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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД D00 - D99 D79

Коды ЭШД

D76 D77 D78

D79

D80 D81 D82

D79

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Защита Грюнфельда (3 g3): 6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5
EN: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)

Ходы

1. d4 Кf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Сg2 Сg7 5. Кf3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. c:d5

Дебюты

Защита Грюнфельда

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[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 "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. Re1 Re8 14. e4 e6
15. h4 {White tries to unbalance the position, but perhaps 15 e5 would be a
better try.} Bc4 16. e5 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bf1 (19. h5 $5) 19...
Bxf1 20. Kxf1 c5 (20... h5 $142) 21. h5 Qa5 22. dxc5 $5 {White spoils his pawn
structure in order to gain time for the attack on the kingside.} Qxc5 23. Kg2
Rfc8 24. Qf4 gxh5 ({The line} 24... Qxc3 $2 25. Qf6 Qb4 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Re3
Qf8 28. Rh1 Qg7 29. g4 $1 $18 {shows how dangerous White's attack can be here.}
) ({Perhaps, Black should have played} 24... Qe7 {followed by ...Rc4.}) 25.
Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qxh5 Qxc3 27. Qxh7 $16 {NowBlack's king is less safe than its
white counterpart, which is a major consideration in this position.} Qc2 28.
Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ Kf8 30. Re3 Qg6 31. Rf3 Qg7 32. Qa4 Qxe5 33. Qd7 Qg7 34. Qxe6
Kg8 35. Qxd5 Rd8 36. Qf5 Rb2 37. Rc1 Rxa2 38. Rc7 Rf8 39. Rf4 Ra6 40. Rg4 Rg6
41. Rxf7 Rxg4 42. Rxf8+ Qxf8 43. Qxg4+ Kh7 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Qxa7 Qf5 46. Qa8+
Kh7 47. Qf3 Qe5 48. g4 Qe7 49. Qf5+ Kg7 50. Kg3 Qd6+ 51. f4 Qd2 52. Qe5+ Kh7
53. Qe4+ Kg7 54. g5 Qd1 55. Qe7+ Kg8 56. Qe3 Qd5 57. Kg4 Kf7 58. Qa7+ Kg6 59.
Qb6+ Kg7 60. Qc7+ Kg8 61. Kh5 Qd3 62. Qc8+ Kf7 63. Qb7+ Kg8 64. Kg4 Qd1+ 65.
Kf5 Qc2+ 66. Qe4 Qc5+ 67. Qe5 Qf8+ 68. Qf6 Qc5+ 69. Kg6 Qc2+ 70. f5 Qc7 71.
Qe6+ Kf8 72. Qd5 Qg7+ 73. Kh5 Qh7+ 74. Kg4 Qe7 75. Qa8+ Kf7 76. g6+ Kg7 77.
Qa1+ Kg8 78. Qa2+ Kg7 79. Qb2+ Kg8 80. Qb3+ Kg7 81. Qc3+ Kg8 82. Qc4+ Kg7 83.
Kh5 Kh8 84. Qc8+ Kg7 85. Qe6 Qf8 86. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. e4 Ne7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
e5 Rfc8 16. Re1 Nc4 17. Qe2 {Novelty. It is not just new move it is a new plan.
White is trying to avoid the exchange on "c" file defending the knight on "c3"
in a little bit unusual way Rd1-d3.} Rc7 (17... b5 $5 18. Rad1 (18. b3 Nxe5 19.
Nxd5 Nf3+ $1 20. Bxf3 Nxd5 $13) 18... b4 19. Nb1 $14) 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Rd3 Nb6
$6 {Too slaw.} (19... b5 $5 20. g4 b4 21. Nd1 Na5 {Trying to create some
counterplay on the queenside.}) 20. g4 Na4 21. Qd2 $1 {It is very important to
keep the "c" file closed as long as White can.} Bf8 22. Rf3 b5 23. a3 a6 24.
Rf1 Rc6 (24... Nb6 25. Bh4 Nc4 26. Qf2 $16) 25. f5 $1 {Miguel is on top now
the temporary sacrifice of the pawn gives White the decisive attack.} exf5 (
25... gxf5 26. Bh4 Ng6 27. gxf5 Nxh4 28. Qg5+ Ng6 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Nxd5 $1
exd5 31. Bh3 Qg7 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Rf7 Qh8 (33... Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Qf6+
Ke8 36. Qxa6 $18) 34. Qg4 Re8 35. Qe6 Rxe6 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. R1f7+ Kh6 38. Rxh8
$18) 26. Bh4 Nb6 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. gxf5 Rd8 29. Qf2 Bh6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Rf7
Qg5 32. Kh1 Qe3 33. Nxd5 $4 {As we knew later this move costed Illescas the
clean victory in the 17 kategory tournament.} (33. Qh4 Qg5 34. Qh3 $16) 33...
Qxf2 {I think in this moment the spanish grandmaster realized that he has no
the intermediar check on 'e7' and the position turned from winning to lost.}
34. R7xf2 (34. Ne7+ Kxf7 $1) 34... Nxd5 35. Rf7 Rc1 36. Rxc1 Kxf7 37. Rc6 Nf4
38. Rc7+ Kg8 39. d5 Nxd5 40. Ra7 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

{Inf.2/591} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7.
Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Nxe5 $6 (9... e6 $5) 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxd5 Nxe5 12.
Qb3 (12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Rfd1 $14) 12... Nc6 13. Rd1 e6 $1 14. Nc3 Qa5
15. Be3 e5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Bg4 18. Kf1 a6 19. Nd6 Nd4 20. Rd2 Rab8 21.
Bg5 $14 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Be7 Rfe8 24. Bd6 Rbd8 25. Bxb7 Bh6 $1 26. e3 Bf8
27. Rad1 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Rb8 30. Bxa6 Rxb2 31. Bc4 Rb1+ 32. Ke2
Bg4+ 33. f3 Rb2+ 34. Kd3 Bxf3 $11 35. Rf6 Bd1 $1 36. Bd5 Rxh2 37. Rxf7 Kh8 38.
Ra7 Bc2+ 39. Kc3 Bf5 40. e4 Bg4 41. a4 Rg2 42. a5 Rxg3+ 43. Kb4 Rg1 44. Re7 Be2
45. Rxe5 h5 46. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

{Inf.2/592} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 $5 9. e3 $5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Ba3 Na5 12. Nd2 Bf5 13.
Qa4 Re8 14. Qb5 e6 15. Rfc1 a6 16. Qe2 e5 $1 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Nd4
$14 Be4 20. f3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Bf5 22. Bb4 Qb6 23. Bc3 Nc4 24. e4 Rac8 25. g4 Bd7
26. Kh1 Qf6 27. Qd3 b5 $1 28. Rf1 Qf4 29. Rae1 a5 30. exd5 b4 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8
32. Be1 Bb5 33. Bg3 Qe3 34. Qe4 Re8 35. Qxe3 Nxe3 36. Re1 Nxd5 $11 37. Rxe8+
Bxe8 38. Bf1 Bc6 39. Kg1 Nc3 40. Bc7 a4 41. Ba5 Nxa2 42. Bc4 Bxf3 $1 (42... b3
43. d5 $16) 43. Bxa2 b3 44. Bb1 a3 45. Bd3 Be2 $1 46. Be4 Bf3 $1 47. Bd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 Ne4 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Nd2 f6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qb3+ e6 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. e3 f5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15.
Rac1 (15. a4 Bd7 16. Qa3 Re8 17. a5 Bf8 18. Qa2 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Rec8 20. Bf1 $10 {
Ribli,Z-Andersson,U/Clermont Ferrand/1989/1/2-1/2/46/ -> CBM14}) 15... Bd7 16.
Rfd1 Qe7 17. Ne5 {'+/=!' Bulletin.} Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rfd8 19. Ba5 b6 20. Bc3 Bf8
21. Bf1 Qe8 22. Bb4 Bg7 23. Qa3 {'+/-!' Bulletin.} Bxe5 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6
Bb5 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Qxa7 Rbc8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qe7 Re8 30. Qf6 Qd7 31. h4
Qd6 32. a3 Rf8 33. Qc3 Rd8 34. Kg2 b5 35. Qa5 Qd2 36. Qb6 Rd6 37. Qxb5 Qxc1 38.
Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qxd6 Qxb2 41. Qxe6+ Kf8 42. Qd6+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kg8 44.
a4 1-0

[Event "World-ch33-KK4 Kasparov-Karpov +4-4=16"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1987.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1987.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 (5. Nf3 {5.Qb3 - D 71} dxc4 $5)
5... cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 {7.0-0 - 44/(557)} O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4
{10.Nd7 - 44/(557)} Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 (12. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 13. Bf2) 12...
Ne7 {N; 12...Bd7 - 44/(557)} 13. a4 (13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Rfc1) 13... a5 14. Qb3 Bd7
15. Rfc1 (15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 Rxb2 18. Rfb1 Nb8 {/\ Nbc6=})
15... Bc6 16. Nb5 (16. e3 {/\ Bf1, Be1}) 16... Nbc8 17. e3 (17. Qa3 $6 Bxb5 18.
axb5 Nd6) 17... Nd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Be1 Rfb8 $1 $10 20. Bf1 (20. Qa3 Qxa3 21.
Rxa3 $10) 20... f6 21. Nf3 (21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qa3 Qxa3 23. bxa3 Rb3 (23... e5)
24. Bd2 e5 $15) 21... Qd7 $15 {/\ Nf5-d6} 22. Qc2 Nf5 23. Bd2 Nd6 24. b3 Rc8 (
24... Re8 25. Bd3 Nf7 {/\ e5=/+}) 25. Qd1 h6 26. Be1 (26. Qe1) 26... g5 27. Ra2
$1 Qe8 (27... g4 28. Nh4 f5 29. h3 h5 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Ng6) 28. Rac2 Bf8 29.
Bd3 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almada, Enrique"]
[Black "Gobet, Fernand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 $5 (10. Ne5 f6 11. Qb3+ e6 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. e3 f5 14.
Bd2 Rb8 15. a4 Bd7 16. Qa3 Re8 17. a5 Bf8 18. Qa2 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Rec8 20. Bf1 Qd8
21. Rab1 Be8 22. b4 Ne7 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. b5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bd6 26. Bc4 Bxe5 27.
dxe5 Rc8 28. Qa3 Kf7 29. Kg2 Qe7 30. Qb3 Qd7 31. Bb4 Nxb4 32. Qxb4 Qe7 33. Qb2
Kf8 34. Be2 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 b6 36. axb6 axb6 37. h4 Kf7 38. Qb2 Qc7 39. Qa1 Bd7
40. Bf1 Ke7 41. Qa3+ Kf7 42. Qa1 Ke7 43. Qa8 Qxe5 44. Qg8 Be8 45. Qxh7+ Bf7 46.
Be2 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Andersson,U/Clermont-Ferrand 1989}) 10... Qxd4 11. Qxd4
Bxd4 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Bxe4 Bg7 14. Rb1 h6 15. Nf3 Be6 16. a3 Ba2 17. Ra1 Bc4 18.
Rd7 Rfd8 19. Rxb7 Rd1+ 20. Kg2 Bxe2 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxe7 Bd3 24.
Nb3 Bc4 25. Be3 Bd5+ 26. Kh3 Bxb3 27. Rxd1 Bxd1 28. Rxa7 g5 29. Rd7 Bf3 30. Bd4
Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc2 32. g4 Rxb2 33. Rd3 Bc6 34. Re3 Bd5 35. Kg3 Rb3 36. Rxb3 Bxb3
37. f4 Kg7 38. h4 f6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Ne5 e6 14. h3 h5 15. f3
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 {The temptation to win the piece with} 17. g4 {is
understandable.} (17. f4 {was probably a little safer for White as he keeps a
space advantage and Black struggles to activate his pieces.}) 17... hxg4 18.
hxg4 Bxg4 19. fxg4 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Qh4 ({Things might have been less rosy for
White had Black now played} 20... Nxg4 {and if} 21. Bxg7 {Black throws in the
zwischenzug} Qh4 ({Black no doubt missed Qh4, and only saw that} 21... Kxg7 22.
Qd4+ {leads to tragedy.}) 22. Rf3 Kxg7 {and now Black has three pawns for the
piece and pressure against the exposed king with the knight-queen combo and
potential h-file fun.}) 21. Qe1 Qxg4 22. Rd1 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 Bxd4+ 24. Kf1 Be5
25. Qd2 Rc4 26. Qe3 Bg7 27. Qxa7 Rb4 ({Komodo 9 suggests the very interesting
idea of} 27... g5 {followed by Qh5 and g4 to continue harrassing White.}) 28.
b3 Rc8 29. Rdd3 Qg5 30. Nd1 Rg4 31. Qxb7 Rf8 32. Ne3 Bd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Qc7
Rd2 35. a4 Rb2 36. Nd1 Rb1 37. Rd3 Rc1 38. Qh2 Rfc8 (38... Qf6+ {White would
be hard-pressed to find a good answer to} 39. Ke1 (39. Bf3 e5 $1 {and ...e4 is
fatal}) 39... Rfc8 40. Qg3 R8c2 {and White is losing.}) 39. Kf2 Qf6+ 40. Bf3 e5
$2 41. Ne3 $1 {and now White is in the driver seat.} d4 42. Ng4 Qg5 43. Nxe5
R8c3 {[#]} 44. Qh8+ $1 {Simple, decisive.} Kxh8 45. Nxf7+ Kg7 46. Nxg5 Rxd3 47.
exd3 Rc3 48. a5 Rxd3 49. a6 Rd2+ 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. Ne6+ Kf6 52. Nc5 Ra5 53. b4
Ra2 54. b5 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 (8... Nc6 $5) 9. Bf4 (9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 f6 (10... Qd5 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2
Nf6 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Rc5 {Nikulshin,K-Yandemirov,V/Smolensk/1992/ Inf 56/526/})
11. Qb3+ e6 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. e3 f5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. a4 Rf7 16. Rac1 $14 {Yusupov,
A-Timman,J/Linares(m/1)/1992/1:0 (34)/ Inf 54/453/}) (9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. e4 Qa6 $5 14. Qa3 $1 $14 {Vaulin,A-Varavin,V/
Budapest/1990/ Inf 50/475/}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Rc1 (11. Re1 $5 b6 $6 (
11... Bg4 $1 $10) 12. c4 $14 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Haag,E/URS/1969/}) 11... Na5
12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Qa4 (14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 b6) 14... b6 (14... a6 $5
15. Nb3 $1 Nc4 (15... Nxb3 16. Qxb3) 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxa6 Ra8 18. Qb5 Na3 19.
Qa4 Nc4 $10) 15. Nb3 $6 (15. Qb5 $6 Be6 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd6) (
15. e4 $5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Rc4 17. Qa3) 15... Bd7 $1 16. Qa3 (16. Qb4 Rc4 17. Qa3
Ra4 18. Qb2 Nc4 19. Qc2 Bf5) 16... Nc4 17. Qxa7 $2 (17. Qb4 $2 a5 $19) (17. Qa6
$8 Bc6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Qd7 $15) 17... Bc6 18. e4 e5 $19 19. dxe5 (19.
exd5 Ra8 $19) 19... Ra8 20. Nd4 Rxa7 21. Nxc6 Qa8 22. exd5 $6 (22. Nxa7 Qxa7
23. exd5 g5 $1 24. Bf1 (24. Bxg5 Nxe5 {/\Qa2,Nd3/}) 24... gxf4 25. Bxc4 Qc7 {
/\Be5,Qc4/}) 22... Rxa2 23. e6 Qa3 $1 24. e7 Re8 25. Nb4 Bxc3 $1 26. Nxa2 (26.
d6 Nxd6 27. Bxd6 Bxb4 28. Bc6 Rxe7 $19) 26... Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxe7 $1 (27... Qxa2
28. d6 Qa4 29. Bh3 $13) 28. Rc1 $6 (28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Bf1 b5) 28... Qxa2 29. d6
Rd7 30. Bd5 b5 31. Re1 Qa5 0-1

[Event "America m"]
[Site "Mex/NY/Salvador"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Ne4 (8... Nc6 $5) 9. Qb3 $6 (9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 f6 11. Qb3+ e6 12. Nc4 Nc6
13. e3 f5 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. Rac1 e5 $10 {Pfleger,H-Ghitescu,T/Hamburg/1965/})
9... Nc6 10. Rd1 (10. Qxd5 $2 Nxc3 11. Qxd8 Nxe2+) (10. Nxd5 $2 Be6) 10... Na5
11. Qb5 Nc6 (11... Nxc3 $5 12. bxc3 a6 13. Qb4 Bf5 {/\Rc8=/+/}) 12. Qb3 (12.
Nxd5 a6 13. Qb3 Be6) 12... Na5 13. Qb4 Nc6 (13... Nxc3 $5 14. Qxc3 Bf5 15. Bf4
Rc8 16. Qe1 Qb6 17. b3 Nc6 18. Qd2 Be4 $15 {Donner,J-Botvinnik,M/Palma de
Mallorca/1967/}) 14. Qa4 (14. Qb3 $10) 14... Bf5 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Nh4 Nxc3 17.
bxc3 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Rab1 Qd7 20. e4 e6 (20... dxe4 21. d5 Nb8 22. Qxe4 (
22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Rxb7)) 21. exd5 exd5 22. Ng2 b6 23. Ne3 Rfd8 24. Rb5 (24. Bg5
$2 f6 25. Bf4 g5) 24... Qe6 $6 (24... Ne7 $5 {/\Rac8/}) 25. Bc7 Rdc8 (25... Rd7
26. Bxb6) 26. Nxd5 Ne7 (26... a6 27. Rxb6 Qxd5 28. Rxc6 Ra7 29. Rc5 $18) 27. c4
$2 (27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Be5 Rxc3 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxb6) 27... Nc6 $1 28. c5 (
28. Be5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Nxe5) 28... Qxd5 29. cxb6 axb6 $1 30. Qxa8 Qd7 31. Qa4 (
31. Qa6 $6 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Bxd4 33. Bxb6 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Kh3 h5 {/\Rg1/})
31... Qxc7 32. d5 Ne5 33. Qb3 (33. d6 Qc6 {/\Nf3/}) 33... Nd7 $17 34. d6 Qc4
35. a4 Qe2 36. Qd3 (36. a5 Rc2 37. Rf1 Bd4) 36... Qxd3 37. Rxd3 Ra8 38. a5 $2 (
38. Ra3 $5 Bf8 39. a5) 38... bxa5 39. Ra3 a4 40. Rb4 Nc5 41. Rc4 Bf8 $1 $19 42.
Rd4 (42. Rxc5 Bxd6 43. Rcc3 Bxa3 44. Rxa3 Kf8 $19) 42... Rd8 43. d7 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Nd2 f5 $5 (9... Nf6 10. Nb3 $36) 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Rd1 Nc6
13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rac1 (14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qa6 Nb4 16. Qxa7 Nc2 17. Rab1 Nxe3 18.
fxe3 Bh6 {-+Kasparov ץg2} 19. d5 Rb6 20. Kf2 {Seems to be not so clear.})
14... Rc8 15. Qa3 Qa5 $11 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. b3 Nc6 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 f4 $1
20. Bf2 (20. gxf4 Nb4 21. a3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Nd5 23. Rcd3 Bf5 $11) 20... e5 $5 (
20... b6) 21. Ne2 (21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Bg3 Rf7 $11) 21... Nxd4 $2 (
21... fxg3 $142 22. hxg3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxc8 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxg3+ 26.
Bxg3 Bxc8 $19) 22. Nxd4 exd4 (22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 exd4 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Bxd4
fxg3 26. hxg3 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Bxf3 28. Rd7 a5 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Kg2 Rc3 31. Rxb7
Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Rxa2 {=/=/+}) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Rc1+ 26. Kf2
Rc2+ 27. Ke1 $8 Bc6 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 $11 g5 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Kc3 Kg7 32.
Kd4 Kf6 33. b4 b6 34. a3 Bb7 35. Bh1 Ba8 36. Bg2 Bc6 37. Bh1 Ke6 38. Bg2 Kd6
39. Bh1 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Bg2 a4 42. Bh1 Ba8 43. Bg2 Bb7 44. Bh1 Ke6 45. Bg2
Kf6 46. Bh1 Kg5 47. Ke5 h5 48. Bg2 h4 49. h3 Ba6 50. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +3-1"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1974.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
$1 $14 Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 $1 (10. Nxe4 Bxe4 $10 {Botvinnik-Smyslov, Moscow
1957}) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 $14 Qa5 $16 (12... f6 $142 $1) 13. Rc1
Qb4 14. e3 Rac8 (14... f6 15. f3 Nd6 16. g4 Bc8 17. b3 $16) 15. f3 Nd6 16. a3 (
16. g4 $142 Be6 17. Rf2 $16) 16... Qa5 17. Rc5 $2 $10 (17. g4 $142 Bd3 (17...
Be6 18. Nc5 $16) 18. Rf2 Ba6 19. Nc5) 17... Qd8 18. Kh1 Re8 $1 19. Re1 Bd7 (
19... e5 $142 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. e4 Qe7 $1 $10) 20. Rc1 Nc4 (20...
e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 $14) 21. e4 e6 (21... e5 $1 22. Bxe5 (22. dxe5 g5 23. Be3 Nxe3
24. Rxe3 Bxe5 25. Rd3 Qe7 $13) 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 $10) 22. b3 $1 (22. e5
c5 $1 23. Nxc5 Nxb2 $10) 22... Nxa3 $2 $16 (22... e5 $142 $1 23. bxc4 exf4 24.
Nc5 (24. gxf4 Bh6 $13) 24... fxg3 25. hxg3 dxe4 26. fxe4 Be6 $10) 23. e5 Rb8
24. Ra1 Nb5 25. Qd2 Bf8 26. Nc5 $1 Bc8 (26... Bxc5 27. dxc5 $18) 27. Ra4 Qb6
28. b4 Nc7 29. Rea1 a5 $6 (29... a6 $142 $1 $16) 30. bxa5 Qb2 31. Qxb2 (31. Qd1
$13) 31... Rxb2 32. Bc1 Rc2 33. Ba3 Na6 $2 (33... Bxc5 $142 $1 34. Bxc5 Ba6 $1
$16) 34. Bf1 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Kg7 36. Bd6 Rd8 37. R4a2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Rd7 39. Rb2
Ra7 $138 1-0

[Event "Concordia"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Bednarski, Jacek B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 $6 (10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 $10) 10... Bxd7 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Bb5 (12... Bc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Bd5 $10) 13. Re1 Qxd4 (13... Nc6 14.
Nc3 Ba6 15. d5 $10) 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Nf6+ $6 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
Nd6 Bc6 18. Nxb7 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc6 20. Rac1 $10) 16... Bxf6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18.
Bxb7 Bc6 19. Bxa8 Bxa8 20. Rac1 Bc6 (20... Nc6 $6 21. b4 a6 22. a4 Bb7 23. b5
axb5 24. axb5 Nd8 25. Rc7 $14) 21. b4 Bd8 22. Red1 $2 (22. b5 Bb7 (22... Bxb5
$4 23. Rb1 a6 24. a4 $16) 23. Re3 $22 Bb6 $2 24. Rec3 Kg7 25. Rc7 Bd5 26. Re7
Kf6 27. Rcc7 $16) 22... Ke7 23. g4 Bb6 (23... g5 $5) 24. Rd3 Bd7 25. Rdc3 e5
26. g5 Kd6 27. Rf3 Ke7 (27... Nc6 28. Rxf7 Nxb4 29. Rd1+ Bd4 30. Rxh7 Nd5 31.
h4 Bg4 $13 (31... Nf4 $6 32. Rf7 $1 $14)) 28. Rfc3 Na6 29. Rc4 Ke6 (29... Bb5
$5 30. Rh4 Nc7 $15) 30. Kg2 Kf5 $6 (30... Bb5 $22 31. h4 (31. Rh4 Nc7 $17)
31... Kd5 $15) 31. h4 Be6 $2 (31... f6 32. gxf6 Kxf6 $10) 32. a4 $1 Bxc4 33.
Rxc4 Ke6 $2 (33... Nxb4 $1 34. Rxb4 f6 35. gxf6 Kxf6 36. Kf3 Kf5 $14) 34. a5
$16 Kd5 35. Rc8 Bd4 $2 (35... Nxb4 36. axb6 axb6 $16) 36. b5 $18 Nc5 37. Rc7
Nb3 38. b6 axb6 39. a6 b5 40. Rxf7 b4 41. Rxh7 Na5 42. a7 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nxe5 (10... Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. Qb3 Bd7 $10 {
Karpov,An-Kasparov,G/Wch-KK5 Sevilla/1987/1/2-1/2/29/}) 11. fxe5 Nc6 12. Rf2 f6
13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Raf1 Rxf2 $6 (16... Qb6 17. Na4 $16)
(16... Qe7 $5 $14) 17. Bxf2 Qe7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rf8 (19... Rd8 20. Be3 Qb4
$14) 20. Rd1 Rf5 $6 (20... Bc8 21. Be3 Qb4) 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. b4 $16 Rf8 23. b5
Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Qc3 Qd6 (25... e5 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Bf2 $18) 26. Bxg7 (26.
Nb3 $2 e5) 26... Qxd1+ 27. Bf1 e5 28. Bxe5 Bh3 29. Qc4+ Rd5 30. Ne4 Kf8 (30...
Qxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Bxf1 32. Nf6+ $18) (30... Bxf1 31. Qxd5+ $18) 31. Nc3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. Qb3 Nf5 (13... Bd7 14.
Rfd1 (14. a4 a5 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. Rac1 Nbc8 17. e4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. b3 dxe4
20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nxe4 Nbd5 22. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Antunes,A-Kaminski,M/Yerevan/1996/
(22)}) (14. Rfc1 Bc6 15. e3 Rb8 16. Be1 Nf5 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Rc3 Nfd6 19. Qc2
Bb5 20. a4 Be8 21. b3 Na5 22. b4 Nac4 {0-1 Tukmakov,V-Kruppa,Y/Donetsk/1998/ 
(53)}) 14... Bc6 15. Rac1 Rb8 16. Qa3 a6 17. b3 Re8 18. Rc2 Nbc8 19. Na4 Nd6
20. Nc5 Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Alterman,B/Struga/1995/ (65)}) 14. Rfc1
Nd6 (14... f6 15. Nd3 Nc4 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qxc4 Nd6 18. Qb3 exd3 19. Rd1 $14)
15. a4 Nbc4 (15... f6 16. Nd3 Nbc4 17. Qa2 Nf5 18. g4 Nh6 19. h3 $14) 16. Qc2
Bd7 17. b3 Na5 (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nf5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 $16) 18. b4 Nac4 (
18... Nc6 19. b5 $14) 19. e4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Advantage is normally a distant
dream in this line, but white manages to open up the center in a very
unconvenient moment for black.} dxe4 (19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4
22. Bc5 Re8 23. Bxe4 $16) 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Nxe4 Rc8 (21... Nb6 22. Nc5 Bc6 23.
Nxb7 Bxb7 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bc6 Bxd4 26. Rab1 $14) 22. Qa2 Nb6 (22... b5 23. Nc5
(23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Qxa7 Rc7 25. Qa2 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Qf2 $14) 23... Nd6
24. axb5 Nxb5 25. Qc4 $14) 23. Nc5 Bc6 (23... Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5 $16)
24. Nxb7 Bxb7 25. Bxb7 Rxc1+ (25... Rb8 26. Bg2 Bxd4 27. a5 $14) 26. Rxc1 Qe7 (
26... Bxd4 27. a5 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qb8 29. axb6 Qxb7 30. bxa7 Ra8 31. Ra1 Qxb4
32. h3 $16) 27. Bc6 Qxb4 28. a5 Nc8 (28... Nd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qxd5 $16) 29.
d5 $1 {Despite the pawn symmetry white will be clearly better due to the
potential of the bishop's pair.} exd5 30. Bxd5 Ne7 31. Bc4 Bc3 (31... Qb7 32.
a6 Qd7 33. Rb1 Bd4 34. Rb7 Qd6 35. h3 $14) 32. a6 Nc6 (32... Nc8 33. Qb3 Qxb3
34. Bxb3 $16) 33. Bd5 Ne7 (33... Nd4 34. Rb1 Qc5 35. Rb7 $18) 34. Bc4 Nc6 35.
Bf1 Rc8 36. Qd5 Qb2 (36... Rc7 37. Qd3 Bf6 38. Qc4 $18) 37. Qd1 Ba5 $2 (37...
Qa3 38. f5 $40) 38. Qd7 $1 {Black is lost due to the break in the coordination
of his defences.} Qxc1 39. Qxc8+ Kg7 40. Bd4+ f6 (40... Kh6 $2 41. Qh3#) 41.
Qd7+ Kf8 (41... Kh6 42. Bxf6 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh3 Qf5+ 45. Qxf5 gxf5 46.
Bb5 $18) 42. Qd6+ Ke8 43. Qe6+ Ne7 (43... Kf8 44. Qxf6+ $18) 44. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lopushnoy, Denis"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Moscow M. Saulin PRSFI"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Ng4 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Rxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. e4 (14.
e3 Nc6 15. Qb3 Na5 $13) 14... dxe4 15. Be3 (15. d5 $2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd5 17.
Be3 Nc6 $17) 15... Bd5 {Black hopes to hold his own in the center, otherwise
white pieces might become too active.} (15... Nc6 $2 16. d5 $1 Bxc3 17. dxc6
Bxb2 18. cxb7 $18) 16. Qg4 (16. Qc2 $5 e6 (16... Nc6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxe4 Qd7
19. d5 Nd4 20. Qf2 $14) 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Bxe4 Ne7 20. Rc1 $14)
16... Nc6 17. Rd1 (17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxe4 Qd6 $11) 17... Qa5 (17... e6 18. Bxe4
$14) 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxe4 (19. Bxe4 Qxa2 20. d5 Ne5 $15) 19... Qxe4
(19... Qxa2 $6 20. d5 Ne5 (20... Nd8 21. d6 $1 $36) 21. d6 $1 Qxb2 22. dxe7 Re8
23. Bd4 Qb5 24. Rf1 Bg7 25. Qd5+ Qxd5 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Bxe5 $18) 20. Bxe4 Rd8
$11) 18... Bf7 19. Qf3 (19. d5 Ne5 20. Qf4 Nc4 $15) 19... Rd8 20. a3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] It is difficult to explain move like this in rational terms, white
is saving the unimportant pawn, but dropping his central pride.} (20. d5 Ne5
21. Qe2 Rc8 $11) (20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qxc6 Bxa2 (21... Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Kf2
$16) 22. Ra1 (22. b4 Qh5 23. Ra1 Bf7 24. Rxa7 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qc8+ Kg7
27. Ra8 Rd1+ 28. Nxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kf2 $11) 22... Bd5 23. Qe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxa5 Bf7
25. Rxa7 Rb8 $14) 20... Nxd4 21. Qf2 Nc6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxc6 (23. Bxa7 $2
Nxa7 24. Qxa7 Bd4+ $19) 23... bxc6 24. Bxa7 Bc4 $1 25. Qe1 (25. Be3 Qd3 $17)
25... Qa5 26. Be3 $6 (26. Bf2 Qf5 27. b4 Qd3 28. Ne4 Bg7 29. Nc5 Qxa3 30. Qxe7
h6 $17) 26... Qf5 27. Qf2 Qd3 28. Qe1 Ba6 29. Kf2 $2 {This impatient move
makes everything only worse, black can put all his far reaching pieces into
action.} (29. Bc5 $5 Qc4 30. Be3 $17) 29... Qc2+ 30. Bd2 (30. Qd2 Qf5+ 31. Bf4
(31. Ke1 Qf1#) 31... e5 $19) 30... Qxb2 31. Qe6+ (31. Qe3 c5 32. Ne2 Qa2 $19)
31... Kg7 32. Ne4 (32. Ke1 Qa1+ 33. Nd1 Bb5 (33... Qxa3 34. Qxc6 Qd3 35. Qg2
Bd4 36. Bc1 e5 37. Bb2 $17) 34. Qe3 Ba4 $19) 32... Bd3 33. Nxf6 (33. Ke3 Qd4+
34. Kf3 Bxe4+ 35. Qxe4 Qxd2 $19) 33... Qxd2+ 34. Kf3 (34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qf1+
$19) 34... Qd1+ 35. Kf2 (35. Kf4 Qf1+ 36. Ke5 Qe2+ $19) 35... Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Bd6 Re8 15.
e4 Nb6 16. Bc5 Nd7 17. Ba3 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Rad1 e5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Black
has done good in the development of his pieces, but must choose the proper
moment for the start of the counterplay meassures. The text moves fails badly
due to simple tactics.} (19... c5 20. dxc5 (20. exd5 cxd4 21. Ne4 Ne5 22. Nd6
Nc4 23. Qd3 Nxd6 24. Qxa6 Nc4 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qxa7 $14) 20...
d4 21. Na4 Bb5 22. Qb4 Bxa4 (22... Rb8 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 e5 25. Qd1 $14)
23. Qxa4 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 (24. Qxa7 Re7) 24... Rxc5 25. Qxa7 Rc7 (25... Ra5 26.
Qxf7 Re7 27. Qf3 Rxa2 28. Qb3 $16) 26. Qa3 Qb8 $14) 20. exd5 exd4 (20... cxd5
21. Nxd5 Bc4 (21... exd4 22. Be7 $18) 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. b3 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 $16)
21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Ne4 $1 (22. dxc6 dxc3 23. cxd7 cxd2 24. dxe8=Q Rxe8 25. Bb4
Rb8 $15) 22... c5 (22... Qe5 23. dxc6 Nb6 (23... Rxc6 24. Ng5+ Qxg5 25. Qxg5
hxg5 26. Bxc6 $18) 24. Nd6 $18) (22... cxd5 23. Nd6 Qe6 24. Nxc8 Bxc8 25. Qa5
$18) 23. Nd6 Qf8 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 (24... Bxc8 25. Qa5 $18) 25. b3 Qc7 26. Rc1 h5
$6 {This enables tactical solution, that cuts down the way to the victory.} (
26... Qd6 27. Qa5 Qb6 (27... Bf8 28. Rd1 Bg7 29. Qd8 $18) 28. Qe1 $16) 27. Bxc5
$1 Nxc5 28. b4 Nb3 (28... Bf8 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. Qc2 d3 31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5
d2 33. Bf3 $18) 29. Rxc7 (29. axb3 Qb8 $18) 29... Nxd2 30. d6 Bc4 (30... Be5
31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. d7 $18) 31. d7 Bf6 32. Rc8 Bxa2 (32... d3 33. d8=Q Bxd8 34.
Rxd8 Nb1 35. Be4 $18) 33. d8=Q Bxd8 34. Rxd8 Nb1 (34... Nb3 35. Rd7 $18) 35.
Bd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Nc3 37. Rd7 (37. Rxd4 $4 Ne2+ $19) 37... Kg7 38. Kf1 Nb5 39.
Ke2 Kf6 40. Kd3 g5 41. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Ne5 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bg2
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. e3 f5 13. Ne5 Ne7 {N} (13... Ndxe5 14.
dxe5 Rf7 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rd1 Nb4 17. a3 Ba6 18. Nb5 Qe8 19. Bf1 Nc2 20. Ra2 Rc8
{1/4-1/4/Hulak,K-Watson,W/Palma GMA-op/1989/ ->TD89_13}) 14. b3 Nf6 15. Ba3 Bd7
16. Rc1 Re8 17. Rf2 $1 Ne4 18. Rfc2 Nc6 (18... Rc8 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rxc8 Bxc8
21. Qc2 $16) (18... Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Nc6 20. Bf1 a6 21. Bd6) 19. Bf1 a6 (19...
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qb6 21. Nxe4 $22 Qxe3+ 22. Nf2) 20. Nxe4 fxe4 (20... dxe4 21. Nc4
$16) 21. Bd6 $1 Rc8 (21... Bc8 22. Nxc6 (22. Bc5) 22... Qxd6 23. Ne5 Bd7 24.
Nxd7 (24. Rc7 Bc6) 24... Qxd7 25. Rc7 Qd6 26. Rxb7 $16) 22. h4 $1 Nxe5 23. dxe5
(23. Bxe5 Bf8 (23... Bxe5 $5 24. dxe5 Qb6) 24. h5 Ba3 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh2 $1
Rxc1 27. Qg4 $18) 23... Qb6 24. Bc5 (24. Qd2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 $14) 24... Qa5 (
24... Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Bf8 26. Qd4 (26. R5c3 Bb4) 26... Bxc5 27. Rxc5 $16) 25. h5
Rc6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qd4 Qc7 (27... Rec8 $5 28. Bb4 (28. b4 Qa4 29. b5 (29.
Bc4 Rxc5 30. bxc5 dxc4) 29... axb5 30. Qxa4 bxa4 31. Bb5 R6c7 (31... Rxc5 32.
Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Bf8 34. Bxd7 Bxc5 35. Bxe6+ Kg7 36. Bxd5 Bxe3+ 37. Kg2 b5
$10) 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Bd6 $36) 28... Rxc2 29. Rxc2 (29. Bxa5 Rxc1 $13) 29...
Qd8 $14) 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Bb4 a5 (29... Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Qd8) 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Ba3
Kf7 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Bc5 Qb8 34. a3 Rh2+ 35. Bg2 Qh8 36. Kg1 Bb5 (36... Qh5 37.
Qd1 (37. Bb6 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qf3+)) 37. Qd1 Bc6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Qh5 (39...
Bb5 40. Bd6 Bc6 41. b5 Bxb5 42. Rc7+ $18) 40. Qxh5 Rxh5 41. Ra1 g5 (41... Rh8
42. Bf1 Rc8 43. Bd6 $16) 42. Bf1 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bf8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Ra8+ Ke7
46. b5 Bd7 47. Rb8 Rh7 48. Rxb7 Rh8 49. Ra7 Rb8 50. Ra5 Kd8 51. Kf2 Kc7 52.
Ra7+ Rb7 53. Ra6 Rb6 54. Ke1 Bc8 (54... Rxa6 55. bxa6 Kb6 56. Kd2 Bc8 57. Kc3
Bxa6 58. Bxa6 Kxa6 59. f5 $1 $18) 55. Ra1 Bd7 56. Ra5 Rb8 57. Ra6 Bc8 (57...
Rb6 58. Kd2) 58. Rc6+ Kb7 59. Bh3 $1 Ra8 60. Bxe6 Ra1+ 61. Kd2 Bxe6 62. Rxe6
Ra2+ 63. Kc3 Ra3+ 64. Kd4 Rd3+ 65. Kc5 d4 66. Re7+ Kc8 67. Rh7 dxe3 (67... Rxe3
68. Kxd4 $18) 68. Rh1 e2 69. Re1 Rf3 (69... Rd2 70. f5) 70. Rxe2 Rxf4 71. Kd5
Kd7 72. Rxe4 Rf1 73. e6+ Ke7 74. b6 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Candidates m3"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 f6 11. Qb3+ e6 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. e3 f5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15.
Rac1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 b5 $1 {N} (16... Qe7 17. Ne5 $1 $14 {Andersson,U-Nunn,J/
Skelleftea WCup/1989/ ->CBM 14}) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b4 $1 (18... Bxe5 19.
Bb4 Rf7 20. Bd6 $14) 19. Rc5 a5 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Qd4 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 Bc8 $1 23.
Bf1 Rf7 24. Bxb4 $1 Qxd1 25. Qxc8+ Bf8 26. Bxa5 Qd5 27. Bc3 Kg7 28. Bd4 (28.
Bc4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qf3+ $10) 28... Qd7 (28... Qxa2 29. Bc4 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qd1 31.
Qxe6 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Bf1 $16) 29. Ba6 Qxc8 30. Bxc8 Re7 31. a4 Kf7 32.
Bb6 Re8 33. Bd7 Ra8 34. b3 (34. a5 Bb4 35. Bc6 Bxa5 $10) 34... Bb4 35. Bd4 Ke7
36. Bb5 Rc8 37. Bc4 g5 38. Kf1 g4 39. Kg2 Kd7 40. h4 h6 41. Kf1 h5 42. Ke2 Rxc4
$1 43. bxc4 Kc7 44. Kd1 Kc6 45. Ke2 Kc7 46. Kd1 Kc6 47. Ke2 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 f6 12. Nd3 Nb6 (12... Kh8 13. Bf2 f5 14. Ne5
Nf6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Qa3 Be8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. b3 Rf7 20. Rc2 g5 21.
e3 Ng4 22. Bf3 Qf6 23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. Be1 {Renman,N-Wessman,R/SVE-ch/1989/0.5 
(45)}) 13. b3 Bd7 (13... Qe7 14. a4 Bd7 15. Bc1 Rfd8 16. e3 Be8 17. Ba3 Qf7 18.
Rc1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. g4 $5 $36 {Karpov,An-Timman,J/Kuala Lumpur (m/4)/
1990/1-0 (76)}) 14. Bf2 (14. Nc5 Rb8 15. Qd2 f5 16. Rfc1 Nc8 17. Bf2 Nd6 $10 {
Nikolic,Pr-Nunn,J/Linares/1988/}) 14... Qe7 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Rc2 Be8 17. Rd2 (
17. e3 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Bf7 20. e4 (20. Nb5 a6 21. e4 $140 $2 d4 $1
$17) 20... dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe5 $13) 17... Nc8 (17... e5 $2 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bc5
$16) (17... f5 18. Nc5 Rc8 (18... Nxd4 $2 19. Rxd4 Qxc5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Nxd5
$16) 19. e3 Nd8 $13) 18. e3 Nd6 19. g4 Kh8 20. Qe2 (20. h4 f5 21. g5 h5 22.
gxh6 Bxh6 $132) 20... f5 21. g5 (21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Kh1 Rg8 $13) 21... Ne4 22.
Rc2 Nb4 $1 (22... Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Rfc1 $14) 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Rfc1 Bc6
25. Be1 Qe7 26. Nxe4 (26. Na4 Bxa4 27. bxa4 Rd7 28. a5 a6 $10) 26... dxe4 27.
Bf1 Rc8 28. h4 h5 $1 (28... Qd7 29. h5 $16) 29. Qd2 (29. gxh6 Bxh6 $13) 29...
Qd7 30. Qa5 a6 31. Bb4 Rfe8 32. Bc5 $6 (32. Qb6 $5 Ra8 $1 $14 (32... Bd5 33.
Rc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qd8 35. Bc4 $16) (32... Bf8 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Bxa6 $1 $16))
32... Bd5 33. Bb6 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ (35. Rc5 Bf8) 35... Qxc8 36. Qc5
Qxc5 37. Bxc5 (37. dxc5 e5 $1) 37... Kg8 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke1 Bf8 40. Kd2 Be7 (
40... Bxc5 41. dxc5 e5 42. Kc3 $1 Ke6 43. a3 a5 44. b4 $16) 41. Bxe7 (41. Kc3
Bd8 42. Kb4 Ke8 $10) 41... Kxe7 42. Kc3 a5 43. a3 b6 44. b4 Kd7 45. Bb5+ Kd6
46. Bc4 Kc7 47. Bb5 Kd8 48. Ba4 Ke7 49. Bb3 Bc6 50. bxa5 bxa5 51. Bc4 (51. Kc4
Bd5+ 52. Kc3 Bc6) 51... Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3
O-O 8. Ne5 e6 (8... Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Be3 $6 Nxc3 (10... Nc6 $6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 $14) 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qb3 e6 $1 $10 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa3
$1 Re8 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Rad1 $14) 15. Bf4 e5 (15... Bf8
$5 16. Qa4 Qb6) 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. e3 Be4 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. Rd4 h5
21. h3 $1 $14 Rb8 22. Rad1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. R1d2 Rb6 $6 26.
c4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Kg7 28. Rdc2 Rc7 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf6 31. Kg3 {Karpov,
An-Gelfand,B/Linares/1991/1-0/57/}) 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 (10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Nf6
12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rac1 Nf6
18. Qf4 Qb8 19. Qxb8 Raxb8 20. f3 Rfd8 21. Kf2 Rbc8 22. e3 Ne8 23. Rd2 Nd6 24.
Rdc2 Kf8 25. Bf1 Ke7 26. Bd3 f5 27. h4 h6 28. b3 g5 29. Ne2 Bd7 30. Rc5 b6 31.
Rc7 {Karpov,An-Kasparov,G (3)/London-Wch/1986/1/2-1/2/}) 10... Nc6 (10... Nxe5
11. fxe5 Nc6 12. Be3 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Kh1 $5 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Qe7
17. Rd1 Rc8 18. a3 Bf6 19. Bg1 Bg5 $6 20. Qe1 $16 Nd8 21. e4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 b6
23. d5 Bf6 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qg7 26. Qh4 $1 {/\ []e4-f6} Nf7 27. dxe6 Bxe6
28. Qe7 Bb3 29. Rd7 Qe5 30. Rxa7 Re8 31. Qxe5 {Karpov,A-Timman,J/Amsterdam/
1987/1/2-1/2/57/}) (10... f6 11. Nd3 (11. Nf3 Nc6 12. b3 a6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rc1
f5 15. h3 Nf6 16. e3 Na7 17. Ne5 Nb5 18. Bc5 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4
21. Qc2 a5 22. a4 Bd7 23. Ba3 Bxe5 24. fxe5 b5 25. Bd6 bxa4 26. Qf2 Rc8 27.
Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 {Horvath,P-Bagonyai,A/HUN-chT 9192/1991/1-0 (29)}) 11...
Nc6 12. e3 (12. Be3 Nb6 13. Bf2 (13. b3 Qe7 14. a4 Bd7 15. Bc1 Rfd8 16. e3 Be8
17. Ba3 Qf7 18. Rc1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. g4 $5 $36 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Ne2
Rc7 23. Rc5 Nc8 24. f5 g5 25. Ng3 e5 $6 26. Qc1 $6 b6 27. Rc2 e4 $10 {Karpov,
An-Timman,J (04)/Kuala Lumpur cm/1990/1-0/76/}) 13... f5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Qd2 (
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. e3 Rfc8 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Rxc4 exd5 20. Rc3 b6 21.
Qb3 Be6 22. Rfc1 Ne7 23. Qa4 a5 24. Be1 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.
Qe8+ Bf8 28. Ne5 Be6 29. Bf1 Qc7 30. Bc3 Qc8 31. Qa4 {Adianto,U-Enkhbat,Ts/
Manila olm/1992/1-0/39/}) 15... Nc8 16. Qe3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Nd6 18. b3 Rc8 19.
Rac1 Be8 20. Be1 Bf6 21. Na4 b6 22. Nb2 Ne4 23. Nbd3 g5 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne5
gxf4 26. gxf4 Be8 27. Qh3 Rg8 28. Kf1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 h5 30. Bb4 a5 31. Ba3 {
Karpov,An-Kasparov,G (13)/Leningrad-Wch/1986/1/2-1/2/42/}) 12... f5 13. Ne5
Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. b3 Re8 16. Kh1 Qa5 17. Bb2 Rec8 18. e4 d4 19. Ne2 Rd8
20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rf3 Be8 22. Rd3 Bh5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 d3 25. Nc1 Rd7 26.
Ba3 Rad8 27. Rb1 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. b4 Rd4 30. a3 Rc4 31. Nxd3 {Jasnikowski,
Z-Pedzich,D/POL-ch/1992/1/2-1/2/}) 11. Be3 (11. e3 Ndxe5 12. fxe5 f6 13. exf6
Rxf6 14. Rxf6 Qxf6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Bd2 Rf8 17. Rf1 Qe7 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Bh3
Ne7 20. Qf2 Nf5 21. g4 Nd6 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. b3 Ke8 24. Kf2 e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5
26. Nxd5 Ne4+ 27. Ke1 Bxh2 28. Bg2 Bg3+ 29. Kd1 Nf2+ 30. Kc2 Nxg4 31. Bf3 {
Anderton,D-Khenkin,I/Gausdal Troll/1992/0-1/48/}) (11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ndxe5 13.
fxe5 Bd7 14. e4 Qb4 15. exd5 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxb7 Rab8
19. Bg2 Bxe5 20. Rae1 Bg7 21. Rf2 Rfc8 22. Nd5 Rc2 23. Rxc2 Nxc2 24. Ne7+ Kf8
25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Re2 Nd4 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Ke3 Kxe7 30. Rxd4 Rxd4
31. Kxd4 {Grabarczyk,M-Jasnikowski,Z/Wisla BES (05)/1992/1/2-1/2/47/}) 11...
Nb6 (11... f6) (11... Ndxe5 12. dxe5 f6 (12... b6 13. Bf2 Qd7 14. Rc1 Bb7 15.
Ne4 Rab8 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 Rfc8 18. e4 Ba6 19. Re1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nd3 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rd1 Qd8 23. e5 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 Qc7 25. Bf3 Qc2 26. Qe3 Kh8 27. Qf2
Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 Rxb2 30. g4 Bc4 31. h4 {Adianto,U-Ostenstad,B/
NOR-RIN (3)/1992/1/2-1/2/55/}) 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bf2 Qa5 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. a3 Ne7
17. b4 Qa6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. e4 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Bb5 22. Rd1 dxe4 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bxe4 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Rd7 26. Kf3 Kf7 27. g4 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29.
Bxa7 h5 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. Ke4 {Kharitonov,A-Godes,ADR/Smolensk/1992/1/2-1/2/})
12. Bf2 (12. b3 Bd7 13. Qd2 f6 14. Nd3 Nc8 15. Rac1 Nd6 16. Bf2 f5 17. Ne5 Qe7
18. Kh1 Rfc8 $10 19. g4 $5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. a3 $6 a5 $1 23.
Bh3 Qe7 $15 { a3} 24. Ra1 Nd8 25. f5 $8 g5 26. Bg3 Nc6 27. e3 Rd8 28. fxe6 Qxe6
29. Rf5 h6 30. Qe2 Ne7 31. Rff1 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Karpov,An/Haninge/1990/0-1/61/})
(12. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 13. Bf2) 12... Bd7 (12... f5 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qd3 Be8 15. Nb1
Nc8 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. a3 Kh8 18. Qe3 Rg8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rxc6 Bxe5
22. Qxe5+ Qxe5 23. dxe5 Bxc6 24. exd6 Rgd8 25. Bd4+ Kg8 26. Be5 Bb5 27. Kf2
Rac8 28. Nf3 Rc2 29. Re1 Bd7 30. Bf6 Re8 31. Bc3 {Georgiev,Ki-Popovic,P (2)/
Tilburg2.16 /1992/1-0/40/}) (12... Ne7 13. a4 (13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Rfc1) 13... a5
14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Rfc1 (15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 Rxb2 18. Rfb1 Nb8 {
/\ []bc6=}) 15... Bc6 16. Nb5 Nbc8 17. e3 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Be1 Rfb8 $1 $10
20. Bf1 f6 21. Nf3 Qd7 $15 {/\ []f5-d6} 22. Qc2 Nf5 23. Bd2 Nd6 24. b3 Rc8 25.
Qd1 h6 26. Be1 g5 27. Ra2 $1 Qe8 28. Rac2 Bf8 29. Bd3 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G (03)
/Sevilla-Wch/1987/1/2-1/2/}) 13. e4 $1 Ne7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e5 Rac8 (15...
Rfc8 $1 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. b3 Rac8 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Qb2 (20. Nb5 $2
Nxe5 $1 $19) 20... a6 21. Be2 Qe7 22. Nb1 Nb4 23. Nc3 Nc6 $10 {Karpov,
A-Kasparov,G (01)/Sevilla-Wch/1987/1/2-1/2/}) (15... Rfc8 {Anand Karpov,
An-Kasparov,G (01)/Sevilla-Wch/1987/}) 16. Rc1 (16. Qd3 Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Na4
b6 $10 {Gomez-Ubilava/Toledo/1991/}) 16... a6 (16... Nc4 17. Qe2 $1 a6 18. b3
Na3 19. Qb2 Nb5 20. Na4 $16) (16... Rc7 {Anand} 17. b3 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. g4
$1 $14) 17. b3 Rc7 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. g4 Bf8 20. Qe3 $1 (20. Bh4 Nc6 {/\ 21...
Nc6xd4}) 20... Nc6 21. f5 Ba3 (21... exf5 22. gxf5 Qxf5 23. Ne2 $1 $36 (23. Bh3
$6 Qh5 24. Bxc8 Bh6 25. Qh3 Bxc1 26. Qxh5 gxh5 27. Bxb7 Bb2 28. Bxc6 Bxc3 $10)
(23. Bh3 {Anand})) 22. Rcd1 Nb4 (22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc3 24. Qxb6 $18) (22...
exf5 23. Nb1 $1 Bf8 24. gxf5 gxf5 (24... Qxf5 $2 25. Bh3) 25. Bh4 Ne7 26. Bh3
Bg7 27. Kh1 Rc2 28. Qg5 R8c7 29. Rg1 Ng6 30. Bxf5 $16) 23. Qh6 $1 (23. Nb1 Nc2
$1 24. Qf4 (24. Qh6 {Anand} Bf8) 24... Bf8) 23... Qe8 (23... Rxc3 24. f6 $18)
24. Nb1 Bb2 25. Qd2 $1 Nc2 (25... a5 26. a3 (26. Qxb2 Rc2 27. Qa3 Rxa2) 26...
Rc2 27. Qe1 $1 (27. Qh6 {Anand} Na2 $1 {/\ Nc1,Nc3 <=>}) 27... Qb5 28. axb4 Re2
29. Qxe2 Qxe2 30. bxa5 Nd7 31. Rd2 $18) 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. Bg1 Nd7 28. Rf3 {
/\ 29.Rf3-h3, Qd2-h6} Qb4 (28... Nb4 {Anand} 29. a3) 29. Qh6 (29. Qf4 Bxd4 $5
30. Bxd4 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Qe1 34. Nd2 Nxe5 $13) 29...
Qf8 30. Qg5 Qg7 31. Qd2 $1 b6 (31... Nb8 {Anand} 32. Rdf1) 32. Rdf1 a5 33. h4
Nb4 34. a3 $1 (34. Qxb2 $2 Rc2 35. Qa3 Rxa2) 34... Rc2 35. Qf4 Nc6 36. Bh3 Nd8
37. Be3 $1 b5 38. R3f2 $1 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rxc2 Rxc2 41. Rf2 $1 Rxf2 42.
Qxf2 {>< Bb2} Ba3 (42... Bc3 $2 43. f6 Qf8 44. Qc2) 43. Qc2 (43. f6 {Anand} Qf8
44. Qc2 Nb8) 43... Nxe5 (43... Qf8 44. Qc7 Qe8 45. Bg5 f6 46. Bxf6 Nxf6 47.
exf6 Qf8 (47... Nf7 48. fxe6 Qxe6 49. Qb8+) 48. Qe7 exf5 (48... gxf5 49. gxf5
exf5 50. Bxf5 Nf7 51. Bxh7+ Kxh7 52. Qxf8 $18) 49. Bg2 fxg4 50. Bxd5+ Nf7 51.
Nd2 $18) (43... Nb8 44. f6 Qf8 45. Nd2 $18 {/\ Nd2-f3, Bh3-f1}) (43... gxf5 {
Anand} 44. Qc8 $18) 44. dxe5 Qxe5 45. Qc8 (45. Bf2 {Anand}) 45... Qe4+ (45...
Qxe3 46. Qxd8+ Kg7 47. f6+ Kh6 48. Qf8#) 46. Bg2 Qxb1+ 47. Kh2 Bb2 48. Qxd8+
Kg7 49. f6+ $1 Bxf6 50. Bh6+ Kxh6 51. Qxf6 Qc2 52. g5+ Kh5 53. Kg3 Qc7+ 54. Kh3
1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. Ne5 (8. O-O {Anand} Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Qd5 {Salov-Gelfand
Linares 1991}) 8... Bf5 (8... e6 {Anand} 9. O-O Nfd7) 9. O-O Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3
11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qb3 e6 (12... Nxe5 {Anand} 13. dxe5 e6) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa3
Re8 (14... e5 {Anand} 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc5 $14) 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17.
dxe5 Rxe5 18. e3 Be4 (18... Qd7 {/\ Rae8,h5,h4<=> (Karpov)}) (18... Qf8 {Anand}
19. Qa4 Qc5 20. Qd4 $14) 19. Rfd1 Qf6 $2 20. Rd4 h5 21. h3 Rb8 (21... h4 22. g4
$1) 22. Rad1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. R1d2 (25. c4 {Anand} dxc4 26.
Rxc4 Rb2 27. a4 Rxe3) 25... Rb6 $6 (25... Reb7 $22 26. c4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Rb2
$132) 26. c4 $1 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Kg7 28. Rdc2 Rc7 29. g4 $1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf6 31.
Kg3 Ke6 32. a4 Kd7 33. g5 $1 {x f7} Ra6 34. Rd4+ Ke8 35. Rc5 Rb6 36. Kf4 Rd7
37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Ke5 $1 Ke7 39. f4 Rb4 40. Ra5 Rb7 41. e4 Rc7 42. Rc5 $1 Rc8
43. Rc3 Re8 44. Rc4 (44. Rxc6 Kd7+ 45. Kd5 Rxe4 $1) 44... Rc8 45. Rb4 Rc7 46.
a5 Kd7 47. Rb3 $1 Ke7 (47... Kc8 48. Kf6 $1) 48. a6 $1 Kd7 (48... c5 49. Kd5 c4
50. Rb7 Kd7 51. Rxc7+ Kxc7 52. Kxc4 Kb6 53. f5 Kxa6 54. e5 Kb6 (54... gxf5 55.
e6 fxe6 56. g6 $18) 55. e6 fxe6 56. fxg6 $18) 49. Kf6 Kc8 50. Rh3 (50. f5 $18 {
Anand}) 50... Rd7 51. f5 gxf5 52. exf5 c5 53. Rc3 Rc7 54. g6 fxg6 55. fxg6 Kd7
56. g7 Rc8 57. Rg3 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 f6 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bf2 f5 15. Ne5
Be8 (15... Nc8 16. Qd2 (16. Na4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Nb6 19. Rb1 Rf7 20.
g4 Rc8 21. Qb3 Bf8 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Kh1 Bc5 24. Be1 Rcc7 25. Qh3 {1-0
Chiburdanidze,M-Grebenkin,V/Ekaterinburg 1997/ (46)}) 16... Nd6 17. Rfc1 Rc8
18. a3 Bf6 19. Kh1 Be8 20. Na4 b6 21. Qe3 Ne4 22. Be1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24.
Bxe4 fxe4 25. Bb4 Bxa4 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Bxe7 Re8 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Bd6 d4 30.
Qxd4 Bxb3 31. Rc7 {1-0 Martinovsky,E-Henao,R/Saint John/1988/ (39)}) 16. Rc1
Qe7 17. e3 $6 {Baburin loses a great part of flexibility in his position with
this schematic move.} (17. Qd2) 17... Nc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. gxf5 (19. g5 Rc8 $11)
19... Nxf5 20. Ne2 Kh8 (20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bc6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bc5 Qh4 24.
Bxf8 Rxf8 $13) 21. Ng3 Nh4 (21... Nxe5 22. Nxf5 $1 (22. fxe5 Bb5 23. Re1 Nh4
24. Bh1 Rf7 $17) 22... Rxf5 23. dxe5 Bb5 24. Re1 $11) 22. Bh3 $2 (22. Bh1 Nxe5
23. dxe5 Bb5 24. Re1 $13) 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bb5 24. Re1 Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 128]
Bruzon correctly uses the chance to bring all his pieces into attacking
positions.} 25. fxe5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 (26. Kh1 Qh4 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Qg4 Rxf2+ 29.
Kxf2 Nxh3+ 30. Kf3 Rf8+ $19) 26... Nh4+ 27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Qh4 29. Bg1 (29.
Rg1 Ng5 30. Bg4 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 32. Rg2 Rf8+ 33. Bf3 Qh3 34. Rc7 Ba6 35.
Rg1 Nxf3 36. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 37. Kxf3 h5 $19) (29. Rc5 Ba6 30. e4 Ng5 $1 (30... g5
$6 31. Nf5 Nxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qf4 (32... Bf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qxe4+ 34. Kg1 exf5 35. Qa1
$1 $16) 33. Bg3 Qxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Bf1+ 35. Kxf1 dxe4 36. Bf4 gxf4 37. Nd6 $16) 31.
Bf5 gxf5 32. exd5 Qh3+ 33. Kh1 f4 $19) 29... Rae8 30. a4 Ba6 31. e4 {Even
though it seems strange this move is a defensive one, white has to fight
against mating attack.} (31. b4 Nxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Bf1+ $1 33. Nxf1 (33. Qxf1 Rxf1
34. Rxf1 Qxb4 $19) 33... Qe4+ 34. Kg3 Rf3+ 35. Kg2 Rxe3+ 36. Kf2 Qf3#) 31... g5
32. Re3 Nxg1 (32... g4 $2 33. Bxg4 Nxe5 34. Qd4 $18) 33. Kxg1 (33. Qxg1 d4 (
33... g4 34. Bxg4 Qxg4 35. exd5 exd5 $15) 34. Ree1 g4 35. Bxg4 Qxg4 36. Qxd4
Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qxb3 $15) 33... d4 (33... Qxh3 34. Nf5 Qf1+ 35. Qxf1 Bxf1 36. Nd6
$16) 34. Qxd4 $2 {Too optimistic, white had a good chance to turn the tables
and even get some advantage.} (34. Rf3 $1 Qxh3 (34... Rxf3 $2 35. Qxf3 Qxh3 36.
Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rc7 $18) 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Qxd4 $14) 34... Qxh3 35. Qd7 (35. Qxa7
Rf2 $1 36. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 37. Ke1 Qg1+ 38. Kd2 Rd8+ $19) 35... Rd8 36. Qe7 Qg4 37.
Rce1 (37. Qc5 b6 38. Qb4 Qf4 $19) (37. Rc7 $2 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Bf1+ 39. Kg1 Bh3+
$19) 37... Rde8 38. Qc7 Qf4 (38... Rc8 $1 39. Qe7 Qf4 40. Nh5 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Rf7
42. Qxe6 Rc2 $19) 39. Kh1 (39. Nh5 Qf2+ (39... Qg4+ 40. Ng3 Rc8 $19) 40. Kh1
Rf7 41. Qc3 Bf1 42. Rg3 Be2 43. Nf6 Rd8 $17) 39... Rc8 40. Qe7 Rc2 41. Qxe6 (
41. b4 Bc4 $19) 41... Bf1 $1 (41... Bf1 $1 42. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 43. Nxf1 Rxf1#) 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. e3 f5 13. Ne5 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 (
14... Rf7 15. Qe2 Bd7 (15... b6 16. Rd1 Nb4 17. a3 Ba6 18. Nb5 Qe8 19. Bf1 Nc2
20. Ra2 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Hulak,K-Watson,W/Palma de Mallorca GMA (07)/1989/}) 16.
Rd1 Bf8 17. Bd2 Be8 18. Be1 Rd7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd6 Ne7 21. Rac1 Nc8 22. Nxc8
Rxc8 23. Ba5 Rxc1 24. Bxd8 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rxd8 26. Qc2 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Hug,
W-Brunner,L/Horgen SKA (11)/1994/ (32)}) 15. b3 Rc8 (15... Re8 16. Kh1 Qa5 17.
Bb2 Rec8 18. e4 d4 19. Ne2 Rd8 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rf3 Be8 22. Rd3 Bh5 23. Qd2
Qxd2 24. Rxd2 d3 25. Nc1 Rd7 26. Ba3 Rad8 27. Rb1 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. b4 Rd4
30. a3 Rc4 31. Nxd3 Rc3 32. Bf1 Rxa3 {1/2-1/2 Jasnikowski,Z-Pedzich,D/POL-ch 
(01)/1992/ (35)}) 16. Qd2 Rf7 17. a4 $2 {xb3} (17. Ba3 Qa5 18. Bd6 Nxe5) (17.
Bb2 Bf8 $10) 17... Na5 18. Rb1 Bf8 19. Ne2 (19. Nxd5 $5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Bc6 21.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 $15) 19... Qb6 20. Nd4 Bc5 21. Rd1 $2 (21. Qd3 $15) 21... Bxd4 22.
Qxd4 (22. exd4 Nxb3 23. Qe3 Bxa4 $19) 22... Qxd4 23. exd4 Nxb3 $1 24. Rxb3 (24.
a5 Ba4 $19) 24... Bxa4 25. Rbd3 Rfc7 26. Be3 (26. Ba3 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc2 $17)
26... Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc2 28. Bf1 R8c3 29. Bd2 (29. Bd3 Ra2 30. Bf2 a5 $17) 29...
Rb3 30. Kf2 a5 31. Ke1 (31. Ke2 a4 32. Bg2 a3 $19) 31... a4 32. Ra1 a3 33. Kd1
Rcb2 34. Be2 (34. Kc1 a2 35. Bd3 Rxd3 36. Kxb2 Rxd2+ $19) 34... Rb1+ (34...
Rb1+ 35. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 36. Kc2 a2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Cutro 05th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "1999.04.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 (11... Ba6 $1 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Rc1 Bb5
$10) 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Rac1 (13. Rfd1) 13... Re8 (13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. b3
Re8 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nc5 Qb6 21. Qb2 Kg7
22. Bh3 Rcd8 23. Nd7 {1-0 Schlemmermeyer,W-Fette,M/Hamburg/1990/ (23)}) (13...
Qe7 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic,E-Bareev,E/
Sarajevo/1998/ (17)}) (13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. e4 $1 Nb6 16. b3 Qe7 17. h4
c5 $5 18. dxc5 d4 $5 19. cxb6 (19. Na4 $5 Nxa4 20. Bd6 Qd8 21. bxa4 e5 {
/\ Bf8~/=}) 19... dxc3 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 axb6 22. e5 Red8 23. Be4 $1 Bf8 $1
24. f4 f5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Uhlmann,W/Thessaloniki olm/ 1988/ (33)}) 14.
Rfd1 Qa5 15. b3 Rac8 (15... c5 $2 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxd5 $16) 16. Bd6 Qd8 (
16... c5 $2 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxd5 $1 $16) (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Na4 $14)
17. e4 Bb7 (17... dxe4 $6 18. Nxe4 $16) 18. e5 c5 {Black is attacking the
d4-e5 chain with natural move. Unusually active location of the bishop on d6
makes is limiting opponents mobility to the critical point.} (18... f6 19. exf6
Qxf6 20. f4 $16) 19. Na4 (19. dxc5 Nxe5 $14) (19. f4 cxd4 20. Nb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Qb6 22. Nxd4 Rc8 $14) 19... cxd4 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 (20... Bxc8 21. Qxd4 Qa5 22. f4
$14) 21. Rc1 Qa8 (21... Bc6 22. Qxd4 Qa6 23. Bf1 $14) 22. Qxd4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+
Qxc8 (23... Bxc8 24. f4 $14) 24. Qxa7 Bxe5 $6 {Logical move, but a very risky
decision. Black had to fight for counterplay with tactical threats, since now
it is the race of a-b pawns against d-e pawns.} (24... Qc1+ $5 25. Bf1 Qc6 26.
Nc5 (26. f3 d4 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Bb5 Qc8 (28... Qxb5 $2 29. Qb8+) 29. Bxc5 Bxe5
30. Bxd4 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 Bxd4+ 32. Qxd4 Bxf3 33. a4 Be2 $11) 26... Nxc5 27. Bb5
Qc8 28. Bxc5 Bxe5 $13) 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Nc5 Bc6 27. a4 (27. f4 Nd7 (27... Ng4
28. Bh3 Nf6 29. a4 d4 30. b4 Nd7 31. Nd3 Qa8 32. Qxa8+ Bxa8 33. b5 $16) 28.
Nxd7 Bxd7 29. h3 $15) 27... Kg7 28. Qe7 Ba8 29. Qd6 Nc6 (29... Kg8 30. a5 $14)
30. Nd3 Qf8 31. Qc7 (31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. b4 Ke7 33. f4 f6 $14) 31... Qa3 32. Qc8
Qf8 (32... Qxb3 33. Qxa8 Nd4 34. Bf1 $1 $18) 33. Qa6 Qd8 (33... Qb8 34. b4 Nd4
35. b5 $14) 34. b4 e5 $5 35. b5 e4 (35... Qa5 36. Bxd5 $18) (35... Nd4 36. Nxe5
Qe8 37. Ng4 Qe1+ 38. Bf1 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nd2 40. Qf6+ Kf8 41. Bd3 $18) 36. bxc6 (
36. Nc5 Nd4 37. a5 Qg5 $132) 36... exd3 37. Qxd3 (37. Bf1 d2 38. Be2 d4 39. f3
d3 40. Bd1 Qe8 $11) 37... Bxc6 {Black can claim great success in stopping
advance of white pawns. But in the bishops ending white's a pawn is more
dangerous than black's d pawn, since it is far away from the center and the
kingside.} 38. Qc3+ $1 Qf6 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6 40. a5 $16 Ke5 41. f4+ Kd4 42. Kf2
Kc5 43. Bf1 f6 (43... Bb5 $2 44. Bxb5 Kxb5 45. Ke3 Kxa5 46. Kd4 Kb6 47. Kxd5
Kc7 48. Ke5 Kd7 49. Kf6 $18) 44. Bd3 d4 45. a6 Kb6 46. Ke2 Bd5 (46... Bd7 47.
h4 Bc8 48. Bc4) 47. h4 Be6 48. Kd2 Bc8 49. Bc4 h6 $2 (49... Bxa6 $1 50. Bxa6
Kxa6 51. Kd3 Kb6 52. Kxd4 Kc6 $14) 50. Kd3 Kc5 51. a7 $1 Bb7 52. Bf7 g5 53. Bg6
Ba6+ (53... Kb6 54. Kxd4 gxh4 55. gxh4 Kxa7 56. Kc5 $18) 54. Kd2 Bb7 55. Kd3
Ba6+ 56. Ke4 Bb7+ 57. Kf5 d3 58. Kxf6 d2 59. Bh5 (59. Bc2 gxh4 60. gxh4 Kb6 61.
Kg7 Kxa7 62. Kxh6 $19) 59... gxf4 60. gxf4 Kb6 61. Kg7 Kxa7 62. f5 $1 Kb6 63.
f6 Bd5 64. Kxh6 Kc7 65. Kg7 Kd6 66. f7 Bxf7 67. Kxf7 (67. Kxf7 Ke5 68. Bd1 Kf5
69. h5 Kg5 70. Kg7 $19) 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 (2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 Nc6
$5 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 $1 11. e4 (11. f4 Qb6+ $17) 11... Nxe5
12. exd5 O-O $10) 2... g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 (9... e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Ba6 $1 12. Qd2 Nd7 13.
Rac1 (13. Rfd1) 13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 Re8 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bh6 $14) 15.
e4 $1 Nb6 16. b3 Qe7 17. h4 c5 $5 18. dxc5 (18. exd5 $2 cxd4 $17) 18... d4 $5
19. cxb6 (19. Bd6 $2 dxc3 $19) (19. Na4 $5 Nxa4 20. Bd6 Qd8 21. bxa4 e5) 19...
dxc3 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 (21. Bxd6 axb6 22. e5 Red8 23. Be4 $1 Bf8 $1 24. f4
f5 $1 25. Bg2 Bxd6 26. exd6 (26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Rd8 $10) 26... Kf7 27. Kf2
Kf6 $1 28. a4 e5 $1 29. fxe5+ Kxe5 30. b4 Rd7 31. b5 Bb7 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. d7 {
1/2-1/2/Andersson-Uhlmann/Thessaloniki ol/1988} Rd8 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Rxc3 Rbxd7
36. Rc6+ Rd6 37. Rec1 Ke5 $10) 21... axb6 22. Rxb6 Be2 23. e5 Bf8 $1 24. Rc6
Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Rc8 $44) 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxd5 Nxe5 (11... e6 $2 12. Nf6+ Bxf6 (
12... Nxf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bg5 $1) 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. h3 Ne5 16.
Qc3 $1 f6 17. Be3 $16 {Frydman-Richter/Mьnchen/1936}) 12. Bg5 (12. Qb3 $1 Nc6
13. Rd1 $1 $14 (13. Be3 e6 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qe5 $10 {
Sдmisch-Grьnfeld/Karlsbad/1923})) 12... Nc6 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15.
Bxe7 Re8 16. Ba3 Rxe2 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Be6 {Friedmann-Hamming/Mьnchen/
1936} 19. b3 Rd8 20. Bxb7 Rd2 21. Bc5 Rxa2 22. Rd1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nb6 14. Be3 Nd5 15.
Bf2 b6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. g4 Bb7 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Nce7 $1 {
Excellent move, black gets the full benefit from the blockade of the d5 square
and activity of all pieces.} (20... gxf5 21. Bh3 $13) (20... Qxf5 21. Nd6 Rxe1+
22. Nxe1 Qe6 23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. Nd6 Qxd6 25. Bg3 $16) 21. fxg6 Nxg6 22. Bg3 Ndf4
$1 23. Bxf4 (23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf4 Qg4 25. Bg3 (25. Bg5 Bxf3 26. Bxf6 Nf4 $19
) 25... Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rf1 Qc6 28. d5 Qc5+ $19) 23... Rxe4 24. Rxe4 (
24. Be3 Rae8 $15) 24... Bxe4 25. Ne5 (25. Bg3 Qd5 $15) 25... Qd5 $1 (25... fxe5
26. Bxe4 Rd8 27. Bg5 Qxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Re1 $44) 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Bxe4
Qxe4 28. d5 f5 29. Rd1 (29. Re1 Bd4+ 30. Be3 Re8 31. Kf2 Qf4+ $19) 29... Rc8
30. d6 Rc4 $3 {[%mdl 64] Fascinating combination proving, that the
vulnerability of white king is more important than even a passed pawn on 7th
rank.} 31. Qg2 (31. Qd5+ Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 34. Kg2 Kf7 $19) (31.
d7 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 Bf2+ 34. Qxf2 Re4+ 35. Be3 Rxe3+ 36. Qxe3 Qxe3+
37. Kf1 Qf3+ 38. Ke1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qxh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qh5+ 42. Ke1 Qh4+
43. Ke2 Qd8 $19) 31... Rd4 32. Rf1 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Kf7 34. Kf3 Bf8 35. Rc1 $2 (
35. Ke3 Re4+ 36. Kf3 Ke8 37. Rg1 Re6 $17) 35... Rxf4+ $1 (35... Rxf4+ 36. Kxf4
Bh6+ 37. Ke5 Bxc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. b3 Ndxe5 (11... Nb6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rc1 f6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nd6 Bf8 18. Nxc8 Bxa3 19. Nxb6 axb6 20.
Rc2 Ra7 21. Bxc6 Rf8 {Dizdarevic,E-Vanheste,J/Belgrade GMA/1988/1/2-1/2 (49)})
(11... Qa5 12. Na4 (12. Bb2 Ndxe5 13. dxe5 (13. fxe5 Bd7 14. e4 Qb4 15. exd5
Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 Bxe5 20. Rae1 Bg7 21.
Rf2 Rfc8 22. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk,M-Jasnikowski,Z/Wisla BES (05)/1992/ (47)}
) 13... Rd8 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Bc3 Qa6 16. Be1 b6 17. g4 g5 18. e3 Rac8 19. h4 d4
20. exd4 gxf4 21. Rxf4 Nxe5 (21... Be8 $1 $17 {><e5, d4}) 22. dxe5 Bxa4 23. Rd4
{1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Sokolov,I/Novi Sad olm (05)/1990/ (41)}) (12. Bd2 $6 Nxd4 13.
Nxd5 Qd8 14. Bb4 Nxe5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. fxe5 Bxe5) 12... Qb4 13. Bb2 Ndxe5 14.
fxe5 Bh6 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. a3 Qe7 18. Nc3 Na5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4
b6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. d5 Qc5+ 23. Bd4 Qb5 24. Qe4 {Ivancsics,M-Schigan,M/AUT-ch
sf/1990/1-0 (56)}) (11... f6 12. Nf3 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e4 f5 14. e5 Ba6 15.
Rf2 Qe7 16. Na4 Rfc8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Ba3 Qd8 19. Bxc5 Bf8 20. Rc2 Qa5 21. Rac1
Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxa2 23. Ra1 Be2 {Fridman,D-Mirumian,V/WchJM-U18 Szeged (09)/
1994/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 12... Nb6 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. e3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 {
1/2-1/2 Sofrigin,A-Motwani,P/Groningen op (01)/1990/}) 12. dxe5 (12. fxe5 Bd7
13. Na4 Qe7 14. Be3 Rfc8 15. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Kapetanovic,A/JUG-ch (07)/
1991/}) 12... f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 {Not everybody is the fan of closed pawn
structures in the center. White is better prepared for its opening with double
fianchetto and active plan of kingside attack.} 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Qd2 Ne7 (15...
Rc8 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. e4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rcd8 20. e5 Bg7 21. Ba3 Rfe8
22. Ne2 Nf5 23. Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Rogulj,B/Mendrisio op (07)/1988/ (48)})
16. e4 Bc6 (16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nd5 20. Rac1 $14)
17. e5 (17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxd5 $10) 17... Bg7 18. Rf2 Nf5
19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Nd4 Rfe8 (20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qa6 22. g4 $14) 21. g4 $1 {
This move not only drives away the strong knight, but begins the main part of
the strory- good oldfashioned kingside attack.} Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qc7 (22... Qa6
23. h4 $40) 23. Qe3 a6 24. h4 Qe7 25. Qg3 Qb4 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. f5 $1 {Decisive
break, it is remarkable how little was in the meantime achieved by the
defender.} Bc5 (27... exf5 28. gxf5 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. h5 $18) 28. Qe3 Bxd4
29. Rxd4 Qe7 (29... Qc5 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. h5 $18) 30. fxg6 Qxh4 (30... hxg6 31.
Rf6 Kh7 32. h5 $18) 31. g5 Qh5 32. gxh7+ Qxh7 (32... Kh8 33. Rf6 $18) 33. g6 $1
{The queen will never be able to prevent the disaster as a sole defender of
the king.} Qh5 (33... Qxg6 34. Qh3 $1 Re7 35. Rg4 $18) 34. Bf3 Qh3 35. Rh2 Qg3+
(35... Qf5 36. Qh6 $18) 36. Rg2 Qh3 37. g7 Re7 38. Qf2 Rf7 (38... Rxg7 39. Rdg4
$1 Rxg4 40. Bxg4 $18) 39. Rh4 Rxf3 (39... Qxf3 40. Rh8#) 40. Rh8+ Kf7 (40...
Qxh8 41. gxh8=Q+ Kxh8 42. Qh4#) 41. Rxh3 Rxf2 42. Rxf2+ (42. Rxf2+ Kxg7 43.
Rg3+ Kh6 44. Rh2#) 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 f6 12. Nf3 Nb6 (12... b6 13. Bf2 {Zilberman,
Y-Shvidler,E/Tel Aviv-B (02)/1991/0.5 (13)}) 13. Bf2 (13. b3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Nc8
15. Bc1 N6e7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Re1 Re8 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Bb2 b6 21.
Nfd2 Qa6 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. a4 Qb7 24. Qe2 {Fridman,D-Odessky,I/URS-chJ Alma-Ata/
1991/1-0 (42)}) 13... Bd7 (13... f5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Kh1 Rac8 17.
Qd2 Rfd8 18. b3 Be8 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. e3 {Kochyev,A-Westerinen,H/
Gausdal International (7)/1991/0.5 (21)}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 (15... Ne7
16. Nc5 $14) 16. Re1 (16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 $10) 16... b6 17. Nc3 Nce7 18.
Qb3 a5 (18... Rc8 19. Bh3 $1 Rc6 (19... f5 20. Ng5 Rc6 21. Bg2 $16) 20. Rac1 {
xe6}) 19. a3 (19. Bh3 a4 20. Qc2 Qc8 $13) 19... a4 20. Qd1 (20. Qa2 Rc8 21.
Rac1 Rc6 $13) 20... Nc7 $5 (20... Ra7 21. Rc1 Rc7 22. Nd2 $14) 21. Rc1 Ned5 22.
Nd2 $1 Re8 (22... b5 23. Nde4 {xc5}) 23. Nc4 Bf8 (23... Nxc3 $6 24. bxc3 Rb8
25. Nd6 Re7 26. c4 $16) 24. Ne4 $1 (24. Ne3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Rc8 $13) (24. Re2
Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Nd5 $132) 24... Bb5 25. Re2 Be7 26. Rec2 Rb8 (26... Rf8 $2 27.
Nxb6 $1 $16) 27. Qd2 Rf8 28. h4 Ne8 29. Ne3 Ng7 30. Nc3 $1 (30. Nxd5 exd5 31.
Nc3 Bc6 32. Ne2 Bb7 $13) 30... Nxc3 (30... Bc6 31. Ncxd5 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 exd5 33.
Qd3 b5 34. Qf3 $16) 31. Rxc3 g5 $5 (31... Bd6 32. Nc4 Bc7 33. d5 Re8 34. Rd3
$16) 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Ng4 (33. fxg5 Bxg5) 33... gxf4 34. gxf4 Bd6 (34... Nh5
$5 35. Rf3 (35. Be3 Bd6 36. Ne5 Qh4 $132)) 35. Rf3 Be8 36. Ne5 (36. d5 Bh5 37.
Bh3 e5 $13) 36... Nf5 (36... Bxe5 37. fxe5 Rxf3 38. Bxf3 Bh5 39. Bc6 b5 40. d5
exd5 41. Ba7 $1 $16) 37. d5 $1 Bxe5 (37... exd5 38. Qxd5+ Bf7 39. Nxf7 Rxf7 40.
Rd3 $16) 38. fxe5 Rb7 (38... Qxd5 $2 39. Rg3+ $18) (38... exd5 39. Rd3 (39. Rf4
Ne7 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Bh4 $16) 39... Bf7 40. Bxd5 Bxd5 41. Rxd5 Qe7 42. Rd7
Rbd8 43. Rcc7 Rxd7 44. Rxd7 Qxe5 45. Qg5+ Kh8 46. Bd4 $18) 39. Kh2 Rg7 (39...
exd5 40. Rd3 Bf7 41. Rg1 $40) 40. Bh3 Bh5 (40... Bg6 41. d6 $16) 41. Rf4 Kh8 $2
42. Bxf5 exf5 (42... Rxf5 43. Bh4 $1 Qf8 44. Rxf5 exf5 45. Bf6 $18) 43. Bh4 Qe8
(43... Qb8 44. Bf6 Rxf6 45. exf6 Rg4 46. d6 $18) 44. Bf6 Bg4 45. Bxg7+ Kxg7 46.
Rc7+ Kh8 47. e6 Qh5+ 48. Kg1 Qg5 49. Kf2 $1 Qh4+ 50. Ke3 (50. Ke3 Qg3+ 51. Kd4
Rd8 52. e7 Re8 53. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 f6 13. Nd3 f5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. b3
Qe7 16. Qd2 {Breaking the rock solid black's position is not easy, but the
defender must live with a bit less space.} Rfd8 (16... Rfc8 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18.
dxe5 Bc6 $11) 17. Rfc1 Be8 18. a4 Nc8 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb4 20. Ne4 Qxd2 21.
Nxd2 $14) 19. a5 Nb4 (19... Nd6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Ra2 Ne4 $11) 20. Na4 Bxa4 21.
Rxa4 Na6 22. Qd3 (22. Ra2 Nd6 23. Rac2 Ne4 24. Qe3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 $14) 22... Nd6
23. Nc6 $5 Qc7 (23... bxc6 24. Qxa6 Rab8 25. Rxc6 Rxb3 26. Ra1 Rb4 27. Rac1 $14
) 24. Be3 (24. Nxd8 $2 Qxc1+ 25. Bf1 Rxd8 $19) 24... Rdc8 $2 {[%mdl 64]
Tactics is failing the defender as he will have to live with a loss of
important e6 pawn.} (24... bxc6 25. Qxa6 Rac8 26. Rb4 Qd7 $11) 25. Nxa7 (25.
Ne5 Qe7 $11) 25... Qxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kf2 Rxa7 (27... Ne4+ 28. Bxe4 dxe4
29. Qe3 Rc2 30. Nb5 $18) 28. Qe3 Rc6 (28... Rc7 29. Qxe6+ Nf7 30. Bxd5 $18) 29.
Qxe6+ Kf8 (29... Nf7 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31. Bxd5 Rc7 32. Rc4 $18) 30. Qd7 Nc7 (30...
Ne4+ 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. b4 Nc7 33. b5 Nxb5 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qd5+ $18) 31. a6 $1
{Shattering the coordination of defensive pieces in an original way.} Nxa6 (
31... Raxa6 32. Rxa6 Nxa6 33. Bxd5 Bxd4+ 34. Kg2 Rb6 35. Be6 $16) 32. Bxd5 b5
33. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 {Wells. Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nb6 $6 {Wells: 'I find this move
strange, and given how quickly black finds himself in very real difficulties,
I am rather inclined to lay the blame here initially. To be sure, if white
counters'} (10... Nc6 {Wells with} 11. Be3 {then} Nb6) 11. b3 f6 12. Nd3 Rf7 (
12... Nc6 13. e3 $14) 13. a4 Nc6 14. e3 Rb8 (14... f5 $14) 15. g4 {/\f5} (15.
Ba3 $14) (15. a5 {Ftacnik} Nd7 16. b4 b6 $11) 15... a5 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Bc5 (17.
Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Rc1 $14) 17... Kg7 18. Rc1 (18. f5 $6 exf5 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nxd5
Qd8 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. e4 Bc8 $13) 18... Bxc5 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This
exchange is strategically wrong, as white is getting stronghold on d6 and his
pawn structure comes to life. '} (18... f5 $14) (18... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 19. Rf2
$14) (18... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxf8+ Rxf8 20. Rf2 $14) 19. dxc5 $1 (19. Nxc5 $14
) 19... Na8 (19... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 20. Nb5 (20. f5 {Ftacnik} Nde5 21. fxg6 hxg6
22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Nb5 $14) (20. e4 $6 {Ftacnik} d4 21. Nb5 e5 22. Nd6 Rf8 $11)
20... Re7 21. g5 $14) 20. Nb5 Nc7 21. Qe1 (21. Nd6 Rf8 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 g5)
(21. g5 $142 $5 fxg5 22. fxg5 $16) 21... Na6 (21... b6 $5 $132 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23.
exd4 Ba6 24. Rf3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 bxc5 26. dxc5 Rb4 27. Qe3 Re7 28. g5) 22. e4 {
'!' Ftacnik.} dxe4 $6 (22... b6 $142) 23. Bxe4 Rd7 24. Qc3 $1 b6 {Diagram [#]}
(24... Nd4 25. Rce1 $16) (24... Kg8 25. Rce1 f5 $140 26. gxf5 gxf5 (26... exf5
27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Nd6) 27. Re2 (27. Re3 Rg7+ 28. Bg2) 27... Rg7+ (27... Ne7 28.
Rg2+ Ng6 29. Ne5 fxe4 30. Nxg6) 28. Rg2 $18) (24... Ncb4 25. Nxb4 axb4 26. Qe3
$18) (24... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 25. g5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qd4 h6 28. c6 bxc6 29.
Rxc6 $16) 25. Ne5 $1 $18 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black was tying to be very
smart with 24..b6 move, but this fascinating idea refutes the defense. '} (25.
g5 Nd4) (25. Bxc6 $2 {Ftacnik} Rxd3 $17) 25... Nxe5 (25... fxe5 26. Bxc6 Rd2
27. Nd6 Rd4 28. Qe3 bxc5 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Ne8 $18) 26. fxe5 Nxc5 (26... f5 27.
c6) 27. exf6+ Kf7 (27... Kg8 28. Rcd1) 28. Qh3 Qg8 29. Bc6 Rd3 30. Be8+ $3 {
Ftacnik: 'This impressive final combination is very original and neat, Gelfand
has played a great game.'} Kxe8 31. f7+ Qxf7 32. Nd6+ $1 Rxd6 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34.
Qxh7+ Ke8 35. Qc7 $1 Rd4 36. Qxb8 Kd7 37. h3 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Qd5 11. b3 Nc6 $5 (11... f6) 12. Bb2 (12.
Nxc6 $6 bxc6 13. Bb2 Bf5 {/\ c5}) 12... Be6 (12... Nxe5 $6 13. dxe5 Rd8 14.
Qxd5 Rxd5 15. Bxe4 Rd2 16. Bc3 Rxe2 17. Bd3 $18) 13. e3 (13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 $10) (13. Nd3 Bxd4 $5) 13... Rfd8 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rfd8 15. Qb1 Bf5 16.
g4 $1 Bxg4 17. Qxe4 $14) 14. Nd3 $5 (14. Qb1) 14... f5 (14... g5 $6 15. Rc1 b6
16. f4 $1 $16 (16. f3 $5 exd3 17. f4)) 15. Nf4 Qd7 (15... Qd6 16. Ba3 $5) 16.
g4 $1 Bf7 17. gxf5 Qxf5 $2 (17... gxf5 {/\} 18. Bh3 Nb4 19. Kh1 Nd5 20. Nh5
Bxh5 21. Qxh5 e6 22. Rg1 Kh8 $132) 18. Ne2 $1 (18. Qb1 $5 Nxd4 (18... e5 {
Ftacnik} 19. dxe5) 19. Bxe4 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 e5 21. Rg1 Qe7 $132) (18. Bh3 $6 Qf6 (
18... Qg5+ $2 19. Kh1 e5 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. d5 $16) 19. Qg4 h5 $1
$17) 18... e5 19. Ng3 Qc8 20. d5 Bxd5 21. Qe2 Be6 22. Nxe4 $16 Bg4 23. Qc4+ Be6
24. Qc5 (24. Qb5 $5) 24... Bf8 (24... Bh3 $2 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Ng5
$18) 25. Qc3 (25. Qb5 $5) 25... Bb4 26. Qc2 Be7 (26... Nd4 $2 27. Qxc8 Ne2+ 28.
Kh1 Raxc8 29. Bxe5 $16) 27. Rfd1 (27. Rac1 Bh3 $16) (27. f4 $6 Nb4 $1 $132)
27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bh3 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Ng3 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 h5 32. h3 (32. f4
$1 h4 (32... Qg4 33. Qe2 $16) (32... Bf6 33. Qd5 exf4 34. Qd7+ Qxd7 35. Rxd7+
Kh6 36. Bxf6 fxg3 37. h4 $1 $18) 33. fxe5 $1 hxg3 34. e6+ Kh7 35. Rd7 $18) (32.
h4 $5 Rb8 33. Qd5 Bxh4 $5 (33... Qd8 $2 34. Bxe5+ Nxe5 35. Qxe5+ Bf6 36. Nxh5+
$1 $18)) 32... h4 33. Ne4 Qf5 34. Nd6 $2 (34. f4 Nd4 $5) (34. Rd5 $1 Kh6 35. f4
$18) (34. Kh2 {/\Rg1+/-}) (34. f3 {Ftacnik} Rf8 35. Qe2 $16) 34... Qg5+ 35. Kh2
(35. Kh1 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Rf8 $10) 35... Rf8 36. Ne4 (36. Qe2 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Kh6 {
/\e4=}) 36... Rxf2+ $1 37. Nxf2 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxf2 39. Rf1 (39. Rg1 Qxb2 40. Qe4
g5 41. Qxh4 Qxa2 $15) (39. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qxe3+ 41. Kg2 Bc5 $19)
39... Qxb2 40. Qf7+ $4 (40. Rf7+ Kh6 (40... Kh8 41. Rxe7 $1 (41. Qd3 $5) 41...
Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qxa2+ 43. Kf3 Nxe7 44. Qxh4+ Kg8 45. Qxe7 Qxb3 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47.
Qxe5+ Kf7 48. Qc7+ Ke8 49. Qb8+ $10) 41. Rxe7 $10) 40... Kh6 41. Rg1 (41. Qg8
e4) 41... Qc2 42. Qg8 Bf6 (42... g5 43. Rf1 $132) 43. Qf7 (43. Rf1 Bg7 44. Rf7
Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qb2+ 46. Kf3 e4+ $1 $19) 43... Qf5 44. Kg2 (44. Rg4 e4 $19) 44...
Bg7 45. Qxf5 (45. Qxb7 e4 $19) 45... gxf5 46. Rd1 Bf8 47. Rd7 Bc5 48. Kf3 b6
49. Rc7 e4+ 50. Ke2 Ne7 51. Rxa7 Nd5 52. a4 f4 53. a5 f3+ 54. Ke1 bxa5 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O $5 ({Another line is:} 9. Bg5 $5) 9... Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 $5 {Is the
main line.Other options are:} (10... Nb6 $5) (10... Nxe5 $6) (10... f6) 11. Be3
f6 $5 ({Also possibly:} 11... Nb6 $5 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. e4 $140 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nbd5
$13) 12. Nd3 $5 ({Another alternativ is:} 12. Nf3 $5) 12... f5 {[%csl Rd4]} 13.
Ne5 Nb6 ({Dubious:} 13... Ndxe5 14. dxe5 d4 15. Bxc6 dxe3 (15... dxc3 16. Bf3
cxb2 17. Rb1 $16) 16. Bg2 $14 {1-0 Shaked,T-Fedorowicz,J/Denver 1998/CBM 68 
(67)}) 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qd2 $6 $146 (15. Bc1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. e3 Nxe5 18. dxe5
Qb4 19. Bb2 Rc7 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Golod,V/Groningen 1995/
CBM 50 ext (63)}) ({Can be recommended:} 15. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Ge3c1,Gc1a3]} Nc8
16. Bc1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rf7 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Qa5 20. a3 a6 21. Bd4 $14 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Leon 1998/EXT 99 (36)}) 15... Nc8 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Gc8d6,Gd6e4]} 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. Rfd1 $6 (17. Bf2 $142 {/\e3}) 17... Rc8 18. Bf2
Kh8 $5 {Black's plan is:Be8,Bf6,Rc7-g7,g5 with strong initiative on the king
side..} 19. Kh1 Be8 (19... Ne7 $6 {[%cal Ge7g8,Gg8f6]} 20. Qb2 $5 {[%csl Ra7,
Rd6][%cal Gb2a3]}) 20. h3 $6 (20. e3 $142 $11) 20... Rc7 $5 $15 {/\Bf6,Rg7,g5->
} 21. Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5]} b6 $5 ({Dubious:} 21... Nxe5 {in view of:} 22. dxe5 $1
(22. Rxc7 $143 Qxc7 23. dxe5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 $15) 22... Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24.
Bxa7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bc6 $44) 22. Rc2 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc2 $6 ({Better is:} 23...
Ne4 $5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 $15) 24. Qxc2 Ne4 25. Be1 {Is the best move.} ({Badly:} 
25. Bxe4 fxe4 $140 26. Qxe4 $4 dxe4 27. Rxd8 e3 $1 {[%csl Rd8,Rf2][%cal Ge8c6]}
28. Rxe8 $8 Rxe8 29. Bxe3 Rc8 $19) 25... g5 $40 26. e3 Bh5 $1 {[%cal Gd8e8,
Ge8g6]} 27. Rc1 Qe8 ({Interestingly:} 27... d4 $5 {(Roiz,M)} 28. Qd3 (28. exd4
$2 gxf4 29. gxf4 Bh6 $36 {[%csl Rf4]}) 28... dxe3 29. Qxe3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rg8
$36) 28. Nc3 gxf4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} ({It is necessary:} 28... Qg6 $1 29. Nxe4
$140 (29. Kh2 Qh6 {/\30...Bg4!;31...Bh3|^}) 29... fxe4 $1 (29... dxe4 $6 $11)
30. g4 $2 Bxg4 $1 31. hxg4 gxf4 32. exf4 Qh6+ $1 33. Kg1 Qxf4 $17 {[%cal Gg7e5]
}) 29. exf4 Qg6 30. Kh2 Bh6 $2 (30... Rg8 $142 $13 {[%cal Gg7f8,Gf8c5]}) 31.
Qd3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gc1c2,Yc2g2,Yd3g3][%mdl 256]} Rg8 32. Rc2 Bf8 $6 ({Slightly
better is:} 32... Nc5 33. Qd4 $14) 33. Nb5 $1 a6 34. Nd6 $1 $138 (34. Nc7 $143
Nc5 35. Qd4 Qf7 $13) 34... b5 $6 (34... b5 $6 35. Rc7 $1 (35. a4 $5) (35. Rc6
$5) 35... Rg7 $140 36. Rc6 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5]}) (34... Nc5 $142 35. Qd4 {
+/=/+/-}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Iasi op"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "2015.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esen, Baris"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Gupta,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was a penultimate game and my opponent was leading by half a point from
the rest of the field,so my intention was take some risk but not to go all out
as in the next game I would still have chance to catch the eventual winner.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6
9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 {The old main line, it became popular during
the Karpov-Kasparov match.} Nb6 12. Bf2 Bd7 (12... Ne7 {This is the latest
tabiya in this line but the move played in the game is also not bad.}) 13. e4
Ne7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e5 {Let's take stock after the opening, White has more
space and the two bishops whereas Black has some squares for the knights and
some chance to get activity on the queenside.} Rfc8 16. Qe2 Rc7 {White's main
idea here is to first consolidate the queenside and then start pushing the
pawns on the kingside. That's the reason why Black has to be very fast with
his counterplay hence the position becomesvery sharp, exactly what I wanted :)}
17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rd3 Na4 19. Be1 Nxc3 (19... b5 $5 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. Bf1 $1 {
Somehow I didn't see a clear way for equality after this strong move} Rc2 22.
Rd2 $14) 20. bxc3 $1 {The reason I put an exclamation mark after this move is
that now the position has turned completely. From being a slow dry game it
will get extremely sharp now.} (20. Bxc3 {Here both the moves gives easy game
for Black} Qa4 (20... b5 21. a3 Nc6) 21. Bf1 b5) 20... b5 21. g4 Rc4 22. Rb1 a5
$6 {There is no need for this move and also because of this the b5-pawn
becomes really weak.} (22... Nc6 23. Bf1 (23. Qf2 b4 24. cxb4 Bf8 $1 {with the
idea} 25. b5 $2 (25. a3 a5 $132) 25... Nxd4) 23... b4 24. Qf2 bxc3 25. Rc1 Bf8
{[%cal Gc6d4]} 26. Rdxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 a5 28. Bd2 Bb4 29. Rh3 Bxd2 (29... Qa7
30. Be3 Bc3 31. Qh4 f5 32. exf6 Bxd4 33. Qf2) 30. Qxd2 a4 $11 (30... Qa7 31.
Rc3)) 23. Qf2 Bf8 (23... b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Nc6 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Rd1
Ne7 {[%cal Ge7d5] even here Black has huge compensation for the missing pawn.})
24. Bf1 $1 b4 25. cxb4 $6 (25. Rh3 {I was mainly afraid of this move during
the game and it turns out that it's easy to fully equalise after this move}
R4c7 26. cxb4 Rc2 27. Qh4 h6 28. b5 Rxa2 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 a4 31. Bd3 Qb7
32. Qe1 {White has better chances on both flankes.}) 25... axb4 26. Bxb4 Qa4
27. a3 (27. Ra3 Rxb4 28. Rxa4 Rxb1 {To be honest I was never really worried
about this option during the game but then again it's always different once
you come back and load it in your computer :)} 29. Kg2 Rcb8 30. Kg3 R8b2 31.
Qf3 Ra1 {Black should be able build up a fortress here.}) 27... Rc2 28. Qh4 Rc1
$1 {Here I decided to force a draw.} 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Bxe7 Qc4 31. Rf3 Qxd4+
32. Rf2 Bxe7 33. Qxe7 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bf2 Nb6 13. a4 f6 14. Nd3 Nc4 15. b3
Nd6 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. e3 f5 18. Be1 Ne4 19. Kh1 Rf7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nxc3
22. Bxc3 b6 23. Rf2 Ba6 24. Bb4 Rc8 25. Bd6 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Rc7 28.
Rc2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Kxf8 30. Qc6 Ke7 31. h3 Bd3 32. Qb7+ Qd7 33. Qb8 Be4 34. h4
h5 35. Kh2 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 {Q-Q (7-7 P) Raum, Dauerschachverteidнgung unter
P-Aufgabe} Qc6 $1 (36... Kf7 37. Qh8 Qe8 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qc7 Qe7 $14) 37.
Qxa7+ Kf8 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qd6 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1997.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be3 f5 (12... Nb6 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)}
13. b3 (13. Bf2 f5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Qd2 Nc8 16. Qe3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Nd6 18. b3 Rc8
19. Rac1 Be8 20. Be1 Bf6 21. Na4 b6 22. Nb2 Ne4 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Wch33-KK3
ENG\URS 1986/MAINB/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 13... Bd7 14. Bf2 f5 15. Rc1 Nc8 16. Na4 Nd6
17. Nc5 b6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxc6 Qd7 20. Rc1 Ne4 21. Ne5 Qb7 22. Qc2 Rac8 23.
Qb2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Bf8 26. Be1 a5 27. e3 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qc8 29. Qxc8
Bxc8 30. Bf1 Ba3 31. Kg2 Bc1 32. Kf3 g5 33. Bb5 g4+ 34. Ke2 Nd6 35. Bd3 Ba3 36.
b4 Bxb4 37. Bxb4 axb4 38. Nc6 b3 39. axb3 Kf7 40. Kd1 Ke6 41. Bf1 Bd7 42. Nb4 {
Bunzmann,D-Lorscheid,G/Budapest FS06 GM 1997/EXP 58/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 13. Bf2 Nf6
14. Ne5 {Ein schцnes Feld fьr den Springer} Bd7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa3
b6 18. b3 Re8 19. Qb2 Bf8 20. Rc2 Nc6 21. a3 Qe7 22. b4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Ne4 {
Hier steht der schwarze Springer gut} 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rfc1 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Ba4
27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Bd4 Rc8 29. e3 Bb5 30. g4 Be7 31. g5 Kf7 32. Kf2 Bd3 {Hier
steht der schwarze Springer gut} 33. Rc3 Ke8 34. Bf3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qa4 36. Ke1
exf3 37. Qxd3 {[#] Hecht Trotz zweier Randfreibauern und dem "besseren Lдufer"
kein Gewinn fьr Schwarz, weil er ohne Kцnig und Lдufer spielt.} a5 38. bxa5
bxa5 39. Bb2 Qe4 40. Qb5+ Kf7 41. Kf2 a4 42. h4 h5 43. Bd4 Qc2+ 44. Kxf3 Bxa3
45. Qb8 Bf8 46. Qd8 Qc6+ 47. Kg3 Qe8 48. Qb6 Qe7 49. Qa6 a3 50. Qa5 Qb4 51.
Qa7+ Be7 52. Kh3 Qc4 53. Kg3 a2 54. Kh3 Qf1+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ 56. Kg3 Qg4+ 57. Kf2
Qxh4+ 58. Kg2 Qg4+ 59. Kf2 Qh4+ 60. Kg2 Qg4+ 61. Kf2 h4 62. Qxa2 h3 63. Qa8 h2
64. Qh1 Qh3 65. Bb6 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Festival"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bc6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nd7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e3 Nb6 17. b3 Qe7 18. Qb2 Kg8 19. h4 h5 20. Qd2 Qb4 21. Bf1
a5 22. Bd3 Kg7 23. Ne2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Ra8 25. a3 Nc8 26. Rdc2 Nd6 27. Rc5 Kf6
28. f3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Rfc8 30. Nf4 Kd7 31. g4 a4 32. b4 b6 33. R5c3 Bb5 34. gxh5
Rxc3 35. Rxc3 gxh5 36. Bxb5+ Nxb5 37. Rd3 Rg8 38. e4 dxe4 39. fxe4 Rg4 40. Nxh5
Rxh4 41. Ng3 Rh2+ 42. Ke3 Ra2 43. d5 e5 44. Nf5 Rxa3 45. Rxa3 Nxa3 46. Kd3 b5
47. Nh6 Nc4 48. Kc2 Ne3+ 49. Kc3 f6 {und die zahlreichen Verlustmerkmale wie
schlechter Kцnig, Minusbauer und verlaufener Springer geben WeiЯ hinreichenden
AnlaЯ zur Aufgabe, Beweis:} (49... f6 50. Nf7 (50. Kb2 Ke7 51. Ng8+ Kf7 52. d6
Nc4+ $19) 50... Ke7 51. Nh8 (51. Nh6 Kf8 52. d6 Ke8 53. Ng8 Ng4 $19) 51... f5
52. Ng6+ Kf6 53. exf5 Nxd5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 Bf5 $6 (9... e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 (11. Na4 Nd7 12. Bf4 (12. b3
c5 13. Bb2 Ba6 14. Re1 Bb5 $2 (14... Rc8 $1 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Qf6 $1 $10)
15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Nxc5 17. b4 Ne4 18. a4 Qf6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qb1 Ba6 21.
b5 Bb7 22. Nc4 $14 {Sideif-Zade-Asanov, SSSR 1991}) 12... Qa5 $1 13. a3 Ba6 14.
b4 Qd8 15. Re1 Bc4 $10 {Ahmylovskaja-Ciburdanidze, Sofia/Borzomi (m) 1986})
11... Ba6 (11... Nd7 $1) 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rac1 $14 {Andersson-Uhlmann,
Thessaloniki (ol) 1988}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 (11. Na4 Nd7 12. b3 e5 13. dxe5
Bxe5 14. Bh6 $1 Re8 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qd2 $10 {Botvinnik-Smyslov, Moskva (m/11)
1957} (16. Be3 $1 $14)) 11... Nd7 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 (13. Bd2 Qb5 14. Bc3 Rac8
15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. b3 e5 $10 {Savon-Browne, Wijk aan Zee 1972}) 13... Nb6 $5 (
13... Rfc8 $14) (13... c5 $14) 14. Bd2 (14. Nc5 $5 e5 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Re1 Bg4
$13) 14... Qb5 15. Nc3 Qa6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd2 c5 (17... e5 $2 18. Rfd1 $16 c5
$2 19. dxc5 d4 20. cxb6 dxe3 21. Qxd8 exf2+ 22. Kf1 $1 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bf8 24.
b7 $18) 18. Rfd1 $1 (18. Rac1 Rd7 $1 $132) 18... c4 (18... Rd7 19. Bh6 $1 (19.
dxc5 $2 d4 $17) 19... cxd4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qxd4+ f6 (21... Kg8 22. Rac1 $16)
22. Qb4 $1 $16) 19. b4 (19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qa5 $10) 19... Qa3 20. b5 a6 (
20... Rd7 $6 21. Qc1 $1 Qa5 (21... Qxc1 22. Rdxc1 e5 23. Rd1 $16) 22. a4 a6 23.
Bd2 $16) 21. bxa6 (21. Qc1 $6 Qxc1 22. Rdxc1 axb5 23. Nxb5 Na4 $1 $10) 21...
Rd7 $1 22. h3 h5 23. a7 $6 (23. Qc1 $1 Qa5 $1 (23... Qxa6 24. a4 Qa5 25. Bd2
$16) 24. a4 Rfd8 25. Bd2 Qxa6 26. a5 Nc8 27. Be1 $14) 23... Qxa7 24. a4 Qa5 25.
Ra2 (25. Nb5 Qa6 26. Nc3 Qa5 27. Nb5 $10) 25... Rfd8 26. Rda1 Nc8 $1 27. Rb2 $2
(27. Nb5 Qa6 28. Nc3 Qa5 $10) 27... Na7 $15 28. f4 (28. Nb5 Nc6 $15) 28... Nc6
29. Bf2 Qa7 $1 30. Rd1 (30. Nb5 Qa6 31. a5 $6 (31. Nc3 Na5 $17) 31... Rb7 32.
Na3 Qxa5 $1 33. Qxa5 Nxa5 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 $17) 30... Na5 31. e3 $2 {xd3} (31. Kh2
{/\Bf3,g4<->} Nb3 32. Qe3 Qa6 33. Bf3 Qe6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Qxe3 36. Bxe3
Be6 37. Bf2 f5 $15) 31... e6 32. Qe2 Bd3 33. Qf3 Rb7 34. Rb5 (34. Nb5 Qa6 $17)
34... Rxb5 35. axb5 Nb3 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Qa5 38. Be1 (38. Ne2 Nd2 $19)
38... Nxd4 (38... Bc2 39. Nxd5 Bxd1 40. Bxa5 (40. Qxd1 Qxb5 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42.
Nc6 Rd7 43. Bb4+ Ke8 $19) 40... Bxf3 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Bxd8 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 c3 44.
b6 Na5 $19) 39. Qh3 Nc2 40. Nxd5 $8 Qa3 $1 $19 (40... Nxe1 $2 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42.
Nc6 $132) 41. Qh4 (41. Nc7 Nxe1 42. Rxe1 Qa5 $19) 41... Rxd5 42. Bxd5 exd5 43.
Qd8+ Bf8 44. Bf2 Qb3 45. b6 Nd4 $1 46. Ra1 Qb2 47. Ra8 (47. Rd1 Qe2 $19) 47...
Ne6 48. Qh4 c3 49. Qf6 Qe2 50. Ra1 Qxg4+ 51. Kh2 Be4 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. e4 Ne7 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e5 Rac8 $5 (15... Rfc8) 16. Qe2 $5 $146 (16. Qd3 Nc4 17. b3 Na3
$11 {Gomez Esteban,J-Ubilava,E/Toledo 1991}) 16... a6 {[%cal Yc8c7,Yf8c8] /\Rc7
} (16... Nc4 17. Rad1 $14) (16... Rc7 $2 17. Nb5) (16... Na4 $6 17. Nb5) 17.
Rae1 {[%cal Ge2e6] against move f7-f6} (17. Rad1 Na4 $5) 17... Rc7 (17... Na4
18. Nd1 $5) 18. g4 Rfc8 19. f5 $5 {[%mdl 4] very unclear pawn sacrifice
Ftacnik: 'Illescas has studied the position in great depth, opening of the
kingside is rather dangerous for black. '} (19. Bh3 Na4 $36) 19... gxf5 (19...
exf5 20. e6 $1 $44) 20. gxf5 Nxf5 (20... exf5 $6 21. e6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23.
Rxe6 $36) 21. Qh5 $44 Nc4 $2 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black misses nice
tactical shot and lands in a worse position.'} (21... f6 $1 {was critical}) 22.
Nxd5 $1 Nd2 $8 (22... exd5 23. Bh3 $18) 23. Qg5 $1 {/\Nf6} (23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24.
Be4 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Qc8 $1 {/\Rc1} 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Be3 Rc2 $132) (23. Nb6 $6
Qd8 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 $11) (23. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 24. exf6 Nxf1 25. Be4 Kh8 $17) 23...
exd5 24. Qxd2 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Gf2,Rf7,Gg2] ^^ ><d5,f7} Ne7 (24... Rc2 $2 25. Qd3
) 25. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Yg2h3] /\Bh3} Qg4 26. Kh1 Qg6 27. Qf3 (27. Qb3 Qc2 $132)
27... Qb6 (27... Rc2 28. Bh3 $16) 28. Bh3 (28. Bg3 $5 $16 Rf8 $140 29. e6)
28... Rf8 29. Rg1 $40 {[%csl Rg8]} Ng6 (29... Qxb2 $2 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qf6+
Kg8 32. Be3 Rc2 33. Bh6 Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 $18) 30. Re2 Kh8 31. Bf5 $1 {'?!'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This only helps the defender, it was better not to provoke
the f7-f5 push. '} (31. Be3 f5 $5 32. Qxd5 f4 33. Bf2 f3 $132) 31... Ne7 32.
Bd3 f5 $1 33. Qh5 $2 (33. Be3 $1 Qe6 34. Reg2 Ng6 35. Qh5 Kg8 36. Bh6 $40)
33... Qh6 $1 34. Qxh6 Bxh6 35. Rc2 (35. Bh4 $1 $14) (35. Kg2 Ng6 36. Kf3 Nf4
37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Bxc2 Nh3 $11) 35... Rxc2 36. Bxc2 Rg8 $1 (36... Rc8 $2 37. Bh4
) 37. Bh4 (37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke6 $11) (37. Rd1 Rc8 38. Bd3 Rc1
39. Rxc1 Bxc1 40. b3 Kg7 $11) 37... Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Nc6 39. e6 {[%mdl 4096]
Ftacnik: 'Two bishops are very dangerous in positions with the pawn assymetry,
black must take great care.'} (39. Bf2 Bc1 40. Bxf5 Bxb2 $11) 39... Kg7 40. Bb3
$138 (40. Bxf5 $142 Be3+ 41. Kg2 Bxd4 42. e7 Kf7 43. Bxh7 (43. Be6+ Ke8 44.
Bxd5 Bxb2 $11) 43... Nxe7 44. b3 $14) 40... Be3+ 41. Kg2 Bxd4 42. e7 (42. Bxd5
Bf6 $11) 42... Kf7 43. Bxd5+ Ke8 44. b4 Be5 45. a4 (45. a3 Bd6 $11) 45... Bd6
46. b5 axb5 47. axb5 (47. Bxc6+ $2 bxc6 48. a5 b4 49. a6 Bb8 50. Bf2 b3 $19)
47... Nxe7 48. Bxb7 Kd7 $11 49. Bf2 (49. b6 Bc5 50. Bf2 Bxf2 51. Kxf2 Nc8 $11)
49... Ng6 50. Bc6+ (50. b6 Nf4+ 51. Kf3 Nd3 $11) 50... Kc7 51. Be8 (51. Bf3
Nf4+ 52. Kf1 Nd3 53. b6+ Kb8 54. Bg1 Bc5 $11) 51... Nf4+ 52. Kf3 Nd3 53. Bg1 (
53. Bg3 Ne5+ 54. Kf4 Nf7+ $11) 53... Kd8 $11 54. Bh5 Ke7 55. b6 Kd7 56. h4 {
'?!' Ftacnik.} Nf4 57. Bf7 Ng6 58. Bg8 Nxh4+ 59. Ke2 Ng6 60. Bxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7.
cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5 {Stohl} e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 {-8.Nc3 e6} (9... Nfd7 {Stohl}
10. f4 (10. Nf3 Nc6 (10... Nf6 $5 $10) 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Rc1 b5 14.
Nc3 b4 15. Na4 Qb5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 $10 {Yusupov,
A-Dolmatov,S,Wijk aan Zee cm 1991-CBM 22}) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 $1
13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Rfc1 Bc6 16. Nb5 Nbc8 17. e3 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19.
Be1 Rfb8 $1 $10 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G,Sevilla Wch 1987-CBM 04})) 8... Ne4 9.
Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 f6 (10... Qd5 {Stohl} 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Be6 13. e3 Rfd8 14.
Nd3 $1 f5 15. Nf4 Qd7 16. g4 $1 $36 {Salov,V-Gelfand,B,Linares 1991-CBM 22;
Ftacnik:Grunfeld 1.}) 11. Qb3+ e6 12. Nc4 Nc6 (12... Qxd4 $2 {Stohl} 13. Be3
$16) (12... f5 $6 {Stohl} 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. e3 $16) 13. e3 f5 14. Bd2 Rb8 (14...
Qd5 {Stohl ECO 79/10} 15. Rac1 (15. f3 $1 $16 {Chandler, BCM 1992/p.213}) 15...
e5 {= ECO 79/10 Pfleger,H-Ghitescu/EU-chT Hamburg/1965/1/2-1/2/}) 15. a4 $5 (
15. Rac1 Bd7 (15... b6 $5 {Stohl /\} 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bb7 $13) 16. Rfd1 b5
$5 (16... Qe7 17. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rfd8 19. Ba5 b6 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Bf1 Qe8
22. Bb4 Bg7 23. Qa3 $1 Bxe5 24. Bd6 $1 $16 {Andersson,U-Nunn,J,Skelleftea
1989-CBM 14}) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b4 $1 {-51/453} (18... b4 19. Rc5 a5 20.
Qc4 $5 Rc8 21. Qd4 $14 {Yusupov,A-Dolmatov,S,Wijk aan Zee cm 1991-CBM 22} (21.
Qd4 {Ftacnik} Rxc5 22. Qxc5 $10 {Yusupov,A-Dolmatov,S/Wijk aan Zee/1991/})) (
18... Bxe5 19. Bc3 $16)) 15... Rf7 $6 {N} (15... Bd7 {-49/(531)}) (15... Bd7 {
Stohl} 16. Qa3 Re8 17. a5 Bf8 18. Qa2 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Rec8 20. Bf1 Qd8 21. Rab1
Be8 22. b4 Ne7 23. Ne5 Nd5 $14 {Ribli,Z-Andersson,U/Clermont-Ferrand/1989/1/
2-1/2/46/ ->CBM 14}) 16. Rac1 $14 (16. Rfc1 $6 Qd5) 16... b6 $6 (16... Qd5 17.
f3 $16) (16... e5 17. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd2 19. Rc7 $18) 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 (18... Qxd2 19. Rxc6 $18) 19. Rc5 $5 Nd3 20. Rd5 $16) (16... Rc7 $5)
(16... Rc7 $142 $5 {Stohl} 17. f3 (17. Rfd1 $5 $14) 17... exf3 18. Bxf3 Bd7 19.
d5 exd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Bc3 $36) (16... Rc7 $5 {Ftacnik}) 17. f3 $1 $16 exf3
18. Bxf3 Bb7 (18... Ne7 19. Bb4 $16 (19. Bb4 {Stohl} Ba6 (19... Nd5 20. Bd6
Rbb7 21. Ne5 $1 $16) 20. Nd6 Rf6 $8 21. Rfd1 $16 {->[+]><e6})) (18... Rc7 19.
Na3 $16) 19. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 20. Ne5 Bxa4 $1 (20... Bxe5 21. Rxc6 $18 (21. Rxc6 {
Ftacnik} Bg7 22. Qxe6 $16)) (20... Bd5 {Stohl} 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qc2 $18 {/\Qc7
}) 21. Nxf7 (21. Qxa4 $2 {Stohl} Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxd2) 21... Bxb3 $2 (21... Qd7
$142 $1 {Ist besser} 22. Qa2 (22. Qc4 Kxf7 23. Qc7 (23. d5 $5 exd5 24. Qf4 Rb7
25. Bc3 $36) 23... Rb7 (23... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxd7+ Rxd7 $14) 24. Qxd7+ Rxd7
(24... Bxd7 $6 25. Bb4 $16) 25. Rc8 (25. Bb4 a5) 25... e5 $14) 22... Kxf7 23.
g4 $5 (23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Qxa7 $2 Rb7) (23. d5 exd5 24. e4 Bb5 $1 25. Bf4 (25.
exd5 Bxf1 26. d6+ Kf8 27. Rc7 Bd4+) 25... Rb7 26. Rfd1 fxe4 27. Rxd5 Qe6) (23.
Rc3 Bb5 24. Rfc1 Rb7 $44) 23... Kg8 $5 (23... Bb5 $140 24. gxf5 Bxf1 25. fxe6+
Qxe6 26. Rxf1+ Bf6 27. Qxa7+ $18 {Dvoretzky}) (23... Bc6 24. gxf5 Bd5 25. fxe6+
(25. fxg6+ Kg8 26. gxh7+ Kxh7 $13) 25... Kxe6 26. Qb1 Qe7 27. e4 (27. Rf2 $13)
27... Bxd4+ 28. Kg2 $5 $36 (28. Kh1 Bb7 (28... Qb7) 29. Qa2+ Kd6 (29... Ke5 $1
30. Rce1 Rf8 $40) 30. Bf4+ $18)) (23... Ke8 24. Ra1 Bc6 (24... Bb5 25. Qxa7 Rb7
26. Qa8+ Kf7 27. Rfc1 $16) 25. Qxa7 Rb7 26. Qa8+ Kf7 27. Rfc1 {/\Rc6} Rc7 $44)
24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Kh8 (25... Bc6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qf7+ Kh8
29. Rg5 $16) 26. Rg5 Rg8 27. Qc4 $16) 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc3 $1 Bd5 24. Rfc1 $18
{/\ Rc8} Bf6 25. Rc8 (25. Rc7 {Stohl} a5 $16) 25... Bb7 26. R8c7 $1 (26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 $16) 26... Be4 27. Bb4 $1 (27. Rxa7 {Stohl} e5 28. Bc3 $18) 27... g5 28.
Be7 Bxe7 29. Rxe7 f4 30. gxf4 (30. Rxe6 $18 {Stohl}) 30... gxf4 31. exf4 a5 32.
Kf2 {/\ Re6} Bf5 33. Rb7 b5 34. Rcc7 {Yusupov} (34. Rcc7 {Stohl} b4 35. Ra7 $18
{[Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 (12. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 13. Bf2 {
Dorfman/ Inf 44/557/}) 12... f6 $6 $146 (12... Bd7 $5 13. e4 Ne7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. e5 Rc8 16. Rc1 a6 17. b3 $14 {Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/Moscow/1992/1:0 (54) Inf
56/527/}) (12... f5 $5 13. Rc1 (13. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 14. Rc1 $14) 13... Bd7 14. Qd3
Be8 $1 15. Nb1 Nc8 16. Nd2 Nd6 $10 {Georgiev,Kir-Popovic,P/Tilburg/1:0 (40)
Inf 56/526/}) (12... Ne7 $5 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Rfc1 Bc6 $10 {Karpov,
A-Kasparov,G/Sevilla(m/3)/0,5 (29) Inf 44/557/}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 $6 (14.
e4 $1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 $16) (14. e4 Bd7 15. Rc1 $14) 14... Rb8 $2 (14... e5 $5 15.
fxe5 fxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 $13) 15. b3 $2 (15. e4 $1) 15... Bd7 $2 (15... e5 $1)
16. e4 $16 Kh8 17. Qd2 Be8 18. e5 (18. Rfe1 $5) 18... g5 $2 (18... fxe5 19.
fxe5 $16 (19. dxe5 $5 $16)) (18... f5 19. Ne2 {/\Rc2,Nc1-d3+/=/}) 19. exf6 Bxf6
20. fxg5 Bxg5 21. Be3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bf6 (22... Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 $18) 23. Bh3 (
23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Bf4 Nd7 $1 $14) 23... Bf7 24. Na4 $1 Nd7 (24... Nxa4 25. Rxf6
$1 Qxf6 26. Bf4 Qd8 (26... Kg8 27. Bxb8 Nb6 28. Bxa7 $16) 27. Be5+ Kg8 28. Qh6
Qf8 29. Qf6 Bh5 30. Bxe6+ $18) 25. Bf4 Rc8 26. Bd6 Bg8 (26... Kg8 27. Qe3 Qe8
28. Rxf6 $18) 27. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 (27... Nxf6 28. Qg5 Nd7 (28... Qxd6 29. Qxf6#)
29. Be5+) 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Be5 Qxe5 30. dxe5 Nd7 31. Qa5 c5 32. Qxa7 Nxe5 33.
Qe7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[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 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. b3 {This quiet move is not as harmless as it
looks like.} Ndxe5 {Other options:} (11... f6) (11... Qa5) (11... Nb6) 12. dxe5
(12. fxe5 Bd7 13. Na4 Qe7 14. Be3 Rfc8 15. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Kapetanovic,A/
JUG-ch (07)/1991/}) 12... f6 (12... b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. a4 bxa4 16.
Nxa4 Rfc8 17. Nc5 Nd8 18. Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,V-Iuldachev,S/
Recklinghausen 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 13. exf6 Bxf6 (13... Qxf6 $5 14. Bd2 (14.
Bb2 $5) 14... Qe7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Qe1 Be8 18. g4 Bf7 19. e4 d4 20.
Na4 e5 21. f5 Bf6 22. Bh6 Bg5 $5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Nc5 d3 25. Rd1 d2 26. Qg3
Rd4 27. Rf2 Qe7 28. Qc3 Rc8 29. Na4 Qg5 30. Rfxd2 Qxg4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Neverov,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096}) 14. Bb2 {White has now
two plans: one is to trade the dark-squared bishops and occupy the dark
squares; the other is the e2-e4 break.} b5 {Here is an example how White
carries out his plans if Black plays passively:} (14... Bd7 15. Qd2 Ne7 (15...
Rc8 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. e4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rcd8 20. e5 Bg7 21. Ba3 Rfe8
22. Ne2 Nf5 23. Bc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Rogulj,B/Mendrisio 1988/EXT 97 (48)})
16. e4 (16. Kh1 $5 Bc6 17. Rad1 Nf5 18. e3 Qb6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Na4 Bxa4 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. bxa4 Rff8 23. a5 Qc7 24. Qb4 Qg7 $6 25. e4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Nd4 27.
Qxb7 $16 {1-0 Fridman,D-Gozzoli,Y/Lausanne 2005/CBM 108 ext (29)}) 16... Bc6
17. e5 Bg7 18. Rf2 Nf5 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Nd4 Rfe8 21. g4 $1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qc7 23.
Qe3 a6 24. h4 Qe7 25. Qg3 Qb4 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. f5 $1 $18 {1-0 Filippov,V-Kruppa,
Y/Minsk 1996/CBM 054/[Ftacnik] (41)}) 15. Kh1 {It is now White who plays
passively.} (15. e4 $5 {must be checked.}) 15... Bb7 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rfd1 Rad8
{e2-e4 is hardly possible anymore; nor can White swap the dark-squared bishops.
} 18. e3 Qb6 19. Rac1 Bg7 20. Qe1 Rf7 21. Rd2 Ne7 22. e4 {At last! But Black
is well-centralized. The position is approximately balanced.} d4 23. Ne2 e5 $1
24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Rcd1 Nc6 26. Qg1 Qa5 (26... Rfd7 27. Nf4) (26... d3 27. Qxb6
axb6 28. Nf4 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Ne5 30. Rbd2 $13) 27. Nc1 $6 {White either
overestamates his position or fails to calculate the capture on d4, which
would lead to equality:} (27. Nxd4 Bxd4 (27... Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Rfd7 $6 29. Bc3
Rxd2 30. Bxa5 Rxd1 31. Bxd8) 28. Bxd4 Rfd7 (28... Rxd4 $6 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30.
Qxd4 Qxa2 31. Qe5 $16) 29. h3 (29. Bc3 $2 Rxd2 30. Bxa5 Rxd1 31. Be1 Ne5) (29.
e5 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Nxd4 31. Bxb7 Qc7 32. Bg2 Qxe5 $11) 29... Qb4 30. e5 (30. Bc3
$2 Rxd2 31. Bxb4 Rxd1 32. Be1 Rc1) 30... Nxd4 31. Bxb7 Ne2 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33.
Qe1 Nxg3+ 34. Kh2 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 Nf5 $11) {The white knight aims to d3 but...
it's too a long way!} 27... Bg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7h6,Yh6e3]} 28. Rf2 Re7 29. Qf1 Ba6
30. Rc2 b4 31. Qg1 Bb5 32. Rc5 Qb6 33. Rd5 Rf8 34. a4 Ba6 35. Nd3 {At last!
But Black eliminates this knight instantly.} Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Ref7 37. e5 {
White must urgently activate his g2 bishop.} Qa6 38. Rb5 $2 {Blundering the
important e5 pawn.} (38. Rd1 {was enough to hold on:} Nxe5 (38... Bxe5 39. Rc5
Qe2 40. Ba1 Rf2 41. Re1) (38... Qe2 $6 39. Bxd4) 39. Bxd4 Ng4 40. h3 Bxd4 (
40... Nf2+ 41. Bxf2 Rxf2 $13) 41. R1xd4 Rf1 42. Bxf1 Qxf1 (42... Rxf1 43. hxg4)
43. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kg2 Ne3+ 45. Kh2 Nxd5 46. Rxd5 Rf2+ 47. Kh1 Rf3 48. Ra5 $11
{_|_}) 38... Nxe5 39. Rd1 (39. Rxd4 Nf3 40. Bxf3 Rxf3 $19 {[%cal Cd4d7,Cd7g7,
Ra6c6,Rf3f1,Rg7d4]}) 39... Nf3 40. Qf1 Qe6 41. Rxb4 g5 (41... Nxh2 $1 42. Qc4
Qg4 $1 {was even stronger.}) 42. Bxf3 $2 (42. Qc4 {was necessary although after
} Qe4 {Black is clearly better.}) 42... Rxf3 43. Qc4 Qxc4 44. Rxc4 Rxb3 45.
Bxd4 $2 {This leads to a deadly pin. Good or bad but} (45. Rd2 {should be
played.}) 45... Rd8 {[%cal Rb3b7,Rb7d7]} 46. Kg2 a5 $1 47. Rd2 (47. Kf2 Rb4 48.
Rxb4 axb4 49. Ke3 b3 $19) 47... Rb4 48. Rxb4 axb4 49. Bc3 Rxd2+ 50. Bxd2 b3 51.
Bc1 b2 52. Bxb2 Bxb2 53. Kf3 Kf7 54. a5 Ba3 55. h3 Bc5 56. a6 Ba7 57. h4 h6 58.
hxg5 hxg5 59. Kg4 Kg6 60. Kf3 Kf5 61. Kg2 Kg4 62. Kh1 Kh3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 {An old, well-forgotten line,
which hardly promises White any advantage.} 13. Rc1 {Other options:} (13. a4) (
13. e4) (13. Qb3) 13... Bd7 14. e4 {White opens up the centre before Black
consolidates his position. The other plans are quite harmless:} (14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nbd5 17. Nc5 {1/2 Skalik,P (2345)-Kaminski,M (2450)/
Polanica Zdroj 1993/EXT 1997}) (14. Qb3 $5 Bc6 15. Rfd1 (15. a4 Nbc8 16. Rfd1
Nd6 17. e3 a6 18. Na2 Qd7 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Nb4 Na5 21. Qa2 Qe7 22. b3 Rfc8 23.
Be1 Nf5 24. Kf2 {1/2 Ribli,Z (2610)-Hellers,F (2560)/Tilburg 1993/CBM 039})
15... Nf5 $5 (15... Nbc8 $143 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Nd6 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Qc2
Rfc8 20. e3 Rc7 21. g4 $14 {1-0 Vescovi,G (2475)-Pierrot,J (2400)/Mar del
Plata 1996/CBM 051 ext (77)})) (14. b3 Bc6 15. Qd2 Nbc8 16. Rfd1 Nd6 17. g4 Rc8
18. Bh4 Be8 19. e3 f6 20. Nd3 b6 $11 {1/2 Wang Lei (2290)-Foisor,C (2345)/
Kishinev 1995/EXT 1997 (55)}) (14. g4 Rc8 15. e3 Nc4 $1 (15... f6 16. Nd3 Nc4
17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Qe2 b6 20. f5 $36 {1/2 Beliavsky,A (2650)-Smirin,
I (2630)/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 050 (54)}) 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Bh4 f6 18. Nd3 b6 19.
a4 Bc6 20. a5 Qd7 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Ra1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 {1/2 Lugovoi,
A (2500)-Svidler,P (2650)/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 056}) (14. h3 Nf5 15. b3 Nd6
16. a4 Rc8 17. Rc2 f6 18. Nd3 f5 19. Qa1 Bc6 20. Rfc1 a6 21. e3 Nd7 22. Be1 Re8
23. Ne2 Ne4 $11 {1/2 Karpov,A (2735)-Peng Xiaomin (2535)/Beijing 1998/EXT 1999
(41)}) (14. Qd3 Rc8 15. g4 Bc6 16. Bg3 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. e3 f6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6
20. Na4 f5 $11 {1-0 Lomako,P (2417)-Kashlinskaya,A (2344)/Serpukhov RUS 2009/
The Week in Chess 763 (36)}) (14. e3 Rc8 15. b3 Rc7 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Rc2 Rfc8
18. Rfc1 Be8 19. g4 a6 20. h3 Nd7 21. Nd3 b6 22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24.
Qxc2 Qc8 25. Qxc8 {1/2 Drasko,M (2543)-Popovic,D (2557)/Vogosca 2007/CBM 118
ext}) 14... Be8 (14... dxe4 {is quite possible, too:} 15. Nxe4 {[%cal Ye4c5]} (
15. Bxe4 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nbd5 19. Na4 Qa5 20. b3 Rfd8
21. Rc5 Qc7 22. Rdc1 Qb8 $11 {[%csl Gd5] 1/2 Beim,V (2570)-Smirin,I (2615)/Tel
Aviv 1996/CBM 052 ext (36)}) 15... Bc6 (15... Nbd5 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 {
1/2 Akhmilovskaya,E (2415)-Pupols,V (2240)/Seattle 1995/EXT 1997 (24)} 18. Qa3
$5) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 $1 $11 {Black is not concerned about his c6 pawn as White's
d4 pawn is even weaker.} 17. Ng5 $6 Nbd5 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. a3 Rab8 20. Qe2 Rb3
21. Ne5 Rfb8 22. Rc2 Qb5 $1 $15 {0-1 Cyborowski,L (2425)-Kaminski,M (2535)/
Ksiaz 1998/CBM 063 ext (40)}) 15. Qb3 a5 $5 16. Rfd1 (16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. Qxb7 (18. Rc5 a4 $1) 18... Rb8 19. Qa7 Rxb2 $132) 16... dxe4 17. d5 $5
{A spectacular break but Black has enough resources to defend.} (17. Bxe4 Ned5
$1 $11 18. Nxd5 $140 exd5 {[%cal Re8a4,Rd5e4]}) 17... Nbxd5 (17... Nexd5 18.
Bxe4 (18. Bc5 f5 $1 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 $17) (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11) 18... a4 $1 19. Qa3
Bxe5 20. fxe5 Bc6 $13) 18. Nxd5 $6 (18. Nxe4 $142 $44 Bc6 $140 19. Bc5) 18...
exd5 $1 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxe4 Bc6 $1 20. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Ra8b8] leads to
equality but Black wants more!}) 19. Bb6 $6 (19. Bxe4 Bc6 $15) 19... Qb8 20.
Bc5 a4 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 21. Qc3 (21. Qa3 Nc6 22. Rxd5 (22. Bxf8 Bxf8 $19) 22...
Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bc6 $19) 21... Qc7 (21... Nc6 $142 $1 22. Bxf8 (22. Rxd5 Nxe5 23.
fxe5 Bc6 $1 24. Bxf8 Bxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 22... Bxf8 23. Ng4 (23. Rxd5 Nb4
$17) 23... Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Bg7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 27. Rc7
a3 $17) 22. Ba3 $2 {Black now simply keeps his material advantage. With the
black queen on c7, White could have won the exchange by means of} (22. Qa3 Nc6
23. Rxd5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bc6 25. Bxf8 {[%cal Gc1c7] although after} Rxf8 26. Qxa4
Bxe5 {Black obtained an excellent compensation: a bishop pair and strong
central pawns.}) 22... Bc6 $19 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Bxb2 26.
Rb1 a3 27. Qxd5 Rfe8 {[%csl Ra2,Ge4] Black's passed e4 pawn decides the game,
especially as White has a second serious weakness: the a2 pawn.} 28. Re1 Rad8
29. Qc4 {Here and later, the e4-pawn is taboo:} (29. Rxe4 $2 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Rxd5
31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Bxd5 Qd7 $19) 29... Rd2 $1 30. Kf1 (30. Rxe4 $2 Rxg2+) (30.
Bxe4 $2 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Qf2) 30... Qd7 31. Re2 (31. Rxe4 $2 Rc8 32. Qb3 Rcc2 $19)
31... Rd4 32. Qb3 Kg7 33. Kg1 Rd3 34. Qc4 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Rc8 36. Qb4 e3 37. Be4
Bc5 38. Qb5 Qxb5 39. Rxb5 Rd2 40. Bf3 Bd4 41. Rd5 Rcc2 42. Rxd2 Rxd2 43. g4
Rxa2 $1 44. Rxd4 e2 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 {
I didn't examine this move order in my survey in CBM 155. It has some
subtleties but often leads to positions from the 7.0-0 line.} 8. Qb3 Nxc3 (8...
Nc6 $2 {(Black's best reply after 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Qb3) now simply loses
a pawn after} 9. Qxd5) 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 {
[%cal Rc1a3] is dangerous for Black}) ({A position similar to the present game
arose in another encounter between top GMs:} 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e5 Nc6
14. Re1 Rc8 15. Re3 Na5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. h4 Rd7 19. Ba3 Qd8 20. h5
Rdc7 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Bd6 Rd7 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Ba3 Rdc7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. f4 Bf8
$13 {1-0 (66) Vachier Lagrave,M (2719)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Biel 2013}) (
11... e5 $5 {is an interesting option:} 12. dxe5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. O-O Qc7
15. Ba3 Be6 16. Qb2 Rd8 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 b6 21.
Ne4 Nc6 $11 {1-0 (37) Maras,M (2272)-Urukalovic,R (2250) Croatia 2009}) 12. O-O
{Now we get a position which can also arise after 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nd2
Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.Qb3 e6 12.e4. It was mentioned in CBM 155.} (12. exd5 {
is now senseless due to} Na5 13. Qb5 $6 a6 14. Qc5 b6) (12. Ba3 Re8 13. O-O Na5
14. Qd1 b6 15. e5 Ba6 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Re3 Qd7 18. h4 Rc6 19. h5 Rec8 20. Bb4
Nc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. f4 a5 23. Ba3 b5 $13 {1-0 (43) L'Ami,E (2625)-Smirin,I 
(2652) Stockholm 2013}) 12... Na5 13. Qd1 (13. Qb4 b6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Re1 Be6
16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qc4 20. Qb2 {1/2 (20) Galego,L 
(2484)-Movsziszian,K (2558) Can Picafort 2008}) (13. Qb5 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. e5
Qd7 16. Re1 Bb5 17. Qf3 Rfc8 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. h4 Rc7 $132 {0-1 (33) Zakharchev,
V (2228)-Yandemirov,V (2504) Kazan 2007}) (13. Qc2 b6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Bb4 Nc6
16. Ba3 Na5 17. Bb4 Nc6 18. Ba3 {1/2 (18) Swiercz,D (2633)-Mchedlishvili,M 
(2637) Denizli 2013}) 13... b6 (13... Qc7 14. Qf3 b6 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. e5 Ba6 17.
Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bb4 Bh6 19. Qd1 Nc6 20. Ba3 Na5 21. Bb4 Nc6 22. Ba3 Na5 $11 23.
Nb1 $6 {1-0 (80) Nakamura,H (2778)-Kramnik,V (2797) Istanbul 2012} Rd7 $132 {
[%cal Yc7d8,Yd7c7]}) 14. e5 Ba6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Re3 Re8 17. h4 {White starts a
kingside attack but Black has strong counterplay along the c-file.} Re7 18. h5
(18. Nb3 $5 {M.Notkin} Rec7 $5 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20. Bd2 Rb7 $132) 18... Rec7 19.
Bb2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. a4 b5 $5 23. axb5 Rb7 24. Ba3 Rxb5 25.
f4 a5 26. g4 Rcb8 27. Re1 $2 {A strange retreat.} (27. Qe1 {[%cal Yg4g5,Ye1h4,
Ye3h3] is more logical. A possible continuation:} Bf8 (27... Bh6 $5) 28. Bxf8
Kxf8 29. Rh3 Ke7 {running away from the dangerous area, with uncleaar
consequences.}) 27... Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qf3 Qh4 {Black has seized the
initiative completely.} 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Ke7 {[%cal Yb8g8,Yb8h8]} 32. Rec1
$2 (32. Qh3 $17 {may be the lesser evil.}) 32... exf5 (32... Qh7 $3 33. fxe6 (
33. f6+ Kd7 $19) (33. Qh3 Qxh3 34. Bxh3 Rg8+ 35. Kh1 Bd3) 33... fxe6 {[%cal
Yb8f8]} 34. Qh3 Qxh3 35. Bxh3 Rg8+ 36. Kh1 Rh8 37. Kg2 Rb2+ $19 {->}) 33. Qxf5
{[%csl Gf5] Now White has some prospects of counterplay, due to the strong
position of his queen.} Rb2 34. Rc2 $1 Rxc2 (34... Rb1+ $5 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36.
Rxc1 a4 $17) 35. Qxc2 Rh8 36. Qf5 Rh6 37. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b8]} Kf8 38. Qf3 $1 (
38. Rb7 $4 Qe1+ 39. Bf1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Bxf1+ $19) 38... a4 $2 {This lets Black's
advantage slip.} (38... Ba6 $1 {(preventing the invasion of White's rook)} 39.
Qxd5 a4 $17) 39. Rb7 $1 f6 (39... Qe1+ 40. Bf1 Qxf1+ (40... Rg6+ 41. Kh2 Qd2+
42. Bg2 Rh6+ 43. Kg1) 41. Qxf1 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 {, and White should not lose}) (
39... Rh7 40. e6 Qe1+ 41. Bf1 Qxe6 42. Bxc4 dxc4 43. Qg3 {with sufficient
counterplay}) 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kf8 (41... Ke8 42. Rb8+ Ke7 (42... Kd7 $4
43. Qf5+) 43. exf6+ Rxf6 44. Qe3+ Re6 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Qf3+ Kg5 47. Rg7+ Kh6
48. Rg3) (41... Kg6 42. Rb6 $5 (42. exf6 $144 Qe1+ 43. Bf1 Qxf1+ 44. Qxf1 Bxf1
45. f7 Kg7 46. Kxf1 Ra6 47. Ke2 a3 48. Rb1 $11) 42... Qe1+ 43. Bf1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9394"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. e3 f5 13. Qe2 {N} Nf6 14. b3 Re8 $1
15. a4 (15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Qb2 $140 Ng4) 15... Bd7 (15... Ne4 $5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17.
Ne5 Bxe5 $1 18. dxe5 Nb4) 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 (18. Nc5 Bc8 $1 (
18... Nxd4 $2 19. exd4 Bxd4+ 20. Kg2 Bxc3 21. Rad1) 19. Rad1 Ne7 $1 (19... b6
$2 20. d5 $1 (20. Na6 $2 Bb7 21. d5 Qc8) 20... exd5 21. Qb5 (21. Rxd5 $2 Qf6)
21... Ne7 (21... Qd6 22. Nxd5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 a6 24. Qb6) 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 (22...
bxc5 $2 23. Nc7) 23. Rxd5 (23. Qc4 bxc5 24. Rxd5 Qb6) 23... Qe7 24. Nb7 $1 (24.
Nd3 a6 25. Qc4 b5) 24... a6 25. Qc4 $16) 20. Rc1 b6 21. Na6 Bb7) 18... Ne7 (
18... Nxe5 $142 19. dxe5 Rc8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 (21. Qxb5 Qd3) 21... Qd5)
19. Nc4 $6 (19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Nb5 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rfd1 $36)
19... Bc6 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. g4 Nd5 (21... fxg4 $5 22. Qxg4 Nf5 $132) 22. Nxd5 $6
(22. Rac1 $142 Qd7 $10) 22... exd5 23. b4 $2 (23. gxf5 $2 Rf6 $1) (23. Nb5 $142
) 23... a6 $1 {/\24...Bxa4;24...b5} 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 (25. axb5 $2 Rxa3)
25... Rf7 26. Bc5 fxg4 27. Qxg4 Bd7 (27... b6 $5 28. Bb4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Bxb5 30.
Rc1 Bd7 $1 $17) 28. Qe2 b6 29. Bb4 g5 $6 (29... Qh4 $17) 30. Nd6 Rf6 31. Qa2 $1
gxf4 $6 (31... Be6 $142 $1 32. f5 Bf7 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 {/\Qd7}) 32. Qxd5+ Be6 33.
Qxe4 Rg6+ 34. Kh1 fxe3 35. Rg1 Ra5 $3 {[]} 36. Rxg6 (36. Bxa5 $2 Qxd6 37. Rxg6
hxg6 38. Bb4 Bd5 39. Bxd6 Bxe4+ 40. Kg1 Bxd4 $19) 36... Bd5 37. Re6 $5 (37.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rg1+ Kf6 39. Rf1+ Kg7 $10) 37... Bxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Ra8 39. Rg1 Qf6
(39... Qd7 $5 40. d5 Qh3 41. Rf4 Rf8) 40. Rxe3 Kh8 (40... Qxd4 $6 41. Re7) 41.
d5 (41. Reg3 Ra7 $1 (41... Rxa4 42. Rxg7 Qf3+ (42... Qxg7 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 44. Bc3
Kf6 $10 {_|_}) 43. R7g2 Ra2 (43... Rxb4 $4 44. Re1) 44. Bd2 Rxd2 45. Nf7+ Qxf7
46. Rxd2 b5 $10)) 41... Qd4 (41... Qf4 42. Re7 Qf3+ (42... Qxb4 43. Nf7+ Kg8
44. Nh6+ Kf8 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Rgxg7 Qe4+ 47. Kg1 $10) 43. Rg2 Qd1+ 44. Be1 Rf8
45. Rexg7 Rf1+ 46. Rg1 Rxg1+ 47. Rxg1 Qf3+ $10) 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nh6+ Kh8 44.
Nf7+ Kg8 45. Nh6+ Kh8 46. Rxg7 $5 Qxe3 (46... Qxb4 $6 47. Rg4 $1 Qf8 48. Rg8+
Qxg8 49. Nxg8 Kxg8 $14 {_|_}) 47. Rg2 (47. Rg3 Qe4+) 47... Rf8 $1 (47... Rf8
48. Bxf8 Qe1+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 $6 8.
Ne5 $1 O-O 9. Nc3 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 {After some move transposition, we
have reached a setup which is considered unpleasant for Black.} Nd7 12. Qd2 Ba6
13. Rac1 (13. Rfd1 c5 $1) 13... Nb6 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting idea. Black
apparently gives up the ...c6-c5 plan... Meanwhile, Black didn't necessarily
do badly in the following games:} (13... e5 $6 {This advance, leading to an
isolated pawn pair, is almost always poor in this whole system. I learned that
when I lost to Evgeny Pigusov back in 1985.} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. b3 Re8 16. Rfe1
Nd7 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nc5 Qb6 21. Qb2 Kg7 22. Bh3 Rcd8
23. Nd7 {1-0 Schlemmermeyer,W-Fette,M/Hamburg/1990/ (23)}) (13... Re8 14. Rfd1
Qa5 $6 (14... Rc8) 15. b3 Rac8 16. Bd6 $1 Qd8 (16... c5 $2 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18.
Nxd5) (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Na4 $14) 17. e4 Bb7 18. e5 c5 19. Na4 cxd4
20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qa8 22. Qxd4 $14 {1-0 Romanishin,O-Epishin,V/Cutro 1999/
CBM 071/[Ftacnik] (66)}) (13... Qe7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 c5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17.
e4 $5 cxd4 18. Rxd4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxc1+ (19... Nf6 $5) 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21. Qh6 (
21. Qd2 $142) 21... Nf8 22. Ra4 Bb5 $13 {1-0 Carlier,B-Bernard,V/France 2005/
EXT 2006 (73)}) (13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 Re8 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bh6 $14 {
/\ b4, e4,Ftacnik}) 15. e4 $1 Nb6 16. b3 Qe7 17. h4 c5 18. dxc5 d4 $5 19. cxb6
dxc3 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 axb6 22. e5 Red8 23. Be4 Bf8 24. f4 f5 $1 25. Bg2
Bxd6 26. exd6 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Uhlmann,W/Thessaloniki 1988/TD(33)})
14. b3 Rc8 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 15. Nd1 $6 (15. Be3 $5 c5 $140 $6 16. dxc5 d4 17. Bg5
$1 f6 18. Ne4 $1) 15... Nd7 $1 {And suddenly Black again threatens 16...c5 and
White has no good way to prevent it!} 16. Bd6 $6 (16. b4 $142 e5 $1 {An
exception confirming the rule!} (16... Nb6 $5) 17. dxe5 Nxe5 {[%csl Rc4] with
good counterplay.}) (16. Be3 $143 c5 $1 17. dxc5 d4 18. Bxd4 Nxc5 19. Be3 Qxd2
20. Bxd2 Bxe2) 16... Re8 17. Nb2 $6 Qf6 18. Rfd1 c5 $1 {White is simply losing
his d4-pawn!} 19. Bf3 (19. e3 Rc6 {trapping the poor bishop!}) 19... Rc6 $2 {
Oh, no! White now consolidates his position and gradually equalises.} (19...
Qxd4 $142 20. Qa5 Qb4 $1 (20... Qxb2 $143 21. Qxa6 Be5) 21. Qxa6 Bxb2 22. Rc2
Be5 23. Bxe5 (23. Qxa7 Bxd6 24. Qxd7 Red8 25. Qa4 $8 $17) 23... Nxe5 24. Qxa7
Kg7 {with a clear advantage for Black due to his strong centralized position.})
20. Bf4 Rec8 21. Be3 {Missing a hidden tactical opportunity:} (21. Nc4 $1 Qxd4
(21... dxc4 22. Bg5 $1 c3 (22... Qxd4 23. Qa5) 23. Rxc3 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25.
Rxd4 cxd4 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Bxc6 Ne5 28. Be4 f5 29. Bf4 $1 $11) 22. Qa5 Qf6 23.
Nd6 Rd8 24. Qa4 Rb6 25. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 (25... dxc4 26. Rxd7) 26. bxc4 e5 27. Bd2
e4 28. Bg2 {and White is OK.}) (21. Qa5 {was also possible} cxd4 $140 22. Rxc6
Rxc6 23. Rc1 $132) 21... h5 (21... cxd4 22. Bg5 Qe5 23. Bf4 Qf5 24. g4 Qf6 25.
Bg5 $11) (21... Qe7 $142 $5 {keeping some initiative.}) 22. h3 (22. Qa5 $5) (
22. Nd3) 22... Bh8 (22... Qe7 $5) 23. Nd3 Bxd3 {Black must now liquidate into
an equal endgame.} 24. Qxd3 cxd4 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28.
Rxd4 Ne5 29. Kg2 Ra6 30. Rd2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[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 "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Ne5 Ne4 {
A rare continuation but apparently quite possible.} 8. Nd2 (8. O-O Nd7 $5 9.
Qb3 (9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 {1/2 (11) Razuvaev,Y (2585)
-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2620) Reggio Emilia 1996}) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Be3
Be6 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. f3 Nc5 14. Qe3 b6 (14... Na6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rac1 Nc6 17.
f4 $14 {0-1 (76) Bologan,V (2678)-Smirin,I (2661) Paks 2011}) 15. Nc3 Rac8 16.
f4 Qd7 $11) 8... Nd7 (8... Nxd2 {is quite good, too:} 9. Bxd2 (9. Qa4+ Bd7 10.
Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. Bxd2 e6 13. e3 O-O 14. Ke2 Rfc8 15. Rhc1 Bf8 $11 {
1/2 (27) Drasko,M (2510)-Ivanisevic,I (2560) Herceg Novi 2001}) 9... O-O (9...
Nd7 10. Bf4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 {1/2 (13) Dautov,R 
(2611)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2678) Istanbul 2003}) 10. O-O Nd7 ({even after} 10...
Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 {White failed to reach a real advantage in the following
game:} 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. e3 a5 15. b3 Ra7 16. Qa3 e6 17. Qc5 Qxc5
18. Rxc5 Rfa8 19. Rb1 Bf8 20. Rc2 Rb7 21. Bf3 Bb4 22. Kg2 {1/2 (22) Fodor,T 
(2462)-Varga,Z (2445) Kecskemet HUN 2014}) 11. Bc3 Nf6 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be6
13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Qa4 16. Rd4 Qa6 17. a3 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19.
R4d2 b6 20. Rd3 h5 21. Bd4 Rc7 22. Rc3 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Rd7 24. h4 {1/2 (24) Esen,
B (2588)-Safarli,E (2620) Baku 2012}) 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rfd1 Qb6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. d5 Bg4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Kf1 b5 20. Ne3 Bd7 21.
a3 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Kf6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. d6 e6 25. Ng4+ Kf5 26. Ne3+ Kf6 27. Ng4+
Kf5 {1/2 (27) Aronian,L (2812)-Gelfand,B (2777) Zurich SUI 2014}) 9. Nxe4 (9.
Nxd7 Qxd7 10. O-O (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 (11. Be3 Qd5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 {
1/2 (51) Keene,R-Eichhorn,E Ybbs 1968} Bb5 $132) 11... Qxd4 (11... Bxd4 $5 12.
Qb3 O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb5 15. O-O Qxb2 16. a4 Qe5 17. Rab1 Bh3 18. Rfc1
Rad8 $132 {1/2 (37) Esen,B (2563)-Swiercz,D (2631) Yerevan ARM 2014}) 12. Qxd4
Bxd4 13. O-O Bh3 (13... O-O 14. Rd1 Bg7 15. Rb1 $5 (15. Bf4 Be6 16. Bxb7 Rad8
17. Bc7 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxa2 $11 {1/2 (49) Onischuk,A (2659)-Hansen,E (2593)
Tromso NOR 2014}) 15... a5 16. b3 a4 17. a3 $14) 14. Rd1 O-O-O $1 $11 (14...
Rd8 15. Bh6 Bc8 16. Rd2 f6 17. Rad1 Bb6 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rc1 $14 {1/2 (51)
Nielsen,P (2654)-Maletin,P (2588) Dubai UAE 2014})) 10... Nxd2 11. Bxd2 O-O (
11... b6 $5) 12. Bf4 b6 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Rc7 Qe6 {[%cal Ra6e2,Yf8c8]} 15. Qa4
Qxe2 16. Rfc1 Bb5 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qc3 Ba6 (18... Qe6 $142 19. Re1 Qf5 20. Rcxe7
Rfe8) 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Rxe7 Rac8 21. Qd2 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Bc8 23. Rc7 Be6 24. a3
$14 {1/2 (49) Gelfand,B (2753)-Dominguez Perez,L (2760) Tromso NOR 2014}) 9...
dxe4 10. O-O O-O {After this move the game unexpectedly transposes to the line
7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ne5 Nd7 (quite possible although I
recommended 10...Qd5 in my survey in CBM 155).} (10... Nxe5 $5 11. dxe5 Bf5 12.
Qb3 O-O 13. Qxb7 Qd4 14. Qxe7 {1-0 (48) Freisler,P (2350)-Berezin,O (2455)
Pardubice 1996} Rfe8 $5 15. Qa3 Qxe5 $44) 11. Bf4 (11. Nxd7 Bxd7 (11... Qxd7
12. Bxe4 (12. Be3 Qd5 13. f3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Rfd8 17.
Rfd1 a5 $11 {0-1 (35) Stoltz,G-Poulsen,C Aalborg 1947}) 12... Qxd4 (12... Bxd4
13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Qc2 f6 15. e3 Bb6 16. Rfd1 Qb5 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bh6 $16 {
1-0 (50) Brooks,I (2477)-Ruefenacht,M (2512) BFCC 1999}) 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Rd1
Bg7 15. Rb1 $1 $14 {- see above}) 12. Bxe4 (12. d5 Bf5 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rfc8
15. Rad1 b5 16. Bd4 Rc4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. b3 Rc2 $11 {0-1 (33)
Granda Zuniga,J (2599)-Barrero Garcia,C (2339) Evora 2008}) 12... Bh3 13. Bxb7
Rb8 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxd4 $44 16. f3 {1/2 (16) Vaganian,R (2664)-Svidler,
P (2690) Mainz 2002}) (11. Bxe4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bh3 {(even more accurate)} (12...
Bxe5 13. Bh6 Re8 (13... Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qb3 Qd4 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Qxb7 Rab8
18. Qxe7 Rxb2 19. Rfd1 $14 {1/2 (66) Ljubojevic,L (2600)-Glek,I (2635) Breda
1996}) 14. Qa4 (14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. a4
Bxb2 $11 {1-0 (28) Salov,V (2655)-Martinez,F (2280) Oviedo 1992}) 14... Bd7 15.
Qb3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxa7 Bxb2 $11 {1-0 (36)
Rausis,I (2482)-Neuman,P (2476) Czechia 2010}) 13. Re1 Qa5 {[%cal Ra8d8]} (
13... Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxe5 $11 {1/2 (24) Shainswit,G-Cortlever,N/Dubrovnik (ol)
1950}) 14. Bf4 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Rad8 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Rd7 19. b3
Red8 $11 {1/2 (23) Ilieva,H (2190)-Velcheva,M Bankia 1991}) 11... Nf6 (11...
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6 13. Qc2 $5 (13. Qd5 e3 14. Bxe3 Qxb2 15. f4 Qxe2 16. Rfe1 Qa6
17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Qc4 Be6 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. Bxa7 Rb2 $132 {1/2 (47) Zaitsev,V 
(2425)-Zakharov,V (2345) Novosibirsk 1998})) (11... Qb6 $5 12. Qa4 (12. Nc4 $5
Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Rfd1) 12... Nf6 13. Nc4 Qxd4 14. Rfd1 (14. Rac1 $6 {
1-0 (47) Danielsen,H (2482)-Zak,U (2198) Reykjavik 2009} Bd7) 14... Qc5 15.
Rac1 b5 16. Qa5 Be6 $13) 12. e3 {After this quiet move Black successfully
completes his development and obtains a good position but he was out of danger
in any case:} (12. Qa4 Bf5 13. Rfd1 Nd5 14. Qb3 {0-1 (74) Adianto,U (2583)
-Peng,X (2657) New Delhi/Teheran 2000} Nxf4 15. gxf4 Qd6 $11) (12. Rc1 Be6 13.
b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Rfd8 16. e3 Rac8 17. Bb4 Bf8 18. Ba5 b6 19. Bb4
Bd5 20. Bh3 e6 $11 {1/2 (27) Sepp,O (2485)-Neuman,P (2471) Plovdiv 2010}) (12.
Qd2 Be6 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Ne3 Rfd8 16. Be5 Rd7 17. Rc7 $2 (17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. d5 Bg5 19. Bxe4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 e6 $11) 17... Rxc7 18. Bxc7 Bh6 $1 19.
Be5 Nd5 $1 20. Bxe4 Bxe3 $1 21. fxe3 f6 22. Bf4 g5 $17 {0-1 (28) Alterman,B 
(2585)-Glek,I (2635) Haifa 1996 CBM 054 [Sutovsky,E]}) 12... Be6 {[%cal Ye6d5]}
13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Bxa2 16. Nc4 Qc8 $6 (16... Bxc4 $6 17. Qxc4
$44 {[%csl Re4] ^^}) (16... Qd7 $1 {[%cal Yf8c8]} 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. b3 Bxb3 19.
Qxb3 b5 20. Bf1 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Nd5 $11) 17. Qc2 Bxc4 (17... b5 18. Nd2 Qxc2 19.
Rxc2 {[%cal Yd2e4]}) 18. Qxc4 Qf5 19. Qc5 {[%csl Gf4,Gg2][%cal Gc1c8] Black's
position has become unpleasant.} Nd5 20. Qxa7 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Qb5 $6 (21... Rc8
$142) 22. Qa3 Bf6 23. Bxe4 {White has won a pawn and obtained decent winning
chances.} Kg7 (23... Qe2 $142) 24. Kg2 Rd8 25. Rc5 Qd7 26. h3 b6 27. Rc6 Qb7
28. Qb3 Qd7 29. Qxb6 {Another pawn has fallen; still, the opposite-coloured
bishops make White's task far from trivial.} Rc8 30. b4 $2 {A poorly
considered move, after which White's victory is in serious doubt.} (30. Rc5 $1
e6 (30... Rxc5 31. dxc5 Qd2 32. c6 $1 e5 (32... Bh4 33. Qd4+ Qxd4 34. exd4 $18)
33. Qc5 Bh4 34. Qc2 Qxc2 35. Bxc2 Bd8 36. fxe5 {- three extra pawns should be
enough to win}) 31. b4 Be7 32. b5 $5 (32. Ra5 $18) 32... Bxc5 33. dxc5 {
[%csl Gb5,Gc5] , and White's connected passed pawns decide the game.}) 30...
Rxc6 31. Qxc6 {The "pure" opposite-coloured-bishop endgame has drawish
tendencies but after} (31. Bxc6 Qe6 {[%cal Ye6a2,Yf6h4] White faces serious
technical problems, too.}) 31... Qxc6 32. Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096]} e6 33. b5 Bd8 34.
d5 $6 {White goes for a pawn structure in which he can't create a second
passed pawn.} (34. Kf3 {gave more chances. This ending needs a special, quite
extensive analysis, of course.}) 34... Bc7 35. dxe6 $6 (35. Kf3) 35... fxe6 36.
Kf3 Kf6 37. Ke4 Bb6 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Bf3 Kf6 40. Bg4 Kf7 41. Bf3 Kf6 42. Be4 Kf7
43. Bb7 Kf6 44. Kc4 Ke7 45. Bf3 Kf7 46. Kb4 Kf6 47. Be2 Kf7 48. Kc4 Kf6 49. Bd1
Ba7 50. Bf3 Bb6 51. Be2 Ba7 52. h4 h5 53. Bd3 Bb6 54. Kb4 Kf7 55. Bf1 Ke7 56.
Bg2 Kf7 57. Bh3 Ke7 58. Bf1 Kf7 59. Bd3 Kg7 60. Be4 Kf6 61. Bc2 Kf7 62. Kc4 Kf6
63. Bd3 Kf7 64. Be2 Kf6 65. Bd1 Ba7 66. Kd3 Bb6 67. f3 Kf7 68. Bc2 Kf6 69. Bb3
Ke7 70. Bc2 (70. e4 {doesn't bring White any benefit.}) 70... Kf6 71. Bb1 Kf7
72. Ba2 Ke7 73. Bc4 Bc7 74. Ke2 Kf6 75. Bd3 Kf7 76. Bc2 Kf6 77. Kd3 $6 {
White overlooks a triple repetition after} (77. Kd3 Bb6 {but the position is
drawn anyway.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harkany Tenkes Cup"]
[Site "Harkany"]
[Date "1989.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Kruszynski,W"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.11.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH Magazin 64 1/1990 Seite 11} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5.
O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. f4 Nc6 10. e3 Ngxe5 11. dxe5 e6 12.
Nc3 b6 13. Rf2 Ba6 $5 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Bd2 $2 ({Besser ist} 15. Nb5 {nebst evtl.
Sd6}) 15... a6 16. Be1 b5 17. Qd1 Qb6 18. Rd2 Na5 ({Nicht aber} 18... Qxe3+ $4
19. Bf2 {mit Damengewinn.}) 19. Bf2 Nc4 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. b3 Na3 22. Nb1 Bf8 23.
Nxa3 Bxa3 24. Qd3 Rac8 25. Rb1 a5 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rc8 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. Rd1
Qc2 30. Bf1 Qxa2 31. Rd2 ({Nach} 31. Qxb5 {folgt} Rc2 $1 {mit Gewinn.}) 31...
Qa1 32. Rd1 Qb2 33. Rd2 Qc3 34. Qxc3 Rxc3 35. Bxb5 Rxb3 36. Ba4 Rb4 37. Rd4
Rb1+ 38. Rd1 Rb4 39. Rd4 Rb2 40. g4 Bc5 41. Rd1 Rb4 42. Bd7 a4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Super"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 f6 12. Nd3 Nb6 13. Bf2 f5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. a4
$5 {Eine interessante aber auch sehr riskante Neuerung, weil Schwarz das Feld
b4 fьr seinen Springer erhдlt.} (15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Qd3 Nc8 $10) 15... a5 16. Qb3
Nb4 17. Rfc1 Qe7 $1 (17... Rc8 18. Nb5 $1 $14) 18. Nb5 Rfc8 19. Rc5 $1 Bf8 20.
g4 $5 (20. Bf1 Qd8 21. Rc3 Nc6 $10) 20... fxg4 $1 21. Rac1 $2 {Schon der
entscheidenden Fehler!} (21. Nxg4 $1 Nc4 $1 $132 (21... Bc6 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Rc3
$14)) 21... Bc6 $1 $17 {Mit diesen Zug mache die beiden weissen Tьrme auf der
c-Linie wirkungslos.} 22. R5c3 (22. Nxg4 Nc4 $17) 22... Bg7 $1 23. Nxg4 Rf8 24.
e3 (24. Rf3 Nc4 $17) 24... Nc4 $1 25. Na3 $6 {*} (25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Nd5 $17) 25... Nd2 $1 $19 {Angriff von hinten! Nach diesem starken
Springerzug bekommt der weisse Kцnig Probleme.} 26. Qd1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28.
Rb1 (28. Rc5 Nd3 $19) 28... g5 $1 {Schwarz цffnet den Kцnigspflьgel zum besten
Zeitpunkt.} 29. Bg3 (29. Ne5 $5 Nd5 $1 (29... gxf4 30. exf4 Rxf4 31. Rg3) 30.
Nxc6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 gxf4 $19) 29... Nd5 (29... Nd3 $19) 30. Nc4 $8 gxf4 31. Bxf4
Nxf4 $1 (31... Nxc3 32. bxc3 Qh4 33. Nce5 $17) 32. exf4 Rxf4 33. Rg3 Raf8 34.
Nce5 Kh8 35. Rc1 $138 Qd6 $1 36. Qd2 e3 37. Qxe3 (37. Rxe3 Rxd4 $19) 37... Rxd4
38. Rf1 (38. Nxc6 Rd1+ $19) 38... Rd1 39. Nf3 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Qxg3 $1 (40...
Qxg3 41. hxg3 Rxf3+ 42. Qxf3 Bxf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Marin,M/Stoica"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 f6 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Bf2 f5 14. e3 Bd7 15. h3
Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. g4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bb5 21. Qxd8
Rfxd8 22. Rfc1 Bf8 23. a4 Bc6 24. Bf1 Be7 25. Be1 Kf7 26. Bc4 Rac8 27. Kf1 Bd5
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Bc3 Bc5 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 g5 32. fxg5 fxg4 33. hxg4 Kg6
34. Ke2 Kxg5 35. a5 Rf8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Judging from the further course of the
game, Black was playing for a win here. In doing so, he probably relied on his
more active king, failing to understand the significance of White's advantage
of space on the queen side as well as the fact that the white king safely
blocks the most dangerous black pawn.} 37. Rf1 $1 {Occupying the onl available
open line.} Kxg4 {Black plays actively, but his h-pawn is far from dangerous.
Black could have defended his seventh rank.} ({True, doing it with the
immediate} 37... Rc7 $6 {wouldn't have entirely absolved him from problems:}
38. e6 Re7 (38... Kxg4 39. Rf7) 39. Rf5+ Kxg4 40. Rxd5 Rxe6 41. Rd7 $14) ({
In case of choosing this defensive plan, he should have decoyed the enemy king
to the d-file first with} 37... Rc2+ $1 38. Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Kd2 {and only now} Rc7
$1 (39... Rd3+ $2 40. Ke2 $16) (39... Rxb3 $2 40. e6 $16) 40. e6 Re7 41. Rf5+
Kxg4 42. Rxd5 Rxe6 43. Rd7 (43. Ke3 Re7) {since he could now win an important
tempo with} 43... e3+ 44. Ke2 Kf4 45. Rxb7 Ke4 46. Rxh7 Kxd4 $11) 38. Rg1+ Kf4
{But this is a sign already that Black was playing for a win.} ({The safer} 
38... Kf5 {would have led to equality:} 39. Rg7 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 Rh2 41. Rf7+ Ke6
42. Rxb7 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 Rh2+ 44. Ke3 Rh3+ $11) 39. Rf1+ ({In case of} 39. Rg7 $6
Rc2+ 40. Kd1 Rh2 41. e6 Rh6 {it would be White who should look for equality
with} 42. Ke2 (42. e7 Re6 43. Ke2 h5 $15) 42... Rxe6 43. Rxh7 $11) 39... Kg3 ({
Once again, safer would have been to place the king on a less advanced
position with} 39... Kg4 {for instance} 40. Rf7 Rc2+ 41. Ke3 (41. Kd1 Rh2 42.
e6 Rh6 $11) 41... Rc3+ 42. Kd2 Rxb3 43. e6 e3+ 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 45. Kxe3 Rb3+ 46.
Kd2 h5 $11) 40. Rg1+ Kf4 41. Rf1+ Kg3 42. e6 $5 {But now, it is White who
declines a draw by repetition and rightly so.} (42. Rf7 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44.
Kd2 Rxb3 45. e6 e3+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Kxe3 Rb3+ 48. Kd2 Rb2+ (48... h5 $2 49.
Rf5 $18) 49. Kc3 Re2 50. Rxh7 (50. Rxb7 h5) 50... Rxe6 51. Rxb7 Rc6+ 52. Kb3 (
52. Kd3 Ra6 53. Rb5 Rd6 $11) 52... Kf4 53. Rxa7 Ke4 $11) 42... Re8 43. Rf5 Rxe6
44. Rxd5 Re7 $6 {Continuing to neglect the problem of the king. Radjabov might
have still overestimated the force of his h-pawn. Black could have maintained
equality in two ways:} (44... Kg4 45. Rd7 h5 46. Rxb7 a6 (46... h4 $6 47. Rxa7
Rh6 48. a6 $16) 47. Rb6 Kf5 $8 48. d5 Rg6 $11) ({Even simpler looks to be} 
44... Kf4 45. Rd7 e3 46. Rxb7 (46. Rxh7 Ke4 $11) 46... Ke4 (46... Rh6 $2 47.
Kd3 $18) 47. Rxh7 Kxd4 48. Rxa7 Rh6 $11 {and in the near future all the pawns
will be eliminated from board.}) 45. Re5 $1 $14 {/+/- The race between the d-
and the h-pawn will favour White, because his king will be closer to the
vulnerable black queen side (this aspect is especially relevant in the case
both sides would have to give up their rooks for the enemy pawns.) This is in
fact an exception to the general rule according to which an outside passed
pawn is more dangerous than a central one.} Rc7 (45... Rd7 46. Ke3 Kg4 47.
Rxe4+ Kg3 48. Re6 h5 49. Rg6+ Kh3 50. Ke4 $16) 46. Ke3 Rc3+ (46... Kg4 47. Kxe4
h5 (47... Rc1 48. Kd5 $16) 48. Re8 Rg7 49. d5 h4 50. d6 h3 51. Rh8 Kg3 52. Ke5
$16) 47. Kxe4 Rxb3 48. d5 Rb4+ 49. Kf5 h5 50. Re3+ Kg2 (50... Kf2 51. Rh3 h4 (
51... Rb5 52. Ke6 Rxa5 53. d6 $18) (51... b6 52. a6 $18) 52. d6 Kg2 (52... Rd4
53. Ke5 $18) 53. Rd3 $18) 51. d6 Rd4 52. Ke5 Rd1 53. Re4 $18 b5 54. Rd4 Re1+
55. Kd5 Re8 56. d7 Rd8 57. Kc6 Kg3 58. Kxb5 1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Michiels, Bart"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
(8. Ne5) 8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 {92} Qd5 11. b3 (11. Be3 Bxe5 12. dxe5
Qxe5 13. Qb3 $44) 11... Bf5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. Ne3 Qd7 $146 {[%cal
Gf5h3]} (14... Qd6 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. e3 h5 17. h4 Rac8 18. Qe2 Rc7 19. Rfc1 {
1/2-1/2 (19) Lima,D (2420)-Finkel,A (2505) Ubeda 1997}) 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Qd2
Rac8 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. e3 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 e6 21. Ba3 b6 22. Bf1
Bf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {[%cal Gf6d5]} 24. h3 Nd5 25. Bc4 Kg7 26. a4 Qd6 {(=)}
27. Qd1 $6 {Refuse la nulle mais les Blancs sont un peu perturbйs par la
proposition et ils jouent un coup imprйcis} (27. Qd2) 27... Nxe3 $1 28. fxe3
Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 Qxe3 30. Kg2 f4 $36 31. Qg1 $1 {[%cal Gg1e3,Gg1g7]} Qd2+ 32. Qf2
f3+ 33. Kg3 Qg5+ 34. Kh2 {[%cal Gf2g3]} Kf6 35. h4 Qf4+ (35... Qf5) 36. Qg3
Qd2+ 37. Kh3 h6 38. Qe5+ Ke7 39. Kg4 (39. Qc7+ Kf8 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qg3+) 39...
Qg2+ 40. Kf4 f2 41. Qc7+ Kf8 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qxe4 f1=Q+ 45. Bxf1
Qxf1+ 46. Ke5 Kg7 47. Qg4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1986.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nxe5 ({Black would prefer to play} 10... Nc6 11. Be3
Ndxe5 {but} 12. dxe5 $1 {is good for White.} (12. fxe5 f6 {which prevents the
line played by Kasparov.})) 11. fxe5 ({Now} 11. dxe5 {is met by} Qb6+ $1 12.
Kh1 Nc6 {with an equal game.}) 11... Nc6 12. e4 {The sharpest continuation,
but although very dangerous for Black it may not be good for White against
accurate defence.} dxe4 13. Be3 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nxe4 ({Much better than} 
15. Rxf6 $143 $6 {as had been played previously.}) 15... Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Nxd4 $4
{A horrible move, losing instantly.} ({The correct line was} 16... Bxd4 $142
17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Re1 e5 19. Qf6 Qb6 $1 20. Kh1 Qxf6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Ne8+ Kf8
23. Rxe5 Be6 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Nxe6+ Nxe6 26. Bxb7 Rc1+ 27. Kg2 Rc2+ {and ...
Rxb2 draws.}) 17. Rd1 $18 e5 18. Ng5 $1 {The threats of Qc4+ and Qf7+ cannot
be met. My displeasure at this game was increased the day after, when a
journalist handed me a photocopy proving that the entire game had been played
before (although Black continued a bit longer).} (18. Ng5 Qf6 (18... Qe7 19.
Bd5+ Be6 20. Rxd4 $1 $19) 19. Qc4+ Be6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 (20... Qxe6 $4 21. Bd5)
21. Rd6 $19) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 55th"]
[Site "Puteaux"]
[Date "1980.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sellos, Didier"]
[Black "Roos, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1980.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
(8. Nc3) 8... Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Bc8 (11... Bd7 12. Nxd5 e6
13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Qc8 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Qc4 Bxg2 19.
Qxc8 Rdxc8 20. Kxg2 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Rxb1 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Bh6 Rxf1 24. Kxf1 f6
25. Bd2 e5 26. e4 Kf7 27. Ke2 Ke6 {1/2-1/2 (27) Mamedyarov,S (2726)-Radjabov,T
(2788) Astana 2012}) 12. e3 e6 13. b3 b6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Rc8
17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Na4 Ne7 19. Nb2 $1 {[%cal Gb2d3,Gd3e5]} Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21.
Rc3 (21. Nd3 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qc6 23. Nb4) 21... Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qc8 23. Qxc8+ Nxc8
24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.02.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1954.01.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 $5 $146 (11... Nh5 {Barcza,G-Opocensky,
K Venice 1948 1-0}) 12. Na4 Ba6 (12... Qa5) 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfc1 e5 $1 $11 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. e3 Rb8 18. Rab1 Bb5 19. Nc5 Bd6 20. Nb3 Ba4 21. Nd4
Bb4 22. Qd3 c5 23. Nc2 d4 24. Nxb4 Rxb4 25. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Heberla, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6
Bxa6 15. Rfe1 (15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Bf1 Bf8 17. e3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 e6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8
20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Rb3 Rb6 22. Kd3 Rab8 23. Rab1 Rxb3 24. axb3 Rb6 25. Ra1 Rxb3
26. Rxa7+ Kf6 27. Kc2 Rb5 28. Rc7 Ra5 29. Kb2 Rb5+ 30. Kc2 Ra5 31. Kb1 Rb5+ 32.
Kc1 Ra5 33. Kb2 Rb5+ {1/2-1/2 (33) Mamedov,R (2642)-Safarli,E (2635) Baku 2015}
) 15... Rfe8 16. Bc5 e6 17. Rab1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Rb2 Reb8 20. Reb1 Rxb2
21. Rxb2 Ke7 22. Kf1 Kd7 $11 23. Ke1 Kc7 24. Kd2 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Kxb8 26. e4 Kc7
27. a3 Kd7 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. Bf3 h6 30. Bd1 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:
01:20]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:10:42]} 8.
Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:24]}
Nfd7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 13. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:01:21]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} f6 {[%emt 0:07:02]} 16. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Nb6
{[%emt 0:01:20]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 18. Bf2 {[%emt 0:
02:10]} (18. Bc1 f5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Ne5 Qe7 23. e3
Nc8 24. Qd2 Nd6 25. Ne2 Rfc8 26. Rc2 Rc7 27. Rfc1 Rac8 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Nc3
Kf8 30. Bf1 Ke8 31. Bd3 Kd8 32. a4 Be8 33. Ne2 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Mchedlishvili,M (2659)-Van Wely,L (2691) Istanbul 2012}) 18... f5
{[%emt 0:01:51]} 19. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:10:24]} 20. e3 {[%emt 0:
02:04]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 21. h3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 22.
g4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Rfc8 $146 {[%emt 0:09:23] Une longue suite théorique qui
va conduire à une nulle rapide.} (22... Rac8 23. Bh4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Ne5
Qe7 26. Kh2 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Nb5 28. Ne2 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Rc8 30. Qd2 a6 31. gxf5
gxf5 32. Bf3 Kh8 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Qa5 Be8 36. Qb6 Bf7 37. a4 Qc7
38. Qxc7 Nxc7 39. a5 Nb5 40. Kg3 Kf8 41. Kh4 Be8 42. Nc1 Na7 43. Nd3 Bd7 44. b4
Nc6 45. Bd1 Kg7 46. Kg5 h6+ 47. Kh5 Be8+ 48. Kh4 Bd7 49. Kg3 Kf8 50. Kf2 Ke7
51. Ke1 d4 52. Kd2 {Baburin,A (2495)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2570) Vienna 1995 1-0 (66)}
) 23. Kh1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 24. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bf6 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} 25. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:02:00]} (26. g5 Qe7 27. Kh2 Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Ne5 Nxe5) 26... Rc7 {
[%emt 0:03:53]} 27. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:53] Les temps de
réflexion permettrent néanmoins de voir que la partie a été disputée.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bobula, Mateusz"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 "Dankowice"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 (6. O-O O-O) (6. Nbd2
O-O 7. O-O a5 8. b3 a4 9. Ba3 {Kramnik,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2805) 43rd GM 2015 
(5) 0-1}) 6... cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Nxd7
Qxd7 12. Qb3 Rd8 (12... e6 13. e4 Rd8 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 b6 17.
c4 Bb7 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Bc6 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. Rfd1 Kg7 22. Qc3 Rac8 23. Qd4
a5 24. h4 Ba4 25. Rdc1 Bb5 26. h5 gxh5 27. Bh6+ Kf7 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qxd5+
Qxd5 30. Bxd5+ Kg6 31. c6 Ba6 32. Rc5 a4 33. Ra5 Bd3 34. Rxa4 Bb5 35. Ra5 Bxc6
36. Be6 Ra8 37. Bf5+ Kg7 38. Rc5 Be8 39. Be4 Ra3 40. Bd5 Bf7 41. Rc7 Kg6 42.
Be4+ {Nguyen,N (2625)-Smirin,I (2663) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 1/2-1/2 (70)}) 13.
e4 dxe4 $11 14. Bxe4 Qc7 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18.
Rfe1 Qc5 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rd5 Qc7 21. Qxb7 Qxc3 22. Rb1 Rdb8 23. Qxb8+ Rxb8 24.
Rxb8+ Kg7 25. Rb1 Qc4 26. Bg2 Qxa2 27. Rc1 a5 28. Rdc5 Be6 29. Bf1 Qd2 30. Ra1
Ba2 31. Re5 Qb2 32. Rae1 a4 33. R5e2 Qb3 34. Ra1 Bb1 35. Re3 Qb4 36. Bd3 Bxd3
37. Rxd3 h5 38. Rda3 h4 39. Rxa4 Qc3 40. gxh4 Kh6 41. R1a3 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qc6+
43. f3 Qc2+ 44. Kg3 Qc7+ {Dias,P (2406)-Fernandes,A (2361) Lisabon 2014 0-1 
(86)}) 15... Bh3 16. Rfe1 Rd7 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Rab1 Rc8 19. Qa3 Qa6 $6 20. Qxa6
bxa6 21. Bc6 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb1b8]} Rdd8 22. d5 Bf6 (22... Bxc3 23. Rxe7
$36 {[%csl Gd5]}) 23. c4 Bd7 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Bxb8 Bd4 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Bf4
Rb7 28. Rc1 Bc5 29. Be3 Rc7 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. f4 Kf8 32. Kf2 e6 33. dxe6 fxe6
34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Kd4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Gc4] L'échange des Q a donné un léger
avantage Blanc dans cette finale de R mais difficile à valoriser} Kd6 36. Re1
(36. Rb1 Ra5 37. Rb2 $14) 36... Ra5 37. c5+ $5 Kd7 $6 (37... Rxc5 $142 38.
Rxe6+) 38. Re2 Ra4+ 39. Ke5 Rc4 (39... Ke7 $2 40. Rb2 {[%csl Ra7,Re7,Rh7][%cal
Gb2b7]}) 40. Kf6 Rxc5 41. Rd2+ Ke8 42. Kxe6 $16 {[%csl Re8]} Kf8 43. Rd7 (43.
Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kh6 (44... Kg8 45. Rxa7 Rc2 46. Rxa6 Kf8 (46... Rxh2 47. Kf6)
) 45. g4 $40) 43... Kg8 44. Rxa7 Rc6+ 45. Kd5 Rc2 46. Rxa6 Rxh2 47. Ke6 Re2+ (
47... Rg2 $2 48. Kf6 {[%csl Rg8]}) 48. Kf6 Re8 49. g4 Rf8+ 50. Kg5 Rf7 51. f5
gxf5 52. gxf5 Rb7 53. a4 Kg7 54. a5 Rc7 55. Rb6 Ra7 56. a6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Qd2 Qe7
15. Rac1 Bc6 16. Rc2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e3 Nd6 20. Ne2 Bb5 21.
Nf4 Rac8 22. h4 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Qa5 Qd7 26. b3 b6 27. Qc3
Qc6 {The position almost fits the description of dead drawn. With a trade on
c6 the symmetrical pawn structure would surely lead to a draw. Topalov wants
to fight for a win, but in the way that he does it is rather strange.} 28. Qa1
{threatening e4 ideas, with a discovered check down the long diagonal in case
of a capture by the d-pawn.} Qc7 29. Bh3 $2 {This move is just bad though.
Black's position is still not that much better, but White is allowing Caruana
chances for no reason.} (29. e4 dxe4 30. d5+ e5 31. Bxe4 Qe7 $15 {the knight
comes to d6 with a nice position for Black.}) 29... Qc2 {This is the point.
The queen penetrates in this square now that e4 is not really available.} 30.
a4 (30. e4 Qxe4 31. Qc3 {is still equal, but hard to play.}) 30... Ba6 31. Qa3
Qd1+ (31... Qd2 {might have been an inch more precise as it doesn't allow
White access to c1 too easily.}) 32. Kh2 Qd2 33. Bg2 $1 {in the nick of time.}
h6 (33... Qxf2 34. Qc1 {gives White enough counterplay with Qc7 coming up and
multiple threats.}) 34. a5 $1 {The only move to equalize.} Qxa5 (34... bxa5 35.
Qc5 $11) 35. Qc1 Qb4 36. e4 Qxd4 37. exd5 e5 38. Ne6+ {The final detail. The
perpetual is forced and the game ends in a draw.} fxe6 39. Qc7+ Kf6 40. Qd8+
Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Bucharest RAT"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Bf4 f6 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. Nc5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. c4 $1 (14.
e4) 14... e6 (14... bxc5 $5 15. Bxd5+ Kh8 (15... e6 16. Bxc6 cxd4 17. Bxa8 Qxa8
18. f3 e5 19. Bd2 $16) 16. Bxc6 cxd4 (16... Rc8 17. d5 $16) 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18.
f3 Bh3 19. Rf2 (19. Re1 $5 e5 20. Bd2 e4 21. Rc1 $16) 19... e5 20. Bd2 f5 21.
Rc1 e4 22. e3 $1 $16) (14... dxc4 15. Bxc6 bxc5 16. d5 (16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. dxc5
Bh3 18. f3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 $13) 16... Bh3 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Bb7 $16) 15. cxd5 $1
$146 (15. Nb7) 15... exd5 16. Na6 $16 Rc8 17. Rc1 Be6 (17... Qd7 18. Qa4 b5 $8
19. Qxb5 (19. Qd1 $5) 19... Nxd4 20. Qb2 $16) 18. Qa4 Ne7 (18... b5 $5 19. Qxb5
Nxd4 20. Qd3 $16) 19. Rxc8 (19. Nc7 $5 $16) 19... Bxc8 20. Rc1 g5 21. Bd2 Qe8
22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Nc7 Rd8 24. Bb4 (24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Rxc8+ Kf7
27. Rc7+ Kg6 28. e3 (28. Rxa7 Rxd4 29. Be3 Rb4 30. a4 Bf8 $1 31. Ra6 Bc5 $11)
28... a5 $16) 24... Kf7 25. e3 Bf8 (25... Bb7 26. Nb5 $18) 26. Bxe7 Bxe7 27.
Nxd5 Bd6 28. Nc3 Ba6 (28... Ba3 29. Rc2 Bf5 30. Be4 $18) 29. Bf1 Bb7 $2 30. Nb5
$18 Bb8 31. Nxa7 Bd5 32. Nc6 Re8 (32... Rc8 $2 33. Ne5+) 33. Nxb8 Rxb8 34. Bc4
Ke6 35. e4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Kd6 37. a4 Re8 38. f3 g4 39. Kf2 h5 40. Ke3 Rh8 41. f4
h4 42. f5 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 ({Another way to fight for
equality is} 12... Ne4) 13. Bd6 Re8 14. e3 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Ne5 Rc8 17.
Qe2 Qe7 {White is slightly better because of two factors: his knight is active
on e5 and the black bishop is passive on d7. A big virtuoso to play such
positions was Anatoly Karpov, but objectively speaking it is more difficult
for White here to win than for Black to make a draw.} 18. f4 h5 19. h3 Kg7 20.
Bf3 Rh8 21. Kg2 a6 22. Rh1 Rh7 23. Qd2 Rhh8 {Since there is no much Black can
do, Radjabov wisely decided to wait for the moment.} 24. g4 {This suddenly
allows Black to simplify the position.} ({Radjabov would have had to solve
bigger problems after} 24. Qf2 Rh7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Rh8 28.
Rxh8 Kxh8 29. g5 Ne8 30. e4 dxe4 31. Nxe4) 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 Nxe5 $1 26. dxe5
Ne4 $1 {With this move Radjabov shows one of his greatest skills - to feel the
right moment for concrete actions. Having less space it is vital for Black to
exchange his knight.} 27. Bxe4 ({After} 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 {Black plays}
Rxc1 29. Qxc1 (29. Rxc1 Qh4) (29. Rxh8 Rc4 30. Bd3 Rxf4 31. exf4 Bc6+ 32. Kg3
Kxh8 $11) 29... Rxh1 30. Qxh1 (30. Kxh1 Qh4+) 30... Qb4 31. Qb1 Qd2+ 32. Kf3
Qh2 {winning back the pawn, with equality.}) 27... dxe4 28. Kg3 ({Certainly not
} 28. Nxe4 $2 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Bc6) 28... Bc6 29. Qd6 Qxd6 ({Wrong is} 29... Rce8
30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. Rd1 {followed by Rd4.}) 30. exd6 Rxh1 31. Rxh1
Rd8 32. Rd1 {At the first sight the endgame looks better for White thanks to
his potential superiority of the knight versus the bishop in such a structure,
but in reality Black is out of danger, since the pawn on d6 is rather weak and
there are no ways to penetrate into Black's camp.} f5 ({Another way is to
simply play} 32... Rd7 33. g5 Rd8 34. b4 b5 {and wait. There is little White
can do to improve his position.}) 33. b4 b5 34. a3 Kf7 35. Ne2 {Wang Yue
decides to sac the pawn on d6 in order to transfer the knight to c5. The
position still remains equal.} Bd5 36. Nd4 Rxd6 37. Nb3 Rd8 38. Nc5 Kf6 39. Rh1
({If} 39. g5+ Kf7 40. Ra1 {then} Bc4 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Rd2 43. Nxa6 Re2 {
and White is suddenly facing the risk of losing.}) 39... Kg7 40. Rd1 Kf6 41.
Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nf3 f5 (11... Nc6 12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nb6 14.
Be3 Nd5 15. Bf2 b6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Nc3 $1 Bb7 $6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8
20. f5 $1 $14 {Sideif Sade,F-Bitman,A/Berlin/1992/1:0/52/}) 12. b3 (12. Be3) (
12. Ne5) 12... Qa5 $1 13. Qd3 $6 (13. Bd2 Nc6 14. e3 Qd8 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Na4
Ne4 17. Nc5 Qe8 18. Qc2 Rf7 19. Rfd1 Rb8 20. b4 $14 {Romanishin,O-Panchenko,A/
HUN/1990/1:0/44/}) 13... Nc5 $1 14. Qd2 (14. dxc5 $5 Qxc5+ 15. Be3 Qxc3 16.
Qxc3 Bxc3 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. Nd4 $44) (14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Rd1 Bd7 $15) 14... Nxb3 $1
15. axb3 Qxa1 16. Nb5 (16. Na4 Bd7 $1 (16... Nc6 $2 17. Bb2 Qa2 18. Qc3 $16) (
16... b5 17. Bb2 Qa2 18. Nc5 Na6 19. Ra1 Qxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Bxa1 22.
Qa5 $13) 17. Bb2 Qa2 18. Nc5 b6 $1 19. Ra1 Qxa1+ 20. Bxa1 bxc5 $15) 16... Qa6
$8 17. Nc7 Qd6 18. Nxa8 Nc6 19. Qa2 Qb8 (19... Nxd4 $2 20. Qxa7 $13) 20. Ba3 (
20. Nb6 $5 $15) 20... Re8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 (21... Nxd4 $2 22. Bc5 $1) 22. dxe5 Qxa8
23. Bc5 (23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Rc7 $5 Bc6 25. Bd6 Bf8 26. Qa5 $132) 23... a6 24. Qa4
Rd8 25. Qa5 Bd7 26. Bb6 Re8 27. Rc1 Bc6 $17 28. e3 Qc8 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. Bc5 Bf8
31. Bd4 Rc8 32. Kf2 Qe7 $1 {/\ Qb4/} 33. Bc5 Qe8 34. Bxf8 (34. Bd4 $5) 34...
Qxf8 35. Be2 g5 36. Qb6 Qa3 37. Rc2 g4 {/\ Qa1-h1/} 38. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 (38... Qxb3
$2 39. Rc3 Qb2 40. Qe7 Re8 41. Qg5+ $10) (38... Qa1 39. Rc1) 39. Rxc5 Kf7 40.
Rc2 (40. b4 $5) 40... Ke7 41. Ke1 (41. b4 $5) 41... h5 (41... a5 $142) 42. Bf1
a5 43. h4 gxh3 $2 {>< h5/} (43... Ra8 $17) 44. Bxh3 Ra8 45. Bf1 a4 46. bxa4
Rxa4 47. Be2 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Kd7 (48... Rh1 49. Kg2 $1 d4+ $2 50. Rxc6) 49. Bxh5
$10 Ba4 50. Rb2 b5 51. g4 fxg4 52. Bxg4 Rh1 53. Kg2 Rc1 54. f5 exf5 55. Bxf5+
Kc6 56. Kf3 Kc5 57. Kf4 b4 58. e6 b3 59. e7 Kb4 60. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O (4... c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3
O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 f6 12. Nd3 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bf2
Qe7 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Rc2 Be8 17. Rd2 Nc8 18. e3 Nd6 19. g4 Kh8 20. Qe2 f5 21.
g5 Ne4 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Rfc1 {Karpov,An-Timman,J/Amsterdam (m/12)/
1993/} Nxf2 $10) 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 (8... Ne4 9. Nxe4
dxe4 10. Ne5 f6 11. Qb3+ $14) (8... e6 $142 {-4...c6}) 9. Ne5 e6 (9... Bf5 $5
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nb6 14. Bd2 (14. Nc5 $5 e5 15. Be3
Rfe8 16. Re1 Bg4 $13) 14... Qb5 15. Nc3 Qa6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd2 c5 18. Rfd1 $1
c4 $1 19. b4 Qa3 20. b5 a6 21. bxa6 Rd7 $1 22. h3 h5 {Vaganian,R-Hjartarson,J/
Debrecen/1992/} 23. Qc1 $1 $14) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Bf4 (12. b3 c5
13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bxd4 e5 19.
Nc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rd8 21. Qa5 Rc8 22. Rd1 d4 23. Bxa7 Qa8 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Bc5
Qd5 26. Bb4 Qe4 27. Qb5 h5 $44 {Ilincic,Z-Sibarevic,M/YUG-ch/1992/}) 12... Qf6
$6 $146 (12... Ba6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rac1 Bb5 15. Nc3 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Bh6
Bf6 18. h4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh3 Rc7 21. Bf4 Nb6 22. b3 Qf6 23. a4 Bc8 24.
Bg2 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Rce7 27. e3 $14 {Larsen,B-Krogius,N/Le Havre/
1966/}) (12... Qa5 $142 $1 13. a3 (13. Bd6 Re8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rc1 Nb6 $1 $10)
13... Ba6 14. b4 Qd8 15. Re1 Bc4 16. Nc5 Re8 17. Rc1 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5 19. e4
Qxa3 20. Bd6 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Bxd3 22. e5 a5 23. Rc3 Bb5 24. Bf1 Bxf1 {1/2-1/2,
Akhmilovskaya,E-Chiburdanidze,M/Sofia/Borzomi (m/10) /1986/}) 13. Qc2 $5 (13.
e3 e5 $5 (13... Qe7 14. Rc1 g5 15. Bc7 Ba6 16. Re1 $14 {/\} Rfc8 17. Rxc6 Nb8
18. Bd6) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rc1 Ba6 $10) (13. Bd6 Re8 14. e3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5
$132 {/\} 16. Bc5 $2 Ba6 17. Re1 Nd3) 13... Bb7 (13... Qxd4 $5 14. Bd6 $1 (14.
Qxc6 Nb6 $8 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxa8 Ba6 17. Be3 (17. Bc7 Qxc7 18. Rac1 Bc4 $17)
17... Rxa8 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Bf3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bd4 $44) 14... Bb7 $1 (14... Rd8
$2 15. e3 {[%cal Rc2c6] /\Qc6+-}) 15. Nc5 (15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. e3 Qb4 17. a3 $14)
15... Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qf6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 $14) 14. Rfd1 (14. Bd6 $142 Rfe8 (14...
Qxd4 $14 {-13...Qd4}) 15. e3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc5 $14) 14... Rfc8 $2 (14...
Qe7 $5 15. Rac1 Rfc8 {[%cal Yg7f8,Yc6c5] /\Bf8,c5}) 15. Bd6 e5 (15... Ba6 16.
e3 $16) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bd4 Qe7 19. Qc5 $6 (19. Qc3 Qf8 20. Nc5
$16 {[%cal Re2e4] /\e4|^}) 19... Ba6 $1 (19... Qc7 $2 20. Bxd5 $1) (19... Qd7
$6 20. Qc3 {[%cal Rf2f4,Ra4c5] /\f4,Nc5+-}) 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Bf1 (21. e4 Be2
22. Re1 Nf3+ $132) 21... Ng4 (21... Nd7 $5 $14) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h3 Nf6 24. e3
Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Ne4 26. Rac1 Re6 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6] _|_><c6,a7
} Rb8 (28... a5 29. Rd4 $1 (29. b3 a4 30. b4 a3 $5 31. b5 Ra5 32. Rb1 $1 $14)
29... a4 30. Rb4 a3 31. b3 Ra6 32. Rb7 $16) 29. b3 Rb6 {[%cal Yb6a6] /\Ra6} 30.
Ra5 $1 Re7 31. Rd4 Kf6 32. Ke2 Ke5 33. Kd3 {[%cal Re3e4] /\e4} f5 $2 (33... Rb5
34. Rda4 $5 (34. Rxb5 cxb5 35. e4 Rd7 $10) (34. Ra6 Rb6) 34... Rxa5 35. Rxa5
Kd6 36. b4 {[%cal Yf2f3,Ya2a3,Yd3d4,Ya5a6] /\f3,Kd4,a3,Ra6+/-}) (33... Kd6 34.
Rda4 (34. e4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 dxe4+ 36. Kxe4 Rb7 $132) 34... Rbb7 35. g4 $36 {
[%cal Yf2f3,Yd3d4,Yb3b4,Ya2a3,Ya5c5,Yb4b5] /\f3,Kd4,b4,a3,Rc5,b5!}) 34. e4 $1
$18 Rd7 (34... fxe4+ 35. Rxe4+ Kd6 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Rxa7+ Kd6 38. Rxh7 $18) (
34... Kd6 35. exd5 c5 36. Rc4 Rc7 37. Rca4 Rbb7 38. Kc4 $18) 35. exd5 cxd5 36.
Rda4 h5 (36... Rbb7 37. Ra6 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4#}) 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 (38.
f4+ $5 Kf6 39. Rxa7 $18 {/\} h4 40. gxh4 Rb4 41. Ra4) 38... f4 39. Re7+ $5 (39.
gxf4+ Kxf4 40. Kd4 $18) 39... Kf6 40. Re2 g5 (40... fxg3 41. fxg3 h4 42. Kd4 $1
(42. gxh4 Rb4 $132) 42... hxg3 43. Rg2 $18) 41. Kd4 Rc6 (41... f3 42. Re3 g4
43. hxg4 hxg4 44. a4 $1 (44. Kxd5 Rb8 {[%cal Rb8d8,Rd8d2] /\Rd8-d2}) 44... Rc6
45. Rc3 Re6 46. Rc2 Re2 47. Kd3 $18) 42. Kxd5 Rc3 43. Re6+ Kf5 (43... Kf7 44.
gxf4 (44. Rh6 $6 fxg3 45. fxg3 Rxg3 46. Rxh5 Kg6 47. Rh8 Kg7 $16) 44... gxf4
45. Re4 $18) 44. Re5+ Kg6 45. gxf4 gxf4 46. Ke4 Rc2 (46... Rxh3 47. Kxf4 $18)
47. f3 Rh2 (47... Rxa2 48. Kxf4 {[%csl Gb3,Gf3][%cal Re5b5,Rb5b8] /\Rb5-b8,o^b,
f}) 48. Kxf4 Rxh3 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Rb6 Ke7 51. a4 Kd7 52. a5 Kc7 53. b4 Rh1 54.
Kg5 h4 55. Rh6 h3 56. f4 h2 57. Kf5 $8 (57. Kf6 $4 Rf1 $10) 57... Rb1 58. Rxh2
Rxb4 59. Rc2+ (59. Rc2+ Kb7 (59... Kd7 60. Ra2) 60. Rc5) 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 {Another possible move here is 10.Ng5,like it was for
example in the next game: Very interesting fact:all 16 games that I have in my
database after10.Ng5 ended in draw!So,B.Alterman choose more popular and
probably} (10. Ng5 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxd4 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Bxe4 Bg7 14. Kg2 a5 15.
Rb1 a4 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Ra2 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Bxd2 Rd8 20. Be3 Bd4 {Smejkal,
J-Kadlec,P/Hlinske slavnost op/1993/0,5/}) 10... Nd7 {More popular 10...Qd5 or
10...f6.Here is couple of games after those moves:} (10... Qd5 11. Be3 Nd7 12.
Nd3 Nf6 13. h3 Qb5 14. a4 Qb6 15. a5 Qb5 16. Nc5 Qxb2 17. Qa4 Nd5 18. Ra2 Qb4
$13 {Ilincic,Z-Simic,R/JUG-ch Novi Sad/1995/0,5/61/CBM-49/}) (10... f6 11. Qb3+
e6 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. e3 f5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. a4 Bd7 16. Qa3 Re8 17. a5 Bf8 18. Qa2
$14 {Ribli,Z-Andersson,U/Clermont-Ferrand/1989/0,5/46/}) 11. Bf4 $146 {Dubious
novelty.They played 11.Nd7 or 11.Be4.In my opinion in the both cases white has
nothing ,also after move in the text, black hasn't any problems.Here is couple
of games after 11.Nd7 and 11.Be4:} (11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bxe4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4
14. Rd1 Bg7 15. Rb1 {Lagunov,A-Janjgava,L/Novosibirsk/1989/0,5/}) (11. Bxe4
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bh3 13. Re1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxe5 $15 {Shainswit,G-Cortlever,N/
Dubrovnik ol/1950/0,5/24/}) 11... Nf6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rfc1 Qb6 {I thing,black
is already slightly better ,he has clear game against pawn on d4 and all
black's pieces placed perfectly.} 14. Nc4 {Good move.White transposes his
knight on e3 and liberates e5 square for the bishop.} Qa6 15. Ne3 Rfd8 16. Be5
Rd7 17. Rc7 $2 {Serious mistake,after which black gets big advantage.Not so
good also 17.a4,but 17.Bf6 equalized:} (17. a4 Bh6 $1 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Bxe4
Rad8 $15) (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... exf6 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Nc2 $10) 18.
d5 Bg5 (18... Qb6 $6 19. Bxe4 Bg5 (19... Bxb2 $2 20. Rcb1 Bxa1 21. Rxb6 axb6
22. Qc1 $18) 20. Nc4 $16) 19. Bxe4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 e6 21. f4 (21. Qd4 Bxe3 22.
Qxe3 Rxd5 $10) (21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qc3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 (23. Qxe3 Qxb2 {and black
is slightly better.}) 23... Rad8 {and black is better,despite of material lack.
}) 21... Bf6 22. Ng4 $10) 17... Rxc7 18. Bxc7 Bh6 $1 {Strong move,typical for
this type of positions.} 19. Be5 Nd5 $1 {Another good move.It's much stronger
than :} (19... Ng4 $6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Nf6 22. Nd1 $1 Rd8 23. Nc3 {
and white is Ok.}) 20. Bxe4 Bxe3 $1 {Nothing gives 20...Ne3:} (20... Nxe3 21.
fxe3 f6 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bc7) 21. fxe3 f6 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bd3 {White is losing
after desperate piece sacrifice-23.Qc2;23.Bd5 also not good enough:} (23. Qc2
gxf4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. exf4 (25. Qg6 Qxe2 26. Qh6 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 fxg3 $19) 25...
Ne3 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Rc8 {and black's win is just matter of technique.}) (
23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Qe3 (25. Be3 Qe6 26. Qe1 Bd5 $19) (25. Bc7 Bd5
$17) 25... Qc6 26. Bc7 Bh1 27. Qf2 Bd5 28. Ba5 Qe6 {and black has very big,
probably decisive advantage.}) 23... Qb6 24. e4 gxf4 25. exd5 Qxd4+ 26. e3 {
The point of white's idea;but probably they missed the simple capture on d5.}
Qxd5 27. Rd1 $2 {Only this natural move is a decisive mistake.27.gf is losing,
but after 27.ef white is still alive.It's hard to believe,but I didn't find,
how black can win after 27.ef;let's see the variations:} (27. gxf4 $2 Rd8 28.
Rd1 Kh8 $1 {and black wins} (28... Bf5 $4 29. Bc4 $1 $18)) (27. exf4 Qd4+ (
27... Rd8 28. Qe3 $1 Qd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rd1 $15) (27... Bf5 28. Rd1 Bxd3 29.
Qxd3 Qxa2 30. Re1 {with good chanses to make a draw.}) 28. Kg2 Rd8 (28... Bd5+
29. Kh3 e5 30. Rd1 Be6+ 31. Kg2 {and white is keeping.}) 29. Qe2 $1 (29. Rd1
Kh8 30. Qe2 Bc4 $19) 29... Bd5+ 30. Kf1 e6 {black has big advantage,but
white's position is defendable;for example after:} 31. Qc2) 27... Kh8 28. Qb4 {
White stands already very bad,but after this move,he loses immideately;but 28.
ef also not good:} (28. exf4 Rd8 29. Qb4 (29. Qe3 Bh3 30. Qf2 Qxa2 $19) (29.
Qe2 Qd4+ 30. Qf2 (30. Kg2 Bc4 $19) 30... Bg4 $19) 29... Bh3 $1 30. Rd2 Bf5 31.
Bxf5 Qxd2 32. Qxe7 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ {and mating}) 28... Qf3 0-1

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "1990.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5
O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O (9. Bg5 {vgl. 2.Partie}) 9... Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 f6 (
11... Ndxe5) (11... Nb6 {vgl. Karpov-Kasparov(1),(3)/wm Sevilla/1987/1/2-1/2/})
12. Nd3 {!? /\ Nc5 Ernst} Nb6 13. b3 Qe7 $6 {>< /^a3-f8} 14. a4 Bd7 15. Bc1 $1
Rfd8 16. e3 Be8 17. Ba3 Qf7 18. Rc1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. g4 {+/=/+/- /\ f4-f5}
Qe7 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Ne2 Rc7 23. Rc5 Nc8 24. f5 g5 25. Ng3 {/\ 26.fe, 27.Nf5
Hoeksema} e5 $5 26. Qc1 $2 (26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Rfc1 (27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxc7 Qxc7
29. Nxe5 (29. Rc1 Qd6 (29... Rxd5 30. Rxc7 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxd2 32. Rxc8 $16) 30.
Nxe5 Qxe5 31. e4 Bc6 $44) 29... Qxe5 {Ernst}) 27... Nb6 $1 28. Nb4 (28. e4 $2
Nd7 29. R5c2 Nxd4 $1) (28. Be6 Nd7 29. R5c2 (29. Bxd7 Rcxd7 $13) 29... exd4 30.
e4 Nce5 $1 31. Nxe5 Rxc2 $17) 28... exd4 29. exd4 Rcd7 30. Re1 $1 Qf8 31. Nxc6
bxc6 32. Bxc6 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxe8 $18) (26. Rfc1 {>=} e4 27. Nb4 $14) (
26. Rxd5 $2 Bf7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $17 {Hoeksema}) 26... b6 27. Rc2 (27. Bxd5+ Rxd5
28. Rxd5 Nb4 $19) 27... e4 28. Nf2 Nd6 29. Qd2 Rdc8 30. Rfc1 a5 31. Bf1 (31.
Qc3 Bf7 {/\ Ne8, Nb4}) 31... Nb4 32. Rc3 Qd7 33. Nd1 Rc6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6
Qxc6 36. Nc3 (36. Qc3) 36... Kf8 37. Kf2 $138 Ke7 $138 38. Ke1 $138 Kf8 $138
39. Kd1 $138 Qc8 40. Ke1 $138 Kg7 $138 (40... h5 $1 41. h3 (41. gxh5 Nxf5 42.
Bh3 Bd7) 41... h4 {=/+ >< /^b8-h2}) 41. Na2 Nxa2 42. Qxa2 Qc7 (42... Qc1+ {
42... Qc3} 43. Kf2 {/\ 44.Ne2}) (42... h5 43. Qa3) 43. Kf2 Kf8 44. Qb2 Ke7 45.
Be2 Kd8 46. Ke1 Kc8 47. Kd2 Kb7 48. Qc1 Qe7 49. Ke1 Bd7 50. Kf2 Ne8 51. Qh1 Qb4
52. h4 Qxb3 (52... gxh4 53. Qxh4 Qxb3 54. Qxh7 Qxa4 55. Qe7 Qc6 56. Nh5 {
/\ 57.g5}) 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. Qxh7 Qxa4 55. Qe7 Qc6 56. Qxg5 a4 57. Qe7 Qd6 58.
Qxd6 Nxd6 59. Bd1 $10 Bb5 $2 (59... b5 60. Ne2 b4 61. Nc1 Kb6 (61... Kc7 {
/\ Kd8-e7}) (61... b3 62. Nxb3 axb3 63. Bxb3 $10)) 60. Ne2 a3 (60... Bxe2 61.
Kxe2 b5 62. Kf2 $16) 61. Nc1 Kc7 {Abgabezug} 62. Kg3 Nc4 (62... Kd7 63. Kf4 Bc4
64. g5 a2 65. Nxa2 Bxa2 66. g6 Ke7 (66... Ne8 67. Ba4+ $18) 67. g7 Kf7 68. f6
Bc4 69. Bg4 Kg8 70. Be6+ Nf7 71. Kf5 Bb5 72. Kg6 Be8 73. Bxd5 b5 74. Ba2 b4 75.
Bb3 $18 {Hoeksema}) 63. Be2 (63. Kf4 $2 Nb2 64. Bc2 Nd3+ $19) 63... Be8 (63...
Kd6 $5 64. Kf4 $2 Nb2 65. Bxb5 Nd3+ 66. Bxd3 exd3 $19 {Nijboer}) 64. Kf4 Nb2 {
/\ 65... Nd3 -+} 65. Kg5 Nd3 66. Nb3 a2 {/\ 67... Nc1 Ernst} 67. Na1 b5 68. Bd1
b4 69. Bb3 Nc1 (69... Kd6 70. Kh6 Bb5 71. Kg7 $18 {Hoeksema}) 70. Bxd5 Kd6 (
70... Ba4 $18 {Ernst} 71. f6 b3 72. f7 b2 73. f8=Q bxa1=Q 74. Qc5+ Kb8 75. Qb6+
Kc8 76. Qa6+ $3 Kc7 77. Qa5+ Kc8 78. Be6+ $3 Kb7 79. Qb4+ Kc7 80. Qxa4 Qb1 81.
Qa7+ Kc6 82. Bd7+ Kd6 83. Ba4 $3 $18) 71. Bc4 Bb5 (71... Ba4 72. f6 b3 73. f7
Ke7 74. Kh6 b2 75. Kg7 bxa1=Q 76. f8=Q+ Kd7 77. Qf5+ Kc6 78. Qc5+ Kb7 79. Qb4+
Kc8 80. Qxa4 Qb1 {80... Qb2} 81. Qa7 $3 Kd8 82. Be6 Qb5 83. Kf6 $3 $18 {Ernst})
72. Bg8 Ke7 (72... Ba4 {! Ernst} 73. f6 b3 74. Kh6 (74. f7 $1 Ke7 75. Kh6 b2 (
75... Kf8 76. g5) 76. Kg7 bxa1=Q 77. f8=Q+ Kd7 78. Qf5+ Kc7 79. Qa5+ Kb8 (79...
Kc8 80. Be6+) 80. Qb4+ Kc7 $1 $16 {Ernst} (80... Kc8 81. Qxa4 Qc3 (81... Qb1 {
81...Qb2} 82. Qa7) 82. Bxa2 Nxa2 83. Qxa2 Qxe3 84. Qe6+ $18 {Ernst})) 74... b2
75. f7 bxa1=Q 76. f8=Q+ $18) 73. Kh6 Kf8 {? [] 74... Ba4 Ernst} 74. Be6 Bd7 75.
g5 (75. g5 Bxe6 76. fxe6 b3 77. g6 b2 78. g7+ Ke7 (78... Kg8 79. e7 Kf7 80.
g8=Q+ Kxe7 81. Qg5+ $18 {/\ Qb5+-Qb2 Hoeksema}) 79. g8=Q bxa1=Q 80. Qf7+ Kd6
81. Qd7#) 1-0