Qxf7 26. Qxf7+
Kxf7 27. Bd6 Re8 {See 25.Q:f7}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen-Kelmis Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Rogozenko} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 {Rogozenko:
The Slav with 4. ... a6, which was analyzed and introduced in practice long
time ago by Moldavian master V.Cebanenko, has now its own theory and it's
strange, that M.Gurevich chose the line proved by practice to be harmless.}
cxd5 7. Bd3 (7. Bd2 {Rogozenko} e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. a4 b4
12. a5 Bd6 13. Qa4 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 O-O 15. f4 $14 {M.Gurevich-Bareev/BL/92}) 7...
Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. a4 b4 11. a5 O-O 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Qa4 {Rogozenko:
M.Gurevich follows his game with Bareev,92.It was the same position with the
difference that instead of castle,Black's bishop was on b7.This fact adds two
possibilities:1.Black can use b-line for his rook 2.the bishop can come on d7.
Dies ist ein neuer Zug, soweit ich feststellen kann.} (13. Nc1 Qe7 14. Nb3 Bb7
15. Qe2 $14 {folgte in der Partie Lukacs,P-Velicka,P, Budapest 1993, EXP 37.})
(13. Ng3 {Rogozenko} Nxd2 14. Nxd2 f5 $10 {Chernin-Rogozenko/Odorheiu Secuiesc/
93}) 13... Rb8 (13... Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Nf6 15. Qc6 {(Sonst folgt 15...Ld7 mit
Ausgleich.)} Ra7 {kam ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 14. Rfc1 b3 $6 {Rogozenko:
Cutting the queen.It is an interesting decision-while White's pieces will try
to win the pawn on b3,Black will create counterplay on the kingside. Wenn
Schwarz jetzt nochmals am Zuge w�re und Lc8-d7 spielen k�nnte, w�re
dieser Vorsto� sehr stark. Unter den vorliegenden Umst�nden steht der
Bauer auf b3 jedoch gef�hrdet. Mit ...} (14... Ndf6 15. Qc6 Bb7 16. Qb6 Qe7
17. Be1 Bc8 18. Qc6 Bb7 19. Qa4 Nd7 {oder k�rzer}) (14... Qe7 15. Be1 Bb7 {
konnte Schwarz versuchen, seine Entwicklung zu vollenden.}) (14... Nxd2 15.
Nxd2 Nf6 {kam auch in Betracht.}) (14... Ndf6 {Rogozenko /\ 15. ... Bd7,Bb5})
15. Be1 g5 {Besonders gute Aussichten f�r das Reussieren eines solchen
Fl�gelangriffes hat Schwar in dieser Stellung nicht; es ist aber jetzt
schwer, einen besseren Plan anzugeben.} (15... Ndf6 {Rogozenko} 16. Ne5) 16.
Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Qc6 (18. Nxb3 $6 Bd7 19. Qa2 Bb5 20. Ng3 Ng4 (20...
h5 $17 {Rogozenko Two very strong bishops are more than enough compensation
for the pawn.}) 21. Nd2 (21. Nc5 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qf6 $19 {ist f�r Wei� gar
nicht ersprie�lich.}) 21... Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qf6 23. Rc5 Qh6 24. Nf1 e5 {
ist offensichtlich riskant f�r Wei�.}) 18... Bb7 19. Qb6 Bd5 {Auch die
Fortsetzung} (19... Bc8 $5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Nc3 (21. Rc3 e5 $13) 21... Bb7 22.
Nxb3 (22. Nc4 Be7 $10) (22. Na4 Bd5 $10) 22... Bd5 (22... Ba8 $6 23. Nc5 Bxc5
24. dxc5 Rxb2 25. Na4 $16 {�berl��t dem Wei�en das klar bessere
Endspiel.}) 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rxb2 25. Na4 Rb7 {bot dem Schwarzen
�berlebensaussichten.}) (19... Qe7 $6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Bb4 Qd8 22. Qc5 Nd7 23.
Qa7 $18 {ist offensichtlich h�chst ungem�tlich f�r Schwarz.}) 20. Qxa6
Ra8 21. Qb5 Rb8 22. Qa6 (22. Qa4 $2 {Rogozenko} Rb4) 22... Ra8 23. Qb6 (23. Qb5
$142 $10) 23... Qxb6 24. axb6 Rxa1 (24... Ra2 {verhei�t keine Rettung:} 25.
Nc3 Rxb2 26. Rcb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rb8 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Rxb3 Nd7 (29... Rb7 30.
Rb5 {ist hoffnungslos f�r Schwarz.}) 30. b7 Bc7 31. Nb1 Nb6 32. Nc3 {Schwarz
wird nicht �berleben k�nnen.}) 25. Rxa1 Rb8 26. Ra6 Kg7 (26... Bb7 27. Ra5
(27. Ra7 Bd5 28. b7 Bxb7 29. Nc4 Bf8 30. Nc1 Bc6 $10) 27... Bd5 28. Rb5 $16 {
sieht nicht erfreulich f�r Schwarz aus, aber}) (26... Nd7 $5 27. Nc3 (27. Ng3
Bxg3 28. hxg3 Nxb6 $10) 27... Bb4 {kam ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 27. f3 {Nach} (
27. Nc3 Bb4 28. f3 {geht das Spiel in die Anmerkung zum 28.Zuge von Wei�
�ber.}) 27... Bb4 {Hier hat Schwarz auch andere Versuche, zum Beispiel} (
27... g4 $5 28. fxe4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 $13 {oder}) (27... exf3 $5 28. gxf3 g4
29. f4 Bb7 $13 {Der Textzug d�rfte aber dazu ausreichen, die Stellung zu
halten.}) 28. Bg3 {Auf} (28. Nc3 {folgt} Bxc3 29. bxc3 b2 30. Bg3 Rb7 (30...
Rc8 31. Bc7 exf3 32. gxf3 Bxf3 33. Ra7 $16 {Schwarz kann den Vorsto� b6-b7
nicht auf wirksame Art verhindern.}) 31. Bc7 Ne8 {mit unklarer Lage.}) (28. Kf2
Bxd2 29. Bxd2 Bc4 $10 {ist auch kein wirksamer Gewinnversuch.}) 28... Nd7 $2 {
A wonderful idea. N�tig war} (28... Bxd2 29. Bxb8 exf3 30. gxf3 Bxe3+ 31. Kf1
Nd7 (31... Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Bc4+ 33. Kf2 Bxa6 34. Be5 Kg6 35. Bxf6 Kxf6 36. Nxb3 {
gefolgt von 37.Sc5, und Wei� gewinnt.}) 32. Bg3 (32. Bc7 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Bc4+
34. Kf2 Bxa6 35. Nxb3 Bc8 $10) 32... Kg6 (32... Bxd4 $2 33. Ra7 $18) 33. Bf2
Bd2 {Schwarz hat ausgezeichnete Rettungsaussichten.}) 29. Bxb8 $4 {Zum Gewinn
f�hrte} (29. Nxe4 Bxe4 (29... Bc4 30. Ra7 Rxb6 31. Rxd7 Bxe2 32. Nxg5 Bc3 33.
Be5+ Kg6 34. Nxf7 {mit entscheidendem Mattangriff.}) 30. Bxb8 (30. fxe4 Rxb6
31. Ra7 (31. Rxb6 Nxb6 32. Nc1 Bd2 (32... Nc4 33. Nxb3 Nxb2 34. Kf2 $16) 33.
Nxb3 Bxe3+ 34. Kf1 Nc4 35. Ke2 Bg1 36. d5 exd5 37. exd5 Kf8 (37... Kf6 38. Nd2
Nxb2 39. Nf3 $18) (37... f6 38. Nd2 Nxb2 39. Nf3 Bc5 40. Nxg5 $16) 38. Nd2 Nxb2
39. Nf3 $16) 31... Nf6 32. Be5 $16) 30... Bd3 31. Ra8 Bxe2 32. b7 $18) 29...
Nxb8 30. Ra7 Bxd2 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. Ng3 Bc6 34. b7 $2 {Damit
erschwert sich Wei� seine Aufgabe. Nach} (34. Ra3 Bd5 35. e4 {hat er nichts
zu bef�rchten:} Bb7 (35... Bc4 36. Ra8 Bf4 37. e5 (37. b7 Bc7 $13) 37... Bc1
38. Rxb8 Bxb2 39. Rg8+ Kh6 40. b7 (40. Ne2 $2 Bxd4+ 41. Nxd4 b2 42. b7 b1=Q 43.
b8=Q Qf1+ $19) 40... Bxd4+ 41. Ke1 $18) 36. Rxb3 Bf4 $44) 34... Nd7 35. e4 $2 {
Richtig war} (35. Ra3 Bd5 36. e4 Bxb7 37. Rxb3 Ba6 (37... Bc6 $6 38. d5) 38.
Ra3 Bb5 {Schwarz hat Vorteil, aber die Partie ist noch nicht zu Ende.}) 35...
Bc3 $19 36. Ne2 (36. d5 Bd4+ 37. Ke1 exd5 38. exd5 (38. Ra6 Nb8 39. Ra8 Be5)
38... Bxd5 39. Ra6+ Be6 40. Rd6 Be5 $19) 36... Bxb2 37. d5 exd5 38. exd5 Bxd5
39. Ra6+ Be6 40. Ra5 Bf6 41. Rb5 b2 42. h4 h6 43. h5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 $6 {
Da der Damenspringer des Schwarzen nicht mehr nach c6 gelangen und der
Nachziehende die Schwдche des Feldes b4 nicht ausnutzen kann, sieht} (7... exd5
{hier viel natьrlicher aus; kommt Schwarz zu a6-a5, hat er eine feine
Bauernstruktur am Damenflьgel.}) 8. e3 Qa5 (8... Be7 {ist solider.}) 9. Bd3 Ne4
10. O-O Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. f4 Bb4 13. Rc1 O-O (13... Bd7 $5) 14. Qe1 Bd7 15.
Qh4 h6 16. Nf3 Rfc8 17. g4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. g5 Rxd3 20. gxf6 Rxe3 (20...
Qd8 21. Qg3 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Rd2 23. Nxd7 $18) 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qh4 h5 23. Qg5 Qb4 (
23... Qd8 24. Rc7 (24. f5 $2 Re4) (24. Ne5 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Kh7 (25... Bxa4 26.
Rc7) 26. Rf3 Bc6 {mit Rettungsaussichten fьr Schwarz.}) 24... Bc6 25. Nh4 {
, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 24. Rb1 ({Die Fortsetzung} 24. Rc7 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxd4+ {
ist natьrlich fьr WeiЯ nicht zu empfehlen.}) 24... Qa3 25. Nh4 Kh7 $2 ({
Zum Verlust fьhrt auch} 25... Re2 {WeiЯ antwortet} 26. Rf3 $18) ({Nach} 25...
Be8 26. Rxb7 Re2 {kann ich jedoch keinen zwingenden Gewinn fьr WeiЯ entdecken.}
27. f5 (27. Qh6 Qf8 28. Qg5 Qa3 {ergibt Zugwiederholung.}) ({Nach} 27. Re7 Qe3+
28. Kh1 Re1 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kg2 Rb8 {wird die falsche Seite matt.}) 27...
Qh3 {fьhrt nicht zum gewьnschten Erfolg.}) 26. Rxb7 Rd8 27. f5 exf5 28. Rxd7
Rxd7 29. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd3 (7. cxd5 exd5
8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Ba3 (11. dxc5 $5) 11... b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 {
geschah in der Partie Atalik,S-Rogozenko,D, Bukarest 1995, CBM 48; Schwarz hat
keine Sorgen. Der Textzug scheint dem Nachziehenden auch keine Probleme zu
stellen; die Schwдche des Feldes b4 ist in vielen Fдllen unangenehm fьr WeiЯ.
Falls dieses Urteil zutrifft, bildet 6...c5 eine gute Antwort gegen den Aufbau
des WeiЯen.}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 (11... cxd4
12. exd4 Bf4 $5) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Nf4 (14. Ng3 $5) (14. Bb1 $5)
14... Nb4 15. Bb1 Bxf4 {Schwarz verwirklicht eine interessante Idee. In
Betracht kam vielleicht auch} (15... a5 16. Nd3 Ba6 17. Re1 Ne4 {mit gutem
Spiel fьr den Nachziehenden.}) 16. exf4 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 {WeiЯ hat
natьrlich keine andere Wahl.} a5 19. Rc1 (19. Re1 Bxf3 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. gxf3
Nbd5 {ist natьrlich nicht nach dem Geschmack des WeiЯen.}) 19... Nbd5 20. g3 (
20. f5 Nf4 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qd5 {sieht nicht erfreulich fьr WeiЯ aus.})
20... Qd7 21. f5 (21. Ne5 Qh3 {Jetzt droht 22...Dg2+ 23.Kg2: Sf4:+ 24.Kg1 Sh3
matt!} 22. Qf3 Re7 {mit der Drohung 23...Sf4: ьberlдЯt dem Schwarzen eine
gefдhrliche Initiative.}) 21... Qd6 22. Ne5 Rac8 23. Qb3 {WeiЯ bindet den
Springer d5 an seinen Platz und droht 24.La3.} (23. Qf3 {wird mit} Qb4 24. Ba3
Qxa4 {beantwortet.}) 23... Qb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 {Die beiden Lдufer des WeiЯen
kцnnen nicht viel Kraft entfalten.} 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Be4
28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Kf1 {Nach} (29. Bb2 Nd6 30. g4 f6 31. Nf3 (31. Nd7 Nc4 32.
Bc3 Kf7 {und der Springer des WeiЯen kommt in Verdrьckung!}) 31... Nc4 {
hat Schwarz natьrlich auch nichts zu befьrchten.}) 29... Nc3 30. Bd2 {WeiЯ muЯ
sich beeilen, eine Remisstellung anzustreben. In dem entstehenden
Springerendspiel reicht dem Schwarzen der entfernte Freibauer, den er besitzt,
nicht zum Gewinn, weil sein Kцnig nicht ungehindert zum Zentrum vordringen
kann.} Nxa4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Ke2 f6 33. Nc6 b3 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. Nd8+ Kg8 (35...
Ke7 36. Ne6 g5 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Nf4 g5 39. Nd5+ Ke6 40. Ne3 {ist auch nicht
gewinntrдchtig fьr Schwarz, denn WeiЯ kann einen entfernten Freibauern auf der
h-Linie bilden.}) 36. Ne6 h6 37. d5 b2 38. Kc2 Nc3 39. Kxb2 Nxd5 40. Kb3 Ne7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gistrup"]
[Site "Gistrup"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {King} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. Bd2 Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4
dxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. c5 Nc4 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. a4 Qd7 20. axb5 cxb5
21. Rfb1 Qc6 22. Qd3 Bd8 (22... Raf8 $5 23. Qe4 Qc8) 23. d5 Qc8 24. d6 (24. g4
$5) 24... Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxc5 $17 26. Ne4 Re5 (26... Rc4 $5) 27. Qf3 {King: The
position looks good for White: he has a strong passed pawn on d6 and well
placed pieces. Black has difficulties coordinating for instance: 27...Qc6
would be met by 28 Nf6+; as would 27...Qc4.   Black finds a brilliant solution:
} Ra7 28. Rd1 Qa8 {Black's manoeuvre is surprisingly strong, preventing White
from launching an attack.} 29. Re1 b4 $6 (29... a5 $1 {King}) 30. Rad1 b3 31.
Qf4 Rf5 32. Qg3 a5 $2 (32... b2 $5 33. Qb3 Re5) (32... Rb7 $5) 33. Qxb3 Re5 34.
Nc5 Rxc5 35. Qxe6+ $4 (35. Rxe6 $18 Kf8 36. d7 Be7 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Qe3+)
35... Rf7 $19 36. d7 Qc6 37. Rd6 Qc7 38. Qe8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Rd3 Rc1 41.
Rf3 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Bf6 43. Qe8 Qd8 44. Re3 g6 45. Qe6 Kg7 46. Rd3 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. g4 {Da WeiЯ sich nicht im sicheren
Besitz des Punktes e4 befindet, ist dieses Vorgehen nicht zu empfehlen; WeiЯ
schwдcht sich bloЯ.} (12. a3 Rc8 13. Bd2 {ist eine solide Fortsetzung:} (13. g4
Rc7 14. g5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxg5 {
fьhrt auch hier zu besserem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 13... Rc7 {zur Vorbereiting
von Dd8-a8 nebst Sf6-e4 kann mit} 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Ba5 {und unklarem Spiel
beantwortet werden.}) 12... b4 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Ng3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 $2 ({Nach} 15.
fxe5 {bleibt der Nachteil des WeiЯen in Grenzen, zum Beispiel} f6 16. Qg2 fxe5
17. Nxe4 (17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bh4 {ist
schlecht fьr WeiЯ.}) 17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Qf8+ 20. Ke2 {usw.})
15... Nc5 16. Bb1 d4 17. e4 Bh4 18. f5 $2 {Es ist nicht der richtige Zeitpunkt
fьr aktives Spiel.} (18. Rd1 {ist zдher.}) 18... Bxg3 19. hxg3 d3 $19 20. Be3
Nxe4 21. fxe6 f6 22. e7 Qxe7 23. Bxd3 Nd2 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qf4 fxe5 26. Bc4+ Kh8
0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 b6 8. cxb6
Qxb6 9. Bd3 Nxf4 10. exf4 e6 11. O-O c5 $2 {Schwarz mцchte nicht auf b2 nehmen.
Das ist verstдndlich; aber wenn er darauf verzichtet, sollte er meines
Erachtens lieber etwas fьr seine Entwicklung tun, statt die Stellung
unzeitgemдЯ zu цffnen.} (11... Bd6 {kommt in Betracht.}) (11... g6 {ist
vielleicht ebenfalls nicht von der Hand zu weisen.}) 12. Re1 Be7 13. f5 O-O $6
{Danach wird die Stellung sofort hoffnungslos; Schwarz verliert einen Bauern.
Es ist aber bereits schwer, eine befriedigende Fortsetzung zu finden.} (13...
Qxb2 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Qe2 {sieht auch nicht
vertrauenerweckend fьr Schwarz aus.}) (13... c4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bf5 {ist
ebenfalls ungemьtlich.}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qc2 Nf6 ({Auf} 15... h6 {folgt} 16.
Nxd5 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Nxc5 Qf4 18. Qc1 (18. Nxe6 {
sieht ebenfalls nicht schlecht aus.}) 18... Nh5 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Qf7 21.
Qe3 Bd8 22. Rd6 Nf4 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd8 Qg6 25. Nh4 Qg4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27.
g3 Rf8 28. f3 Qe6 29. Re1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3
Bb7 {In einer frьheren Partie fuhr Bareev hier mit 8...Sbd7 fort. Im
vorliegenden Spiel stellt er den Damenspringer nach c6. Dort steht er weniger
sicher, bestreicht aber die wichtigen Felder b4 und a5. Die Vorgдngerpartie
verlief so:} (8... Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Bd6 13. Qa4
Nxd2 14. Nxd2 O-O 15. f4 Qe7 16. Nf3 Rfc8 17. Ne5 Nf6 18. h3 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Rac8
20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Qd1 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Bareev,E/Germany 1992/GER-chT 
(80). (79)}) 9. O-O {Ьberrschenderweise ist dies eine Neuerung. Gespielt wurde
schon} (9. Qb1 {Dies soll Sf6-e4 verhindern.} Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12.
Be1 h6 13. a3 Qb6 14. Bf1 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Movsesian,S/Germany
2000/CBM 74 ext (30). (29)}) 9... Bd6 10. Ne2 (10. Ne5 $5 $11) 10... Nc6 11. a4
b4 12. a5 {Dies ist konsequent, aber Vorteil verspricht es nicht.} Nxa5 {
Sonst kдme WeiЯ mit Dd1-a4 in Vorteil.} 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bxb4 ({Nach} 14. Ne5
Qb6 15. Rfc1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 {hat WeiЯ ohne Kompensation einen Bauern
eingebьЯt. Der Textzug genьgt zum Ausgleich; mehr bringt er aber nicht.}) 14...
Bxb4 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 ({Nach} 16... O-O 17. Nxc6 Bd6 18. Qa5 Qxa5 19.
Nxa5 {hat WeiЯ das bequemere Spiel.}) 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 (17... Bxa6 18. Rxc6 Rxc6
19. Nxc6 Bxe2 (19... O-O 20. Qxa6 {ist natьrlich auch nicht im Sinne des
Schwarzen.}) 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Ne5+ {fьhrt Schwarz in den Orkus.}) 18. Qxa6 Bxa6
19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxe2 21. Ra8+ Kd7 22. Ne5+ Ke7 (22... Kc7 23. Rxh8 Bh5
24. f3 {ist auch nicht gewinntrдchtig fьr Schwarz.}) 23. Rxh8 Bd6 24. Nc6+ Kd7
25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. Nc6+ Kd7 27. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
b6 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Bd3 Qxb2 11. Rc1 e6 {Dies ist ein neuer Versuch. Bisher
liegt nur mit 11...g6 Erfahrung vor. Ich zitiere einige Beispiele:} (11... g6
12. O-O Bh6 13. g3 (13. Qa4 Qb7 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Rfc1 e6 16. Nxd5 (16. Ne2 Bb7
17. Qa3 Bf8 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Ne5 {fьhrt zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.})
16... exd5 17. Rxc6 Qd8 18. Re1+ (18. Qa3 Bf8 (18... Nf8 19. f5 {ist nicht
vertrauenerweckend fьr Schwarz.}) 19. Qb3 (19. Re1+ Be7 {bringt WeiЯ nicht
weiter; es folgt Ke8-f8.}) 19... Be7 (19... Rb8 $2 20. Qxb8) 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Ne5 Kg7 {kann WeiЯ auf die Dauer auch nicht
ьberleben.}) 18... Kf8 19. Rd6 Kg7 20. f5 Re8 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23.
Qc6 Rb8 24. Rxd5 Rb6 25. Qc7 Qe6 {0-1 Babula,V-Karttunen,M/Plovdiv 2003/CBM
098/[Huebner,R] (25).}) 13... O-O 14. Na4 Qb7 (14... Qb4 15. Rxc6 Nf6 (15...
Bg7 16. Qc2 Rb8 {ist verstдndiger.}) 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Ne5 Rb8 (
18... Bh3 19. Ra1 Rfb8 {bietet Aussischten, die Stellung zu halten.}) 19. Rfc1
Bd7 20. Ra6 Bxa4 (20... Rxb3 21. Nc5 {kostet Material.}) (20... Bc8 21. Rxa5
Rxb3 22. Rc7 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen eine krдftige Initiative, bietet aber
vielleicht bessere Ьberlebensaussichten als die Partiefortsetzung.}) (20... Rb4
21. Nc5 Be8 22. Rxa5 Rxd4 23. Ra7 e6 24. Rb7 {ist nicht aussichtsreicher fьr
Schwarz als die Partiefolge.}) 21. bxa4 Rb4 22. Rxa5 Rxd4 23. Ra7 Bg7 24. Bf1
Ne4 25. a5 Ra4 26. a6 e6 27. Rac7 Nd6 (27... Nd2 28. a7 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Nxf1 30.
Kxf1 Kg7 31. Rb7 g5 32. h3 Ra6 33. Rc2 h5 34. Ke2 {und WeiЯ gewinnt, indem er
seinen Kцnig zum Damenflьgel bringt.}) 28. Nd7 Rd8 29. Nc5 Rb4 30. Nb7 Nxb7 31.
axb7 Bf6 32. Ba6 Kg7 33. R1c6 (33. Rc8 {dьrfte auch zum Gewinn genьgen:} Rd6
34. b8=Q Rxb8 35. Rxb8 Rxa6 36. Rc7 g5 37. Rbb7 gxf4 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rxh7 f3
40. h4 {Der Textzug ist aber weit sicherer.}) 33... Rb8 34. Rxe6 Bd8 35. Rc8
Kf8 36. Rd6 Ke8 37. Rxd5 Rb6 {Suite desesperement illisible, efforts inutiles
sauf a decider de fondre les neurones. Essayer de voir avec Eric. Resulat
final 1 - 0 au 53eme coup blanc.}) (14... Qa3 15. Rxc6 Qxa2 16. Rc3 Nf6 17. Bb1
Qa1 18. Qb3 Bh3 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Nc5 Qa5 $11 {
1-0 Fontaine,R-Prie,E/France 2004/CBM 098 ext (74). (73)}) 15. Qc2 {ist nicht
besser.}) 12. O-O Ba3 {Das Feld a3 scheint mir kein natьrlicher Platz fьr den
Lдufer.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 12... Bd6 13. f5 Nf6 14. Qa4 Qb8 {sieht wesentlich
gesьnder aus.}) 13. Qa4 (13. Rc2 Qb7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Ne5 {ist
ebenfalls nicht schlecht.}) 13... Qb4 14. Qxb4 Bxb4 15. Na4 Bd6 {Hier wьrde
ich lieber auf den Bauern c6 verzichten:} (15... g6 16. Rxc6 Ke7 {mit etwa
gleichem Spiel.}) 16. f5 Bb7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rfe1 O-O $2 {Jetzt war aber
unbedingt Geiz geboten. Nach} (18... Ke7 19. Bf5 (19. Ng5 Nf8 ({Unzureichend
ist} 19... e5 20. dxe5 Bb4 21. Re2 h6 22. Nf3 c5 23. Bf5 {mit gewaltigem
Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 h6 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Rc2 Kf6 {fьhrt zu
einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 19... Nf8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Kf6 22.
Bh3 Re8 {steht WeiЯ besser, aber die Lage des Schwarzen ist noch keineswegs
hoffnungslos.}) 19. Rxe6 Bf4 $2 {Viel zдher ist} (19... Rf6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 (
20... Nxf6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. Rc3 {ist nicht bequemer fьr Schwarz.})
21. Bf5 Nf8 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Kf7 {, und WeiЯ muЯ das Endspiel erst noch
gewinnen.}) 20. Rb1 Rab8 21. g3 Bc7 (21... Bxg3 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24.
hxg3 Bc8 25. Rxb8 Nxb8 26. Re7 c5 27. dxc5 d4 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 {ist
ebenfalls hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) ({oder} 21... Bh6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5
Ba8 (23... Bc8 {scheitert an} 24. Bxh7+) 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Re7 {mit leichtem
Sieg.}) 22. Ng5 $18 h6 23. Re7 hxg5 24. Rxd7 Rf7 25. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. f4 Nxe5
9. fxe5 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. e4 Bg7 12. Be2 (12. Bf4 O-O 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O
dxe4 15. Qd2 f5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qe3 Ra7 18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Rfd1 Bd5 20. b4 Qe7
21. Qg3 Rdd8 {1/2-1/2 Dziuba,M-Savchenko,S/Metz 2005/CBM 105 ext (21).}) 12...
O-O $6 (12... b4 13. Na4 dxe4 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qb3 {ist nicht besonders
attraktiv fьr Schwarz.}) (12... f5 {scheint nцtig zu sein.}) 13. O-O $6 (13.
exd5 f5 (13... b4 14. Na4 Qxd5 15. O-O f5 16. Rf4 {ist ungьnstig fьr Scchwarz.}
) (13... cxd5 14. O-O {sieht gut fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 14. Bf3 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qxd4 16.
Qxd4 Bxd4 17. dxc6 {lohnt sicher einen Versuch.}) 13... b4 14. Na4 dxe4 15.
Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Qxb4 f5 19. Bf4 a5 20. Qc3 Na6 21. Qxa5
$4 (21. Be5 {wahrt Stellungsvorteil.}) 21... Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qb7 {Jetzt dьrfte
Schwarz beinahe eine Gewinnstellung besitzen.} 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Rad1 Nxc5 25.
Qe1 (25. Qd2 Ne6 26. Bc4 e3 {ist auch fatal fьr WeiЯ.}) 25... Ne6 $6 ({Nichts
spricht gegen} 25... Qxb2 $19) 26. b4 Bg7 $6 (26... Qg7 {sieht aktiver aus:
Schwarz muЯ versuchen, den Lдufer von d6 zu vertreiben.}) 27. Bc4 Raa8 28. Qe3
Qa7 29. Qg3 Rad8 30. h4 Nd4 31. Bc5 Qb7 32. Qe3 {Jetzt hat WeiЯ schon
vollwertiges Gegenspiel.} Nc2 33. Qg5 Nd4 $6 (33... Qc7 $5) (33... Qb8 $5) 34.
h5 gxh5 $6 (34... Be5 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qxg6 Qh7+ 37. Qxh7+ Kxh7 {bietet gute
Rettungsaussichten.}) 35. Qxh5 e3 $2 {Es dьrfte schon keine Rettung mehr geben,
aber mit} (35... Rf8 {kann Schwarz noch kдmpfen.}) 36. Rxd4 $18 Bxd4 37. Bxd4+
Rxd4 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 g6
(8... e6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. b4 Ng8 13. a4 Ne7 14. Ne2 Nf5
15. Nc1 O-O 16. Nb3 Qh4 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Kd1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Bosch,J/
Netherlands 1994/CBM 042 (43). (42)}) 9. f4 Nh5 $2 {Das Manцver des Schwarzen
birgt Risiken, weil er die Entwicklung seines Kцnigsflьgels, insbesondere die
Aktivierung seines Kцnigsturms, allzu lange hinausschiebt. WeiЯ greift
folgereichtig sogleich am Damenflьgel an.} (9... e6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Bd2 a5 12.
Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Ne2 Qh4 15. Ng1 O-O 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. h4 $14 {1-0
Hoeksema,H-Boel,P/Netherlands 1994/EXT 2002 (37). (36)}) 10. Be2 Ng7 11. Qb3
Nd7 12. a4 Ne6 {An diesem unnatьrlichen Zug sieht man, daЯ der Aufbau des
Schwarzen nicht in der gewьnschten Weise verlief; der Springer gehцrt ja nach
f5. Auf andere Fortsetzungen ist jedoch das Manцver Sc3-a2-b4 noch stдrker.}
13. Na2 Qc8 14. Nb4 a5 ({Nach} 14... Bg7 {braucht WeiЯ nicht auf Figurenopfer
zu sinnen, sondern kann mit} 15. Qa3 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qa6 {ohne weiteres
bedeutenden positionellen Vorteil erwerben.}) 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. axb5 Nexc5 {
Wenn Schwarz die Figur nicht zurьckgibt, bleibt seine Stellung hoffnungslos,
da der Bauer d5 auch noch fдllt.} 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. O-O O-O ({
Die Fortsetzung} 19... e6 20. Rfc1 Qb6 21. Rc6 Qb7 22. Rac1 {sieht auch
ungemьtlich fьr Schwarz aus.}) 20. Rfc1 Qb6 21. Rc6 Qd8 22. b6 ({Auch} 22. Qxd5
{verspricht klaren Vorteil.}) 22... Nf6 23. Rxa5 Rb8 {Jetzt bleibt der
Damenturm des Schwarzen passiv, wдhrend der des WeiЯen groЯe Aktivitдt
entfaltet. Wenn Schwarz aber Turmtausch zulдЯt, wird der vordere b-Bauer des
WeiЯen sehr stark:} (23... Rxa5 24. Bxa5 Qd7 25. Qb5 Rb8 (25... Qxh3 {
scheitert an} 26. Rxf6) 26. Kg2 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen das bessere Spiel.}) (
23... Qd7 24. Rc7 Qxh3 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. b7 Rb8 27. Bf1 Qg4+ (27... Qf5 28. f3
Bf8 29. Qa2 {und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) (27... Qe6 28. Bg2 Ne8 29. Ba5 {fьhrt
ebenfalls zum Gewinn fьr WeiЯ.}) 28. Bg2 Bf8 29. Bc3 Ne8 30. Be5 {ьberlebt
Schwarz nicht.}) 24. Ra7 e5 {Schwarz strebt gewaltsam nach Gegenspiel; es
sollte aber nicht genьgen.} 25. Bf3 $6 {es ist nicht klar, ob dies zum
Erreichen des Sieges genьgt.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 25. Bb4 Rxb6 (25... Re8 {
scheitert an} 26. Bd6) 26. Qa4 Rxb4 (26... Rxc6 27. Qxc6 exf4 (27... Qc8 28.
Qxc8 Rxc8 29. fxe5 Ne4 30. f3 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) 28. Bxf8 Bxf8
29. Qb7 Qe8 30. Ra8 Qe5 31. Qb4 {fьhrt fьr WeiЯ zum Gewinn.}) 27. Qxb4 Ne4 {
ьberlдЯt dem Schwarzen beachtliches Gegenspiel.}) ({Die Fortsetzung} 25. fxe5
Ne4 26. Be1 Bxe5 (26... Qg5+ 27. Bg4 Qxe5 28. Rd7 {fьhrt zu einer
Gewinnstellung fьr WeiЯ.}) 27. Ra5 {dьrfte dem WeiЯen jedoch entscheidenden
Vorteil geben.}) 25... Ne4 ({Schwarz mцchte vermeiden, daЯ der Damenlдufer des
WeiЯen nach} 25... exf4 26. exf4 Ne4 {das Feld e3 zur Verfьgung hat.}) 26. Bc3
({Die Folge} 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rcc7 Qf6 28. Bb4 Rxb6 29. Qc4 Rxb4 30. Qxb4 exf4
31. Qxe4 fxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxb2 {ist nicht ьberzeugend.}) (26. Bb4 Rxb6 27. Qa4
Rxb4 28. Qxb4 exf4 29. exf4 Qh4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxh3 32. f5 Bxb2 {
ist auch nicht klar.}) 26... exf4 27. exf4 Qh4 (27... Nxc3 28. bxc3 d4 {
bietet vielleicht auch Aussichten auf Widerstand.}) 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7
30. Qe3 Qh5 $2 (30... Rbd8 {mit der Drohung Td8-d3 ist geeignet, dem Schwarzen
ausgezeichnete Rettungsaussichten zu verschaffen.}) 31. Rd7 Qb5 32. Qxe4 Kg8
33. b7 Rbe8 34. Qc4 $6 (34. Qd5 {fьhrt zum Sieg. Das Turmendspiel ist hier
ganz hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.} Re1+ (34... Qxb2 {scheitert an} 35. Rc8) 35.
Kh2 Qf1 36. Qg2 {bietet dem WeiЯen auch keine Probleme mehr.}) 34... Qf5 35.
Rd3 Re4 36. Qd5 $6 (36. Qc3 Ree8 37. Rd4 {scheint mir sicherer zum Sieg zu
fьhren.}) 36... Qxf4 $2 ({Nach} 36... Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Rb4 38. Rd7 Kg7 {muЯ sich
WeiЯ noch gewaltig anstrengen, um den Sieg zu erzwingen. Hier steht ein Turm
des Schwarzen auf der b-Linie statt auf der 8. Reihe wie in der Anmerkung zum
34. Zuge von WeiЯ; dies macht einen groЯen Unterschied.} 39. Rc8 {kann mit}
Rxb7 {beantwortet werden.}) 37. Rc8 Rb4 38. Rf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3
Nfd7 9. Bd3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 O-O 15.
Nd2 a5 16. Qe2 Bd6 $2 {Der Tausch der schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer sieht
positionell verfehlt aus. Ich wьrde} (16... Bd7 {nebst Dd8-b6 und Tf8-c8
versuchen.}) 17. Rfc1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qb6 19. Nb3 Bd7 20. Nc5 Rfc8 21. Rc2 Be8
22. Rac1 g6 23. e4 Nd7 $4 {Die Lage des Schwarzen ist schwierig, aber noch
nicht aufgabereif.} ({I} 23... dxe4 $2 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8 Nd6
27. Ra8 Qc6 28. Rxa5 (28. Qf3 Qxa4 29. Qf4 $18) 28... Qc1+ 29. Qf1 Qxb2 30. d5
e5 31. Ra8 $18 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) ({II} 23... Bc6 24. exd5 Bxd5 (
24... Nxd5 25. Nxe6 $18) 25. Nd7 Rxc2 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Rxc2 Kxf6 28. Qe5+ Ke7
29. Rc7+ {fьhrt ebenfalls zum Verlust.}) ({III} 23... Rc7 24. e5 (24. Qf3 Nxe4
$13) 24... Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Qe3 Rdd8 27. b3 Bd7 {leistete Widerstand.}) ({
IV Die Partiefortsetzung} 23... Nd7 $4 {kostet nach} 24. exd5 exd5 (24... Nxc5
25. dxc5 {verheiЯt dem Schwarzen natьrlich keine Rettungsaussichten.}) 25. Nxd7
Bxd7 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Qe8+ {eine Figur.}) 24. exd5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
b6 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Bd3 Qxb2 11. Rc1 e6 12. O-O Ba3 13. Rc2 Qb8 {Angaben zum
Erцffnungsverlauf finden sich bei der Partie Krasenkow-M. Gurevich, Sanxenxo
2004.} (13... Qb7 {gefдllt mir besser als der Textzug.}) 14. Ne5 c5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 $2 {Den Feind auf e5 hдtte ich nicht gedulded. Nach} (15... Nxe5 16. fxe5
Qxe5 17. Re1 ({Die Fortsetzung} 17. Nb1 Bb2 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Qh5 Kf8 {fьhrt zu
einer unklaren Stellung.}) 17... Qg5 18. Nxd5 O-O (18... Qxd5 {scheitert
natьrlich an} 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Re8#) 19. Nb6 Rb8 {hat WeiЯ
keinen nennenswerten Vorteil.} 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qd3+ {scheitert an} Qf5) 16.
Qh5 Qa7 $6 (16... g6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxh8+ Kd7 20. Nb1 Bb4 21.
a3 {fьhrt stracks zum Verlust.}) (16... Qb7 {ist aber zдher als der Textzug:}
17. Bxh7 Rb8 18. Nb1 ({Auch die Fortsetzung} 18. Ng6 Rxh7 19. Qxh7 fxg6 20.
Qg8+ Kd7 21. Qxg7+ Kd6 22. Qxg6 Bd7 23. f5 {sieht gewinntrдchtig aus.}) 18...
Ne4 (18... Qxb1 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Nc6#) 19. Nxa3 Nf6 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Bg6
Qxg6 22. Nxg6 Rh6 23. Ne5 {fьhrt indessen zu einem fьr WeiЯ gewonnenen
Endspiel.}) 17. Bxh7 Kf8 {Es gibt keine befriedigende Verteidigung gegen die
Drohung 18.Sg6.} (17... Qe7 {bringt auch keine Rettung:} 18. Nb1 Nd7 19. Ng6
Rxh7 20. Qxh7 fxg6 21. Nxa3 Qxa3 22. Qxg6+ {und WeiЯ gewinnt mьhelos.}) ({Mit} 
17... d4 18. Nb1 d3 19. Rc4 Bb2 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 ({oder} 20... g6 21. Nxg6 fxg6
22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Rfc1 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Qxg7 Bxe5 23.
fxe5 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxd3 {wehrt Schwarz zwar den Angriff ab, landet
aber in einem verlorenen Endspiel.}) (17... Rf8 18. Nb1 Bb4 19. Nc6 Qb6 20.
Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Rfc1 {fьhrt auch zu nichts Gutem.}) 18. Nb1 $18 Ne4 19. Nxa3 Nf6
20. Rfc1 Nxh5 21. Rxc8+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nxf4 11. exf4 Re8 {Dies ist ein recht zahmer Zug;
offenbar mцchte Schwarz das Manцver Sd7-f8-e6 vorbereiten. Ьblich ist 11...b6;
weil der Springer auf c3 der Deckung entbehrt, kann WeiЯ nicht gut 12.b4
antworten (12...bc5: 13.bc5: Sc5:). Es folgen einige der bisher bekannten
Partiebeispiele mit dieser Fortsetzung:} (11... b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Na4 Qa7 (
13... Qc7 14. f5 (14. Qd2 {bietet vielleicht bessere Aussichten auf Vorteil:}
Bh6 $6 15. g3 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Rac1 e5 $6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20.
Rxe5 Qxe5 21. fxe5 Bxd2 22. Rc2 (22. Rxc6 $16) 22... Be1 23. Kf1 Bb4 24. Kg2
Bb7 25. a3 Bf8 26. b4 Re8 27. Re2 a5 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. f4 Re7 30. Ba6 Bxa6 {
1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Avrukh,B/Andorra 2001/CBM 83 ext (30).}) 14... e5 15. fxe6
fxe6 $13 {0-1 Pritchett,C-Engqvist,T/Gausdal 1993/TD (41). (41)}) 14. Qc2 (14.
Rc1 {sieht noch natьrlicher aus:} Bxd4 15. Bxg6 Bxf2+ ({Nach} 15... Bg7 16. Bb1
{wьrde sich WeiЯ bald ьber den geschwдchten Kцnigsflьgel des Schwarzen
hermachen. Auch nach dem Textzug bleibt die Kцnigsstellung des Schwarzen
unbefriedigend geschьtzt.}) 16. Rxf2 hxg6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Georgiev,K/Sarajevo 2001/CBM 84/[Huebner,R] (37). (36)}) 14... Bxd4
15. Qxc6 Nc5 16. Nxd4 Nxd3 17. Ne2 Bd7 $2 (17... Rd8 $5) (17... Rb8 $11) 18.
Qxd5 $16 {0-1 Solozhenkin,E-Kallai,G/France 2001/EXT 2002 (42). (42)}) (11...
Qc7 12. Ne2 (12. Qd2 $5) 12... b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Rc1 c5 $13 15. b3 {0-1
Krasenkow,M-Rustemov,A/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (43). (43)}) 12. Qc2 {WeiЯ
mцchte offenbar das Feld f5 unter Kontrolle nehmen.} (12. Qd2 {ist ebenfalls
gut.}) 12... Qc7 13. g3 (13. f5 {ist schwдcher; WeiЯ sollte die Kontrolle ьber
e5 nicht aufgeben. Nach} e5 14. fxe6 fxe6 {wird Schwarz ungefдhrdet e6-e5
durchsetzen kцnnen und erreicht gutes Spiel.}) 13... b6 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Nf8
16. Kg2 Qd7 17. Rh1 axb4 (17... b5 {kommt in Betracht.}) 18. Na4 bxc5 19. Nxc5
Qd6 20. axb4 Rb8 $2 {Meiner Meinung nach sollte Schwarz ein Turmpaar tauschen.
Nach} (20... Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ne6 {ist der Vorteil des WeiЯen nicht entscheidend.}
) 21. Qc3 Nd7 22. Ra7 {Dieser Eindringling ist nun дuЯerst lдstig.} Nb6 ({Nach
} 22... Nxc5 {folgt} 23. bxc5 Qf6 ({Nicht aussichtsreicher fьr Schwarz ist} 
23... Qd8 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. fxe5) 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Be2 {mit gewaltigem Druck.})
23. h4 (23. Ne5 $5 {sieht konsequenter aus.}) 23... Bd7 $2 (23... Ra8 {muЯte
versucht werden.}) 24. Ne5 Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qd3 $18 Nc4 ({Nach} 26... Qf6
27. Rc1 {wird der Druck des WeiЯen bald zu Bauerngewinn fьhren.}) 27. Qxf5 Bxe5
28. fxe5 Qg6 29. Qxg6+ hxg6 30. Nd3 Nd2 31. Ra3 f6 32. Rc1 Nc4 33. Ra6 fxe5 34.
Nxe5 Rxb4 35. Nxc4 dxc4 36. Rxc6 Kg7 37. R1xc4 Rb2 38. Rc2 Rb4 39. R6c4 Rb6 40.
Re2 Kf7 41. d5 Rd6 42. Rf4+ Kg7 43. Re5 e6 44. Rfe4 exd5 45. Rxe8 dxe4 46. Rxe4
Rd5 47. Kh3 Ra5 48. Kg4 Rb5 49. f4 Kf6 50. Re5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Bb2 Qb8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bd6 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15.
e4 O-O 16. Rac1 b4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Rfe1 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21. Rc4
Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Bc1 {Es fдllt mir natьrlich schwer zu glauben, daЯ WeiЯ
hier bereits eine Gewinnstellung besitzt.} Ne7 $6 (23... Ra7 {war eine bessere
Art, um den Besitz der c-Linie zu kдmpfen. Nach} 24. Qc8+ Bf8 25. Nc5 {folgt}
Ne7 26. Qd8 Nc6) 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Nc5 Bxc5 $6 {Danach gewinnt der
c-Bauer des WeiЯen an Bedeutung, und dem Lдufer winkt gelegentlich das Feld d4.
} ({Mit} 26... Nd5 {konnte Schwarz einigen Vorteil wahren, doch dьrfte sich
WeiЯ nach} 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Re2 f5 29. Nc5 f4 30. Bc1 f3 31. gxf3 Bxc5 32. Rc2
Nc3 33. dxc5 Rxc5 34. Kg2 {halten kцnnen.}) 27. dxc5 Nd5 (27... Nc6 $5) 28. Bd4
Rc6 29. g3 f6 (29... g5 {sieht natьrlicher aus:} 30. Re2 f6 31. Rd2 Kf7 32. f3
$11 {mit etwa gleichen Aussichten.}) 30. f4 h5 31. Rf1 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ra6 33. Rf2
h4 $6 (33... Ke7 34. Kf3 Kd7 $11) 34. g4 Nc3 {Jetzt ist die Sache schon nicht
mehr einfach. Nach} (34... Ke7 35. Kf3 Kd7 {folgt} 36. g5 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}
) 35. Bxc3 bxc3 36. Kf3 Ra8 37. Ke3 Rd8 $2 {Der Nachziehende ьberschдtzt die
Kraft seiner Freibauern.} ({Nach} 37... b4 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Kc4 Rb8 40. a4 bxa3
41. Kxc3 Ra8 42. Ra2 e5 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. b4 e4 45. Kb3 Kd7 46. Rd2+ Kc7 47.
Ka2 Rd8 {sollte Schwarz keine Probleme haben.}) 38. b4 Rd1 39. Rc2 Rh1 40. Kd4
Rxh3 {Schwarz hat keine Zeit, das Eindringen des gegnerischen Kцnigs am
Damenflьgel zu verhindern; auf} (40... Ke7 {geschieht} 41. Rxc3 {mit Deckung
des Bauern auf h3.}) 41. c6 Ke7 42. Kc5 Kd8 43. Kxb5 Kc7 44. Ka6 Kxc6 ({Nach} 
44... Rf3 45. b5 Rxf4 46. b6+ Kxc6 47. Rxc3+ Kd7 48. a3 (48. b7 {ist falsch:}
Ra4+ 49. Kb6 Rb4+ 50. Ka6 Ra4+ 51. Kb5 Rxa2 $11) 48... Ra4+ 49. Kb5 Ra8 50. a4
{verliert Schwarz offensichtlich den Wettlauf.}) 45. b5+ Kc7 46. Ka7 Rd3 47.
b6+ Kd7 48. b7 Rd2 49. b8=Q Rxc2 50. Qb7+ Ke8 51. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 O-O {
In der Partie Hjarartson,J-Manninen,M, Reykjavik (zt 06) 1995, CBM 47, geschah
14...Sxe5. Der Textzug wurde als Verbesserung vorgeschlagen.} 15. Rc6 (15. Qc2
$5 Qb7 16. Qc7 Ra7 17. Qxb7 Rxb7 18. Rc6 $16) 15... Qb7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rc1
Rxc6 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxc6 Kf8 20. Nf4 Ke8 21. Nfd3 b4 22. f3 a5 23. Kf1 Nxe5
24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Ke2 Kd8 26. Bd4 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. g4 Kb7 29. f4 g6 30.
Kf3 Kc6 31. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 {Dies scheint
eine solide Fortsetzung zu sein.} 7. Nxc4 (7. e3 Nxe5 8. dxe5 (8. Bxe5 b5 $15)
8... Nd5 $13) 7... b5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 c5 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4
13. exd4 Bb4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 (15... O-O 16. Nc6 Qb6 17. Bd6 Rfe8 {
sieht ebenfalls vцllig befriedigend fьr Schwarz aus; er droht 18...Sd5.}) 16.
c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Be5 Qg5 $15 20. Rab1 Nf8 21. Nd6 Re7 22.
Rfc1 Ng6 23. Bg3 h5 24. h3 Rd8 25. Rc6 a5 26. Rbc1 Red7 27. Rc8 Nf6 28. Rxd8+
Rxd8 29. Rc7 Rf8 30. Qb7 h4 31. Bh2 Nd5 32. Rc8 Rxc8 (32... Qe7 $15) 33. Qxc8+
Nf8 $2 (33... Kh7 34. Nxf7 Qf5 35. Qb7 (35. Qxe6 $2 Qb1+) 35... Nb4 36. Bd6
Nxa2 $13) 34. Ne4 $18 {In der Folge scheint mir die technische Abwicklung des
WeiЯen nicht in allen Punkten fleckenlos zu sein; aber es genьgt zum Gewinn.}
Qg6 35. Bd6 Qxe4 36. Qxf8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7 Qxd4 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qxe6
Nc3 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Bc5 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Ne2 46. Qe6+
Kh7 47. Qe4+ Kg8 48. Qc4+ Kh7 49. Qxh4+ Kg8 50. Qc4+ Kh7 51. Qe4+ Kg8 52. h4 a4
53. h5 Qg1+ 54. Kh3 Qh1+ 55. Kg4 Qd1 56. Kg5 Qd8+ 57. Be7 Qd2+ 58. f4 Qxa2 59.
Qa8+ Kh7 60. Qe4+ Kg8 61. h6 gxh6+ 62. Kxh6 Kf7 63. Bb4 Qe6+ 64. Qxe6+ Kxe6 65.
Kg5 Ng3 66. Ba3 Ne4+ 67. Kg6 Ng3 68. Bb2 Nf5 69. g4 Ne7+ 70. Kg7 Nf5+ 71. Kg6
Ne7+ 72. Kg5 Nd5 73. f5+ Kf7 74. Kh4 Ne3 75. Kh5 Nc4 76. Ba1 Ne3 77. Kg5 a3 78.
Kf4 Nc2 79. Bc3 a2 80. g5 a1=Q 81. g6+ Kg8 82. Bxa1 Nxa1 83. f6 Nb3 84. f7+ Kg7
85. Ke5 Nd2 86. Ke6 Kf8 87. g7+ Kxg7 88. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Olomouc Skanska Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "2004.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Re8 11. e4 (11. h3 Bf6 $1 12. Bxf6 Nhxf6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14.
Rae1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {Sakaev,K-Burmakin,V/Linares 2001}) (11. Re1 Qc7 12.
e4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Ndf6 14. Rh4 Be6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Ng4 Rad8 $13 {Khenkin,
I-Engqvist,T/Stockholm 1990}) (11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Rae1 Qc7 13. e4 Bg4 14. Be2 dxe4
15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe3 Ne6 $11 {Veingold,A-Stefanova,A/Dos Hermanas 2000}) 11...
dxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxe4 Ndf6 13. Bc2 Be6 ({Eigentlich wдre der Abtausch} 13...
Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 {gьnstig fьr Schwarz, leider gerдt dabei sein Nh5 in
eine missliche Lage. Nach} Qxd4 (15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. g4
$14) 16. g4 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bb3 $14 {werden drei schwarze Bauern den
weiЯen Lдufer nicht ganz aufwiegen.}) 14. Re1 Nd5 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Ne5 (16. h3
Rad8) ({Eine gute Alternative bestand in} 16. Bh6 $5 Bh8 17. Ne5 $14 {/\} Bxe5
$6 18. Rxe5) 16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nxd5 ({Wesentlich
unangenehmer wдre fьr mich} 19. Ne2 $1 $14 {Auf d4 wird dieser Springer eine
gute Figur machen.} Qxe5 (19... f6 20. exf6 exf6 21. Bh6 $14) 20. Nd4 (20. Ng3
Qg7 21. Nxh5 gxh5 $13) 20... Qg7 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bb3 Qf7 23. Qe2 $14 {
[%csl Re6]}) 19... Rxd5 20. Qc3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. h3 Ng7 23. a3 Bf5 24. Ba4
Ne6 25. Be3 h5 26. Bb3 ({Nikolic sollte den Damentausch anstreben, obwohl
Schwarz auch dann die Stellung mьhelos halten dьrfte. Z.B.} 26. b4 Rd7 27. Bb3
Qd8 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. f3 Ng7 (29... Nc7 $142) 30. Qd2 $14) 26... Rd7 27. Rxd7
Qxd7 28. Qb4 Ng7 29. Bc4 Be6 30. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Dautov,R/Moscow 2001/
CBM 86/[Dautov] (30)} Nf5 31. Bg5 Nd4 32. Bd1 Nf5 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Bxd2 Nd4 $11
{/\Bb3.}) 12... Ndf6 13. Nc3 {In der oben zitierten Partie Nikolic-Dautov
entstand dieselbe Stellung, nur daЯ der Kцnigslдufer des WeiЯen auf c2 stand
statt auf d3. Dies ist natьrlich etwas gьnstiger fьr WeiЯ.} (13. Nxf6+ exf6 14.
Be3 Be6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Borovikov,V-Volkov,
S/Panormo 2002/CBM 90 ext (53). (52)}) 13... Nd5 (13... Bg4 {kommt in Betracht,
denn nach} 14. h3 (14. Be2 Nd5 {ist vollkommen befriedigend fьr Schwarz.})
14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. g4 {hat Schwarz die Antwort} Nd7) 14. Re1 Bg4 15.
Bc4 Nhf4 $2 {Erstaunlich. Nach} (15... h6 16. Be3 Nhf6 {hat Schwarz nichts
Besonderes zu fьrchten.}) 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf7+ $18 Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19.
Qxg4 Rf8 20. g3 h6 21. Ne6 Nxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Rad1 Qc8 24. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. c5 Be7 (11... a5 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 a4 14. Ne5 Bxe2
15. Nxe2 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smejkal,J-Keitlinghaus,L/Czechia 1994/TD (33). (33)})
12. b4 O-O 13. g4 $6 {Dies gefдllt mir nicht; WeiЯ mцchte Vorteil erzielen, wo
es keinen Vorteil gibt. Die Dame des Schwarzen blinzelt bereits in Richtung
des Kцnigsflьgels von WeiЯ; der Textzug bedeutet nichts als eine Schwдchung.}
Bg6 14. Nd2 a5 15. a3 Ne4 (15... e5 {ist ebenfalls gut:} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 {
wird mit} Nd3 {beantwortet.}) 16. Kg2 (16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 {nebst f2-f4
fьhrt zum Ausgleich.}) 16... Ndf6 (16... f5 {sieht etwas plausibler aus; WeiЯ
antwortet} 17. f4 {mit Aussichten auf Ausgleich.}) 17. Nf3 (17. Qe1 {mit der
Absicht f2-f3 kommt in Betracht.}) 17... Nd7 18. Na2 $2 {WeiЯ spielt weiterhin
auf Gewinn, ohne eine genьgende positionelle Grundlage fьr seinen Spielplan zu
besitzen. Er mцchte am Damenflьgel die Initiative ergreifen; zu diesem Zweck
zieht er seinen Springer vom EinfluЯ auf die Zentralfelder ab. Inzwischen
beginnt Schwarz, den geschwдchten Kцnigsflьgel des WeiЯen zu benagen.} h5 $2 (
18... f5 {zur Цffnung der f-Linie ist weit wirksamer.}) 19. bxa5 $2 (19. gxh5
Bxh5 20. Nd2 {fьhrt zu einer haltbaren Stellung.}) 19... hxg4 20. hxg4 f5 21.
g5 f4 (21... Rxa5 22. Nb4 Qc7 23. a4) 22. Bc1 ({Nach} 22. Nb4 Qc7 23. Qe1 ({
Die Fortsetzung} 23. Bc1 {ist hier nicht mehr spielbar, weil das Feld c3 jetzt
ungedeckt ist:} fxe3 24. Bxe3 Nc3 25. Qd2 Nxe2 26. Qxe2 Be4) 23... fxe3 24.
fxe3 Bxg5 {erwartet den WeiЯen auch nichts Gutes.}) 22... e5 $2 {Jetzt kann
WeiЯ die f-Linie doch geschlossen halten. Besser ist} (22... Nxg5 23. exf4 Nxf3
24. Bxf3 Bf6 (24... Rxa5 {scheitert an} 25. Qe1) 25. Nb4 Qc7 26. Be3 Rxa5 {
mit beachtlichem Positionsvorteil fьr Schwarz.}) 23. exf4 exf4 24. Rg1 $2 {
Im Augenblick droht am Kцnigsflьgel nichts; WeiЯ sollte seine Initiative am
Damenflьgel fortsetzen, nachdem Schwarz ihm eine Verschnaufpause gewдhrt hat.}
(24. a6 Qc8 25. Nh4 (25. a4 Ndxc5 {sieht allzu riskant fьr WeiЯ aus:} 26. Ne5
Qf5 {usw.}) 25... Be8 {ist offenbar zu ungestьm.}) (24. a4 b4 {gewдhrt dem
Schwarzen Mцglichkeiten auf beiden Flьgeln.}) (24. Bd2 {sieht am solidesten
aus.}) 24... Bxg5 $2 {Dieser Zug hilft offensichtlich nur dem WeiЯen; sein
Turm kommt auf der g-Linie zu schцner Aktivitдt.} ({Nach} 24... Rxa5 {
verbleibt Schwarz mit einem soliden positionellen Vorteil.}) 25. Kf1 Qd8 26.
Nb4 Bf5 $2 (26... Nb8 {fьhrt zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 27. Nxc6
$4 {WeiЯ fдllt einem kleinen Trick zum Opfer.} ({Nach} 27. Nxg5 Nxg5 28. Nxc6
Qf6 29. Qb3 Qxc6 30. Rxg5 Qf6 31. Rh5 {hдtte Schwarz keinerlei Freude mehr an
seiner Stellung erlebt:} Be6 (31... Be4 32. Rxd5 Qf7 33. Bf3 Nf6 34. Bxe4 Nxe4
35. Rb1) (31... Qxd4 32. Bb2 Qxc5 (32... Nxc5 33. Qxb5 Qd2 34. Qxc5 {, und
WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 33. Bf3 {Die Stellung des Nachziehenden fдllt zusammen.}) (
31... Nxc5 32. dxc5 Qxa1 33. Qxd5+ {mit Gewinn.}) 32. Bb2 {Die Lage des
Schwarzen ist dauerhaft nachteilig.}) 27... Bh3+ 28. Ke1 Bh4 $19 {Jetzt rдcht
es sich doch noch, daЯ WeiЯ den gegnerischen Springer auf e4 mit groЯer
Nervenstдrke hat sitzenlassen.} 29. Qb3 (29. Rf1 {rettet den WeiЯen nicht:} Qf6
30. Nce5 Bxf1 31. Nxd7 (31. Kxf1 Qe6 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos.}) 31... Bxf2+
32. Kxf1 Qh6 33. Kg2 Qg6+ 34. Kf1 Qg4 {usw.}) 29... Bxf2+ 30. Kd1 Qe8 31. Ng5
Bxg1 32. Nxh3 Qe6 33. Ne7+ Qxe7 {Einfacher ist} (33... Kh8 34. Nxg1 Qxe7) 34.
Qxd5+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Rxf7 36. Nxg1 Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Nxe2 38. Kxe2 g5 39. Nh3 ({Nach
} 39. Bd2 g4 {wird der Springer des WeiЯen das Tageslicht nicht mehr erblicken.
}) 39... f3+ 40. Kf2 g4 41. Nf4 Nf6 42. Kg3 Rg7 43. Ne6 Re7 44. Nf4 Re1 45. Kf2
Rd1 0-1

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Bf5 7. Ne5 {Dies ist ein
neuer Versuch.} h5 $6 (7... Nfd7 {kommt mir plausibler vor.} 8. g4 Bg6 ({Nach} 
8... Be6 9. Nd3 f6 10. a4 {erhдlt WeiЯ Vorteil.}) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. f4 e6 {
mit der Absicht g6-g5 dьrfte zu etwa gleichem Spiel fьhren.}) 8. Qb3 {WeiЯ
verhindert b5-b4, damit er das Bollwerk des Schwarzen am Damenflьgel mit a2-a4
wirksam angreifen kann.} Ng4 (8... a5 9. Nxb5 cxb5 (9... a4 10. Qb4 cxb5 11.
Bxb5+ {bedeutet keine Verbesserung fьr Schwarz.}) 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nbxd7
12. c6 {ist fatal fьr Schwarz.}) 9. Nxg4 $6 (9. e4 Nxe5 (9... Be6 10. exd5 cxd5
11. Nf3 Nc6 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 {macht auch keinen besonders gesunden Eindruck
fьr Schwarz.}) 10. exf5 Nc4 {Auch andere Springerzьge bieten keine
verlockenden Aussichten.} 11. Qc2 {sieht wesentlich wirksamer aus.}) 9... hxg4
10. a4 Nd7 11. Na2 Qc8 12. Nb4 Qb7 $2 (12... a5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bxb5 (14.
axb5 {ist weniger stark; Schwarz antwortet} Qg6 {mit der Drohung g4-g3}) 14...
Qe6 15. c6 Nb8 16. c7+ Nd7 17. Bd2 {fьhrt zu einer hoffnungslosen Stellung fьr
Schwarz.}) ({Richtig ist} 12... Be4 13. Qa2 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qa6 Rh6 {
mit unklarer Lage.}) 13. Qa2 Rc8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qa6 Qxa6 16. Rxa6 Nb8 $6 ({
Jetzt kann} 16... Rh6 {mit} 17. e4 {beantwortet werden. Nach} Re6 18. Nxc6 Bxe4
19. Nb4 Rxa6 (19... Bxg2+ 20. Rxe6 Bxh1 21. Ra6 e5 22. Bxb5 Rb8 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7
24. Nc6 {sieht hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz aus.}) 20. Nxa6 e5 21. Bxb5 exd4 22. b4
Bxg2 23. Rg1 Bf3 24. Bf4 {nebst Ke1-d2 dьrfte es um Schwarz nicht gut bestellt
sein. Dennoch ist dieser Versuch das beste, was dem Nachziehenden in dieser
Stellung zur Verfьgung steht.}) 17. Ra8 Kd7 18. e4 $18 Bxe4 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bxe5
Be7 21. Be2 Ke6 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Bxg4+ f5 25. Nxc6 Ra8 26. Bd1
Ra2 27. f3 Bb1 28. Kd2 Bg5+ 29. Kc3 Bc1 30. Bc2 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. e4 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug. Er scheint nicht viel zu versprechen.} Nxe4
10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 ({Nach} 11. Qxe4 Nf6 {hat Schwarz natьrlich keinerlei
Sorgen.}) 11... Bg7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Qb3 $6 (13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. Ne6 Qe8 15. Nc7
Qd8 16. Ne6 (16. Nxa8 Bxd4 17. O-O Nxc5 {ist nicht empfehlenswert fьr WeiЯ.})
16... Qe8 {fьhrt zu Remis. Wahrscheinlich ist dies unter den gegebenen
Umstдnden bereits die beste Wahl fьr WeiЯ.}) (13. O-O Nf6 (13... e5 14. Qb3 Qe7
15. Rae1 h6 16. Nxe4 exd4 17. Nd6 Qf6 18. Ne8 {fьhrt zu gutem Spiel fьr WeiЯ.})
14. Be3 (14. Qb3 e6 {genьgt auch nicht zum Ausgleich.}) 14... Bf5 15. Qb3 e6
16. Qxb7 Nd5 {sieht ebenfalls unbequem fьr WeiЯ aus, denn der Springer auf g5
ist in Schwierigkeiten.}) 13... e6 14. Nxe4 $2 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qf6 16.
Nxf8+ Kxf8 17. Be3 Qf7 {ist auch nicht befriedigend fьr WeiЯ.}) ({Aber} 14. Qe3
Nf6 15. O-O h6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxh6 Re8 20. Be3 {
bietet gute Ьberlebensaussichten.}) 14... Bxd4 15. O-O Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 $19
17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rad1 Qh4 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 b5 21. Be2 c5 22. Bf3 Ra7 23.
Qc3 Qg5 24. h4 Qxh4 25. Qxc5 Qe7 26. Qb6 Qc7 27. Qd4 e5 28. Qb4 Be6 29. b3 Qb6
30. Qc3 Bf5 31. Rc1 e4 32. Be2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. Ng5 Be7
9. h4 h6 10. Nge4 b4 11. Nb1 Ba6 12. Qg4 g6 13. Nbd2 c3 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4
a5 16. h5 g5 17. O-O Nd7 18. bxc3 N7b6 19. Bb3 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 bxc3 21. Qe4 Nd5
22. f4 Rb8 23. Ba2 Rb4 24. fxg5 Qb6 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qf3 Qxd4+ 27. Be3 Qxe5
28. Qxf7+ Kd8 29. Rae1 Re4 30. Bb6+ Kd7 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Bc5 Rh7 33. Qf2 Bxg5
34. Re1 Qf5 $2 (34... Qc4 $19) 35. Qe2 e5 (35... c2 36. Qb5+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Rc7
38. Qa6+ Kb8 39. Qb6+ $10) (35... d4 36. Qb5+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Rc7 38. Qa6+ $10)
36. Qb5+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Rc7 38. Qa8+ Kd7 39. Qxd5+ Kc8 40. Qa8+ Kd7 41. Rd1+ Bd2
42. Qd5+ Ke8 43. Rf1 Bf4 44. Qg8+ Kd7 45. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 Nh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15.
O-O-O e4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Be2 O-O 18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 Qe7 20. Nf1 b6 21. cxb6
Nxb6 22. e4 $6 {Die Цffnung der Stellung scheint mir nicht besonders ratsam.} (
22. Kb1 $5) 22... fxe4 23. fxe4 c5 (23... dxe4 $5) 24. Ne3 cxd4 25. Ncxd5 Nxd5
26. Nxd5 Qe5 27. Qc5 Kh8 28. Qe7 Qxe7 29. Nxe7 Rf2 30. Bd3 Be6 31. Rd2 Rf3 32.
Nf5 Bxf5 33. exf5 Rxg3 34. f6 Bf8 35. Be4 Rd8 36. Rf1 d3 37. a3 h5 38. Rfd1 Rd6
39. f7 Kg7 40. Rxd3 Rgxd3 41. Rxd3 Kxf7 42. Rxd6 Bxd6 43. Kd1 $2 (43. b4 $10)
43... a5 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. Bc6 g4 46. Bd7 Kg5 47. Kf2 Kf4 48. b4 Bxb4 49. axb4
axb4 50. Be6 h4 51. Kg2 g3 52. Bd5 Ke5 53. Bf7 Kd4 54. Kh3 Kc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O f6 10. h3 e5 {In dieser Partie nimmt Schwarz die Herausforderung an.
} (10... Nxf4 {wurde in der Stammpartie gespielt:} 11. exf4 e5 12. f5 e4 13.
Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nd6 Bh6 17. Rfe1 Kg7 18. Re4 Nxc5 19.
dxc5 gxf5 20. Re8 Qxe8 21. Nxe8+ Rxe8 22. g3 a5 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 a4 25.
Qb6 Bd2 26. Qc7+ Kg6 27. Nf3 Bc1 28. Nh4+ Kh6 29. Qf7 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Movsesian,
S/Polanica Zdroj 2000/CBM 79 no vc (29).}) 11. Bh2 e4 12. Bxe4 ({Nach} 12. g4
exd3 13. Qxd3 (13. gxh5 Nf8 {gibt Schwarz gutes Spiel.}) 13... Nf8 14. Kg2 {
(,und falls} Qd7 {so} 15. Na4 {) behдlt WeiЯ einen kleinen Vorteil. Mit dem
Textzug strebt er nach mehr.}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Nd6 f5 15. g4 $6 (
15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxf7 {ist solider; meines Erachtens hat WeiЯ
einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 15... fxg4 $6 (15... Nhf6 {kam sehr in Betracht;
Schwarz gibt mit dem Textzug die Kontrolle des Feldes e4 auf. Nach} 16. gxf5
gxf5 {hat Schwarz deutlichen Vorteil; auf} 17. Nxf5 {folgt} Nxc5 18. Nxg7 Nce4
{usw.}) 16. hxg4 Nhf6 17. Ng5 $6 ({Mit der Fortsetzung} 17. Qb3+ Nd5 (17... Kh8
18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Ngf7+ Kg8 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Ndf7+ Rxf7 22. Nxf7+ Kg8 23. Nd6+ {
fьhrt zu einer fьr Schwarz hoffnungslosen Stellung.}) 18. e4 Qf6 19. Ne5 {
konnte WeiЯ ohne weiteres deutlichen Vorteil erzielen.}) 17... Qe7 (17... Nb8
$5 {war vielleicht noch krдftiger als der Textzug, zum Beispiel:} 18. e4 Nd5
19. f4 h6 20. Nh3 Nf6 21. f5 gxf5 22. gxf5 Nxe4 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 18.
e4 ({Zum Ausgleich fьhrte auch} 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 (18... Raxc8 19. Bd6 {ist
gьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) 19. Bd6 Qe8 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Nf7+) 18... Nd5 19. f4 h6 20.
Nh3 $2 {Richtig war} (20. exd5 hxg5 21. dxc6 bxc6 (21... Qe3+ 22. Kg2 bxc6 23.
Re1 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Nxc8 Raxc8 26. Rad1 {fьhrt zu einer ausgeglichenen
Stellung.}) 22. Qb3+ Kh7 23. Qh3+ {mit Dauerschach, denn} Bh6 24. Rae1 Qf6 25.
fxg5 Qxg5 26. Ne4 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 {ist fatal fьr Schwarz.}) 20... Qh4 {Jetzt
bricht die Stellung des WeiЯen rasch zusammen.} 21. Rf3 N7f6 22. Nf2 ({Nach} 
22. Nxc8 Nxe4 23. Nb6 Qxg4+ 24. Kh1 Nxb6 25. cxb6 Rad8 {ist die Stellung des
WeiЯen ebenfalls hoffnungslos.}) 22... Bxg4 23. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 24. Kh1 Nxe4 25.
Nxe4 Nxf4 26. Rf2 Qh4 27. Qe1 Rae8 (27... Bxd4 {war ьberzeugender.}) 28. Rxf4
Rxf4 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Qd7+ ({Mit} 31. Rg1 {konnte WeiЯ lдngeren
Widerstand leisten, aber Schwarz steht auf Gewinn:} g5 32. Qd7+ Kg6 33. Qe8+
Kh7 {usw.}) 31... Be7 32. Rg1 Rf2 33. Rg2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Na4 Nd7 15.
h4 Qe7 16. a3 Rc8 17. Qd1 b5 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. g4 Rac7 20. f4 Na5 21. g5 Nh5 22.
Kf2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qf3 b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Ra1 a5 27. Rhc1 Qd7 28. Be1
Bxc3 29. Rxc3 a4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bc3 f6 32. Qg4 Kh7 33. Kg2 Qb7 34. Kh3 Qb3
35. Qd1 Rxc3 $6 ({Nach} 35... Qxd1 36. Rxd1 Kg8 {sehe ich keine Gefahren fьr
Schwarz.}) 36. bxc3 Qxc3 37. Qe1 Qd3 (37... Nxf4+ 38. Kg4 Qxe1 39. Rxe1 {
ist ungьnstig fьr Schwarz.}) 38. Qf2 a3 39. Kh2 Qc3 40. Ra2 e5 41. dxe5 fxe5
42. f5 e4 43. fxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kg2 Qc5 45. Rd2 Qd6 46. Rd4 a2 $6 ({Nach} 46...
Qd7 {ist die Angelegenheit nicht klar.}) 47. Ra4 d4 48. Rxa2 Qe6 $2 (48... d3
49. Ra7 Qe6) (48... d3 49. Ra7 Qe6 {ermцglichte dem Schwarzen noch stets,
Widerstand zu leisten.}) 49. exd4 Nf4+ 50. Kg3 Nd3 51. Qe3 Qd6+ 52. Kg2 Qe6 53.
Rd2 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen KS"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volke, Karsten"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3
h6 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Bd8 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Rac1 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qc7 18. Bd3 f6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Rxf5
Kh8 22. Rcf1 Be7 (22... fxe5 23. Rf7 Be7 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qe2 $16) 23. Qc2 $6 (
23. e6 $5 Bf8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Re1 $16) 23... fxe5 24. dxe5 Bg5 25. Kh1 Rbd8 26.
Qc3 Re7 27. Qd4 Re6 28. e4 g6 29. Rf7 (29. Rf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. exd5
Qxe5 $13) 29... Qxe5 30. Qxe5+ Rxe5 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Rxb7 Rde8 33. c6 (33.
Rff7 Be7 34. Nxd5 {Auch andere Zьge kommen natьrlich in Betracht.} Rxd5 35.
Rfxe7 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Rxc5 37. Ra7 a5 38. b3 $16) 33... Re1 34. Rxe1 $4 (34. Rbf7
$18) 34... Rxe1+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. Nxd5 Rxc6 37. Kg3 Rd6 38. Nc3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2
Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Bf6 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Rb6 Bxc3 44. bxc3 Kf7 45. Rxa6
Rd3+ 46. Ke2 Rg3 47. Kf1 Rxc3 48. Rd6 Rc2 49. a4 Ra2 50. Rd4 Kf6 51. Kg1 Kf7
52. Kh2 Ra3 53. Rf4+ Kg7 54. h4 h5 55. g3 Ra2+ 56. Kh3 Kh6 57. Rb4 Kg7 58. Rb7+
Kg8 59. Rb4 Kg7 60. Re4 Kh6 61. Rc4 Kg7 62. g4 Ra3+ 63. Kg2 hxg4 64. Rxg4 Kh6
65. Kf2 Kh5 66. Rb4 g5 67. hxg5 Kxg5 68. Ke2 Kf6 69. Kd2 Ke7 70. Rd4 Rh3 71.
Kc2 Rh8 72. Kb3 Rd8 73. Rh4 Kd7 74. Rb4 Kc7 75. Kc4 Rb8 76. Rb5 Rxb5 77. axb5
Kb6 78. Kb4 Kb7 79. Kc5 Kc7 80. b6+ Kb7 81. Kb5 Kb8 82. Ka6 Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Moor, Olivier"]
[Black "Jirka, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Bg7 8. h3 Nd7
9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Nf6 15.
Qa4 h6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Rd2 b5 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Bd3
Nd7 22. Nd4 Nce5 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Be2 Nb6 25. Qb3 ({Nach} 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26.
Nxd5 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Qxb2 28. Bxa6 Qb8 {hat WeiЯ keine Gewinnaussichten.}) 25...
Nec4 $11 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Qb4 a5 28. Qb5 Qc6 29. Rfd1 Kh7 $2 (29... Qe8 {
fьhrt zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 30. Rd8 $2 (30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31.
Rd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 {verschafft dem WeiЯen bedeutenden Vorteil.}) 30... Rxd8 31.
Rxd8 Bxc3 $4 {Richtig ist} (31... Qxb5 32. Nxb5 Bxb2 33. Rd6 Nc8 34. Rd7 Ne7
35. Rc7 Nd5 {mit guten Gewinnaussichten fьr Schwarz.}) 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. bxc3
Rc8 $2 {Dies ist nicht der aussichtsreichste Verteidigungsversuch.} (33... g5 {
sollte versucht werden.}) 34. Bxb6 Rxd8 35. Bxd8 g5 36. Bxa5 Kg6 37. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Ne5 b5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Qc8 8. O-O
e6 9. b3 b4 $146 {In der Partie Varasdy,I-Schiefelbusch,D, Dortmund op 1987,
TD 87/03, geschah} (9... Nd5 10. Ne4 Nd7 $2 11. bxc4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 bxc4 13. Qd4
{mit Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 10. Na4 c3 11. a3 Nbd7 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Nc4 O-O 14.
Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qc7 16. Nc5 $5 (16. Nxc3 c5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19.
Nbd6 Qd5 $10) 16... Nd5 (16... a5 $5 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxa5 Qc7 $13) (16...
Nxc5 17. dxc5 a5 $5) 17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. e4 N5b6 19. Na5 (19. Qxc3 $142 $16) 19...
Nxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. Qxc3 Ba6 22. Re1 Bb5 23. e5 Nf8 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ng6
26. Qc3 Ne7 27. Ra4 Rab8 28. Rg4 Rd7 29. Be4 Qd8 30. Qf3 g6 31. Rf4 Nd5 32.
Bxd5 cxd5 33. b4 a5 34. c6 Re7 35. bxa5 Qxa5 36. Rc1 Qd2 37. Qa3 Rc7 38. Ra4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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. d4 {Har Zvi} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Ne5
Nbd7 {Dies basiert auf einer listigen Falle. Ьblich ist:} (7... a6 8. a4 e6 {
mit unklarer Lage.} (8... e6 {Har Zvi} 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. O-O Be7 11. e3 h6 12. f4
Ra7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5 Rf8 15. Ng4 {with a very strong initiative for white
Timman,J-Portisch,L Tilburg 1986})) (7... Qc8 {Har Zvi} 8. O-O e6 9. b3 b4 10.
Na4 c3 11. a3 Nbd7 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Nc4 {with about equal position Stocek,
J-Meduna 1996}) 8. Nxc6 (8. Nxb5 $2 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 O-O-O+ $19 {
ist die erwдhnte Falle.}) 8... Qb6 9. d5 e6 10. a4 Bc5 $2 {A bad move entering
a difficult position for no reason at all, after the natural 10...exd5 black's
position is fine.} (10... b4 11. Be3 (11. Nb5 exd5) (11. a5 Qa6) 11... Bc5 12.
a5 Qa6 13. Bxc5 bxc3 (13... Nxc5 14. Nxb4 $16) 14. dxe6 cxb2 15. exd7+ Nxd7 16.
Rb1 Bxc6 (16... Nxc5 17. Qd6 $18) 17. Qd6 Qxa5+ 18. Bb4 $18) (10... a6 {
war nцtig:} 11. axb5 (11. Be3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 (12. a5 Qc7 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. d6 Qc8
15. Ne7 Qd7 $17 {Der Bauer auf d6 kann nicht verteidigt werden.}) 12... Nxc5 (
12... Qxc5 $5) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. dxe6 Nd3+ 16. exd3 Bxc6 17.
exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. O-O Rd8 20. d4 $14) 11... axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {
bringt dem WeiЯen auch nicht mehr ein.}) (10... exd5 {Har Zvi} 11. axb5 d4 $1
12. Na4 Qxb5 13. Nxd4 Qb4+ 14. Kf1 (14. Bd2 $4 Bxg2 {with much more material
for a queen than needed}) 14... Bxg2+ 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. f3 Bb4 {and black is
absolutely OK}) 11. axb5 Bxf2+ (11... exd5 {Har Zvi} 12. O-O a6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. Qxd5 $18) 12. Kf1 Bc5 (12... exd5 {Har Zvi} 13. e3 Bxe3 14. Qe2 d4 15. Bxe3
dxe3 16. Na4 Qxb5 17. Qxe3+ Kf8 18. Qa3+ Kg8 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Qf8+
Rxf8 22. Ne7#) (12... O-O {Har Zvi} 13. Na4 Qxb5 14. Kxf2) 13. Na5 $18 {
Jetzt kommt dem Schwarzen sein weiЯfeldriger Lдufer abhanden, und seine
Stellung bricht zusammen.} Bxd5 {An unbelieveable move, it is clear white has
now a simple move winning immediately so what Shirov had in his mind??? black
has only one move - 13...e5 but it seems white is also better there.} (13...
Rb8 {Har Zvi} 14. Nxb7 Rxb7 15. dxe6 fxe6 (15... Ne5 16. Na4 Qxb5 17. Nxc5) 16.
Ra6 {and white is winning}) (13... e5 {Har Zvi} 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Na5 $1 {
with advantage for white}) 14. e4 {[#] black's position is already lost on
move 14!!} Bb4 {better chances could have been given after 14...Nxe4 but I do
not want to analyse this move} (14... Bb7 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5
exd5 18. Bxd5 Qc8 19. Bc6 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.} (19. Bc6 $1 {Har Zvi}
Rb8 (19... Ke7 20. Qd5 $1 $18) 20. Qd5 Bb6 21. e6 {winning})) 15. exd5 Bxa5 16.
Rxa5 (16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bxa8 O-O 18. Bf3 Ng4 19. Qe2 Nde5 20. Bf4 {sollte auch
zum Sieg genьgen.}) 16... Qxa5 17. dxe6 Nb6 18. Qd6 Rc8 19. Bc6+ Rxc6 20. Qxc6+
Ke7 21. Qc7+ Kxe6 22. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 {Dies ist ein neuer Versuch.} Bd6 $6 {Dies ist ungenau.} (
10... Bb4 {kommt in Betracht.}) (10... Be7 {ist ebenfalls besser als der
Textzug.}) 11. Qe2 $6 (11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Qc2 {fьhrt zum Vorteil fьr WeiЯ, denn}
g6 {wird mit} (12... b4 13. Ne2 g6 14. a3 $16) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Qc6 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Be7 17. Bh6 $16 {beantwortet.}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 b4 13.
Na4 Ne4 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rac1 f5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc6 g5 18. Ne5 g4 19. Qe2 $2
({Mit} 19. hxg4 fxg4 20. Rxd6 (20. Qxe4 {reicht nicht aus:} dxe4 21. Rxd6 g3
22. Rxd7 Qh4 23. fxg3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Rf8+ {,und Schwarz gewinnt.})
20... Nxd6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Nb6 {dьrfte WeiЯ durch Vereinfachung den Angriff
des Schwarzen abwehren und eine ausgeglichene Stellung herbeifьhren kцnnen.})
19... Rf6 $2 ({Nach} 19... gxh3 20. gxh3 (20. Qh5 {fьhrt zu nichts:} hxg2 21.
Kxg2 Ndf6 22. Qh6 Ra7 {usw.}) 20... Kh8 {ist der Angriff des Schwarzen дuЯerst
gefдhrlich.}) 20. Nc5 {Dies ist eine interessante und konsequente Fortsetzung;
ihr Wert hдngt davon ab, wie die Stellung nach 20...Lc5: zu beurteilen ist.} (
20. hxg4 {ist zu riskant:} Rh6 21. g3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qg5 23. gxf5 Qxf5 24. g4
Qg5 25. f4 Qh4 26. Qg2 Rg6 27. g5 Nxg5 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) (20. Rxd6 {
ist dagegen wieder eine solide Fortsetzung:} Nxd6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Nb6 Qc6 23.
Nxa8 gxh3 24. Qf3 Rg6 25. Qxh3 Qxa8 26. Rc1 {, und WeiЯ hat nichts zu
befьrchten.}) 20... Bxe5 $2 {Nach diesem Zug erhдlt WeiЯ eine Gewinnstellung.}
(20... Bxc5 {sieht gewagt aus, da es dem Lb2 die Diagonale цffnet; die Folgen
sind jedoch unklar, zum Beispiel:} 21. dxc5 gxh3 22. Nxd7 ({Auf} 22. gxh3 {
folgt} Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rg6+ 24. Kh2 Qg5 25. Qf3 Nd2 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.})
22... Qxd7 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxf6 (24. Qxa6 Rg6 25. g3 Qc7 26. Qa8+ Kf7 27. Qh8
Rxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qxc5 29. Qxh7+ Ke8 {sieht ungьnstig fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 24... hxg2
25. Kxg2 Qa7 26. Be5 Rxa2 27. Qh5 Qf7 28. Qh4 {Der c-Bauer des WeiЯen ist
nicht leicht zu zдhmen.}) 21. dxe5 Rg6 22. Nxe6 ({Ein ruhigeres Leben mit
leichtem Vorteil erreicht WeiЯ nach} 22. Nxe4 fxe4 (22... dxe4 23. hxg4 {
sieht ungesund fьr Schwarz aus.}) 23. hxg4 Qh4 24. f4 exf3 25. Qxf3 Rh6 26. Qh3
{usw. Der Textzug ist aber stдrker und sollte zum Gewinn fьhren.}) 22... Qh4 (
22... gxh3 {ist unzureichend:} 23. Nxd8 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Ng3+ 25. fxg3 Rxe2 26.
Bd4 Rxd8 27. e6 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 23. Nd4 $2 {Danach entsteht wieder eine
unklare Stellung.} (23. Qd3 gxh3 24. Nf4 {scheitert an} Rxg2+ 25. Nxg2 Qg4) (
23. Qd1 gxh3 24. Nf4 {ist dagegen von entscheidender Kraft.}) 23... Rg5 ({
Vertrauenerwechender sieht} 23... gxh3 24. g3 Qg4 {mit unklarer Stellung aus.})
24. Kh1 ({Nach} 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Qxa6 gxh3 26. Qa8+ ({Auf} 26. Qe6+ {folgt}
Kh8 27. Qxd7 Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 Nxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qe4 30. Qxf5 Rxf2+ 31. Qxe4 dxe4 32.
e6 Kg8 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 26... Nf8 27. Qxd5+ (27. Ne6 Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 Qe7
29. Nxf8 Qxf8 30. Qxd5+ Kg7 31. e6+ Kg6 32. Qe5 Qe7 {fьhrt zum Verlust fьr WeiЯ
}) 27... Kg7 28. g3 Nxg3 29. Qb7+ Kh6 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qg2+ 32. Qxg2
hxg2+ 33. Kg1 gxf1=Q+ 34. Kxf1 {sollte die Partie in remis enden.}) 24... Nxe5
(24... gxh3 25. g3 Qxg3 26. fxg3 Nxg3+ 27. Kh2 Nxe2 28. Nxf5 {fьhrt zu einer
fьr Schwarz hoffnungslosen Stellung.}) 25. Rxa6 Rd8 26. Ra7 $6 {Dies ist
vermutlich nicht das beste. Ich untersuche andere Mцglichkeiten:} (26. Ne6 {
fьhrt zum Verlust:} gxh3 27. Nxg5 hxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 29. Kh1 Ng4 {usw.}) (26.
Re6 {fьhrt zum Ausgleich:} gxh3 (26... Ng6 {wird mit} 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. Ne6 {
beantwortet}) 27. g3 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qxg3 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Nc6 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Qc2
32. Nxd8 Qg2+ 33. Qxg2 hxg2+ 34. Kg1 gxf1=Q+ 35. Kxf1 Rg6 {Das Endspiel dьrfte
ausgeglichen sein.}) 26... Qh6 ({Auf} 26... gxh3 {folgt} 27. g3 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3
Qxg3 29. Ne6 Qg2+ 30. Qxg2 hxg2+ 31. Kg1 gxf1=Q+ 32. Kxf1 Nc6 33. Rb7 {, und
WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 27. Qa6 $2 {Es ist nicht leicht, einen besseren Vorschlag zu
machen, aber ich versuche es doch:} (27. a4 bxa3 (27... gxh3 28. g3 Ng4 29.
Nxf5 Ngxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Nxg3+ 32. Kh2 Nxe2 33. Bf6 {mit Ausgleich.})
28. Bxa3 (28. Rxa3 gxh3 29. g3 Ng4 {WeiЯ dьrfte nicht ьberleben kцnnen.}) 28...
gxh3 29. g3 Ng4 30. Be7 Ngxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 32. Rxf2) 27... Qxa6 28. Rxa6
gxh3 29. gxh3 Nd3 30. Nc6 $6 {WeiЯ sollte die Bewachung des Feldes f3 nicht
aufgeben.} ({Nцtig ist} 30. Ba1 Nexf2+ 31. Kh2 Re8 32. Nc2 {mit guten
Rettungsaussichten fьr WeiЯ.}) 30... Nexf2+ $2 (30... Re8 31. Bd4 Nd2 {fьhrt
zum Gewinn.}) 31. Kh2 Rg6 $2 (31... Re8 $15) 32. Bd4 (32. Ne7+ {gewinnt.})
32... Rc8 (32... Re8 {wurde wohl tatsдchlich in der Partie gespielt. Dennoch
steht WeiЯ nach} 33. Nxb4 {auf Gewinn.} (33. Rg1 Ne4 $2 {fьhrt auch zu
erheblichem Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.} 34. Ra7)) (32... Kf8 {bietet Rettungsaussichten.
}) 33. Rg1 (33. Ne7+ {gewinnt.}) 33... Ne4 {Natьrlich gewinnt jetzt 34.Se7+
noch klarer. In der SchluЯphase der Partie dьrfte Zeitnot im Spiel gewesen
sein; es bleibt jedoch fraglich, ob die Notation korrekt ist.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simonenko, Sergei"]
[Black "Batyrov, Sapar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Bg2 e6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7
15. Bf4 Nb6 16. e4 $2 (16. Nb1 $15) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bd5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19.
Rc1 $2 (19. Nd2 $5 $17) 19... Qa8 20. Bg5 $2 (20. Bf3 Nc4 $17) (20. f3 Nc4 $17)
20... f6 21. Bh4 (21. Bf4 f5 $19) 21... Bd8 22. Rc5 g5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Nd6
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7
9. Be2 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg3 Re8 12. Na4 e5 $146 {Die Aufstellung des
Springers auf a4 soll diesen VorstoЯ gerade verhindern; in anderen Partien
deckte WeiЯ den Punkt c5 mit b2-b4 und Ta1-c1. In den bisherigen Partien
fьrchtete Schwarz die Mцglichkeit Sa4-b6 und zog deshalb} (12... f6 {mit der
Folge} 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. e4 {Giorgadze,
G-Epishin,V, Moskau 1995 (25 ), EXP 46.}) 14... Nb5 15. Qc2 $14 {Salov,V-Magem
Badals,J, Madrid 1994.}) 13. Bh4 (13. Nb6 Nxb6 14. cxb6 Ne6 (14... Nb5 15. a4 (
15. dxe5 Qxb6 16. a4 Nc7 $13) 15... Nd6 16. dxe5 Nf5 17. Bf4 Qxb6 18. Qd2 $14)
15. Bxe5 Qxb6 $14) 13... Bf6 (13... f6 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. cxb6 Ne6 16. dxe5 $14)
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. dxe5 (16. cxb6 e4 17. bxc7 exf3 18. Bxf3 Qe7 19.
Rc1 Be6 $10) 16... Qd8 17. cxb6 Ne6 18. b4 {Hier lohnt es sich, nach anderen
Fortsetzungen Ausschau zu halten. Mцglicherweise ist die Spielweise des
Schwarzen gesund, aber besonders attraktiv sieht seine Stellung nicht aus.}
Qxb6 19. Qd2 $14 Nf8 20. Qd4 Nd7 21. Rfe1 (21. Rac1 Qd8 22. a4 Qe7 23. b5 axb5
24. axb5 Nxe5 $10) 21... Qc7 (21... Qd8 $2 22. e4 $16) 22. Rac1 Nxe5 23. Qxd5
Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Be6 25. Bc4 Rad8 26. Red1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rd8 28. Qe2 Bxc4 29.
Rxc4 Qe5 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. a3 Qd2 32. Qxd2 Rxd2 33. a4 Rb2 34. Rc4 h5 35. g3 Kf8
36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 g5 38. g4 h4 39. a5 Kd6 40. Rd4+ Ke6 41. Re4+ Kd6 42. Rd4+
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Saldano Dayer, Horacio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novi Sad"]
[BlackTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bd3 (7. Ne5 e6 8.
g4 Bg6 9. h4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 f6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 f5
15. gxf5 exf5 16. Bd2 Rc8 $13 {Topalov,V-Popchev,M, Bulgarien (ch) 1992, TD 92/
10.}) 7... Bxd3 (7... e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 (
11... b4 12. exd5 (12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qxc3 O-O $10) 12... bxc3 (
12... exd5 13. Ne2 $14) 13. dxc6 $36) 12. Nxe4 O-O $10 {Cifuentes Parada,
R-Libeau,R, Bad Wцrishofen (op) 1992, TD 92/03.}) 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2
(10. a3 O-O 11. Rd1 (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nbd7 $10) 11... Nbd7 12. Bd2 dxc4 13.
bxc4 Nb6 14. Ne5 (14. c5 $2 Bxc5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qd6+ 18.
Ne5 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Nxe5 $19) (14. cxb5 axb5 $17 {(xa3).}) 14... Bd6 15. Nxc6
Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qd6+ 17. Kg1 (17. Ne5 $2 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 Nxe5 19. c5 Nxd3 20. cxd6
Nb2 21. Rdb1 N2c4 $17) 17... bxc4 18. Ne4 Qxc6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qe2 Kh8 (
20... f5 $6 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. Qh5) 21. e4 Rg8 22. Rac1 Rg6 23. g3 Rag8 24. Qf3
Nd7 (24... f5 $2 25. d5) 25. Kg2 Rg4 26. Bf4 e5 27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Be3 R4g6 29.
Rd5 f6 30. Qf5 Nb6 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32. Rh1 c3 33. Rd7 h6 34. Qh3 Rf8 35. Qf5 Rfg8
36. Qh3 Rf8 37. Qxh6+ Rxh6 38. Rxh6+ Kg8 39. Rg6+ Kh8 40. Rh6+ Kg8 41. Rg6+ Kh8
{1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Hodgson,J/Hastings 1996/CBM 51/[Huebner,R] (41).}) (10. e4
$5 b4 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 $14) 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ba3 Be7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Qxc3 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. Rfc1 O-O 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 a5
15. Rc6 Ne4 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Be1 Ndf6 18. R1c2 Qd7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4
21. Qd4 Rac8 $6 (21... Nh6 $11) (21... f6 22. Rc7 Qd8 23. exf6 (23. f3 fxe5 24.
Qd3 Nc3 {ist riskant fьr WeiЯ.}) 23... Ngxf6 24. f3 Nc3 25. Qe5 {fьhrt zu
besserem Spiel fьr WeiЯ.}) 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qa7 Qe8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. f3 h5
26. fxe4 (26. Qxa5 Qc2 27. Nxb4 Qe2 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. fxg4 hxg4 30. Qd8+ Kh7
31. Qh4+ Kg6 32. a5 {ergibt ebenfalls eine Remisstellung.}) 26... Qc2 27. Nxb4
Qe2 28. Nc2 Qxc2 29. h3 Qe2 30. Qxa5 (30. hxg4 {fьhrt zu einem klaren Remis,
denn nach} Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 hxg4 33. exd5 {wird} g3 {mit} 34. Qa8+
Kh7 35. dxe6 {abgewehrt.}) 30... Nxe3 31. Qd2 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qf1+ (
33... Qxe4 {fьhrt zu unklaren Folgen:} 34. a5 Nxg2 35. Bg3 Ne3 36. a6 d4 37. a7
Qb1+ 38. Be1 Qg6+ 39. Kh2 {usw.}) 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be3 g6 8. g4
Nhf6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O h5 12. g5 Nh7 (12... Ne8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc7 16. h4 Ne6 17. Bg3 Nxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vasilevich,T-Rychagov,A/
Korinthos 2002/CBM 89 ext (47). (47)}) 13. Qd2 f6 $2 {Dies ist ein schwerer
positioneller Fehler. Schwarz ruiniert seine Bauernstruktur am Kцnigsflьgel;
insbesondere wird der Punkt g6 schwach. Es gibt zwei plausible Fortsetzungen,
mit denen Schwarz, soweit ich sehe, ungefдhr gleiches Spiel erzielen kann:} (
13... e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Bf5 {
usw.; sowie}) (13... Re8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nxe5 (15. dxe5 Nxc5 {fьhrt zu
ausgezeichnetem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 15... Nxe5 (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 (16. Bxe5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxg5 18. Kh2 Bf5 {braucht Schwarz auch nicht zu fьrchten.}) 16...
Nxc5 {kommt ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 16. dxe5 Nf8 {mit unklarer Stellung.}) 14.
gxf6 Rxf6 $6 ({Nach} 14... Ndxf6 15. Nh4 (15. Ne5 Bf5 {nebst Sf6-d7 braucht
Schwarz nicht zu fьrchten.}) 15... Bf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bf4 {hat der Schwarze
eine strategisch minderwertige Stellung, aber verglichen mit dem Textzug ist
es vielleicht das kleinere Ьbel.}) 15. Bf4 Qf8 16. Bc7 {Jetzt steht der
Springer des Schwarzen auf d7 hцchst ungьnstig, und ihm gelingt die
Koordination seiner Figuren und die Entwicklung des Damenflьgels nicht mehr.}
Bh6 17. Qd3 g5 18. e4 e6 19. Rae1 Qg7 20. Bd6 g4 {Die Цffnung der Stellung
kommt dem WeiЯen entgegen, aber ich kann dem Nachziehenden keinen vernьnftigen
Rat mehr geben.} 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nh2 Bf4 23. exd5 Bxd6 $2 (23... exd5 {
ist zдher:} 24. Re7 ({Nach} 24. Re8+ Ndf8 {droht Lc8-f5, und Opfer auf d5
schlagen nicht durch.}) 24... Bxh2+ (24... Rf7 {scheitert an} 25. Nxd5) 25.
Kxh2 Qh6+ 26. Kg1 Ng5 27. Re8+ (27. Rfe1 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 gxf3) 27... Nf8 (27...
Kg7 28. Rfe1 {mit wachsendem Druck.}) 28. Qe3 Qg7 29. Ne2 {, und die
zahlreichen Fesselungen dьrften sich schlieЯlich als fatal fьr Schwarz
erweisen.}) 24. cxd6 cxd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Re7 Qh6 27. Nxg4 Qh5 28. Nxf6+
Ndxf6 29. Qg3+ Qg5 30. Qxg5+ Nxg5 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. Rcc7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Kisela Voda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 {Dies ist
eine wenig gespielte Variante; es scheint, daЯ der Textzug noch nicht
angewandt wurde. Vorgдnger:} (7. Be2 Bg4 (7... e6 {kommt in Betracht.}) 8. a4 (
8. Be3 {ist schlapper:} e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Rad1 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bxc3 13.
gxh5 Bb4 14. Ne5 Ne8 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Kh2 f5 $17 {0-1 Piket,J-Hodgson,
J/Holland 1996/EXT 2000 (38). (38)}) 8... Nbd7 9. e5 Nd5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8
Qxa8 12. Ng5 Nb4 13. Qe4 f5 14. Qf4 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 g6 16. e6 Nf6 17. Nf7 Bg7 $2
(17... Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qh4 Rg8 $13) 18. Nxh8 Bxh8 19. Qc7 Nfd5 20. Qd7+
Kf8 21. Bh6+ Bg7 22. Ra1 Na2 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Rxa2 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Dreev,A/
Lvov 1985/MCD (24).}) 7... Bb7 (7... e6 {ist wohl noch besser, siehe die
Partie Gelfand-Bacrot, Wettkampf (5) Albert 2002.}) 8. e5 {Lieber hдtte ich
das Zentrum zunдchst behauptet:} (8. Be2 e6 9. O-O {mit ьblichen Kampfbildern.}
) 8... Nd5 9. e6 {Das ist die Konsequenz des vorigen Zuges, aber WeiЯ ist
nicht gut genug entwickelt, um einen solchen Ьberfall zu einem erfolgreichen
Ende bringen zu kцnnen.} fxe6 10. Ne4 $6 {WeiЯ will in die schwarzfeldrigen
Lцcher hьpfen; aber er sollte wohl zunдchst seine Entwicklung fцrdern:} (10.
Be2 $5) 10... e5 $1 11. Nc5 $6 ({Aussichtsreicher ist} 11. dxe5 e6 12. Be2 c5
13. Neg5 Nb4 14. Qc3 {mit scharfem Kampf, wenn mir auch die Stellung des
Schwarzen besser gefдllt.}) 11... Bc8 12. Be2 {WeiЯ setzt mit ruhiger Fassung
fort. Es ist schwer, eine befriedigende Fortsetzung anzuweisen:} (12. axb5 cxb5
13. b3 Nc6 14. bxc4 Ndb4 15. Qe4 g6 {ist ebenfalls ungesund fьr WeiЯ.}) (12.
Nxe5 Nb4 13. Qc3 Qxd4 {bietet dem WeiЯen auch keine guten Perspektiven}) (12.
dxe5 Qb6 13. Ne4 Bg4 {sieht auch nicht verlockend fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 12... exd4
13. Nxd4 Qd6 14. Ne4 Qe5 $2 (14... Qg6 {dьrfte zum Gewinn fьhren:} 15. axb5 (
15. O-O e5 16. Nf3 Bf5 {sieht nicht vertrauenerweckend fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 15...
Nb4 16. Qb1 (16. Qxc4 Qxe4 17. Qxb4 e5 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 16... e5 17.
Nf3 Bf5 {usw.}) 15. Nf3 Qf5 $4 ({Richtig ist} 15... Nb4 16. Qb1 Qd5 {Schwarz
droht Lc8-f5 und dьrfte betrдchtlichen Vorteil besitzen. Nach dem Textzug kann
er die Partie wahrscheinlich nicht mehr retten.}) 16. O-O e5 ({Auch nach} 16...
Nf6 17. Nfg5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 e6 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Re1 {bleibt die Lage fьr Schwarz
hцchst ungemьtlich.}) 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nh4 Nb4 {Dies ist das plausibelste:
Die Dame des WeiЯen wird zurьckgeworfen, der Springer, der auf d5 oft hдngt,
dem Angriff entzogen, und es wird ihm das feld d3 zugдnglich gemacht. Es
scheint aber alles nichts zu nьtzen; indessen fьhrt zum Beispiel} (18... Qe6
19. Ng5 Qc6 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Qf5 N7f6 22. Qxe5+ Be7 23. Rd1 {sofort in den
Orkus.}) 19. Qb1 Qe6 (19... Qd7 {ist nicht besser:} 20. Bh5+ Kd8 21. Bg5+ Be7 (
{Nach} 21... Kc7 22. Rd1 Nd3 23. Be2 Nc6 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Rxd3 Nd4 26. Nf3 {
fдllt Schwarz auseinander.}) 22. Nc5 Qc6 23. Rd1+ Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Bf3 {
, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 20. Ng5 Qf6 $6 (20... Qg8 {ist eine zдhere Verteidigung,
nicht nur, weil der Bauer auf h7 gedeckt wird, sondern vor allem, weil die
Dame des Schwarzen sich hier am sichersten vor den Belдstigingen und
Nachstellungen durch die Figuren des WeiЯen verkriechen kann. Es ist natьrlich
plausibel, daЯ Schwarz seine Dame spiegelbildlich zur gegnerischen aufstellen
muЯ. Dennoch dьrfte es alles nichts nьtzen, wenn WeiЯ energisch fortsetzt:} 21.
f4 ({Mit} 21. Bh5+ {dringt WeiЯ nicht durch:} g6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6+ Kd7 (
23... Ke7 {ist viel schwдcher:} 24. Nf7 Bg7 (24... Kf6 25. Bg5+ Kg7 26. Qe4
N8c6 27. Nxh8 Qxh8 28. Be8 {fьhrt sofort zum Verlust.}) 25. Be3 N8c6 26. Bc5+
Kf6 27. f4 {Es ist unwahrscheinlich, daЯ Schwarz ьberleben kann.}) 24. Nf7 N8c6
25. Bg5 (25. Rd1+ Kc7 26. Nxh8 Qxh8 27. Be3 Nd4) 25... Kc7 26. Nxh8 Qxh8 27. b3
cxb3 28. Qxb3 Qg7 {Schwarz hat Vorteil.}) 21... N8c6 (21... Be7 {ist
unzureichend:} 22. fxe5 N8c6 23. Bf3 Ra7 24. Be3 Nxe5 (24... Bxg5 {ist nicht
besser:} 25. Bxg5 Nxe5 26. Bh5+ g6 27. Qe4 (27. Bf6 {ist schwдcher; mit} Nbd3 {
wird die Dame des WeiЯen von der Teilnahme am Angriff ausgeschlossen.}) 27...
Nbd3 28. Be2 Qe6 29. Bxd3 cxd3 (29... Nxd3 {scheitert an} 30. Qd4) 30. Rf6 Qe7
31. Rc6 Nxc6 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 33. Qd4 {und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 25. Bxa7 Bxg5 26. Qe4 (
26. Nf5 Nbd3 27. Nd6+ Ke7 28. Nxc8+ Qxc8) 26... Qe6 27. Bh5+ g6 28. Bd4 Nbd3
29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 gxh5 32. Qd4 Rg8 33. Bf6 Bd7 34. Bh4 Rg4 35.
Qh8+ Rg8 36. Qxh7 {mit Gewinnstellung fьr WeiЯ.}) 22. fxe5 (22. Bh5+ {dringt
WeiЯ wohl auch hier nicht durch:} g6 23. Nxh7 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rxh7 25. Bxg6+ Rf7
26. fxe5 Raa7 27. Qe4 Be6 28. Nf3 Bd5 29. Qg4 Ne7) 22... Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24.
Bf3 (24. Bh5+ g6 25. Rf6 Bd5 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Rxg6 {wird mit einer ruhigen
Antwort abgewehrt:} Qf8 (27... Bxg2+ {genьgt auch:} 28. Kxg2 Qd5+ 29. Bf3 Qd4
30. Re6+ Ne7 (30... Kd7 {scheitert an} 31. Rd6+ Bxd6 32. Qf5+) 31. Qg6+ Kd8 (
31... Kd7 $2 32. Rxe7+) 32. Rd6+ Bxd6 33. Qxd6+ Qxd6 34. exd6 Ned5 35. Nf7+ Kd7
36. Nxh8 Rg8+ 37. Kh1 Rxh8 38. Bxd5 Nxd5 39. Rxa6 Re8 {WeiЯ muЯ um das Remis
kдmpfen.}) 28. Rf6+ Ke7 (28... Rxh5 $2 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qg6 Rh4 31. Ne6+ Bxe6
32. Qxe6 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 29. Rxf8 Raxf8 30. Bf3 Nxe5 {Schwarz hat
entscheidenden Angriff!}) 24... Bd5 (24... Rc8 25. Ng6 (25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5
Ne7 27. Qh3 {ist ebenfalls unbequem fьr Schwarz.}) 25... hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kd7 (
26... Ke7 27. Nxe6 Nxe5 28. Bg5+ Kd7 29. Nxc5+ Rxc5 30. Bg4+ Kc7 31. Bf4 Nbd3
32. Qxa6 (32. Rxa6 Rh6 33. Bxe5+ Nxe5 34. Ra7+ Kb8 35. Qxg7 Qxg7 36. Rxg7 Nxg4
{ist nicht ьberzeugend.}) 32... Qb8 33. Bg3 {WeiЯ steht auf Gewinn.}) 27. Nxe6
Nxe5 28. Nxc5+ Rxc5 29. Bg4+ {mit zum vorigen Abspiel identischer Stellung.})
25. e6 Bxf3 26. Nhxf3 Nd3 27. Nf7 a5 (27... Nd8 {reicht nicht aus:} 28. N3e5
Nxe5 29. Qe4 Ndc6 30. Qd5 Qf8 31. Be3 {mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) 28. N3g5 {
Schwarz kann natьrlich auf die Dauer nicht ьberleben.}) (20... Qd6 {wird wie
folgt beantwortet:} 21. Bh5+ (21. Rd1 {ist ebenfalls gut:} Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3
23. Rxd3 Qb4 (23... Qf6 24. Rf3 Qd6 25. Be3 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.})
24. Rc3 Nc6 25. Nxh7 {, und der Angriff des WeiЯen sollte durchdringen.}) (21.
Nxh7 Nd3 22. Bh5+ Kd7 23. Nf5 Qe6 {ist nicht ьberzeugend: der Springer auf d3
behindert den WeiЯen mдchtig.}) 21... g6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6+ Kd7 24. Nf7
Qf6 25. Bg5 Qg7 26. Qd1+ Kc7 (26... Nd3 27. Nxh8 Qxh8 28. Bxd3 {, und WeiЯ
gewinnt mьhelos.}) 27. Nxh8 Qxh8 28. Qd8+ Kb7 29. Be7 N8c6 30. Qxf8 Qxf8 31.
Bxf8 {WeiЯ hat eine Gewinnstellung.}) 21. Nxh7 Qxh4 {Hiernach wird Schwarz
mattgesetzt. Aber auch nach} (21... Qf7 22. Bf3 N8c6 23. Be4 Qc7 24. Rd1 Be6
25. Bg6+ Bf7 26. Ng5 Nd8 27. Qf5 {hat Schwarz keine Rettungsaussichten mehr.})
({Die Fortsetzung} 21... Qd6 22. Qe4 N8c6 23. Rd1 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Rxd3
Qe6 26. Bg5 {ьberlebt Schwarz auch nicht.}) 22. Qg6+ Kd7 23. Bg5 Qxh7 24. Rfd1+
Nd3 25. Rxd3+ cxd3 26. Bg4+ Kc7 27. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 5th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2001.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. h4 f6 (6... Bf5 {ist hier
ebenfalls gespielt worden; es folgt einiges schlecht gesichtete Material ьber
diese Fortsetzung:} 7. Qb3 b5 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 cxd5 10. e3 (10. Rc1 Nd7 (
10... f6 11. Bf4 Kf7 $5 12. g3 $1 Bd7 13. Bg2 e6 14. O-O Nc6) 11. Qc6 f6 12.
Bf4 e6 13. Bc7 Qc8 $13) 10... Nd7 11. Bd3 (11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Bf4 Rc8) 11... Rc8
12. Qd2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa5+ $2 (13... h6 $6 14. Bf4 e6 15. Ke2 $1 (15. O-O Be7
16. Rfc1 O-O 17. a4 Qb6 $10) 15... Be7 16. g4 $1 $16) (13... f6 $1 14. Bf4 e6
15. O-O Be7 $1 (15... Kf7 16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfc1 $18) 16. a4 Qb6 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Rfc1 O-O $10) 14. Ke2 f6 $8 15. Rhc1 $1 Rc4 (15... Rxc1 16. Rxc1
Qxa2 (16... fxg5 $2 17. Rc8+ Kf7 18. Qf5+ Nf6 19. Ne5+ Kg8 20. Qe6#) 17. Qf5 $1
Qxb2+ (17... Nb6 18. Rc6 Qxb2+ 19. Nd2 (19. Rc2 Qb4) 19... Nc4 20. Rc8+ (20.
Qe6 Qxd2+ 21. Kf3 Nd6 22. Rxa6 (22. Rxd6 Qd1+ 23. Kg3 h5 24. Rxa6 Qg4+ 25. Qxg4
hxg4 26. Bf4) (22. Rb6 $2 Kd8 $17) 22... Qd1+ 23. Kg3 Nf7 (23... Nb7 24. Ra8+
Nd8 25. Qxd5 e6 26. Rxd8+ Kf7 27. Qd7+) 24. Qc6+) 20... Kf7 21. Qxd5+ Kg6 (
21... e6 22. Qb7+ Be7 23. Rxc4 fxg5 24. Rc7 Re8 25. hxg5 a5 26. Rc5) 22. h5+
Kxh5 23. Bxf6+ Kg6 24. Qe4+) 18. Rc2 Qb3 19. Rc8+ Kf7 20. Qxd7) 16. Bf4 g6 17.
b3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bg7 19. Qc2 $1 O-O (19... e5 20. dxe5 $1 fxe5 21. Qc8+ Qd8 22.
Bxe5 $1) 20. Bc7 Qa3 21. Qc6 Rf7 22. Rc2 Nf8 23. Qxd5 e6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Bxd6
Ra7 26. Rc8 Kf7 27. Bc5 Rb7 28. Ra8 Nd7 29. Rxa6 {1-0 Atalik,S-Ionescu,M/
ROM-chT 1996/CBM 56/[Atalik,S] (29)}) 7. Bf4 Nxc3 {Dies ist offenbar ein neuer
Versuch; Schwarz schnappt einen Bauern. Es scheint, daЯ nichts dagegen spricht.
} (7... Qa5 8. Qb3 (8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 {fьhrt zu einer unklaren Stellung.}) (
8. cxd5 $11 {fьhrt zum Ausgleich. Auch der Textzug ist spielbar.}) 8... e5 9.
dxe5 d4 10. Qc2 (10. Qa4 {ist unbedingt nцtig. Nach} Bb4 11. Qxa5 Bxa5 12. Nxd4
Nxc3 13. Bd2 Nxe2 {entsteht eine etwa ausgeglichene Stellung.}) 10... dxc3 11.
b4 Bxb4 12. Qxe4 O-O 13. e6 (13. Qc2 {war zдher, aber die Stellung des WeiЯen
fдllt auch nach} fxe5 14. Bxe5 (14. Bg3 e4 {ist natьrlich auch hoffnungslos.})
14... Rxf3 15. Bxb8 Rf8 16. Bg3 Bf5 {bald zusammen.}) 13... Qxa2 14. Rc1 Qb2
15. Rc2 Qb1+ 16. Bc1 Ba3 17. Ng5 f5 {0-1 Lugovoi,A-Volkov,S/Moscow 1999/CBM 75/
[Huebner,R] (17).}) 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. g3 ({Die Fortsetzung} 9. e4 b5 10. Be2 {
mutet natьrlicher an.}) 9... Qa5 10. Qc1 Nd7 (10... Bf5 {mit der Absicht,
jetzt 11...Sd7 und 12...e5 folgen zu lassen, kommt auch in Betracht. Mit dem
Textzug hдlt Schwarz den Bauern auf b7 gedeckt und strebt nach schneller
Mobilisierung des Kцnigsflьgels; er ist bescheidener, aber sicherer.}) 11. Bg2
(11. Bh3 e5 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. dxe5 Ba3 14. Qc2 (14. Qd2 O-O-O) 14... O-O {
fьhrt zu schцnem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Be3 Ba3 14.
Qc2 Bc5 {Schwarz kдmpft um die Deckung des Bauern auf c4. Nach} (14... Nf6 15.
Nd2 {hat WeiЯ gutes Spiel:} Be6 16. Rb1 {mit der Drohung 17.Lb6 ist
unerfreulich fьr Schwarz.}) 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qf5 Qe7 17. O-O (17. Qe4 $5 {
sieht stдrker aus.}) 17... e4 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Qf4 e3 $2 {Es war Zeit, den
Kцnig in Sicherheit zu bringen; Schwarz hдtte dann durchaus befriedigend
gestanden:} (19... O-O 20. Nxe4 ({Nach} 20. Nxc4 Bg4 {ist die Stellung sicher
auch vцllig in Ordnung fьr Schwarz.}) 20... Nd5 21. Qd2 (21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Nxd6
Nxc3 {ist offensichtlich ungьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) (21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. hxg5 Bg4 (
22... Bf5 23. Nd6 Nxc3 24. e4 {ist weniger ьberzeugend.}) 23. Rfe1 Rad8 {
, und Schwarz steht vorzьglich.}) 21... Bf5 22. Ng5 Rad8 (22... h6 {ist nicht
stдrker:} 23. Bxd5+ cxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Nf3 Qxe2 26. Nd4 {usw.}) 23. e4 Nf6
24. Qb2 Bc8 {mit scharfem Kampf, in dem mir die Aussichten des Schwarzen nicht
schlechter zu sein scheinen.}) 20. Nxc4 $18 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 {Schwarz ist
verloren; es gibt keine zureichende Verteidigung gegen die beiden Drohungen 22.
Sb6 und 22.Sd6+.} Qc5 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Ne4 ({Zwingender ist} 23. Nxb7 {,zum
Beispiel} Bxb7 24. Qc7+ Kf8 25. Rb1 Bc8 26. Qd8+ {, aber es spielt natьrlich
keine Rolle, wie WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 23... Nxe4 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Bxe4 Bd7 26. Rd1
Qe7 27. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bc4 Bg7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Nd5 14. Rfe1
e6 {Dieser hдЯlich aussehende Zug, der auf d6 ein immerwдhrendes Loch
entstehen lдЯt und dem Laдufer auf c8 alle Zukunftsaussichten verdunkelt,
dient offenbar zur Vorbereitung von b7-b5.} ({Nach} 14... Re8 {behдlt Schwarz
eine dauerhaft passive Stellung:} 15. Ne5 Ra7 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qg3 Qc8 18. Ba5
f6 19. Nd3 Bf7 20. b3 Ra8 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Rde1 Rac8 23. Qf3 Nc7 $2 24. Bxf7+
Kxf7 25. Ne5+ {1-0 Peng,Z-Sheremetieva,M/Kishinev 1995/EXT 97 (25).}) 15. Bg5
f6 (15... Qc7 16. Bh4 f5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 h6 19. f3 Rf7 20. Bg3 f4 21. Bf2
Bd7 22. Be1 Raf8 23. Bd2 Rf5 24. Rae1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bc8 26. Qd3 Rf6 27. g3 Qf7
28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Bb3 Bd7 30. Qe2 fxg3 31. hxg3 g5 32. Bc2 Kf8 33. Bd3 Be8 34. b4
Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Neuman,P-Hitzgerova,G/Trinec 1999/EXT 2000 (34).}) 16. Bh4 b5 17.
Bf1 ({Die Fortsetzung} 17. cxb6 Rb8 18. Bg3 Rxb6 19. Qc2 {gefдllt mir besser:
indem er die Stellung ein wenig цffnet, hat WeiЯ bessere Mцglichkeiten, die
Schwдchen des Schwarzen anzugreifen.}) 17... g5 18. Bg3 g4 {Ich glaube, daЯ
ich es kaum ьber mich bringen kцnnte, etwas derartiges zu spielen, aber
wahrscheinlich ist es die beste Mцglichkeit zum Widerstand.} 19. Nd2 f5 20. Be5
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 {Die HдЯlichkeit der Struktur der schwarzen Stellung ist
bemerkenswert; dennoch erreicht der Nachziehende nach einigen weiteren Zьgen
mit Hilfe des indifferenten Spiels von WeiЯ eine ausgeglichene Stellung.} Nf4
22. Qc3 Ng6 23. Ree1 Ra7 24. a4 Raf7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra8 Qf6 27. g3 $2 (27.
Qe3 {ist der richtige Weg zur Vorbereitung von f2-f4. Nach} Rd7 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6
29. Rxe6 Rxd4 30. Rxc6 Bd7 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. cxd6 Kf7 34. Nb3 Ke6
35. Nc5+ Kxd6 36. Nxd7 Kxd7 37. Bxb5+ {erreicht WeiЯ ein gewonnenes Endspiel;
nach anderen Zьgen behдlt er ьberwдltigenden positionellen Vorteil.}) 27... Re7
$2 (27... Rd7 28. Nb3 (28. Bg2 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Nb3 Rb4 {verspricht dem
WeiЯen keinen Vorteil.}) 28... Re7 {ist wesentlich genauer: Schwarz kann e6-e5
durchsetzen.}) 28. Bg2 $6 {WeiЯ muЯte den VorstoЯ e6-e5 unbedingt verhindern.
Nach} (28. f4 gxf3 29. Nxf3 f4 30. Bg2 Rg7 31. Rf1 {bleibt die Lage des
Schwarzen sehr unbequem.}) 28... e5 29. d5 ({Mit der Fortsetzung} 29. dxe5 Nxe5
30. Rea1 {behдlt WeiЯ einen leichten Vorteil.}) 29... cxd5 30. Bxd5+ Kg7 31.
Rb8 ({Nach} 31. Nf1 e4 {hat WeiЯ ebenfalls keinen nennenswerten Vorteil.})
31... Rd8 $2 (31... Rd7 32. Bg2 (32. Rb6 {ist jetzt ungenьgend:} Qd8 33. Rxe5
Nxe5 34. Qxe5+ Rf6 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 32... e4 {fьhrt zu einer fьr
Schwarz haltbaren Stellung.}) 32. Rb6 Qf8 33. Bc6 Rc7 ({Die Folge} 33... Re6
34. Bxb5 Rxb6 35. cxb6 {lдЯt den Schwarzen ebenfalls in einer unerquicklichen
Lage.}) 34. Nb3 ({Die Fortsetzung} 34. Rxe5 b4 (34... Qf6 35. Bxb5 Nxe5 (35...
Qxb6 {erlaubt dem WeiЯen, mattzusetzen:} 36. Re7+ Kh6 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Qxh7+
Kg5 39. h4+ gxh3 40. Nf3+ Kg4 41. Ne5+ Nxe5 (41... Kg5 42. f4+ Nxf4 43. Qh4#)
42. Qh4+ Kf3 43. Qf4#) 36. Rxf6 Kxf6 37. f4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 37. Qa5 Rxd2 38.
Qxc7 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Nf3 40. Bf1 Ne1+ {fьhrt zum nur Remis.}) 37... gxf3 38. Nxf3)
35. Rxb4 Qf6 36. Rd5 Qxc3 37. bxc3 Rxd5 38. Bxd5 Rxc5 39. c4 Ra5 {bildet
keinen ьberzeugenderen Gewinnweg.}) 34... Qe7 ({Die Folge} 34... Qf6 35. Bg2 (
35. Bxb5 Qxb6 36. cxb6 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Rd6 {fьhrt zu einer Remisstellung.}) (35.
Na5 {ist aber ebenfalls gut genug zum Gewinn.}) 35... Qxb6 36. cxb6 Rxc3 37.
bxc3 e4 38. Nc5 {wird Schwarz auch nicht lebend ьberstehen.}) 35. Bxb5 Be6 $6 {
Mit anderen Fortsetzungen konnte Schwarz den Kampf lдnger hinziehen, aber
seine Stellung ist natьrlich verloren.} 36. Rxe5 Nxe5 37. Qxe5+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Qa5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Qb3 e6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd6 (11... b5 {ist schwдcher:} 12. O-O Bd6
13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 Qxb4 15. Qc2 Ne7 16. a5 Qb7 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Bxc7 19.
Rc1 Bd6 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 f6 22. Rc7 {1-0 Bwanika,D-Ismail,A/Dubai 1986/TD
(33). (32)}) 12. Bg3 Qc7 13. e4 O-O $2 ({Richtig ist} 13... dxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O {
mit etwas besserem Spiel fьr WeiЯ.}) 14. O-O $2 {WeiЯ konnte ohne weiteres auf
d5 zugreifen:} (14. exd5 exd5 (14... Na5 {scheitert an} 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qb4
Qxd5 17. Bxh7+ $18) 15. Qxd5 Re8+ ({Mit} 15... Nb4 16. cxb4 Qc3+ 17. Ke2 Re8+
18. Ne5 {erreicht Schwarz nichts}) 16. Kf1 {Schwarz hat keine genьgende
Kompensation fьr den geopferten Bauern.}) 14... Rd8 ({Plausibel ist die
Fortsetzung} 14... Bxg3 15. hxg3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 $14 {mit etwas besserem
Spiel fьr WeiЯ.}) 15. Rfe1 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 18. c4 Rac8 19. Rac1
Be8 $2 {Jetzt ermangelt der Bauer auf e6 der Deckung, und dies ist sofort
fatal. Plausible Versuche waren:} (19... g6 20. d5 Na5 21. Qe3 Qc5 22. Qh6 Qf8
{oder}) (19... h6 20. d5 Na5 21. Qb1 Qd6 {In beiden Fдllen behдlt WeiЯ eine
gefдhrliche Initiative, aber Schwarz kann noch Widerstand leisten.}) 20. d5 Na5
21. Qb1 exd5 $6 ({Zдher ist} 21... h6 22. dxe6 fxe6 (22... Nxc4 23. Bh7+ Kh8
24. Bf5 {kostet den Schwarzen Material:} Rb8 25. Qb4 b5 26. Qf8#) 23. c5 Bf7 {
obwohl die Stellung des Schwarzen nach} 24. Ne5 {unhaltbar sein dьrfte.}) (
21... g6 22. dxe6 fxe6 (22... Nxc4 23. Qxb7 fxe6 24. Qxa6 Rd6 25. Qb7 {sieht
ziemlich hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz aus.}) 23. c5 {ist ebenfalls wenig
vertrauenerweckend.}) 22. Bxh7+ $18 Kh8 23. cxd5 Qd6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bf5 {
Einfacher ist} (25. Qf5 Rd8 (25... Bd7 {scheitert an} 26. Qxf7 Kxh7 27. Ng5+
Kh6 28. Ne6) 26. Ng5 g6 27. Qf3 {, und es gibt keine befriedigende
Verteidigung gegen die Drohung 28.Te8:+.}) 25... Rd8 26. Qe4 (26. Ng5 Kg8 27.
Be6 {geht auch.}) 26... g6 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Bxg6 Qf6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Qg7
31. Qh4 Ra8 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 (9... Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 $14) 10. O-O (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2
e5 12. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd5 $15 {Vaulin,A-Burmakin,V, St. Petersburg op
1995, EXP 46.}) 10... e5 $146 (10... f6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nc4 $14 {
Tukmakov,V-Blees,A, Portoroz op 1995, EXP 46.}) 11. Nxe5 (11. Bh2 {Belov} exd4
(11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 e4 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Rb1 $16) 12. exd4 Ndf6 $10) 11... Nxc3
(11... Nxe5 {Belov} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Re8 15. Qd4 $16) 12.
bxc3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Re8 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. f4 f6 (16... Bf5 17. Rae1
Be4 18. Bf3 $14) 17. exf6 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Qxd4 (18... Bf5 {Belov} 19. Bf3 Kf7 20.
Qb4 $36) 19. cxd4 Rf8 20. g4 (20. Rb1 $5 Rxf6 21. Bd3 $16) 20... Rxf6 21. Rb1 (
21. Bd3 $5 Re6 (21... Be6 {Belov} 22. Kg2 (22. Rb1 Raf8 23. Rxb7 Rxf4 24. Rxf4
Rxf4 25. Rb6 Rxd4 26. Bxa6 Bd7 27. Rb7 Be8 $17) 22... Raf8 23. Kg3 Bc8 24. Re1
$14) 22. Rf3 {WeiЯ fдhrt mit Ta1-b1 fort und behдlt groЯen Vorteil. Nach dem
Textzug erhдlt der Turm des Schwarzen unverdiente Aktivitдt.} (22. Re2 Kf7 23.
Rb1 Rxe2 24. Bxe2 $16)) 21... Re6 22. Bf3 {Schon hat Schwarz einen Erfolg
errungen, denn der Lдufer gehцrt meines Erachetens nach d3.} Kf8 23. Kg2 (23.
Re2 {Belov} Rf6) 23... Re3 24. f5 {Ist dieses Ungestьm nцtig? Ich hдtte 24.Td2
nebst 25. Kf2 versucht.} (24. Rb3 $5 {Belov} Rxb3 (24... Re1 25. Re2 Rxe2+ (
25... Rd1 26. Rbe3 Bd7 (26... Rxd4 $2 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. R2e7+ Kf6 29. g5+ Kf5
30. Rf8#) 27. Re7 Rd8 28. Rxh7 Rxd4 29. Ree7 $16) 26. Bxe2 $16) 25. axb3 Bd7
26. Re2 Re8 $14) 24... gxf5 25. gxf5 Kg7 (25... Rd3 {Belov} 26. Re1 Bd7 27. Bh5
Rxd4 28. f6 $36) 26. f6+ Kxf6 27. Bxd5+ Kg5 28. Bf3 Kh4 29. Kh2 h5 30. Bg2 Bxh3
31. Rxb7 Bxg2 32. Rxg2 Rd8 33. d5 cxd5 (33... Rxd5 $4 34. Rb4+ $18) 34. c6 (34.
Rb4+ d4) 34... Rc8 35. Rf7 Rh3+ (35... Rxc6 $4 36. Rf4#) 36. Kg1 Rg3 37. c7
Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Da der SchluЯ der Partie verderbt ist und ich nicht weiЯ, wo die
Verderbnis einsetzt, muЯ ich auf die Kommentierung dieses Spiels verzichten.}
d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 e5 9.
dxe5 Ng4 10. Na4 Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bh4 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15.
Qxc5 Bxc5 16. h3 Ne5 17. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rg8 19. Be5 Bf5 20. e3 Ke7 21.
O-O-O Raf8 22. Bf4 Bg6 23. Be2 Rxf4 24. exf4 Bxf2 25. Bd3 Be3+ 26. Kc2 Kf6 27.
Rhe1 d4 28. Be4 Bf7 29. Re2 h5 30. b3 h4 31. Rh1 Be6 32. Kd3 Rg3 33. Rc2 a5 34.
f5 Bd7 35. Rhh2 Be8 36. Rhg2 Rxh3 37. Rg8 Bf7 38. Rb8 Rh1 39. Rxb7 Be8 40. f4
Bh5 41. Rc1 (41. Rxc6# {sieht plausibler aus.}) (41. Bxh1 {ist ebenfalls eine
ernstzunehmende Mцglichkeit.}) 41... h3 (41... Rxc1 {bot sich an.}) 42. Rh7
Bxc1 1-0

[Event "Orel"]
[Site "Orel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Be6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Kxg7 14. a4
b5 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. c4 b4 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. d5 $2 cxd5 19. Qb2+ f6 20. cxd5 Bd7
21. Rfc1 Qd6 {Der RemisschluЯ ist mir unverstдndlich; Schwarz steht klar
besser, fast auf Gewinn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. h3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 b6 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. b3 b5 19. axb5 (19. Ne5 $5 bxa4 (19... b4
20. Ne2 c5 21. Qxe4 f6 22. Qd5+ Qe6 23. Qxe6+ Nxe6 24. Nc4) 20. Nxa4 Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 $13) 19... cxb5 20. Nb6 (20. Ne5 Rac8 $17) 20... Rab8 21. Ncd5 Qd8 22. Qc7
Ne6 23. Qxd8 Rexd8 24. Ra1 Bb7 25. Nc3 Rd6 26. Nc4 bxc4 27. bxc4 Rc8 28. c5 Ra6
29. Rfb1 Ba8 30. Rb5 a4 31. Rb4 a3 32. Rb3 a2 33. Rb2 f5 34. Rbxa2 Rxa2 35.
Rxa2 Nc7 36. Ra7 Bc6 37. Ne2 Nd5 38. h4 Ra8 39. Rxa8+ Bxa8 40. Nc1 Kf7 41. Nb3
Ke6 42. Nd2 Ne7 43. Nc4 f4 44. g3 Bd5 45. Nb6 fxg3 46. fxg3 Bb3 47. Kf2 h5 48.
Ke2 Nf5 49. Kf2 g6 50. Nc8 Kd7 51. Nb6+ Kc6 52. Nc8 Bc4 53. Nb6 Bb5 54. Nc8 Ba6
55. Nb6 Bb5 56. Nc8 Ba6 57. Nb6 Ne7 58. Na4 Nd5 59. Nb2 Nc3 60. Ke1 Bb5 61. Kd2
Ne2 62. Nd1 Nxg3 63. Nf2 Nf1+ 64. Kc3 Nxe3 65. Nxe4 Nf5 66. Nf6 Bf1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. h3 e6 8. b4 {
Dies ist ein neuer Versuch, der nicht viel einbringt.} Ne4 9. Rc1 $6 (9. Nxe4
dxe4 (9... Bxe4 10. Nd2 Bg6 11. e3 $11) 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 Nd5 12. Bd2 {
fьhrt zu gleichem Spiel.}) 9... a5 10. b5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 cxb5 12. e4 $2 ({Nach} 
12. e3 b4 13. Rb3 {braucht WeiЯ noch keineswegs zu verzweifeln.}) 12... dxe4
13. Ne5 f6 14. g4 $2 {Dies ist unkorrekt; Schwarz gewinnt nun mьhelos.} (14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 {ist freilich auch nicht erfreulich fьr WeiЯ; sein
Erцffnungsexperiment war wohl etwas zu hitzig.}) 14... fxe5 15. gxf5 exf4 16.
fxe6 Nf6 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. Rg1 g6 19. Bc4 b5 20. cxb6 Bh6 21. Qc1 Rc8 22. b7
Rc6 23. Bb3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb6 25. Qc8 Rd8 26. d5 f3 27. Rg4 a4 28. b8=Q Qxb8
29. d6+ Qxd6 30. Qb7+ Rd7 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 (5. Bg5 $5 {Chekhov}
Ne4 6. h4) 5... dxc4 {Fьr diesen Zug habe ich kein Vorbild gefunden. /N/} (5...
Nbd7 {Chekhov} 6. Bf4 (6. cxd5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.
bxc3 e6 11. Be3 Kc7 12. a4 c5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ke2 Be7 15. c4 Bc6 16. h4 $14 {
Hulak,K-Loncar,R/Slavonski Brod/1995/0,5/37/} Rhd8) 6... e6 (6... dxc4 $5 7.
Nxc4 b5 $132) 7. e3 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c5 Qe7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd3
$14 {Gavrikov,V-Nikolic,P/Horgen/1994/0|1/46/}) (5... g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O (
7... Nh5 8. cxd5 Nxf4 9. exf4 cxd5 10. Qb3 $14) 8. Be2 $14) 6. Nxc4 {Mit
diesem Zug kann WeiЯ wohl keinen Vorteil erreichen. In Betracht kommt 6.g3
oder 6.a4.} b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Bg5 (8. e4 $5 e6 (8... b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Nf6
11. Nc5 Qxd4 12. Ned3 Bc8 13. Be3 $44) 9. f3 c5 10. Be3 cxd4 $10) 8... h6 9.
Bh4 e6 10. e3 (10. f3 $5 {Chekhov} c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. e4)
10... c5 $10 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Rc1 (13. Be2 $6 {Chekhov} g5 14.
Bg3 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bb7 $17) (13. a4 $5 {Chekhov} b4 14. Na2 a5 (14... O-O 15. Nd3
) 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. O-O) 13... Bd6 (13... Nbd7 $5 {Chekhov} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 (14...
Nxf6 15. Nxb5 $16) 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Rxc5 Rxa2 $15) 14. Nd3 Nbd7
15. f3 Rc8 16. e4 Ne5 (16... Ke7 $5 {Chekhov}) 17. Bg3 Nfd7 18. a3 (18. Be2 $4
{Chekhov} b4 19. Nd1 Nxd3+ $19) 18... h5 (18... Ke7 $5 {Chekhov} 19. Be2 Rc7
$15) 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Be2 h4 21. Bf2 Ke7 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. h3 Rhc8
(24... f6 $5 {Chekhov} 25. Ke2 Rhc8 26. Kd3 $15) 25. Kd2 Be5 26. Rc2 a5 (26...
f6 $5 $15) 27. Rhc1 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Nd1 Rxc2+ 30. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Ba6
32. Bd2 (32. Bg5+ $5 {Chekhov} f6 (32... Bf6 33. Bd2) 33. Bxh4 Bd4 (33... Bf1
34. Ne3) 34. Be1 (34. Bf2 $5 Bxf2 35. Nxf2 Bf1 36. g3 Kd6 37. Kd2 Kc5 38. Ke3
Kc4 $132) 34... Bc5 35. h4 $6 (35. Bf2 $5) 35... Bf1 36. g3 Bg2 $15) 32... Bd6
33. Bg5+ Kd7 34. Bxh4 Bf4 35. Be1 Bf1 36. g3 (36. Bxb4 $6 {Chekhov} Bxg2 $17)
36... Bd6 37. Ne3 (37. h4 Bg2 $15) 37... Bxh3 38. Kd3 (38. g4 {Chekhov} Bc5 39.
Kd3 Bxe3 40. Kxe3 b3 41. Kf2 f5 $10) (38. b3 $5 {Chekhov}) 38... b3 39. Nc4 Bc7
40. f4 (40. g4 {Chekhov} f5) 40... Bg2 41. Bf2 f5 42. exf5 exf5 43. Kc3 Bd5 44.
Kxb3 Ba5 45. Ka4 Bxc4 46. Kxa5 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. f3 b6 {Dies
sieht sehr riskant aus. Der Punkt c6 wird geschwдcht, und WeiЯ bekommt eine
Menge taktischer Mцglichkeiten. Schwarz sollte zunдchst etwas fьr die
Entwicklung seines Kцnigsflьgels tun:} (7... g6 8. e4 Be6 {usw.}) 8. e4 Be6 $2
(8... dxe4 {muЯ versucht werden, damit man einen Nutzen vom Zug b7-b6 hat: der
Bauer auf b7 hдngt nicht.} 9. Qb3 e6 (9... Qxd4 10. Qxf7+ Kd8 11. Bf4 {ist
ungesund fьr Schwarz.}) 10. Qxb6 Qxb6 11. cxb6 exf3 {fьhrt zu unklarem Spiel.})
9. Na4 Nfd7 (9... b5 10. Nb6 Ra7 11. a4 {sieht auch sehr unerfreulich fьr
Schwarz aus.}) 10. cxb6 Nxb6 (10... dxe4 11. fxe4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Be3 $16
) 11. Bd2 N6d7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 (12... Nxd7 13. Qc2 {sieht fьr Schwarz ebenfalls
hцchst unerfreulich aus.}) 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nb6 Ra7 {Man sieht
deutlich, daЯ dem Schwarzen die Erцffnung miЯglьckt ist. WeiЯ verwertet seinen
Vorteil auf energische Weise.} 16. Nxd7 {Dies ist noch ьberzeugender als} (16.
Nxd5 Qb7) 16... Nxd7 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Rc6 e6 19. Bxa6 Ra8 (19... Rc7 20. Ba5 {
kann Schwarz auch nicht ьberleben:} Qh4+ (20... Rxc6 21. Bxd8 Rc1+ 22. Kf2 Rxh1
23. Bc7 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos.}) 21. g3 Rxc6 22. gxh4 Rxa6 (22... Rc1+ {
Nach} 23. Kf2 Rxh1 24. Qb7 {dauert es nicht mehr lange.}) 23. Qc3 Ra8 24. Rg1 {
usw.}) 20. O-O $18 Be7 21. Bb7 Rb8 22. a4 e5 23. a5 exd4 24. a6 O-O 25. a7 Ra8
26. Bxa8 Qxa8 27. Rc7 Nc5 28. Qb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4 b5 7.
Ne3 Bb7 8. g3 c5 9. d5 a6 10. Bg2 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qc2 (12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 a5
14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Nb3 $6 ({Zu gleichem Spiel fьhrt die
Fortsetzung} 17. Ndc4 Nd6 18. Rb1 Ndxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Ba6 $11 {
Nach dem Textzug gewinnt WeiЯ zwar zunдchst einen Bauern, leidet aber an der
unharmonischen Aufstellung seiner Figuren und kommt nicht dazu, seine
Entwicklung zu vollenden.}) 17... Nd6 18. Qxc5 (18. Nxc5 Rc8 19. Nxb7 Nxb7 20.
Qd3 Nc5 21. Qb5 Nb3 22. Rb1 Rc5 {ist offenbar ungьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) 18... Nd7
19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. Rb1 Nce4 $17 {0-1 Romanishin,
O-Morozevich,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/[Huebner,R] (60). (60)} (22... Nxa4 23.
Nc6 {lieЯe den WeiЯen zu Atem kommen.})) 12... O-O 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. b3 Qb6 {
Ftacnik: 'Kobese is excellently prepared in a theoretical sense, but with
energetic play proves also a deep understanding of the position. '} (14... Nb6
15. a4 b4 16. a5 Nfd7 17. axb6 Bxc3 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nxb6 20. Ng4 h5 21.
Ne5 Qd6 22. Nc6 Rfe8 23. Rac1 e6 24. Qf6 Nd7 25. Qg5 exd5 26. Na5 Ba8 27. Bxd5
Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Qf6 29. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Sulava,N-Kuporosov,V/Budapest 1990/EXT 97 
(29).}) 15. Bb2 {WeiЯ sollte zunдchst einen prophylaktischen Zug einflechten:}
(15. Rb1 {zum Entkrдften von c5-c4 oder} Rfd8 16. Bb2 Bh6) (15. h3 {zur
Erschwerung von Sf6-g4.}) 15... Bh6 16. Nf1 $2 {Danach bekommt Schwarz schon
deutlichen Vorteil. Nцtig ist} (16. Bc1 {Jetzt droht 17.Sc4, so daЯ Schwarz
nichts Besserees hat als} Bg7 {, und nun kann WeiЯ einen der in der vorigen
Anmerkung angegebenen Zьge wдhlen, wenn er auf Gewinn spielen will.}) 16... c4
17. b4 (17. bxc4 {Ftacnik} Rxc4 18. Nd2 Rc7 $15) 17... Ng4 {'!' Ftacnik.} 18.
e3 {Nach} (18. Ne4 c3 {Sonst spielt WeiЯ natьrlich 19.Ld4.} 19. Ba3 (19. Bxc3 {
Ftacnik} f5 20. Bh3 e6 21. Bxg4 Bxd5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Ned2 Bg7 $15) (19. Bc1 {
Ftacnik} Bxc1 20. Raxc1 f5 21. Bf3 fxe4 22. Bxg4 Rxf2 $17) 19... e6 20. h3 (20.
Nc5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 (22. Nxd7 {scheitert an} Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Be3)
22... Nxc5 23. bxc5 Qf6 {fьhrt zu besserem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 20... Ngf6 21.
Nc5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qxc3 Ne4 24. Qf3 Ndxc5 25. bxc5 Qe6 26. Kg2 Rfd8 {
hat Schwarz deutlichen Vorteil.}) 18... Nge5 19. Rab1 ({Das Qualitдtsopfer,
das WeiЯ nach} 19. a4 Nd3 20. axb5 axb5 {zu bringen gezwungen ist, mag nicht
zum Ausgleich genьgen:} 21. Rxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc4 (22... Bg7 23. Ra5 Ba6 24.
d6 {fьhrt zu unklarem Spiel.}) 23. Nd2 Rxb4 24. Ba3 Ra8 25. Ra2 Rg4 {Es ist
nicht deutlich, ob WeiЯ ьberleben wird:} 26. h3 Rxg3 27. fxg3 Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3
Bxe3+ 29. Kh2 Bxd2 {usw.}) 19... Nd3 20. Ba1 Nf6 21. h3 e6 (21... Qd6 {Nicht
schlecht ist auch} 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxd5 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Rfd8 26.
Qd4 f6 {mit erheblichem Stellungsvorteil fьr Schwarz.}) 22. e4 {Nach dem
Textzug wird WeiЯ schwere Sorgen mit der Schwдche des Punktes f2 bekommen.} (
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Bxf6 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Bd4 Qa6 {fьhrt aber ebenfalls zu
einer fьr WeiЯ hцchst unbequemen Stellung.}) (22. dxe6 fxe6 {ist gleichermaЯen
unbefriedigend fьr WeiЯ.}) 22... e5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 22... exd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5
24. exd5 Qd6 25. Qc3 f6 26. Be4 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen bessere Mцglichkeiten, zu
zappeln. Jetzt gibt es fьr ihn keine befriedigende Abwehr der Drohung Sf6-h5
nebst f7-f5.}) 23. Qe2 {Ftacnik: 'Yermolinsky must have been rather frustrated
by the flow of the game, with white pieces he has to fight hard to equalize.
In the middle game black's chances seems somewhat preferable due to the knight
on d3 and the possibility of active play with f7-f5.'} (23. Rxd3 {Ftacnik} cxd3
24. Qxd3 Ne8 25. Ne3 Nd6 $15) 23... Nh5 24. a4 f5 25. axb5 fxe4 $2 (25... axb5
{fьhrt leicht zum Gewinn. WeiЯ muЯ die Qualitдt opfern; nach} 26. Rxd3 (26.
exf5 Rxf5 27. Ne4 Bxd5 {ist hoffnungslos fьr WeiЯ.}) 26... cxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxf2+
{siegt Schwarz ohne weiteres. Der hastige Textzug rдumt dem WeiЯen
Rettungsaussichten ein.}) 26. Nxe4 Bxd5 27. Rxd3 $2 (27. bxa6 Bxe4 28. Qxe4
Rxf2 29. Qd5+ Rf7+ (29... Kh8 30. Kh1 Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Nxg3+ 32. Kh2 Bf4 33. Bxd3
Qf2+ 34. Qg2 {Die Stellung ist nicht leicht zu bewerten.}) 30. Kh2 Nf6 31. Qa5
{fьhrt zu einer unklaren Lage.}) 27... cxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 (29. Bxe4 {
rettet den WeiЯen nicht:} Rxf2 30. Bd5+ Kh8 (30... Kf8 {ist auch gut:} 31. Bd4
exd4 32. Kxf2 Rc3) 31. Bxe5+ Bg7 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Ne3 Rcc2 {mit Gewinn.})
29... Rxf2 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Bxe5+ Bg7 $19 32. Qd6 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rc2+ 34. Kf3
Qf2+ 35. Ke4 Re2+ 36. Kd3 Qf3+ {Schwarz hat die Partie vorzьglich durchgefьhrt.
} 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nxe5 (10... Rc8 $5) 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb2 Be7
14. Nd4 {Die Stellung zeigt Дhnlichkeit mit dem Bild, das in der Partie
Hjartarson,J-Manninen,M, Reyjavik (zt) 1995( CBM 47) entstand; nach 14.Tc1 Db6
wдre die dortige Situation erreicht (auЯer daЯ der weiЯe h-Bauer auf h3 stand).
Dort setzte WeiЯ stark mit 15.Sf4 fort. WeiЯ sollte also erst 14.Tc1 ziehen;
auf 14...Tc8 ist die Antwort 15.Sd4 schon ausssichtsreich.} Qb6 15. Rc1 O-O 16.
Rc6 Qb7 17. Qc2 Ra7 18. Nf3 (18. f4 $142 Nb8 19. Rc3 b4 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Qe2 $14
) 18... Nb8 19. Rc3 b4 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Qb1 Nd7 22. Rd4 Nc5 23. Nd2 Qb5 24. e4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bd3 (7. Ne5 e6 8.
g4 Bg6 9. h4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 f6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 f5
15. gxf5 exf5 16. Bd2 Rc8 $13 {Topalov,V-Popchev,M, Bulgarien (ch) 1992, TD 92/
10.}) 7... Bxd3 (7... e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 (
11... b4 12. exd5 (12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qxc3 O-O $10) 12... bxc3 (
12... exd5 13. Ne2 $14) 13. dxc6 $36) 12. Nxe4 O-O $10 {Cifuentes Parada,
R-Libeau,R, Bad Wцrishofen (op) 1992, TD 92/03.}) 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3
(10. e4 $5 b4 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 $14) 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ba3 Be7
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxc3 $14) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nbd7 $10)
11... Nbd7 12. Bd2 $6 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nb6 14. Ne5 (14. c5 $2 Bxc5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16.
Nxc6 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qd6+ 18. Ne5 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Nxe5 $19) (14. cxb5 axb5 $17 {
(xa3).}) 14... Bd6 15. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qd6+ 17. Kg1 (17. Ne5 $2 Ng4+ 18.
Kg1 Nxe5 19. c5 Nxd3 20. cxd6 Nb2 21. Rdb1 N2c4 $17) 17... bxc4 18. Ne4 Qxc6
19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qe2 Kh8 (20... f5 $6 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. Qh5) 21. e4 Rg8 22.
Rac1 Rg6 23. g3 Rag8 24. Qf3 Nd7 (24... f5 $2 25. d5) 25. Kg2 Rg4 26. Bf4 e5
27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Be3 R4g6 29. Rd5 f6 30. Qf5 Nb6 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32. Rh1 c3 33.
Rd7 h6 34. Qh3 Rf8 35. Qf5 Rfg8 36. Qh3 Rf8 37. Qxh6+ Rxh6 38. Rxh6+ Kg8 39.
Rg6+ Kh8 40. Rh6+ Kg8 41. Rg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. g3 (5. c5 {Kortschnoj})
(5. Ne5 {Kortschnoj}) (5. a4 {Kortschnoj}) (5. Qb3 {Kortschnoj}) 5... dxc4 (
5... b5 {Kortschnoj} 6. c5 g6 $14 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Be6 {0-1
Kortschnoj,V-Shirov,A/Groningen 1996/CBM 57 (42)}) 6. a4 (6. Ne5 $5 {Kortschnoj
} b5 7. Bg2 $44) 6... g6 {Mit diesem Abspiel wurde bisher wenig Erfahrung
gesammelt. Fьr den Textzug habe ich kein Vorbild gefunden. Er gefдllt mir gut:
Schwarz erhдlt Druck gegen den Punkt d4.} 7. Bg2 (7. Ne5 $5 Bg7 (7... c5 8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 $14) 8. Nxc4 Be6 $11) 7... Bg7 8. a5 (8. Ne5 Ng4 $15) 8...
O-O 9. O-O (9. Qa4 $6 {Kortschnoj} c5 (9... Be6 $5) 10. dxc5 Nc6 $11) 9... Nd5
10. Ne4 $6 {Dieser Zug gefдllt mir nicht sonderlich. In Betracht kommen:} (10.
e4 Nxc3 (10... Nb4 11. Qa4 (11. Ra4 Nd3 12. Rxc4 Nxc1 13. Qxc1 Qxa5 $17) 11...
Nd3 12. Qxc4 Nxc1 13. Rfxc1 $14) 11. bxc3 c5 12. Be3 $13) (10. Qa4 b5 (10...
Nxc3 {Kortschnoj} 11. bxc3 c5 $11) 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Qc2) 10... Bf5 11. Nfd2 (
11. Nc5 Nd7 12. Nxb7 Qb8 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bxb2 {ist uerfreulich fьr WeiЯ.}
) (11. Ned2 c3 {ist ebenfalls ungьnstig.}) 11... Bxe4 (11... Bxd4 {ist nicht
ohne weiteres von der Hand zu weisen, aber auch der Textzug ist nicht schlecht.
}) (11... Bxd4 {Kortschnoj} 12. Nxc4 {with good compensation}) 12. Nxe4 Nd7 13.
f4 $6 {WeiЯ will e7-e5 verhindern, aber der Zug schafft bцse Felderschwдchen.
Ich wьrde} (13. Nc3 {versuchen.}) (13. Qc2 $5 {Kortschnoj} Bxd4 14. Qxc4 $44)
13... Rc8 (13... e6 $5 {kam in Betracht:} 14. Nd6 c3 {usw.}) 14. Nc3 (14. Ra4
$5 {Kortschnoj}) 14... Nb4 15. Ra4 (15. Kh1 $1 {Kortschnoj}) 15... b5 16. axb6
(16. Rxb4 Qxa5 $19) 16... Qxb6 17. Be3 $6 {WeiЯ lдЯt seinen b-Bauern ohne
Deckung.} (17. Kh1 {war zдher.} Rfd8 {Kortschnoj} 18. e3 (18. e4 $2 e5 19. dxe5
(19. fxe5 Nxe5 $19) 19... Nc5 $19) 18... e5 19. Qe2 exd4 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Qxc4
$15) 17... Nf6 18. Kh1 Nbd5 19. Bc1 Ng4 20. Nxd5 (20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. e4 (21.
Nxd5 {Kortschnoj} Qb7 (21... Qe6 $17) 22. e4 f5 $17) 21... Nf6 22. e5 Nd7 (
22... Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rf2 {scheint mir nicht so ьberzeugend zu sein.})
23. f5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 e6 25. Rf4 f6 {ist hoffnungslos fьr WeiЯ.}) 20... cxd5 21.
e4 Nf6 22. exd5 $6 (22. e5 Ne4 23. f5 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 22... Qb5 $19
(22... Rfd8 $1 {Kortschnoj}) 23. f5 (23. Bd2 $1 {Kortschnoj} Qxb2 (23... Nxd5
$4 24. Ra5 $18) (23... Rfd8 24. Rb4 Qd7 25. Qe2 $15) 24. Bb4 Rfe8 25. Bc5 $15)
23... Nxd5 24. Bd2 e6 25. Ra5 Qxb2 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. f6 Bh8 28. Bc1 Qb6 29. Qa4
Rc6 30. Ba3 Rxf6 31. Rd1 Qe6 32. Bxf8 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Rf2+ 35. Kh3
Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be3 g6 8. g4
Nhf6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O h5 12. g5 Nh7 (12... Ne8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc7 16. h4 Ne6 17. Bg3 Nxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vasilevich,T-Rychagov,A/
Korinthos 2002/CBM 89 ext (47). (47)}) 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5
16. f4 Bg7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Bf5 $11 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. Qf2
Rad8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 $6 (25. Bxe4 {sieht
etwas besser aus; die Dame des Schwarzen kann nicht so aktiv werden wie nach
dem Textzug.}) 25... Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf8 27. Kg2 $6 (27. h4 {scheint mir die
plausibelste Fortsetzung zu sein; es ist wichtig, daЯ WeiЯ jederzeit f4-f5
spielen kann. Nach} Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qa4 29. Bb1 Ne6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 Qxa2 32.
Qe2 {sollte WeiЯ ohne grцЯere Mьhe remis halten, zum Beispiel} Ng7 (32... Qd5
33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qxh5 $11) (32... Qb3 33. Bxe6 fxe6 (33... Qxe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6
35. Kg3 {und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 34. Qd2 Qd5 35. Qe2 $11) 33. Bc8 Qd5 34. Qe3 Qd8
35. Bh3 {usw.}) 27... Qe7 28. Bc2 a5 {Diese Einschaltung erleichtert die
Aufgabe des WeiЯen. Nach} (28... Ne6 29. b4 Qc7 30. f5 (30. Kg3 Nxg5 31. Qd4 (
31. Qe3 Nh7 (31... Ne6 {wird mit} 32. Bxg6 {beantwortet.}) 32. a3 Nf6 {ist
auch nicht einfach fьr WeiЯ.}) 31... Ne6 32. Qd6 Kg7 {bietet dem Schwarzen
auch einige Gewinnaussichten.}) 30... Nf4+ 31. Kf3 ({Nach} 31. Kh1 gxf5 (31...
Qe5 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Bb3+ {gibt dem Schwarzen keinen Vorteil.}) 32. Bxf5 Qe5
33. Bc8 Nd3 (33... Qxg5 34. Qg1 {bringt dem Schwarzen nur VerdruЯ.}) 34. Qf6
Qd5+ 35. Kh2 Nxb4 {ist es unklar, ob WeiЯ ьberleben kann.}) 31... Nd5 (31...
Nxh3 32. Qg3 (32. Qe3 {ist nicht besser: Schwarz antwortet} Qd8) 32... Qxg3+
33. Kxg3 Nxg5 34. fxg6 $11) 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Nxb4 34. Bb1 Kg7 35. Kf3 a5
{ist nicht klar, ob WeiЯ sich halten kann.}) 29. a3 (29. h4 Ne6 30. f5 gxf5 31.
Bxf5 Nxc5 32. Qd4 {sollte zum Erreichen des Unentschieden genьgen.}) 29... Ne6
30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Qc7 32. Kg3 $6 {Einfacher ist} (32. f5 Nf4+ 33. Kf3 ({Nach
} 33. Kh1 gxf5 34. Bxf5 Qe5 35. Bc8 Qxg5 36. Bxb7 Nd3 37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2
Nxb4 {hat Schwarz vielleicht noch einige Gewinnchancen.}) 33... Nxh3 (33... Nd5
34. fxg6 Qf4+ 35. Ke2 {bringt dem Schwarzen nichts.}) 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3
Nxg5 36. fxg6 Ne6 37. Kh4 {WeiЯ hдlt remis.}) 32... Nxg5 33. Qd4 (33. Qe3 Nh7 (
33... Ne6 34. Bxg6) 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. fxe5 Ng5 {ist nicht besser.}) 33... Nh7 $6
(33... Ne6 34. Qd6 Kg7 {bietet bessere Gewinnaussichten.}) 34. Qd6 Qc8 ({Nach} 
34... Qxd6 35. cxd6 Kf8 36. Kh4 f5 (36... Ke8 37. f5 Nf8 38. Kg5 Kd7 39. Kf6 {
bietet dem Schwarzen keinerlei Aussichten.}) 37. Bb3 {sollte sich WeiЯ ohne
allzu groЯe Mьhe halten kцnnen; Schwarz kann nicht verhindern, daЯ der Kцnig
des WeiЯen schlieЯlich mit Kraft nach g5 gelangt.}) 35. f5 gxf5 36. Kf4 Qe6 37.
Qxe6 $2 {Dies ist unverstдndlich; gedachte WeiЯ mit dem Einmarsch des Kцnigs
am gegnerischen Damenflьgel zu gewinnen? Nach dem naheliegenden} (37. Bxf5 Qc4+
38. Ke3 (38. Kg3 $2 {wird mit} Qxb4 {beantwortet; das Feld g3 muЯ fьr die Dame
des WeiЯen freibleiben.}) 38... Qc3+ (38... Qxb4 39. Qg3+ $11) 39. Ke2 Nf6 40.
Bd3 {sollte WeiЯ sich halten kцnnen.}) 37... fxe6 $19 38. Ke5 Kf7 39. Bb3 Ng5
40. Kd6 f4 41. Kc7 f3 42. Kxb7 f2 43. Bc4 Nf3 44. b5 Nd2 45. Be2 cxb5 46. c6
Nc4 47. c7 Nd6+ 48. Kb6 Ke7 49. Bxb5 Nxb5 50. c8=Q f1=Q 51. Qc5+ Kd8 52. Qxh5
Nd6 53. Kc6 Nf7 54. h4 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. d5 O-O 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. Nf4 Ra7 20. Nh5 Nxe6 21. Nf6+
gxf6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 21... Kh8 22. Qh5 h6 23. Nxe4 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bf4 {
dьrfte zum Ausgleich genьgen. Aber der Textzug ist nicht zu tadeln.}) 22. Qg4+
Ng5 23. Bxf6 h6 24. Rc6 (24. Bxg5 {scheitert an} f5) 24... Be5 (24... Bh2+ 25.
Kh1 Qf4 26. Qh5 {ist auch hier nicht fьr Schwarz zu empfehlen.}) (24... Re8 25.
Rd1 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Be5 27. h4 Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Qc8 {ergibt dagegen eine ungefдhr
ausgeglichene Stellung.}) 25. h4 Bh2+ $2 ({Richtig ist} 25... Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Qc8
27. Rf5 (27. Qg3 Qc7 28. Qg4 Qc8 $11) 27... f6 ({Auch nach} 27... Re8 28. hxg5
h5 29. Qf4 Qc3 {Schwarz sollte sich halten kцnnen.}) 28. hxg5 fxg5 29. Rxf8+
Qxf8 30. Qxe4 Qf6 {WeiЯ hat keinen nennenswerten Vorteil.}) 26. Kh1 Qf4 27. Qh5
$18 Nh7 {Auch andere Zьge sind hoffnungslos.} (27... Ne6 28. Rxe6 $18) 28. Bd4
Rfa8 29. Rxh6 f6 30. Rg6+ Rg7 31. Qd5+ Kf8 32. Bc5+ Ke8 33. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 (15... Kxd7 {fьhrt zum Ausgleich.}) 16. e4 dxe4 (16... b4 17. Rc6 {
1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B-Morozevich,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (17).}) 17. d5 O-O (17... e5
18. Ng3 O-O (18... Nf6 19. Nf5 {ist fьr Schwarz fatal.}) 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Nxd6
Qxd6 21. Rc6 {gibt dem WeiЯen deutlichen Vorteil.}) 18. dxe6 Nc5 (18... fxe6
19. Ng3 e3 20. Qg4 (20. fxe3 Rxf1+ 21. Nxf1 $14) 20... Rf7 21. fxe3 {bringt
Unbequemlichkeiten fьr Schwarz mit sich.}) 19. Nf4 Ra7 (19... Bxf4 20. Rxc5
fxe6 21. Qd7 (21. Qg4 Rf7 {kommt ungefдhr auf dasselbe hinaus.}) 21... Rf7 22.
Qxe6 Qe8 {genьgt zum Ausgleich.}) 20. Nh5 (20. Qd5 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxf4 22. Rce1
$11) 20... fxe6 ({Einfacher ist} 20... Nxe6 21. Qd5 (21. Nf6+ {geschah in
einer zweiten Partie zwischen denselben Gegnern bei derselben Veranstaltung.
WeiЯ gewann, aber der Zug sollte auch nur zum Ausgleich fьhren.}) 21... Bh2+
22. Kh1 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. Rce1 $11) 21. Bd4 Rc7 $2 ({Besser ist} 21... Nd3
22. Bxa7 Qxa7 23. Rc2 Qd4 {Schwarz hat genьgend Kompensation fьr das geopferte
Material; Dd4-e5 ist eine sehr starke Drohung.} 24. Qa1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Bc5 26.
Ng3 Bxf2+ 27. Kh2 e3 {ist sicher nicht nachteilig fьr Schwarz.}) 22. Qg4 Rff7
23. b4 Nd3 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Nxg7 Nxf2 26. Bxf2 Rxg7 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Be3 $6 (
28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qxe4 Qc4 30. Qa8+ ({Nach} 30. Re1 Qxe4 (30... Bxb4 {scheitert
an} 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+) 31. Rxe4 Rc7 32. g4 (32. g3 Rc2 33. a3 Rc3 {ist
kaum aussichtsreicher fьr WeiЯ.}) 32... Kf7 {dьrfte WeiЯ nicht gewinnen kцnnen.
}) 30... Kg7 31. Qxa6 Bh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qxf1 33. Bd4+ Kf8 34. Qa8+ Ke7 35. Bc5+ {
bietet dem WeiЯen eher einige Erfogsaussichten.}) 28... Qc4 $11 29. Qg4+ Rg7
30. Qf5 Bxb4 $2 (30... Rg6 31. Rc1 Qe6 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bd4+ Kh6 {, und
Schwarz hдlt sich.}) 31. Rc1 (31. Qe5 {fьhrt ebenfalls auf einfache Weise zum
Gewinn:} Bf8 32. Bd4 Qc7 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Bc5+ {usw.}) 31... Qf7 32. Qxe4 $2
{Dies erlaubt dem Schwarzen, Widerstand zu leisten. Zum Gewinn fьhrt} (32. Qc8+
Bf8 (32... Qf8 {scheitert an} 33. Qe6+ Qf7 34. Rc8+ Bf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Bc5+
) 33. Rf1 Qe7 34. Rf5 Rf7 35. Rg5+ Rg7 36. Bc5 Qf6 37. Rf5 Rc7 38. Qxf8+) 32...
Bf8 33. Bd4 $6 (33. Rf1 Qe7 34. Qd5+ Rf7 35. Rf3 {bietet noch eher Aussichten
auf einen vollen Punkt.}) 33... Qg6 (33... Rg5 {mit der Absicht, Df7-d5 oder
Df7-g6 folgen zu lassen, bietet dem Schwarzen ausgezeichnete
Ьberlebensaussichten.}) 34. Qd5+ Rf7 $2 (34... Qf7 35. Qe5 Qe7 36. Qf5 Qe8 {
dьrfte noch immer zur Rettung reichen.}) 35. Rc8 $18 Qh6 36. Qe5 Rg7 37. Rxf8+
Kxf8 38. Bc5+ Kf7 39. Qe7+ Kg6 40. Qe6+ Kh5 41. g4+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch51 playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. a4 g6 {Die mir
vorliegenden Partiebeispiele gingen mit} (6... e6 {weiter.}) 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e3 (9. a5 $5) 9... a5 10. Ne5 Na6 11. Nxc4 Nb4 12. Qe2 (12. b3 $5) 12...
Bg4 (12... b6 $5) 13. f3 Be6 14. Rd1 ({WeiЯ sollte mit} 14. b3 {, und falls} c5
{, so} 15. Nb5 {, Ausgleich anstreben.}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 (15. Nb5 $5) 15...
Qc7 16. Nb6 Rad8 17. Rxd8 {Hiernach dьrften die Schwierigkeiten dem WeiЯen
ьber den Kopf wachsen. Kleiner bliebe meines Erachtens die Initiative des
Schwarzen nach} (17. e4 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Qxc5+ 19. Be3 Qc2 $15 20. Qf2 ({Auch
die Fortsetzung} 20. Bf1 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Nc2 22. Rc1 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Nxe4 {("Die
Schachwoche" 46/1996, S.3) ist nicht ganz klar:} 24. Nbd5 Bxb2 25. Rc7) 20...
Rd8 21. Nc3) 17... Rxd8 18. e4 Rd3 $1 (18... Ng4 19. fxg4 Qxc5+ 20. Be3 Bd4 21.
Nbd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 $11 {ist augenscheinlich weit
weniger ьberzeugend.}) 19. Bf1 (19. Be3 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Nc2 $19 21. Nb5 Qe5) (19.
Qf2 Nxe4 $19) 19... Ng4 (19... Qxc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 $11) 20. Nbd5 (20.
fxg4 Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 (21. Qf2 $2 Bd4 $19) 21... Qxb6 $17) 20... Qxc5+ 21. Kg2
Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Ne5 24. Bf4 Qxd5 25. Ra3 $6 (25. Rc1 h5 26. Be3 Rb3
{Die Stellung sollte fьr Schwarz gewonnen sein.}) 25... Rxa3 $19 26. bxa3 Nc6
27. Qb5 Qa2+ 28. Kh3 Qxa3 29. Bd3 h6 30. Be4 Qa1 31. Kg2 Qa2+ 32. Kh1 (32. Kh3
Qf2 {verspricht natьrlich auch keine Rettung.}) 32... Qf2 33. Qb1 e5 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 Nc6 (10... Nbd7 {sieht natьrlicher aus.}) 11. Rc1 Qb6 12.
e4 $1 Nxe5 (12... Qxd4 13. exd5 $18) 13. dxe5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qg4 g5 16.
Be3 h5 17. Qe2 (17. Qxh5 $5 Rxh5 18. Bxb6 g4 19. Bc7 {mit der Absicht, Tf1-e1
folgen zu lassen, kam in Betracht.}) 17... Qa5 18. b3 {Der Textzug scheint mir
zu langsam.} (18. Bd4 Qxa2 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 {fьhrt zu nichts, aber})
(18. f4 {verdient Anempfehlung, zum Beispiel} b4 (18... g4 19. f5 Qxa2 (19...
Bd5 20. fxe6 Bxe6 (20... fxe6 21. b3 $16) 21. Bxe4 $16) 20. Rc7 Bd5 21. fxe6) (
18... exf3 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 O-O 21. Qxh5 b4 22. Rc4) 19. fxg5 Qxe5 20.
Qf2 O-O 21. Bd4 Qxg5 22. Rc7 {mit den Drohungen 23.Txb7 und 23.Le3.}) 18... Rd8
19. f4 b4 20. Qf2 O-O 21. Bb6 (21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qb6 23. fxg5 Rd2) 21...
Qb5 22. Bxd8 Bxd8 {Hier hat Schwarz meines Erachtens reichlich Kompensation
fьr das aufgegebene Material.} 23. Kh1 Bb6 24. Qb2 h4 25. fxg5 hxg3 (25... h3
26. Bxh3 e3+ 27. Bg2 e2 28. Rfe1 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qd5+ 30. Kh3 Kg7 31. Qxe2 {
ist nicht ausreichend fьr Schwarz.}) 26. g6 (26. hxg3 $2 Kg7 {ist offenbar
fatal fьr WeiЯ.}) 26... Bf2 27. Rxf2 gxf2 28. Qxf2 Qxe5 29. Qb6 (29. gxf7+ Rxf7
30. Qg3+ Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rd7 {ьberlдЯt dem Schwarzen noch einige Chancen.}) 29...
Bd5 30. gxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rg1 Kh7 (31... Rg7 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qh4+ $10) 32. Qxb4
Rg7 (32... e3 $4 33. Qh4+ $18) 33. Qe1 Rg4 (33... e3 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ $10)
34. Qe3 Qg5 35. Qxg5 Rxg5 36. Re1 Re5 37. Kg1 e3 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. Kf1 Rf5+ (
39... d4 40. Ke2 $14) 40. Ke2 Rf2+ 41. Kxe3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. e4 e5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. O-O-O Be7 (11... exd4 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Nxd4 Nxc5
{kommt sehr in Betracht fьr Schwarz.}) 12. g4 {Natьrlich sind auch normale
Zьge nicht ausgesprochen schlecht.} Nxc5 $2 {Das gilt auch fьr diesen Zug:} ({
zum Beispiel} 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc5 14. Re1+ Kf8 {mit unklarer Stellung.})
13. dxe5 {Dieser Zug gewinnt. Andere Zьge sind schwдcher:} (13. dxc5 Bxg4 14.
Be2 d4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 {ist unerfreulich fьr WeiЯ.}) ({Nach} 13. g5
exd4 14. Nxd4 (14. gxf6 {ist schwach:} dxc3 15. fxg7 (15. Bxc3 gxf6 $17) (15.
fxe7 cxd2+ $17) 15... cxd2+ 16. Kb1 Rg8 17. Qxh7 Rxg7 18. Qxg7 Bf5+ 19. Ka1
Nb3+ 20. axb3 Qa5#) 14... Nfe4 15. Nxd5 Qe5 {entsteht eine etwa gleiche
Stellung:} 16. Nxe7 Qxd4 (16... Nxd2 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Rxd2 Nb3+ 19. axb3 Rxc2+
20. Nxc2 Qxg5 21. Bg2 {ist vorteilhaft fьr WeiЯ.}) 17. Be3 (17. Bc3 Qxf2 18.
Qxf2 Nxf2 19. Bxg7 Nxd1 20. Bxh8 Kxe7 21. Bf6+ Kd6 22. Kxd1 Ne4 {mit besserer
Stellung fьr Schwarz;}) (17. Ba5 Qxf2 18. Rd8+ Kxe7 19. Rxh8 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Nf2
{mit Ausgleich.}) 17... Qe5 18. Re1 Be6 {usw.}) 13... Bxg4 14. exf6 Bxf3 15.
fxg7 Rg8 16. Qxh7 Rxg7 17. Qxg7 Bxh1 18. Kb1 $2 ({Zum Gewinn fьhrt} 18. Qg8+
Bf8 19. Re1+ Ne4 (19... Ne6 20. Bh3 Be4 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qe7 23. Qg4 {
, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) (19... Be4 20. f3 O-O-O 21. fxe4 d4 22. Nd5 {ist
ebenfalls hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) 20. Qg4 {Schwarz kann Materialverlust
nicht vermeiden.}) 18... Ne6 $2 (18... Ne4 $11) (18... Bf8 19. Qh7 Be4+ 20.
Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Be3 {WeiЯ behдlt Vorteil, denn Schwarz kann nicht rochieren.})
19. Qg8+ Bf8 20. Bh3 Bf3 21. Re1 O-O-O 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Re3 $18 Bh5 (23... Bh1 {
bringt keine Rettung:} 24. Nb5 axb5 (24... Qd7 25. Rc3+ Kb8 26. Bf4+ Ka8 27.
Nc7+ {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 25. Rc3 Be4+ 26. Ka1 Kb8 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Qxf7 Bg6
29. Qxg6 Re1+ 30. Qb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kxb1 Bd6 32. f4 d4 33. f5 Bxh2 34. f6 Bd6 35.
Bh6) 24. Nxd5 Qxh2 25. Bxe6+ fxe6 26. Rc3+ Kb8 27. Bf4+ Bd6 28. Bxh2 Rxg8 29.
Bxd6+ Ka7 30. Bc5+ Kb8 31. Bd6+ Ka7 32. Bc5+ Kb8 33. Nf4 Be8 34. Nxe6 Rg1+ 35.
Kc2 Bg6+ 36. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
Nhf6 9. Qc2 e6 $6 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug. Er sieht nicht sonderlich
ansprechend aus: der Lдufer auf c8 wird eingesperrt, und es wird darauf
verzichtet, e7-e5 in einem Zug durchzusetzen. Es folgen Beispiele mit frьheren
Vorbildern zu dieser Stellung:} (9... Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 (10... e5 {kommt auch in
Betracht:} 11. exd5 cxd5 12. b4 e4 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Na4 Be7 14. Bd3 a5
15. O-O axb4 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. c6 bxc6 18. Nxd4 Bb7 19. Nf5 Qxa4 20. Rxe7+ Kf8
21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22. Rae1 Kg8 23. Nd6 Ba6 $13 {1-0 Jobava,B-Volkov,S/playchess.
com 2005/CBM 106 ext (56). (55)}) 13... b6 14. c6 Ne5 $13 {0-1 Scarella,
E-Cubas,J/Vicente Lopez 2005/CBM 107 ext (32). (32)}) 13. Ng1 Nb8 {mit
unklarer Lage. Der Textzug ist einfacher und sicherer.}) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4
Nf6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bd3 Nd7 (14... Bd5 {sieht gut genug aus.}) 15. O-O Bd5 16.
Rfe1 e6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Qa4 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Kasparov,G/Linares 2004/CBM 100/[Huebner,R] (36). (35)}) (9... g6 10. Bf4 (
10. g4 Qc7 11. g5 Nh5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 hxg5 14. Nexg5 Ng7 15. Bc4 e6 16.
O-O-O Be7 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Kd8 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. Nf7+ Kd7
22. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Lisko,F-Maros,M/SVK 2001/EXT 2002 (22).}) (10. h3 Bg7 11. Bf4
O-O 12. e3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bxe5
Bxe5 18. Bd3 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Lomineishvili,M-Stefanova,A/Saint
Vincent 2005/CBM 108 ext (46). (45)}) 10... Nh5 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Be6 13.
e3 Bg7 14. f4 Bf5 15. Bd3 e6 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. h3 h5 18. O-O O-O 19. b4 Nd7 20.
Rab1 Qc7 21. Rfc1 Bf6 22. Nd1 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rfe8 24. Nf2 Bg7 25. Qc3 Qd8 26.
Rc2 Qe7 27. Rcb2 Ra7 28. Qc2 Raa8 29. Nd3 Nf6 30. Nf2 Nd7 {1/2-1/2
Kacheishvili,G-Kamsky,G/Minneapolis 2005/CBM 107 (30).}) 10. e4 b6 11. exd5 $6
(11. e5 {sieht plausibler aus:} Ne4 (11... Ng8 12. cxb6 c5 13. Na4 {dьrfte dem
WeiЯen ebenfalls Vorteil ьberlassen.}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 bxc5 14. Qxc6 Rb8
15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 {Schwarz hat es nicht leicht zu beweisen, daЯ er
genьgende Kompensation fьr den Bauern hat, denn er ist auch noch nicht voll
entwickelt.}) 11... exd5 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. O-O-O {Dies isi eine originelle
Idee, die bestimmend fьr den weiteren Partieverlauf ist.} Bd7 14. Kb1 Be7 15.
Ne5 O-O 16. Rg1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. g4 Bxf2 19. Rg2 Bd4 20. Nxd7 Nfxd7 $2 {
Zu etwa gleichem Spile fьhrt die Fortsetzung} (20... Qxd7 21. Bxh6 (21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Be5 {ist fьr Schwarz in Ordnung.}) 21... Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qa4 23. Rd4 Ne4
24. Qd3 Qc6 {usw.}) 21. g5 hxg5 ({Auch nach} 21... h5 22. Qd3 (22. g6) 22...
Be5 23. Qf3 g6 (23... d4 24. Ne4 g6 25. Bb4 {kostet den Schwarzen die Qualitдt,
denn} Re8 {wird mit} 26. Rf2 {beantwortet.}) 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 {ist die
Stellung des Schwarzen unbequem.}) 22. Bxg5 Bf6 23. Nxd5 Bxg5 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25.
Rxg5 {Der Vorteil des WeiЯen ist offensichtlich: seine Angriffsaussichten sind
weit besser als die des Schwarzen. Der Lдufer ist dem Springer weit ьberlegen,
g7 ist leichter angreifbar als b2 und die halboffene h-Linie verursacht dem
Schwarzen weitere Probleme. Wahrscheinlich steht WeiЯ auf Gewinn.} Qh6 26. Qg2
Nf6 27. Bc4 Rab8 28. Rg1 Ne8 29. Bxa6 Rb4 30. Bb5 g6 31. Qd5 Qh7 32. Bd3 Kg7
33. Rh5 Qg8 34. Qe5+ Nf6 35. Rf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
Qa5 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. O-O Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. f4 {Dies ist ein neuer Versuch.
Allzu gefдhrlich sieht er fьr Schwarz nicht aus. Auch mit anderen
Fortsetzungen konnte WeiЯ jedoch nicht viel erreichen:} (12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Bd6
14. h3 Qc7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Rab1 Bd7 (16... a5 {hat er eine sehr angenehme
Stellung.}) 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 (18. b5 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Rac8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 (20...
Qxd7 21. Qd3) 21. Rb3 {mit Aussichten auf Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 18... Rxa5 19.
Rfc1 $11 {1-0 Zakharevich,I-Burmakin,V/Samara 2000/CBM 78/[Huebner,R] (52). 
(51)}) (12. e4 dxe4 (12... h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qh5+
Ke7 17. Bxe4 $13 {0-1 Shishkin,V-Vysochin,S/Bydgoszcz 2000/CBM 76 ext (54). 
(54)}) 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Be6 15. Qc2 Bb4 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18.
Qc1 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Godena,M/Mendrisio 1999/EXT 2000 (35)}) 12... Be7
(12... Bb4 {kommt in Betracht.}) 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ne5 c5 15. g4 cxd4 16. exd4 g6
$6 {Meines Erachtens sollte Schwarz versuchen, seinem Springer Zugang zum Feld
e4 zu verschaffen:} (16... Bb4 17. Qf3 ({Auf} 17. g5 {kommt Schwarz mit} Bxc3
18. bxc3 ({Nach} 18. gxf6 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxe5 20. fxe5 g6 21. Qc1 Kh8 22. Qh6
Rg8 {kommt WeiЯ nicht weiter, denn auf} 23. Rf4 {folgt} (23. Rad1 Qxa4) 23...
Qd2) 18... Ne4 {zum Ziel}) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 {usw.}) 17. Kh1 Nd7 $6 (
17... Bb4 {verdient auch hier Aufmerksamkeit;} 18. g5 Bxc3 19. gxf6 Bxd4 20.
Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxd4 Bf5 {sieht vollkommen befriedigend fьr Schwarz aus.}) 18.
Qf3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. f5 d4 21. Ne4 (21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qxb7 dxc3 {fьhrt zu
einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 21... Bd5 22. Qf4 Rae8 $2 {Dies verliert
ohne weiteres. Leicht ist die Lage des Schwarzen nicht:} (22... Rfe8 23. e6 g5
24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Qe5 {mit groЯem Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) (22... Rfd8 23. e6 fxe6
24. fxg6 Rf8 25. Qh6 hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Kg1 {und Schwarz ьberlebt nicht.})
(22... g5 23. Qg3 f6 {bot jedoch Aussichten auf erfolgreichen Widerstand.}) 23.
f6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Ne5 (6. Qb3 Ra7 7. h3 $6 (
7. Ne5 $142) 7... Bxf3 8. exf3 e5 $13 {Van Wely,L-Hodgson,J, Groningen (10)
1994, CBM 45.}) 6... Bh5 (6... Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. f3 g6 9. e4 Be6 10. Qc2 Bg7
11. Be3 O-O 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O $14 {Lerner,K-Dreev,A, Moskau B
1985, MCL 05.}) 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Bg5 (8. Bf4 $5) 8... Nfd7 $6 (8... Nbd7 $142) 9.
g4 f6 $8 (9... Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e3 Qc7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 $16) (9... Nxe5
10. gxh5 Ned7 (10... f6 11. dxe5 fxg5 12. e6 $16 Qa5 13. Qb6 Qxb6 14. cxb6 Ra8
15. Na4) 11. e4 $16) 10. gxh5 fxg5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bh3 e5 13. e3 Be7 14.
O-O-O exd4 (14... e4 15. Rdf1 Nf6 16. Be6 Nxh5 17. f3 (17. Nxe4 Rf8 (17... dxe4
18. Bf7+ Kf8 (18... Kd7 19. Qe6+ Kc7 20. Qe5+ Kd7 21. Bxh5 $18) 19. Bxh5 g6 20.
Bd1 Kg7 (20... Qd5 21. Qb6 $18) 21. Qe6 $18) 18. Nc3 $16) 17... exf3 18. Rxf3
Nf6 19. Re1 $40 Qc7 20. e4) 15. exd4 Qc7 (15... O-O 16. Nxd5 Kh8 (16... cxd5
17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Qxd7 $18) 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Rhe1 Qd8 19. h6 gxh6 20. d5 $18)
16. Kb1 (16. Rhe1 g4 $13) 16... b5 17. Rde1 Nf6 18. Be6 Qf4 19. Qd1 Kd8 {
Schwarz hat eine hцchst kritische Stellung sehr findigreich verteidigt, aber
seine Sorgen sind noch nicht zu Ende.} 20. Re5 Re8 (20... Bxc5 $2 21. Ne2 $18)
21. Rhe1 Bf8 (21... h6 22. Bf7 Rf8 23. Bg6 $18) (21... Qxh2 22. Rxg5 $16) 22.
h6 $6 (22. Bxd5 {ist wohl nicht korrekt:} Rxe5 (22... cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 (23...
Qxf2 24. Nxf6 Rxe5 25. dxe5+ Kc8 26. Ne4 $16) 24. Rxe8+ Kd7 25. R8e5 $16) 23.
dxe5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5+ Rd7 (25... Ke8 {reicht zum Remis.}) 26. Qa8+
Ke7 27. e6 Qxf2 28. Qe4 Rc7 {, und Schwarz dьrfte gewinnen.}) (22. h3 {kommt
mцglicherweise in Betracht.}) 22... Qxh2 23. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 $6 (23... Rxe5 24.
dxe5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 (25... Rd7 26. Qf3 Bxc5 27. hxg7 $18) 26. Qxd5+ Rd7 27.
Qa8+ (27. Qg8 Qxf2) (27. Qf3 Qf4) 27... Ke7 {mit der Absicht, Dh2xf2 folgen zu
lassen, sieht mir auch hier sehr vielversprechend fьr Schwarz aus.}) 24. Rxe8+
Nxe8 25. Qf3 Nf6 26. Nxd5 Qh5 (26... g4 $5 27. hxg7 Bxg7 28. Qf5 Qh5 29. Qf4
Nd7 30. Nb4 $13) 27. Qg3 Nd7 28. hxg7 (28. c6 $2 Qg6+ 29. Ka1 Qxc6 30. Qxg5+
Nf6) 28... Bxg7 29. Ka1 (29. Qe3 $5) 29... Bxd4 (29... Qg6 30. Qe3 $13) 30. c6
Ne5 31. Qa3 Qe8 $8 (31... Qf3 32. c7+ (32. Qd6+ Kc8 33. c7 Bxb2+) 32... Rxc7 (
32... Kc8 33. Qxf3 Nxf3 34. Re8+ $18) (32... Kd7 33. Qxf3 Nxf3 34. Re7+ $18)
33. Qd6+ Ke8 34. Nxc7+ $18) (31... Nxc6 32. Qd6+ $18) (31... Bxb2+ 32. Qxb2
Nxc6 33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. Nf6+ $18) (31... Qf7 32. Qd6+ Kc8 33. Rxe5 $18) (31...
Rf7 32. c7+ Kd7 33. Qxa6 Bxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Nc4+ (34... Rxf2+ 35. Ka1 $18) (34...
Nd3+ 35. Kb1 $18) 35. Kc1 Nd6 36. Re7+ $18) 32. Qd6+ Kc8 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Nb6+
$4 (34. Qf8+ $142 Qe8 35. Qxe8#) 34... Bxb6 35. Qxe5 Bd8 36. Qe6+ Kb8 37. Qd6+
Kc8 38. Qe6+ Kb8 39. Kb1 (39. a4 $5) 39... Re7 40. Qd6+ Kc8 41. c7 $6 (41. Qa3
$5) 41... Rxc7 42. Qxa6+ Rb7 {Ich nehme an, daЯ WeiЯ diese Stellung nicht mehr
gewinnen kann.} 43. Qc6+ Kb8 44. b4 Bc7 45. Qe8+ Ka7 46. Qe3+ Bb6 47. Qxg5 Bxf2
48. Kc2 h6 49. Qxh6 Bb6 50. Qe6 Bc7 51. Qc6 Kb8 52. Kd3 Rb6 53. Qe8+ Kb7 54.
Kd4 Bd6 55. Qd7+ Bc7 56. Kc5 Kb8 57. a3 Kb7 58. Qd5+ Kb8 59. Qg8+ Kb7 60. Qf8
Ka7 61. Qc8 Bd6+ 62. Kd4 Bh2 63. Qd7+ Rb7 64. Qh3 Bc7 65. Qc8 Bh2 66. Qc2 Bc7
67. Kd5 Kb8 68. Kc6 Rb6+ 69. Kd7 Rd6+ 70. Ke7 Rb6 71. Qc5 Rb7 72. Ke6 Kc8 73.
Qf8+ Bd8 74. Kd6 Rb6+ 75. Kc5 Rb7 76. Qf5+ Kc7 77. Qe5+ Kd7 78. Qd6+ Kc8 79.
Qa6 Kc7 80. Qa8 Be7+ 81. Kd5 Bd8 82. Ke6 Rb6+ 83. Ke5 Rb7 84. Qa5+ Kc8 85. Qa6
Kc7 86. Qe6 Rb6 87. Qe8 Rb7 88. Kd5 Rb6 89. Kc5 Rb7 90. Qe5+ Kd7 91. Qf5+ Kc7
92. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Shirov Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bg2
Bg7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. h3 Qc8 11. g4 {Dieser Zug birgt Risiken, ist
aber sicher spielbar.} (11. Kh2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Rd8 14. f4 Bxh3 15.
Rf2 Be6 16. e3 f5 {Das Opfer des Punktes e5 scheint mir unnцtig.} (16... Bd5 $5
) 17. Bf3 Bd5 18. a4 Qe6 19. Qh1 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nd7 22. Bd2 Nf8 {
mit unklarer Lage (1-0 Goldin,A-Bologan,V/New York op 1993 (63)).}) 11... h5
12. f3 Nh7 (12... Nbd7 $11 {Shirov}) 13. gxh5 ({Besser gefдllt mir} 13. Bf4 $5
{Scharfes, aber fьr WeiЯ nicht ungьnstiges Spiel entsteht, wenn Schwarz sofort
die Initiative zu ergreifen versucht:} Nd7 (13... hxg4 14. hxg4 g5 15. Bh2 f6
16. Ng6 (16. Nd3 f5 17. Be5 fxg4 18. e4 $13) 16... Re8 17. Qd3 $13) 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. Qd2 $11 {fьhrt zu einer ruhigeren, ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 13...
gxh5 14. Kh2 Nd7 15. Nxd7 (15. f4 $1 $14 {Shirov} Nxe5 16. fxe5 f6 17. exf6
Nxf6 18. Bf4 $16) 15... Qxd7 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. e3 $6 {Diese plumpe Attacke gegen
den Bh5 auf Kosten des armen schwarzfeldrigen Lдufers auf c1 ist mir
unverstдndlich.} (17. Bf4 {gefolgt von 18.Dd2 fьhrt zu gleichem Spiel.}) 17...
Rg8 18. f4 (18. Bd2 $5) 18... Nf6 19. Qe1 (19. Bf3 {Shirov} Bh6 $1) (19. Ne2 {
Shirov} Bg4 $5 20. hxg4 (20. Qf1 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qf5 22. Bf3 Bh6 23. Bd2 Rxg1 24.
Rxg1 Rg8 $15) 20... Nxg4+ 21. Kg3 Bf6 $1 $40) 19... Bh6 20. Qh4 Rg7 21. Bd2 (
21. Ne2 {Shirov} Rag8 (21... Bf5 $5) 22. Bf3 Rxg1 23. Nxg1 Bf5 $1 24. Bxh5 Nxh5
25. Qxh5 Kg7 $1 $44) 21... Rag8 22. Ne2 Rh7 23. Bf1 (23. Bf3 Ng4+ (23... Bg4 $3
$17 {Shirov}) 24. Kh1 Bg7 25. Raf1 Bf6 26. Qe1 Bf5 {ist natьrlich hцchst
ungemьtlich fьr WeiЯ.}) 23... Ne4 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Rd1 Bf5 (25... Bg4 $5 26.
Ba5 Bg7 27. Rc1 Bf6 28. Qe1 Bf5 $15) (25... Bg7 $5 $15) 26. Bg2 (26. Ng3 $5)
26... Qe6 27. Bxe4 $2 {Dazu hдtte ich mich nicht ohne weiteres verstanden. Ich
sehe keine Einwendungen gegen} (27. Bc1 {gefolgt von Td1-g1.}) 27... Qxe4 28.
Rg1+ Rg7 29. Ng3 $6 {Danach geht WeiЯ ohne grцЯeren Kampf unter. Mehr
Aussichten bot} (29. Qxh5 Qd3 (29... Qc2 30. Qxh6 Rxg1 31. Kxg1 Qxd2 32. Qg5+
Kf8 33. Qh6+ $11) 30. Be1 {bietet als einziges Mцglichkeiten zum Widerstand:} (
30. Bc1 Rxg1 31. Kxg1 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Bd3 $19) (30. Ng3 Bg4 31. Qxh6 (31. hxg4
Qxd2+ 32. Rg2 Qxe3 $19) 31... Bf3 $19) (30. Rxg7+ Bxg7 31. Bc3 (31. Bc1 Qc2 $19
) 31... Be4 {nebst Dd3xe3, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 30... Bg6 {dьrfte das
Stдrkste sein:} (30... Qxe3 {scheitert an} 31. Ng3) (30... Bg4 31. Qxh6 Qxe2+
32. Rg2 Qxe1 33. Rxg4 (33. f5 f6 {bedeutet keine Verbesserung fьr WeiЯ.}) 33...
Rxg4 34. hxg4 Qe2+ 35. Kh1 Qxg4 36. Qxc6 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qxe3+ 38. Kg2 Qxd4 39.
Qc8+ Kg7 40. c6 {Der starke c-Bauer sollte dem WeiЯen das Remis verbьrgen.}) (
30... Rxg1 31. Nxg1 Qxe3 32. Qxh6 ({Nach} 32. Qxf5 Qxe1 {kann WeiЯ seine
schwachen Bauern auf den schwarzen Feldern (d4, f4) nicht mehr ausreichend
verteidigen.}) 32... Qxe1 33. Qg5+ Bg6 34. Nf3 Qf2+ 35. Qg2 Qe3 36. Qg4 {
scheint mir auch nicht allzu gewinntrдchtig fьr Schwarz zu sein.}) 31. Qf3 Qc2
32. b4 Bd3 33. Rg2 Be4 34. Rxg7+ Bxg7 35. Qf2 Qxa2 36. Nc3 Qxf2+ 37. Bxf2 Bc2 {
Schwarz hat vorzьgliche Gewinnaussichten, zum Beispiel:} 38. Bh4 {Andernfalls
setzt Schwarz mit Lg7-f6 nebst e7-e6 und Lf6-d8 fort.} Kf8 39. Kg2 Ke8 {
und die Drohung a6-a5 b4xa5 b5-b4 (eventuell nach weiterer Vorbereitung mit
Ke8-d7, e7-e6 usw.) ist auf die Dauer kaum befriedigend zu parieren.}) 29...
Qc2 30. Rg2 (30. Qxh5 $1 {Shirov Kortschnoj} Qxd2+ 31. Rg2 Qxe3 32. Qxh6 Qf3 (
32... Qxd4 $4 33. Qxg7+) 33. Qh5 Be4 $1 34. Qxf3 Bxf3 35. Rg1 Kf8 $13) 30...
Be4 31. Nxe4 {Danach ist WeiЯ definitiv verloren, aber auch nach} (31. Rf2 Qb1
32. Re2 ({Nach} 32. Bc3 Kh7 {gibt es keine Verteidigung mehr gegen die Drohung
Tg7xg3.}) 32... Rg6 33. b4 Bg7 34. Re1 (34. Qxe7 Qd1 $19) 34... Qxa2 (34... Qc2
35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36. Qf2) 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Re2 Qb1 37. Be1 Qd3 38. Qxh5 Qd1 39.
h4 e6 {sind seine Tage gezдhlt.}) (31. Re2 Qd3 32. Rf2 Qb1 {kommt auf dasselbe
hinaus.}) 31... Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 dxe4 33. Qf2 Qxb2 34. Ba5 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 {
[#] Hecht schlechter wL bei einem Minusbauern. Gewinnplan fьr Schwarz:
B-Durchbrauch e5 nachVorbereitung (Aktivierung des K nach f5 und des L nach h4)
} e6 36. Bd8 (36. Ke2 {Shirov} Kf8 37. Kd2 Ke8 $17) 36... Kg7 37. Ke2 Kg6 38.
Kd2 Kf5 39. Bc7 (39. Kc3 {Shirov} Bxf4 40. exf4 Kxf4 41. Kb4 e3 42. Ka5 Ke4 43.
Kb6 Kd5 $19) 39... Bg7 40. Kc3 Bf6 41. Kb4 ({Nach} 41. Kd2 Bh4 42. Ke2 (42. Kc2
Be1 43. Kd1 Bb4 $19) (42. Bd6 Bd8 $19) 42... Be7 (42... Bg3 {Hecht} 43. Kf1 f6
44. Ke2 e5 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Kd2 h4 47. Bd8 exd4 48. exd4 Ke6 49. Ke3 Kd5 50.
Ba5 Bh2 51. Bd8 Bg1+ 52. Ke2 Bxd4 53. Bxh4 Kxc5 $19) 43. Kd2 f6 44. Ke2 Bf8 45.
Kd2 e5 46. Bd6 Bg7 {dauert der GewinnprozeЯ ein wenig lдnger, doch hat WeiЯ
mit einem Minusbauern und seinen weiЯfeldrigen Schwдchen auf die Dauer
natьrlich keine Rettungsaussichten.}) 41... Bh4 42. Ka5 Bf2 (42... Bf2 {Hecht}
43. Kxa6 (43. Kb6 Bxe3 44. Kxc6 Bd2 45. Kd7 e3 46. c6 e2 47. Be5 e1=Q 48. c7
Qc1 49. c8=Q Qxc8+ 50. Kxc8 Bxf4 $19) 43... Bxe3 44. Ba5 $132 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6,
Rd4,Rf4][%cal Gc5c8,Ga2a8,Rf7f1,Re4e1] [#] Hecht Gesucht wird ein
ьberzeugender Gewinn fьr Schwarz. Beispiele: (Variante B riecht nach Gewinn.
Bitte prьfen!)} (44. Kb7 {Shirov} Bd2 $19) 44... Bc1 $6 (44... e5 $6 45. d5
Bxc5 46. dxc6 Bd6 47. fxe5 Bxe5 48. c7 Bxc7 49. Bxc7 e3 50. Kxb5 Ke4 51. a4 e2
52. Bg3 f5 53. a5 f4 54. Bh4 f3 55. a6 Ke3 $14) (44... Bxd4 $5 45. Kb6 Kxf4 46.
Kxc6 e3 47. Kxb5 Ke4 48. c6 Be5 49. c7 (49. a4 f5 50. Be1 f4 51. a5 f3 52. a6
f2 $19) 49... Bxc7 50. Bxc7 f5 51. a4 f4 52. a5 f3 53. a6 f2 54. a7 f1=Q+ $19)
45. Kb6 e3 46. Be1 Bd2 47. Bg3 e2 48. Kxc6 e1=Q 49. Bxe1 Bxe1 50. Kxb5 Bg3 51.
a4 Bxf4 52. a5 Bb8 53. a6 $18 {verkehrte Welt}) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Ne5 e6 {Ein neuer Zug, der aber natьrlich дuЯerst plausibel ist.} (9...
Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. b3 e5
16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. e4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 f6 20. Nd6 Qxd6 21. Bf4 Rce8
22. Qa5 Qd7 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Qxa6 Re6 25. Qa8+ Kf7 26. Rc5 e4 27. Ra5 Re7 28.
Ra6 Qg4 29. Rf1 Bd4 30. Ra4 c5 31. Qxd5+ Qe6 32. Qxe6+ Kxe6 33. Rc4 Kd5 34. Rc2
Ra7 35. Kg2 Ra6 36. Rd1 Rb6 37. Re2 Rb7 38. f3 exf3+ 39. Kxf3 h6 40. Kg2 Rb6
41. Rf1 Ra6 42. Rf8 Rd6 43. Ra8 Rf6 44. a4 {1-0 Rogers,I-Klaric,Z/Amsterdam
1985/MCD (44).}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nfd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bf2 Ne7 ({In Betracht
kommt} 13... Ndxe5 14. dxe5 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd4 18. Rc1 {
WeiЯ hat einigen Vorteil.}) 14. Rc1 Nf5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bg2 Ne7
18. Qb3 Ned5 19. Rfe1 b5 $2 ({Besser ist} 19... Qd6 {Nach} 20. Nxd5 exd5 {
hдlt sich der Vorteil des WeiЯen in Grenzen.}) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc5 $5 (21.
Nc6 Qf6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Nxd5 {ist nicht so unangenehm fьr
Schwarz:} Qd6 (24... Qd8 25. Nc7 Ra7 26. Qc3 {ist auch sehr unbequem fьr
Schwarz.}) 25. Nc7 Bxd4 (25... Ra7 {ist schwдcher wegen der Antwort} 26. Ne8)
26. Nxa8 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qd2+ 28. Kg1 Bb7 29. Qc2 Qd5 {, und Schwarz hдlt remis.
}) 21... Qd6 $6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 21... Bb7 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Rxe6 Rf5 24. Re5
Bxe5 25. Bxd5+ Kg7 26. Bxb7 Bxd4 27. Rxf5 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 gxf5 29. Bxa8 {
dьrfte aussichtslos fьr Schwarz sein.}) (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bb7 {muЯte
versucht werden.}) 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. Bxd5+ Be6 26.
Bxe6+ (26. Bxa8 Bxa2 27. Bb7 {ist vermutlich ьberzeugender.}) 26... Kh8 27. b3
a5 (27... Rad8 28. d5 Rfe8 29. Rc1 Rd6 {ist zдher.}) 28. d5 Ra6 {Hier steht
der Turm nicht gut.} (28... Bc3 29. Re4 Kg7 {sollte versucht werden.}) 29. Rc1
b4 30. Rc6 Rfa8 31. Bd7 Bf8 32. Bd4+ Kh7 33. Rc7 Bd6 34. Rb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Rc1 Ke7 17. Be4 h5 18. Re1 Rd7 19. Bd3 h4 20. h3
Rb8 21. Rb1 Rg8 22. Bf1 Qd5 23. Kh2 Qf5 24. Qa4 Qxf2 25. Qb4+ Ke8 26. Red1 f5 (
26... Nf3+ {kommt in Betracht.}) 27. Rbc1 f6 (27... Nf3+ {verdient, in
Erwдgung gezogen zu werden.}) 28. Rc4 a5 (28... Nf3+ {ist nicht zu verachten.})
29. Qa3 e5 (29... Nf3+ {gewinnt.}) 30. Rc8+ Kf7 {Jetzt fьhrt 31.Lc4+ zum
sofortigen Gewinn, der angegebene Textzug dagegen zum Verlust. Die Notation
ist nicht vertrauenswьrdig.} 31. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. h3
Qc7 {Dies ist sicher spielbar. Andere Versuche sind:} (8... Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 (
9... b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bf4 Bf5 15. Qb3
Qxd4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {1-0 Euler,G-Donchenko,A/Hungen 2002/EXT 2003 (68). (67)
}) 10. bxc3 g6 11. e3 Qa5 12. Qb3 (12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Rc1 e5 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Be2
Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Sapis,W/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97 (51). (50)})
12... Bg7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Be2 e5 15. Bh2 exd4 16. exd4 Re8 17. Bf4 b6 18. cxb6
Nxb6 19. Ne5 (19. Bc7 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Bxb6 Rxa2 22. Nd2 Bf5 $19) 19...
Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. O-O Be6 {
1/2-1/2 Gretarsson,H-Perez,R/Havana 2002/CBM 88 ext (24).}) (8... e5 9. dxe5 (
9. b4 Qe7 10. dxe5 (10. e3 {war sicherer und besser.}) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5
12. Na4 (12. g3 {war angebracht;} d4 {scheitert dann an} 13. Bf4) 12... Ne4 13.
Be3 (13. Nb6 {scheitert an} Qf6) 13... Be7 14. Qd4 (14. Bd4 Bh4 {wьrde bereits
das sofortige Ende bedeuten.}) 14... Qf5 15. Qd3 Bf6 16. g4 (16. Rc1 {gefдllt
mir besser.}) 16... Qe5 17. Rd1 a5 18. Bg2 ({Nach} 18. Nb6 {sehe ich keinen
sofortigen Gewinn fьr Schwarz.}) 18... axb4 19. Nb6 Ra3 20. Qc2 Rxe3 21. Nxc8
Rc3 22. Qb1 O-O 23. Nb6 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Bh4+ {0-1 Dreev,A-Volkov,S/Samara 1998/
CBM 67/[Huebner,R] (24).}) 9... Ne4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Nxc5 13.
b4 h6 14. bxc5 hxg5 15. Qc2 Qd5 $6 (15... g4 16. Qxe4 Bxc5) 16. Be3 Be7 $2 (
16... g4 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Bd4 Qg5 19. Qxe4 gxh3 $13) 17. Rd1 Qf5 18. g4 $18 Qe5
19. Bg2 Bd8 20. Bxe4 Ba5+ 21. Kf1 O-O 22. Kg2 Qf6 23. h4 gxh4 24. g5 Qc3 25.
Bh7+ Kh8 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Qxh4 {1-0 Neumann,P-Bartos,J/Plzen
2000/EXT 2003 (28).}) 9. Bg5 e5 10. e3 {Nicht mehr verspricht} (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 (
10... gxf6 11. e3 b6 {dьrfte auch spielbar fьr Schwarz sein.}) 11. Nxe5 Bxc5
12. Nxf7 (12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 $11) 12... Ba3 (12... Qxf7 13. dxc5 O-O
14. Qd4 {reicht vielleicht nicht zum Ausgleich.}) 13. bxa3 Qxf7 14. e3 O-O {
mit etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 10... Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 {Dies scheint mir
in Verbindung mit dem folgenden e5-e4 nicht ganz konsequent zu sein. Nach} (
12... e4 13. Bf4 ({Nach} 13. Nd2 {ist} Re8 {zur Vorbereitung von Sd7-f8-g6
schon eine andere Sache.}) 13... Qd8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Be6 {Steht Schwarz
viel besser als in der Partie parat, das thematische f7-f5-f4 durchzusetzen.})
13. Qc2 e4 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bf5 $6 (16... Be6 {sieht mir
plausibler aus, um dem f-Bauern den Weg freizulassen.}) 17. b4 Nd7 18. Bh2 Bg6
19. a4 {Meines Erahtens hat WeiЯ eine strategische Gewinnstellung.} f5 20. b5
Bg5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. a5 Qf6 23. Qa4 Nxc5 {Das reicht nicht, aber sonst geht
Schwarz bald an den Schwдchen seiner Bauern auf c6 und a6 zugrunde.} 24. dxc5
Qxc3 25. Qxc6 Bf7 (25... d4 26. Qd5+ Bf7 27. Qxd4 (27. Qxf5 Bf6 28. exd4 Bxd4 {
ьberlдЯt dem Schwarzen einiges Gegenspiel.}) 27... Qc2 28. Bd1 Qd3 29. Qxd3
exd3 30. Bf3 Rac8 31. Bd6 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) 26. Bxa6 d4 27. exd4
Qxd4 28. Bb7 Rad8 29. Bd6 f4 30. Ra4 Bc4 31. Ba6 Bd5 32. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e4 b5 9. Ne5 Qa5 {Dies ist ein neuer Versuch. Meist wurde hier} (9... g6 {
gespielt.}) 10. Bd2 (10. Rc1 $5 {kommt in Betracht, um den Damenlдufer in
seiner aktiven Stellung zu belassen.}) 10... Qc7 11. Qf3 e6 12. Bf4 f6 13. Nxc4
({Nicht besonders gьnstig sieht die Lage fьr WeiЯ nach} 13. Ng6 e5 14. Bxe5
fxe5 15. Nxh8 g6 16. Qg3 Bg7 ({Auf} 16... Qg7 {folgt} 17. Qxe5+ Qxe5 18. dxe5
Bg7 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. f4 {mit unklarer Lage.}) 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Qf7 19.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 {aus.}) 13... e5 14. dxe5 bxc4 15. Bxc4 ({Nach} 15. exf6 Qf7 16. Rb1
Nd7 17. e5 Qe6 {dringt WeiЯ mit seinem Angriff nicht durch. Nach}) (15. Rb1 {
gewinnt WeiЯ die geopferte Figur zurьck, erhдlt jedoch keinen Vorteil:} fxe5 (
15... Qf7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxb8 Bc5 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rfe8 {
ist auch nicht schlecht fьr Schwarz.}) 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Bxe5 Qe7 (17... Qa7 18.
Qg5+ Be7 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Bd4 {sieht vorteilhaft fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 18. Rxb8 Rxb8
19. Bxb8 Qxe4+ 20. Qe2 Qb1+ 21. Qd1+ Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Be6 23. Be5 Rg8 24. Be2 Bc5
{mit Ausgleich.}) 15... Qe7 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rb1 Nd7 18. O-O Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6
20. e5 (20. Qf7+ Kd8 21. Qxg7 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Be2 Kc7 {fьhrt zu einem
etwa ausgeglichenen Endspiel.}) 20... Qg6 21. Qe3 ({Eine andere Mцglichkeit
besteht in} 21. Bf7+ Qxf7 22. Qxc6 O-O 23. e6 Qe7 24. Qxa8 Qxe6 {mit etwa
gleicher Stellung.}) 21... Nf8 22. e6 Nxe6 23. Rfe1 O-O 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxc8
Raxc8 26. Rb7 Rcd8 27. Re7 h6 28. Re4 Rb8 29. Qe2 Rb5 30. Re6 Qf7 31. g3 Rf5
32. Re8 $6 {Das Turmendspiel dьrfte kaum Gewinnaussichten bieten, weil die
Damenflьgelbauern des WeiЯen zu anfдllig sind.} (32. f4 {sollte versucht
werden.}) 32... Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Re2 Kg6 36. Kf1 Rb5 37.
Ke1 Kf5 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kd2 Kg4 41. Ke3 Rc5 42. Kd3 Rd5+ 43. Ke4
Rc5 44. Rc2 Rc4+ 45. Kd3 Rc5 46. Ke4 Rc4+ 47. Ke3 c5 48. a3 Ra4 49. Ra2 Kf5 50.
Ra1 Re4+ 51. Kd2 Ra4 52. Kc2 Re4 53. Kd2 Ra4 54. Kd3 Re4 55. Rf1 c4+ 56. Kd2
Re5 57. Rb1 Kg4 58. Rb6 Ra5 59. Ke3 Rxa3 60. Kd4 Ra4 61. Rf6 Kh3 62. Rg6 g4 63.
Rf6 a5 64. Rf4 Ra2 65. Ke3 a4 66. Rxc4 Rc2 67. Rxa4 Rxc3+ 68. Kd2 Rc8 69. Rf4
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Be1 O-O 13. Qf3 Ndf6 {Bisher wurde
hier ausschlieЯlich} (13... f5 {versucht, doch kommt WeiЯ mit dem VorstoЯ
g2-g4 zu einer gefдhrlichen Initiative; es folgen Beispiele aus der Praxis.}
14. g4 (14. Ne2 Rc8 15. g4 (15. Kh1 Ndf6 16. Rg1 b4 17. h3 Rc7 18. Bh4 Ng4 19.
Be1 Ngf6 20. Bh4 {1/2-1/2 Kaiser,D-Cruz Lopez Claret,C/Eger 1994/EXT 97 (20)})
15... Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. h4 Qxg4+ 18. Qxg4 fxg4 19. Nf4 Rfe8 20. Be2 g3 21.
Bd3 Nf8 22. Kg2 Re7 23. Bb4 Rf7 24. Bxf8 Rcxf8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Kxg3 Bd5 27.
Rfc1 g6 28. Rc5 h6 29. Kg4 Rf5 30. b3 h5+ 31. Kg3 g5 32. hxg5 Rxg5+ 33. Kh2 Kh7
34. Rg1 Kh6 35. Rxg5 Kxg5 36. Rxd5 {1-0 Douven,R-Cuijpers,F/Hilversum 1988/EXT
97 (36)}) 14... Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qg5 16. h4 Qxg4+ 17. Qxg4 fxg4 18. Ne2 Rf3 19.
Rxf3 gxf3 20. Nf4 Kf7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc2 h6 24. h5 Nf8 25. Bd1
Ng5 26. Bh4 g6 27. hxg6+ Nxg6 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Nxg6 Kxg6 30. Bxf3 Kf5 31. Kf2
b4 32. Kg3 g4 33. e4+ dxe4 34. Bxg4+ Kg5 35. d5 e3 36. Bxe6 Bb7 37. d6 {
1-0 Dorfman,J-Popov,N/Cheliabinsk 1975/MCD (37)}) 14. Ne2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 
14. Bh4 b4 15. Ne2 a5 {bringt dem WeiЯen nichts Besonderes ein.}) 14... Ne8 15.
Qh3 Be7 16. Rc1 N8d6 17. Bb4 Nf5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g4 Nfd6 20. Bb1 (20. Ng3 {
kommt in Betracht.}) 20... f6 21. Nd3 Nc4 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Rc2 h6 24. Nec1 {
WeiЯ operiert einigermaЯen seltsam. Ich verzichte auf konkrete
Verbesserungsvorschlдge.} e5 25. Nb3 exf4 26. exf4 Rce8 27. Re1 f5 28. gxf5 Bc8
29. Rg2 Qf6 30. Ne5 Bxf5 31. Qh5 Qd6 32. Nc5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34. Rf1 $2 ({
Die Fortsetzung} 34. Nxe4 Qb6 ({Nach} 34... Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Rf2 Rxf2 37.
Kxf2 {hat WeiЯ gute Rettungsaussichten, siehe unten 34.Le4:.}) 35. Nf6+ Rxf6
36. Rd1 g6 37. Kh1 Bxb1 38. Qxe5 (38. dxe5 Be4 {ist nicht gьnstiger fьr WeiЯ.})
38... Be4 {gibt dem Nachziehenden gute Gewinnchancen.}) (34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Nxe4
Bxe4 36. Rf2 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 {hдtte von WeiЯ versucht werden sollen:} Qf4+ 38.
Kg1 Bf3 (38... Qd2 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Rxe4 {fьhrt zu Remis.}) 39. Qe5 Qg4+ 40.
Qg3 Qxd4+ 41. Qf2 {, und der Vorteil des Schwarzen ist gering.}) 34... Ng5 $2 (
{Die Fortsetzung} 34... Bh3 {dьrfte zum Sieg fьhren:} 35. Qxe5 (35. Qxh3 Rxf1+
36. Kxf1 Qf8+ 37. Ke1 ({Nicht besser ist} 37. Kg1 Ng5 38. Qg3 Nh3+ 39. Kh1 Qf1+
40. Rg1 Nxg1 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 37... Ng5+ 38. dxe5 Nxh3 {WeiЯ erhдlt
keine Kompensation fьr seinen Materialverlust.}) (35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Qxe5 (36.
Qxh3 Ng5 {fьhrt zur ersten Klammeranmerkung in Abspiel a.}) 36... Bxg2 37. Kxg2
Qf2+ 38. Kh3 Qf3+ {mit Damengewinn.}) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qxe5 37. dxe5 Nxc5
38. Kf2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Kf7 {Die Rettungsaussichten des WeiЯen sind gering.}) 35.
Rgf2 g6 $6 {Danach kommt Schwarz in Verlustgefahr. Zum Ausgleich genьgte die
Folge} (35... Bxb1 36. Rxf8+ Kh7 {, zum Beispiel:} 37. b4 (37. dxe5 $2 {
ist schwach:} Qxc5+ 38. R8f2 (38. R1f2 Qc1+ 39. Rf1 Qe3+ 40. R1f2 Nh3+ {
ist sofort verderblich fьr WeiЯ.}) 38... Be4 39. Ra1 (39. Re1 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Qc4+
41. Rfe2 Nxe1 42. Kxe1 Qc1+ 43. Kf2 Qf4+ 44. Ke1 Bf3 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.})
39... Qe3 40. Kf1 Bd3+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kg3 (42. Kg1 {scheitert an} g6) 42...
Qxe5+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kg3 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Be4+ 46. Kf1 Nh3 {Es ist fraglich, ob
WeiЯ ьberleben kann.}) (37. Nd7 Re3 38. Rxb1 Qxd7 {mit guten
Angriffsaussichten fьr Schwarz.}) (37. Ra8 Rf5 38. Rxf5 Bxf5 39. Qe8 Qf4 40.
Qg8+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ ({Nach} 41. Rxa6+ Kh5 {erhдlt Schwarz entscheidenden Angriff.
}) 41... Kh7 42. Qg8+ {mit remis durch Dauerschach.}) 37... Re3 38. Qg4 Qg6 {
mit zweischneidigem Spiel und etwa gleichen Aussichten.}) 36. Qxh6 Nh3+ 37.
Qxh3 Bxh3 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. R1f7+ Kh6 40. Rh8+ Kg5 41. Rxh3 Re1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+
43. Kxf1 Qf4+ 44. Ke2 Qc1 45. Bd3 Qxb2+ 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Rh4 g5 48. Rh6+ Kf7 49.
Rxa6 Qxh2 (49... Qxd4 {kostet die Dame:} 50. Bg6+ Ke7 (50... Kg8 51. Ra8+ Kg7
52. Ne6+) 51. Re6+ Kf8 (51... Kd8 52. Re8+ Kc7 53. Ne6+) 52. Re8+ Kg7 53. Ne6+)
50. Ra7+ ({Die Fortsetzung} 50. Bxb5 Qf4+ 51. Ke2 Qxd4 52. Nd3 Qe4+ 53. Kd2 g4
{bietet dem WeiЯen kaum bessere Gewinnaussichten. Der Bauer auf d4 lдЯt sich
nicht halten, und darum ist das Endspiel fьr WeiЯ nicht zu gewinnen.}) 50...
Kf6 51. Nd7+ Ke6 52. Nf8+ Kd6 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Ng6+ Kd8 55. Ne5 Qh3+ 56. Ke2
Qh2+ 57. Kd1 Kc7 58. Bxb5 Qg1+ 59. Kc2 Qxd4 60. Rc6+ Kd8 61. Nd3 g4 62. a4 g3
63. Rg6 Qh4 64. Rg8+ Ke7 65. Re8+ Kd6 66. Re2 Qg4 67. Ne1 Kc5 68. Ng2 Qf3 69.
Rd2 d4 70. Kc1 Kb6 71. Ne1 Qa3+ 72. Kd1 Qb3+ 73. Ke2 Qe3+ 74. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. Bb2 Be7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Qb6 (11... Rc8 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd7 15. Nf4 Nb6 16. Qg4 O-O (16... g5 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. cxb5 {~}) 17. Rfd1
Qc7 18. Nh5 {+/- 1-0 Arsovic,G-Matulovic,M/JUG 1997/EXT 99 (35)}) 12. Qc2 O-O
13. Rfc1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Ng3 bxc4 (16... b4 $5) 17. Rab1
Qc7 18. Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Nh5 Bf8 20. Qg4 Nxe5 $2 ({Gut genug ist} 20... Kh8 {
mit etwa ausgelichener Stellung.}) ({Nach} 20... Rab8 21. Nf6+ Kh8 (21... Nxf6
22. exf6 g6 {ist ebenfalls spielbar.}) 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 {kann ich ebensowenig
irgendwelche nennenswerten Gefahren f�r Schwarz entdecken.}) 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Nd7 Qc7 24. Nb6 a5 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 26. Qc4 Rc8 27. Qa6 Bb4 28. a3
Bd6 29. Rb7 Bxh2+ 30. Kh1 Qe5 31. Rbb1 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scarella, Enrique Alejandro"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. h3 h6 8. e3 g5
9. Bh2 Bg7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5 {Die
Schwдchung des schwarzen Kцnigsflьgels ist ernsthafter, als man glauben sollte;
WeiЯ hat Vorteil.} e6 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. b3 Qa5 17. Qb1 $6 Bf8 $6 (17... c5 {
sieht plausibler aus.} 18. dxc5 Qxc5 {mit Ausgleich.}) 18. Nd3 Qd8 (18... c5 {
scheitert nun an} 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4) 19. Na4 a5 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Qc1 Ra6 22.
Qd1 Nb6 $2 23. Nac5 $2 (23. f3 {ist stдrker:} Nxa4 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Ne5 f6 26.
Qh5 $18) 23... Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Ra7 25. Qh5 a4 26. f4 axb3 27. axb3 Nd7 $2 ({
Bessere Verteidigungsaussichten gewдhrt} 27... Qf6 28. Rcf2 Bg7 29. f5 exf5 30.
Rxf5 Qg6) 28. fxg5 Nxc5 29. gxh6 Ne4 (29... Nd3 30. Rd2 $18) 30. Be5 f6 31.
Qg6+ Bg7 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. hxg7 Rxg7 ({Auf} 33... Nh7 {folgt} 34. Rf8+ Nxf8 35.
gxf8=R+ Kxf8 36. Rf2+ {nebst matt.}) 34. Qxf6 Qd6 35. Rcf2 Re8 36. Rf4 Rb8 37.
Rg4 Rxg4 38. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. a5 e6 8. Qb6 {
Dieser plausible Zug ist an dieser Stelle, soweit ich sehe, zum ersten Mal
angewandt worden. Der auf b6 erscheinende Bauer des WeiЯen engt den
Nachziehenden gewaltig ein; nach geeigneter Vorbereitung werden stets Opfer
auf a6 oder b7 in der Luft hдngen. Die Partiefolge zeigt deutlich die
Mцglichkeiten des WeiЯen; ich halte die Stellung des Schwarzen fьr strategisch
verloren. Der hдЯliche Zug Ta8-a7 verdient kein anderes Geschick. In der
Vorgдngerpartie verwirklichte WeiЯ dieselbe Idee einige Zьge spдter:} (8. Nh4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 Bd6 $2 {Hier hдtte Schwarz mit}
(12... Nbd7 {fortfahren sollen; er hдtte den nдchsten Zug des WeiЯen
verhindert und eine spielbare Stellung erhalten.}) 13. Qb6 Qxb6 14. axb6 Ra8
15. c5 Be7 16. b4 O-O 17. Bf4 {1-0 Smirnov,V-Lutsko,I/Minsk 1994/CBM 42 ext 
(61). Obwohl der WeiЯe noch einige Tempi geschenkt bekommen hat, ist seine
Stellung hier nicht gьnstiger als in der uns vorliegenden Partie; der
Kцnigsspringer des WeiЯen fehlt, so daЯ eine Springerwanderung nach a5 sich
kaum mehr verwirklichen lдЯt. Trotzdem bleibt die lage des Schwarzen hцchst
ungemьtlich.}) 8... Qxb6 9. axb6 Ra8 10. c5 Nbd7 11. b4 Be7 12. e3 O-O 13. Bb2
Bg4 $6 {Dies scheint mir sinnlos zu sein. Besser ist} (13... Ne4 {um
erleichternden Abtausch zu erzielen und Le7-f6 nebst e6-e5 durchzusetzen.}) 14.
Nd2 e5 15. f3 exd4 16. exd4 Rfe8 17. Be2 Bf5 18. g4 (18. Nb3 {ist genauer.})
18... Bg6 (18... Bc2 19. Rc1 Bg6 {ist etwas stдrker; der Damenturm des WeiЯen
wird von der a-Linie weggelockt. Zur Rettung der Partie dьrfte dies nicht
genьgen.}) 19. Nb3 Nf8 20. Na5 Ne6 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. O-O Nd7 $2 (22... Nf4 23.
Bxa6 bxa6 24. Nxc6 {sieht auch hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz aus, war aber
jedenfalls viel zдher, weil der Bauer auf d5 gedeckt bleibt.}) 23. Bxa6 $18 Bf6
24. Bxb7 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Ne5 26. Bxc6 Red8 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxb2 29. c6
Nxf3 30. c7 Re8 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Annakov, Babakuli"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Bd6
9. Bb2 O-O 10. Ne5 $6 (10. Qc2 {sieht verstдndiger aus. Natьrlich kommen noch
viele andere Fortsetzungen in Betracht.}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 $2 (11. Nxd3 {
ist durchaus spielbar. Nach} bxc4 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15.
Rfxd1 Nd5 16. Rac1 {hat Schwarz keinen Vorteil.}) 11... dxc4 $19 12. Qe2 b4 13.
Na4 c3 14. Bc1 Qc7 15. a3 a5 16. f4 Nbd7 17. e4 c5 18. Nc4 Be7 19. e5 Nd5 20.
f5 cxd4 21. f6 N7xf6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. Rf3 Rfe8 25. Ra2 e5 26. Re2
Re6 27. Qg4 e4 28. Rxe4 h5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 a5 6. Ne5 e6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 Bb4
9. Rc1 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Bg3 Qe7 15.
Rfd1 Rfc8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bg4 Ba6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bb7 $2 ({Nцtig ist} 
19... Qxe4 20. Bxd7 Be2 $11) 20. Nc3 $2 (20. Be5 {fьhrt zum Gewinn; es gibt
keine ausreichende Verteidigung gegen die Drohung Lg4xd7 nebst Db3-g3.}) 20...
Re8 21. h3 Nf6 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Be5 h6 24. Ne2 Nd5 $11 25. Ng3 f6 26. Bc7 (26.
Bf4 Qf7 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Nb4) 26... Qxc7 27. Bxd5+ Kh8 28. Be4 Qf4 $2 (
28... c5 $11 {fьhrt zum Ausgleich;} 29. Bb1 Qc6 30. f3 Qd5 31. Qc2 Qg8 {
ist sogar ungьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) 29. Qf7 Re7 30. Qg6 Kg8 ({Nur mit} 30... Rxe4 {
kann Schwarz noch weiterkдmpfen.}) 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Bg6+ Ke6 33. Nf5 Red7 34.
d5+ Rxd5 35. Nxg7+ Ke5 36. Re1+ Bxe1 37. Rxe1+ Kd6 38. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Be2 Na6
9. O-O Nb4 10. Qb3 b6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Na2 Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxb4 axb4 15.
Rfd1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Ra5 17. e4 Kh8 18. Qc2 Rg8 19. b3 Rh5 20. Qe2 Qf8 21. Qe3
Qg7 22. Ne1 Bd6 23. g3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Rhxg5 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. Bg2 Rgg8 27. Nd3 Be7
28. Nb2 c5 29. d5 f5 30. Nc4 fxe4 31. dxe6 f5 32. Nxb6 Rd6 33. Nc4 Rd4 34. Ne3
Rd3 35. Nc2 {Dieser Zug entzieht sich meinem Verstдndnis.} (35. Rxd3 exd3 36.
Bxb7 {sieht gut genug aus. Wahrscheinlich ist die Partienotation verdorben.})
35... Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rd8 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. exd7 Bc6 39. a5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Bg5 {Dies ist
ein neuer und, wie mir scheint, ziemlich sinnloser Zug. Nach} (7. Bf4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Nbd7 {steht der Lдufer des weiЯen auf f4 nicht gut, weil er nach
allfдlligem e7-e5 angegriffen ist. Der normale Zug ist aber natьrlich}) (7. Ne5
) 7... Bxf3 ({Die Fortsetzung} 7... Nbd7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 {gibt dem WeiЯen
die etwas bequemere Stellung.}) 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. f4 {Jetzt kann WeiЯ wenigstens
den VorstoЯ e7-e5 dauernd unterbinden; aber einen groЯen Erfolg stellt dies
nicht dar. Die Struktur des Schwarzen ist sehr solide.} e6 10. e3 Be7 11. Bd3
Ng8 (11... Nh5 12. Rg1 g6 13. Qc2 Bxg5 14. fxg5 e5 {scheint mir der einfachste
Weg zum Ausgleich zu sein.}) 12. Rg1 f6 13. Bh4 f5 {Jetzt steht dem Springer
dieses schцne Feld nicht mehr offen; schwerwiegend ist dies natьrlich nicht.}
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qc2 Ngf6 16. b4 O-O 17. a4 b6 $2 {Dies halte ich fьr eine
strategisch verfehlte Entscheidung. Die Bauern auf a6 und c6 bleiben nun
dauernde Schwдchen, wдhrend der Bauer des WeiЯen auf b4 gut verteidigt werden
kann. Nach} (17... Ne4 {hat Schwarz meines Erachtens keine Sorgen. Selbst wenn
es dem WeiЯen gelingt, in einiger Zukunft den VorstoЯ b4-b5 durchzusetzen (und
dann mit b5-b6 fortzufahren), ist dies noch keineswegs tцdlich fьr Schwarz.})
18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Na2 (20. Rb1 Rb7 21. Na2 Nb8 {fьhrt zu дhnlichen
Bildern wie die Partiefortsetzung.}) 20... Nb8 21. Kf1 Nfd7 $6 {Auch dieser
Zug scheint mir von zweifelhaftem Wert zu sein. Meines Erachtens ist} (21...
Ne4 {vorzuziehen. WeiЯ mцchte es vermeiden, f2-f3 zu spielen; ob er es nun
aber tut oder nicht, Schwarz kann bei Bedarf mit Se4-d6-b5 fortsetzen und so
die Schwдche des Bauern auf a6 aufheben - mit guten Ьberlebensaussichten.
Natьrlich kann Schwarz auch fьr diesen Plan die Streckenfьhrung ьber e8 wдhlen.
}) 22. Rb1 {WeiЯ bereitet nun die Ьberfьhrung des Springers von a2 nach d3 vor.
} Rf6 $6 {Mit diesem Turmausflug zieht sich Schwarz nur weitere
Ungelegenheiten auf den Hals; spдter wird dieser Turm nach Цffnung der
Stellung vцllig auЯer Spiel stehen. Ich schlage} (22... h6 23. Be2 Rb7 24. Kg2
Kh7 25. Kh1 Rg8 {vor, um bei Gelegenheit ein gegenspiel mit g7-g5 einzuleiten.}
) 23. Be2 Rh6 24. Rg2 Rb7 25. Qd2 Rh3 ({Nach} 25... c5 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rc1
Ne4 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Qd4 {ist die Stellung des Schwarzen auch nicht erfreulich;
deshalb versucht er, zunдchst ein Luftloch fьr den Kцnig zu schaffen. Ich
hдtte aber}) (25... Rf6 {versucht.}) 26. Kg1 h6 27. Qe1 $6 (27. Nc1 c5 28. dxc5
Nxc5 29. Nd3 Ne4 30. Qe1 Rc7 {ist nun nicht so ьberzeugend. Deshalb entfernt
WeiЯ die Dame von d2, damit Sc5-e4 nicht unter Tempogewinn geschehen kann.}) (
27. Rb2 {zur Ausschaltung der Mцglichkeit c6-c5 scheint mir jedoch jetzt viel
plausibler zu sein; nach} Nf6 28. f3 Ne8 29. Nc1 Nd6 30. Nb3 Nb5 31. Nc5 {
ist die Stellung des Schwarzen sehr ungemьtlich.}) 27... Kh8 28. Nc1 c5 29.
dxc5 Nxc5 30. Nd3 Nxd3 (30... Ne4 31. f3 Nd6 32. Nc5 {ist jetzt sehr
unerfreulich fьr Schwarz.}) 31. Bxd3 Nc6 $2 (31... d4 {scheint mir viel
stдrker zu sein, denn ich sehe fьr WeiЯ nun nichts Besseres als Turmtausch.
Nach} 32. Rg3 Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 dxe3 34. Qxe3 Qd6 {kann Schwarz vielleicht noch
ьberleben.}) 32. Bxa6 (32. Qc3 {wird von D. Poldauf in "Schach" 5/2004, S.15,
als stдrker angegeben, aber nach} Rc7 (32... Nxb4 {scheitert an} 33. Qc8+ Kh7
34. Bxf5+) (32... Qd6 33. Rc1 Na7 34. Rg6 {kann Schwarz auch nicht aushalten.})
33. Rc1 (33. Bxa6 {ist verfehlt; Schwarz antwortet} Nxa5) 33... d4 34. Qc5 dxe3
(34... Qxc5 35. Rxc5 dxe3 {ist noch einfacher; es fьhrt zur Hauptvariante, denn
} 36. Bxa6 {wird mit} Rd7 {pariert.}) 35. fxe3 ({Auch nach} 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36.
Rxc6 exf2+ 37. Rxf2 Rxd3 38. Rxa6 Rb7 (38... Rb3 39. Rb6 Rd7 40. Ra2 {kann
Schwarz nicht ьberleben.}) 39. Rb2 Rb5 40. Rxe6 Ra3 {hat Schwarz vorzьgliche
Remisaussichten.}) 35... Qxc5 (35... Rd7 36. Qxe7 Nxe7 37. Bxa6 Rxe3 38. Bc4
Nd5 (38... Rc7 {reicht nicht aus:} 39. b5 Ra3 40. b6 Rc5 41. b7 Nc6 42. Rg6 {
usw.}) 39. Bxd5 exd5 {ist die Lage noch nicht klar.}) 36. Rxc5 Rd7 37. Rxc6
Rxd3 38. Rb2 Rdxe3 39. Rxa6 Rh4 {ist die Angelegenheit keineswegs zu Ende, zum
Beispiel} 40. b5 Rg4+ 41. Kf2 Ra3 42. b6 Rxf4+ 43. Ke2 Re4+ 44. Kd2 Rh4 45. Kc1
Ra1+ 46. Rb1 Rc4+ 47. Kb2 Raa4 {usw. Mir ist nicht klar, ob 32.Dc3 oder 32.La6:
stдrker ist.}) 32... Rxb4 33. Rxb4 Nxb4 34. Bf1 d4 {Schwarz muЯ um jeden Preis
versuchen, seinen Turm ins Spiel einzubeziehen.} 35. Rg6 ({Nach} 35. a6 dxe3
36. fxe3 Qc5 (36... Nxa6 {scheitert an} 37. Ra2) 37. Qa1 (37. a7 Qxa7 38. Qxb4
Rxe3 39. Rf2 Rf3 {ist nicht besser fьr WeiЯ als 37.Da1.}) (37. Re2 Nd3 38. Qd2
Nxf4 39. Re1 (39. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 40. Kg2 (40. Kf1 Qc6 {ist nicht besser fьr WeiЯ.})
40... Qc4 {ist hцchst unklar.}) 39... Rf3 {gewдhrt dem Schwarzen Gegenspiel.})
37... Qxe3+ 38. Kh1 Qc3 39. Qa4 Nxa6 40. Qxa6 Re3 {wird WeiЯ schwerlich
gewinnen kцnnen.}) 35... Rh4 (35... Kh7 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. Bxh3 Nd5 38. Qb1 {
kann Schwarz nicht ьberleben.}) 36. a6 Kh7 37. Rg3 dxe3 38. fxe3 e5 {Immer
noch sucht Schwarz mit allen Mittel, seinen Kцnigsturm ins Spiel zu bringen.}
39. Qa1 $2 (39. Qc3 Nxa6 (39... Nd5 {wird mit} 40. Qc8 Rh5 41. Bh3 Qf6 42. a7
Nb6 43. Qc3 {widerlegt.}) ({auf} 39... exf4 {folgt} 40. Qxg7+ Qxg7 41. Rxg7+
Kxg7 42. a7 {mit Gewinn. Das war auch nach dem Texzug vorgesehen; aber Schwarz
hat nun andere Verteidigungen.}) 40. Qc8 Qf6 41. Bc4 {, und WeiЯ setzt matt.
Die Schwдche des Bauern auf f5 wird dem Schwarzen verhдngnisvoll.}) 39... Nc6 (
{Nach} 39... Nxa6 40. Qxa6 exf4 41. exf4 Rxf4 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Bd3 {ist es fьr
Schwarz nicht einfach, dem Angriff standzuhalten, zum Beispiel} Qe1+ 44. Kg2
Rf2+ 45. Kh3 Qe5 46. Bc4 f4 47. Rd3 {usw.}) 40. fxe5 Rb4 $6 (40... Qxe5 41.
Qxe5 Nxe5 42. e4 (42. Bh3 Ra4 43. Bxf5+ g6 44. Bc8 Nd3 {ist kaum
gewinntrдchtig fьr WeiЯ.}) 42... Rxe4 43. Ra3 Nc6 44. Bg2 Rg4 {dьrfte zur
Rettung genьgen.}) 41. Bg2 {WeiЯ mцchte den Springer an den rand drдngen und
sich dann auf den Kцnig des Schwarzen stьrzen. Die Durchfьhrung dieser Idee
ist aber nicht genau.} (41. Bh3 g6 42. Bg2 Na7 {ist nicht besser.}) ({Der
krдftige Zentralisierungszug} 41. Qa2 {gefolgt von Da2-d5, hдtte dem WeiЯen
wohl entscheidenden Vorteil verschafft.}) 41... Na7 (41... f4 {scheitert an}
42. Bxc6 ({Nach} 42. exf4 Qc5+ 43. Kh1 Qc2 44. Qg1 Rb1 45. Bf1 Qe4+ 46. Rg2 Nd4
{bekommt WeiЯ Schwierigkeiten.}) 42... fxg3 43. a7 Qh4 44. Bg2 {, und WeiЯ
gewinnt.}) 42. Rf3 {WeiЯ mцchte die Schwдchung g7-g6 erzwingen und seinen Turm
ins Zentrum zurьckfьhren.} Qe6 43. Bh3 g6 44. Qa5 Qe7 45. e6 Rb5 46. Qc3 Rc5 ({
Auf} 46... Rb6 {war die Fortsetzung} 47. e4 Rxe6 48. exf5 Rxa6 49. f6 Qf7 (
49... Qf8 50. Qc7+ Kh8 51. Qe7 {fьhrt zum Verlust.}) 50. Rd3 {vorgesehen. Nach}
Rc6 {(der einzige Zug)} 51. Qd2 Rc7 52. Rd6 {hat Schwarz immer noch mit den
grцЯten Schwierigkeiten zu kдmpfen, zum Beispiel} Nb5 ({Auch nach} 52... Qe8
53. Be6 Qb5 54. f7 Qb1+ 55. Kf2 Rc2 56. f8=Q Rxd2+ 57. Rxd2 Qb6+ 58. Kg2 Qxe6
59. Qd6 {sollte WeiЯ siegen.}) 53. Be6 Qe8 54. f7 Qf8 55. Rd8 Rc1+ 56. Kg2 Rc2
57. Rxf8 Rxd2+ 58. Kg1 Rd1+ 59. Kf2 Rd2+ 60. Ke1 Re2+ 61. Kf1 {und WeiЯ
gewinnt.}) 47. Qd4 $2 (47. Qd3 {bietet viel bessere Gewinnmцglichkeiten, zum
Beispiel} Qxe6 (47... Rc1+ 48. Kg2 Qxe6 49. Rxf5 Qc6+ 50. Rf3 Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Qc7+
52. Rf4 Rc3 53. Qe4 {ist ebenfalls schwierig fьr Schwarz.}) 48. e4 Rc1+ 49. Kg2
Qb6 50. Rf2 {, und der Angriff des WeiЯen sollte entscheidende Kraft besitzen.}
) 47... Rc7 $2 (47... Rc6 48. e4 (48. Qd7 Rxe6 49. Qxe7+ Rxe7 {dьrfte nicht
zum Gewinn fьr WeiЯ reichen.}) 48... Rxe6 49. exf5 Rxa6 50. Bf1 Rf6 (50... Rd6
51. f6 {ist ungesund.}) 51. Bd3 Nc6 (51... g5 {scheitert an} 52. Re3 Qg7 53.
Re6 {usw.}) (51... gxf5 52. Bxf5+ Kg8 53. Rg3+ Kf8 54. Qc4 {ьberlдЯt dem
WeiЯen einen entscheidenden Angriff.}) 52. Re3 Qd6 53. Qxd6 Rxd6 54. fxg6+ Kg7
{hдlt remis.}) 48. e4 $18 Qxe6 49. exf5 Qxa6 50. Bf1 Qc6 (50... Rc1 {bietet
keine Rettung:} 51. Qd7+ Kg8 52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. f6 Qe6 54. Qe7+ Qxe7 55. fxe7 Re1
56. Rf7+) 51. fxg6+ Qxg6+ (51... Kg8 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qf8+ Kxg6 54. Rg3+ {
nebst matt.}) 52. Rg3 Qb1 53. Qg4 Qb6+ 54. Kh1 Qb7+ 55. Rg2 Rg7 56. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[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"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
Nhf6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. e3 Nh5 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. Bc2 Qe7 15.
b4 a5 16. b5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxc5 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Bb1 f5 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. g4 fxg4 23. Nce2 Rac8 24. Ng3 Ne4 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27.
Qxd5+ Re6 28. Nxe4 Kh8 29. Ng3 Be5 30. Nf5 Qf7 31. Qxa5 g3 $2 (31... h5 $5) 32.
fxg3 g4 33. Bd3 Qd7 34. Bc4 Ree8 35. Bb5 Qd8 (35... Qd5 $142) 36. Qa4 Re6 37.
Qxg4 $16 Qg5 38. Qxg5 hxg5 39. g4 Rd8 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Kf3 Rb6 42. Rh1+ Kg8 43.
Bc4+ Kf8 44. Rh7 Rc2 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Bb3 Rc5 47. Ra7 Kd8 48. Ke4 Bc7 49. Bd5
Kd7 50. Nd4 Kd6 51. Nf5+ Kd7 52. Nd4 Kd6 53. Bb3 Rb8 54. Ra6+ Bb6 55. Ra4 Re5+
56. Kd3 Rbe8 57. e4 Ra5 58. Rb4 Bc5 59. Rb7 Rd8 60. Ne6 Rd7 61. e5+ Ke7+ 62.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 63. Nxg5 Bd6 64. Be6+ Kc6 65. exd6 Kxd6 66. Bf5 Rxa2 67. Ne4+ Ke5
68. g3 Ra3+ 69. Ke2 Rb3 70. Kf2 Rb2+ 71. Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Kg2 Rb1 73. Ng5 Rb2+ 74.
Kh3 Rb8 75. Nf3+ Kf6 76. Be4 Rh8+ 77. Kg2 Re8 78. g5+ Kg7 79. Bf5 Rb8 80. Kh3
Rb4 81. Nh4 Rb5 82. Kg4 Rb4+ 83. Kh5 Rb3 84. Be4 Rb4 85. Nf5+ Kh8 86. Bf3 Rb3
87. Bg4 Rb6 88. g6 Rf6 89. Kg5 Rb6 90. Bf3 Rb5 91. Kf6 Rb6+ 92. Kf7 Rb8 93. g7+
Kh7 94. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4 b5 7. Ne3 Bb7 8.
g3 c5 9. Bg2 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 Qb6 $11 (10... b4 11. Na4 e6 12. Be3 $6 c4 $15 {
1-0 Sadler,M-Iruzubieta,J/Oviedo 1992/TD (37)}) 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be3 e6 13.
O-O (13. b4 $2 {ist nicht profitabel fьr WeiЯ.} Qc6) 13... Qb7 14. Rc1 Ncd7 $6
{Der Rьckzug erscheint mir unnцtig.} (14... a6 $5 {kam in Betracht, um a2-a4
mit b5-b4 beantworten zu kцnnen.}) 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 {Jetzt hat Schwarz
einige kleine Sorgen mit der Schwдche seines b-Bauern.} 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. Rfd1
Be7 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg5 O-O 22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Rac1 $6 (23. Ned5 {
sieht konsequenter aus; WeiЯ hat beachtlichen Druck. Nach dem Textzug kommt
Schwarz mit Hilfe des folgenden Bauernopfers zu Gegenspiel.}) 23... e4 24. Nxe4
Nxe4 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Rbc8 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bc7 Bxe3 (28... Nf6 29. Rxc5
Nxd7 30. Rxg5+ Kh8 31. Bd6 {ist ungьnstig fьr Schwarz.}) 29. fxe3 Rfe8 (29...
f5 $5) 30. Rf1 f6 31. Rf5 Ra8 32. Rxb5 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Re1 34. Kf3 ({Die Folge} 
34. g4 Rxe2+ 35. Kf1 Rc2 {verspricht dem WeiЯen ebenfalls keine
Gewinnaussichten.}) 34... Rf1+ 35. Kg4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 35. Kg2 Rf2+ 36. Kg1
Rxe2 {ergibt eine ungefдhr ausgeglichene Stellung.}) 35... f5+ 36. Rxf5 $2 (36.
Kh3 Rf2 ({Mit} 36... g4+ 37. Kg2 Rf2+ 38. Kg1 Ra8 39. Rd1 {kann Schwarz nichts
erreichen; die Schwдche des Bauern auf f5 ist lдstig.}) 37. g4 {Jetzt ist der
Bauer auf h2 gedeckt, so daЯ die Anzahl der Mattbilder betrдchtlich reduziert
ist.} fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 h5+ (38... Nf6+ 39. Kg3 Ne4+ 40. Kh3 {ist nicht besser
fьr Schwarz.}) 39. Kh3 Rxe2 $11 {fьhrte zum Remis.}) 36... h5+ 37. Kxh5 Rxf5
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[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 4512]} 1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4
dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 (8... Bb7 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 c5 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 $11 {Szabolcsi,J-Keitlinghaus,L/
Budapest FS08 GM 1996/0-1 (64)}) 9. Bxe5 Bb7 10. e3 c5 {Diese Neuerung sieht
nicht vertraueneinflцЯend aus; die Diagonale a4-d7 wird gefдhrlich entblцЯt.
In einer frьheren Partie von Burmakin geschah} (10... Nd7 11. Bg3 b4 $6 (11...
e6 {sieht verstдndiger aus. Im Folgenden vernachlдssigt Schwarz die
Entwicklung seines Kцnigsflьgels strдflich.}) 12. Ne4 c5 13. d5 Qa5 14. Bc4 Nb6
$2 (14... g6 {kam in Betracht, wenn auch die Lage fьr Schwarz positionell
schon sehr bedenklich ist; der Bauer auf c5 ist rьckstдndig und schwach.}) 15.
Bc7 $18 {1-0 Gleizerov,E-Burmakin,V/RUS-Cup7 1997 (30)}) 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Bg3
Nxc5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5+ Nd7 16. O-O e5 $2 (16... e6 17.
Rfd1 Bd5 {bot bessere Ьberlebensaussichten.}) 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Rac1 Be4 19. f4
exf4 20. exf4 Bf5 21. Rc7 Bb4 22. a3 Ba5 23. Rb7 O-O 24. Bxd7 $18 Rf7 25. Rb5
Rfxd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Rxa5 Rc8 {Hecht: '[#] Zwei weiЯe verbundene
Mehrfreibauern garantieren wegen des schwarzen Gegenspiels auf der anderen
Seite noch nicht den Gewinn. Zugunsten einer aktiven Figurenstellung bei
gesicherten Bauern und einem zentralisierten Kцnig gibt WeiЯ einen Bauern her.
Gutes Beispiel fьr Angriff und Verteidigung bei optimaler Figurenaufstellung.
Schwarz scheitert schluЯendlich an der schlechteren Kцnigsposition.'} 28. Rd5
Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. Kd4 Kf5 33. Re2 h5 34. Be1 Bb5 35.
Re7 Rc4+ 36. Kd5 Rc2 37. Rxg7 (37. Bc3 {Hecht} Rxg2 38. Kc5 Ba4 39. Ra7 Bd1 40.
a4 h4 $132) 37... Rxb2 38. Bh4 {'!' Hecht.} Rc2 39. Kd4 Rc6 40. Kd5 Rc2 41. g3
Bc4+ 42. Kd4 Be6 43. Rh7 Kg6 44. Ra7 Rxh2 45. a4 Rc2 {Hecht: 'Sperrt den
weiЯen Kцnig, lдЯt aber dafьr dem Turm freie Hand.'} (45... Ra2 $5 {Hecht} 46.
Ra6 Kf5 (46... Kf7 47. f5 Bb3 48. a5 $18 {[%csl Rf6]}) 47. Kc5 {[%csl Rf6,Rh5]
[%cal Yc5d6,Yd6e7,Ye7f8,Yf8g7,Yg7h6]} Ra1 48. Kd6 Rd1+ 49. Ke7 Rd7+ 50. Ke8 Rb7
51. a5 $16 {[%cal Ra6b6]}) 46. Ra6 Kf5 47. Ra5+ Kg6 48. Rc5 {Hecht: 'Stellt
den Turm auf Kosten des Kцnigs besser'} Ra2 49. a5 Ra4+ 50. Kc3 Re4 {Hecht:
'LдЯt erneut Turm und Bauer freie Hand. Die Alternativen waren:'} (50... Bf5 $6
{Hecht} 51. Kb3 Ra1 52. Kb4 {[%cal Rc5c6,Rb4b5]}) (50... f5 $5 {Hecht} 51. Rc6
Kf7 52. a6 Bd7 53. Rf6+ (53. Rc7 Ke6 54. a7 Kd6 55. Bd8 Bc6 56. Rh7 $16 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Yd8b6]}) 53... Kg7 {[%cal Rd7c8]} 54. Kb3 Ra5 $13) 51. Rc6 Kf5
52. a6 Ra4 53. Kd3 {'(.)' Hecht. Hecht: '[#] Entweder es fдllt der Bf6 oder
der weiЯe Kцnig kann den Rubikon ьberschreiten.'} Bd7 (53... Ra2 {Hecht} 54.
Kd4 Ra5 55. Rc5+ $18) 54. Rxf6+ Kg4 55. Ke3 Ra3+ (55... Bc8 {Hecht} 56. Rg6+
Kh3 57. Rc6 Bxa6 58. f5 Bc4 59. f6 Bd5 (59... Kg4 60. Rc5 Bf7 61. Rg5+ Kh3 62.
Rg7 Ra7 63. Kf4 $18 {[%cal Rg7f7] дhnlich wie in der Partie. Das Abdrдngen des
schwarzen und die Aktivierung des eigenen Kцnigs spielt eine entscheidende
Rolle.})) 56. Kd4 Bc8 57. Rg6+ Kf3 58. Rc6 Ra4+ 59. Kd5 Ra5+ 60. Kd6 Bxa6 61.
f5 Bb5 62. Rc7 Bd3 63. Rc3 Ke3 64. Rxd3+ Kxd3 65. f6 Ra7 66. Ke6 Ra6+ 67. Kf5
Ra8 68. f7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. f3 g6
9. e4 Be6 10. Qa4 {Nцtig ist dies nicht, wie die Vorgдnerpartie lehrt:} (10.
Be3 Bg7 (10... dxe4 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 e6 13. fxe4 $16) 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Be2
Ne8 13. O-O dxe4 14. fxe4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nd5 (17. Na4 $5)
17... cxd5 18. exd5 Qxe5 (18... Bf5) 19. Bf4 $6 (19. Qd2) 19... Bf5 20. Qd2 Qh8
21. Qe3 Qxb2 22. c6 bxc6 23. Qxa7 $2 Qxe2 24. dxc6 Ndf6 $19 {0-1 Mikhalevski,
V-Hodgson,J/Amsterdam 1995/EXT 97 (39). (39)}) 10... Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 b5
$6 (12... Nbd7 {sieht solider aus.}) 13. Qc2 $6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 13. cxb6
Qxb6 14. Nd3 {Verschafft dem WeiЯen eine sehr angenehme Stellung.}) 13... Ne8
14. exd5 Bxd5 15. a4 Rb7 16. axb5 axb5 17. O-O Nc7 18. f4 Be6 19. b4 (19. Bf3
Nd5 (19... b4 {scheitert an} 20. Nxc6) 20. Qf2 {ist nachhaltiger; WeiЯ sollte
sich nicht mit dem Abtausch von Leichtfiguren beeilen.}) 19... Nd5 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. h4 {WeiЯ mцchte den Punkt g6 schwдchen, um die Mцglichkeit f7-f6 ein
fьr allemal auszuschalten. Andere Fortsetzungen bieten kaum Aussicht auf
Vorteil:} (21. f5 Nd7 22. Bf4 e6 {bringt nicht viel ein.}) (21. Ra8 Qc7 22. Bf3
Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nd7 {ist ebenfalls vцllig befriedigend fьr Schwarz.}) 21... Nd7
22. h5 e6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ra6 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rd7 26. Bd3 Qh4 27. Qe2 {Danach
kann Schwarz seinen schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer aktivieren und hat keine Sorgen
mehr.} (27. Qd2 g5 (27... Qg4 28. Rf4 Qh5 29. Be2 Qh7 30. Rg4 {fьhrt zu
besserem Spiel fьr WeiЯ.}) 28. Bb1 Bc4 29. Bf2 Qh5 30. Re1 f6 {mit unjklarem
Spiel.}) (27. Qf2 $5 {bietet vielleicht die besten Aussichten:} Qxf2+ 28. Rxf2
Rc8 (28... f5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Bxf6 31. Bxg6 {genьgt nicht zum Ausgleich.
}) 29. Bb1 Bf8 30. Ba2 Bxa2 31. Rfxa2 {, und die Lage des Schwarzen ist nicht
bequem.}) 27... Bh6 28. Bf2 $6 {WeiЯ befьrchtet wohl, daЯ der Bauer auf d4
nach Abtausch der schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer schwach werden kцnnte. Der Textzug
ist jedoch recht passiv.} (28. Bxh6 Qxh6 29. Raa1 Qg5 30. Rf2 Kg7 31. Qd2 {
fьhrt zumAusgleich.}) 28... Qf4 29. Re1 $2 {WeiЯ bereitet Ld3-e4 vor, aber
dazu kommt er nicht.} (29. Raa1 {mit gleichem Spiel ist solider.}) 29... f5 $1
(29... Qd2 30. Be4 Rc8 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Ra7 Qxb4 33. Qf3 Rf8 34. Rd1 {fьhrt
zu einer recht unklaren Lage.}) 30. exf6 {Die Цffnung der Stellung ist fatal
fьr WeiЯ. Aber auch andere Fortsetzungen sind schon hцchst unbequem fьr ihn:} (
30. Qe3 Qg4 31. Qg3 Qxg3 32. Bxg3 Bd2 33. Rb1 Be4 34. Bxe4 fxe4 {Schwarz
erhдlt einen gefдhrlichen Angriff.}) (30. Be3 Qh4 31. Bf2 Qg5 32. Qf1 (32. Be3
f4 33. Bc1 Qg3 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 32... Rh7 {usw.}) 30... Qxf6 31. Ra3 (
{Nach} 31. Rf1 Rh7 {hat die Drohung Lh6-f4 entscheidende Kraft.}) 31... Rh7 $19
{Der Angriff des Schwarzen ist unwiderstehlich.} 32. Bxg6 Qxg6 33. Rg3 Bg5 34.
Be3 Rf5 35. Qd3 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 h6 8. Qb3
Ra7 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Bb5 {Dies ist ein neuer Versuch, aber er bringt
nicht viel ein.} (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nf4 Bd6 (13... Nc6 $5 {kommt
auch in Betracht.}) 14. Bb4 Bxb4+ 15. Qxb4 Nc6 16. Qc5 Ra8 $11 {0-1 Radjabov,
T-Morozevich,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Huebner,R] (34). (34)}) 11... Bd6 (11...
axb5 12. Nxb5 {ist natьrlich ungesund fьr Schwarz.}) (11... Be7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7
13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Bb4 b6 {reicht auch zur Verteidigung; der
Textzug ist aber sicherer.}) 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 $1 (13... Qxd7 14.
Na4 O-O 15. Nb6 {ist wesentlich ungьnstiger fьr Schwarz.}) 14. Na4 b5 15. Nc5+
Ke7 16. f3 Re8 17. e4 dxe4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 17... Bxc5 18. dxc5 dxe4 19. fxe4
Bxe4 20. c6 f5 21. Qg3 Kf7 22. c7 Qd7 23. Bf4 {ist riskant fьr Schwarz.}) 18.
fxe4 ({Oder} 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Kf8 20. O-O Kg8 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel.})
18... Bg6 19. e5 (19. Qe3 Qa8 20. O-O Bxc5 21. e5 Qe4 {mit gleichem Spiel.})
19... Bxc5 20. Bb4 (20. dxc5 {ergibt keinen Vorteil.} Qd5 $11) 20... Kd7 21.
Bxc5 (21. dxc5 Qh4+ 22. g3 Qe4+ 23. Kf2 Qd4+ {ist ungьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) 21...
Qh4+ 22. g3 Qe4+ 23. Kf2 Qf5+ 24. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Walter, Guenter"]
[Black "Von Herman, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. e4 Bg6 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Nd1 Rfe8 ({Mit} 18... Nh5 {kann
Schwarz das wichtige Feld f4 unter Kontrolle nehmen:} 19. Bxe5 (19. g3 Bxg3 20.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 Qxh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Ng3 {mit besserem
Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 19... Qxe5 {gibt dem Nachziehenden gutes Spiel, denn} 20.
g3 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Rad8 24. Re3 Qg4+ 25. Kh2 Rfe8 {
fьhrt nach wie vor zu besserem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qd4+
21. Nf2 Nh5 22. f5 Ng3 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rd1 Nxf1 25. Bxf1 Qc5 26. Qd3 Re5 27.
Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Ra5 29. Rd2 Re8 30. Bd3 Rd8 31. Kf1 Ra3 32. Ke2 b5 33. Rb2
Rd4 34. cxb5 axb5 35. Bc2 Rg3 36. Bb3 c5 37. Bd5 b4 38. Rc2 Rc3 39. Rb2 Kf8 40.
g4 g5 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Ke7 (42... f6 43. e5 fxe5 44. Ne4 Rxh3 45. Nxc5 {
fьhrt auch zum Remis.}) 43. e5 Rg3 44. Ne4 {WeiЯ braucht die Festung nicht
aufzugeben.} (44. Ke2 $11) 44... Rxh3 45. Nxg5 Rg3 46. Nxf7 $2 (46. Ne4 Rxg4
47. Ke3 {fьhrt noch ohne weiteres zum Remis. Jetzt verliert WeiЯ.}) 46... Rxg4
47. Ke3 Rd4 48. Bb3 c4 49. Nd6 (49. Kxd4 cxb3 50. axb3 Kxf7 $19) 49... Rd3+ 50.
Ke4 cxb3 51. Nf5+ Kf8 52. Kxd3 bxa2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nbd7
(8... Na6 {sieht natьrlicher aus, ist aber mцglicherweise schwдcher::} 9. O-O
Nb4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 $6 {Den weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer wьrde ich allerdings
nicht am Leben lassen:} (11... Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 {mit der
Absicht f7-f6=.}) 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. c5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Belov,I-Velicka,P/Ostrava
1992/EXT 97 (29). (28)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bf4 {Dies
ist wohl spielbar, entspricht aber nicht meinem Geschmack. Nach} (12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Rac1 {hat WeiЯ einen winzigen Vorteil.}) 12... Nxf4 13. exf4 Nb6 14. Bb3
Nd5 15. g3 f5 {Auch hier ist die Frage, ob dies nцtig ist.} (15... b6 {kommt
in Betracht.}) 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Na2 Re7 20. Nc1 Be8
21. Ncd3 h6 22. h4 Kh7 23. Nc5 b6 24. Ncd3 Rc8 25. h5 Rcc7 26. Bc2 c5 27. dxc5
bxc5 28. g4 {Dies ist zweischneidig. Ruhiger ist} (28. Nc4 Bd4 29. Nde5 {
mit etwa ausgeglichener Stellung.}) 28... c4 29. Nc1 Kg8 30. gxf5 Qc8 ({Nach} 
30... exf5 31. Bxf5 {entsteht eine Fesselung auf der d-Linie, die fьr Schwarz
hцchst ungemьtlich aussieht, obwohl er nach} Bxa4 {vielleicht ьberleben kann.
Der Textzug ist einfacher und stдrker.}) 31. fxe6 Nxf4 32. Qg4 (32. Qe4 Nh3+
33. Kf1 Ng5 34. Qg4 c3 {ist ungьnstig fьr WeiЯ:} 35. b4 axb4 {usw.}) 32... Nxe6
$2 {Danach gerдt der Springer in eine hцchst unangenehme Fesselung. Besser ist}
(32... Bxh5 33. Qxf4 (33. Qf5 Rxe6 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rd7 Qxd7 36. Nxd7+ Rxd7 37.
Rxe6 Nxe6 {ist gut fьr Schwarz.}) 33... Bxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxe6 35. Ng4 Rc5 36.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 37. Qh4 {WeiЯ kдmpft um das Remis.}) ({Weniger stark ist} 32... Qxe6
33. Bf5 Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Bxe5 35. Rd8 {mit Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) (32... c3 {ist
nicht stдrker als 32...Lh5: wegen der Antwort} 33. b4 (33. Qf5 {ist riskant:}
Nh3+ 34. Kf1 (34. Qxh3 cxb2 $17) 34... Ng5 35. f4 cxb2 36. fxg5 Rxc2 37. gxf6
gxf6 (37... Qxe6 38. Qxc2 Qxf6+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kg1 $2 Qb6+ 40. Kg2 b1=Q $19)
39... Qg5+ $11) 38. Ng6 Bxg6 39. Qxg6+ Rg7 40. Qxf6 (40. Rd8+ Qxd8 41. Qxc2 Qd5
$19) 40... Rf2+ 41. Kxf2 Qc5+ 42. Rd4 b1=Q {und Schwarz sollte gewinnen.}) (33.
bxc3 Rxc3 34. Qxf4 Rxc2 35. Nd7 Bxd7 36. exd7 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Qxd7 {Die
Stellung des WeiЯen sieht recht gefдhrdet aus.}) (33. b3 Bxh5 (33... Qxe6 34.
Bf5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Bxe5 36. Rd8 {ist auch hier nicht vorteilhaft fьr Schwarz.})
34. Qxf4 Bxd1 35. Rxd1 Rxe6 36. Ncd3 {mit unklarer Stellung.}) 33... Bxe5 (
33... Bxh5 34. Qxf4 Bxd1 35. Rxd1 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 axb4 37. Qe4 g6 38. Qxb4 {
ist auch unerfreulich fьr Schwarz.}) 34. Rxe5 Bxh5 35. Rxh5 Nxh5 36. Qxh5 Rxe6
37. Bb3 Kh7 38. Bxe6 Qxe6 39. bxa5 c2 40. Rf1 Rc5 {Schwarz hдlt soeben remis.})
33. Bf5 Rc5 $6 {Es gab zдhere Verteidigungsversuche, aber vermutlich sind sie
nicht ausreichend:} (33... Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Bf7 35. Rde1 c3 36. bxc3 Rc4 37. R1e4
Rxe4 38. Qxe4 Qxc3 39. Nd3 {mit entscheidendem Druck.}) (33... c3 34. Ng6 ({
Nach} 34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. Ng6 Bxg6 36. Qxg6 Nf8 37. Bxc8 Nxg6 38. Be6+ Rxe6 39.
Rxe6 Nf4 40. Re4 Nxh5 {hat Schwarz Rettungsaussichten.}) 34... Bxg6 35. hxg6
Rc6 36. bxc3 Qe8 37. Nb3 {mit gewaltigem Druck;} Bxc3 {scheitert an} 38. Rxe6
Rcxe6 39. Bxe6+ Rxe6 40. Qxe6+) 34. Rd6 $18 Qc7 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 36. Qd4 Rxe5 37.
Rxe5 Bxh5 38. Rf5 Rf7 39. Qd5 Bg6 40. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5 {
Das Endspiel verspricht dem WeiЯen keinen Vorteil; auch nach} (8. O-O Nc6 9.
dxc5 Qxd1 {steht Schwarz vollkommen befriedigend.}) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10.
Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O Bd7 (12... Rd8 13. b3 Nd5 14. Bb2 f6 15. Rac1 Bd7
16. Nce5 Bd6 17. Nc4 Bc5 18. Nce5 Bd6 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Nd2 Na5 21. Bxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Volkov,S/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/CBM 66 (21)}) 13. Nfe5 (13. b3
$11) 13... Rac8 14. Nd3 $6 (14. Rd1 Rhd8 15. b3 $11 {fьhrt zum Ausgleich, denn}
Nd4 16. Rxd4 Bxd4 17. Ba3+ Bc5 18. Bxb7 Bxa3 (18... Rc7 19. b4 $18) 19. Bxc8
$16 {ist nicht empfehlenswert fьr Schwarz. Jetzt ergreift der Nachziehende die
Initiative.}) 14... Nd4 15. Bxb7 Rc7 $6 (15... Nxe2+ 16. Kg2 Bc6+ 17. Bxc6 Rxc6
18. Bd2 Nd5 {ist dem Schwarzen eher anzuraten.}) 16. Bf3 $6 (16. Kg2 {ist sehr
stark, denn nach} Nb3 17. Bf4 Rxb7 18. Nxc5 {behдlt WeiЯ Vorteil.}) 16... Nb3
17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Ra3 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Rb8 20. e3 (20. Rcc3 $5 {sieht plausibler
aus.}) 20... Rxb2 21. Nxb2 Rxc1+ 22. Kg2 Rc2 23. Nd3 Rc4 24. Rb3 {WeiЯ
beschlieЯt zu Recht, sofort nach Aktivitдt zu streben. Auf} (24. a5 {folgt} Bb5
{,und es mangelt dem WeiЯen an sinnvollen Zьgen.}) 24... Rxa4 25. Rb7 Ra5 26.
Nb4 Kd6 27. Ra7 Kc5 (27... Bb5 28. Rxf7 Ra1 29. g4 {fьhrt zu unklarem Spiel.})
28. Nd3+ Kd6 (28... Kc4 29. Nf4 Kb4 30. Nh5 {ist keineswegs ьberzeugender.})
29. e4 $2 {Es ist nicht klar, warum WeiЯ darauf verzichtet mit} (29. Nb4 {
die Zьge zu wiederholen.}) 29... e5 30. Nb4 Ra4 $6 (30... Bb5 {verspricht hier
mehr als im 27. Zuge:} 31. Rxf7 Ra1 32. g4 Ke6 33. Rf8 (33. Rxg7 Bf1+ 34. Kg3
Ra3 {fьhrt stracks zum Verlust.}) 33... Bf1+ 34. Kg3 Ra3 35. Nc2 Nxe4+ 36. Kh4
Ra4 {, und Schwarz hat gute Gewinnaussichten.}) 31. Rxa6+ Rxa6 32. Nxa6 Bc6 33.
Kg1 {WeiЯ will den Lдufertausch vermeiden; allerdings hat er einige
Schwierigkeiten mit der Koordination seiner Figuren. Es ist nicht ausgemacht,
ob das Springerendspiel, das nach} (33. Nb4 Bxe4 {entsteht, fьr WeiЯ verloren
ist oder nicht.}) 33... Bb7 34. Nb4 Bxe4 35. Be2 Kc5 36. Nd3+ Kd4 (36... Bxd3
37. Bxd3 Kd4 {bietet meines Erachtens dem Schwarzen ausgezeichnete
Gewinnaussichten.}) 37. Ne1 Kc3 38. f3 Bb1 39. Kf2 Nd5 40. Ng2 Kd4 {Schwarz
muЯ Sg2-e3 verhindern; das reine Lдuferendspiel ist ohne weiteres als remis
einzuschдtzen.} 41. Bd1 Nb4 $6 {Die Freigabe des Feldes e3 gefдllt mir auch
jetzt nicht.} (41... Bd3 {ist stдrker.}) 42. Ne3 f5 $6 {Jetzt kommt WeiЯ zu
erleichterndem Bauerntausch, und Schwarz dьrfte nicht mehr gewinnen kцnnen.}
43. f4 Nd3+ 44. Ke2 g6 45. fxe5 Nxe5 46. Bb3 Bd3+ 47. Kf2 Nd7 48. Ng2 Nf6 49.
Nf4 Bb5 50. Bd1 Bc6 51. Ne6+ Ke5 52. Ng5 Bd5 53. Nf3+ Bxf3 54. Kxf3 g5 55. Bc2
h6 56. Bd3 Nd5 57. Ba6 Ne7 58. Bd3 Ng6 59. Bc2 Nf8 60. Bd3 Ne6 61. Ba6 Nd4+ 62.
Kf2 Nb3 63. Ke3 Nc5 64. Bb5 Ne4 65. Ba6 Nf6 66. h3 Nd5+ 67. Kf3 Ne7 68. Bb5 Ng6
69. Bd7 Kf6 70. Bb5 Ke7 71. Ke3 Kf7 72. Be2 Kf6 73. Bd1 Ke5 74. Be2 Ne7 75. Bb5
Nd5+ 76. Kf3 Nf6 77. Ke3 h5 78. h4 g4 79. Kf2 Ne4+ 80. Kg2 Nd6 81. Bd3 Kd4 82.
Bb1 Ke3 83. Bc2 Ne4 84. Bb3 f4 85. gxf4 Kxf4 86. Bc2 Nf6 87. Bd3 Ne8 88. Bg6
Ng7 89. Bf7 g3 90. Bd5 Kg4 91. Bc6 Kxh4 92. Bd7 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. h3 e6 (5... dxc4 $5) 6. e3 Nbd7 7.
Qc2 Bd6 8. g4 h6 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 c5
14. Rg1 (14. Bg6 O-O $13) 14... Qe7 15. Nce4 cxd4 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Bg6 Ne5
18. Nxf7 ({Die Folge} 18. Bxf7+ Ke7 ({Ungenьgend fьr Schwarz ist die
Fortsetzung} 18... Nxf7 19. Nxf7 Qh2 20. Qg6 $18) 19. exd4 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bxf3
21. Bg6 Rac8 22. Qb3 Qh2 23. Bb4+ Kd7 {gibt dem Schwarzen ein vorzьgliches
Spiel.}) 18... Nxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Bg6 Rc8 (20... Rxh3 $5) 21. Qb3 Rc4 22.
Bd3 dxe3 23. Bxe3 Rc8 24. Rg3 Rh4 25. Be2 Nh5 26. Bxh5 Rxh5 27. Rd1 Rd5 28. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O (8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 $10 {Bareev,E-Shirov,A/
Groningen/1993}) 8... Nc6 {Dies sieht natьrlicher aus als das frьher gespielte
Schlagen auf d4, das indessen auch zu befriedigendem Spiel fьr Schwarz fьhren
sollte:} (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 (9... Be7 10. Nc2 Nbd7 11. Na3 Qc7 12. Qd4 Bxa3
13. Rxa3 e5 14. Qh4 O-O 15. g4 $13 {Shulman,Y-Botvinnik,I/Minsk/1994/1|0/20/})
(9... Nbd7 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. Qd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Be7 13. Na3 Ne5 14. Bf4 h6 15. Bxe5
{1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Linares14th 1997}) (9... Qc7 10. a5 Be7 $5 (10...
e5 11. Nf3 (11. Nc2 Be6 {nebst Sb8-d7 sieht befriedigend fьr Schwarz aus.})
11... Be6 (11... Be7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 (13... Bf6 14. Nd2 $14) 14. Qxc4
Be6 15. Qa4 $14) 12. Ng5 $14) (10... Nbd7 11. Nc2 Bc5 (11... Nc5 $5 {kam in
Betracht.}) 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Na4 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qxa5 16. Qd6 {1-0
Beliavsky,A-Illescas Cordoba,M/Ubeda 1997 (37) WeiЯ hat reichlich Kompensation
fьr das geopferte Material, denn Schwarz kann seinen Damenflьgel nicht
entwickeln.})) 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. a5 Nc6 13. Na4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rd8 15.
Qe1 (15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rd1 e5 18. Nexc4 Bg4 19. Rd2 e4 20. h3 Be6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Bareev,E/Linares 1994 (43)})) 9. Ne5 (9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Nxd1
$5 (10. Rxd1 $5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 h6 (11... Be7 $5 12. Rac1 (12. Nd4 Na5 $5 $13)
12... h6 13. Be3 $146) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ned2 c3 (14... Na5 15.
Rac1 Bd7 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Bc6 (17... b5 18. Rc7) 18. Nd4 $16) 15. bxc3
Na5 $11 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Hodgson,J/Cacak 1996 (58)}) 10... Bxc5 11. Be3 Bb4 $1
{>< Nd1} 12. Rc1 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Schandorff,L/DEN-ch 1994 (54)}) 9...
Na5 10. d5 {Ein neuer Versuch, der jedoch nicht ganz befriedigend sein dьrfte.}
({Das frьher gespielte} 10. e3 {wird den Schwarzen nicht ans Zittern bringen:}
Be7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Bd2 Nb3 13. Rb1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxc4 Nc6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanov,T-Volodin,V/Moscow op 1994 (23)}) (10. dxc5 Qxd1 (10... Qc7 $5)
11. Rxd1 Bxc5 {sieht ebenfalls vцllig befriedigend fьr Schwarz aus.}) 10... Bd6
11. Bf4 $2 (11. f4 {war die konsequente Folge und gab wesentlich bessere
Angriffsaussichten als der fehlerhafte Textzug.}) 11... Qc7 12. Nxf7 (12. Rc1
Qb8 {hilft dem WeiЯen auch nichts.} (12... Bxe5 13. d6 {ist weniger klar.}))
12... Kxf7 13. dxe6+ Ke7 $19 14. e4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Qxf4 16. Nd5+ Nxd5 17. exd5
Nb3 18. Ra3 Rf8 19. Rxb3 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Rf6 21. Rd1 Qd6 22. Qc2 Rg6 23. Rd3 b6
24. Rf3 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2
Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O h6 $6 {Dies scheint mir eine unnцtige
Schwдchung des Kцnigsflьgels zu bewirken. Besser gefallen mir die in den
beiden folgenden Partien angewandten Zьge:} (11... Nf8 12. Rae1 Be6 13. Ne5
N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f4 f6 17. a5 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Gelfand,B/Novgorod 1997 (75)}) (11... a5 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. h3 Ne4 (13... Be6
$5) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 b6 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. b3 $14 {Zakharevich,
I-Ibragimov,I/RUS-chT 1995/0-1 (66)}) 12. Bf4 a5 13. h3 Nf8 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Ne5
Qe7 16. f4 Bd7 $6 {Dieser Zug ist recht passiv. In Betracht kam} (16... b6 {
um den Abtausch der weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer zu bewirken oder mit Lc8-b7 nebst
c6-c5 fortzufahren.}) 17. Bh4 Bb4 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Qf2 Bxc3 $2 {Danach erhдlt
Schwarz eine strategisch verlorene Stellung. Seine Lage ist unbequem; ich
schlage} (19... N6h7 {vor, um den Erzfeind auf e5 mit f7-f6 befragen zu kцnnen.
}) 20. bxc3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nc4 Qe6 $6 (22... Qc7 {bot bessere
Verteidigungsaussichten.}) 23. Nb6 Ra6 24. Rb1 $18 f5 25. Qb2 Rb8 26. c4 Be8
27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 Rxb6 29. Qxb6 Qxd5 30. Rfd1 Qf7 31. Qa7 Qc7 32. Rbc1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pesiakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 bxc4 (11... g5 $5 12. Bxb8 bxc4 13. Rb1
Rxb8 14. Rxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxc6+ Rd7 16. Qa4 e6 17. O-O Bd6 (17... Ke7 18. Bxd7
Qxd7 19. Qxa6 $14) 18. Qxa6 (18. Rb1 Ke7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxa6 Rc8 21. Rb7 $1
Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qb5 $1 (23. a4 $2 Bb4 $3 24. cxb4 c3 25. Qd3 c2 26. Qxh7+
Kd6 $19) 23... h5 $1 24. a4 h4 $17 {Dreev,Dvorietzky/}) 18... Kf7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7
20. Qxc4 Rb8 (20... h5 $1) 21. Qd3 $1 $10 (21. a4 $6 Qc8 $1 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. f4
$6 $17 {Thorsteins,K-Dreev,A /Kiljava/1984 0:1 (51) Inf 38/474/}) 21... Kg7 22.
c4 Qa4 23. c5 Be7 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. a3 Rb3 26. Qe4 $2 (26. Qd1 $1 $13) 26... Qc4
$1 27. Rb1 f5 $1 (27... Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1 Qxd4 $2 29. c6 Bc5 30. e3) 28. Qe5+ Bf6
29. Qc7+ Kg6 30. Rxb3 Qxb3 31. c6 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qxe2 34. Qd6 Qe1+
35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kf1 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 {0-1 Rashkovsky,N-Rublevsky,S/Kurgan
1993/CBM 39/[Lisenko] (37)} (37... gxf4 38. c7 f3 39. Qg3+ Bg5 40. Qe5 Qd3+ 41.
Ke1 Bd2+ $19)) 12. Rb1 e5 (12... Qc8 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. O-O $44) 13. Rxb7 exf4 14.
Qb1 {Dies ist ein neuer Versuch. Er ьberzeugt nicht; Schwarz erlangt nach
einigen Zьgen eine glatte Gewinnstellung. Es folgt ein Auszug aus den
Besprechungen anderer Fortsetzungen:} (14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Rb6 Bd6 16. Qxc4 Ke7 17.
gxf4 {Das ist eine Neuerung.} (17. O-O Ra7 18. Rfb1 Rd8 (18... fxg3 $5 {
Tukmakov, Inf. 36/449.}) 19. gxf4 Qe6 (19... Bxf4 20. d5 $44 {Tukmakov, Inf.
36/449.}) 20. Qd3 g6 21. c4 $44 {geschah in der Partie Tukmakov-Bagirov, UdSSR
1983, Inf. 36/449. Der Textzug ist keine Verbesserung; natьrlich sollte WeiЯ
seinen Kцnigsturm mцglichst rasch mobilisieren.}) 17... Ra7 18. Rg1 $2 {
Besser war} (18. O-O) 18... g6 19. Be4 f5 20. Bd3 Qe6 $19 {Nach Damentausch
muЯ sich das Materialьbergewicht des Schwarzen auf die Dauer geltend machen
lassen.} 21. Qxe6+ Kxe6 22. e3 Bc7 23. Rb3 Nd7 24. Kd2 a5 25. Be2 a4 26. Rbb1
Ba5 27. Kd3 c5 28. c4 cxd4 29. exd4 Bc7 30. c5 Bxf4 31. Kc4 Bxh2 32. Rge1 Rc8
33. Bf3+ Kf6 34. Rh1 Bd6 35. Rxh7 Bxc5 36. Bb7 {0-1 Kravtsov,S-Volkov,S/
Novgorod 1997/CBM 60/[Huebner,R] (36)}) (14. Qa4 $44 {Tukmakov,V-Bagirov,V /
SSSR/1983/ Inf 36/449/}) 14... Be7 15. Qf5 g6 ({Nach} 15... O-O 16. Qe6+ Rf7
17. gxf4 Qd6 18. f5 {kommt Schwarz nicht zur Koordination seiner Figuren.}) 16.
Qe6 Qd6 17. Qxc4 Kf8 18. O-O Kg7 (18... fxg3 19. fxg3 Kg7 {verdient Erwдgung.})
19. gxf4 Rc8 20. e4 Rc7 21. e5 Qd7 22. Rb2 Qg4 23. Re1 Nd7 (23... Qxf4 $5 {
sieht spielbar aus.}) 24. e6 Nf8 25. d5 Bd6 26. dxc6 Re8 27. Rd2 Qxf4 ({
Zu sofortigem Gewinn fьhrte} 27... Nxe6 $19 28. h3 (28. Rxd6 Nxf4) 28... Qxf4
29. Qxf4 Bxf4 30. Rd7+ Kf8) 28. Rd4 Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 Be5 $4 ({Schwarz stellt die
Dame ein. Nach} 29... g5 $19 {hat er eine glatte Gewinnstellung.}) 30. Rh4 $18
Qxh4 31. Qxh4 Nxe6 32. Qc4 a5 33. Rb1 Nf4 34. Bf3 Rd8 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 h5
37. Bf3 g5 38. Qc5 a4 39. Qa5 g4 40. Be4 h4 41. Qxa4 Bxc3 42. Qd1 Be5 43. Qxg4+
Kf8 44. Qxh4 Ke7 45. Qh8 Ne6 46. Qa8 Bd4 47. Qa3+ Bc5 48. Qc3 Bd6 49. Bd5 Nf4
50. Qe3+ Be5 51. Be4 Rc8 52. Qa7+ Rc7 53. Qc5+ Bd6 54. Qe3 Be5 55. a4 Rc8 56.
Qa7+ Rc7 57. Qc5+ Ke6 58. a5 Bd6 59. Qf5+ Ke7 60. a6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qxc3+ 12. Ke2 Qb2+ (12... Qa5 13. Qc2 Be7
14. Rab1 Qd8 15. Bd2 a5 16. h3 h6 17. g4 Nd7 18. Bc3 Nb8 19. h4 Na6 20. Bxa6
Rxa6 21. g5 h5 22. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Prie,E/FRA 1998/CBM 64 ext (22).})
13. Bd2 a5 (13... Qb6 {ist sicherer und fьhrt zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen
Stellung.}) 14. Rb1 Qa2 $6 ({Solider ist} 14... Qa3 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rhe1 Qd8
17. Kf1 Be7 {mit ungefдhr gleicher Stellung.}) 15. Re1 Bb4 $2 (15... Nd7 16.
Kf1 Be7 17. Re2 (17. Bc1 e5) 17... Qa3 {ist ьberlebenstrдchtiger.}) 16. Kf1 O-O
$2 (16... Bxd2 {muЯte versucht werden, obwohl Schwarz nach} 17. Nxd2 Qa3 18.
Nc4 Qe7 19. Nb6 (19. e5 Nd5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Rb3 {ist auch recht ungemьtlich
fьr Schwarz.}) 19... Rb8 20. Qd2 e5 21. Qg5 O-O 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24.
Bc4 {schwere Sorgen hat.}) 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Re2 Qc3 20. Rc2 Qb3
21. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Perenyi Memorial"]
[Site "Gyula"]
[Date "2000.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2000.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Qb3 e6 8.
Bf4 (8. Qxb7 Rb8 {fьhrt zum Remis.}) (8. cxd5 {sieht mir am wirksamsten aus:}
Nxd5 ({Nach} 8... cxd5 9. Qxb7 {bekommt Schwarz keine Kompensation fьr den
verlorenen Bauern.}) 9. e4 ({Nach} 9. Qxb7 Nb4) ({oder} 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxb7
Bb5 {bekommt Schwarz starkes gegenspiel fьr den geopferten Bauern.}) 9... Nxc3
10. bxc3 {mit besserem Spiel fьr WeiЯ.}) 8... dxc4 (8... b5 {ist eine solide
Fortsetzung, desgleichen}) (8... Nh5 9. Bd2 b5) 9. Qxb7 Nd5 10. Bg3 Bb4 11. e4
({Nichts scheint gegen} 11. Rc1 {zu sprechen.}) 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxc3 13.
f3 Nb5 14. Bxc4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Ke2 $2 {Dieser Zug ist schwer zu
verstehen. Falsch ist natьrlich auch} (16. Qxd7 $2 {denn Schwarz gewinnt mit}
Qc3 $19) (16. Bxb5 Qxb5+ 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. Bd6 $14 {fьhrt dagegen zu einem
etwas besseren Endspiel fьr WeiЯ.}) 16... Ra7 17. Be1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
b6 (8... g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne5 (10. O-O O-O 11. b4 $14) 10... Qc7 11. h4 f6 12.
Nxd7 Bxd7 13. f5 Qf4 14. fxg6 Qxd4 15. gxh7 Qxc5 16. Bg6+ Kd8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Tregubov,P-Ivanov,V/Elista 1994/CBM 44 (46)}) 9. cxb6 (9. b4 bxc5 10. bxc5 Qa5
11. Qd2 g6 12. Bd3 Bh6 13. O-O Qc7 14. g3 O-O 15. Rfe1 e6 16. Rab1 f6 17. Qc2
Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qxf4 19. Re3 e5 20. Kh1 e4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rb8 23. Bxc6
Kh8 24. Rbe1 f5 25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. d5 Qh6 27. Re7 Be8 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. Ng5 Bf7
30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. d6 {1-0 Piket,J-Fontaine,R/France 2001/EXT
2002 (32).}) 9... Qxb6 10. Bd3 (10. Qd2 e6 11. Rc1 Rb8 ({Laut A. Huzman 
(Schach 12/1999, S.27) sollte Schwarz 11...c5 spielen; nach dem Textzug erhдlt
er keine Gelegenheit mehr dazu, diesen VorstoЯ durchzusetzen, und sein c-Bauer
bleibt rьckstдndig. Auch die folgenden Varianten, welche zeigen, daЯ eine
taktische Widerlegung des VorstoЯes nicht mцglich ist, stammen von A. Huzman,
loc. cit.:} 11... c5 12. Na4 Qa7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd4 (14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bd3
Bd6 (15... O-O 16. Bxh7+ $18) 16. O-O O-O $11) 14... Nxa4 15. Rxc8+ Kd7 16.
Qxa4+ (16. Rxa8 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4+ $15) (16. Qxa7+ Rxa7 17. Rc2 f6 $11 {
A. Huzman} 18. g3 Bd6 19. Bh3) 16... Kxc8 17. Qe8+ (17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bxa6+ Kd8
$13) 17... Kc7 18. Qxf7+ Kd6 (18... Kb8 19. Qxe6 Bb4+ 20. Kd1 $13) 19. Ne5 $13)
12. Na4 ({Dies ist stдrker als} 12. Rc2 Bd6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nxc5
Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxf4 17. Qc3 e5 {A. Huzman, loc. cit. WeiЯ verhindert c6-c5.})
12... Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4+ ({Die Fortsetzung} 13... Rxb4 14. b3 Bb7 {wird von A.
Huzman in Schach 12/1999, S.27 diskutiert; Schwarz will unter Umstдnden Tb4xa4
nebst c6-c5 spielen. Huzman meint, daЯ WeiЯ mit} 15. Nb2 c5 (15... Rb6 16. Nd3
Ba3 17. Rc2 Ke7 18. Nfe5 $16) 16. Nd3 Rb5 17. Nde5 (17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5
$11) 17... Ra5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rc7 Nxe5 20. fxe5 b3 21. axb3 Ba8 22. Kd1 {
Vorteil erzielen kann. Mir scheint jedoch, daЯ Schwarz mit der Fortsetzung 17..
.Se5: 18.ba5: (18.fe5: Ta2: 19.bc5: Lc6 ist nicht ьberzeugender) 18...Sf3:+ 19.
gf3: c4 20.Tb1 Lc8 erfolgreich Widerstand leisten kann. In der ersten
Klammeranmerkung sollte Schwarz 17...f6 an Stelle von 17...Ke7 spielen; auch
diese Lage ist wenig klar.}) 14. Kd1 Bb7 15. a3 (15. Ne5 {(A. Huzman) war
angewiesen, um den EinfluЯ auf das Feld c5 zu vergrцЯern.}) 15... Bd6 16. g3 (
16. Ne5 {sollte auch hier noch geschehen. Jetzt verhindert Schwarz diesen Zug.}
) 16... f6 17. Bh3 Kf7 18. Re1 Rhe8 19. Rc3 a5 $14 {1-0 Huzman,A-Khalifman,A/
Bugojno 1999/CBM 74/[Huebner,R] (72). (71)}) 10... Qxb2 (10... g6 11. O-O Bg7
12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. f5 Bf6 17. h4 Kf8 18. Qd2
Kg7 19. g4 e5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. g5 Bd8 22. Rxe6 Rf8 23. Kg2 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4
25. Rb1 Ra7 26. Rd6 Rf7 27. h5 gxh5 28. Rh1 Bc7 29. Rh6 Nf8 30. R1xh5 Bc8 31.
Rh4 Rf4 32. Rxc6 Bg4 33. Rxc7+ Rxc7 34. Ne5 Rxd4 35. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 36. Nxg4 Ne6
37. Bxa6 Rc2 38. a3 Ra2 39. Bc8 Nxg5 40. Ne3 Ne4 41. Nb6 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Ra2 43.
a4 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Lalic,B/Medulin 2002/CBM 90 ext (43).}) 11. Rc1 g6
12. O-O Bh6 13. Qa4 Qb7 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Rfc1 e6 16. Nxd5 $2 {Dieses Opfer ist
anscheinend nicht korrekt.} (16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Qa3 Bf8 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Ne5 {
fьhrt zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 16... exd5 17. Rxc6 Qd8 18. Re1+
(18. Qa3 Bf8 (18... Nf8 19. f5 {ist nicht vertrauenerweckend fьr Schwarz.}) 19.
Qb3 (19. Re1+ Be7 {bringt WeiЯ nicht weiter; es folgt Ke8-f8.}) 19... Be7 (
19... Rb8 $2 20. Qxb8) 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Ne5 Kg7 {
kann WeiЯ auf die Dauer auch nicht ьberleben.}) 18... Kf8 $19 19. Rd6 Kg7 20.
f5 Re8 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qc6 Rb8 24. Rxd5 Rb6 25. Qc7 Qe6 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Martinovsky, Eugene Simeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 b5
(8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. h3 Re8 12. Bh2 Bd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1
Bc7 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Na4 $11 {Yudasin,L-Magem Badals,J/Pamplona 1995/1/2-1/2 
(51)}) 9. Nd2 Ne4 $2 {Dies ist eine Art Selbstmord. Normale Fortsetzungen
bestanden in} (9... Be7 {und}) (9... h6 $5) 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 {Dieser Bauer wird
fьr WeiЯ ein willkommenes Angriffsobjekt sein, aber auch nach} (10... Bxe4 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. f3 {hat Schwarz keine Freude an seiner Stellung.}) 11. Qc2 Nf6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxe4 Qh4 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Rdg1 O-O 18.
f4 a5 19. Bd3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rfc8 21. Rg3 b4 22. Qg2 Ra6 23. Rh3 Qf6 24. g5 hxg5
25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. Bd3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
b6 (8... g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne5 (10. O-O O-O 11. b4 {+=}) 10... Qc7 11. h4 f6
12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. f5 Qf4 14. fxg6 Qxd4 15. gxh7 Qxc5 16. Bg6+ Kd8 {=+ 1/2-1/2
Tregubov,P-Ivanov,V/Elista 1994/CBM 44 (46)}) 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Qd2 e6 11. Rc1
Rb8 ({Laut A. Huzman (Schach 12/1999, S.27) sollte Schwarz 11...c5 spielen;
nach dem Textzug erh�lt er keine Gelegenheit mehr dazu, diesen Vorsto�
durchzusetzen, und sein c-Bauer bleibt r�ckst�ndig. Auch die folgenden
Varianten, welche zeigen, da� eine taktische Widerlegung des Vorsto�es
nicht m�glich ist, stammen von A. Huzman, loc. cit.:} 11... c5 12. Na4 Qa7
13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd4 (14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bd3 Bd6 (15... O-O 16. Bxh7+ {+-}) 16.
O-O O-O {=}) 14... Nxa4 15. Rxc8+ Kd7 16. Qxa4+ (16. Rxa8 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4+ {
=+}) (16. Qxa7+ Rxa7 17. Rc2 f6 {= A. Huzman} 18. g3 Bd6 19. Bh3) 16... Kxc8
17. Qe8+ (17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bxa6+ Kd8 {~}) 17... Kc7 18. Qxf7+ Kd6 (18... Kb8 19.
Qxe6 Bb4+ 20. Kd1 {~}) 19. Ne5 {~}) 12. Na4 ({Dies ist st�rker als} 12. Rc2
Bd6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxf4 17. Qc3 e5 {A. Huzman,
loc. cit. Wei� verhindert c6-c5.}) 12... Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4+ ({Die Fortsetzung
} 13... Rxb4 14. b3 Bb7 {wird von A. Huzman in Schach 12/1999, S.27 diskutiert;
Schwarz will unter Umst�nden Tb4xa4 nebst c6-c5 spielen. Huzman meint, da�
Wei� mit} 15. Nb2 c5 (15... Rb6 16. Nd3 Ba3 17. Rc2 Ke7 18. Nfe5 {+/-}) 16.
Nd3 Rb5 17. Nde5 (17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 {=}) 17... Ra5 18. b4 cxb4 19.
Rc7 Nxe5 20. fxe5 b3 21. axb3 Ba8 22. Kd1 {Vorteil erzielen kann. Mir scheint
jedoch, da� Schwarz mit der Fortsetzung 17...Se5:18.ba5: (18.fe5: Ta2:19.bc5:
Lc6 ist nicht �berzeugender) 18...Sf3:+ 19.gf3: c4 20.Tb1 Lc8 erfolgreich
Widerstand leisten kann. In der ersten Klammeranmerkung sollte Schwarz 17...f6
an Stelle von 17...Ke7 spielen; auch diese Lage ist wenig klar.}) 14. Kd1 Bb7
15. a3 (15. Ne5 {(A. Huzman) war angewiesen, um den Einflu� auf das Feld c5
zu vergr��ern.}) 15... Bd6 16. g3 $6 (16. Ne5 {sollte auch hier noch
geschehen. Jetzt verhindert Schwarz diesen Zug.}) 16... f6 17. Bh3 Kf7 18. Re1
Rhe8 19. Rc3 a5 20. Kc2 (20. Nd2 {mit der Idee, Sd2-b3 zu spielen, den Bauern
auf a5 anzugreifen und die Kontrolle �ber das Feld c5 zu mehren, kam stark
in Betracht. Nach} Ba8 21. Nb3 Nb6 (21... Rb5 22. Bf1) 22. Nac5 a4 23. Bxe6+
Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bf8 25. f5 axb3 26. Rxb3 {hat Wei� erklecklichen Vorteil, weil
der L�ufer auf a8 zu baldigen Gro�taten nicht imstande ist.}) 20... h6 21.
Rce3 Nf8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Kb1 g5 24. Nd3 ({Nach} 24. fxg5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 hxg5 26.
Nd4 e5 27. Bxc8 Rexc8 28. Nf5 Ke6 {bekommt Schwarz eine erfreuliche Stellung.})
24... Bd7 {Dieser Zug leistet nicht viel. Mehr verspricht} (24... gxf4 25. gxf4
Re7 (25... Ba6 26. Nc5 {bringt dem Schwarzen nichts ein.}) 26. Bg4 Reb7 {
mit einigem Druck.}) 25. Bg4 Ng6 $6 {Ich sehe keinen Grund daf�r, sich diese
Selbstfesselung aufzuerlegen.} (25... Kg7 {war solider.}) 26. Bh5 Kg7 27. h4 $2
({Viel st�rker war, wie A. Huzman angibt,} 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. h4 {. Wei�
erobert entweder das Feld e5 oder Material, zum Beispiel:} Rh8 29. Bxg6 g4 30.
h5) 27... gxf4 28. Nxf4 {Wenn Schwarz den Zwischentausch auf f4 zu einem
fr�heren Zeitpunkt durchgef�hrt h�tte, st�nde dem Wei�en diese
M�glichkeit nun nicht zur Verf�gung.} Bxf4 $2 (28... Nxf4 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 ({
Weniger genau ist} 29... Bxe8 30. gxf4 Bg6+ 31. Ka2 {, weil der Bauer auf c6
schwach wird.}) 30. gxf4 Bxf4 {(A. Huzman, Schach 12/1999, S.28) f�hrte zu
etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 29. gxf4 Kh7 $6 ({Auf} 29... Nxf4 {folgt} 30. Rg1+ ({
Nach} 30. Bxe8 Bxe8 {gelangt der L�ufer des Schwarzen �ber g6 ins Spiel.})
30... Kf8 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 (31... Bxe8 {wird nun mit} 32. Rg4 {beantwortet.}) 32.
Ka2 {mit erklecklichem Vorteil f�r Wei�. Dennoch war dies der beste
Versuch f�r Schwarz.}) ({Nach} 29... Rg8 30. f5 exf5 (30... Nf4 31. fxe6 Bxe6
32. Rxe6 Nxh5 33. Rxc6 {ist unerfreulich f�r Schwarz.}) 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. Re7
Rbd8 33. Rg1+ Kh5 34. Rxg8 Rxg8 35. Rxd7 Rg2 36. Kc2 Rxf2+ 37. Nd2 {gewinnt
Wei� ohne gr��ere M�he.}) 30. f5 {+-} exf5 31. Rg1 Nf4 32. Bxe8 Rxe8
33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34. Re1 Bh5 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Ne1 Ne2 37. Nc2 $2 (37. Nd3 {+-})
37... Bf3 $2 ({Mit} 37... f4 {oder}) (37... Bg4 {h�tte Schwarz sich
beachtliche Gegenchancen verschaffen k�nnen.}) 38. Re3 Bh5 39. f3 (39. a4 {
gefolgt von b2-b4 wird von A. Huzman vorgeschlagen (loc. cit.).}) 39... Ng1 40.
Ne1 f4 41. Rc3 Ne2 42. Rxc6 Nxd4 43. Rc3 ({Nach} 43. Rc5 Nxf3 (43... Bxf3 44.
Nxf3 Nxf3 45. Rxd5 Ne5 46. Kc2 {+-}) 44. Nxf3 (44. Nd3 Kf5 45. Rxd5+ Ne5 {
ist �u�erst unklar.}) 44... Bxf3 45. Kc1 Kh5 46. Rxa5 Kxh4 {ist es
durchaus nicht sicher, ob Wei� schneller ist; der Turm ist in dieser
Stellung kaum wertvoller als der L�ufer. Der Textzug ist weit sicherer.})
43... Kf5 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Ke6 46. Kb2 Kd6 47. Rd3 Ke5 48. Rc3 Kd6 49. Ra3
Ke5 50. Kc1 Be8 51. Kd2 Bh5 52. Rc3 Kd6 53. Kd3 Nb5 (53... Nxf3 {rettet den
Schwarzen nicht:} 54. Nxf3 Bxf3 55. b5 Ke5 (55... Bg2 56. Kd4 f3 57. b6 f2 58.
b7 f1=Q 59. b8=Q+ Ke6 60. Qc8+ {nebst matt: A. Huzman, Schach 12/1999, S. 28.})
56. Rc5 Be4+ 57. Kd2 Kd6 58. b6 {+-}) 54. Rc8 Bg6+ 55. Kd2 Nd4 56. Rh8 Nf5 57.
Rd8+ Kc7 58. Rf8 Nxh4 59. Rxf6 h5 60. Ke2 Bb1 61. Rxf4 Ng6 62. Rf6 Ne5 63. Ke3
Nc6 64. Nd3 Bxd3 65. Kxd3 Nxb4+ 66. Kd4 h4 67. Rh6 Kd7 68. Ke5 Nd3+ 69. Kxd5
Ke7 70. Rxh4 Kf6 71. Kd4 Nb4 72. Kc4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
b6 (8... g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne5 (10. O-O O-O 11. b4 $14) 10... Qc7 11. h4 f6 12.
Nxd7 Bxd7 13. f5 Qf4 14. fxg6 Qxd4 15. gxh7 Qxc5 16. Bg6+ Kd8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Tregubov,P-Ivanov,V/Elista 1994/CBM 44 (46)}) 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Bd3 (10. Qd2 e6
11. Rc1 Rb8 ({Laut A. Huzman (Schach 12/1999, S.27) sollte Schwarz 11...c5
spielen; nach dem Textzug erhдlt er keine Gelegenheit mehr dazu, diesen
VorstoЯ durchzusetzen, und sein c-Bauer bleibt rьckstдndig. Auch die folgenden
Varianten, welche zeigen, daЯ eine taktische Widerlegung des VorstoЯes nicht
mцglich ist, stammen von A. Huzman, loc. cit.:} 11... c5 12. Na4 Qa7 13. dxc5
Nxc5 14. Qd4 (14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bd3 Bd6 (15... O-O 16. Bxh7+ $18) 16. O-O O-O
$11) 14... Nxa4 15. Rxc8+ Kd7 16. Qxa4+ (16. Rxa8 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4+ $15) (16.
Qxa7+ Rxa7 17. Rc2 f6 $11 {A. Huzman} 18. g3 Bd6 19. Bh3) 16... Kxc8 17. Qe8+ (
17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bxa6+ Kd8 $13) 17... Kc7 18. Qxf7+ Kd6 (18... Kb8 19. Qxe6 Bb4+
20. Kd1 $13) 19. Ne5 $13) 12. Na4 ({Dies ist stдrker als} 12. Rc2 Bd6 13. Bd3
c5 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxf4 17. Qc3 e5 {A. Huzman, loc. cit.
WeiЯ verhindert c6-c5.}) 12... Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4+ ({Die Fortsetzung} 13... Rxb4
14. b3 Bb7 {wird von A. Huzman in Schach 12/1999, S.27 diskutiert; Schwarz
will unter Umstдnden Tb4xa4 nebst c6-c5 spielen. Huzman meint, daЯ WeiЯ mit}
15. Nb2 c5 (15... Rb6 16. Nd3 Ba3 17. Rc2 Ke7 18. Nfe5 $16) 16. Nd3 Rb5 17.
Nde5 (17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 $11) 17... Ra5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rc7 Nxe5 20.
fxe5 b3 21. axb3 Ba8 22. Kd1 {Vorteil erzielen kann. Mir scheint jedoch, daЯ
Schwarz mit der Fortsetzung 17...Se5: 18.ba5: (18.fe5: Ta2: 19.bc5: Lc6 ist
nicht ьberzeugender) 18...Sf3:+ 19.gf3: c4 20.Tb1 Lc8 erfolgreich Widerstand
leisten kann. In der ersten Klammeranmerkung sollte Schwarz 17...f6 an Stelle
von 17...Ke7 spielen; auch diese Lage ist wenig klar.}) 14. Kd1 $14 {1-0
Huzman,A-Khalifman,A/Bugojno 1999/CBM 74/[Huebner,R] (72). (71)}) 10... Qxb2 (
10... g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. f5
Bf6 17. h4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Lalic,B/Medulin 2002/CBM 90 ext (43). (43)})
11. Rc1 g6 12. O-O Bh6 {Auf diese Weise gewinnt Schwarz ein Tempo fьr die
Entwicklung. Der Lдufer steht jedoch auf h6 nicht gut, und WeiЯ muЯ fьrher
oder spдter doch den f-Bauern decken.} (12... Bg7 {fьhrt zur oben zitierten
Partie.}) 13. g3 O-O 14. Na4 Qb4 (14... Qb7 15. Qc2 {ist nicht besser.}) 15.
Rxc6 Nf6 $6 {Dies gibt die Bewachung von c5 und e5 auf.} (15... Bg7 16. Qc2 Rb8
{ist verstдndiger.}) 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Ne5 Rb8 $2 (18... Bh3 19. Ra1
Rfb8 {bietet Aussischten, die Stellung zu halten.}) 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Ra6 Bxa4 (
20... Rxb3 21. Nc5 {kostet Material.}) (20... Bc8 21. Rxa5 Rxb3 22. Rc7 {
ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen eine krдftige Initiative, bietet aber vielleicht bessere
Ьberlebensaussichten als die Partiefortsetzung.}) (20... Rb4 21. Nc5 Be8 22.
Rxa5 Rxd4 23. Ra7 e6 24. Rb7 {ist nicht aussichtsreicher fьr Schwarz als die
Partiefolge.}) 21. bxa4 Rb4 22. Rxa5 {Der a-Bauer des WeiЯen ist nun дuЯerst
stark. Schwarz dьrfte sich kaum noch retten kцnnen.} Rxd4 23. Ra7 Bg7 24. Bf1
Ne4 25. a5 Ra4 26. a6 e6 27. Rac7 Nd6 (27... Nd2 28. a7 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Nxf1 30.
Kxf1 Kg7 31. Rb7 g5 32. h3 Ra6 33. Rc2 h5 34. Ke2 {und WeiЯ gewinnt, indem er
seinen Kцnig zum Damenflьgel bringt.}) 28. Nd7 Rd8 29. Nc5 Rb4 30. Nb7 Nxb7 31.
axb7 Bf6 32. Ba6 Kg7 33. R1c6 $1 (33. Rc8 {dьrfte auch zum Gewinn genьgen:} Rd6
34. b8=Q Rxb8 35. Rxb8 Rxa6 36. Rc7 g5 37. Rbb7 gxf4 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rxh7 f3
40. h4 {Der Textzug ist aber weit sicherer.}) 33... Rb8 34. Rxe6 Bd8 35. Rc8
Kf8 36. Rd6 Ke8 37. Rxd5 Rb6 {Suite desesperement illisible, efforts inutiles
sauf a decider de fondre les neurones. Essayer de voir avec Eric. Resulat
final 1 - 0 au 53eme coup blanc} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bd2 a5 12. Nc1 c5 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15.
Be1 Rc8 16. Bb5 cxd4 17. Nfxd4 Nc5 18. f3 {Dieser Zug verursacht eine
Schwдchung der Bauernstruktur. WeiЯ sollte sich durch Abtausch zu entlasten
versuchen:} (18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rac1 {Der Vorteil des Schwarzen hat keine
entscheidende Wirkung.}) 18... Bd6 19. g3 e5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Nb3 Bb6 22. Rac1
Bd5 23. Nd2 e4 24. f4 $2 {Dadurch werden die weiЯen Felder schwach. Ich hдtte
wieder versucht, durch Abtausch Entlastung herbeizufьhren:} (24. Nxe4 Bxe4 (
24... Nxe4 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Rxd5 {ist ungьnstig fьr Schwarz.}) 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8
26. fxe4 Nxe4 27. Bc4 {, und WeiЯ hat nicht viel zu fьrchten.}) 24... Be6 25.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Nc4 {Dies kostet einen Bauern, aber wenn sich WeiЯ auf andere
Weise gegen die Drohung Le6-g4 wehren will, muЯ er eine ganz passive
Aufstellung einnehmen:} (26. Ra1 Qc2 27. Nf1 Rc8 28. Rd1 Qb3 {usw.}) 26... Bxc4
27. Bxc4 Bxe3+ 28. Kg2 Qc5 29. Bb3 h5 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Bxc4 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33.
Ke2 Bb6 34. b3 Ra7 35. Bd2 Rd7 ({Die Folge} 35... Ng4 36. h3 Nf2 37. Rf1 Nxh3
38. Be3 {verspricht dem Schwarzen keinen Sieg.}) 36. h3 e3 $2 {Schwarz ist zu
ungeduldig. Er gewinnt die Qualitдt, verringert aber seine Gewinnchancen. Nach}
(36... g6 $5 {hat es WeiЯ sehr schwer.}) 37. Bxe3 Rxd1 38. Bxb6 Rd7 39. Bxa5
Rb7 40. Ba6 Rb8 41. Bc7 Ra8 42. Bc4 Nd7 43. f5 Kf6 44. Ke3 Rc8 45. Ba5 Ne5 46.
Bb5 Kxf5 ({Nach} 46... Rc1 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 {baut WeiЯ plцtzlich
Mattdrohungen auf.}) 47. Bxb4 Ke6 48. Bd2 f5 49. Be2 g5 50. a5 Rc2 51. Bb5 f4+
52. gxf4 gxf4+ 53. Ke2 Kf5 54. a6 Ke4 $4 ({Nach} 54... Ra2 55. Ba4 f3+ 56. Ke3
Nc4+ 57. bxc4 Rxa4 58. Kxf3 Rxa6 {steht dem WeiЯen noch ein harter Kampf um
das Remis bevor.}) 55. a7 $18 f3+ 56. Kd1 Rc8 57. Ba6 f2 58. Ke2 Rf8 59. Bb7+
1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Alzate, Dario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Bg5 e6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. e3 a5 $6 {Im Augenblick sollte Schwarz die Kontrolle ьber das Feld b5
nicht aufgeben, damit er auf c4xd5 mit c6xd5 antworten kann. Jetzt erhдlt er
eine ungьnstige Bauernstruktur.} (9... Nd7 {ist spielbar.}) (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4
Nd7 {kommt auch in Frage.}) (9... Qa5 {ist ebenfalls nicht von der Hand zu
weisen.}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bb4 12. O-O Bg6 13. Rad1 Rg8 (13... Nd7 $5) (
13... O-O $5) 14. Rfe1 Qd7 $6 {Schwarz bemerkt nicht, daЯ WeiЯ den VorstoЯ
e3-e4 vorbereitet.} (14... Kf8 15. Bd3 Kg7 16. Nh4 $16) 15. g3 Kf8 16. Nh4 Qh3
17. Nxg6+ hxg6 18. Bf1 Qf5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 $16 g5 (20... Bxc3 21. Rf4 Qd5
22. Qb6 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) (20... Kg7 {ist jedoch verstдndiger.}) 21. Rde1
Qd7 22. Bc4 Kg7 23. Qd1 Na6 24. Qf3 Nc7 25. h4 b5 26. Ba2 Rh8 (26... Rf8 27.
Rg4 {Schwarz kann auf die Dauer nicht ьberleben.}) 27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Re7 $18
Bxe7 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Rxe7 Qd6 31. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Qa4 Qa6 6. Qc2 Qxc4 7. e4 Qb4 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. e5 Ng8 10. Nxd5 Qd8 {Es ist mцglich, daЯ W. Steinitz die Spielfьhrung
des Schwarzen sehr gelobt hдtte; sicher ist dies aber nicht. Meinen Geschmack
trifft die Erцffnungsbehandlung des Nachziehenden nicht.} 11. Ne3 e6 12. O-O-O
Ne7 13. Bb4 Nd5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. h4 h6 16. Nc4 Na6 17. Kb1 Nac7 18. Nd6 Ne8
19. Nxe8 Qxe8 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Ne4 Bd7 22. Rh3 Be8 23. Bc4 Rd8 24. Nd6 Kg8 25.
Ra3 a6 26. g3 g6 27. Rb3 Rd7 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Qc8 Kg7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Qxb7
Qxb7 32. Nxb7 g5 33. Rh1 f6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Nc5 (35. hxg5+ Kxg5 36. Nc5 Bg6+
37. Kc1 Rc8 38. Kd2 e5 39. Ke3 {ergibt дhnliche Bilder wie die
Partiefortsetzung.}) 35... gxh4 36. Rxh4 e5 37. Kc2 a5 38. Kc3 Rh7 39. Nd3
exd4+ 40. Kxd4 Kg5 41. f4+ Kf6 42. g4 h5 43. gxh5 Bxh5 44. Ne5 a4 45. b4 axb3
46. axb3 Ke6 47. b4 Kd6 48. b5 Kc7 49. Kc5 Kb7 50. f5 Rc7+ 51. Kxd5 Be8 52. f6
{Viel Arbeit, Genauigkeit und Geduld muЯ man einsetzen, um eine strategisch
entschiedene Partie zu gewinnen.} 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4 b5 7. Nd2 e6 (7...
Bb7 {ist ьblicher, um die Fortsetzung g2-g3 zu unterbinden. Sie verurscht dem
Nachziehenden jedoch keine besonderen Schwierigkeiten.}) 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 ({
Die Folge} 9. Nxb5 Bb7 10. Nf3 Qb6 {ist unerfreulich fьr WeiЯ.}) 9... Rb8 10.
dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Be3 Nfd7
16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Ke7 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Ne4 Rc6 20. O-O Nb6 21. Bd4 f6 22. Rd3
Rd7 23. Rfd1 e5 24. Bxb6 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 axb6 26. g4 Nc7 27. f3 Ne6 28. e3 g6 29.
Nc3 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Kf2 Ng5 32. Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 21st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
Nhf6 (8... Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Ndf6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Be3 g6 14.
Qf3 Nd5 15. Bc4 Nhf6 16. O-O Bg7 17. Rac1 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Magem
Badals,J/Pamplona 2000/CBM 75 (42). (42)}) 9. Qc2 Qc7 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug.
Die Vorgдngerpartie ist nicht besonders representativ:} (9... g6 10. g4 Qc7 11.
g5 Nh5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 hxg5 14. Nexg5 Ng7 15. Bc4 e6 16. O-O-O Be7 17.
Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Kd8 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. Nf7+ Kd7 22. Qe4 {
1/2-1/2 Lisko,F-Maros,M/SVK 2001/EXT 2002 (22).}) 10. e4 dxe4 (10... e5 {
kommt auch in Betracht:} 11. exd5 cxd5 12. b4 e4 13. Ng1 Nb8 {mit unklarer
Lage. Der Textzug ist einfacher und sicherer.}) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13.
Qc2 Be6 14. Bd3 Nd7 (14... Bd5 {sieht gut genug aus.}) 15. O-O Bd5 16. Rfe1 e6
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 $11 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Qa4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Qg4 Be5
(22... Bxb2 23. Qg6 Rf6 (23... Bxc1 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Bg6+ Kf6 26. Bc3+ e5 27.
Bh5 Bf7 28. Qe4 {sieht fьr Schwarz nicht gut aus.}) 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Be2 Rg8
26. Bh5+ Kf8 27. Rc2 {fьhrt zu einer recht unklaren Lage.}) 23. h3 (23. Bxh6
Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 Qg3 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 26. Be3 Bxa2 27. Bc4 {fьhrt zu дhnlichen
Stellungsbildern wie in der Partie, nur daЯ beiderseits die h-Bauern vom Brett
verschwunden sind. Einen groЯen Unterschied dьrfte dies nicht bedeuten.}) 23...
Bh2+ 24. Kf1 Qg3 {Jetzt muЯ Schwarz die Damen tauschen, denn sonst bekommt
WeiЯ Angriff.} 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 26. Re2 Bxa2 27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rad8 29. Be1
Rf6 30. Rce4 Rd5 (30... Kf7 31. R2e3 Bb8 32. Rb3 Rd7 33. Reb4 {ist nicht
erstrebenswert fьr Schwarz.}) 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Be5 33. Re7 Rxc5 34. Rxb7
Rc1 35. Rb6 a5 36. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2003.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 (
8. Qxf3 e5 $1 $36) 8... Nbd7 9. f4 (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 e6 12. Ng3
Bd6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Bd3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 O-O $15 {0-1 Cvitan,O-Bareev,E/Tilburg
1993/CBM 39 (26). (25)}) 9... e6 (9... bxc4 10. bxc4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e6 12. Bd2
Bb4 13. O-O (13. Qa4 Nd5 14. Rc1 $14) 13... O-O 14. Ne4 (14. Rb1) (14. a3)
14... a5 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Ra5 19. Rab1 Qd6 {
1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Shirov,A/Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Hertneck] (19).}) 10. c5
Ne4 {Dies ist nicht ohne Risiko. nach Abtausch auf e4 erhдlt der andere
Springer das schцne Feld d5; aber WeiЯ kann die Stellung durch Beseitigung des
Bauern auf e4 цffnen und erhдlt die gьnstigere Struktur. Versucht wurde in
dieser Stellung bisher:} (10... g6 11. Bd3 (11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Qc2 Ng8 13. Bd3 Ne7
14. O-O-O O-O 15. Rdg1 Nf5 16. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,O-Masserey,Y/Grenoble 2002/
CBM 88 ext (16).}) 11... Nh5 12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc2 (13. Nxb5 $5) 13... Bg7 14.
O-O-O Bf6 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Kb1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Rublevsky,S/St Petersburg
1993/CBM 34 (39). (38)}) (10... Ng8 {Dies sieht einigermaЯen gekьnstelt aus.}
11. Bb2 Ne7 12. a4 Nf5 (12... b4) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Na2 (14. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 15.
Bxb5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qc8 17. Bc3 Be7 18. Qa4 $36) 14... g6 15. Nb4 Qc8 16. Kd2 (
16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qa1 Qb7 18. Qa6 Qxa6 19. Nxa6 Bg7 $13) 16... Be7 (16... Bg7 {
/\ Nc5}) 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qa1 Qb7 20. Qa6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,
E-Shirov,A/Munich 1993/CBM 36/[Hertneck] (34). (34)}) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg2 f5
13. f3 exf3 (13... Qh4+ 14. Kf1 Nf6 15. fxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qc2 {
ist ungesund fьr Schwarz.}) 14. Bxf3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. e4 $1 {
Dies ist ein scharfer Versuch, etwas durch sofortige Цffnung der Stellung zu
erreichen. Ich glaube, daЯ er bei bestem Spiel Erfolg haben sollte. Ruhige
Fortsetzungen, die einen soliden Vorteil versprechen, sind:} (17. a4 Be7 18.
O-O O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 {WeiЯ hat die Initiative.}) (17. O-O-O {zur
Vorbereitung von e3-e4 kommt auch in Betracht.}) 17... Qh4+ 18. Kd1 Nxf4 19.
Qe1 (19. Qe3 g5 (19... fxe4 20. Qxe4 {ist hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) (19...
Ng6 20. exf5 Ne7 21. Re1 {mit siegbringender Initiative fьr WeiЯ.}) 20. exf5
Bg7 21. Qe4 O-O 22. fxe6 Rce8 23. e7 Rf7 24. Be1 Qh6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Bxc6
Rexe7 27. Rc1 Bxd4 {ist recht ungemьtlich fьr WeiЯ.}) 19... Ng6 20. exf5 Qxd4
21. Qxe6+ Ne7 22. Ke2 Qd7 23. Qe3 $2 {Ich sehe keinen Grund dafьr, die Dame
aus ihrem starken Vorposten zurьckzuziehen.} (23. Rhf1 {ist sehr ungemьtlich
fьr Schwarz.}) 23... h5 24. Raf1 Kf7 25. Kd1 $6 {Mehr verspricht} (25. Qg5 Nd5
26. Qg6+ (26. Bxh5+ Kg8 27. b4 Rxh5 28. Qxh5 Re8+ {ist nicht empfehlenswert
fьr WeiЯ.}) 26... Kg8 27. Bxd5+ Qxd5 (27... cxd5 28. b4 {mit Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}
) 28. f6 Qe5+ 29. Kd3 (29. Kd1 Qa1+ 30. Bc1 Rd8+ 31. Kc2 Qxa2+ 32. Bb2 Rd2+ 33.
Kxd2 Qxb2+ 34. Qc2 Qd4+ {mit Ausgleich.}) 29... Rh7 30. Kc2 Qxc5+ 31. Kb1 {
WeiЯ behдlt einen gefдhrlichen Angriff.}) 25... Nd5 26. Qg5 (26. Qd4 {ist
solider. Nach} Rd8 27. Rhg1 Qe7 28. Re1 Qf6 {entsteht eine in etwa
ausgeglichene Stellung.}) 26... Be7 $4 (26... Bxc5 {sieht plausibler aus. Es
ist nicht einfach fьr WeiЯ, das Gleichgewicht zu wahren.}) 27. Qg6+ Kg8 28.
Rhg1 {Der Textzug dьrfte zum Sieg genьgen, jedoch} (28. Bxd5+ {gewinnt auf der
Stelle.} Qxd5 (28... cxd5 29. f6 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 29. Rhg1 Qf7 30. f6
Qxg6 31. Rxg6 Bf8 32. f7+ Kh7 33. Re6 {und WeiЯ gewinnt:} Bxc5 34. Rf5) 28...
Bxc5 (28... Ne3+ 29. Ke2 Bxc5 (29... Nxf5 30. Bxh5 Bxc5 31. Qf7+ Qxf7 32. Bxf7+
Kf8 33. Be6 Bxg1 34. Bxc8 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Qe6+ Qxe6 32.
fxe6 Nc2 33. Rxc2 Bxg1 34. Rxc6 {ist unerfreulich fьr Schwarz, bot aber noch
die besten Aussichten auf Widerstand.}) 29. Bxd5+ cxd5 30. f6 Bxg1 31. f7+ {
Der Textzug ist gut genug. Einen eleganten Sieg konnte WeiЯ mittels} (31. fxg7
Rh7 (31... Qxg7 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Rf7 $18) 32. Rf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 34.
gxf8=N+ {erzielen.}) 31... Kf8 32. Rxg1 $4 {Dies fьhrt zu einem Wechsel des
Ergebnisses. Nach} (32. Qxg1 Qe7 33. Qd4 {wдre es an Schwarz, aufzugeben.})
32... Qxf7 33. Qxa6 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2003.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. h4 {
Dies ist eine neue, sehr interessante Idee. Schwarz darf den schwarzfeldrigen
Lдufer des Gegners wohl nicht leben lassen; wenn aber der Springer von h5
verschwunden ist, wird der VorstoЯ h4-h5 unangenehm fьr Schwarz.} Nxf4 {
Wahrscheinlich nьtzt es nichts, diesen Tausch hinauszuzцgern; nach} (8... b6 9.
cxb6 Qxb6 10. Qd2 {muЯ Schwarz doch zugreifen, und die Partiestellung wird
erreicht.}) 9. exf4 Bg7 (9... Nf6 10. Ne5 Bh6 (10... Bg7 $5) 11. g3 Nh5 12. Be2
Ng7 13. h5 g5 14. fxg5 Bxg5 15. h6 Nf5 16. Bh5 Nxh6 17. Bxf7+ Nxf7 18. Nxf7
Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Qxg5 Qd7 21. Rh4 $18 {1-0 Farago,I-Arduman,C/Nova Gorica
2001/CBM 80 ext (41). (40)}) 10. h5 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. b3 c5 (
13... O-O 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Rc1 {fьhrt zu ьberwдltigendem positionellen Vorteil
fьr WeiЯ.}) 14. Nxd5 Qe6+ 15. Ne3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qe4 17. Rd1 Qxf4 $2 {Danach
geht es rasch zu Ende.} ({Nach} 17... Rb6 $16 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Nexc2 {dьrfte
Schwarz indessen kaum genьgende Kompensation fьr den geopferten Bauern
besitzen.}) 18. Nc6 $18 Qc7 (18... Rb6 19. Nxe7 $18) 19. Rc1 Ra8 20. Nxe7 Qd8
21. Nc6 Qg5 22. Qb4 Ne5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rxh8+ Bxh8 25. Be2 (25. Nb8 {fьhrt
auch zum Gewinn:} Qd8 (25... Be6 26. Qb7) 26. Nd5 Ra7 27. Qc5 {usw.}) 25...
Nxc6 (25... Bd7 26. Nb8 $18) 26. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Qd7 {Dies
ist, soweit ich sehe, ein neuer Zug.} 8. Ng5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 f6 10. Nf3 Na6 11. g3
Nc7 12. Bg2 Nd5 13. Nh4 g6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Re1 Nxc3 (15... fxe5 {fьhrt zu
sicherem und gutem Spiel fьr Schwarz:} 16. dxe5 (16. Rxe5 Bg7 $19) 16... e6 {
usw.}) 16. Qf3 Nd5 $2 (16... Nxa4 {dьrfte stдrker sein:} 17. exf6 O-O-O (17...
Nb6 18. f7+ Kd8 19. Bf4 Bg7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Kc7 22. e6 {sieht ungьnstig
fьr Schwarz aus.}) 18. Bg5 exf6 19. Bxf6 Bb4 20. Reb1 c5 21. Qe2 (21. Qxb7+
Qxb7 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. dxc5 a5 {mit Gewinnstellung fьr Schwarz.}) 21... Rhe8 {
mit gewaltiger Initiative fьr Schwarz.}) 17. exf6 O-O-O {Schwarz gibt den
Bauern auf a7 her; danach erhдlt WeiЯ Angriffsaussichten.} ({Ungьnstig fьr
Schwarz ist auch} 17... b4 18. f7+ Kd8 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Qxc4 Rf8 21. Nf3 Bf6 (
21... Rxf7 22. Ng5 Rf6 23. Bh3 $18) 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5) (17... a6 18. Bg5
Qd6 {fьhrt zu unklarem Spiel.}) 18. axb5 cxb5 19. fxe7 Bxe7 20. Rxa7 Rhf8 21.
Qe4 Rfe8 22. Nf3 Bc5 $6 {Hier hдngt der Lдufer. Viel besser ist} (22... Bb4 23.
Ne5 Qf5 {, und Schwarz hat nichts zu fьrchten.}) 23. Rxb7 Rxe4 (23... Kxb7 {
bietet keine Rettung:} 24. Ne5 Bb6 25. Bg5 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28.
Rb1 c3 29. Rxb5 c2 30. Nd3 Kc6 31. Rb2 $18) 24. Rxd7 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Kxd7 $2 (
25... Rxd7 26. dxc5 Ne7 {bietet bessere Rettungsaussichten:} 27. Ba3 Rd1 28.
Kf1 c3 29. Be4 (29. Ke2 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 Nd5 {ist nicht besser fьr WeiЯ.}) 29... b4
30. Bxb4 Rd4 31. Bxc3 Rxe4) 26. dxc5 Kc6 27. Ba3 Kc7 28. Nc2 Ne7 29. Kf1 Nc6
30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kd2 Rd8+ 32. Kc1 Ne5 33. Nb4 c3 34. Nd5+ Kc8 35. Kc2 Nc4 36.
Bb4 Rf8 37. f4 Re8 38. Kxc3 Re2 39. Bf3 Rxh2 40. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Nd2 (9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. h3 Re8 12. Bh2 Bd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1
Bc7 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Na4 Re7 17. Qb4 Rae8 18. Nb6 e5 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. dxe5
Nxe5 21. Nd4 Be4 $11 {geschah in der Partie Yudasin,L-Magem Badals,J/Pamplona
1995/CBM 46 (51). Der Textzug leitet eine wesentlich wirksamere Idee ein: nach
Abtausch der schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer verhindert WeiЯ den VorstoЯ e6-e5 mit
f2-f4.}) 9... Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rc1 {Dieser Zug sieht ьberflьssig
aus.} (12. a4 $5) 12... Bc7 $6 {Meines Erachtens ist es genauer, mit} (12...
O-O {fortzufahren, um im folgenden Tf8-e8 und e6-e5 zu spielen; nur auf diese
Weise kann die Schattenseite des Zuges Sf3-d2, die in der Minderung der
Kontrolle des Feldes e5 besteht, bloЯgelegt werden.}) 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. f4 Ng8
{Schwarz gestattet den VorstoЯ e3-e4, doch sind andere Fortsetzungen nicht
angenehmer:} (14... Ne4 15. Ncxe4 Bxe4 (15... dxe4 16. Nc4 {ist ebenfalls
nicht erfreulich fьr Schwarz.}) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. f5 {mit erklecklichem
Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) (14... O-O 15. g4 h6 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 Bh7 18. Bd3 {
nebst Dd1-f3 gefolgt von Druck auf der g-Linie; der Lдufer auf h7 bleibt
begraben.}) 15. e4 Ne7 16. f5 $1 {Nur mit der Durchfьhrung dieses Konzeptes
kann WeiЯ auf Vorteil hoffen: Er verschafft sich die Bauernmehrheit am
Damenflьgel, und der Bauer des Schwarzen auf d5 wird verteidigungsbedьrftig.
Der Lдufer auf g6 bleibt auЯer Spiel. Der Mehrbauer des Schwarzen ist
bedeutungslos, denn er kann die Bauernmehrheit am Kцnigsflьgel nicht wirksam
einsetzen. Dennoch ist Schwarz natьrlich keineswegs verloren; es gibt aber fьr
WeiЯ keine andere Art, dem Spiel Wьrze zu verleihen. Nach} (16. e5 $2 Nf5 {
muЯ WeiЯ Material abgeben.}) 16... exf5 17. exd5 cxd5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 17...
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bd3 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen ohne weiteres deutlichen
Vorteil.}) 18. b5 O-O 19. b6 Qd8 $6 {Stдrker ist} (19... Qc8 {, welcher Zug
das wichtige Blockadefeld c6 im Auge behдlt (D. Poldauf nach V. Topalov,
"Schach" 8/1999, S.36):} 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na5 Nc6 {usw.}) 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na5
Rb8 {Dies entzieht dem Bauern auf a6 die Deckung.} (21... Qd7 {gefдllt mir
besser:} 22. Qa4 (22. a4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Na2 (24. a5 Rfe8 25. Na2 Qe6 {
verspricht dem Schwarzen ebenfalls reichliches Gegenspiel.}) 24... a5 25. Bb5
Qe6 {mit unklarem Spiel.}) 22... Nc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 {Die Lage ist mir nicht
deulich.}) 22. a4 Ne4 23. Na2 f6 $2 {Jetzt strebt Schwarz danach, das Feld c6
in die Hand zu bekommen, aber dazu ist es zu spдt. Zu recht schlдgt D. Poldauf
in "Schach" 8/1999, S.36,} (23... f4 {vor:} 24. Rxf4 Nf5 25. Nxb7 ({Nach} 25.
Qd3 Qg5 26. Rcf1 Rfe8 {hindern die Gegendrohungen des Schwarzen den WeiЯen
daran, seine Initiative am Damenflьgel krдftig zu verfolgen.}) 25... Qg5 ({Nach
} 25... Rxb7 26. Bxa6 Rb8 27. a5 Qg5 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 Nxd4 30. c6 {
hat WeiЯ eine Gewinnstellung.}) 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Bxa6 Bh5 28. Qf1 Nxd4 {
Schwarz hat ausreichendes Gegenspiel.}) 24. Nb4 Be8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rb1 Rf7 27.
Nxb7 Rxb7 28. a5 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. Bb5 Qc8 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33.
a6 Kg7 34. Rb4 Nd6 35. Qa4 Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Nc8 37. Rb4 Na7 38. bxa7 Ra8 39. c6
Raxa7 40. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Groningen Festival (Women)"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Socko, Monika"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Ba6
8. Be2 e6 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 bxc3 11. Nb1 Bb4 12. O-O c5 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3
Qa5 15. Ba3 O-O 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Nxc3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rab8 20. Qd1
Nb4 21. Ncb5 a6 22. Nc3 Rd8 23. Qf3 Nd3 24. Rca1 Ne5 25. Qd1 Rbc8 26. Qe1 $2 (
26. Nce2 Nc4 27. Rd3 {bot Rettungsaussichten, denn auf} Nb2 {folgt} 28. Qd2)
26... Nd3 {'!' Baburin.} 27. Qd2 Nxf2 $19 {'!' Baburin. Baburin: 'This blow,
which employs geometrical motifs, wins a pawn and the game.'} 28. Qxf2 (28.
Kxf2 $4 {Baburin} Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Ne4+ {[%cal Re4f2,Re4d2,Gf6e4]}) 28... Rxc3 29.
Rxc3 Qxc3 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Qf3 h6 32. h3 Qa3 33. Qg3 Nd5 34. Rf3 Qxa4 35. Qe5
Qd7 36. Rg3 f6 37. Qh5 Qd6 38. Qg4 Rf7 39. Nxe6 h5 40. Qe4 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Groningen Festival (Women)"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 dxc4 6. a4 Be6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Nxc4
b5 $6 {In der Partie Baburin-Giorgadze, Ubeda op 1996, geschah} (8... Bxc4 9.
Bxc4 b5 {und dies ist verstдndiger, denn der Lдufer auf e6 ist keine Zierde
der Stellung des Schwarzen.}) 9. Ne3 b4 10. d5 bxc3 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. f3 g6 $2
{Danach ist die Stellung des Schwarzen strategisch verloren. Als Kompensation
fьr die desparate Gestalt seiner Bauernstruktur sollte er wenigstens einen
Bauern einschlucken:} (12... cxb2 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 e5 {nebst e7-e6 mit
unklarer Stellung.}) 13. bxc3 Bg7 14. Bc4 Nc5 15. Qd4 Qa5 $6 ({Nach} 15... Nh5
16. e5 (16. Qxc5 Bxc3+ 17. Kf2 Bxa1 18. Qxc6+ Kf8 19. Qxe6 Qe8 20. Ng4 {
sieht auch gьnstig fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 16... Qa5 17. Ba3 Nd7 (17... Bxe5 18. Qxc5
Bxc3+ 19. Kf2 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen eine
Gewinnstellung.}) 18. f4 c5 (18... Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bxe5 20. Qe4 {sieht auch
nicht attraktiv fьr Schwarz aus.}) 19. Qe4 Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 {muЯ der Schwarze
ohne Beteiligung seines Kцnigsflьgels weiterspielen. Immerhin hдtte diese
Fortsetzung dem Schwarzen noch mehr Gegenspiel versprochen als die Partiefolge.
}) 16. Ba3 Ncxe4 {Verzweifelung.} 17. Bb4 Qg5 18. fxe4 Nh5 19. Qc5 $2 (19. Qb6
Qh4+ 20. g3 Qxe4 (20... Nxg3 21. Qxc6+ $18) 21. O-O $18) 19... Bxc3+ 20. Ke2
Nf4+ 21. Kf3 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rf8 (22... Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rf8 {war besser.}) 23. Rac1
{Besser war} (23. Ra3 Bg7 (23... Be5 24. Ng4 {ist auch nicht ausreichend.}) 24.
Kg3 {und WeiЯ sollte gewinnen.}) 23... Bg7 $2 (23... Nd3+ 24. Ke2 Nxc1+ 25.
Rxc1 Be5 {bot besseres Rettungsaussichten.}) 24. Ba3 $2 (24. Kg3 Nh5+ 25. Kh3
Nf4+ 26. Kh4 {fьhrt zum Gewinn.}) 24... Rd8 $2 25. Rhd1 $2 Nd3+ {Plцtzlich hat
Schwarz Vorteil.} 26. Nf5 Ne5+ (26... Nxc1 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Bxe7+ Kd7 29.
Bxf8 Bxf8 {fьhrt zum Ausgleich.}) 27. Ke2 exf5 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Bxa6 fxe4 30.
Rb1 Nd7 31. Rd1 Rf5 $4 {Gewinnaussichten gab sowohl} (31... Be5 {als auch}) (
31... Kc7 {mit der Absicht} 32. Bxe7 Ra8) 32. Bc4 Ra5 33. Be6 Rxa4 (33... Ra7 {
rettet den Schwarzen nicht mehr:} 34. Bc5 Rb7 35. a5 Ke8 36. Bxd7+ Rxd7 37. a6
Rc7 38. Bb6 (38. a7 Rc8 39. Rb1 Be5 40. Rb7 Kf7 41. Rxe7+ Kf6 42. Rxh7 {
reicht wohl auch zum Gewinn, ist aber weniger zwingend.}) 38... Rc8 39. a7 Be5
40. Rd8+ {usw.}) 34. Rxd7+ Ke8 35. Rxe7+ Kd8 36. Rxg7 Rxa3 37. Rxh7 Rc3 38. g4
c5 39. h4 c4 40. Rd7+ Ke8 41. Rc7 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gelfand,B} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3
e5 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug. Es ist nicht einfach, seinen Wert im Vergleich mit
den bisher ьblichen Fortsetzungen zu bestimmen. In den Vorgдngerpartien, die
unten folgen, erreichte Schwarz sehr befriedigendes Spiel; auch der Textzug
scheint dem Schwarzen bequemen Ausgleich zu versprechen.} (7... Qc7 8. O-O (8.
Bf5 g6 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Qb3 e5 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. a4 Be7 13. f4 exd4 14. exd4 O-O
15. O-O Bf6 16. Ne2 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Ferenczi,J-Harmatosi,J/Budapest 1999/EXT
2004 (40). (40)}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. e4 Ng4 $17 {0-1 Vukic,
I-Zaja,I/Zagreb 1995/EXT 2000 (39). (39)} 12. g3 {Gelfand,B} Bxc5 13. exd5 cxd5
$15 {0-1 Vukic,I-Zaja,I/Zagreb 1995/EXT 2000 (39)}) (7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. e4
dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qc7 12. g3 Nf6 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Be5 O-O 15. Bxf6
exf6 16. Ne1 Be6 17. Nc2 f5 18. Bg2 Rfd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,D-Burmakin,V/
Graz 1995/EXT 98 (36). (35)} 19. Qd2 {Gelfand,B} a5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,
D-Burmakin,V/Graz 1995/EXT 98 (36)}) 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11.
Qf3 Qb6 12. Ke2 $6 (12. Nd1 {verschafft dem WeiЯen meines Erachtens ein
vollwertiges Spiel.}) 12... Nh6 (12... Nxe3 {Gelfand,B} 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. Nxd5
(14. Qxe3 Bg4+ 15. Kd2 d4 16. Qg3 dxc3+ 17. bxc3 $13) 14... cxd5 15. Qxe3 $14)
13. h3 (13. f5 $2 {Gelfand,B} Qc7 14. Qf4 f6 $1 15. e6 Qxf4 16. exf4 g6 $15)
13... a5 $6 {Meiner Meinung nach ist dieses Vorgehen unnцtig langsam.
Plausibel ist} (13... O-O {, um mцglichst rasch f7-f6 zu spielen und Linien zu
цffnen, um dem Kцnig des WeiЯen, der in der Mitte steckengeblieben ist, zu
Leibe zurьcken.}) (13... Be7 $5 {Gelfand,B}) 14. Bd2 $6 (14. e4 d4 15. Nd1 {
dьrfte dem WeiЯen vollwertiges Spiel geben; es droht f4-f5 usw.}) 14... Ba6 (
14... O-O {ist immer noch plausibel.}) 15. Kf2 {WeiЯ ьberfьhrt den Kцnig in
gemдЯigtere Zonen. Es drohte natьrlich 15...b4.} (15. e4 d4 16. Nd1 Be7 {
mit der Absicht c6-c5-c4 ist jetzt vielleicht zu langsam fьr WeiЯ, obwohl die
sache noch genauerer Untersuchung bedarf.}) (15. Rhc1 {Gelfand,B} b4 (15... Be7
$5) 16. Na4 Bxd3+ 17. Ke1 $1 Qb5 18. Rxc5 (18. Nxc5 Bc4 $13) 18... Be4 (18...
Qa6 19. Rcc1 Qb5 $11) 19. Qg3 Qd3 20. Rcc1 $13) 15... Be7 $6 {Damit kann
Schwarz noch warten.} (15... O-O {muЯ auf jeden Fall geschehen und ist im
Augenblick mit keinerlei Nachteilen verbunden.}) 16. Rhd1 (16. f5 $5 {Gelfand,B
}) 16... O-O 17. Kg1 {'?!' Gelfand,B.} (17. f5 {ermцglicht auf} f6 {die Antwort
} (17... Rfe8 $1 {Gelfand,B} 18. Qg3 (18. f6 Bf8 19. Qg3 g6 $17 (19... Qc7))
18... Bf8 $13) (17... Qc7 {Gelfand,B} 18. f6 b4 19. fxe7 Qxe7 20. Bc2 bxc3 21.
Bxc3 $16) 18. e6 {und verdient daher Untersuchung.}) (17. g4 $5 {Gelfand,B} f5
$1 (17... f6 18. e6) 18. gxf5 Nxf5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8
22. Qxa8+ Rf8 23. Qf3 b4 (23... Bh4+ 24. Kg1 Bb7 25. Qg4 g5 26. f5 Qc6 27. Kh2
b4 $44) (23... Bb7 24. Qg4 (24. Qg3 b4 (24... Qh6 $5) 25. Rac1 g5 $44) 24... b4
$5 $13 (24... g5 25. f5 (25. Ke2 b4) 25... Bc8 26. e6 Bxe6 27. Bc3+ Kg8 28. Bd4
Bxf5 29. Qxg5+ Bxg5 30. Bxb6 $18)) 24. Kg1 Bb7 $13) 17... f6 18. exf6 ({
Jetzt folgt auf} 18. e6 {die Entgegnung} f5 {, und der Bauer auf e6 wird
verlorengehen.}) 18... Bxf6 19. Kh2 {WeiЯ strebt den VorstoЯ e3-e4 an. Meist
steht der Kцnig in derartigen Situationen auf h2 besser, aber in dieser
spezifischen Stellung verdient} (19. Kh1 {Erwдgung.}) 19... b4 $6 (19... Qb7 {
mit der Idee} 20. e4 b4 21. Na4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qb5 24. Qc2 Nf5 {
ist genauer.}) (19... Rad8 $5 {Gelfand,B} 20. e4 d4 21. Ne2 c5 22. e5 Be7 $13)
20. Na4 Qa7 (20... Qb8 21. Bxa6 (21. Nc5 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Re8 {ist nicht gьnstig
fьr WeiЯ.}) 21... Rxa6 22. e4 {macht keinen groЯen Unterschied zur
Textfortsetzung.}) 21. e4 Bb5 $6 {'?' Gelfand,B. Nun kommt WeiЯ in Vorteil. Es
gibt viele andere plausible Fortsetzungen fьr Schwarz:} (21... Rad8 {ergibt
scharfes Spiel mit beiderseits etwa gleichen Aussichten.}) (21... Bxd3 22. Qxd3
dxe4 23. Qxe4 Kh8 (23... Qc7 {kommt auch in Betracht.}) (23... Rad8 $132 {
Gelfand,B}) 24. Qxc6 Qf2 {Schwarz hat volle Kompensation fьr den geopferten
Bauern.}) (21... Rae8 22. Be3 (22. exd5 Bb5 23. Bc2 Be2 24. Qb3 c5 25. Bd3 Bxd1
26. Rxd1 Bd4 {mit Vorteil fьr Schwarz.}) (22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. exd5 Qb5 24. Qb3
Qxd5 25. Nb6 Qxb3 26. axb3 Bxb2 27. Rxa5 Rd8 28. Nc4 Bc3 {Schwarz steht etwas
bequemer, aber das Gleichgewicht dьrfte nicht entscheidend gestцrt sein.})
22... d4 23. Bxa6 dxe3 24. Bc4+ Kh8 {Die Lage ist unklar, aber sicher nicht
nachteilig fьr Schwarz.}) 22. Bxb5 (22. Bc2 {Gelfand,B} Rae8 $13) 22... cxb5
23. e5 Rad8 $6 (23... bxa4 {sieht natьrlicher und sicherer aus:} 24. exf6 (24.
Qxd5+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. exf6 Rxf6 {ist auch nicht allzu beunruhigend fьr
Schwarz.}) 24... Rxf6 25. Qxd5+ Nf7 26. Be3 Qa6 {Der Vorteil des WeiЯen hдlt
sich in Grenzen.}) (23... Bxe5 $142 {Gelfand,B} 24. Qxd5+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Nxf7
26. Nb6 (26. fxe5 bxa4 $11) 26... Bxb2 27. Rab1 Rad8 (27... Ra6 28. Nd7 Rd8 29.
Nc5 (29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Rxb2) 29... Rc6 30. Nb7 Rd7 31. Nxa5 Rc2 32. Bxb4 $14
Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Bc1 34. Kg3 Ba3 35. Rd2 $16) 28. Rxb2 Rd6 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Rxd6
Nxd6 31. Rxb4 $14) 24. exf6 Rxf6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 24... bxa4 25. fxg7 Kxg7 {
wird zu Recht von keinem Menschen in Betracht gezogen.}) 25. Be1 $6 (25. Bxb4
axb4 26. Rxd5 Rdf8 27. Nc5 Rxf4 28. Qb3 {verspricht mehr als der Textzug, zum
Beispiel} Kh8 (28... Rc4 29. Ne6 Qb8+ 30. Kh1 Re8 31. Nd4 {ist fatal fьr
Schwarz.}) 29. Re1 {mit starkem Druck.}) (25. f5 {Gelfand,B} bxa4 26. Bxh6 Rxh6
27. Rxd5 $14) (25. Be3 {Gelfand,B} d4) 25... Nf7 $2 {Danach ist Schwarz
verloren. Richtig ist} (25... Rf5 26. g4 (26. Bh4 {ist kaum aussichtsreicher:}
Rdf8 (26... Rd6 {Gelfand,B} 27. Nc5 Qxc5 28. Be7) 27. g4 (27. Bf2 {Gelfand,B}
Qf7 28. Bc5 Rc8 29. Rac1 bxa4 30. Bxb4 $16) 27... R5f7 28. Qxd5 (28. Bf2 Qb8
29. Be3 bxa4 30. Rxd5 Qa8 {fьhrt zu einer Stellung mit etwa gleichen
Aussichten fьr beide Seiten.}) 28... bxa4 29. f5 Kh8 {mit guten
Ьberlebensaussichten fьr Schwarz.}) (26. Bf2 {Gelfand,B} Qf7 27. Bb6 Rb8 28.
Bxa5 (28. g4 Rxf4 29. Qg3 Rf8) 28... bxa4 29. Rd4 $16) 26... Rff8 ({Die
Fortsetzung} 26... Rf7 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 bxa4 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qxa5 Rxf4
31. Bxb4 Kh8 32. Bc3 {genьgt wohl nicht zur Rettung fьr Schwarz.}) 27. a3 bxa4
28. axb4 Nf7 29. bxa5 Ng5 30. Qg2 Ne4 31. Rxa4 Rxf4 32. Rxd5 {Sonst behдlt
Schwarz gefдhrlichen Angriff.} Rxd5 33. Rxe4 Rf8 34. Re8 Qc7+ 35. Kh1 Rxe8 36.
Qxd5+ Kh8 {Schwarz sollte sich halten kцnnen.}) (25... Rff8 {Gelfand,B} 26.
Rxd5 (26. Bh4 Rd7) 26... bxa4 27. a3 $14) (25... Rf7 {Gelfand,B} 26. Bh4 Rd6
27. Rac1 bxa4 28. Rc8+ Rf8 29. Rdc1 $18) 26. Bf2 $18 d4 (26... Qb8 27. Nc5 Rxf4
28. Bg3 Rxf3 29. Bxb8 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) 27. Bxd4 Rxd4
28. Qe3 Qb8 29. Rxd4 bxa4 30. Re1 Nd6 31. Qe5 1-0

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1998.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Qc2 b3
9. Qd1 e6 10. Be2 (10. Nbd2 Qd5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nb1 Ne4 14. Nfd2
Ndf6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be7 $17 {geschah in der Partie Adorjan,A-Torre,E/
Toluca izt 1982. Der Textzug ist keine groЯe Verbesserung; WeiЯ hat grцЯte
Mьhe, den abgegebenen Bauern zurьckzugewinnen. Auch nach}) (10. Ne5 c5 {
erzielt Schwarz Vorteil:} 11. Nxc4 (11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13.
exd4 Bb4 {Schwarz steht deutlich besser.}) 12... Qc7 13. Qf3 Bb7 14. Qe2 {
WeiЯ gewinnt den Bauern zurьck, aber Schwarz behдlt das bessere Spiel.}) 11...
cxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. exd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 Rb8 {mit Vorteil fьr Schwarz.}
) 12... Nc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxa6 O-O 16. Bc4 Na5 (16... Nb4
17. Bxb3 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 {braucht WeiЯ nicht zu fьrchten.}) 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Bd2 {
Der Vorteil des Schwarzen ist hier nur gering. Offenbar taugt die ganze
Variante fьr WeiЯ nichts, weil Schwarz durch eine rapide Entwicklung sofort
die Initiative ьbernehmen kann.}) 10... c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ne5 ({Die
Fortsetzung} 12. Na3 cxd4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 dxe3 15. Bxe3 {sollte auch
zum knappen Ausgleich ausreichen.}) 12... Rc8 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 {
ьberlieЯe dem WeiЯen schцnes Spiel. Er stellt seinen Springer nach c3 und
breitet sich am Kцnigsflьgel aus; den Bauern auf c4 kann Schwarz auf die Dauer
doch nicht halten. Es ist fьr Schwarz von groЯer Wichtigkeit, seinen c-Bauern
gegen den d-Bauern des WeiЯen zu tauschen.}) 13. Na3 $2 (13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4
cxd4 15. Qxb3 {war eine verstдndige Wahl, um den Schaden zu begrenzen.}) ({
Die Fortsetzung} 13. Nxc4 cxd4 14. Nd6+ (14. Qxb3 Na5 15. Nxa5 Bxe2 {ist fatal
fьr WeiЯ.}) 14... Bxd6 15. Bxa6 Rc7 16. Qxb3 O-O {wird in "Schach" 10/1998, S.
11 von D. Poldauf angegeben; sie erscheint mir riskanter fьr WeiЯ, weil seine
Figurenstellung der Koordination entbehrt und sein Kцnigsflьgel ungeschьtzt
ist.}) 13... cxd4 14. Naxc4 ({Die Folge} 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Naxc4 Qd5 {ist
ebenfalls hцchst unerfreulich fьr WeiЯ.}) 14... Qd5 (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe2
16. Qxe2 {war weniger krдftig, weil WeiЯ 17.Db5+ droht.}) 15. Bf3 (15. Nd6+
Bxd6 16. Bxa6 Qxe5 17. f4 Qc5 18. Bxc8 ({Nach} 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Be3 Qc6 20.
Bxc8 Nc2 {gewinnt Schwarz mьhelos.}) 18... dxe3 19. Kh1 O-O 20. Ba6 Nd5 {
fьhrt zu einer hцchst unerfreulichen Lage fьr WeiЯ (vgl. D. Poldauf, "Schach"
10/1998, S.11.)}) (15. Nb6 Bxe2 16. Nxd5 Bxd1 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nxc6 Be2 19.
Re1 d3 {ist ebenfalls nicht zur Rettung ausreichend.}) 15... Ne4 16. Nxc6 Rxc6
({Die Folge} 16... Bxc4 17. Nxa7 Ra8 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Bxf1 20. Bxe4 Rxa7
21. Kxf1 {gibt dem WeiЯen gute Rettungsaussichten.}) 17. Nd2 f5 18. Re1 d3 {
Jetzt wird WeiЯ erdrosselt.} 19. Nxb3 e5 20. Bd2 Rb6 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nc1 Rxb2
23. Bc3 d2 24. Rf1 Bxf1 25. Bxb2 Bc4 26. Ne2 Bb3 27. Nc3 Bxd1 28. Nxd5 Bb3 29.
Nc3 Bb4 30. Nd1 O-O 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4 b5 7. Ne3 Bb7 8.
g3 c5 9. d5 a6 10. Bg2 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. a4 (12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. b3
Nb6 15. a4 b4 16. a5 Nfd7 17. axb6 Bxc3 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nxb6 20. Ng4 h5
21. Ne5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sulava,N-Kuporosov,V/Budapest 1990 (28)}) 12... b4 13. Nb1
a5 ({Nach} 13... Nb6 {folgt} 14. a5 Nbxd5 15. Qa4+ Qd7 (15... Kf8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Rd1 f5 18. Nd2 {sieht auch nicht attraktiv fьr Schwarz aus.}) 16. Qxd7+
Kxd7 17. Rd1 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rd1 Kc6 {ist falsch.}) 17... e6 18. Nc4 Ke7 19.
e4 Nc7 20. Be3 {mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Nd2
Ne8 17. Nb3 $2 ({Zu gleichem Spiel fьhrt die Fortsetzung} 17. Ndc4 Nd6 18. Rb1
Ndxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Ba6 $11 {Nach dem Textzug gewinnt WeiЯ zwar
zunдchst einen Bauern, leidet aber an der unharmonischen Aufstellung seiner
Figuren und kommt nicht dazu, seine Entwicklung zu vollenden.}) 17... Nd6 18.
Qxc5 (18. Nxc5 Rc8 19. Nxb7 Nxb7 20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qb5 Nb3 22. Rb1 Rc5 {ist
offenbar ungьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) 18... Nd7 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Nd4 Nc5 {
Es ist klar, daЯ Schwarz ьber mehr als genьgend Spiel fьr den geopferten
Bauern verfьgt.} 22. Rb1 Nce4 (22... Nxa4 23. Nc6 {lieЯe den WeiЯen zu Atem
kommen.}) 23. Bxe4 (23. Qd3 Ba6 24. Nb5 Nc5 {fьhrt zu erheblichem Vorteil fьr
Schwarz.}) 23... Nxe4 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qb5 Qxb5 (25... Nxa4 26. Qxa4 Bxd4 27.
Ra1 Ra8 {kam auch in Betracht. Schwarz mцchte aber mit seinem Springer den
prдchtigen Posten b3 besetzen.}) 26. Nxb5 ({Nicht besser war} 26. axb5 Bxd4 27.
Rxd4 Nb3 28. Rd1 Rfd8 {WeiЯ kann sich nicht rьhren; er wird den d-Bauern und
den b-Bauern verlieren.}) 26... Nb3 27. Bd2 Rfd8 28. Be1 Ba6 29. Kf1 (29. d6 {
war vielleicht zдher, obwohl Schwarz groЯen Vorteil behдlt:} exd6 30. Nxd6 (30.
Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Rc6 (31... Rc1 32. Rxc1 Nxc1 33. Ndc4 Nxe2+ 34. Kg2 {
ist nicht klar.}) 32. Nb5 Nd4 (32... Rc1 33. Rxc1 Nxc1 34. Nc4 {ist nicht
ьberzeugend.}) 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 {usw.}) 30... Rc6 31. Nb5 Rxd1 32. Nxd1 (32. Rxd1
Bxb2 33. Rb1 Rc1 34. Rxb2 Rxe1+ 35. Kg2 Nc5 {mit Gewinnstellung fьr Schwarz.})
32... Rc2 33. Kf1 (33. e3 Nc1 34. Nd4 Ne2+ $19) 33... Nd4 34. Ne3 Rxe2 35. Nc4
Rc2 36. Nxa5 Nxb5 37. axb5 Bxb5+ 38. Kg2 Bf8 {usw.}) 29... Rd7 30. d6 exd6 31.
Nxd6 Rcd8 32. Nb5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 {Nach doppeltem Turmtausch wird die Lage fьr
WeiЯ hoffnungslos. Versucht werden muЯte} (33. Nxd1) 33... Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Nc5
35. Nc7 Bc4 36. Ne3 Bb3 37. Ncd5 Bxb2 38. Ne7+ Kg7 39. Nc6 Nb7 $19 40. Nxa5
Nxa5 41. Bxb4 Nc6 42. Bd2 Bxa4 43. Nc4 Bd4 44. Nd6 Ne7 45. f3 Bd7 46. e4 Nc8
47. Nb7 Nb6 48. Bb4 Bb5+ 49. Kg2 Nc4 50. Bc5 Bxc5 51. Nxc5 Kf6 52. Kf2 Ke5 53.
Nb3 Kd6 54. h4 Ba4 55. Nd4 Kc5 56. Ne2 Ne5 57. Ke3 Kc4 58. Ng1 Bd1 59. Kf4 Kd4
60. g4 h6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. e4 $1
{Dies ist ein neuer, aggressiver Versuch. Meines Erachtens ist es fьr Schwarz
nun nicht leicht, Ausgleich zu erzielen; in der Partie gelingt ihm dies nicht.
Ich zitiere nur einen Vorgдnger (nicht Vorkдmpfer):} (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. f4 h6 10.
Bxf6 gxf6 (10... exf6 $11) 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,
T-Kasparov,G/Moscow 2002/CBM 90 (45). (44)}) 8... e6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 8...
dxe4 9. Be2 e6 10. Bxh5 Nxh5 11. Nc4 Nf6 12. Bg5 {kцnnte Schwarz ebenfalls vor
unangenehme Probleme stellen.}) 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 {
Vielleicht sollte Schwarz diesen Tausch hinausschieben, um das Feld b6 nicht
ungedeckt zu lassen:} (11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Re8 {usw.}) 12. Bxe5 Be7
13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Re2 Ng4 (16... Nd7 17. Bc7 Qxc7 18.
Rxe7 Qd8 19. Rae1 {ist ebenfalls unerfreulich fьr Schwarz.}) 17. Qb6 Qa8 ({
Die Fortsetzung} 17... Qxb6 18. cxb6 Raa8 19. Bxg7 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Kxg7 21. Rxe7
{sieht hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz aus.}) 18. Bc7 Bf6 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Na4 Nh6 ({
Auf} 20... Bxd4 {folgt} 21. Qb4 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nxf2 23. Nb6 {, und WeiЯ
gewinnt die Dame.}) 21. Qa5 Qc8 22. h3 $2 (22. Rae1 {sieht viel krдftiger aus.}
Qg4 {wird mit} 23. Qb6 {widerlegt:} Raa8 (23... Rda8 24. Bb8 {usw.}) 24. Qxb7 {
mit der Drohung Sa4-b6. WeiЯ spart ein wertvolles Tempo im Vergleich zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 22... Qf5 23. Rae1 Qd3 24. Re8+ (24. Qb6 {bietet
ebenfalls Gewinnaussichten, ist aber nicht vollkommen klar:} Raa8 25. Qxb7 Nf5
26. Qxc6 Nxd4 27. Re8+ Kh7 (27... Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30. Nc3 Nf5
{ist auch nicht vollkommen deutlich.}) 28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxa8 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Qd2
31. Rf1 Nd4 32. Nb6 Qe2 33. Kg1 Bh4 {usw.}) 24... Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. Be5 $2
(26. Qc7 {verspricht nicht mehr. Nach} g5 (26... Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qxa4 28. Qb8 g5
29. Qxa7 Qxd4 (29... Qb5 30. Qb6 Bxd4 31. Qxb5 axb5 32. Rb8 {Schwarz dьrfte
nicht ьberleben kцnnen.}) 30. Qxb7 Qxf2 31. Bg3 (31. Qxa6 Ng4+ 32. Kh1 Ne5 $11)
31... Qxc5 32. Qxa6 Bxb2 33. Qd3+ {bietet dem WeiЯen einige geringe
Erfolgsaussichten.}) 27. Qb8 Bxd4 28. Nc3 Nf5 {ist keineswegs klar, wer besser
steht.}) (26. Nb6 {bietet jedoch Erfolgsaussichten, zum Beispiel:} Nf5 (26...
Bxd4 27. Bb8 Nf5 28. Qe1 {kommt auf dasselbe hinaus.}) 27. Bb8 Bxd4 28. Qe1 (
28. Bxa7 Qg3 29. Qe1 Nh4 30. Kf1 Qxg2+ 31. Ke2 Nf3 {fьhrt zum Remis.}) 28...
Bxc5 29. Bxa7 Qd4 (29... Qg3 {scheitert an} 30. Bb8) 30. Rb8 Bxb6 31. Bxb6 Qxb6
32. Qe8 Kh6 33. Qe5 Kh7 34. g4 Nh4 35. Qe7 g5 36. Qxf7 Ng6 37. Re8 Qxb2 38.
Qg8+ Kh6 39. Re6 {und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 26... Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qe4 $11
29. g3 Qc2 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. Qd8 Ne3+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nf1+ 34. Kg2 Ne3+ 35.
fxe3 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. a4 Nd5 {Dies ist, soweit
ich sehe, ein neuer Zug. Er ist vielleicht spielbar, aber ich wьrde einen
Entwicklungszug vorziehen. Ьblich ist 6...e6, aber mit 6...g6 wurden recht
gute Ergebnisse erzielt. Es folgt einiges Material mit diesem Zug.} (6... g6 7.
Bg2 (7. Ne5 $5 Bg7 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 $14) 8. Nxc4 Be6 $11) 7...
Bg7 8. O-O (8. a5 O-O 9. O-O (9. Qa4 $6 {Kortschnoj} c5 (9... Be6 $5) 10. dxc5
Nc6 $11) 9... Nd5 10. Ne4 (10. e4 Nxc3 (10... Nb4 11. Qa4 (11. Ra4 Nd3 12. Rxc4
Nxc1 13. Qxc1 Qxa5 $17) 11... Nd3 12. Qxc4 Nxc1 13. Rfxc1 $14) 11. bxc3 c5 12.
Be3 $13) (10. Qa4 b5 (10... Nxc3 {Kortschnoj} 11. bxc3 c5 $11) 11. axb6 Nxb6
12. Qc2) 10... Bf5 11. Nfd2 (11. Nc5 Nd7 12. Nxb7 Qb8 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5
Bxb2 {ist unerfreulich fьr WeiЯ.}) (11. Ned2 c3 {ist ebenfalls ungьnstig.})
11... Bxe4 (11... Bxd4 {ist nicht ohne weiteres von der Hand zu weisen, aber
auch der Textzug ist nicht schlecht.} 12. Nxc4) 12. Nxe4 Nd7 13. f4 (13. Nc3 {
versuchen.}) (13. Qc2 $5 {Kortschnoj} Bxd4 14. Qxc4 $44) 13... Rc8 (13... e6 $5
{kam in Betracht:} 14. Nd6 c3 {usw.}) 14. Nc3 (14. Ra4 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 14...
Nb4 15. Ra4 (15. Kh1 $1 {Kortschnoj}) 15... b5 16. axb6 (16. Rxb4 Qxa5 $19)
16... Qxb6 $15 {0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Sokolov,I/Groningen 1996/CBM 057/[Huebner,R] 
(35). (35)}) (8. Ne5 Ng4 $15) 8... O-O 9. e3 (9. a5 $5) 9... a5 10. Ne5 Na6 11.
Nxc4 Nb4 12. Qe2 (12. b3 $5) 12... Bg4 (12... b6 $5) 13. f3 Be6 14. Rd1 ({
WeiЯ sollte mit} 14. b3 {, und falls} c5 {, so} 15. Nb5 {, Ausgleich anstreben.
}) 14... c5 $15 {0-1 Timman,J-Sokolov,I/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 056/[Huebner,R] (33)
. (33)}) (6... e6 {weiter.}) 7. a5 $6 (7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 b5 9. Bg2 {gefдllt
mir besser.}) 7... Bf5 8. Bg2 Nb4 9. O-O Bc2 $6 {Dies ist in dieser Stellung
ein wenig gekьnstelt.} ({Eine solide Fortsetzung besteht in} 9... e6 10. e4 Bg4
11. Be3 Nd7 {mit gutem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 10. Qd2 Bb3 11. Qf4 Nd7 12. Nd2 e6
13. Nxb3 cxb3 14. Ne4 Nf6 $6 {Es scheint mir nicht gut zu sein, dem Springer
des WeiЯen Zugang nach c5 zu gestatten.} (14... Be7 15. Qg4 (15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16.
Qxd6 Nc2 17. Ra4 Qb8) 15... O-O 16. Bh6 Bf6 {fьhrt zu einer etwa
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 15. Nc5 Nbd5 {Nicht besser ist} (15... Nc2 16. Ra4
Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. Qc4 e5 19. e3 (19. Qxb3 Nd4 {gibt dem Schwarzen eine
befriedigende Stellung.}) 19... Qe6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Bc3 Nd7 23.
Rc4 {WeiЯ hat groЯen Vorteil: er setzt mit Tf1-c1 nebst Lg2-e4 fort.
wahrscheinlich kann sich Schwarz nicht halten.}) 16. Qf3 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18.
e4 Nc7 19. Qxb3 Nb5 20. Qc2 $6 (20. Be3 $14) 20... Qe7 $6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 
20... Nd4 21. Qc4 Ne5 22. Qa4 Qf6 {hдtte dem Schwarzen eine krдftige
Initiative in die Hand gegeben.}) 21. b4 O-O-O 22. Bb2 f6 23. Rad1 Rhe8 $6 {
Dies ist ziemlich sinnlos. Nach} (23... h5 {dьrfte Schwarz vollkommen
befriedigend stehen.}) 24. e5 f5 $2 {Das bedeutet die strategische
Kapitulation. Nach} (24... Nxe5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qxh7 Rd4 {ist die Lage
keineswegs klar.}) 25. Rd6 $18 Nb8 26. Rfd1 Qf7 27. Bf1 Nxd6 28. cxd6 Kd7 29.
Qc5 Rg8 30. Qa7 Ke8 31. Bd4 Qd7 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. Bc7 Rxc7 34. dxc7 Qxc7 35. Bc4
Kf7 36. Rd6 Re8 37. Qd4 Re7 38. Qh4 Kg8 39. Bxe6+ Kh8 40. Bxf5 h6 41. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6
8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 {Ftacnik: 'In this line black is enjoying the bishop's
pair early in the game, white on his part an ambitious pawn buildup on the
dark squares. Stefansson is fighting for it's demise at the first suitable
moment.'} 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Qd2 Bg7 (11... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 12. b3 Bg7 13. Rc1
Bxd4 14. Na4 Qb4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxc6 Bb7 $13) 12. Na4 Qa7 (12... Qb7 {
Ftacnik} 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. b3 $13) 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Qe3 c5 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Black is a bit too brutal in opening the diagonals for his bishops. More
timid approach would have been quite sufficient for the equality. '} (14... Re8
{Ftacnik} 15. O-O Rb8 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. Rfe1 $11) 15. dxc5 Bb7 16. O-O d4 17.
Qxe7 {Mehr Gewinnaussichten bietet wohl} (17. Nxd4 {'!?' Ftacnik.} Nxc5 18. Nc3
$14 Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 19. Rfd1 $14) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfe8 19. Qd6 (19. Qg5 {
Ftacnik} Bf6 20. Qd5 Rac8 21. b4 Red8 22. Qc4 Qc7 $11) 19... Bf8 {'?!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'The defender had a chance to prove, that piece activity can
compensate for the minimal material disadvantage.'} (19... Rac8 {fьhrt zum
Ausgleich. Auf} 20. b4 {kann} (20. c6 {Ftacnik} Nb8 21. Be4 Nxc6 $1) 20... Red8
{geschehen.} (20... Qb7 {Ftacnik} 21. Rfe1 Red8 22. Rab1 Nf6 $11)) 20. Qxd4
Nxc5 21. f5 Rad8 22. Qc4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Re2 $2 (23... Qb7 $5 {bietet gute
Remisaussichten:} 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Be4 Qxb2 26. Qxa6 Qe5) (23... Qd4 {Ftacnik}
24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qxa6 Qxb2 26. Bb3 $14) (23... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 24. fxg6 hxg6 $14
) 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg6 Rdd2 26. Qc4 Bd6 27. Rac1 Kf8 28. Qh4 $18 Qd7 29. Qf6
Kg8 30. Rc8+ Bf8 31. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qb3 (6. cxd5 $5 {
Ftacnik} cxd5 7. Qb3 Nc6 $8 8. Ne5 Na5 9. Qc2 Bh5 10. Qa4+ $1 $16 {
Vidoniak-Meurrens,P/Eupen/1994/}) 6... Ra7 (6... b5 {Ftacnik} 7. cxd5 Bxf3 (
7... cxd5 8. Ne5 (8. a4 $1 $16) 8... e6 9. h3 Bf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 Nbd7 12. h5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bg2 Qg5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qc3 Rd8 18. Qc6+
Rd7 19. Qxe4 Rd5 {0-1 Sinkovics,P-Schrancz,I/HUN-chT2/1993/ (22)}) 8. gxf3 cxd5
9. Bd2 (9. a4 b4 10. Qxb4 Nc6 11. Qb3 e5 12. dxe5 (12. a5 exd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14.
Qa4 Qd6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bg2 Nxa5 17. O-O Nc4 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Bg5 Nb6 {1-0
Ardiansyah,H-Nguyen Anh Dung/World Cities/1997/}) 12... Nxe5 13. Qd1 Bb4 14.
Bg2 Qa5 15. O-O Rd8 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. b3 Bc3 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Ne2 d4
21. b4 Nxb4 22. Ba3 {Wells,P-Zschaebitz,K/Dresden op/1996/1-0 (62)}) 9... e6
10. Rc1 Be7 11. Bh3 O-O 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Nf4 Nc6 14. O-O Bd6 15. Nd3 Rfc8 16.
Qd1 a5 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Qe2 b4 {1-0 Christiansen,L-Van der Sterren,P/Ter Apel/
1992/ (40)}) (6... Bc8 {Ftacnik} 7. a4 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bd3 e6 9. Ne5 Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Nfd7 12. f4 g6 13. Rac1 Kg7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Ne2 b5 16. a4
bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nb6 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Rc5 Bd7 20. Ba5 Rfb8 21. Qc2 Rb7 22. b3 {
0-1 Martin,B-Dive,R/London SCCU op/1995/ (46)}) (7. Bd2 e6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. a4
Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. a5 Ne4 14. Be1 Ndf6 15. h3 Bf5
16. Rdc1 Rab8 17. Na2 Rfe8 18. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Slovineanu,V/EUCup f
1997 (32)}) 7... e6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Bg5 Qd8 18. Bf4 Rc8
19. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Klima,L-Fuksik,J/CZE Moravia-ch/1995/ (42)}) (6... Bxf3 {
Ftacnik} 7. Qxb7 $16) (6... dxc4 {Ftacnik} 7. Bxc4 $16) (6... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 7.
cxd5 Bxf3 8. gxf3 cxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 $16) 7. Ne5 e6 $2 {'?!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'This modest move will be practically refuted by the forceful play,
black has to look for alternatives in the future games. '} (7... Be6 8. cxd5 (
8. c5 $5 Nbd7 9. f4 $14) (8. Bd2 {Ftacnik} g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1
b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. a4 Ne4 $1 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qc2 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Rxa4 17.
Qxa4 Bd5 18. Bc3 Qc7 $13 {Basin-Bakhmatov/Kiev/1984/}) 8... Bxd5 (8... Nxd5 $6
{Ftacnik} 9. e4 $1 Nxc3 (9... Nf6 $5 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 e6 13.
O-O $14) 10. Qxc3 g6 $6 (10... Nd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 $14) 11. d5 $1 cxd5 12.
Nxg6 d4 (12... Rg8 13. Nf4 $1 d4 14. Nxe6 dxc3 15. Nxd8 cxb2 16. Bxb2 Kxd8 $16)
13. Qc5 b6 14. Qe5 Rg8 15. Nxf8 Kxf8 16. Bh6+ $16 Ke8 17. Rc1 Bxa2 (17... d3 $2
18. Bxd3 $1 $18) (17... Rd7 18. Bf4 Rb7 19. a3 $16) 18. Bf4 Nd7 (18... Rb7 $2
19. Bxa6 $1 Nxa6 20. Qb5+ Kf8 21. Qxa6 $18) 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Be3
a5 $2 (21... Rc7 22. Ra1 Be6 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxa6 Kc7 $1 $44) 22. Bxc5 bxc5
23. Rxc5 $18 Rg6 24. Kd2 Rd6+ 25. Kc2 {1-0 Kalinin,O-Tsyrulnik,P/URS-chT10
corr9194/1991/}) (8... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 9. Bd3 Nbd7 $14) 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 e6
11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Bb4 b5 14. Qa3 Rc7 15. Nc6 Qc8 16. Bxd6 Rxc6 17.
Rxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd3 a5 19. Kd2 b4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Qxb4 Ne4+ 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23.
Rc1 Qa6 24. Rc3 {Ftacnik: '1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Godena,M/ITA-ch/1996/ (27)'} f5
25. Ra3 Qf1 26. Ra8+ Kf7 27. Rxh8 Qd3+ {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Godena,M/ITA-ch 1996}
) (7... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 8. f3 g6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 Be6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Bc4 Bxe5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfe1 Nc6 18. Rad1
b5 {Novik,M-Berezjuk,S/Bratislava op/1992/1-0 (57)}) (7... Bh5 $6 {Ftacnik} 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Qa4+ $1 Nbd7 10. Bb5 $1 Ra8 $8 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nxd5 $16) 8. f3
{'!' Ftacnik.} (8. c5 {Ftacnik} Be7 9. Bd3 Bf5 10. Be2 Nfd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12.
fxe5 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf3 b6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Qd1 Bg6 17. Na4 {1/2-1/2
Lorscheid,G-Funke,D/OLWuert/1995/}) 8... Bf5 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 $18 {'!' Ftacnik.
} h5 (10... dxc4 {Ftacnik} 11. Bxc4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. h5 Qc7 14. Kf2 $18)
11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. g5 Ng8 (12... Nfd7 {Ftacnik} 13. Bd3 Kf7 14. cxd5 (14. Qc2
$16) 14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5+ Ke7 17. Bxg6 Qb6 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. a3
$16) 13. Bh3 {Ftacnik: 'The result is a position with extremely weak pawns e6,
g6 and no counterpart for the magnificent Bh3.'} Kf7 (13... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 14.
Kf2 e5 15. cxd5 exd4 16. exd4 $18) 14. e4 Ne7 (14... dxe4 {Ftacnik} 15. c5 Qc8
16. fxe4 $18) 15. Bf4 b5 (15... a5 {Ftacnik} 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 exd5 18.
Bxb8 a4 19. Nxa4 Qxb8 20. Nc5 $18) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 exd5 (17... Nxd5 {
Ftacnik} 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Bxe6+ Kxe6 20. Qxd5+ Ke7 21. O-O-O $18) 18. Bxb8
Qxb8 19. Nxd5 {Ftacnik: 'Oll lives through a strategical breakdown, the loss
of a central pawn represents the last straw.'} Qg3+ 20. Kf1 Ke8 21. Rc1 Qd6 22.
Nxe7 Bxe7 23. Kg2 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Re1 Qd6 26. d5 Kf8 27. Re6 Qf4 28. Qc2
1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Horsens"]
[Date "2003.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 b4 {Dies ist spielbar. Nicht
erfolgreich war Schwarz mit der Fortsetzung} (12... Nb6 13. a4 Nfd5 $6 (13...
b4 $11) 14. Bg3 Nxc3 $6 (14... bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nd7) 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qb3 f6 $2
17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. Qa3+ {1-0 Ribli,Z-Zaja,I/AUT 2002/CBM 90 ext (18).}) (12...
Bb4 {ist bisher ьblich gewesen:} 13. a4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5
O-O 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qb3 Rb8 (18... Nc7 19. Be3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bd2 Bc6
22. Rfb1 Nb6 23. h3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Jurka,M-Velicka,P/CZE 2001/EXT
2003 (24).}) 19. c4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Ba8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Xu Jun-Zagrebelny,S/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (58). (57)}) 13. Na4 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc8 (14... Nd5 {
sieht einfacher aus.}) (14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 O-O {ist ebenfalls gut genug.}) 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Qd3 O-O ({Die Fortsetzung} 17... Qc6 18. Bf3 Qxa4
19. Bxb7 Qxa2 20. Bc6) 18. Rc1 Qa8 19. Rc7 Rd8 ({Einfacher fьhrt} 19... Bc6 20.
Qc2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Bd3 Nf6 {zum Ausgleich.}) 20. Qg3 Bf6 $6 ({Mit} 
20... Be4 {dьrfte Schwarz das Gleichgewicht wahren kцnnen, zum Beispiel} 21.
Nc5 Qd5 22. Nb7 Rb8 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Bxg7 Rxb7 25. Bc4 Qh5 26. Bxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Qd6+ Kg7 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Qxd7 Qd1+ 30. Bf1 Bd5) 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Nf6 23.
Nc5 Bd5 24. Nxa6 h6 25. Qg3 Bxa2 26. Nxb4 Qe4 $2 (26... Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28.
Qf4 Rf8 {bietet bessere Rettungsaussichten.}) (26... Bd5 $5 {ist jedoch wohl
die beste Fortsetzung:} 27. Bf1 Qa5 {,und WeiЯ hat kaum etwas Besseres als} 28.
Nxd5 {wonach Schwarz gute Ьberlebensaussichten hat.}) 27. Bf1 Bd5 (27... Nd5 {
ist nicht stдrker:} 28. Nxa2 (28. Rd7 Ra8 29. Nxa2 Rxa2 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Rxf7
Ra1 ({Auf} 31... Qxd4 {folgt} 32. Qe8 {mit der Drohung 33.Tf8.}) 32. Qe5 {
genьgt auch zum Gewinn.}) 28... Nxc7 29. Qxc7 Qxd4 30. b4 {, und dieser Bauer
ist allzu hurtig.}) 28. Qc3 g6 29. Nd3 Ra8 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. b4
Qb7 33. Nc5 Qa7 34. b5 Nd5 35. Qg3 Kh7 36. Qe5 Nc3 ({Auf} 36... Qb6 {folgt} 37.
h4 {Schwarz kann die Stellung nicht halten.}) 37. Qf6 Qa1 $2 ({Freilich ist
die Folge} 37... Nd5 38. Qd8 Kg7 39. Nd7 Qa3 40. h3 {auf die Dauer ebenfalls
hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) 38. Qxf7+ $18 Kh8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qe7+ Kh8 41.
Qxe6 Be4 42. Qc4 Bf5 (42... Bd5 43. Qd3 $18) 43. b6 Bg4 44. b7 Qxf1+ (44...
Ne2+ 45. Qxe2 Bxe2 46. b8=Q+ Kh7 47. Qc7+ Kg8 48. Qd8+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kg8 50.
Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qxe2 $18) 45. Qxf1 Ne2+ 46. Kh1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey G"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bd2 g6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Ndf6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Bc4 Qe7+ 14. Be3 Bh6
15. Qb3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 O-O 17. O-O Bf5 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. Be2 Ng7 21.
Qc3 Ne8 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Be2 f5 24. Bc4 Nf6 25. b4 Rfe8 26. a4 h5 27. Qb3 h4 28.
h3 Nh5 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Nc4 Qd5 31. Na5 Ng3 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Ra2 $2 (33. Nxb7
{war erheblich stдrker.}) 33... Rxd4 (33... f4 $19) 34. Nxb7 $6 (34. exd4 Rxe1+
35. Kf2 Rb1 {genьgt nicht zur Rettung der Partie.}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. h4 Bg7
9. Bh2 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. g4 Nhf6 12. Rg1 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Nd2
$6 {Dies ist ein Versuch, es besser zu machen als in der vorigen Partie, in
der WeiЯ den dummen Zug 15.Kf1?! wдhlte, aber ьberzeugend ist er nicht. WeiЯ
sollte zugeben, daЯ das Abspiel nichts taugt, und mit} (15. Ne5 {(droht 16.g5)}
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qa4 {Ausgleich anstreben.}) 15... e5 16. g5
Ne4 $6 (16... exd4 17. Na4 Qa7 18. gxf6 dxe3 19. fxe3 Bxf6 20. O-O-O {sieht
ungesund fьr Schwarz aus.}) (16... Nh5 {kommt jedoch sehr in Betracht:} 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O-O c5 {mit starkem Angriff fьr Schwarz.}) 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18.
dxe5 $2 {Danach bleiben die Damen auf dem Brett, so daЯ Schwarz Spiel gegen
den Kцnig des WeiЯen behдlt. Stдrker ist} (18. Nc4 Qb4+ 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. dxe5
Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. O-O-O {mit beachtlichem
Endspielvorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 18... Nxe5 19. Nxe4 Qb4+ 20. Nd2 Qxh4 21. Bg3 Qb4
22. O-O-O Rad8 23. Ne4 c5 $5 ({Auch} 23... Rd5 {gibt dem Schwarzen eine sehr
befriedigende Stellung.}) 24. Nd6 Nf3 $1 (24... Rf8 25. f4 Nc6 (25... Nd7 26.
Be1 Qb6 27. Bc3 {fьhrt zu groЯem positionellen Ьbergewicht fьr WeiЯ.}) 26. a3
Qb6 27. f5 {ist дuЯerst lдstig fьr Schwarz.}) 25. Rgf1 $5 (25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26.
Bxf3 (26. a3 Qb6 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Rd6 Qb5 {sieht ebenfalls sehr verdдchtig
fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 26... Bxf3 27. Rd7 Bg4 {ьberlдЯt dem Schwarzen allzuviel Spiel.
}) (25. a3 Qb6 26. Nxe8 Nxg1 27. Nxg7 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Kxg7 {ist nicht
gewinntrдchtig.}) 25... Rf8 26. Qb3 (26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Bf4 Ne5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8
29. Rd1 {ist besser; WeiЯ behдlt einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 26... Ba8 $6 ({Nach} 
26... Qxb3 27. axb3 Bc6 {hat Schwarz keinerlei Probleme.}) 27. Qxb4 cxb4 28.
Bxa6 $2 {WeiЯ erkennt nicht, daЯ der g-Bauer lebenswichtig ist. Nach seinem
Fall gewinnt der h-Bauer des Schwarzen groЯe Kraft.} (28. Bf4 a5 29. Bb5 {
gibt dem WeiЯen das klar bessere Spiel; Schwarz hat Mьhe, vernьnftige Zьge zu
finden.}) 28... Nxg5 29. Bh4 Bf6 30. Bc4 $6 {Besser gefдllt mir die Fortsetzung
} (30. f4 Ne4 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Bc4 Kg7 33. Kc2 h5 34. Kb3 {mit unklarer Lage.}
) 30... Kg7 $6 (30... Bf3 31. Rd2 Ne4 32. Bxf6 Nxd2 33. Bxd8 Nxc4 34. Be7 Nxd6
35. Bxd6 Rc8+ 36. Kb1 Be4+ 37. Ka1 b3 38. axb3 h5 {kцnnte fьr WeiЯ recht
unangenehm werden.}) 31. Rg1 Ne4 32. Nf5+ Kh8 33. Bxf6+ Nxf6 34. Rxd8 {WeiЯ
versucht zu gewinnen.} (34. Nd6 {fьhrt zum Remis.}) 34... Rxd8 35. Nh6 Rc8 36.
Nxf7+ Kg7 37. Ne5 Bd5 {Sicherer ist} (37... Nd7 38. Nxd7 Rxc4+ 39. Kd2 Be4 40.
Rc1 (40. Rg4 h5 (40... Rc2+ 41. Kd1 Rc4 $11) 41. Rh4 {genьgt zum Remis.}) 40...
Rxc1 41. Kxc1 h5 42. Kd2 h4 43. Ne5 g5 (43... Kf6 44. Ng4+ Kg5 45. Nh2 {
hat WeiЯ eine Festung.}) 44. Ke2 h3 45. Ng4 Bf5 46. Nh2 {mit Remisstellung.})
38. b3 Ne4 39. f3 Nd6 40. Rg4 Kf6 $2 (40... Nxc4 41. bxc4 Kf6 42. Rd4 (42. Nd7+
Ke6 43. Nb6 Bxf3 {ist nicht erstrebenswert fьr WeiЯ.}) 42... Kxe5 43. Rxd5+ Ke6
44. Rd4 h5 {sollte zum Remis fьhren.}) 41. Nd7+ Ke6 42. Nb6 {Hier zog der
Fьhrer der schwarzen Steine Ld5xf3. Er war daher gezwungen, im nдchsten Zug
mit dem Lдufer auf c4 zu schlagen.} Bxc4 $6 (42... Nxc4 43. Nxc8 Ne5 {bietet
dem Nachziehenden Rettungsaussichten, denn es sieht gefдhrlich aus, ihm zwei
verbundene Freibauern zu ьberlassen. Nach} 44. Rh4 h5 45. f4 (45. e4 Bb7 46. f4
Bxc8 47. fxe5 Kxe5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. e5+ Kxe5 50. Rxb4 {mag auch zum Gewinn
genьgen.}) 45... Nf3 46. f5+ Kxf5 47. Rxb4 {dьrfte Schwarz jedoch zu spдt
kommen.}) 43. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 Na6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Rac1 b6 12. cxd5 Nfxd5 13. Bf4 {Ich kann mir nicht
vorstellen, daЯ diese Fortsetzung geeignet ist, Vorteil zu erzielen.
Allerdings bekam WeiЯ auch in der Vorgдngerpartie nichts:} (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Ne5 Bb7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nd3 Rfc8 17. Nxb4 axb4 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Kindermann,S/
Germany 2004/CBM 100 (17).}) 13... Nxf4 14. exf4 Bd6 (14... Qd6 15. g3 Ba6 {
kommt auch in Betracht.}) 15. g3 Bb7 16. Bc4 ({Einfacher ist} 16. Rfd1 $11 {
Schwarz reagiert so scharf wie mцglich.}) 16... c5 (16... Ba6 {ist natьrlich
gut spielbar. Es ist auЯerordentlich schwierig, die richtige Beurteilung der
Stellung nach dem Textzug zu fдllen, auch bei eingehender Analyse. Nach meinem
Eindruck hat WeiЯ nichts zu fьrchten.}) 17. d5 {Andere Fortsetzungen
ьberlassen dem Schwarzen ohne weiteres das bessere Spiel:} (17. dxc5 Bxf4 18.
gxf4 Bxf3 19. Nb5 Bh5 {usw.}) 17... Bxf4 $6 (17... Be7 {ist gegen die beste
Verteidigung nicht erfolgreicher:} 18. Rfd1 b5 19. axb5 (19. dxe6 bxc4 20. Qxc4
Bxf3 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 {sieht nicht befriedigend fьr WeiЯ aus.}) (19. Bxb5 exd5
20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Rd2 Bd6 {fьhrt zu bequemerem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) (19. Nxb5 {
ist deutlich ungьnstig:} exd5 20. Ne5 (20. Bf1 Qb6 21. Ne5 Rad8) 20... f6 (
20... dxc4 21. Rxd8 cxb3 22. Rd7 {gibt Schwarz keinen Vorteil.}) (20... Ra6 {
ist adgegen eine solide Mцglichkeit, Vorteil zu wahren.}) 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 (21...
Bxd5 22. Nc6 $11) 22. Nc3 Kh8 23. Qxb7 Nxc3 24. Nc6 Ne2+ 25. Bxe2 Qd2) 19... a4
20. Qa3 exd5 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Rd1 {WeiЯ hat volle
Kompensation fьr die geopferte Qualitдt.}) (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5
Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qf6 21. b3 {sieht auch nicht besonders ansprechend fьr Schwarz
aus, denn sein Lдufer ist tot. Nach dem Textzug erhдlt WeiЯ die etwas bessere
Stellung, so daЯ 17...Le7 vielleicht doch vorzuziehen ist.}) 18. Rcd1 {Der
Textzug ist das stдrkste, aber} ({die Fortsetzung} 18. gxf4 exd5 19. Bb5 c4 (
19... d4 20. Nb1 Qf6 21. Ne5 Qxf4 22. Qg3 {bringt dem Schwarzen keinen Vorteil.
}) 20. Qd1 Nd3 21. Ne2 Nxc1 22. Qxc1 {scheint mir weniger klar zu sein, als
man auf den ersten Blick vermuten mцchte.}) 18... b5 (18... Bd6 19. dxe6 Bxf3
20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Nb5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 {ist nicht gut fьr Schwarz; der Bauer des
WeiЯen auf f7 ist zu unangenehm.}) 19. axb5 Bd6 20. Rd2 a4 21. Qd1 e5 22. Re1 (
{Spielbar ist auch} 22. Nxa4 e4 23. Nh4 {mit etwa leichtem Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.})
22... a3 $2 ({Besser ist} 22... Re8 23. Nxa4 e4 24. Nh4 Qg5 25. Ng2 f5 26. Nc3
$14 {WeiЯ steht etwas besser.}) 23. bxa3 Rxa3 24. Qc1 Qa8 25. Ng5 (25. Nxe5
Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Ra1 27. Nb1 {gibt dem WeiЯen ebenfalls deutlichen Vorteil.})
25... Rd8 $6 {Schwarz muЯte dem Springer unbedingt den Zugang nach e4 wehren,
selbst unter Aufgabe des Feldes e6. Allerdings ist seine Aufgabe zum Beispiel
nach} (25... f5 26. Ne6 Rf7 27. b6 Ra5 28. Nb5 Qb8 29. f3 Ba6 30. Nxd6 Qxd6 31.
Bxa6 Nxa6 32. Qb2 Nb4 33. Qxe5 Qxb6 34. Kg2 {wenig beneidenswert.}) 26. Nce4
Ra5 ({Auf} 26... h6 {folgt} 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Nxc5 Bxd5 30. Na6 {
, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 27. Qb1 h6 (27... g6 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Ne4 {ist
ebenfalls hoffnungslos.}) 28. Nxd6 hxg5 29. Nxf7 $18 Kxf7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. d6+
Bd5 32. Bxd5+ Nxd5 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Rxd5 Rxb5 35. Rdxe5 Rf8 36. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e4 b5 9. Ne5 Nd7 {Dieses einfache Rьckopfer scheint dem Schwarzen Ausgleich zu
gewдhren.} (9... g6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Qg3 g5 (11... Be6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Be2 Qa5
14. Rc1 O-O 15. h4 Bf7 16. h5 g5 17. h6 Bh8 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. Qxg5+ Bg6 20.
Bxc4+ Rf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bxb8 Bxd4 23. Be5 Bb6 24. O-O Rd8 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26.
cxd4 Rxd4 27. Qe5 Rxe4 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ {1-0 Zaid,L-Popov,N/URS-ch otbor
1975/MCD-ch}) 12. Be2 Bg7 13. Nxc4 bxc4 14. Bc7 Qd7 15. Bxb8 Qb7 16. Bh5+ Kd8
17. Bf4 Be6 18. Bc1 Qc7 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Bg4 Qd7 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. O-O h5 23. d5
cxd5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. a4 g4 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Ba3 Qe5 28. Qc2 Re8 29. Rfe1 Qf4
30. Qg6 Bf8 31. Qxh5 e5 32. Bc1 {1-0 Postniy,E-Sitnick,M/ISR-ch U16 1997/EXP 58
}) 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. Ne5 (11. d5 Bb7 12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Bxc6 15.
dxc6 Qxc6 16. Rc1 e5 $11) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bb7 13. Qc2 f6 14. Bg3 Qe6 15. f3
f5 (15... g6 {gefolgt von Lf8-h6 sieht solider aus.}) 16. Be2 g6 (16... fxe4
17. O-O {ist zu riskant fьr Schwarz.}) 17. d5 (17. Be5 Rg8 18. O-O (18. a4 fxe4
19. fxe4 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Bxe4 {ist unklar.}) 18... fxe4 19. fxe4 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Rxg7
(20... Bxe4 21. Bxc4) 21. Bf3 {sieht mir vielversprechender aus.}) 17... Qf6
18. Bf2 Bg7 19. Bd4 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qh6 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. exf5 gxf5 23. O-O-O Rd8
24. f4 O-O 25. Bf3 e6 26. Rhe1 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Re5 d4 (
29... Qd7 $5 {sieht besser aus.}) 30. cxd4 Qa7 31. Qc3 Rd8 32. Qe3 Qb6 33. Re6
Qc7 34. d5 Qd7 35. d6 Qc6 36. Qe1 Qc5 $2 (36... c3 {fьhrt zu einer unklaren
Stellung.}) 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 (39... Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kg7
41. d7 $18 {Der Kцnig des WeiЯen entkommt den Schachs mьhelos.}) 40. Qd8+ Kf7
41. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Bb4 8. Qc2
Qa5 9. Nd2 O-O (9... c5 10. Be2 (10. Nb3 $5 Qc7 11. dxc5 {kommt in Betracht.
Wenn Schwarz versucht, sofort die Initiative zu ergreifen, scheitert er:} Ne4 (
11... Nxc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 {ist offenbar vorteilhaft fьr WeiЯ.}) (11...
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc5 {ist vielleicht die solideste Entgegnung.}) 12. Bf4 e5 13.
cxd5 Ndxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Rc1 $16) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12.
Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 {geschah in der Partie Beliavsky,A-Piket,J/Madrid 1997/
CBM 59/1-0 (51). Schwarz hat nach dieser Fortsetzung offenbar keine Probleme.
Die hier gewдhlte Fortsetzung genьgt ebenfalls zum bequemen Ausgleich. Es
entsteht eine Stellung, die der Cambridge-Springs-Variante дhnelt; doch hat
Schwarz im Unterschied zu diesem Abspiel den Punkt b4 fest im Besitz, so daЯ
WeiЯ kein Spiel am damenflьgel aufziehen kann.}) 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12.
Nxc4 Qc7 13. O-O a5 14. Ne4 Nd5 (14... Be7 $5 {genьgt zum Ausgleich. Nach dem
textzug erzielt WeiЯ eine gewisse Lockerung der Bauernstruktur des Schwarzen
am Kцnigsflьgel. Allzu beunruhigend ist dies nicht, denn dem WeiЯen fehlt der
schwarzfeldrige Lдufer; er kann deshalb aus der Schwдche der Felder h6 und f6
keinen groЯen Nutzen ziehen.}) 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qe4 f6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rae8
19. Qc2 e5 $6 {Diese Fortsetzung entspricht nicht meinem Geschmack; die
Bauernstruktur des Schwarzen nimmt nun eine prinzipiell ungьnstige Form an;
das Feld e4 wird zu einem dauerhaften Ankerplatz fьr die Figuren des WeiЯen.
Schwarz braucht die Struktur im Zentrum nicht zu verдndern. In Betracht kommt
zum Beispiel 19...Te7 gefolgt von 20...Tg7, 21...g5 und Ld7-e8-g6.} 20. dxe5
fxe5 21. Bd3 Kg7 22. Ncd2 $6 {meines Erachtens sollte WeiЯ im Augenblick den
Druck gegen den Bauern auf e5 nicht aufgeben.Nach} (22. Rd1 {behдlt er das
bequemere Spiel.}) 22... Be7 23. Qc4 Be6 (23... Nb4 {kommt ebenfalls in
Betracht.}) 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Qe2 Rfd8 27. Nc4 Nc3 $1 {Schwarz hat
vollen Ausgleich erzielt.} 28. bxc3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxc4 30. Qc2 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1
b5 (31... Qd6 {ist meines Erachtens genauer.}) 32. h4 Bf6 ({Die Folgen der
Fortsetzung} 32... b4 33. cxb4 axb4 34. Qc2 Bf7 35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Bxc6 b3 37.
Be4 b2 38. Bb1 {sind mir nicht ganz klar; vermutlich ist die Stellung
ausgeglichen. Der Textzug ist solide.}) 33. h5 gxh5 34. Nd2 Bf7 35. Nf1 h4 ({
Die Fortsetzung} 35... b4 36. cxb4 axb4 37. Ng3 Kh8 38. Nxh5 Bd8 39. Qg4 Be8 {
fьhrte zu zweischneidigem Spiel mit Aussichten fьr beide Seiten. Gegen den
Textzug gibt es nichts einzuwenden.}) 36. Qg4+ Bg6 37. Nd2 bxa4 ({Ein bequemes
Leben hдtte sich Schwarz mit der Folge} 37... Qd8 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. Ne4 Be7 40.
Qe6 Qc7 {verschaffen kцnnen.}) 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. Qxa4 Qb6 40. Qg4 e4 {Dies ist
unnцtig.} (40... Qd8 41. Ne4 Be7 42. Qe6 Qc7 {ist auch hier gut genug.}) 41.
Qd7+ Kh6 42. Qe6 Bxc3 43. Nxe4 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qb8+ 45. f4 Be1 46. Qxc6 Qf8 47.
Qc4 Qe8 48. Nf6 Qd8 $2 ({Nach} 48... Qf8 {dьrfte die Stellung noch im
Gleichgewicht sein.}) 49. Qf7 $18 Bg3+ 50. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. h3 Qc7 7. Bg5 e5 8. e3 Be7
9. Bh4 exd4 10. exd4 b6 (10... O-O {sieht nicht besser aus:} 11. Bd3 b6 12.
cxb6 Qxb6 13. Qc2 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18.
Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qf6 20. Qc7 d3 21. Rae1 Qg6 22. Re8 f6 23. Rd8 Qf7 24. b3
Rb8 25. Nc5 Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Nf8 27. Re7 Bf5 28. Qc7 Rc8 29. Rxf7 {1-0 Hlavacek,
R-Jirka,J/CZE 1999/EXT 2002 (29).}) 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Rb1 c5 (12... O-O 13. Bd3
Re8 14. O-O a5 $14) 13. Be2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 (14... O-O {sieht wesentlich
solider aus.}) 15. Nf5 g6 $2 {Jetzt war die letzte Gelegenheit zur Rochade.}
16. b4 $1 Bxb4 $6 (16... gxf5 17. bxc5 Qxc5 {bot bessere
Verteidiungsaussichten.}) 17. O-O Qa5 ({Nach} 17... Qc6 18. Rxb4 Qxc3 19. Rb3
Qc5 20. Qa1 {fдllt die Stellung des Schwarzen ebenfalls auseinander.}) 18. Rxb4
Qxb4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 gxf5 21. Qxa8 O-O 22. Bg5 Bb7 $6 ({Zдher scheint
mir} 22... Qe4 23. Bf3 Qxa8 24. Bxa8 Ne5 {zu sein.}) 23. Qa7 Ne5 24. Qe3 (24.
Bxa6 {sieht einfacher aus.}) 24... Re8 (24... Qe4 25. f3 Qxe3+ 26. Bxe3 {
ist ziemlich hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) 25. Qd2 Qb6 $6 (25... Qxd2 26. Bxd2 f4
27. f3 (27. Bxf4 Ng6 28. Be3 Nf4 {bietet dem Schwarzen beachtliche
Rettungsaussichten.}) 27... Bd5 {Schwarz wehrt sich.}) 26. Rc1 Qg6 27. Rc3 Qg7
28. Bf1 f6 ({Auf} 28... Nf3+ {folgt} 29. gxf3 f6 30. f4 fxg5 31. fxg5 f4 32.
Rc5 {mit Gewinnstellung fьr WeiЯ.}) 29. Bh6 Qe7 30. Rg3+ Ng6 31. h4 f4 32. Qxf4
$18 Kh8 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. Qb2 Rd5 35. Re3 Ne5 36. f4 Nf3+ 37. Rxf3 Rh5 38. Rb3
Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. g3 {Eine
neuere Idee im Kampf um die Beherrschung des Zentrums und das Feld e5: WeiЯ
erreicht grцЯere Stabiltдt, indem er den e-Bauern behдlt, da er das Feld d4
mit e2-e3 stьtzen kann. Wahrscheinlich genьgt aber auch diese Fortsetzung
nicht zur Erzielung von Vorteil.} g6 (7... Nxf4 8. gxf4 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 g6
11. Bg2 Bg7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. dxe5 e6 16. O-O O-O $11 {
1-0 Jaworski,M-Kubala,P/Czechia 1996/EXT 2000 (41). (40)}) 8. Qd2 Nxf4 9. gxf4
Bg7 (9... b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. e3 Bg7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bd3 a5 14. b3 Bb7 15. h4
Rfc8 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Ke2 Qd6 $2 (17... c5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qa3) 18. Nc5
Nxc5 19. Rxc5 f6 $2 20. Qc3 Rf8 21. h5 $18 {1-0 Halkias,S-Collins,S/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104 no vc (33). (32)}) 10. e3 Nf6 $6 {Schwarz sollte den Kampf um das
Feld e5 nicht aufgeben. Man sehe das folgende Partiebeispiel:} (10... f6 11. h4
e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. h5 O-O 14. Be2 e4 15. Ng1 Qf6 16. O-O-O g5 17. f3 exf3 18.
Nxf3 h6 {0-1 Jimenez Martinez,J-Martin Rueda,D/Mondariz 2004/CBM 101 ext (43).
(43) mit befriedigendem Spiel fьr Schwarz.}) 11. Bd3 Bf5 $2 {Danach bekommt
WeiЯ gewaltigen, vielleicht schon entscheidenden Druck auf der g-Linie.} (11...
O-O {scheint mir nцtig zu sein.}) 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Rg1 Rg8 14. Ne5 e6 (14...
Ne4 {sollte versucht werden, obwohl die Lage des Nachziehenden nach} 15. Qe2
Kf8 (15... Nxc3 {scheitert an} 16. Qh5) 16. Nxe4 fxe4 (16... dxe4 17. Nc4 {
fьhrt zu einer fьr Schwarz hoffnungslosen Stellung.}) 17. Qg4 Qa5+ 18. Kd1 {
nicht beneidenswert ist.}) 15. f3 {Jetzt kann Schwarz keinerlei Gegenspiel
mehr entfalten und wird auf beiden Flьgeln zerdrьckt.} Nd7 16. Rg3 Nf8 17. Na4
Ng6 18. Nb6 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rb8 20. O-O-O $18 f6 21. h4 fxe5 22. h5 Ne7 23. Rxg8+
Nxg8 24. Qg2 Nh6 25. Qg7 Nf7 26. Rg1 Ke7 27. dxe5 Ke8 (27... Qh8 28. Qf6+) 28.
Qxh7 Qc7 29. Rg7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 a5 (7... O-O
8. O-O b6 9. Nd2 Ra7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Rd7 12. Qb3 Bb7 13. a5 b5 14. Nc5
Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qe7 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
bxc4 21. Qd4 Nbd7 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Ne4 N7f6 24. Nd6 Ne8 25. Qb3 Nxd6 26. cxd6
Qd7 27. Bc5 e5 28. Qd3 Bc8 29. b4 Qe6 30. b5 axb5 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Qxb5 Bd7
33. Qb7 Bc8 34. a6 Bxb7 35. axb7 Qe8 36. Ba7 f6 37. b8=Q Qxb8 38. Bxb8 Kf7 39.
Ba7 Ke6 40. Bc5 f5 41. f4 {1-0 Shulman,Y-Chekhov,V/Moscow5 1995/CBM 49/
[Shulman]}) 8. O-O Na6 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Bf4 f5 $2 11. e4 fxe4 (11... Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 fxe4 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Be5 {nebst f2-f3 ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos fьr
Schwarz.}) 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Nxg6 Nf6 14. Qh4 {Schwarz muЯ seinen
schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer abgeben; er steht auf Verlust.} Ng8 15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16.
Be5 (16. f3 $18) 16... O-O 17. Bd6 {Sicherlich wurde statt dessen} (17. Bf6 {
gezogen.}) 17... Rf7 18. Qg5+ Kf8 19. f3 e3 20. Rae1 Nc7 21. Rxe3 (21. c5 $5)
21... Ne8 22. Be5 (22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. f4 {kam in Betracht.}) 22...
Qb6 23. Re2 Ng6 24. Bh3 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Ng7 26. f4 Qb4 27. cxd5 $6 (27. f5 exf5
28. cxd5 Bd7 29. dxc6 bxc6 {ist auch noch nicht sofort entscheidend.}) (27. c5
{war vielleicht das Genaueste.}) 27... exd5 28. f5 Kg8 29. g4 Bd7 {Jetzt ist
die Sache plцtzlich nicht mehr so einfach.} 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Qd3 Rxe2 32. Nxe2
Ne8 33. b3 Nf6 34. Ng3 Rg7 35. Kh1 c5 36. dxc5 Bc6 37. Qe2 d4+ 38. Bg2 Bxg2+
39. Kxg2 Qxb3 40. Qe5 Qb2+ 41. Ne2 h5 42. g5 Rxg5+ 43. Kh1 Kh7 44. h3 Qb3 45.
Nf4 Qc2 46. Qe7+ Rg7 47. Qxf6 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.04.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. O-O Bxc3 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. Nd2 $6 (12. Rc1 $5)
12... O-O 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. f4 $6 (14. Nf3 $13) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Qe2 f5
17. e4 $2 fxe4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Hughes,G-Karttunen,M/Sas van Gent 1998/EXT 99 (44).
(44)}) 10. bxc3 Qxc3 $2 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 {sieht plausibler aus.}) 11.
c5 $1 Qa5 12. Qc2 O-O ({Die Folge} 12... e5 13. Bxf6 (13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxc5 16. Qh4 O-O {ist in Ordnung fьr Schwarz.}) 13... gxf6 14.
Bf5 Qc7 15. e4 {sieht auch nicht erquicklich fьr Schwarz aus.}) 13. Ne5 h6 14.
Bh4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qb4 (15... Nd7 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bd6 {ist auch дuЯerst
unbequem fьr Schwarz, bietet jedoch bessere Aussichten auf Widerstand.}) 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. exf6 e5 18. f4 $2 ({Nach} 18. e4 {droht aufs krдftigste 19.Dc1.}
{Die Fortsetzung} d4 {Andere Zьge sind kaum vertrauenerweckender.} 19. f4 Re8
20. Qf2 Kh7 21. Rfc1 {lдЯt Schwarz in einer hoffnungslosen Lage.}) 18... e4 19.
Qf2 $2 (19. Be2 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen noch stets das etwas bessere Spiel.} b6
20. Rfc1 Qxc5 21. Qb3 Qd6 22. Qxb6 Qxf6 23. Qxc6 {usw.}) 19... Kh7 20. Be2 Qc3
21. Qh4 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 Rg8 23. Kh1 d4 24. Rb1 d3 25. Bh5 d2 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. h3
e5 {Dies ist energischer als} (8... Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 g6 11. e3 $14 {
Wojtkiewicz,A-Sapis,W/POL-chT 1995/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 9. b4 (9. dxe5 Ne4 {sieht
auch nicht vielversprechend fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 9... Qe7 10. dxe5 $2 (10. e3 {
war sicherer und besser.}) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Na4 $2 {Dies vermehrt
die Schwierigkeiten des WeiЯen.} (12. g3 {war angebracht;} d4 {scheitert dann
an} 13. Bf4) 12... Ne4 13. Be3 (13. Nb6 {scheitert an} Qf6) 13... Be7 14. Qd4 (
14. Bd4 Bh4 {wьrde bereits das sofortige Ende bedeuten.}) 14... Qf5 15. Qd3 Bf6
16. g4 (16. Rc1 {gefдllt mir besser.}) 16... Qe5 17. Rd1 a5 18. Bg2 $2 ({Nach} 
18. Nb6 {sehe ich keinen sofortigen Gewinn fьr Schwarz.}) 18... axb4 $19 19.
Nb6 Ra3 20. Qc2 Rxe3 21. Nxc8 Rc3 22. Qb1 O-O 23. Nb6 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. h4 f6 (6... Bf5 7. Qb3 b5
8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 (9. bxc3 cxd5 10. a4 Nc6 11. e3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Bd7 13. Qa2
h6 14. Bf4 e6 $10) 9... cxd5 (9... Qxd5 10. Nd2 f6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. f3 e5 13.
dxe5 fxe5 14. e4 Qd6 15. Be3 Be6 16. a4 $16) 10. e3 (10. Rc1 Nd7 (10... f6 11.
Bf4 Kf7 $5 12. g3 $1 Bd7 13. Bg2 e6 14. O-O Nc6) 11. Qc6 f6 12. Bf4 e6 13. Bc7
Qc8 $13 14. g4 $140 $2 Bxg4 15. Rg1 h5 16. Rxg4 hxg4 17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. Bd6 Qd8)
10... Nd7 11. Bd3 (11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Bf4 Rc8) 11... Rc8 12. Qd2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
Qa5+ $2 (13... h6 $6 14. Bf4 e6 15. Ke2 $1 (15. O-O Be7 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. a4 Qb6
$10) 15... Be7 16. g4 $1 $16) (13... f6 $1 14. Bf4 e6 15. O-O Be7 $1 (15... Kf7
16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfc1 $18) 16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfc1 O-O
$10) 14. Ke2 (14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 e6 16. Rhc1 Bb4+ 17. Kd3 O-O) 14... f6 $8
15. Rhc1 $1 Rc4 (15... Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qxa2 (16... fxg5 $2 17. Rc8+ Kf7 18. Qf5+
Nf6 19. Ne5+ Kg8 20. Qe6#) 17. Qf5 $1 Qxb2+ (17... Nb6 18. Rc6 Qxb2+ 19. Nd2 (
19. Rc2 Qb4) 19... Nc4 20. Rc8+ (20. Qe6 Qxd2+ 21. Kf3 Nd6 22. Rxa6 (22. Rxd6
Qd1+ 23. Kg3 h5 24. Rxa6 Qg4+ 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Bf4) (22. Rb6 $2 Kd8 $17) 22...
Qd1+ 23. Kg3 Nf7 (23... Nb7 24. Ra8+ Nd8 25. Qxd5 e6 26. Rxd8+ Kf7 27. Qd7+)
24. Qc6+) 20... Kf7 21. Qxd5+ Kg6 (21... e6 22. Qb7+ Be7 23. Rxc4 fxg5 24. Rc7
Re8 25. hxg5 a5 26. Rc5) 22. h5+ Kxh5 23. Bxf6+ Kg6 24. Qe4+) 18. Rc2 Qb3 19.
Rc8+ Kf7 20. Qxd7) 16. Bf4 g6 17. b3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bg7 19. Qc2 $1 O-O (19... e5
20. dxe5 $1 fxe5 21. Qc8+ Qd8 22. Bxe5 $1) 20. Bc7 Qa3 21. Qc6 Rf7 22. Rc2 Nf8
23. Qxd5 e6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Ra7 26. Rc8 Kf7 27. Bc5 Rb7 28. Ra8 Nd7 29.
Rxa6 {1-0 Atalik,S-Ionescu,M/ROM-chT 1996/CBM 56/[Atalik,S] (29)}) 7. Bf4 Qa5
8. Qb3 (8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 {fьhrt zu einer unklaren Stellung.}) (8. cxd5 $11 {
fьhrt zum Ausgleich. Auch der Textzug ist spielbar.}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 d4 10.
Qc2 $4 (10. Qa4 {ist unbedingt nцtig. Nach} Bb4 11. Qxa5 Bxa5 12. Nxd4 Nxc3 13.
Bd2 Nxe2 {entsteht eine etwa ausgeglichene Stellung.}) 10... dxc3 11. b4 Bxb4
12. Qxe4 O-O 13. e6 $6 (13. Qc2 {war zдher, aber die Stellung des WeiЯen fдllt
auch nach} fxe5 14. Bxe5 (14. Bg3 e4 {ist natьrlich auch hoffnungslos.}) 14...
Rxf3 15. Bxb8 Rf8 16. Bg3 Bf5 {bald zusammen.}) 13... Qxa2 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. Rc2
Qb1+ 16. Bc1 Ba3 17. Ng5 f5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. g3 Bf5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O (
7. c5 Qd8 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 b6 13. g5 Nfd7
14. e4 bxc5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nc6 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxc6 cxd4 19. Bd2 Rc8
20. Rc1 Be7 21. Qa4 Rxc6 {Novikov,I-Vysochin,S/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996/EXP
56/[Shipov]/1-0 (39)}) 7... h6 (7... Nbd7 8. b3 Be7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rd8 14. Be3 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Kf8 17.
Rc1 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rh5 20. b4 Rdxd5 21. Qf3 Qc6 22. Rfd1 {Natalucci,
F-Sbarra,M/Corsico op2 1996/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 8. Na4 (8. Ne5 Be7 9. b3 O-O
10. Bb2 Rd8 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Rxd7 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4
dxc4 17. f5 exf5 18. gxf5 Bh5 19. Qxc4 Rad8 20. Rae1 Qc7 21. Ne2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2
c5 23. e4 cxd4 24. e5 d3 25. Qf3 d2 26. Rd1 Rd3 27. Qe2 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Re3 29.
Qc4 Nh7 30. e6 Bb6 31. Qg4 f6 32. Ba3 Bc5 33. Qc4 Rc8 34. e7+ Kh8 35. Qxc5 Qxc5
36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxd2 {1-0 Gusev,A-Seoev,R/URS Army-ch 1989/EXT 89ch2}) 8...
Qa6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 O-O (13... Qxa2
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa6 (15... O-O 16. Bxh6 $16) 16. Bd6 Qxe2 17. Qa4+ Nd7
18. Rfe1 {sieht fьr Schwarz sehr gefдhrlich aus.}) 14. a3 Qb5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16.
Qxd4 Qxe2 17. Be5 Ne8 18. Rfe1 Qa6 19. b4 Qc6 20. Qb2 a6 21. a4 {Baburin:
White has good compensation for the pawn, as Black's central pawns cannot move,
while White's pawn majority on the queenside is mobile and dangerous.} Qxa4 $2
{Baburin: Black decides to take a second pawn and liquidate White's pawn
majority. This decision might be risky, as the black queen could be in danger,
but perhaps this is Black's best way of playing this position.} ({Besser war} 
21... b5 $13) ({Baburin: Black had to play} 21... f6 {Baburin which leads to
an unclear position after} 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Qc8 24. Bd4) 22. c6 bxc6 {
?? Baburin: Black was facing a difficult choice:} (22... b6 23. Bf1 $18 (23.
Re3 $1 {Baburin})) ({Baburin: but} 22... Qb5 {Baburin was quite acceptable:}
23. Bf1 Qb6 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. cxb7 Qxb7 26. Bc5) 23. Rc5 {Baburin: Now Black's
queen is trapped and all his attempts to acquire some material for it fail.} f6
24. Bf4 g5 $2 (24... e5 25. Bd2 Nd6 26. Ra1 Nc4 27. Rxc4 Qb5 28. Rc5 Qb6 {
bot bessere Mцglichkeiten Widerstand zu leisten, weil Schwarz den Bauern auf
c6 mit Lf5-d7 decken kann.}) 25. Bd2 Nd6 26. Ra1 Qb5 (26... Nc4 27. Rxc4 Qb5 (
27... Qxa1+ 28. Qxa1 dxc4 29. Bc3 $18) 28. Rc5 Qb6 29. Qc3 Rac8 30. Bf1 $18)
27. Rxb5 cxb5 28. Qd4 Nc4 29. Bc3 Kg7 30. h4 Rf7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qc5 Kg6 33.
f3 g4 34. fxg4 Bxg4 35. Qd4 f5 36. Re1 e5 37. Qxd5 Rc8 38. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Ndf6 11. Nxf6+ {Bisher versuchten die Fьhrer der
weiЯen Steine ohne Erfolg, die Randstellung des Springers auf h5 auszunutzen:}
(11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Be3 g6 14. Qf3 Nd5 (14... Ng7 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16.
Nxc4 Ne6 17. O-O Bg7 18. Rfd1 $11 {0-1 Sasikiran,K-Kasparov,G/Bled 2002/EXT
2003 (38). (38)}) 15. Bc4 Nhf6 16. O-O Bg7 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Qe2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-Magem Badals,J/Pamplona 2000/CBM 75 (42). (42)}) 11... Nxf6 12. Bc4
Bf5 13. O-O Rd8 {Dies scheint mir unnцtig zu sein:} (13... e6 $11) 14. Qa4 Qb8
15. Rfe1 e6 16. Ba5 Rc8 17. Ne5 Be7 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Qf3 Bd8 $11 20. Bd2 Bc7 21.
Bf4 Rcd8 22. Rad1 Ng4 {Schwarz mцchte sich entlasten.} (22... Nd5 $11 {genьgt
zum Ausgleich.}) 23. Qg3 g5 ({Nach} 23... Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 {gelangt
ein weiЯer Turm nach d6, und dies ist hцchst unangenehm fьr Schwarz.}) 24. Nxg4
({Die Fortsetzung} 24. Qf3 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Rd8 28.
Qf3 Rd4 {braucht Schwarz natьrlich keinesfalls zu fьrchten.}) 24... Bxf4 25.
Qf3 Kg7 (25... Bxg4 {genьgt nicht zum Ausgleich:} 26. Qxg4 Bxh2+ (26... Kg7 27.
g3 Bc7 28. f4 {ist auch hцchst unangenehm fьr Schwarz.}) 27. Kh1 Bc7 (27... Bf4
28. g3) 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Kh8 31. Bd3 $18) 26. g3 Bc7 27.
Ne3 Bg6 28. Bd3 (28. b4 Rd7 29. Ng4 Bf5 {bringt den WeiЯen nicht recht weiter.}
) 28... Rxd4 29. Bxg6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Kxg6 31. Rd7 h5 $2 (31... f5 {ist richtig:}
32. Re7 Kf6 33. Rh7 Kg6 34. Re7 Kf6 $11 (34... Re8 $2 35. Rxe6+ $18)) 32. h4 g4
33. Qe4+ Kh6 34. Qd4 {Es gibt zwei andere Gewinnwege:} (34. Ng2 Be5 35. Qe3+
Kh7 36. Qg5 Bxb2 37. Qxh5+ Kg8 38. Qxg4+) (34. Nc4 Bxg3 35. Nd6 Bxd6 36. cxd6)
34... Be5 35. Qd2 Kg6 (35... Kg7 36. Nc4 Bf6 37. Nd6 {ist auf die Dauer
ebenfalls hoffnungslos fьr Schwarz.}) 36. Nc4 Bf6 37. Nd6 b5 38. Qd3+ Kg7 39.
Qe4 Qa8 $2 (39... Kg8 {ist zдher, kann die Partie aber natьrlich nicht retten.}
) 40. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Papa, Severin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. h4 Bg7
9. Bh2 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. g4 Nhf6 12. Rg1 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Kf1
$6 {Dies ist nicht nur sinnlos, sondern auch schдdlich: WeiЯ benimmt sich die
Mцglichkeit zur langen Rochade. In der nдchsten Partie versuchte er hier} (15.
Nd2 {ohne jedoch Ausgleich erzielen zu kцnnen.}) (15. Ne5 {dьrfte jedoch fьr
diesen Zweck genьgen.}) 15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 $2 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18.
Bxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 c5 20. Bc4 $11 {ist unbedingt erforderlich}) 17... c5 18.
Nc4 $2 (18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nc4 {bietet viel bessere Ьberlebensaussichten:} Qe6
20. Na5 Rac8 21. Nxb7 Nxb7 22. Qb3 {usw.}) 18... Qe6 19. Rd1 ({Jetzt ist die
Stellung des WeiЯen nach} 19. dxc5 Rac8 {total verloren;}) (19. Na5 cxd4 20.
Nxb7 d3 {kann er auch nicht lange aushalten. Der Textzug beinhaltet eine Falle.
}) 19... Rac8 20. Qd2 cxd4 21. exd4 Nf6 $1 {Danach behдlt Schwarz Vorteil. Nach
} (21... Rxc4 22. d5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc1+ (24... Rd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd4
26. Kg2 {braucht WeiЯ auch nicht sonderlich zu fьrchten.}) 25. Kg2 Rxg1+ 26.
Bxg1 Nb6 27. Rd2 {hat hцchtens Schwarz Sorgen, WeiЯ jedenfalls nicht.}) 22. b3
Nd5 23. Be5 Red8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg3 Qf6 26. g5 Qf4 27. Bg4 $6 (27. Qxf4 Nxf4
28. Ne3 {bietet bessere Rettungsaussichten.}) 27... Rc7 28. Kg1 e3 $2 ({Nach} 
28... f5 29. gxf6+ exf6 30. Ne3 Kf8 {hat Schwarz groЯen positionellen Vorteil.}
(30... Kf7 {kann mit} 31. Be6+ {beantwortet werden.})) 29. Nxe3 Nc3 $2 (29...
Rc3 30. Qe1 {ergibt eine ungefдhr ausgeglichene Stellung.}) 30. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 dxc4 6. a4 e6 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4 Nc6
9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Rd1 e5 {In this line the extra move h3 became very
useful for White because it prevents the important move Bg4.} (11... O-O $142
12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 Nxd4 (12... Qc7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. e4 $36) 13. exd4 $36 {
[%cal Gd4d5]}) 12... Nd5 $14) 12. exd4 exd4 13. Be3 O-O (13... Qa5 14. Nxd4 Ne5
15. Ba2 O-O 16. Bd2 $1 $16) (13... Qc7 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bb3 $16 {[%cal Ge3f4,
Gf4c7]}) 14. Nxd4 Qc7 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Rac1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 (15... Qxc6 $142 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qf6 18. Bd4 Qg5 19. Qf3 $16)
16. a5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Ge3b6] Weak pawns a6 and c6 determine a
clear advantage of White.} c5 17. Na4 $1 Bb7 18. Nb6 Qc6 (18... Ra7 19. Rac1
$16) 19. Qf1 Rad8 (19... Ra7 20. b4 $1 $16) 20. Rdc1 Kh8 21. b4 $1 $18 {
[%mdl 36]} (21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Nd5 $132) 21... cxb4 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 (22...
Qe4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. a6 $18) 23. Rxc6 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Nd5 (24... Ne4 25. a6 b3
26. a7 Bf6 27. Rb1 Nc3 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Rxb3 Ba5 30. Nd7 $1 Rxd7 31. Rb8 $18)
25. Nxd5 $1 {The passed pawn a5 will decide the game now.} (25. Bc5 $5 Bxc5 26.
Rxc5 Nxb6 27. axb6 Rb8 28. Rb5 $18) 25... Rxd5 26. a6 Bf6 27. Ra4 $1 Bc3 (27...
b3 28. Rb6 b2 29. a7 Rdd8 30. Rab4 Be5 31. f4 Bc3 32. Rb3 Ba5 33. R6b5 $18) 28.
a7 Rdd8 29. g3 h6 (29... Rfe8 30. Rb6 $18 {[%cal Ge3f4,Gb6b8,Gf4b8]}) 30. Bc5
Rfe8 (30... Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Ra8 32. Rb6 Rdd8 33. Bxb4 $18) 31. Bxb4 Bxb4 (31...
Be5 32. f4 Bf6 33. Bd6 $18) (31... Bf6 32. Bd6 $18 {[%cal Gd6b8]}) 32. Rxb4 Kh7
(32... Ra8 $142 33. Rb7 Rf8) 33. Rc7 Rf8 34. Rbb7 $2 (34. Rcb7 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Ra1
36. Rb8 $18) 34... Kg6 $2 (34... Kg8) 35. Rc6+ Kh7 (35... Kf5 36. Rcb6 Rd1+ 37.
Ke2 Ra1 38. Rb8 $18) 36. Rcb6 {[%cal Gb7b8]} 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch"]
[Site "Palencia"]
[Date "1999.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bg4 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Aunque se
trata de una jugada de desarrollo este movimiento no resulta apropiado ya que
deja el control del centro en manos de las blancas. Se imponнa la teуrica 5...
b5.} 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Be3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] [+]} Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 {Una
jugada sutil cuya intenciуn evidente es impedir Bb4 pero que pretende en
realidad provocar una lucha aguda, como luego veremos.} Be7 10. Qe2 {Ahora las
negras no tienen jugada ъtil, salvo enrocar. Las jugadas blancas van dirigidas
a especular con un eventual g2-g4 pero no deseo hacerlo hasta que mi rival
enroque en corto, de ahн la "pйrdida de tiempo" con 9.a3.} O-O 11. Rd1 {
Una nueva jugada preparatoria; las negras deben mover su dama para preparar la
reacciуn en el centro con c5 o e5.} Qc7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg5 {Con idea de clavar
al Nf6 y efectuar libremente el agresivo avance h2-h4. Por otra parte se da
cobertura al peуn e4.} Rfe8 $6 {Esta jugada natural sitъa a la pareja real
blanca bajo el influjo de la torre negra al tiempo que protege el Be7 pero sin
embargo no resulta adecuada.} ({Era preciso intercalar el movimiento} 13... h6
$1 {con idea de estorbar los planes del blanco. Tras} 14. Bh4 {ahora sн deben
continuar las negras con} Rfe8 {para seguir con} 15. Bg3 Qa5 {tras lo cual lo
mejor que pueden hacer las blancas es} 16. O-O {renunciando temporalmente al
ataque, aunque manteniendo una ligera ventaja.}) 14. h4 $1 $36 {El inicio del
asedio sobre el Bg6 que puede desembocar en un fuerte ataque sobre el enroque
enemigo.} Qa5 {Las blancas se han hecho con la iniciativa, tal como demuestran
las siguientes variantes:} (14... h5 15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 16. Ng5 $1 {con fuerte
ataque.}) (14... h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 {(Del Rio) Probablemente lo mejor.} ({Si} 
15... Nxf6 16. Ne5 Bh7 17. g5 {con una iniciativa irresistible en el flanco de
rey.}) ({Si} 15... Bxf6 16. g5 {con el mismo efecto.})) 15. Bd2 {Una retirada
necesaria pero muy efectiva: ahora las negras se enfrentan a la amenaza h5 por
lo que no pueden retirar su dama de la acciуn amenazadora del Bd2.} h5 ({
La entrega de pieza que comienza con} 15... Nxg4 {no parece ser suficiente:}
16. h5 Bf5 (16... Bxh5 $2 17. Nd5) 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {con ventaja
blanca.}) 16. g5 Ng4 {Este caballo puede tener problemas en el futuro. Ahora
tuve que calcular con precisiуn el desarrollo de las variantes que iban a
acontecer.} 17. Nd5 ({Meditй largo rato la "extraсa" y ambiciosa jugada} 17.
Ng1 $5 {con idea de f3 capturando la pieza pero la rechacй por consideraciones
puramente intuitivas. Lo cierto es que existe una alternativa bastante mбs
sana que juguй en la partida.}) 17... exd5 $2 {El error decisivo cuyo origen
tiene un importante componente psicolуgico, lйase el disgusto de mi rival por
su planteamiento de la apertura que le habнa conducido a una posiciуn difнcil,
por lo que, en cierto modo, decide poner fin a la lucha. La jugada de la
partida sacrifica la dama por dos piezas pero ello resulta totalmente
insuficiente.} ({No eran tan fбciles las cosas en caso de mantener una defensa
tenaz con} 17... Qd8 {ya que las blancas tienen oportunidades para equivocarse
desde el principio y los anбlisis parecen demostrar que hay que optar por
conseguir la ventaja de la pareja de alfiles con} 18. Nxe7+ $1 ({La atractiva} 
18. Nf4 {parece dar mбs oportunidades defensivas a las negras:} Nf8 19. Bc3 (
19. Ne5 Qxd4 20. Nexg6 Nxg6 21. Nxg6 Bc5 $1 {con contrajuego.}) 19... Qc7 20.
Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 b5 $1 {Una reacciуn muy oportuna que permite a las negras
coger la iniciativa.} 22. Bb3 a5 $1 23. Nxh5 b4 24. axb4 axb4 {e incluso me
gusta mбs la posiciуn del negro.}) 18... Qxe7 {Ahora se impone un juego
contundente antes de que las negras rompan en el centro:} 19. Ng1 $1 {Tratando
de explotar la posiciуn del Ng4; se amenaza f3.} ({No basta} 19. Bb4 c5 20.
dxc5 Nxc5 {con juego incierto.}) 19... e5 {Nuevamente se requiere por parte
del blanco gran exactitud ya que las negras amenazan con lograr gran actividad
en la columna e.} 20. d5 $1 {Tras el cierre de la columna las blancas gozan de
las mejores posibilidades: el Ng4 estб perdido y solo queda un cierto
contrajuego que debe diluirse en algunas jugadas:} Nb6 21. Ba2 cxd5 22. f3 Qc5
23. Bb1 {con ventaja blanca.}) 18. Bxa5 {la ventaja material es decisiva.} Bd6
({Si} 18... Bxe4 {sencillamente} 19. O-O) 19. e5 dxc4 20. O-O 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 Bf5 ({The better alternative!?} 
5... dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. O-O e6 $15) 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 $6 (7... h6
8. Nd2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 {Unfortunately, a necessary
decision which leaves Black without the bishop pair and almost no counterplay.}
(11... O-O 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Qb3 {[%csl Gd6]} Qb6 16.
Qc3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Be5 $16) 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. Bg2 Nf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Bf4
O-O 16. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Yc4,Yd4,Gf4,Gg2] 1-0 Zhou Jianchao (2609)-Kazhgaleyev,
M (2595)/Zaozhuang CHN 2012} (16. Rac1 $5)) 8. Nh4 $1 {White's main idea in
this position - take the bishop pair while preparing for the central e4-push!}
Bg6 (8... Bg4 $6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Ne4 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. gxh5 Qxh4
14. Rb1 b5 15. a4 $16) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxg6 (10. f3 $1 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. fxe4 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Gb6,Ye5,Rg1][%cal Gb6g1,Ge4e5]} 14. Bf4 O-O
15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Yd4,Ye4,Gf4,Gg2]}) 10... hxg6 11. e4 $5 dxe4 (
11... Nxe4 12. Re1 $1 Be7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Qb3 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 O-O
17. Qxb7 Bf6 18. Qxc6 Bxd4 19. Re2 $16) 12. d5 $1 {Opens up the centre while
the black king is still a long way from castling. That, in combination with
the bishop pair could lead to some very serious practical problems!} (12. Bf4
Be7 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc5 16. Bxe4 Rh5 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bf3
Rf5 $132) 12... cxd5 13. Nxd5 Rh5 $6 (13... Nc5 $1 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qc2 Bd6
16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Bd5 Rac8 $132) 14. Nc3 Nc5 (14... Re5 15. Bf4 Re6 16. Bh3 Rc6
17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Re4]}) 15. b4 Ne6 (15... Qxd1 16.
Rxd1 Nd3 17. Nxe4 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 Bxb4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxb7 Rd8 21. Bxa6
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re5 23. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Ga2,Gh2] Most likely, a winning endgame
due the possibility of a second passed pawn on the kingside.}) 16. Nxe4 Be7 (
16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bxb4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6+ Kf8 21. Rb1 $16)
17. Rb1 (17. Qe2 $142 Kf8 (17... Nd4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qe4 $18) 18. Be3 Bxb4
19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 Bc5 22. Rab1 $16) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxd1
19. Rxd1 Rb5 20. a3 $6 (20. Be3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge4b7]}) 20... a5 $1
$132 21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 O-O-O 23. Bxe6+ fxe6 $11 {White has indeed the
better pawn structure, but not enough material to make it count.} 24. Bf4 axb4
25. Rc1+ Kd7 26. axb4 (26. Rc7+ Ke8 27. axb4 Rd7 $11) 26... Ke8 27. b5 Bd6 (
27... Rd5 $142 28. Rc8+ (28. b6 Bc5 $11) 28... Bd8 29. Rb8 Rxb5 30. Bc7 Rd5 $11
) 28. Be3 Be5 $6 (28... Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ga8a1]} 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Rd1 e5 31. Kf3
Ke6 $132) 29. Rc4 Kf7 $6 {No longer protecting the d7-square which makes it a
lot more difficult for Black to transfer the bishop to d8.} (29... Rd5 $142 30.
b6 Bf6 $1 31. Kg2 Bd8 32. h4 {[%csl Rg6]} Rd6 33. Rb4 Kd7 34. Kf3 Rc6 35. Ke4
Ke8 $132 {Even though White is undeniably better, it is unclear of how he must
proceed in relation to his b6-weakness.}) 30. Kg2 Rd5 31. b6 Ke7 (31... Ke8 $1
{[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge5f6,Gf6d8,Gd8b6]} 32. h4 Bf6 33. Ra4 Bd8 34. Ra7 Rd7 35. Ra8
Kf7 36. Kf3 Rd6 37. Rb8 Rd7 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. Rc8 Bd8 $132) 32. h4 Bd6 33. Rg4
Kf7 34. Ra4 Be5 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Ra7 Rd7 37. Ke4 Kd6 {[%cal Ge5f6,Gf6d8]
Ultimately, on d6 the king is dangerously misplaced, which could easily lead
to some unexpected motifs!} (37... Bf6 $142) 38. Ra8 (38. g4 Bf6 39. Ra3 $141
$5 Ke7 (39... Bd8 $2 40. Rd3+ Ke7 41. Bg5+ Ke8 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Bxd8 Kxd8 44.
Ke5 Ke7 45. f3 Kd7 46. Kf4 Kc6 47. Kg5 Kxb6 48. Kxg6 Kc7 49. Kxg7 b5 50. h5 b4
51. h6 b3 52. h7 b2 53. h8=Q b1=Q 54. Qf8 $18) 40. g5 Bb2 41. Rb3 Ba1 42. Bc5+
Kd8 43. Ra3 Rd1 44. Ra7 Kc8 45. Be3 Bb2 $132) 38... Bf6 39. g4 Rd8 40. Ra7 Kc6
41. Ra2 Rh8 $4 {[%csl Rh8] Neglecting everything that's important in the
position just to threaten a pawn that's not even all that important.} (41...
Kd7 42. Rd2+ Ke8 43. Rc2 Rd7 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7 Ke8 46. g5 Bb2 $132) 42. Rc2+
Kb5 43. g5 Rxh4+ 44. f4 Bd8 45. Rc5+ Kb4 46. Re5 $18 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7][%cal
Ge5e6,Ge6g6,Gg6g7] Giri has finally managed to get close to Black's weaknesses.
.. Game over!} Kc4 47. Kf3 Be7 48. Rxe6 Ba3 49. Rxg6 Kd5 50. Bf2 Rh7 51. f5 Bd6
52. Kg4 Be5 53. Bg3 Bd4 54. Rd6+ Ke4 55. Rd7 Bxb6 56. g6 Rh1 57. Rxg7 Rg1 58.
Re7+ Kd3 59. Rxb7 Bf2 60. Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 ({The more popular alternative
is:} 5... e6 $142 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 $14) 6. b3 (6. c5 {An interesting
alternative, and my personal weapon against this variation.}) 6... Bg4 7. Qd2
$5 {A rare line which forces Black onto a narrow path! Some of the other
alternatives are: 7.Bd2, 7.h3, 7.Be2, and 7.Qc2.} (7. Qc2 e6 (7... Bxf3 $5 8.
gxf3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 e6 10. Bd3 $14) 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 bxc4 (10...
Bd6 $6 11. c5 Be7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. Bd2 Nbd7 16. Rfa1 e5
17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 e4 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nfe2 Ng4 21. g3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Peralta,
F (2587)-Himanshu,S (2437)/Badalona ESP 2016}) 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13.
O-O Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19.
Qxc4 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2720)-Laznicka,V (2676)/Tromso NOR 2014}) 7... Nbd7 ({
More of a "timid" option that leads to a more comfortable position with the
intent to make a draw.} 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 e6 10. c5 a5 11. a4 b4
12. Ne2 g6 13. Nf4 Qc7 14. Nd3 Nh5 15. f4 Be7 16. O-O-O Bh4 17. Be2 Ng7 18. Kb1
f5 19. Ka2 Nf6 20. f3 Nd7 21. Rdg1 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2750)-Karjakin,S 
(2706)/Nice FRA 2009}) 8. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 $8 (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Qc2 e6 12. Bd2 {[%csl Rc6,Re4][%cal Gc2c6]} Rc8 13. Be2 $1 Bxe2 14. Kxe2
Qh4 15. h3 $16) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 (11. Nxd5 Nxe5 12. Nb4 Qa5 13. Nd3 Qxd2+
14. Bxd2 Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 e5 16. Be4 Rb8 17. O-O Ba3 $1 $132) 11... e6 12. Qd4 h5
$1 {[%csl Yd1,Re2,Gg4][%cal Gg4d1,Ga1d1,Gf1e2] Retaining the bishop on the
very active g4-square from where it denies both Be2 and Rd1 ideas!} (12... Bf5
$6 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. Qf4 O-O 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bg2 $16 {with a clear advantage for
White due the extra pawn, spatial advantage, and more active pieces.}) 13. Bd2
$6 {Quite an awkward positioning for this bishop. Usually, it is Black to play
...Bb4 and return to e7 only to force such a move. The bishop on d2 closes the
d-file, does not protect e5, and ultimately fails to control a3 - thus
allowing Black to potentially take control of the c-file.} (13. Bb2 $142 Bc5
14. Qd2 Nxe5 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. f3 Bf5 (16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxf3 18. Rg1 Bg4
19. Ne4 Bxe3 20. Rg3 Bh6 21. Rd3 $16) 17. e4 Bh3 $1 (17... Bg6 $6 18. Nxb5 $16)
18. Rd1 Bxg2 19. Bxg2 Nd3+ 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Ke2 Rd8 22. f4 $14) 13... Qb8 ({
Leading to some quite interesting complications was the more logical:} 13...
Bc5 $5 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qg3 Bb4 16. Rc1 $13 {I am not sure that even the engine
knows what exactly is happening in this position.} Rc8 17. e4 Nc5 18. f3 h4 $5
19. Qxg4 Rg8 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gc5d3,Gb4c3,Gc8c3]} 20. g3 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Qxd3 22.
gxh4 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 25. Ke2 Qxe5 26. Qg3 Qb2+ 27. Ke3 Qc3+
28. Ke2 Qb2+ $11) 14. Ne4 Qxe5 15. a4 Bf5 16. Ng3 (16. Bd3 Qxd4 17. exd4 bxa4
18. Rxa4 Nb6 19. Ra1 Be7 20. f3 O-O $11) 16... Bc2 17. axb5 h4 18. Ne2 Qxb5 19.
Qc3 Bh7 20. Nd4 Qb7 21. h3 $5 {[%csl Gh3,Rh4][%cal Yh4h3] A necessary move.} (
21. Be2 Bd6 22. h3 $11 (22. O-O $6 h3 $15)) 21... Be7 (21... Bd6 $5 {The more
active option. Black attempts to utilize the weakness on g3 caused by h3.} 22.
Be2 Be4 23. f3 Bg3+ 24. Kf1 e5 25. fxe4 exd4 26. exd4 Nf6 27. Bf3 Nxe4 28. Qd3
f5 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qc4 Qd7 $5 $13 {and again - with a crazy computer
position. No wonder this did not happened in the game!}) 22. Be2 O-O 23. Bf3 (
23. Qc6 $5 $11) 23... Be4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qc6 Nc5 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 $15 27. Nc6
Bc5 {[%csl Rc5,Ye3][%cal Gc5e3]} (27... Bf6 $142 {[%csl Ya1,Gh4][%cal Gf6h4,
Gf6a1] It makes more sense to me to have the bishop on this diagonal, though
it doesn't make a huge difference. Then again, the devil's in the details!} 28.
Rc1 a5 29. Rc4 Rfc8 30. Ke2 Nxd2 31. Kxd2 Rc7 32. Rhc1 Rb7 33. Rc5 Rxb3 34.
Nxa5 Rb2+ 35. R1c2 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 $11) 28. Ra4 Nxd2 29. Kxd2 Rfc8 30. Na5 Be7
31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Rc8+ 33. Rc4 Rxc4+ 34. Nxc4 g5 (34... f6 $142 {[%csl Ye5]
[%cal Gc4e5] Getting the king to the center as soon as possible should always
be a prioroty in such endgames!} 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Kd3 Ke8 $11) 35. Kd2 f5 36.
Ne5 Bd6 37. Nf3 Be7 38. Ne5 Bd6 39. Nf3 Be7 40. Kd3 Kg7 41. Ne5 Bb4 $2 {
An expected mistake caused by Svidler's hasty mentality in this endgame.} ({
Black should have forced the White knight away from e5, and only then proceed
as planned.} 41... Bd6 $1 {[%csl Ye5]} 42. Nd7 Bb4 43. Kc4 Be1 {Now, there are
no more Nd3 options to save the day!} 44. f3 Bf2 45. e4 fxe4 46. fxe4 a5 47.
Kb5 Be1 $11 {[%csl Ra5,Gd7,Ge1,Re4][%cal Gg7e5] White cannot improve his
position due his highly weakened kingside.}) 42. Kc4 a5 (42... Be1 43. Nd3 Bd2
44. Nc5 $18) 43. Kb5 Kf6 44. Nc4 Be1 $4 {The second and final mistake in this
game! The better option was:} (44... f4 $1 45. e4 (45. exf4 Be1 $1 46. f3 Kf5
47. fxg5 Kxg5 48. Ne5 Kf5 49. Nd3 Bd2 $132) 45... f3 $3 {Creating a path for
the black king to the kingside!} 46. gxf3 Bc3 47. Kb6 Bb4 48. Kc6 Be1 49. Kd7
Bxf2 50. Nxa5 Ke5 $11) 45. f3 {Game over! Black has now zero chances of ever
getting his king anywhere close to White's kingside pawns.} g4 46. Nxa5 gxh3
47. gxh3 $18 {[%csl Yd4,Ge3,Ye4,Gf3,Yf4,Rf6,Yg4]} Ke5 48. Nc4+ Kd5 49. Nb6+ Kd6
50. Kc4 Kc6 51. Na4 Bf2 52. e4 fxe4 53. fxe4 Kd6 54. Nb2 {Overall, a very
unfortunate ending to a decent game. A good game by Aronian!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 (5... b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. g3
Bb7 8. Bg2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Qb6 $2 (11... Rc8 $10) 12. e4 $1
$16 {Lalic,B-Hodgson,J/Hastings/1995/0.5/41/}) (5... dxc4 6. a4 Be6 $6 7. e4
Nbd7 8. Nxc4 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O $1
$16 {Baburin,A-Giorgadze,G/Ubeda/1996/0.5/31/}) 6. Bf4 Nxe5 $5 {N/} (6... e6 7.
e3 Nxe5 (7... Be7 8. Bd3 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7
13. Qc2 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Simic,R/YUG/1996/1:0/53/}) 8. Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6
10. c5 Qc7 11. f4 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Qd2 $14 {Gurevich,M-Seul,G/Bad
Godesberg/1995/1:0/50/}) 7. dxe5 d4 $6 (7... Nh5 $6 8. Be3 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8
10. Bb6+ Ke8 11. O-O-O $16) (7... Ne4 $5 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+
Ke8 (10... Bd7 $2 11. e6) 11. Rd4 Bf5 12. e3 e6 13. Be2 Bc5 14. Rd2 Bb4 $10) 8.
exf6 dxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. fxe7+ Bxe7 11. bxc3 Bf6 12. Rc1 $1 $14 a5 $5 13. e4
(13. a4 $6 c5) 13... a4 14. Be2 Re8 15. f3 Be6 16. Kf2 (16. a3 $6 Be7 17. Ra1
Bc5) 16... a3 $5 17. Rc2 Kc8 (17... Be7 $5) 18. Bd6 $1 Bd8 (18... Be7 19. c5
$14) 19. Rb1 $6 (19. Rd1 Bc7 20. c5) 19... Bc7 20. Bxc7 $2 (20. c5 $5 $14)
20... Kxc7 21. g4 (21. f4 f6 {/\Bf7-g6,Re7,Rae8}) 21... Ra5 {/\Rc5(><c4),/\h5}
22. h4 f6 {/\23...h5} 23. h5 (23. f4 $6) 23... h6 24. Rd2 Raa8 25. Ke3 c5 $10
26. Rb3 Bd7 $5 27. Kf4 (27. Rxb7+ $2 Kxb7 28. Rxd7+ Ka6 29. Rxg7 Rab8 {/\Rb2})
27... b6 28. Bf1 Bc6 29. Bd3 (29. Kf5 Re7 $1 (29... Re5+ $2 30. Kg6 Rg5+ 31.
Kh7 $16) 30. Kg6 Ba4 $1 31. Rb1 Rh8 {/\Be8=}) 29... Bd7 30. Re2 Red8 31. Re3 $6
(31. Rd2 {/\Ke3=}) 31... Be6 {/\32...Rd3 33.Rd3 Bc4} 32. Rb1 Rd6 33. Bf1 (33.
e5 $6 fxe5+ 34. Kxe5 Rf8 $17) 33... Rd2 34. Ra1 $8 (34. Re2 $2 Rad8 $17) (34.
Ra1 Rad8 35. e5 fxe5+ 36. Rxe5 R8d6 37. Re2 $1 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Rd2 39. Ke3 Rc2 (
39... Rb2 40. Bd3) 40. Kd3 Rb2 41. Bd1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 (6... g6 7. h3 Bg7
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Rc1 Ne4 $6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe4
Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxa2 15. Be2 $14 {Sakaev,K-Simic,R/Belgrade/1996/1:0/33/}) 9...
Ne4 $5 (9... Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg3 e5 $6 12. dxe5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 $14 {Bareev,
E-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg/1994/0,5/43/}) 10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Re8 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. f4 f6 17. exf6 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Qxd4 19.
cxd4 Rf8 $14 {Bareev,E-Burmakin,V/Elista(RUS-ch)/1995/0,5/37/}) 7. Bd2 (7. e3
Nxf4 8. exf4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. h4 $2 (11. g3 $10) 11... f6 12. Nxd7
Bxd7 $17 {Tregubov,P-Ivanov,V.L./Elista(RUS-ch)/1994/}) 7... g6 (7... Qc7 8. g3
g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd2 f6 13. Bh6 $14 {Stohl,I-Velicka,
P/CZE/1992/0,5/40/}) 8. g3 $5 {N/} (8. g4 $5 Nhf6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Bg2
{/\11...Ne8 12.e4!}) 8... Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O (9... e5 $5) 10. O-O (10. e4 $5) 10...
Re8 $6 (10... e5 $5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 $10) 11. e4 $5 dxe4 12. Nxe4
Ndf6 13. Nc3 Be6 (13... Bg4 14. Be3 {/\15.Qb3+/=}) 14. Re1 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5
16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Rad1 $14 a5 $5 (17... e6 $5 18. Ne5 Nhf6 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. Ba5
Qe7 $14 {/\21.Nd6?! Rf8 /\b6}) 18. Qa4 Nhf6 (18... b5 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Ne5 $16
) 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nc4 (20. Bxd5 Nxe5 21. Bf4 cxd5 22. Bxe5 Qc6 $10) 20... Bxd4
$2 (20... b5 $5 21. cxb6 N7xb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 $13) 21. Bxa5 Bxc5 (21... Nxc5 22.
Qa3 $18) 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Nb6 $8 24. Qb5 Qc6 (24... Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qxc4
26. Bxb6 $18) (24... Rxa5 25. Qxe8+ $18) 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc5 Nxc4 27. Bc3
Nb6 (27... Nd6 28. Rxc6 Rxa2 29. Rxd6 $18) 28. Rxc6 $18 Nd5 29. a3 Reb8 30. Re2
Rb3 (30... Nxc3 31. Rxc3 $18) 31. Bd4 f6 (31... Rd3 32. Rc4) 32. Rd2 Kf7 33.
Kf1 g5 34. Ke2 Rab8 35. Rc5 Nb6 (35... e6 36. Kd1) 36. Rc3 Na4 (36... Rb5 37.
Bxb6 R5xb6 38. b4 $18) 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Rd3 Rb7 39. b3 $6 (39. b4 $18) 39...
e5 40. Be3 $6 (40. bxa4 exd4 41. Rxd4 {/\a5,Ra4} Ra7 (41... Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Ra2
43. Rd3 Rb2 44. a5 Rb5 45. a4 Rxa5 46. Ra3 $18) 42. Kd3 $18) 40... Nb2 $2 (
40... e4 $5 41. Rd4 Nc3+ 42. Kd2 Nb1+ (42... Rxb3 43. Kc2 Rxa3 44. Kb2 Nb5 45.
Rd5 Ra5 46. Bb6 $18) 43. Kc2 Nxa3+ 44. Kb2 Nb5 45. Rxe4 $16) 41. Rc3 e4 42. a4
Rd7 43. Bb6 f5 44. a5 f4 45. gxf4 gxf4 46. Rc7 Ke6 47. Rxd7 Kxd7 48. f3 exf3+
49. Kd2 $1 Kc6 50. Kc2 Na4 51. bxa4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O a5 {Damit hat Schwarz nun offensichtlich
ein Tempo verloren und man fragt sich ob dies notwendig ist, denn wьrde WeiЯ
seinerseits a4-a5 spielen?} ({Nach} 11... Nf8 {hat WeiЯ noch eine zweite
Option auЯer a4-a5:} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 {mit Ьbergang zu D36, allerdings
verspricht der frьhzeitige Tausch des schwarzfeldrigen Lдufers kaum Vorteil.})
12. Rfe1 Nf8 13. h3 Nh5 ({Ich hatte mehr mit} 13... Ne4 {gerechnet und wollte}
14. Bf4 {spielen.}) 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Rab1 Nf6 (15... Qd6 16. e4 $14) 16. b4
axb4 17. Rxb4 $14 Ne8 18. e4 $6 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 $1 20. Reb1 Bxe4 {Der Tausch
ist eine gute Entlastung fьr Schwarz.} 21. Bxe4 Nd6 22. Bd3 {Die Stellung ist
etwa im Gleichgewicht, aber Schwarz muЯ doch mehr aufpassen, weil der Pb7
immer schwach sein wird. Und der Tausch des Pb7 gegen den Pd4 wьrde z.B. WeiЯ
klar in Vorteil bringen. Die ganze folgende Phase ist wohl davon geprдgt, daЯ
beide Spieler auf Gewinn spielen.} Qc7 23. g3 Ra5 24. Bf1 g6 25. Qd2 Ra8 26.
Ne5 Rd8 27. Qb2 Nd7 28. Nd3 Nf6 29. Bg2 Rde8 $11 30. Qb3 Qa5 31. Nc5 Re1+ 32.
Kh2 Rxb1 33. Qxb1 Re2 34. Rb2 Re1 35. Qc2 Qc7 36. Qd2 Qe7 37. Qb4 Nd5 38. Bxd5
cxd5 39. Nd3 Ra1 40. Ne5 f6 $6 {Die Schwдchung der schwarzen Kцnigsstellung
wird nun eine entscheidende Rolle spielen.} 41. Nf3 Qd7 {Schwarz hat immernoch
Gewinnambitionen.} (41... Qe4 {scheint das Remis zu forcieren:} 42. Qxd6 Qxf3
43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qe3+ Qxe3 46. fxe3 Rxa4 47. Rxb7 $11 {, aber
WeiЯ kann auch 42.Ng1! spielen.}) 42. Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5d5]} b5 $1 43. Qa8+ Kg7
44. Qxd5 Rxa4 45. Ne5 $5 Qc7 (45... fxe5 $2 46. dxe5 Ra6 47. Rd2 $16) 46. Nd3
$1 {Der Springer strebt ьber c5 nach e6.} Ra1 47. Re2 $16 {Die Aufgabe kommt
zu zeitig, der schwarze Kцnig ist zwar gefдhrdet, aber WeiЯ muЯ noch einige
genaue Zьge finden.} (47. Nc5 $6 Qe7 48. Ne6+ Kh6 49. Re2 (49. Rc2 Re1 $13)
49... Qb7 $11) (47. Re2 $1 Nf5 48. Nc5 Kh6 (48... Qd6 49. Ne6+ Kh6 50. Qb7 Rf1
51. Qf3) 49. Qb3 $1 {/\ Qb2} (49. Re8) (49. Re4) 49... Qd6 (49... Qc6 50. Re4
Nd6 (50... Rc1) 51. Qe6 $18) 50. Re4 Z0 51. Qf7 Z0 52. Ne6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Halle DSV"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1987.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4 b5 7. Ne3 Bb7 8.
g3 c5 9. Bg2 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 b4 11. Na4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Ne3 e4
15. Qb5 O-O 16. Nf5 Re8 17. Bf4 $1 Bf8 18. Rc1 $4 (18. Nd6 $14) 18... a6 19.
Qb7 $2 Qa5 {[%cal Ra5a4,Ra5f5]} 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Glauchau"]
[Date "1987.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Boehnisch, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1987.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 4/1987} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7.
Bg2 Bb7 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 $2 ({Nach} 9... Be7 {wдre der weisse Vorteil nur
geringfьgig.}) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 {Das Lдuferpaar spielt keine Rolle,
da die Stellung nicht zu цffnen ist. Der Bb7 ist sogar schwach, ebenso die
Bauernstruktur.} 12. O-O f5 13. e3 Bd6 14. Rc1 Rc8 (14... O-O $142) 15. Qh5 a5
$2 {Das fьhrt dazu, dass die Verbindung der schwarzen Tьrme nicht mehr
hergestellt werden kann. Dadurch erobert letztlich Weiss die c-Linie.} 16. Qh6
$1 b4 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Nf4 Qf8 21. Qh5 Bxf4 22. exf4
Qg7 23. Bxd5 $5 (23. Qd1 $1 {gewann einfacher}) 23... exd5 24. Qxf5+ Kd6 25.
Qc2 Qxd4 26. Qc7+ Ke6 (26... Ke6 {Nach} 27. Rc6+ Kf5 28. Qxf7+ Ke4 29. Qh5 {
lдsst sich seine Position nicht mehr lange verteidigen.}) 1-0

[Event "Olomouc Skanska Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "2004.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lagowski, Patryk"]
[Black "Jirka, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be5 f6 8. Bg3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. e4 (10. Qb3 f5 11. e3 Nd7 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3
Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qa5+ 18. Qc3 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 Bg4 20. Rb1
O-O-O 21. Be2 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 h5 $11 {Dimitrov,V-Stoinev,M/Velingrad 2004/})
10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be6 12. Qc2 O-O $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12... Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Bf7 14.
O-O-O b6 15. Nd2 b5 16. f4 Nd7 17. Bd3 f5 18. Nf3 Rb8 19. Kb1 b4 20. Qa4 Qxa4
21. Nxa4 Bd5 22. Bc2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 e6 24. Rhe1 Kf7 25. Bb3 Rhe8 26. Re2 Re7 $11
{Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/Chalkidiki 1993/}) 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4+ Qd5 15. Qe2 Nd7
16. Nc3 Qf7 17. O-O-O e5 18. Kb1 b6 $2 (18... exd4 $142) 19. Ne4 h6 20. dxe5
fxe5 21. Nd6 Qe6 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Ne4 Qf7 25. Qxf7 Rxf7 26. Ne6 (
26. Ne6 Nxc5 27. N6xc5 bxc5 28. Rd6 $16) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 {
This system does not have a good reputation, but some people, including
Movsesian, play it regularly with black.} 7. e3 {Another playable move is 7.
Bd2!?} g6 {Most of the games had been played this way.} ({More subtle is the
immediate} 7... b6 {in order for white to reveal his intentions - either to
take on b6 or to play b2-b4.}) ({Very interesting is} 7... f6 $5 {played once
by J. Pinter, with the possible continuation:} 8. Bg3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxg3 10. hxg3
fxe5 11. Nh4 Qg5 {and so on.}) 8. h4 $5 {The last cry of fashon. Time ago they
preferred 8.Bd3. Now, obviously, the threat is 9.Bh2.} Nxf4 9. exf4 Bg7 10. Qd2
b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Na4 Qa7 14. h5 $1 $16 {White is not in a
hurry to grab pawns.} a5 (14... gxh5 15. Bd3 $1 $16) 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. g3 Nf6
17. Nc5 Bf5 ({Or} 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Ne5 {and the black
position looks awful.}) 18. Bd3 e6 19. Ne5 {Huebner,R: 'Die Stellung des
Schwarzen ist offensichtlich strategisch verloren.'} Rac8 20. O-O Ng4 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Rc3 $18 {Black is lost. White is going to win a pawn by Ra3, but
black has no defence against it.} Rfe8 $6 ({The best practical chance was} 
22... Nxe5 23. fxe5 f4) 23. Rfc1 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bf8 25. Ra3 Rb8 26. Rxa5 Qe7 (
26... Rxb2 27. Qc3 Qc7 (27... Qb6 28. Nd7 Bb4 29. Qxb2 Qxa5 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31.
Nxe8 Ba3 32. Qb8 Bxc1 33. Nf6+ {mating.}) 28. Nb3) 27. Ra6 Rec8 28. Nd3 Qb7 29.
Qa5 Qd7 30. Ra7 Rb7 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Qc3 g5 33. Kg2 h5 34. Rh1 Qf7 35. Qd2 Be7
36. Qe2 Ra8 37. e6 Qe8 38. Rxh5 Rxa2 39. g4 fxg4 40. Qxg4 Bf6 41. Ne5 Rxb2 42.
Nd7 Bg7 43. Rxg5 Qe7 44. Rf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. Ng5 Be7
{This move,previously believed to be the best in the position leads,as this
game clearly illustrates,to a dangerous position for black. An old
continuation: 8...h6 9.Nge4 b4 10.Nb1 Ba6 11.Nbd2 Nf4 is still not refuted.} 9.
h4 b4 10. Nce4 h6 11. Nf3 Ba6 {Nobody ever played 11..c3. It is a worth trying.
} 12. Nfd2 c3 (12... Nf4 $6 13. Qg4 $16) 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Qg4 cxb2 15. Bxb2 b3
16. Rh3 (16. O-O-O Nb6 $13) 16... Nb4 (16... Bb4+ $5 17. Kd1 $36) 17. O-O-O Qd5
18. Rg3 (18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 g6 20. Ne5 Bxf1 21. Nxg6 (21. Rxf1 Nd7 22. Nxg6
Qc4+ 23. Rc3 Qxf1+ $19) 21... Qc4+ 22. Kd2 Qc2+ 23. Ke1 Qxg6 $19) 18... g6 19.
Ne3 Qa5 20. Qf4 Bxf1 21. Ng4 $1 {The best practical chance. After 21.Qh6 Bd3!
black threatens with Na2 mate!, forcing white to make a draw by Rg6.} Qa6 $2 (
21... Be2 $1 22. Qxh6 Bxg4 23. Rxg4 (23. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 24. exf6 Na2+ 25. Kb1
Qf5+ 26. Ka1 Qxf6 $19) 23... Nd3+ $1 24. Kb1 (24. Rxd3 Qe1+ 25. Rd1 Qe2 26. Rd2
Qe1+ $11) 24... Nxb2 (24... Qxa4 $2 25. Rxd3 Qc4 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8
28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Rg3+ $18) 25. h5 (25. Kxb2 Qxa4 26. Nf6+ (26. Nc3 Ba3+ 27. Kb1
Qc4) 26... Bxf6 27. exf6 Qa2+ 28. Kc3 Qc2+ 29. Kb4 Na6+ $19) 25... Qxa4 26. Nc3
g5 $8 27. Nxa4 Nxd1 28. Rxg5+ Bxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kh7 30. Qd2 Nxf2 31. Qxf2 Nd7 $13)
22. Qxh6 $18 Qc4+ 23. Rc3 Na2+ 24. Kb1 Nxc3+ 25. Bxc3 f5 {Despair.} (25... Bd3+
26. Kb2 Bxe4 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6) 26. exf6 (26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Ngf6 $18)
26... Rf7 27. fxe7 Nd7 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuraszkiewicz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1
{A novelty. Usually 8.h3 had been played here.} g6 9. h3 Bg7 {9...Qc7!?,
preventing Bf4 was a good alternative.} 10. Bf4 O-O 11. e3 Ne4 {Black efforts
are directed to free his position by e7-e5 and/or b7-b6.} 12. Be2 Nxc3 13. bxc3
$5 {It had been played already this way in similar positions. Otherwise after
a natural 14.Rc3 white had problems to retain his space advantage:} (13. Rxc3
b6 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Qa5 18. Qd2 Ba6) 13... b6 14.
cxb6 Qxb6 {It seems, black has to equalize easily, but this appearance is
deceptive. The main black problem is the awkwardly located knight d7, which,
however, has a task to maintain the control over the square e5. Say, after 15..
.Nb6 the answer 16.Ne5 was highly unpleasant.} 15. O-O c5 {In regard to the
next move of white 15...Qa5 looked more subtle.} 16. Qa4 $1 {Black's position
looks already rather dubious.} h6 {Played in order to secure location of the
queen on e6.} 17. Rb1 Qe6 18. Nd2 $1 {Again a strong move. The knight
eventually moves to b3-c5, the whitesquared bishop to f3.} cxd4 19. cxd4 Nf6
20. Qa5 Bd7 21. Rb6 {After 21 Nb3?! Bb5 black would repel the first assault of
the opponent.} Qf5 22. Bxa6 $5 {An original way to capture a pawn, but if} (22.
Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Qc2 24. Nb3 Bc8 {he was afraid to lose it back.}) 22... Bc8
23. Rc1 Qd7 $2 {Black had to try to exploit a pin along the a-file:} ({It is
true, the immediate} 23... Nd7 24. Rbc6 Bb7 {fails, due to} 25. g4 Qd3 26. Bxd3
Rxa5 27. Rc7 $18) ({So first} 23... g5 {The best for white is} 24. Bh2 (24.
Bxc8 Qxc8 $1 (24... Rfxc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qxa8 Qxa8 27. Rb8+ $18) 25. Rxc8
Rxa5 {white gets "next to nothing".}) 24... Nd7 25. Rbc6 Bb7 26. g4 Qh7 27. Rc7
Bxa6 (27... Rxa6 28. Qb4) 28. Rxd7 Qd3 29. Qc3 Rfc8 30. Rc7 Qe2 {There are two
threats: e7-e5, followed by Rc7, and h6-h5 - black has serious counterplay.})
24. Nb3 Ne4 25. Rc7 Qd8 26. Rxc8 {Now the game is a matter of sheer technic.}
Rxc8 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. Nc5 {Preventing the unpleasant Qc2.} g5 29. Bb8 g4 30.
Nxe4 dxe4 31. Qc5 Qd7 32. hxg4 Qxg4 33. Rb1 Kh7 $2 34. Qxe7 $18 Qg6 35. Bg3 Rg8
36. Qd7 Bf6 37. Rb5 Ra8 38. Qd5 Rc8 39. Qf5 Ra8 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rb2 Ra5 42.
Bd6 Bg5 43. a3 Kf5 44. Rb7 Ke6 45. Bb4 Ra8 46. Rb5 1-0

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. a4 e6 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc2 Qc7 (10... Bc5 {was played against me by Karjakin in
a blitz tournament in Moscow 2009, but after wurde von Karjakin gegen mich in
einem Blitzturnier in Moskau 2009 gespielt, aber nach} 11. Ne3 Ne5 12. Qxd8+
Kxd8 13. a5 Rb8 14. Na4 Bb4 15. f4 Neg4 16. Nxc4 Bd7 17. h3 Bb5 18. b3 Nh6 19.
g4 {I quickly achieved a winning position. erreichte ich schnell eine
Gewinnstellung.}) 11. Bf4 $146 {An interesting, although far from clear,
continuation, which I analysed a long time ago. I could not remember clearly
the lines, but decided to try it anyway. Eine interessante, wenngleich
keineswegs klare Fortsetzung, die ich vor langer Zeit analysiert hatte. Ich
konnte mich nicht klar an die Varianten erinnern, beschloss aber, es trotzdem
zu versuchen.} (11. Qd4 {was played by me more than fifteen years ago(!) in my
game against Boris Gelfand, Linares 1997. wurde von mir vor mehr als fьnfzehn
Jahren (!) gespielt, in meiner Partie gegen Boris Gelfand, Linares 1997.} Bc5
$1 12. Qh4 Be7 $1 13. Na3 Ne5 {and Boris managed to equalise. und Boris gelang
es auszugleichen.}) 11... e5 (11... Qc5 $143 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Ne3) 12. Bd2 {
The point, now White wants to play Ne3 and Nd5 and Black has to react; the
game becomes very sharp. Die Pointe, jetzt will WeiЯ Ne3 und Nd5 spielen, und
Schwarz muss reagieren; das Spiel wird sehr scharf.} (12. Bg5 $143 h6) 12...
Nc5 (12... Bc5 $143 13. Ne3 Bxe3 (13... O-O 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. Ncd5) 14. Bxe3 O-O
15. a5 {und WeiЯ hat offensichtlich Vorteil.}) 13. Bg5 Be6 (13... Nb3 {was a
serious alternative and possibly more precise: war eine ernste Alternative und
eventuell genauer:} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. a5 {The most interesting
move here in my opinion. Meines Erachtens der interessanteste Zug hier.} (16.
Rb1 Be6 17. Nce3 Rc8) (16. Ra2 Be6 17. a5 Bc5) 16... Nxa1 17. Qxa1 {White
definitely has play for the exchange, but the position is very unclear. WeiЯ
hat definitiv Spiel fьr die Qualitдt, aber die Stellung ist sehr unklar.} Bc5
18. Rd1 $13) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nce3 (16. a5 {is safer, but looks
rather equal after ist sicherer, sieht aber ziemlich ausgeglichen aus nach} Nb3
17. Ra4 Nxa5 18. Nce3 Bh6 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 O-O 21. Rc3 Rc8 $11) 16... Nb3
17. a5 $1 {A risky, but logical sac. Now Luke spent almost an hour on his next
move and still did not choose the best one. I have to say that the position is
very complicated and difficult to play. Ein riskantes, aber logisches Opfer.
Nun verbrauchte Luke fast eine Stunde fьr seinen nдchsten Zug und wдhlte
dennoch nicht den besten. Dazu muss ich sagen, dass die Stellung sehr
kompliziert und schwer zu spielen ist.} Rc8 (17... Nxa1 18. Qa4+ $1 {that is
the point Das ist die Pointe.} Bd7 19. Qxa1 Bc5 20. Nxc4 {and White's
initiative is very powerful here, for example und die Initiative von WeiЯ ist
hier sehr kraftvoll, zum Beispiel} Be6 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. Qc1 Bd4 23. Ncb6 $36) (
17... Bh6 {doesn't help either: hilft ebenfalls nicht:} 18. Nxc4 Nxa1 19. Ncb6
$16 Rb8 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. Rxa1 Kg7 22. Rd1 Qe8 23. Qh4 Bg5 24. Qh5 {and I
wouldn't like to be Black here obviously. , und ich wдre hier bestimmt nicht
gerne Schwarz.}) (17... Bc5 $142 $1 18. Ra4 {I would definitely prefer White
here, but Black can resist: Ich wьrde hier definitiv WeiЯ vorziehen, aber
Schwarz kann sich wehren:} Nxa5 $1 (18... Rc8 19. Nxc4 Nd4 20. Nc3 Ba7 21. b3)
19. Nxc4 (19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxa5 Rd8 21. Qc2) (19. Qc1 $5) 19... Nc6 {and
although there is a lot of play for White, things are not totaly clear. The
following line is best, according to the computers, and at the end White has a
serious initiative in a messy position. , und obwohl es eine Menge Spiel fьr
WeiЯ gibt, ist die Sache nicht absolut klar. Die folgende Variante ist, laut
den Computern, am besten, und am Ende hat WeiЯ eine ernste Initiative in einer
chaotischen Stellung.} (19... Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Rc8 21. Qc2 Bxd5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23.
Qxc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 {looks unpleasant sieht unangenehm aus.}) 20. e3 Rc8 21. Qh5
Bxd5 22. Rd1 Bd4 23. exd4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nxd4 25. Bd5 Rc7 26. Rcxd4 $1 exd4 27.
Rxd4 Qd7 28. Kg2 h6 29. Qf3) 18. Ra4 Nd4 (18... Nxa5 {is much less efficient
already ist bereits weit weniger wirksam:} 19. Nxf6+ (19. Rxa5 $5 Qxa5 20.
Nxf6+ Ke7 21. Ned5+ Kd8) 19... Qxf6 20. Rxa5 e4 21. Qc2 {White is better here
clearly WeiЯ steht hier klar besser.} Bg7 22. Rb1 c3 23. bxc3) (18... Bc5 19.
Nxc4 $16) 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. Rxc4 {This strong move was admittedly underestimated
by my opponent. Diesen starken Zug wurde von meinem Gegner zugegebenerweise
unterschдtzt.} (20. Nexc4 Bg4 $13) 20... Bxc4 (20... Bc5 21. Nbd5 Rc8 22. Qd3)
21. Nexc4 $16 Nb5 {Probably not the best, although there is no good advice one
can give. Wahrscheinlich nicht am besten, wenngleich guter Rat teuer ist.} (
21... Bc5 22. e3 Bxb6 23. Nxb6 $16) (21... Be7 22. e3 Ne6 23. Qa4+ Kf8 24. Nd5
$16) 22. Qb1 {Computers prefer Qa4, but I like to put my queen on f5. Die
Computer bevorzugen Qa4, aber ich stelle meine Dame gerne nach f5.} Qd4 23. Rd1
Qc5 24. e3 (24. Ne3 {Again, computers prefer this direct approach, but e3
looks very human, just stopping Black's only active idea ...Nd4 and White
slowly starts to improve his position: Erneut bevorzugen die Computer diese
direkte Herangehensweise, aber e3 sieht sehr menschlich aus, es wird einfach
die einzige aktive schwarze Idee ...Nd4 verhindert, und WeiЯ geht langsam
daran, seine Stellung zu verbessern:} Nd4 25. Ned5 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 $18) 24... Be7
{Black has no moves practically, so from now on White just have to choose
which of many attractive possibilities to play. Schwarz hat praktisch keine
Zьge, daher muss sich WeiЯ von jetzt an lediglich aussuchen, welche von vielen
attraktiven Mцglichkeiten er spielen will.} 25. Qf5 Kf8 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. Qg4+
Kh6 28. e4 {Playing for direct mate, although Bxf7 was good as well. Spielt
auf direktes Matt, wobei Bxf7 ebenfalls gut war.} Nd4 29. Ne3 {I was already
looking for mate, not paying too much attention to the other side of the board,
but in fact our silicon friend (enemy?) discovers a very nice geometrical
motif instead: Ich suchte bereits nach dem Matt und zollte daher der anderen
Brettseite nicht viel Aufmerksamkeit, unser Silikon-Freund (Feind?) jedoch
entdeckt stattdessen ein sehr schцnes geometrisches Motiv:} (29. b4 $1 Qxb4 30.
Rxd4 exd4 31. Qf4+ Kg7 32. Qxc7 {winning. mit Gewinn.}) 29... f5 {Here I took
time to calculate variations and actually saw the whole line which happened in
the game, including Qg4, which clarifies matters completely. I must admit, my
opponent has only moves all the time, so it was not very difficult. Hier lieЯ
ich mir Zeit, die Varianten zu berechnen, und sah tatsдchlich das ganze
Abspiel, zu dem es in der Partie kam, einschlieЯlich Qg4, was die Sache
endgьltig klдrt. Ich muss zugeben, mein Gegner hat die ganze Zeit einzige Zьge,
sehr schwer war es daher nicht.} 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. Rxd4 $1 exd4 32. Nxf5+ Kf8
33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. Bxf7+ Kd8 (34... Kxf7 35. Qg7+ $18) 35. Qg7 Rf8 36. Nxd4 (36.
Nd5 {is good enough as well. ist ebenfalls gut genug.}) 36... Rc6 (36... Rxf7
37. Qxf7 Qxd4 38. Qg8+ Bf8 39. Qxf8#) 37. Nxc6+ bxc6 (37... Qxc6 38. Qxh7 Bf6
39. Nd5 $18) 38. Qg4 $1 Kc7 {Otherwise White mates on d7 or c8.  Ansonsten
setzt WeiЯ auf d7 oder c8 matt.} 39. Qd7+ Kb8 40. Qd2 {Pure stupidity. Seeing
that Luke had 15 seconds left for his last move, I decided instead of the
planned Kg2 to play something unexpected, hoping to win on time. Reine
Dummheit. Sehend, dass Luke 15 Sekunden fьr seinen letzten Zug hatte,
beschloss ich, statt des geplanten Kg2 etwas Unerwartetes zu spielen - in der
Hoffnung, auf Zeit zu gewinnen.} Kc7 (40... Bg5 $1 {was an incredible tricky
move, which would not save the game, but at least prolong it. Well, I am not
sure anyone would find it with just seconds on his clock. war ein unglaublich
trickreicher Zug, der die Partie zwar nicht retten, aber zumindest verlдngern
wьrde. Nun, ich bin nicht sicher, dass ihn mit nur Sekunden auf seiner Uhr
jeder finden wьrde.} 41. Nd7+ Kc8 $1 42. Qd1 {The simplest Am einfachsten.} Rd8
43. Qg4 $1 Qe7 (43... Rxd7 44. Be6) 44. Nf6+ Kb7 45. Qxg5 Qxf7 46. e5 {easily
winning. mit leichtem Gewinn.}) 41. Qd7+ Kb8 42. Kg2 {No more cheap tricks :)
Keine billigen Tricks mehr :)} Bd6 {It is completely lost anyway, White has a
material advantage and an attack in addition. Es ist sowieso komplett verloren,
WeiЯ hat Materialvorteil und obendrein noch Angriff.} (42... Rd8 43. Qxd8+ Bxd8
44. Nd7+ Ka7 45. Nxc5 $18) (42... Rxf7 43. Qc8+ Ka7 44. Qc7#) 43. b4 Qd4 44.
Qxc6 {The rest is simple and easy. White has a number of wins on every next
move. Usually I am quite strong when I am five pawns up :) Der Rest ist
einfach. WeiЯ hat bei jedem der nдchsten Zьge eine Reihe von
Gewinnmцglichkeiten. Gewцhnlich bin ich recht stark, wenn ich fьnf Bauern mehr
habe :)} Ka7 45. Kh3 Qd1 46. Nc8+ Rxc8 47. Qxc8 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 h5+ 49. Kxh5 {
I was slightly worried about blundering some stalemate, but there is nothing
he can do about his bishop fortunately :) Ich war leicht besorgt, noch
irgendein Patt zu ьbersehen, aber zum Glьck kann er ja mit seinem Lдufer
nichts machen :)} 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. Bg5 $146 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Qb3 Ne4 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd6 11. a5 Nd7 {/\12...c5} 12. O-O Nf5 13. Bg3
Nxg3 14. fxg3 $5 (14. hxg3 c5 (14... e5)) 14... e6 {/\15...Qe7;/\15...c5} 15.
Qa3 b5 $1 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Ba2 Nd5 $11 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. Ne5 Qb6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 (
20... exd5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxb2 (22... Be6 23. Rf2 $14) 23. Qxb2 Rxb2
24. Rxc6 f6 $11) 21. Nd6 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxb2 $6 (22... Bd7 23. Rf2 Bb5 $11) 23.
Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Rfc1 Bd7 (24... Bb7 $5 25. Rc7 Ba8 {/\d4<=>}) 25. Rxa6 Rfb8 26.
Ra7 $14 Rb1 (26... Be8 27. Rf1 (27. Re7 Kf8 28. Rcc7 h5 $1 (28... Rb1+ 29. Kf2
R8b2+ (29... h5 30. g4 h4 31. g5 R8b2+ 32. Kf3 Rf1+ 33. Kg4 Rxg2+ 34. Kh3 Rxg5
35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Ree7 $18) 30. Kf3 Rf1+ 31. Kg4 Rb8 32. Kg5 h5 33. Kh6 $16)
29. h4 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 31. g4 Ra8 (31... hxg4 32. Kg3 Re1 33. Kf2) 32. gxh5
gxh5 33. Ra7 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 Bc6 $11 35. Rc7 Ba4 36. g3 Rf3) 27... Rb1 28. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 29. Kf2 Rb8 $14 30. g4 h6 $1) 27. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Kf2 Bb5 29. g4 Rf1+ $2 (
29... g5 $1 30. Kg3 (30. h3 Rf1+ 31. Kg3 Bd3 32. Ne8 Bg6 33. Nf6+ Kg7 $11)
30... Rb3 31. Nxf7 Rxe3+ 32. Kf2 Re2+ 33. Kf3 Bd3 $11 34. Nxg5 Rxe5 35. Kf4 Re2
) 30. Kg3 Bc6 31. Rc7 Ba4 32. g5 $1 {xh7,f7} Kg7 33. h4 {/\Kh2,g4,Kg2} Kf8 34.
Kh2 Kg7 35. g4 Rf3 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Kf8 (37... h6 38. g6 Rxe3 39. Rxf7+ Kh8
40. Nc8 $18) (37... Rxe3 38. Nxf7 $1 (38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. h6 Rxe5) 38... Kf8 39.
g6 hxg6 40. h6 Re4 41. Kg3 Re3+ 42. Kg4 Bd1+ 43. Kg5 $18) 38. h6 $1 Bd1 39. Kg2
Be2 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. g6 $1 fxg6 (42... hxg6 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. h7)
43. Rxh7 Rxe3 (43... Kg8 44. Rg7+ Kh8 (44... Kf8 45. Rxg6 {/\h7}) 45. Ne8 $18 {
/\46.Nf6} (45. Nf7+ $18)) 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Re8+ Kd7 46. h7 1-0

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 (8.
Ne5 $5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 $6 {Epishin,V-Shirov,A/Las Palmas/1994/} 10. Nxc6 Qc7
11. cxd5 Bb4 $1 (11... exd5 12. e4) (11... b4 12. dxe6 Qxc6 13. exd7+ Nxd7 14.
Na4) (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxc6 13. e4 Qc8 14. Bd2) 12. Qd3 (12. Nxb4 Qxc3+ 13.
Qd2 Qxa1 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Qb1) 12... Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Nxd5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
e4 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 Rxc6 17. exd5 exd5 $10) 8... Bh5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11.
Nxe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Be7 (14... Bc5 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Qg4
Qe7 17. Nh5 g6 18. Nf6+ $36 {Belov,I-Zagorskis,D/Karvina/1992/}) 15. Nd4 Qb6
16. Rc1 (16. f4 $5 O-O 17. Qe2 {Belov}) 16... O-O 17. Rc6 Qb7 18. Qc2 Ra7 $1
19. Rc1 $2 (19. f4 Nb8 20. Rc3 b4 21. Rd3 Rc8 22. Qe2 Nc6 $10) 19... Nxe5 20.
Nxe6 (20. Rc7 Qxc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Bf6 $17) (20. Rc8 Ng6 $17) 20... Qxc6
21. Nxf8 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nc4 $3 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Bd4 Rc7 25. Nxh7 Kxh7 26. Bb6
$2 (26. Kf1 $142 Rc6 27. Ke2 $17) 26... Rc6 27. Ba5 Ba3 $1 28. Kf1 b4 29. Ke2
Rc5 30. Bb6 Rb5 31. Bd4 b3 32. Rxc4 b2 33. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 34. Kf3 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 {This (quite natural) move had not been tested in serious
practice before last year's game Aronian - Movsesian.} (9... Ng4 {was usually
played - see e.g. Aronian - Van Wely (annotations by GM L.Aronian) and Bacrot
- Karjakin (annotations by GM D.Rogozenco) in CBM 122.}) 10. e6 Nxc5 11. exf7+
Kxf7 12. b3 $4 $146 {[%mdl 16384] White apparently mixed up something.} (12.
Bc2 {was recommended by Levon Aronian himself in the above-mentioned
annotations but he failed to prove any advantage over the board:} g6 13. O-O
Bg7 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Nd4 Qd6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5
20. Bb3 Bf5 21. Ra1 Be4 $11 {1/2 Aronian,L (2757)-Movsesian,S (2732)/Nanjing
2008/CBM 128 (49)} (21... Ra7 $5 {[%cal Ya7e7]})) 12... Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qg5 $17
{Black has obtained the bishop pair and an attack.} 14. g3 (14. Rg1 $2 Bd6) (
14. Kf1 Bf5 $17 {is quite poor, too.}) 14... Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f3,Rb5b4] Even
stronger than} (14... Bh3) 15. Bb2 Qf3 16. Rg1 Bg4 {[%csl Re1]} 17. a3 Re8 {
[%cal Rf8c5][%mdl 128]} 18. Rc1 (18. b4 a5 $1 19. Na2 (19. bxa5 Bc5 {[%cal
Rc5e3,Rd5d4]} 20. Rf1 (20. Nd1 d4 $1 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qe2#) 20... Bh3 $19
) 19... axb4 20. axb4 (20. Nxb4 d4 21. Bxd4 c5) 20... Ra8 21. Bc3 d4 $1 22.
Bxd4 Rxa2 $1 $19) 18... b4 $1 19. axb4 Bxb4 $19 {[%cal Ye8e4,Yh8e8,Yd5d4]
White is practically in zugzwang!} 20. h3 {Desperation.} Bxh3 21. g4 Bxg4 22.
Rg3 Qf5 23. Qd4 Re4 24. Qa7+ Qd7 25. Qb6 c5 {One of those games which show
that world champions are humans, too. :(} 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 {Diese Zugfolge hat keine Nachteile fьr Schwarz. WeiЯ kann
3...d5 nicht verhindern.} 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 {Eine sehr solide Eroeffnung.} 5.
Nf3 b5 6. b3 {Die positionelle Fortsetzung. WeiЯ kцnnte auch 6.c5 oder 6.cxd5
spielen.} (6. c5 Nbd7 {Die schwarze Hauptidee ist es, den VorstoЯ ...e5
durchzufьhren.} 7. Bd3 (7. b4 a5 8. bxa5 Qxa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Nc1 e5
12. a4 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be7 14. Ndb3 Qc7 15. Nd3 O-O 16. Be2 Ba6 17. O-O exd4 18.
exd4 Rfe8 19. Ndc1 Bc4 20. Qc2 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Bf6 $132 {Wang Yue - Karjakin 
(Nice, 2009)}) 7... e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Ke2
Nh6 13. h3 Nf5 14. g4 Ne7 $132 {Gelfand - Aronian (Wijk aan Zee, 2008)}) 6...
Bg4 7. Be2 e6 ({Mцglich ist auch} 7... Nbd7 {weil WeiЯ konkret nichts
erreichen kann:} 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 (10. g5 Ne4 $11) 10... Nxe5 11.
dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bg6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. a4 b4 $11 {Kramnik -
Sasikiran (Dresden, 2008)}) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bf5 {Es gibt auch eine gute
Alternative, nдmlich 9....Bh5:} (9... Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2
bxc4 $1 (12... Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 {Um das Feld e4 zu
kontrollieren.} (15... Nxd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. d5 $36 {Malakhov - Grischuk 
(Poikovsky, 2004)}) 16. f3 Qb7 17. Qd3 $36 {Zhou Weiqi - Rodshtein (Moscow,
2009)}) 13. bxc4 O-O $1 $11 {und Schwarz hat gleiches Spiel nach Qc7-Rfb8. Der
Bauer c6 hдngt nicht wegen Qb6:} 14. Nxc6 Qb6 15. c5 Qxc6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 $11)
10. Bd3 Bg6 $6 {Dieser Zug ist schlecht, weil das Nehmen auf f5 keine Drohung
ist. Dadurch wьrde WeiЯ die Kontrolle ьber das Feld e4 aufgeben und mit einem
schlechten Lдufer verbleiben.} (10... Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. Qd3 g6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Qb6 17. Rfa1 a5 $11 {Harika - Volkov 
(Moscow, 2007)}) (10... Bd6 $2 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Qc2 g6 13. cxd5 Rc8 {
Erzwungen.} (13... cxd5 14. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 15. Qc6 Ke7 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qc6 $16)
14. dxc6 Rxc6 15. Qd3 $18 {Riazantsev - Volkov (St Petersburg, 2004)}) 11. Qc2
Bb4 (11... Be7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. e4 b4 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Ne2 dxc4 16. bxc4 O-O
17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Bd2 $14 {Riazantsev - Van Wely (Chalons en
Champagne, 2009)}) 12. Bd2 Ba5 {Es droht Nxd5.} (12... O-O $2 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 (
13... Bxd2 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Nxd2 $18) 14. cxd5 Bxd2 15. dxe6 $18) 13. Bxg6 (
13. Ne2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ne4 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {Kharitonov - Lovkov
(Pardubice, 2006)}) 13... hxg6 14. b4 $5 {Ein sehr interessanter Bauernopfer.}
Bxb4 15. Nxd5 cxd5 (15... Bxd2 $5 {Es wдre vielleicht besser, das Opfer nicht
anzunehmen.} 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nxd2 (17. Qxd2 Nb6 18. cxb5 axb5 $132) 17...
O-O 18. a4 b4 19. a5 c5 $132) 16. Bxb4 dxc4 ({Schlechter ist} 16... bxc4 17.
Ng5 a5 18. Ba3 {und der weiЯe Lдufer kann nicht von der Diagonale vertrieben
werden.}) 17. e4 $1 {Die weiЯe Kompensation is sehr unangenehm fьr Schwarz.
Sein Kцnig bleibt im Zentrum und WeiЯ will demnдchst Linien цffnen.} Rc8 (17...
a5 18. Bd6 Ra6 19. e5 Rxd6 20. exd6 Nb6 21. Rfb1 b4 22. Ne5 c3 23. a3 Qxd6 24.
axb4 axb4 25. Ra6 $16) 18. Ng5 $2 {WeiЯ bekommt Schwierigkeiten.} (18. d5 $5 a5
19. dxe6 axb4 20. exd7+ Qxd7 21. e5 Nd5 22. e6 $1 $44) 18... a5 (18... Rh5 $1 {
Nun hдtte WeiЯ den Springer zurьckziehen mьssen, weil 19.f4 sehr schlecht
aussieht:} 19. f4 a5 20. Bd6 Qb6 $1 {xd4!} 21. e5 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kh2 Ng4+
23. Kh1 Ne3 24. Qf2 c3 $1 $19) 22... Rxg5 23. fxg5 Ne4 $17) 19. Bd6 Rc6 20. e5
Rxd6 $5 (20... Nb6 21. Bc5 Nfd7 22. Ne4 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Nd5 24. a4 b4 25. Qxc4
$14) 21. exd6 Nb6 {Im Vergleich zu der Variante 17...a5, steht der weiЯe
Springer auf g5 nicht so gut.} 22. Rae1 (22. Rab1 b4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxd6
$15) 22... O-O 23. Re5 Nbd5 (23... Nfd5 24. Qe4 $40 {/\ Qh4}) 24. a4 Qxd6 (
24... Nd7 $5 25. Ne4 Nxe5 26. dxe5 $14 {WeiЯ steht doch besser, weil sein
gedeckter Freibauer stдrker ist als die schwarze aufgelцste Bauernkette.}) 25.
axb5 Rc8 26. Rb1 Qb6 ({Sehr stark fьr Schwarz sieht 26...c3 aus:} 26... c3 $5
27. b6 (27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Nb4 29. Qa4 c2 30. Rc1 Qb6 $17) 27... Rb8 28. b7
Qc6 29. Qb3 a4 $15) 27. Nf3 Nb4 {Was nun passiert kann man nur durch eine
mцgliche Zeitnot erklдren. Beide Spieler fangen an, ihre Figuren einzustellen:}
28. Rc5 $4 {Verliert sofort.} Rxc5 $4 {Lдsst den sofortigen Gewinn aus.} (28...
Qxc5 $1 29. dxc5 (29. Rxb4 Qxb4 $19) 29... Nxc2 30. b6 Nb4 31. Ne5 Rxc5 32. b7
Rb5 $19) 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. Qa4 Nd3 $6 {Es sieht nur gefдhrlich aus, in
Wirklichkeit kann Schwarz keine ernsthaften Drohungen aufstellen.} (30... c3 $1
31. Qxa5 c2 32. Rc1 Kh7 33. Qa8 Qxb5 34. h4 g5 35. Nxg5+ Kg6 36. Qf8 Qb7 $13)
31. Qxa5 Qxf2+ 32. Kh2 Ne4 $4 {Der letzte Stich.} 33. Qa8+ {Der Springer e4
geht verloren.} 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {Slawisch mit 4....a6 hat wдhrend der
letzten Zeit ein wenig an Popularitдt verloren. Ich denke jedoch, das liegt
nicht daran, dass WeiЯ einen Weg gefunden hat, Erцffnungsvorteil zu erzielen,
sondern mehr daran, dass Schwarz in anderen Slawischen Varianten bessere
Chancen auf ein Gegenspiel hat.} 5. c5 {Mit Abstand die Hauptvariante.} ({
Die Hauptalternative ist} 5. e3 {wonach Schwarz mittels} b5 {einen
Erцffnungsausgleich erreichen kann.} 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bd6
10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nxd7 Kxd7
$11) ({Betrachtung verdient auch} 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 {doch kann Schwarz
dank der Schwдche des Feldes b4 ebenfalls leicht ausgleichen.} a5 8. Be2 Na6 9.
O-O Nb4 $11) 5... Bf5 $1 {Nach den Erfahrungen der letzten Jahre scheint mir
dieser Zug viel stдrker zu sein, als das traditionelle 5...Nbd7.} (5... Nbd7 6.
Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 $1 {Der letzte Schrei der Mode.} (7. Bd2 {Das ist das ewige
Problem fьr Schwarz, falls er auf Gewinn spielen will - die Zugwiederholung
ist erzwungen.} Nhf6 (7... g6 $2 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bc4
$1 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 a5 14. h3 $16 {Babula - Siebrecht (Kallithea, 2008)}
) 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. e3 {Wenn WeiЯ spielen will.} Nxf4 10. exf4 b6 11. cxb6 e6 $132)
7... h6 8. Bd2 Nhf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 $1 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. e4 e6 (12...
Be6 13. f3 g6 14. Be2 Bg7 15. O-O $14 {Mikhalevski - Prie (Ajaccio, 2007)}) (
12... dxe4 13. Bc4 e6 14. O-O Be7 15. Re1 $14 {Schwarz verbleibt mit dem
schlechten Lдufer c8.}) 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Be7 15. O-O Nd7 16. f4 $1 $14 {
Mikhalevski - Belov (Manila, 2006)}) 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 $5 {Eine der vielen
interessanten Mцglichkeiten.} (7... e6 {gilt als Hauptzug, allerdings hat WeiЯ
eine kleine Initiative nach} 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Be2 Bg6 10. g4 h6 11. h4 b6 12. b4
$36 {Aronian - Bu Xiangzhi (Turin, 2006). Wobei die Stellung natьrlich alles
andere als klar ist.}) ({Ein interessanter Versuch ist} 7... Nh5 $5 8. Be5 Nhf6
9. Bg3 Ne4 {mit der Idee den schwarzfeldrigen weiЯen Lдufer abzutauschen.} 10.
Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Be7 14. b4 Bh4 15. Bxh4 Qxh4 16. a4
O-O $11 {Rodshtein - Kritz (Biel, 2007)}) 8. Be2 (8. Nh4 Be6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O
Nh5 11. Bg3 ({Interessant ist das Opfer:} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Nxg6 $5 fxg6 13. Bxg6+
Kf8 14. Bh4 Nhf6 15. f3 $44) 11... Bf6 12. f4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Bf5
15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf6 $11 {Beliavsky - Sasikiran (Dresden, 2008)}) ({
Meiner Meinung nach sieht} 8. h3 {besser aus.} Bg7 9. Be2 Ne4 $1 (9... Be4 $6
10. Nh4 $1 e5 11. Bg3 exd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Qd2 $14 {
Mamedyarov - Kamsky (Moscow, 2007). Und obwohl Kamsky die Partie gewonnen hat,
war seine Stellung sehr verdдchtig.}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12.
Ne5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 $11 {Onischuk - Ponomariov (Dagomys, 2008)}
) 11... Ra7 12. Rad1 $132) 8... Nh5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Qb3
$5 $146 (12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O $1 (13... e5 $6 {Natьrlich will man so
schnell wie mцglich e5 durchfьhren, doch so einfach geht das auch nicht.} 14.
Rxh7 $1 (14. Qc2 $2 O-O 15. O-O-O e4 16. Nd2 f5 $132 {Asis Gargatagli -
Svetushkin (Palma de Mallorca, 2008)}) 14... e4 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Qc2 (16.
Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4+ Kf7 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. Qf4 Bg7 $11) 16... exf3 17. Qxg6+ Kf8
18. gxf3 b6 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. O-O-O $14 {Drei Bauern sind eine gute
Kompensation fьr den Lдufer auf h8.}) 14. e4 e5 15. exd5 exd4 16. Qxd4 f5 17.
Qb4 a5 18. Qc4 Qe7+ 19. Kf1 Qxc5 $15 {Mikhalevski - Kritz (Lubbock, 2008)})
12... b6 (12... Qc7 13. Nh4 Be6 14. e4 $1 $14 {Das ist das Problem! Schwarz
sollte versuchen e4 mit e5 zu kontern, hier schafft er das nicht.}) 13. e4 $1 (
13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 $11 {Die Schwдche c6 wird mit dem Kцnig sicher
abgedeckt.}) 13... Bxe4 (13... dxe4 $2 14. Nh4 bxc5 $4 {Kooperativ.} 15. Nxf5
gxf5 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Qf7#) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qe6 $3 {Sehr hьbsche Kombination!
} exf3 (15... bxc5 16. Bc4 (16. Qxe4 Qb6 17. O-O-O f5 $132) 16... Qa5+ 17. Nd2
{Fьr "nur" zwei Bauern hat WeiЯ sehr gute Kompensation.} Kd8 18. dxc5 $1 Nxc5
19. Qf7 Bf8 20. O-O-O Kc7 21. Nb3 Nxb3+ 22. Bxb3 Qc5+ 23. Kb1 $16) 16. Bc4 Qc8
(16... Qb8 $1 {wдre stдrker gewesen.} 17. Qf7+ (17. O-O-O fxg2 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19.
Qxg7 gxh1=Q 20. Qxh8+ Kc7 21. Qxb8+ Rxb8 22. Rxh1 h5 $17) 17... Kd8 18. Qxg7
Kc7 19. gxf3 (19. O-O-O $2 fxg2 20. Rhe1 g1=Q $1 21. Rxg1 Qf8 22. Qxf8 Rhxf8
$17) 19... bxc5 20. O-O-O Qb4 $1 {Das ist der Unterschied! Die Dame kommt mit
Tempo raus und Schwarz bekommt ein gutes Spiel.} 21. Be6 cxd4 22. Rh4 Rab8 $132
) (16... Rf8 17. Rxh7 fxg2 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Rxg7 O-O-O 20. Rxe7 $16 {Der
Bauer g2 sieht gefдhrlich aus, doch ohne Verstдrkung kann er auch nichts
machen.}) 17. Qf7+ {Nun gewinnt WeiЯ alles zurьck, was er geopfert hat, plus
Dividenden.} Kd8 18. Qxg7 Kc7 19. gxf3 (19. O-O-O $2 fxg2 20. Rhe1 g1=Q 21.
cxb6+ Kxb6 22. Rxg1 Qf8 23. Qxf8 Rhxf8 $17) 19... bxc5 20. O-O-O Qf8 {Nun hat
Schwarz nichts Besseres, als in ein schlechteres Endspiel zu gehen.} 21. Rxh7
Rxh7 (21... Qxg7 22. Rxg7 cxd4 23. Rxd4 $16 {xg6,e7}) 22. Qxh7 cxd4 23. Rxd4
$16 {WeiЯ hat die bessere Struktur und aktivere Figuren.} (23. Qxg6 Ne5 24. Qc2
Qh6+ 25. Kb1 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qh7+ 27. Ka1 e5 $11) 23... Rd8 (23... Ne5 24. f4
Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Qe8 26. Re4 Kd8 27. f5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 $16) 24. Qxg6 Ne5 25. Qe4 (
25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qe4 Qd6 27. f4 Nxc4 28. Qxc4 $16) 25... Qh6+ (25... Rxd4 26.
Qxd4 Nxf3 27. Qe3 Ne5 28. Bxa6 Qa8 29. Bc4 $3 $16 Nxc4 30. Qxe7+ Kb8 31. Qb4+
$18) 26. f4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qh1+ 28. Kc2 Nxc4 {Schwarz hat keine Wahl - er muss
ins Damenendspiel.} 29. Qxc4 Qe1 30. Qd4 Qe2+ 31. Kc3 Qe1+ 32. Qd2 Qa1 33. a3
Qg1 34. Qe2 Kd7 35. Qd3+ (35. Qxa6 $6 Qc1+ $1 {Natьrlich nimmt Schwarz nicht
auf f2.} (35... Qxf2 36. Qd3+ Kc7 37. a4 $18) 36. Kb3 Qd1+ 37. Kb4 (37. Ka2
Qd5+ $11) 37... Qd4+ 38. Ka5 Qxb2 39. Qd3+ Kc7 $11 {WeiЯ hat seinen Vorteil
verspielt.}) 35... Ke8 36. Qe3 Kf8 37. Kb4 $1 {Der richtige Plan - der Kцnig
muss die Schwдchen angreifen und die Dame ihn abdecken.} Qd1 38. Kc3 $6 (38.
Ka5 $1 {wьrde wohl eine schnelle Entscheidung bringen.} Qd5+ 39. Kxa6 Qb5+ 40.
Ka7 Qxb2 41. Qc5 $1 Qb3 42. Ka6 $1 Kf7 43. Ka5 $1 $18 {Demnдchst fдngt der
a-Bauer seinen Vormarsch an, ich denke Schwarz ist hoffnungslos verloren.})
38... a5 $1 {Die Gelegenheit des Eindringens will Schwarz dem WeiЯen nicht
noch mal anbieten.} 39. Qd3 Qc1+ 40. Qc2 Qf1 41. Kd4 a4 $1 {Jetzt wird's schon
kritisch - der Damenflьgel wurde zugefroren.} 42. Qd2 Qb5 43. Ke3 Qf1 44. Qc2
Qe1+ 45. Kf3 Qh1+ 46. Kg4 Qg2 47. f5 (47. Qxa4 Qxf2 $11 {WeiЯ kann nicht den
Bauern b2 verteidigen und gleichzeitig die Dauerschachdrohung mittels Qe2
abwehren.}) 47... Qf1 48. Qd2 Qb5 49. Qd4 Qe2+ 50. f3 Qg2 51. Qc3 c5 52. Kf4
Qh2 53. Kg4 Qg2 54. Qc1 Qh2 55. Qxc5 $2 {WeiЯ hat keinen Durchbruchsplan
gefunden und unternimmt einen Abtausch, nach dem die Stellung trotz des
Mehrbauern Remis ist.} Qxb2 $11 56. Qe3 Qb3 57. Qc1 Qg8+ 58. Kh3 Qh7+ 59. Kg4
Qg8+ 60. Kh3 Qh7+ 61. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2008.09.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 {Das ist die Hauptvariante. In
letzter Zeit hatte Schwarz einige Probleme zu lцsen, doch ich denke, es gibt
mehrere Wege, wie man eine spielbare Stellung bekommt.} Bf5 {Gewann zuletzt an
Popularitдt.} (5... Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 $1 {Das ist der letzte Schrei der
Mode.} (7. e3 b6 8. cxb6 Nxf4 9. exf4 e6 $11) 7... h6 8. Bd2 Nhf6 9. Bf4 g5 $5
{Sieht sehr logisch aus.} (9... g6 10. h3 Bg7 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 Qe8 13. Bc7
Kh8 14. O-O Ng8 15. e4 $14 {Fressinet - Draoui (Paris, 2006)}) (9... Nh5 10.
Be5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 (11... g6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. e3 Bg7 14. f4 O-O 15. g4 Nf6
16. f5 Bc8 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Nxg6 Re8 $16 {Kasimdzhanov - Bacrot (Bastia, 2006)
}) 12. e4 e6 (12... dxe4 13. Bc4 e6 14. O-O $44 {WeiЯ gewinnt den e4-Bauern
zurьck, der schwarze Lдufer c8 bleibt jedoch fьr immer schlecht.}) 13. exd5
exd5 14. Bd3 Be7 15. O-O Nd7 16. f4 $14 {Mikhalevski - Belov (Manila, 2006)})
10. Bg3 Bg7 11. e3 Nh5 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e6 14. Qc2 g4 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nb3
Qg5 $132 {Zhou Jianchao - Volkov (Moscow, 2008)}) 6. Bf4 ({Wenig bringt} 6. Qb3
Qc8 {und WeiЯ hat keinen Vorteil - die Dame auf b3 steht sinnlos, sie
blockiert den Vormarsch der Bauern am Damenflьgel.} 7. Na4 (7. Bf4 e6 8. h3 Be7
9. Ne5 h6 10. g4 Bh7 11. h4 Nfd7 12. g5 Bf5 13. gxh6 gxh6 14. Bh3 Bxh3 15. Rxh3
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Na4 e5 $132 {Dambrauskas - Ramirez (Pula,
2007)}) 7... Nbd7 8. Ne5 h6 9. f3 e6 10. g4 Bh7 11. h4 Nxe5 12. Nb6 Qd8 13.
dxe5 Nd7 14. Nxa8 Qxa8 15. Qc3 Bxc5 $44 {Zhao Jun - Ramirez (Richardson, 2007)}
) 6... Nbd7 7. e3 g6 (7... Nh5 $5 8. Be5 Nhf6 {Ist auch eine interessante Idee.
} 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Be7 14. b4 Bh4 15.
Bxh4 Qxh4 16. a4 O-O 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rfc8 19. Qb3 Qd8 20. Be2 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 Ra8 22. Ra4 g6 23. g3 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Nb8 26. Qa7 Qc7 $11 {
Rodshtein - Kritz (Biel, 2007). WeiЯ hat symbolischen Vorteil, der fast
unmцglich zu verwerten ist.}) (7... e6 {ist ebenfalls spielbar.} 8. Nd2 Be7 9.
Be2 h6 10. b4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 $132 {Schwarz will e5 durchsetzen.}) 8. Be2 (8.
h3 {scheint stдrker zu sein, um den Lдufer zu behalten.} Bg7 {Auch hier kann
Schwarz ausgleichen.} 9. g4 (9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Bxe5
13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 $11 {Onischuk - Ponomariov (Dagomys, 2008)}) 9...
Be4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc7 15. Bg2 e5
16. dxe5 Ne6 17. Be3 Nxe5 $11 {Fressinet - Svetushkin (Plovdiv, 2008)}) 8...
Nh5 $1 $146 {Bis jetzt hat sich niemand getraut, die Schwдche f6 im eigenen
Lager provozieren zu lassen. Doch ich denke, das ist nicht so schlimm, die
Vorteile ьberwiegen.} (8... Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. g4 Be6 11. b4 Ne8 12. Nb3 f5 13.
h3 $14 {Akobian - Roiz (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2007)}) 9. Be5 f6 (9... Nxe5 $2 10.
Nxe5 Nf6 11. g4 Be6 12. f4 $14) 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Bd3 (12. Nh4 Be6
13. Qc2 Qc7 14. f4 Bf7 15. O-O-O O-O-O $132 {Schwarz setzt e5 durch und damit
ist alles in Ordnung.}) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. e4 {Die prinzipiellste
Fortsetzung.} e5 $1 15. exd5 (15. dxe5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4
fxe5 19. O-O Qd5 $17) 15... exd4 16. Qxd4 (16. Nxd4 Qe7+ 17. Kf1 Ne5 18. d6
Nxd3 19. dxe7 Rfe8 $15) 16... f5 $1 {Bevor Schwarz den Bauern c5 zurьckgewinnt,
aktiviert er den Lдufer.} 17. Qb4 (17. Qc4 {wдre besser gewesen. Das
Provozieren des Zuges a5 bringt nur Schwierigkeiten im Endspiel, wie wir
spдter sehen werden.}) 17... a5 $1 18. Qc4 (18. Qxb7 Nxc5 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Qb5
Re8+ 21. Kf1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 $1 $15 {Schwarz hat eine super Initiative fьr
das geopferte Material.}) 18... Qe7+ 19. Kf1 Qxc5 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass
Schwarz die Initiative ьbernommen hat. Jetzt muss sich WeiЯ verteidigen.} 20.
Qb3 (20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. dxc6 bxc6 $17) 20... Qb4 (20... a4 $1 {wдre wohl
stдrker gewesen. Hier sehen wir den Unterschied zwischen 17.Qb4 und 17.Qc4.}
21. Nxa4 (21. Qxb7 a3 22. Qxd7 axb2 23. Re1 Qxc3 24. Qe6+ Rf7 25. Ng5 Qd3+ 26.
Kg1 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 cxd5 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 $17) 21... Qxd5 22. Qxd5+ cxd5 23. Nc3
Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rfc8 $17) 21. dxc6+ Qxb3 22. axb3 bxc6 $15 {Es ist sehr schwer,
das Endspiel zu verteidigen.} 23. Rh4 Nc5 24. Rc4 (24. b4 Nd3 25. Rxa5 Nxb2 26.
Ne2 Bf6 27. Rf4 c5 $3 $19) 24... Nxb3 25. Ra3 Rab8 $1 26. Rxc6 Rfd8 $1 {
Schwarz hat seine Figuren ideal plaziert, WeiЯ ist fast im Zugzwang.} 27. Ra4 (
27. Kg1 $8 {Schwer zu glauben, aber alles andere verliert mehr oder weniger
forciert.} Bf8 28. Ra4 Bb4 29. Ra2 Rd7 30. Ra4 Rbd8 $17 {Der weiЯe Turm ist
gefangen und die schwarze Initiative wird immer stдrker.}) (27. Ra2 Bxc3 28.
Rxc3 (28. bxc3 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rbd8 $19) 28... Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rb1 $19) 27... Nd2+ $1
{Gewinnt forciert.} 28. Nxd2 (28. Kg1 Rxb2 29. Rxa5 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Bd4 31. Rd5
Rxd5 32. Nxd5 Rxf2 $19) (28. Ke2 Rxb2 $19) 28... Rxd2 29. b3 (29. Rxa5 Bxc3 $1
30. Rxc3 (30. bxc3 Rb1#) 30... Rbxb2 31. Kg1 (31. Ke1 Re2+ 32. Kd1 Rxf2 33. Kc1
Rbe2 34. Kd1 Re7 $19) 31... Rxf2 32. Rc7 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Rbg2+ 35.
Kf1 Ra2 $19) 29... Re8 $1 {Das einfachste.} (29... Rxb3 {gewinnt zwar auch,
aber es gibt mehr zu berechnen.} 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rc7+ Ke6 32. Rxg7 Rxc3 33.
Kg1 Kf6 34. Rb7 Rcc2 $19) 30. f3 (30. Kg1 Bd4 31. Kh2 Bxf2 32. Rxa5 Re3 $19)
30... Bd4 31. Rxd4 (31. Rxa5 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Ra2+ $19) (31. Rcc4 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Re1+
33. Kh2 Rff1 34. g4 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 f4+ 36. Kxf4 Be5+ 37. Kg5 Kg7 $19) 31... Rxd4
{Der Rest ist die Sache der Technik.} 32. Rc5 Rd3 33. g4 fxg4 34. fxg4 Rf8+ 35.
Kg1 h6 36. Nd5 Rg3 37. Rxa5 Rxg4 38. b4 Rd4 39. Rc5 Rd8 40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. Nc6
Rd1+ 42. Kh2 R8d5 43. Rc3 R1d2 44. Rf3+ Kg7 45. Rg3 Kf6 46. Rf3+ Rf5 47. Rg3
Rg5 48. Rxg5 Kxg5 49. b5 Rb2 50. Nd4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 {Trotz dass heute 4...dxc4 sehr populдr
geworden ist, bleibt Slawisch mit 4....a6 eine sehr solide Erцffnung.} 5. Bg5 {
Eine seltene Variante.} (5. c5 {ist die Hauptvariante.} Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 {
fьhrt zu langem komplexen Spiel.}) 5... Ne4 {Die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung.} (
5... dxc4 6. a4 (6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 Nd5 9. Nd2 Qa5 $17 {Offensichtlich
hatte WeiЯ nicht genьgend Kompensation fьr den Bauern in Koziak - Jolly 
(Guingamp, 2008).}) 6... Bf5 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxc4 Nxg5 9. Nxg5 e6 10. Nf3 $14 {
Ivanov - Khalifman (Krasnoyarsk, 2003)}) 6. e3 {Es gibt Alternativen zu dem
Zug:} (6. Bf4 {Das ist die am hдufigsten gespielte Fortsetzung.} Nxc3 7. bxc3
dxc4 8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 $5 {mit verrьcktem Spiel:} g5 (
11... bxc4 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. Qa4 g5 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. d5 $44 {Utnasunov -
Rustemov (Elista, 2001)}) 12. Be3 bxc4 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. h4 Nd7 15. hxg5 fxg5 16.
Bxg5 O-O-O $132 {Anand - Shirov (Monaco, 1997)}) ({Nach} 6. h4 Nxc3 7. bxc3
dxc4 8. g3 b5 {entsteht eine typische Stellung in der Schwarz den Mehrbauern
sicher hдlt, WeiЯ jedoch gute Kompensation in Form von besserer Entwicklung
und starkem Zentrums besitzt.} 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 h6 12. Bf4 e6 $44
{Dreev - Malakhov (Khanty Mansyisk, 2005)}) 6... Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 {
Ьblicherweise sollte Schwarz keine Schwierigkeiten haben, weil das Lдuferpaar
ja doch sehr stark wird, wenn sich das Spiel цffnet. Schwarz hat auch keine
richtigen Schwдchen, die WeiЯ angreifen kцnnte.} 8. f4 (8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 dxc4
10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 $11 {Schwarz hat eine gute Stellung erreicht.}) 8...
Be7 9. h4 $5 {Die Idee dieses Zuges ist es, h6 zu provozieren, um danach mit
g4-g5 den schwarzen Kцnig anzugreifen.} (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qc2 c5 $1 {Den
schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer muss man beleben.} 11. Bd3 h6 {WeiЯ hat keine Zeit, um
einen gefдhrlichen Angriff zu organisieren.} 12. cxd5 (12. O-O-O Nc6 {/\Nb4}
13. dxc5 Qa5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Qd2 Qxc5 $44) 12... exd5 13. O-O (13. O-O-O c4
14. Be2 Nc6 {/\b5-b4}) 13... Nc6 14. a3 cxd4 15. exd4 Bf6 $15 {Umansky -
Movsesian (2005)}) 9... h6 10. Nf3 dxc4 $1 {Richtige Entscheidung - Schwarz
muss die Stellung цffnen, um seine Lдufer zu aktivieren.} 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 {
Wohl nicht der beste Abzug, weil Schwarz relativ schnell die Stellung цffnen
kann.} (12. Bd3 $5 c5 13. dxc5 (13. Be4 Ra7 14. dxc5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxc5 16.
Nd4 Ke7 $11) 13... Bxc5 14. Qe2 $1 $14 {Der Unterschied zu der Partie ist,
dass WeiЯ die Damen nicht tauscht, und dadurch der schwarze Kцnig sich ьberall
auf dem Brett unsicher fьhlt.}) 12... c5 $1 {Je schneller man diesen
standardmдЯigen VorstoЯ durchfьhrt, desto besser.} 13. dxc5 (13. Ne5 $2 Bxh4+ {
Man sieht den Nachteil des Zuges 9.h4 - der Bauer hдngt in einigen Varianten.}
14. Kf1 cxd4 $17) 13... Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bxc5 {Nicht nur hat Schwarz die
Diagonalen fьr seine Lдufer geцffnet, dazu hдngt nocht der Bauer e3.} 15. Kf2 (
15. Nd4 Bb7 $11) (15. e4 $2 Nd7 $15 {So darf man die schwarzen Felder
natьrlich nicht schwдchen.}) 15... Nd7 $1 {Man muss zuerst den Springer
entwickeln, weil ansonsten WeiЯ mit seinem Springer nach e5 kommt, was sehr
unangenehm wird:} (15... Bb7 $2 16. Ne5 $1 $16 Nc6 $2 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Rd7+
$18) 16. Nd4 {Es geht um dem Feld c6 und die Initiative, die WeiЯ eventuell am
Damenflьgel entwickeln kann.} (16. a4 $5 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Ba7 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Bf3
Bxf3 20. Kxf3 Bxd4 $1 {Der Lдufer auf a7 ist eindeutig schlechter als der
Springer d4.} 21. Rxd4 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Ra7 $11) 16... Bb7 17. Bf3 {WeiЯ muss die
weiЯen Felder im schwarzen Lager schwдchen.} Bxf3 18. Kxf3 Rc8 $11 {Die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen. Demnдchst spielt Schwarz Ke7-Rhd8.} 19. Ne4 Ke7 $1 {
Man muss keine Angst haben, den Lдufer zu geben, denn der schwarze Lдufer
macht sowieso nicht viel.} 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. g4 {Ich denke, sofortiges h5 wдre
stдrker, weil Schwarz dann nicht selber h5 spielen kцnnte.} (21. h5 $5 Nf6 22.
g4 Rhc8 $11 {Die Stellung bleibt jedoch auf jedem Fall ausgeglichen.}) 21... g6
$2 {Ein Fehler, der dem WeiЯspieler doch noch Chancen bietet.} (21... h5 $1 {
erlaubt WeiЯ kein Spiel auf dem Kцnigsflьgel.} 22. g5 (22. gxh5 Rhxh5 $11)
22... Rhc8 $11) 22. h5 $1 {Schwarz kann den Bauern nicht nehmen.} g5 (22...
gxh5 $2 23. Rxh5 Rxh5 24. Nc6+ $1 {Ein sehr unangenehmes Zwischenschach.} (24.
gxh5 Rc8 (24... Nf6 $2 25. Nc6+ $16) 25. e4 Rc4 $11) 24... Kf8 25. gxh5 Nf6 26.
Ne5 Rg8 (26... Nxh5 27. Rd7 Rh7 28. Ra7 $16) 27. Rc1 $16) 23. Rd3 {WeiЯ erhцht
den Druck auf der d-Linie.} Nf6 24. b4 $1 {Richtige Idee - nachdem der Turm
die 5. Reihe verlдsst, kann WeiЯ auf g5 nehmen und einen gedeckten Freibauern
organisieren.} Rc4 25. fxg5 hxg5 $14 {Eine Bauer wie h5 ist im Endspiel immer
sehr unangenehm.} 26. Ra3 Ra8 27. h6 Nh7 28. Ra5 $6 {In so einer Stellung,
wenn Schwarz immer auf den h-Bauern auspassen muss, sollte WeiЯ die Rдume
цffnen.} (28. Nxb5 $5 Rxb4 29. Nd4 Kf6 30. Rc3 $14) 28... Kf6 29. a3 (29. a4
Rb8 30. Rxa6 bxa4 31. b5 Kg6 $11 {Diese Stellung ist ungefдhr gleich, weil die
Figuren beider Seiten an die Verteidigung ihrer Bauern gebunden sind.}) 29...
Rcc8 $11 {Nun hat Schwarz doch ausgleichen kцnnen - WeiЯ hat seinen Turm
selbst eingesperrt. Schade, fast aus dem Nichts hatte Baadur seinen Gegner
ьberspielt und dann doch den Vorteil vergeben.} 30. Nb3 Kg6 31. Nc5 Nf6 32. e4
(32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Nxa6 Ra8 34. Nc7 Rxa3 35. Nxb5 Rb3 $11) 32... Rd8 33. e5 Nd7
34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. h7 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rad8 {Forciert das Remis.} 37. h8=Q (37.
h8=N+ Kg7 $11) 37... Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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 "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. e4 (9. e3 e6 $10) 9... e6 $1 10. f3 c5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. O-O-O Ke7 15. Kb1 Rhd8 $10 {Kortschnoi,V-Shirov,A/
Vienna/1996/}) 12. Be3 Be7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Rd1 O-O 16. a3
Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Rc8 18. Be2 Kf8 (18... Bf6 $5) 19. Kc2 Na4 20. Bd2 Bd6 $15 21.
h3 Ke7 22. Rd1 Nxc3 (22... Be5 23. Be1 $10) 23. Bxc3 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Rd3
a5 26. Kb3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 28. Kxc3 Kd6 29. Kd4 e5+ 30. Kc3 Kc5 31. Bc4 f6
32. h4 $1 Bc6 33. Bg8 h6 34. Bc4 Bd7 35. h5 f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. Bd3 Be6 38.
Be4 Bf7 39. g4 Bc4 40. Bb7 Bb5 41. Ba8 Be8 42. Bb7 Bb5 43. Ba8 Bc4 44. Be4 Bd5
45. Bxd5 Kxd5 46. b3 $1 (46. Kd3 $2 a4 $17) 46... e4 47. f4 $1 (47. fxe4+ Kxe4
48. Kc4 Kf4 49. Kb5 Kxg4 50. Kxa5 Kxh5 51. b4 g5 $15) 47... e3 48. Kd3 e2 49.
Kxe2 Ke4 50. g5 Kxf4 51. gxh6 gxh6 52. Kd3 Kg4 53. Kc4 Kxh5 54. Kb5 Kg4 55.
Kxa5 h5 56. b4 h4 57. b5 h3 58. b6 h2 59. b7 h1=Q 60. b8=Q Qa1+ 61. Kb6 Qb1+
62. Kc7 Qxb8+ 63. Kxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qb3 Qc8
9. Nh4 Be6 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. e3 Ne4 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Rc1 g5 15. Bh2 Bf7
16. Rc2 O-O 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Qxb6 Bh5 19. Be5 Nf6 20. Qc7 Nd7 21. Qxc8 Raxc8
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Be2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 e5 25. b4 Rce8 26. O-O Kg6 27. a4 h5 28. g3
g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Bg2 exd4 31. exd4 Nf6 32. b5 a5 33. Rb1 f4 34. gxf4 Nh5
35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rb6 $2 (36. Bf1 Nxf4 37. Rd2 $17) 36... Re1+ $19 37. Bf1 Rf6
$6 (37... Nxf4 38. Rb3 Rh8 $19) 38. Re2 Rd1 39. f5+ Kxf5 40. Re5+ Kg6 41. Rb8 (
41. Rb2 Nf4 42. Re8 $19) 41... Ng3 $5 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rxg4 Nxf1 44. Kg2 Nd2
0-1

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Qc2 e6 8. Ne5 Bf5
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. c5 Bb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 e5 15.
Nb4 Qc7 16. f4 exd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Nxa6 Qb7 19. Nxb8 Rfxb8 20. f5 Rxa4 21.
bxa4 Qb4 22. Qd3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxc5 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qg3 Qxd4+ 27.
Be3 Qb4 28. a5 Ne4 29. Qc7 Nf6 30. Bb6 Ra8 $2 (30... Re8 31. Qxc6 Re1 $11) 31.
Qxc6 $18 Rxa5 32. Bxa5 Qxa5 33. h3 Qe5 34. Qf3 Qd4+ 35. Qf2 Qd3 36. Qf4 Qe2 37.
Rf3 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qc2 39. Ra3 Qc6 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Ra8 Kh6 42. Qf4+ Kh7 43. Ra7
Qe8 44. Rb7 Nd5 45. Qd6 Ne3 46. Qf4 Qc6 47. Rb2 Nd5 48. Qe5 Nf6 49. Rd2 Qc1 50.
Rd8 Qg5 51. Rd4 Qc1 52. Ra4 Qc6 53. Ra7 Qc4 54. Rc7 Qa2 55. Rc8 Qf2 56. Rc4 Qd2
57. Qf4 Qe2 58. Rc8 Qe1 59. Rc2 Qb1 60. Rc1 Qb3 61. Rc8 Qd5 62. Rf8 Qd7 63. Qe5
Ng8 64. Qb8 Nf6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. d5 exd5
9. e5 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 $6 (
14. Qe2+ Kf8 15. Qxb2 $16) 14... c3 $15 15. Bd3 Bh3 16. Qe2+ Kf8 17. Nf4 Qa5
18. Qc2 Bd7 19. O-O Bxa4 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Ne5 $6 (21. Be4 Bb5 22. Qc2 $11) 21...
Qc7 $17 22. Rfe1 {[%tqu "En","","","","c5c4","",10]} c4 $1 23. Bxc4 $2 (23. Bf5
c2 24. Rxb2 $15) 23... Rxe5 $2 (23... c2 24. Rxb2 Rxe5 $1 $19) 24. Qxe5 $15
Qxe5 25. Rxe5 c2 26. Ree1 cxb1=Q 27. Rxb1 b5 28. Rxb2 bxc4 29. Rb8+ Be8 30. Nd5
g6 31. Nc7 Kg7 32. Nxe8+ Kh6 33. Kf1 a5 34. g4 Kg5 35. Rb5+ Kxg4 36. Nf6+ Kf3
37. Nd7 Rc8 38. Rxa5 c3 39. Ne5+ Ke4 40. Ke2 c2 41. Nd3 c1=N+ 42. Nxc1 Rxc1 43.
Ra7 Rh1 44. Re7+ Kd5 45. Rxf7 Rxh2 46. Kf3 Ke6 47. Ra7 h5 48. Ra6+ Kf5 49. Kg3
Rh1 50. Ra5+ Kf6 51. Kg2 Re1 52. Ra6+ Re6 53. Ra5 Re5 54. Ra6+ Kf5 55. Ra4 g5
56. Ra3 Re4 57. Ra5+ Kf4 58. Ra8 Rd4 59. Ra3 h4 60. Rf3+ Kg4 61. Ra3 Rb4 62.
Rc3 Ra4 63. Rb3 Rd4 64. Ra3 Rc4 65. Rb3 Ra4 66. Rc3 Rf4 67. Ra3 h3+ 68. Kg1 Kh4
69. Rb3 Rf5 70. Ra3 g4 71. Ra1 Re5 72. Rb1 Kg5 73. Ra1 Kf4 74. Ra4+ Re4 75. Ra1
Rd4 76. Rb1 Kg5 77. Ra1 Kf4 78. Ra4 Re4 79. Ra1 Rd4 80. Rb1 Rd3 81. Rb8 Rd1+
82. Kh2 Rd5 83. Kg1 Rd4 84. Rb1 Ra4 85. Rc1 Ra3 86. Rc8 Ra1+ 87. Kh2 Rf1 88.
Rf8+ Ke4 89. Rf7 Rd1 90. Re7+ Kf5 91. Rf7+ Kg6 92. Rf8 Rd5 93. f3 Rd2+ 94. Kh1
Kg5 95. Rg8+ Kf4 96. Rxg4+ Kxf3 97. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Lisenko"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
g3 (8. e4 $5) 8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 $5 g5 $5 (11... bxc4 $6
12. Rb1 e5 (12... Qc8 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. O-O $44) 13. Rxb7 exf4 14. Qa4 $44 {
Tukmakov,V-Bagirov,V /SSSR/1983/ Inf 36/449/}) 12. Bxb8 bxc4 13. Rb1 Rxb8 14.
Rxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxc6+ Rd7 16. Qa4 e6 17. O-O Bd6 (17... Ke7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19.
Qxa6 $14) 18. Qxa6 (18. Rb1 Ke7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxa6 Rc8 21. Rb7 $1 Rc7 22.
Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qb5 $1 (23. a4 $2 Bb4 $3 24. cxb4 c3 25. Qd3 c2 26. Qxh7+ Kd6 $19
) 23... h5 $1 24. a4 h4 $17 {Dreev,Dvorietzky/}) 18... Kf7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20.
Qxc4 Rb8 (20... h5 $1) 21. Qd3 $1 $10 (21. a4 $6 Qc8 $1 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. f4 $6
$17 {Thorsteins,K-Dreev,A /Kiljava/1984 0:1 (51) Inf 38/474/}) 21... Kg7 22. c4
Qa4 23. c5 Be7 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. a3 Rb3 26. Qe4 $2 (26. Qd1 $1 $13) 26... Qc4 $1
27. Rb1 f5 $1 (27... Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1 Qxd4 $2 29. c6 Bc5 30. e3) 28. Qe5+ Bf6 29.
Qc7+ Kg6 30. Rxb3 Qxb3 31. c6 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qxe2 34. Qd6 Qe1+ 35.
Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kf1 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 (37... gxf4 38. c7 f3 39. Qg3+ Bg5 40. Qe5
Qd3+ 41. Ke1 Bd2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guilleux, Fabien"]
[Black "Sanchez, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1h29} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 {une des nombreuses lignes
anti Chebalenko} (5. a4) (5. Ne5) 5... g6 (5... Nbd7 {la grande ligne mais g6
est plus ambitieux} 6. Bf4 Nh5 {Colin,V (2421)-Abbasov,F (2578) Rohde op 8th
2008 (6) 1-0}) 6. Bf4 Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4]} (6... Bg7 7. h3 {[%cal Gf4h2]}) 7. Be5
$5 {Comme les noirs n'ont pas jouй la ligne principale Nbd7, les blancs
peuvent en profiter avec ce coup intermйdaire} (7. Bg5) (7. Bd2 $5 {Van Wely,L
(2560)-Conquest,S (2505) BL2-West 9495 1994 (1.1) 0-1}) (7. e3) 7... f6 (7...
Bg7 8. e4 $1 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be6 {[%csl Gd5]} 10. Be2 (10. Bxg7 $143 $6 Nxg7 11.
Neg5 Bd5 $11 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5]}) 10... Nd7 11. Nfg5 (11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Nfg5 Bd5
13. Nc3 $1 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3d5,Ge1c1]} Qa5+ 17.
Kf1 Qc7 (17... e6) 18. Qxd5 e6 (18... O-O 19. Bf3 {[%csl Rb7]} Rab8 20. Rd1 (
20. Kg2 Nf5 21. Kh1 e6 22. Qc4 Nf6 $15) 20... e6 21. Qb3 Nf5)) 11... Qa5+ 12.
Kf1 Bd5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Nc3 h6 15. Nxd5 hxg5 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. g3
Nf6 19. Rd1 Qd7 20. Bc4 e6 21. Kg2 Kf8 22. h3 {Shirov,A (2741)-Kamsky,G (2723)/
Moscow 2008/CBM 126/0-1 (45)}) 8. Bg3 Bh6 $146 {Une nouveautй logique pour
essayer de faire jouer le B} (8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 e5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12.
Bd3 Nd7 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. cxd6 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 O-O-O
18. Rh6 exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Nxf5 Rhe8 21. Rc1 Ng4 22. Rxh7 Nxf2 23. Re7 {
Brodsky,M (2548)-Terekhov,A (2342)/Peterhof 2008/CBM 125 Extra/1-0 (38)}) (8...
Bg7 {Gelfand,B (2670)-Shirov,A (2685) Chalkidiki Nikiti 1993 (2) 1/2}) (8... e5
9. e4 $1 $36 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bd3 Nd7 {Cech,P (2430)-Cernousek,L (2405)
CZE-chT 0708 2007 (10.2) 1/2}) 9. e4 $1 {1h23 les blancs ont une avance de
dйveloppement et un avantage d'espace. En consйquence, il est logique de
vouloir ouvrir le centre et l'affaiblissement de la case "d5" n'est pas trop
grave.} (9. e3 {[%csl Gf4]} O-O 10. Qb3 (10. Be2 Nd7 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) 10... Nd7
11. e4 $36 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb3g8]}) (9. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3b7,Ge2e4]} Nd7 (9...
O-O $6 10. e4 $36 e6 (10... Nxg3 $2 11. hxg3 {[%cal Gh1h6]}) 11. Bd6 $1 {
[%csl Gd6]}) (9... Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ga5e1] Le clouage du Nc3 empкche e2e4 et les
noirs vont essayer de prйparer e5} 10. e3 Nd7 11. Be2 e5 $132)) 9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Be6 {[%csl Gd5]} (10... Bf5 11. Nc3 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 11. Bd3 O-O (11...
Nxg3 $2 12. hxg3 $16 {[%csl Gh1,Rh6][%cal Gh1h6]}) 12. O-O {1h19} a5 $5 {
[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6c7,Gc7d5] Un plan logique pour amener le Nsur la case forte
"d5" via "a6,c7" mais c'est un peu lent.} (12... Nxg3 {aprиs le roque des
blancs, les noirs peuvent se permettre de prendre la paire de B sans craindre
d'ouvir la colonne "h" pour la Rh1} 13. hxg3) 13. Re1 {1h10} Bf7 {[%cal Ge7e5]}
14. Qe2 {1h00} Na6 15. Nc3 {[%csl Re7]} Nxg3 (15... Nb4 $142 16. Bc4 Qd7 17.
Rad1 Rfe8 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qc4+ Nd5 $14) 16. hxg3 Re8 17. Bc4 {58mns} Nc7 18.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rad1 $16 {46 Les piиces blanches sont plus actives et mieux
coordonnйes} Qd7 20. g4 (20. Qc4+ $142 Nd5 21. Re4 $5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge4h4]}
Bg7 22. g4 {[%csl Gf5,Gh5]}) 20... Nd5 21. g5 $1 Bf8 (21... Bxg5 22. Nxg5+ fxg5
{[%csl Rf7]} 23. Qc4 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc4f7]} (23. Qe5 {[%cal Gc3d5,Ge5g5,
Ge1e4]} h6 24. Nxd5 (24. Rd3 Nf4 25. Rf3 Qg4 {[%csl Rg2]}) 24... Qxd5 25. Qh2 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge1e3,Ge1e5]} Kg7 26. b3 Rad8 27. Re5 Qf7) (23. Ne4 h6) 23...
h6 24. Re5 $1 e6 25. Ne4 $44 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge4d6,Gd1d3,Gd3f3]} Kg7 26. Nd6 (
26. g3 {[%csl Gf4]}) 26... Rf8 27. Rde1 {[%csl Re6]} Rf6) 22. Qe4 {40} Rad8 23.
Qh4 {[%csl Rh7]} Kg7 24. Re4 {27mns} h5 $2 25. Rde1 (25. gxh6+ Kh7 26. Rde1
Bxh6 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Re6 $40) 25... Qf5 26. Nxd5 $1 {21mns} Rxd5 27. gxf6+ {
[%csl Re8]} Qxf6 28. Qg3 $40 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf3e5,Ge4e6] 19} Red8 {10mns} (
28... e6 $142) 29. Re6 $1 Qf7 30. Nh4 {[%csl Rg6] 09} g5 31. R1e5 $18 (31. Rg6+
$6 Kh7 32. Rxg5 Rxg5 33. Qxg5 Rxd4) 31... Qf4 32. Rxg5+ {06mns} Qxg5 33. Rg6+
Qxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Bg7 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. f4 {02mns} e6 38. Ne7 R8d7 39.
Qg8+ Kh6 40. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1
g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 ({Strictly speaking, it is Jobava who deviates
first from the recent game Topalov,V (2804)-Kamsky,G (2671)/Sofia 2006 which
went} 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Bg2 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4 {and eventually
ended in a win for White, but maybe after 12.Bg2 Kamsky intended to play 12...
0-0 13.0-0 Nh5 followed by ...f5, thus transposing to the present game anyway?!
}) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Na4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17.
Nb6 Rb8 18. Bc3 Nf7 19. e3 Be6 20. Nd4 Qe8 21. b4 Ng5 22. a4 Ne4 23. Ba1 Rf7
24. Re1 Bf8 25. Nb3 h6 26. Be5 Rd8 27. Bd4 Nhf6 28. Na5 Bg7 29. Re2 g5 30. Qe1
Nh5 31. Nb3 Re7 32. Bxg7 Nxg7 33. Nd4 Bf7 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Bh5 36. f3 Nf6
37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Qc3 g4 39. fxg4 fxg4 40. h4 Bg6 41. Rf1 Nfh5 42. Ref2 Nxg3
43. Rf8+ Qxf8 44. Rxf8+ Rxf8 45. Qb3 N7f5 46. Bxd5+ cxd5 47. Qxd5+ Kh7 48. Nd7
Rff7 49. h5 Nxh5 50. Nxf5 Rxf5 51. Qd1 Rxe3 52. c6 Rg3+ 53. Kh1 Nf4 54. Nf6+
Rxf6 55. Qe1 Rh3+ 56. Kg1 Rf7 57. c7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 {By far not the main
line. There are three more popular continuations:} (6. Bg5 {Bu Xiangzhi (2714)
-Movsesian,S (2732)/Nanjing 2008/CBM 128/[Rogozenco] (1-0, 62)}) (6. e3 {
Inkiov,V (2495)-Gurevich,M (2634)/Utrecht 2005/CBM 106 ext/[Gutman] (1-0, 32)})
(6. g3 dxc4 (6... Bb4 {Wells,P (2489)-Houska,J (2418)/Sheffield 2011/CBM 143
Extra/[Martin,A] (1/2, 36)}) 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O (8. dxc5 {Moiseenko,A (2679)
-Postny,E (2612)/Mulhouse 2011/CBM 142 Extra/[Postny] (1/2, 80)}) 8... cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Bc5 {Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Gashimov,V (2734)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Postny]
(1/2, 43)}) 6... Be7 {A rare continuation. It is worth mentioning that Carlsen
had played this line with White.} (6... c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4
10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16.
Bxd5 Bg4 17. Nxg4 Nxd5 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Nf5 Nxf4 20. Rxe7 g6 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22.
Ne3 $14 {Carlsen,M (2786)-Movsesian,S (2732)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127/[Krasenkow]
(0-1, 76)}) (6... a5 7. e3 Na6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O Nb4 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Kamsky,
G (2723)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126 Extra (1/2, 94)}) 7. e3 Nh5 $146 {The move is new,
but the idea is typical in the 5.Bf4 Queen's Gambit.} (7... O-O) 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9.
exf4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb1 Bf6 14. Re1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Bxa2 Ba6 18. Bb1 g6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc8 21. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. h3 dxc4 6. a4 e6 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4 Nc6
9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Be3 Bf5 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 Be4 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. Nxc6 Qc7 19. Bd4 Bxc6 20. Bxf6 Qd7 21.
Qb3 gxf6 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Qd6 24. Rfd1 Bd5 25. Qd4 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc2 30. Kg3 Rxb2 31. Rd6 Rb3+ 32. f3 Kg7 33.
Rxa6 Rb4 {In principle, if the weaker side has the worse king side structure,
too, the chances for successful defence should diminish dramatically. However,
in this game White failed to prove this.} 34. a5 Ra4 35. Ra8 h5 36. f4 (36. h4
$5 {looks like a better reaction. In case of completely blocking the king side
(h4 vs. h5 and f4 vs. f5) White would advance his pawn to a6 and then march in
with his king, without caring about the g3-pawn, since capturing it wouldn't
create a passed pawn for Black yet.}) 36... Kg6 37. a6 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke3
({White should have defended the f4-pawn in advance with} 39. g3 {In case of}
Kf5 $6 40. a7 $1 {the black king would be prisoner on f5 (in order to avoid
Rg8+or Re8+). White would simply navigate with is king to f8, in order to win
some black pawns. The attempt to break the king side with} Ra3+ 41. Ke2 h4 {
would lose rapidly to} 42. gxh4 Kxf4 43. h5 $18) 39... Kf5 (39... h4 $5) 40. h4
(40. a7 {would be insufficient already:} h4 $1 (40... Re4+ 41. Kd3 Re7 42. g3
$18) 41. Kd3 Kxf4 42. Kc3 f5 43. Kb3 Ra1 44. Kb4 Ra2 45. Kb5 Ra1 46. Kc6 f6 47.
Kd6 Ra6+ 48. Kd5 Ra5+ 49. Ke6 Ke3 $1 (49... Ra6+ $5 50. Kf7 Ra2 51. Kxf6 Ra6+
52. Kf7 Ra2 $1) 50. Kxf6 Kf2 51. Kg5 Kxg2 52. Kxh4 Kf3 53. Kg5 f4+ 54. Kg6 Kg3
55. Kf6 Rxa7 56. Rxa7 Kxh3 $11) 40... Rxf4 $11 41. Rc8 Ra4 42. Rc6 Ra3+ 43. Kd4
Kg4 44. Kc5 Kxh4 45. Kb6 Kg3 46. Rxf6 Kxg2 47. Rh6 f5 48. Rxh5 Rb3+ 49. Kc6
Rc3+ 50. Kb5 f4 51. Rg5+ Kh2 52. a7 Ra3 53. Kb6 Rxa7 54. Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Qc2 {A relatively
unexplored continuation.} ({Ever since the Chebanenko Slav became fashionable,
there have been intense theoretical disputes after the natural} 7. Be2) ({
Another popular move is} 7. h3 {, leading to sharper play.}) 7... e6 ({
Laznicka deviates from a previous game in which he failed to equalise:} 7...
Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. f4 e6 ({Black is not prepared for counterattacking in the
centre with} 9... bxc4 $6 10. bxc4 c5 $6 11. dxc5 e6 12. cxd5 $16 {Shahade,G 
(2475)-Aaron,D (2234) Philadelphia 2012 (1-0, 23)}) 10. c5 {Black's position
is quite solid, but very passive since there are no pawn breaks in sight.} g6
11. Bd3 a5 ({Or if} 11... Bg7 12. Bb2 Ng8 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. h4 h5 15. Ng1 Nf5 16.
Nf3 Qe7 17. O-O-O {Black is in no immediate danger, but needs to stay passive
and permanently watch White's active ideas. For instance,} Bf6 $6 {as played
in Arizmendi Martinez,J (2571)-Movsesian,S (2693) Legnica 2013 (1/2-1/2, 21)
could have been met with the energetic} 18. e4 $1 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. Rde1
$36) 12. Bb2 Nh5 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Ng1 Qg4 15. Be2 Qf5 16. Bd3 Qg4 17. Be2 Qf5
18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 $14 {For practical reasons, White is almost a pawn
up, Shimanov,A (2591)-Laznicka,V (2702) Plovdiv 2012 (1-0, 73) Laznicka played
his last move after less than one minute, meaning that he had done his
homework in the meanwhile.}) (7... Nbd7 {allows the active} 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5
Nd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Rc8 12. Qe4 h5 13. h3 Nc5 14. Qd4 Bf5 15. Be2 $14 {
Black's initiative has come to an end and he has no real compensation for
White's (true, double) extra pawn Kunin,V (2507)-Schneider,I (2510) Frankfurt
2013 (1-0, 28)}) 8. Ne5 (8. c5 {is premature.} Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11.
Qxd3 g6 {White has more or less solved the opening problems, as the white
knight move to e5 would lose a pawn.} 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. Qc2 Bg7 15. Nc1
Ne4 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. Nfe5 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Kunte,A (2511)-Ghosh,D (2425) Kolkata
2012}) 8... Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 {Looking at this position it is hard to
foresee that both sides will get passed pawns just ten moves later. Black has
a solid pawn chain on light squares and it seems that the fight will focus on
dealing with White's space advantage. But the very next move induces some
structural changes.} bxc4 {Hoping to get rid of all the queenside weaknesses.}
(10... Nbd7 11. O-O {leaves Black at a crossroads.} Bd6 ({With the queenside
not blocked, developing the bishop by fianchetto leaves the a3-f8 diagonal
undefended:} 11... g6 12. Ne2 Bg7 13. a4 O-O 14. Ba3 $36) ({The passive} 11...
Be7 {may be a bit safer}) 12. c5 Bb8 13. a4 $1 $14 {Pashikian,A (2608)
-Simonian,H (2470) Yerevan 2012 CBM 147 [Let's Check] (1-0, 64)}) 11. bxc4 dxc4
12. Ne5 Nbd7 {By giving up the tension, Black hopes to play .. . c6-c5 in time,
which would lead to a drawish simplification. Abstractly, I find this approach
a bit illogical. After having invested a tempo in ... a7-a6 in order to
support ...b7-b5, I would think of keeping my pawn on b5 for as long as
possible. Moreover, the early exchange on c4 turns the a6-pawn into a relative
weakness. But these are the thoughts of an old man, chess is way more concrete
nowadays.} 13. O-O Qc7 $146 ({After} 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Rd1 Qa5 16.
Ne4 {the e5-pawn kept Black under long term pressure in Kramnik,V (2800)
-Ivanchuk,V (2775) Moscow 2011 CBM 146 [RR] (1/2-1/2, 57). With this move,
Laznicka forces his opponent to release the tension himself, but on the other
hand he delays the kingside development for one tempo. It will soon be
revealed that a tempo is what he misses to achieve obvious equality.}) 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 {White has
retrieved the pawn and if allowed to complete his development will enjoy the
pressure against the backward c6-pawn.} Rfc8 {Black prepares the thematic ...
c6-c5, but the consequences of this pawn break will not be entirely
satisfactory.} (19... c5 {would be premature due to} 20. Ba3 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 {
winning a pawn.}) ({Black cannot fight for the b-file yet, as his queenside
pawns are hanging. The only way to prepare it would be} 19... a5 {for instance}
20. e4 Rab8 21. Bd2 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rb8 {True, it is far from easy to head for
this inferior position and the ensuing one-sided defensive game. The game
continuation is more principled, but requires accurate handling of the
position in the next phase.}) 20. e4 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 {Both sides have
got passed pawns, but there are a few details making White's position
preferable. His pawn is more advanced and, for once, his queen is a perfect
blocking piece! Placed on a light square it cannot be attacked easily, safely
defending the d5- and (not least) a2-pawns and keeping an eye on the a6-pawn.
We could say that, far from creating any threats, the black pawn is the safest
"umbrella" for the white queen! In the long run, White could secure Her
Majesty against ...Qb5 or ...Rb4 with a2-a4 and Bd2-c3. In order to get close
to equality, Black needs to find the optimal way to place his pieces.} Bd6 $6 {
This natural move, safely blocking the pawn, is the main cause of Black's
future problems. The bishop obstructs the d-file and the sixth rank at the
same time, preventing Black's harmonious regrouping.} ({First of all, Black
needed to exchange one rook:} 22... Rcb8 23. Bd2 (23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 {
leads to complete equality, since the black queen is as stable and useful as
her rival.}) ({White cannot keep the tension along the b-file under favourable
circumstances:} 23. Rb3 Bd6 24. g3 Rb4 $1) 23... Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rd8 {
Threatening to attack the d5-pawn.} 25. Bc3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qg6 {Black keeps the
d5-pawn under control, defends his queenside pawns rather safely. Moreover,
the queen is prepared to secure the kingside, too. Black's next moves would be
...Bf8 and .. .h7-h5, after which he will stick to half waiting moves. White's
position would remain more active, but without obvious ways to make progress.})
23. g3 Qa5 {This is the logical follow-up of the previous move. After having
blocked the pawn by simple means, Black is free to activate his queen. The
last move prevents Bd2 (although this is relative, as we will see) and
prepares to question the white queen's stability with ...Rab8 followed by
either ...Rb4 or ...Qb5 shortly after. But on the other hand, taking the queen
far from the kingside is a risky and, what's worse, irreversible, decision.}
24. Rd1 (24. Bb2 $6 Qb4 {would solve most of Black's problems.}) 24... Rab8 25.
Be3 {Bacrot delays the bishop's transfer to the long diagonal for a better
moment} ({If truth to be said,} 25. Bd2 {was entirely possible:} Rxb1 26. Rxb1
Qxd2 27. Qxa6 Rf8 ({Due to the back rank weakness,} 27... Rd8 {does not prevent
} 28. Qxd6 $1 {at all!}) 28. Qxd6 {White has won a pawn, but it is not easy to
evaluate the consequences of the counterplay based on} c4 {. Black would
probably have chances to reach a drawn rook ending with a white extra pawn on
the a-file.}) 25... h5 {With the queen far away, this does not look like
proper counterplay. In fact, it just weakens the kingside. It is also true
that there was not much to be done on the queenside:} (25... Rb4 {loses a pawn
to} 26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxa6) ({Or if} 25... Rd8 26. Kg2 Rb4 27. Rxb4 cxb4 28.
Qc6 {Black is far from equality yet.}) 26. Kg2 Re8 {For far from obvious
reasons, the rook is exposed here, allowing an elegant "small combination" in
Capablanca's style. Now is the moment to say that I have sadly failed to find
ninth round games directly related to the style of the third World Champion,
so my hopes expressed at the end of the previous article were not fulfilled.
But I have taken myself the liberty of mentioning Capablanca twice, as some
platonic consolation.} 27. Bd2 $1 Qa3 ({The trick is that after} 27... Rxb1 28.
Bxa5 Rxd1 {White would fork the rooks with} 29. Qa4 $1) 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bc3 {
Black's queen's ambitions have led to fatal consequences: Her Majesty is
completely paralysed! Since the bishop has to block the pawn, Black can mainly
play with the rook, making the fight rather unfair.} Re8 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Re1
Rd8 $2 {Another unfortunate choice of square for the rook.} (31... Ra8 {
would have put up some tougher resistance:} 32. Re3 Qc1 {although after} 33.
Qd3 $1 {followed by Qf5 White's attack would be decisive.} ({Unlike in the
game,} 33. Qh4 {would not attack the rook, allowing} Qd1 {followed by ...Qg4,
finally restoring Black's coordination.})) 32. Re3 Qc1 33. Qh4 {White is just
winning now. The d8-rook is attacked so Black has no time to defend against
threats like Qg5 or Bxg7.} f6 34. Bxf6 $1 {The most straightforward win.} Rf8 (
34... gxf6 35. Qxf6 {leaves the king helpless against the combined attack of
the queen and rook.}) 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qxh5+ Kg7 ({Or if} 37...
Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Qxd6 {White has not only a decisive material advantage,
he also has a winning mating attack!}) 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Re7+ {Winning the
queen.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Qb6 $5 {A relatively rare move, which will
eventually transpose to an improved version of Black's position compared to
Kamsky's game against Topalov.} 5. c5 Qc7 6. g3 Bg4 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Bf4 Qc8 9.
Bg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Re1 Nh5 13. e3 Nd7 14. Bf3 Nxf4 15. exf4 Nxe5
16. fxe5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 {White's opening strategy has been a complete fiasco.
The d4-pawn is chronically weak, while the white bishop is restricted by the
enemy pawns. On the contrary, the black pair of bishops is quite active.} 18.
Bh1 g5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Rae1 e6 22. Bg2 Qg7 23. Ne2 Kh8 24. Rd1 Rae8
25. Nc1 Re7 26. Nb3 h5 27. Qe2 h4 28. g4 Bg6 29. b5 e5 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Re1 e4
32. Qd2 Be8 33. f3 exf3 34. Bxf3 Bd7 35. Bd1 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Bd8 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38.
Bxf3 Qg6 39. Bd1 h3 $6 {Black unnecessarily weakens this pawn. Kamsky might
have intended to attack the g4 pawn, but White will be faster.} 40. Qe3 Kg7 41.
Qxh3 Qb1 42. Qf1 Be8 $1 {If Black would manage to transfer his bishops to e4
and f4, his position would be close to winning. Unfortunately for him, this
plan is rather time consuming.} 43. Qe2 Bg6 44. Kf2 Kf7 {Covering the
e7-square in order to prepare ...Bc7-f4.} 45. Nd2 $1 ({White equalizes
completely now. The knight is heading for e5.} 45. Qf3+ Ke8 46. Qe2+ Kd7 {
would have only improved the black king's position.}) 45... Qxa2 46. Nf3 Qxe2+
47. Kxe2 Bf6 48. Ba4 Be4 49. Bxc6 Ke6 50. Nd2 Bxd4 51. Nxe4 dxe4 52. Bxe4 Bxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 98th"]
[Site "Sheffield"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {A more than useful waiting move,
preparing ...b7-b5 to gain space on the queenside and keeping all options open
with the modelling of the pawn structure and the deployment of the minor
pieces. Korchnoi once remarked that 4...a6 had to be a mistake because the
b6-square was weakened. Nobody has yet been able to prove it.} 5. a4 {Very
committal, but Wells is not afraid of a sharp struggle.} e6 (5... dxc4 6. g3 e6
7. Bg5 c5 (7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O Be7 11. e3 O-O 12. Nd2 Rd8
13. Nxc4 Bf8 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a5 Nf6 17. Na4 Qb4 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. b3
c5 20. Nab6 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5 22. Rdd1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Qb5 26. Nbd7 Nxd7 27. Nxd7 {1-0 Van Wely,L (2675)-Dautov,R (2609)/Baden Baden
2011}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. d5 Nd7 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. O-O e5 12. a5 Qd8 13. Qa4 b5 14.
axb6 Rxb6 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Nd2 Rb4 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Nce4 f5 19. d6 fxe4 20. dxe7
Qxe7 21. Nxe4 Nf6 22. Nd6 Bg4 23. Rxa6 Rfb8 24. Nxc4 Be6 25. Nxe5 Bb3 26. Nc6
Bxc2 27. Nxe7+ Kf7 28. Rc1 Rxb2 29. Nc6 Rb1 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Rb2 32. Rc1
Ke6 33. Na5 Ra2 34. Nc4 Bb3 35. e3 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Ra1+ 37. Bf1 Kd6 38. Kg2 Nd7
39. Rc2 Nb6 40. f4 Nd5 41. Rd2 Kc6 42. Kf3 Rxf1+ 43. Ke4 Nc3+ 44. Kd3 Nb5 45.
g4 Rc1 46. g5 c4+ 47. Ke4 c3 48. Rg2 Re1 49. f5 Nd6+ {0-1 Van Wely,L (2675)
-Smeets,J (2647)/playchess.com INT 2011}) (5... g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
a5 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nh5 11. Be5 Nd7 12. Ng5 e6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h4 Qe7 15.
O-O-O Qb4 16. Qa2 Nb6 17. Be2 Nf6 18. e4 h6 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Nge4 c5 21. Nxc5
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3+ 23. Kb1 Qb4+ 24. Ka1 Nd5 25. Rd3 b6 26. Rb1 bxc5 27. Rxb4
Nxb4 28. Qd2 Ba6 29. Rg3 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 cxd4 31. h5 Rac8 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Qg4
g5 34. Qxe6 Rc6 35. Qe7+ Rf7 36. Rxg5+ hxg5 37. Qxg5+ Rg6 38. Qd8 d3 39. e6
Rxe6 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qxa5 Nc6 42. Qc5+ Ke8 43. Qd5 Re1+ 44. Kb2 Rb7+ 45. Kc3
Rc1+ 46. Kd2 Rc2+ 47. Ke3 Re7+ 48. Kf4 Rd7 49. Qg8+ Ke7 {0-1 Sandipan,C (2641)
-Kamsky,G (2730)/Moscow 2011}) 6. g3 (6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. cxd5
exd5 10. dxc5 O-O 11. b3 Bxc5 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Ng3 Ne4
16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe6 21. Qb2 f6
22. b4 Rac8 23. b5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Qf7 25. Rfd1 Bf8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bb6 Rc4 28.
a5 d4 29. Bxd4 Rb4 30. Qf5 Qb3 31. Rc1 Rb5 32. Qd7 Rxa5 33. g4 Qd5 34. Qc8 Rb5
35. Qe8 Ra5 36. Rc8 Qf7 37. Rc7 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2791)-Movsesian,S (2721)/
Moscow 2010}) 6... Bb4 (6... c5 $1 {is a slightly surprising move, but a good
one:} 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1
Nc6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Kc2 O-O-O 15. Bb6 Rd7 16. Rhd1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Be7 18. Bxc6
bxc6 19. Na5 c5 20. c4 h5 21. Nc6 Bf6 22. Na5 Be7 23. Nc6 Bf6 24. Na5 Be7 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2746)-Movsesian,S (2700)/Ningbo 2011}) 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
a5 {Fixing b4. The next task is to develop the queenside.} 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1
b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 (12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Ne5 Rc8 {is comfortable for Black
too.}) 12... Ba6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Bxb5 {Could this have waited?} (14... Ne4
15. Rac1 Qe7 {with simliar ideas to the game, but preserving some options,
might have been better.}) 15. axb5 Ne4 16. h4 $5 {It looks like Peter Wells
was finding it difficult to construct a plan to play for the advantage.} (16.
Rac1 {was normal and then} Bd6 (16... Qe7 17. Rc6) (16... Rxc1 17. Rxc1 g5 (
17... Bd6 18. Be3 Ndf6 19. Ne5 (19. Rc6 Ng4 $132)) 18. Be3 f5 19. Rc6 f4 $132)
17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Rc6 {White may be able to keep an
edge in this complicated middlegame}) 16... Nd6 17. Qd3 Nc4 $11 {Counterplay
arrives, right on time!} 18. Rab1 Bd6 19. Bg5 f6 20. b3 Na3 21. Rbc1 {A
necessary piece sacrifice.} (21. Ra1 fxg5 22. Nxg5 Nf6 23. Bh3 (23. Nxe6 Qd7
24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Rac1 Nxb5 $17) 23... Re8 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Nxe6 Qd7 26. Ng5
Nxb5) 21... fxg5 22. Nxg5 Nf6 23. Bh3 ({Both players were running short of
time, but it is surprising that the relatively straightforward} 23. Nxe6 $1 Qd7
24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Rc6 {was not played.}) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qe7 25. Bxe6+ Kh8
26. Rc6 h6 $1 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxd6 Ne4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. f3 Qc7
$1 {Seen in advance by both players no doubt. The pin on the Ne4 saves White.}
32. Rxd5 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Qxh4+ 34. Kg2 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Klagenfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {The pawns
may be symmetrical, but there are plenty of pieces left!} 7. Bd2 e6 8. Ne2 $5 {
By manouvering this knight to d3 Bischoff fights for the critical queenside
dark squares.} Bd6 9. Nc1 O-O 10. Be2 b4 $1 {Grabbing space and also
increasing control over the critical squares. In view of this, perhaps 10.Nd3
was better.} 11. O-O a5 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Ba6 {Given the central pawn
structure, this bishop ought to be 'bad', but Ivanchuk has found a useful
diagonal for it. By contrast, White's d2 bishop really is a poor piece now.}
14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. Be1 (15. Qc6 {is met by the cunning} Qb8 $1 {forcing White to
retreat again, as} 16. Qxd7 $2 Bb5 17. Rc6 Ra7 {traps the queen.}) 15... Qb8
16. Qd1 h6 17. h3 Ra7 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Nf1 Bb5 21. f3 Nef6 22.
Rc1 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. b3 Ne8 $1 {Despite much shuffling, White's position
is still solid. However, 24.b3 created a weakness on c3 towards which Ivanchuk
immediately heads. This knight is coming to b5!} 25. Nc1 Bc6 $1 ({After} 25...
Bxe2 26. Nxe2 {White has c3 under control.}) 26. Bd3 Qb6 27. Bb1 Bb5 28. Bf2
Qc6 29. Ne2 Nc7 30. g4 Bxe2 $1 {The bishop is exchanged for a defender of c3.
White's position should still be defensible, but it seems to crumble very
quickly} 31. Qxe2 Nb5 32. Kg2 e5 $1 {Another forceful move. Exchanging on e5
would increase Black's space in the centre, but as played White allows another
weakness.} 33. Ng3 exd4 34. exd4 Nf8 $1 {Heading straight for f4.} 35. Qd3 Bxg3
{The knight might have been dangerous on f5.} 36. Bxg3 Na3 {Instead, the
knight chooses a3, and Qc6-c1 is threatened, trapping the bishop.} 37. Qd1 Nxb1
38. Qxb1 Ne6 39. Bf2 (39. Qd3 Qc3 $1 {is also bad.}) 39... Nf4+ 40. Kh2 Ne2 {
Introducing the threat of Qc6-c1, as exchanges would leave White's a2 pawn
weak.} 41. Kg2 Qc1 42. Qf5 g5 $1 {Now White has no perpetual check and will be
mated when the knight returns to f4.} 43. h4 (43. Kh2 Nf4 {followed by Qc1-f1
was also hopeless.}) 43... Nf4+ (43... Nf4+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kh2 Qf1) 44... Qh1 $1
45. hxg5 Ne2#) 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Bb2 Bd6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be4 12. f3 Bg6 13. f4 Ne4 14. Nxg6 Nxc3 15. Bxc3
hxg6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qe1 Qe7 18. Ba5 $1 {Ein starker positioneller Zug womit
der schwarze Damenflьgel kontrolliert wird.} g5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc1 Kf7 21.
Rc6 Nb8 22. Rc2 {Durch ein Scheinmanцverhat WeiЯ eventuelle Turmverdopplung 
(c- oder f-Linie) ermцglicht.} Nd7 23. a4 $1 bxa4 24. bxa4 {Mit einfachen aber
kraftig-positionellen Mitteln hat WeiЯ einen klaren Vorteil erreicht: Chanchen
gegen den ziemlicht unsicheren schwarzen K und wenn es zu einem Endspiel kommt:
B-Paar und schwachen schwarzen aP.} gxf4 25. exf4 Nf6 26. Bb6 Ne4 27. Qe3 Rh4
28. Qc1 Qf6 29. Rc6 Qe7 30. Bc7 Ra7 31. Bxd6 Nxd6 32. Bxa6 Ne4 33. Bd3 Qb4 34.
Rc7+ Kg6 35. Rxa7 Qxd4+ 36. Kh2 Qxa7 {Das materielle Gleichgewicht ist
hergestellt, aber WeiЯ hat einen freien aP und Angriffschanchen gegen den
schwarzen K.} 37. Qc8 Kf7 38. Bxe4 $1 {Der beste Freund des K wird aufgerдumt.}
dxe4 39. Rc1 $1 Qd4 40. Rc7+ Kg6 41. Qxe6+ Qf6 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Rc6 {Die
Drohung Qg6 und Rc8 kostet die Q.} 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 $5 (7...
g6) 8. Be2 Be7 (8... b5 9. Nd2 Ne4 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxe4 Qh4 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Rdg1 O-O 18. f4 a5 19. Bd3
Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rfc8 21. Rg3 b4 22. Qg2 Ra6 23. Rh3 Qf6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bh7+ Kf8
26. Bd3 {1-0 Bareev,E-Martinovsky,E/New York 1998/CBM 64/[Huebner,R] (26)}) 9.
Nd2 $5 {[%mdl 8] Interesting Kramnik's novelty.White prevents Nh5,takes under
control the e4-square and in the future knight can support play on the queen
side.} (9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. h3 Re8 12. Bh2 Bd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1 Bc7
15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Na4 Re7 17. Qb4 Rae8 18. Nb6 e5 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. dxe5 Nxe5
21. Nd4 Be4 22. Qd2 Nd7 23. b4 Nf8 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 g6 26. Nf3 Re4 27. a3
Nh7 28. Nd2 Rh4 29. Re1 Nf6 30. Re2 Ne4 31. Nf3 Rh5 32. Rb2 Qe7 33. a4 Rf5 34.
Nd4 Rf6 35. Rcc2 Rd8 36. Rb1 Rc8 37. Qb3 Kf8 38. Rbc1 Kg7 39. Ra1 Rd8 40. Qb2
Kg8 41. Ra2 Rc8 42. Ra3 h5 43. Rb3 Kh7 44. Qc1 Ng5 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Ne6 47.
bxc6 bxc6 48. Nf3 Rf5 49. Rb6 Qf6 50. Qd1 Kg7 51. Ra6 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Magem
Badals,J/Pamplona 1995/CBM 46 (51)}) 9... h6 ({In the origin game Black played
} 9... Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. f4 $1 Ng8 15.
e4 Ne7 16. f5 exf5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. b5 O-O 19. b6 Qd8 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na5 Rb8
22. a4 Ne4 23. Na2 f6 24. Nb4 Be8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rb1 Rf7 27. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 28.
a5 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. Bb5 $1 Qc8 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. a6 Kg7 34.
Rb4 Nd6 35. Qa4 Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Nc8 37. Rb4 Na7 38. bxa7 Ra8 39. c6 Raxa7 40. Rc1
{1-0 Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Dortmund GER 1999 (40)}) 10. Rc1 Bh7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Bg3 {Waiting for Black's plan.} Ne8 13. b4 $14 f6 14. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3a5]} g5
{[%cal Ge8g7,Gg7f5]} ({In case of} 14... e5 {White can choose between} 15. dxe5
({and} 15. e4 $5) 15... Nxe5 (15... fxe5 $6 16. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18.
Rfd1 $36 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8][%cal Gd5b7] /\Q:b7}) 16. Nd4 {[%csl Re6]} Nc7 17. Na4
$14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4b6]}) 15. Na5 ({Immediate} 15. e4 $5 {was also
interesting}) 15... Qc8 (15... Ra7) 16. e4 $1 {Opening the position White is
steals up to the hidden weaknesses in Black's setup.} Bxe4 (16... Bd8 $5 17.
exd5 (17. f3 $5) 17... exd5 18. Nxd5 $5 (18. Bf3 $5) 18... cxd5 19. c6 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd7]} bxc6 (19... Bxa5 20. cxd7 Qxd7 21. bxa5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5]
[%cal Gd1b3] /\Qb3}) 20. Rxc6 Nc7 21. Qb3 $36 {[%csl Rc7,Rd5][%cal Gf1c1]}) (
16... dxe4 17. d5 $1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} exd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 $2 (18... Bd8 $142 19.
Ne3 $36) 19. c6 $1 bxc6 20. Rxc6 $1 {[%csl Rc8]} (20. Nxc6 Qb7) 20... Qd8 (
20... Nc7 21. Rxc7 Qe8 22. Qxd5+ $18) 21. Nb7 $18 {[%csl Rd8] traping Black's
queen}) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 {[%csl Re6]} (18. f3 $5 {[%csl Re6] was also
interesting opening the e-file in order to make use of the weakness on e6.}) (
18. Bc4 Ng7 19. Qb3 {-18.Qb3}) 18... Ng7 19. Bc4 {[%csl Re6]} (19. f3 $5) 19...
Kh7 20. Bxe6 $5 ({After simple} 20. f3 $1 $36 {Black is in a big danger as he
is lack of space,his king is open and the e6-pawn is weak.}) 20... Nxc5 $1 {
I have absolutely missed this idea.Fortunately White is still much better.} ({
I was considering only} 20... f5 {but then after} 21. Bd6 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5] /\d5
} (21. Be5 Nxe6 22. Qxe6 Nxe5 (22... Bd8 $142) 23. Qxe7+ Nf7 24. Nxb7) 21...
Bxd6 22. cxd6 Qe8 23. d5 $1 {[%cal Ga5b7] White wins.}) 21. bxc5 $1 {[%csl Rb7]
><b7} (21. Bxc8 {leads into a slightly better endgame.} Nxb3 22. Bxb7 Nxc1 23.
Rxc1 Bxb4 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Nxc6 $14) 21... Nxe6 (21... Qxe6 22. Qxb7 Rfc8 $140
(22... Rac8 $5) 23. Nxc6 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Re7]}) 22. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Gb3b7] White wins a pawn back with all conveniences.} Ra7 $8 {Other moves are
even worse.} (22... Nd8 $2 23. Nc4 $1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gc4b6]} (23. f3 $5) (23.
Rfe1 $5)) (22... Nxd4 $2 23. Qc4 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rd4,Re4][%cal Gb1b7,Gc4e4]} Qd8
24. Rxb7 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg3d6] /\Bd6} (24. Nxb7 $5 Qd7 25. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gd1d7]})) 23. Qb6 Qa8 24. Bd6 $6 (24. d5 $2 Bxc5 25. Qb3 Nd4 26. Qc4 b6
$1 $19) (24. Rbe1 $5) ({After simple capture White obtain big positional
advantage.} 24. Nxb7 $142 $1 Nd8 (24... Nxd4 25. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Ne2+ 26.
Kf1 Nc3 27. Rd7 Qe8 28. Rc7 $1 Nxb1 29. Qxa7 $18 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gb7d6,Rc7h7]
/\Nd6}) 25. Na5 {[%csl Rc6]} Rd7 $16) 24... Re8 $1 {Strong defence.} ({Both} 
24... Bd8 25. Qb3 (25. Bxf8 $5 Bxb6 26. cxb6 Nxf8 27. bxa7 b5 28. Rfc1 $14)
25... Re8 26. Nxb7) ({and} 24... Bxd6 25. cxd6 $16 {are in White's favour}) 25.
Bxe7 (25. d5 cxd5 26. Nxb7 (26. c6 $2 bxc6 27. Nxc6 Bxd6 28. Nxa7 Bc5 $17) (26.
Bxe7 $6 Rxe7 27. c6 $2 bxc6 28. Nxc6 Reb7 $19)) (25. Nxb7 $5) 25... Rxe7 26.
Rfe1 $6 $138 ({It was necessary to cover the d5-square in order to keep the
queen on b6.In this case Black's rook and queen are fully out of play.} 26. Nc4
$1 {[%csl Ra7,Ra8,Gd5][%cal Gc4e3]} Nf4 (26... Nxd4 27. Rfd1) 27. Ne3 $1 {><a7}
) 26... Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5] Knight immediately rushes to free his colleagues.}
27. f3 $5 $138 e3 28. Nc4 Nd5 (28... Qg8 $5 {leads to a fantasic draw:} 29.
Qxa7 Qxc4 30. Rxb7 Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} (30... Qxa2 $2 31. Rxe7+ Kg6 32. Rg7+
Kh5 33. Qf7+) 31. Rxe7+ Kg6 32. Rg7+ Kh5 {It looks like winning for Black,but
White escapes with the help of beautiful tactical resourse:} 33. Rxg5+ $3 (33.
Qf7+ $2 Kh4 34. g3+ Kh3 35. Qd7+ f5 $19) 33... hxg5 $8 (33... fxg5 $2 34. Qf7+
Kh4 35. g3+ Kh3 36. Qd7+) (33... Kxg5 $2 34. Qg7+) 34. Qf7+ Kh6 $8 (34... Kh4
$2 35. g3+ Kh3 36. Qd7+ f5 37. Qh7+) 35. Qxf6+ Kh7 $1 $11 {with perpetual
check.}) (28... e2 29. Rb2 $1 $44) 29. Qb3 {[%cal Gc4e3]} Qe8 {Finally queen
is free.} 30. Nd6 $1 Qd7 (30... Qg6 $2 31. Nc8 $1) 31. Qc2+ Kh8 32. Qg6 {
[%csl Rh6]} Qe6 (32... Rh7 33. Nf5 {[%cal Gf5e3,Gf5h6]} Ra8 34. Nxe3 $14) 33.
Nf5 $5 {[%csl Re3,Re7,Rh6]} (33. Qxh6+ $5 Kg8 (33... Rh7 34. Qf8+ Qg8 35. Qxg8+
Kxg8 36. Nf5) 34. Qg6+ Rg7 35. Qe4) 33... Rh7 34. Nxe3 $1 {Winning a pawn back
White obtain small advantage in the endgame.} Nxe3 35. Rb3 Qf7 $1 36. Qxf7 Rxf7
37. Rbxe3 Kg7 $2 $138 {[%mdl 16384] Serious strategical blunder in the
time-trouble which could cost the game.It was necessary to bring rook back
into play.} (37... Ra8 $142) 38. Re8 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7] ><a7} a5 39. a4 b6 $2 {
Black should wait.} 40. cxb6 $18 Ra6 $6 {loses immediately.But after this
series of time-trouble blunders White comes with unbelievable 41.Rb1??.I
wasn't sure if we had made 40 moves and continued to blitz as I also was very
short of time.} ({Even after better} 40... Rab7 {White wins with no problems.}
41. Rb1 Rfd7 42. Ra8 Rxd4 (42... Rd5 43. Ra7) 43. Rxa5 Kf7 44. Ra8 $18) 41. Rb1
$4 $138 {[%mdl 8192]} ({After} 41. Rb8 $18 {[%cal Ge1b1] with the idea Rb1
White wins easily.}) 41... Rb7 42. Kf2 $6 {Now draw is inevitable.} ({After} 
42. Re7+ $1 {White is slightly better.} Rxe7 43. b7 Re8 $1 44. b8=Q Rxb8 45.
Rxb8 Ra7 46. Kf2 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6]}) (42. d5 Raxb6 (42... cxd5 $2 43. Re6 $16
) 43. Rxb6 Rxb6 44. d6 $5 (44. dxc6 Rxc6 45. Ra8 Rc5 $11) 44... Rb1+ 45. Kf2
Rd1 46. Ra8 Kf7 $1 47. Rxa5 Ke6) 42... Rbxb6 43. Rxb6 Rxb6 44. Ra8 Rb2+ $11 45.
Kf1 (45. Kf1 Rb1+ 46. Kf2 Rb2+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. d4 {Mowsziszian} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7.
Bd2 (7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4 g6 (8... Qc7 9. Qd2 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O e6 12. h4
O-O 13. h5 Bh6 14. g3 e5 $132 {Moskalenko,V-Rogozenko,D/Nikolaev zt/1993/0,543/
}) 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 b6 12. Qc2 a5 13. a3 Qc7 14. g3 e6 $10 {
Van Wely,L-Khalifman,A/New York Rapid/1994/0:1/29/}) 7... g6 (7... e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxc5 10. e4 g6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Be2 $16 {Stohl/} (12. Qf3 $14 {
Mowsziszian} Be6 13. g4 Ng7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Qh4 16. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2
Shereshevski,M-Popchev,M/Elenite-B (05) ;EXP 43 1994 (66)})) (7... Qc7 8. g3 g6
9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd2 f6 13. Bh6 $14 {Stohl,I-Velicka,P/
CSFR-ch/1992/0,5/40/}) 8. e4 (8. g4 $5 Nhf6 9. h3 {Stohl/}) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4
Bg7 (9... Ndf6 10. Nc3 (10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bc4 Bg7 12. O-O Bg4 $2 13. Bxf7+
Kxf7 14. Ne5+ Ke8 15. Nxg4 $16) 10... Bg4 11. Be3 Ng7 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Be2 Nf5
14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bg3 h5 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. O-O g5 20. h4
g4 21. Ne1 $10 {Sherbakov,R-Ivanov,Vi/RUS-ch/1994/0,5/}) 10. Bc4 O-O (10...
Ndf6 {Mowsziszian} 11. Nxf6+) 11. O-O Ndf6 (11... e5 $2 {Mowsziszian ><d6} 12.
Nd6 exd4 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qb3+ Kf8 16. Ng5 $40) 12. Nxf6+ $5 (
12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Be3 e6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd5 16. Rad1 {Ionov,S-Lunev,A/
St-Peterburg/1994/0,5/}) 12... Bxf6 (12... Nxf6 $5 13. h3 $1 (13. Qb3 {
Mowsziszian} Nd5 14. Rfe1 $14 Re8 15. Ne5 Ra7 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qg3 Qc8 18. Ba5
f6 19. Nd3 Bf7 20. b3 Ra8 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Rde1 Rac8 23. Qf3 Nc7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7
25. Ne5+ {1-0 Peng Zhaoqin-Sheremetieva,M/Kishinev ztW (08) ;EXT 95 1995})
13... Bf5 14. Qb3 Be4 (14... Qc7 15. Ne5 e6 16. f3 $16) 15. Ne5 Bd5 (15... Qxd4
16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17. Bc3 Qxc5 18. Qxb7 $36) 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxb7 Qxd4 18. Bc3
Qxc5 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxc6 e6 $14) 13. Qb3 Qc7 (13... Bg4 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Ne5
$16) (13... Bxd4 {Mowsziszian} 14. Rad1 (14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Rad1
Qxc5 17. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 $44 (17... Rxf7 18. Rd8+)) 14... Bg4 15. Bg5 $1 Bxf3 $8
16. Qxf3 Ng7 (16... Qd7 17. Qe4 e5 18. Qxe5 $1 Bxe5 19. Rxd7 $16) 17. Rfe1 $16)
14. Rfe1 Ng7 15. Bh6 $1 (15. h3 $6 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Be3 Rad8 $15) 15... e6
(15... Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 $16) 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 $16 {Mowzsizsian:
Schwach sind die schwarzen Felder b6,d6,f6,h6. Der Lдufer auf c8 ist passiv.}
Qd8 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Qc3 Qf6 20. Re4 Rd8 21. Rf4 Bd7 22. Re1 (22. g4 g5 23. Re4
Ne7 $16) 22... h5 (22... Qg7 $142 23. g4 Ne7 24. Ne5 Be8 $16) 23. h3 h4 $6 (
23... Qg7 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Ne7 26. Ne5 Be8 27. Kg2 $16) 24. Re5 Be8 25.
Nxh4 $1 g5 26. Rfxf5 exf5 27. Nxf5 Rd7 28. d5 $1 {/\Re8,Qf6} Kh7 (28... cxd5
29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxf6 $18) 29. d6 $18 b5 30. Bd3 b4 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Rxg5 (
32. Rxg5 $1 bxc3 33. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. a4 Qc7 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Nd2 Nbd7
15. f3 b5 16. c5 e5 17. e4 Re8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb4 Ra7 20. Rfe1 Qb8 21. Nb3
Rxa1 22. Nxa1 exd4 23. cxd4 dxe4 24. fxe4 {[#]} Qf4 {Gunina's play was too
optimistic and risky up to this point which had caused her this 'headache'
before you.} 25. Bd2 Qg4 26. h3 $2 {This loses a pawn and the game is
strategically over.} (26. e5 Nd5 27. Nb3 {was necessary. White has to put her
knight on a5 to block the file and stay tight. Black's advantage is clear and
may even lead to a win but it was the only way to put up any long-term
resistance.}) 26... Qg6 27. d5 Nxd5 $1 {Now both c5 and e4 will be falling.
The game is over and Shiqun converts her advantage without much of a fuss.} 28.
Nb3 N5f6 29. Qd6 Rxe4 30. Rf1 Re6 31. Qc7 Qc2 32. Rf3 Nxc5 33. Nd4 Qxd2 34.
Nxe6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qxe6 36. Rc3 Nfe4 37. Rc1 Kh7 38. Rd1 b4 39. Rd8 b3 40. Qb8
Nd7 41. Qb7 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 b2 43. Rg8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 bxc4 13. bxc4 O-O 14. Qc2 ({
Here are the latest (but not very succesful) efforts to get some advantage} 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qa4 Rfb8 17. Bc3 Qc8 18. Rfc1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20.
Rb3 dxc4 $11 {Epishin-Bareev, Russia (ch) 2004}) ({or} 14. Rc1 Qb8 $5 15. Nxd7
Nxd7 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. c5 Be7 18. Bc3 Rfb8 19. Qd3 Rb5 20. a4 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Rb8
$11 {Haba-Movsesian, Czech (chT) 2004}) 14... Qc7 15. Nd3 $5 (15. cxd5 {
didn't bring anything to white in Horvath, Cs-Dautov, HUN-GER m 2004}) 15...
Ne4 $5 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. c5 Be7 18. f3 Ng3 $1 {Black's only problem is lack of
space, so it's important to change one pair of knights. The counterplay
connected with e6-e5 is going to equalize quite easily} 19. Nxg3 Qxg3 20. Bc3
e5 21. Qf2 Qg6 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rb3 Rb5 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Ra4 exd4 26. exd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1
g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Na4
e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Ng7 20. Nb6 $5 {White is
trying to win a tempo compared to a Vitiugov-Malakhov game, where the black
rook went directly to e8.} (20. e3 Be6 21. Bg2 Qe7 22. b4 Rae8 23. Rd3 Bf7 $11
{Vitiugov-Malakhov, RUS-ch 1st league 2006}) 20... Rb8 21. e3 Be6 22. b4 (22.
Bg2 $5 {to be ready to meet Black's g6-g5 with f2-f4}) 22... g5 $5 {Black is
ready to solve his space problems with active play.} 23. Bg2 f4 24. exf4 gxf4
25. Re1 Qc7 26. Qd4 Rbe8 27. Re5 ({A couple of rounds later in the same
tournament White played differently, but also didnґt achieve anything:} 27. Rf3
fxg3 28. Rxg3 Bf5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Qf6 Bg6 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Ne8 {0,5
Arutunian-Laznicka, Dresden (Ech) 2007}) 27... fxg3 28. Rxg3 Bf5 29. Ree3 Bg6
30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Re3 Rf8 {Here I started to be optimistic about my position,
so I decided to try to keep the tension and not to exchange the rooks yet.} 32.
Re1 Nh5 33. Qe5 Qf7 $6 {Going for a forced line, which results in an
interesting, but not very clear endgame...} ({Probably the simple} 33... Qxe5
34. Rxe5 Nf4 {was better.}) 34. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 cxd5 36. Bxd5+ Rf7 37. Bxf7+
Qxf7 38. Qe6 Nf4 39. Qxf7+ Bxf7 {All this was more or less forced. The
question is: will 2 pieces be stronger then the rook or White can keep the
balance?} 40. a3 Bd5+ 41. Kh2 Bc6 42. Kg3 Nd5 43. Kg4 $6 {The beginning of a
wrong plan. I think, White just had to play h3-h4 and only after to move the
king forward.} Bd7+ 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Ke4 $6 {This looks like a blunder. My
opponent probably forgot about my 48th move...} (45. h4 {was still a good
option.}) 45... Nf6+ 46. Ke5 Bxh3 47. Rh1 Bg2 48. Rg1 Nd7+ 49. Kd6 Bc6 {
Now Black has some kind of fortress on the queen's side and can try to move
the h-pawn.} 50. Kc7 Nf6 51. Kb8 Nd5 52. Rh1 Kg7 53. Rg1+ Kh8 $5 {Now Black
gets time to play h7-h6 and Kh8-h7.} (53... Kf6 54. Rh1 Kg6 55. Rg1+ Kf5 56.
Rh1 Nf6 57. Rf1+ Ke5 58. a4 {and White may survive.}) 54. Rg4 h6 55. a4 {
White decides not to wait for a slow death and goes for his last chance...} Nc3
56. b5 axb5 57. a5 Nd5 $2 {Gives White a possibility to save the game...} ({
The right move was} 57... Kh7 58. a6 bxa6 59. Kc7 Be4 60. Kd6 h5 {and Black
should win.}) 58. Rg6 $2 {But White misses it!} (58. a6 $1 bxa6 59. Rg6 Nb4 60.
Rxh6+ Kg7 61. Rd6 {and the white king comes to a5, collecting the a6 pawn.})
58... Nb4 59. Rxh6+ Kg7 60. Rd6 (60. Rh5 Kg6 61. Re5 Kf6 62. Rh5 Na6+ 63. Ka7
b4 $19) 60... Na6+ 61. Ka7 Nxc5 62. Rxc6 bxc6 63. Kb6 Na6 $1 (63... Na6 64.
Kxa6 b4 65. Kb6 b3 66. a6 b2 67. a7 b1=Q+ 68. Kxc6 Qe4+ 69. Kb6 Qa8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Na6 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Na2 Nxa2 12. Rxa2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. Bf4 Nxf4 15.
exf4 Qd6 16. g3 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Qxb5 Ba6 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Qd3 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Rfc8 22. Qe2 Qd5 23. Raa1 Rb3 24. Ne5 Rcb8 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Rc8 27.
Rfc1 g5 28. f5 Bf6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rxa5 Bxd4 31. Rxg5+ Kf8 32. Rc2 Rb4 33.
Ne3 Rcb8 34. Nd1 Bxb2 35. Nxb2 Rxb2 36. Rc7 R2b7 37. Rgg7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Rb1+
39. Kg2 Kg8 40. h4 Re1 41. h5 Re5 42. g4 h6 43. Re7 Re1 44. f3 Re2+ 45. Kf1 Re3
46. Kf2 Re5 47. f4 Re4 48. Kf3 Re1 49. f5 Kf8 50. Rh7 exf5 51. gxf5 Rh1 52. Kg4
Kg8 53. Rxh6 Kg7 54. Rg6+ Kf7 55. Ra6 Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kg7 58. Re6 Rh2
59. Re7+ Kf6 60. Re6+ Kg7 61. Rg6+ Kf7 62. Kg5 Rg2+ 63. Kf4 Rf2+ 64. Kg4 Rh2
65. Ra6 Kg7 66. Kg5 Rg2+ 67. Kf4 Rf2+ 68. Ke4 Re2+ 69. Kf3 Rh2 70. Rg6+ Kf7 71.
h6 Rh3+ 72. Ke4 Rh1 73. Rg7+ Kf6 74. Rg6+ Kf7 75. Re6 Re1+ 76. Kd5 Rd1+ 77. Ke5
Re1+ 78. Kd6 Rd1+ 79. Kc6 Rf1 80. h7 Kg7 81. f6+ Kxh7 82. Kd7 Ra1 83. Ke7 {
[%tqu "En","How can Black still mount a defence?","","","a1a7","",0,"a1a8","",
4,"De","Wie kann Schwarz sich noch verteidigen?","","","a1a7","",0,"a1a8","",4]
} Ra7+ $2 (83... Ra8 $1 {makes it hard for White to take up the Lucena
position and prepares the defence of the back rank. hindert WeiЯ an der
Einnahme der Lucenastellung und bereitet die Verteidigung auf der letzten
Reihe vor.} 84. f7 (84. Kf7 Kh6 85. Re8 Ra7+ 86. Re7 Ra8 87. Re6 Kh7 $11) 84...
Kg7 85. Ra6 Rb8 86. Rf6 Rb7+ 87. Ke8 Rb8+ 88. Ke7 Rb7+ $11) 84. Kf8 Ra8+ 85.
Re8 Ra6 86. f7 Ra7 87. Re1 (87. Re1 Ra8+ 88. Ke7 Ra7+ 89. Kf6 Ra6+ 90. Re6 Ra8
91. Re8 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Brest"]
[Date "2019.05.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Metz-echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bf5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:
01:59]} (6. Nh4 Be6 7. c5 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Bc8 11. f4 Ne8 12.
Qe1 a5 13. Na4 axb4 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qxb4 Na6 16. Qc3 Nf6 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Rb1
Nc7 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. a3 Rfa8 22. Rb3 f5 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Rb1 Nd8 25.
Bc1 Bf6 26. g3 Kg7 27. Qg2 Ra4 28. h3 h5 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Qxg4 31. Qxg4
hxg4 32. Bxe4 gxf3 33. Bxf3 g5 34. f5 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke8 {Nakamura,H (2761)
-Topalov,V (2740) Abidjan 2019 1-0}) 6... h6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:
00:40]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9.
Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (9. Bd2 e6 10. O-O) 9... e6 {[%emt 0:10:58]} 10. O-O {
[%emt 0:01:47]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:03:
43]} (11... O-O) 12. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:10:47]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 13. Rfc1 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:33]} 14. Nd1 $146 {[%emt 0:09:16]} (14. Na4 b5
15. Nc5 Nb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Qb8 19. b4 Rb7 20. Bxa6 Bxb4 21.
Bxb7 Bxd2 22. Qc6 Bxc1 23. Ra8 Qxa8 24. Bxa8 Ba3 25. Bb7 Be7 26. f3 Bf6 27. Kf2
h5 28. g3 Rd8 29. Qc7 Rf8 30. Ke2 Rd8 31. Ba6 Ra8 32. Qb7 Rd8 33. Kd2 Kf8 34.
Be2 Be7 35. Kc3 Bg6 36. Qc7 Ra8 37. Ba6 Rd8 38. Bb7 Bf5 39. Bc6 Bf6 40. Bb5 Kg8
41. Ba6 Re8 42. Kd2 Rd8 43. Ke2 Ra8 {Rodshtein,M (2678)-Antipov,M (2597) Sochi
2018 1/2-1/2 (70)}) 14... Nb8 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 15. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxb4 {
[%emt 0:05:38]} 16. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Qa3 {
[%emt 0:17:07]} Re8 {[%emt 0:25:02]} 18. Rc5 {[%emt 0:15:34]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:07:
43]} 19. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:59]} e5 $132 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:06:
25]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 21. Qb3 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 22.
Rc7 {[%emt 0:05:45]} d4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 23. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:09:09]} Rxb7 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} 24. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d3 $1 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 25. Bf3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} d2 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 26. Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} (26. Rc3 Rb5 27.
Qa8+ Kh7 $13) 26... Be6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 27. Qb4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Qxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Rd4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 30. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 31. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Kxd2
$11 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. e4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:
02:19]} 36. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 38. b3 $2 {[%emt 0:01:54] After this Black's activity
should suffice for a draw. Danach dürfte die schwarze Aktivität zum Remis
ausreichen.} ({White could win in a direct duel: Weiß konnte im direkten
Duell gewinnen:} 38. Nf5+ Kc4 39. Nxg7 Kb3 40. Nf5 {and the black a-pawn can
always be neutralised, e.g. und der schwarze a-Bauer kann stets neutralisiert
werden, z.B.} Kxb2 (40... h5 41. h4 Kxb2 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 a5 44. h5 $18)
41. Nxh6 a5 (41... f6 42. Ng4 a5 43. Nxf6 a4 44. Nd5 $18) 42. Nxf7 a4 43. Nd6
Kb3 (43... a3 44. Nc4+ $18) 44. Nb5 Kc4 45. Nc3 a3 46. h4 $18) 38... g6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 39. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} (39. Ng4 h5 40. Nh6 f6 41. Ng8 f5 42.
exf5 gxf5 43. g3 (43. Nh6 f4 44. Nf7 Nd5 45. Nd8 Ne3 46. Ne6+ Ke5 47. Nc5 Nxg2
48. Nxa6 Nh4 49. Ke2 Nf5 50. Nc5 Nd4+ 51. Kf2 Kd5 52. Nd3 Ne6 $11) 43... Nd5
44. Nh6 Ne7 $11) 39... Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 40. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ne5 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} 41. Nb7 {[%emt 0:12:28]} h5 {[%emt 0:08:31]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:
01:32]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 43. Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 44.
Ne8 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:11:31]} 45. Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Nb4 {
[%emt 0:02:11]} 46. g3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 47. Ne8 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 48. Kc3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 49.
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 50. f4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf3 {[%emt 0:
01:17]} 51. e5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 52. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:02:58]}
Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Ne4+ {
[%emt 0:02:50]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:01:01]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Na6
9. Rc1 Nb4 10. Bb1 Nd7 11. Bf4 dxc4 12. e4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd2 Nd3 15. Bxd3
cxd3 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Qxd3 Ba6 18. Ne2 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nd2 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Bxe5 Rxd2 24. Nf4 b4 25. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bf8 27. Nd5 Re8
28. f4 Bb7 29. Kf2 f6 30. Bc7 Rxe4 31. Bxa5 Rc4 32. Ne3 Rxf4+ 33. Kg3 Re4 34.
Bb6 Re6 35. Bd4 Rd6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. g4 g6 38. h3 Rd7 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Bh6
41. Re1 Kf7 42. Ra1 f5 43. Kc4 f4 44. Nc2 Bd5+ 45. Kd3 Bf8 46. Ra7 Rxa7 47.
Bxa7 Be7 48. Bf2 g5 49. Ne1 Kg6 50. Bd4 h5 51. Ke2 hxg4 52. hxg4 Bf6 $1 {
Einer der Vorteile des Lдuferpaares besteht oft darin, dass man leichter ein
Leichtfigurenpaar abtauschen kann.} 53. Bxf6 (53. Kd3 b3 54. Bxf6 Kxf6 55. Kd4
Be6 $19) 53... Kxf6 54. Nc2 b3 55. Nb4 Ke5 56. Nd3+ Kd4 57. Nf2 f3+ (57... f3+
58. Kd2 Be6 59. Nh3 Bxg4 60. Nxg5 f2 $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Black "Moracchini, Fabrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Drancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. e3 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. a3 Rc8 18. Rc2 Re8 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. Ba6 Rc7 21.
Bg5 f6 22. Bd2 Nb8 23. Bd3 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Nc6 25. h3 Qe7 26. Bc4 Qf7 27. Nc3 Bd6
28. Qe4 Nce7 29. Nb5 Bb8 30. Bd3 g6 31. Rc1 Bc6 32. Qe2 Bb7 33. Be4 Nf5 34. Re1
Qd7 35. Nc3 Nxc3 36. Bxc3 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 Kf7 38. g4 Nd6 39. Qf4 Kg7 40. g5 Nf5
41. gxf6+ Kxf6 42. d5+ e5 43. Nxe5 Bxe5 44. Rxe5 Kf7 45. Qe4 Rxe5 46. Qxe5 Qe7
47. Kg2 Qg5+ 48. Kh2 Qe7 49. Qb8 Qd6+ 50. Qxd6 Nxd6 51. Kg3 Ne4+ 52. Kf3 Ng5+
53. Kg4 Ne4 54. f4 Nd6 55. Kg5 Nf5 56. Be5 h6+ 57. Kg4 Ne3+ 58. Kf3 Nxd5 59.
Ke4 Ke6 {This position should be drawn, but Black commits several inaccuracies:
Diese Stellung sollte remis sein. Schwarz lдsst sich in der Folge jedoch
einige Ungenauigkeiten zu Schulden kommen:} 60. a4 Ne7 61. Bg7 Nf5 62. Bf8 Kf7
63. Bb4 Ke6 64. Bd2 Kd6 65. Bb4+ Ke6 66. Be1 a6 67. Bf2 Nd6+ $6 (67... b5 68.
axb5 axb5 69. Bc5 Ng3+ $11) 68. Kd4 Nc8 69. Kc4 Nd6+ 70. Kb4 Nc8 $2 (70... a5+
71. Kb3 Nc8 72. Kc4 Nd6+ 73. Kd4 Nc8 74. b3 Nd6 {seems to hold. scheint noch
zu halten.}) 71. a5 $5 {opens an inroad WeiЯ цffnet das Tor} b5 72. Kc5 Kd7 73.
Bd4 Kc7 74. Be5+ Kb7 (74... Kd7 75. b3 h5 76. h4 Ke6 77. Kc6 $16) 75. b4 $22 {
puts Black in a deadly zugzwang. bringt Schwarz in tцdlichen Zugzwang.} Ne7 76.
Kd6 Nf5+ 77. Ke6 Kc6 78. Kf6 Nh4 79. Kg7 g5 (79... Kd5 80. Kxh6 Kc4 81. Kg5
Nf3+ 82. Kxg6 Kxb4 83. Ba1 Nh4+ 84. Kg5 Nf3+ 85. Kh5 Kxa5 86. f5 $18) 80. Kxh6
gxf4 (80... Nf3 81. fxg5 Nxe5 82. g6 $18) 81. Bxf4 Ng2 (81... Kd5 82. Kg5 Nf3+
83. Kg4 Ke4 84. Bd6 $18) 82. Bd2 Kd5 (82... Nh4 83. Bg5 Nf3 84. h4 Kd5 85. h5
Kc4 86. Kg6 $18) 83. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Maccabiah SuperGM"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nb4 13. Qb3 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. a5 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Nc6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Qc5 Rfd8 21.
Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Nc5 Rab8 23. Nf5 exf5 24. Nxd7 Rbc8 25. Nc5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 g6 27.
Nxb7 Rc2 28. b3 Rc7 29. Nd6 Rd7 30. Rd2 Nc6 31. Nc4 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Nxa5 33. Kf1
Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd3 Kd6 36. Nc4+ Nxc4 37. Kxc4 Kc6 38. Kb4 Kb6 39. Ka4 a5
40. b4 axb4 41. Kxb4 h6 42. Kc4 Kc6 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. f3 h5 45. g3 g5 46. h4 gxh4
47. gxh4 f6 48. f4 Kc6 49. e4 {[%tqu "De","Gibt es noch eine Rettung?","","",
"c6d6","",2]} Kd6 $1 (49... fxe4 $2 50. Kxe4 Kd6 51. Kf5 Ke7 52. Kg6 Ke6 53.
Kxh5 Kf5 54. Kh6 Kxf4 55. Kg6 f5 56. h5 $18) (49... Kd7 $2 50. e5 Ke6 51. exf6
Kxf6 52. Kd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5f5]}) 50. exf5 Kc6 51. Kc4 Kd6 52. Kd4 (52. Kb5 $4
Kd5 {ginge sogar nach hinten los.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 O-O 17. e5 Be7 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. Rg3 Qc7 20. Nf4 Qc2 21. Qg4 g6
22. Nd3 Qd2 23. Bc1 Qxa2 24. Rf3 a5 25. Bh6 a4 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28.
bxa4 bxa4 29. Qc1 Qc4 30. Qa1 a3 31. Rc1 Qb5 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. Qxa3 Ne4 34. Qxe7
Qb2 35. Qa3 Qxd4 36. Qa1 Qb6 37. Rb1 Qc5 38. Rc1 Qb6 39. Rc2 d4 40. Qb2 Qxb2
41. Rxb2 Rd8 42. Rd3 Nc5 43. Rd1 Rd5 44. f4 Kg7 45. Rb6 f6 46. Rd6 fxe5 47.
Rxd5 exd5 48. fxe5 Kf7 49. Rxd4 Ke6 50. Rf4 Kxe5 51. Rf7 h5 52. Kf2 Ne4+ 53.
Ke2 Ng3+ 54. Kf3 Nf5 55. Rf8 Nd4+ 56. Kf2 Ne6 57. Rf7 Ng5 58. Rg7 Kf6 59. Rd7
Ke5 60. Ke3 Ne6 61. h4 Nd4 62. g3 Nf5+ 63. Kf3 Nd4+ 64. Kf2 Ne6 65. Ke3 Nd4 66.
Re7+ Kf6 67. Re8 Ne6 68. Rb8 Kf5 69. Rb5 Ke5 70. Ra5 Nd4 71. Ra6 Ne6 72. Kf3
Nd4+ 73. Kg2 Ne6 74. Kh3 Kf5 75. Ra5 Ke4 76. Ra6 Kf5 77. Rb6 Ke5 78. g4 {
Now Tregubov tries to break Bacrot's fortress by creating an inroad for his
king: Nach dem langen fruchtlosen Manцvrieren versucht Tregubov nun Bacrot's
Festung mit der Brechstange zu stьrmen} d4 79. gxh5 gxh5 80. Kg3 d3 81. Rb1 (
81. Kf2 d2 82. Ke2 Nd4+ 83. Kd1 Nf3 84. Rb4 Kf5 85. Ke2 Ke5 86. Rb5+ Kf4 87.
Rxh5 d1=Q+ 88. Kxd1 Kg4 $11) 81... Nd4 82. Re1+ Kd5 83. Kf4 Kc4 84. Rc1+ Nc2
85. Kg5 Kc3 86. Kxh5 d2 87. Rb1 Nd4 88. Kg4 Kc2 89. Rh1 d1=Q+ 90. Rxd1 Kxd1 91.
h5 Ne6 92. h6 Nf8 93. Kf5 Ke2 94. Kf6 Kf3 95. Ke5 (95. Kg7 Ne6+ 96. Kf7 Ng5+
97. Kg6 Ne6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Preetz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rfd1 Nxe5 16. e4 d4 17. Rxd4 Be7 18. Rdd1 O-O 19. Qe3 Ng6 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Rac1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd8 23. f4 h6 24. g3 Rc8 25. Qd4 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Qxd4+ 27. Bxd4
Nf8 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Kf2 f5 30. Ke3 Kf7 31. a4 g5 32. fxg5 Bxg5+ 33. Kf3 bxa4
34. bxa4 Bd2 35. Be3 fxe4+ 36. Kxe4 Bxe3 37. Kxe3 e5 38. a5 Ke6 39. g4 Kf6 40.
h4 Ke6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. g5 h5 44. Kf3 {Thema: Springerendspiele
sind wie Bauernendspiele} Kf5 $6 {Danach gerдt Schwarz unweigerlich in fatalen
Zugzwang.} ({Allerdings sollte sich WeiЯ auch nach} 44... Kf7 {durchsetzen:
durchsetzen:} 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. g6 Ke6 (46... Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Nxe5 $18) 47.
Kf3 Ke7 48. Ke4 Kf6 49. Kd5 $18) 45. Ke3 Kg4 (45... Nb8 46. Nb4 e4 47. Kd4 $22
$18) (45... Ke6 46. Ke4 $22 $18) 46. Ke4 Kxh4 47. Kf5 e4 48. Nf4 (48. Nf4 {
[%cal Gg5g8]} Nf8 49. g6 Nxg6 50. Nxg6+ Kg3 51. Kxe4 Kg4 52. Ne7 Kg3 53. Ke3
Kg4 54. Nd5 h4 55. Nc7 Kg3 56. Nxa6 h3 57. Nc5 h2 58. Ne4+ Kg2 59. Nf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 $5 dxc4 (5... Ne4 6. h4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 dxc4 8. e4 b5 9. Ne5 Qa5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Rh3 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. a4 $146
{Lobron/}) 6. a4 (6. e4 b5 7. e5 Nd5 8. a4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be6 $15) 6... Nd5 {N/}
(6... h6 7. Bh4 e6 8. e3 b5 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Rxa8
Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Bb7 $44 {Sakaev,K-Karasev,V/St-Petersburg/1995/0,5/}) (6... Be6 7.
e4 Nbd7 8. d5 cxd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. Bxc4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4
$14 {Timman,J-Salov,V/Linares/1994/0,5/}) 7. a5 (7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 b5 9. Ne5
$13) 7... Bf5 8. Nd2 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. e4 (11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. Qb3 Nxc3
13. bxc3 c5 14. e3 Be4 $13) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bg6 13. Qa4 $2 (13. Bxc4 c5 14.
Qa4+ Qd7 15. e5 $13) 13... O-O 14. Qxc4 e5 15. dxe5 Re8 16. Bd3 $2 (16. Qd4 Nd7
17. Nc4 c5 18. Qe3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. f3 $13) 16... Nd7 17.
Nf3 Bh5 $1 18. Nd4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 $17 20. O-O Rxa5 21. Rab1 b5 $1 22. Qc5 (
22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. exd5 Rxc3 25. Nc6 Rxd3 26. Nxa5 Rxd5 $17) 22...
Bf8 23. Qf5 (23. Qxc6 Rc8 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Rxc3 26. Nc6 Ra2 27. Be4 Rd2
28. Ra1 Ba3 $17) 23... Bg6 24. Qf3 Ra3 $1 $19 25. Rbc1 Qc7 26. g3 Rd8 27. Nf5
g4 28. Qe2 Qe5 29. Nd4 Qe8 30. Qc2 b4 $1 31. Ne2 b3 32. Qb1 Rxd3 $1 33. Qxd3
Qxe4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 {
Black also has a few other retreats:} (7... Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. a4 e6 10. g3 a5
11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. cxd5 Nbxd5 15. e4 Nb4 16. Rd1 Ra8
17. Bf4 Be7 $14 {1-0 (88) Onischuk,A (2665)-Kamsky,G (2683) Saint Louis 2015})
(7... Be6 8. a4 $5 b6 9. Nf3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 h6 13. Rfd1
Nbd7 14. Rac1 Qa8 15. a5 Rb8 16. Qa3 bxa5 17. Na4 $14 {1-0 (41) Sadler,M (2658)
-Ferguson,M (2415) Hinckley Island 2015}) 8. Bd2 b5 9. Nf3 $5 {Ding Liren
finds a new way in this line.} (9. c5 e5 $5 10. a4 exd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 (
12. Nf3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Re7+ 14. Be2 g6 15. O-O Bg7 16. axb5 axb5 $13) 12... Qxh4
13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. cxd6 O-O 15. Be2 Re8 16. Be3 Rd7 17. O-O Rxd6 $15 {½-½ (27)
Korinek,J-Vujadinovic,M corr. 2014. White has some compensation but the
position doesn't look particularly dangerous for Black.}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e6
11. O-O c5 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. Be1 {The position is very much
familiar with some lines from the QGA.} c4 {I think Black is not ready for
this, it was better to preserve the pressure on the centre and develop:} (14...
Bd6 15. Bxb5 (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 $5 (16. Qc2 O-O $13) 16... Ra8 (16... O-O
17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qxa7 $18) 17. b4 Nce4 18. Qb2 O-O 19. a4 {although logical
play from White I guess Black should hold this.}) 15... axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17.
Nxa7 Qxa7 {This line given by modules is completely unclear at least in my
opinion.}) 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. a4 $1 {Due to the slightly awkward position of the
rook on a7 Black is facing some problems now.} b4 (16... Bc6 17. axb5 axb5 18.
Rxa7 Qxa7 19. e4 $1 b4 20. d5 $1 $16) 17. Nb1 Bd5 (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bd6 19.
h3 O-O 20. Qxc4 Qb8 {Perhaps this was a better try to keep queens when already
faced with losing a pawn.}) 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. Nbd2 {Simply losing a pawn, White
is simply much better.} c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 O-O 23. a5 e5
24. Nc4 Bb4 25. Rcc1 Bxe1 26. Nxe1 exd4 27. exd4 Rb8 {Black managed at least
to put some pressure on the white centre but his position is still lost.} 28.
Nd3 g6 29. Nd6 Kg7 30. f3 Rb3 31. Rcb1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nf8 33. Nb4 Ne6 34. Nc8
Rc7 35. Nb6 Bb7 36. d5 Nf4 37. d6 Rc5 38. d7 Ne6 39. Bxa6 Bxa6 40. Nxa6 Rxa5
41. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Candidates (Women)"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 $6 {Ambitious, but risky.} b5 6.
e5 Nd5 7. a4 Bf5 $5 8. Be2 $2 {Unfamiliarity prompted White to avoid the
theoretical recommendation.} (8. axb5 $1 Nxc3 (8... Nb4 9. Bxc4 Nc2+ 10. Ke2 (
10. Kf1 Nxa1 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. e6 fxe6
16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qa4+ Kd8 18. Bf4 Kc8 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. Qxa5 g5 21. Be5 exd5 22.
Nd4 Rg8 23. Qxa1 $16 {Fedorowicz,J-Braga,F/BL 8889/1989/1-0/53/}) 10... Nxa1
11. Qa4 Nc2 12. bxc6 Qc8 13. d5 $1 a5 14. c7+ {Gurevich,D-Formanek,E/USA/1990/}
(14. c7+ Bd7 15. Qxc2 Qxc7 16. Qe4 $44)) 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 e6 11. g4 Bg6 12.
Bg2 Nd7 13. f4 Be7 14. Qf3 O-O 15. h4 Bd3 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 Nb6 18. Qg4 Qc8
19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. O-O f6 22. Ne6 fxe5 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. Ra2 exd4 25.
fxg6 Qe8 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Qg4 Bc5 {Inkiov,V-Padevsky,N/Pamporovo/1982/1-0/28/}
) 8... b4 $40 9. Nh4 $6 (9. Na2 $142) 9... bxc3 10. Nxf5 e6 11. Ng3 cxb2 12.
Bxb2 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 c3 14. Bc1 O-O 15. Ne4 Nd7 16. Bd3 f5 $19 17. exf6 N7xf6 18.
Ng5 (18. Bg5 $4 Nxe4 $1 19. Bxd8 Ne3+ $19) 18... Qd6 19. Qc2 h6 20. h4 hxg5 21.
hxg5 Ng4 22. Bh7+ Kf7 23. Qe4 Nxf2 $1 24. Kxf2 Ke7+ 25. Ke2 (25. Kg1 Qg3 26.
Qh4 Bd6 $19) 25... Qg3 {After torturing herself for 43 minutes, White decided
to resign.} (25... Qg3 26. Rf1 (26. Kd1 c2+ $19) 26... Rxf1 27. Kxf1 Rf8+ 28.
Kg1 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Bd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 b5 $5 (6... Nc6) 7.
e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 {/\ Nh5} 10. h3 Nc6 11. a4 $1 b4 (11... bxa4 12.
Rxa4 $14) 12. Na2 (12. Ne2 $5) 12... O-O 13. Nc1 Na5 (13... a5 $6 14. Nb3 $16 {
xb5}) 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Rc1 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Rc8 (16... Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a5 $14
) 17. Rc2 $1 {/\ Rfc1} g5 $5 18. Bh2 Qb6 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+
Bxc8 22. Qc2 $1 Bb7 23. Bc7 $1 Qc6 (23... Qa7 24. a5 $16) 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. b3
$16 {xb4} Bb7 26. Ne1 h6 $6 (26... f5 $5) 27. Ba5 Nc3 28. Kf1 Na2 $6 (28... f6
$5 29. Nc2 Na2) 29. Bc2 $1 f6 30. Ke2 e5 31. Kd2 e4 (31... exd4 32. exd4 $18)
32. Bd1 Bd6 $2 (32... f5 $142) 33. Bg4 $18 Kf7 34. Bf5 h5 35. g3 Nc3 $138 36.
Nc2 Na2 37. Bd8 Nc3 38. Bb6 $1 {/\ Bc5} h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. Ba5 $2 (40. Bc5 $1
Bxc5 41. dxc5 a5 42. Nd4 $18) 40... Na2 41. Ne1 Kg7 42. Bd8 Bh2 43. Ng2 Bg1 44.
Nf4 (44. Nxh4 $5) 44... Bxf2 45. Ne6+ Kf7 46. Nc5 Bc6 47. Nxa6 Bg3 48. Nc7 Nc3
49. a5 Bd6 $2 (49... Bxc7 50. Bxc7 Nb5 51. Bh2 $5 {/\ Bg1-f2} (51. Bb8 Bb7 52.
Bd7 Ba6 53. Bxb5 Bxb5 54. Ke1 Ke7 55. Kf2 Bc4 $1 56. Ba7 Bxb3 57. Bc5+ Kd7 58.
Bxb4 Bc4 $10)) 50. a6 Be7 51. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 52. Bxe7 Nb5 53. Nxb5 Bxb5 54. a7
Bc6 55. Bxb4 Kf7 56. Kc2 {/\ Be1} 1-0

[Event "Pardubice KB Czech op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Onoprienko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Nxf4 ({More flexible is} 8... Bg7) 9. exf4 Bh6 $6 {The bishop has nothing to
do on h6.} (9... Bg7 {is a theoretical recommendation.}) 10. g3 b6 $146 (10...
Nf8 11. h3 (11. Ne5 Bg7 12. h3 Nd7 13. Kf1 e6 14. Kg2 f6 15. Nf3 O-O 16. h4 e5
17. f5 e4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qb3+ Rf7 20. Nxe4 $36 {1-0 Korotylev,A-Sidorov,A/
St Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (36)}) 11... Ne6 12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Rb8 14. a3
Qc7 15. Nb6 O-O 16. Qd2 f6 17. Re1 $16 {1-0 Piket,J-Prie,E/France 2001/EXT
2002 (31)}) 11. b4 bxc5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] The opening of the "b" file is
clearly in white's favour.} (11... a5 12. a3 b5 $14) 12. bxc5 $16 O-O 13. O-O
Bg7 14. Qc2 e6 $6 {Black is intending to play f7-f6 and then e6-e5, but
white's next move frustrates his plans.} (14... f6 $6 15. f5 {is also
unattractive for black.}) (14... Re8 $5 {[%cal Yd7f8,Yf8e6]}) {[%tqu "En",
"Find the best  move for white.","","","h2h4","After this move the game is
strategically over. Black can not carry out the f7-f6 and e6-e5 advance, thus
remains with no counterplay and totally squeezed.",10]} 15. h4 $1 {After this
move the game is strategically over. Black can not carry out the f7-f6 and
e6-e5 advance, thus remains with no counterplay and totally squeezed.} h5 16.
Rab1 ({Also good was} 16. Na4 a5 17. Qe2 {preventing Bc8-a6.}) 16... a5 17. Na4
Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rb7 Ra8 (19... Qc8 20. Rfb1 {with full domination.}) 20.
Nb6 $18 Nxb6 21. cxb6 Qd6 (21... Rb8 22. Rxb8 ({Less clear is} 22. Qxc6 $6 Rxb7
23. Qxb7 Qd6 24. Qc7 (24. Rc1 $2 Qa3 $132 {[%csl Rc1,Rf3]}) 24... Qxc7 25. bxc7
Rc8 26. Rc1 Kf8) 22... Qxb8 23. Qxc6 Rc8 24. Qb5 $18 {[%csl Gb6]}) 22. Qc5 Qxc5
23. dxc5 {White's strong pawns on the queenside decide the game easily.} Bc3
24. Rc1 d4 25. Rc7 a4 (25... Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Ne5 $18) 26. Ne5 {The
remaining moves are rather pointless.} Ra5 27. Nxc6 Rb5 28. b7 Kg7 29. Ne5 Bd2
30. Rc4 Ba5 31. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. a3 {Last year
Aronian achieved nothing against Movsesian after 7.Bd3. However, this time
Aronian came better prepared.} (7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e6 Nxc5
11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Bc2 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Nd4 Qd6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Aronian,L (2757)-Movsesian,S (2732)/Nanjing CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 737 (49)
}) 7... a5 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bxb5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This interesting
piece sacrifice is also the first choice of "Rybka". Obviously, it was
prepared by Levon beforehand.} (10. e6 fxe6 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Be2 Nxf2 $3 {
A very deep sacrifice. Black is getting a long-term intiative.} 13. Kxf2 Bd6
14. g3 O-O+ 15. Kg2 Bd7 16. Bd2 e5 17. Nb3 Ne6 $15 {0-1 Eljanov,P (2686)
-Karjakin,S (2686)/Foros 2007/CBM 119 (28)}) (10. Nd4 Ngxe5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. f4
Ng6 13. Bxb5 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bxc5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rb1 Qf6 17. Nce2 Rfe8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Milov,V (2680)-Jakovenko,D (2710)/Kemer 2007/CBM 121 (31)}) 10... cxb5
11. Qxd5 Rb8 $6 {Not the best move. Obviously, it wasn't easy for Grischuk to
make a choice here, as he didn't know how deeply the variation was analysed by
his opponent before the game... This position needs more practical material.
Let's see what could happen in case of the critical continuation 11...Ra6.} (
11... Ra6 12. h3 Nh6 13. c6 Nc5 14. Qxd8+ (14. e4 Be6 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nd4
Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Bc4 18. Bg5+ Kc8 19. b3 Nc1+ 20. Kf3 Nxb3 21. Nxb3 Bxb3 $15) (14.
Nd4 Be6 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. O-O Nb3 17. Nxb3 Bxb3 18. Nxb5 a4 $13) 14... Kxd8
15. Nd4 Be6 (15... Nd3+ $6 16. Ke2 Nxe5 17. Rd1 Kc7 18. Ncxb5+ Kb6 19. c7 $14)
(15... Nf5 16. Ndxb5 Rxc6 17. e4 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc1+ 19. Raxc1 Nh4 20. Rhd1+ Ke8
21. Nd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 $36) 16. O-O Nb3 17. Nxb3 Bxb3 18. Nxb5 Bc5 19. Bd2 $44 {
All these lines confirm that White definitely has sufficient compensation for
the piece. Often he can get three pawns, together with some initiative against
the black monarch. However, the position is pretty much double-edged, so only
future games on this theme will make a clear verdict of this line.}) 12. h3 b4
$6 (12... Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Bxc5 14. e6 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Bxe7 17. Rd1
$14 {Black's compensation is not sufficient, but this would have been the
least of the evils for him.}) 13. axb4 {For the forthcoming several moves the
play is pretty much forced.} axb4 14. Ne4 Nxc5 (14... Ndxe5 $2 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8
16. hxg4 $18) 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nxc5 Nxf2 $1 {At least ruining the opponents'
pawn structure.} 17. Kxf2 Bxc5 {White's extra pawn is not so significant. The
more apparent factor is Black's vulnerable king.} 18. Bd2 (18. Ra5 $1 {was
quite strong, causing even more disharmony in Black's position.} Bb6 19. Rd5+
Ke8 20. Bd2 Be6 21. Rd6 Bc5 22. Rc6 Be7 23. Rhc1 {Black can't castle, White is
in total control.}) 18... Kc7 {The king is heading to b6.} 19. Rhc1 {Again 19.
Ra5 was a worthy option.} (19. Ra5 Kb6 20. Rha1 Re8 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Ra7 Bb5 23.
Rxf7 Rxe5 24. Nxb5 Kxb5 25. Rxg7 $16) 19... Kb6 {Black managed to avoid a
quick defeat, but his position is still much worse.} 20. Nd4 Rd8 (20... Bb7 21.
Nb3 Rhc8 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxb4 Rxe5 24. Bc3 Rf5+ 25. Kg1 $16) (20... Re8 21.
Rc4 Rxe5 22. Bxb4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rf5+ 24. Kg1 $16) 21. Rc2 Rd5 22. Rac1 $2 {
I guess Levon made this move quickly, without bothering to investigate the
position deeply. Instead, he could sacrifice an exchange with nice prospects.}
(22. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 (22... Kxc5 $2 23. Ra5+ Kc4 24. b3+ Kd3 25. Rxd5 Kxd2 26.
Nc6+ $18) 23. Bxb4 Rd5 24. Bd6 Rb7 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. b4 $16 {Black's rooks are
completely tied up. It would be extremely unpleasant for Grischuk to handle
this position in time-trouble.}) 22... Be6 23. Nb3 Rbd8 $2 {Missing the chance
to equalise.} (23... Rc8 $1 {This self-pinning move is pretty hard for a human
to play, and must be calculated precisely.} 24. Bxb4 {There is nothing better.}
{[%tqu "En","Calculate 24...Bxe3.","","","c5e3","",10]} Bxe3+ $1 25. Kxe3 Rxc2
26. Rxc2 Rxe5+ 27. Kd4 (27. Kf4 Rf5+ 28. Ke4 Bxb3 29. Rc3 Be6 $11) 27... Bxb3
28. Rc3 Rd5+ 29. Ke4 Ba2 $11) 24. Ke2 Bf8 25. Nd4 $6 {The penetration of the
rook was called for.} (25. Rc6+ Kb7 26. Rc7+ Kb8 27. Nd4 Rxe5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29.
Be1 $1 {[%cal Ge1g3]} Red5 30. R7c6 $16) 25... Bc5 $6 {Black should keep his
light-squared bishop.} (25... Bd7 $1 26. Kf3 Be7 $1 (26... Rxe5 27. e4 $1 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Gd2e3]} Rc5 28. Bxb4 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 $16) 27. Ke4 Rc5 $14) 26.
Nxe6 fxe6 27. e4 Rxe5 28. Rc4 $2 {This move throws away all of White's
advantage.} (28. Bf4 $1 {could win the exchange by force.} Rxe4+ 29. Kf3 Rdd4
30. Be3 Rd3 31. Kxe4 Rxe3+ 32. Kf4 Bd4 33. Rd2 e5+ 34. Kf5 Rb3 35. Rcc2 {
It won't be easy for White to convert his advantage into a full point, but,
with no doubt, he should have played this.}) 28... Rd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. b3 (
30. Rc4 Bxb2 31. Rxb4+ Rb5 $11) 30... Rc5 (30... Rxe4+ $4 31. Kd3 Rh4 32. Be1
Rf4 33. Bg3 $18) 31. Rf1 Kb5 (31... Rc2 32. Kd3 Ra2 33. Bxb4 Bf6 {and the
active rook gives Black sufficient compensation.}) 32. Rf7 Bc3 33. Be3 Rc6 34.
Rb7+ Ka6 35. Rb8 Ka5 36. Bg5 h6 $2 {This is a serious mistake. Black shouldn't
allow the bishop to get to e7.} ({After the simple} 36... Bf6 {Black has
little to worry about. This endgame should end in a draw.}) 37. Be7 {Now Black
is tied to the Pb4.} e5 38. g4 $1 Re6 39. Bf8 g5 (39... h5 40. gxh5 Rh6 41.
Bxg7 Rxh5 42. Kd3 $1 Rxh3+ 43. Kc4 Ka6 (43... Re3 44. Bf8 $1 Rxe4+ 45. Kc5 Ka6
46. Kc6 Ka7 47. Rb7+ Ka8 48. Rb5 {and the black king will be mated very soon.})
44. Bf8 Rh4 45. Kd5 Ka7 46. Rb5 Ka6 47. Kc6 $18) 40. Rd8 Rf6 $2 {The last move
before time-control and the final mistake. The severe time-trouble of Grischuk
decided things.} (40... Kb5 41. Rd6 Re8 42. Bxh6 Rh8 {would still force
Aronian to show some technique to claim the full point.}) 41. Rd5+ Kb6 42. Rd6+
{After the exchange of rooks Black will lose most of his pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Qd2 {A very
rare move. In my opinion it does not promise White much.} ({The main
continuation nowadays is} 7. Bd2 {preserving the bishop.}) ({The former main
line} 7. e3 {has disappeared from top level tournaments.}) 7... b6 {The most
principled reaction. White is not able to keep his pawn chain by 8.b4 a5 9.a3
since the Ra1 is not protected. Therefore, White must go for a clash in the
centre.} 8. e4 bxc5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move is more precise than the
immediate capture of the bishop. Meanwhile, this is an important novelty.} (
8... Nxf4 9. Qxf4 e6 {Here White can count on some slight pressure thanks to
his space advantage.} 10. exd5 exd5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. a3 g6
15. Rfe1 (15. h4 Bb7 16. h5 Bf6 17. cxb6 axb4 18. axb4 Nxb6 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20.
Na4 Nc7 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Ra1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M (2661)-Movsesian,S (2642)/
Ostrava 2007/CBM 118 (35)}) 15... Bb7 16. h4 Re8 17. h5 Qb8 18. Qd2 axb4 19.
axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bf6 21. Na4 $14 {1-0 Krasenkow,M (2661)-Laznicka,V (2608)/
Ostrava 2007/CBM 118 (35)}) 9. exd5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 {The alternative recaptures
are worse.} (10. Nxd4 $6 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 cxd5 12. Nc6 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rc6] The Nc6
is trapped.} (12... e5 13. Qxf7+ $1 (13. Nxe5 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 {In an endgame
Black can never be worse, his bishops are potentially strong.}) 13... Kxf7 14.
Nxd8+ Ke8 (14... Ke7 15. Nc6+ Kd6 16. Nd8 Ke7 17. Nc6+ {is an amusing
repetition of moves.}) 15. Ne6 d4 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 dxc3 18. O-O-O Bc5 19.
bxc3 Bb7 20. Bc4 Bxa8 21. Be6 Bc6 22. Rxd7+ Bxd7 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Bxd7 $11) 13.
Nxd5 Qxc6 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Rc1 Qb7 16. Nxa8 e5 17. Qxf7 Bb4+ 18. Kd1 Qxa8 $15)
(10. dxc6 $6 dxc3 11. cxd7+ Bxd7 12. bxc3 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Qa5 $15) 10... c5 11.
Qd2 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 g6 $1 {Black must catch up with his development.} ({The idea
to grab the Pb2 is extremely risky:} 12... Qb6 $6 13. Bc4 $1 Qxb2 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. d6 e6 16. Rd1 (16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Nce4 $36) 16... Qb4 17. Rd3 Nb6 18. Nd2 $16)
13. Ne5 ({All attempts to break through by d5-d6 are not harmful for Black:} 
13. d6 e6) (13. Bc4 Bg7 14. d6 O-O) 13... Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Rg8 {Black has lost
his right to castle. However, White can't take advantage of it.} 15. Bc4 ({
It is risky for White to go for the Pc5:} 15. Qe3 Rb8 16. O-O-O Bg7 17. Qxc5
Bf5 $44) 15... Bg7 16. Qe2 Bd4 {Black's dark-squared bishop is very strong.}
17. O-O Kf8 {Going for artificial castling.} 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Rad1 {Setting a
small trap.} Rb6 (19... Kg7 $2 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Qe5+ {[%cal Ge5g7,Ge5b8]}) 20.
Rd3 Bf5 21. Rd2 Qd6 (21... Rxb2 $2 {does not work in view of} 22. Rxb2 Bxc3 23.
Qxe7+ $1 Qxe7 24. Rb8+ Kg7 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Rxe7 $18) 22. Qf3 $6 {By moving
away the queen out of the e-file, White allows the black king to move to g7.
The Pe7 is no longer attacked. Some prophylactic move like 22.h3 would have
been preferable.} Kg7 23. Rde2 Qf6 24. Nd1 Re8 {Black has managed to complete
his development and is at least not worse now.} 25. b3 Bd7 26. Qg3 Rd6 27. Re4
h6 28. h4 Kf8 29. Rf4 Qg7 30. Rfe4 Qf6 {Both sides achieve no progress in
their manoeuvring. The position is balanced.} 31. Ne3 h5 32. Nc2 Bf5 33. Rf4
Bc3 34. Re2 Qg7 35. Ne3 Bd7 36. Re4 f5 $5 {After this move the game gets a new
impulse.} (36... Qf6 {could keep the boring balance.}) {[%tqu "En","Where can
White's rook go?","","","e4e7","Nice tactical strike, even though it is forced.
",15]} 37. Rxe7 $1 {Nice tactical strike, even though it is forced.} Qxe7 {
[%tqu "En","How to continue?","","","e3g4","",10,"e3f5","",0]} 38. Ng4 $1 (38.
Nxf5 $2 Be5 $1 39. Rxe5 Qxe5 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Nxd6 Ke7 $17) 38... f4 $1 {
An important intermezzo.} ({After} 38... Be5 $6 39. Nxe5 Qf6 40. f4 {White has
more than sufficient compensation for the exchange, his Ne5 is not worse than
any rook.}) 39. Qxc3 (39. Qxf4+ Rf6 $1) 39... Qg7 40. Ne5 Bg4 {After a short
tactical battle the resulting position remains dynamically balanced.} 41. Re1 (
41. Re4 {White can't capture the Pf4 in view of} Bf5) 41... Kg8 $1 {Good
prophylactic move, preparing 42...Qf6.} ({The immediate} 41... Qf6 $2 {wasn't
possible due to} 42. Nxg6+ $1 Qxg6 $2 43. Qh8+ $18) 42. a4 Qf6 43. a5 {Fixing
the Pa6 as a target.} Kg7 {I guess that at this point Bacrot was playing for a
win.} (43... Qxh4 44. Nd3 Be2 (44... Rxe1+ 45. Qxe1 Qg5 46. Qe4 $44) 45. Nxc5
f3 46. gxf3 Qg5+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 Qg5+ $11) 44. g3 fxg3 (44... Bf3 $1 {
was a nice alternative.} 45. Qxf3 Rxe5 46. Rxe5 Qxe5 {The most likely result
is a draw but, White is the side that should be careful.}) 45. Qxg3 Bc8 46. Kh2
Rf8 {[%csl Rf2]} 47. Nd3 Bg4 48. Kg1 Rc8 49. Re5 Bf3 50. Kh2 Rcd8 51. Rg5 Rf8 {
Protecting the bishop and preparing the queen move to a1. On the other hand,
Black gives up the Pc5, which wasn't necessary.} (51... Bxd5 $4 52. Nf4 $18 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg6,Rh5]}) (51... Be4 {was safer, keeping the Pd5 under pressure.})
52. Nxc5 Qa1 {White is now forced to exchange queens.} 53. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 54. Rxe5
Rf5 55. Rxf5 gxf5 56. b4 (56. Nxa6 Bxd5 57. Nc7 Bc6 58. a6 Rd7 59. Ne6+ Kf6 {
with equality.}) 56... Rg6 $2 {This is the decisive mistake.} (56... Bxd5 57.
Bxa6 (57. Bxd5 Rxd5 58. Nxa6 Kf6 $11) 57... Rg6 58. Bb7 Bxb7 59. Nxb7 Kf6 {
In neither case do White's passed pawns yield him a win.}) 57. Ne6+ Kf6 58. Ng5
{[%csl Ra6,Rf3] Probably, Bacrot simply overlooked this move.} Bd1 (58... Be4
59. f3 Bc2 60. Bxa6 $18) 59. Bxa6 {Three pawns for an exchange are already too
much.} Ke5 60. Bb7 Be2 61. Nf7+ Kf6 62. Ng5 (62. Nd8 $2 {would spoil nearly
everything.} Rg4 63. a6 Rxh4+ 64. Kg3 Rg4+ 65. Kh3 Bxa6 66. Bxa6 Rxb4 $14)
62... Ke5 63. Bc6 Bc4 64. f4+ $1 {Distracting the king from White's passed
pawns.} Kxf4 (64... Kf6 65. d6 $18) (64... Kd4 65. Nf3+ $1 Ke3 66. Ne5 $18) 65.
b5 Ke5 66. b6 $2 {Amazingly, this natural push is a mistake.} (66. a6 Rxc6 67.
bxc6 Bxa6 68. Ne6 Bb5 69. c7 Bd7 70. Ng7 Kxd5 71. Nxh5 Kd6 72. Nf6 Kxc7 73. h5
$18 {[%csl Gf6,Gh5] Study like domination of the knight over the bishop.}) (66.
Nf7+ $1 {[%cal Ga5a6] would have been the fastest win.} Kd4 67. a6 Bxd5 68.
Bxd5 Kxd5 69. a7 Rg8 70. Ne5 $3 $18) 66... Bxd5 $2 {This loses by force. Both
players were probably tired after a long and exhausting fight.} (66... Rg8 $1 {
could save Black. The resulting variations are amazing.} 67. Nf7+ Kd4 68. b7 f4
(68... Bxd5 $2 69. Bxd5 Kxd5 70. a6 Kc6 71. Ne5+ Kc7 72. Nd7 $1 $18) 69. Nd6 (
69. d6 Kc5 $8 (69... Bxf7 $2 70. a6 $18) 70. Be8 Bd5 $8 (70... Rxe8 $2 71. d7
Re2+ 72. Kg1 $18) 71. b8=Q Rg2+ 72. Kh3 Rg3+ 73. Kh2 Rg2+ $11) 69... f3 70.
Nxc4 Kxc4 71. a6 (71. Be8 Rxe8 72. a6 f2 73. Kg2 Kd3 $1 74. Kxf2 Rf8+ 75. Ke1
Re8+ 76. Kd1 Rg8 77. Ke1 Re8+ 78. Kf2 Rf8+ 79. Kg3 Ke2 $1 80. a7 Rf3+ 81. Kg2
Rf2+ 82. Kg1 Rf1+ {with a perpetual check.}) 71... f2 72. b8=Q (72. a7 f1=Q 73.
Bb5+ $1 Kxb5 74. b8=Q+ Rxb8 75. axb8=Q+ Kc5 $11) {[%tqu "En","Should Black
give up?","","","f2f1N","",5,"g8b8","",0]} 72... f1=N+ $1 (72... Rxb8 $2 73.
Kg2 $18) 73. Kh1 Rxb8 74. a7 Rg8 75. a8=Q Rxa8 76. Bxa8 Kc5 $11 {Incredible
save by Black in all the lines!}) 67. Bxd5 Kxd5 68. b7 Rg8 69. a6 Kc6 70. Ne6
Kb6 71. Nc5 $1 Rd8 72. Nd7+ Kc7 73. b8=Q+ {The resulting pawn endgame is an
elementary win for White.} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.07.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jakab, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 $6 {Dubious continuation.} 5. e3 (5.
Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 a6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O $14 {
1/2-1/2 Belotti,B-Vezzosi,P/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78 ext (42)}) 5... e6 (5...
Bd3 6. Bxd3 cxd3 7. Qxd3 c6 8. O-O e6 9. e4 Be7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Rad1
$14 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Mosipian/Chisinau 1993/EXT 97 (27)}) 6. Bxc4 c6 7. O-O {
The position is very similar to Dutch variation of Slav defense, but here
white has castle instead of a2-a4 move.} Be7 8. Qe2 Ne4 $1 {Preventing white's
e3-e4 advance for a while.} 9. Rd1 (9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bg6 11. Rad1 Nd7 12.
Bc1 Nf6 13. f3 b5 14. Bb3 a6 15. e4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 Qc7 18. Bg5 O-O
19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tarrasch,S-Maroczy,G/Teplitz-Schoenau 1922/
HCL (31)}) 9... O-O 10. Ne5 h6 $146 (10... Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. a4 a5 13. f3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg6 15. e4 Kh8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rab1 $14 {1-0
Wojtkiewicz,A-Westerinen,H/Jyvaskyla 1994/EXT 97 (33)}) 11. f3 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Nd7 13. e4 Bh7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. a4 {White has small, but stable advantage,
thanks to his proud pawn centre. On the other hand black's position is solid
and out of weaknesses.} Qc7 16. Be3 (16. Ba3 $5) 16... Kh8 17. Bf2 Bd6 18. h3
e5 19. d5 f5 $1 (19... cxd5 $6 20. Bxd5 Qxc3 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rac1 Qa3 23. Qa6
$16) 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. dxc6 bxc6 (21... Qxc6 $6 22. Bd5 Qxc3 23. Bxb7 $16) 22.
Bd3 e4 $1 {[%mdl 512] This pawn sacrifice is the only way for black to achieve
counterplay.} 23. Bxe4 Rae8 24. Kh1 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Be5 {Black's counterplay
should be enough for equality. His pieces are very active, and he can attack
white's vulnerable pawns.} 26. Rd3 Rf6 27. Bg1 Qa5 28. Qe3 {[%csl Ra7]} Ref8
29. Qxa7 Qxa7 30. Bxa7 Rf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Bg1 Bc7 {[%cal Gc7b6]} 33. a5 (
33. g4 Bb6 34. Rg3 {is too awkward to play for a win.}) 33... Bxa5 34. Kh2 Re1
{White can not hold his extra pawn, and thus this endgame is getting drawish.}
35. Be3 Bc7+ 36. g3 Re2+ 37. Kg1 Bxg3 38. Bxh6 (38. Kf1 $142 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Be5
40. Kf2) 38... Bh2+ 39. Kf1 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 {This line is
fashionable nowadays.} (6. Bg5 {used to be the undisputed main line until
recently.}) 6... dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 {The resulting position is similar to one of
the variations in the Catalan Opening. Black has made two moves with his pawn
on its way to c5, thus losing a tempo. On the one hand, white's "extra" move
a2-a4 prevents the advance b7-b5. On the other hand, it robs White's queen of
the option to move to a4, and also weakens the squares b4 and b3.} 8. O-O (8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 $1 10. Ne5 Nc6 {This fresh idea, introduced by Sergey
Karjakin allows Black to equalise fairly easily. So, White started to look for
alternative ways.}) 8... cxd4 {This way Black is going to complete his
kingside development in the first place.} (8... Nc6 9. Ne5 {appeared more
often in practice.}) 9. Nxd4 Bc5 (9... Nbd7 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. Ne3 Ne5 12. Qxd8+
Kxd8 13. a5 Rb8 14. Na4 Bb4 15. f4 Neg4 16. Nxc4 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2772)
-Karjakin,S (2723)/Moscow Wch blitz 2009/EXT 2010 (25)}) 10. Nc2 $1 {This move
is more preferable than 10.Be3 as the e3-square is for the knight.} O-O 11. Ne3
Bxe3 (11... Qc7 $6 12. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxc4 14. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 15. Bh6 {
gives White a dangerous initiative.}) 12. Bxe3 Nc6 13. a5 $1 e5 (13... Qxd1 14.
Rfxd1 e5 15. Bxc6 (15. Na4 $5 $14) 15... bxc6 16. Rd6 {doesn't solve Black's
problems yet.}) 14. Qa4 Be6 {Black keeps his pawn on c4 in order to force
White to exchange his light-squared bishop.} 15. Rfd1 Qc7 (15... Qc8 16. Bb6 (
16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bd6 Ra8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxe5 $14) 16... Nd7 17.
Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nxb6 19. axb6 Qe6 20. Rad1 e4 21. Qxc4 $14) (15... Qe7 16.
Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rfc8 18. Qd6 $14) 16. Bb6 Qe7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Rfc8
19. Qf3 $6 {Shahriyar decided to keep queens on the board, but it was
objectively preferable to go to an endgame where White can play for a win
without any risk.} (19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Ne8 21. Rd2 $14) 19... Bd7 $1 {
The bishop is going to the long diagonal.} 20. Qe3 Bc6 {Now White's king
doesn't feel so safe anymore.} 21. f3 Qe6 22. Rd2 e4 23. Qf4 exf3 24. exf3 Nh5
25. Qh4 Nf6 (25... Bxf3 26. Rf2 Bb7 27. Qxh5 Qc6 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Nd5 Qxd5 30.
Qxd5 Bxd5 $11) 26. Bd4 Rd8 27. Qf4 (27. Re2 Qf5 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 {
leads to a balanced ending. Black's defects in structure are compensated for
by the superiority of the bishop over the knight.}) 27... Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 $15
{Now White is the side that has to play precisely to equalise. The Pf3 is a
target.} 29. Bc3 Rf5 30. Rd6 $1 {Correct. White should not be concerned so
much about the Pf3. It is more important for him to swap queens, so that his
king will be out of danger.} Rxf4 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. gxf4 Bxf3 33. Kf2 Bd5 {
Black's extra pawn is of minor significance here. The presence of
opposite-coloured bishops makes a draw practically inevitable. All White's
remaining pawns are well protected.} 34. Rg1 g6 35. h4 Kf7 36. h5 Rg8 37. hxg6+
Rxg6 (37... hxg6 38. Rg4 $11 {[%cal Gg4h4,Gh4h7]}) 38. Rxg6 Kxg6 39. Kg3 Kf5
40. Be5 h5 41. Bc7 Bc6 42. Bd6 Bd5 43. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lutece"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 $5 {A few years ago I wrote a survey of this line,
concentrating on the more obvious alternatives 9...Bxc5 and 9...Nc6. Black did
experience some problems from time to time, mainly because the light-squared
bishop remained passive. The move 9...Bd7!? saw the light in the game
Kasimdzhanov-Karjakin (see below). In our game I got the chance to check the
new trend myself.} ({The following game is a great example of a "bad bishop"
on c8.} 9... Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 c3 14. b4 $1
Nd7 15. Nd3 Rb8 16. O-O b5 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Rfc1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc3
O-O 21. Bc6 $1 Rd8 22. e4 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. b5 axb5 25. Ra7+ Kf6 26. Rf3+ Kg6
27. Rfxf7 Rg8 28. Rfc7 Rh5 29. h4 Kf6 30. Ra8 Rc5 31. Rcxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8 b4
33. Bd7 {1-0 Anand,V (2791)-Wang Yue (2739)/Linares 2009/CBM 129}) 10. Ne5 (10.
Ne3 Bc6 11. Nxc4 Bxc5 {is equal as Black has solved the problem of the
light-squared bishop.}) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc4 ({The premier game on this theme
went as follows:} 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Nxd2 15.
Kxd2 O-O-O+ 16. Ke3 Bxc5+ 17. Kf3 Rd5 18. Rxc4 Rhd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,
R (2695)-Karjakin,S (2721)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 130 (23)}) 11... Bxc5 12. Be3 Bxe3
{The check on b4 also has a point, but I wanted to get my rooks connected as
soon as possible.} 13. Ndxe3 Ke7 14. f4 {The position is very close to equal.
White's hopes relies on a slight space superiority plus the pressure on the
long diagonal.} Rab8 15. Kf2 Nb4 16. Ne5 Rhc8 17. a5 (17. Rhd1 Nc2 18. Nxc2
Rxc2 19. b4 Be8 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxa4 22. Rc7+ Nd7 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. Rxb7
Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Bb5 26. e4 e5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2661)-Roussel
Roozmon,T (2484)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (56)}) 17... b6 $6 {It's logical
to get rid of the Pb7, which is always a target for Bg2. However, now White's
Ra1 gets into play from its initial place.} ({It would have been more accurate
to seize control over the c-file.} 17... Rc7 18. Rhc1 Rbc8 $11) 18. axb6 Rxb6
19. Rhc1 Rbb8 20. Rc3 $1 {White uses the opportunity to fight over the c-file.}
Be8 21. Rac1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 $1 (22. Rxc3 $6 Nd7 $11) 22... Nbd5 23. c4 Nb4 24.
Nc2 $1 {I overlooked this strong move. After the exchange of knights I can't
play Nf6-Nd7 due to a fork on c6. This part of the game was very well played
by Alexander, squeezing the advantage practically out of nothing.} a5 (24...
Na2 25. Ra1 Rb2 26. Nd4 Nb4 27. Ke3 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Bxd7 29. Bb7 Kd6 30. Bxa6 Kc5
31. Bb5 Bxb5 32. cxb5 Nd5+ 33. Kd3 $16) 25. Nxb4 axb4 $6 {For some reason I
played this recapture very quickly, but it was better to keep the pawn on the
a-file, as far as possible from the white king.} (25... Rxb4 26. Ke3 Rb3+ 27.
Kd4 a4 28. Ra1 (28. c5 $6 a3 29. c6 a2 30. c7 Rb1 31. c8=Q a1=Q+ {check!})
28... a3 29. Nd3 $16 {[%cal Gd3c1] The Pa3 will be lost soon.}) 26. Ke3 b3 {
The only chance.} 27. Rb1 Kd6 {I had to try some activity, otherwise the Pb3
would be lost without any benefit.} 28. Kd4 Nd7 29. Nc6 Ra8 $1 (29... Rb6 $2
30. Na7 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga7b5]}) 30. Nb4 $2 (30. Rxb3 $1 Nc5 31. Rb6 Na4 {
[%tqu "En","Find the way to an advantage for White.","","","c6a7","We both
missed this neat trick.",15,"c4c5","",0]} 32. Na7+ $3 {We both missed this
neat trick.} (32. c5+ $2 Kc7 33. Ne5 Rd8+ 34. Rd6 Rxd6+ 35. cxd6+ Kxd6 $11)
32... Nxb6 33. c5+ Kc7 (33... Ke7 34. cxb6 Rb8 35. Kc5 $18) 34. cxb6+ Kxb6 35.
Bxa8 Kxa7 36. Be4 {[%csl Rh7]} Kb6 (36... h6 $2 37. Kc5 $18 {[%cal Gc5d6,Gd6e7]
}) 37. Bxh7 {Good technique will bring White the win in this endgame. An
instructive line, showing how important is to see all the board. In the end of
the battle on the queenside, White suddenly wins a small, modest pawn on the
other side of the board.}) 30... Ra3 {Now Black is back in the game.} 31. Nd3
$6 (31. Bc6 $1 f6 32. Kc3 b2+ $1 33. Kxb2 Re3 34. Bf3 Nc5 35. Rd1+ Ke7 36. Nd3
Ba4 37. Rd2 Nb3 38. Kc3 $1 Nxd2 39. Kxd2 Rxf3 40. exf3 Bc6 {I think that Black
should hold this endgame, as the Pf3 is always a target. But, of course, it's
not a forced line, and White's advantage along the way is beyond any doubt.})
31... f6 {Finally, my dreaming bishop is going to join the game. Here we both
were in a severe time scramble.} 32. c5+ (32. Kc3 Nc5 33. Nxc5 Kxc5 34. Rxb3
Rxb3+ 35. Kxb3 {White's extra pawn is not enough for winning purposes, as his
king can't come through.}) 32... Kc7 33. Be4 $6 {Alexander is still searching
for an advantage which is already gone.} (33. Kc3 Bg6 34. e4 b2+ 35. Kd2 Ra4 {
[%csl Re4]} 36. Ke3 Ra3 {[%csl Rc5]} 37. Kd2 Ra4 $11) 33... Bf7 34. Kc3 (34. c6
e5+ 35. Kc3 Ra4 36. Bxh7 Kxc6 {[%csl Gb3] The Pb3 is well protected and
becomes a factor that will force White to search for an escape.}) 34... e5 35.
c6 (35. fxe5 Ra2 $1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ga2c2] The same idea as in the game.
Black is fine.}) 35... Nb6 36. fxe5 Ra2 $1 {A good practical chance, confusing
my opponent in time trouble. After being on the defensive for dozens of moves,
my pieces have achieved a maximum of activity.} 37. exf6 Rxe2 38. Nc5 (38. Bxh7
Rxh2 $15) 38... Na4+ $1 39. Nxa4 Rxe4 40. Nb2 $2 {As often happens, the last
move before the time control is a mistake.} (40. fxg7 $1 {was the only way,
but required some precise (and quick!) calculation.} Rxa4 41. Rf1 Rc4+ 42. Kb2
Rc2+ 43. Kb1 Bg6 44. Rf6 $8 (44. g8=Q $4 Rf2+ 45. Kc1 (45. Qxg6 Rxf1+ 46. Kb2
hxg6 $19) 45... b2+ 46. Kd1 b1=Q#) 44... Rxc6+ 45. Kb2 Rxf6 46. g8=Q Rf2+ 47.
Kc3 b2 48. Qc4+ $8 Kd6 49. Qd4+ Ke6 50. Qe3+ {and White gives a perpetual
check.}) 40... gxf6 {After the dust had settled, we landed in a position where
Black has great winning chances.} 41. Rf1 Re6 42. g4 Rxc6+ 43. Kb4 Bd5 44. Rf5
Be4 45. Rc5 $2 {This came as a big surprise. I thought that White should do
everything to avoid the rook swap.} ({After, say} 45. Ra5 Bc2 {Black should
eventually win, but the task isn't trivial at all.}) 45... Rxc5 46. Kxc5 Kd7
47. Kd4 Bc2 48. Kc3 Ke6 49. Nc4 Be4 $4 {Hallucination! Immediately after
making the move I realised that the pawn endgame is drawish. In any case there
was no point in moving the bishop from c2.} ({The winning plan wasn't hard to
find:} 49... Kf7 50. Ne3 Kg6 51. Nd5 Kg5 52. Kb2 h6 {and eventually the king
will capture all White's remaining pawns.}) 50. Kxb3 $1 Bf3 {Last try, but
there is already no win.} (50... Bd5 51. Kc3 Bxc4 52. Kxc4 {This is the pawn
endgame that I was talking about.} Ke5 53. Kd3 Kf4 54. h3 Kg3 55. Ke4 Kxh3 56.
Kf4 $1 {The point.} (56. Kf3 $2 h6 57. Kf4 Kh4 58. Kf3 Kh3 59. Kf4 Kg2 60. Kf5
Kg3 61. Kxf6 Kxg4 $19) 56... Kh4 (56... h6 57. Kf3 $11) 57. Kf5 h6 (57... Kg3
58. g5 $11) 58. Kf4 $11) 51. Kc3 Bxg4 52. Kd4 Be2 53. Ne3 Bf3 54. Nf1 Kf5 55.
Ke3 Bd5 56. Kf2 {This is a safe fortress for White. It is impossible to trap
the knight, but the fight continued until total exhaustion.} Kf4 57. Ne3 Be4
58. Nc4 f5 59. Ne3 Ke5 60. Nc4+ Kd5 61. Nd2 f4 62. Ke2 Kd4 63. Nb3+ Ke5 64. Nd2
Bd5 65. Kf2 Kd4 66. Ke2 Bc6 67. Kf2 h6 68. Ke2 (68. Nf1 Kd3 {was the last
chance, but it's draw here too.} {After} 69. h3 {[%cal Gf1h2] the knight comes
out via h2.}) 68... Bd5 69. Kf2 Ke5 70. Nb1 Kf5 71. Nc3 Bb7 72. Ne2 f3 73. Nd4+
Kf4 74. Ne6+ Ke5 75. Nc5 Bd5 76. Ke3 Kf5 77. Nd3 Kg4 78. Ne5+ Kh3 79. Nxf3 Bxf3
80. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd6
{Another way of develoment connected with Nbd7, for instanse:} (8... Nbd7 9. h3
Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nxd7
Nxd7 16. e4 O-O 17. e5 Be7 18. Ng3 Qb6 19. Qg4 Rac8 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf4 $36 {
1-0 Sokolov,I-Kristjansson,S/Reykjavic 2003 (54)}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 O-O 11.
Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nfd7 13. Rc1 $6 {This obvious move is inaccuracy.} (13. Nf4
Qe7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Qg4 Qb2 19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rc8 Nd7 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxd7 Qxe5 24. Rd1 {1-0 Bandza,
A-Hinterberger,W/Aschach 1994/EXT 97 (24)}) 13... Bxe5 (13... dxc4 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. bxc4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. c5 Bc7 18. f4 $6 Nd5 19. Rf3 f5 $15 {0-1
Bagaturov,G-Burmakin,V/Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext (40)}) 14. dxe5 dxc4 $1 $146 (
14... bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nf4 Qg5 18. Rc7 N8d7 19. Bd4 Rfc8 20.
Rb7 Rcb8 21. Rc7 Rc8 22. Rb7 Rcb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rb7 {1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,
A-Bryzgalin,K/Vladimir 2002/CBM 87 ext (24)}) 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. c5 Nc4 {It was
possible first to exchange queens.} (16... Qxd1 $5 17. Rfxd1 Nc4 18. Bc3 (18.
Bd4 Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 $15) 18... Ra7 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Ne4 Ndxe5 21.
Nd6 $44) 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. f4 Qe7 {It looks like white is losing the Pc5 without
any compensation, but the matters are much more complicated...} 19. Ng3 $1 Nxc5
{Black must capture the pawn, otherwise white plays Ng3-e4-d6.} 20. f5 {
[%cal Gf5f6]} (20. Qg4 Nd7 (20... Kh8 21. f5 Rg8 22. f6 gxf6 23. Qh4 Nd7 24.
Ne4 c5 25. exf6 Qf8 26. Rxc4 bxc4 27. Bc3 $44) (20... g6 $5) 21. f5 Ndxe5 22.
Bxe5 (22. f6 $2 Qxf6) 22... Nxe5 23. f6 Qxf6 24. Qd4 (24. Qh5 $2 g6) 24... Qg5
25. Ne4 Qh5 26. Ng3 Qg5 $11) 20... Qg5 $1 (20... Rfd8 $2 21. f6 $40) 21. Bxc5 (
21. Rf4 $2 exf5 $1 $17 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Yc5e6]} (21... Qxg3 $2 22. Rg4 Nxe3 (
22... Qxg4 $13) 23. Rxg3 Nxd1 24. Bxc5 Rfd8 25. f6 g6 26. Bd6 Nb2 27. Rxc6 $44)
) 21... Qxg3 22. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] This leads to a draw by force.} ({A risky,
but interesting option was} 22. Rf3 $5 Qxe5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. f6 gxf6 25. Qd7
$44) 22... bxc4 23. fxe6 fxe6 (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. exf7+ Kh8 26.
Kh1 {[%csl Gf7] and white's passed pawn is a decisive factor.}) 24. Bxf8 Qxe3+
25. Kh1 Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qd8+ Kf7 28. Qd7+ {Black can not avoid the
perpetual check.} Kf8 (28... Kg6 29. Qxe6+ Kg5 30. Qg4+ Kh6 31. Qh4+ Kg6 32.
Qg4+ $11 Qg5 $2 33. Qe4+) 29. Qd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 {The most solid
continuation. In the subsequent position the move a7-a6 might not necessarily
be useful.} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 {This way Black prevents the advance
e3-e4.} 9. Bd2 O-O ({A similar position arose in the recent Saint Louis
supertournament:} 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 Ne4 13. Bb4 Re8 14.
Rac1 h5 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qe2 Nf6 {+/=/= 1-0 (49) Carlsen,M (2862)
-Kamsky,G (2741) Saint Louis 2013}) 10. Rfd1 Bxc3 (10... Ba5 11. Rab1 Nbd7 12.
b4 Bc7 13. a4 $6 ({More promising for White is:} 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {though,
Black's position remains very solid.}) 13... Nb6 14. c5 Nc4 15. e4 dxe4 16.
Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxc4 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (99) Dreev,A (2710)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705)
Melilla 2011}) (10... Nbd7 $4 {would fall into a simple and standard trap:} 11.
Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2 13. dxe6 $18) 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 Re8 13. Nd2 Nxd2
14. Bxd2 Nd7 {Black has nothing to complain about - the position is basically
equal. White can only be better if he manages to open up the position, so that
he could prove the superiority of the bishop over the knight.} 15. a4 Nf6 16.
Be1 {A long, manoeuvring battle is ahead of us.} Qe7 17. Ba5 h6 18. Rac1 Rac8
19. h3 {Everything logical so far.} Ne4 20. f3 Nd6 21. b3 f5 $6 {I don't like
this move.} ({Of course, not} 21... e5 $4 22. c5 {and the knight is trapped.})
({But,} 21... Qg5 {could be recommended.} 22. Bd2 Qg3 23. Be1 Qg5 24. Bf2 (24.
e4 $6 dxe4 25. fxe4 f5 {and Black gets the e4-outpost for the knight.}) 24...
Nf5 25. e4 Nh4 26. Bxh4 Qxh4 $11) 22. Be1 ({Here and on the next couple of
moves White could close the centre and seize the space on the queenside.} 22.
c5 Nf7 23. f4 $14) 22... Rcd8 23. Bg3 Nf7 24. Kh2 Qf6 25. b4 Nd6 $6 {
Tomashevsky didn't take advantage of the chance to break through the centre
and solve all his problems.} (25... e5 $1 26. cxd5 (26. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 27. Bxe5
Qxe5+ $15 {[%csl Re3,Rh2]}) 26... f4 $1 27. Bf2 fxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxd5 $11) 26. c5
Nf7 (26... Nc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Qxc4 {White has an excellent bishop and a
pawn for an exchange and can press for a long time without any risk.}) 27. f4 {
Now White has small, but stable advantage.} Rd7 (27... Ra8 $1 {was a good idea.
After} 28. Ra1 Ra7 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rea8 {all Black's rooks are in the
right place.}) 28. Rb1 (28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Ra8 30. Ra1 {was slightly more
precise. A couple of moves later the rook got to a1 anyway.}) 28... Ra8 29. b5
axb5 30. axb5 Nd8 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 cxb5 33. Qxb5 Nc6 {The knight has got
into play, while the Pb7 can be easily protected.} 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Qb1 {
White has to look now for new targets.} Qf7 36. Bh4 Qh5 37. Bf2 Qf7 38. g4 {
The only active plan.} Rd8 39. Ra2 Rc8 40. Bh4 Qd7 41. Rg2 $6 {Sargissian is
now concentrating on the kingside, but White's threats are not so harmful.} Ra8
{Meanwhile, Black seizes the a-file.} 42. g5 hxg5 43. fxg5 Kg6 $1 {The king
can be also a very useful blockading piece!} 44. Bg3 e5 $1 {Now the position
is opening up and some excitement is in prospect.} 45. dxe5 ({After} 45. Bxe5
$6 Nxe5 46. dxe5 Qc7 {White is the one who has to look for equality.}) 45... d4
46. Qb3 dxe3 47. e6 Qe8 $6 (47... Nd4 $1 48. Qxe3 ({The point is that after} 
48. exd7 $4 Nf3+ 49. Kh1 Ra1+ {White is getting mated.}) 48... Qd5 (48... Nxe6
49. Rd2 Ra3 $1 50. c6 $1 bxc6 51. Qe2 Nd4 52. Rxd4 Qxd4 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qh5+
$11) 49. h4 (49. e7 Nf3+ 50. Kh1 Qd1+ 51. Be1 Qxe1+ 52. Qxe1 Nxe1 53. Re2 Re8
54. Rxe1 Kxg5 {and White is the one who has to find precise moves to equalise.}
) 49... Nxe6 $11) 48. Qxe3 $6 {Everyone would take the pawn.} (48. Rb2 $1 $16 {
is a difficult move for a human player.}) 48... Ra4 49. Rd2 Re4 50. Qf2 Rxe6 {
The dust has settled a bit and the position is now equal again.} 51. h4 Qf7 $6
({The following spectacular lines remained behind the scenes:} 51... Re3 $1 52.
Rd6+ (52. h5+ Kxh5 53. Qxf5 Re2+ 54. Kh3 Qe6 (54... Rxd2 $4 55. g6+ Kh6 56.
Bf4#) 55. Qxe6 Rxe6 $11) 52... Kh5 53. Qxf5 g6 54. Kh3 $1 Ne5 $1 55. c6 $1 {
White must block the diagonal e8-a4.} (55. Qe6 $4 Qa4 $19 {[%cal Ga4h4]}) 55...
bxc6 56. Qe6 Qf8 57. Qf6 Qc8+ 58. Qe6 Qa6 {[%cal Ga6f1]} 59. Qf6 $11) 52. Qf3
$6 (52. Rd5 $1 {targeting the Pf5.}) 52... Kh7 53. h5 g6 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Bf4
Qh7+ $2 (55... Qe7 56. Rd6 Rxd6 57. cxd6 Qe4 58. Qxe4 fxe4 59. d7 b5 $11) 56.
Kg3 {Now, in view of the threat 57.Rh2, Black has to go into a bad endgame.}
Qh5 57. Qxh5+ Kxh5 58. Rh2+ Kg6 59. Rh6+ Kf7 60. Rh7+ Kg6 $2 {The most logical
move is the decisive mistake.} (60... Kg8 $1 61. Rxb7 Re4 62. Bd6 Nd4 {could
still give Black chances for a draw as Black's rook + knight coordinate well.})
61. Rxb7 $18 Nd4 62. Rb6 {The pin along the sixth rank emphasises the drawback
of 60...Kg6.} Ne2+ 63. Kf3 Nd4+ 64. Kf2 $1 Nc6 65. Kg3 {The triangular king
manoeuvre forces Black into zugzwang.} Kf7 66. Kh4 Nd4 (66... Kg6 67. Ra6 $22)
67. Kh5 Nc6 68. Rb7+ Kg8 69. g6 Re1 70. Bd6 Rg1 71. Rc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 {The main line is 6..
.Bg4, which I've played beforehand. However, I didn't want to compete with
Peter Heine in actual opening lines. After all, the second of World Champion
must have deeper opening preparation than mine. Therefore, I chose a side line
6...Bf5, which is also playable.} 7. Bd3 {This solid reply is not without a
venom.} (7. Ne5 {is a more aggressive continuation.} h6 (7... e6 8. g4 Bg6 9.
h4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 $14) 8. g4 Bh7 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O Bd6
11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Ra7 13. c5 Bc7 14. Ne2 a5 15. f3 Nfd7 16. f4 f6 17. Nd3 $14
{1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2719)-Morozevich,A (2732)/Sochi 2004/CBM 101 (26)}) 7...
Bxd3 (7... e6 {is a worthy alternative, played by several strong grandmasters,
but I didn't want to spoil my pawn structure.}) 8. Qxd3 {Normally, in such
structures the exchange of light-squared bishops favours Black. Here, however,
Black is lagging in development and has to be careful.} e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 $1
{White opens up the centre before Black completes his development.} b4 (10...
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (12... Bxf6 13. Ba3 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. d5
cxd5 16. cxd5 $14) 13. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ba3
{The Pc3 won't run away, meanwhile Black's king is stuck in the centre for a
while.} Qa5 14. Bd6 Nd7 (14... Qd8 15. c5 Be7 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Qxc3 Nd7 18. Rfe1
Bf6 19. a3 Re8 20. Rab1 Ra7 21. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gibney,E (2489)-Marconi,R 
(2049)/ICCF email 2005/Telechess CBM 126 (63)}) 15. Rac1 ({I was mildly
worried about} 15. c5 $5 $14 {Later on White has a clear plan of advancing his
pawn majority on the queenside. Meanwhile, it won't be easy for Black to do
anything constructive.}) 15... c5 $1 {Looks risky, but is in fact the only
move.} (15... Qxa2 $4 16. Qxc3 $18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gc1c2,Gc1a1]}) (15... Be7
$2 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rxc3 {White has a strong initiative for free. Black's
monarch is not safe.}) 16. cxd5 {Now the play is becoming forced for a while.}
(16. Qe3 $6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. Nxe6 Qxd6 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nxa8 (20. Nxd5 Re8
21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Nxc3 Kc7 $17) 20... Re8 21. Qd3 Qc6 22. cxd5 Qxa8
$15 {[%csl Gc3]}) 16... cxd4 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qe4 {[%csl Ra8,Re6]} (18. Nxd4
$4 Qd5 $19) 18... Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Rfd1 {Before playing 15...c5 I was
trying to figure out what this position is all about. Black's pawns might fall
one after another, unless he achieves some dynamic counterplay.} Kf7 21. Nxd4
Rhe8 22. Kf1 $1 ({I was calculating the following variation:} 22. Bb4 Re4 23.
Bxc3 Rc8 24. Nf5 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 26. Nd6+ Ke7 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rc1 Bd2 $11)
22... Re4 (22... Rac8 23. Bb4 Re4 24. Rxc3 Rb8 25. Rc7 $1 Rxb4 26. Nc2 $1 Ke6
27. Rc6+ Ke7 28. Nxb4 Rxb4 29. Rxd5 $16) 23. Ne2 $6 (23. Nf5 $1 Ke6 (23... g6
24. Ng3 Re6 25. Bb4 (25. Rxd5 $2 Nb6 26. Rdd1 Rc8 {[%cal Gc3c2]}) 25... Rc8 (
25... d4 26. Bxc3 dxc3 27. Rxd7+) 26. Ne2 $16 {[%csl Rc3]}) 24. f3 Kxf5 25.
Rxd5+ (25. fxe4+ Kxe4 26. Bb4 Rc8 27. Re1+ Kf5 28. Red1 Ke4 {White doesn't
have more than a repetition of moves, otherwise Black's passed pawns will
become too dangerous.}) 25... Re5 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxc3 Ke6 28. Rd2 {I am not
sure how to evaluate this position, but Black is clearly suffering.}) 23... d4
24. f3 Rxe2 $1 {Actually, this is practically forced.} 25. Kxe2 Ke6 $44 26. Bg3
Nc5 $2 {An obvious move, but, unfortunately, a miscalculation.} (26... Re8 $1
27. Bf2 (27. Kf1 Rc8 28. Bf2 Kd5 {- see 27.Bf2.}) 27... Kd5+ 28. Kf1 Rc8 29.
Rd3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc1d1]} (29. Be1 {is the safest.} Ke6 30. Bf2 Kd5 $11)
29... Nf8 $8 30. g3 Ne6 {Here Black is the only one who can play for a win,
for instance ...a5-a4 is the idea.}) 27. Bf2 d3+ 28. Kf1 $1 (28. Rxd3 $2 Nxd3
29. Kxd3 Rd8+ {and the rook is penetrating to d2.}) 28... c2 {Sad necessity.} (
28... d2 $2 29. Rxc3 $1 {This is what I'd overlooked when playing 26...Nc5.}
Bxc3 30. Bxc5 $18 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gc5e3,Gf1e2] The Pd2 won't survive.}) 29.
Bxc5 cxd1=R+ 30. Rxd1 Rc8 $1 {It is useful to force the move b3-b4. Later on
this pawn will become a target.} 31. b4 Rd8 32. Kf2 Bc3 33. Ke3 d2 34. Ke2 Rb8
35. Kd3 (35. a3 a5 36. Kd3 axb4 37. Kc4 bxa3 $1 38. Kxc3 Rc8 39. Kb4 a2 40. Bd4
Rc1 41. Rxd2 a1=Q 42. Bxa1 Rxa1 $11) 35... Bxb4 36. Bxb4 Rxb4 37. Rxd2 {
So, we reached this ending where I am a pawn down, and have to show some
technique to prove that rook endgames are always drawn.} h5 $6 {Already a step
in the wrong direction.} (37... Ra4 $1 38. Kc3 Ra5 $1 39. Kb4 Rb5+ {The rook
creates a sort of a barrier against the penetration of White's king.} 40. Kc4 (
{After} 40. Ka4 h5 41. a3 g5 {White can't make any progress. If the rook goes
to d8, Black will always have counterplay after Rb2.}) 40... Ra5 41. Rb2 h5 42.
Rb6+ Kf7 43. Kb3 Rg5 44. g3 h4 $1 45. gxh4 Rf5 46. Rxa6 Rxf3+ 47. Kc4 Rf4+ $11)
38. Kc3 Rb1 ({Here the same trick doesn't work:} 38... Ra4 39. Kb3 Ra5 40. a4
$1 {and the rook on a5 is misplaced.}) ({It was possible to hold the rook on
the sixth rank:} 38... Rb6 $5 {but, I thought it's too passive.}) 39. Rb2 Rg1
$2 {I intended to play the correct 39...Rh1, but got nervous in time-trouble.
The move in the text has absolutely no point.} (39... Rh1 40. h3 (40. g3 Rf1
41. f4 h4 {should be enough for a draw.}) 40... Rc1+ $1 (40... g5 $2 41. Kb4 g4
42. fxg4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Rh4 44. Ka5 Rxg4 45. Kxa6 $18) 41. Kb4 Rc6 42. Ka5 Kf5
43. a4 (43. Rb4 Rc2 44. g4+ Kf6 $1 45. a4 h4 46. Kxa6 (46. Rb3 Rh2 47. f4 Rg2
48. Kxa6 Rg3) 46... Rh2 47. a5 Rxh3 {In both cases the h-pawn gives Black
enough counterplay.}) 43... h4 44. Rb6 Rc4 45. Rxa6 (45. Rb4 $2 Rxb4 46. Kxb4
Kf4 47. Ka5 Kg3 {Here is the point of provoking h2-h3.} 48. Kxa6 Kxg2 49. Kb6
Kxh3 50. a5 Kg3 $11) 45... Rc2 46. Rb6 Rxg2 47. Rb4 Rg3 48. Rxh4 Rxf3 49. Kb6
Rb3+ 50. Kc6 Ra3 51. Kb5 Ke6 {[%cal Ge6d6,Gd6c7] I think Black should hold
this.}) 40. Kb4 $18 Kd5 {Here I realised that my position is lost.} 41. a4 (41.
Rd2+ Kc6 42. Ka5 {[%csl Ra6] should be an easy win, but the move in the text
doesn't spoil anything.}) 41... Kd4 {I considered the activation of the king
as the last practical chance.} 42. Ka5 Kc3 43. Rf2 Ra1 44. Re2 g5 45. g3 $6 {
Gives me an unnecessary target.} (45. Re5 {was called for.} Kb3 46. Kxa6 Rxa4+
47. Kb5 Rb4+ 48. Kc6 g4 49. Rxh5 gxf3 50. Rh3 $18) 45... h4 46. gxh4 gxh4 47.
Re3+ Kc2 48. Re4 $2 (48. f4 $1 Rf1 49. Kxa6 Rxf4 50. a5 Rf6+ 51. Kb7 Rf7+ 52.
Kc6 Rf6+ 53. Kc7 Rf7+ 54. Kd6 Ra7 55. Re5 $18) 48... h3 49. Kxa6 (49. Rh4 Kb3
50. Kxa6 Rxa4+ 51. Rxa4 Kxa4 {Funnily, Black's king holds everything.} 52. Kb6
Kb4 53. Kc6 Kc4 54. Kd6 Kd4 $11 {[%cal Gd4e3]}) 49... Rh1 $2 {Slipping again,
just a step away from equality.} (49... Kd3 $1 50. Rh4 Ra2 51. Rxh3 Rxa4+ 52.
Kb5 Rf4 53. Kc5 Ke3 $11) 50. a5 $2 {The final mistake, after which the draw
becomes inevitable. Clearly time-trouble and overall pressure played its role
in this endgame.} (50. Re2+ Kd3 51. Ra2 Rg1 52. Ra3+ Kc4 53. f4 {The point.
White gets to the h-pawn first. We both missed this.} Rf1 54. Rxh3 Rxf4 55. Rh5
$1 Rf6+ 56. Kb7 Rf7+ 57. Kc6 Rf6+ 58. Kd7 Kb4 59. a5 $18) 50... Rxh2 {Now it's
an easy draw, the Ph3 gives me sufficient counterplay.} 51. Rh4 Kd3 52. Kb7
Rb2+ 53. Kc7 Rc2+ 54. Kb6 Rb2+ {I just give checks until the white king blocks
its own pawn.} 55. Kc5 Rc2+ 56. Kb5 Rb2+ 57. Ka6 h2 58. Ka7 Ke3 59. f4 (59. Rh3
Kf4 60. a6 Ke3 61. Ka8 Kf4 62. a7 Ke3 $11) 59... Kf3 60. f5 Kg3 61. Rh8 Rb5 62.
a6 Rxf5 63. Kb7 Rf7+ 64. Kb6 Kg2 65. a7 Rxa7 66. Rxh2+ Kxh2 67. Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 {One of the pet lines of
Sergei Movsesian.} 6. Nh4 {This is a side line, but it has appeared in games
of top grandmasters, so I decided to give it a try.} (6. Bf4 {is the main move.
}) 6... Bg6 (6... Bc8 {played a couple of times by Vassily Ivanchuk. It seems
that White doesn't have anything better than} 7. Nf3 Bf5 {and now to go for
the main line} 8. Bf4) 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 {I mixed up the order of moves a bit.
Nothing dramatic, but it gives Black an additional option of saving the bishop,
at least for a while.} (8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. h3 {is, probably, more precise.
Practice has shown that White can hope for a slight edge here.} (9. e3 $6 e5 $1
10. dxe5 Nh5 {and Black is fine.}) 9... e6 10. e3 Be7 11. Bd3 Qc8 {A standard
plan. Black is going to transfer the bishop to c7 which will either assist him
to push e6-e5, or cause some favourable simplifications.} 12. O-O O-O (12...
Bd8 13. Bh2 Bc7 14. f4 Ng8 15. b4 f5 16. a4 Ndf6 17. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (39)
Mchedlishvili,M (2630)-Movsesian,S (2696) Germany 2013}) 13. b4 (13. Qc2 Re8
14. Bg3 g5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Bd8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ba5 19. Bf3 e5 20.
dxe5 Nxe5 $132 {0-1 (31) Kveinys,A (2531)-Movsesian,S (2711) Ohrid 2009}) 13...
Re8 14. Bh2 Bd8 15. f4 $14 {1-0 (61) Anand,V (2791)-Wang,Y (2739) Nice 2009})
8... Bh5 $146 {This hadn't appeared in practice so far.} (8... e5 9. Bg3 Be7
10. Be2 exd4 11. exd4 Nh5 12. Bxh5 Bxh4 13. Qe2+ Be7 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. O-O O-O
{+/=/= 0-1 (64) Sarkar,J (2408)-Perelshteyn,E (2528) Saint Louis 2012}) (8...
e6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. h3 {would transpose to the line 8.Nxg6, mentioned above.})
9. Qb3 Qc8 $6 {Too passive. In general, Black should take the chance to play
e7-e5 if he can.} ({As in the previous commentary, after} 9... e5 $1 {White
should keep his centre intact by} 10. Bg3 (10. Bxe5 $6 {is too greedy.} Nxe5
11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qxb7 Bxc5 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Qxc6 Rb8 {and Black gets excellent
play.}) {Still, after} 10... Ra7 {Black has sufficient counterplay. The knight
on h4 is misplaced.}) 10. h3 e6 (10... e5 {now it's worse than on the previous
move.} {After} 11. Bh2 {White is ready to play g2-g4 at the right moment. The
black queen from c8 is not eyeing up the Nh4 anymore.}) 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. Bg2 {Now I achieved the setup that I was heading for. White has space
superiority and a pair of good bishops. On the other hand Black's position has
no more weaknesses.} Be7 14. Bh2 $5 {Castling to the queenside was called for,
but I wanted to be more flexible, making some prophylaxis at first.} (14. O-O-O
Bd8 15. e4 Bc7 (15... dxe4 $6 16. g5 Nd5 17. Nxe4 $16) 16. e5 b6 {I thought
that Black could get decent counterplay here, as White's central chain might
collapse.}) 14... Bd8 (14... O-O 15. g5 {and now} Nh5 {is not attacking my
bishop. That was my idea behind 14.Bh2.} {After} 16. h4 {Black is practically
playing without a knight.}) (14... g5 15. O-O-O Bd8 16. e4 {would lead to the
same position as in the game by different order of moves.}) 15. e4 $1 {The
right moment for this push before Black can simplify the position by Bd8-c7.}
g5 $1 {Black needs this move to cover some squares and prevent the resource
g4-g5.} (15... dxe4 16. g5 Nd5 17. Nxe4 $16 {[%csl Yd6]}) (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Nxe4 $16) (15... Bc7 16. e5 $16) 16. O-O-O Bc7 (16... dxe4 17. Bg3 $3
{Il couldn't promise that I would find this over the board, but the idea is
very strong. The Pe4 may be captured later, meanwhile opening the h-file is
very dangerous for Black.} (17. Nxe4 $6 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc7 {leads to
simplifications that favour Black.}) 17... Bc7 18. h4 gxh4 (18... Nxg4 19. hxg5
Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bxg3 21. fxg3 $40) 19. g5 Nd5 20. Nxe4 {The knight or bishop is
sneaking to d6 and Black is in trouble.}) (16... b6 $6 {is met by a strong
piece sacrifice:} 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 $1 {Black's king stays in the centre
for too long.} exd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qe3+ Kf8 21. Bd6+ Kg8 22.
Qe8+ Kh7 23. Qxf7 $18) 19. Bd6 Nf8 20. f4 $1 $40) 17. e5 $16 Ng8 18. Na4 {
Fighting against b7-b6, which is Black's only hope for active counterplay.} Bd8
(18... b6 19. cxb6 Rb8 20. Qe3 {[%csl Rg5] winning a pawn.}) 19. Qe3 Qc7 20.
Kb1 Qa5 21. b3 Rb8 22. Rc1 $6 (22. Qc1 $1 {was more precise. Now Black can't
even develop the kingside knight as he did in the game.}) 22... Ne7 $1 {
Sergei immediatly spots the chance to develop the knight.} 23. f4 (23. Qxg5 $2
Nf5 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qf3 Nxd4 {is the point.}) 23... gxf4 24. Bxf4 Ng6 (24... b5
{leads nowhere after the simple} 25. Nb2) 25. Bg3 {White still keeps a clear
advantage thanks to a big space superiority. Black's king is not castled and
actually can't feel safe whenever it goes.} Bh4 26. Bxh4 Nxh4 27. Bf1 Qd8 28.
Bd3 Qe7 29. Rhf1 Kf8 $6 (29... f6 $2 {is a form of suicide while the king is
still in the centre.} 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Qg3 Rd8 32. Rce1 $18) (29... Kd8 30.
Qd2 {The black king won't be safe on the queenside either.}) ({Perhaps} 29...
O-O $5 {was a better try with an idea of f7-f6, trying to undermine White's
centre. If White plays g4-g5, then after g7-g6 Black can establish the knight
on f5, at least closing the f-file.}) 30. Rf2 Kg8 31. Rcf1 Rf8 32. Nc3 {
Bringing the last reserve into the battle. The knight has completed its job on
the queenside.} Rh6 33. Ne2 Ng6 34. Ng3 $2 {I thought that the Ph3 was taboo
and that the knight could continue its journey to h5.} (34. g5 Rh5 35. h4 $1 {
was very effective.} Rxh4 36. Qg3 Rh5 37. Rg1 Qd8 (37... Rh8 38. Nf4 Nxf4 39.
Qxf4 $18 {[%cal Gf2h2]}) 38. Bxg6 fxg6 39. Nf4 $18) 34... Qh4 $2 {Missing the
chance.} (34... Rxh3 $1 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Nf5 Qh4 $1 {We both overlooked this
resource.} 37. Nxh4 Rxe3 38. Nxg6 Re1+ $1 39. Kc2 Re2+ $1 40. Rxe2 Rxf1 41.
Ne7+ Kf7 42. Nc8 {[%cal Gc8d6] Black is still fighting for a draw, but his
position has improved dramatically.}) 35. Rf3 Qe7 36. Bc2 Nh4 37. R3f2 Rh8 38.
Nh5 $18 {The knight has reached an excellent attacking position.} Ng6 {This
could lose by force, but there was no satisfactory alternative anyway. All
depends on White in this position, namely on the ability to deliver the
decisive blow.} 39. Qd2 $2 {In slight time-trouble I didn't take the trouble
to calculate the piece sacrifice.} (39. Nf6+ $1 {was crushing.} gxf6 40. exf6
Qd8 41. Qg5 Rh7 42. h4 $1 e5 43. h5 e4 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Qxg6+ Kh8 46. f7 $18)
39... Qd8 40. Bxg6 $6 (40. Qb4 $1 {was the right version of the same idea.} Qa8
41. Bxg6 fxg6 42. Nf4 a5 43. Qc3 {Black can't protect all of his pawns and has
to part with one of them.}) 40... fxg6 41. Nf4 Qe8 42. Qd3 Rh6 $6 (42... g5 43.
Nh5 Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Nf8 {was more natural. Here I wouldn't claim that White is
winning, but of course he can torture his opponent for ages.}) 43. Kb2 Rf7 44.
Qg3 $6 {I thought for quite some time and still can't explain why I didn't
play 44.g5.} (44. g5 Rh4 45. Qxg6 Nf8 46. Qd3 Rf5 47. Qg3 $18) 44... Nf8 $6 {
The same applies for my opponent...} (44... g5 45. Nh5 Rxf2+ 46. Rxf2 Nf8 {
with chances to defend.}) 45. h4 Qe7 46. Ng2 Rxf2+ 47. Qxf2 Rh8 48. g5 {
Now Black is completely squeezed, but still not collapsing.} Nd7 49. Qc2 Qe8
50. Rf4 Kh7 {The king is vulnerable on h7, but it's the only way to bring the
rook into play.} 51. Qd3 Rf8 52. h5 Rxf4 53. Nxf4 Nf8 54. hxg6+ $2 {Here I
missed those few minutes that I spent before as they were needed to calculate
the variations properly. I should have exchanged the knights. The subsequent
queen or pawn endings are won for White.} (54. Nxg6 $1 Nxg6 55. Ka3 $1 Kg8 (
55... Qf7 56. Kb4 Qe8 57. hxg6+ Qxg6 58. Qh3+ Kg8 59. Ka5 Kf7 60. Kb6 Qxg5 61.
Kxb7 Qe7+ 62. Kxc6 $18) 56. Qxg6 Qxg6 57. hxg6 Kf8 58. Kb4 Ke7 59. Ka5 Kd7 60.
Kb6 Kc8 61. b4 Kb8 62. a4 Kc8 63. b5 cxb5 64. axb5 axb5 65. Kxb5 Kc7 {and now
the classic triangultaion:} 66. Kb4 Kc8 67. Ka5 Kc7 68. Kb5 $18) 54... Kg8 55.
Qh3 Qe7 56. Qg4 Qd8 {The Pe6 can't be taken as the knight will be pinned and
captured. This trick allows enough space for the black queen, so there is no
chance for zugzwang. It looks like a fortress.} 57. b4 Qe7 58. Kc2 (58. a3 Qd8
59. Kb3 Qe7 60. a4 Qd8 {and now in the event of 61.b5 the black queen will
sneak to a5.}) 58... Qe8 59. Qh3 Qe7 60. Qh5 b5 $1 61. Qg4 Qd8 62. a3 Qe8 63.
Kd3 Qd8 64. Ke3 a5 65. Kf3 {I was going to h5 in order to release the queen
from protecting the Pg5. I knew that it's far away and a king is a slow piece,
but I thought that I had all the time in the world...} (65. Nd3 {would have
been safer.}) 65... axb4 66. axb4 Qa8 67. Kg3 {I am clearly pushing too hard,
but I stil couldn't imagine that I can lose this position.} Qa1 68. Qf3 $4 {
Blackout.} (68. Ng2 $1 {was the only move to keep the balance.}) 68... Qxd4 69.
Nxd5 $2 ({Before playing 68.Qf3 I thought that I win here by} 69. Nxe6 {
but simply overlooked that Black can take the Pe5 with check.}) (69. Kh3 $1 {
was more stubborn, but I got too frustrated.}) 69... Nxg6 $19 70. Ne3 Qh4+ 71.
Kg2 Nxe5 {Now Black has a pawn and compensation. A dramatic turnaround.} 72.
Qg3 Qe4+ 73. Kf2 Nd3+ 74. Ke2 Nf4+ 75. Kf2 Qxb4 76. Qf3 Nd3+ 77. Ke2 Ne5 78.
Qh3 Qb2+ 79. Kf1 Qb1+ 80. Kf2 Qa2+ 81. Kg1 b4 82. Qg3 Qb1+ 83. Kh2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 ({
The sharp line} 8. Qxf3 e5 $1 {is gradually losing its popularity from White's
perspective.}) 8... Nbd7 9. Bg2 $5 {Before practically everybody automatically
played 9.f4 followed by 10.c5 closing the centre. Morozevich keeps the centre
under a certain tension, at least for a while.} ({The following game is a
typical example for this line. The position is closed, White has a bit more
space, but Black builds a fortress.} 9. f4 e6 10. c5 Ne4 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3
a5 13. Bd3 f5 14. h4 Nf6 15. h5 Ne4 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Qc2 a4 18. b4 Kf7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2786)-Gelfand,B (2719)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (31)}) 9... e6
({Here opening up the centre would be suicide for Black:} 9... e5 $2 10. dxe5
Bb4 11. Bb2 Nxe5 12. f4 $16) 10. Bd2 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O (12. Rc1 Ne8 {
[%cal Gf7f5]} (12... bxc4 13. bxc4 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4 15. Bf1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 $14)
13. f5 Nd6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Nd3 Nfe4
$132) 12... bxc4 13. bxc4 Nb6 {McShane takes the opportunity to activate his
knight. For this purpose he had to open the b-file which should be easier to
seize by White as he has a spatial superiority on the queenside.} 14. c5 Nc4 {
In this opening line Black rarely gets a chance to place the knight in his
opponent's camp.} 15. Be1 Kh8 $1 {Black is intending to play 16...Rg8 followed
by 17...g5, opening the line against White's monarch. An excellent plan!} 16.
Ne2 {The knight on c3 is not very useful, so White is transferring it to g3 to
block the g-file. An alternative could be to fight for the g-file by a similar
plan that Black adopted.} (16. Kh1 Rg8 (16... Qc7 $6 17. Rg1 Rfb8 18. Bf1 $14)
17. Rg1 g5 18. fxg5 Rxg5 19. Rb1 Qd7 (19... Qf8 $6 20. Rb7 $14) 20. Qb3 Rag8
21. Qb7 Qe8 22. Ne2 (22. Qxa6 $2 e5 $17) 22... Qf8 23. Qxc6 Qg7 24. Ng3 Nxe3 $1
25. Qb7 Nf5 26. Rb3 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 {The "Houdini" engine shows here 0.00,
but I am sure that Black's initiative is very dangerous.}) 16... Rg8 {I would
prefer Black already, even though the position is double-edged.} 17. Ng3 g5 18.
Qf3 $6 {It's very risky to allow Black to open the g-file.} (18. f5 $1 g4 (
18... Qd7 19. Qd3 g4 20. h4 {leads to the same position as after 18...g4.}) 19.
h4 Qd7 20. Qd3 {This position is very rich for both sides. From White's
perpective the idea of sacrificing the exchange is promising. Here are a few
sample lines:} Ne8 {[%csl Rh4]} 21. h5 Rg5 (21... Ng7 22. Rc1 Nxf5 23. Nxf5
exf5 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 $44) 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Nxh5 25.
Bc3 $44) 18... g4 $1 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Rc1 (20. Bh3 f5 21. Kg2 (21. Bxg4 Rxg4
22. Kg2 h5 23. Rh1 h4 24. Kf1 Rb8) 21... h5 22. Rh1 h4 23. Kf1 Rb8 {In both
cases Black is better.}) 20... Qf8 $2 {Trying to get the queen to h6, but now
White gets a chance to drive away the annoying knight.} (20... Bh4 $1 {was
very strong, but the lines are very messy, for a human player extremely
difficult to calculate.} 21. Rxc4 (21. Nh5 Rb8 $17) (21. Bh3 Nxf2 $1 22. Bxf2
Nd2 23. Qg2 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 $19) 21... dxc4 22. Bc3 (22. Ne4 f5 23. Nd6 Ra7
$19 {[%cal Ga7g7]}) 22... Nxf2 $1 23. Nh5 $1 Ng4 24. d5+ f6 25. Qh3 Nxe3 $1 26.
Qxe3 (26. Qxh4 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Qxd5 28. Qxf6+ Rg7+ {Black wins, not White, just
to avoid misunderstanding.}) 26... Qxd5 27. Qf3 Qf5 28. Kh2 Rg6 29. Bh3 Qc2+
30. Kh1 Rh6 31. Rg1 Rd8 $17) 21. Bh3 Nf6 22. Kh2 {The position is now unclear
again.} Rb8 23. e4 $2 {Not good timing for this breakthrough.} (23. Bc3 Qh6 24.
Rh1 Qh4 25. Kg2 Ne4 26. Bxe6 {In this irrational position it is actually
important to get rid of your own queen!} fxe6 $3 (26... Qf6 $2 27. Qxe4 $1 dxe4
(27... Rxg3+ 28. fxg3 dxe4 29. Bxc4 $16) 28. d5 fxe6 29. Bxf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxc4
exd5 31. Ra4 $16) 27. Rxh4 Bxh4 28. Be1 Rb2 29. Kh1 Rxf2 $1 30. Bxf2 Bxg3 31.
Bxg3 Ncd2 32. Qd1 Rxg3 33. Qh5 Rg4 $1 34. Qe5+ Rg7 35. Qb8+ Rg8 36. Qe5+ $11)
23... Rxg3 $1 {[%mdl 640] A great exchange sacrifice. Black ruins White's
centre and keeps the initiative.} 24. fxg3 dxe4 25. Qc3 Nb2 $2 {Seems like the
only square for the knight, but in fact Black missed the tactical opportunity.}
(25... Qh6 $1 26. Rh1 (26. Qxc4 Ng4+ 27. Kg1 Qxh3 $19) 26... Ne3 $1 27. Kg1
Nfd5 28. Qd2 Rg8 $17) 26. Rb1 Nd5 27. Qd2 Nc4 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Qe2 ({It was
possible to "blunder" an exchange by} 29. Qc2 $5 Nce3 30. Qxe4 Nxf1+ 31. Bxf1
Qb2+ 32. Kh3 {[%cal Gf1d3] and White is not worse.}) 29... Nce3 30. Rh1 Bf6 {
[%csl Rd4]} 31. Bg2 $2 ({It was necessary to protect the Pd4 by} 31. Bc3 $1)
31... Bxd4 32. Bxe4 {This is losing by force, but I wouldn't be so harsh as to
put a question mark to this move, as White's position is bad anyway.} (32. Qd2
$2 Ng4+ 33. Kh3 Qf8 $3 {Allowing White to take the bishop with check!} 34.
Qxd4+ Kg8 35. Kxg4 f5+ 36. Kg5 Qe7+ $1 37. Kh5 (37. Kh6 Qf7 $19) 37... Qf7+ 38.
Kh4 Qg6 39. Qd1 Qf6+ 40. Kh5 Ne3 41. Qe2 Qg6+ 42. Kh4 Ng4 {and mate on the
next move. Amazing line!}) (32. Bh3 {was objectively the only way to prolong
the resistance, but it's psychologically difficult for a human player to make
such a move, as White just played Bh3-g2.}) {[%tqu "En","How Black should
continue his attack?","","","d5f4","Now Black is crushing through.",5]} 32...
Nxf4 $1 {Now Black is crushing through.} 33. gxf4 Qxf4+ 34. Bg3 Qxe4 35. Re1
Qf5 36. Bd6 Ng4+ 37. Kg2 Ne3+ {Gaining some seconds in time-trouble is always
useful.} 38. Kh2 e5 39. Rg1 Qf4+ 40. Kh3 Qh6+ {An exciting game!} (40... Qh6+
41. Kg3 Nf5+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ {mating.}) 0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 35th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the game from the last round. We both had 6 points out of 8, and I
knew that a win would allow me to join the leaders and share 1st place...} 1.
d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 {A rare and quiet continuation.
White protects the Pc4 without blocking his dark-squared bishop which occurs
after 5.e3.} e6 ({More common is} 5... Nbd7) 6. Bf4 dxc4 (6... Nbd7 7. e3 Nxe5
8. Bxe5 Bd6 {should be sufficient for equality, but not more...}) 7. Nxc4 b5 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. Qd3 $2 $146 {An awkward move and actually a waste of tempo.} (9. e3
c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ke7 $11 {
0-1 Ruck,R (2550)-Burmakin,V (2575)/Oberwart 2003/CBM 095 ext (59)}) 9... Nbd7
10. Nxd7 Qxd7 {Black is already better.} 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7
{The pawn structure is symmetrical, but white is experiencing serious problems,
since he is lagging in development.} 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Be2 ({After} 15. Bd6 Bxd6
16. Rxd6 b4 17. Nd1 Ke7 18. Rd2 Rc1 {white is completely tied up.}) 15... Bb4 (
15... e5 $6 16. Bg4 $1) 16. O-O {White is practically forced to sacrifice a
pawn to complete the development.} Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxc3 {White has lost a pawn,
but hoping to achieve compensation thanks to pair of bishops and black's
uncastled king.} 18. Bd6 (18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Ke7 20. Rc7 Bd5 $17) 18... Nf6
{I considered the capture on a2 as too risky.} (18... Rc2 $6 19. Rfe1 $1 (19.
Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nb6 $1 (20... Rxa2 $2 21. Rc1 Kd8 22. Rfd1 $40 {[%cal Gc1c7]}
) 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Kd7 $19 {[%cal Od7d6,Cd6c5,Cc5b6,Gb6c4]}) 19... Rxa2
20. Rc1 Kd8 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 $44) 19. a4 $1 {The best chance. White is
trying to open as many files and diagonals as possible.} (19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Kd7 21. Be5 Rc8 $19) 19... bxa4 20. Rb1 Rb3 21. Bc4 (21. Bd1 $4 Rxb1 22. Bxa4+
Rb5 $19) 21... Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Kd7 23. Be5 Bd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 (24... Nxd5 $6 25.
Rb7+ Kc6 26. Rxf7 {I didn't see here how I am going to promote my "a" pawn,
meanwhile, white's pieces are extremely active.}) 25. Rb7+ {The exchange on f6
leads to a lost endgame, white should keep his strong bishop.} (25. Bxf6 $2
gxf6 26. Rb7+ Kc6 27. Rb4 a5 28. Rxa4 Kb5 $19 {[%csl Ga5]}) 25... Ke6 26. Bd4
Rc8 27. f3 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (27. Rb6+ Kd7 28. f3 a3 (28... Rc6 29.
Rb4 Rc4 30. Rb6 {changes nothing.}) 29. Rxa6 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 a2 32.
Ra7+ Ke6 33. Ra6+ Ke7 34. Ra7+ Nd7 35. Ra5 {I really wasn't sure if black's
advantage sufficient for a win here.}) 27... Nd7 $1 $19 {Now it's all over,
since I keep both "a" pawns.} 28. Rb2 (28. Bxg7 f6 $19) 28... f6 29. f4 Rc4 30.
g4 a3 31. Ra2 Ra4 32. Kf1 Kd6 33. h4 Nc5 {The knight is heading to an ideal e4
square.} 34. h5 Ne4 35. Ke1 Kc6 36. h6 gxh6 37. Rh2 Kb5 38. Kd1 {[%tqu "En",
"Find the quickest way to win.","","","a4d4","",7]} Rxd4+ $1 39. exd4 a2 40.
Rb2+ Kc4 41. Rc2+ Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Rochefort op 4th"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Cioara, Andrei Nestor"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Prie,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
b6 $1 9. cxb6 (9. b4 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O $2 bxc5 12. bxc5 Nxc5) 9... Qxb6
10. Bd3 (10. Qd2 e6 11. Rc1 Rb8 {= Kobalija,M} (11... c5 12. Na4 Qa7 13. dxc5
Nxc5 14. Qd4 Nxa4 15. Rxc8+ Kd7 $13 {Huzman,A})) 10... Qxb2 11. Rc1 g6 12. O-O
Bh6 13. g3 (13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Rc2 Rb8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 O-O 17. Rb1 Qxb1+ 18.
Nxb1 Rxb1+ 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Rc3 Bd2 $132 {Huzman,A}) 13... O-O 14. Na4 (14. Qa4
Qb6 $13 {Huzman,A}) 14... Qa3 $1 (14... Qb4 $2 15. Rxc6 Nf6 (15... Nb8 16. Rb6
(16. Rc7 Bg4) 16... Qa5 17. Qb3 $14) 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a5 $2 (17... Rb8 $1
18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Rxc8 Rfxc8 20. Nxd7 Rxb3 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Be2 $14) 18. Ne5 Rb8
19. Rfc1 (19. Nc5 $16) 19... Bd7 20. Ra6 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Rb4 22. Rxa5 Rxd4 23.
Ra7 Bg7 24. Bf1 $1 Ne4 25. a5 Ra4 26. a6 e6 27. Rac7 $1 {Direct play wins.} (
27. Rcc7 Ra1 28. Kg2 Ra2) 27... Nd6 {[#]} 28. Nd7 $1 (28. R1c6 Bxe5 29. fxe5
Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Rxc4 Ra8 33. Ra4 Ra7 {is pretty hopeless
too.}) 28... Rd8 (28... Re8 29. R1c6 Nc4 30. Rc8) 29. Nc5 Rb4 30. Nb7 {La
pointe} Nxb7 31. axb7 Bf6 32. Ba6 Kg7 (32... Rd6 33. R1c6) 33. R1c6 Rb8 34.
Rxe6 Bd8 35. Rd7 (35. Rc8 $2 R4xb7 $1 36. Bxb7 Rxc8) 35... Kf8 36. Red6 Ke8 37.
Rxd5 Rb6 (37... Rb2 38. Rxd8+ $1 {The same trick revisited!} Rxd8 39. Bb5+) 38.
Bb5 $1 Rxb5 39. Rxd8+ Rxd8 40. Rxb5 Rb8 41. Kg2 Kd7 42. Kf3 f5 43. h3 Kc6 44.
Rb2 Rxb7 45. Rxb7 Kxb7 46. g4 Kc6 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Kg3 Kd5 49. Kh4 h6 50. Kh5
Ke4 51. Kxh6 Kxf4 52. Kg6 Ke4 53. Kg5 {1-0 Marzolo,C-Prie,E FRA-ChT Besancon
2003}) (14... Qxa2 $2 15. Ra1) 15. Rxc6 Qxa2 16. Rc3 Nf6 17. Bb1 (17. Nb6 $6
Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Qa1 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Rc3 (21... Ra8 22. Rxa6
Rxa6 23. Bxa6 e6 $15) 22. Be2 Ne4 23. Rxa6 Rc1+ 24. Kg2 Rc2 25. Kf1 f6 26. Ra1
(26. Ra5 Kf7 27. Rxd5 $2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Nc3+) 26... g5 $6 (26... Kf7 27. h4 Rb2
$15) 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Nxg5 fxg5 29. Ke1 $1 $11 Rb2 30. Bf3 Nxf2 31. Bxd5+ Kg7
32. Ra3 Ng4 33. Ra7 Kf6 34. Ra6+ Kg7 35. Ra7 Rxh2 36. Rxe7+ Kf6 37. Rf7+ Kg6
38. Rf3 Rb2 {1/2-1/2 Olarasu,G-Prie,E St Vincent op 2004}) 17... Qa1 18. Qb3
Bh3 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Nc5 Qa5 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxe7
Rb8 $1 (24... Nf6 25. Kg2 Bf8 26. Qb7 Bxe7 27. Qxc8+ Kg7 28. Bd3 Ne4 29. Qxa6
Qxa6 30. Bxa6 Bb4 31. Bb7 Nc3 32. Ne5 Ne2 33. Bxd5 f6 34. Nd3 Ba5 35. h4 Nxd4
36. Nc5 $14 {White only has a symbolic advantage under the form of an
extra-pawn he cannot valorize. Fontaine,R-Prie,E FRA-ChT Top16Cannes 2004 1-0 
(74) Only fatigue, lassitude and irritation of not understanding why my
opponent was playing on made me commit the decisive blunder on move 49.}) 25.
Qa2 Qb5 26. Bc2 Bf8 $11 {This is the analysis of my game against Fontaine.} 27.
Re1 Qc4 28. Ra1 Rb6 29. Qa4 Qc3 {I declined the draw whilst playing this
optimistic move.} (29... Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Bb4 $15) 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. Ra2 Kg7 32. Bd1
Ne4 33. Be2 Qc7 34. Rc2 Qb7 35. Ne5 Bd6 (35... Nd6 36. Nd7 Rb4 37. Qa5) 36. Qe8
Nf6 37. Qc8 Qxc8 38. Rxc8 Rb4 (38... Ne4 39. Ra8 Rb2 40. Kf3 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 Rb2
$11) 39. Rc6 Be7 $2 {Just before time control.} (39... Ne8 40. Rxa6 Rxd4 41.
Bb5 Bxe5 42. Bxe8 (42. fxe5 Nc7) 42... Bc7 43. Ra7 Rc4 $11) 40. Rc7 Ng8 41. Nc6
Rb2 42. Bf3 Rc2 43. Bxd5 Nf6 44. Bb3 Rc3 45. Rxe7 Rxb3 46. Ne5 Nd5 47. Rxf7+
Kg8 48. Ra7 Ra3 49. Rd7 Nf6 50. Rd8+ Kg7 51. d5 Ra2 52. d6 Rd2 53. d7 a5 54.
Ra8 Nxd7 55. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Colin, Vincent"]
[Black "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Qc7 ({RR} 
7... Nhf6 8. Qc2 g6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. e3 Ne8 12. Be2 Nc7 13. O-O e5 14.
dxe5 Ne6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Ndxc5 17. Bg3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rac1
Qd7 21. Qb1 Rfd8 22. Bh4 {Topalov,V (2757)-Shirov,A (2713)/Monte Carlo 2005/
CBM 105 ext/1-0 (58)}) 8. e3 (8. e4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Ndf6 10. Bc4 e6 11. Ngxe4 Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. Qf3 b5 14. Bb3 e5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.
Bf4 Qa7 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Bd6 Qe8 21. h3 Bd7 22. Rd1 Ra7 {Rogers,I (2547)
-Gulbas,C (2375)/Enschede 2006/EXT 2007/1-0}) 8... Nhf6 9. b4 $5 $146 (9. Be2
e5 10. O-O Be7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Be1 f5 13. Na4 Bf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Ng4 16.
Bxg4 fxg4 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. f3 gxf3 19. gxf3 Ng5 20. Bg3 Be5 21. Qe1 Bh3 22. Bxe5
Qxe5 23. f4 Qe4 {Postny,E (2486)-Guidarelli,L (2323)/Patras 2001/CBM 083 ext/
1-0 (92)}) 9... e5 10. a4 e4 11. Ng1 Be7 12. b5 $1 $36 Nf8 13. bxa6 bxa6 {
[%csl Ra6]} 14. a5 {[%csl Ra6] Fixant la faiblesse "a6"} Ng6 15. Rb1 O-O (15...
Qxa5 16. Nxd5) 16. Rb6 Nd7 17. Qa4 $1 {Un sacrifice de qualitй assez naturel}
Nxb6 18. axb6 Qd7 19. g3 {[%csl Gf4,Gh4]} Qb7 {Les noirs manquent d'espace} 20.
Nge2 Bg4 21. Nc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1b3]} Ne5 22. h3 Nf3+ 23. Kd1 {N'ayant pas peur
des йchecs} Nxd4+ 24. hxg4 Ne6 25. Nxe4 $3 dxe4 26. Qxe4 g6 $6 27. Bc3 $40 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal Ge4e5]} Rad8+ 28. Kc2 Rd5 $2 (28... Bxc5 29. Qe5 Bd4 30.
exd4 Rd5 31. Qf6 Qxb6) 29. Rxh7 $1 {La pointe de l'attaque!} Kxh7 (29... Nd4+
30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. exd4 Kxh7) 30. Qh1+ Rh5 31. gxh5 $18 f5 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. g4
Ng7 34. Nd3 Bf6 35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. Qh7+ {[%mdl 520]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.05.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Poitiers Migne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 (5. Qc2 g6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bg7
8. Be2 O-O {Grischuk,A (2795)-Morozevich,A (2724) Moscow Petrosian Memorial
2014 (3) 1-0} (8... Bf5 {Roiz}) (8... Nxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. d5 Bf5 11. Qh4 h6 12.
O-O g5 13. Qg3 Qd6 {Giri})) 5... e6 6. Bg5 h6 (6... Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. cxd5 exd5
9. Nd2 Be7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Qc2 Ne6 12. Bh4 Qd8 13. O-O g6 14. Nb3 a5 15. f3 O-O
16. Rad1 b6 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Bf2 Rc8 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. e4 Nhg7 21. Be3 Bh4 22. g3
Be7 23. Qf2 Kh8 24. Bh6 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Nd2 f6 27. exd5 cxd5 28. f4 Nf7
29. f5 g5 30. Nf1 Nd6 31. Ne3 Nge8 32. Kg1 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. d5 Nd6 35. Nc2
Re8 36. Nd4 {Karjakin,S (2757)-Erdos,V (2613) Tsaghkadzor 2015 1-0}) 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. g3 Bb4 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 $146 (10... a5 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. e4 dxc4
13. Qxc4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. h3 Qg6 19. Nf3
Qh5 20. Kh2 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 e4 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. Nc2 Bc5 25. f4 exf3
26. Rxf3 Bf5 27. Re1 Be4 28. Rc3 f5 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Ne3 Bd6 31. Nc4 Qd4 32.
Qc2 Bb4 33. Rxe4 Qxd5 34. Rce3 Rf8 35. b3 Qf5 36. Qg2 Bc5 37. Re1 Qg6 38. R1e2
Qg5 39. Re5 Qc1 40. Re1 {Shulman,Y (2616)-Shabalov,A (2626) Las Vegas 2007 0-1
(63)}) 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Ne4 Qf5 13. Qxc4 Qxe4 14. Qxb4 Qxe2 15. Rfe1 $44 {
[%csl Rc8]} Qc2 16. a5 (16. Rac1) 16... Qf5 17. Ne5 Nf6 18. Ra3 Nd5 19. Bxd5
exd5 20. Rf3 Qh5 21. Rfe3 Be6 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qxc6 Rxb2 24. Qxa6 Rfb8 25. Nd3
Ra2 26. Nf4 Qf5 27. Re5 Qc2 28. Qf1 (28. R5e2 $1) 28... Rxa5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30.
Qh3 Rf8 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. R5e2 Qd3 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Ra3 35. Rf1 Re8 36.
Rf3 g6 37. Kf2 Ra7 38. g4 Kg7 39. Rb2 Ree7 40. h3 Rac7 41. Ra2 Rb7 42. Rf4 Rb3
43. Re2 Rd3 44. h4 Rd1 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Rh1 47. Rf5 Rf7 48. Rxf7+ Kxf7 49.
Kf3 Rxh5 50. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 h6
9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne4 c5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bd5 20. f3 Qc7 21. Rg3
Rfd8 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qb6 Qe5 24. Kf2 Nh5 25. c6 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Qh5 27. Kg2 e5
28. e4 exd4 29. exd5 Re8 30. Qb5 Ra5 $3 31. c7 Rxb5 32. Bxb5 Qg5 $1 33. c8=Q
Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. d6 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Qd1 37. d7 f5 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+
40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 e6 9.
Ng3 Bg6 10. a5 Bd6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Bd2 Bxa5 13. Be2 Bc7 14. Bxb4 a5 15. Bc3 Nbd7
16. O-O O-O 17. Ra3 h5 18. Qa1 Ng4 19. Re1 h4 20. Nf1 h3 21. g3 Ndf6 22. Ng5
Bf5 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. Ngf3 Ndf6 25. Nh4 Bh7 26. Qd1 Nh6 27. Nhf3 Nfg4 28. Bf1 Bf5
29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Rb8 31. Neg5 Nf6 32. Nxh3 Ne4 33. Bb2 Ng4 34. Nh4 Nef6 35.
Nxf5 exf5 36. Qf3 Qd7 37. Ng5 Nd5 38. Raa1 g6 39. Bc4 Ngf6 40. Bc1 Kg7 41. Bd2
Rfe8 42. Kg2 Rxe1 43. Bxe1 Qd8 44. Bd2 Ra8 45. h3 Rb8 46. Qe2 Ra8 47. Qe1 f4
48. Nf3 fxg3 49. fxg3 Qc8 50. Ne5 Qf5 51. Bd3 Qe6 52. Nc4 Qd7 53. Ne5 Qe6 54.
Ng4 Qd7 55. Qe2 Re8 56. Ne5 Qe6 57. Bxa5 Nh5 $6 (57... Bxa5 58. Rxa5 Rh8 $11)
58. Bd2 $16 Bxe5 59. Qxe5+ Qxe5 60. dxe5 Rxe5 61. Ra6 Re6 62. b4 Nhf6 63. Kf3
Nd7 64. Kf2 Ne5 65. Be2 Re7 66. Ra8 Rd7 67. Ke1 Rb7 68. Re8 f6 69. b5 cxb5 70.
Rd8 Ne7 71. Kd1 Rc7 72. Be3 N7c6 73. Ra8 Rd7+ 74. Kc2 Nc4 75. Bxc4 bxc4 76. Bd2
Nd4+ 77. Kc3 Ne2+ 78. Kc2 Nd4+ 79. Kc3 Ne2+ 80. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Black "Sieciechowicz, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw"]
[BlackTeam "Prokonex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 $5 (6. Bg5) 6... dxc4 7.
Bg2 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 (9... Bxc5 $143 10. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gg2]})
10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Bd7 (11... Ke7) 12. O-O Ke7 $1 {[%cal Gh8d8,Gd7e8]} 13.
Nfe5 (13. Bg5 Rhd8 14. Nfe5 Be8) 13... Rac8 (13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Ra7 15. Nd3
Bd4 16. e3 Bb6 17. b3 Rc8 18. Ba3+ Ke8 19. Rfc1 Bd8 20. Ne5 Be7 21. Bb2 b6 22.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Bd4 Bd8 25. a5 Nd5 26. Nc4 Ke7 27. e4 Nf6 28. axb6
Ra8 29. Bc5+ Ke8 30. b7 {1-0 (30) Rodshtein,M (2605)-Braun,A (2533) Gaziantep
2008}) 14. Rd1 Rhd8 15. Nd3 Ba7 (15... Bd4) 16. b3 (16. Be3 $143 Bxe3 17. Nxe3)
16... Kf8 17. Ba3+ Kg8 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5,Rd7]} Rb8 20.
Nxb7 $1 {[%csl Rd8]} Rxb7 21. Bxc6 Rbb8 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bb7 Rb8
25. Bxa6 $18 {[%csl Ga4]} Rxb3 26. a5 Nd5 27. Bc4 Rb7 28. a6 Ra7 29. Rb1 f6 30.
Rb7 Ra8 31. e4 Nc3 32. Nd7 Nxe4 33. Rb8 Kh8 34. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qc2 Bd5 13. Be2 O-O 14. h4 h6 15.
g4 Rfe8 16. Rg1 e5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. O-O-O Bxe5 19. Bxh6 Qxh4 20. Rh1 Qf6 21.
Rh3 Rad8 22. Rdh1 Bxa2 23. Bf4 $1 Bd5 24. g5 Qg7 25. R1h2 Bxf4 26. exf4 Be6 27.
Rh8+ Qxh8 28. Rxh8+ Kxh8 29. Qxe4 Bf5 30. Qc4 Kg8 31. f3 a5 32. b3 Re3 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Black "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} (5. c5) 5... b5 {[%emt 0:00:26]
} 6. c5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (6. b3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd6 Rfd8 16. c5
Nf8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. Qe4 Rac8 20. h4 Rd7 21. h5 Ne7 22. h6 gxh6
23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rd3 Qc7 25. Rad1 Rf8 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rd6 f6 28. exf6 Rxf6
29. Qd4 {1-0 (29) Bacrot,E (2730)-Ivanchuk,V (2733) Cap d'Agde 2013}) 6... Nbd7
{[%emt 0:01:04]} 7. a3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (7. b4) 7... g6 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 8. b4
{[%emt 0:00:52]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:
22]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 11. O-O $146 {[%emt 0:08:44]
} (11. Nd2 e5 12. Nb3 a4 13. Na5 Rb8 14. g4 exd4 15. exd4 O-O 16. g5 Nh5 17.
Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qd2 Re8+ 19. Kf1 Nf8 20. h3 Bf5 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Re3 Ne6 23. Nd1
h4 24. f3 h6 25. gxh6 Bxh6 26. Qg2+ Kh7 27. Qf2 Nf4 28. Qxh4 Bc2 29. Bc1 Bxd1
30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Rh2 Be2+ 32. Kg1 Qg8+ 33. Kf2 Nd3+ 34. Kxe2 Nxc1+ 35. Kf1 Qg6
36. Rg2 Qd3+ 37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Nxd4 {0-1 (38) Yashtylov,A (2414)-Alavkin,A 
(2476) Cheliabinsk 2005}) 11... O-O {[%emt 0:01:47]} 12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:16:23]}
a4 {[%emt 0:09:02] Les blancs vont garder un bon avantage d'espace après cet
échange} 13. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:
23]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:15:45]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:09:02]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:07:59]} (15...
f5 16. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5f7]} (19.
Qxe4) 19... Nf6 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7) 16. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} 17. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:43][%csl Ge5]} Ng4 $1 {[%emt 0:07:00][%csl Rh2]}
18. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} 20. Qb2 {[%emt 0:06:40]} (20. e4) 20... Rbd8 {[%emt 0:03:11]}
21. Be1 {[%emt 0:01:00][%cal Ge1g3]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:02:55]} (21... e5 22. Bg3
Rfe8) 22. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 23. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:54]}
Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 24. Bf1 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 25. g4 {
[%emt 0:03:29]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:
06]} 27. Qh2 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 28. Bg3 {[%emt 0:04:05]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 29. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 30. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 31. Rf2 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:
56]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 33. Be5 {[%emt 0:02:24]}
Rdf8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 35. Bxg7 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. g5 {[%emt 0:00:16][%csl Re6][%cal
Gh3h4,Gh4h5] Les Blancs ont un progressé mais l'avantage est trés minime} Kf7
$1 {[%emt 0:00:44] Anticipant l'ouvertrure de l'aile-roi} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:
45]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 38. h5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 39. Rh1
{[%emt 0:01:02]} Rfg8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 40. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Qh3 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 42. Rg2 {[%emt 0:04:48]}
Qb8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 43. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 44. Ke1 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} (44. Rgh2) 44... Rfg8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 45. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Kc7 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 46. Rhh2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 47. Rg3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 48. hxg6 {[%emt 0:01:35] Enfin!} hxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 49. Rgh3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 50. Qf3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 51. Qh1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (51. Rh8 $6 Rxh8
52. Rxh8 Rh7 $11) 51... Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 52. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qf7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} (53. Rh6) 53... Qf8 {[%emt 0:01:21]}
54. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 55. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qf8 {
[%emt 0:00:58]} 56. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 57. Kb2 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 58. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 59.
R6h3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 60. Qh1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe8 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} 61. Rh7 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 62. R7h6 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 63. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 64. R6h3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 65. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 66. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 67. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 68. Qh1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 69. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rbg8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 70. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 71. R2h3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rag8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 72. Qd1 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 73. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 74. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 75. Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kb7
{[%emt 0:01:00]} 76. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rag8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 77. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 78. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} 79. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 80. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Ra8
{[%emt 0:00:49]} 81. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 82. Qh1 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 83. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rag8 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 84. R7h6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 85. Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:32]}
Rag8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 86. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 87. Qe1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 88. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 89. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxh8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 90. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 91. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Qc2 e6 8. Ne5 Bf5
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 dxc4 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5
15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Ne4 c3 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Rd4 Qc7 19. Qa4 a5 20. g3 Bb4 21. Nd6+
Kf8 22. e4 Nb6 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Nc4 h6 25. a3 Bc5 26. Rd3 Kg8 27. Qxc3 Kh7 28.
Bf4 Rb8 29. Rbd1 Rhd8 30. Qd2 Nb6 31. Rxd8 Nxc4 32. Qd7 Qxd8 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34.
Rxd8 Bxa3 35. Rd4 Nb6 36. Be3 c5 37. Rd1 Nc4 38. Bxc5 $1 (38. Rd3 $2) 38...
Bxc5 39. Rc1 Bxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Nxe5 41. Ke2 Kg6 42. Rc5 Kf6 43. Rxa5 g5 44. h3 h5
45. Rc5 Ng6 46. Kf3 Ne5+ 47. Ke3 Ng6 48. Ra5 h4 49. Kf2 hxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Ne5 51.
Rb5 Nd3 52. Rb8 Kg7 53. Kg4 Nf2+ 54. Kxg5 Nxh3+ 55. Kg4 Nf2+ 56. Kf4 Nd3+ 57.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Govciyan, Pavel"]
[Black "Delorme, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. h3 $5 (5. c5) (5. cxd5) (5. a4) (5.
Ne5) (5. Bg5) 5... e6 ({RR} 5... dxc4) 6. e3 ({RR} 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O b5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bb1 Qe7
15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Nf4 g6 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 {
Timman,J (2594)-Ponomariov,R (2734)/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093/0-1}) 6... Nbd7
7. Qc2 Bd6 ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. O-O
Rc8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. e4 cxd4 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. e5 Qh5 18. Be4 Bxe4
19. Qxe4 Rb8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Qxd4 hxg5 22. Rfd1 {Ivanisevic,I (2588)-Fressinet,
L (2625)/Cannes 2006/EXT 2007/1-0}) 8. Bd3 $146 {Ce coup naturel est une
nouveautй} ({RR} 8. g4 h6 9. Rg1 ({RR} 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12.
g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 c5 14. Rg1 ({RR} 14. Bg6 O-O) 14... Qe7 15. Nce4 cxd4 16.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Bg6 Ne5 ({RR} 17... O-O 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qg6+
Ke7 21. Qxg7+ Ke8 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qe4+ 24. Be3 Qb4+ 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. Qg6+
Ke7 27. Rg4 Bf3 28. Qg7+ {1/2-1/2 Nyback,T (2554)-Dautov,R (2623)/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104}) 18. Nxf7 ({RR} 18. Bxf7+ Ke7 ({RR} 18... Nxf7 19. Nxf7 Qh2 20.
Qg6) 19. exd4 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bxf3 21. Bg6 Rac8 22. Qb3 Qh2 23. Bb4+ Kd7) 18...
Nxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Bg6 Rc8 ({RR} 20... Rxh3) 21. Qb3 Rc4 22. Bd3 dxe3 23.
Bxe3 Rc8 {Zvjaginsev,V (2658)-Burmakin,V (2534)/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 071/
[Huebner,R]/1/2-1/2}) 9... b5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Qe7 12. c5 Bc7 13. f4 Nf8
14. Bd3 Nh5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. a4 Kb7 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Kc2 f6 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Nf3 e5 22. fxe5 fxe5 {Wells,P (2519)-Braun,A (2463)/Pulvermuehle
2005/CBM 104 ext/1-0}) 8... dxc4 $1 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 {[%cal Ge4e5]
} (11. a4 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Rc7 14. Rd1 b4 (14... Qa8 {[%cal Gf8c8,Gc6c5]
})) 11... e5 12. Be3 (12. O-O) 12... O-O 13. Rd1 exd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf5 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf5d6,Gf5g7]} Be5 16. f4 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 {[%cal Gc3g7]} Qc7 18.
Bb1 $6 (18. O-O) 18... Rfe8 19. e5 Nd5 (19... Bxg2 $2 20. Rg1 {[%cal Gg1g7]})
20. Qc2 (20. Rxd5 $5 Bxd5 21. O-O $44 {[%cal Gf5g7]}) 20... g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22.
Ng4 h5 $2 (22... Nxe5 $1 23. fxe5 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Qxe5 $19) 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Nf2
Nxe5 $1 25. fxe5 Qxe5 $19 26. Nd1 Be4 27. Qf2 Bxb1 28. O-O Bf5 29. Bxc5 Rad8
30. Bb4 Qe2 31. Bc3+ Kg8 32. Qxe2 Rxe2 33. a3 Rd3 34. Nf2 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Ra2 36.
g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Be6 38. Ne4 Rxa3 39. Rd1 Kf8 40. g5 a5 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rb8
Bc4 43. Kf2 a4 44. Ke3 Ra1 45. Kd4 Rd1+ 46. Kc5 a3 47. Ra8 a2 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49.
Ra6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} a6
{[%emt 0:02:04]} (4... dxc4 {Le GMI ne traite que cette variante dans sa
monographie publiée en 2014}) 5. a4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} (5. e3 b5 6. c5 Bf5 7.
Ne5 Nfd7 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3 Ke6 10. g4 Bg6 (10... Bc2) 11. Bh3 {Bacrot,E 
(2705)-Draoui,N (2362) FRA-ch blitz 2009 (4) 1-0}) (5. c5 g6 6. h3 (6. Bf4)
6... Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rac1 Re8
13. Na4 f6 {Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Yilmaz,M (2577) EU-chT (Men) 19th 2013 (2.1)
1/2} (13... e5 14. dxe5 Bf8 15. Nd4 Nexc5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxf5
gxf5 19. Bd3 Ba7 20. Qc2 $44 {Yilmaz inf119})) 5... e6 {[%emt 0:06:56]} 6. Bg5
{[%emt 0:00:10]} (6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5) (6. Bf4) 6... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 7.
e3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (7. a5 Bb4 8. Qa4) 7... Qa5 $5 {[%emt 0:06:06][%cal Gf6e4,
Ge4g5,Gd5c4,Ga5e1] Rentre dans une position proche de la Cambridge Springs
mais avec les coups a4 et a6 en plus. Après Bb4, les Blancs n'auront plus
l'option a3 et cette transposition ne doit pas favoriser les Blancs} 8. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:50] La préparation du GMI qui choisit une ligne secondaire} (8. Nd2
Bb4 9. Qc2 e5 10. Bh4 exd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. O-O Bd6 15.
Kh1 Ne4 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. Bxe4 cxb3 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qd3 Re6 20. Rae1 Nf8 21.
Be4 Rh6 22. Bg3 Bg4 23. Kg1 Ne6 24. Qc4 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Qb6 26. a5 Qxa5 27. h3
Qc7 28. hxg4 Qxg3 29. Qd3 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. g3 Rf6+ 32. Kg2 Qxg4 33. Rxf6
gxf6 34. Ne2 Qg5 35. Qxb3 Kg7 36. Qxb7 Rd8 37. Qxc6 Qe3 {Laznicka,V (2666)
-Kamsky,G (2725) Rhodes 2013 1-0}) (8. cxd5 exd5) 8... Bb4 $146 {[%emt 0:10:22]
Visiblement les Noirs n'avaient pas préparé cette ligne Be2 et ils
commencent à réfléchir} (8... Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5 10. Nxg5 dxc4 11. Nge4 Nb6 12.
Nd2 Bb4 13. Bxc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Be2 O-O 16. a5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Nc5
b6 19. Ra4 Qc3 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Ra2 Nd5 22. Qa4 Rb8 23. Qxc6 Nb4 24. Qd6 Nxa2
25. Qxb8 Nb4 26. Qb6 Nd5 27. Qd6 a5 28. Bf3 Nb4 29. Qb6 e5 30. d5 Nd3 31. Nxd3
Qxd3 32. Qxa5 e4 33. Rd1 Qc2 34. Bh5 g6 35. d6 gxh5 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kg8
38. Qg5+ {Bosiocic,M (2578)-Jovanic,O (2527) Rijeka 2009 1/2-1/2}) 9. O-O $1 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:11:21] Après une longue réflexion, les Noirs
décident d'accepter le P sacrifié mais mais les Blancs ont des bonnes
compensations} (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. a5 $44 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd1a4,
Gf1c1]} O-O $6 12. Qa4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf1c1]} Ne4 13. Rfc1) 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:
05:48]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 11. bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:17]}
12. Rb1 $44 {[%emt 0:10:53]} (12. Rc1 {[%cal Gd1b3]}) 12... Qd8 $6 {[%emt 0:00:
41][%cal Gc3a5,Ga5c7] Libère une case de repli pour le B mais au risque d'un
retard de développement} (12... O-O 13. Qc2) 13. Qc2 $32 {[%emt 0:18:54]} Ba5
{[%emt 0:01:29]} 14. e4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:13:33]} 15. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:01:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 16. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:
21]} 17. Bg5 $1 $44 {[%emt 0:07:03][%csl Rh7][%cal Ge2d3,Gf1d1] Le plan Qd8
Ba5 a aussi pour désavantage de rendre plus fort le clouage du Bg5} Bc7 {
[%emt 0:01:37]} 18. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:25]} (18. Rfd1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd1d8,
Gf3e5,Ge3h3,Ge2d3,Gg5f6]}) 18... Bd6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:00][%cal Gd6e7]
Reconnaissant que le Ba5 serait mieux placé en e7} 19. Bd3 $1 {[%emt 0:05:41]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 20. Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:05][%csl Rh7] Forçant un
affaibliisement non négligeable de l'aile-roi} g6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 21. Qh4 {
[%emt 0:03:50][%cal Gh4d4,Gg5f6]} Re8 {[%emt 0:12:20]} 22. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:08]}
(22. Rfd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d4]}) 22... Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:04] Les Noirs sont proches
du zugzwang car ils sont incapables de terminer le développement de
l'aile-dame} 23. Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 24. Qe3 {[%emt 0:07:
54]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} (25. c5 $5 {Le N g7 est
mal placé pour profiter de l'affaiblissement de la case "d5"} f6 26. Nc4 {
[%csl Re6]} Re8 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Bf4 $40) 25... Re8 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 26. g4 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:04][%csl Gf5]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:09] (=)} 27. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (27.
Nxg6 $5 hxg6 28. Bxg6 Rf8 29. Bf4 Qa5 30. c5 {Et les Noirs sont quasiment en
zugzwang!}) 27... Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 28. c5 $5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:
01:28][%cal Ge6e5]} (28... e5 29. dxe5 Bxg4 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Rxd8) 29. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:04:40]} (29. h3 $142 {Semble plus naturel} e5 30. dxe5 {[%cal Ge3c5]})
29... e5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:46][%cal Gg7e6,Ge6f4,Gf8h6] un bon sacrifice de
dégagement} 30. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ne6 $132 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Qc1 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (31... Qd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5f3]}) 32. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:08:13]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:
00:51]} (33... Qxe5) 34. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 35. Rxc1 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be6 $11 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 37. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (37. Rxe5 $143 Bb3 {[%csl Ra4]}) 37...
a5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 38. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 39. Rxe8+ {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Kf1 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Re7 {[%emt 0:10:34]} 42. g5 {[%emt 0:05:34]} h6 {
[%emt 0:02:29]} 43. h4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 44. hxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Re5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 45. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 46. f3 {[%emt 0:10:19]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 47. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:40]}
Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 48. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:14][%csl Rh8]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I was doing badly up to this moment. Not in terms of my play, but according
to the points in the crosstable. I wanted to win at least one game in this
tournament. So I tried to come for this battle with full concentration.  Bis
zu diesem Moment lief es bei mir schlecht. Nicht was mein Spiel angeht,
sondern in Bezug auf die Punkte in der Tabelle. Ich wollte wenigstens eine
Partie in diesem Turnier gewinnen. Also versuchte ich, diese Schlacht mit
voller Konzentration anzugehen.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 {
The Slav is popular now and people like it. It is easy to remember structural
ideas and in the a6 Slav even easier. You just have to play ...b5, or if
something is wrong, ...g6 or ...e6 :) Slawisch ist derzeit beliebt, und es
gefдllt den Leuten. Es ist leicht, sich strukturelle Ideen zu merken, und im
a6-Slawen um so mehr: Man muss nur ...b5 spielen oder, wenn etwas nicht stimmt,
...g6 bzw. ...e6 :)} 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 {6.b3 is a very interesting alternative.
although I wanted to play a more closed type of game that day.  6.b3 ist eine
sehr interessante Alternative, doch an jenem Tag war mir nach einer eher
geschlossenen Partie.} g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nfd7 {Typical. Black is
aiming for central strategy: ...f6-e5 attacking d4 and c5 chain. Now we
transpose (who could guess?) into Stonewall structures. Typisch. Schwarz setzt
auf Zentralstrategie: ...f6-e5 mit Angriff auf die Bauernkette d4 und c5. Nun
gehen wir (wer hдtte das gedacht?) zu Stonewall-Strukturen ьber.} 10. f4 a5 {
Well, taking space on the queenside and strengthening the b4 idea, sometimes
the knight may come from a6 to c7 or the bishop to a6 etc.. Also there are
possibilities to close the queenside at some point.  Erobert Raum am
Damenflьgel und stьtzt die Idee b4, manchmal kann der Springer auch von a6
nach c7 gehen oder der Lдufer nach a6 usw. Zudem gibt es Mцglichkeiten,
gelegentlich den Damenflьgel zu schlieЯen.} 11. a3 $5 {Prophylaxis! But, ok,
White has other options. But this looks interesting! Prophylaxe! Schцn, WeiЯ
hat auch andere Mцglichkeiten. Aber dies sieht interessant aus!} f6 12. Nf3 (
12. Nd3 $5 {is also possible with similiar ideas as in the game! ist ebenfalls
mцglich, mit дhnlichen Ideen wie in der Partie!}) (12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxd5 {
does not seem enough for anything real to me, as Black might go simply ...Rb8
or ...e6. And then when the real play in the centre starts, the piece will
begin to tell. scheint mir nicht genug fьr irgendetwas Reales, denn Schwarz
kцnnte einfach ...Rb8 oder ...e6 spielen. Und wenn dann das richtige Spiel im
Zentrum beginnt, wird die Figur beginnen, sich bemerkbar zu machen.}) 12... f5
{Stonewall, isn't it? Stonewall, oder?} 13. Bd2 {Heading for h4 xe7. Good
prospects if White succeeds. But Black is also allowed to play some moves.
Strebt nach h4 xe7. Gute Aussichten, wenn WeiЯ das schafft. Aber Schwarz darf
ja auch ein paar Zьge machen.} Nf6 14. Be1 Kh8 15. Bh4 {Now Black plays a
standard plan in this position. ...Be6+Nbd7 developing all the pieces. Nun
spielt Schwarz einen Standardplan in dieser Stellung; ...Be6+Nbd7, wonach alle
Figuren entwickelt sind.} Be6 16. Ne5 Qc7 {Now after Nbd7 and then Rfb8 or
Nxe5 and mass exchanges Black will equalise. So White should do something very
fast. I found an interesting concept I think! Nun noch Nbd7, und dann Rfb8
oder Nxe5 mit Massenabtausch und Schwarz gleicht aus. WeiЯ sollte also
schnellstens etwas unternehmen. Ich habe ein interessantes Konzept gefunden,
glaube ich!} 17. Qe1 $1 Nbd7 18. Bg5 $1 {Now the queen is heading for h4,
there are ideas with the Qg3-h4-h5 plan and also Black is in real trouble for
making decisions, as each decision looks really dubious and inferior to the
last. So Bu started to think here and decided for mass exchanges. Nun strebt
die Dame nach h4, es gibt Ideen mit dem Plan Qg3-h4-h5, und auЯerdem fдllt es
Schwarz wirklich schwer, Entscheidungen zu treffen, denn alle Fortsetzungen
wirkt letztlich zweifelhaft und minderwertig. Daher begann Bu an dieser Stelle
zu ьberlegen und entschied sich schlieЯlich fьr Massenabtausch.} Nxe5 19. fxe5
Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 (20... dxe4 21. Qh4 $1 {And next g4 with big pressure by
White. Really an unpleasant position to play with Black! nebst g4 mit heftigem
Druck von WeiЯ. Wirklich eine unangenehm zu spielende Stellung fьr Schwarz!}
Ra7 22. g4 Qd7 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1g1] Followed by Rg1-g3-Bf4-Rag1
should be winning for White. , gefolgt von Rg1-g3-Bf4-Rag1 sollte fьr WeiЯ
gewinnen.}) 21. Qh4 {White should hurry up here, as otherwise Black might
create a real fortress! Hier sollte sich WeiЯ beeilen, denn sonst kцnnte
Schwarz eine echte Festung errichten!} Rxf1+ (21... Rae8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Rf1
Kg8 {was suggested at the press conference. But well, it is really hard to
play this as Black. White might go for the simple wurde auf der
Pressekonferenz vorgeschlagen. Aber naja, dies ist wirklich schwer zuspielen
fьr Schwarz. WeiЯ kцnnte das einfache} 24. Qg3 $5 Bg7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Bf4 $16 {
with h5 and Qh4 to follow. wдhlen, mit h5 und Qh4 in der Folge.}) 22. Rxf1 Re8
{And now Black wants to go for Kg8-Qd7 etc... Then Rf8 and this might end up
succesfully. But White has a very strong reply! Und jetzt mцchte Schwarz
Kg8-Qd7 anstreben usw., dann noch Rf8, und am Ende kцnnte er damit Erfolg
haben. Doch WeiЯ hat eine sehr starke Erwiderung!} 23. Bg4 $1 (23. Qg3 $5 {
with the same h4-h5 idea. , ebenfalls mit der Idee h4-h5.}) 23... Qd7 (23...
Bxg4 24. Qxg4 e6 25. Bf6 $1 Kg8 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Rf6 (27. Qh3 $16 {Then
Rf6-Qg4-h4-h5 Black is totally lost. Dann Rf6-Qg4-h4-h5 und Schwarz ist total
verloren.}) 27... Qh6 28. Kf2 $16) (23... Qc8 {wouldn't change anything! hдtte
nichts geдndert!} 24. Rf7 Bxg4 25. Bh6 $1 Qe6 (25... Be6 26. Bxg7+ $1 Kg8 27.
Bf6 $3 Bxf7 28. Qh6 $18) (25... Qd7 26. Rxg7 Be6 27. Qg5 $18 {with the idea of
h4-h5 winning. mit der Idee h4-h5 und gewinnt.}) (25... Bxe5 26. Bf4 $1 $18 Bg7
27. Be5 $18) 26. Rxg7 {Black is paralysed and White has a very easy plan of
Qg5-h3-g4-Qf4-Rf7. Schwarz ist paralysiert, und WeiЯ hat den ganz einfachen
Plan Qg5-h3-g4-Qf4-Rf7.}) 24. Rf7 Bxg4 ({Falls Schwarz versucht, mit} 24... Kg8
{In the event of this, trying to play for blockade, White goes for : auf
Blockade zu spielen, wдhlt WeiЯ} 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 a4 (27...
h5 28. b3 {x a4 and most of the endgames are lost. x a4 und die meisten
Endspiele sind verloren.} (28. Bd6 $6 Bh6) (28. Bg5 $5 a4 29. Bf4 Qd7 30. Kf1 {
Then h3-g4, king to c2 and something like Bh6 or Bg5-f6 penetrating and
winning. For example : Dann h3-g4, Kцnig nach c2 und etwas wie Bh6 oder Bg5-f6,
mit Eindringen und Gewinn. Zum Beispiel:} Kf7 31. h3 Ke6 32. g4 Qe7 33. Qxe7+
Kxe7 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Kf2 $18)) 28. Bd6 h5 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qc7 $18) 25. Bf6
exf6 (25... Rg8 26. Rxe7 Qf5 (26... Qc8 27. Bxg7+ Rxg7 28. Qf6 Qg8 29. e6 h5
30. Rxg7 Qxg7 31. Qd8+ {and e7 with a second queen... which is enough to win.
nebst e7 mit einer zweiten Dame... was zum Gewinn reicht.}) 27. h3 (27. Rf7 $4
g5 $11) 27... Be2 (27... Bh5 28. Rf7 Bxf6 29. Rxf6 Qd7 30. g4 Qd8 31. Qf2 $18)
(27... Bxh3 28. Qxh3 $18) 28. Rxg7 $18) 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. exf6 a4 {So a4 -
trying to put up a total blockade! Also a4 - der Versuch, eine totale Blockade
zu errichten!} (27... Rf8 28. fxg7+ Kxg7 {The difference is that in the game I
couldn't pick up a pawn. But here it's easy : Der Unterschied zur Partie ist,
dass ich dort keinen Bauern einsammeln konnte. Hier aber ist es einfach:} 29.
Qe7+ Rf7 30. Qe5+ Kh6 31. b3 (31. a4 bxa4 32. Qc7 $18) 31... a4 32. bxa4 bxa4
33. Qc7 $18 {[%cal Gc7a7,Ga7a4]} (33. h4 $18)) (27... Bf8 28. f7 Rc8 29. Qf6+
Bg7 30. Qd6 Bf5 31. h3 g5 (31... h5 {Trying to prevent g4! Versucht, g4 zu
verhindern!} 32. g4 {Still! Trotzdem!} hxg4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34. Qxg6 $1 $18 {
and the bishop can't move as there's mate coming on the h-file. und der Lдufer
kann nicht ziehen, da es sonst auf h-Linie zum Matt kommt.} Bf3 (34... Bd7 35.
Qh5+) 35. Qf5 Rf8 36. Qh3+) 32. g4 Bg6 33. Qd7 Rf8 34. Qxc6 Bxf7 35. Qd7 (35.
Qxb5 $18) 35... Bg8 36. c6 Rf7 37. Qb7 Rf8 38. c7 Be6 39. Qc6 Bc8 40. Qxb5 {
and the rest is an easy scenario: White eats up everything on the board shakes
hands, signs and goes back to hotel in a happy mood :) und der Rest versteht
sich von selbst: WeiЯ vertilgt alles auf dem Brett, schьttelt seinem Gegner
die Hand, unterschreibt und geht gut gelaunt ins Hotel zurьck :)}) 28. fxg7+
Kxg7 {Well, now White has to take the king to a5-b6. So not Qg3 or h3 to allow
Rf8 leaving the king cut off on g1! Nun, jetzt muss WeiЯ den Kцnig nach a5-b6
fьhren. Also nicht Qg3 oder h3, was ...Rf8 erlauben wьrde, wonach der Kцnig
auf g1 abgeschnitten bliebe!} 29. Kf2 $1 {The king goes for the road to
victory.} h6 30. Ke1 Re6 31. Qg3 {Creating atheat of Qc7 etc...} Be8 32. Kd2 {
Another step... Wieder ein Schritt...} g5 33. Kc3 Kf8 34. Kb4 Bf7 35. Ka5 {
The king is already there. In the enemy's territory. Now it's just a matter of
small finesses to take the point. Der Kцnig ist bereits da, auf
Feindterritorium. Nun bedarf es nur noch kleiner Feinheiten, um den Punkt
einzusacken.} Kg7 36. Kb6 Kf8 37. Kc7 Kg7 38. Kd7 {No need to calculate any
endgames with queen sacrifices here. Nicht nцtig, hier irgendwelche Endspiele
mit Damenopfern zu berechnen.} Kf8 39. Qf2 $1 Rg6 40. Qf5 $1 h5 41. g3 $1 {
The last finesse. White is going to play h4 and pick up the h-pawn. Also if
Black goes for ...Kg7, after Ke7/ Qe5 the move h4 becomes possible. All pawn
endgames are lost for Black and there is no need to prolong the battle, as
it's not a battle anymore. Bu resigned. Die letzte Finesse. WeiЯ wird h4
spielen und den h-Bauern einsammeln. Auch wenn Schwarz ...Kg7 spielt, wird
nach Ke7/ Qe5 der Zug h4 mцglich. Alle Bauernendspiele sind verloren fьr
schwarz, und es hat keinen Sinn, die Schlacht zu verlдngern, denn es ist keine
mehr. Bu gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 h6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. e3
b5 $1 {This type of exchange sacrifices have been known for some time. Black
secures his pawn on c4 and is able to give a very uncomfortable check on b4
while accelerating his development. One of the best games of this style was
Aronian-McShane from a few years ago in London.} 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 axb5 11.
Rxa8 Bb7 12. Ra1 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Qd6 {Black's superior development and powerful
bishops provide good compensation for the exchange. Usually White players
don't like getting into these type of situations. But since when does the norm
apply to Jobava?} 14. f3 O-O 15. Kf2 f5 16. g3 Bxd2 $6 {This very tempting
move might not be as strong as simply developing.} (16... Re8 17. Bg2 g5 {
threatening to crash through with f4. Way riskier than the game continuation,
but maybe also stronger.}) 17. Qxd2 Bxf3 18. Kxf3 (18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+
20. Kf2 Nd7 {looks a bit more pleasant for Black since his knight is headed to
e4, but White should be ok.}) 18... Qd5+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. Qa5 {Black recovered
his pawn but it is now White that is better developed. For now the threat is
Bg2 and trap the queen with Rh1. Also, b5 is weak.} Nc6 (20... Qd5 21. Bg2 Qd7
22. Qb6 $14) 21. Bg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Nxa5 23. Rxa5 {Black is up a pawn, but
with White's very active rook and well placed king he will have no problems
holding.} Rb8 24. Kf3 b4 25. Ke2 g6 26. Kd2 Rc8 27. Rb5 c3+ 28. bxc3 bxc3+ 29.
Kc2 Kf8 30. Rc5 Ra8 (30... Rxc5 31. dxc5 Ke7 32. Kxc3 Kd7 33. Kd4 {leads to a
white win with the known properties of the outside passed pawn.}) 31. Kb3 Ra1
32. Rxc3 Rh1 33. Rc2 Re1 34. Kc4 Rxe3 35. Kc5 g5 36. d5 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38.
Kd4 Ke7 39. Rf2 Rh3 40. Ke4 f3 41. Rxf3 Rxh2 42. d6+ Ke6 43. d7 Rd2 44. Rh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 {An annoying move to face. There
are many other possibilities, but most importantly 5.c5!? is dangerous to
which Gata almost always replies 5...g6!?} Bf5 {A surprise! Other moves have
been tried in this idea. 5...b5 is a main idea while transposing to a
Semi-Slav with 5...e6 is also very popular.} 6. Bd3 (6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 $1 8.
Ne5 a4 9. Qd1 g6 10. g4 Be6 11. h3 Bg7 {gave Black a fine position in the game
Tomashevsky-Ramirez, Tromso 2013.}) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 {Most
players had rejected this as a dubious idea. Magnus took a long time trying to
figure out how to get an advantage after this.} (8... Be7 {allowing} 9. e4 dxe4
10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 {is very possible and the main idea.}) 9. Bd2 Bxc3
10. Bxc3 O-O 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 Ne4 13. Bb4 Re8 14. Rac1 {White holds a very
slight advantage because his position has more space and its more obvious on
what exactly to do: mainly it is to remove the knight from f3 and push f3.} h5
$5 {Kamsky took a long time thinking about this move. Carlsen seemed to have a
confused look on his face when he saw it.} 15. Ne5 Qc7 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 {
strands the knight on e4, and could prove dangerous.}) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qe2 (
17. f3 {was more direct, but its unclear how much advantage White will be able
to obtain.}) 17... Nf6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. h3 Rad8 20. b3 Rd7 {Black has enough
space to maneouver endlessly, so it's up to White to try to create something.}
21. Rc2 Qd8 22. Rcc1 h4 23. Be1 Ne4 24. Qg4 g5 $5 {Kamsky is in no mood to let
Carlsen slowly wrap his army around the weak h4-pawn. Instead he will create
space on the kingside and push back White's pieces. Kamsky was beginning to
fall dangerously low on the clock around this time.} 25. cxd5 f5 26. Qf3 cxd5 (
26... Rxd5 $5 {was also interesting, to retain the pawn on the c-file keeping
White's pieces out.}) 27. Rc2 Rg7 28. Rdc1 Nf6 (28... g4 $1 {was more to the
point, but Kamsky was running short on time.}) 29. Qd1 g4 30. f3 $1 {An
amazing move. Suddenly the counterattack on the weak h4-pawn is strong and
Black must decide exactly how to proceed with the kingside initiative, as if
it is mishandled White already enjoys the c-file and some strong positional
advantages.} gxh3 31. Bxh4 Kf7 $2 {Too optimistic} (31... hxg2 32. Qe1 Qe7 {
still gave some hope.}) 32. Qe1 $1 {Very powerful, White is nearly winning now.
} hxg2 {And now he definitely is with the following sequence.} 33. Rc7+ Re7 34.
Bxf6 Kxf6 35. Rc8 Qd6 36. Qh4+ Kf7 37. Qh5+ Rg6 38. f4 $1 {Most accurate.
Black is in a sort of zugzwang and his position will fall apart faster than
with the immediate Qh8.} Qa3 39. Qh8 Rg7 40. Qh5+ Rg6 41. Qh8 Rg7 42. Qf8+ Kg6
43. Kxg2 $1 {Slow but fatal: White's rook will swing into great effect.
Black's discovery check is no threat at all. From now on White must play
perfect to checkmate Black, but Carlsen does this with ease.} Rgf7 44. Qd8 Rh7
45. Rg1 Qa2+ 46. Kf3+ Kf6 47. Qg8 Rh3+ 48. Rg3 Rxg3+ 49. Qxg3 {And now Black
is completely defenseless against the threats.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 {White has tried basically every
legal move in this position, but Bg5 has never been that popular.} dxc4 (5...
Ne4 {is more popular, but the move in the game scores far better.}) 6. a4 h6 7.
Bh4 (7. Bxf6 exf6 8. e3 {regains the pawn but promises no advantage.}) 7... b5
{This move is new in grandmaster games, but the idea behind it is common for
this variation.} 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nxb5 (9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. e6 {
is very messy and quite unforced.}) 9... axb5 10. Rxa8 Bb7 11. Ra1 g5 12. Bg3
e6 {The point of Black's exchange sacrifice is that there is no good way of
meeting ...Bb4+. White is already forced to forego castling and that will make
his development quite awkward.} 13. e3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Nc6 {From a practical
persepective this position is very hard for White. Black has all the options,
the better development, the pair of bishops, the targets, the safer king.
White does have an extra exchange but it's very hard to play with it.} 15. Ne1
Na5 (15... Nd5 {with the idea of f5-f4 is worth considering.}) 16. Be5 (16. Nc2
Be7 17. f3 O-O 18. Kf2 {right away was preferable. At least White's bishop
might go to e2 one day.}) 16... O-O 17. h4 {White is lashing out, hoping for
some activity. But there really is nothing to create. The king on e2 makes
everything uncoordinated. I also believe that the pawn on g4 actually helps
Black, since White can never successfully open the g-file, which means that f3
is not a possibility.} g4 18. Nc2 Be7 19. Ke1 Nb3 20. Ra2 (20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Qxg4+ Kh8 22. Ra7 Qb6 $17 {gives White more material but does not help his
position.}) 20... h5 21. Be2 {After spending a considerable amount of time in
this position, I've come to the conclusion that White has no good moves. Be2
is far from ideal, but the alternatives might just be worse.} (21. f3 gxf3 22.
gxf3 Ng4 $36) 21... Bd6 $1 {A very strong move. Black eliminates that active
bishop and emphasizes the weakness on g2. There was no need to take the pawn
immediately, this is much stronger. After this Black is simply better.} 22. f3
(22. Bxf6 Qxf6 {leaves white helpless against the threats on the kingside.}) (
22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Kf1 Ne4 {with a clear black initiative.}) (22. Ra7 {was
maybe the last chance to bail out, but Black doesn't have to cooperate.} Bxg2 (
22... Be4 $1 {is better.}) 23. Rg1 Be4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Rxg4+ hxg4 26. Qxg4+
Bg6 27. h5 Bxe5 28. hxg6 Bg7 29. Qh3 {and White seems to achieve a draw.})
22... Nd5 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd5 24. fxg4 Qb6 $1 {transposes to the game,
but was a more accurate move order.}) 23. fxg4 (23. Ra7 Bc6 24. f4 $13) 23...
Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qb6 25. Bf3 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 Qxe3+ (26... Rd8 $5 {was also a strong
move. The point is that Qe2 is not possible and that is the only move that
defends the knight. Without it White must give up the queen and the rest is
easy.} 27. Kf2 (27. Qe2 Nc1 $19) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Nd4 $19 {
McShane might have seen this position and thought that the two rooks more than
compensated for the queen. However, Black's superior activity and plethora of
targets gives him a near decisive advantage.}) 27. Qe2 Qc1+ 28. Qd1 Qe3+ 29.
Qe2 Qc1+ 30. Qd1 Bxf3 {Black's attack is winning, no need to repeat again. The
queens cannot be traded so the attack continues.} 31. gxf3 Qe3+ 32. Qe2 Qc1+
33. Qd1 Qe3+ 34. Qe2 Qf4 {Once the rook joins the fray there will be no
stopping Black. Aronian keeps hitting the queen but this game is over.} 35. Qh2
(35. Kf2 Rd8 36. Rd1 Qh2+ 37. Ke3 Qxe5+ 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Ke3 Qxh4 $19 {Black
has recuperated his material and White's king is quite sad on e3.}) 35... Qxf3
36. Rf1 Qe4+ 37. Kf2 Nd2 38. Rg1 Qf3+ (38... Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qe3+ 40. Kd1 Nb3 {
and mate will follow shortly after White's spite check. A very powerful and
convincing show my McShane. As I said in the notes, I'm not even sure where
Aronian went decisively wrong. Maybe the entire Be5 and h4 idea was wrong, but
to be honest his position was unpleasant from the start. This lines overall
are dangerous for White at best.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 g6 8. a4 Bb7
9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qc2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15.
Be2 Nxe5 16. Nd1 Rad8 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nf2 f5 23. Rfd1 Bc8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qf6 Rf8 26. Qc3 Be6 27. Ra6
Bd5 28. Qa3 Qg7 29. Ra7 Qf6 30. Nd1 Bf7 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. Ne2 Rd8 33. Qc1 g5 34.
fxg5 Qxg5 35. Nf4 Kg8 36. Ra3 Qg4 37. Ra1 Bd5 38. Qd2 Qg7 39. Ra3 Qe7 40. Qc3
Be4 41. h3 Bd3 42. Qe1 Bc2 43. Kh2 Ba4 $2 {A strange square for the bishop.
Ein seltsames Feld fьr den Lдufer.} (43... Re8 $1 {and Black is okay. und die
schwarze Stellung ist in Ordnung.}) 44. e4 $1 {Including the rook into the
game. Now White gets an attack on the dark squares, benefitting from the fact
that the black Ba4 is completely out of play. Schaltet den Turm ins Spiel ein.
WeiЯ kommt nun zum Angriff auf dem dunklen Feldern, wobei es ihm zugute kommt,
dass der schwarze Lдufer a4 vцllig im Abseits steht.} fxe4 (44... Qxe4 45. Qg3+
Kf7 (45... Kh8 46. Qh4)) 45. Rg3+ Kf7 (45... Kh8 $2 {fails to scheitert an} 46.
Qc3+ {, so Black's king has to take this uncomfortable step. , daher muss der
schwarze Kцnig diesen unliebsamen Weg einschlagen.}) 46. Qf2 Qf6 $2 ({The only
move was Der einzige Zug war} 46... Qe5 {, although it's of course
understandable that Black wanted to block the f-file. Who likes to run into a
discovered check? , obwohl es natьrlich verstдndlich ist, dass Schwarz die
f-Linie blockieren wollte. Wer lдsst schon gern ein Abzugschach zu?}) {[%tqu
"En","With his last move Black wanted to avoid any trouble in the f-file. How
would you continue?","White should try to get his rook into the enemy camp,
which would make his attack decisive. This can be achieved by using fork
motifs with the knight and a discovered check respectively.","Can the black
king or queen capture a rook on g7?","g3g7","Nice! The rook goes onto a square
where it could be taken by two pieces, and yet it is untouchable!",15,"De",
"Mit seinem letzten Zug wollte Schwarz Unannehmlichkeiten in der f-Linie aus
dem Weg gehen. Wir wьrden Sie fortsetzen?","WeiЯ sollte versuchen, seinen Turm
ins feindliche Lager einzuschleusen, was seinen Angriff unwiderstehlich machen
wьrde. Dies lдsst sich erreichen durch Gabel- bzw. Abzugsschachmotive.",
"Kцnnten Kцnig oder auch Dame von Schwarz einen Turm auf g7 nehmen?","g3g7",
"Schцn! Der Turm zieht auf ein Feld, wo er von zwei Figuren geschlagen werden
kann, und dennoch ist er tabu!",15]} 47. Rg7+ $1 {White's rook enters the
black camp with decisive effect! Der weiЯe Turm dringt mit entscheidender
Wirkung ins schwarze Lager ein!} Ke8 {Otherwise Black would run into a fork on
h5 or e6. Andernfalls folgt eine Gabel auf h5 oder e6.} (47... Qxg7 48. Nh5+) (
47... Kxg7 48. Nh5+) (47... Kf8 48. Ne6+) 48. Qg3 {Now Black is helpless
against the combined attack of the White queen, rook and knight. Poor bishop
a4! Nun ist Schwarz hilflos gegen das mдchtige weiЯe Angriffstrio Dame, Turm
und Springer. Armer Lдufer a4!} Qf5 49. Rg5 (49. Nh5 {was even quicker: gewann
sogar noch schneller:} Qxh5 50. Qc7 {and mate. und Matt.}) 49... Qf6 50. Nh5
Qd4 51. Rg7 c3 52. Rxh7 Bb3 53. Qg6+ Kf8 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dzhakaev, Dzhakay"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Qa5 $5 {This rare move
has a terrific record: Black has won almost all the games with it. Although
White can break up his opponent's pawn structure now, this factor should not
be overestimated due to Black's better control over the dark squares.} 7. Bxf6
(7. Bd2 Bb4 8. e3 O-O 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Ne2 (11. a5 e5 $132) 11...
Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 e5 $11 {0-1 Cazzaniga,W-Parrella,A/Arvier 2002 (56)}) 7... gxf6
8. e3 Qb4 {The point of Black's strategy in this system: the pawns on c4 and
b2 are under attack.} 9. Qd2 $146 (9. Qc1 dxc4 10. a5 Nd7 11. Be2 b5 12. axb6
Nxb6 $13 {0-1 Dizdar,G-Vasilev,M/Triesen 2005 (52)}) (9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Nd2 (10.
a5 Nd7 11. Nd2 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Be2 c5 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. d5 Bg7 16. O-O O-O
17. e4 Rd8 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Ra3 {1/2-1/2 Genov,P-Rusev,K/Plovdiv 2004}) 10... b5
11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ra7 Bg7 16. Nde4 O-O 17.
Ng3 f5 18. Nh5 Nf6 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qd6 23. Qc3
f6 $15 {0-1 Zhukova,N-Stefanova,A/Elista 2004 (53)}) (9. cxd5 $6 Qxb2 10. Rc1
Bb4 $36) 9... dxc4 10. a5 Nd7 11. Be2 ({Safer for White is to take back the
pawn, although after} 11. Ra4 Qd6 12. Rxc4 (12. Bxc4 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 $17)
12... f5 (12... b5 $6 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Ne4 $36) 13. Na4 {the position is
double-edged: Black's worse pawn structure is compensated for by the bishop
pair.}) 11... b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. O-O a5 14. Ne4 f5 (14... Qxd2 15. Nfxd2 f5
16. Nc5 $14) 15. Nc5 {An interesting decision to sacrifice the second pawn in
order to exchange his opponent's dark-squared bishop. On the other hand Black
will retain good control over the central squares and it is unclear if White
has sufficient resources to exploit his opponent's pawn weaknesses.} ({Safer is
} 15. Nf6+ Ke7 (15... Kd8 16. Qc2 $44) 16. Qxb4+ axb4 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Nh5 Nb6
19. Ne5 $11 (19. Ra1 f6 20. Ra7+ Bd7 21. Rb7 c3 $132)) 15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. e4 $6 {Giving up the third pawn is highly doubtful. The main drawback of
this advance is that it allows Black to install a mighty knight on d5 later on.
} (17. Qc3 Rg8 (17... O-O 18. Qf6 (18. Rfc1 $44) 18... Nd5 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20.
Bxc4 $14 Qxc4 $140 $2 21. Qh6 Rg8 (21... Ba6 $2 22. Ng5 $18) 22. Ne5 $18) 18.
Rfc1 $44) (17. Rfc1 $44) 17... fxe4 18. Ng5 f5 $1 {Very materialistic, but an
effective approach.} 19. Ra3 (19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Qf4 Nd5 21. Qh4 Kd7 $17) ({
The compensation is also insufficient in the event of} 19. Qc3 e5 (19... Rg8 $6
20. Nxh7 $36) ({a good alternative is} 19... O-O 20. Qg3 f4 {with advantage
for Black}) 20. Qh3 Qe7 ({There is no point in complicating matters with} 20...
h5 21. Bxh5+ Kf8 22. Nf7 Rh7 23. Ng5 {and if} Rg7 {then} 24. Be2 Rxg5 $140 25.
Qh6+ Rg7 26. Qh8+ Rg8 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Bh5+ Kd7 29. Qf7+ $16)) 19... Nd5 $17
20. Rg3 (20. Bh5+ Ke7 21. Rg3 Bd7 $17) 20... h5 21. h4 e5 $1 22. Qc1 c3 $19 23.
Nf7 (23. bxc3 a4 24. c4 Nf4 $19) 23... Nf4 ({The computer also defends after
taking the piece right away:} 23... Kxf7 24. Qg5 Rf8 25. Bxh5+ (25. Qxh5+ Ke7
26. Rg7+ Kd6) (25. Qg7+ Ke6 26. Rg6+ Rf6 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Rg7+ Ne7 29. Rd1+ Rd6
$19) 25... Ke6 $19) (23... Nf4 24. Bc4 Qxc4 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Nxc4 Ne2+ 27. Kh2
Nxc1 28. Rxc1 cxb2 29. Nxb2 Be6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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"]

{This victory from the last round helped Topalov to become the sole winner of
Mtel Masters for the second time.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5
Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1 {Topalov's specialty in Sofia. Neither
Kamsky, nor Bacrot could solve opening problems after this move.} (8. Qc2) 8...
e5 $146 {This natural move is a novelty. Bacrot tries to improve on Kamsky's
play from round five, but he underestimated White's resources. The game shows
that 8...e5 is inferior to 8...g6.} (8... g6 9. h3 Qc7 ({Possibly the best
chances to equalize offers} 9... Bg7 10. Bf4 Ne4) 10. g3 Bg7 (10... e5 11. Nxe5
Nxe5 12. Bf4 (12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Na4 $1 $13) 12... Nfd7 13. e4 $5 ({More
ambitious than} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. e4 $14) 13... g5 (
13... Bxc5 14. dxc5 O-O 15. Bg2 Nxc5 16. O-O $44) 14. Bxg5 Ng6 15. exd5 Bg7 16.
Qe2+ (16. Bg2 O-O 17. O-O $36) 16... Kf8 17. d6 Qa5 18. Be3 b6 19. Bg2 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2650)-Topalov,V (2801)/Monte Carlo MNC 2006 (38)} (19.
Qf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf1c4]})) 11. Bf4 Qd8 $146 (11... Qa5 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Bg5
Nhf6 14. Bg2 h6 15. Be3 $16 {1-0 Filip,L (2385)-Nevednichy,B (2302)/Timisoara
2005 (33)}) 12. Bg2 Nh5 (12... O-O $5) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4 $14 {
1-0 Topalov,V (2804)-Kamsky,G (2671)/Sofia 2006 (42)}) (8... Qc7 9. g3 $14) 9.
Nxe5 ({After} 9. dxe5 {White must reckon with} Ne4 $13) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4
({Now after} 10... Ne4 {White keeps advantage with} 11. Nxe4 (11. Na4 Qc7 $11)
11... dxe4 12. g3 {since both 12...Qd5 and 12...Qd4 run into 13.Ba5+/-.}) 11.
Na4 {The knight is only temporary on a4. In fact Topalov's last move besides
protecting pawn c5, also cleverly exploits the weakness on b6.} Nxe5 (11... Bf5
12. Bc3 Qe7 13. Qd4 $16) 12. Bc3 ({Stronger than} 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Bf4 Qf6 (
13... f6 14. Qd4 $14) 14. e3 (14. Qd2 Be6 15. Qe3 {unexpectedly favours Black:}
Ng4 16. Qg3 Qxb2 17. h3 Ne5 18. Na4 Qb4+ 19. Nc3 d4 20. Bxe5 Rd8 $132) 14... g5
15. Bg3 {when White is just marginally better}) 12... f6 {An ugly move,
especially given the fact that White can exchange opponent's light-squared
bishop. On the other hand Bacrot didn't have a choice - it is difficult for
Black to deal with White's pressure on the long diagonal.} (12... Nd7 13. Bd4
Nf6) 13. Nb6 $1 {White plays very simple: the bishop pair secures a stable
advantage. In the game Topalov convincingly converted it into a full point.} ({
Weaker is} 13. e3 Bf5 14. Be2 Be7 15. O-O O-O {1-0 Javakhishvili,L (2410)
-Milliet,S (2330)/Turin 2006 (51) and Black has no problems.}) 13... Rb8 14.
Nxc8 Rxc8 15. g3 $1 {As it often happens, a pawn move that closes one diagonal
weakens another one. After the move 12...f6 Black has problems with the
diagonal c8-h3.} Qd7 16. h4 $1 {In spite of his novelty, the opening outcome
is not satisfactory for Bacrot - Black must suffer with basically no
perspectives for any activity. Besides, White has a clear and easy play.} Qf7
17. Bh3 Nd7 ({Nothing changes} 17... Rd8 18. f4 {and the jump on c4 is hardly
better than the retreat on d7:} Nc4 (18... Nd7 19. b4 {leads to the game}) 19.
Bd4 ({or} 19. Qd4 Qe7 20. b3 Na3 21. Ba5 Ra8 22. Kf2 $16) 19... Be7 20. h5 O-O
(20... g6 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. e4 $16) 21. Bf5 $16 {However, the move 17...Rd8 is
more logical, since in the game White could play 19.h5 instead of 19.f4.}) 18.
b4 Rd8 19. f4 (19. h5 {at once was strong as well, but possibly Topalov didn't
want to deviate from his initial intentions (Black could achieve this position,
had he started with 17...Rd8). I wouldn't be surprised if all this is still
home preparation...}) 19... Be7 20. h5 $1 {A powerful play. The World Champion
increases the space advantage and creates targets for his bishops. Black
completely lacks coordination due to the fact that his pieces have no good
squares.} g6 $6 {It must be very painful to produce such a move, especially
for a high-class player like Bacrot. The Frenchman tries to prevent White from
switching the bishop to b1-h7 diagonal, but it offers White a lot of other
possibilities. His plan to continue ...Rg8, ...f5 and then ...Nd7-f6 is too
slow.} ({Probably White's task would have been more difficult after} 20... O-O
21. Bf5 Rfe8 {[%cal Gd7f8] with a passive, but relatively solid position.}) 21.
Qb3 {Pointing out light-squared weaknesses in Black's position. The idea is to
play quickly e2-e4 and then penetrate with the bishop on e6.} (21. hxg6 hxg6 {,
} 22. Bxd7+ $2 Kxd7 {and the rook on h8 is protected}) 21... Rg8 22. e4 $1 gxh5
{Bacrot tries to create some counterplay, hoping to complicate opponent's task.
} ({Another option was to stick to the initial plan and try to defend the
position after} 22... f5 23. exd5 Qxd5 (23... cxd5 24. Bg2 Nf6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6
26. Rd1 $16 {/+-}) 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bg2 Nf6 $16) 23. exd5 cxd5 (
23... Qxd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Kf2 $16) 24. Kf2 (24. Bd4 f5 ({As indicated by S.
Shipov, the endgame after} 24... Qg6 25. Kd2 Qxg3 26. Rcg1 Qxb3 27. Rxg8+ Kf7
28. axb3 Kxg8 29. Be6+ {is difficult for Black}) 25. Qd3 h4 26. gxh4 $1 {
would have kept a larger advantage.}) 24... h4 $1 (24... f5 25. Bg2 Nf6 26.
Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Rcd1 $16) 25. Bxd7+ $1 {A good practical decision, confirming
the well-known saying about the bishops pair. Topalov doesn't wish to allow
any activity for his opponent.} (25. gxh4 f5 $132 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gd7f6]}) ({
Preventing the advance ...f5 by means of} 25. Bf5 {allows activity anyway:}
Rxg3 (25... hxg3+ 26. Kg2 $16) 26. Rxh4 Qg7 $1 {and somehow Black is able to
create threats with little forces.}) (25. g4 Kf8 $13) 25... Rxd7 26. Rxh4 d4 {
The arising endgame is difficult for Black, although the desire to exchange
queens is understandable.} ({Chances for counterplay offers} 26... f5 27. Rh3 (
{Better is} 27. Rhh1) 27... Bf6 {with the idea} 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Re1+ Kd8 30.
Re5 Re8 31. Rxd5 Qc6 $132) 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bd2 Rg7 29. Rh5 $1 {Preventing ..
.f6-f5.} Bf8 ({More stubborn is} 29... d3 {and White's plan from the game
doesn't work:} 30. c6 $2 (30. Kf3 $16) 30... bxc6 31. Rxc6 Bxb4 $1 32. Bxb4 d2
33. Rh6 Rg6 34. Rxh7+ Rg7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Ke3 Rxa2 $11) 30.
c6 $1 bxc6 31. Rxc6 {The rest is a matter of technique, since Black is unable
to avoid the loss of at least a pawn.} d3 (31... Rd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Ra5 $18)
32. Rxa6 Kg8 (32... Bxb4 33. Bxb4 d2 34. Rh6 $1 $18 {winning the second pawn
after} Rg6 (34... d1=Q 35. Raxf6+ Ke8 36. Rf8#) (34... d1=N+ 35. Ke2 Rxg3 36.
Rxh7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. a4 $18) 35. Rxh7+ Rg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Bxd2
Rxd2+ 38. Ke3 $18) 33. Rh1 (33. Rxf6 $2 Rge7 $132) 33... Rde7 34. Kf3 Re2 35.
Rd1 {Black's activity is a temporary factor.} h5 (35... f5 36. Be3 Bxb4 37.
Rxd3 Re1 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd5 $18) 36. Rxf6 h4 37. gxh4 {It turns out that
Black does not have any dangerous threats.} Rgg2 38. Be3 Be7 39. Ra6 Rxa2 40.
b5 Rab2 41. Rxd3 Bxh4 42. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 ({Another critical
test for Black's quite dubious opening set-up is} 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. a4
b4 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qc5 Na5 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qb5+ Rc6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Nc4 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qa6 $1 Qxa6 20. Nc7+ Kd8
21. Nxa6 {The game 1-0 Radziewicz,I (2421)-Kononenko,T (2417)/Ekaterinburg
2006 (48) showed that Black is struggling in this endgame.}) 6... h6 (6... e6 {
runs into} 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 $16) ({Perhaps instead Black should develop a piece
with} 6... Nbd7 {although his position looks pretty shaky anyway, in spite of
the draw in the following game:} 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
cxd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Be2 (13. Qb6 Rc8 14. Rxc8+ Qxc8 15. Be2 Bc5 $1)
13... Be7 14. Qb6 Bd8 (14... Rc8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. O-O $36) 15. Qb4 Be7 16.
Qa5 Rc8 (16... Bd8 17. Qa3 Be7 18. Bb4 Bxb4+ 19. Qxb4 $16) 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18.
O-O Bd8 19. Qa3 f6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. exf6 gxf6 $14 22. Ba5 Kf7 23. Bxd8 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B (2723)-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo (rapid) 2006}) 7. Qb3 Ra7 (7...
b5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 $16) 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 (10... Bd6 11.
Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Nb5 $18) (10... Be7 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Nb5 $18) 11. Bb5 (11. Nxd7
Nxd7 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Bb4 Bxb4+ 15. Qxb4 Nc6 16. Qc5 Ra8 $11 {
0-1 Radjabov,T (2610)-Morozevich,A (2716)/Moscow 2002 (34)}) (11. Na4 Be7 (
11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nb6 $1 Nxb6 (13... Qxb6 14. Rc8+ Ke7 15. Bb4+ $18)
14. Ba5 $16 {1-0 Kachiani Gersinska,K (2444)-Ionescu Brandis,I (2366)/Istanbul
2003 (36)}) (11... b5 12. Nc6 $1 bxa4 13. Qd1 Qb6 14. Nxa7 Qxa7 15. Rc8+ Ke7
16. Bb4+ $18)) (11. Qa4 Ra8 $1 {brings White nothing.}) 11... Bd6 (11... Be7
12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Nb6 Qxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Nc8 Ra6
18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Rc7+ Kf6 20. Rxb7 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Ke2 $16 {1-0 Pert,N 
(2503)-Tippleston,C (2203)/Swansea 2006 (50)}) 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $2
$146 {A bad novelty. It remains a mystery whether Carlsen tries to improve
over the existing theory, or he simply didn't know the variation. Considering
the fact that the theory of this line is based on a game of PH Nielsen, who is
Carlsen's coach, it would be very surprising for Magnus to know nothing about
it. In any case 12...Qxd7 is a result of a superficial homework, since now
White achieves a large advantage by force.} (13... Kxd7 14. Na4 b5 15. Nc5+ Ke7
{should be better for White, but things aren't simple and this is definitely
preferable to 12...Qxd7.} 16. f3 (16. a4 $5 Qb8 17. a5 $1 Rc8 18. Bb4 Kf8 19.
Kd2 Kg8 20. Nd3 Bxb4+ 21. Nxb4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxh2 23. e4 $1 Bxe4 24. Qg3 Qh5
25. f3 Bf5 26. Qf4 $44 {[%csl Ra6] 1-0 Vaganian,R (2653)-Frolov,D (2418)/
Togliatti 2003 (36)}) 16... Re8 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bg6 19. e5 Bxc5 20. Bb4
Kd7 21. Bxc5 Qh4+ 22. g3 Qe4+ 23. Kf2 Qf5+ 24. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2625)
-Hansen,S (2537)/Malmo 2003. It would have been interesting to see where
Ponomariov would have improved White's play here.}) 14. Na4 $1 O-O (14... Bc7
15. Nb6 Qd8 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. Ba5 Bxb6 18. Qb4+ Qd6 19. Qxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Raa8
21. Rc7+ Kf6 22. Kd2 {The endgame looks very difficult for Black:} Rhc8 23.
Rhc1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rb8 25. b4 (25. Ba7 Re8 $1 26. Rxb7 Re7 $11) (25. Kc3 $5 $16
{[%cal Gc3b4,Gb4a5,Yb6a7,Ra2a4,Ga5b6]}) 25... g5 26. a4 h5 27. Kc3 {leads to a
probably lost endgame for Black:} (27. a5 g4 28. b5 axb5 29. Ba7 Ra8 $1 (29...
Re8 $2 30. Rxb7 Re7 31. a6 $18) 30. Rxb7 b4) 27... Be4 28. f3 Bf5 29. b5 axb5
30. axb5 Ra8 31. Rxb7 {and White should be winning.}) (14... b5 15. Nb6 $18 {
[%cal Gc1c8]}) 15. Nb6 Qd8 16. Nc8 $1 {Possibly Magnus simply missed this.
White wins material.} ({After} 16. O-O a5 $1 (16... Bc7 17. Ba5 Qd6 18. g3 {
still requires accuracy from Black} (18. Rc3 {would be a mistake due to the
unexpected} Qxh2# {A very rare mate for the Slav Defense indeed...})) 17. Nc8 (
17. Qb5 Bd3 $1 18. Qxd3 Qxb6 $11) (17. h3 Bc7 $15) 17... Ra8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 {
White's advantage disappears}) 16... Qxc8 (16... Ra8 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bb4 $18)
17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qb6 $1 ({The quiet} 18. O-O Rc6 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 b5 {
[%cal Ga7c7] allows Black to activate the pieces and reach a perfectly
playable position.}) 18... Bb8 19. O-O Kh7 20. Rc1 $18 {Ponomariov's precise
play leaves Black with no hopes to survive.} Bc2 21. Ba5 Kg6 (21... Rc6 22. Qd8
Ra8 23. Qd7 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 22. Qb4 Rc4 (22... b5 23. Qd2 $18) 23. Qd2
Bf5 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Bb6 Ra8 26. Qe2 e5 ({Black cannot even take his pieces
out, since} 26... Bd6 27. e4 {loses the bishop.}) 27. Qxc4 exd4 (27... Bd6 28.
Qd5 $18) 28. Qxd4 f6 29. f4 Bb1 30. Qd5 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT div-A"]
[Site "Predeal"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 c5 (9... e6 $142 10. Qf3 $1 $14 (10. Be2 c5 11. O-O (11. Bf3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 $11) 11... Nxe5 $1 (11... cxd4 12. exd4 $13 {/+/=})
12. Bxe5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 $11)) 10. dxc5 $1 {Gleizerov improves on his own
earlier game.} ({Spartak Vysochin prepared himself following:} 10. Nxd7 Nxd7
11. d5 Nf6 12. e4 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. f3 {1/2-1/2 Gleizerov,E (2562)-Popov,I 
(2482)/Voronezh 2006, played few months before the present game.}) 10... Nxe5 (
10... Nxc5 {also runs into} 11. Nxb5 $1 (11. b4 Ncd7 (11... Nce4 12. Nxb5 $18)
(11... Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Ncd7 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 $18) 12. Qb3 e6 13. Rd1 {
looks pretty scary for Black, but is far from clear if White's initiative is
sufficient for advantage.}) 11... axb5 12. Bxb5+ Ncd7 13. O-O {with a very
strong compensation.}) 11. Bxe5 Nd7 {Black has no choice. Otherwise White
simply protects pawn c5 with b2-b4.} 12. Bg3 Nxc5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxb5 $1 {
After this White wins in all variations. It is curious that 14.Nxb5 already
happened before in a game that reached the present position by a different
move order.} axb5 15. Bxb5+ Nd7 16. O-O e5 {Nothing else helps either.} (16...
e6 17. Rfd1 {[%cal Gg3c7]} Bd5 18. e4 $1 Bxe4 19. Bc7 Bd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21.
Re1+ Be7 22. Bd6 O-O 23. Bxe7 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 {is also pretty
hopeless.}) (16... f6 17. Bc7 Rc8 18. Rac1 Be4 19. Rfd1 Bf5 20. e4 Be6 21. a4
$18) 17. Rfd1 $1 (17. Bxe5 Ba6 $1 18. Bxa6 Nxe5 19. Bb5+ Ke7 $13) 17... Bc5 (
17... f6 18. Rac1 Be4 ({After} 18... Be7 19. Rc7 Bc8 {Black will soon be in
zugzwang.} 20. f4 $5 $18) 19. f4 (19. Rc7 Bf5 20. a4 Bb4 21. Rb7 Ba5 22. b4
Bxb4 23. Bxd7+ Bxd7 24. Rxb4 $16) (19. f3 $5 Bf5 20. Rc6 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Rb8 (
20... e4 21. Rd5 Bg6 22. Rc7 $18) 21. a4 Rxb5 22. axb5 Nb8 23. Rc7 $16) 19...
exf4 20. exf4 Bf5 21. Rc7 Bb4 22. a3 Ba5 23. Rb7 O-O 24. Bxd7 $18 Rf7 25. Rb5
Rfxd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Rxa5 $18 {1-0 Popov,V (2520)-Burmakin,V (2560)/St
Petersburg 1998 (68). This game escaped Vysochin's attention because it had a
different move order: 8...Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bb7 10.e3 c5 11.dxc5 Nd7 and we have the
same position from our main game.}) 18. Bxe5 Bb6 ({Some practical chances
would have offered} 18... Ba6 19. Ba4 Ke7 20. Bc7 Nb6 21. Bxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8
Kxd8 {although with the rook and three pawns for a bishop and knight White
should hardly have problems to win.}) 19. Rac1 $18 {There is no defense
against Bc7, regaining the piece and remaining with at least two extra pawns.}
Ke7 20. Bc7 Bxc7 (20... Bc8 21. Bxd8+ (21. Bxd7 $4 Bxc7 $1 $15) (21. b4 $18)
21... Rxd8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd7+ Ke6 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. b4 $18) 21. Rxc7 Bc8 22.
a4 h5 23. a5 Rh6 24. a6 $1 {Leads to a technically winning endgame.} (24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. Rxd7+ Ke6 {leaves Black with some hopes.}) 24... Rxa6 25. Rcxd7+ Bxd7
26. Bxa6 Rb8 27. Rd2 Ra8 28. Be2 h4 (28... Ra1+ 29. Rd1 Ra2 30. Bxh5 Rxb2 31.
h4 $18) 29. f3 $18 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 g5 31. Bd3 f5 32. h3 g4 33. hxg4 fxg4 34. fxg4
Bxg4 35. b4 Ra3 36. Bf1 Bc8 37. Rd4 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 Ra1 39. Re4+ Kf6 40. Rxh4 Kg5
41. Rd4 Ba6 42. b5 Bb7 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Ra3 45. Bd3 Rb3 46. Rd7 Ba8 47. Rd6
Rb2 48. e4 Rb3 49. Kf3 Bb7 50. Ke3 Bc8 51. Kd4 Rb2 52. e5 Bb7 53. Rg6+ Kh5 54.
g4+ Kh4 55. e6 Ra2 56. e7 Ra8 57. Re6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bf5
$5 9. g4 {Kramnik chooses the most aggressive continuation, a decision
probably dictated by the fact that it is difficult for White to achieve an
advantage by quiet means. However, objectively Black gets reasonable chances
in the upcoming complications.} Bg6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 {One of several playable
options.} 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bg6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. a4 b4 16. e6
Qd6 $1 (16... fxe6 $6 17. Bb2 $44 {[%csl Rf8]}) 17. f4 $146 (17. Qd4 Qxe6 18.
Bb2 Qd6 19. Rc1 e6 (19... f6 $5) 20. h4 f6 21. a5 Be7 22. h5 Bf7 23. h6 $13 {
1-0 Rajlich,I (2421)-Murariu,A (2461)/Budapest 2006 (38)}) 17... Be4 (17...
Qxe6 $2 18. f5 Qe4 19. Bf3 $18) 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bf3 (19. O-O g6 20. Bb2 Bg7
$11) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 g6 21. f5 $6 {An overoptimistic move. Possibly
Kramnik missed his opponent's reply.} ({After} 21. Bb2 Bg7 22. Be5 (22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. O-O Rac8 24. Rac1 Rc3) 22... Qe6 23. Rd1 Rhd8 24. Bd4 {the position
is equal. For instance:} Rac8 (24... Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rac8 26. f5 gxf5 27. O-O {
- 24...Rac8} (27. Rxb4 Rc3 28. Kd2 Rdc8 29. Qxf5+ Qxf5 30. gxf5 $11)) 25. f5
gxf5 26. O-O Bxd4 27. Rxd4 (27. exd4 $5 Rc3 28. Qxf5+ Qxf5 29. Rxf5+) 27... Rc3
(27... Kg8 28. gxf5 Qe5 29. Rg4+ Kh8 30. f6 Rc2 31. Qf4 $11) 28. Qxf5+ Qxf5 29.
Rxf5+ $11) 21... Bg7 $1 {Other moves would have fully justified 21.f5.} (21...
gxf5 22. Qxf5+ Ke8 23. Bb2 $16 Qg3+ $140 24. Kd1 Rg8 25. Rf1 $18) (21... Qf6 $2
22. Qxd5+ Kg7 23. O-O (23. Ra2 $18) 23... Qxa1 24. fxg6 $18) 22. Ra2 ({It
turns out that after} 22. fxg6+ {Black simply retreats the king} Ke8 {and
White is in big troubles:} (22... Kxg6 $4 23. Qf5+ Kh6 24. Qh5#) 23. Ra2 (23.
Qf7+ Kd7 24. Qxg7 Qg3+ $19) 23... Rf8 24. Qg2 Rc8 $19) 22... Bc3+ 23. Bd2 Rhf8
24. O-O Kg8 $15 {/-/+} 25. Qf4 e5 {Sasikiran plays for more than a better
endgame.} (25... Qxf4 26. Rxf4 gxf5 27. gxf5 Rac8 $15) 26. Qh6 Rad8 27. e4 (27.
Rc2 $142 d4 $140 28. exd4 Bxd4+ (28... exd4 29. Bf4 Qc6 30. Be5 $132) 29. Kg2
$13 (29. Be3 gxf5 $17)) 27... dxe4 28. Bg5 Rd7 29. Kg2 e3 {By giving back the
pawn the Indian Grandmaster misses his chance.} ({Black is safe on the
kingside even without bringing back the bishop.} 29... Qd5 $1 {would have won
the second pawn without sufficient compensation for White:} 30. Be3 (30. Kh2
Qxb3 31. Re2 Qxa4 $19) (30. fxg6 e3+ $19) 30... gxf5 31. gxf5 Qxb3 32. Kh1 Rg7
$17) 30. Bxe3 Qd5+ 31. Kh2 e4 32. Raf2 Bg7 33. Qg5 Bf6 {Realising that the
advantage has slipped, away Sasikiran decides to repeat moves.} ({The
following variations show that in the final position White is able to keep the
balance:} 33... Qxb3 34. f6 (34. fxg6 Rxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Qe6 36. gxh7+ Kxh7 $17)
34... Rd5 35. Rb1 Qd3 (35... Qc4 $6 36. Qh4) 36. Rd2 Qxd2+ (36... Rxg5 37. Rxd3
Bxf6 38. Rd7 $44) 37. Bxd2 Rxg5 38. Bxg5 Bxf6 39. Bxf6 Rxf6 40. Rxb4 Re6 41.
Kg2 e3 42. Kf1 $11) (33... Rdf7 34. f6 Qd6+ 35. Kg2 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37. Rxf6
Bxf6 38. Qc5 $1 $11) 34. Qh6 Bg7 35. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. a3 {Lputian's
patent.} a5 (7... Qc7 8. b4 e5 9. dxe5 (9. a4 $5 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5
Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qd4 Qe6 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O $14 {1-0
Pedersen,S (2439)-Rasmussen,C (2327)/Aalborg 2007 (40)}) 9... Nxe5 10. Bb2 Be7
11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Na4 Qe4 13. Nb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S (2619)-Bareev,E (2701)
/Sochi 2006}) (7... g6 8. b4 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F
(2674)-Jakovenko,D (2671)/Lugo 2006 (62)}) 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6
11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Be2 Nxf2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An impressive novelty, completely
changing the character of the position. Suddenly White finds himself under
severe pressure.} (12... Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. b3 Nd6 15. Nxc6 Qb6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17.
O-O (17. f5 $5 $36) 17... Be7 18. f5 $16 {1-0 Lputian,S (2634)-Jakovenko,D 
(2671)/Fuegen 2006 (50)}) 13. Kxf2 Bd6 {With two central pawns for the knight
Black has excellent compensation. White's king is exposed, his pawn structure
is ruined and the coordination of pieces is poor. Therefore in order to avoid
long suffering White must first of all try to break Black's pawn chain
immediately. For that purpose moves such as 14.Nxc6 and 14.e4 suit best.
However, concrete variations show that Black has excellent compensation in all
cases.} 14. g3 (14. Nxc6 {The c6-pawn is very important, supporting both pawns
on b5 and d5, therefore 14.Nxc6 is the critical continuation.} O-O+ 15. Bf3 ({
Perhaps better is} 15. Kg1 Qh4 16. Bf3 Ne4 $44) 15... Qh4+ (15... Qb6 16. Nd4
$13) 16. g3 Qh3 17. Nxb5 Ne4+ 18. Kg1 Bxg3 19. Ne7+ (19. hxg3 $2 Qxg3+ 20. Bg2
Qf2+ 21. Kh2 Rf6 $19) 19... Kh8 20. Ng6+ $1 (20. hxg3 $2 Qxg3+ 21. Bg2 Qf2+ 22.
Kh2 Rf6 $19) 20... Kg8 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. hxg3 (22. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 23. Qe2 (23.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Kf1 Kxe7+ $19) (23. Nxc8 Kg6 $1 24. Ne7+ Kg5 $19 {[%cal Gg3f2]})
23... Bh4 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. Qf1+ (25. Nd6+ Kg8 26. Nxc8 Rf5 $19) 25... Bf2+ $1
26. Qxf2+ Kg8 27. Qe2 Rc5 $19) 22... Qxg3+ 23. Bg2 Kxe7 (23... Qf2+ 24. Kh2
Qg3+ $11 (24... Kxe7 25. Qe1 $1)) 24. Rh3 Qf2+ 25. Kh2 e5 $40) (14. e4 {
The second critical option, opening the diagonal for the Bc1.} O-O+ 15. Kg1 Qb6
$5 16. Be3 Bf4 17. Bf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nf5 e3 20. Ne7+ Kh8 (20... Kf7 $6
21. Bh4) 21. Bg3 (21. Bh4 Bb7 $17) 21... Bb7 $17) 14... O-O+ 15. Kg2 Bd7 {
The last preparatory move. Now Black is ready to advance his central pawns.}
16. Bd2 (16. Rf1 {is better, although it doesn't fully solve the problems
either. After} Rxf1 {Black keeps strong pressure. For instance:} 17. Bxf1 (17.
Qxf1 e5 18. Nf5 (18. Nf3 Nb3 19. Rb1 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nd1 Bf5 22. Bd3 e4
23. Ng1 Bg6 24. Bc2 (24. Be2 Qa5 $19 {[%cal Ga5a2]}) 24... Na1 25. Qe2 b3 $19))
17... Qf6 (17... e5 {allows White to give back the knight in order to activate
pieces:} 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxb5 Bb7 20. Nxd5 {although Black has good play for
the pawn.}) 18. Kh1 (18. Be2 Rf8 $36) 18... Rf8 19. Bg2 Qg6 $44 {[%cal Gc5d3]})
(16. e4 {is again an important option. My feeling is that one way or another
White must try to survive by destroying his opponent's pawn formation in the
centre, eventually even giving back the extra material.} b4 17. exd5 bxc3 18.
dxe6 (18. dxc6 Be8 $17 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 18... Nxe6 19. Bc4 Qf6 20. Rf1 Qg6 21.
bxc3 {White should be happy if he can achieve something like this.}) 16... e5
17. Nb3 (17. Nf3 a4 $44 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc5b3]}) 17... Ne6 $1 {The knight on
b3 is a very problematic piece for White, with no prospects at all and Black
wisely avoids its exchange.} 18. Bg4 (18. Rf1) 18... a4 19. Nc1 Qg5 ({Another
promising possibility is} 19... Nc5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 $17 {with the exchange of
light-squared bishops White's position becaomes really ugly.}) 20. h4 Qg6 21.
h5 ({White should have tried to exchange queens:} 21. Bh5 Qf5 (21... Qf6 $5 22.
Rf1 Qe7 $44) 22. Qf3 $1 (22. Rf1 Nf4+ $1 23. exf4 Qh3+ 24. Kf2 exf4 $19) (22.
Bg4 $2 Qf2+ 23. Kh3 h5 $19) 22... Nc5 (22... Qc2 23. Qd1) 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 $44)
21... Qg5 22. Rh4 ({Missing the last chance to advance e3-e4, even if now
Black can achieve by force a better endgame:} 22. e4 Nf4+ $1 23. Bxf4 (23. gxf4
exf4 $1 $19) 23... Qxg4 (23... exf4 $2 24. Bxd7 Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 f3 26. Qd2 $18)
24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. Rh4 {and now Black has a pleasant choice between} d4 {
winning back material} ({or} 25... Bd7 26. Bd2 d4 {with advantage in both
cases.})) 22... e4 $19 {Now it's all over: White's queenside pieces are locked
in and Black easily organizes a decisive attack.} 23. Qe1 (23. N1e2 Bxg3 $1 24.
Kxg3 (24. Nxg3 Qxh4 $19) 24... Rf3+ 25. Kg2 Qxh4 $19) 23... Nc5 24. Bxd7 ({
In the event of} 24. Bd1 {among other good moves Black has the nice blow} Rf1
$1 {winning at once:} 25. Kxf1 (25. Qxf1 Qxg3+ $19) 25... Bxg3 $19) (24. Be2
Rf6 $19 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 24... Nxd7 25. N1e2 Ne5 26. Qh1 Nf3 27. Qh3 Qf6 {
Defending from the check on e6 and keeping all the threats.} 28. Nf4 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3 {This continuation which is
occasionally used by several strong GMs offers Black good chances for active
play. After the exchange on c4 the move ...a6 will be fully justified, while
the queen will be exposed in the center.} e6 {The most precise answer,
transposing into equal Meran-type of positions.} ({The main idea behind 5.Qb3
is} 5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 $1 (7. Qb3 e6 $11 {and after} 8. e4 {Black has}
b4 {[%csl Re4]}) 7... e6 (7... c5 $2 8. dxc5 $16) 8. e4 $1 c5 9. dxc5 (9. e5
cxd4 $13) 9... Qxd3 (9... Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bd3 $16) 10. Bxd3 Bxc5 11. e5
$14) 6. Bg5 (6. g3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3 (8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg2 O-O
11. Ne5 Ra7 12. Nd3 Bd4 13. a4 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,G (2435)-Vegh,E (2380)/
Hungary 1994 (20)}) 8... c5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
$11 13. Rfd1 c4 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. a3 Be7 16. e4 O-O 17. d5 exd5 18. e5 Nd7 19.
Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rad8 21. Qf5 Nb6 (21... Nc5 $15) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. e6 Bf6
24. Re1 Bxb2 25. Nh4 Qe7 26. Be4 g6 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. Qg4 Bd4 29. Nf5 h5 $4 (
29... Qf6 30. Nxh6+ (30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Qxg6+ Qxg6 32. Bxg6 Nd5 $17) 30... Kh7
31. Nf5 Rf8 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Qg4 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qg7 $17) 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nxf7
{1-0 Meister,Y (2440)-Rogozenko,D (2405)/Ceske Budejovice 1994}) (6. e3 Nbd7
$11) 6... dxc4 (6... b5 7. c5 Be7 8. Bxf6 (8. a4 $14) 8... Bxf6 9. e4 Nd7 10.
Bd3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd4 15. Qc3 Qxc3+ 16.
bxc3 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K (2500)-Rublevsky,S (2505)/
Podolsk 1992}) 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3 ({Another important theoretical direction is} 
8. Qd3 c5 9. a4 (9. d5 Be7 $13) (9. Bxf6 gxf6 {is known to be good for Black.})
9... cxd4 ({The same is} 9... b4 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. Nxd4) 10. Nxd4 b4 (10... bxa4
$5) 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Qf3 b3 $1 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J 
(2625)-Bareev,E (2685)/Linares 1994 (53). with a very sharp, double-edged
position.}) 8... Nbd7 {Generally in these situations Black has absolutely
nothing to fear. He will advance ...c5 and in the arising equal positions it
is often White who must play accurately to keep the balance.} 9. Rd1 (9. e4 h6
10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne4 (14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Rac1
Qb6 16. Qc2 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Dankert,P (2265)-Ribli,Z (2595)/Germany 1992 (24)})
14... Rc8 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. a4 c5 $132 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 c4 19. Qb4 Bxf3
20. Bxf3 O-O $15 {0-1 Kortschnoj,V (2630)-Ribli,Z (2595)/Reggio Emilia 1987 
(49)}) ({I think a more realistic approach is to settle for equality after} 9.
e3 c5 10. Be2 $11) 9... Qa5 $1 {The ambitious move, fighting for advantage. It
is not easy for White to find the safest way to keep the balance, since
everywhere Black has many resources for activity.} ({To easy equality leads} 
9... Qc7 10. g3 c5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne1
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 O-O 17. Nd3 Bd4 18. Rc1 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 h5 20. e3 Bb6 21. Qd1 h4 22.
Qe2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timoscenko,G (2515)-Rogozenko,D (2405)/Berlin 1994 (40)}) 10.
Bd2 {Something went wrong for White if he must make such moves.} ({The more
natural} 10. e3 c5 11. Be2 {was a better alternative, since Black has nothing
concrete:} cxd4 12. Nxd4 {and if} b4 $2 {then} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Nxf6 14.
Nc6 Qc7 15. Rd8+ $18) 14. Nc6 Qf5 (14... Qc7 {allows a beautiful mate:} 15.
Qxe6+ fxe6 16. Bh5#) 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Nd4 $16) ({Or} 10. g3 c5 11.
Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O $13 {/=/+}) 10... Qb6 $146 {Black's pieces are placed on the
optimal squares and he can quickly complete development. On the opposite side
White has poor achievements: his pieces lack coordination and the queen is too
exposed.} (10... Qc7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Bh3 Be7 14. O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Volkov,N (2165)-Yashtylov,A (2319)/Orsk 2000 (72)}) 11. e4 c5 12. e5 {This
active move is forced. White has no choice, he must go for dangerous
complications.} (12. d5 c4 13. Qc2 Bc5 $17) (12. dxc5 Bxc5 $19) 12... Ng4 ({
A good alternative was} 12... cxd4 13. Nxb5 ({After} 13. exf6 dxc3 14. Bxc3
Nxf6 {Black is just a pawn up.}) 13... Ne4 (13... axb5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bxb5
Bc5 $13) 14. Nbxd4 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 (15. Rxd2 Bb4) 15... Qc5 $5 {with very good
compensation for the pawn.} (15... Qc7 16. Qc3 $13) (15... Bb4+ 16. Kc1 Bb7 17.
a3 $13)) 13. h3 $8 cxd4 14. Nd5 {This spectacular move is designed to close
some central files. However, it also offers Black some additional squares for
the pieces.} ({The more natural} 14. hxg4 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Bc5 16. Qc2 Bb7 ({
but not} 16... b4 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 $13 Nxe5 $2 19. Qe4 Qb8 20. Nc6 Bb7 (
20... Nxc6 21. Qxc6+ Ke7 22. Qc5+ Ke8 23. Qg5 Bb7 24. Qxg7 Rf8 25. Qf6 $16) 21.
Qxe5 Bxc6 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Qd4 $16) 17. a3 {with a double-edged position would
have been a better choice.}) 14... exd5 15. hxg4 Qe6 $1 16. Be2 (16. Nxd4 Qxe5+
17. Be3 Nc5 18. Nf3 Nxb3 19. Nxe5 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Na5 21. Rxd5 O-O $17) 16... Nc5
17. Nxd4 ({The computer suggestion} 17. Qa3 {does not have an immediate
refutation, but during the game a human instantly rejects such a move.} Qxg4
18. Bxb5+ (18. O-O d3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc4 $17) 18... Bd7 (18... Nd7 19.
b4 Qxg2 20. Rg1 Qh3 21. Bc6 Rb8 22. Rg3 (22. Bxd5 $2 Nxe5) 22... Qh5 (22... Qe6
$2 23. Nxd4 $16) 23. Kf1 $13) 19. Bxd7+ Nxd7 20. Qb3 (20. Qd3 Qxg2 21. Ke2 (21.
Rg1 Nxe5 22. Qe2 Qxf3 23. Qxe5+ Kd7 24. Qxd4 Qe4+ 25. Qxe4 dxe4 $17) 21... Qg4
22. Rh4 Qe6 23. Nxd4 $44) 20... Qe4+ 21. Kf1 Rb8 22. Qa4 d3 23. Rh4 Qe2+ 24.
Kg1 Bc5 25. Rf1 $13) 17... Qxe5 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. Bxe3 {White's pieces contain
active potential and with precise play it would have been difficult for Black
to convert his extra pawn.} Na4 20. Nf5 $6 {After this move Black is in time
to complete development conveniently.} (20. Rb1 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 O-O $17) ({
White had to activate immediately his light-squared bishop:} 20. Bf3 Nxb2 (
20... Be6 $5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bd4 Rc8 $15) 21. Rb1 Na4 22. Bxd5 Nc3 23. Rxb5
axb5 24. Bxa8 Bxg4 25. Kd2 {and here White escapes.}) 20... Nxb2 21. Rxd5 Be6
$17 22. Rd2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 {Black is technically winning. His bishop on c4
is too strong. White is unable to create any decent counterplay.} 24. Bd4 (24.
Bf4 Bb4 $19) (24. Kd1 Bb4 25. Rd4 O-O $19) 24... O-O-O ({Also possible was} 
24... Bb4 25. Nxg7+ Kf8 26. Nf5 Rg8 27. Rxh7 Bxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rd8 29. Kc3 Bxa2 {
and although Black is winning here, Morozevich prefers not to allow any
activity for his opponent.}) 25. Bc3 (25. Bxg7 $2 Bb4 $19) 25... Bc5 26. Nxg7
Rxd2 27. Kxd2 Rd8+ 28. Kc2 b4 (28... Bxa2 29. Ra1 Bd5 30. Rxa6 Bxg2 31. Ra5 {
leaves White with some chances.}) 29. Bf6 Rd7 30. Rc1 (30. Ra1 a5 $19) 30...
Kb7 31. Kb1 Bd3+ 32. Kb2 Bxf2 $19 33. Kb3 a5 34. a3 bxa3 35. Kxa3 Be4 36. Nf5
Rd3+ 37. Kb2 a4 38. Rc3 Rxc3 39. Bxc3 Bc5 40. Nh4 Kc6 ({After} 40... Kc6 41.
Nf3 {the easiest win is} Bxf3 42. gxf3 Kd5 43. Ka2 (43. Kc2 Kc4 44. Bh8 a3 $19)
43... Kc4 44. Be5 Kd3 45. f4 Ke4 46. g5 Be3 47. Ka3 Bxf4 48. Bf6 Kf5 49. Kxa4
Bxg5 50. Bd4 h5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. g3 e5 $1 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 Nxc5 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. e4 Bg7 14. Nxd5 $146
{Leko's spectacular novelty requires from Black a series of precise moves, but
in the end Black is doing okay.} ({Neither} 14. Bg2 Bxc3 $1 15. Bxc3 dxe4 16.
Bxh8 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 exf3 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Bacrot,E (2695)/Heraklio 2007 
(27)}) ({nor} 14. h3 Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Be3 {1-0 Aronian,L (2750)-Bacrot,E 
(2695)/Mainz 2007 (22)} Qa5 {is problematic for Black}) 14... Nxe4 (14... cxd5
15. Qxc5 $16) 15. Nf4 (15. Qxe4 $2 Re8) 15... Nxd2 (15... Re8 16. Bc4+ Kf8 17.
O-O-O $36) 16. O-O-O Bf5 (16... b5 17. Rxd2 Qb6 18. Qb3+ $18) 17. Bc4+ Kf8 18.
Bd3 (18. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) (18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Qe7
20. Bxg4 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 Bf6 22. Rhe1 Qf7 $11 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 18... Bxd3 (18...
Qxd3 19. Qc5+ $1 (19. Nxd3 Nxf3 20. Qc5+ Kf7 $13) 19... Kg8 (19... Kf7 $2 20.
Ng5+ Kf6 21. Nxd3 Kxg5 22. Rxd2 $18) 20. Nxd3 Nxf3 21. Qc4+ Kf8 22. Qb4+ Kg8
23. Nf4 $36) 19. Qxd2 Bh6 $1 (19... Kg8 $2 20. Rhe1 Bh6 21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3
$16 {[%csl Rg8,Rh8] /+-. Unlike in the game, here the king is worse placed on
g8 than on f8, where it controls the e7-square.}) 20. Rhe1 Qd6 $1 21. Qxd3 Qxd3
22. Rxd3 Rg8 $1 (22... Re8 23. Rd7 $14) 23. Rd7 Rg7 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Re7+ Kg8
26. Rxb7 Rf8 $11 (26... Nxf2 27. Kc2 Re8 $11) 27. h4 (27. Rb6 $2 g5 $19) 27...
Bxf4+ 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Ng5 Rxf2 30. Rxh7 Ne5 31. Rb7 Rh2 32. a3 a5 (32... Nd3+
33. Kb1 Rxh4 34. Rd7 Ne5 35. Ra7 Ra4 36. Ne6 $44 {/=}) 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4
Rxh4 35. b5 cxb5 36. Rxb5 Nf7 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7 Rh1+ 39. Kd2 Rf1 40. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The World Cup 2009 was one of the most successful tournaments in Malakhov's
career. His outstanding result with the Black pieces in the Chebanenko Slav
contributed enormously to this performance.  Malakhov's idea in the Chebanenko
Slav of not being bothered about getting slightly passive positions proved to
be very effective in Khanty Mansiysk. In their wish to take advantage of the
white pieces his opponents often crossed the line when trying to break through
Black's solid bastions. At those moments Malakhov made full use of his chances,
pointing out the weaknesses in opponent's positions. In the present encounter
Svidler was aiming for a sharp game and had prepared a novelty in order to get
a new and fresh position. The passivity would have led to unpleasant play for
Black, therefore Malakhov reacted in a very active way at an early stage,
which resulted in a highly tense battle which had already started on move 10.
Svidler's determined play led to a strong initiative on the kingside for White.
However, Malakhov kept his cool and in the end it was White who collapsed
under the pressure.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bd3 Bg4 {After the exchange of the bishop for the knight White gets an edge,
but in the resulting positions it is generally difficult to make further
progress. In the event of the much more popular 7...Bg7 White can consider 8.
h3, preventing simplifications in a position in which he has a space advantage.
} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 ({Malakhov seems to be fond of the pawn structure arising
after} 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. f4 {which represents an important alternative for
White.}) 9... Bg7 10. g4 $5 $146 {An interesting and somewhat provocative
novelty. White prepares the optimal arrangement of pieces - Qg3 and f2-f4.} (
10. Qg3 Nbd7 11. f4 e6 12. Bd2 h5 $5 13. O-O h4 14. Qf3 Nh5 15. Ne2 a5 16. e4
f5 17. e5 Bf8 18. Kh2 Be7 19. g4 hxg3+ 20. Nxg3 Nxg3 21. Qxg3 Rh6 22. Rf3 Bh4
23. Qg2 Nf8 24. Be1 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Ra7 26. Rg1 Rah7 27. Bf1 Rh4 28. Qd2 Ra7 {
1/2-1/2 Marcelin,C (2481)-Prie,E (2507)/Besancon 2006}) 10... e5 {This
standard advance is the most natural reaction to White's kingside actions. Now
the position becomes very sharp.} (10... Nbd7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. f4 $14) 11. Qg3 (
11. dxe5 $2 Nfd7 $17) 11... Nfd7 ({In the event of} 11... e4 12. Bc2 {White
will decide the moment when to open up the centre with f2-f3.}) 12. Ne2 Qe7 13.
O-O h5 ({Less committal and therefore more cautious is} 13... O-O 14. a4 b4 15.
Bd2 a5 $13) 14. f3 {Ruling out Black's possibility to close the centre with
e5-e4. Now White will himself prepare the advance e3-e4 in order to open the
position quickly, trying to exploit of his lead in development and the bishop
pair.} ({The immediate} 14. a4 b4 15. Bd2 a5 16. e4 {is too early:} dxe4 17.
Bxe4 hxg4 18. hxg4 exd4 {[%csl Re4]} 19. Bg2 (19. Rae1 $2 Qxe4 {[%cal Gh8h1]}
20. f3 Be5 21. Nf4 Qc2 $19) 19... Nxc5 $17) 14... Nf8 {Another standard
manoeuvre in such pawn formations - the knight goes to e6 where it will point
out the weakest point of White's structure: the pawn on d4. On the other hand
Black remains with development problems and the knight retreat helps White to
open the centre quickly.} (14... a5 15. Bd2 Na6 {deserved attention, since the
a5-pawn is not hanging:} 16. Bxa5 $2 Naxc5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga8a5]} 17. Bb4
$140 exd4 18. exd4 Qe3+ $19) 15. a4 $1 {Winning a tempo for development.} b4
16. Bd2 a5 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne6 $1 (18... exd4 19. Bf4 $36 {is much too
dangerous.}) 19. Rae1 h4 ({Another option was} 19... hxg4 $5 {/\ 20...0-0.})
20. Qf2 O-O 21. f4 {Very energetic play by Svidler.} exd4 ({Again Black had a
reasonable alternative:} 21... exf4 22. Bxf4 (22. Bb1 $5 Na6 $1 $13 (22... g5
23. Nxf4 $1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 $44)) 22... Nxc5 $1 23. dxc5 Qxe4 24. Bd6 Na6 25.
Bxf8 Rxf8 {and with a pawn and strong bishop Black has compensation for the
exchange, since White's structure is weak and the king quite exposed.}) 22. f5
{This logical desire to continue active actions without wasting time allows
Black to get counterplay.} ({After} 22. Nc1 {(bringing the knight to d3 or b3)
Black has no time to take the pawn c5 and White's prospects are clearly
preferable.} Nxc5 (22... Qxc5 23. f5 $40) 23. Bxc6) 22... Nxc5 23. Bb1 d3 $1
24. Nc1 (24. Nf4 Qd6 25. Be3 (25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Ba2+ b3 $19) 25... Ne4 26. Qf3
Ng3 27. Rf2 Nd7 28. Nxd3 Rae8 $17) 24... Qd6 25. Ba2 $2 {A blunder, losing
material.} ({It is understandable that Svidler rejected} 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Qxf6
Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Qxg4+ 29. Kh2 (29. Kh1 $6 Ne4) 29... Qg3+ 30. Kh1 {
when Black is left with a pleasant choice between forcing a draw, or
continuing to play on with} Nbd7 $15) ({But} 25. Qxh4 $1 {would have kept the
result of the game entirely open. The concrete analysis shows that White is
hardly worse:} Bd4+ (25... g5 $2 26. Bxg5 (26. Qxg5 $6 Qg3+) 26... Bxb2 (26...
d2 $2 27. f6 $18) 27. Nxd3 $1 Nxd3 (27... Bd4+ 28. Kg2 $18) 28. f6 Nd7 (28...
c5 29. Qh6 {with mate}) 29. Rf3 $18) (25... Bf6 26. g5 Qd4+ (26... Bd4+ 27. Be3
(27. Kg2 $5) 27... Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 d2 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qc4+ Kh7
(31... Qf7 $2 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ $18) 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Qc4+ $11) 27. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 28. Kg2 Nbd7 29. Nxd3 Nxd3 30. Bxd3 Ne5 31. Bb1 Bxb2 32. Re2 Nd7 33. Ba2
$14 {favours White to some degree.}) (25... Nbd7 26. fxg6 Qxg6 (26... fxg6 $2
27. Ba2+) 27. Rf5 $36) 26. Kg2 Nbd7 (26... Qd5+ 27. Rf3 Nbd7 28. Ba2 $1 (28.
Nxd3 Nxd3 29. Bxd3 Rae8 $1 $36) 28... b3 (28... Bf6 29. g5 $18) 29. Nxb3 Nxb3
30. Bxb3 Qxb3 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Re7 Nf6 33. Rxf6 ({or even} 33. Qh6 Rf7 34.
Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6] must win}) 33... Qd5+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Rf4
$1 (35. Rxe5 Bxe5+ 36. Kg2 Rxf6 $13) 35... Rxf4 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38.
Qh6+ Kf7 39. Bxf4 $18) 27. Ba2 (27. Nxd3 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Bf6 29. Qg3 Qd5+ $1 30.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Ne5+ $17) 27... Bxb2 {and in this extremely sharp and
complicated position the chances are about equal. One possible fantastic
variation is} 28. Qg5 b3 29. fxg6 bxa2 30. gxf7+ Kh8 31. Rf3 $5 {in order to
prevent the check from d5.} (31. Rf5 {might be even better}) {and if} 31...
a1=Q {then} 32. Re8 $3 {[%cal Gg5g8] An incredible position. Black must look
for escape with an extra queen and knight!} Nf6 (32... Raxe8 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34.
fxe8=Q Rxe8 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Qh7#) 33. Qh6+ Nh7 34. Qxd6 Raxe8 35. fxe8=Q Rxe8
36. Qxc5 $16) 25... Bd4 {Now Black wins by force.} 26. Be3 (26. Re3 Ne4 $19)
26... Ne4 27. Qxh4 (27. Qg2 d2 $19) 27... g5 $1 {Malakhov is precise until the
end.} (27... d2 $2 {would have allowed White to escape after} 28. fxg6 Ng5 (
28... Qxg6 $2 29. Bxd4 $18) (28... Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qxg6 30. Nb3 $36 {[%cal
Ga2b1]}) 29. gxf7+ Nxf7 30. Qg5+ Bg7 31. Bxd2 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 $11)
28. Qh5 d2 29. f6 Qxf6 $1 ({Again it was easy to go wrong:} 29... Bxf6 $2 30.
Bxd2 $1 Nxd2 $2 31. Qg6+ $16) 30. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Kg2 dxe1=N+ {The most elegant
solution.} ({White gets mated:} 31... dxe1=N+ 32. Kh2 (32. Rxe1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1
Ng3#) (32. Kh1 Ng3+ 33. Kh2 Nxf1+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Qf2#) 32... Qd2+ 33. Kg1
Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bf4 (7. Qb3 Qc8
8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 Be7 13. O-O-O Nf8 14.
Bd3 Ne6 15. Ne2 Ng4 16. Rdf1 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2694)-Movsesian,S 
(2732)/Dresden 2008 (24)}) 7... Nbd7 8. Nxg6 (8. e3 {should be answered with}
e5 $1 (8... e6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Re8 14.
Bh2 Bd8 15. f4 $14 {1-0 Anand,V (2791)-Wang Yue (2739)/Nice (rapid) 2009 (61)})
9. dxe5 (9. Bg3 Be7 $11 {0-1 Akobian,V (2612)-Lenderman,A (2434)/Ledyard 2009 
(34)}) (9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 $132) 9... Nh5 {with good play for Black})
8... hxg6 9. h3 (9. e3 e5 $1) 9... b6 $146 (9... e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 (10... Qc7 11.
b4 Nxe5 12. e3 $14) (10... Nh5 $5 11. Bh2 Bxc5 $13 12. g4 $140 Qb6 13. e3 Qxb2
14. Rc1 d4 $1) 11. e4 Ngxe5 (11... Ndxe5 $2 12. hxg4 Rxh1 13. Bxe5) 12. exd5
Bxc5 13. dxc6 $14) (9... e6 10. e3 Be7 11. Bd3 Qc8 {now the best for White is}
12. O-O $14 {which transposes to the aforementioned game Anand-Wang Yue, see 8.
e3 e6 above.}) 10. cxb6 (10. b4 $2 bxc5 11. bxc5 e5 12. dxe5 Bxc5 $1 13. exf6
Qxf6 {[%csl Rc3,Rf4]} 14. Qc1 (14. Qd2 $2 Bb4) 14... Bd4 (14... Bb4 $2 15. Bd2)
15. Bd2 Bxf2+ 16. Kd1 O-O $17) 10... Qxb6 11. Rb1 e6 12. e3 c5 13. a3 Bd6 (
13... cxd4 $142 14. exd4 Bd6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bd3 $14 {/=}) (13... Be7 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. b4 $14) 14. Na4 Qc7 (14... Qa5+ $2 15. b4 cxb4 16. Bxd6 b3+ 17. Bb4
Qxa4 18. Rxb3 $16) 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qa4+ Ke7 19.
Bd3 a5 20. Ke2 $14 {The king leaves the first rank so that later Black takes
on c1 without check. White has a slight advantage, but with accurate play
Black should be able to neutralize it.} (20. O-O Rhc8 $11) 20... Rhc8 (20... d4
$142 $1 21. Qxd4 (21. exd4 Qh5+ 22. g4 Qd5 $44) 21... Qxd4 22. exd4 Rhd8 23.
Rhc1 Rxd4 $14 {/=}) 21. Rhc1 Qxc1 (21... Qb6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. b4 $14) 22. Rxc1
Rxc1 23. b4 Kf8 $6 (23... e5 24. Kd2 $14 (24. Qb5 $5)) (23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4
25. b5 $14) 24. bxa5 Kg8 25. a6 $16 Rc7 26. Qf4 Rca7 27. Qd4 Ne4 (27... Rc7 28.
Qb6 Rca7 29. h4 $16) 28. Qb6 e5 $6 (28... Nf6 $142 29. h4 $16) 29. Ke1 Ng5 30.
Bb5 Ne6 31. a4 $18 d4 (31... Kh7 32. a5 Kg8 33. Bc6 Rxa6 34. Bxa8 Rxb6 35. axb6
$18) 32. a5 Rc7 (32... dxe3 33. fxe3 Nf8 (33... g5 34. Ke2 g6 35. Bc6 Rxa6 36.
Bxa8 Rxb6 37. axb6 Nc5 38. Bd5 $18) 34. Bc4 (34. Bc6 Rxa6 35. Bxa8 Rxb6 36.
axb6 Nd7 37. b7 $11 {[%csl Ra8]}) 34... Kh7 35. Qb5 f6 36. Bd5 $18) 33. Bc6 (
33. Bc6 Raa7 34. Bb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT div-A"]
[Site "Predeal"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Sanduleac, Vasile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. a4
Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. Qa3 Rc8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bh3 ({More common is} 12. Qa5 {
but Nisipeanu prefers to keep the queens on for a while.}) 12... Be7 13. dxe5
$5 $146 {A novelty prepared by Liviu-Dieter especially for this game.} (13. Qa5
Rc7 14. Qa8 Rc8 15. Qa6 O-O 16. dxe5 Ne8 17. f4 Bxc5 18. Bd2 Rc7 19. Qa8 Qe7
20. Qa2 Nb6 {was advantage for Black in Bykhovsky,A (2426)-Sanduleac,V (2482)/
Porto Carras 2005.}) 13... Nxc5 $1 (13... Bxc5 $2 14. b4 $18) ({After the
exchange sacrifice} 13... Nxe5 14. Bxc8 Qxc8 {White can exchange queens:} 15.
Qa8 $1 {and then Black must struggle for a draw:} O-O 16. Qxc8 Rxc8 17. Ke2
Bxc5 18. Ra6 $16) 14. Nxb5 {The position is extremely sharp and requires
precise play from both sides. The idea of the last move is to control square
d3 by the queen, thus defending against the check ...Nd3.} (14. exf6 $2 Nd3+
$19) (14. Ke2 Nfd7 $17) 14... Nfd7 (14... cxb5 $2 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. exf6 $18)
15. Nd4 $5 (15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Qf6 $13 {hands Black the initiative. For
instance:} 17. Rg1 (17. f4 O-O 18. O-O Qxd6 $15 19. Bxd7 $140 Qg6+ $1 20. Kh1
Nxd7 $17) 17... O-O 18. Qc3 (18. Rg3 Rb8 $13) 18... Ne5 $1 19. Bxc8 Ncd3+ 20.
Kf1 Qxf3 21. Qd2 Rxc8 $44) 15... Nxe5 {Threatening again the check on d3.} 16.
Ke2 (16. Bxc8 $2 Ncd3+ 17. Ke2 Bxa3 $19) 16... Rb8 (16... Ncd3 $2 17. Qa6 $16)
17. Qa5 Ncd3 $2 {Black played well up to this point, but now he goes wrong.
The knight was very strong on c5 and relocating it to b4 helps White to
develop.} ({Correct was} 17... Rb6 {keeping the pressure and Black's chances
are by no means worse:} 18. f4 ({After} 18. b4 {Black has a pleasant choice
between 18...Na6 and 18...Nb7, in both cases with advantage.}) (18. Qa8 O-O 19.
Qxd8 Rxd8 {and in the arising endgame White's pieces lack coordination.}) 18...
Nc4 19. Qa8 O-O 20. Nxc6 (20. Qxd8 Rxd8 $17) 20... Qxa8 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rxa8
Rxa8 23. Nxd5 Rb3 24. Rd1 Nxb2 $15 (24... g6 25. Rd4 Nxb2 26. Bd2 $11)) (17...
Qxa5 18. Rxa5 $14) 18. f4 $1 (18. Qxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nxc6 Nxc1+ 20. Rhxc1 Rxb2+ 21.
Kf1 Nxc6 22. Rxc6 O-O $11 {[%cal Gd8h4]}) 18... Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Nc4 20. Ra2 Nb4 (
20... Nxc1+ 21. Rxc1 $16) 21. Ra4 (21. Ra7 {does not look attractive at the
beginning in view of} Bc5 22. Ra4 Bxd4 23. exd4 {with an ugly pawn structure
for White, but in fact this was very strong for the first player. The point is
that Black has serious problems with his knights. White threatens b3, followed
by Ra7 and Ba3 and the knight from b4 has no squares to retreat.} Nc2 {A
tactical trick. After other moves Black loses quicker.} (23... O-O 24. b3 Rfe8+
25. Kf3 Nd6 26. Ba3 $18) (23... Kd8 24. b3 Re8+ 25. Kf3 Nd6 26. Ba3 $18) 24.
Kd3 Nb6 25. Ra7 Nb4+ 26. Kc3 O-O {Again a small trick. White cannot take the
knight in view of the discovered check on c8.} 27. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} (27. Kxb4
$2 Nc8+ $19) (27. Rd1 $5 Rfe8 28. Bf1 $16 {is a good alternative, leaving
Black with his knight always hanging on b4.}) (27. Ra1 {does not reach the
goal:} Nc4 28. b3 Nd6 {threatening the check on e4.} 29. f3 Rb6 30. Ba3 Rfb8 {
and Black is ok.}) 27... c5 28. dxc5 d4+ 29. Kxb4 $1 Nc8+ 30. Kc4 Nxa7 31. Bd7
$1 Rb7 32. Ba4 Rfb8 33. Bd2 {and White should be winning.}) 21... Bf6 (21...
O-O 22. b3 Nd6 23. Bd2 c5 24. Bxb4 cxd4 (24... Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Nc6 $16)
25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd4 Rxb3 27. Rhd1 $16 (27. Rxd5 Bxf4 $1 $11)) ({Black could
put up more resistance with} 21... c5 {even if after} 22. Nf5 Bf6 23. b3 Nb6
24. Ra7 O-O 25. Bd2 {there is still a tough fight for the draw. For example:}
Nc6 26. Rc7 Rfc8 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Rc1 Rxb3 29. Rxc5 $16) 22. b3 c5 (22... Nd6
23. Ba3 c5 24. Bxb4 Bxd4 25. Rd1 $1 $16) 23. bxc4 cxd4 24. Bd2 d3+ (24... Nc6
25. cxd5 $18) 25. Kf3 Be7 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 (26... Bxb4 27. Rb1 Bd6 28. Rxb8+ Bxb8
29. cxd5 O-O 30. Rd4 $18) 27. Rxb4 Bxb4 28. Rb1 Ba5 29. Rb5 $18 {White is
easily winning.} Bd8 (29... d2 30. Ke2 $18) 30. Rxd5 O-O 31. Rxd3 g6 32. c5 f5
33. Bf1 Be7 34. c6 Kf7 35. Rd7 Rc8 36. Bc4+ Ke8 37. Bb5 Kf7 38. Bc4+ Ke8 39.
Bb5 Kf7 40. e4 fxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Kf6 42. Kd5 Bb4 43. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 e5 $5 {
In spite of the fact that this is played extremely rare, in practice White
didn't show anything convincing yet. In the present game the Georgian GM comes
with a strong novelty, but even so Black managed to keep equality.} (7... Nhf6)
8. dxe5 ({Another principled move is} 8. Nxe5 {Then after} Nxe5 9. dxe5 {
the position was very little explored:} Bxc5 (9... Qe7 10. Be3 (10. e4 Qxe5 11.
Be3 dxe4 12. Bd4 Qf5 $13) (10. Na4 Qxe5 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Bc3 Qe4 $1 13. Nxc8
Rxc8 14. b4 Be7 {is no problem for Black}) 10... Qxe5 11. Bd4 Qe7 12. g3 Bf5
13. Qd2 Qe6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Delabarre,O (2100)-Devocelle,L (2288)/Corr 2002 (39)})
10. e4 $1 g6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Qf3 Be6 13. g4 Ng7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Qh4 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qxc5 Rxd2 19. Qb4 Rfd8 20. Qxb7 Qxg4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Shereshevski,M (2470)-Popchev,M (2450)/Elenite 1994 (66)}) (8. e3 g6 9. Be2 e4
10. Ng1 Ng7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Nezar,M (2320)-Sarakauskas,G (2380)/Nancy 2003 (69)})
8... Nxc5 9. e4 $1 $146 (9. e3 g6 10. Nd4 Be7 11. Be2 Ng7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1
Kh8 14. a3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Zlotnik,B (2450)-Velicka,P (2375)/
Groningen 1991 (44)}) 9... Nxe4 (9... dxe4 10. Ng5 $16) 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bc4
$1 (11. Ng5 e3 $1 12. Bxe3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 (13. Ke2 Qe7 $17) 13... Qxg5 14. Bxb4
Qxe5+ 15. Qe2 (15. Be2 Nf4 $17) 15... Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Nf4 $15) 11... exf3 $1 (
11... Be7 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxh5+ g6 15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 $14)
12. Qxf3 (12. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 13. Qxf3+ Nf6 14. exf6 Qxf6 $19) 12... Qe7 ({After
} 12... Nf6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O $14 {White has good
compensation for the pawn.}) 13. Qxh5 Be6 14. Bxe6 (14. Rc1 $5) 14... Qxe6 15.
O-O O-O-O (15... Be7 16. f4 $14) (15... Bc5 $5) 16. Bc3 (16. Ba5 $6 Rd5) ({
White does not achieve anything after} 16. Be3 g6 (16... Rd5 17. f4 f5 18. Rad1
$36 {[%csl Rf5,Rf8,Rh7,Rh8]}) 17. Qh4 Qxe5 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Rfe1 {in view of}
Be7 $1 $15) (16. Rad1 $5) 16... Bc5 17. Rad1 (17. Rac1 Bd4 $11) 17... h6 18. a3
Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {The position is equal. After massive exchanges White
makes some attempts to play for a win, but the game never leaves the drawish
zone.} 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. g3 Ke7 22. Bb4 (22. Qd1 Qd5 23. Qg4 g5 24. h4 Qe6 $11
) 22... Bxb4 23. Qh4+ Ke8 24. Qxb4 Qxe5 25. Qxb7 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Qe4+ 27. Kf1 Qc4+
28. Kg1 g6 29. Qb8+ Kd7 30. h4 h5 31. Qe5 c5 32. Qe3 Qd5 33. Qe2 c4 34. Qe3 a5
35. Qc3 Ke6 36. f3 f6 37. Kf2 g5 38. a4 gxh4 39. gxh4 Qc5+ 40. Kg2 Qd5 (40...
Qb4 41. Qd4 Qxa4 42. Qe4+ Kd6 43. Qd4+ Kc7 44. Qa7+ $11) 41. Qe1+ Qe5 42. Qd2
Qd5 43. Qe2+ Kd6 44. Qf2 Kc6 45. Qe3 Qe5 46. Qd2 f5 47. Qc3 Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6 {The theory of this line is just
developing and the present rapid game has a certain theoretical value.} 12. Nd1
$146 {Suggested by R.Huebner as a possible improvement for White.} ({The only
existing game continued} 12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 (13. f5 Qc7 14. Qf4 f6 $132) 13...
a5 (13... O-O $142 {[%cal Gf7f6] Huebner}) 14. Bd2 Ba6 15. Kf2 Be7 16. Rhd1 O-O
$13 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Sokolov,I/Merida 2005 (30)}) 12... Nh6 (12... O-O 13. h3 Nh6
14. g4 $13) 13. f5 Qc7 14. Bd2 (14. Qf4 f6 15. e6 Qxf4 16. exf4 g6 $15) 14...
O-O {A risky move, which, nevertheless is perfectly playable.} ({Another
critical variation is} 14... Qxe5 15. Bc3 Qd6 16. Bxg7 Rg8 {and it seems that
Black has sufficient play:} 17. f6 ({After} 17. Bc3 Rg5 {Black has the
initiative} ({or} 17... Ng4)) 17... Bg4 (17... Ng4 18. Bxh7 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 Ne5
20. Qf4 Bg4+ 21. Kf1 $16) 18. Qf2 Bxd1 19. Bxh6 (19. Rxd1 $2 Ng4 $36) 19... Bh5
20. Bxh7 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Rh8 22. Qf5 Bg6 23. Bf4 Bxf5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxf5 Rh6
$11) 15. Rc1 Bb6 (15... Ba7 $5) 16. f6 Re8 $1 (16... Qxe5 17. Rxc6 Ba7 18. fxg7
Qxg7 (18... Re8 $2 19. Rxh6) 19. h3 $14) 17. Qg3 (17. fxg7 Rxe5 18. O-O Bf5 $15
) 17... Ng4 18. Nf2 Qxe5 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 (19... Qxg3+ $2 20. hxg3 Bxg4 21. Bxh7+
Kf8 22. Bf5 $18) 20. Rxc6 ({More precise is} 20. Qxg4 g6 21. Rxc6 Bxe3 {
leading to the same position as in the game without giving Black the
opportunity 20...Qxg3}) 20... Bxe3 ({Black achieves a draw by exchanging
queens:} 20... Qxg3+ $1 21. hxg3 Bxe3 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 24. Kd2 Rxg3
25. Bd3 Kg8 (25... Rxg2+ $2 26. Kc1 Kg8 27. Bh7+ Kf8 28. Be4 $18) 26. Bh7+ Kf8
27. Bd3 $11 (27. Be4 $6 gxf6 28. Rh8+ Kg7 29. Rxa8 dxe4 $36)) 21. Qxg4 g6 {
The position is a complete mess and every mistake can be fatal. For the bishop
Black has a pawn and soon will win at leasst one more. Together with the fact
that white king is stuck in the center this gives Black certain compensation,
but as mentioned, the position is extremely sharp and basically both sides are
walking on the edge.} 22. Kd1 (22. Bc3 {requires very precise play from Black:}
d4 23. Bb4 Qd5 (23... Bd2+ $2 24. Kxd2 Qe3+ 25. Kc2) (23... Bf2+ $2 24. Kf1 $18
) 24. Rc2 (24. Qf3 Qxa2 $44) 24... h5 $1 ({after} 24... Qxa2 25. Be7 $1 {
White has good chances to defend and keep the extra piece.}) 25. Qf3 (25. Qd1
$2 Bd2+ $1 26. Kxd2 Qg5#) (25. Qh3 Qxa2 26. Ke2 (26. Be7 $2 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qxh1
$19) 26... Bg5+ $44) 25... Qxa2 26. Ke2 (26. Be7 Rac8 $44) 26... Rac8 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 $44) (22. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Be2 (23. Qe2 $2 Qxd3 $19) 23... d4 $44) 22...
Bxd2 $6 (22... Qxb2 $142 23. Bxe3 (23. Bc2 $2 Qa1+ $19) 23... Rxe3 24. Rc8+ Re8
25. Rxa8 Rxa8 {with a draw as the most likely result:} 26. Rf1 Qa1+ 27. Ke2
Qxa2+ 28. Kd1 Qa1+ {etc}) 23. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 24. Bc2 {After the exchange of
bishops on d2 White is much better, since Black released the pressure on the
e-file and the king is better off on d2 than on e1. Moreover, the rook from h1
is ready to enter the game.} h5 {Normally this should have helped White to win
quicker, but as it often happens in mutual time trouble, a mistake is answered
by an even bigger mistake.} (24... d4 25. Qh3 Qxa2 (25... Qb4+ 26. Kc1 $18) 26.
Qh6 Qa5+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ (27... Qa1+ 28. Bb1 Qa3+ 29. Kd1 Qf8 (29... Qa4+ 30. Rc2
$18) 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kd2 $18) 28. Kb1 Qb4+ 29. Ka2 Qa5+ 30. Kb2 Qb4+ 31. Bb3
Re2+ 32. Kc1 Qf8 (32... Qa3+ 33. Kd1 Qxb3+ 34. Kxe2 Re8+ 35. Kf2 Qb2+ 36. Kg3
Re3+ 37. Qxe3 dxe3 38. Rc8#) 33. Qxf8+ Rxf8 (33... Kxf8 34. Rc7 $18) 34. Bd5
$18) 25. Qf4 Rac8 26. Rxc8 $2 ({Instead} 26. Rb1 {wins:} Qxa2 27. Qh6 Qa5+ 28.
Kd3 Qa3+ 29. Bb3 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rxa6 $18) 26... Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rc4 $1 {
This resource was missed by Bacrot.} 28. Qg5 (28. Qf3 $2 Rd4+ 29. Ke2 Qxc1 $19)
(28. Qe3 $2 Re4 29. Qh6 Qb4+ $19) (28. Qh6 Qxf6 {With three pawns for the
bishop and a strong attack Black has a clear advantage.}) 28... Rd4+ 29. Ke2 $2
({After} 29. Ke1 Rg4 30. Qe3 Qxf6 31. g3 {Black is better, but White can still
put up a tough resistance.}) 29... Rg4 $19 30. Qe3 (30. Qh6 Re4+ $19) 30... Re4
0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Qc2 {
A relatively new move introduced into practice and constantly used by Kozul.} (
8. h3) (8. b4) 8... O-O 9. O-O a5 (9... Nbd7 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 dxe4 12. Bxe4
Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 Nd5 (14... Bg4 15. Ne5 Qxd4 16. Re1 $36) 15. Re1 Bf5
(15... f6 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nab6 Rad8 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Kf7 21.
Na5 Nxb6 22. cxb6 Bd7 23. Bd2 {1-0 Kozul,Z (2594)-Onoprienko,V (2372)/Budva
2009 (28)}) 16. Bh6 f6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qg3 Qb8 19. Nd2 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Kf7 21.
Nc4 Bd3 22. Na5 Bb5 23. Nb6 Nxb6 24. cxb6 Rab8 25. b7 $16 {1-0 Kozul,Z (2593)
-Skoberne,J (2501)/Austria 2009 (36)}) 10. a3 $146 (10. Re1 Bg4 11. Ne5 Be6 12.
f4 Nfd7 13. Ne2 f5 14. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Reutsky,S (2381)-Lintchevski,D (2481)/
Budva 2009}) (10. h3 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. e4 {Malakhov plays in the same manner
as Kozul, but the inclusion of the moves a5/a3 favours Black.} dxe4 12. Bxe4
Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 Bg4 $1 15. Ne5 Qxd4 16. Re1 (16. Nxc6 $2 Qxc5 $19)
16... b4 $1 (16... Rac8 $2 17. h3 $18) 17. Na4 $2 {The same position with the
pawns on a2 and a6 would have been better for White (see above 9...Nbd7), but
here the Chinese GM shows a big difference.} (17. Nxc6 Qxc5 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 $15 {
/=}) 17... bxa3 $1 18. Rxa3 Qb4 $1 {[%csl Re1]} 19. f3 Be6 $17 {It turns out
that White has no time to regain the pawn.} 20. Qf2 (20. Qxb4 $2 axb4 21. Ra1
Bb3 $19) (20. Bg5 Qb5 $17) 20... Qb5 21. Nb6 Rad8 {Unfortunately for White, in
addition to being a pawn down his position is full of weaknesses and his
pieces completely lack coordination.} 22. h3 $6 ({Some practical chances to
escape are offered by} 22. Bd2 Qxb2 23. Nbc4 Bxc4 ({worse is} 23... Qd4 24. Be3
) 24. Nxc4 Qd4 25. Qxd4 (25. Ra4 Nd5 $19) 25... Rxd4 26. Rc1 $17) 22... Nd5 $1
{Now White loses more material.} 23. Na4 (23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. f4 Rxc5 $19) 23...
Nb4 24. Nc3 Qb7 $19 {There is no threat against Bxe5 followed by Nd3.} 25. Rxa5
(25. Qg3 Nc2 $19) 25... Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qc7 (26... Nd3 $19) 27. Rxe6 Qxa5 28.
Rxe7 Nd3 29. Qe3 Nxc1 30. Ne4 (30. Qxc1 Qxc5+ $19) 30... Qa4 {White is
completely lost and Malakhov's decision to continue was dictated by the fact
that the game was played in a team competition.} 31. Kh2 (31. Qxc1 Rd1+ $19)
31... Nd3 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Re4 Qa7 34. Qg5 Qb8+ 35. f4 Qxb2 36. Nh5+ Kh8 37.
Nf6 Kg7 38. Nh5+ Kh8 39. Nf6 Nxf4 (39... Nxc5 40. Re5 Nd7 {finishes immediately
}) 40. Rxf4 Rd2 41. Ne4 Re2 42. Rh4 Re8 $5 43. Qf6+ (43. Nf6 Rxg2+ 44. Qxg2
Qxf6 $19) 43... Qxf6 44. Nxf6 Kg7 45. Nxe8+ Rxe8 {Unfortunately for White,
this rook endgame with a pawn down is lost for him.} 46. Ra4 (46. Rc4 Re5 47.
Kg3 f5 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. g4 Ke6 50. Rc1 Kd5 $19) (46. Kg3 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Rc3 $19)
46... Re5 47. Ra5 Kf6 48. Kg3 Rf5 $1 49. Kh4 h5 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Re5 52.
Kg3 Kg5 53. Kf3 f6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.03.08"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. a3 a5 8. Bd2 {
This rare continuation is actually a tricky move. White prepares to open the
queenside and keeps the light-squared bishop on f1 in order to be able to
sacrifice it on b5 at once.} g6 {A natural looking novelty.} ({Jakovenko has
twice faced 8.Bd2 and both times continued} 8... Qc7 {Those games went} 9. b4
e5 10. Nxb5 $5 (10. bxa5 e4 11. Ng1 Rxa5 12. Nge2 h5 13. Nc1 Be7 14. Nb3 Ra8
15. h3 O-O 16. Be2 h4 17. a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Jakovenko,D/Moscow 2005 (52)
}) 10... cxb5 11. Bxb5 exd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1
16. Qxa1 Bd8 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. b5 $44 Ndxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Belov,V-Jakovenko,D/Sochi 2005 (34)}) 9. b4 axb4 ({In case of} 
9... a4 {Black must reckon first of all with} 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5 {and
after taking the third pawn on a4 White will have more than enough
compensation for the knight.}) (9... Bg7 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Ra7
13. Nb6 $5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nxb6 (14... O-O 15. Ba5 $36) 15. Ba5 Nfd7 16. cxb6 Bb7
17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O $13) 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Bg7 12. Qa8 {Nisipeanu forces
an endgame where only White can play for a win.} Qc7 13. Bxb5 $5 {The
sacrifice on b5 is one of the main ideas of the entire system starting with 6.
c5.} cxb5 14. Nxb5 Qb7 {A difficult choice.} ({After the alternative} 14... Qb8
{White can either continue with two pawns for the knight, or win back the
piece:} 15. Qxb8 (15. c6 $5 Qxa8 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Ba6 $1 (17... Nf8 $6 18.
b5 Bf5 19. Ng5 $16) (17... Ne4 $6 18. b5 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 $16) 18. b5 Bxb5 19.
Ba5+ Kc8 20. cxd7+ Nxd7 21. Kd2 Kb7 22. Nc7 {White still keeps some attacking
prospects in the endgame.}) 15... Nxb8 16. Na7 $44) (14... Qd8 $2 15. Na7 O-O (
15... Ba6 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. b5 $18 {[%cal Gd2a5]})) 15. Qxb7 Bxb7 16. O-O O-O
17. Ra1 Ra8 {Again Black had to choose whether the presence of rooks offers
more chances to escape. The problem is that there is no clear draw in either
case: with his strong passed pawns White keeps a strong initiative everywhere.}
(17... Rb8 $142 18. Na7 (18. Ra7 Ne4 19. Be1 $44 (19. Nc7 $5 e5 20. Be1 exd4
21. exd4 $13)) 18... Ba8 19. b5 Ne8 20. Bb4 $44) 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Na7 Ne4 20.
b5 $1 e6 21. c6 Nxd2 $2 {After exchanging on d2 White will decisively bring
the knight to support the passed pawns. The point is that without the exchange
on d2 Black could use his own knight for defence (by coming to d6 at some
moment).} ({The only way to put up resistance was} 21... Nb6 22. Ba5 Nc4 23.
Bb4 ({After} 23. Bd8 Ned6 24. b6 Na5 25. Be7 Ndc4 {Black is always ready to
sacrifice back the piece and holds somehow.}) 23... Bf8 24. c7 Bb7 25. Bxf8
Kxf8 26. c8=Q+ Bxc8 27. Nxc8 Ke8 {and thanks to his strong knights and more
active king Black has real hopes to win back the b-pawn.}) 22. Nxd2 Nb6 23. Nb3
Bf8 (23... Kf8 24. c7 Ke7 25. c8=N+ Nxc8 26. Nxc8+ Kd8 27. Nb6 Bb7 28. Na5 Kc7
29. Na4 $18) 24. c7 Bb7 25. Nc5 $1 Bd6 (25... Bc8 26. Na4 $1 Nxa4 27. Nxc8 $18)
26. Nxb7 Bxc7 27. Nc5 Nc4 {Loses immediately, but with a healthy extra pawn
White was winning anyway.} 28. Nc8 $1 Kf8 29. b6 Bd8 (29... Nxb6 30. Nxb6 Bxb6
31. Nd7+ $18) (29... Bxb6 30. Nd7+ Ke8 31. Ncxb6 $18) 30. b7 Bc7 31. Na6 1-0

[Event "Taiyuan schev"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.07.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e4 {
The sharpest and best continuation.} ({Weaker is} 8. e3 b5 9. axb5 cxb5 10.
Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bb4+ $44) 8... g5 ({Another principled move is
} 8... b5 {with only one game played in practice so far. Obviously, many
attempts to improve are possible:} 9. axb5 (9. e5 $5) 9... cxb5 10. e5 (10.
Nxb5 $2 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bb4+ $19) 10... g5 11. exf6 $6 (11. Nxg5 $13) 11... gxh4
12. Ne5 Qxf6 13. Nxb5 Bb4+ ({After} 13... axb5 $1 14. Rxa8 Bb4+ 15. Ke2 Bd6 {
Black has more than enough compensation for the exchange.}) 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Bxc4 Bb7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Re1 Qg7 18. g3 Nc6 19. Nxf7 Rxd4 $2 (19... Nxd4 20.
Nxd8 Rxd8 $44) 20. Qh5 Rxc4 21. Nxh6+ Kh8 22. Rxe6 $18 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F 
(2519)-Magem Badals,J (2528)/Cala Galdana 1999 (30)}) 9. Bg3 b5 {Black follows
Topalov's play, but White came well prepared.} (9... Bb4 10. Bxc4 (10. Qc2 $5 {
Stohl}) 10... Nxe4 11. O-O Nd6 (11... Nxg3 12. fxg3 Nd7 13. Qb3 $44) 12. Bb3 (
12. Bd3 $5) 12... Nf5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Rad1 $44 {0-1 Meessen,R 
(2323)-Middelburg,T (2373)/Germany 2001 (83)}) 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12.
Rxa8 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Ne5 Na5 15. Rb8 Nxe4 {The next move shows that in
spite of appearances, Black's compensation is questionable.} 16. Rxb5 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] This strong novelty points out the vulnerability of Black's queenside
minor pieces. Since Black cannot use the position of opponent's king on e2,
the evaluation is clear - White has the advantage.} (16. f3 Nd6 17. h4 f6 18.
hxg5 Nf5 $1 $17 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Topalov,V (2801)/Monte Carlo 2006 (32)})
16... Bd2 {This is forced, since Black must keep the knight on a5 protected.} (
16... Bd6 17. Qa4 $18) 17. Qc2 (17. Qa4 $2 O-O $44) 17... Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Ba6
19. Qxd2 $1 (19. Rc5 $2 Nb3 $17) 19... Bxb5 20. Qb4 $1 {The material is equal
now, but White's pieces are more active.} Qb6 21. Ke3 Nc6 {After this move
White's advantage is beyond doubts.} ({Black had to give up a pawn and search
for compensation in variations like} 21... Nb3 22. Qc3 O-O 23. Bxc4 (23. Nxc4
$5 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 e5 25. Qxb3 (25. Bxb3 $2 exd4+ 26. Qxd4 Re8+ 27. Kd3 Rd8 28.
Bd5 Qb5+ 29. Kc2 Rxd5 $40) 25... Qxd4+ 26. Kf3 $1 (26. Ke2 Qe4+) 26... g4+ 27.
Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kd2 (28. Kf1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qxh1 $17) 28... Rd8+ 29. Bd3 Qxg2 {
[%cal Ge5e4]} 30. Qd1 $1 Qe4 31. Kc2 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Qxh1 33. b4 $44) (23. Rxh6
$2 Rd8 $40) 23... Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qb5 {although here too White's chances are
preferable after the simple} 25. Ne5 $1 (25. Rxh6 $6 Rc8 $132) 25... Kg7 {
Black's king on g7 seems exposed to an attack by no means less than his
colleague in the center. Besides, the knight on b3 is always a concern for
Black. Nevertheless it is not easy for White to find a convincing way:} (25...
Rd8 26. Qc7 $16) 26. Rd1 (26. Ng4 Qb6 $132) (26. f4 $5 Qb7 (26... gxf4+ 27.
gxf4 $16) 27. fxg5 Qxg2 $1 (27... hxg5 28. Rh5 f6 29. Qc2 $40) 28. gxh6+ Kh7
$44) 26... Kg8 27. f3 $16) 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. b3 $1 {Now White wins a pawn and
has a much better position. It turns out that Black has more problems with his
king than White.} f5 24. f3 $1 (24. bxc4 $2 Qe4+ $132) 24... f4+ 25. gxf4 gxf4+
26. Kf2 (26. Kxf4 $18 {is objectively stronger, but the game move is safer.})
26... Qb6 27. Qc5 (27. Qc3 $1 e5 (27... cxb3 28. Qc8+ $18) 28. bxc4 exd4 29.
Qd3 Bd7 30. Qe4+ Kd8 31. Rh5 $36) 27... Qxc5 28. dxc5 Kf7 29. bxc4 Bc6 30. Bd3
$16 Rd8 31. Be2 Kg6 32. Rd1 Rc8 (32... Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Kf6 34. Bc2 $16 {[%cal
Gc2e4]}) 33. Rd6 Kf6 34. Bd3 Be8 35. Rd4 Kg5 36. Ke2 Rxc5 37. Kd2 Rc8 {In
spite of material equality, Black's position is dangerous and very unpleasant
for a practical game. All his pawns are weak, while White has a clear plan to
support the advance of the c-pawn.} ({The active play is no better:} 37... e5
38. Rd6 Bf7 39. Kc3 Ra5 {[%cal Ga5a2]} 40. Kb4 Ra2 41. c5 Rxg2 42. c6 $18) 38.
Kc3 h5 39. Kb4 h4 40. Be4 Kf6 $6 ({Correct was} 40... Rb8+ 41. Kc5 (41. Kc3 Rc8
$14) 41... Kf6 {and it is not easy to make progress for White.}) 41. c5 Rb8+
42. Kc3 Ke5 (42... Rc8 43. Kc4 $16) 43. Rd1 Kf6 44. Rh1 Kg5 45. Ra1 Kf6 46. Ra7
Rb5 47. Ra8 (47. Kc4 $142 Rb2 48. Rh7 ({The endgame after} 48. c6 Bxc6 49. Bxc6
Rc2+ 50. Kb5 Rxg2 51. Rh7 Rh2 {seems drawish. Black threatens h3, Rh1 and h2.})
48... Rxg2 49. Rxh4 $16) 47... Bd7 $2 ({The trick} 47... Bc6 $1 {would have
offered real chances to escape again.}) 48. Kc4 Rb2 49. Rg8 $16 {/+-} Bb5+ 50.
Kc3 Re2 51. Rg4 Ke5 52. Rxh4 Rxe4 (52... Rxg2 53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. c6 $18) 53. Rh5+
$1 {The most precise.} ({There is no need to calculate} 53. fxe4 Kxe4 54. Kb4 {
which could be winning too, but much more complicate.}) 53... Kf6 54. fxe4 Bf1
55. c6 Ke7 56. Rh7+ Kd8 57. Kd4 Bxg2 58. Ke5 1-0

[Event "SVK-ch"]
[Site "Banska Stiavnica"]
[Date "2006.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Markos, Jan"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5
{This nowadays common continuation was invented in the 1970-es by the
Moldavian coach Vecheslav Chebanenko. 8...e5 was implemented in practice first
by Gavrikov, but in the "non-database-era" it became known only after the
publication in Informator 57 of the game Dlugy-Bologan, New-York 1993, where
it was mentioned as a novelty. However, 8...e5 was played earlier also by
another Chebanenko's pupil, Angela Grigorieva (now WIM Angela Dragomirescu).
In that unknown game the move 8...e5 came as a shock for the Grandmaster
playing with White, who spent a lot of time after it and still got in troubles
against a then unrated girl. The interesting thing is that the GM was G.
Timoscenko, who plays the present game on the Black side...} ({In order to
avoid White's options on move 13 Black can start with} 8... bxc4 9. bxc4 {
and only now} e5 {but then White can use the open b-file to his advantage and
continue} 10. Rb1 {with slightly better prospects.}) 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3
11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 {The theory of the variation developed a
lot after 1993 and many resources for White were found. 13.Bxc4 is one such
resources.} ({Chebanenko's old analysis was shown by Bologan in the
above-mentioned game:} 13. bxc4 $6 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd2 Qb2 17.
Rd1 Nc6 {0-1 Dlugy,M (2550)-Bologan,V (2520)/New York 1993 (60). with
initiative for Black.}) (13. e6 $5 Ra7 $13) ({The discussed game Timoscenko,G 
(2515)-Grigorieva,A/Guichen Open 1992 continued} 13. Qg4 $5 g6 $6 ({Stronger is
} 13... c5) 14. Bxc4 h5 15. Qf4 Qb6 16. Bd6 $2 ({White had to include} 16. a3
a5 {and only now} 17. Bd6 {with a double-edged position after} Nd7) 16... Nxd6
17. exd6 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 dxc4 19. Qe4+ Kf8 20. Qe7+ Kg7 21. Qb7 cxb3 (21... Qb5 {
is even more convincing:} 22. Qxa8 cxb3+ 23. Kf3 b2 24. Rab1 Qb6 25. a4 a5 $19
{with the inevitable 26...Nd7, catching the queen.}) 22. a4 Qc3 23. Rac1 Qb2+
24. Kf3 Qf6+ ({Black is easily winning after} 24... a5 {and then ...Na6, with
an extra piece, but in her first international tournament Grigorieva was happy
with a draw against a Grandmaster, especially since both players were in
severe time-trouble.}) 25. Ke2 Qb2+ {and a draw was agreed.}) 13... Ng5 (13...
Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. Bd6 Nxd6 16. exd6 Nd7 17. Be2 Qxb3 18. O-O O-O 19. e4 $1 $14
{1-0 Tkachiev,V (2609)-Kornev,A (2574)/Moscow 2005 (43)}) 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. Rd1
Nd7 ({A good alternative was to activate the queen with} 15... Qb6 16. Qxc4 Qb5
$1 {and now if White avoids the exchange of queens, he will have to remain
with the king in the center for a while:} 17. Qg4 ({The endgame after} 17. Rc1
Nd7 (17... Qxe5 $2 18. f4 $1 Qxe3+ 19. Kd1 Ne6 20. Re1 Qb6 (20... Qf2 21. Rxe6+
fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kd8 23. Ba5+) 21. f5 $36) 18. Bd6 (18. Qxc6 $4 Qxb4+) (18. f4 c5
$1 $15) 18... f6 19. f4 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Nf7 21. Rxc6 fxe5 22. fxe5 Nxd6 23. exd6
Kf7 {can be problematic only for White}) 17... Ne6 18. Bd6 Nd7 19. a4 $5 (19.
f4 $13) 19... Qxb3 ({or} 19... Qa5+ 20. b4 Qxa4 21. O-O $44) 20. O-O $44) 16.
Qxc4 c5 17. Bc3 (17. Bxc5 $6 Qa5+ (17... Qc7 18. Qd5 $1 (18. b4 $2 Nxc5 $17)
18... Rd8 19. Bd6 Qc3+ 20. Rd2 Qc1+ 21. Ke2 $1 Qxh1 22. Rd1 Qxd1+ (22... Qh2
23. e6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Nxe6 25. Qxa6 $16) 23. Kxd1 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) (17... Qc8
18. Qa4 Qxc5 19. Qxd7+ Kf8 20. O-O Qxe5 $13) 18. Bb4 (18. b4 Qb5 19. Qd5 Rc8
$17) 18... Qb5 $15) 17... Ne6 ({Black could try to make use of the knight on
g5 in the following way:} 17... Qc7 $5 18. O-O O-O {and if} 19. f4 $6 {then}
Nb6 $1 {[%csl Re4]} 20. Qe2 Ne4 $17 {However, after the correct 19.Qg4! Ne6 20.
f4 White has a promising position.}) (17... O-O 18. f4 Ne6 19. O-O {is similar
to the game.}) 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 g6 $1 $146 {Rightly preventing the further
advance of the f-pawn.} ({In the game Kornev,A (2574)-Jakovenko,D (2596)/
Moscow 2005 Black played weaker:} 19... Re8 20. f5 Nef8 $2 21. Qg4 ({there was
a forcing possibility to achieve advantage:} 21. e6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Qe7 (22... g6
23. f6 $18) 23. f6 Nxf6 24. Bxf6 $16) 21... Qe7 $2 22. f6 Nxf6 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7
24. exf6+ Kg8 25. fxe7 Rxe7 26. Rf3 $18 {and White won soon.}) ({Giving back
the extra piece does not solve the problems:} 19... Qc7 20. f5 Rae8 21. fxe6
Rxe6 22. Rd5 $16) 20. Rd6 Qe7 21. Rfd1 {Black knights are still very limited
and therefore White keeps a good compensation. However, it is unclear if this
compensation secures an advantage.} Ra7 ({Giving the fact that the rook can
get out via a7, Black could have tried to protect on a6 with the computer-like
} 21... Nb8 {Then in order to win a pawn White must exchange his bishop. For
instance:} 22. Qd5 Ra7 23. Ba5 Qb7 24. Bb6 Qxd5 25. R6xd5 Rb7 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27.
Rxc5 $14) 22. Rxa6 Nb8 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. a4 {With active pieces and three
pawns for the knight White's advantage may appear obvious, but with two
knights Black always can hope for counterplay.} Nc6 (24... Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8
26. g4 $5 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 25. Rd6 ({More cautious is} 25. Kh2 $44 Na5 $140
26. Qb5) 25... Na5 26. Qd5 (26. Qb5 c4 $1 27. Bxa5 (27. Qxa5 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qc1+
29. Be1 $2 cxb3 $19) 27... Qxe3+ 28. Kf1 Qc1+ 29. Be1 (29. Ke2 $2 Nxf4+ $40)
29... Qxf4+ 30. Kg1 Qc1 $11) 26... c4 $1 {The right time for counterplay.} 27.
Bxa5 Qxe3+ $2 {Instead of this tempting capture with check Black should have
kept bishop a5 under attack.} (27... cxb3 {leads to a draw:} 28. Rb6 Rd8 $1 29.
Qxb3 (29. Qb5 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 b2 31. Qxb2 Qxa5 $132) 29... Qxa5 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31.
Qxe6+ $11) 28. Kh1 cxb3 29. Bd2 Qg3 30. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 $2 ({After} 
31... Kh8 {White cannot reach more than a queen endgame with a pawn up, where
Black keeps chances to escape:} 32. Qd6 (32. Qb6 Qd3 $132) 32... Rxf4 $1 (32...
Kg8 33. Qd5+ {is the game}) 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Qxb3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2
Qf4+ 37. Kg1 (37. Qg3 Qxa4 $16) 37... Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qxe5+ (39...
Qe4+ 40. Kd1 $16) 40. Qe3 $16) 32. Qd7+ Kg8 (32... Rf7 33. Qd4 $18) 33. Qd5+
Kg7 34. e6 $18 {White's centralized pieces control a lot of squares and Black
is unable to create any threats.} b2 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Qxb2 Qd3 37. f5+ Kh5 38.
Qb4 gxf5 39. Qxf8 Qxd2 40. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 (9... Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 c3
14. b4 $1 Nd7 15. Nd3 Rb8 16. O-O b5 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Anand,V 
(2791)-Wang Yue (2739)/Linares (33)}) 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 ({Movsesian
deviates from his own games, where he developed the bishop on d7:} 11... Bd7
12. O-O Ke7 13. b3 (13. Nfe5 Rac8 14. Nd3 Nd4 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. Bf3 Nb3 17. Nxc5
Rxc5 18. Ra3 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2713)-Movsesian,S (2659)/
Batumi 1999 (92)}) 13... Nd5 14. Bb2 f6 15. Rfc1 Rhd8 16. Nce5 Bd6 17. Nxd7
Rxd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ruck,R (2523)-Movsesian,S (2637)/Sibenik 2006 (33)}) 12. O-O
Nd5 (12... Bd7 {transposes to 11...Bd7 (this was the move order from the
abovementioned game Gelfand-Movsesian).}) 13. Rd1 $146 {This novelty shows
that Black's path to equality is not all that simple if he delays the
queenside development.} ({Due to the following game the variation was
considered to bring White no advantage:} 13. Nfe5 Nd4 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nf5
16. b4 Ba7 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rd7+ Ke8 20. Rxb7 fxe5 21. g4 Nxe3 22.
Nd6+ Kd8 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E (2660)-Shirov,A (2685)/Groningen 1993}) 13... f6 (
13... Bd7 14. Nfe5 $36) 14. Nfd2 $1 Rd8 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Nca5 Rb8 {An obvious
concession, but Black needed to make a choice and Movsesian decided that it
would be easier to play with a weak pawn on c6, than have problems to complete
development.} (16... Nxa5 17. Nxa5 Rb8 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. e4 $36 {[%cal Gd2b4]})
17. Nxc6+ bxc6 18. Na5 Bd7 19. b3 Bc5 ({Apart from the computer's suggestion
19...Nc3, which looks quite risky from a human's point of view, Black had a
decent alternative to keep the dark-squared bishops on the board:} 19... Bb6
20. Ba3+ (20. Bd2 $14) 20... Kf7 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. Rd3 e5 $14 {/=}) 20. Bd2 Bb4
21. Rac1 Rdc8 (21... Bxa5 22. Bxa5 Rdc8 23. e4 Nb4 24. Rc5 $16) 22. Bxb4+ Nxb4
23. f4 {After the exchange of the dark-squared bishops White has a stable plus.
His perfectly placed knight on a5 cannot be disturbed anymore.} c5 24. Kf2 $14
(24. Nb7 {wins a pawn, but leads to simplifications and it is unclear whether
it's enough for a win:} Rc7 (24... c4 $5 25. Nd6 Rc5) 25. Nxc5 Rbc8 26. Rc4
Rxc5 27. Rxb4 a5 28. Rb7 R8c7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd3 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Bc6 32. Bxc6
Rxc6 $16) 24... Rc7 25. Rc3 Be8 26. Rdc1 Kd6 27. Re3 Bf7 28. Bh3 Ke7 29. Re4 g6
(29... Na2 $142 30. Ra1 Nc3 31. Rc4 Nd5 $14) 30. Rec4 Kd6 31. Bg2 Nd5 (31... e5
32. Re4 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ga5c4]} (32. Rd1+ Ke7 33. Re4 $16)) 32. h4 Nb4 33.
g4 {A classical way to increase positional advantage: in order to make
progress White needs to open the second front.} h6 34. g5 hxg5 (34... fxg5 35.
fxg5 h5 36. Kg3 Nd5 37. e4 $16 {[%cal Gc1f1]}) 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. fxg5 Nd5 37.
Rh1 $16 Rb4 38. Rh8 Ke7 39. Be4 e5 (39... Rxc4 40. Nxc4 $18 {[%cal Gc4e5]}) 40.
Rh7 Kd6 41. e3 Ke6 42. Bd3 Rb8 43. Rc1 Be8 44. Rch1 Rxh7 45. Rxh7 $18 Nb4 46.
Be4 Rd8 47. Nc4 Bc6 (47... Bf7 48. Rg7 $18) 48. Bxg6 Rf8+ 49. Ke2 Bf3+ 50. Ke1
e4 (50... Rg8 51. Bf7+) 51. Rh6 Nd3+ 52. Kd2 Ke7 53. Kc3 Rd8 54. Rh7+ Ke6 55.
Rc7 Rh8 56. Bh7 $1 Nb4 57. Rxc5 Nd5+ 58. Rxd5 (58. Rxd5 Kxd5 59. g6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Ne5 e6 {This is currently replacing
the once main continuation 5...Nbd7.} ({Earlier this year my opponent won
convincingly in the main line:} 5... Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 (6... e6 7. e3 $14 dxc4
$2 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qf3 $5 $16) 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 e6 10. Qf3
$1 (10. Be2 c5 $11) 10... Qb6 ({Objectively better is} 10... Nd5 {although
playing only for the draw in an inferior endgame is certainly not everyone's
dream:} 11. Nxd5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxd5 (12... cxd5 13. Bd3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 O-O $14)
13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 f6 15. Bg3 $14) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bd3 c5 (12... Be7 13.
Qg3 $36 O-O $140 $2 14. Bh6 Bf6 15. Ne4 $18) 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qa5+ ({
Previously Black tried} 14... Rc8 15. O-O Qc6 (15... Be7 16. Qg3 $1 $36) (15...
cxd4 16. Rac1 $36) 16. dxc5 f5 (16... Nxc5 17. Rac1 f5 18. Nxc5 Qxf3 19. gxf3
Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxc5 21. Rc1 Be7 22. Rc8+ Bd8 23. Ra8 a5 24. Bc7 Kd7 25. Bxa5 $18
) 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qxf3 19. gxf3 $16 {1-0 Milanovic,D (2434)-Stojanovic,
D (2442)/Banja Luka 2004(52)}) 15. Ke2 $1 ({Even stronger than} 15. Nc3 Ra7 16.
O-O Be7 (16... cxd4 17. Ne4 $1 $36) 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Ne4 $16) 15...
Rc8 16. Rhd1 $16 Qb4 (16... Be7 17. Qg3 (17. Bd6 $16) (17. Nd6+ $16) 17... O-O
18. Bh6 $18) (16... cxd4 17. exd4 $16 (17. Rxd4 $16)) 17. Kf1 $1 $18 {1-0
Riazantsev,A (2629)-Movsesian,S (2637)/Moscow 2007 (45)}) 6. g3 (6. Bf4 {
is harmless here:} dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 c5 {Compared with the
above variation (5...Nbd7), here Black has the bishop on d7 instead of the
knight on d7 and this is an important difference. White cannot create pressure
on the long diagonal now. The position is equal:} 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxc5
12. Be2 Nbd7 $11) 6... Nbd7 7. Nxd7 $146 {Riazantsev makes an attempt to
improve on his own game, but it fails to impress.} (7. Bg2 {brought White an
advantage in the following game:} Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... cxd5 $5)
10. e4 d4 $1 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 Nxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. f4 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxc1+
16. Raxc1 Bg4+ {A natural check, but I am not sure that Black must give up his
bishop pair so quickly.} (16... Ba7 {followed by Ke7, f6 etc should hardly be
problematic for Black}) 17. Bf3 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Ke7 19. e5 {(+/= - Riazantsev)}
Ke6 (19... Rhd8 $142 20. Rhd1 f6 21. exf6+ gxf6 22. g4 $14 {Riazantsev}) 20. g4
g6 21. Ne2 Ba7 (21... Bb6 22. Rc3 $16) 22. Ng3 Rhd8 23. Rhd1 $14 {1-0
Riazantsev,A (2600)-Dunis,A (2530)/Bastia (rapid) 2005 (43)}) 7... Bxd7 8. Qd3
dxc4 (8... b5 {doesn't fully solve the problems:} 9. c5 $1 e5 (9... Be7 10. Bg2
O-O 11. O-O $14 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qd4 Qe7 12. h3 Nxe5 (12...
Qxe5 13. Be3 $1 $14) 13. Bg2 Ng6 14. Be3 {White has a clear plan: 0-0. f4, Bf2
and e4. His position is clearly better here.}) 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 c5 {Even
with the bishop on d7 instead of c7 these standard actions on the queenside
are the best for Black.} 11. Bg2 Rc8 12. dxc5 (12. Bb7 $2 Rc7 13. Bxa6 $2 Qa8
$19) (12. Bg5 cxd4 $1 (12... Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 {leaves
White with some initiative}) ({but} 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
O-O Qd4 $1 {might be enough for equality as well}) 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qh4 (14.
Qf4 h6 $1 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 $15) 14... Be7 $11) 12... Bxc5 13. Be3 (
13. Bg5 $2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Ng4+ 15. Ke1 Qxg5 16. Rd1 (16. Ne4 Rc1+) 16... Rc7
17. Ne4 Qe3 $19) 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bc6 $11 15. Bxc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. d4 {Marin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {Marin: Given the fact that
Topalov himself included the a6-Slav in his repertoire recently, Kamsky's
opening choice can be regarded as double-edged. From psychological point of
view, Topalov could possibly face slight problems playing "against himself",
but on the other hand, one would expect that he is well-versed in all the
subtleties of this variation.} 5. c5 {Marin: This is one of the most ambitious
continuations. White not only prevents in radical way Black's plan to win
space on the queen side by means of ...b5, but also takes under control the
b6-square, which has just been weakened on the previous move. We can see a
similar way to meet ...a6 in other closed variations. For instance, in the
Swiss Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, characterized by the moves 1.
d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6!?, one of
White's main options is 8.c5. After 5.c5 from the Slav Opening, the queen side
position usually remains blocked for a long while. The pawn break ...b6 would
leave the c5-square weak (here we can notice the small damaged caused by the
advance of the a-pawn: Black cannot meet cxb6 with ...axb6 any more) while
White's plan based on b4, a4, b5 is too time consuming for the moment. These
aspects transform the centre into the main theatre of operations, with the
pawn breaks e4 and ...e5 as the main topic.} Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 {Marin: 'Black
does not tolerate the bishop on this active square. One of the ideas behind
playing ...Nbd7 at such an early stage is to take the e5-square under control
in order to prevent (or, better said,discourage) Be5, which would caused Black
some lack of coordination if he had played ...g6 instead.'} 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1
{A rare move, prepared by Topalov especially for the tournament in Sofia. That
was a very inspired decision, as it brought Topalov two very important
victories.  The idea of 8.Rc1 is that in some concrete variations the rook on
c1 is more useful than the queen on c2.} ({For instance, after the common
continuation} 8. Qc2 {Black can play} g6 9. h3 (9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11.
Qxe4 Nf6 $11) 9... Qc7 (9... Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. e3 Ne4 {is a reasonable
alternative} (11... Ne8 $14)) 10. g3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 {and Black often can
develop the B on f5 with tempo:} 12. Bf4 (12. dxe5 Bf5 $5 13. Qb3 Nd7 $13)
12... Bf5 13. Qd2 Nfd7 $13) 8... g6 ({Several days later Bacrot played} 8... e5
{but didn't solve the problems and quickly got an worse position:} 9. Nxe5 Nxe5
10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Na4 Nxe5 12. Bc3 f6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. g3 Qd7 16.
h4 $1 $36 {1-0 Topalov,V (2804)-Bacrot,E (2708)/Sofia BUL 2006/D-TWIC 477-603 
(42)}) (8... Qc7 9. g3 $5 e5 (9... g6 $6 10. Bf4 $14 {/+/-}) 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
Bf4 {leads to unexplored complications.}) 9. h3 {Marin: 'Aiming to ensure
stability to the bishop on the h2-b9 diagonal.'} Qc7 {Recommended by Korchnoi
and played by Topalov recently, 9...Qc7 has some certain drawbacks, though. It
is designed to prevent opponent's dark-squared bishop from occupying the
diagonal b8-h2. A common reaction from White is 10.g3 and then in order to
justify his play Black must continue 10...e5, but as we'll see in that case
with the rook on c1 (instead of the queen on c2) concrete variations favour
White. Another approach after 10.g3 is to allow White Bf4, like Kamsky did in
the present game. However, losing time in order to provoke g2-g3 doesn't look
particularly attractive and therefore 9...Qc7 can hardly be the optimal choice.
} ({An important alternative is} 9... Bg7 10. Bf4 Ne4 (10... O-O 11. e3 Ne4 ({
Insufficient is} 11... Ne8 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 f6 $1 {leads to the game
Kasparov-Genius 3, Cologne 1995, where the opening result favoured Black. That
game pointed out the drawbacks of developing the bishop on d3.} 13. e4 {Marin}
e5 {The position becomes very sharp now. During the next sequence of moves,
one of the greatest players of the history was completely outplayed by a
machine.} 14. dxe5 Nxc5 15. exd5 fxe5 16. Be3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 e4 18. Qxe4 Nf6
19. Qc4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. O-O Bxd5 {with a huge advantage for Black, who,
nevertheless went on losing as a consequence of exagerated greediness in
Kasparov-Comp Chess Genius 3.0, Cologne 1995.}) 12... Nc7 13. O-O Re8 14. Bg5
$1 $14) 12. Be2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. O-O $14 {1-0 Graf,A (2646)
-Kuraszkiewicz,M (2304)/Germany 2003 (46)}) 11. e3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Rxc3 O-O
13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. Bh2 exd4 16. exd4 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V (2571)-Kritz,L 
(2578)/Las Vegas 2006}) 12... Qa5 13. Be2 e5 $5 $13 {0-1 Roussel Roozmon,T 
(2419)-Kritz,L (2578)/Las Vegas 2006 (78)}) 10. g3 {Marin: 'White insists with
the idea of developing the bishop on f4, which Black cannot prevent actually.'}
Bg7 {Looks like the best continuation under the circumstances.} (10... e5 {
played by Topalov two months prior to the present game is much too risky:} 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 (12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Na4 $1 $13) 12... Nfd7 13. e4 $5 ({
More ambitious than} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. e4 $14) 13... g5
(13... Bxc5 14. dxc5 O-O 15. Bg2 Nxc5 16. O-O $44) 14. Bxg5 Ng6 15. exd5 Bg7
16. Qe2+ (16. Bg2 O-O 17. O-O $36) 16... Kf8 17. d6 Qa5 18. Be3 b6 19. Bg2 $13
{1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2650)-Topalov,V (2801)/Monte Carlo MNC 2006 (38)} (19.
Qf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf1c4]})) (10... Nh5 $6 11. Bg2 e5 $2 12. dxe5 $16 (12. Nxe5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Nikolov,S (2407)-Rusev,K (2412)/Velingrad 2004} 14.
g4 Ng7 15. b4 Bxb4 16. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qxe5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nc4 $16) 12...
Nxe5 $140 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bc3 $18) 11. Bf4 Qd8 {Marin: 'It
might seem that Black has just lost two tempi. However, precisely these two
moves (g3 and h3) cause some slight contradiction: The bishop's development on
f4 has been enabled, but its stability on the h2-b8 diagonal is not too
reliable.'} (11... Qa5 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Bg5 Nhf6 14. Bg2 h6 15. Be3 $16 {
1-0 Filip,L (2385)-Nevednichy,B (2302)/Timisoara 2005 (33)}) 12. Bg2 ({The
alternative} 12. g4 Ne4 {is less problematic for Black.}) 12... Nh5 (12... O-O
{Maybe Black should have castled first in order to prevent a quick e2-e4.}) 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4 $1 $14 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nhf6 ({Kamsky suggested} 16...
Ndf6 17. Nc3 Nd5 {as a possible alternative. However, White's chances are
preferable after} 18. O-O Nhf6 19. Re1 $14) 17. Nc3 Re8 {Kamsky's idea is to
clear square f8 in order to transfer the knight from d7 to d5. This is
somewhat slow and leaves White with more space.} ({The principled continuation
is} 17... e5 18. dxe5 Re8 19. O-O (19. Be3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxe5
22. Rd8+ Re8 {looks acceptable for Black}) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 {and after
the strongest} 21. Na4 {Black must choose between a slightly inferior position
after} (21. Bf4 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Re8 $11) 21... Nd5 ({the positional exchange
sacrifice} 21... Rd5 $5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 {The players had different opinions
about it: Topalov thought that Black has sufficient compensation, while Kamsky
preferred White here.}) ({or the sharp complications:} 21... Bxh3 22. Bxh3 Rd5
23. Rc2 Ne4 24. Nb6 Nxd2 {although here too, after} 25. Re1 {White's chances
are preferable}) 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 18. O-O Nf8 ({After} 18... e5 {
White can choose between} 19. Be3 {(which was Topalov's intention)} ({or} 19.
dxe5 {leading to variations from 17...e5, see the previous annotation.})) 19.
Qb3 $1 {Pointing out Black's problems with his queenside.} Ne6 20. Be3 Nc7 $1
21. Ne5 Nfd5 22. Nxd5 (22. Bd2 Be6 $1 {and White cannot take on b7:} 23. Qxb7
$2 Bxe5 24. Nxd5 (24. dxe5 Rb8 25. Qxc6 (25. Qa7 Qc8 $19) 25... Bd7 $19) 24...
Rb8 25. Qxc6 Bd7 $17) (22. Rfd1 $5) 22... Nxd5 23. Bd2 {Marin: 'In spite of
Black's control of the d5-square, White has strong pressure. For Black it will
be not easy to develop his queen side.' Kamsky succeeded to exchange a pair of
knights and decrease from White's advantage, nevertheless Black still has
problems to develop his queenside.} Bxe5 {This radical solution would have
been acceptable in case of a quick ...Be6, but Black does not have time for
that.} ({Variations like} 23... Qc7 24. Rfe1 Be6 (24... Rd8 25. Nc4 $16) 25.
Nxg6 Qc8 {can hardly work. White has few attractive possibilities:} 26. Ne5 ({
Good is also} 26. Rxe6 $5 Qxe6 27. Ne5 $44) 26... Nf4 (26... Bxh3 27. Bxd5 cxd5
28. Qxd5 $16) 27. d5 $1 Nxd5 (27... Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rc4 $40) 28. Nc4 $14
) (23... Be6 $2 24. Qxb7 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rb8 26. Qxc6 $18) 24. dxe5 h5 {
Unfortunately, before playing ...Be6 Black must spend time for a lot of other
moves.} 25. Rfe1 Qc7 {Protecting b7 and finally being ready for ...Be6.} 26. e6
$1 {Opening the position.} Bxe6 27. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Re1 $16 {Two strong
bishops and a lot of weaknesses in Black's position (especially around his
king) secure White a wonderful compensation for the exchange).} Qd7 ({In
Shipov's opinion, best chances to defend would have offered the move} 28... e5
{and then} 29. Bc3 ({Weaker is} 29. Bxd5+ cxd5 30. Qxd5+ e6 31. Qe4 Qf7 32. Bc3
Rad8 33. Qxe5 Kh7 $13) 29... e6 30. Bxe5 Qf7 31. Be4 $44) 29. Qd3 Kh7 (29...
Kg7 30. Bc3+ $16) 30. Re5 {White's attack goes very smoothly.} Nf6 31. Qe3 Kg7
32. Be4 $1 Kf7 (32... Nxe4 33. Rxe4 $18) 33. Bc2 Rad8 $6 ({More stubborn is} 
33... Rg8 34. Qh6 Raf8 35. Bc3 $16) 34. Qh6 Rg8 (34... Qxd2 35. Bxg6+ Kg8 36.
Rg5 $18) 35. Ba5 Qd4 $2 {Loses at once.} ({Relatively best was} 35... Rg7 {
although after the simple} 36. Bxd8 Qxd8 37. Bb3 Nd5 38. Rxe6 $16 {White has a
huge advantage.}) (35... Rdf8 36. Rg5 $18) 36. Bc3 $18 Qc4 37. Bb3 Qd3 38.
Bxe6+ Ke8 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. Qg7 Rd5 41. Bf5 Rf7 42. Rxe7+ (42. Rxe7+ Rxe7 (42...
Kxe7 43. Bxf6+ Ke8 44. Qg8+ Rf8 45. Qe6#) 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qxf6+ Ke8 45. Qh8+
Kf7 46. Qg7+ Ke8 47. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 $5 {
A rare move introduced in 1994 by the Spanish GM Magem Badals, which, until
the present game had a shaky reputation and was completely overshadowed by 7...
e6. The idea of 7...g6 is to prepare a quick advance ...e7-e5.  The move 7...
g6 must have been prepared by Kamsky specially for the Tal Memorial, where he
used it successfully in two games.} ({Previously Kamsky had played the main
line:} 7... e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nd2 h6 (9... Qc8 10. g4 $1 Bg6 11. g5 Ng8 12. h4
h6 13. gxh6 gxh6 14. h5 Bh7 15. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Eljanov,P-Kamsky,G/Kemer 2007 (51)
}) (9... Bg6) 10. b4 (10. g4 $5) 10... Qc8 11. Rc1 (11. O-O $142) 11... Bd8 12.
a4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 $11 {0-1 Nielsen,P-Kamsky,G/Turin 2006 (39)}) 8. h3 ({After
} 8. Be2 {apart from the natural} Bg7 {Black can also consider 8...Nh5.}) 8...
Bg7 9. Be2 (9. Qb3 $5) 9... Be4 {This is Kamsky's new idea, played for the
first time against Alekseev in the same tournament. Black simply wants to
exchange his light-squared bishop for his opponent's knight and then advance
the e-pawn. It is important to make this move now, so that the knight can't go
to e5 due to the vulnerability of g2-pawn.} (9... Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 (11.
Qb3 $142 $14) 11... f6 12. Bh2 e5 13. Qb3 Ra7 $6 14. Nc3 exd4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16.
Nxd4 Re8 17. Bd6 g5 18. Bg4 $16 {1-0 Illescas Cordoba,M-Magem Badals,J/Madrid
1994 (39)}) 10. Nh4 (10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. e4 (12. Qb3 e5 $13) 12...
dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 $11) ({In the event of} 10. Ne5 {Black simply
takes the pawn:} Bxg2 11. Rh2 Be4 $17) 10... e5 11. Bg3 {Mamedyarov had enough
time to analyse the position and he comes up with an improvement.} ({Alekseev
continued} 11. dxe5 {but the position after} Nh5 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxf4 14.
exf4 Nxc5 {turned out to be in Black's favour, 1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E-Kamsky,G/
Moscow 2007 (39)}) 11... exd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 {A curious
position, which at the first sight seems to be clearly better for White: two
bishops, isolated doubled pawns on the f-file...  However, Kamsky proves that
things are not that simple. The point is that Black has a clear and strong
plan: to blockade the kingside by advancing the f-pawn (Nh5 and f4), then
create pressure on d4 (Qf6, Re8, Nf8-e6) and double rooks on the e-file. A
deeper look at the position shows that all Black's pieces will be active; even
the knight from h5 will come to g3. With the pawn on h2 instead of h3 White
would have been better, but the weakness on g3 together with the weak pawn d4
make the position double-edged. Moreover, from the practical point of view
Black's position is even preferable.} 15. Qd2 (15. O-O Nh5 16. Bd6 Re8 17. f4
Ng3 18. Rf3 Ne4 $13) 15... Nh5 16. Bf2 (16. Bh2 $2 Qh4+ $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 16...
f4 17. O-O-O Re8 {The position of White's h-pawn makes a huge difference: with
the pawn on h2 White would have continued 18.g4, with a large advantage. With
the pawn on h3 he can't forget about the kingside activity, which means that
the only active plan is to advance the queenside pawns. But this is a very
risky strategy, since it opens up his own king.} 18. Rhe1 Nf8 19. Bd3 Qf6 20.
Na4 {Going nowhere. On the other hand it is not easy to indicate a sensible
plan for White. Probably the best was to wait.} (20. Rxe8 $142 Rxe8 21. Ne2 $11
) 20... Ne6 21. Bc2 Ng3 22. Qd3 Qh6 $1 23. Nc3 Re7 24. b4 {This active plan
will soon backfire.} ({Preferable was something like} 24. Ne2 Rae8 25. Qd2) ({
or} 24. Kb1 Rae8 25. Qd2 {and White should be able to keep the balance}) 24...
Rae8 25. a4 a5 $1 26. b5 Qg6 27. Qd2 (27. Qxg6 hxg6 $15) 27... Qf6 $15 28. Ne2
$5 ({Black is also slightly better after} 28. Qd3 Nxc5 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Rxe7
Rxe7) 28... Nxc5 {This leads to very sharp, approximately equal positions.} ({
The alternative was to play an endgame with a pawn up:} 28... Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2
Nxd4 30. Bxd4 (30. Rxe7 $2 Ne2+ 31. Qxe2 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qc3+ 33. Kc1 Qa3+ 34. Kd2
Bc3+ 35. Kd3 Be1+ $19) 30... Rxe2 31. Bxf6 Rxd2 32. Kxd2 Bxf6 {but thanks to
the opposite-coloured bishops White has good chances to have a draw:} 33. Bf5 (
33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Rb1 Re3 $1 35. Bd3 (35. Rb6 Bc3+ 36. Kc1 Re1+ 37. Bd1 Re6 $17
{[%cal Gc3b4]}) 35... Bd4 36. Rb6 Bxc5 37. Rxc6 Bb4+ 38. Kc2 Kg7 $15 {[%cal
Ge3e1,Ge1g1]}) 33... Re7 (33... Bd4 34. Bd7 $15) 34. bxc6 bxc6 35. Rb1 $15) 29.
Nxf4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Nf1 32. Nh5 $1 Qe7 (32... Nxd2 33. Nxf6+ Bxf6
34. Bxd2 Bxd4 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Bxa5 $13) (32... Qxd4 33. Qxd4 Bxd4 34. Bxa5
cxb5 35. axb5 Ne3 $11) 33. Qxa5 b6 $1 (33... Ne6 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. bxc6 bxc6
36. Kb1 $16) 34. Qa8+ ({After} 34. Qc3 Bxd4 (34... Qg5+ 35. Kb1 $1 Qxh5 36.
bxc6 Qh6 37. c7 Qc6 38. Bd3 Qxc7 39. Bxf1 $14) 35. Qxd4 Qxe1+ 36. Kb2 Ne6 37.
Qxb6 Qe5+ 38. Ka2 c5 {the position is a complete mess} ({or} 38... Qxh5 39. Qf2
cxb5 40. axb5 Qe5 41. Qxf1 Nc5 $44)) 34... Bf8 35. Bc3 Ne6 36. Qxc6 (36. bxc6
$2 Qa3+ 37. Bb2 (37. Kb1 Qxc3 $19) 37... Qb4 $40) (36. Kb1 $142 $5 $13) 36...
Qg5+ 37. Kb1 Qxh5 38. a5 Qg5 (38... Ne3 $5 39. axb6 (39. a6 Nxc2 40. Kxc2 Qg6+
$36) 39... Nxc2 40. Kxc2 (40. b7 $2 Na3+ 41. Kc1 Qg6 $19) 40... Qg6+ 41. Kc1 (
41. Kb2 Qxg2+) 41... Qd3 $17 42. b7 $140 Nd8 $19) 39. a6 $2 (39. axb6 $1 Nd2+
40. Bxd2 Qxd2 41. b7 Nxd4 42. Qc8 Nxc2 (42... Qxc2+ $4 43. Qxc2 Nxc2 44. b8=Q
$18) 43. Qxf8+ (43. b8=Q $2 Na3+ 44. Ka1 Qd1+ 45. Kb2 Nc4+ 46. Kc3 Qd2+ $19)
43... Kxf8 44. b8=Q+ Kg7 45. Qg3+ $11) 39... Nd2+ 40. Ka2 ({More stubborn is} 
40. Bxd2 Qxd2 41. Qxd5 (41. a7 Qb4+ 42. Ka2 Qa3+ 43. Kb1 Qxa7 $19) 41... Nxd4
42. Bb3 {and Black still must demonstrate a clear win.}) 40... Nc4 41. Kb3 (41.
Kb3 Na5+ 42. Bxa5 Nxd4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Most likely this strong novelty (brought
to Karjakin by his new trainer and former Kasparov second Yuri Dokhoian) will
have a big impact in the future development of the variation.} (9... Nc6 {
is the most frequent answer. However, lately new ideas for White were found
and therefore the entire 5.a4 and 6.g3 variation became popular against the
Chebanenko Slav.  Here is a recent example:} 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O
Nd5 13. Rd1 f6 14. Nfd2 Rd8 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Nca5 Rb8 17. Nxc6+ bxc6 18. Na5 Bd7
19. b3 Bc5 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Rac1 Rdc8 22. Bxb4+ Nxb4 23. f4 c5 24. Kf2 $14 {
1-0 Aronian,L (2750)-Movsesian,S (2751)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (58)}) ({Another
recent game is} 9... Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 c3
14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd3 Rb8 16. O-O b5 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Anand,V 
(2791)-Wang Yue (2739)/Linares 2009 (33)}) 10. Ne5 (10. Ne3 Bc6 11. Nxc4 Bxc5
$11) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Ne3 Nxc5 13. Nxc4 Nb3 14. Rb1 Rc8
$132) (11. Nxc4 Bxc5 12. Be3 {needs to be tested - at least here White keeps
more pressure in the position.}) 11... Bxc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 {The position is
equal: the pawn on a4 creates too many weaknesses in White's queenside pawn
formation.} 13. Bd2 (13. Be3 Rb8 $1 (13... Ne4 14. Rc1 $36) 14. Rc1 $140 Rb4
$15) (13. Bf4 $145 $5) 13... Ne4 14. Rc1 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 16. Ke3 (16. Ke1
Bxc5 (16... Rd4 $5 17. e3 (17. Ne3 c3 $1 18. Rxc3 Rxa4 $15) 17... Rd3 18. Rxc4
Be7 19. Ke2 Rb3 (19... Rhd8 20. Rc2 Rb3 21. Nc3 Kc7 $44 {[%cal Gd8b8,Ge7f6]})
20. Kd2 Rd8+ 21. Kc2 Rbd3 $44) 17. Rxc4 Bb6 18. Rxc6+ Kb7 $44) 16... Bxc5+ 17.
Kf3 Rd5 18. Rxc4 Rhd8 19. Ne3 (19. Nc3 Rf5+ 20. Rf4 Rxf4+ 21. gxf4 (21. Kxf4 f5
$15 {[%csl Re4]} (21... Bxf2 22. e3 Rd2 23. Nd1 $18 {[%cal Gf4f3]})) 21... Kc7
$11) 19... Bxe3 20. Kxe3 Re5+ 21. Kf3 Rf5+ 22. Ke3 (22. Kg2 Rd2 23. Rxc6+ Kb7
24. Rhc1 Rxe2 25. Rc7+ Kb6 26. b4 Rfxf2+ 27. Kg1 $11) 22... Re5+ 23. Kf3 Rf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Henrichs, Thomas"]
[Black "Ris, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Differdange"]
[BlackTeam "Utrecht"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Na6 8. Bd3 Nb4
9. e4 {This is an interesting attempt to exploit the advantage in development
without wasting time on the bishop's retreat.} (9. Bb1 $13 {/+/=}) (9. O-O Nxd3
10. Qxd3 Be7 11. e4 {leads to the game Shulman,Y (2550)-Zatonskih,A (2435)/
Stillwater 2005, which continued} dxe4 (11... O-O 12. Rfe1 $5 $14) 12. Nxe4 O-O
13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. c5 $14) 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. Rad1 b6
16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Nc3 {This is a complicated double-edged position. The next
part of the game showed White's potential:} Bb4 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Re4 $1 Rg6 20.
Qh3 Rc8 {(waste of time)} 21. Rh4 Qg8 22. Ne2 Rd8 23. Nf4 Rg7 24. Nh5 Rg6 25.
Nxf6 $1 Rxf6 26. Ng5 {and White won soon.}) 9... dxe4 (9... Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3) 10.
Nxe4 (10. Bxe4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 b6 13. Rad1 Nxe4 (13... Bb7 14. Bb1 $14)
14. Nxe4 Bxg5 15. Nexg5 h6 16. Ne4 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lugovoi,A (2510)-Volkov,S 
(2587)/Novgorod 1999 (64)}) 10... Be7 (10... c5 11. O-O Be7 (11... cxd4 12. c5
$44) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 (12... Bxf6 13. Nxf6+ (13. Nxc5 $2 Bxd4 {[%csl Rd3]}) 13...
Qxf6 14. Be4 $14) 13. d5 $1 $36 {1-0 Gagunashvili,M (2611)-Grabarczyk,M (2461)/
Cappelle la Grande 2007 (62)}) 11. Bxf6 $146 (11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. O-O
Be6 14. Re1 $13 {0-1 Ponomariov,R (2705)-Wang Hao (2643)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 
(76)}) 11... gxf6 ({In the event of} 11... Bxf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. O-O {
White is slightly better thanks to Black's problems to develop his bishop.})
12. O-O e5 $2 {Black plays similarly to the game Ponomariov-Wang Hao, but with
Ne4 instead of Bh4 the situation is different.} ({The critical line is} 12...
f5 13. Ng3 h5 $13 {, later developing the light-squared bishop on the long
diagonal.}) 13. Ng3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf5]} Be6 (13... Bg4 14. Bf5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
Qxd4 16. Qe2 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Be6 15. Rad1 $16 {With so
many weaknesses in Black's position the knights are clearly more powerful than
the bishops.}) 14. Bf5 $1 ({After} 14. Re1 Qd7 {Black covers the f5-square and
is ready to castle long.}) 14... Qd7 (14... Bxc4 15. Re1 $44) 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16.
dxe5 {Another important move - the black king must be prevented from hiding on
the queenside.} (16. Re1 $6 O-O-O {would have reduced White's advantage a lot.}
) 16... fxe5 17. Qe2 f6 (17... O-O-O 18. Qxe5 $16) 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Nd4 $1 (19.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nd4 Qf7 21. Ndf5 Kc7 $14) 19... Qf7 20. Ndf5 Qg6 21. f4 $18 Bc5+
22. Kh1 O-O 23. fxe5 fxe5 (23... Rde8 24. e6 $18) 24. Qxe5 b6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26.
Nh5 {The drawback of this move - it offers Black counterplay due to the back
rank weakness.} (26. Ne4 {controls square f2 and wins easily:} Nd3 27. Ne7+
Bxe7 28. Qxe7 Ra8 29. Rf3 $18) 26... Nd3 {Black threatens check on f2 followed
by the mate on d1, therefore White must spend time on defence.} 27. Qe2 Kh8 {
With a pawn up White is still clearly better, but the winning task is not so
simple anymore.} 28. g4 {A questionable decision, creating additional tactical
motifs for Black.} (28. h3 Qe8 29. Qg4 $16) 28... Qe8 29. Qf3 Nf2+ $1 30. Rxf2
(30. Kg2 Rd2 $132) 30... Bxf2 31. Qc3+ (31. Qxf2 $2 Qe4+ $19) 31... Bd4 32.
Nxd4 Qe5 33. Nxc6 (33. Ne2 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Qxc3 35. Nxc3 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxb2 $13 {/=
}) 33... Qxc3 34. bxc3 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Ra1 {Black saves the endgame due to
White's weak pawns and the lack of coordination between the knights.} 36. c5
bxc5 37. Nxa5 Rxa4 38. Nb7 Rc4 (38... Rxg4+ 39. Ng3 Rc4 40. Ne2 $14) 39. Ng3 (
39. Nd6 Rxc3 40. Ne4 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 c4 $11) 39... Rxc3 40. Ne4 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 c4
$11 42. Nbd6 c3 43. Kf4 Rd2 44. Ke3 Rxh2 45. Nxc3 Rh3+ 46. Kd4 Rh4 47. Nf7+ Kg7
48. Ne5 h5 49. Ke4 Rxg4+ 50. Nxg4 hxg4 51. Kf4 g3 52. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 {The most interesting
and at the same time rather difficult part about this strategically very
complex system against the Chebanenko Slav is that lots of different pawn
structures may arise. Black has basically one positional idea in mind - the
central advance ...e7-e5, while White can combine play in the center (e3-e4)
with activity on the queenside (a2-a4). Nevertheless many other, less usual
pawn formations are possible, like in the present game.} (6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3
8. gxf3 {(a new approach by the time when this game was played)} e6 9. c5 Nbd7
10. f4 g6 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. O-O-O Bf6 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Kb1
Ng7 17. Ng1 Nf5 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Ne5 a4 20. b4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 O-O-O 22. Qe2 (22.
e4 $1 $16) 22... Qb7 23. Rd2 Rhe8 24. Rhd1 Bf8 25. Bc2 Ne7 26. f3 h5 27. a3 Bh6
28. Bc3 Rd7 29. Rd3 Red8 30. Qh2 Nf5 31. Bb2 Qc7 32. Qd2 Ne7 33. Bc1 Nf5 34.
Qf2 d4 35. exd4 Rd5 36. Kb2 Qe7 37. Bb1 Qh4 38. Qxh4 Nxh4 39. Kc3 {1/2-1/2
Sakaev,K (2555)-Rublevsky,S (2515)/St Petersburg 1993}) 6... g6 (6... Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 (8. gxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nxc5 $13) 8... Nbd7 $14 {[%cal
Ge7e5]}) 7. Bd3 Bg4 {If Black wanted to place the bishop on g4, then it made
sense to do it on the previous move, since after the bishop sortie to g4
Black's priority is to develop the queen's knight on d7 with the intention of
a quick ...e5, rather than playing ...g6 and ...Bg7. See 6...Bg4.} (7... Bg7 8.
h3 $14) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 $146 {Formally speaking this is a novelty (it
wasn't played in this particular position before). On the other hand nowadays
taking with the pawn on f3 became a usual method for White in many similar
positions. The idea to double pawns in the Chebanenko Slav was used for the
first time by Sakaev against Rublevsky (see above). It didn't attract much
attention until years later, when White players realized that doubling pawns
by recapturing g2xf3 can offer multiple benefits.} (9. Qxf3 {is not a bad move
either. White keeps an edge, although Black's play is easier here.} Bg7 (9...
Nbd7 $142 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 10. e4 $14) 10. Qe2 $1 O-O 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. f4 Ne8 13.
g4 e6 14. g5 f6 15. h4 $16 {1-0 Galicek,S-Jirka,J (1885)/Plzen 1995 (36)}) 9...
Nbd7 ({If Black had sensed the danger, he would have gone for} 9... e5 10. dxe5
Nfd7 11. f4 Nxc5 {and although White should be better here too, Black keeps
considerably more possibilities than in the game.}) 10. f4 {Without his making
obvious mistakes, Black's position has become quite unpleasant. He has no
counterplay, while White has several plans to attack his opponent's pawn
structure (first of all a2-a4 and f4-f5). Besides, White has the bishop pair
and a space advantage, so in reality Black's situation can easily turn out to
be more difficult than it appears now. In order to defend such a position one
should play very accurately with Black. First of all it would be good to avoid
creating weaknesses, secondly Black should usually prevent the opening of the
position (or rather be well prepared for that).} a5 ({Black could defend
against f4-f5 by means of} 10... e6 {when we reach a position that has been
met in practice by another move order. White is slightly better, but with a
patient defence Black has good chances to reach the draw.} 11. Bd2 (11. b4 a5 (
11... Bg7 12. a4 O-O $14) 12. bxa5 Qxa5 13. Bd2 $14) (11. b3 {I show this
somewhat illogical-looking move in order to help understand by a simple
comparison that in such a structure White's prospects are always slightly
preferable. Now we have the position from the mentioned game Sakaev-Rublevsky
after the move 11.Bd3 (see 6.b3 above), where White kept an edge for the
entire game and at one point could achieve a clear advantage. Of course here
White can try to find more useful moves than 11.b3...}) 11... Bg7 (11... a5 12.
Qc2 $14 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gc3e2,Ge2g1,Gg1f3]}) 12. b4 Ng8 $1 {The knight goes to f5,
just like in the Sakaev-Rublevsky game.} 13. a4 Ne7 14. Ne2 Nf5 15. Nc1 O-O 16.
Nb3 Qh4 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Kd1 Nf6 19. Rg1 Nh4 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Kc2 Rfb8 22. Ra3
Ne8 $1 {Another important defensive maneuver: the knight goes to c7.} 23. Rga1
Nc7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd1 Nf5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. Qa1 Qb7 29. Qa5
Bf6 30. f3 Kf8 31. Qa1 Nc7 32. e4 Nh4 33. Be2 Ke8 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Be1 Qa8 36.
Na5 Na6 37. Qa3 Bd8 38. Nb3 Ng2 39. Bd2 Bc7 40. e5 Nh4 41. Kc3 Nf5 42. Bd3 Bd8
43. Nc1 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J (2605)-Bosch,J (2370)/Netherlands 1994. Although it
is clear that only White tried to win in this game, most likely this is the
right way for Black to handle such positions: to forget about any ambitious
plans and instead accurately neutralize White's pressure.  By allowing f4-f5
possibly Grischuk simply wanted to avoid passivity.}) 11. f5 gxf5 {A
questionable decision, leaving Black with an inferior pawn structure.} (11...
Bh6 12. Qf3 e5 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qg3 $14) (11... e5 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. f4 $14)
12. Bxf5 e6 13. Bc2 e5 14. Qf3 Bh6 {Soon it will become clear that Black had
to start with 14...Qe7.} (14... e4 15. Nxe4 $5 (15. Qf5 $14 {[%cal Gf2f3]})
15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 {and after taking the third pawn for the piece White will
have an obvious pressure.}) (14... Qe7 $142 15. Ne2 Bh6 16. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Ge1c1]}) 15. Bd2 exd4 $6 {Black is worse, but this leads to a
strategically lost position.} (15... Qe7 16. O-O-O O-O (16... O-O-O $16) 17.
Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Ng8 19. Qh5 $14 {/+/-}) 16. exd4 Qe7+ (16... Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2
Nf8 18. Rae1+ Ne6 19. Rhg1 Qe7 20. Bf5 $16 O-O-O $140 21. Rg7 $18) 17. Be3 $1 {
Very strong, underlining the drawbacks of opponent's play.} Bxe3 ({Too late
for regrouping the pieces:} 17... Nf8 18. O-O-O Bg7 19. Rhg1 Ne6 20. Rxg7 Nxg7
21. Bg5 Ngh5 22. Rd2 $18) 18. fxe3 {Adding another plus in White's position:
the open f-file.} O-O 19. O-O-O $16 {Now it becomes obvious that with his last
moves Black ruined the position. White's only weakness on e3 is easy to defend,
while Black is left with a lot of weaknesses. Besides, White still has space
advantage and a very strong bishop on c2.} Rae8 20. Rhg1+ Kh8 21. Rg3 b4 22.
Ne2 Ne4 (22... Rg8 23. Rdg1 Rxg3 24. Rxg3 $16) 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 {
[%mdl 4096]} 25. Rf1 Re7 26. Kc2 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc2b3,Gb3a4] On top of all
in endgame Black is suddenly confronted with the weak pawn on a5.} Rg8 27.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Rf3 a4 {Otherwise White comes with the king on a4, but now
follows} 29. a3 $1 {gaining square c3 for the pieces and it turns out that on
a4 the pawn is also very weak.} bxa3 (29... b3+ 30. Kc3 Re8 31. Kb4 Ra8 32. Nc3
$18) 30. bxa3 Kg7 31. Ng3 {The a4-pawn won't run away.} ({Possible is also the
materialistic} 31. Nc3 Nf6 32. Nxa4 Ra7 33. Kb3 Rb7+ 34. Ka2 (34. Nb6 Nd7 $16)
34... Ne4 35. Nb6 $18) 31... Kf8 (31... Kg6 32. Nf5 Re6 33. Nd6 Nf6 34. Kc3
Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Kb4 f5 37. Kxa4 f4 38. Rxf4 Rxe3 39. Ka5 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 32. Nf5 Re6 33. Kc3 Nf6 34. Nd6 Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Kb4 $18 {
Technical play. Ponomariov doesn't mind any simplifications, as he easily wins
the resulting rook endgame with an extra pawn.} Ke7 37. Kxa4 f5 38. Ka5 f4 39.
exf4 (39. Rxf4 Rxe3 40. Rh4 {is another win}) 39... Rxd4 40. f5 Rc4 41. Kb6 d4
42. Rf4 Ra4 43. f6+ Kf7 44. h4 Rxa3 45. Rxd4 Kxf6 46. Kxc6 h5 47. Kd6 Ra8 48.
Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 $5 {A relatively rare
system, which nevertheless is certainly very interesting. In spite of the fact
that it was occasionally played before, I never took it very seriously and I
considered that if it ever occurs in my games, I'll be able to equalize
without needing a special preparation. A superficial approach, as the present
game demonstrates.} Bg4 {It seems that White has slightly better chances after
this natural reaction.} (6... Bf5 {Now I consider that this is not worse. It
is amazing that in several lines of Slav Defence (particularly in Chebanenko
Slav) Black tries first ...Bg4 and then the experience shows that ...Bf5 is a
decent alternative.}) 7. h3 Bxf3 (7... Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 $36 {1/2-1/2
Vijayalakshmi,S-Stefanova,A/Bled 2002 (63)}) 8. Qxf3 $1 (8. gxf3 e6 9. f4 Nbd7
10. Bd3 g6 {is about equal, 1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Bosch,J/Netherlands 1994 (43)})
8... g6 (8... Nbd7 {This is probably better.} 9. g4 ({I was mainly concerned
with} 9. e4 e5 10. exd5 exd4 11. dxc6 {but Black might be okay here. This
needs a separate analysis}) 9... e5 10. g5 e4 11. Qg2 (11. Qd1 Ng8 12. h4 g6
13. Qg4 h6 $1 {The precise move, preventing 14.h5} 14. Rg1 (14. h5 $2 hxg5)
14... hxg5 15. hxg5 Ne7 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. f4 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Lautier,J/
Poikovsky 2004}) 11... Ng8 12. h4 g6 13. f3 (13. h5 $5) 13... exf3 14. Qxf3 Bg7
15. Bd2 (15. Bh3 $5 {1-0 Lautier,J-Fressinet,L/playchess.com, blitz 2004 (76)})
15... f5 16. O-O-O Nf8 $14 {/~~, 1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Amonatov,F/Dagomys 2004 
(31)}) 9. Qd1 $1 Bg7 (9... e5 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. e4 $5 $36) 10. f4 b4 $2 {
A severe strategical mistake, based on some tactical miscalculation. I thought
Black can use square e4 and the weakness of the diagonal e1-h4, but that was
just an illusion. Correct was 10...Nbd7 or 10...a5, although White keeps the
advantage in all cases.} 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Bd3 $16 Ng3 (12... e5 {Simply doesn't
work. For instance:} 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. fxe5 Qh4+ 15. Ke2) 13. Rg1 f5 14. Bd2 {
Now Black is in real trouble.} a5 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Qf3 $6 ({After} 16. a3 {
(which in fact wins a pawn, since Black's queenside collapses), I intended the
desperate} b3 17. Qxb3 g5 {[%csl Rd4] but then after the precise} 18. Qa4 $1 {
protecting pawn d4, Black is basically lost.} (18. fxg5 e5 {would offer Black
some play})) 16... Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 (17... dxe4 18. Qe2 $16) 18. Qg4 Nd7 19.
Nxd7 $2 {Stanislav wrongly evaluated the resulting endgame.} (19. Qe6 $1 {
was the last chance to fight for advantage.} Nxb6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Rc1 {
with very good compensation for the pawn.}) 19... Qxd7 20. a3 Qxg4 (20... b3
21. a4 Qxg4 {is the same as the game}) 21. hxg4 b3 $1 22. a4 Kf7 {The endgame
is in fact pretty simple. Black has two weaknesses - b3 and a5. In order to
win one of them, White needs to attack twice pawn b3 (with either both rooks,
or with the rook and king) and at the same time keep pawn a5 under attack with
his bishop. That is impossible, because either the king or one of the rooks
will have to occupy square c3, closing the diagonal a5-e1. Then the pawn a5 is
no longer under attack. In that case Black simply protects pawn b3 by doubling
rooks on the b-file, leaving pawn a5 unprotected. Moreover, the draw becomes
evident as soon as Black will transfer the bishop to c7. All this leaves White
with the only possibility to break through on the kingside. But Black is able
to defend there as well.} (22... O-O $5) 23. g5 (23. f5 g5 $11) (23. Rh1 h6 24.
g5 $2 hxg5 $1 25. Rxh8 Bxh8 26. fxg5 e5 $17) 23... Rb8 24. Ke2 e6 25. g4 Bf8
26. Raf1 Be7 27. Rh1 (27. f5 $2 Bxg5) 27... Kg8 28. Rh2 (28. f5 Bxg5 29. fxe6
Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rf1+ Ke8 $11 32. Rf7 Rxf7 33. exf7+ Kxf7 34. Bxa5 h5 35.
gxh5 gxh5 36. Bc7 Ke6 $11) 28... Rf8 29. Rfh1 Bd8 30. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e3 {"We
surprised each other in the opening", said Timofeev after the game. Indeed,
White chooses a sideline only to be confronted with a novelty soon after that.}
(7. Nxc4 {is the main continuation.}) 7... Nxe5 (7... b5 8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. Ne5 (9.
d5 Bb7 10. a4 Bxc6 11. dxc6 Qxc6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Qxa8 14. Nxb5 Qa5+ 15.
Nc3 e5 16. Bg3 Bb4 $36 {0-1 Ortega Hermida,D (2365)-Drozdovskij,Y (2458)/Las
Palmas 2003 (48)}) 9... Bb7 10. Be2 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. a4 Rc8 (12... g6 $142
13. Bf3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. axb5 O-O $11) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rg5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5
Bc6 16. Bf3 $36 {1-0 Dao Thien Hai (2583)-Le Quang,L (2297)/Dalat City 2004 
(23)}) 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ $146 ({Previously Black played only} 8... Nd5 {but wasn't
able to show equality after} 9. Bxc4 $14) 9. Rxd1 Nd5 10. Rxd5 $1 {The only
way to fight for an advantage.} ({In the event of} 10. Bxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5
12. Bb3 e6 13. Ke2 Bb7 {Black's chances are at least equal.}) 10... cxd5 11.
Nxd5 Ra7 $8 (11... Rb8 $2 {runs into the obvious} 12. e6 fxe6 (12... Bxe6 13.
Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxe6 $18) 13. Nb6 $18) (11... Kd8 $2 12. Nb6 Ra7 13. e6 {[%cal
Gf4b8]} a5 14. exf7 Be6 15. Bxc4 $18) 12. Nb6 Be6 13. a4 {When sacrificing the
exchange three moves ago White had to evaluate how big his compensation is. It
is clear that the rook on a7 is out of play, but on the other hand it's not
easy for White to exploit this factor, since Black has no obvious weaknesses
and will soon complete development. Taking the pawn on c4 is not really an
option for White, who would like to keep the knight on b6. The course of the
game proves that although White is better, with accurate defence Black is able
to keep the balance.} g5 $5 {Jakovenko feels that Black's main priority is to
complete his development quickly and return the extra material in order to
make a draw. He succeeded in doing this.} (13... g6 $13) ({One of the
questions is whether White or Black must hurry up to place his own pawn on a5.
In the game both players decided that this is not a priority.} 13... a5 14. e4
Ra6 15. Be3 $13) 14. Bxg5 Bg7 15. Bf4 (15. f4 $6 f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Bh4 f5
$132) 15... O-O 16. Be2 f6 17. e4 $1 (17. exf6 Bxf6 $132 {[%csl Rb2]}) 17... f5
$1 (17... fxe5 18. Be3 $44 {[%csl Ra7,Rg7]}) 18. a5 (18. Kd2 fxe4 19. Ke3 a5
$13) 18... fxe4 19. g3 Raa8 $1 {A good practical solution. Jakovenko simply
follows his initial plan to neutralize White's initiative. Material is less
important.} (19... Rd8 20. O-O $44) 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Kd2 Rc8 22. Rc1 Bf8 {
The evaluation hasn't changed - White's advantage is minimal. Black's main
problem is now the passivity of his dark-squared bishop. This factor will
count only if White can create targets on Black's queenside.} 23. f3 {White
has many attractive possibilities, but there is no clear way to increase the
advantage.} (23. Ke3 Bd5 24. b3 {leads by force to an interesting draw:} (24.
Bf1 e6 25. Bg2 Bc5+ 26. Ke2 Bd4 27. Rc2 c3 $132) (24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26.
Kxf3 Rc5 27. Ke4 Kf7 $11) 24... cxb3 $1 25. Rxc8 b2 26. Bh6 Kf7 27. Bh5+ (27.
Rxf8+ $2 Kg6) 27... Ke6 28. Bg4+ (28. Rxf8 {is a more complicated draw:} Kd7 (
28... b1=Q $4 29. Bg4+ Kxe5 30. Bf4#) 29. Be8+ Kc7 30. e6 Kd6 31. Kd4 b1=Q 32.
Bf4+ Kxe6 33. Bf7+ Kd7 34. Bxd5 Qb2+ 35. Kxe4 Qc2+ 36. Ke5 Qc3+ 37. Kf5 Qd3+
38. Ke5 Qc3+ 39. Ke4 Qc2+ 40. Kd4 Qb2+ $11) 28... Kf7 29. Bh5+ Ke6 $11) ({
After the immediate} 23. b3 {Black has a check on d8 to unpin the rook:} Rd8+
24. Kc3 cxb3) 23... exf3 24. Bxf3 Rb8 $1 (24... Rc7 25. b4 $1 (25. Kc3 Rc5 $14)
25... Rd7+ 26. Kc2 Bg7 27. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rc4]}) (24... Rc5 $2 25. b4 Rc7 26.
Kc3 {[%cal Gc1d1,Gd1d8]} Rd7 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 $16 {/+-}) 25. Rd1 (25. Kc3
b6 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Be4 Rb3+ 28. Kc2 Rb4 $5 $13 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc4c3,Gb4e4]
/+/=}) 25... b6 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Kc1 Rb3 $1 28. Be4 c3 {After the exchange of
White's last queenside pawn Black has nothing to fear any more and easily
secures the draw.} 29. bxc3 Rxc3+ 30. Kd2 Ra3 31. Rc1 Ra2+ 32. Rc2 Rxc2+ 33.
Kxc2 $11 Bg7 34. Kc3 a5 35. Bc6 Kf7 36. Ba4 Kg6 37. Kd4 (37. Bc2+ Bf5 38. Bb3
Bh6 $11) 37... Bh6 38. Bc2+ Kg7 (38... Kh5 39. Bxh7 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Kg4 41. Ke3
a4 42. Bb1 a3 43. f5 Bxf5 44. Ba2 $11) 39. Kc5 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Bd7 41. f5 a4 42.
Kb4 h6 43. Be4 Kf8 44. Bc2 Kg7 45. Be4 Kf8 46. Bc2 Kg7 {An interesting game,
where both players showed creativity and where in the end the defence
prevailed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first game of the tie-break rapid match from the third round of
the World Cup 2009. Black's convincing win had a big psychological impact for
the rest of the match (Malakhov won also the other two games).} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 {At a later stage of the
World Cup Svidler against Malakhov played 7.Bd3 and achieved a promising
position, although Black won nicely in the end.} Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9. Bd3 Be6 {
Black's plan is Qc7, Nbd7, exchange on e5, then retreat the knight from f6 to
d7 and play f7-f6.} ({The third game of the match continued:} 9... Qc7 10. O-O
Be6 11. g4 (11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Rfa8 16.
Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Qb3 Ra8 18. Rb1 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Qb4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22.
Qb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Malakhov,V (2706)-So,W (2640)/Khanty
Mansiysk 2009 (38)}) 11... Nbd7 12. f5 Nxe5 $1 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
Bd2 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Bxe5 17. Qe2 a5 {0-1 Eljanov,P (2729)-Malakhov,V (2706)/
Khanty Mansiysk 2009 (47). Black has good compensation for the piece.}) 10. g4
Qc7 11. Bd2 a5 (11... Nbd7 {is still possible, because} 12. f5 Nxe5 13. dxe5
Nd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 {as in the aforementioned third game is not problematic for
Black.}) 12. g5 {A questionable decision. Now Black takes control over the
light squares in the centre.} ({Better was} 12. f5 Bc8 13. O-O $13) ({or the
immediate} 12. O-O) 12... b4 $1 13. Na4 ({Also in the event of} 13. gxf6 exf6
14. Ne2 fxe5 15. fxe5 f6 16. Nf4 Qe7 {Black has sufficient play.}) 13... Ne4
14. Nb6 Ra7 {Black's play is very simple: he wants to open the centre with
f7-f6. It is White who must find a way to hold the balance.} 15. Qe2 ({Perhaps
the best was to accept that Black had solved all the opening problems and try
to keep the position closed with} 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nec4 {then Qe2, 0-0-0 and
h2-h4-h5. If} f6 {then} 17. h4) 15... f6 16. Nf3 $2 ({Necessary was} 16. Bxe4
fxe5 (16... dxe4 17. gxf6 exf6 18. Nec4 {[%csl Rd6]}) 17. Bc2 $13 exd4 $140 18.
exd4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. h4 $40 {[%csl Ra7,Rh8][%cal Gh4h5]})
16... Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. gxf6 {There is no choice.} (18. O-O-O $2 fxg5 19.
fxg5 Bg4 20. Rdf1 Nxg5 $19) (18. h4 $2 Ng3) 18... exf6 19. O-O-O Bf5 $17 {
White has completely lost the strategic battle, but his position is even worse
than just "bad strategically". Black has a nice tactical idea, which is easy
to overlook.} 20. Rdg1 $2 ({A move like} 20. Bb1 $17) ({Or even} 20. Nh4 Bg4
21. Nf3 $17 {was called for}) 20... b3 $1 21. a3 (21. axb3 a4 22. b4 a3 {
gives Black a strong attack.}) 21... Nf2 $1 {It's already over. After the
exchange of the light-squared bishop White remains with lots of weak squares
and on top of all his king is also very weak.} 22. Qxf2 (22. Bxf5 Qxf5 $19 {
[%csl Rc2]}) 22... Bxd3 $19 23. h4 h5 24. Rg3 Bf5 25. Bc3 a4 26. Nd2 ({The
only chance to avoid a quick loss was} 26. Kd2 {[%cal Gd2e1,Ge1f1,Gf1g2]})
26... Kh7 27. Rhg1 Bh6 28. Nb1 Re8 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Nc3 Qf5 31. Be1 Bxf4 $1 (
31... Bxf4 32. exf4 (32. Qxf4 Qc2#) 32... Re2 33. Nxe2 Qc2#) 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Kutirov, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 {A try to
spare time on the move h3 didn't work out.} (7. h3 {is more precise.}) 7... Nh5
$1 (7... e6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Be2 $14) 8. Be5 (8. Nh4 Nxf4 (8... Bg6 $6 9. Bg5 $14)
9. Nxf5 Ng6 $11) 8... Nxe5 (8... f6 9. Bg3 $5) 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. g4 Be6 11. f4 g6
12. Bd3 Bg7 13. f5 Bc8 14. Qf3 O-O {White's position looks attractive, but in
fact the evaluation is far from clear, since Black has no weaknesses.} (14...
Nd7 $4 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. fxg6+ {and mate next.}) 15. O-O (15. Qh3 Nd7 16. Nf3
e5 {is okay for Black.}) (15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 $13) 15... Nd7 16. Nxd7
Bxd7 17. Na4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nb6 $6 {There was no point to let black
queen enter kingside.} (19. f6 Qa5 $1 (19... Qc7 20. Rf2 $36 {>>}) 20. Nb6 Rad8
21. Qh3 $36 Kh8 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Rf3 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Qd2 $1 $132)
19... Qh4 $1 (19... Rb8 20. Rf2 $16) 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Raf1 Qh6 22. b4 $13 Kh8
23. Rg2 Bc8 24. Rff2 Qg5 25. Qh3 Rde8 26. Rf3 Kg7 27. Rgf2 f6 28. Qg2 Re7 $2 {
Almost any other move would have kept the position unclear and complicated,
with chances for both sides.} 29. h4 $1 {Finally White succeeds to break
through.} Qxh4 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. g5 Rf8 (31... fxg5 32. Rh3 $1 (32. f6+ Bxf6
33. Rxf6 Rxe3 $132) 32... Qxb4 33. Qxg5 $18) (31... Qxg5 $1 {The only move,
but with little time is difficult to evaluate that Black is okay in the end of
the following variation:} 32. Qxg5 fxg5 33. f6+ Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Rce8 $1 $13 (
34... Rxe3 $2 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Bf1 $16)) 32. fxg6 {White's attack is decissive.
} Kh8 33. a3 Ree8 34. g7+ Kxg7 35. gxf6+ (35. gxf6+ Kh6 36. Qg7+ Kh5 37. Rf5+ {
with mate.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 e6 ({In the variation
with 5...Bf5 an important alternative for Black is} 6... Nbd7 7. e3 {and now}
Nh5 {still awaits further theoretical developments.}) 7. e3 Nbd7 ({After
having played ...e6} 7... Nh5 {is no longer attractive:} 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7
Qxe7 10. Ne5 Nf6 ({or} 10... Bg6 11. g4 Nf6 12. h4) 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 $16) 8.
Nd2 {This retreat was implemented in practice for the first time tby Sakaev in
1998. Initially its main purpose was to defend against ...Nh5, but also to
advance at some moment the f-pawn (to f3 or f4). Later Gelfand introduced the
plan of advancing the g- and h-pawns. Thus 8.Nd2 is a flexible move, leaving
White with several attractive plans later on. Black must play very precisely.}
Be7 9. Be2 Qc8 {Already this move is inaccurate.} ({The most precise is the
prophylactic} 9... Bg6 {and then} 10. O-O (10. g4 {is possible here too, but
it looks somewhat artificial}) (10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Bxc7
Qxc7 14. f4 Ng8 15. e4 Ne7 16. f5 exf5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. b5 O-O 19. b6 Qd8 (
19... Qc8 $142 $13) 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na5 Rb8 22. a4 Ne4 23. Na2 f6 $2 (23... f4
$1 24. Rxf4 Nf5 $132 {Kramnik}) 24. Nb4 Be8 25. Qc2 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2760)
-Topalov,V (2690)/Dortmund 1999 (40)}) 10... O-O 11. b4 Qc8 {with the idea ...
Bd8-c7. White is just marginally better thanks to the space advantage.} 12. a4
{should be met with} b6 $14 {/=}) (9... h6 {looks too committal, although it
is a worthy alternative to 9...Bg6.}) (9... O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 $36) 10. g4
$1 Bg6 11. g5 (11. h4 $5) 11... Ng8 12. h4 h6 ({Gelfand mentioned the move} 
12... e5 {considering that Black achieves enough counterplay. However, White
must have the advantage thanks to his opponent's cramped kingside:} 13. h5 (13.
dxe5 Nxc5 14. Na4 (14. Nb3 $14) 14... Qd8 $1 (14... Nxa4 15. Qxa4 $14 Qd7 $140
(15... Qf5 16. Qb3 $1 $16 (16. h5 Qc2 $1) 16... O-O-O $2 17. h5 $18) 16. h5 Bf5
17. O-O-O O-O-O) 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qb3 Qb6 $13) 13... Bf5 (13... exf4 $2 {
runs into a well-known trick:} 14. hxg6 fxe3 (14... fxg6 15. e4 $36) 15. Rxh7
$18) 14. dxe5 Nxc5 $14 {[%csl Rg8]} 15. Nb3 (15. Na4 $5) (15. h6 $5 gxh6 16.
gxh6) 15... h6 (15... Nxb3 16. Qxb3 $16) 16. gxh6 Nxh6 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rg1
$36) 13. gxh6 gxh6 $146 {This attempt to improve for Black looks rather
unimpressive, but Black's position is worse anyway.} ({After the previously
played} 13... Nxh6 {White also retained better prospects:} 14. h5 Nf5 15. Rg1
Bh7 16. Nf3 $1 Qd8 (16... Bd8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bc7 19. Qd2 $16) 17. Qb3 b6
18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2692)-Georgiev,K (2677)
/France 2000 (41)}) 14. h5 Bh7 (14... Bf5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ndxe4 $16) 15. Nf3 (
15. e4 {is good here as well:} b6 (15... Ngf6 $6 16. e5 Ng8 17. Rg1 $16) 16.
cxb6 Nxb6 17. Rg1 $14 {/+/-}) 15... Bd8 16. Qd2 Bc7 17. O-O-O $1 ({Much
stronger than} 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. O-O-O O-O-O $11) 17... Bf5 ({In the event of} 
17... Bxf4 18. exf4 {it is not clear how can Black conveniently complete
development.} Qc7 19. Ne5 {[%csl Rf7]} Ndf6 (19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 $16) 20. Rhg1
O-O-O 21. Rg7 $16) 18. Ne5 Bxe5 (18... Nxe5 {is less accurate since it offers
White an additional possibility:} 19. dxe5 (19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 {leads to
the game}) 19... Qb8 20. e4 $5 dxe4 21. Qd4 $44) 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7 21.
Qd4 Ne7 22. Rhg1 O-O-O 23. b4 $14 {/+/- White has a stable advantage thanks to
more space and Black's problems with the pawn on h6.} Rdg8 24. Kb2 Qd8 25. Qf4
Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Rg8 27. Rg3 Qf8 28. Bf3 f6 {This move will eventually only
create more weaknesses, but it's not simple to wait since White can slowly
improve the position.} (28... Rxg3 29. Qxg3 Bh7 30. Qh4 Kb8 31. Qf6 (31. Ne2
$16) 31... Bf5 (31... Ng8 32. Qh8 Bd3 (32... Bf5 33. Ne2 $16) 33. Be2 Bf5 34.
a3 Kc7 35. Bd1 Bd3 36. Bc2 Bxc2 37. Kxc2 Kd8 38. e4 $5 Ke8 39. exd5 exd5 40.
Ne2 $16) 32. Ne2 $16 (32. a3 $16)) 29. Kb3 Rxg3 30. Qxg3 Bd3 31. Na4 $1 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Gg3b8,Ga4b6]} f5 (31... fxe5 32. Nb6+ Kd8 33. Qxe5 Qxf3 34.
Qh8+ ({Wrong is} 34. Qb8+ Nc8 35. Qxc8+ Ke7 36. Qxb7+ Kf6 {and the black king
escapes}) 34... Kc7 35. Ka3 $1 {White wins by force after this subtle
prophylactic move:} (35. Qe8 $4 Qd1+ {and it is Black who will mate first})
35... Qd1 (35... Qf5 36. Qe8 {with inevitable mate with the knight on a8!}) 36.
Qe5+ Kd8 37. Qb8+ Nc8 38. Qxc8+ Ke7 39. Qc7+ Kf6 40. Nd7+ Kf7 (40... Kf5 41.
Qf4#) 41. Qd6 Qc1+ 42. Ka4 Bc2+ 43. Ka5 Qa3+ 44. Kb6 Qxb4+ 45. Kc7 Qa5+ 46. Kc8
$18) 32. Kc3 Be4 33. Be2 {Black's pieces completely lack coordination and with
the next move Kamsky tries to achieve at least some activity.} d4+ 34. exd4 ({
There is no even need to calculate variations like} 34. Kxd4 $2 Qd8+ 35. Kc3
Nd5+ 36. Kb3 Nxb4 $1 37. Kxb4 Qd2+ 38. Nc3 a5+ 39. Kc4 Bd5+ {when Black will
at least have perpetual}) 34... Nd5+ 35. Kb3 f4 36. Qg4 Bf5 37. Qg2 Kb8 38. Nc3
$1 $18 {It turns out that White has an extra pawn and keeps a much better
position too.} Nxc3 39. Kxc3 Qd8 40. Bf3 Qh4 41. a4 $1 {On top of it all,
Black finds himself subjected to a decisive attack.} Bh7 42. b5 Qe7 (42... axb5
43. axb5 cxb5 44. Qg7 $18) 43. b6 {The rest is elementary.} Qf7 44. Be4 Bxe4
45. Qxe4 Qxh5 46. Qxf4 Qe8 47. Qxh6 Qg8 48. Qf6 a5 49. Qe7 Ka8 50. Kc4 Kb8 51.
f4 Ka8 52. f5 (52. f5 exf5+ 53. e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 {From the Slav Defence
the game transposes to a Catalan type of position. White's logic is clear -
the pawn on a4 is fully justified when Black has both pawns on a6 and c6 (the
advance ...b7-b5 is not possible anyway). Black's standard methods to fight
for equality are connected with either ...a5, or ...c5, but that means a loss
of tempo. In 2008 this variations started to gain popularity again, first of
all thanks to its safety.} dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 {The approved method to fight for
equality: Black simplifies the position and achieves an almost equal endgame.}
8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Ne3 {Stronger than 11.Nxc4. White
is not afraid to double his pawns. More important for him is to exchange both
Black's developed pieces.} Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 {The doubled pawns on
e2 and e3 do not represent a weakness, since Black has other worries than to
attack them. What matters is White's pressure on opponent's queenside. The
opening of the f-file is a plus for White.} c3 $146 (13... Nd7 14. Nxc4 Rb8 15.
O-O Ke7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. a5 f6 18. Rfd1 b6 {1/2-1/2 Gajewski,G (2581)-Swiercz,
D (2472)/Chotowa 2009 (65)} 19. Nd6 $1 $16) (13... Bd7 14. Nxc4 (14. O-O $5)
14... Bc6 15. O-O Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxf7 Rhf8 19. Ng5 h6 20.
Nf3 $16 {1-0 Ragger,M (2518)-Schneider,I (2486)/Berlin 2009 (34)}) 14. b4 $1
Nd7 15. Nd3 (15. Nxd7 $6 Bxd7 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Be4 Ke7 $132 {[%cal Gh8b8]})
15... Rb8 {The Chinese Grandmaster prepares the advance of the b-pawn, trying
to escape from the pressure on the long diagonal. However, the unusual pawn
formation (White's doubled pawns and the extra pawn on c3, which is still
alive) required a non-standard solution.} ({The critical move is} 15... Nf6 {
with the idea to prevent the advance of the e-pawn after 16...Ng4 or 16...Nd5.
For instance:} 16. Rc1 ({A move like} 16. Bf3 {cannot be problematic for Black:
} Nd5 17. e4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 {followed by 19...Bd7}) 16... Ng4 17. Rxc3 ({
Surprisingly} 17. e4 Ne3 18. Bf3 c2 {works out for Black:} 19. Kf2 Nd1+ $1 20.
Ke1 Ne3 21. Kd2 Nc4+ 22. Kxc2 ({or} 22. Kc3 b5 23. Rxc2 Ke7 $11) 22... e5 {
and Black has good chances to equalize completely.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Bf3 Nd5 19.
Bxd5 exd5 20. Rc7 {White has clear compensation, but it's not clear whether
it's enough for a reasonable advantage.}) 16. O-O b5 (16... b6 $142 17. Rfc1
Bb7 18. Rxc3 $14) 17. axb5 Rxb5 (17... axb5 18. Ra7 $16) 18. Rfc1 Ne5 (18...
O-O $142 19. Rxc3 Nf6 $14) 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc3 $16 ({Already here Anand had
the possibility} 20. b5 $5 {The point is that after} axb5 (20... Rxb5 21. Bc6+
Bd7 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Rxc3 O-O) 21. Rxc3 O-O (21... Ke7 22. Ra8 b4 23. Rcxc8
Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Rb5 25. Rc7+ Kf6 26. Be4 {is winning for White}) 22. Ra8 Bd7 23.
Rc7 Rxa8 24. Bxa8 {the black bishop is suddenly trapped:} Be8 25. Rc8 Kf8 26.
Bc6 $18 {Therefore after 20.b5 Black must give up the exchange: 20...Rxb5 21.
Bc6+ Bd7 22.Bxb5 Bxb5 23.Rxc3 and hope to escape with an exchange down.}) 20...
O-O 21. Bc6 {[%csl Rc8]} Rd8 22. e4 {[%csl Re5]} Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 $2 (23... g5 {
or 23...g6 was necessary, after which the move Kf8-e7 becomes possible.}) 24.
b5 $1 $18 axb5 25. Ra7+ Kf6 ({It turns out that after} 25... Kf8 26. Rc7 {
Black has no defence against the threat 27.Rd3 Rxd3 28.Rxc8+ and 29.exd3.
That's why Black needed to remove the pawn from g7. In that case Black could
now play Kf8-g7, when taking the bishop on c8 would have been without check.}
Ba6 {is answered by} 27. Ra3) (25... Bd7 26. Rd3 $18) 26. Rf3+ Kg6 27. Rfxf7
Rg8 28. Rfc7 Rh5 (28... b4 29. Ra8 b3 30. Raxc8 (30. Rcxc8 $2 b2) 30... b2 31.
Rxg8 b1=Q 32. Rgxg7+ Kh6 (32... Kh5 33. Be8+ $18) 33. Rxh7+ Kg5 34. Rcg7+ Kf6
35. Rf7+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kg4 37. Kg2 {[%cal Gf7f4]} Rxe4 38. Rhg7+ Kh5 39. Rf6 {
[%cal Gg7g5,Gc6e8]} Rxe2+ 40. Kh3 $18) 29. h4 Kf6 30. Ra8 Rc5 31. Rcxc8 Rxc8
32. Rxc8 b4 33. Bd7 (33. Bd7 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 b3 35. Ba6 b2 36. Bd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 $5 h6 8.
Bd2 Nhf6 9. Qc2 {In this variation White tries to prove that the pawn on h6
can create problems for Black in the future. Traditionally such a conception
is based on the fact that by playing ...h6 Black weakens the g6-square and
later might have less possibilities to fight for the square ... e5 (!). For
instance if White installs a knight on e5, Black's option to chase it away
with ...f6 is no longer attractive due to the weakness on g6. Also in other
cases the weakness of g6 can play an important role.  However, this variation
was never considered really dangerous for Black. It has become popular lately
mainly thanks to the efforts of P.Eljanov, who constantly discovers new active
possibilities for White. One of these ideas was implemented by Vaganian in the
present game on move 14, when White uses the pawn on h6 in order to create at
some later stage a direct attack on the kingside.} Qc7 (9... g6 10. Bf4 (10. h3
$5) (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bd3 Bg7 15. O-O $11
{/+/=, 1-0 Kuzubov,Y (2544)-Lanzani,M (2356)/Kusadasi 2006 (40)}) 10... g5 (
10... Nh5 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. e3 Ng7 (13... Bg7 14. f4 (14. Be2 $5)
14... Bf5 15. Bd3 e6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kacheishvili,G (2597)-Kamsky,G (2700)/
Minneapolis 2005 (30)}) 14. g4 $1 $36 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2600)-Saltaev,M (2511)/
Kemer 2007 (31)}) 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. e4 (12. O-O-O $5) 12... g4 13. Nh4 e6 14. Qe2
Qg5 15. f4 {White's last two moves are not particularly impressive.} gxf3 16.
Nxf3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2686)-Volkov,S (2640)/
Dresden 2007}) (9... e6 $6 10. e4 b6 11. exd5 (11. e5 Nh7 (11... Ng8 12. cxb6
Nxb6 13. Bd3 $32) 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. h4 $5 $36 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf1d3]}) 11...
exd5 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. O-O-O $5 Bd7 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Rg1 c5 17. dxc5
Bxc5 18. g4 Bxf2 19. Rg2 Bd4 20. Nxd7 Nfxd7 21. g5 hxg5 (21... h5 $142) 22.
Bxg5 Bf6 23. Nxd5 Bxg5 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Rxg5 $16 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2655)
-Savchenko,B (2569)/Moscow 2006 (35)}) 10. e4 dxe4 ({In my opinion the
critical continuation is the rare} 10... e5 {and then after} 11. exd5 cxd5 {
White should probably continue} 12. b4 exd4 13. Na4 {but for a precise
assessment this variation must be tested in practice.}) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4
Nf6 13. Qc2 Be6 {Thanks to his firm control over the d5-square, this position
looks quite safe for Black. His plan is to play ...Bd5, ...e6, ...Be7 and ...
0-0. White's plan usually involves castling short as well, and although the
first player keeps his space advantage anyway, Black hasn't experienced many
problems holding the balance in the previous games when White castled short.}
14. O-O-O $5 {A recent idea of P.Eljanov, which combines perfectly with the
concept behind 7.Bg5 - to exploit the pawn on h6 in White's favour. Suddenly
the normal plan with kingside castling becomes dangerous for Black due to the
direct attack on the kingside (White will advance his g- and h-pawns).} (14.
Bd3 {is not problematic for Black::} Nd7 {The most accurate, preventing 15.Ne5}
({After} 14... Bd5 15. Ne5 $1 {White keeps an edge.}) 15. O-O Bd5 16. Rfe1 e6
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Rac1 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2735)-Kasparov,
G (2830)/Linares 2004 (36)}) ({Worthy of attention is} 14. Ne5 $5 {which has
never yet been seen in practice.} Nd7 $140 15. Bf4 Qa5+ 16. Qc3 $14) 14... Nd7
(14... g6 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Rde1 Bd5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. f4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bxg2 20. e6
Bxh1 21. exd7+ ({A good alternative was to take the pawn in order to destroy
Black's pawn structure:} 21. exf7+ Kxf7 (21... Kf8 22. Rxh1 $44) 22. Bxg6+ Kf8
23. Rxh1 $44) 21... Qxd7 22. Rxh1 Qd5 23. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2686)
-Laznicka,V (2608)/Dresden 2007 (50). White should be better.}) 15. h4 b6 $146
{Starting actions on the queenside might appear logical, but Black must keep
in mind that from now on he will always have problems with his own king.} ({
In the previous game Black didn't experience visible difficulties, although
there are certainly possibilities for White to improve:} 15... Bd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4
17. Qxc4 e6 18. Kb1 Be7 19. Rh3 Nf6 20. Ne5 (20. Rg3 $5 Nh5 (20... O-O $2 21.
Bxh6 Nh5 22. Rg4 $18) (20... Ne4 $140 21. Rxg7 Kf8 22. Rxf7+ Kxf7 23. Ne5+ Ke8
24. Qxe6 Nxd2+ 25. Rxd2 {and the attack seems to be decisive}) 21. Rg4 $14)
20... Nd5 21. h5 Bf6 22. f4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 O-O-O 24. g4 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Re1
Rde8 27. Qd3 Qh7 28. Qxh7 Rxh7 29. Rg3 Ree7 30. Kc2 Kd7 31. Kd3 Rh8 32. Ke2 Rg7
33. Reg1 Ke8 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Re4 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2686)
-Malakhov,V (2679)/Sochi 2007}) (15... O-O-O 16. Kb1 Bd5 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4
e6 $14 19. Qa4 $5 $36 {[%cal Gd2a5,Gh1e1,Ge1e3]} (19. g3 {[%cal Gd2f4]})) 16.
Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 e6 18. Rhe1 Be7 ({After} 18... bxc5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 ({or} 19...
Bxc5 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxc5 $16) 20. Bc3 {Black's position is
difficult}) 19. g4 $1 $16 {White finished development and can start active
actions, while Black is suffering because of the impossibility to colve the
problem of his king.} Qb7 20. g5 hxg5 (20... h5 21. g6 $18) (20... b5 21. Qd3
O-O-O 22. g6 $16) 21. Bxg5 ({Even more convincing is} 21. hxg5 {and Black is
in troubles:} g6 (21... b5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Qxe6
$40) {and now White has} 22. d5 $1 cxd5 (22... exd5 23. Qf4 Kf8 24. Bc3 Rh7 25.
Rh1 $18) 23. Qc3 $18 {with a double threat (24.Qxh8 and 24.c6)}) 21... bxc5 22.
Bxe7 Kxe7 23. dxc5 {Black avoided a quick disaster, but he still remains in a
difficult situation due to his king.} Rab8 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. Rd6 Rhd8 26. Ne5 Kf8
(26... Rxd6 27. cxd6+ Kxd6 28. Nxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qe5+ $18) 27. Red1 {This move
worked out perfectly in the game, but objectively it is not the best since
Black will install the knight on d5 and the rook won't be doing much on d1.} ({
White had to continue his attacking plan:} 27. h5 $1 Nd5 (27... Nxh5 28. Rh1
Nf6 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rhxd8 Rxd8 31. Nxc6+ $18) (27... Rxd6 28. cxd6 Qb4 (28...
Nxh5 $2 29. Rh1 $18) (28... Rd8 29. h6 gxh6 30. Ng6+ $1 Kg7 31. Ne7 $18 Rxd6
32. Rg1+ Kf8 33. Qxf6 Qxe7 34. Qh8#) (28... Nd5 29. Qc2 Kg8 (29... Qb4 30. Nd7+
Ke8 31. Re4 $18) (29... f6 30. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 30. h6 $40) 29. Qxb4 Rxb4
30. Rd1 {The endgame is difficult for Black:} Rb8 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rd6 c5 (32...
Ke7 33. Rxc6 Nxd7 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Rxa6 $18) 33. f3 ({Perhaps White wins the
pawn endgame after} 33. Rxa6 Nxd7 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. Nxd7 Kxd7 {
but 33.f3 is strong enough}) 33... a5 (33... Ke7 34. Rxa6 Nxd7 35. Nc6+ $18)
34. Kd2 $1 (34. Kc2 $2 Nd5 35. Nc6 Nb4+) 34... c4 (34... Ke7 35. Ra6 Kf8 36.
Ra7 $18) 35. Kc3 Ke7 36. Ra6 $18) 28. Qc2 (28. Qd2 Rxd6 29. cxd6 f6 30. Nd3 Qd7
31. h6 Qxd6 32. hxg7+ Kf7 $1 {is not entirely clear} (32... Kxg7 33. Rg1+ Kf7
34. Qh6 $40)) 28... Qb4 (28... Nb4 29. Qc4 $16) ({for} 28... Rxd6 {see 27...
Rxd6}) 29. Re4 Qb5 30. Nxc6 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Rb7 (31... Qf1+ 32. Qd1 Qxd1+ 33.
Kxd1 $18) 32. b3 $16) (27. Nxc6 $2 Rxd6 28. cxd6 Rc8 $19) (27. Rxc6 Nd5 28. Qa3
Nf4 $44) 27... Nd5 28. Qc2 Qb4 $2 {A miscalculation.} ({Black is only slightly
worse after} 28... Rxd6 29. cxd6 f6 30. Nc4 $14 (30. Nxc6 $2 Rc8 $19) (30. Ng6+
Kf7 31. h5 {gives White nothing in view of} Nb4 32. Qc4 Qb5)) 29. Nxc6 Qf4+ 30.
Kb1 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qxd6 {It turns out that Black is forced to give up the
exchange.} (31... Rc8 32. d7 $18) (31... Rb7 32. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd6d7,Yc2c8]
}) 32. Nxb8 Qxb8 33. Rc1 $18 {In order to win, all that is required is just
some accuracy and Vaganian does the job excellently.} Qf4 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Qb7+
Kf6 36. Qxa6 Qxh4 37. Qc4 Qh7+ 38. Ka1 g5 39. Qd4+ Ke7 40. a4 Qh3 41. Ka2 Qf3
42. a5 Qe2 43. Rc4 $1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Nd2
Be7 9. Be2 Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. a4 ({An earlier game between the same opponents
continued} 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 b6 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Na2 Qb7 16. Rc1
Rfc8 17. Rc3 Ne8 18. Qa4 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nyback,T (2563)-Dautov,
R (2581)/Germany 2006 (71). This time the Finnish GM delays castling short and
has something different in mind.}) 11... O-O $146 {The position has been met
just a few times in practice and this natural move turns out to be a novelty.}
(11... b6 12. Rc1 a5 13. cxb6 Bxb4 14. Na2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qb7 16. Qc3 Nxb6 17.
Qxc6+ Qxc6 18. Rxc6 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Nd5 21. Bg3 $16 {1-0 Inarkiev,E
(2681)-Popov,I (2595)/Moscow 2008 (42)}) 12. h4 {A logical follow-up of the
idea to keep the king on e1.} h6 ({In case of the committal} 12... h5 {White
can consider} 13. a5 $5 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3]} (13. Nf1 a5 14. b5 e5
$132) (13. O-O Bd8 $13 (13... a5 14. b5 e5 15. Bg3 $13))) 13. g4 ({Worth
considering was first} 13. a5 {and only afterwards starting active actions
with g2-g4.}) 13... a5 $1 14. bxa5 e5 {Dautov wisely follows the classical
rule to open up the centre in reply to activity on the flank.} (14... Rxa5 $6
15. g5 (15. h5 Bh7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 $40) 15... hxg5 16. hxg5 Nh7 17. Nb3
Ra8 18. Bd3 $40) 15. dxe5 (15. Bg3 $2 exd4 16. exd4 Re8 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5
Nh7 $17) 15... Ne8 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nxc5 18. Bg4 Bf5 (18... Qd8 19. Qf3 (
19. Bf5 $5 Bxf5 (19... Bxg5 20. Qg4 $18) (19... Qxa5 20. Qg4 Qxc3 21. Qh3 Qxa1+
22. Nb1 $18) 20. Qh5 f6 21. gxf6 $14) 19... Bxg5 20. Qh3 f5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22.
Be2 $14) (18... Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Bf5 $2 (19... Qd8 20. Qf3 $40) 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21.
Qh5 f6 22. e6 $1 $18) (18... Qc7 $6 19. Qf3 $40) 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qh5 f6 21.
gxf6 $1 {The right decision to exchange queens, otherwise the white king could
soon become a target too.} (21. exf6 gxf6 22. Ne2 Ng7 23. Nd4 Qd3 $132) 21...
Qxh5 22. Rxh5 gxf6 (22... Nd3+ $6 23. Ke2 Nxf4+ 24. exf4 gxf6 25. Rg1+ Ng7 26.
e6 $1 $16) 23. Ke2 Ng7 24. Rg1 Rxa5 $4 {Until now both sides have played very
inventively and well, but now Black blunders.} ({After} 24... Nce6 {the
position is about equal:} 25. Bh6 (25. Nb3 Kf7 $11) 25... Bb4 $1 (25... Kf7 26.
Bxg7 Nxg7 27. Rh7 Rg8 28. e6+ Kf8 29. Rb1 $18) 26. Kd3 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf7 $11)
25. Bh6 Nce6 26. Nb3 $1 {The knight comes to d4 with tempo and Black loses
material.} Rfa8 (26... Raa8 27. Nd4 Kf7 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 29. e6+ Nxe6 30. Rh7+ Ke8
31. Nxe6 $18) 27. Nd4 $18 (27. Nxa5 Rxa5 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 29. e6 {is winning as
well, but the game is even more convincing.}) 27... Kf7 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 29. Rh7
Bf8 (29... Rg8 30. Nf5 $18) 30. e6+ Kg8 31. Rgh1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Ne5 {There have been new ideas in
this line lately, which started to gain popularity mainly thanks to GM
Gleizerov. The present game shows that Sergei wasn'r really aware of the
possible dangers.} Nbd7 {The most popular answer. However, due to White's
latest developments perhaps it makes sense to start with 5...e6!?} ({The idea
after} 5... e6 6. Bf4 {(played most frequently, although White has other moves
too)} dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 {is that now Black conveniently advances the
c-pawn:} Bb7 9. e3 c5 {The position is equal. A possible follow-up is} 10. dxc5
Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Be2 Nbd7 $11) 6. Bf4 dxc4 ({Now} 6... e6 {is no longer
so attractive, since after} 7. e3 {playing in a similar fashion for ...c6-c5
would be a mistake:} dxc4 $2 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qf3 $5 $16 {and White
is a tempo up comparing to the game}) 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 e6 10. Qf3 $5
{This relatively new plan appeared few years ago and has been very successful
in practice so far. White prevents the advance ...c5 and sets some pressure on
Black's position.} ({Previously White used to play} 10. Be2 {but then after} c5
({Quite playable is also} 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf3 Nd5 (12... Qb6 13. Bg5
$1 $14) (12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Qb6 $14 {/=}) 13. Bg3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 (15... Qb6 16. a4 c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qg4 g6 19. dxc5 Qd5
20. Qd4 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jurka,M (2346)-Trichkov,V (2337)/Czechia 2004 (31)})
16. a4 f6 17. Bg3 c5 $14 {/=, 1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M (2558)-Volkov,S (2620)/
Krasnoyarsk 2003 (47)}) 11. O-O (11. Bf3 Bxf3 (11... Qb6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. O-O
Be7 14. d5 $36 {1-0 Evseev,D (2370)-Khruschiov,A (2155)/Tusnad 1997 (45)}) 12.
Qxf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 $1 14. Bg5 (14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 (15... O-O 16. Nc6
Qb6 17. c4 $1 $36 bxc4 $140 $2 18. Rab1 $18) 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qf6 18. Bd6
Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rc8 20. Rfc1 N7b6 $11 {0-1 Szabolcsi,J (2425)-Keitlinghaus,L 
(2515)/Budapest 1996 (64)}) 14... Qc8 ({or} 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qc8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dao Thien Hai (2535)-Keitlinghaus,L (2515)/Budapest 1996 (32)}) 15.
Bxf6 Bxc3+ $1 (15... Nxf6 16. Rc1 $1 $11 {/+/=, 1/2-1/2 Gleizerov,E (2576)
-Komliakov,V (2450)/Abu Dhabi 2002 (40)}) 16. bxc3 Nxf6 $11) 11... Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S (2598)-Chernin,A (2619)/Bled 1999 (25)
the position is equal.}) 10... Qb6 {In spite of apparently logical moves
Sergei will very soon end up in big troubles. Probably Black must forget about
ambitious intentions and agree to a slightly inferior endgame after 10...Nd5.}
(10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxd5 (12... cxd5 13. Bd3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 O-O $14
) 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 f6 15. Bg3 {Thanks to more active bishops and the
possibility to play on the queenside with a2-a4 White keeps slightly better
prospects in the endgame. It is curious that in practice Black failed twice to
hold the position:} Kd7 (15... Rc8 16. Ke2 Kd7 17. a4 b4 18. Rhc1 Be7 (18...
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bd6 {does not secure an easy draw either:} 20. Bxd6 Kxd6 21. a5
$1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4] and Black will always face problems due to his weak
queenside pawns.}) 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxh7 f5 21. Kd1 Rh8 22. Bg6 Rh6 23. Rc1
Bd8 24. Bf7 g5 25. Be5 Rh7 26. Bg8 Rh6 27. Ke2 Bc6 28. b3 Bc7 29. Bf7 Bxe5 30.
dxe5 Bb7 31. Be8+ $1 Kd8 (31... Kxe8 $142 32. Rc7 Rxh2 33. Rxb7 Rxg2 34. Rxb4
$16) 32. Bc6 Bc8 33. h3 $18 {1-0 Grigoriants,S (2540)-Alavkin,A (2476)/Moscow
2005 (58)}) 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Kxd6 18. Rhc1 $14 {1-0 Gleizerov,E (2560)
-Dumitrache,D (2445)/Predeal 2006 (38)}) (10... Ra7 {looks a bit artificial:}
11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Be5 $1 c5 (12... Be7 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Rd1 $14) 13. Qg3 $36)
11. Nxd7 {The most precise move. It makes sense to take on d7 before Black
protects the knight with the rook.} (11. Bd3 Rd8 12. O-O c5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Prusikin,M (2571)-Von Herman,U (2364)/Koenigshofen 2007 (42)}) 11... Nxd7 12.
Bd3 c5 (12... Be7 13. Qg3 c5 14. Qxg7 Bf6 15. Qg3 cxd4 {looks scary for Black,
but maybe it is a worth try.}) 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qa5+ $146 {This novelty
is nicely refuted by Riazantsev. On the other hand Black's position was
already quite dangerous.} (14... Rc8 15. O-O Qc6 (15... Be7 16. Qg3 $1 $36) (
15... cxd4 16. Rac1 $36) 16. dxc5 f5 (16... Nxc5 17. Rac1 f5 18. Nxc5 Qxf3 19.
gxf3 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxc5 21. Rc1 Be7 22. Rc8+ Bd8 23. Ra8 a5 24. Bc7 Kd7 25.
Bxa5 $18) 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qxf3 19. gxf3 $16 {1-0 Milanovic,D (2434)
-Stojanovic,D (2442)/Banja Luka 2004(52)}) 15. Ke2 $1 {It turns out that the
loss of castle does not disturb White. He consolidates very quickly, while the
queen on a5 is no helping Black in defense.} ({Good is also} 15. Nc3 Ra7 16.
O-O Be7 (16... cxd4 17. Ne4 $1 $36) 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Ne4 $16) 15...
Rc8 16. Rhd1 {Black cannot complete development in an open position, which
means that White is close to winning.} Qb4 (16... Be7 17. Qg3 (17. Bd6 $16) (
17. Nd6+ $16) 17... O-O 18. Bh6 $18) (16... cxd4 17. exd4 $16 (17. Rxd4 $16))
17. Kf1 $1 $18 {The last preparatory move before starting active actions.
Black is helpless.} c4 (17... Qc4+ 18. Kg1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc6 20. Rad1 f5 21.
Ng5 Qxf3 22. gxf3 $18) 18. Qg3 ({A nice finish would have been} 18. Bd6 $1 Bxd6
19. a3 {and Black can resign}) 18... Nf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 {
It is obvious that Black cannot avoid the inevitable. In spite of a stubborn
defense Movsesian was unable to save such a ruined position.} c3 {These small
tricks require just accuracy from White.} 22. Qg4 $1 (22. bxc3 $4 Qc4+ 23. Kg1
Qxd5 $19) 22... Qc4+ 23. Kg1 Qc6 (23... Qxd5 24. Qxc8+ $18) 24. bxc3 Qe6 25.
Qf3 Rxc3 26. Rad1 Be7 27. h3 Rg8 28. Rd7 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 {Black succeeded to
keep material equality and exchange queens, but his ruins remain also in
endgame.} 30. Ra7 Bd8 31. Rdd7 Rg7 32. Rd4 Rg8 33. Bd6 $1 {On top of all his
problems, Black is under the attack in endgame too.} f5 34. Rd5 Rg6 35. Bg3 f4
36. Bxf4 Bf6 37. Rdd7 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rc2 39. Bg3 Rxa2 40. Rxf7 h5 41. Rh7 Rd2 42.
Rxa6 b4 43. Rb7 b3 44. Ra8+ Bd8 45. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Magdeburg USC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 {The only advantage of this move
is avoiding theory.} b5 (5... e6 {is playable as well.}) 6. c5 $146 {A rare
case in modern chess - to have a new position after just 6 moves.} (6. cxd5
cxd5 $11) 6... Bf5 (6... g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 $14) (6... Qc7 7. g3 $14) (6...
Ne4 $5) 7. g4 (7. Bf4 Ne4 $11) 7... Be4 (7... Bg6 8. Bg2 Ne4 $13) 8. Bg2 Bxf3
9. exf3 (9. Bxf3 $14 e5 $140 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. Nxd5 $1 {We both missed this
nice piece sac.} cxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. c6 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 $36) 9... e6 (9... g6
10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bh6 $14) 10. f4 g6 $1 (10... h5 11. Qf3 (11. g5 $6
Ng8 {/\g6, Bg7, Ne7-f5.}) 11... hxg4 12. hxg4 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 $13) 11. f5 $2 (
11. Be3 $14) 11... exf5 12. gxf5 Bg7 13. Be3 $6 (13. Qe2+ $1 $13) 13... O-O
$132 {Now Black is better.} 14. Qf3 (14. Qd2 Re8 15. O-O-O a5 $132 (15... Ne4
$5) (15... Nbd7 $5)) 14... Re8 (14... Ne4 $6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Qd3
Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. O-O-O Bxe3+ 20. fxe3 {><Nb8}) 15. O-O-O Ne4 (15... Nbd7
$5) 16. fxg6 hxg6 (16... fxg6 $5 {/\Ra7-f7 was called for, but I felt that
Black must be the first one in creating threats against enemy's King after the
risky 16. ... hxg6.}) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qf4 Qd5 19. h4 $5 {The right decision
to start active actions. However, in concrete play Black has more
counterchances.} (19. Kb1 Nd7 20. h4 Nf6 $15) 19... Nd7 20. h5 gxh5 $1 (20...
Nxc5 $2 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. dxc5 Qxa2 23. Rd6 $1 $18 (23. Rd4 Rad8 $1 $40) (23.
Rd2 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qxb2+ 25. Kd1 Rad8 $13)) 21. Rdg1 Nf8 22. Bh3 Ng6 23. Qf5 (23.
Qg5 $142 Qxg5 $140 24. Rxg5 Rad8 25. Bf5 Bxd4 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kf7 28.
Rxc6 Re5 $13) 23... Rad8 $1 $17 (23... Qxa2 24. Qxh5 Rad8 25. Bf5 Qc4+ (25...
Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 (28... Bg7 $4 29. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8
30. Qh7#) 29. Qd6+ Re7 30. Qd8+ Re8 31. Qxd4 Qa1+ 32. Kc2 Qxh1 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34.
Be6+ Rxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. Qxc6) 26. Kb1 Qd3+ 27. Ka1 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 $15)
24. Kb1 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxh5 (26. Rxg6+ {I spent almost all my time to
calculate this.} fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Be6+ Kf8 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Qxe4 {
and it took me quite a while to realise that Black is out of danger and in
fact is absolutely winning.} Rd4 {/\Kd8 -+.} 31. Qxc6 Qg6+ $19) 26... Qf6 $4
$138 {Having missed White's previous reply, I played quickly, blundering the
exchange...} (26... Qg7 {After this move with the same idea of Rd2, Black has
a large advantage, almost winning.} 27. Qe2 $8 (27. Bf5 Rd2 $19) (27. Qg5 e3 $5
(27... Rd5 28. Qe3 Rd3 $17) 28. fxe3 $140 Rd2 $19) (27. Rd1 Nf4 28. Qh4 Rxd1+
29. Rxd1 Nd3 $19) 27... Rd5 $17) 27. Bf5 {Here I realized what I have done,
but there is no other move than Rd2 now anyway.} Rd2 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kg8
30. Qxd2 Qxf5 31. Qh6 e3+ $2 {One blunder never comes alone...} (31... Qf6 {
And although White must be winning, Black has some chances to defend.}) 32. Ka1
Qf6 (32... exf2 33. Qh8#) 33. fxe3 $18 Re5 34. Qh3 Re6 (34... Rxc5 35. Qc8+ Kg7
36. Qh8#) 35. Rf1 Qg7 36. Qf5 a5 37. Qg5 a4 38. Rd1 Re8 39. Rd8 Rxd8 40. Qxd8+
Nf8 41. a3 {The rest is just agony.} Qg2 42. Rd1 Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. e4 Qc2
45. Rf1 $1 Ng6 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Rxf7+ Kh6 48. Qd4 Qc1+ 49. Ka2 Qg5 50. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. a3 $5 {A fresh
approach in this relatively new theoretical line of the Chebanenko Slav.
Usually White tries to play actively on the queenside right from the beginning,
but Lputian's idea is first to consolidate there and prepare to meet
opponent's advance ...e7-e5.} (7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 (8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 fxe6 10.
Nd4 Nxc5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Nxc6 Qc7 {is better for Black}) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4
10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 $13 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2724)-Sokolov,I (2691)/Merida 2005 (31)
}) 7... a5 {Black does not wish to allow White to consolidate the queenside
and strengthen the pawn c5. The drawback of this move is that it weakens pawn
b5.} ({The only game with 7.a3 played earlier this year continued:} 7... Qc7 8.
b4 e5 (8... a5 9. Bb2 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 $14) 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10.
Bb2 Be7 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Na4 Qe4 13. Nb6 $14 {White has a slight advantage,
although later in the game Lputian,S (2619)-Bareev,E (2701)/Sochi Black
achieved a draw.}) 8. Bd3 e5 {This principled reply leads to a forced play,
where due to weaknesses on b5 and c6 White's chances are preferable.} (8... g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Re1 $14) 9. dxe5 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5
Ng4 $13) 9... Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Be2 Ne5 (12... Nf6 $142 13. Nxc6
Qb6 14. O-O (14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. Nd4 Bxb5 16. Ndxb5 a4 $44) (14. Ne5 Ba6 $13)
14... Bd6 (14... Bd7 15. Ne5 $36) 15. Nxa5 $5 $36 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 13. f4 Nc4
14. b3 Nd6 15. Nxc6 Qb6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. O-O (17. f5 $5 $36) 17... Be7 {After
this move White achieves a large advantage without any sacrifices.} (17... g6 {
looks dangerous, but Black had to try it.} 18. f5 gxf5 (18... Nxf5 $2 19. Nxf5
gxf5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bb2 Rg8 22. Qxd5 $18) 19. Bh5+ Kd8 20. Bb2 $44 {[%csl
Rd8]}) 18. f5 $16 Nxf5 (18... O-O 19. fxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxd5 $18) (18... exf5 $8
19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Bh5+ g6 21. Bf3 Nde4 22. Bb2 $16) 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Nxd5 Qd6
21. Bh5+ g6 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Bb2 Rf8 (23... O-O 24. Qd4 $18) 24. Qc2 {The
opening outcome is a complete disaster for Black, who without making obvious
mistakes ended in a lost position.} Rc8 25. Rfd1 Ne4 26. Qd3 ({White is also
close to winning after} 26. Qe2 Qe6 (26... Bc6 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Nb6 $18) 27.
b4 a4 (27... axb4 28. axb4 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Bc6 29. Ra6 $18) 28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Rac1
Kf7 30. Nxe7 Kxe7 31. Qd4 $16 {/+-}) 26... Bc6 27. Rac1 Rd8 (27... Qe6 28. Nf4
Qd7 29. Qe2 $16) 28. Nxe7 Qxd3 (28... Kxe7 29. Qc2 $16) 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Nxc6
Rxb3 31. Rc2 Rxe3 32. Be2 Kf7 33. g3 g5 (33... b4 {was called for, although
then} 34. axb4 axb4 35. Bc4+ Ke8 36. Nxb4 {must also be lost for Black. White
will organize a decisive attack against opponent's king.}) 34. Bxb5 Nd6 35. Be2
Rc8 36. Kf1 h6 37. a4 $18 Ke8 38. Ba6 Ra8 39. Bd4 Re6 40. Bd3 Rc8 41. Nxa5 Rxc2
42. Bxc2 Kd7 43. Nb7 $5 Re8 (43... Nxb7 44. Bxf5 h5 (44... Kd6 45. Bxe6 Kxe6
46. g4 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 45. Kf2 (45. h3 Ke7 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4
) 45... Kd6 (45... g4 46. Bxe6+ Kxe6 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Bb6 Ke5 (48... Nd6 49. a5
$18) 49. a5 $18) 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47. Kf3 Kf5 (47... Na5 48. g4 $18) 48. Bb6 $18)
44. Nxd6 Kxd6 45. Bxf5 Rf8 46. g4 h5 47. h3 hxg4 48. hxg4 Ra8 49. Bc2 Rc8 50.
Bd1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 (11. Na4 Ngxe5 12. Bc3 (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc3
Qe7 14. O-O-O Bh6+ $36 {[%cal Gc8f5]}) 12... Bg7 (12... Nxf3+ $5 13. exf3 f6
$13) 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. e4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Miton,K (2653)-Bacrot,E 
(2709)/Torrelavega 2007 (23)}) (11. Bg2 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O Bg7 14.
Rad1 O-O 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Rad8 $14 {/=, 1/2-1/2 Pashikian,A (2534)-Laznicka,V (2610)/Yerevan 2007 (58)})
11... Nxc5 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. e4 Bg7 14. Bg2 (14. h3 Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Be3
Qa5 $1 (16... Ncxe4 $2 {1-0 Aronian,L (2750)-Bacrot,E (2695)/Mainz (rapid)
2007 (22)}) 17. Bd2 (17. O-O-O $6 h6) 17... Qb6 18. Be3 (18. exd5 $2 Bf5 $19)
18... Qa5 $11) 14... Bxc3 $1 $146 {A strong novelty, prepared by Etienne for
his Candidates Match versus Kamsky (Elista 2007). It didn't work out then, but
the present game confirms that good opening preparation sooner or later pays
off.} (14... Re8 15. O-O Kg8 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sargissian,G (2658)-Laznicka,V (2593)/Moscow 2007 (44)}) 15. Bxc3 dxe4 16. Bxh8
{The correct move, which leads to a draw. This means that the entire variation
starting with 11.e6 brings White no advantage.} (16. Nd2 $6 Nd3+ (16... Qd3 17.
Qxd3 Nxd3+ 18. Ke2 Re8 $36) 17. Kf1 Ndxf2 $36 {[%cal Gg4e3]}) 16... Nd3+ 17.
Kf1 (17. Ke2 exf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxh8 19. Qb3+ Kf8 20. Kxd3 (20. Qa3+ c5 $17) 20...
Bf5+ 21. Ke2 Qd4 $17) 17... exf3 18. Bxf3 Ngxf2 19. Qb3+ Ke7 (19... Kf8 20. Qc3
$5 Bh3+ 21. Kg1 (21. Bg2 $2 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ $19) 21... Qe7 22. Bd4 Qf7 23.
Bxf2 Qxf3 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 $11) 20. Bg7 ({As pointed out by Bacrot
White can make a draw with} 20. Qa3+ c5 (20... Kf7 21. Qb3+ $11) 21. Re1+ Nxe1
22. Qxc5+ Qd6 23. Bf6+ Ke6 24. Qxd6+ Kxd6 25. Kxf2 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 $11 {However,
in the game White still could have escaped.}) (20. Qc3 $2 Bh3+ $19 {[%cal
Gd8h8]}) 20... Bh3+ 21. Bg2 ({Another draw is} 21. Kg1 Qd7 22. Bh6 (22. Re1+ $2
Nxe1 23. Kxf2 Nxf3 $17) 22... Re8 23. Bg5+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ $11) 21... Qd7 22. Bxh3
(22. Bh6 Nxh1 (22... Re8 23. Bg5+ Kd6 (23... Kf8 24. Bh6+ Ke7 25. Bg5+) 24.
Bf4+ Kc5 (24... Nxf4 $2 25. Qb4+ $18) 25. Rc1+ $1 Nxc1 26. Be3+ Rxe3 27. Qxe3+
Kb5 28. Kxf2 Nd3+ 29. Kg1 $13) 23. Bg5+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ Ke7 $11 (24... Ke8 25.
Qg8+)) 22... Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qf5 24. Qxb7+ $2 {Missing the last chance to escape.
} ({White had to deflect the knight from controlling the b4-square first:} 24.
Re1+ $1 Nxe1 25. Qxb7+ Kd6 (25... Qd7 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Kxf2 Nd3+ 28. Ke3 $14)
26. Qb4+ Kc7 (26... c5 27. Qb6+ Ke7 28. Qb7+ Ke6 29. Qb3+ Qd5 30. Qxd5+ Kxd5
31. Kxf2 Nd3+ 32. Ke3 $11) 27. Qe7+ Kb6 28. Qb4+ Qb5 29. Qd4+ c5 30. Qd6+ Qc6
31. Qxc6+ Kxc6 32. Kxf2 Nd3+ 33. Ke3 $11) 24... Kd6 {Now Black's attack is
decisive.} 25. Qb6 (25. h3 Qf3 26. Rh2 Qxg3+ 27. Rg2 Nxh3+ $19) (25. Qxa8 Nh3+
26. Kg2 Qe4+ 27. Kxh3 Nf2#) 25... Qf3 26. Qd4+ Kc7 27. Be5+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be3 (7. e3 $142
) 7... g6 (7... e6 $2 8. g4 $1 Nhf6 9. g5 Nh5 10. Bh3 g6 11. Bg4 Bg7 12. Bxh5
gxh5 13. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Eingorn,V-Rogozenko,D/Berlin 1995 (51)}) 8. h3 (8. g3 Bg7
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxh6 Rh8 15.
Rad1 Kg8 16. e4 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Be3 Nf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Hodgson,J/
Scarborough 1999 (37)}) 8... Bg7 9. g4 Nhf6 10. Bg2 h5 $1 $146 (10... Qc7 11.
Qd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Ne5 a5 14. Rd1 a4 15. O-O h5 16. f3 Qa5 17. e3 hxg4 18.
hxg4 Nh7 19. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Tunik,G-Krivoshey,S/Pardubice 1995 (40)}) 11. g5 Nh7
12. Bf4 $2 (12. O-O O-O {/\ Re8, e5=.} (12... e5 $5 $13)) 12... e5 $15 13. dxe5
(13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxg5 $17) 13... Nxc5 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. O-O
Re8 17. Bg3 $2 (17. Rfe1 Bf5 $15) 17... Ne4 $17 18. Qf4 (18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4
Bxe5 $17) 18... Nexg5 $19 19. Nxg5 Nxg5 20. Bh4 Ne6 21. Qa4 g5 22. Bg3 b5 23.
Qc2 h4 24. Bh2 Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Kh1 (26. e4 fxe3 27. f4 Qc5 28. Qe2 Bf5
$19) 26... Qxe5 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Qf6 29. Rh5 Rb8 30. Rg1 Re5 31. Qh7+ Kf8
32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxh4 Be6 34. Bf3 Bxa2 35. Rg4 Qf6 36. Qh5 Rc8 37. Rg5 Qxb2
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 (7... Nh5
$5) 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nd2 {Kramnik's plan became standard for White in this system.
The knight can support White's queenside play in the future. Besides, by
taking control of the square h5 White spares time for the move h3.} h6 (9...
Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. f4 $1 $14 {1-0
Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Dortmund 1999 (40)}) 10. b4 Qc8 $146 {Quite unusually, in
this game both sides delay castling kingside for a little while, trying to
clarify matters on the queenside at first.} (10... O-O 11. O-O (11. g4 Bg6 12.
h4 a5 13. b5 e5 $132 {0-1 Mikhalevski,V (2532)-Kindermann,S (2519)/Bad Wiessee
2000 (37)}) 11... Qc8 (11... Re8 12. Bg3 Qc8 13. Bf3 a5 (13... Bd8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Ndxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J (2649)-Zagrebelny,S
(2536)/Istanbul 2000 (41)}) 14. b5 Bd3 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Piket,
J (2633)-Movsesian,S (2668)/Breda 2000 (26)}) 12. Nb3 (12. Bf3 $5) 12... Bd8
13. a4 Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. f4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Volke,K (2483)-Kindermann,S (2536)/
Stuttgart 2004}) 11. Rc1 {It is never clear whether White should hurry with
such a move. The main purpose of placing the rook quickly on c1 is to
discourage Black's counterplay with ...b6, but in my opinion Black achieves
good play now.} ({More principled is} 11. O-O Bd8 12. Bf3 $5 $13 {/+/=,
preparing e3-e4.} (12. a4 O-O (12... Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. b5 $14 (14. f4 b6 $1
$11)) 13. b5 Ba5 $5 14. Qb3 $140 e5 $132)) 11... Bd8 12. a4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 $5
{Instead of the standard exchange of bishops by means of 13...Bc7, Kamsky
prepares ...e5 immediately. This plan has been known before as well.} ({After} 
13... Bc7 {White achieves some edge with} 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. f4 {and here Black
can consider} b6 $13) 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 e5 {The position is equal.} 16. dxe5
({After} 16. Bg3 exd4 17. exd4 Bc7 18. bxc6 bxc6 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd7f8,
Gf8e6] Black's pieces are better placed.}) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 {A committing
move. White gains time for activating the knights.} (17. Nb3 $142 Bc7 18. Nd4
$11) 17... Rxe5 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Nd4 Bd7 $1 20. Na4 Bc7 21. Qc2 (21. Nb6 $6 Bxb6
22. cxb6 (22. bxc6 bxc6 23. cxb6 Qb7 $17) 22... c5 $132) 21... Qd8 22. Rb1 {
White's opening strategy failed. He must play accurately in order to keep the
balance.} Ne4 23. bxc6 Bxc6 (23... bxc6 $5) 24. Bb5 Qf6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb7
Re7 27. g3 Qg6 28. Nc3 $4 {A silly blunder. It's even difficult to say what
could have been missed by White.} ({The player's logical previous play could
end up in an equal endgame:} 28. f3 Nxg3 ({Black can try to play for more than
equality with} 28... Nd2 $5 {but this is double-edged:} 29. Qxg6 (29. Nf5 Re5
30. Qxd2 Rxf5 31. Rxc7 Rxa4 $15) 29... fxg6 30. Nxc6 (30. Rf2 Nc4 31. Nxc6 Rf7
32. Nc3 Nxe3 $13) 30... Rf7 $13) 29. Qxg6 (29. hxg3 $2 Qxc2 30. Nxc2 Rxa4 $17)
29... fxg6 30. hxg3 Rxa4 31. Nxc6 Rf7 32. f4 Rc4 33. Rb5 $11) 28... Nxc3 $19
29. Qxg6 (29. Qxc3 Bxg3 {[%cal Ge7b7]} 30. Rxe7 Bd6+ 31. Kh1 Bxe7 $19 {and
besides being a pawn down, White also has a weak king.}) 29... fxg6 30. Nxc6
Rf7 {White has just a pawn for the piece. The rest is very simple - Black is
totally winning.} 31. Nb4 Be5 32. c6 Bd6 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Rd1 Ra5 35. Rd7 (35.
e4 Nc3 36. Rxd6 (36. Rxf7 Nxd1 37. Rd7 Ra1 38. Kg2 Be5 39. f4 Ra2+ $19)) 35...
Rxd7 36. cxd7 Be7 37. Rc1 (37. e4 Kf7 38. exd5 Ra7 {is of course also hopeless
for White.}) 37... Kf7 38. Rc8 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a5 {One of the
main attempts to fight for an advantage against Black's setup.} ({In the event
of} 7. e3 {White must be ready to play against the Cambridge-Springs type of
positions after the strongest} Qa5) 7... Bb4 8. Qa4 Be7 {Black's idea behind
provoking the queen to a4 is to exploit its exposed position by playing ...b5
soon.} 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 b5 $146 (10... h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 12. c5)
11... b5 {Compared to the main game, in this situation the inclusion of the
moves h6/Bh4 certainly cannot harm Black.} 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Qa2 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
dxc4 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 Rause,O (2708)-Elwert,H (2687)
/ICCF email 2002} c5 $11) (10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O cxd4
14. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 Siebrecht,S (2451)-Kuehn,P (2446)/Kallithea 2008 (62)}) 11.
axb6 Nxb6 12. Qc2 (12. Qxc6 Bd7 13. Qb7 Bc8 14. Qc6 Bd7 $11) 12... Nxc4 13.
Bxc4 dxc4 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 (15... Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Na4 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 Bxc5 19. Qxc4 Bd6 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Nc5 $14) 16. Rfd1 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
Ne4 Qe7 $11) 16... Qc7 (16... Qe7 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxc4 Bxe4 20.
Qxe4 $11 {/+/=}) 17. Ra4 {Black still needs to find a safe place for the queen,
since White has better control in the centre. However, with a little accuracy
Black can neutralise White's slight pressure rather easily.} (17. Bxf6 $5 gxf6
18. Ra4 Be7 19. Rd4) 17... Be7 (17... Bb7 $6 18. Rxc4 Qe7 19. Ne5 $36 {[%cal
Ge5g4,Ge5d7]}) 18. Bf4 Qc5 ({Simpler was} 18... Qb6 19. Rxc4 (19. Ne5 Bb7 20.
Nxc4 Qc6 21. f3 Rfd8 $11) 19... Bb7 20. Bc7 Qa7 $11) 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Rxc4 Qa5
21. Qb3 (21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rfd8 $11) 21... Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ra4 (23.
Qxb7 $4 Qa1+) 23... Qc7 24. Rc4 Qa5 25. h3 Qa1+ ({Black has at his disposal
also a tactical possibility to keep the balance:} 25... Bd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27.
Nc6 (27. Bg3 Qb5 $11) 27... Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Bh4 $3 ({After} 28... Re8 29. Nxe7+
Nxe7 30. Qb7 {White is winning:} Ng6 (30... Qxf2 31. Qxe7 $18) 31. Rc8 $18) 29.
Rc2 $1 (29. Nxd8 $2 Bxf2 $19) (29. Bg3 Bxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Re8 $11) 29... Rf8 (29...
Bxf2 $2 30. Rxf2 Qxf2 31. Nxd8 $18) 30. g3 Nxf4 31. exf4 Bf6 $14 {/=}) 26. Kh2
Ba8 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Qf1 $2 (28... h6 29. Qb7 Rd7 30. Rc8+ (30. Qxa6 Qxb2)
(30. Qc8+ Rd8) 30... Kh7 31. Rc7 (31. Qb8 Qa5 $14 {[%cal Gd7d8] /=}) 31... Rxc7
32. Qxc7 Bb4 33. Qxf7 (33. Be5 Qa5 $11) 33... Qxb2 34. Na4 Qxf2 35. Qxe6 a5 $11
) (28... a5 29. Qb7 Bb4 (29... Bf8 30. Rc7 $16) 30. Rc8 Rf8 $1 31. Rxf8+ $140
Bxf8 32. Qc8 h6 $1 33. Bd6 Nh7 $14 {/=}) 29. Qb7 $16 {Now White wins at least
a pawn.} Bf8 (29... Rd7 30. Rc8+ $18) 30. Bg3 a5 (30... h6 31. Rxa6 $16) 31.
Rc7 h5 $2 {The second mistake, this time in a very difficult situation. 31...
h5 only creates additional weaknesses and leads to a completely hopeless
position.} (31... Nh5 32. Rxf7 Nxg3 33. Kxg3 Qd3 $16) (31... Qd3 32. Rxf7 Qg6
$16) 32. Rxf7 Qd3 33. Rxf6 $1 {The most effective way to victory. White will
win by force two more pawns.} gxf6 34. Ne4 Bg7 (34... Kh8 35. Qf7 $1 $18 (35.
Nxf6 Qf5 $16)) 35. Qe7 $18 Rf8 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qf5 a4 (37... Qd1 38. Qxa5 $18
) 38. Bd6 Rf7 39. Qe6 ({There is a quicker win after} 39. Qxh5+ $18) 39... Qb3
(39... Kg8 40. Qe8+ Bf8 41. Bxf8 Rxf8 42. Nxf6+ $18) 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg8
42. Ba3 h4 43. Nd6 Rc7 44. Qe4 Qb8 45. Qxa4 Bf8 46. Qg4+ Rg7 47. Qc4+ Kh7 48.
Qxh4+ Kg6 49. Qe4+ Kh6 50. Qe6 Kh7 51. Qxf6 {A rare case of 5 pawns versus
none.} Rg6 52. Qf7+ Bg7 53. Qf4 Bh6 54. Qe5 Bg7 55. Qe7 Kh8 56. e4 Bf6 57. Qe6
Kh7 58. Qf5 Qg8 59. g3 Qb3 60. e5 Bg7 61. Nf7 Qd5 62. h4 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 {This is one of the safest and at
the same time principled moves. In many possible variations White has minimum
risk of losing, while there are plenty of resources to play for a win. Earlier
Gelfand usually opted for another ambitious, but more committal moev: 5.c5.} e6
6. Bg5 Nbd7 ({Another popular plan for Black became} 6... a5 7. e3 Na6 {
One of the latest examples is} 8. Bd3 Nb4 (8... Be7 9. O-O Nb4 10. Bb1 b6 $5
11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Ba6 13. b3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 {and Black slowly equalized
in 1/2-1/2 Knaak,R (2486)-Kindermann,S (2532)/Germany 2006 (60)}) 9. e4 dxe4
10. Nxe4 c5 11. O-O Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 $5 exd5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bb5+ Bd7
16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rac1 Rhc8 19. Nh4 $44 {1-0 Gagunashvili,M 
(2611)-Grabarczyk,M (2461)/Cappelle la Grande 2007 (62)}) 7. e3 Qa5 {"The
Cambridge Springs Variation with the moves a4/a6 included should rather favour
Black, who can use more effectively square b4". This was the conclusion of
Vecheslav Chebanenko, which is generally correct, even if during the years
some advantages for White were found as well. For instance sometimes White can
later advance a4-a5, with a favourable blockade of the opponent's queenside
pawns.} 8. cxd5 {Just like in the Cambridge Springs, here too another option
is 8.Nd2, against which, however, Black found clear ways to equalize.} exd5 $5
{Why not? Instead of Cambridge Springs, Black transposes to the Carlsbad
structures, at the same time avoiding sharp variations.} (8... Nxd5 {is more
principled, but more risky too:} 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 (10... Qxc3+ 11. Bd2
$44) 11. Bd3 Qxc3+ 12. Ke2 {White has enough compensation for the pawn.
Whether it secures an advantage, is another question. Notice that with pawns
on a2 and a7 instead of a4/a6 the compensation would have been much more
questionable. Now White's threat is to seize more space on the queenside with
the advance a4-a5.} Qa5 (12... Qb2+ 13. Bd2 a5 (13... Qb6 14. a5 $44) 14. Rb1
Qa2 (14... Qa3 $142 15. Re1 $5 $44 {[%cal Ge2f1]}) 15. Re1 Bb4 (15... Nd7 $142
16. Kf1 Be7 17. Bf4 $44) 16. Kf1 O-O $2 (16... Bxd2 17. Nxd2 $16) 17. Bxb4 axb4
18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Re2 Qc3 20. Rc2 Qb3 21. Bc4 {1-0 Kharlov,A (2597)-Iskusnyh,S 
(2496)/Moscow 2003}) 13. Qc2 h6 (13... Be7 14. Rhe1 h6 15. Bd2 Qh5 $2 16. e5
Ng4 17. Rh1 $1 (17. h3 $2 Nh2) 17... c5 18. h3 $18 {1-0 Ehlvest,J (2631)
-Paragua,M (2534)/Mallorca 2004 (45)}) 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. a5 O-O 17.
Rhc1 Nd7 18. e5 Rb8 19. Kf1 Rd8 20. Qe2 b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Qe4 Nf8 23. Qe3
Nd7 24. Rcb1 $1 (24. d5 cxd5 25. Rab1 Qa4 26. Ra1 Qb4 27. Rab1 {1/2-1/2
Ehlvest,J (2596)-Najer,E (2606)/Las Vegas 2004}) 24... Qe7 25. Rxb6 Nxb6 26.
Qe4 g6 27. Qxc6 $14) (8... cxd5 9. Bd3 $14) 9. Bd3 ({If White wants to keep
his dark-squared bishop alive, then he should continue} 9. Nd2 {Similar to the
Carlsbad Variation, White is marginally better, but Black doesn't have
particular opening problems.} Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 Qd8 13. a5
Nf8 14. Nb3 h6 15. Bxf6 {Deserving attention is the retreat of the bishop to
h4 or f4.} Bxf6 16. Nc5 Be7 17. b4 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. g3 Ne6 20. f4 Re7 21.
N3a4 Nf8 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Kg2 Bg4 24. h3 Be6 25. Rac1 Rbe8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Jakovenko,D (2671)-Laznicka,V (2596)/Pamplona 2006 (47)}) 9... Ne4 {The
principled answer.} (9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 $14) 10. O-O Nxg5 (10... Nxc3
11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. e4 $36) 11. Nxg5 Be7 12. f4 $5 $146 {Gelfand changes the
character of the position, since otherwise Black has an easy game.} (12. Nf3
O-O $11) (12. Qh5 Bxg5 (12... g6 $5 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh4 Be7 15. Qf4 Nf6 $11)
13. Qxg5 O-O 14. Qe7 Nf6 15. b4 Qd8 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Be6 19.
bxc6 bxc6 $14 {/=, 1/2-1/2 Lapcevic,M (2269)-Krivoborodov,E (2390)/Herceg Novi
2005 (28)}) 12... Nf6 (12... Bxg5 $6 13. fxg5 $36 {[%csl Re8,Rf7][%cal Gd1h5,
Yf1f3,Ya1f1]}) 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 ({After the natural} 14... O-O 15. Ne5 {
White can try to advance his kingside pawns in order to create an attack
against the enemy's king.}) 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. h3 h5 {Kamsky's plan to keep the
king in the centre gives the position an unusual character.} (16... O-O 17. g4
$13) 17. Nf3 {[%csl Rg5]} Kf8 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Rae1 {Gelfand is doing
everything very logically, nevertheless it is difficult for White to create
concrete threats.} Qb4 {Black cleverly uses the dark squares. Now he keeps an
eye on the d4-pawn, thus preventing ideas of e3-e4.} 20. Na2 Qb6 21. b4 $1 {
Gaining more space. White's intention is to close the queenside with a4-a5 and
then try to open up the position, most probably with the help of the e3-e4
break.} a5 {In order to keep counterplay possibilities, Kamsky is trying to
create some weaknesses in White's position.} (21... Bxb4 $6 22. Rb1 (22. Nxb4
Qxb4 23. Rb1 Qe7 24. Rxb7 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 $44) 22... a5 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Qd2 $16
) 22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. Rb1 {A small trap.} (23. Bg6 {still brings nothing in view
of} Be8 ({but not} 23... fxg6 $2 24. Qxg6 Be8 25. Ne6+ Kg8 26. Qxg7#)) 23...
Qa7 (23... Bc8 $2 {loses on the spot:} 24. Bg6 $1 fxg6 25. Qxg6 {with
inevitable mate}) 24. Nc3 Rh6 {Ruling out Bg6-ideas.} 25. Qb3 Rb8 $6 ({
Probably Kamsky didn't like the natural} 25... Bc8 {in view of the fact that
now Black lacks protection of pawn f7 and White is able to advance his e-pawn:}
26. Ne2 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7][%cal Ge3e4,Yb3f7] However, Black still keeps resources
here:} h4 27. e4 Nh5 {and although White should be better, things are far from
clear, since suddenly Black's pieces are not bad at all.}) 26. Nf3 {This is
the difference: White is better coordinated and he can easier maneuver and
transfer his pieces, which defines White's advantage.} Be8 27. Ne5 Bd6 28. Rf2
Ng8 29. Rfb2 {Now all White's pieces are optimally placed.} Ne7 ({After the
attempt to consolidate with} 29... Re6 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf7f6] White had to
find} 30. Qd1 f6 31. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5][%cal Ge5g6]}) 30. Qc2 {
Continuing the same slow strategy often helps the opponent. When you have an
advantage and after improving the position of your pieces, if the opponent is
defending tenaciously, there usually comes a crucial moment.. In other words,
at some moment the better side should take some concrete action, since
otherwise the further slow maneuvering might cause the existing advantage to
evaporate.} ({The most problems would have been set by} 30. Qb6 {with the
intention to advance the a-pawn. Black's defensive task would have been more
difficult, although with precise play he can probably still hold:} Qa8 (30...
Qxb6 31. Rxb6 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) 31. a5 c5 $1 (31... Nc8 32. Qd8 Ne7 33. Nd7+ $1
) (31... Re6 32. a6 $18) (31... f6 32. a6 $1 (32. Nf3 Nc8 {[%csl Ra5]}) 32...
bxa6 (32... fxe5 33. axb7 Qa3 34. Rb3 $18) 33. Qxb8 Bxb8 34. Rxb8 Qa7 35. R1b7
Qxb7 36. Rxb7 fxe5 37. fxe5 $16) 32. Ng6+ (32. a6 $2 Bxe5 {[%cal Gh6b6]} 33.
axb7 Qa3 $19) 32... Rxg6 {otherwise White takes the Bd6} 33. Bxg6 Nc8 34. Qd8
fxg6 35. Nxd5 cxd4 (35... b5 $5 {[%cal Ga8d5]}) 36. Nc7 (36. exd4 b5 37. Re2
Qc6) 36... Bxc7 37. Qxc7 Bc6 38. Qxc6 bxc6 39. Rxb8 Qxa5 (39... Qa6 $2 40. R1b7
Kg8 41. Rxc8+ Kh7 42. Rbb8 g5 43. f5 $18) 40. Rxc8+ Kf7 41. exd4 Qa7 {and
Black must escape with a draw.}) 30... Kg8 31. Nf3 Bd7 32. Rb3 $6 {White plans
Qb2, but Black has already finished the regrouping of his pieces and can start
activity.} c5 $1 $132 {Threatening the further advance of the pawn. Suddenly
it turns out that taking on c5 loses a pawn, not taking on c5 loses a pawn too.
..} 33. Nb5 (33. dxc5 Bxc5 {[%csl Re3]}) 33... Bxb5 34. Rxb5 cxd4 35. exd4 (35.
Nxd4 Bxf4 $15) 35... Bxf4 36. Qb3 {Now White must think about equalizing.} Rc6
(36... Re6 $15 {would have been more unpleasant for White in time trouble} 37.
Rxb7 $140 $2 Rxb7 38. Qxb7 Qxa4 $17) 37. Rxb7 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 (38. Rxc1 $2 Rxb7
39. Qxd5 Rd7 40. Qxh5 Bxc1 $19) 38... Rxb1 (38... Bg3+ 39. Ke2 $1 (39. Kxg3 $2
Rxb1 40. Rxb8+ Qxb8+ {and White cannot take on b1 since his king is in check.})
) 39. Rxb8+ Qxb8 40. Qxb1 $11 Bg3+ (40... Qxb1 41. Bxb1 Bc7 $11) 41. Ke2 Qe8
42. Qb5 Nc6+ 43. Kd2 Bf4+ 44. Kc3 Qd7 (44... Qe3 45. Qxc6 (45. Qxd5 Qc1+ 46.
Kb3 Qd1+ $11 47. Bc2 $2 Qxc2+ 48. Kxc2 Nb4+ $19) 45... Qc1+ 46. Bc2 Qa3+ 47.
Bb3 Qc1+ $11) 45. a5 g5 46. a6 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Ne5 Nxe5 49. Qxd7 (49. Qb8+
Kg7 50. dxe5 Qa4 51. a7 Qa3+ 52. Kd4 Bg3 53. a8=Q (53. Ke3 $2 Qc5+ 54. Ke2 Bf4
55. a8=Q Qe3+ 56. Kf1 Qxd3+ $19) 53... Bf2+ 54. Kxd5 Qxd3+ 55. Kc6 Qc4+ $11)
49... Nxd7 50. a7 Nb6 51. Bb5 Bd6 (51... Bd6 52. Bc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-ch"]
[Site "Wuxi"]
[Date "2006.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Li, Shilong"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 (7...
e5 8. Nxe5 (8. dxe5 Nxc5 9. e4 (9. e3 g6 10. Nd4 Be7 11. Be2 Ng7 12. O-O O-O
13. Rc1 Kh8 14. a3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Zlotnik,B (2450)-Velicka,P 
(2375)/Groningen 1991 (44)}) 9... Nxe4 (9... dxe4 10. Ng5 $16) 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Bc4 $1 (11. Ng5 e3 $1 12. Bxe3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 (13. Ke2 Qe7 $17) 13... Qxg5
14. Bxb4 Qxe5+ 15. Qe2 (15. Be2 Nf4 $17) 15... Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Nf4 $15) 11...
exf3 $1 (11... Be7 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxh5+ g6 15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16.
Bxg5 $14) 12. Qxf3 (12. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 13. Qxf3+ Nf6 14. exf6 Qxf6 $19) 12...
Qe7 13. Qxh5 $14 {/=, 1/2-1/2 Gelashvili,T (2576)-Arencibia,W (2535)/Turin
2006 (47)}) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qe7 (9... Bxc5 10. e4 $1 g6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Qf3
(12. Be2 $5) 12... Be6 13. g4 Ng7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Qh4 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17.
Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qxc5 Rxd2 19. Qb4 Rfd8 20. Qxb7 Qxg4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Shereshevski,M
(2470)-Popchev,M (2450)/Elenite 1994 (66)}) 10. e4 $5 (10. Be3 Qxe5 11. Bd4 Qe7
12. g3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Qe6 $14 {/=, 1/2-1/2 Delabarre,O (2100)-Devocelle,L (2288)/
Corr 2002 (39)}) (10. Na4 Qxe5 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Bc3 Qe4 $1 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. b4
Be7 $11) 10... Qxe5 11. Be2 (11. Be3 dxe4 12. Bd4 Qf5 $13) 11... Nf6 12. exd5
Bxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Re1 Qd4 17. Be3 Qxd1 18. Nxd1
Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nd5 20. Re2 Be6 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. g3 Nb4 23. a3 Bb3 24. Ne3 Nd3
25. Rc3 Be6 26. Nc4 $14 {/=, 1-0 Bologan,V (2645)-Morozevich,A (2731)/Tomsk 
(rapid) 2006 (80)}) 8. Rc1 {Thanks to Topalov this move became fashionable
after the tournament in Sofia, May 2006.} g6 (8... e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4
11. Na4 Nxe5 12. Bc3 f6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. g3 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V 
(2804)-Bacrot,E (2708)/Sofia 2006 (42)}) 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bf4 Qd8 12.
Bg2 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nhf6 (16... Ndf6 17. Nc3
Nd5 {as a possible alternative. However, White's chances are preferable after}
18. O-O Nhf6 19. Re1 $14) 17. Nc3 Re8 18. O-O e5 $146 {This move was suggested
in CBM 113 as a possible improvement for Black.} ({After the passive} 18... Nf8
{White enjoys a pleasant space advantage:} 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. Be3 Nc7 21. Ne5 Nfd5
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V (2804)-Kamsky,G (2671)/Sofia 2006 (42)
}) 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Na4 (21. Bf4 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Re8 $11) 21...
Bxh3 (21... Nd5 22. Bc3 $14) (21... Rd5 $5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. h4 $14) 22. Bxh3
Rd5 23. Rc2 Ne4 24. Nb6 Nxd2 25. Nxd5 $2 {Allowing an immediate equality.} ({
White can fight for advantage only with} 25. Re1 {In annotations of the above
mentioned game Topalov-Kamsky in CBM 113, I stopped the analysis here,
evaluating the position as preferable for White. This looks so indeed:} Rd3 (
25... Rd4 26. Nxa8 Ne4 27. Qe2 Qxa8 28. Bg2 Nf6 29. Rd2 $16) 26. Re3 $1 Rd4 (
26... Rxe3 27. Rxd2 Qe7 28. fxe3 Re8 29. Qb3 Qxc5 30. Kf2 Qh5 31. Kg2 $16) 27.
Qe2 $1 (27. Nxa8 Nc4 28. Qf3 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Rd3 $44 30. Nb6 $140 $2 Rxe3 $1 $36)
27... Rb8 28. Nd7 $16 {Possibly Black can search for a initiative somewhere in
these variations, trying to find compensation, but it is clear that only 25.
Re1 can set problems for Black.}) 25... Nxf1 $11 26. Bxf1 (26. Kxf1 $11) 26...
Qxd5 (26... cxd5 27. Bg2 $11) 27. Qxd5 cxd5 28. Bg2 Rd8 29. Rd2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:19] A relatively rare move, which has
gained some popularity after the exciting encounter Grischuk-Morozevich,
Petrosian Memorial 2014.} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:05] Definitely the most principled
response. Accepting the gambit is the best attempt to prove, that c2-spot
isn't optimal for White's queen.} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7.
b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} ({Gelfand's previous experience in that line wasn't
successful:} 7. a4 e6 $1 8. axb5 cxb5 9. e5 (9. Nxb5 $6 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bb7 11.
Ra1 Bxe4 $17 {is simply bad for White here.}) 9... Nd5 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Rxa8
Bb7 12. Ra7 Nb4 $36 {½-½ (43) Gelfand,B (2704)-Bacrot,E (2653)/Albert 2002/
CBM 092/[Gelfand,B]}) 7... b4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:32][%mdl 8] A novelty, which was
properly prepared at home by Tomashevsky. Black doesn't mind giving up one or
even two pawns in order to fight for the initiative.} ({The previously played} 
7... cxb3 8. axb3 {offers White promising compensation for a pawn. For
instance, after} e6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Be7 13. Bxe7
Kxe7 14. Qc5+ Ke8 15. Bxb5+ Bd7 16. Be2 {Sadzikowski,D (2494)-Burmakin,V (2585)
/Zalakaros HUN 2015 White had a stable advantage.}) 8. Nd1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} ({
The natural-looking} 8. Na4 $6 c3 9. a3 a5 10. Nc5 e5 $1 {can be strongly met
by:} 11. dxe5 (11. axb4 exd4 12. Bc4 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Na6 $15) 11... Bxc5 12. exf6
Qxf6 13. axb4 Bxb4 {and White has to fight for equality.}) ({Another possible
retreat} 8. Nb1 {looks somewhat awkward. Indeed,} cxb3 ({seems less attractive
for Black, since after} 8... Bg4 9. Bxc4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. Nd2
$44 {White gets promising compensation for a pawn.}) 9. axb3 e6 10. Nbd2 Bb7
11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Bc4 Be7 $132 {offers Black decent counterplay.}) 8... c3 {
[%emt 0:01:19]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:01:29] It looks like Black is in trouble, since
he cannot keep the pawn chain on the q-side. However, things are much more
complicated.} e6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 10. axb4 {[%emt 0:09:55]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:02:
27]} 11. Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:22] The most natural continuation - it definitely
makes sense to exchange such a strong dark-squared bishop.} ({White fails to
pose Black any problems in the event of} 11. Ra4 a5 12. Nxc3 O-O 13. Bd3 Ba6
14. O-O Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Na6 $11) 11... c5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:26] No doubt, this pawn
sacrifice was a part of deep home preparation.} (11... Bxa3 $6 {is dubious:}
12. Rxa3 O-O 13. Nxc3 {and Black suffers from weak q-side pawns.}) 12. dxc5 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Bxa3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:30] That was still played rapidly by
Evgeny.} (12... Qa5 {was playable as well, but it is very risky from the
practical point of view. Indeed, after} 13. Bxb4 Qxa1 {the Qa1 is out of play,
and White has several promising continuations:} 14. Bd3 (14. Ne5 $5 {leads to
an interesting endgame:} Nxe4 15. Nxf7 Nc6 (15... Kxf7 16. Qxe4 c2 17. Qxc2
Qe5+ 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Bc3 Qxc5 20. Bc4 $44) 16. Qxe4 c2 17. Nd6+ Kd7 18. Qxc2
Nxb4 19. Qd2 Qd4 20. Qxd4 Nc2+ 21. Kd2 Nxd4 22. Kc3 $44) 14... Nc6 15. Bxc3 Qa3
16. O-O Rb8 $1 (16... Qxc5 $6 17. b4 $1 Qb6 (17... Nxb4 $2 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19.
Qc6+ $18) 18. Ne3 $36) 17. Ne3 Rxb3 $1 (17... Qxb3 18. Qc1 $36) (17... Qxc5 18.
Nc4 $44 O-O $2 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 $16) 18. Ra1 Rxc3 19. Rxa3 Rxc2
20. Nxc2 Kd7 21. Ncd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rd8 {Here Black should be able to equalise,
but the whole line looks scary.}) 13. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} 14. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:07:43]} O-O $1 {[%emt 0:00:13] Again, the most precise
move. Black correctly doesn't hurry with grabbing the missing pawn. Now White
has to take care of undeveloped pieces on the k-side.} (14... Qe7 15. Bd3 Qxc5
16. b4 $1 Qc7 17. O-O Nbd7 18. Re1 $14 {with some pressure.}) 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:
46:02] After long meditation, Boris chooses the quietest continuation.} ({
It looks like White's best practical chance was connected with:} 15. b4 $5 Qe7
16. e5 (16. Bd3 a5 17. e5 Nfd7 {is another order of moves.}) 16... Nfd7 17. Bd3
{since here Black had to enter into a complex position, where the Kg8 is
somewhat exposed:} a5 $1 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bxa8 Qxc5
22. O-O Qxc3 23. Qe4 {Still, after} Kg8 $1 24. Ng5 Re8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+
Ke7 27. Qh4 Kf8 $11 {Black should be OK.}) ({Another ambitious continuation} 
15. e5 Nfd7 16. Ne4 {can be strongly met by:} a5 $1 {and Black comfortably
equalises:} 17. Be2 (17. Nd6 {is too risky:} Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 $132 {and
White's king is stuck in the centre for a while.} (18... Qg5 $5)) 17... Na6 18.
Nd6 (18. Neg5 g6 {doesn't promise much either.}) 18... Naxc5 19. Nxb7 Nxb7 20.
O-O Rc8 21. Qe4 Nbc5 22. Qe3 Nb6 $11) 15... Qe7 {[%emt 0:32:31]} ({Another
possible way of handling the position was:} 15... a5 16. O-O (16. e5 Nfd7 17.
Ne4 Na6 $11 {transposes to the above-mentioned line}) 16... Nbd7 17. e5 Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rfa1 (19. c6 Rc8 $11) 19... Qc7 20. c6 Nxe5 21. b4 Qxc6 22. Qxc6
Nxc6 23. bxa5 Rfb8 $11 {with a drawish endgame.}) 16. O-O {[%emt 0:06:58]} ({
After} 16. b4 a5 {White cannot keep the pawn anyway. Moreover, in that case
Black's position becomes preferable due to his pressure on the Pe4.}) 16...
Qxc5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 17. Ra4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nbd7 $11 {[%emt 0:18:51] Black
has successfuly solved all the problems.} 18. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} ({Another possible way was:} 18... Qe7 19. Rc7 (19. e5 Nd5 20.
Ne4 Nf4 $11) 19... Rab8 20. Rd1 Rfc8 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxa6 Qb4 23. Bxb7 Rxc3
24. Qd2 Qxb3 $11) 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Rcd4 {
[%emt 0:08:01]} ({Nothing is changed by} 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qe3 Qc5
$11) 20... Qc7 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 21. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:43] Boris reasonably
decides to call it a day.} (21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Rc4 Qb8 $11) 21... Qb8 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 22. Rcd4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 23. Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:23]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Be6 $6 {
Looks too artificial.} ({A more solid choice is apparently} 7... Bc8 {, as was
recently successfully played by GM So:} 8. Bd2 (8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4
b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 $15 {Nakamura,H (2787)-So,W (2773) Saint
Louis USA 2016}) 8... e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Na4 Qxb3 13.
axb3 a5 $11 {Aronian,L (2792)-So,W (2770) Paris FRA 2016}) 8. c5 {A principled
reply - the Pe7 is locked in, and White is trying to squeeze the opponent in
his own camp.} ({In his previous encounter in this line Gata didn't manage to
solve the space problems, but eventually won the game:} 8. Bd2 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7
10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qe2 Nbd7 15. e4 $14 {
Gelfand,B (2720)-Kamsky,G (2723) Moscow 2008}) 8... Bg4 $146 {This novelty
doesn't help Black to solve the space problems.} ({The other moves have been
checked out in practice:} 8... Nbd7 9. Be2 g5 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Qd1
Bg7 13. b4 O-O 14. Bb2 $14 {Gledura,B (2513)-Karpov,A (2628) Budapest HUN 2015}
) (8... g6 9. Qc2 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bd2 Bc8 14. Nf3
Bf5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 $36 {Volkov,S (2623)-Yilmaz,M (2530) Plovdiv 2012}) 9.
h3 Bh5 $2 ({The lesser evil was} 9... Bc8 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ng5 e6
13. Ncxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 b6 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Bc4 $36 {, though playing this
position with Black isn't much fun either.}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. g5 Nfd7 (11... Ng8
{was hardly any better:} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 e6 14. Bf4 Ne7 15. f3 Nd7 16.
O-O-O b6 17. Na4 b5 18. Nc3 {, and Black lacks any constructive ideas.}) 12. f4
{This standard restricting approach isn't bad,} ({but a more energetic and
stronger move was} 12. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 13. Na4 e6 ({After} 13... e5 14. f4 exf4
15. exf4 Be7 (15... b5 16. cxb6 Rb7 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. O-O-O O-O 19. h4 $18) 16.
Bd2 O-O 17. h4 $18 {Black has nothing he can do against the direct attack.})
14. h4 Be7 (14... b6 15. cxb6 Rb7 16. Bd2 c5 17. Qc2 c4 18. b3 Nxb6 19. bxc4
Nxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 $18) 15. Rh3 Qc7 16. Bd2 {, and Black is
practically lost from the strategic point of view.}) 12... e6 ({An attempt to
keep the light-squared bishop on the board runs into} 12... Bh5 13. Nf5 $1 h6
14. gxh6 g6 15. Ng7+ Bxg7 16. hxg7 Rg8 17. e4 e5 18. Be3 $1 exf4 19. Bf2 $36)
13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Na4 $1 {Richard is now firmly in control.} (14. Bd2 {was
less promising:} b6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Be2 Ke7 $14)
14... b6 {This pawn sac was absolutely forced.} ({The passive} 14... Be7 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. O-O-O Bd8 17. h4 $18 {would lead to a sad position, where White
can slowly make progress on the kingside.}) 15. cxb6 Rb7 16. Bd2 c5 {This
advance enables Gata to develop the pieces, but the presence of the b6-pawn
makes his position very difficult.} 17. dxc5 ({It was also seriously worth
considering} 17. Qc3 $5 c4 18. b3 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. bxc4 Bb4 21. Qc2 Bxd2+
22. Qxd2 $16 {, and White is a sound pawn up.}) 17... Nxc5 18. Nxc5 {The first
step in tje wrong direction - Richard is just supporting Black's development.}
({A more natural move would be} 18. Qc2 $1 Nxa4 19. Qxa4+ Qd7 20. Qa5 Be7 21.
h4 Bd8 22. Qc3 d4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Rxb6 25. O-O-O $16) 18... Bxc5 19. Qc3
{There was no reason for delaying the development again.} ({The precise} 19.
Rc1 Bxb6 20. h4 Rc7 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Qa3 $36 {would have kept Black under
strong pressure.}) 19... Qxb6 20. Rc1 $1 ({After} 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Rc1 Nd7 $132
{White wouldn't manage to keep the extra pawn.}) 20... Rc7 $1 ({Possibly, GM
Rapport's calculations were mainly based on} 20... Nd7 $6 21. b4 Bd6 22. Qxg7
Rf8 23. a3 $16) 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. Be2 $2 {Despite the previous inaccurate play,}
({Richard could still have developed a powerful initiative by means of} 22. Ke2
$1 {(Of course, finding this move is a tough task)} d4 23. Bg2 Nd7 24. b4 $1 ({
But not} 24. exd4 $6 Qb5+ 25. Kf3 Bd6 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 $132) 24... Qb5+ 25. Kf3
dxe3 26. Bxe3 Bxe3 27. Kxe3 $1 (27. Rxc7 Bxf4 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Kxf4 Qd2+ {
leads only to a draw.}) 27... Rxc1 28. Rxc1 e5 29. Bc6 exf4+ 30. Kf2 Qxb4 31.
Kf3 $1 $36) 22... Nd7 $2 {Returning the favour.} ({Black could have solved all
the problems after} 22... d4 $1 23. Qe5 dxe3 24. Bxe3 Nd7 25. Qe4 Ke7 $132) 23.
Qc3 $2 ({In his turn, Richard missed a golden opportunity for connecting the
rooks:} 23. Kf2 $1 d4 24. Kg3 $1 {Now the king is safe! The following lines
illustrate the danger of Black's position:} dxe3 (24... Qxb2 25. Rhd1 Qa3 26.
Rc4 dxe3 27. Bb4 Qxa2 28. Kf3 Qxc4 29. Bxc4 Bxb4 30. Qd4 $16) 25. Bc3 Bd6 26.
h4 Nc5 27. Qd4 $16) 23... Ke7 $1 {Now the advantage is gone.} 24. Qa5 {The Qc3
is clearly misplaced, so liquidating into an equal endgame is a natural
decision.} (24. O-O Rfc8 25. Kg2 Bd6 26. Qd4 Bc5 27. Qd3 Qxb2 28. Rc2 Qb7 29.
Qxa6 Qxa6 30. Bxa6 Ba3 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 $11) 24... Qxa5 25. Bxa5 Rb7 26. Rxc5 ({
Possibly, a better try was} 26. Rc2 $5 Bxe3 27. Bxa6 Rbb8 28. Rf1 Nc5 29. Be2
Rfc8 30. b3 {, maintaining an approximate balance.}) 26... Nxc5 27. b4 Ne4 {
After this move White gets sufficient compensation.} (27... Rfb8 $5 {deserved
serious attention:} 28. O-O Rxb4 29. Bxb4 Rxb4 30. Rc1 Kd6 $1 $15 (30... Rb2
31. Rxc5 Rxe2 32. Ra5 Rxe3 33. Kf2 Rxh3 34. Rxa6 $11)) 28. Bxa6 Ra7 29. b5 Rb8
{Finally Gata comes to the conclusion, that there is nothing better than
giving the material back.} 30. Rh2 {This isn't a mistake,} ({But} 30. O-O {
was simpler:} Rxb5 31. Bxb5 Rxa5 32. a4 Nc3 33. Rc1 Nxb5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rc7+
$11) 30... Rxb5 31. Bxb5 Rxa5 32. Bd3 {Possibly, Richard was still hoping to
win this game.} ({Otherwise he would have played} 32. a4 Nc3 33. Rc2 Nxb5 34.
axb5 Rxb5 35. Rc7+ $11 {, fixing a draw.}) 32... Nc3 33. Rc2 Nxa2 34. Rc7+ Kf8
{The position is still equal, but White has to play accurately - the pawns are
potentially weak.} 35. h4 Nb4 36. Be2 d4 37. exd4 Nd5 38. Rc8+ Kg7 {Obviously,
now it is Gata who is trying to win the game.} (38... Ke7 39. Bf3 Nxf4 40. Kf2
Ra2+ 41. Kg3 $11) 39. h5 $6 {It is only after this nervous move that Black
gets some practical winning chances.} ({After} 39. Bf3 Nxf4 40. Kf2 Ra3 41. Rc7
$11 {White still would be safe.}) 39... gxh5 40. f5 Nf4 (40... exf5 41. Rc5
Rxc5 42. dxc5 h4 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. c6 Kxg5 45. Bc4 $11) 41. fxe6 fxe6 (41... Nxe6
42. Bxh5 Rxg5 43. Bxf7 $11 {is an easy draw.}) 42. Bf3 ({A simpler way was} 42.
Bc4 Rxg5 43. Kf2 h4 44. Kf3 Nd5 45. Bxd5 exd5 46. Kf4 Rg1 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rc6+
Kh5 49. Rc8 $11) 42... Rxg5 43. Kf2 {Black is a pawn up, but the limited
material balance makes White's defensive task quite simple.} Nh3+ (43... h4 44.
Rc7+ Kg6 45. Rc8 h3 46. Rh8 Nh5 47. d5 $11) 44. Ke3 Rg3 45. Ke4 ({Missing the
easiest way:} 45. Rc2 $1 Ng5 (45... h4 46. Rg2 Rxg2 47. Bxg2 Ng5 48. Kf4 h3 49.
Bc6 $11) 46. Kf4 h4 47. Bg4 Kf6 48. Rc8 Rd3 49. Rf8+ Nf7 50. Ke4 Rg3 51. Bh5
Rg7 52. Bxf7 Rxf7 53. Rh8 Kg5 54. Ke5 $11) 45... h4 46. Be2 Rg1 47. Ke3 $4 {
This mistake could have led to a quick loss.} (47. Ba6 $1 Ng5+ 48. Kf4 h3 49.
Bb7 h2 50. Rc2 Nh3+ 51. Ke5 $11) 47... Re1 $2 {Strangely enough, Gata doesn't
take his chance!} ({After} 47... Ng5 48. Rc2 h3 49. Bb5 Kh6 50. Bc6 Re1+ 51.
Kf4 Rd1 $19 {the second pawn would fall.}) 48. Rc5 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ra1 50. d5 $4 {
Luckily for Gata, his young opponent commits the last mistake.} ({Even now,
after all the mistakes, draw was still reachable:} 50. Rc8 $1 Ra3 (50... Nf4
51. Rf8+ Kg5 52. Rg8+ Kf5 53. Bg4+ Ke4 54. Bxe6 Nxe6 55. Rg4+ $11) 51. Rf8+ Ke7
52. Rf1 Ng5 53. Rf4 h3 54. Rh4 Kd6 55. Ke1 $1 {, and Black cannot make
progress.}) 50... Ng5 (50... Ng5 51. Rc8 h3 52. Rh8 exd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 h6 7. Bd3 $146 {
This novelty can hardly pose Black new problems. The inclusion of h7-h6 does
not affect the position much, so the resulting positions should be compared
with the known 6.Bd3 line.} ({In his previous rapid game, Magnus went for the
most ambitious:} 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bd2 {Black should have
played:} Be7 ({and here instead of:} 10... Bd6 $2 11. Qa4+ Nc6 (11... Nbd7 12.
Nb5 $18) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ $16 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2837)-Bologan,V (2732)/
Astana KAZ 2012 (54)}) 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O Nfd7 {with a solid position. For
instance,} 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. a4 Nb8 15. e4 dxe4 16. d5 Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 $1 (
17... Bc5 $6 18. Nxe4 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Ng3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2802)
-Carlsen,M (2826)/London 2011/CBM 146 (39)}) 18. Qc4 ({Black is clearly no
longer at risk in the event of:} 18. Qc2 Ra8 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Nxe4 Bd4 $11) 18... b6 19. g4 exd5 (19... Bh7 $5 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Rfd1 Qb8 {
is also fine for Black}) 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Be6 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $11) 7...
Bxd3 (7... e6 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Qc2 g6 10. O-O Bd6 $11) 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Bb4 10.
Bd2 O-O 11. Rfd1 {This position is quite topical with the pawn on h7. Black
has to solve a problem of Bb4 now - 11...Nbd7? is a tactical blunder (12.Nxd5!)
} Bxc3 {The simplest way to complete the developement.} ({Protecting the
bishop has its drawbacks:} 11... a5 12. a3 Bxc3 (12... Be7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Bf4 $14) 13. bxc3 Nbd7 (13... dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd5 15. Qe2
$14) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. c4 $14) ({It was possible to keep the bishop on the
board by means of} 11... Ba5 $5 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. b4 Bc7 14. e4 Nb6 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. e5 Nfd7 $132) 12. Bxc3 Nbd7 13. b3 {White is marginally better due to
a space advantage, but it would be difficult to make progress.} Qe7 {At this
stage of the game Hikaru correctly avoids any active actions.} (13... Ne4 14.
Bb2 a5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Qc2 $14) 14. Rac1 Rac8 (14... a5 15. Nd2
Rfd8 (15... a4 16. b4 Nb6 17. c5 Nbd7 18. b5 $14) 16. h3 Nf8 17. e4 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Ng6 20. a4 Qg5 21. g3 Rd7 22. h4 Qh5 23. Rd3 Ne7 24. Rcd1
$14) 15. Qe2 Ne4 $6 {This move looks natural, but the knight does not have
much of a job to do there. Moreover, now White's plan of seizing the centre by
means of f2-f3 and e3-e4 becomes more realistic.} ({A solid alternative was} 
15... Rfd8 {completing the flexible setup. The play may continue:} 16. Ne1 dxc4
17. bxc4 c5 18. Qb2 b6 19. f3 (19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxb6 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Qc3 $11) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rc6 $11) 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Ne1 Nd6 {Allowing
the unpleasant pin, but Black's position lacks any constructive ideas.} (17...
Qg5 18. f3 Nd6 19. c5 (19. e4 $6 dxc4 20. bxc4 b5 $132) 19... Nf5 20. e4 Nh4
21. g3 $14) (17... dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nef6 19. Nd3 $14) (17... Nef6 18. Nd3 $14) 18.
Ba3 $14 f5 {Hikaru is trying to stop e3-e5 at any cost, but the weakness of
the dark squares in his camp is obvious now.} (18... Nf6 19. Nd3 Qc7 20. f3 $14
) 19. Nd3 Nf6 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Qf3 {Magnus decides to activate the queen and is
ready to enter the endgame.} ({Black is definitely also under pressure after} 
21. f3 $5 Nf7 22. Be1 Qe7 23. Bh4 $14) 21... dxc4 {This exchange can hardly
suit Black - the pawn structure is better for White now. However, Hikaru was
trying to push e6-e5.} (21... Nf7 22. h4 Re8 $14) 22. bxc4 Nf7 23. a4 {A
positional threat of fixing the pawn structure is unpleasant, so Black is
forced to take a decision now.} a5 {Creating one more potential weakness.} ({
I would prefer} 23... b6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Nxf4 Re8 (25... c5 26. Ba3 $14) 26.
a5 bxa5 27. Bxa5 e5 28. dxe5 Nxe5 $14 {in the resulting position White has a
stable positional advantage, but the material is reduced.}) 24. Be1 b6 25. Qg3
{Black cannot avoid an inferior endgame.} (25. Qf4 $5) 25... Qxg3 26. hxg3 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb6][%cal Gc4c5]} Ra8 {A sad necessity. There was no other way to
save losing a pawn.} (26... c5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Bxa5 Rd6 29. Be1 Rcd8 30. Nb2
$16) 27. f3 Rdb8 {A correct idea. Pushing b6-b5 may simplify the position and
ease Black's task.} 28. Rc2 (28. Rb1 Nd7 29. c5 (29. Kf2 Nd6 30. Rdc1 c5 $14)
29... bxc5 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Ne5 $14) 28... b5 (28... Nd7 $5
29. Rb1 e5 $14) 29. Nc5 $1 {The most ambitious continuation. Magnus is not
ready to swap the queenside pawns.} ({Things could be much easier for Hikaru
after} 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Ra1 e5 $14) 29... bxc4 ({After} 29... b4
30. Nxe6 Ra7 31. Nc5 Nd7 32. Nb3 $14 {the strong Pb4 doesn't fully compensate
for the loss of a pawn.}) 30. Rxc4 Nd5 (30... e5 31. Kf2 Nd5 32. Rdc1 Rb2+ (
32... exd4 33. Rxd4 Rb2+ 34. Rd2 Rb4 35. Re2 Rb6 36. e4 fxe4 37. Rxe4 $14) 33.
R4c2 Rxc2+ 34. Rxc2 exd4 35. exd4 $14) 31. Bd2 e5 32. e4 {A double-edged
decision. Magnus gets an excellent square for his knight, but now there are
not many pawns left on the board.} (32. Ne6 $5 Rb6 33. dxe5 (33. Rdc1 exd4 34.
Rxd4 $14) 33... Nxe5 34. Rc5 Nd7 35. Rc2 $14) 32... fxe4 33. Nxe4 (33. fxe4 $6
Nf6 $11) 33... Nb6 $6 {This natural decision is wrong. Nakamura liquidates the
last queenside pawn, but his pieces lose harmony.} (33... exd4 $142 34. Rxd4
Rb2 35. Rc1 Nd8 36. Nc5 Ra2 $14) 34. Rxc6 Nd8 ({I would prefer} 34... Nxa4 35.
Ra1 Nb6 ({after} 35... Nb2 36. d5 a4 37. d6 a3 38. d7 Nd8 39. Rc3 $16 {White's
passed pawn is very strong}) 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Bxa5 Na4 $1 38. dxe5 (38. d5 $2
Rb5 $11) 38... Nxe5 39. Rc7 Rf8 40. g4 $16 {and Black has a very difficult
position, but drawing chances cannot be understimated.}) 35. Rg6 $1 {A good
practical decision - now Black has an unpleasant choice, so there are more
chances for an additional mistake!} (35. Rd6 Nf7 (35... Nc4 36. Rd5 exd4 37.
Rxd4 $16) 36. Re6 Nxa4 37. dxe5 Nb2 38. Ra1 a4 39. Bc3 Nc4 40. f4 $16) 35...
Nc4 36. dxe5 Kh7 $2 {A decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary to exchange the
strong bishop:} 36... Nxe5 37. Rd6 Nc4 38. Rd7 Nb6 39. Bf4 Nxd7 40. Bxb8 Rxb8
41. Rxd7 $16) 37. Rg4 Nxe5 38. Rh4 Ndf7 (38... Ndc6 39. g4 Kg8 40. Bc3 $18) 39.
Bc3 {Combining play on the both sides of the board.} Rb3 (39... Rd8 40. Rb1 Rd3
41. Rb5 Nd7 42. Bxa5 $18) 40. Rd5 Re8 41. Rf4 $1 {Brilliant technique by the
World Champion. Now Black just loses a second pawn.} (41. Rxa5 Ng6 42. Rg4 Rxe4
43. Rxe4 Rxc3 $16 {deserves much more efforts.}) 41... Re7 42. Bxa5 $18 {
The rest is a matter of accuracy, since Black is unable to create any threats.}
Ng6 43. Rff5 Nfe5 44. Rd1 {The rook is going to support the passed Pa4.} Nc4 (
44... Ra3 45. Bb4 $18) 45. Rc1 Nxa5 46. Rxa5 Ra3 47. Rcc5 {Restricting the
knight. White is not in a hurry.} Ra2 48. Kh2 Rd7 ({The following illustrative
line shows, that Black is helpless:} 48... Rb7 49. Ra8 Rbb2 50. Nf6+ $1 gxf6
51. Rc7+ Ne7 52. Rxe7+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kf5 54. g4+ Kf4 55. Re4#) 49. Ra6 Ne7 50.
g4 Rb7 ({Or} 50... Nd5 51. Rxd5 Rxd5 52. Nc3 Rdd2 53. Nxa2 Rxa2 54. a5 $18) 51.
Rb5 Rc7 52. Nc5 Rc6 (52... Ng6 53. Kg3 $18) 53. Rxc6 Nxc6 54. Rb7 {Reminding
Black about the king.} Nd4 55. Kh3 Kg8 56. Rb4 Ne2 57. g5 Ng1+ (57... hxg5 58.
Kg4 Ng1 59. g3 Ne2 60. Ne4 $18) 58. Kg3 Ne2+ (58... hxg5 59. Ne4 g4 60. f4 g6
61. Nf6+ Kg7 62. Nxg4 $18) 59. Kg4 hxg5 60. Kxg5 Ng1 61. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:35]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 6. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} ({The most common continuations here are:} 6. Bg5) ({and} 6. g3) 6... a5 {
[%emt 0:06:25] A standard way of development for a setup with 5.a4 - the
b4-spot is now vacant for the knight.} ({One of the most principled replies
here is:} 6... c5 $5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Nxg4
Nxd5 $11 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2786)-Movsesian,S (2732)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127/
[Krasenkow,M] (76)}) ({Previously, Evgeny has also tried:} 6... Be7 7. e3 Nh5
8. Bd3 (8. Be5 {deserves serious attention here:} Nd7 9. a5 O-O 10. c5 Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 Nf6 12. f4 $14) 8... Nxf4 9. exf4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. b3 (11. Rc1 Nb4 12.
b3 O-O 13. Bb1 Bf6 14. Re1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2759)
-Carlsen,M (2835)/Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147/[Marin,M] (21)}) 11... Nb4 12. Re1
O-O 13. Rc1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 15. g3 Bd6 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Tomashevsky,E (2695)
/Dubai UAE 2014 (37), Black had a solid, but somewhat passive position.}) 7. e3
{[%emt 0:00:38]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 8. g4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:29] The idea
of early k-side activity with such an aggressive advance is usual in many
openings, such as the Keres attack in the Sicilian or the Anti-Meran. Still,
the fresh idea of Fabiano is quite impressive and forces Black to solve some
concrete problems.} ({Tomashevsky was able to equalise quite easily in his
preceding game:} 8. h3 Na6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nb4 11. Qb3 b6 12. Na2 Nxa2 13.
Qxa2 c5 14. Rfd1 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Indjic,A (2534)-Tomashevsky,E (2722)/Warsaw
POL 2013 (41)}) 8... Na6 {[%emt 0:10:53] A consistent reply - Black keeps the
king in the centre for a while and gets ready for developing the queenside
pieces.} (8... O-O 9. g5 Nh5 (9... Ne4 10. h4 c5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 cxd4 14. cxd4 $14) 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. h4 g6 12. Be2 {leads to a complex
position, where White's chances seem preferable, since Black's light-squared
bishop is very passive.}) 9. g5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:34] The
knight's placement is much more safe than on h5 now, but White gets excellent
attacking prospects.} (9... Nh5 $5 10. Be5 Nb4 11. Be2 O-O 12. h4 (12. Nd2 $6 {
is premature:} f6 13. gxf6 Nxf6 14. Rg1 Bd6 $15) 12... f6 13. gxf6 gxf6 14. Bh2
Kh8 {was a possible way of handling this line, but entering into such a sharp
position against a well-prepared opponent is a tough decision.}) 10. h4 {
[%emt 0:15:29]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:19] Black cannot
attack White's centre at the moment, so Fabiano has time for this natural
developing move.} ({The most aggressive} 11. h5 {also looks quite promising:}
b6 12. Qd2 Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. O-O-O $14) 13. cxd5
Bxf1 14. Kxf1 exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O 17. Rc1 $14 {would have yielded
White a stable edge.}) 11... b6 {[%emt 0:15:17] That move enables White to fix
the pawn structure, so the king would be much safer.} ({A more challenging
move was} 11... O-O $1 {intending to meet} 12. h5 {with} dxc4 13. Bxc4 ({
The over-aggressive} 13. g6 {doesn't promise much:} fxg6 14. hxg6 h6 15. Bxc4
Nd5 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Rxh6 Bf6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Rh8+ Kg7 20. Rh7+ Kg8 21. Qh5
N7f6 22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Rh7+ Kg8 $11) 13... Nb6 14. Be2 N6d5 $132) 12. h5 {
[%emt 0:10:15]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:51]} ({The exchange of bishops wouldn't solve
the problems:} 12... Ba6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 $14 {Black's
position lacks any active ideas.}) 13. cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:31] Correctly
clarifying the pawn structure, so the light-squared bishop remains passive.}
exd5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17.
O-O O-O 18. Qb1 $16 {would have left Evgeny with a difficult position from the
strategic point of view: White has access to many important squares, while
most of Black's pieces are very passive.}) 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:07:20] The most
natural continuation. There is nothing wrong with connecting the rooks now.} f5
$5 {[%emt 0:19:22] This advance helps White to open up the position.} (14...
Nf8 $5 {deserves seriou attention:} 15. Be5 f6 16. gxf6 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17.
O-O-O Ne6) 17. Bh2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. O-O-O O-O-O {with a slighly worse,
but solid position.}) 15. gxf6 {[%emt 0:11:19]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (15...
Nxf6 {was hardly a better choice:} 16. Ne5 (16. O-O-O Ne4 17. Qe1 O-O 18. Ne5
$14) 16... Bd6 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Rdg1 O-O-O 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. f3 $14) 16. h6 {
[%emt 0:04:54] This move is connected with a concrete idea, but it looks like
Black should be able to get definite counterplay against White's king.} ({
It looks like the consistent} 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Rdg1 {was objectively stronger:
} Qe7 18. Rg4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rhg1 Kh8 21. Kb1 $14) 16... g6 {[%emt 0:01:
09]} 17. e4 {[%emt 0:10:34]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:06:30] This move isn't bad, but now
White's pieces are becoming much more active.} ({At the same time, after} 17...
O-O $1 18. e5 (18. exd5 c5 $1 19. O-O-O cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 $36) (18. O-O-O c5 $1
19. exd5 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5) 18... Be7 19. O-O-O Rf5 20. Be3 Nf8 $132 {Black
should be at least not worse.}) 18. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]}
19. O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:04]} Nd5 $6 {[%emt 0:05:24] This natural-looking move is
a serious mistake, since the second knight is quite useless now.} ({
Tomashevsky's task wasn't easy, but it looks like} 19... b5 $1 {would give
Black excellent counterplay:} 20. Rhe1 (20. Nfg5 c5 21. Bxb5 Bd5 $132) (20. Nd6
Bc8 21. Rdg1 Nd5 22. Bd3 Kh8 $132) 20... Nb6 21. Bg5 N6d5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nc5
Rb8 $132) 20. Bg3 {[%emt 0:06:11]} Ba6 $6 {[%emt 0:03:34] The exchange of
bishops definitely suits Caruana now.} ({Much stronger was} 20... Be7 $1 {
making the f6-spot vacant for Black's knight. In that case White's position
would be preferable, but the character of play is double-edged. For instance:}
21. Ne5 N7f6 (21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc8 $14) 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Kb1 $14) 21. Bxa6
{[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Rhe1 $6 {[%emt 0:03:07] Returning
the favour.} ({The precise} 22. Qc2 {would prevent Black from consolidating:}
Be7 (22... Ra8 23. Kb1 $16) 23. Qxc6 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8+ 25. Kb1 $16) 22... Ra8
{[%emt 0:04:23]} (22... Be7 $5 23. Nfg5 Re8 24. Ne6 Bb4 25. Nxd8 Bxd2+ 26. Nxd2
Rxd8 27. Re6 $14) 23. Kb1 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 24. Qd3 $14 {
[%emt 0:00:38] Evgeny is under strong positional pressure now, but the strong
Nd5 leaves some hopes for a successful defence.} Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} ({
The immediate} 24... N7f6 {can be strongly met by} 25. Neg5 Nb4 26. Qe2 Qd5 27.
Qe6+ Kh8 28. Re5 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 $16) ({But} 24... Rc8 $5 {was possible and if}
25. Ne5 {then} N7f6 26. Rc1 Nb4 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Qc4+ Qd5 29. Qxd5+ Nxd5 30.
Nxc6 Rfe8 $14 {with definite drawing chances.}) 25. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} ({
There was another decent way to extend the initiative:} 25. Bd6 $5 N7f6 26.
Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Rc1 $16) 25... Qc8 $2 {[%emt 0:10:14]} ({There was no reason for
rejecting} 25... Nxe5 $1 26. dxe5 Qd7 27. e6 {looks scary, but the cool-blooded
} Qd8 28. Nc3 Qf8 $14 {would allow Evgeny to stay in the game.}) 26. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:07:17]} Nxc3+ {[%emt 0:08:18]} ({Possibly, the best practical chance
was} 26... Nxe5 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. dxe5 Qe6 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 $16 {
White is a pawn up, but there are some weaknesses.}) 27. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:01:48]}
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:07:40]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:51] The lesser
evil. The pin on the Rf7 is very annoying, but Black manages to avoid an
immediate loss of material.} ({Black's position is completely hopeless after} 
28... Kh8 29. dxe5 b5 30. e6 bxa4 31. Qxa4 $18 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) (28... Nf7 {
is also bad:} 29. Rxe7 Qf8 30. Rde1 Qxh6 31. Bd6 $1 $18 {with full domination.}
) 29. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf5+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:03] Being short on time,
Evgeny makes White's task much easier.} ({Much more stubborn was} 29... Qh3 $1
{keeping an eye on the Ph6} 30. Qxb6 $140 Qe6 $1 31. Re2 Bf8 32. Rc2 Rc8 33.
Qxa5 Qg4 $1 34. Rdc1 Rb7 $16 {with some counterplay.}) 30. Ka2 $18 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} Bb4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (30... b5 31. e6 Rff8 32. Rd7 Qc5 33. Bd6 Bxd6 34.
e7+ Qc4 35. Qxc4+ bxc4 36. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 37. Re4 $18) 31. e6 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
Re7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Bh4 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:01:34] Now Black is completely
lost.} Ree8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 33. e7+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} (33. Rd7 {was also good
enough:} Bxe1 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rf7 $18) 33... Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. Re6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:59] Desperation.} 35. Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} ({Or
} 35. Rg1 bxa4 36. Rexg6+ hxg6 37. Rxg6+ $18) 35... bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36.
Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:24] The rest was just an agony.} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 37. Rxa8
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:
00:43]} 39. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 40. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 {GM Daniil Dubov is known as a
player who has undertaken deep theoretical investigations into various
openings. This time he enters into a relatively rare line, where Black can
grab the pawn.} b5 6. Be2 (6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 {is the most common, but after} e6 {
Black mostly manages to complete the development and keep his extra pawn.})
6... e6 7. O-O Bb7 {The resulting position resembles the Anti-Moscow, but
Black's kingside chain isn't exposed by the g7-g5 advance.} 8. b3 Bb4 $146 {
Evgeny is focused on maintaining the material advantage. Surprisingly, this
natural move is a novelty.} ({It is worth paying serious attention to} 8... b4
$5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O $132 {
with interesting play for both sides - White has some attacking prospects on
the kingside, whereas Black is mostly relying on the queenside passer.}) ({
Another natural continuation -} 8... cxb3 {might be met by} 9. d5 $5 {,
intending to immediately open-up the position and punish Black for delaying
his development. Most likely, this exciting position was deeply analysed by
Daniil before the game:} exd5 ({Possibly,} 9... cxd5 {is also playable, but
White's full compensation for the pawn is undeniable:} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxb5+
Bc6 12. Qxb3 Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Qxc3 Rc8) 10. exd5 Be7 (10... Nxd5 11.
Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Re1 $1 ({A less promising try is} 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Bxb5+ Bc6 14.
Re1+ Kd7 (14... Be7 $2 15. Ba3 {Polivanov,A - Berzina,I Katowice POL 2017, was
lost for Black.}) 15. Ne5+ Kc7 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. axb3 Kb6 {and Black is safe.})
12... Qxd1 13. Bxd1+ Kd8 14. Bxb3 Kc7 15. Ng5 $36 {Despite the major
simplifications, White's initiative seems powerful.}) 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qxd8+
Rxd8 13. Bxb5 O-O 14. axb3 $11 {the complications come to an end, and the
subsequent endgame is equal.}) 9. e5 Bxc3 10. exf6 {It turns out, that the
desertion of the bishop from the k-side makes it difficult for Black to
consolidate.} gxf6 {Now the position is getting much sharper - obviously,
Black's king would be in definite danger even after leaving the centre. On the
other hand, the e5 and g5 spots are not vacant for White's pieces any longer.}
(10... Qxf6 $5 {looks scary for a human eye, but it was equally good:} 11. Bg5
({After} 11. Rb1 h6 $1 12. bxc4 b4 13. c5 a5 14. a3 Ba6 15. axb4 axb4 16. Bd2
O-O 17. Bxc3 bxc3 {White would be able to regain the pawn, but Black is OK.})
11... Qf5 12. Rb1 h6 ({But} 12... c5 $6 {is worse:} 13. bxc4 b4 14. d5 $1 $36)
(12... O-O 13. bxc4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Qg4 15. c5 {offers White full compensation for
the pawn.}) 13. Be3 O-O 14. bxc4 Nd7 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Rxb5 Bd5 {, and Black
manages to successfully complete development and solve the problems.}) 11. Rb1
c5 $1 {Black can afford to give the material back in order to activate the
pieces.} (11... cxb3 $6 {is too greedy:} 12. Qxb3 Ba5 13. Nd2 $1 $40) 12. bxc4
cxd4 {Eliminating the opponent's centre is Black's undeniable achievement, but
the king is still in big danger.} ({It made also sense to lock the b-file by
means of} 12... b4 $5 {For instance,} 13. Bb2 (13. d5 Nd7 14. Be3 Qc7 $132)
13... Bxb2 14. Rxb2 Nd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxb4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rc8
$11) 13. Rxb5 ({In the event of} 13. Ba3 b4 14. Bxb4 Be4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Bxb4 17. Rxb4 Nc6 18. Rb7 O-O {White's initiative is hardly worth more than a
pawn.}) 13... Bc6 14. Rc5 {The vulnerablity of Rc5 yields Black extra
defensive resources.} ({The original retreat} 14. Rh5 $5 {would definitely
suit Daniil's style toor. The play might continue:} Na6 15. Bf4 d3 $1 16. Bxd3
Nb4 {, and Black manages to liquidate into an approximately equal endgame.})
14... Be4 {Now the Nb8 isn't tied to protecting the bishop.} ({Another move
deserving serious attention was} 14... Qb6 $5 15. Ba3 Qa6 $1 ({Instead, the
timid} 15... Nd7 $6 {runs into} 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rg8 19. g3
$36 {with a powerful initiative - Black's king is stuck in the centre.}) 16.
Nxd4 Qxa3 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxc6 Rd8 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Bd4 $11) 15. Bd3
Bxd3 $6 {A dubious decision - White's queen is joining the attack with great
effect.} ({Much better was} 15... Bg6 $1 16. Ba3 O-O {the presense of Bg6
makes Black's king much safer now} 17. h4 Nd7 18. Rb5 a6 19. Rb3 Rc8 20. Bxf8
Nxf8 $132 {would lead to very complex play with mutual chances.}) 16. Qxd3 Na6
$2 {This inaccuate move makes Black's position extremely dangerous.} ({The
more natural} 16... Nd7 {was called for:} 17. Rh5 Qb6 18. Rb5 $1 (18. Rxh7 {
is weaker:} Rg8 19. Rh4 Qb7 20. g3 O-O-O $132) 18... Qc6 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4
Rg8 21. g3 Ne5 22. Rb3 Rd8 23. Qf4 Rg6 $14 {White is better, but the activity
of his pieces offers Black decent drawing chances.}) 17. Rb5 $1 {Possibly,
this strong move was overestimated by Evgeny.} ({Had White played} 17. Rh5 $2
Rc8 18. Rxh7 Rxh7 19. Qxh7 Rxc4 $132 {the play would be very double-edged.})
17... Qd6 (17... Rb8 {was hardly any better:} 18. Ba3 Rxb5 19. cxb5 Nc7 20. Rb1
Ba5 21. Nd2 $1 $18 {with a decisive attack.}) 18. Nh4 $2 {Daniil's way of
developing the attack has a serious drawback - there are still undeveloped
pieces!} ({A much stronger move was} 18. Rd1 $1 Rd8 19. Qe4 Nc5 20. Qh4 $18 {
and the attack is unstoppable.}) 18... Qc6 $2 {Alas, GM Postny doesn't manage
to withstand the pressure and loses on the spot.} ({At the same time, after} 
18... Rc8 $1 19. Qf3 d3 20. Rb3 Be5 21. Rxd3 Qc6 $14 {the lion's part of
White's advantage would be spoiled.}) 19. Ba3 Rc8 20. Qg3 $1 $18 {Now Black's
king is helpless.} Qxc4 21. Qd6 Bb4 22. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 {A solid way to fight
for a small edge without taking much risk.} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 {
Preventing White from pushing e3-e4 at the early stage of the game. In many
cases Black may even be able to afford to give up the dark-squared bishop.} 9.
Bd2 O-O 10. Rfd1 {A tricky waiting move. The natural 10...Nbd7? would be a
tactical blunder: 11.Nxd5! Nxd5 12.cxd5 Bxd2 13.dxe6 and White wins a pawn.} ({
Also worth considering is} 10. a3 $5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 (11. bxc3 b5 12. cxd5 exd5
13. a4 Nbd7 $11) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd5
16. Be5 b5 17. Nd2 Rc8 {and White is marginally better here.}) 10... a5 (10...
Ba5 $5) 11. a3 Be7 (11... Bxc3 $6 {In this version this decision seem dubious:}
12. bxc3 $1 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. c4 $14 {and we can clearly see a drawback
to the weakening 10...a5.}) 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 {Black's position lacks
some space, so exchanging one pair of knights may definitely ease his task.} (
13... Nbd7 14. Nc3 $1 {potentially may be more dangerous for Black. For
instance,} Qb6 15. Bf4 a4 16. h3 Qa6 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Qf1 h6 19. d5 $14 {
1-0 Bacrot,E (2691)-Rausis,I (2486)/Liverpool 2008/CBM 126 Extra (35)}) 14.
Qxe4 Nd7 15. Bf4 $146 {A natural novelty. The bishop was blocking the d-file,
so White finds the best square for it.} (15. a4 Qb6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Qe2 {
1-0 Papp,P (2316)-Bird,A (2205)/Kecskemet HUN 2013 (50)} c5 18. d5 exd5 19.
Rxd5 Nf6 $11) (15. Bc3 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qc7 $11) 15... Re8 {A standard prophylactic
move. Black is not only protecting the bishop, but also freeing a way for the
route Nd7-f8-g6.} ({Veselin could hardly improve on his play at this stage:} 
15... Qb6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rd3 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 (19... Nf8 20. Rad1
Ng6 21. Bg3 Rxd5 22. cxd5 $14) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Re1 Bd6 22. Bd2 $14 {with
stable pressure.}) 16. Qc2 ({Levon could also try} 16. Rd3 $5 a4 (16... Qb6 17.
Qe2 Qa6 18. Re3 b5 19. Re1 $14) (16... Nf6 17. Qe2 a4 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Ne5 Rad8
20. h4 $14) 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Re3 $14 {Preventing the freeing
c6-c5 for a while.}) 16... Qb6 17. Rd3 ({There was also the interesting} 17. c5
$5 Qa6 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rad1 {White has a serious space advantage and a clear
plan of delivering the knight to d6. Black's control over the d5-square
doesn't fully compensate for those factors.} Nf6 (19... a4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Ne5
Rd5 (21... Nd5 22. Bg3 {followed by 23.Nc4 with some advantage.}) 22. Nc4 $14)
20. Ne5 Nd5 21. Bg3 Bf6 22. Nc4 $14) 17... c5 18. d5 (18. Rad1 cxd4 19. Rxd4
Nc5 20. Be3 Red8 $11) 18... Bf6 (18... exd5 19. Rxd5 Nf8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Be5
Ng6 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Qd2 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 $14) 19. Rad1 $6 {This
natural move allows Black to regroup the pieces.} ({That seems the last moment
to pose Black any problems:} 19. Rb3 $1 {after any retreat the queen would be
misplaced, so Black lacks harmony:} Qa7 (19... Qa6 20. Rd1 exd5 21. Rxd5 a4 (
21... Nf8 22. Rd6 Qa7 23. Rdb6 Re7 24. Bd6 $16) 22. Re3 Qc6 23. Qf5 $14) 20. a4
(20. Rd1 exd5 21. Rxd5 Nf8 {is close to equality too.}) 20... exd5 21. cxd5
Rac8 22. Rc1 b6 23. Re3 $14) 19... exd5 20. Rxd5 (20. cxd5 $6 {is unsuccessful
from a human point of view, since after} a4 21. R3d2 Qb3 {Black has a
comfortable position,while the passed Pd5 may become weak soon.}) 20... Nf8 21.
R1d2 {Protecting the Pb2, but Black gets some tactical resources, as it
weakens the 1st rank.} ({However, it looks like in case of} 21. Be5 Bxe5 22.
Nxe5 Rad8 23. g3 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Qf5 b6 $11 {Black should easily
equalise too .}) 21... Ne6 $11 22. Rd6 (22. Be3 Rad8 23. g3 h6 $11) 22... Qc7
23. Bg3 $6 {Levon is allowing too much activity.} ({A more accurate try would
be} 23. Rxe6 Qxf4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rd5 $11) 23... Nd4 $1 24. Qd1 $1 {
Switching to a precise defence.} (24. Qd3 Qe7 25. h3 Rad8 26. Nxd4 Rxd6 27.
Bxd6 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Bxd4 $15) 24... Qe7 ({After} 24... Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qc8 26. Kg2
Bd4 27. Re2 $11 {Black can hardly exploit any drawback in White's kingside
pawn structure.}) 25. h3 Rad8 26. Rxd8 ({Levon could also simplify the
position:} 26. Nxd4 Rxd6 (26... cxd4 27. c5 $11) (26... Qe1+ 27. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 28.
Kh2 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Bxd4 30. b4 $11) 27. Bxd6 Qe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Bxd4
30. b4 $11) 26... Rxd8 27. Nxd4 cxd4 {Veselin chooses the ambitious way, but
White is able to stop the passed pawn.} (27... Bxd4 $5 {requires some accuracy
as well:} 28. Qe2 (28. b4 b6 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Kf1 Qe6 31. Qe2 Qb6 $15) 28...
Qd7 29. Bf4 Re8 30. Be3 Re4 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. b3 $11) 28. a4 $1 {
An important move - fixing the pawn structure may tell in the edngame.} h5 (
28... Re8 29. Kf1 Qc5 30. b3 h5 31. f3 $11) 29. b3 h4 30. Bf4 g5 $6 {This move
doesn't change the objective valuation, but after exposing the king Black
should be careful as well.} (30... Re8 31. Kf1 g5 32. Bh2 $11) 31. Re2 $1 {
Taking control over the e-file.} Qc5 32. Bd2 Qf5 33. Re1 b6 $1 {Correctly
deviating from the most tempting advance.} (33... d3 34. Qh5 Kg7 35. f4 Qg6 36.
Qg4 gxf4 37. Qxf4 Rd4 38. Qf3 $14) 34. Qf3 {Going into an equal endgame.} ({
The strong passed pawn is too strong, so White couldn't create any serious
threats:} 34. Qh5 Qd3 35. Rd1 (35. Bxg5 $6 Qf5 36. f4 d3 $15) 35... Qc2 36.
Bxg5 Qf5 37. f4 d3 $11) 34... Qxf3 35. gxf3 Kg7 36. Kf1 (36. f4 gxf4 37. Bxf4
d3 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Be3 Rd6 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Kf3 Kf5 $11) 36... Kg6 37. Re4 Kf5
38. Ke2 d3+ $1 {Just in time! Black shouldn't allow 39.Kd3.} 39. Kd1 Bd4 40.
Rg4 ({Or} 40. Be3 Bc5 $1 41. Kd2 Bb4+ 42. Kd1 Bc5 $11) 40... f6 41. f4 gxf4 42.
Rxf4+ Ke5 43. f3 ({White could try} 43. Rxh4 Bxf2 44. Bc3+ Kf5 45. Rh5+ {
but it doesn't give any realistic hopes either:} Ke6 ({or} 45... Ke4 46. Bxf6
Rf8 47. Re5+ Kf4 48. Be7 Re8 49. Re6 Kf5 50. Rf6+ Ke4 51. Rf7 Be3 $11 {with
sufficient counterplay.}) 46. Rd5 $1 Rxd5 47. cxd5+ Kxd5 48. Bxf6 b5 49. axb5
Kc5 50. Kd2 Kxb5 51. Kxd3 a4 52. bxa4+ Kxa4 $11) 43... Bf2 44. Rg4 Kf5 45. Rf4+
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 $5 {That move
looks a bit harmless, but at least the resulting positions are much less well
known than after 7.Be2.} Nbd7 ({During the game I was a bit worried about} 7...
e6 8. h3 Bf5 $5 9. g4 Be4 10. g5 b4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 $132) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4
10. Na4 e5 11. Qd1 ({My opponent had a very successful experience ih this
variation:} 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd1 O-O $1 15. Be2 a5
16. Rc2 Qe7 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Bb2 Ng6 19. O-O Ne4 20. Bd4 Nh4 $1 $132 {0-1
Carlsen,M (2776)-Wang Yue (2739)/Linares 2009/CBM 129/[Giri,Anish] (64)}) ({
The alterantives are:} 11. O-O-O $6 Be7 12. c5 a5 13. g4 Ne4 $15 {0-1 Gavrilov,
A (2470)-Ivanov,O (2461)/Lipetsk 2009/CBM 131 Extra (24)}) (11. c5 a5 12. Qd1
g6 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. O-O O-O $11) ({and} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd1 Bd6
14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rc1 a5 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. Be1 Qe5 20. g3
h5 $15 {1-0 Lugovoi,A (2509)-Volkov,S (2575)/Moscow 1999/CBM 075 (59)}) 11...
Bd6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] In my opinion, this important novelty should solve all
the problems of Black.} ({As we can see, even the top players failed to
achieve equality earlier:} 11... Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 exd4 14. O-O (14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. O-O Bd6 16. Bf5 Nf6 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Rac1 g6 19. Bd3 $14 {
Kramnik,V (2759)-Karjakin,S (2706)/ 2009/Chess Informants 104-106 (23)}) 14...
Be7 $6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf5 Rb8 17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Rc6 $16 {
Alekseev,E (2716)-Svidler,P (2726)/Nalchik 2009}) 12. Bd3 {My home preparation
was mainly based on that quiet developing move.} ({I didn't like the greedy} 
12. c5 Bc7 13. Bxb4 (13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. a3 Qb8 $13) 13... O-O 14. Be2
Ne4 15. O-O exd4 16. exd4 Qh4 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Be1 Nf8 $44 {as it gives Black
very easy play for the pawn.}) 12... O-O 13. O-O a5 14. cxd5 {Finally I have
decided to deviate from my initial plans.} ({The point is that during the game
I rejected} 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qc6 {in view of:} Ra7
$11 {and Black has everything under control on the queenside. In this position
I even prefer his chances because he may develop a dangerous attack on the
kingside in the future.}) 14... cxd5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 ({I had expected} 15... Nxe5
16. Bb5 Qe7 17. Qe2 Ne4 (17... Ng6 $5) 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. Be1 Rad8 20. Rac1 Qe5
21. f4 Qe6 $132 {which leads to a very complex position.}) 16. Rc1 Qe7 {
Black has an isolated pawn, but White's pieces are not located well for
exerting any pressure. I guess the position is more or less equal.} 17. Rc2 (
17. Rc6 {is a pointless ''activity'':} Bb8 18. Bb1 Ne5 $132) ({But worth
considering is} 17. Qc2 $5 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. Bf1 Ne4 20. Be1 $132 {at
least keeping all the pieces on the board. In that case Black keeps some
attacking chances, but White is solid enough and has an open c-file at his
disposal.}) 17... Rad8 (17... Ne4 18. Bc1 Qe6 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ndf6 $11)
18. Bc1 {At this point I just wanted to get a rid of my useless bishop.} h5 (
18... Qe6 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ne5 21. Rc2 Rc8 $11) 19. Bb2 ({After} 19. Bb5
Bb8 20. Bb2 Qd6 21. f4 Ba7 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc8 24. Rfc1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rb8
26. Be2 h4 27. Bf3 Re8 $132 {Black has sufficient counterplay as well.}) 19...
Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Nc5 $6 {I was quite surprised, as my knight is not doing much on
a4.} ({Much more natural and stronger would be} 20... Ne5 21. Rc2 Rc8 22. Be2
g6 23. Qc1 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Rd8 25. Rc1 Ne4 $132 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3]}) 21. Nxc5 Qxc5
22. Rd2 $6 {Usually it's better to choose the most natural moves. This case in
not an exception.} ({I could pose real problems after} 22. Rc2 $142 Qe7 23. Qc1
{[%cal Gc2c5]} d4 24. e4 $1 $14 (24. Rc7 Qd6 25. e4 Rfe8 26. Qc4 $14)) 22...
Qe7 23. Qe2 ({Now it's too late for} 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Qc1 Qb7 25. Rc5 g6 26. Rd1
Nd7 $11) 23... g6 24. Rfd1 (24. Rc1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 24... Rc8 (24... Ne4
{was also good enough:} 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc8 28. Qd1 Qf6 $11
) 25. Rc2 Ne4 ({Black could exploit the weak spot in my camp immediately:} 
25... Rc3 $142 $11 26. Rxc3 $140 $6 bxc3 27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Be2 Kg7 29. Rd3 Qc5
30. Bf3 Ne4 $15) 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rd5 {Now my rooks are very active and may
attack his pawns. Still, Black may get sufficient counterplay by several
accurate moves.} Rfd8 $1 28. Qd2 ({I couldn't find anything better:} 28. Rxc8
Rxc8 29. Qb2 Rc3 $1 $11 30. Rxa5 $2 Qd8 $19) (28. Qd1 Qf6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30.
Rxa5 Qb2 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. exd4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rf1 34. Kg3 h4+ 35. Kxh4 Rxf2 $11)
28... Qf6 $1 29. Rxc8 (29. Rc4 Kh7 {didn't change anything.}) 29... Rxc8 30.
Rxa5 h4 $1 {Just in time! White cannot keep his extra pawn, as his monarch is
in permanent danger now.} 31. Kh2 (31. Qd4 $6 Qxd4 32. exd4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rf1
$15 {is risky only for White.}) 31... Rd8 32. Rd5 ({A draw was agreed in view
of} 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxf2 34. Qxe4 Qg3+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Be2 {This modest-looking
move is quite tricky.} h6 ({The timid} 6... e6 {is hardly sufficient for
achieving equality:} 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. b4 $14) 7.
Bd3 {The original idea was employed by Magnus Carlsen. It looks like a loss of
tempi, but sometimes White may exploit some vulnerablity of the kingside pawn
chain.} Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O ({The immediate} 9. e4 {leads only to
simplifications:} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nd7
$11) 9... Bb4 {A standard way to prevent White from seizing space by means of
e3-e4. In most cases, Black doesn't min exchanging his dark-squared bishop.}
10. Bd2 (10. a3 {achieves nothing special:} Ba5 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. a4
Nbd7 13. Ba3 {is a bit better for White.}) 11. b4 Bc7 12. a4 (12. e4 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7 15. Bb2 Nf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Ne5 a5 $11) 12... O-O 13.
Ba3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qb3 Nbd7 $11) 10... O-O 11. b3 $146 {The main idea
behind this innovation is securing a safe square on b2 for the bishop. It
doesn't seem to pose Black any serious problems.} ({After} 11. Rfd1 Bxc3 (11...
a5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 a4 $11) 12. Bxc3 Nbd7 13. b3 Qe7 14. Rac1
Rac8 {Black was close to full equality, but eventually lost in 1-0 Carlsen,M 
(2881)-Nakamura,H (2772)/Shamkir AZE 2014}) 11... a5 {Protecting the bishop is
a necessary step.} (11... Nbd7 $2 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bxd2 14. dxe6 $16) ({
Another decent way to equalise was:} 11... Qe7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 $11)
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2 {Avoiding further simplifications. However,
the bishop remains quite passive now.} (14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd7 $11) 14...
Re8 {For some reason, Evgeny allows the knight's move to the centre.} ({
Black had no reason for rejecting the natural} 14... Nd7 15. a4 Re8 $11) ({
It was also worth giving serious consideration to} 14... a4 $5 15. b4 Nd6 16.
c5 Nc4 17. Bc3 Nd7 $132 {with a long strategic battle.}) 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7
Qxd7 17. f3 {As a result, White is able to get rid of Black's centralised
knight. However, Black's position remains very solid.} Ng5 $1 ({Correctly
avoiding the passive} 17... Nd6 18. c5 Nf5 (18... Nc8 19. e4 a4 20. b4 Na7 21.
e5 Nb5 22. f4 $14) 19. e4 Ne7 20. e5 $14 {It looks like White has good
attacking prospects here.}) 18. a4 ({Now} 18. e4 {can be strongly met by:} a4
19. b4 f5 $1 {and having control over the light squares, Black should be fine.}
) 18... f6 {Evgeny is ready to bring his knight back.} 19. Bc3 Nf7 20. Rad1 {
This move looks logical, but it allows Black to change the character of play.}
(20. e4 Nd6 21. c5 Nf7 22. Rad1 b6 23. cxb6 Qb7 $11) ({It looks like the
prophylactic} 20. Rfd1 $1 {keeping the rook on a1 for a while could be quite
unpleasant for Black:} Red8 21. Rac1 $1 (21. Be1 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qc3 Qe6
24. cxd5 cxd5 $11) 21... Qe7 22. e4 $14) 20... b5 $1 {Getting some space for
the pieces. Black hasn't fully equalised yet, but now the position becomes
less comfortable for Mamedyarov.} ({At the same time, after} 20... Red8 21. e4
b6 22. Be1 $14 {Black could only sit and wait.}) 21. axb5 cxb5 22. c5 {The
only way to fight for a win.} b4 $1 {Evgeny Tomashevsky correctly keeps the
position closed.} (22... a4 {would be premature:} 23. Ra1 Reb8 24. Bb4 Nd8 25.
Rfb1 Nc6 26. Be1 $14) 23. Be1 Nd8 (23... e5 24. Bg3 exd4 25. exd4 Nd8 26. Ra1
Nc6 27. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 $14) 24. Bg3 $6 ({It was the right moment for some
prophylaxis:} 24. Rf2 Nc6 25. Ra2 Red8 26. Bg3 e5 27. h3 {White has a
completely safe position, though it is very hard to find any constructive idea.
}) 24... Nc6 (24... a4 $1 25. bxa4 Qxa4 26. h4 Re7 {leads to a complex
position, where Black's play is easier from the human point of view. The
a-passer is really strong here.}) 25. Bd6 $2 {The bishop looks nice there, but
actually it has no much job. At the same time, Black's passer is going to be
be extremely dangerous.} (25. Ra1 {was much better:} e5 26. Rfe1 Qe6 27. Ra2 {
with approximate equality.}) 25... a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 $15 {Now Black has an
obvious positional advantage.} 27. e4 ({The exchange of rooks wouldn't help
White much:} 27. Ra1 Rea8 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 $15) 27... Ra3 28. Qb5 (28. Qe2 Rea8
29. exd5 exd5 30. Rfe1 Ra2 31. Qd3 f5 $15) 28... Rea8 29. Rfe1 {White is
desperately looking for any counterplay along the ''e'' file.} R8a7 $6 {
Unnecessary prophylaxis.} ({There was the much stronger} 29... R8a5 $142 $1 30.
Qf1 Ra2 31. exd5 exd5 32. Qd3 f5 $15) 30. f4 $1 f5 31. exf5 exf5 {White has no
squares for penetration along the open file, but getting the outpost e5 is
also an achievement.} 32. h3 $1 (32. Be5 Ra2 33. Rb1 Rc2 34. Rec1 Qb7 35. Qxb7
Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Rxb7 $15) (32. Qe2 Ra2 33. Qf3 Qf7 $15) 32... Kh7 {Evgeny is
not in a rush. He has every reason to improve his position step by step.} 33.
Kh2 $1 {Till now Shakhriyar has been defending precisely. It is not easy for
Black to make any progress.} Rb7 (33... Ra2 34. Qf1 Rb2 (34... R7a3 35. Re2 Qf7
36. Be5 $11) 35. Rd3 $1 Raa2 36. Rg3 $132) 34. Qe2 Qf7 (34... b3 {doesn't give
much:} 35. Rd2 Rb4 36. Be5 $11 {and there is no way to promote.}) 35. Rd3 Qg6
36. Red1 Rba7 37. Be5 {It looks like White has consolidated and has excellent
drawing chances.} Na5 {Delivering the knight to c4 looks nice, but now White's
passer is getting stronger.} 38. Qe1 $2 {This move is connected with a
tactical blunder, but the refutation wasn't easy.} (38. Rxa3 bxa3 39. Qf3 Nc4
40. Ra1 a2 41. Qf2 Qa6 42. c6 Qxc6 43. Rxa2 $11) 38... Qa6 $2 {Returning the
favour.} ({I guess, after} 38... Nc4 $1 39. c6 (39. Rg3 Rxg3 40. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 41.
Kxg3 b3 42. c6 b2 43. c7 Ra8 44. Rb1 Kg6 $19) (39. Qxb4 Ne3 $1 40. Rxe3 Rxe3
41. Qd2 Raa3 $19) {both players must have missed} 39... Nb2 $1 40. Rxa3 bxa3
41. c7 Nxd1 42. c8=Q a2 $19) 39. Rxa3 bxa3 40. Bd6 $1 {Black's pieces are far
away from their monarch.} Qc8 ({Black couldn't avoid a draw after} 40... a2 41.
Qe6 $11) 41. Rb1 $2 {A terrible mistake, which leads to an immediate loss.} ({
At the same time, the patient} 41. Qc3 $1 Nc4 42. Be5 Qb7 43. Ra1 Kg8 44. Qd3
Qd7 45. Ra2 {most probably would allow White to save this game. Indeed, the
vulnerablity of Black's king and the strong Pc5 don't allow Black to make
progress.}) 41... a2 42. Rb8 Qd7 $19 {White cannot create any threats, so the
a-pawn decides the game now.} 43. Qa1 {Black has many winning possibilities
here, so Shakhriyar resigns. An important victory for Tomashevsky, who was
able to win the whole event very convincingly!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 {This original move is rarely
seen on the top level nowadays, but it usually leads to to a complex battle.}
g6 {Alexander Morozevich deviates from the most principledl continuation.} ({
Of course, first of all White should deal with} 5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 {
This line has been considered good for Black, since the game Gelfand-Bacrot in
2002:} ({White didn't achieve much with aggressive play in the following game:
} 7. Be2 e6 8. Rg1 $6 Bb7 9. g4 c5 $17 {0-1 Williams,S (2463)-Karjakin,S (2762)
/Rhodes GRE 2013 (31)}) 7... e6 $1 8. axb5 (8. Be2 $5 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5
$44 {0-1 Williams,S (2465)-Postny,E (2641)/Saint-Quentin FRA 2014 (24)}) 8...
cxb5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bb7 {and White was in danger in Gelfand,
B (2704)-Bacrot,E (2653)/Albert 2002/CBM 092/[Gelfand,B]. Obviously, Grischuk
has prepared some fresh idea here.}) 6. e4 $5 {Alexander chooses the most
ambitious way to handle the position.} ({There were more popular alternatives,
but it looks like Black should be able to solve the problems in both cases:} 6.
Bg5 Bg7 7. Bxf6 exf6 (7... Bxf6 8. cxd5 O-O 9. e4 $14) 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. g3 Nc6
10. Bg2 Be6 11. e3 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Williams,S (2520)-Houska,J (2429)/London 2011/
CBM 143 Extra (38)}) (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. e3 Be6 10. Be2
Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne1 O-O $11 {1-0 Kryakvin,D (2521)-Rychagov,A (2575)/
Saratov 2006/EXT 2008 (53)}) 6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bg7 (7... Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bg7 9.
Be2 O-O (9... c5 10. d5 Bf5 11. Qh4 $14) 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Qh4 $14 {
1-0 Bulajic,R (2325)-Spasenovic,Z (2143)/Banja Vrucica SRB 2012 (34)}) 8. Be2
$1 $146 {This natural innovation leaves White more chances for getting
something of an edge.} (8. Bd3 {can be strongly met by:} Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bg4 10.
Ne5 Be6 11. Be3 Nd7 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O O-O (13... Nd7 14. f4 O-O
15. Rae1 $14) 14. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Doss,J (2344)-Rios,E (2160)/Dallas 2001/EXT
2005 (31)}) 12. Nf3 (12. f4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 O-O-O $132) 12... Nf6
13. Bd3 Ng4 $11) 8... O-O {This natural move hardly can be called ''a
mistake'' , but there were some tactical nuances.} ({It seems,} 8... Bf5 $5 {
was more precise and could have solved the problems. For instance,} 9. Nxf6+
Bxf6 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. Qxb7 (11. O-O Qb6 $11) 11... c5 12. d5 O-O 13. O-O Re8 {
with decent compensation for a pawn.}) 9. O-O Bf5 {A natural way of
development. However, Black's queenside is somewhat weak now.} ({After} 9...
Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bf5 11. Qh4 Nd7 12. Rd1 $14 {Black would suffer from a lack of
space.}) (9... Nbd7 10. Re1 Qc7 $14) 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Qb3 Qc7 ({Now} 11...
Nd7 {doesn't seem to solve all the problems in view of:} 12. Bh6 (12. Qxb7 c5
13. d5 {is acceptable for Black, as we know from the above-mentioned note.})
12... Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. h3 $14) 12. h3 $1 {A very strong
prophylactic move. Black is experiencing problems with his light-squared
bishop, since it is rather restricted and may be attacked by means of g2-g4.}
c5 {True to his style, Alexander Morozevich is trying to complicate matters.} (
{The quiet} 12... Nd7 13. g4 Be6 ({Black cannot afford} 13... Be4 $2 14. Nd2
Qf4 15. Nb1 $1 Qd6 16. Nc3 Qe6 17. Be3 $18 {[%csl Re4]}) 14. Bh6 Rfd8 15. Qe3
b5 16. b3 $14 {could definitely suit Grischuk.}) 13. d5 a5 $6 {Black is
looking for an original way to activate his queenside pieces, but it takes too
much time.} ({A more solid approach was} 13... Re8 14. Re1 (14. Be3 $5) 14...
h5 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 {in that case Black would have a worse, but solid
position.}) 14. Bh6 Re8 15. g4 {The most ambitious way to extend the
initiative. White seizes a lot of space, while exposing the king is rather
symbolic.} (15. Qe3 $5 Bxb2 16. Rad1 a4 17. Rfe1 {also looks promising and
offers White more than sufficient compensation.}) 15... Bc8 16. Rad1 Nd7 {
Black desperately lacks good squares for minor pieces, while all White's
forces can be easily activated.} (16... a4 17. Qa3 b6 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Bf1 Bb7
20. Rd2 $36) 17. Rfe1 Ra6 (17... b6 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. Rd2 a4 20. Qe3 e6 21. Bg2
$16) 18. Bf1 {A brave decision. Alexander doesn't mind giving up a pawn in
order to develop the kingside attack as soon as possible.} ({The quiet} 18. Qa3
Rb6 19. Rb1 {would keep an edge, but Black may get some counterplay by means
of:} (19. Bc1 $5) 19... Rb4 $1 20. Bd2 b5 {with wild complications.}) 18... Rb6
19. Qe3 Bxb2 ({The other way to take the pawn is worse:} 19... Rxb2 $2 20. d6
Qd8 21. g5 Bh8 22. dxe7 Qc7 23. h4 $18 {Black is practically paralysed.}) 20.
Bf4 $1 Qd8 {Black's extra pawn is of no great value.} 21. Ng5 $1 {Not only
preventing Black from freeing by means of e7-e6, but also making the g3- spot
vacant for the queen. Black cannot sit and wait anymore.} Bd4 22. Qg3 e5 23.
dxe6 fxe6 {Black's pawn structure looks really bad, but at least there are
some defensive resources.} 24. Bg2 {Grischuk's play is very natural and
powerful - White's setup is a picture of harmony.} (24. Nf3 $5 e5 25. Bg5 Nf6
26. Bg2 $16) 24... e5 (24... Qf6 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Bd6 Qg7 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. Nf3
$16) 25. Bd2 {The only inaccuracy of Alexander Grischuk in this brilliant game.
That retreat gives Black time for regrouping the pieces.} ({A much stronger
move would be:} 25. Bd5+ $1 Kg7 26. Qh4 Nf8 (26... h5 27. gxh5 Qf6 28. Be3 $18)
27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Rxe5 h6 29. Kg2 d3 (29... hxg5 30. Bxg5 $18) 30. Rxe8 Qxe8
31. Nf7 g5 32. Bxg5 Qxf7 33. Bxf7 hxg5 34. Qxg5+ Kxf7 35. Qd8 {and White
should be able to convert the material advantage into a full point.}) 25... Rf6
$2 ({Black misses a golden opportunity to change the character of play:} 25...
Rd6 $1 26. Bd5+ Rxd5 27. cxd5 Nf6 28. Bc3 Qxd5 29. Bxd4 cxd4 $16 {The
resulting position is still much better for White, but Black gets some
pracxtical chances due to strong central pawns.}) 26. Nf3 (26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Nf3
Rxf3 28. Bxf3 Qf6 $16) 26... Nb6 {That loses on the spot, but I can hardly
suggest a reasonable improvement.} (26... Qc7 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Bd5+ Kg7 29.
Bg5 Rff8 30. Rxd4 h6 31. Bd2 b6 32. Bc3 Re7 33. f4 $18) (26... Qb6 27. Nxd4
cxd4 28. Bd5+ Kg7 29. f4 $18) 27. Nxd4 exd4 (27... cxd4 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Qxe5
$18) 28. Bg5 ({There was nothing wrong with} 28. Bxa5 $18 {either.}) 28... Ref8
29. Qe5 Nd7 (29... Qd6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Re5 $18) 30. Bxf6 Qxf6
31. Qxf6 Nxf6 ({Or} 31... Rxf6 32. Re7 Nb6 33. Rc7 $18) 32. Rb1 {White is
completely winning. The remaining few moves were just an agony.} Rf7 33. g5 Nd7
34. Re8+ Rf8 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Rbe1 {Impressive play by Alexander Grischuk, who
also managed to win the event!} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne5 {
Quite a rare way to fight for the opening advantage. Usually the knight
occupies this central square a few moves later.} (8. O-O) ({and} 8. h3 {
are the most popular continuations here.}) 8... Bxe2 9. Nxe2 e6 10. O-O dxc4 ({
Compared to the main line, where 8.h3 Bh5 is included, there is another solid
way of handling this position:} 10... Bd6 11. Bb2 bxc4 12. bxc4 O-O 13. Rb1 (
13. Nxc6 Qb6 14. c5 Qxc6 15. cxd6 Nb6 16. Ba3 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cruz,C (2508)
-Postny,E (2661)/Barcelona 2008/CBM 126 Extra (33)}) 13... Qc7 14. f4 Ne4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L (2578)-Dziuba,M (2584)/Czechia 2011/EXT 2012 (20)}) 11. Nxd7
(11. bxc4 {would be dubious:} Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd7 $15 {and Black's
pawn structure is much better.}) 11... Qxd7 12. bxc4 c5 13. Bb2 $146 {This
natural novelty may hardly change the evaluation of this theoretical line -
Black should be able to equalise without special efforts.} (13. cxb5 axb5 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qb3 b4 16. Bb2 O-O $11 {0-1 Tesic,D (2348)-Volkov,S (2575)/
Livigno ITA 2012 (29)}) 13... Rc8 {There was no need to delay the development
of the kingside pieces, though Black's position remains very solid.} ({GM
Laznicka had no reason to reject the following simplifications:} 13... cxd4 14.
Nxd4 (14. Bxd4 bxc4 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Qxc4 O-O $11) 14... bxc4 15. Qe2 Rc8 16.
Rac1 Qa4 17. Rc2 Bd6 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Rxc4 Rb8 $11)
14. Rc1 (14. cxb5 {was hardly a serious improvement:} axb5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4
cxd4 17. Nxd4 (17. Bxd4 Be7 18. Ra7 Rc7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qa4+ Qd7 21. Qa8+ Qd8
22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $11) 17... Be7 18. Qa1 O-O 19. Ra7 Qe8 20. Rc1 Bc5 {with only a
symbolic edge of White.}) 14... b4 $6 {Viktor is playing with fire! Now, when
White's pawn centre is not under pressure, it is easier to extend the kingside
initiative and make use of some lead in development.} ({It looks like the
modest} 14... Be7 $1 {would still allow Black to solve their problems:} 15. Qb3
(15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 b4 17. c6 (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. c6 Rxc6 19. Nd4 Rc7 $11)
17... Rxc6 18. Nd4 Rc7 19. Nb3 O-O 20. c5 Rfc8 21. Be5 Rc6 $11) 15... cxd4 16.
Nxd4 bxc4 17. Rxc4 O-O 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb8 $11) 15. d5 {This ambitious
advance is very tempting, but the closed type of position enables Black to
take care of development.} ({Possibly, even stronger would be} 15. Qb3 $1 Be7
16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nf4 Be7 (17... O-O 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh5 Qe7 20. Qb2 e5 21.
Qe2 f5 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. Ng3 $16) 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. c5 $36) 15... Bd6 $6 {A
strange decision - the Bb2 is getting extremely strong and may damage Black's
kingside pawn structure any moment.} ({A much better try was} 15... Be7 $1 16.
Nf4 ({Possibly,} 16. Qd3 $5 {is most promising here, though after} exd5 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. cxd5 O-O 19. Rfd1 Qb5 20. Rc4 Rfd8 21. e4 $14 {Black still has
some counterplay.}) 16... exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Qf3 O-O $14 {
with only a small edge for White.}) 16. Bxf6 {Immediately admitting the main
drawback of Black's main move.} ({Another promising way was} 16. Ng3 h5 (16...
Qe7 17. f4 $16) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxh5 f5 19. Qf3 $16) 16... gxf6 17. e4 O-O {
In this case castling doesn't really make the king any safer.} ({The best
practical chance was} 17... h5 $1 18. Ng3 Qc7 (18... h4 19. Nh5 Rh6 20. f4 $16)
19. h3 Bf4 (19... h4 20. Nh5 Be5 21. f4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Kf8 23. e5 $36) 20. Nxh5 (
20. Rc2 Qe5 {gives Black time for consolidating.}) 20... Bxc1 21. d6 Qd8 22.
d7+ Ke7 23. dxc8=Q Qxc8 24. Nxf6 Bb2 25. Ng4 Bd4 $14 {with some compensation
for a pawn.}) 18. f4 Kh8 19. Ng3 {All White's moves are natural and strong.}
Rg8 (19... Qc7 20. Qd2 Rg8 21. Nh5 Rg6 22. Rcd1 exd5 23. exd5 Rcg8 24. Rf2 $16)
20. Qh5 e5 {A decisive strategic mistake. Black cannot afford one more
weakening move.} ({The lesser evil was} 20... Rg6 21. e5 Bf8 22. Rcd1 Rh6 23.
Qe2 fxe5 24. fxe5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qe6 $16) 21. Nf5 exf4 22. Rf3 Rg5 23. Qh6 Rg6
24. Qh4 $18 {Now the attack is unstoppable.} Rg5 (24... Bf8 {also left him
without hope:} 25. Rh3 h6 26. Qxf4 Re8 27. Rf1 $18) 25. Rh3 h5 26. Qf2 Kh7 (
26... Rxf5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Rxh5 Qg6 30. Rh4 f5 31. Re1 $18 {
was more stubborn, but it is also lost.}) 27. Qf3 Kg6 28. Rxh5 $1 {A nice
final touch. That was definitely not Viktor's day!} ({Black resigns, in view of
} 28. Rxh5 Rxh5 29. Qg4+ Rg5 30. Nh4+ Kg7 31. Qxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 36th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2020.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Black "Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00] Nubair has been a staunch follower of the Slav.} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
dxc4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. e4 $5
{[%emt 0:00:47] The Geller Gambit is not considered as the best, but is surely
playable.} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01] Black rightly saves his pawn.} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:
01:31]} (6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 {is how the biggest exponent of this lines- Salem
Saleh likes to play.}) 6... b4 {[%emt 0:00:40] This is the direct approach
where Black asks White to make a decision. He can either move his knight and
lose the e4 pawn or he can push forward with e5.} ({Pertinent:} 6... Bg4 7. O-O
e6 8. a4 b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 cxb2 11. fxg7 Bxg7 12. Bxb2 O-O 13. Ne5 Bf5 14.
Nxc4 c5 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. dxc5 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Nxc5 19. Rc1 Rd8 20.
Qe2 Nb3 21. Rcd1 Nd4 22. Qe3 Qd5 23. h3 Bg6 24. Kh1 e5 25. f4 Rb8 26. Qxe5 Qxe5
27. fxe5 Nf5 28. Rf2 Ng3+ 29. Kh2 Ne4 30. Rc2 Ng5 31. Rcd2 Kg7 32. Nc4 Rb4 33.
Nd6 Rxa4 34. Ne8+ Kh6 35. Nf6 Ne6 36. Rf2 {Carlsen,M (2876)-Mamedov,R (2645)
chess24.com INT 2020 0-1 (88)}) 7. e5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} (7. Na4 Nxe4 8. Bxc4 {
is the main line.}) 7... bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} cxb2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. fxg7 {[%emt 0:07:58]} (9. Bxb2 exf6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qa4 Be7
12. Bxc4 O-O {Black should be fine here with no issues, but this should have
been the best way to continue.}) 9... bxa1=Q {[%emt 0:02:35]} 10. gxh8=Q {
[%emt 0:00:25] Both sides have queens on the board. Whose queen is more
powerful? That's the question.'} Qa5+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:38] Black's queen joins
the action immediately. The only way in which Black can cause White trouble.'}
11. Nd2 $146 {[%emt 0:14:13]} (11. Kf1 Q5c3 $1 12. Bh6 Qxd1+ 13. Bxd1 Nd7 $19 {
Black has everything under control.}) (11. Bd2 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 (12. Bxd1 c3 $19)
12... c3 13. Be3 c2+ 14. Kxc2 Bf5+ $19) 11... c3 {[%emt 0:21:17]} 12. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:28] White makes the practical choice of giving up a piece, but
Black manages to hold on quite easily.} cxd2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 13. Bxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:
03:56]} 15. d5 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Qg6 $1 {[%emt 0:13:26]} (15... cxd5 16. Bh6 Nd7
17. Bb5 $18) 16. Bf3 {[%emt 0:21:53]} (16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bf3 Bg4 $19) 16...
cxd5 $2 {[%emt 0:06:33]} (16... Bg4 $1 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Rc1 Qg7 19. Qxg7 Bxg7
20. dxc6 Na6 $19) 17. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Be4 $5 {
[%emt 0:08:58] Quite an interesting move but Enchev fails to find an
equalizing opportunity.'} (18. Bh6 $3 {was a powerful strike here.} Qxh6 19.
Qxh7 $1 {This move is very powerful. Now the queen must stay in touch with c6
if Black wants to play for an advantage.} Bd7 (19... Qxh7 20. Bxc6+ Bd7 21.
Bxd7+ Kd8 22. Bf5+ $16) (19... Qf6 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Bxc6+ Bd7 22. Bxd7+ Kd8
23. Be6+ Ke8 24. Bd7+ $11) (19... Nd8 20. Qxh6 Bxh6 21. Bxa8 $13 {This
position is difficult to assess. Dynamically balanced maybe the right way.}) (
19... Ne5 20. Qxh6 Bxh6 21. Bxa8 $13) 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxf8+ Kc7
23. Qf4+ Kb7 24. Qd2 $13) 18... Qe6 $6 {[%emt 0:06:27]} (18... Qxe4 $6 19. Bh6
$36 Nd4 20. Qxf8+ Kd7 21. Qxf7 Bb7 22. f3 $13) (18... Qd6 $1 19. Bf3 Bd7 $19)
19. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:08:55]} (19. Bc3 $1 {The idea is Bg7.} Bd7 {The only move.}
20. Bxc6 (20. Bg7 O-O-O 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qxf8+ Kd7 $19 {
White king is checkmated.}) 20... Qxc6 (20... Bxc6 21. Bg7 $18) 21. Bg7 O-O-O
22. Bxf8 $13) 19... Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 20. h3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:
01:08]} 21. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:07:13]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:27]}
Nd8 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 23. Qh8 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 24. Re3 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:04:29] Now the king is safe on e8 and Black's
queen and rook create the attack around the white king.} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:02:17]
} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 26. h5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 27. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:02:47]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Bxb5+ {[%emt 0:03:18]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 29. h6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 32. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 (6... Ra7 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. Bd2 {is scoring quite well for White.}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. a4 b4 $5 {
This is a very interesting pawn sacrifice. What Black intends to do is to play
...Nc6 followed by e6 and take control of the b4-square. In this way he gets a
lead in development at the cost of a pawn.} 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qc5 (10. Qb3 Rb8
11. Qd1 Nb4 {is already very bad for White.}) 10... Na5 {Threatening ...Nb3.}
11. Bxa6 $5 (11. Qa3 {is the other theoretical move but after} e6 12. b4 Nc6
13. Na2 Bd6 $44 {Black has excellent compensation.}) 11... Rxa6 12. Qb5+ Rc6
13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd7 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qe2 Nb3 $17 {followed by e6 is clearly
better for Black.}) 14... Nxd7 (14... Qxd7 15. Qxa5 $16) 15. Bd2 $5 (15. Nxd5
e6 16. Bd2 (16. Nc3 $2 Be7 {followed by Qc7 and 0-0 is just better for Black.})
16... exd5 17. Bxa5 Qa8 $15 {and here Black is completely fine, even slightly
better.}) 15... Qa8 (15... Rc8 16. Nxd5 Nc4 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 (18...
Nxb5 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. axb5 $18) 19. Qa6 $1 Qxa6 (19... Qc2 20. O-O $16) 20.
Nc7+ Kd8 21. Nxa6 e5 22. Ke2 $1 $14 (22. dxe5 Ne4 23. Ba5+ Kc8 24. f3 Nxe5 25.
fxe4 Kb7 26. Nc7 $11)) 16. Nxd5 e6 17. Nf4 $5 {This is the first new move to
be seen in the databases, although if truth be told I played the same move
against Abhilash Reddy in the eighth round of Mumbai Mayor's Cup 2014. However
that game did not make it to the databases. White asks Black to defend the
a5-knight.} Ra6 (17... Nc4 18. Rc1 $16) 18. O-O $1 (18. d5 {was what I played
and after} e5 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Rc1 $6 Ke7 $1 {0-1 (34) Sagar,S (2309)-Abhilash,
R (2189) Mumbai Mayor's Cup 2014. Black was threatening already to trap my
queen with ...Rb8, and he won the game. Jakovenko found a much better moment
to break with d5 in the centre.}) 18... Bd6 19. d5 $5 exd5 (19... Bxf4 $6 20.
exf4 exd5 21. Rfe1+ $18) 20. Rfd1 Nc6 {Jakovenko had not studied this move and
when he reached this position it was quite unclear for him what wass to be
done. That is because he had prepared with the computer and the engine never
suggested the move. This is the downside to computer preparation: often when
our opponent deviates, we do not know how to continue. But Dmitry is a strong
player and could work out the best way to play over the board.} (20... d4 {
is the computer's suggestion, and also what Jakovenko had prepared.} 21. Bb4
Bxb4 22. Qxb4 Nc6 23. Qa3 {when White has good compensation as Black cannot
0-0.}) 21. Bc3 ({Engines suggest} 21. Qxd5 {but during the game Jakovenko
couldn't really find an edge for White.} Ne7 22. Qxa8+ (22. Qb5 Rb6 23. Qf1 Be5
$11) 22... Rxa8 23. Bc3 (23. a5 $5 $14 {is a possible improvement as after} Be5
24. Nd3 Bf6 25. Rab1 $16 {followed by b4 White seems to have a very solid
advantage.}) 23... Be5 $1 24. Rxd7 Bxc3 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nd5+ Kd6 27. Nxc3
Rhb8 $11 {and Black cannot lose this position.}) 21... Bxf4 (21... O-O {
was also possible.} 22. Nxd5 Rb8 23. Qc4 Nce5 24. Qh4 Ng6 25. Qg4 Nge5 {
At this point the computer suggests repeating the moves with Qh4 or Qf4. It
seems like forced otherwise the a4-pawn will fall.}) 22. exf4 O-O 23. Rxd5 Nb6
$6 (23... Nf6 {was much better as after} 24. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {this structure
looks ugly, but Black is doing absolutely fine here. There is no way to get to
the Black king. For example} 25. Rh5 {is quite well met by} Ra5 $1 $17) 24. Rg5
$1 g6 (24... f6 {Viktor might have wanted to continue with this move but later
saw that Rxg7 is simply crushing.} 25. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 26. Qg5+ Kf7 (26... Kh8
27. Bxf6+ Rxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Ra3 $1 $18 {The rook makes a dramatic
entrance and ends the game.}) 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Qg7+ $1 Kd6 30.
Bb4+ $1 Nxb4 31. Qe7+ Kd5 32. Qe5+ Kc4 33. Qc3+ Kd5 34. Re5+ Kd6 35. Qc5+ Kd7
36. Re7+ Kd8 37. Qc7# {So many black pieces but none of them controlled the
key e5, c5, c7, e7 squares.}) 25. a5 $1 Rd8 (25... Nd7 26. Rd1 $16) 26. Re1 Nc8
27. Rd5 Rxd5 $2 (27... Rf8 {would have put up a fight, but White is better
after} 28. b4 $18) 28. Re8# {A fine game by Jakovenko who has contributed to
the development of the theory in this variation. After the game Dmitry was
asked whether he had refuted this variation of the a6 Slav, to which he
replied, "This line is played by Tomashevsky, and as we know Evgeny's lines
can never be refuted!"} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-B 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2014.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:27]} 5. c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 6. Qb3 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:11:40] This funny looking move is one of the points
behind playing a6. The rook, which is defending the b7 pawn, is out of the
game for the time being. But it's a sacrifice that the rook is ready to make,
so as to keep the black queen active.'} (6... Qc8 {is the other normal move in
this position.'} 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3 e6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3
Bh7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Ne5 Bc7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Nb6 Qd8 18. Bxa6 Nxe5
19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxc5
Qxa2 25. b4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. b5 Rfe8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxe5 30. Bxe5
Rxe5 31. Rd6 Kf8 32. Rd1 Rb5 33. Rd7 Ke8 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Ra5 Rd8 36. Rd4 {
Nakamura,H (2760)-Kamsky,G (2762) Beijing 2012 1-0 (70)}) 7. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:
34]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 9. e3 {
[%emt 0:05:53]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:
11]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:27] Black needs to exchange a few pieces in order to
breathe. So Ne4 is a logical move here, but before that Eljanov puts his rook
on e8 so that later he can break with e6-e5.'} Re8 {[%emt 0:09:20]} 12. Na4
$146 {[%emt 0:08:11]} (12. Rfc1 Bf8 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. b4 Ra8 15. Qd1 Nxc3 16.
Rxc3 Be4 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Nb3 e5 19. Bg3 exd4 20. exd4 Nf6 21. Bf3 Ne4 22. Bxe4
Rxe4 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. f3 Re6 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Be7 27. Re3 Bg5 28. f4 Bf6
29. Bh4 Bxh4 30. Qxh4 Be4 31. Qg4 f5 32. Qg5 Rf8 33. Qg3 Rf6 34. Qf2 Qf7 35.
Kh2 Qh5 36. Re2 Rg6 37. Qe3 Rh6 38. Na5 Qf7 39. Rf2 Qc7 40. Kg1 Rg6 41. Nb3 Qd8
{Jemai,A (2171)-Taeib,S (2070) Borj Cedria 2014 1-0}) 12... Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:26]
} 13. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:12:42][%cal Ge6e5] e5 is on cards now.
'} 14. Nb6 {[%emt 0:11:29]} (14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd2 $17) 14... e5 $1 {
[%emt 0:18:05] Black seems to have successfully solved his opening problems.'}
15. Nxd7 $6 {[%emt 0:28:11]} (15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Qd1
{and now Black has the strong move:} Bxh3 $1 19. gxh3 Qh4 $1 {and the attack
on the white king is really very strong.} 20. Bg4 Rg5 $40) 15... exf4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 16. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 17. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:
06]} fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 18. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:09:02]} (18. fxe3 Bg6) 18... Nd7 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 19. Qf4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. Qxf5 {
[%emt 0:07:52]} (20. dxe5 Bg6 {and Black doesn't even have an inkling of a
problem.}) 20... Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. Bh5 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Re4 {[%emt 0:10:
29] Black already has a good position. But now White has to decide whether he
would like to play Rcd1 and defend d4, which would give Black time to bring
his a7 rook into the game with b6; or, as in the game, he plays Rfe1,
sacrificing a pawn in order to play against the trapped rook on a7. Radoslaw
chose the latter. It was a very double-edged decision by him.'} 22. Rfe1 $5 {
[%emt 0:06:18]} (22. Rcd1 {was safer}) 22... Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:58][%csl Ra7]
The question is can White take advantage of the Ra7 now?'} 23. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:
00:32]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:14:14]} (
24... Rb4 $1) 25. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:02:33]} (25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. cxd6 Ra8 27. Re7 Rd8
28. Rxb7 Rxd6 {White should be able to hold this ending.}) 25... Qxe8 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 26. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:06] once again the rook on a7 has nowhere to go
but black plays well with his remaining pieces, while the rook always keeps
threatening to come back into the game.'} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 28. g3 {[%emt 0:07:59]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29.
a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 30. Rb8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:09] White gives
the opponent the open e-file.'} (30. Re7 {would have made quite some sense.} g5
31. Rce1 $1 Kg6 32. Rd7 {with the idea of doubling on the seventh rank would
give White excellent counterplay}) 30... Re6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} g5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:05] Eljanov plays really well in this endgame, even
though he is almost a rook down!'} 32. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:28]} (33. f4 Re2 $15) 33... Re4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34.
b3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 35. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:
02:07]} 36. Rf3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Re7 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 37. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:00]}
Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 38. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. Rd3 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:10] Though Black is playing a rook less, we
must not forget the fact that White too must always keep his rook on b8 so
that the black rook remains passive. Doesn't that mean even the white rook is
doing nothing much?!'} 40. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxd4
{[%emt 0:06:12]} b5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:37] Like a man rising from the dead, the a7
rook is back! And I feel Eljanov must have been so happy and Wojtaszek so
depressed that Black won the endgame without problems.'} 42. Kg2 {[%emt 0:11:
09]} b4 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 43. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 44.
Rdxc6 {[%emt 0:10:20]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke4 $15
{[%emt 0:00:04][%csl Rb3,Ge4,Rg2] Material equality has been established, but
the black king is now very active.'} 46. Rc4+ {[%emt 0:06:06]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 47. f4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:12][%csl Re3,Rg3]} Re7 $36 {[%emt 0:20:38]} 48. Rc5
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Re3 {[%emt 0:10:20]} 49. Kh3 {[%emt 0:05:53]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 50. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:08][%csl Rb3][%cal Gd4c3]
Wonderful controlled play by Eljanov. The black king can go to c3, but before
that Black defends his second rank and prevents counterplay'} 51. Rb5 {[%emt 0:
04:25]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 52. a5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 53.
f5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Kxb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 54. a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 55. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 56. Rxg7 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:21]
} 58. g4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 59. Z0 {A very nice game played
by both the players. Wojtaszek was quite ambitious and hence made the move
Rfe1 to play against Ra7. However Eljanov always kept things under control.
Once Eljanov played 41...b5! it secured him a clear edge because his a7 rook
started to breathe fresh air! The endgame technique of Pavel Eljanov was quite
exquisite!} (59. Rxb2 Kxb2 60. Kh4 Kc3 61. Kh5 Kd4 62. Kg6 Ke5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf3"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 dxc4 (5... Ne4 {Ftacnik
} 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4) 6. a4 $1 (6. e4 {Ftacnik} b5 7. e5 Nd5 8. a4 $13)
6... Be6 (6... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 7. e3 Qb6 8. Qd2 Bd3 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. O-O $14) 7.
e4 Nbd7 8. d5 $1 (8. Nd2 $5 b5 9. axb5 axb5 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxb5 $44) (8. h3 h6
$132) (8. Be2 {Ftacnik} g6 9. O-O Bg7 $13) 8... cxd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. Bxc4 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 (11. gxf3 $5 {Ftacnik} Rc8 12. Ba2 Qb6 13. Qe2 Qb4 $13) 11... Ne5 12.
Qe2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 h6 (13... g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. d6 $16) 14. Bf4 (
14. Bxf6 $5 exf6 (14... gxf6 {Ftacnik} 15. Qb4 Qd7 $13) 15. O-O Bd6 16. Rae1+
Kf8 17. Ne4 $36) 14... g6 15. O-O Bg7 16. Be5 (16. d6 {Ftacnik} O-O 17. dxe7
Qxe7 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rfe8 $13) 16... O-O 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Qd4 Ne8 19. Qf4
(19. Bxg7 {Ftacnik} Nxg7 20. Qb4 Rc7 $10) 19... Kh7 $6 (19... Nd6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Qe5+ Kg8 22. Qxe7 Qb6 $44) 20. h4 Bxe5 (20... Nd6 {Ftacnik} 21. h5 $36) 21.
Rxe5 (21. Qxe5 {Ftacnik} Rc7 22. h5 Nd6 $13) 21... Nd6 22. Rae1 $6 (22. h5 $1
Rc4 23. Qe3 $36) 22... Rc4 23. Qf3 (23. Qe3 {Ftacnik} Rxh4 24. Rxe7 $2 Nf5 $19)
23... Rxh4 24. Rxe7 Kg8 25. Ne4 (25. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Qb6 $10) 25... Nxe4 26.
R1xe4 Rh5 $1 $10 (26... Rxe4 {Ftacnik} 27. Qxe4 Qb6 28. Qf4 $14) 27. R4e5 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Qd6 29. Qe4 Rd8 30. g3 (30. Re7 {Ftacnik} Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxb7
$10) 30... Kg7 31. b3 a5 32. Kg2 b6 33. Kg1 Rd7 34. Qd4 Qf6 (34... Qc5 $6 {
Ftacnik} 35. Qb2 $1) 35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Qe4 Qd6 37. Qe3 Qf6 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. g4 Rd8
40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lund CellaVision Cup"]
[Site "Lund"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 {Weiß plant, die solide
schwarze Chebanenko-Variante im Gambitstil anzugehen.} ({Häufiger sieht man} 
5. c5) (5. e3) ({oder} 5. a4) 5... b5 (5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 {wäre im Stile des
Slawischen Gambits.}) 6. e4 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 {ergäbe eine "normale"
Position, aber das ist nicht im Sinne von Tiger Hillar Persson.}) 6... b4 7.
Na4 dxe4 ({Nach} 7... Nxe4 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb6 {wäre Schwarz reingefallen.})
8. Ne5 Bf5 (8... g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bf4 Qb7 13. Nc5 Qb6
14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. Nexd7 Bxd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 18. c5 Qb7 19. Bf3
Rac8 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. a3 a5 22. Qa4 Red8 23. Qxa5 bxa3 24. bxa3 Nd5 25. Be5 Ra8
26. Qe1 e6 27. Bd6 Ra4 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rab1 Qa8 30. Rb4 Rxa3 31. Rdb1 Qa5 32.
h3 h5 33. Kh2 Bf6 34. Qc1 Ra4 35. Rb8 Kg7 36. Qf4 Rxd4 37. Qf3 Re4 38. Rxd8
Bxd8 39. Rb7 Bf6 40. Bf8+ Kxf8 41. Qxf6 {1-0 (41) Fridman,D (2627)-McShane,L 
(2687) Reykjavik 2015}) 9. Be3 e6 ({Volkov hat das alels schon einmal auf dem
Brett gehabt:} 9... Qc7 10. g4 Bxg4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxe4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 g6 14.
Bg2 Bg7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. h4 h5 17. Nc5 e5 18. Bh3 exd4 19. exd4 Ra7 20. Rhg1
Qe7 21. Qf4 Qf6 22. Qg3 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Qf4 24. Qg2 Qxh4 25. Ne6 Re8 26. d5 cxd5
27. cxd5 Rae7 28. Bf5 Kh8 29. Bxg6 Rg8 30. Qf3 Rxg6 31. Rxg6 fxg6 32. Rh1 Rf7
33. Rxh4 Rxf3 34. Rxb4 Nd7 35. Rb7 Nf8 36. Nd8 Kg8 37. d6 Rd3 {0-1 (37) Sarana,
A (2422)-Volkov,S (2604) Kolomna 2016}) 10. c5 Qc7 11. Nb6 Ra7 12. g4 $5 ({
Zaghaftere Naturen hätten} 12. Be2 {zur Vorbereitung von g4, oder}) (12. Qa4 {
mit der Idee} Z0 13. Bf4 {gespielt.}) 12... Bxg4 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 (
14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be7 {war auch nicht schlecht.}) 15. Qf3 Nd5 16. Nc4 (16.
Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Qd8 $11) 16... Nd7 17. h4 h5 18. Rg1 N7f6 19. O-O-O a5 20.
Re1 a4 21. Bh3 a3 22. b3 {Wo steht der schwarze König jetzt am sichersten?}
Kd8 23. Bd2 Kc8 24. Ne5 Kb7 25. Kc2 Ka8 {Hier!} 26. Re2 g6 27. Rge1 Bg7 28. Bg5
{Darauf hat Schwarz eine gute Antwort parat.} Ng4 $1 29. Nxg4 ({Besser war} 29.
Bxg4 hxg4 30. Qxg4 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 {und im Falle von} f6 {spielt Weiß} 32. Rxd5
exd5 33. Bxf6 {mit erträglicher Position.}) 29... hxg4 30. Qxg4 Nc3 31. Bg2 $5
{Weiß hat noch ein paar Tricks in petto.} (31. Re3 Nxa2 $19) 31... Rc8 $6 {[#]
} ({Auch nach} 31... Nxa2 {käme} 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 {und nach} Ra6 34. Bf4
Qb7 35. Qxg6 {hat Weiß einen Turm weniger, aber Schwindelchancen.}) ({Oder} 
31... Ra6 32. Ra1 Nxe2 33. Qxe2 Ra7 34. Rd1 $13) 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 Qd7 34.
Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Bxc6+ {So hat Weiß sich das vorgestellt.} Rb7 37.
d5 {Nun ist die Partie wieder völlig offen. Weiß hat im Moment einen ganzen
Turm weniger, aber einige agile Bauern.} Ne4 (37... Kb8 38. d6 Rf7 39. d7 Rxf2+
40. Kd3 Rf8 41. d8=Q+ Rxd8+ 42. Bxd8 Nxa2 43. Kc2 Nc3 (43... Nc1 44. Bd7 (44.
Kxc1 $2 a2 $19) 44... Be5) 44. Bg2 $11) 38. Be3 Kb8 39. d6 (39. Bxb7 Kxb7 40.
Kd3 Nc3 41. c6+ Kc7 (41... Kc8 $2 42. d6 $18) 42. Bf4+ Kb6 43. Be3+ $11) 39...
Nf6 40. Kd3 (40. Bxb7 Kxb7 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Kc4 Ng4 43. Kxb4 Bb2 44. Kc4 Ne5+
45. Kb4 Nd3+ 46. Kc4 Ne5+ $11) 40... Rf7 41. Kc4 Ng4 42. Kxb4 Nxe3 43. fxe3 Rf5
{Vermutlich die kritische Stelle in diesem spannenden Endspiel. [#]} 44. Kb5 ({
Zum Remis reicht} 44. Bd7 Rd5 45. e4 Rd4+ 46. Kxa3 $11) 44... Be5 (44... Bf8 $5
) 45. Bd5 Rh5 46. b4 Rxh4 47. e4 g5 48. Kc6 g4 49. b5 g3 50. d7 Rh6+ 51. Be6
Rxe6+ 52. Kd5 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O e6 8. Bxg6
hxg6 9. Qd3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O {[#] Weiß bringt nun ein aussichtsreiches
Figurenopfer:} 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2 13. dxe6 $1 (13. Nxd2 exd5 $11)
13... Ba5 (13... fxe6 14. Nxd2 {mit Mehrbauern.}) 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Ne5 Rc7
16. e4 $18 {Öffnet die 3. Reihe für einen weißen Turm.} (16. Qxg6 Re7 17. f4
Nd7 18. Rf3 Nf8 {ist weniger energisch. Weiß hat drei Bauern für die Figur
und Initiative.}) 16... Nd7 {Die folgenden Züge sind bis zum 35. Zug
praktisch forciert.} 17. Qb3+ Kh7 18. Qh3+ Kg8 19. Qb3+ Kh7 20. Qh3+ Kg8 21.
Qe6+ Kh7 22. Qxg6+ Kg8 23. Qe6+ Kh7 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qb3+ Kh7 26. Nc4 b6 27.
Qh3+ Kg8 28. b4 (28. a3 $5 c5 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Qb3 a5 32. Nxb6+ {
ist ähnlich.}) 28... Bxb4 29. Qb3 a5 30. a3 Be7 31. Nxb6+ Kf8 32. Qf3+ Kg8 33.
Qb3+ Kf8 34. Nxa8 Qxa8 35. Qf3+ Kg8 {Ende der Kombination. Weiß steht mit
Turm und drei Mehrbauern gegen zwei Leichfiguren auch materiell auf Gewinn.}
36. Qb3+ Kf8 37. Rac1 Qa7 38. Qf3+ Kg8 39. Qb3+ Kf8 40. Rfd1 Nf6 41. Qf3 Kg8
42. e5 {[#]} Ne8 (42... Nd5 43. Rxc6 Rxc6 44. Qxd5+ $18) 43. Rxc6 Qb7 44. d5
Rxc6 45. dxc6 Qb5 46. Qd5+ Qxd5 47. Rxd5 Kf7 48. Rxa5 Nc7 49. f4 Ke6 50. g4 g6
51. Kg2 Bd8 52. Kf3 Nd5 53. Ra8 Bc7 54. h4 Ne7 55. Re8 Kf7 {[#]} 56. Rxe7+ {
Technisch am einfachsten.} Kxe7 57. Ke4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 $5 5. g3 (5. Qb3) (5. Qc2) (5. e3) 5...
Bf5 (5... g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. c5 Qd8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 Nbd7
12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 b6 15. Bd6 Rh8 16. Qf4 Ne8 17. e4 $16 {
Majorovas,V-Seoev,R/URS/1983/1:0/43/}) (5... dxc4 $5 6. Ne5 Qa6 $5 7. Bg2) 6.
Bg2 (6. Nh4 Bg6 (6... Bg4 $5) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7
11. Rd1 O-O 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rfd8
17. Be3 $14 {Christiansen,l-Kogan,B/USA/1987/1:0/60/}) 6... e6 7. c5 (7. O-O
Nbd7 (7... h6 8. Ne5 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Rxd7 13.
Qe2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 $14 {Gusev,A-Seoev,R/Simferopol/1989/1:0/
37/}) 8. c5 Qc7 9. b4 b6 10. Bf4 Qb7 11. Nh4 Bg6 $6 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13.
g4 Bg6 $14) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bf3 bxc5
17. Qa4 $1 Rc8 18. bxc5 $16 {Ivanov,S-Anisimov, /Kstovo/1994/1:0/26/}) 7... Qd8
8. Nh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 $6 (10... Nfd7 $1 $13) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 b6
(12... Qc8 $5 $14) 13. g5 $1 Nfd7 14. e4 $1 bxc5 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 bxc5 $2
16. Qb7 $1) 15. exd5 cxd5 (15... cxd4 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6 dxc3 18. Qxc3 $16)
16. Nxd5 $1 Nc6 (16... cxd4 17. Bd2 $16) 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxc6 cxd4 (18... Rc8
19. Qa4 cxd4 20. Bd2 $16) 19. Bd2 (19. Bxa8 $2 Qxa8 $36) (19. gxf6 $5) 19...
Rc8 (19... fxg5 $5) 20. Rc1 Be7 (20... fxg5 $5 21. Qa4 $1 (21. Bxg5 Qa5+ 22.
Bd2 Qe5+ $13) 21... Rxc6 22. Rxc6 $16) (20... Bd6 $5 21. Qa4 Ke7 22. Bxd7 Rxc1+
23. Bxc1 Qxd7 24. gxf6+ Ke8 25. Qxd4 $16 Rh5 $132) 21. Qa4 Rxc6 $8 22. Rxc6 O-O
23. Qxd4 $16 Ne5 (23... fxg5 24. O-O $16) 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc3 Nd3+ (25...
fxg5 26. Ke2) 26. Ke2 Nxf2 (26... Nxb2 27. Rb1 Na4 28. Rc7) 27. Rhc1 $1 Rd5 (
27... Ne4 28. Rc8 $18) 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Re8 $1 Ne4 (29... Bd6 30. gxf6+ Kxf6
31. Bc3+ $18) 30. Rxe7 Rxd2+ 31. Ke3 f5 32. Rcc7 $18 Rxb2 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34.
Rg7+ Kf8 35. Rh7 Kg8 36. Rcg7+ Kf8 37. Rxa7 Kg8 38. Rhd7 Rb8 39. Kf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Ne5 dxc4 (5... Nbd7) 6. a4 (6. g3 b5
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. a4 {-E 04/}) (6. Nxc4 b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Bg5 (8. Bf4 e6
9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O $10 {
Gil Gonzales,J.M-Magem Badals,J/ESP/1995/1:0/35/}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 e6 10. e3 c5
11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Nd3 Nbd7 15. f3 Rc8 $10 {Ruban,
V-Dreev,A/Novosibirsk/1995/0.5/46/}) 6... e6 (6... Be6 $6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Nxc4
Bxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O $1 Be7 (13...
exd4 14. e5 $36) 14. d5 $16 {Baburin,A-Giorgadze,G/Ubeda/1996/0,5/31/}) 7. g3
$1 (7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Ne4
Bb7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 $10 {Lukacs,P-Bezgodov,A/Budapest/1996/0:1/32/}) 7... c5 8.
Be3 (8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 (9... Bd7 $5) (9... Nc6 $5) 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O
Nd5 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nd7 15. Nxc4 $14 {Zoler,D-Rotman,D/Tel
Aviv/1994/1:0/41/}) 8... Nbd7 (8... Nd5 9. Bg2 (9. Nxc4 Nc6) 9... Nxe3 10. fxe3
$14) 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Bg2 Nxe3 $6 (10... N7b6 $1 $13) 11. Nxe3 cxd4 (11... Be7
12. d5 $1) (11... Nf6 12. d5 $1) 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. a5 Nd7 15. Nc4
Bb4 16. O-O $16 {|^ <</} Rb8 17. Rfc1 O-O (17... b5 $2 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Nxb6
Rxb6 20. Nd5 $18) (17... Ke7 $5) 18. Na4 Nf6 19. Ncb6 Bd7 (19... Bxa5 20. Nxc8
Rfxc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bxb7 $16) 20. Rc7 (20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Rc7 Rfd8 22. Rxb7
Bxa5 23. Ra7 $16) 20... Rfd8 (20... Bxa4 21. Rxa4 $16) (20... Bb5 21. Nc3 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Bxe2 23. Re1 Bd3 24. c4 $16) 21. Nc3 $1 (21. Rxb7 $2 Bxa5 $13) 21...
Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 h5 (23... Rd2 24. Nc4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxe2 26. Rxa6
$16 {o^ a5/}) 24. Ra4 (24. Nc4 $5) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rd2 26. Kf1 Rd1+ 27. Kg2
Rd2 28. Kf1 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Rd2 30. Kf3 $8 (30. e3 $2 Ng4) 30... Rc2 (30... Ng4
31. Nc4 Rc2 32. h3 Rxc3+ 33. Kg2 Nf6 34. Rxa6 $16) 31. Rac4 Kh7 (31... Ng4 32.
Nd7) 32. Rc8 (32. Rc7 $1) 32... Rxc8 33. Rxc8 e5 $1 34. h3 g5 $1 35. Ke3 (35.
Rc5 $5 g4+ 36. hxg4 e4+ $1 $132 37. Ke3 Nxg4+ 38. Kxe4 Rxe2+ 39. Kd4 $16) 35...
h4 $1 {>< h3/} (35... g4 36. h4) 36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Rc5 Rc1 38. Kf3 (38. Rc4 Kg6
) 38... e4+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kf4 Rc2 40. Ke3 Rc1) 39... e3 (39... Rc2 40. e3 $16)
40. Rc4 (40. fxe3 Ne4 41. Rc4 f5 $1 $132) 40... exf2 41. Kxf2 Rxc3 42. Rxc3
Ne4+ 43. Kf3 Nxc3 44. Nd7 Nb5 (44... Kg6 45. Nc5 Nb5 46. Kg4 $16) 45. Nc5 Nd6 (
45... Nd4+ 46. Kg4 Nxe2 47. Nxa6 $18) (45... f5 $1 $14 {/\} 46. Nxa6 Nd4+ 47.
Ke3 Nb3) 46. Kg4 (46. Nxa6 $2 Nc4 $14) 46... Nc4 47. Nb3 Kg6 48. Kxh4 Kf5 (
48... f5 $5) 49. Kh5 $1 Kf4 50. h4 Ne3 51. Nc5 (51. Kh6 $2 Kg4 52. h5 Nf5+)
51... Nc4 52. Kh6 $1 Kg4 (52... Nxa5 $5 53. h5 Kg4 $1 (53... Nc6 54. Kg7 Ne7
55. Kxf7 $16) 54. Nxa6 Nc4 $13) 53. h5 Nxa5 54. Nd7 $1 Nc4 55. Nf6+ Kh4 56. e4
(56. Kg7 $2 Ne3 $1 (56... Nd6 $2 57. e4 Nxe4 58. h6 Ng5 59. Ne4 $18) 57. h6
Nf5+ $10) 56... Ne5 (56... Nd2 57. Kg7 Nxe4 58. h6 Ng5 59. Ne4 $18) 57. Kg7 a5
58. h6 a4 59. h7 Ng6 60. e5 $2 (60. Nd7 $1 a3 61. Ne5 a2 62. Nxg6+ Kg5 63. h8=Q
a1=Q+ 64. e5 fxg6 65. Qh6+ $16) 60... Kg5 (60... a3 61. e6 a2 62. e7 a1=Q 63.
e8=Q $18) 61. Nd5 a3 62. Ne7 a2 $2 (62... Nh8 $1 63. Kxh8 a2 64. Kg8 a1=Q 65.
h8=Q Qa8+ 66. Kg7 Qxh8+ 67. Kxh8 Kf4 68. Nc6 Kf5 69. Kg7 Ke6 70. Kf8 f6 $10)
63. Nxg6 fxg6 64. h8=Q a1=Q 65. Qh6+ Kg4 (65... Kf5 66. Qxg6+ Kxe5 $2 67. Qf6+)
66. Qxg6+ $16 Kh3 67. Qf6 Qa7+ 68. Kh6 Qe3+ 69. Kg6 Qg1+ 70. Kf7 Qa7+ 71. Qe7
Qa5 72. Qe6+ Kh2 73. Qh6+ Kg1 74. Qe3+ Kg2 75. Qe4+ Kh2 76. Qf4+ Kg2 77. e6 $18
Qd5 78. Kf6 Qc6 79. Qe5 Kh1 80. Kg7 Qg2+ 81. Kf7 Qf3+ 82. Qf6 Qb3 83. Qh4+ Kg1
84. Qd4+ Kh1 85. Qe4+ Kg1 86. Kf6 Qc3+ 87. Kf5 Qc5+ 88. Kg6 Qb6 89. Kh7 Qd6 90.
e7 Qd7 91. Kg7 Qc7 92. Kg8 Qd6 93. Kf8 Qc7 94. Qd4+ Kh1 95. Kg8 Qc2 96. Qd5+
Kh2 97. e8=Q Qf2 98. Qeh5+ Kg1 99. Qg4+ Kf1 100. Qdd1+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.27"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[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 "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3
$146 e6 9. Ne5 Be7 10. g4 $1 Bg6 11. e3 Bd8 (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Be2
Nd7 $10) 12. Be2 Nxe5 $2 (12... Bc7 $1 13. h4 Nxe5 (13... h6 $2 14. Nxg6 fxg6
15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. f4 $16) 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. h5 Nxc5 16. Qd1 Be4 17.
f3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd7 $13) 13. Bxe5 Bc7 14. Na4 $2 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. f4 $16)
14... Ba5+ 15. Nc3 (15. Kf1 Ne4) 15... O-O 16. h4 $2 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. h4 h6
18. O-O-O $14) 16... h6 $2 (16... Ne4 17. h5 f6 $1 18. Bd6 $1 Nxd6 19. hxg6 Ne4
20. Rxh7 (20. gxh7+ Kh8 $44) 20... Qe8 $13) 17. O-O-O $2 (17. g5 hxg5 18. h5
Bf5 (18... Bh7 $13) 19. h6 Bc7 $1 (19... Ne8 20. hxg7 Nxg7 21. Rh6 Bd8 22.
O-O-O $16) 20. hxg7 Kxg7 $13) (17. h5 Bh7 18. g5 hxg5 19. h6 Ne8 $13) (17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. O-O-O $14) 17... Nd7 $1 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Rhg1 Bc7 20. h5 Bh7 21. g5 $1
(21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. g5 Kh8 23. f4 b6 $10) 21... Bxd6 22. cxd6 Kh8 23. gxh6 gxh6
24. e4 $5 dxe4 $6 (24... b5 $1 25. Qc2 $1 $13) 25. Na4 $1 Qd8 26. Nc5 $1 (26.
Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. dxc7 Rbc8 29. Bxa6 Rxc7 $15) 26... Nxc5 27. dxc5 Qf6
28. Qc3 Qxc3+ 29. bxc3 $14 Rab8 $1 30. Rd4 (30. Rd2 $14) 30... a5 $1 (30... b6
$2 31. cxb6 Rxb6 32. Rb4 $1 $16) 31. Bd1 $6 (31. Rd2 b6 $140 32. cxb6 Rxb6 33.
Rb2) 31... b6 32. cxb6 Rxb6 33. Bc2 Rd8 34. d7 $6 Rb5 $1 $17 35. Rgd1 Rxh5 36.
c4 Kg7 37. Kb2 Kf8 38. Ba4 Rc5 $2 (38... c5 39. Rd6 Ke7 $19) 39. Kc3 Ke7 40.
Rd6 e3 41. fxe3 $2 (41. Rxc6 Re5 42. fxe3 (42. Rc8 exf2 43. Rf1 Re3+ $19) 42...
Rxe3+ 43. Kb2 Rxd7 44. Rxe6+ Kxe6 45. Bxd7+ Ke7 $17) 41... Be4 42. R6d4 Re5 $1
$19 43. Rf1 Bg2 44. Rg1 Rxe3+ 45. Rd3 (45. Kd2 Ra3 $19) 45... Rxd3+ $6 (45...
Re2 $142 $1 46. Rd2 Rxd2 47. Kxd2 Be4 48. Ke3 f5 49. Kf4 Kf6 $19) 46. Kxd3
Rxd7+ 47. Ke3 Bh3 48. Bxc6 Rc7 49. Bb5 e5 $6 (49... h5 $142 $19) 50. Rh1 Be6
51. Kd3 Kf6 $1 52. Rxh6+ Kg5 53. Rh8 Kf4 $1 $19 54. Rh4+ (54. Ra8 e4+ 55. Kd4
e3 56. c5 Rd7+ 57. Bxd7 e2 58. Bxe6 e1=Q 59. Bd5 Qd2+ 60. Kc4 Qxa2+ 61. Kd4
Qd2+ 62. Kc4 Qb4+ 63. Kd3 Ke5 $1 $19) 54... Bg4 55. Rh8 f5 56. Re8 Rc5 57. a4
Kf3 58. Ba6 (58. Ra8 f4 59. Rxa5 Bf5+ 60. Kc3 Ke3 61. Kb4 f3 $1 62. Kxc5 f2 $19
) 58... Kf2 59. Bb5 Be2+ 60. Kc3 f4 61. Rd8 Bf3 62. Rd2+ Ke1 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Huebner Ehlvest} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5
$5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 b6 $6 (9... O-O {Huebner} 10. O-O Re8 11.
Qb1 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qb2 Ne4 $10 {Prokopenko,E-Batceceg,T,
WchJW-U16, Szeged 1994, TD 94/01.}) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 (11. Qe2 $5 $14) 11...
O-O 12. Rfc1 $14 h6 (12... Rc8 {Huebner} 13. Qe2 $14) 13. Bf4 (13. Bh4 $5 {
Huebner}) 13... Nh5 $5 14. Be5 f6 15. Bg3 $6 (15. Nh4 $1 {(Ehlvest)} fxe5 (
15... f5 16. Ng6 $16) 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Ng6+ Kxh7 18. Nxf8+ Kg8 19. Nxe6 Qb8 20.
Qg6 Qe8 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nc7 $14) 15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 f5 $13 17. Ne2 Bd6 18.
Nf4 Qf6 19. Be2 g5 20. Nd3 g4 21. Nh4 (21. Nfe1 $5 h5 22. Nf4 $13) 21... Rfc8
22. Qd1 $6 a5 $15 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Kf7 26. b3 Qd8 27. Nf4
Qc8 28. Qxc8 Bxc8 29. Nhg6 Nb8 30. f3 Ba6 31. Kf2 Bxe2 32. Kxe2 Nc6 33. Kd3
Nb4+ 34. Kd2 Kf6 35. Ke2 Nc6 (35... h5 $5) 36. Kd3 Nd8 (36... h5 $5) 37. fxg4
fxg4 38. e4 dxe4+ 39. Kxe4 Nf7 40. Nh4 Bxf4 41. Kxf4 $1 (41. gxf4 Nd6+ 42. Kd3
Nf5 43. Nxf5 exf5 44. g3 (44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Ke3 g3 47. Kf3 Kxd4 48.
Kxg3 Ke4 49. Kh4 Kxf4 50. Kh5 Kg3 51. Kxh6 Kxg2 52. Kg5 Kf3 53. Kxf5 Ke3 54.
Ke5 Kd3 55. Kd5 Kc3 56. Kc6 Kxb3 57. Kxb6 Kxa4 $19) 44... Ke6 45. Ke3 Kd5 46.
Kd3 Kc6 47. Ke3 b5 48. Kd2 (48. axb5+ Kxb5 49. Kd3 h5 50. Ke3 a4 51. bxa4+ Kxa4
52. Kd3 Kb4 $19) 48... bxa4 49. bxa4 Kd5 50. Kd3 h5 51. Ke3 Kc4 $19) 41... h5
42. Ke4 $10 Nd6+ 43. Kd3 Kg5 44. Ke3 b5 45. axb5 Nxb5 46. Kd3 Kf6 47. Kc4 Nd6+
48. Kd3 Kf7 49. Ke3 Kg7 50. Kd3 Kf6 51. Ke3 Nf5+ 52. Nxf5 exf5 {[#] Hecht
Bildung eines weit entfernten schwarzen Frei-B auf der h-Linie} 53. Kf4 $4 {
Huebner: Alle anderen Kцnigszьge halten remis. WeiЯ muЯ ... K-d5 mit K-e3
beantworten kцnnen (S. "Schach" 9/1996, S.15). Der Kцnig des Schwarzen kann
nicht erfolgreich am Damenflьgel eindringen:} (53. Kd3 Ke6 54. Kd2 Kd5 (54...
Kd6 {Huebner} 55. Ke2 Kc6 56. Kd3 Kb5 57. Kd2 Kb4 58. Kc2 (58. Kd3 {ist
natьrlich auch genьgend.}) 58... f4 59. gxf4 h4 60. f5 h3 61. gxh3 gxh3 62. f6
h2 63. f7 h1=Q 64. f8=Q+ Kb5 {und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 55. Ke3 $10) 53... Ke6 54.
Ke3 (54. Kg5 Kd5 55. Kxf5 Kxd4 56. Kg5 Kc3 $19) 54... Kd5 55. Kd3 f4 56. gxf4
h4 57. Ke3 h3 58. gxh3 gxh3 59. Kf3 Kxd4 60. Kg3 Ke4 (60... Ke4 61. Kxh3 Kxf4
62. Kg2 Ke3 63. Kf1 Kd2 $19 (63... Kd2 $1 {Hecht} 64. Kf2 Kc3 65. Ke2 Kxb3 66.
Kd2 Kb2 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4 b5 7.
Nd2 $2 (7. Ne3) 7... Bb7 8. Nb3 $6 $146 {Huebner,R: 'Der Aufbau des WeiЯen
sieht unnatьrlich aus und scheint mir nicht viel zu versprechen. Erprobt wurde
in dieser Stellung'} (8. e4 $142) (8. e3 {Huebner,R} e5 9. Be2 exd4 10. exd4
$11 {1-0 Jakobsen,O-Holmsgaard,H/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 47 ext (38)}) 8... a5 $1
$17 9. Bg5 (9. a4 b4 $17) 9... a4 10. Nd2 a3 11. bxa3 Rxa3 12. Qc2 e6 $2 (12...
e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 $17) 13. e3 Bb4 14. Ncb1 Ra8 (14... Ra7 $5) 15. Bd3 h6 16.
Bxf6 Qxf6 $5 (16... Nxf6 $11) 17. O-O O-O 18. a3 {'?!' Huebner,R.} (18. Nc3 $5
$11 {Huebner,R}) 18... e5 $5 (18... Bd6 $11) 19. Ne4 Qe6 20. Qb2 Be7 21. Nbd2
Ra7 $5 22. Bc2 $1 {Huebner,R: 'WeiЯ versucht, die Schwierigkeiten, die ihm die
Schwдche seines a-Bauern verursacht, auf taktische Weise zu beheben. In
Betracht kam auch'} (22. Ng3 {Huebner,R} Rfa8 (22... g6 23. Bc2 Rfa8 24. Bb3 {
ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen Gegenspiel.}) 23. Bf5 Qd6 24. Nge4 Qc7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26.
Nc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Qd5 28. Rfc1 {nebst Sd2-f3.}) 22... Rfa8 23. Bb3 Qf5 $5 (
23... Qg6 24. dxe5 Rxa3 (24... Bxa3 $6 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26. Nd6 Rxb3 27. Nxb3 $14)
25. Rxa3 Bxa3 26. Qd4 $13) 24. Ng3 Qd3 25. a4 $2 (25. Bc2 Bxa3 26. Qa2 Bc5 $1 (
26... Qc3 $6 27. Bg6 $1) 27. Qb2 $11) 25... exd4 26. exd4 c5 27. Rad1 $1 {
Huebner,R: 'Dies ist anscheinend die beste Fortsetzung. Nach'} (27. Rae1 Bg5 $1
$17) (27. Rae1 {Huebner,R ist sowohl 27...Lg5 wie 27...Lf6 unangenehm fьr WeiЯ.
}) 27... bxa4 $1 (27... Qxd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. axb5 $11) 28. Bxa4 Bxg2 $3 (
28... Rxa4 29. Qxb7 $11) 29. Bxd7 $4 {'?' Huebner,R. Huebner,R: 'Eine
Verrechnung dьrfte der Wahl dieses Zuges zugrunde liegen. Aussichten auf
Ьberleben bot einzig die Fortsetzung'} (29. Bb5 Bxf1 30. Bxd3 Bxd3 $15 (30...
Bxd3 {Huebner,R} 31. dxc5)) 29... Bxf1 {'-+' Huebner,R.} 30. Bf5 Qb5 31. Qc2
Be2 32. Re1 (32. Rb1 Qa6 $19) 32... Ra2 (32... Ra1 $142 33. Nb1 Bc4 34. Rxe7
Ba2 $19) 33. Qe4 Bd3 34. Qf3 $6 (34. Qxe7 Rxd2 35. Qe3 Bxf5 36. Qxd2 (36. Nxf5
Qd3 37. Qe5 f6 38. Qe6+ Kh8 $19) 36... c4 $1 $19) 34... Bxf5 35. Nxf5 Bf8 $19
36. Kg2 cxd4 37. Ne4 Qb6 38. Rd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. f4
e6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd2 (11. Qf3 $5) 11... O-O 12. Be1 Ne4 $1 13. Qb1
Ndf6 $6 (13... f5 $1 14. a4 $1 b4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 (15... dxe4 16. Bc4 Bd5 17. Qa2
$14) 16. Be2 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Be7 19. Bg4 $10) 14. Bh4 $1 Rc8 (
14... Nd2 15. Qc2 Nxf1 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 (16... Nxh7 17. Bxd8 Nxe3 18. Qd3 $1 $16)
17. Rxf1 $40) 15. Rc1 $5 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ng4 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxf6+
Qxf6 19. Nxe4 Qg6 20. Ng3 Rc2 $1 (20... Qxb1 21. Raxb1 Rc2 22. Rf2 Rfc8 $44)
21. Rf2 Rfc8 22. f5 Rxf2 23. fxg6 Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 fxg6 $1 25. e4 Rcc2 26. Qe1 h5
$1 $13) 15... Qa5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd7 Qd2 $5 (18... Rfe8 19.
Nc5 $10) 19. Nxf8 $1 (19. Bf2 $2 Bxf4 $1 20. Rd1 Qe2 $1 21. Re1 Bxh2+ $17)
19... Qxe3+ 20. Bf2 $1 Qxf4 21. g3 $2 (21. Rxc8 $1 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Bxc8 (22... e3
23. Qxh7+ $18) 23. Qxe4 $1 Bxf8 (23... Kxf8 24. Qa8 $18) 24. Rc1 Bd7 (24... Qb8
25. Bg3 Qxg3 26. Rxc8 {/\ Qe5}) 25. Qb7 Qh1+ $1 (25... Qd6 26. Rc7 Be8 27. Rc8
Bd7 28. Rd8 $18) 26. Bg1 Qh6 $1 27. Rc7 Be8 $1 28. Rc8 Qd2 $1 29. Rxe8 Qd1+ 30.
Kf2 Qxd4+ $10) (21. Bg3 Qe3+ 22. Bf2 Qh6) 21... Rxc1+ $1 (21... Qf3 $2 22. Rxc8
Bxc8 23. Qd1 $16) 22. Qxc1 Qf5 $1 (22... Qf3 23. Qe3 Kxf8 24. Qxf3 exf3 25. Rc1
Ke7 26. Be3 Bd5 27. Bf4 $14) 23. Be3 (23. Nxe6 $2 e3 $3 24. Qxe3 Qd5 $19) 23...
Bxf8 $15 24. Qc7 Qf3 $1 25. Qf4 (25. Rf1 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 f5 27. Qxb7 Qxd4 28.
Qxa6 Qd5 $17) 25... Qe2 26. Qf2 Qd3 (26... Qc4 27. Rc1 Qd5 28. Rc7 f6 $15) 27.
Qd2 $2 (27. Rc1 $1 Bd5 28. b3 {/\ Qd2=}) 27... Qc4 28. b3 Qd5 29. Rc1 Bd6 30.
Qa5 h6 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd7 $4 (32. Qe8 $15) 32... Bf4 $1 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Huebner} d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {A successful comeback to the
Chebanenko system which I played a lot in 1993-1994 and now in Vienna scored 3
out of 4 with.} 5. c5 {Kramnik has almost never experienced the 4...a6 system
as White and I didn't know what to expect from him. He played} (5. a4 {once.})
5... Bf5 $5 {I used to play 'pure Moldavian'} (5... g6 {, but somehow Black
gets a passive position with it. The text has been well employed by my
countryman Jordi Magem.}) 6. Qb3 Ra7 {against Ivan Sokolov (Yerevan 1996) I
switched to} (6... Qc8 {Huebner sieht natьrlicher aus.}) 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3 {
A new move with the idea to avoid} (8. e3 Nh5 $5 {and by exchanging the strong
White's bishop, Black should probably solve his opening problems.} (8... Nh5 {
Huebner} 9. Be2 Nxf4 10. exf4 e6 $10 {Huebner: geschah in der Partie Schцn,
W-Pieper Emden,C, NRW II 93/94, Deutschland 1993, GER 07. In der vorliegenden
Partie mцchte WeiЯ den Abtausch seines schwarzfeldrigen Lдufers verhindern.}))
8... h6 $5 9. e3 g5 10. Bh2 Bg7 11. Ne5 $5 {Kramnik is being ambitious but
with not such a good development it is a bit risky. I believe that Black
should also be OK after} (11. Be2 Ne4 $5 {but}) (11. Nd2 $5 {could be an
interesting try.}) 11... O-O (11... Ne4 $5 $10 {Huebner}) 12. f3 (12. Bd3 $16 {
Huebner  Huebner: laut V. Kramnik, "Schach" 9/1996, S.13, doch scheint mir
dies etwas ьbertrieben. Nach} Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Ne4 {mit der Idee, e7-e5
durchzusetzen, sollte Schwarz noch nicht ernsthaft im Nachteil sein.}) 12...
Nxe5 $1 {Otherwise Black stands passively. could be an interesting try.} 13.
Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e4 {This pawn advance is not dangerous but} (15. Be2
Qc7 (15... e5 {Huebner} 16. O-O Qf6 17. Rad1 {Huebner: gefolgt von Tf1-f2 und
Le2-f1 mit Aussichten auf einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 16. Kf2 e5 {would also
promise Black a good game.}) (15. O-O-O {Huebner  Huebner: wird von V. Kramnik,
loc. cit., vorgeschlagen, doch hat Schwarz nach 15...e5 keinerlei
Schwierigkeiten. Meines Erachtens sollte WeiЯ hier die kurze Rochade anstreben:
}) 15... dxe4 16. fxe4 Bg6 17. O-O-O $2 {This bad move was accompannied with a
draw offer but, of course I rejected it because now Black gets a clear
avantage by simple means. White ought to continue} (17. e5 {which I was
planning to answer by} b6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 (18... Rb7 19. O-O-O Rxb6 20. Qa3 $13)
(18... Nxb6 {Huebner} 19. Rd1 (19. O-O-O {Huebner: ist hier offensichtlich zu
riskant.}) 19... a5 (19... Rd7 20. Bxa6 Rxd4 21. O-O {Huebner: sieht nicht
verlockend fьr Schwarz aus. Nach}) (19... f6 20. Be2 fxe5 21. dxe5 Qc7 22. Rf1
{Huebner: kommt der Kцnig des WeiЯen in Sicherheit.}) 20. Be2 Rd7 {fьr Schwarz
sehr angenehm; der Kцnig des WeiЯen kommt nicht ohne weiteres in Sicherheit.})
19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. O-O-O Nd5 $5 {with a roughly equal endgame.}) 17... e5 $1 {
Now White's centre breaks down while the isolated e4 pawn stays as the
weakness. There is also no counterplay White can arrange.} 18. Qc4 (18. dxe5
Qe7 $17) (18. d5 Nxc5 19. Qc4 Nd7 $17) 18... Qf6 $1 {A very precise move. Now
White is forced to exchange pawms before completing the development.} 19. dxe5
(19. d5 Qf4+ 20. Rd2 (20. Kb1 cxd5 $17 (20... cxd5 {Huebner} 21. Qxd5 Nf6))
20... Qe3 21. b4 a5 {is awful for White.}) (19. Be2 {Huebner} exd4 20. Rxd4 Ne5
21. Qb3 Qf2 22. Rhd1 Qxg2 23. Qb6 Raa8 24. Qxb7 Qxh3 {Huebner: sieht ebenfalls
sehr unerfreulich fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 19... Nxe5 20. Qd4 Raa8 $1 {I was thinking
about tempting} (20... Qf4+ $5 21. Qd2 Qg3 $17 {but then just decided to bring
my rook into the game first.}) 21. Qe3 Rad8 22. Be2 Qe7 $17 {Black has no
clear winning plan, but as I already stated, White has no counterplay.} 23.
Rhe1 (23. Rxd8 {Huebner} Rxd8 24. Rd1 {Huebner: kam meines Erachtens sehr in
Betracht; schon nach Abtausch eines Turmpaares wird die Deckung des Bauern auf
c5 durch b2-b4 weniger riskant sein.}) 23... Nd7 {Huebner: Jetzt hat Schwarz
schon erheblichen Vorteil.} 24. Qd4+ (24. Na4 $5 {Huebner}) 24... Nf6 25. Qe3 (
25. Qb4 {Huebner: mit der Absicht, Td1-d6 folgen zu lassen, war wohl nicht
aussichtsreicher. Die Fortsetzung} b5 (25... Nxe4 {Huebner} 26. Rxd8 (26. Bf3
Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Nxc3 $17) 26... Rxd8 27. Nxe4 (27. Bf3 Nxc5 $19) 27... Qxe4 28.
Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxa6 Bxg2 30. Bxb7 Bxh3 31. Rd1 {ist nicht klar;} Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1
Bd7 33. a4 h5 34. a5 h4 35. Ke2 {Huebner: ist dem Schwarzen nicht anzuraten.})
26. Rxd8 (26. Rd6 {Huebner} Rxd6 27. cxd6 Qe5 28. Rd1 c5 {Hubner: nebst b5-b4
ist hoffnungslos fьr WeiЯ.}) 26... Rxd8 27. Qa5 Rd4 {ist aber fatal fьr WeiЯ.})
(25. Qc4 {Huebner} Qe5 26. Bf3 h5 {Huebner: sieht auch nicht besser fьr WeiЯ
aus.}) 25... Qe5 {Huebner: Jetzt ist WeiЯ gдnzlich paralysiert. Seine Lage ist
vermutlich hoffnungslos.} 26. Bf3 h5 27. a3 Rfe8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 {[#]} 29. Bd1 $2
{Now Black wins easily. The only way was} (29. Rd1 {after which Black should
probably continue} Re8 $17 (29... Rxd1+ {Huebner} 30. Kxd1 Nd5 31. Qd2 Nxc3+
32. Qxc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Kf6 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Ke3 h4 36. Kd3 Kf4 37. Kd4 f6 38.
Kd3 g4 {Huebner: ist hoffnungslos fьr WeiЯ.})) 29... Rd4 30. Bc2 Rc4 $1 $19 {
The game is over.} (30... Qxc5 $5 {Huebner} 31. e5 {Huebner: Wenn WeiЯ der
Dame des Schwarzen erlaubt, nach e5 zurьckzukehren, ist seine Stellung
natьrlich hoffnungslos.} Nd5 32. Qxg5 Nxc3 33. Qf6+ Kg8 $19) 31. Kb1 Rxc5 32.
Qd2 (32. Bb3 {Huebner  Huebner: wird durch 32...De7 nebst 33...Te5 entkrдftet.}
) 32... Rc4 33. Qd8 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 35. Nxe4 (35. Ka1 {loses to} Rxc3 $19)
35... Rxe4 $138 {White lost on time but his position is, of course lost anyway.
} 0-1

[Event "BLR-ch"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Shulman,Y"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O (8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O Nd5 13. Nfe5 $14 {
Bareev,E-Shirov,A/ Groningen 1993}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 (9... Bc5 10. Be3 Qe7
11. Nc2 O-O 12. a5 Nc6 13. Na4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17.
Rd1 e5 $10 {Kamsky,G-Bareev,E/ Linares 1994}) 10. Nc2 (10. e4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. a5 e5 $44) (10. a5 O-O 11. Ra4 Qc7 $13) 10... Nbd7 (10...
Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nc6 12. a5 {/\ Na3+/=} (12. Bxc6+ $6 bxc6 13. Ne3 a5 14. Nxc4 Ba6
$10)) (10... Qc7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 (12... Be6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 $14) 13. Ne3 $14 {/+/-}) 11. Na3 (11. Ne3 Nc5 (11... Qc7 12. Qd4) 12.
Nxc4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nb3 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Rbxc1 O-O 16. Ne5 $14) 11... Qc7 12.
Qd4 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 e5 (13... Rb8 14. Rd1 O-O (14... b5 $6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra7
Qc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Bc6+ Bd7 20. Rd6 $18) 15. Qa7 $44) 14. Qh4
O-O $2 (14... Nf8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rb8 17. f4 Bd7 18. fxe5 $14) 15. g4 $1
$16 Qa5 (15... h6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qc5 18. Rd1 $18) (15... Qd8 16. g5 Ne8
17. Nd5 h6 18. Rd1 $18) 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd5 Nb6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rf3 (19. Bxb7
Ra7 20. Bc6 Rxe7 21. Rh3 h6 22. gxh6 g6 23. Bg5 $13) (19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rh3 h6
21. g6 $1 $18) 19... Nd6 (19... Nd5 20. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. g6 Nef6 22. gxf7 Be6
23. Ng6#) (19... Be6 20. g6 Nf6 21. Rxf6 $18) 20. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Shulman,Y"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 Be7 (6...
Bb4 $5) (6... dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O (8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11.
Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O Nd5 13. Nfe5 Nd4 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nf5 16. b4 Ba7 17. Rad1
f6 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rd7+ Ke8 20. Rxb7 fxe5 21. g4 Nxe3 22. Nd6+ Kd8 {Bareev,
E-Shirov,A/Groningen/1993/0,5/}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nc2 O-O
12. a5 Nc6 13. Na4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rd1 e5 $10 {
Kamsky,G-Bareev,E/Linares/1994/}) (6... a5 $5) 7. Bg2 (7. a5 c5 $132) 7... O-O
8. O-O b6 (8... a5 9. Nd2 Na6 (9... c5 10. e3 (10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Nb5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd4 $14 {׫}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 $10) 10. e4 Nb4 $13) 9. Nd2 Ra7 $6 (9...
a5 $5 10. e4 Ba6 11. b3 Ra7 $132) 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Rd7 12. Qb3 $1 (12. Be3
$2 c5 13. d5 Bb7 $15) 12... Bb7 (12... Rxd4 13. Be3 e5 14. c5 $16) 13. a5 $16 (
13. Be3 Ng4) 13... b5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qe7 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Rad1
(18. Rae1 $1 $16 {/\f4-f5}) 18... Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 bxc4 21. Qd4
Nbd7 (21... Nd5 22. Ne4) 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Ne4 N7f6 24. Nd6 Ne8 25. Qb3 Nxd6 (
25... Nxe3 $2 26. Qxb7 Qxb7 27. Nxb7 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Nf6 29. Nd8 Ne4 30. b4 $18)
26. cxd6 Qd7 27. Bc5 (27. Bd4 $5) 27... e5 (27... Qc8 28. Bf1 Kh8 29. Bc4 Kg8
30. Qd3 {/\d7} Nf6 31. b4 Nd7 32. f4 $16 {->>>}) 28. Qd3 Bc8 $6 (28... Qe6 29.
Qe2 {/\d7} Bc8 (29... f6 30. h4 {/\Kh2,Bh3}) 30. Be4 Qxh3 31. Bd3 Nf6 {/\Ng4}
32. Qxe5 $16) 29. b4 Qe6 30. b5 $1 {Winning by force.} axb5 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32.
Qxb5 {King: Black has no defence to the pushing of the a-pawn.} Bd7 (32... Qxh3
33. a6 Bg4 34. Qf1 Qh5 35. a7 Bf3 36. a8=Q+ Kh7 37. Qg2 $18) 33. Qb7 (33. Qb8+
$6 Kh7 34. a6 Qxh3 35. Qb1+ Bf5 36. Qf1 Qg4 37. a7 Qa4 $132) 33... Bc8 (33...
Qxh3 34. a6 Bg4 35. Qxd5 $18) 34. a6 $1 Bxb7 35. axb7 Qe8 36. Ba7 f6 37. b8=Q
Qxb8 38. Bxb8 {Hecht: Taktischen Endspielьbergang beachten. Einfaches Endspiel
L+Freibauern - Bauern} Kf7 39. Ba7 Ke6 40. Bc5 f5 (40... g5 {Hecht} 41. g4 Kd7
42. Kf1 Kc6 43. Ke2 Kd7 44. Kd3 Kc6 45. Kc3 Kd7 46. Kb4 Kc6 47. Ka5 d4 48. Kb4
d3 49. Kc3 e4 50. Kd2 Kd7 51. Ke3 Kc6 52. Bb4 $18) 41. f4 (41. f4 {Hecht} exf4
42. gxf4 g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Kf2 f4 (44... g4 45. h4 $18) 45. Kf3 Kd7 46. Kg4
d4 47. Bxd4 Kxd6 48. Kxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 (4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 {is another way to fight
for an opening advantage, but here Ni Hua would probably prefer the Classical
Slav and take on c4 on move 4.}) 4... a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 {Retaining the
tension has been White's most usual choice.} ({However, recently the most
topical alternative has been} 6. c5 {, when Black has 2 roughly equivalent
alternatives:} {Subsequently Malakhov in the WCup was successful with} g6 (6...
Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 $5 10. e6 Nxc5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. b3 $2
(12. Bc2 $142 $13) 12... Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qg5 14. g3 Qf6 15. Bb2 Qf3 $40 16. Rg1
Bg4 17. a3 Re8 18. Rc1 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. h3 Bxh3 21. g4 Bxg4 22. Rg3 Qf5 23.
Qd4 Re4 24. Qa7+ Qd7 25. Qb6 c5 {0-1,Anand,V (2788)-Aronian,L (2786)/Moscow/
2009/}) {A more restrained choice is} 7. Bd3 {, but even here it's not so
simple for White to achieve anything tangible:} (7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 {is less
committal, but Black equalized with ease after} (8. f4 O-O (8... Be6 9. Bd3 Qc8
$6 10. Bd2 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. b4 Nbd7 13. a4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 fxe4
16. O-O O-O 17. Be1 Qe6 18. Bh4 f6 19. exf6 exf6 20. Bg3 Rae8 21. Bd6 Rf7 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Rc8 24. Qe2 $14 {Eljanov,P (2729)-Malakhov,V (2706)/WCup
Khanty Mansiysk/2009/}) 9. Bd3 Be6 (9... Qc7 10. O-O Be6 11. g4 Nbd7 $5 12. f5
(12. g5 $11) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bd2 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Bxe5
17. Qe2 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. Bc1 e5 $44 {/=/+,Eljanov,P (2729)
-Malakhov,V (2706)//WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2009/}) 10. g4 Qc7 11. Bd2 (11. O-O
Nbd7 {-9...Qc7}) 11... a5 12. g5 b4 $1 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qe2 $6 (15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nec4 Nd7 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. O-O-O $13) 15... f6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nxd7
Qxd7 18. gxf6 exf6 19. O-O-O Bf5 20. Rdg1 b3 21. a3 Nf2 $1 $40 {Eljanov,P 
(2729)-Malakhov,V (2706)//WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2009/}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Be6 10.
f4 Ne4 $5 11. a4 f6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Nb4 Qc7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bd2 f5 16. Qc2
Nf6 17. Ra3 Qb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rfa1 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. a4
bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rb8 $11 {Caruana,F (2670)-Svidler,P (2739)/Amsterdam/2009/}) {
More logical and usual is} 7... Bg7 {, which Malakhov had to face himself:} (
7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 (9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. f4 e6 $13 {/<=>}) 9... Bg7 10. g4
(10. Qe2 $5 {/\} O-O 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. f4 $1 $14 {(),Galicek,S-Jirka,J (1885)/
Plzen op/1995/}) 10... e5 11. Qg3 Nfd7 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. O-O h5 14. f3 Nf8 15. a4
b4 16. Bd2 a5 $13 17. e4 $6 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne6 19. Rae1 h4 20. Qf2 O-O 21. f4
exd4 22. f5 Nxc5 23. Bb1 d3 24. Nc1 Qd6 $17 {Svidler,P (2754)-Malakhov,V (2706)
//WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2009/}) 8. Qc2 (8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bg4 $132) 8... O-O 9.
O-O a5 $5 10. Re1 (10. a3 Nbd7 11. e4 $6 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14.
Qh4 Bg4 $1 15. Ne5 Qxd4 16. Re1 b4 17. Na4 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qb4 19. f3 Be6 $17 {
Malakhov,V (2709)-Ni Hua (2724)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2009/ and Black is simply a
healthy P up.}) 10... Bg4 (10... Nbd7 $5 {/\Qc7,e5<=>}) 11. Ne5 Be6 12. h3 h6 (
12... Nfd7 $142) 13. Bd2 Qc8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 $5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qc1
Kh7 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Nd5 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 $36 {Kozul,Z (2604)-Sebenik,M 
(2490)/SLO-chT Rogaska Slatina/2009/}) 6... Bg4 7. h3 {An ambitious try -
White is willing to invest time to win the ^^.} ({A similar try, which also
gave Black sharp <=>, was} 7. Bd2 Nbd7 $5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 $1
11. Rc1 Bd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd1 O-O 15. Be2 a5 16. Rc2 Qe7 17.
Bc1 Rad8 18. Bb2 Ng6 19. O-O Ne4 20. Bd4 Nh4 21. Bd3 Nf5 $132 {Carlsen,M (2776)
-Wang Yue (2739)/Linares/2009/}) (7. Be2 {is by far the most usual reaction,
but this is rather tame and Black should solve his opening problems with
simple development:} e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2
Qc7 (12... bxc4 $5 13. bxc4 O-O 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Nd3 Ne4 {is also close to full
equality.}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 $5 (15... Nxd7 16. e4 dxe4
17. d5 O-O 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. Nf4 Ra7 20. Bd4 (20. Nh5 Nxe6 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22.
Qg4+ Ng5 23. Bxf6 h6 24. Rc6 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Be5 26. h4 Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Qc8 {
Morovic Fernandez,I (2573)-Leitao,R (2573)/Santos/2004/} 28. Rf5 f6 29. hxg5
hxg5 30. Qxe4 Rh7+ $11) 20... Bxf4 21. Bxc5 Bxc1 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Qxc1 {
does give White a minute edge, although Black should be able to hold after} Re7
$11 {/+/=}) 16. f3 Qb7 $132 {is perhaps a safer option.}) 7... Bxf3 ({If
Kramnik's idea proves dangerous, Black should start looking for alternatives
earlier on, perhaps even here. While} 7... Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 {seems rather
passive, it leads to typical Slav positions. If White wants something
substantial from the opening, he should go for the complications after} e6 10.
h4 (10. Bd2 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. c5 N6d7 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Bg2 a5
16. Ne2 Na6 17. a3 b4 18. a4 Bh4 19. Rhf1 Nc7 20. Kb1 Qe7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4
Nd5 $132 {Malakhatko,V (2590)-Wirig,A (2487)/Differdange/2007/}) 10... Ne4 11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. f3 f6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. fxe4 dxe4 15. Bd2 $14 {/~~}) 8. Qxf3 (8.
gxf3 {compromises White's P-structure and lessens his chances to get a
positional pull:} Nbd7 9. f4 e6 10. c5 Ne4 $5 11. Nxe4 (11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3
a5 13. Bd3 f5 14. h4 Nf6 15. h5 Ne4 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Qc2 a4 18. b4 Kf7 19. O-O-O
Nf6 20. Rh3 Qd7 21. Rdh1 Rag8 22. f3 Bd8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2786)-Gelfand,B 
(2719)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 11... dxe4 12. Bg2 f5 13. f3 exf3 (13... Nf6) 14.
Bxf3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rg1 Kf7 18. O-O-O g6 19. Kc2 Be7 {1/2,
Gustafsson,J (2634)-Ni Hua (2710)/Reggio Emilia/2008/ Black's light-squared
setup is very solid and White can't make any inroads without excessive risk.})
8... e5 {This sharp blow is the main reason why White used to avoid 7.h3.
However, even here Black can deviate from the main line and he even has 2
plausible alternatives:} (8... bxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. c5 $5 (10. dxe5 Bb4 11. Bd2
Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. cxd5 ({For} 15. e6 {see the 13.e6
line below.}) 15... cxd5 16. Bd2 Qb2 17. Rd1 Nc6 {Dlugy,M (2550)-Bologan,V 
(2520)/New York/1993/} 18. Bd3 Nxe5 19. Qe2 O-O 20. O-O Qxa3 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22.
Qb5 {/\Ra1=}) (10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Qf5 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bd3 exd4
15. exd4 Rfe8+ 16. Ne2 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 c5 $132 {1/2,Gleizerov,E 
(2525)-Berezjuk,S (2380)/Katowice/1992/}) 10... Nbd7 11. Be2 {Cuts off the Q
on the >>.} (11. Qd1 $142 $5 {[%cal Yd1a4] /\Qa4 gives White chances for an
advantage.}) 11... g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Bd1 Ne8 15. Ne2 Nc7 16. Ba4
Nb5 17. Bb2 Re8 18. Rfd1 Rb8 19. Bb3 Qe7 20. Rd2 Rb7 $11 {/=/+,Pinter,J (2580)
-Komliakov,V (2415)/Manila olm/1992/}) ({The more restrained choice is} 8... e6
9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Bd3 (10. Qd1 O-O 11. Be2 bxc4 12. bxc4 c5 $1 $11) (10. Rc1 $5 {
/\} Qa5 11. Rc2 {gives better chances to retain the tension.}) 10... Qa5 11.
Rc1 (11. Nb1 Nbd7 $132) 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qxa2 13. Qd1 dxc4 14. bxc4 bxc4 15.
Ra1 Qb3 16. Qxb3 cxb3 17. Ke2 Nbd7 18. Rhb1 c5 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. Bxa6 O-O 21.
Rxb3 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Bd3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nc6 25. Bb2 h6 26. g4 Nd5 $11 {
/+/=,L'Ami,E (2610)-Laznicka,V (2601)/Liverpool/2008/ While formally White has
a pleasant _|_, with P only on the >> a draw is the most likely outcome.}) 9.
dxe5 {[%mdl 64] The principled reaction, which leads to great tactical
complications.} (9. c5 Nbd7 $13 {promises White less, than in the above line
with the open <-> b.}) 9... Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 (12...
c5 $2 13. Rd1 (13. O-O-O $5 Ng5 14. Rxd5 Nxf3 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ba5+ $36)
13... Ng5 (13... cxb4 14. Rxd5 Qh4 15. g3 $18) 14. Qf4 (14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. cxd5
cxb4 16. Rd4 $16) 14... Ne6 15. Qg3 cxb4 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. e6 Ne4 {
1-0 Nadanian,A (2445)-Wang Rui (2420)/Seoul 2008/EXT 2010 (56)} 19. Qe5 Nd6 (
19... Nc3 20. d6 $18) 20. Be2 $18 {->}) 13. Qg4 $5 {After a series of forced
moves White has a wider choice, but other continuations promise him little:} (
13. e6 fxe6 (13... Ra7 14. bxc4 Qb6 {It seems that White at best barely has
equality after} 15. Rb1 $5 (15. a3 a5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 Nc6 18. Bd3 (18.
Qf5 axb4 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Qe6+ Re7 21. Qxd5 Nxf2 22. Be2 Re5 23. Qd6 Nxh1 24.
Rxc6 Qxe3 25. Rc8+ Kf7 26. Rc7+ Re7 $19 {Even the rest of the game is
entertaining!} 27. Qd5+ Kf6 28. Rc6+ Re6 29. Rxe6+ Qxe6 30. Qf3+ Kg6 31. Qh5+
Kf6 32. Qf3+ Qf5 33. Qc6+ Kg5 34. Qc1+ Kh4 35. Qc4+ Kg3 36. Qc7+ Qf4 37. Qxg7+
Kh2 38. Qxh8 Qc1+ 39. Bd1 Qe3+ 40. Be2 Ng3 {0-1,Mukhaev,A-Krivoshey,S/Moscow/
1994/}) (18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qg4 Nd8 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Bd4 Qd6 22. f4 Qxa3 23. Rb1
Nc6 24. Qd1 Qe7 {0-1,Ovsejevitsch,S-Komliakov,V (2435)/Nikolaev zt/1993/})
18... axb4 19. Bxe4 fxe6 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. O-O $2 (22. Qf4+ $11)
22... dxe4 23. Rfd1 Ne7 24. axb4 (24. Rc8+ Nxc8 25. Rd8+ Qxd8 $1 26. Qxd8+ Kf7
27. Qxh8 bxa3 $19) 24... Qb8 25. b5 {Krivoshey,S (2410)-Juergens,P (2275)/
Passau/1996/} h6 $5 26. Qg4 Kf7 $17) 15... a5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd3 axb4 18.
Bxe4 dxe4 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxe4+ Re7 21. Qxb4 $11 {Neiman,E (2292)-Sanchez,L
(2239)/Clichy/2002/}) 14. Qh5+ (14. bxc4 $5 $146 Nd7 (14... c5 15. cxd5 Ng5 16.
Qg4 cxb4 17. h4 $13) (14... Qb6 15. Rb1 $1 (15. a3 a5 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Bc3 Nxc3
18. Qg5+ Kc8 19. Qxg7 Qb2 20. Qxh8+ Kc7 $36) 15... c5 (15... a5 $2 16. Qh5+ $18
) 16. cxd5 Nf6 17. dxe6 Nc6 18. Bc4 (18. g4 $5) 18... cxb4 19. O-O $44) 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Bxe4 Rxb4 18. Qh5+ {So,W (2640)-Malakhov,V (2706)/
WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2009/} Ke7 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. O-O Qd6 $11) 14...
g6 15. Qe5 Kf7 16. Qf4+ (16. Bxc4 $2 Nd7 17. Qf4+ Kg7 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Bd6 Rhf8
$1 $19 {Krivoshey,S (2553)-Jakovenko,D (2662)/playchess.com INT/2006/}) 16...
Kg7 17. Qe5+ Kf7 $11 (17... Qf6 18. Qxf6+ Kxf6 19. bxc4 Nd7 $11)) (13. Bxc4 {
Simpler is} Qb6 (13... Ng5 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. Rd1 Nd7 (15... Qb6 $5 16. Qxc4 Qb5
$13 {Rogozenco}) 16. Qxc4 c5 17. Bc3 Ne6 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 g6 20. Rd6 Qe7 21.
Rfd1 $44 {/+/=,Markos,J (2526)-Timoscenko,G (2494)/SVK-ch Banska Stiavnica/
2006/ See Rogozenco's notes in CBM 113.}) 14. a3 a5 15. Bd6 Nxd6 16. exd6 O-O (
{Again the safe choice, risky is} 16... dxc4 17. Qe4+ Kd8 18. Qxc4 $44 {|^})
17. Be2 Qc5 18. O-O (18. e4 Nd7 19. Rd1 Ne5 20. Qf5 Qxd6 21. exd5 cxd5 22. O-O
g6 $11) 18... Qxd6 19. e4 (19. Rfc1 Nd7 20. Qf5 Rfb8 $132) 19... Nd7 20. exd5
cxd5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qxb4 $11 {Wang Yue (2736)-Ni Hua (2692)
/JinZhou/2009/}) ({Tame moves like} 13. Qd1 $2 c5 $17 {are insufficient.}) (13.
bxc4 Qb6 {transposes to 8...bxc4 above.}) 13... c5 (13... g6 $6 14. Bxc4 (14.
bxc4 $5 Nd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e6 $14) 14... h5 15. Qf4 Qb6 16. Bd6 $2 (16. a3
$142 $1 a5 17. Bd6 Nd7 18. Be2 Qxb3 19. Rc1 $36) 16... Nxd6 17. exd6 Qa5+ 18.
Ke2 dxc4 19. Qe4+ Kf8 20. Qe7+ (20. Qxc4 $15) 20... Kg7 21. Qb7 cxb3 (21... Qb5
$1 22. Qxa8 cxb3+ 23. Kf3 b2 24. Rab1 Qb6 25. a4 a5 $19 {/\Nd7}) 22. a4 Qc3 23.
Rac1 Qb2+ 24. Kf3 Qf6+ (24... a5 $1 25. Qxa8 Nd7 $19 {-> Rogozenco}) 25. Ke2
Qb2+ $11 {Timoscenko,G (2515)-Grigorieva,A/Guichen op/1992/}) 14. f3 $1 (14.
Qxg7 Rf8 15. bxc4 (15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Bd2 c3 17. Bc1 c2 18. Rd3 c4 19. Rxd5 Qb4+
20. Ke2 Nc3+ 21. Kf3 Nxd5 22. Bxc4 {Hillarp Persson,T (2507)-Ibragimov,I (2554)
/Skelleftea/1999/} Nc3 $5 $19) 15... Qb6 16. Bc3 Nxc3 17. Bd3 dxc4 18. Bxh7 {
Rousselot,B (2375)-Sedlacek,O (2515)/corr/1994/} Nc6 $15) (14. Bxc4 cxb4 15.
Rd1 Nc3 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Bxd5 (17. O-O $2 Qa5 18. Bd3 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 Nc6 20. e6
Qc5 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qh6 O-O-O $19 {Szilagyi,P (2409)-Berebora,F (2404)/
HUN-chT2/2002/}) 17... Nxd1 18. Bxa8 Qd3 19. Qg4 Nc3 20. Qc8+ Qd8 21. Qg4 {
and it's up to Black whether to repeat moves, or to strive for more with} h5 $5
22. Qxh5 Qd3 $36) 14... cxb4 ({It would be interesting to know Kramnik's
intentions after} 14... Nc6 $5 15. fxe4 (15. Qxg7 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Nxb4 17. fxe4
O-O-O $1 $15) 15... Nxb4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 {I suspect White's idea was the complex
sacrificial} 17. exd5 $1 (17. Kf2 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qxe4 19. Bg2 Qf5+ $1 (19... Nd3+
20. Kg1 Qxe3+ 21. Kh2 O-O-O 22. Qg4+ $6 (22. Qf6 $142 Rg8 23. Qc6+ $11) 22...
Kc7 23. Rhf1 Nxe5 24. Qh4 Rg8 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Rf5 Rd3 27. g4 Re8 28. Rb1 {
Grivas,E (2495)-Andrianov,N (2460)/Athens/1993/} Rd2 $1 $19) 20. Kg1 cxb3 21.
axb3 Qg6 $5 22. Qxg6 fxg6 $15) 17... Nc2+ 18. Kf2 Nxa1 (18... Qxd5 19. Be2 Nxa1
(19... Qe4 20. Qh6 $36) 20. Rxa1 cxb3 21. axb3 $14) 19. Bxc4 Nc2 20. Qh6 $5 Rg8
(20... Qd7 21. Rf1 (21. Qf4 Nb4 22. d6 $44) 21... Na3 22. Kg1 Nxc4 23. bxc4 $44
) 21. d6 Ra7 (21... Qg5 $2 22. d7+ $1 Kxd7 23. Qd6+ Kc8 24. Qxc5+ Kb8 25. Qd6+
Kc8 26. Qc6+ Kb8 27. Qb6+ Kc8 28. Bd5 $1 $18) 22. Rc1 (22. e6 Qg5 23. exf7+
Rxf7+ 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxh7+ Rg7 26. Qe4 Qg3+ $15) 22... Nb4 (22... Qa8 23.
g4 Qe4 24. Qf4 $1 Qxf4+ 25. exf4 $36 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5,Gf4] [+]}) 23. a3 Nc6 24.
e6 Qg5 25. exf7+ Rxf7+ 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxh7+ Ke6 (27... Rg7 28. Qe4 $16) 28.
Qe4+ Kxd6 29. b4 Qg3+ 30. Kg1 c4 $1 $132 {/\} 31. Rxc4 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qg3+ $11)
15. fxe4 O-O {Tucking away the K is the most circumspect option.} (15... c3 16.
Qxg7 (16. exd5 $5 Qxd5 (16... O-O 17. Qxb4 Qxd5 18. Qxc3 $16) 17. Rd1 Qc5 18.
Qxg7 Rf8 19. Kf2 Nc6 20. Bc4 Qxe5 21. Qg4 $40 {עe8}) 16... Rf8 17. Qg3 dxe4
18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Bc4 Nd7 20. O-O Qxe5 21. Qg4 (21. Qh4 $1 $36) 21... O-O-O 22.
Rd5 Qe7 23. Bxa6+ Kc7 24. Qf4+ Kb6 25. Bc4 Nc5 26. Re5 Qc7 27. Qh6+ Ka7 28. Qh5
f5 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc3] o^c3,Gorbatenko,K (2129)-Egorova,V (2207)/Novokuznetsk/
2007/}) (15... cxb3 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. axb3 (17. exd5 Qh4+ 18. Kd2 Qe4 19. axb3
Qxd5+ 20. Kc2 $14) 17... Qh4+ 18. Kd1 $5 (18. Kd2 d4 $5 19. Rc1 $1 (19. Bb5+
axb5 20. Rxa8 Qf2+ 21. Kd1 dxe3 22. Rxb8+ Kd7 23. Qg4+ Kc7 24. Qe2 Rxb8 25.
Qxf2 exf2 26. Rf1 Kd7 27. Rxf2 Ke7 28. Rd2 Ke6 $132) 19... Nd7 (19... Qf2+ 20.
Kd1 Nd7 21. e6 fxe6 22. Rc7 Rf7 23. Qg8+ Nf8 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.
exd4 Rd8 27. Bxa6 Rxd4+ 28. Ke2 Rxe4+ 29. Kf3 $14) 20. Kd3 $5 $13 (20. exd4
Qf4+ 21. Kd1 Qe3 $132)) 18... Qxe4 19. Bb5+ Nd7 20. Rf1 $36) 16. exd5 cxb3 $146
{[%mdl 8]} (16... Qxd5 17. Bxc4 Qxe5 18. O-O Ra7 $142 $5 {Kalyndu,A (2111)
-Polonskiy,Y/Irkutsk/2009/} (18... Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Ra7 (19... Nc6 20. Rae1 Qd4
21. Rxf7 Qxg4 22. Rf4+ Kh8 23. Rxg4 $16 {_|_}) 20. Rae1 Qc5 (20... Qc3 $2 21.
Qf4 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Re1e8] ><f7,/\Re8}) 21. Rf5 Qd6 22. Rd1 Qb6 (22... Qg6
23. Qf4 Rd7 24. Re1 $16 {/\} Rc8 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Re7 Qf6 27. Rxf7 Qxf4 28.
Rxf4+ Kh8 29. Be6) 23. Rdf1 $44 {|^}) 19. Qf4 (19. Qd4 $5) 19... Nc6 20. Rac1
$14) 17. Qd4 (17. Qe4 $5 bxa2 18. Bd3 g6 19. O-O Nd7 20. Bc4 $13) 17... Nd7 {
Ni Hua offers a P to attack White's [+].} ({An interesting alternative is} 
17... bxa2 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. e6 Ne5 20. Bxa2 (20. Qxe5 $2 Qh4+ $17) 20... Qd6 21.
O-O Rac8 $13 {The o^ of both sides are blockaded for the time being and the
position is difficult to evaluate after e.g.} 22. Rf4 a5 23. Raf1 f6) 18. axb3
Qg5 19. Qf4 Qxe5 $2 {[%mdl 4096] After the Q-swap only White will have winning
chances.} (19... Qg6 $142 $1 20. Rd1 (20. Qg4 Qh6 $1 21. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 22. Be2
Qc3+ 23. Kf2 Qd4+ 24. Kf3 Qc3+ $11 25. Ke4 Qc2+ 26. Bd3 $2 Qxg2+ 27. Ke3 Qg3+
28. Ke4 f5+ $40) 20... Rae8 21. Bd3 Qb6 (21... Qxg2 $4 22. Rh2 $18) 22. Bf5
Nxe5 23. Qd4 (23. d6 g6 $1 (23... Ng6 24. Qd4 Rxe3+ 25. Kf2 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Re5
27. g4 $36) 24. Bb1 (24. d7 Nxd7 25. Bxd7 Rxe3+ 26. Kf1 Rxb3 $17) 24... Re6 25.
O-O Rd8 $15 {disarms the o^.}) 23... Qd6 $11) 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxa6 Rfc8 (
21... Ra7 22. Ra4 Rd8 23. e4 Nd7 24. Bb5 $5 (24. Bd3 Rxa4 25. bxa4 Nc5 26. Kd2
Nxa4 27. Rb1 Rb8 $14 {is less convincing}) 24... Rxa4 25. bxa4 Nc5 26. Kd2
Nxe4+ 27. Kc2 Rxd5 28. Re1 Re5 (28... Rd4 29. a5 f5 30. Re2 $1 $16) 29. Re2 f5
30. Kb3 $16 {[%csl Ga4] o^a4}) (21... Rfd8 22. Ke2 $8 (22. e4 $4 Rd6) 22...
Rxd5 23. Bb7 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rd8 25. Ra4 Nd3 26. Bd5 $1 g6 27. Bc4 Ne5 28. Rxb4
$16) 22. Kd2 Rc3 (22... Rc5 23. Bb7 $1 (23. e4 $143 Rc3 {/\Rg3<=>}) 23... Rd8 (
23... Ra3 24. Rxa3 bxa3 25. Ra1 Ra5 26. Bc6 Ra6 27. Ba4 (27. b4 $16 {/\} Nxc6
$2 28. b5) 27... Rg6 28. Rxa3 Rxg2+ 29. Kc3 $18) 24. Rhc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Kf8 26.
e4 $16 {[%csl Rb4] /+-,><b4}) 23. Rhb1 ({Simpler was} 23. Bc4 $1 Rc8 24. Rhc1
$16) 23... f5 ({More resilient was} 23... Rd8 $142 $1 24. Ra5 Kf8 $5 (24... Nd7
25. Bc4 Nf6 26. Rba1 $16 {/\Ra8}) 25. Be2 Nd7 26. Rb5 Nf6 27. Bf3 (27. Rxb4
Rxe3) 27... Re8 $14) 24. Ra4 Rc5 $8 {It seems that Black has managed to
generate <=>, but once again White makes full use of his tactical resources to
simplify into a technically won _|_.} (24... Rb8 $2 25. Rxb4 $18) 25. e4 $1 (
25. Bb7 $6 Rb8 $13 {/\} 26. Rxb4 $2 Rc7 $15) (25. Rd1 $5 Kf8 (25... Rxd5+ 26.
Ke2 {/\} Rxd1 27. Bc4+ $18) 26. e4 $16 (26. Ke2 $5 {is also promising, but the
text-move is a much cleaner solution.})) 25... fxe4 26. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4] /
\Kd4} Rc2 ({The main point is} 26... Rxd5 27. Bb7 Rd3+ 28. Kxe4 Re8 29. Ra8 $5
(29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Bf7 $1 $18) 29... Rxa8 30. Bxa8 Rd8 31. Bd5+ Nf7 32. Rf1 Rd7
33. Kd4 $18 {and White wraps up into a simply won P_|_.}) (26... Rc3+ 27. Kxe4
Re8 28. Kd4 Rc2 29. Bc4 (29. Rd1 Rxg2 30. d6 $16 {/+-}) 29... Rxg2 30. Rxb4 $16
{/+- and White's P, supported by the rest of his forces, should decide the
game.}) 27. Bd3 $1 {The decisive simplifying blow.} (27. Kd4 $5 Nd7 28. Bd3 {
is similar}) 27... Rxa4 28. Bxc2 Ra2 29. Bxe4 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Gd5,Ge4,Re5]
White has an extra o^ and active B, moreover ><b4 is vulnerable. The rest is a
matter of technique, although Kramnik admitted he relaxed and didn't play with
maximum efficiency, Black's position remains beyond saving to the very end.}
Kf7 (29... Nf7 30. Kd4 Nd6 (30... Ng5 31. Re1 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd5] ?d5}) 31. Bf3
Rc2 32. Ra1 {/\Ra4+-}) 30. Rc1 (30. Kd4 Nd7 31. Re1 $1 $18 {/\Kc4} (31. Kc4 Re2
$16)) 30... Kf6 (30... Rb2 31. Kd4 Nd7 32. Rc2 $5 Rxb3 33. Rc7 Ke8 $8 34. Bf5
Nf6 35. d6 $18) 31. Rc2 Ra1 (31... Rxc2 32. Bxc2 $18 {/\Kd4-c5}) 32. Kd4 Rd1+
33. Kc5 h5 34. Rf2+ (34. Ra2 $142 $18) (34. Re2 $5) 34... Ke7 35. Re2 Nd7+ 36.
Kc6 (36. Kb5 $1 Kd6 37. Bf3 Rd4 (37... Ne5 $2 38. Rxe5) 38. Re6+ Kc7 39. d6+ $1
Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Kxd6 41. Bxh5 $18) 36... Rc1+ (36... Ne5+ $5 37. Kb5 Ra1 (37...
Kd6 38. Ra2 $1) 38. Kxb4 Kd6 {was somewhat more tenacious.}) 37. Bc2+ $1 {
Now there will be no blockade on d6.} Kd8 38. Kd6 Nf6 39. Ke6 h4 40. d6 Rf1 41.
Re5 $6 ({More incisive was} 41. Bf5 $1 $18 {/\Ra2}) 41... Rf2 $6 (41... Ne8 $1
42. Re4 Rf6+ 43. Ke5 Nxd6 44. Rxh4 Ke7 $5 $16 {would have prolonged the
struggle.}) 42. Bf5 g6 (42... Rxg2 43. Ra5 Kc8 (43... Re2+ 44. Kf7) 44. Be4 $5
Nxe4 45. d7+ Kc7 46. Ra7+ Kb6 47. d8=Q+ Kxa7 48. Qa5+ Kb7 49. Qxb4+ $18) 43.
Bxg6 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7f8] /\Nf8} 44. Rg5 $1 Rf6+ 45. Kd5 Nb6+ 46. Kc6 (46. Kc5
Nd7+ 47. Kxb4 $18) 46... Nc8 47. Kc5 Nxd6 (47... Rxd6 48. Bf5 $18) 48. Bd3 {
White will soon win Black's P.} (48. Rg4 $18) (48. Bd3 Nf7 49. Rh5 $18 {/\} Rf4
50. Bg6 $1 {dominating the N.}) 1-0

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Mokry, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8712]} 1. d4 {Huebner,R.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 $6 {An old
and rather dubious subvariation, which experienced a surprising revival some
10 years ago and now remains quite rare. As it's time consuming, White has
more than one way to a comfortable edge.} 5. c5 $5 {[%csl Gc5] ()<<} (5. Qb3
Bf5 6. c5 Qxb3 (6... Qc7 $142 7. Bf4 Qc8 $14) 7. axb3 Na6 8. Bf4 Nb4 9. Ra4 a5
10. Bc7 Ne4 11. e3 Nc2+ 12. Ke2 f6 13. Ne1 e5 14. Nxc2 Nxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxc2 16.
Ra3 a4 17. b4 Kd7 18. Bb6 exd4 19. Kd2 Bb3 20. cxd4 Be7 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rha1 f5
23. Bc2 $16 {Khasin,A-Cichocki,A/Koszalin op-A/1998/}) (5. e3 Bf5 6. Ne5 $1 e6
(6... h6 $143 7. g4 Bh7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bd2 e6 12.
Rc1 Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. Ba5 Qa7 15. Nxc6 b5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Qd7 18. O-O
Ba3 19. Ne5 Qxb5 20. Rxc8+ Ke7 21. Rxh8 Be4 22. Rb8 {1-0,Chernin,A-Stefanova,A/
Vienna Bawag/1996/}) 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 Ne4 9. h5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. f3 f6 12.
fxe4 (12. Nd3 $6 Bxd3 13. Bxd3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Kf2 O-O-O 16. cxd5 cxd5 17.
c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 e5 20. Bb2 exd4 $132 {1/2,Lukacs,P-Varga,Z/
Express Budapest/1992/}) 12... fxe5 13. exd5 $36) (5. Qa4 $5 e6 (5... Qa6 $6 6.
Qc2 $1 Qxc4 7. e4 Qb4 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. e5 Ng8 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Ne3 e6 12. O-O-O
Ne7 13. Bb4 Nd5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. h4 h6 16. Nc4 Na6 17. Kb1 Nac7 18. Nd6 Ne8
19. Nxe8 Qxe8 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Ne4 Bd7 22. Rh3 Be8 23. Bc4 Rd8 24. Nd6 Kg8 25.
Ra3 a6 26. g3 g6 27. Rb3 Rd7 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Qc8 Kg7 30. Rxb7 $18 {Khalifman,
A-Seeman,T/Keres mem Tallin/1998/}) 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7
10. Bd2 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rfc1 {[%cal Rc3d5] /\Nd5} Kh8 $6 (12... Qb8 $142
$14) 13. Nb5 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 a6 15. Nc7 Ra7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. a3 g6 18. Bb4 Ng8
19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. Ng5 Kg8 23. R1c3 $1 Nf5 24. Nxe6
Re8 25. Rxd7 Rxe6 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Rcc7 $18 {Glek,I-Baklan,V/Berliner Sommer/
1997/}) (5. Qc2 Bg4 6. c5 Qc7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. e4 e5 10. exd5 exd4
11. Qe4+ Qe5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Qxe4+ 14. Nxe4 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Ba6
Bb4+ 17. Ke2 $44 {Ac,M-Singliar,A/SVK-chT2/1997/}) 5... Qc7 6. g3 ({Too soft is
} 6. e3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. b4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qd4 Nd7 12. Bb2
Qxd4 13. exd4 Be7 14. O-O Bf6 15. Nd1 h5 16. Re1 Kf8 17. Ne3 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19.
Rad1 Re8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 g6 22. Kf2 Kg7 23. Rd2 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4
Ra8 $15 {Milicic,T-Tesic,M/JUG-CupW Pula/1989/}) 6... Bf5 {A logical move,
Black continues his development and frees c8 for his Q.} (6... e5 $2 7. Nxe5
Bxc5 8. Nxf7 $1 $16) (6... b6 $143 7. Bf4 Qb7 8. cxb6 $5 (8. b4 g6 (8... a5 9.
Na4 $36) 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5,Gd4] ()}) 8... axb6
9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O h6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 e6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. d5 cxd5 20. Qa4+ b5 21.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qxb5+ Qd7 23. Qb8+ Qd8 24. Qe5 $36 {@,Stanec,N-Stefanova,A/
Vienna Bawag/1996/}) (6... Bg4 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qc8 9. O-O g6 10. h3 Bf5 11.
Nd2 Bg7 12. g4 Be6 13. e3 {[%csl Re6] ץe6} g5 14. Bxg5 h5 15. f3 Nh7 {Kozak,
M-Natali,N/Ischia op/1994/} 16. Bf4 $16) (6... Nh5 7. Bg2 (7. e4 $5 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Na6
15. Qb3 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Rad1 e6 18. Be5 Nc7 19. Nb1 Rd8 20. Na3 Nfe8 21.
Nc4 Nb5 22. Qe3 $1 f6 23. a4 fxe5 24. axb5 exd4 25. Qb3 cxb5 26. Qxb5 Rb8 27.
Bg4 $40 {Kagan,N-Pastorini,M/Forli op/1988/}) 7... g6 8. Qa4 Nd7 9. O-O Bg7 10.
e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Re1 Ndf6 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Ne5 Ng4 15. Nxg4 {Paulsen,
D-Lehmann,H/2.BLN/1992/} Bxg4 16. d5 $16) (6... Nbd7 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. Bg2 Ne4 9.
O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 e6 $6 (10... Qxc3 $142) 11. c4 Be7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. e4 Nf6 14.
e5 Ne8 15. a4 Bd7 16. Rfb1 Rb8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf4
Rbe8 21. Rxb7 $18 {Kiselev,S-Laketic,G/Belgorod/1990/}) 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. h3 {
Aimed to prevent the exchange of B, but as Black achieves this later anyway,
maybe this move is excessive.} ({Simpler is} 8. Bg2 $5 Bh3 9. O-O Bxg2 10. Kxg2
Nbd7 11. b4 $14 {[%cal Yb4b5,Ya2a6] |^<<}) 8... Ne4 $1 $146 {This new move is
certainly more active, than the already played} (8... h6 $143 9. Bg2 (9. g4 Bh7
10. e3 Nbd7 11. b4 e6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Be7 14. Ke2 b6 15. Bg3 a5 16. a3
Qb7 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 O-O 19. Nd2 Ra3 20. Ra1 Rfa8 21. Rxa3 Rxa3 22. Rb1
Ne4 23. Ndxe4 dxe4 24. Qd2 bxc5 25. bxc5 Qa6+ 26. Ke1 Bd8 $1 $40 {Van Wely,
L-Seeman,T/Haarlem op/1995/}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11. b4 $36 {()}) 9. Bg2 (9.
Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O Bxf3 $5 (11... g6 $11) 12. exf3 (12. Bxf3 e5 $1
$13) 12... e6 $132 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yf8e7,Ye7f6] /\Be7-f6,><d4}) 9... Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Be4 $6 {The right idea, but the move order is wrong.} (10... Nd7 $142 11.
Nh4 (11. O-O b6 $1 (11... Be4 {-10...Be4?!}) 12. Nh4 Be6 13. cxb6 axb6 $13) (
11. Nd2 e5 12. Be3 Be7 13. c4 Bf6 $1 $132) 11... Be6 12. c4 (12. e4 dxe4 13.
Bxe4 Nf6 $11) 12... dxc4 13. e4 Nf6 14. d5 $44) 11. O-O ({An interesting
strategical decision and probably a better move is} 11. Bxb8 $5 Rxb8 (11...
Qxb8 12. O-O {[%cal Rf3e5] /\Ne5} Bxf3 13. Bxf3 b6 14. e4 $40) 12. Qa4 a6 13.
O-O {[%cal Gb1b8] @,<->b} Bxf3 $8 (13... e6 14. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Ge5]}) 14. Bxf3
{[%cal Rf3d5] /\Bd5} (14. exf3 $5 e6 15. f4 $36 {[%csl Gc3,Gc5,Gd4,Gf4] ()})
14... e6 15. e4 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gc3,Gc5,Gd4,Ge4,Gf3,Rf8][%cal Ya1b1,Yb1b3,Yf1b1]
[+],/\Rb1-b3,Rb1,><b7,^- White's B is more active, he has more space and a
better pawn structure. Black's fate is dreary defence.} (15. Rab1 $16)) 11...
Nd7 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 $1 Nd7 (12... Qxh3 $2 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Rab1 $16 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb7] ׫}) 13. e4 $16) 12. Ne5 $1 $36 {@ Black is behind in
development and still has to solve the problem of the weak b-pawn.} Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 Nxe5 (13... f6 $142 $5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qb3 {[%cal Ra1b1,Rc3c4] /\Rab1,
c4+/-} e5 $1 16. Be3 $14) 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bf4 b6 $2 {Huebner,R: 'Schwarz
sollte die Stellung nicht vor der Beendigung seiner Entwicklung цffnen.'} (
15... e6 16. Qb3 $16) (15... g5 16. Bd2 e6 {Huebner,R: 'sollte zu einer fьr
Schwarz haltbaren Stellung fьhren.'} (16... Bg7 {(Huebner,R) sollte zu einer
fьr Schwarz haltbaren Stellung fьhren.}) 17. e4 $16 (17. f4 $5 $40)) (15... e5
$142 $5 16. dxe5 (16. Be3 $36) 16... Bxc5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. e4 Qe6 $5 19. Qh5+
Qf7 20. Qf5 $5 O-O 21. c4 $36 {[%csl Rg8] ע}) 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qb3 Qa6 $8 (
17... b5 18. a4 $16) (17... Ra6 18. c4 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6,Re8] ><b6,c6,Ke8})
18. a4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Rf4c7,Rf1b1] ><b6,/\Rfb1,Bc7} (18. Rfb1 $143 b5 19. e4
e6 $1 $14) 18... Kd7 $5 (18... Ra7 19. Rfb1 Rb7 20. a5 b5 21. e4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Ga5,Ra6] ->,o^a5,ףa6}) (18... e6 {(Huebner,R) wird mit} 19. Bc7 {
beantwortet; Schwarz hat bereits Schwierigkeiten.}) 19. e4 (19. Rfc1 g5 20. Bd2
e6 21. c4 Be7 22. a5 b5 $1 $14) (19. Rfb1 $142 $5 g5 20. Bd2 (20. Bc1 $5) 20...
Rb8 21. a5 Qxe2 22. Be3 $40) 19... e6 (19... dxe4 20. d5 c5 21. Qb5+ $5 (21.
Rfb1 $16) 21... Qxb5 (21... Kd8 22. Qc6 Rc8 23. Qe6 $40) 22. axb5 $16 {[%cal
Ga1a8] <->a}) 20. Rfe1 (20. Rfb1 dxe4 $5 (20... g5 21. exd5 $5 $44) 21. Qxb6
Qxb6 22. Rxb6 g5 $1 23. Be3 (23. Rb7+ $6 Kc8 $1 24. Rc7+ Kd8 25. Rxc6 gxf4 $17)
23... Bd6 24. a5 Rhb8 $14) 20... Bd6 $8 (20... Be7 21. exd5 cxd5 (21... exd5
22. a5 $1 b5 (22... bxa5 23. Rxa5 $18) 23. Qc2 g6 24. Qe2 $18) 22. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6
23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Qxd5+ Kf8 25. Bd6 $1 (25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Bd6+ Kd7 $11) 25...
Bxd6 26. Qxd6+ Kf7 (26... Kg8 27. Re7 h6 (27... Qc4 28. Rc7 $1 Qb3 29. Qd7 $18)
28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Qg6 Rh7 31. Re8+ $18) 27. Re7+ Kg6 28. Qe6 Kh6
29. Qf7 Rag8 30. g4 Qa5 31. Re5 $1 $18 (31. f4 {[%cal Rh3h4] /\h4+-})) 21. exd5
$6 {This move and the whole following combination was inspired mostly by
Black's lack of time (he had only 2-3 minutes left.)} ({A more logical
positional course was} 21. Bxd6 $142 Kxd6 22. e5+ (22. Qb4+ c5 $132 (22... Kd7
23. e5 $14)) 22... fxe5 23. Rxe5 Rhf8 24. Qc2 g6 25. h4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Re6,
Rg6][%cal Yh4h5] /\h5,עd6,e6,g6 with permanent and strong pressure.}) (21. e5
$5 $36) 21... cxd5 $8 (21... exd5 22. Bxd6 Kxd6 23. Qb4+ c5 24. dxc5+ bxc5 25.
Qf4+ $18 {->}) 22. Rxe6 $6 {Huebner,R: 'Dies ergibt nicht mehr als remis.
Nach' This sacrifice should have lead only to a draw.} (22. Bxd6 Kxd6 23. f4 $5
$14 {[%cal Rf4f5] /\f5} (23. Re3 {Huebner,R} Rhe8 {hдtte Schwarz groЯe Sorgen.}
)) 22... Kxe6 23. Re1+ Be5 $1 {[]} (23... Kd7 24. Qxd5 b5 25. Re6 $18) 24. Bxe5
(24. dxe5 $6 f5 25. Qb4 Rhd8 $13) 24... Qc4 $2 $138 {'?!' Huebner,R. A
decisive tactical miscalculation with a rising flag.} (24... Qb7 $2 25. Bd6+ $1
Kxd6 (25... Kf7 26. Re7+ Qxe7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Qxd5 $18) 26. Qb4+ Kc6 27. Re6+
Kd7 28. Re7+ Kc8 29. Rxb7 Kxb7 30. Qe7+ $18) (24... fxe5 $1 {[]} 25. Rxe5+ Kd7
(25... Kf6 $2 26. Qxd5 (26. c4 {(Huebner,R) fьhrt zum Matt.}) 26... g6 27. Qd6+
Kg7 28. Re7+ Kh6 29. Qf4+ $18) 26. Qxd5+ Kc8 {Huebner,R: 'hat WeiЯ nichts
Besseres als Dauerschach.'} (26... Kc7 $2 27. Re7+ $18) 27. Qc6+ (27. Re7 Ra7
$1 {After the game Mokry confessed he overlooked this move.} 28. Qc6+ Kb8 29.
Qd6+ Kc8 $11 (29... Ka8 30. Qd5+ Rb7 31. Rxg7 $44)) 27... Kb8 $8 (27... Kd8 $2
28. Rd5+ $18) 28. Qd6+ $11) 25. Bd6+ $1 (25. Bxf6+ $2 Kf7 $1 (25... Kxf6 26.
Qxb6+ Kf7 $8 27. Qb7+ Kf6 28. Qe7+ Kg6 29. Re6+ $18) 26. Qxb6 (26. Qxc4 dxc4
27. Be5 Rxa4 $15) 26... gxf6 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qe6 Kg7 $11 (29...
Qa6 30. Qe7+ Kg8 31. Re6 $40)) 25... Kf7 {'?' Huebner,R.} (25... Kxd6 26. Qxb6+
Kd7 (26... Qc6 27. Re6+) 27. Qb7+ Qc7 (27... Kd6 28. Qe7+ $18) 28. Qxd5+ Qd6
29. Qb7+ Qc7 30. Re7+ $18) (25... Kd7 $142 26. Qxb6 Rhe8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 (27...
Kxe8 {scheitert an} 28. Qb7) 28. Bb4 $16 {->/\} (28. Bc5 {Huebner,R} Qxa4 29.
Qd6+ Kc8 30. Qxd5 Qd7 {und es ist mir noch nicht klar, ob die Stellung des
WeiЯen als Gewinnstellung bezeichnet werden kann.}) 28... Re1 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30.
Qf8+ Kd7 31. Qxg7+ Kc8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qxh7+ Kc6 34. g4 Qf1+ 35. Kg3 $18) 26.
Re7+ {'+-' Huebner,R.} Kg8 (26... Kg6 27. Qc2+ Kh6 28. Qf5 {[%cal Rd6f4] /
\Bf4+- Huebner,R: 'ьberlebt Schwarz nicht lange.'}) 27. Qxb6 $18 {[%cal Rb6b7]
/\Qb7} Qc8 28. Rc7 Qa6 (28... Qd8 29. Qb7 $18) (28... Qb8 29. Qc6 h6 30. Qxd5+
Kh7 31. Rxg7+ $18) 29. Qxa6 Rxa6 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rxh8 Rxd6 32. Rc8 (32. Rxh7
$6 Rc6 $16) 32... Rd7 (32... Ra6 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Rc5 Rxa4 35. Rxd5 $18) 33. a5
Ke6 34. Rc6+ Kf5 (34... Kf5 35. Kf3 $18 {[%cal Ra5a6] /\a6}) 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 $5 {A recent attempt,
White plays for a ().} ({Simplification with} 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 $11 {
[%cal Yc8b7,Yf8d6] /\Bb7,Bd6 gives Black suffcient [+] control and doesn't
promise White an edge.}) ({Keeping the tension with} 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 {has
lost its reputation of giving White a small, but riskless advantage:} e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 {Black can play even the
older continuation} Qc7 (12... bxc4 $5 13. bxc4 O-O 14. Rb1 (14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
Nd3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. c5 Be7 18. f3 Ng3 19. Nxg3 Qxg3 20. Bc3 e5 21. Qf2
Qg6 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rb3 Rb5 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Ra4 exd4 26. exd4 $11 {1/2,
Georgiev,K-Movsesian,S/Calvia olm/2004/}) 14... Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qa4 Rfb8
17. Bc3 Qc8 18. Rfc1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20. Rb3 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxb3 22. Qxb3 Nd5
23. g3 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. Nc3 Nxc3 $11 {1/2,Epishin,V-Bareev,E/
RUS-ch Moscow/2004/}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 dxe4 17.
d5 O-O 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. Nf4 Ra7 20. Nh5 ({Too tame is} 20. Bd4 Bxf4 21. Bxc5
Bxc1 22. Bxa7 Qxa7 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxc1 Qc7 25. Qb2 Rd7 26. Qe2 Qf4 $11 {
Gyimesi,Z-Movsesian,S/CRO-chT Rabac/2004/}) 20... Nxe6 $1 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22.
Qg4+ Ng5 23. Bxf6 h6 24. Rc6 Bh2+ $1 25. Kh1 Be5 26. h4 Bxf6 $1 27. Rxf6 Qc8
28. Rf5 (28. Qg3 Qb8 29. Qg4 {1/2,Morovic Fernandez,I-Leitao,R/Santos/2004/})
28... f6 29. hxg5 hxg5 (29... fxg5 $5 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qxe4 Qf6 $11) 30. Qxe4
Rh7+ $132) 6... g6 {[%mdl 4] Black is patient and wants to address any
positional problems only after developipng his >>. Compared with Catalan
positions the /^c8-h3 is free for the Bc8 and it would be only natural to
develop it immediately. However, this doesn't seem to give Black equality:} (
6... Bf5 7. Ne5 {[%cal Yg2g4] /\g4|^>>} {The most sensible is} Nfd7 $5 (7... h5
$6 8. Qb3 $1 Ng4 9. Nxg4 (9. e4 $142 $1 $16 {/\} Bxe4 10. Nxf7 $1 $40) 9...
hxg4 10. a4 Nd7 11. Na2 Qc8 12. Nb4 Qb7 $2 ({Black could have countered
White's thematic plan with Huebner's suggestion} 12... Be4 $1 13. Qa2 Rb8 14.
axb5 axb5 15. Qa6 Rh6 $132) 13. Qa2 Rc8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qa6 Qxa6 16. Rxa6 Nb8
17. Ra8 Kd7 18. e4 $1 Bxe4 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bxe5 Be7 21. Be2 Ke6 22. Rxb8 Rxb8
23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Bxg4+ f5 25. Nxc6 $18 {Dreev,A-Ni Hua/RUS-CHN m/2004/}) ({
Too modest is} 7... g6 8. g4 Be6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. f4 Qc8 12. h3 a5
13. a3 Ne8 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. Ne2 f6 16. O-O Bf7 17. f5 e5 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Ndf4
Bf7 20. Ng3 $36 {Prusikin,M-Manik,M/Mitropa/2004/}) 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10.
f4 $14 {()}) ({More logical is} 6... Bg4 {, but here White has a choice:} {
More ambitious and more dangerous is} 7. Qb3 $5 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rc6][%cal Rf3e5,
Ya2a4] /\Ne5,a4,׫} ({Simple, but pleasant for White is} 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nbd7 (8... g6 9. Qd1 Bg7 10. f4 $1 {()} b4 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Bd3 Ng3 13. Rg1 f5
14. Bd2 a5 15. Nb6 Ra7 {Savchenko,S-Rogozenko,D/Bundesliga 0304/2004/} 16. a3
$16) 9. g4 e5 10. g5 e4 11. Qg2 Ng8 12. h4 g6 13. f3 (13. h5 $5 $14) 13... exf3
14. Qxf3 Bg7 15. Bd2 f5 16. O-O-O Nf8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Be1 Ne6 19. Bg3 Qd7 20.
Ne2 O-O-O $14 {/=,Zvjaginsev,V-Amonatov,F/RUS-chT Sochi/2004/ White is
slightly better, but Black's solid position remains a very tough nut to crack.}
) 7... Nbd7 (7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 {is too passive and allows White to take
control on the <<:} 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Qa3 Rc8 11. Bd2 g6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qa6 Nb8
14. Qb7 Rc7 15. Qa8 $36) 8. a4 e5 9. Qa3 $1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Rb8 (10... Rc8 11.
axb5 axb5 12. Bh3 exd4 13. exd4 Be7 14. Qa5 O-O 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Ra6 g6 17.
O-O Nh5 18. Re1 Bh4 19. Na2 f5 20. Nb4 Nb8 21. Rb6 Rd7 22. Bf1 Bd8 23. Rxb8 $1
Rxb8 24. Nxc6 Ra8 25. Bxb5 $16 {Hillarp Persson,T-Arlandi,E/Calvia olm/2004/
also illustrates the vulnerability of Black's <<}) 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qa6 (12.
Qa5 Qe7 $6 13. Ne2 g6 14. Qc7 Bh6 {Radjabov,T-Smirnov,P/FIDE WCh/2004/} 15.
Qxc6 O-O 16. b4 $16) 12... Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. Bh3 Rc7 15. Ra6 g6 16. Na2
Bg7 17. Ke2 O-O 18. Bd2 Nb8 19. Ra8 exd4 20. exd4 Nh5 21. Kd3 f5 22. Nb4 Rfc8
23. Rha1 Bf6 24. Be3 Bd8 25. Bf1 $16 {Johannesson,I-Agdestein,E/Gibraltar op/
2005/}) ({Black has also tried} 6... Nbd7 {More dangerous is the modified plan}
7. b4 $5 {[%cal Ra2a4] /\a4|^} (7. h3 Qc7 (7... g6 $5 {is a patient and
playable alternative.}) 8. g4 e5 9. g5 Ng8 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Ne7
13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Bc4 exd4 15. Qb3 Nxc5 16. Naxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qe7+ 18. Kd1
Qxc5 19. Bxf7+ Kd8 20. Bd2 a5 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qf3 {Sakaev,K-Sokolov,I/EU-Cup
Izmir/2004/} Qd7 $5 $13 {[%cal Rd7f7,Yd8c7] /\Qf7,Kc7}) (7. Qb3 a5 $1 {and
Black's << holds, White's N can't go to e5 and the violent} 8. e4 $6 {runs into
} a4 9. Qc2 b4 $15) 7... a5 8. bxa5 Qxa5 (8... e5 $5 9. Bd2 e4 10. Ng1 Rxa5 11.
a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Rxa4 13. Qxa4 Qc7 14. Na2 Be7 15. Nb4 Nb8 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nc3
Bb7 18. Be2 Nbd7 19. Na6 {Dreev,A-Korotylev,A/RUS-ch Moscow/2004/} Bxa6 20.
Qxa6 Rb8 $14 {/+/=}) 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nb1 Ne4 11. Be2 e5 12. O-O Nxd2 13. Nbxd2
exd4 (13... Be7 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 Bf6 16. a3 b3 $8 17. Nxb3 Qa4 18. Nb4 Re8
19. Bg4 Nf8 20. Bxc8 Rexc8 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd4 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 Bxd4 24. exd4
Ra4 $14 {Dreev,A-Grischuk,A/RUS SuperCup 5'/2004/}) 14. exd4 Be7 15. Ne1 O-O
16. Nc2 Ba6 $5 17. a3 b3 18. Nxb3 Qa4 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nb4 Raa8 21. Nd2 Rfc8
22. Qxa4 Rxa4 23. Rfe1 Bf6 24. Nb3 Nf8 25. g3 Ne6 26. Red1 g5 27. Rd3 g4 28.
Kg2 h5 $44 {/+/=,Dreev,A-Rublevsky,S/RUS SuperCup 5'/2004/ In both Dreev's
blitz games White faced a very difficult technical task of realizing his extra
P with his pieces pinned down to the defence of ><a3 and d4, in the end it
proved insufficent to win.}) 7. Bd3 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Bu Xiangzhi and Ni Hua
scored 3/4 with this line in the event. The first try to take Black's fortress
was} 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 f6 (11... a5 $142
$5 $13) 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bf3 $6 (13. e4 $142 $1 {/\} b4 14. Na4 dxe4 15. Nb6
Ra7 16. Qb3+ $36 {was the only attempt to fight for an advantage.}) 13... f5
14. Bd2 a5 $11 {1/2,Dreev,A-Ni Hua/Petrosian mem ICC/2004/}) ({A later round
featured} 7. Bd2 a5 $142 $1 (7... Bg7 8. b4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 $5 Nbd7 11.
f4 O-O 12. a4 Ne8 13. Bd3 e6 14. Ne2 f5 (14... f6 15. h4 e5 16. f3 $1 {[%cal
Rh4h5] /\h5->}) 15. Ng1 Ndf6 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. O-O Nc7 $14 {Although Black
didn't get <=> in the [+] and is under pressure on the <<, White still has to
prove he has something more concrete than a ().} 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. Kh2 Bf6 20.
Rg1 Rg8 21. Be1 g5 22. axb5 cxb5 $5 23. fxg5 Nxg5 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. f3 Qf6 26.
Bf2 Bh4 27. Qe1 Bxf2 28. Qxf2 Qh6 29. h4 (29. f4 $11) 29... f4 30. Rae1 $2 (30.
Kh1 $13 {/\} fxe3 $6 31. Qh2 $36) 30... fxe3 31. Rxe3 Qf4+ 32. Kh3 Rxg1 33.
Qxg1 Rg8 $19 {->,Aronian,L-Bu Xiangzhi/Petrosian mem ICC/2004/}) 8. a3 ({
White can return to Dreev's plan with} 8. Ne5 {, but including the move 7.Bd2
a5 can hardly improve his chances.}) 8... Bg7 9. b4 O-O (9... Ne4 $5 $132) 10.
Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. bxa5 e5 $1 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rxa5 15. a4 bxa4 16.
Rxa4 Rxa4 17. Qxa4 Nfd7 18. Rb1 Qf6 19. Rb4 exd4 20. exd4 Bh6 $1 21. Qd1 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Qf4 $1 23. Qd1 Ne5 24. Be2 Ng4 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. Rb1 Qf5 27. h3 Nd7
28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Ra8 $11 {Lputian,S-Ni Hua/Petrosian mem ICC/2004/}) (7.
Qb3 Bg7 (7... a5 {attempts to blackade the <<, but after} 8. Ne5 $1 {White has
dangerous tactical chances, connected with piece sacrifices on c6 or b5, e.g.,}
Nfd7 $2 9. Nxd5 $1 Nxe5 10. Nb6 $16) 8. a4 Bb7 {Black just as in our game
ptiently prepares his [+] play:} 9. axb5 cxb5 $5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. f4 Nfd7 12.
Nf3 e6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O h6 15. Bd2 g5 16. g3 gxf4 17. gxf4 Kh8 18. Kh1 Rg8
19. Rg1 Qe7 20. Rg3 Nf6 21. Be1 b4 22. Nd1 Ne4 23. Rg2 a5 $11 {Sargissian,
G-Kotanjian,T/Yerevan op/2004/}) (7. b4 $5 {is a possible idea, which still
has to be tested in practice.}) 7... Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 a5 (
10... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Ye7e5] /\} 11. e4 $6 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4
Nf6 $15) 11. a3 Qc7 12. e4 {Otherwise Black would play e5 himself with an
excellent position.} dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rd8 (14... Nf6 15. Bc2 Rd8 (
15... Be6 $6 16. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Ng5 $44 {->}) 16. Qe2 {-14...Rd8}) 15. Qe2
Nf6 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Bg5 Re8 $1 {The d5-square is reserved for the B, not the N.
} 18. Qd2 Bd5 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Bf4 Qa7 21. Bh6 Qc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rad1 a4
$11 {[%csl Rd4,Rg7] Black's position is solid even without the dark-sqaured B,
pressure against d4 prevents White from fully concentrating his forces against
Black's >>.} 24. Qc3 Nd7 25. Nd3 Nf6 26. Nb4 Be6 27. Be4 Bd5 {Black doesn't
want to exchange his N for White's B, but has nothing against exchanging his B
for White's N. Thus the game ends by repetition.} (27... Nxe4 $6 28. Rxe4 Bd5
29. Re5 $14) 28. Bc2 Be6 {[%cal Yf6d5] /\Nd5} 29. Be4 Bd5 30. Bc2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 {The Slav
with a6 remains very popular at all levels, White is still unable to get a
workable advantage in the critical lines.} (5. e3 b5 (5... e6 {is also
playable, but not too consistent - if Black wants to play like this, the
normal Meran is more promising. White can now avoid it with} 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2
Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Ne2 $5 Re8 12. Ng3 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5
14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb4 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qb1 Nd5 18. Bf5 Qc7 19. Rfe1 N7f6
20. e4 Ne7 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Qc1 c5 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Ba5 $1 Qxa5 25. Rxd6 $40 {
Gelfand,B-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee/2006/}) 6. c5 $5 Nbd7 (6... g6 {also has a
good reputation.}) 7. b4 (7. Bd3 e5 $5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11.
Qf3 Qb6 12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 {Gelfand,B-Sokolov,I/Merida/2005/} O-O $132 {Hьbner}
(13... Be7 $5 $13 {Gelfand})) 7... a5 8. bxa5 Qxa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nb1 Ne4 11. a3
({After} 11. Be2 e5 12. O-O {Black doesn't have to hurry with the exchange on
d2 and can play} Be7 $5 {first, keeping the option Nc3:} 13. Ne1 Nc3 14. Bxc3
bxc3 15. a4 Nf6 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Ra3 Nd7 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Nc2 O-O 21.
f4 exf4 22. exf4 Nxc5 $5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 $44 {Krasenkow,M-Kritz,L/Mainz rpd op/
2005/}) 11... Rb8 $1 12. Ra2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ra8 14. Be2 e5 15. O-O Be7 16. Rb2
bxa3 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Ra2 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rxa3 $11 {1/2,Aronian,
L-Sokolov,I/EU-chT Gothenburg/2005/}) 5... e6 {The main alternative. It's only
seemingly passive, as moving the Bc8 enhances the strength of the Qb3 sortie.
Now we have a Semi-Slav position with the extra a4 and a6, both sides are
trying to prove that their move is the more useful one. This is a difficult
task, especially for White.} 6. Bg5 {This active move is the most popular
choice - White plays it more often than all the other options together.} (6. a5
{tries to use the merits of 5.a4. However, this is too slow and Black has} c5
$1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rb8c6] /\Nc6,><a5} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10.
e3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qd1 Be7 $11 13. e4 $6 Nb4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Be2 Ra7 16.
Be3 Rd7 17. Qb1 Nc6 18. Qa2 Nd4 19. Bd1 Rb7 20. O-O Bd7 21. f3 Rb4 $36 {
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Epishin,V/Elenite/1994/}) ({The "meran"} 6. e3 {is passive
and rather harmless, Black now even has a choice:} c5 $5 (6... a5 {[%cal Yb8a6,
Ya6b4] /\Na6-b4<=>}) 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 $11 (8... Bd6 $5 {In any case he
can easily develop his forces and the weakness on b4 gives him sufficient <=>.}
)) (6. g3 {is more justified, as due to 5.a4 Black usually can't hold the pawn
after playing dxc4. However, in a solid Catalan White's minimal edge can
quickly evaporate:} dxc4 (6... a5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 $1 {already
isn't quite ideal, after} Na6 10. e4 Nb4 11. e5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ndb1 Nb8
14. Na3 N8c6 15. Be3 b6 16. Re1 Ba6 17. Nab5 Na7 18. Qd2 Nxb5 19. axb5 Bc8 20.
h4 $14 {()->>>,Najer,E-Malakhov,V/Moscow/2003/ White has good attacking
chances.}) 7. Bg2 (7. Ne5 c5 $11) (7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Bg2 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a5
Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Qa4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14. Qa2 c5 15. d5 $5 exd5 16. Nxd5
Qxe2 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Qxc4 Nf6 (19... b6 $5 $11) 20. Rd4 b5 21.
Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 Bb7 $11 {Ponomariov,R-Bacrot,E/Biel/2004/}) 7... c5 8. dxc5
(8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Na5 $5 $11) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 (9... Bxc5 {is similar
and also playable.}) 10. Be3 (10. Ne3 $142 {is played more often and seems
more promising after} Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O Bd7 13. b3 $5 $11 {/+/=}) 10...
Nd5 11. O-O Nxe3 ({Black can postpone this capture, more flexible is} 11... Bd7
$1 12. Nd2 Rd8 {/\} 13. Nxc4 Nxe3 14. Ndxe3 Bxc5 $11) 12. Nxe3 Bxc5 13. Nxc4
Ke7 14. Rac1 Bd7 ({Still quite solid is} 14... Rd8 $5 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Bd6 17. Nc4 Bc7 {[%cal Ya8b8] /\Rb8=}) 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7
18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bc6+ Ke7 20. b3 Rb8 21. Rb1 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Gd6] /=^-,Aronian,
L-Bacrot,E/Khanty Mansyisk/2005/ This _|_ is drawish, but the exhausted Bacrot
did lose it in the end.}) 6... h6 {The prologue to an enterprising idea,
obviously prepared by Topalov at home (as he has never played the a6 Slav
previously).} ({Black plays} 6... Nbd7 {more often, but this doesn't fit the
active style of the current World Champion, moreover Van Wely has had previous
experience with} 7. cxd5 (7. a5 {can be a.o. met by the interesting} Bb4 $5 8.
Qa4 Be7 9. e3 O-O {[%cal Yb7b5,Yc6c5] /\c5,b5<=> In an Orthodox QG White has
some extra tempi, but he spent them to play a4-a5 and Qa4, so Black should be
able to equalize with a timely central break.}) (7. e3 Qa5 {leads to a
modified Cambridge Springs, in which Black solved his opening problems after}
8. Nd2 Bb4 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. dxc5 O-O $1 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc5 14.
Bd3 Bd6 15. Rc1 b6 $11 {Mamedyarov,S-Dautov,R/EU-chT Plovdiv/2003/}) 7... exd5
({Black can probably equalize even with the simple} 7... cxd5 $5 8. e3 h6 9.
Bh4 Bd6 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 (12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Bg3 Bxg3
15. hxg3 Qd6 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Qb4 18. Nd2 g6 19. b3 Kg7 20. Qd1 e5 21. Na2
Qd6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 $15 {Van Wely,L-Shirov,A/BL 0405/
2005/}) 12... O-O 13. Re1 Qb8 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Rc2
Rc7 18. Rec1 Rac8 19. Ne2 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 $11 {1/2,Pelletier,
Y-Karjakin,S/Merida/2005/}) 8. e3 a5 {Otherwise Black must already seriously
reckon with a5.} 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 {In this Carlsbad
structure position due to a4 White can't play for the << minority attack with
b4 anymore, but he has an extra tempo and can turn his attention to the other
flank:} 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. f4 f6 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. f5
Bh5 18. Kh1 Qb6 (18... Qd6 $142 $5) 19. Rg1 Bf7 20. g4 c5 $6 {[%csl Rd5] This
weakens d5 and seems too committal.} 21. Qf2 cxd4 22. exd4 Rae8 23. Rd1 Re3 24.
Bb5 R8e7 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 Qd8 27. h4 Be8 28. g5 $36 {Van Wely,L-Sedlak,N/
BL 0405/2004/}) ({Another solid alternative is} 6... a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9.
O-O Na6 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Rac1 b6 ({Malakhov twice held the balnace even with
the somewhat provocative} 11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na2 Nxa2 14. Qxa2 Nf6 $11
{/+/=}) 12. Na2 (12. cxd5 Nfxd5 13. Bf4 $5 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Nd3 Rfc8 17. Nxb4 axb4 $11 {1/2,Stohl,I-Kindermann,S/BL 0304/2004/})
13... Nxf4 14. exf4 Bd6 15. g3 Ba6 $11 {<=>} (15... Bb7 16. Bc4 c5 $6 17. d5
Bxf4 18. Rcd1 b5 19. axb5 Bd6 20. Rd2 a4 21. Qd1 e5 22. Re1 $14 {Nielsen,
P-Bacrot,E/Dortmund/2005/})) 12... Nxa2 13. Qxa2 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne5 Bb7
16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. bxa3 Rfc8 19. Nd7 Nc3 20. Bb5 Rc7 21. Nxb6 Ra7
22. h3 Ba6 $11 {Sokolov,I-Stefanova,A/Hoogeveen/2005/}) 7. Bh4 ({After} 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 {probably the best chance to fight for a slight edge is} 8. Qb3 $5 {
, when White can in some lines profit from the vulnerability of the b6-square.
However, Van Wely wants more and avoids the exchange...} (8. g3 {can lead to
Ponomariov-Bacrot from the above notes, while in the line}) (8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3
g6 {the moves a4 and a6 are more to Black's favour.})) 7... dxc4 $5 {The most
principled continuation, despite a4 Black unambiguously indicates he wants to
hold on to the Pc4.  Huebner,R: Dies ist ein vцllig neues, hцchst originelles,
groЯartiges Konzept. Ьber den Wert der Fortsetzung kann verstдndlicherweise
hier kein endgьltiges Urteil gefдllt werden.} (7... Nbd7 {is already less
accurate, as after the insertion of h6 and Bh4 White's B is less exposed.}) 8.
e3 $6 {This is somewhat inconsistent and causes White problems. The most
radical continuation is definitely} (8. e4 $5 g5 ({After} 8... Bb4 {White has
the simple} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bxc4 $14 {, but interesting is}) (8... b5 $5 {
This vesrion of the Botvinnik may be fully playable for Black, in some of the
main lines White's N misses the important a4-square.} 9. axb5 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10.
axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 $6 axb5 $1 12. Rxa8 Bb7 $36) (9. e5 $13) 9... cxb5 10. e5 g5
11. exf6 gxh4 12. Ne5 Qxf6 13. Nxb5 Bb4+ (13... axb5 $5 14. Rxa8 Bb4+ 15. Ke2
Bd6 $44) 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bxc4 Bb7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Re1 Qg7 18. g3 Nc6 19. Nxf7
$1 $40 {Vallejo Pons,F-Magem Badals,J/ESP-chT Cala Galdana/1999/}) 9. Bg3 Bb4
10. Bxc4 (10. Qc2 $5 $44) 10... Nxe4 11. O-O Nxg3 12. fxg3 $1 $13 {White's
compensation can't be underestimated.}) 8... b5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black already
can't stop halfway and must sacrifice the exchange. This is the right
move-order, as} (8... g5 $6 9. Bg3 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bb4+
13. Nd2 $5 $16 {is dubious, the Nb8 is attacked.}) 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Bxf6 (10.
Nxb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bb7 12. Ra1 (12. Bxf6 {-10.Bf6}) 12... Bb4+ 13. Ke2 $8 (13.
Nd2 $2 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 $19) 13... O-O $44 (13... g5 14. Bg3 Nc6 $13)) 10... gxf6
11. Nxb5 {This is also forced, otherwise Black has a healthy extra P after Bb7.
} axb5 12. Rxa8 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White comes up with a novelty,
but presumably it wasn't prepared beforehand.} ({The seemingly more solid
alternative} 13. Nd2 Bb7 {is in fact no less dangerous:} 14. Ra7 $142 $5 (14.
Ra1 e5 $1 $32 {Van der Wiel} (14... Rg8 $143 {allows} 15. Be2 $1 Rxg2 16. Kf1
Bxd2 17. Qxd2 {Marovic,D-Pomar,A/Olot/1969/} Qd6 $5 18. Ra7 Rxh2 19. Rg1 $1
Bg2+ 20. Ke1 $13 {/+/=}) (14... f5 {Huebner,R} 15. f4 (15. f3 {wird mit} f4 {
beantwortet.}) 15... Nd7 {hat Schwarz vorzьgliche Kompensation fьr die
geopferte Qualitдt.})) 14... Qb6 15. Ra1 {is better, as it deflects the Q from
the <->d. However, even here Black has} e5 $1 16. Be2 (16. dxe5 Ke7 $1 17. Qh5
{is too computer-like:} Rd8 18. Rd1 Nd7 $32 {->}) 16... exd4 17. O-O Rg8 $1 18.
e4 (18. Bf3 $2 Bxd2 19. exd4 Bb4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 $17 {/-+,Van den Doel,E-Van der
Wiel,J/NED-ch Rotterdam/1999/}) 18... Nd7 $15 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4] and his [+]P
give him an advantage.} (18... f5 $5 $36)) 13... Bb7 14. Ra1 f5 $5 {Black has
visible compensation and many tempting ways to increse the pressure, but not
all of them are effective:} (14... Nc6 $6 {allows} 15. g3 {[%cal Yf1g2] /\Bg2})
(14... Qd5 15. Ne1 $5 {/\f3,Kf2+/=}) ({Black could have avoided the following
active sortie with} 14... Rg8 $44 {or}) (14... Nd7 $44 {/\} 15. b3 $6 Bd5 $40)
15. Ne5 (15. b3 {(Huebner,R) kommt in Betracht, um dem Springer zunдchst das
Feld d3 freizukдmpfen. Nach} Bd5 16. Ne5 cxb3 17. f3 {ist die Lage nicht
deutlich.}) 15... Rg8 16. f4 $5 {[%cal Ye2f2] White needs f2 for his K and} (
16. f3 $2 {fails to} f6 $19 {[%csl Re5]}) 16... Nc6 (16... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Yd7f6,
Yf6e4] /\} 17. Nf3 (17. Ra7 Nxe5 18. Rxb7 Qa8 $1 $36 {regains the exchange and
retains the pressure.}) (17. Nxd7 Qh4 $1 18. Nf6+ (18. g3 Rxg3 $1 19. hxg3 Qxh1
20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. d5 Kxf6 22. Qd4+ Kg6 $19) 18... Qxf6 19. Kf2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 e5 {
leads to a position, similar to the following note. Now White ha a better
chance to avoid it.}) 17... Nf6 $36) 17. Nf3 $1 {White wants to consolidate
his set-up, too passive is} (17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Kf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 e5 $1 {We'll
see this break in an even more impressive version in the game.} (19... Qh3 20.
Qe2 h5 21. Qf2 h4 {allows White to play} 22. g3 $1 hxg3 23. Bxh3 gxf2+ 24. Kxf2
Bxh1 25. Rxh1 $11) 20. fxe5 $140 $2 (20. Qe2 {Huebner,R} exf4 21. exf4+ Kf8 22.
Qf2 (22. Ra6 Bb7 23. Ra7 Qxf4 {ist ungesund fьr WeiЯ.}) 22... Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2
Rg4 {ist ebenfalls unbequem fьr WeiЯ, obwohl er nicht ohne Rettungsaussichten
verbleibt.}) 20... Qe4 21. Qe2 f4 $19 {->}) (17. Kf2 $2 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qg5 $19)
17... Na5 $6 (17... Ne7 $5 18. Kf2 Nd5 $36 {/\} 19. Be2 $2 Rxg2+ $19) 18. Kf2
Nb3 19. Ra7 Be4 20. Ra2 $2 {Topalov beautifully refutes this.} (20. g3 $142 $1
$13 {[%cal Yf1g2,Rf3e5] /\Bg2,Ne5!<=> leaves the result quite open.}) (20. h4 {
(Huebner,R) kommt in Betracht, obwohl es der Bauernstruktur des WeiЯen nicht
gut tut. Die Mцglichkeit zu Dd8-h4+ wird dem WeiЯen genommen und Th1-h3
vorbereitet.}) 20... e5 $3 {[%mdl 512] This powerful break blows up White's
central defensive bastions.} 21. fxe5 {The only way to take the P.} (21. Nxe5
$2 {loses by force:} Qh4+ 22. g3 (22. Kg1 Be1 23. Qe2 Nc1 $1 $19) 22... Rxg3
23. hxg3 Qxh1 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Be1+ 26. Ke2 Nc1+ $19) (21. Be2 exd4 22.
exd4 Nd2 $5 $17 {->} (22... Nxd4 {Huebner,R} 23. Qxd4 (23. g3 Bc5 24. Kg2 Rg6 {
hдlt WeiЯ nicht lange aus.}) 23... Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Bc5 26. Bf3 Bxf3
27. Nxf3 Rf2+ 28. Ke1 Rxf3 {fьhrt zu einer freudlosen Stellung fьr WeiЯ.}))
21... f4 22. Be2 (22. exf4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 (23. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 24. Qe3 Qd5 {[%cal
Rb4c5] /\Bc5-+}) 23... Bd2 $19 {->} 24. Bh3 {Huebner,R} Bxf4 {dьrfte WeiЯ kaum
ьberleben kцnnen.}) 22... fxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Qd5 {'!' Huebner,R.} ({Nach} 23...
Bd2+ {Huebner,R} 24. Kf2 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 26. Kf1 {ist die Lage nicht klar.
Wenn Schwarz darauf verzichtet, mit} Qd3+ 27. Be2 Qf5+ 28. Bf3 Qd3+ {
Dauerschach zu geben, kommt WeiЯ zu g2-g3 nebst Kf1-g2.}) 24. g3 {'?' Huebner,
R. The motif from the game works even after other moves, e.g.,  Huebner,R:
'Jetzt hдngt in vielen der taktischen Abwicklungen der Turm auf h1, und
Schwarz erzielt den Gewinn. Versucht werden muЯte'} (24. Rg1 Nxd4 $1 (24...
Bd2+ {Huebner,R} 25. Kf2 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 27. Kf1 {gibt dem Schwarzen auch
hier keine Gewinnaussichten.}) 25. Nxd4 {Huebner,R: 'Andere Zьge sind
hoffnungslos:'} (25. Ra8+ {Huebner,R} Qxa8 26. Qxd4 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Qc8 {, und
Schwarz gewinnt.}) (25. Qxd4 {Huebner,R} Bc5 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Ra7+ (27. Rxg8
Bxf3 28. Qxc5+ Qxc5+ 29. Kxf3 Qxg1 {ьberlдЯt dem Schwarzen eine Gewinnstellung.
}) 27... Ke8 28. Ra8+ Ke7 (28... Kd7 29. Rxg8 Bxd4+ (29... Bxf3 30. Rd1 {
ist hier ungesund fьr Schwarz.}) 30. Nxd4 Qxe5 31. Nf3 Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Qf5+ 33.
Kg3 Qe5+ {mit RemisschluЯ.}) 29. Ra7+ {Nun hat Schwarz drei Kцnigszьge zur
Auswahl, wenn er auf Gewinn spielen will:} Kd8 {ist richtig:} (29... Ke6 30.
Rc7 (30. Ra6+ {ist gut genug fьrs Remis.}) 30... Bxd4+ 31. Nxd4+ Kxe5 32. Re7+
Kd6 33. Rxe4 f5 34. Rf4 Qe5+ 35. Kf3 {verschafft dem Schwarzen ebenfalls keine
Freude.}) (29... Kf8 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Kxe4 Qb4
34. Rb1 Qb3 35. Nd4 Qa2 36. Rc1 Qxb2 37. Rc2 Qb1 38. Kd5 {birgt fьr Schwarz
nur Gefahren.}) 30. Rd1 Bd3 31. Bxd3 Bxd4+ 32. Nxd4 cxd3 33. Rxd3 Qxe5+ 34. Kf3
(34. Kf2 Qe4 35. Nc6+ Kc8 36. g3 Re8 (36... Qxd3 37. Ne7+ Kd8 38. Nc6+ Ke8 39.
Re7+ Kf8 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Ne5+ Ke6 42. Nxd3 Kd5 {sollte auch zum Gewinn
fьhren.}) 37. Rxf7 b4 38. Na7+ Kb8 39. Kg1 Qc4 {, und WeiЯ wird schlieЯlich
mattgesetzt werden.}) 34... Qd5+ 35. Ke3 Qg5+ 36. Ke4 Qxg2+ {, und Schwarz
wird schlieЯlich gewinnen.}) 25... Bc5 $1 {Ftacnik} (25... Qxe5 26. Nf3 Bc5+ (
26... Bxf3+ {Huebner,R} 27. Kxf3 Qf5+ 28. Ke3 Bc5+ 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Re1 Rxg2 31.
Ra3 Bxa3 32. bxa3 Qd3+ 33. Kc1 Qxa3+ 34. Kb1 Qb4+ 35. Kc1 Qc3+ 36. Kb1 Kf8 37.
Rg1 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen Rettungsaussichten.}) 27. Kd2 c3+ $1 (27... Qf4+ {
Huebner,R} 28. Ke1 Bxg1 29. Nxg1 Qe3 (29... Qh4+ 30. g3 Qxh2 31. Qd4 Qxg3+ 32.
Kd2 {dьrfte nicht zum Gewinn genьgen.}) 30. Qd6 Qxg1+ 31. Kd2 Qxg2 32. Qb8+ Ke7
33. Ra7+ Ke6 34. Ra6+ Kf5 35. Qxb5+ Bd5 36. Rxh6 {, und WeiЯ sollte ьberleben.}
) 28. bxc3 Qd5+ {[%cal Rd5a2] /\Qa2 with equal material and a continuing ->.})
26. Bf3 Rg5 $1 27. Bxe4 (27. Re1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rg2 29. f4 Rxh2 $19) 27... Rxe5
28. Qc2 f5 $19) 24... Nxd4 25. Nxd4 (25. Qxd4 Bc5 26. Ra8+ Kd7 $19 {Huebner,R:
'ist hier ganz hoffnungslos fьr WeiЯ.'}) 25... Bxh1 26. Bf3 Qxe5+ 27. Kf2 Bc5 {
Huebner,R: 'In der vorliegenden Stellung begьnstigt der Umstand, daЯ ungleiche
Lдufer entstehen, den Angreifer. WeiЯ geht an der Schwдche seines Bauern auf
b2 zugrunde.'} 28. Bxh1 Bxd4+ 29. Kf1 Rg5 $19 {[%mdl 128] The storm has calmed
down for a while, but Black is already a P up and his attack continues to the
very end.} 30. Bf3 Kf8 31. Kg2 Qe3 32. Kh3 Kg7 33. b3 cxb3 34. Ra3 b4 35. Rxb3
Bc3 {Cuts off the Rb3.} 36. Qe2 Qc5 37. Qd3 Qc8+ 38. Kg2 Ra5 39. Qc2 Qe6 40.
Qb1 $6 (40. h4 $142 $5 {is more resilient, although after} Ra1 {White's
position is untenable in the long run.}) 40... Ra1 (40... Ra3 {Huebner,R} 41.
Rxa3 bxa3 {sorgt sofort fьr eine neue Dame; aber der Textzug genьgt.}) 41. Qc2
Bd4 42. Bd1 ({It's too late for} 42. h4 Rh1 $1 43. Kxh1 Qh3+ 44. Qh2 Qf1+)
42... Qe1 43. Bf3 ({Auf} 43. Rd3 {(Huebner,R) folgt} b3 (43... Qg1+ 44. Kf3 Ra6
{genьgt natьrlich auch zum Gewinn.}) 44. Qxb3 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kg4 h5+ 47.
Kxh5 (47. Kg5 Bf6+ 48. Kxh5 Qh3#) 47... Qf5+ 48. Kh4 Bf6#) 43... Qf1# {A
fitting end to a great attacking display.  Huebner,R: 'Eine weitere
Glanzpartie von Topalov!'} 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 ({Also
playable is} 5... Bh5 $5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 10. Nxg6
hxg6 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. g5 Be7 13. Qf3 N7b6 14. Bb3 Nb4 15. Ke2 c5 16. Qxb7 cxd4
17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Qe4 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 N4d5 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 {Lautier,
J-Chernin,A/Bastia rapid/2001/}) 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 (7... Bb4 8. Bd3 O-O 9.
O-O Nbd7 10. Qd1 e5 $6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15.
Rfc1 Nb6 16. Rab1 e4 17. Be2 Rab8 18. Bc5 Nfd7 19. Be7 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21.
Qb5 $36 {Georgiev,K-Movsesian,S/Sarajevo/2002/}) 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. g4 Bb4 $5 10.
Bd3 e5 $1 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxd5 13. Bc4 N7b6 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe4 O-O $1
16. dxe5 (16. Qxe5 Qh4 {[%cal Rd5e3] /\Ne3} 17. Ke2 f5 $1 $44 {->}) 16... Qh4
17. Bd4 Rad8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Rc1 b6 $5 (19... Nb4 20. O-O Rd5 $11) 20. O-O c5
21. Bc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qxe5 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 f5 $11 {/=/+,Dreev,
A-Movsesian,S/Sarajevo/2002/}) 3... d5 4. Nf3 (4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 ({The older
continuation} 5... b5 6. b3 Bg4 {is not so popular anymore.}) 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3
O-O 8. O-O Bg4 $5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na4 Rae8 13. Nb6 Qc7
14. b4 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. f4 f6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Bf3
Rd8 21. Be3 Be8 22. Rad1 Bf7 23. d5 Qd7 24. Bd4 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qc3 Bf6
27. Rfe1 $44 {=,Hracek,Z-Kasparov,G/Prague sim/2001/}) 4... a6 5. Bg5 {In an
important theoretical position Shirov typically choses a sharp sacrificial
line.} ({In the past Black used to have some problems with} 5. c5 Nbd7 ({
Another alternative is the more solid} 5... Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Nd2 Be7
9. Be2 h6 10. b4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg3 Qc8 {[%cal Ye7d8,Yd8c7,Ye6e5] /
\Bd8-c7,e5} 13. Bf3 a5 14. b5 Bd3 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Rc1 Bd8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Ndxe4
Bxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. a4 f5 21. Qb3 Nf6 22. Bc4 Bc7 23. Bh4 Nd5 24. Rc2 Qd7
25. h3 Kh8 26. Rb2 Rg8 $132 {1/2,Piket,J-Movsesian,S/NED-chT Breda/2000/}) 6.
Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O Nxf4 $5 (9... O-O 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf6
12. Bxf6 Nhxf6 13. f4 b6 14. b4 (14. cxb6 c5 $5 15. b3 cxd4 16. exd4 Qxb6 17.
Nf3 Bb7 18. Na4 Qd6 19. Ne5 Rec8 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. Nb2 Bb5 22. Rfc1 Qa3 $132 {
Zakharevich,I-Burmakin,V/Suetin mem Tula/2002/}) 14... a5 15. a3 Ba6 $11 {
/+/=()}) 10. exf4 O-O 11. Re1 (11. Rc1 Qc7 12. g3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Rfe1 e6
15. Re3 Bf5 16. Kg2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd7 18. Re2 Rae8 19. b4 Re7 20. Rce1 Rfe8 21.
h4 h5 22. Rc2 Ra8 23. Rb1 Ree8 24. Nd1 Reb8 25. a3 Bf8 26. Rbc1 a5 $1 $11 {
Gyimesi,Z-Tukmakov,V/CRO-chT Pula/2001/}) 11... Re8 12. Rc1 Nf8 13. Qd2 Qc7 14.
g3 f6 15. Re3 Bg4 $132 {1/2,Babula,V-Rogozenko,D/Bundesliga 0001/2001/}) ({
A recent, but rather harmless idea is} 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Qa5 (7...
Nc6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Qb3 Qb4 $5 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Rc1 Bf5 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nc6
14. Be2 f6 15. O-O e6 16. Nd2 Kd7 17. Nb3 Bd6 18. Nc5+ Bxc5 19. dxc5 Rad8 20.
Rb3 Kc7 21. g4 Bc2 $11 {1/2,Beliavsky,A-Movsesian,S/YUG Cup Herceg Novi/2001/})
8. Qb3 e6 9. e3 Bb4 10. Rc1 Bd7 $1 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bb5 13. Ne5 Nc6 {
Beliavsky,A-Khalifman,A/FIDE GP Moscow/2002/}) 5... Ne4 {The most usual reply.}
({But we can't discount even} 5... dxc4 $5 6. a4 (6. e4 b5 $15 {is
unconvincing.}) 6... Bf5 {/\Ne4} 7. e3 (7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. f3 f6 10.
fxe4 fxe5 11. e3 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 exd4 14. exd4 e5 15. Bxc4 exd4 16.
Rhf1 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nd7 19. Rf7 Be7 20. Raf1 b5 $15 {Lautier,J-Van den
Doel,E/Antwerpen/1998/}) 7... Ne4 8. Bxc4 (8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bxc4 $2 Bxf3 {
[%cal Rd8a5] /\Qa5-+}) 8... Nxg5 9. Nxg5 e6 10. Nf3 Bb4 11. O-O Nd7 $11 {
with a typical solid Slav position.}) 6. Bf4 ({On h4 the B is worse placed,
than in the game, but an even sharper move has been tested:} 6. h4 {Now Black
has a choice:} {Black has also the sharp} f6 $5 (6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. g3 (
8. e4 b5 9. Ne5 Nd7 $1 10. Nxc6 Qc7 $15) 8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 $13 {/=/+ is
analogous to the game, but h4 is not too useful for White.}) 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. Rc1
(8. Qb3 $6 e5 $1 9. dxe5 d4 10. Qa4 (10. Qc2 $2 dxc3 11. b4 Bxb4 12. Qxe4 O-O
13. e6 Qxa2 $1 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. Rc2 Qb1+ 16. Bc1 Ba3 17. Ng5 f5 {0-1,Lugovoi,
A-Volkov,S/RUS-ch Moscow/1999/}) 10... Qxa4 $1 11. Nxa4 fxe5 12. Nb6 exf4 13.
a3 Bc5 $5 14. Nxa8 d3 $36) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. e4 b5 $13) ({If all this
fits, apart from the text White has only the meek} 6. cxd5 cxd5 $11 (6... Nxg5
$5 7. Nxg5 e6 $11)) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. g3 {Black has consistently
accepted the offered pawn and it's on White to prove his [+] and lead in
development can give him some more concrete advantage.} ({The alternative is} 
8. e4 b5 9. Ne5 Be6 $5 (9... g6 10. Qf3 Be6 $5 $13) (9... Nd7 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11.
Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bb7 13. Qc2 f6 14. Bg3 e5 $5 $11 {/\} 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Bxe5
Qe6 17. f4 Qc6 $11) 10. Be2 f6 11. Ng4 Bf7 $13 {/=/+,when White's compensation
is rather vague.}) 8... b5 {Shirov has had this position already twice, but
both times he was Black against Anand and he suffered a lot. This time he
decided to finally try it from the other side of the board.} ({His first try
was} 8... g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Qb1 $1 {The R will still come in handy
on the a<->.} Qc8 12. a4 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Ra2 Nd7 $6 ({Necessary was} 14...
f6 $1 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Rb2 b6 $13 {as} 17. Qe4 $6 Kf7 {gives White nothing}) 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rb2 Ra7 17. Rb6 f5 18. Qb2 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Qa2
$1 Rc8 22. R6b5 Bf6 23. h4 Kf7 24. R1b2 $36 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Dos Hermanas/
1997/ and Black was under heavy pressure.}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 ({Black can try to
prevent Ne5 with} 9... Nd7 {but} 10. Ne5 $5 {is nevertheless possible:} (10.
O-O Bb7 11. Qb1 {-see the following note.}) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bb7 (11... Qb6
12. a4 $1 $36) 12. e6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 fxe6 14. Be5 $44 {and Black has problems
with his development.}) 10. Ne5 $6 {Tempting, but probably not ideal. More
modest is} (10. O-O Nd7 11. Qb1 g6 (11... e6 $143 $6 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. Ne4 c5 14.
Bd6 $1 $36) 12. Nd2 $1 Qc8 13. a4 Bg7 14. Qb4 c5 $5 15. dxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+
17. f3 {Hauchard,A-Prie,E/FRA-ch Narbonne/1997/} O-O (17... Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5
19. axb5 Bxc3 20. Ra2 $11) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rb1 $11) 10... Qc8
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty, Black prepares Nd7.} ({It's rather
useless speculating if he can afford} 10... Nd7 $5 11. Bxc6 (11. Nxc6 Qc8 12.
d5 e6 $15) 11... Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qb6 $11) ({Earlier Black used to play} 10... f6
11. Nxc4 $5 {and now:} bxc4 (11... g5 {used to have a good reputation, till
Anand came up with} 12. Be3 $1 (12. Bxb8 bxc4 13. Rb1 Rxb8 14. Rxb7 Rxb7 15.
Bxc6+ Rd7 16. Qa4 e6 17. O-O Bd6 18. Qxa6 Kf7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxc4 h5 $5 $11
{/=/+ leads to a position, where Black risks little and can fight for more
than a draw.}) 12... bxc4 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. h4 $44 Nd7 15. hxg5 fxg5 16. Bxg5
O-O-O 17. O-O Rg8 18. Qd2 h6 19. Be3 e5 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Rxb7 $1 Kxb7 22. Rb1+
Ka7 23. Bxc6 $1 $40 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Monaco blindfold/1997/}) 12. Rb1 e5 (
12... Qc8 13. Qa4 g5 (13... Nd7 14. O-O $13) 14. Be3 $5 $44 {is difficult to
evaluate clearly.}) 13. Rxb7 exf4 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Rb6 Bd6 16. Qxc4 Ke7 17. O-O
Ra7 18. Rfb1 $44 {Tukmakov,V-Bagirov,V/USSR-chT Moscow/1983/ The arising
position is again unclear, Black's K is a permanent source of problems and the
extra piece doesn't make its presence felt. This is all due to the weakening
f6, in the game the sacrifice on c4 will not be that dangerous.}) 11. Rb1 {
[%cal Re5c4] /\Nc4 Preparing the N sacrifice, but White should have thought
about} (11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 {Black can gain a real advantage only after he
finishes his development and this is not going to be so easy, e.g.} Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 c5 14. Qh5 $5 $132) (11. a4 $5) 11... Nd7 12. Nxc4 $2 {The analogy here
doesn't seem to work, Black's position is not as compromised as in the
examples above.} bxc4 13. O-O e6 14. Qa4 Ra7 $1 {[%mdl 256] An important
defensive move.} (14... Be7 $143 $2 15. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 16. Bxc6 Qa7 (16... Qc8
17. Rb1 g5 18. Bb7 $1 Qd8 19. Bxa8 gxf4 20. Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7d7] /\Rd7+-}) 17.
Rb1 O-O 18. Bxd7 $16 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb1b8] ><c4,<->b Black's pieces are
uncoordinated.}) 15. Be3 {[%cal Rd4d5] /\d5 Not a nice move to make, but
otherwise Black simply castles in time.} ({Consistent, but insufficient is} 15.
Rxb7 Rxb7 16. Qxa6 (16. Bxc6 Rb6 $19) 16... Rb8 17. Qxc4 (17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18.
Bxc6 Rb2 19. a4 Ba3 {[%cal Re8e7] /\Ke7-+}) 17... Rb6 $5 18. d5 c5 19. dxe6
fxe6 {[%cal Rf8e7,Re8g8] /\Be7,0-0-+}) 15... c5 16. Bf4 {This at least
prevents immediate exchanges.} (16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Qxa6 Rc7 $19) 16... Be7 (
16... Bxg2 $2 17. Rb8 $13) 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Ke7 {Now it's finally clear
White's concept has failed and he has nothing for the piece, as Black has
managed to mobilize his forces. Shirov at least takes some material back, but
the _|_ is hopeless.} 19. Rxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxb7 {Avoids exchanges,
but later White's R will play a funny role.} (21. Rxb7+ Rxb7 22. Bxb7 a5 23.
Ba6 Bd6 $1 24. Bxc4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Rb8 26. Bb3 Rc8 27. c4 Kd6 $19 {/\Kc5-b4})
21... f6 22. Bf3 e5 23. Be3 (23. Bd2 Ke6 {[%cal Rh8d8,Ra7d7] /\Rd8,Rad7 and
Black activates his R, while White has no outposts on the b<->. Now White
gains b4, but spoils his P and allows further exchanges.}) 23... Bxe3 24. fxe3
Kc7 $5 {Black preferes activity to material.} (24... Ke7 25. Rb4 Rc8 $19 {
should also win in the long run.}) 25. Rb4 Rc8 26. Bg4 (26. Rxc4+ $6 Kd8 $19 {
wins a P, or swaps R.}) (26. Bd5 Kd6 27. Bxc4 a5 28. Ra4 Rc5 $19 {leads to a
similar position, as in the game.}) 26... Rb8 27. Rxc4+ Kd6 28. Bf3 Rb6 {
[%cal Ra7c7] /\Rc7} 29. Ra4 a5 30. Kf2 Rb2 {[%cal Yd6c5,Yc5b6,Ya7c7,Yc7d7]} 31.
g4 {This will help Black to open the >> later on, but if White plays passively,
Black transfers his K to b6 and frees his Ra7.} (31. Be4 $143 f5 $1 {()}) 31...
Rc2 $5 (31... Kc5 32. Be4 Kb5 33. Ra3 h6 (33... Rd7 34. Bxh7 Rdd2 {enables the
tactical} 35. Bd3+ $5 {/\} Rxd3 36. c4+ $15) 34. Bd3+ $17 {with tough
resistance, Movsesian therefore tries to force the advance of the Pc3.}) 32. c4
(32. Rc4 Rxa2 $19 {[%csl Ga5] o^a}) (32. Ra3 Rc1 $19 {[%csl Ra3] צa3}) ({
More resilient was} 32. Be4 $142 $5 Rxc3 33. Bxh7 Kc5 $19 {/-/+}) 32... Kc5 33.
Bd5 (33. Be4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4+ Kxc4 35. Bxh7 a4 $19 {and Black will gradually
prepare the decisive exchange sacrifice on a2.}) 33... Rb2 34. a3 $8 (34. h4
Rb4 35. Ra3 a4 {/\Rb2,Kb4 loses even faster. But now with the sidelined R
Black has more than one way to win.}) 34... Rc2 $19 35. Kf3 g6 36. h3 Rc3 (
36... Kb6 $5 37. e4 Rg7 {[%cal Rh7h5] /\h5-+}) 37. h4 (37. Ke4 {[%cal Rg4g5] /
\g5<=> was more interesting, but couldn't save White anyway:} Rc2 (37... Kb6
38. g5 f5+ $5 39. Kxe5 Re7+ 40. Kd4 Rcxe3 $19) 38. g5 f5+ (38... fxg5 $5 $19)
39. Kxe5 Rxe2 40. Kf4 Re1 $19 {[%csl Re3,Rg5] ק}) 37... f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39.
Kf2 h6 (39... e4 $142 $1) 40. h5 Kb6 {Black doesn't want to spoil a winning
position (and tournament!) with his 40-th move.} ({More energetic was however} 
40... e4 41. Be6 Kb6 {[%cal Ra7g7,Rc3c1,Rc1g1] /\Rg7,Rc1-g1-> and the attempt
to escape the mating net} 42. Ke1 {enables} f4 $1 43. exf4 $2 e3 44. Kf1 Rg7
$19) 41. Be6 Rc7 (41... e4 {was still possible, Black chooses a longer plan.})
42. Ke1 f4 43. exf4 exf4 44. Bd5 Rc5 45. Kd2 Re3 {Now Black is ready to
activate his K.} 46. Bf3 Kc7 47. Bd5 Kd6 48. Bb7 (48. Bf3 Ke5 49. Bd5 Kd4 50.
Bf3 Rb3 $19 {[%cal Rb3b2,Rd4c3,Rd4e3] /\Rb2,Kc3,Ke3}) 48... Rxh5 49. Ba6 Rb3
50. c5+ (50. Bb5 f3 $5 (50... Rh2 $19) (50... Rhh3 $19) 51. exf3 Rh2+ 52. Kc1
Rxf3 53. c5+ Kxc5 54. Rxa5 Kb6 $19) 50... Rxc5 51. Rxf4 h5 52. Ra4 (52. a4 Rb4
53. e4 Re5 $19) 52... Rg3 53. Rh4 (53. Bd3 Rg4 54. e4 Ke5 $19 {[%csl Gh5] o^h})
53... Rxa3 54. Bb7 Rb3 55. Bf3 Rb4 (55... Rb4 56. Rxh5 Rxh5 57. Bxh5 a4 58. Kc1
(58. Kc3 a3 59. Bf7 Rb2 60. e4 Rf2 $19) 58... a3 59. Bf7 Rb2 $19 {[%cal Rd6b4,
Rb4c3] /\Kc5-b4-c3}) 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. a4 bxc4 (7... b4 {
is the main continuation.} 8. Ne2 (8. Nb1 e6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bb2 (10. Bd3 Bf5
11. Qc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb2 h6 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Qc2 a5 17. h3
Rfe8 18. e4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rad8 {Magallanes,F (2510)-Chiru,I 
(2535) ICCF email 2010 1/2 (40), White was slightly better.}) 10... Bd6 ({
As an alternative I can suggest} 10... Be7 $5 11. Qc2 (11. Bd3 Bh5 (11... Bf5
$6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Rc1 O-O 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nc6 Qe8
18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Kg7 21. O-O $14) 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 Bg6
{White is slightly better.}) 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 c5 16. O-O Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 $11) 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
O-O 14. e4 Bf4 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rad1
Rfe8 19. Rfe1 $14) 15. O-O Bxd2 16. Nxd2 a5 17. Rac1 $14 {Inarkiev,E (2706)
-Lin,C (2448) China 2015 1-0 (33)}) 8... e6 (8... Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 $6 10. dxe5
Bxe2 11. Bxe2 Ne4 12. Bb2 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e6 $1 fxe6 14. Bb2 $16) 12... e6
13. O-O Nc3 14. Qd3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd5 16. Rfc1 $14 {Inarkiev,E (2675)-Solak,D 
(2607) Jerusalem 2015 1/2 (76)}) (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 a5 10. Ng3 g6 11. cxd5 Nxd5
(11... cxd5 $6 12. e4) 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. f4 f5 15. Bg2 $14 {
Khismatullin,D (2681)-Lintchevski,D (2555) St Petersburg 2014 1-0 (34)}) 9. Ne5
Bxe2 $6 (9... Bh5 $5 10. Bb2 Nfd7) 10. Bxe2 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Rc1
f5 14. O-O Ra7 15. f3 $16 {Buhmann,R (2633)-McShane,L (2655) Germany 2016 1-0 
(44)}) 8. bxc4 Nbd7 ({White should prepare some improvement in the line} 8...
e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. a5 e5 11. Qa4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qc7 13. Bh3 {Thist seems to be a
wrong path.} (13. Rb1 $5 Be7 14. Rb6 Nxb6 15. cxb6 Qb7 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 $44)
(13. Be2 $5 Be7 14. Na2 O-O 15. Nb4 exd4 16. exd4 Nb8 17. O-O $14) 13... Be7
14. O-O O-O 15. Na2 Rfb8 16. Nb4 Rb5 17. Rd1 Nf8 $11 18. dxe5 $6 N6d7 19. Nd3
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 $15 {Karjakin,S (2756)-Solak,D (2618) Antalya 2013 1/2 (47)}
) 9. a5 (9. c5 a5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. Qd1 g6 $1 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. Rb1 O-O
15. O-O Qc7 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Be1 f5 19. f3 Ng5 20. Bc2 Ne6 21. Bf2
exd4 22. exd4 Nf6 $132 {Girya,O (2466)-Volkov,S (2618) Taganrog 2015 0-1 (48)})
9... e5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O $146 {A logical novelty. In a
previous game Black played 12...exd4 but he obviously wasn't satisfied with
the result of the opening.} (12... exd4 13. exd4 Bxc3 $6 (13... Qe7+ 14. Qe2
dxc4 15. Bxc6 (15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. O-O Rhc8 17. Rfc1 Nf8 18. Ne4 $14) 15... Rb8
16. Bf3 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 $14) ({Probably Black should have preferred} 13... O-O
14. O-O dxc4 15. Qe2 Bxa5 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qxa6 Bb4 18. Rfd1 c5 {Black should
gradually equalise.}) 14. Bxc3 Qe7+ 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxe4+ dxe4
18. Rb1 Ke7 19. Kd2 $16 {1-0 (34) Howell,D (2655)-Sarakauskas,G (2414)
Northampton ENG 2017. Black is in trouble.}) 13. O-O dxc4 14. Qe2 {Now Black
can swap all pawns on the queenside.} ({After} 14. Qa4 {Black can equalise} Rb8
15. Qxc6 exd4 16. exd4 Ne5 17. dxe5 Qxd2 18. exf6 Bxc3 $11) 14... exd4 15. exd4
Bxa5 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qxa6 Bb6 $6 {This is worse than 17...Bb4.} (17... Bb4 $1
18. Rfd1 (18. Rac1 c5 19. Bb7 (19. d5 $2 Ne5 $15 {White will lose the d5-pawn.}
) 19... cxd4 $1 20. Bxc8 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. Bxd7 Bd2 $11) (18. Qa4 c5 19.
dxc5 ({Here after} 19. d5 {White will not lose the d5-pawn for free.} Ne5 20.
Be2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Qxb4 {draw.}) 19... Bxc5 20. Rad1 Qb6
$11) 18... Re8 19. Rac1 c5 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Bxa5 23. Na4 Ne5
{Black should make a draw without big problems.}) 18. Be3 c5 (18... Re8 {
won't be an improvement.} 19. Rfc1 Re6 20. Ne2 c5 21. Rab1 $16 {Black's
position is unpleasant and it is not easy to advise him something reasonable.})
19. Na4 $1 cxd4 $8 (19... c4 $2 20. Rfc1 {and Black can't protect the c4-pawn.}
) 20. Nxb6 $8 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Bxd4 $14 {Of course a bishop pair is
stronger than the opponent's knight pair but there are no pawns on the
queenside so I believe that Black will make a draw if he plays cautiously.} Nc4
23. Rfd1 ({another option is} 23. Rfc1 Nd2 24. Bd1 Nde4 25. f3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Ng5 27. Rc6 Ne6 28. Be5 $14) 23... Rfe8 24. g3 h6 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. Be2 Re6 (
26... Nc6 27. Be3 (27. Bxf6 gxf6) 27... Nb4 28. Bb5 Re5 29. Bf1 Nc2 30. Bf4
Ree8 31. Rac1 g5 32. Bd2 Ne4 33. Ba5 Rc5 34. Bb6 Rcc8 $14) ({I would try to
put both knights on the kingside. In this case White can try push pawns but I
believe that Black should be able to draw.} 26... Ng6 $5 {Then Black can play .
..Nf8, ...Ne6 with a passive but solid position. Komodo recommends to swap
rooks after} 27. Bb5 Red8 28. Ba6 Ra8 29. Be2 Rxa1 30. Bxa1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 {
that helps Black to make a draw.}) 27. h3 Nc6 28. Ba6 Rd8 29. Be3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1
Ne5 31. Bb5 g5 $5 {Black gains some space but it creates additional weaknesses.
} (31... Ne4 $1 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Ba4 Nc4 34. Bc1 Rd6 35. Re8 Ned2 36. Rc8 Rd4
$14) (31... Ng6 $6 {is dangerous for Black due to} 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Bc4 Re7 34.
Bd4 Ne5 35. Bb5 $1 (35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxf7 Re7 {the position is rather drawish.
}) 35... Ne4 (35... Ng6 $2 36. Bd3 {Black has no moves.} h5 37. h4 Rb7 38. Rd6
$18) 36. Rd5 Ng6 37. h4 Nf6 (37... Nf8 38. f3 Nf6 39. Rd8 Ng6 (39... Ne6 $4 40.
Bd3+) 40. Bd3 $18) 38. Rd8 h5 39. Bd3 Ng4 40. Rd5 Kh6 41. Rd6 N4e5 42. Bxe5
Rxe5 43. f4 Re6 44. Rd8 f5 $8 45. Bxf5 Rf6 46. Be4 $16 {the position is rather
winning for White.}) 32. Rc1 Rd6 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Ba4 Ra6 35. Bb3 Rc6 36. Ra8 (
36. Rxc6 $2 Nxc6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Bxf4 Ng8 $14 {Black is out of danger.}) 36...
Rc3 37. Ba2 Rc2 $2 {Probably Peter was in time trouble.} (37... Rd3 38. Ra5 Nc6
39. Rc5 Rd6 40. Rb5 Rd7 {It is obvious that White can keep playing to win but
I don't think that Ding would win it.}) (37... Nd3 $4 38. Ra7 $18) 38. Ra7 Nc4
$2 {The last mistake. In any case Svidler's position was very difficult.} (
38... Ned7 39. Bd4 Kg8 40. Ra6 Rd2 41. Bc3 Rc2 42. Ba1 Ne4 43. Kf3 Nd2+ 44. Kg4
$16) (38... Kf8 39. Bd4 Nfd7 40. Bb1 Rc1 41. Bf5 Rd1 42. Bc3 $16 {White has
excellent chances to win the game.}) 39. Bd4 $1 $18 Nd6 40. Rd7 (40. Be5 Rd2
41. Rd7 Nc4 42. Rxd2 Nxd2 43. f3 $18) 40... Nb5 (40... Rxa2 41. Rxd6 $18) 41.
Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Bxf6 Rxa2 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rb7 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 bxc4 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. bxc4 (14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. bxc4) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 (16. cxd5 Qxb2 17. Qxc6+ Ke7
18. Rab1) 16... Qxe5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qa4+ (18. Qc6+ Ke7 19. Qb7+ Nd7 20. Nd4
Qd6 21. Nc6+ Kf6) 18... Ke7 (18... Nd7 19. Rab1 Qd6 20. Rb7 Rd8) (18... Kf8 19.
Qc6 Qb8 20. Rab1 Qe8 21. Rfc1 (21. Qd6+ Kg8 22. Rb7)) 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. Nc6+ Kf8
21. Rac1 g6 22. Qd4 (22. Nd4 Kg7 23. Rc6 Qd7) (22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. e4) 22... Kg7
23. Rc3 Rhc8 (23... Rhe8 24. Ne5 Rac8 25. Rfc1) 24. Rfc1 Rc7 25. Ne5 Rxc3 26.
Rxc3 Qe7 27. Nc6 Qb7 28. Ne5 Qa7 (28... Ne4 29. Rb3 Qe7 30. f3 Nd6 31. Ng4+ (
31. Nc4+ Kg8) 31... f6 32. Rb6 Nf7) 29. Qf4 (29. Rc5) 29... Rf8 30. Rc6 a5 31.
Nf3 Qb8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc7 Ne8 34. Ra7 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb2 36. Ng5 (36. Kg1
Rxa2 37. Ng5) 36... Rxf2 37. Kg3 (37. Nxe6+ Kg8 (37... Kf6 38. Nf4 d4 39. Nd5+
Ke5 40. Rxa5 $11) 38. Nf4 (38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. Nf4 Nf6) 38... d4 39. Rxa5 dxe3 40.
Re5 Nd6 41. Nd5 Rxa2 42. Rxe3 $11) 37... Rf6 38. Rxa5 Nd6 39. Nf3 Nc4 40. Ra6
Nxe3 41. a4 Nf1+ 42. Kf2 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen International Masters"]
[Site "Bad Kissingen"]
[Date "1928.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Tartakower,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1928.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Tartakower:Bad Kissingen. Internationales Schach Turnier 1928. S.109.
Gleich nach der Eröffnungsphase (1-12.Zug) muß Weiß gegen aufkommende
Schwächen seiner Figurnestellung kämpfen, kommt dann (13.-25.Zug) immer mehr
ins Hintertreffen, was ja auch durch das Herumirren seiner Dame (Qd1-h5-e5-a1)
versinnbildlicht wird, und gerät bald mit zwei Springern gegen zwei Läufer
in eine peinliche Zwangslage, so daß der grobe Fehler im 28.Zug von Weiß -
bei Capablanca wohl eine große Seltenheit ! - zur Sache nichts mehr macht.
Eine kurze Agonie (32-39.Zug), und der aufregende Kampf ist zu Ende.} d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O
10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nc1 Nc6 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Ne5 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc5 16.
Nd3 Qd5 17. Nf4 Qg5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Qh5 Rac8 21. Rfd1 g6 22.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe5 Be7 24. h3 Rc5 25. Qa1 Bf6 26. Rd1 Rd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Ne5
$4 (28. Nb2 d4 $19) 28... Qd6 $19 29. Nfd3 Ba6 30. Qe1 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32.
Qxb4 Bd3 33. Qc5 Qb8 34. b4 Qb7 35. b5 h5 36. Qc3 Bc4 37. e4 Qe7 38. exd5 Bxd5
39. a5 Qe4 (39... Qe4 40. f3 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qxb5) 0-1

[Event "Dresden op 06th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 (5... dxc4 $6) 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 {>< Bc8} Qd8 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a5 $6
(12... b5 13. axb5 Nb6 14. Bb3 cxb5 15. d5 $14) (12... O-O) 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
Rad1 Qc7 15. d5 cxd5 $6 (15... exd5 $142 16. exd5 Nb6) 16. exd5 Nb6 17. Ne5 Bf6
$2 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Bxd5 $5) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Ra6 $14) (17... Nxd5
$2 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qd6 (19... Qc5 20. Nd7 $18) 20. Ng6 $18) 18. d6 Qc5
$2 (18... Qd8 $142 19. d7 $140 $2 Nxd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Bb5 Bxb5) 19. d7 Bxe5
20. d8=Q Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kh7 22. Qd3+ g6 23. Bb5 $1 Qb4 24. Re1 Qxb2 25. Qf3 Bg7
26. Qxf7 Bd7 27. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Tomashevsky,E"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. Be2 Qd6 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qa7
Rxb2 15. Bd1 f6 16. Bb3 Bc2 17. Qd4 Bxb3 18. Qxb2 Bc4 19. Rb1 Kf7 20. f3 g6 21.
a4 Bg7 22. Qb4 Qe5 23. Kf2 Bd3 24. Bc3 Qf5 25. Rbd1 h5 26. Qd4 Bc2 27. Qxd5+
Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxa4 29. Rc1 {Das entstandene für Schwarz trostlose Endspiel
ist in erster Linie das Ergebnis des von Etienne gewonnenen Eröffnungsduells.
Zukünftige Untersuchungen und Partien werden zeigen, ob Schwarz in dieser
Variante tatsächlich vor ernsthaften Schwierigkeiten steht oder ob es mir
schlicht und einfach nicht gelungen ist, auf die Aktionen meines Gegners
richtig zu reagieren. Wie dem auch sei, nun verfügte mein Gegner nicht nur
über eine Mehrqualität, sondern hatte er auch für diese Stellung 30 Minuten
weniger verbraucht. Vielleicht wäre es für ihn aufgrund meiner Zeitnot aus
praktischer Sicht ratsamer gewesen, die Damen auf dem Brett zu lassen, aber
die weitere Analyse wird uns zeigen, dass man bis zu einem gewissen Moment
Bacrots Spiel nicht bemängeln kann.} Rb8 30. Rc5 Rb6 31. Rc7 Re6 {Die
konkreten Varianten spielen hier, solange es keinen Nahkampf gibt, eine viel
kleinere Rolle als schematisches Denken. Es ist offensichtlich, dass es zum
weißen Plan gehört, mit allen Kräften den Bauern e7 anzugreifen, um die
gegnerischen Figuren mit dessen Verteidigung zu beschäftigen. Erst danach
wird er sich überlegen, wo der entscheidende Durchbruch zu erfolgen hat, ob
es für ihn Sinn macht, davor die Türme zu tauschen usw. In diesem
Zusammenhang gefällt mir der nächste Zug von Weiß nicht besonders, obwohl
er objektiv gesehen noch nichts verdirbt.} 32. h4 {Zuerst dachte ich, dieser
Zug wäre ein ernsthafter positioneller Fehler, der dem Weißen zusätzliche
Schwierigkeiten bereitete, seinen Vorteil zu verwerten - jetzt steht ihm die
Option h3, g4 nicht mehr zur Verfügung; außerdem kann der schwarze König,
falls sich sein Vis-a-vis zum Damenflügel begibt (was sehr wahrscheinlich ist)
, nach dem erzwungenen f3-f4 in einigen Varianten den g-Bauern angreifen.
Jetzt neige ich aber zur Ansicht, dass hier andere Ideen wesentlicher sind,
bei denen den Weißen nicht stört, dass sich sein Bauer nun auf h4 befindet.}
({Ich würde an dieser Stelle vermutlich bevorzugen, einstweilen} 32. Bd4 {
zu spielen, und erst nach z.B.} Bb5 33. Ra7 Bf8 34. Rcc7 Bd3 35. Bc5 Bb5 {
würde ich mir weitere Gedanken machen (selbstverständlich sind in so einer
Stellung die Abspiele nicht forciert, sondern sie haben einen illustrativen
Charakter, während ihre konkrete Ausführung in der Partie auch anders sein
kann - das gleiche gilt auch für die nachfolgenden Varianten)} 36. Rcb7 $1 {
Meines Erachtens ist es hier für Weiß das beste, unverzüglich die Türme zu
tauschen, und danach mit dem Königsmarsch anzufangen.} ({Sowohl} 36. h3 Bd3 (
36... h4) 37. g4 ({oder} 37. f4) 37... hxg4 (37... h4) 38. hxg4 g5) ({als auch
} 36. g3 Bd3 37. h3 Bb5 38. f4 {wird in der Folge des weiteren Spiels am
Königsflügel die Anzahl der Bauern reduzieren - Alexej Iljushin und ich sind
nach einer gemeinsamen Analyse zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass es dem Schwarzen
nur zusätzliche Verteidigungsoptionen anbieten würde und somit für den
Anziehenden unerwünscht wäre.}) 36... Bc4 37. Rb6 Rxb6 38. Bxb6 Bb5 39. Bc5 (
{(interessant ist auch die andere Möglichkeit, die schwarze
Verteidigungslinie durchzubrechen: die Ausführung von e4-e5, um dann mit dem
Läufer zurückzunehmen und nach dem weiteren Manövrieren in einer Stellung
mit dem König auf e4 im passenden Moment den Vorstoß f4-f5 durchzusetzen.
Denkbar wäre z. B.} 39. e4 Ke6 40. Bc5 Kf7 41. g3 Ke6 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. f4 Ke6
44. Bd4 Kf7 45. Rb7 Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. e5 fxe5 48. Bxe5 Bf1 49. Rb7 Bb5 50.
Ra7 Ke6 51. Bd4 Kf7 52. Bc5 Bc4 53. Ke4 Bb5 54. Rc7 a5 55. f5 {, und Weiß ist
dem Gewinn nahe - für diesen Plan ist es übrigens in der Tat besser, den
h-Bauern auf h2 zu belassen. Andererseits aber haben wir für Weiß keine
Gründe entdeckt, auf die Hauptvariante, die mit 39.Bc5 anfängt, zu
verzichten.}) 39... Bd3 40. f4 (40. h3 {würde die Sache nur erschweren, z.B.}
Ke6 41. g3 Kf7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 g5 44. f4 gxf4 45. exf4 Bc4 46. f5 Bb5 47.
Kg3 Bc4 48. Kh4 Bd3 49. Kh5 Be2 50. Kh4 Bd3 51. Ba3 Bc4 52. g5 fxg5+ 53. Kxg5
Ke8 54. Bb4 Bb3 55. Rxa6 Bg7 56. Ra3 Bf6+ 57. Kf4 Bc4 58. Bc3 Kf7 59. Be5 Bxe5+
(59... Bh4) 60. Kxe5 Ke8 61. Ra8+ Kf7 62. Ra7 Kf8 {und in einer Stellung
dieser Art kommt Weiß nicht weiter.}) 40... Ke6 41. g3 Kf7 42. Ke1 {und der
weiße König begibt sich nach d8, um den Angriff seiner Figuren gegen den
Bauern e7 entscheidend zu verstärken:} Bb5 43. Kd2 Bf1 44. Kc3 Bb5 45. Kb4 Bf1
46. Ka5 Bb5 (46... g5 {!?} 47. Kb6) 47. Kb6 Ke8 48. Kc7 Bg7 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50.
Kd8 {- und das war es! Es ist nicht zu sehen, was Schwarz diesem einfachen und
klaren Plan entgegensetzen kann. Ich würde jetzt nicht behaupten, dass das
Endspiel für Schwarz vom Anfang an „mathematisch“ verloren ist 
(vielleicht verfügt er irgendwo unterwegs über tollkühnes Spiel mit g5 und
h4), aber in einer praktischen Partie ist es extrem schwierig oder gar
unmöglich, eine solche Stellung zu halten. Es sei denn, der Gegner findet den
richtigen Plan nicht.}) 32... Bb5 33. Bd4 Bf8 34. Ra7 Rd6 35. Rcc7 Re6 36. e4 {
Seltsamerweise hielt ich diesen „Lehrbuchzug“, mit dem der Anziehende den
„freien“ gegnerischen weißfeldrigen Läufer einschränkt (den Bf8 braucht
man jetzt nicht zu begrenzen, das machen seine eigenen Bauern e7 und f6
"erfolgreich" genug), zuerst für zweifelhaft, aber wahrscheinlich lässt er
den Gewinn noch nicht aus.} ({Einfacher wäre jedoch} 36. Rcb7 Bg7 37. Bc5 Bf8
38. Rb6 Rxb6 39. Bxb6 Ke6 40. g3 Kf7 41. f4 Ke6 42. Bc5 Kf7 43. Ke1 {wieder
– genauso wie in der vorherigen Variante - mit der Idee des Eindringen des
Königs ins gegnerische Lager, z.B.} Ke6 44. Kd2 Kf7 45. Kc3 Ke6 46. Kb4 Kf7
47. Ka5 Bd3 48. Kb6 Ke6 49. Ra8 Kf7 50. Kc7 Bb5 51. Kd8 {Es ist nicht zu sehen,
warum hier die Position des Bauern h4 schlechter als auf h2 sein soll,
während sein Kollege sehr gut auf e3 platziert ist – dort ist er
unangreifbar. So eine „Damenspiel-Aufstellung“ der weißen Bauern sieht in
diesem konkreten Endspiel überhaupt sehr sinnvoll aus.}) 36... Bd3 37. Rc8 Bg7
38. Rc3 Bb5 39. Rcc7 Bh6 40. g3 Bf8 41. Ra8 Bg7 42. Rb8 Bf8 43. Rb6 Rxb6 44.
Bxb6 Ke6 45. f4 ({Der von mir später bei unserem Mannschaftstreffen
vorgeschlagene Plan mit e4-e5, der Überführung des Läufers nach g5, f3-f4
und der anschließenden Königsaktivierung erweist sich als nicht wirkungsvoll
genug:} 45. Bd4 Bd7 46. Ra7 Bb5 47. Rb7 Kf7 48. Bc3 Ke6 49. Rb6+ Kf7 50. e5
fxe5 51. Bxe5 Bh6 52. Rb7 Bf8 53. Kg2 ({nimmt dem schwarzfeldrigen
gegnerischen Läufer im Voraus die Möglichkeit, nach Bg5-f4, Bf8-g7 mit
Schach auf d4 zu ziehen; aber auch hier wäre es für Weiß noch möglich, zu
seiner Hauptidee zurückzukehren (s. dazu außerdem auch die Anmerkung zum 53.
Zug des Hauptabspiels), z.B.} 53. Bc3 Ke6 54. Ke3 Bh6+ 55. f4 Bf8 56. Be5 Kf7
57. Kd4 Bh6 58. Kc5 Bd3 59. Bd4 Ke6 60. Rb6+ Kf7 61. Bc3 Bf8 62. Rb7 Be4 63.
Ra7 Bd3 64. Kb6 Ke8 65. Kc7 Bb5 66. Ra8+ Kf7 67. Ra7 Ke8 68. Bd4 Be2 69. Ra8+
Kf7 70. Kd8) 53... Ke6 54. Bf4 Bg7 55. Bg5 Bf8 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Ke3 (57. g4 hxg4
58. fxg4 Ke8 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Ra7 Bc4 61. Bf4 Ke6 62. h5 gxh5 63. gxh5 Kf7 64.
Ra8 Ba2 65. Rxa6 Bb1 66. h6 Bc2 67. Kf3 Bh7 68. Kg4 Bd3 69. Ra3 Be4 70. Ra4 Bc2
71. Ra2 Be4 72. Kg5 Bh7 {kann gar nicht überzeugen}) 57... Bc6 {, und das
Erscheinen des weißen Königs auf b6 kann Schwarz hier mit Ke6-d6 erwidern,
außerdem muss der Anziehende ständig sowohl mit der Wanderung des
gegnerischen Monarchen nach g4, als auch mit dem Vorstoß e7-e5 rechnen.})
45... Bd3 46. Ke3 Bf1 47. Bc5 Kf7 48. Rc8 Bh3 49. Ra8 Bf1 50. Kd4 Be2 51. Rb8 (
{Es bot sich} 51. e5 $6 {an, aber nach} fxe5+ 52. fxe5 Bg4 (52... Bg7) 53. Rxa6
Bh6 54. Ra2 (54. Rb6 Bf8 55. Bb4 Bg7 56. Ra6 Bf8) 54... Ke6 {sehe ich für
Weiß keinen klaren Gewinn – der schwarze Aufbau sieht eher nach einer
Festung aus, deren Idee darin besteht, die gegnerische Aufstellung Rf8, Kd5,
welche den für Schwarz unerwünschten Zug e7-e6 erzwingen würde, zu
verhindern.} ({Schwächer ist} 54... Bf8 {?} 55. Rf2+ Bf5 56. Kd5 {und Weiß
hat zumindest einige Fortschritte gemacht)})) 51... Bf1 52. Kd5 $6 Bg2 53. Rb2
$2 {Wahrscheinlich ist erst dieser Zug ein Fehler, der auch das Ergebnis der
Partie vorherbestimmen wird!} ({Die kaltblütige Rückkehr} 53. Kd4 $1 {
auf welche bei unserem besagten Mannschaftstreffen Alexander Grischuk verwies,
erlaubte dem Weißen, den Gegner einer weiteren Bewährungsprobe zu
unterziehen. Der Anziehende plant, später mit seinem König ins schwarze
Lager doch einzudringen, und sogar in dieser Stellung sehe ich nichts, was
dieser Absicht entgegenzusetzen wäre, z.B.:} Bf1 (53... e5+ {?} 54. fxe5 fxe5+
55. Kc4 Bxc5 56. Kxc5 Bxe4 57. Kd6) 54. Kc3 Be2 55. Bd4 Bf3 56. Kd3 Bg2 57. Rb6
Bf1+ 58. Kc3 Bb5 59. e5 fxe5 60. Bxe5 {, und nun ist Weiß gar nicht
verpflichtet, seinen Läufer zurück nach c5 zu bringen – er kann ihn auf
seiner dominierenden Position in der Mitte des Brettes stehen lassen und mit
seinem König einbrechen, während sein Turm es auch alleine schafft, die
gegnerischen Aktivitätsversuche einzuschnüren. Übrigens verfügt Schwarz
bei dieser Struktur über eine sympathische Idee, die Alexej vorgeschlagen hat:
den König nach g4 und den weißfeldrigen Läufer nach f5 zu bringen, den
Bauern e7 einfach zu geben und mit dem schwarzfeldrigen Läufer hin und her zu
ziehen. Das Problem ist dabei aber, dass bei so einem Monster auf e5 der Zug
Kf5 wegen der Antwort Ra8 (oder Rb8) zum Verlust des Bf8 führen wird. Alles
in allem heißt es, dass Weiß vor seinem letzten Zug immer noch wunderbare
Gewinnchancen besaß. Natürlich springt es dabei ins Auge, dass der Vorstoß
h2-h4 unnötig war, aber das Endspiel war für Schwarz so oder so sehr
schlecht.}) 53... e6+ ({Der Fehler von Bacrot ist umso gewichtiger, dass
Schwarz auch nach dem „spöttischen“} 53... Bh1 $5 54. Rh2 e6+ 55. Kd4
Bxc5+ 56. Kxc5 Bxe4 57. Kd6 Bf5 58. Rb2 {außer des Übergangs zur
Verteidigungsidee aus der Partie (s. unten) auch mittels des aktiven} g5 {
Überlebenschancen erhält. Aber ich hatte bereits hier den Rettungshafen
einer Festung gesehen und begab mich dorthin so schnell wie möglich.}) 54. Kc4
Bxe4 55. Bxf8 Kxf8 56. Kd4 Bf5 57. Rb7 Bg4 58. Ra7 Bf5 59. Rxa6 Ke7 60. Rb6 Kf7
61. Rb7+ Kf8 62. Ra7 Bg4 63. Kc5 Bh3 64. Kd6 Bg4 65. Rc7 Bh3 66. Re7 Bg4 67.
Rxe6 Kf7 $1 {Das wichtigste für mich war, früh genug, noch als ich die Idee
der Festung entdeckte, zu begreifen, dass ich hier den Turm gar nicht schlagen
muss. Jetzt hat Weiß überhaupt keine Möglichkeiten mehr, weiter auf Gewinn
zu spielen.} 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Rc7 Bh3 70. Rc1 Kf7 71. Re1 Bg4 72. Kd5 {, und
meine wundersame Rettung wurde offiziell anerkannt.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne2 $5 {
Recomendation of my friend, GM Arthur Kogan. The knight is going to g3.} ({
Two main lines are:} 7. Na2) (7. Nb1) 7... e6 (7... Ba6 8. Ng3 Qd5 9. Be2 Nbd7
10. b3 e5 11. O-O (11. e4 $5 Qa5 $13 (11... Nxe4 $140 12. bxc4 $16)) 11... exd4
12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Bb2 (13. Bf3 Qe5) 13... c3 14. Bxa6 cxb2 15. Rb1 Bxd4 16. exd4
O-O $11 {1-0 Bosboom,M-Middelburg,T/Wijk aan Zee NED 1999 (42)}) 8. Ng3 c3 $146
{This move doesn't create any problems for white. I can easily return the pawn
now, getting better position,} (8... Ba6 9. Ne5 c5 (9... Qd5 $5 10. Be2 Qxg2
11. Bf3 Qh3 12. Nxc6 Nd5 $1) 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Ne3
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bd6 15. d5 e5 16. Ngf5 O-O 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf5 Qb8 19. O-O $14
{1/2-1/2 Gormally,D-Summerscale,A/York ENG 1999 (42)}) 9. bxc3 bxc3 10. Bd3 a5
11. O-O Ba6 12. e4 Bb4 13. Bg5 $1 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 (14... Qxf6 15. Nh5 Qg6 16.
Ne5 Qh7 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qg4 {and black is forced to play Rg8. White has
clear advantage in this line.}) 15. e5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Agressive move and
wrong as well. I had to win this game to achieve GMnorm in the tournament, and
this aim disturbed me to take cool decisions.} (15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Rc1 {[%cal
Gg3e2]} Rc8 17. Qd3 $14 {[%cal Gf1d1,Yg3e2]} (17. Ne2 c5 18. Qd3 c4 $13)) (15.
Rc1 {[%cal Gg3e2]} Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Qc2 (17. Ne2 Ne5 $1 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19.
Qc4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Nxe6 {and it probably leads to the draw.})) 15... f5
16. Nh5 $2 {It was my idea. From the first sight it looks quite strong,
because white has some initiative over the black king, but on the other hand
there is no way to break the fortress of black king- white has only f6-outpost
over there.} (16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rc1 c5 18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nfxd4 Nc6 $11) 16...
Nd7 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qe2 Ra7 19. Rfd1 Nb6 $17 {That's it. Black knight comes
to d5, covering all key squares. White is just pawn dawn.} 20. Rd3 (20. Nf6+
Kf8 {[%cal Gb6d5]}) 20... Nd5 21. Ne1 Rg8 22. Rad1 Kd7 $5 {Interesring plan to
transfer the king to the queenside. Of course, black is safe enough in the
center as well.} 23. Rh3 $2 {White just can not find target for attack-Nd5 has
influence all over the board.} (23. Rg3 $142 Rg6 24. Nd3 Qh4 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26.
Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 27. exf6 Qxf6 28. Ne5+ Kd6 $5 {White has 2 pawns dawn, but has
imroved the position.}) 23... Kc8 24. Rdd3 Rb7 25. Rhg3 Rg6 26. Rd1 (26. Nc2
Be7 $17 {[%cal Gb7b2,Yd8b6]}) 26... Kb8 27. Nd3 Ka7 {That is final destination
of black king.} (27... Rxg3 $17) (27... Qh4 $17) 28. Nhf4 ({Better chance was:
} 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Nhf4 Qe8 30. Qc2 g5 31. Ne2 $17 f4 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. dxc5
Rb2 $17) 28... Rxg3 29. hxg3 Qb6 30. Ne1 Be7 {Black breaks through the
queenside. c3-pawn, which was the weakness at the beginning, now became the
dangerous passed pawn.} 31. Qd3 Qa6 $19 {The following stage of the game was
held in a hard mutual time-trouble.} 32. Qc2 Rb2 33. Qc1 Bb4 34. Nfd3 Rd2 35.
Nf3 {Just few seconds on my clock...} (35. Nxb4 axb4 (35... Rxd1 36. Nxc6+ Qxc6
37. Qxd1 Qc4 $19) 36. Rxd2 cxd2 37. Qxd2 Qxa4 $19) 35... Rxd3 36. Re1 Qc4 37.
Qxh6 c2 38. Rc1 Rd1+ {GM-norm... not this time, and not this way of play.} 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Ushenina,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.11.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1
g6 9. h3 Qc7 {To prevent Bf4.} 10. g3 Bg7 (10... e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Nfd7
13. e4 g5 14. Bxg5 Ng6 15. exd5 Bg7 16. Qe2+ Kf8 17. d6 Qa5 $132 {1/2 Vallejo
Pons,F (2650)-Topalov,V (2801)/Monte Carlo MNC 2006 (38)}) 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Bg2
O-O 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Qb3 ({Another popular move is} 15. Na4 e5 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Ng7 (19... Nf6 $5) 20. Nb6 Rb8
21. e3 Be6 22. b4 $13 {0-1 Gajewski,G (2540)-Movsesian,S (2637)/Dresden 2007})
15... e5 $2 {This is not good.} (15... Kh8 {is much better:} 16. Ng5 (16. Na4
$5 {can be an interesting option}) 16... Ndf6 (16... Bxd4 $5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18.
Ne6 Nxc5 $1 19. Nxc5 b6 20. Bxd5 Nxg3 21. Rfe1 $13) 17. Na4 h6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19.
Nf3 Ne4 20. Ba5 $5 (20. Qb4 Kh7 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Bc3 Be6 23. b3 Nhf6 24. Be1 Nh5
25. Bc3 Nhf6 26. Bb2 h5 27. Qe1 Bh6 28. f3 Nd6 29. e3 Nf7 30. Qe2 h4 31. g4
Nxe5 32. dxe5 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 34. Bd4 Rf7 35. Qe1 g5 36. Rc2 Rbf8 37. Rff2
Bg7 38. Bf1 Qc7 39. f4 Kg8 40. Bd3 gxf4 41. Rxf4 Bxe5 42. gxf5 Rg7+ 43. Rg4
Rxg4+ 44. hxg4 Bg3 45. Qc1 Bc8 46. e4 e5 47. Qg5+ Qg7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Bf2
Bxf2+ 50. Kxf2 {1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2664)-Malakhov,V (2675)/Pamplona 2008/CBM
128})) 16. Ng5 $1 exd4 (16... Qe7 $2 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Nxd5 $18) 17. Nxd5 cxd5
18. Bxd5+ ({White got nothing after} 18. Ne6 Qe7 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Bxd5+ Kh8
21. Bb4 Qe5 (21... a5 22. Ba3 Qc7 23. Rfd1 $11) 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Bd7 24.
Bd6 Qe8 25. Rfc1 {1/2 Berkes,F (2606)-Bacrot,E (2695)/Germany 2008/CBM 123})
18... Kh8 19. Ne6 Qf6 (19... Qe7 20. c6 $1 bxc6 21. Bb4 Qf6 22. Rxc6 Bb7 23.
Nxf8 Bxc6 24. Nxd7 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qd8 26. Rc1 Qg8 27. Qb7 Rd8 28. b3 Qe8 29. Ba5
Nxg3 30. fxg3 f4 31. Bxd8 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qxc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc2 34. Qf3 h5 35. Bf6 d3
36. Bxg7+ {1-0 Braun, A (2533)-Laznicka,V (2601)/Gaziantep 2008/ CBM 125 Extra}
) 20. Nxf8 Qxf8 (20... Nxf8 21. c6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qe5 23. Rb6 Ra7 24. Rc1 {
with the initiative.}) 21. Bxb7 (21. c6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rb8 {with the idea ...Bb7
} 23. Bb4 Rxb4 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxb4 f4 $132) 21... Rb8 (21... Bxb7 22. Qxb7 {
[%cal Gc5c6]} Nhf6 23. c6 Ne5 24. c7 $18) 22. c6 Nc5 23. Qb6 $1 (23. Rxc5 Qxc5
24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Bb4 Qe4 {White has wonderful compensation.}) 23... Nxb7 (23...
Bxb7 24. Qxc5 Ba8 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 26. b4 Rc8 27. a4 Nf6 28. b5 $16 {The white
pawns are extremely dangerous.}) 24. Qa7 {The key move.} Be5 (24... Be6 25.
cxb7 Be5 26. Qxa6 Qe7 27. Bb4 $18) 25. c7 Ra8 26. Qxa8 Qe8 (26... f4 27. g4 Nf6
28. Rc6 $18) 27. Qxa6 Nc5 28. Qa8 Ne4 $138 29. Rc2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 Kg7 (30... Ng7
{[%cal Gg7e6]} 31. Rc1 Ne6 32. Qd5 $18) 31. Rc2 Kh6 32. b4 Bd6 33. Qd5 Nxg3 34.
Qxd6 Nxf1 35. Qxd4 g5 36. Qf6+ Kh5 37. Rc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 60th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2007.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Games of young chessplayers are always principled, and a struggle is very
likely. This game is no exception. Recently Ivan won the Russian championship
under 20, I took the second place, and I was seeking for revenge.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 $5 {A rare continuation. Experts of this
variations are the Russian GM's Riazantsev, Gleizerov and Ulibin.} Nbd7 (5...
e6) (5... dxc4) 6. Bf4 (6. cxd5 $5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8
10. bxc3 $13) 6... dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 e6 (9... c5 $6 10. dxc5
Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Nxc5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxb5 $1 axb5 15. Bxb5+ Nd7
16. O-O $36 {Gleizerov - Vysochin, 2006}) 10. Qf3 Qb6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bd3 c5
({I think, it would better to play} 12... Nf6 13. Be5 Nd7 (13... c5 14. Qg3 {
Riazantsev - Galstian, 2007}) 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Be5 Nd7 16. O-O {Savchenko -
Deviatkin, 2007}) 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rc8 (14... Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Rhd1
Qb4 17. Kf1 c4 18. Qg3 {Riazantsev - Movsesian, 2007} (18. Bd6 $1 $18)) 15. O-O
f5 $146 (15... Qc6 16. dxc5 e5 17. Bg3 g6 18. Rad1 f5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6
Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rxc5 22. Rfd1 $18 {Harika - Swathi, 2007}) 16. Ng5 {Ivan thought
a lot in the opening, and I decided to play aggressively.} ({The alternative
was} 16. Nxc5 $5 Nxc5 (16... Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rad1 $14) 17. Rac1 e5 $8
18. dxc5 Qe6 19. Bg3 Bxc5 20. b4 $36) 16... Be7 (16... Nf6 17. Be5 Qc6 18. Bxf6
$1 $16) 17. Qh5+ {Forcing a weakening of the kingside.} (17. d5 Bxg5 $1 (17...
e5 18. Ne6 exf4 19. Nxg7+ Kf7 20. Nxf5 $44) 18. Bxg5 $13) 17... g6 18. Qh6 Bf8
{Ivan has to retreat to finish development.} (18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Kf7 20. Rad1
$36) 19. Qh3 Bg7 20. Rad1 h6 (20... cxd4 $6 21. exd4 h6 22. Nxe6 $1) 21. Nf3 ({
Very tempting was} 21. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 (21... hxg5 22. cxb6 Rxh3 23. b7 Rd8 24.
Bc7 $18) 22. Nf3 Ne4 (22... Bxb2 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 $16) 23. Ne5 (23. Be5
Qb7 $13 (23... O-O 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd7+ Rf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxh6 $16))
23... Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rh7 $14 {but the continuation in the game seemed to me
more attractive}) 21... cxd4 (21... c4 $6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 $14 {[%csl Ge5,
Re6,Rg7][%cal Gd1d6]}) 22. exd4 Nf6 23. Rc1 $1 {A very important move, which
allows White to maintain his initiative.} (23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Be5 (24. Qg3 Nxf4
25. Qxf4 O-O) 24... O-O $13) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd5 $1 25. Be5 {Perhaps Ivan
underestimated this move.} (25. Qg3 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 O-O $11) (25. Rc8+ Kf7 26.
Rxh8 Nxf4 $1 $19) 25... O-O 26. Qg3 {White forces new weaknesses} g5 (26... Kh7
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Ne5 $16) 27. h4 g4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qe5+ Kf7 $2 {The
principal mistake. Black didn't find the defensive idea.} ({after} 29... Kh7
30. Ne1 Rd8 31. Nd3 Qd6 {White had to work a lot.}) 30. Ne1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Ge1,
Ge5,Gf4][%cal Gc1c7]} Qb7 (30... Rd8 31. Nd3 Qd6 32. Rc8 $5 $36) (30... Qb8 31.
Nd3 Rc8 32. Rc6 $1 $16) 31. Nd3 Rc8 32. Re1 {A small mistake} ({The natural} 
32. Rc5 $5 {seemed to me not clear enough} Rxc5 (32... Qb8 33. Rc6 $1 $16) 33.
dxc5 $16 {But now I can't understand why.}) 32... Qc6 33. Nc5 Re8 34. Rc1 $6
$138 {In zeitnot, I wanted to repeat the position, but missed Black's
counterplay.} (34. g3 $5) 34... Rc8 $6 {Fortunately, Ivan preferred a passive
defense.} (34... Qc7 $1 35. Qe1 Qf4 $14) 35. g3 Nf6 36. Qe3 Qd5 37. Re1 Re8 $2
{In my zeitnot Ivan overlooks an unusual tactical trick.} (37... Ne4 $8 38. b4
$16 (38. Nxe4 Qxe4 39. Qxe4 fxe4 40. Rxe4 Rc2 $132)) 38. Qxh6 Qxd4 39. h5 $1
$18 Qxc5 (39... Rg8 40. Nxe6 Qb4 41. Nd8+ $18) 40. Qg6+ Ke7 41. Qg7+ Kd6 42.
Qxf6 Kd7 43. h6 Qe7 44. Qc3 Qd6 (44... Qf8 $5 45. Qe3 $18) 45. h7 Qf8 46. Qe3
e5 47. Rd1+ {The victory in this game brought me the greatest satisfaction
during the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bd2
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nd3 Nbd7 (11... Nc6 $6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nb1 $14)
12. b4 (12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. Nac1 Ne4 $132) 12... Nb6 13. a4 Ne4 (13...
bxa4 $6 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. Qa5 $14) 14.
axb5 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 axb5 16. Nc5 Bc6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bd3 Qa2 19. Qh5 $1 (19.
Qg4 Qa3 20. Nxe6 g6 21. Nxf8 Bxf8 22. Qe2 Qxc3 23. Bxb5 $13) 19... g6 20. Qe5
Qa7 {Der einzige aber auch ausreichende Zug. Es gab Gelegenheit zu straucheln:}
(20... Qa3 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Qxc6 Na4 24. Qa8+ $1 Rf8 25. Qxd5+
Rf7 26. Qa8+ Rf8 27. Qa7 $18 {Karpov}) 21. Ra1 $14 Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Ra5
Bd8 $1 {Zдheste Verteidigungsarbeit.} 24. Be1 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26. g4 Nb6 27.
f3 Nc4 28. Bf2 Bg5 29. f4 Be7 30. Kg2 f6 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 e5 33. h3 e4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 4th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. cxb5 cxb5 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. a5 Bd6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f3 Nef6 14. f4 Ne4 15. Qa4
Rc8 16. Bxe4 {Enables white's development to proceed apace, and reveals the
weakness of the b4 pawn. Nevertheless, while logical, this does, as we shall
see, permit black definite play on the light squares.} dxe4 17. Bd2 Bxe5 $1 {
Forced really I suppose, but also thematic. Black does not attempt a hopeless
holding job on his b4 pawn, but heads towards a light-square blockade -
emphasising his strengths. However, his knight is also rather dominated, and
is likely to require a tactical solution.} 18. fxe5 Bc6 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gc6b5]
} 19. Qxb4 Bb5 20. Rf2 Rc4 21. Qd6 {Psychologically it is difficult to move to
a square which no longer dominates black's right to castle. However, the game
continuation is very comfortable for black and white might therefore have
looked at} (21. Qb3 $5) 21... Rc6 22. Qa3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qxd2 24. Nc3 Qd3 25.
Rd1 Rxc3 26. Qa1 Rc7 27. Rxd3 exd3 28. b3 O-O 29. Rd2 Rc2 30. Qd1 Rxd2 31. Qxd2
Rc8 32. Qb4 h6 33. Kf2 Rd8 34. Qd2 Rd5 35. e4 Rxe5 36. Qb4 f5 37. exf5 exf5 38.
Qd6 Re8 39. h4 Kf7 40. h5 Re6 41. Qd8 Re7 42. Qd5+ Kf6 43. Qd4+ Ke6 44. Ke1 Rd7
45. Qb6+ Rd6 46. Qe3+ Kf7 47. Kd1 Kf6 48. Qf4 Rd5 49. Kd2 Rd7 50. Qg3 Re7 51.
Qd6+ Re6 52. Qf8+ Kg5 53. Qxg7+ Kf4 54. Qc7+ Kg4 55. Qf7 Rc6 56. Qd5 Rc2+ 57.
Kd1 Rf2 58. Qd4+ Rf4 59. Qe3 Rf1+ 60. Kd2 Kxh5 61. Qh3+ Kg6 62. Qg3+ Kf7 63.
Qc7+ Ke6 64. Qb6+ Kd5 65. Qxh6 Rf2+ 66. Kd1 Ke4 67. Qh4+ Rf4 68. Qe7+ Kd5 69.
Qd8+ Ke6 70. Qb6+ Kd5 71. Kd2 Rf1 72. Qb7+ Ke5 73. Qe7+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Golombek Memorial"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e4 b5 9. a4 Nd7 10. Ng5 e5 $5 11. dxe5 Be7 $132 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gd7c5,Gc5b3,
Gc5d3]} 12. e6 $6 {It is difficult in such a difficult position not to
'annotate by result' and to really attempt to draw the right lesson. It is
clear that after the text the positional aspect of black's 10th move prevails
and the initiative passes his way. That prospect should be sufficient
incentive to examine} (12. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 13. axb5 {when black should definitely
choose} Nb6 $1 {and then} 14. Qf3 {eg. at least creates a degree of mess more
in keeping with white's aims.}) 12... Bxg5 13. Qh5 (13. exf7+ Kf8 $17) 13...
O-O 14. exf7+ $6 {There seems to be no pressing need for this.} (14. Bxg5 {
is at least more flexible.} Nf6 (14... Qa5 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Ra3) 15. Qf3 (15.
exf7+ Rxf7) 15... fxe6 16. e5 Qd5) 14... Rxf7 15. Bxg5 Qe8 16. Qh4 Nc5 {
[%csl Gc5] ...and so black in the truest sense of the word seizes the
initiative, and cashes in on the excellent positional dividend set-up by his
10th move.} 17. f3 Qe5 18. Bd2 Nb3 19. Ra2 Nxd2 20. Qd8+ Rf8 21. Qxd2 Be6 22.
Qe3 Rab8 23. Be2 bxa4 $17 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb8b3]} 24. O-O Rb3 25. Rxa4 Rxc3
26. Qb6 Rc2 27. Bd1 Rb2 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. f4 Qb5 30. Ra1 Rd3 31. Qa7 c3 32. Qa8+
Qb8 33. Qxc6 Qb6+ 34. Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Rf3 Bc4 36. Rc1 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 c2 38. Rd8+
Kf7 39. Rc3 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 c1=Q 41. Rxc1 Rxc1 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Rc2+ 44. Kf3
Be2+ 45. Ke3 Bb5 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. g4 Rxh2 49. f5 Re2+ 50. Kd4 Rg2
51. Ra8+ Be8 52. Rxa6 Rxg4 53. Ke3 h5 54. Kf3 Bb5 55. Ra8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 15th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2011.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Krivoborodov, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2011.10.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 {Egor has
very decent results in the Chebanenko Slav, and I have decided to choose this
rare move.} ({Main options here are} 7. e3) ({and} 7. a5) 7... h6 8. Bh4 Qa5 9.
e3 ({In wiew of Black's next move more precise would be} 9. Nd2 c5 10. e3 {
with a completely unexplored position (according to my database, 0 games).})
9... b5 $1 {A very logical and strong novelty.} ({Previously has been played} 
9... Ne4 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Bd6 12. c5 Bb8 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 O-O 15. f3
exf3 16. Nxf3 {with White's advantage, Van Wely-Karjakin (Merida 2005) - the
only game with 8...Qa5 before this one.}) 10. c5 {On principle, but now Black
obtains a strong counterplay.} ({However, nothing special would gave} 10. cxd5
cxd5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 (11... gxf6 {!?}) 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rc1 Qb6 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7) ({or} 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. c5 b4 12. Nb1 Nd7
{(preparing e6-e5)}) 10... b4 11. Nb1 Ne4 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 {was also
strong:} 13. Nfd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5) 12. Nfd2 (12. Nbd2 b3 13. Qxb3 {?} g5 14.
Bg3 g4) 12... b3 $1 {A strong sac. Otherwise White would play Nb3, followed by
a5.} 13. Qxb3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qb4 15. Bd3 {? A blunder. But White's position is
quite difficult. Relatively better was} (15. f3 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 e5 (16... Nxc5 $2
17. Bg3) 17. Bf2 Be7 18. Ra2 O-O {with excellent compensation for the pawn.})
15... Ndxc5 {Stronger was another capture:} (15... Nexc5 16. O-O Nxd3 17. Qxd3
c5 {with an obvious black advantage.}) 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. O-O ({Of course not} 
17. Qxc6+ $2 Bd7 18. Qc1 g5 (18... Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Rxb2 20. Nxe4 dxe4) 19. Bg3
Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 {with a huge advantage.}) 17... Qxb2 (17...
Nxd2 18. Nxd2 {would gave to White chances even to overtake the initiative in
some variations:} c5 (18... Qxb2 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Bg3 Rb7 21. Rfb1 {with some
initiative}) 19. Bg3 Qxb2 20. Qd1 Rb4 (20... Ra8 21. Nc4 $1 dxc4 (21... Qb7 22.
Rb1 Qa7 23. Nb6) (21... Qb4 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Bxd6) 22. Rb1 Qc3 23. Qf3) 21.
dxc5 Bd7 (21... Bxc5 {?} 22. Rc1) 22. Nf3) 18. Qxb2 Rxb2 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nc3
c5 {Offering a draw.} ({He thought that after} 20... f5 {White have obtained
some activity for the pawn:} 21. a5 Rc2 22. Na4 {. But here Black had the very
strong} e5 $1 23. dxe5 g5 24. Bg3 Rh7 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 c5 {and could
play for a win almost without risk.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Couso, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 (5. c5 {Дr ett bra drag. Vit
fцljer upp med Lf4 och dominansen lдngs d6-c7 och b8 gцr det svеrt fцr svart.})
5... b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 (7. Qc2 {Дr ett bra drag.} {Svart mеste slе om han
vill bevisa nеgot.} Bxf3 8. gxf3 {Och i nдsta gцr vit f4 och dдrefter vдntar
en plеgsam historia fцr svart.}) 7... Bh5 ({Om svart slеr} 7... Bxf3 {sе
fцredrar de flesta:} 8. gxf3 {Visst дr det nyttigare med Damen pе c2 дn bonden
pе h3!} ({Eftersom} 8. Qxf3 {kan bemцtas med:} e5 {vilket leder till ganska
skumt spel.})) 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 e6 {[#] Den svarta lцparen pе g6 дr obehaglig
fцr vit eftersom damen stеr bra pе c2.} 10. Bd2 {Ett trygghetsdrag vilket inte
дr helt nцdvдndigt att gцra. Vit дr orolig fцr olika typer centrumstцtar dдr
en hдngande springare pе c3 kan fцrдndra evalueringen i specifika varianter.} (
10. Bg2 {Дr mцjligt.}) (10. Nxg6 hxg6 {Дr spelbart men vit kan fortfarande
inte spela Dc2 eftersom det hдnger pе g4. Om han spelar Lg2 kan fцlja upp med
Dc2, men det дr inte sдkert at man vill ha lцparen pе en lеst diagonal.}) 10...
Nfd7 $6 {Lцser vits problematik i ett slag.} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Bg2
Ra7 14. e4 {Vit har lцparparet och vill цppna stдllingen.} dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16.
Be3 O-O 17. cxb5 axb5 18. O-O Ra3 19. d5 b4 20. Nb1 {[#]} Rxe3 {Luis дr en
person som tycker om att uttrycka sig. Det hдr дr ett sдtt. Jag tycker att
mеnga spelare spelar mot sig sjдlva. De kдnner ett starkt behov av att gцra
saker. Men det gдller att kunna lдgga band pе sig och lyssna pе stдllningen
istдllet fцr att fцrsцka tvinga pе stдllningen sin egen vilja. Jag tror att
mеnga fina spelare hade kunnat ta ett stag framеt om de lutade sig bakеt lite
grann, och lдrde sig att flyta med strцmmen istдllet fцr att simma emot den.
Stora delar av publiken dдremot skulle naturligtvis bli besvikna om alla
spelare hade en vдlbalanserad stil. Det дr ju nдr tvе viljespelare mцts som
det blir som allra roligast.} ({Det var inget fel pе:} 20... Ra6) 21. fxe3 {
Offret kan inte vara helt korekt. Nu behцver Agrest endast bevaka stдllningen.}
cxd5 22. exd5 e4 23. Nd2 f5 24. Nc4 Bg3 25. d6 Nc6 26. Rad1 Qg5 27. Bxe4 {
Vit byter en fцrdel mot en annan. Fцrmеgan att gцr detta дr en av nycklarna
till framgеng.} (27. Kh1) 27... fxe4 28. Rxf8+ Nxf8 29. Qxe4 {Torn och tvе
fribцnder дr цverlдgset springare + lцpare.} Nd8 30. Kg2 Bh4 31. Ne5 Qf6 32.
Qd5+ Nfe6 33. Rf1 Qg5 34. Qe4 Nc5 35. Qc4+ Nde6 36. Nf3 Qd8 37. Qd5 Bf6 38. Rc1
Bc3 39. Nd4 Qg5 (39... Qd7 40. Ne2) 40. Qxg5 Nxg5 41. Nb5 Nge4 42. Rd1 Nd7 43.
Kf3 Nec5 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Rc1 Be5 46. Rb1 Na6 47. Nc7 {Agrest har aldrig
brеttom. Hans energi tycks rдcka hur lдnge som helst. Mеnga andra hade blivit
ivriga eftersom man kan tycka att vit borde ha kunnat avgцra snabbare.} Ndc5
48. Nxa6 Nxa6 49. Rd1 Ke8 50. Rd5 Bh2 51. Rb5 Kf7 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. Rb5 Ke8 54.
h4 Kd8 55. Kf3 {Vit hotar att centralisera kungen och dдrefter tar det hela
slut.} Be5 {Luis sеg snabbt sitt misstag och gav upp.} 1-0